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n' rUBLISHM AT -'-7 - LMINGTON, H. C. AT- jl.tJOAYEAR- IN ADVANCE 88888888888888888 81888888888888888 II gSfsFSS8S8S88SS83 28888888888888888 SSS888S8SSSS88S8S 88888858888888888 gS88S888888888883 88888888888888888 r so o otaoeo'viot I Tltthe Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, ai SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ajtecriptioa price of the Weekly Star Is u Tie i vi-ar. ocstaee paid ....1 00 0 muuiu. J montht CO 80 TONING DOWN. There has been a marked modifi cation of sentiment within the past weeks in hngiana on the vene-. taelan question- and there is now lit- probability ofthat talked of "Ulti matum" finding its way to Veneztre- The Kusso-Chinese questions .hich was so suaaeniy sprung, nas in the eves of the British statesmen jid British press so much overshad- ed the v enezuelan matter as to practically' obscure it. The opinion is gaining ground in Washington that England will play Ttry considerately with that question not and will drop it as gracefully as possible, agreeing as the easiest way oat to submit the question in dispute to arbitration, as was originally sag ged and to which she should have ijreed it she was willing to do the air, square thing. In discussing the situation as viewed in Washington lit Star, of that city, says that when the reply of Premier Salisbury to the lasrleuer of Secretary Olney comes will be found to be a very mild, dod committal 'document, intended rather to placate than to put this country on its mettle. The reasons assigned are as follows: The impression seems to prevail in official and diplomatic circles that the reply of Lord Salisbury to Mr. Olnev's totes will be different than indicated by tie semi-official utterances of the Lon don papers. It is believed that those ut terances correctly represented the atti tude Lord Salisbury was disposed to tike, but tbe impression is growing that he will think better ot it, and Rive either a evasive reply or refrain from any ag gresiive course calculated to join the is- ae. it is quite possible that the British foreign -office did not feel sure first that Mr. Olney meant 'all ibat was said in ' the note There a well-known disposition on the part A the British government to consider the acts of the administration of the United States during that period when the issues of a presidential campaign are being joined as pu ely buncombe, for home consumption. It is well ucder- Hood in England that this administra tion would be greatly benefited if it could awake a new. popular issue before the campaign of '96, and Lord Salisbury nay have been disposed to regard the present move in that light. If so, it is md he has been thoroughly undeceived ud brought to a realization of the fact that the attitude taken in the Olney let ter iuhe one that the deoartment in tends to occupy, and that a peremptory rejection of it would inevitably lead to ironoie. "It is not certain that this will lead Lord Salisbury to a more pacific policy. ow me reasons why Great'' Britain should not seek a conflict with the Uni ted States are regarded as potent enough to cause him to avoid a crisis if possible. ne recently more conciliatory tone of e London press and the manifest de lire ot Lord Salisbury to get considera m oy mis country of hts dreamed-oi iiiiarce are looked upon as indicating a HJwoie modification of bis first inten n"BI. The renortu ao tr the nnlicw of RossiHn China and the complications it nay involve may . tend to make Great Britain more conciliatnrv toward the united States. It is verv well imArntnrA hmrm nrtv h Lord Salisbury would yield a great "uu an ooundary disputed u there we any hope ol securing an alliance 'w tne United States which would re ""xner from possibly embarassments ilh other powers. It has become evt w mat the doctrine of 'no entangling --Bees Dy tbe United States is even ' to .her liking than is the Monroe e. if this Government would "ve the first so far as to ioin with "ft" Britain, the nth-r rfnrtrin-. would K ... . - " re 'eaauy accepted.' ye haven't the slightest donbt that England would today be glad form a perpetual alliance with ountry and would to secure it 'ui 01 her DOSSP!s5nn In Nnrth or possessions With Amprira th. n9mn with uicn is only a question of time anyway, if by so doing she could jttore the co-operation of this conn ' maintaining her suDremacv n the high seas and checking the 0nward strides of Russia into China J1 on to the Pacific. English papers "e been nrettv nnanimnns in the dlaration that the United States ght to make common cause with s'and ui, resisting the advance of sia into China, but exactly why "American has yet discovered; u brig and s heo-innin to Jalizethe magnitude of the danger confronts her, and the necessity "ends to cope with the eombina- wu?uat are being formed against , , .anow: quite apparent; not only altered tone of the press in r .s,ng of this country, but in the urr w -nances of her leading men in 'waiting their own people. A oays ago Premier Salisbury in a Wchsn WaterforH Tr.tanH rff- s apparently apoJogetically, to the "sn policy of the Government, ltat this policy was not the crea- 01 the men who now guide the v i xi, , . saip oi atate, bat was "inherited. 1 1 . a. - v...-- but that they would stand loyally by it; while another gentleman high' in authority: stated thatnhe conditions were , becoming such that the Gov ernment might be comoelled to ksv for the loyal support of all parties, which: was a pretty broad hint at probable war Unless the slims of e times are all wrong there is s:ood iuse for British statesmen to be in a very thoughtful mood; for 5pever since the days of Napoleon had they more serious problems to confront. As we sec it the day of England's waning ' power is not far off.