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CROP ESTIMATES.
It isn t aa easy tbing.to get any
thing litee-aa accurate ' estimate of
the yield of any crop before it is har
vested, for the-reason that the sys
tems for securing information on
which to tase the estimates are too
Imperfect and too many contingent
cis oter ior which jiue allowance
rut always made. Of coursj these
estimates when -made by m in who
have bad experience in that hind of
work, are entitled to consideration,
but even at the best, none of them
are to be implicitly: relied up on and
all any of them can do is to upprox
iiare the probable yield of. any
crop.- ' ' ;
'The United States Department of
Agriculture is supposed to b ! pretty
good au.hority upon that subject
and yet its crop estimates are to a
larze degree practically a matter of
guess work. It has what is called an
expert who has the estimates and
yields of years with which as a guide
and a sort of basis of calculation,
and the returns sent in as to the crop
cbnduions by agents in different
parts of the country, - he strikes an
average and forecasts the yield of
the coming crop. Much ot 1 the in
formation sent in U mere guess work
or hastily and carelessly made, mast
of it being service gratuitously, ren-
dered.for the accuracy ot which no one
i$ held responsiole: and this is what
the Department expert has io figure
oa, hence it is not surprising
his frequently to revise and
thaj he
correct
hn fizures, either adding very much
to or taking very much from esti
mates made and pabliihed.
With the best system It is not an
easy matttr to secure information as
to crop conditions, sufficiently defi
pite to be entirely reliable as a basis
a making estimates, because even
with tht majority of the farmers
themselves it is with many, pud per
haps a majority, a matter of specu
lation and guess-work as to the
prospective yiefd, and then it is a
.well known fact that there is a pret
ty general tendency to very much
.underestimate or very much exag
zeratethe prospective yield in a
bad crop year to underrate and in a
jpod year to exaeeerate. This Is
'- wi tttijr vLvp iuav jf (ivnu;
and especially of the cotton crop.
The planters hurt themselves by
.this premature exaggeration, al
though few of them seem I to think
of that. . . ;, ,' :,..
Fnr crtm. tirytm ,Kaia Ii,. kk.n rr, nr.'
v, jviub biui& iukig uaa is&CfU iuvaw
or less forecasting of the number of
oaies this crop will yield, runauing
all the way from 7,000,000 to 9,750,
000 bales, the latter, being the esti
mate of Mr. H. M. Neil, of New Or
leans, who has been somewhat sue
cessiui I as an advance figurer oh previ
ous crops. What Mr Neil's facilif
ties are for procuring information we
doflotknow,. but suppose they are
good, and about as reliable as could
be expected, where, none are alto
gether .reliable." But Mr. Neil seems
to have given Texas credit f jr. the
yield that was claimed some time
ago, about 3,000,000 baled, whereas
it is now said thafi the crob of that
ft. '1 T -
ate will not exceed 1,300,000 or
1,750,000 bales. If it were riot for the
'lutnat ne allows himself a margin
ot from' 500,000 to 1,000.000 bales
for a possible increase of the yield
ucr ana above his estimate we
might conclude that he cohnted the
crop as good as picked, and beyond
'i chance? pf setbacks or injury in
rocfield, while as a matter' of fact
tht crop, although far enough ad
vWced iri some sections to give the
Picker's more or less to di,Jias yet
to take the chances of serj'riis injury,
would miteriallyaffefit the har
est. . y
ihe weather s j far. this side of
Tas, habeen on the whole favor
aottijt suppose a wet spell should
?t in about picking time) the dam
age to the crop mizht very mate
haily reduce Mr. Neil's figWes, even
after taking into accountlhe revised
. "mates-of the Texas crbp.
"hue large crops are gratifying
pa the farmer likes to have them
nether he gets much for them or
Uot. we look upon these big esti
putes as unfprtunate for they have
tendency to run prices down and
keetwth'oi. j- .ii u.
Prthem down until puyers dis-
over, or think thv rtiRfir ver. their
correctness. About the only per
' ons who profit by them are the spec-
t ' l . , : I - y "' t ' r 'jHymlmalce the tood pare,
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VOL. XXVIII. I i WILMINGTON, N. C.,-FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897. ' NO. 43 CiSlL
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ulators who buy on prices based on
large estimates, and' profit by the
Increase of price that follows a re
duction of figures if it be material.
Bat the planter loses by them, and in
our opinion it isn't a good policy for
him to attach much importance to
them or to sell or hold on the strength
of them, unless he Is in a condition
to stand loss without feeling.it, or to
bold the whole or a part of his crop
indefinitely. They are not all as
fortunately situated as that Wake
county planter who, according to
report, was in the habit for some
years of setting aside a number of
bales, from each croo be raised to
hold until he could get ten cents a
pound for it, which he did a few days
ago, getting $13,000 for his saved
bales. At present, notwithstanding
the estimates sent out, there are very
few who can make anything like a
correct guess at the size of this
year's crop, which yet stands In the
Washington that our interests may
e Ids to be Dicked. But the nrob-
abilities are that it will be large
enough to make high prices alto
gether Improbable.
