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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. if the "Weekly Star & as ..-:i oo ... w ... 80 "rtQOXING FREE TRADERS- I Reciprocity is ' nothing more nor J thafl free trade unaer .jtnotner name, and ihe wider the' reciprocity, nearer the approach tof ree trade t i -:rio K.verr additional putt ana s.iuf'.v. . y7' ' rtce Aat is. -pntpon .lac iree. . list UrUgh ttegency ot reciprocity, daeijthat much the more 10 eaucate tie people up to free trade, and to i. iThj KPnannnan.rar. t .1. . i ..lot-chin nf Mr T?!am' k, uflaer ine iMww"f v .'.'? moving' along in mat uireuuon toiril but surely, and if it lives and Liinnri out in the lines marked out Lathati the very reverse of the po-, jtioa it originally took, as it has Lk on. other questions. It came into power as -me avowea Ujapidn, for i instance,- ot states g gits and of popular sovereignty. to it got power it aroppea mat md soon drijftea into the advocacy ,f centrklizefd power which ignored Etate lines and State authority when key conflicted with national su- premacy, injmatters over wnicn tne States' ooce had and always should 2K sovereign, jurisdiction. It has, always declared, that the bajonty should rule ana yet it nas lever tauea wnen grasping. ior lower to override the majority by jbitrarr or ' fraudulent proceedings och as making new States put of parsley settled, territories to give pt Republican : party a ma- rity ' in' "the Senate . when sere was danger of the majority it being! overcome, and; to add pength to their party in the House If Representatives when the people lere electing Democrats to''"',"fiIT lie places of . Republicans. And fias, loo, they increased their itrength.in the electoral colleges to peat the will of the majority. . fta the Greenbacks were is-' Jsaed ihe leaders of that Dartv de-- fad' them the equal of gold as Jaoney, and denounced the men who stioned it as "disloyal," and .to-. py they dppose all money . which is of the "intrinsic" value of gold. fold is now the standard bv which money must be . measured. And f) m other things thev stand the- ery antipodes to-day of where they ..7 -rf , ood in former vears. . Would it be surprising, then if this ;irty, the great champion of protec- on, should develop into a free trade arty? It has travelled further in pt direction in the past twelve ponths than the Democratic party PlS in twenitv-five vears . and if the H J 1 i Ptmocrjatic Dartv had eone half as on tnat line as tnose protection- sts have gone the welkin would ring tn denunciation of the Democratic ree traders. If it had been predict- $ three years ago that the Republi- ai leaders would be sounding the praises of reciorocitv in this vear of . . ' ':. . f" ..- ace, the Dredictor would have peen Dronoiinpfl a itpr or a. In- k'Cv T;-!. !..":- : : ': Recently Mr. Blaise has taken oc- Rionto tell the DubHc- in a letter I. I "V. tittea to an Ohio editor how he Pands on the MrTCinlev tariff, and r substantially says the best thing r--i uiai tarm is that it opens tne ray 6r general reciprocity, and will Ftimatelv ! rpcnlf 5n finno-ino" ahnilt ecjprocity not only with Central and puuta .American; countries, but with wopean countries aeainst which Re Drotprtive tariff 5q nnm miinlir I . www. w -" Mw- II U1LJ i J lectedj He calls attention to the ict that m addition, to the treaty Nh Brazil: hv nuttincr fiftman I J , .1 O ; r beet sugar on the free list Wt have jopened the way for Ameri pork in Germany. By put tlng some other German .product 0n the - free list we may open i'Wav fnr American . orrafn arid h-c Pitting soinething else, on the free lst. we mav ooen the wav for some :ncati! manufactures-or some- ,VlQn plc it,,,. vififv nAorAr and 0 'ith !! France. Italv. and other j until th rrntprterl articles lllht few' and far between;. This the fiClUlSCS. 13 llyr wiling ttstas rapidlv as Drudence will al ow in enoi !f he 'and his party- live long ugh, and nothing happens to gent lit, they will get there iir mt whether in eood shape or not. Eve en old Triicalm ia An 9 cnrt nf uoied m tk n f.n . r- r. ...v.r;s..;-:;- '":". THTWftH HUN TTfVW - t - -'- - MM""MMaMaMMMMMaWaaWMaaMaMBMaMMMaaaaMaMaBaMMMaM irte McKtnley wool tariff imejh answer to the "charge that the high tariff on wool has increased the price of woolen goods, deny the .fact and assert that, woolen goods -(some woolen goods) are as cheap now as they were before ; the Mc Kinley bill was passed. In'ndticing his Mr. David A. Wells, one of the. best informed writers on the tariff in this country; says this is so and so be wusc iuc luauuiauiurers - maKe a poorer article and use a larger amount t of cotton and shoddy. - The McKin leyites try to break the force of this by saying .that the increase of the tariff on shoddy has materially re duced the importations of shoddy, to Which Mr. Wells replies that this is .true but thafl nstead of importing so muchDreoared shoddv it is now mad t home, the shoddy-making in- I Deing encouraged by keeping I the du, lpw onv old - rags and sucb. otner raw material ; as shoddy is j ed, and then not until the farmer made out of.; , He visited what is Tweeds his land and raises the manure said to be the largest shoddy mill in I the world, where they make sixteen thousand pounds a day, some of the l stuff used being "filthy enough to turn one's stomach to look - at it from close quarters,'" and as further proof he quotes a leading manuf ac tijrer as saying to him that if the do mestic supply of cotton and -shoddy .were cut short half the woolen man- Lhini it must eventually become a J ufacturers in the country would have I to curtail or cease operations