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v.5. HE -.W-EEKyUY-- TAR SI .00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCL. ' ' I sasS28SS888888888 'qiaon 81 88Sg88S2SSS88 888SS888888888888 maoM 9 "1HI8S88888888888 g s U 8 3 S55SSSSSSSSf 18888888888888888 82888888S8S888888 888111888888888 4 a Ed M M u Z gl888882S8SS8SSSS "82888888888888888 1A I U . a, ,M 01 09 IB D t- 00 JJ o J i Entered at the Post Office t Wilmtgton, N. C, u Second Class Matter.) - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. follows : v Single Copy 1 year, postage paid SI OT " " 6 months " .... GO "8 months " " SO' VERY IMPORTANT During the past two months bills have been mailed to about sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. .The aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the aggregate' anjount thus far paid is comparatively small. It u hopedievery subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he wiil forward the amount due us at once. It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for itfully as much so as lor the proprietor of the paper tb eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate him. We thank those of our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal will not be lost on those who have not paid. CROWDING THE FARMER. A few days ago Senator Hoar presented in the. Senate a remon strance signed, or alleged to be signed, by four hundred farmers of Massachusetts against the passage of the Wilson bill. In, their unsophisti cated innocence those Massachusetts farmers who signed that ' remon strance" had an idea that the Wilson bill would hurt them, by encourag ing more-Canadian eggs and other edibles to come from Canada. The New England farmers, like other farmers of this country who have supported the protective policy of the Republican party, have been de luded with the, belief that it was a good thing for the farmers and sup plied them with a "home market" .1... 1 j i 1 i i j: :r .1 Lliai WOUIU UC K.UUCK.CU WlllUlllg 11 U1C bounty to the manufacturer was re duced. . ' ' We can understand how the work men in the protected industries can be influenced by the contention that protection insures higher wages to them, because the wages are con trolled by the employers and they may raise or lower ihem as their in terests may dictate. At a time like this, for instance, some of them are reducing the wages of their workmen and giving as a reason the reduction in protection provided for in the Wil son bill. The workman takes it for granted that this is so and naturally concludes that reduced protection means a permanent reduction in wages. There .never has been an election in which tariff reform was an issue that either a stoppage of indus tries or a reduction of wages was not threatened for the express purpose of influencing the votes of the men who were dependent for a livelihood upon these industries. These tricks "were generally successful and resulted in keeping the bulk of the workmen in the protected industries solid for pro tection. They never had an oppor tunity to test anything else, and con sequently had to form their opinions from what was told them and from their own experience. This being the case we can under stand how the workmen have been deceived by the representations made to them and were deluded into the belief that protection to the man ufacturer was a good thing for them, but we cannot understand how the farmers of this country have so long permitted themselves to be imposed upon and made to believe that pro tection to the manufacturer was good thing for the farmer. vvitn nere and mere an exception of an extraordinarily thrifty farmer or one who raised some specialty for which there was a demand, the far mers of this country have saved nothing out of their past twenty years labor, and instead of being much better off as they should be they are not as well off; if not really m a worse condition than thev were j twenty years ago. But all this time they have had the advantages that It was alleged protection gave them .and have had, that unrivalled home market" whose praises the protec tion advocates so loudly sang and eloquently portrayed. From 80 cents a bushel for wheat twenty years ago it has got down to an average of 50 cenjts the past year, when the aver age cost of producing wheat in this country is 51 cents a bushel. Other farm products, with the exception of meat, run in about the same propor tion. ' Even at the highest price here quoted, when we consider the average yield per acre of wheat about twelve bushels we : "; -- - - - -" - - - - ... .. .- . . , . . - - - - - I ' . VOL. XXVI. see how little the Western far mer has to depend upon for pro fit on the crop which he regards as. his main money crop. But the fact is the farmers, especially of the .West, have been raising and mar keting their A;rops for years at an actual loss, allowing them ' fair wages and interest on the capital invested in land and stock, &c. They have not made any money, and they have been enabled to live simply be cause they have raised what they ate, had their own fuel as a general thing, and had to pay no house rent. But notwithstanding this, a very large percentage of the farms are so heavily mortgaged that it is doubtful it the mortgages can ever be can celled, while no small percentage of the farms have gone into the hands of creditors, and the former owners now live as tenants on them. 1 Let us take Illinois as a sample agricultural State of the West. It is one of the best, perhaps the best, because with a naturally fertile soil it is centrally located, with splendid transportation facilities by land and water, and the best markets this country affords. If the farmers of any State in this Union are prosperous the farmers ' of