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I Ex-Senator Edmonds, of Vermont, doesn't belong to the jingo order of Republican statesmen, and be doesn't agree with ' the Chandlers, Fryes, Lodges and others, that this country should imitate iSome others and be come a land-grabber, nor does he believe that "old glory," as the jln goists have dabbed . the flag, should le kept in readiness to hoist over every patch of ground that may put up a so called government of its own and ask to be annexed, and for that reason he is opposed to the annexa tion of Cuba and Hawaii, whicb, on account of their mixed populations he does not think would make very, respectable States. ' . These views as coming from such a distinguished Republican, who is at the same time a pretty' straight partisan, are interesting because they are at such variance from he views entertained by so many representa tive men of his own party. J But hav- Ing ceased to be an office-holder and an office-seeker, Mr. Edmunds can afford to express his opinions can didly. ' I . As an illustration of this, in an ad dress recently delivered jbefore the L'nion Leage, of Philadelphia, on the foreign relations of this country, he explained the Monroe doctrine, its origin and intent, and hid the can dor to say that there was no danger of thts doctrine suffering at the hands of President Cleveland and the Secretary of State! who were both brave enough and ! patriotic enough to see" that it is maintained and enforced in the spirit and letter if thje attempt be made to ignore ir, as it had been twice asserted before and maintained, .the first time when there was a disposition shown by Europeaa monarchs ti assist Spain to subdue her insurgent colonies with a view to repressing the Repub lican sentiment and parcelling South America, and afterwards when tak ing' advantage of the civil war inJTbts country Louis Napoleon gave his support to Maximillian to estab lish" a monarchy in Mexico. In both cases the assertion jof j the Mjonroe doctrine defeated the schemes laid. Mr. Edmunds had no hesitation in c declaring his confidence that the same course would be pursued now and the same thoroughly American spirit shown to assert that doctrine should occasion arise. There has been j a good deal of talk about a ''vigorous foreign poli cy" without the talkers having a very definite idea of what they mean by, ir. Asa general thing they don't mean anything, the phrase being in tended more for buncombe than any thing else, good for use as an elec tioneering device. Their general idea of a vigorous foreign policy is, we suppose, that this country should al ways be ready to knock the chip off jf any other nation's Moulder, so to speak, especially if that other nation happen to be a little fellow, or. a big fellow that didn't know much about fighting. The late James G. Blaine played on that line considerably and achieved no small share ot his popularity by his readi ness to twist the British lion's tail, and other tails, without ever twisting hard enough to hurt or arouse the cbmbativeness of the beast. There are others who are playing the same role now, but with less cleverness, notably Senator Chandler of New Hampshire, who thinks we ought to pool our issues with Russia and clean England out. r1" Mr. Edmunds' idea of a loreign policy is of a somewhat different, more pacific and more sensible kind, when he says "the, trouble with us and our foreign policy is that we stand still while our competitors are atwotk not for military supro macv. but for that suoremacv that means the progress of mankind, Our mission should be . to find out lets for our productions, and to do that we must find places to sell. With all his tail-twisting procliv 'ties this was Tames G. Blaine's 'dea. too. that we oueht to find "lore markets for American pro ducts, and that's why he fought so hard ar d smashed his beaver when they were putting up the McKinley Jb, to have his reciprocity provi s'on incorporated Wn it, and sue -ucu naauy aner sircnuuus tui .ail 1 f r - A -. .an . CP A V, n V and much Reading i and protesting " having it tacked on. :'':-.. - - TTi r 3, . ;'-; - T I I i I i I Hi II I " 1 1 ' r-y. l t ... M U '-.. - ?.' : Xf'v-' When Mr. Edmunds said this he had special reference to England, which, secured possession of territory m various countries with a view to extending her commerce and building np.ner trade. The way to do this, he says, is not by clamoring, for a pow erful navy, whtch does not make commerce, but by offering; for eigners better articles on more favor able terms than our competitors do." nut it might be asked in view of the fact that Mr. Edmunds was while in the Senate, and doubtless isyet. aa advocate of protection, how can we compete with England for the trade of foreigners and give them "better articles on more favorable ter,ms than our competitors do" when our chief competitors, ' the English manufac turers, are unhampered by tariff re strictions, have the world to select their raw materials from.get them tax free, and then have ships at com mand to carry their manufactures to all parts 6f the wdrld at the very lowest cost ? That's the advantage our English competitors have had over us in getting a footing for their trade in the different countries of the world and in taking away from us the trade we once had. When our manufacturers are put on the same footing with the Eng lish manufacturer in getting their raw materials where they can get them the. cheapest, when we have our own ships to Carry our products over the seas as the Englishmen, Germans, Frenchmen and other na tions have, and have shorter routes to the countries in which we will find our best markets, then we will have the means to compete success fully with other nations" and a "for eign