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WILMINGTON. K. C. Wednesday Morning. Dec 2, 1896 TARIFF MEASURES. Senator Jones and fiepraaeritatire Ho Millln Bay. Damuo rata lo Corjajreaa Will OPPas Brpabliota Pro- taction Schemes. By Telegraph to the Moroing Star. ' New York, December 1. Senator James K Jones, of. Arkansas, chairman of tbe Democratic National Committee, and Representative McMillln. of Ten netsse, were at the Murray Hill Hotel to-day. They are both free trade Dem ccrats and. have no compromise to make with any measure that has the least sus picion ot protection about ft. lo are porter Senator Jones said that the Dem ocrats in the Senate would make no fac tious opposition to the Dlngley bill. He added, however, that he would oppose Republican protection measures and would support the present tariff law in force. Mr. McMillin. who is a member of the Ways and Means Committee and the Democratic Ieaier in the House. declared that he would oppose any attempt to pass a protection bill.- especially one based on the McKinley measure. "Would you be willing to have the ad valorum duties, for instance, in the Wilson bill chanced to specific duties?" "I would not support any tariff measure that adyaaced the duties be yond the present rates now in force. Snecfis duties would mean that the consumer would have to pir more for imported goods. The present law is much preferable to the McKinley bilL The latter was tried and found to be a failure. We must never have anotber bill like that and the Democrats will op pjse the passage of any such unjust and oppressive measure. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. May Wheat, Corn and Oats Cloaed Lower- Fork Fr 3d note Declined In Friee, " By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Chicago. Dec. 1. Whilst the wheat market has been governed to a consider able extent of late by anticipation of December deliveries, yet the failure of any great amount of wheat to ome out this morning did not produce much strength or cause any advance in prices. Holders exhibited confidence early in to-day's session, but as the downward tendency became more pronounced there was more or less liquidation. At the close there was but little recovery to prices. May wheat opened trom 84 8Kc. old between 85fj83Xc. closing at 83ic lUc under vesteiday. Cash wheat was easy and about lc lower. The corn market simply followed that ol wheat, with the exception tbat fluc tuations were within a narrower range. May corn opened at 28Kc. sold between 26 and 65e. closing at 26S6&c lltinUc under yesterday. Casn corn was easy to ic per bushel lower. May oats closed Jc lower than yes terday. Cash oats were weak at yester day's Drices. Provisions The provision market opened active, with everybody anxious .to sell. The demand was backward and prices receded. An unexpected beavy rua of hogs at the yards, at tended by a break in the price at the place, was responsible for the weak ness in product. Liter business showed less animation. January pork closed 80c lower; January lard 7c lower, and :t. on. i ' Jtuunr nua iuwei. SPOTS AND FUTURES. Tortc Sart'a Ksvlew of the Cotton Market. , By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Knr Vno ir . nr-jmhr 1 Th ..Citt says : Spot carton nere was uncnangea. Liverpool advanced l-33d on the spot, with sales of 10.000 bales; futures there advanced two to three points, but re acted slightly, closing at-a net advance of two to two and a half points. The receipts at the pons were 48,855 bales. The exports were 27.921 bales. Futures fcere advanced five to eight points, but lost the improvement and declined, clos ing quiet at a net decline oi tour to nve points, witb sales ot laj.uuu oaies. The Liverpool news to-day was bull ish, cables from that market re- nartin? a rise there in response to the advance in this market vetterdav. At the opening here prices -advanced on the Liverpool news aod indicated that the movement to the norti would be very moderate as com pared with last week's figures. Shorts covered and there was some new in vestment buying. But the crop move ment proved to be larger than the early . estimate, and on general selling the im- . provement was lost and prices slowly re- cededt New Orleans bought here but the trading was in the main of a local character. The weather in the South, continues extremely cold and a blizzard was reported in Texas to-day, bat this failed to check the decline here. COMMITTED SUICIDE. Mrs. Mary' B. Johnson, Wife cf Jaoob Johnson, of the Lyoaum Theatre, Waanlng-on, U. C. fy Telegraph to the aforalng Star. . Washington, December l. Mrs. Mary ErJohoson. wife of Jacob John son, of Kernan'a Lyceum Theatre, was found dead in bed this morning at her home, suffocated by illuminating gas. Coroner Himmett viewed the remains and Dtonounced it clearly a case of suicide. Dr. C. F. Boardman, who was the first to see the body, was inclined to - think by the stains about the mouth that the woman had taken poison in. addition to turning on the gas. Mrs. Johnson, who was a handsome brunette of 29 years, went to her room some time yesterday afternoon appar v ntly in good spirits as usual. She did ;ot come down to breakfast at, noon. Some of- the other occupants of the bouse noticed the smell of gas from the doors of her room. She left no note explaining the reason f y her act. 14 AVAL STORES MARKETS Jty Telegraph te the Moraine Star. New York, December J. Rosin quiet: strained common to good 83. Spirits turpentine easy at S5J427c Charleston, December 1 1. Spirits turpentine firm; no sales. Rosin firm; no sales. Savannah. December