alto gether for want of wool. Senator Faulkner, of WestVir- nia, has returned to Washingtoa fom his trip to the far West,whither ne ana Chauncy Black, of Pennsyl vania, Congressman Bynum, of In- diyna, and Lawrehce Gardner, Sec retary of " the National Association of - Democratic ', Clubs, went some thing over a month ago to .organize the Democracy of. those States. They visited North . Dakota, -South Dakota, Colorado,' Montana, Cali fornia and Washington. Washing ton was the only one of the younger States in which they found a 'Demo cratic , organization. The pirty travelled over eight thousand mdes, made speeches at thirty six meetings in thirty five days , and organized clubs in each of theStates visited. One thing struck them as a significant fact. It was thesnumber of young men, the sons of Republicans, who are now active, zealous Democrats, these -being the - men who tookL the most earnest and-conspicuous part in getting up the meetings which they attended and in organizing the dubs. They are intelligent and en ergetic workers, and Senator Faulk ner is counting largely upon the work that they will do in advocating the cause of Democracy and in working for the party to wheel their States in the near future, into the Democratic column. ' . - v ' ' ' f - - . - They have bank inspectors in this country, but they don't always inspect.. Friday's dispatches? an nounce the shortage ot the cashier of the Louisiana- National Bank, in the large amount of $190,000. There is a close resemblance between this case and that Kingston, N.Y., bank, where the two leading officers had carried on a systematic robbery for twenty -five years, without ever being suspected, until they had made away with about a half a million of the money of the bank and 'depositors. The Key Stone Bank of Philadel phia, was also in a bad condition for jome time, but this was never sus pected until the final crash came. it seems somewhat remarkable that , these trauauient , proceeamgs couia fee carried on for years, and deceive everv one. That there should be such loose management about such institutions is simply a temptation tpf.the men who handle the money to be dishonest, and if there be any dishonesty in them they will be very apt to yieldjtd Tthe temptation. t Some of the Alliance organiza tions have been discussing the pro ject of a free delivery ot mail in the rural districts, a project whicn rost master General Wanamaker seems to favor. It has been tried in a limited experimental way and he says that the increased revenue of the country : offices where it has been tried has more than paid, the expense of the delivery. The opin ions of leading farmers have been sought and they favor, it for many ireasons They say if they bad free. deliverv and dailv mails . farmers .j J ,. 7 - would subscribe for daily as well as weekly papers, . keep up. with the niarkets and abreast of events, and s . bv thus comincr into' closer contact with the world much of the monotony of farm life would be done3way- with. As to the economy of the free idelivery it is cheaper to have' one man deliver the mail when there is anything to deliver, than to have one person from each farm ride to the postoffice to get a "paper, or . other mail, thus requiring many to do what could as well be done by one.'. It is a good project and the "probabilities Doom. ; The population has about are that it will be presented for' the consideratioa of the next Congress. STATS TOPICS. ft In his address at the Raleigh- Ex position,. ; while - speaking -I in the highest terms of North Carolina and her resources, CoL McCIure said her greatest drawback was ;bad farm : This, was true, but it is true also, of every other State . in .the Union. The good farmer: is the ex ception ia any State, and, there are notas; many-of them; in t North Carolina as -there- shonld ih Wit there are-nerhans ' as itianv. in nrn.' portion to numbers as there are in any other State. Of course : Col. McClure was speaking in a general way- and speaking t truly, and , it alwaysv will be true, as long as our farmers stick to the one-crop sys- i-ciu, auu are concent witn raising trom three acres what by different methods they could raise from one.. 1 he spread-out system is a bad one, ana tnere never can be good farm- ing .until, a different one is adopt- on his own farm to do it. - When he gets to raising grass to feed cat- tie and Cattle to eat" grass, this will happen, and then if Col. McClure should travel through this State he might change his opinion. - It is said that Parnell's fffand father and. two other members of his family committed suicide, and that there are two persons of unsound mind among his immediate relatives. It will be remembered that for a time in the last year of his life there were a good many people who had doubts as to Parnell's sanity. SOUNp OYSTERS. Why the Supply ia Bbort and Not Equal to the pemand. . Oyster gatherers principally colored women on the Sounds near Wilming ton, who make a livelihood during the winter months by gathering and mar keting oysters, are very much disturbed. During the past week they say they have been notified by a man claiming to be ali officer that they must pay for theprivilege of gathering and selling oysters. Y Also, that they must have their .boats marked so as to show that the fee for license has been paid. ' And further, that additional license must be paid for each person besides the owner taken ' into the boat. The effect of the notification to the oyster-gatherers has been to cause many of them to abandon the business, and in conse quence the supply of bound oysters in the Wilmington market has j been con siderably