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These latter do njt seem to understand that j they arc under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper. ;.' . ir OUR SHIP-DESTEOYEE. :' The protective tariff system as it. was inaugurated when the Republl caa party got control of oar national policies and as it has since been car ried out By that pirty when ln power might be properly called a system for the destruction of American ship-; ping. Yesterday we pnblished . an editorial suggested by a speech of Senator: Elkins, and reproduced a table vfhich he quoted showing the rtiif chlnnitiinf frAm 1QO.O - 1SG2 (a period of low tariffs) and the decline of that shipping from 1862 to the present time (a period of high, so-cilled protective tariffs). We called attention to the growth and decline co incident with the low and high tariffs and showed that after going over the two million ton mark during the low tariff period we bad fallen below a million and now stand but a lit tie' over where we did half a century ago. j ' j .' J ' Could any more, eloquent or de cisive answer be given to the ques tionT What has destroyed our ship ping? The high tariff men, loath to acknowledge the true teason, will say that the ..iron steamers, which supplanted the. woaden sail vessels, in the baildiag of which this coun try led all others, did it. It is true that the iron steamer proved more than a match for the sail vessel, which could not conopite with steam, but that is not the reason, for this country oald bqild iron steamers as well as England. , The fact is that the high tariff im posed such duties oa ' ship build'mg I materials that par ship bailders could not compete with r English ship builders, who got their materials free of duty dad could build . ships for at least thirty per cent, less than American builders could Coupled with this -were the navigations laws which prevented Americans from buying foreizu built ships and sailing' them under ' the Amer ican flag. Toe j high tariff prevented the buildinz of ships, the navigation -laws prevented the buy ing ot .them abroad, and thus our shipping disappeared from the 'seas, and has never been replaced because the agencies that destroyed still exist to prevent its restoratio 1. This Is the story, in brief, of the destruction of our merchant marine, once the pride of ever? American. Up to 1832 we ranked second among tne nations as a carrier upon the sas, and with the progress which we were making promised soon to be the first. Now we rank sutn, and not a power that out ranks us has much more than half - J ! ! the population that we have. The following , table presented in the speeqh of Senator Blkins, to which we rei erred, thus shows how .we stand in comparison with other na tions: -; I .:l;"'Flag. Carrying power Tom- British ..... Scandinavian Sermao '"coco ..... Saaniih i7,7i0,000 4.210.000 8,870.000 2,440.000 8;0S0,000 United StateV Italian r. .. . . RiHJiao...... Variou . .' fotai . s 1980.000 1,410 000 1.280.000 4 880 000 (8 840,000 inis is a humiliating showing for a nation that has a seacoast that would reach one third way around e earth and boasts of its resdurces, wealth, enterprise, progress and In diligence. With 8,000 miles of sea ast, with some! of the best harbors to the world oa b oth sides, so ; geo graphically situated as; to have, the avantage of any nation on the earth vi we traae on ithir fh Amrlran continent, or on the Asiatic side of e Pacific, we have surrendered it M t ua Dyoar own' act drorjbed from Jne second .to the sixth place in the . ot mantiaae nations. These are OUr fiffni-ia; h an nrt we ngares of any oae hostile to the Protective tariff system; they are the "Sires of a Republican Senator, quoted from official documents, and VOL. XXVIII. aenator, too, who is a zealous ad vocatef this protective system. n . . tie does -not seem to have rsalized that when he was presenting these tables and commen tin z, noon them that he was presenting, an uhanswer- able argument against -the system which he and his party defined and seek to perpetuate, but It is one of the strongest and most unanswerable arguments, all the same. As If these figures were not sug gestive enough, he proceeded to show what we were paying to other nations for the service rendered bv their ships in carrying across the ocean the things which; we buy and sell, a service whlch was once per formed by our own ships. He puts this at $3.00 rr capita, annually for every man, woman and child ia the country,. oi in , round .figures say $200,000,000, which is somewhat be low, his total. Fizure ua what this has cost since 1862, making the es timate of population one-half what it is now, and we would have a total of $3,400,000,000 that we have paid to other nation! for ocean service. Suppose the moaey . that is thus an nually spent were used in building ships, how long would any other na tion lead us on the seas? One year's expenditures would give ns iron ships enough, such as now do most of the freight carrying for the woild. to cross the seas. , We have spent enough to buy the merchantmen of the world,, and yet we are without ships.' ' ". j" .':'r And what is all this for ? To keep up a protective tariff system that certain favored industries may be protected and have a monopoly of the home market by cutting off the competition of foreign manufac-, turers. Every dollar thus expended goes out of the country to stay until it is brought back by some thine which we sell abroad, if that some thing should be paid for In money, which is not often the case. Practi cally we are paying foreign