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pit Mltzkbs tax. wilmington n. c. AT- A YEAR.IN ADVANCE. 8SS8388S88S88S8S3 -l)BOFI 81 88888888888888888 8g88888SS8SSS8SSg' . tqi'wW S 88888888888888888 2888888282888888 qiooif I 8S8888S8828888888 l " ! .hi 828SS88SS888S8S83 88888888888888888 o s t entered tUe Post Office at Wihatgtoa, N. C, as' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . r The subscription price of the Weekly Star U m shiiewpi vr- s 6 month 3 months BLUNDERING LEADERSHIP. The Philadelphia Ledger is an in dependent paper, witb Republican proclivities, but a warm admirer and friend of President" Cleveland. In discussing the result of the late elec tions it concludes with the follow- iug: -. -- for s)me years to come the Democ r,cv wlt have to be content with only pirtial control of the Federal Govern f)Kni. Indeed, the timet are propitions tor a complete return oi me KepuDiican party to power, Ana lor this the Re oublicans bave to thank, not their own leaders but the leaders of the Democ racy, who. having acquired control, miebt bave retained it tor a Reparation at least, IMhey had shown any wisdom or agreed upon any patriotic policy." We reproduce this because it covers the outlook and in the), elbsing lines utters a colossal troth. The election of 1892 was a popu lar protest against Republican methods, mismanagement and ex travagance. It was not the- popu larity of Mr. Cleveland, nor of Mr. Ttevenson, nor of any other man that caused that overwhelming revo lution, but the popular dissatisfaction with the party in power, and the de termination to rebuke it for its breach of trust. Any other good Democrat could have I been elected that year for the people were ripe for a change and wanted it. It was not the platforms of the parties that did It, for about the only essential dif ference between the platforms of the two parties . was the tariff plank in the Democratic platform and the de mand for the repeal of the Sherman silyer purchase, act, the final repeal -of which was accomplished with Re publican votes. When Mr. Cleveland entered upon his office supported by a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate, the first time the Democratic party had exclusive control of the Government in thirty-five years, the indications were that we would hold control of it for at least a quarter of a century, and we would if our leaders had shown one half the tact and ability their wiley opponents showed. The administration had hardly 'got into harness, if .we may so express it. when the discords began to appear and the factions to show themselves. In the distribution of Datronaee which has always been a great factor in American politicsthe friends of Senator Hill were . discriminated against, and soon the relations be came so strained that the two New York Senators seldom or never vls- ited the White House. And jet New York is one of the States essential to Democratic success and one in which the closing of the breaches between the factions was of "the utmost im portance. , On the other hand we find the leading Senator from New York standing;out against bis party, an tagonizing it and combining with Republicans to defeat the tariff bill, because in contained the (to him) oojectionable income tax provision. That was the status of the leader ship as far as the great State of New ork is concerned, which oucht to give a Democratic majority, but last Tuesday rolled up an overwhelming 'Republican majority. Mr. Cleve land and Mr. Hill ought to have got together as the two oresump -lively most distinguished Democrats from that State and closed the breach. They didn't do it. When the extraordinary session was called to consider the repeal of the Sherman law, the clash began Mtween what are now called the sound money" men and the friends 01 silver, who constituted a majority tne Democrats in Coneress. The platform demanded the repeal of the "cowardly makeshift." but at the same declared in favor of maintain in8 the integrity of silver. There "as an implied Dromise to continue the coinage of silver without dlscrim 'nation and of such legislation as would make continued coinage prac "cable in the event of the failure of luc international monetary congress t0 meet or to act. No heed wait paid 10 the protests of the friends of silver- ho demanded' its recognition; un conditional repeal was demanded and 'nsisted upon, the plea made being lQat this was necessary to get into ape to have satisfactory legislation 0, the financial question. The 1m Hea promise was riven that when , the Sherman act was out of the way. something else would be done, but 11.09 " VA Y 2 i that something else never was done. I Judicious i- management and counselling of the leaders, who pull ed against each other instead of counselling, tne silver Question rnnM have been settled then and there, and wouia r never bave come on as an issa,e t0 stract and divide the Dem-1 ocratic patty. If they had agreed to a limited coinage of silver then in lieu of the Sherman law, or had given ns the "peal of the State bank tax in place of "the coinage of silver, either one or both, silver would have ceased to be a troublesome factor," and the financial question would have Ubeen, practically settted. ,:t hv ma - - - - neither, and missed a grand oppor- wnity to show grand leadership! There veas. no comoromise - in th anti-silver leadership, It carried its point, won its victory with Republi can votes, and since then has been dead set against silver. ; ; V: And so with the tariff, which could and should have been dis-L posed of inside of sixty 4ays in stead of being a subject of heated discussion for ten -months, all be cause the leaders didn't get to gether and agree as to the essential features of it before they began the public discussion. That was a time for the President, as a conn'- sellor and as the presumed head of the party, to draw around him the