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WILMINGTON,
SATURDAY ' MOBKING, MAT 27.
VOLUME OF BUSINESS j
I II IS STILL INCREASING.
Demand for Products Expanding in All
. i
Branches of Consumption van s
y Report of the Situation.
By Telegraph to the Mornliijt Star.
Hvvtr Vnnic. Mar 26. R G. Dun &
Oo.'s weekly Review of Trade will say
to-morrow: . I
I' b'here is some fear that has no other
source than the habit of fear." Men
have found for so many years disaster
I treading on the heels of apprehension
i that they lack faith in good things pres
ent and to come. Every year there is
i , Umi4- oVirtnf rHrtna and VPf. t.hft
cops grow larger. The specter of
monetary trouble haunts men. who
know that the country is strong
. beyond any need. Promoting methods
alarm men who ar.i really quite aware
that it is only needful to put promoted
siocks in a class by themselves. But all
t&e time the volume of business is ris
ing and the week's payments through
the chief clearing houses are 62.1 per
cent larger than last year, and 68 per
cent, larger than in 1892. For the
month thus far the daily average is
57.9 per cent, larger than last year,
and i?6.4 tier cent. Iareer than in 1892.
' Moreover, this week and every other
week brings larger wages to many,
and increased purchasing power, and
the demand for products is conse
quently expanding to all branches of
consumption.
The rise in Bessemer pig iron to $17.
65 at Pittsburg, $2 in two weeks; in
grey forge to $15.25, results directly
from the fact that supplies are for the
time less than the demand. Many more
furnaces are in haste to begin work,
I some succeeding, but others hindered
. by difficulty of getting prompt deliver
ies of needed parts of machines, or
prompt supplies of ore and fuel. The
natural remedy that new orders now
call for less work than was done in
A " If 1- - 41 . tnn
April or Dauruu, is lur mo uuia uiuucu.
f by engagement of nearly all concerns
for, months ahead. The largest and
I best works are catching up with their
orders, though much behind and oblig
ed to refuse many, while others are
entering the field. It is proof of an
astonishing demand that after nearly
five months this congestion continues,
: and the rise in prices, including ad
, vances of $2 per ton in plates and bars,
is not forced or unnatural. j
The cotton mills have a fairly good
demand, after a considerable advance
' in prices of goods, and are producing
largely. The material has been steady
I at 6Xc. with no ground to expect
much change, and the best reports in
f dicate a decrease in acreage of four per
cent. I
I i Wheat advanced two cents, but lost
I nearly all the gain on Friday. West
' ern receipts have fallen to about half
last year's, and exports in four weeks
from Atlantic and Pacific ports have
been 10,590,168 bushels, flour included,
against 13,692,882 bushels last year.
while from Northern lake ports 7,926,
037 bushels have gone out this, year.
But men forget that the foreign demand
if not as large as it was last year with
famine impending is much larger than
in the same week of 1897 when wheat
exports were only 5,704,334 bushels, and
. also forget that the Leiter speculation
caused a wholly unnatural May move
ment last year, for the Western I re
ceipts in the past four weeks, 9,280,
665 bushels, compared with 19,206,255
last year, but 9,971,570 in the same
, weeks of 1897, and reserves in that
! " year were not especially reduced, but
closed quite large enough. Corn ex
- ports, though only 10,267,662 bushels
against 20,285,097 last year were also
but 9,360,091 in 1897. -i ,1 '
, Failures for the week have been 142
I in the United Slates against 245 last
year, and 16 in Canada against 21, last
year.
CIVIL SERVICE ORDERS
Exemptions in the Classified' Service.
Postal Matters Cuban Shipping.
. Lake City Postofflce.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Washington, May 26. At the cabi
net meeting to-day final changes in
the civil service order were approved
and the order will be ready for the
President's signature as soon asj the
changes are incorporated in the final
draft of the document. All the mem
bers of the cabinet expressed them
selves as satisfied with it. It is said
the order will exempt about 4,000 of
the 65,000 positions in the classified
service.. .1
The question of Cuban shipping
was again brought up by Secretary
Gage, who also furnished some data
showing that the amount of shipping
tied up because it has no flag to sail
has been greatly exaggerated. The
question, with the data furnished by
the Treasury Department, was turned
over to the Attorney General and Sec
retary Hay for examination and re
port !
( Postmaster General Smith brought
up the question of the franking privi
lege in Cuba and Porto Rico. The
postmaster general read a letter from
Major Rathbone, who is at the head
I of the postal affairs in Cuba, saying
that the number of persons exercising
this privilege now was excessive, and
l the question arose as to whether it
would not be wise to cut the privilege
off altogether. No decision was reach
ed. The postmaster general has decided
to send a special agent to Lake City, S.