Usually the best . prices are in the
beginning of the baying season, and
it is more than likely that this will
be the case this year, for the crop on
hand has been pretty well consumed,
so much so that some of our North
Carolina mills had to suspend opera
tions temporarily for want of cotton,
and others had to send to New York
to get cotton to keep them running.
MINOR MENTION.
1
When it was announced
from
Washington a few days ago that a
flotilla of torpedo boats was to be
organized to cruise along the South
Atlantic and Gait' coasts, it gave
rise to more or less speculation as to
what this might mean, or whether it
might have any connection with the
Cuban question. It is perhaps a
little significant that following this
so soon comes the report from
make Intervention necessary,' and
that instructions have been sent to
our European Ambassadors to sound
European Governments to see how
they will take Intervention by this
Government, and that .Minister
Woodford has received instructions
to inform the Spanish Government
that unless there be a change for
the better this Government will feel
compelled to intervene to put a stop
to the war which is - costing us so
much. This may mean business or
it may mean politics, which is pretty
much the same thing with Republi
can politicians, for politics is busi
ness with tnem. Elections are com
ing in a couple months, and they
want to utilize the American flag
"old glory" as they call it and orate
some ,on a "vigorous foreign policy.1
About two years ago Mr. Cleveland
announced in one of his messages
that the time might come when this
Government would feel it to be its
duty to intervene, and then went
right on and helped Weyler by pur
suing "filibusters" and picking them
up on the slightest provocation. As
far as the present administration is
concerned there . hasn't been the
slightest deviation from the course
pursued by the previous administra
tion. This latest announcement is
simply an echo with slight variation,
of 'announcements that have been
made from time to time since the pa
triots In Cuba showed themselves
formidable enough to defy and . cope
with Spain. H In, the meantime while
this Government is dallying and kill
ing time a ' London dispatch an
pounces that German syndicates are
taking advantage of the situation
and are baying devastated planta
tibns in Cuba at nominal prices. If
this thing goes on Germans will soon
have vested property interests in the
island which might have to be con.
sidered in any movement this Gov
ernment might make. Thus delay
adds to the complications and pre'
seats new obstacles in the way of
action by this Government. "Mak
ing haste slowly" may be all right
sometimes, but in this case there has
been too much of that kind of
haste. .
The report of the Treasury De
partment on oar trade with Japan is
somewhat in the nature of a revela
tion. It was generally known, of
course. -that our trade with that
country was steadily ; increasing, but
there are very few .who had any idea.
that our exports have increased four
fold since 1892, the maximum year
up to that time. A large amount of
this consists of raw cotton and cot
ton fabrics, but there was a large in
crease also In other manufactures,
principally of iron and steeL. In all
of these save raw cotton, we had to
compete with European manufac
turers who had the advantage of the
much talked of "pauper labor" which
has figured so conspicuously in the
speeches and writings of the
protectionists, and of the
(shorter carriage bv way Of
the Suez Canal. If with these
obstacles to overcome American
manufacturers have succeeded In
Competing with European manu
facturers, and especially with their
English competitors who for many
years had the swing of the Japanese
market, what j becomes of the con
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tention that high protection Is nec
essary to enable our manufacturers
to hold out against foreign competi
tion? Doesn't this contention look
like, a fraud?- The" success . that
American- enterprise has achieved
in trade with Japan foreshadows
what might be done if these two
nations were (drawn closer together
and a shorter sea route opened with
a canal cutting the isthmus, saving
the many thousands of miles our
expnrts have to be carried now to
reach countries on both shores of
the Pacific- With this, and a sensi
ble money and tariff policy, there is
no estimating the possibilities of our
trade with that side of the world.
If any one has any doubts as to
Via . tia
brought about the
wv uafe - una
jchange,
let him or her or it, as the
case may be, read the following from
the Elizabeth -City Carolinian and
doubt no more : - I
"Whit has broueht about the chaoee?"
somebody asks! Well, in the first place
it is confidence In the party in power. It
stands for sound money, for an honest
enforcement of the laws, protection to
American labor. Good crops and good
prices make the work sure.
Cheek is one of the characteristics
of the Republican organ-grinder, but
for a sample
of the colossal order
this paragraph, brief as it is, will hold
its own with
anything in that
line
which we have yet struck. It is de
fective in one particular, however,
(which we suppose was an oversight)
in not claiming the "good crops" as
result of Republican policies. -But it
might puzzle the scribe who so easily,
makes the explanation which "some
body asks" to tell what would be
come of the confidence in the party
in power, and the "change" if it
hadn't been for the good crops and
good prices, for the former of which
we are indebted to nature, for the
latter of which we are indebted to
crop failures in other countries.! But
we admire cheek and for that reason
we give the above specimen a place
here. - I '" .1
One of the; latest inventions in the
weaving line is a loom that weaves
without a bobbin. At the same rate
of speed it will weave one hundred
yards of cloth while the loom with
the bobbin is weaving seventy,! and
requires no expert to watch. It
weaves from a spool and attends to
business
itself. A New Jersey
man
did it.
Since his recent speech defending
Trusts, the New York Sun, which is
also a defender of Trusts, asks ex
Gov. Flower to answer the conun
drum, "why does he call himself a
Democrat?" J Probably because no
one else does.
!
Current events are demonstrating
the necessity for more protection to
the manufacturers of this country.
