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PIISUSHED AT A YEAR- IN ADVANCE. S88SS3SS88888S883 fSfSS8S8888S883 2gggSS5WS28SeSS8 fSfSSSSSSS88S8883 ISSS88SS2S2SSSSSa i8S8SSS8SS8S8888 aSaSSS8SSS8888 82338888883; SSS5S3S8K888j 888S33888888S33i si ee n B o ei e it es io rririTSie Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as jbiotd " "second Clan Mmtter.l . , Subscription price. l Smooths " I" - 0, OUR LOOMS AND SPIBDIJBS.;, There were at the end of last Septem ber 321 cotton mills in operation in the South to which a number have since been added.how many we do not lD0Vr exactly, but it is estimated by jjjpse vbo keep their eye on this movement and are familiar with it ibr there will be in operation before the end of this- cotton year nearly three million spindles in the South, hich writ be an increase of nearly a million and a half spindles since 1890. The increase in the number of our mills is remarkable, especially within the past few years, and yet the work joes on steadily, every week adding to the number, and all seem to do well, which is also remarkable, considering the fact that many of these mills are presided over by men who hare not had much experience in the business, and are also depend ent more or less on help ' much of which has to be taught the duties they are'required to perform, as was the case in . nearly all the mills started in the South some time ago. Jo better proof need be asked of the advantages the South offers as a mwufacturing section than the fact that notwithstanding the large and continuous increase in the number they have, with few if any excep tions, prospered even with the limit ed experience of many of the man agers and the additional fact that they had to train much of the labor they employed. That the men who have put.their money into cotton manufactories in the South have confidence in ' their ability to bold their vantage ground, and are not fearful of the future, is shown by the additions that many have made to the mills they own, the capacity for production in some cases Being doubled within a few years, and the cordiality with which they welcome the erection of new mills in their . vicinity, and the readiness with which they fur- foraish information to capitalists irom otner sections who come to kara for themselves of the induce ments this' section offers for the business, not only information in a leneral way, but specific information Las to the cost of building, equipping, "Dor, material, cost of -Droduction, .information which would not be freely furnished if our mill men feared competition, or had any idea that the busines was in any danger 01 being overdone. They know have a great market, and one ftat is annually growing greater,' notwithstanding the i fact that the .production is growing greater, for ne7 year they are enlarging the JPeot their endeavors and going '"finer into the territory, that but a ft years ago belonged exclusively to the Northern mills.' Every addi '!on t0 ur population by lmmigra ton or otherwise makes one more Corner for our cotton mills, and fte Western States increase 'in Wation by immigration or other the customers there increase also. sme years ago the goods made in th CniL . uuulQ were of a coarse variety la tere marketed almost altogether Je States in which they were all k 3acent States and of the fine-qualities of goods the s Noun had the business. But foe improvement in grades went 10 the South the Northern mills re compelled to abandon the wacture of some of them and e that business' to the Southern ? The QUestinn nrith (h. TJrth. miller now is where will the South conI e UnC and where wUl she be tent to rest in th mru r s,. EeT,and hw long will it be In?!! y wiI1 have to cease mak STl 01 the I'"" of goods of ,tQ thev nn, u.l... . . tht.. e.m-100 over to the South as This I? t0 do with otber grades. -j win aoubtiess be com a 10 do in some of the linM tx, Ctwtmanufacturine whcn the tiKhytentercomPeti- illn advance In jthis direction fereJ,; marked enough to inter- mrvZ::thtNortherQmii,s ftl.00 51HWW 9 L isslff; ,q,oo S JL -t HnH I fi U- T 8 k IS Sim- : fgssse 8 L ; I I - : - W emtirn " come. and in the marks may so ex- siteav ' and room for a iode- (soSS,vlloomsand8Pln' clc5i"70uth without treading too "Pon the heels of NewEng- .:..-'.:;- V I M ' Wl fV- r-- -,-. - ; . -'--A . ----li. -ii n n vi . -. V V Vnt Witt T ' " : TTTT - : : : : - land. '.'Westward thV starf took its way, but the Orient beck ons to our commerce and thither it will go, go to the hundreds of mil lions to whom the sight of a modern loom operated by steam would be a world of wonder. I I With the ending: of the Chinese Japaiese war a new era has dawned on the gate-locked and of Li Hung Chang and the gates will be. thrown open to the hosts jot progress as they flew open when the victorious Japan ese soldiers swung them open or tore them, down. ; That war in a few months advanced China a hundred years, and although against her will brought her that much nearer to that part of the human family which is moving onward. ( When the way is open for us to" reach jthem by the shorter route of the ' Nicaragua Ca nal, there will be :a -market for vast amounts of the fruit of the Southern loom, which will find enough to do however numerous ' they .may - be come.,. 'r i: j.; I -V.