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WILMINGTOl
Friday, - ;-.
May 8,-1896
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We are again sending bills to onr
subscribers. In the aggregate they
' amount to a very largej sum. Many
of bur , subscribers are responding
.promptly. Others pay no attention
to the bills. Y These latter do not
seem to understand that they are
under any legal or moral obligation
to pay for a newspaperj
WEO MAKES THE PRICES?
The gold organs of this country
are noV devoting considerable atten
tion to the wage-earner and the far
mer to persuade both that their pros-
" perity is dependent upon maintaining
the present gold standard. They tell
the workman that he will be ruined if
we have free silver because then he
will get pay for his work in "50 cent"
dollars, and they tell the farmer that
he will be ruined because he will get
pay in depreciated silver for the sur
plus he ships. There might be some
Doint in this if either" if these state
mAnrc was irue. uul ua uw.uw
a . . i Wu it M A r MAW 14?
as neither
there is -no ooint .in it. The work-!
manlwould not ztt pay for hts labor !
in o cent" dollars for there jfould
i. . .. . -. .
no '50 cenlj" dollars" and the farmer
would not get pay .for what he ship
ped abroad in depreciated silver,
for there would be no depreciated
silver. . The very day that silver was
' admitted to themlnts its Value
would go up to the mint value and
if the mints were opened in all the
countries in which they have been
closed silver would go up to its old
elative place; with ; gold. There
would be no occasion then' for dis
cussing the question of ratios nor
for . talking about "international
agreement1," for the ratio question
would be settled as it was previous
to 1873 by; tJie-action of each nation
for itself, j It might be 16 to 1 as in
the United States or 15 as in France,
each nation deciding for itself as to
the best ratio to adopt.
But they tell the' farmer that he
will be ruined because England buys
$200,000,000 annually of his export
able products; and pays for them in
gold or its equivalent, and that Eng-,
landi makes the prices, neither of
whicoHs ptrictly true. England does
not pay tor the agricultural products
which she buys from this country in
gold or its, equivalent, but in the
equivalent ! of the American money
with which the shipper buys the ex
portedproducts. "The farmer gets
silver or pper currency, never gold.
Speaking truthfully England does
not make the price, save when there
' is competition, when she buys from
the seller that she can buy from the
' cheapest If she cannot get for one
price, and she must have the article,
she will pay a higher price, but she
does as all other buyers do, she buys
at, the lowest price she can. If the
American farmer didn't have compe
tition from India, Russia and Argen
tina, England would becompelled to
pay much more for,, wheat, &c,
which she buys from the American
farmer i than she does how. Before-
that cox petition .came in
the Amreican shipper made the
price, the difference being that now
having other sources of supply the
English importer pays the American
shipper no more than he has to pay
- the competitors of American pro
ducersl In this sense only England
makes the price. As long as she has
other countries to draw from and
can get what she wants at the price
' she offers. so longshe may continue
to "make; the prices; but this is not
making prices; it is simply taking
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advantage of competition. '
As far as the American market is
concerned we make our own prices,
and the English or j other European
importer is not going to offer more
- for our products than the home mar
ket price, whether the production be
large or small, whether there be a
, surplus of not. , But if there were no
t surplus add England was compelled
' to import from this country then she
. would be compelled to pay the home
market price, whatever that might
be,; so that one of the causes which
contribute to enable the English or
other European importer' to make
the price, is the surplus in this coun
try which must be disposed of at
any price that the farmer can get.
We old and th"e history of prices
shows that they have fallen in this
and in other countries as the result
of the demonetization of silver.which
has increased the purchasing power
of gold; and we' hold further that if
silver were restored to the place it
held previous to 1873, silver would
j go up ana tar m proaucts would go
up with it. If wheat commanded
seventy-five cents or a dollar a
bushel with us, Europe would be
compelled to pay seventy-five cents
or a dollar a bushel for every bushel
of wheat bought from us, unless a
J at i ,
could be bought
countries for less.
from competing
'But the rest ,of thejwprld does not
yet produce enoughto supply all the
nations which have to Import, so
that no matter what the price might
be it would be necessary to buy some
from this country, and this will be
the case until the farming area of
other countries become so expanded
as to make Europe entirely indepen
dent of this country. i
But admitting that we sell Eng
land $200,000,000 worth of farm proj
ducts annually, that is a very insig
nificant part of the value of the
crops grown in this country which
are not exported, but are consumed
at home. We. ship only wheat and
other grain and meat, to make' up
the deficiency! in the countries' we
ship to, while we have at home
nearly 70,000,000 of people to be fed.
It is the feeding of these people
which forms the main part of our
daily internal commerce. . The value
of these home consumed products is
a mountain to a mole-hill compared
with the amount of food-stuffs sent
abroad, and yet the gold standard
people would adhere to the monetary
system which, they say, enables Eu
ropean brokers to fix the price of
American farm products. The logic
of this is, ifthere be any substance in
the foreign price fixing, that the
American farmer must sacrifice the
bulk of his products for the privilege
of selling his surplus to foreign buy
ers,, at the price which they may
name for "gold or its equivalent,"
which is simply unmitigated stupid
ity and. nonsense from a business
standpoint, j I .
What the American farmer needs
is the the, restoration of silver, which
will put home' prices up by making
money more abundant, and let this
little surplus take its chance.
UTJT0B MENTION.