C., for' the purpose of examining the
situation there with a view to deter
mining whether, or not a postoffice
shall be re-established there.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT
For the Week Ending Monday,
May
J 26, 1899.
By Telegraph to the Mornlm; Star.
New York, May 26. The fol
lowing is the comparative cotton state
ment for the week ending May 26:
kt . . . 1899. .1898.
Net receipts at all
U. Sports durine i
the week
Total receipts to
this date
Exports for week. .
Total exports . to
' date.... .... ....
Stock in all U. S.
ports
Stock at all interior
towns...
1 1 Stock in Liverpool,
American afloat for
i Great Britain...
36,475 38,340
8,081,177 8,336,309
61,659 ? 80,135.
6,616,192 6,865,434
700,176 484,017
366,326 214,678
1,477,000 1,171,000
55,000 105.000
WHKB NATURE
Needs assistance it may be best to ren
der it promptly, but one should re
member to nse even the most perfect
remedies only when needed. The best
and most simple and gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
MORE TROOPS FOR
THE PHILIPPINES.
l Much Larger Army win oe
Required to Establish Amer
" icaa Supremacy.
OTIS' FORCE IS INADEQUATE.
Cannot Spare Troops to Hold Captured
Towns Insurgents Return to Aban- -doned
Places and Attack Scout
ing Parties.
v By Cable to the Morning Star.
Manila, May 26. A scouting party
of American troops encountered a body
of insurgents at Santa Rita and the
Americans being reinforced by Briga
dier General Funston, with the South
Dakota regiment, a warm fight ensued.
A lieutenant and five men of the Amer
ican force were wounded and ten of
the insurgents .were killed and several
captured. General Hughes, who has
been appointed to relieve Colonel Smith
as governor of the Visayan district,
will be succeeded as provost marshal
by Brigadier General Williston, who
recently arrived here in command of
the troops of the Sixth artillery.
Larger "Army Needed.
The events of the past week. have
emphasized the need of a much larger
army here, without which, according
to the best authorities in Manila, it
would be attempting the impossible to
expect to establish" American suprem
acy in the Philippine islands. The in
adeauacv of the American forces is
said to be responsible for the large
total loss in the number of small en
counters, without material results as
a compensation. Most of the fighting
has been in territory which the Amer
icans had swept, but have been com
pelled to abandon because they could
not spare troops to hold it.
The forces commanded by Generals
Mac Arthur and Lawton hold two im
portant lines of communication and.
commerce, the railroad to San Fer
nando and the Rio Grande river. But
much of the country they have swept,
including scores of the smaller towns
and some of the larger ones have been
left uncovered, simply for want of
men to hold them, and the insurgents
have returned and are occupying the
towns the Americans abandoned, and
camping in the jungles and woods out
side of others, on the watch for
chances to harrass the garrisons and
attack scouting parties or detached
companies with greater forces. This
is the kind of warfare they prefer to
regular battles.
One of the Hardest Fights.
It appears that the Filipinos who
attacked the Third regiment between
San Miguel and Baliuag were part of
Pio del Pilar's army. They came
from the south across the moun
tains, . presumably to meet a wagon
train which General Lawton expected
along the road. They also planned to
capture several large detachments,
and were' placed in ambush at differ
ent points. They fired from the jungle,
at a distance of two hundred yards,
and gave the Americans one of the
hardest fights experienced in the cam
paign. The Filipinos lost more heavily than
the Americans in all the recent en
counters. The insurgent generals take
the loss of arms more to heart than
they do the loss of men.
Foreigners who have arrived here
from the insurgent country, ' under
the recent order of expulsion, say the
cemeteries in all the towns are filled
with fresh graves. A majority of the
Filipinos' wounded die because the in
surgent hospitals are . inadequate,
medicines are scarce, and they have
few surgeons, except Spanish captives
who have been impressed.
Spaniards Evacuate Mindanao.
Madrid, May 26. The Minister of
War, General Polavieja, has received
a dispatch announcing the evacuation
of Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, by
the Spanish garrison.
The dispatch further said that as the
Spaniards had declined to assent to
the Filipinos' demands that the arms
and munitions of war should be sur
rendered with the city, fighting en
sued, . the Spaniards suffering some
loss.
The dispatch adds that the natives
continue bitterly opposed to the idea
of American annexation and that the
conquest of Mindanao will prove to
be a tough task. .
RIOTS IN GAUDALOUPE.
Thirty-One Lives Lost and Four Hundred
Houses Destroyed The Fight
ing Continues.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
London, May 26. Advices received
here from Gaudaloupe, the French
West Indian Islands of the Leeward
group, report a recurrence of serious
rioting between the native population
and British contract labor immigrants,
which culminated in the recent fire.
