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WATER ROUTES. ; ; ;
One of the problems of the age in
ibis and in other countries is cheap
transportation, in these days of close
competition this being an essential
factor. : It is a necessity, and has
already become to some extent an
iiui in our politics, constituting one
0i the main demands of the' Populist
jury, which insists upon either Gov
er mii iti control or ownership of the
lines of transportation to ensure
cheap carriage; and iore recently
the conventions of the other parties
in some of the States! have pro
claimed for improved country road
systems, the idea underlying which
was quicker and cheaper transpbrta
tioi) to local markets. ' . -,;.; .
At intervals for the past ten years
or more we have had more or less
agitation for the improvement of old
later routes, the rivers, and for
the establishment of new ones
canals. Several conventions have
been held in the Missisippi Valley
to promote the improvement of the
Mississippi river and its principal
tributaries, a matter of vast impor
taace to the people ; of the greatest
grain-growing valley in the world,
and one that although geographr
cally sectional is yet of sufficient
proportions to be of national im
portance. Many years ago the Gov
ernment recognized the troth of this
bf ceding Government lands to the
States whose lands were subject" to
overflow to aid them in constructing
levees ; to guard against overflows
and-at the same time deepen' the
channels. It further recognized it
by the appropriations made for the
establishment of the jetties at the
mouth of the Mississippi. It was
again recognized in the -appropriation
by Congress,; after long agita
tion, of money to begin work on the
Hennepin canal connecting the upper
Mississippi river, 'at Rock' Island,
with the Illinois river, at HennepinT
ThisJs not only a sectional work, but
It might be. called a local one, be
ing within the limits of ooe'State.
The discussion that this subject has
evoked has resulted in a number of
schemes for canals in, different sec
tions of the country, which,- if car
ried out, would connect the Hudson,
the Ohio and the Mississippi and
its tributaries.
The probabilities are that when
the tariff and the financial questions
are so disposed of as to cease to be
national issues, the next great ques
tion will be internal improvements.
with a great inter-State water way as
starter, followed, perhaps, by a
system of inter State railways to
complete the transportation system.
One of the main arguments used in
advocating this policy will be that
while it secures cheap transporta
tion for the products of , the
farm, the .forest and the . mine,
wl thus contributes to the de
velopment of the resources and up
tmildingof the country, it will pos
more or less military importance
as part of the scheme will be to pro-
"de for inland navigation by canals
lId the Sounds along the coast from
upe Cod to New Orleans, which
winprobably be the first5 work in
e grand scheme to be entered upon;
" is ever undertaken, and which
nay be accomplished whether the
rt of the scheme be carried out or
V The attention of maritime nations
m - -
ftese days seems to be centered
""ore or less on strengthening their
Bms of offence and defence, each
wnving for powerful navies. Some
01 these ships are really floating
stresses, equipped with guns which
W1 throw projectiles weighing hun
"'Ms and even thousands of pounds
miles,
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Mil I LI J WW 1 1 I 1111
they could get
"inin reach of at their mercy. If
Venation can own such ships so
another, for it is simply aques
un of money. The nation that can
for them can get them, and the
"on that can put the most of them
with them fast sailing fighters
Joat May play the part of the bully
Vl the seas. -
With such vessels liable to Put in
'PPearance within shooting distance
w town any time during the pro
ess of hostilities, the torpedo boat
become a necessary arm of coast
"tfence. This will be one, of the
V0H Points urced in favor of trov-
this - mland route along the. coast,
which would facilitate the "dispatch
of torpedo boats to any; threatened
point and at the same time keep them
safe from the attacks of an" enemy's
vessels that might be - sailing in the
waters along the coast. -. In this way
the entrances to our harbors and the
mouths of our rivers could be - effec
tually - guarded "and protected on
Short notice,., and Vmuch. more "ieffec
aUy than theyfcoald be by any or
dinary system of fortificatlons,here
fortifications could 1 be -constructed.
"The sch'eme -of -fortification for our
coaits already suggested twoufd cost
over $200,00000, and the probabil
ities are - that 'r aftericomnletion
much' of ?Jt vi withl; the loner TansreV
guns 'now , inushich
wilj ' doubtless - be improved - on,
would be t of . little use.:: Science is"
giving us better means of protection
against successful attacks) ( than
walled lort&r ;S S'v,;
But this, waterway-has: its -com
mercial as well as its military imporr
ktance and would tend to the devel
opment of a vast" territory that has
been almost untouched? lor. produc tion,
and a thinly populated section
would la time become densely popu
lated. .:' - - '-'.: ':' - r: 1
Looking at the scheme as a whole
it is a grand one' which may well ex
cite the enthusiasm of its advocates,
and it is not at all unlikely that the
future may witness its consummation.
' KDrOE XTJUTTIOBV
It is a somewhat significant fact
that at the meeting of the :Farmers
National a Congress at Atlanta thb
week the silver, question overshad
owed all others and strong 'resolu
tion' were passed . in favor of the
ree and independent coinage .of sil
ver by this country. -As" we under
stand it, this is a non-partisan or
ganization representative,; of. the
armers of the United- States, ;and
eaving out of question, the merits
of free coinage of sliver, whether it
be right or wrong, the better or the
worse policy, it is significant, we
say, that an organisation represent
ing . the farmers of - the : country
should take such a decided stand in
ts favor,- and this in the face of the
declaration by gold monometalllsts
"that the victory for "sound money,"
as they call it,' is practically won.;
There may be, and doubtless : is,
less - said . about the . mone
tary 'question . now than there
was some months ago, ; especially in
the cities, but this gives no conclu
sive evidence that there is : less
thought about it. We referred some
time ago to. the action: of a Demo.
cratic Congressional Convention in
Illinois, in which the "sound money"
candidate didn't get a single vote,
and to the re-election of the free sit-
-ver Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the Augusta, Ga., district
over Tom: Watson, Populist, ' who
wai also for free silver. Inciden
tally we referred to a letter of Hon.
