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ANOTHER ORGAN TRIES .WO0L-
: ) PULLING. !
We remarked a few days ago that
when Secretary ; Carlisle .maae nis
speech to the workingmen of Chi
cago he furnished the material for
large amounts of rot which the gold
staaJard papers have been' dumping
upon their readers ; ever since. - We
have reproduced several ) extracts
from the editorial columns of leading
gold papers to illustrate I this and.
show how they, (taking- their cue
I; arid inspiration from, that speech,)
are playing' the "sound j money"
racket on the " wage-earners and the
farmers. Here is another.' speci
men clipped from the Louisville
Courier-Journal,
which is a sort of
mouthpiece
and one of
of
Secretary Carlisle,
few papers in this
the
country which entertain the. belief
that Mr. 'Carlisle can be .elected to.
the Presidency.' Under the caption
'of "Free Silver and the Farmers" it
sjys: f , ; ,'. , ..( .' j.
-: the adwocales ?of the tree, fualimited
and independent coinage of silver at 16
to 1 tnay be classified mto three groups:
, 1. Those who honestly believe -that
free coinage of silver would be benefit
to the people; 1- . :r
Tne silver , miners and those inter
ested ii the producaon of.silver as a
commodity; i j; I
tn.3. Politicians who recognize in their
ocaIitie3 a free1 silver sentiment' and
setlt ha secure and hoi office by cater
ing to It. - .!. - . , :- - j ' ;- . ; .
Jt isf pot our purpose. here to refer to
b't ode class, the.fitst, or rather one ele
ment of that class, the farmers. ;
There 13 no doubt that the great ma
jority of the advocates of free, silver
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are amonz uic lattiicn. - vv iiuuut tucu i
snppoct tne. movement for free - silvtr
would be too insignificant to make itself
felt, v , j . ; f
It is not worth while now to .inquire
into the cause of the hold which this
fallacy, like so many others, has among
the agriculturists.. We merely wish't
insist that the curse ot unsound money
would fall upon the farmers with as
heavy a bhgbt as upon; any other class.
He is jjst as much interested in having
the best currency as the oa'nker.ihe mer
chant, the -manufacturer and the daily,
wape-workeri --i' ..
Some ot the delusions which have
found lodgment with the farmsrs are
that' freecoinage of silver would increase
the amount of money in the . countr y,
wh;ei it would make so plentiful that
everybody could get it in abundance;'
that it would especially benefit tbe farnr
ei's at toe expense of the banks and tbe
cepitalists; -that, it would double the
prices of everything the farmer has to
sell." -.. J -
. These are all grievous errors. Free
coinage of silver, i in addition to plung
ing the country into panic' and disasier
from which farmers and all .class would
suffer as they never have suffered
in this country, would drive out ot
circa'.ation one third of our money"
and put the remainder upon a fluctuat
ing basis "from which no man to-day
would know what to, expect to morrow.
Moreover, the farmer would be a par
ticularly helpless! victim of .such a sys-
ictn, lor ne would sen most ot his pro
Vdacts ar. prices fixed in gold standard
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vuuuuics, wane ac wuu:u ouy-.-iis-flup-ph'es
at prices under the silver standard
which would : prevail in this country.
t his would mean not only that he would
have ta sell -more cheaply than he could
buyout that he Would afford tne foreign
purchaser or his products a margin for.a
handsome prjogt at his expense by pay
ment insilver; ' j i1
f It is not! true that the bankers and
tne, business me are any' more inter
ested ia a sound mnnew cnrrnr than
the farmers or that free coinage Oould
benefit the meh;of the country at the
" expense of the men of the cities?.-- But
even if this wtre true, the farmers could
not expect jtd prosper by ruining the
great cpm.-nerdal and industrial classes,
lor all classes are dependent upon each
- otherr-and the -farming class could not
strike itself a severer blow than to strike
; the commercial classes such a blow as
the silver farmers siy they could strike
through free coinage M .
. The subdivision! embraced in the
-paragraphs as numbered in the
extract are apout as lair as
could be expected from a eold stand
ard paper, but the same divisions, bv
eltminating the'word "siiver," would
appTy quite as peijtineotly and with
.Vlte as much force to the tariff or
t0 any other question in which' the
People as a whole are InterWerl. and
: by substituting the word "gold" for
-.wpuia aoDiv witti Quite as
much force to those -who insist upon
le maintenance of the gold stand
! lsU Are those who havs henVfl n
cated totelieve and do honestA be
lieve thf . u: J u ' j i
is a
aid
Sood thing for the counVrv.
- 1 2drThe bond maniDulators. and
, money syndicates who areJnterested
w lending moneyed in keeping th
. ""'"uieot thecdrrency down.
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d. The politicians who live .in
States or sectieiw where the gold
standard sentiment prevails and ex
pect to get into position .or to retain
position by pandering to that senti
ment. ' . I
But the Courier-Journal 'talks to a
constituency which is largely com
posed of farmers, and -therefore it
addresses its remarks especially; to
them, on the assumption that they
are- being fooled by somebody add
do not know exactly what they want
or why they favor the free coinage
of silver. There are two assump
tions in this; one that the farmers
favor the free coinage of silver
blindly and senselessly, and second,
Jhat the free coinage of jsilver would
debase oar Currency (by unduly ex
panding it) and contradictory as it is,
contract it at tbe same time. The
Courier-Journal, however, is more
moderate than some of the New
York gold standard papers, which
assert that the free coinage of silver
(catching the idea from Secretary
Carlisle) would contract our circula
tion one-half, while it contents itself
with a contraction of one
They see panics and all sorts of
financial upheavals (merecreations
of their own dtsorderedfancies) and
so does the Couriersjournal. t j
But who is ipcreat'e these panics?
