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ISSUES. " -
At present tne-e are two issues in
Mtiunal politics, one real, the other
prospective, ootti 10 me luture ae
Ldent uptn conditions which may
aarfiuaw - - . - I
W 01 "T rvTJ ""l
f iUr. tha mnn ring a. I
.is at present a living issue, and
i,les canditions change, will be a
wr hence the absorbing issue of the
' . . T" Alt
jjv This tne K-cpnuiican leaaers
iantto and are doing' their utmost
avoid. The other the tariff
' .. ' i i-i : : r
mestion tney nave uccu cuueavor-
(tason that they must nave some
and they hope with this to
jivert the attention of the rank and
k of their party from the money
ration, which they regard as a"
dangerous one.
U the battle were to come off now
between the two grear parties it
voold be a very perplexing one to
the leaders of both for neither
mold know just what position - to
take on the money question, " the
Dtmocratic leaders because their
part; is very much divided on it ryw
and the Republican leaders ! because
of the fear that their party might
become as divided as the Democratic
party is. As perplexing as the con
dition would be if the test were to be
nade now the' longer it is delayed
the more perplexing the condition
till become for the Republicans, for
however much it may embarass the
Democratic leaders it must embarass
Itm quite as ranch, and every day
that elapses will make- the tariff
question, upon which they were
rplacine their reliance that mucn the
less of an issue. They are begin
ling to realize this if we may judge
i the utterances of the leaders
ud their organs. They sailed into
power a year ago on the genera!
depression that prevailed throughout
lie country when business was stag
uat and the country was filled with
smokeless chimneys and unemployed
wn, the resulr, they declared of
Democratic "tariff tinkering " from
vliich they predicted all manner of
prospective evils. 'Calamity was
tWr stronghold, they played it for
in it
was worth and successfully.
Tl. -. .
cy, won a congress on it and many
State Legislatures which meant some
"ore Republican Senators and the
Appearance of the Democratic ma
jority in tbe Senate. Tne wish of
fcir hearts was that the' business
ression might lasri that the
Mokestacks might continue cold,
the workers idle, that thev micht
P7 the calamity racket jn the cam-
P'pi of X as thev had done in the
!.. - . i 1
-"F-ngns ot U4. - .."
ot the tide of returning nrosnritv
disaDDOintcrl this hUrteh1 hnn
ad belied the con fideni predictions
f disaster they had made when the
bill was was under discussion,
"stead of continued and prolonged
'ysls of business, knd workless
N hungry thousands j tbe fires have
7 "ghted in the factories and
JPs, many of which have been.
''Osed for two vear !th nrknun
, j i
"jwousands were called to theitf
wor labor again, and as if to
"? me last prop from under the
"fice that 3S a
ItV. the rU U.
10 be "min k- .tl. utx
rmned" by the "'Democratic
tariff-
are getting voluntary advan-
r "i wartc m-t; .i i ...
J some cases higher than the
"Wtheyrecetvedi under the Mc-
"lev tariff K.f-.L. . .
. uciurc me inansinai oe
rin began. '
'S is bad for th lmU. K5M.
C ?r Meprives ibem of their con
P'ated stock it trade. It is esti-
Td that ud to tfiic riito tK.
"0Ter300.onn u u.
increased! in some cases two
wthr ' . .
Limps )hi. .u- . . : -
, auu many
of the industries
Dg not only full time, but
tcl? e- T of. iron -has
fr(.iP and w?&, although on tfie
Kishieher th,W
fer.7Kinley tariff, and there is
-uiana for it. .
ho fr ' bad f?r the calamity howler,
"sith 8 thin goes OD wlU b ,cft
'iefore"1 " f CUpation. and a name"
with r,!:?e next campaign, opens,
" 18 ("ough staring him in
Wt0m"zzle him and Utterly
WtUrLd Pictions of
VOL. XXVI.
ress, the forum and the press rang with
woen me Wilson tariff was under
consideration. - '
1 Without the tariff what will the
Republican manipulators do for an
issue? They stand aghast at silver,
and there is nothing else in sight un
less they can arrange some wav to
hitch on to jingoism, and flutter the.)
oia nag, "old
glory."
as
someof
them call it - -1 -
-1 All the IndicationsTJowlead to the
belief that s the conditions that will
obtain a year hence will eliminate
the tariff as a factor in the next cam
paign only in so far as the Demo
crats will point to it as a justification
and vindication ot their more sensi
ble, business-like and just policy. .t
- What effect changing conditions
may have on the money question is'
not yet so 'apparent.; With thede
mand for labor and the Increase-In
wages, there ha also been , a cbnsid
erable increase in the : price" ot' farm
products, all of which,- of course,
makes times better-and lessens" the
strain on the people. If this should
continue there will be less restive
ness and the disposition-, to agitate
the money question will growvless.
nrovement wriirh will l!rri5na 1-
tariff ouestlon will h its infln.
T .. wu
ence in eliminating the silver ques
tion, and divesting it of much of its
present intensity, a possibility which
Democrats should take into consid
eration before taking extreme posi
tions on one or tne other side. Fu
ture developments may ; very much
modify the present conditions and
make easy of , solution problems
that now seem , impossible to satis
factorily solve. 1 . J l " r V
k On a" recent visit to Washington,
Hon. James E. Cobb, of Alabama, was
intery tewed on the political situation
in that State, and is quoted as follows:
-The one issae la Alabama politics at
present is the silver question. A. am in
favor of the free coinage of silver and
gold at a ratio of II to 1. and I see op
necessity for waiting for an international
agreement. T believe' that this is the
sentiment of the Democratic party In
Alabama, bat this doe not mean that
the-Democrats of my State are not as
firmly determined to have a sound
currency as are the so-called 'sound
money men. We believe that free coin
age would actually make the commercial
values of the two metals equal at that
ratio. We think that the demonetiza
tion of silver in 1873 caused the decline
in the value of the white metal, and that
again making silver a primary money
would restore 'its old value. I am sore
that, did the Democrats of Alabama for
a moment think that free coinage would
result in a depreciated" enrrxney. hey
would not for a moment hesitate in con
demning; it. There are no fiat money
men in our party', ' :
This is about as true and compre
hensive a statement of the case as
could be made, not only as to the
free silver Democrats of Alabama,
but of every other Southern; State.
