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.tiy BQPD ISSUEr WILMINGTON, 1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 88888888888888888 888S8888888iii888 SSgi88SSS;382SSg8S8 npooft El -ttpooH g 88888SS838S88888S 1H'K 8 8g8S3SSSSS8S88888 8288S88SS838888S3 gS33838888888888. m o . 5- : i 3: s : j : s : (.Entered at the ! Foil Office r wilmtgton, N. p., as Dccona 1. 1 ass matter. I , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. " - ; . The subscription price of the Weekly Star ia at Single Copy 1 year, postage pafd....L. 00 fnllnwa? . ! v. . . I! H mnnrhfl " " 6 months 60 " 8 months 80 We are again sending bills to oar subscribers. Ia the aggregate they amount to a very large sum. Many of our subscribers .are responding, promptly. Others pay no attention to the bills. These latter , do not seem to understand thai they are ,. under any legal or moral! obligation to pay for a newspaper. 1 . LOOKING TO THE SOUTH, ' We saw a statement in a Chatta nooga paper-a few day's! ago to the effect that a resident of that city had received a letter from a prominent citizen of Boston in which he said that there was a large amount of mopejp in that city which would soon find its wav South for investment. If the financial reports are to be relied upon" there is a great deal of idle monev 'In the monev centers of -the North for which the owners would like to ..find safe and permanent in vestment which 'seems to be borne - t - i out by, the extraordinary bidding in the recent . -' r"S . -a. Otter i oi Ajrovernmem bonds, which in the .v. aggregate amounted to something 'over five times the amount of bonds proposed ,tb be issued. This means that there was locked up in, the money centers over - $500,000,000 for which . the owners had no present Use and for which they couldt find no more en- , tlcing investment than Government ' bonds.- : :- ' --"J- f This isTnot a proof, however, that there is a surplus of money in this country and that there-is, therefore, no need lot more. . .it is simply a proof that there are millions of money 'lOCSed up in the money canters whens it accumulates as one of the resulStriffur pecular monetary sys tem supplemented by a very peculiar tariff.. But the fact remains that 'there is a great deal of idle money in this country which cannot always re main idle, and will seek investment somewhere.' j' '! For a number of years the West was the favorite field for investment, as there was little!, money there and a demand for a great deal more than there was. The rapid settlementot the country, the millions upon mil lions of acres brought under cultiva tion year after Wear, the building of towns and cities, the growth of in ternal commerce, the activity in rail road building to- meet the demands of transportation in that rapidly, devel oping- section, with the numerous other enterprises made an almost; un- limited demand for money at rates of interest which caused it.' to 'flow freely in that direction no longer the inviting But that is field it was, as -it is no longer the attraction for t)he home and fortune seeker which it was. J, It will continue to grow and develop, but, slowly in comparison with the phenomenal growth and development of those years when the tide of immigration flowed that way from Europe and the older States. The farmers who borrowed money to build : d wellirigs - and im prove .tljeir farms have about all they' can do now to pay the interest on, the money they borrowed, and there is little borrowing amdng them for farm improvement. There is but little new railroad building, for the demands of transportation are pretty well supplied for the , present," . and there are few enterprises beng J started, In 'comparison wiih the 1 activity of the years preceding the late financial panic. The West received a very severe shock from that panic from which it has not yet recovered. and the' low price of farm products- has caused a depression id the agri cultural industry which has been felt iar ana i w:ae ana attected more or less ail the other industries The re suit of all this is that Eastern capi -tal no longer flows Westward in any thtng like the volume it formerly f did, , although some still continues and will continue to go, for there is a shortage of money; in the .West to meet jthe ordinary demands of busi- nessand this must ' East.' ' 'I come' from the What the Wegt was some years aero for the capitalist who.had money to lend or to invest in plausible enter- prises the South Is flow of immigration becoming. The from the- West ana the East, which in time will be followed by - a considerable influx from other countries, will open up millions of acres of ' land, ' and this will create a demand for money re VOL. XXVII. gardless of the amounts that these new settlers have themselves. The colony system, . which ' has been . so encouragingly inaugurated will be continued on even a larger scale, and this means the building of towns and the construction of railroads to reach- them. . . The activity in industrial enter prise is not going to be confided to the building of cotton mills, al though these will furnish an inviting opportunity for the investment of millions of dollars, but will extend to iron mills, wood working estab lishments, manufactories of agricul tural implements, ' carriage j and wagon factories, railway car shops,f or all of which there is a wide and ia vitinz field in the Soata on account of the demand and the abundance of the material necessary, and last, but not least, woolen mills, Which now make but litttle showing, but f which in time will become a great industry in this country. The es tablishment . of these industries, the increase of population by immigra tion and otherwise, and the growth of towns and the development- in cident to these, will give a