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Watsoa says it was treachery, and it doubtless was, the work of "snake in the grass to both. friend and foe, who traded the party, for office," which Is not far from the truth, for that is about Butler's size, as measured up by his performances in this State, and by his achieve ments. -.: r:..;'-:',- :::-.'i With such leadership as that what Is there to hold a party, together,'as suming that party to be composed of men of ordinary intelligence and rea sonable self respect ? ; They cannot consent to follow two small calibred men who tax their genius in the com mand of pen in spattering and be- slimtng each other, because each is jealous of 'and has a real or fancied grievance against, the. other. - The only thing left for the honest, self respecting men among them to do will be to get away from such lead ership and get into some party in which their self respect will not be immolated. This is what Tom Wat son foresees when he says "those who were once Democrats will be Demo crats again, and those who were Re publicans will be Republicans again. ; I NOT SURPRISING Some of the gentlemen who have one on a "campaign of education' we believe; that is what they call it seem to' be surprised at finding such a strong sentiment in the Eastern part of the State against the pro posed special school tax, but if they took an all 'round view of the ques tion, the situation and the conditions they would not be surprised at all but come to the conclusion that the sen timent they find is quite natural. If there-Were no other .ground of opposition, (and there are several)! this is the wrong ) time to add to the taxes of the people when it is so ex ceedingly difficult to raise the money to pay their taxes now, and when by oppressive and brutal enactment the legislature which passed this special tax act had made it a misdemeanor, punishable, by fine and imprison ment, to fail to pay taxes within the prescribed time; and after they had already increased the school tax $50,000. i r-: :.y 1 Thev increased the tax from 18 to prospect oLgatatng anything Dy ae- 20 cents on the $100 worth of prop- parting from them it is not a matter for a material revival in business de pends upon the foreign demand for American . products, but unfor tunately at this time when the in dlcations point to a large surplus of foodstuffs, which other countries wilt need, the party In power is pursuing a tariff policy which will handicap our -foreign, trade and reduce this demand to 'the minimum. ... With a moderate, trade-encouraging I tariff, and an increase inthe volume of cur rency, we might look for a speedy Improvement and see the way out of the wilderness. " ' ; j r ; ; JUSTICE BUNTING'S COURT. SALE OF. THE W. U N. R. Rl r THE POPULIST SPLIT. ; The Populist party is now divided ; jnto two factions the Middle of -the' . Road, fellows and the fellows , who bavent any particular road, who .'take' the short cuts or take to the woods as may seem best for them for the time being. , The main, field of Populism is now In the South for the party as a . party; has practically played out in the West. Unfortu nately for what is left of the party If it ever expected to mate an organ ized fight for anything or to accom plish anything it had two men who aspired io leadership, both narrow, shallow, envious, lacking Jq the ability to lead and each almost in sanely jealous of the other. Bach has been taxing the resources of his brain to kill the other off and each has succeeded in demonstrating tha -'they, both ought to be killed off. Be tween them they have helped to bring,to a speedier demise an organi zation which under good and pru dent management might have been a mighty factor in our politics and might have accomplished something " substantial. J ' When they won a Victory its lead ers didn't know how to hold it be cause they got jt'o playing for self promotion, got to squabbling among themselves, .and(like the dogs fight- log over tae leaenaary Done let an other dog jump Like all patties! fessed princi ever adhered in and carry it off. j lb uau Ml bMU tples 1 t pro- s, out it tney were where there was a of record. Ia States where it was not strong enough to make a fight on its own account (and that was the case in very few), it fused with any party that could deliver votes enough tn rlivMn tho nffipc arhich nrac nrin. r--- cipally what the leaders were look- ing for. In some States they pooled : issues with Republicans, in others with Democrats, while in the. South their affinity setmed to be for the Republicans, and were not particular as to the color, either. This trading1, bartering spirit which was so easily seen through, disgusted many of the honest rank and file who quit and weat back to the parties they left to join the Pop ulists, as others1; who refuse to bi led minded, factional Tnis is not mere by these, saall-t icaucri win Q3. speculation da our part, for we-nave nojesj distinguished authority (for it than Hon. Th is. E. Watson, of Geor gia, who i a' a recent editorial say :, ; j'lsx the breaking up of tbe people' jlniffy which Mtl Butler- bas .'-dcute so f much to bring about, uiaoy others old time Repablicans will be found doing i jU3iwhat ETj-saiag; did. I( w caanot ar- rest the falling to pieces of our f pirty, I those who were once Democrats will be . i Djcnocrats again,: and those who were , Republicans will be Republicans again. ! Fusion is d":s3 Pipjlistn back into . its original elements." ': ni.