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! - i c j - . .. WILMINGTON. N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 888888S888888888S -tipaoH g 88888888888888888 tqiuon 8 888888888888S8888 2 S 8 8 SmBSSSSSS8 883338888888SS88S 9 3 "'8SSS3S'S3'SS888888 I - . 838383888888888' S3siiS$83888383 3S3S88S2S3SS388S8 w w 'I 'I Entered at the ioK Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, at "'..'. Second Clan Matter.! i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star U ai iohow : r Single Corjy 1 year.jpostage paid.'. , Smonthi . '.,'" !! ,. ..$1 00 to We are again lending billsto our subscribers. In the aggregate they amount to, a very large ,sutn. Many of, pur subscribers are responding V promptly. Others pay no attention to the ills. f These latter do : not seem to understand ' that they are under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper. I , ; : WOOL A8D WOOLLEN MILLS. Attention has,, been centered) so much on cotton manufacturing in the South that very little I thought has been given to wool manufacturing. Here and there , we find a woollen mill andHfherever the. have been well managed they have done well, but they are so lew and far between, that the South can sc'arpely be- said to have entered upon the wool man : ufacturing Industry. We have wool len mills- in North Carolina, and .... s' i , ' : i some of tiem very good; ones, where goods are made which will compare favorably with the same "grades of goods tna'de in the big mills of the North,jbut they are generally run jjn connection with cotton, mills. .'One. reason perhaps, for the small num ber of woollen mills is the trouble in securing a supply of wool at home, r as wool growing tn' most of the Southern States has not yet reached thi proportions to make ' the wool . clip amount to much, The proba bilities are that the mills which are -now in. operation in this, and other States,! at Least those thz.t make the best class of goods, buy the most of their wool 'and the best of it, in other markets. Of iGourse they Can't dotharf pay freight on'hbeir. raw wool and thpn freight On the: manufactured goods and com ypetefln Northern markets :. with the . long established woollerj mills near those markets, which are near both the .wool1 and the markets' for the woollen goods. In this respect the Northern woollen manufacturer has the same advantage over the South em woollen manufacturer that the' Southern cotton manufacturer :"' has, over.-the Northern cotton manufacr turer, name y,. proximity to the base of supplies and to the market for de livery., In these days of'keen com petition, ;. which . must be satisfied with small profits, these two consid erations, are potent factors of! sue cess." . ' j ; -. "j ','..',. j'- Viewed from the - standpoint ot benefit to the South we regard wool manufacturing as a much more im-. portant industry than cotton, manu facturing, provided the raw material vfor'thej factorieV be: produced in the South, for this would stimulate wool growing and in timje make the South a great wooj-grdmng as well as cottoagrQwing section. It is qule as well adapted to wool grow ing as to cotton growing,,and much better adapted to it than! any part of the North or Northwest. Sheep multiply more rapidly in the South than in the North, are raised at less expense, and are not as liable to dis ease as they are in the North, where they . are subjected to! greater ex tremes ofj temperature at d more sud den changes. - k e i - 'Li. j... f - ,. ouluc ycuyjiK arc unuer ine impies sion that fine wool cannot be suc cessfully grown in thej South, but Southern wool, grown in Mississippi, too, has taken prizes at world's fairs, both for fineness aid largeness of yield, competing with wool grown in the leading wool-growing coun tries of the. world. This settles the fact of the possibility and practica bility oL-raisingfi'ne; w 3ol,,and we know l that there is no Southern State, even as tar South as Florida, Whefe the sheph does not thriw: nrirl r r , wnere they may not be raised , attention, from the with ' mere nominal simply' protection prey upon them, prin c'pallythe mutton eating dog. With such protection successful wool growing' would be practicable and there would be a hundted sheep ,tb the one there is now. Then there would before woollen mills. The .wool grown would encourage the manufacturer and the manufacturer would encourage the grower, each encouraging the other, thus building i' iwo inaustnes iinstead of one. , The Jack: of protective legislation ""n urcvenrs successful woo! growing, also preventri the tstablish ment of woollen mills and thus two -f luuustnes are strangled lor the want of a little horse sense among our legislators. VOL. XXVII. ; The time will come when the South will lie by force of circum stances the. great wool producing section of this country because its jiatdral advantages are .so . much greater than those ofv any other sec tion. . Wool-growing 'as an industry has gradually moved from the States Iastof the Mississippi to the States A-Vest of the Mississippi, moving from the higher priced lands of the East to the lower priced lands of the Vest, where the pasturage was abundant, the ranges wide, and where sheep could be raised in large numbers at a trifling cost compared with the cost in the older States. Ohio is now the only State East of the Mississippi where wool-growing is carried oa .extensively and this is probably because there are some wealthy men in that State who have given attention to the breeding and raising of fine sheep and thus kept the industry up.. They have had influence enough in the Congresses that were controlled by the Republi cans to secure high