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ULTINQ IN THE DEATH OF SEVEN 1 Wilmington, n. c:, , , JJL JE-lLJEld ' V V II II K W M II . - K JL X-JMLWe , no A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. - rr-i l -"'-!: - X . .M,r-,.,4 . 1 1 .vw r - 1 ? - - : - . , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 " 1 . ' - I . . , - -r . ... i , . - . - .;r- . -.I -K-4- ' c-. . . 1 - -, r- " 1 r " l IS SSSg888S8SSSgSil VOL. XXV IL rsstlT888888888888 4----jSl888888888888888 1H8888SS83888888 -".a 5 2 2 S 2 3 ?J S SSSSSS ffl88llil88f88fl8 m .0 o 2 g g a 8 S 3 :S3883S8SisS8888a8a o 0. I .'7 kntered at th Post Offiee at Wilmtgton, N. C, U SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The 'subscription price of the Weekly Star li m .......W 00 DV 80 Single Copy 1 year postage paid ! - u luuutua " 3 months We are .again sending, bills to onr subscribers. In the aggregate they amount to a very large sum. Manyr of our subscribers are . responding promptly. - Others pay no attention to the bills. These latter do not seem tounders'tand that they are under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper. i : METROPOLITAN' NONSENSE. - Some of the so-called ("great dailies," of the great metropolitan city of New York," indulge in a great deal of, nonsense Sometimes when discussing -the . financial question. With few exceptions they .are either owned or influenced ' by the money syndicates of that city, or are so im bued with the money ideas peculiar to that great gold speculating, stock iobb'irag center that they can see. only one side of the money .question ana that is the told side. The World, which "has become wealthy, whose jVcjprietor lives (like the proprietor 'of the Herald) most, of bis time in Europe, commenting upon the de maTid of the free; silver; advocates that silver.be restored to its condi tion pr ior to 1873, that is, that it be admitted to the mints on the. same terms as gold, wants them to begin . "by increasing the price of silver from G3: cents an ounce to $1.30 cents atx-ounce." i nis is simpiy uiuu.u- the wor; gated nonsense. ' Men who- talk that way would show just as much sense and consistency if they knocked a man on the head, cracked his skull and then told, his friends to mend his skull and restore him to the con tftfiipn hi was in-before talking of asi4g' help from any other source. TheL fellows struck silver in 1873, crippled it and deprived it of one half its ' vitality,' so to speak, and then Insist; on tht vitality betng re-r '(stored before they consent to the re moval of the cause which did the mischief. . . J ."'' . ' - Isn't everything .which becomes an ; article of exchange between people .. nr. atinns governed more or less by i Int law of supply and demand? Are not gold and silver, and other things Which have a higher value than either gold or silver, governed by ihe same law? Gold and silver are not 'J governed so much by it as wheat and r.corri. and cot- V ton because they are coin metals and the coin stamp upon them keeps the value up provided the ' amount pro duced does not exceed the coin de mand. When all the gold and stiver ;;. produced had access to the mints and , ; jthe metals coined were recognized as , money by the nations the metals ; 'maintained their relative valuej and ''stiver bullion and gold ballion' were vlorth as tnuchJas the coined metals i ' were. As there hasbeen no discrimi nation against gold, which still has I the right of way to the mints, its value keeps up notwithstanding the I - increase in production, but when siI- ver was pstracized, excluded from the mints, jand demonetized, thep came a suhpluC It became a mere metal of erge and its price was gov- by the demand just as price of. grain, iron, cop- or. any1 other commodity When it was excluded from the mints, one half its 'market was de stroyed and the price (ell for it couldn't do anything pise. Open the market that was closed; that would put an end to the surplus and the price would go back to, where it was before the market was closjd. Every ounce ot suvefwould be. worth as much las an, ounce of coin. We would $ear fto more talk about 68 cents an ounce silver or 50 cent dollars. . The value of gold is kept up in a double way, one by pining it and Jie other by the law of England, one of the greatest gold producing coiin--tries, which makes the price o gold bullion the same as com.. If it were for this the surplus which was pot, coined would become a subject of speculation and Its price would fluctuate as the supply ' was large or small. But the fact that it is treated as a money metal, has free access to the mints of this country and j has the addi tional protection in" the law to which we have referred above, its value keeps up regardless of the amount . 