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To the average cotton grower . there is not much profit in cotton growing at present prices or at any prices that cotton Is likely to coffl maod in the future, for the reason that it Costs too much per acre-to coltivate the crop for the amount of cotton it yields. The average yield per acre for the South is less than a third of a bale, which, after deduct ing the cost of production ' leaves a very small margta for profit, if there be any profit at all. The following table compiled frbm the U. S. De partment of Agriculture "gives the nrodactiou per acre tor tne past ten years,' the value per pound and the value per acre: . Average, Average Average value value production ' Year, per acrej per pound, per acre. 1886-87. 163 56 1837-38. 176 54 188S-39. 17363 1889-90. 173 25 1390-91. 193 68 1891-92. 20G 21 -1898-93. 176 15 1893-94. 183 23 1894 95: 193 63 1895-93158.06 . 10 25 . t: $16.76, 10 27 7 18 13 10 71 18.60 11.53 19 98 9 03 17 76 7.64 15 76 824 1451 7 67 -14.06 6.26 1812 816 . 12 90 Average. 190 91 8.84 15 98 On the average for ten years this gives "ajittle over a third of a bale to the acre, worth an average of $15.98 per acre. While this is not ' a '.very big showing, it is a much better one than is likely to be shown for the ne;t ten years if the-present methods of culture be pursued, for in five of these years cotton went above nine cents a pound, the tendency being cownward ever since,., the downward tendency keeping pace with the in crease of production Cotton may not go to a much lower figure than it is now, unless the acreage should 'ennfinn tn inrmen 1 anrl it 5c likely to go to a much higher figure tinless'. the acreage be very much re duced, and there is little prospect of that, for farmer in the cotton belt nave c jLtoa on the braji and will pick to it, even !if the price, should "go absolutely below the cost of pro (iu:tton, for there ar j a great many who have so little system that they io not know what it costs them to makecottoa, or. anything tlse. The lower it goes the more ' many will plant, hoping to make up .by in Creased product for the, lower price. I .There are reasons, and very good pnes, why the cotton planters cling so tenaciously to it, for it is a, crop hat is always in, demand, always marketable, and klways commands cash, and while it hactuates in price jis not liable to the same5 fluctuations as other staple crops, for owing to the limited area of cultivation there ;is less likelihood of a very large jsurplus, although jksep prices down. large enough to Unlike tobacco, etc.. it will keep wheat, oats, corn, indefinitely withoijit damage, and jis always in marketable , condition, and 's always a collateral for money ap-j proximatlng its value. After baling it is easily cared f!or arid easily mar keted. !Fpr t,hese and other reasons it is a favorite crop, and will coii t'nue to 'be a favorite with Southern farmers whether they raise much" or Nttleof it. It is one of the few crops, too, that mney will be ad 'ancedon before it isplanted, arid tQat Is another reisori why so much s P'aned even by those who cannot afford to plant it, because they have t0 Pay too much or the money, fer tilisers and supplies advanced ta aake the crop. ' - But f cotton is not a profitable -roP, it can be niade profitable, by oetter methods ai d more systematic and thorough culture, by making one acre produce w lat it now requires several acres to produce. Wben this "done and planters regulate their Product according to the demand for consomption, thin cotton will be ..Wae one of .th- most profitable of Cr0Ps, a money cop in fact as' well asa name;, and an ideal crop to a,se. The "intensive" system must ake the Place of the expansive, nd expensive' system, I the old system, pursued blindly and with 'intelligence as a rule for so "aiy years. It will come , come as matter of necessity, it is. only a jowtiop-of timaj But it will come s a mjtter of necessity as the popu "oa of the cotton States increases 3 as th sizS,of the farms dimln I ki n Iotens,ve farming is the only ! ntl Arming that will pay on the : '. .' ! J j-'' VOL. XXVIII. small f'arm,-whether cotton nr anx, thing else be grown, and it is the only kind of farming that will pay well on the large farm. In an article written for The South em states magazine! by Mr. D. A. AumpKins, oi Uharlolte. he c vm th following table to show the possible rwuns anaer the intensive system as compared with the old system of -ywivmug wver a gaoa many acres msieaa of puttinp; more effort on one acre, iie figures on one acre thus Or H I novo Intensive. v 8 00 FettiUz:r i.....t 100 Labor ......... 5 00 Stock and men tils ......... . 100 i Interest cm m- ! ' vestment, etc.. 100 1 PJcklnjr.7...... 2 00 8 00 . 5.00 4.00 12.00 Total .. . . ftinnn $3700 Product at 6c. uv lot) ....... 11 05 (U000 lbs) 65.00 Profit,... ..-.