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-7- i rciJKtt-T WILMINGTON. N. CM oai nuLkcs Ujfovd pare, nfmoaomc and dolioioua. $1.00 A YEAR. IN ALTVAjNCE. SSSSSS8SS8SS8883S II si II n TT TT ' -TTTT , IV 1 rr r. a : qino 81 88888888888888888 SS88SS888S8iiiiii iqioow 9 88888888888888888 iqinow I 82888888282888883 qinow t 88888S58828888888 8288S882288888883 S88888S888888S88 M O 8 3s s S J r - i X I II 3 IKotered at the Port Office at I Dmtgton, N. C.tu i Second Class Ma'ier.V ... i SUBSCRIPTION P.. ICE. The fubscriptloB price of the We--iy Stu b as Iffcopy 1 year, poetage ld.!..........,....$l00 E " ft months j AA 3 months QUIETING THEIR FEABS. - The New Orleans Picayune (which judging iron us name snouia De a silver paper) is a goldj paper,' bat It tsa t atraiui mat iuc ictcut discov eries of gold in Alaska are going to stock the world with the yellow metal as to make it worthless. It published an editorial a few days ago to1 quiet the apprehensions of those who may'entertain such fears, from which we quote the following: j "The extraordinary promise of gold lrom the Alaska mines, taken in connec tion with the great and growing yield of the mine of the United States and of tboie in Africa, has set the brains of the c.mrial 0iiaieri tn fnrnraatino- what ! goinK to happen. ! '. I ;! Toe tilverites think they see a won derfal cheapening of gold, which, as they prophesy, will tall So low as to be worth scarcely anything, while the de 'Kited white metal will rise In the world's estimation to a high, if not the Highest, place as a money medium.- -Rut the silver seers and aoothaaiera do not find much encOuragtment in the fact that, despite their sanguine hopes. the white metal is steadily falling oat of favor and has reached the lowest point ever known. . f . "But there is no reason for any hope for gold to become worthless, or lor sil ver to rise to the top of the scale lo va!u:i. Despite the ow price of thef .white metal, but thanks to the applica tion of approved procrases of extrac tion, the silver mines generally are being worked at a profit. I , "But as for gold, there 1s not likely to beany excessive supply until all the commercial nations shall' have pat their money upon a gold standard. The stock of gold money in the world amounts to "afoot 14.000 000,000. There is about as much stiver coin, while the uocoered paper money that is. the paper which basnooia backing, bat' rests only on national credit amounts to 13.000 000.- AAA Th. a i.a. mAMak. kink . m ally worth only naif- its face value, mast be rdaced to $2,000 C100O0O, so that, with $4,000,000,000 in gold and $2.000 000 000 in silver, there is only a total of $6 000. 000000 of actual money, while tnere s 15000,000,000 of uacovered circulating medium. "It is plain 1 that there is need for a vait deal more gold to place the money of the world on a silid bisis. and the amount require! will tqaal many thou und millions, sonhat there wilt be an ictive demaod for ail the gold thatcai be got for many, years to come." If. this h,ad been intended as a jokelt would be a good one, tin? it was written in downright earnest, without making due allowance "for the simplicity of the people who fear this flood of gold, or for the jocular remarks of the silver, men who have besa poking fur a. the gold wor shippers. '.; : : 1 ,x7 ' 'Bat our esteeajid c jatempor ary is 'quite right whjnjt so confidently as sures the apprehensive that theVe is no cause for alarm ard not jthe slight est dahger of the world beingoter stooked witii gld for some-time ! to jams, aaiifTs equally right when it tells tbim that there jte "need' for a vast deal more gold to .place the moaeyof the world on a solid, basis." There is Indeed 'need tor a vast deal more than there U any likelihood of being dug out of the earth for many years to come. ji we don't know exactly when men began to dig gold and use it as a me d'am'of exchange. Jit was so far bwk in the misty pist, that the time sa't dsfiattety fixed. Bat ever since i'tsfif3t tu? the world ht bseu han Py for it and men have been hunt in2it. The children of Israael wor- s!llPped it in th- d-s-rr and millions "' people have bean murdered for it tymore powerful nations which were 0n the hunt for it, and millions of souls have gone to hell for it, just as eyare giog now. In all the three woasaad or more years in which the nions havj been pursuing it and iQg w3r for it, and butchering tb aborigines for it iri countries "ere it mayjuve been discovere J, 1Jso scarce yet that the world u not more than Sl.OOO: 000,000 "Ule Of that i?in cirhf Thf la nnf' JllIe gold there is, 'of course, for 'here is a good deal of it piled away In k . . us, tor the men who own it do Jot W4at een; gold coia to become J Plentiful, for then it would ffe- "ch-ap" as other noney does Jjjn abundait; and a good deal of m been worked' up into plates. Itt'7.es' forkv spoons, pitchers, gob ad Wltcll2V psr3onal ornaments J10 maty other , way j. j Much the Uler part goes into coinage be-the?1-1 U re2a,ated by law, while other us;s are not, and thus the 201,1 m:n,y preserved, the world is to go on a gold" ferriWh,Ch is the "80,id basis' re- J3tob7 the Picayune, H mil be iH.ry 10 ocrease the volume hmore than it figures on. for the it, volume 0f all the moneys in VOL. XXVIII. ? use Is totally inadequate to the de mands of the: world's trade The $4,000,000,000, of gold -coin in the world (less than half of which is in circulation) wouldn't amount to $3.50 per capita, so that if the volume were made five times as large there would not be as much gold as the world would need, "to put the money of the world on a solid basis," or