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In the aggregate they amount toa very large sum. fr. any or 'our subscribers are respon ng promptly. .Others pay no attenti n tothe fbills These latter do n A .seem to understand that they ars under any legal oi moral obligation td pay for a newspaper. -y THEY TALK NONSENSE. j If alj the . stupid nonsense that is written and published, these days by gold standard advocates about. 50 v cent dollars,! impaired nationaLand individual credit, etp.,j as -the re sult of the free coinage of silver were put into books, it 'would make a pretty fair sized library as to quantity leaving the .'quality out of the ques tion!. I They talk about 50-cent dol lars! .Where are they? They are not . tobe found !in this qountry. Of the l .350,000,000 of coined silver j we have every dollar is a 100 cent dollar,! ; pays 100 cents of debt, 100-cents of " taxes; 100 bents of the necessaries of ' life, 100 cents of anything that any other money, will pay for except the paper of the Government that the. T holders claim to .be' payable in gold. . i tThe gold standard organs and ' orators admit this, but still contend : that it , is ''intrinsically" a 60 -cent '.dollar," but 1 passes current as a 100-; ':' cent dollar because tjie .Government ; is pledged " to maintain it at a parity ,: with gold 4 and does it. This is a fraud, t'hatis the way they .say the parity is jmaihtained- is . a fraud. j. The parity is maintained simply be- j i caus.e. the' i silver coin bears the stamp of the Government, is not re- i -. .xfeeooable iri.anylhing, but is a legal tender money which- the taker , knows he can pass for the same J value that, he paid for it. They, do not assert that-the!" silver dollar is 1 redeemable in god and - therefore ' convertible into and as good as' j gold: . they dare not do that, but ji they do it indirectly by saying that" a silver dollar may be exchanged j for a greenback dollar, the green back dollar is redeemable in gold , and ; therefore - and thus the silver , dollar is, and consequently all the sil-; .ver dol'ars are redeemable !in goldf through he instrumentality of j the convenient greenback. . . ' I - This is 1 -the thinnest ! kind of a , fraud. In . the ordinary business transactions . silver may be, and V doubtless is, readily convertible- into . greenbacks, and-the greenback dol lar, the silver dollar and the gold dollar have for all practical purposes . . .precisely the same value, but let a v .man undertake the business of con-l j verting his silver into gold, if he has enough to m ike It a matter of impor-j tance, by trading it off for. green i bacKs.to get gold out of the Treas- ; iiry, and see how long he can do that; without paying a premium on the greenbacks, saph a premium as would so reduce the profits on the gold as to discourage.that kind of bartering! Ifut the very fact that the silver dol lar .is not convertible into a gold dol larjwithout the go-between agency of the greenback is proof conclusive that the parjty is not maintained by virtue of convertiblity but in some other way. It is maintained simply because the people recognize the stamp pn the coin and accept it at its iuii value. It is money, so stamped by the Government, so accepted by thi people, and that maintains, the i parity and makes the silver dollar, as' fa as thei people are concerned, as good as the gold dollar. ' This talk about the "intrinsic" value of the gold and silver dollar oany other kind of a dollar is non- Sense. .Thr io rallw' nn Intrlncir. value in them. Common usage and cdmrnon consent running way back into the ages attached a value to sijver and gold, which were: called "preetous metals" and considered espectally'adapted to uses as money ,y or mediums j of exchange, because tliey were scarce. That's wtiat people who talk aoout "intrinsic" value con found with intrinsic value. As a matter ofjfact neither gold nor silver. nas the intrinsic value of a bar of iijon or copper, both of which are useful in many ways, nor of an ear of corn, which Is useful in sus taining life." There is no intrinsic ' valuejp diamonds, pearls, rubies, or othertre stones, which are used amply for purposes of ornamenta- 'on a are classed as "precious stones,'t.just as gold and silver are VOL. XXVII. classed as precious. metals, because they are scarcer than some of the other metals. ' j Gauging the comparative quanti ties of these metals produced 'the nations decided, each for itself, on a certain ratio by which they would be governed in the coinage of these two, by which they might i be readily exchanged, - gold being con sidered the more precious of the two because the scarcer. This ratio ranged somewhere between 15 and 16 of silver to one part of gold, and that's where it remained regardless of the amount'of either produced, until the demonetization took place in this country and in those European countries In 1873. Then the ratio value fell, because the coinage use ceased and silver became a drug, so to speak, on the market. They re duced the value by destroying one of the uses, : and now - contend that the value has permanently - left it and that to make an honest dollar it would lie necessary to put in double as mudb silver as before.. They do hot seem to realize that by removing the degradation and restoring the use by opening the mints to silver as they were open, would restore Its value, and make it current on the same ratios that existed before de monetization. It is the money quality in both gold and silver that gives' them value. Gold has that money quality now; restore it to sil ver and , its value will be restored, without doubling the quantity. ! HIB OS