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vv-v'jrj-uv- :- y--: Y yyy-'.-'-. Y- ,Y Y - yyyyv -- . , - . . .:. Y, , yy.y yyyy YY yy- Y-YY-Y- ; yy.-o YTr.YO Y:V?f ' v . i r ! I !Y WILLIAM H. BEEN ABD, Edltof nd Proprietor. '. I WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday. - March 26, 1897. ty in writing to change your addreM aiwmyt give ftrmtr direction ai weU aa full particular as where youwiah toot paper to be tent hereafter. Unlaw yon ido both chaiwea can be made.. i - Notices of Marriage or Death, Tribatei of Re- ' ipect. Resolution of Thanks, &c., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, bnt only half rates when paid far strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. ry Remittances most be mad by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter, postmas ters will register letters when denied.) 'I ; tar Only such remittances win be at the risk of the publisher. j t , : &r Specimen copies forwarded when desired. I V r .Bill Hye Often spoke his J witticisms laden with the greatest: truths. , Among the most noticeable, most Nyeish and most apropos is the following: : I A man may use a wart on the bacic of his neck for a collar button; ride on the back coach of a train to save interest on his money until the con ductor comes around; stop his watch at night to save the wear and tear; leave his "i'and j"t" without a dot or cross to save ! ink; pasture his mother's grave to save; corn; but a man of this kind is a gentleman and a scholar compared t6 a fellow who will take a newspaper, and when asked to pay for it, puts it into the post-office and has it maiked, "Re fused." . . ' !' AS OBJECT LESSON. One of the most destructive floods ever seen' in the; lower Mississippi river is now doing its' terrific work. There" has-been much loss of life how much cannot be told till the waters subside, if thenand much destruction of property- -how much cannot be aoDroximated now. I The r story of destruction and! suffering as daily told is pitiful, but it goes on day after day, and the end is not in 'sight. Of course it cannot last long for the .clouds will empty thenv selves, the snows will melt and the swollen streams and rivers will pour their volumes into the sea, and after it is all over those who have escaped the deluge will go back, to what is left of their old habitations, resume their usual vocations and take the : chances of another washout.6 There seems to be some) fatuity or fas cination which draws people back,' as there seems to be in the sections of those countries . where volcanoes and earthquakes sometimes do their deadly work and where the survivors who fled in ter ror from the belching mountain, or from their quivering houses, return again when the mountain slumbers and the earth-thrills cease, There may be some way of accounting fjr this, but it is beyond us, an idiosyn crasy that we do not .comprehend jainy more than we can' understand why the man in the Mississippi bot toms who shakes himseif all out of shape ia tussling with ' the "ager," and stuffs himself with quinine until he looks bitter cannot: be prevailed Upon to pull up stakes and move to higher ground. He gets so accus tomed to shaking that be rather likes it. So we suppose those people along the lowlands on the big West ern rivers rather like, until they1 get more than they hanker for, the ex hilarating excitement of these over- flows, and consequently take the " chances of being chased by; the ' waters every year, for these poods are becoming an annual occurrence. If they were moderate uprisings, which ' spread a few feet of water over the adjoining fields and drown ed a few pigs and washed away some chicken coops and things of l that kind they might be regarded in : the light of a harmless nnvelrv which a few days of warm sunshine would remove all traces of, but when ordinary streams become raging tor rents many miles i wide, . and the 'great streams inland seas, and boats isteam around in the open country jmany miles from the course of the streams, and fields, houses, barns :ad everything not on high ground jls submerged, ; then they become jvery serious visitations, with 'every reason to believe that they will be come more serious, and more disas trous in the future' than they j are now. : -; :, . - Of course the cause of this great flood is nown. The rivers had to receive the downpour of extraordi nary rains, and about the same time the contribution from the melting snows, which had fallen to a great depth over a vast area. Either would ' have more than taxed the draining capacity of the rivers both together converted them into moving lakes. That's the immediate cause of this, as either rains or snows, sometimes both; are the immediate cause of all the overflows; but there are causes behind this that all do not know and thatddo not receive the attention from those who do that they should receive. These floods are not neces sary visitations, and are the result of the methods pursued by the men who drove axes into trees to "clear" farms,, pr to cut down the forests for lumber. The aborigines of this country never had'to run from roar ing rivers, and the early white set tlers rarely did. They had their spring frebhets, but these were harm less, small affairs compared with the devastating torrents that In these lays sweep everything before; them. Meteorologists and men who have made forestry a study, and others versed in such matters, in this and In other countries, are agreed that the cutting away of the forests not nly causes the overflowing of streams but also causes the changes of cli mate which have taken place and the frequent atmospheric disturb ances, such as tornadoes and cy clones, which have been of such common occurrence in some sec tions of the country. The Winters are colder, the Summers warmer and the seasons more irregular and un certain than