tariff protection on their wool, without which they say the industry could not have sur vived and without which theysay it cannot last long. Possibly that may be so for Ohio, although there is ho satisfactory proof of it; after more thanra year of free"wool, but if it be so as to Ohio and other Ndrthern States it is not so as p the Sou b, where wool can be profitably grown -without any tariff protection, and this Is especially true if the wool grown in. the South be manufactured in the South. This will not escape the attention of w'ool growers, when looking for fields where wool may be grown at the least expense and consequently with the most profit As the large, farms in the East were cut up into small farms and the sheep: ranges thus became contracted, increasing the cost of raising sheep, so in time will the prairie ranges of the West be cut up into farms, and the great flocks of many thousands will be seen no more. The day of cheap pastufage will end there as it has ended in the older States, and then the" advantages which the South offers the sheep raiser wilt begin to tell. Before that time probably we may have law makers who will real ize that sheep aie more valuable and more entitled to consideration than dogs, for it cannot be that men who have sense enough to make laws will never take a reasonable view of this question. Please pay your indebtedness, if any, to the Weekly Star HIB0& KEHTI02T. The passage of' the House, resolu tion censuring Ambassador - Bayard for certain remarks made in those public addresses delivered in Eng land and Scotland was a foregone conclusion, fc the thing was worked up for political effect and they couldn't afford to let it drop without taking positive action on it after having, made the splutter over it which they did. The censure doesn't amount to anything, because every one understands the "animus which inspired; the so called "investiga tion," and the action of its partisan promoters. It neither affects , the force or. the truth of anything that Ambassador Bayard may have said, and only puts on record the fact that the gentlemen who votf d for it de sired to have it understood that a person representing' the United States abroad should not speak un pleasant truths to foreign audiences. That was Ambassador . Bayard's offence. He spoke too candidly and told too many things which we all know and which have been -said thousands of times in Congress,, in ' l ' . .. . the- press, on the rostrum, and re peatedly in Presidential messages and in - other State papers, in a blunter and less apologetic way than Ambassador Bayard did in his mild, polished phrase. It was the truth that hurt, and the telling of it to willing ears on the other side of the water .by a ' Government representa tive. There may be some question about the propriety or good, taste of showing up the flaws in oar home methods by a representative of this Government, and we are among, those who believe that that kind of pastime should be left to persons not occupying official positions, but the question of propriety isn't what in fluenced the movers of this censure They were whacking for-politics. The racket raised will, however, prevent any further remarks on that line being made by our representa , tives in foreign countries. Ambas sador Bayard may have committed an indiscretion in saying what he did say, but In our opinion he committed a greater mistake when he undertook to explain away and break the force of 'what he did say instead of stand ing squarely on his utterances with out any explanations or virtual apol ogies, which neither made , his case any better nor mollfied those who had unbelted their tomahawks to go for him. He should have told them iii diplomatic phraseology to go to Halifax, and, in the language ot the Nash county squire, to "proceed with their proceedences." iiiHE : . ' -. 1 ' 1 !! . Senator, Mitchell of Oregon, last Friday reported from the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections a joint resolution providing for the election of United States Senators b? the direct vote of the people, and Senator Chandler, of New Hamp shire, gave notice that this resolution would be "vigorously opposed." Of course it will. All the old roosters who are afraid to submit their claims to the people will oppose it, for the probabilities are that in uch event most of them would come down and out. This is riot a new proposition, for it has been discussed and has been before Congress in some shape for years, and there is not a year that passes that does not add to the rea sons for the change and Increase the strength of the arguments advanced in adv- cacy of it. There is now, pending before the Senate a contest ed case from the State of Delaware, which never could have occurred if the election were by jthe people, and another probable one from the State ot Alabama, in which a claim is made for Senator Morgan's seat by a man who has no more right to it than Li Hung Chang has. Add to these the recent scandalous proceedings in the; Kentucky Legislature, and thejout- come of that -contest, and! no better argument need be asked to support! the movement for the ! election of Senators by the people, instead of the present antiquated, round about way. -The programme of j the opponents of the Cuban belligerency resolutions now pending in the Senate is to pre- vent action by delay! and thus, bang them up indefinitely. This was in dicated by, the remark of Senator Hale, Friday, when in opposing fixi ing a day for a-vote he said that most of the speech-making had been done by the Committee and its friends and that there were a number' of oppos-: ing Senators who desired to be heard. It is said