MENTION. While there has been a great fu rore raised to boost Mckinley: and make it appear that he is the popular favorite with the Republican masses he is really the candidate 6f the manufacturers who want more pro tection and are pushing him to the front and making a hero out of, him to use him for their own selfish pur poses. The man who has done more than any other man to give him his present, prominence and apparent hold on the masses of the Republi can party and to whom he will be in debted for. bis nomination, which is pretty certain, arid election, whijeb is not so certain, is Mark Hanna, a large manufacturer in the city of Cleve land, who has managed his campaign from the beginning, spent much of his own money, and many thousands of dollars "contributed" by other manufacturers to carry States for McKihley, in which he has been re markably successful. Of course if. McKinley is nominated they . will spend money freely to elect him! sim ply as a business .matter, and in the event of his election they count con fidently on getting back all ; they spend and much more. With them it Is simply a matter of cool, calcula ting business, with no ' sentiment in it and no party, only in so far as the Republican party is committed to their programme of levying more tribute on the American people for their benefit, j It 4s only a pro gramme of plunder, in which Mc Kinley is the figure-head and chief tool-the real power behind the throne being the protection-plotting manufacturers, headed and repre sented by manufacturer Hanna, who has McKinley in hand and in train ing. " ' : : ' ".: i ' -V . V - ... ; i It Seems from tne press dispatches that some of Mr. McKinley's man agers suspect that the opposition to his nomination are putting up a job to beat him, and accuse Piatt, of New York, of being the chief instigator and manipulator of this scheme, which is to so doctor the roll of dele gates by the National Committee as to enable the anti-McKinleyites to seat a sufficient number of the anti- McKinley contesting delegates to give the opposition a majorityin the convention. There is an unusually large number of contests, about 170, most of which are from the South. Piatt's hostility toMcKinley is well known, for he has published it broad cast in several interviews and an nouncements in which he was unmeasured in bis denuncia tion of the Ohio candidate, alleging as , the principal ob jection his trimming on .the money question and his apparent lack of convictions, on this, the most vital issue of the day. There is no doubt that Mr. Piatt has a strong backing .but more especially in the! East, i where he ' is ob jectionable, not only on account of his reticent position or ; rather lack of position on the money ques tion, but on account of Mr. Hanna's methods of securing support for him. I which have been publicly and re peatedly branded by Senator Chan dler and others as corrupt. 'We do not attach much importance to this talk, tor while there is doubtless mnch schemi ng going on the senti ment has been so general and strong for McKinley that we do not believe that Piatt can muster votes enough to beat him, and it would, under the circumstances, be very dangerous to the party if he could. i If the managers of candidate Russell's campaign had any doubts as to the earnestness pf the opposi tion to their candidate among the colored Republicans the announce ment that an opposition mass meet ing is to be held at Raleigh on the 2d of 7uly : will . probably remove them. . This opposition which was manifest before the convention, and openly and strongly proclaimed dur ing the proceedings and when the announcement ; was made that Rus sell was the nominee, has become more and more intensified since the colored editors have been '-- ex posing and so. vigorously denouncing the methods by which j the nomina tion was secured. If this opposition was confined to a few, or to place hunters, they might! be placated, bought off and silenced, but the revolt is too wide-spread, embraces too many, and too many who are not applicants for place to do that, andi more than that the colored protest- ants have the sympathy and active co-operation of many' of the leading white Republicans ot the State, who are disgusted with the methods pur- sued in carrying the convention for Russell. If he and his managers suc ceed in overcoming this opposition they will be master manipulators.' Why is it that some of the gold or gans which ; seem so solicitous in maintaining the credit of the Gov ernment persist in trying to make It appeaj: that Che Senate is a repudia tion Senate? , If the idea gets abroad that even one House of Congress is for repudiation where will the na tional credit be? These over-precipi tous organs should let up on that kind of talk. There isn't any sense in it. i A brief paragraph taken from an editorial which appeared in the Star a few days since is reproduced, with comment, in the Charlotte Observer, and we are Inclined, to think it may create the impression (though not so intended) among the readers of the Observer that the Star favors fusion. n the editorial from which the' Ob- server quotes it is shown that any f'the Star opposes every sort." j fusion of and Governor Flower, of New York, is quoted as saying that if the Demo crats adopt a free silver platform at Chicago they can't carry a single Northern State. With a' gold plat form they couldn't carry a single Southern State, so what difference does it make? But' this isn'ci Mr. Flower's prophetic year. One of McKinley's admirers says the first 1 mention of McKinley's name will "raise the roof of the con vention haH," a tittle McKinley cyclone, as it were. ! And