leading spirits and freely talk witb them, so as to avoid the antag onisms that afterwards developed, instead of making one man the cus todian of his views and springing those views in the eleventh hour alter the mischief bad been done and it was too late to remedy it. There was treachery to the party which deserved rebuke, ther.e is no doubt of that, but that rebuke might have been made unnecessary bv a family consultation, to impress upon the recalcitrants the necessity of standing in good faith .and loyalty to the party's pledges. There has been blundering all 'round, and the party has paid the penalty. HElOa HEBTIQH.' Some of the English papers have been accusing Germany of endeavor ing to alienate other nations from England and some of them go so far as to say that "England has not a single friend among the Govern ments of the earth." Commenting on this the New York Sun gives the rea sons, thus : It is the ways of England that cause so many other countries to bate ner. She was insolent to Japan at the open ing of the late war, when Japan s victo ries were not foreseen. She has been defiant to China since China was beaten. She has angered the Turk" by wheedling him ar one time and threatening him at another. She has given France and Rus sia offense by her grasping policy in Eypt. eastern Asia and else where.She has excited the enmity of Venezuela by her territorial greed. When Brazil was in straits a few years ago. on account of a domestic rebellion, England . incurred Brazil's hatred by threatening to bom bard and seize the capital white this country secured Brazil s gratitude by assuming a friendly attitude at the criti cal moment. England is always a great deal more presumptuous toward a weak country than toward a strong one. She will swagger or will si ink. according to circumstances and to whom she is deal ing with.V -- This might seem to be inspired by prejudice, but, while it is true that the has little love for England, it speaks the truth. But the con cluding lines., are not applicable to England alone, for there are few, if any, ot tne nations wnicn uo noi govern their conduct when differ ences arise 1 by the weakness or power of the nation they have to deal with. r There may or may not be founda tion for the report published by a Chi cago paper that a scheme is on foot to construct the Nicaragua Canal as a private enterprise, without seeking or desiring Government aid. - It, is not such a stupendous work that private capital could not undertake it and carry .it through when we have so many very rich men in this coun try who would not miss a few mill ions and when there is said to be so many millions of idle money in Lon don seeking investment. It snouia not, under thesfe circustances, be dlf ficult to secure all the capital neces sary for an enterprise which -prom ises as much as this does. This would be the better way to build it if it can be done this way. "All such reports, however, may be received with a due share ot doubt, for they may be only a part of the programme to throw ob stacles in the way of securing Gov ernment aid for, this enterprise by holding out the idea that the canal can and will be constructed without Government aid, as' the Panama Ca nal scheme is now being worked, doubtless for that purpose. The people of this country, however, are more interested in the building of the canal than as to v who r builds it, provided, of course, that1 it will be under American influence and con trol. 1 The ele6tion returns from Mary- - . . 9 land present some interesting ana suggestive figures. In 1891 Brown, Democratic candidate tor governor, received 108,530 votes, against 78, 388 for Vannort, Republican, giving Brown a plurality pf'30,142. This year Hurst, Democrat, received 106,- 1ME, WEEKLY- DTAB. 7 203 votes, only 2,327 less thatf grown received, . while Lowndes, Republi can, received 125,219'votes, or 47,031 more than the Republican candidate received :In;i8fcThissh0ws two things; one that the Republicans, en couragedDjUhe factional fight in the Democratic party, brought out their f ull strength, because they saw there was a chancefdf vvlctoryraadlthe; Other was that this was supplemented with-the votes of a good many Pem carats who usually do net go to ihe polls and only vote when they-want to kill somebody in their Own party: The difference of 47,031: in the Re publican vote of 1891 and 1895 shows that: i; ' - ; ; V' V.; The : Louisville CourliT&urnat which id;all it could to defeat. Sena tor lackhjirn, says the next Legisla ture will be Democratic on jo'int bal lot by a majorityyof at least two and possibly five. jprc will- ir:sav?. n l naiuijr wveucy votes in tne uerno- cratic joint caucus, and. perhaps acvcmy-inree. uut or tne seventy three Senator Blackburn will prob ably have forty, and possibly forty- three votes, eing twenty-seven for McCreary; with three whose, status as to the Senatorial candidates Js not known. This figuring ensures the caucus nomination to Senator Blackburn, whose defeat can only be accomplished by some of the Demo crats refusing to go laW the caucus or De governed by it They aon't usually do that way in Kentucky and it remains to be seen whether there will be a new departure this time. We thought from the returns that there were a good many fools loose in this country on election day. Two of them made a wager in New York which was somewhat unique. One was a Protestant, the other a Catholic. The stake was not very large; it was only their religion, for neither of them had much to shuck. The wager provided that the one whose party was beaten should renounce his re ligion and embrace the religion of the other fellow. ' Democratic political "bosses" ought to be dethroned; but their de feat should be compassed Inside the party. There Is no excuse ior Dem ocrats who elect Republican Gov ernors and Republican Legislatures, thereby giving that party indefinite control