decreased, i The law in relation to the . taking of oysters passed, by the last General As sembly, provides (section 8) that any resident of the State desiring to use any boat in the catching or taking of oysters from the public grounds of the State, shall first obtain license for said boat from the clerk of. the , Superior Court of the county and such license 7 shall 1 have effect for the oeriod of twelve months ; next suc ceeding the first day of October, and no license will be granted for -less than twelve months. The license fee for a boat twenty feet or less is $1.50,"ver twenty leet and not more than twenty- five. 2.00. An individual license is re quired for any servant or employe of the owner of the boat. Onslow is the only county exempted from the provisions of the law. , Capt. Btxby to Xjmto ub. The announcement made in the Star's Press dispatches this morning that Capt. W. H. Bixby, U. S. engineer in charge of government work on rivers and harbors in this district, had been ordered to another post of duty, will be heard with profound regret by many of our r people. Setting aside the great work he has engineered and accomplish ed in deepening the water in the river and pn the bar until this is now considered one of the most accessible ports on the coast, as a citizen heTias closely identi fy himself with the welfare of the community and has given unstintedly of his time and means for many benefi cent purposes. As - president of the Wilmington Library Association he has been most, persistent and indefatigable in his efforts to bring it to and maintain it upon a high plane of success, and his commendable efforts m this direction will be gratefully remembered and ap preciated. .' - Capt. Bixby, it is announced, win De succeeded by Maj. Wm. b. Stanton, now on duty at Boston, Mass. - Well Pleased Thereat. ' Capt, Nat. Atkinson, who returned ia nioht with Dr. E. Porter, from an inspection of the oyster and fish indus tries of New River, in Onslow county, favored thV STAR with a call. Capt. Atkrason glows with enthusiasm as he relates the wondrous revelations of "that beautiful sheet of water," as he calls New River.- He is just fairly ia love with everybody and everything in that country, and has shown his faith by in- .tincr hia shekels there, ur. rorter vu,( - ' says, the oysters have added consider ohw to the Captain's circumferential avoirdupois. -' " '-j -?.':,.-: Attamnt to Wreck a Train on tne o. o. - fiailroadr'.'1 '';!"- r ,. - A special to the Star from Shelby, N. C savs that Nathan Hunt, a negro twenty years old, was placed in jail there yesterday, charged with attempting to wreck a train on the Carolina Central, bv outtine cross-ties on the track. The engine of a " freight train struck the ties, but was not thrown from the rails. The. necrro was captured by: train hands and will have a preliminary trial this morning. : The place where the at tempt was made to throw the jngine oflF v net Deep Cut, four miles from Shelby. WILMlNGrTOS, N. C, FR The T. Baoeeesruny iAunehed. K ' ' The expressive face orCarVTalter; Taft broadly beamed with satisfaction yesterday afternoon. " His new tug boat,' christened the JR. Fn had slid from the ways and was riding; the water- like a thing of life at the dock, foot of Orange street. " When she touched the water, the toilers who had been straining and tuggingno pun malice afdrgthoughted to get her off and the bystanders "en tered into the soirit of reioicincr with a faint shout. ":ri'::-7- :Cf-.v ': r . 5 Capt. Taff has been working on the beat for about six weeks,' and the hull is entirely new. ' The boiler and machinerv" have been entirely rebuilt and it is the same that .was in the old tug Pet. In about three weeks the F. ivwill be fully equipped and readyJto enter, into the purpose of her existence, which will be towing lighters and kindred occupations ort jthe Cape Fear. She is about fifteen tonnage, and her engine will be equal to thirty-horse power. She will be, when completely" rigged out in her Sunday clothesrj3ne of the prettiest craft on the river.. - ; 7...-. " v r TAXESlN NEW. HANOVErt. . FiKurea Taken From the. Abstraot for the Year 1891 ; The abstract oi taxes for 1891 of New Hanover county compiled and furnished by the the tax assessors showsl and list ed, 8568 acres, valued at $541,775; town lots3,a22. valued at $5,001,715. Live stock harses, 753, valued at 652,622: mules, 242. $16,490; goats, 634. $575: cattle, 2.140, $17,052; hogs, 1,426; $4,110. - ;;-:77 ;, -,:.:,-. Valuation of farming utensils, $6,484; mechanics' tools, $948; household and kitchen furniture, $201,005; provisions on hand. $1,957; firearms, $1,301; libra ries, $2,066; scientific . instruments, $t,- 345. , -J-; :. Money on hand or on deposit, $174,- 178; solvent credits, $223,640; shares in incorporated companies. $26,990 ; other personal property, $850,350. The total valuation of real and per-; sonal property is $7,125,223, and the to tal general taxes, $18,047.63. . The special tax for pensions to dis abled Confederate veterans and widows of Confederate veterans, amounts to $2,456.36. - - The tax for public school purposes amounts to $17,820.62, of which white citizens pay $9,886.84; colored, $801, on general property; on polls 1,715 white, $2,315.25; 1,816 colored, $2,451.60; bank stock, $360.50; railroad property, $1,- 994.43; dogs, $11.00. . The county taxes amount to $35,- 807.47. - m mm- - " ' Beoeipta of ZfaTal Stores. Receipts of naval stores at Wilming ton since the beginning of the crop year, April 1st, 1891, as compared with receipts for the same time last year are as follows: Spirits turpentine, 40.664 casks; last