'produced. Demonetize gold as sil jver; has been demonetized and it would become a mere commercial metal jus as silver has become, add its price would be governed by the demand I for it in the arts, and in those countries which use it as money,viust as the', price ot silver is. Thev Sav that gold retains its value because It is a money metal the worldover, which is true, and so would silver have retained its value the .world over if it hadn't been de monetized. Who demonetized it? It wasn't the people. It wasn't the commercial bodies j ojf any - of - the countries. It was the same men, the same Shylocks and mony lenders who add to - their wealth by manipulating money "and lend ing to i nations in need, who did It, as: the Rothschilds did it n England! in 1816 after they became rich from lending money to the na tions involved In the Napoleonic wars. Men like these moved for the demonetization of gold when the gold fields of California and Austra lia began to yield largely and it was feared that gold .might become- too plentirut They moved to demone tize it in this country in 1850, did partially; demonetize it m some Eu peai countries-and stopped the coin age of it altogether in Holland in 52, when silver became the favored money in that country. ' This same class of Shylocks and money manip-' ulators it was who brought about the demonetization of silver in this and in other countries which followed the example of Great Britain, which was dominated in that by the Roths childs, and they would, of course, oppose, as they are doing, its remon etizatiop, for that means a cutting down of the tribute they ..levy upou the world. . They will never consent to its re monetization and the on'y way to se cure that is for the people to force it m spite of them wherever they have a voice in their own government. Some nation must begin, and the one to begin is this one. When we do it that will encourage tn inenas or silver in! other countries to fight for it and to make an aggressive fight. times, war against each other, one squeezing the other,-: the American people are the victims and have to pa?y the cost of the squeezing. For some time the; , protectionists have been howling, for .more protec tion for the tinplate makers, who are suffering because the Steel Plate Trust has run up the price of black plates. " They weregetting along pretty well until this was done, and now the proposed remedy is to in crease the duty on tinplates to com pensate he j tinplate makers for the raise in the price of the black plates, when the proper way would be to re duce the duty on black ' plates so,as to give our tinpiate'makers the ben efit of foreign competition, and thus enable them to defy and successfully fight the home Trust, j, Protection is the prolific mother of Trusts; the more protection the more and the mizhtier the Trusts. ; - .;V WILMINGTON. N. O-i EMDAY, MAY 2, 1896. THE GIT Y BY THE SEA, DEMOCRATS' MAY WIN IF THEY. NOMINATE A FREE SILVER DEMOCRAT ON A FREE SILVER ' C: T'l --'platform fV - Outline Map of Wilminon and jts Connections By Rail and Water. ?: Prepared By The Sea- boar(J Air Line for Its Publication ,SaimagundiJ', and Adopted By The Chamber of Commerce to so that when we win a victory tor silver here, we help to win a victory for it in other countries where it has been demonetized. Restore its stand ing and ;we restore its price here and d over. - .p The gold standard people hold up Mexico and Japan as two of the fritrhtfnl, .Tamnies of the silver standard, when as a matter of fact there are no two countries v io-the world to-day which are making as much progress as Mexico and Japan. Speaking of Mexico the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald quotes a resi dent of Mexico, who Is writing of the silver standard in that country, as suggesting two propositions' in reply to two of those laid down by Secre tary Carlisle; one of which is: "There is not a silver standard country m .the world to day whose producers and manufacturers are not more prosperous than they ever were be fore." The1 other is: "There is not a gold standard country in the world to day whose producers and manu facturers are as prosperous as they have been1 in the past." Neither of these propositions can be successfully disputed, for the current history of this times proves the truth of both. Every gold country in the world has suffered more or less irom mausina depression and financial embarrass ments, 'for which the' gold standard advocates have been- giving various but never admitting me Advertise Wilmington RALEIGH NEWS LETTER. WHY. DIAZ WAS RELEASED. ' LETTER FROM MACEQ. EXCHANGE OF COURTS BETWEEN JUDGES GRAHAM AND ROBINSON. reasons, true one. I MINOR MENTION. . .1 In 1892 both of the great political parties -Uhe' Democratic and Repub licandeclared for bimetallism on international agreement. There was not a gold standard paper . in the country which objected to that decla ration, j both of . The fact is it was put into the platforms " by the gold men to 'placate the silver men and as a compromise which the more con servative of the silver men accepted, with the expectation that some effort would bs made to bring about inter national agreement. But the gold organs have made a considerable ad vance on the gold line since then and now laugh at the suggestion of international bimetallism. Entirely ignorlnjg the platform on which jthey stood four years ago they demand a straight-out declaration for gold, and gold only. Here are a couple of sample paragraphs from the Phila delphia Record: j: '. :. .