policy" that there will be some business sense in. MTSOR MBHTI0H. . A Washington dispatch published yesterday states that on the meeting ot Congress two joint resolutions will be offered, one expressing sym pathy with Venezuela in her boun dary dispute with Great Britain, the other providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. These are both intended for political effect, to make a show of asserting that "vig orous foreign policy" which Repub lican statesman talk so much about and which they charge this adminis tration with, ignoring. ; While the American people undoubtedly sym pathize with Venezuela, whicb they b'.lieve Great Britain is endeavoring to impose upon and rob of a large piece of valuable territory, it seems to us that such , a declaration by the Congress of the United States pre vious to the establishment of the tree boundary and the real merits of the contention between the two Gov ernments would be premature, but as the proposers of this resolution are more interested in the political effect at home than inthe controversy be tween Great Britain and Venezuela they will not care; for that." But there is business as well as politics in the Hawaiian resolution, for the possession or control of those islands will become a necessity to our com merce in the Pacific some of these days when it will assume proportions colossal in comparison with its pres ent proportions. Great changes will occur in the map of the Eastern world within the next decade, with the advance of Russia towards the Pacific, with the probable partition of China and the rapid developement of Japan both as a commercial and naval power. The Japanese already have their eye on j Hawaii and it is only a question of time when she will fall into their grasp if left to take care of herself. The sooner we t assert a proprietary interest directly or indirectly, but definitely, in those islands, the fewer the possible com Dlications iif the future and the better it wjll be for us. Hon. Thos. B. Reed, who will be Speaker of the next House of Rep resentatives, and prospective candi date for the Presidency with a pretty strong contingent behind him, has been in New York discussing cur rency questions with the bankers It is stated that he has intimated that he will ODDOse retiring the i greenbacks by an issue of bonds, and it is further stated that the bank ers as a rule are opposed to retiring them if there is to be no currency to take their place. No one ever seri ously thought that Mr. Reed, or a maioritv of his Republican col leagues, would favor the retiring of the greenbacks by issuing bonds, and thus cutting down $346,000,000 the volume of money, which is now too small, for they wouldn't dare to do that even if they felt that way inclined, which they . do not. As a rule the Republicans like the greenbacks, which they called into existence, and they are going to stick to them. The more a Dem ocratic administration favors retir ine them the stronger they will stick. There is 'only one way - by which to meet the wishes of the bankers, if the statement as to their position be true, which is to redeem them with bonds and let the na tional banks issue notes In place of them, thus giving them absolute nnntml nf thi naoer currency. With some arrangement or thL fclnrf th banks .would probably be satisfie d but there is one thing certain as the situation now : Is there is not the re. motest : probability of the green backs -being retired by the next Congress. " 1 -...'V'.H y "-vvV .' We have made ; occasional refer ences to the new method of utilizing the beat-giving property of coal, the invention of Mr. George" Westing-" house, of Pittsburg, Pa. It seems that all the electricity used in his works sear Pittsburg is obtained from power developed by the gas en gines, which consume gas instead of coal. Recentlv a number of the Di. rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad visited his establishment when the Philadelphia Record quotes him as saying the following: -You burn altogether about five mil. lion tons of coal every year on the Penn sylvania Railway east of Pittsbure. v If you used electric motors fed by the cur rent produced by gas engines it would" require only one-eighth of the quantity of coal now consumed to prepare the gas. That would save you about five million dollars a year, whicb would jus tify the large expenditnre needed to change the motive power from steam to electricity." - This is for one railroad, and from this we may form some vague con ception of what such a revolution means, in point of saving, when ap plied to the railroads of the country generally. It will take , time to do this, of course, but as Mr. Westing house has demonstrated the way, it is only a question of time when this will be done if half what he says be be true. Some Englishmen show a remark able aptitude In catching on to things in this country, as the one did who, according to the New York World, indited the following information for the benefit of his uninformed coun trymen : 'The Liberty Bell was taken from the dome of the Capitol in Washington and carried to Atlan tic City. The bell is a relic of the freedom of the slaves in the late war. The speech on the occasion was made by Col. Washington, a direct descendant from the first President of the United States." Senator Edmunds does not see how we can recognize the belliger- ency of Cuba just yet, and he doesn't want to see Cuba nor Hawaii an nexed, because he doesn't like the mixture of population on either of them, and doesn't consider them qualified for American citizenship. Some remarks of that kind from the Senator when his party was "recon structing" the South on a colored basis would have been quite appro priate. The Siamese prize their teeth very highly. It Is