L Spirits tnrn.Mi. firm at SlUc aalel 618 calks: receipts 1.510 casks; sellers asking higher prices, ttosin mm, wuu a strung uc- ' man1- then, arr en me sales Ott DHVate rme aairl tn rut shrive notations: Sales 8.000 barrels: receipts 6.524 barrels: A. B, . D. E Fit 45. G, $1 50. H $1 60, 1 ill 65. K tl 70. M tl 80. N 13 10. W G : $2 80, W W f 50. - At Portage, Wis . yesterday the Ger - man-American Bank made an assign ment.' The assets and liabilities have . not been made public. - CASXORIA Tor Infants and Children. ffM vnwa. HAVANA . ADVICES. REPORTS OF A BATTLE BETWEEN SPANIARD AND CUBAN FORCES. Heavy Zioaaea on Both Bides Gen. Wej- ler Movements In the Pro Tine of F.sar Del Bio in Cearob, of ' Gen. Maoeo. By Cable to the Horning Star. - Havana, Dec. 1. Gen. Figueroa and a strong force ot Spanish troops have met and defeated a rebel detachment under command of the insurgent leader, Delgado, at Navio, near San Jose de. Las Lajis, in Havana province. The rebels had a much superior force than the Spanish and occupied strong positions, but despite these advantages they were dislodged and dispersed with great loss. They left thirty-nine ol taeir aeaa on the field. The Spanish loss was also heavy, sixty of their number being killed. including a captain ana lieutenant. A lieutenant and twenty-two privates were wounded. The combat was an ex ceedingly fierce one and both sides fouebt .bravely. It lasted five hours. Madrid. December L A aispatcn from Havana to the Impartial says that the correspondent ot tnat paper is the only newspaper representative accom oanvine Gen. Weyler in bis campaign against Maceo in the province of Pinar del Rio. The correspondent sent a dis patch from Los Palacios, under date of Sunday, November 29th, in which he savs that the Spanisn column arrived at tbat place without having at en the enemy. The final operations of Gen, Wevler. be says, will be carried . out with activity, but without precipitation and in a manner insuring an absolutely successful issue. This dispatch, the tarcials correspondent adds, has the personal sanction ot ben. weyier mm self. Havana, December 1. It is reported that Gen. Weyler arrived to-day at Taco Taco, about three leagues south west of San Cristobal. Alter a very short rest -the troops started on the march again, but their objective point is not known. They met no rebels on the way from San Cristobal, The Spanish force commanded by Col. Pavia has had an encounter with the rebels, under Lacret, at the Santos ranch, near Bolondron. province of Ma taciis. According to Col. ravias re-. part, the rebels were routed, with a loss ot fourteen killed, including Jose An tonio Argueles, Lacret's adjutant. A Spanish lieutenant and one private were wounded. THE GOLD DEMOCRATS. Chairman Broom Calle a Meeting ol the , Hational Committee to bs Htld tn .Indianapolis, By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Indianapolis, Isd., December 1. Chairman W. D. By num. of the national committee of the gold Democrats, has returned from New York, where for five days he reviewed the political field with some of the Etstern sou ad money men. As a result be has called a meeting of the national committee, to be held in Indianapolis, UicemDer 10. at which time several matters of interest to sound money Democrats and to the world in general will be discussed. Among them will be the future ot the sound money Democracy. "This is one of the principal topics in political circles and there seems to be a general belief that there is now no hope for the reconciliation of the gold and silver wing of. the party. This is the belief of the" Eastern men-or many of them." said Mr. Bynum. , 'There is a movement on foot among same ot the prominent leaders ot tue party," said Mr. Bynum, "to form an other and a new party, to be known as the 'Democratic - Republican party,' around which it is proposed to rally tne commercial interests of the country under a sound money nag and with proper tariff regulation, selected under the advice of a commission of business men." GLASS MANUFACTURERS. ABrwBetwera the Eastern and Western Men at the Meeting Held in Xadianapsli. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Indianapolis, Dec. 1. The glass manufacturers held another secret ses sion in the Denison Hotel this morning. What took place was not announced in detail, but it was learned tbat they had a row in the' meeting. Last - evening it was concluded that the glass trust sbould be perpetuated on the lines of the old association and committees were aopointed representing the Eastern and Western Associations to reach some sort of an agreement as to the divsion of profits. The' Western men bave the advantage over the Eastern men in the matter of fuel, the latter being com pelled for the "most part to use coal, which is much more expensive than cas, which is so plentiful in the West ern glass field. The Eastern men are said .to be attempting to - force the! Western manufacturers to give up enough of the profits to let the Eas erners break even on the fuel question. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. The City Kleotien a Triumph far the Demo. erats Track V. Zvans, a Na'ire ot North Caielina, Sleoted Hayor. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Birmingham, December 1. The city election here to-day resulted in the elec tion of Frank V. Evans, Democratic nominee for Mayor, and his full ticket of aldermen, in Opposition to the Re form ticket, beaded Dy t. r. &nsien, a banker, and A. C. Lowrey. an indepen dent, two years ago tne Keiormers won, -but this time the .negroes divided, the most respectable and influential among them voting the regular Demo cratic ticket. The Mayor-elect was for ten years the Treasurer of the city acd has been prominent in journalism both in Georgia and Alabama and at one time editor of tbe A?e-Iferald,ihe prede cessor of the StatfHerala, and is a na tive of North Carolina. A BOSTON FAILURE. The Tarn of Gate A felton Insolvent Zata- hilttles $100,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Boston. December 1. Tbe suspen sion of the firm of Gage & Felton, bank ert and brokers, at 80 Kilby street, was announced on the Stock Exchange this afternoon, Mr. A. C Burrage, formerly counsel for the firm, said after the an nouncement tbat the. firm was, he' un derstood, insolvent and probably owed 1100.000. The cause of the failure. Mr. Burrage thought.was speculation, and as far as he knew, be said, tne members of the firm have no assets. On the Exchange some 1,100 shares of Pioneer Mining was sold under tbe rnle for the firm. The stock was sup ported well, its friends taking the shares under forced sale. Bay State Gas was sold for the account of the same firm. A severe blizzard and snow storm has been raging in portions of Texas during the past forty-eight hoars. Tut Wav -rn r.TTBC catarrh ia to no- ril ih Hlnnri anrl the tartar, safest, beat way to purify te blood is by taking nooo s sarsapariua, ije woe hub diwu Purifier. I Unnn'eDttft nrnmnr fficfsftfkX. I always reliable, easy to take, easy to op- ' .crate. . 1 AN ICE GORGE FLOOD. ' GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AT CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN. Ail the farming Country Under Water Houea and Brna Swept Awiy Terrible Bafledoa People Driven From Their Honea Heronry From One ti kive Dejrcea Below Zero. '. By Telegraph to the Morninatar. Chippewa Falls, Wis.', Dec. 1. The fee gorge is unbroken and tbe water Is now running over tbe lower section of tbe city and steadily rising. All hope of breaking the gorge is abandoned and all attention is given now to saving household goods and merchandise. Every team .in tbe city is kept buy mov ing people and effects to places of safety. At 9 o'clock tins morning the water had crept up to tbe bridge and' to the post office, two blocks from the river. Toe river is now twentv-two feet above low water mark. The Wisconsin Central tracks are covered with wa:e two leet and the Omaha tracks are used in trans fer ot trains at Eau Claire. - Dancan creek, a tributary to tbe Chip pewa river here, is also doing much dam age, as the water is backing up in it from the river. The Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's mill and lumber yards are all under water. Every resi dent and business man on River street has moved out. It is thought by many that this is only the beginning, as there is no possible hope of getting a channel cut through the i im ol iocs and ice. The river gorge is now twenty-three feet high and tour ana a-hail miles long. All the farmi-g country five miles south of the town ot Wheaton is under water and tbe loss to farmers is enormous. Many farmers barely escaped witb their lives and in some places nouses and barns are carried away. Live stock has been lost by evety farmer. Tbe suffer ing by those obliged to move is terrible, as the thermometer shows from one to five decrees below zero. ' At 1 a. m. all hope was given up of saving the entire business portion ot the city from being submerged. The ice is rapidly forming four miles below and the water is rising in the puy at the rate ot a foot an hour. Everybody is making preparations to move to the hills. A report that another gorge is form ing at Little Falls, thirty miles above here, was broucbt in this morning and increased tbe panic, as in case of its breaking suddenly tbe whole city would be swept awav. f A report from Durand. south of here, says thirty people bave lost their lives and suffering from the csld is intense. This report cannot be verified and is probably greatly cx iggerated. CATHOLIC CHURCH TRIaI,. The Famont Cue cf Buhop . Bonaeum Agstnat Father FiisteraVd and Murphy, By Telecwphtp the Morning Star. Dubuque, Ia , December 1. The judgment of the Metropolitan Ecclesi astical Court of the Roman Catholic Cnurcb, in the famous case of Bishop Bonaeum. of Lincoln, Neb., against Fathers fiizgerald and Murphy, of his diocese, .was delivered. to-(1ay. The court finds for the priests against the Bishop on every point in. the appeal, which was ordered by the' propaganda at Rome, after Delegate. Satolli bad re' futed to it rant one. The' Bishop is jadged to have been actuated by sinister and vindictive motives, to have pub lished . falsehoods and deceived Cardi nal Satolli. The court declares null and void all the sentences of tbe Bishop, withdrawing the facilities of tbe defendant prics'.s, sentencing them to do penance In-Canada lor contumacy ana condemning them generally .The gishop is condemned to pay tbe expenses pf the exonerated priests and the cost ot tne trial, to pay Father Fitzgerald $875 and Father Murphy 325 as damages and to withdraw the priests he sent to Tecum sen, Neb., where Father Murphy is rec tor of Stambrcz Church, and to Auburn Neb., where Father Fitzgerald is rector of St, Joseph s Church. The payments are ' ordered to be made to the court within thirty days. There is no appeal from tbe sentence pronounced. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT lamed by the XT. 8. T-reeenry Depat taunt Icoreaae Daring NorembBr Oyer Eight Millioca. Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Washington, December 1. The debt statement issued this afternoon shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash in the Treasury.dunng Novem ber, of S,QQ.333. The interest-bearing debt increases 80, tbe non-interest-bearing debt decreased $15,809. and cash in the Treasury decreased $8,215,639. KXhe balances of th several classes of debt at theTclose ot business November 30, were: Interest-bearing debt, $847, 801,530: debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,591,620; debt bearing no interest, 8378.170,117; total $1,221,126,857. The certificates and Treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $567,523,933. an increase of $3,183 003. The total cash io the Trea sury was $835,961,679; the gold reserve was $100 0JO.OO0; net cash balance $125, 857,098. la the month there was an increase in eold coin and bars ot $14 203.268 tbe to tal at the close being $169,52701. Of silver there was an increase of $621,703 Of tbe surplus there was ia National de positories $15,833,894. against $10,119, C9 at the end of the previous month. VICTIM OF HYDROPHOBIA. Hcrribla Death of a Han Bitten by a Had . Dog on S:eet:pn Day. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Richmond. Va , December 1. A Warsaw, Richmond county, special to tbe Dispatch says: Samuel Jones, a re spected citizen pf this county, died at h's home, near this village, at an early hour this morning of a well developed case ot hydrophobia. On election eight Jones was bitten by a mad dcg. For tie past few days he bad been suffering agony. Dr. Fisher, the attending physi cian, gives tne most Heartrending ac count of the unfortunate man's suffer ings. Several mad dogs are at present at large tn tee county, and there is great deal of excitement. FATAL COLLIS ON Between a Iaooonaotive a,nd a Tire Begins . ot.ETeretf, Haaaaobnaett. V By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Everett, Mass , December 1. While crossing the tracks of tbe eastern divi sion of the Bos' o a & Maine Railroad in response to an alarm of fire at 10 30 this forenoon, fire engine No. 9vof this city was struck bj a locomotive, and Board- man Bennett, the engineer of tbe steamer, was instantly killed. Walter Stcvensrtbe driver, was so terribly in tared that he died soon afterward. Both hois:s were fatally hurt. It was learned tbat thete was no fire, the alarm having been rung through a misunderstanding, llie Moderns Mother HasJound tbat her liit'e ones are im proved more by the pleasant Syrup ol Figs, when in need of the laxitive efftct of a gentle remrdy than Dy any other. aid that it is more teceptabie to them (Children enjoy it and it benefits them The trua temedy, Srup ot Figs, ia manufactured by the California Fig ayrup Company only. . 3 NORTHERN PROTECTIONISTS ! T ks Steps Toward ttoonrlngj Bevlalon of the Dados on Iron and Other Hauls. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, December 1. The first steps toward securing revision of tbe tariff duties on manufactured articles of iron and other metals, or a return to the McKinley law, were taken by a number of the members of the New York Metal Exchange to-day. The tariff question was taken np by the Exchange immedi ately after the election of Mr. McKinley became an assured fact, and an informal meeting of the representatives of the va riousranches ot the metal trade waa called. This took place in the offices of Mr H. A. Kent, the Eastern atent of the Illinois Steel Company. The meet-' ing was in session nearly two hours and a committee to do tbe preliminary work of securing the reforms was appointed. Ihero were no speeches made but the condition ot the tin, iron. 210c and steel trades were thoroughly discussed. Ex- crp: tne importers of tin, wno assert that this country cannot supply the demand for sheet tin, either with or without a protective tariff, all of the gentlemen present were unanimous in their requests for a high tariff. 'Mr. Edwazd Parks, an importer of finer grades of manufactured steel,- said. however, that while be was not par ticular whether the tariff be high or low, he thought tbe country should have an established policy on the tariff question. The trade suffered more lrom tbe disturbances caused by fre quent changes than from any other reason. He advocated the appoint ment of a tariff commission experts to whom all such matters should be referred, and with such powers as would enable them to prevent changes unless it was certain tbat the country would be benefitted. His idea was indorsed. It was decided tbat several weeks would be required to crystalize the ideas into proper fojrm on which to base a schedule for presentation- to Congress, and the committee was aopointed. This is com posed ot Mr. Kent, Mr. fa. r. Mayer. Mr. H. C. Clements, Mr. Dodge and Mr. William A. Jackson, of Jackson, Bros. & Co. These' gentlemen will bear the views of all interested, pat tbern, in proper form, and will report at another meeting to be held in about three weeks. When ..the committee reports work will begin at once on tbe schedule, and it will be rushed through to reach Con gress it possible at this session. FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY. The Lotses Buimated at Over $70,000 -Two Firemen Irjired. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. December 1. Two fire men were severely injured to-night at a fire in tbe four-s.ory brick building, No. 747 Broadway and extending through to Mercer street, whicfraggre eated $70,000 damage. They were knocked down by a stream of water from a line of hose which got loose from the firemen. Tne fire was discovered just after 7 o'clock by a policeman, then standing on the corner of Clinton ' place and Msrcer s:reet. Smoke was coming from the basement, of No. 806. . The store and the cellar were occupied by the btotbscUtidf Sons' Company, manu facturers of bar fixtures and billiard tables. The store extended throueh the building from Broadway to Mercer streets. The flames spread with remarkable rapidity, and in a few minutes after the arrival cf the first firemen the second and third floors, occupied by Leo Qood man & Bro., necktie manufacturers, and the fourth floor, occupied by David', Garter, a photographer, caught fire. The flames then spread to the room of te building on tbe south side, occupied, by ti. v. Connett $ Co.. bat makers, and the second, third and fourth floors by Holman Bros., manufacturers of boys' suits. -:- -:; Tbe building 747 Broadway was com pletely gutted. The Rothschilds' loss is about $75 Q"0. Goodman's lots $25 000 and the photographer $2 009.. The less on the building owned by the Boston estate is over $50,000. Tbe losses given are reported by tbe police, bbt Fire Chief Bonner thought the total loss would be less than $100 000. No cause learned. " A CLOSER ALUANQE Between the Postal Telegraph and tbe Com meroial Cable Companies. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . New York. Dec. 1. It is announced that tbe Postal Telegraph Cable Com pany's and the Commercial Cable Com panv's directors are to meet to take" ac tion in regard to forming a closer alli ance. Tbe relations of the two com panies will not be changed, except tbat tney are to oe nouns cioser in organise tion by the absorption of Postal stock by the Commercial Cable Company. The latter will give in excoange for tbe Pos tal stock a debenture or collateral trust bond, dollar fjr dollar, and guarantee four per cent. The capital stock of tbe Postal Company is $15,000,000. with no bonds, tbe Commercial Cable Com pany's capital stock is $10,000,000 and no bonds. This close alliance is tor the purpose of continuing in perpetuity the co-operative working 01 these two com panies .The stock of each company is held by practically the same interests, so that in this respect tbe new arrange tnent will make no change. BySlNEsS TROUBLES. Failure! of Herohantt at yarlons PIe.ce! in Texas By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Dallas, Tex, Dfcember l.WTele-! grams to commercial agencies in th s city report failure of A. J. Scape, har ness, saddle and buggies, at Eonis, Tex, Liabilities, $20,000; assets. $7,000 Walton & Ramsey, general merchants. at Crandview, Tex. Liabilities, $15,000, assets, $9,000. J. M. McClelland, dry goods and no tions, at Weatberford, Tex. i Liabilities $10 000: assets. $5,008. J. H. Box, general merchant; at Ab bot, Tex. Liabilities, $15,000; assets, $3,000. FITZSIMMONSSHABKEY- Betting in Chieago on the Beeolt of the Fight to Take Flaos To-night Odds of Two to One on Flin. By Telegraph te the Horning Star. Chicago, December 1. 7he betting in Chicago at tbe sporting resorts on the Fitssimmons-Sbarkey fight in San Fran cisco to-morrow night ha been light, but many wagers are expected to be made to-morrow. The bets made are on tbe length of the fight, Fitzsimmons being called to win within four and six rounds in nearly all the wagers. One bookmaker is reported to have offered $5,000 at odds of two to one that Fitz simmons would win. " V A VILLAGE LOOTED. - All the Btorea and Batlroad Offlee Bobbed. . By Telegraph to th Morning Star. Grand Rapids, Mich., December L A gang of robbers looted the village of Moline, sixteen miles south ot this city. last night. All the stores in the village and tbe railroad office were burglanzsd and considerable booty secured, consist ing of clothing, cutlery and jewelry. It is not known how much money the bur glars secured. There is no clew to the robbers.' - V. ' . N. C. ELECTORAL COLLEGE Hot In Btlelgh Teeterday Bobt. B. Davis mooted Breaident A Confllot Bctwaon tba State and National Law as to Tims ot Hosting. By Telegraph te tbe Morning Star. Raleigh, December 1 The electoral college metfere this afternoon, ail the electors being present save Tyre York, of tbe Eighth district. Robt. B Dwis was elected president. The session ad journed until to-morrow,' it appearing tbat to day tne college bad power to fill vacancies but to transact no other busi ness, and that the Governor must to morrow itsue to its members certificates of election. There is a conflict between the State and National law as to the time of meeting, and it is said the votes will not be cast uatil in January, on the date fixed by the National law. There are five Democrats, five Pcpulists and one Free Silver elector. WARM VTrELETS. Treasury balances: Com, $121,397.- 700; currency $13,178,247. Tbe State Biottst Convention of Sou h Carolina will open in Charleston to night. Fire at Italy, a tows 80 miles sooth of Dallas, . Texas, yesterday morning. caused a' loss o: $60,000: insurance. $15,- 000. Tbe report is'confirmed that the Home Secretary has ordered tbe release from Holloway iail of Dr. Jameson, the Trancvaal raider. Gov. loseph F. Johnston was inaug urated Governor ol Alabama yesterday. The greater part of his address was de voted to matters of State interest. Fire at Mason City. Iowa, destrovtd the potto ffice block with all mail, and damazed tbe City National Bank. Loss, $100,000; coveed by insurance. A'cdld wave of extreme seventy is prevailing throughout England and sev eral deaths of tramps and others from exposure to weather are reported. Fully 2.000 mill workers who were idle a month ago in Delaware county, Pa., are now at work, with the prospect of steady