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I LA 1 - W Ji onsyairous and sor did a soul as tha hid awafr in Mark Tfann u ua u ... WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 11 A TTV Iimir nrvji VMM JUKI KWUKl. The Condition and Management of Court House and Counfy Jail Condemned. CITY asssaasa otered at the Pom Office at l Claaa Ma .N. C. at I -re uuuu amps ior less money than foreign pipers can. Wi the immense mann maa n mj, iH omDer and cheap iron ai& toe quicjcer hand and more effici pnacipies or not it is one of the ove-worked deartmentr where the forfee employed is kept hustling to kep up wi the work and then ca??c t do it. The ' result is thrfbn- 1 - x HOSPITAL WELL KEPT. Favorable Report as SUBSCRIPTION P tCfi. ? " iff SAT-!? 9 oo , r .... f awchinery which the Americfc ? ' fo? P18 sometimes have builder has TVS I for months to hear from them AN OBJECT LESSON. im proanect of war with Spain and the consequent hurrying up to provide "means of defence for our coast oitiea, the massing of our available warships at points from which they could act as emergencies might demand, the plans for coii verting steam merchantmen into war vessels, and the purchasing of ships from other nations have served as an object lesson, showing the necessity of a merchant marine from which in emergencies vessels might bo drawn and converted into war vessels for the defence of our coasts and the protection of our coasting vessels. We have no such merchant marine now and never will have until the laws that stand in the way are repealed or so modified as to make it practicable for Americans to have ships built in our own ship yards, or to purchase them in foreign countries, i As we have heretofore stated in discussing this subject there aro two things in the way, one the pro tective tariff, the other the naviga tion laws. The former of these levies tribute on ship materials which adds to the costs of building ships and makes it more difficult for our ship builders to compete with for eign ship builders who have the advantage of untaxed materials and the privilege of buying where they can buy the cheapest. This is the only advantage they have over our ship builders but this is a very great one, too great perhaps to be entirely overcome by the more economical methods of our builders, who make machinery do much of the work that the European builder does by the slower and consequently more costly hand. This protection is ostensibly in the interest of our ship builders, and while it may, with the navigation laws in force, give them a moijJpoly of building vessels to ply in our1 own waters, it cuts them off fronti&om peting with foreign builders faff the building of ships for service ah the high seas. But if it were mt for the navigation laws we might I tand the protective tariff and still build up. a merchant marine although they would be foreign and not American ships that would compose it. These laws a century old, the in tention in the enacting'of which was good, and which worked well for a time, forbid American registry to any foreign built ship, and the con sequence is that when an American buys a ship abroad, it is classed as a foreign ship and sails under a foreign flag, for the simple reason that it cannot sail under the Ameri can flag. The American who has money to invest in ships for ocean traffic cannot afford to have his ships built in our ship yards and pay from twenty fiveto thirty per cent, more for them than he would have to pay abroad, and compete with the ship owners of other countries, and for this reason when he wants to buy a ship he goes where he can buy to the best advantage, and then must raise some foreign flag on a mast that ought to carry the American flag. If these antiquated navigation laws which have long ceased to ac complish any good, ''but do much harm, were repealed or so modified as to give Americans the privilege to buy their ships wherever they pleased and bring them into their own ports under their own flag, as the citizens of other countries can, then the shackles would be re moved from American enterprise and Americans would have some show to enter the race of competition with the seafaring men of other na tions, and we would before many years have a respectable merchant marine, which would not be princi pally composed of foreign built ves sels either. It is said that Amerioan builders charge more for the work they turn out because with the registration laws they have a monopoly of the building of ships for our lake and coast service. If with the registra tion laws repealed or so modified as p permit the purchase and Ameri canizing, so to speak, of foreign built ships, it were found that our f hip-builders ' were put at a disad vantage by the tariff duties on ship materials these could be re builder has to count upon therei n J .irt- gouu tt ix j -LuiH coan t J ouuuiu noc soon become a bu and seller of ships instead