flic WLeekty jltar. V ' - ; - , WEATHER CROP BULLETIN th? Week Ending Friday, liar .29th, 1801. , for rvsTRAL Office, Raleigh, N. CV The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, L.ipd bv the North Carolina Expe- 'TMpnt Station and State Weather Service, for the week ending Friday, May 2Jtn, ioi, &uuw mat general rains have fallen over; nearly the en tire State except in the southeastern -Art-ion of the Eastern District from vew Berne to Southport, where the. drought still continues. Showers are probable in that portion to-day (Sat .:rAv. The area of excessive precip itation covers nearly the entire cen tral portion of the State. During the first part of the week, while, tl,e weather was warm, the rain fall was very beneficial, but during the latter part the temperature fell rapidly, with northeast winds, retarding the growth of crops. In several- counties some in jury was done by . hail and high winds. At Raleigh the storm ot the 23d was severe enough to blow down large trees, but fortunately the hail was small and did- not last long enough to do great damage. Grapes were injured. Rust on wheat has been reported in two or three places. Though present the effect of the rain is reported as unfavorable at many places, it is believed, after a few days of warm sunshine, the bene fit will anoear; ana next week will cause great improvement in the crop outlook. In tne districts injured Dy hail week before last crops have been replanted and are doing well. Eastern: District. The weather has continued very dry in the south eastern portion along the immediate coastirom. Newbern to Southport, where crops are still suffering from drought. In all other I portions of the district plenty of ram has fallen, which would have been of greater benefit if accompanied by warmer' weather. In the western and north ern portions excessive rams and cold slightly damaged .-cotton and truck ana retarded all crops. The tem perature for .the week was 14 de grees b4ow the average at Wilming ton to ,2$ below at Norfolk, the rain fall from .70 inches below at Wil mington to 1.40 above at Norfolk, and about 4.50 above at Weldon. Maximum temperature 192 on 23d; minimum 52 on 28th. Rain for the week: Weldon, 5.97 inches; Garys- burg. i.io; Goldsboro, 1.81; New bern, .30; Lumbertbn, 1.31. Central District. The early part of the week was warm with showers, which were very beneficial. Latter part general rain occurred with much colder weather. A vio lent thunder storm with rain and hail occurred on evening . of 23d. At Raleigh wind reached 59, miles an hour for a few minutes, i blowing down trees, etc. Hail d'd slight damage during the week'in the fol lowing counties: Wake, Davie, An son, Johnston, Chatham and Forsyth. The rainfall was in excess and in jurious to crops chiefly in the south ern and eastern portions of the dis trict. Warmer, dry weather will soon improve the outlook. ' The de ficiency in temperature for the week was about 28 degrees, the excess in rainfall over' 3.00 inches. Rains: Raleigh, 4.88 inches; Oak Ridge, 4.70: Chapel Hill. 4.48; Wades- boro.l.SG. - Vj. w ester-n district. l he excess in rainfall extended through the east- lem portion of this district from I north to south, but not westward to the mountainous region. The weather I has hpn Crt vpt 9C tn rta"H tViA growth of crops, and prevent farm ers from doing very necessary work in the fields. A very severe rain and hail storm on the 24th near Saluda, Polk county, covering about four square miles. lhe deficiency in temperature Was 28 at Charlotte and 14 at Knoxville' West of the mountains the rainfall was below the average., Rams during the week were as follows: Hickory, 2.80 inches; Uld Fort, 6.00 (estimated); David son College, 1.86; Dallas, 2.50; Mt. neasant, 3.18; Charlotte, 2.64. H. B. Battle, Ph. D., Director. C. F. von Herrmann,. "! Weather Bureau, Assistant: ASHAKE EVERY SECOND. M.r8. Cleveland's . Jolly Hand-Shaking Experiment at iTTashville. ' N. Y. Recorder. : Mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the ex President, has a large fund of humor inner nature. A pleasant story is related in connection with Mr, Cleveland's visit to the South, where feis wife accompanied him. At the reception held in Nashville Mrs Ufeveland, while receiving the pub lic and shaking hands like a veteran omce-hoider, remarked m an under tone to ; a friend: "How many do you think I carl shake in a minute?" "Don't know," was the reply, not more than a dozen, surely rtumph! More than that: .fifty, il one. "You can't possibly do it, .eii, was the reply, "you just time me one minute. Ready!" And the next instant she was' shaking dnas -tor clear life.'; "i "Time?" called the friend. i "How many?" 'was Mrs. Cleve land's inquiry. ."Forty-seven." Pshaw! I can do better than that; give me another chance." And she smiled and shook hands with the populace for sixty seconds m?re, at the rate of sixty-five to the I knew I could do it," she re marked; "and I think if it wasn't so- crowded up here I could make it seventy. SPAHKLTJSro CATAWBA BFBIlSrGB. 1 .. Health seekers should eo to bpark- 1 Catanrho i RMiitifullv "Hd, in Catawba county 1.000 feet ve sea-level, at the foot of the Blue j'age mountains. Scenery magnificent. diers possess medicinal properties ot "'e Ughest qrder. Board only $30.00 fr Kead advertisement m this El', and write Dr. E. O. Elliott & nhi Ptors, for descriptive nam- BncKien's Armca saire. o x?e Best Salve in the world tor Cuts, guises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, rvilr,' Sores' Tetters, Chapped Hands, w positively cures Piles or no pay is required. It is guaranteed to give perfect siaciion, or money refunded. Price t Per box. For sale bv Robert Jiu117, Wholesale and Retail Drug- . . : I THE OLDEST REPUBLIC. A Brief Sketoh of the Burin Confederation. New York World. The citizens of the oidest of exist ing republics have begun to prepare ior me celebration ot the six hun dredth anniversary of what is known in history as the origin of the Swiss Confederation. - ; , An anniversary like this has a spe cial interest for ,the