employment through tbe Winter. The American sheet iron mill, Pbil lipsburg, N. J., which has been idle on account of dull trade, started up yester day with enough orders to keep running all the Winter. . At Albany. N. Y., last night. Jack Everhardt, tbe champion lipbt-weight of the South, defeated Billy Ernst in a twenty-round contest before tbe Mers Athletic Club. ' A severe shock of earthquake was felt in Cairo, III., at 119 yesterday after noon. Buildings, swayed and people rnsbed into the streets. No serious damage was done. . The Bmk of West Port, M ssouri, closed ii doors Monday, after misk'Og an assignment for' the benefit of its creditors. Its caoital is $10,000. Assets aggregate $32,000; liabilities. $20,000. The State of Iowa has a deficit of 1500,000 insight. By the end of tbe present biennial period it is liable to reach $1000,000. It seeems probable the State will have to issue bonds. The Iowa prohibitory cigarette law seems to have been knocked out. Tbe Tobacco Trust has discovered that the State law cannot be enforced because it interferes with inter-State corametce. Tbe co-operative company started up the Bellefonte (Pa ) glass plant which has been idle six years by making their first blow of glass yesterday, Manv cr ders for glass bave already been received. A bill has been introduced in tbe Georgia Legislature authorizing the Governor to sell the Northeastern Rail road. Tbe minimum price named is $237,000. amount of the tata bonds on the road. , Tbe new Yale-Harvard athletic agree ment assures an 'immediate resumption of the relations between tbe two univer sities; that -Yale and Harvard will play base ball next Spring; that the crews will row, probably at New London. At Moundsville, W. t,be residence of Vinton A. Weaver was wrecked by a natural gas explosion.- Mrs. Weaver, her two small children and a domestic were in the house at tbe time, but escaped without serious injury. House and con tents were burned. Loss, $10 000. fRS. STUART'S MODELS, fihe Saya She Poea Not -.Have te Uto Among Them to Write or Them. Ruth McEnery Stuart, the lever short story writer, in talking of her field from which she has drawn her charac ters, says; "Yon know Mr. Stuart own-, ed two sugar plantations down in Ar kansas then, and my models were right around me, for cf course all his 'ban's' felt they owned us. "We didn't live on either of the plan tations, but in the little town near by, and I can see all those darkies now, rid ing in on their mules, hitching them to the mulberry trees in our yard, sitting in rows upon our front steps, 'restia' and 'foolin roun generally. "Some old 'aunty' would surely come walking in every morning with a bat tered tin pail on her arm, filled with perfectly worthless berries, gathered by tbe wayside, -hot to sell, but 'ter swap fur jes" a leetle flour, please, ma'am, an a pincher butter,, honey, an a couple1 er lumps er sugar, please, ma'am, Mis' Stuart,' J'Tben there was an old 'uncle who nsed to sit silently fishing all day long in a shallow pool, with his nnderlip stuck out phenomenally far, even for a negro, who, when any one asked him, Say, uncle, what's that you've got in your mouth?' would reply laconically,'. 'Wums.'and shut his tongue down upon his imprisoned 'bait' again. "Do I miss such 'material' up here? Not at all I find that in looking back upon these old friends of mine their dusky figures stand out more and more clearly against the glow of tender re- miniscence beside what types we have here at our door in Gotham." New York Correspondent Tough Job For Small Men. ,?he occupation of n boiler, inspector is one in 'which a man cannot grow fat without losing his job, and perhaps ia a funny business in that respect Each boiler inspected is drained of its con tents, and then the inspector -rigs him sjlf for a flirty job and wrfggles himself into the inside of it through the man hole. -This aperture cannot well be made large enough to admit a large man, hence the smallest sized, fellows have the monopoly of the business. But though that fact may be funny, the business itself, getting into dirty and stifling places and wriggling like a hu man worm into every hole and. corner to know its real condition, is anything but fun. The most scrupulous care is re quired in these examinations, and as everything is out of sight, the insurance company bave to depend wholly upon the trustworthiness of their men. Hence these get pay that makes amends for all they have to undergo, sufficient, indeed, to keep them from getting too big for their business 1 Lewiston Journal A Fellow Feeling. ' University Extension Lecturer (to manager of Chicago bureau) The see? end lecture of my course on Henry YIII has been objected to by eastern audiences as rather too eulogistic. Perhaps, there fore, I had better change it before de livering it here. Chicago Manager My dear sir, let it alone I It's just the thing we want Mbj, the president of our circlet has been divorced five times himself I New York Tribuna , - - COSTLY BELGIAN GUN BARRELS. They Arm Hade by Hand and Ter Ooan plleaied Proeeaa . The TJqited States consul in Liege de scribes, i4 a recent report, the manufac ture cf and trade in Damascus gun bar rels, wholly handmade, in the valley of the Vesdfe, in Liege province. These barrels are for sporting guns, and the industry is -many years old, the work men in the villages in the valley being almost all gun barrel makers and the trade descending from father to son. The best barrels are a combination of the best primary substances, welded and forged by the xnartelage a froid process. The steel comes from