- ' 1 li :"' . This is aimed at Hon. Marlon But ler, whom Mr. gWatson is doing his level best ' to unhorse. Watson doesn't like Bir.ler because Butler, getting into Col. Polk's shoes, got between him and the sun and casta - shadow on him, and Butler doesn't like Watson becauss Watson was rec-i ognlzed as a leader, and. took some : 61 the prestige away froi Butler, Butler favored, fusion with the Democrats in Ithe last campaign not because he was devoted ;to free sil ver but because he thought that was tQe bgst way to relegate Tom Wat . son and keep himself In! the leader ship. This- is what Tom Watson ' , thought and he was right He has , diagnosed Butler about as accurately as honest, intelligent Populists who j . can see through a rail fence have di agnosed him.! j They both fully and - accurately comprehend each other, and the more sensible element of theifparty fully comprehend them oi soon will if they do not already. In the last j campaign .Watson Pkyed the part of a big pouting iiulktag boy who yielded to bis vanity h accepting a nomination which he said he didn't! want; and then took 'the sulks because Mr. Bryan didn't , take off his hat to him and ask him to ride in his wagon. , He made him ' self idiculous by his atttfes, and withoat knowing it played right into . Marion Butler's hand, who availed himself of his position and oppor tunity to suppress Watson's whinlngs, when on the eve of the election he ?ot bis wail into official shape in the erty, or $3 on the $1,000, and now they propose, at the minimum figure, to add another dollar, making it three. The people who paid $1.80 on the $1,000 found it very hard to pay that, with their other taxes, and yet with the times -harder than they have been, and money scarcer and harder to get, they are asked, and the effort is being made td f orce them to almost double this, ana tne piea on which they are asked to do it is that the additional tax is small, just one -third more than they will have to pay any way, entirely .forgetful bf the fact that the taxes ere already so high that it was " only the fortu nate man who could pay them promptly without feeling the burden. But this is always the plea for higher taxation, that the Increase "is small." This Is the plea of the high tariff protectionist, that 'the high tariff is so distributed . and so small on each individual that they doji't feel it. But they do feel it, ana it helps to keep them poor while it en riches those into whose pockets the money goes. It is the small amounts that make the large amount, the feather that breaks the camel's back. It is the taxes added to ? little by little that in the end make the crush ing burden. There never was a legislative de vice so thoroughly permeated with fraud as the protective tariffs that the Republican party has "thrust upon the people of this country, and none that ever approached in this particular the. tariff now under con sideration. ' In many schedules the increase of taxation is wholly with out reason or plausible excuse "and in many it has, been shown to be" simply to discharge obligations to men who contributed money to se cure the nomination and election of Wm. McKinley. This is so apparent that no candid, honest man who is not a sharer of the loot questions or doubts It. Oae of the main pleas for the sugar tax was (although in tended for the benefit of the Suga Trust.) that It would encourage and stimulate the growing of sugar beets and the manufacture of beet sugar in this country, thus not only build ing up a great and profitable indus try but also giving employment to American workmen. How littles truth there is in this is shown by the fol lowing extract from a letter of Mr . C. A. Spreckels, of San Francisco, to a gentleman in Washington. He says: ' ' !' : "The great obstacle in the way of the develooment of the beet suzar indmtr is the determination of tbe Sugar Trust to prevent its growth. That monopoly ii in the business of refining raw sugar. and its present attitude is against an in crease in the number or output of sugar beet factories. It bas made the threat in California that if another beet sujgar fac tory is put up there it will erect an op position one next to it. That means that it will kill the factory by ruinous compe tition. - That threat has been made, in 1 it is now retarding and will continue to retard the establishment of any facto ries. Who wants to but his money in a beet sugar factory, if he knows he is thereby inviting a struggle with the Su gar Trait?'' Who would voluntarily en gage in such a contest?. "To sum up, I will say that the labor In California, employed in cultivating sugar beets is not American labor, but is coolie labor, so poorly paid that Ameri can labor cannot compete with it. that the factories are making enormous profits, even with the comparatively smalt protection afforded by tbe Wilson bill, and that tbey will make still larger profits under the proposed new Taiiff law. and. finally, that all the beet sugar factories ia the United States, with pos sibly one or two exceptions, are partly owned or controlled by the Sugar Trust, and that this Trust has determined to prevent the establishment of any more of these factories." Mr. Spreckels is a son of Spreckels, the Pacific sugar king, but repre sents a different interest. As sugar is his business he is versant with it, and familiar with its status on tbe Pacific coast. He is opposed to the Trust because every other sugar plant on that coast has to fight that Trust. : ! ! v' An Iaaaruo Aceat Ajrtlcned Charged wall Ijaroanr ol mn luonnM Poller. ; - Mr. Edw. F. Hanna, agent of the Im mediate L'fe Insurance Company, Jof Baltimore, . Md.; was i arraigned before Justice Bunting yesterday charged with the larcenyof an insurance policy Irom Lovey Faison, a ; colored woman who at tbe time of the. alleged theft was in a dying condition. The State was repre sented by Marsden ; Bellamy j and Herbert- ' McClammy. ' Esqs.i while Ino. D. Bellamy and Geo. Peschau. Etqs appeared for the defendants ; ' : : About twelve witnesses '.