ship owners millions a year to enrich them and enable them to build more ships to keep as in, the commercial vassalage, for which we may in the first place thank the stupidity of so- called statesmen or their subservi ency to interests to which they felt under political;obligations. ' And this is the policy they propose to pursue, and are now trying to fas ten upon us under pretence of rais ing more revenue. Wipe out the pro tective tariff, repeal the navigation laws, thus removing the two main obstacles to the restoration of our shipping, and in ten years this coun try would have one of the finest mer chant mariaes that fiiat the waters. HT10R MKNTIOH. Treasury; experts have been care- fully going over the Diogley tariff bill to see how the estimates of re ceipts will pan out compared with the receipts under the McKinley bill, and find that in some of the most important schedules they have . - - made the estimates almost twice as high as they should have done. As an illustration they point out that the' estimates in the wool schedule are for $17,538,400, whereas, they say, the ixovernment nas never oo- tained from wool more than $8,000,- 000, in round numbers, in any year. But the Dingley estimate is far over double this. The highest figure ever reached was during the last year of the McKinley law, when the impor tations were extraordinarily : large and the receipts ran up to $8,167,- 200. But I with; these facts star- in sr 'them in the face, the Administration is confronted with extraordinary appropriations, which will more than tax all its resources, and Republican statesmen are al ready beginning to lookwith alarm at the prospect of another issue of bonds, which some of them- consider inevitable. ! They are alarmed at it because they fear that it would prove the death-knell of their party. They have staked everything on this tariff, have promised the country prosperity as the result of a new tariff, and the country expects them- to make good these promises and will hold them responsible for failure, We are not surprised, under the circumstances, that there I should be uneasiness at the head center. . There are some Deoole taZ this State who seem to be under the im pression that there is no use for a State Geologist,, and therefore that Lhaving one simply costs the State some money for which there is no equivalent in return. People of that kind havel sometimes gone to the Legislature, where they have made efforts to abolish this office, but for tunately without success, although they succeeded In temporarilycrlp- pling It so as to very seriously im pair its ability to render the service that ought to be rendered. It is ac complishing more now . than in some previous years, because it is better supported and more appreciated. As bearing upon this, we clip the fol lowing from the Atlanta Journal: 1'No man Is doing more to attract at tention to Georeia'i rich natural re sources than btate GeoloKist Yates. His work has already been of immense value to the State, and he has just fairly b Run." E We judge from this that the value of the services of a State geologist is understeod and appreciated In Geor gia. J We .have - not the slightest doubt that he has been very instru mental in drawing attention to that State as a gold mining State, the re sult being the investment of much capital and the development of much territory,; the fruits of which will continue to be reaped for. years to come. There is a wide field in the mineral bearing territory of North Carolina for the labors of the geolo gist,! a fi5Id equally as rich as, if not richer than, that in- Georgia. But the office should b'e put upon the very best footing and equipped with the appliances for the most thorough work. ' J - . - The question has. been asked "who pays the tariff duties ?" The Re publican tariff advocates have tried to make as believe that the foreign exporter pays them and seem to have succeeded ! in making some people beliiive it. j- The fact is that the peo ple ay the tariff taxes, and the poor people pay the most of them as they do of all taxes in proportion to their ability to pay. Wealth seems to have discovered some way of dodging its just proportion of taxation. An ef fort is now being made in the New York. Legislature to remedy this, and as showing to what an extent wealth escapes taxation the following offir ciatj table lof the wealth of a few of the leadlnk estates, and the amount they are assessed for is published : Estimated value of per- tonal estate. Tax. . .$80.000 000 flSOOOOOO Eitate. Gould... A. T- Stewart. 10.000.000 1 500,000 25 000 000 3.750 000 15.000.000 2.250 000 10.000.000 1.500 000 10.000.000 1.500.000 Motes Tavlor.. I'M. Singer... Scbermerhorn.. David D3ws... Sidoer Dillon. : 5.000.000 750.000 Rbinelaoder... ! 5.000.000 10.000.000 750.000 1.500.000 1.500.000 1 600.000 450.000 450.000 J. A Bottwick. W. Sloanej ... W. P. Fornlis. 10.000,000 10.000.000 O. B. Potter. i. 3.000.000 3.000,000 M R R.Stewart j ! 