A MIDNIGHT MUSE
Fatal Affray Between Two Col
ored Men in the "Dross
ONE RIDDLED'WITH BULLETS.
The Murderer Escaped A Quarrel About
Women the Cause of the Shooting.
Two Negro Women Arrested.
. Inquest To-day.
"Dross Neck," one of the most dis
reputable localities in Wilmington,
was the scene of a murder about mid
night last night. John Johnson, col
ored, was shot to death by another
negro, whose identity seems not to be
positively known. The most general
opinion is that his name is Ed
Johnson's body was pierced
bullets. One took effect in
Moore.
by five
the left
the left
temple, another just above
earTanother in the chest, the fourth in
the left side, very near the heart, and
the fifth in his left hand.
Policemen "Murray and Rowan, who
were within hearing of the shooting,
say that only five shots were fitted and
this together with the fact that no
weapon was found on the dead man's
person indicate that Johnson had
nothing with which to cope with his
adversary.
Lillie Hicks and Alice Jones, two
lewd colored women, were arrested
soon after thesbooting and locked up
as important witnesses. It was at the
Hicks woman's house, near the corner
of Second and Brunswick streets,
that the row started and in
front of Alice v Jones' house
across the street that the murder was
committed. It seems that theN mur
dered man and Lillie Hicks had a
quarrel and Ed. Moore, the supposed
murderer, who is the woman's lover,
took up the quarrel. Johnson left the
house and went across the street and
knocked for "admission into Alice
Jones' house. She refused him ad
mission because of the -quarrel
and it appears that Ed. Moore came
across the street from Lillie Hicks'
house aud renewed the row. Johnson
was on the Jones woman's porch. No
one seems to have seen the shooting.
One ofthe men was heard to say "If
you com" any uearer I will kill you!"
The five shots then followed in quick
succession aud John Johnson was
stretched upon his face across the
sidewalk. . v ,
Sergeant Hewlett and several other
officers were summoned to the scene
and the vicinity was scoured for the
murderer, but at a late hour this morn
ing he was still at large. He is said to
have returned to the scene of the shoot
ing and ascertained that he had killed
his man and then left again. He came
into "Dross Neck" in company with
John Walker, colored, one carrying a
banjo and the other a guitar.
The murdered man was about 26
' years of age, and has a brother, Alex.
Johnson, who lives at the corner of
Tenth aud Mulberry streets. Coroner
Jacobs viewed the body about 2 o'clock,
and turned fche remains over to Under
taker Evans! The inquest will be held
at 10 o'clock to-day.
RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET.
Manager Schloss' Combination The
Worth Bagley Monument Congress
man Skinner Defies Butler.'
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, August 10.
Raleigh and Wilmington make a
A. Schloss. of the Wilmington Opera
House, has realized this. He Is the
lessee of the Academy of Music here,
and by having the two best opera
houses in the two best cities in the
State he is enabled to offer the best
attractions this year. He has pre
pared a good batch of attractions for
both plaees.
The Worth Bagley Monument Asso
ciation has been organized, with Wil
liam Russ, mayor of Raleigh, presi
dent; T. B. Elridge, secretary and D.
E Everitt," treasurer. The associa
tion finds over $2,400 has already
been raised by popular subscription
from one cent to one dollar. The
following was adopted by the associa
tion at its first meeting:
''Resolved, That this association will
proceed, at the earliest practicable
day, to erect to the memory of the
young here of Cardenas a monument
in the form of a statue representing an
ensign in the navy of the United
States : said monument to be located
in Capitol Square, in the heart of the
citv. orovided the consent of the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina shall
be obtained thereto." ,
The statue will be of bronze and will
he made according' to exact measure
i?ients of Ensicm Bagley 's physique
while full-back of the Naval Academy
foot ball eleven.
Congressman Harry Skinner is here
Hb defies Butler and laughs at the
Spnatnr's recent editorial abuse. He
RAVH there is no understanding in his
district between Populists and Repub-
hcans wnereby a rxepuoucan juuge
and solicitor are to be electea. ki
ner went home at noon.
Superintendent Mewborne has gone
to the State farm at iianiax.
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peace PROSPECTS
MORE PROMISING.
Protocol Embodying Proposed
Terms for Negotiation of a
Treaty Approved.