buyer. But the way to make the - start and to train up men, as we 'once had them, for marine avocation is to make it practicable for Amer- leans to own aid tpfcen wait months longer before te; patents are issued, all of which ie a cause of vexation to inventors, and necessitates an outlay of money Ijfcafc a good many can't afford bo oauee the majority of inventors are poor persons who find it difficult to earn the money to emjfloy attorneys to look after their S ims hv rAniAVinn Va I lili , - r .1 mj; 1JJ.C I I IftlTxin T a onH wn 0 restrictions which nrevent if an. ITT "J m ' a uijgii iNiLri ii. i ii i ir'M unin ra ct ms si If ny department of the Gtovern meit should be run as nearly as possible on the cost basis it is the Parent office. It should not be necessary for the applicant for a patent to employ an attorney to file ms papers and look after his case war tnus save to this country about $300,000,000 annually paid out to tne owners of foreign ships for oci" uuu give us a mer- 1 . ... 4 uiMMii marine to tram men to the sea and from which the Govern ment could draw in time of need stalled manners to man the ships that defend our flae. Whether we have war with Spain or not the war on these antiquated navigation laws should never cease until they are wiped out or so mate rially modified as to be harmless, for in these days of territorial ex pansion, commercial rivalry and conflicting interests there is no tell ing when we may become involved with other nations much more for midable than Spain. MINOR MENTION. to County Home. Cowl Adjourned for the Tent After Disposing of the Pew Cases. oh the Docket The March term of New pmover Circuit Criminal Court was formally adjourned yesterday at 1 P. M. after a forenoon session of unusual interest The cases on the day s docket were not of interest; but the especial feature of wie session was the report of the grand jury, in which complaint was made as u tne condition and management of several county institutions. xne report first sStforHh he fact that me jury had found forty-sik true-bUls six not true bills, and three returned for lack of witnesses. The jury reported the Court House m an unsatisfactory condition as to cleanliness. They recommftJd 'thai. ARTILLERISTS. Battery !, of the Second Regi ment Arrived Here Vester-. day via the S. A. L. FINE LOOKING SET OF MEN. Left on the Steamer Wilmington for Fort Caswell Heartily Cheered by Crowds of People Along the River Frost. Battery I, of the Second Reo-imAnt U. S. ArtiHery, arrived at about 12.30 o'clock over the Seaboard Air Line yesterday! In spite Of the W tw the depot is a good way off. bv thS time the train pulled in there were several hundred people on the ground to Bee what heavy artillery is lifc As the train approached and the cam paign hats shading :the sun-burned faces of the representatives 6f Uncle Sam's regular army were seen thrust out of the car windows, there was a thrill of enthusiasm that ran through the whole crowd. TtaaiAc J-U un it . armierymen wno were THE CALL TO ARMS. Fear. Admission to the fort and an examination of the defences are not allowed, but it is presumed that the arrangements are similar to all other ' disappearing batteries, a description of Official Summons of the Execu- which in a general way follows: i . ZL3 . To an observer, on a shin within ' t,Ve em81,ttee for the State the fences be painted and that a carpet on the train' there were several gentle " wxn in tne snentt's office ; that wno went ut " Navassa and re- the sidewalk along the county's pro- turned with the soldiers. Among the perty on Third street to Market be number was Capt Don MacRae, of Paved. the Wihnington Light Infantry, who The report stated that th in-1 repeated the invitation unless in the event of litigation, oH bad visited the County Jail and tended through Capt. W. E. Craighill, aavorse decisions, where he miffht enmic he was entitled to the re verie. The office should employ at torneys whose business it would be to draw up the papers and put them in sjiape for filing. All this could be donje out of the surplus earnings of the office and thus save applicants the needless expense of employing attorneys and the extortion that is very often practiced upon them by grasping patent attorneys. It would alsd expedite the business of the of fice and prevent the long delays and annjoying vexation to inventors. Other Governments do this and this Government can do it just as well as they can. American inventive ge nius should be encouraged rather Senator Hanna is not a Solomon and individually his opinions or utterances are not entitled to any more consideration or importance than the opinions or utterances of any other well informed person, but I than discouraged and hampered nis Known intimate relations with - U , , r J L t a -ar - w- i I . uc iiewutai, Deiore jJir. mcJS-inley A'he . attachment of the doe to voauie jrresiaent ana since, gives I master