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We are again sending bills to our
subscribers; In the aggregate they
amount to a very large sum. R-any
of jour-; subscribers are responding
promptly- Others pay no attentf n
to the bills. These latter do not
seem to understand that they arc
uflijer any legal or moral obligation
to lay for a newspaper. ; ;
jiot": the gold standabd.
The fact that Japan is one of the
nations which has made marvellous
progress with silver practically as the
only money inLuse, and the farther
fact that th- -gold standard advo
cites, in thif country are making
much ado over the alleged change'
from a 'silver; to a gold standard,
makes the cfipn of that country in
teresting to us; It seems that the re.
port as to the establishment of the
gold standard was without founda
tion, as we learn from the New' York
Journal, which thus- describes, the
relation and the ratio .between gold
and silver in Japan : j
Toe reportiiiat Japan hadabandon
ed the coicuje of stiver and adopted the
gold standard turns out to have been un
true. According to official information
Iron Totia ths oaly foundation for the
story was the fact that on March S a bill
providing for the change was introduced
lototae lower-1 house of 'the Japanese
Diet. TnU, the Japanese Minister to
Washington explains 'no more fore
snados its passage by the Diet than
would b: the case in the American Con
eres.' And it is understood in tbe Ja
panese Legation that the proposed legis
lation will A ad s.rong opposition, and
crave doub'.s . are expressed as to the
possible success oi the measure.'
"Since 1371. up to which time the rj
tio between silver and gold in Japan bad
b;en 11.02 to 1. tbe ratio has been about
13 to 1. Thiuntof value is the yen o(
100-sen. Tne gold yen contains 1 667
gramme of me:al 900-1 000 fine; the sil
ver yen. 416 grams, or 26 9563 gramme.
Tnere have beea coined 69.418 000 gold
iza and 131.710 000 silver yen. .The
uaitot value proposed by the bill now
before the Diet is one-half the present
gold ven, or 0.833 gramme. In other
word3. the existing gold yen are to cir
culate at tw cs heir present value.
There will be no biber change if the bill
becomes a la. Tbe information, that
tie bill provide that (ree coinage of sil
ver snail cease October J, 1897, is rather
puzzling n v ev of . the fact that for
tome tirae past siv;r coinage has been
suspended' excsp: on Government ac
, court.
I ' Until more complete Information has
been obtained tbe arguments advanced
in favor of this ; bill in Japan can hardly
be even guessed at. Since the early sev
enties, when American and European
prosperity began to decline because of
fbe demaaetization of silver, Japan's
growth in prosperity under bimetallism
has been one pf the winders ,of tne
Md. In 1885 Japan exported 8511.090
orthpl textiles. Id 1895 the v.lue of
tucb exports, was 822.177,625. la the
same time tbe exports of raw silks in
creased from SU.t73.396, to JS50.928 440:
61 eram and provisions, from '4,514 843
to $13723 77t; of matches, from $60,665
to $4 672 851; of porcelain, curios and
Sundries, from ft2 78ft 87fl tn 11 2i 7H1-
While Japan's commerde for 1895' in
creased by 8300CO 0J0 over 1894. reach
ing a total of exports iand imports of
1296 000 C00, or about $7.30 per capita,
it therefore does not seem likely that
arguments in lavor of the gold standard
? Japan are based uptin the condition
01 tbe country, t -
What
pavor pf it be drawa irom ? Perhaps the
mwer may be found in tbe fact that the
n m h p r nl hi I, - t , .
. . uau&nq japan casiaieiy oeen
'u.rea31ng veryjrapidly. There are now
tear if sha k-,T?. l . . .
u, ' uuu u"u, wun a loiai capital oi
I 'a Via 348 VPnsnHtMil nn..,l 149 Hid
yen; the total siock oj monev in the
;u?lry oeing 3O3.60O.CO0 ven. It would
""oDsiy be to tbe interest of tbe banks
! "a their stodebofders to contract the
currency, and if looks as if the micht
sve pec enough by this time to do it.
D9j2ni:e3 wer sirong enough
"effect a Similar nurnnai- hure and in
H in iO3."
.JQ 1893 'the Japanese Parliament
appointed a commission of fifteen
members ,to investigate and report on
"GlOllOWln thrp
questions:
l'l. Taa ra.w ft.. t u
nge. o! rat,.
between gold and
0 m
L "stiiects of the
c'aaage upon
1 '3. Wn.,h
er 8u:h cjimge necessitates
rFieiOrmof cv.r r.r-L-r -....
,, "-v ucvcfiiimc woai new
oaix ir - ,n a l. -
;::i"aPi currencvskhalt .he adooted.
UQ nnri, S , ... . r . sr-
r-w"fi snail Dc done.
, lA'S Committee hpcran U ,rweM
'T L III
onn October. IftM n?irl r.lnc.H
I In t.
'"inarch, lio.v f h t
.1! ' - - . f V VVA VMS
first two, but there was some
ence arnoa? them on the third.
nev m - -- .1 ! : .
' r;pom irom wnicQ tne
. -o n cairatr.. as . we . nuu
Muoted ia th3 ljadianapoiisJV-tsil-0'
to Creditors the
.e criinge of ratio between
"PPoiitel to w' "f , la" "C
henrir ' uyiin stiver counirici.
told h,. 0 clraodities having fallen.
L HS mO'H nilrrh J,; .u-
oadf ' : CCOrdiDK t0 the investigations
comm. g a c.uTies. the prices of
1873 ve fallen from 100 in
torZ 1894
so that the
treaSed429
power
o
monev has in-
DrnR. .
per cent
which is the direct
-A.Cr'tors.
tin. i ' rail in Prica nt r.nmmnAl
lieImp,
ortedfrom Silver Countries
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VOL. XXVIII.
