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, I he Weekly Btar. vol. xxviii, ; , Wilmington, n: c, Friday, june i8:i897. v : . . no- 1011 ' ; pulLISHBD AT .. . . LMINGTON, N,:C, VYI IN ADVANCE. ggggSS888.88S888S8 H.0OAYEAR. gf8888888888888 fS888888S888888 I883888888SS838 83888858888888388' gg"88SSSS888888 1388888888888888 -; : ? - . ., .he 'Fas' Office at lhntgton, N. C, as latere", '"gjnd ciasi Mantr.l . SUBSCRIPTION P..ICE. totriptio? price of the We--ly BUT is aa "TV 1 year, postage P1"1 g ;le Copy 6 months S monlh! ADI3CEEDITED REMEDY. There are very icy? iuuuSuu u. v w . .,, nVin Viatro otarrhrl Reoperations of oup respective tariffs ,ho believe that the enactment of. a giffwitb a higher rate1 of duties tbaO trie presem.."" u"s f r - Bthecawtry. It tnere was anytning u the theory of high protection as a promoter of prosperity thje countries iith the highest tariffs1 should be the nost prosperous countries in the torld but this is not tne case, tor Eo2laadhici is a free, trade coun try claims to be exceptionally pros- ' I 1.V . .Li paoos as comparcu wnu um Earopean countries, .and notably prosperous as compared witn tnis But it the tariff exercised such in- JwDcethrS country ougai- to uc rea sonably prosperous now, for it has a nfwtive tariff not mucn below the ny" I prefious Republican tarij iffs, framed bymen who acme ceo; io he doctrine thai projection . means prosperity. An average of , 40 per cfcnt. protec tion should certainly bd enough to more than offset the difference in lages in Europe and this country.' wnitbe admitted that wages are lower there than here." As a matter of fact while wages per day -are. lower ia European countries than in this the cost of production is greater there than it is here for they do not tropioy the lab jr saving machinery that we do and they cin't turn out asmuch work per hand! as we can, ind that is the reason, why we can lip some lines ; of gobd3 to those countries and undersell their manu- (ictarerj right at their owddoors, at is when our manufacturers have the benefit of untaxed- raw ma trnals ar -their European competl tors have. ' ' '. '(' Opr manufacturers were building op in England, Geriiany aad France i good market for carpets, hard tare, agricultural implements, &2, wd our steel misers were securia? large cantracts ia other! countries ia jpite bf the competition of the great steel-making plants of E lgland and Gttmany. If this proves anything i proves that when our manufac? tarers have free raw mite?ials they cacoai3ete azainit the world, and fonot need arny protection at all. As showing ho w little confidence conservative tr.iake.rs place in high UtlSsas promoters of prosperity, we P from the .. Chicago News, a non partisaa paper, the f jllriwing article: "There ii a wait d ftjrsdca of oninion to wait ciajsd tie pressac baiinest wpression whicii has bceb universil for jMniw oI years. Ii it ad raiued that ""Sue ia a meisure. if oot eaiuely, to e gredii fl decline ia thi general level prices, but toe Ciuss of such decrease 3U tain? up-)! waica eaaQciert are wa. But whether it it dus to- over Auction and ttes incrjeaied use of w-sivinu raichiasr, tp tne d em one tion.o( silver, or to -other disturb cam buiiness or financial affairi. it wegenefal belief with the party in w that toe cuef remedy for the -otderdngennani 13 ta Jos found ia, ZtlVm f a protective tariff which 22. mainta'n laS Goveromeat -rat the same time provide adeqaate Action tO Affllhfl irf.utr we have been experimeatiog for a m many years wita tbe tariff qaes- "meiio Tj , i Im.u yj'juuj wc ujtc never ' "aerate per cent at which the tar- fSS tI b3th ,0r rtV attd iS The oonputisaa tariff com ??,PP!'ed.by Prisideat Arthur. ""almonthp ,: i a i both, ould Prodice the best results ! Wn.,?: e!Ee;i8arV aod to the busineM thii( I , tjunwy; oai ws nive liehik 'J"" si1ioel870. a tariff in: fcioB.r. T 63 00 Rro89 nipo" fell 5aitdn fiRure uatil the present law. kit ? dutia"'e ardtclesalone we1 1teiv7 ha(5Ja tariff since 1870 when Mot as ad 'fcrn nate of duty fell iihu , .r?ent f the! value of such iab1i.a ?v?rat:e ad valorem rate on t'e articles from 1870 to 1896: r , fer cent. Year -Per cent. 1871 .47 08 .43 95 .41.35 1884.. V 1895. ... -1836t., 1887... ,. .4106 ......45 86 . .45.55 ......4710 ..88 07 ..38 53 ..40 62 44 74 ..43 89 -.4 75 -.44 87 1888. ....45.63 1889... r 45.13 1877 '" tt?9 " 1890 ....44.41 1891.......:. 46 W 1893. ........4871 1893 ...49 58 . 43 48 l88j--;-,...43 20 4? 63 1894......... 50.06 1895......... 41.75 1896.....l..;40.18 ..W"ile thi. .-i.,. 5Woh . u,c owt mat tne ha. LT collected ffon dotiable 'liit i,7. "iaer constant the (M... - oeen or. ....li i ? Perr.:7"n dates given. In 1870 Wed to:. l " Ol free -pooi. aa rnm was very percent., while in !! -I !! i niooK t r. - o ' . r . - B- . ... . 03 p- - - 8"' . OT . thill f " "i """"" ."uuuBwa to 48 OB per cent. nfnn. ai i . . . PO"9. aoa la , 1894 dntiK?.10 1 C ,?aaatlt f both free and "e'chandwe imported, but the lTki Dw r,lt plr cPita ha ot changed ? ?g ' B 111 08 ,tt 1870 " 10 06 in i law. Thedutv collected per capita has however, decreased more than one- - "kb a a valorem aoty on RtOM import! has also varied consider aoiy, beine thn tna. ran 7 ja 1898 and the highest ( 83) la 1870, . ..w.no aas oeea irom xv to 81 . acr nas oeea tne same variation ia the receipts from customs Ine n,aet being 820.575 989 in 1889 to 1127 195.159 in 1878. the aver age being about) 1173.000.000. The re ceipts tince 189,3 bavs been below thia I .?ra lttttV wftre ,8 between 1878 and 1879. . : . . i "Theie figure! show that while the moderate chaoses that have been made in oar laws have had some slight effect on i the reveoues they have not beea