or mistress is proverbial, but more man ordinary importance to his utterances as to prospective poli cies that Mr. McKinley in his ad ministration may pursue, or on which it may have a shaping influ ence. Senator Hanna has never de monstrated any friendship for Cuba, or sympathy with the stragglers for freedom, and so substantially declares in the following from a recent inter view in Washington. In answer to an inquiry concerning the report that there was a syndicate formed fh this country to buy Cuba, of which he was one, he said: "While my; name has been freely used in connection with some such scheme, and in general indorsement of some such idea, the fact is I am now and always have been opposed to any such solution of the complica tions over Cuba. I am omosed to sometimes he is too much so. A big vNewfoundland dog belonging to an old colored woman in New York took his position in the door and prevented the entrance of people summoned by the screams of the old woman, whose clothes had caught Hre, and she burned to death while they were trying to persuade the dog to permit them to enter with out chewing them up. annexation, for we neither need nor want the island with its motley population. I am opposed to this Government indorsing Cuba's honrls or being in any way responsible for the conduct of such government as they might set up there, because such a protectorate for it would be that would be a source of constant trouble to this country. "I am not one of those who would go so far as to advocate peace at any price, but I do believe there is a way to solve the present difficulties honor ably without war. Are we not doing our full duty from the standpoint of humanity if we alleviate the sufferings of the women and children whose con dition, brought about by the methods of Weyler, has attracted the attention of the entire civilized world? We can UO that without interfering with Spain's rights. We are doing it now, and we can continue to doit Better spend a million dollars in relieving that suffering than bring on a war that would cost hundreds and thou sands of millions. I do not believe that the public sentiment of this coun try calls for war. "Speaking of the Maine incident, he said; 'We may never know what was the direct cause of the disaster. If it is at all; uncertain, we should cive the Spanish Government the benefit of the doubt. ' Our navy and our country can afford to do that. " 'If Spain is technically responsi ble, because of its being the act of some of her people, she will doubtless make any reparation that is just. j " 'As sensible people we must not lose sight of the fact that Europe is armed to the teeth, and that whatever we do in regard to Cuba should have the moral support of Europe. As long as we keep strictly within the bounds of right and justice we will have such support.' " Mark Hanna is , a cold-blooded man, whose thoughts have been so much engrossed and life devoted to the accumulation of money and accomplishment of his selfish schemes that the higher and no bler sentiments have no place in his make-up. After all his Jparty's professions of sympathy with the Cubans struggling for freedom, he declares that we discharge in full the obligations of humanity by sending cornmeal and meat and medicine to the starving and dis ease stricken, and that the "rights of Spain" appeal more to us than the voice of the brave men who for over three years have made a heroic struggle for freedom and suffered more for it than any people on the face of the each ever did before. The cowardly utterance, in the con clusion, about "Europe armed to the teeth" is too craven for even as un- We have heard Of "salting" mines and sanding cotton, but salting cotton is a new thing. The Char lotte Observer tells of a mill in south Carolina which last week bought six bales of cotton with so much salt in it that the Salter made $6 a bale by the operation. If he Were known a brine ought to be made with that salt and pickle him in it. KJunu u m a very conditio They urged that the interior be white washed. The prisoners were reported in a filthy condition. The food one and a half pounds of bread and three slices of salt meat for each prisoner per day was declared insnfflnf and poorly prepared. They recom mended that the drain pipe from the interior 6f the jail be put in better or der, and also that a patrol wagon be purchased jointly by the city and county authorities. With reference to the City Hos pital the grand jury reported that it was well kept, and recommended that wards B and C be ceiled; that hot water be put in the colored wards; that the dead house and stables be moved further from the msjai build ing, and that the colored wards be painted and the hospital whitewashed throughout. The report closed with a favorable report as to the condition and man agement of the County Home and a recommendation that the full penalty or tne law be meted out to persons