said that the Portu gese once in a little fracas with them, captured the tooth of a sacred monkey, and made them pay 3.500, 000 trade dollars for it. That was a pretty good trade for the Portugese, who would probably have captured the whole, monkey and all his teeth if he had been there, and demanded all Siam for the ransom. . The Baltimore Sun remarks. that there is no room in this country for more than one Democratic party. That's a fact. This country is pretty large but it cannot support more than one Democratic party, and does not show much disposition lately to support one. The effect of the disturbance in Cuba on American trade with that island is shown by the statement that before it New York sent about fif teen! steamers a month to Cuban ports. Now not half so many are running. The trade with that port has fallen off $1,000,000 a month. Japan is aspiring to be a naval power and will get there some of these days. : She intends to have ten war ships built and will divide the orders for them between England, France. Germany. Italy and the United States. "Nelly Bly," the newspaper girl who last April married a rich old fel low, Objects to being shadowed by a detective employed by the aforesaid old fel. Newspaper people, male or female, don't like to be shadowed by anybody. We don't blame Nelly. In reference to the rumored inten tion of the President to appoint Sec retary Carlisle to the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court bench, some of his friends say he doesn't want it and will not have it. " The potency of Washington liquor may be imagined when a fellow rush ed to the White House the other day and demanded the protection of the President because he was being "pur sued by sword fish." L A Wisconsin man whose wife de serted him forty-two times in twenty two years lost patience with her when she lit out the forty-third time, and entered suit for divorce. : Barney Bernato, the "Kaffir Kingr"; who is said to be the richest man ir the world has very little education, and can hardly write his name, but he shows up pretty well-on figures. WILMINGTON N. C, FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 22, 1895. NARROW! ESCAPE. Telephone Iilnemin - Severely Shocked by Contaot with : the Street Ba'lwiy Trolley' Wire. A rather peculiar and almost fatal ecci- dent occurred yesterday afternoon, in which Mr. George Martin, of Winston,. XT A - t. a negro man aoout 3S4 years Old, narrowly escaped losing his life. . The new telephone comDany s force was at work raising a sutv-five-foot pole near the corner of Front and - Market streets ia front 1 of Solomon's store. 1 A wire was in , the. wav. and George Martin, one of the em ployes of the later-State Telephone tompany, cnmoed a pole which was ex actly oa the corner to move the wire. In some way he came in contact with the Electric Light Company's wire. wnicn conveyed a snock of two. thou sand volts of electricity throueh him. As soon as the wire was touched, he yelled "murdet! fire! help!" A number of the workmen ran and stood underneath the pole to catch him when be fell, but in the meantime the current rolled him up in a knot and threw, him a ; summer sault, and he fell about ten feet when the strap - on his "climbers" caucbt oa-a spike in the post, and be bung suspended about twenty-five feet above the ground. neao downward. - . While the wire touched him a blue blaze lit his entire form, and the large number attracted by uia screams inougm ne was acaa. Mr. b. M. Cutts. foreman ot the work, ran up the pole and held Martin fast until help came. The strap which he was,, suspended by had torn half in two by the weight of his body. When he was brought to the ground Mr. L. L. rritcnard, the superintendent, sent the unconscicuj man to the hospital in a carriage. His face about the mouth was bruised from stnklne azainst the poie wuen he fell. It is supposed that the shock was eot- ten through a pair of plyers in bis hip- pocKet, or nis nana touching the wire making a short circuit. If be had re ceived the two thousand volts squarely it would have killed him instantly. He was apparently improving rapidly late last night and no danger is leafed. Eotbsard ft Boenoke. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company, which was ad journed on October 1st. was held Wednesday In Portsmouth. There were present Enoch Piatt. Louis Mc- Lane. R. C Hoffman. C. D. Fisher and J. Livingston Minis, from Baltimore: Moncure Robinson and Richard Dale. from Philadelphia, and a number of gentlemen from Norfolk and Ports mouth. , a large majority or the stocic W3S represented, either in person or by proxy. There was no important busi ness brought before the meeting. Only the usual routine was gone throueh with. R. C. Hoffman was re-elected presi dent, and Enoch Piatt, L. McLane. M. Robinson, Chas. D. Fisher. L. R. Watts and W. W. Fuller directors for the en suing year. E. St. John was re-elected vice-president, and the other officers re main the same. Ianerl of the Xite Mrs. Bioand. the funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Anna M. Ricaud, wife of Rev? Dr. T. Page Ricaud, took place from Grace Methodist Church yester day morning at 10.80 o'clock. A large number of sorrowing friends were present to pay their last respects to this good Christian woman, who was so beloved by ail who knew her. The services were conducted by Revs. W. C. Norman. W. S. Rone and W. L. Cunninggim, and the body was tenderly laid away in Oakdale cemetery. There were many pretty floral offerings. The pallbearers were Col. Roger Moore. Capt. W. R. Kenan, Dr. G.G.Thomas, Messrs. W. A. Riach and Walker Meares. SILVER MEN IN CHARGE. The White I&eul Adrooatea in a Majority in tbe Next Qsneral Assembly of Virginia. The Richmond correspondent of the Norfolk