Continuous fierce fighting is said to
have taken place on the plantations,
and the police and military, it appears,
cannot suppress the disturbance. Sev
eral fatalities are reported. - As a re
sult, the British consul there has ap
pealed to Great Britain for that protec
tion for British subjects which the
local government is seemingly unable
to aitord.
The Secretary of State, it was an
nounced from Washington, received
on April 18th a telegram from Consul
Ayme, at Jf omte Apitre, ttuadaloupe,
saying that fires alleged to be of in
cendiary origin, started at mid-night
April 17th, and destroyed sixteen
squares in the vicinity of the Amer
ican consulate. The consul said that
four hundred houses were destroyed,
thirty-one lives lost and 2,000 persons
rendered homeless. The loss, he esti
mated, would approximate $1,000,000.
The consul added that though the
fire was out, great uneasiness prevailed
among the people and that the Gover
nor had arrived at .rointe Apitre with
fifty soldiers.
FOUND ON THE BEACH.
. -
Bottle Containing a Letter Reporting the
Loss of the Ship Vixen.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Cape Henry, Va., May 26. A. L.
Dosher. Weather Bureau observer,
Hatteras, N. C, reports that a bottle
was picked up on the beach to-day
near the Chicimocomico life-saving staj
tion, thirty miles north of Hatteras, in
which was found the following letter:
"Stormy all day, both masts gone.
very mue nope, going to pieces
rapidly: almost gone. No hope, good
bye. Ship Vixen. Crew eight men.
Captain Carter."
mi ha ,
. iub letter contained no date, no
latitude or longitude, and nothing to
indicate where the bottle was thrown
overboard. It appeared to have been
in tne water a long tune.
SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY - ,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Closing Session Reports On Over
tures Colored Evangelization Con
sidered Other Matters, r
...
By Telegraph to the Morning Stan -
Richmond, Va. May 26. After a
discussion which lasted for over three
hours, the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church at its morning
session, recommended a change in the
Book of Order so as to provide that the
ruling elder may deliver the charge to
the people at the installation of a pas
tor. Forty-four of the presbyteries of
the Southern Church had pronounced
in favor of the change, which was also
recommended by the committee on bills
and overtures. The vote in favor of
the report stood: Ayes, 77; noes, 43;
absent, 73; excused from voting, 2.
There was an interesting discussion
on the report of the Committee on
Bible Cause, which report contained a
reference to the ; difference in prices
charged by the American Bible Society'
and its competitors. The difference was
said to be, due . to some extent to the
better quality of the books of the so
ciety, and in part to the fact that the
societv has carefully avoided the sweat -
shop principles followed by other cor
porations, j '
The Baptism Formula.
The Assembly concurred in the
action ofthe Committee on Overtures
recommending the change in the bap
tismal formula from the words' "into
the name of" to "in the name of."
The report of the same committee,
recommending ministers to exercise
the greatest caution , in performing
marriage ceremonies' where a doubt
exists as to the consent of the parents
of either of the contracting parties,
when such parties are under age, was
also adopted. i
The Assembly referred the ques
tions whether the American Sabbath
Union was enjoined in the work of
legislative reform and continued to
merit the recognition of the churches
to the Committee on Sabbath.
A'protest was received from the
Ministerial Association of Nashville,
Tenn., against the removal of the Com
mittee on Foreign Missions from that
city to Richmond.
A negative answer was returned to
several overtures, which suggested the
inclusion of the English Bible in the
list of subjects for the examination of
candidates for the ministry.
The Assembly then took a recess.
Colored Evangelization.
The report of the Committee on
Colored Evangelization was consid
ered at length during the afternoon
session. The statement contained in
it that crime is on the increase among
the negro population was the chief
bone of contention. The fear was
voiced that in the present inflam
mable state of the negro mind the
promulgation of such a statement was
ill-advised. It was, however, sup
ported by the chairman, who, as the
result of his investigation, made the
statement that three-fourths of the
crime in the South is committed by ne
groes and the increase of crime, particu
larly among the younger members of
the race; is alarming. The report was
subsequently amended so a& to read
that "statistics show, the pre valance.
of crime."
A protest signed by ten commission
ers, was, presented against the action
of the Assembly in regard to the divi
sion of the Presbytery of South Ala
bama, the contention being that it
practical y gives the synod unlimited
power.
A motion to reconsider the vote on
the presiding elder question, disposed
of at the morning session, was defeated
by a vote of 51 to 43.
The Closing Session.
The last session of the Assembly was
held to night. It was for the most part
occupied with addresses made upon
resolutions expressing the apprecia
tion of the commissioners for hospi
tality and Courtesies extended to them
during their visit.
A resolution to include Sunday
newspapers and excursions in the list
of worldly amusements against which
the pastoral letter is to be directed
failed of adoption, many of the com
missioners being absent from the ses
sion, and it being deemed inadvisable
to reconsider the action of the full As
sembly. j
The Assembly was dissolved by the
moderator j who, according to the
formula, ordered the election of an
other Assembly, to convene in At.
lanta,,Ga., on the third Thursday in
May, 1900. ;
GEORGIA WHITECAPS.