-" It is not In the nature of things that an insular ' country of 36,000,000 of people should continue to rule over millions of people in other countries and exercise jurisdiction over- terri tory a hundred times greater than it, held not by right of discovery but by fight of conquest, as she holds Ireland, Scotland,'India, Canada, and. her possessions in Africa,- The first blow will be struck by; Russia, I in knocking the props from under Brit ish influence in China, and the next will be by France in helping to drive British power out of Egypt . Eng land will doubtless endeavor to secure r an -alliance with Japan but will be smart if she does that before Russia does." for we believe that when the plans are finally developed it will be found that Russia has not only formed her combinations with China but also with Japan. Here we wonld have a triple com bine embracing in the aggregate over 500,000,000 of people, domina ted by two warlike, aggressive, and ambitious nations, with China as' a base of operations. With such fleets as Russia and Japan could muster by the time they would find it necessary to use them, how long could Eng land with the population she has to draw from hold out against them in Pacific or Indian waters ? ' What part France is going to play in this game isn't yet quite apparent, bat she appears to be acting in con cert With Russia, with whom she seems to be in alliance on general principles, bat she has never liked England, and has never felt quite satisfied since England got control of the Suez Canal, which Frenchmen built, and 'turned it to her own ad vantage, thus getting practical con trol of Mediterranean sea and the Indian ocean. ' "1 - The history makers are forming the plot for a very interesting drama the other side of the earth, in which' England will play an im portant part and will come out with fewer feathers than she went in. The conviction ot Theodore Dur- rant, in San Francisco, of the murder of Blanche Lamont was a foregone conclusion, tbe chain of testimony against nim, although circumstantial, being as strong as circumstantial evidence could possibly be, so strong that it didn't leave any ground for doubt by the jury. Public senti ment, which seems to have observed a measure of propriety during tbe progress of the trial, broke out in a wild tumult of- approval when the verdict was rendered, even women oresent DrrticiDatlne in it. Tbe as- tontshing part of the proceedings during the long trial was tbe cool ness and apparent composure of the man on trial for his life and the con fidence his mother felt In his acquit tal, as shown by her cheerful and even gay demeanor during the trial, when day bj day as the evidence was rendered his prospects of ! . escape became lessenea, wuu his ntter failure to break the force of this evidence in any 1m portant particular. The mother's confidence was doubtless based on her love for her boy and the, to her, impossibility of believing him guilty, His coolness is attributed to "nerve,' but it was not that, it was stolidity, or callousness, born, perhaps, of to tal depravity. And yet he was' not totally depraved, nor devoid of feel ing, as shown by the affectionate ca ressing of his mother when she broke down 'and hope vanished on the an nouncement of the verdict of guilty. He will doubtless also be convicted of the murder of Minnie Williams and go to the gallows judicially branded as a double murderer. .. .... m , . : r. Schnmacher & Co.. of New York, in their weekly letter discuss ing the fluctuations in the prices oi farm products and the drop in cot too, attribute them, to the tariff policy, which has hampered trade with foreign countries and tnus pur. down prices, while decreasing the de tnanrt. Thv believe that cotton t ought to command ten cents a pound, and that the way to make it do so Is "not by artificial combinations, bat by a return to our ante-bellum com mercial policy, which will enable our customers abroad, to pay for our pro ducts in sqch of their own wares as the conditions of their climate and population best fit them to produce. By depriving them, of this privilege by our short sighted, narrow-minded tariff policy, we lose- inmmeiy more than they, by the , depre ciation in . the value of our agricultural products, which, besides Id ther depressing influences " is" un doubtedly largely due to oflr China- waa policy, in spite of which, in. stead of xariching ourselves, as its ongmators intended, we are getting more and mofe HasvIIv in - ik abroad every .year.';? Every word of this is true, , bat : "there : are other causes which the writers of this let- ter had n view when thevl referred to "other depressing influences." one of whlchand the main one i th gold standard policy which prevails ana torces our farmers to sell their pruuucis on a gold basis and take their j?ay in any kind of legal tender money that may be offered. With ine ngnt kind of a tariff and the jright kind of a financial system, the prices of farm products would go up ana remain up.' we nave referred . to the exhibit made by the colored .people at the Atlanta Exposition as : One -which does credit to the race, and is caten ated to do good in more, ways than uuc. -, xu iuis ' connection we re marked thatconsldering ; the limited opportunities of the colored people to become proficient in callings re quiring the higher order of mechan ical or constructive talent, much could not be expected of them, but the folio wing; which we clip from the Tarboro Southerner, whose editor visited the Exposition, shows that they have made progress in a num ber of these callings: r " "The exhibit made at the Exposition by the negroes was altogether a great surprise to everybody who ' - oassed through the building, which compares avorably with any on the erounds. The building is entirely under the control and supervision of tbe colored neoDle. Thev were allowed to use their own discre tion as to what thev desired to exhibit. and tbe judgment they have displayed