129.400.000 i bis. is for one city, and we haven't the' slightest doubt that, practically speaking, 'the same conditions obtain in nearly if not all of the great cities of this country. These are the people who so stubbornly opposed and bitterly denounced as class leg- isianon me income tax law, wnica they finally succeeded in having de clared unconstitutional. President McKinley has taken the dispatch boat Dolphin and gone on a cruise, thus following the pernicl- . ... . . - ous example ot Mr. Cleveland witn- out asking Mr. Dana anything about it. Mr. Dana who so fre quently reprimanded Grover for that, has been so shocked that with all his mastery i of tart and vituperative phraseology, he has been enable to find words to express his condemna tion, and has gone down in the base ment to swear. '; i t The treasurer of the Lowell' car pet company says the effect of the stupid performance of putting a tax on carpet wools will be to advance the price of ingrain carpets 12 cents a yard, and consequently reducing the sales.1 The carpet men use 100, 000,000 pounds of coarse wools which are not grown in this country, anjd yet the Dingley men propose to taf it. A, national conference of "sound money Democrats" is called to meet New York on the 23d inst., to organize; against the "Free Silver craze." i Pshaw. We thought that th ng was killed as dead as Hector, some other ancient, last Novem- or ber. Are cney airaia tac corpse wm give them another tussle? . Ex-Secretary Carlisle has, accord ing to some of his friends, struck it fat and has business enough now to pay him! $100,000 this year. He is counsel for; the house of J. Pierpont orzan. to look after its business in the South, and for the Southern Rail way Company, , both of which arje pretty fat clients. ; The Boston man who walked into restaurant and jocularly Informed the waiter .that he guessed bed poison himself with a cup of coffee, dldn'r intend to do it, but drank the coffee and scared the waiter almost out of his senses by falling back in his chair dead, lit wasn't the coffee that did It, bat heart disease. Japan is getting in trim to build her own ships. She has sent twelve bright (young men to England to learn the ship, building .business, and will spend $40,000 in patting thei through, i They will workus-gentle-men apprentices yyitbrthc great ship building firms. . Wheat has fallen in price 20 cents; abttshel in, the past three months, and yet the tariff boomers propose to put on duties that will Increase the cost of the necessaries which- the farmers have to buy from 25io 83 Der cent; This is protecting, the armer with a vim. T Senators come high in Kentucky, Without any assurance of a good ar ticle eitherThe ypresent, dead-lock bn Senator is costing the State $1,- toodaday. : i . i .... .,"... - i . . .. : ! : 11 1 . ; ' - Weekly Star. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897. COUHTY COMMISSIONERS Tax-Ustars .JBleoted Oonnty Physiolan ' and BoptrlDMndast of Haaltn A, : . . STew-Sratem for BCaDacemeDt ,-. . . Of thai. Hospital. ; : " The Board of Coaoty Commlssioneis met in adjourned session al 7 80 yester day evening. Present, Chairman Fos ter and Commissioners Dempsey, Moore, Alexander and Nixon. - t r A communication was read from the Board of Resents of the City Hospital, indicating a new system for the manage ment of the hospital, to go into effect Inly 1. The Board of Regents will select from a competing class of the ten best licentiates of the State Board ol Medical Examiners each year one phy sician, the first one to serve two years and alone for the first year. At the end of tne first year, according to the provisions of the plan, another phy sician shall ; bs elected to serve two years, and so dnrguaranteeing as will be seen experienced service every year, after the first. ' The plan met the approval of the Board. ! '.' ... It was decided that the duties hereto fore devolving upon the County Super intendent of Health, the County Pnysi clan, and the City Physician, shall be discharged by. one physician, who shall receive a salary of $1,250 a year, with an allowance of $250 for . clerk hire, three fifths to be paid by the county and two filths by the city. This arrangement was according to an agreement entered into by the Mayor aod Board of Aldermen and the Board of Commissioners. , . Dr. W-D. McMillan was unanimously cbpsen, the Board of Aldermen having previously named! tne same gentleman.' . Dr. W. W. Lane's resignation as Super intendent of the City Hospital was read. On motion he was requested, with ex pressions of esteem and appreciation of his services, to withhold his resigna tion until July 1st. - j The following resolution was passed by the Board: That the sheriff and treasurer of the county are both hereby directed not to pay any witness or jury tickets or coupons of ; more than one year standing, without the same has been first presented and audited by this Board. j ' ;r ' i Chairman Foster announced that next in order would be the appointing of tax lister for the different townships Dis cussion here arose as to whether the tax listers should he elected as a whole or voted on separately ! by ballot. It was decided to vote by ballot for eacn tax iister separately. J ; m I For tax4ister of Wilmington town ship Mr. T, O. Bunting was elected. Mr. Banting received three votes fCbalrman Foster and Commissioners Dempsey and Nixon) and Capti A. L DeRosset re ceived two votes (Commissioners Moore and Alexander.) i ' i Tax listers were elected for the other townships as follows: Federal Point Steve Keys. J Masonboro Ri AJ Hewlett. Harnett H. Macumber. ! j Cape Fear F. J. Dempsey. j A communication' was received from the citizens of Masonboro township, signed by Geo. R. Bate, requesting the Board to make the Seacoast Railroad Company build a bridge over their road at the intersection1 of the Greenville road, the railroad company having' re-, moved the private bridge about twelve months ago. The petition was referred to Mr. Oicar Grant; superintendent of the Seacoast Railroad, with a request to give it his immediate attention. - The Board shortly before 10 o'clock adjourned.: j ' !; ' .';':. Trnok rrmara A.ra Basy. 