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; The 'iFT 88888888888888888 788888888888888888" --88888888888888888" kr- 888888.88888888888' --"118888888881 j -moon 1 "s2j;2aaa8i;ssss8 ""TS88SS.5S828888883 --:rfS8l'S8gS88888888 -58S88SS888888SS88 ' I -ti-"o,-0D3S2S2888 ' ?' , .. 'V ; .' - ' i : : ; . : . 10 j Sj : i s - s s. j ' tr i !l i ' " n.ttre the Post Office mi .. Dmtgtoa, N. C., u ISoterea, clan Ma'ler.l - , - SUBSCRIPTION P.ICE. Tlie subscription price of the "We?Ily Star U . - ; r ( - ' ST Copy 1 yr- p05? VHP 11 00 Smooths 80 jO MEET SOUTHERN COMPETI- TION. The NTew Eaelaod cotton maou fictorers have been exerchia t heir intellects for some tine to devise ays to meet Southera competition in trie manuidi-i-uic ui ,v,uuuu kuuus Some ot them are "hopeful of being able t do so while others are. not. "They all have realized that they most eventually, if they have not al ready done so, abandon the manu facture of trie caeaperxana neavter goods,' and tarn these over to the mOIsot tne sjuid, wnica some 01 them have already done. Ochers doubting their ability to permanently told the ' manufacture of the fine goods are turning their attention to the manufacture of linen, in which they will have ho competition from the South. -Some of them are manu facturng linen now as well as cotton, and it was reported some time ago that several ' of the New England mills were.prepartng to go into the nmufacture of linen exclusively Taefollowine, which we find in the "New York Journal of Commerce and 4mmird.il Bjtlletin, taken from the Boston f Transcript, tells, what the New England mill men are relying jp'oito meet Southern competitloa : -With the opening of cotton mills in the Sjir.b, miauticturing cnton ciotn ffith the raw product at their doors, a changed situation confronts the. cotton oaoalactureri of the North.' The fear has b:en expressed bv one Lowell mill igent tbat every yard of cotton cloth made in tbe South would leave one yard lm (or the NortQern manufacturers to lapply. Bat tbe industry which has bailt up Lowell, , Lawrence and other Nmbera manufacturing cities has not jet reached tbat stage in the South which makes it a formidable competi tion, Tbe conditions for producing Hoods at a low cost, which make the Swih a proraiiiD field fpr investment in cotton, manufacturing, will gradually pot less favsrable, and in the meantime we mills of tbe North will have made a nosUBtial advance by preparing to meet Southern compejtfion. This mav be done MiJDO nted out 07 Secretary Smith, ot the Lowill Board ot 'Trade, not b wapening tae ct ol production, bat tyihe macuUctnrinj of a hiner grade Jlgooii Sjmj years ago one of the "nil mills believed that 0 making a fine grade cf goo4s it would be aole to the entire market of the world, butincreaiedp o1u:;ioya stimulated an "eajed demand, and now this mill wpplies le?s than one twentieth of the Mjtoodi made in Loell alone Tne Wibiiihraent of the Lowell Textile school gave an.impe:us to this movs ntot and the wise manufacturers of are turning 'therr attention to rd making iaatg JO Is which will give 'Mmiconuo' of the market. The Brat. erriraack and App etoa m.lls are giv t considerable attention to linea man waring, and ; as thia feature of their Wfivelops they, assume a poiitioo were the?, will fcei less tne competition cotton milli in the South and at horns "'"tnedu'.vof the textile and indas- school! to develop the brains which w to direct tbe hands in this new de ware. Germany has learned this ww and. lias gained most of her su ? u the world's markets by hsr wern of technical education, which Zl 'made ' Gwrnany' to be- M a hougshoid phrase. : For the de WBPmeDt ol tbe higher branches of PMi of a finer erade than those "on in the world' markets, the n musrbe evoiv d with thelndus- -ine. induurialism of Massacho to'.,;' " 14 -to-b.-? pre eminent in the on . . ? w,be,e market- mut bave not iupti k 4 making finer pro- Crf , v.must hlve txJert oper-tors, sT 0ra8' The industrial school aiwe ul 'ac;or io enabling manu- ... ,v uiccw t jiupsimua. This is ciiKo.,.!.ii.. 1 L'r the Ne England milloperators , e glven UP the hope of competing Xthe South ia the coarser lines!. an(J for that reason are turn ,? Jeir attention to lines which the uiC iiui uiaKiu. xui not meeting compstltion"; it is surrenderu? aad takintr hd ' f fifOOflj in .v.;ni. U I. 'Petition from Snmhrn milh What 1 j- icason nave tnese wew . uu mu m An rn. . u : 1. : .u- J will not eventually, have to , the samp fnmr.utA.. i that thev hawe harl tn .n- lter in coarser grades? ' - 1(J what reason ha m And j. lQat when this second competi 4, they will be any better , to hold out against it than thev Xn th? lines of goods thiri, ' once monopolized, but ..'"a th ... . 10 them? . tnuis wrestea We67 ire countiD2 upon their t,, r experience, their larger eapU 2 1 on their tralni-H nnmtfvM. which .amount to something IU. ?od d1, but they bad all 18 V6 WUh them lQ IiDCS 0f iliich Jlch they were making, bat 0L. XXVIII. WTTATTNftTn J n.mmv TflTTT "ft Ifm i 7" fitiWlMi - aoanaoned. There Is nothing which 4 . n8lani1 mi men can do Which th Qnnll.. ..1 - -"""u mm man cannot do when the time comes for it and tbe aoawern null man deams it to his in tc5tio pranch out. It is simply a qaestlon of capital, experience and au of which will in time be at hs rftmiM m.I . ... -vrnuiMu. 