they , were even half a century ago, when cyclones, &&, were very rare, if they ever occurred, and were harmless compared with what they are now. Destroying so tnuch of the.forest growth has inter fered with'the equable distribution of moisture and the regularity of the rainfalls. Clearing the fields and plowing the land has exposed so much of the surface to the sun's fays that it has been baked in places, while the turning up of so much soil, especially along the water courses, has loosened it so that every rain carries .immense quanti ties of it "into the river beds, fills them up and makes the overflows much easier and more frequent than In the early days when there was little earth washed Into them! "The trees stood close in the forest; the snow that fell, protected j from the sun's direct rays by the trees, melted more slowly and gradually, ran off or was absorbed by the earth,! whereas now it melts rapidly and finds its way to the nearest water course to swell it into a torrent If there be snow enough. .'ii j-t,j: These are facts that all who have given thought or study to this sub ject recognize. Knowing the cause, is there no remedy? The depleted for ests cannot be immediately restored, but the process of guarding; against ruthless slaughter can be checked, if not prevented, if stringent laws. were enacted and enforced to protect our forests. Some States are making commendable efforts to do this, and are. encuraging tree ; culture. All States should. Some of the European Governments, notably Germany, which have felt the effects of forest denudation, and seen Its effects In other countries, have largely in creased their forest area and are teaching the people to care for their trees as they should be cared for. It may take us a good while to learn this lesson, and it may take many object lessons like the present flood in the lower Mississippi valley to 1m press it upon the people, but it must be learned some day if we would escape disasters infinitely more far reaching and terrible than the flood ing of the vast area now under water in the Mississippi valley. . KI90& MJSJffTIOJr. ' We have taken occasion to remark that President McKinley would go very slow in his movements on the currency question. JThe following dispatch from Washington supports, this opinion : u I "President McKinley'g plan for creat ing a currency commission to consider the financial nnestirta aa nntlinurf in hi inaugural address will probably await the regular session oi congess next winter. 'Speaker Reed and Senators Aldrich and Allison are ctedited with having sug gested to him tbat the Currency Com mission bill might open op a long silver debate in the Senate, which if it took place before the Tariff bill was reported from the Finance Committee might de lay it. and if it took place after the Tariff bill was passed would prolong, the ses-, sion and migbt, by agitating the country hinder the expected return of prosperity, and this suggestion is said to have de termined President McKinley to wait in this matter." There are several reasons, in addi tion to those herein assigned, why he will go slow, and why the leaders In his party want nim to go slow. They hope that by going slow they may dodge this question altogether. It times should so improve as to en liven business, give, the unemployed work, make money in circulation more plentiful and prices for farm products better, the money agita tion might ease! no - some, and less thought be given to the currency question by the masses of the people. That would be a big point gamed, and would let them out of a very unpleasant situation. But if they should be disappointed in their hopes l and the agitation con tinue then they can play the commis sion in time to have it to say in the next Congressional campaign that they are carrying out their pledge and doing all they can to give the people a better currency system. As for the international bimetallic con gress, they haven't the slightest idea that it will amount to anvthinc if it- be called, which is quite doubtful, but they don't want to admit this now, because then they couldn't play tnat fake any longer. . In advocating-the reduction of cotton acreage for the coming crop, tub acw vji icaas atares maxes the following pertinent point : "In all the annual ha ' t,a k made to the farmers, and the argu ments advanced why they should di versity their crops, lessen the cotton acreage, we do not remember to have seen any reference made to what strikes us as a matter of the gravest Import. umversauy conceded tact that Europe is now a slumbering volcano tbat may burst into terrible eruption at anv dav or honr. Tn .u. - - - .. MSUI IUV price of provisions would go op like a rocket, and the price of cotton come down like a stick. Ia what orievnna Plight the Southern farm,- be it needs no seer to tell." With high-priced provisions and low-priced cotton, where would the planters who have their smoke houses and grain bins in the West be ? , There may or mav not be war in Europe, although the indications are that there will be, but even an ticipations or rumors of war have their effect on the price of cotton and on the price of provisions. The sen- sible planter will not take Chances when if they count against nim they would be so ruinous, when he can so easily pat 'himself on the safe side. The attention'wbjch the civil ser vice law has attracted in the House and Senate, and the particular kind of attention, indicates a disposition to break into that thing, and doubt less' the move direct will be made later on. ..On coming in the Repub licans were disgusted to find that with the extension of the rules but comparatively few places were left for the expectant, patriots, not provide even for the Ohio enough tJ contingent, which is always some what in evidence at the pie counter. Mr. McKinley is com mitted to the civil