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V i 1 1' WILMINGTON, N. C Saturday Morhino. Jan. 2, 1897 ; AI.MPKOBABLE STORY Telegraphed from H .Tana ta tha Madrid i - Imparoiel, r By Cab a to the Morning Bur. ,.. - Madrid. Jan. 1 A special dispatch from Hjvana to the Injarcial sayt that fifty-one mea. com prising, the filibuster- 'ing;eipeditSaa jecsntly landed upon a desert key by the steamer Three Friends, have been, drowned. The : men were hastily put ashore on the barren island ' after the Three Friends bad been par sued by' Spanish gunboats, with which the filibustering, steamer had an ex change of shots, and the cargo of arms and . ammunition, provisions, etc., on board the steamer were also landed with the men. The Three Friends, being closely pursued by the Spanish war ves sels, was compelled to put the men ashore on this barren island or take them back to the United States, and it was in making an attempt to leave the island. the dispatch says, that they - were - drowned. The dispatch also states that 860 rifles, which the filibusters bad with . them, were lost in the sea. Jacksonville. Fla.,1 Jan. l.-i-There is no longer any doubt that" the Three Friends expedition was landed on a Florida key after the vessel had been chased from the Cuban coast by a Span ish Datrol boat. - . A telegram from Miami says that the Dauntless reDfrrted there last night and . went on to No Name Key, where a large body of men are reported to be wreckea and that two of the number are reported to be dead. A telegram from Key West says that when the steamer City pf . Richmond passed No Name Key the Dauntless was there taktng onooara a party Of men -and a cargo.! : The Three Friends is still in the custody of the collector of customs No leeal proceedings have yet been insti tuted against the vessel or crew. . The atnr sent from Madrid of the drowning of fifty-one mejMtanded otp Florida key by tbe steamer anree Friends is declared by the Cubans hefeH . to be false. J. A. Huau, agent of tbe Junta, says if the story was true he would have been so informed. - &HOOTING AT NORFOLK. Caief Brn of tna Fira Department Bhot i and 8erlouely Wounded hr Aa ; " littaot Chiaf Wood. . " ; By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. -Norfolk, Va-Jan. 1. Chief Martin J.Hraa, of the Norfolk . Fire Depart ment, was shot this afternoDQ by Cap- tain Frank Wood, assistant chief of the departmeo. Chief Ryan 'was standing ia the street between engine bonse No. 1 and tbe police' station, wben Captain ', Wood approached and making some re- mark dre a'six-shooter and fired five , snots, when tie was overpowered, by by standers who rushed to the rescue of theWKftfrr He was jodged in jail. Chief RTyan was taken to the hospital. . wbere it was found tbat be bad received two wouadi. one in tbe right Icaee and - one In fhe back. He will-prooaoly re cover. .Willie the shooting was in pro gress Mayor Mayo, was writing an order suspending Captain Wood from, the de partment for drunkenness, which of fence had been .reported by Chief Ryan. Tbts caused tne snooting. Captain Wood is an old and very valuable fire man and i very pppu'ar. Bat nii one weakness, fondness for drink, was gen erally reqogaizd, though! he did not ouenyieldto .it. He was intoxicated when he did. to-day's shooting. He is till in jaif. .v ; COMMITTED SUICIDE. tbejiloec Pfomtaent, and Popular aa Man of IitnoolD, Neb, By t elepajtb-totbeMorniag Star. -Lincoln.' Jan. I. Ex-State Senator Henry Seeruog, at the bead o: Standard Glass and Paint Company, one of the' most prominent as well as popu far business men in Lincoln, committed - auicide by hanging himself yesterday. He was 53 years of age, high in the ranks of 1 Masonry and was reputed to be wealthy, 0f serene temperament and apparently , without business cares. Originally a Re publican, he deserted that party at the last election and was one of the strong supporters el W. JL Bryan, of whom he was a near neighbor. Oa the subject of free silver he was almost a fanatic, and among- hia intimates it is known he brooded much over us defeat and that of his candidate for the . Presidency. His domestic relations, were pleasant and busmen aBairs nourishing. REAR-END COLLISION On tbe Hew Xork .Central ' Bailroad A ' . mreman and.4 Brakeman Killed; . . i .Several Cara Burned. . , By -Telegraph to the Horning Star, ' Schenectady; N. Y., January 1. Early this morning a rear-end collision occurred on the New York Central 1 Railroad near here between two freight I trains.: John Cook, a fireman, and Charles, Vbgel, a brikeman. both of - Al bany were; killed. George Gilchrist, engineer of the rear train, saw that a - collision was inevitable and jumped, thus : saving his life. Several cars caught-fire and were burned, causing a loss of $30,000 . '.:.- : STEAMER COMMODORE . -Ieft Jacksonville Yesterday- Horning With Cared of Arms and Ammunition. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Jacksonville; -Fla., January h The filibustering steamer Commodore left Jacksonville this morning, with a cargo of arms and ammunition. Three miles below the city she stuck In the' 'mud, and the revenue cutter! Boutwell, passing down the river, pulled her . off and escorted her safely across the bar. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening -strength and healthfulness. Assures the fool against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co . '- 'M . v New York. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. PRE3 DENT CLEVELAND'S ANNUAL NEW YEAR RECEPTION. Xitvisb Daoorationa for tbe Oaeaslon A Large Oatherinz o( Distincuuhed ro eif ners, Government Omotalt, Civil- : .. . tana, and Many JLtdlea. . '' By Telegraph ta the afomag Star, Washington. Jan. 1. The annual New Year's receaMon at the . White House took place to-day according to a long established custom. : It constitutes the yearly brdeal of the President and the mistress of the White House, lof they . must shake bands with several thousand of their fellow citizen and a large number of distinguished foreigners. They bore their part heroically, how ever, and looked ' as fresh at the ending as they" did at tne beginning. As oa last New Year's day the crowd that par ticipated in and witnessed the reception was very large. It was the last function of its sort in which Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land will figure as the principal charac ters, and this may. have been responsible in part for the throng that paraded corridors and -, apartments during the time set apart for the reception.' The .interior of the Mansion had been lavishly decorated for the occasion. A suggestion of the tropics was. given by a survey of the decorative arrangements. Jo the dainty, oval-shaped Blue Room, the official chamber ol tbe White House, with its delicately tapestried walls, tbe artistic effect was well carried out It I was in this apartment that the Presi dent, Mrs. Cleveland and the receiving party stood. Soft hued globes tempered tbe gleams of electric light that filled the room.; The two mantels were banked In solid masses of cut flowers roses of many varieties, and the rarest of other blooms that the conservatories of the Mansion could give. : Both of tbe mirrors were draped in smuax. while the scintillating pendants of . tbe central chandelier were, piofusely entwined-wlth the delicate creeper. In each of the three windows was a sutely palm one an ereca and the others of the seaforthla variety while smaller palms, were banked around them to gether - with axleas and ferns. . In the fireplaces were' feme ' galors, and the decoration was completed by fringes of ivy leaves around the doors and cornices. The Red 'Room held a profusion of tall - rubber, plants and palms. Jardinieres of greenish tinge holding growing plants comported welt with the permanent hangings of the Gieen Room. In tbe broad, corridor leading from the East;Room ! past the reception chambers to the private stair case at the western, end a few rubber trees and palms sufficed for decorative purposrs, as all tbe apace that could be obtained there was necessary to accom modate the constantly moving throng. ' Tbose who paid their respects to tbe President and Mrs. Cleveland passed out of the receiving chamber I into the Green Room and tbence into the spa cious East Room, the scene of so many historical occurrences. Six hundred people is the ordinary capacity of this apartment. To day it was filled to an uccamfortable degree with foreign en, voys, officers of the army and navy, high jad cial functionaries. Senators! Repre sentatives and maoy civilians, with a large number of ladies. Tbey were not so crowded, however, as to be unable to see and appreciate .the floral beauty dis played. As in -every other part of tbe interior, the East Room had its chan deliers and cornices twined with smilax. Trailing arbutus also formed a graceful drapery. The wnite jardinieres on all the , mantels held Chinese primroses, rubber plants and cinema,' Date and cocoanut palms spread their foliage high over the heads of the promenading guests. '-The broad and. high east win dow was a mass of pomsetta palms, and grouped about the bottom of these were ferns a plenty. Tbe mirrors, the em brasures, the fireplaces were all Suitably arranged. , - ' Eleven o'clock was the hour set for the beginning of the reception, j Before that time, members of the diplomatic corps. Ambassadors, Ministers, attaches and their wives and daughters, had be gun to arrive and were ushered into the Room where tbey awaited the signal to pasralong the line. Out in the pub lic lobby, tbeUnited States marine band under the leadersbtp-Q Prof. FancieulU, waited tne signal to pray suddenly r ancieuiu wavea nis Daion anorsne - va rions-tnstmments burst forth into well known air of "Hail to tbe Chief Down tbe private stair-case came the President, Mrs. Cleveland, the members of the Cabinet and theur ladies led by Col.Jobn M.Wilson.United States Army, superintendent of public buildings and grounds and master of ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, Vice President I and Mrs. Stevenson, Secretary and Mrs. Olner. Secretary - and Mrs. - Carlis e, Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon. Postmaster General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary and Miss Herbert, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, Secretary andMiss Morton, and Secretary and Mrs; Francis, an Imposing processionpassed : along the corridor to the Blue Room and took their places, tbe,President and Mrs.' Cleveland atone end with Secretary jOlney and Col. Wilson at their right, and the ladles forming a line across the I apartment. The Cabinet officers mod I fitly dropped to the rear and entered utu kwuiciHuuB wuu some ui tne ladies, -who composed that contingent commonly designated '"behind the line The first to greet the President was tbe British Ambassador. . Sir lullan JPauncefote; dean,, of the Diplomatic Corps. He was accompanied by Lady Pauncetote and daughters and attaches of the British Legation. .Next came the Ambassadors of France, Italy and Ger many, with their Legation staffs. After these came tbe plain Ministers, headed by Senor Romero of Mexico, and other diplomatic representatives in the order of their rank of seniority. , i -.