JThe allegation that the adovcates of
free coinage want' - a ""'depreciated
money to pay debts contracted 'in
"sound money is the veriest non
sense and - an insult " tp the intelli
gence, as well as a reflection on the
honesty and patriotism of as good
and true men as stand-on the 'face of
the earth. Are the working men of
this -country ' imbeciles enough to
want : to sell,' theirl labor for
debased money? ! . or the farm
era fools, enough , . to want to
sell their cotton or their wheat, or
corn or meat for debased money ?
Only a knave would say this, or an
idiot believe it The free coinage ad
vocate does not believe that free
coinage would debase .the currency,
Pot e does . believe that rehibilita-
Z ! A .t: 1 r.m
Lin it silver wuuiu iciigig t-ivux u
degradation to which it was subject
IB
ed by demonetization in 1873, and
would not only re-honor the com but
would raise the price of the bullion.
by again putting it ffihong the coin
instead of the merely commercial
metals, or Vjnnk," as Secretary Mor
ton called 1L 'The assertion that free
coinage would make money "cheap1
and therefore ' depreciate it, applies
With as muchTforce to any increase of
the currency, whether by enlarging
the circulation of the national banks,
or by the ' establishment , ot State
banks, so that to be consistent these
anti-silver men must oppose adjr in
crease of the currency, no matter
what the way proposed may be.
The Republican party is and al
ways has oeea aominateu uy mc
money power of this country, and
that power Is opposed to any policy
which would prevent the -centraliza
tion of money and thus Weaken its
grip on the money volume.: There
fore it is opposed to the free coinage
of silver and also : to State banks4
which would become competltdrs of
the national banks,, which are a crea
tion of the Republican party, and are
the wards sa to speak of that party.
When State banks are suggested
there isn't a Republican organ of
small . or large proportions ; that
doesn't at once squeak or s howl
something
about 'wild cat'
,: if State banks
money, as
were an -
entirely untried
thing in this
country, and as If it
were
an imnnsibiiitv to devise a
safe
knl t ennnrl RVStemi. But - it
r "
wouldn't make any difference now
safe and sound the State banks might
don't want anything that might in-
terfere with the nonev-lendin mrii
nopoly the national banks have and
have had since their establishment.-
In a speech recently before the Union
A-eague in Philadelphia, Mr. C. S.
Patterson voiced the sentiments of
the Republican leaders and states-
men when he said:
vv no made honest monev : in ihi
country by driving the currency of the
otate cants oat ot existence ? Why the
Republican party, and it established a
system of currency with cnM and rroVnt.
behind it the national banking system.
" rcsiorea specie payments? The
Kepuoiican party.'' r : , 1 . '
l A gold-national bank-bond-anli
silver-antiTState bank parity is what
this meanvand it is, as far as h-goes,
a very good definition of orthodox
Republicanism. -n - .
The Charleston News and Courier
quotes a prominent produce dealer
- oi Charleston as saying that North
Carolina and Tennessee e furnish 75
per. cent, of the produce that goes
into that markeL ,The presumption
is that the farmers of South Card-
una are too busy raisin? cotton to
raise stuff enough to feed Charleston.
They are reducing the murder of
infants to a fine ; art in London.
Vf ithin two weeks the bodies of six-1
teen infants have been found, and !
within the past eight months 102 have
have been found in the same district,-
neany au tinea in the .same way
strangled with . cordleading to
the belief that it is ' done by people
who follow that business for pay, ,.
: if Ir. Justave Schwab,, chairman
of the "Sound Money" Committee of
the New York" Chamber of Com
merce keeps on, he may yet become
famous, but before that time . arrives
pe may change his name- to some
thing more tony than Schwab. '
CITY
VrsatablM In . Aboadaa Sapply Vrait
Searw aod ; Wanted Poxil try in .- Wttr
Sopnly lEsata and Tlsh Snfflaient to
Meet Domasda of Ooasnmecs.
The city markets- were Well .supplied
yesterday with all the vegetables in sea
son, at prices within the reach of every
body. Onions and beets told at 8 to 5c
a bunch; cacumbers5c per dozen; green,
corn 10 to 18Wc per dozen ears: snap
beans 20c per peck; squash. 15c per
dozen; cabbage 3 to 5c per head; pota
toes 5c per quart; tomatoes 6c per quart;
egg-plant 5 to 10c each. . ' V- r
Fruits are scarce and in demand. ,; A
small supply of peaches and apples sold
at 5 to 10c per quart; plums, blackberries
and huckleberries. 5e per quart. . No
cantakMpes or watermelons yet on sale.
except a few of tbe Georgia variety, stale
and iTMvWimiJ?7
The butchers stalls showed an excel
lent supply of beef and mutton, at prices
ranging from 10 to 15 cents per pound,
In the poultry market eggs were abun
dant at 10c per dozen; Spring chickens.
to 20c apiece, according to size, and
grown fowlsS0 to 85c apiece. .
The fish market was abundantly sup
plied with ail the fidny denizens of the
deep peculiar to the season, at 10 to 15c
per suing; oysters and clams at 12 to
15c per quart; shrimps 10 to 15c per
qoait;stone crabs. 10 to i3ic per dozen;
soft shell crabs 80 to 40c per dozen.
NAVALRESERVES. . ;
The Charlotte and SewlMrB Dvui
TJiabatded hr Order of the ; Adjataat
General Orders Number 9. issued from
the office of Admtant General F. H.
Cameron, Raleigh, N.C recites:
'1. Owing to failure to comply with
tbe la ws and regulations for the. gov
ernment of the State Guard, and upon
the recommendation ot the Inspector
General. The Charlotte Division of the
Naval Battalion of tbe N. C Mate
Guard is disbanded, and the commission
of Ensign B. Swjft Davis. Commanding,
la revoked. z.r'K- rrfr, t-':-tt"
All public property in possession oi
the Division will be neia suoiect to tne
orders Of General Headquarters.
II ComDanv. F. Third Kegiment.
rBurlineton Lieht Infantry), having fail
,ed to comply with the laws and regula
tions for the eovernment ot tne state
Guard ' is. on the-recommendation of
the lasoector General and the Reg!
mental Commander, disbanded, and the
commissions of tbe officers of the com
oany are revoked..