W. D. Bynum, of Indiana, in which
he said that he found the free silver
sentiment very strong in the rural
districts of his State. All of which
taken in connection with the action
of this Farmers' Congress shows that
there is a sentiment in favor of sil
ver among the farmers of the coun
try which the framers of polit
ical platforms would do well to bear
n mind. ; ' -:--.;'. - V
The letter of "Attorney General
Harmon in answer to inquiries as to
whether 'it would be a violation of
the laws of the United States to
assist in fitting but expeditions to
Cuba, or to bold public , meetings to
express " sympathy for the . Cuban
cause, is substantially the same as
that of Attorney General Olney writ
ten some time ago in answer to an
inquiry on the same line from Texas.
Of course every one knows that it is
a violation of the neutrality laws to
aid in fitting out expeditions to fight
the Spaniards in Cuba but there is
nothing' either in the spirit or the
letter of the law. to prevent American
citizens either individually or collec
tively from expressing sympathy with
the struggling Cubans, or with any
other - people who may rise l to
shake off ' the chains of op
pressron. J" This Government would
never become a party to any such
gag law as that. ; We are 6n friendly
terms with Turkey, but it was no
violation of the spirit of neutrality,
nor any discourtesy to - a , friendly
power when meetings were held to
protest against the butchery of the
Armenians. We are on friendly
terms with England, but It has never
been pronounced a-violation of the
spirit of: neutrality for f friends of
Ireland'm tblsL country to meet and
advocate the cause of. Irish home
rulel The people of this country
have never failed to publicly express
their sympathy for those" who "strug
gled against oppression, and such ex
oression has never, as far 4 as we
know, until recently, been construed
as a 'discourtesy, to a friendly na
tion." .r As long as the American peo
pie remain within the law that is all
that can be" reasonably, .or ought to
be expected of them. -t- " 7
v The" Boston . Herald duesn'tlike
cratic platform adopted by the last
Democratic Convention ot . 'that
State, to which it: refers as follows:
' "The financial plank of the Demo
cratic platform adopted at Worcester
yesterday ii a gtrange mixturekOf good
and eviL We do . not doubt " that its
framers intended to make it thoroughly
sound on all points, and quite probably
they thought that they had succeeded.
Bat for our part we should be very sor
ry to have . their . view in regard to
Daoer money accented h ptnrru a
basis ; for legislatioov In this respect
the plank reaffirms tbe'demands Of last
year's platform that -the Government
shall not carry on a banking business."
and that "the untaxed ' notes of State or
National' banks shall be the only credit
correneyVi, uiCuu .-v . z
Tbe &eraid' MproVofMthe
declaration In r fayor of gold, but
doesn't like the ; leaning - towards
State banks, whicK in bur opinion,
is. the most - sensible and meritorious
feature of. : the financial plank and
one to .which .we must.come before
the - financial Question r is settled.
here is no i 4ther way to i settle it,
and J, no other . Way by which an
equable distribution of currency can
be provided for ther respective sec
tions of the , country, by which one
section may be made independent of
tne other, by enabling , the people of
the respective States to supply their
own currency in accordance with the
demands of their business. : If the
State bank tax had been repealed by
the last Cooirress we would have
witnessed none of the financial agi
tation through which the country is
now passing, which - has seriously
threatened to disrupt the old parties,
for the mam cause of the agitation
would have been rraoved. - :
The "incompatibility", between
Amelie .Rives and her husband de
veloped shortly after marriage. He
went Into the jungles of Africa ex
ploring for something, she remained
in Paris, and they: have -lived to
gether but very little, if any, since.
It was simply a bad match in which
there was little congeniality between
the contracting parties. X:STz-
It is said that the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic paid a
half a million dollars ' for war relics
during their recent visit in the South.
The fellow who told this was prob
ably taking liberties with the ciphers;
otherwise - the relic business . must
have had a very sudden and unex
pected boom. . : -
Some one in Atlanta advertises for
a man of good appearance, address
and? j udgment; strictly sober," who
writes a good hand, is correct at
figures, not afraid of work, can give
good reference and a bond of $500,
for all of which he can get the
munificent, Salary of $25 a month,
and board himself. "
When the German editor wants
to describe the speed at which 'a fu
neral procession moves he doesn't
have to employ a brigade of words,
but expresses it graphically all with
one word, thus: Leichenzugsgesch-
windigkeitsfortbewegung. The Ger
man language is a great language; . -
A negro died inSt. Augustine, Fla.,
last week leaving an estate worth
$10,0000, every dollar of which he
mad by honest industry. Incident-,
ally it may be remarked that be
wasn't stuck on figuring at political
meetings and whooping it up for the
bosses.
The richest man in the world now
is said to be "Barney" Bernato, who
was oace a roaming actor, got
strapped in South Africa and is now
worth somewhere between $250,000,
000 and $500,000,000 which he made
in diamond and gold operations in a
few years. " .