01 tne mills of the oonm. lney certainly cannot fail nave observed the great improve ment which has ; been made in the work done in Southern mills irh; the past ten years, some of which is very nne and very handsome work compared with what the Southern mills attempted tea years ago, and we nave the testimony of some New England cotton manufacturers mat some of the , .Southern mills ran -nAn. . uun - lum OUt as nne goods as are made in anv of th wew England mills and that somsof them are as well if not better equip- pca wun modern improved machin c.jr.iuan many ot the best mills in ivew England. Whatever the een eral impression may be these gentle men wbo have been amone- the Southern mills and noted the pro gress made and their equipment for work, are not disposed to eocouraire the belief that New England mill men have nothing to fear in the finer lines of goods. j uagmg trom this extract from tbe T ranscrtpt they are basing their nopes on textile schools, in which both brain and hand are , educated, the former to think, the latter to execute. They caught the idea from Germany, and have put ' it into practice to some extent. Have they failed to notice that some of. oar. Southern young men have gone to take courses in the technical schools, to learn what isKthere to be learned and then returnto eive others the benefit of their knowledge and skill which they have acquired f And hive they failed to notice tbat these textile schools have been for sometime subjects of favorable dis cussion in Southern papers, and among Southern mill men, who are catching on to the idea? If New England can have these schools, and they prove, as they doubtless will, good for New Bagland, why can't the South have them, and what rea son is there to believe tbat the South will not have them? Theywill come in time, and'when they do come they will increase as rapidly as the con ditions require.: r As far as competition is concerned it has not yet fairly begun. New England may postpone some of it but she cannot permanently escape it, even in finer grades f . UIHOE Mff TlOff. In accordance with their usual mode of proceeding the Republicans will claim whatever of revival of in dustries and prosperity that may come to the country now as-the re sult of the Dingley tariff, as they did In $1 92. Then the conditions were very similar to the conditions now. There was a short wheat crop in Europe and an extraordinary demand for foodstuffs, so that our exports amounted to the unprecedented total of $1,0X5,000,000, mainly agricul tural products. When under tbe Wilson tariff tbe exports for the fiscal year 96 97 led the total , of the highest year under the .McKlnley law with an aggregate of $1,051, 000,000, or $36,000,000 more, the Re publicans couldn't see that the; tariff had anything to do with it, but de nounced it as an industry crusher. Bat the Wilson tariff had a ' good deal to do with it tor one fourth of these exports consisted of manufac tures which were directly affected by the tariff, and., thus incidentally affected the volume of agricultural exports.'; There were no short crops in Europe daring the pst four years, and consequently no extraordinary demand abroad. The famine in India created a demand for food but about the only American export to India was corn. Now the short wheat crop throughout Europe, with the possible exception of Germany, creates another extraordinary .; de mand for oar breadstaffs, with a marked increased in the price, of wheat which will biiag millions of dollars into this 'country and help business all 'round. The Repub licans will now forget or ignore the figures of '96-97 add soon we j will hear them dilating on the beneficent results of the Dingley tariff as a prosperity promoter. .- . . I Senator Stewart, of Nevada, ex pects to see the price of silver go still lower, and says he would not be sur prised to see It gq as low as 25 cents an ounce. As silver is now practi cally only a commercial metal, the use Of which is limited by Its exclu sion from the mints, it is easy to see and understand how the price may go down, while the production cbntlntfts and the mints remain closed. ' Bat fortunately for the country, while its prosperity would be very much promoted by rise In silver and its restoration as a money metal, it has other resources to fall back upon, which are found In the farms. It is to these the country Is looking for nmsneritv now. We have a surplus n.ariv 200000.000 bushels of r " : , ., . II w 5T,v,V,i'3T . . I wheat, which will not be needed at home, ; which can be and will c cxportea. ine price will ij u proDaDiiity go to a dollar a bushel, and perhaps higher. This will bring! a couple hundred millions of dollars! into the country. If the tarmers are so situated tbat they can hold on to thejr wheats and get tne tun penefit of the -advance in price, 11 win; puta great deal of money in circulation among the people, enable them to pay debts, buy mor liberally and thus help Dusiness an around. For this goqd fortune they are indebted not to any legislation, but to the crop failures iu oiacr countries, and in spite of the legislation which if it had not oeen ior tnese short crops In other countries J would, have put the peo pie in a worse condition than they were before, with heavier burdens to bear and less to bear them with, amce the New York Sun has thrown off its disguise and gone over -to the Republican party, where it snould have been long ago, it has shown much zeal In defence of mo nopolies, Trusts, etc., and catches on to and resents the slightest tap at any of its following pets, as, for paragraph : instance, the "Although the Hon. Joseph R Haw ley has disclaimed his editorship of the ridruora uourant, we suggest to him