- werejexauv ined and. with four speeches from conn-, sel, occupied three hoars of the court's time. -. -;:; : ;. ;-j . . " :rj The Sute alleged that Mr. Hanna is saed an insurance policy for a : certain amount to Lovey Faison, now deceaied. from the. Immediate Life ' Insurance Company of Baltimore, and that about two months afterwards be went to the Faison woman's house, while she was dying, and obtained the policy by trick, thereby committing a larceny. - j ' The defence did not deny the obtain ing of the policy, bat contended that the Faison woman -was not in good health when the! policy was issued, and thereby the insurance contract was vio lated, and consequently Mr. Hanna. who acted under orders, had a right to recall the policy upon payment to the Faison woman of the premiums which she had paid in. This the defence claimed had been done, and exhibited an alleged re ceipt from the Faison woman's mother, Alice Faison, showing that she had. re ceived back the premiums paid in. The defence farther claimed that the policy had been surrendered to them, which the State denied, and also denied that a receipt had been givea for any return premiums. I ' ; I , Both sidei introduced a host of wit nesses in support of their respective con tentions, j-'-'p '; ; j k;- - ;,'!'-. -.-! The State's main witness was Alice Andrews, colored, who nursed the de ceased during her sickness. The An drews woman swore that Mr. Hanna came to the Faison woman's house and asked her to let him see the insurance policy, which the did, and Mr. Hanna placed a dollar on a -jtable in the room and walked out of the! house. j ' p Mr. Hanna. however, testified that he bad returned the premiums paid in, for which be obtained a receipt - from the Faison woman's mother, and had been given the policy! which be returned to the head office of the' company, and bad cancelled. j ''1 Alice Faison denied giving a receipt, as stated by Mr. Hanna. 'After tbe evidence was all in, George Peschau, Esq.. made theopinlog speech for the defence, and was followed by Herbert McCiammy,'Esq4 for the State. I no. D. Bellamy. Esq1., closed for the de fence, and Marsden Bellamy, Esq., closed for the State. :; ,'.: CzT' T Justice Bunting. ' after bearing the testimony and argument, reserved his decision until 8 o'clock to-morrow after noon.. ;.'.' ''' j .'!".. -':'! 'jr "' '' . '' f. ' j ' '! The alleged fraudulent transaction took place during the month of June last, ' .;': - ;'''" THE OlTY MARKETS. RAILROAD COMMISSION -THE TARIFF BILL. By Dao-ea of Oca-t TJadsr Vo-eoloiura of Mcrtgie Bonsht bv: Hon. W.' O. - Slili tt To be OperSMd Fait v ? . ' 'ST o the a. C'li. Syetem. l;"V:ft - Qaite a number, of people-gathered at the court bouse door yesterday -to be present at the sa'e of the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk railroad. ' Among those present were observed Mr, War ren G Elliott, President of tbe Atlantic Coast Line; Mr. H. Waiters. Vice Presi dent- of the Atlantic "Coast Liner Mr. H. A. Whiting, receiver of the .Wil mington, Newbern and Norfolk Rail road Company; F. M. Simmons, E q., of Raleigh, and Mr.-C. E Foy. of New bern. ' '';'-"-r ".v -:':;'-: -'. ;" - The clock : in the court house tower; bad jast fiaished striking twelve when Col. A. M. Waddell. Master Commis sioner, proceeded to make tbe sale. He stated that the property would be sold as advertised,, belonging originally" to the Wilmington, Onslow and East Caro lina Railroad Company and the East Carolina Land and Railway Company, now consolidated into the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad Com-' pany. He also stated that under the decree an upiet price of 250,000 bad been fixed and no bid less than that amount would be considered. j Auctioneer Wiikes Morris then began to cry : the property. f Mr. H. A. Whiting,' representing certain bond i holders, made the first bid, the amount of his offer being $3S0.000. the upset price. - Mr. Warrea- G. Elliott said $375 000, which was quickly increased to $300,000 by Mr. Whiting. Then the President of the Coast Line : added $50,000 to the last named bid, $375,000 was Mr. Whiting's next offer, and when Mr. W. G Elliott set the Ge nres at the good round sum of $100,000 the sale was declared made to him and bis asiociates, composing a corporation to be known as the Wilmington & New bern Railroad Company. Notice of the fit si meeting of the stockholders of the new corporation is given in the adver tising columns of the Star this morn ing;: . . V, ;-.;-,;; ... . r i . j According to the provisions of the de cree the sum of $5,000 was deposited with the Master Commissioner, the said amount to be applied, on the purchase price. -, Before the transfer is made, however, the sale will have to be con-, firmed by his honor, Judge C H. Simon ton. After this is done the remainder of the purchase-price will be paid in cash or bonds, at the option of the purchasets and the Master-Commissioner will then draw the deed transferring