citizens of the greatest republic that the world has seen. The whole area of the 22 Swiss cantons is less than a third of that of the State of New York, and their population is a little more than half. But their history contains some of the most stirring episodes in the struggle for human freedom, and they have been the theatre of ex periments in the science of Govern ment even more varied and striking than those which have marked the development of the United States. The league of the three forest can tons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwal den probably goes back to the very beginning of their existence as or ganized communities, and was framed long before the art ot the penman was available for the record of such ah alliance. It was formally committed to writing in 1291, and in it must be sought the germ of the Swiss Federal compact, which is of comparatively recent origin. The everlasting League, as it is called, had its beginning: among simple peas ants, who fed their cattle and raised their crops on the slopes and valleys, of a mountain-girdled land. No cities were known in that region, and the Jaws which governed each communi ty were made by a general assembly of the people. The primitive Swiss canton governed itself like a New England town, but its jurisdiction was sovereign, f ts popular assem bly, which met in" the open air, made treaties, formed alliances and de clared war, in addition to regulating matters ot merely domestic concern. .Both - the town meeting and the Swiss assembly are a common inheri tance of Teutonic freedom, with the voice of the chief left out. In time the original . mountain league was joined by free cities like Luzern, Zqrich and Bern, and by 1354 the league of the eight cantons found its place in the State system of Europe. It took 160 years to expand this into the con federation of the 13 cantons, or, as the historical purists say, of the 13 cities and lands, whose number re mained unchanged until 1798, when the Helvetic Republic came into being under the- impulse of the French Revolution. In 1803 a new confederation, composed of 19 Can tons, was organized under the auspices of Napoleon, which was again expanded under the Euro pean settlement of 1815 into the confederation of 22 cantons, which then, for the first time, became for mally known as Switzerland, and took their place in Europe as the composite Swiss nation which we know to-day. , rom the union of the three forest cantons to the confederation of thir teen independent and sovereign com munities the Swiss league remained pure German. In course of time in dividual cantons like Bern made con quests, and so did the confederation itself. But down to the formation of the Helvetic Republic the terri tories acquired by' contest did hot -rise above the rank of being; con federates, allies or subject of their German masters. The artificial union of people speaking three languages, but bearing a common name and organized on a footing of absolute political equality, is there fore somewhat younger than that of our thirteen original States. - . The old league of the thirteen cantons can hardly be said to have furnished a model for the first loose union of the thirteen Ameri can colonies, : though it -was by no means without its effect on the alli ance under which our independence was achieved. But as Mr. Freeman has pointed out, the more perfect union established by our Federal Constitution was before the eyes of those who formed the later union by' the Swiss Constitution of to-day, The 'Swiss Federal Assembly is mod elled after the pattern of Congress, except -that the Senate possesses no powers which - are not also given to the lower house. The executive power of the Swiss Republic is confined to a Federal Council, of which the so-called . Presi dent and Vice s President of the Republic are merely Chairman and vice Chairman, lhe seven mem bers of the Federal Council are elect-' ed by the Federal Assembly for three years, but the President and Vice President are elected for but one year, and are not re-elijrible for election till another year has ex pired. The members of the Federal Council can sit and speak in either house of the Federal Assembly, so that the executive and legislative branches1 of the Government are m constant intercourse with each other, In these and other respects the methods of the oldest democracy in the world are not without instruc tion to republics of later growth! The men of Uri and Unterwalden still assemble in the open air, with out the intervention .of any parlia- mentarv machinery, to make laws and appoint public officers, as they did 600 years ago. It would, be hard to find the world over an unbroken precedent of freedom so well worth celebrating.. ELKINS AUD THE SEAL BUSINESS. How He Got "Into It and Secured I Help of Blaine. the Washington Correspondence Nejp York 1 itnes. Many people high in official posi tion have been much surprised at the ..recent revelations . concerning the ' nart which S. B. Elkins has taken in the fur seal scheme which Mr. Blaine tried to carry through secretly and then publicly attempt ed to place the shame 01 11 on jonn Bull. . - ' Mr. Elkins was brought into this job in the following manner and for te following reasons: When the new contract was awarded last year, the North American Commercial Company, of San Francisco, con sisted of only five incorporators Isaac Siebas. D. O. Mills, Uoyd Ferris. Albert Miller, and one other citizen of San Francisco. Elkins, at the time of the renewal of the lease, was interested in another company which was chartered in West Vir- einia. and called itself the "Atlantic and Pacific Company." He was bid ding then in good faith for himself and associates, and the day the bid3 were opened he was tn attendance at tne ireasury Department, and then went immediately over to Blaine's house and told the Secreta ry that 'MilIs has got the contract." Mills got the contract. He thought that there were millions of seals and plenty of influence behind him. He did not want any more associates . ne intended to float a ioint