Seven Members of the Laborers' Union
Band at Griffin Have Been Arrested
and Pnt in JaiL
By Telegraph to the Mornin Star.
Griffin; GA.,May 26. Seven mem
bersofthe "Laborers' Union Bind,"
alleged white-cappers, were arrested
this morning. They have been lodged
in jail. .
' This mornine the doors of all the
mills and factories and several stables
and stores! were found placarded with
the following notice, written in a fairly
good and bold hand, viz:
"To the Negro and to Whom it -May
Concern rThe object of this is to put
you on notice that after next Saturday
nieht no negro will be allowed to ask
for work at either of the following
named places, to-wit: The cotton
mills, the oil mills, the machine shops,
food shops, wood yards, or to do any
carpenter ! work on any public or pri
vate buildings, or to drive any public
drays, delivery .wagons - or bread
wagons in and around Griffin. We
trust the managers and merchants will
discharge; the negroes promptly and
fill their places with white labor,
which can easily be done, and save us
i the trouble of 'going through' the
negro, for we will certainly do so with
a deaf ear to his groans and petitions.
This May 26, 1899." .
The city, county and State authori
ties are co-operating to the end of de
tecting and arresting , the white cap
regulators.
CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Col. W. J. Bryan Says It Will be Re-af-
firmed and New Planks Added. -
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
St. Louis, May 26. Colonel W. J.
Bryan to-day expressed himself as
much pleased with the result of last
night's banquet
Inasi&med statement furnished to
the Post-Dispatch, Colonel Bryan said :
"The sentiment of the meeting was in
line with the sentiment of the party
generally. The Chicago platform will
be reaffirmed, entire, and new planks
added to cover new questions. .The
trust issue .will be one of the most im
portant of the issues." -j f i -
Abraham Davis, an eighteen-year
old negro, ravished a nine-year old
negro girl in Hampton county, S. O.
The mother brought the child to
Hampton Court House and appealed
; to the whites for aid. The town mar
shal arrested Davis and put him in
jaiL
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
AT CONEY ISLAND.
Two Hundred Buildings in the
Summer Resort Section Re
duced to Ashes.
THE LOSS NEARLY A MILLION.
The Hygela and Other Hotels, Theatres,
Stores, Restaurants Burned Thou
sands of People Driven Into the
Streets Five Injured.
By Telegraph to the Mernlng Star.
New York,! May 26. Coney Island
property to the value of nearly . one
million dollars was destroy ea Dy nre
early to day, twenty acres in the heart
of the Summeif resort section, the dis
trict known as ; "the Bowery" being
reduced to ashes.
The two hundred buildings burned
were located between the Bowery and
the ocean, Tilyou's walk on the west
and the old iron pieron the east
These buildings: ranged in size and
importance from a wabbly bathing
pavuian to tnei i nanasome uyv aivrj
Hygeia hotel, including theatres, con
cert halls, dancing pavilions, stores of
various kinds, restaurants and hotels
of every grade, i The fire made shel
terless for a time a native and trans
ient population of about 3,500, includ
ing 500 men' and women, classed as
comedians and ! soubrettes employed
in the district, and silenced no less
than one hundred pianos which have
for years assisted in merry-making at
Uoney island. !
It was nearly 3 A. M., when a police
man discoverd a blaze in a cottage
near the iron ! pier. A prompt re
sponse of the fire department in answer
to the alarm had this trouble disposed
of,before 3:30 and the engines were
going away when the same policeman
discovered another fire in Sheffies
Palm Davilion at the Tilyou's walk
end of the district. "
Wholesale Plundering.
In ten minutes after the second fire
started the -whole Bowery district was
in wild alarnd. The thousands threat
ened rushed but, attired as they slept
They were quickly joined by the entire
native and over-night population'
of the island, ; some ten thousand,
whose eager interest hampered the
firemen. It Was seen that the firemen
had determined to make the Bowery the
fighting line,' and then, the last hope
of those south of the Bowery that any
of their houses might be saved being
gone, a pell jmell rush for salvage or
plunder took place. Scores of thieves
broke through the fire lines or entered
the district from the ocean side and
their work of looting was wholesale.
A crowd carrying off a piano was one
sight which j taught the - police what
kind of crooks they had to deal with..
Only Four Persons Injured.
So far as known only four persons
were injured, or burned, and all will
recover, ueputy tsauauon unier jui
patrick says he is convinced that the
fire is of an incendiary origin. He
arrives at this conclusion owing to the
fact that the flames broke out in two
different parts of the island at about
the same time, both places being diffi
cult of access so far as fire engines are
concerned 'and from the fact that upon
his arrival he found traces of kerosene
oil along the; board walks and around
both houses where the fires originated.