10 BE SUBMITTED TO SPAIN,
H Includes the Evacuation of Cuba and
PoT Wco and Provision for the
Suspension of Hostilities Under
Certain Condition?. '
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Washington, Aug. lO.-The pre
liminary negotiations looking toward
the confirmation of peace advanced
a long step to-day when the Secretary
of State and the French ambassador
agreed upon the terms upon which
future negotiations for a treaty of
peace are to be conducted, and re
duced these to the form of protocol
This protocol, it is true, is yet to be
signed and is to be submitted to the
Spanish government before the formal
signatures are affixed, but the ad
ministration's view as to the progress
made to-day, was set out in Secretary
Day's sentence; "It is expected that
this protocol will be executed."
There is always the possibility in
dealing with the Spanish government
that it may recede at the last moment
from an implied agreement, but it is
scarcely' probable that it would be
willing to involve the French ambas
sador in the difficulties that would
follow what to the world would seem
to be a repudiation of his benevolent
efforts in behalf of Spain.
There Most be
Delay,
possibfy from twenty-four tojjforty
eight hours, before the next step can
be taken and the protocol made bind
ing upon both the United States and
Spain by the attachment of the signa
ture of the plenipotentiaries, Secretary
Day for the United States and M.
Cambon for Spain. The delay will be
largely attributable to physical causes.
The protocol is long; it must be trans
lated and turned back and forth into
code and simple language no less
than five times before it reaches Mad
rid through the French foreign office.
This work was not begun until late
this afternoon after ' it had consumed
the best energies of Assistant Sec
retary Adee of the State Department
and M. Thiebaut, Secretary of the
French embassy in the preparation in
formal shape of two copies of the .pro
tocol one in English and one in French.
These were prepared very carefully,
the idiomatic variance in the two
languages necessitating the greatest
caution in order that the identical
character of the two copies should be
preserved. , The length of the protocol
will impose a great amount of labor
upon the cfpher clerk, or whoever is
charged with the work of rendering
the original into cipher, so that alto
gether it is apparent the consumption
of time involved in purely mechanical
functions will be so considerable
as to make the rendition of a very
early answer improbable.
Character of the Protocol.
As to the character of the protocol
it can be stated on authority that the
terms are in all practical points those
set out in the abstract of the Presi
dent's conditions published from the
White House a week ago. From this
fact it is deduced, that the extra con
ditions or qualifications sought to be
impbsed by the Spanish government
werKabandoned, at least in large part.
by tnb French ambassador. This de
duction is supported by the circum
stances that in the early morning and
before the conference between Secre
tary Dav and M. Cambon, which re
sulted in the agreement, there was a
prevalent impression, based upon the
utterances of public men who had
talked with the President, that the
.Spanish answer was unsatisfactory
and that the negotiations looked as
if they might terminate suddenly.
As this situation changed so
suddenly after the conference, it may-
be fairly assumed that the ambassador
abandoned the conditions which the
President was reputed to have re
garded as unsatisfactory. It is believed
that the protocol carries within itseii
provision for the cessation of hostili
ties. On this point the natal contin
gent is urgent that our government
adopt the Napoleonic policy of refus
ing to enter into an armistice wunoiu
acquiring some substantial pledge to
secure the consummation of peace.
What they particularly desire is that
our government snail demand as a
condition of a cessation of hostilities,,
the surrender to the United States
military forces of Morro Castle at the
entrance of Havana harbor and some
such points of vantage at other im
portant ports in the territory soon to
fall under our control.:
The Commissioners.
The peace negotiations are -now be
lieved to be advanced toa point where
the President has felt warranted in
turning his attention to the selection
of the commissioners to be charged by
the United States with the drafting of
a treaty of peace. So far as can be
gathered, but one man has been posi
tively determined upon, namely,
Secretary Day, wno wiii , neau tne
commission. Beyond that point there
is no certainty, although some prom
inent names nave been brought for
ward. Mr. Woodford, our last min
ister to Spain, has been so mentioned,
though as he is credited witn enter
taining a desire to return to Mad
rid .in" the capacity of United
&ttes "minister after the war,
the twfltanabitions might conflict;
a peack9ommissioner not always bejng
welcome as a minister resident, par j
ticularly where he has been a party to
forcing an obnoxious peace upon the ;
country to which he is to be accredited.
Ode of the names that finds universal
approval among persons versed . in j
diplomacy is that of Mr. Eustis, ex-
ambassador to France, whose staunch j
Americanism, combined with diplo- j
matic and legal ability, are urged as j
fitting him especially for appointment .
as peace commissioner. The fact that j
Mr. Eustis is a Democrat would not ;
militate his chances, as it is presumed ;
the President would rather prefer to
make the commission non-partisan.
