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I Mjr Noticei of Marriage Deata, Tribute! of Re ; ipect, Resolution of Thanki; &c., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advanoA At this rate 50 cents will pay for simple announcement of Marriage or Death. tar" Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. . ; Only suet i remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . . ..,'')'--. - . ;". ' ' 0f Specimen copies forwarded when desired. : j We are again sen ding bills to onr subscribers, t In the aggregate" they amount to a very large sumT Many nf our subscribers are resoondine promptly. Others- pay bo attenjijbn to the bills' These latter do not seem to understand that they are under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper, j i . . CTJRRE3STCY EEFORM.. ' The report comes from Washing ton that the President j will ' shortly send to Congress a special message urging t;he necessity jof reform in out currency system to "restore confi dence" and improve 1 abroad the credit of "American securities. It will be urged, it 4s aidj that some thing like this is imperatively neces sary, to bring foreign j capital this way and prevent it from going put of the country as much has already will Art nnlfcQ L . UWUU C&UA fJ UAUWM fra V t snmii cffwtiw steos ble DromDtlv taken to put our monetary system on a sounjf basis. It is intimated that the Treasury guardians are becom ing apprehensive of mote draining of the Treasury and foresee impending gold raids, and that one of the ob jects in view' in sending In this spe cial message is the hope that Con gress may be persuaded to do some thing to protect the gold reserve and obviate the necessity of another, issue of bonds. - j 'j At present there doesa'.t seem to be any extra demand far gold for shipment, land while this condition ii?iue 8uiuicii uc ..pi city safe, tut if there should tie any extra lasts the gold reserve will be pretty demand and gold goes up as a con sequence then the ra'ding will begin and the reserve will go glimmering, , as the reserves have been doing for the past few years. The Washington news gatherers do not enlighten us as to', the recom-l ; anticipated message!, for the reason, we suppose, that ttjey j didn't know and j .didn t want: to guess, but it '4 wouldn't be hard to make a guess that wouldn't be very-far out of the , i way, if the President should decide to formulate and send to Congress such a message. Ia his recorded utterances, in the postive position-he has taken in favor of gold and sthe aid and comfort he has been giving those who carry the', gold standard are pointers enough to indicate the. bent of his thought ' when he sits down to write that document. . He will plead for congressional recognition ot the gold standard. There is no doubt as to that, and will urge that the refusal to do so will be construed by the-capitalists of other 'gold standard countries as a deser tion of gold, the practical effect of which will be to shatter European confidence and make it impossible for American enterprises to secure y loans in these j countries. It will be represented as practicaUy putting this country on a silver basis, and hastening the withdrawal of gold . from iL A positive declaration in ' ft.. r F (lnAi,n4 i vnA" rn in gold may be expected in this mes sage, if i comes, which is : doubtful, to say the least, j The remedy he will propose to command confidence, and at the same time ' secure currency reform, outside of the declaration in favor of gold, is not;so apparent, but there is little doubt that one of the steps necessary to show that we mean business he will point out to be get- ting rid of the greenbacks which, in the language of his friend banker Benedict, serve as a "pump" to drain the Treasury of. its goldr There are. $346,000,000 in ; green backs, which is a little over- one- sixth r of . the. total amount of our money. It . doesn t require any guessing to arrive at this conclusion, for Secretary Cirlisle, Secretary Smith, Secretary Morton, Comp troller of ' the Currency-Eckles and 1 scores ef others;who have been in cose touch with the administration, . have demanded ,and reiterated the demand for the retiring of the green backs as the essential step to the protection of the Treasury gold re serve. That . isa matter of record, so that any paper on currency re form emanating from Mr. Cleveland would, without some suggestion about retiring the greenbacks, be like the play of Hamlet with Ham- . let omitted. The cold worshiDDers don't like . the greenback any better than they ,do the silver dollar, nor as well, and ' the next move we may expect if they succeed in knocking silver out at the next election will be to knock the greenbacks out and commit them to they archives of antiquity or to the ; mascerating machine, the favorite way of doing them 'up before Con gress passed the act directing that r when I redeemed they be re-Issued and kept in circulation, That's what hurts now. . The Sec-: txetary of the Treasury wants the authority to tie theredeemed greenr, backs up in big bundles with a strong piece of twine and sWe them into a corner of the vault until authority comes to destroy them and the little dessicatingfc mascerating machine is put in operation. If they could get rid of the greenbacks this would re nlove the only effective agent for draining the gold reserve, and would fflso remove $346,000,000 from the volume of thef currency, which would make money that much the dearer, and that much the "sounder," accord ing to the ideas of some of the gold standard finanpiersJ I The only way yet suggested by which these greenbacks may be re tired is by issuing bonds to get gold to redeem them and, then get au thority from f Congress to destroy them.