of the United States Senate, in order to crush one Democratic "boss." . -.' "'"V V - The Savannah News says: "There is not a single silver gleam from out the gloom of the election returns; that Js, from a 16 to 1 standpoint.' The News is "dead wrong." The only two States carried by lloe Dem ocrats, Virginia and Mississippi, are both, for free silver. ' """Dr. Robert Battey, . originator of the Battey surgical operation, which is now successfully performed all over the world, died at his home in Rome. Ga.. Friday afternoon. He was not quite 67 years old. Lloyd Lowndes, the Republican elected Governor of ' Maryland by Democratic votes, was a. hot cham pion ot tne infamous force .Bin while a member of Congress. The Indians in Arizona are a pretty well behaved set of fellows. Although there are 57,000 of them it is said they haven't murdered a single white person this year. . IMPORTANT BANK CASES. Eioiud, Beoolver, Ateinit Pollock and Oihen Decided In Favor of Defend ants Two Other Cues to Be Decided. 'The U. S. Court of Appeals at Rich mond handed down a decision last Thnrsdav in the imoortant case of Ricand. receiver, against Pollock, et al. affirming the decision of the court below. This is the suit in which it was attempted to recover from the defendants an as sessment of $22,000 on the stock held by the estate of the late James Dawson in the First National Bank of-Wilmington, and was decided by Judge Seymour against the plaintiff at last Fall term of. the Circuit Court in this city. It was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals by the plaintiff and argued last Spring. -The decision just rendered affirms Judge Seymour. The counsel for the plaintiff were ex-Judge Russell and George Ronntree, Esq., of this city, and for the defendants Mr. Prentiss, of New York, R. H. Battle, Esq., of Raleigh, and Col T. W. Strange, of this city. We learn that the receiver has now pending a suit in the U. S. Court here against the Wilmington Savings & Trust Company, as the administrator of Mrs, Missouri Dawson, and also a suit in New York against ' Mrs Fanny Pollock (or Tyson) both cases being on this stock assessment and involving questions not decided in the case against the James Dawson estate. - . - mmmm Fatally Injured. v " A passenger arriving here yesterday reports that one of the Atlantic Coast Line section masters found a white man, Mr. English, of Willard, N. C lying near the railroad track between Rose Hilland Teachey's, yesterday morning, with two bottles of whiskey in bis possession. When Captain H. Q. Mc Arthur, of train 41 coming south passed. Mr. English was sent to his home at ' Willard. He was breathing at the time but had a se vere gash on his head five inches long and his skull was fracturedv It is not known how Mr. Willard was hurt. WILMINGTON,. C., FRIDAY,- NOVEMBER-15, AFFAIRS IN RALEIGH. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FOR.; lN- TERrtAl- JiEVENUE SERVICE, i Seixnte Of . Iilci aora at Qreeniboro To- - baooe - Brek Btate Fair 4 cpeae Be-. publloan-Talk-meotlon on the Bead Im- ; ; provement Xaw-Walter Hekr j.V - - - fe- Raleigh, N; Ci Nov. ft. A civil service examination is - being held here rto-day for the; positions', of clerk, store keeper and 'eauger in the Revenue j Department. There f are. IT applicants in the class, ' which is the largest and most intelligent that-has ap plied. Nearly all the counties . in the district are : represented.,-Among the number are applicants from Bladen, Rob eson, Craven, Wayne, Jones. v Moore? Richmond and Wake. ": ,-; -fe j A big seizure, of whiskies for irregular ities was made io the Southern Railway depot at Greensboro yesterday.- Eight barrels of whiskey and brandy andpther v- iaa.cn. The tobacco market haa opened v no again and the warehouses here are doing a rushing business, bales were practi cally at a standstill and the business was paralyzed temporarily during the drought from the fact that it was impossi ble to move the bright weed without breaking it np. Since the recent rain the market has been qmte active. Messrs. Williamson & Lee have had- large breaks for the past two days at tneir warehouse on bast Davie. . The floor was covered with tobacco to-day. farmers are satisfied for they have re ceived good prices. For the past three days breaks have been active, very ac tive. Over 100.000 pounds have been handled. Secretary Nichols says all the ex penses of the Fair will be promptly paid. 1 nis includes the running expenses, pre miums, etc. The amount of pledges not 7et collected is 1600. ; Local Republicans talk very indepen dently these days. They asseit that Re publican principles have come to stay for a generation. Mr. Scoggina, of Durham, is making 1 & large purcnases 01 wnisxey in urange county irom tne aistiuers. He nas an arrangement . whereby be advances money tor the distillers to the Revenue Department for the payment of taxes. Richmond county was well repre sented here yesterday, bherm bmitn, Register . of Deeds Dockery and the Clerk of the Court were all here. The counties of Craven, Pamlico and. several others voted on the same act favoring road improvements, as did Wake connty on Tuesday last. The law was defeated by a large majority in Craven. In Pamlico "xpunty the regis tration books were furnished too late for the election to be legal. A United States Fish Commission car has been to Newbern and Morehead for the purpose of securing fish to be car ried to Atlanta. . . a - The announcement was given out several weeks ago that Sir Walter Henry had gone to Kentucky to stump the State for the -Populists. Yesterday an anxious Populist. broke the silence by asking of Mr. Henry's whereabouts. He thought that he was lost in the shuffle. It turns out that Mr. Henry never invaded Bradley s State, but has been rusticating In Henderson. THE CLAN M'RAE. The Reunion of tne Famous Clan at At lanta Horth Carolina Was There. The annexed