The prices of commodities in silver
countries are risins when there are
fluctuations in the ratio between gold
and silver.. Bat as tbe prices do not rise
so much as the difference of the two
metals, tbev are still" to some extent
ow as against sold. In other words.
gold countries can obtain articles
Cheaper from silver countries.
"Art. 6 Loss to Debtors and Tax.
Payers This is necessarily . the case
when they have to pay their debts with
money, the purchasing power of which
nas increased alter the debt was in
curred. - .-. .
"Art. 8 Deoression -of Commerce
and Industry It is quite natural that
commerce and industry should not flour-
isb when prices of commodities, decline
and debtors and tax-payers are in distress.-
When Drices decline, dav bv dav
merchants hesitate to purchase and
manufacturers to make, and .then tbe
general depression follows This is true
in England, where commerce and in
dustry do not prosper,, and cotioa and
omer industrial businesses have been
retarded. It is also the case in the
United States, where a panic occurred
in 1893. Six hundred ucd forty banks
closed during the vear, large numbers of
factories closed, and trade in general
was suspeeded. In G-rmiuy, also, the
same depression was f;lt and a silver
commission was appointed to investi
gate this matter.
"Art. 7 Decline of Rate of Interest
When prices decline and commerce and
industry are depressed, the apprehen
sion of failures prevents capitalists from
nvesting money in new enterprises
Besides, as capital invested in silver
quarters will bi withdrawn and more
money will be employed, the demand
ill increase, and at ; last ths rate of in
terest will fall.
"Art. 10 Distress of Farmers The
income of farmers decreases and the
prtces'of land fall, together with the
tail in prices of agricultural products.
This distnss is moreover .enlarged ov
the heavier burden upon tbe tax pavers.
"Art. 10 Distress to Employes This
is naturally the case with tbe employers
who have to pay wages and salaries to
the employes with money the purchasing
power ot which has increased. As espe
cially wages do not only fall with the
prices oi commodities, but generally
lake the contrary course, employers
nave to restrict their bnsmess. Any at
tempt on tbeir part to decrease wages
win be met with strikes or some other
form of opposition.
"Art. 11 Decrease in Demand of
Labor This is naturally the case with
the depression of agriculture, industry
and commerce. Many also go out of
employment and criminals increase ac
cordingly. "': -
"Art. 13 Increase of Imports from
Silver Countries As gold countries can
buy goods cheaper from silver countries,
tbeir consumption of products of the
latter countries increase ani the balance
of trade with these countries generally
goes against the former. This is to be
seen in the trade returns of England, tbe
United States, Germany.- France, etc.
The capital invested In silver countries
from gold countries may to some extent
account for this feature, but there is no
donbt that the cheap importation from
silver countries is one of the causes."
There is nothing in all this to in
dicate a disposition to adopt the gold
standard instead of the silver stand
ard wbich prevailed. The change of
ratio from 16 to 32 does not mean
that Japan will put twice as much
silver in the silver yen as she .had
been putting, but. that she' rednces
by one-half the amount of gold in
her gold yen, so it is the - gold and
not the silver coin that is changed.
It means more than this, for it means
Xhat the foreigner who pays in silver
for goods bought will haver to fork
over twice as much silver as before,
in other words, while she reduces the
weight of her gold coins she doubles
the value'of her silver coins. As she
still remains on a silver basis, though
recognizing bimetallism the change
in ratio will not affect prices or affct
the business situation between Jap
anese, Doubling the value of gold
by the change of ratio will have a
tendency to lock gold up and put
silver on a firmer footing.
It would be very remarkable in
deed that a nation which has made,
such marvellous progress as Japan
has on a silver basis should deliber
ately do . any thing to discredit the
money which gave her such decided
advantage over old standard na
tions '
JOK MEHTIOJ5T.
Washington dispatches state that
at a meeting of the Cabinet Friday
the Cuban question was- discussed
and it- was resolved to pursue a
course of strict neutrality and to;
substantially follow the precedent
set by the preceding administration
It now remains to be seen what con-j
strfcction will be put upon "neutral-
itv." We did not expect that Mri
McKinley would show any leaning
towards Cuba, and as far as the
utterances of members'pf his Cabinet
who bad spoken on that question be
fore they were installed are con
cerned, there was nothing In these to
indicate anv disposition to er
courage the struggles for free
dom, with, the lone! exception of
some utterances by Secretary Sher
man, when he was Senator, and
these didn't amount to much. As a
Government it is of course expected
that neutrality beobserved, but the
administration of Mr. Cleveland's
carried its interpretation of neutral
ity so far as to give the Spaniards
every advantage, and to practically
make this Guvernment an ally of
Spain. It employed detectives.
noticed the seas, seized, turned loose
and seized again suspected vessels,
on the mere suspicions of the Span
ish Minister at wasninziou, l mauc
rulings and reversed rulings stppa
rentlv to meet emergencies. It not
only enforced the law but strained
the law to appear neutral. This ad
ministration may show some interest
in Americans who may be arrested by
the Spanish authorities, bat. the
probabilities are that with the change
of policy by the Spaniards as to the
treatment of Americans there wu
ji.oi.-ua - y v ji vi ii vi.il v ii i x U -a-JLVle; f - UwrZiSS
be less occasion to show a "vigorous
policy" than there was' during the
past administration. r .