West phalia; the iron is manufactured at Couvin, in Belgiumthe coal, which is specially suited fortne work, from the "Herve highlands, in Belgium, while the motive power of the factories is obtain ed from the river Vesdre. The industry has r increased greatly in recent years. These armes de luxe, as they are called, are made by men working in pairs, each pair in its own little factory, quite in dependent of all others. They are paid by the piece, the wages being good, and about 2,000 men are engaged on the work in the valley. Medium quality barrels arejmade of coke iron and steel. LwhUe the superior quality, which are proaucea in tne vesdre valley, are maae of charcoal iron and steeL, An ingenious "marriage" of these metals gives a com position which, when manufactured,' guarantees the required solidity and re sistance. . The improvement in these damasens barrels dates from the introduction of precussion caps in place of the old flint lock. Formerly iron barrels alone were produced. Now, to manufacture the curled damasens, Jthe ingot is composed of SO sheets of iron and steel, each hav ing a thickness of four millimeters, which are enveloped in a sheet iron box, placed in an oven and welded together at the lowest possible temperature. Each barrel receives 150 welding beats while being forged, and if a single one of these is unsuccessful the barrel may be a fail ure, either by- alteration of the damas cened work or an imperfection in the welding, There is no official test of these armes de luxe, but they are thoroughly tested by the. manufacturers before delivery. The annual production of damascus bar rels in the Vesdre valley is about 800. 000 pairs, of a value of about 3,500,000 francs. Of this the wages alone for all the guns are handmade amount to about 2,000,000 francs. The principal, markets are Great Britain and the United States. About half the barrels made in the Vesdre valley are sold to manufacturers of arms in Liege to be mounted, -r-New York Times. j The Garden State, New Jeraey has been called the Garden State from the fact that a large proportion of tbe farming land within its boundaries ia given np to growing vegetables for the markets of New York and Philadelphia, so that it has been said New Jersey is a kitchen garden of these two cities. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient fiature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef forts gentle eff orts-pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that bo many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis easebut simply to a constipated condi tion of the -system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it only remedy with miUionsof l'i'w.iiies, udis everywhere esteemed so liiglily y all who value good health. Its jcneficial effects are due to the fact, tl t it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without clebilif etlng the organs on which i- flois. It is therefore all important, in trlr to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that yon, hp.va the genuine arti cle, whicluis manufactured by the Cali fornia Fij Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable di-irgist5. ' . ' If ia the fiijoyment ?"? good health, and the system J3 !gnfar,"laxatives or ortieV reciedies "ere then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may bo fetaameded to the most skillful physicians, hut if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-inforinod everywhere. Syrup of Figs stanils hJsjhest and i3 most largely nsoH a "n.- -r'.ct ireneral satisfaction. BUSINESS LOCALS- IV Noncss For Kent or Sale, Lost aod Found Wants, and ether ihort mil cellaneoni advertiwmenta inserted In this Department ,in leaded Nonpareil type, on first or fourth page, at Publisher's opjon, for 1 cent per word each Insertirn' bat no advertisement taken for less tbaa 30 cents. Terms posH rely cask II lansw. Tbe regular monthly rcreting of the North Caro lina Scrosis will be held ia the Y. M. ggfr. boildioa on Thnrday, December S, at lo'giock p?'mpromptly ane czecorye ixnnmittee wiu,p esse meet in same place at 8.45 o'clock. : B dec It Hay Timothy Hay, mixed Clover hay. Prairie Hay, Straw, Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for horses and cattle. J no. S. McEachera, SIX Mar ket St. Telephone 98. octlTtf I offer to Discount any Price Lists for Groceries sent out by any other merchant by giving S cents worth more on their dollar off. If yon don't believe k call on C. D. Jacobs, S9)4 North Front street. Oct 6 tf : Hayaen, P. it., tut la stack boggles, road Carts and harness of all kinds. Repairing dose by I itillfnl workmen oa than notice. Oaoneita ae Cftart Hnasa . ' t UP TO DATE Livery andSalfes Stable. Southerland & Cowan, 108, 110 Second StreeC between Princess and Chesnat, j QUR SKRVICK IS FIRST.CLASS IN IVXKT particular. Finest Ho tea ia town, first-class eqnip pages. Polite attention. All calls and orders day and night promptly attended to. XLEPHONE NO. IB. TELEPHONE NO. 15 Telephone calls answered any hoar day or night. Special attention given to Boarding Horses. Bos Stalls and Careful Grooming for Stalling Hones Hacks and Baggage Line to all trains going and coming, at usual prices. Carriage for Railroad Call l.W). . Prices Uniform to All Comers. Hearse Exclusive for Whites fS.OO. Carriage for funeral, gi 50. Hearse foe White and Colore ., $4 00. Horse and Buggy one hoar, $1.00; afternoon $8 00. Carriage. Team and Driver one boor. $1.00; afternoon $4.50. Horse and Surry one hour, $100; afternoon, i.3,00. l earn and Trap one boor. $1.00; afternoon, $3.60. Saddle Horse one hour, 60 cents; afternoon, $1,60. Furniture Wagoa with careful attention, il.00 par load. . Open 365 days and 365 nights in a year. mar 29 tf CABBAGE PLANTS. . asaBaaasj ' .