-r ; 'Ti- -v ': : , There is a big screw . loose some where in the mechanism of our indus trial machinery. If it isn't m the machinery it is in jthe people who run it, so that it ( amounts to the same thing. For some time our industries have, under the stimulus oLthe new tarrlff, been picking up rapidly, sales increasing fat home, with a marked increase In "our foreign ex ports. ., There was a general tenden cy to an increase of wages volun tarily by employers, and. about the time the machine gets to running pretty smoothly some fellow, figura tively speaking, jumps on the brakes and then there is1 a squeak and a grind and trouble That's thejstriker who imagines because .he is k getting all the work he can do his employer is making lots of money and he must have more wages, j It isn't so very long since thousands of workmen who now have work had no , work and would have been glad to have got work at almost any wages. jviany ot tnese same workmen no sooner get to work with, a fair pros pect of contiuned I employment, than they surrender their heads to some labor agitator, demand a higher rate of wages and failing to get .it strike, and in doing so strike themselves' harder than their employers. Ac cording to the latest reports of the industrial situation there are about 50.000 workmen . out on strike, with the probabilities of an increase, for when a strike begins these days, with their oath-bound labor leagues and organizations there is no telling where It will end. j The mischief in all this thing is that it doesn't affect only the workmen! who strike and their employers, but affects many thousands of others, clogs the wheels of industry and retards the return of the good times for which .all are so anxious. According to the reports from the coal fields in West Virginia there are between 20,000 and 25,000 men in volved in the strike, and with a folly which borders on insanity they seem to be pursuing the same tactics that were resorted to by the Chicago strikers, who foolishly undertook to hold up trains and thus called into the field bpth State and Federal troops, which quashed the strike in short order and landed a number of tfie leaders in jail. These miners have the right ! to strike, that is to quit work. They have the right to do this individually or collectively. This very few will dispute, but they have no right to say that other men shall not take the places of those who quit, and they certainly have no right to destroy property, nor to interfere - with the v run- ninor of trains wnetner inese trains carry coal from - the mines, or carry workmen ; to' the mines to take the places of the strikers. When thev do that the public at large be comes interested, for other pedple are injured and other Industries suffer bv this interference, me miners have a right to act for their own interests and to stand by each other in so doing, but they have no right to inflict Injury upon "others who are in no way connected with or resoonsible for the grievances they may have. When they do that they fail because they arouse puDiic senti ment asainst them " and invoke against them the armed power of the law. ' ": - : 1 ; There must surely be something th-matter with the New York Sun's A few davs aeoMr. Dana apol ogized for the appearance in the Sun's columns of an unsigned article abus- .1 ' r .l. t rrTi nnnn that lye oi ue jews, u -i republished a poem which some one had palmed off on another paper as original which had .oeen douh stolen - from' one of Longfellow's poems. ..- - tW. t a rrosse. Wisconsin, Repub lican and Leader chides the people there for giving the. Mississippi X u i- Vhrations. and iever - celebrating " n water. -The Anwn nf that town' probably re gard water rathef too thin a thing to celebrate on . wnen occi m ii -' ii i . .,. RALEIGH NEWS' BUDGET. THE? CITY ELECTION TAKES place r- monday. V ; r ft WiU Ptobftblr b Canted ljr tHa Sett- oortt-Freptrmtioni for SnterUIalns f Vtatton t the Monument XTtMreUlnc Tne Mill Husins-OompromiM tn the "6 ?f O Oram Judge BUt baok'e Deolaion tn the Aulgiixnenf Aot Star Correspondence. : . Ralkigh, N. C, May 4. S The Governor has aDDOinted Mr. A. G. Hankins, of WilmiDgton. one of a number", of delegates to : the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, to be held in New Haven. May 24 to 80, senator Fred. Rice, of New Hanover. forwarded his resignation to the Gover nor .yesterday. ;4. t'r-t-:. t-SC-i The matter of enteruiaing visitors on the 20th is confronting the Committee on Enterulnmfcnt. The Atlantic Coast ue nas jflven the rate of a cent per mile, and there is nothin to nrevent a. phenomenal attendance. Raleieh will be able to accommodate allcomers The Republicant had a mass meeting last evenioE in Metronohtan Hall. It w a kind of rally meetinR. The usual amount of speaking was indulged in. To-day is the last day of - registration. u mess we colored people turn out and run up their number several hundred. Democrats will walk in Monday next. There has been .no public speaking among Democrats daring the campaign. All the prisoners in the jail witnessed the hanging of Mills from a side window except one negro woman. Mills showed a remarkable amount of nerve while on the, gallows. There are mntterings of lynching Wimberly all over the section of the country in which he lives. It was feared that there would be some trouble last night. Sheriff Page heard some talk of lynching at Morrisville yesterday. Mills was buried in a mile of Wimber ly 's. and near the scene of murder. Hereafter the emploves of the Sea board Air Line shops will quit work at is o clock noon on Saturdays. t Mr. Stewart, the Public Printer, came in this morning. He says he employs 42 printets in his Winston establishment. The commencement at Shaw Uni versity begins the 12th and ends the 16th.S Prof. E. P. Moses will deliver the annual address. : - The sensational case of Cram vs. Cram, which was expected to hold the boards in Court to-day is about off, a compro mise having been effected. Mr. Cram received affidavits yesterday from the North to the effect that Mrs. Cram, who claims to have been his ' first wife, kept houses of ill repute. It would seem that the compromise was effected on account of this. Mrs. Cram is stopping at one of the leading hotels. The case of L. R. W. Yatt, which will test the act regulating assignments, will come up at 1p.m. This is the last day of Court, and Judge Starbuck says he will decide the case if it takes until midnight. - I Special Star Telegram. Ralkigh. May 4. Judge Starbuck decided in the case of Car r vs. the Secre tary of State, where the plaintiff asked that the defendant be restrained from printing the Assignment act. that he could not go back on the ratification of the bill, though the bill did not pars The same decision was rendered in the case of Wyatt, who claimed the act did not pass and that he had the right to make preferences. Registration closed at 9 p. m. Total whites. 