- ; -.:; "The Rhode Island Democrats adopt ed a Sound Money platform yesterday, bat it was marred by the customary ex pression ol a dts re lot the unattainable intheshapsot International Bimetal lism. The belief in the possibility of a double standard dies hardjbut as long as such a b:ltei s'lall De nonesuy enieriam ed the wary politicians will modif their latiorms to suit, tn the hope of catch ing VOteS. .:; : And, here is the way it pays its re to the Hon. Wm. R. Morri- " The humorous make up fellow of th Philadelohia Record s i such a little respecter of persons that he dropped a cut representing the meet ing of the two distinguished Penn sylvania politicians, Quay and Har rity, into an account of the arrest of two bankers, who were accused of some uniawiui nueuira ." depositors, j Messrs. Quay and Har rity have! jdoubtless both at times found themselves in peculiar situa tions, but' we venture to say that they, never; before found themselves in a.situatibn like this, j FOUUoal ' Ooulp -p Biohjnond j Fesrion'a Cbsaoes tot ConarcM EUln nd. Hall Storms Buia BaU-An Ioe Combin. Special Star Correspondence H Raleigh. N. C, April 25. Gov. Carr has authorized an exchange of courts between Jadges Graham" and Robinson, whereby Judge Graham holds the May term of 'Bsaafort court and Judge Robinson the May term of Hal ifax.".,'; t.-.i,:--r t'l A prominent Democrat from the West sa'yt that J. Frank Ray can beat Rich mond Pearson for Congress by 2,000 votes. Ray will have much opposition in seeking the nomination.,: 1c will be remembered that Pearson suog Mitchell coantyTnto his district at the last session off the' Legislature, thereby increasing the ; Republican vote 1.000. Comparatively i speaking. ; Pearson's chances are better than before,' . . f Nice rains fell here yesterday and last nioht The were needed very much and came as a messing io inc iarmcrs, as well as to our dust-laden city. Hail fell at a number of places in" the county. Hail-stones as larce at acorns fell at the. Penitentiary; ; ; .. : The University base ball team went to Danville yesterday morning, where the team meets the nine from the Univer sity of Virginia. Only a small following of students accompanied the . team, on account of the proximity of the Spring examinations, j foung 'Pearsall, who has developed to be Carolina's star twlrler, will begin the game as pitcner ior toe 'Varsity. .Hill may finish it. if ; This year the senior class at the Uni versity wilt stand their final examina tions ten days prior to tne regular exam ination period.; This gives the seniors a short senior vacation. ' , The jce companies in the 4 city have, formed a combine to increase the prices.' Last year they fought each other and ice sold for 23 cents per huadred. This year the minimum is 85 cents -per hundred in thousand pound quantities Republican Conventions will be held In four counties ito-day.,1 J! I f Claude Dockery say? there were no fights at Moxton, He sais the delegates simply pushed each other. Spanish Minister Asked for Their Ifreedom Baaaaia Hs Fetred. Mors Trouble from This Country. i - New York Journal. -Washington. April 23. The action of General Weyler in deciding to re lease Missionary Duz and his brother was taken in pursuance of the advice of Senor Diipuy de Lome, the Spanish Minister here.. When the Baptist mis sionary was first arrested Minister .de Lome called at the State Department and volunteered the information that Diaz was guilty,- and that no sort of clemency would be extended to hiin. He declared that Weyler intended to! make an example " Diaz, for the purpose oi deterring other teachers ot religion, both Protestant and Catholic, from giving aid and rnn nasi to insurceats. Minister de Lome soon discovered that wise policy prompted; lenient treat ment of the Diaz brothers. Their arrest had aroused a feeling of iidignation and resentment among! the people of the United Siates that threatened great trouble for the Spaniards in Cuba. He realized that the case was about to nrovoke a religious onslaught on Span ish rale In Cuba. He was .quick to see the power of the influence tuat would be exerted upon the President and tbe Sec retary of State. He cabled Weyler to get out ct the trouoie ne naa nrouguh uDon bimseit on tne easiest ihuw sible. ' ( --!' THE BERMUDA SAILS AGAIN. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal telegraphs that I dr. HOGE WILL REMAIN HERE. I She HaS on Board Arm arid Ammunition , and Her Nominal Pert is Honduras. Philadelphia. Pa.. April 23, 1895. The British steamer' Bermuda -left this port shortly , after! three o'clock this morning, bound for; Porto Cortes Hon duras via Key Wes. Fla.. f r orders, in charge cf Captain John O'Brien. It is hinted that the Bermuda had on board arms and ammunition when she sailed this morning, and that her ttop at Key West sill be for the purpose of sefcariojf more ammunition. I I The Bermuda's passenger certificate now calls for the carriage of thirty seven pet sons, and she cad take these on; board without any tateif srence on the part, of the Government. It is stated that with these pssiengers the Bermuda will take ah the amm jnttion and will land all at Cubt, then proceeding to Honduras. He Considers Htfl Beeent Battle ( With the Bpanlarda the Moat Imporuntjof the War His Boldtera Eager to right, ' The correspondent of the New York ournalhM secured the following inter esting letter from Gen. Antonio Maceo: In Camp in Cuzco Hills. Pinar Del Rio Provincb. Cuba. ! . April 14. 