Virginian, a gold standard paper, writes: ' "I hear that the silver men in the Leg islature (and they will be largely in tbe majority) will try to pass a resolution soon after the General Assembly meets condemning the financial policy of the administration, and declaring for free coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1. As long ago as last Jane a silver leader said this would be done, ana that was one ot the excuses of certain papers to get candi dates to commit themselves on the curj rency question, i he sliver people can certainly pass the resolution if they choose. A Colored Girl Bhct. A young negro woman named Nancy Robinson was shot with a pistol and seriously wounded early yesterday morn ing at a house on Thirteenth street near Ann. The ball struck the girl in the back of her neck and came out of her mouth. William Conner, a young colored man. did the shooting. The police were notified shortly after the shooting and officers went in search of tbe man but could not find bim. It is supposed that be took to the woods. The condition of the wounded girl yesterday was said to be serious but it was thought she would recover. Jealously Is said to have been the cause of the shooting. Chadbouro. Dr. E. Porter, who has been spending a few days rat Chadbourn looking the country over, was in the city yesterday. He expresses himself as being agree ably disappointed with the outlook of that section. The' lands, he says, are susceptible of high cultivation and when properly ' drained can be worked profitably in truck, small fruits er gen eral crops. He was well pleased with the Western men he met at Chadbourn and predicts .for them success in their new : homes. The Doctor is good au thority in such matters.; FOUND DEAD IS FAYETTEVILLE, A Colored Man Hia Clothing Covered with Blood CoronorV Jury Sitting en the Special Star Telegram FAYETTEVILLE. N. C NOV. 16. John Williams, a colored man, was found at 9.80 p. m. dead and his clothing cov ered with blood near the gate to his yaid on lower Person street. It is not known whether a murder was committed or --not. - The coroner and iury are now sitting on" the case. Th verdict will not be rendered until about twelve or one o'clock to-night. The schooner Martin C. Ebel in whicb persons in Wilmington are in terested, ashore near Big Kinnekeet Life- c.Hiii tat inn. N. nas Drojtcn up, aau i her cargo 01 lumoer wwuius"" HOW THEY FIGURE. 1 NEXT-YEAR'S COTTON CROP IS AL- - '' v READY DISCUSSED. CAioomi&g on a Hevy Inereue tn Aore- if age veitiUBin sealers sxpeol Jgetvy ': " Ssles of Thei Btnff. . -Jv?' It the Southern farmer has learned one thing this year, says the Augusta cnrontcie. it is that there is profit in a small cotton crop and bard . times in a large yield. How well they have learned tnis tesson is a question that will very soon begin to affect the cotton marker. Already there are predictions of a heavy . yieia next year and the fertilizer trade is preparing for. one of tbe biggest busi ness seasons in their history. . i rnce. Mccormick & Co- of New York. in their weekly circular quoteabe views of a "well known merchant" f whose i- . . . . - iame is not given) but "whose success ful experience of 40 years entitles his opinion to careful consideration." ' It is as follows:' - v Crop for year ending Sept. 1, l 85, marketed and unmar keted ............. . . -. 10 ooo ooo Consumption of American cot ton, , marketed and unmar keted........ 8.700.000 Visible supply of American cotton, marketed and unmar? keted ..... . . . .'. . 2400.000 Average estimate crop '95-'93 . 7,000,000 Average price middling up lands in New York. '84-.'95. . 6Xc. Approximate average price middling in New York since Sept. V95.. 9c:- "Qaery: If spinners took 8.700.000 American at 6K&, how much will tbey tsse at vet 'The figures of previous years would indicate that they will use about 7.500.- ooo. Un this basis we have : "Visible supply, American, Crop coming forward 7.000.000 btpt. 1, 85 2.100.000 Total....... 9.100.000 7,600.000 Consumption to September, 93, at 9c... Leaving visible supply Seotem- - ber 1, '95. ., .............. 1,660.000 "Middling upland cotton' sold in New York on March 15th, 1895. at 6c. That was about the time the planter had to buy his fertilizer and make arrange ments with his factor to 'carry him; that is, to advance money for mules and sup plies to make the crop. With cotton at 6c. the planter bad no credit, hence the shipments of fertilizers from Charleston to the interior were 43 per cent, of the previous year. There was . a propor tionate reduction in the land pre pared, but this probably affects only the uplands where fertilizers are used. The rich 'bottom lands of tbe Gulf States and the Mississippi Valley do not require fertilizers. Therefore. taking tbe decrease in tbe use of fertiliz crs and the Government reported de crease in acreage, a safe estimate would indicate a minimum curtailment of from 15 to 20 per cent, in planting, which was followed by one of the worst growing seasons in many years, resulting, prob ably, in a crop of 7.000,000, against a crop of 10,000.000 in the previous year. "Unery: What will the planter do in March. 1896. with 9c tor cotton" 'If he even saved himself at 6c (which many of them did not) he will see a clear 50 per cent, profit at 9c. The fer tilizer manufacturers have already esti mated their sales and expect as large a demand in 1890 as in 1894. If so, the only quesiion wilt be tbe growing season Of 1896. "Assuming an increase from fertilizers, acreage, etc., as above, of 17J per cent., and a growing season in 1896, the crop will be 8.200,000 With the same growing sea son as 1894. .10,000.000 With a growing season equal to average iJ. 9,000,000 "If the report coming in during the early summer of 1898 is favorable, the small prospective visible supply of 1.600,000. bales of American cotton at the end of the year will not alarm spin ners, and they will not pay 9c, and if 9c be maintained tbe impetus to planting will, with an average season, give us a total supply - visible and prospective on the 1st of September, 1898, of over 10.