CONDITIONS IN
HAVANA.
Distribution of the $3,000,000 to Cabin
Troops to Begin To-day Strike -
of Lightermen.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Havana, May 26. The distribution
of the $3,000,000 which the United
States government has offered as a
gratuity to the Cuban: troops on dis
banding and surrendering their arms,
will begin at 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning at the foot of the Prado.
Under the swollen muster rolls pre
pared by the late Cuban military
assembly, the Americans, who have
closely followed the subject, are curi
ous to see what . proportion of the
number listed will actually appear.
At a meeting of the Veterans of In
dependence last night a resolution,
declaring against . either giving up
arms or accepting money from the
United States, was unanimously car
ried. ! - I. i . ' '-'-
The strike of the lightermen,: in the
opinion of Admiral Cromwell, captain
of the port; and the principal ship
pers, is fast assuming -serious propor
tions. G. Lawton Childs, agent of the
Plant line, was notified ; to-day
that the stevedores in his company's
employ had joined the strike, giving as
their reason: their sympathy with the
others and the orders of the trade
union. The general opinion is
that the strike is absolutely without
justification. The men have been
earning good wages, from $50 to $80
a month. The difficulty involves also
the importation of men from Florida,
as happened five years ago. Trouble
has been brewing for some time, but
no one could explain the cause as the
lightermen I have all along been the
best paid body of men engaged in
manual labor in Havana.
DEWEY'S HOMEWARD TRIP,
The Admiral Telegraphs That He Will Stop
at Various Places and Reach New
York October First y
By Telegraph to tne morning Star. :
WASHiNGTOif, May 26. Admiral
Dewey telegraphs the Navy Depart
ment that he will stop at various places
on his way, to the United States and
will reach ! Hew York about October 1.
Admiral Dewey's dispatch did not
enumerate the points . where the
Olympia will touch en route to New
York. It may be that an effort will be
made to ascertain these for the benefit
of the officials of some of the towns
especially along the Mediterranean
who may desire to take official notice
of the visit to their ports of the dis
tinguished naval officer and his famous
flagship. I
Some ' of Dewey's friends in the
Navy Department suspect that the ad-,
miral is purposely evading a statement
of his itinerary, desiring to avoid as
far as possible all demonstrations. . -
His friends here intimate that, . hav
ing been obliged by bis health to de
cline to attend the dinner at Hong
Kong in honer of the Queen's birth
day, a very unusual declination, Ad
miral Dewey will find it impossible to
depart from the rule he there estab-,
lished and attend any banquets or pop
ular demonstrations in this country.
' W. J. Bryan spoke to ten thousand
people yesterday afternoon and even
ing at JJanvilie, 11L : Me followed his
usual lines of . argument, discussing
the money question at length, con
demning the administration's Philip
pine policy, also trusts, and advocating
an income tax. He was given an en
thusiastic reception. -
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
So Far As Armaments Are Concerned the
1 Utmost Expected Is Some Slight . '
Recommendations. T-
- By Cable to the Mornlnsr star.
The Haote, May can now
be stated with some degree of -o nfi
dence that the' delegates to the peace
conference are gradually arriving at
the belief that its outcome will be very
what Andrew D. White. United
States ambassador at Berlin and head-J
of the American delegation here, fore
casted to tile correspondent of the As
sociated Press in the interview cabled
to the United States last Monday. So
far as the armaments are concerned,
the utmost that it is expected to ac
complish is some slight ; recommenda
tions to the governments participating.
The various committees have now
settled to work and the delegates have
begun to exchange views. .
The arbitration committee met this
afternoon under the presidency of the
chief of the French delegation, Leon
Rmirceois. who was flanked by the
honorary presidents of the committee,
Sir Julian v Pauncefote, chief of the
British delegation, and Count Nigra,
chief of the Italian delegation. M..
Bourgeois presented the questions of
mediation, and arbitration, and sug
gested a programme the committee
miirht follow ur?iner recourse to all
pacific means to settle international
questions before a recourse to war.
Sir. Julian Pauncefote proposed that
the committee should immediately pro
ceed, before all else, to 'consider the
question of a permanent tribunal of
arbitration. He did not,- however,
submit any plan, and eventually with
drew his motion in view of the sug
gestions offered bv Count Nigra and
others, who urged the wisdom of fol
lowing the programme of the Presi-,
dent, in which, the question of a per
manent tribunal follows the general
subject of arbitration.
. Bourgeois -: observed " that the
committee, by not opposing it, gave ad
hesion to the . principle favoring a
peaceful solution of international ques ;
tions before a recourse to arms. -'
Great importance is attached to the
meetings held to-day and to the unani
mous acceptance of the general prin
ciple of arbitration and mediation. ,
THE INSURANCE MEN.