1896. i IV. R. Hearst. Journal, New York; Responding to the request Ot your correspondent, I have to say that I con sider the battle of last Saturday, when mv troops put to fi ght the Alfonso XIII. Battalion, the' most important ac complishment of the Cuban army dur ing the war. because it taught the men confidence in themselves, and also be cause it gave the Spanish to understand that they have no contemptioie toe io deal with.' The rout of that battalion will make cowards of the common Spanish soldiers who . may be sent to fight us in the future. Since the battle my soldiers have been nuea wun aesirc to meet the men on the trocha in com bat. I can hardly restrain them, and I feel satisfied that if it was my policy to attack the trocha at this time tbe Span ish army would be cut to pieces Nothing that I could say j about the kindness cf the American papers, espe cially ths Journal, a the cause of Cuban liberty cculd adeqjately expre si tne grat itude that nl s my heart ana me neanoi every true Cuban. You have armed the weak and jmade us strong to go on to victory. Freedom for Cuba wa never clcsw to realization than it is now. Your correspondent informs me that doubts have been cast upon the victory at Pinar del RiO. Let me assure the Americans that we struck that city a heavy blow, putting the tropps to flight, burning many houses and capturing enough arms to rface weapons in the hands of many of mv men who had none before. , r Signed Antonio I Macio. . The above dipatch was sent from Ha vana to Key West for transmission to the Journal, the censorship preventing it from being sent direct from the Cuban CapitaL " '.' '-. Sot s BUte Can Bs Named With; Certainty That Could Be Carried by the Democrat On a Gold Standard Platform An Enl mate ot the, Electoral Vote "With ree ' saver that Xen. "-'.-" f.'V. '" f Special dispatch to the Cincinnati En --' :: .9fireri ! Witamr.TnM AnriT 81. It 18 nOW generally conceded among politicians of both parties that -the Chicago National Convention will b? a decided majority decide for a free coinage platform, and nominate a candidate who holds these views. The administration politicians are of course very anxicus to defeat such a policy, and one of the methods they employ is the preparation of tables intended to show that on a free coinage platform the. Democrats are bound to be beaten in the Presidential election. How tbe Democracy is to have any possible show on the other or gold standard they do not undertake to explain. For a long time past it has teemed . as if trie administration element would be Con tent andj happy if u they Icould capture the Chicago Convention, as then, even it the election went by detault to- toe kc publicans, they would in any event have a cold standard man In the Presidential chair. In tact, nobody seemed to think that tbe Democrats had - any chance ol electing a President untirit became ap parent a few 'days ago that the silver men were going to run the Chicago con vention. ; . I . Since then a very hopeful feeling has prevailed here and predictions pf Demo cratic success in November made by the most sagacious and well balanced politi cians have been frequently made. With such an issue confronting them insteaa oi tbe, tariff; the Republicans have abated a good deal of their former confidence, and their leaders feel that they have a severe and doubtful struggle before them; even if theVcany the Eastsolid for the gold candidate. - The administration tables, in order to make out a- case," put several States in the Republican, column which are claimed to be Democratic oh a square , free coinage issue and a still larger num ber of electoral votes in the doubtful column, which would be probably lost on a gold standard platform. .-. It is admitted that raaeciaration at Peter Babcrt Killed a Woman and Her Two ; I Children, a Sheriff, a Constable, His Biater I, and Himtelf The Mnrdrrer Bupposed ,to--. Have Been Ioaane. J - . - - v. 1 By Telegraph to the atoning Star. . : . I Rockville,! A'prfl 2& This Morning ' at 1 o'clock Peter Egbert, a young man 28 years of age, shotiand killed Mis. Hermann -Hascke and her two Children. Hermann and i Aggie. Sheriff W, D. Mul and Constable'William Sween. . He then killed himself, jand his sister, Miss Flo recce Egbert, who was lying very 11 with tvphoicj -feverj died shortly after the tragrdyof the shock.!, About 7 o'clock young Egbert Wis 'sent! into the I back, yard to saw some wood for family use. Shortly after .while Mrs. Hascke was milking, her cow; Eg bert secured a double-barrelled breech loading shotgun, and going into the Hascke bouse, wnica was next to nis home, shot the little daughter (a child of, 10 years) dead, and wounded the boy (two years younger), who ran out on the porcb.'where Egbert shot him again; kill- ing him instantly. The murderer then went out into the alley and levelled his gun at Mrs. Hascke, who seeing his intention attempted to escape. He shot ! her, however, the charge taking effect tn the top of her bead, Mrs. Hascke lin gered in an ui conscious state for about ; two hours, when death put an ccd to her I sufferings. Hiviop completed this work i of butchery, Egbert shouldered his gun and deiib:ratcly walked up in'o lb, i business parr of. the town. Sheriff -! Mull and Con: table Sweenwere planning a means of cipturing the- murderer. - Egbert was walking across the . north side of the square, holding his gun in po- -sition with both barrels cocked. When he saw Mull and 5een crossing. the street toward him he called'out to them not to come any nearer. The two offi cers then retired into a stairway in the National bank building for. a moment's consultation, when Egbert turned and coming upon them suddenly shot and in stantly I killed bottf men. He 1 then ' started to run. taking a westward course toward tbe fair grounds, with a number of citizens in close pursuit. He ran like -a deer until, while crossing an open field just west ot town, a ihotiripm bis put-' suers took effect in his I heel. This Crippled