- 000,000 bales. My deduction from these facts and estimates is that 9c is too high for the average price of cotton dur ing the current year." THE LATE MRS. M'DUFFIE. Vaneral Serrieea at Fayettevllle Yeater- day-A Touching Tribute to the Mem ory of the Deceased. The funeral of Mrs. Kate McDuffie, wife of Dr. W. C McDaffie, whose death was announced in tbe Star of Wednes day, took place from St. John's Episco pal Church, at rayettevuie, yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended and evoked much genuine sorrow from those who had so long! known and so sincerely loved the deceased. The following were the pall-bearers: Honorary Dr. T. D. Haigh. Dr. J. W. McNeill. Active Col. W. T. Green. Col. T. A. Pemberton, Major Charles Haigh, Uol. Ks. w. moaaiooi, Mr. r. a. Alexander, Mr. K. M. wimocics. iapu A.B. Williams. ludee I. e. MacKae. The rayettevuie uoserver pays tne following warm tribute to tbe memory of Mrs. McDuffie: "The deceased lady was 61 years of ase. a daughter of the late James Dodd and had been for many years a member of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, 'Into each life some rain must fall ; and the fulness ot her days, which saw her husband eminent in his profession, her sons established . in ousiness, ana ncr daughters full of the duties of new and bright lives, had also the burden to bear of the common lot of sorrow. The death of her eifted son. Arcbie Mc Duffie, whose early manhood was so full of oromise. was a terrible shock in her feeble health; and we may well believe that the nolenancv of this griel hastened the sundering of death's ties and tbe re union of mother and son above, ine Observer's heartfelt sympathy " is ten dered to the afflicted family." A Notable Exhibit. The Observer has the following to say of a talented youag lady of Fayette vllle: "One of the most notable exhibits at the Fair last week was the copy of a long and difficult piece ot music made by Miss Hattie Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Taylor, and pupil ol that ex cellent teacher and accomplished musi cian, Mrs. W. A. Robeson. The work was admirably done, and alter only seven months' instruction in music," Btaamboat E. A. Hawet. . The new steamboat E. A. Hawes, built for the Black river traffic by the Cape - Fear and People's Steamboat Company, is expected here to-morrow night in tow of the A. P. Hurt from Fayetteville. She .will receive . the finishing touches here and is expected to be ready for work by the first of nenmber. Caot. Herbert Ward will command her, ; RALEIGH HAPPENINGS. SUDDEN DEATH OF REV, COLUMBUS rJURHAM. One of the Most - Conaslonona Bantiata in the State-Meettns ofBiilroad Stent.' holder All Boads Bepoited In Ezoel lent . Condition The OolIegee Stewatt Bra'a Suite-Senator Marlon ' Batlet'a Departure for- Washington City. "I;. ISar Corresjpondehgei'1 X4 w - Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 15. Tbe entire community was shocked bv the announcement of the death of Rev coiumous uirham last night at his res idence in this city atlLlS n. m. : Dr. Durham was a man of robust health ap parently and splendid physique, and his recent illness came as a surprise. - Tbe immediate cause of his deatb. which was quite sudden, was heart failure. He has been suffering from muscular rheuma tism for several weeks. Dr. Durham was a bold and aefcressive man in all of bis undertakings.' - He was one of the most conspicuous Baptists in the atate. He has never quit his fight against the University, expecting to wja in another camoaien. Dr. Durham's in fluence among Baptists was -wonderful. -especially among the country people. ine time oi tne lunerai has not- been ar ranged as yet. Dr. Durham was born in Cleveland county 51 years aeo. : He en tered the Confederate service at 16 years ii age. He was President of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest Colleeeand Secretary ot tbe State Board of: Mis sions. . i . The stockholders of the Raleieh & uaston, KaieigboT Aueustaand Durham & Northern Railways, elected tbe old officers and directors, Mr. Albert Johnson, the oldest living engi neer who has been in tbe employ of the company tor over a generation until re cently, was pensioned on a salary of $20 per month. au ine railroads are reported in an excellent condition. The Durham & Northern declared a dividend of 2tf per cent, . Lieut. L. T. Barnes, the new professor of physics at the A. or, M. College, who succeeds. Lieut. Henderson, has arrived. President Taylor, of Wake Forest College, will deliver an address to-night at the shaw university. The cases of Stewart Bros, aeainst the various State Departments for giv ing the public printing to Raleigh printets come up on the 26th in tbe Su preme court. The Executive Board of the state University meets at the Executive office Saturday. Gov. Carr makes requisition on Gov. Gary, of South . Carolina, for the de livery of Will Taylor, now in jail at Spartanburg and wanted in Chatham county for larceny. Senator Marion Bn tier arrived in the city yesterday and left for . Washington this morning. He will not return to North Carolina until after- Congress meets. SAecial Star TeleeramA Tohn IH. Horton,- yard master at tbe a. A. L. yards for years, is removed. KiusslL Butler. Wilson. Avers and Worth were in conference last night. SITUATION IN COTTON. The Eastern Question Militates Ageisat Im- Drovemcm in Ptioea Neill Again Bs- dnoea Hta Crop Estimate. : X New York, Nov. 15. 