'Toe DUDitc property in- me posses
sion of the company will be turned over
to the Quartermaster General ana iniei
of. Urdnance. -
"III. In view of the" condition oi at
fairs existing in the Newbern Division of
the Naval Battalion. N. C S. G, re-
oorted- by the Inspector General, after
careful investigation, as being preiudi
cial td the discipline and efficiency of
the service, the Division is aisoanaea
and the commissions of the ofScers re
voked. 'The public property ia posses
sion of the Division will be held subiect
to the orders of General Headquarters.
"By order of the : Commander-m
Chief."
Wf atfaer in tb Cot'on Ration.
The mercury was id the- nineties yes,-
terday 'everywhere in the cotton belt,
the average maximum" for the districts
ranging fronS 90 to 82 degrees. In the
Wllminerton district, the maximum
temperature at stations was reported as
follow: Raleigh 80, Charlotte, Golds
boro. Lumberton. Weldon 93: Greens
boro 90: Newbern 88: Wilmington 85.
There was abundant rainfall throughout
the cotton belt; Bainbridge,Ga report ed
1 80 inches: Lbngview. Tex, 1.80, and
Sherman, Tex 2.80. y. .'-
The Weather. Bureau synopsis issued
yesterday morning said that heavy rain
bad fallen in New England, Georgia and
portions of Florida, nearly four ; inches
having fallen at Titusville; also, to por
tions of Texas." Western Arkansas and
Eastern Kansas, with a few light showers
in, other sections. Light, rain" was re
ported Friday night from nearly all por
tions of the cotton belt, the heaviest be-
irT from the Auensta and Savannah
districts." , ' . ' . v
v . - v- -
WILLIINGTON, N. C.,
AFFAIRS IN RALEIGH;
STATE TREASURER WORTH AND THE
ARRINQTON TRIBUNAL.
Serious Cixtung Affray Captaia Chatli XX,
Cooke Appointed' on the Xretryabarg
Battlefield Commlailon A Qaeadon of
Zateiest to Bnildlns apd Iioan Aatoola-'
t!oot Important Cbaaxea in
Mssase-
meat of Ut Seaboard Air
road System. ' .
. Star Correspondence ' "
" r Ralmgh.N.C June 29. V
i.Th Governor has appointed . Captain
Charles M.Cooke a commissioner to visit
the battlefield of Gettysburg and desig
nate the places occupied by his com
mand. ' "
The Governor wasinvited to . appoint
several commissioners by the Gettysburg
Battlefield Commission; he will make the
other appointments soon. , . t"T-
v.The Governor has made two requisi
tions on the Governor, oTtginiaffo
prisoners now under arrest in that State.
Aaron Gurst is serving a term at Hous
ton, Va., which expires July 10th. He
is wanted in Guilford county for larceny.
Holland Rhodes is now in custody in
Loudon county and "will be carried to
Graham to answer a charge of larceny. '
The Question has arisen as to whether
Building- and Loan Associations : shall
list their shares of stock issued by . them
or the holders of them.- Ia this county
the shareholders have been requested to
list their shares by the tax listers. Sec
tion ot the Kevenue Act would indi
cate that the' Association most list and
pay for all the taxes as an Association,
while section 88 requires the owners of
the shares to list for county purposes.
etc The 'Attorney General; has had
tnany inquiries on this subject and the
matter oeing sucn an important one, he
has . given his opmiou . to Treasurer
Worth;- about . the matter. "- He ; says :
"There irno conflict between sections i
ol the Revenue Act and section 88.From
my reading of the sections the share
holder in no case is required to list his
sharer. but the corporation does so for
him A good many, shareholders in
this city have already listed ia this coun
ty, being required by the list takers to
uo so.-- ' ' .:- .-
The first cotton bloom has come in.
It comes from Johnston county. ' ' -
Treasurer worth is very much put
out because he has not heard from the
Attorney General in regard to honoring
the warrants in favor of Campbell and
PurnelL There' is but one coarse for
htm to pursue. "The Code directs the
Treasurer . to pay all warrants legally
drawn on the Treasurer by the Auditor.
Legally drawn is equivalenT-to according
to law. The warrants in favor of Camp
bell and Purnell are undoubtedly legally
drawn. - There was!, some talk of the
Treasurer refusing" to ' recognize any
authority lower than the Supreme Court.
The Code says the. Attorney General
shall be the legal adviser ot the execu
tive officers in the absence of a decision
by the Supreme Court. Mr. Worth
seems to have but one course to pursue.
Last night Eu. Haley, a. barkeeper.
was cat by Wi D. Brown, a shoemaker.
The cutting" happened in the . southern
part of the city. Haley's cut is five
inches long, extending front his left ear
to. nis mouth. ' Brown skipped "last
night, but delivered himself up this
morning. -He gave ssoo bonduntume
trial 'Wednesday. Haley s wound win
not prove fatal' unless erysipelas or in
flammation sets in. It was a close call for
Haley. The cutting arose , from a dis
pute about a woman, v
under date ot juiy ist circulars nave
been sent out' from Portsmouth signed
by Vice President St. lobu, of the bea
board Air Line announcing Jmportant
railroad changes as follows:
Mr. W. W. Gwathmey, lr.. is hereby
aooointed C3uef Engineer ot the rati
roads comDrisine the Seaboard Air Line.
with headquarters at rortsmoutn. va.
The office of Superintendent of Road
way of the lines comprising the Seaboard
Air Line is abolished trom tnis a ate.
rFor purposes oft increased efficiency
inthe service, and to the intent that a
more direct responsibility shall attach
to thosenn charge for the proper con
duct of business to be transacted, and in
order that due attention "in ay be given
to the necessities, as well as the econo
mies of the properties comprising the
Seaboard Air Line, it has been. decided
to divide the lines operated into divis
ions, by name and territory, as follows:
The First Division will be ia Charge
ot-Mr. T. W. Whlsnant, with title ot Su
perintendent, and headquarters at Ports
mouth.' va. it win comprise au roaas ot
the company between Portsmouth, Va.,
and Raleigh, N. C 268 miles. 1
"The Second Division win be, in cnarge
of Mr. William Moncure with tbe title
of Superintendent, and with headquar
ters at Kaleish. it wui -comprise tne
following lines: Kaieigh and tiamiet,
N; C Moncure and Fittsboro. . t,
Hamlet and Gibson N. C , Wilmington
and Rntherfordton. N. C Total 88R.6
miles." . . .. ;v-r: ..