- This is wliat has heretofore been recommended. S Whether Mr. Cleveland has discovered - any other way of retiring them the public has not been advised.! But it doesn't matter so much what the recommen dations may bet In this special mes sage, (jf one should be sent to Con gress, which-e doubt for this late in the season there; is not the slight est probability , that Congressmen would give It serious attention or that there is , the remotest proba bility rof a currency bill being passed if one were presented on the lines laid down in the message. The Solons are becoming anxious to get home and they couldn't be induced to enter upon a financial debate this late in the season. ; - His only motive could be in' send ing such a message to Congress to define and emphasize his position on the monetary question as he .did on the tariff question In the last year of his first administration. That was then considered a very ill-timed and unfortunate message by some Demo crats and this anticipated one might prove to, be unfortunate quite as ill-timed and for the friends of the gold standard. ' HOW. CHAS M. STEDMAJSV In common with his hosts of friends the Star regrets to learn that Hon. ChasJ M. Stedman has decided to leave North Carolina to become a citizen of Georgia. About the first of May he will leave Ashie- ...j' - ). - - vllle for Atlanta, (where he will mae practice of his profession, the law. ! . There are few men in North Caro lina whose departure would be more regretted, for there are few who are better known or , more justly esteemed, not only by those who have the pleasure of an intimate acquaintance, but by the multitude who know him by. reputation only. A young and gallant soldier of the Lost Cause, when; the flags were led! he, like thousands of other young' men, began the battle of life, and by hie, industry, energy and ability went to the front, where he took position and where he has re mained ever since, filling the honored positions to which he had been called by his fellow citizens with credit to himself and honor to them. A Demo crat Without alloy, there never was an hour when he was not ready to respond to the call of his party. Brave and aggressive in the field he was cool and wise in council, and to him,' and such as he, belongs ihe honor of redeeming NorthZCarolina fiom the spoiler .and putting her at the front as oneof the great, re deemed, Southern commonwealths. , As a Democrat he was uncompro-' mising and unselfishly loyal; as a citizen he was the zealous promoter of what he believed to be the best in terests of his community or State; as a friend (of progress he was ev&r ready by word and ' deed to aid' in any meritorious enterprise; as a man he was amiable, 'courtly in manners, and drew friends to him whom his Stirling virtues held friends for life: a lawyer thoroughly read, industri'-. ous, untiring, loyal to his clients, I and singularly gifted with a persua-? sive power of -oratory he ranked among the legal giants, and with all he was the genial, companionable, unselfish man who won friends wher ever he went and never lost a friend he won. This is what Georgia and Atlanta, gain when he casts his desti nies with them and this fs what North Carolina loses when he goes from us MOtOR MEMTIOJ. ! Secretary Carlisle delivered his speech to working men at Chicago yesterday ij. It was substantially the same speech which he delivered at other places in the country when labdrin o stem the "silver craze" and boost the ! gold standard, I of which be has become the most con spicuous champion. He assumes i a this speech, as he always does, and as the gold advocates always do, that the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 toil would result in a financial catastrophe such as this country has never seen, causing ; a nniversal breaking of the banks. in dustrial paralysis, with all the atten dant evils making a picture quite as frightful as the lurid picture he drew in 1878 of the horrid consequences of the demonetization of I silver. He " assumes all this : and then from the assumption, , which no silver man admits, he goes on and argues his case "for, j gold and warns the workman against the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. The op ponents of the' free coinage of silver in 1878 predicted substantially the same results j and they reiterated these predictions when Congress compromised on the Bland-Allison limited coinage bill& andjwere quite as positive in their predictions then 1 - - -. 4. prophets of evil., They are playing the same olid fake role now and Mr. Carlisle has joined them to fool peo- pie who they think gotton their lurid may have j for prophecies in 1878. We live in a day of civil commo tions, wars and rumors of wars, but we also live in a day of mighty pro gress and of marvellous scientific discoveries, the end of. which no mor tal being can conceive. When Prof. Roentgen staggered ; the credulity of the scientific world by the announce ment that with the so-called X ray he had succeeded in taking photo graphs through solid substances scientists familiar With electricity soon began to experiment, and their experiments; not only confirmed all that the Professor had said butwent far enough to show that he, like many other discoverers, had scarcely, crossed the threshold., r Among these experimenters was the great Edison, in whose works thee is always some thing practical.