when he is nominated the Republican go dites will raise Hades. It was a Frenchman who discov ered that kissing is unhealthy, jand. now a Russian scientist declares that handshaking is. Unless the average Russian is very much misrepre sented there is probably something in this, if microbes propagate in dirt. There are two kinds of McKinley badges. Both have McKinley's like ness, out one has tne legend, 7-rro- tection-Bimetayism '; the .other, 'Protection-Sound Money." The McKinley ite can pay his money and take his choice: : i A boy near Hughesville, Va:, the other dav killed fiftv-seven feet of snake, ' and it wasn't a right good snake day in that locality, either. It wasn't all one snake, however but a '1 colony of snakes that was migrating. The estimates of deaths caused by storms in '.this country since m& amount to 10,650. I The highest number reached was in 1893,! when 4,462 deaths' were reported; the next is this year, with 930 so far. Some idea of the, force of the wind during the late storm in St.jiouis may be gathered from the statement that a stone weighing 16,800 pounds on a flat car. was blown from the car and carried four feet before it fell. The House Committee on Com merce is in favor jpi the Nicaragua Canal, and says it must be built if it does cost ! $150,000,000. Level- headed committee ! Mr. Quay's friends deny the rumor that he will withdraw from the Presi dential race. He will probably stay in long enough to make a deal with the Ohio man. I i The Naval Beaerves. i . The cruise of the Naval Reserves is now a topic of Interest. The Wilming ton Division will, as usual, stand at the top of the battalion. The boys have boat drills every afternoon and are get ting in first class ' shape. The! Atnphi trite is expected on the 23d anst., and will be the training; ship of the battalion. It is understood '.Elizabeth City and Kinston will bring down large compa nies, and a glorious time is anticipated. Commander Morton will- be in charge and no doubt will preside with his usual grace and efficiency. Quite a number of applications to the Wilmington Di vision will be acted on to-morrow night and every member is urged to be pres- enL iv'lxr- The Treasury gold reserve at the close 'of business yesterday stood at $106,412 -768. The day's withdrawals were $17,700. WILMINGTON, NC, RALEIGH PRIMARIES. ; UNDOUBTEDLY DECLARED IN FAVOR :; OF FREE SILVER. Vioe FMildant SteTanaon Declloed to Ax- wdr Qaeatlonson Sntjcti IFolitioaJ The Meeting of i-Qtl-Basaell Negroei Hamor Cononmlng Minuter Bnom The 8llTer Uea't Conferenoe. Special Star CorresfiondenceA Raleigh, N. C.J June 6. Raleigh primaries will be held to-night and: will undoubtedly declare for free silver, . A great, many gold Democrats have expressed their determination to remain away from the primaries. Vice President Stevenson was asked yesterday would he consent to answer a few questions on subjects political. He declined most positively, stating that he was on a purely social visit, j Even to intimate inenas ne would not state nis views on finance ; It was stated by a silverite yesterday that "silence was golden and speech, was silver." ' The meeting of the anti-Russell ne groes in this State, held here, was kept very secret. Parson Leak said that -the majority of those present, like himself, had never scratched a Republican ticket, but that they, would never vote for Rus sell. Leak said he would not vote lor a straight Democrat under aqy- circum stances. He, like the other anti-Kus- sellites, is favorable to Gnihrie. There is more of fiction than fact in the rumor that Minister Ransom came at the invitation of the administration. The rumor was started last night, but few gave it any credence. The admin istration is whipped and Minister Ran som knows that full well. Cleveland's name will not set j much better on the North Carolina Convention than on the Kentucky gathering. : : OI course the men who attended the silver conference last evening had noth ing to say. It is not supposed that they nave anything for the dear people at this writing. Wait until convention day. One ot the attendants stated last night that Col. Jule Carr had promised to attend and then declined. He says some Influence was brought to bear on him. '. J I ! ' 1 ,y Gov. Carr left for Bracebridge to-day. FAYETTEVILXE MILITARY ACADEMY. : V A,Very Eij5yble Eatenainmett t the Opaa Houie The Jane Commencement Attended with Great Eolal. ' ' ' Star Correspondence I ' . - . . ..... i ' Fayettkville. Jane 6. 1896. The Opera House at 11 o'clock to day welcomed a very large and intelli gent gathering, the occasion being the Commencement exercises ox the r ay- etteville Military Academy. The essayists Messrs. face, ol bnow Hill; Hart, of Tarboroi Fiers, of Virginia; and Rose, of Fay etteville, read papers of great merit;; Indeed the judges found it impossible to decide between the two last named, and Kev. 1. W Hughes, in the charmlag speech in which he deliv ered the medals, recommended a du plicate for the essayists. 