stock company if the venture was not very profitable, and to hold it with hi -five associates if "it was. But when the result of last summer's jwork came down and Prof. Elliott, the best authority on seals, declared that these fur seals rookeries were in danger of commercial ruin unless Sealing by the lessees was at once checked, as well as sealing in the, ocean, then Mr. Mills .became anx ious. Something had got to be done. He was above any such business as lobbying at Washington. He could not think of such a thin?. Who could he get? Now Elkins loomed up. bland. oily, and effusive. He was the man, of course. Why not? He was Win- dom's business associate, was Blaine's Dusmess associate, was Russell Har rison's master, and had repeatedly hired Benjamin Harrison (the Presi- aenti io do special legal work con nected with the many railroad and mining jobs which have made Elkins so notorious all over the west. Mills took Elkins right on. He was the ready, all-round hustler, andhis pull was -immense. . , Elkins thought very little of such a contingency as the public asking" any questions about this matter.- Hef was- used to political rough-and-i tumbling, and sailed in to persuade Blaine and Foster that the orooer thing to do was to take care of Mills, Elkins and Company, and let the British get all the blame of the shameful act he was to accomplish. Blaine, not seeing far ahead enough this time attempted to meet the wishes of Partner4Elkins, and in so doing he was uncovered at the last moment, when he was chuckling over the fact that the season would soon open, with his friends in full swing on the sea Jslands, literally ruining them while the Bjitish Min ister slept and trusted for an "early settlement." There is a good deal of dynamite left In the fur seals, even if there are only a few of them left. HE WANTED PARTHENIA. The Old Man Didn't Allow the Service Stand In the "War of Getting Her. Atlanta Constitution. t IT 1 r "x nave peen laugning tor a week," said Colonel Bob Hardeman yesterday, "over a scene I saw down at a Newton county camp meet ing. Of course you known old Joe Sockwell. He is the fellow who caused it. Joe is not much of a- camp meeting fellow, but his wife, Parthenia, persuaded him to go with her. Just after dinner every body had gone into the big preach ing tent except Joe. He was sitting out on a log smoking his pipe. The services had just gotten well under way when a runner came in from Joe's house to tell him that some one had gotten into his smokehouse, stolen all his meat and set the place on fire. In an instant Joe rushed,' into the tent and bawled put at the; top of his voice: " Tarthenia! Parthem!' The preacher stopped and everybody looked around. " 'Here I am, shouted Parthenia; from the amen corner of the tent 3 'what is the matter, Mr. Sockwell ?'j " 'The matter! The matter! You've! played hades in bringing me here to this camp meeting. Somebody si gone and stole all my meat and burned the smoke-houseCome, gii out of this quick," and the old man made a rush for his wagoa. "The preacher had stopped and everybody seemed dumbfounded at first, but as the old man took leave the preacher even smiled and the entire audience broke cut in a hear ty laugh." HE WORE EYE GLASSES And Believed in Doing Business on Gen- . tlemanly Principles. 1 here were ten ot us who rode from the depot to a hotel in Charles ton in the same 'bus, and as we en tered the office a short, thick-set and determined-looking man collared ja young man wearing eye glasses, and said: "I'll thank you to return my wal let." ; "Certainly, sir. certainly. L,et us conduct ourselves as becomes gen tlemen." "You picked my pocket on the way op, and I want my wallet back or I II nash you! shouted tne snort man. " I "Exactly. No need of raising your voice to a disagreeable pitch. Never forget that you are a genie- man. no . matter wnat tne circum 1 . M V ' 1 stances." "Where is my wallet?" "Here. sir. and I have great pleas? ure in restoring it. I am sorry that we have had any misunderstanding. An officer was sent for, and while waiting his appearance tne yqung man said to the crowd. - "I never have any trouble with a gentleman,-never. I am obliged to you tor tne courtesies wnicn j you have extended, let us part as gen tlemen should." - The officer soon arrived, says the Detroit Free fress, and walked,- him away to the station, but that jeven ing, about 9 o'clock, as I was walking on Meeting street, the prisoner halted me and said: . "I desire to thank you .for your consideration in that affair.) You treated me as a eentleman, sir, and I shall not forget it." "But I thoueht you you V "Oh, yes. I was locked up tight enough, but the officers at the station were no -gentlemen, sir, no ;gentle men. and thev treated me misuch a manner that I felt compelled! to bid them good night. I will now say au revotr. . ! I went up to the police station to inquire about it, and the sergeant m charge replied: j "What! That genteel teuow witn eyeglasses! O, he s in there. "isut vou a oetter 100K. He entered the corridor and look A into the cell. It was empty. The "gentleman" had sawed one of the window bars off and gone out by the way of the aiiey. Kead advertisement ot Otterburn Lithia Water in this paper. Unequaled -.. rtirorwina.it and all diseases of kid- nev andbfadder. Price within reach of f MISSISSIPPI'S MOKUMEflT. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE DEAD. Unveiled at Jackson in the Presence of a Vast Multitude The Procession Ad- dresaea, Etc . . j , 1 I By Telegraph to thtt Morning Star j Jackson, June 3. The monument erected here, in memory of the Confed erate dead of Mississippi. was unveiled to-day in the presence of a vast multi tude. The procession to the site of the statue began shortly before 11 o'clock, and in the van -were ten companies of th4 State National Guard. Next jcame a float drawn by ten white horses and carrying fifteen young ladies daughters veterans representing the States of the Southern Confederacy and the Con federacy itself. Each carried a banner with the name of her State embroidered thereupon. Miss Amie Stone, repre senUng "The Confederacy,' carried the regular brttle-flag; Miss Kate Porter of Maryland, bore a blue banner; Miss Courtney Walthall -of Virginia, white banner; . ; Miss Corinne Sykes of North Carolina, red ban ner: Miss Annie Heminewav of South Carolina, white banner;! Miss Mary. Dancy ot Georgia, white banner; Miss fc-lsie Uovan ol Honda, blue banner: and Miss Nellie Fewell !of Alabama. blue banner; . Miss Marie ' Lowrv ot Mississippi; white banner; Miss Mary ceii 01 Louisiana, white .banner; jMiss Proline Martin ot lexas,,' red banner; Miss Virginia Hunt of Arkansas, red banner; Miss Sallie Cowan of Tennes see, red banner; Miss Annabel Pow,er of Kentucky, red banner: Miss Annie L.s Stone of Missouri, carried a blue ban- ner. : .- r Next came the officers of the Ladies Memorial Association and their distin guished visitors from abroad, and Con federate veterans, in carriages, organiz ed posts of Confederate j veterans and organized posts of Sons of Confederate veterans, forming a column two miles in length. The stars and stripes were carried at the head of every division, and also floated from the top of the capitol. Side by side with them: were carred many torn and tatterod Confed erate battle flags which bore testimony toj the bitter conflict through which they had been borne. j I The exercises were ; opened with prayer by t ather Ficheret, a distin guished Catholic priest of Vicksburg, wno naa served through the war as chaplain. The monument, which up to this time had been draped in white muslin, was then formally unveiled by Mrs. Margaret Davis Hines, daughter of Jefferson Davis, amidst prolonged ap plause; while the combined bands ren dered the "Star Spangled; Banner'1 and fDixie." , j The monument was formally present ed by Miss Sallie B. Morgan, the presen tation being made byf Hon. Ci F. Hooker. It was accented on behalf of the Confedetate veterans by T. R. Mc intosh, j Senator K. C. Walthall was orator of the day. His theme was "The Con federacy," and he gave a complete his tory ot the war, from its inception to its close. Mrs. Luther Manship recited the poem by Rev. Father Ryan, entitled the "Sentinel Song." ! Ex-Gov. Lowrev delivered an address on the "Life and Character of Jefferson Davis, in the course ot which he said that when partisanship had given place to sober reason and judgment, the his torian would accord the late President of the Confederate States the front rank among the great statesmen of his day, as well as those who bad preceded him. His great and varied talents attested by his many able state papers and by his many other deeds showed that he was both scholar and statesman; and writers of history hereafter would be compelled to assign to him that ex alted place. I j At the conclusion ot ; uov. Lowrey s oration the benediction was pronounced by Rev; H. L. Sproles, pastor of the First Baptist Church pt this city, which concluded the exercises. ' i The total cost of the monument is nearly sao.ouu, ot which over bait was subscribed by the State Legislature, and the balance was raised by the ladies committee on private subscriptions, concerts and in various other ways. ! The monument is sixty feet four inch es from the base line to the top of the statute of a soldier mounting the column. The structure is upon a con crete foundation. Three platform stone bases are of white limestone, 8 inches thick and the lower one is 24 feet long by 20 feet wide, outside the base is a granalithic stone pavement, four feet wide, extending around tne Dase sunace or the ground line 32 feet long by 28 feet wide. The die resting upon these bases, represents the wall of an old, cas tle and is 13 feet high. The walls above, receding buttresses, cut into 74 blocks, that being the original number of coun ties in the state, un the north and south sides of the monument set in large tables of marble is the in scription, "To the Confederate Dead of Mississippi, and on tne ease and west sides ot the die are doorways, about eight feet high, ornamented by hand' some door-jambs; the doors having locks bv which they can be secured trom in trusion. The inner vaulted chamber is of octagon shape, in the centre of which is the corner stone, upon which is to rest a life size statue of Tefferson Davis. jwhichhas not yet arrived. The figure on too of the column represents a conted-t erate ' private at "parade rest." The marble inner sides of. the octagon, lead ing from the east doorway to the left bear these inscriptions.! First slab: It reeks not where their bodies lie, Bv bleeding hill sidei plain or river; Their names are bright on fame's proud sky; I - Their deeds of valor Hive forever. The second slab: "The noble women of Mississippi, moved by grateful hearts .il 1 : 1 T . er.i- anu loving zeu, urgauicu, juiic i.iu, A. D. 1886, the Confederate women s Association; their efforts aided by an appropriation of the State of Missis- 51DD1, WeiC-tlUWUCU W ALIA 1U U1E erection of this monument to the Con federate dead of Mississippi, in the year 1891." ! The third slab: "Men to whose mem ory this monument is dedicated, were martvrs of their creed: their' histifica- tion is in the holy keeping of the god of history. f . The fourth slab: "God and our conscience alone. Give us measures of right and wrong, The race may fall to the swift and the battle to the strong: But the truth will shine in history, and blossom into song. The fifth slab: "Officers of the Con federate Monument Association of Mis sissippi, A. D. 1890: Miss Sallie B. Mor gan, President: Mrs.f Belmont Phelps Manship. Vice fresident; Mr. tieanor H. Stone. Treasurer: Miss Sophie D, Langlev. Secretary: Mrs. Virginie P. McKay, Corresponding Secretary. CRUISER CONCORD. . Two Men Killed by a Bteam Pipe Explo- " sion. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, June 3. News was re ceived at the Navy Department to-day , that an explosion occurred yesterday on the new cruiser Lxmcord, which was on her way to Norfolk. A steam-pipe burst, causing the death of a fireman and a coal heaver. Several other per sons were injured, j The amount of silver offered for sale; to the Treasury ! Department yesterday was 994.000 ; ounces, and .the amouni purchased was 320,000 ounces at 97J to 97. .