A Cleveland; O., steel company has
just received an order for 20,000
tons of steel rails for electric rail
ways in Ireland, j
The window glass makers want a
hunk of this prosperity and have
raised the price of their transparencies
five per cent. When the people get
broke in to this they will raise an
other five. U
The drought in Australia played
havoc with the wheat and also with
the wool crop. It is said to have
caused the death of 25,000,000
sheep and of seventy-five per
cent.
of the lambs. t
Silver; may be declining, bat.
there
is no one declining it in these parts..
As for us we will take all' we can get
of it and not worry people with ques-j
tions, nor insist on apologies for of-;
feringlt. j
Some off the French papers say
that the Count of Turin buncoed
Prince Henri bv sHoplng on a steel
undershirt before the prodding fes
tivities began. .
With 577,390 square miles of ter
ritory there; is room In Alaska for a;
good many big yarns. Ten Summer
resorts each as large a"s North Caro
lina could be carved out of that. j
Oae infant industry seems to be on
a boom In Indiana. B. F. Tedro, aged
83 years, and his wife, aged 62, have
resumed business and increased the
population with "bouncing twins." !
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Silver may be on the decline, but
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrlck, of Meck
lenburg coiiaty, will celebrate! their
silver wedding on the 31st inst. all
the same, f!
, " - i -A
peculiar throat disease , has be
come epidemic among the children
in xme of the Kentucky counties. It
is" of a fatal type and puzzles the
physicians. v:'. ": -" -
The Baltimore Sun is discussing
"the campaign for sound currency
Pshaw! Wq thought that was all
settled by he election of McKlniey.
At Princess ; street dock yester
day afternoon Mr. W. D. Pridgen drop
ped forty-five dollars in money over
board. - -pjv, '! ' f
Owing to a recent advance in
the price of corn, meal has advanced
1 cents per bushel and grits 5 cents
per bag.
WILMINGTON PROGRESSING.
THE OUTLOOK MORE THAN USUALLY
HOPEFUL.-
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i There are reasons a plenty" for believ
ing that the outlook for the city of Wil
mington is more than usually hopeful
just at present. A promise ot less ex
cessive taxation removes the handicap
from the city's known 'advantages as a
shipping and distributing point, and
there is a consequent tendency, towards
the establishment of new enterprises. A
shuttle block factory is being added to
the list of industries, and a beer brewery
will start up in a few weeks. There is
prospect also of securing a chair factory.
While these are no very, material addi
tions, they nevertheless show the; ten
dency of outside capital in this direction
and furnish, good .ground or the hope
that other industries may be attracted
hither. j ( ' '('
Aid If we mistake not, the efforts of
the Chamber of Commerce in the way of
advancing the city's Interests are getting
to be more pronounced, if not more
wisely directed' than they have been for
some time. A city's future is, of course,
quite largely determined by the attitude
of its commercial organizations. iAnd
the fact that the leading business bodies
in Wilmington the Chamber of C6m
merceand the Produce Exchange are
using every endeavor to increase the
volume of business done here, is in it
self a guarantee that something is going
to be accomplished. ; . '' . j
But. there is another and more defi
nite ground for hopefulness and it is the
marked increase, in the number of new
buildings which even the casual obier
ver cannot have failed to notice, j
It is not a phenomenal increase, but a
gradual one, and all the- more gratifying
therefore, for there are more chances of
its being permanent. ! Nor are the signs
of growth confined to any particular por
tion ot the city. There are Indications
in every quarter that the city is under
going a sure and steady growth.
It is hardly necesjaryto explain why
the increase in the number of buildings
is a reason for hoping for better times .
It shows in the urst place that the peo
ple who are already here want to stay
here,- and that the real estate owners
confidently expect that those from a dis
tance also may be induced to come this
way. And not only that, but the build
ing activity shows that there are; more
laborers I in employment; and conse
quently a greater amoont of money in
circulation.' ' '-. 1 : -
Interviews with a number of contrac
tors and builders show the . following
facts about the number and location of
new buildings. The list-may not be ab
solutely correct or complete, but it is
sufficient to show the truth of the tore
going observations: i ( 1
Two-story tin-roof houses have been
erected since 1st August.! 1896, as fol
lows: Dock, between Fifth and Sixth,
for Mr. W. H; Northrop, Jr., by contrac
tor Joseph Silvy; Church, between Front
and Second streets, for Mr. W. M. Cam
ming, by contractor Joseph ; Silvy;
Second,' between Orange and Ann
streets, for Mrs. A. A. Moffitt, by con
tractor Joseph Silvy; corner Fifth and
Princess streets, for Dr. frank Hj Rus
sell, by contractor Tcseph! Silvy; corne
Dock and Fourth streets, for Mr. L. H.
Vollers, by contractor L. H. VpUers ;
Fourth,! between Dock I and Orange
streets, j. for Mr.
by contractor L.
between Sixth -
James T. R ley,
H. Vollers; Dock,
and ' I Seventh, for
Mrs. LJ Vollers,
by contractor j L H.
Vollers; Third, between Ann and Nun.
(two houses) for Mr. Clayton Giles, by
contractor L. H; Vollers; Second, be
tween Mulberry and Walnut, for Mi. H.