is remarkable. On exhibition may be found Deautitui Mosaic mantels, woodwork of almost every conceivable kind, from a hoe handle up to the most artistic carved work. There may be seen carriages, bug gies, wagons, furniture, eta. and their display of art and fine needlework is very creditable. . Bat they seemed to be prouder of their educational institutions than any other exhibit Almost every school in Georgia had an exhibit of some This is something of which the ne groes of the South and of the coun try may well be proud. '-T In his address at Ann Arbor, Mich., recently, Senator Hill suggested three amendments to the Constitu tion, one making the Presidential term six years, and making the Pre sident ineligible to a second term; the second providing for the election of U. S. Senators by the direct vote of tbe people, and the third authoriz ing the President to veto objection able parts of a bill without vetoing the whole bill, in all of which be was eminently levei-neaded. Dr. Parkhurst, the fighting clerical reformer of New York, has a double. This wouldn't trouble the Rev. gen tleman if this double wasn't in the habit of getting outside of large quantities of beer and other ex hilarating beverages, and behaving in a way quite unbecoming in one who misrht -easily be taken for the Dr. himself. - Garlic has one redeeming feature. The discovery has been accidentally made that it will rid grape vines of phyloxera by patting it in compost about the roots of the vine. From the slight acquaintance we have with garlic we are not surprised at the phyloxera for getting away from it. ' . A gentleman Who has kept .tab figures out thatw within the past ten years bank looters, embezzlers and defaulters have beaten the people of this country out of $100,000,000, and that the business is rather on the in crease, the averages of late years be ing larger than the preceding years. One of the gold manipulators in London the other day in a speech con gratulated bis fellow manipulators that the Kaffir business had knocked bimetallism out. ' It also kndbked the socks off a good many gullible Britons ; V Chicago has a parrot which when its mistress was being beaten by her husband cried out, "Help!" Mur der!" "Police!" Nothing strange in that. Any parrot could pick up chat of that kind after residing a few weeks In Chicago. The Sultan of Morocco rides a $1,- 500 bicvcle. But for all that there are a half dozen boys in Wilmington who could give him a running start and then take the starch out of him. Reports from England say that Queen Victoria is showing signs of mental aberratippV That stock doesn't have far to travel before it strikes the crazy line. It never was overstocked with sense. ; ' Dr. Talmage says every man has a Hon to fight. . Judging from the racket going on.in New York against Tammany there are a good many people in New York who seem to be nnder the imDression'.that they have a Tiger to fight, also, t Instead of oats, the horses of the Khedive of Egypt are fed ' upon dried currants, which, it : is said, makes them tough. This is one of the current Items in -the press. Id. MATTERS OF MORE OR LESS Mq. I MENT AT THE, CAPITAL. IrtrgeHavanoe Colleationa -Hrwfelna Will Cms A Hmtt Dooket-'Tbe Sonthera Clliod-Hj3r Qathiie Talks ot .Wu With XngUnd fine Epeolmena of .Corn City Tixea Vlos Fredent St. Johns. Special Star Correspondence. r 'mW Raleigh. N. C, Nov,8. . . The Revenue collections in this dis trict are said to be the largest in the his tory of the office for. the ' past month. The exact figures are not obtainable at .present.'- itH- j & Mr. T. H. Cutter, of Boston, who is largely interested in Street . Railway stock here", is in the city..".. ;. . ': The Hawkins will case' did .not come up in court as expected yesterday. Thei case will be hotly contested. The two brothers of the late Dr. Hawkins have come to - the point that - they do not apeak. .. '-":- s;-,- The present: court has a very heaw docket. . The second week has ended and court has justf got started. The three weeks will be consumed; . There are only ten prisoners in Wake county jail. ... - . . The receipts of cotton here yesterday were phenomenally larse. being 350 bales. The weather nas very stormy. Air. J. L.. Womble who nas been fore man of tbe S. A. L. shops here, has been displaced.- . -. . ." v, -.. Mr. J. B. Munson will have as clerks in his division freight office, which waa opened yesterday, Messrs. E. AI Alston and E. C Finch. I They come from Washington, D. C Mai. Guthrie is reported to have said that the only chance for tbe country to be thoroughly united is to have war with bngland. ' ! l here are some fine specimens of corn on exhibition at tbe State Agricul tural Department, raised by Mr. H. T. Chandler at the Gatling place. Mr. Chandler has a great quantity of the same variety which he raised this year, Un a motion by Alderman I oh n son. at a meetinz of the Board of Alder men last night, it was decided to have a special meeting of the Board on Tues day night next for the purpose of levy ing the tax for the present year. The taxes are levied each year by the Board. They have tbe power of naming the rate up to a certain maximum. . The maximum, which is fixed by law, is $1.S3. The rate last year is $1.23. It is probable that the rate this year will be larger, as by the recent assessment there, is a deficeincy of $90,000 alone on real estate. The- taxes .are due Decem ber 1st i - - ; Mr. E. St. Tohn. Vice President of the S. A, L grants to all employes in the service of the road three months, a trip to Atlanta. Wives and dependent mem bers of their families will also be given transportation, t THE MAXTOH FATE. The Weatlxer Wu Bad, But the Oltla Were Jut Xiovely, and There Wu Much En joyment. The bad weather interfered seriously with the Fair of the Border Exposition of the Carolinas at Maxtqn last week. The attendance on the first