year, 47,834. Rosin, 154,990 barrels; last year, 201,686.' ..Tar, 27,378 barrels; last year, 29.174. Crude turpentine, 10,835 barrels; last year, 12,214. " i - Mr. J. B.t Bnnkley, of Fiee- man, is in the city on business. - Mr. W. C. Woodward, of Rocky Mount, was in the city yesterday.'regis- tered at The Orton. . Mrs. J. R. Shepard, of EHza- bethtown, is spending some time with relations in the city. . - , - Mr. A. M. .Williams, of Phoenix, is spending a day or two in the city in specting wholesale stocks. Mr. A. L. Clark, of Clarkton, a thriving merchant, is ' in the city add ing to bis winter stock. ;". Messrs. J. O. Carr, of Wallace, and J. W. S. Robinson, of Delta, were purchasing goods here yesterday. Major J. M. Benson, treasurer of Bladen county, vas greeted by his many friends in the city yesterday. Mr.'W. W. Miller, a prominent merchant of Rocky Point, was seen among the wholesale men yesterday. Mr. G. C McDougall, of Rosin- dale, is in the city inspecting wholesale goods with a view of stocking his store. Mr. Kelly Sessoms, a promi nent merchant at several places, is still lingering in the city, stocking his various stores. .- ' Mr. J. L. Autrey, of Autrey ville, and Dr. E. Porter, bf Rocky Point, were among the arrivals at The Orton yesterday. . ' Mr. Joseph McLaurin, for many years a resident ot tms city, out wno now resides at Point Caswell, in Pender county, was here yesterday. Mr. Larry Lyons formerly of this city, but now residing in New York city, paid us a pleasant visit yesterday. He is on his way to Atlanta to visit relatives. t The new steamship Ct -oaten of the Clyde Line, has a trifle more ton- nace than the Pawnee, and is smaller than the Gulf Stream by about 100 tons. ' '" H ; - Br. steamship Sciiekallwn, Mitchell, cleared yesterday tor Liver pool with 4,800 bales cotton, valued at $202,615. 'shipped by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. ' ' Mr. Hill E. King, a-jprominent farmer of .Peanut;' Onslow county, was among the -visitors in town yesterday, He reported Crops in "his section in ex cellent condition. ',- Mr.-Dan H. Lyons, who gradu ated from the composing room of the Star, is now working in New . York on a type-setting machine. ;He sent a sam ple of his work by his father,: who was .here a few days ago. ; : : - E ;'- A fine, fat, three-pronged buck, killed by J. W, Sidbury, of Pender coun ty, 'graced the 'counter of 'Nixon 4 Howard, near Front Street Marketyes terday. :' As be had only been disembow elled he lay there beautiful in his sylvan simplicity, the envy of - huntsmen- who didnt bring him down, r : D AY, O GTOBER 30; 1 89 NOTIGE This is intended only forj;itibser8 BiAscaiptions liave es- pired. It is not a dnn, but a simple request that aU who are in ar rears for the STAB Trill favor.ns T7ith a prompt remittance. iWe are sending out bills new (a few each week), and if j on re- - m m 1 CeiVO One please glVe It your attention. atentio BRUIN BIT THEIDUST. HeHad Killed, Dragged'Away and Eaten -- - a Hog and Before Giving Up the Ohoat - Caused Several Dogs to iTail to Arrive at BoU Call. . 7 One hundred and fifty pounds, with hide on, innocently pendent from a hook in Kelly's stall in Front Street Market, a hog bear, was Conspicuous yesterday. . Thebrote was loveable and popular in death.as evidenced by being the cyno sure "of many observers, who' handled his huge forearms and manipulated his three-inch claws with tender familiarity and brave impunity. Bruin . had been brought from his native Onslow jungles where he was killed yesterday morning by Mr. S. E. Ottoway. . Some time ' during S Wednesday night Mr." Ottoway heard one of his hogs squeal and early next morning had sought the cause of the commotion in his swineherd. He soon discovered the loss of a large sow and saw where she had been stricken down and dragged off into the swamp. So, gathering neighbors and dogs, pur suit was at once made jon the trail. Be fore proceeding far, the head, feet and clean bones of the hog were discovered, where his ursine majesty had made his royal ; - feast on the pork. From thence the dogs voicing their glee ful information that they were on his red-hot. track, still further penetrated the swamp and the hunts men, angered at the temerity of the bold marauder, followed with renewed zest. Soon the deep-mouthed, welcoming intelligence was bayed that Bruin had been brought to bay, and when the hunt ers came up he was seen calmly sitting in the crotch of a tree. , Mr. Ottoway fired a big. load of buck-shot at the cardiac region of the big black brute: but he didn't . tumble out of the tree; he calmly eased himself down backward and took his seat at the root of the tree, ready for business. Several of the younger dogs rashly sailed in, eager for the fray.- They got it in the neck and will respond to the call of the hun ter's horn no more forever. : It required two more shots to bring him down, and it was calculated that he had destroyed at least 1,000 pounds of pork. He was so full he couldn't run and this accounts. for the short chase. ' : New Signals adopted by the Life. Saving Service of the United States : The following signals, recommended by the late International Marine Con ference for adoption; by all institutions for saving life from wrecked vessels, have been adopted by the life saving service of the United States. 