VonGlahn, by contractor L. H. Vollers;
Church, between Front and Second, for
Mr, A. M. Hall, by contractor L. H
Vollers;! corner Sixth and Dock, for Mr.
Jacob Weil, by contractor L. H. Vollers;
Sixth, between Dock and Orange, for
Mr. W. A. Vollers, by contractor L. H.
Vollers; Sixth, between Orange and
Ann, for Mr. M. S. Willard, by con
tractor no. C Stout; Fourth, between
Dock and Orange, for Mr. J. M. Ches
nutt, by contractor - jno. C ( Stout
Orange, between Sixth and Seventh, for
Mrs.1 Stacey VanAmrlnge, by contractor
no. C. Stout; Ann, between Front and
Second, for Mrs. James M. Walker, by
contractor Too. C. Stout;; corner Fifth
and Ann, (two houses) for Mr. ! W. A.
Whitehead, by contractor Thomas Pres
son; Red Cross, between Third and
Fourthj for Mr. Vance Norwood, by
contractor H. E;. Boni'z; Seventh, be
tween Princess and Chesnut, Mr. H. T.
Duls; Seventh, between Nun and
Church; for Jno. Cash, Jno. Cash con
tractor; corner Third and Campbell, for
Mr. J. C. ,Gore, by contractor
CD.
Morrill. - '
Slate-roofed two-story houses:
Fifth,
between Princess and Chesnut," for Mr.
Solomon Bear, contractor L H. Vollers
and H. E. Bonitz architect;
Sixth and Orange, for Mr. F. E.
corner
Hasha-
gen, L. H. Vollers contractor, and
E. Bonitz architect. ; j
H.
One-story houses, tin and shingle roof:
Twelfth and, Princess, for Mr.
Joseph
Silvy. ! Joseph Siivy. - contractor;
Dock,
between Third and Fourth, for Mrs. N.
G. Webb, Jno. C. Stout, contractor;
Chesnut, between Eighth and Ninth, for
Mr. Too. C Stout, contractor John C.
Stoutj Sixth, between j Mulberry and
Walnut, for Mr. A. Shrier; Ninth and
Orange, for J. A Kennedy; Dawson, be
tween Eighth and Ninthi for D. Shepard;
Castle, between Front and Second, (two
houses) for Mr. Wm. Goodman; Second,
between Nun and Church, (two houses)
for Mr. Preston Cummmg; fi,ievemn,
between Dock and Orange, (two houses)
for Mr. A.' Shrier. There are at-j least
twenty or thirty other houses of this
class, but for Want of space they will
not be noticed now.l ! ; i
The handsome two-story store of Mr.
I. Shrier's on Front, between Chesnut
and Mulberry, has been completed, and
the store on Front belonging to Mr. S.
Behrends' Is about completed. . The ar
cb&ect for the former is' Mr. James F.
Post, for the latter Mr. H E. Bonitz.
Two large stores have been erected
for Mr. Oscar Peanall by contractor
Coleman Twining, on the corner of
Fourth and Campbell. --f'
Mr. F, A. Montgomery has had a new
store erected on corner. of Second and
Castle. . ,; V v"',;.;;-:':;;i-
' The offices of : Messrs. Alexander
Sprunt & Son have been completed in
the last twelve months; architect, Mr. H.
E. Bonitz. '' ' " 1
"I The five-story annex to the A. CI
building, Mr. Thad. Taylor, architect, is
to be counted also among the new build
ings., i: l .:Jy:: -v'. - j :
4 The Hemenway School building, Mr.
James F. Post, architect and contractor,
is as good as finished all in two
months. : . ' --l , :
( A new operating room has been added
to the City Hospital under the direction
ot Mr. C. D. Morrill contractor. A two
story annex to the Marine Hospital has
been built by D Getoz & Co. ; ; .
Ia the foregoing no account is taken
of the large number of stores and dwell
ing houses that have been remodelled.
THE MURDER OF BLACK WELL.
Fnrvit, the TStgta Trmp, Commlttjd to Jtil
tot Trial at tbe Next Term of Hr- t
:-.;:'- . nets Court. jt
j In Dunn yesterday morning Ed Pur
vis, the negro tramp who is supposed to
have murdered Flagman James Black
well last Saturday night, was placed on
trial, but waived an examination and
was bound over to the next term ot
Harot county Superior Court, wnich'
meets tbe first Monday in next month.
Purvis was sent back to Fayettevtlle
and placed in jail to await trial. Nero,
the white tramp who is the State's most
material witness, is also being held in
custody to await the trial. The State's
leading counsel, who appeared at the
investigation - yesterday, was Geo. M.
Rose, Esq., of Fayetteville.
; la this connection, due credit, should
be given the Atlantic Coast Line for the
promptness with which it began efforts
to apprehend the murderer of Mr.
Blackwell. All its resources, including
a reward of $250, were drawn on for the
apprehension ol the assassin, and Gen
eral Manager Kenly and many of his
subordinates have been unremitting in
their efforts to accomplish that purpose.