Senator Hill, again, for the fourth
or fifth , time, labored hard Tuesday
to prevent the consideration of Sen
ator Peffee's bond sale investigating
resolution," and succeeded, as he did
n former occasions. If he happens
tb' be at his post every time this res
oilution comes up, and his wind holds
oit. he will doubtless succeed in
preventing its adoption, but we re
peat that while Senator Hill's inten
tions are doubtless good, he is in our
opinion making a serious mistake in
fiebtiner .that resolution so obsti
nately. Whether he does so as the
"friend of the administration "or not
he ha put : himself in that
position, and is looked upon
as one speaking, for the adminis
tration and the' mases of the
people cannot understand why there
should be such determined opposi
tion by a friend of the administra
tion. to this investigation if there be
nothing to conceal. ' Senator Hill
says the inspiring motive of the res
olqtion was to ''disseminate scandal"
for political purposes. That may be
true, but the refusal to investigate
may prove a cause of greater scan
dal than the investigation,., which if
fairly conducted would remove un
founded suspicions which enemies of
the administration have done all
they could to strengthen, as is shown
by speeches in the Senate and nota
bly by the one made by" Senator
Pettigrew,' to whom Senator Hill
yielded the floor, Tuesday. What
ever the motives of the promoters of
that resolution may be, it is better to
let it go through than to choke it off,
especially when the. choking is done
by a Democratic Senator supposed
to be speaking for the administra
tion, while the Republican Senators
sit around and play mum.
k " ...
The impression in Washington
seems to be. that .the President will
shortly make an important move in
the case of Cuba, and that the send
ing of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is simply a
preliminary to it. The following,
which we clip from the Washington
Star, is interesting: v ' j!
' Speculation concerning the probable
action of President Cleveland with' rela
tion to Cuba is being revived by the
'diplomatic circle' in Congrets. The ex
pectation is expressed by some members,
who are ; generally well informed, that
the President will make an important
move in j the matter. One member of
the House to-day, without disclosing the
grounds of his belief, but expressing
himself with a great deal of confidence,
predicted that within thirty-six days the
President would issue a proclamation
with relation to the Cuban insurgents
which would excite Spanish resentment
and endanger a hostile demonstration on
their put. ' He said further that he
feared this would excite such universal
interest as to distract attention fr6m
matters of domestic political interest
which are legitimate issues of the com
ing campaign. f "
"According to this gossip, Gen. Lee,
who succeeds Gen. Williams as our rep
resentative in Havana,' has general in
structions contemplating a course of
conduct j; which, while entirely proper
from the American point of view, may'
not be altogether satisfactory to Gen.
Weyler. : - : -
" It is not suggested that there is any
thing distinctly hostile to Spain in Gen.
Lee's formal or informal instructions,
but that a course of independence and
firmness is expected of him.; whicn,
under the peculiar condition of affairs,
may excite Gen. Weyler. f?
"The expectation is entertained, how
ever, that even in the absence of any di
rect irritation resulting -from the change
of method involved in the succession of
Gen. Lee, there will be decisive action
taken bj the President which will prob
ably not please the Spanish Govern
ment.
at
The
meeting of Northern settlers
which is now being held at Southern
Pines is an unusually large and a
fairly representative one, and will
doubtless have al good effect in
drawing more attention to this sec
tion and in making a favorable im
pression abroad. It is not Southern
men with" land to sell talking f,olbe
people of other sections or countries,
but Northern men who have made
their homes in' the; South, know
whereof they speak, and can have
no motive in making misrepresent
ations to Influence others to do as
they have done. The organization
klf an association embracing the
Southern States is a good Idea, pro
vided it be provided with funds to
distribute information and promptly
answer .such inquiries ? as may be
made, and furnish such printed" and
Athar matter ad mlcht he useful to
persons? making inquiry with a view
to settling in the South, or investing
money in Southern property or en-
terDriae. This may seem to some a
small matter, but . it is a very im
nortant matter: there would toe a
"I
eood'deal of it
to attend to. and it '
would cost some money to have it
well attended to. -
A story in real life comes from At
lantic City, N. J. A Mrs. Robinson
was airested for being drunk and the
city Recorder fined her three dollars,
in default of which she would have
to go J.Q jail. ! Her little boy land
girl were in the court room, and
when the sentence was pronounced
the little boy, turned to his sister and
said: "Come, sister, we must raise
that money or mam will go to jail.
"Walt, Mr. Judgeand we'll get it.
Thev visited the stores, told their
story and came back to court with
$2 in small change.; The little fel
low laid the money down, told: the
Recorder how he eot it. said it was
nil thev could raise. aa y added: "I
am not as big as main and can't' do
as much work, butTFjou'Jl let me
i a. - - l , ;
go to jail in her place I'll stay longer
and make it ud." The, Recorder,
touched by the child's devptionj re
mitted the fine and costs,; and the.
mother embraced heir boy and prom
ised to lead a better life There was
a littlo hero and the material for a
grand Wan.' -j ;. v !:";v :.' .
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The New York World, which has
been booming McKinley as the 'logi
cal Republican candidate, asked him
the other day if he'd be solid for the
present gold standard if elected, to
which Mr. Mckinley replied: "Give
comDliments to the World, but I
have nothing to say." Mr, MeKin
ley seems to be one of the gentle
men who is gifted with the faculty of
knowing when it is a good time to
lay low and say nothing.
Since the j developments made
through the cipher dispatches which
have come into the possession of the
Transvaal Government, showing the
complicity of Cecil Rhodes and the
colonial authorities in the Jameson
raid, the raiders are not looked upon
as such "heroes." If they had sue
ceeded, however, it might have beei
different.
Dr. Play fair, of London, who. ac
cording to hts patient, Mrs. Keelson,
-didn't play fair with her when he di
vulged professional secrets -which
were calculated to injure, her moral
character, has compromised the $60,
000 damages1 allowed her for $40,000
and costs. The jury estimated her
character to be worth $60,000i
There Is not so much danger of
this little earth of ours being over
crowded after all, for a German
mathematician has figured out that
if the whole human family stood to
gether as close as they could stand
a good bicycle rider could run around
them in four hours.
Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria,
thinks "Americans lack the charm
of ; personality and warmth of
character." jThe Archduke evidently
didn't strike this country about elec
tion time. If he did he might con
elude that we were not only warm
but red hot,
-The hegira to Europe will soon
begin. It in estimated, notwith
standing the hard times in this coun
try, that American tourists will this
year spend abroad $100,000,000 in
gold. Most of them believe in the
gold standard. I
A mad was thrown ! from a wagn
in Chambersburg, Pa., the other day
and had his neck broken but it
didn't kill him, and it may not asin
these days of marvellous surgical
achievements, they have succeeded
in splicing broken necks.
The Philadelphia Record remarks
that "the X Democratic rooster is
crowing over the golden yoked eggs
laid in Pennsylvania, and Michigan
But those.
golden -
yokedr" eggs
Continental.
will not hatch
worth a
The shortage in the Australian
wool clipj this year is - 60,000,000
pounds, which must be mainly made
up by shipments from this jcountry. j
It is estimated that our shipments
upments
this year
pounds. 1 '
will foot up 40,000,000
If the Hon. Thomas B. Reed
thinks he is in this thing, qrj has any
Serious intention of putting in an
appearance at St. Louis, it ;is time
he was showing up. .f
Death of Mrs. 8. B. McHillan. :
Mrs. Sarah Ellis McMillan died at her
residence in this city last evening after
a prolonged illness. She was a woman of
Christian character, prominent in church
work and forveaisbad been secretary
of the First Presbyterian church. She
was a daughter of the late Henry P. and
Lucretia Russell, and relict of the late
N. N. McMillan. She leaves one son,
Mr. Charles Ellis. The funeral will take
place this : afternoon at 5 o'clock from
the residence. No. 806 Princess street. -
'" or ovw iriftr Xti r ;' '
Mas. Vinslow's Soothino Syrup has
been used for over fifty year by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wina cone, and is the be, remedy
ior uiarrncea. it will relieve the poor
little luffdrer immediately.! Sold by
druggists in every part .Of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow s Soothieg Syrup,"
anaiaxe no otner Kind.
tnHTED 8TATE3 COURT.
Bering Term for th EMtem uismm oi
North Carolin Jad A.. B. Seymour
Freetdlag-Kret Pay rtna Term Ouea
' Disposed of Testerdev. ' r -5' 5 -The
United .States District Court,
lodge A.S. Seymour presiding, con
vened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
The grand jury was drawn and em
panelled as follows i ; -S. . , McNalr
(foreman), George , King, A. J. Hender
son. J. C. Wooten,. Henry C. 'Wright,
John Smith, Archy- L. Freeman. A.; h
Standford. J. M. Shipman, J. B. Evans,
tiumpnrey. rv. a. "'""
Orr, A. A. jxainan, .u t uimo. m.
Roberts. -. -'"'1-1 i -
Messrs. Brace Williams. R, G. Gradj
and Fred Harper, were sworn in as at
torneys. : " 'j.; '"C -'-iVr
The following cases were disposed of:
U. S. vs. H. M.. iBowden, nol pros.
with leave, i ;
U. S. vs. Win. B
Wright, illicit dls-
tiHirur. ordered of the docket.
U. S. vs. Patrick Stewart, alias capias.
U; S. vs. J. F. Britt, alias capias. . , j
U. S. vs. Dock Kinston, false pretence,
nol pros, with leave. I P
U.S. vs. George W. Yarboro, called
and failed, judgment nisi. -rf .
U. S. vs. Josiah Bryant, retailing with
out license, not gnilty. :X i
U. S. vs. S. D. McLane, retailing with
out license, called and failed; judgment
'nisi- h ; - - l;
U S. vs. Charles Smith, retailing
without license, called and failed, judg
ment 'nisi. , ' ! i ..-
U. S. vs. David Tew, illicit distilling
not guilty. "
5. vs. L. A. amitn. alias u. u.
.Hanby, passing counterfeit money, nol
nros
U. S. vs. J. A. Yuzzell. forfeited bond,
sci fa. . ' I :1 '
U. S. vs. James Hammand, forfeited
bond, sci fa. k f
U. S. vs. O. D. Hanby, forfeited bond,
sci fa. ,' 'i l ,': I : !
U. S. vs. Wm. E. Black, embezzlement
of money order funds, continued to
next term for tiial. j j
U. S. vs. J. Alex. Russell, concealing
spirits. Verdict, not guilty. I -i
U. S. vs. Eli Roper, selling liquor
without license. Verdict, guilty, i
U. S. vs. Dilcey Needon. selling liquor
without license. Verdict, not guilty.'
U. S. vs. Simon De Berry, selling
liquor without license. 'Verdictguilty
U. S. vs. Wm. Adams, selling liquor
without license. Verdict, not guilty. I .
U. S. vs.; Wiley Oaks,: selling liquor
without license. Verdict, guilty. I
U. S. vs. Archy Mallory, selling liquor
without license. Verdict, guilty. X
The Court at 6 p. m. took recess until
9.30 o'clock this morning.
In the U. S. Court yesterday the fol
lowing cases were disposed of: - f
U. S. ; va. D. A. McPhail, selling
liquors without i license. Defendant
entered a plea of nolo contendere, and the
plea was accepted. '. Judgment was sus
pended on payment of the costs. I ' ,
U. S. vs. Henry; Dixon, selling liquors
without license.' Continued for J the
Government. : ' ' ; .