1. Upon the discovery of a wreck by night the life-saving force will burn a red pyrotechnic light or a red rocket, to signify,.. ''You are seen assistance will be given as soon as possible. ' 2. A red flag waved on shore by day. or a red light, red rocket or red roman candle displayed by night,, will signify Haul away. S. A white flag waved on shore by day, or a white light slowly swung back and' forth, or a white rOcket or white roman candle fired by night, will signify "Slack-away. . - , - T 4. Two - flags, a white and a red, waved at the same time on , shore by day, or two lights, a white and a red, slowly swung at the same time, or a blue pyrotechnic light burned by night. will signify, "Do not attempt to land. in your own boats; it IS impossible. 5. A man on. shore beckoning by day, Or two torches burning near together at night, will, signify. "This is the best place to land. ; f Alt the stations have been provided with the apparatus necessary to the ex ecution of these signals, and the mem bers of the service have been instructed to make themselves familiar with them at once. - . ;; .-- Capt. H. H. Travers, of the Balti more schooner Ediths R. Seward, from Wilmington,- N. C, Jo? New York, re ports that he put into Delaware Break water Monday night, short of provisions and vessel leaking. On October 12 a hurricane was encountered,' in which the deck load of lumber was lost." His crew were at the pump ten days, and during the time they were 'stricken with fever. . On the: 11th inst. the Seward passed. In latitude 86 deg., S min., lon gitude' 73 ? deg.; an unknown - three masted schooner flying signals of dis tress, with' a barque standing by. ' It is supposed to have been the barque Bru nette and the schooner a. x,. Hurt. - Capture of an Escaped Conviot. Officer- B. F. : Turlington xaptured yesterday: and lodged in jail W, H. Roberson,' colored, a convict escaped from the county work house. He was sent up on the 27th July and escaped . in August, and since then has been do ing, the 'artful dodger act with great success. The officer caught him con cealed under a house On Church and Castle streets and ' between Fourth and Fifth. He was playin' Brer rabbit, and doing the mole business to the best of his' ability. " - ll THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION. Under Full Headway The Prog-rnmme for 1 '.p- IText Week." J - - v A circular letter issued by the ' man agers ot the ' boutbern : Exposition at Raleigh callsvattention to the' fact that it is now . under full headway. It' gets "better and better each day, as every day new attractions are added; : The programme for next week it is announced will be one of the most in teresting, and visitors will miss a great deal if they are not present. ; Monday, Tuesday and - Wednesday, the 26tb, 27th and 28tb, are tne special days for Alabama. On these days ad dresses will be delivered bv Hon. John G. Harris, ' State : Superintendent of Public Education, ; of Alabamai, Milton A. Smith,- Esq., Anniston, Ala.; Dr. Wm, LeRoy Brown, President of , the Alabama Agricultural and . Mechanical College, and other prominent speakers trom that state.- t- 5 On Thursday. Friday and ..Saturday, the 1 29th. 30th and 81st. are the special days tor Mississippi. On these days suiucui iuc must pruuuuciu - uica uuu that Sute will be present, and wdl ad- some ot the most prominent - men trom dress the ipeople. Mississippi has one of the best and most "novel exhibits on the grounds, and it is well worth seeing. October '2th, 30th and 81st are also special days for Southern manufacturers. A large number of prominent Southern manufacturers have consented to be present on these days. His Excellency Thos. M. Holt, Governor of North Caro lina; and one of the most successful cot ton goods manufacturers in the South, will deliver the opening speech - and ad- dress of welcome. Every community or town that is thinking of engaging in the manufacturing business should send a delegation of its most practical business men to meet with the southern manu facturers, as they will get some valuable information. ' v ' Mr. R. D. Gatlihg, the inventor of the famous "Gatling guri," has written to Gov. Holt that he will arrive in Raleigh on next Tuesday; thej 27th, for the pur- pose of visiting the Exposition. He will deliver an address in the Exposition building on Wednesday, the 28th. Mr. Gatling is a native North Carolinian and an immense crowd should assemble to do' honor to this distinguished man whom the "Old North State", is proud to claim as her son. : COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. Columbia State: Yesterday while Charleston was receiving the : largest number of bales of cotton she had ever received in one day, the Alliance men of j Greenville were solemnly, calling upon the order throughout the South to j withhold cotton from sale." Our Greenville friends are too late. They cannoCcheck the tide of the staole. The farmers held their crops for two years and lost by it each year. Now they have to sell in order to pay their debts. The banks have already made loans to the full ! extent of their means. They now need to get their money-back. The prompt sale ot this cotton crop is ne cessary to all business interests, and is inevitable. - N. i Y. Bulletin: There are plenty 1 - - - " . of arguments to be heard about the re lative cheapness' of cotton, the proba bility that it will attract capital as an excellent article for permanent invest ment and gradually cease - moving, as rates go down, but the hard facts of the present are that, in the face ot broadcast reports ot serious damage from au the ills that cotton is heir to, a range of value much lower than last' season, a reduced; consuming ability on the Con tinent the English ! spinner becoming more indifferent and our own spinners fairly - stocked, the arrivals are to date running ahead ot movement at corres ponding period for the largest crop ever grown. -:. i Savannah News: The receipts of . - - - - .