4 i Messrs. face, Kountree, JSmith. De, Lamb, Pemberton, Atkinson, McRae, Foust, Haigh, Prior, Nash, Jones, Mc- Pnerson, TiUmghast, Nicholson, Carr, Rose, Fowle and Moore were the con testants for the prize in elocution won by L. W. McPherson, s of Cumberland county (glorious old 71st ) !l The drill contest was hotly contested but at last the palm was awarded to S. G. Haigb, of Fayetieville (the old Inde pendent Light lotantry blood taiKs, you see) by Capt. a. K. Huske in his inim itably captivating style, i' To-nicht there will be debate, decia- tation, address by Hod. tJosephus Dan iels, presentation of prizes.; and confer, ring distinctions. - !! J' There is an unanimous expression of opinion throughout Fayetteville as to .the merits of the Military Academy, that its work is faitbluL thorough atd satisfactory in ! every particular,' and that the institution has no superior in its grade anywhere in the State. SILVER TIDE STILL SWELLING. Bern likable Iaoreaae of Jrree Silver Santi- ment in Indiana One County HasIOnly Oae Gold Demooiaf. . , ; Special to the World Indianapolis. June 4-pThere seems to have been a surprising increase lathe stiver sentimtnt cf; Indiana within the last ten days. The most pronounced re '4 r kindling came jnst af ter the recent meet- inz of gold-standard Democrats in this city. Several able and defiant sound- money addresses were made which stir red up the silver men. They immedi ately issued a call for a silver mass-meet ing to be held I here to-morrow night. The silver men are thoroughly organized throughout Indiana. M Ex-Senator WUlard, who lives mLaw- rence county . says there i are not two cold Democrats in his county. He is not a silver man. H h:; Ex-Congressman Snivel y is expected to be nominated lor Governor on a sil ver p'atform, fend Old politicians say that he will sweep the State in November, The State is honey-combed with silver sentimenL ' -.1 ' Ih i I- ALL BUT RUSSELL. Another Bcpnblioan Papei Will Not Bup port Baaaell Bays He Is Net tha Bight Man. ; .1 ' j The Republican Vindicator, published at Carthage, is opposed to Judge Rus-i sell for Governor. The editor says : "I will support every nominee of our party except Daniel L. Russell. I said before the convention that! I would not support that I man, and i 1 have not changed my mind. He is not the right man; neither is he the ;cnoice of the rank and file of the party, and he cannot get or control decent; necroes or white Reoublicans, ex tent the office seekers. I was for Dock erv or any other man except Russell be fore the convention. L We . people in Moore county: are opposed to the nomi nation ot any man except by a lair con vention. the way our forefathers used to nominate, and get men out of the latms or shops or some other branch of indus try. not an omce-seexer wno wu not stick to the party if he. does not get an office. - i . The State Onard Scoampmett. ' v ' ' The Raleigh Press- Visitor saysT "As to the encampment this year, it appears probable that the available money will be placed In the hands of the colonel of each' regiment, - who will probably be siven authority to use it to the best ad- vantaee. J At tne encampments nereio- fore the regimental quartermasters have had no practical work to do. There is a.desire on the part of some tbougbf al cmlcers to have Dractice or campaign matches as in some other States and as n the regular army." FRIDAY, JUNE 12; 1896. RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET REPUBLICAN LEADERS STILL." TALK--. ING ABOUT FUSION, .'. XiOKO Hrri Saya tha IPaoaliat' Will i Mke Any Bsit of Deal-Sowdeo, tha Murderer of Eagtneer Dodd The : Sohocl -book Fubluhera ; VUtht ViOi. : Pteaident Stevenson and Patty Expectsd in Balelch To day.' 7' r Special Star Correspondence- ' i . Raleigh," N. C,- June 4. Logus Harris is still talking fusion Lo&ue, always optimistic, has lifted the veil from the, present chaotic political situation and sees His Fatness. Tudcre Russell, ready to-be inaugurated Gov ernor of North . Carolina with ceremo nies akin to the coronation of the Czar of all Russia. Locrne credictr that fusion will be arranged about harvest ing time; He says the Populists will see when the campaign gets under way .that they are chasine a forlorn hone and that thev will : iain hands with the Republicans in order to keep the Democrats from being vic torious, Logue thinks that the Popu lists will make any sort of a deal when they find that a Democratic victory is likely. Logue is already talking of Russell s inauguration. He says that it will ou.shine all previous inaugural ceremonies in splendor and display and increased attendance. ! The N. C. Dairymen's Association has issued its first annual report. Mr. Stonewall Adams wins the Nebsitt Kendrick medal at the Raleigh Male Academy. Hon. T. J. Jarvis delivered the address to-day. ; j Henry Dowden, the murderer of engi neer Dodd, upon arrivice at Halifax. asked to be allowed to vie w the gallows which will be used at his execution in less than four weeks. He wanted to see the trap work, but the officers would not gratify that w'sa. The ' American Bock Company has bad its list adopted in 93 Counties. The other three counties are in the interior. but likely adopted the list. Lee's .histo ries were adopted in over 20 counties. This is a Southern book! i Ginn & Com pany never won a straight fight in any of the counties. A part of their list was adopted in several counties. ; , Special Star Tileeram. ',. Vice President Stevenson and party will arrive here to-morrow to spend the day. It was generally expected that the Vice President would speak on the sil ver question at Chapel Hill to-day, hut he did not refer to the subject. - W Auditor R. M. Farman says he sees nonnecessity for two Democratic conven tions since the result is known at Chi cago. i . DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CON- : VENTION. , - At the meeting of the DiAocratic Ex ecutive Committee of the Sixth Con gressional District, held in Maxton, N. C, on the 29th day of i May, 1898. the Democratic Convention for the Sixth Congressional District was called to meet at Rockingham, N. C.on Wednes day, the 12th day of August, 189S, at 12 o'clock m, for the purpose of nominat ing a Congressman a end a Presidential Ejector lor said district, and for the transaction of sach other business as