U. S. vs. James Hammond, illicit dis
tilling. Verdict not guilty.
U. S. vs. Eddie Malloy, selling liquor
without license. Defendant called and
failded; capias issued and case continued.
U. S. vs. Jose Wynn, selling liquor
without license. Nol. pros. j ;H
U. S. vs. John Edwards, working at an
illicit distillery. Verdict guilty. ' i
U. S. vs. N. Hennegan, selling liquor
without licease. Verdict guilty.
U. S. vs.. Henry Edwards, selling
liquor without license. Verdict guilty,
U. S. vs. Alexander S mead, selling
liquor without license. Defendant called
aod failed; capias issued. ' ;
U. S. ' vs Thomas Lockhart, selling
liquor without license. Verdict guilty.
U. S. vs.Jno. Ej. Barden, illicit distill
ing. Defendant plead guilty to working
at a distillery. Judgment was suspended
U. S. vs R. McLamb, illicit distilling'
Nol. prossed with leave. , '; ' .
U.S. vs. H. B.1 Evans, illicit distilling.
Called and failed i .
U. S. vs. Isaac Williams, selling liquor
without license,
fendant.
Continued for the de-.
-U. S. vs. Janus McRae, selling liquor
without license
Veidict, guilty
U.S. vs. Peter
: Campbell, selling liquor
without license.
U.S. vs. Cary
Verdict, not guilty.
Strickland, illicit dis-
tilling. Verdict,1
uihy. - - '.
U. S. vs. T. McAldrige, illicit distil
ling. Continued for defendant. .
. U. S. vs. Evander Bar net t, breaking
into a postoffice. Nol pressed with
leave. : , . I . . . j;. V
U. S. vs. Drury Wattersi selling liquor
without licet s:. Continued on account
of sickness of defendant. . j
U. S. vs. Ahury Oxendine, sjlling
liqjor without license. Verdict not
guilty.. .' ' :. -'j :i
U. S. vs. Joe Clark, working in a still.
Defendant plead.guilty. v 1 i .
U. S. vs. Wm. Jones alias Wm. Jor-"
dan, illicit d stilling. Defendant plead
guilty. ' ,
U. S. vs. Dick Davis, selling liquor
without license. Verdict not guilty. . ;
U. S. vs. Peter Peacock, selling liquor
without license Verdict not guilty. .
U. S." vs. Ed. Moore, selling liquor
without license Verdict guilty. 1
S. vs. Stockton Lccklear, selling
liquor , without
license. Verdict not
guilty. . j
The Court at
till 9 30 o'clock
5.30 p. m. took a recess
this morning.
Death of VLt. Jas. A. Bordeaux, j - ''J
Mr. James Al Bordeaux, a well known 1
citizen of Pender, died yesterday at his
home in that county, aged 49 years, and
leaving a wife alnd several children. He
was an elder of Pike Presbyterian church
for many years,1 and was universallv res
pected and esteemed. He served in the
war of 1861 '65 in the Confederate army
and was at Ra'eigh at the close of the
war. i :; ! ; : i :
FAYETTEVI LLE'S MAYOR, j
Mr, W. B. Cook, Dsmoora, : Bo-eleeted
1 ; . for the Jttmxth. Tern, i
;;!-.'' . - . M : M :' : .
j 1 Special Star Telegram .;
Fayettkvilli, N. C , May 4; Mr.W.
S. Cook was to-day. elected Democratic
mayor of this city. Mr. Cook's nomina
tion was by acclamation, making the
fourth time that Mr. Cook has been the
mayor of this city by acclamation, i
-V . - Free PUls. j f;.
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& Co., Chicago, and get a tree sample
box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial will convince .you of their merits;
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proved invaluable. They are guaran
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table. They do not weaken bv their nr.
tion.but by giving tone to the stomach
aaa ooweis greatly Invigorate the sys-
ie oc per oox. aoia oy
R. R. Billamv, Druggist.
COTTirtt AFFAIRS. ; v
Koetlnc of Board :of CommlMloners Bi
poru-AJi Aiproa Toted to Ad
' TOItlM tba cmawsi
Th Rrd of Commissioners of Ne
Hanover county met jesterday in regi
laf monthly smion. Present Com mi;
sioners H. A. Bagg (cbairoan), B7G
Worth, B. S, Montford and J as. C Stej-
Venson." .- ; ' - -:: - ; ' ' . j
; Treasurer S. Van Amringe subm'tted
his report for the month of April, sbo -ing
balance on hand of $9,515 Y4.
Register of Deeds John Haar repor
ed 14 marriage licenses issued during
the month of April and the fees there
fore amounting to $13.80, turned over to
the county treasarer. ; :: ' .
Messrs. Walker Taylor. C E Bordin
audJas. H. Chadbourn. Jr., a commit
tee from the Chamber of Commerce,
appeared before the Board and urgfed
the importance of advertising the city
and county, and asked the Board to aid
the Chamber of Commerce by appro
priating the sum of 400 for advertjsr
Ing On motion, the Board made the
appropriation desired out of the general
fond. ' v :-f - 1 I -)
; , Application of F. B. Snoll for license
to retail liquors at Ocean View was (re
ceived and the chairman of the Board
was authorized to grant the license if
application was regular and in prober
A petition for a bridge across Smith's
creek near CoU Moore's brickyard was
nresented to the Board. On motion,
action was deferred until a future meet
ing of the Board.
THE
PRODUCE EXCHANGE
- on Qlftlo
land
Trad Ooncreaa Commit Me Appointea
to Coaaldsr the Matte of Grain Eleva
tor and Bbt porta Another Committee
to Confer With the Standard OU
Oom-
, pany Belative to Friees of Oils.