to sit upon the fool who, in that paper, re marks that the 'savings banks' accumu lations are honestly got,' but 'if the great individual fortunes of the country had been got by honest industry, there would be no call for apologies and de fence.' " j In thej estimation of the t Sun writer the man who wrote the quoted language in the above extract and published it in an orthodox Repabli - can paperj was "a fool," but in the estimation of other people not zeal ous in the defence of trusts, com bines, &c.L he uttered a rock -bottom truth and showed a good deal more honesty, than the average Republi can editor dare show when touchinsr upon such topics . Is there any im- partial, honest man- in tbe country Who will contend thatthe great for tunes for Which this country has be come noted, acquired in such short time, were acquired honestly? "They may' not have been stolen, they may have been acquired in accordance with law, but it was a species of law which was dishonist in itself, and en couraged dishonesty in others. - Ev eryone who views this question from an honest,unse!fish standpoint under stands this. This is a "billion dollar country" with lots of millionaires. And it is mighty Dear a million-pensioner country, too. The pension lists now show 9b3,620 names. None of the countries on the other side pt tbe world which have been in the War 1 business for centuries can show anything like that We ain't much' on ruins and all that kind of thing, but when t comes to pensions and other devices for ruining the pockets of the tax-payers we're In it. V ; A Washington dispatch ot 11th reports a remarkable coincidence in he deaths of, Maj. Jas. W. Albert, a retired army officer, who died at his residence in Newport, Ky., the night before, and that of his brother, Chas. Albert, a lawyer in Washington, who died the same night. Separated here they arrived simultaneously and met on tbe other shore. : " i Within the past fifteen years foreigners Immigrated to 7,432;016 this country, and most of this time this country was suffering from in dustrial depression. Isn't it possi ble that lander the circumstances this immigration may have bad much to do with increasing the depression? Cocoanuts were put upon the free list by the McKinley tariff builders. Is it possible that they didn't know that there was a New Jersey man in Florida growing cocoanuts? But it is well. If we are bound to import something we can fill up on cocoa- nuts, j ; '.: ' .... . ( ' It will take 800 election officers to run the elections for the greater New York, and the racket will cost a million dollars each time. 'Elec tions come high up there, but they must have them. - A good many of the Klondike ad venturers are returning, and a report comes that the prospectors now in tbe gold territory are alarmed at the rush of gold seekers and are fearful of famine daring the coming winter.' Secretary Sherman says he never said it. He didn't know how it would look until he saw it in print, and the troubled trienas ot tne ao ministration began buzzing around him. The last fiscal year sbowed the smallest immigration record of any year within the past fifteen years, only 330,832, a decrease ot H2,4d5 from the previous year. The rush to the Klondike country and the perils that men encounter in pursuit of gold are not so surprising when you come to think' of it. Lots of people go to hell for it. The Jacksonville, Fla., Citizen calls it Klondicltls, and isn't far out I .AT OCEAN VIEW BEACH. ' .1 ODD FELLO'wa I ... I " 1 I KrtVII I AT OCEAN VIEW BEACH. Nrraw Etcaps of Part r of Fathers Trim ' I ::- OMWAtDfe j ; WrlghisviHe Beach late yesterday af ternoon' came near being the scene of a sad occurrence. : t . .. :- : . 1 .', KAbout seven o'clock a'partv of bathers one lady and Jhree gentlemen were in the surf, directly in front of Mr. B. F. Hall's cottage, when suddenly the off. set of a huge waje carried them swiftly auu ucipicsuy out. a lone distance be vond tbe reef and aboat lout hundred yards from the shore. All the efforts of the bathers to reach the shore were fu tile, and finally their cries for help at tracted the attention of people, on the beachj Messrs. eymonr Merrill and J. D. .Latham lmnkediately plnnged gal lantly into the wter to go to the help of the last drowning bathers. Oae of the party managed t reach the shore, and the others were rescued by a life boat i from the Carolina Yacht Club, manned) by j Messrs. ; Ed Metts, ' George Davis and Walton'rVho laanched a boat tp go to the rescue. AU of the bathers were exhausted and had swallowed a qnaqtlty of salt water. They were carried to Mr. Halt's cottage, where thev were attended by Dr.T.S. Bar, bant, and soon pronounced out of dan- ..! ' i ' Mr. B. F. Hall.jwho witnessed' the oc currence, sent the following communi cation to the StAr last night, viz : Editor .Star; The j painful incident5 in front of my cottage1 this afternoon, which might have resulted fatally to one' or more of the bathers bat for help of friends in effecting their rescue, calls forth the derpsst gratitude not only from those immediately connected, but from every member of my household, s Many of those who! rendered heln and extended sypipathy and kindness are unknown to Us, and I therefore take' this method of siying that we are deep, ly grateful to each and! everv one for the help and loving sympathy so fully given. 