stimu lus to railway building, and such a stimulus as will make the1 South the great railway building (section of. the country. The great trunk lines now ia operation ami others which will be constructed will ris quire shipping facilities at terminal points which will lead to the better ment of harbors and the. establish ment of steamship lines, all of which will need capital and present induce ments and opportunities for tjie in vestment of millions of dollars. , ' All the signs indicate that in he near , future the South will be the section of industrial progress nC business activity in this country Capital will come and when it comes it will come to stay. A " ' : ' 5 ' MOTOR MENTION Some of the trade journals Report . the trade situation as not meetings anticipations except in a iew central cities. The increase in failures was.. forty-three over the preceding week, the increase being caused mainly by failures in the Western and Pacific States. This is the case not only for the past week, but covers the situa tion ever since the so called business revival began. Anticipation ran pretty high then, old industries were recovering from prostration and new ones were starting up, wages were increasing, and business began to move with an activity that begat the belief that the turn in the road had been reached and that we had entered upon the highway of pros perity. In view of the large crops and the demands for transportation the main railway trunk lines made large additions to their rolling stock, and this of course was "pretty good sign of the taken as'a confidence of railroad men that the revival had come to stay. But the I result has not met the anticipations, and when we think for a moment there is noth ing surprising in .this. The revival, as far as it Went, was based more on the potentialities than on the reali ties. The confidence of one inspired confidence in another until it became catcbiner. as it were, 'and some? thing bordering on a business boom was started. But there wasn't enough under Jit to sup port it nor enough behind ,it to keep it moving with the vim with which it started. The slump in cot ton, and the low price ot farm pro ducts generally crippled the men of the plow, forced economy on them, and this was.of course, felt behind the counters of business men, and the re sult was failures, the i reason fre quently assigned being "inability to to collect." The financial situation has had much to do with the disap pointing business situation and busi ness will not get on a healthy, solid footing until the financial situation is in better shape than it is now. Some of the gold organs are mak . ing much ado over the defeat of the Senate free silver substitute for the bond bill in the House of Represen- tanties and pronounce it ''signifi cant. It is significant of nothing in tbe sense in which they use the word, for nobody expected that the Senate substitute would pass the House. It was known j from the be ginning that there : was a decided majority against It. But it must be remembered that the House of Rep resentatives is an overwhelmingly a- a. '.'. 1.11 jK.epuDiican Doay ana mat neany an the gold standard States arc repre sented .by. almost solid Republi can delegations, with an - occasional mixture of gold standard Demo-; crats. But when we come to look from a Democratic standpoint at the vote by which the substitute was de feated, it is significant. Omitting the pairs and those who were absent, 58 Democrats voted: for the substi tute to 81 against it, and 184 Repub licans voted against it to 25 Repub licans against it. A Republican gold organ might claim that this votes was significant as to how that party stands dh the free coinage question, and from a Democratic standpoint it is equally ' significant as to where the Democratic party "stands on it. 'If the House had been Democratic, with' the " same propiSiftionkte vote 7 free coinage would have - been . over whelmingly carried. There is nothing in the vote on which thie Democratic gold organ can congratulate itself unless it is on the fact that a measure Which received the endorsement of a majority ot Democrats in f both Houses of CongMss was defeated by Republican j votes. There are 104 Democrats in the House., Over half of them voted for free coinage, and less than a third of them against it. If the Democratic gold organ, speak ing as a. Democrat, can get any con solation out of .this it is welcome to it. . - V"- L' i '.;': ' n. I ; After1 a thorough investigation of the Waller matter bjjr this Govern ment it is satisfied that Waller was wrong, and than France was justified in tiie action taken against him and the ; punishment inflicted. But the French Government has agreed to release! him on condition that this Government make no claim for dam ages and that the affair thas termi nate, a proposition which has been accepted by this Government, and thus ends that incident. , '. vV K I : Mr. j J; "W. Woodson, of Cnero, Texas, says the Mexican weevil did an immense amount ot damage to the . cotton crop in that State last year, the crop in whole counties south -of Cuero not amounting to enough to Justify packing.1. There, is danger of its spreading and becom ing, a serious menace in that and other cotton States! unless some effective way can be found to check itsprogress and stamp it out. The Ordinary pbisons used to kill other Insect pests seem to have no effect on it. ' f ' i ' K" They are getting the. postal busi ness down pretty fine all-over the world. As a proof of this two years ago a postmaster m a town in Aus--tria made a wager with a friend that a letter addressed to any known place in the world would be returned to the place of writing if the person ad dressed could not be found. He thereupon addressed a letter to him self, in a town in China, which in due time came back stamped in French "can't be found." An effort is being made to get a pardon for John Y. McKane, who is serving sentence in the Sing Sing, N. Y., penitentiary. ! Among the things said in his favor is 'that since his im prisonment he has saved the State .