1.548: colored. 1.008. Democrats are confident of carrying the election by a small majority. . I ulia Jackson Christian of Charlotte, the six-year old grand-daughter of Stone wall Jackson, has been chosen to unveil the monument on the 20th. CITY MARKETS. Vegetables in Good - Supply Spring Chlokeae Boaroe Ecza Abundant TtMh. Plentiful and Cheap Frean Meats Buffieient to Meet All Demand. The truckers are sending their early vegetables to market in sufficient quan tity to meet the demand and prices are not at all unreasonable. There were cart loads of all kinds of truck in season on sale yesterday; onions at 5c per bunch; green; peas, 25c per peck; turnips, 2 bunches for 5 cents; radishes. 2 bunches for 5 cents; beets, S cents per bunchspar agus 15 to 20 cents per bunch; collarda, 5 cents per head; lettuce, 5 cents for two heads; snap beans, 15 cents per quart; strawberries, 15 cents per quart. Beef, pork, veal and mutton were in good supply at the usual prices. Spring chickens were scarce and n demand at 20 to 25 cents apiece. Grown fowls sold at 80 to 85 cts. each, and were by no means abundant. Eggs retailed at 10 to 12 cents ner dozen. In the fish market shrimps soia at io cents ! per quart; ' sound oysters ana clams 15 cents per quart; mullets, pig ffsb, and flounders 15 cents per string; Sturgeon. 5 cents per pound; stone crabs. 10 cents oer dozen . fresh water perch 85 cents per string. Wilmington Gtot It. . - The Star published a few days since an account of the operations of the dis pensary established at Waynesvffle, Hay wood county. Since then the Star has learned that the Commissioners of that county advertised for bids for furnishing the snpplies of liquors for one year, and that Messrs. bternberger a x, tnrongn Mr. Julius Hahn, a member of the firm, received the contract over sharp compe tition from a number of wholesale liquor houses of Cincinnati and Louisville. The contract will cover goods to an amount exceeding $10,000. VIOLENT WIND-STORM. rive Persona JCIled and Several Others Injured. B Talearaph to the MoroiaCStar. - . St. Charles, III, May 4. A wind atorm this afternoon blew down one o the walls of the Lungreen and Wilson buildings, which was gutted by fire a month ago The wall fell on the Os good building, a stone structure, totally riomftiiinincr it. ana. kiuiuk aw l.aat five - nersons. The follow ing is a list of the dead: Miss Teddie Anaerson,aress-maKer;xrs. u; IT P.hnrrh. milliner: Joe Thomo- t ir. Caatnn. Charles J. H in son. Wllf The injured are Mrs. Church's 10-year- old : SOn; MISS joruan, sister ui jmio; Church (seriousiyj; a man irom ueneva, name unknown.; 1 ' - - The two men aiuea were in tne uw a RMiMinar when the wall fell. The men were standing close to the wall of the OSgOOd DUliaing to escape toe mry 61 the wind, and were crushed to death .h. foiiina rithrta. It is believed that the body of one more man is under the ruins, j. ; WnMINGrTON N. C, NORTH CAROLINA DISPENSARY. ; The People of Wajneanlla Are Trying . . the South Carolina Flan. ; ; 'I The people of Waynesville Haywood county,. . tried . . so-called prohibition, which resulted in nothing except "bund tigers" and the conversion of drug stores nto bar-rooms; and now thev are trying, under an. act of the Douglass Legisla ture, the" dispensary fad;. The Waynes-; ville Courier thus describes the novelty: The manager was busy on Monday morning preparing to open up his estab- nsnment, out cia not : get reaay uu about 2 o'clock p. m., but ho did a good business Irom then till sundown, tak ing in: about 235. Tuesday's business amounted to $35. The establishment Is well supplied with an assortment of wet goods, including whiskies, beer and wines, ; and it is' this general opinion that the town and county will realize a neat little sum (i as net profits. ; We mighty add that much living evidence was noticed on the streets Monday alter- noon ana evening oi the existence ot the institution. h'. . -, w - It Is the general opinion here that the dispensary system will be preferable to iu via regime wiia .so-caiiea pronioi tion with its drug stores and blind . tigers. The commissioners are three of our best citizens and are determined to exercise their rights in managing and properly restricting the sale of intoxicants.; The rules and regulations which have been adopted and conies posted on in the dispensary are as follows: ,. 1. The dispensary shall open every day, except Sundays and election days, from sunrise to sunset. 2. Any sober person of lawful age may purchase spirituous, .vinous or malt liquors, in any quantity not less than half pint; provided it is not bought to- sell again. If the manager believes any per son is buying liquors to re-sell, he shall immediately report the fact to the com missioners, who will take action as re quired by law. - 3. No liquors will be sold to intoxi cated persons or to minors, on orders or otherwise. : Only adults will be dealt with. i , " ' 4. The manager shall sell , liquors only for cash. j 5. No person shall open or drink any liquors in the dispensary, or on the premises occupied, by the same 6. No person shall loiter in or about the dispensary, and it is the duty of the manager to enforce this regulation by calling on the police if necessary. Tne Bunawey Freaober. The Soutbport j Leader says : "The excitement attending the elopement of the colored preacher Lomax. who left here accompanied by a young sister of his flock, at the same time taking $300 belonging to a widow of his congrega tion, has not yet subsided