'i Shipping of truck is getting well .un derway now. Yesterday four car-loads of lettuce and radishes were shipped to Philadelphia nnder refrigeration, by; the California Fruit Transportation Com pany. Four crates of, strawberries, the first under refrigeration this season, were shipped from the farm of Westbrook and Rogers. "'-.(':' ' j ):. 'I-1 - The California Fr nit Transp3rtation company has made extensive prepara tions to handle the truck from this sec tion; 250 of the best' fruit cars are al ready on band, and every effort will be made to furnish satisfactory service. -s Mt. J. Whitney Houck, accompanied by his wife and child, recently came from Florida to take the general man agement for the California Fruit Trans portation company in this territory. He is assisted by C W. Woodward.: resi dent agent, and Mr. James T. Harbin. The office in the Y. M. C A. building opening on Mulberry street will be the permanent office of the company, j Artesian Well and Sewerage Company. . The Excelsior Artesian Well and Sewerage Com piny i was organized in thts city yesterday afternoon. The stockholders met at the office of Jnb. D. Bellamy. Jr.. Eq. Mr. W. E. Worth was called to the chair. Tne secretary reported that the charter oi the com pany passed by the last General Assem bly was in his possession. The charter was read and accepted. After : electing J a (nil board of directors, the meeting adjourned. Subsequently a meeting of. the directors was : held, and the follow ing officers were elected: )'y'.- President W. E. Worth. Vice President Geo. H. Locey. Secretary and Treasurer ; F. H. Stedman. .- - -s Superintendent C. H. Leach. . General Counsel John D'. Bel lamy. Jr. . v The company contemplate !l sinking - artesian wells and placing a system of sewerage here aod elsewhere. ' : ; . WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY - In Seaaion at Clarktm The Delegates f Iatereatlnci Addrea ADDiveraary : ot Westmlntttr Assembly Celebrated. The Presbytery of Wilmington-was in session at Clarktonjhi-week. begin ning Tuesdayjiighf and closing Thurs day nig htT The opening session was Sached on Tuesday- night by Kev. Kenneth McDonald: On Wednesday the Presbytery listened to a very able address by Rev. J. N. CraUrTof Atlanta, Ga., secretary of Home Missions, in the Southern Presbyterian Church. ; Thursday wasdevoted to the cele bration of the 250th anniversary of the Westminster Assembly. In; the morn ing Revi"Dr. P: H. Hoge, pastor of the FirstPresayteria'n Church of this city delivered an address on "The Personnel and the Proceedings of the Westminster Assembly; in the afternoon Rev. ur. H. G. Hill, of Maxton. spoke from the Sub ject "The OojoCts Sought and the Bless ings Gained by the Westminster Assem bly." and at night Rev: P. Mclntyre. of Faison, entertained a large audience with some selections oik the Pan Presbyterian Council held last Sum- ,mer in Glasgow, Scotland. . a , Evervbodv was deliehted with the hospitality which was extended by the good people of Clarkton. ' ; CAPITAL CITY NEWS: GOV. RUSSELL BRINGS SUIT AGAINST : ' THE STATE AUDITOR. Tne Asylum Ccs on Trial Judge Bennett to Deliver an Addnaa Uemcrial Dai Fire Alarms and Xtoaeea in Balelsh Tbe Ie- eome Tax Assessments of the N. . C BaUrond to'Be Iaoreaaed A Promliunt Cit s n Killed ' - ' by Xlgbtalng. Special Star Correspondence. r : Ralkigh. N. C. April 10. Governor Russell has brought suit against th State Auditor to prohibit him from printing and sending out the tax lists on real and personal property, as was : passed by the last .Legislature. The new revenue act levies 48 cents on the $100" valuation of 'said property as State tax and $1.29 on the poll. The constitution provides that the poll tax shall be three times the property tax on the $100, but that the poll tax must never exceed $2 except for special pur poses To carry out this the poll tax should have been fixed at $1.88,, and so the Governor wants the lists printed. . Judge Adams, who is here to day to bear arguments'ln the asylum cases, will hear this case also. The Attorney Gen eral appears (or Auditor Ayer. All tbese cases will, of course, go before the Su preme Court later on. Mr. E B. Stevens, of South port, has sent to a friend here some beautiful palms to be used in decoratine the Epis copal Churches to morrow. Palm Sun day. Thev came from Smith's Island. Secretary of State Thompson, Regis-, ter of Deeds Rogers, Otho Wilson and Mr. T. J. Pence.r city editor Press-Visitor of Raleigh, have all gone on a.big fishing frolic to Onslow county. Stewart Bros , public . printers, have fioished the Senate jiurnal and now it is oeinit indexed.1 " . . The Ladies' Memorial Association of Raleigh selected Mr. W. C. S rooach as chiei marshal for Memorial Day and Rev. Dr. Simms as chaplain. Judge R. T. Bennett,' of Wadesboro. delivers an address on the "Private Soldier of Notth Carolina." Mr. Josepbus Daniels has gone to Washington city to attend the banquet given on Thomas Jefferson's birthday. Edison's latest invention, the projec toscope, wjll be shown -here ail next week. It produces life size pictures on a canvas and they seem 'as though they were Irving figures. x i The board of city aldermen last night made their annual report. It was shown that during the year ending March 81 there were thirty-eight fire -alarms sent in. The loss has been $58,000, with an insurance covering $53,500. There will probably be issued street improvement bonds, the money to be used fpr macad amizing the streets. The State Auditor says that the in come tax is not given in in many cases, and he does not know how to secure this tax.' .