- "The Third Division will be in charge
of Tklr. E. V.- McBee. with the title of
Superintendent and :: General - : Agent;
headauarters at Atlanta, ua.. ana in nis
duties as General Agent, Mr. McBee
ill have charge under the Traffic Man
ager, of this Company's freight and pas
senger interests at Atlanta ana in tern
torv heretofore covered , by Mr. W.: . L.
O Dwver. The.Third Division win com
prise roads from Monroe to Atlanta; 272
miles. : rX:-: . y' -:
l: Special Staf, Telegram
Treasurer - Worth says he never in
tends to cash, vouchers .held by Chief
Justice Campbell and Attorney Purnell.
He says the Attorney General will de-r
fetfcl him if necessary.- Mr. W.'A. Guth
rie has written a lengthy letter to Mr.
.Worth, endorsing his action.
The Ssw U nis. , si
The Cape Fear j Lumber Co.'s mill.
shut down for a week or more,' owing
to the scarcity of logs, will resume ope
rations Monday, and expects to put on
the full force about September 1st. .
The Peregory Lumber Company will
also resume Monday, having been shut
down a couple of days, on account of
the small supply of logs.
The Cbadbonrn and Parsley mills are
running steadily, but the Wilmington
Lumber Company- has been closed for:
some time,. : - - .
A Qaadrierole. y "::":f
The W; N. & N. R. R. the
Newbern
journal txyt, has added a beautiful quad
rlcycle tons equipment. It is a Hgnt
but strongly built affair. The weight is
only fifty pounds. It fits the track just
as hand-car would, but the rider sits
and propels it jusras he would a bicycle.
while there is a wire basket for whatever
Is Wished, to be .carried.:. A speed of
about twenty miles per hour with com
vparatively small effort is attainable with
it. " It will no doubt be lound q uite a
convenience.- ,
FRIDAY,; JUIY 5, 1895.
1 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Called 2Iectinf-Applieati&a for Iileensa to
-v t eeu ayaaora Onmed. Otftcr Biattera fJon-
aldered and Acted Upon. . -
The Board of Commissioners of New
Hanover county met yesterday in special
session to act up7n applications to sell
liquors. - . - -'
A number of applications were re
ceived and acted upon favorably.-
cin motion the action of the Board in
-levying a tax of two per cent, on dealers
in atngs and seeds for country purposes
was rescinded. The Board; then decid
ed not. to levy - such tax on dealers in
drugs and seeds under Section 22 of the
Revenue Act nrovided. however that
all-dealers in drugs and seeds shall pay
tneir tax under Section 21, as other mer
cbants.r' - '' 'i-z:
On motion of Commissioner ' Steven
son, the following was adopted .
I -Resohted, From and after the 1st, day
of lory, 1895. the chairman' of this
Board shall receive fifty dollars per
month for extra services on the different
committees, and that each member shall
receive per day and mileage Tor each
day's service on any committee, subiect
he approval ? of the .- finance coi
mittee.-: -v :k
On mbtion, Simon Garner was allowed
to - peddle without license during the
month of July.' ; . . ; :-
The Board at 5 p. 'm "adiourned until
2.80 p. m. next Monday, which is the
'regular meeting dayV';.-P"'"-s"r:;A;;rl
The T Commissioners resolved them
selves into the Boardof Education, and
uoon motion of Commissioner Steven
son, adopted thefollowkr-
Resotoed, That on and alter - Jniy 1,
the chairman: of the Board of Education
be paid twenty-five dollars per month for
his services.? jror,?-r K.
The Board then adjourned. -
C WENT TOO FAR OUT. w
Ur. MoCaualaad, of Charlotte. Has ITar-
vow Sseape From : Onrwntns at Qsean
Vlw Beaoned br Ctst Omr Onxu.
There came very near being a drown
ing at Ocean View - shortly after the
three oclock train' arrived there yester
day.! About fifty bathets were. In the
surf, mostly excursionists, when one- of
of - them, Mr : Eari McCansland,
of 4 Charlotte, ventured u out too
far v. and .tried for help. :. The
cry . was . taken np " on the beach
which was crowded with women and
children. Conductor Oscar Grant, who
was sitting on tbe bath house porch,
heard the cries, and stripped himself of
coat and shoes and heroically 'rushed
into the surging sea to save Mr. Mc
Cansland, who was then , almost ex
hausted - and . in . - perilous , posi
tion . When . Mr. Grant reached
him, the man caught - htm around
the - neck. Mr. Grant realized that
this meant death to both, but by
hard work got loose and managed to
keep Mr McCansland . above water un
til a boat was laaoched byMr. Jafc Hew
lette, Mr. Chas. Walters, and Chas. Price
(colored) and started - to Capt. Grant.
After the boat was shoved or! n was
found - that there was ; only a small
paddle and poling stick in , it,: and
after: Shard work - the i hoat was
near eaoagh for Capt. Grant to swim to
it. and bout were brought to snore, near
ly exhausted. It was a nobla act of Capt,
Grant. Had it not been lor bim. tnar
lotte would have had one citizen less.
The friends ot Mr. McCansland. who is
a prominent business man at once made
up a Burse ot sxiu ana onerea ft to vapi.
Grant, who declined the money, saying
it was no more than his duty.
A -waOTaawBBSABBBBBBBVaNBaH-H . . - ,
Marriass In St. Jantoa' Charon. - 7
Mrs. Daisy Caden Peter, of Laredo,
Texas, and Dr. JrW. Pettus, of the Ma
rine Hospital Service. Buffalo, N.Y were'
married in St. James' -Church by Rev.
Robert Strange, D. D., yesterday after
noon at 8 o'clock. Miss Florence Caden.
sister of - the bride, was-, maid v of
honor. and Mr. .. Frank.. L. Meares,
of Wilmington, , best man. The
ushers , were Meurs.' Frank HSted-
man and- U. M. ,-Robinson. Mrs.