two days was comparatively small, but on Friday, the third and last day, there was a large crowd present, although it was anything but a Fair day. . The exhibits were not so numerous as usual, and this was specially noticeable in the live stock department; but the ladies surpassed themselves in their suc cessful efforts to make the building de voted to miscellaneous entries, beautiful and attractive. " In art and fancy work tbe exhibits were specially fine. The side-shows were more numerous than ever before, and were about up to the average 4n point of merit. "Noah's Ark" was there, thanks to tbe meteoro logical foresight of the managers, who fully realized that there would be a young deluge. j- The presence of bevies of beautiful blushing belles was a prominent feature "The fair" were, there, yea, everywhere; and tbe boys stood by with plaintive sigh and hopeful eye. The " Koodhee-Koochee" girls were not permitted to show their agility. Be ing kickers by birth and education, they kicked against the decision of the mana gers, bnt it was purely .metaphorical. Many young (and old) gentlemen, too, who distribute the song books and "raise the tones" at the various; Sunday schoolswere greatly disappointed be cause the K. K.'s were not permitted to point their dainty toes skyward. Altogether the Fair was enjoyable. It as tbe "once a year," when hundreds of old friends meet to talk over the past and where -"the boys" and 'the girls" exchange compliments and discuss "airy nothings with a degree ot pleasure known only to themselves. FAYETTEVILLE WAKING UP. j To Have Two More Cotton IVL&orler, With - C banes for Still Another Manufao turinc Plant. The people of Fayetteville are deeply interested just now in some new business enterprises to be established In that fine old town. A member of the well known Holt family, in conjunction with two other capitalists, has purchased a con siderable body of land on Matthews Hill, juit south of the corporate limits of the town, where they will build a large cotton factory, to be run by steam power, and to be provided with every important improvement that has been made in the modern cotton mill. - Then, there is the movement, recently inaugurated, for a cotton factory to be built on the co-operative plan, which is now an assured success, as all the stock has been subscribed except $10,000. There is still another enterprise, much discussed, and which is said to rival in magnitude either of those mentioned above. The details of this scheme have not yet transpired, but it is guessed that an important manufacturing plant will ' be the net result,' . . . - The Star gives this : information, which comes from a leading citizen of Fayetteville. with real pleasure. The people of that town are fully alive to the fact that it is to manufacturing enter prises that they must look for progress and prosperity. Success to them..; -. Messrs. " Alex. ' Sprunt & Son cleared yesterday the British steamer Arion. for Bremen, Germany, with cargo of 8.000 bales cotton. ' Mr. Heiir W.-WeEBSl' Tatal M from a .Bourold In 'HMBi..Kti-4 PolTCp'i ;Bry. Good Stare. ' -3. -i IS-Ss: " A very sad accident occurred yester day at the dry goods establishment of Messrs. Eatz $ Polvogt, on Front street, which resulted in; the. death oi Mr. Henry W. Wenzel, a painter, who was at work-in the, store painting:. the sky lights on the Inside. A Star reporter, who -was standing near the corner-of Front aad Princess streets,; saw a crowd of ladies run out of Messrs. Katzjk Polvogt' C. store : with . their .: hands up Ao their ,v -j faces as if - to avoid seeing - a frightful accident ; or sight. He, with a large crowd who saw the strange occurrence, hastened to the place and. found the lady : clerks were being sent home and the doors locked behind them.. Upon 'inquiry tit? was learned that Mr. Wenzel, Who had been employed by r Mr. Thos. A.' Leslie to . paint the " skylight assisting a fellow workman, Mr. Atchie Marine, had fallen with the scaffold, on which he was sitting, a distance of fifty feet; to the erouad floor and. was .killed instantly. He struck a counter and the 'cashier's chair, which is in the center of the building, breaking his neck, both legs and his right arm. Miss Mamie Runge, the cashier, jumped from her chair: last in time to save her life. The scaffold that Wenzel was sitting on must have worked loose, as it fell with him. Doctors Bollock, Storm and Rnssell were summoned, but were of no avail, as life was extinct when they arrived. The employes moved the body to the back part of the store and after the. crowd dis persed, it was placed on a litter and car ried to Messrs. Yopp's undertaker shop, where it was dressed and "placed in a coffin and in the afternoon - sent to his late residence on South . Eighth street, between Church and Castle. : Tbe sad news of Mr. Wenzel's death was communicated to his wife, who when it was conveyed to her was found sick in bed. having had an operation performed a few : days ago. . The couple were in poor circumstances, and knowing this some kindly disposed citizens started out with a subscription list to raise money for tbe burial expenses, which was re sponded to by merchants. . Telegrams were sent to the unfor tunate man's mother in Germany and relatives in New Orleans. He was a German by birth, and had - been a resident of this city . for four - years, having . worked with the Armour Packing Company and Palmetto Brewing Company as driver of wagons, but for the past year had "been painting. He leaves a wife but no children, and was thought well of by those who he associated with. He was thirty-six years ' of age. The funeral will take place to-day from the residence on Eighth street. No blame can be attached to Messrs. Katz & Polvogt for the accident, as they bad repeatedly questioned tbe safety of the scaffolding and warned the men to make it more substantial, all