1 ' I desire esoeciallv to thank Mra Walton. Gsorge Divis and Edwin Metta the crew bf the lite-boat from the Caro-": Una Yacht Club. f who finally picked up ine cxaaostea earners ana brought them to shore. i . -. This note would be incomplete with out tbe recognition aid acknowledg ment of the merciful Providence under whose power and guidance the rescue was effected. And we ! praise the Lord for the life and safety of our loved ones igned 1 ! B. F. HALL. ARRESTED . i ON A BAIL WRIT. Tbe Bqci ed Bo ad Made Up an 4 All tcr- xnalitiM Will Be Comple ed To -mo raw. Mr. R! M. Nimocks was arrested here Friday evening on a writ of arrest and bail issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Robeson county at the instance of Mr. A. H. McLeod, who claims that he snipped a considerable quantity of Cotton to Mr. Nimocks foe storage prior to the assignment made by the latter, and tbat the cotton had not been ac counted for. j I : Mr. Nimocks was for many years, and up to the time of hla recent assignment, one of the moit jpromment and, active business men of Fayetteville, where be had. and still has many friends. Severs of these arrived ( here yesterday after his unexpected- noon to aid him in trouble, among them being Co!. W. S Cook, Mayor of fayetteville, Mr. A. H. Slocom and Mr. Q. K i Nimocks. Recently Mr. Nimocks has been re siding in Wilmington, where he has been looking after the business of the Carolina Cooperage Company, which he established and dn which-he owned a majority of the si ock. j i '- A bond is req aired in this caie, which has been made uo by Mr. Nimocks friends, but all ths formalities will not be completed until to-morrow morning. Col. N. A. McLean, of Lambertoq, is counsel for Mr. McLlod, and Mr. Frank' McNeill, of this city,! represents Mr. Nimocks. The following .statement is made by friends of Mr. Njmocks, who are famil ier with the transaction on which Mr. McLeod's action'is based : . : V 'Mr. R. M. Nimocks, preeident of the Carolina Cooperage Company, who re. centiy lailed in business at Fayetteville, was arrested late Friday evening on a bail warrant sworn out j by Mr. A. H. McLeod, of Lumberton. "His friends, aisoon as notified, came to his rescue, and promptly gave bail in tbe required amount, j 'Mr. Nimocks alleges tbat the amount due to McLeod Was fully satUfisd by the transfer to him of a large amount ot stock in ths Cooperage Company, but Mr. McLeod fears some irregularity ' in the transfer, and hence the action taken by him." : . REV. F. S. 8TICKNEY. A. Prominent Epltoap! Mtntit Died in ! Btohmind, Va., TfdSterdaj A telegram received here vester Jay brought the intelligence that Rev. F. S- Stickney, rector of Monumental Epis-, copal church, Richmond, Va., had died sometime during the morning. , He was a connection by marriage of Mr. W. H. Gay lord, and was widely kiown through out the State, j ! ' i:: . ' j '' . He was bora in Bsaufort : county, N. C, .and grew up along with several young men who since then have come to Wilmington, among them Messrs. Geo. O. Gaylord, Wria.iH. Gaylord aad Mr. J. K. Boy a. These all bad learned to love and esteem him and were deeply grieved to hear that he had passed away. Mr. W. H. Gaylord with whom Mr. Stick ney was most closely connected, closed his store yesterday out of respect to the' memory of the departed minister. Rev. Mr. Stickney bad been rector in .Char lotte and Greensboro and also, for a number of years, in New York city. He had been in Richmond for several years prior to bis death. He spent a short while last Summer at Carolina Beach. 1 The remains will be brought to Wil son,) where the father of the deceased lives, and will be interred to-morrow morning, v - j ... : j - I -i The record in j the Superinten dent of Health's office for the past week is as follows: Births, ten j colored and ten whites; deaths, nine colored and three whites; two permits issued for digging and four for the transportation of bodies. :-' :'; 1 S . : 1 Wallaes by a Tem trcm Wilminstm. me team of Wilmington 'OJd Fel lows, who instituted a new lodge in Wal lace wednesday-aight, returned yester day morning. - The team left for Wallace Wednesdav night'on the 7 15 o'clock Atlantic Coast Line train, and upon their arrival insti tuted, under the direction of District Deputy Grand Master Jas. T. King, of this city, and Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell, of Raleigh, instituted Good Will Lodge No. 782. Forty-three mem bers, torty-one of whom had three de grees conferred upon them, composed the new lodge. An election of officers resulted as follows : : i 1 - P.G. M.P. Taylor.; j N. G.W. F. Murphy. V.G. W. M, Carr. if Secretary LaFayette Souiherland. Treasury H. F. Boney. Chaplin Rev. T. W. Noble. R. S. to N, G. J. D. Boney. L. S. to N. G. . F. Barclay. R. S. to V. G. D. E. Boney. L S. to V. G Levi S. Wells. Warden J. E. Lamb. I j , Conductor Dr. B. R. Graham. . l t- Herbert Smith. O. G. Henry Wells. R. S. S. L. B Carr.; L. S. S R. H. Demosev. v The above officers were installed bv District Deputy Grand Master Jos. T. King, Deputy Grand "Master Jas. M. McGowan.' Grand Secretary R H. Woodell. Grand Warden M. W. Jacobi and Grand Marshal J. J. Hopkins. The worx ot instituting the lodge; etc., was finished about 8 o'clock a. m. Before leaving Wallace vesterdav morning the visiting brethren were in vited around to Mr. Boney 's hotel and partook of a moit sumptuous breakfast. At 18 15 o Clock vesterdav morn loo- Mr!. D McL. Graham.! Mrs. J. W. Boney,. Mrs. J. L. Boney. !Mrs. W. B Pope and Mrs. J. E. Lamb served an elegant" repast to the Odd Fellows, which was much enjoyed by all. SCHOOL TAX ELECTION. The Offialal Vote ot New Hanover and Pender