- cotton ;yesterdav were extraordinarily large 23,397 bales at this port, and 83,- 603 at all the ports; Such receipts are knocking the bottom but of prices. Liv erpool and other European ports are loaded up with cotton and buyers are not showing any eagerness to buy. Last year cotton growers held back their cot ton on the advice - of . the Alliance and they lost money. - This year they seem determined to get their, cotton to mar ket as early as possible, fearing lower Sirices later on. : The sentiment among actors appears to be that the' farmers would act wisely by holding back their cotton this year, as prices will likely be better later in the season, it they, con tinue to crowd tne market there is no telling how low prices will fall. . The latest mail accounts give the fol lowing upon the Liverpool market. The opinion of the Post is as follows i "The size of the crop depends upon the date of frost. "Last season , the yield was vastly . j increased by the product of a considerable area of land planted late, which the entire absence of killing frost allowed to mature in the late autumn and early winter months, otherwise the yield would not have reached 8,000.000. This season there was no late planting (the price being only 4Wd, against 6wd last year), and the plant itself is an in tenor one. JNevertneiess, people are afraid of entertaining smaller estimates than 7,250.000 to 7,500,000. The cau tion is quite justified, Moreover, if an advance in the price is to take place it would be more advantageous to con sumers if it came after Christmas than before the festival. ; But an the . mean time the crop' prospects are so equiovcal that wise spinners will not sell yarn short on the basis of a price which has not been quoted afthe opening of any season, since 1851 forty v years, : ago, There may not be very: much in the frost reports, but where . there is so much smoke there must be some fire.' INTER-STATE COMMERCE. Complaint Tiled With the Commission by j : Bailroad Commissioners of Georgia. 1.7 By Telegraph to the fcoraiag Star. -Washington; Oct.- 22. The Inter- State Commerce Commission has re ceived from L. N. Trammell, Chairman of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia? the papers in four cases ' of complaints filed by it against certain transportation companies - bringing; through freight from Jbastern and West ern points into the state of Georgia, in violation of section 4 of the . Inter-State Commerce act long and short haul sec tion. :j;;-:'-7 '-V ' :-i"v-y--7- : I TEN NEGROES' ; .... . ! . Bespitod. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star . Charleston. S. C October 23. Ten negroes convicted of conspiracy and the murder ot Horton Nance, ana sen tenced to be hanged at Laurens to-day, have been respited pending an appeal of the case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will hear the appeal at its November term. NO. 50 INDIANA FARMERS. Their Leading Purpose Said j to be the Nomination of an Independent "Ticket Arrangements for the Meeting of the Na tional Alliance. .. I j . By Telegraph to the Mornini Star. . Indianapolis. , Oct. 23.-The State Farmers' Alliance met heref yesterday with 200 delegates present. The address was made by President Thomas W.Force, of Shoals, advocating j measures of the Ocala . platform. . . Secretary W. - W. Praige - reported 200 news ' alliances formed last, year and a total membe"r- ship of 85,000. A committee was ap- I pointed to draft a plan fort establish ment Of the Manufacturers and Agricul turists - Exchange. President Force gave as the leading purpose f the Al liance of this state, the nomination of an independent ticket. . j :;. Indianapolis, Ind., Octi; 22. The .state Farmer s Alliance met; in secret session tq-day with eighty-one delegates present, - f The j following : programme tor the National Alliance was . adopted : On the first day, Tuesday,; November 17, the addresses of welcome will - be de iivered at ; Tomlinsori ;-HalUhy - Mayor Sullivan, and President- Eorce Of the State Alliance, and response! will be by unman, JNationai secretary, ana J. F. Willetts, Treasurer of the Alliance, The afternoon will be! devoted to execu tive session, and in the -evening Presi dent L. L. Polk-will delivef his address. On- Wednesday,: addresses will be made bv the : President of F. M. B. A. National Lecturer, J. F. Wilfets, and in the afternoon the executive pession will oe continued, in tne -evening w Macuneand others will speak. " . Thursday morning, Jerry Simpson and Alonzo Warden will speak, and in the evening, John P. Stelle and Mrs. Anna U Unggs. . . . Friday, in the forenoon, addresses will be by I. H. Turneir and B. H. Oliver and in the evening by IL. F, and H. L. Loucks. - . ! Livingston Saturday, J. H. McDowell and Sena- tor rlener will speak and atl night T. y:. fowderly and hsen lerrell. Monday evening, Ignatius. Donnelly will address the council arid jon Tuesday, the last day, William Erwih, Mrs. Leazer, M. ti. Humphrey and J.lWJ Weaver will speak. - : j a l ANOTHER DEFAU t-TER. Paying Teller Garcia of the iJpuiaiana KTa- tional Bank of New Orleans!; Short $190,- 000. W-; By Telegraph to the Mornipg St-. New Orleans, OctL 23 In an in terview with J. C. Morris, tne President of the Clearing House, j this morning, in regard to Cashier Eugene I F. Garcia's defalcation, he said : "Eugene F. Gar cia, paying teller of the Louisiana Na tional Bank, is a defaulter in $190,000. It was first discovered On toe 8th of Oc tober. The full extent of the defalca tion was only demonstrated on the 17th. r : I 1 a . . some packages naa peen paia out pur porting