service, but not in an ironclad way, for while declaring for it in his inaugural address, read between the lines he intimated that a partisan spirit' was shown in the extensions by his predecessor, which were, practically speaking, an" eva sion of the spirit of the law. We .have no doubt whatever that with a reasonable amount of encourage ment from Congress hie will let down some of the bars' that Mr. Cleveland 'put up, and the probabilities are that he will have this encourage ment. We do not think the act wil be repeated, but; that it will be very materially modified. The frequency with which knocked out Corbett assures knocker Bob that Bob "licked him fairly and squarely may indicate that Jim thinks Bob may have some doubts about it. But as Bob has the stakes and the "hon ors," he will doubtless be content unless jjm continues to hanker for a second punching: and worries him too much. : i On the 16 ch of June Great Bri tain will; celebrate the 60th anniver sary of Queen Victoria's coronation John Bull. is arranging for a grand layout to make the world believe he is very happy and very proud that he has a! Queen.! Some of these days he will dispense figureheads. with that kind of The Connecticut legislator who opposed, giving protection to eagles because "eagles stick their teeth into everything they get their hands on" was, in downright earnest, if he nappeneo. to De aiittie out on teetn, eta He was not an Irishman either but a native wooden nntmegger. The - , jrevenue" handlers in. China have the reputation of j being the champip n tnieves of all countries. The stealings are on such a colossal scale t it is said to cost the Gov- ernment the rice $2,000,000 more to collect tribute from two provinces alone than the tribute amounts to. A Georgia rhymester wrote for the Atlanta Constitution an effusion en titled "A Health to St. Patrick." The rhyme and the sentiment are all right, but we don't see any use in wishing; health to a gentleman who has been dead as long he has been. A contemporary observes that there are many men in the United States who could do their; country more service by holding a plow than by holding an office. But a good many o to hold this kind wouldn't know how a plow. ; . Sarah Bernhardt suggests as a so t lution ladies public of the high hat problem that Wear mantillas at places of amusement. Sarah is level headed, Compared with the two or three-i story hat the mantilla is a daisy. There are several thousand Re publicans tn this country! not count ing others, who will agree with Sen ator Gallincer that civil is administered, is a " monumental t. . . u among. . -1 . 1 Sam Jones finds that the hard times operate against contributions at his performances. Sam is a Meth odist on general principles but he is finding his business a sort of bard Shell these rlavs A Colorado young woman who had some political ambition has been cured by reading that there was a "bare j quorum" in the Legislature. She doesn't want to be caught in a crowd like that. ! Mr. J. E. Wichard, who has for some time published and edited the Hickory Times, has sold that paper and purchased the Lnmhrtnn Pnh. soman! which wifl henceforth appear under his management. . Chicago has th having some pretty handy thieves, but the Philadelphia Ledger tells of "an attempt to steal the Delaware river.' Mr. John C Tioton has nnr- chased the Lincoln Democrat, chang ing the name to the Lincoln Journal. It wilt be edited by him ' and pub jby the Lincoln Printing Corn- lished pany The Baltimore Manufacturers' Re cordsijs Southesn railroads have or- dered 200,000 tons of steel rails for extensions and improvements. .' m True Remedy. W. E. Renine editor. Tiab-ilmo tti "Chief." aavs- W. t.- "t' 1.J without Dr. King's New Discovery for wyiuuipuon, irfjngnt ana ioias. Ex perimented With manv others. hn got the true remedy until we used Dr. .iuK ew Liscovery. wo other rem edy can take its place in onr home, as in it we have a certain and sure care for Coughs, Colds. Whooping Cough, etc." It it idle tO nrwnmMI aih .u- edies. even if th g nrr,. A. Z ja Rood as Dr. King's New Discov ery. ney are not as good, because this remedy baa a rmrri n w v OUU UC- sides is guaranteed. R. R. Bellamy's urug btore. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE CLEAN SWEEP MADE OF ALL INCUM BENTS SAVE ONE. , No Exhibit at the TennaafM Xixpoaltlon . Uegroes Dlntli fisd at the EUeotlon oi - Dr. Alexander MuTder Trial : .'- negro Editor Dead, t,: ;; Special Star Teleeram. i Ralsigh, N. Ci. March 24. The Board of Agriculture to day elected all the officers of the Agricoltural Depart ment. It made a clean sweep of al in cumbents save Curator Brimley, who is retained. The Board , decided not to make an exhibit at the Tennessee j Ex position because there Is a suit, yet un decided before the .United States Su preme Court, which may result in de claring the tonnage tax unconstitu tional and there would be risk of short finances. This tax is the sole revenue of the Department. The Board;' ar ranged to lend the Agricultural College $5,000 for a hospital building and new boilers.' y : ' . ; -v-;- !' ' Negro leaders here are talking a eood deal to-day of the election of Dr. Alex ander as superintendent of the hospital for the insane at Ooldsboro, and say it : if in direct violation of the pledge made ; to negro members, of the Legislature to secure their votes. . ; ! William S. Mitchell, 'associate editor of the Gazette, James H. Young's negro paper here, died to-day of galloping con sumption. 1 ' .