that some ten or twelve Senators who voted for the Senate ; resolutions have ' since' changed their minds, and now think that we ought to crawfish, go slow, very slow, 'and give; Gen. Weyler more time to show what he can do to prevent Gomez and Maceo from driving him and his army into salt water. That's about the only motive apparent for this reversal of position by the Senators referred to. Basing their opposition on the third resolu tion of those which came from the House and were accepted by the con ference committee is a mere pretence, for there is nothing in that resolu tion which is not virtually contained in the Senate resolutions.and nothing in it that the United States wouldn't do and that any other self-respecting Government wouldn't do, if the contingency presented itself, that is intervene to protect the lives and interests of its own people which might be jeopardized or affected by the conditon of affairs in Cuba. This haggling over words, and legislative trickery, while a brave people are struggling to be free, is simply dis gusting. ; i Please ; pay your indebtednses, if any, to the Weekly Star. The Transvaal Republic doesn't propose to encourage any competi tion against its farmers, judging from the taxes levied on imported foodstuffs. It taxes imported hams and bacon 25 cents a pound, with 7 per cent, ad valorem .duty; flour $1.84 per 160 ' pounds, with 7 per cent, ad valorem;! butter 25 cents a pound; eggs 12 cents per dozen. This gives the thrifty Boers a j mo nopoly of the feeding business, but it is pretty boring to the oithlanders who look upon it as landisb. decidedly out- The" wheelmen want a "good roads" plank put in the platforms of all the political platforms. Per haps good plank roads would suit them as 'well as a good roads plank, and be a good deal more serviceable. But it .won't , do to sneeze at the wheelmen, for there are about two million of them (counting the girls) in this' country now and the way they are increasing we will all be on wheels before long. With the growling and fault find ing in bpaio, and the unaccommo dating disposition of the Cubans, who show no disposition lay down their arms aod disperse, as ordered to do, Genr Weyfer is becoming dis gusted andSays he "may be forced to resignv' He is beginning to realize the size of his job. - 1 S - - - : k,- It is hard to get some men to stay dead after they have been killed During the racket between the Eng lish and the followers of the Mabdi in the Soudan .in 1884 Osman Digna was reported to have been killed eighteen times, and now the old f el low is at the head of a big army pre pared to take John Bull by the horns again; ,;- .- 4 k.Tk " i ,k'kr Tom Reed is indulging in a very large sized silence in regard to Pres idential matters, bat some ot his friends are doing some audible talk ing in reference ' to the fat-frying methods" of the McKinley boomers. ; WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, " MARCH 27, 1896. VOLUME FIFTY-EIGHT. THE STAR NOW NEARLY 29 YEARS Important Annoaooemnt to SabMrlbert Beglnnloc April It', Bobao'lpttoa Bt daoed to Fix Dollar-Cbcapan in tbo State, j ; i, ' ;; - The' I Morning ; Star closes ' its 57th semi-annual volume to-day, hav ing passed' through . all the vicissi tudes incident to lournalism during to journalism more than 28 years ; and -ith the ume it makes the fol- close of the'vo lowing ! t' important announcement : Beginning April 1st next, the fol lowing reduced rates of Subscrip tion to The Morning Star will go into effect: ! - ..' - k; ! , TO MAIL! SUBSCRIBERS.! Twelve Months $5.00 2.50 1.25 1.00 50 Six ' 4 Threee ! Two One i TO CITY; SUBSCRIBERS, The Star will be delivered by ii . r. carrier' at any point in the city at 12 cents per we6k, 'or 45 cents per month. " ' ' ! I Mik" '' .- ' The intense interest felt here in the . - I. L-' 1 ' progress of the war in Cuba is some thing remarkable. Everybody is for Free Cuba." and nearly all newspaper readers look for Cuban news first of all whea they take up their morning pa pers. Oae would almost conclude from the feeling here that Cuba was a part of the United States.. The landing of arms and ammunition! on Cuban soil for the insurgents," or a victory for them, is hailed with every manifestation, of de light; while tidingst of a success for the batcher" Weyler create a feeling ot real depression. j ' f , Bohool Eatenammant Burgsw. . i The Burgaw High School had its "breaking upl Friday night, i An inter esting programme, consisting of recita tionS, dialogaes. instra mental and vocal music, was rendered by the scholars. The entertainment was given in the county court room and was attended by parents and friends of the children.who acquitted themselves well.! They were trained by the teachers, AJisses ' Bettie and Ethel Herring, who were complimented; on all sides for their work. , The children pre sented the teachers with a i token of esteem, k ' '!" :l . ! i ' - A church festival Was held afterwards for the benefit of the Baptist ! church, which was a success socially and finan cially. A number of Wil mlogtoaians were present. I . MEETINq IN MAXrO.V. BepnbUoan Congrsasional . Commutes Seran Favor Dookory and Iwj Baaaell . .for QoTernor, k . ' j I Special Star Telegram. Maxton, N. C, March 21. The Re publican Congressional here to-day. Ail the Committee met cpunties except Brunswick were represented in person The convention will meet here April 23d. Of i those i present, seven favor Dockery for Governor and two Russell. A resolution aimedtat the recent 8Ction of the State committee Was passed. AH favor fusion on State and county tickets and two favor a total blending. '1 OtD W affnd iJr 1 ' ; " ' ; 'Can we afford