- He has made some wonderful ; inventions by which the X ray may be effectively and al most instantaneously utilized by the physician and surgeon, obviating the slow and tedious methods by which ProL Roentgen achieved .results. Edison expressed tbe opinion; that the X ray would prove to be an effective agency for the destruction of disease germs, an opinion which some other scientists and physicians were disposed to consider as visionary,- ' But the suggestion put'other scientists not only to thinking but to working, the; results of which are given in the following editorial re ference to some experiments made in Chicago, which we clip from the New York Journal: "It would be impossible to over-estimate the importance to humanity of the discovery,; which two Chicago scien tists report, of the fatal effect upon the bacteria of disease of the Roentgen or X rays, j Professor j W. P. Pratt and Professor Hugh Wightman, of the Ben nett Medical College, -Chicago, claim to have taken every precaution to ver ify their discovery before making it public. They declare that in the case of the bacteria of diphtheria there is not the vaguest doubt that exposure to the mysterious rays resulted in the death of the. pests. With almost equal confidence I they report line results ot experiments with the bacteria 'of cholera, iafluenza, f report like results of experiments I pneumonia, typhoid fever,! tuberculosis and other less deadlyinfectious diseases. If their conclusion be correct, plague and pestilence will be things of the past in civilized nations. The annual ; dread of the onward march of Asiatic cholera will be forgotten, for even the sacred. pDol from which that scourge proceeds may be so purged of its germs of pesti lence that fanatical pilgrims may! drink of its waters and live." . Mr. Booth-Tucker claims that he made 10,000 genuine converts in In dia: Mr. Gillespie doesn't believe it and is willing to back his unbelief by wagering j that Mr. Booth-Tucker didn't make 100 genuine converts in India. Here ;: is a chance for Mr; B-T. to verify the number of his con verts and also to convert somebf Mr. Gillespie's lucre to his .own use if he has no conscientious scruples against betting. The Vanderbilt car in which Van derbilt and Hon. Chauncey M. Depew were swinging 'round the circle was broken into at Chicago the! other night, but Chauncey in his; night shirt grasped a revolver, rushed to the platform and the robbers lit out. Well, we should think so. The man who couid stand before Chauncey in his night shirt with a loaded revolver in hand must have more, nerve than' the ordinary Chicago burglar man. A New.York man is quoted as say ing that there is only one simon-pure apothecary shop in this country, that is a drug store which does not toler ate prepared nostrums, but confines itself strictly to putting up prescrip tions. That one is on Fifth Avenue, keeps ten prescription clerks and chemists employed and does a busi- ness which gives the proprietor an income of over $25,000 a year. - For a man who has been killed or died a natural death so often, Gen. Gomez manages his troops pretty well and does some vigorous and picturesque writing! In one! of his recent papers on Weyler he spoke of Weyler's "pools of j blood dried by conflagrations,", which was a pretty red-hot sort of phraseology. "Jack the Hugger," who was ar rested in Chicago and convjeted of having hugged, without previous notice, five pretty girls, was fined $5, Only $1 a hug, and pretty girls, too, is putting the price; down pretty low." On this schedule ot prices the pre sumption is that business again as raise another $5. ack will go Into soon as he can The great fight for control of the Chicago convention will be made in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and , Michigan. These four f States will have 132 votes,and the fight for them will be desperate. The silver Democrats are confident of carrying Illinois I and Michigan and the chances favor them in both Indiana and Iowa. ! - 1 Very few of the dear money news papers seem to have heard the news from Missouri (especially from 5t. Louis) or Alabama. They ought to enlighten their readers by proving now that the "tree silver craze is dead." ' r- ' BleklSK't Anuea dalya, ITh Bist Salvr in tiHTwerld for Cuts, Bruises, Sorest Ulclers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or bo pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. . Price 85 cents per box. Fot sale by R R Bcllamy , v t as they are now. Did they pan outr Not much. The result k knocked them oat and discredited them as SUPERIOR COURT. TRIAL OF A CASE OF GREAT INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY. Ex-Policeman Holmes Charged With Assault and . Bakery "With a Deadly Weapon Upon Mr. B. P. Hamme Tne Testimony Case SuDinlited to tba Juy. - ' j Upon the opening of court - yesterday morning the trial of R. F. Holmes and A. J. Ashe, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon, was re sumed. ' After the jury bad been called Into the box, Mr. John D. Bellamy, Jr., counsel lor the State; stated to the Court that he wanted to call the Court's atten tion to perjury committed Tuesday bv a' juror now in the box.; That Tuesday the State had tried by every means to stand juror John T. Howe (colored) aside; that when the question was put to Howe, ''Have' you Faid your taxes '. for the year 1894?!' Howe's reply was, "I have." ; That they had examined the tax books, which they have in court, and thai they find that John T, Howe still owes tax for the year 1894." ' j ! Attorney White, for' the defence, said he objected to the word perjury being used in connection with juror Howe, as Howe when; be ; answered the State's questions, had not been sworn. H ' Mr. Bellamy said he wanted to bring to light a glaring wrong. M i I Juror Howe said that Mr. Bellamy did not ask him about his 1894 tax. j j ! ; Judge Starbuck said by consent he would let the juror stand aside, or if counsel did not consent, he would; make a mistrial. ; J ,; " ' t i Mr. Sutton, for the defence, said that they were willing to let the juror stand aside, but asked that another colored juror be called in his place. ' j ., .!. Judge Starbuck looked at Mr. Sutton in apparent amazement, and asked him to repeat bis remark. f Mr. Sutton hastily arose and begged the Court's pardon,' saying that be did not mean it as an order. : h ' After counsel for; the State had con ferred together, Cot. Waddell asked the Court for a mistrial and a postponement. Judge Starbuck said it was his duty to stand the juror aside and let the case go on. ' . - I -.. , .. Mr. Bellamy said the State ' didn't want the defendants convicted if they were not guilty; but "we can't get a jury from the bystanders." , He asked that the case be postponed; he didn't care whether jt was until next term or only for' short time; but for .time enough to let a 'special venire be summoned. Judge Starbuck ordered the case to oceed. '!"