This action of the Coast Line is charac
teristic of its management, which is al
ways ready to protect its employes how
ever humble tbe positions they may
occupy. - '
The coil ot circumstantial evidence
against Purvis seems to be tightening,
as the following clipping from the Fay
ettevill Observer of Wednesday afternoon
will show, viz : - k
Sunday alternoon, Mr. J. L. Graddy
was on his farm, nefar the A C. L. bridge
which crosses tbe Cape Fear, when two
tramps, one a bright mulatto and the
other black, approached him and asked
him for a watermelon. He told them to
go up to his houte and tell one of the
boys to give them one. t
f The nmiatto tten asked Mr. Graddy if
he bad - heard anything of tbe shoot
ing affair near Dunn Saturday night. He
replied that he had. and from the num
ber of questions tbe fellow asked, he be
came suspicions of him, especially as the
man was wnnging.wet, evidently having
recently swam the river,
Mr. Graddy had jast directed the men
to bis bduie, when a train was seen com
ing towards them and then both men
fled, taking opposite directions. (This
was the train with the posse and blood
hounds from Florence, which had been
searching for the murderer.)
Mr. Graddy hastened into town and
notified the authorities that he had seen
what be suspected was the murderer of
flagman Blackwell. A number of men
were immediately sent in search, but
the men could not be found. This
morning Mr. Graddy went into the jail
to see if tbe man held there was tbe one
he bad seen. As he approached the big
Cage in which tbe cells are, the prisoners
were bunched in the corridor, and Mr.
Graddy, peeping through tbe steel bars,
at once picked out Purvis as tbe man
with whom he had talked Sunday after?
noon. He is positive of the identifica
tion. ".; a- "
CONDITION OF RICE.
Georgia
Maker, Better Showing; Than
Act Other State.
: The United States Department of Ag
riculture, in its crop report for August,
gives the ; following - conditions of the
rice crop: "In Louisiana the ondition
during the month of July fell from 95 to
84, that of North Carolina from 93 to 88,
of South Carolina from 92 to 77. and of
Georgia from 98 to 92." - , -
Drought in the non-irrigating rtgioss,
cutworms and chinch bags are given? as
the cause of the serious dec'ine in ' Lou
isiana Ia South Carolina there was
some damage from caterpillars reported.
MATTERS AT MAXTOH. j
Coaledtrate Vtt;rna' Be-TJaiin A Day ot
Qt at Ei jjy ment Border Exposition -of
the Carolina! To Be Held
' ;';. in Oatobsr
Special Star Correspondence, .
; MaxtON, Aug. 20.
The Confederate veterans had their
annual re-union here yesterday, and
notwithstanding the;. unfavorable
weather fifteen hundred or two thou
sand veterans and sons and daughters
of veterans were present.; Hons. R. T.
Bennett, of Wadesboro, and J. T. Le
Grand, of Rockingham, who were to
have been tbe principal speakers, failed
to appear; but Hon. C. A. McEachin, who
"saved the S;ate" in 1875, and several
others oi the veterans spoke, as did Hon.
J. F. Payne .for the sons. The McColI,
S. C., Cornet Band furnished tbe .music;
Miss May McKtnzie recited "All Quiet
Along the Potomac To-night, and a
local choir beautifully rendered "The
Old North State," "America." "Tbe
Bonnie Blue Flag," and "Dixie's Land."
Maxton furnished a barbecue and other
rations to waste. Altogether the day
was one of great enjoyment, and Com
mander Andrew Jackson McNair was
not the least among the happy throng,
The eighth annual Fair of the Border
Exposition of the Carolinas will be held
as nsual during the last week in Octo
ber, to-wit: Oct. 27, 28 and 29. Many
outside attractions are trying to make
engagements, and our people expect to
make an unusually good exhibit of their
products this year. Last year every ex
hibitor received a premium. ; The man
agement found last year that not issuing
a premium list worked well and will fol
low the same plan this yeat; so that the
people can jurt bring in the best they
nave and receive premiums without re
gard to a catalogue, v
THE BLACKWELL i MUROER.
Another , ia ik ia tbe Chain' of ETidenee
; ABiatt tbe Rears Trims lid Pnrri.
In regard to -the negro" tramp Ed.
Purvis,,, the supposed murderer of
James . Blackwell. the A. C. L. flag
man, and who is now confined in Cum
berland county jail awaiting trial at
the -next session r of Harnett county
Superior Court, which will convene the
first Monday in next month, the. Fay
etteville Observer of Thursday afternoon
ays: v j- y r
- Yesterday another strong link" was ad
ded to the chain of the already strong
evidence against the accused man. It
was the finding of Purvis's pistol in the
house of the colored man with whom he
stayed in Manchester alter being struck
by the CF. 4 Y. V. train near that
place Monday morning, j The chambers
contained two shells, one of which was
empty. If this pistol fired the fatal bullet.
then that bullet is buried with the mur
dered man, for, through an oversight, the
ball waslnot extracted. The body, we un
derstand, will be exhumed, and the
deadly missile secured for evidence. '
i Purvis .acknowledged; this morning
that he was chased by the blood hounds
to within a short distance of Manches
ter, where they lost the trail in a swamp.