to publish the Star at Five Dollars per year? If so, how? Well, here's how; We will undoubtedly make large additions to our subscription lists. This will be followed by an in crease of advertising patronage. Then, we intend to adhere more rigidly than ever before to the cash; s? stem. ; That's the whole story. Remember, after April 1st, only Five Dollars tor The Morning Star one year, j . '. (.; :' k:' Recentlv a titiler advertisement. for a travelling salesman aooeared in the Star under the bead of "Business Locals." i The advertiser will have no trouble in supplying himself if we may iudee from the immense number of responses' received. It pays to adver . ' i ii t tise in the Star. : - :; And Field Marshal Furioso Bonaparte Rice wants to go to the St. Louis convention, do he? Now, sup pose the committee on pistoricals. with the bie Judse as1 chairman, should re port at the same timtrWhat would the committee oq legs do? MrrWalter G. MacRae of this city has-been engaged by the commis sioners of Edgecombe County to super intend the construction of a steel bridge over TaV river at Tarboro. The con tractors have given bond for the com pletion of the bridge by the first of Au gust, 1898. ! :'.k; .: - The Morning Star is the only Dailv of its class in ! North Carolina whose price is less than $7 00 per year Five Dollars will cet the Star after April 1st. . i ' i CHRISTIANS MASSACRED. ' : ''-'..'' 'I ' " . ! ' Eight Thousand Peraona Killed In Booent IKatorbanoea in Tnrker.: ; . Br Cable to the Morning Star. : . Constantinople, March 21. Sir Philip Currie, British! Ambassador, re ceived a telegram from British Vice Con sul Fitzmaurice, stating that eight thou sand persons were killed at Oorfa in tbe recent disturbances at that place. ' It- is reported! that an agitation of Albanians is in. progress on the frontier of Montenegro and a massacre of Chris tians is feared. The Montenegran Gov ernment has forwarded a note to M. Nebloffr Russian Ambassador here, call ing Russia's attention to the situation. CONSECRATION SERVICES la the Xpieoopal Cnaroh at Atkinson. The Matlo ThefClerty, Kto. Editor of the Star : Shakespeare says the man " who has no music in ; his soul is fit for treason, trategems and spoils," and it is there fore an Inexpressible surprise that our men a who reported the exercises of the interesting meeting on yesterday' in the consecration of the Episcopal church at mKinson, should have omitted in be fitting terms to pay tribute to the unex celled mnsical disDlav as conducted by , Misses Cooper, Whitaker. Ber nard, Lord and - Angel. ' We ' can only account for it in one wav. that be like ourselves, had so much on the brain and a great deal at heart, to bewilder: but what else but superiority conld em anate from such an arrav of names: Cooper, so intimately connected with the literary world, Whitaker, conspicu ous among the - learned and distin guished; Bernard, a name as, prominent; and desirable as The Star: .Lard, to whom all reverencs is paid; and the Angel, the admiration and wonder of all who were present. Our psople felt that a repitition ot such exercises would do muca to enlighten, improve and make happy the young and old of all classes and denominations The, services as conducted by Dr. Strange were gracelully, eloquently and ably done. .Indeed, the parts taken by the Bishop, Watson, as well as by the Reverends Wooten and Skinner, were all admirably and interestingly per formed. Tbe Bishop, though almost an octogenarian, is much more active and sprightly than many of our boys of thirty.: ,-r' ; ... ;' ' . . ' We must not forget to speak of the feast spread for the comfort of the inner- man. We fear if the politicians of the country could have been present it would have furnished them with pabu lum for argument against the silverites, for with such a dinner no one could think ot hard times. C. Coneerning Engineers. A movement is on foot in this city among the different classes of engineers to have an examining board established by tbe next Legislature,' compelling all engineers to be examined as to 'their qualifications' and capabilities before allowing them to run any kind of steam engine. This movement has been started owing to so many boiler explo sions resulting in the loss of life, on account of "plugs" or men who do not understand the business being put in charge, of engines. As it is now, steamboat engineers are com pilled to have license, and locomotive engineers have very rigid examinations to pass before being placed in charge of an engine, but most anyone is picked up and placed in that position on s ationarv engines for mills, factories. &c. A petition will be sent from here to the next Legislature and from other places in the State and concerted action will be brought to bear on tbe author ities to pass a law on tbe subject. DOCKERY MEN HOT. " It Was Infamoup," Said One The Mailed Hand of Marion Bntlsr" The Dockery men were hot yesterday, says the News and Observer, over the rough-shod way in which Russell and his "savages," rode over them in the meeting. . "ft was infamous," said one of Dock ery supporters, "and we will appeal to tbe Republicans of tbe State to repudi ate this unwarranted usurpation cf au thority. Chairman Holton will refuse to recognise the authority of tbe commit tee to decide on the cases of contesting delegations." k Rev. Leak i hot in the collar. He says Holton will not recognize the ac tion of the committee, as it was entirely illegal and the committee couldn't take any Such action. He said they would fight it out along this lice all over the State, and if necessary to break this tbing would make a revolution in tbe party. It pains Revr Leak to think