!.' ., E. Murrell was called as the next juroj and was accepted by both sides. Mr. Bellamy said be would like to suggest hereafter that a juror be sworn at the time he enters the box. At 10 o'clock the trial commenced. Col. Waddell read the bill of indict ment, charging the defendant Holmes with assault and battery withj a metal knack or pistol, with intent to kill. The Witnesses for the State were then called and sworn, j, . i The first witness called was Mr. R. F. Hamme, who testified that he keeps a hat store at No. 26 North Front street. On the morning of I the 7th of last Feb ruary he went down tor work about 8,80 o'clock; As soin as he entered his store Mr. E. C Moore, his clerk, went to breakfast. After Mr. Moore bad gone a little girl came j into the store and asked to look at a red Tam O'Shanter hat with a feather in it. He did not have . . . a red hat, but showed her a blue one. She tried onj several and , then asked if she might go and warm. When she was going to the stove Mr. Moore re turned from breakfast. Alter having warmed, the girl lei; the store, saying she would go home and get her mother to buy the hat. Between the hours of 1 and 2 o clock on the afternoon of the same day the defendant Holmes came into his store, with the same girl. Holmes, said, "I came in here to see aoout mis gin oeing insulted. I re plied that she bal not been insulted. Holmes insisted that she had. i i Attorney White here addressed the Court and, said they had not entered a plea as yet. As to Ashe, they pleaded not guilty; as to Holmes a former conviction ol f sr assault and battery and not guilty on the charge of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. These pleas were entered, and Mr, Hamme resumed his testimony.. He said: ' I offered to show Holmes the goods which the girl had priced and did show them to him. Holmes then asked tne girl what insult I had ottered her. She said I took a liberty with her. I told Holmes it was not true, where upon Holmes struck me, at the same time calling me! a liar. I struck him back. 'Holmes then struck me three times, once over the eye. Ashe at the same- time was standing in the doorway, thirty or forty feet away. I first saw Ashe when we commenced talking.; When I struck at Holmes, Holmes struck me and Ashe came in right away. I picked up a stick Holmes said 'I will kill the G d scoundrel; he is trying to hit me.' At the same time he put his hand back to his hip pocket. Ashe then said, 'This thing has gone far enough,' and at the same time he took hold of Holmes.' I As to the injury Holmes' blows made, Mr. Hamme said his left eye was closed from the effect of the blows, and that the eye-lid was split and the flesh cut to the bone. .On cross-examination, Mr. j Hamme said Ashe didn't bit him nor did he try to hit him. That the stove, where the girl went to warm, was in full view from the street. Ashe was standing in the doorway at the time of the fight; and didn tcome up until H was over. A justice of the peace came down to the store and tried bim (Hamme) for assa and battery. j At 10.80 o'clock the State calfed Dr.T. d. Kingsbury, editor otthe Messenger, Messrs. DuBrutz Cutlar, H. H. Man son and Harriss Yopp. All testified that they had known Mr. Hamme for a nam ber of years and that his character was rood. DrT. S. Burbank was then put on the stand and testified as follows: was called in to tee Mr. Hamme after he had been assaulted, during the early "part of last February. I found a wound that extended down to the bone." In reply to a question by Col. Wad dell, "Could the wound have, been made with the naked f. st?" Dr. Burbank an swered, ''No, for the reason that if Mr. Hamme had been struck; with the naked fist the marks would have either been j perpendicular or crosswayt; but they J were horizontal."! ' Dr. Burbank further said that he j found three bruises on Mr. tiamme. "I sewed up his eye." he said. "The bruises were made with some metal sub stance; it would have taken three very heavy rings to have, made the bruises." E. C Moore testified: "1 am a cierK n Mr. K. r. nammc a iiuic. ju ,u morning of the 7th. of last February I left the store about 8.80 o'clock and went to my breakfast. When I returned rom breakfast about 9.80 o'clock, I saw a girl in the store, walking towards the v . . . i . . r ' stove, when i got in me store oir. Hamme went to' the desk and com menced writing. jThe girl, after warm ing for about five' or ten minutes, went out, saying that she would return and purchase the hat I Mr. Hamme, when I went in, was in full view of the street. Mr. Hamme did not offer her an insult while I was present."' T. W. Plummer,; Jr testified: "I work in an adjoining store to Mr. Hamme's. On the day of the; assault I started for Princess street about 1 80 o'clock in the afternoon. I met Holmes and Ashe going in the direction of Mr. Hamme's store. Before I reached the corner of Front and Princess streets I turned and saw a crowd in front of Mr. Hamme's store. I went back and saw Holmes trying to get at Mr. ; Hamme. , He (Holmes) had his hand in his hip pocket. I saw the handle of a pistol in the same pocket in which Holmes put his hand." John White testified that between the hours of three and five o'clock on the afternoon Mr. Hamme was assaulted, Holmes came up, to where witness was working. Holmes had been drinking. He said that some one had insulted his girl and that he had taken Tony Ashe along as a witness; he went down to see' Mr. Hamme, and that Hamme hemmed and hawed 1 so much over it that he thought of breaking his neck, and at one time he did think he would kill