Illinois should be, if there- be anything in the theory of protection and the "home market." From 1873 to 1893 the farmers of Illinois raised 651,000,000 bushels of wheat which they sold for $541,000,000. They produced in the same time about 1,000,000,000 bushels of oats which they sold for $478,000,000. They got for their wheat 10 cents a bushel more than it cost to raise it and sold their oats for 2 cents a bushel less than it cost to raise it. The cost of production has increased as the price of the grain produced has decreased. Take these two items of wheat and oats, give the farmers the 10 cents a bushel they made on wheat and de duct the 2 cents a bushel they lost on oats and they come out $45,000,000 ahead in 20 years, or $2,250,000 a year to be divided among the farmers of pne of the greatest of our agricul tural States on two of their principal crops, it woman t give tnem an average ot $5 a piece. In Pennsylvania, a great' manufac turing State, farming lands have de creased $57,000,000 in value in ten years, Could these things be it the protective- tariff was good for the: farmer, when according to estimates the wealth of this country is increas ing at the rate of a million dollars a day ? The farmers constitute about one half the population so the wealth must be going to the other half and as the larger percentage of these are toilers the wealth must be going to the smaller -percentage of this half.' Somebody has been getting rich, and these are the ones who have been holding the bags into which the farmers and other toilers have been dropping tribute. ' JfflXOB MENTION. The great industry of this country, as of nearly all countries, is agricul ture, and yet the so-called statesmen of this country have been shaping their public policies for thirty years qu the assumption that manufactur ing is the great industry upon which the prosperity of the country de pends. If the manufacturers prosper, although they may do so. by virtue of tribute imposed upon every other m dustry, it is argued that the country is prosperous. We hold that no coun try is truly prosperous where the great industry of the farm is in a continued state of depression, and when they who follow it, however industrious or economical they may- be, are burdened with obligations which they cannot discharge, and cannot make ends meet. The following, which we clip from the Baltimore Sun, though brief, tells the story of how the far mers ot this country are weighed down under a burden of debt that it would take years of prosperity to shake off, and shows also the falsity of the assertion that the country has been prospering under the protective system: ' ."Summaries of mortgages in thirty' three States and Territories show that 32.80 per cent, of farm families hire and 67.70 per cent, own the farms cultivated by them. Of these families 30.82 per cent, own subject to incumbrance, and 69.78 per cent, free of incumbrance. On owned farms there are liens amounting to $290,481,193. which is 35.44 per cent. of their value. The debt bears interest at an average rate of 6.69 per cent., mak ing the average annual interest charge $78 to each family. The average yalue ot owned and incumbered farms is $3,190, subject to a debt of $1,130. But, for the benefit of the manufac turers and for the alleged benefit of their workmen, who constitute but 7 per cent, of the workmen in the United States, the farmers - of this country have been taxed for thirty years, have been cut off to a great extent from the markets of the world, compelled to depend upon the mythical "home market," to sell where they had to sell at the lowest price and buy where they had to pay the highest price. No wonder their industry has been depressed and that their farms have become shin gled with mortgages. And it will always be so until this great industry is emancipated and has a fair show ing with other industries. - THE MURDERER IN JAIL. JOHN BROpK, THE MURDERER. OF HIS WIFE. , Captured. In the City by Folios Offics ra il Made No Hea la tan oe Denies the Charge That He Killed His WifeP-Hia Statement Particular of the Arrest jai the Prisoner. John Brock, the wife-murderer, is safe in jail at lasu He was arrested yester day morning about half-past' six o'clock by police officers White and Moore, oh Market street, near Eleventh, Ha was unarmed and made no show of resistance wben the officers approached him, and quietly accompanied them to the county jail, where he was locked up. His capture is due to Mr. Peter Mohr. who keeps a grocery store on the cor ner of Market and Thirteenth streets. Brock entered the store about six o'clock in the morning and walking back to the bar. called for whiskey. Mr. Mohr rec ognized him at once and immediately sent a messenger on horseback to the City Hall, to notify the police authori ties, and also sent a man to the Sea coast railroad depot on Princess and Tenth streets to telephone the information that Brock was at this place. As soon as the news reached police headquarters, the officers mentioned were sent out with instructions to arrest Brock. Tbey came up with him on Market street, and he surrendered to tbem without resistance. At noon the prisoner was taken from jail and carried before Mayor Fishblate, then holding court in the City Hall. There was no investigation of the case, the Mayor simply recommitting Brock to the county jail, under the finding of the coroner's jury, to await indictment and trial at the Criminal Court, which will convene in this city on the I9tb of March next. brock's statement. A reporter for tbe Star visited the jail and had an interview with Brock wbo.seemed to be "muddled," probably from tbe effects of liquor, combined with fatigue, loss of sleep and want of food. Before answenng the questions pro pounded, he