The sameyQien who, "to teach the
sll vet people a lesson," called in their
! S m mm. . . 1 .!- M,
money ana precipitated tne panic ot
1593, when they were plotting
to I
force the repeal of the Sherman act?
They went further than they in
tended, precipitated the panic and a
good many of "their . own houses
came down in the crash. The coun
try suffered, but they suffered, too,
and will not be likely to make any
more experiments of that kind. If
the free coinage of silver lead to any
financial disturbance it will be the
men of money who will make the, dis
turbance and they . will hardly j at
tempt such a costly business ' after
free coinage becomes an established
fact.: '-'"!.;' , '! -!
But will the free ,c jtnage :of silver
drive gold out of the country and
contractbe currency? That's what
the opponents of the Bland bill
slid,' and so said also the opponents
of the Bland-AllisDn bill, but j the
coinage oL silver went on and ac
cording to the statements of gold
men we have more money than we
ever had, more gold and more silver.
They are now making it a boast that
ovet $500,000,000 of silver have
been added to - the currency since
then; but there has been no panic
in consequence of that. The big
banks have ostracized j silver, it is
.true, but it is here to stay and more
has . been .added to the volume an
nually, and Mr. Catlisle is now hav-
ng it coined at the rate of $1,500,-
000 a month. If gold goes out
where will the contraction be? With
free coinage will not sliver be con
stantly added to the volume in cir-
qutation to supply the demand
caused,. by th e contraction, and
for every gold dollar' that disap
pears will there not , be a silver
dollar to take its place? How, can
therebe continupus free coinage
Wlthoutarlding to the volume of the
jcurrency asast or taster than tne
gold would disappear? ! "
But gold will notdisappear any
more under free coinage thn it did
under the Bland-Allison act or under
the Sherman act. That is simpl
scare-crow, which doesn't scare worth
a cent. Our pplnion is that the sen-,
sible farmer who remembers how he
fared before silver . was demonetized
and knows from patjif ul experience
how he has fared since,, and is faring.
now, would De anxious to make tne
experiment and take the chances, for
he certainly cannot be worsted much
even if the experiment panned out as
the gold standard ; oracles declare it
will.-.- '.'-(-! "
THE OUTCOME AT RALEIGH.
Contrary to the expectations of
many, the Russell pole, after i very
hard laboring, knocked the persim
mon at Raleigh. In- view of the
bard fight made, and of the very
strong and determind opposition to
his nomination, this is a victory, al
though won by a scratch, on which
the Judge is entitled to the coagrat-
ulation of his friends, and those; of
the "savages" who supported him,
but the Democratic party is also en
titled to congratulation, fdr , if it had
the selection of the candidates it
would doubtless have picked out
Judge Russell as the easiest man of
the lot to beat. ;
We do not mean to say by this
that he has no strength, for he' will
command the votes of that element
of the party which is partisan
enough to vote for the nom
inee of .the party regardless
of : .' who, or what ' he (may
be, or what his record may be.
These wilt vote ' for - Russell, but
there are a great many, both white
and black, who will not, and this .is
especially so of the self-respecting
colored voters. Either D ockery or;
Boyd would have been a much
stronger nomination, for ' neither
would be confronted by the antago
nisms that confront Russell, neither
would have found it necessary to
make repeated professions of friend
ship to the negro to offset the effect
of repeated snubs of their race, and
both are personally more popular
and better campaigners than the
nominee. - 1 . i i
In our opinion the Convention
blundered in not nominating Boyd,
who was far the strongest man, nd
Boyd's friends blundered and threw
away the nomination when they be
gan to play for Russell votes and
thus made the Dbckery managers
mad, when it was to Boyd's interest
to stand in with Dockery and keep
up the fight, which Boyd's: friends
could have done indefinitely if .they
hadn't begun to dicker so soon with
the Russell clan. We take it that as
a result of the dicker Jim Boyd :was
elected as a deiegate-at-large to St.
Louis, where he can put in some good
work for Jim in the event of the
election of the Republican candidate
for the Presidency. I , 1 4 i ,
Judge Russell Isanticlpating fu
sion and Populist support, j The ac
tion of theconventlon in endorsing
f uslonon the lines drawn by the Re
publicans, and the'action'of the self
constituted committee of Populists
favoring such fusion, may possibly
result in a partial fasion on the
basis of division of minor offices, but
in that event we think the Demo
cratic party will get about as j many
Populist votes as the Republicans, if
not more. ''' j
This is about the situation as it
presents itself now, and it is one
with which the Democratic party has
no particular reason to find,
but, on, the contrary, it has
faultt
every
reason, to feel . elated : over
come at Raleigh. '
the out-
MINOR MENTION
The determined opposition that
the gold men of the East are mak
ing to the nomination of 'McKinley
on account of his studied silence on
the standard question, seems to be
disturbing his friends somewhat, and
consequently several of them ave
gone East within the past week or
so to assure the gold men that Mc
Kinley is "soqnd" orn that question,
and that they have nothing; to fear
from his election. At the same time
friends of McKinley are assuring the
silver men that they have nothing to
fear from the election of the' Ohio
man, who, they say, will not veto a
free silver bill if passed.. This ap
pears to be putting Mr. McKinley in
directly antagonistic positions, .but
we think they are both right and that
neither the gold men nor the silver
never have j anything to fear from
the election of . McKinley. The
platform at St. Louis will undoubt
edly be a straddle, which will let Mc
Kinley do some straddling. He is
individually in favor of; the gold
standard, although by his speeches
in Congress he is committed to the
double standard. If the Republi
cans have
a majority in the next
House of Representatives there will
be Httle probability of any legislation
unfavorable to gold, fcojthat the
chances are ten to one that the next
President will not be called upon tq
pass upon any bill affecting the gold
standard. Taking this view" of it
the gold men have nothing to fear.