enable honest nations to pay their debts. ; ; But it Is e history of all mining countries that after the first flurry Is over and ithe poor adventurers scratch over the surface and get out what theycan , with their pans and rockers, the mines fill into the hands of men of wealth who control the output, jast as they do now in Cali fornia, in-Australia, in South Africa, and as they will do in a few years In Alaska, woo -they begin to- bore into the earth for it, and it Will take expensive machinery and large; cap ital to do it, "a Ahdi the. men who con trol the output will take gooef'care that it do not go as coin so general ly into circulation as to make it "cheap," even' if there were free coinage for it, as - there is in this country. C mparativily a . few thou sand men. now coatrol the ereater part of the oatpit of the world's gold, and that is said, to a much smaller number," who coatrol the volume that goe3 into circulation, as they do now. ' ; Oil, no! With the Klondike dis coveries, with California. South Africa, -South America, Australia and ail the rest of the gold produc ing territories thrown in, there is not the slightest danger of gold becom ing so abuadant a3 to be worthless. The fearful may dismiss at once all such fears. tflffOS MESTIOH. We have numerous object lessons both general and specific at applying to the tariff protection theory. The -new tariff, whic'i is aj the law of the land, was based upoi the as sumption that our industries r which corns Into competition with Indus tries of other couatries,' and some that do not, needed m)re protection than tbey received under the Wilson tariff, an assuaaptfbu ia the face of the fact that our exports of manufac tured articles for th? past fiscal yeaj exceeded the exports for any one year in the history of the country, our. manufacturers competing with the manufacturers ofotber countries from whom the Djngley builders found it necjS3ary to protect them in the home market Now. if our manufacturers can success fully compete with foreign rivals in foreign markets, why is it that they should need protectioa from these rivals in our own market, when these rivals mast cross an ocean or oceans to compete with them? But we have specific cases bearing bearing upon particular protected industries. The following is one: The Bast India Railway, . which is owned by the British Government, has recently bought from a Maryland firm, 7,708 . tons of steel 'rail's. Wnen asked in the House of Commons why the purchase was mide in America and, not in Eagland, Lord George Hamil ton replied that the American bid was 8,675 pounds lower; thaa the lowesi British , bid, and yet the new tariff imposes a protective duty of a third of a V cent a. pound on rails imported into this country, which means that the rail ways of the United States must pay that muci m-re for the rails they buy. This may seem a small tax but witbrthe nearly 200,000 miles of rail way in this country and the many thousands of tons of new rails that must be bought every year to replace worn rails, not to speak of new roads that may be constructed, it is ia the aggregate a big tax, every dollar of which, udder the fraudulent pre tence that it is necessary to protect our manufacturers J j.f om foreign rivals, goes into the packets pf the manufacturers, who have shown their their ability to successfully compete with foreign rivals in their own territory..-.'; "f" : . !' : : ' : ' - : The trade journals report some improvement in business last week, with more hopeful signs Jor the future, the natural jresult of the crop movement and the large.forelgn de mand for American wheat. Of course the ready sales of foodstuffs will pat money in the pockets of our farmers, and enable them to buy more freely and also tp pay debts. This will help the manufacturers and the mer chants, and give employment to a great many idle people, who will thus be enabled to buy things they need. It will also give employment to the railroads and other transpor tation companies, which ; employ many people, thus helping the com panies to discharge obligations, and their employes to buy things they need,-80 that the good crops help not only the farmers, but the merchants, manufacturers, transportation com panies and their employes, many thousands of others, and the country, generally. It is fortunate all 'round, as far as this country is concerned, that there are short food crops in the old world, and while it Is rough on us that our"; prosperity., should be la any way dependent upon their adt yersity, it is fortunate for them 'thai we can relieve their distress, al though we make them pay for it. It may be tacideatly remarked that for whatever of prosperity may come to us, we will not be indebted to our Washington legislators,: but. to the Providence" that gave us harvests large enough to relieve other nations whose harvests were short. We have called attention lately to jnstances of large yields of corn, oats &c, in this State this year, to which we now add a yield of 31 bushels of wheat- to the acre, , from a 22 acre field o a the farm of D. N. Sullivan, of Walkertown, Forsyth county, as told by the Wiaston Republican of last week. The land in Forsyth;is what is called red clay and is about a fair average, with the lands throughout the State. Thirty one bushels to the acre is not an amazing yield, but compared with the average of about seven bushels in this State and about twelve for the United States, it may be called very large; but much larger crops have been, produced in that county, and in oth er, where the yield has gone oyer fifty bushels to the acre. We call attention