to contain $3,ouu and $10,000, while thev only contained (500 and si,- 200. Complaint to this effect was made to the bank. Garcia confessed that the shortage was from old payments, errors and mistakes committed by him within the - last fifteen 4 years. The cash in bank was examined and the shortage discovered.! A loss of a large amount has been carried to pro fit and loss, and still the capital of fSUO.UOU and surplus oft $150,000 re- "Do you think that any deposits will be withdrawn i.om the bak-an ajcount of this defalcation?" ':' 'V:1: " "I do not. If anything of that kind should occur; I am authorized as Presi dent of the Clearing House, to say that every dollar required will be furnished by the Clearing House I Banks. The present condition of . the bank is an ex ceedingly strong one, and; it is able to meet requirements lor its deposits, as will be seen by the statement published by the bank.", X No arrests have been madc-and none are probable. ; ROBBERIES AT jRALEIGH. Two Daring Burglaries in the "Vioinity of the Expoiitlon Ground-A Jjady's Gold Watch, Money and Other Valuables Car ried. Offi , ' ' ''.j;-' ' Special to the-: 'tar. , Raleigh, Ortober 22.i-jTh.is morning, between the hours of i jand 2 o'clock, two of the most daring burglaries ever perpetrated in this vicinltt occurred near the Exposition grounds. The residences of Mr. A. J. Ellis and Mhp. N. Hubbard, janitor of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College were entered. The first- named gentleman : is a i targe dealer in merchandise and his residence adjoins his store. 1 he latter lives on the Hills- borb road not far beyclind St. Mary's School. Avluable ladiy's gold watch was taken from Mr. bllisl Mr. Hubbard was robbed of about $109 and some val uables. -No clue has so far been discov ered as to the thieves, but it is thought they are a gang of strangers, who have Visited the Exnosition for the Blunder. The sheriff and chief of police are using all efforts possible to find out the perpe trators. ' v - 4 BATTLE WITH INDIANS. Canadian Folioe Have a fight with Hos- tilea on the Boundary Xine. By Telegraph to the Mfarning Star. Denver, Col. October 24. A special to the News from Assipebone, Mont. says;- - Word has been , received here , of a battle which took place Thursday be tween a band -of Blood Indians and a force of Canadian 'mountain police. The fight took place iust across the interna tional boundary line, not over fifty miles from this place. The f Blood Indians, who are old-time enemies of the police. made a raid on a band ox horses belong ing to the latter a few .days ago, and ran off with nearly all of them. . Ten of the police started in pursuit, and coming upon them ' suddenly yesterday, both sides commenced firing, and the first fire killed one policeman ' and two In dians, anq several were wounded on both sides. News, was brought in by a Blackfoot who witnessed the fight. The fight was-still in progress when he left." Col. Bates,: commander at Fort Assinebone, has ordered a troop .of cavalry to take a station - at Blackfoot agency, as a precautionary measure to restrain Indians at that agency from at tempting any pan. in tne aisiuroance. Reports havine been! circulated that yueen- victoria, of England, was seri ously, ily Private Secrjptary- Ponsonby authorizes denial, and bays the Queen is in ucr usuai neaim. 7 The six' days' bicycle race at New York, ended at 10.13 p. m. yesterday. The score of the contestants then were as. follows: - Martin, 1,466 miles: Ash- inger, 1,441 miles; Lamb, 1,862 miles; Shock, 1,328 miles; Albert, 1,308 miles; coyst, laui mues 1 1 SPIKITS TURPEP lnc(i6hrur -A discov ery of a"red parht". vein habeenTnade at Cherryvillef" and it isthought that-, there is paint tnecein-great quantities. There is also amine" of fire-proof clay in the edge of town, but it - is not yet known what quantity is there, f v : i ; TWashiogton Gjs: : The two ; most venerable and. esteemed citizens in our town are Col..J. H.' McCluer and Dr. F. Gallagher. Oh June 4th they celebrated Col McCluer's birthday. On the 11th of October, ; Dr. Gallagher's ' bitthday, a banquet was enjoyed at the Doctor's. On each recurring, birthday these two good friends hold a re-union and grow young again in recounting the ' reminisences of their younger days... Charlotte ''ChrohtcUi A consid- erable ripple was caused in church cir cles yesterdayas the fact became gener ally known that Rev. Dr. A. W Miller had tendered his resignation . as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this , city. Dr. Miller has been pastor of the ' First church for about 89 years, "What , action the church Will take is a mat- - ter of interesting conjecture, both in the social and religious world of Charlotte. J Charlotte Chrcmclt'. James Sahs, a negro fugitive from justice, fromvEas- leys, south Carolina, was arrested yes terday by Chief xt Police Mason, on a warrant issued by 'Squire Maxwell Mon-.; day evening. He was jailed until fur ther news from Easkys could be "had. Thomas J. Jerome,, of Mint Hill.. comes "up with the boss pumpkin vine of the season. ; The vine grew in Mr. Je- rome's garden, and is about sixty feet long. It has on it now thirty large-sized pumpkins, besides a host of .little ones that were not counted. The; Vine grew, without any extra working,! and is so strong that the frost has so far been too weak to kill it. ; j Greenville Reflector Tuesday, evening news came j tnat incendiaries had burned the tobacco storage house -of Mr. J. Bryan Grimes, of ChicocL The fire occurred before day Tuesday morn ing and the. loss on building and tobacco at $6,000. , -The stockholders of .the Greenville tobacco factory met at t-j Court House on Monday, evening cr.d effected a permanent organisation by electing a President, j Vice President, a secretary and a board of Ave Directors. A number of men Delongmg to a surveying party of the proposed Nor folk and. Wilmington ; and ; Charleston Railroad were in town several times last week. The party ; were surveying through this county, passing below Greenville. , . Winston Sentinel: For five days last week Winston's internal revenue , collections amounted to $11,894.51. For : the 'entire week Danville's collections ; only rounded up $.7,541.61.