among the colored people New stories are com ing out concerning Lomax, and it is now known that he was a good borrower on every side, several stores holding ac counts against him. besides a number of colored people from whom he borrowed at different times small sums oi money. Lomax had some money, contributions of the members of Marsh Branch church, which was entrusted to him to buy some things for that church. This also has gone. Lomax .had a fine appearance, and being a man of family, as well as a preacher., considerable confidence was placed in him by both the white and colored people of this community. Nothing is known of Lomax's where abouts." j'-,' Eighteen Hundred Per oh. This is what the Charlotte News calls a great day's fishing:" One thousand eight hundred perch in a single day may counted a good day's fishing, but it is the record made by Mr. Thomas Smith, who owns a pond at Elkin. Last Monday he arranged a fish trap, of the variety known as a "sheet" below the dam, then lowered the water in the pond. The result astonished even Mr. Smith, who had not areamea ot such a result. He took 1,800 perch from the sheet. The largest weighed a fraction over one pound. Lapt. Will HalL of the Carolina Central road, got a string of 19 of the perch. Waking Snakes. I A crowd of boys killed a snake about four feet long at the corner of Third and Princess streets yesterday afternoon. One was killed yesterday morning near the corner of Fifth and Market streets. Mr. George P. Taylor reports having seen one coming out of Mr. Gibson's vard on Third street, between Dock and Orange, night before last as he was pass ing there. George didn't stop to ascer tain its length or color; he was alone and didn't even stop to find out where the snake was heading for. Steamboats In Collision. The steamer A. P. Hurt ' and the steamer Frank Sessoms were in collision Thursday afternoon at "Broad i Water." near the month of Black river. The Hurt was coming down and the SessomS going up. the Cape Fear. Both boats were rounding a bend in the river, and. had exchanged signals, which were, pro bably misunderstood by one or the other. As soon as it was seen that a collision was impending engines were reversed but the strong current carried the Hurt with it, and the boats came together, the bow of the Sessoms striking the Hurt on the starboard side smashing her guards. The damage to the Hurt will not exceed $25. .- -.:v-. - Death of a Former Wllmlngtonlan. Dr. W. Duke Murphj, aged about 80 years, died on the 2nd Inst, at his home in Philadelphia. He was a native of Fayetteyille, N. C,l and in his younger davs lived in Wilmington. He was probably well known to all our older citizens. He was a brother of the late las. S. Murphy of this city, He remov ed from Wilmington to Philadelphia in the forties, and married there, and soon thereafter gave up the practice of medi cine and engaged in mercantile pur suits. One who knew him well in the old days says, "he was a most genial Christian gentleman. , j. APFEAL TO-STJPEBI0R COUBT, State Treasurer vs. Directors of Bank ot i Hew Hanover. ;V i' - Special Star Telegram. ; Raleigh, N. C, May 4. Judge Star buck in the Superior Court overruled the demurrer as to the first two causes of ac tion in the complaint of the State Treas urer vs. directors of the Bank of New Hanover, and sustained the last one. Both sides appealed t6 the Supreme Court.- ! Rev. R. E. Peele has issued little brochure entitled "The Nature oi Christianity from 'the Standpoint of a Baptist." It contains but 16 pages, and shows remaraabie powers ot conaensa tion. To cover the cost of publication copies have been placed on sale, at 10 cents each, at the bookstores. - FRIDAY MAY 10, 1895. Violators of Internal Bevneue Laws tn -the The TJ. S. District Court, Judge Sey- ! moor presiding, met yesterday at 10 a. m., pursuant to' adjournment Wednes-1 day, and disposed of the following cases: Jonn K. Hall. Cumberland countv. charged with reusing a stamped cask and aiimg to obliterate stamps. Continued. W m. : Wynne. 01 W avne countv. re tailing liquor without license. Not 1 goilty. ; - uj:, e K. Cr Applewhite, of Columbus coun ty, retailing without license! ' Not puiltv. l - James Cribb, of Columbus county, re- .a !U . . . wumg ,waoui license, vjuiuy; sen tenced to one month in jail at Whiteyille and to pay a fine of $100, uscar Smith, of Columbus county, re tailing: without license Guilty: sen tenced to one month in jail at White yille and to pay a fine of $100. joe uraham alias G. Hunt, of Robe son! county, retailing without license. Verdict guilty. ' . : - bvander McNeill. 61 Robeson countv. retailing, without license. Not guilty. - Martin Ward, of Robeson countv. re tailing without license. Not guilty. Joe Moton. of Robeson county, re tailing. , Not guilty. ; " Charley Campbell, of Robeson countv. retailing. Not guilty. - : . Frank Baker, of Richmond countv. retailing. - Not guilty. - : Pharoh Jones, of Robeson countv. retailing. Guilty.:1' ' -' Henry . McNair. of Robeson county. retailing. Case continued. . W.