to these large yields, and it gives us pleasure to do it, because they show the possibilities of North Carolina soil under good treatment. - When Isaac B. Alien, of Boston, the colored member- of the Gov ernor's Council, attended to busi ness as a waiter and window washer, he managed to pay his debts,' but when be donned the dignity-of a Governor's Counsellor that source of revenue was cut off, and the other day he had to take the poor debtor's oath to escape arrest for a, debt of $22.88. The colored brother of limited resources, even in Boston, can't afford ; to tote around much dignity. ---r The new tariff law puts fossils on the free list, for Jthe reason perhaps that we have no fossil manufactories in this country. It was considerate anyway, as we are short on "fossils, save those we, find walking around occasionally, but who cannot be con vinced that they are fossils, and be lieve that they are alive, i; J l - Secretary Gage, while up in the Buzzard Bay section the other day called on ex-President Cleveland and they swapped a few. He bad the use of Mr. Benedict's yacht. Mr. Bene dict finds that yacht very handy In making connection with , the gentle men who figure in Uncle Sam's finances. - X . There are several ways of spelling the name of the new Alaskan gold region, but the New York Sun insists that the proper and only proper spell ing is Klondike, with an i and not a y. Brother Dana keeps an eye on such little things, and as he is an au thority the I's have it. j . The increase of warships by other nations has spurred the British Ad miralty to ask for $2,500,000 to hurry up work on some ships being built. This will spur other Governments to spend more money fpr more ships, and thus it goes, the people footing he bill. ' - A Even the festive mosquito has its uses. New York will expend $1, 500,000 to drain marshes where they build their nests. But: then how can they prevent the hustling Jersey mosq.'from migrating if it should find times hard at home ? In Vienna they keep a fire watch, day and night, in a church -tower five hundred feet high,; With the use of telescopes, with which the Jower is equipped, they can soon locate a fire so that it may be found at once by the fire department. As it has been demonstrated that a flash of lightning exerts a f orce equal to 7,000-horse power It is not sur prising that it does get the advan tage of a mule occasionally, when it takes him by surpise. Lizzie k Anderson, . a New. Jersey girl, 17 years" old, eloped with a Horse the other day. But she didn't steal a horse. That was the name.of the Kickapoo Indian-she took a fancy to and scooted with. The next rush for gold will be to the yet unexplored region of South Africa, where the British troops are having some no pleasantness with the natives, who In a recent fight shot gold bullets at the red coats. Marquis Ito, who is now in Paris is quoted as saying that his country has faith in American fair play in the matter of Hawaiian - annexation, and doesn't want a scrimmage with us, anyway. ' v Whether the reports of the abun dance of gold in the Klondike coun try be true or not it is a bonanza for the ship and boat owners that carry people and stuff to the grab land. : We have examined the acts of 1883, as requested by a Maxton reader, and fail to see where the section named conflicts with the editorial referred to. WILMINGTON,. N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST C, 1897. Wilmington postoffice. Marked InereaM in Volume of Bruuwti as ' Compu-ad.with the FtayiOTia Tmi- . Improremanct The Beeelpts : . and Xxpendltuaa. Postmaster, George L. Morton's report, for the fiscal year ending Jane 80th contains some figures that wilt be of in terest to the public. The report is a very- elaborate ono and pnlv leading items will be considered here, but they All be sufficient to show the extent if not the details of the business transacted by the postal employes in the run of a year." j . Qj .;, i " - RKCMPTS AND XXPKNDITURIS. : ' The total receipts from all sources for the fiscal year from July 1,11806, to laly 1, 1897, exclusive of money order busi ness, were 135.488.28. and the total ex penditure for clerk hire, .free, delivery service, and incidental expenses footed up I1S.920.0S, leaving a ; profit for the Government of 819,666 28. The expen diture for railway postal clerks was $10. 663.18, but this is not an item of direct expense and is not taken into account in estimating the profits for the year, j The receipts as stated above, are from the sale of stamps, stamped envelop :s and postal ; cards, with the exception of 1982.44, . j The corresponding figures for the year July 1.'95, to July ,' are: Total re ccipts exclusive of money order business, 154,118 52; total expenditure for; clerk hire, free delivery and miscellaneous ex pense. 116.642.08; profit for Government, 117.477.49. Railway postal clerks' were paid $789.60. The receipts for actual sale of stamps, stamped envelopes and postal "cards were $33,279 01 between two and three thousand dollars less than ia the year previous, : x RCGISTKY, SPECIAL DELIVERY AND : MONEY ORDER. The "report for the, special delivery division shows that 2,101 special letters have been delivered during the past fiscal year. Corresponding figures for year previous, 1,757. j Sixty sixthous and three hundred and eighty-four pieces of registered mail matter were handled during last year;, year previous, 63 846. These figures in clude matter in transit as well as that for delivery; ;.: : :' Vl .jr " .. - The report of. the money order divi sion is made up on Jan. of each year, and the hgures therefore do not appear in the report of June 80. but there has been in the last year or two a marked increase of the volume of business. i Assistant Postmaster W. C. Craft estimates the business done daring the past year at an average of $10 000 per week, or over a half million of dollars a year.