- r A year ago a Chinese woman was seen 4ot the first time at the opening function oi tne omctai social season. She was Mrs. Yang Yu, tbe wife of the Envoy from tbe Flowery Kingdom. To-day she came again and created quite as much interest and comment as she did on her previous appearance at a New Year's re ception. Her wonderful silken robes won tbe admiration of all the women present, while every man pronounced her as pretty as a picture, and not a Chi nese picture either. Her attractive little face beamed beneath a curious head dress that fairly glittered with precious stones. She drew the lion's share of attention, even more than her husband and tbe silk-gowned members of his suite. Yang Yu's costume was resplen dent. In his wake came his secretaries and attaches.' It lis probable tbat the participation of Jthe . wives .of- Chinese Ministers at official social functions, will be a permanent thing. ; Mr. Yang I Yu will be succeeded - this year by another distinguished fellow countryman; and it is safe to say (hat hl European wife will wiuig mn tug prerogatives , to WQICU; ..it . l . her sex entitles, her in her native .land. The presence of Mrs. Yang Yu was not the only mark of Oriental advance ment at the reception.- When the fjorean Minister and his suite were, an nounced, the spectators - who craned their necks 40 see the odd head-dresses and gowns in which tbey had been' ac customed to see' tbe representatives of the Hermit Kinedom attired, met with a disappointment, for they had discarded, their picturesque costumes for tbe con ventional garments of European civiliza tion, appearing la them for the first time at the New Year's day function. J ! . The last of the diplomats to pay his respects was Senori.TJ. Rodriguez. the first representative of tbe greater repub lic of Central America (Honduras, Nica ragua and Salvador.) -, Secretary Olney, who ; bad made the presentation ol the members of the diplomatic body, stepped to the rear as the last of the foreigners bad passed,and Col. Wilson took bis place to introduce those tbat followed. Chief justice -Fuller led tbe line of grave looking justices of the Federal Supreme Court: Chief Justice Nott, the new presiding officer of the United States Court of Claims, was followed by his associates on the bench; Chief Jdttxe Alvey. of the Court of Appeals of the, District of Columbia, a member of 'the Venezuelan, commis sion, preceded tbe district : judiciary. Then came ex members of the Cabinet and ex-Minister of the United States. -Major General Miles, attired in his full uniform, a broad golden scat f across bis breast, indicating that he was the com manding General of tbe military forces, led the large contingent ol army officers. Adjutant Ruggles and fte various brig adier generals who preside over tbe bu reaus of the War Department were im mediately In his rear. . . ; w - i - Rear Admiral Ramsay, Rear Admiral Walker. Commodores Matthews. Sam p son, Hicbhorn, Melville and a number of other well-known officers composed the naval ' contingent. ; CoL Haywood, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, led those under him,-and after them came General Ordway and the general staff of the militia of the District of Columbia. :'.:' - -:- -' -" Senators and Representatives in Con gress had struggled along before and behind the military and naval people. Speaker Reed bowled past the receiving party, attracting considerable attention. Senator Sherman and other veteran wearers of the toga were also present. Black frock coats became the rule at this point and continued for some time. Passing along in the order assigned came the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Civil Ser vice Commission, the- assistants to tbe heads of tbe executive departments, and tbe beads of Government bureaus. -' Carrying their tattered battle flags came the Associated Veterans of the War tub Mexico, all bowed down with the weight of years ; then members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion, the Union Veterans' Lt glon, and the Oldest Inhabitants' Asso ciation of tne District of Columbia. It was nearly 1 o'clock wires the pub lic reception began. Men, women and children of all walks of life passed In a seemingly endless procession through tbe reception rooms. - For each the President and . Mrs. Cleveland bad a smile and a hand-shake. At i o'clock; the doors were Closed, and the last of the most tiring social ordeal of the Cleveland administration wasover. r A GEORGIA TRAGEDY. Iiynohers Threaten ta Attack the County Jail at Atlanta ta Oat Edward Flanagan " Who Murdered Membera of tba AUen Family Bear Deoatnr. V Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Atlanta, Jan. 1. Information was received here to night that a party of Green and D;Kalb county men would arrive during tbe night and attack the county jail. Tbey want to get Edward Flanagan and lynch him for tbe murders which he committed last night near De catur..' The county changed sheriffs to-day and Sheriff Neims placed ten extra men On duty to-nigbt. ' He has also notified the police and the military tbat he will call on them if necessary. Nelms is a well-known fighter and an attempt to lyncn nis prisoner would be disastrous to the attacking party. If a' mob shpuld come to tbe city Irom tne country it would be hard for them to find a leader desperate enough to make the attack on the prison. . . ' . , : The Green county people are fncensed because one of Flanagan's victims. Miss Ruth Slack, lived there, and was at De catur on a visit. The Aliens, had. liv.ed in DeKalb eounty for years, and their neighbors - are enraged. Grandfather Allen, who was "knocked iu the bead and was supposed to be dead, recovered! consciousness this morning, and will probably recover. Miss Slack is not dead, but. she is - paralyzed and uncon scious, and the doctors say that she can not possibly recover. Grandmother Allen was buried to-day. Flanagan sent for another lawyer to day, W. C. Glenn, accompanying his message with a check for $500., It turns out that Flanagan bad considerable ready money in bank, and he bad more than 500 in cash in his pockets wben he was brought into the jail. The de lence will plead insanity. lanagan says that he was in love wittrtbexbild, Leila Allen, and the family hauxonsented to their marriage when she was order. He states that he believed yesterday thSttbe Aliens were plotting ta have him arrrseiL so as to get his money. He had a roorbiiHmag ination and basmadeayanous statemen about the Aliens of late. He says that he offered Father Kennedy $1000 If he would place Leila Alien in a convent. wbere she must remain until old enough to marry. Father Kennedy it out of the city, u : , . Flanagan was for a time a travelling agent of the Standard Oil company. He says mat ne came originally iiom Mis sissippi. He is 28 years old. PROMINENT REPUBLICANS Assembling at Balelch. to Fartletpats ia Benatoriil Fiht.