-f It 1 said the Railroad Commission will possibly increase the assessment of the N. C. R. R. to perhaps $4,000,000. Mr. Silas McBee. 6f . Morganton. has become the editor of The Churchman, New York city. For years he had done work in this State for the Episcopal Charch. " - Special Star TeUeram.Y Near Youngsville, Wakf county, Mr. Baldy Pearce. a prominent citizea, was struck and instantly; k .lied by lightning late yesterday afternoon while out in his field.: - - f A'gumsot w.ll close at midnight in the Atylum cases. Has been going on since 3 o'clock this afternoon. , , One of the Beet. !; Hillsboro Observer The Wilmington Star, one of the best papers published in this -State, or any other State, entered upon its sixtieth semi-annual volume March 23rd. The Star has been continuously and consec utively piblishfd fortfeity nine an1 a half years under tne sime management. This is a wonderful age for a daily news paper to attain in this State, and we be lieve the Star is the only daily that has ever lived that long. May it continue where it has always been found at all times on the side of the right. -? T CITY j MARKETS. Vegetable, Meet! and Poultry in Fair Bnp- pt y The Prloea of Produett. Vegetables, meats and poultry were in fair supply on the city markets yester day, but the supply of fish was limited Eggs were plentiful at 8 and 10 cents per dozen. Prices on other articles were as follows: j ; r Fish Shad, 40 and 70c per pair; trout, small. 10 to 15c oer bunch: soots. 10c. Poultry Chickens, dressed, 60 to 75c per pair; live, 50 to 60:; turkeys, dressed, 15c per pound. Meatsr-Portr. 10c per pound; sausage 10c; loin steak 12J; round, 10c; chuck beef, 7c; stew, 5 and 6c; mutton, 10 to 12 Vc; veal, 12Hc Oysters New River, 80c to $1.00 pet gallon, Stump Sound, 60 to 80: per gal lon; Myrtle Grove, 50c; Sound oysters 40c. - Oysters in shell, 60c per bushel. Vegetables Lettuce. 2f to 5c per bead; spinach, 15 to 25c per peck; col lards. 2) to 5c per head; rutabagas. 2 to 5c per bunch; kale, 5 to 20c per peck; beets. 10 to 20c per bunch; celery, 20c per bunch; green onions, 5c per bunch asparagus. 15 and sue per peex; sweet potatoes, 15 to 20 per peck; Irish pota toes. 25s per psck: string beans.. 10c pwn qaart; carrots, 5 c per bunchsoup bunches. 5c, each. ENORMO To Cation Plant! fg by the Floods in the MlnluiPPl Hirer Delu. : ph to the Morning Star, t. Louis, , April at. i.oms actors say enormous damage nas been done to cotton planting in the South as a result of the flood in Ar kansas. Mississippi. Louisiana ana a portion of southwestern Missouri. It is estimated on a conservative basis that the inundated territory along the Mississippi river produces an annual average of 1,500,000 bales of the highest grade cotton. From present indications the average out put will be materially reduced by the ravages, of water; in fact in many localities it is doubtful if any crop at all will be raised, while in others there will be a sickly yield. ' ! A million and half bales of cotton, even at 4the ordinary price, aggre gates prpbably $50,000,000 and con servatives estimates place the dam age to cotton alone at : about this figure, not to take into consideration other losses incident to the flood. U iX)AMAG LATE FOREIGN NEWS. GRAVE SITUATION ON THE GRECIAN- TURKISH FRONTIER. TheTatka Anxfoue t Give the Greeks Zjom n British STaval . Preparations. Bamui of an Alllaooe Between Germany, Baeeia and Anatria as Again Bagland Pcanev ' . : and Italy. Copyrigkt 19? by the Associated Frets. London. April 10. Short of an actua declaration oi war between Greece and Turkey, the situation could not possibly be graver than it is. To-morrow is the seventy fifth anniversary of a day the Greeks have only too great cause to re member with .horror the massacre by the Turks of 40,000 of the inhabitants, of the island of Sclo. during the war of in dependence. Tne memory of this, in Connection with the little the Powers have done by their vaunted concert, is not likely to put the . Greeks in :he hu mor to withdraw now. even though King George and his ministers are sur prised at the immense army Turkey has unexpectedly put upon the frontier, well armed and organized in spite of her supposed want of resources, and may foresee the futility of fighting Turkey if the Powers are determined, as they threat n, mat neither comoatant sball get au vantage. Whether, once the real figtttng commences, the Powers will be able to execute their threat, is a ques tion of the future. The danger ot tbe situation is the fact that! Turkey is nnl doubtediy anxious to give tbe Greeks a' 8son and has jonly thus far been pre- vented!from so doing by tbe influence of the Powers. : - - i j Tbe orders which Edham Pasha, tbe Turkish commander-in chief, received rotn Constantinople when tbe invasion became known,. were to speedily ascer tain whether any soldiers of the regular Greek army were among the insurgents who crossed the frontier. Telegrams conflict .upon this point: but it may be supposed that Edham Pasha will not stop to icq aire too carefully if ; there are, as suspected, Greek officers among them. The country around Krania and Grevena is very fertile, well wooded and watered and crossed by narrow roads or bridle paths, where it is impossible to move large bodies of troops, but ex tremely favorable to guerilla warfare. The Turks have an entire division of in fantry, cavalry and artillery at Grevena, under the command of nakkt fasba. Their positions are much stronger than those of the Greeks opposite, and it is believed it will tax Prince Constantine to the utmost to