extracts from the report of the reunion of tbe-Clan McRae, as given by the Atlanta Constitution, will interest many readers of the Star: The following names were selected as those who shall represent their respec tive States: Charles C McRae, Hope, Ark.: Cbas. M. McRae, Birmingham, Ala.; G. W. McRae, New York; Benjamin F. McRae, Iuka, Miss.: Dr, . M. McRae. Alley. Ga.; Murdoch McRae, Maxton, N. .; M N. McRae. Philadelphia; Dr. Frank Mc Kae. Melrose. Fia.; Austin u MCKae. Austin. Tex: William P. McRae, Peters burg. Va,; Thomas McRae, Bentonville, S. C: J. H. McRae, FortSnelling, Minn, William McRae, Cincinnati; G. W. Mc Rae. Memphis. An interesting address was made at the meeting by CoL Murdock McRae, of Robeson county,- North Carolina. Mr. McRae SDOke 01 the many years that has passed since the first little Mc Rae was born, and though tneiamuy had scattered to the four winds of the earth, they had always been prominent in their various walks of life and bad never reflected any discredit upon the name thev bore. It afforded him ex ceedingly great pleasure, he said, to be able to see so many of his kin people assembled together. . it was a reunion that he would, never forget, and though he should live many years longer, the scenes enacted and the conversations held at the reunion in Atlanta would never pass from his mind. His address was full of anecdotes and witty sayings. and the members of the clan were de lighted with bis remarks. Addresses were mace oy iapt. riugn MacRae. of Wilmington, North Caro lina, and by Colonel Peter MacRae, tf Kicnmona county 1 in roe same siaie. Many interesting facts and statistics were enumerated by the speakers. Other talks were made by the brothers and cousins and the session was one of much oleasure. Though the matter was not definitely settled, it is very likeiy tnat anotner re union will be held in Nashville next year at that Exposition. - CAROLINA CENTRAL SAIL. A Subscriber Complains of the Present "Wretched System. . Attention is called to the following letter from an old subscriber to the Daily Star: Dear Editor: What has become of mv nanera? The Snndav morning STAR is just to hand to-day (Wednesday) and it is a irequent occurrence; ana my Wil mington mail comes down - the line on the morning train as often as it is put off on the up train. Can't you do some thing for us? Yours truly, . v J. C. Stanley, -' v MarlvHle, N. C. November 6,1895 : Why," bless L jbur soul. ' Stanley, do you "want the earth?" .; Don't yon think the- Postoffice Department is doing mighty well when It delivers your Sun day Morning Star a little over three days after publication? You forget that Marlvule is nearly thirty miles irom Wilmington! The fact is. Stanley, un der the present alleged system of mail delivery, on the Karolina Sentral, you are lucky to get your Stars at all.' Editor Star. .. f Clarkton correspondent of the Whiteville News: , "The mails in this sec tion of the Carolina Central have been crazy for two weeks. Daily papers from Charlotte and Wilmington come in a week old."- , v ru. s. oisjRicr court The Beoord of Cases Tried" YeaterdaT Don.' vietiott andlBenteope f John Brltt and --Joseph, Btene4S'--.;.i;ft-ir ?Z-. J.- The Court met yesterday morning at 9.30 o'clock and resumed the trial of Jno. Brit and -Joseph 2 Stone,', of Robeson countyr charged with forcibly taking from the possession of Deputy Collector Gibson ?; two barrels?? and two kegs containing . illicit ; whiskey'- that .had been seizid by . the ...deputy collector. It was shown on the trial that in March, 1894, a wagon loaded with contraband whiskey was captured in the vicinity of Maxton. : The whiskev - was taken to Lumberton and locked np for safe keep ing m the guard house ot that town. About two weeks alter the seizure the guard house was broken open at night and the' whiskey spirited away. John tsntt, josepn stone ana Jim Kooinson were charged with the crime and were arrested. Britt gave bond- and 5 soon- after left the State and is now said to be in Florida. ..Robinson became a witness against the other defendantsr The case was given to the jury about one o'clock a. in4 and in twenty minutes thev returned a verdict finding both de fendants guiltv as charged in the bill of Indictment. The - Court gave a sealed sentence as to defendant Britt and sen tenced defendant Stone to pay a fine of $300 and be imprisoned twelve months ia the jail of Robeson county. Col. N. A. McLean, of Lumberton, appeared as counsel for Stone, and Dis trict Attorney Ay cock for the Govern ment was assisted by Mr. . K. f roctor. of Lumberton. 'x In the afternoon the court disposed of the following cases; . Henrv .Covington, charged wun retail ing liquor without : license. Verdict guilty. w. I. Barneld. illicit distilling, ver dict, guiltv. Anna De Berry, retailing liquor with out license. Not guilty. Tosiah Bryant, retailing without li cense, continued. . E. J. Jones, retailing without license. Not guilty. Eliza Lowrey. retailing without li cense.' Not guilty. : Lewis Brock, retailing without license. Not guilty. When a case against Lawrence acott was taken up tor trial, three 01 the wit nesses Elisha Cumming, Steve Strick land and Zeb Strickland failed to an swer when their names were called. The Court ordered a capias issued and they were arrested by the U. S. Marshal and put in jail until farther orders. Alfred Thompson, charged witn re tailing without license, was found not guilty. - The Court met at 0 30 o'clock yester day morning. . The following cases were taken up ana disposed of: - i James Patrick, retailing liquor with out license. Continued. Jno. R. Hill, refilling stamped casks. Verdict guilty. Jos. W. Morton, retailing liquor with out license. Verdict not guilty. Daniel Todd, retailing liquor without license. Verdict guilty. James Green, convicted of retailing without license, was fined (100 and sen tenced to thirty days' Imprisonment