Coactlea. ' In strict compliance with the election law. Col. Jno. D, Taylor, Clerk of tbe Superior Court, proceeded at 12 o'clock yesterday "without delay" to add up the votes cast for and against ' schools m Tuesday's election. His figures show thai in the city 1.122 votes were cast against the tax and 26 for tax; in the county 1 239 against tax and 31 for tax. j .' ' PENDER COUNTY. A STAR corresoondent. I wriUnc from Buxgaw, gives a statement ot the vote in Pender county as 1 621 aeainst schools and 827 for schools, aboat 400 not voting. Rocky Point was the only ; township gtvtng a msiority for schools, the figures being 148 for and 108 against. Oae hundred and seventy votes were required, however, to show a maiority of qualified voters according to the election returns of 1893. N. C. NAVAL. BATTALION. George L. Morton Elected Commander , Electi in or a Lieutenant Commander J PoalpoBfd. j : Special Star Teleeram. RriTnennsn A nnh.t 1 9 ! L'P1 ffi... of the North Carolina Naval Battalion, composed bf the Newoern,! Wilmington, Elizabeth Qity and Kinston divisions. met to-day at Newbern and unani mously elected Mr. Geo. L. Morton, of Wilmington, commander. ! The election of a lieutenant commander was post poned ' ! j ' - CITY MARKET8. Wtnit, Fowl, Vito, Feab Meats and Veg getablea in Plentif ol Bopplj. Vegetables and fruits were, in plenti ful supply ia the city markets yesterday. Paacb.es, however, are j quite notice ably scarce, and such as are to be had are of inferior quality. Eggs sold at 12 to 15 cents per dozen. Fish Sturgeon, 5j per pound; drum. 80c per pound; bream, 10c per bunch; mullets. 10 to 15c per bunch; pig fish, 10c per bunch. I ( Clams, Crahs and Shrimpt Clams, 15c per quart; soft crabs,1 40; per dozen stone crabs, 5c each; channel crabs, 10c per dozen; shrimps, 5c per quart. Meat Loin steak, 12c per pound round, 10:; chock beef, 7c; stew, 5 to 6c; mutton. 10 to 12c; rib, 10 to 12Xc; tongues, 20c each. I 1 Poultry Grown chickens, 40 to 60c per pair; spring chickens, 20 to 60c per pair; aretsea cnicKens, 00 per pair. : Fruits Peaches, 5 to 10c per quart; apples, 20 to 40c per peck;1 pears, 5c per quart; watermelons, 5 to 15: each; figs, 10c per quart; grapes, 10c per quart. Vegetables Irish potatoes, 80c per. peck; cabbage, 5 to 8s per head; squash, 10c per dozen; roasting I ears, 10c per dozen; butter beans, 20c per peck; toma toes. 2Jc per quart; okra, 2c per quart; vegetable eggs, 2Jc each; oeets, 5c per quart; sweet potatoes, 10c per peck; tur nips, 5c per bunch. i , Merohacu' Xixonratona to Blobmond.. The-.auention of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is called to the following from the Richmond State in egard to merchants excursions : The efforts of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce have' met with success, and though this is only tbe second day of the excursions, between 125 ann 150 Southern merchants are in Richmond doing business with our wholesalers., I i Of course this number will be in- Creased upon the arrival of each train, and it takes no great power of discern ment to see tbat our business men must. of a necessity, be greatly benefitted. At IPort OaaWelL j ; The schooner Mary f. Rusull cleared yesterday. She wilt leave at Fort Cas well 'the three big guns for use in the fortifications. . M i A gentleman from Fort Caswell yes-' terday brought the information that one of the emplacements was completed, and that two others would soon be. About two hundred hands are st work. Plrat Bale of Rfew.Cottoo. The first bale of new cotton came in Friday night via ! the W., C. & A. R. R. It was consigned to Mr. A. H. Brenner, manager of the Sloan Cotton Company, And was shipped from Cameron, S. C. Messrs. Alexander Sprunt A Son re ceived a bale of new cotton by express yesterday from Marion. S. C, tbe ship per being Mr. E. H. Gisque, and tbe weight of the bale 420 pounds. T .' I :" , """tu in i nt mv6K. .: TUP TATP VITTA Nrr I lilTI - . I H-Ddrickt, a jPaciIytlo Vender Tata and Mitebet. ' W. A. Hecdrcks. the paralytic vendor 01 teas and matches, who has been on the streets for several weeks, was drowned at the foot of Princess street yesterday between 2 and 3 o'clock, j He was seen sitting on the steps of the National Bank of Wilmington at 2 o'clock. A half hour afterward! he j Was stretched oat on a wood flat, drowned. . It is very strange, but no one could be found who saw Hendricks fall in the river. There are usually several dray men collected about the foot jf Princess street, and how a man could have fallen Into the river without being seen by any of them is a mystery. 1 George Smith, a colored boy aged about ten years, was standing on a flat and saw a man's head come up out of the water, and gave the alarm. Help was soon at hand and the body drawn up on the flat, Efforts were mader though several minutes afterwards, to bring the man to. but j they were in vain. ' , - - r Coroner Jacobs viewed the body, but did not deem an Inquest necessary. The body was taken to Evans' undertaking establishment, and Coroner Jacobs tele graphed for Information to Florence and Sumter, S. C. at which towns the deceased had been before eomina tn Wilmington. He received ' no reolv tn either telegram. i .