But if there should be a majority in
favor of silver and this majority be
composed of Republicans (which is
not likely)! and they passed a silver
bill he might sign it, so that the sil
ver men would not have anything to
. r . i
fear from jhim, under,, these qondi
Itions. The gold men aire much more
interested in making their fight to
hold Congress than they are iff try
ing to force McKinley to pronounce
forjgold, by which he would stultify
and weaken
himself be
ore tbe
people.
Caotain General Weyler hhas been
fulminating some more proclama
. , - - -
lions. In the last he substantially
declares war against the farmers and
peasantry, whose corn ahd other
grain ; he practically confiscates by
6rderinsr them to haul it to the
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towns and turn it over to the repre
sentatives of Spanish authority who
will allow the current prices for
what thev want and store the re
mainder on account of the owners
which means that the owners will;
never hear of it any more. The ob-
jeer of this is to get the grain locked
up and as! far as possible out of the
reach of the insurgent armies, with
whom the' farmers are in sympathy
and have been supplying with food,
the insurgents paying for',! itrfwhen
they had; the means wherewith to
pay. ' Finding that he cannot keep
the insurgents on the other side of
his perforated trocha he Is1 now try
ing to cut down their rations by re
moving he . grain supplies beyond
their, reach. This is really j harder
on tbe farmers than it is on the in
surgent armies, for when they need
any of these supplies they will do as
they have been doing, attack the:
towns and take' them. As a fighter!
against the farmers and peasantry
Weyler is much more of a success
than as a fighter against armed meni
. (Hon. Mr. Gladstone . reads Ihe
piles of letters that are sent him by
proxy. - His secretary hasthe first
whack at them, and turns over those
that he thinks wilt interest the old
gentleman to him.
RUSSELL'S DOMINATION.
LEADING REPUBLICANS 8AY IT WAS A
FATAL MISTAKE. ,
Tne Wekeat Man the Bepnblioins Could
I Pot Up Dookery Bay! It Wm Hoi
Honeatly Obtained Tbe Pltforaf
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Adopted by the Convention, j
Special Star Correspondence 7
i Ralkigh. N. C May 16.1?
Judge Russell, ! though the' nominee
of the Republican party, is far from an
election. , Never was there such aa open
revalt. aeainst a candidate. Leading
Republicans say that a fatal mistake was
made and they do not conceal their re
marks. A storm; is brewing which is
likely to vent its force at any minute. -
Col. O. H. Dockery was looking bright
for a defeated candidate this morning
He was asked by your correspondent to
give his views on Judge RussellVnomi-
nation, "I ; am afraid - for my
party, because the result will
be very damaging. Russell's nomination
was not obtained honestly, for the votes
of twopountles were recorded when they
were not represented. I am not ashamed
of my "campaign and my every act has
been open." When asked whether he
would support Judge Russsll, Col. Doc
kery would not j state. Col. Dockery
thinks Senator Pritchard cssd his influ
ence to defeat him. 7;'
Spencer BJactman siid : "Russell is
the weakest man we could have put up.
Gu.hrie will- catch many Republican
votes. Men trom my section were in
structed for Dockery and they voted for
Russell. Their railroad fare wa3 paidb
Russell." i - , :
Blackburn said he was not on the
ticket and he wouldn't be. "I am a Re
publican" said hej. ; M :
John Williamson says he ts coingto
vote for Guthrie and that Rdssell will be
beaten by 50,000 votes.
ut. Mott was asked about Kussell s
nomination, and he said: It is none ot
my funeral." ;
The nominations lor Auditor resulted
in the selection ot Kut rienaerson as
the candidate.
R. M. Douglass, of Greensboro, was
chosen as the nominee for Associate
Judge. - -I ; -'
oaries a. coos wunarew irom tne
race. .
The Dockery people attribute the de
feat of their candidate to the silent work
of Senator Pritchard. They say he got
in his stilleto work
The truth is. Bovd was almost master
of the situation. ! He saw that by equal
izing, the Dockery and Russell dele
gates he would r hold the balance of
power.. He took a desperate chance ana
threw bis strength to Russell, seating all
the latter's contesting delegates. It
was a fatal mistake. Russell got the
advantage by having a bare majority
over Dockery and by some shrewd
work his managers won tbe day.
Russell had the managers and man
ipulators. Djckery had tool' mmy
shouters who did not know how to
think and scheme.
s Special Star Telegram.
The revolt against Russell's nomina
tion is not confined to supporters of Col.
Dockery, but , Boyd and Moody men
write expressing their disapproval of his
nomination. Gsorge Smothers and
others ass strosg language in so doing.
Editor Ayers says there will be more
disgruntled Republicans to vote with
the Popul sts than there are People's
patty men to vote with Republicans.
Mai jrjGuthrie gives 0ut the statement
that Jule Carr will support him for Gov
ernor if he is nominated. Guthrie will
certainly divide the Republican vote.
The newly elected Executive Commit
tee organizid to-day by electing the fol
lowing Campaign Committee: R. O.
Patterson, H. Lj? Grant. Tyre pienn,
James H.. Young and Jao. C. Dncy. The
committee organiz;d by electing Pat
terson chairman, and Hyams, of Mir
chell county, secretary.
There is a probability of Zsb Vance
Walser coming off the ticket. He nude
a remark before leaving, that he had not
accepted the nomination of Attorney
Genera!. Some ot his friends say he will
not accept. . j '. - - - 7 .
IBy Soathetlk As-ociated Prea.1 ',
The Republican State Convention ad
journed at 4 o'clock this morning, after
nominating, uaniei l.. Kusseu, oi Wil
mington, for I Governor; ;Zsb Vance
Walser, for Attorney General; J. Ruffin
Henderson, for; Auditor; Robert M,
Douglass, son of the famous Stephen A.