In the matter of the North .Caro
lina railroad lease the gentlemen who
are taking care of the Southern, on
the one, side, and. Governor Russell
on the other, seem to be playing a
game of wfts. The former led off by
the Injunction by a Federal Judge
and the Governor follows by bounc
ing the; old State directors- and ap
pointing a new' batch, j. We are not
lawyer -enough to speak positively
on the effect of this actiowby the
Governor; Vat it he has the power to
make the removals and appointments
we do not see how this' action can
affect, the proceedings in the Federal
Court, f the Federal Court has juris
diction In the case at all, tor the
removals were made after the in
junction was granted, which was
against the directors (and all others),
not as Individuals but as directors,
and it. $e$ms to us would hold good
against any director whether he was
a director at the time the injunction
was granted or not. But in these
days of conflicting laws, conflicting
interpretations, conflicting courts and
conflicting decisions, it isn't easy for
the lawyer, much less the man who is
not a lawyer, to tell what is law. or
what isn't, or what laws are going to
hold -when the lawyers' and courts
have got through .with them. But
there is enough equity in this case
for the State of North Carolina to
fight it in Impartial courts without
resort to any short turns or cunning
devices. : .-' j . " ,
I A man has been arrested in Mary
land because he persisted in. leading
the life of a hermit, and flocking all
to himself. The Mary landers insist
or people being sociable and divid
ing their grievances and disappoint-.
ments with their fellows, and that's
why they want to break up' this fel
low's sequestered ranch. ' :
Senator Heitfeld. of Idaho, attri
butes his success in becoming a U,
S. Senator to the fact that he never
resorted to duplicity, which, he says,
the American people despise, and
thus- secured the confidence of
enough men in the Legislature to
elect him.;
The1
report is that MnratHalstead,
will succeed Gen. Lee as Consul
General at Havana. It may be in
cidentally remarked that Mr. Hal
stead Wasn't a very high opinion of
Gen. Weyler, and thinks the Cubans
will finally make a scoop of indepen
dence
, i
A Washington dispatch ! says Kt
Gudger wants to go as Minister to
Brazil!. Let him go. We can spare
him. I No Democrat in this State
will object to his going-to Brazil or
to Terre del Fuega, and keep go
ing.- i- "
Thrt winner in the comin? bout at
-i " " yy
Carsob will rake in $33,500. with
sundry. Incidentals. That'smore
than the average editor can earn in
two years. v
Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, who is
y
also Governor pf Michigan is vindi
catediibr twelve cities have adopted
hisvacant lot" farming and pro
nounce it a success,
MORE INCENDIARISM.
Attempt to Barn Mr. Dunatn MoBaeher&'j
BMldsBM, on Btvanth Btroet, Be
tween Ooek and Orange. v
Fire broke oat this morning about
1.45 o'clock at the residence of Mr. Dan-
can McEachern, on Seventh street, be
tween! Orange and Dock. I o response.
to an alarm from box No. 68, Eight and
Market streets, the Fire Department
was soon on tbe' scene and succeeded
in suppressing the flames, which were
itnated in the northeastern corner
of the house. The damage is esti
mate4 at about $100, fully covered
bv insurance. 1 Fortunately the fire
ii I discovered by1 Mrs. B. F,
Penny, who resides next door, before it
cnnld tret verv much headway. The fire
was of incendiary origin.
Risby Hunter, colored, while return
ing home from work, about twenty min'
utes beforej the fire broke out, si w a
short! thick set 'man j amp over the
fence between Mr. Penny's residence
'and ''Mr. Mcichern's, and go back into
th vard. bat thinking nothing of it he
' ' . r - . :
went home.
Committed Sea Jail.
John Dobson, alias Captain Darby, coU
ored. who, ft is alleged, snatched a hand
bag containing a gold watch and several
other articles from Mrs. R. A. Watts, of
finMhnrn.l while she was seated In a
train at the A. C. L. depot in this city,
was arraigned for trial in Justice Bunt
ing's court? yesterday. Justice Bunting
finding probable cause placed him un
A.ra o bond for his appearance at
the Criminal Court, which he failed to
give laud was committed to jail. Bruce
Williams, Esq, of Bargaw, represented
the State, j .'i ..; 'r
Arrested for Vorsery.
Police Officers James McDonald- and
R. W. Murray yesterday afternoon ar
rested a white man by the name of Wil
liam Geffney on a warrant charging him
with forgery. It is charged that Geff
ney forged several orders on different
butchers in the market for meat. Geff
ney fame to the city last; October with
Snack's Circus He states that he was
drunk Thursday, the day it is alleged
tbe offense was committed, and does
not remember anything that happened.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDA MARCH 18, 1897.
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY ft. R.
Bill Fund the Iiealelatme prevantixts I
. ttala ia Seottoni. .
V News and Observer
Mr. George M.Rose, of Fayetttville,
went home yesterday.! He is tbe attor
ney for the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley
Railroad, and has been here - for sev
eral days securing the passage of a bill
through the Legislature, preventing the
sale of. the railroad in sections, as is
proposed by the New York stock
holders, and as is : asked by tbe
Southern Railway. The Southern
wants it sold in this way so that it may
get control of the line trom Greensboro
to Bennettsvule. S. C The Baltimoie
stockholders and the peopled Fayette
ville, however, oppose this -.plan of re
organization, and sent Mr. Rose here to
secure the enactment of some legislation
to prevent it. In this he has succeeded,
and he went away well pleased with the
result of his mission. The act passed by
the Legislature provides that the road
shall be sold as a . whole, and that if sold
separately . all rights and franchises are
taken away and only, the roadbed and
road equipment can be disposed of.- -.
Adulteration of Spirits Turpentine.
The following is the bill which passed
the Legislature in regard to the adulter
ation of spirits turpentine :
The General Assembly of North Carolina
do enact : ' .l : -1
Section 1. Thataay person or per
sons who shall adulterate or cause to be
adulterated any spirits turpentine, or
who shall sell or offer for sale as pure,
spirits turpentine any adulterated spirits
turpentine, shall be guilty of mide-;
meanor, and upon conviction -shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars, or im
prisoned for thirty days, or both, at the
discretion of the court, for each and
every offence. . -.-.. ) i ..-
Condaoto W. !. Barlow Hart. I
Yesterday afternoon as the south
bound train on the W.. C. & A. Railroad
neared Fair Bluff an altercation oc
curred between Conductor W.L. Harlow.
who had charge of the train, and a balf-
drunken negro named Frank Merritt,
an employe at the factory of the Na
vassa Guano . Company. Merritt hit
Conductor Harlow in the tace with a
bottle, inflicting several punful wounds.