convicted of carrying concealed weapons. The report was signed by Mr. D. H Lippitt as foreman and Mr. Geo. P. Cotchett as secretary. When the report had been read Jailor W. W. King addressed the court, saying that he had held the position of deputy sheriff and jailor for seven or eight years and had al ways striven to do all in his power for the comfort of his prisoners. Food was furnished, he said, by the sheriff and prisoners were given afl they could eat And that if at any time sufficient food had not been furnished, he would resign his position. He brought up a number of the in mates of the jail and questioned them before the Court as to how"they were being fed and all of them said that the fare and treatment was satisfactory Jailor King has secured a statement vorps oi mngmers, U. S. A., offering the full liberty of the W. L. I. armory. The previous arrangement, however, was adhered to and the W. L. I. cour tesies could not be accepted. At the depot awaiting the arrival of the train was Commander Geo. L. Morton, of the North Carolina Naval Battalion, accompanied by Lieutenant W. m! Atkinson, adjutant of the battalion. These paid their respects to Capt. Louis V. Caziarc, the officer in charge of Battery I, and expressed their will ingness to render any assistance possi ble. The crowd who had gathered to see the soldiers were not disappointed in their expectations. Thelirtilleristsare fine, sturdy fellows, well drilled in artillery tactics, under strict dis cipline, and in every way men who would impress almost any one as be ing able to fight bravely and hold out at it for a long time. The troops number 48. This is not so many as it was first thought would come, but the smallness of" the num ber is explained by the fact that nearly a dozen of the men were kept at the hospital sick with measles. There were enough, however, lo warrant the assertion that Fort Caswell will be well defended. Capt Louis V. Caziarc is in com mand. The roll of the other officers and men follows : First Sergeant P. Samgan. Sergeants M. Kenney, C. Flynn, G. Taylor. Corporals W. J. Heiseman, Herbert Johnson, Ellis Edwards, F. Krauss. ' Musicians Felse and McKuhns. Artificers Allen and Eldridge. Privates Askew, Bagby, Barnes, Bo wen, Bridgman, Cobb, Cornwall, Garrett Gossett, Harris, Hodge, Hodges, Holmes, Hopewell, f Ivey, Jelks, Jolley, Johnson, Kennedy, Lewis, Moore, Mosten, Parker, Payne, Pearce, Phelps, Price, Robertson, range or a fort carrying disappearing guns the fort is not visible. Any where in the long line of white sand which usually marks the shore may be concealed a nest of the death deal- ing machines which make modern warfare a thing to be dreaded. A examination or some section of the long line of sand would reveal the stone emplacement irom a thickness of twenty or thirty feet at the top increases until at its foundation from one side to the other is a distance of over one hundred and twenty-five feet of solid masonry. xi a Dan snouid be direr-.tl at tu. fort, it would, after penetrating the thick envelope of sand, strike the in clined plane of the emplacement and glance upward, in most probability without inflicting the slightest harm to anybody or anything. But what happens in the fort when the enemy's ship comes into view? As a matter of fact, neitherlhe chief gun ner nor any or the battery ever see the ship, and yet they aim the gun at nerand with mathematical accuracy. The mystery is explained by the fact that oh either side of the fort, at a suitable distance, is a station for an observer, who is on a sharp lookout for approaching vessels. As soou as thcobserver sees the vessel, the exact location is communicated from both stations by telegraph or telephone to the gunner. He is enabled by the use of a chart to train his gun so that when it flies up above the stone wall it will be accurately aimed at the ship Th chart, of course, has previously to be stadied with minute care by both the gunner and range finder. It is divided up with squares, each one representing, a certain portion of the sea surface and bearing a definite des ignation. Supposing that the range finders'' have located the vessel and communi cate its position to the fort, in ten seconds a missile weighiner three or four hundred pounds will be cleaving the air on its way to the unfortunate craft. All that the crew will seeu-if any'of its number chances to be look ing to that portion of the land line where the guns are located, will be a little cloud of smoke which the wind will soon clear away. Ordinarily, the gun rests on one end of a big spindle held completely out of sight of any person on board ship when not in use. A heavy weight on the other end but for an arrangement of compressed air would habitually hold the gun sua pended to View above the top of ithe stone emplacement When the gun is ready for hnng the compressors are loosened, the weight on the end of the spindle fliesdqwn,' the