in Richmond connty tail. In the case of the United states vs three casks of distilled spirits claimed by W. J. McDonald, of Fayetteville, the fury returned a verdict' for the Govern ment. W. H. Kuss, charged with passing snurious silver dollars. Verdict not guilty. . D. A. Met hail, retailing, continued. Lawrence Scott, retailing. Verdict guilty. David Tew. retauine. tontinuea. W. J. Barfield, convicted Tuesday of retailing liquor without license, was sen tenced to three months in Kobeson county jail and to pay a fine of $100. The Court at 6 d. m. took a recess until y.30 this morning. - A NEW CHURCH Organised by the Freabyteriana To be : Known aa Emanuel Church. A large number of Presbyterians met last night at Emanuel Mission, corner of Front and Queen streets, for the pur pose of organizing a church, as was em- oowered by the Presbytery npon recom mendation of the First Presbyterian church. Those who have attended the Mission regularly were empowered by this act to organize themselves as the Emanuel Church of Wilmington, After the preliminaries Dr. r. ti. Hoge was made moderator who stated the Durnose of the meeting, upon ap plication one nunarea ana sixteen mcm- bersot tne first unurcn were dismissed fronvits rolls with authority to form and orsranize the new church. Unon motion ot Mr. c u. u am err en it was unanimously votea to organize the new Presbyterian Church as Emanuel Church. After the organization Mr. B. E. Wal lace, of Chattanooga, was. called to the pastorate by a unanimous rising vote. and it was requested that he be or dained the second Friday in January, at which time the Presbytery meets here. Messrs." A. B. Cook and C U. Dahl gren were elected eiders, ana Messrs. P. Heinsberger, Asa. Biggs, k. Barnes and Mr. Rice deacons. . Dr. Hoge then delivered a very in teresting address as to the origin of the Mission, ana its success since iooo. Mr. B. E. Wallace, the new pastor. was called on, and delivered an address on Presbvterianism. Mr. C : U. Dahlgren was elected superintendent of the Sunday School; U. Wbitted, assistant superintendent; A. A. Willard, secretary and treasurer, with the following teachers: W. A. Riach. B. E. Wallace, A. J. Howell, Jr, P. Heinsberger. D. Whitted, Asa Biggs, Mrs. A. J. Howell, Jr., Mrs. D. Whitted, Misses Florence L. Bonitz, Isabella Heinsberger, Maggie Moffltt, Anna Savage. Maria Latta and Allie Garrason. The church and school are in good con dition. and the start is excellent, with fifty children in the infant class. The every day school or kindergarden, which is run in connection with the church, is flourishing in charge of Miss-Alice Stockton and Miss Gerta Bonitz. There are also several industrial features con nected with the church and Sunday school. Those present were well pleased with the excellent start and progress made so far. Great for Fayetteville. The-gratifying announcements made in a recent issue ot me star mat a new cotton factory was to be erected' at Fayetteville is fully confirmed. Mr. L. W. Holt is the leading-spirit in the movement. ' He has contracted for, the brick, paid for the land about seventy acres, on Massey's Hill and -gone vig orously to work. The plant will be for a plaid mill, will cost, approximately; .$300,000. and will give employment, it is said, to over 700 operatives. Think of the value of such an enter prise to the - town of Fayetteville. and say why there shonld not be two or three similar enterprises in Wilmington. Ke- member, the Fayetteville mill is to be operated by steam, not water, power. 1895. COTTON CROP 1 8941995. , Batimatea from -. Beporta to Xittham Alex- -,' . V ander 4k Co.--v i"'- j. .- Having received many letters, of in-. qniry, concerning the probable total cot ton crop of the United , States for this year, we sent out on the 26th of October 8.500 1 letters to selected rand ' reliable correspondents banks, bankers.' cotton commission merchants," brokers, propri etors of public gins, railroad officials and planters, covering every cotton growing connty in the. South, seeking, informa tion, believing that the average of the re plies would likely prove more correct than the estimate of any Individual, re- mote irom tne cotton neids. In response to our letters we have re ceived.; 2.633- replies up to this date. which we tabulate as follows:.. -; r Estimated total crop: as compared : with j crop of 9 goi.000 tost year. ,f . . The average of letters from States named below gives estimate in bales from each oi the percentage of decrease, as follows : ;v -i,.;-'--. j.-v- 295 letters makes A'abama :4 . "v AAamaa 83 percent, or 670,000 88 ; 67000 IS u B1.0Da 68 - . Florida 51.000.1 JA AAA . 454 Georeia- - 87 "f 849,000. 87 " 878,000 28 - : -86.O0O 168 Looinaoa 865 " MariaiipBl 81t- " N.CaroliM N. Carolina 84 807,000 828. 168 414 S. Carolina 88 " 592,000 352,000 " i08,cojl . Tenseasec, f 8 Texas, &c 45 Weight of bales this season is estimat ed to be 10 to 12 pounds lighter than last year.- :v ..;;;,-1: s -:-..-x la addition to the injury the crop had previously suffered, the excessive heat during the latter- part of August and month of September caused the plant to mature prematurely, to shed its fruit, dry up and lose the top crop. ey reason tdi the long continued -dry weather picking is farther advanced than ever before known in some sec tions already entirely over and the crop has been marketed with unusual rapidity. ; . - ..- Few correspondents report anv dis position on the part of planters to hold back their cotton. ?r In our letter from -which the fore going crop estimate by counties was re quested, as a matter of some interest. we also asked an estimate or guess as to the total crop of the United States, and submit the following: . . : ; Estimates of total crop of United States now Prevailing in the southern States. The average of Tetters from the States named below give estimates from each of .the total crop in bales as follows: - T78 from Alabama : mates total 6,650,000 660,C0O 6.750,060 6,781,000 6,510,0C0 6,750,090 6,890,000 6,790,000 530,000 6,500,000 883 Arkansas 54 Florida " Georgia - " Louisiana " " Mississippi " North Carolina M Sonth Carolina " Tennessee, Ac., " Texas, " 418 143 331 195 804. 