-. . . CHICAGO MARKET REVI EW. - fluctuations ta 'Prioea of Grain and '. -.1'. Provlaione. j j-'.- - ; ByTelegraph to the Morning Star; Chicago, Juhe v 3. Corn , was the factor on the Board of Trade to-day, and business in all of the pits was active dunag most of the session. Wheat was fairly strong during the forenoon, with little trade . passing; then it became ac tive but weak, in sympathy with corn. News was mostly bearish: foreign mar kets were lower the first arrival of new wheat was reported from San Francisco, and heavy exports of crold continued. On the other hand Bradstreet reoorted" a large decrease in stocks. The price of Dread was said to be advancing in Italy, Oat licewere reported ravaging wheat fields in sonie sections of this State, though other points indicated an abund ant cropr- July started at 99 aeainst 98M at the close yesterday ranged be tween 98. and 99 for long time, and then spurted to 99. This spurt it is said, was due to bidding up of the market by operators in corn, who were ! anxious to make a strong spot to un load on. The Irise not only ; induced much . selling by New Yorkers but by local speculators as well. When corn began to decline the price of July wheat slipped down to 98. Here it was sus tained by purchases aeainst "nuts" till the close." -The! receipts of corn were nearly J.OO. car loads below the estimates. " The! bulls started in to buy and the shorts to cover. The result was that July, which opened at advanced to 57c The c up to 56jc bulls then proceeded to take their profits and the price slid otf to 06c, but closed c higher,. . Oats were dull and featureless, and f ollowing tn the. wake ot corn. Provisions, were dull until near the close, when they put on a spurt of ac tivity. ' Fluctuations, however, were ex tremely narrow; and the close showed a loss or a4o7Mc in pork; 5a7c in ribs, and 10c in lard, compared with yesterday, . 1 .CRUISER NO. 13. Proposals Opened at the Navy Depart ment for Construction of Another War Ship. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washxnston, June 1. Proposals were opened at the Navy Department to-day for the ponstruction of protected cruiser No. 13j provision for which was made by the last Congress. The vessel will be similar to cruiser No. 12, equip ped with one eight-inch, two six-inch and a great number of smaller rapid fire and machine guns. She is designed to make in an emergency the extraordi nary speed ofi 22 knots per hour, which would enable her to capture the swiftest of ocean greyhounds, 'or to escape from the pursuit of any more formidable Craft. This high speed is to be obtained through three sets of triple expansion engines, driving three screw propellers, an arrangement which is also expected to result in a more economical cruising at low speed, than is possible with the drivers at present in use. Vessels of this type will be a novelty in naval construc tion. Their performance is awaited with interest and some anxiety by experts in the Navy Department. A number of representatives ot ship building firms were present when the bids were opened, as well as members of different branches of the naval service. The bids were as follows : Wm. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia,' ft2.745.000; Union Iron Work, of San Francisco, $2,798,000; Bath Iron Woiks, of Bath, Maine. $2,690,000. The result was a complete surprise to nearly every one present, as the Bath iron works is com paratively a new competitor in the con struction of steel vessels, and has had no naval work except small ; cruisers now building.' It was not believed that the San Francisco firm would be able to name a low figure, as the Depart ment s advertisement did not contain any provision for allowance for differ ence in freight charges on construction material, as has been the case in some contracts. ' But the Philadelphia firm is already building cruiser No. 12 a sister ship, tor sz,723,uuo, and as the same pat- erns could be used for the two vessels, it was expected that they would be able to underbid every other concern. The limit of cost fixed for the cruiser in the act of Congres is $2,750,000 and the con tractor may earn a bonas of $50,000 for every quarter knot excess of speed above twenty knots per hour. THE WHISKEY TRUST. One of the CMoago Distilleries on Fire . jlioss About $100,000. 1 B T Telegraph to the Morning Star. CHiCAjc.0, June 3. Fire was discov- ed in the dry room ot Shuffieldt's distil lery at about 8 o'clock this morning. A general district alarm was turned in. bringing a large number of engines to the scene, and at this nour, 8... a. m. the flames appear to be under control, being confined to the room in which thev started. The loss is roughly esti mated at 8100,000. 1 he nre is supposed to have! originated from over-heated flues in the dry room. A special from New York this morn ing said it was understood there that the Shuffieldt and Calumet distilleries, the onlV important concerns outside the whiskey trust, had been purchased by the trust at a probable valuation of $100- J000 for the Shuffieldt plant, and $500,000 for the iCalumet, giving the lrust a clear field. W. H. Shuffieldt, manager of the distillerv. and son of the oroDrietor. declares that the report is without foun dation.! - Later. The flames consumed the building used as a dry room and feed house.) It was a Dries structure, eu Dy 160 feet in dimensions. Thos. Lynch, a member of the' firm, estimates the loss at $60,400. . ; . j ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS. . i Arrival of 4,136 at New York yesterday. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star New York. lune 3. This was an Italian day at the barge office, 4,136 of this nationality having passed through the building, Besides two vessels that arrived oh yesterday with 2,471 immi grants, too late to be taken off, the Alsatia arrived to-day with l.uoo Italians front Naples, and two Rotterdam ships brought in ouu more. . !TThe "Teutonic" sailing from New York for Liverpool yesterday took $1.