prevent somepoftion of his troops from flying to the help of their compatriots. ' Interest in Crete itself will now lapse. and should war break out the Greek fleet will immediately proceed to attack tbe Turkish islands. The warships of the European fleets already there will hard ly suffice to prevent the Greeks from tak ing action. .. : i An ominous rumor receivea in Lon don to day is that the Dike of York, who is a captain in the Royal navy. Is to join tbe British channel squadron, after leaving Lord wo'ssiy, tne commander-in-chief of the British forces at Gibral tar. The channel squadron was intended to form tbe mainstay of the jubilee re view, but in the event of war it will be impossible for the warships composing it to take part in the celebration. Tbe Duke Of Connausht, wno com mands the Aldershot district, while in specting the Suffolk regiment today. previous to its depmure ior tne jsianu of Malta to replace the troops which have been sent to the island- of Crete, exhorted them, under any c rcumstances. to uphold the prestige ot the British army. Lord Charles Beresford proposes to re-arm with modern heavy guns, obso lete warships which are now ia the re serve, i nis couia oe aone at a cost oi a little over 1.000,000 pounds ($5,000. 000) or the cost of two iron clads, and it would make' an exceedingly service able additional fleet. If this is not done, it is claimed these vessels ought to be sold acd new ones built. Lord Ciurles Beresford's navy agitation is meeting with universal approval. It has been decided to celebrate the Qaeen's diamond jubilee by the simul taneously ngntiog oi oonnres on tne hills around the coast at .10 o'clock on the day of the sixtieth anniversary of her accession to the throne, June 20, 1837. " The Americans of this city have formed a committee . to promote a jabilee fund to endow a hospital or for a similar cnaruaoie purpose. -jr Yvette Gutlbert denies the rumor tbat she is about to marry a wealthy Ameri can. . ! .. : :. :. , ;.. Berlin, April '10. It is understood on reliable authority that another great shifting On tbe political chess board of Europe is imminent, the relations of France and Russia baying steadily grown worse, to the extent that the are being artificially bolstered up, and the ad hesion of Italy to the D iebund be ing, since the financial preliminary importance of Italy became glaringly apparent by the Aoyssinian adventures, but nominal. Therefore, a new arrange ment of preserving the peace balance of Europe has been, deemed necessary. Since last September private , letters on this sutj:ct have been repeatedly ex changed between Berlin, St. Petersburg and Vienna, and i a German diplomatic and political circles M is considered a foregone conclusion mat an unaerstana inz has been 'reached. Italy win longer belong to the Driebun nominally, and the force-of events is gradually driving berihto the arms of Great Britain aodFrancS and it is be lieved herewith the probable speedy victoryoi the Radical party in Italy the change will be accomplished. LOn tbe other hand the Czar and his advisers are . saia to pe aeciaea mat France is too fickle for a reliable ally, and on the best possible authority, the Associated Press is informed that an intente, which perhaps later will be - fol lowed by a formal alliance, is to be reached in the Spring and Summer be tween Germany, Russia and Austria. Some of the preliminaries will be agreed upon between Emperor William, and his ally. Emperor Francis Joseph, during the former's visit to Vienna, which is now definite fixed for April 2 id. Three davs later j Emperor Francis Joseph will visit the Czir at St Petersburg. During these visits the preliminaries for the un derstanding between the femperors will be discussed and will probably be rati fied. Enperor William's visit to the Czir soon after will serve tbe tame pur pose. The proposed agreement, is di rected mainly against the dubious, shift ing ool c of Great Britain on the East ern question and the maintenance or tbe European statu'qno. i : Athens, April 10. The Gttfs. Gov ernment is still preparing its reply to the note of the Powers delivered on April 4th, announcing that in case of an armed coofict'on the Greco-Turkish frontier all responsibility will rest with the aggres sors and adding that tbe - latter will not! be allowed to reip the slightest benefits from their action. - ' j The latest report's from the front say; that tbe firing between the Greek and Turkish outposts has ceased. It is re- NO. 24 ported that - artillery was used on both side'. Four Turkish posts were des troyed. On the Greek side Evzones did the principal fighting. 4 EX-SENATOR VOORHEEb ; That "Tall Syeamora- if the Wabaah" j Oat Down by the Bom oral- ; i m- ": lesa j Beeper. : By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. - ' ! Washington, April 10. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-United Sutes Senator from the State of. Indiana, died at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in th's city. No. 105 Maryland! avenue, Northeasu The Senator , had been in poor health for several years, and for at least two years past had taken little part tn the proceed ings in the Senate. He had been a - constant i sufferer from rheumatism of thej heart; and his friends therefore bad come to expect ihit they might hear of hia death suddenly. . Tbe last reports of him, however, were that he was showing some signs of improve ment, and his death, therefore, while not entirely unexpected, came with the sud denness of a shock. Mr. Voorhees' death was caused by an attack, of angina pectoiis. ..... : Mr. Voorhees was 70 years of age last September, and prior to his retirement from public life On March 4th last had been for s many years one of the most picturesque figures In the Senate. He was born in Liberty township, Ohio, and in his early infancy was carried by hia parents to their pioneer home in tbe Wabash valley, in Indiana. His .Con gressional career! began in 1861. He served in the House of Representatives for fiva terms. 