would wait several seconds, seemingly to collect his thoughts. He denied having murdered his wife. His. statement was as follows: 'I started from my home on the sound last Tuesday with my wife and two chil dren, a boy and girl. At 4 o'clock Thursday morning I started out Queen's Inlet wben the boat capsized, throwing my household effects and tbe entire party out of the boat, It was in about eight-foot of water. It was all I could do to save my children and my wife was drowned. I afterwards recovered her body asd took it to Figure Eight, and dug a hole above high water (as is the custom when persons were drowned). where I laid the body and covered it up with j an overcoat , and put sea ore over her, so nothing would disturb it, intending to come to town and get a coffin, return and take up the remains and bury them in a cemetery in Wil mington. I then carried my children to Mr. Dive Williamson's house and left tbem. so that I could go and make arrangements about the burial. On my way I heard tbe sheriff was after me with a posse, so I took to tbe woods and went lover to Fucbe's and Everett's creek, j on Topsail Sound. I bad some business to attend to over there anyway. I haven't bad much to eat except what! friends gave; have camped on the beach most of the time while tbe posse was after me; slept with my friend. Dan Sneeden, last Monday night. One day I saw tbe posse and ran four miles to get out of their way. I did go to Noah Nixon's house; was camping on the Onslow 1 railroad, about three miles from town all day before yesterday (Thursday.) In the afternoon of Thurs day, about dusk. I came in town to meet a party at the Seacoast railroad, but the one I expected didn't turn up, so I went back in the woods and camped, return ing this morning at six o'clock, going to Mr. ! Peter Mohr's to get a drink, as a doctor told me I needed it. Can't remember the doc tor's name. I then started for the jail to give myself up, when I was arrested. My son's statement about me killing my wife or choking ber is false. I had occa sion to slap ner tbe day belore ber drowning. We always lived ordinarily happy together. I am thirty-eight years old; was . born at Cbin- quepin, in Duplin county;, have relatives there.! Moved on tbe sound fifteen years ago; have been married eleven years." ! He was very dirty and shabbily dressed. Had a dark, large moustache. which bung down over his mouth; is five feet nine inches high; weight 150 pounds; has blue eyes; is very illiterate. He had some whiskey and chloral in him when interviewed. MR. PETER MOHR who keeps a grocery store with bar at tached, corner of Twelfth and Market streets, upon being interviewed in regard to Brdck's actions and movements in and around his store, said : "I knew Brock by sight. He came to my store about six o'clock this morning; asked Mr. Jno. Hientze, my clerk, for a drink of rye whiskey which he got and paid ten cents for. He then pulled off his hat and sat down on a "barrel and remarked that , they bad been chasing him all night. He teemed very tired. While be was getting his drink, I sent a negro em ploye to Deputy Sheriff Wm. Sheeban, and not finding him borne, tbe mes senger went to the City Hall for a po liceman. Brock began mumbling to him' self and walking up and down the floor, and looking out the window towards Front street. After remaining about ten minutes, he left and went down Market street, a half block, and returned. In the meantime I hurried Mr. Hientze to the Seacoast railroad de pot to telephone for, a police officer, Brock bought a pint of whiskey, took a drink and went down Twelfth street to ward 'Princess, bnt turned jip an alley back of my fence and sat down. About 5VTLMINGTON4 N. C., TRlti AY, FEBRUARY 16, twenty minutes had elapsed and h be gan raining, so he returned to my store. He then went over to the. south side ot Market street and was beading for down town when ' the officers arrived. I pointed him out to them and he was ar rested about half a square from here. The officers covered him with their pis tols and he didn't make any resistance." LETTER FROM MR, VANCE. His Groan da of Opposition to Collector ' Simmons and Seasons Therefor, . Asheville. N. C, February 8. The Citizen publishes to-day the following: . ' Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Fla February 5, 1894. Editor of the Citizen: In answer to your letter of the 1st int stant I have this to say: You know ttaa in all transactions connected with tbe Executive sessions of the Senate, includ ing what is said and done in committee, my mouth is closed. I am at liberty, therefore, only to speak to you about my own attitude toward Mr. Simmons; what, has not been done, etc.; but not as to what has been done. I want to say, first, that for myself and on my own authority, I have filed no charges against Simmons, aside from those wbich may have been filed by others. My atti tude toward him is one ot opposition; for the reason that, as chairman of the Democratic Committee of North' Caro lina, be came to Washington and inter fered in opposition to my recommenda tions tor appointments under the Gov ernment, knowing that Gen. Ransom and I had agreed that primarily I should rec ommend all appointments in the West, whilst General Ransom did the same in the East, and knowing that I had re commended Mr. Gudger for Collector in my own district, and that General Ran som 'opposed Mr. Gudger on personal grounds and favored Mr. Ehas. he per verted and misused power intrusted to him by the Democracy of North Caro lina by urging and reurging the appoint ment of Mr. Eliai over Gudger. He also opposed my recommendation of Mr. Hale for a foreign appointment, which was virtually secured, and was higher in grade! than any given the State. Now, if he thought proper to