143 484 8,418 makes total crop 6.C80.C0O We respectfully submit the foregoing estimates, which have been faithfully compiled from the letters received, and retnrn our - sincere thanks to the many correspondents who so promptly and satisfactorily responded to our request tor iniormation. Yours truly, -Latham, Alexander & Co. 'U. S. DISTRICT COURT.- Cases Tried "xesterday eceaa Taken to 3 O'clock F. M. Monday Civil Cause a to be Tried. - The grand- jury having - finished Its work was discharged yesterday at noon, and at 1 o'clock p. m. court took recess until Monday (to-morrow) afternoon at 3 o'clock. There will be a few criminal cases for trial this week, and then the trial of civil causes is expected to occupy the time of the court for three or four days. During the sitting of the court yesterday morning the following cases were disposed of. viz: James Locklear, "retailing. Verdict guilty. - Sentenced to thirty days In Richmond county jail -and to pay a fine of $100. Silas Strickland and Lawrence ' Scott, intimidating United States witnesses. Verdict, guilty, as to both -defendants. Mary Davis, retailing. Nol pros with leave. . " L. A. Smith, retailing; Capias "and continued. Emery Lee, retailing.-Verdict guilty. Sentenced to thirty days in Richmond county jail and to. pay a fine of $100. v , James M. Davis, illicit distilling. Ca pias and continued to Newbern court. T. W. Sanders, retailing. Capias and continued to Newbern court. - . D. D." Stewart and W. M. Cameron, retailing. Verdict, guilty. Thomas Britt. retailing. .Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to sixty days in Robe son county iall and to pay a fine of $100. Dan Carter, retailinr. Verdict. - not guilty. .;r-..,r'V-i.- Lizzie Brigman, retailing. Verdict, not guiltv. George Hill, retailing. Verdict, guil ty. Sentenced to thirty, days in Rich mond county jail and to pay a fine of $100.. . , , John Hammond, retailing. Capias and continued. POSTAGE ON PACKAGES- The Postmaster General Calls Attention to . Borne Important Boles to Be ' Ob served. - The following notice issued by the Postmaster General is of interest to ail who send packages by mail: - Washington, D. C October 16 Be sure yon have sufficient postage on packages. Inauire at Postoffice if in doubt and avoid delay of packages in --postoffice or in dead letter office at .Washington. Packages sealed require letter rate, Packages unsealed, with writing oh in side in the nature of correspondence, re quire lower rate. certain articles ot merchandise, sealed or unsealed, to foreign countries, are stopped in the dead letter office unless fully prepaid at foreign letter rate. Many articles of merchandise are ab solutely prohibited transmission in the mails; therefore, inquire before mailing. Parcels to Canada, or Mexico must never be closed against inspection. Full payment of - postage on foreign mad" matter secures cheaper postage in all cases, and shonld be encouraged by postmasters whenever advice or infor mation may be anorded by them to send era of such matter. " - - 1 - Inquire always if ' in doubt and save money and prevent delay' - "- ' ' The name and address of the sender shonld be on each parcel before mailing. This is to facilitate a return tothe sender in the event of non-delivery. . sr '-F H. Jones, -- First Assistant Postmaster General. Miss Lucy Aydlett, of Maxton, was awarded the Star's special premium for the best pound of Robeson county butter exhibited at the Maxton Fair. NO. 3 THE COTTON MARKET. Spinners and Produeera . Trylac to Tire Bioa -OJier , Oat Speeolatton Affooted hr FoUtloal Troubles In the Eat. '.Yokk, Nov."8.';' EitiTOR; Star That the " market , should decline in facs of the small move ment of cotton to the ports and interior ; towns Is so surprising that the ' trade do not know what to make of such a condi tion of affalrs and each day dds to the difficulty of solving the puzzle. - It was confidently expected that socb a falliog eff In the receipts would "stimulate the. trade into buying cotton freely in the European markets, which would in turn increase the- .speculative interest,' and a sharp .advance, would result; butneither of' -. these demands . has appeared and the market has drifted downward under the slow realizing of the long interest. .In the meantime the trade do not "know' which of . the oppos ing interests will be the first to five way,' whether; the spinner will appear as a large buyer, or the producer will be anx-. ious to dispose of his Cotton at what "... - must be remunerative prices. At the moment holders throughout the South are strongly OT tne. opinion that tne light movement will bring-the spinner to terms, as bis supplies of cotton must daily be : becoming ' less , if current -estimates of - consumption are cor rect, and -while the - South'" has parted - with . a : portion . of , its: con tract holdings, it . holds its spot cotton.;7 Thus the spinner and producer are- trying to -tire each other out; the merchant is unable to judge which will be victorious in the contest, and be is not disposed to attempt to forecast the future,' especially as he is confronted with probable political troubles in the East, the solution of which are beyond bis power to determine. Probably the threatened partition of Turkey has more to do with chilling the active speculative ' demand than ' any other feature of the situation. Under ordi nary circumstances any such falling off in the movement of the crop, even though ! the trade believe it i3 to some extent due to the practical cessation of business between the spinner and the producer, would lead to an active and excited