other than protective in their resalts. Despite tbem all thev have not been able to check the decline in prices and it may be questioned whether tbe present mea sure, if it becomes a law. will do more than did the act of 1890 to bring up the general level oi prices The panic Ol low leu upon the country more than a year prior to the repeal of the law of 1890, and it does not seem probable that the enactment of a similar law will brin? a return of prosperity to the country. It is to be hoped tbat the financial legisla tion promtsea Dy Secretary Gage to fol low the passage of the proposed- tariff win win give greater measure oi perma nent' benefits to business than can be reasonably expected irom the Dinzley bill or its substitute." ; We reproduce this because it con tains much valuable information in respect to the: working of the various tariffs since 1870, and because it is evidently from an unbiassed pen, which is governed more by facts and resalts than by theories. The writer calls attention to the fact that high tariffs have had no effect in prevent ing or arresting the decline in prices. which has been going on for some yeafs regardless of tariff duties, a fact which was! frequently cited and emphasized by Democratic speakers and writers (in the last Presidential campaign, when they contended tbat the downward tendency of prices was not; the result of the reduction of tariff duties, as alleged; by the Re publican - protectionists, bat was the result of a coatractloa of the cur rency and. the appreciation of gold following the demonetization aad de preclation of silver. The writer of the article which we qaote shares this view partially, at least, when he says in conclusion: 'It is to be hoped that the financial legislation promised by Secretary Gige t) follow tbe passage bf the proposed tariff bill will give a greater measure of per manent benefits to business than cm be reasonably ..expected' . from the Dmgley bill or its substitute." MI BOS, JKBTTIOH. The Repablicaa mmagers of the tariff bill in the Seaate are evidently masters of the situation. The votes thus far taken slow that no mate rial cbangs cm b: effectel that the caucas doss not assent to, and.con- sequently all the efforts of the Dem ocrats to reduce taxation, except in some comparatively trifling matters have proved aaavailing. While the Republicans are standing pretty solidly together they have the co operation of some of the Silver Re publicans and Populists, 'and even of some of the Democrats who have at this late day discovered a new inter pretation of "a revenue tariff without dijcrimtnatipn." This discovery is that when one section goes in for a steal, other sections ought to go in or a steal, too. aad . thas prevent "discrimination." The votes taken on the sutrar tax shows tbat tbe Trust has its collar on Senators enough to do its bidding and carry oat the legislation which it desires. What this means to the Trust, is shown by the following from an in terview with Mr. C. A. Spreckles, of San Francisco, (notClaus Spreckles, whu belongs to the Trust) who does not belong to the Trust: "In ordinary times the sugar trust carried from 10.000 to 100.000 tons Ot raw sugar in stock to be worked op into refined sugar. That amount of supply" on hand4S amply sufficient to meet or dinary demands. As soon, however, as it became aooarent tbat a special ses sion of Congress would be convened by tbe President for the purpose of la- creasing the revenues of the govern ment by a higher tariff, and as soon as it was known that raw sugar would be a . J..I aa article upon wnicn a nigncr umy would be levied, the sugar trust pro ceeded at once to balk the purpose ol the special session, so far as it related to itself. It began to rasa into mis coun try raw sugar from every couotry la tne world where that commoaity is pro dnced. The oceaa has beea almost crowded with sales bringing cargoes of raw snear to our ports, aoa to-aay tnere are aaeedimar to this country a fleet of vessels, almost without number, laden with raw sugar, all hoping to reacn tneir destination belore tne new tanu um rtnmm Into effect. ;- ' Already, accordloe to Wiltett & Gray's circular, tbe sugar trust has In 616.000 Ions tons of raw ntrar. or nearly 700.09a short tons. It is the oninion of exoerts that before the new tariff measure goes into effect the sugar trust will have ia stock ia its ware houses from 800,000 to 1,000.000 sh irt tons of raw sugar. This vast amounc of sugar is over six months' supply for the United States. - By importing it before tbe new tariff bill goes into operation the suear trust saves the amount of the increased dntv over the Dresent rate. Aa I atated before, the increase ia tbe nintrlev bill aver Dresent rates is about $16 per short too, and in the unamended Aldrich schedule it was over $18 per short too. Now the sagar trust by that anticlnatlner the ooeration of . the new tariff law. exoects to save in customs duties from $18,000,000 to $16, -; - " : : . i---lisn v. 