$105 . iSM The cost of production on the In tensive plan is a little over three times as much per acre, the nrodunt nearly , six times as much, and the net profit nearly twenty-seven times as much. A CrOD Of fiftV acres, even at the low price of 6 cents a pound, would give a verv resriectable nt in. come. What is possible on one acre is possible on a thousand or more. These are not extravagant figures of' Mr. Tompkins, for they have been exceeded in this and other States on land which was only average cot ton land, if not below the average. As much as three bales to the acre have been produced in Mecklenburg and in Edgecombe counties, arid by a young farmer who has become in dependent growing cotton near At lanta, Ga., on land that was consid ered before he 'took hold of it very poor. " A ' , : IflHOU MBK TIOH. Senator Gray made two pertinent objections, Tuesday, to an increase of the duty on timber when he said that "the millionaire owners of tim ber lands are not mendicants," and that duties were simply "putting a premium on the destruction of our forests." Both ot these are good ob- j ections, especially the latter. If the doctrine - of protection be conceded, the timber men of this' country do not need it for they have but little competition, those in the - interior of the country none; for timber will not bear transportation far and therefore imported timber cannot become a dangerous competitor of the timber men of the interior. But aside from that the great timber ranges of the country are owned by wealthy men and companies who pur chased the lands at figures insignifi cant compared with the quantity and value of the timber upon them, and frequently sell the land after it has ceen stripped of the merchantable timber for more than they paid for it. The Cotton grower has to plant cot ton; the wheat grower has to plant and cultivate his wheat or corn, but the timber man plants noth ing, he simply harvests the crop that he finds grown, which cost him neither time, labor nor money. His only expense is in cutting down and shaping the trees tor market. ' Some of the wealthiest men in this coun have made their fortunes in lumber, among them Secretary of War Alger, who has became a multi-millionaire since he went into the business about twenty-five years ago. But aside from this the tax on imported tim ber is, as Senator Gray asserted, simply a premium on forest destruc tion, the penalties of which we have already been paying in, destructive floods, droughts, etc. Such a tax has not even the excuse that it.brings revenue to the " Government, for the revenue it brings is a trifle compared with the injury it does. Some of the Northern gold stand ard papers are not disposed to take a very cheerful view of the situation from a "sound money" standpoint. They don't like the tinkering with the tariff, although when they pooled issues with Hanna, and supported! McKInley they knew what rfanna1 was after and what McKInley and the Republican party were committed to. And they don't like McKinley's coquetting" Wlttr the free oil vr men by appointing that silver commission to visit Europe, which they say will strengthen the free silver moVement and give it encouragement, J In re cently discussing the situation-and the outlook the Philadelphia Record Th vifonr acenmnlates all around as in such force as to leave little room for doubt, that in 1890 the country will be involved in another conflict against the enemies of the existent monetary standard, and that, too. under conditions by oo means ai favorable as were those of the late campaign." The Record evidently contem plating trouble ahead, and it is doubtless right in its horoscope, for there is one thing certain and that is that the silver sentiment has lost none of its force, and is as strong if not stronger to-day than it was when those 6,500,000 votes were cast for Wo, J. Bryan. Kentucky his led off by reaffirming the money plank of the Chicago platform, and Kentucky will be followed by every State that stood on that platform in the past campaign. And what is more, there are thousands of voters who were held in the Republican party or kept away from Bryan by the hope that there would be some substantial currency reform, - and steps taken to settle the silver ques tion, who will wlien that hope dis appears cast their ballots with that party which courageously proposes a way to settle it and will' stand oy it i The Republican tariff boomers may succeed in persuading some simple minded people that it is the foreigner; who pays the tariff tax, but they are no succeeding in con vincing the importers of that, or the manufacturers who use imported raw' materials.- If the foreigner pays the tax why are American importers hastening to fill their warehouses with imported goods before the new tariff with its increased duties takes effect? Why was the retroactive clause added to the House tariff bill? Why are the woollen manufacturers protesting against putting wool back on the dutiable list? Why are the tanners and shoe manufacturers pro testing against putting a duty on hides? If the foreigner pays the tax why should they worry over it and kick so vigorously? A Wisconsin paper reminds. Sen ator Billy Mason, of Illinois, in com menting on his Cuban speech, that "there are more Americans starving in Chicago than in Cuba, and more murdered in a week than have been killed in Cuba in the whole two years of the war." This may be so, but if so it is a pretty rough arraigntnent of Chicago.! But Chicago is under, Democratic administration now and the conditions may improve. A Havana paper shows its' utter ontempt for the United States jingoes by declaring in its most vig orous type that the Spanish people despise them and. could "spit in their faces one hundred times." Carrying on a spitting war would be abont the extent of their prowess, but rnaybe this editor never saw any of our fellows "chawing" tobacco, or no ticed how easily they could convert a Spaniard into a cuspidor. A few days ago the Salvation Army people in New York were con victed in court of disturbing the peace by j noisy demonstrations at night, and now some Salvationists in Pboaalxville, Pa., have been fined for persisting in blowing horns and beat ing drums. The people np there don't like so much racket in saving em. . ;: Medical examination has' shown that 7,233 out of the 23,049 children in the