may be proper. -; . - it was recommended that the dele gates to the State Convention from the several counties compromising said Con gressional district meet in Raleigh, N. C, on the dav of the State Convention (June 25cn. 1890) at 10 O'clock a. m., for the purpose of nominating two dele gates and two alternates to represent the said district in the National Democratic Convention, to be held at Chicago on the 7ih day of July, 1896, said delegates and alternates to be ratified by the State Convention. ' T. C. Guthrie, Chairman Dem. Ex Com. 6th Con. Dis. W. B Harker, Sec'y iro tern, '. The Democratic papers of the district will please copy the above call. Fot the Confederate Veterans Beunion at Biohmond, Va. . ! The following information is furnished the Star for the benefit of persons who may wish to visit Richmond. Va..' on the occasion of the Cocfederate Veterans reunion and corner-stone laying - of the Davis monument. , f . f-.ane Fear Camo II. C. V. will leave Wilmington Wednesday night, July 1st, and reach Richmond i Thursday, 8 a. m. On this day the corner stone ot the Da vis monument will be laid. All who wish to leave Richmond that (Thursday) night, will be home at 9.40 a. m. Friday; This will save hotel bills, etc. Tickets will be good from June 28th to July 4th The Camp cordially invites all ex Confederates and Sons of Confederates to iain. Those who wish to get unl forms should apply at once. The fare will be $5.25; cost of uniforms, fo.OO. Mr. Hamme will give all further particu lars. It is hoped the Cape Fear section will be well represented. PROGRESS OF THE FIGr-IT. The Battle of the Metala-Tha Besult In States Whcae Cooventiona Have Been Held. ' . 'j; .' The following shows the standing on themoney question of the States in which conventions have thus lar been held: 1 Gold Standard. Free States. Silver. Alabama Colorado . .22 8 20 i,: 2t 26 District of Columbia Kansas . Kentucky Iowa Maine 12 30 -28 Massachusetts Michigan ; Mississippi TH.J Missouri . 18 34 16 Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon 4 8 SO Pennsylvania-; 64 8 Rhode Island South Carolina 13 South Dakota Tennessee 24 6 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington 4 5 6 268 Wyoming Totals I i 189 Toral numbec of delegates to be - elected 11 , . r 810 Total number elected to date . 457 For gold ' i 189 For free silver j4- 268 Star's present , estimate of total -.'. gold standard vote iv 872 Star's present estimate of total sil- r ver vote ' . : : : 538 ' The Senate bat confirmed the nomil nation of B. O. Guthrie as postmaster at Burlington, N.C. CONVENTION -DATES. Republican National Convention. St. Louis, June 18. Democratic National Convention, Chicago, July 7. Populist . National "Convention. St. Louis, July 22. U X Silver National Convention. Sc. Louis, July 22. Democratic State Convention, Ral eigh, June 25. - New Hanover county 'Democratic Convention, Wilmington, Jane 13. . Democratic Congressional Conven tion 6th D s:rict Rockingham, August 12th. . ' Democratic Congressional Conven tion 2nd District Goldsboro, June 23rd. Democratic Congressional Conven tion 5th District Greensboro, June 24th. -- - i-: Democratic Congressional Conven tion 8th District Wilkesboro, June 20th. ! FROM GOMEZ TO MACEO- Gen, ColUz j Croaaea the Trooha with Im- i psrtant Oiapatohea. .Tampa. Fla', June 4. Private ad vices direct from Cuba sav that Gen. Enrique Collazo crossed the trocha going westward, with four hundred men, on the njgbt of May 24. -In the attend ant fijzht thirty-five Spanish soldiers, uuder Gen. Melguizi were killed. Cal lazo bore j. important dispatches from Gomez to Maceo. Gen. Gomez, at the head of a large force, is at Hoyo Colorado, about fifteen miles from Havana. As Clear Aa Mad. There are several Democratic newspa pers m the South . (a lew" cf them in North Carolina) whose position on the financial question, ; which now over shadows all ethers, Js about as follows: 0a bio6b Nve 3 adftc ada2rno 13qleCytao9hMi Oni ep teRsna!4s :tn hoowe yt d5hO01-;rnhle mhtee ...esshw2 aMdcwaoc sburamdur bs lna63C etiP ,tinar ne $ssbroei,yei. ,;1 e 83u.w eefioetg aer.elp6 er ianpe naf.o KiOko-obe u tehte lufaglbrl 71h iwe pxefixa2wnes m 0a sRipe e a;rs. Thia la True BilL h . There are probably more people in Wilmington who regularly read the daily papers without paying for them than in any city of Its white population in the United bsate. We have care fully investigated this matter, so far as the Star Is concerned, and are satisfied that outside of the families and business houses entitled to read the paper, there are scores of persons, amply able to pay for a newspapsr, who "sponge" on their neighbors and friends. : TJniveralty Commencement. Commencement exercises this year at the State University, notwithstanding the inclement weather, were attended by a larger number of visitors than hereto fore and were of greater interest. Two young ladies of Wilmington among the visitors were recipients of marked at tention. Miss Abbie Chadbburn, daugh ter of Mr. Jas. H. Chadbourn, Jr., re ceiving the regalia of the chief marshal. Mr. Wright, and Miss Julia Daggett re ceiving the rosette iof assistant ball man aeer A. T. Williams, of Kenansville, N. C. Savins the Byeslgiit. If we did not have a conscientious de sire to do a positive good to the commu nity, we would not say so much respect ing Dr. Matthez skill as an optician. but while he is here we cannot say too much or too urgently recommend those having defective eyesight to go to him. Persons whose sight is simply im paired by age will receive the same proportionate benefit as those whose sight is !i impaired by dis ease. For the former he charges a