'This vast mm of mane will on inn tne treasury of the sugar trust. In stead of the treasnrv of the ITnitirl Sutes." ':. ' The Trust kne w what would be done, and proceeded at once to load up with saw rugar until it got nearly 700,000 tons in stock, but we are told that the sugar tax is to be a tax for revenue. : . It seems, from the cable dispatches that there is anxiety - ia Spain as to the attitude of this country in refer ence to Cuba, an anxiety which has been increased by the reriorts of what Commissioner Calhoun- had to say on his return, and by the report of Consul General Lee on the Ruiz case. The Spaniards probably re cognize the fact that unless this Gov ernment entirely ignores that report it must hold the' Spanish Govern meat responsible for the tortures In flicted on Ralz, an American citizen, known by the authorities who incar cerated him to be an I American citi zen, and must demand reparation. There is no escaping that, for with the plain statement of facts which justify the conclusions that Gen. Lee draws from them, this Government cannot fail to demand and insist upon reparation without sacrificing its own honor. It will be humili ating to Spanish pride to knuckle to the United States, especially as the masses of the Spanish people have a very contemptible opinion of the size and prowess of this country. which they consider less formidable than Cuba. Bat either Spain or this country mast knuckle. Gen. Lee's report has made that necessary. It remains to be seen which it will be. That queer old $20,000,000-aire Richardson, who for years occupied that queer house, five feet. wide and three stories high, on Lexington avenue New York, now occupies a still narrower house. He died the other day and was buried in a plain coffin which, he selected thirty-two years ago., He was queer, but with all his eccentricities there was some good staff in him and his millions neither made a snOb nor a fool out of him. he boasted tbat he was " a working man," and said he wanted "no fuss over him in life or death," and his wishes were respected. It is claimed that some marvellous cures ot diphtheria are being effected in Chicago by what is called the chlorine - gas treatment, the dis covery of Dr. Bracelin, of that city, who gives his formula to the pro f ession. It is said that out of . 105 cases so treated only one proved fatal, and some of them were in the last stages of the disease before this treatment was applied. A Washington stenographer says that the Congressmen who are fast talkers when they come to Washing ton slow up after awhile, as they dis cover that they command more at tention when thev do not talk so fast. Some of them would command still onre atteation if they didn't talk so often, once in two years or thereabouts. ; The New York Herald publishes a list of twenty citizens of the city of New York who own $353,000,000 worth of tbe real estate in that city. And this isn't all they owa, for they own millions, of ' personal property and real estate and other property in other States and cities, r ANew Tersev fisherman has hit upon a new Indus ry, the breeding of sharks, and is miking money out of it. When the sharks are about three feet long he . butchers them and sends the steaks to New York, where epicures pay fancy prices, for them. A runaway horse performed a re markable feat in - Washington tbe other day. He dashed on the side walk in front of one of the hotels and dispersed an unio Dngaae ui pie pursuers. McKlnley and Hanna 1 . . v i m r oaght to throw in and buy that! horse. . ' Her ClaasSpreckels has a $1,000,- 000 grievance against citizen Wm. R. Hearst, who he claims has damaged his character $1,000,000 m tne aan Francisco Examiner. Judging from this Clans seems to have lots of pret- tv hieh Driced character, at least on his own valuation. , The Maryland Steel Company has last closed a contract for 7,500 tons of steel rails to be shipped to India. It got the contract competing with the world. But the steel men want more protection against the steel men of Europe, a little more steal, as it were. " - v. -- Mr. Wanamaker unhesitatingly expresses the opinion that the way to restore prosperity is not by sit ting on a fence and whistling for it. Such impromptu remarks give offence tn Rennblican manazers who have been doing the whistling. j rj State Labor Commissioner Ham- rick told a Charlotte News reporter that he found the laborers employed in the cotton mills ot this State "in variably the best paid class. In the State, and for the most part hap- I py and contented." W . - Fruit growers and truckers. Meeting of tha New Hanover Coons As- swotatton Vfloas Matters Dlaeaaaed Arrangement for the Meeting of ' tte General Aaaoolatton. . - Considerable interest attached to the meeting of the New Hanover County Fruit Growers and Trackers' 'Associa tion yesterday afternoon : at the court house. Delegates to the General Associ ation were tq be elected,: and no! meet ing having been held since the -opening of the tracking season it was natural that the trackers should .exchange views as to the service which they had re ceived, the prospects for the future, and other matters of interest. i - The meeting was called to order in 4he sheriff's office, bat afterwards ad journed to the grand jury room. The j president, Capt. E. W. Manning, was oresent. and Mr. SoLJ .Tones, the secre tary, was also at his post. - . i i On motion of Mr. G. W. Westbrook, Messrs. H. T. Bauman. G. L. French. and Capt. W. P. Oldham were ; elected honorary members. i - i ..' - There being no unfinished business, the association , proceeded at once to the election of delegates to tbe General Association. - : On motion, the selection was left with the chair, who appointed Messrs. G. W. Westbrook; S. J.- Jones, and' S. . B. Montfort. IV j " It was declared to be the tense of the meeting tbat not only the delegates but all members of the Association be pres ent at the meetings of the larger body and make themselves useful. I The Chair stated that it had beea sug gested that reduced ' rates coald be bad for delegates. Messrs. G. W. Westbrook and H. T. Bauman were constituted a committee to wail oa tie' railroads and secure the reductioo. On motion of Mr. G. Z. French, the same committee was instructed to interview the Seacoast I Railroad officials and Capt. J.WJ Harper with a view to making satisfactory ex cursion rates. Another motion placed the whole daty oi making arrangements for the entertainment and reception of the visitors ia the hands of the above named committee.