The Pennsylvania Republican
bosses ate presenting their "compli
ments to holders of State offices, etc.,
with a request for a little three per
cent contribution on their salaries,
which will, of course, be torthcom-
CITY MARKET8.
fish jn4 rrssh, Mests' Abundant-Apples
J Flentltal adVeceuUws In Scant Variety.
li The - City markets- were not 7 over
abundantly supplied yesterday with any
thing, except perhaps fish and fresh
meats! ' The supply and offerings of fish
were more than equal "to the demand,
and nearly every variety seen in this
market - was on sale-;.. Roe mullets
sold at ? 80c I perstrlng black fish,
pig fish, trout, . skip-jack 10c; flound
ers 15 XtoSOcv ifound ; oysters j18J
to 15c Jper quart;; clams, ti ; to 15c;
New River oysters were scarce; and the
small offerings sold at 50c per half gal
lon. ; Shrimp were: abundant at 5c per
Quart. ' .:" : v
.The vegetable market? was well sup
plied with sweet potatoes: at 15 to 80c
per. peck, cabbages. 5 to 10c; but other
vegetables were not plentiful. ' .-" v
- .Poultry was in moderate supply, with
chickens selling at 15. to 20c leach and
grown fowls 85 to Mci Eggs retailed at
,.18C'pe;r 'd(Wen,y 'V-";:-; , --
' In fraits. aboles were plentifnl at. 85
to 80c per peck; muscadine grapes, 20c
per peck; peas, 85 to 70c per peck; bananas,-15
to 80c per . dozen; California
peaches, 50c per dozen.
Ssncntera of the Conledenor. f
The Star is requested to state that
all applicants for membership in tne
Dauehters ot the Conlederacy are asked
to -fill in their application blanks and
end them in dunne the ensuing wees
to Mrs.: Chas. D. Myers, so that they
may be acted upon at the regular meet
WILMINGTON? NC, FRIDAY; OCTOBER 18, 1895;
; ' A BAD ACCHJUUT ' .
Oa the Wilmington Street Bailway Vortow
netely Attended With Bo- Iioes of Life
Thies Meii Bart AS Smployes of the
Company Tlie Ca f 'Smashed to-Pieeea-
Statement from Manager Skeldlng.
An - accident occurred ton the -WU-.
minRton: Street "Railway at 4 15 p. m.
yesterday, in which the escape of three
men from Instant death seems almost
miraculous.: ''Zi'iZ:-M-
Car or la ran off ihe?trackiuft as it;
reached the ' bridge-over the Caroifna
Central railroad track at the 1 ntersec-.
lion orldrthahdTaylb
fan along the bridge for about tea feet,
; .4:-."i PPUgover the westiside, turned,
completely upside' down, falling a dis
tance of about thirty feet to the Card-
1iha Central railroad track below. ' The
car was smashed and broken halt in two,
and was a mere mass of wreckage.; -
The car left the power station shortly
before the accident occurred ; for a test
or ;tral trip, baviiig beea recentlfTepair'
ed and put ih order: for Winter service,
therefore there were no passengers on
board, only employes of the Wilmington
Street Railway Compaayras follows :
Machinist and foreman of the shop force-
Thomas p. Rittenhouse. acting as mo
tor man; Mr. T. J . Rlvenbark, one of the
shop force, acting as conductor, and a
negro workman, StQley Jones. The car
had run about the average speed until
within about one square of the bridge
when Mr. Rittenhouse. increased ht
speed to give it a good testing. : Car No;
8. with Conductor : John Sheehan and
Motorman George Bishop, left the junc
tion at Fourth and Nixon streets, behind
No. 11, and when ; about a block and .a
half, from the bridge saw No. 18 leap
from the track) run a short distance on
the bridge and fall over. -The track of
the Wilmington ' Street Railway Com
pany is built on the extreme , West side
of the bridge, a few feet ' from the com- I
mon plank hand-railing, which .was j
smashed through by the weight of the
car against it. ..':;-.:.
As soon as Mr. Sheehan, Motorman
Bishop and Sapt. Kinney, of the Oil
Mills, (the latter being the only passen
ger on No. 8 car) saw the peril of the
three employes who were on the wrecked
car.; they, immediately put on brakes,
stopped the car and. ran to the assistance
of the three men whom - they -expected
to - find lifeless; 1 but to their surprise
found none killed.:- Foreman Ritten
house was lying in the ditch below, a few
feet from the car,;, having fallen against
one of the large rafters which supports
the bridge. Mr. Rtvenbark was found on
top of the' trucks of the . upturned and
smashed :car,. and Stilley Jones, the
negro, with his lace cut and bleeding.
was on the oppostt side of the car from
Mr. Rittenhouse, with his hand fastened
underneath a part of the car. . - ... r.--
Physicians were sent for immediately,
while the crowd which "had gathered
upon hearing the Crash were taking care
of the Injured, men. Mr. Rittenhouse,
who was posiibly seriously Injured, was
carried to a house nearby; and every at
tention possible given him until the
doctors arrived. Mr. Rlvenbark having
received only a slight bruise on the hip.
was able to take ; care of himself, and
stood around the crowd answering ques
tions. Stilley Jones,' the negro, after
having the attention of - Dr. Bell, was
sent to his home. Dr. Schonwald ; was
the first to appear and administer to Mr
Rittenhouse. After Mr. Rittenhouse
recovered from the shockie was carried
to his home on Fifth, between Campbell
and Hanover streets, about 8 o'clock in
the afternoon . At . 8 o'clock -.last
night the attending physician, Dr.Schon
wald, called in Drs."W. J. H. Bellamy,
TS. Burbank and' W. E.;Storm. and
made a thorough examination of the
case. They tound that Mr. Kitten
house's injuries were internal, there
being no cuts. ;1 He was badly bruised in
the lower region on the right side and
the physicians only feared heart failure
from the shock. Mr. Rittenhouse is
about forty years old and came to this
city from Staten Island about five years
ago to accept a position with the Im
perial Pine Product Company. He
afterwards engaged: with the firm of
Rittenhouse &. Hume, and for the past
year has been connected with the Wil
mington Street Railway Company" as
foreman.; He is ; a faithful member of
Clarendon Lodge K. of P and has a
wife and five young children, : the oldest
being about thirteen years bid. ;
Manager Skelding and Superintend
ent Hughes of the Wilmington Street
Railway Company, rendered all the as
sistance possible to the injured men and
a number of his fellow lodge membera
sat up with Mr. Rittenhouse ; last night.;
An engine from the Carolina Central
Railroad depot with a number of work
men was sent to the scene of the acci
dent by direction ' of Capt. Thos. D.