-All DeoUrs for .. " . Frttohard. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;- the . Raleigh, January 1. Prominent Republicans from all parts of the S:ate are assembling here to participate in tbe great Senatorial fight . Iaterest is greater than ever before In a similar coo test Republicans' bere all declare for :Pritchard. The secretary of the Republican State Committee arrived this evening to conduct Pritchard's cam paign. He says there are 73 Republi cans in tne Legislature, and as 89 are a majority, Pntchard lacks 14 votes. The Populists claim 60 members out of 170 composing the Legislature.' - Populist : State, Chairman Ayer an nonnces that Populist- members of tbe Legislature will have no joint caucuses. He savs that the Populists will act with the Republicans in ; some particular'. riebas engaged forty-nine rooms for ropuiiH memoers atone noteu News reached Augusta last night of the burning of a' trestle on the. Augusta southern road, about forty-two miles from that city. One span was burned when the train crossed over. The bag gage car spanned ' the burned portion when this train was brought to a stand still. No one was lejored. The escape seems miraculous. Every . evidence points' to in cendiarism. .- f .: ,Hiv Following that ot County Treasurer Jermgan, there were twa other suicides In Austin, Texas. -Howard C. Ball, a' prominent drug clerk. took mo'rphinel and nis dead body was found On the outskirts of the city. ? George Durst, a tailor, was found banging dead inbis place of business. -' ' ' Prosecuting Attorney Aul expresses tbe opinion thatJames ' Nelson and Jesse Winner, lynched by a mob at Lez-. ington. Ky.a short time ago, were in nocent of the murder of Mrs. Winner and her baby. He claims to have suffi cient evidence to canse the indictment of fifty ot tbe lynch la Olden Tlmea People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known tbat Svrop of Figs will permanently overcome habitual constipation, well-informed people will not bay other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system, vf ; SPAIN AND CUBA, y SPANISH NEW8PAPERS DENOUNCE ,THE POLICY OF WEYLER. A Bsiaiitetitl CrUis is Frobable.-Qen. Wey- ler'a Beport on the. Frotress ot His Cam-. . ptfsa ABaTtost the Cabaa. Insarcents, -By CaUe to the Moraine Star. Madrid, JaUnary 1. The semi-offi cial newspapers defend the action of the Government in seizing tbe issue of the Jferaldoini Impartial upon the ground that tne articles pubiisaed by those papers denouncing the policy of Capt. Gen, Weyler, in Cuba, had a tendency to create discontent among the troops in unoa, ana ta encourage American fili busters, . The Government will not per mit the objectionable articles to be trans' mitted by telegraph. Public opinion is greatly excited over reports that the Spanish troops in Cuba are compelled to undergo extreme hard ships through hunger and nakedness and tbat those Who are.confined in . the hospitals by illness or because of wounds are suffering from neglect and an in sufficient supply of medicines. As large sums of-money have been sent to Cuba from Spain for the purpose of furnishinsr cioihifig, medicines, etc, to the troops, tbe question is asked, where has this money gone? - . , . El Bias asserts that a ministerial crisis is probable as the result of a change of policy. It is rumored that the Cabinet has approved tbe proposal to recall Cap tain general Weyler, but tbat. Premier Canovas has delayed action in the mat ter, giving no reasons for so doing. : AH of the ministers met at the residence of Premier Canovas last evening and drank to a toast expressing hops for the speedy conclusion ol puce in tne disturbed col onles. ': :.!;. . ; Havana; January 1. A reporter of tbe Diarodt La Marina has bad an in terview with Captain General Weyler in the Mata Toro camp. Speaking of the situation in tbe province of Pinar del Rio, General Weyler said tbat - speaking irom tne standpoint of strength and importance, tbe insurrection in tbat province had been . crushed. The fe insurgents remaining were obliged to hide like wolves inlthelr caves. Fevers and small pox had thinned the rebel ranks, His own columns and tbose ofJ the other Spanish commwrraers had overrun the bass and ' interns of the hills and had jnet no rebels. The msur gents alter the death ot Maceo were without a leader. Kivera, Maceo s suc cessor, was unpopular among his men. Gen; Weyler added that ins statements would be confirmed after Gsn.'Melguizo and Aroias bad completed their opera tions, which included the sweeping of the province from west to east. Gen erals Hernandez, Velasco, Obreean, Ber nal, Riuz. Fuentes and Segurawere now in the centre of the bills. Perhaps Gen eral Aroias was also there. Once tbe Rubtnills were fortified, a severe blow might be directed against tbe rebels un der Ducassis. Gen. Weyler said in conclusion that he would allow no bouses to be built on tbe outskirts of the towns, es were they constructed they would serve mostly as refuges for bandits. An odd feature of the above Interview is that Gen, Wevier while declaring that Pinar del Rio is practically free of insur gents' finds it necessary to have tbe Rubi hills fortified before be. will at tempt to strike a blow at the rebels un der Ducassis,; Washington,- Jan. 1. -Srnor de Lome, the Spanish Minister Resident here, furnishes the Southern Associated' Press tbe following copy of a telegram from Foreign Minister Tetuan : "In tbe council of Ministers, presided 'over to day by Her Majesty the Queen. Regent, a royal decree was signed which will ap ply to the island Ol Porto Rico the laws of reforms voted in the Cortes on the 15th of March. 