- . ' I - r Kja nougn ui bo.i. v. mr. vvcsioiuuk, Mr. T. W. Clawson was made a com mittee of one to secure a hall! for tbe meeting of the Association. . j - ' - Before adjournment a general discus sion arose in which several very ., im portant matters were touched upoa The necessity ot "frost warnings" has been felt keenly. The" truckers think that the railroads could be induced to furnish the information. j Something was said also aboat the package tax. Strawberry growers are perfectly willing to pay a tax of one cent per crate as levied by the Association, as they have felt the benefit of the Associ ation through whose agency the freight rate has been considerably de creased. ' Bat the freight on packages of track has not. been decreased . and the growers da not leel that they have le ceived enough benefit from the Associ ation to make it jast for them to pay anv package tax. Tnen tbe conversation turned on tbe re frlgerator servicers famished by tbe Cal ifornia Fruit Transportation Company. It seemed to be the general verdict that the service was satisfactory as far as it went, bat It was crltcized in that it did not include cold storage in instances where the iruit had to lie over at sta tions in wait ior trains, i At 4.45 o'clock the meeting . ad- iourned to meet again at 2 80 p. m. Thursday, when a fall meeting is par ticalarly desired. Matters of , impor tance will come op, and it is hoped that all the members who possibly can will be present. ,:" i ! ! THI GENERAL ASSOCIATION will meet in this city on Tuesday, June S3d, as previously stated. There are aboat thirteen sab associations, and as each will send a delegation numbering from three to six. it is probable that there will be aa attendance of fifty or seventy-five delegates. The number of visitors will be perhaps as large. Near ly all ot the delegates win come irom points along the W. & W. railroad, be tween here and Goldsboro. Chadbourn, on tbe W., C. & A. railroad, will send a deleeation. - ; i - The local association, as win De seen from the forezoing proceedings, are making arrangements to properly en tertaia the visitors. fj. F. & Y.V. RAILROAD. .- Praoeedings in tbe TJ. B. Court at Aehe- ville Jadge Simontaa Beaerrea His Deeision. . . Special Master Eugene S. Marttriand George Rountree, Esq;, who have been to Asheville in connection with the re- ooening of the case of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company vs. tbe Cape Fear aad Yadkia Valley Railroad Com pany, returned yesterday. A. G. Rlcaud, Esq., who also went up, returned earlier in the week. : The case was argued before Judge Simonton on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning by Mr.lH. B. Turner, of New York, solicitor for complainant; Mr. Charles Steel, of New York, soli citor for the New Yotk bondholders; Judge E. J. D Cross, for the Baltimore bondholders, and Messrs. Geo. Roun-i tree aad R. O. Barton,! for Dr. Wm. A. Lash, trustee, and the North State Im provement Company.! 'Judge Simonton tnok the Daoers and : reserved his de cision. J..- -A'"' ',;:.!.;':". . ' It will be remembered that these late legal proceedings were with tbe view of having the decree ordering tbe sale . of the road as a whole revised, and an order issued for the sale of the property in sections. . ; ' :.Jl'-''4,' North Carolina tomatoes are growing plentiful on the market now and at reasonable prices. Taey could be had yesterday at 10 and 15 cents per qaart; and vjry much bitter than those coming from the South, which are gathered green. i i -1 A force of hands, under the di rection of Superintendent of Streets L H. Bryant, are busily engaged laying crushed brown stone on Ninth street, between Market and Orange. . FRUIT NO TRUCK GROWERS. Tne Eatt Carolina Association sad tbe Good It Has Aoeomplisbed. Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky Point, was in the city yesterday and gives the infor mation tbat the East Carolina Fruit Growers, and Trackers' Association will, hold the second annual meeting in this city on Tuesday, the 22d of Jane. This Association has accomplished quite a good deal for its members. Last year when it met there was an unsatis factory refrigerator service, a freight rate higher than manv of the truckers thought right, and a want of' concerted action that all felt keenly. But every body has pulled together since then and the tiuckers have cot in oart at least what thev wanted. The freieht rate on packages of truck was this season con siderably less than it-was last season. and Dr. Porter states that the refrigera tor service has been very satisfactory. une ot- tne most lmDortant stens taxen oy tne Association was tbe ap pointment of a shipping master, a step which seems to have been in every way wisely made; Mr. Henry Bauman. tbe gentleman appointed , to the position. having served to the great satisfaction and profit of the meuibefS of the Asso ciation. The tracking season has been the greatest that our people have had in ten years. There have been hundreds of people who engaged in one or another branch of tbe industry aad it is safe to say tbat every one came out with con siderable more tbaa he started with. i ne approaching meeting oi the as sociation will be for the election of offi cers, hearing the reports of committees, and concerting plans for the farther usefulness of the body. Its present offi cers are Mr. w. u. rim, ot Warsaw, president, and Mr. D. H. Hardy, editor of the Truckers' and Farmers" Journal. Chad bourn, secretary. Hetaoola and Colleges. The Star is in receipt of