him! and though he managed to scale the enclosure of the fair grounds, he was unable to run furtber.and crawling into a stall hi tbe fair grounds, he, shot himself in ihe right breast. Thb. fire from his gud ignited his clothing, hich was partially burned when he was f jund. Business is suspended.' The dead iare being prepared for burial, but no arrange ments for their funerals have been made. Egbert was at one time confined in the insane asyluW but' had been .discharged as cured. The general belief is that in sanity must hbys been the cause of the crime. Chicago' to the number MM Fi- 1 TWO . ' J "The action of the Democratic com mittee of Illinois in conceding to Chi cago one-third of the State convention makes Illinois certain against tree coin- age.V ' . i -., '-:,- . :: How? And why ? The commit tee was divided as follows: j For free silver, 22; for gold, 8. On the prop osition referred to above the vote was nnanimous. Surely, the 22 free silver members are not fools. . "'comtja Vf erned j" ;the i per f is. I! aspects son : "Hon. William R. Morrison is io lavor of International Bimetallism; but he sees no way of bringing it about. No doubt, Mr. Morrison is a'so in favor of the mil lennium. But why not stick to things of this earth earthly, and let the politi ck dreamers dream dreamt? Bimetal lism is a beautiful impotsibility that never was, and never will be." . j 1 : "A beautiful impossibility" now, it wasn't in the estimation of. these gentlemen a beautiful impossibility four years ago when they -werei sup porting it. An impossibility perhaps it is, for the present at least, from an international standpoint and that's why the-silver men who were caught in that trap do not propose , to be cadght in it again, and insist on the free coinage of silver by this country indeDendent of what other countries mav sav or do about it. Thi Record . . - ... i is, however, entitled to credit lor is candor, for when they taik that way we know iust where and how to meet them. There is talk not only of .one cent postage, but of scented postage stamps. Congressman Cullom, of Illinois, thinks 'they ought to be scented. This wouldn't be a bad idea, for then the fellow whose wife gives him a letter to mail would not be so. likely to carry it arounu ii a month in his pocket. An 110( pound hog was ' killed a few days ago in Delaware said to be the biggest hog ever raised in that State. That was doing pretty well for a small bailiwick like Delaware, where there isn't room for a hog to grow, Dut aowu iui wj hogs' than that afe looked on as sboats. k . if;''; -t-': , Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader in the German Reichstag, is a festive cuss whoi succeeds in raising semi- cinnal nandamoniums in that VWWMWa vw " congregation of Germanic solons. He Has Declined the Cell to the lade pendent Presbyterian Church, of ' Savannah, i. j . . ij i ; Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, D. D., has de clined the call; tendered him by the Independent Presbyterian (j chureh "oi Savannah. This conclusion was clearly foreshadowed in the Star when the question was first mentioned in the newspapers, ut. noge is sjj mu-u atuched to his Wilmington charge, and they are too much attached to him, to have the ties severed thit have so long hound them together. As ! soon as it was known that Dr. Hoge had received a call to Savannah a congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian church was held and a resolution was unani mously adopted urging him to remain here. - '; ' . - .- The Star ongratulatts the First Presbyterian Church and the citizins of Wilmington generally on Dr. Hoge's de cision. He Is one of the ablest and most faithful ministers that have ever labored intbisfieldianditwill be gratifying to r .hole neonV to know that he wilt w - r I-" remain with us. Accidentally Shot, j Mr. Faiies. who lives on the Bradley place at Wrightsville, was accidentally shot in the leg by a colored boy about thirteen years old ; who works On the place, last Wednesday night. It seems that the boy was carelessly playing with a gun which" was ; supposed to be un--loaded. Dr. A. H; Harriss wak tele phoned for. He responded promptly and dressed the wound, which, although painful, was not considered dangerous. Standard OH Oompioj'i Hew Enterprise. Tne new enterprise of the Sijandard Oil Company to make Wifmingtjon the AiafrkHnttno noint for its oroducts in the States ol .North and South Carolina and Georgia; was inaugurated yesterday by the arrival cf the first tank steamer, tbe" Maverick, from Philadelphia, with cargo of 5.000 barrels ot kerosene oil m bulkr Tne steamer is lying tat the .wharves of the A. C. L.f where she win discnarge ner cargo wiuuku for the purpose into the reservow at tbe company's plant about six hundred .arHa frnm the river front. Captain Robello, master of the Maverick, savs the entire cargo, wun tne aia norerful Dumos on tne vessel emDtied into the reservoir hours. in of the can dc three Trusts were never beard of in this country until the Republican policy of tariff protection became the e3tab iich.rt nrder. Since then the Trusts have sprung up, grown and multi nhed until thev have covered about every thing consumed by the Ameri can oeoDle. There are meat Trusts, flour "Trusts, sugar i rusts, sais Trusts, oil Trusts, glass Trusts, hon .ctAii Trusts fcoverine all the articles made of these), agricultural implement Trusts, bicycle Trusts, coal Trusts, ice