sum that is insignificant when compared witb the value of saving the eyesight. With cheap, defective glasses a person is Jicble to pick outli those which are un- suited to the eyes and wmch weaken In stead of str engthening the sight, and the eyes are ruined. This simply applies to persons suffering (i the inconvenience ot defective eyesight by age alone, whose eyes will adapt themsslves to almost any lenses in lieu of scientifically adapting the glasses to the sight. In the slightly abnormal cases the patients will depend upon their own judgment, or that of the spectacle seller, and may temporarily be pleased, but where one by chance se lects the; proper lenses, nine-tenths pay the penalty by lasting:defects of vision, More eyes are injured by the injadicious use of glasses than arises from any other cause. lathe case ot inherited or ac quired optical defects the patient is then obliged .to apply to some scientific-occu- list and optician, add such is Dr. Mat thtz, at The prion. j. WASHNGTON NEWS. Btatna of ths Kaval Bill and the General De ficiency Appropriation Bill Now Pending In the Senate. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star, j ' Washington, June 6. The con ferees on. the Naval bill will endeavor to overcome tbe objections of the Senate to the price fixed for armor plate early Monday morning.. It is understood that they will bring in a report providing for three battleships, with a proviso that no contract be made until Congress shall take futther action. This will leave the question of the price of plate open until tbe next session. I u - . The Senate Committee on Appropria tions will, it is understood, on Monday morning, instruct Senator Hale, in charge of the Deficiency bill, to move to lay upon the table any and all amend ments that may be offered to that bill when it comes up in the Senate. The intention' is to pass the bill just as it "comes from the House and have it sent to the President before the day is over. UTAH DEMOCRATS. The State Convention Adopta a Platform Dt- : clarlng; for Free Coinage of Silver. By xelegregapn to tne Horning star. . f Salt LAkk City, Tune 6. The Dem ocrats of Utah in convention to-day adopted a platform declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, the divorce of Church and State, and elected delegates to the Chicago Convention in structed to vote for those principles. The Democrats of St. John's and Co lumbia counties. Florida, yesterday selected delegates to.the btate conven tion and instructed them for free silver. Tbe majority ji of the counties have selected delegates and not one has de-. NO. 3 GEORGIA PRIMARIES. A SWEEPING VICTORY FOR I FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. 8ilver Democrats Ca-rj Every County in the State Bnt One and That is ia Doubt Crlep for TJ. 8. Sonto Carries Everything A Straight Silver Delegation Will Be Satt to Xhioagb. . . - : ' By Telegraph to tin Morning Star. U , . ... . v. : ... ' . Atlanta, Ga., June G.-Returns from every part of Georgia indicate an overwhelming sweep , for the free coin age of silver. Returns frota counties will continue to come In long after mid night, but from those already in, it is certain that the State will go for silver by a majority of not less than five to one. Returns already indicate F that I every ' county in the. Seventh Congres sional i district is for silver, and. the same is true in the -Fourth, I Third, Ninth and Fifth districts. In the Eighth district it is probable that silver will carry every county but one, and that one is In doubt, and the defeat of Con gressman Thos. G. Law son, who was a candidate for renomination on a plat form defending his gold standard vote in Congress is assured. W. M. Howard, of Lexington, will be nominated. The Sixth district is practically solid for Silver, and the only district in the State where gold has any showing at all is in the Eleventh Congressman Tur ner's district but even there silver has made decided gains. J ; ' la the Second, Congressman Russell loses his home county, which sends free coinage delegates to the State conven tion. At Atlanta, tbe borne oj secretary Smith, the gold, men have practically conceded the result. I The biggest primary vote ever cast in this county is polled to-day and at this hour it is impossible to estimate tbe majority for silver, though returns from: the precincts just in. indicate a majority ot not less than one thousand. I Captain Evan: P. Howell, of the Constitution, heads the delegates to the State' con vention. Bibb and Clark counties are both conceded to silver. I For U. S. Senator, Crisp has practi cally swept the S ate and the 1 result is everywhere conceded. 1 he state con vention bids fair to follow in the Ken tucky and Virginia path. 1 Oov. Atkinson and the State House ticket will be renominated without bppo-, sitroq and' a .straight silver delegation will be sent to Chicago. I, 1 At midnight the indications are; that Atlanta has gone for silver by nearly two thousand majority. The country precincts give, silver a majority of be tween seven and eight hundred and the maiority in the city will be nearly, if not quite, one thousand. Secretary Smith; loses his home ward, and not a ward in the city nor. a precinct in the county goes for gold. The official returns will not be an-i nounced until Monday's consolidation Congressman Livingston has carried the county for renomination and Crisp carries tbe county by from 1.500 to 2,000 maiority. : j txeports ot silver victories are coming in from every part of the State, all going to show that the tide is running one way. CUBAN ADVICES. A Bat q.uet in Honor of Consul General Esia . Bpaniah Repxcs of