1895." The preamble to this decree it of the greatest importance, because of the statements it contains regarding Cuba. It begins by explaining the reasons why the reforms are applied - to-day and wherefore this has not been done before. Amongst other paragraphs, it contains the following: ' - "In the actual circumstances, the Gov ernment Considers that the proper time has arrived for giving to the world ample proof of its firm resolve to fulfill the en gagements voluntarily contracted by the nation, bv emplanttng and' carrying into effect in Porto Rico tbe reform of the system of government and civil admin istration voted by the Cortes' and sanc tioned by Her Majesty, and which, con veniently enlarged and extended, will be applied in due time to Cuba." WARM Wl RELETS. Rear Admiral Joseph Skarrett.U.S N., (retired) died yesterday at his residence, n4 In wasningion, u. k,. 4 latTAt Youngstown,Oiio,Thursdaynightr jamer tJetz, bis wile and two-year-old child wereHsuJIocated, while asleep in. bed, by escapingoal gas. i Fire In the furnunre. warerooms cf Walter Scott, RicbmonoVa., practi cally ruined tbe stock. , Tne damage of $25,000 is covered by insurance .! Floyd Estill, of Winchester,Tenn..hae been appointed Circuit Judne bv.Gov. Tnrney, to fill out the unexpired term of John A. Moon, elected to Congress from the Third district I '.Arrangements for the meeting of the monetary convention in Indianapolis, January 18, are practically complete. It is thought the attendance will not exceed five hundred. f r i The factory of the Benjamin Butter; disb Manufacturing Company, near Chattanooga, Tenn., was burned to tbe ground last night" The loss will approxi mate $14,000; insurance, t3 000. t j President Faure received a ' telegram from the Czar yesterday, in , which the Russian Emperor, in addition to the usual New Year's greetings, expresses wishes for the prosperity of France. Sx negroes are under arrest for the brutal murder of Captain H P. Miller, proprietor of the Southern Pacific Hotel, Milan, Tenn., whose body was found la an nnused bar-room with bis bead beaten to a pulp. -'; . ' ' ' At Barfield. Mo., yesterday, Adolph Mavis shot and killed Mrs. . A. Paine and then fired a bullet into bis - bead, dying instantly. Before Mrs. Paine's marriage she and Mavis were . sweet hearts. , . . . Saakey Cunnigham, the young negro Who made a murderous and brutal as saulton Miss-Katie Camp,-daughter ofJ . . . m rf".. our. james . uop. near macon, ud., On the third of - December last, was hanged in the jiil yard yesterday. I A Danville, Va., dispitch says John W. Holland has filed a deed of assign ment to Berrymaa Greeu, trustee, to se cure notes and debts which be endorsed - for his brotheMhe late C..G. Holland, to an amount aggreaauog $18400. 3 "A terrific exp'oslon "occurred yesittr ayat'' ibeMiami Power Company's rworks, :a few - .miles north of Aconia, Ooio. .Abtjab Kretzer and Jos., Hop ping, employes,, at the works,' were (fatally hurt - The cause of the explosion Is Unknown. The score in the six days interna tional bicycle race at the close of tbe fifth day stood as follows: Waller. 730 miles. 11 laps; Maddpx, 780 miles, 9 laps, Ashinger, 730 miles, 3 laps; Hunter, 728 miles. 8 laps: Lawson, 728 miles, 6 laps; Forester, 727 miles, 1 lap. CASTORIA Tor Infants aad Children. stsSu" yj? vT'Tr- h ENGLAND'S FOOD "SUPPLY. Aad How It Mlfht Be Endangered In Cer- tain War Contincvneiee. 1 Strong as the English war fleet is, it Is very far from being strong enough to successfully engage a possible combina tion of fleets -and at the same time pro tect our sea borne food supply. r If the United States and , Russia declared war with England, there would practically be no food supply left to" protect ; They would keep the immense supplies we now get from them ftt homo, and the fear of capture or dtruction would ef fectually prevent Argentina and other neutrals from Bending food to us in any sufficient' quantity. " -. i - - What ia wanted is that, instead of only a precarious week's supply, , we should have stored' np in this country enough corn to last for at least 12 months. Experts in the: corn trade agree that there would be no insuperable diffi culty, ia gradually accumulating this store of corn. It would be for experts to advise as to the best methods and places of storage. - j:,. -. . ' Perhaps the best plan would be to dis- - tribute it over the country in magazines at the military depots, giving the mili tary authorities charge .of it, but if it was in the country and safe it would not so much matter where it was. Al though most of our corn is made into flour at the great ports, jit would not be wise, seeing . that most of them are so defenseless, to store it there. ' The entire control and management of this great national; store of corn should be under some permanent gov ernment department Although its exist ence could not fail to have a steadying effect on the corn market, it should be outside all epeculatrsrfL influences, the price at which it would j be sold, when necessary to sell it, being fixed by law. It would be no sacrifice, in the long run, for the country to provide such a reserve of food, as it would always be worth its cost ' : j Other nations accumulate gold for use in wartime. We should have a war chest of corn. If we have it what will it do? . . '.