that Jim Young has nailed him up in a box.. The Dockery Settle-Holton crowd made Out an elaborate plan of cam paign before they left Raleigh. They will fight " Rule-or-ruin Russell to tbe bitter end. And they look behind Russell and his caucus, and with the Roentgen rays of suspicion they see the well-defined shadow of an underground worker who had bis finger on the button. One ot tbem said to met '.'Behind all this deal of Russell's I see the mailed hand ot Marion Butler." THE WOMAN'S HOiPITAL- The Ladies Benevolent Society hopes to proceed at once in the matter of se curing subscriptions towards' the Wo man's Hospital which is tobe built in the grounds of the Catherine Kennedy Home. The work of the dispensary has been such a wonderful success that we feel tbat we have no right to delay in a matter of so much moment and in a charity that is so much needed as this for the aid of good women. Again we solicit inquiry. Information will be gladly given on all points to those wishing it and who are disposed to invest in this much needed charity. The Volunteer contributions so far are $100 from MrsStre.K ddar Lewis (who has hitherto paid the expenses of the dispensary) and $100 from Miss Annie Kidder. $100 from a friend, and $150 "from Mr. Preston Bridgers. family, who make tbe very generous offer that if we can sxell this amount ($450) to $150 by the 1st of May they will give an addi tional $150 at that time.- , It is not tbe cash we ask for just now, but the subscriptions.' Wno will at once send ! in their names and amounts to enable ns to raise the desired sum in order to sreiire tbis additional $150 from Mr. Bridgers family. -s Labies' Benevolent Society. Wilmington, March 20. ' They Hi va Canto a-, Too. The Havana correspondent' of the New York Mail and Express telegraphs that paper as follows : Havana. Cuba, March 14. Among the changes which have come over tbe war is tbe possession now of field pieces by tbe patriots. The number of cannons now in tbe possession of tbe rebels is so great that the Spanish are finding it necessary to take the enemy's artillery into consideration as a factor in engage ments. As nearly as can be figured from the information available, there are not less than fifty as of a variety of pat terns in their hands. They are all mod ern weapons, small calibre and rapid fire, and have 'come from two sources, most of them as captures from the Spanish and a few lrom expeditions which have landed, - The Hon. Demosthenes Lycur gus Russell is always large; but he is feeling immense just now. If things political continue- to go his way until the Summer's days have come, it will re quire two of his favorite linen dusters to cover his Populistic ponderosity. Star pCAPiTAL CITY NEWS. r ASHEVILLE MAKES A STRONG BID FOR THE TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY. Beantsttlon Tjpon the Governor of Vlr- glnta for an Eoped Convlot Political GoMip-Benator.' Frttohard Managing the MoKmlax Boom Ztogna Hairla f The Call for the Bpubliean State Con entton. " ".'. . , i- - Star Correspondence. ' Raleigh, N. C, March 19. Prof. Toyner j and - Prof. Poteat will reach, here to-morrow and a place for the annual meeting of the Teachers' As semolywdl Deselected. Asheville has made a very strong bid. Tbat place may get the Assembly. Prof. Par kef tells me that a selection will be positively made.. - ' , Holton does not like- the manner in which he was shorn of his power by tbe Russell forces. In fact,; he claims that he has final jurisdiction in all matters which come before toe committee. , He avs he mil sign all papers. ' . Logue Harris started to work this morning as secretary of the committee. Logue says he has all the papers, books and resolutions and will issue the case to-day. "It Holton tries to be discour teous I'll just rbow him a few things," remarked the boss leader. - 1 Mr. Harris says that there will cer tainly be a contesting delegation from Nash. It will be seen just how much power Logue has when it is remembered that be makes op the roll call which is furnished the committee. Gov. Carr has made requisition upon Gov. O'Ferrell. of Virginia, for Quince Crawford. Crawford is an escaped con vict sentenced f jr seduction. He is at Not folk. . ! . Senator Pritchard is managing the McKinley boom in the 'Southern States. It is stated that he has been- offered the refusal of a Cabinet position in tbe event of McKinley's election. Senator Pritch ard says tbe sentiment .in this State is for McKinley. He thinks tbat he will get at' the least 18 votes from North Carolina s 22 delegates. Senator Pritch ard tells me that tbe Senate cannot be reorganized until Senator Butler makes up bis mind to vjte with the Republi cans. Secretary Logue Harris issued his call for the State Convention as follows this morning: " - A convention of the Republicans of the State of North Carolina is ordered to be held in Raleigh on tbe 14th day of May, 1896. at Metropolitan Hall at 12 o'clock m. for the purpose of electing four delegates and four alternates to the National Republican Convention to be held at St. Louis on the 16th day of June next, to nominate a State ticket or such portion thereof as may be .agreed upon, and to transact! such other business as tbe convention may deem for the best interests of tbe partvk The notice for the holding of the sev eral county conventions and tbe township primaries must be npon full fifteen days notice by tbe chairmen and secretaries of the county and township committees. Each county Is entitled to twice the number of delegates in the State con vention as it has members of the House of Representatives. The credentials of the delegates and alternates must be signed by