14 his autobiography he said that he was defeated for tbe Forty third Congress Only by reason of the nomination of Greeley on his, the Dem ocratic ticket. ' He came into the Senate in 1877 b7 appointment to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Oliver P. Morton, and because of his long experi ence inane House was assigned imme diately to the finance committee, a very ujusual honor in the case of a new Ssn ator. Moreover he retained his connec tion with that committee, being its chairman during the last Democratic era in, that body and was a, leading tu ure in; all debateainvolving questions of finance or tariff r - In appearance Senator Voorhees was one of the most striking figures in the Senate. He was familiarly known as tbe "tall sycamore ot tbe Wabash," by reason of his large and magnificently proportioned .figure. .As an orator be had few peers,' commanding a magnifi cent vocabulary aod imbuing his utter ances with a degree of earnestness acd feeling that strangely influenced his au ditors. ! , The severe strain, physical and men- tal. was to which Senator Voorhees subjected,' as the leader of the majority in the Senate during tbe campaign resulting in the passage of the Sherman repeal! law, permanently Im paired his health. After that campaign be was obliged to retire for a long rest to his Indiana home, and when he re turned to Washington again it was evi dent to his friends that the splendid stock of vitality which had always been his most valuable possetsion, could never be restored. As lime ran on the Senator himself began to appreciate this fact, and for some time bad , take a the adv.ee of hi physicians and friends and had done everything possible to conserve his health. M'SSISSIPPI FLOOD. Bo Abattmant People in .Distress-Towns uoatr watarj-At Helena tne situa tion ia Slowly Improving, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis. April 10 There is no abatement to the flood in the Missis sippi delta. The water continues to pour into the low lands through five breaks in the levee, and the smaller streams tributary to tbe big river are filled to overflowing. This has been a rainy and s:ormy day in the flooded district and extra guards are being placed on the j levees to night. With the river stationary at Memphis and Cairo and tbe upper Mississippi rising, the duration of the flood is now a ques tion that only the future can determine.. The great volume of water, which floods the Arkansas bottom and which is now tushlng into the delta continues slowly passing into tbe main Channel again and adds to the already swilt current which now threatens j the Louisiana levees At Rosedale a steady rain is falling and a high wind prevails. Along the Bogue Phlalia, one off the richest tections of the delta, the people are in distressing circumstances, j Relief was seat them from Rosedale to day. i At Friar's Point the river continues to fall. The towns of McLemore and Sberard are udder water. At Helena, the situation is slowly improving. In North Helena) the water has fallen enough to allow some smaller residences lo be occupied, while those who now live on the second stories are preparing to move down again. The river in that place has fallen two tenths in twenty four hours. Inside the city ot Helena, the water is fast disappearing over tbe Ar kansas midland levees n A telegram Was received to dry by Governor McLaurin at Jackson, Miss . rfrom tbe cvtizeOs ipf-A ron, Ohio, tend ering a carload Cf provisions and cloth- ing. Sttlk Rock. April 10 According to letters received by- the local relief committee to day, every foot of land in the L d.an Bayou country is now under Water and the situation there is terrible. One letter front Holly Grove, Ark., says that the people there have not received any supplies and the situation is becom ing rapidly worse as . the water if still rising.Liye stock and people were car ried to tbe highest p aces There are 1.500 head of Uvd stock and 500 . persons in the district and not one mbrssl to feed them. The letter continues: " We beg and plead of fOj for humanity-sake to assist us." The chairman of the local relief committee says that rations for 400 people fori one week .were shipped to Holly Grove on the third, but were delayed in transit and are expected to reach the sufferers to day. Nashville, Tinn, April 10. The Cumberland river reached its highest point during the rise this morning and is' now slowlv failing, the gauge to night showing 42 OH feet, dear and cold during the day and. cold to-night. A damaging . Irost was experienced all through middle Tennessee last ni(ht and there miy be frost again to night. The Virginia Military Iestitute base bail 'earn defeated tbe team of Roanoke College by a score of 15 to 7. When I ear I bt I do not maea meraly to atop thara far m tim. and then hmiw ttiea rot am ajBln I : meaa m radioal enre. I have made tike di.oaae at FITS, EPILEPSY or VAIXIKO BIOKMKgg a Ufa long (to dr. I warrant my remedy to care the worst eaaeav Baeaaaa other hare failed is no reason for not now reoeiTtnd a cure. Bend at ones for a treatise and a Free Bottle of snr infallible remedy. Grre Jx preas and