- j -j Thomas Burch, the negro who. was snot in the back of the bead in a store here which he was robbing, pleaded gutlty this afternoon of burglary in the second degree and was given fifteen years ia the penitentiary. j The trustess of the Agricultural Col lege meet to-morrows ; ; '" ; The effort to secure an army post here is being renewed. . ! M The trial of John Groves, white, for the mnrder of a negro, began here this afternoon. The court room is packed and the interest is great. Committed to Jail. ; Tom Licqae, who shot Henry John son in the leg Tuesday afternoon, was arraigned ia the Police Court yesterday After hearing the testimony 'of several witnesses. Mayor Harriss placed the witness under a 200 justified bond for his appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court. Before, however, he could be committed to jul in default oi bond, he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Wm. Fonfield, colored, on a 1 warrant charging him with stealing the pistol with which he shot Johnson. 1 He was tried by Justice Banting and sent to jail, in default of a $50 bond, to await a trial on this charge. !? Henry Johnson, the Injared man, Was released from custody. Funeral of the ijata Bofoa Ctaaeten. The funeral of the lamented Rufus Caasten was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. The service was conducted by tbe pastor, Rev. A D. McClure, assisted by Rev. W. B. Oliver, pastor of be First Baptisr church,! and. Rev. R. A Willis, pastor of Grace M. Ei ! church rrom tne caurca the remains were borne to Oakdale Cemetery, where they were interred. The pall hearers were Messrs. H. L. Fentress and R.A. Pick ett, honorary, and Messrs. Jas. B. Smith, Joseph D. Smith, Eagene Fillyaw. AJB Sandlin, S. M. Boatwright, and C, H. Schulken, Jr., active. j: Look Ont for Your Traoka. j Another trunk was stolen last night. though under somewhat different ctr cumstances from those of the one'atoten a few nights ago. It was the property of Linda Price, colored, who was a pas senger on the 5 45 A. C. L. train yester day afternoon. A colored man offered his services to place the trunk on s wagon. On getting it into his oosses sion he, promptly and rapidly retired via tbe Seaboard Air Line .depot to the sbelter of Dross Neck, where at last ac counts the woman was instituting a vigorous search for her stolen; property A Very Anoient Coin, j; . j Mr. John Fulford. who lives on Offi cer Kuhl's farm,' on Myrtle Grove sound, recently had in his possession something very rare in the way of anold eold com. It was blackened with age and dirt when found, bnt on being rubbed up turns out. to be a piece of Spanish money bearing the j date of 1887. I If this is the correct date, tbe coin.- is in deed an ancient one,; and conld have very well been called old when it was first brought to this country, even if I it was brought, by the very first settlers. IF YOU WISH to nniif vnrir hlnrwl you suouia taae a meuicine which cures blOOd diseases. No Other medirine haa such a record of cures as Hood's Sarsa- pariiia. . .."J; Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy uftmic. vuic maigesuon, DljlOUS .Mawn.A - 1 II . .... ucoo, etc. a cents. DAMAGED BY FIRE. The Aams Biorole Manufaoturlng Com ptnj'a BaildlnK and Contentt. ay Telegrapb to the Moroins Star. , B a k.um' - T . a . . niauiHu. i-a Marcn -Z4 At an early hour this morning fire broke dot m tne targe iour-story brick building occupied by the Acme Bicycle Manu facturing Company, and the building and contents were damaged to the ex tent of $75,000; insurance $50,000. Tbe fire started in the enamellina : room an4 Is supposed to. have been ' caused ' by spontaneous combustion.' The firm- em ploys 500 hands, and had hfen rnnninn, day and night. The building had only recently been erected at a cost of $80- 000. The fire wan rnnfinH th hia and fourth floors, and the principal dam- ks wa to tne stocic ine aamaged portion of the building will be rebuilt at 9100 Bewara, $100, The readers of this- naner will t k Dieasea to learn that there la at leaatJnn. i r "... we dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and tbat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Pure u th. only positive cure now known to the mescal fraternity. ! Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a consti tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the fonnda iont of the disease, and strength bv building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. a uc proprietors nave so much faith in its curative nnmrt that than nff.. -v. Hundred Dollars for anv case that it ails to cure. Send for list nf th. monials. - j. .. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Sold bv Druggists, 75c I NEWS! FROM , RALEIGH. . . ..'":,. :A' BOARD OF AORICULTURE HOLD. A SHORT SESSION- . ? t ' - r , . Sapreme Court Dejlaloaa The Colored Fair Contraband Wihtkey HcUd . Oommiteiona Issued to OA- '.: , -: oer o' Naval Beterve. 1.. Special Star Telegram ' " Ralsigh, N. C, March 23. J. L. Ramsey, editor of -1 the Progressive Farmer, is slated for secretary of the Board of Agriculture, the place now held by. : T. K. Bruner. It is the Governor's desire tbat he shall have this position. He resigned to-day as member of tbe Board, and J. C. i L. Harris was appointed by the Governor to succeed him,' Harris having resigned as member of the Board of Internal Im provements. .The Board of -, Agricul ture met this afternoon and had a brief session. It then went into caucus to consider the election of the. commis sioner to succeed Patterson. There were two candidates Mewborne and D. Reid Parker but it has for some days been conceded that the latter had no chance. ' : - i R. Chamberlain is appointed by tbe Governor as . airector ot tne Agricui tural and Mechanical College here from the Fourth .district, vice B. R. Lacy who declined to serve. A telegram to the Governor from Robert Hancock says that to-day the latter was elected president ot the Atlan tic & North Carolina Railway, and will to-morrow make a demand fox the road. - - --") .r -.1-; ; .; . The Supreme Court to-day filed the followine opmiona: ' , Rittenbous vs. Street ' Railway, from New Hanover.' New trial. r j Hiissey vs. Hill, from Duplin. Tudg ment of court below affirmed. Commissioners vs. Sutton, from L noir. Affirmed. Nimocits vs. Mclntyre, from Cumber land. Ne trial. 