of which was unheeded. -r CITY MARKETS Fairly WeU Supplied with Meatr, yuh Vegetables and TrolU in Season. The markets yesterday were fairly well supplied with meats, fish, vege tables and frnits in season, and prices were reasonable. Bat little dressed poultry has yet ar rived, yet live fowls were abundant. Grown chickens selling at 25 to 80c apiece, and half-grown 15 to 20c; eggs, "15c per dozen; country butter, 20: per poond. : . Vegetables were abundant, bnt there was no great variety. .Lima beans sold at 15c per quart; turnips, 5c par bunch; cabbage, 5 to 10c per head; onions, 5c per quart; green tomatoes, 20c per peck; Irish potatoes, 85 to 40e per peck; sweet potatoes, 15 to 20c per peck. ' Apples were abundant at 25 to 80c per peck; pears 20 to 40c per dozen; bananas 20c per dozen; grapes 5c per quart. In the, fish market, . skip-Jack sold at lOcper string; trout 10 to 15c; Sound oysters and dams 12K to 15c per quart, New River oysters 40 to 50c per half gal lon bucket. Tbe meats stalls were filled with an abundance of fine beef, native and West ern, mutton, fresh pork and sausage, at prices ranging from 10 to 15c per pound. GIVING THE BOYS A CHANCE. 1 . Vice' President St, John Gives Free Trans portmtion to Atlanta. - i Vice President St. John, of the Sea board Air Line, has issued the following order, dated Portsmouth, Va., October 81st: 3- "' ' ; "Recognizing that the Atlanta Expo sition most result in great good, it being in every sense a vast educational institu tion, and desiring that the employes of the Seaboard Air Line shall reap that benefit, which should prove profitable alike to themselves and the company which they serve, we beg to advise that all who have been in the service of the Seaboard Air Line for a period of three months or more, will be furnished with free transportation to Atlanta and return, upon application therefor to their supe rior officers, and when accompanied by a Statement from such officer that such party or parties can be spared from doty without detriment to the company's in terests. Such request for transportation may include the wife and dependent members of the immediate family oi tne employe. Fanners in Better Shape. A great majority ef the farmers of the Sonth are in better financial condition now than they have been at any period for many years past. Country merchants make this report and say that collections are better : than for many years. The farmers themselves admit the improve ment, and yet some of them do not seem to remember that they ought to pay for their newspapers. Seine Damaged. Messrs. J. M. and Jas. A. Hewlett, of Masonboro, report that Tuesday night some one visited their fishing sheds on Masonboro Sound, and sunk several bars of iron, so that when they , began draw ing in their seines . Wednesday morning the nets caught in the bars, damaging them considerably and causing the loss of a quantity of fish, t Prof. Catlett is arranging a class from his school to visit the Atlanta Exposition, expecting to give the holi day about Thanksgiving Day, and Prof. M. C S. Nobles has been seen in regard to the public schools sending a delegation, Bojsuraiag ia the Cttr of 2ttnnMpoli-Th Ile Splaoopel ConrenUon Bishop -Watwn wd WUe FleMn ;'tslnedi' '428 SouTb Eighth St, .Minneapolis, Minn4 Oct. 88. y .The newsy light of the Morning Star brings its daily, greetings from the Sonny . South to a circle of appre-. ciative home friends (Carolinians) so journing in this the most charming city of the Northwest., The weather is fine. The first fall of the "fleecy flakes" came down yesterday , while the church bells were ringing.;: -.; .'. .. - , Our visiting friends, .Bishop Watson and wife, who have , been so pleasantly entertained durincr the late Episcopal Convention at the elegant .home of Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Christian, will leave the city this evening en route to North Carolina.: And, like all others who have so recently shared the . unbounded hos pitalities and special courtesies of Min neapolis, these Wilmington representa tives- will go back - to the East with a ? leasing impression a picture of the Fest, whose "loveliness needs no color,' its beauty no pencil - v S The Sunday Times of this city has the following pleasant .words: "Mr.; and Mrs. Llewellyn Christian's lovely home on the corner of Fi'th -avetus aad Eighth street was all. aglow last Friday evening, as a number of invited guests, including Bishop, and Mrs Gilbert, of Minnesota, Bishop and Mrs. Perry, of Iowa, Bishop Walker, ot Dakota, Rev. Mr. Nichols, rector of St. Mark's, and others, were most cordially received in honor of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Watson and wife, of North Carolina. Amid the social features of the evening an ele gantly served dinner enhanced the pleas ure of the occasion, and the . spacious halls and drawing rooms smiled with a rich prolusion of chrysanthemums, Easter lilies, palms and American Beau ties' ' -. G. S. J. THE DROUGHT BROKEN. Generous Rains A Northeast Btonn , Threatened. The Northeaststorm signal was-dis-played here yesterday morning. The storm was then central in Alabama and was expected to cause high winds on the Central and South Atlantic coasts. - - :The Bureau report said heavy rain had fallen in the greater part of the country extending from North Carolina to Texaswith light snow in upper Mich igan, eastern Nebraska and western Kansas, and that' it would continue to rain in this vicinity for the next twenty- four to thirty-six hours, with fresh to high easterly winds. ' The rain which began here Wednes day about 10 p. m.. continued steadily all night and up to noon yesterday, with an aggregate of 1.88 inches. The cotton region bulletin issued yes terday morning reported rain at all stations in tbe Wilmington district. Tbe average for the nine stations in the dis trict up to 8 a. m was 0.64 of