Thos. Caden, mother of the bride, and
Mr.-J. C Pettuvot Memphis, Tenau,
father of the groom, were present, The
aewly married couple left on the north
bound train oi tne a. u. w soon aner
the ceremony, - lof ; a - tout through
Canada. iAy
Last evening: a reception was given
by Mrs. Caden at The Orton, compli
mentary toiler daughter, Miss Florence,
and their friends. ' v- v - - '
Dr.Pettus was stationed at ; the
Marine Hospital m Wilmington some
years ago, - and has many friends and
acquaintances in the city.
The Odd Fellows' Temple Association
was organized at a meeting held Wed
nesday night. Mr. N. Jacob! was elected
nresldenu and the following" as a board
of directors: Messrs. R. I. Jones. T. D. i
Bellamv. Jr- W. S. Warrock. W. J.
Pennvj F. W. Foster. B. J. lacoDs, . w.
Strange, Koger woore, r. 0. nice ana
.Walker Taylor. . :- .
At a meetine 01 the directors Mr. k. j .
Jorles was elected vice : president and
Mr. R; J. Price secretary and - treasurer.
Messrs. W. S. Warrock, T. W. Strange
and . - F. W. Foster ;,- were appointed a
committee to draft a set of by-laws for
the government of the; Association. '
The Tax on Boerdlnc Hooseaw - aii w : ,
Sute Treasurer; Worth, in reply to
questions propounded by the sheriff of
in repiy 1 wiu say to your urai
tlon. as colleges and schools are neither
hotels nor boarding houses, and their
rooms are not kept "for the business of
r it-s 1 : a a . J I- "
iornisning ooara anu loogmg iur :
but are a part of the necessary equip
ment for their- regular business, to-wit:
the education-and elevation of the youth
of our country, I do not think they are
liable to the tax of fifty cents per room.
Second question: Where houses are
rented for private purposes, and they
happen to have one room that they keep
for the purpose 01 renting out lor nire or
pay, they would De name ior tne tax on
that room. To your third question (as
to brothels), I would say they are liable
for the tax. ' Si- T
Colored Baptists. :' ' ' ; ; . :v
There will be a series of "Baptist mass
meetings held in this city at the Cen
tral Baptist Church, next week, begin
ning on Tuesday morning at 10 oclock.
July 2d, and continue one- week, everv
day and night, conducted by Rev. J. J.
Worlds, of t Raleigh, under- the state
Board of the Baptist State Convention.
The proceedings . will be quite interest-
in to au. - All the Baptist ministers,
their members and Sunday school work
ers for a : distance of fifty miles around
Wilmington are invited to take a prom
inent part is the meeting. A most cor
dial invitation is extenaea to an minis
ters, churches, Sunday schools and peo
ple of the city, irrespective of denomina
tion or race.
Prof. Daniel Cady Eaton, professor of
botany, at Yale College, died at his
home yesterday morning alter a painiu
and lingering illness of between seven
and eight months.-. . - -,
COTTC TTAT.ZST. -
Hubbard's Hefjort trf the Condition or the
Oop and the Tfend Prloe. -
New York, June 2?.--The feature of
the past week has been the sharp de
cline in the cotton market to ' ortces
practically those ruling in February last,
a decline which bad not- been anticipat
ed by conservative observers of the
course and ; prospects of prices. This
Jias been due to the liquidation ofjaold
ers who have been, wearied out by the
depression in Liverpool and Manchester,
and by the" anticipation that the clearing
weather in the; South, particularly in
Texas, might enable the plant ' to recu
perate and so; in a : great measure,
undo the damage which has,; it- is
ad mittedr resulted from the - " exces
sive rains.. The Government report -is
very meagre and unsatisfactory as to the
condition of affairs in. Texas; while refer
ring to the excessive .moisture in very
general term, it gives no adequate state
ments from which conclusions may be
intelligently drawn, and . the trade has
been, therefore, - compelled to rely on
private sources of information. Colored
very naturatly by the immediate sur-l
roundings of the observers, these report
have been ot tbe. ; most .vat led nature,
having in common, however, the state
ment that much damage has resulted to
thejsrowing jlant - Optimists .have in
some r instances convinced buyers , at
higher . prices -' that - the hardy
nature ol the -plant would make itself
felt when the weather ; becomes more
favorable for its development, and these
discouraged holders have thrown their
purchases upon an unwilling . market
with, the result of a decline-in August
to 6.85 on the 25th inst. Accelerated
as a decline always is y 'stop orders,
these forced sales seem to have unduly
.depressed prices.' and stronger buyers
came to the rescue than have heen in
evidence for some time' It is felt that
the improving: weather -mayJind the
cotton- plant -so affected .: that V it
cannot V cope successfully .. withx the
conditions which normally are; bene
ficial to it; that trade from being senti
mentally better is now aaually on the
high road to a general revival and pros
perity, and that present prices, although
over one cent, per pound j above -, the
lowest on the extreme depression, only
discount the smaller crop, which the de
creased acreage, due to the enforced
economy of planters, 1 must - produce.
Sales' of spot cotton to spinners during
the week, specially the latter part, have
beeriiarge; those have brought fresh or
ders to the contract market have given
the shorts who had become over-confident
and over-sold, a busy time in
covering their sales; and have in a de
gree reassured the few holders who have
kept their courage under trying circum
stances. It must be said that therejs a
lull? in speculation. The activitjrhas
been confined mainly to local operators,
but . the ; steadiness. - if . maintained, as
seems probable if external influences are
at all encouraging, will bring the trade in
general to a more roseate" view1 ot the
future and lead to an investing demand
which will be at a continually higher
level if precedents are at all valuable as
guides. Sentiment is all powerful in
business as ia politics, and better trade
will bring a demand ' for staples which
must enhance their values with rapidity,
despite the possibility of a larger supply
than anticipated at present. - -
, In the dry goods market a considerable-improvement
is reported with hold
erslndifferent to sales at existing prices.
This is a healthful attitude for the futures
There oust, of course, be a revival ot
f peculation before there appears much
inducement for investors, but. inasmuch
as the earlier advance in cotton was pre
mature and was, therefore,' short-lived,
any improvement-now based on good
trade conditions would be of greater
permanence We hardly think It un
reasonable to expect as well as to hope
that such may ensue.