public schools of Minneapolis have defective eyes. In other cities similar examinations have shown a large percentage of the children so afflicted. ; Too much books, perhaps, and too much strain on the young eyes. ; Some crank has been sending Speaker Reed threatening letters. He was smart enough to send them sealed, and thus escaped arrest. Ac cording to the law it seems that you can threaten a fellow as much as you please provided you don't do it on a cheap postal, card, but buy a two cent stamp and seal the threat up. ! Delaware is a small State, but its legislature cannot be accused of do ing nothing. It granted one hundred divorces last session, and if divorces come as high . as it is said they do some of the solons must be pretty well fixed. : . , . The Washington Post contained an editorial a day or two ago on "the situation in the House." At last accounts Tom Reed was on top, and Jerry Simpson, looked as if he would like to do some gouging. The warden of the State peniten tiary of California nipped an insur rection of the 700 prisoners in the bud by turning the hose upon them. The prisoners at once took in the situation and took water. An Arkansas State Senator was sent to jail for one minute for trying to kill an editor. The judge was dis gusted with the bungling way he went about it and thought he de served punishment. An umbrella that will fold up is among the latest inventions. That kind of an umbrella may be all right, but what is really needed is the um brella which will come back when it inadvertently strays off. The Cheyenne Indians do not mean any harm by the racket they are raising out in Montana. The weather is rather cool out there arid they want to make it warm for their white neighbors. Some of the hunters in Louisiana are taking a mean advantage of the deer which have been driven by the floods to dry spots by going in and shooting them without giving them a chance to ran. ; -The' South - Carolina dispensary law is so used to being judicially thumped that it doesn't mind being knocked out occasionally. ' :T WILMINGTON,1 N; C, i , . . - . . .... . r-- ' ' 1 : CITY MARKETS. lrult Growing Plentiful-Vegetable la Good Supply EgM Bomoo and HUb. There was no end of vegetables on the citi markets yesterdavV and the large supply made the prices quite reasonable' The varieties were about the same as usual, only there were few if any Eng lish peas, and but little cauliflower and asparagus. '. ' A '-X :: 1 A' ''!fi Eggs were' in good demand at one cent apiece. Retailers were glad to bay them by the crate at 10 cents a dozen. x Vegetables Lettuce, r 5c per head; beets, 6c per , bunch; onions, 5s per bunch; tweet potatoes, 20c per pecki Irish potatoes (new) 25c per peck? car rots, 5c per banco; cauliflower, 5 to 10c psrhead; cabbage, 2- to 5c per head; squash, 15: per dozsn; radishes, 6c per bunch; turnips, 2 to 5c per bunch; roasting ears, 20c per - dozen; : string beans, to 5c per dozen; -cucumbers. 2Qc per dozen. 1 1 t , Fruit Florida watermelons. 40c eac Florida tomatoes, 15c per quart;, peaches, o to IOc per quart; apples, 6c per quart; plums. 5c per quart; strawberries, 5c per quart; huckleberries, 5 to 10c per quart; blackberries, 6c per quart, j . Fish Spots. 10c per bunch; sturgeon, 5c per pound; piguth," 15c per bunch mackerel; 25 to 40c per bunchy black fish, 10c per bunch blue fish, 10 to 15c per bunch.' '..' ; j'.;. A-A J; s : Clams, crabs and shrimp Clancs, 15c per quart; shrimps, ! 15c per quarf; soft crabs, 35: per dozen; channel crajs, 10c per dozen. ;.; " : j - Meat Loin steak, lajfc per ?ound; round, 10c; chuck beef, 7c; stew, eto 6c; mutton, 10 to 12c; veal, 10 tol2c; tongues, 20c each.; . . j .. . 1 Poultry Grown chickens, 60, to 65c per pair; spring chickens, 20 to 10c per pair; dressed chickens. 60 to 70c rir pair. I PRACTICAL INFORMATION That the Seaboard Propoaei to Fcrfnleh ta Paopla Along the Line of Its fioadj The people who live along tm Sea board Air Line will not suffer ir want of practical information on in ustrial matters if the S. A. L. can possil y help it. The latest enterprise is exph ned in a letter from Mr. T.T. Patrick. Clief Iq- austriai Agent, ine letter, ioipws in . .... . ... . . .i part: ' - We want the peopje along ourfiite of road to see and use every kind o house hold and farm convenience an labor saving implement, and to learn low to save the little things, fruit, veitables, milk, and all kinds of farm ppducts, and to this end we are fitting ura train of cars and employing expert krmetsl dairymen, canners, &c and wj make exhibits at. the one; hundred ad fifty stations on our road from Norfk, Va., to AtlanU, Ga. We will be jglad to have you contribute to jour exhibit. Whatever you want to exhibitwe will carry over our line free of cost, ind jf it is necessary for you to send sons one to explain yoar exhibit, we willlurnish them with free transportation We want to-start about 10th tojlSth of June, and we would like to hare ship ments made at once . to addressof Sea board Air Line, Pinebluff, NjC. so that they can be provided for and ar ranged in bur exhibit car. Parties in this community ' fishing to introduce any special objec or im plement are invited by MriThos. D. Meares, General Agent, to crdmuaicate . .. . .. iAi s- witn mm promptly pn tne fueci. Lld to But. , . I ' j " . j j . . Fayetteville Observer, Jaati: The re mains of the late Mrs. Vdliam N. Til linghast were interred faVCrois Creek cemetery yesterday ar.eboon. The Episcopal services were pnducted at the cemetery by Rev. IsaaiW. Hjghes, Following were the oall beri: Measrs A. A. McKetban, A. B. Wliams. H. R. Home, Cbas. Haigh,! E. 