- 500.000 in gold coin. The total for the week including a shipment ot $500,000 from Baltimore is $4,850,000. Absolutely Pure. ream of tartar baking powder. -Highest of ai leavcnins siren. " Lattst US.Govtrnment Re tort. :. COMMERCIAL: WILMINGTON MARKET, STAR OFFICE. May 28. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 35 cents per gallon. Sales of receipts at quotations. ROSIN. Market steady at $1 20 per bbL for Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. ; j . TAR. Firm at $1 60 per bbl. of 280 lbs., with sales at quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $1 40' for Hard. . ' :1 . : ' - PEANUTS Farmer's stock quoted dull at 60 to 75 cents per bushel. COTTON Quiet, and weak. Quota tions at the Produce Exchange were Ordinary........ t... Z cts $ tt Good Ordinary. ..... 6 15 -16 " " low Middling. ...... 7 11-16 " Middling...'.:..-..-... 8J " " Good Middling. ..... 9 " " STAR OFFICE. May 29. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 85 cents - per gallon. Sales of receipts at quotations. ROSIN Market firm at $1 20 per bbl for Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. TAR.Firm at $1 50 per bbl of 280 lbs., with sales at Quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $1 40 for Hard. PEANUTS Farmer's stock selling at 60 to 75 cents per bushel. COTTON Quiet. Quotations at the Produce Exchange were Ordinary...;. . 5 cts $ lb Good Ordinary . 6 15-16 " " low Middling 7 11-16 " " jyuaaiing. . . . ... Good Middling.. . .. 9 - - " " STAR OFFICE, May 30. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 35 cents per gallon. Sales of receipts at quotations. K.U3J.JN. Marset arm at $1 20 "per bbl. for Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. TAR. Firm at $1 50 per bbl. of 280 fts., with sales at quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $1 40 for Hard. PEANUTS Farmer's stock, selling at 60 to 75 cents per bushel. COTTON Quiet. Quotations at the Produce Exchange were Ordinary. 5 cts 6 15-16 " 7 11-16 " 9 Good Ordinary. . . . Low Middling..... Middling . Good Middling STAR OFFICE, June 1. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market dull at 85 cents per. gallon. No sales reported. ROSIN Market firm at $1 20 per bbl tor Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. TAR. Firm at $1 50 per bbl. of 280 lbs., with sales at quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $1 40 for Hard. PEANUTS Farmer's stock selling at 60 to 75 cents per bushel. COTTON Quiet Quotations at the Produce Exchange were Ordinary...... . 5M cts lb Good Ordinary...... 6 15-16 " " Low Middling.. 7.11-16 " " Middling J 8 " " Good .Middling 9 ' " j STAR OFFICE. June 2. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 35 cents per gallon. Sales at 34 cents. ' ROSIN Market quiet at $1 20 per bbl. for; Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. ' TAR. Firm at $1 50 per bbl. of 280 lbs., with sales at quotations. j ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $140 for Hard. I COTTON. Quiet. Quotations at the Produce Exchange' were Ordinary . . 5 cts $ lb Good Ordinary.... 6 15-16 " " low Middling..... 7 11-10 " " Middling 8U " " Good Middling. . . . 9 .. STAR OFFICE, June 3. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 34 cents per gallon. Sales at 84jS cents. KUMN Market quiet at $1 20 per bbl. for Strained and $1 25 for Good Strained. TAR. Firm at $1 50 per bbl. of 280 lbs., with sales at quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Distillers quote the market firm at $2 40 for Vir gin and Yellow Dip and $1 40 for Hard, COTTON Nominal. Quotations at the Produce Exchange were Ordinary Good Ordinary. 5 6 15-16 '7 11-16 8 cts $ ft JLow Middling.. Middling. Good Middling. COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. 1ONTHIiT STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. P For month of May, 1891. Cation. ' , Stiritt. Rosin. Tar. Crude. 1,628: ; 5,768 53,058 8468 134 I RECEIPTS. For month of May, 1890. Hon. Stiritt. Rosin. Tar. Crude. 128 8,e66 . 25,357 4,618, 1,394 EXPORTS." ' For month oMay, 1891. Cotton. Stiritt. Xotin. Tar. Crude. Domestic.. 4,161 8,131 7,425 8,38329.2,007 Foreign... 000 1,200 26,203 S.OOO 000 4,161 4,321 34,128 5,383 2,007 EXPORTS. For month of May, 1890. Cotton. Stiritt. Xotin. Tar. Crude. Domestic. 8,074 2,821 488 2,720 983 Foreign 000 8,074 6,296 5,332 8.720 983 STOCKS, and Afloat, June 1, 1891, Ashore i A shore. Afloat. Total. Cotton.. J.... ,7o7 815 5,072 Spirits , Rosin Tar , Z,8W 11,727 841 1,117 180 87 8.081 12,844 4,524 2,702 Crude, c. ..... . 2,665 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat, June 1, 1890. Stiritt. Rosin. Tar. 1.898 ' 14,796 8,880 Cotton. Crude. 1,022 1,697 QUOTATIONS. June 1,1891 Cotton.... Bbi Tune 1, 1890. ill $ 115 1 20 1252 70 Spirits.., Rosin... Tar Cinde... .$1 SO , 150 . 1 40 1 25 2 40 The fly in the Presidential ointment is Mr. Blaine, who stands in flexibly in the way of his chief's political aspirations. The opinion of tne man from Maine in regard to nis prospects of future usefulness m the Cabinet may be surmised from his expressed deter mination to proceed at once to Bar Harbor, not to return thence to Wash ington until the chill October winds shall blow. Phil. Record, Dem. DOMESTIC MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . i Jtnancuu. New York, June 8. Evening. Sterling exchange quiet and steady at 485489K. Commercial bills 483 488. Money easy at 2&4 per cent.. closing offeredat 2 per cent. Govern ment securities dull but firm; four per cents 120; four and a half per cents 100.v State securities dull, steady; North Carolina sixes 124; fours 99; Richmond and West Point Terminal 15;l Western Union 80. jj- Commercial. New York June 3. Evening. Cotton quiet, with sales effected: to day of 175 .bales; middling uplands middling Orleans 9 3-16c; net receipts at all United States ports 5.458 bales; exports to Great Britain bales; exports to France bales; to the Continent 51,000 bales; stock at all United States ports 387,236. Cotton Net receipts 515 bales; gross receipts 515 bales. Futures closed quiet and steady; sales of 64,000 bales at quotations: June 8.468.47c; July 8.58 8.59c; August 8.68S.69c; September 8.76 -QS.Tlc; October 8.838.84c; November 8.878.88c; December 8.948.95c; Janu ary 9.09 9.10c; March 9.17 9.19c; April 9.349.37c. Southern flour dull and weak. Wheat moderately active, unsettled and lower, closing heavy; No. 2 red $1 09 in store and at elevator and $1 101 10 afloat options opened HKC lower, advanced j?8c on decreased amounts of sup ply, declined 4Kc on long selling. closing steady at HHc under yester day; l No. 2 red July $1 06; August $1 03; September $1 02. Corn opened stronger and closed lower "and moderately active and weak; No. 2. 