Cotton Bloom rrom fUobmond County.
;Murdock Malloy, an enterprising and
prosperous colored farmer near' Laurel
HuT, Richmond T county sent a
cotton bloom yesterday to Messrs.
McNair & PearsaD." It was' plucked
on -r the 27th. Malloy ; last ' year
seat; the first bloom j received in
Wilmington, about two weeks "earlier
than the bloom he sent this season.
NEW
YORKx TRUCK MARKET
Toll and Beliable Beports 1 of Markets Jo
Southern bruits ndVesetables. ' . '
. -"1 Br Talecraph to tbe Monun Star.
" New York, June 29. Southern fresh
fruits and vegetables. There is no va
riation of importance to prices, all de
sirable stock holding steady: with the
usual : Saturday's ; light trade. Musk
melons Florida, per barrel, fLOO' to
8.00; per basket 90 cents to $1.00; ditto
Charleston, per basket, 1 1.00. to -1.50.
Blackberries North Carolina, per quart,
6 to 12 cents; ditto Maryland and Dela
ware, per quart to 12- cents. Huckle
berries North Carolina, per quart, 6 to
10 cents; Maryland and Delaware, per
quart, 5 to 8 cents. Peaches Georgia,
carrier, 11.00 to 2.55; case. 50 cents to
tLOO; South Carolina, carrier, $1.00
to 123; ' case,: 50 cents to si.uu;
North Carolina, carrier, $1.50 to 2Q.
Plums -Georgia wild goose. carrier,
$1.50 to 2.00. - Grapes Florida and Nia
gara, case, $2.50 to 8.50. ; Raspberries
Maryland and Delaware, per pint, 8 to 8
cents. Watermelons Florida, hundred,
212.00 to 20.00: ditto Georgia, hundred.
$12.00 to 20.00; ditto car-load, $125 to
225. -Apples Georgia, carrier. $1.50 to
2.00; North Carolina, green, barrel, $1.50
to 2.00. Cukes-Charleston, basket. 40 to
65 cents; ditto Norfolk, basket 60 to 75
cents. - Cabbages Norfolk, barrel, 80 to
50 Cents. Pears, barrel, . $3.50 to 5.00;
ditto crate, $1.25 to 1.50. Plums Geor
sria. carrier. 8.00 to 2.50; Egg plant-
Florida, halt barrel, $155, to 1.50.
ditto Charleston, basket, $1.00. Onions'
Maryland, potatoe basket, $1.00 to 1.12;
ditto barrel, $2.00 to 2.25; ditto Virginia,
potato barrel, $2.00; basket, 90 cents to
$1.00; ditto Tennessee, barrel, $2.25 to
8.50. Poutoes rose $1.75 r to . 8.00;
ditto Chill red $1.75 to 255; ' ditto
poor to fair $1.00 to 1.75; ditto culls,
50 to 75 cents. String, beans
Norfolk, wax. basket $1jOO to 1.60;
ditto green, basket, $100 to 1.50; ditto
Maryland, wax, basket, $1.75 to 2.00.
Squash Norfolk.' summer, hall barrel,
60 to 75 cents; ditto Florida, marrow,
barrel, $1.00 to 155. Tomatoes Florida,
choice, carrier, $1.50 to L75; ditto com
mon, carrier, 1M to 1.25; ditto Savan
nah, crate, $155 to L50; ditto Mississippi,
case, $1.00; ditto Savannah, carrier, $1,50
to 2.00; ditto Charleston, carrier, $1.50
to 8.00 ditto crate, $1J85 to urn. t
Dr. Albert Ci Gorgas, Medical Direc
tor of the United Sutes Navy, died yes
terday at his home ia Germantown, a
suburb of Philadelphia. He was a na
tive of-Pennsylvania and had recently
been on duty at the Naval Museum of
Hygeljbie at Washington, ;.yl 1
The Newport News shipyard has jusi
closed a contract to . build a $300,000
steamship for the Cromwell line. . .. r ,
Wo
"NO.: 36
NEWS FR0LI-EALEIGH,
GOVeRNOftCARFt AND DAUGHTERS AT
j - ; MOREJEAO CITY.-.-'."
The B. A. Ib and tne 8outhera Hallroad
Couoen Wot Bnfll "of tbe Klna'a
r Daoghtera Criminal Court A. ChUd ot
- -' Dr. . MeOe Serioaaly Hurt Colleotor
Y' Simmons 'Frofeaaor Withers Appointed
I Crop SUUsUclan The Arrlnstoa Court.
-f'ki: Slar Correspondence
v -. ' RalxigA. N. C. June 28.": :
Governor Carr,' accompanied by his
two "small ; daughters,' weal down to
JMorehead to-day to spend s few days- ,
.1 A-Seaboard official 4 who ."was loud in
bis' abuse of newspapers . for faking a
stan d against the importation of West
er, employes, now admits that but lor
the firm stand taken by the "papers bo
jaade" the warfare there wou'rd bay been
.no end to' the-discharges,"" VL m. ell of
the' discharged employes have beea re
instated. -The handsome new building
of the Seaboard' in Portsmouth--ts com
pleted, and it is said the officers : residing
in Atlanta will move- into the building
' i Several of the dozen engines which
were ordered bv. Mr. St. John -when- be
first took charge of the road have, ar
rived and are la use. ' . f ' ..
i The Seaboard people claim that the
Southern is making a big
bJafiL about.1
establiihing their: deep water terminus
in Norfolk., A Seaboard bondholderre
turned from Baltimore yesterday, and lie
says he is sure that they have no inten
tion of doing what they : say Tbe Sea
board people here claim that the com
pletion of the: Albemarle and Raleigh
Road from; Springhope here would be
iajurious to the tojsn. .They state that
it would cut off" the Southern and East
ern part of tbe county, which makes Ra
leigh a market, s This is all : bunconfbe,
the people want the -Southern to come
here. -V'-' --r -. r,-r-:,
1 A concert will be given here on July
3rd for the benefit ol the King's Daugh
ters. ; It will be. under .tho-direction of
Mr. and MrsTT. J. Simmons (nee Leslie
Southgate,: ofr Durham), of iufala,
Alabama. - -y '-- -:- ';'-'-" V-
: It is said that MauStahlman wilKbe
fought to the bitter-- end by E. St. phu
at tbe Asbeville meeting, .when the new
Railroad Association is to be formed. - -
I There are seventy-four cases docketed
for. the: term of the : Criminal Court,
which, convenes in . Raleigh' - Monday
week. -. ,.- .. - -
The agnation- about the dead- horse
which lay in the 'watershed for about
three weeks, has about blown over.