Concluding Session of the Tariff Associ
ationDebate On Commissions to :
Agents at New Orleans. J
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Norfolk, Va. ; May 26. The South -
eastern Tariff Association, which has
been in session at Old Point Comfort
for three days past, has adjourned
sine die. During the last few minutes
of the concluding session occurred the
most exciting debate or the conven
tion. It was about the commissions
to agents at New Orleans, the most
important point in the territory cov
ered by the Southeastern Tariff Asso
ciation. Shortly before adjournment
former President Tupper, of Atlanta,
offered a resolution providing tor an
increase in the compensation of agents
at that point. The debate which fol
lowed was participated in by represen
tatives of companies all over the
country. j . i
An agency at New Orleans, charged
with violation of the rules, was re
quested to resign. The executive com
mittee deems no further action than
the existing rule necessary to prevent
association agents from representing
companies making a practice of allow
ing rebates. The executive committee
was called upon to enforce this rule.
i INTER-STATE COMMERCE.
The Commission Will . Give Hearings On
Grain Rates in Chicago and St. Louis,
j By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
WASHHiaTOir, May 26. The Inter
State Commerce Commission will give
hearings on the question of rates upon
export and domestic traffic in grain
ana grain products in Chicago on June
lth and in St. Louis on June lath, it
is proposed to secure evidence show
ing all important changes which have
taken place in rates to the Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico ports of shipments of
grain and grain products, and the rea
sons why such changes were made, j
I THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Call for a Meeting of the Senate Commit
i y tee On Finance.
By Telegrapn to the Morning Star.
Washington, May 26. Senator
Aldrich, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Finance, has issued a call for
a meeting of that committee to be held
at'the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York,
On the ninth of June. It is considered
probable that: the committee will
authorize a sub-committee, consisting:
of the Republican members, to take
up the financial question with the view
of recommending a bill to the next
session of Congress. ;- ;
STEAMER PARIS.
Still On the Rocks Her Position is Re
garded As Critical, i i
By Cable to tbe Horning star. I .
Uovkback, M&y 26. A 'supremo
effort was made to-day to float the
American liner Paris, which is on the
rocks off Lowlands Point. I
Thfeattempt resulted in another
failure. The Paris - is in the same
position, . which- is now regarded as
very critical, j ! : !
Coverage, Cornwall, May 26, 12
midnight. The wind has veered to the
eastward to-night. There is a heavy
sea and the Paris is rolling heavily.
BASE BALL BULLETIN.
Scores of the OamesvPIayed by the Clubs
Yesterday.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star.
t Washington, May 26. Philadel
phia, 5; Pittsburg, 7.
Cincinnati, 0 ; Boston, 6.
'Louisville New York, 3; Louis
ville, 0. ; .
- Cleveland Baltimore, 12; Cleve
land, 0. 1 !
Chicago Washington,1 2 ; Chi
cago, 0. . Mi ) l
i St. Louis Brooklyn, 3; SL Louis,
3 darkness ended the game.
TO REJNFOKCE. OTIS.
Recruits at San Francisco Ordered to the
' Philippine Islands.
By Telegraph to the Horning star, r -!
WASHDraTON, April 26. The Secre
tary of War has ordered 2,000 recruits,
now at San Francisco, for iregular re-
Smenta in the Philippines, to sail on
e transport, June 7th, for Manila.
This ship will be utilized to bring home
volunteers now in the fhUippines. . -,
Paines Celery Compound .
Biulds Up the. HerYes
U"I use and pre
scribe Paine's cel-
arxr . .: COmPOUnd .
, with best results
" for nervous ex
" haustion or debil
ity. Through its
invigorating ef
fects the liver and
stomach are toned
up and obstinate
constipation is
cured without re
sorting to .. laxa
tives and cathar
tics." Mary : R.
Melkndb, M. D.,
323 41st St, Chi
cago, 111.
"Several times
when .completely
- worn out and un
able to secure
proper rest,Paine's
celery compound
has been a great
relief in building
up my nervous
system, , restoring
my appetite, and
securing peaceful
sleep." Eliza
beth Vetter,
. Chicago, 111. - .
WARM WIRELETS.
Four cases of the plague have been
reported at Alexandria, Egypt
Governor Roosevelt signed the
amended franchise tax bill yesterday.;
Newspapers in Berlin are jubilating
over what they term Admiral Kautz's
"recall."
The plant of the Watt Plow Com
pany. Richmond, Va., was partly de
stroyed by fire last night. The loss;
$12,000, is fully covered by insurance.