him; that he had his thirty-two with him. , W. C. Smith testified: ' On the day of the difficulty I was on my way back to work from dinner. When I got in front of S. A. Schloss & Co's. store, I saw a man come out of Mr. Hamme's store; he started back in the store again; I saw it was Holmes; Holmes 'said, 'Let me get back.' Some one , crabbed hold of Holmes and I recognized Ashe. Ashe said, 'You can't get back.' I thsn step ped into Mr. Hamme's store ana saw Mr. Hamme standing in the store in a dazed condition. I found Mr. Hamme had a gash over his left eye. I went and got Dr. Burbank." ,- , J W. Miller testified: "I had a con versation prior to the difficulty with Holmes, ho told me that-eome scamp had insulted his little girl, and he wanted to ask. my advice. Iadvisedhim not to resort to violence." . Mr. Bellamy said that he wanted the Court to clearly understand that Mr. Hamme had denied on the stand insult ing the girl, j Mr. Hamme was recalled and said he did not offer any insult to the girl. The State then rested its case. The defence asked for time to confer. After conferring together. Attorney White announced that the' defence would offer no testimony. Mr. Bellamy said the State would not ask for a verdict as to Ashe, who was then discharged. Mr. D. B. Sutton opened the argument for the defence. After Mr. Sutton had been speaking for about five minutes. Attorney White asked that the defence be allowed to introduce a witness, as to former conviction of defendant Holmes mat ne bad overlooked this witness when he announced the defence's readi ness.' ! Mr. Bellamy objected. ; Judge Starbuck said he would allow the defence to introduce the witness. Ueo. Price, colored,, then testified that he was a justice of the peace of New Hanover county. That Holmes was arrested on the same day ot the assault, a short time afterwards. The affidavit and warrant ' UDon n-hich Holmes was arrested i for assault and battery upon Mr. Hamme and found guilty before Justice Price, were put in evidence. i Argument was then -resumed, and Mr. Iredell Meares opined for the State and was followed by Messrs. Sutton and White for the defence.1 The Court then took recess until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, - TTTi w aea me aiternooa sjssion com menced Mr. Bellamy made 'the closing argument for the State. ludge starbuck then delivered his charge, and at 4 p.m. the jury retired. At 5.15 p. m. the jury asked for instruc tions, and were brought into Court and received instructions from the Judge. I OTHER- CASES. in the case of Mack Baldwin and John McPaerson. colored men charged witb highway robbery, the jury being unable to find a verdict, were discharged and "mistrial" entered upon the docket. John Phillips' and Lizzie Lucas (both colored) charged with assault and bat tery on Mr. H. L. Tharp. Phillips sub mitted and -was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in the county jail. The woman Lucas was discharged. Mp to midnight the jury in the Holmes case had failed to find a verdict. GREENVILLE RACES. Two Erents Pour Hundred .Pdople Present i True a More Baees To-dar Special Star Telegram, Greenville. N. C, AnrirU. About four hundred peoplejwitnessed thetaces to-day. The fijitace was in the three minute class, for a purse of two nun- dreddollars. "Antique," owned by Blackburn and Willett, of Newbern won the first purse. Tiine, 2.49. "Geo. D.," owned by B. Vfj Edwards.' Snow Hill, second; "Harold,'f by S. T, White, Greenville, third; "Mary Lee,' Hooker & Smith, Greenville, fourth by The second race was in the two thirty class, for three hundred dollars "Anteo Bell." owned bt M. H. White of Hertford, was first winner. Time, 2 1.80; -Tillle D" by Hooker & Smith, Green ville, was second; "Rush Miller," by G J.Studdert, Greenville, third; Tyrolls." by, Hackburn and Willett, Newbern, fourth.:'- h;':''". .;- :; The races were" excellent, and, close as to require the full fi ve beats determine the winners. I I There will be three more races i to morrow Ooe of Wllaon'4 Irfadirwn Cltlnj-wom . Inent ia Various Walks of IU"e. A Wilson correspondent ol the New'k and Observer pays the following de served tribute to the late Mr. E. M. Na4 dal, whose death was announced in the; Star a few f days ago: The death of Mr. Edward Morse wa4 dal, Wilson's leading druggist, has cast a doom over this whole community, i which he was a leading citizen for years, He was a man of high intellectual en- dowment. of sterling integrity, business sagacity, a public-spirited citizen, and an hum Die nnstian, ocing a.mcuiuci ol the Presbyterian church, and Sun4 day school superintendent. I Mr. Nadal was at school at Horner's when the war broke out, ahd as a boy he enlisted and joined tne cavairyi He was a brave and gallant soldier, After the dose of the war be engaged in teaching. During its palmy days he was Professor of Mathematics in Wilson Collegiate Institute. Next to James Hj Horner, he was tne best teacner tor ooyi in mathematics and Latin in the State T.atr he went into the druir business and was not only a capable druggist bu well read in meaicme as wen. tie naa aeressful and erowine business. H was the originator and first president ol the State Pharmaceutical Association ai inno a member of the State Board nt Pharmar-u He was a nrominent and enthusiastic Mason and the head of the Knights Templars tommanaery. Some years ago .Mr, jNaaai was me prime mover in a local Building ana Loan Association, ana as us active manacer his helDed to build two hun-i dred homes in this town where a larger per cent of the population own the'tj uomes than la any otner town in mo KtaVe He tnnk oreat nride in the 8uc4 cess of this association, and through it was instrumental in doing much good. Mr. Nadal leaves a wue ana a grown son. He married Miss Maggie tfentress cf Raleigh. Bevlew of B. Q. Dun & Co The Weekly Review of Business and Finance issued by the Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Co. last