- Hendricks will be remembered aa th almost helpless paralytic who earned, his living by selling tea and matches. He bought mainly of Mr. John L. Boat wright, who sold him goods at very low figures on account oi his sffl ction. He had been in the citv abont three bmiti and came here from i Sumter, it is thought, as the entries in the book which he carried with bim, just before those made in Wilmington, were made in Sumter. He boarded at different places. out was last Doardincr at tbe Sutton only. He had House, getting lodeintr not been there since Sunday night MAY HAVE BEEN SUICIDE. It was thought by some that Hen. dricks committed suicide. This hy pothesis would explain partly tbe fact that no one saw him fall in, as he could have let himself down from a point where he could not be seen. ; His ac- tions, too. would favor the belief that be drowned himself. For a good while he was seen loitering around Prineeis and Water streets and at different times was seen sitting on the steps of stores near by. 1 He had found it hard to disDose of his wares, and was so doubt verv much discouraged. He usually bought his goods in the morning, went out and sold them and came bace in the afternoon to pay for them, but for the last week be bad been getting behind until he owed $1.50 or more. He may have fallen in the river while under the influence of a fit, though be was not Known to be subject to fits. Boried at Oik Grove. Coroner David Jacobs did not suc ceed in getting further information about W. A. Hendricks, the Daralvtici who was drowned last Friday afternoon. There was nothing to do but order the body buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, which was done yesterday. There is still a mystery enshrouding -Hendricks sad end, and there .is good reason for believing, as 'stated in the StAr vesterday. that he threw himself into the water in a spirit of desperation. NAVAL RESERVES. The Meeting and Election at Hewbarn TJnoertiiitT Absm the CrnUe. , Lieut. R. H. McKoy returned yester day from Newbern, where he went on Friday to be present at the election of a commander for the Naval Battalion, North Carolina State Guard. Those present were R. H. McKoy, lieutenant, janior grade, Wilmington division; Dr. VR. S. Primrose, com mander, Newbern "division; W. T. Hill, ensign, Newbern division, and W. K. Miller, ensign, Kinston division. Messrs, H. H. Mcllhenny, commander. Wil mington division, and Hugh Miller. en- sign, were represented : by Lieutenant McKoy. . !'"''; ! R. S. Primrose was called to the chair and W. R. Miller, of Kinston, acted as secretary. The vote was cast unani mously for Geo. L. Morton ai comman der ot the battalion. ' The choice will give universal satis faction. Commander Morton has always labored tor the advancement bf the Naval Reserves' interests and there is no doubt but tbat in bis new position be will be able to do still more. The rank pf commander in naval forces corre sponds to that of colonel in land forces. The cruise is still uncertain. 1 Mr. McKoy left instructions with the New bern and Kinston divisions tomake a thorough 'canvass of their members to see bow many could be got to go on tbe cruise. Tbe canvass is also going on In Wilmington and the matter will be set tled one way or the other very soon. L FUND NEARLY, EXHAUSTED; Consul GemrU Lse'a Bport of H lief Ai forded Daat:tate Americana in Cnba. By Telegraph to the Morning- Star, i Washington. August 14 Consul General. Lee, in a report to the State Department, savs tbat the $10,000 placed to the credit of the relief fund on May 22 was equivalent to 10,975 Spanish dollars. This fund, which he says was expended with tbe greatest care and economy, is nearly exhausted. With it about 1,400 destitute Americans have been fed dally and provided with necessary medicines. It cost 9 cents in United States money for each person per day, or even less, for transportation is taken from tbe relief fund. One hundred and eleven persons have bad transportation provided for them to various points in the United States. About 95 per cent, of the 1,400 destitute persons are natural: jd Ameri can citizens but who have resided in Cuba for a long time, and whose busi ness is there. Many of them, the report says, do not i speak English. 1 A large number have never been in the united States, being the wives and children of naturalized citiz;ns. Nathan A. Hitchcock, of St. Louis, has been bff ered and has accepted the ministership to Russia, and will be ap pointed. ,' A special to the Associated Press from Mississippi City says that United States Senator J. Z.George died there at v.vt p. m. yesterday The first stage robbery ever reported in the Yellowstone National ..far joc cured yesterday. Two men committed the robbery; $500 was taken. . i MEETING IN H1LLS30RO ' Protean Aaaiait Itt rt ranee of Dt-te Qffiaera la Behalf or ths Federal Jadiolary The Bipi t B-od'e Tka rrim Waki Connty Jail and Sent to Vaaoe Coaotj Other Baleigh Newa. Special Star Correspondence Raleigh. N. C, Aug. 14. Mr. voseph'G Brown,: president of Citizen's National Bank, left for De troit, Mich., this1, morning to attend a meeting of the American Bankers' As sociation. . 1 . 