market; why it does not do so, the trade do not understand. and the problem is turned over to some one else for solution. . It the movement is any indication of the crop, cotton is cheap, on the other hand, if we are fi nally face to face witb the partition of Turkey, with all that means in commer cial and financial circles, 'then specula tion will wait to see how far the Euro pean Powers become involved before baying cotton even if the crop is smaller than current estimates. - Yours very truly, 7 Hubbard Bros. Co. . AFFAIRS IN RALEIGH. Judge Coble' Deoiaion in Book Kttohin's Case Albany Bora-ess Corps Tobacco ' Bales The 8 sate Fair alleged Incen diary Arrested. m Special Star Telegram.1 ' : . Raleigh, N. d Nov. 8. Judge Coble decides that the Peniten tiary directors elected by the Legisla ture were not legally elected. Kitchin's counsel took an appeal to the Supreme Court. i The Albany Burgess Corps pass through Raleigh Sunday, en route to Atlanta. une nunorea thousand pounds ot to bacco bave been sold herein the last two days. ' . . ' - , ' Secretary Nichols says all the expenses and the premiums of the last Fair will be paid promptly. lames Stevenson, charged with set ting fire to an old gin house in Wake Forest township, was arrested to-day. ROCKY MOUNT FAIR. A Splendid Buooeaa Excellent Exhibits Itarge Attendance Baoing Events Bide Bhcwj. Rocky Mount, November 8.h. To-day closed the Fair, which opened on Wednesday, 6th inst. The opening day, as is generally the case, had a small attendance. .The big day. yesterday (Thursday) .witnessed a large crowd on hand; a larger crowd than has been on the grounds for several years; it was estimated at from four thousand to forty-five hundred. Tne exhibits were all good. ' The ag ricultural display was very fine in home products. Floral Hall was a marvel of beauty: the display of needlework by the ladies was the finest ever exhibited in several years. Some of it was ex quisite and very beautiful. The pantry supplies were very good and show that the ladies sustain their reputation ; In knowing how . to make good . jellies, cakes and other edibles. ' Several fine pianos were on hand and the ladies discoursed some of their sweetest melodies. The display of fur niture was exceedingly good and beau tiful, su, 'i'c-; :: .- ' : ' .The racing was asfbsual very good. Several knights entered the Jists and dis played fine horsemanship. Plenty of side shows to catch the pen nies, and among them was "Hookee Chookee," but their exhibits had been restricted and there was nothing objec tionable to witness. , V ' I Th fair orlll malrf a anrrMa and the stockholders will ' bave a surplus. A thousand dollars gate receipts on Thurs day and when the railroad receipts are heard from will swell the amount to two thousand dollarsi Everything -passed off as smoothly and satisfactorily as could be desired. ' ....... B. B. I - THE PEANUT CROP. ' ; r The Crop bhort ?Both In Quantity and ' " Quality. ' y The Jacksonville (Fla.) Citizen says: "Peanuts will be a very short crop this year, according to the reports from all over the South collected by a central handling ' house in Cincinnati. The great heat and long drought during the late Summer and early Fall seriously Impaired both the quantity and quality of the . crop. The Virginia crop will most likely be but half the size of last year's, and in quality will be much- be low the average. The Tennessee crop will be short, but the quality of the nuts is better than in Virginia. But in tha face of this depressing news concerning a great American staple, it is reassuring to know that successful experiments in raising peanuts have been made in many parts of the country hitherto considered inhospitable. Washington and Oregon" fanners have " raised good crops this year, 'and a Biddeford. Me., farmer' tells this week of . having just harvested a good though small crop.". . r , -,-. . The Alderman Hardware Com pany have decided to let the readers of the Star know "where they ire at," and what: they are doing. .'This . house is fnllv prepared to serve the public, and is duii a constantly increasing busi ness. .Messrs. . Allison and ; William Alaciautn are in command with Charlie Foard and Robert Sloan as Lieutenants. WASHINGTON '1 "r-v-ji The Treasury : Department Deddea Samples of Iiitiuora and , Wines Dletrlbl nted to Yialtoia at the AdantA Expoaidon ' ShaU be Free of Tsi-Beer Admiral 8hu- foldi's Funersl-Firaoe Wilting to Be lease" Waller, ex-consul of the United . 8 a et for Madagascar. By Tekgrarh to the Morning Star. -i WasbiIigtow, . - November 9. The "; Treasury - Department has settled the : ' question- regarding the free distribution ' '. of samples of whiskey and wines at the -Atlanta Exposition, which has long.-.;, vexed the officials. Free whiskey has finally won. Among the many foreign exhibitors are several houses which ' : deal exclusively la wines and liquors They had samples of . their liquors put up in small bottles.; which- they, dis- ' tributed- free " among -people who visited their .exhibitsr Under the law alii articles imported for the exhibition - were-; permitted to come tnr free" of ""duty; provided r an- indem-. . nity bond was filed by the importers to . pay duty on all articles not returned after the exhibition. . On arttcles sold during ; the Exposition the nsual duties attaching to such articles are imposed. The for- eign wine and liquor dealers contended that their wares, unlike'all oher wares, Could only be judged by consumption; that the quality of their goods could not -be determined by looking at the bottle' containingthe liquor or in smelling the cork. : They were, perfectly willing to pay the duty attaching to the liquors ; and wines sold, but asked that 'dn.y.on : sample quantities of liquor distributed free be remitted. The Treasury has endeavored in - various ways to reach some satisfactory test of the.quality of liquor except by drinking it, but without " success, and finally Secretary Carlisle has fallen back on the old Trea-ury tegula- . tions applied to the World'a Fair and the California Exposition, which per mitted the free entry of 1 quors .for free distribution as samples at the Atlanta ' Exposition.'