the chair men and secretaries of the several county conventions. According to the decision of the State -convention of 1892, and which has been approved by every convention sac cseding, if there should be a less num ber of delegates " present from any county than the votes which said county is entitled to in tne convention, tne number present will be authorized to cast tbe full vote of the county. Immediately upon the holding of tbe various county conventions the chair man and secretary will forward one set of credentials of the delegates' and alter nates to J. C. L Harris, secretary 6f the committee, at Raleigh. Special Star Telegram Judge Russell tells me that William McKinley has promised to give two Cabinet ' positions to the South in the event of bis election to the Presidency. He further says that North Carolina will be recognized.' It is understood here tbat Senator Pritchard has the promise of a Cabinet position from McKinley, if elected. Hs friends say be would not accept it. j THE Y. M. C- A. '. , The State Convention tt 'Charlotte Be' porta ot Secretary Turner and 0:bera.j Very little business of importance had been transacted by the convention np to yesterday morning, tbe following em bracing the more interesting features: State Secretary Turner read his report for the past five months. These are the main nkures: . .. 2,223 members in eleven city associa tions reporting. 723 members in college associations reporting. .- i 2,945 total membership in 23 associa tions reporting. 1.866 active member!, 563 serving on committees. &13.171 expended by 22 associations for current expenses last year. . $56,870 net value ot buildings and real estate owned by associations, r Two associations have evening educa tional work, having seven classes in me: chanical drawing, penmanship, stenog raphy, typewriting, book-keeping, antn metiC. ' . 'k . Two hundred and twenty-three con versions reported. ; i , : Three associations had lecture courses. Six associations : have libraries con taining nearly 4.000 volumes. Seven associations report over 500 daily attendance at tbe rooms. Thirteen practical talks given. Eight associations have gymnasiums Six associations have bath rooms. Twenty-five situations secured through four associations. E ght local secretaries. Four report bovs' work. .Profs Hanna read the State treasurer's report, as follows: Total receipts. . . . . . . . ...... .$1,953.12 Disbursements 1 914.88 Leaving a balance of... 83.74 Prof.. Hanna read the report of the State executive committee, showing tbat two associations bad suspended opera tions, but others were holding their own The associations are in a much better financial condition than twelve months ago. , . No new buildings have been erected bnt a splendid building fund is in pro egress at Chapel Hill. . Great impetus has been given to college work by . tbe students who attended the - Summer school at Knoxville, and visitations of F. S. Brockman. The executive committee recom mends more deputation work among colleges; more educational work, larger number of subscribers to the Young Men's . Era. The ; committee thanks the ladies of the State for their efficient work. Five- Dollars in "free silver' will pay for The Morninq Star one year, after April 1st. NO.-22 NEW, DEVELOPMENTS. THE! PEGS KNOCKED FROM UNDER REP-POP. FUSION. The Lines Being Cloaely Drawn Populists Befaao to Support Frltohardj Maj. Winder Condition The Wilmington Committee Before the Teaohefa' As semble Offoera. j Star Correspondence Raleigh. N. C, Marih 22. North Carolina history is being rap idly made.. Every day . brings forth some new developments. At th' same time the; situation Is becoming more simplified. Tbe lines are being drawn on one side or the other. The Cat casian this week will present a sympos um of letters from members of the party defin ing their positions and mostly endorsing the stand taken by that paper. Senator Pritchard comes in for some- considera tion at the hands of the brethren.) j They say they cannot not endorse hira if he supports McKinley for President. This is the stand' the Caucasian will take. According to the pledges made! in the Silver convention the Populists 'cannot! support a man who will support a Sound money man. ' ! ' Tbe pegs are being knocked from under Republican-Populist lusicin. It is said that tbe Democrats and Popuhsis im iyiicu tuuaty win get togetneq Kcpuoiican-ir-opuiist lusion hoes it self in a bad way when the Pops Refuse to support Piitchaid, who is the leiacine fusion advocate in the ReDublican ranks. The Dockery people claim that it will bs'a big victory; that the Repub lican idea which they have adheied to all the while is prevailing. j ' Mai, Winder is sinking rapidly and it is not thought that he will survive the day. i f I ' Me. C. Tom Bailey savs that he has advices that Missouri is for McKinley. M- B.IT. Banks, a prominent citizen of tbis county, d.ed yesterday. T, K. Purnell, is a candidate for Sec retary cf State, says State Senator Moody; I 1 be Wilmington Com mittee appeared before the Teacher's Assembly officers this morning, presenting Wilmington s claims, bicb of the gentlemen had something to say. COST OF, TRAINS. what It Coata ta Bum Rsilrcad Train Same Icterektlns Dc tail on Heoaipia and Expenditures. . , j t i , -j , What is the cost per mile cf running trains? Estimates vary and' conditions of course differ greatly. Tne Cnicaeo, Milwaukee and St. Paul Company, Oper ating 6,147 miles of road. Rives the; fol lowing analysis cf expenses per revenue train mile run for the two last yean, the total miles run bv trains being 31,750,418 n 189 J, and 23,692 470 in 1894: II" 1893. ! 