1 " 1C The funeral o Maj. C. D. Heartt was held this; morntngjThe city orBcets, police and a large concourse of citizets attended the service. MajTXvl B. jMettir of Wilmington is visiting at the residence ot Capt. C. P. Demon. i . , John S. Johnsoni and J. Haliurton, two prisoners who escaped from the penitentiary, were captured this morning-near! Nelson,; a point on the North Carolina Railway. Three other prison- ers. who eacancd vilh thm'irarlrl th officers and are yet at large. Tbey have not been able to j change their convict clothes. Johnson was a life prisoner and had committed tape. ine sentiment Of the citizens of Raleigh;1 relative to the suspension of Chief Norwood by Mayor Ruis is al most unanimously with the Mayor. The Board ot Aldermen is hostile to tbe Mayor and will donbtlesi reinstate Turir. wood as a rebuke to him. The present Board has loot; since lost the ot the people. Its first act was to dis cbarge the best policeman on the force for enforcing the law and elect another woo naa oeen : impended, more than once for drunkenness. ! The chairman ol the Rnnrri nf rhari. ties. Capt. C. B. Denson, and Mr. W. N. Jones, another member of the board. have made an inancrtinn nf the. irrnm. modations for the convict insane. Capt. isenson says ne ana Mr. Jones were very much pleased with the arrangements. The Governor'a fiuarri on In Orun View, Va., to-morrow; to remain until Tuesday. ' Gov. Russell left for Wilmlneton this morning. j . . Special Star Telegram .. ' The State Alliance passed resolutions protesting agaiast interference ol State -officers on the part of the Federal j judi ciary. The attempted enioinine of the Governor from a performance of his official duty is . described as 'a high handed outrage and perversion ol lib erty. Governor Russell is thanked "for the noble stand taken on tbe side of the people in their contest , with corporate, power and corruption." . ' The rapist Brodie will be taken -back to Vance county in the morning.' The sheriff of Vance fears trouble. j 1 m am GERMANY AND RUSSIA. : i ' . . i . THK MEETING OF THE TWO EMPERORS ! IN ST. PETERSBURG. j An Agreement Hojiiie 10 Er.tiah Advanoe- meot BiamaTok Ezpraaaea Dltappoint ment The Disaffdethn tn India. - ' I By Cable to the Mornina Star. I - Berlin. August 14. The visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to Russia, and the reception accorded them there, is regarded in this country with divided feelings. Many people blame the Emperor for bumbling him self unneccessarily beiore the Czar, thinks his majesty has again exceeded bis proper limits, and say that the Czar showed much less ex pressmen t than his guest in the shower of German decora tions and favors bestowed upon tbe Russian court and other officials. Finally they also consider It extravagant, that there are now ' a dozen Russians who are chiefs of Prussian regiments. On the other hand the results of the Emperor's visit to St. Petersburg, as far as possible, are what the Emperor wished, especially as regards Great Britain. Henceforth that country will find, upon all important -occasions. Rus sia and Germany in her way.' A gen eral understanding to that effect has been definitely reached, not only be tween tbe two rulers, but between Count Muravieff, the Russian Minister for For eign Affairs, and Prince Hohenlobe, the German Imperial Chancellor, and Baron von Buelow. . j Princess Frederick Leopoldof ! Prus sia,' who was nearly drowned while ska ting last winter, was nearly killed early this week in the vicinity of Potsdam. While out riding, she slipped off her saddle and was dragged some distance along the road. She was eventually res cued by an aide de camp and her hus band, t .' ' . - j . Princess Gisela, of Bavaria, heiress to the throne of Bavaria, has takin to bi cycling in public. All the Bavarian princes and aukes are keen bicyclists. Subscriptions for tbe relief of the vie tims of the recent inundations in Ger many are pouring in and all 1 he cities of the Empire are granting sums of money for the sufferers. The newspa pers are collecting money . everywhere The provincial chambers are also mak ing appropriations, but the Government will not call a special ssssioobf either the Reichstag or the Diet.in order to appropriate money for tbe relief work. . Acting upon thea3v;ce of Baron Tnielmann, the former German am bassador at Washington, who has just been appointed privy councillor and the representative of thej imperial chancellor in all the financial-affairs of the empire, the German government is entering into negotiations with the governments of other couatries injured by the new United States tariff, espe cially 1 France, Great Britain and Bel gium,1 for the purpose of effecting an agreement to demand, the submission of all disputed points to acoutt of arbitra tion. In Germany's case the disputed points are mainly the alleged violation ot existing treaties, and the paying back to the United States treasury of the ex port premiums paid by Germany. From Duke John Albrectat, of Meck lenburg, wbo has just visited Prince Bismarck, the correspondent of the As sociated Press learns that the Prince disapproves of Emperor William's visit to the Czar and its accompanying feat ures, as calculated to ra-ss hopes in tbe Russian mind which Germany later may be unable to fulfil, especially jin tbe mat ter of further Asiatic conquests. , Relative to the state of affairs in' South Africa and the role, planned by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, tn recent events. Prince Bismarck sharply condemns tbe latter and fears continued British duplicity. During the Autumn macceuvres all the bicycle squads will bs employed for tbe first time as an adjunct to cavalry, oesiaei carrying messages, etc. Here alter members of the bicycle corps will POVDER Absolutely Pure I- ROVM. sAMIM MWCM CO., NIW VORK. be selected yearly fro m the recruits and will be d.iiied especially lor tbe bicycle service. A long distance cava' ry ride,, under conditioos Jimilar to those which Would Drevail In hr-lnal arar tlm naa mtarttkA -from Stargatd, in the Daaizic district. on rriaa, tarty three officers Ot the Seventeecth Armv corps taking part in it, The prz! is a golden