volunteer his interference where be bad no right or authority to do so, he should not object to the exercise of an undoubted right by a Senator in the selection of ap pointments bestowed upon him by the Constitution. To save trouble to anony mous scribblers! ; who are constantly slandering me in this regard, and who report him as speaking of himself as "Simmons and the Democratic party." I announce, once : for all, that I resent not only Simmons' interference with my rights as a Senator by the insulting and defiant tone assumed both by him and tbem. I shall j oppose Mr. Simmons' confirmation on personal as well as pub lic grounds grounds connected with his unfitness to hold the position to wbich ne has been appointed. My health is improving rapidly in this fine climate, and I hope soon to be in my seat in the Senate. Very truly, yours, Z. B. Vance, TWO BANKS AT WADESBORO. The Bank of Anion Already There The Vint National Coming. : Tbe star is glad to see sucb evi dences of enterprise as are shown in the annexed article ; from the Wadesboro Messenger: j J Just as soon as the necessary prelimi naries can be arranged, the First Na tional Bank of Wadesboro will open its doors for the transaction of business. Mr. las. A. Leak, who has had much ex perience as a banker, is to be president and manager of the new institution. As yet the other officers of the bank have not been named. The bank will be lo cated for the present at least, in tbe old Bank of New Hanover building. Its cap ital stock is to bs $50,000. and as a Na tional Bank, its! stockholders will be lia ble to depositors to an amount equal to their stock. There is room in Wadesboro for the profitable operation of both the Bank of Anson, Mr. Burns' new bank, and the First National, and there is no doubt but that the establishment of these in stitutions here will aid greatly in the material development of the town. . We heartily welcome them both. ; Horticultural Fair Meeting.. A meeting ot the Horticultural Fair Committee was held at The Orton last night. Chairman Kerchner called for reports from the subscription com mittees, which were given, making a good showing so far. A letter was read from the officers of the Fair Association, stating that they would like to hold the Fair in Wilmington, and the Executive Committee would meet on , May 4th to decide. After much talk as to the benefits the city would derive from such a Fair, Mr. J. H. Barnard made the fol lowing motion, which was seconded by Mr. Cbas. M. Whitlock: "That tbe committees soliciting subscriptions close their lists as soon as possi ble and turn them over to Secre tary Heinsberger, and the chairman then call a meeting of the committee. The motion prevailhd. ! Col. Kercbner stated that i when the subscription lists were completed he would call a meeting of all the sub scribers to effect an organization and elect the permanent officers. ! Capt. Elmore Promoted. The Star learns that Capt. T. I Elmore, of Maxton, now Road Master on the Eastern Division of the Carolina Central, has been tendered and accepted an appointment as Road Master of tbe Raleigh and Gaston and the Durham and Northern Railroads, a position of much greater-responsibility,; but with much larger salary, than the one be now holds. Capt. Elmore will assume the duties of his new position March 1st, when he will remove, with his family, from Maxton to Henderson. While gratified at his advancement, the people of the former town will greatly regret to lose him and his family from their social circle. - The Newborn Pair. Southporters will have a fine oppor tunity of attending the Newbern Fair this year. The . W., N. & N. 'railroad offer splendid inducements, and Capt. J. W. Harper will make a special day for an excursion party, if so desired, so that Southporters can leave there in the morning and return the same day. Par ticulars as to fare and time can be learned at the Leader office. . The stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville, at 8 a. n. Friday, was 8 feet 8 inches a fall of 8 feet 6 inches in the previous twenty-four hours. THE COTTON CROP. MR. ALFRED B. SHEPPERSON'S ESTI- . . . MATES" FOR 1 893-94; : Ho Declares The Neill Estimate Too I Larae He Plaoes the ' Figures at ? 6,800,000 Bales The Stock Held by I Mills in thia Country Probably 300, ; OOO Bales Leaa Than a .Tear Ago. For the season of 1893-84, upon which we have ' now entered, it is certain that unless some unexpected strike or finan cial . panic occurs the European spin ners will do a better business and re quire considerably more- cotton than last season: " The . heavy stocks of British yarns and goods which so de pressed the market during the early part of last season, have long since gone into consumption, and the mar ket of manufactured products ; is in a healthy condition. My friend. Mr. Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool estimates the present weekly consumption of Briish mills at 80.000 bales (of 400 pounds -net)," this being their rate of consumption wben tbe strike com menced last season. He estimates the present weekly consumption of conti nental mills at 89.000 bales (of 400 pounds net) againsi 88,000 bales last sea son, and calls the stock held by Euro pean mills on November 80th only 289, 000 bales (of 400 pounds net), against 478,000 bales of equal weight at corres ponding date last season. The surplus stock of cotton at the mills on Novem ber 30tb, it will be seen, was 189,00 bales less than last year and really equal to ten; days' consumption. Mr.