-" V' ! f--. -WHAT THI FIGURES SHOW. . It will be.seen, from1 the figures that in every department ' there has been a steady growth ia the amount of busi ness. This is best seen b comparing the receipts of the first year of the pres ent management with those for the last year. The increase is over $5,000, or 18 per cent. ' : 7 j ' It will be observed also that economy has been practiced, particularly In the office expenses, which during the year jast ended were about $750 less than during the year before. . ' And it ought to be .remarked in pass ing that the profit referred to above is not net profit. For all the expense of fuel, lighting, etc., is paid by the Post office Department .to the Treasury De partment m Washington and no record of the same is kept here. In fact, Uncle Sam runs the postofficej the country over at a big expense every year and last year the expenditures exceeded the in come by nine or ten million dollars., IMPROVEMENTS. j - Several improvements have been add ed under the present jnanagement bf the postoffice. Neat majl carts have' been provided for service in the outlying dis tricts. The special delivery boy now ex peditesj matters by the use of a wheel. Wrfghtsville Beach has; been supplied with a service that makes it m effect al most a part of the city, there being two deliveries by carrier each day. A stamp agency at Brooklyn 'completes the list of improvements, which with what were already la service make the postal; facil ities here everything a reasonable citizen could ask. ...: -. j j I a reviewing the history of the Wil mington postoffice the excellent service rendered .during thej Southern Baptist convention by establishing a branch sta tion at the First Baptist church deserves special mention, j i s :. . j BADLY INJURED. A. Colored Kaa Hart In Btracala With a . : pintsd 'Horse, F - Silas Miller, a colored employe of S. P. Cowan & Co., wasj badly injured yes terday afternoon attne wharf of the Clyde Steamship Company, while trying -to get a refractory horse on board the steamer Croatatt. j ; ; . j The horse is a handsome bay mare be longing to Mrs. Sharrer. of New jYork. and Is extremely spirited. She was led on board twice into a' narrow stall pre pared for her, and she backed off the vessel both times. ! Then the stall was taken off and placed on the dock, the plan being to 7 tarry the j mare, stall and all. aboard. The colored man led her ia, an while others were removing the bandages with which the mare had been blindfolded, Miller pro ceeded to climb out. of the stall. The animal was wild with fright and sprang out of the stall before he could get out of the way. Sue fell almost exactly on him and the wonder j is that he was. not killed outright. :;, . .. j '"' ' j " r ' Mr. C B. Southerland was pa the spot aad took the w&unded man to the stables, where he was met by. Dr. T. S. Burbank. ' AUerwards he was carried to the city hospital.- His Injuries consist of bruises on forehead, shoulder and; chest. No bones were broken, and Miller was resting' well when last 'heard Jrom last night, t Register of ! Deeds Norwood the past week issued marriage licenses to three white and five colored couples. CUBA.N FILIBUSTERS. Aa ExDad.tion Said to Hm Sailsd from a - Point on tha Snti Carolina Coast : ; 7: - : Sear Topaii. , 7 The rumors about j filibustering ex pedition leavingTWiimington for Cuba continue to be rumorj only. After dill- gent inqairy,; however, the Star has at "tfoand a person to ea a steamer from the North, coming by way of Dela ware Breakwater and Hampton Roads, took on a cargo of arms and ammunition off Topsail sound last Wednesday night It was explained that the t ties and am munition were gotten from different sources in Small a a in titles and rarrio1 to ths steamsr oa the small fishing era t Which ply in the Topsail waters. , Somewhat by way of confirmation of the foregoing is a statement that two rockets were; seen' to go. up' Thurs day morning before day in the direction of Topsail Sound. i ' If the steamer did really leave at the time stated, she has probably, barring Spanish interference, arrived at her des tination by this time. : OonneMlonal bandldatea. . s :( . lit will soon be time to be thinking of candidates for Congress, as the nomi nating Conventions will assemble in less than twelve : months. In ' this Disuict there will probably be trouble between the Populists and Republicans. It is claimed that there was an understanding when Martin (Pop ) was nominated Jast year that the coveted riis should go to a Republican next year. There are in timations, however, that Martin thinks he is just the man to serve the people another term, and that his memory may be faulty whenever mention is made of previous agreements. , Among Democrats there' has been as yet very little said about candidates The Democrats of Wilmington are not unmindful, however, of the fact that this, the largest city in the State, has not been honored with the nomination for nearly twenty years, and that -this fact should not be overlooked when the convention assembles. W. ft N. BaUroad. 7 Yesterday was the last day of the former management of the railroad from Wilmington to Newbern. Mr. H( A Whiting j and the other officials of the W., N. & N. Company will be busy for some time winding up the affairs of the receivership, bat the actual busi ness of the road will, of course, begin ning with to-morrow, be conducted by the A. C. L,' officials. ; Among the W N.