tbe 1897-98 catalogue of the Fayetteville Military Academy, CoL T. J. Drewry, C.E., prin- cinal. The catalogue It a handanme pamphiett containing twenty-four pages of reading matter, besides several pages of fine engravings. Tbe 1897-88 catalogue of tbe Greens boro remale College. Hon. Dred Pea cock, A. B., A. M president, . has also been received. : The Greensboro Female College, save one, is the oldest chartered female college in the world, and has been ia successful operation for fifty- one years. ' MACHINE BARRELS As Dtfiaed By the laspsotlng Committee of the Wilmington Produoe Bxohsnge. At a recent meeting of the Board ,of Managers of the Produce Exchange ! it was ordered that notice be given that tbe Rule of Trade as to what consti totes a machine barrel of spirits turpen tine will be strictly adhered to, and that all barrels not fully up to standard will be rejected, or classed as country barrels.- i V1" For tbe benefit of the readers of the Star who deal in spirits tarpentine. the definition of a machine barrel, as 'for mulated by the inspection committee of the Produce Exchange. Messrs. C H King and S. P. McNair. is submitted below : A macbinefbarrel is one whose staves and beads have j been ! made, shaped, beveled and carved by machinery, and. n case of dispute, should conform to the following dimensions, or their pro portions: Length of stave shou:d be 31)4 to 89W inches from crcze to crczi; heads should be 19W to QH inches in diame ter and perfectly sound; diameter at tbe bung inside snould be 23 K to 24i inches; head .hoops should be not less 1M inches iron; bilge and qaarter should be not less t nan 1J4 lncnes iron. A machine barrel tbat nas been repaired by bend with machine made material shall be considered a good delivery CITY MARKETS. Usual Vari.tr of Sliblea bat Vegetables Not so PI JOtlfol Fruit, FiH, Poultry ;' snd iiggi. " The city markets yesterday presented the usual variety of edibles. Vege tables, however, are noticeable more limited in variety. Caul flower, lettuce and several other varieties have about played out. There was tbe usual sup dIV of fruit. Ezes were high on ac count of scarcity; they sold right along at 15 cents a dczen. Vegetables Lettuce, 5c per head; beets, oc per buncnj onions, oc per bunch; sweet potatoes, 25c per .peck; Irish potatoes (new) 25c per peck; car rots, 5c per bunch; cabbage, to 5c per bead; squash. 10c per dozen; radishesSc per bunch; turnips 9 to 5s per bunch; roasting ears. 12: per dozen; string beans, 20; a peck; cucum bers, 15c per doz:n, - Fruit Florida watermelons, 20 to 40c each; tomatoes, 10c per quart; peaches, 15c per quart; apples, 5c per qaart; plums, 5c per quart; strawberries. 5c per quart; huckleberries, 10c . per quart blackberries, 6c per qaart. Fish Perch, 5 aad 10, ceats per baach; spots. 10c per bunch; sturgeon, 5c per pound;' pigfish, 10c per baach; mackerel. 25 to 40: per bunch; mallets, 10c per banch; trout, 15c per bunch. Clams, and craUs Clams, 15c per qaart; soft crabs, 85c per dozen; chancel crabs, 10c per dozen. Meat Loin steak, 128 per pound I round. 10c: chuck beef. 7c; stew, 5 to 9c; s - mutton. 10 to 18j-2; veal, 10 to 12J4C; tongues, 20c each.7 Poultry Grown chickens 50 to k65c per pair; spring chickens, 20 to 40c per pair; dressed chickens, 60 to 70c per pair. On Duty at Ooean View. Ex-policemaa Jimmie Murray has been appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Elijah Hewlett, to be on doty daring the Summer months - at Ocean View, The appointment was made at the request of a number of the residents on Ocean View, each of whom agreed to pay a certain amount monthly to pay Officer! Murray for his services. The new deputy took the oath of office before Justice of the Peace G. Z. French, aad will commence work to-morrow. Officer Marrav: daring his stay on the oolice force, was one of the most-efficient membera. add was. and is now, well liked by all.! I t : Register of Deeds Norwood is sued marriage licenses to three white couples the past week. RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLQNE LAST NIGHT AT 80UTHERN PINES- 1 Direst ws for the Imtitatlon f jr the Blind Appointed by Qov. Bueanll Other Obangea JBxpeoted The Trtbnoet . ta bs Sold Monday Colored - Teaohers Aiaemblr to Mett --,! This Week. ; ' Special Star Correspondence Raleigh, N. C Tune 12. It has been decided that the property of the Tribune shall be soli as a whole. The sale occurs Mondiy. ' Ti e counsel of the various parties.holding judgments against the defunct paper have beea un decided as to whether tbe property should be sold as a whole or in lots. A majority of the creditors voted in favor of the sale as a whole. - ; i ; ' Tbe dissolution sale of ! tbe Tuckers firm began this morning. There .was a push to get ia the store- when , it first opened. . ',l- -V - Mr. B. N. Duke resigns as a member of the board of trustees of the institu tion for the blind. This, makes two vacancies on the board, which meets Monday night. It is anticipated that the board will make many chanees in the institution. The assistant principal. Mr. w. j. xoung, will be dropped. ine finance committee of the Board of; Aldermen has decided to erect a "mansion house" at Pullen park for the protection of visitors dunnc bad weather, i It will provide for restaurant privileges. ,.. ; ." , Mr. J K. Chamberlain, who . it has been stated would succeed Dr. Battle as director of the Experiment Station, tells me that he would not accept the posi tion underany circumstances. 1 Tbe B Dard of Agriculture meets here next week. - :i:-v-.