1 Lilly, and Addison Worth. Hardtront Asaanlt 6a a Fatty at Oraoae- dale, Flo:ida, jby a N Jo JTarin ' Hand Lynehlog Froble. B? Telegraph to the Morni Star. St.: AxjgustineJ Fla. June 5. News reached here this z ernoon of a fiendish crime which as perpe trated at Orahgedale, at it twenty miles ; from this city, , la night, in which an ; endeavor wa made to murder a whole f amily. le details, so far as can be learnedkre as foU Imoc Shortly before midnight man sup posed to bd Isaac Barrett, aMored farm hand, entered the home oI. J. Hew son, a farmer, and murderosy assaulted Mr. Hewsoa, his wife and sjea-year old son, while they slept. Ajvere hit on the head by a piece of two-by-four scantling. The daughter, liss Maggie, grappled with the negro ai so bravely did she fight bim that belt the house. The son is said to be dag, but the parents may possibly recdr. Liter on Barrett wafarrested by Mesirs. Petterson andpritton, who proceeded with him tote office of a Justice of the Peace. ; d the way the negro managed to disai Britton, and violently attacked both Jen. A doctor soon approached jand tl gun was also levelled at him, holdingjl three at bay. Watching for an opplunity, Britton sprang upon the man al he was over powered and started fome office of the magistrate. I ' It is reported jthat a rty of twelve men took the prisoner I in the officers, and a lynching was pro bly the result, LOST DIAMONI ?IELDS B-plMOTered In the 8ti oi Onerrero, ' . ! UtXlOO. - By Telegraph to the Mo ling Star. . Mexico City .Mex. me 5. It is reported from the Stat of Guerrero that the lost diamond fit s there have been re-discovered. A far back as 1823 some Indians brou t from that State specimens! of wh they called "crystal chips" and pres ed them to General Vicenete Guerr . who had them examined,! ditcovaj that they were valuable diamond and ! which were equal to h4 best Ic n diamonds. Traces of the beds were it, and it is now believed they hai been found again. There ii much ii rest in the matter here, and there ; predictions that the new diamond fie are equal to those in South Africa. - Sanders D. Bruce, off ew York, a famous ex Confederate aded 1 tor of the American Speed Book, waparaiyzea at Lexington. Ky., vesterdal His condt- I tion is regarded as critical i ' FIENDISH CRIiE. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1897. NEWS BUDGET. Abe City to Pnrchaae a Book Quarry Tribane Bale -Tne Taeker Pailare . :' Governor JEtuaavll lUlltirr tc - . ; Visit Kkahvaie. -A-A '---Special Star Correspondence. A- Raleigh, N. C.. June 5. The city contemplates purchasing the rock quarry east of the city, from which the rock was taken for the con structton of the capitol building. The city desires to use the stone for street purposes. . ; The Tribune sale occurs Monday . t ' . ar ' m w- - . . wcck. rar. v neauregara foiand says he has $5,000 capital with which to pur cuase tne plant- He proposes to start a four-page morning paper, the policy to be the same as the old Tribune. x number of welL known dry goods men from the North are in the city in connection with the ! dissolution of the i ucKer store. - ;...': - Governor Russell has made appllca tion to the Governors of, Sodth Caro lina ana Georgia ior permission for North Carolina troops to pass through muse otatcs, armea ana equipped, to tne lennessee Centennial. a a w liuajor nayes says that at least ten ixonn iaronna companies will go to Hasaviiie. ine .Hornet's Nest Rifles go June 11th, being the first to make the 'trip. Quartermaster General Har- rell says that he personally visited the company quarters at the Exposition ana touna them - entirely satisfactory a very excellent mess arrangement has been provided, and troops are provided witn meats at titty cents per dav. -' Capt. HenryS. Bureose, of Portland. Me., writes to the Adjutant General to learn ot the whereabouts of Captain Somers, otthe Thirty-third N. C Regi ment ot (sonlederate trooos. Caotain Burgose was captured during the war at retersourg while trying to exchange newspapers and his sword was taken from him by Captain Somers. Governor Russell was very much de lighted with bis trip to Tennessee. -' SCHOOL EXERCISES By Papila of the Kiniey Female Seminary, Lenoir County. Star Correspondence. ' XaGraiGe, June 8. The closing exercises of : the Kinsey Female Seminary at LaGrange have been held for the past few days and the lively little town has had a large number of visitors from I Craven, Green. Pitt and Wayne counties to witness the last of the school under Prof. Kinsey. who will make his future home at Wiibon, where he will open, a school. The exercises were up-to-date in every respect and a grand success. The programmes were interesting, and the people who witnessed the fair sex in their closing exercises were loud in their praise, and hope this school of eighty pupils will be continued. The talk along the line of the A. & N. C. railroad 4s in regard to the Newbern mayoralty. T&at city now has three distinct Boards of Aldermen and two Mayors and city officers; even two policemen lor each beat. The Radical Board hold their meetings In the Court House, and. the Democratic Board, with Mayor Ellis at its head, who is a staunch old Democrat, at the City Hall. He will not give in until the courts settle the question for Wilmington. MARSHALL. Thompson Sohool Commencement. Tde commencement exercises i of Thompson. School. Siler Citv. were held last Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. The annual scrm6n was preached Sun day by Rev. W. A: Branch, of Greens boro, and Tuesday at noon a very able literary address was delivered by