1895. During! the week just past, the mar ket has declined under the political un certainties in Europe, where the East ern questibn has reached a point which makes action by the Powers necessary. What wnli be the outcome of tbe parti tion of the - Turkish Empire is so far- reaching a question, that it is impossible to forecast the- ultimate effect upon Europeau politics and commerce; but we believe that any action partaking of the nature of a movement ot men of war or armies to the East, will materially in terfer with commerce, creating caution on tbe part of merchants everywhere. It has been an axiom in the cotton trade that a disturbed political situation militates against any improvement in values, and! the daily outlook - of the Eastern question has proved no exception to the general rule. The I - trade has' pointed to the wheat market as proving that we had no cause for alarm over the situation without preventing a constant liquida tion of long cotton upon a market where the speculative interests daily became smaller, and while the larger houses have been the best bvyers, believing in a re action, it is noticeable that there is no increase in the outside interest in cotton. To some extent the reaction in trade conditions in this country is responsible for this entailment in speculation, but we believe it has been mainly due to a general feeling that our market had ex perienced a material advance, extending from February to the middle of October, and the present prices were particularly high for the changed conditions now presenting themselves to the trade, ua the other hand, the movement of tbe crop, while increasing as compared with the previous week, does not snow any great increase in; volume, as there is a generaldisposition throughout the cotton belt to hold tbe staple until spinners and exporters are compelled . to buy. This action Is general throughout tbe South, although tbe trade is apt to exaggerate the amount thus held in any estimate of the amount of cotton yet to be disposed of in this crop. It is understood that Mr. Neill has again reduced his crop es timate to 6,500,000 bales upon the pub lication of the Bureau report giving tbe average yield per acre as 155.6 pounds. Each statistician ngarestne result as in dicating a different ultimate yield vary ine from 6,300.000 to s.ooo.uoo oaies. as the margin of what the Bureau used to consider the personal equation is differ ently calculated. That the market ae dined upon its publication may be ac cepted as evidence , that it . was regarded as lareer thin the current esti mates of tbe yieldi Notwithstanding Mr. Neill's estimate, there is a general disposition among the trade to regard this season's; crop as about 7.000.000 bales, as it is thought the fine weather has permitted planters to, secure every last bit of lint from the plant if it has not in many instances added to the yield We have now to consider the probability of a reaction in trade condi tions, an increase in the I odta crop (Bombay receipts this week are 83,000 bales, aeainst 8,000 last year) and tbe danger of discord over the Eastern ques tion on one hand; . wivn a smau crop movement and the chance of a revival ot speculation on the other, as tbe features which win influence prices. - : , Yours very truly, Hubbard Bros. & Co. Feteraon-Qlover.. The' Monroe correspondent of the Charlotte Observer writes, Nov. 18th: "Mr. Walter Peterson; of Wilmington, brother of Mrs. Hight C Moore, of this place, and Miss Glover, of New Britain, Conn., were married yesterday at the home of the bride In New Britain. Miss Glover. . it will be remembered. spent some weeks in Monroe last Sum mer, They passed through here mis morning, likewise, en route to tbe 'bate City.' " I ' NO, 4 i AFFAIRS IN RALEIGH. INTEREST IN THE BAZAR FOR iTHE .. ' CRUISER RALEIGH. . The Btate Fair Judge Bosaell in Confer- - ccee with Marion Butler and Other Pcpul:a .! Annual - Meeting ot King's Daughter Forger Arrestedr-Fnneral of i ha lists- Dr Darham--Mralial Car roll Logs Harriia .Saye Fnslon la a" Certainty. .p.-- -.''"" -. 4 Special Star Correspondence. - , ' .' Raleigh. N. C; Nov. 16. ' There is a deal of tntetest manifested in the proposed .bazir ior the cruiser Raleigh fund.-T It is expected, that -a ne3t sum will be raised, . Similar action should have been taken here sometime ago. . . : ' .,'.'' ' ',The secretary ot the fair will be kept usy for some time, paying premiums and swarding diplomas. Tha Biblical Recorder urges ine abolishment of the fair unless run on another basts. It sug gests that each cf the leading cities in the S:ate hold the fair in annual "rota- tton. fa:.Tb-ifair would - obtain renewed stimulus on account cf rivalry, aiys tbe Kecoraer. : . : v : -; ; Russell, Wilmington's Republican gub ernatorial candidate, was a caller at the rooms of Senator Butler at the latter's hotel. A number of leading Populists were also present. Editor Ayer says "it was only an informal gathering. Otbets say that matters of moment were dis cussed which were of more than ordinary interest to some of those present. The annual meetme of the Kme s Daughters was held here yesterday. Officers were elected and reports sub mitted. i One thonsand visits were made and nine - hundred needy persons assisted. ' ! A fellow named Howland has been forging checks on tobacco men in Hen- deison. Raleigh, Oxford, Durham and other points.' Thursday he forged two. checks on the Meadows Warehouse in this City. He left for Durham and be gan operations there, where he was arrested yesterday.' forty students from Wake Forest Col lege leave Monday morning in a special car for Atlanta. : There are 240 students at Wake Forest, so President Taylor tells me. Dr. Taylor lectured at Shaw Universi ty last night. He leaves for New York