: The little seyenteen-months old child
of Dr. J. W. McGee, Jr fell from a ban
nister to the ground, a distance of eight
feet, breaking her. jawbone end; knock-,
ing in several teeth.: Had 'it not been
for Dr. McGee seizing the child's cloth
ings thereby checking the fall, death -must
have necessarily occurred. .
Mr. K. W. Weathers, an old :Raleigh
boy, who now resides in Norfolk, was.
married yesterday to Miss Kitty Rhodes,
of Shelby. r ' . '. " -
Internal - Revenue ' Collector Hon.-F.
M. Simmons hasone to Washington on
official business. . H.iVv
. Prof. W. A. Withers, of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College,? has been
appointed Crop Statistician for North
and South Carolina, with a salary of
$96erlVof."thmvreceived a telegram
announcing him : of the fact; the 'office
came .entirely Without his" knowledge.
He succeeds CoL . John C Tipton. Prof.
Withers will continue at the A. M.
College as Professor, as tbe office does
not interfere with his regular work. .- -
The Commercial and Fanners': Bank,
of this city, cashed Chief Justice Camp
bell s warrant; issued br the Auditor lor
$99.40. This 'morning they formally
presented it to the Treasurer for pay,
ment andJie kindly- refused. Auditor
Furman is of the opinion that Mr.
Worth will be compelled to pay it.
, It is said that the resolution in favor
of Mrs. Arlington and which established
the most august Court did not pass the
House. Mrs. Arringtoh states that she
was present and that tbe . bill passed
unanioionsl',' i?v- :f:;M-
There is an cyder issued by the post
office authorities at Washington which
requires letter carriers to take mail "out
of the box at the depot on their regular,
rounds. The box at the :deppt is an
extra large one and there is one man
employed to attend to it. Persons place
mail in it mostly after the mail at- the
postoffice - has been clostd. Fot the
past few days the 'train to Wilmington
has been fate and the : carriers have
taken out numbers of important letters
which wereJniended to go . off on tbe
delayed trains. - Postmaster Busbee has
written, to Washington to have the or
der rescinded. - .. -v
Secretary of State Coke says the pub
lic printers are required, by a section in
the Code to deliver the printing to him,
paying all freight.: The general laws
say that he shall furnish them with pa
per. He construes this as meaning that
he shall pay the freight on paper. This
has been the arrangement so far and will
continue.
5 Special Star Telegram. "
-; Ex-Gov. Jones, of Alabama, was ia the
city to-day, and left for Haw- River to
visit Governor Holt. The Metropolitan
Advertising Co. was incorporated here
to-dry. with capital stock of one million,
dollars, divided into one hundred thous
: and shares at the value of ten dollars per
! share. ' The incorporators are three
Pbiladelphians. The offices are to be
located at Raleigh and several Northern
cities.' -f- V-. :c
FATAL AFFRAY. ;
One'of the - Doorkeepers of the Bouse
ot
4' "iy : Bepresenutlvss Killed. ; . :
": , : f 'fi, Br Talearapli to tie Uomtac "htmt. 'S:i
WASfirNGTOIune i 94james A.
Newsom. of Memphis, Tenn, for many
years : one of - the doorkeepers . of
the House of 1 Representatives at
Washington, - D. - C was fatally
assaulted last Thursday night by Lewis
Berry, at a Summer boarding house, at
Carlin Springs. Va and died. Newsom
had been . drinking heavily ana ; as
saulted bis wife, who left the hfcuseand
returned to Washington. Newsome con
tinued bis violence, and m a struggle
with young Berry, who was a visitor,
was hit with a base ball bat and his skull
was fractured; Medical aid was sum
moned but he never recovered conscious
ness, and died yesterday. ;:;1:-'o: :v-:C;
BANK STATEMENT
v- -v
Weekly Btatemant of
Baaks.
; " By TsispsphM ttettosisg tu&JJ
-: Niw ; ; YxjwC June. 29. The weekly
statement of the associated banks shows
the following changes:. Reserve decrease
$2,81825; loans increase, $516,800;
specie decrease, $345,800; legal tenders,
decrease, $3,680,100; deposits decrease,
fL223.7C0 circulation decrease. $3590.
The banks now hold t345,925 in excess
of the requirements ol the 23 per cent,
rnle. ' - i
EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS FOR
; v-" THE FISCAL YEAK.
A Dcfiolener of Ovar Vorty ZlUlion Bol- -1
lars iue Largely to the dlinlnatlon of -i
the Zcoome Tax from the Bevenues.
: By Telerraph to tbe aComiag Star. . . .
I Was hington, Jue ' 89.The fiscal '
year 1891-95 ended to-day and from offi
cial and semi-official figures; obtained at
the Treasury Department, which will ,
vary more than $250,000 either way from'
the figures finally; announced, the Gov
crnment receipts and expenditures for .
the fiscal year can be stated .-"
1 The receipts are as follows: . 1894-95, v
$312,500,000; 1S93-94, $397,722,019; 1892 '
-93, 1385,819.623.
$ The expenditures e for the - same year
are as follows: 1891-95, $355,000,000; -1893-1.