The Naval Establishment.
Naval officers have made up their j
minds that peace is at hand and are
planning for a reduction of the naval
establishment to a peace basis. The ,
first step to be taken will be the retire
ment of the monitors from active ser-
vice. They are uncomfortable craft
to live in and afford the men little op- -portunity
for general training.
Another matter which has received
attention, is the promotions to be ac
corded to officers who have distin
guished themselves during the hostili
ties A step was made in this direc
tion to day by the submission to the
President of recommendations by tne
Secretary of the Navy for the advance
ment of all of the officers of Sampson s
fleet who distinguished themselves. It
was announced sometime ago that a
board would be appointed to decide on
all promotions to be recommended,
but for some reason this plan seems to
have been abandoned so far as some
of the chief officers were concerned.
Geo. Merritt's Force
in the Philippines is to be increased
by the 7,000 troops now at San Fran
cisco, which will be sent as soon as
transports can be obtained. Secretary
Alger said to-day that 2,000 troops
would go at once. The department has
not sufficient transports at hand to
convey the remaining 5,000 at pres
ent, but the Secretary says with
those that have already arrived and
are on the sea, together with the
2,000 which are to leave San Fran
cisco at once, General Merritt will
nave a force of 18,000 and there will
be no hurry for the embarkatiou of
the remaining troops. The depart
ment has had an offer of two ships to
transport the troops, but considered
the price asked excessive and it is pro
bable the return of the transports that
first went to Manila will be awaited.
The- secretary to-day cabled General
Merritt asking him when it was ex
pected the transports would return
to San Francisco, and if they are like
ly to reach that point within three
weeks, their return will be awaited, as
it will take at least that length of
time to get ne w transports in readiness
to carry troops.
Senate to Meet in November.
The answer of Spain to the terms of
peace not being entirely satisfactory
to the government there was some ap
prehension early in the day that
negotiations might be broken off or
further delayed. A conference be
tween tbe French ambassador and
Secretary Day at the State Department
during the morning, ho we ver,seemed to
relieve the situation, as this was fol
lowed promptly by a call of the secre
tary on the President with whom he
remained some time. After his talk
with the President the secretary said:
"We have agreed upon a protocol em
bodying proposed terms for the nego
tiation of a treaty of peace, including
the evacuation of Cuba and Porto
Rico and it is expected that this proto
col will be executed."
This Was the first admission that the
two governments at last had practically
come together on the basis of peace.
It was intimated that what remained
to be accomplished was purely formal
in character and no doubt was enter
tained that the signatures required
would be attached in due time.
It has developed that just before the
Spanish answer was delivered late yes
terday,President McKinley announced
that an extra session of the Senate
would be held doubtless in November
to consider any treaty of peace which
might be agreed upon.
Gallant Soldier Gone.
Col. John S. Fairly, a gallant Con
federate soldier, and weil known by
many Wilmingtonians, died at
Fletcher's, this State, on Monday after
noon. During the war , be served,
with the rank of major, on the staff
of Gen, W. H. C. Whiting. Later
he served as lieutenant colonel on the
staff of Gen. Wade Hampton, when
the latter was Governor of South Car
olina. For many years also he was a
prominent figure in the commercial
life of Charleston, S. C.
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for a week. At this time the child
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ANOTHER LYNCHING.
Negro Hanged by Citizens of Palestine
Texas, for tbe Usual Crime.
St. Louis, August 8. A special from
Palestine, Texas, says : Sunday morn
ing the wife of a prominent railroad
man and a young lady visiting her
were awakened by a negro in their
roomi endeavoring to chloroform
them. They screamed and he escaped.
Later, Dan Ogg, a negro, was arrested
and identified by the ladies. At mid
night a mob of 200 men invaded the
j ail. secured Ogg and hanged him in
the court house yard.
- NEGRO SOLDIERS.
High-Handed Outrage by Members of the
Tenth U. S. Cavalry. -
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Bartow, Fla., August 10. Sheriff
Tillis went to! Lakeland Monday for a
negro charged with selling liquor. He
arrested his man, handcuffed nim and
had him on the car. While waiting
for the train to pull out, twenty-five
Or thirty of the Tenth cavalry, (a
negro regiment) walked into the car
and demanded that the sheriff release
his prisoner. This Sheriff Tillis re
fused to do, when up went their' re
volvers and in a moment Sheriff Tillis
was looking down twenty-five or
thirty revolver barrels. The soldiers
advanced and took the prisoner from
the sheriff and walked off with him.