Trusts, and; many others so many! that it would be difficut to name any article' of large r.onsumntion in wnicn mere is uuv Trtit t While these Trusts ! some Some of the Boye. There are six of our citizens who were . f . T s.t classmates at the University oi wonn Carolina and who graduated in the class of 1853. They are Messrs. ; uavm u Worth. John D. Taylor, DuBrutz Cutlar. Wm. L. peRosset, Alfred M. Waddell and Walker Meares. As these gentle men are all young and robust, and the Star wishes to make no "odious com parisons,'" we will state that their ages aggregate- 885 years. We might very properly add to the list another member of the same class who Is largely inter ested in property here and who spends much of bis time among, our people. This is COl. Kenneth M. Murchison- If ere add his age to 885 the total would be but we forbear, for that would tell the Colonel's age. Of the class of 1853,. twenty-four are known to be alive. ? Maxton Chief-. "Our clever townsman, Mr. J. M. Burke, aays he ha . T . , i :'m-.n beat Robeson toremoss iruciter. jar. a. B. Pace, raising peat this season. Mr. Burke hid new peas for dinner Sunday. J. C. McCaskillt Esq., snipped several bushels of strawberries to Northern markets Monday, and received twenty cjnts a quart on the consignment' . c,rm .t ' MasnolU BnildiUga BtTUOk IilBhming Mare and Colt Killed. A correspondent of the Star, writing from Magnolia! says that a very heavy thunder stormj passed over that place Friday afternoon. Lightning struck the ..Kia nf Mr' G. O. Herring1, about seven miles west of Magnolia, and killed a mare and colt. Several build ings near there; were struck by lightning but no serious damage waadone. The rain was much needed and means many thousands of dollars; to the berry growers. Shipments of ' -strawberries will begin In earnest this week. Trnok (Shipments. ' : " The recent rains in this section were worth 'thousands of dollars to truck farmers, especially growers of strawber ries. Shipments of strawberries are steadily 1 increasing; about S00 crates were shipped from here yesterday and over the line of the W & W. ten solid cars of truck went forward to Northern i markets. Pices for berries now aver age from 1 5 to 85 cents per quart. . ; Mr. Bradley George,wto was senousiy hurt last Tuesday by a waeon ;,v. inmhur collidiofir with the which he was driving. i repqrted to be m a critical condition at his home on Masonboro Sound. His collar bbne was broken and shoulder dislocated. . n iniiil for the arrest of tb' 4riDr nf th wason. but it is said be has absconded. ""'. WHO IS HEMMED IN 1 With Half of the Cubans on One Side of the Trcoha and Half - on the Other - the Spaniards May Be In a Bad Fix. The following from the Philadelphia Ledger indicates that it is a debatable Question whether it is Maceo or Weyler that is "hemmed in :" ' It may be that General Weyler s "trocha" would work aH right if all the insurgents were on one .side of it. Then it would be, if not a trap to catch them, at least a fence to keep, them penned in the province of Pinar del Rio until troops could be concentrated to destroy them if they could. But,! under the circumstances, with half of the ecemy on one side and half on the other, the strong line is very much like an army with a ioe on eacu u it must be defended both ways at nn. nrovided Gomez and Maceo can operate in conjunction, of which there seems to be little doubt; and as it is said to have been constructed with a view to attack only from the west, Gomez's ad vance noon it from the east will be virt-. ually an attack in the rear and every commander knows how dangerous that is. Meanwhile, the great bulk of Wev ler's available troops are stationed along the trocha and kept there, as the only means of making it an enectuai carrier, and thus the forces under Gomez are left o i,hjrtv tn raid as thev Dlease all over the eastern provinces, while Maceo is al most equally unmolested in tne west. Between the two it is a aououui mic tion whether Weyler has hemmed in Maceo, or Maceo and Gomez have hemmed in Weyler. - A war- BUck Oom Against Thunder. . Th Mr-Malra of Robeson county are si fond of playing checkers that they play against each other when tney can i find a victim outs-da the family How ard C. McNair. of Alma, ex champion of the State, and his brother Murphy McNair; Of Maxton, have just cdmpleted a series of twenty games with.the ,101 lo?lng result. Murpb NcNairJC; How ard McNair. 4: drawn, 9 H. C.fM ., -,(fkic H will olav Mur- h..i ii hm heats him "if it takes all UU hw Summer.' . . . i After the Beotblaok. ; . . -v;;bv ';:i:''; ' The municipal authorities -of Char lotte are after the bootblack. The News . rw- i . . u n.arr11 says: "The ooara ot aiuciuicu t afternoon took up the bootblack Pb- lem and had anotner try at u. bootblacks have been a nuisance about the streets for months, past. They are not only numerous, out noisy. dermen have endeavored to abate the nuisance and have placed restrictions on it that will do some gooa. a uccuao fee of $1 per month in advance. re quired and no license it transferable. I. m m - -i mam .nnoffK NO DOy over .10 ,ycar vii k in the business and no bootblack can charge aver five cents a shjne. These regulations are now in force." v ;." x Net a TMnar Wronst Exc V f i- Lincoln Democrat. . The Wilmington Star was 28J years niri iat Saodav. The Star is the oldest th ctat(: There is not a thing in the world wrong with the STAR except it is for free sttver. BuJ lot all thatJe wish its editor gocd lock, hoping h mav anmedav come around all right on-that question, too. ABrnnswiok Delegate Explains. ; pi.....j.. ...nf K Rrnnvwick dele' gates to the Maxton convention gave the Hon. Demosthenes! Lycurgus Rus sell a graphic description of the "pro ceedings" of that dignified body. He said he never witnessed anything like it before. He pictured i to Lyctirgus the ..M,Ti!ni fioh'tinff. sweanne. &c.. and when he had finished. Deiriosthenes THE MAXTON MESS. The Daloeates to the BepubUoan Oongree slond Convention BxsonttveS Commit tee Sleoted. i Charlotte Observer j Of the twenty-tight delegates all told the Dockery crowd polled eighteen .h,un hnited. Those bolting were: Two from Columbus, two from Bruns wick, two from Robeson ana iour irum New Hanover. ... The Russell delegation claim that they finished . their business and ad journed. Thev held no separate con vention. They claim to have carried twenty delegates counting the contested delegates. They further claim to have put up and elected the chairman of the nn.ntir,n It naa done in such an up roar that no one could tell I how things were going. Both sides claim to have elected the chairman first, and to have run conventions in the same halu i The following were elected as the Ex ecutive Committee for the next two t Mecklenburg. J. M. Goodei M. B. Williams; Union, J. S. Hasty; Anson, . L. Mattbeson; Richmond. W- A. Mc Donald, J. P. Cameron; tcooeson, k. o. Russell. E. K. Proctor, Columbus,; J. A. Spaulding; New Hanover. F. B. Rice, H r. Greene: Pender. R M. Croom; for free, coinage would attract Democratic party a very large of PoDulists. who left the De mocracy on account of Wall sueet lead ership; also a laree number of silver Re publicans in tne racinc coast ana moun tain "Statesas well as the Mississippi vallev. and also the entire membership of the independent silver party which s few months ago nominated, Mr. Sib ley, ot Pennsylvania, for President. These great accessions cannot be dis missed ior out aside in any intelligent estimate of the campaign, and they are now giving pause and anxious thought to the shrewd Republican managers . j ! The following may, in view of sucb reinforcements, be accepted as a verF conservative' estimate for the 'Democ racy, incase of a-free coinage platform and candidate, of the electoral votes to be cast for the Democrats and for the, Republicans, with the doubtful list oi the fairly debatable States. ' " L Democrat Alabama, ill; Ai Kansas, o, Califoinia, fl; Colorado, 4; Florida, 4; GeorgialS; Idaho, 3; Indiana. 15; Kan sas, lO. Kentucky. 13; LouUiana. 8; Mis sissippi! 0; Missouri, 17; Montana, 3; Ne braska; 8; Nevada. 3; North Carolina, 11, North Dakota, 8, South Carolina, 9, South Dakota, 4; Tennessee, 12; Texas 15; Utah. ! Yirgtnin2, Washington. 4; West Virginia, 6; Wyoming, 8. Total. 220, I v . ! j j Republican Connecticut, 6; Dela ware, 3; Maine. 6; Massachusetts. 15; Minnesota. 9. New Hampshire. 4; New York. 86; Pennsylvania, 88; Rhode, Is land, 4; Vermont, 4; Wisconsin, 1?. Total. 181. . i ;' , I ; I Doubtful Iilfnols, 24; Iowa, 13; Mary land. 8, Michigan, 14; New Jersey, 10- Ohio. 23; Oregon, 4. Total. 95. ii Thet nnmher of votes necessary to elect is 224. , ! SITUATION IN NEW YORK I Tn this calculation New Y0:k is CO eded to the Republicansalthough their party losses by the Raines Liquor Din, Rocsiveltism and other ism would prd bably (more than counterbalance Wal stree: dtfecttonsto the Democracy. Jll these lcsies shou d balance eacu otner tbe State would be natuially Demccratic. In Michigan and Illinois the silver feel ing is rampant regardless of; party, and the Democrats would i have the best chance of success. Iowa would a'so be a fairly debatable State on the. silver is sue, unless Mr. Allison shpuldbe-tbe Republican nominee. ' I As the silver issue ?s thus pressed rap idly to the front, the tariff is relegated to the rear. It Is a matter oi .nuiory mai m Presidential fights only bne great Js sue occupies the m nds of the Ameri can voters. If McKmley. Should be nom inated he will have to give up his Ohio silver straddle, quita'l tantt tauc ana come oat squarely Lr gold--no m titer if it kills him in the election aad stulti fies his entire record. ! I ! " . I ! The administration statisticians are. so far not able to, speqily a single State that they could carry, for the Democracy !bn th trAld atandard line. If1 In the East they attempted to win electoral votes on such an issue, the Republicans would reply that they bad as a party succesj fully demonetized silver as far back as ift7.uithat it -was (their thunder, and that this was merely a fraudulent at tempt of Democrats to pirate tneir pat ents The Republicans would in such a case have a walk over, as they are un questionably the original Jacobs, and en titled to priority of invention. The logic of a gold standard declaration at Chi cago.! or even a straddle of the isioe, would be the election of the Republican candidate and the voters would (cer tainly look at it that way. The prospect of a silver platform at Chicago, on i the other hand, is sadly disturbing the Bel- shazzar leasts ol the administration, anu the Reoublican leaders, j and makes worthless all their calculations. CUBAM WAH ,NEWS. Bp-tf of Soureea Steamer Bermuda By Tel Bogagemtnts I"rom Spanlih. Warahlpi Looking For tho J. 4- rsraph to the Morning Star. Key WeSt, April 25, The Spanish warship Retna Mercedes anchored just outside of jthe reef this morning 'and sent in dispatches to the Spanish Con sul. Her phrposeln coming here, it is thought, was to locate the steamer Ber--mudawhich it is reported would stop here on her war to Porto Coilez, Hon duras. The Mercedes left bis',aftcrT noon about datk. riWaher Grant Dygert, the American imprisoned in Uuntz since February. 