Douzlass. for Associate Justice of the
SuDreme Court; A. E. Holton, State
Chairman. Delegates to tbe National
Convention, Jetet C. Pritchard, C. M
Bernard, Tames IE. Boyd and Geo. H
White. The convention declined to
make Russell's nomination unanimous
It adopted, as its closing work, the
platform and resolutions submitted by.
Senator rntcnara, wnicn iavor a pro
tective tariff on the raw materials of . the
-South, protection to shipping, and the use
of cold and silver as stanuard money.
The platform i further declared that
McKinlev's nomination is sure; that
national interests are therefore safe; that
no differences ion', currency I and tariff
must deter Republicans from standing
together and preserve North Carolina's
oresent election t - V .
-The fight over : tbe Gubernatorial
nomination was one of the most re
markable ever I known in North, Caro
Una and the vote for Russell and Oliver
H. Dockery was close on all seven bal
lots. Russell, in accepting the nomina
tion, favored a protective tariff and also
co-operation with Populists , in JNortn
Carolina, but declared that the party
would not be absorbed by Populists or
anv other party. :
A large faction of the party expresses
intense indignation at Russell's nomi
nation, but the Rnssill men say that all
will be united in November, J ,
Bojal Arch Maaona.
The Grand ! Chapter officers elected
last Wednesday at Newbern for the en
suing year are:; i
Grand High Priest Walter S.
Att. Charlotte. M
Ltd-
Deoutv Grand High Priest Wm. D,
Withers, Raleigh.;) f - S
Grand Kine Fii Ulrich. NewberB.
Grand Scribe M. S. Willard, Wil-
minctnn. ' I : i:
Grand Treasurer W. Simpson, Ral-
elch. i
Grand Chaolaln Rev. Stewart Mc
Queen. Goldsuoro. i
Grand Chaplain of the Host Wm,
Randolph, Asheville.
Ordered to Wilmington. . i
The Norwegian barque Alborga, which
has been at Tvbee for the past .week
awaiting orders, was ordered to sail for
Wilmington. N. C Wednesday, to load
naval stores for Europe. The Alborza
has a cargo of salt consigned to C M,
Gilbert, of Savannah, which will be dis
charged at Wilmington.,; ;.
CAROLINA BEACH. :,J
Frppsrty VomiMl Ownsd by tbe Sew
SanoTai Trnatt Company 8l11 by Ano-
.- & uiuiuiku or uiuvr crvyvcif
,Hoiaert-rt will Be Opened f VUltors
tbe La tat Part of Thia Month. '
The Carolina Beach nroaertv formerlv
belonging to the New Hanover Trans.t
company, comprising the hotel, other
buildings and lands, tbe railroad and the
wharf at the pier on the river, locomo
tive, cars, etc., transferred and deeded
to Capt S. W Skinner by Joniius Davis,
Esq , receiver i ot the 1 Bank;! of New
Hanover, was sold at auction to
terday by Messrs. Cronly 4 Morris
for Captain ' Skinner, : and was pur
chased by, Mai. D. O'Connor, represent
ing otber property owners at Carolina
Beach, for 13.600. aubiect'to a mort?acre
of $4,500 and interest on same, held bv
the receiver of the bank. j
tseiore the sale bean Mr John D
Bellamy, Jr.-, counsel for , certain part
owners of the oronertv. cave notice
Jthat one-third of the oronertv offered
for sale belonged to Messrs. A. D.
Brown, WL. Smith and J. C. Steven
son, and that the furniture in the hotel
at the Beach was not i included in the
"Sale. M-,' - -tV-:.- , f -If..-;.
Mr. A. G. RIcaud. of the law firm of
Klcaud & Weill., representing theWil-
mington aeacoast Kailroad CJomDanv.
stated thit the company had an option
on the propsrty offered ifor sale.
A meeting ot the Carolina Beach
property owners was held last evening at
tne omce oi Maj. u connor. it was de
cided to open the resort about May
25th. The Hotel Oceanic will be opened
Under the management of Col. R. A.
Jenkins, of Salem. The steamer Wil
mington has been engaged to ply be
tween the city and the Beach pier, and
a daily schedule will soon be arranged.
Death ot Mr. H. C. Evans. 1 . ; -
Mr. H. C. Evans, of the firm of Mercer
& Evans, died yesterday at 8 a. nwat. the
residence ot his niece, Mrs. A. J. Walker,
on Princess street, in the 63d year of his '
age. Mr. Evans was born in Brunswick
county and came to Wilmington, several
years before the late war. At the out-
oreaK oi hostilities ne- volunteered as
a private in. the Rifle Guards.
Capt. j O. ; P. , Meares, was trans-
lerrea to another command, pro
moted to a Lieutenancy, was captured
and remained in a Northern prison until
the close of the war. Ha then returned
to. Wilmington, and engaged ia business
in the shoe trade, which he; conducted
with marked success. :
Nearly three years ago he was stricken
with piralysis, and his. nevor since
actively engaged in business.; He leaves
three brothers and two sisters Mr, T
S. Evans of Bladen county. Messrs. I.
B. and A. H. Evans cf Brunswick county.
Mrs. A. J. Mercer and Mrs. Rufus Gal
loway! of Brunswick, besides a number
of nephews and nieces in this city.
The funeral will take place to-day at
5 p. m, from Grace Methodist church.
NAVAL RESERVES CRUISE.