- Fairley. of Robeson county, re tailing. Guilty. : . " , : .," John KusseJl. of Robeson countv. shooting a mail carrier at . Laurinburg. Not guilty. John Blue, of Richmond connty. re tailing. Guilty. " -r George Mclver, of Robeson countv. re tailing. Not guilty. - Will. Jacobs, of Robeson county, re tailing. Defendant pleaded guilty. M. H. McDonald, of Robeson county. retailing. Guilty. Miles F. Draughon. of Sampson coun ty, illicit distilling. Not guilty. Court at 5.45, adiourned till 10 o clock this morning.1 ' Court met at 10 o clock a. m. Sentence was passed upon prisoners convicted during the week of retailing liquor without license, as follows: M. H. McDonald, lour months in Richmond county jail and $100 fine. Aaron Johnson, two months in Samp son county jail and $100 fine Wm. Smith, one month in Richmond county jail and $100 fine nato Jones, one month in Robeson county jail and $100 fine Wm. Finley, one month in Richmond county jail and $100 fine. I no. Blue one month in. Richmond county jail and $100 fine Will Jacobs, one month in Robeson countv jail and $100 fine. Fanny Hill, one month - in Robeson county jail and $100 fine. Cases were tried yesterday as follows: Anthony Harriss. Robeson county, re tailing without license Nol pros. James Lindsay, retailing. Guilty; one month in Richmond county iail and $100 fine. . j Chas Blocker, retailing. Guilty; one month in Richmond county jail and $100 fine. . ' l . Sallie Cummings, Robeson county; guilty of retailing without license; judg ment suspended. joe ue oerry, Kicnmona county, re tailing. Guilty; one month in New Han over county iail and $100 fine. Iim McRae, Robeson county, retailing; not guilty. Peter Blue, retailing. Cunty; one month in Robeson county jail and $100 fine. I ' . - Nancy Brigman, Robeson county, re tailing. Guilty; judgment suspended. Will Brigman. retailing. Guilty; one month in Robeson county jail and $100 fine I - ! ' Tno. Carter, Robeson county, retailing. Not guilty. I we Lee. retailing, uuuty, one montn in Robeson connty jail and $100 fine Isaac Thompson, retailing.. Guilty : one month in'Robeson county jail and $100 fine j W. c quick, Kicnmona county, canea and failed. Judgment nisi. Belle Baggett, Robeson county, retail ing. Guilty; mdgment suspended; Silas Strickland, KODeson county, re tailing ; called and failed. Capias and continued. ', Jack Stevens.VRobeson county, retail ing. Not guuty. - Marshall oates, Anson county, retail ing. Continued for defendant. Harriet Barnhill. Columbus county. illicit distilling. Verdict not guilty. Robt. Williams, Sampson county, re tailing. Not guilty. C Williams, Sampson county, retail' Ing. Not guilty, i - ' Cases on the civil docket were called and continued. 1 -. Court took recess until 10 a. m. to day. I : . ' ' ' mm m ' ' ST AjaTOED-ELLINGTOJf .. The Cake to be Taken to the Supreme Court Mrs. Mary A. Hawkins Dissents Prom thWHl ot Her Late Husband A Novel Whiskey Still. Star Correspondence " Raleigh, N. C, May 8. One of the most unique and noveidis- tilleries ever captured in this district was brought here tc-day. Deputy Col lector Wiley Jones seized it in this county about twelve miles from here and because of the unusual make-up. he tailed to destroy it. The still is a home made one and one of the smallest on record. It is capable of distilling per haps a' gallon of spirits in 24 hours. A 20 gallon lard can Is used as the still. water bucket as a cap and a piece of gas pipe as the worm. A 5 gallon runlet completed the outfit. Mrs. Marv A. Hawkins has dissented from the will of her husband, the late Dr. Wm. ! J. Hawkins, who died several months ago. , Mr. Hawkins lelt his daughter about $60,660 and Mrs. Haw kins received the homestead and about $80,000 in cash. 1 Dr. Hawkin's sons were all well provided for. Mrs. Haw kins took action this morning to secure her dower, which she claims she is en titled to. The Hawkins family is one of the most prominent, socially, in Raleigh, and one of the wealthiest. : The iurv in the Stanford-Ellington case failed to agree this morning. They stood seven in favbr of Ellington and five for Stanford. The Judge withdrew the issue of demand from the jory and decided the point Of no quorum in the Legislatureand others in favor of Elling ton. Attorneys lor Stanford will take action to bring the case before the Su preme Court at this session. Ellington's counsel are ready. mm"- ' Shot In the Leg. - Horace Gibson, a colored man, em ployed at Mr. Owen Fennell's livery stable was shot bv fas. Tones, colored last night about 10 o'clock, in a store on Second near Brunswick street. The ball from a r pistol lodged . in Gibson's right leg. Tones ran, pursued by some I colored men, and was fired at by police sergeant Sheehan, but escaped. He is from Laurinburg, a witness in the U, S. Court now in session here - Star: . A BIG LEGAL FIGHT . . To Take Flaoe tn the TJ. B. Court at Col umbia, B. C, Mondar Over the Die pessary Injunction Case Argument Con eluded In the Begiatratfon lav Case. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . - : Columbia; S. C May 4. The third and last day. of the argument of the' cases before-Judge Goff, in the U. S. Circuit Court, involving the constitu tionality of the registration law of 1882. and the constitutional act passed at the last session of the Legislature, was pro ductive of pyrotechnics. It was a lively day, brim full of lively passages at arms. It: was a day in which the political arraignments were in order and in which the father of the 1882 act. Gen eral) Edward McCrady, sided up to the cradle and defended his child, giviog the history of its birth, and '- endeavoring - to protect it from the threatened insertion of GofFs gaff into its side. , . Dr. Pope was intensely dramatic. Dar- ticularly when he made1 his attack on Gov. Evans., and the other parties to the recent-conference of "consoirators." The Doctor was pretty forcible, too, in nis remarKS to lien. McCrady. - - au i tne argaments " have . now - been closed. Dr. Pope's being the corker to use an up-to-date and : purely American wora. - '. ( -c :; Judge Goff. at the conclusion of the long hearing, stated that be would ren der his decision either Monday morning or Tuesday, certainly ? not later than Tuesday...'-' -r; t.- t- ;.