White Government Unions are
being organized all over the State. In
less than thirty days there will be one
in every precinct.
WRECKED 0FP HATTERAS.
Schooner S.
Q. Hart from Baltimore.
Crew Saved.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Hatteras, August 10. Schooner
S. G. Hart, Captain Sawyer, from
Baltimore to Fernandina, with a cargo
of coal, stranded at Little Kinnekeet,
twenty miles north of Hatteras, at two
o'clock this morning during a heavy
squall. It had a crew of eight men.
All were saved by Captain Hooper of
Little Kinnekeet life saving station.
Both vessel and cargo are a total
loss. im i
DEPARTMENT OP SANTIAGO.
Mainr Gen. Lawton to Command
Gen,
Wood to Command the City.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.
Washington, August- 10 A de
partment of the army to be known as
the Department of Santiago was
erected to-night. Major General Law
ton is assigned to its command Briga
dier General Wood will continue in
command of Santiago city. General
Shatter returns to this country with
the Fifth Army Corps. He will be in
command until he departs.
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THE ORR MURDER
IN ARKANSAS.
Tragic Denouement of the As
sassination of a Wealthy
Merchant of Clarendon.
FIVE NEGROES LYNCHEP.
Mrs. Orr Committed Suicide In
After Making Confession Story
tbe Crime A Voting Society
Woman' Implicated. .
Jail,
of
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Little Rock, Ark., August 10.
Five negroes are hanging from the
limbs of trees near the railroad track
and the widow of John T. Orr is dead
in her cell. This is the tragic denoue
ment of the assassination of John T.
Orr,a wealthy merchant, at Clarendon,
a few nights ago. The wife died from
a dose of poison, self-administered,
while the negroes, her associates in
crime, were strung up by a mob of
citizens. .
The lynched are Manse Castle, Den
nis Ricard, Rilla Weaver, Susie Jacobs
and Will Sanders.
At midnight a mob, composed of
three hundred citizens, visited the
Monroe county jail at Clarendon, took
therefrom the prisoners charged with
the murder of Orr and lynched them.
The mob was a most orderly one, not
a word being unnecessarily spoken and
not a shot being fired. They marched
to the jail and demanded the keys of
Deputy Sheriff Frank Mil wee, who
was in charge. He at first refused
their demands, but seeing their earnest
ness, turned over to them the keys. A
committnA nf thp mnh went, insinp the
j1 jail and brought out the prisoners and
nanged tnem to tne tramway ol tne
Halpern saw mill, which stands about
one hundred yards in the rear of the
jail.
The Murderers.
Will Sanders was the one who fired
the shot that killed Mr. Orr; Rilla
Weaver was the mother of Sanders,
and cook in the Orr household; Dennis
Ricard was the "hoo-doo doctor and
conjurer," who tried to poison Orr
with boiled snake-heads; and Manse
Castle volunteered to do the job and
transferred it to Sanders. Miss Rachael
Morris accused of being an accessory
before the fact, has disappeared and
her whereabouts are unknown to the
officers.
A placard bearing these words was
attached to the bodies: "This is the
penalty for murder and rape."
The negroes remained where they
were hung until 9 A. M. to day. Great
crowds viewed the sight. The negroes
seem to endorse the lynching and
many of them are open, in their ex
pressions of satisfaction over the death
of Dennis Ricard, whose arts of hoo
doo and conjuring made him an object
of dread to them.
While the five bodies swung in the
nearly morning breezes, the body of
the widow of the murdered man lies
dead in her cell in the county jail with
only the soft sweet voice of her three-year-old
child to break the midnight
silence of the gloomy cell, as the in
nocent little tot vainly cried mamma.
Somewhere a young woman, once
prominent in Clarendon society, is a
fugitive from justice, hunted by the
officers of vthe law, charged with mur
der. Her name, is Miss Rachael Mor
ris and she is the only survivor of the
coterie of seven named in the coroner's
verdict as being responsible for the
tragic death of John T. Orr.
Mrs. Orr died by her own hand.
After completely breaking down and
making a partial confession, in some
way she obtained a quantity of poison
and took the dose about 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. She never regained
consciousness. v
Story of the Crime.