The automobile which left Cleveland
at 7 o'clock last . Monday morning to
establish an automobile record be
tween Cleveland and New York, ar
rived in front of ,the Astor House
at 5.45 o'clock yesterday after
noon'.1 The .record made was 707.4
miles in forty hours and four minutes
of actual running, an average of 17.6
miles an hour., j " '
BUSINESS LOCALS.
iar N on cia For Bent or sale, Lost or Found,
Wants, and other short Miscellaneous Adver
tisements Inserted in this Department, In solid
Nonpartel Type, on first or fourth page, at Pub
Usher's option, for 1 .cent per word each lnser
tlonbut no advertisement taken for less than
20 cents. Terms positively cash in advance
Rininu. Lemons. Confections
and an extra quality of Up-country Butter just
received. All at low prices A. S. Wlnstead.
my 27tf j
The Main Point In this advertisement is
to let my friends know I am still here, serving
them to the best of my ability in selling their
products, and giving them the best Groceries at
lowest prices. T. V. Love, 31 North Water
street. S my S7 tf
For Sale-A folding "Ideal'
A bargain. CaU at this office.
Bed Spring,
my 27 It
For Best Prices ship your Lambs, Beef,
Cattle and all kinds of produce toM. C. Benson,
Commission Merchant, 108 Dock street.
ap 10 tf .-
Turpentine Still and Fixtures complete.
For sale low. The Worth Co. aprTtf
Photographic Notice I will be out of
the city for a while. Reserve your orders for
me. Special inducement when I come. U. C.
Ellis, Photographer. ma 28 tf
ForSale Horse, Boggy and Harmess. Ap
ply to Jno 8 Mc&achern's Feed store. 211
Market street. j mar 19tf
narden. p. H.. has In stock Bue tries. Road
Carts and Harness of all kinds. Repairing done
by skillful workmen; on short notice.
Opposite
new uoorc uouse. .
notttf
For Sale At Burgaw. In good order, one IS
horse-power Engine and Boiler, one 50 saw
Cotton Gin, one Brooks Press. Apply to The
Worth Co. , feast!
Consign Tour Chickens. Eggs, Pork, Beef -Potatoes,
Apples, Cabbage, Onions, field Peas,
Peanuts, Corn, Bacon, Butter, or anything else
Jou may have in the produce line to E. B.
oore, for prompt returns. No. 5 Dock street.
Wilmington
ocsotf
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
You Can Buv
Old Newspapers
in . -Quantities
to Suit,
at the
STAB OFFICE
Suitable for Wrapping
Paner and
Excellent for 1
Placing Under Carpet
no24tf
J. W. Marchison Sl Co.
On Hay 1, 1899, Hr. W. E. PERDEW will be
admitted to an Interest in my Hardware business
under the firm name of J. W. Hnrchison & Co.
Hr. Perdew by strict attention to business and
his thorough reliability needs no Introduction
to the trade ' 'v-
The new firm guarantees the same prompt
and reliable service which has been rendered
by me. ' .-
apSOtr J. W. HT7RCHISON
At The Unlucky Corner
Springfield Hams
Cheaper than anywhere in the State
Why do: yon buy that doubt'nl
BUTTER
When you can get my Fox River Clover Hill
brand tor'
25c?
"Nuff Said."
S. W. SANDERS
BARGAINS I "THERE ARE OTHERS."
mylStf --
Spirit Barrels.
9,000 2nd-Hand Machine Bar'ls.
60,000 Lbs, Hoop Iron.
100 Barrel Glue.
10,000 Roiy's Cigars, no better.
75,000 CIgaretts, Dnke and C. C
1,500 Barrels Flour.
D. L. GORE,
WHOLESALE GSOOEB,
Wilmington, N.
my 14 tf
HALL & PEARSALL
.Offer a few tons of Pare Ger
. man Kainit cheap, to close out
- lot; also. Baskets and Crates
: for Trackers in lots to suit.
Fancy, and Staple Groceries
and. Provisions in -great variety. Our New
Crop Cuba and Porto Eloo Molasses will please
your trade. Try a package.
Samples and prices on
myl4tf ; ,
request.
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WOW is the time
To make your deposits
',' , " IN THE. : . ' ;
Wilmington Savings and Trust Co
Begin to draw
FOUR PER CENT
my 87 tf
Mason's Fruit
BEST QUALITY.
PINTS 69c DOZEN,
QUARTS
HALE GALLON 89c DOZEN.
EXTRA RUBBERS 5c DOZEN. '
Latest Novelties in Belt Buckles, 25c to 98c.
Shirt Waist Pins, three for 5c and upward.
Men's Scriven Drawers, 65c pair.
Grandest line of Spring Clothing and Hats.
J. H. RENDER CO.,
- ' FOURTH STREET BllIDuE.
(Jar fare paid on purchases of $2.00 and over. my 21 tf
The C. W. Polvogt Co.
No. 9 North Front Street. I
Su mmer Goods Are All In.