$17,000 by acting; as supervisor of .the buildings. They may possibly conclude that a man as valuable as that ' should be kept in the peniten tiary. - -K ' ,. - . Without exception the yellow metal advocates insist that a gold ticket will be nominated by the next national j Democratic Convention. Now, let some; dear-money newspa per show how such ticket can secure a two-thirds vote in the convention. Give us the figures. It will require about 600 votes to nominate. Since the little Presidential Quay boom was started in Pennsylvania, the Senator adnpunces that, he is "in the hands of his friends. The Can didate who puts himself "in the hands of his friends" had -better keep his eye peeled to see that too many of those "friends" don't put their hands in his pockets. r Mrs. Lease is reported to; have abandoned politics and will take to the pulpit. She didn't discover how wicked politics was nntil she got sick, when she repented, i She now proposes to occupy herself in "skin ning the wolves' in the church'. That kind of performance" ought to draw on Kansas. . ' Senator Dubois predicts that "the Republican party will give us free silver.4-' If there is anything that the Republican party .will not ."give u?," before an election, we would like to ; have Senator Dubois, or some duly authorized person, nominate it. The latest in reference to the Ven ezuela businessis that Venezuela, acting on the suggestion of the United States, has made advances to England to settle their real estate dispute.. 1 -''-"Kt:--- The American ben turned oat last year $135,000,000 worth of eggs and! didn't j do an extraordinary amount of cackling, either. i It is reported that Thomas A. Ed ison has discovered a process of hardening aluminum as hard as steel. Nothing Is too hard to believe of Ed ison. : -. - ' -. -' -;- Please pay your indebtednses, if any, to the Weekly Star. ,v ; Capt.. Jno. R. Kenly, General Manager of the A. C. L who Jias been sick for some weeks past, has gone North for treatment. ..His many friends ' here hope he may continue to improve rap idly. 1 i , Mr. S. , S. Satchwell has: re turned from Venezuela, where' he went" on the schooner Roger Moore. He re ports a very pleasant trip and - returned improved. ' "'- .) 'y Y-h 1 Mr. Burt Eddy," of New ;Vork, is in the city on a business visit. -"j, RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET. THE CATHODE RAY A NORTH 1 - . LINIAN'S " DISCOVERY. CARO- Usad la tbia Btata Thirty Tnn . Ago Aahboro Bsward OffM4 by tba Got-.: ernor to a Mutctare Senator Pritohaid ; m Homa-Bsv. Jit. Tatea ConTanrton ot 8cbool Soperutendeata Batartalik ment at tba XxeeattTO Uanaton ITaxot or Inatltuts Capt, B. A. Aabev t -i Star Correspondettct. , i I i - Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 15. Maj. Wilson, of tbe Railroad Comrals sion, vays that .North Carolina makes ventions for the world and other Sutes take them up in after years and get the credit for Javentiogr them and also reap the rewards. He lays the Cathode ray which is startling the world was used in this State thirty yean ago, at . Ashboro. in -Randolph county. He says Dr. Worth held a man up before a crowd of people and distinctly taw two black berries U him. . The Maj )r thinks this is the way with all North Carolina inventions.- :'.':--! -v'"'. ..'(':':, The Governor recently offered a re ward cf $50 for the capture of Newton Mace, of 1 Madison county, who mur dered Deputy - Sheriff White. " Mace broke jail witb twelve other murderers. The Governor has received word that Mace was captured by G. M. Bailey. Senator Jeter C Piitchard is now at bis home in Marshal. He is at his home this time to defend, several parties in murder cases. :j It is said that S. O;to Wilson and ex Judge Spier Whitaker went to see M. L. Wood on their trip to the East. Neither of them would state their destination when they left. Dr. E. A, Yates. Presiding Elder of this circuit, held , quarterly meetings at both of the Methodist churches yester- Prof. Login D. Hgwells will leave in' a few days to represent the graded schools here fat the convention of super intendents which convenes in Jackson ville, Fla., next week. . "Cupid at the Mansion was an enter tainment given by the little folks last evenine at this Executive mansion. It was a most enjoyable occasion. ' Another additional list of Farmers' Institutes has been announced, as fol lows: Greenville, February Sitb and 25th; Snow Hill. 29th; LaGrange, March 2d and 8d; Trenton, 5th; Jacksonville, 6th and 7th. - Commissioner Patterson takes great interest in tbe institutes, and is now holding a series in the eastern part of the State. ; ' - i Capt. S. A. Ashe is suffering with con gestion of the kidneys. He is resting easier to day. '.I . We heed money with which to pay our honest debts, and there are-many subscribers to the Weekly Star who should pay their honest debts. Do you owe us for subscriptions? If so, forward the amount without delay. Wilmington Fair Aaaoolatlon. The Fair project for. the Fall of 1896, which the Star has mentioned hereto fore, is still beings worked and boomed in a qniet way by several of our "enter prising merchants. The Star was in formed yesterday by oneof the mer chants that a large; list of subscriptions had been secured and several business men bad donated large amounts, and several tracts of land had been offered cheap for the purpose of holding a Fair. The members: of the - Gentlemen's Driving Club are in favor of a Fair as well as most all citizens, and they doubt less