the property What object the . purchasers have in view further than operating the road at a part of the Atlantic Coast Line system without extending it any further has not been learned, but it is believed that a connecting line between Newbern and Washington, N. C. wilt ultimately be built, thus -giving the Coast Line two routes from Wilmington to Norfolk. Eranawiok BemT Wake. ' l. j The Raleigh News and Observer, which favors the special school tax; in some townships and opposes it in others, as the Star .understands its position, says this editorially: i "In Wake county, in New Light town ship, where tbe negro population is small, the. school' board has given a negro a voice in selecting the teacher of the white school. . Unless tne spirit ot that people has changed, they will re sent this new departure, as will the whjte people in every other section Of the State." V - Why, bless your soul, Josephus, Bruns wick county, which is within speaking distance of Wilmington, beats your Wake county fellows two to one. In every -township of Brunswick,, except one. there are two negro Republicans on tbe school committee. WILL MAKE NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN .: : : PRESENT ' R VTES, : 'Z The QietUon ct inoresaiue Vlutlon "of ? .tuuroaa Froparty Btm uadac i.. Conaidrlion. l v Sfiecial Star Telegram. ; Raliigh. N. C. July 15. The Rail road Commission decides not to make any material change in paisenger and freight rates. Otho Wilson failed to concur in the decision; he say s he wants more time before expressing an opinion. The question of increasing the valuation of railroad property Is still under con sideration. " "'. : The decision of the commission sets forth th it passenger rates have been re duced from 8 cents per mile and freight rates from i cents per ton per mile, to S.21 cents - for ' passengers and 1.89 cents for freight. Tbey also find that the passenger rates as a general thing are as low if not lower than those of any other State of a like population to the square mile, and tbe freight rates will as a whole compare most favorably with any State in tbe Union Tbe com missioners farther sayr "We reiterate that the present rates are just and rea sonable, and such as were contemplated in the act creating the commission, and we will make no material changes at present." . i . RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET STRONG SENTIMENT AGAINST SCHOOL TAX. tb:e Railroad fares are so cheap now out West that a person can go from Chicago to St. Louis ''for a song,' which suggests the inquiry from a Chicago paper why anybody should want to go to. St. Louis for asong, or for anything else. "Chicago will never forgive at. r.ouis ror not moving out of this country. j MINOR MENTION. form of a letter of acceptance. - By The trade reports for the past week instead of showing an im provement show the reverse with, what is still more significant, an in crease in the number jof business failures. If there was ianything in the theory of a high tariff Jitter ing the conditions the improvement should have begun before this, for the protected are pretty well satis fied by this time as to the amount of protection they ! are to haver and can make their calculations accord ingly. As a rule they have got about all they asked for, and in many cases more than they expected, but instead of the opening of the mills, which the new tariff, according to its advocates, was to do, and an increase of wages, there has been a closing or many mills, reduction of wages and more idleness than there was when they began tinkering with the tariff. The failure of business to revive is not surprising, and would have been less so if it had not been for.tne conn dent predictions of the tariff boom ers who encouraged the belief that business would revive as soon as the tariff question was In a fair way of settlement, so that business men v.. tfiAtr wv clear and be able to make their calculations. These have had much to do with the unsatisfactory conditions, for their failure to malerallze has resulted in a reaction that has added to the de pression. As we view it (and we always look for encouraging features when we can), the only hope we see ' A few weeks ago a "human os trich" in Xahsas City succumbed to a surgical operation to relieve him of the cargo of junk he had taken on. Another has just died in New Jersey who had with him an assortment that few junk shops could show. How the man managed to carry them all is a wonder. i If there is to be anything like a coal famine in this country, we can stand It better now than we could later on whensunshine will be less abundant. : Illicit Dlaiillsrr in Cambnltod County ,v Belssd. ... " X s On Friday night last Deputy Collector Troy and posse raided the premises ot Warren Carver,! a few miles from Fay ettevtlle. They found a large establish ment in three hundred yards of the bouse with about twenty beer tubs, some of them full. In the barn was found concealed a large still, the copper cap to which was picked up . In the yard. Two worms were found in the dwelling loft. About half a mile away officer Troy found a large moonshine plant belong ing to Carver's son and consisting ot a copper still, about. 8,000 gallons of beer some whiskey, &:. He reduced the house and tubs to ashes, carrying all other valuables away.' j Died t Bntherfotdton. Little Esther Caroline Newman, tne two-vear old daughter of Mr. Joseph Newman, died last Friday afternoon at Rutherfdrdton, where Mrs. Newman had gone for the Summer. This announce ment will bring p4in to Mr. and Mrs. Newman's many ; friends." all of whom mAmr their' warmest svmD3tby to the bereaved parents. r . ! The remains will arriveo day at 12.05 over the Seaboard Air Line and will be taken at once to Oakdale Cemetery for ... 