- Danville's shipments of the manufactured, article aggregated 125,693 pounds, while the Winston manufacturers shipped just 189,908 pounds. 1 Rev. I E. W. Smith, Financial Agent for the Home Mission Work in the Synod of North Carolina, preached two very fine ser mons yesterday in j the Presbyterian church. At the close of the morning service he asked for subscriptions for the carrying on of the work of Home Missions for a year and $3,700 was sub scribed in a short time. One third of this amount goes to build, a chapel in the suburbs of the citv of Winston. ; Charlotte JVezps: ,'Mr. Eugene Prather, a young man who lived lp Char lotte for some years land who was em ployed here with his1 uncle, Mr. W. N. Prather, killed himself in Atlanta yes terday by taking laudanum. He was found shortly after he had drunk the drug and efforts were made to save his . life, but all to no avail. Despondency is, the attributed cause for the act. Mr. Prather was about 25 years of age. Alfred Dawns, the negro ' who burglar ized Mr. John W. W Wadsworth's resi dence in this city a few weeks ago. and . who was tried and found guilty of the crime at the presentiterm of the Crimi nal Court, 'is to pay he penalty with his life. He was arraigned in court this afternoon to receive sentence. Judge Meares 'sentenced Dawns to be hanged by the neck until he is dead, on1 Thurs- Aiv. Dtrember Sd.r 1S91.- between the hours ot o a. m. and 5 p. tn. i Smithfield Herald : .-We are very sorry to announce the death of Mr. M. Hales, at his home .near Wilson s Mills on last Friday night: of that dread disease, typhoid fever. The assign ment ot Mr. Jack Kains, one orselma s largest merchants, a few weeks ago was quite a surprise to nearly everybody as he was considered sne of the i wealth iest merchants in the connty. It is also said to be largest failure ever made in Johnston county. It is said that his liabilities" amount ito something near $25,000 and thalrhe has assets enough to pay the indebtedness in full. We learn that james H. Kennedy, a respect able white man and a member of the Primitive Baptist I Church here, who lives about six miles from this place, ? - left his home and family last Monday. , He passed through town Monday morn- . ing and told the church clerk to erase his name off the church ; book as he was going to leave this country, as he could not hve at home. - Raleigh Jvews and Observer : Gov. Holt has authorized a special term : of Montgomery court for the trial of . civil and criminal cases, it will be a one week's term, and will begin December 7th, and Judge Armfield will i preside. -A Greensboro special says: uen. A. M. Scales, who has been very ill for some time, was taken worse a few days' ago. The General is suffering from Bright s disease ana is expected to die very suddenly. Gov. Holt has au-; thorized ah exchange ot courts py which v- tudge George H. I Brown will hold the )ecember term f of 1891 - of Guilford . court and the anuary term of 18U2 ot . New Hanover in place of Judge R. W. Winston, and Judge Winston will hold the May term of ,4892 of Craven court and the January term of 1892 of North ampton. Several of the members of the State Democratic Executive' Com- . mittee who have, been in the city for a day or two past have agreed upon an ad -dressto be issued in pnrsuance with the resolution passed at the recent meeting - of the committee, and it has been signed by all the members of the committee who have been here. It will probably be signed by all the members and will then be published. . fc r. Weldon News: Mrs. Imogene . S. Morgan, wife of Mr. J. R. Morgan, v- died at her home in this place yester day morning at nine o'clock, after an illness of line more than a week. " ' Col. Paul Faison,' Mr. H. I.- Pope, Mr. B. A. Pope and Several members of the Board of Directors of the . penitentiary will to-day visit the Caledonia and other ' .' farms near Tillery with a view of leasing . them for work by . the . convicts. In a ' short time the Board 'will have many more convicts to be employed by reason -of the expiration of existing contracts and they will not be kept in idleness. The Board, - we 1 hear, v: wants ten thousand . acres of land in- addi tion to what " they ; already have. Saturday night when Mr. Walter . Wiggins .went to his room he found a : tramp snugly, wrapt in , blankets and - slumber.. He had eotten into the room and with, the cheek common to his class - had, without waiting for an invitation, 5 coolly divested himself , ot - what- little" clothing he wore and laid 'down to pleas- ant dreams with .'the drapery of Mr. - j Wiggins' couch" around him. v. Mr. Wig-t gins awoke the sleeper as gently , as a righteous indignation would permit and-! hustled him into-the street, notwith standing the self-possessed, member of , the-walkmg fraternity offered him ten cents to be allowed to snooze out the remainder of the night in his comfort able quarters. 1 ..... . v .'; 7. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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