Hon. C. H. Mebane, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. J.'O Smith, of Clinton, brother-in-law of Mr. R. M. Murray, of this city, won the debater's medal, Mr. W. B. . Harriss, of Evans. was awarded the declaimer's medal, and Mr. Millard M. Fox. ol Siler City, the orator's medal. . Among the orations delivered was one by Mr. T. L. Leonard, of this city. Mr. F. W. Kuhl, son of Mr. H. R. Kuhl, of Wilmington, Was chief marshal. - . CUMNOCK COAL MINE. Oeeree for Sale of the Property September . : f' ; Fiiat. Special Star Telegram. L " Raleigh, N. C. June 8. Judge Pur- nell to-day signed a decree of foreclo sure lor the sale ol the Cumnock coal mine and property September 1st. All the parties agreed to sell. The compro mise with relatives of miners who lost their lives in the explosion at the mines was affirmed BOOK NOTICES. The ladies will be delighted with the Tune numbers of La Mode de Paris and the French Dress Maker, both of which are filled with'valuable hints and infor mation, illustrated with the customary nine figures in colors and numerous other plates showing the cat and styles of dress. Published by A. McDowell & Co., No. 4 West Uth.streat. New York. - I ' - : f . -HS Charged With Criminal Assault. , Yesterday afternoon about 3.80 o'clock Deputy Sheriff I. P. Flynn arrested An drew Sellers, a white boy about sixteen years old, charged with rape. The ac cused was taken before (ustice Bunting, from whose court the warrant for his arrest had beea issued, and the case set for - trial to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. , In a case of this character Jus tice Bunting had no alternative but to send the prisoner to iail without being allowed to give bail. The assault Is al leged to have been committed Thursday, and upon' the person of Kate Viola Reaves, six years old, daughter of Mr. C J. Reaves. f A Hew Paper at Sonthport. Southport is to have a new paper. - It will be established in about two weeks by Messrs. Taylor & Cargile. Mr. Tay lor is a son of ex Sberiff Taylor, of Brunswick county, and Mr. Cargile is a well-known lawyer, of Saluda, S. C The mechanical department, it,i understood will be in charge of Mr. J. L. Weigman. who is no stranger to. the people ; of Brunswick, county, .having been at one time ' connected with the Southport Leader. Untllrecently he had been en gaged on the Newbern Journal. Col. Jno. D. Taylor, clerk of the Superior Court, has appointed Mr. S. W. Bornemann a Justice of the Peace for New Hanover county. DUTIABLE ILUMBER. ' DEBATE ON THE WOOD SCHEDULE OF . THE TARIFF BILL. DlTercenee of View Among Oemoorate HoLanrtn of Sbmh Carolina Makes Hit , Initial SpeeohT-The Haaar Sohedale ; Crttioiced by Senator Clay." . - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , ' t Washington. June 5 When the Senate laid aside the. Tariff bill to night it had reached the sugar sched uie, which has been the subject of so much interest and conflict. During the day many of the paragraphs - of the wood schedule had been agreed to, but that, restoring lumber to the dutiable use at fa par 1,000 ;cubic feet proved iuc RrcatcBi stumoung block encount biuuo ioc ucoate oegan. it led to an cxienaea debate,; during which a wiae divergence of views was devel opea on the Uemocratic side of the cnamoer. Mr. mcon. of Georgia, gave ua sHiipon iq tne committee rate, say. lag it-was essential to the lumber in duttry oi the South. I He also spoke in favor of a revenue tariff so adjusted aa to give equal benefits to all industries. nr. mcon and Mr. Vest clashed several times on tariff doctrines, Mr. Vest ex pressing nis regret that a Democratic Senator would .aid , in restoring to the uuaoie list one ot tne three ornrinrr lumber, salt and wool which, in the wtison Dill, are on the free list. Mr. Gray, of Georgia, also snnlu at lengtnonthe iantt bill,, criticising the sugar schedule and other features of the Dill. . f . ... i : - When - the ' oaracraoh on eawerl poards, planks, etc.. was reached Mr. v est saia he would move to place the articles of this paraeraoh on the free list. ; 7 t Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, sooke airainst ' j . . .r i . . an aaaitionai tax on lumber, referring to tne neavy burden tt imposed on th people of the West, lie said the rates of the but were the result of a deter mined and systematic effort by the lum bermen, and in this connection he read a letter from the National Lumber Con vention, Issued from an office in Wash ington, urging that petitions to Senators ana members be prepared,. bearing the names of workingmen. This, Mr. Jones declared, was the means by which the high rates were being urged.. Mr. vest said there was not a slnele' item in the bill so utterly indefensible as that increasing- the rate on white pine, taking it from the free list and placing uai a.uu per i,uuu leet. White pine was justly called the "king of coniferous woods," and yet the clear intent of the f ramers of this bill was to make the rates absolutely prohibitory on this wood. It was due to some extent to a combination between the . lumber; interests of the West and the South, and he had been confronted by this combination during nts last canvass. r . Mr. Vest declared that the proposed rate on white pine was in the interest of the "lumber barons, who have accu mulated millions upon millions" at the expense ot the people. In fervid tones Mr. Vest referred to this added burden on the poor, to whom every penny was almost a dollar and every dollar almoxt a drop of blood. It j was, he said, the most indefensible item of the bill; with out justification: or palliation. j Mr. ones warned his Southern asso