an inch. A DAZED ZfLARnTEB. A Tight For Life With a Coat aa Weapon. New York, Oct. 29. Captain Hop kins, of the four-masted schooner Star of the Sea, of Boston, which arrived to day from Chisolm Island, S. C, phos phate laden, reports that last Friday in latitude 5.16. longitude 76.41, he sighted wreckage which proved to be the top of a vessel's house.. A man was waving a coat to attract attention. The vessel bore down on the wreck, and rescued the occupant, who was in a dazed condition. He gave his name as Ben. F. Weeks, aged thirty years, of Wilmington, N. C, and stated that he belonged to tbe schooner Harry SiLordt Jrn a small schooner of Bath, Maine. - . The vessel sailed from the cape op October 12. Sprung a bad leak and be came water-logged, ine atter-noase broke adrift and Weeks jumped on top, preferring to take his chances of being picked up by some passing vessel rather than remain on the wreck. He was without food and water and sharks be yond number surrounded him, but he managed to beat them off with his coat. Weeks could give no account of his ves sel or shipmates. - Captain Hopkins stated that When he picked up Weeks from off the wreck he observed a steamer ten miles astern. She apparently had changed her course sev eral times and in all probability had fallen in with the water-logged schooner andtaken off her crew. batlroad'sotss. The Wagner Palace Car Company will shortly put on a sleeping and chair car line between Atlanta and Charleston by way of Augusta. This will be the first entrance of the Wagner company into Southern territory east of the Mississippi and of course Atlanta gets the initial line. :' . - - i . - . ; ;." ;. Fast time is not confined to the east ern roads. General Manager Merrill says that a train on the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy every day In the week makes the run from Chicago to Council Bluffs, 500 miles, in 10 hours, which, deducting the time for stops, makes the actual speed of the train when running average 62 miles aa-hour. For length and speed combined the perform ance is not equaled east oi Chicago. Notwithstanding the claims of other roads, English and American, to equality or superiority in some respects, General Passenger Agent Daniels still holds up the banner of the New York Central and claims for it "the three world's records for speed, namely: First, the fastest mile ever run by a regular passenger train tbe Empire Express, four heavy cars filled with passengers, nauiea .oy tneir gold medal engine, No. 999, May 10, 1893, between Batavia and Buffalo one mile in 82 seconds, equivalent to 112)$ miles an hour j Second, the fastest regular long distance train ever run the - Empire State Express, which has been running between New York; and Buffalo every day, except Sundays, since October 26, 1891 440 miles in 520 minutes, which is, including four stops and 28 slow downs, r-51 miles an hour. Third, the fastest time for a long distance ever made by a passenger train special train of four cars, weight 165,000 pounds. length 387 feet, capacity 208 passengers New York to East Buffalo, September 11. 1895. 4S6X miles, in 407 2-3 minutes, which is 64 26-100 miles an hour. United Btates Commissioner's Court.' A colored man, S. S. . Barry," from Brunswick , county, was brought before Commissioner R. H. Banting yesterday, charged r with selling liquor without license. He gave bond in the sum of 1200 for his appearance at the United States District Court, which will con vene in this city next week, and was re leased. ; -'-' - ..' - ,-v - ... ., ' There was 4.2 feet water in the river at Fayetteville Friday at 8 a. a rise of 2.4 feet in the previous 24 hours. N0.2 .THE DROUGHT BROKEN THERE AS WELL AS.EU8EWH ERE". Two Marriage Baatoeaa Firm Dissolved ; TJ. M.arhal Carroll Seriously Bick ' The State Pair Came Out All Bight . Cuea in ;",the Bupeer Oon-Eee-; tion ' on " the C Bond Itene southern '' : Ballway. - j-yrpi-l Star Correspondence. - ; : " --' Raleigh, NC,'Oct. 81 There were two marriages in the city yesterday.-. Mr. ' Fred Woollcott, Cap tain of the Governor's Guard, led to the altar Miss Maud Young, daughter of the Clerk of the Court. ; The bridal couple has gone South on a wedding tour; Mr. R. L. Horton and Miss Clyde Holloway were also united in marriage. - " ; ; ' . ! i The drought : has ; been broken in" Raleigh as well as elsewhere. A hard rain - set in last night and continued without abatement during the day Messrs. JBarbee & - Thompson the leading cotton firm in this city, have dis solved copartnership. .. Mr. Thompson, who was Raleigh's popular mayor for several years, retires uoon the advice ot his physician, at least temporarily. Mr. E. B. Barbee, who has been so success ful ia the cotton business; will continue the business of the old firm, f ' ; r V; BMarsbal O, J. Carroll is seriously ill in Newbern"' He had a congestive chill yesterday and hit condition was alarm ing. He was better last night. -, -v .v. . Secretary Nichols cannot : give the financial condition of the State Fair un til he has balanced all bis books, which will take several days. He says tbe Fair came out all right and the pre miums will be paid. . Tbe award of pre miums is about complete and the books are open to tbe public. r -. . Veiy little cotton is coming into mar ket. -v. .'.;. --:- .;;,..