1 State vs. Melton,' from Anson. At firmed. State vs. Bogan, ; from Anson. Af firmed. Clark vs.. Peebles, from Halifax. Af firmed. .. The date fixed for the Colored State Fair is November 3d to tbe 6th. . Revenue officers have seized twenty seven barrels of contraband whiskey at Goldsboro, Wilson and Fremont. Eugene Harrell is commissioned Quartermaster General, and Howard Alston Judge Advocate General. Com missions, are issued to officers of tbe Wilmington Division Naval Reserves: also to officers of the new division at Newbern, as follows: R. S. Primrose, lieutenant; T. C. Daniel, lieutenant, junior grade, and W. T.HU1, ensign. A special venire of seventy-five was summoned here to-day for the murder trial oL John Groves to-morrow. ATLANTIC BEACH HOTEL. Iisng-Talked of Hotel atOoean View Ah rat to Materialise Will be jrirtt-Cltss in Eyery Pirtioalar To be Beafly by lit of Jane Deeoription of Uu Baildlns. It looks now as if the long-talked of hotel at Ocean: View is going to mate rialize and at an early date. Architect H. E. Bonitz was interviewed last nieht and tbe information gained that tbe final plan of the building, has been prepared and forwarded to Mr. Georee Camobell. proprietor of the Central Hotel at Char lotte, who, with tbe directors of the Sea- coast Railroad, will own and operate the hotel. It will be styled the Atlantic Beach Hotel and will be built on the spot re served during many years by the Sea coast Road for a hotel site. Tbe plans show a bulldiog. in tbe East Lake style of architecture, two stories high 316 feet long and 72 wide, with a veranda all around 15 feet in width. A part of the upper story is an attic, in which will be the sleeping apartments of the servants The building will be equipped with water works and all modern conveniences, I a short, everything about it will be strictly up to date and first class. The dining room will be 40x104. and DroVided with nortahle tahlea an that when occasion requires it can be brought 2 & I ai . mtu use as a can room, except on ex traordinary occasions, however, the large ball connected with the office, and measuring 40 feet by 41, will serve as a wan luum. ; i acre are to oe do steeping apartments, exciuaing tne nve room in tbe attic for the nae of vrvini. Th. kitchen witl be detached from the main building, thus considerably lessening tbe danger from fire. : The bar and billiard room, which will be elegantly and ex pensively nttea up, win also be separate from the hotel proper. . - The rooms wul all be plastered, and iuc nans, aining room, parlors and sit ting room will be finished in native North Carolina nine. That the management of the hotel will be satisfactory to guests a$d owners alike the oast record of Mr. Camnbell in the hotel business gives every reason to oeiieve. his reputation is not confined to this State, but extends into other States as well. v Mr. Bonitz informs us that work will begin as soon as tbe plans are returned ana an estimate accepted, it is ex pected that the hotel will be rnarlv fnr the reception of guests by the 1st of J uuc Shooting Affair on Water Street. j !, In an altercation on Water street, be-' . . W . n jnarset ana uock, yesterday afternoon David Licque, colored, shot Henry Johnson, also colored, in the leg. Aoout 8 o clock yesterday afternoon Johnson was standing in front of Adol pans i nomas bar, when Licque came up. jonnson called Licque . by a nick name, which he did not like, and pick ing up a brick threatened to hit John son. After considerable wrangllm? ucque went on, but returned ia a lew minutes and he and Johnson commenced to ouarrel aeainj Aftrr quarreling for awhile Johnson went into rnomas saloon, it is supposed in search of a weapon, and as he was. returning and reached the doorway of the sa loon. Licqae shot him, The bullet, a 88- callbre, from an American double action revolver, borrowed its way through the calf of bis leg, fortunately breaking no bones. The injured man was taken to the City Hall, and after his wound had been dressed by. Dr. A. H. Harriss, be was locked up in the guard house. After snooting Johnson. Licaae made his etcape, but was arrested by Special Policeman Abe Jones, colored, while hiding under a house on Dock street. near Second. Licque was placed in jail to await a trial to-day. When ques tioned by Policeman Jas. Wells as to the whereabouts of the pistol with which he had shot Johnson,- Licaue stated that he had left it under the house where, he was found hiding, j Special Officer Jones returned to the! house and found the pistol where Licque had stated It was. . . - . . Belief in six Boars. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours bv tbe ' New Great South American Kidney Cure." This new remedy is a great sur prise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in tbe bladder, kidney, back and every cart of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and nain. in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure, this is your remedy. Sold by R. R. Bellamy. rrni. gist, Wilmington, N. C, corner of Front ana Market streets. t CIVIL SERVICE LAW. BILL FOR, ITS REPEAL INTRODUCED, Third Day's Generel Debate on tbeTanff , Bill Ettablitfalns a Desanment of -Commeroe,' Irfbor and Mannfao- " : tura Preeert d tn tbe Houee. .' St Telegraph to the Moriuas Stat. ' . . SENATE. 4 v Washington, March S4.