-Hj-r General McCrady attacked Dr. Pooe during the afternoon, and the Doctor told him he had gone far enough. ' inage uob naa to interfere to oreserve order. . i The next thing in order is the vitally. important Dispensary injunction case. It will come up tor a full bearing Mon day morning at 10 o'clock and it is likely the Court room will be jammed during the hearing. . It has been -arranged that the case pending before Judge Simonton and the case before fudge Goff shall be heard together, both Judges occupying the bench. It will be one of the biggest legal oghts in theuistory of the State and the proceedings will interest the people oi tne entire country. A FEARFUL STORM. Bix - School Houses Blown to Atoms Three Teaofaera and. Many Children KOIed. . ?. . i . - By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Siottx Falls. S. D May This morning shows the damage to property to be much larger here than first re ported! Besides the . damage to the carriage works, chain mortising works and oatmeal mill,., half a dozen houses were carried away and wrecked. One house was carried over the tops of a tree across the Sioux river, and set down without the stoves being upset. Trees fourteen inches in diameter were twisted off or torn up by the roots. Five1 persons were more or less seriously hurt in this city; Several other persons were cut and bruised by flying timbers. No fatalities are reported in this section. The damage to property will reach near $100, 000. The cyclone prostrated the tele graph wires to such an extent that it is impossible to learn anything from the desolated district. None of the rescue parties have yet returned. Sioux City. Iowa, May 4. Yester day's storm in this region originated one mile northwest ot lreton and travelled a distance of thirty-five miles. It was about a mile wide and swept every thing in its path, which was about five miles northwest of Maurice three miles northwest of Sioux Center and four miles northeast of Hull. Six school houses were blown to atoms and three teachers killed and many school children killed, injured and missing. Twenty-seven farm-houses were demol ished and hundreds of domestic ani mals killed. The storm jumped about forty miles north to Sibley, but the dam age in that vicinity is light. The effects of the storm will not be lasting, as' the crops this season are not sufficiently ad vanced to be harmed appreciably. At sioux centre au the business bouses were closed between 2 and 5 o clock this afternoon. Five funerals took place ! during that 'time and many will be held to-morrow. This afternoon Mayor Roby, of Sioux Centre telegraphed to Sioux City for assistance, stating that money, food and household snpplies are needed. It is estimated that $12,000 will be required to properly care for them. Fully one hundred families in the neighborhood of Sioux Center are destitute and homeless. A -mass meetibg was called by the Mayor, this evening and nearly $5,000 in cash raised a quantity of food and supplies iwere al so donated and a special tram win be sent out to-morrow. " A WICKED PARTNER Abaoonded With $32,000 of Money. the lira's By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nbw York, May 4. A. N. Setter, cotton merchant, trading as A. NL Set ter & Co., his partner up to yesterday being John Boyle of Frooklyn, who ab sconded on Thursday night, taking with him about $32.000 of his partner's money, said to-day that Boyle has bought twenty-five $1,000 four per cent bonds, new issue coupon due 1925. numbers 6436 to 9460 impulsive with the funds stolen, Mr. Selter said . that no steps would ; be spared to secure the arrest of Boyle, . and , he believed that he would be : soon in cus tody. All the contracts made by Boyle in behalf of the firm had been found correct; as far as heard irom Boyle's robbery seemed to have been a very sudden and remarkable one He simply withdrew $32,000 from the firm's two bank accounts on Thursday, pur chasing twenty-five $1,000 United States coupon bonds with the money, paying at the rate of 120 for them. . Then with the balance of the money he quietly ab sconded. So far as has been learned he did not speculate and had never Impro perly taken any money betore. OHIO MINERS. Unable to Come to an Agreement with Ocera : " i - ton. - ';: y Br Telegraph to I ha Morning Star. Columbus, May 4. At 1.45 p. m af ter having been in continuous session since 9 a. im, the joint convention of miners and operators adiourned to 7.80 p. m, being unable to agree on a wage scale The operators raised their offer to 51 cents for pick mining and the miners come down to 60, but in the dis cussion it came out that the Hocking valley operators had not agreed to the 51 cent rate and that the miners would not come down a cent below the 60 cent rate offered. '- , Columbus, Ohio, May 4. The joint meeting ot tne onto coai miners ana operators adjourned sifie die to-night. without agreeing on a wage scale for the current' year. met present general suspension of work: on the part-ot the Ohio miners, will, ot .course, be con tinned; as a strike. : 'sawSaw NO. 27 'TIS YET SPRUE The Close of Nature's Yearly Revival Season. X: RECOVERY IS NOW THE MOST RAPID AND LASTING. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND MAKES VIGOROUS NERVES. It Purifies the Blood as Nothing " ISlse Can Possibly : Do. .' As -a spring remedy, Paine's celery compound stands easily first in the care ful judgment , of the physicians of this country. . . .-; This remarkable discovery of Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D. LL. D , of Dart mouth college, is in fact so certainly first in tne estimation of thinking men. and women in every calling throughout the United States to-day that there can fairly be said to be. no second. For strengthening the sick, restoring the spent energies of those who have be come nervously exhausted, for purifying the blood . and making people well. Paine s celery compound has never yet been approached by any ' sarsaparilla, tonic or nervine.