11 La Interment. Tbe pan oearers win Messrs. E manual Bear, Jacob Solomon, Edgar Bear and Marshall Shrier. ; Watermelons and Cantaloupes In Great Abnndanoe Utaal Supply ot Vege- j - table, Meate. Poultjy. Eto. - j Watermelons and cantaloupes were in abundant supply in the city markets' yes terday. Nearly every cart, and there was a string of. them from Orange almost to Market street, besides ; several on Dock, had melons for sale. Tbey were of a good quality at reasonable prices. The fish, meat, vegetable and poultry mar? ket was stocked wltb the usual supply. Eggs sold at 10 and 12H cents per dozen Vegetables Beets, . 5c per bunchj onions, 5c per bunch; Irish potatoes, new, 25c per peck; carrots, 5c per bunch; cabbage, 2 to 8c pet; bead; squash, 10c per dozen; roasting ears, 10 to 15c per dozen; string beans, 20c per peck; butter beans, 5c per quart; cucumbers, 5 to 10c per dozen; okra, 5c per quart; vegetable eggs, 10 to 15c; new cow peas, 5c per quart; tomatoes, 5c per quart. J t ; ' Fruits Peaches, 10s per quart; apples, 20 to 85c per peck; pears, 5c per quart, cantaloupes, 2 to 15c eachi watermelons i (native), 10 to 25c each; figs, 10c per quart; grapes, 10c per quart . ' Flth Sturgeon, 5c per pound; pigfish, 10c per bunch; mullets, 10c per bunch; trout, lX-p 15c per bunch; flounders, 15 to 25c per bunch. j ; j j Clams Crabs; and Shrimps Clams, 15c per quarts soft crabs, 40c per dozen; stone crabs. 5 td 10c each; channel crabs. 10c per dozsn; shrimps, 10c per quart.' j Meat Loin steak, 12c per pound; round, 10c; chuck beef, 7c; stew, 5 to 9c; mutton. 10 to 12c; veal, j 10 to 12 X c; tongues, 20c each; sausage, 12Hc per pound. !' j ; I hirlrAn s.150 to - 1 UUIU I WTat 'SW t per pair; spring chickens. 20 to 50c per pair; dressed chickens, 50 to 60c peri pair, ; ; -' . TTr'i - i . - j ... .' CUM 3ERLAND BEATS US'. A Sunday Sehool dnperintendent Who Hu Omolated izty-F.ve Teats, j ha recent issue of the Star refer ence was made to a gentleman who had been Superintendent of a Sunday School for thirty-five consecutive years. But 71st township. Cumberland county,! is ahead Of us, ts will be seen by the fol lowing from a correspondent of the Vayetteville Observer: I Mr. William McLauchlin, of this township, has been serving as Superin tendent of the Elwood Sabbath School, near bis. home,! for at least 65 years,! if not longer. Five or six years ago he was presented with a gold-headed cane bv the school which he bad then served in the above mentioned capacity for 150 years 50 consecutive years, too. , He has been re-elected from year to year ever since,' and still performs the active duties or his office, thoueh now in his 97th year. . i.1 SCHOOL TAX ELECTION. Holders 60c a coiorea man, in the city from work. : He soon colored man, a A Negro Swindler j : ; Thursday afternoon Julius Bryantarrived Georgia in search of ran up with another strangec, whooffered him a job "at the railroad" as a j conductor, proviaea Bryant could , raiie enough money to purchase a uniform.. The latter gave the stranger all the nioney be possessed and his coatj with which to buy the nec essary uniform. The stranger took the money and coat jand after ordering Bry ant to report for duty next day, faded away In the' distance. Bryant has oo talned neither the job nor the uniform, and so has sworn out a watrant before Justice Bunting for the arrest oi me stranger, who still possesses his belong ings. ; ; : ; ! -., a u -i; . j J:: : . it is the -impression at Raleigh; that the Railroad Commission will fix; the tax on railroad property at three per.) cent-, which will be an increase of nearly fifty per cent, on the present tax. Some ot the Beaistrara and Foil ; - Baruae to Serve. j The old phrase "confuiion worse con founded" never came in better play than in description of the school tax election muddle. The masses of the people j al ready burdened with taxation are op posed to the tax, not because they don't favor schools, but because it is an inop portune time to increase the taxes, even when the end in view is as desirable as improved educational facilities. The Board of County Commissioners, know ing the strong opposition of the voters to the measure, and expecting the Su preme Court to pronounce the law unconstitutional,- have, gone about j the work of-getting the election machinery ready only in a half-hearted way at best The most recent trouble in this county arises from the refusal of some of the poll holders and registrars to serve. The impression seems to have gotten out that tbey would not be paid for their services, and Col. Jno. D. Taylor, -Clerk of; the Superior Court, was busy, yesterday re ceiving resignations. The county au thorities wete put to their wits' ends to find persons who would be likely to ac cept. . I . ' , The rumor that the services of the poll holders and registrars would not be renumerated probably started from the fact that several of those selected for service in the country districts agreed to make no charge. Bat as a matter of fact, all those who claim their pay are enti tled to it just as at any other election. Ttte tn Federal Point Townsnlp. ' j The residence of Mrs. Susan J. Fore men, in Federal Point township, about two , miles below Carolina