weekp4 shows a new feature and a noteworthy improvement. This is a quarterly statement- Of "failures by branched of busi ness." Concerning this feature the publishers say: "From this statement tne relative effect of existing conditions upon the different industries and the different branches of business can be compared, and with the aid of records for the same month of previous 'years the effects of all changes in conditions upon each industry or branch. Alike to tne practical man and to the student of eco nomic problems, tne returns tnus pos sess a value and instructiveness which none published heretofore have pos siBsed. It is not strange that they are sought' with avidity by merchants of all departments who have to determine how far to extend ot restrict credits m par ticular directions, and especially by bankers who need to watch constantly the various branches of busicsss " in which they have made loans." JMiss Hattie Wnitaker, the accom plished and accommodating Wilming ton agent of Messrs. Dun & Co., will give any further information that may be wanted. DR., HOGE IN SAVANNAH. Freaphed a ,8pl9ndld Ssrmon IThere Sun - day A Reception Given dim Laat Night Will Be Home Thursday. I Savannah News, ijth. RfvJ Peyton H. Hoge, D. D.. of the First Presbyterian church of Witming ton, N. C, preached to one of the largest congregations of the season at the Independent ' Presbyterian church- yesterday morning. Dr. Hoge took his text from Mark x: 18. "Why callest thou me good?' There is none good but one, that is ood. ; Dr. Hoge preached a magnificent ser mon, and one which more than de lighted his large congregation. Dr. Hoge attended the Sunday school in the afternoon and preached again in the evenine. He will remain in Savan nah until Wednesday night, the guest of Mr. Randolph Axson, at Hall and Bar nard streets. Tuesday evening, begin ning at 8 o clock, a reception will be given Dr. Hoge in the Sunday school room, to which all members of the church and congregation are invited, and where they will have an opportunity of meeting him. Dr. Hoge has not yet decided whether he will accept the call to Savannah, but will probably make known his inten tions in the matter within a few days. Tbe invitation to him from the lode pendent church congregation was unan imous, though he had never appeared before them until yesterday, and none of the congregation bad seen .or heard him. The congregation acted alto gether on what was known of Dr. Hoge as a man of renown and a minister of ability, and after hearing him they were sat it had they had acted wisely. Narrow Eioapa from Drowning. A white man from the country had an involuntary bath in the Cape Fear river yesterday afternoon. : In a semi-intoxi cated condition he seated himself on bag . of fertilizer lying on the edge of the wharf of tbe Navassa Guano Company, near the foot of Dock street, and falling asleep tumbled overboard. When-he came to the surface of the water he was apparently wide awake, and struck out for the wharf ! with vigor. Martin Jones, a colored ' man, who saw the accident, came to the rescue witn a long iigbter pole wbicu he ex tended to the man, who seized it with both hands and was puP.ed ashore by Jones and other colored men who came to his assistance. The man gave his name as Joha Wise, from Whiteville, w. is. . uijenment or B. F. Jjqb St Co. Yesterday morning about 12 o'clock Constable J. W. Millis closed the store ot Messrs. B. i Lee & Co. upon iudg ments against the firm by local Creditors amounting to $3,900. Later in . the day papers were fi'ed at the court house for an assignment,; with Mr; J no. R. Turreh tine assignee and Mr. Herbert M Clammy attorney. No statement of, as -nor iiauumes was, given in toe as signment. Mr. B. F. Leesaid to a Star reporter that thecrisis was caused by a number of hiseredltors calling on him at the I same time, and that he honed to he nn his feet again in a few days and continue i Business. GREENVILLE RACES Will Boaln 'Eo-Diy-Twjnty.elgn.t Horses Entered Many Visitors Expected, i Special Star Telegram i Greenville. N.r: Anrii 1 a thing is in readiness for the Spring races U1 ' "rccnvuie unving Association, wnicn take place to-morrow and next qay. i wenty-eight horses are entered and some fine races are expected. Many visitors are already here, and two excur sions will come tto-morrowi The weatner is excellent, though dust rather plentiful. is Ifor Over Fiftr Tean i mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for rmnftv nn h mnr;n of mothers for their children while teeth- witn penect success. It soothes the Child. SOItena thn rnma allaa oil cures wind colic, and is the ber. remedy us. uiorriMxa. it win . relieve tbe poor little Snffdrer lmmiio.W C-l J kn f m WVfU JJ druggists in .every part of the world. . wemy-nve cents a bottle. Be sure and ass tor Mrs. Winslow g Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind, i , f FUSION AT AN END. cnmmittees of the Bepublloan UU1BBUVV jt, f and Popullel ParUes wuu leiah Frldy-I.lkely to BresK up in ,Bow. : j ' ' j ! ' . Special Star Telegram. Raleigh. N.C. April 15f-Tfae fusibn .Mment between KepuDiicaos ana Populists which took ;the 5tate govern- . i T i m m a. mtkA ment from me iciuiA.o.ai o v-. t iitt like the conference commit tees of the two parties to, effect fusion will break ap in a row. p. L. Grnt . , .uJ .nnKTirana will never says ma. .j,--... yield the Governorshib hoi desert their Presidential canaiaate. i ne say ou-,c is determined to break up) fusion. He says it looks like he has formed a coriibi nation with some Democrats. Hotton and Settle are opposed to fusion iand will never yield to Butler. These three : rit-a of the! rnmmlltee. 1 Jim Young wants fusion ok any grounds and Senator Pritcbard, tne; otner memoer. would like to bring itj abojat to insure his return to the benatei Hal Ayer says the Populists are bound to have the Senator or the Governor. ! - ' ....