Last Saturday night John T. Orr
was assassinated while making a glass
of lemonade. He bad just returned
from choir practice where his wife was
organist. The crime was shrouded in
mystery, until Miss Morris told some
body that she knew who fired the shot.
After a coronor's inquest ex
tending over two days, a verdict
was rendered charging Mrs. Orr, the
murdered man's wife, with being the
instigator of the crime. Miss Rachel
Morris, Manse Castle, Will Sanders.
Dennis Ricard, Rilla Weaver and
Susie Jacobs, the five last named
negroes, were charged with complicity
in the crime.
Mrs. Orr's Confession.
After the arrest of Mrs. Orr and the
five negroes, Mrs. Orr made a confes
sion. She admitted that she had said
to her cook that she wished her hus
band dead, and that she would be will
ing to give $200 to anybody to kill
him. But she said this was uttered
while in a fit of anger, and that she
was innocent of any criminal inten
tion. Her husband abused her, she
said, and once he struck her, and she
being of high temper herself, some
times said things in anger that she did
not mean. . j
Mrs. Orr, seeing that she would
meet death at the hands of the law,
preferred another route and conse
quently took poison. She died late
yesterday afternoon in the jail. Just
before she lapsed into unconscious
ness she willed all of her property to
her daughter Neva and placed it in
trust with the Clarendon Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, of which her
dead husband was a prominent mem
ber, John Orr was several years ago
a theatrical man and in. 1890 was
manager of a theatre in a small
Wisconsin town. There he met and
married his wife. The marriage was
clandestine and the bride's parents
were bitterly opposed to it. The Orrs
lived happily but a short time. Orr
prospered and was considered wealthy
at the time of his death. His life was
insured for $5,000.
It appears from letters received by
Mrs. Orr in the name of her cook,
Rilla Weaver, through whom all the
correspondence was conducted, that
Mrs. Orr and Rachael Morris were to
remain here until Mr Orr's insurance
money was collected, and then go to
New York where they were to meet
two men and form a theatrical com
pany.. Mrs. Orr was also in corre
spondence with other men.
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WILMINGTON MAKKET.
STAR OFFICE, Aug. 4.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 25 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 25 cents per
gallon for country casks.
ROSIN. Market steady at 92 )4 cents
Eer bbl for Strained and 97)4 for Good
trained.
TAR. Market firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm, 24'2c, 24c;
rosin, steady, $1.20, $1.25 ; tar steady,
$1.15; crude turpentine firm, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine .......... 182
Rosin..... ..-..1 920
Tar .." 176
Crude Turpentine 76
Receipts same day last year. 231
casks spirits turpentine, 1,523 bbls
rosin, 164 bbls tar, 26 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 3 3-16 cts. B
Good Ordinary 4j " "
Low Middling 5 3-16 !" . "
mddling 5 " "
Good Middling 5 .
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 0 bales; same day last
year, 1.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Caiolina--Prime,
6G65c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 70c; Fancy, 75c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 75c ; Fancy, 75c j Spanish,
7080c.
CORN. Firm; 5255 cents per
bushel. .
ROUGH RICE. $1.001.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady; nams, 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6. 50.
TIMBER. Market steady at $2.50 to
$6.50 per M. I
STAR OFFICE. Aug. 5.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 25 cents per gallon bid
for machine-made casks and 24 X
cents per gallon bid for country casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.05 per
bbl for Strained and $1.00 for Good
Strained.
TAR. Market firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, firm, 24jc, 24c;
rosin steady, $1.20; $1.25; tar steady,
$1.15; crude turpentine firm, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 195
Rosin 4 . L 474'
Tar L 162
Crude Turpentine. .A 66
Receipts same day last year. 216
casks spirits turpentine, 681 bbls rosin,
204 bbls tar, 84 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary...; 3 3-16 cts. $ lb.
Good Ordinary.... 4 "
Low Middling 5 3-16 " "
Middling...! 5 ' " 44
Good Middling. .. . 5 44 44
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 0 bales ; same day last
year, 1.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina-Prime,
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 70c; Fancy, 75. Virginia Extra
Prime, 75c; Fancy, 75c; Spanish,: 70
80c. ;
CORN Firm; 5255 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.001.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON steady ; hams 10 to 11c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7
to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to 3.25 ; seven inch,
$5.50 to 6.50..
TIMBER-rMarket. steady at $2.50 to
$6.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, August 6.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 26 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 25 cents per
gallon for country casks. !