- A specul train of Virginia State troops passes through this evening from Norioilc over the aeaboard Air Llne en route to the Nashllle Centennial. ; J ; Next week the colored Teachers' As sembly meets here. A number of dis tinguished educators of the white race will address the body, i Mr. T. N. McRaty. who went on the excursion to Richmond, was relieved of his gold watch and $85 by a pickpocket. Special Star Telegram. Tbe Governor appoints G. L Tonnoff- ski and R. C Rivers, both Populists, of Wake, f directois in the institution for the blind, -f A cyclone at Southern Pines to-night destroyed fruit trees and crops, and wrecked several houses. . Severe Storm. " j . V Wilmington escaped the storm yes terday, or the rain and hail of it, at least. The thunder and lightning was severe off and on all the afternoon and part of the night: there was bat littles; fain, Passengers coming in over the Wilmington and Weldon . Railroad re ported that the storm was violent be tween Mount O'.lvs and Warsaw. At Oceaa View the ground was strewn with . hail stones, some of them as large as guinea eggs. There was a heavy wind also, bat no damage, j REPUBLICAN CAUCUS On the Hawaiian Beo'ptoo ty Treaty in Oonneotioa W.th the Sugar Sahed nla Of the Tariff BiU. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. Jane 13 The Repub lican Senators were in caucus for two hours to-day and devoted the entire time to an effort to agree upon a course of action to be pursued with regard to the Hawaiiaa reciprocity treaty ia con nection with the sugar: schedule of the Tariff bill. The meeting of tbe . Senate at 12 o'clock forced an adjournment be fore there was time to reach a conclu sion and tbe caucus dispersed to meet again at 5 30 in the afternoon. Senator Nelson, or Minnesota, led the right in favor of the abrogation of the Hawaiiaa treaty. : ... : ' He said tbat tbe United states bad paid. $15 000 000, odly for the Louisiana purchase, yet in tariff remissions on sugar alone there had ; been paid $31,- 000 000 for Pearl harbor. . i-; . Senator Frye made a vigorous defence oi tbe treaty and of the policy of main taining the closest sort of relations with Hawaii, which had beea settled aad civilized by Americans. i ' . Senator Davis also spoke in detence of tbe treaty, going into a detailed argu ment to show that the relations between this couotry aad the Hawaiian islands should be maintained upon the present reciprocal basis. j Tnere were frequent references to tne probability of a new treaty for the an nexation of Hawaii, and it seemed to be quite generally understood that such a treaty was wciuoea among me possioiii ties for tbe near future. There appeared, however, to be no definite information as to the details and the references were very general in character. . No one assumedto speak for the president on this point, bat so far as anything was said, it was apparently based upon tbe supposition tbat the President was pre pared to enter into negotiations looking to placing the islands under the protec tion of the Stars- and Stripes as a part of the United States. Senator Frye re ferred once or twice to the possibility of annexation, and Senators Thurston and Nelson-, who strenuously oppose nhe continuance' of the present treaty, in effect, announced themselves as pre pared to consider favorably tbe question of annexation on the tneory that an arrangement for console dation on that basis would be reciprocal, whereas they contend that the present treaty is entirely One-sided in its advantages. Senator Thurston contended that the best way to Insure annexation would be through abroga tion of the existing treaty. ." At the afternoon caucus, after consid ering the Hawaiian; reciprocity provi sion, it was decided to refer tbe matter, together with various propositions which bad been submitted, to tbe Republican members of the Committee on Finance to formulate a propositioa which shall be submitted to a future caucus, if not satisfactory to alL The master car-builders who have beea ia coaveatlon at Old Point. Va., were the guests of the Richmond Va., locomotive works and were entertained at a handsome lunch yesterday afternoon. The University of Virginia boys ad ministered an unmerciful drubbing to the Charleston. S. C. Y. M. C A. clob on the local diamond yesterday after noon. Another game will be played Monday. Score.:. Y. M. C. A.,2; Uni versity ot Virginia, 88. - : Senator Aldrich. Republican manager of the Tariff bill, left Washington yester day by order of his physician. He has been confined to bis room at the Arling ton almost all the time since the, first week of the tariff debate with an aggra vated attack of indigestion and dysen tery.' ' - . bryan jn new york. Met With An Enthuaiaatto Heoeption en ''.';;V-::Hie Ai rival from Troy. . : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nxw York.: June 12Wm J. Bryan rived here from Troy to-day.- He was met at the Grand Central depot by a large crowd, who accorded him an en. thusiastic teceptio"n The party was met aW f J VV BO JJft thVProgressive by a deputation from Democratic ciuo. -; Qaite a crowd had gathered tcTseV Mr. Bryan, and as he left the train be was greeted with cheers and repeated cries of "Bryan, the next President of the United States." As Mr. Bryan left the station the backmeo, all in a row in front oi the building, removed their hats and renewed the cheering for "The next President of the United States,"and Mr. Brvan again acknowledged the salute. ' - Entering a carriage with Joho B. Walker and a member of the deputa tion. Mr.-Bryan drove to the Bart hold 1 hotel, where be will stop daring his stay in mis city, i t - Mr. Bryan arrived at the hotel about 4 o'clock and was greeted by a large concourse of people. Within ten min utes the demand for a ipetch became so persistent that Mr. Bryan had to re spond. After shaking) about one hun dred hands Mr.. Bryan sought a scc.ioi of the pailor, but was, followed there by the president of the local Democratic Legion, who suggested, that Mr. Bryan make a lew remarks.! He suggested too, that as Mr. Bryan might be averse to talking on politics! he choose anv subject he deemed proper. Mr. Bryan responded, that as his studies had beea of a political nature it was very difficult for bim to say anything that d.d not touch on politics somewhere. He dwelt on the duties ot American citizenship and said tbat he looked back on the campaign of last year; as one of great value to the American people. "One cannot always judge Of the effect oi a campaign at once." he! said, "and we do not know whether the result of tbe cam paign will remain permanent or not." Of one thing he was sure, and that was tbat it is a good thing to have the citizens Ot a country keep their public officials un derdose scrutiny. In that direction, tbe campaign of last year! had been prolific of good results. K ;) ' . Later Mr, Bryan received a deputation from the Progressive - Democratic League, and he spoke to them briefly. Several attempt were made to get Mr. Bryan to speak about the local poli tic situation in New York.but the evaded them all. He said he! did not care to mix in New York city politics.and he did not think it would be the proper thing for him to go about tbe country and tell people how to ran their local sff airs in every town. The Democratic party had always stood ior the people, having every community regulate its owa af fairs. Beside, if he should try. a differ ent course, be should only expose bis own ignorance. For a man coald not letrn all aboat a town simply by shaking hands with a few hun-ired - people. Mr. Bryan also avoided tbe discussion of na tional politics, but he did say that, so far as he was able to judge from what he bad heard, the predicted return of pros perity had not come, j He thought the prospects for Democratic success next Fall were very good, and that there had beea a growth of silver sentiment here and elsewhere; i j Mr. Bryan will go by rail to Washing, ton. an i thence by boat to Norfolk. Va , where be is to speak ondsr the auspices of tbe Chautauqua Club- on Monday. On Tuesday be is to be at Cbarlottsville. Then be is to deliver the commencemect address before the Washington and Jefferson societies of the University oi Virginia. Going West he is to speak at Carthage, Mo.; Ottawa, Kans, and Beatrice, Neb.1 He is to be at his home in Lincoln on June 27th, but two days later he will push on for tbe far West: Oa July 5th he w!l deliver an address before the Silver Republican -Club at Los Angeles, and on the 7th be will speak at Sin Francisco. He will go throngh O.egon and on Jaly 15th he is to oe at Silt Lake Citv to attend the convention ! of tbe Trans-Mississippi Congress, of which be is president. Mrs. B.yan and the children will join him at Salt Lake and the j whole family will spend a vacation of a few weeks in Yel lowstone Park. I IN AID Of CUBA. An Imnortent Xxnsditlon Organ a 'd on ' ": the Coast 0' Florida. . ' By Telegraph to the Morniog Star. . . Washington. June 12. The Treas ury Department has received b refer ence from the Secretary of State a com munication from the Spanish minister, to the effect that he has information that an important filibustering expedi tion is being organized on the coast of Florida, and asks tbat steps be taken by Ihe Government to frustrate it. Tbe Department communicated this infor mation to all collectors and masters of the patrol fleet on tbe Florida. coast with instructions to! be on the alert to prevent the departure of any suspected expedition. This was done to day by telegraph. I It developed later that the Department has specific information of the shipment of arms and munitions of war for what promises to be one of the most impor tant filibustering expeditions for several months. A car-load of arms left Jack-, sonville yesterday morning by the Flo rida Seacoast railroad and passed near Smyrna last evening, southbound.! A second car-load of I rifles and dynamite left Jacksonville yesterday morning on the regular freight train, for tbe probable purpose of being transferred to some vessel on tbe east! coast, probably tbe yacht Valusia. which has beea engaged to transfer i these munitions from the railways to the vessel destined for Cuba. It is probable that the vessel wtucn will receive these arms will not come close to shore. I i v ''!,; WILL DEFEND HER RIGHTS, i The Bpaolah Premier Does Hot Believe Fieeldeut MoKinley ' Has TJafaiendly ,". lotendone Towards Spain. ' By Cable to the Morning Star, Madrid, June 12. The Spanish pre mier, Senor Canoyas del Castilla, in aa iaterview, is reported as Saying that the alleged demands of the United States la the case of Dr. Ruiz, the American citi zen who expired in the jail at Guanabai co from injuries received there, mast be exaggerated. The premier added, bow ever, that if the widow of Dr. Ruiz de manded i an indemnity and her claim was shown to be justified. Spain would see that iastice is done. ', ? Senor Canovas further remarked : ' 1 do not believe President McKinley has any unfriendly intentions towards Spain, but if the United States departs from a friendly : attitude, defend her rights. Spiia will be able to . : The weekly bank statement shows the following changes; reserves. Increase 13. 