On the way to the station, Detective
Turbeville measured Purvis's barefooted
track. He had previously measured the
track of the murderer at tbe scene of
tbe crime. Both tracks corresponded
exactly. j
Oeatb of Mia Jul a 8. HarrUa. ,
Many tearts were saddened yesterday
by the news that Miss Julia Sanderf, the
eldest daughter of Mr. George Harriss,
had passed away. A singularly sweet
and gentle disposition; had endeared
Miss Harriss to all who knew her and
there will be many; besides her imme
diate family who will feel her loss most
keenly. . l; !
The sad event occurred ' yesterday
morning at Mr. Harriss' Summer resi
dence on Wrightsville Sound. Miss
Harris had been sick with typhoid
fever for six weeks and bad been a
patient sufferer throughout. f
The members of the immediate family
who survive her are her father, one sis
ter, Miss Ruth, and six brothers, Mr.
Geo. Harriss, Jr., of Philadelphia, Dr. A.
H. Harriss. Messrs. W. N., John S., Bel
lamy, and Robert Harriss, of this city.
Ths funeral wiil be conducted at 0.80
this morning from the First Presbyte
rian church, of which - the decsased was
a member. I ater ment at Oakdale ceme
tery, and friends and acquaintances are
invited to attend.
A. & M. 'College.
Messrs. E P. Bailey and H. E. Bonitz
have returned from Raleigh, where they
went a few days since on business con
nected with the A. & M. College. Mr.
Bailey was appointed superintendent of
the hot water heating plant of the col
lege.
The plans and specifications for the
college hospital as prepared by Mr.H. E
Bonitz'were accepted by the Building
Committee. The contract for building
was awarded to Mr. John W. Long, of
Graham, . who will begin the work of
construction at an early date under the
superintendence of Mr. Bonitz.
TRAP SHOOTING.
Events to Take Pitts Taeidy and Wed-
netdar at Carolina Beach.
A Star representative was informed
yesterday by President H. McL. Green,
of the Gun Club ia this city, that the
residents at Carolina Beach intend to
hold a trap shoot on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, and that the members of differ
ent clubs; and in fact many of the sport
ing men of the land have beeajinvited
to attend. The contest will be a sporty
affair ana will reflect credit upon
the push and pluck characteristic of
CapL Jno. T. Harper and the residents
at Carolina Beach. A ; large delegation
from tbe Wilmington Gun Club will go
down to compete lor tbe prize money,
which is $5Q 00 for the first day's shoot.
Tbe second day will be devoted entirely
to sweepstakes.
The shoot will ba conducted under
national association rules. Moneys will
be divided at the end of each event; 40
per cent., 80 per cent., 20 per cent, and
10 per cent. I j
Wanted in Litrlnbarg.
- Jno. Roper, colored, who is now in
jail on the charge of larceny of a sewing
machine, and against whom there are
several other charges pendine, one of
which li the swindling an amount of
money and a quantity of clothing from
Julius Coachman, colored, on the pre
text of obtaining Coachman a position
as conductor on the S. A. L Railroad,
has also figured unlawfully at other
places. Chief of Police Melton is in re
ceipt of a letter from the authorities of
Laurlnburg asking for the possession of
Roper; who is wanted i there tor shoot
ing a man, inflicting! a wound which
came near terminating in death. Roper
will probably be sent to Laurinburg in
time to be tried at the regular session
of Richmond county Superior Court,
which meets next month.
aioetyflve Dollara Stolen.
Mr. Jas. F. Post had the misfortune
to have 495 taken from his desk at his
office on Princess street yesterday. He
left his office between 11 and 12 o'clock,
and after driving up to the. Hemenway
school building returned, being gone
down the street not more than half an
hour. Looking in the desk for the
money to pay off his hands, be was
surprised to find tbe drawer unlocked
and still more surprised to find that $95
in coin which he bad in a canvas bag
bad disappeared. ' Underneath the desk
there was a saw file, and on the drawer
there were signs of the file having been
used in opening it. Mr. Post had a war
rant Issued for the party he suspected of
the theft, but up to a late hour last night
the suspected party had not been found.
The North Carolina Liquor
Dealers' Association will hold its annual
convention in Durham, August 24. 25
and 26. A committee of dealers from
this city will be in attendance.
, Wilmington has no wheat to
ell at a dollar a bushel; but the tooth
some New River oyster is scheduled to
arrive before , the "leaves take on a
browner hue." ,
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RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET.
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION AND THE
7 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. '
The Poittl Will TJae Old Batja TJatll the
Courts Bettle the Q leeiljo Brodie the
Bapiit Will Frobibly ,be Bang
in Pabllo JBeguttatlon for
the Boid Eleatloo Ban- ;
-' day Selling Orjiiaase, .' : '
Special Star Correspondence i
- Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 21.
The local druggists' association de
cided at a meeting last evening not to
fight in tbe courts the recent ordinance
adopted by the Board of Aldermen for
bidding the sale of soft drinks and cigars
on Sunday. ! At least one drug store is
selling soda water on Sunday in open
violation of the ordinance. A leading
druggist tells me that the ordinance is
inoperative and cannot be enforced, j
Sheriff Wooten,' of Bladen, brought a
young man i named Buie to- the asylum
this morning. ",'.-' " .!:'
This is the last day of registration for
the; city election to determine whether
or not 250,000 in bonds shall be issued
for street improvements. A strong op
position is developing to the issue, as it
is not believed tbe Board is sincere m
its assertion that the money is to be de
voted to street improvements. The ne
groes have not registered. They are
generally opposed to tbe issue.