--The Sen ate spent onlv half an hour in open ses sion to-day, the remainder of the1, time being given to the consideration of the arbitration-treaty behind closed doors. The Agricultural Appropriation bill one of tbe four money bills that failed at tbe last session was reported back in the shape in which it passed the House last week, and; was placed on ' the calen dar. It will be acted on at an early jday. . The attack upon the civil service law and us administration which distinguish ed yesterday's proceedings, was followed up to-day by the introduction of two bills. . one by i Mr. Alien; of Nebraska. Populist, for the repeal and annulment of the law, and of all executive orders is sued nndtr it. and the other by Mr. Pntchardof North Carolina, chairman of the Committee on Of il Service -and Retrenchment-modifying it in it appli cation to the Government Printing Of fice.' I :. : ,: A bill prohibiting the exhibition in the District ot Columbia of kinetoscope illustrations of prize-fights, and also pro hibiting the transportation of materials thereior through tbe mails or through the avenues j of inter-State commerce, was introduced by Mr. Hoar of Masia cbusetts. Republican, and was referred to the Judiciary Committee. At 5 p m. the Senate adjourned until to-morrowi j . ; Aa agreement was reached in execu t ve session this afternoon on an hour for voting on the amendments to the general treaty of arbitration between the United States and Great : Britain, but consent to ah agreement for the final vote was refused. At 2 o'clock next Wednesday the vote will'be taken on the amendments then pending and the treaty in its then shape is to be printed for the use of the Senate the next day At 4 o'clock on Thursday following tbe vote is to be taken upon all amendments that may be offered in tbe meantime, and this wilf be the last of tbe votes on proposed amendments. From that time the debate will proceed on the treaty proper. j, '." HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. , Large audiences in the galleries, and an unusually larce attendance on the floor of the: House of ; Representatives, "heard the third day's general debate upon the Tariff bill.' The principal speeches of the day were those of Messrs. Johnson of ! North Dakota, GroaVenor of Ohio, and Evans of Ken tucky, Republican members of the Com' mittee on Ways and Means, in favor of the bill, and. of Mr. McMillin of Tennessee;-the oldest Democratic member, against iL ; Other speakers were Messrs. Fox of Mississippi, Democrat; Sims of Tennessee, Democrat; Williams of Mis sissippi, Democrat; Terry of Arkansas, Democrat: b tyers of Texas, Democrat, aoq Maddux of Georgia, Democrat, against the bill, and by Messrs. Adams of Pennsylvania. Republican, ana waiaer ot Massachusetts, Republi can, in favor of iL The general debate will be closed to-morrow when Messrs. Russell of Connecticut, Dalzell of Penn sylvania. Steele of Indiana, and Payne of New York,; Republican members of the Committee on Ways and .Means, and Mr. : Bailey of Texas., the Democratic leader, will speak. The latter makes the formal closing for the minority and. Mr. i-ayne ior tne maiority Besides these Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, Republican and Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, Democrat, win speaK.i Mr. Brownlow of Tennessee, Republi can, introduced in the House a bill estab lishing a Department of Commerce, laoor ana Manufactures, its bead is to oe a Cabinet officer and the necessary ciencai force is provided lor. Mr. Livingston of Georgia, Democrat, was the nrst speaker at to night s ses- S'on and he indulged in a half-hour's protest against the tariff bill. Tbe tariff that would bear equally upon all sec tions of tbe country and treat all inter ests alike, he said, alt parties would tup- port. But tnis out benebtted manufac turers at the expense of (he masses Mr. Brun iige ot Arkansas, Democrat, spoKe against tne bill, and Messrs. Brom well of Ohio. Belford of New York and Parker of New Jersey,1 all Republicans, in lavor oi it. , Mr. Castle of California, Populist and uemocrat, attacked tbe bill most vieor ously. Tbe proper title of the monstros ity, as he designated it, should be, itrhis opinion, to foster trusts and to pauperize and peonize the agricultural laborers of tne , United States. Tfe primary ob ject pithebill.be said, was neither to raise revenue nor to encourage the in dustries of the United States, but was designed by its authors for the express purpose of enabling the powerful trusts to stand up the people of the country and to legally rob mem. We are to-day.' Mr. Castle said, "in tbe transitory stage, passing from a republican into the most odious form of government known in history a moniea ougarcny. Kome, in her de cline. had her 'Cataline ; America has her 'Hanna ." (Applause and hisses.) Mr. Brown of Ohio, Republican, said it I was , not necessary to hold a long session oi congress to execute the com mission placed in its bands, by the . t v rr mi passage oi tne larm mil. in the op position to it, he said, we see the final struggles of another "Lost Cause." The new member as well as the old could see. and did, in this struggle the old contest between two different systems of labor. baying that be should vote for the bill. Mr. Kerr of Ohio. Rennhliran Crit icised the reciprocity feature as being, inf uis opinion, laiauy aeiective. me con cessions proposed in the tcheme, he said, were so insignificant compared wit wbat we must ask in exchange, tbat any nation negotiating with us for them1 would be without either dignity pr sense! He urged the substitution for the provi sions ot tne dui tbe reciprocity section of the McKinley bill, born in the brain of James G. Blaine. i f l The last speech of the evening was de livered by Mr. Olmstead of Pennsylva nia, Republican, in support of the bill, who addressed six Representatives on the floor and a score of visitors in the galleries. "" J 1 At 11 o clock the committee rose antri the House adjourned. , . The well-known drv cood.s house 'of Breedon, Taney 61 Company of Rich mond, made an assignment last night Liabilities 155.000. - Williamson Talley is trustee.; The Planters' National Bank is the .largest