He then jumped off tbe train and made
his escape. One of the train crew shot
at Merritt three times, but did not hit
bim. .
Ijtld to Bsat. :
A sadder or. a more touching scene
than that of the funeral of young Thos.
C. James, who died Thursday morning,
has seldom been witnessed. The ser
vices were held at St. John's Episcopal'
Church, and as the remains were borne
up the aisle by those who had been dear
to him as friends, followed ' by loved
ones, it seemed hard to realize that Tom
James was ho more. Rev. F. N. Skinner.
pastor of St. Paul's Church, conducted
tbe service, assisted by Rev. James Car-
micbael, D. D. From the church tbe re
mains were tenderly carried and interred
in that beautiful " city of the dead "
Oakdale cemetery. The pall-bearers
were Messrs. Chas. Hill, ' W. C. Crow,
Henry McFarlane, Thos. Myers, Creatt
Angel and James Catch ett.
City Haiksu. !
Vegetables were in better supply
than
any other articles ot country produce
yesterday. Cabbage,xollards. green
onions, kale, lettuce, spinach and cel
ery were oil sale in large quantities.
Shad continue low and command a
wider sale than any other variety of fish.
Line ben New River oysters were higher
than at our last report, bringing $1.00
per gallon. Eggs were steady at 10 and
12 cents per dozen. ' I.
Poultry Chickens dressed,' 50 to 75c
per pair; live, 40 to 60c per pair; turkeys,
dressed, 10 to 15c per pound, j .
Fish Mullets, 10c per bunch; shad, 80
and 60: per pair; trout, 20c pet bunch.
i Meats Pork, 10c per pound; sausage;
10c; steak, loin, HXv round, 10c; chuck,
7c; stew, 5 arid 6c. . t J j ; .
Vegetables Lettuce, 3 to 5c per
head; spinach, 25c per peck; cabbage, 5o
per bead; collards. 3 to 5c per head;
rutabagas, 2 to; 5c per bunch;
kale. 50c per bushel; radishes, 8
to 5c per bunch; celery, 25c per bunch,
green onions, 5c per bunch; sweet pota
toes, 15 to 20c per peck; Irish potatoes,
25c per peck. - ' . . ;
Oysters Best New River, fl per gal
Ion; Stump Sound, 60 to 80c; Myrtle
Grove, 60c; Sound ovsters, 40c. Oys
ters in shell. 50c per bushel. !
Jurora for the Snperior Court. J j
The County Commissioners met in
special session yesterday loir the pur
pose of drawing jurors fpr the next term
of the Superior Court, which meets on
tbe 12th of next month, j The following
is-a list of those drawn: j j-
First week W. G. Whitehead, J. B.
Dempsey, G. J. Boney, 'Eoen Piner, J.
S. Smith, B. F. Mitchell. W. P. Toomer,
F. E. Hashagen, C. F. Williams, W. W.
Young, W. McR. Smith, Louis Weil. J.
W. Capps, Jno. A. Wattiers, G. H. Haar,
T. J. Ramsey, Frank B. Brown. C. Fred
rick, John Casteen, Geo. L. Smith,, J. W.
LaMott, J. A. Atkinson, McG. Green and
Eman Gartis. ! 1 1
. Second week W. W.
Hines, M- M.
Parker, W. R. Lindstrom, W. R. Green,
I. W. Hankins, W. H. NorwoodJ Asa W,
Riggs, Walter A. Taylor, S. G. Craigi B.
F, Brituin. James N. McCumber, H. S.
Penton, Wo. Finerj Geo. S. Lewis, C. L.
Porter, W. N. Cronly, Geo.T. Shepard,
E. W. Cooper. Robt. Robbins, John W.
Hewett, Ed. MurrinrGeo. Irving. Hen
derson Sessions, Geo. N. Harriss.
Detected id An Attempt tq Steal.
Late yesterday afternoon a colored
man entered the store of Messrs. I. H.
Rehder & Co., and, after looking
around, started out. As he walked to
wards the door Mr. F. T. Risbly. a clerk
in the store, noticed a corset protruding
from under a mackintosh which the
man had on. He was immediately,
stdpped, and the corset turned ont to be
th.nmriertv of Messrs. Rehder ! & Co.
The police were sent for, and
the man,
who gave his name as Win.
Macks, ar
tbe guard
rested. He was placed in
house, but was afterwards
removed to
jail, where he now awaits
a trial ' to-
BAPTIST CONVENTION;
PREPARATIONS
- TAINMENT
MADE FOR ENTER
OF DELEGATES. '
The Chmroh Badding Being Pot in Best
Shape Potaible - Seaboard Air '
Irfns Will Ban Three .
; v; "B ptut BpeoUlt."
The Baptists of the city are working
vigorously to get ready for the great
Convention which meets here in May.
The great part of the work 'naturally la
in the way of getting tbe church edifice
in the. very bes" shape ' possible. The
money for that purpose has all been
raised or pledged,: acd a force of carpen
ters, masons and painters, under, the di
rection of Mr. C D. Morrill, contractor,
has been at work for several wetks.
THE ANNEX.
This part of the church building has
never been completed, the upper 'story,
which is the largest and most commodi
ous, being until the present almost en
tirely unfinished, or not in use at any
rate. When the Convention meets here
it will have in this room one of the
very best and most spacioua of halls for
committee meetings, special' services, or
for any other purpose. It is eighty
two feet long by thirty five wide.
The ceiling is painted white and the
walls are rough finished. The hall is
amply lighted by several large windows.