- Ellison takes a cheerlul view of the situation and writes on December 80th that he expects tbe present rate ot European consumption to be maintained. Tbe outlook for the American mills is not so clear. Owing to the financial troubles, and the long delay of Con gress in passing remedial legislation, the rail business ot tbe mills were very light, and there has been a considerable accumulation of goods. The recupera tion of general business from the effects of the panic has been slow. Everybody is inclined to be very conservative. Thus it is that spinners are buying very sparingly of cotton, and merchants are taking goods only lor early require ments. It is thought that the stock of cotton goods in the hands of jobbers and retailers throughout the coun try must be very light, and, there fore, the Spring demand should be large and keep the mills busy. Just as the de lay of Congress last Summer in legisla ting in regard to the silver question in- lured the fall trade there is tbe present fear that a similar delay in dealing with tbe new tariff bill now before Congress may seriously injure the Spring trade of the country. The uncertainty in regard to what kind of a tariff bill will eventu ally be enacted, will undoubtedly inter fere with some branches ot business and may cause a general dullness of trade which would affect injuriously tbe busi ness of the mills. The stock of cotton held by the Amer ican mills at present is probably' 800.000 bales less than a vear ago. and thoueh there may be a poor Spring trade it is not probable that the business of tbe first six months of the season can be as bad as that of the last six months of the season of 1892-93. Should Con gress dispose of tbe tariff question promptly, a rapid revival of nearly every branch of trade wouIdaTmost certainly ensue and the business of the mills wouldSindoubtedly share in the general activity It does not, therefore, seem at alt likely that American spinners will buy less cotton tban last season, and there seems to be a fair probability they may take 100.000 and possibly 200.000 bales more. . ' Present prices of cotton are very low. Indeed, except in 1892, they have not ruled so low in January for over forty years, and but for tbe uncertainty re specting tariff legislation it is probable that spinners would now be tree buyers, There is still a wide divergence ot es timates of the size of the American cor ton crop of 1893-4, but the opinion of the trade of the country seems to be rapidly concentrating upon the idea tbat the crop win turn out to be a very mod erate one. Some people, however, here and in Eu rope, still pin their faith to Mr. Henry M. Neill s estimate ot 7,700,000 bales mini mum; bnt outside of a few speculative followers in New Orleans it is thought his present adherents are chiefly among European spinners. The New Orleans cotton factors promptly disavowed this large estimate, and, with but one exception, all the leading factors of the city united in publishing a statement, that, in their opinion, the crop could not exceed 7,250,000 bales. ; The general conditions affecting tbe crop ot 1893-94 have unquestionably been untavorable. Tbe Spring was gen erally late and cold, while protracted drought in Texas and Arkansas, excess of rain and severe storms in the Atlantic States, and serious damage by worms in the Gulf States were the unfavorable fea tures of the season. General t killing frosts occurred about October 15th, be ing earlier than usual, and would have done serious damage but for the fact that the crop had then generally matured. The remarkable deficiency in ralnfull during the Fall prevented new growth and development. and hence there was practically no top crop of -consequence in any State. For maturing the crop and enabling it to be picked rapidly and in good condition the weather could not have been more favorable. As tbe country roads every where have been in fine condition and tbe railroads have had all tbe cars needed, there has been every possible facility lor moving tbe crop quickly, My correspondents all over the South report that the picking and marketing of the crop have been rapid beyound prece dent. Based upon information from a large number of Southern correspondents upon whose judgment I rely, because they are all gentlemen of intelligence, and generally tbe most prominent mer chants in their respective localities, I think the yield of the present crop will show the following gams oyer last sea son, viz: 240,000 bales in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida; 860.000 bales in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; 150,000 bales in Arkansas, making total gains of 750.000 bales. 1 place tbe Texas yield at 1,800,000 bales, being a loss of 850,000 bales. Tbe net gains eov'r last season's yield, which was about 6.400.000 bales, is thus indicated to be 400,000 bales, making a total yield of about 6.800.000 bales. As tbe season commenced with comparatively little old cotton in the interior, the commer cial crop should be more likely to be below than above the actual yield, as considerable cotton may be carried over to the next season should low prices continue. These conclusions were pub lished by me December 6tb. . ! The. percentage of the crop which had come into sight to December 31st 1894. in each of -the past ten ' years is as ioiiows: " 1883,76 per cent.; 1885. 73 percent. ie7, 77 per cent.; 188. 76 per cent.; leai, i per cent.; i84, 7 per cent.; loao, i per cent.; 1888. 71 per cent.; os per cent: 1892. 71 oer cent. Omitting tbe phenomenal seasons of 1890-91 and 1891-92 the average per centage ot these ten years is 75 per cent, Calling the amount in sight 5,400,000 Dues, ana assuming this. to oe 7S per cent, ot tbe crop, would give us a total crop ot last 7,200,000 bales. It is evident, however, that the crop. nastoeen marketed more rapidly tban the average of these years probably over a week quicker. Would it not be safe to assume that 5 per cent, more than the average proportion of the crop had come into sight by December 31st? ibis would make the 5,400,000 bales re present . 