sword, pre sented bv Emperor William, and the distance ta bs c jvered is 108 kilometres in a bee fe . e. v ' wnuun, nugus. it. ing jpectiuvr, durinz tbn ; u s. ot a l ioand temoer. fete article in icard to tne provocative anu unirie. fl!. .un. 01 Araerican-polltl-eians of botn parties towards England, says: "We are obliged to write, as we never dreamed of beine forced to write, abont a country only less dear to us than our ewni But we should fail in our nubile dutvif we did not nnint in th est manner to the grave risks which are likelv to ensue from this attitude. TTn. less the United States assumes a verv diffuent tone, the gravest crisis. is cer- J tare to ensue. Pnhlir nninmn In 17nr. land has greatly changed during the last tew. months, and even if Lord Sails bary is anxious to politely ignore such indiscretion as Secretary Sherman's the people would not permit it, and here after American demands, if urged in un- . friendly language, will be resisted unan imously by the nation, no matter what me nsKs may De. II America does not keen a better watch nver hernnlitiriana . tbey will hurry her into a conflictt with this country whereof no one is able to see the end."- - r ADonam a. tne nrt nn the Niin imt captured by the Anglo Egyptian forces, is a most important strategic Doint. EiVini? Sir Herhrt Vitrhmnnr the Rririah commander, command ot both ends of tne railway wnicn. starting trom Wady oaiid, oeiow me first cataract, is being ntiahftrl rartlHItf I r itm taMlnn. n . Abuhamid, above the difficult Fourth cataract. j The Turkish neurananAra enlrlontlv .- inspired from tbe palace, are printing 1 una pictures 01 toe cu&nection m India, aaid tn he ranaerf ru Rritlah nht. rages, and, in short, there is a regular propaganaa upon the part ot Turkey to create troubles for Great Britain in Mohammedan ; circles, as an nffaet tn London's abetting the Armenian agita tion. . - The officials of the Indian office admit that Afghan officials have been fan--cerned in the recent risings in India vod strong reintorcemcnts ot Uritish troops which are now being pushed toAhe ' front show that the authorities are fulhr., alive to the daugert exitln(z'ilti2' strongly hinted that tbe long threatened Kussian intrigue has materialized, but -circumstances hardly warrant this as sumption. THE DEVIL'S. BACKBONE. BATT.LE WITH DESPERADOES IN WEST, VIRGINIA. ;..!. ' t ' ' " 0 m The Bosky Portreaa cf the Bttflelds 8ha teredj by Dynamite A Deiperate f ight Several of tbe BherifPa Men WOandad . The Outlaw Hlioape. . Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. St. Louis. August 14. A special to the Post-Disiatck from Huntineton. Wjvr; says: Oae-half of the Devil's Backbone, the rocky fortress ' of the Hatfields, in tbe mountains on Tug river, , was shattered by dynamite to-day and Hatfield and his men were driven from their stronghold by Sheriff Keadle and his posse alter a desperate battle; Sev eral of the sheriff's men. are badly In jured, but the Ha' fields are ! still tree. Only this has been accomplished that the rocky crest, where the Hatfields have for years defied the law and from which they have carried oat their bloody plans, is no longer a tenable fortress. It was decided by the besieging force ' to dynamite the desperado and bis gang. All day Friday and Friday night a close" watch was kept. At 9 o'clock this morn ing the dynamite arrived.and bv 10 o'clock iuo cauiubivc wiia uiacca. ine iase was laid, the match was applied and the at tacking force began to tall back. Until now the besieged seemed not to supect what was being done, but with the fl isaiug of the train which led to tbe ' dynamite, tbe realization ot their peril came. Men lumped from cover I and rushed hither and thither in full view. Hatfield was seen to start for the path, heedless of a shower : of bullets. - A rush was made down the side of themouqtain. Three men dropped. .Wounded, It was useless to try to escape by the well-known path and the desperadoes returned to the top ot their rock torr,, Mat field directing: them.' Grea't bowlders were hurled over the recks in the hopes of break ing the fuse. Then came the explo sion. Pieces of rock and trees flew . in every direction. When the smoke cleared away Hatfield's men re mained unharmed. Dan , Lewis, Steve Stanley and Jake Monroe, who -presumed in the excitement to leave shelter, were shot and are not ex pected to recover. Another charge of dynamite was trained, but f under th cover of tbe explosion Hatfield and the rest of his- men escaped. The chase Was renewed and, ham pered as he is by his Wounds, Hat field's capture within twenty-four -houri must follow. Dr. P. M. Carrington. of the United States marine hospital corps, lnvestigatee the sm3ll pox scare at Birmingham, Ala. Hs 8aid'"Bttm ngham Jaas hal a .few cases of small px among negroes. Those have beea is slated and there is no danger of a spread of the disease. The people have been frightened with out cause." ' When I say I can I do not mean merely to stop thant for a time and then have them return again. I mean radical core.: I have made the itinttaiio of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SIOKMESS a life long stndy. I warrant my remedy to eare the worst eases.' Because others nave faUed is no reason tor not new reeerrina a core. Bend at one for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my Infallible remedy. Give Ex press and Postoffioe address. u - Pn)I.W.H.PlHE,F.MCl)22lSt. .KwYolt nave since practically
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