ciates against the argument that the lumber interests of the South would be benefitted by the exclusion of Canadian lumber. ! i Mr. McLaunn, of South Carolina. who entered the Senate recently, made his initial speech in criticising the rates of the wood schedule. I saving thev were not designed to benefit any Southern industry, and that if there was anything of the kind it was merely incidental. Mr. Vest moved an amendment, ex cepting white pine from the operations of the paragraph. n Mr: Bacon opposed Mr. Vest s posi tion. The latter, he ! said, had pointed out rates increased 100' per cent., while In this schedule the average ad valorem was below 20 cent. That being the case. Mr. Bacon asserted that Mr. Vest's state ment that this was the midst unjustifiable feature of the bill, was not warranted. "I regard it as the most reasonable feature of the whole bill," declared Mr. Macon. I regard the schedule as a proper one. irrespectire of the party from which it comes. Mr. Bacon went on to state that he was nor a protectionist, but the stern necessities of the Government required a tariff, and a high tariff. He was not speaking for a protective tariff, -but be believed that when it became necessary to impose revenue duties, then it was necessary to make the rates uniform as far as practicable. If the Southern lum ber interest asked him to support a rate simply for the sake of protection, be would not do it; but when they asked that the revenue duties be in proportion to the revenue duties on other articles he regarded that as jast, and he would support it. Less than 20 per cent, was not a protective duty, . be asserted n front of his home ran trains freighted with Southern lumber for the North west, and this industry would be struck down without this legitimate tariff. He had received a telegram, he said, saying that every man, woman and child was looking to the success ot the lumber schedule. ! - w Mr. Bacon argued against the imposi tion oi taxes on finished products, while the raw products were left on the free list. Why, he asked Mr. Vest; should the drops of blood, to which the Mis souri Senator had referred, be drawn in the benefit of the producer of the fin ished product and not the raw. i Mr. Vest rather lightly said be under stood the web and woof of the Sen ator's statement to be that he favored a revenue tariff, but not a protective tariff. i' 'Not only the web and woof but the whole garment." responded Mr. Bacon. Mr. Vest asked Mr Bacon to explain why it was that these rates were made absolutely prohibitory. Mr. Bacon answered by a denial, say ing that average duties below SO per cent, could not be prohibitory. He added that he had spoken at some length because he found himself differ ing from some of his Democratic asso ciates. He had not then abandoned the view that a correct duty is a revenue duty, and in this connection he referred Mr. Vest to the duties imposed -by the Wilson act, . framed in part by him (Vest), v I i Mr. Vest said be entered bis protest against any statement that the Wilson act established a precedent for the Democratic party. . That bill, he de clared, was passed under duress,, with the President and I Secretary of the Treasury urging that a tariff bill was absolutely necessary. 'If the Senator was called upon to framj a revenue tariff bill," interposed - Mr. Bacon, "what would he consider the owest average rate ? " : . 'That would depend on the require ments of the Government, answered Mr. Vest." ''!;- '-. Would it be 25 per cent?' persisted Mr. Bacon. , 1 , Mr. Vest thought it might be, if the expenditures of the Government were brought within reasonable limits. "Could it be 20 per cent., pursued Mr. Bacon. " .c "Mr. Vest said no! conjectural per cent, could be fixed without any information on the requirements of the Government. The Senator added, as to the Wilson bill, that the three features In which pride was take, were free salt, free lam-, ber and free wool. -And 1 am sorry that a member of my party he has the right and I do not criticise him for exercising it j. am sorry mat a member of my party should have! been ready one of those articles out of the and put a duty on it." .. to take free list ! Mr. Bacon ansewered that the Senator from Missouri need feel no solicitude as to the attitude of a Senator of his part?. Equality in the distribution of taxation was a fundamental tenet of the Demo cratic party and he stood on that princi pleof Democracy. I , Mr. Clay followed Mr. Bacon, speak ing for the , first time since he entered the Senate. ( He expressed himself em phatically against ! free trade; and in favor of a tariff sufficient to carry on the Government economically adminis tered. And in levying this tariff, he said,' there should be the strictest equal ity in its impositions. " Mr. Clay criticised the sugar schedu' e as especially objectionable. Under the Senate bill the cost; of sugar, he . said, would be not less than $4 64 per hun dred pounds, an advantage to the re finer of 58 cents on the hundred. The price, to the consumer would be in creased to the extent of $1.20 per hun dred weight. This profit would go to the Sugar Trust. He Said the . bounty system was responsible for this trust and that no political party could stand under the odium that this legislation would produce. Mr. Clay also criticised the proposition to place a duty on tea. He claimed there was "now held in the United States 45,000,000 pounds of tea. To put the proposed duty on this article would be to! add s4.500.000 to the wealth of the tea holder. Summing up, he; said, the Senate bill would increase the burden of the people