The Monitor Amphltrite or the: Tenor
Will Tak9 tha Southern Militiamen to
83a. 1 j
A dispatch from Washington, D. C,
says:
Secretary Herbert Las written a letter
to Admiral Bunce directing him to de
tail vessels for the accommodation of
the naval militia v among the' Southern
States. He has been given permission
to employ monitors on this service, par
ticularly for Savannah, Ga. Wihaicgton,
N. C, and Beaufort, S. C and the prob
abilities are that the AmpAitrite will be
assigned to this work. Tat,AmpAttrtte
may soon be relieved from duty in con
nection with the prevention of filibuster
ing by some other vessel. Io case she
remains at Key West, however, the Ter
ror wilf probably take the Southern na
val militiamen on board, i
Tney will nave their cruise at sea
about the latter part of Jane. One of
the men-of-war will go to New Orleans,
as the State c f Louisiana now has a
naval militia. j
For tbe practice cruise of the naval
militia of Rhode. Island, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, (New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware' and Maryland,
the authorities will settle the programme
to-morrow; sending. them to sea during
the second week in July, and Admiral
Bunce's entire squadron wfll be assigned
to the duty.
Iiansdon-Henr z jy Coal Mine Case.
The Journal says : An important case
was heard before Judge Ai S. Seymour
in Newbern, N. C, Thursday. It was
Wm. P. Henszey et als. j vs. Langdon-
Henszey Coal Mining Co., Ifl. It was
upon motions for orders in the cause.
All the bondholders and: trustees were
represented. The counsel were Hon.
T. B. Womack. of Raleigb; Hon.' Geo.
M. Rose, of Fayetteville; A. H. Taylor,
Esti , cf Baltimore, and 1 Simmons &
Ward, of Newbern. ; I ,
The Judge reserved his decision.'
Boutbport Items. j
The Leader says: ; Messrs. I. E. Chal
lenger, S. W. Gromme, Carl Grubnau,
Thomas Bobannon and Frank H. Blod
gett are in Wilmington in the interest of
tbe proiectea rauroaa. t resident unai
lenger says that it can be authoritatively
stated - that tne road will be built at
once. The parties .interested are said
to possess ample capital to do all they
have promised, and it is to be hoped
that tne long looked tor has arrived
About fifty feet cf sand! at the upper
end of the breakwater closing New Inlet
has washed out. Tbe break is being re'
paired by filling in with bags of Sand.
The filling in ot the istty-at bnow s
Marsh with brush will 05 finished this
week. The first filling of brush sunk
down requiring the addition of 1,000
cords of brush;"
Two flat loads of piles cirae down
Tuesday to be used in extending the up
per end . of the iettv, which is to" be
lengthened about 1,000 feet.- These piles
came down the river from above Wil
mington.
Ha-d IiUOlc.. ; "
The Pender Star, of jtJurgaw, says
Last week a refrigerator! car of straw
berries', containing 450 crates, was made
up at Burgaw and along; the line for
Montreal, Canada, r we are ,iniormeo
the freight was $2.25 per crate. On the
arrival of the car at Niagara, a duty ol
$700 was demanded before it could enter
the Canadian territory. The duty, we
learn, was not paid,; and the supposition
is that the berries will either be dumped
into the Niagara, or run to Buffalo and
sold for what can be gotten for them.
The formal transfer of the Car
olina Beach property to the purchaser
at the recent auction sale was made yes
terday, and work will be : commenced at
once to get tnis lavome summer re'
sort in readiness for visitors. , ;
i
RUSSELL NOMINATED
AS THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
By a Bara Majority.' on th Seventh Ballot
Aftar a Tieies right and. Cloje .Contest
With, Dookery-Marahall Mott Perma
nent CI airman of the Conrentton Priteh
ard Eadoraod for United Statea Senitcr
Esiwrt ot the Faaion Committee on Con
ferenee with Popoliata-B3aolatloha Ea
dorainc MeEinky Adopted-Zsb Vanee
Walter Nominated For Attorney Qeaeral
Delegate at Large to the Bu Ijona'Con
vsniioa Elected. i
. Special Star Correspondence
; ; Raleigh, N, C, May 15.
The Committee on Credentials was in
session until 2.80 this morning and de
cided all of the contests' "except Per
quimans. The decisions were, of course,
favorable to Dcckery, and they have to
go before tbe convention for endorse
mentiThe decision rendered in the
counties are given, viz:' Craven, dele
gation divided; Cumberland, delegation
divided; Edgecombe, Dockery delegates
seated; Franklin, John; Williamson, who
is for Dockery, is seated; Halifax.' con
test withdrawn; Mecklenburg, delegation
divided; Union. Dockery delegates seat
ed; Wake, Tim Yoang's crowd downed
and the Dockery delegation seated; Wil
son, Sharp's crowd turned down; in
Wilkes, Mott's crowd-seated.
A great deal of caucussing went on
last night. It is generally though t'this
morning that Dockery will get the nomi
nation on the first ballot, though ii he
fails watch, Jim Boyd. Boyd has a won
derful hold on the convention. r
The fact became generally known this
morning that the Committee i on Cre
dentials was .ready to report, and by 10
o clock the hall was well filled. There
was a great kick by local Republicans
and others without tickets when per
sons, were refused admission to' the
gallery this morning. It became neces
sary to exclude the . hangers-on, who
went early and monopolizsd seats. 1
It only takes the mention of the name
of some local Republican by loving con
stitusnts in the convention to bring a
patriotic speech from tbe man men
tioned. These speeches are not so ac
ceptably received unlets preceded by a
j ?ke. A. D. Cowles was called, for and
made c briel address. .
Secretary Harris announced at half-
past ten that tbe Committee on Creden
tials would not be ready to report until
eleven o'clock and certainly not later
than twelve. Chairman Holton later
adjourned the committee until twelve
noon, when, be stated, tbe committee
would be ready to report. It s?ems that
the committee is hurrying up on the
Perquimans delegation.
ri. O. Gudger will undoubtedly be one
of the delegates at large, and it seems
that Oscar Spears will be tbe other,- in
stead of Mr. Meekins. Lusk stands the
best chance cf being permanent chair
man. '
Judge Russell is in the fight to stay, so
hisfnedds say. Smiling Fred Rice is
here, but he will.make no contest.