--. -. Thos. Dixon lectures here . to-morrow night on the new woman. In the Civil Court yesterday the case of Shaffer vs. Bledsoe came up for trial and as usual tbe jary gave a verdict to Shaffer., This is the sixth time the court has tried this case. As fast as Shaffer gets a decision Bledsoe comes back at him. rThe litigation Involves valuable lands on the edge., of the city .limits. . - - . ; Very few persons went to Reidsville to-day to see the Patchen-Gentry race, which will likely be postponed on' ac count of the rain. : . . -" ; Saturday is the last opportunity the voters of Wake county will have in which to register. The palls will- close Saturday, and it is necessary that every person desiring to vote should register. The election will occur on Tuesday, November 5 th. So far very few of the voters of. the county have- registered. An observing gentleman remarked this morning that from present indications not a thousand votes would be cast in the county. - . .; '.,. The new freight" and passenger office of tbe Southern Railway to be estab lished here will be opened to-morrow, November 1st, with Mr. John B. Mun son in charge. Mr. Munson has secured tbe office in the rear of the Citizens' bank, and is having it nicely fitted up for occupancy. - SITUATION IN COTTOff. Planters Seem to be . Holding for Another Advanoe in Fries. New York, Nov. 1. . . Editor Star: The support given to the market during the panickjTTImes of the last two weeks by the prominent houses in the trade brought about an advance of nearly seventy points from the extreme depression, and . enabled them to liquidate their interest at a handsome profit early this week. 'This advance was assisted by the falling off in the receipts at the ports to small pro portions, the natural sequence in the in terruption of all export business during the past two weeks, which has been ac cepted as certain indication . of a remarkably short crop, such as would - justify an advance to the quotations recorded on the Octo ber rise. Planters declined to patt with their cotton on the decline, and while the port receipts have been light, the ac cumulation ot stocks at the interior towns continues on a large scale. This action is interpreted in two ways by the trade, one that it seems that planters feeling certain of their short crop are holding their-; cotton for another ad vance, and the other that this accumula tion is a dangerous menace to the mar ket as liable to be sold at a time when speculation has ceased to . be active. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the week has been the indisposition of spinners to follow the decline by large purchases. They seem to be content to purchase their actual wants without in creasing their surplus stocks, and i.t is wonderful how they manage to run their mills on inch small purchases if their consumption is correctly estimated, and their surplus stocks correctly stated. The fear of political trouble among European countries based upon the fear of Russian aggression in the distant East, and the opening of the Eastern question, is a cloud on the horizon - that has had an effect in checking the improvement. Whether it will chill the trade condi tions in Earope is as yet an open ques tion, but it is noticeable that there is not the same active speculative demand for cotton as was so apparent upon the pre vious advance. In the trade, however, there is a strong disposition to regard the action of planters as an indication of their ability to force spinners to finally pay them what they now consider to be a fair price for their cotton. - Yours, very truly, ' " ' Hubbard Bros. & Co. Dr. B. Mendelsohn. - - ; The many friends , of Dr. S. Mendel sohn will be glad to learn of bis appoint ment to the high office of Provisional Grand i Councillor for - the Order . of Chosen Friends for the State of North Carolina. This order has about four thousand members in this State and the appointment is a worthy one, he having the endorsement of every member of the Order. He began in the Wilmington Lodge Chosen Friends as Prelate and when he received the commission yes terday as Provincial Councillor for the State held the high office of Past Coun cillor of the Lodge here. Frying-Bgn Bhoals. , - - . '. ..... ,i The Lighthouse Board gives notice that on or about November JStb, 1895. light vessel No. 53 will be replaced at her moorings about two and one-nan miles to the southward of the outer eighteen- foot spot of Frying-pan Snoals, making off from Cape Fear, seacoast (of North Carolina, and relief light, vessel No. 29, temporarily marking the station, will be withdrawn.'; - ., :' ,; A London dispatch says that in an sw i to an inquiry at the Foreign Office it was stated that no official information had been received regarding the firing on and capture of the British steamer Myosotis by a Venezuelan gunboat. DURRANT F0m) GUILT?? OF THE MURDER OfJMISS; BLANCHE .";i;v ;'.-- r-MONT..C.;"vV; Benrntlociat Soene i t the Court Boom The' Verdie V ppfkoded by tbe Speotats and Mee's with .General Approval Sentenos X WiU bV Passed Sext Friday' and the .TimsFiied ' tot CDorrant'a Trial tar ; the ' Murder of Simula Williams. -, ' i i i C BfTekgiaph to tbe Morning Stai. ; ;f ; ''San Francisco, Nut. 1. Theodore Darrant murdered Blanche Lamonu That was the verdict of the jury in the case this morning. - The jury was out 28 minutes.? The verdict was received with a shout of applause from the auditors who packed the court room.. Tbe clos-;' $ ing scene of the great trial was full of " dramatic interestr 4athcs and excite menu : The jcharge of. Judge Murphy V occupied a little over an hour in deliv ery. Before he began it Gem Dickinson, ' Dnrrant's counsel, formally objected to' the portions of Barnes! 'address abusive : in their nature; but the court considered them proper. The charge was a cold " statement of tbe law. unrelieved by any . side dissertation.. It was very fair and ' covered tbe ground of alibi, circumstan- ; .''.. tial evidence and motive completely 0 Suppressed excitement was- manw tested throughout the court room andX the corridors . outside during the wait I which succeeded the departure of the-.-, jory.. There was a great deal of specu lation as to how long the jory would re- ' : main out. The general opinion among ' : those who had followed the trial was V that an agreement would , soon be -reached., but owing to tbe mass of evi- ' dence it was ' thought possible that the : jurors might remain oat all night. The - -result showed that the jurymen bad al- . ready digested the-evidence, and that . the overwhelming case .'