Beach, was burned at eleven o'clock Friday night. The fire originated from the explosion of a lamp. : House and contents 'were insured with Col. Walker Taylor lor 100. : ' - v- Baotivcr tcr tbe Cumberland Mills Appointed Trial of Berry Cook for Murder J. B. ' .. ' Fortune Sworn la a United Stttes i Dittnot Ooart Clerk, . j . Special Star Correspondence Raleigh. NjC., July 17. Bishop Cheshire will not return to America until the first part of August. He is attending the Lambeth Confer ence of Bishops in England. Mr. W. Z. Blake, the city street com missioner, is very sick. He is suffering with hemorrhages. . Col. Hay ward, editor of the late Tri bune, h&s returned to the city. Col. Hayward has been at Waynesville since his departure from Raleigh.' The Col onel announces that he Is not identified with anv movement seeking a revival of the Tribune. i - The published report that Mr. Thos.R. Jernigan, consul at Shanghai, is going to start a daily paper here on bis return im discredited by that gentleman s tnends who are in close touch with him. . Gov. Russell left for Wilmington to affy, . ' - ' - ! -A gentleman in this city offered to bet that there would not be fifty townships in the State to return a majority of votes in favor of the school tax at the Auguit election. It becomes more ap parent each day that there is a very strong sentiment among the country people against the tax. A special venire of fifty jurors was summoned by Sheriff Tones to-day for the trial of Berry Cook, colored, which comes off Monday.: Cook is charged with murdering his sweetheart Rosa Morgan; by strangling her to death, So far tbe prisoner has refused to make a statement. He says he will tell the judge what be knows. There will be an other murder trial next week. Judge Purnell arrived to day froui Asheville, where . he has. been for tbe past month trying special cases. Heap proved the accounts of all public officers of the district in open court to-day. Special Star Telerram. J, B. Fortune was to-day sworn In as district clerk by Judge Purnell. His bond was approved, On motion of Attorney J. W, Hlns dale.'fS. H. McRae was appointed re ceiver for the Cumberland Cotton Mills, suit to foreclose a $25,000 mortgage hav ing been made. FAYETTEVILLE PRESBYTERY. Sndera' and Dmsodi' Institute to Oonvwte at ; Bed Springs Thuredey- The sixth annual Elders' and Dea cons' Institute of Fayetteville Presby tery will convene at Red Springs next Thursday, July 22d. and last through Thursday July 29th. - The opening sermon will be preached Thursday evening at 8.80 p. m. by tbe eminent Raleigh divine. Rev. Dr. Eugene Daniel; the remainder of the programme showing names of prominence also. Among those to whom subjects have been assigned is Dr. W, W. Moore, of Union Seminary, Va., who, several weeks ago, as will be remembered, con ducted services at the First Presbyterian church in this city. Dr. A. Alder man, president of the State University will also address the Institute, bis sub ject being "Oar Colleges and Semina ries.". Dr. P. H. Hoge, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will also take a prominent part in the de liberations. : The Institute Committee Is composed as follows 2 G. B. Patterson, Eq.. chairman; Revs, j; W. Johnston, H. Craig. J, S. Black, A. J. McKelway; Elders J. M. Mclver. J. D. Malloy, J-W. McLanchlin. L. Mc Donald; Deacons J. W. Hodgin, J. L. McMillan, M. D. REPUBLICAN CONFEREES FINALLY , .V;..: REACH AN AGREEMENT. r ' : J Will Snbrntt the Irleaaare u the Fall Con ference .Monday Tbe Sugar Sehednle a -Agreed TJpjn Ootton Tiea and . Basting Plaoed Up an the Outl- ;'.;.'? '':- '..j;t able List. . ;" ;.: . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. July 17.1 When the Republican conferees on the Tariff bill representing . both bouses of Con gress adjourned at 6 o'clock to day tbe announcement was made on behalf ef each of the bouses that they bad agreed upon all the items of the bill and that the result of the partisan conference would be submitted to the Democratic members ' of tbe conference at a full meeting to be held on Monday. .- "We cannot." said Senator Alison, "say just what time we shall expect the at tendance of the . Democrats on Monday, for there is still much to be done to get tbe bill in readiness for them. , ' It is understood that some of the mem bers will work to-morrow for the accom plishment of this purpose and it is hoped to .have tbe bill printed and prepared for tbe inspection ot tbe Democrats by 10 o'clock Monday. ' The Republicans still further hope to secure the assent of the Demccratic members to the report ing ot the bill after one session, and to thus be able to present it to Congress at the beginning of the session Monday. The bill as agreed upon will, when made public, present an entire new schedule at least in the main item oi duty on raw and refined sugar, tbe fourth presented since tbe bill emerged from the recesses of the Ways and Means Committee. ' When the announcement of an agree ment was first made to-day, the indica tions were that 'the Senate had surren dered everything in the sugar schedule to the House. No one not In posses sion of all the facts could see how it could be otherwise when it was known that the House differential of one eighth of a cent bad been accepted and the Senate provision for throwing off one-tenth of a cent on low grade sugars receded from. . . . "You will discover," said Senator A! drlch. in discussing the matter among his colleagues, "that the-Senate saves