. Special Star Teleeram J
The Republican btate Convention met
to day at noon for the fifth time after
assembling yesterday morning. : The
Committee on Credentials was the cause
of the delay, and its report was finally
repudiated by a pool of the Russell,
Boyd and Moody forces. The .commit
tees majority report ! favored seat
ing the Dockery delegation in six
counties, gave Russell one county, and
divided three. The minority report,
which gave the- counties of Union,
Wilson and Perquimans to Dockery;
and Wilkes, Mecklenburg, Wake,
Craven, Cumberland, Edgecombe and
Franklin counties to Kussell, was
adopted, after each county was taken up
separately and the contestees and con
testants given ten minutes speeches.
Senator Cook was opposed in bis mo
tion to i have the contests considered
separately by Congressman Settle.
Th! convention became ven aisor
derly while the minority report was be
ing adopted, and cbairmin Holton had
to call on Senator Pritchard to quiet the
delegates. There was a heate discus
sion when Cumberland and- Franklin
counties were reached, but the combine
made by Boyd, Moody and Russell to
d feat the Dockery delegates who were
ahead could not be overcome. Chair
man Holton even went so far as to
speak in behalf of John Williamson
while presiding over the convention.
John Uincy nominated Senator
Pritchard for permanent chair m in of
the convention, but the latter declined.
G Z. French nominated Marshall Mott;
V. S. Lusk was also nominated. Mott
received 141 votes and Lusk 97. Mott's
election was made unanimous.
Delegates French and fearson were
appointed to escort Mott to tbe chair
Mott made a short speech, saying some'
thing friendly of all the candidates.
Judge Ewart offered a resolution:
nominating Jeter . C. Pritchard. as the
i - r . i n li: . : . t.
cuoice oi nc nepuoucau party m iuc
State for United States Senator, - and
pledging the delegates to secure his
election bv all honorable means. The
resolution was wildly endorsed by - a
unanimous vote.
Senator Pritchaid was loudly called
upon to make a speech. VHe stated that
after March 4th there wculd be a Re-
oublican United States Senate. He
stated that he was a friend of silver, and
said some people claim. to be the exclu
sive friends cf silver, but tbe Republi
cans are the cn?y true friends of sliver.
Said it would suit the Democrats tc
voice the sl'ver issue and befog the tar
iff. The Uimccrats will give us the
hardest fight of our life. We are-under
lasting obligations to the Populists and
lam in favor of taking them b the
hand. November they will be with us to
a man.
Resolutions were introduced by Sen
ator Pritchard, instructing the delegates
to St. Louis for Wm. McKinley. The
motion Was carried by a rising vote.
though it was noticed that quite a sum
ber of delegates kept their seats.
A committee on tne oraer oi Business
was appointed, with Richmond Pear
son, H. L. Grant and Jas. Young as
m embers. P
Judge Ewart moved that a committee
on resolutions and piattorm be ap
pointed .and the motion was carried.
Adjournment was then taken until
8 p. m. 'j , ; -' ,
The combination against . Dockery
was a Boyd move.' He increased Rus
sel's delegates twenty-seven, and now
Russell; and Dockery both have about
the ame number. Bovd expects to
capture the nomination. ; Some of
the Dockery delegates are furious with
Boyd and may vote for Russell in spite.'
11.20 p. m. The Convention was con
vened again to-night at 815. A motion
to limit speeches to five minutes was
carried. Congressman Pearson was ap
pointed chairman of the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions. H. A. Gudger
was nominated for' elector at large by
J. M. Moody, f His election was unani
mous. : Oscar Spears was selected as the
otber elector. I
When Chairman Mott announced that
nominations fOr Governor were in order.
pandemonium broke loose in the con
vention and candidates' names were
on the lips of every delegate. I
The resolution declaring for faaon
with the Populists was adopted.
Lr. L. rreucn nrst tut in nomination
D. L. Russell, in a strong and pleasant
speech which was enthusiastically re
ceived. Boyd, Dockery, Moody and
Lusk were named in the order! mention
1
ed. .-' -.- - .
The first ballot was taken at 1Q.S0
o'clock and, resulted as follows: Doc
kery, 98 and 4-7; Moody, 18; Russell,
97 and 8 7; Lusk, 4; Boyd 20. Total,
233; necessary to a choice, 117. I ,
Keauit of i second ballot s Russell,
101, 8 7; Dotkery, 90 4-7; Boyd, 122;
Moody, 22. - W .;' : I -
11.50 p. m.-The third ballot resulted.
Boyd, 20: Dockery. .90; Rtissell. 107:
Moody, 18. Great shouting for Russell
following. - .j - . . - I " . - I
There it a sreat demonstration lor
Judge Russell. Young Dockery Hol
lered, "Dockery men, stand to your
guns;' but this cry was drowned by
shouts for Rtissell. At this minute a
Russell banner was brought Into the
hall with a picture of Dan Russell and
the words inscribed on it, "D. L. Rus
sell. our choice." The scene that fol
lowed was one of wild enthusiasm for
Russell. ; ; I : . i
12.25 p, m.-UThe fourth I ballot re
sulted: Rustell. Ill: Dockerv. .101:
Boyd. 19. i . : . .; 1 f . .U
Senator Mbodv came forward after
the fourth ballot and announced that he
would withdraw from the race as a can
didate for Governor. He stated that he
took the move for the best interests! of
the party. "Ever since I have been: in
the party," he said. "I have i heard the
name of Oiivef H. Dockery, and I" with
draw in his favor." . I -
12.40 pmj4The fifth billot resulted:' I
ivusseu iiO;
Bovd. 15. t
o,, lyutati, iu i, i
l a. m. The sixth ballot
resulted:
T"x 1 4 4 a n m
uocKery, 111 tvussen, iio; tsoya, O. j
1.15 a. mj The seventh ballot ire-
suited: Dockery, 103 4 7: Russell.