(- r "It will give our navy time to devote itself to the crushing of the navy or na vies opposed to us. It will give us time, with our great resources, to augment our fighting fleet to almost any extent, and it will give our farmers time to grow three or four times as much corn and breed a much larger quantity of cattle 'and sheep than they now da Nineteenth Century., I ' Woman aad Ber IHttlng- Mi, Woman is a creature oftads. We may not like to admit it ; we may wish it were otherwise, ; but the fact remains that what is a craze with her today is forgotten tomorrow ; her stock of superlative adjectives that, are today showered upon some passing tri fle are .tomorrow applied with equal fervor to some new fancy. In certain respects this instability is not to be deplored, for we would not have woman worshipalways at the hrine of the same rag dolL There is a certain sort of . merit in being able to adapt oneself to new hobbies, and there is always the possibility of the new fad being of a higher order : than the old. Tbe most deplorable feature of woman's devotion to fads ia the tendency itgdevel ops in her to make a fad of everything. The pronounced faddist has lost all' per spicuity. ! Her religion, the training of her children, her own intellectual cul tore in fact, everything that ought to be near and dear to her is placed on a plane with her collection of Beardsley posters or whatever other fad she may have in hand. Perhaps this winter she has made a fad of religion or culture or some other good cause, but it has been only a fad and has affected her real personality .just as much as did ber discussions of Trilby last winter. Herein lie tbe dan gers of faddism. It takes us to every new thing with an unnatural fervor tbat soon burns out, leaving, us with ener gies wasted and only a few dry husks in our possession for all our ; feverish ex citement. Womankind. . Quiet HmndlesCorrect. The Dresden umbrella handle is ont of date, and the silver one ia simply a memento of past stormy .days. The latest thing in. handles is the straight stick, covered with lizard skin, plain or inconspicuously garnished With silver. Boxwood covered with' fine Japanese carving is intensely correct The dark wood is handsomer and the light smart er. Why? Heaven and Dame Fashion know, perhaps. Though reasons are so inadequate to account for the fact that what is in style . looks well and what is out of it doesn't, the modern explain all hypnotic suggestion may be inferred. An extremely smart imported um brella has a tortoise shell handle, re-enforced by a delicate tracery of silver over its entire surface. It costs $40, however, and is not for those" who deem it prudent to provide for a metaphorical as well as a literal rainy day. The new est -nmbrella is of leather and gives ft te effect, which is perhaps why it has thus-ar been adopted ouly by men, though thiswill endear it to women who affect mannish belongings. For more feminine tastes silver set with turquoises and ivory enViched with gold are popular in the more costly styles ; subdued mother of pearl and plant tor toise shell in those of smaller cost Diagonal Mohair Crape. gome new and beautiful fabrics are described in The Dry Goods Economist, one of these being the diagonal mohair crape, a weave of great ingenuity, which results in the production of a novelty combining the use of mohair with tbe crape weave a black piece dye, and, apart from the material used, the fea ture is a diagonal in two effects. One of these diagonals is a flat stripe, running, as do all diagonals, at an angle across . i i. . n .a wi i -- -. v. a uio piece nuu utunwu uvinmu tiro crape effects, which also run in the same direction. ; The flat diagonal is used as a binder and is a necessary structural feature of the f abrio rather than an or namental one, showing in two narrow floated vlines running in the filling threads from end to end of the fabric. The crape diagonal,- howeyerT is of a' to tally different character and represents a drawn surface- showing an irregular tufted effectThese two effects are due to the manner of using the materials that compose, the fabric, everything be- ring due to the way the filling threads j are manipulated, and to the difference In the twist and the mohair filling and worsted filling. . " ! - - Wisconsin boasts 2 8 women I pharma .'oistSi'al of 'Whom are graduates., the flrsC'to enter the field, and to pass an ex inationyas'Mrs. F. L. H err man? then Miss Anna Anderle. - . . ; ' ' It Baa been ecided ' by an Ohiocourt that wives are legally responsible fos the support of their husbands when the husbands cannot furnish the support Pvanaville Courier, . Miss Florence King Embrey lacked Just ten votes of being elected polios court justice at Edison Park, a Chicago suburb. ! - Tax whole STORTof the wonderful cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla ia . soon told. It makes tbe blood rich, pare and nourishing. It caret scrofula ca tarrh, rheumatism. ' Hood's Pills aa harmoniously with Hood's Sarsaparilla. pure all liver ills. M cents. j Chulee Bobert Leelle, K. K. My father, Charles Robert Leslie, was CMrtainly one - of " the most unselfish, gentle and single minded of - men, a Uiorough cptimist by nature, from Whom all trouble outside cf art passed like water off a duck's back, his mind and eye dwelling only on the beauty and happiness of the world about him, with a wonderful power of living in the present and making the best of it ' It was thus, I believe, that with a few delicate, rapid touches of his brush he so easily seized " upon whatever was re fined or lovely in the face of a model, While, like his favorite character, Cap tain Shandy, lie always . judged others . by the standard of his own gentle na ture.; Though rather lavish both of time and money upon anything con nected with art or his family, he spent .little on mere .personal matters. 