local creditor. in bnrry count N. C ventfrrlav T"l l . m , ; .'' rvuucri ivioseiey. was convictedof man slaughter and sentenced to fifteen veara in tne penitentiary for shootinc and kill ing his bfothtr-in-law, W. M. Guyer.last yesr. me families of both men are among the county's best citizens. Mose- iey claims bis brother-in-law was tryirg to Darn nis nonse when he shot him. The murdered man leaves a wife and six children. i ' Iror over Fifty Tears Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children whil teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is tbe best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggists in every r.art of th vnrlH Twenty .five cents a bottle. Be ure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind." t THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. Bontbraatera Trafflo Aeaooiatlsn; Coneidar lag the, Situatioa . Behind tloied Docra . Chloago AeeooJatione in a state of Sua-' . pended animatlan Tbo Caaa Will . C .me fcefore tne Sapreme 1 ;:' Court or Be-Bearlng.::; i: By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. 'y- Fort M onroe, V Art 1 arch 2i The, members, of the - Southeastern Traffic; Association; how In session'' at Chamber lain's HoteC are in a state 'of mind over the recCnt '.decision lof 'the Supreme Court declaring such combinations un lawful. They have been in session all day behind closed doors, and will give nothing; out for publication. As the members are law-abiding citizens; the organization will no doubt be dissolved in obedience to the mandate of the Court, i but whether this will prevent about - the same party of gentlemen meeting here two or three times a year to have a pleasant visit and discuss business matters in a general way re mains to be seen. " j . New York. March 24. The board of managers of tbe Joint Traffic. Associa tion at its regular session to-day, de-1 cided tbat, in view of the uncertainty concerning tbe ' exact scope of the Su preme Coutt's decision in the trans Missouri case, the Joint Traffic Associa tion should continue in. operation. The determination to maintain organization was based not only on the views of the several members of the board, but upon the advice of James C Carter, of coun sel for the association, who this morning notified Commissioner Blanchard that tbe full1 text of tbe Supreme Court deci sion had not yet arrived and tbat until ibad been received and luHy consid ered he deemed inadvisable any action. looking to tbe disruption ot the associa tion. ( . .!-.'. '. President Fiak, of; the Norfolk & Western Railroad, say is in reference t,o tbe Supreme Court decision against the Trans-Mis loun Freight Association, that "the railroads I and newspapers appear to be jj;olng too fast in considering that the traffic associa tions must disband by reason of the de cision just rendered. The real question is whether all are in restraint of com merce as decided in the Trans-Missouri case. .The decision applies to one spe cific case and it is not) fair to argue tbat undet it all traffic associations are illegal? Personally, I don't think they are. Every railroad has the right jto endeavor to get the best results from the conduct of its own business. The Joint Traffic Asso ciation case will come! before long before the Supreme Court, involving a re-shearing of all the points at issue and tbe po sition of the law made then may change the entire aspect of the situation. With out the traffic associations it would be utterly lnpossiole to carry out the inter State commerce law and the Inter-State Commerce Commissioners are the com plainants in the present joint traffic case; The decision rendered Monday in the Trans-Missouri case seems to me to be based on a misunderstanding of tbe facts, and if it were carried out against all tbe traffic associations it would be a disaster to business, the extent of which could not be calculated. Not only would the railroads be unable to see five days ahead, bnt as, practically, all industries are dependent on the, transportation, all would suffer greatly.' 'Chicago, March i 24. All railroad traffic associations in this city refrained from L transacting any business to-day which had to do with' the regulation of rates or division of business. . Athough tbe executive officers and clerical force at the various headquarters remained at their; desks, only routine business and that which does; not come within the ban of the Supreme Court's decision was jattended to. Practically all the associations are in a state of suspended animation, "looking! over tbe ground and waiting to find out where they stand," as Chairman Caldwell, of tbe Western Passenger Association, ex pressed it. j i Tbe Chicaeo. Barlincton & Ouincv Railroad gave a sweeping nonce of withdrawal to-day from membership in every freight and passenger traffic asso ciation; The general counsel of that company advised the passenger officials not to affiliate with other roads. -The notice includes tbe bureaus for the issue of mileage tickets and half-fare clergy permits, which are departments of tbe Western Passenger Association. At the same time it hit upon tbe plan of ap pointing r B. D. Caldwell, chairman of the association, its agent to attend to clergy permits and mileage tickets, thus practically retiring the association machinery for the I sake of economy and convenience. This method of pro cedure will probably be adopted by other road? which feel it incumbent upon themselves to sever all official relations with other 'roads in association form. Such action would mean that although the associations will be dissolved incom pliance with the Supreme Court's deci sion, tbe officials and other employes of the j organizations will be retained to attend to business which is not oro- bibited. The Burlineton road also erased its name from all joint rate sheets wita an otner lines, which is anundica- tion that the company believes the deci sion prohibits agreements with connect ing lines on through business. FAILED COMMERCIAL BANK. ! ' ' i " popoaitore Will Hot Beiliaa Over Twenty , j' ! - J '. J?er Cent. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Montgomery, AtA.. March 24. 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J u... 1 1' . of the uiucsvBuu uc.i koqwu iarmers ofth. ; Ridge settlement, his wile, his daueht., and son. and a little daughter of Hen Moirer, were probably murdered aM their bodies cremated in Adc's housir which was burned to the ground The theory ot murder is strengthen by the fact that all the bodies were found in tbe same room but scattered arounrf over the space occupied by the room It was first thought that tbe old ml was killed - for his money, as he wm known to be well-to-do, and alwaw kept a supply of money on hand, hit whether this "Te true cannot be poti tively stated now. as tbe old man'i money, or at least the ashei of what km once a big roll of monejr. has been diT covered in the ruins ot the house. The dead are: Jacoo Ade, Mrs. Jacob Ade Lizzie Ade, aged 20 years; Henry Ade" aged 13; Rosa Moirer, aged-10. Jacoo Ade lived fourteen miles' from this city, near the Cheathem county line The house sits back half a mile from what is known as tbe old Clarkeiville turnpike. It was a one-story frame dwelling with fiverooms two rooms in front, with a hall-way between, and three rooms running back, forming an ell. Old man Ade and his wife usually occupied tbe. first room in the ell, just in the rear of the front room or p'anor. There was only one bed in tbis room. It was in this toom that all tneljodies were found. . . The first indication of tbetragedy wai discovered at 40 o'clock last night b? Justice Simpson, who lives half a mile from the Ade place. There was a sick man at Mr. Simpson's house, an9 about 10 o'clock Mr. Simpson Vent out to get some water for tbe mm. when he saw that Ade's house was on fire. He at once rode over to the scene and found the bouse in ruins. Finding no one near Simpson's suspicions were aroused, and upon a closer inspection be saw the bodies of several people in the ruins. He went to work at once to rescue the bodies and succeeded in getting Joar of them ' out. These proved to be the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ade, Miss Lizzie Ade and Ros3 Moirer. After this Mr. Simpson rode around and notified a number of the neighbors, and in a short while quite a crowd had collected about the ruins. Henry Ade, the thirteen-year-, old son of Mr. Ade, was missing, but his body could notv be louna. . It was first thought that he bad escaped to the woods,, but a further search of tbe bouse this morning disclosed his body. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ade,, Miss Lizzie Ade and Henry Ade were burned to a crisp. The limbs and heads were burned off, and in fact only a small mass of flesh and bones remained. The old man and his wife were more horribly burned than the others. Tbe purpose of the murder was at first thoaght to be robbery, but if this be correct, tbe mur derer was ill-paid for his horrible crime. In searching the ruins of the house this morning an oyster can was found under tbe place where a closet once stood in MrAde's sleeping room. In this can the remains of what was evi dently a large roll of money was found, togetber with four dollars which bad been melted so that they were sticking together. " Sheriff Clarke was notified ot the tup posed crime early this morning and be with several deputies went to the scene and tbey are now working on the case. , Disposing of the robbery theory, it is Very hard to find a motive for the horri ble crime, as Mr. Ade was a very popu lar man and well liked by all his neigh-i bors. .. ; i : , ' : HAVANA ADVICES. Reported Bptniab viotories An - EngMH : I - ( liiaoner Beleaaed. Bv Cable to the Morning Star, Havana, March 24. Gen. Linares reports that bis command of 1 600 men, comprising infantry, cavalry and artil lery, left Songo, in the province of. San tiago de Cuba, and at La Sal ranch en countered several parties of rebels under the leadership of Cebreco,' with whom they bad a sharp engagement. -Tbe rebels were finally forced to retire from their positions, which were occupied by the Spanish troops. It is reported that the camp of Calizto Garcia's column has been captured by the Spaniards after a severe fieht. at tbe -conclusion of wbich the insurgents were touna to nave leit sixteen of their num ber dead on the ' field. , The capture of the camp was effected by a dashing cavalry charge. Tbe rebels were rein forced by the , band under Rabi and awaited the troops at Baire Arriba, but were obliged to retire to a point within sieht of Jiguani. In tbe course of these journeys and the engagements the rebels ios twenty-seven men killed. Tbe Spaniards had one lieutenant and four privates wounded. . , By order of Captain General Weyler, Isabella Rafael Bourke. an English- prisoner, who has been for some time detained at Cienfuegos, 'was yesterday released. , SPOTS AND FUTURES. The New York San Bevlew ot the Cottoa ; j ; ' Market. ' ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -. New York. March 24. The Sun says: Spot cotton here declined 1-16:, with sales of 200 bales for export and 231 for spinning. The speculation to-day was moderately active, but there was more disposition to sell than to , buy. and prices declined. The news was, in tbe main, of a "bullish nature. Liverpool was higher, the receipts at the ports were light, the exports were fairly large. the spot, markets in this country were generally steady, and the Mississippi still rising. Bat weak longs sold out and prices receded. Some stop' loss orders -were reached, which accelerated the de cline. 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