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.00 per
bbl for Strained and $1.05 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Marke,
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits tul'pentine firm,- 24c, 24c;
rosin steady, $1.20, $1.25; tar tteady,
$1.15; crude turpentine firm, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90. . ,
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 136
Rosin 464
Tar 112
Crude Turpentine 27
Receipts same day last year. 231
casks spirits turpentine, 882 bbls
rosin, 44 bbls tar, 62 bbls crude tur
pentine.
COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5 5gc
St pound for middling. Quotations:
rchnary 3 3-16 cts. lb
j Low Middling. . . ; . . 5 3-16
. Middling: 5
h
Good Middling ..... 5 , " "
, Same day last year, middling 8c.
! Receipts 1 bale; same day last
j year, 8.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
j PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime,
r80S65c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
l'nme, yuc; nancy, yoc. Virginia
JiiXtra fnme, 75e; Fancy, 75c; bpamsh,
708c. ' .
(JUKJN. Dirm; 52 55 cents per
bushel.
RUUGil R1UE. $1.001.05 per
bushel.
ff. C. BACON. Steady; hams, 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides. 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6.50. !
TIMBER. Market steady at $2.50 to
i $6.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, August 8.
! SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
j firm at 2i cents per gallon for
1 machine-made casks and 25 cents
j per galln-i for country casks.
I ROSIN Market firm at $1.00 per
j bbl for strained and 97 for good
I strained.
i TAR. Market firm at $1.10 per
! of 280 lbs.
. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm, 24c, 24c:
rosin quiet $1.20, $1.25; tar quiet,
$1.15; crude turpentine quiet, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine.. 107
Rosin i. 334
Tar 116
Crude turpentine. 41
Receipts same day last year. 67
casks spirits turpentine, 360 bbls
rosin, 72 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur-
ie.
JOOTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Good Ordinary 3 3-18 cts $J lb
Good Ordinary 4 "
Low Middling, 5 3-16 44 44
Middling. 5 44
Good Middling 5 44 44
Same day last year, middling gc.
Receipts 4 bales; same day last
year, 0.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 60 to 65c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 70c; fancy, 75c.
Virginia Extra prime, 75c ; fancy, 75c
Spanish. 7P80c.
CORN Firm; 52Ji to 65 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.00 to 1.05 per
bushel. .
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to
lie per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25;
six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch,
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, .August 9.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing
doing.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.00 per,
bbl for Strained and $1.05 for Good'
Strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 fts.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same dav Inst, vpar
Spirits turpentine, steady, 24, 24c;
rosin auiet. 1.20. 1.25: tar ftmet.
$1.15; crude turpentine quiet, $1.30,
U.BU, I.VU.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine . . J 107
Rosin s 403
Tar 183
Crude turpentine 44
Receipts same day last year 160
casks spirits turpentine, 497 bbls
rosin, 144 bbls tar, 37 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Oidmary.... 3 3-16 cts. lb
Good Ordinary 4 44 44
Low Middling 5 3-16 44 44
Middling. BH 11 44
GoodMTddliug....s. 5 44 44
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 1 bale; same day last
year, u.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime.
60 to 65c per bushel of 28 pouuds; Ex
tra Prime, 70c; Fancy, 75c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 75c; Fancy, 75c; Spansh
7080c. '
CORN Firm; 52 to 55 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 to 1.08 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady; hams, 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five-
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2,25;
six-six, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch; $5.50
to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M. i'J
STAR OFFICE, August 10,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
steady at 25 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 22 cents per
gallon ror country casks.
KUfcUJN. Market firm at fl.00 per
bbl for Strained and $1.05 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 fts.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.50 for Dip, and $1.50 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm, 25s, 25c;
rosin quiet, $1.20, $1.25; tar quiet,
$1.15; crude turpentine quiet, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine .' 104
Rosin ,.'.!...:.....;, 302
Tar 137
Crude Turpentine 13
Receipts same day last year. 124
casks spirits turpentine, 380 bbls
rosin, 128 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude tur
pentine, r v
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary , 3 1-16 cts. $ ft
Good Ordinary 4 44 44
Low Middling L 5 1-16 44 44
Middling 5
Good Middling. 5M 41 44
Same day last
day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 1 bale ;
same day last
year, 0.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
PEANUTS North Carolina -Prime,
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 70c ;; Fancy, 75c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 75c; Fancy, 75c; Spanish,
7080c. J 1
CORN. Firm; 52 to 55 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 to $1.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady; hams, 10
to 11c per pound ; shoulders, 6 to 7c ;
sides, 7 to 8c. ,
SHINGBES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6.50. f
TIMBER. Market steady at $2. 50 to
$6.50 per M.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Cotton and Naval Stores.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
RECETPTK5 ...