- It is as superior to mem an as strength is superior to weak ness, v The remarkable results from the use of , this great remedy are ' to-day Known to nrst nand in every city and village in America. The people are - to-day thoroughly satisfied by personal experience that Paine's celery compound makes people well. :- ' , " ; ": " Where the nerves have not been pro perly fed and neuralgia, nervousness, inability to sleep, rheumatism and such evidences of debility have entered. Paine s celery compound has created a new appetite, restored lost strength and given courage, new blood, and a strong. healthy will to live and get well. Try it. THE ABSORBING QUESTION. THE NEXT COTTON CROP YIELD OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO THE SOUTH. Reduction in Acreage TenJPer Cent. De- orease in Use of Fertilizers Tnlrty.fiye Per Cent. Chanoes largely in Favor of a 8bfcrp Reduction in Yield. : Messrs. Hubbard & Bros, in their last weekly cotton letter say : - Under the influence ot more favorable crop advices from the South, especially from Texas, where rains have fallen in every section, excepting the extreme Southern portion of the State, the market experienced a sharp liquidation by the recent buyers of cotton, and at one time on Wednesday, the decline was severe. From this point there has been a recovery, with the trade looking for another advance to the prices touched in April, under the improve ment in general business throughout the world. Locally the liquidation of the cotton held by weak holders during the last week, gives the market the appear ance of greater stability than it then possessed, and the question as to the maintenance of present prices or of a fur ther improvement, will probably be de termined; by the condition and pros pects of - the growing crop. At the present time the crop is considered to be backward, but the memories of those connected with the cotton trade are un usually short, and it is not generally re called that the cotton crop last year in the' Atlantic States was badly injured by a frost on the loth ot May, which caused replanting in many sections. A perusal of the Government report of the 10th of May, 1894, causes one to wonder how a monster cotton crop could have been made from such a condition as was then reported. Nevertheless it is generally believed that the crop is backward; that there will be a reduction in acreage throughout the country of at least 10 per cent,, : and a tailing on in the use oi commercial fertilizers of 85 per cent., as compared with last season. and whether these conditions are cor rect or not, they are those which are held by the cotton trade at the present time We think that the reduction in acreage will not be greater than this 10 per cent, nor will the reduction in the use ot fertilizers exceed 85 per cent., as the natural effect of the recent advance has been to stimulate planting opera tions wherever possible, and to bring into use all the fertilizers that the planter could obtain from bis factor.. . ' The feeling in the market at the pre sent time is that cotton has established itself permanently upon a higher range of values, and the chances are largely in favor of a sharp reduction in the yield as compared with last season, which will be felt in a'further advance in prices, which will also be assisted by the general im provement in business. Therefore, in looking forward to the future changes in prices, one must bear in mind that while the probabilities are in favor of excellent crop advices for the next sixty days, that their influence will be partly neutralized by the present speculative temper which is not only current in American, bat is also a prominent factor in inducing spin ners to retain their holdings of low-priced cotton as a reserve and to purchase their dally consumptioq at present prices. It is likely that the large interest which has been identified with this recent ad vance has parted with the largest por tion of their holdings, which has passed into weaker hands, and the local situa tion is therefore . complicated - by the knowledge that this interest may not be able to resist the influence of the offer ings of Fall shipments to Europe as a re sult of Improving crop reports, but the temper . of the market at the present time is to ignore all influences excepting those in favor of the market. - There still remains an uncovered short interest in the May position, which is practically helpless, as the trade in ten dering 43.000 bales have probably parted with as much cotton as thev - care to at the present premium of the May deliv ery over June The United States Court.' . : ; j The United States District Court, Judge Seymour presiding, completed the business, of the term and adjourned yes terday at 11 a. m. .The parties held for costs in the Najarden wreck cases were called and failed to answer, and the cases were continued to the next term of court, which will meet in December. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA-; C6NTEST BETWEEN GOV. EVANS AnB JUDGE GOFrVOF THE UNITED ':;;.' STATES COURT. . The Coaetitutlonality of the Begistratton Law and the ConTemion Aot on Trial ; : By Telegraph to the Morning Star.. . t r Columbia, S. C, May 2.The Con stitutionality of the registration law and the Constitutional Convention Act of the State of South Carolina is being tested before the U. S. Circuit Court, by Judge Nathan Goff. The matter comes np on the temporary injunctions re cently granted by Judge Goff; one at the instance . of C A. Douglass and the other at the instance of J. F. I. Caldwell and Sam pt On Pope defeated candidate tor Governor in the last election. If the injunctions: are ' made ; permanent it , means a revolution in the State, as far as voting goes. The greatest interest is taken in the case The - court room was packed to its utmost capacity. Re publican State Chairman Webster, Con-' gressman Murray and ex-Congressman Miller were present. An agreement was entered into by which both the cases are being heard together. ' The arguments ' will be particularly elaborate, each attor ney requiring several hours for the pre sentation of his views. Messrs. C. A. Douglass, Sampson Pope and J.F.J." Caldwell appear for the complainants, the Attorney-General, W. A. Barber, Gen. Edward McCrady and George S. Mower represent the State - - ....' The return of John