80 per cent, of the crop, and would indicate a crop of 6.750,000 bales. The grade ot the present crop will be above an average, but the staple is shorter tban usual, and notably in Texas where the season was too dry. The average weight of bales will probably pe at least six pounds less tban last sea son, as the shortage is already about four pounds, lbe red need weigbt from last season will be eqaal to about 87,000 bales. - Mr. Ellison, of Liverpool, in view of the larger supply expected irom India ana tne smaller supplies than last sea son from Egypt and other countries, esti mates that the consumption of European and American mills this season will re quire an American crop of 8,177.000 bales. Mr. Ellison's estimates of consumption are reasonable and include about 100,000 bales increase for America. It would, therefore, seem that as the American crop falls short of 8,177.000 bales, just to that extent will tbe stock of cotton in European and American markets be reduced by the end of tbe sea son. In other words, it 'seems quite clear that European and American mills will spin 8,177,000 bales of American cotton this season, and if the crop should prove to be only 6,800,000" bales tbe dif ference will come out of the stocks of tbe various markets and thus leave very much reduced stocks at the close of tbe season. Tbe present stocks of cotton at the mills of Europe and America are so 1 . . - . 1 . ,,i ... . iow mat it is not prooaoie tney win oe iurtner trenched upon. Alfred B. Shepperson. New-York, January, 1894. . i magnificenta'rt album. The Good Work Ctoea On Four Series Now Beady E sad the Titles of Scenes in Hps. Three end Four Only Twelve Cents and ! 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Can you afford' to do without this series of 16 photographs, when each photograph will cost you but three-quar ters of a cent? The fourth series of our magnificent work is now ready, and contains 16 su perb photographic views. 11 x 13 inches in size. They are as follows: Rue De Rivoli. Shakespeare's House, Stratiord-on- Avon, England. Fingal's Cave, Scotland. Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. Mausoleum of Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany. The Mer De Glace, Switzerland. Exterior of the Colosseum, Rome. Panorama of Florence, Italy. Salon of Maria De Pad ilia, Alcazar, Seville, Spain. Palace and Harem, Alexandria, Egypt. Vale of Cashmere, Ipdia. Harbor of Auckland, New Zealand. Havana, Cuba. Muir Glacier, Alaska. The Capitol, Washington, D. C. New York and Brooklyn Bridge. Remember now, that yqu must send twelve cents, and one coupon cut Irom advertisement in another column, for each series. If you embrace in one order the four series, now ready, send 48 cents and four coupons. And do not fail to place on coupons tbe Nos. of Series wanted. We are in receipt of letters every day giving the Stoddard Portfolios un stinted praise, not only ! FOR THEIR CHEAPNESS, But for the superb manner in which they are gotten up. It usually requires ten days to two weeks for the Photographs tt reach those who order them. The Brook Children. The two motherless little children of the wife-murderer, Jno. Brock, who have been taken care of since the mur der by Mrs. Wash. King, at the county jail, are bright and intelligent-looking children. The boy, Claudie, is seven years old, and the girl, Fannie, five years old. Fannie is very pretty, and has become quite a favorite among the I large number of ladies who have called to see the children during tbe past week. Mrs. King told a reporter that there had been from forty to fifty callers to see the children each day since they hae been with her, and,-several have given clothes and small amounts of money to them, and some expressed their willingness to take one or the other; but she is determined to put them both in good hands when she gives tbem up. - Persons ordering the Stoddard Art Series are reminded that from six to ten days must elapse, after their or ders are received at tbe Star office, be fore the series can reach them from the publishers. NO. H SIX NEGRO MEN, 1 ONE CHARGED WITH MURDER. . Kioape front Cumbsrlaud County Jail and Are 8tffi at Lance Court House at Lll- llnjrtoD, jOarnett County, Destroyed by Specied Star Correspondence. Fayettsville, N. C Feb. 10,-r-Six prisoners trlade their escape from Cum berland cotnty jail last nightamong them John iWest, charged with the mur der of Frank Newell; the others for iar ceny. Thef jail is an old hull, and it takes but slight assistance from the out side to enable prisoners to successfully work their way out. It is evident that implements were furnished the prisoners last night, as a saw was used to cut through tbi wood -work lining to the bricks of th wall, which were-asily re moved. The prisoners were all confined in one room! on the second floor, nd a hole was niide on the rear side "of tbe jail large enough lor a man to crawl through witftout difficulty, and then by ty ing several osannets togetner tuey reached the ground! All of the work must have oeen aoce test night, as tbe lail was in spected yesterday and there was no evidence whatever of an attempt to breakout, it I Tbe prisoners are still at larce. Their escape was pox. detected until early this morning, wpen tbe jailor entered the jail to teed the prisoners. Here follows their namesj I John West. Fred. Crutch - neia, .acnapan w imams, fete f lem ming, TomjplcLean and Henrv Wil liams. 