Engagement with Ia- . aargent Foroea. y i z By Cable to the Morning Star. Havana, June , 6. Dr. Delego and his son, the latter of whom was seriously injured by Spanish troops in an attempt to kill him, sailed' to-day for New York on the steamer City of Washington. A banquet was given to-night at the Hotel Ingiaterra by 'the representative of tbe London Times, in henor of Gen. Fhzhugh Lee, the American Consul General; Among the invited guests were the British, French, Danish and German consuls,- prominent residents, British merchants and Senor Dubose, secretary of the-Spanish legation at Washington. Key-West Tune 6. lose Lopez, the party arrested on the Macotte last Wed nesday, arrived on tne steamer to nig nr. He reports that after being arrested he was placed in solitary confinement aid to day was put on beard the. steamer and j ordered to leave the country. He attributes his arrest to the fact that he was formerly a captain in the Spanish army and deserted to the insurgents. Lopez reports that . Col. Aranguren oL the jr. s argent forces was seriously wounded on the 4th in a battle' near the city of Havana, i j j Havana, June 6. In an engagement near Melena between the rebel party under Castillo and a detachment of troops the rebels lost 15 killed. The loss of the troops was one lieutenant and five soldiers wounded. -Rebels; attacked the towns of Ma nagua and caiabaezar near Havana to day, but were repulsed. GOLD BUG DEMOCRATS. Illlnoia Conferenoe Will Bolt the Begalar Ticket It the National Convert ton De- Olarei For Free 8ilvert j . Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, June 6. There was - -t a Con ference of gold standard Democrats from all parts of Illinois at the Welling i : i v ton Hotel to-day to debate the advisa bility of holding a "bolting" State Con vention. A score of prominent men, many of them bankers and Federal of fice holders; were present. Ex-Congressman Forman, the political lieuten ant of Col. Wm, R. Morrison, made a strongly , protesting speech ' againstrthe bolting idea which originated with the Cook county faction, and urged that tbe radical political step be . deferred until alter the Peoria, State and .Chicago Na tional Conventions of the party have oassed into history. It was practically aereed to send a contesting delegation to Chicago in juiy, so as to oe prepared to have them seated If the majority in the convention is favorable. E l Speaking for the gold Democrats! of Illinois and placing patriotism before oartv in tbeir estimation, the conferees agree that it tne Kepuoncan piatiorm de clared for gold and the Democratic plat form tor silver, the gold Democrats will vote for the Republican ticket. If "the Republican money plank is not satisfac tory, the gold Democrats will name an independent ticket, appealing to all fciti zens of like sentiment to support it. While they will not "bolt" the regular ticket nnless compelled to. they decided to organize ' honest money" cluts at pnee in every county of Illinois, so as to be pre pared to bolL and a permanent organiza tion was effected with Chas. A. Ewing, a Decatur banker, and cousin of the Vice President, as chairman. - In the United States Court at Louis ville, Ky., Jadge Lurton ordered! that the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad be sold within six weeksj The upset price was fixed at $l,600,O00j Tbe road " is now in a receiver's bands. It will be bought by the Illinois Central CLEVELAND SUSTAINED T: . ' m his veto of the general de. ' z" riCIINCV APPROPRIATION BILL. ( ' Tho Bnndry Civil and Naval Appropriation j Bun Comaidarad la ths ' Senato-Poetai . - . ' Maitsrt Before the House. I ..r . ' : i ... By Telegraph to the Morning Star. v . - SENATE. 1 Washington. June tt The Vice Pre- ' t .iuiul.uauUiu u Bignature to several bills, including the General Deficiency : ' Appropriation bill . and the "Filled Che. se" bill. , . - , Mr. Allison, chairman of the Commit- - tee on Appropriations, presented a par- - . . ' tial coc ference report on the Sundry ; " i Civil Appropriation bill and made an .-. s explanation as to the points on which an 1: agreement bad not bjea reached. The j ' : . - " first class cf these cases was the amend- . A menis for public buildinss. The House - conferees refused to azree to any in- crease cf the limitation of cost; and also ' ' refused to agree to the appropriations - . for public buildings in the capitals of the -new States, v -i . Senators Sewell, Vest, MorrilL Bacon; - ' Piatt and Cullom joined in advccatine - the proposition that the Senate insist on '-:f all its amendments for public buildingv 1 'y' Mr. Dubois then, at the request of Mr. .: ' ;'! Sewell, modified his motion by making r . :' it apply to air the public buildings in- . .-'' siead of confining it to those of the lour. - ; new btates. The motion, thus modi- ; - fied, was agreed to unanimously and a new conference was ordered. - ; t ' The conference report on the Naval .' , . Appropriation bill was presented and , read. The amendment reducing, the W: ' n--t. number of new battleships from four to : --, two is modified by making the number '. V tbree and the price tor armor plate, - : instead of being limited, to $350 a tan, , .. -is limited to .