Meares, agent of the company here, and
the wrecked car was speedily, removed
from, the railroad track. -. r : .;
Mr. Skelding, manager of the Street
Railway Company, last night gave the
Star the, following statement concern
ing the unfortunate affair: , . : : . ;
"Car No. 18 left the shed for a trial
trip about 4 p. m. with two men. Riven
bark and Jones (colored), in charge of
Foreman Rittenhouse. At the south
end of the - bridge over: the Carolina
Central tracks the car which was run
ning c at a dangerously : high speed,
jumped the track, breaking through the
rails, and falling to the railroad tracks
below.? The accident was probably due
to a defect in the wheel flange or an ob
struction on the rail, as this section of
track' had been thoroughly overhauled
during the last week in expectation of
Buffaltf Bill's show. ;
"Mr. . Rittenhouse,: who was running
the car, Is one of the most careful men in
the employ ot the company,, but prob
ably did not realize the risk be was run
ning in going at so brisk ajrate of speed
while crossing a bridge..-- V - . .
"Motormen have always had instruc
tions to tun over this bridge with the
utmost caution, and ;in future - will be
obliffed to come to a full stop before
cirbssingT:.&'?,'i"?: A. B Skxlding.;; "
-;5fS"Manager,W.-S. R. Co."':
Br Negro Convlot XXvan - Twa White
'Women end Mulatto Oirl in Bobe--on
County Fartiee In Pnisnlt of the
A special to the Star yesterday from
Maxton gives an account of the ravish
ing of three females a mulatto girl and
a widow lady and her: daughter by
a brutal necm. "The atnrv of the nnt-
iageous - assaults as -told by the corre-
ppuoaem is as ionows: .. - - .
; ""News reached Maxton this morning
that' a strange- njgro ' had committed
nameless outrages; yesterday afternoon
upon two white women the widow and
paugnter ot the late Philip Parish and
a mulatto cirL danshter nf TrwI Sfrlrb.
land, colored, who live about seven or
eignt miles southwest ot Maxton. After
having assaulted the mulatia girl, the
black brnte went 'An 7 tn M: Parlh'
place, and having learned from a child
that there were no men about the prem
ises, oe enterea the kitchen - and as
saulted the dauchtAr. - nni aftrrmartla
found the mothjer in the bouse and as
taulted her., i-te ii V-
'Parties whtDnrsned th niwra hatl
hot Cantnreil liim nhrn lh m.n.now
who brought the news lett the place.
1 ne negro is tnougut to be one McKlm-
raon. ; an eacaoed convict-from Snnth
Carolina, who recently stole a team and
.al I - a . m
oaie 01 conon in tne upper ena ot
.obeson county." - ;
The Beebowd tMloUli. - , -
The ' Seaboard ' Air I.lne officials.
Messrs. R. Curzon Hoffman. E Su Tohn
and John H.Sharp, left for headquarters
at Portsmouth by the 7 p. im train of
the Atlantic - Coast Line s yesterday.
Quite a number of prominent eitizena
called on them and were aereeablv en-.
tertained. ' Messrs. Hoffman and Sharp
nave neen long ana iavoraoiy known
to the people of. Wilmington; - but
Mr. St. ohn , was"; a comparative
stranger, and so much had been heard
of his Napoleonic style of conducting
railroad campaigns that there was a
very . general desire to see ; him and
size him up. Several eentlemen had
long talks with him. and every one1 of
them was fully impressed with the be
lie! that he is a man of remarkable
ability. He is ;- not only - a -, thorough
railroader, - but - be is a man of keen
perception,- sound common sense and
Indomitable wilL . Jf l,.Jv
The readers of the Star may rest as
sured that those , who control the Sea
board Air Line have no thought of dis
pensing with the services of Vice Presi
dent St John, and all rumors to the
contrary are the veriest nonsense. :
r,rrTHE CAROLINT CENTRAL.
Annual Heetlnaof the Stockholders-ISee-
- - . : Uon of Direeton -
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the v Carolina Central . Railroad
Company was held in this city yester
day. Mr. James C Stevenson was called
to the Chair and. Capt. John H. Sharp
was secretary, i be annual reports were
read and approved. The following Di
rectors were elected: ; - . '
J. Aueustus lohnson, N. T Onder-
donk, New York; Win. H. Blackford. J.
L. Minis. John Gill, R. C Hoffman. Chas.
u. irisber. tJalUmorew. w. Chamber
lain. Norfolk, Va.; D. A. Tompkins,
Charlotte, N. C; G. J. Boney, J. C Ste
venson, Wilmington. N. C -r r '. '
Messrs. W. w. Chamberlain, of Nor
folk, and J. F. McNair, of Wilmington.
were elected Directors to represent the
Carolina - Central in the Wilmington
Railway Bridge Company. ,
Holders of 8ealp Tlokets Ditched. '1; -;
That the railroads are in earnest about
their war on scalp tickets was made evi
dent yesterday, says the Charlotte News;
when an entire company of show peo
ple, twenty in' all, were ditched by the
conductor of a passenger train on the
Southern. The company was en route
from Atlanta to New York and bad
bought cheap tickets from a scalper.
The conductor refnsed to receive the
tickets, and though the holders made a
great row he put them off. They went
back to Atlanta and the scalper who
sold them the tickets laughed at their
plight. He said that be did not guar
antee that the railroad would accept
them, and refused to refund a cent. The
News warned its readers some days ago
about investing in scalp tickets. .