-:! ' .. Mi ! iL . t- Butler and rrucnara win arrive m wc morning. The Populist com nut tee taeets at four to-morrow evening. Kitchin and a few others are here, including Holton and Grant, of the Republicans. The PoDulist executive committee will ap point a sub committee to confer wih the Republicans in regard to fusion, j ih( two committees will neet Friday morn ing at ten o clock. SUPERIOR COURT For New Hanover County Judge; Btar buok Presiding first Day ' ojf the Tarm. j '. . . ' I , The Superior Court, for New Hanover county convened yesterday mqrning. with Judge Henry K, Starbuck On. the bench and M. C KichardsOn, b.$q.l souc itor. I II Upon the Opening of court Mirsden Bellamy, Esq., chairman of the commit tee selected by tbe Bar to toiepare suit able resolutions in commemoration of the late Hon. George Davis, asked Judge Starbuck to adjourn court! at 13 o'clock next Friday that the committee referred to may have an opportunity, at that time to I confer and formulate ap- nrnnnate resolutions, and that 3 ti clock of the same afternoon be fset apart for the hearing ahd adoption of said rjesolu tions. His Honor stated that inldeler ence to the wishes of the committee and of the Bar the time asked for would be granted, j - The grand iary was drawn as follows M.'J. Corbett (foreman) J M. Aj . Yar- borough, J. A. Sutton, R. J. Fitzgerald, Chris. Blake, S. WJ Woodcock; E. T. Huggius, S. J. Bryant, J no. A. Everitt, C. W. Sullivan. Wm. WatterS. Jas Burch, Jno. F. Alderman, LewisjFryar, 1. 1. Ebert. I Thos. . Bagley, Jno. G Davidson, R. A. Kingsbury. 1 1 It was ordered by the fourt that the case of Kittenhouse vs. the Wilmington Street Railway Co. be set for trial on the . second Monday of the next term of court. j J The following cases were disposed of Levy Lane, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, was found guilty and sentenced to six months in the icounty jail. ! : - j- I ' Bryant Jones, convicted of larceny, was sentecced to four months in jair. , G. W. Burch and Mag Andrews, f. and a. Judgment suspended on payment of costs. : - I 1 ' ( Tom Robbins, charged with abandon ment. Alias capias Ordered. j George Statton, charged with iembez zlement. Alias capias ordered. Mary Smith, .charged Nol Dros. ! .1 with slander. John Danhardt, charged with! selling liquor on Sunday. Nol pros Dan Carr, charged: with abandonment Judgment suspended oni payment of costs. - i t; T. ! Frank Taylor, charged with larceny Judgment suspended, oh payment ol costs. . v " ' I J. S. Williams, charged with assault ana battery with a ueadly weapon. Judg ment suspended on payment of costs. J. S. Williams, charged with carrying a conceal ea weapon. udgment sus pen dad on payment of costs. ! , At 5 p. m, the Court took a recess un til 10 a. m. to-day , MORE HELP FOR CUBA. Three Mora Cargoea of Arms end Amma nttic&x Beported tij Have landed. A telegram from Key West of April xitn says; j New was received here last nicht of the landing on Cuban soil of the expedi tion commanded bvj Colonel Monson Aguirre, which was composed of 45 men 800 rifles, 400,000 cartridges and a large amount ot aynamite. j . ' " Although the expedition cost but $50, uuu it is considered as important as those of Garcia and Callaza, because no money was spent on a steamer for it. Senor Colas with special orders from delegate Palma, managed ; the affair in Key West and Tampa. He was assisted by Senor Payo and Senor Figueredo. Word has also been received here that two schooners loaded with arms and ammunition, but having no men aboard except tnose In the crews, had arrived safely in Cuba, leaving their .cargoes in 1 Via Via Jo K i Caroline Central Mails, , j Mail matter is now taken on the Caro lina Central Sunday train for points be' tween Wilmington and Hamlet. It is not, however, distributed by that train but is brought back from , Hamlet and distributed Monday by the regular mail train coming this way. A i similar ar rangement has been made for post-offices between Hamlet and Charlotte. The same delivery for our-Sunday mall has been attempted Jacretofore bra round about xoeneetfon. but it has always been uncertain and irregular. The new plan hould work much better. - j Wben araTelilng. Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, and j it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale iu 60 cent and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company only, "Will Undoubtedly Gain" K.areely lu x - Circulation-' j Kinston Free Press. ' i The Wilmington Daily Star is twenty-seven and a half years old. The Star has reduced its subscription to $5.00 a year.XIt is one of the very best dailies in the State.! Its reduction of subscription will undoubtedly cause it to gain largely iu circulation. ; Marrelona Beaults. I. From a letter written by Rev J Gun derman, of Dimondale, Mich, we are permitted to make this extract: "I have no hesitation in recommendingDr. King's New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist church at Rives unction she was brought down with Pneumonia sue-' ceeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seea.ed j a it she' could not survive them. A friend re commended Dr. King's New Discovery, it was quick in its work and highly sat isfactory in results." . Trial bottles free at R R Bellamy's drug store. Regular size 50c and tl.00. i I - THE CASE OFSrATETReASUR vtnsug BAits ET-ai le-JTew-Hanover Batik rw Beeoit of Bepablleaa County Con tionet-A Bhootlng ffir-TOn rJ8" Eusaey Dixon. Iilbel Buit-Bev. A4o. Star Correspondence ! Raleigh. N.C.. kmt- The result of the Republican ' . conventions in the Sixth district were held last week insure tbTc twovot irora iudi uistrict ior MQKmlcy Th Sixth district has been accredited to th' aouuuui column, tnougn claimed k Reed. I The Presidential standine oi0. McKinley eighteen i votes for- r.,,1 with the Fifth and Seventh riic"V doubtful. --.wi Yesterday afternoon Mr. A. m