$425, with instructions to . L the Secretary of the Navy to inquire - what a fair price would be and to report at, the next session of Congress. Mr. Pettigrew characterized the price for armor plate proposed in the confer- - j ' ence report as an outrageous concession to the Carnegie and Bethlehem combi nation and asked what position the Re- - ' publican party occupied inl the coming, . ," ' campaign. "You will hear from this -, report." he exclaimed, "at every school j r ' house meeting. We have an anti-trust j-" -. ;- law. yet we propose to become the third" 7 v party to a trust." J ' ; Mr. Hale, in charge of tbe conference report, closed the debate. He said the k result which tbe conferees 'had come to was the best that could be done, r -. Finally the debate closed and the con- ' i ference report was disagreed to yeas, ' 22; nays, 24. A further conference was ordered. A - The Senate at 5.15 adjourned until, Monday 4t noon. . F ' - HOUSE pF REPRESENTATIVES. Although this was td; tbe Individual suspension day in order to enable those to dispose of certain measures which were being jpressed tbon the Speaker for consideration, butvone such bill was acted upon by the body in a session -.- , prolonged largely beyond the - usual ' ' -period, i That was a Senate bill to regu- -late foutth class mail matter, which was ; passed upon motion by Mr.) Loud of I f ; California, Republican. The effect of t the bill is to shut out of the mails the : -supplies of the Executive Department, : i j . which, under a liberal' construction ot the postal laws and ' regulations, have been held to be' mailable -matter. Mr Loud stated that it cost the GovernU ment twelve cents a poundo carry this stuff, whereas It could be transported by express at not to exceed two cents a pound.! ' .-I"-The greater part of the afternoon was devoted to the President's veto of the: General .Deficiency Appropriation biltr It was! vigorously attacked by Messrs. Mahon of Kentucky and Grosvenor of Ohio, and defended by Messrs. Cannon of Illinois. Dockery of Missouri and Sayers of Texas, and finally sustained by a np nf 1 70 tn Rft' Mr. Cannon then presented a revisjaspa-s-. bill, omitting the French spoliation vnd. (; Lf'. , Bowman actwar claimsand severaLKdi r.r i f"i vidua! claims, all included in apiugle ' w'j amendment, and movd tttat, tfit rules. "i'..J,'-4-'-3;; be suspended and the bill tie. passed. ."1: i j! This was opposed by Messrs. Mahon ;j : '! . of Pennsylvania, Richardson of Tennes-f y:XJ.lA ee, Evans of Tennessee and Wellington ifc r.-LH of Maryland, chiefly on Che ground that!-.-;.: ;- ' the President had made no, objection to '7 : j f the war claims and the House and Sen- V V i ' J ; ate had voted that they ought to be paid.' ,;: j-:.-:'- Tbe House, however, refused to go with these gentlemen,and passed tbe bill 172 to 43. . , - - i Mr, Cannon then, presented the latest report of the conferees upon the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, - and it was agreed to. -. The House refused . to mane any tur- , ther concessions regarding appropna-, tions for public building and ordered a i i . - i . - i iuriuer uunicicutc. Mr. Rnutelle of Maifae. Reoublican. called up the conference report on the i Naval Appropriation bill, which bad , only short!yieJore been rejected in thei senate, ana arter .some qiscusBion or-i dered a lurthejr conference! , - Tbe partial report of the conferees on ; the Postoffice Appropriation; bill was presented and agreed to. i Speaker Keea announced tne appoint-, ment of Messrs. Evans, ot Kentucicy. Russell of Connecticut and McMillan of Tennessee as members on the part of the House' of the joint Congressional commission provided for in the bill to repeal the! free alcohol clause of the' Wilson tariff law, to-lnvestigate and re port whether or not it be possible to frame regulations under which alcohol for use in arts and manufactures may be . admitted; free without danger to the customs revenues. " , i At-7.25. o'clock, on motion of Mr. Dineley of Maine, tbe House took a recess until 10 o'clock Monday morning. The President sent a veto mes sage to the House of Representatives on the Gsneral Deficiency Appropria tion bill this afternoon. He replies briefly to tbe criticisms of his exercise of the veto power, and says he ' has hur ried the preparation of the message In order that Congress may take action in the matter without delay.' The ground for the veto is the provision relating to the payment of tbe French spoliation claim. ' ';,:": . . -'. .' V ; -CHARLESTON- JUBILANT Over the Pioapeot of Gonttraotion ot a New Railroad from that City to tboWett. j !:. Br Telexraph to the Morning Sur. , ' . Charleston, S. C, une 6 AH of the $380,000 of bonds of the proposed Charleston s Macon Kaurcadj have been taken in this city and the building ofthe new road U now assured, President Geo. A. Wagoner, of the' Security Construction Company said, when seen to-day, that the last bond . bad been taken and that the actual building- of. the; line would be begun within the next ten days. Tbe con tracts which j' have been signed by the.. Construction Company call for tbe com pletion of the line to Allendale within four months. The Charleston branch of the road will run from this city to Allendale, S. C There a junc tion will be made with the Green-' wood, Anderson and Western road. This line is now - being extended to Green wood, S. C a distance of seventy miles beyond Sievern, lis present terminus, from Allendale. The Charleston & . Macon is to be built to some leading point, probably; Macon, in Georgia. An other feeder for the road and city will be the Port Roval & .Western Carolina lines, which are to be brought Into close touch with the new system by a. strong traffic agreement. The people of Charleston are jubilant over the great enterprise, the success ot which is now assured beyond a doubt. It will give this city the control of 600 miles of rails and open up to her an enormous terrK tory out of which she is now shut. ft Mil 1.K
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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