Sampson Bines. ,.- w-v" -: - '.
Clinton -Democrat: - lit. A. F. John
son has received a letter, dated at High
Point, making inquiries as to the meth
ods of propagating and cultivating tne
huckleberry. In his reply, he will state
that there are no known methods of do
ing these things. -The huckleberry can
not be cultivated, it is a plant wnicn
does not admit of any interference. It
grows in marshes, or what are known in
Sampson as pocosins. and dies upon be
ing transplanted. It is ' protected " by
other shrubs - and thick undergrowth
from cold winds and hot sunshine. It
is a thing which must be let alone to be
fruitful, Nature: thus gives Sampson a
corner on, big blues, and nobody can
take it away from her.
Steamer Commodore Again in the Bands of
TJ, B. Marshal. - -
Upon orders received from the De
partment at Washington, D. Ci yester
day by Assistant District ' Attorney
Weill, the steamer Commodore was again
seized by United States Marshals. She
had been released about one nour wnen
she was again invaded and a deputy
marshal placed oa board. The United
States flag which had floated from the
masthead since the release, was ordered
down. Capt. Jno. Dillon, the master, is
again detained and will send-home for
his winter clothes. He says he likes Wil
mington and may remain and run ; for
mayor of the city at the next election.
Tuners! of the Late J. J. Pounds. . ; ;;-;
The funeral of ithe late Mr. J. J.
Pounds, whose remains were brought
here from Laurinburg for Interment,
took place yesterday morning from the
residence of Mr. James -H. Hewett.
brother-in-law of the deceased, Rev.
Mr. Cunmnezim conductinz .the ser
vices. The interment was in the Hewett
family's burial place, two miles south
east of the city. Deceased was buried
With Masonic, honors.
We Bemexnber Bun.
The Ciarkton correspondent of the
Whiteville Jvews refers to - Dr. Clark as
ibe-chief Nimrod of this section, at the
crack pf whose gun the fleet-footed deer
nearly alwaysitalls." Yes. the field editor
of the star knows it. tie. hunted witn
Dr. Dark several years ago. The Doc
tor shot at a partridge on the ground
and a Ncy 8 which struck a log, glanced
and left a mark on the field editor's
chin. Of course . he remembers the
- chief Nimrod " of Ciarkton.
The E D. 4k O. P. A.
". It has been decided bv the board of
managers for the Eastern Dog and Game
Protective Association to discontinue
their weekly shoots during the Winter
season, and instead give one shoot a
month, to be held on the first Friday In
each month at 8.80 o clock in the alter
noon.
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CAPS PEAHfc YAEHIir VALLEY.
Plana of the Hforrms is iiion -Committee .for
ConnecUon'.With the B. &. O. B, B at
Bocnqke A Eirti. Committee Bald to Be
"Worklne ia the Interest of a Soheme to
nt Break Up the Syatem. " " , -
Two prominent business men of Wil
mington, recently in Baltimore, gathered-
some important information concerning
the Cape Fear . & Yadkin Valley Rail
road and the proposed plan for.its - reor
ganization, as embodied in the follow-
Jng;;;;?...--:?5;;; fc?
The Cape Fear & Yadkm Valley Rail-
road Bondholders' Committee in Balti
more, consisting of Messrs. W. H. Black
ford, chairman, Frank T. Redwood,
Wm, H. Perot, John ATTombkins. Basil
B. Gordon, I. W. Middendorf and Frank
P, Clark, it is understood, have prepared
a pian oi reorganization which seeks to
have the road sold as a unit and reor
ganized on a business basis; that is. that j
the reorganization shall- provide for the
complete equipment and snccessf nlooer
ation of the road as a trunk line betweend
Wilmington and Roanoke. -:. . f
The Baltimore conimitteewTs or can
ized to represent; the bonds of i all the
divisions oi. the road, but after their
work hid prozressed to a point that
hey were about to issue a plan of rtfor-.
ganizatioa, a rival committee was organ
ized m New York purely-, in the interest
of some of the A" bondholders who
did not deposit their, bonds when the
committee was formed.' These people
in jncw York only held about $230,000 of
the A bonds, but it is understood .; that
they have Since bought enoueh bonds to.
give them about half of that issue they
claim a majority, it is suspected that
some railroad istwhlnd this New York
movement with the view of breaking up
this system and destroying the B and C
divisions. . The committee are prepared
for a vigorous fight, and-- when the de
cree is asked for from "Judge Simonton.
its general counsel v will. make a strong
effort for its sale as an entirety. : It is
hardly to be expected that any court
of equity would break up this road, par
ticularly as the B and C divisions are
a second and third mortgage on "A." and
both of these divisions were. bnilr for the
purpose ot strengthening the ' A" divi
sion .and adding to its traffie. : Indeed
had not the "A" division bad these as
feeders, it could not have stood the com
petition and low rates of the past three
years. The atateof North Carolina made
many concessions to the Yadkin Valley
K. K. for the -purpose; of - securing a
through line to the West, and although
the - road has been unfortunate : the
original - intention of the State seems,
about to be realized, if the connection
can be made at Roanoke with the Balti
more & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio.
which is now being strongly agitated by
the committee in Baltimore. It is also
understood that in the committee's plan
of reorganization, the North State Im
provement company will be dealt with
on a satisfactory bas s. and that the latter
will sell to the new concern all its pro
perty at a price- which Jtna been
agreed on. '?--i'-;fc.;;;.T ""-.;;
The -.city of Wilmington and other
municipalities which have contributed
money to this road will receive the same
amount of stock which they formerly
held, while the capitalization of the com
pany will be considerably decreased. The
future - of this road is a matter which
every man in North Carolina is inter
ested in. r- it is the nucleus ol a great
trunk line to the West, :. affording the
transportation of coals from" Southwest
Virginia. ;. -: ;;.;":;:.;;":" ";. -
The road was bonded Jn three . divi
sions. Division A is that part of the road
from Greensboro to the South Carolina
line via Fayetteville; Division B. from
Greensboro to Mount Airy; and Division
C from Fayetteville to Wilmington.
it is said that the purchasers of bonus
of Division A will make application to
the U. S. Court for a decree of sale for
this division only. .