Mattings ! Mattings !
Heavy Seamless China Matting 10c and up
wards. Over 25 styles to select from .
Cotton Warp Matting, all new patterns. 15c and
. upwards.
Window Shades, 6 feet long, 8 leet wide. In all
leading colors, at 25c each; 7 feet long at
35c. Special attention paid to Shades made
to order. Largest assortment in the Sate
to select from. ' k
Hammocks ! Hammocks ! Twenty styles to
select from. Prices H. 50 to $3.50 each.
Linoleum and Floor Oil Cloth in all widths,
beautiful colorings. Prices 85c to $1.00 per
yard, write us for samples. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Sole agents for W.
1
my 21tf
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Hardware for Seashore
Wire Screen Doors and
1M
A Complete line Fishing Tackle.
White Mountain Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers,
Ice Picks, Water Coolers, &c.
The Largest Hardware and House Furnishing Line.
A fully equipped tin Shop. Anything in Tin or Sheet
Metal manufactured or repaired. ;
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Roofing and Repairing of
a Specialty. !
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w my 14 tf
F.
lira
ATID We' are now making up Imported
and Domestic Suitings and Trou-
-vtt s 'itoy sfirngs at p"ces w"c'1 wil1 suf'
yiil& 1 Prise yu- We guarantee perfect
WMMWw handsome ; finish, elegance
lift iiisA and style with every 8armeftt we
llfflSppfffl 1 turn out. , :
' KliaBIl Our line, of Furnishing Goods
wfttffi&fMliw js far above the avera8e'
v Fancy Half Hose, Negligee
Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, '
Ms H. CURRAN,
my 31 tf , '' 107 Princess street.
THE PRICE THAT SELLS
is what we are -going to use on the THREE THOUSAND PAlIp5
of SHOES left from last week's sale of the VonGIalm'a Shoe stock.
We have sold enough to pay back what the entire stock cost. The
3,000 pairs are clean profit. We'are compelled to give up the store
' in a few days, but we are not going to move the Shoes, because the
people are going to move them for us at prices that range beloff
anything ever . offered before by us or any one else. There is 'n
this stock plenty of goods of standard character and sterling w5rtn
such as Douglass, Lealands, Williams, &c.
But it is the PRICE and not the name I
that will clean them up root and branch, Boot and Shoe, SlipPer
and Sandal. If you want to crfit thota valn in Iftather for 25c than
you have ever gotten in your life, or may ever have an opportunitj
to feet aerain, don't fail tn olfl VnTifHaTin otar. week.
FOR 25o WE ARE GOING TO
FOR 50o WE WILL SELL a Shoe that sold for $1.25 this time
last month. - .
FOR $1.00 'WE WILL GIVE a Shoe that you cannot duplicate
less than $2.50.
Ladies' Shoes and Slippers at so extreme a low price that the hardest '
gain driver will not asV for a i.oTin;rtT,
Children's Shoes and Slippers, together with Sandals and Rubbers, wi
swept along in this low price torrent.
GEO. 0.
VonGlahn's old
my 21 tf
CHINA AND JAPAN COMBINE
: la friendly competition to send their choir '
products and first pickings to these shores
we have secured the finest quality of Oolo
and Gunpowder that la obtainable for &
patrons in first crop teas of exquisltg flar
and excellence. 01
BPEOIAL.-Withthe firat twenty-four ordB,
, for one gallon of the favorite Elko county x
Vinegar at 80c, we will present a jug free wfi,'
each gallon. " This Vinegar Is pore apple in
and Is four years old. It not only pinkies i h
keeps pickles. Try a gallon and get a Jug iref
THE KING GROCERY CO.
: - . . B. F. king. Manager ' --
my27 tf7'" Fourth Street Bridge.
JUNE
NEXT
FIRST 18 THE BEGINNING OF nn
INTEREST PAVTVrt OTT a dtwi! . y R
DEPOSITS MADE ON OB BEFORE THAT DATE
interest at rate of
69c DOZEN, f.
.Bathing Suits!
We have just received our new line of Gent's.
Ladles' and Children's Bathing Suits. No
old stock to sell, but all new goods. Prices '
range from 50c to $5 CO.
Japanese Poitiers sold In pairs or sinele. Piiees
$1.25 and $1.60 each. Just the tiring lor
Summer weather and Beach cottages.
' Special this week.
We have just opened a lot of 3C0 Parasols, 2i
Inches, whicn we will sell at $i gu, $l i5,
$1.60 and $1.75. These are worth almost
double the prices asked. Select one bsronj
- they are all sold.
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Jars,
B. Corsets and Standard Patterns.
THE C. W. POLVOGT CO
Cottages.
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POSTOFFICE.
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SELL a Slipper that has been selling
6AYL0RD, Proprietor.
stand, near corner Front and Me
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