63 64c at elevator and 6465U afloat; op tions advanced lMleC on -expected light) receipts and covering,, and de clined lc on realizing at the West, closing weak and c over yester day; July 62Mc; August 61M; Septem ber 61c Oats firmer and fairly active; options firmer and quiet; June 482c; July 49c; No. 2 white July 50Jc; No. 2 spot 4950Jc. Hops steady and quiet. txtfee options opened irregular at 15 to 20 points decline and closed barely steady and unchanged to 15 points down; June $17 30; July $17 0017 05; August $16 4516 50; spot Rio dull and easy fair cargoes 20c. Sugar raw quiet and steady; refined quiet. Molasses foreign steady; New Orleans dull but farm. Kice steady and quiet. Petro leum quiet and steadv: refined at New York $7 20; at Philadelphia and Balti more $0 S57 15; in bulk $4 504 65. Cotton seed oil quiet and steady; crude, off grade, 2428Jc.' Rosin quiet and easy; strained, common to good $155. bpints turpentine quiet and steady at 3838c. Wool steady. Pork ac tive; Old mess $10 55 1 1 5; extra prime $11 00. Beef steady but dull; beef hams steady and quiet; tierced beef quiet and steady. Cut meats - quiet and easy; pickled bellies 5c; middles steady but dull, i Lard lower and in more demand. Western steam $6 524; city $5 50; June $6 50 asked; July $6 54 asked; Au gust $6 65; refined quiet. Freights to Liverpool quiet. Chicago, June 8. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady, dull and unchanged. Wheat No. 2 spring $1 01 1 No. 2 red $1 011 02. Corn No. 2, 57c Oats No. 2, 44c. Mess pork, per bbl., $10 5010 55. Lard, per 100 lbs.. $6 206 22. Short rib sides $5 805 90. Dry salted shoulders $5 00 5 05. Short clear $6 25C 35. Whis key $1 16. The leading futures ranged as follows opening, highest and closing: Wheat No. 2, July 99, 99, 98c; August 95, 95M. 94c, Corn No. 2, July 56j 56U, 57, 56Mc; August 56 J, 56, 55Mc. Oats No. 2, July 43, 44&. 43c. Au gust 36, 36, 35c. Mess pork, per bbl July $10 65, 10 70, 10 65; Septem ber $10 5, 10 5, 10 87. Lard, per 100 lbs July $6 35, 6 35, 6 30; Sep tember $6 57. 6 57J, 6 55. Short ribs per 100 tts $6 00, 6 00, 6 5 95; Sep tember $6 85, 6 25, 6 30. Baltimore, June 3. Hour dull and unchanged. Wheat easy; No. -2 red on spot $1 10 1 10; southern wheat nominal; Fultz $1 05 1 10; Longberry, $1 071 12. Corn southern weak; white 66Js cents; yellow 67 cents. j COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. June 2. Galveston, quiet at 8 7-16c net receipts 1,295 bales; Norfolk, dull at 8c net receipts 586 bales; Balti more, nominal at 89c net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 8 13-16c net re ceipts 251 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 9c net receipts 213 bales; savannah, Juiet at 8 3-16c net receipts 1,285 bales; Tew Orleans, quiet and steady at 8)c -net receipts 625 bales; Mobile, quiet at 8mc net receipts 180 bales; Mem phis, dull and easy at 8 jsc net receipts 60 bales; Augusta, quiet at hc net re ceipts 62 bales; Charleston quiet at 840 -net receipts 263 bales. EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. DOMESTIC. New York Steamship Fanita 8 pkgs mdse, 100 bags chaff, 45,000 shingles, 1,200 bolts, 215 bales cotton, 37 bbls crude, 90 do pitch. 145 do tar. 511 do rosin 811 casks spirits. New York Schr E A Danenhower -195,700 feet lumber. ; FOREIGN. Port-au-Prince Br brig Alice, Bradshaw 50,952 feet lumber, 25,000 shingles. London Nor barque Val Kyrien 5,287 bbls rosin. London Ital barque Profeta 4,819 bbls rosin. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Baby waa lick, we gave her Caatoiia. When aha was a Child, aha cried for Castoria, When ihe became Suss, aha clung to Castoria, When she had Children, ahe gare them Castoria. MARINE. ARRIVED. Schr Harrv White. 171 tons. Hop kins, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co, I J Br schr Iolanthe, S93 tons. Card, Hali fax, w i. jk. Kidder s son. Steamshio Fanita, Pennington, New York. H GSmallbones. Nor barctue Kundsvie, 34a tons, Seveninesen. Savanilla, Heide & Co. Ger barque Albert Newman Berlin, 515tons, Eichman, St Michaels. Azores, E Peschau & Westermann. I ISteamshiD Pawnee. Tribou, New York. 11 It small Dones. Schr St Croix. 222 tons. Curtis, wew York, TasT Riley & Co. Schr Gen Adelbert Ames, 449 tons, Tameson. Navassa. Geo Harriss, Son & Co. . , ! CLEARED. Steamship Benefactor, Ingram, New York. H G Smallbones. Br brig Alice Bradshaw, Dahm, Port- au-Prince, Hayti, las T Kiiey o, car co bv S & W H Northrop. 1 Nor Daraue vai Kyrien, core, ixn- rlrtn Williams & Murchison. Steamshio Fanita. Pennington, New York. H. G. Smallbones. Italian barque ' Proteta, Giaopello, London. Robinson & King. Steamship Pawnee, Tribou. George town. H G Smallbones. Schr E A Danenhower, Johnson, New York, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co, cargo by W L f arsley. ' .COMPARATIVE STATEM ENT Of Stocks, Beoeipia and Export of Cotton Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, May 29. The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending this date- - 1891 1890 Net receipts at all United States ports during the week.. . 32,898 8.968 Total receipts to this - date 0,730,813 5,732,213 Exports for the week 142,411 21,569 Total exports to this date. . . 5,486,160 4,722,094 Stock in all United States ports 897,773 184,982 Stock at all interior towns.. ." 54,888 Stock in Liverpool.. 