& N. employes who will be transferred to the A. C. L. service is Mr. T.C. McIlheany.Jr., who will have charge of the freights over the Newbern road as the assistant of Mr, Walter Rut land. r ' m :-'.-i.. Peoollar Aooident B07 Swallows a Sand Spar.-: . '" j ' Ernest Gilbert, aged about twelve years, partially swallowed a, sand-spur last night about 8 o'clock while picking his teeth with it. The spur lodged in the unfortunate boy's throat and threat ened to cause very serious trouble. He was taken to Dr. W. C. Galloway for treatment. jThe case was a very difficult one and Dr. Galloway had difficulty in extracting the obstacle. After the opera tion the boy could not speak louder than a whisper. i i i .. .'.-. I WILMINGTON NEWBERN R. R. Btookholder,' Meeting Board ot Directors .. Mid Other Offloars Elected. ' ;' t i : . X The first meeting of the stockholders of the Wilmington & Nesrbern Railroad Company, owners of the railroad for merly known as the "Wilmington, New bern & Norfolk," was' held yesterday at noon at the Atlantic Coast Line office. . On motion, Mr. J. W. Norwood was called to thejchair and Mr, W. A. Riach was elected secretary. Themeeting then went into an elec tioa of a Board of Directors, which re resalted as follows: H. Walters, W. G Elliott, C. E iFoy, J. W. Norwood, W. A. Riach, John F. Divine and Too. R. Kenly. j ! ;j ., . After theldiscuision and transaction" of other business the meeting adjourned. A meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors was tbn held, and on mo tion, Mr. Warren G. Elliott was unani mously elected President ot the new corporatjoni, with other officers, as fol lows: r ' Secretary Jas. F. Post. Jr. - General Manager Ino. R. Kenly. General Superintendent Jno. F, Di vine. I General Auditor W. A. Riach. , ' Traffic Manager T. M. Emerson. The main office of the new road will be established in this city,-and the first annual meeting will be held in this city the 17th of jnext November. The new (Company will assume con trol of the property purchased on and after. 12 o'clock to-night. July 81, 1897. . There has- also been some slight change made in the schedule. 7 NEGROES CREATE TROUBLE. Shoot into Crowded Oar A Eall Qoe Throosh Paaaeosot'a Fine Hat. . ; ; Fayettevtlle Observer. I . y The passengers on the rear coach of the excursion train which passed here Tuesday night from Wilmington, bound north,, had a dreadful time of it. When the train war near Swann's Station the conductor ordered three negroes off. be cause they refused to pay their fare. The men got off, walked around to the rear end ot the train and just as it was moving away. One of them fired sev eral shots lrom a pistol at con ductor ; Donnell and flagman Ken nedy through the open:", door of the coach. The members of the San ford base ball team, which had played ball in this city tbat day. happened to be in this coach, and one of their number, Mr. J. ' L. Gilmore, received . a ball through his pjug bat? It is said tbat aeveral.of the other passengers had holes shot through their clothing, though no one was wounded. ' 3 : The men were shortly afterward cap tured, taken to Jonesboro and tried. The fellow who did the shooting was bound over to court in the sum of $400. He failed to give the bond and was sent to jail. - ' Painful Aoeidant. . X I " While operating a buzz planer at the Wilmington Iron Works yesterday morn ing. One of the operatives. Mr. W. F. Ketchum. bad his right thumb cut off He was taken to the office of Dr I. O Shepard, who dressed the wound. ' 1 ..... ... . ; ... . ; - fri" CRIMINAL COURT Adjiornad Sine Die a?and Jary'Bep-rt -C tae Acalast titiron and Thomp- : : r son Csntinaed. The Criminal Court, after ten days' special session," adjourned yesterday morning at 10.45 o'clock sine die "A few minutes after Court convened the jury in the base against H. C. Havs. charged with I attempting to practice abortion (havitig been out since 7 o'clock of the previous afternoon) came into Court, by order of Judge Sutton, and announced tbat they had not agreed upon a veidict. nor did they see any likelihood of agreeing. Jadge Sutton ordered a juror withdrawn and a mis trial had; - C. P. Lockey. Esq representing the State, said that the vote of the. jury had been eight for Conviction and tour for acquittal, and "requested the Court to place Havs under a bond sufficient to warrant his appearance at the next regular term. Judge Sutton fixed the bond at $200 (justified) and Herbert McClammy, Esq., one of Hays' counsel, later, gave the required bond. Root. Williams, colored, charged in two cases with larceny, pleaded guilty and prayed the mercy of the Court. Judge Sutton investigated one of the cases, and upon ascertaining that Wil liams was an old offender, sentenced him to eighteen months in the peniten tiary. Williams is the boy arrested last Saturday night by two of Capu Grant's men, while trying to dispose of a set ot stolen harness, which turned out to be the property of Mr. Sol, Bear and Mr. D. C Whined.