gun on the other end goes up, stopping in a posi tion and at an angle previously deter mined, and an electrical circuit is es tablished which causes the discharge The recoil then throws the gun back, the automatic -compressing arrange ment holding it in its place out of view until it is ready for firing again. Democratic Convention. THE COLOR LINE IS DRAWN. The Gauge of Battle Thrown Down tiTthe Money Power sad Trusts Countv , - w conventions Should Be Held Early to Appoint Delegates. To the Democratic Voters of North Carolina: Pursuant to a resolution of the State Executive Committee adopted at its meeting held February 22nd, I hereby give notice that the Democratic State Convention will be held in the City of Raleigh, at 12 o'clock noon, on Thurs day, May 26th, 1898. The plan of organization, recently re printed, is now in the hands of the Chairmen of the County Executive vommroees, showing the regulations governing primaries and County Con ventions. The Convention will consider the nomination of the Judran tha several Districts wherein the terms of the present incumbents expire Jan uary 1st, 1899; will announce the principles ana policy of the party, and take such action as it may see proper Judicial Conventions should be held pnor to the date fixed for the State Convention in the following Dis tricts Wi'f v ' x' uu, oixm, Seventh and Eleventh. The following resolution amending the man of nrmun'ratiAn n.. .,n St the meeting of the Committee held in jecemoer layj : xtesoivea, That all white electors who intend to vote with lis in flio no-t election, and who desire trip rp-PcrrtK lishment of Anclo Ra-jrnn and honest government in North Caro lina, are cordially invited to partici pate in all our primaries and conventions." In the adoDtion of snoh the Democratic nartv kind feeling for the colored people of North Carolina. The record of charity and kindnesses, public and private Of the white people of this State to the colored race while the Democratic party was in full nnwnr wfntoc such a suggestion. But th voter, with rare excentinns mr,f be considered one principles of government, the wisdom of economic policy; or the qualifica tions of public servants in their responsible offices, guides or controls in his choice of a ballot Sis alle giance to the Republican party' or its allies cannot be disturbed bv the nipt and disgraceful conduct of those ior wnom he votes, POWDER Absolutely Pure oyal auoHa remoen eo., new ( THE FEELING IN ENGLAND. Press and People Still Talking of an Anglo-American Alliance. SYMPATHY FOR THE CUBANS. Spain Vainly Seeking Assistance from Austria and Germany Madrid's ' - Newspapers Ridicule the United States. By Cable to the Mornlnit Star. . London, March 19. -The remarkable unanimity of the approval of both classes and masses of the mere sug gestion of an Anglo-American alliance, compels belief in the sincere desire of the British public for an entente with the United States. The fact that most of the cable dispatches from America have proclaimed that the suggestion has been seriously discussed is heartily welcome here and is regarded as ex tremely important and gratifying, as evidencing a friendly spirit. "There are," as a diplomatist put it 'inspiring hopes that the differences of the past will be buried and that Anglo Saxons in the near future will be found issuine identir.T nntc tr oil r . posed to their common interests. "It is not any stretch of imagination' to say that such a union has been longed for by the best men in Great Britain for many years, not only be cause of the genuine wish for closer bonds of friendship, but because it is a known fact that all the statesmen of Europe realize that a close alliance between America and Great Britain would constitute not only the surest fuarantee of the peace of the world, ut would afford proof that the reign of law and individual liberty is to be extended for the benefit of mankind in cmto rf t-V , 4',. ,, i l for whom he votes. Thus in tk;,w ""5,?"'"' " exunguisn u when the State is fast sinking into lis- erZente. " 7 gV" uwiur aim sname under the hands of THE COURT OF INQUIRY. As a proof that the inventive genius of this country is still active there were last iyear more than forty-five thousand six hundred ap plications for patents filed in the patent office at Washington, and noariy twenty-eight thousand pat ents issued. Connecticut led, with Massachusetts second. It is said that Spain will demand an international court of inquiry to review the findings of our court. Very likely, if the findings of our court are What Spain probably ex pects. The Spanish report will doubtless be to the effect that the Maine blew herself up. Gen. Miles is some on uniform and may be a good fighter, but he is not a born talker. He never shoots off his mouth without the gun kicking. Some one should either write his im promptu speeches or revise them be fore ho gets a chance to orate and