1,216,000 .... American anoat tor Great Britain..... 70.000 Savannah, June 8- Spirits turpen tine firm at 85 bid. Rosin firm; good . strained $1 251 30. CHARLESTON, lune 2. Spirits tur pentine steady at 35c. Rosin firm; good strained $1 80. NOT ONE SORE NOW. Baby Afflicted with Bad Sorea and Eruptions. No Relief. Permanently Cured by tne Cutlcura. Purine the summer of 1889 mv eighteen- months' old infant was so afflicted with eruptions that ordi nary domestic remedies failed to eive any relief. On ' his hips would often appear the seeming track of a little wire-like woim, and on other -parts of his body had sores cyme and remained till I procured the C un ci; k a Remedies. For some time I nsed the soap and salve without a blood medicine, but thev did not do so well as wben all were used together.. It has now been nearly a year since the eruption was healed, and I very much feared it would return with the warm weather of this rear, but the summer is nassed and not one sore has appsared on bim. . AIRS. A. AI. WALKKK, Carsonville, Ga.- Sore from Waist Down. I had three of the best ohvsicians in Paducah. and they did me no good. I nsed your CuncuRA Reme dies, and they have cured me sound and well. I was sore from my waist down with eczema. They have cured me with no sign of return. I owe my life to Cuticura, for without a doubt. I would have been in my grave had it not been for your remedies. Allow me to return jny sincerest thanks. . w rt. guALLS, raducab, K.y. Cuticura Remedies. If the thousands of little babies who have been cured of agonizing, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly. -and blotchy skin and scalp diseases could write, what a bost of letters would be received by tne proprietors of the Cuticura Remedies. Few can appreciate the . agony these little ones suffer, and when these great remedies relieve in a single application the most dis tressing eczemas and itching and burning skin diseases, and point to a speedy and permanent care, it is posi tively inhumat not to use them without a moment's delay: . D A 1! VI 0 Skin and Scalp DUD I 0 by Cuticura Sc preserved and beautified oap. Absolutely pure. HOW MY. SIDE ACHES! Aching Sides and Back. Hid. Kidney, and if in one minute, by the Cuticura Antl-Paln Plaster. The first and only in stantaneous pain-killing plaster. je 1 D&Wlm . wed sat Wholesale Prices Current. 3Sr" The following quotations represent wholesale prices generally. In making np small orders higher prices have to be charged. The quotations are always given aa accurately as possible, but the Star will npt.be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. f . BAGGING ' I 8-B) Jute 7 $ -7J4 Standard,. 00 & 8 BACON North Carolina Hams V B New, 10c; Old 10a 11 Shoulders New 7 S 8 Sides ajB ..New 7 otf WESTERN SMOKED Hams V lb. 14 16M Sides S 7a 8 Shoulders WJb 7 76 DRY SALTED Sides Jb 6 7 Shoulders VB 0 & 6 BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second Hand, each New New York, each New City, each 00 0 1 25 1 40 1 75 1 65 O 1 70 00 Qt 23 -7 00 '7 50 0 00 & 14 00 15- 0 ?5 23 SO 00 87H 00 ,87 u 45 I 60 18 25 9 10 00 10 11 12 00 10 27 28 17 19U IB e H 00 80 0 12 BEESWAX i B ..........i BRICKS Wilmington, V M...... iNortnern..,.. BUTTER i North Carolina, V B ... Northern CORN MEAL, bushel, In sacks., Virginia Meal...... COTTON TIES, V handle a 45 CANDLES, V sperm.. Adamantine, CHEESE, V lb Northern factory. Dairy, Cream..... state COFFEE, V IV Java , Laguyra. Rio., DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, f) yard Yarns, per bunch. , .... EGGS, V dozen FISH Mackerel. No. 1. barrel. 22 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 Mackerel, No. 1, V half-barrel. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... . 16 00 Mackerel, No. 8, half-barrel Mackerel, No. 8, V barrel 8 00 13 00 4 00 0 00 3 00 5 14 00 Mullets, v barrel. 4 60 0 00 400 10 Mullets, W pork barrel.. N. C. Roe Herring, V keg.... Dry Cod, V t FLOUR, V barrel- western low grade............ " Extra " Family , City Mills Super oo 4 ta( 4 00 4 60 5 00 6 75 4 Off 41 5 50 6 00 7K 87V6 90 . 87H 0 ' 90 92W 90 4i 55 70 70 75 9) 1 00 0 8 0 4H 00 1 10 1 00 1 10 95 95 2K I 00 12H I 40 0 00 18 00 SO 00 15 00 16 00 - . family.. GLUE, V ft GRAIN. bushel-. Corn, from store, bags White. Com, cargo, in bulk White... Corn, cargo, in bags White. . . Corn, Mixed, from store Oats, frsm store.,, ,,.,, ,,, Oats, RnstProof Cow Peas, HIDES, 9 vreen... Dry, HAY, 9 100 B1- Kastern.. ....... Western North River HOOP IRON, V fta. LARD, V ft Nortnern. ...................... North Carolina LIME, V barrel LUMBER (city sawed), V M ft Ship Stns, resawea. Rouen Edse Plank West India Cargoes, according to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned.... 18 00 gl8 00 22 00 15 00 ks Scantling Scantline and Board, com'n.,,. 14 00 MOLASSES, ?eallon uba. in ! .r H I Lij. xvew v.ruu iUuft. iu uuui . , in DDIS i Porto Rico, Inhhds in DDIS. Sugar House, in hhds . r . " in hhl Syrup, In bbls . NAILS. j keg, Cnt, lOd basis. 60's on basis of S3 SOprica. POULTRY Chickens, live, grown.......... ,, Spring Turkeys OILS, 9 ganon. Kerosene Lard Linseed Rosin......... Tar u nk and Soar 10H 00 PEANUTS, 9 bushel (23,ls) POTATOES, 9 bushel- Sweet Irish, 9 barrel...... OX., 9 barrel City Mess.,: 13 50 12 5) 13 00 i& 7 80 1 15 Prune, RICE Carolina. AUU1U a...,.... B..... 1 (Upland).... (Lowland)... Rongh, 9 bus! RAGS, 9 tt Country City ROPE, to SALT, 9 sack-Alum Liverpool... Lisbon American.... In 125-lb sacks........ SUGAR, 9 to Standard Gran d.. Standard A White Ex. C... Extra C, Golden C Yellow SOAP. W Northern STAVES, 9 M W. O. Barrel.... R O. Hogshead TIMBER; M feet Shipping.... - Mill Prime Blill Fair. M). ................ Common Mill. . U 14 00 10 00, 15 00 10 50 8 60 6 59 4 00 7 00 950 500 Inferior to Ordinary.. SHINGLES, 7-inch, 9 M. ,4 Common, .....m.. .......... Cypress Saps... Cypress Hearts..... ....... TALLOW. 9 t... WHISKEY, 9 gallon Northern.. North Carolina. . WOOL. 9 to Washed............ . Clear of burrs................. Bnrrr.. . .

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