Gary Evans to the complaint denied that he, as Governor of the ' State was amenable to the U. S. ' Court in any way whatsoever; that he could be required to answer only to the people of bis State in the higher court of impeachment. The charges in the com plaint were characterised as "scandal ous and impertinent." : Dr. Pope raised the point that this answer was in the nature of a demurrer and furthermore that it should be sworn to inasmuch as the bill was sworn to. The .State con tended that 'as the return raised no questions of fact, it was not necessary to have it sworn to. Judge Goff ruled that Dr. Pope's point was well taken and re quired the State to have the paper sworn to. The Governor has not yet answered . the interrogatories propounded. A recess-was taken at 2 o'clock. All the afternoon was consumed in hearing Attorney General ' Barber's argument. It was a strong denial of the jurisdiction of the Court, and an exposition of the doctrine of State's rights. There are to be five other arguments of equal length. The Court reconvenes - at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. ; As soon as the hearing in the regis tration cases has been disposed of the dispensary injunction case will be taken up and concluded. The fate of the dis pensary system hangs on .this proceed ing, and not only everybody in the State, but many in other States are watching the case with the keenest interest. MURDERER MILLS. HANGED FOR AN ATROCIOUS CRIME. Brutally Killed His Rieoe lea Wimberly" His Behavior In Prison and on the Gallows Story of the Crime. Special Star Correspondence Raleigh, N, C, May 3rd. Mills the Murderer was hanged to-day at 12 m. Mills had been holding up under the ordeal through which he had to pass remarkaoly well. Yesterday he began to weaken and last night he gave under completely . He slept .little; ' sitting up most of the while brooding oyer the morrow. Dughf sent him a box of dainty confectioneries. Mills looked at them and remarked 'they have come too late to do me any good.' - Deputy Sher- . iff Crooks and Walters were np with' him all night keeping the death watch. He said very tittle and none oi the pris oners seemed inclined to talk with hint. This morning Aunt Mandy Dunston sent him anadpetizing breakfast. He was touched by the kindness of persons sending him nice things, and expressed -his thanks freely. He told Mr. Brooks to lay his breakfast aside, he might be able to eat it later. . Great crowds thronged around the jail; though only thirty-five persons were allowed inside the enclosure. At eleven o'clock the sheriff and his deputies, ministers and newspaper reporters en tered the jail. Mills was in the corridor waiting. He was calm, and showed signs of weeping during the morn ing. t . The ministers prayed and sang1 hymns. Rev. D. H. Tnttle read passages from the scriptures. Mills said be was prepared to die and had made peace with God. He walked firmly out of the iail . to the gallows accompanied by two deputy sheriffs. Mills made a religious talk and also .prayed. He did not reler to the crime which he committed. He asked forgiveness for his enemies. The trap - fell at 11.40 and life was extinct at 12.01. He asked the Sheriff to hasten matters. when the rope was placed about his neck. . The physicians said his death was caused by strangulation. One of the sections of the rope around the beam broke and Mills feet barely touched the ground when the trap fell. This did not inter fere, with his hanging. . Mills was the calmest man present and shed no tears at all. - STORY OF THE CRIME. George Mills was an uncles of Iana Wimberly and lived from time to time with the family. He was with the family in June. On the evening of the 19th, he and Iana started for the old Vaughn House, a half-mile distantpresumably to procure some wild flowers. George had a mission and that mission was accom plished. He went to murder Iana. Like a lamb o the slaughter, she accompanied him. Mills at first gave her laudanum on a false pretext. The -laudanum -did not work fast enough, so a , dog wood stick near by did. Mills beat his own niece over the head time and again, until he thought her dead. Life was still left in her fragile body, and the girl raised up and clutched the stick, pray ing her own uncle not to murder her, according to his testimony, and yet be came down on her head time and again. Having done his most brutal and fiendish work, - Mills left her for dead. He wandered about and got back to Wimberly's at midnight. He told the tale which, the public at large believe the Wimberly family knew too well. The Wimberlys managed to skirmish around and get a body guard sufficient to accompany them at daybreak to look " , for her body. She was not dead as ex pected, and lived a week or two. , Mills was arrested and at first denied committing the crime Later he told of the murder and has stuck to that tale ever since. He reiterated it yesterday to his btdtder, saying that he had noth ing to conceal. ; - Mills has insisted that he was subserv ing the deeds of Wimberly, and that he was forced to commit the crime by him. JAPAN'S REPLY To the Protest of the Russian Government. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. - STi, Petersburg, May 4. The Rus sian Foreign office has received the re ply of the Japanese Government to the protest made by Russia against the occu pation of the Liae Tung Peninsula, which would prevent Russia securing an open port for the terminus of its Trans-Siberian Railroad. The reply, while friendly in tone is firm and indicates no inten tion on the : part of Japan to abandon any of the concessionslmade by China. It is indicated that Russia's wishes in this matter can be submitted as a matter -of subsequent treaty negotiations be tween Russia and Japan directly. -!--"? juice are bandy. ; ; - -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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