put his foot in ft. signed by C.E. Jevins, in which he says f Siebert Smith (1), Smith (2), Smith (3), ne recently opened a sewer niDe leadino-I vvatsn, weeaen from the cells in the jail to the sewer in the jail yard and that he found the pipe filled with bread and meat, put in there by the prisoners. This is evi dence, he thinks, that they are well fed. Business disposed of in the Court yesterday was as follows: New trial ordered for Alex. Roan, colored, the jury which heard the case Friday having "agreed to disagree." Boan gave a $60 bond for his appear ance at the next term of Court. New trial was allowed for Ed. Wil son, recently convicted of assault and battery. Mahaney and Minnie Holmes were found not guilty of perjury. As foreshadowed in Thursday's Stab, Judge Sutton will spend this week with his family in Fayetteville and Solicitor Richardson will attend Court in Carteret county. Continues fn Session at Key West Movements of Battleships Bodies, from the Maine Wreck. a fusion administration, which regards ucimor tue r ignis oi person or pro perty, nor the good name and honor of the State, the call to duty is ad dressed to the white men of North Carolina. ' ' In national matters no more vital principles can affect the people and their welfare than those which mark the present line of conflict, where the plain people of the country have thrown down the gauge of battle to the money power and the trusts. The increasing control of the necessaries of life in the few, by open violations of the law, and the enhancement of the purcasing power of money, with the ever decreasing value of property, mark the exigency of the hour. Of the affairs in our beloved: State no words should be needed to awaken the patriotism of her sons. A political campaign is just ahead of us, m which the wae-er of tha nnntaat ia the good name and prosperity of North Carolina, We should begin work at once ; prescribing no test oath to our renow citizens, but extending a warm welcome and full fellowship to all Discussing the subject, the Spectator remarks: 'The Americans are quite right in assuming that they will have the support of the Britishers should a continental alliance attempt to oppress them. If our people once realized the condition of Cuba , half of Eng land would be calling the Americans hard names because they have not in tervened earlier to stop the horrors perpetrated at .their very doors." The curious mixture of pacific assu rances and announcements of active preparations for war which are coming from the United States keeps the prophets guessing; but the opinion is gaining ground that the outlook is 1 improving and that war will be finally averted by a Spanish retreat under some more or less specious excuse and an agreement to recognize the claims of the United States; for, in spite of stories to the contrary, Spain is well aware that it is useless to ouild hopes of sympathy from the European powers. Spain's Appeals For Aid. Berlin, March 19. In spite of denials, the Queen Recent of Rmin A Massachusetts man has con trived an aluminum house, which can be folded up and weighs with stove and cooking utensils only 130 pounds. It is large enough when put up for four persons. It is -fireproof, too. Damaged on Lookout Shoals. The Austrian steamship Kimon,. which arrived in port a couple of weeks ago with Spanish pyrites for Powers Gibbs & Co., has been found to be so badly damaged by getting on the shoals at Cape Lookout that it will be impracticable for her to take on a cargo. After getting her cargo out and pumping out the water ballast in the tanks it was found that the latter were so badly wrecked that the bolts could be rattled about in their sockets. Captain Saha is awaiting orders from the owners of the vessel as to what to do with her. It is probable that she will be turned over to the-insurance companies. Trying to Break In. A serious charge is made against Col. Frederick Bonaparte Rice. It is said that , he has been and still is, try ing to break into the Custom House not vi et armis, but through some rotten part of the civil service net. He has" been to Washington "for his health," but it is too soon yet to de termine what will be the result. He feels sure, however, that a good posi tion on the river front, where the ; south-western breeze could fan his Mrs. Charlotte Smith wants the classic brow, wouldadd greatly to his Government to enlist 30,000 un- health and happiness. married women to fight Spain. Why unmarried? Does she think they wonld fly to arms quicker than the married sisters? Georgia is proud of another femi nine phenomenon, a 6-year-old girl who has never taken a lesson but plays on the piano and organ and manufactures her own music as she man or rather girl ipulates the ivories. It is an ill wind that blows nO good. In the event of war a philo sophical contemporary sees a com pensatory blessing in the reflection that the military drill might