119 8-7; Boy dj 13. Russell is nominated.
119 votes being necessary for a choice
1 45 a. m.-HThe convention went wild
when the ' chairman announced that
Daniel Li Russell was tbe nominee. 1
Senator Moody objected to the vote.
because he claimed that Graham's vole
-was cast fori Russell when the delegates
were not in the hall.
Oscar Spiers gbt up and moved that
Russell's nomination be made unani
mous. Thefe were loud cries of "No.
Boyd was called for. He thanked the
friends who supported' him, and said it
W23 the duty of every Republican 1 to
support Judge Russell, who was the ac
knowledged: nominee. - t
Moody moved that the nomination be
made unanimous.
Spiers, Boyd and Moody were ap
pointed a committee to escort Judge
Russell to the ball. U ;
2.10 a. m. Judge Russell addresed ihe
convention. He said, "well, my friends.
you are tired,! but if ypu had, been kept
on the ragged edge, like jl have, you
would' know th it: you were tired, i I
desire to express ray appreciation and
gratitude for the honor conferred upon
me. ihe Judge spoke of
his friendli-
ness to the negroes
dared that fusion
at all times; and de-
with the Populists
wouia yei result. i
2.45 a. m.z.eb Vance j Waller was
nominated Jor Attorney General byjac
clamation, I on motion -1 ot Senator
Pritchard. I' ' ' ! -; t
3 a. m .At 2.80 this a. m., J. E. Biyd
C. M. Bernard, H. C. Denny and - S. Hi
White were elected delegates at large to
the St. Louis Convention. I - :
I HIS EYES OPENED, f
A Beoent Convert to Kepabllcanlam Be-
cantr, Abjarea and Abhors HlaAffilia-
tion With the Patty. j
Special Star Telegram.
GoldsborO, May! 16. Mr. James
Holt, Jr., the young- cotton manufac
turer, ,who recently wenuover to the
Republican party because he was an ad
vocate of Protection and was made a
delegate to the St.-Louis Conventionj is
in the city to-day by chance, and here
met and viewed the returning Republi
can forces from the State; Convention
that last night nominated Russell or
Governor, I In consequence, he pub
lishes this afternoon in the Goldsuoro
daily Argus the following letter, which
8 peaks for i itself:
Editor Areuslt is aq old sayiag,
but "a true one that 'self-preservtioq is
the first law of nature.' Acting on this
principle from a mistaken stand
point, of view as to in what consisted
my preservation as a purely . busi
ness question I have of fate tent my
id and influence to the furtherance
or tne policy ot protection cnampionea
by McKinley and advocated by tbe Re
publican party, and I have gone so far
as to permit myself to be named as a del
egate from the fitta (my resident dis
trict) to the St. Louis National Conven
tion. But, Mr. Editor,, to-day in the city
of Goldsboro, on my. way home from
the session of the Mystic Shrine in New
bern, 1 am greeted by a scene that gives
me pause, and deeper reflection than
heretofore. I have read of the scenes
and experiences of 1868, as we read of
other dark: epochs in history; but reared
since that time, growing up under the
benign influence of Democracy and en
joying only the pacific blessings and ele
vating experiences tnat appenam
to its supremacy, l 1 could not
comprehend what I "The Men of
Old endured, nor could my mind
formulate a , picture so id ark as their
words painted. But to-day in Golds
boro l am able to approximate trom
what Democracy has delivered tbe
State and to what we are again trending.
I am greeted here by a seething, surging
mass of conglomerated humanity, howl-
innr rmfnM-snn exultant white men.
arm 1 in I arm, bearing aloft a ban-
ner with the -painted picture
! or
D. L. Russell. Our Choice tor Gov
ernor," And with McKinley badges 'fon
the side " And this is the party with
which I have become allied, and this is
the ilk, negro and all, with which I am to
consort at St. Louis. "My God, Aber-
natuy! 1 Never! 1 hereby recant, ab
jure, abhor my affiliations wit this party
that fosters and glories in such scenes
in North Carolina. . J j
I believe, Mr. Editor, in honest money.
sound money, if you Willi honeat values
and in "our" turn at orotection to Ihe
infant manufacturing industries of the
South but what would j industry, how
ever much exalted, amount to in a State
dominated by Russell and his mob. of
howling savages? Yes, Mr. Editor, there
is protection and there is protection, and
for, that greater protection I hereby with
draw as a delegate to the St. Louis Con
vention; renounce my affiliation with
the Republican party, only just begun, l
am happy to say, and return an humble
but earnest worker in the ranks of the
Democracy for white supremacy . in
North Carolina, good 1 government eco
nomically administered,! and home pro
tection.
-Very truly.
Szporta f Tobaeoo Prohlblted-Bepona of
Eaaementa With Insurgent Foroee. t -
I - r By Cable to the Morning Star. -
Havana, May 16. A band of insur
gents yesterdav set fire to and destroyed
the whole San Miguel estate, I close to
this city. The estate is .owned by the
Gasnova family. The loss is estimated .
at half a million dollars. ' ' i
! Havana, May 18. Captain General
Weyler has issued an edict .which will
appear in to-morrow's Official Gazette,
prohibiting, temporarily the export of
tobacco from .the provinces of Pinar del
Rio and Havana, except to Spain. Ten
days' grace are allowed to fill existing
contracts. ' All those failing to comply,
the decree sets forth, will be' considered
sympathizers with the rebellion, their
goods seized and other severe penalties
imposed. y. ;- . - ',; . !.-.-;
! Col. Loderuges reports from Cien
fugos that he surprised the ; insurgent
forceunder Gomes, while the latter
were In camp near Pidra Plata, and
oansed the utmost confusion in the
enemy's camp. Tbe rebels rallied; how
ever, and attacked the Spanish vanguard
but were quickly repulsed under the fire
of the Spanish artillery; The rebels
nam ntteen killed and many wounded.