will make proper subscription. Aiter the' Newbern Fair closes com mittees will be appointed and a meeting called to organize the Wilmington Fair Association, : so ! that sufficient time be had to get up a first class affair. FISH AND CLAMS. Ziarga Ublpmenta to Hoitbern j ' :: the A. O. Ih j Markets vis .: Large shipments of fish and clams go North daily ; via the Atlantic Coast. Line. The Endeavor, a deep-sea fishing steamer, which came here a few weeks ago from Cape May. in charge, of Capt. Denny, has made two or three success ful trips, and this week landed nineteen barrels of black' bass, " three hundred pounds to the barrel, which made the last catch worth over (400. ' She is now lying at Southport, preparing for an other expedition to-morrow. . The clam shippers-have their head quarters at Wrightsville and Southport, and have shipped over one hundred thousand bushels so far this season.' Mr, W. A Sanders, a prominent shipper, in-f forms the Star that there are over thirty dam boats regularly engaged in this business, and that the best gather ings are found in the sounds in Bruns wick county, j From Shallotte, Tubbs and Little river, five thousand bushels were shipped last week. Shipments will gradually increase until j the season closes, f y: v;"'' 1'- - ' - - 'i:,v." A, Ooatly Dapot BnUding, : ; The Atlanta Journal says the Seaboard Air Line will build adepot building there for its own use and that of the Western and Atlantic, which, with the. land, will cost nearly a million 'dollars. The Seaboard will build the. depot and furnish all the money. This railroad company has a twenty-nine year , lease' onjthe right of way of the Western and Atlantic to its freight terminals and to the union depot station. The Seaboard builds the depot on consideration of the privileges granted to it by the Nashville. Chatta nooga and St Louis, lessees of the Western and Atlantic, of using the lau ter'a tracks. ; ' .r .' ' '-.-.-C- CnnArland ZTawa,' -: . "j . r The Fayetteville. Observer says 'i"There ire about 100 cases of measles in this county. , All are more or less of a light form.' fin severalof our sister counties measles has almost become epidemic. -N Yesterday morning as the children of Rev. B. F. Hall, who lives four miles over the river, were on their way to school in this city, one of the fore wheels ofthe carriage ran into a deep hole, throwing a little boy headforemost from the seat and under the wheels ofthe moving vehicle. He was badly bruised, though fortunately not seriously hurt , Please nsv vour indebtedness, u any, to the Weikly Star, : "--- , THE 3TEWZaH FAHL Tba Advanoa Freaacattona Indioatlona - Point to" m Moat ' Bnbeaaarnl Talr. ' l ... a- a- fUewUrn Journal. -; v- ; f Col Julian Si Carr,! of Durham, will make another bigdisplav at the East Carolina Fair this year. I He will have a factory exhibit, a farm exhibit,' and a stock and poultry exhibit, from Occo neechee farm. i . . I .-j ' , Mr. W. M. Benninger of Walnntport, Pa., will make an exhibit oi fine HoU stein cattle, Southdown isheep and poultry- ' -.-h,. ! -,-a t There will be a splendid poultry dis play; several breeders from other States have signified' their intention of exhib iting. J.: .-. .; ;. ? An incubator-of one of the most ap proved makes will be exhibited in oper ation. It has already been set so that the hatching will te going oa during the. big. days at the Fair, A glass front wiii give a : good view of the hatch ing operations.; ;:-Mj -l . , , Toe race entries are ahead of former years. - The - racing ! feature, will be a Rriddofte---Th entries embrace those from several Sutes: !i- ; V v As announced before, expert high wire watkiag and other attractions will be going on free in front oft tbe grand stana- before and after the races and between tbe heats. J I . ; i . The balloon ascensions will also be a pleasine feature. 1 The grand stand has; been improved by attractions . which will give a more perfect view of track to all occapyins seats, no matter what portion of the stand tney are in. . I '. The yards have been put in' good or der as well as the principal buildincs, and evergreens and other decorations have been engaged to make them pre sent a giia appearance.; - The white wash brush is belnsr freely used. The stables,, poultry coods and sheds fences, &c, are all coming in for a good sbare o,t attention; . , -Everything at the! grounds is practl- 'cally in readiness. Next week bring or send your exntbitt, and the following week be on band to enjoy tbe fair. MARRIAGE IV PEITDER. " Rocky PoJint, Feb. 13. Miss Jennie E. Armstrong was united !in marriage last evening at 7.80 o'clock ;to Mr. E. McLendon; both ot tbia place. The ceremony took place at the Presby terian Church near, here, Rev. Geo. Mc Millan,! the pastor, pronouncing the words that made the happy couple man and wife. Mr. Jack Qdelch, of Wilming ton, was best man- and Miss Katie, sister of the groom, was maid of honor. The waiters, were as follows: Mr. John Armstrong with Miss Maty Bryant, of Wilmington; Mr. A. C Tate nth Miss Blanche Hocutt, Mr.: E. A. Armstrong with Miss Lena Sparkman. After the ceremony they were driven to the- groom s residence, where - many hearty : congratulations were given and many useful and valuable presents were received. ' . 