to-day. . - Hon. John Nichols and others have questioned Logue Harris' statement about the vote of the North Carolina delegation in tbe Republican Conven tion in '88 for Bradley. Logue says he knows ot nve delegates wbo voted for Bradley and that Dr. Mott and himself were among tbe number. The funeral of the late Dr. C Durham occurred this afternoon. There was a large concourse cf people who followed the remains . from tbe church to Oak- wood Cemetery, where they were in terred. The leadiog Baptists were here, including Dr. Taylor. Dr. Gwaltney. Dr. Hufaam, Revs. Brown and Edwards and many others. Marshal Carroll is able to set up. Loge Harris says fusion is a certainty. He -does not think that Republicans ccuM cut much of a "figeer" without the aid of the Populists. He says even it the Republicans wanted to pull off to themselves tbey could not do so. be cause many of the old line Republicans have wedded to the Populists. He says there are a great many - negro Populists who were formerly Republicans. Special Star Telegram. A fire to-night inside the Penitentiary .stockade near the rock building de stroyed the - wooden buildings. The prisoners became frightened and kept up a clamor. The damage was slight. VIRGINIA METHODISTS. Committee Appointed by the Confarenoe to Investigate Charges Agamat Bev. Dr. George Carter. . . By Telegraph to the Morniu Star. Richmond. Va., November 16. The Virginia Methodist Conference at this morning's session decided upon Lynch burg as the next place of meeting. The committee appointed to investigate the case of Rev. Dr. George W. Carter, for merly of Louisiana, involving a question of his divorce and marriage, reported that a trial, was necessary. The com mittee did not care to take the responsi bility of acquitting Dr. Carter without trial, or thought sufficient evidence ad duced to warrant trial on serions charges of immorality in marital re lation and violation of church law. It is not probable that there will be discussion of the case in open, confer ence, but Dr. Carter has prepared an elaborate paper in defence of himself which in certain contingencies be may give to the press. It shows thorough knowlege of church law and wonderful skill and agility in argument and makes interesting reading. Drs. Whitehead and Brown, two of the first men in confer ence in point of influence, are determined to prosecute Dr. Carter to the bitter end. Whatever may be the result of the trial, the conviction is gain ing ground that Dr. Carter will be located, which means bis retirement from the active ministry. m urderoTjs "assault. By a Negro on Married Idy Hear Char- ; , - lottesville, V.rxtnia. -" Br Telegraph to the Morning Star." Richmond, Va.; Nov. 16 Mrs. Royles, living near Charlottesville, who was murderously assaulted day oeiore yesterday, has identified the negro Lee, who was arrested at Waynesboro, as her assailant. While Sheriff Watts had Lee at the Royles home to-day the- husband of the lady was handed a pistol and but for tbe prompt action and presence of mind of the sheriff, the negro it is thought would have been shot. Lee was taken to Charlottesville lail, but an ex cited mob gathered about the building and he was secretly removed to Staunton for safe keeping. DRY GOODS MARKET. Jobbing Trade Quiet Prioea Not Much " Affected by Blow Salee. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 7 New York, 'November " 16. The week in the dry goods market closed undervery quiet conditoins and with sellers looking upon six days of general indifferent demand for staple goods and fancies in both cotton -and 'Woollen goods department ior quick or near de livery.: Prices are not seriously affected by tbe slow sales nor for tbe matter of that by the lower cotton market. The demand for Spring ' cotton ; fabrics in fancy lines has been fairly good. Tbe jobbing trade has been quiet. Collec tions are mostly reported . upon tavor-. ably. - - Mr. Tot Frank, of New York, yester day passed through '.Richmond .with six--n Hungarians -immigrants, who wiU ei le in Lunenburg county. ' Mr. Fiaftk expects to provide houses for about. 100 more, by; the first. of next year. ..;-.,rm .-.-,-. . , THIRTEEN PEOPLE KILLED T CLEVE-" - LAND. OHIO. ' A Street Cat'a Awful Flange Into Oaj - hoga Bivcr The 'MotmiBjtn' to Tanlt and -I Officers 8 arching 'tot Hlm. ; J" "1" j .' . S TektTaph to th Uotnui Star JiV,;'.;: ; Cleveland, Ohio November 16. A -frightful accident, by wblch thirteen , people, lost their, lives, occurred in the heart of the city this evening. Owing to the criminal and still unexplainable carelessness ot a street car conductor a car well filled with people took an awful plunge of 120 feet from tbe draw Of the 1 Central viaduct into the dark waters of Cuyahoga river, "-tis'c-i - f : --' i- - ' .-. ' '-y, The accident occurred at 7 85 o'clock. 1 The Central viaduct is a long stone and -iron structure which crosses the-Valley railroad and the Cuyahoga river and Connings avenue on tbe couth side ith . Central avenue on the east, Tbe bridge is 120 feet above the river." " " v .The draw was open for a tug drawing a schooner which was about to pass be neath the bridge. As usual the pates'- ' were closed on both sidts of tbe draw acd danger lights were, displayed to guard 'agaiost accidents An electric' car ' was seen cocaieg. along trovo the i . east towards the south side, but Capt. Charles Brennan. who bad charge of the bridge had no thought of danger, as the' usual precautions bad been observed. The car was one pt the Cedar and Jen nings avenue branch of the Big ConsoV idated line and bad fifteen passengers.