proe a corrective of the bicycle hump. Shipments of Spring vegetables are growing larger daily. Something over 400 packages left by freight over the Atlantic Coast Line yesterday. The battery was in the city for about four hours, but no one except Capt. Caziarc, who lunched with Capt. Craighill, came down town. Ten gal-. Ions of hot coffee, ordered by tele graph before the arrival of the train, were served the boys and after their long dusty ride they found it extreme ly refreshing. Sandwiches and other food were partaken of with a relish which showed that artillery service is likely to give one a good appetite. About 3 o'clock, First Sergeant Har rigan had his men to don their Over coats, strap their knapsacks, canteens and other accoutrements on and march down to the Carolina Central wharf to wait for the Wilmington. The men carry Krug-Jorgensen rifles and sword bayonets in sheaths at their sides. They have no other arms. They are well acquainted with the use of disappearing guns. The troops left on the steamer Wil mington at about 4.80 o'clock. The plan was to spend the night at South port on board the boat and go oyer to the fort early this morning. The train which brought the troops was in cnarge of Mr. H. S. Leard, of Raleigh, soliciting freight and passen ger agent It left two companies of ar tillery at Hamlet en route to Mobile and Savannah. One of them is Battery F, of the First Regiment, for Tybee, and the other is Battery I, of the First, for Fort Morgan. Battery I, of the Second Regiment, were in two passenger cars. There were in addition a coach for the S3 of the captain, and a car for bag gage and provisions. A good part of the soldiers' effects came by freight. Most of the soldiers are Tar Heels. One of them, Private Hopewell, was living in Wmington about a year ago. Another, Private Bagby, is a son of the late Dr. Geo. Z. Bagby, of New born. There were quite a number from Bertie and Hertford counties. Almost a member, of the company is "Jack," a fine little dog which the soldiers to a man are very fond of. They call him their "Mascot,", and the man who harms him would fare but ill. . The Onus at Caswell. t- v. A " J- V . ,1 xn commenting jan the arrrival of the battery of artillery to man Fort Caswell, it is interesting to inquire something as to the workings of the i.: i. . . . . . s gyia wiucn wouiu be trained on a By Telegraph to the Horning Star, Key West, Fla., March 19. The United States Court of Inquiry into the loss of the battleship Maine con tinued its session to-day on board the United States battleship Iowa. The United States cruiser Mont gomery sailed this morning for the lortugas with twelve-inch shells for the fleet Ihe battleship Massachusetts and exas will leave the Tortugas islands lo-aay ror namoton Koads. Judge AdVocate Maris came ashore later m the day. The court annarent. 1 111 1 T ... iy neiu a snort session. Two unidentified bodies from the wreck of the Maine were brought t i i i . . ; p. uere io-mgni on tne steamer uiivette. They will be buried to-morrow. fourteen enlisted men from two batteries of artillery stationed here left i- li f f m rrn . bu-mgxiL ior j. am pa. iney are gomg to s on xieury 10 oecome part ot a new regiment. ELECTRIC TORPEDO BOAT. who want to ioin us in oamimn I Has reneatealv and strnno-lv nnruMiWi laws and good government. An earlv I to mpeor Francis Joseph of Austria convention is hxed. where diffew.nj.oa I exert nis influence with the it any exist, will be adjusted, the plan of fight mapped out and then a united Democracy will triumph. I respectfully suggest that the county conventionsfiould be held as soon as convenieniMHke election of delegates. The M Bon of county officers and menflH rthe fWiel Assembly may be pOWpbned until later as each county convention may think advisable. Respectfully, Clement Manly, Chairman Dem. State Ex. Com. Winston, March 18th, 1898. ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT. New Invention Expected to Prove of Great Value for Coast De fence Purposes. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 19. A Willets Point special to the Brooklyn Eagle says: Officials expect great things from a new torpedo, or more properly, a small torpedo boat, that has reached this place. It is the invention of lieutenant Nicholas J. Alpine, and is an electric boat with sufficient power to carry it tlarty-fiye miles. It is ex pected to prove of great value in coast aeience service. The vessel was built at Dorehfcster Mass., and after a trial by naval offl- I shape of a buoyant mine. cerajYUB sent 10 tnis place, if is twenty-six feet long and twenty-four incnes in ammeter, including torpe do and other equipments, it weighs about 2,600 pounds. A speed of twenty knots an hour is claimed for it A 2t50-poumt torpedo contained in the interior, loaded with gun-cotton and exploded by clock work is the chief power of destruc tion. Submerged, it passes below all torpedo nettings. A cable from" the land regulates its movements and its speed, and returns it to land if not suc cessful. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the well known novelist, has instituted suit for divorce from her husband, Dr. Swan M. Burnett. The papers in the case are withheld from publication. Kush Orders at the Torpedo Statiov 0 f ortaef Is for the Cruiser Vesuvius and Other Ships. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Newport, March 19. Great activi ty is displayed at the torpedo station here. Since the Maine disaster up to yesterday, the station has gone on as usual and there was no evidence of warlike preparations. This, however, was changed bv the receint of an order irom tne in aw Department with "rush" instructions to get in readi ness for shipment of shells of the cruiser "Vesuvius and to fill at the war-heads of alL torpedoes on the island and of those that would he shipped to the station daily until the outfits for all cruisers and battleships would be completed and a number of spare ones for ; whatever auxiliary cruisers may be purchased bv the navy. f , A Death Dealing Machine. In addition to the torpedo outfits" the men at the torpedo station are work ing on a death-dealing engine in the olionn n Tm A fTTI . i nis is an monarchs of Europe, particularly jKiuperur wiiiiam, to secure their efforts to restore amicable relations between the United States and Spain. The Queen laid special stress on the necessity of maintaining the peace of Europe and securring an entente of the European monarchs against re publican, aggressive America and On the affinity of her dynasty with the Hapsburgs. It is understood that Em peror Francis Joseph while replyiny to the Queen cautionsly and conser vatively, has actually written to Em peror William, endeavorinc to elieit icnuer ius guou service m uying to maintain peace. Morejrecently Spain approached Germany and Austria with the view of obtaining assurance that they, in the event of war would assist Spain is some way or the, other. The Spanish ambassador here, Senor Mendoz de Vigo, father-in-law of Senor Polo it Bernabe, the Spanish minister to Washington, had a conference on Wednesday last with the minister for foreign affairs, Baron' von Buelow, when the latter assured him that while Germany earnestly desired the maintenance of peace, she certainly would not Pledge herself to anvthino- but the strictest neutrality. Spain is believed to have received the same an swer from Vienna and Paris. Senor Sandoval, the Spanish agent, has thus far failed in his efforts as a purchaser of torpedo boats and other warships. ; Madrid advices of Wednesday say the Government organ, El Globo, assumes a much bolder and loftier tone than lately. It compares the United States to "An immense Maine floating between the Atlantic and the Pacrfic, some of whose crew having lost their heads, are seeking to force open the magazine in order to blow it up." President McKinley, as the commander, is represented as "doing his best to restrain his unruly crew." El Globo attributes the loss of the Maine to "bad storage of her enormous quantity of explosives, arising either from too hasty prenarations for WOT The new U. S. torpedo boat Rodgers 5 Cape destination being Norfolk. hostile shin if it ahM .f saneu yesterday from the Columbia where near th mo .fl 1P tar organ shaped hollow affair. The mine opens in the center and into one-half is fitted n snnum fpama Tti Vic- vm secured in places, are four cans filled r?r f!5m wantof proper discipline on with gun-cotton, the whole discharge I frr . being equal to four service tornedoes I ."IneHeraldo, independent, confesses of sufficient power to blow the laiwwtJ W smile at seeing 'the uaiuesuip oui or water, rue nnnm half of the mine is then clamped and through the water-tight, rubber-packed hole in its too. run four wires vm. nected with the gun-cotton. Two of the wires connect with the shore and two contact wires project above the mine a distance of two feet The mine is"to be moored a few feet below the surface of the water by means of a mushroom anchor. As soon as the rush tornado nnkm are completed, which will require ten days at least the whole fnrm f. tha station will be put upon the buoyant mines. The entrances to Narraganse t bay, both east and west, have been plotted for mines by the United States engineer omce. lanicees devotinc themselves -. fV, difllcult task of trying to frighten us by clamor and warlike display." . I?ri.tisn steamer Eastry sailed Marco; 16th from Fowey for Wihnington CONSUMPTION o TS J.'JSSSKRP : 1 ve an absolute Cure for CONSUMPTION and nil Rmnh,.i ti,... . I V Tr?ble ad all condition of . Wwtinir A mwrn Hw 1Q timot.. . S m Tw""-0 y bopeleaa cases have been permanent JtSY&'ES&S I of fta power to . wui wuu -a3 to anyone i OUULM' ?! wewly Discovered Remedies, upon rece pt of Express and Postofflce address Ahnn ihimnib cos York.