1894. Per revenue train mile. Cents. Cents. Repairs of locomotives .. 624 5 05 Repairs of cars . .... 8 80 i 705 Station service.. . . 12 74 12 82 Train service .....i. ., . 7.42 j-7.84 Locomotive service . ... 9.18 '8.87 Train; and station sup- 1 . plies......: 2.50 12.44 FuelU.U ....... 1104 10.49 Oil and waste. . . .,. ... . . .70, f .63 Allother expenses. . 37. 8 f ; 87.98 Total operative expenses 96.46 i 93 67 While, therefore, it cost on the aver age 6 45 cents in 1893 and 93 67 cents in 1894 for the.actual expenses of each revenue train mile run. the revenue from passengers per train mile run1 was only 91.51 cents in 1893 and 9.82 cents in 1894 or less than cost. But there was a profit on freight service, the revenuetper mile; run being $15701. in 1893 and $1.5834 in 1894, and out of' this narjrow margin between receipts and expendi tures per mile has to come the return" lor thej investment in- road, rolling stck, structures and other property. Stated in a general way, it costs about one dcjllar a mile, actual operative expenses, to run a train without allowing acv return, on cost of road or equipment. It is need less to sav that many trains are r at less than cost, some literally "not learn ing their axle grease," while on the other hand a well-loaded or passenger train, at decent rates pays a considerable margin. AMBASSADOR BAYARD. 8p9enlatian nt) the Probable OutQrtne of th Besolntiona or censure Adopted, ty the House Of Representative, j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. WASHiNGTONMarch ,21. Secretary Ollney andState I Department officials dechnef to converse as to tbe probable Loutcome of the passage of the- Tesolu- tions censuringAmb3ssador Bayard, ex cept jo say that Mr. Bavard will nod be officially infoimsd by the Department that the resolutions were adopted. Id re gard to Mr. Bayard's reported tender of his resignation conditioned on the adop tion cf the resolutions of censure,! fit is stated that Mr. Bayard intended taking tbe action indicated, but that t he never fully carried out the idea by piac ing-his resignation in the hands otjthe President. Tbe high respect and great personal friendship which Mr. Clevblatd entertains for bis arnoassador at jthe Court of St. Tames will stand as a par, it is said,! to' allowing Mr. Bayard tq be placed in the embarrassing position of being practically forced out of office.! If the resolutions had not been adopted by a vote so closely allied to party lines, it is likely that Mr. Bayard would havefse riously considered the expediency often derine his resignation, but the fact that 1 five Republicans were opposed to the censure while only six Democratic votes were cast sin its favor is considered among! friends ot Mr. Bayard here tj be an additional reason why both he land the President should ignore the entire incident. THE TOBACCO TRUSTi Believed to Have Arranged a Truoe with Anti-Trust Manufacturers. By Telegraph to'the Moraing Star. St. Louis, March 21. Since yester day Levi S. .Ginter and John ,Pop4, of the American Tobacco Company.! lave been in conference with local . members of anti-trust concerns and it is believed a truce has been effected. From an ap parently reliable source it is intimated that the trust has made an offer to pur chase tbe. local cigarette plants and in addition to take a certain grade of i plug tobacco off the market, practically aban doning the ping tobacco trade in this district. In return thev wanted the as surance of the anti-trust concerns that the manufacture of anti-trust cigarettes would cease. ( , i Messrs. Pope and Ginter left for the East to-day. ; All parties refuse to give any information on the subject. j (The juiy in the case of Benjamin Har risonj Milliken, charged with bquse- breaking with intent to commit an as- aault upon Gertrude, the daughter of ex Solicitor .Samuel F, Phillips. Washing I ton, u. renaerea a veraici ox not I guilty.! SEVERE REVERSES 11' TO SPANISH TROOPS IN ENCOUNTERS j WITH CUBAN INSURGENTS. Qver a. Thousand Bifla Captured hy the j Cnbant-Qen. Weyler Neatly Diatrao'Od ! "Will Boon Bealsa oi Be Beoalled Qreat u Inoreaae in Inanrgant Baoka. By Cable to the Morning Star. Havana, via Key West, Fla., March 21. The Government has suffered se vere reverses at Caode'aria ahd'Cayajo bos, in Pinar del Rio, and its attempts to check the westward march of Maceo completely failed. Col. Hernadex's col Don was ambushed by Maceo on the -Galope estate near Candelatia.. Col. Incl'an went to his assistance and both columns -were badly cut up. On tbe following day Gen. Linares and Col. Inclan met tbe enemy on the La Meried estate. Aftet an encounter, the insur gents' columns continued their march toward the noith coast. 'Wednesday Col. Frances, with a column ot 1,500 troops, fought Maceo amid tbe 'ruins of Cavaja bos. Maceo used cannon. , The details at the encounter are difficult to obtain. The Government sent out a epecial am nulance train and eight train loads of troops for the relief of the columns of -Frances, Inclan and Linares, which were badly routed. Col. Frances was brought -here severely wounded. .. j -' K Information from a reliable source says four captains and seven lieutenants are dead and tbe total losses of tbe Span iards in killed, wounded and missing are over 200. -!: Toe rebels are said to" have Captured over a thousand riflles. j Gen. Weyler. is' nearly distracted be tween tbe failures of military operations an the one hand and the horrors being committed on the other. The report is insisted upon that he will soon resign or be recalled. The pressure of political parties is giving hira much annovance. It is admitted on all sides that Wevler h is proved a failure. The attitude cf the United