-' ' Shortly after 10 ' o'clock the grand jarv, headed by their foreman.Mr. Henry' G. Fennell, filed Into Court and pre sented their report, which was as fol lows : To the Hon. Thos H. Sutton, ude of the Criminal Court : i Sir I beg to submit herewith the re port of the grand jury for the special (July) term of the Criminal Court. . We have passed upon sixty cases, and have returned fifty -three true bills and. seven not true bills. - ' We have examined the home for the aged and infirm, and find it kept in good order; the inmates express themselves freely in reference to the manner in which they are treated and cared for by Mr. Watson, speaking always in the high est terms of him. ; We would suggest that there be fur nished before cold weather, beaters for both the convict and infirm wards, as negligence in this matter will, no doubt, cause suffering the coming winter. We have also examined the county jail and find it in good order, with the exception of improper ventilation, caused by being overcrowded, which Mr. King is powerless to remedy. Pris oners incarcerated , therein claim to be properly cared for, and to all appear ances furnished with all the necessities and properly prepared substantial food. Having completed our labors, we beg to be discharged. Respectfully submitted, Henry G. Fennell, : Foreman. Tudge Sutton complimented the grand jury highly on their work and report, and, after thanking them in'' behalf ot the county of New Hanover, discharged them. . . - C P. Lockey, Esq . asked the Court to take the personal recognizances of Henry Styron and Fletcher Thompson, the two young white men in iail await ing a trial for turning in a false alarm ot fire, for their appearance at the next term. Solicitor Richardson said, he would insist on the defendants giving bond. x : 1 Judge Sutton said he would have pur sued the course asked for by Mr. Lockey if he had not heard the evidence in the case, and therefore would require each of the defendants to give $50 bond, ac ceptable by the clerk. . " . Styron, one of the ''defendants, gave the bond required and was released. . Solicitor Richardson stated tbat he had been informed that the authorities of the Insane Asylum at Raleigh bad declared that Jno. C, Davis, against whom in this county, cases of false pre tence, embezzlement, forgery, etc., are still pending, was -sane, and asked the Court's permission, it he saw fit, after consultation with Marsden Bellamy, Esq . county legal adviser; to have a capias issued for Davis. Judge Sutton granted thcSolicitor's request. Alter tne aocset naa been looked over, and cost cases adjusted. Court ad journed for the term, to meet again the second Monday in October. Jno. C. Davis Is No Iioncar Insane. - In all probability Ino. C. Davis, who is too well known to the Wilmington pub lic to need an introduction, will be brought back to this city and tried on some of the various charges, embezzle ment, false pretence, etc.. now pending in the Criminal Court of this county against him. Dr. Geo. L. Kirby of the insane asylum at Raleigh, where Davis is now confined, sent word to the coun ty authorities here that Davis is once more sane, ad if that be so. he will be brought back to this city and tried, as upon his last trial he was only declared insane at that time, and not at the time it Is alleged be committed the varions crimes charged against him. Solicitor M. C Richardson has written Dr. Kir by to ascertain Davis' exact condition, and. of coarse, nothing will be done un til Dr. Kirby is heard from. f-v x' School Tax TTopopalar. ' The people - of New Hanover are either lacking in patriotism or they are dead 'agin the special school tax. One or the other alternative must be accepted, else how is it that many of them refused to take the ballot boxes to the various polling places when asked to do so with out remuneration? Yesterday the county authorities made an urgent appeal three successive times upon three citizens, presumably good and loyal ones, of Federal Point township, to take the boxes to the places where they can be put in use on Tuesday week. Ia every case the question of the consideration prevented a closing of the bargain. In strict truthfulness it deserves to be said that the ballot boxes for use in Harnett and Masonboro townships were carried dowa without cost to the county. In these cases, however, it may be sup posed that the spirit of accommodation arose from patriotism more than for anx iety for the school tax. . ; Heavy Cargo on the Steamship Creatan. The New York steamship Croatan was more heavily loaded than usual yester day. Reference to the Commercial col umns of the Star will show her cargo, in which there were 1,012 barrels ot spirits turpentine, one of the largest coastwise cargoes of spirits that has left here in some time. Atlantis Caast Ida Chances. ' .X' The headquarters of Mr. C. W. Bid good,, special attorner of ths Atlantic Coast Line, have been moved from Fay etteville to Wilmington, Mr. Bidgood succeeding Mr. George B Elliott. Mr W. H. Pope has beea appointed special attorney, with headquarters at-Fayette-willed to succeed Mr. Bidgood. NO. 40 SPECIAL COURT OHDEKED vo.xry urji Br-a.e, the Krttrel! Rav thr The H.ilway-CammUiion aad the Telephone Compacts. Y 'y-- Special Star Telegram. Raleigil N. C, July 31. Senator Daniels made a great speech before the Railroad Commissios. The Bell Tele phone Company, a. big corporation, say they cannot run under the new rates the Durham Company gay that they can. Thte matter will be continued. George Brodie, the Kittreir rapist is in Wake county jiil to prevent lynch ing. The, Governor has ordered a special court to try the case. Judge Brown! is to preside. ! There is much indignation here. . . . SPlRITSTURPENTINE. ,xoltemjnt in the Savannah Market Competing Exporting Firms Ad 7 oo -Pfloea. The Savannah News ol Friday says "The excitement that prevailed in the spirits turpentine market Wednesday subsided ta soms extent yesterday, j al though there was i strong demand for the receipts of the day. "The rt ported sales at the board of trade were 1,021 casks at 26L cents and 824 casks at 26 cents. The market was bulletined firm at 26f cents bid for