$387 625.279; 1892-93, $882,477.- -
954. -:-y.fw.ti - -
Tbe deficit for the past two fiscal years '
were as follows: 1894-5, $13,500,000
1893-4, $69,803,260. -
. For the year 1892-3, the excess ' of re- 4
ceipts over revenue amoonted to onlyr
$2,394,674. - Prior to that y ear there bad ,
been an excess in receipts over expendi
tures for every fiscal year since 1865, the "
lowest -excess- in all those years up to
1892-8 having been in the year 1874.. "
when the receipts exceeded the ex pen- '' .
ditures by only two millions, three hun
dred and forty-four thousand, eight hun
dred and eighty-two dollars. - s .r . " v
' ' For the present fiscal year - ended to- .
day. Secretary Carlisle on Dec; 8rd, 1894.
estimates that the deficiency- would - be "
$20,000,000. As shown by tbe official - -figures
this estimate was more than $23, ,
.000.000 out of the way, due largely to the
elimination of the income tax from reve
nue. Had the House bill ' with sugar,
iron, and coal placed on tbe free list, be- ' '
come - a law, the -actual r deficit - would -have
been over $63.000.000. , ' d
On February 2nd, 1895, Secretary Car
lisle in an estimate furnished to ton-
gress, suted thavfor the calendar year :
jLovo, iue surplus revenue over expenai
tures would amount to $32 563.023.- Six - -months
of this period have now passed -and
the deficit lor this six months is -$16,750,000.
"V V
Assistant Secretary Curtis in a pub
lished statement estimated that the de-'
licit up to December 1st, 1895. would be -$35,000,000.
This estimate was made
after the income tax had been declared -unconstitutional
bv the United St. tes -Supreme
Court, It was based upon the
increased ' ; appropriations : made , by
the . last Congress, which go - : into .
effect July . 1st, 'and which in- .
elude r five : million dollars for - tbe " t
sugar ' bounty .and ' increased interest
charges on account of the several, bonds .
issued aggregating $162,400,000.: For
this month of July, which begins Mon
day it is estimated by the Treasury if re-;
ceipts continue normal, that the expend
1 tures will exceed the receipts by about
$13,000 000 to $13,000,000. July being an
intertst-paying month and the payments
on account of pensions being ako espe- .
dally heavy.- For the month of June
just ended the receipts have exceeded
the. expenditures by nearly $2,000,000
the first month since last August when , . 4
this has beeordone. ' - .
MONEY MATTERS. ' ;
An Improved Condition of Businets Bhovn ;
t Toy the Statement of New- Tcrk Banks. ' , '
" j .. i By Tekgrapb to the Uoraina Star. J
y iNxw York. Tune SO. The New York .
Financier says this week; Th amount -of
surplus cash in the New Yotk banks
was reduced $2,318,825 during: the week .
ending June 29th. the total now standing -
$3,225,925, , No better illustration of
the improved condition of business is -
needed than to recall the.' fact that the '
excess reserve for. the corresponding "
week last year was $74,794,825, frith to- -tal
loins Of $470,044,100.' Tbe Increase- -in.
loans, therefore, has been $18,878,200
and the decrease in tbereserve $10,
878,200. . ; ; -.
The present loan volume has exceed-
ed all previous records, and a fewjweeka .
continuance of statements such as have
been issued by . the . Clearing ' House
banks lately, would, under normal con
ditrons, send up the money rate to a
figure more in harmony with the situa
tion. Unfortunately" for the banks,
however, such an advance is impossible.
The decrease ot $3,824,000 in specie and
legalsfor tbe current week, coming in
the face of the fact that interior moneys
is still being added to the deposits of tbe
New York banks, was due to the bond
syndicate,- which used over six' million -.
dollars in completing it payments to the -Treasury.
Had "it not been ior that the
Teserve would have shown an increase.
Another circumstance which will op-' .
erate adversely on the money rate, is the
fact that the bond syndicate . owes the v :
banks some ' eighteen or twenty millon
dollars for gold advanced, and this is to
be paid shortly.' - - ; - u.-: -1
It is not expected that theoly divi- , -
dend payments, which will be unusually r
heavy this month, will: be large enough
to affect the market, under such condl-, f
tions, and the anonmal ot . record break
ing loans and minimum rates of interest ' '
will probably last for sometime. .:
p. EPWORTH LEAGUE.
The Oonferenee at Chsttanooga-Banrlse
Fnyet Vesting on Lookout Mountaiit
rProosedtngs 01 the Assembly Meeuna.
' ' By Tdegraph to the UonUag Star. J.-...,.v
; Chattanooga, Tenw., June 29.
Three thousand people attended the
sunrise prayer meeting held on Lookout
Mountain' this morning, v Every - train
on both roads from 2' a. m. to daylight
was crowded.: The greatest fervor and
Methodist fire marked the ' devotions,
which was led by Col. Frank A. Hardin
of i FreeDOrt, Ills. The Illinois delega
tion at a meeting to-day unanimously '
elected Dr. S. A Steel, general secretary
of the Southern branch, a. member of
the Illinois conference of the League.
Rev. W. B. Murray, of Jackson, Mm., 1
presided over the assembly meeting in
the tent this morning.; Rev. H. L. Kin-,
dig. of Lebanan, Indiana, leading tbe de
votions. Rev. Charles Stuart, of Chi
cago, spoke first on "Spirit of Method
ism.' followed by S. B. Turrentine, of
Winston. N. C, in line with a strong under-current
against classical music. The
latter speaker said:. - . : :; .'".v. - l
'TWe must guard against the- use- Of .
Secular hymns as sung by a Godless cho
rus." The Park Sisters. v cornetlt,
of Boston, are favorites with tbe Confer-,
ence. "Methodist fervor" was ably dis-'
cussed by Charles A. Littlefield. of
Wstertown, Mass who furnished an apt
illustration of bis subject. General Sec
retary S. V. Crews, of CanadX Spoke of
Catholicity," taking the place of N. W.
Rosweli, who was absent, while Rev. G.
Wi Kirby, of Toronto, closed with a'solo.
Toronto and Washington are represent;
ed by strong delegations, pulling for the
next place of . meeting. ,
1 COMMItTED SUICIDE.
Iiouis Blase, :' Kx-Treasnrey or tne
' - ,...:. . BBithi Boeiety. ..
' By Teleerapli to the stasias Star. , .;
: San FRANasJb, Tune 29. Louis
Blanc ex-Treasurer ol the B'Nai B'Rith
Society, committed suicide yesterday by
asphyxiation. Blanc was discoverd to
be short $13,009 in his accounu some
months ago." Blanc was not p rosecuted
but the society Ifailed to' re-elect him
as treasurer. A - recent examination ot
his books increased the original deficit
to $17,000. - v -. -
be made they don't want them and
r ic buamoers 01 iidt-