Two doors have 'been cut by which en
trance to it can be gained from the gal
leries. Besides the special use to which
this hall will be put during the Conven
tion, it will be very convenient for lec
tures, festivals and other entertain
ments. In tbe first sto-y of the annex the re
pairs consist mainly in the painting of
the wainscoating, ceiling and other wood
work.-
THE MAIN AUDIENCE ROOM. " y
The needed improvements in the main
wing of the church are a new carpet and
the painting of the walls. The first of
these improvements has been taken in
band by the ladies of the church, and
they report considerable progress.' The
order lor the carpet was placed several
days since.
The walls of the main audience room,
now smoked to a dingy hue, will be
painted white, thus neutralizing the
rather gloomy effect lent by the dark
coloring of the ceiling.
' ' ENTERTAINMENT OF DELEGATES.;
To provide homes for six, hundred
delegates will be no slight undertaking,
but realizing the magnitude of the un
dertaking, the committee on entertain
ment has begun in time, and is making a
thorough canvass of Baptist homes and
placiflg in each as many delegates as
can possiDiy oc . cmcriamea lacrci
There are eleven hundred delegates
in all, but only six hundred of them will
be entertained by the Bapti
TRANSPORTATION OFJBELEGATESV AND
: .VJJSrSORS.
The Seaboard Air Line will have in
its regularadvertising space in Tues
day Star a display notice of its routes
o the Convention. It has also issued a
handsome four-page circular describing
the routes with greater fulness aad nam
ing parties from whom further Informa
tion may be obtained. The Seaboard
proposes to ran three through trains to
be known as ."Baptist Specials." one
from Norfolk and . Portsmouth. Va., to
Wilmington via Weldon(where.Northern
delgates via all rail will be joined), Raleigh
and Hamlet; one from Atlanta via
Athens and Hamlet to Wilmington; one
from Rutberfordton via Charlotte and
Hamlet to Wilmington. The rate will
be one fare for the round trip. The
schedules of these trains -have not been
made up as vet, but thev will be run to
suit the convenience of the delegates.
On the first page of the circular is a
cut of Fort Fisher in 1865, while on the
fourth page appears a splendid cut of
the First Baptist Cimrch. The circular
recites! the following in description of
Wilmington's reputation for hospitality
and of tbe numerous points of historical
interests in and around the city
The points of, interest in the vicinity
are Moore s Creek battle ground oi Rev
olationary fame, situated a lew miles up
tbe river; Fort Fisher, the scene ot two
of the most memorable conflicts of the
late civil war. and the fall of which, by
patting a stop to- the blockade running,
bv means or which the Cod federate
troops were being supplied, precipitated
the final surrender. Fort Caswell, at
the mouth of tbe river one of the most
formidable fortresses of the time prior to
the ironclad and Battleship era; Fort
Johnson, at Southport, commanding the
river in both directions,, and - f ort An
derson. where a battle was fought with
the Federal troops on tbeir way op the
river. Forts Caswell and Johnson are
now being equipped with modern guns
atd put in fighting trim in preparation
for possible hostilities. Wilmington
has wide and beautifully shaded streets.
a handsome park overlooking the river,
first class eiectrlc car set vice, and has
had a reputation for many years of the
moat generous hospitality. About twelve
miles from town the steamer connects
with trains for ; Carolina Beach, one of
tbe best, seaside resorts on the North
Carolina coast. The Sea Coast Rail
road, ten miles long, takes passengers to
Ocean View, crossing tbe sound (two
miles wide and running down the beach
within a stone's throw of the ocean for a
mile. : The beach is '.covered with hand
some cottages, and is said to be the
finest on tbe coast in its natural advan
tages. . . ' " M - M '
FORMER WlLMlNGTONIAN HONORED
Mr. Arohibkld O. Worth Sleeted Mayor ot
a Hew Jeraey Town.
Mr. Archibald Carter Worth, eldest
son of our venerable friend, B. U. Worth,
Esq., has been elected Mayor of the
borough of ' Cresskill, Bergen county,
New Jersey. Those who remember
"Archie Worth" will recall that early in
1866 he removed from this State to New
York, where he engaged in business in
M Vnrlr ritv residinc fox several
years past at Cresskill, N. J.. where- he
has a most comfortable borne. We learn
that this is one of the few instances
where the office sought the man, as. Mr.
Worth was elected Mayor much against
htm will and wnnld not consent to
ierve if anv nromises had to be made
as to patronage ana appointments, it
' is very gratifying to the many friends of
, -
"Archie tojtnow ne nas oeen so nignty
hnnnrrA and we congratulate tbt ce6-
I pie of Cresskill in having so worthy a
Mayor.; i
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CRITICAL RELATIONS
EXISTING BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN
AND THE TRANSVAAL.
England Seeking the Earliest Opportunity
to Crash the Iiittle Bepabllo eo
; Mary Chambetlain'a Policy
." Freatdetat Eraser, and , ' ;'
??--- Queen Victoria. ij
Copyright 1897 by the San Printing and Publishing
d . Association.! v.-.; "
London. March 13. Public attention
has been so concentrated fox . several
weeksupon the crisis in the East that
little notice has been taken of the really
critical relations now existing between
Great Britain and the Transvaal Repub
lic j There is strong reason for believ
ing that the English . Government is
seeking the earliest opportunity or ex
cuse for making one "more attempt to
crush the little Republic which so many
times has successfully repelled British
invasions. Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain is credited with just such an out
rageous policy and bis attitude on sev
eral recent occasions has done much to
justify the, suspicion. He emphasized
repeatedly In his examination of Mr.
Rhodes before the South Africa Com
mission bis conviction that the
present . regime in the Transvaal
cannot continue and openly intimated
that the British - Government would
have given full support to an ulti
matum In the drifts question last Octo
ber had it been necessary. All of Mr.