to the extent of $92,000,000 on the four articles of sugar, wool, tea and beer. He claimed that the farming interests had been neglected, and called attention to the constantly falling prices in farm pro ducts. He declared that the bill would not give relief to: the people, and also asserted that the tariff had not been the paramount issue in the last campaign. i oat issue, ne said, had beea almost for gotten in the financial question. Now, the financial question was apparently Lost sight of in the agitation of the tariff. .j - j . . : Mr. AllenJ of Nebraska, Populist, who had. just returned to the city, asked that the-paragraph go over for further con sideration, and Mr. Allison assented. The other paragraphs of the wood schedule, with- the exception of clap- ooaras ana sningiesj were agreed to as reported, all amendments being voted aown. i The Senate reache ugar sched ule, although the parigraphs-passej! oyer promise to take considerable time before the sugar schedule ii actually taken up. j i 1 At 4.15 p. m. the Senate adjourned. SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. t President of the Dtfanot Merchants' Iff a tional Bank of Ooela KUla Himself. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . OCALA. Fla., June- 5. About ' 2 o'clock this afternoon R. B. McConnell, the defaulting president of the defunct Merchants' National Bank, seat a bullet crashing ; through j his brain. BeforeH medical aid could be summoned he was a corpse. The deed "a committed at the house of his,-brother-in-law. W. K. McDonald, where : he, his wife and mother ware taking dinner. The par ticulars are as follows : G. G. Stapvlton, receiver of the Merchants' National Bink, has made some new developments in the bank business that showed up very badly against McConnell. He at once communicated them to United States Commissioner G. S. Williams, who at once issued a warrant for McConnell's arrest. . This was placed in the bands of Deputy U. S. Marshal James Clark, who proceeded to the McConnell resi dence. He learned there that the bank president was at dinner at Mr. McDon ald's. When be went thither'and read the warrant McConnell asked for per mission to go up stairs to get his coat. In about two minutes the household was startled by the loud report of a pistol, and the fall of a heavy body on the floor told the tale. The officer rushed up stairs only to find McConnell breathing bis last, with a big hole in the right side of his head over the ear, and the smoking revolver still in his handT The mother and wife were prostrated with grief. The affair caused greater excitement in the city than even the bank failure. A; PITCHED BATTLE. One Man Killed and Three Me i Mortally i j . Wonndcd. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Louisville June 5. A special to the Evening Post from Paintsville, Ky., says: A pitched battle, in which Tom Lewis, Preston Lee. Green Charles, J.W. Charles. Shade Lee land Hemp Lee, en gaged, occurred near the Virginia-Ken tucky border in Virginia. J. W. Charles was killed outright land Green Charles. tiemp Lee and Tom Lewis were mor tally wounded. The particulars are meagre but the report is that the crowd had been drinking, a quarrel ensued,- after a discussion, with the above results. MILITIA CALLED OUT To Suppress Dittnrbanee at Lneknow i1 South 'Carolina. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, June 5 A special to the News and Courier reports con siderable ! excitemant at i Luck now, a village of 115 inhabitants in Sumter county. It arose from some,tar get practice in the streets of the village which the authorities could not stop. Governor Ellerbee was informed of the affair and wired the! Bishopville Guards to go to Lucknow. j This was done and number of arrests have been made, and everything is quiet now.' . CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS Made by thePrealdent and Sent to the Senate for Confirmation. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Washington, fane 5? The Presi dent to day sent the following nomina tions to the Senate: Andrew D. Bar low, of Missouri, to be Consul General at the City of - Mexico; Harold S. Van Buren. of New Jersey, to be Consul at Nice, France; Carl Bailey Hurst, of the District of; Columbia (now Consul at Prague), to be Consul General at Vienna, Austria; Henry. H. Morgan, of Louisiana, to be Consul at Horgeo. Switzerland; William W, Canada, of Indiana, to be Consul at- Vera Cruz, Mexico;. Louis A. Pradt. ol Wisconsin, to be Assistant Attorney General. Colonel. H. Deb. 1 Clav. one of the leading Republicans in Virginia, died at his residence in Newport Newt early yesterday mornlbg. . mam I Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for Its great leavening strength and healthfulness, Assures the food against alum and all forms . of adulteration common to the cheao brands. .' -' ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co. New York. : ' -THE OHIO LYNCHING. Intense reeling at TJrbaca Against Sheriff . MoL la and Captaia Leotard Many Members ct Uhe Militia Company ' . j'. Have .Left the City..