There is a lot of plunging in this city
on wheat. ; Several prominent brokers
are said to have made "a good thing" in
the past few days.
The banging of Brodie will very like
ly be public. It is said the commissioners
of Vance are in favor of having the exe
cution public. There has been a strong
sentiment in opposition to public execu
tions in this State in recent years.
superintendent Smith says there won t
be a Democrat in the penitentiary ser
vice September 1st. He is turning out
the Democratic guards as rapidly as pes
sible. It. has baen demonstrated that
negroes are unfit to watch the convicts.
Their weakness for falling asleep is too
pronounced. "' .
Special Star Telegram.
Superintendent John R. Smith says
he is not responsible for the actions of
the new force going into tbe employ of
the penitentiary on September 1st.
Manager Crews, of tbe Postal Tele
graph Company,; says his company will
not resort to the; Federal Court for in
junction to evade the Railway Commis
sion's order reducing rates. The com
pany has not yet decided whether to
obey the order. The commission has.
agreed to let the Postal use the bid rates
until the matter is settled in court, pro
vided the company pats up a five thou
sand dollar bond.
W. P. Batcheiorl retired as chief clerk
in the Secretary of State's office to-day;
after seventeen years' service, and is suc
ceeded by A. p. K. Wallace. D. H.
Center, of Harnett, is appointed assist
ant clerk. . i
SUSPECTED FILIBUSTERS.
TJnrfflalai Icf jrm tisn that the Taae Danct-
leaa?3d Al.-xrndsr Jsnee Aro Ea-
gaged for
Ancther Expedition
jto Cuba.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, August 21. Uaofficial
information has reached the "Treasury
Department that the suspected, filibus
ter Dauntless has left Sivannahr. Ga., ,
with a barge Intown, and that she is to.
bs joined by the Alexander Jones at a
point southeast of Hatteras, where the
two vessels are to meet the schooner
Bannn of thej Brigg, supposed to be
loaded with munitions of war for the
Cuban insurgents. Wfiich vesser will
make the trip is not known.
1 1 is also stated that a niiDuster ing ex
pedition is assembling near Tampa, Fla.
In view of this information secretary?
Gage to-day telegraphed the collector of
customs at Savannah to use special vigi
lance to prevent violations of the neu
trality laws and also to confer with the
commanders' of naval vessels at their
ports, as to what steps should be taken
in tbe premises.
Savannah; August 21.--There
are no indications locally that the
tug Dauntless is engaged in any
thing out legitimate business at this
port. She is here under contract
with a local tow-boat company and
competition in towage is sharp. The
Dauntless went to tbe bar to-aay to
look for vessels bound hither and
was reported on duty there late this
afternoon by; incoming boats.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
An Agent tt the Plant syitem in Georgia
Dangerxuly Wonnded.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Savannah.! Ga.. Angus: 21. H. B
Tant, agenffef the P.ant system at Mc
intosh, near Savannah, was shot from
ambush this morning by Wash Bradley,
colored, and sprink'ed from head to
foot with' duck shot. Tant was brought
to S vannah hospital for treatment. He
is dangercusly wounded. The snerin
of Liberty county is pu'suing Bradley
with a posse of mounted men.
The shooting was. tne result oi an
altercation at the depot the day before
when Tant struck Bradley in the bead
with a scale weight. ; V : .
AN AMERICAN INVENTION.
Improvement i in Tlegraphy-Aldaaagc
Ttaatmltted at a ep?ed of Pour Thou
sand Woide Per Mtnote.
By Cable to the Homing Star. I
LONDON,
August 21. Lieutenant
Squler. of the
Artillery School at for
tress Monroe, jVa- and Professor Cre-
hore, of Dartmouth, have made some
remarkable demonstrations during the
past week of the possibilities of their
synchronograpb. The Government tel
egraph officials gave these men the use
of a clear line; eight hundred end sixty
miles- long,' making a circuit through
London. Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Newcastle, York' and o:her places, Over
which the ! Americans succeeded in
transmitting short messages at a speed
equivalent to four thousand words per
minute, i The messages were received
with perfect clearness. Forty-four miles
Of the line were under ground, thus add
ing to the difficulties ot the triaL The
highest rate; attained by them in A ner-.
ica was tbrce thousand words per minute
over an iron wire thirteen miles, long.
Tbe inventors declare that the trials-demons?
rate the possibility of sending
nrui messages betwden New York and
Chicago at such speed that the contents
of a newspaper could be transmitted in
an hour.
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POVDER
Absolutely Pure
ROVAl. aAKDM WWMR OO., NCWVOAK.
LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN INSISTS UPON THE
EVACUATION OF THESSALY .'
Whether the Greek Indemnity ia paid or '
TJopa d Her , Polios - Condemned I by .
the Oth r Powers Affairs In Brltlah '
India-A Gloomy View of the
Protpjots of Spain.
By Cable to the Morning Star. .
rCopyright 1S97 by the Aaaodated Prett.l :
Condon. August 21 The Marquis of -Salisbury's
defiaite committal of Great ,
Britain to the policy of insisting upon ,
the evacuation of Thessaly by the Turk
ish troops, whether the Greek indemnity
is paid or unpaid, is universally approved
by the British press, and is equally con
demned by the continental newspapers.