Chamberlain's nicest utterances in Par
liament in reference to tbe Transvaal
have been sarcastic and intolerant. He
openly declares that the present rela
tions! between the two countries are
Rravely strained. There has been -free
tak within a few; days of an ultimatum
to President Kruger. with Lord Wolsa
ley and forty thousand troops in the
back ground. There is, of course, every
effort td make it appear that President
Kruger is taking the offensive,' but no
body need be deceived thereby. The
keen old statesman of the Rand know
perfectly well that England is trying to
pick a quarrel with bim, and be is sim
ply malting ready, as he should do.rfor
one more gallant defence of the Boer
iberties against the rapacious greed
of gold-wot shipping Englishmen. ' This
week be was making speeches in
the Orange Free State, whete he .has
been on a mission which is pretty . well
understood to include a scheme of an
offensive as well as a defensive alliance
pf the two African Republics against
England. His peculiar style of oratory
is not relished in England, where every
body is ready to take offence whether it
is intended or not. Ia One oration he
talked cheerfully about the neat way bis"
keen-eved burghers had shot English
men when! the foreigners invaded tbe
Transvaal and tne fact that his asser
tionv perfectly ! accordawith the facts
does not sweeten it for British palates
In another speech tbe old man paid
ponderous compliments to Queen V;c
tona, or at any rate the world has
been Jjivea to understand that they
were meant to be compliments. Among
Lot her remarks he declared that the
Queen was Meen Kwievrouw and a
controversy is how raging as to the
meaning of this phrase. . Renter s Tele'
gram Company, which is the official
Boer agency as far as South ' African
news is concerned, translates the remark
as ;a difficult" womanf' The Central
News, which in South African affairs is
ultra British, cables from Cape Town
that Mr. Kruger's words were meant to
be contemptuous, and that their literal
and also colloquial meaning is "an angry
woman or , shrew. The : London ulobe,
which may be: fairly regarded as the or
gan of Mr. Rhodes, says the expression
is frequently used in the Transvaal with
reference to bad-tempered animal.which.
when annoyed, kick or bite. Thus "een
kwake mannettje" is a phrase applied
to a cock ostrich which is an habitual
and vigorous kicker. Mr. Kruger, it is
urged, really intended to describe Uaeen
V ctoria as a vicious woman. ' What
ever Mr. Kruger meant. Englishmen are
bound to put the worst construction on
it. As to his mission to tbe Grange Free
State, pnvite cables indicate that he will
probably fail as to his main object, as
the smaller Republic has no desire for
high politics.' One can scarcely take up
an English paper now without finding in
some form or ano'.her the obviously ab
surd accusation that President 'Kruger
has the design to provoke England to
war., Certainly tbe gallant old Kepub
lican shows a fine contempt of British
susceptibilities and stoutly declines
to accept as a i ule of faith the proposi
tioi that the English are a heaven-sent
race which sooner or later mustjdomi-
nate South Africa. Moreover, he ve
hemently declines to allow England to
interfere under any pretext in the domes
tic concerns of bis country, but be has
done absolutely nothing to justify the
charge that he would be such a fool as to
force a war.
A good deal of Interest is taken here
in a long report in the Times of an in
terview yesterday between Mr. amaliey
and Mr. Sherman, the new Secretary of
State. It represented that Mr. Sherman
favors the arbitration treaty, but is luke
warm regarding its details and is willing
to accept any form of a treaty.-
i The Secretary, declares that he will
continue the Olney policy with regard
to Cuba and Spain American citizens
will be protected by the American Gov
eminent. I Those who, under cover of
American! nationality, engaged in hos
tilities against Spain must accept tbe
consequences of their acts. Those who
are: pursuing lawful occupations in
lawful way will be held entitled to tbe
protection of law and treaties, and in
their behalf no efforts will ; be spared
should they be. seized on suspicion.
"Tnere will be no war with Spain," tbe
interview goes on. "We want none. We
have no j reason to believe that Spain
wants' war. If Spain would give me a
quit claim deed to the island of Cuba 1
would not nave it.
- Mr. Sherman said be -was opposed to
all annexation, tttinkmg the United
States big enough already. He repelled
the motion of desiring tbe annexation ot
Canada, oeaceablv or otherwise. "It is
for tbe interest of: neither. I have al
readv stated my views against annexa
tion. My dream for the remote and
permanent future of this North Ameri
Lean continent is three great Republics
Canada, the United States and Mexico
but I would not take a step to alter
things as they are. What is to come
hereafter! must come by natural political
evolution. , ' .
: j .A. DOUBLE SUICIDE.
An
Xiogaged Couple BUU Tbemselvea by
: Taking Foiaon. . "
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Fort .Wayne. Ind., March 13. Wm
E. Colerick, one cf the most eloquent
and brilliant young lawyers of Indian?
was found dead on a lounge in the front
room at the house of his fiancee, MisiMay
Hall, in this city, at 9 o clock this morn
ing, and! Miss Hail was found nncon
scious ii her own room 'at tbe rear of
tbe same residence. Both had taken
carbolic
acid. M.sb Hall is at the Hope
Hospital, where her death is bcurlv ex
pected.
Mrs. Hall, mother of the young
lady, has gone to St. Paul to be married,
BRIGHT FOR CUBA.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM THE ISLAND
FOR SERVICE IN SPAIN.
Carllsta Creating Trouble People i a
Onan-
abaeoa B'joioe Over the Departure of
tfc Notorloaa Vondeylela Aw- '
j- falButohery at Bt jaoal. .
j By Telegraph to the Morning Star J
Havana. March is, via Key West,
Fla.. March 13. Very little news has
reached Havana of what has occurred In
the Philippines. Local papers have re-
eived long telegrams; but their publica
tion have been prohibited by the censor.