.which the pros ecution had piled upJagainst the ac-- " cused had -iefi them no-option nd not ' even room for doubt. ' ' - . ' "The jary upon reaching the room selected - Warren Datton for foreman, . and then ballotted. The first ballot was v . for "murder in the first degtee. Word; was immediately, sent to the Court room. ' ., and adge Murphy sent for the jary. -: While this was going on Durrant sat in ' ;" the court room beside his counsel con versing with his mother and several -of her lady friends. : As soon as Mrs. Dur- v rant learned that the jury was coming . in, her demeanor changed from one of Siety, and a look cf dread came to her -:e which was not reflected in that of her son. . He stoically watched that jury men as they took their seats, as if to get from their features the import of the ver dict which their early return predicted, . As foreman Dutton announced the ver diet of guilty of murder in the first de gree tbe large audience which had listen ; ed in perfect silence for the words which r he was to utter, rose and uttered a yell which echoed ar out In the corridor. Most of ; those in the audience were women. The cries which went up from them fell upon the ear Of the convicted murderer's mother like a blow, 'and it seemed to bring her first realization of the force of the words of the jury's fore man. - Her face was averted as she had nerved herself for the ordeal; but though -possessed of marvelous courage, aery burst from her lips followed by a hyster- -ical outburst of sobs. . " ' Durrant listened to the words which sealed his fate. The look on his face was one of defiance, and if was apparent that.be had it in mind to address the iuryl The first cry from his mother .; changed his mind, if be had such inten- : ' tion. He sat down, turned to his mother and took her fondly in his arms. -She rested her head on bis shoulder and with his left arm about her slender form . he held her in a tender embrace, patting . her with his left hand and with his right stroking her hair. ; ;r Judge Murphy; announced that next Friday he would pssj sentence upon ... Dorrant, and at the same time he would fix the time for beginning the trial of ' Durrant for tbe murder of Minnie Wil- . liams. - , . ' The verdict of the jury meets with general approbation. The town is wild to-night over it. It resembled the after math of an election. Durrant himself takes it coolly, and says he has' not yet lost hope. His attorneys will take an' . appeal to the Supreme Court on a bill of exceptions, the material for which ac cumulated during the trial. Tbe material for the Minnie Williams trial has all been gathered and the pros-. ecation is prepared to go right ahead with it. It is certain that Judge Murphy will set-en early-date for the hearing. The general impression is that the result - in that case will be the same as the one just concluded.. Considerable matter . bearing on -the case was developed during the trial of the Limont case and : since the preliminary examination much . new evidence has been gathered So far as known, Durrant's defence in the case yet to be tried wilt be as weak as it was in the one just closed. ' VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF In a Suit For Damages That Exalted Great Interest in Richmond, Va. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star.., ' Richmond, Va Nov. 1. The Equity Court room was jimmed this morning with a crowd eager to hear the conclu sion of tbe celebrated case of Miss Gib son vs. Mrs. Todd. Judge Minor ' having instructed - the jary, counsel occupied most of the day in arguing the To-night the jury rendered a ver dict for thirty-two hundred dollars dam ages There has been no appeal so far, but it is understood that there may be. Miss Gibson sued for $10,000 dam ages, alleging that Mrs. Todd had in jured her In her occupation as a sales-' woman by saying that she had said in effect that Mrs. Hatcher, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Hatcher, pastor of the Grace Street Baptist Church, was a klepto maniac, she (Miss Gibson) having been discharged by ber employers for that reason. Miss Gibson denied positively that she had ever made such a remark about Mrs. Hatcher. THE SUFFRAGE PROBLEM. sTo Headway Hade by the South Carolina Constitutional Convention. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star; Colombia, S. C November 1. No headway 'whatever was made in ' the : situation of the suffrage problem by the ' Constitutional Convention to-day. The' whole day has been devoted to the re hashing of the history of the recon- . traction - period. The' charges that Senator Tillman made last night in his ' speech in regard to the steals and frauds of tne reconstruction period, based , on the fraud reports, and attacking negro . delegates on the floor were taken up by the . negroes, ana Miller, Smalls and Whipper made vigorous and determined speeches defending themselves and their race. All the speeches were pureijpwax historical character. WARM WIRELETSI " The Putnam Phalanx, under command of Major Henry Bickf ord, with invited guests and ladies, in all numbering 230 persons, left Hartford. Conn yesterday for Atlanta. : The Phalanx-wears tbe old;Continental uniform' and is accom panied by its famous drum corps. The "old Temple farm" at Yorktown, Va has been sold to a gentleman from Columbus, Ohio. It is the farm on which Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the combined armies of Washington and Lafayette, October 19th, 1781. The farm contains about 500 acres and sold for $45,000. The present owner proposes to make his permanent residence there. : . t ( mm 3- 4f, r
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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