It is difficult to foresee the outcome.
The great grip of the Marquis of
Salisbury on the Powers is found in the.
latter's intense desire to get peace set
tled and the Turkish army disbanded, as
until this last step is accomplished, the,
peace of Europe will ; be - continually
menaced. It -is suggested that Great -Britain
may abandon the concert of the.
Powers. This is probable and would be
regarded as proof of bad faith, and would
throw the Powers into a violent and
dangerous ferment, because, rightly or
wrongly, it is : universally believed
bat Great Britain is bent on treachery.
As a diplomatist puts it, "she is again
on tbe prowl and Europe fears to sud
denly discover that England has execut
ed a coupe ae main." However, it is
still hsard that Greece will manage to
untie the knot, by finding a sum suffi
cient to induce the Turkish Government .
to order tbe, withdrawal of its troops to
tbe frontiers designated in the draft of ,
the treaty of peace. !
. Though the acute crisis in affairs pn
the frontier) of British India seems jto '
have passed, there is no doubt there has
been a genuine cause for the scare which
prevailed. Practically all the tribes
throughout a mountain district; eight
hundred miles long and two hundred
miles deep, are up in arms and though
their . reverses will probably cool their
ardor and prevent further serious1 fight
ing at present, the greatest care will be -. ,
required to restore law and order. The
speedy nipping in the bud of this -dangerous
insurrection has demonstrated
the splendid state of preparation to
which the- British army in India has
been brought. !
The latest enterprise of tbe vestry of
St. Paucras is attracting much attention
among the public and has excited the -adverse
comment of many doctors. The
vestry has star ted a bacteria incubating
nursery from wbicn establishment thev
guarantee to advise people within twen-ty-four
hours as to the exact nature of
any germs with which they are supplied.
Each med:c3 cf the vestry of St. Pan
eras had been famished with the neces
sary pharaphernalia and with instruct
tions how to forward samples of germs
to the bacteria incuoating nursery. Thus
the accuracy of the diagnosis in cases of
suspected dyphtherla, typhoid fever, etc..
.will promptly be established, i Jt is fur
ther understood that the necessary out
fits for securing and. forwarding germs .
for judgment will be distributed among
the private houses in the district of St.
Pancras. The doctors fear that the in
novation Will deprive themof patients
and think that the next step will be slot
machines where, so soon as the patiente
have learned the name ot their com
plaint, they will be able to secure tbe ne-
cessary medicine to cure them.
Tbe Speaker publishes a long article
this week in which It takes the gloom
iest view of tbe prospects of Spain. It
says it sees no chance of the war in
Cuba "ceasing to Outrage humanity un
til popular feeling in tbe United States
forces its government to find a pretext
for intervening and further complicate
the situation, perhaps by naval war."
Continuing, the Speaker says it does
not anticipate a revolution or a Carllst '
rising: but it foresees a grave increase in .
tbe sufferings of the people, the repudia-
tion of indebtedness and years of Indus-
trial relapse. . 1
The Lourdes pilgrimages are in full
swing. The past week has witnessed.
the arrival of upwards of forty thousand .
people. 1 -.
WARM Wl RELETS
H. L Merrill was yesterday appointed
postmaster at Leicester, N. C. v '
Jimmy Michael.' the Welsh bicycle "
rider, e- s ly defeated J. Frank Starbuck
of Philadelphia, in- a thirty-three mile
race at the Manhattan Bsbcu track yes
terday. !;.;( . ""' :
The police of Constantinople have
arrested two Armenians at whose resid
ences they found two bombs. The pris
oners confessed that they intended to
commit outrages by tbe use of these
bombs at the Russian and Germany em
bassies. ( f.. '
The weekly bank statement shows the
following changes: Surplus reserve,' in-'
crease (870 755; loans increase 13,447,
500; specie increase $593,300; legal ten
ders. Increase $1626 800; deposits, in
cre&ss $5,407,500; circulation, increase
$66,700 The banks now hold $39,753,
650 in excess of the requirements of the
25 per cent. rule. 'v-.'-s
Secretary Sherman ' has received
prompt acknowledgement from Minis
ter Hosht, of Japan, of the secretary's
letter of last Saturday relating to the an
nexation of Hawaii to the United States.
Mr. Hoshi's acknowledgement is formal
and does not go into the ' merits of the
subject as the answer to Secretary Sher
man's last note will not be made until
Word comes from the apanese foreign
effice. - , .- -v ;
Catesby "All the world loves
a lover." , j ;
Hawkins Quit rejected) "AH but the
girl the lover nrPhiladeiphia.
North American. . I
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CONSUMPTION and aU Bronchial, Throat and
Lung; Tronblea, and all conditions of Wasting
Away. By ita timely oae thousands of apparent-
ly hopeless casea have been
7 nopeieaa casea nave oeen permanently cured.
So proot-positive am I of ita power to cure, I
will send FREE to an vone afflicted. TH write
nyone afflicted, THREB
BOTTLES of my Newly Discovered Remedies.
upon
receipt of Express and Postoffice address.
Alwava sir
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