'J ,-. I . At n o clock- an elegant sapper was spread, and all enjoyed themselves un- til a couple' life, j late hour. We wish the new a prospsrous, long and happy ROSEBORO ROBBERY 1 RIAL. Sr. Y. JT. Cpopav . and and Be din Bntl Axeot Octer to ba Bntlar Ae- . aaltted Bxpraaa Axeot TriadV . at Hsst Tarnf oi Court tor Xroeny aad Conapitaey. :..."' r; ': j. ;:.U;: . Special Star Telegram. Clinton, February The Express robbery trial ended, last night at nine o'clock witb an acquittal of tbe defend ants, Dr. F. J. Cooper and Reddin Bat ter. The iary was out two hours and returned a verdict of not guilty, where- npon the defendants! were discharged. S. W, Grier, the Express agent who turned State's evidence, was then placed under arrest and : will be tried for larceny and conspiracy. . His - case wiii be tried at the next term of court,' which convenes in August. He is re leased on bail in the sum ot five hua dred dollars. Serloai Aooidont m a Xittle Boy. : Eddie: Brewer, the five-year-old son of Mr. C. N. Brewer, residing at No. 90S North Fifth street, was yesterday morn ing accidentally shot in the right arm with a pistol in- the hands of .'Willie Johnson, an eight-year-old colored boy. Mr. Brewer, who: works at the A. C L shdps, says that his little boy wandered away from home yesterday morning and went to the home of the colored boy on Red Cross street,' for some reason, un known, and when the boy was sent for he had been taken home.: The mother of Willie Johnson says she left a pistol lying on the mantlepiece and the two children got hold of it while she was away from home and in some way acci dentally fired it. f ' . The ball entered Eddie Brewer's right arm just below tbe elbow and shattered the bone.3 Drs; McDonald and Burbank were summoned and dressed the wound. It is thought that amputation will be necessary. He was resting easy last night;;' - ': . :l . "' ' Schoorer Cora M. Searobed. . A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, under date of. February ISth, says that -the American ; schooner" Cora M., Capt. Mitchell, from Wilmington, N. C' Jaau ary 25, for Kingston, was sighted off Cape Maisi, the eastern extremity of the Island of Cuba, by a 'Spanish cruiser. The officer in command of the cruiser apparently had his! suspicions aroused, for he notified the Spanish Consul at Jamaica to order the detention of the Cora M. at Kingston. : She was tbor joughly searched by the , authorities, the search .continuing: over two days, . but proving entirely unsuccessful so far as finding any contraband of war went. The schooner sailed on the 18th inst. on her return trip. I ; ' ' Qoldaboro B-.oe 11111.. Goldsboro Argus'. ' It is indeed with great pleasure and pride that the Argus announces tne purcnase oj tne rice mm. of t&is city, by a syndicate of home men; who have organized themselves into a company for the I purpose of fostering rice culture among tbe farmers oi east ern North Carolina, and to this end they will operate the mill hereto its' fullest -capacity. This mill is one oi tbe nnest in tbe whole country, is muy equipped with all the latest machinery, and its product was always in ready demand at the highest prevailing prices. ; The Clinton Democrat. The Star takes pleasure in recom mending the Clinton Democrat to those of the business men of Wilmington who wish to advertise for country trade. It Is a most excellent paper, carefully and ably edited by Mr; L. A. Bethune, one of the most talented of North Carolina's younger journalists. ; Tbe Democrat cir culates largely ia Sampson, Duplin, Cum berland and adjoining counties." uet a sample copy and yon will see one of tbe cleanest, brightest newspapers printed la North Carolina. STEAMER COMMODORE. Tne Bnassetsd Onbaa FOlbmiarer Took r Jier. uepartora Iat BTUht-SaUad for I Charleaton 8. o., Wb a Voir Compla inant of Offioera aodOion. " ' -I .-. -. : 1'".' The steamer Commodore which , came to Wilmington last Summer from New Haven. Conn- with - clearance showing she I was en roate to Carta gena, was seized by the United States -Marshal, on comnlaint ? of violation of the neutrality laws otthe United States.and subsequently released by order of the United States Diatriet Court, left bed wharf, last- night shortly after eleven o'clock, for Charleston, S. C. - At ten o'clock yesterday mprning smoke was seen issuing from her funnel, and all through the day provision was Deing made tor an early departure. Last night a STAR reporter visited the wharf and found it a busy scene. '' : nt v cicvcu :j, u ciock uipi. oamuel Hughes ia i stentorian - tones, cave the order to loosen ," lines, and the supposed Cuban filibuster.'siowlv backed out into the stream and when in position and in answer to the oilot'a . Delia, with full steauvvtartcd down the" river. ' Not until the bad the crowd any idea of ber speed, and a cheer burst forth from the small gathering of enthusiastic weu-wisners wbo bad assembled to wit ness her departure. : , The crew is comoosed of twelve Wilmington men and three officers who came here to. take charge ot the vessel The ..complement of officers is as follows: Captain, . Sam . uel Hughes, of New York: pilot and first mate. J. H. Williams, of Southport; second mateJ . Frank T. Grain, of New York; chief engineer, P. E. Thurstoni assistant . engineer, Jeff Smith; and oilers, Wm. Risle; and R. C Smith, of this city. They are all picked men. Mr. Jett Smith figured in the war between the States and was an engineer on the steamer Nictheroy of the Brazilian revolutionists. . Tbe Commodore cleared for Charles ton, S. C, but at the same 'time without its being really necessary, as she took out a coastwise license and surrendered her register, which naturally admitted her to travel on the high seas. .There seems to be a universal hope here that she may go through to Cuba and land ner valuable cargo in the hands- of the ' Spanish slayers." . TO HELP CUBA OPENLY. "We have grown tired of having our ships stopped, our officers arrested, and our line libelled by Spaniards, and we propose to give them a new kind of medicine, said Captain William Kerr, counsel of the Hart Steamship Line, in Philadelphia; Wednesday, and he then proceeded to give the. information that the company would i adopt a policy which, if carried out, will annoy the Spanish- authorities considerably. He also said that for a considerable period a boat laden with, ammunition and stores had been lying at Wilmington, N; C and that the cargo would goto Cuba. l am telling tnis to let bpain and others know what we are doing," he re marked.. 