The loss to ; tbe Spanish was trifling,
only three of their number having been
wounded. 1 H- - 4 -
I Havana, May 16-The Government .
has issued an-order prohibiting the ex
port of leaf tobacco. This action is
taken at the request of local cigar facto
ries which desire to be protected; from
the effects of American competition. . .
For free siuver.
A Big Demonstration by-JDemoerata in Illinois.
. j. By Telegraph to khe Morning (Star. -
Chicago, May 1 16.-f-The first big
demoristration ;
coinage forces
of) the .free , silver r.
the ranks of
' Of this State-,
the Democratic party
took place to-night at the auditorum
Gov. Altgeld. the recognized leader and '
a carfdidate for re-nomination on a plat
form of bimetallism, was the star
attraction ; and i orator, j creating
unbounded applause among the
f our thousand men and women- who
lintenpH rlmtnlv tn ;hia fnrr'iM iiiliirHi
pri the money question. I The Gov-
emor s declaration that the Federal ad.
ministration was id league with capital
ists to perpetuate a gold standard
evoked rounds of applause. The Alt-
geld Legion escorted the Governor to
the theatre and Judge' William Prentiss
Introduced him to tie audience.' ' '
GEN. FlT Z LEE, y
The Hl'w Consul General to Havana, Had' a
Conference - Yesterday with Fretident
Cleveland.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, May l6.--Gen. Fitz-
iugh Lee, the-new Consul General at
Havana, who was unable: to see the. Pre
sident and Secretary of State yesterday,
had a conference with them; to day. H&
received the v'ews of ths administration
in regard to Cuban ; affaiis, but whether,
they were tbe same views which a num
ber of sensational newspapers published
as having been given to him yesterday,
cannot be ascertained accurately. Gen.
Lte's departure for his post depends on
the w sties of the President acd Mr. 01
ney, and no time hss yet been tetr '
A dispatch from Pretoria says that
Mr
tj.-ey, one of the rscently sentenced
members of the Refo;m Committee, be
came, insane in jail and committed
suicide. , I ; ! .
BUSINESS LOCALS.1
k3T Notice For Kent or Sale- Lat and FonaS
Wats, and otber short miseellacoa adverdaemcnta -
loserted in thia Department, in le'-ica ivonpareiHype,
; oa first oi fourth page, at Fuatiiher's option, tor 1
cent per word each Insertlonbtitno advertisement
taken for ten than 20 ccntp. Term, poattiTely caih
. in advance.
For Sale A Keating
InO. K
order can be put-
chased at a great bargain,
mallll. ,
A pply at Starjoflice.
Hand power rip and cat off Circle Saw for sale.
I VPrice Fifteen Dollars, 313 North Front s:reet.
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' Do you speculate? : "Guide to Snccessfnl Specn
Ution" mailed free. . Wheat, provision, cotton and.
stock speculation on limited margins thoroughly ear
plained. Correspondence solicited. Warren. Ford &
Co.,Ml Wall Street, New Yorkj
my 1 ty . su tu tn
(Iieap Rent Thirteen room house with bath and
other cooven'encea, corner Seventh acd Chesnnt
streets. Fcssesiion given at once.' Apply to Morris
Bear & Bros. ' j we frsu tn th my IS 5t
! ood opportunity to rent the elegant Store 418
North Front street, including basement, heretofo e
uselas Bestaurantby Gieschen Bros. ' mv 1 tf :
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Iff anufactnrms Canc.rn desires "to appoint
one energetic business man in Wilmington (and every
city not already taken). Applicant must furnish few
bandied dollars to pay for goods on delivery after
osders have been secured; for same. No bonosfno
money in advance; previous experience unnecessary. :
We are mauufac-utiag a specialty, almnst'a monrp-
oly, not a luxury, something which will reduce' ex
penses; needed by every firm, factor , mill, hotll,
sre, etc., throughput the land From 200 to $400
monthly can be made. Keferencts required,
Rudolph Guenther. Fulton St, New York.
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Kussett and 40 crat-s Western, N. C, Apples;, 25
sacks Irish Potatoes and Onions. Butter Beans,
Peas, Dried Apples,- Dried Peaches, N.C. Hams,
Cakes and Cracken, Candies of all kinds. .Nuts,
Figs, Dates, Lemons, Oranges and Peanuts, in lots to
siit at A. S. Winitead'i, Commission Merchants
and Wholesale Fruit and Produce Dealers, 115. North
Second street. ap 8 DAW tf j
Photographic novelties, Photos with-high
gloss. Photos with no gloss. Photos $1,00 per dozen )
and up. Frames cheap. Satisfaction guaranteed, j'
TJ. C. "Ellis. 114 Market street. marSS tf j
For. the best and most complete line of Groceries
at the lowest city prices, call at . Charles D. Jacobs!
Retail Grocery Store. No. S17M North Front street.!
Attentive delivery men and clerks wrll hustle tip the. -goods.
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It Peas, Beans, Cncnmbets, etc For sale at Jao. S. .
McXachera's Grain and Feed Store 811 Market
street. i '-'-" ' ' ' - '
Harden, P. U. has in stack buggies, road
Carts and harness of all: kinds. "Repairing done by
skillful workmen 'on short, notice.- Opposite new
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