m. Pheters, superintendent of the Wat T7 a I ?irAMM ot n.. I QlCr plumber named Wilson,' Mr. McPh... i- ... is a man of small stature and he defend J utuia&.ii rutu jiuwi, 1UC OUIlet Went wide of the mark and no injury was in flicted bn Wilson. The assault 1 a - J- " VbVUI I CO on a principal street and has attracted guuu ucai ui iicuuuo, mayor Ruy Mr. William; cram has instituted n ceedings against Mrs. Mary E. Cram nt Cornwall' qd dc nuason, jor divorce. It will be remembered that Mrs. Cram figured in a number 1 of cases in tk;, court lgst year against Mr. Cram. There are many small burglaries eo. ing on in the city, j ' ' . . Theinext term ol tivil court meeu here Monday. The Hussey libel suit against the News and Observer comes un for trial then. ' Revj A, Cj Dixon preached his (are well sermon to an immense audience last evening The mieeting will COn. tinue under' the fcity j pastors, Ttere were 100 conversions last evening. I Special Stuf Telegram . Tn the 9!tt nf th r-it T- versus Bates, which ! is one of. the New Hanover Bank cases, the Supreme - Court decides there : was no error. . The Supreme Court reversed decision ( in the case of Hubin vi. Wagoner, from Rockingham. i j ' : f FROM. MAXIMO GOMEZ. . He is Organizlrg and; Armioz a Formidable Army, and Wilf Sooci Make it Hot for Weyler, ' , , -Qldj.-Uacle Maiimo Somez (he is 72) is no fool, and he his not been spending several weeks in- Puerto Principe pro vince for his health He has been organ izing and arming the most formidable body of troops taatT hass.yet met the Spanish invaders, aid .it will not be long before" be makes .things very inter esting for Butcher; Weyler. Referring to affairs ia Cuba, Signor Qjcsada. Cu ban Envoy, says: j . "I see I tbe Spanish cable victories in Cuba continue, but we also continue to receive gratifying Information (rom au thoritative sources that bur cause is pro gressing steadily and favorably. Gen. Gomez is organizing a new army of in vasion by means ot the thousands of rifles and cartridges which have been lately! landed in the island. . He is be ing ably assisted in this by Gen. Calixto Garcia of Hawkins fame, the boat that was lost, I and which we now know was scuttled by agents ol the Spanish Gov ernment, and also: by Gen. Franciscd Carrillo, who was tried and acquitted of the charge of fi ibustering at Wilming ton, -j '. , ,'! - ;. ' i . "The vanguard of this new armyjs now coming west, lully .equipped lor an aggressive campaign during the sum One .of U I J: mer, wnen tne uoacciimatca bpanisnya,; ; troops will be confronted not only rf i vigorous Cubans j but by the ,yellot ' . ; fever j as well. The native Gjiban ca fight as well in the wet season as in tbt i. . dry. jI 1. 1 is a mistake - to think that 'ffij, our operations nui oe aisconunuea on i account ot tne wet weatner. only redouble our efforts, an expect to see great results ver H"tional Baok of Goldab5iro. Thfe Comptrolietof the Currency has approved the appligaiion for the Na-' tlonal Bank of G aldsboro. with a capital of $50,000. The application was. signed by the following citizens of Goldsboro William R. Allen,. Nathan"TJ Berry,Wm.: T. Yelverton, D Robert Korntgay, William T. Dortcb, Broadus H. Griffia, Marciellus J. Bes', 'Geo. C. Roy all, A, Roscowcr, Ernest 13. Diwey. Mr. J- W Norwood of Wilmington is (largely in terested in the bank. ' j The Argus says: j "The new bank has purchased the desirable and valuable corner on John and . Walnut streets from Lyndon M.Humphrey, on Which they will ajt once begin the erection of their banking house." i . , The Lite W. W. Birnes. , Since the interment of the remains of he lite W. W. Barnes in Bellevue cem etery, the grave has been visited by a large; number of persons. The floral decorations have not lost tneir freshness and beu-.y. Oae special -feature about the fl ral offerings, which were of sur prising magnificence, was that seven of them were ; contributed by business friends in California. Many were given by commission men now in this section on business, Mr. Barnes befog one of the old hajnds in that business and was "well -known among them. ? The other designs were from friends here. They werevery pretty. , A Qrtt'i Bnipa Hunt. This, from the Charlotte News, will make Lodor, Green, Bjery and other Wilmington sportsmen' "bonS" after a trip to tbe Cabarrui meadows: " Mi Wm. P. Clyde, the rich Ne Yorker who has his dog training grounds at Harrisburg. and who spends several, weeks in the fields about! there with a party of friends each winter, has just closed a two weeks' snipe hunt on tbe Cabarrus meadows. He was1 piloted by Mr. WJ S.Bingham, a local sportsman, who knows every foot cf ground in Ca barrus and who is a clean sbct. In tbe two weeks the partv, Mr. Clyde, Mr Bingham and Mr.! Smith, Clyde"s dog trainer, killed 3001 snipe. Clyde said it was the greatest thing in the wayol snipe, hunting he iever saw,, and nit spring he will return and bring nS hunting party, f, , . The Republican! Congressional, con vention ior the Second district ol Ten nessee has renominated Henry R. G' son for Congress. The nomination equivalent to election. No Dttaoci3i has ever represented this district io Con gress. The Republican majority 13,000. - Electric Bitter. Electric Bitters is a medicine for an season, but perhaps more t;ener3lI needed,, when the languid, exhaustea feeling prevails, when the liver is torpij and sluggish and the heed of a tonic an alterative is felt. .A prompt use of tnw medicine ,bas often averted long ana perhaps fatal bilious fevers.' No medi cine will act more surely in counteract' ing and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigesnu; v Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric j outers, cue. and si 00 per DOtuc I vve win jyrr q you may. : jsoon." Z : r m rR. Bellamy's Drug Store. ; if-.;- I a . o vf t t ; 'i. ft T 1 T if' V' ii I -r ' V? n
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