States is believed to be largely due to his reputation and the excesses Committed since his appointment: Real- izing the effect of the latter, Weyler has endeavored to prevent, outrages: His I Success has not been greater than in the patting down of the rebellion. The way matters are going recently , has produced a great increase in-the insurgent ranks find jthe Cubans are . much encouraged. Maceo's victory resulted in ihe-capture bf considerable ammunitionwhich was immediately followed by hard fishing. , The Spaniards admit it will be impossible ; to putad5wn the revolution for a long time to come, even if all things go well. 1 j I Havana, March 21 The Govern ment now repons their loss in the battle at (jayaiabos on Wednesday last as seven soldiers killed and three officers and forty-four Soldiers wounded. -The rebels are said to have left fourteen ' Head on the field. . t I A rebel force which attacked the town of Roque, province of Matanzas. was repulsed after the troops had repeatedly charged them with the bayonet. In tne-r flight, however, the insurgents set fire to and destroyed sixty-one houses. I Havana. March 21, via Tampa Fla., March 21. El Tobaco, of this city, says, ''The advicts thus far received as to the gathering of the tobacco crop are not in truth wholly satisfactory; but we may have taken a pessimistic view of, tbe matter. It is certain, as we siid recently, that in some localities the crop has been gathered: in j a manner, but in other localities .the gathering has been inter rupted, while others - have attended to' their harvesting in all localities. ' rUp to this writing,; the gathering of tbe crop has been attended with diffi culties at times particularly in connec- i tion with the famous crop cf the Vulta Abanjo, but in view cf the actlvitv and energy cf the Governor General and Commander-in-chief, who - has sent 'columns after the rebels near Remat Mantua 'and Sahi Juan, they and oloer localities lb day are peaceful andjepiet, Tne planters, who had feared a tgnal loss of the cop. are inspecting tbefields and making most c.1 the crop as may be ma-. tdred. ! . ' . ; j "Fortunately, the seed this year yielded a full crop, and despite all the drawbacks and neglect of 'the crop for months in the field, we can rely on a half crop and that ot a superior quality. Nor must we f Jrget that a part of last year's crop is still in store. But until tbat has been used by the many .'manufactories known to us, jand until tbe company which controls the concessions has us full supply laid in, everybody will look 'towards Cuba, and they will forget all about the crops in Kentucky." A VENEZUELA QUESTION. The Urcan Incident Amioablv Atranged Through the Good OttVa of the TJaited, B;atea Government. '."'. k B Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington,. March ,2lhesok called Uruan incident jias been divided from the Venezuelan boundary - dispute and practically terminated, it is under stood, thro'ueh the eood offices of the "Uiitcd Stateswithouthe keprc abla tives oi ureat oritain ana (tne souin American Republic coming into di rect relations, regarding the af fair. This Uruan incident, so-called, had at one time a somewhat threatening aspect, but finally deyeloped into com parative insignificance, capable of ex ceedingly tame adjustment. It is stren uously contendea by those most inti mate y concerned that 'the incident never bad an ultimate stage and that there was never any foundation for the report that a British fleet would be called upon to imitate the Cormto demonstra tion, while originally the claim pre sented through the German legation in November. 1891. was for a violation of the frontier ot British Guiana and there fore inseparable from the. boundary coT-" troversy. y Al'Secretary Oiney's instance, Britain a few weeks ago modified a demand, similar in efiecti to tt pressed by- Italy, against the States on account Of the New Orleans ridts in 1890. whica claim was settled by President Harrison by the payment of a certain sum of money out of the! State Department contingent. It i is un-. derstood that the Uruan. 'demand now simply .becomes one : for per sonal damages inflicted V upon Brush, property and p'srsona by Venezuelan . officials, leaving out of controversy the question whether the occurrence was upon Venezuelan' territory, as being ir relevant. When Douglas Barnes, the British constable, was arrested in July, 1894, by Venezuelan soldiers on the right bank of the Cuyuni river, which he had crossed to stop a Venezuelan planter from cutting trees; on land which he owned.: the Venezuelan Government paid Barnes f 300 to' $400 on- account of bis imprisonment which he considered as satisfactory. But when the Colonial Government heard of it considerable in dignation arose in Demerara . and the damages were soon -magnified' ! to enormous amounts and at j that. ' period , the home -gov-? ernment kit constrained to present acclaim against Venezuela,, After two years, however, ;and in view of the change in the aspect of tbe boundary dispute, the claim has dwindled to $5,000, i and this amount is probably about what Venezuela will shortly pay with the distinct understanding tbat it does not affect the title to tbe territory upon which the arrest occurred. - Paris and London financiers sounded by Spain on the issue of a loan on tbe security of Cuban bonds issued in 1890 declined to enter tbe proposed deal. The Spanish Cabinet now proposesto raise $21,009,000 by pawning bonds with the Bank of Spain; and- provincial banks, through which :a national subscription loan wfll be .Issued. 1 - - - i . . , Great it into le one United r- -
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