Steamer commodore.
A Press dispatch to the Star last
night from Washington, D. C says :
Attorney General Harmon, said to-day
that in directing the re-seizure of the
steamer ummoaore at : Wilmington,
N. C he had acted on additional in
formation received by him- The. effect
would be to transfer to the courts the
responsibility of inquiring into the facts
oi the case and relieve him from such
responsibility." '
This means that the case against the-
vessel and cargo wm be tried at the
term of the U. S. District Court which
will be convened In this city on Mon
day, the 4th of November next. - --, - -:
TEE STEAB2& C02OI0D0RE.
XT.B. Marahal CarroU Bnmmoned to a Con
ference witn Attorney General Harmon.
The following dispatch from Washing
ton, in relation to the suspected filibus
tering steamer Commodore, was received
by the Stak last night: : . -
Washington, October 18. O. T. Car
roll; U. S. Marshal for the Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina, arrived here to
day, having been summoned by Attorney
General Harmon, and bad an extended
conference with the Attorney General in
regard to the activity of filibustering ex
peditlons in North Carolina waters, sup
posedly destined for Cuban waters. The
steamer' Commodore,- which was seized
as a Cuban insurgent suspect, - was re
leased by the U. b. court on report lrom
the Federal r cfficials at Wilmington
that there was not sufficient evidence to
hold her. Information received by the
Department of Justice, ' through the
State Department, induced "Attorney
General Harmon to reverse his action
and re-arrest the steamer so that the
officers could be tried before the Fed
eral Courts on the charge of attempting
to eneaee in an illegal expedition. It is
an open secret that Mr. Harmon is not
entirely pleased witn tne proceedings in
the Commodore case, ana Marshal car
roll has been fully advised of the inten
tion of the Attorney General to see that
the neutrality laws of the United states
are rigidly and strictly enforced... ;
CAPTURED AND JAILED. .
The Hearo Plead Who Assaulted Three
-- Women Captured and Iiodced In Jell.
A special to the Star; from Maxton
states that the negro fiend . (now said to
be named Graham) who assaulted Mrs.
Parish ; and her daughter, and also a
colored girl, last Wednesday (as chron
icled in " the ,Stak), was captured in
South; Caroimavi Thursday. He was
taken to Lumberton, arraigned, before
Justice O. C. Jalks on a charge of at
tempted rape and committed to jail. ; ...
Though the Stak's special is not ex
plicit on this point, It is inferred from
its generaT tenor, that the negro brute
was tried In only one case, leaving two
more for which he will .have to answer,
and of a more - serious character, too.
He is on a "bee line" for the gallows
unless the'', indignant people of Robeson
county should conclude to substitutea'
tree for the regulation gallows and run
a special schedule of their own..r...": - .
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THE NEW COTTON BALE.
Further InformaUon About tne Oyllndrioal
Cotton Baie-Xl Is 'flub jo ted 10 Borne.
Severe Pire Teau. ' . t
Referring to the' cylindrical ' cotton
1ale, the Baltimore Underwriter says:-
"The Bessonette system is not only
simpler .and far less expensive. than the
old method, but it altogether avoids the
excessive; waste and loss from the Im
perlect andjnsecure manner of coverinsr
the bales heretofore in use .before plaH
ing 'the icotton on -shipboard. As to
space cccupiedf it was shown that 118.
Bessonette bales were., made tooccuDV
the room heretofore reauired for seven
ty ordinary bales. The covering is made
ot : cotton ; ducking, -rolled ; on spiraliy.
ana retained at tne ends by caps of the
same- material, with, wire . fastening.
With regard to questions of inflamma
bility, the committee says: . - . .
MWe carried the bale which va had.
just seen covered - into the .boiler room
and placed it in front of the' furnace. Ai-
ter lighting matches by scratching them
on tne auck covering and ptxa burn
ing matches thereon. ;'wbldr had no. ef
fect, we took shovelfuls of Jive coals and
placed them on top-of the balei "After
the coals had died out, we brushed them
off and fouad that they had not set fire
to thecovering. We then placed oa the
floor snugly against the side of the bale:
burning brand about a foot ions'.
and upon removing it after thev lapse
of half an hour, we found that,, while of-
course; the covering had been ienited. it
had not blazed, but had simply, burned
on very siowiy and only that portion
which -was in direct contact with the
brand, and the cotton exposed after the
covering had burned off had been eaten
along the surface in the same manner
Without blazing. This ' demonstrated
that the flash hazard is entirely removed
by this system of baling, so long as the
covering is intact. The flash hazard is
probably the worst we have to encoun
ter in cotton, causing a quick ienitlon of
bales and rapid spread of fire, and we be
lieve, trom our observation, that the
jute covering is more inflammable than
cotton and that this flash hazard is
largely due to the use. at present of jute
bagging. , -J: :--- - , -.-;
The next greatest fire hazard of cot
ton is the tendency of fire to eat inward
ly into a bale so that it may be burning
It its core, and oftentimes be reduced to
a mere shell without giving evidence of
the presence of fire. This not only pre
vents the discovery of a fire, but .vastly
increased tne dimcuity in extinguishing
fire In a bale, greatly extending the pe
riod of destruction- and Increasing the-
cost of gaining salvage. - In the Besson
ette bale, there is probably not : enough
oxygen msioe the nrst layer to support
combustion, because nearly all of tne air
is pressed out of the layers before rolled
into the bale.- li we are freed from the
flash hazard, and the tendency of fire to
strike inward when a bale is ignited, we
get rid of the' two greatest elements of
hazard attached to our business in con
nection with insuring cotton."- ; .;
U jA COTTON BOOMEK.