1 i As a boy I slept for many years in his dressing room, and 'one of my earliest recollections was watching him shave, for which,, even in winter, he never in dulged in a drop of hot water, and, whether due to this or a dull razor, the operation so often ended" in a cut chin that I always felt a sense of relief when it was over. Those were the days of old felt beaver hats, and adecorative tuft of fur, plucked from the first which came to hand, often remained on bis face for the- day. '" Later in life he let his beard grow, and, except as a means of obtain ing a smoother surface upon some rough, unfinished picture, entirely gave up the use of tat old razor. But the idea of thus saving time and trouble never Struck him while I was at home, and he continued to gash his chin nearly every other day during the . busiest period of his lif?, just as he once told me he went on drinking his tea too hot until he con sulted the great Abernethy and paid him a guinea for his advice to "drink it cooler, sir.'' Temple Bar. Birds or raradiae Without Loc- ; The idea sprung from the practice of the natives of those islands wbVre the bird is found, who, having a great de mand for the feathers of this beautiful bird, exported the skins, but first took off the legs as being of no use. The feathers were highly valued for their richness, and elegance, and also for the invulnerability which they . were sup posed to confer upon their wearers, the oriental chiefs whose, turbans they adorned believing themselves to bear a charmed life in battle. A number of old writers stated that these birds were formed with legs, like other birds, but they argued in vain, and Aidrovandus accused Pigaf etta of falsehood in assert ing that they had ' legs. As early as 1657 there were birds of paradise in Tradescant's museum, "some with, some without, legs." Linnaeus employed the term Apoda, not because, he believed the fable, but because, he Bays," the older naturalists called the birds footless. For further information on this part of the subject sde "Penny Cyclopedia," article "Bird of Paradise. " The present demand of these beauti ful feathers is for the adornment of the hats and bonnets of modern ladies, and I am sorry to-observe that the demand is so greattas to threaten the extinction of tho bird. During the past season one house alone at Paris is said -to have sold 60,000 dozn sprays of mixed bird of paradise and osprey tips, these are chiefly made up of tie feathers of young bfcds, which are- cheaper, the pluniage. of the male bard requiring several years for its development. The mature bird is now scarce in New Guinea owing to the activity of skilled sharpshooters. Notes and Quotes. A Careles Poet. Dr. Johnson, a kindly critic, and Rich ard Savage's companion, in many an all night wandering, allows him- to have been acquainted with every form of de bauchery. Certainly his knowledge of last century London must have been as extensive and peculiar as that of a pop ular character in later fiction. Walking the streets homeless, sleeping among the ashes of glass houses, or in the straw of ginshop cellars picking up his daily bread, not forgetting the sack, as pre cariously as did a blind beggar. Oscil lating between plenty and penury, from Tyrconnel's mansion to. a thieves den, and, according to report, equally at home iu either, dining one day with his patron, the earl, tho next with a duke Duke Humphrey bis clothes rotting on" his shoulders, and without premonition of from where the next supply would come, yet with it all, Dr. Johnson puts on record, he presented a marvelous serenity. "His distresses, howevrr afflictive, never dejected him. In his lowest state he wanted not spirit to assert the natural dignity of wit. His Macawberlike spirit probably saved him from suicide. Hi was always de termining to "commence a rigid econ omy and to live according to the exact rules cf frugality, for nothing was mpre contemptible than a man-who, when he knew his income, exceeded it, Gen tleman's Magazine. ' ' A patent Flycatcher. . A machine for catching flies off the backs of cattle, and so affording the ani mals relief and comforty has been in vented by a farmer in Madison county, Ky. The flycatcher is a kind of covered pen or passageway through which the animal must walk to secure relief. A few feet from, the entrance there is a or dome in the roof of the pas- made of glass and arranged as a nyta-ap. ' tseyonn tnis tne passage is darkness. The animal walks through the machine, and just as it passes under the dome and enters the darkened part a set of brushes sweeps oft the flies, which naturally rise into the dome, and tne steer passes out attle other side free of -flies. The flies are retained in the dome trap. The in ventor has experimented with his ma-' 1 hta d to(la that the animals soon learn the value of the,, machine and know enough to walk through it when the flies begjnto bite.', Thedevice has been patented. '. . Bernhardt' Debnt. , "The divine Sarah4' has just been describing the emotions tbat shook her when she appeared for the first time on the boards: "l ean picture the evening as though it were now. , The excitement n, it was : so grand! rdrew forth my inmost passion, for I was ; Very young tnen. you know, and it gave' me' test ana xervor ior tne oraeai i naa to race. I can see the little theater and the peo ple seated in the . audience. My heart for the moment teemed to stand still. The first words I tittered fell from my lips with distinct accent 1 made one grand step .toward, and then all my; nervousness vanished. . - - ..... . :V:''.DradrT.:.;'j-'" -' ..The j everyday cares aa!aV duties which men call drudgery are the. weights and counterpoises of the clock of time, giv ing its pendulum a true vibration and I its hands a -regular .motion, and when luvf , wkw v" utuijf upon, Its wneew mo pendulum no longer swings, the hands no longer move, the clock stands still. Longfellow." Art thou a man, and shams$ thou not- to beg, to- practice such a servile kind of life? Jflhy Syere thy education neer so mean, having thy limbs, thousand fairer courses offer themselves to thy election. BenJonson. . ' Letter writers in Spain receive about 10 cents a page, for writing letters. It required to take extra pains, aa with a young woman's love letter, they charge Scents.' I euoola I eageway. Tbe statement of the Norfolk & West ern Railway Company for October shows net earnings of $214 543. an in crease of $7,870 over October, 189S. For the four months ended October 81st, tbe net earnings-Jpere t?07.53l. a de crease of $142,877, compared with the corresponding period of 1895. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of tbe, , transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before properef f orts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, vvhich the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly xemcves. That is why it is tli only remedyiith millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so-hihly by all who value good health. I's Jeneficial ' "affects are' due to the. fact, tl t itis the one remedy which promotec. interna! cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important in order to got its bene ficial effects, to note wlien you pur- .' chase,- that yon have the jrcnuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co, only and' sold by all reputable drug-gists. ' If in the enjoyment of pood health, and the. system is regular, laxatives or other remedies- arc then not needed. If afflicted. with any. actual disease, one may be commended to tho most skillful physicians, but if in neeTof a laxative,, one should have the best,N and with the well-infoi-med everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely j o-npral satisfaction. BUSINESS LOCALS- j r EST Notkbs Tot Rent or Sale, Lot and Found Wants, and ether abort muceUueon advertise meou Inserted in this Department 4n leaded Nonpareil type, oa first or fourth paee, at Publisher's op jon, for 1 cent per word each iasertkn: bat no aovertistment tafcea let less than SO cents. - Terms positively cash la advance. Poeltlon wanted by youcg mas as cltrk, col lector, salesman or something. No. objection to country. Good referenco. Address "W,'- 910 Wal nut street, Wilmingtiin, N. C jafl 8 It Bwau-dera wanted I have a lare airy; room, handsomely furnished, wub southwestern exposure, five windows, oa first floor, with hot and cold bath, suitable or two persons. Electric lights, tas and telephoce in house. For further pirticuU s apply to or phone Mrs. E. B. Wiggios, No. 114 South Sectnd t reet. Phose No. &30. to th sat etc 15 Jw . , J ; . H. Hauser'a new lalkios clock will be exhibited to-day, January 1st, 1897. at Fourth and Sladen i'.reeu, for the first time in he' bistory ol America. Tie cl'.ck talks the tun:, 'plays the finest music, iaf s, whistles, etc. Admission 5 cents. jao" 1 It Private Boairel A ' few Boarders can be accommodate ' with Heme Comfor s at 114 Ann street. Mrs. awdgar S. Wa. rock, suwefrnov 23 Im Hay Timothy Hay, mixed Clover hay. Prairie Hay, 8t-aw, Grain nd all kinds of mixed feed for horses and cattle. Jno. S. McEachern, 211 Mar ket 8t, Telephone 92.; . t oct 17 U - Harden, P. to., naa in stick baggies, road Carta and harness of all kinds; Repairing done by skillful workmen oa short actios. Opposite 'new Court Hnos rl! Coal We are Wilmington Agents for the celebrated - Pocahontas Goals. mined in- Virginia, vand the popular Jellico, Coals of Tennessee as mined by the Southern Jellico Coal . Co. of Knoxville. For domestic use we offer these HIGH GRADE "COALS as follows: One Ton $4 50. Hall Ton $2.25. Qaart'r Ton $125. All lamps, free from &zck as is practicable for-Soff" Uoal to be deli . Ourjriends and patrons may depend oa us to protect i their interests at all times. - J. A. SPRINGER & CO. Janltf FOR Beeswax. If you have some to self ship it to us : and. we w-UI allow you -' for it in Boston and no charge for commission or for carting. Refer ences all; through tbe South if re- quired W. H. BOWDLBAR &; C0.4 ' "' t Boston. Mass.. dec t 3m OBxt and Warehonae 86 Central Wharf. . NOTICE. Wanted.' Furs of All Kinds. ' Highest New York market prices. Express and freight charges paid. Returns made the day goods are received. Quotations furnished upon request. SAITE BEAR, Sr., ; ".- : 12 Market Street, dectttf Prices vcrea. AN ACROSTIC. LtOWBRS. URNS. REAPERS. CASTINGS. HINGES. M0 SPIKES. OVENS. NAILS. ' J. W. Murchison, Orton Building;,, dec 31 tf Wilmington, N. C. ' Christmas PuMasers. j . Just Eeceived A large stock of the. lollowing Wines Liquors: Native N. C. ScappcrnoDg Wine, Cooking'Sherry Wine. Duff Gordon's Wine, imported. Gt H. Mumm's Champagne. Werner's Champagne. Cochrane & Cantrel;inger Ale Bass' Ale. -Guiuess' Stout . ' " Old Breezeland Rye. Pure native North Carolina Moun tain Corn Whiskey. ' Apple and Peach Brandy. At low prices, Give us a call. SOL. BEAE, No. 18 Market Street, dec 23tf i WjlmingtoD, N. C Xfil&S . PRICES AT MERGER & EYANS' Fit your feet with our SHOES. They fit well, look well and wear 'well, Try them f Respectfully, Mercer & Evans, Successor to H. C. Evans. 115 Princess St. . dec 25 tf Shoes 'For The . Boys. Boys are apt to be hard on ShoeSj. but we have the Shoes adAptetr to rough usage. Oa&---TJalr of our yquth's KajigarooCalf Lace Shoes at $I.25rtfra pair of our "LittleDude" Shoes at $1.25 will convince you that for economy we have the Shoe. Be sure and see them before pur-, chasing elsewhere. v Geo. B. French & Sons. nor S3 tf ORINOCO Tobacco Guano, 3 Fanners' Bone. AND - 7l - special couon Com - t m Are (be IDEAL, Pertilxera.L ,i ' r- k ' " if mvuu r armrrt nse uiexu iyi ; la North Carolina. ! fW. & Aeenta Wantftrl. ; c t ij - . . K , v r .- -7 .-. -r 'Correspondence 8olioited. Ik h S. RovsterGuanoTi6.vi; TarberoN. C, ' - and Ho,folk Va. . COAL!COALM 1 he Yerv Best Grade of feOFT- COAL. ' from Virgiaii and Tennessee. None better. All lamp. THI VERY THING for a bright cheerful grate fire . ONLY $4 50 PER f 01T3 -iJASH. ' CHAPIR THAN WOOD. -1 Telephones Bell M, later-State 148. ' - . W E. WORTH & CO. A i .1 ,1
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