A called meeting of the Wilmington I
Produce Exchange was held yesterday
at noon. The President, Mr. Opcar
Pearsall, took the chair and announced
that the purpose of the meeting was to.
hear the report of the committee ap
pointed to attend the Grain and Trade
Congress at Charleston, S. C.
Mr. Jas. H. Chadoourn, Jr president
of the Chamber of Commerce, whd
present with other . members of
body, was invited to sit with the officials
of the Exchange.
Mr.-D. L. Gore, in behalf cf the torn
mittee .appointed to attend: the Grain
and Trade Congress in Charle iton,
S. C on the 29th and 80th nlt.r t lade
report, that with other delegates a : the
Congress Wilmington's representatives
were cordially received and hospitably
entertained. The object of the Con
gress, he said, was to devise waysrand
means by which the South and the West
can trade direct with each i other and
thus keep from paying tribute to Wall
street or middle men Eastern capital
ists. lathe conrse cf his remarks, al
luding to the exportation of grain; Mr.
Gore said, "that as Wilmington is
nearer St. Louis and many other points
of the central Northwest and West than
Charleston or Savannah, and wet have
twenty two and a half to twenty-jthree
feet of water on our bar, why not get up
a subscription to build j an elevator or
several elevators, on condition that the
railroads will give us as cheap rates from
the West as they give Newport fTewi.
Noifolk; Baltimore, and other Atlantic
or Gulf ports-and you can rest aspured
they will give ns the rates.
I think it would pay to encourage ex
porting and importing. Could we send
out cargoes of the agricultural products
of the South and West and bring back
cargoes of coffee, sugar, molasses teas.
silks, and in fact any kind of goods now
imported to this country, then we would
indeed be the. Queen of the South At
lantic cities. Let us be up and doing,
and learn that it is 'git up and git' that
wins." , 1 ' ; j-
The report was on motion received,
and the thanks of the meeting were re-.
tuin;d to the committee for the rn inner
in which they had discharged their du
ties. : i . ! j ;. i "
. Mr. J. C. Stevenson, of the Chamber
of Commerce, called attention to the
fact that higher prices were charged for
kerosene oil here than at variocs poi nls
which he named, and on his motion the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted : j y r j .
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to interview the manager
of the Standard Oil Company and rep
resent to him our grievance as to the
discrimination in price of kerosene oil
against our market and ask that we be
given as low a price as any ($her city on
the Atlantic coast. -i j . I - :
The cbair appointed as the committee
Messrs. J, C Stevenson. R. W. Hicks
and D. L. Gore. j '
On motion, Messrs. R. W. Hicks. D,
Gore and G. J. Boney were appointed a
committee to consider the matter of a
grain elevator being established hjsre.r
Professor Walter.
Prof, Walter, a
harmless crank who
so!d mockingbird whistles on the
streer
corners in Wilmington and gave nxhibi
tions of life-saving apparatus of bis own.
invention in the muddy waters of the
Cape Fear, several years ago, has ap
peared at Atlantic City, N.J., and asserts
that he died, was burled, that he visited
the heavenly realms and was ushered
into the mystic city and. has noir been
sent back tb this mundane spfc ere on
several missions,.oneof which is t bring
about the demonetization of gold and
1 tae downfall of what he terms the rob-
ber barons of Wall street, and at the
same time free and elevate the down
trodden workingman.
In support of his assertion that he
really did visit the regions abc ve the
clouds, Walter proudly exhibits to all
interviewets a telegram purporting to
have been sent from Heaven, and re
ceived ; at Washington, which issigned
"St. Peter, ana which orders him to
proceed at once to Atlantic City and su
pierintend the erection of the new steel
beach walk th . ; r
. John Clements, of Atlantic
City,
body
swears that he saw the Professor's
lowered into the grave and took
charge
of bis simple effects
rites were over.
after the
Ifuneral
A New York paper prints a cut of the
Professor and gives a : long account of
his pretentions; the main facts ofj
which
are stated aoove.
Deafness Cannot be Curbd.
by local applications, as they (cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to care deafness
and that is by constitutional . remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamjed con
dition, of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this lubi is in
flamed yoa- have a rumbling sound or
impet feet hearing, and when li is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the resblt, and
nnless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an ifinamed
conditiou of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any cast of Deafness (caused bv Catarrh)
that cannot be cared by Hall's Catarrh
Core. . Send for circulars; free.
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RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
NORTHERN 8ETTLERSV CONVENTION
AT SOUTHERN PiNES.
FwpufttJona fo Xiire K amber of Vtt
f ton mad Daiatet Oov. ' Cat nd
Other HMte OAoara WU1 Attend
Wak Conntr Beoablioan Conventton
:;f::A Diegraoeful AffU Bouell nd
UBojd Said to Havo JBd n Agree
ment. Special Star Correspondence. .
-Ralkigh, N.C May 4.
' Raleigh will be well represented at the
Settlers' Convention which meets at
Southern Pines to-morrow. The Cham -
hr of r.ommerce has sent several copies
of the handbook of the city of Raleigh
to Southern Pines and these will re ais
tnbuted among the people from the
North and West. The Seaboard baa
made unusual preparations for the hand-;
ling of a large crowd. ' Gov. Carr leaves
this afternoon." He will be the guest of
Dr. McNeil, of Pine Bluff. Treasurer
Worth and other State officers wJl leave
this afternoon. --'r"'A
Mrs. R.B Raney, who was a daugh
ter of Hon. Pulaski Cowper, is in a dy
ing condition, and is not expected to
live through the day. ' ;
About $1,500 s paid out in Federal
pensions in Wake county every quarter.