something after all, and that it is not a complete surrender on our part." There is an increase in tbe duty on the highest grades oi sugar, bringing the total duty on pure sugar, testing 100 de grees, up to two, cents per pound. This increase is attained by adding to the Senate rate one-half of one hundredth of a cent per pound on sugar testing over 75 degrees and it is claimed that the in crease on the higher grades which this insures, will add immensely to the pro tection of the sugar beet industry. Tbe refiners necessarily receive incidental benefit from tbe same increase, but for the process of refining they get only one eighth, or 125 1000 of a cent, ai provided by the House bill. One. of tbe biggest victories won by the House was the ' restoration to FOVOER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BMOMQ POWDER 0O HCW VORKs WACCAMAW RIVER. - Register of Deeds Norwood is sued only one marriage license tbe past week. A colored couple were the lucky notables. ! "- Improvement in Navigation Bepott-oi Capt. Abbott, TJ. 8. Engineer. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. " Washington, July 17. Captain F. V. Abbott, in his annual report to the War Department, states that the Wacca maw river. North "and South Carolina, in its improved parts was kept in good condition by running a snag-boat, over tbe stream at Intervals. Two new lines of transportation were established and boats have been ran both night and day on the Improved portion of the stream. The available balance on nana tor con tinuing improvements is $2,633. Two hundred and sixteen thousand and three hundred tons of freight, valued at II,- 781,860, were yarned upon this river during the yesr. The balance of 1705 for improvement of the Lumber river. North and South Carolina, was expended In the removal of obstructions. Fourth class postmasters were ap pointed, yesterday as follows: North Carolina Cashiers. Fernando Roches ter, Spillman, P S. Shields; Tyro Shops, Annie bwicegcod. the dutiable list of burlaps, jute and jute bagging, cotton bagging, gunny sacks, floor matting and cot ton ties, which the Senate 'placed on the free list. While restored ,to the du tiable list, however,! the rates: are lower than tbey have ever been on this clats of articles. Another victory of tjie House was the elimination of the Senate stamp tax on bonds and stccks. It was decided that the machinery of collection was too cumbersome. Raw cotton is restored to the free list as originally, fixed by the House. The Senate, with the aid of some of the Democratic Sena tors made cotton dutiable at 20 per cent. The Democratic conferees are by no means pleased with the transfer of such items as cotton bagging, bur laps, floor matting, etc., i from the free to the dutiable list and ex press the hope to-night that they may be able to' reverse the confer ence committee on these articles. They claim td have the pledges of the Republicans who assisted in making those articles free and in re ducing white pine, that tbey will as sist in . forcing their restoration to the tree list even to the extent of op posing the report. The Republicans,, however, profess to feel easy over the fate of the report and say that the worst they ear is delay occa; sioned by long debate. EASTERN CAROLINA. Tobaooo Crop In Good Condition Business " in Greenville Damage by Hail I at Elm City. . Star Correspondence. Greenville, N; C. July 14 Your correspondent had tbe pleasure of visit ing several cities of Eastern Carolina during the past week. He found the tobacco crop in a better condition than it bas been in years, although tbe crop is only 75 per cent. ; the crop is finer than ever before in qualttv. Your rep resentative, through the kindness of Mr. Wilholm, was shown through all the departments of the "Star Ware bouse" i at Greenville, and learned that in this - small town there are four large warehouses, four steam stem meries and twelve prize houses. While here he was a guest of the King House, which is an elegant place kept by Mrs. King, called 'Drummers' Retreat." Messrs. Frank G. Maultsby, M. V. Hardin and W. B. Sellers, of Fayette ville, , have removed to this city and opened business. On Friday evening Lee Humphrey, tbe two-year old child of Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Humphrey, fell from their porch and broke his left arm. , Dr.: Whitehead, of Rocky Mount, ex amined the broken arm of Mr. Thomas Smith, of this city, with tbe ex-rays on Friday, and sent bim to Baltimore for treatment. Messrs. T. Q. HalL L. L. Mallard. W. T. Biismeer. E. Boney, W. J. Wallace and -Postmaster Jas. D. Boney. of Wal lace: G. B. D. Parker, of Chinquepin, N. C: Paul C. Brown. H. D. Farriorr Miss Hattle Farrior and Miss Grimes, of Kenansville, and Mr. R W. Wallace, of Wilmington, of Tbe Orton, ; returned from Western North Carolina yesterday. About 260 acres of tobacco was ruined bv the hail at Elm City a few days ago, Mr. M. T. Wood being tbe heaviest loser. i Marshall , INTERESTING FROM CUBA. . V ' , Proclamation From Oomes At-tbe Sites . . ; cf Havana He Will Than' tbso- , Army lor Its Benrioes. ' '., : '..- . .Havana, nly 14. via Key West, July "" 18 Gen. Gomez has issued a proctama tion to the people of the island of Cuba, in which he declares that he will soon be in the province Of Havana with the !. main force .of tbe' Cuban, army .from Santa Clara province. .' He says he'ia going to give to the' world a plain proof of the mendacity of Gen. Wey ler in the assertion he has made that the waf is important only in the eastern part of the Island, Gomez -praises the splendid efforts of tbe Cuban -army duting the last six months in the " province ol Hayana. At the gates ol the 1 Spanish capital itself, the veteran Gen-, era! says, he will thank the army for its , services., ' -J '. -..