-a conductor and motcrman aboard. At what is known as the " derailing switch" some two hundred feet from tbe draw, the conductor mechanically : alighted as is tbe wont of all conductors at this point to see if all was right. The car came to a standstill and the motor man waited for orders. .The conductor, tor some unaccountable reason failed to see the red signal of danger or the closed gates, or perhaps - custom ' made him careless, and be signalled to the motor mao, Tohn Rogers, to come ahead. The motorman .turned on the electric current; the conductor' -jumped aboard the car, and at consider able speed, the vehicle neared the deatb. trap. Why the motorman did not see'. ' the danger lights or the closed gates sooner than he did will always remain a mystery, but the fact remains that he did not, A few feet fromthe draw it dawned ' upon the motorman that it was open. . With a speed born of desperation he threw the handle and applied the brakes. The bridge captain, seeing the approach irgcar, shouted like a roadman, but it ' availed nothing. Tbe car was already on the down grade to the draw and tbe ' brakes would not hold the, car on the ', , slippery rails. The motorman, realizing his danger, forsook tbe precious cargo he was hauling and with a wild cry' leaped off the front platforms? ran down the viaduct in the direction of Central avenue and disappeared in the darkness At the same instant two malepiss engers jumped off the rear platform and . escaped death as by a miracle. The car reached this closed iron gate and in an . instant tbe crash of snapping iron and breaking glass was beard. This alarmed the conductor who had stepped inside, and he was seen to make a dash for the rear door, but be was to late. ' A second - later tbe car ' swayed on the edge of the awful space, steadied for an instant as though in a frantic en deavor to maintain its equilibrium, and, toppled over. There was an agonizing' chorus of screams and in an instant alt was quiet. The car struck upon a pro- ' jection of piles in the abutment beneath tbe draw, then turning and collapsing it fell into the dark river below, scatter ing its passengers in all ' directions and breaking the tow line between the tug and the schooner that were pass ing. A few suppressed groans were heard by the men wbo happened to be on . the -. decks - below. Men from the bridge above and from the docks who had witnessed the accident callep to men on the tug to pick up the people, but only two passengers, one man and one woman, were rescued. The news of the,, accident spread rapidly and in a few minutes a fire-boat, . six ambulances, six dead wagons and a squad of policemen were on band. The injured man and woman were taken to a hospital and the work of (resuscitating them was taken up. One by one the bodies were found and taken to under taking establishments in different parts of the city, as Cleve land has no morgue. ' The work . of identification was extremely slow. Late at night when tbe South side residents beard of the catastrophe and when they began to realize that their loved ones had not returned home, the undertaking establish ments were telephoned and visited several of the bodies being identified be fore midnight. The police are on tbe lookout for the motorman and extra of ficers in every part of the city are search ing for him. but thus far he has not been apprehended. . THE WAR" IN CUBA. Beporta of Bneoontera Between Bpanlth Troopa and Inanrgentv, Bat So Serioae Engagement. By Cable to the Morning Star. Madrid. Nov. 16. A dispatch from Havana to the Correspondencia says that an insurgent band 'from Remedois, is co-operating with the insurgent leader . . Maximo Gomez in putting a stop to out rages by the negroes and mulattoes un der the rebel leader Guerra. The dispatch also says that Gen. Valdes has fought an artillery battle between Sancti Spiritui and Santa Clara with a rebel band commanded by tbe leader Seais. Tbe result of the fight is not yet known. . Gens. Oliver and Garricb have bad skirmishes with Maceo, but tbe position of the two armies is unchanged. - . ' New York,' Nov. . 16tb, 1805. Ad- vices at the Cuban headquarters, in this, city, are to the effect that on the Slst ult., there was a serious engagement on the sugar estate Cantabria, district of ' Cienfugos, between a Spanish column and a rebel party under Col. Alfred Rago. The fight lasted more than two hours, the insurgents obtaining a great victory over the Spanish column, j S. C. CONVENTION. Educational Matters Diioueted by the -Con-: . , . .. atlratton Makcra. . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , , Columbia, November 16 The Con stitutional Convention has discussed aU day the matter of putting into tbe Con stitution provisions for the maintenance of the higher educational institutions. A proposition was offered to make provi- . sion for a State Agricultural and Me- .' chanical College for tbe negroes, taking -away tbe State support from Claffliu University, now educating the negroes, : as it is controlled by a denomination. - The debate to-day was on the subject ' whether it should all be left to. tbe Leg islature or put into the 'Constitution. The ordinance to postpone , theconven- -Ing of the coming session of the General Assembly to the second Tuesday in Jan uary was adopted and the Governor will issue his proclamation - postponing t he session. The State Treasurer will be authorized by ordinance to pay the Jan uary interest on the State bonds. 8TEAMER LAURADA" - Belaedby the Collector at Charlebton. By Telegraph to the Morning Bur. : Charleston, S. C, November 16, Acting presumably . on orders from Washington, Collector Geo. D. Bryan to-day seized the Laurada, -which has been tujpected of filibustering. u A civil suit was entered against the vessel yes terday for damages sustained to a cargo of fruit because of delay occasioned by her illegal operations.. 'I ii II ''J
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