, - The county convention Saturday was
pne of the most disgraceful affairs ever
witnessed in this section. Such scenes
will bring about' a united Democracy it
nothing else will.JsThe. Uockery people
seemed to nave tne aeiegates, oui me
Russellites had the head-work in their
leaders. If the Dockery people had had
a Loge Harris or a Jim Young they
would have won. The Rutssll delega
tion will likely be seated. - 4
. A prominent gentleman told me to
day that "tsome agreement had been
reached bet'weea Judge Russell and Col.
J. E Boyd and that if it came to a pinch
Russell would get Boyd's support. If
this is true yon bad better watch your'
Uncle Daniel L. Boyd stands a Splen
did chance himself, so astute politicians
say
The matter of Doles or no ooles. which
shook the State last bp: ing from the
doors of the Executive Mansion to the
remotest hamlet of the Commonwealth,
came up' in the Superior Court Satur
day. The titles of the case is
"State in the relation of the Board (of
Public Improvements vs. the Telephone
Company. The ; case grew from the
rumpus which resulted last Spring in a
tri-cornered argument between the Gov-,
ernor, tbe Mayor and the Telephone
Company as to whether the latter could
legally place poles on the sidewalks in
front of the Executive mansion. The
case was argued - bv Shepherd . and
Busbee for the plaintiff, and H olden
and Vass for the defendant. Jndge
Mcl ver reserved his decision. -Some
ten of the leading Baptists of
the city will attend -the convention
which convenes in Chattanooga, this
week.
Lightning struck the barn of J. G.
Lansston.this county, Saturday, tearing
part of it away and setting .the other
ifire. Two horses acd a yoke of oxen
were in the stables and they, were taken
out with much difficulty. t ;
Mr. Bauer, the Raleigh architect, who
was injured at Durham Saturday,! is
resting easy to day. Mr. Bauer was
thrown 60 feet by the force of the col
lision. : . .. t: , li. 'j..-':.-'
Raleigh, N, C. May 5.
The Grand Council, Royal Arcanum,
meets here to-morrow in its seventh
annual session. Mr. H. C Dockery is
Grand Regent. ; An attendance of sixty
five is expected. Mr. W. A: Rolson, of
Boston, the Supreme Secretary, will be
here to assist in installing the officers
The sum of $35,030,000 has been paid
out in death policies since J1878 in this
order. :-. ;.'; '
J
There were twenty-eight deaths in the
city last month. The health officer; re
ports eighty-four cases of measles.' a
great decrease in the number over pre
vious months.;!; ' i v I
The Atlantic Hotel at Morehead will
open the season May 15th. The N. C.
State Dental Association meets there
June 17, 18 and 19. j
This morning an extra car was 1 at
tached to the Vestibule to carry Ra
leigh's delegation to Southern Pines.
The number of Northern visitors Was
not as large as was expected.
A leading Populist tells me that fusion
is impossible with Russell as the nominee
of the party. "If the Republicans con
cede us every office in the. State except
the GoVernor, with. Russell as ' the
nominee) then we would spurn their
proposition," said he. The Populists do
not like Russell's recent utterances in
Raleigh. They say that he gets too
close to the negro in ; trying to make
amends for errors of the past. j
State Senator Mewborne defines his
positioa in the Progressive Farmer this
week. Ii has been supp3sed all along
thatSenator Mewborne was for fusion,
regardless, and that be was "agin" Sen
ator Butler. He almost says as much in
his letter. Mr. Mewborhe strongly fa
vors fusion in his letter. He says that
be will vote with the People's party for
all national officers if it remains un
contaminated with the North Carolina
Democracy. He says furthermore that
lusion f is as good now as it was two
years ago, and he would have offered to
Republicans in this State every State
office for their vote for these principles
if nothing short of that could have in
duced them to have voted our electoral
ticket. ..-v '. " -
The A. and M. College battalion win
give public drills every Friday afternoon
in the future. Col. Barnes has made ap
plication to the War Department for
blank cartridges, which will be used by
the cadets in fighting imaginary foes in
sham battle. j
Jim Young says the situation can be
summed up as follows: The nomina
tion of "Russell means, fusion and the
domination of Dockery means that lu
sion is forever a thing of the past.
Special Star Telegram,
The Examining Board of the State
Pharmaceutical Association had nine
applicants to apply forjicenag to-day. ;
A Prominent Colored Democrat. f
One of the lay delegates to the Gen
eral Conference of the A. M. E. Church
is C. H. J. Taylor, Recorder cf Deeds of
the District of Columbia, who holds his
office under appointment of President
Cleveland. He is a man of strong per
sonality and vigorous intellect, a fluent
speaker, and enjoys the; distinction of
being the only negro ever elected to a
Democratic national convention in
1888. He was appointed Minister to
Liberia by President Cleveland during
the latter's first term,1 and held! the
office until Harrison was elected. ! He
organized the Negro National Demo
cratic League of the United States and
is now president of tbe League.
BOOK JIOTICES.
The May numbers of La Mode de
Paris and ; Paris Album of Fashion
are superb numbers, containing the cus
tomary nine, colored figures, with! the
usual number of plain figuresf showing
the styles of dress for the season,; In
adJitition to these are patterns, designs
with instrurtions which the dressmaker
finds so useful and valuable. V Published
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RALEIGH HAPPENINGS.
INVITATION TO THE
wH filNQTON'S
. irnkl DAP I IM LiUnTbl1Ji-'2' ''I
.nnm-EoKlneer ! Johnson
lo-
rention-Cold ln frr-Go
orr-PolMol OosslP-A Bult Agslnet
. Special Star Lorresponaencc. .