-' ":-.i;. He says regarding the proposed Span- isb reforms: "Spain. might better stop all prepara- .. tions she may be making to grant re forms to Cuba. We will accept neither reforms nor home rule. We have bad , enough of Spanish promises during 400 years o' oppression. Spain must know that this war is only for independence, and that the Cubans will rather dietban yield to any other solution. The day we again lifted our flag bf liberty we -wrote on it, 'Independence or death.' w '"" Many copies of Gen. Gomez s . procla mation are circulation in Havana in , spite of the vigilance of the Spanish po lice. The spirit of hate against Spainjs so intense that many Cuban women make manuscript copies ot the mani festo and send them to the Spanish an- thorities and to prominent Spaniards, at tbe risk of their liberty or the lives ot their male relatives. ,,.y '..- The plan of Gen. Gomez is beginning to produce all the effect that the vet eran warrior is aiming at. - Gen. Wey ler has been. obliged to return west to Clenfuegos, and his vanguard Is still no further east than Santa Clara. The eastern campaign of the Captain Gen eral bas been practically abandoned. Tbe town of Managua, a few miles from Havana city, has been attacked and takeh by tbe insurgent forces -under Cardenas and Arahguren. The gar rison surrendered after a short resist ance. Tne Spanish guerrilla forces which operated around Managua escaped to Havana, saying that the town was full : of insurgents, who numbered at least 3.000 men. ; v i . The insurgents, following their usual tactics, remained in the town all of last : Friday and retired on Saturday morn ing, taking away all the munitions of war and supplies in Managua. . ';. . . .. - Another Cuban expedition' has landed " safely in Cojlmar. a suburb of Guanaba coa. near Havana. The arms and ammu nition wert delivered to the Cubans within sight of tbe capital. - if- J JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. Jaoob 8. .Hard i Who Killed His Wife's Xiover Aeqil!tedlby m Kentnoky Court. By Telegraph to the Horning Stat. - : Lexington, July 17. City Judge Gray Falkner acquitted Jacob S. . Harris for killing his wife's lover, Thomas H. E. Merritt. here last Friday night, holding that the action ol tbe man wbo avenged the destruction of his blasted married life and his dishonored children by strik ing down tbe destroyer, after all must be determined at tbe bar of hu man : nature, and human nature will excuse the ' one who so avenges. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE. Departmental Balliea Held Bufftlo, N. "ST., - " tie Next Plaoe1 or Meeting. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chattanooga, July 17. At ,;a meeting of the poard of Managers of ' the Baptist Yohng People's Union of America held this morning, Buffalo, : N. Y., was selected as the next place . of meeting, provided j the Buffalo people give assurance (that railroad rates and other minor details will be satisfactory. . Between 10.30 and; 1!5 o'clock - de-, partmental rallies were held. These : meetings represented the great divi sions of the territory In which the ' work of the Baptist Young People's Union of America is carried on. The meeting of representatives of -Northern States, east of the Missis-., sippi river, known as the Department -' of the Gold, was held at the First aptist church. - The meeting of representatives.! the Northern States west of tbe Mis sissippi river, known as the Depart ment of the Bine, was held at tbe First Methodist church. . The meeting of representatives ef the Southern States, known as the Department of the Green, was held at Centennary church. , Charles MY Ness, chairman, made the report of . the executive committee, which showed gain and a steady growth of the spirit of fraternization witn tne general union. , J . THE RUIZ, CLAIM. Spain Btqaeated to pay an Indemnity el $76,000. , 1 -By Telegraph to the Morning Star.' Washington, July. 17.--Tbis Gov ernment has directed United States Min ister Woodford to formally present to the Spanish Government and press the claim of the family of tbe late Dr. Kaiz for an indemnity in 75.000 on ' account of his death in jail in Cuba. While tbe circumstances would justify a demand for a much larger sum of money, yet Mr. Woodlord is instructed to say that, In . proof of the spirit of moderation and ab solute justice with whlcb the United States uovernment is animated. tne Government of Spam is requested topsy' the indemnity named., .;,- - " Yesterday afternoon upwards of 5 000 men employed in tbe lower coal fields on the Norfolk & Western road threw down ' their picks and swore fealty to tbe cause of their Pennsylvania and Ohio brothers Jack Wilson, negro, who attempted to commit a criminal assault noon a daughter of Mr. James Gilman of York county.' Va., has been arrested and lod ged in jiil. He Implicated two other negroes, one of whom has also been ar rested. , No violence is apprehended, r . mm- ir-m s ' When I ear I enre I do not mean manly te rtop them for a time and then hare them return again. I . am a radioal care. I haT made tba dliaaow Ot FITS. EPIIPST or FALLING SICKNESS Ufa lone study. 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