1 :-..-'-.-- 'The steamship Commodore is now at Wilmington," said.Capuin.Kerr, "loaded with arms, ammunition,- dynamite and stores. She is loaded so full that the boat is deep; so deep that they could not get anybody to take her out of port. That boat has been there for several months. To-night- at 13 o'clock. Cap tain Samuel Hughes, of tbe Laurada, goes down I to Wilmington and . takes. with bim Pi E. Thurston, chief engineer ofthe ship. They will take the Common dore to Charleston. The cargo will go to Cuba. ! ir "No person can come aboard nntil he shows the Cuban ft lg. If Cuba wants to buy ammunition and supplies ot us, I do not see why we should not sell to them, We do not propose to sneak out of ports any longer, but will be open in our traffic.'! ' The Washington Star of last Thurs day, says: I , " ! Senor Dupuy .de Lome, the Spanish Minister, was shown tbe statement of Capt. William Kerr, counsel of the Hart steamship line, who said that a steamer loaded with munitions of war intended for tbe Cubans would leave Wilming ton, N. C.J to night. Senor De Lome said that iq his opinion do attempt would be made tq take tbe vessel out ci port. It is the same one which left New Lon don, ConnJ. last autumn,and 'has been lying at - Wilmington since. September. He does not intend to take any. steps ia the matter and will leave it entirely with, the United States authorities to see that, the vessel does . not carry arms to Cuba. . Tbe Cuban insurgents, it is claimed, ned have no further fear of having arms and ammunition purchased in the United States and shipped to Cuba for their use interfered with by the. United States government, so long as the shipments are not accompanied by bodies of men, thus bringing it within tbe designation of an "armed expedition." . . Tbe Government IS forced into this position by the decisions of the courts, which have uniformly beid against the Government in all cases where it Jias sought to libel vessels loaded with mu nitions of war for tbe use of forces in re bellion, against the authorities of a friendly nation. . - - - '.'.'.' In this Connection the attention of the treasury officials was c -tiled to the state ment of Capt. Kerr of the Hart Steam-, ship Company to the effect that the Commodore of that line, now lying at Wil- mington, N. C, was loaded with arms, supplies and - ammunition. including dynamite, and that Capt. Hnghes of the Laurada I had gone to Wilmington to take the Commodore to Charleston, S. C, and that the arms, etc , would be at once shipped to the Cuban insurgents, w i . When questioned as to what, u any thing, would be done to prevent the shipment of the arms, . the officials answered that nothing could be done and - the - collector at - Wilmington had been . instructed to . give ; the vessel clearance papers whenever asked for. Nothing will be done to interfere with the vessel's movements so. long as she does hot take,more than the . usual complement or men as a crew to navi gate the l vessel. In that -contingency the vessel will be libelled and . tbe men arrested, as it has been held that men and arms together form an "armed ex pedition,", within the meaning of the law. If, however; the vessel is captured by Spanish warships, she can nave no recourse! to the United , States, as her owners must themselves take all chances of capture. . ' ' : y: The Baeboro Caae. - Referring to the former Express agent at - Koseboro,' the' Clinton Democrat says: Many ask what is to become of S W. Grier. The .Democrat is informed that there is no indictment against him and unless - one is made he cannot be prosecuted. Tbe lwcnx ..says,.iunner: ur. Coooer.l RedmBotks and S. W. Grier rere all prevented oywe grana jary at this court in - a second indictment tor conspiracy, i K nol pros ? was taken ia each case. r , r . - A Star telegram, printed .- yesterday stated that Grier was bound over to the next term ot tbe Superior Court, it is more than probable, however, that the probable, nowever, mat tne is practically ended. Star.) whole NO. 17 J The Best Remedy in the World - It Makes People Well. .! There is one true specific for diseases arising from impure blood and a debili tated nervous system, and that is Paine's celery compound, so generally prescribed by physicians. It is probably tbe most remarkable remedy that the scientific re search of this ' country has produced. Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. p., LL.D., of Dartmouth College, first prescribed what is now known the world over as Paine's celery; compound, a positive cure for dyspepsia, billiousness, liver complaint. neuralgia, rheumatism, all nervous dis eases and kidney troubles. For the lat ter. Paine s: celery compound bas suc ceeded again and again where every, thing else has failed ; ; 4f ; --;;. THE A. P. Ai'S. A COUNCIL CF THE ORDER DISBANDS IN CHATTANOOGA. , Tna Mlniatera .Wanted to Chanca ' the Order Then Came, the Breaking TJp ot the Coonoila Interview with . the ' Iieader. Chattanooga, Tknn., February 12. All is not serene with the local mem bers of tbe American Protective Associ ation. . - ; -j The first outbreak occurred this after - . i noon, when Chris .Bathman; who claims the distinction of being the (organizer of the first council here, announced his withdrawal from the order, h Something occurred to (baffle. Bath- man and his friends, but just what they decline to say. I I Bathman. however, submitted to an interview, in which he stated that the main trouble , was the . interference of Protestant preachers, wboi he says, are trying to run ,tbe organization ;for the benefit of their various churches; '?Now," said Bathman, 'I went into this organization : fortbe purpose of re sisting the encroachments of the Cath olic church in politics; and so far the American v Protective Association is po litical and- means American Protective Association. J "But the preachers have come in and want to make it the American Protes tant j Association, and . we: ' kicked out. Now. there are a whole lot of us who have our own' views on the question of relifcion and when the preachers of cer tain sects began to pull the organization to benefit themselves we asked for our cards of withdrawal and quit. ' j . "Yes. the original council that I or ganized is dead .and buried, and' I un dertand several others have disbanded." Bathman has been one of the few out spoken and active member of the asso ciation here, and got himself 'soundly thumped once for rubbing bis hatred of Catholics too vigorously On one of the young Irishmen of this city. Bathman says the kick he -makes is indorsed by a number of others who will hereafter abandon the order. BLOODTHIRSTY SPANIARDS Thar Are Charged 1 Witb ' Bmoherlng ; Wounded Cabana la Their Beda.' The special correspondent to the .Washington Star at Havana telegraphs that paper as follows: ' Capt. Stuard of Gen. Maceo's staff, writing of the Paso Real affray, says: ; "Let Spain continue the butchery she commenced at Paso Real and Cuban in dependence will come aU the sooner. Since our men have learned how their wounded brothers, whom they left in the houses of the village, were killed, ven geance and determination' have settled in their hearts. ' L ; "We had about seventy wounded men when we entered Paso Real, and they were left in care of friends .there wbo were most willing to receive them, but who feared lest a Spanish column would come and attack tbe town. : "Gen, Maceo left a guard of 200 men, and moved on Mantua, where we en camped all one day and night. As the army was preparing to inarch on the following, morning the sound of firing was beard, and we knew that faso Keal was being attacked.' I f i J 'Maceo hurried his army 'to the place and drove out the three, regiments of Luque, but he was not able to inflict a compensating loss upon them. "": - "The Spaniards had driven tbe guards out of tbe place, killing about forty, and then turned their attention' to the wounded in the houses. At least an equal number of the latter were bu:ch ered in their beds. Several women, who were attending the sick, are also among tbe killed." , . . : . : ; KILLED HIMSELF. Saiolde of Prominent Fhyaieian of Kenans - j '.:";..'- . TiUe.. a ...j. j " By Tekaraph to the Monung Star ! Columbia. S. C Feb. 14. Yester day afternoon,'. Dr. George . Farrier, a prominent, physician of Kenansville, N. C.i brother of Mr. John Farrier, the well-known eweler of Charlotte, N. C arrived in Columbia to take special treatment, being in . a bad : condition physically. His brother accompanied him "here ' and secured a comfortable room for . him on Lady 1 street. He seemed to be in a hopeful frame Of mind. ' but this afternoon , he ended his existence by sending a bullet through his heart. He seemed to be in splendid spirits iust before he went to his room, but it was not nve minutes afterwards when a pistol; shot rang out and he was found writhing on the floor in his death struggles. Helen no docu ments bearing on tbe suicide. He evl dently committed tbe rasb act on the impulse of the. moment. , The only cause assigned is the physical condi tion tne ' uniortnnate man was in wnen brongbt here. His remains will be uken back to North. Carolina for Interment. Eleven pairs were announced in tbe joint assembly of the Kentucky Legisla tare yesterday" Total present, US; neces sary to a choice. 69, The vote resulted: Blackburn, 84; Hunter. 53; scattering,, 9, A Montreal dispatch says ; Rev. M. Gill, of Granby, Quebec, has been com jnltted to prison oy a magistrate for con tempt of the court, in refusing to dis close secrets- beard in the confessional. Cardinal. Gibbons,": accompanied by Bishop Keane, of the ' Catholic - Univer sity at Washington, and Bishop Gabriels, of Ogdensburgh, N. Y.J arrived ia New Orleans yesterday to attend tbe opening of the catholic .Winter, acbooii ;, Paine s Celery Gomponnd NEW YORK SUB-TREASURY CROWDED WITH BOND PURCHASERS . v The Lnt Day for Py ment of th9 Fiiatln ataUmenv Tjuca Tiantaetlona on ' the Bjack Xxohange Morgaa Syndicate Will Bay All Sonde Hot T-ksa' by Bidders.1 " Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, February- llfc-t-To-day was the last day for the payment of the first Installmenton the new $100,000,000 four per cent, bonds of 1925 just allotted by the Govern inenti: The sub-Treasury - in consequence was' jammed by bond . , purchasers and it was almost impossible , to' get into the 'coin room. . Business was brought to a standstill, at bne time by the arrival Of a party of Philadelphia light-seers, who crowded into j the sub- ' Treasury bent on catching a glimpse ot the store ot gold. Assistant Treas urer Jordan refused to permit them to visit the vaults, pleading .pressure of . business. Assistant ..Treasurer ;Jordan gave notice at an early hour that he would close tbe sub-Treasury doors at , one o'clock sharp and that no one would -r be permitted to enter alter that hour. ' U Another batch of $4,000,000 of the new bonds arrived here to-day, making . a total of (8,000,000 thus far j received. , Transactions on the board in the bonds . were heavy and one ipt of $507,000 sold at 115,. The Hanover National . Bank this morning deposited $1,COO,000 on bond account, making the total since February 8tb $38.CleS91. Zimmerman and Forsbay withdrew $100,000. making the total withdrawal from February Bib, $.888.800.4 . : j 1 f A Boston special