Poetoffioe addreea. rrJ.W.H.rTEIE,F.u.,iCe1MInTcrt n5A7l7l,l) Absolutely Pure Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthf ulness. Assures the foot! against alum and all forms' of adulteration common to the cheap brands. " . . OYAL BAKING POWDER Co., " f:-:; . V New York. . GREECE AND TURKEY. REPORT THAT . WAR DECLARED. HAS BEEN Fighting on the fro tir Cjotionea -Heavy - Bslnforeemukti Sict'to the Front by j tne' Oreoiai Gdvernmant " . ; ' Ths Situa Ion ia Crate TJnohaogid. By Cable to the tlornlog Star. - London, Ap'il 11. A'dispatch to the Observer from Rome siys that it was reported at midnight that war bad been declared between Turkey and Greece. .Athens. April 10. midnight. A re port has been received fromXarissa ta tbe effect that tbe insurgents baye occu pied Biltino. besieging 800 Turks ia the barracks. Tbev have already sent nine ' Turkish prisoners to Kalambaka., ' Rktimo. Crete. April 10, 6 P. M. Desultory fighting occurred all day to day in the environs of Candia. ' Athens, Apt il 10. A telegram from Larissa, dated at 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon, . says that the insurgents fought an engagement with the Turks. Three posts Pc ce dicta, Pcnlientza and Zifosbibassi were ., abandoned' by the Turks. Tbe insurgents then burned the posts. The fighting still continues. The commander of another Turkish post opened fire on the Greek posts of the Prophet Eiias. The commander of the post and a Greek sergeant were wounded. The liveliest klod of iusi lande followed, but the Greeks having: occupied several points commanding the Turkish position tbe Turks then ceased firing. Heavy firing was beard all day in tbe direction of tbe, Velamisti frontier ., London, April 11 A dispatch to the Observer from Athens says that 8.000 troops have just started for the frontier. Official news has been received of out rages committed on Greeks at Smyrna by sailors connected with the French warships. No blockade of G ret C! has been de clared yet, according to the latest-advices received. ' " , ; CUBAN FILIBUSTERS. Jen. Sangallly Befoie a Dotted Statea Com mlialoni r at JaokaoDville.' By Telegraph to the Horoing Star. , . Jacksonville, Fla., April 10. -Gen. Sanguilly appeared before United States Commissioner Locke this morning for a hearing oa, the charge ot conspiring to send an expedition against Spain. The Governmennt asked for an adjournment until afternoon, saying, that witnesses would then arrive from tbe. North. At tbat hour he asked for a forthtr. postponement for .tea days. This was refused bv the- commissioner, "who said that the Government had had ample time in which to prepare its case and that it would be an injus tice to Sanguilly to detain him any longer. Spanish Vice Consul Potous was subpoenaed to appear before the commissioner but he refused to do so, relying on his official status ia his refusal, i - -L A deputy marshal was placed aboard the Dauntless to-day in ac- cordance with a recent order of. the United States court. . Tbe boat ;wlll now probably be allowed to leave port for the first time -in several months. ' V ' General Emilio Nunez was arrested at Palm Beach to day charged with violat iog tne health regulations. He was put ashore in a row boat from the Ber muda and was promptly arrested by tbe deputy -collectors of customs. A car load of Cubans went down the coast Xnursday night and were to have been transferred to the Bermuda at Palm Beach, bat the activity ot the Govern ment prevented the plans from being carried out. Tbe cruiser Marblebead and cutter Winona have been ordered from Key West to Palm Beach at the request of the Spanish vice Consul there. ..r BICYCLE RACE. r TOUe Anderson t$e Wlantrlnths Woman's ' Cintsatat Detroi', Uiahlgai. . Br Telegraph to the Moroiog Star. DetroittMich, April Id. Tilliej Anderson won the six day twelve hour woman's bicycle race to-night with Helen Baldwin second, Dottle Farnsworth third. It - was only ar question of inches between the three A leader's wheels at .the finish, whichj was very exciting. The trio had : bung together all the week. Miss 'Farnsworth has. challenged Miss Baldwin for a 25 miles race to be i ridden Monday night for a purse ot $100 and a side bet of the same amount. The score: - Anderson. B aid win andFar ns- worm zok mues i taps, iraDie zoi ; . . a. a i m r t -a a e a i a miles 5 laps;' Bartlett. 210 miles 5 laps, : " ''il ; - ) Miss Allen has) not ridden since r Tuesday night when she injured her j knee in a fall on the ttack. . , . WARM WIRELET8. Dr. J. L Robinson, a prominent ohv- . I, sician of Woodstock. Va.. sbotand kill ed himself at Fincastle, where he wag" f siting relations. No causs is known; for the act. Theodore" Darant, has been senten-- cea to oe nangeu-ior the murder ol Blanche Lamont, in Emanuel Church, San Francisco two years ago. He will haft Vinnrfi4 of) CiM aOrtamo!.. ...S... w .nusvu bm wbM WUUU Lfl lOUU. J UU6 11th.. - r The Plant s'eimship Li Grande Du chesse. olllded Friday morning at 8 o'cock with the Amrrican barkentine Nellie - Smith. b)und from Cuba to New' York, eultiog tbe barkeotlne in two. The barkenilue sank in five min utes ' . ' )' The weekly bank statement shows the following' changes: Rf serve decrease, $1 496,453; loans riecrei.se. f220 100; spe cie decrease; $119 809; legal- tender de- crrar, $3 204.100,. deposit - decrease, fS -800.900; circulation decrease. 1112,600. The banks now hold 46 170.050 In ex cess ot the , requ rement of the 25 per cent, rule; i - A
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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