11 Mn William McAnbur. son of Mr. John F. MdArthur, while engaged in fighting forest fires on Beaver Creek, about sevenmiles from Fayetteville. yesterday altrnooo, was struck .by a tailing tree adj instantly killed, his neck ocmg oroitcn m aa skuii crusnea. Welearntbmtbe neero hov killed hv an explosion n Wilmington tbe other day was a Fajtteville boy, Joe Scott, son of a well kown colored man living here named Harry Scott. H. Eye. . P. S. The Court House at Lillincton. Harnett counts; N. C, with all tbe rec ords, were destroyed by fire on Thurs day night. Tbe fire originated in tbe Court room ori fthe second floor, where Superior Court pad been in session dur ing the day. j; j WASH I NEWS. Treasury Balam Wrecked Steamer Kearaarge Bigs G ana for Battle Bhipa By Tctegiaft to the Morning Stat. Washington Feb. 10. At the close of business to-day the stated Treasury balance stood atjl$134.253,007, of which tl02.128.585 was In eold coin. All ex cept about $8,00000 has been paid in on tbe bond issue, including tbe pre mium. The totaf receipts for the month aggregate 9,000, 00 and expenditures 511,000,000, of which $5,350,000 were on account of pensions. This makes for the hscal year to-jay an expenditure of S4S.000.000 in etcess of receipts. In addition to payiiig the sugar bounty, wnicn up to tne present time has been deterred, tbe 1 reasury Department will now proceed morel rapidly with the erec tion ot public bulla int:s which also have been delayed .becaise of the scarcity of money. Within the next few weeks ad vertisements will p inserted for propo sals for some six o eight public build ings. . 1 I! ! To-day the eleventh of twelve 13-inch guns, wbicb are to pe used on tbe first class battleships Massachusetts, Indiana and Oregon, wasaiccessfully jacketed. The delicate operaiooof jacketing is always attended with the danger that the whole gun may be ruined by the slightest mishap. 1A number of naval officers were present by direction of Secretary Herbert.il At the JNavy Department it is csti mated that the mail steamer City ot Para reached Roncaior reef at 6 o'clock this morning from Colon, and that the rescue of Admiral htanton and tbe offi cers and men of the Kearsarge was ac cotnplished early this afternoon. It is believed that the ra will be back in Colon with theT survivors to-morrow by noon, but naval officers say no alarm need be felt if nothing is heard of the vessel at this end until Monday or Tues day morning. ' i - There is some evidence of a corabi nation of sugar, irot and coal Senators, and their 1 demand! noon the sub committee of tbe Senate Finance Com mittee that is working upon the Tariff bill is causing it so end of trouble. The Senators representing these three articles insist that they are and have always been, nnder Democratic doctrine, purely revenue articles, and tbat in tbe present condition ol things this is no time to cbange the duties. FIRE AT ATLANTA. , Man Fatally Inured Aaaistant Tire 'Chief Emmit Seriously Injured. Br Telegraph to t Horning Star. ATLANTXrF"ehriry 10. James H. McMillan died to-day from the effect of bis in juries received in the livery stable fire last night. Mc&lillan was fifty years old. He came heye from Knoxville with a cargo off mules. He was a paralytic and bad a negro ser vant to carry him and wheel him about. The negro was not ig tbe building wben it began to burn, asd tbe nremen did not hnd McMillan! until tne room in which he was lyingf was in a mass of' flames. He was then taken out of a window, but be had been . horribly burned. I . if ;; Jake Emmlt, assistant fire cbiel, is at the hospital with wo broken ribs, a broken nose, and bufned face and hands. His bair and mustache were burned off. Emmit's experience was singular. He fell down four stqries through a shaft. He could not get out and his fellow fire men could not reach! the opening to the shaft until the fire was under control; for more than ; an hour;! he was penned in. expecting the brick and granite walls to fall upon j him. Cbas. McAllister, a printer who was burned, is in a critical condition; The doctors think that tbe others will recover.j t lorn White, a punter, was arrestea after the fire, charged with refusing to surrender $1,000 belonging to McMillan. McMillan's purse was left in the room where he slept. When, he was carried out White went j fup to the room and got the purse from a woman, stating that McMillan : had sent him for it. Alter McMillan died to-day White admitted that he had tbe purse. He told the detectives where to sreta two check ana a small sum in cash. The detectives think that there is more cash somewhere. White was released to-night on bond. He was drunk when he got the purse and hid it. Tbe: Star islassured by those who ought to know that the Newbern Fair, to begin on the 19th. will be far ahead of j any previously held there. The large number of ihorses already en tered ior tne races guarantees tne nnesi sport in that line evel seen in the State. Ugton I.. It di-The Rocky Mount Artronaut: Mr E. B. Hilliard, brother of Dr. Hilliard nf this place, died yesterday after a linger- Wilson Mirror: On the 6th of February. 1894, in the 45th yeaWbt his age, Mr. G. T. Daniel died at his resi dence in Wilson county. Newbern Courier: Mr. Walter Homer, Marines, ships oysters direct to Liverpool. Encr.. and pets the handnnm sum of $7.