- " . : 500,000 Cabbage Plawta JpROM PETER HENDERSON'S AMD GEO. TATE A BOMS' SEED', for sale by v - N. B. DAWSON, 'bovUIbs Coaetoe,N.C VISIT THE C. W. Polvogt & Co., DURING THIS WEEK AND SEETHE NEW GOODS THEY HAVE OPENED, CONSISTING OF Stylish Dress Goods, Trimmings, Carpets, Bog; LADIES' JACKETS AND CAPES, - Blankets and Comforters. The largest Carpet and Window Shade Department in, the State. Special attention paid to making and laying Carpets. The Best $1.00 Kid Glove in the city. Every pair warranted. i Friday, Our C. W. Polvogt & Co., Sole Agents for Batterick's Patterns and W. B. Corsets. Samples sent on application. nov 8 tf . We Are Here to Slay ! And we want to please everybody by giving thenf low prices, honest gocds and fair dealing. We mean well acd try to nndersell all classes of competi tors. - . OUR CLOAKS have been a very in teresting department in our store this season. We have told lots of nice Capes and are still selling nice Capes st t2C0 and 2 50 op lo 4.00 and 5 00. and even op to 8 00 and 10 00 each. In Children's Cloaks, n ce for school. Cloaks for 98c. $1 25 and op to 12 00 each. Indus' Cloaks from 13 00, 3 00 and op to 12.00 each. We are pushing this department and want 5 our trade. We bave sent a large order to tbe New York auction on flee Capes, which we expect io a few days, that we will fell from 75c to fj4 00 each. LADIES' HATS We give employ ment to six young ladies in this de partment, and thev trim all Hats free of cost to yen -if yon buy the Hat and material from us. We have fine Trim med Hats at 50, 75c aod $1 00. Fine line all styles, trimmed in best gocds. ith Silk Ribbon. Tips, Plumes and Egretts for $150 2 00 acd up to 6 00 and 10 00 each. We have the best atd largest trade in the c ty in this linr. Sailor Hats all grades, from 10c to $1.00 At Wilmington's Big Racket Store, Braddy On Front street, oppo'it? nov 29 tf FANCY WORK Stamped Linens. Table Covers. Centre Pieces, Bureau Scarfs, sideboard Covers, Bibs, Scarfs, laundry Bags, Pillow Shami 10c to 4,1.25. Spcial Prices in Rlons 2nd Laces. An Fringe 5 cents yard. y Silk Cord in all colors at 5 cents yard. ' Beautiful feUkaknes and Gilt Drapety at 10 and 12c Big Stock of Toys and Fancy Goods. Prices lower than ever before. ' J. H. Rehder & Co. Phooe 111. Cm fare, paid on all purchases of $! 00 and up. Beaatiful Framad (water color) Pictures scd Crayon Portraits given away when purchases amount to $10. nov 29 t : 'i ; Tbese Stoves Have Cast Trin Ton and Rasp. We will guarantee them to outlast two of the old-style sheet iron tops and base. They are handsome and cheap. Jast; examine them we have no farther comments. f Wm.' IB. Springer & Co., "PURCELL" BUILDING, WILMINGTON, N. C. nov 20 tf $400,000 TO LOAN 'AT MINIMUM RATES BY THE ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON, N. CM on approved security. No customer put off for a day if his security is good. Accounts solicited. Unsurpassed facilities in every department of banking. No interest paid on deposits. J. f . KORVOODslPresideiit. LfCCOKER; Jr., Assistant CasHier If. J. TOOMER, CasMer. octieu Nats and Canned Goods. Cocoanuts. Hixe&Huts, CANNED PEACHES, Tomatoes, Corn, Peas, Grapes, Okra and Tomatoes, Beans, Oysters, Beef, &c. Staple and Fancy. Groceries, Provisions, Bagging and Ties. HALL & PEARS ALL, Nutt and Mulberry streets, oct ts nw h Combination Bicycle FOR SALE. ' A Combination "Crusader" Bicycle, for either lady or gentleman. Cush ion Tires. Brand new. Will be sold cheap. Call in person, or address at apT tf Sta Onrrcx. - STORE OF . Barg a in D ay. each. Quils at 8 and 5c each. Flowers oil nrarf.. Ih.. arm .nk . V. .. season. " OUR CLOTHING Department :s one of much interest. We have ail grades cf Men's and Boys' Clothing. Sttc.ly all wool Bovs' Suits, from 4 io 14 years o'd. at $2 00 a Suit, nicely made doable-breasied. fine tooda. We have Boys' Sails from tl 50 to 8 50. all kinds, nice, new. this season's gooes. Men's Suits,-all wool, nicely mtde. at 83.75; better at 5 00. splendid Suits, ex tra quality, at 6.60, 7 60 rp to 10 Ou. Our fine of fioe'black C!av Wots.ed, heavy weight, satin lined, cicely fiLishtd. at $8 25. worth rep o'ar 12 00.' MEN'S OVERCOATS of the nicest quality, frcm all wool Beaver Coal?, u ti- 1 .1 uiauc, Ttivci luiidf,. mjuk auu wca finished for $8 00. worih' regular 10 CO each, to cheap Coats at 2 00. Bos' jib Overcoats, warm and rice, frcm $1.60 to 4 00. A Macintosh Coat wiia leng cape, wool covered, at 2 88, 3 50 acd op to 10 00. If yen need Dress G:cds. Sbdes, Hats. Clothire. Odd Pants. Underwear ' or tbe celebrated Wilson Heaters, com e and see us. We are headquarters lor Cheap Goods. Caylord, Prop, the Orton Hotel. Wilmington. N C- FOR XMAS. Zephyr. Split and Plaia. ia every imaginable color, 5c drzec Embroidery ilks 10c dozen roo s. Wash Siiks spool. Embioijery Cotton, all colors, two for fc. China Si ks, all colors. 2Ec y ud Lamb Wojl Soles for S ippers 23c. Fancy Scrim 6c, 8c and 10c ) d. Dotted iwisi 10c, 12c and lie. ,y ..-im"-!''-!..!.:-;,. 1...;;, i-.'.-v - are conspicuous necessities. If tbey are nice and fit well they are con spicuous, and if thev are unshapely and ill-fitting they are equally con spicuous. We pause to remark that the most conspicuous articles in oar store are SHOES. We cordially invite a call for any thing you need in our line. . Respectfully, Ilercer &, Evans, ' nov 26if 115 Princess-St, 0
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