the offerings of the day. The reported sales in the morning were those made! the night before. The market closed firm at 28Ji cents bid, with no sales reported after the morning call at the board jof trade, i . "The ' Antwerp Naval Stores Com pany's bid was 26$ cents, Which was raised to 28" cents by" another export ing firm. The Antwerp company de clined to bid higher, and at the close of the day. the highest bid was received for about 1 000 casks, x x'It was the general sentiment among the buyers t hit theprice was high enough, and it may be possible that the excitable advance will come to an lend ia short order.' There is still a good de mand for spirits, which gives the factors ana proa ucers stong Dopes that the ad vancea price will be maintained." y' . TARIFF BILL. o- wimpanit n of the Present Iw with the j 1 Wilson Act. By Telegraph to the Mornins Star. Washington, July 81. The compar ison of! the present tariff, law with the Wilson1 act authorized by Congress has been completed. It was made by Chas. H. Evans, who has been engaged in the preparation of all the tariff bills! with which .Congress has dealt since ,1872. The comparison is made in rates ex pressed in ad valorem terms between, the present law and the Wi'son law. The statement places the average duty rate under the new law at 64 66 per cent, ad valorem as against an average of; 40 10 under the Wilson law; the averages be 1ng figured upon the basis of values in 1896. I X .; : ':. j The schedules show the following in creases in percentages: Chemicals, from 28,58 to 80 67; wools and woollens' 47 62 to 86 45: silks,from 46 96 to 53 41; earth enware and glassware, lrom 35 to 52 47; metals, from 33 11 to 49 2t: sugar, from 40.49 to 74 16; tobacco, 109.06 to 121.90; agricultural products, bom 23 44 to 88.42; spirits, etc., from 6154 t6 68.88; cotton manufactures, from 42.75 to 52.88. -; ! . . j -. ; Some of the increases expected in revenue are as follows: Chemicals, from $5 619 239, to $8 423 084; earthenware and glassware, from $8,006 889 to $12, 803,148; metals, from $13196 416 to $17 487,482; woods, from $625,749 to $2,439 536; sugar, from $29 910,703 to $54 207 642; agricultural' products, from $7,727,614 to $14 687.601, ' These estimates are .based upon the supposition that the value and Volume of imports will remain tho same, j BANK FAILUKE. ; The Pint National ot Aiheville, N.C, Closed In Doors. By Telegraph to the Morning Star ": Asheville.N.C, July 31. The First National bank of this city did not open this morning. . A notice was posted stat ing that owing to the inability to collect and the stringency of the times the bank will go into voluntary liquidation. The last statement, made on May 14th showed loans and discounts, $308,267 94; overdraft s.$10 823.25: deposits.$76 859 85; .capital Steele, $100,000. surplus $30,000. The three other banks in the city open ed as usual. No run has been attempted, jand there is no excitement. ALASKA GOLD FIELDS. An Rxpen Prom the Fedtral Bar?a or Li b r Sent Our to Make laveatisa'ioa' '.X and Be port. . ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ! Washington, Jul v 81. Expert Saml C. Dunham, of the Federal Bureau of Labor, left here to day lor the gold belt of Alaska, where he will make an inves tigation acd report in time for the pro jected Spring migrations. Mr. Dunham is well equipped for the work, having spent much time in the mining camps of the West, and for eleven years he has been one of the corps of experts of the Labor Bureau engaged in the investi gation of special problems. ( He has been instructed by Commissioner of Labor Wright to make a critical in quiry into the opportunities for busi ness, lor investment of capital, employ ment of labor, wages, cost jof living, climate, best means of reaching the gold fields, and kindred subjects.. He will go direct to San Francitco. and will sail from there August 9cb, taking the Juneau overland route and reaching the Klon dyke region about the middle of Sep tember. He will watch the Winter and early Spring work, and is expected to send material for a special report which it is hoped will be published about' March.' : 7 . . j j 7. "., :.'; Cheyenne. July 81. In accordance with orders received to-day! from tbe War Department, Capt. H. P. Rav and Lteut. Richmond: of the Eighth Infan try, will leave to morrow , for Alaska. -They go to investigate the situation and report on the .advisa bility of sending troops to the rev gion. It is understood tbat if they report the need of troops there, Col. Randall will be ordered North with one or more companies as soon as transportation can be arranged: A GEORGIA ' . I X : .X- MURDERER. Bd Plaaagan Bentenoedlto ba Hanged Au gust 25th for the Murder or Mrs. ' Alien aad Mtaa Steele.: Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta Ga , July 31. Edwin Flan agan, wno has been oh trial'all this week at Decatur, for the ni order of Mrs. Nancy Allen and Miss Ruth Slack orr tbe evening of tbe 31st of last Decem ber, was this morning found guilty by tbe jury and Immediately sentenced by Judge Candler to ba hanged .Wednesday. An. gasi sum. - r I POVDER : Absolutely Pure - MOYAI. BAKIMO POWDStt 60., NEW VORK. LATE FOREIGN NEWS, j THE SPANISH MINISTRY IN A, VERY TIGHT . PLACE. ' 7 Cannot Keep Up the Struggle ia Cuba With out Fundi Wi; I Cotrt . War -with tbe - 1 Unl'ed Sutas to Prevent Oveithro-W of Monaroby Satisfaction in Iiondoj at ProtprCti of X S-t'kraent r-f the Seal j - " Qteatioa. '. Special London Cable Letter. 