&0 per bushel tor them. , Stanly News: Mr. A. C. Free man died here at his home on the 2d instM after an illness of a few weeks. He was the oldest man in the commiinitv at the time of his death, except one, being ouuui iii yems ui age. Smithfield Herald: Mr. Tohn Britt, who lives in Bentonsvill ship, killed a fox in his yard Sunday morning. He says tbat it came intntho yard and had three convulsions, or fits. before be killed it. and he thinks it had gone mad,' as dogs sometimes do. Statesville Landmark: G Vestal, a boy who carries the mail be tween Harmony and Statesville. on the Yadkmville route, was arrested at the Statesville postofiice Tuesday at noon by Deputy Marshal Goolsby. of Marshal Allison's office. The charge against Vestal is robbine the mail. Raleigh News and Observer- Of the 1,200 convicts now on tbe roll of the State Penitentiary over 900 are en- gaged in agricultural pursuits on the State farms. The President of the Monumental Association dennsiteri $491.62 with the State Treasurer yester day, fuurta collected on tbm day. Charlotte Observer : Last Sun day evening a man named Slaughter, nf Carroll county, Virginia, and Jno. Bare' and Jim Long, of Alleghany county. N. k., naa a aimcuity near Uray postomce, in Alleghany, when Slaughter stubbed oare to tne neart. killing bim instantly. He also cut Lone verv severely across the abdomen, and his recoyerv is very doubtful. - ' Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen cer: lbe town ot Wadesboro .incurred a debt of $170 in coping with the recent case of varioloid in our midst. The bill was presented to Mr. Wm. Preston, the patient, and he refused to pay it, conse- nuentlo -the rnwn haa hrnnokt tni against him for tbat amount. It is said tbat Mr. Preston is quite well to do and there is little doubt but that he will be compelled ultimately to settle the bill. -j ' J - -- w .. --. v.w.,h . OMIfc Charlotte News: Yesterday af ternoon the little 10-year old son ot Mr. Albert Sanders, of Crab Orchatd. suffered a terrible accident. He was in the woods where bis father was chop ping wood, and had an axe to hack about with himself. While attempting to chop off a limb be fell against tbe log and the axe fell on his arm and nearly severed it from his body. Before assist ance could be rendered the little lellow had about bled to death. Newbern Journal: A youth by the name of Thos. Burees was drowned at Stonewall Sunday afternoon in the squall near night. He and some of his young friends had been out in a sail boat find as they were nearing tbe whart the jibing of the main boom knocked him overboard. The young man was 15 years of age. He was from-Camden county and had been attending the Van demere school for a few months past. Charlotte News: Sam Stewart was up from his Union county home yesterday, and reported considerable gold fever in bis section. He says almost every man has a gold hunting, outfit, and is prospecting around. A big amount of gold has been found in this way and has been felt in the busi ness of tbe community, there never be ing better living and any more loose cash at this season of the year than at present. Goldsboro Argns : From the reports tbat come to us from all sections of the country, we are persuaded that at no time since the war have tbe farmers been better prepared for a new crop year than they are at -present. Tbey are re ported to have corn in abundance, and are as a general thing killing enough come iattenea meat to co tnem trie en tire year, and a great .many will have meat to sell. Such is tbe condition of the farming element,-as a wbole, in this section. Scotland Neck Democrat: Mr. W;-T. Purnell. of Halifax, is cultivatinir land that was granted to one ol his an- George III. and the title has remained in the family ever since. The land has never been under mortgage and Mr. Pur nell is still cultivating it tree of mort gage. Mr. W. T. Purnell, of Hali fax, showed the Democrat Monday a pair ot heavy, silver-rimmed spectacles which were used by hisgrear-great-great-grandfather in 1740. They have been used all the way down by one of every generation and are still good. The glasses baye never been changed. Winston Sentinel: In regard to the case of Mr. Fagg, our people gen erally understand that the charge against, him rests upon a very narrow basis. The principal witness against Mr. Fagg was a negro, an ex-convict, who is said to have been in the penitentiary four times. Mr. Fagg's house was not searched, although he . asked that it be searched, clear him of suspicion. Tbe coin- scraping was found, as the testimony showed, in Mr. Morgan's house. Justice Pegram had so little faith in the testi mony against Mr. Fagg tbat he entered his signed protest against the rulings of Justice Breckerdite, the U. S. Com missioner. - - Charlotte Observer: Mr. Henry E. Knox, Jr., who is putting in a new water supply for the State Hospital at Morganton by means of a system of bored wells, is in the city, and exhibited at the Central Hotel last night speci mens of the gravel thrown up from a depth of 24 feet. They averaged tbe size ot tbe end ot one s ringer and some of them had been worn smooth by the action of the water. Mr. Knox guaran tees the hospital, from the wells he is boring, a supply of 100 gallons of water per minute, and is satisfied that it will be nearer 200 gallons. The water has been found within a few hundred yards .1 V. a t.,.S1 jl !mm T . ha. k..n a..l...il Jl luc uuiiuiut;a, una wwu oucuy&bu TS. Y. Vegetable Market. Strawberries, fancy, 5075 cents per quart; fair to good, 2550 cents. Beets, $46per 100 bunches; crates, 75 cents to $1.25. Cabbage, $1.752 per barrel crate. Cauliflower, $3 5 per barrel. Cukes, $35 per crate. Egg plant. $57 per barrel; boxes, $2.508.50 Green peas, $35 per crate. . Lettuce, half-barrel basket, $1.502.50. String beans, $12.50. Squash, $11.50; To matoes, carriers, $35.. 4 Mr. W. H. Strickland died at his residence in this city last night, aged 52 years. He was 8x deacon in the Brooklyn Baptist Church. He leaves a wife and four children. His pastor, Rev. Mr. Jenkins, and others, will ac company the remains to Magnolia, where the funeral will take place to morrow. - Thomas A. Miller, for thirteen years business manager of the Raleigh. N. C, Mews-Observer, died yesterday of con sumption, aged 85 years. He was tne son of Surgeon James A. Miller, of the Confederate army, and grandson of Wm. S. Ashe, former President of the Wil- 1 mington & Weldon Railroad. -