states- that Wm. Graves, of New York, yesterday sold his ' option to take $4 500,000 new Govern- ' ment bonds at 118.8891 to the City Na tional Bank for $30,000, 1 r It is stated that toe deposits of gold at the sub-Treasury and the national bank depositories amount to over $55,000,000. Premiums. on gold to-day were. nomi nally one quarter j to one-half per cent. Greenbacks were one-sixteenth bid and offered at one-eighth per cent. The t doors of the sub-Treasury were closed promptly at : 1 o'clock- and Assistant" Treasurer Jordan announced that no new business would be done to-day. He said it it was found that any of the. bond- . holders had made gold payments not up ' to the amount required, arrangements would be made for them to complete the payments later on.' ' - .i It was andou need to-day on high au thority that Mr. Morgan's recent vis.t to -Washington as for the purpose of con suiting with Secretary Carlisle in regard to defaults by bidders. It was arranged that Mr. Morgan shonld buy all th bonds not taken oy bidders at the sam figure, 110 6877, paid by the Morgan sy ' dicate. The Graves combination wbl bid for $4,500,000 of the new bonds d not payUheir first installment to-da notwithstanding the fact that Treasa officials were notified this- morning to. -the 20 per cent, due would be turned at At tbe office of J. B. Newcomb, & Con where Graves, has his headqaaiters. I , oqsrated that the latter bad leftfo Washington. Washington, February ! lB.-With the close of id-day the last day expires in which the first payment of 80 per cent. can be made on itbe new bonds. The total payments as reported to the Treas-1 f ury to date, have aggregated $3,M3B,74o. s or more than 60.1 per cent, of the total'-: issue. The Morgan syndicate paid in all ot its purchase money to day, with tbe object in View of : catching any of ". tbe defaulting bidders' l bonds,- to which they are I entitled under their blanket bid of 110.6877 for $100,000,000 i or any proportion thereof. How many , 1 bidders defaulted, and in what amounts , and who they are will not be known at the Treasury until . Monday or Tuesday - next. The difference in standard time made the , hour j at which bidders could J, pay. for their bonids.Yreckoning from eatt to west, tbree bours later than mew r time at san f rancisco, and one-noar later at Chicago and St. Louis. At the cloee i of business ao-dav the Treasury gold reserve, with today's de-.-j posits at New York included, stood at $77,133,863. "Since. January 6th. when Secretary Carlisle invited 1 bids for tbe ,. new bond issueJ to date. $27,452,854 in gold has been withdrawn from tbe Treasury. Of this f amount $9,404,083 is reported as having been withrfru n for export, and Itbe, balance of $18,01 0, 000 was withdrawn presumably to pay for bonds. It is stated, from reliable New York advices, that the firm of" Zimmerman & Forshay alone have with- drawn $5,851,683. . . , . - i . 1 The. Treasury is prepared to deliver c the bonds as rapidly as called for. STEAMER COMMODORE Arrived Yeeterday Afternoon at Charleston ' Cloaely Followed by the Beyenoe Cut- . terColbz. '.' ; ,- , By Telegraph t theMbrnlng S4ar. ' Charleston, S. C, Feb, ;15.The i little steamer Commodore, Captain Hughes, from' Wilmington, ' N. C sufii. pected of intending' to engage in - a fili bustering expedition, arrived here this u afternoon at 8 o'clock. She rannto the j Consumers' Coal Company's whaif and ; promptly . hung out a sign announcing 'No Admittance." The United -States customs officers boarded her and found her papers all right. !' .. " ' Her manifest stated that I she was loaded with "arms and-ammunition" consigned to her master. The U,. S. officials have taken no action, and they say that the boat has as yet been guilty , of no : unlawful act. Capt Samuel ' Hughes was seen by a reporter of the ' Southern "Associated Press and stated that his boat j was twelve hours from Wilmington; and that' she was loaded . with arms and ammunition. He said : , he . would i leave her . at' this i port ; for some time, and that he would run up to Philadelphia on Monday. He declined to say . anything further. A , significant point about the arrival of the ; Commodore is that a few i hours alter she came to her dock the revenue cutter, from Wilmington appeared off tbe bar and then came into the harbor and an chored. The Commodore is a little ' steamer of 178 tons, scarcely larger than a tug. Her home port is New York. Capt. Hughes j and the chief engineer, -Thurston, were both on board the' Lau rada. - .;..!- j - frH - . ; . " : NEV COTTON MILL& At Waxhaw and XdentOB, Korth Carolina. -By Te!egnpli to the Moralag Star. . I Raleigh; N. C February 15. The contracts are made for ajlven thousand . spindle cotton mill at Waxhaw, N. C Tbe stock is all taken for a knitting mill ' at Edentoo. : Part of the cotton mill in; course of cdestiuction; at Elizabeth ' City was blown down by a storm but us ' completion will be very slightly delayed. -The capacity Of the. towel mill at Sails . bury has beenj ordered to be doubled. "Alelegram from Beaufort, N.C.says j a sensation has been treated there by the' arrest of Dr. L W. Perkins, on a charge of perjury in connection with tbe recent trial of the grave-yard insurance cases at that place. Perkins was tbe ex amining physician, and was a Witness for the prosecution in the trial. ! -' , i . i a-e i i ' -. t -The correspondent of the St. James , Gazette at St. Petersburg telegraphs that the report of Dr. Nansen's having dis-: covered the North Pole is confirmed, a Lucket 4 Go's tobacco factory and .; stemmery in Clarkville, Tenn, was des- -troyed by fire Friday alght, containing 1.600,000 pounds of tobacco and causing a loss of $75,90OJ , ; ; . L : - j avaw - b e : tM V w
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