1 v ' London. July 31. Much satisfaction is expressed in official and mercantile circles at the prospective settlement of tbe seal question by aid bt tbe Wash ington conferee ce, especially as such an -arrangement , will remove a cause of hot discussion between the United States and Great Britain. Although at the : outset of Mr. Foster's journey he ridi culed the idea tbat there way anything necessary to be done; Ambassador Hay and Mr. Foster have completely changed this view, and Great Britain is finally doing everything possible to meet the views of the Uoited States. Doubtless -this is partly owing to tbe support Mr. Foster's idea, received from Russia and Canada. Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mr. Davies have all along favored a concil iatory attitude toward the proposals of the United States. - Tne conference will meet in the third or fourth week in October, the exact date being left to be determined by the arrival of tbe. British experts from tbe sealing grounds. Great Britain will be represented by Sir Julian. Pauncefote, the ambassador, and Prof. Darcy Thompson. The United States will probably be represented i by John W. Foster, Japan by the apanese minister, and Russia by a commission headed by Dr. Martens, Professor of , International Law at the University of St. Peters- ' burg, who was delegated by Russia to hold tbe pourparler with Mr. Foster. Canada will be represented by bir Wil fred Laurier and Mr. Davies. X -The conference will discuss the whole question as raised by the United States, will draft a scheme of protection for the seals, with details for carrying out the same, and -will decide all open claims. Its report will be adopted referen dum; -but as Russia and Japan are entirely favorable to the preten sions . of tbe United States, and as Great Britain is indifferent so long at Canada is satisfied, tbe conference may be said to be a diplomatic triumph for the United States and a personal triumph -for Mr. Foster. Unless it results in a divided report, which is not expected, the Governments concerned will imme diately embody the scheme in a personal agreement, either in the form of an agreement or a memorandum so that it can be executed in the season of 1898. A Spanish diplomatist, who is in close touch with Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish diplomat, informs tbe cor- ' respondent of the Associated Press that it is useless longer to attempt to disguise the fact that the Spanish ministry is in a very tight place. He says: ",We can keep up tbe war in Cuba only so long as : our funds last and the time when they will fail is almost in sight. When it comet we must give up tbe struggle. Now, we are too proud a rice to do so at anvbody s demand; but we can do so by pleading force maieure in a war with tbe United States. Such a result natur- -all would be very unpleasant to us; but ' in order to prevent a revolution ia Spain ' and the overthrow of tbe monarchy, war " is the only way out. "The Premier knows, from President McKtnley direct, that tbe Presiden per sonally does not want' war, and wishes to save us from tbe cost and the blood shed. But his Cabinet only partly share his views, while the Senate, tbe House of Representatives, tbe American press and the people of tbe United States favor a settlement with big guns. "President Mckinley, however, while first in peace, has declared himself as not shrinking from the war if peace measurrs fail. This is the position, and naturally lends strength ' to the inde pendent course which General Wood ford will pursue. His instructions will be at the outset to, attempt to -obtain for Cuba! by peaceful means Cuban independence. He is destined to be defeated in his proposal the moment it is made, for Spain would in finitely prefer war, with or without the eocouragement of other nations, to any surrender on the Cuban question. . . This 1 is the factv and the Premier sees no other way out otthe present impasse in Spanish politics. vHe will court war the moment tbe Uoited States becomes im perative in its demands. The wave of great emotion and patriotism such as war would call oat in boaia would nat urally sink all threatening -domestic questions and disturbances. The Carl ists. Republicans and all others would unite for tbe nation as they could be united by nothing else, and when de feated, if Spain should be defeated, Cuba could be surrendered without imperiling all present political and monarchial institutions."- . X ,X r , " ; - MURDER AT TEXARKANA. Wiley BaldUirops KUled by J. W. Poster Lynching Threatened. X By Telegraph to the- Morning Stat. Texarkana, Arkm July 81. The (amous 16 to 1 saloon was the scene of another sensational murder this after noon both parties to the 'tragedy being prominent men. Wiley Bildthrope, a merchant of Buchanan, was shot and instantly killed by J. W Foster. Threats bad been made by both men. Bald thrope was getting into his buggy, when Foster drew, a revolver and shot him through the heart. Both, men have large families. Baldthrope was very popular. The murderer is under ar rest and an attempt may be made to night to lynch him. Nora Anderson has bien appointed ' postmaster at Bikeisville, Nt C. I Ml FIT w"n I aay I core I do ot mean merely to atop taam for a time and then have them return again. I "wan a radical enre. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SIOKMESSalife lon atndj. I warrant mjr remedy to care the wont eases. Because others hare failed ia no reason for not now reeeiTing a ears. Send at once for a treatise, and a Free Bottle of mi tn fallible remedy. Give Jix- -press and Postoffioe address. , PrDr.W.B.PEIE,F.l.,iCeFSt.,KewYort
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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