23rd, was released on the 23rd Inst and was a passenger on the steamer Mas- cotte to-nighr. He states that he will claim danages from the Spanish Gov evnment, all ol the reports sent out aoout his acms: la EVnoDainy wun me iubu o-rntB 7 bavine been manufacturi bv Soanish efficers. .He claims when Dut in Drison everything o be had UDon his person wis taken" from him and nothing returned. He had : a few dollars ' when firs: arrested that escaped detection, but which hewas compelled ;to4ise to have word sent to friends that he had been imprisoned, j Night before ,latf when about to be released, the') officials ' endeavored , to have him sign a paper the writing of. which was io Spanish, which he refused f to do, and they thea turned him loose after midnight without a cent and with out friends! He will. stop over at Tampa , for a lew days. , . Havana! April 25. A force! of marines on a tug engaged in towing a scow on the Cahimar iiver was attacked by a body of rebels to day. The marines succeeded jn repulsing tbe insurgents after firing several volleys. . . ; i News has been received that Col. Hernandez defeated, the rebel bands under tbe insurgent leaders Collazo and Acea, near j Penalver, and at Gurra del Mela, in thi province of Havana. iThe fighting was of a desperate character, and mainly hand to hand. The Spanish forces used, their machetes with deadly effect. The rebels were completely routed, and left 90 dead, t The Spanish had nnlv eieht wounded. v Havana, April 25, Col. Hernandez reports ineetmg a party of 600 msur genss under the leadership ol Maceo and Collazo. and dispersing them alter a hot skirmish. The rebels left 20 dead on tbe field. The troops did not lose any men, .j '.-V'-" 'i I The U. S. Treasury gold reserve at the close ol business, yesterday stood t at 1125377,000. The withdrawals ior the day were $44,600.' . I - 1 I Weak,IrriiabIe,Tired 1 " '; : j . ' I Was No Good on Earth.' threw himself into a dramatic and shouted: "Why 'the Devilind Tom Walker; delegate I tion.?" - did von think you to a Sunday school position were a conven- Brunswick. las. Edwards, Russell chairman and J. secretary. ".' - ;-;-! -. With K. ts. P. Cameron TiMt VromBuaseU Headaaerteri The following is the latest bulletin is sued from the Russell headquarters in this city, and is vouched for by Swords man Damocles Bellicose Sutton: Conventions, held yesterday in Car teret, Caldwell. Onslow and Bladen de clared for Russell; Johnston, divided; Granville, uninstructed. but said to be di vided between Boyd and . Russell; Chowan, one certainly and pne-probably, for Russell; Durham and Cabarrus for Dockery; Person for Boyd. Hon. Chas. M. Stedman ar rived here last evening and will spend a. fewjiays on business and pleasure. NAVAL MiLlTIA. Allot meat Blade of the Anooal ApproprU tlon fcrthe Beeervef. ' I By Telegraph to the Horning Star. r ' j Washington, April j 25 Secretary Herbert has made tbe annual aiiotmcm to the several State naval militia organi zations ol the country, on the basis of the returns of the strength of the naval militia up to April'lst.. These returns show that in fourteen -States there are organizations composed of 293 officers and 8.839 enlisted men. The appropria tion was $25 000, from which $1,000 was deducted for the purchase of "books of instructions to be isned pro rata. ; . , o.. Mnrih (Tarnlina. 17 sgstDcrn owvc " ." - . Zr - -A officerSk 168 men, $1,164; soutn waro lina.!21 officers, 165 men. $1,188; Georgia, 8 officers. 98 men, 7U; ioniatana. m um cers, 211 men, $1,115. Dr. Miles-. Nervine strengthens j the weak, builds up the oroicen down constitution, and permanently ! cures every kind p nervous disease. , , A bout one year ago Ittm amcre Creeping sensation in my leg Slight palpitation of my heart, :i Distracting eon fusion of themind, , Serious loss or lapse of memory. Weighted dotvn with core and Morry. I completely lost appetite Ana felt my vitality' Hearing iout, I teas weak, irritable and- tired. ' My weight teas reduced to 10O Ibrn., In fact I was no good, on earth. A friend brought .me Dr, Miles' book, "New and Start ling Facte," and I. finally decldde to try a bottle of Db. Miles' Be oratlve Nerrlne. Before I had taken one bottle I could aleep as well as a lO-yr.-oId boy. My appetite i returned ffrnn.tlT increased. When I had ta tcen the sixth bottle My teeight increased to 11 The sensation inmy leg teas gone : MV nerves steadied completely By memory teas fully restored. Myhruinseemedelearerthanever. I felt as good as any manon ear. Dr Miles' Bestorative Servine4s great medicine, I assure yon. Augusta, Me. ' Walter R. BdSbask..' Shortly after noon to-day the boiler in a portable jhwtoUI ; operated by J. a. Burgoon. at .Fllaton, Cambria county, Pai exnloded. Three men, including the proprietor, were killed and others were badly injurea - - Dr. Miles' Nervine r I i Restores Health. Dr. Hues Pain Puis. "One cent a dose.1 4 . ronal by.aD.Pragslata. .- ' chant, JaeclSlv r; ; v--. i 'i 4) frvaiu . ' - i ';i:
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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