What a Iteadtnc Sew York Firm Think
y of the Tleeoy Staples-Talk of a Bltai
, trotuly Small Crop. . - ; ;:s,;;
' The cotton letter of At wood. Violett
& Co. of October 10th is as follows:
'The bureau to-day'! reported a condi
tion of 65.1 against 70.8 last month and
73.8 id October, 1808, the season of the
6,700,000 crop. What should a loss of
8.8 in condition mean compared with
1808 and frosts on 8th and 9th October
throughout a large portion ot the cotton
belt,, which, in the Memphis district.
was seventeen days earlier than ' the av
erage in twenty years ? A Galveston
correspondent calls attention to-day to
the following: "Taking the Chronicle's
acreage and the bureau condition and
comparing with 1808 indicates a crop
under o.uw.uuo."
There is no other construction to put
on the bureau report of to-day except
that it means a disastrously small crop,
and we believe decidedly under 6.500.
000.; Whether the short interest in the
three contract . markets can by the per
sistent hammering of prices cheapen the
commodity itself and force spot holders
to liquidate at spinners' prices is a ques
tion that must be left largely to the pro
ducer. Keep well in mind that Europe
consumed moreof American last year
than our total crop will amount to this
year; and 800,000 less than our total ex
ports last year, -The United States will
require this season 800,000 more than
their consumption last year, when it was
8.700.000. Therefore, is it any won
der spinners and short sellers should
consider it a" hardship that they should
be at the mercy of the people who have
grown this crop? But would not this be
retributive justice? It. remains to be seen
whether they' can . be successful in de
pressing spots merely because they chose
to try and demoralize the contract mar
ket to-day.- The South holds the whip
hand.: They inust see that Europe pro
bably can only get 8,750.000 out of the
croPi against 6,700,000 last year, and they
seem likely to be able to get only lrom
us something over one-half of their total
American consumption' last season This
crop has. probably beea cut - short by
frosts of the past forty-eight hours 500.
000 bales, which must be deducted from
what the bureau indicated the yield to
be on September 80. -
The Liverpool Cotton Association ire
port of September 86 shows the follow-
ing' stocks there other than American:
Brazilian 9.840, Egyptian 80,093, West
Indian 51,168, East Indian 81.500. Does
not this show their dependence almost
entirely upon American cotton and con
firm estimates that it constitutes 85 per
cent, of the entire worlds consumption
of all kinds? Apparently, the world's
mills-must have it, but whether at their
price the producer must say.'
- - - Atwood, Violett & Co.
LThe Prloe otOotton. .. ;;;.-"-2;-';
Au idea that the, recent rise in . the
price of cotton was spasmodic seems to
have been abandoned. It is practically
certain says the Atlanta journal, that
the present croprilI be; sold at : prices
which will pay good profits for- its jpro
ductlon The belief that cotton will go
considerably higher .is very general.
When January futures passed nine cents
on the -New Orleans Exchange a few
days ago bets ot $3-000 were freely of
Iered that lanuaVy cotton, would sell in
that market for overmen cents. , -
This may be the expression, of over
confidence, but t there is; a very strong
feeling back, of eottoa. .The farmers
have produced this - crop at small eost,
and besides their profits on cotton will
Improve their condition, very matenally
by having raised such great food crops.
One Cent a Word, . '
Hereafter ndvemaementa to co tn our
"Business Locals":, department, will be
charged one cent per word for each in
sertion;; but no advertisement,' however
short will be taken for less than 80 cents.
; ; Tais ?s a reduction' from former rates
and ft is also a convenience to adver
tisers. ho can calculate the exact cost
of their advertisements, which mustbe
paid for always in advance. 1 1: ;-
- SEABOAttD fiIR-LIHE:,
RUMORS . OF : CHANGES " THAT " ARE
HARDLYTRUEn-'fl
War Between 8te Cfflolals and'the Clty
- ot Balelsh-Ooubn BUU Bt.ttattoe prosa
at the , Penitentiary ? rarms-Ooateiloj,"
' Brother-H. O. Press. AaoolatJon-Dam-.
; ace by Treat Beath-of Mr. D. T. SwindeU.
;- Star Correspondence.' : ;;; !
' ' - ; : " Ralmgh, October ''liSP2
;Tbe war "between the State and the
city is on again. Tat Board of Public -Buildings,
composed of Governor Cart.
Secretary of Sute Cooke. Treasurer
Worth and Attorney General Osborne; '
has brought suit against the Bell Tele
phone Company to make them remove 1
the telephone poles pa the sidewalks of
the Governor's Mansion and the Capi-.:
tol. , Attorney 'General Oiborae briegs -:
the'suit." It will be remembered . that" '
the Governor ordered the poles to be cut
down and Mayor Russ put Dolicemro on
the scene and ordered them to make ar
resis. The question mvclved is a nice one. '. '
It-will; decide the riefats.of the cit and ?
the State, the poles having, been pat on -the
sidewalks by authority of - the city -;
govern anent. .. - . ;- -- ;'-;; '- .' ---. .-' .;;
: Arumor sained widespread . currency . -
last night and to-day that John H. Win-'
uer. general manager oi the Seaboaid. -had
resigned, but this is hardly true. It
M . mm m '. . " '1
is ciaimea mat tne stocknoioers oi . the j-i-::-'.-vj : j
Seaboard & Roanoke hold the key to 5 !-- - :J. - i
which are bong -talked oL Tlie Ttock-
holders meeting in Portsmouth oa the.