He only allowed the news of Polavir ja's
resignation on the plea of sickness
and this has caused a great sensation
amongst the Spaniards, all disbelieving
tne story anu atirioutiog it either mat
be has been defeated in front of Cavite.
or worse still.! that the Spaniards' have
actually been expelled from the j island.
ine Spaniards leel despondent and
more so . when it is known that; Spain,
oeing; unaD'.e i ta send morei reinforce
ments to the Philippines or unwilling to
send the regular troops stationed in
Spain to hold, the Carlists or Republi
cans in check, has decided to withdraw
20,000 or 25,000 ' troops from Cuba, and
under the pretext that they are sick and
disabled, in order not to call attention
ot either the Spaniard or the insurgents,
iiey win be sent back to Spain at once.
Weyler has agreed, to the scheme and
this explains the reason of his repent or-.
cers calling to the volunteer ranks all
the able-bodied men willing to join
them, in order to fill the gaps left by the
troops which are to be sent to Spain.
People here consider this measure as
Spain's first confession of weakness
and impotency to finish the Cuban revo
lution and a preliminary step to the final
abandonment of the same, ,
Great r. jsicing was manifested in
Guaaabacoa tbe other night when the
notorious Fondevieia left -the place to
take charge of his forces operating
around Campo Fiorido. Dancing parties
were organized in j many private resi
dences and the numerous 'families w bo
na ve left the place have announced
their intention ol returning Col.
Tejerizo, appointed in command, has
the reputation of being an upright, hu.
mane Spanish officer, and he j has al
ready announced his intention to govern
Guanabacoa with, treat justice and fair
ness. .'I ! i ,- .
AH the Cuban residents oLBeiucal
arc uccinu in terror irom me town. 1 ne
passenger train which arrived yesterday
irom the place was packed to overflow
ing with families who have hurriedly
left ft horrified at the awful butchery
committed the night previous. It seems
the Spanish garrison of troops and vol
unteers, enraged at the repeated attacks
made cn the town by the rebels! but too
cowardly to meet them in the
open fields or fight them in
tbe streets of the same, are wreaking
vengeance on peaceful residents on tbe
plea that they are in sympathy with the
Cuban patriots, and twenty of them were
taken out of their homes late Thursday
night and butchered in the outskirts.
Their bodies were feft in the open fields
to be devoured by tbe dogs and vul
tures. Vengeance is also being taken
on the helpless women and children,
who are alleged to have relatives or
friends in the rebel ranks.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
I
Oca.
W. Bailey, of T iu, Nominated
for
Speaker Other XTominatiane.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Match 13 This i 'ticket
was nominated at the caucus of the
Democratic members ot the House this
afternoon: Jos. W. Bailey, Texas,
Speaker; E. G. Bagby, District of Co
lumbia, Chaplain; James Kerr. Pennsyl
vania, Clerk; H. H. ' Mohhr, Illinois'.
Sergeant-at-Arms; !G. M. Crookshank,
Alabama, Doorkeeper; T. B. Stackhouse.
South Carolina, Postmaster; Ike Hill,
Ohio. George Browning, Virginia, Pel
ton Kaight, Georgia, . and fames Eng
lish of California, special employesi,
There has been for several weeks an
active canvass for the Speakership nom
ination. The candidates were!-Jcs. W.
Bailey, of Texas; Benton McMillin, cf
Tennessee, and James D. Richardson, of
Tennessee. I . ' 1 .
Before the caucus met to-day Mr,
Richardson withdrew with tbe nnder-standing-that
he should be elected per
manent chairman i of the Democratic
caucus. , This was j supposed to narrow
the feeling to Bailey and McMillin, but
after these gentlemen had been placed
in nomination a third candidate was
presented by Mr. Terry, of Arkansas, in
the person of Mr.j Richard Bland, of
Missouri, the silver dollar candidate for
Presidential hooors at the Chicago Con
vention. . Mr. Bailey proved to be an
easy winner, securing a larger vote than
both bis. rivals Combined.. The five
members of the New York delegation,
excepting Mr. Sulzer, supported Mr.
Bailey, the remainder of his vote com
ing: principally from the South. Tne
vote was: Bailey, 66; McMillin, .80,
Bland. 22. j
Mr. Bailey wa awaiting the result in
the Appropriations Committee room
where a committee consisting of Messrs.
Sayers of Texas, Cox of Tennessee, and
McjClelian of New York, met him and
after extending their congratulations
escorted him to the House chamber,
where he was received with applause.
The yonng Texan ascended to the
Speaker's platform and expressed his
gratification at the honor conferred
upon bim and advocated harmony in the
party,. . - I . :j : m ' .
: Tne following resolution, offered by
Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, was adopted.
! Resolved That a committee of Repre
sentatives be appointed to confer with
the Democratic Senators fpr the purpose
of having a joint caucus of Senators and
Representatives during tbe Fifty-fifth
Congress, tp the end that harmony and
uniformity of party action may prevail
in the course to be followed by the
Democratic Senators and Representa
tives.-' , I ) .-' v ..:;
, Tbe caucus then adjourned.
.
Exoert burglars' dvnamited the safe in
the postoff'ce atjGambria. Montgom
ery couny Va., Friday night, j A small
amount of money acd about lone hun
dred dollars in stamps, and over twelve
thousand dollars in notes! and bonds be
longing to private parties were stolen.
There is no clue tp tbe robberes.
The family of 1 Consul General Lee
will return ' to tbe United States with
in two weeks. This is thought to be pre
ps rater? to a change iu the consulship.