Ralxigh, NiC, May 8.
The Biblical RecorderMn .this week's
issue, tells all North Caro intans to wo
wii.nomn at Chattanooga in her
invitation to tbe convention to meet , in
tbe city on the Cape Fear. The yfc
cordtr says: "It has been long since a
city'offered the convention such a whole
souled in viutlbn. A,id North Carolina,
from the seashore to the mountains,
joins proudly in the invitation. It will dp
the convention good to meet within our
borders, and it will do our State good.
One of tbe greatest Baptist States in the
world, it is really surprising that we have
let pass a quarter of a century and more
without having the greatest; Baptist
body in the world to meet with us." J
Engineer Johns on, of the S. A. L, has
iust returned from Washington, where
he took out patent on an automatic
pneumatic switch arrangement, which
will return a switch on a siding to its ori
ginal position in case tbd switchman fails
to make the change, as is very often the
case. The invention occurred to Mf.
Tohnson several montna ago. ne wasai
Manly wnen engineer v
badly sca'ded by a switch
and then ne began to
for such an emergency
teer engineer's lives. 1
been verv highly complimented by en
oineers cenerallv. -.'I '.' 1 1 .
Mrs. P. F.iFaisoa was to day paid $.
000 by the Royal Arcanum, being insur
ance on her late husband's life. I
AH the o'd-timers say that the CDld
spell in May never faili to put In an ap
pearance. They anticipate cold weather
which will be injurious to the fruit crops.
Governor Carr and Mr. T. K. Bruner
returned from Southern Pines last
night. Mr. Bruner says tbe convention
was a splendid success and that it is
bound to be productive of large and
beneficial results. U
The sheriff of Watauga county brought
five convicts' here to-djy and all of them
are for over ten-year terms. . I
Miss Hattie Dulon, Who was recently
injured by! a horse running into the
trestle work of the Southern Railway on
South street, will sue the city for dam
ages. Miss Dillon is from Goldsbora
and she has never recovered from-the
injuries she sustained '
Mr. Claude Dockery arrived here to
days. He says Granville, Watauga, Ashe
and Harnett went for CoUDockery yes
terday. " ' i .!; . - ; - . ..: -
Loge Harris has called a meeting, at
which Republicans Will speak, on May
8th. The meeting ji4 called to rebuke
bolters and traitors, so Mr. Harris' cir
cular says. The Dotkery people con
sider it something of b ioke. since Loge
went so far in 1894 4a to repudiate tbe
Republican ticket -and! vote for Weaver,
the Populist candidate for President. II
The Grau Comic Opera Company has
made a date with Manager- Meares to
appear at the Academy Music on May
18th. . : j. I HI. . i .; I-1
Tbe Caucasian this week that the
action of tbe -Executive Committee in
declining to fuse wth the Republicans
except on a silver basis will be endorsed.
The Caucasian condemns the Republi
can County Conveation more severely
than the Democratic Pipers did.
Special Star elegrdm
Logue Harris .and Jim Young give out
the following statement of the strength
of the Republican Gubernatorial candi
dates : Rossell, eighty-three;; Dockery.
fifty-nine; Boyd, sixteen; Moody, sixteen;
Lnsk, six; uoicstructed, sixteen; to be
elected, fourteen; contested, thirty. None
of the contested counties are given to
any of the candidates. Logue says it
would take tbe combined strength of
the oppositipn to seat I ant r-Russell con
testants, which be says is not to be con
sidered. - He says Rusiell will be nom
inated easily on the first ballot.
The Grand Council I Rojal Aicanum
will meet in Wilmington next year. The
officers will be elected, to morrow morn-
l- ij .-I ! --. I - ':. '
, Baptist convention.
Delsgatea Arriving sJ chatunooge from
; .... All Prta of iko World. - .
By Telegraph to th : Morning Star.
Chattanooga,! T inn. May 6. The
advance guard of the Southern Baptist
Convention arrived ia this city this
morning, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
the Southern Baptist Editorial Associa
tion, an auxiliary body to the Conven
tion, convened at j the First Baptist
Church, which will be headquarters dur
ing the week. Dr. jj. B. Cranfield,! of
Waco, Texas, president of the Associa
tion, is presiding officer. The session
will be devoted in the main to reading
of the fourth estate; I ? j -ik
. i ne eouors wiu oe inn jenceain de
termining the date and time of the next
meeting place altogether by tbe action
of the big Convention, bl which it holds
the relation of a feeder, its attendants
being for the most part delegates to the
latter. Baptists from all parts of the
world will be present. Rev. W. ;H.
Shearman, editor of ihe Baptist Sentinel,
in The Dalles.' Oregon, j and E. A.
Bostick. missionary to Souchow, China,
are among the early, comers. During
the day the general officers of the Con
vention, as well as I the officers of the
Home and Foreign Mission: boards, with
headquarters at Richmond and Atlanta
respectively, and the- Sunday School
Board, are expected to arrive. Jonathan
Haralson. Associate Justice on the Su
preme Bench of Alabama is president
of the Convention. Rev. C; A. Stakeley,
of Washington, D. C., will deliver the
opening sermon Friday mornings
THE TRUCK MARKET.
Sow York Prioea 'For Southern Fruits end
! Vegetables.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j j "
New York,: May 6. Strawberries.