280.659: loans, increase tl 810.000; specie. decrease, $43 100; legal teadets, increae t3.287.600; deposits, increase $3,855,400, circulation, decrease 170.000. Tne banks now hold 847 601,476 jn exess of legal rennirmenia.. -i; . ::- - pounzR Absolutely Pure,' OVAL BAKING POWDER OO., NtW VODK. LATE FOREIGN NEWS. THE ARMISTICE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE BROKEN. - Turks Mobilising Belnforaementa , and . Sending Troops to Various Iilandt A : Torkieh Fleet Faaeed the Dardanellea ' , Prnparatl jtia iti Iiondon for the ' : Q ieen's Jubilee Sensaiiocal . Murder In Bolgaris. .: Bt Cable to the Morniog Star. . - ! London, Jane-18 A special dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegraph. Compiny reports that the armistice be tween Greece and Turkey has been broken by the Turks mobilising rein forcements, fortifying Volo and Prevesa and sending troops to various islands. ; The dispatch reports also that the Tuikish fleet passed out through the Dardanelles at 10 o'clock last night. London. June 12. The past week has seen the arrival of numerous mili- j tary detachments from the colonies to ! take, part in tbe Queen's jubilee festiv- j ities. A splendid oody of Maori police are the latest arrivals. They reached here yesterday evening from New Zea land, and composed an ode to the Qaeen while on their way here. Tbeyi. hope to chant it before her Majesty, and -expect her to join la it. ; Colonial troops are now to be met on every side. They are generally men of j fine physique, wearing smart uniforms J and are very popular everywhere, f The official programme of the proces- ' sion as published has given umbrage to the Liberals, owing to tbe utter absence of recognition of tbe civil and industrial side of the Queen's reign. The Daily Chronicle is very outspoken on the sab ject, especially at the. omitting of Mr. Gladstone, and askt: -"What kind of a show is it that gives prominent place to the soldiers of Emperor William and to the representatives of Turkish bar barism and excludes the greatest living English speakinfi statesman ot the age?" . Continuing, tbe Chronicle, remarks? "The Victorian era is conspicuous above all in the progress oL labor and the steady growth of self-government, yet tbe working classes are Ignored. A still more striking fact is that the pre siding officers ot the two Houses of Parliament are hot recognized. The Speaker's office, is centuries old. He is the first commoner in England, presides over the most famous representative in stitution, and is the figure-head of democratic government, vet he bas no place in the procession. ; What , will tbe colonists who are wadded to pure de mocracy thing ol this? .. : An extraordinary ; murder story comes from Pnilippopolois, Bul garia, where a Captain Eoitcheff, prefect of police, and a gendarme . jiave been arrested on the charge of murdering Ann Szimon, a beautiful! public singer and mistress of the Captaio. ' The latter, it -appear!, be came tired of Anna and determined to get rid of her. With the aid of the prefect and the Captain's brother, she' was chloroformed . and taken in a cab to the banks of the Marnitz river, where the gendarme was in waiting. The latter then threw her into the water. The pre-. feet of police has confessed. He says he was told by Capt. Boitcheff. that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria . had ordered the woman to be killed. In connection with this declaration, it is pointed out that the accomplice of the Captain was a court gend arme of the . Prince's palace. Captain ! ; Boitchoff was one of the cadets ' who assisted J in kidnapping Prince ' . Alexander of Bulgaria, driving the car riage in which the latter was transported to the ' coast. Prince Ferdinand, when he succeeded Prince Alexander, took a fancy to Boitcheff, had bim educated and attached to the suite of Princess Maria Louise, with the rank of Prince's adjudicant. Boitcheff 's liason with Anna Szimon was known to everybody in society. ' Capt. Boitcheff made a rich marriage recently, when the liason with tbe unfortunate singer was much taked about.. . I' - ' Princess Adelaide, widow of tbe first TJfom Miguel of Braganza, the former head of the royal family of Portugal, is to take the black veil to morrow, when he will be received as a professed choir nun at tbe Benedic tine Abbey of St, Cecilia of Solesmes. -She, is the mother of the present Duke of Braganza and her six beau tiful daughters have all made bril liant matches, one as the wife of the ; late Archduke Charles Louis,, of Austria, expetecd to be the Empress of Austria. f V v ')-,' The. Czar's baby is to receive a" singular name Tatiana. j There is serious alarm in all clr cles of the French capital at the ' avowed intention of the parlia mentary committee, which is now ; dealing, with the Berenger bill, to restrict not only the sale but; the possession of certain classes of lit erature and works of art. The list ' drawn up -includes over, a hundred masterpieces of the most illustrious authors of France, . and imprison ment for a month to two years and a fine of 100 to 5,000 francs are the penalties for lending or giving any of them away. - . -a A severe earthquake shock; lasting some seconds, was felt at Calcutta, India, at 5 o.clock yesterday afternoon. Al though a number of building were crack ed, there was no serious damage dooe. I To the Editor j I have an absolute Cure for CONSUMPTION and all Bronclual, Throat and Lung Troubles, And all conditions of Wasting Away. By its timely nse thousands of apparent ly hmtu r-nM h.v. Keaii rmmuntlv cured. So proof-positive am I of its power to cure, I -will send FREE to anyone afflicted, THREE BOTTLES of my Newiy uiewrerea Kcmeaies, upoa receipt of Expresa and Postoffice address. Always Biiiv-c T.?A.SLOCOM,M.C, Always sincerely yours. ibi r-ear Pearl St, New York. Whea writtna the Dootor, please mention this papa. i aaSS Wly". 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