- When I sari enre Tdo not mean merely to stop
them for a time and then hare them return again. : I
mean a radical cure. I hare made the diieaae of
FITS, EPILEPSY or TALLINO SICKNESS a life
long atndy. -1 warrant my remedy to eare the worst
cases. Because other hare failed ia no reason for
not now reeerring a enre. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Ex
press and Postoffiee address.- . j -
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VWt f FOR , SPEAKER. . r'
Bead Beqetvea the Ifomtnatlon of the Be-
pablioan Canons AU the Present m
Omoera Benominatad.
; By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, March 18. Speaker
Reed was unanimously nominated for
Speaker of tbe House of Representa
tives at to-night's Republican caucus;!
The attendance of raemberi was un
usually large. 192 of the 203 being pres
ent. The new members were conspicu
ously numerous. Mr. Pavne, of New
York, was selected to place Mr. Reed In
nomination. He referred, in flattering
terms, to Mr. Reed's popularity in the
House. He said that Mr. Reed was
nominated when this Congress was
elected; that be was the choice of the
Repufettcan party and that it was the
basinets of the caucus to respond to this
popular demand. When Mr. Payne had
taken his seat Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio,
who occupied the chair, put tbe motion,
and it was adopted without a dissenting
vote. ,- : i .. j
All the present House officers were
then renominated. Tbey are as follows:
Henry N. Couden, of Michigan. Chap
lain; Alexander McDowell. I of Pennsyl
vania, Clerk; Ben j. F. Russell, of Mis
souri. Sergeant-at-Arms; W. J. Glenn, of
New York, Doorkeeper. ? . . -
AT ATHENS.
Dlsiatisfaotion Exists at the Want o Prep
: atatioa for Meeting the Present Crlaia
Oolltalon Inevitable If tbe Powere
." ; Eaforoe Coeroion. . '
i ' By Cable to the Morning Stat.
"'London, March 13. A dispatch to
the Times from Athens says that a feel
ing of dissatisfaction exists because of
the failure of the Government to make
better provision for meeting the present
crisis. That the King took the neces
sary step! for the increase of the army
is admitted, but it, is held that the
War Office did hot make proper
preparation in respect of equipments.
This feeling has not had the effect, how
ever, of 'allaying the' popular enthusi
asm. The students of the university
have issued a manifesto to the students
throughout the world, asking their sym
pathy in the struggle with the Turks.
Advices from the frontier say that the
officers have great difficulty in restrain
ing the Greek soldiers, and it is believed
that if the Powers enforce coercion a
collision between the Greeks and the
Turks is inevitable.
RAILROAD DISASTER. j
Four Men Fatally Irjared In a Wreck on
on -the Southern Ball way, Neat
Borne. Ga. .
Rv Telegraph to the Morning Stai..
Rome, March 13. A passenger train
on the Southern Railway plunged down :
a bluff sixty feet deep at tbe approach to
the Etowah , river bridge 'this ! morn
ing, with tbe engineer sticking to his
post. Tne wreck caught fire and seven
cars were burred. The fatallyinjured are:
Engineer J.T.Pitman. Fireman Kennedy, .
Express Messenger Cuberson, Baggage
Master Winston. All of the above live
in Atlanta. John Simpson, colored,
who was in the smoker, was badly
bruised, and two other passengers,
whose names are not known, slightly
injured. The train was composed of
one Pullman sleeper, day coach, smoker,
baggage car, express car'and five cars of !
freight. Heavy rains caused the trestle '
near the bridge to give way.
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Negotiation! Completed Whtoh Add Two
T Hundred Mtlea to the Mobile &
" , Ohio Syatem. v..
By Telegraph to the. Morning Star, .
New York, March 13 It 1s an
nounced that negotiations looking to
the extension of the Mobile & Ohio,
Railroad to Montgomery, Ala., have '
been successfully completed by the sale
of $4,000 000 five per cent, bonds of the
Mobile & Ohio Railway Company, hav
ing fifty years to ran, principal and in
terest payable in gold, and secured by a
first lien upon the Montgomery divis
ion of the Mobile & Ohio . Railroad, in
cluding herein two branches to tbe "
Warrior aad Cabawba coal fields and to
tbe equipment of which the proceeds of
a part ot the bonds are to be applied.
Tne construction cf this division will
add about 200 miles to' the Mobile &
Ohio system and will give it an impor- '
tant terminus at Montgomery. Termi
nal grounds and facilities granted by the
city of Montgomery have been . secured -at
that point and at Tuscaloosa.'- -,
By acts of Congress nrjthorlty has
been given to the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road Company to construct bridges :
across the Alabama, Cabawba and War
rior, rivers. It. is expected that the
Montgomery division will be In opera
tion early in 1898.
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LICENSE REFUSED. .
Tbe Company Did Not Have the Be q. aired
" i. '' Capital.' : ;.:
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
ALBANY, N. Y March 18 The Vir- ;
ginia Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany recently asked State Superinten
dent of Insurance Louis F. Payn for a
license to transact business in this State.
The New York law requires tbat a fire
and marine insurance company shall
have at least $200,000 capital. The At
torney General has written an opinion
holding that the Virginia company is
not entitled to be licensed to do business
in this State, as it has not the required
capital. .. . j'". -
Albany, March 18. Inquiry at t he'
State Insurance Department respecting
the Virginia Fire and Marims -Insurance .
Company, of Bichmond, Ya., elicited
the information that since the- charter
of the company had been passed upon
by the Attorney General, the company
had filed with the department certified
copies and affidavits fally explanatory
of the charter, and showing that its cap
ital stock was $250,000 fully paid in.
being $50 000 more than is required
under tbe inturance'laws of this State.
" "-Salggsi SSW- $Mi
It appears to have b:en definitely set
tled tbat the next papal consistory shall
be held at the end of April, It was re
ported some time ago that it wag regard
ed as pro tatl that Archbishop Cor
ngan. of New York, wou'd be elevated
to the Cardinalate at the- coming con
sistory, but the matter has now ceased
to be dicusscd. - ;
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