-' iAi By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Urban a. Ohio, June 5. Instead of a 1 negro dangling from a tree in the most . prominent street corner, the excited populace thronging the streets, the mill-. tary and .sheriff hiding In 'the county ' jail, the soectacle of a peaceable com munity, a fl:eingsheriff, a missing . cap- . tain and a military company making themselves scarce is presented. Nothing is known, of the whereabouts cf Sheriff , McLain and Captain Leonardo It is the? general understanding that the sheriff? drove to Springfield and nobody outside the Captain, s circle ol immediate friends knows where he went. It was reported last evening that a mob of 150 was or ganizing to go to Springfield after the sheriff, and such word went to Spring field, having the effect, it Is said, of driving the sheriff off to Dayton. He is universally condemned by thepeople - and held responsible for the shooting of citizsnsby the militia. The citizens in sist that he was altogether too officious in the matter and should " have re frained from ordering out the troops. As for the captain, he Is condemned for ordering the soldiers' to fire, and the boys of the company for firing into a crowd of their lellow citizens. Alter their escape lrom the jail the members ' of .the company have not dared to show up in the streets and many of them have ' left the city. A liveryman took a timid ' innsH nf thm tn nrlnafiM Their troubles are not cver.with yet. Some of the wounded claim to know whoehot them and several; thrashings ' are laid up. It is reported that the father of Harry Bell, who was killed, threatens to kill Capt. Leonard on sight. The son was an unmarried man, aged 20 vears. and a broom-maker bv occurjatlon. - d I Baker, the other man killed.was 87 vears e i bid and married. He was a farmer, being employed orTa-f armsear here. He leaves a wife and five smallhildirr- -Tne body of "Cliclc" Mitchell, the rapist, has been secreted. Before being " removed from the; court house yard relic-hunters bad nearly cut the coat off ; . I. .4 n 17HAH ...... . . uie uu uiau. cvciy uuuuu wai eudb i i , . . , ana even nis snoes ana BtocKings were carried away. ' Mayor C. H. Ganson says the tragedy of Thursday aightand the lynching were i wholly uncalled-for. He urged the sheriff to convey the prisoner away from town right away, but he failed to do so. - The Springfield company was ordered to report to the sheriff. They marched to the j ill, but did not consult the sheriff, as he never made his appearance, and there is a question whether the mayor 1 was authorized to speak for him in tell ing them to retire. i Captain Leonard nd the local com- -pany will no doubt have to explain why they ceased to resist after firing into the mob, and somebody will bava to explain - how the keys,bappened to be dropped down onto the hall floor from up-stairs -after the mobfiad broken iq the outside door. ! The sheriff and militia were up there at the time. - The .sheriff plainly stated before leav ing the city tbaf he and the troops re tired to tbje up-stairs portion of the jail and q Jit offering any resistance simply because be was unwilling to shoot down any more citizens. . There will no doubt be a military in vestigation as to whether the captain ' acted under the mayor's orders in this ' matter. It is said the local company, being composed of Urbana boys, who cried over the shooting of their fellow citizens the previous night, absolutely refused to shoot again. - , The sberiff denies the responsibility for the shooting, and so does the cap- : tain. On the other hand, the citizens assert that the sberiff himself fired the . first shot. He asserts that at least five shots were fired into the jail from the . outside before a shot was fired out from the inside. j ; ' 1 Columbus. O., tone 5.-M3overnor Bushneli, in an interview to night, stated that be favored the enactment of law making the penalty for extreme cases of criminal assault, death.. He thought that punishment commensurate with the degree of crimes was the surest preven- tion of lynchlngs such as that at Urbana. He consulted one of the Judges of the ' Supreme Court on the-matter and the latter coincided with his views. . cm ITUCDM Dll WAV wwwiiiwiii i nt s n r ; Application . to Ba Made to the United States Court at Maoon f:r Appoint- , ment of a BaeetVer. . ' . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' , . Atlanta, Ga., June 5. A special to the Journal from Macon says that a bill has been prepared there for filing in the -United States Court to put the South- 2 ern Railway in the hands of a receiver. - Rumor had it yesterday that the bill ; would be filed to-day, but it is learned this morning that nothing will be done in the matter to-day, though the bill has been made ready. It is understood that " Bacon & Miller and Dessau, Bartlett & Z, Ellis are the attorneys representing W. o. aparKi, tne unniap Hardware com pany, M. J. Hatcher,- bam Mayer, B. L." Jones and others in the petition, r 7 While the suit will be directed (pri- . marily at the Southern Railway, it la reported that all olber roads' supposed to be controlled by that corporation will be made parties, including the Georgia -Pacific. The Georgia and Southwestern ' will not be included as they are merely f leased lines. The petition, j it is said, 1 will rest mainly on the provision of the ' State constitution which inhibits the J purchase or operation of a competing ' line by the owners of another. . . 1 The newspapers of Madrid unani mously express the opinion that the cabinet crisis will end in the Liberals return to power. "f --' UVUULaU U U ' When I say I enre I do not mean merely to stop" them for a timoand then have them return. afain. I . meaa a radical euree I have made the disease of FITS, BPILBPST or FALLING SICKNESS a life--long study. I warrant my remedy to car. the worst eaaesv Beoanse others have failed la no reason for not now reoerring a enre. Send at onee for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Ex- Dress and Poatottoe anaresa. oraaa and Poatoffiee I Prcl.WJ.PEEK.F.D.,iCsiaiSt.,K8wM
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