15th" is an adicufbed one. ;k'v:-f"
i i Mr. L. P, Turner, of Nashville, has
been elected State Secretary of the Y. ;
M. C A, to succeed Mr. L A. Coulter. .
- The Bureau of Labor SutJstics has
completed the report which has beea In
course of pteparation'for some time re
lative to cotton mill -statistics in the '
State. ";-.Vr-.--: :n ;:r.- s-.
Superintendent Leazaf. says the cot--,
ton crop at the ' penitentiary "Is about V
two-thirds as large as usual. The corn f
crop was a very fine one. ; ' - ; ; -V
The Costello brothers, the celebrated
acrobats -and athletes, who are with j
Sells' circus,$are natives of Henderson."
Their father resides in Henderson at
present. U-''i,'' ; , -i
Mr. Chas. L. Stevens is in the city to- ;
day. Mr. Stevens, who is the editor of
the South port Leader, is the president
of the North Carolina Press Associa
tion, and accompanied by his sister will '
leave early - Monday morning for At
lanta, where about seventy- ve members -.
of the Press Association will a'sr go. .
After leaving Atlanta the editors will go '
on a special trip to Nashville. Tenn., via
Chattanooga, . : .; . '"'-r
- About one hundred ' of the "A & M.
College cadets will leave here on Friday '
of Fair week for. Atlanta, to remain
thereabout five days. They will not be
-under arms. ''"' -;
It is claimed that Wilon bis. the
cheapest electric light sjsum in North .
Carolina. The plant is owned by the :
town of Wilson. 1
: Day before yesterday morning's frost :
turns , out to have done considerable -damage
to cotton in low places. '
; Mr. D.T. .Swindell, one of the most
prominent dry goods merchants of this
city, died this morning alter a short ill
ness. He was 41 years old. and a native"
of Washington, N. C ; .
; : Special Star Teleeram.y -
' i W.G. TJpchurcb, one of the best known
citizens and a wealthy property-owner, is
dying. His death is only a few hours
distant. ' s-y---!
Mr. John H. Winder, general manager
of the Seaboard Air Line.denies ina card
the rumor connecting his name with a
syndicate seeking to control the road.
He says the rumors have no foundatt
and have amazed and embarrassed him.
Mr:. Winder and President Hoffman's
relations are very friendly.' :
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T THE PRICE OF C0TT0U.
A farther Adranot Depends Upon Kuro-
pean Spinners Whether They Appear
la the Market aa Buyers. : ;
; ; Nxw York, Oct. 18.
Such a scene as that on the Ex- i
change to-day, after the publication of
the Bureau report, has' seldom been
witnessed; the advance of the past week .
had eliminated the little short Interest
which had accumulated on the -heavy
receipts, and the ; market promptly '
dropped twelve points with scarcely a
transaction when the condition ot 65.5
was announced from Washington. . Al
though the report Is a very poor one, it
was better than the trade expected, as
they had. been prepared for a report
of 60. by local commission - houses
during the past week, and the decline '
represented the execution of the selling .
orders based upon that figure! For -several
years the Bureau report has been
belOw the actual condition of the crop,
as no allowance has been made for what ;
the late statician, Mr. Dodge, considered .
natural exaggeration, and be once stated .
that he considered that factor the -equivalent
of 8 per cent., but the market .
must deal with the report as presented,
and it is certainly the worst report given
to the trade. Will this statement bring
the European spinners to a realization
of the shortness of the American crop
and force them to appear in the markets
of the South 'as buyers. That , is the
question which is receiving more atten
tion than the receipts or the reports of ,
crop damage. At is generally believed
that it wm, and tne rauy in the market,
after the report was received, was due to -large
buying orders from New Orleans,
where the merchants should be well able
to judge of the immediate effect upon
tne spot markets. Many neia tne opin
ion that the market would be a sale after
the publication of the Bureau report,
but to-nignt those who entertain that
view are stating that they believe the "
European spinners will enter the market
Immediately. Our own Liverpool ' cor
respondents cable, their market will be -governed
by . the receipts,, and they be- -'
lleve the effect of the Bureau report has",
been discounted. Probably they are not.
aware it is generally reported here that ;
Mr. Neill stands ready to issue a smaller ,
crop estimate at any time, and that the '
speculative feeling in' this . country
is j so strongly in favor of the -marked
or they would not ex
press so bearish an opinion; for if
the crop is to be Judged by the receipts,
lew estimates are not Justifiable, No
one can fully appreciate the force of the
sentiment in favor of an advance in cot-
ton, except those brought directly in con-1 .
tact with it, but It is certainly so strong
as to prevent any one from anticipating
any decline in prices by selling shortnd
it is causing an accumulation, of cotton ,
and contracts, which will soon require
fresh support. The receipts of cotton at
Bombay continue upon a relatively in
creasing scale, being 10,000 bales this
week, against 1,000 bales last year. The
situation at the moment Is briefly the;
strong speculative spirit in America,
against large receipts, and the indisposi
tion of the European spinners to follow
this advance, and a future advance in
prices depends entirely upon whether
they appear in the market as buyers or
not. i . Hubbard Bros. & Co.
; L. K. BurnSr a n prominent business .
man of Knoxville, committed sniade
yesterday by shooting: himself through
the head with a plstoL Business em
barrassmeats were the cause. ;. -
The battleship Texas will bedecked.,
at the Norfolk Navy" Yard on Wednes
day next and prepared for official trial.
The vessel has now, been in the water
about four months and is quite foul.
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