-..'. .K'-v- Rear Admiral Shufeldt, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery to-day at " noon in the presence of his family and the officers of the Loyal Legion after the usual services at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. The casket, borne bynavl ap prentices from the Washington navy? yard, was attended by the following honorary pall bearers: Rear. Admirals V Hughes,.-! Calhoun. Russell - and Roe;' Prof. Asaph Hall, of the Naval Observa tory; Commodore Howell, Navy Yard; CoL Elliott. U. S. A, and Mr. Wm. H. Trescott. At the grave the deceased Ad miral's sword was presented to his grand-. son, Percy. The Admiral's w.ll is to be read to the family next Monday. Secretary Olney has received an inti mation ot the willingness of France to release John L. Waller from prison as an act of gracionsness to the United States, but as an acceptance of this offer, might prevent this Government from subsequently demanding an indemnity, a condition to which Waller it is under stood does not agree, the prospects are that tedious diplomatic negotiations are the last resource. It Is positively " denied that Mrs. Waller has been com pelled to appeal to the State Department to secure Waller's release on the ground that he is dying in his cell. Mrs. Waller herself declares emphatically that she has not received from her husband, nor have any of his friends, letters stat ing that his health is failing or expressing the belief that he cannot live much longer, as telegraphed from Wash ington last night. As Mrs. Waller un- .' demands it. the two questions nowtrn- , der consideration by the State. Depart ment are whether it will ' be possible ' to accept France's offer of waller's release as an act of grace and continue the matter of indemnity for subsequent negotiation, or whether all the facts , justify the United States in per emptorily demanding indemnity and release simultaneously, it is known that the State Department is not at all satisfied yet that Waller has valid ground for an indemnity, some of the evidence oa the Subject being extreme- ly conflicting. S. C. CONVENTION. The Measure to Prevent Dynohlng Adopted. J : ' ' Br Telegraph to ths Morning Stat. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 9. The Con stitutional Convention to-day spent the whole of its time considering, two sec tions of the article on jurisprudence. It took the Convention several hours to provide for the preparation ot a code of the statute laws of the State every ten years. Then it jumped, on the meas ure to prevent lynching, which when the adjournment was reached,' -read, as ' amended, as follows: "In the case : of any prisoner lawfully in" the charge, ..custody or control of any officer. State, county or municipal, being seized and taken from said officer, through his negligence, per mission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hands suffering bodily vio lence or death, the said officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a true bill found shall be deposed from his office and shall, unless par doned by the Governor, hence forth be ineligible to bold any office of trust or power within this State. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or county the offence may be committed, to forthwith institute a prosecution against said officer, who shall be indicted and tried in such county, other than the one in which the offence was committed, as the Attorney General may elect, in the same circuit. The fees and mileage of all material wit nesses, both for the State and for the defence, shall be paid by the State Treas urer in such manner as may be provided. bv law. v A motion to strike the section out was voted down. . -CHATTANOOGA PARK To be Used by the Government as a Mill ; wry Posit and for a Training Ground for West Point Cadets. . Bv Telegraph to the If crnlng Star. : Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 9. It has leaked out from a high official source that the Government will estab lish a military post, for both infantry and cavalry troops at Chicamauga park. But the plans of the War Department-' are being jealously guarded until alter . the approaching session of Congress, . from which 8 liberal appropriation will beaskedi. The plans contemplate inci dentally the locating of a rifle range, an artillery range of three miles and srtrain ing field within the park which "will be hedged around - us . immense area with a stone wall. The park will' also - become the training ground for West Point cadets and a course of train ing on this historic field will be made a part of the school's curriculum. The work will be complete within a year. For some time past, a marked tendency in the . military policy -ot - the department has been the drawing in of ' the army lines from remote frontier posts, and station ing them near the centre of population .anrf wirlifft 9W 'aaa htf roil wVjkrhv quick transportation to scenes of distur bance may be secured. . . Two State officers visited Danvers, Mass., with a requisition from the Gov ernor of North Carolina for a young man named Robert Nelson, who was wanted on a charge of burglary in that State. Nelson-died a few days ago at Danvers, and was buried by the poor , department of the town. . 'An insane man eamtd Reed living' near Grogansville, Rockingham county,, N. C, attacked one of. his daughters wito a knife, cutting her throat almost 1 from ear to ear. r lie then seized an axe and buried the blade of it in her body. killing her instantly.'
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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