North Carolina.quart 6 to lSc,do,NorfOlk,
do. 8 to 12c, beets. Florida, crate, 1.25 to
1.50; do, Florida and, Charleston; 100
bunches,. 4 00 to 8.00; cucumbers. Flor
ida, crate, 1.60 to 8 60; cabbages, Florida,
crate. 1.00 to 1.75;! do, Savannah, do
1 50 to 2 00; do. Charleston, do, 1.75 to
2.50; do. North Carolina, do, 1.50 to 1.75;
do, Norfolk, do. l.Sfr to 1.75; egg plant.
Florida. boxJ 1 50 to 8 00;. kale, Balti
more, barrel, 1.00; lettuce, Charleston,
basket, 60 to 1.00; do, Norfolk, do, 50 to
75c; peas,i North Carolina. 75c to 1.60;
do. do, box, 1.00 to 1 75; do, Charleston,
basket, 60c to 1.50;; do. Savannah, do, 25
to 50c; radishes, Norfolk, barrel, 75c to
1.50; string beans. Savannah, basket,
2.50 to 8.00; do, Florida, crate, 75c to
2.25; spinach. Baltimore, barrel, 1.75 to
2.25; squash, Florida, crate, -1.00; f do.
do, basket, 1.00. tomatoes. Florida, car
riers, 100 to 2.00; potatoes. Florida
s.ou to o.ov;
5.50.
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THE CIVIL SERVICE.
ITS PROVISIONS EXTE NDED TO 30,000
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES,
Iaolojdlna the Custom House Beivice, Reve-
. una QutterrJ Inurnal Bsventie BerTioe
and Other Departments. 1 T
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1
Washington, May 6. The President
by x his signature to-day extended , the
provisions of jthe. Civil Service law to 30,.
000 Government emp'oyes? increasiog
tfie number of positionsn'the' classified
list from 55,736 to85,l354 and with a few
exceptions between the extremes of olE- '
ciala whose, confirmation' by the Senate "
is constitutionally requisite, rdown to
mere laborers and workmen. Govern
mental appointments are withdrawn as
far as possible from political icflaeoce
and protected in their tenure of office by
the merit system. The President's sig
nature at 11 o'clock this morning, can
celling all former, orders issued and sub
stituting the new rules, was immediately
bled in the State Department and. went
intofoice at once, thus forestalling any
positive action throughout the countty
by appointing officials or transferring
employes, or in any other, way evading
the rules before being formally notified
of tbem. From the moment of its signa
turetbe new order made all Government
officials directly responsible to the com
mission for; appointments and changes.
To-day's revision of the, rules divides
the executive civil service into five
.branches asfolfows: J' .
The Departmental ' se vice, the Cus
tom Hous service.ihe" Postoffice ser
vice, the t-overnroent Pxinting service
and the Internal Revenue service.
In the Deoartmeatal service are classi
fied all officers and employes (except
laborers and j persons fho have been
nominated j for confirmation) in the
several executive departments, the rail
way mail service, Indian service, pet.-'
sion agencies, steamboat inspection
service, marine hospital service, mini:
and assay , officers, revenue cutter ser
vice, sub treasuries and engineer de
partments, and the forces employed bv
custodians of public buildings. Tbe
only exception made in the Treasury
Department is in favor of these in tbe
life-saving service.
In the Custom House service are classi
fied all officers and employes id any'
customs district whose employes num
ber as many as five, j .
In - the Postoffice Department- are
cUus-fied all officers and employes m
anv iree delivery postoffice.
In the Internal Revenue service, are
classified all officers and employes in
every internal revenue, district, except,
of course, as in the other cases, mere la
borers.; j- ' s 1 !
The number of classified places ex-;
erupted from execution have been re
duced vfrom 8.099 to 775, which 'are
mainly positions of cashiers in tbe Cus
toms, Postal and Internal Revenue ser-;
vices. Indiana employed in minor ca
pacities in the Indian service are neces-;
sarily put in the excepted list. Almost ,
all of the positions Jn Washington which
have heretofore been excepted have been
included in the Competitive list. The'
only classified positions in Washington ;
which will be excepted from execution.
under the tew rules will be private sec
retaries or confidential clerks (not ex
ceeding two) to the President. and to the
head of each of the eight executive de
partments.
A GREAT ViCTORY
Won br the Cuban Xniuraenti-Spi nil
Iioar 200 Killed, and'. 300 Wounded
The Btioy SttiovHii Stt In.
; Br Cable to the Morning Star. ' j
Havana, May 8. Details iof the Car
carapiara fjght have been received and
show that the Cubans have won a great
victory and were not defeated as tbe
Spanish official report stated. Maceof
was not present The insurgents num
bered 2,000. under Delgado and Socarras
and occupied a strong, fortified position
Tbeir position was attacked by tb
Spaniards! under Gen. In clan, whoweri
repulsed completely. Finally the insuc
gents charged and drove the Spaniards
the latter retreating to Baria Hondri
and being continually harassed. Tb
Spanish loss was about 200 killed ant
500 wounded. The Insurgent losslwa:
slight,- owing to the protection of th
failis. Gen. Bernall has been recsalec
and it is said will be court-martialed '
failing to arrive in time to aid Gen. j I
clan.:.; .j "! :il
Fire at Punta Brava waave'ry destract
We. The entire town was burned. Tb :
glare was j seen in Havana and causet
great excitement r Two- forts surreo
deredto the insurgents. The Spamsl
commander has been arrested by" Weyh
ler's order and it is said will be coutj
martialed and shot' ; ?
Dr. Albert J. Diaz, Baptist missipnr
ary recently released from a Havari 1
orlion. nrrarhrrt in Atlanta last nigb'-
He told of the atrocities perpetratedbf
the Spanish troops and declared that
th natrlftta will nanar oivf Alt) ' UntS
they have
:. r. - ----- vt
the island's indri
secured
pendence.
9
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