For month ended August 1, 1898.
Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tor. Crude.
80 4,281 10,091 4,835 1,467
RECEIPTS.
For' month ended August 1, 1897.
Cotton. Spirits. Rortn. Tar. Crude
230 6,736 . 16J818 2,026 1,412
EXPORTS.
For month ended August 1, 1898.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin Tar. Crude
Domestic 1,000 2,622 858 3,158 1,464
Foreign 000 1,000 10,365 000 000
1,000 3,622 11,223 3,153 1,464
EXPORTS.
For month ended August 1, 1897.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tor. Crude.
Domestic 1,573 4,841 815 3,491 1,392
Foreign 000 1,003 12,210 U06 000
1,573
5,344 13,025
STOCKS.
4,597 1,302
Ashore and Afloat; August 1, 1898.
Ashore. Afloat.
Total.
5,935
1,441
50.222
Cotton........
8plrite..,
Rosin
Tar
Crude
5,935 000
1,441 ON
50,222 000
3,195 000
, 145 000
3,195
145
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat August 1, 1897.
Sprrltg. Rosin. T'ar. Crude.
1.905 30,609 1,824 52S
Cotton.
1,029
The Rev. W. B. Cortley, of Stock
bridge. Ga., while attending to his
pastoral duties at Ellenwood, that
State, was attacked by cholera morbus,
Hesavs: "Bv chance I hannened to
get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and I think it was the means of saving
U-ljT J.J1C. JLH 1 V 1UC Ok uuvo.
For sale by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist.
The Kind oa Haw Always Bought
OAS
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR SIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "C ASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S C ASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "CASTOR I A," the same that
has borne and does now bear yrjj? 071 every
the faesimile signature of &i4?yf4i&te wrapper.
This is the original "C ASTORIA" which has been used in
the hemes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
LOOK -CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the iund you have always bought - on the
r:n& has the signature of wrap
fj; No one has authority from me to use my name except
c?ntur Company, of which Chas. K-Fleteher is President. 1
. Do Not Be Deceived
Do not endangfer the life of your child by accepting
a . cheap substitiite which some . druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
"The Eind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
Insist an Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THC CINTAUW COMMNY. TT MURRAY STRICT. HCW YOOR CIT.
COTTON MARKETS.
1
New York, August 10. There was
an advance in cotton of 2 to 3 points
developed on call this morning. Later
business increased the advance to a
net improvement of 4 to 5 points. The
firmness was the result of covering
and outside buying orders following
an unsatisfactory average of weather
news, while English cables were much
better than expected. A Philadelphia
house bought freely. Buying orders
from Liverpool and the South were
also numerous. Locally sentiment
was rather disposed to hesitate and
when the governmene report .was
issued there was a break of 8 to 13
points With selling quite general, as
the official statement was quite bear
ish, giving the general average as 91.2
per cent., against popular estimates of
88 per cent. The market closed barely
steady at a net loss of 8 to 9 points.
New Yobk, August 10. Cotton
easy; middling uplands 6 l-16c.
Futures closed barely steady ; August
5.82c, September 5.85c, October 5.88c,
November 5. 90c, December 5.94c, Janu
ary 5.97c, February 6.00c; March 6.03c,
April 6.06c, May G.lOe.
Spot cotton closed Steady ; middling
uplands 6 l-16c; middling gulf 6 5-1 6c;
sales 2,7bii bales. j
PRODUCE MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
' New "Xork, August 10. Flour
steady, with a fair inquiry for
patents, w neat spot steady; jno.
77 30 ; options ougned strong
cables and foreign buying, but
turned Weak for lack of contihu
cal support; bears hammered tbe late
market On favorable Northwest news
and predictions of larger, receipts ; '
closed K?c net lower; there was a
good export demand ; No. 2 red Sep
tember 70 ll-1671c, closed 703c"
December closed 69X?- Corn Spot
firm; No. 2 39 yic options opened
steady on a good cash demand, but
later gave way with wheat and closed
c net wer, September 37 5-1 6c,
closed 37?c ; December closed 37c.
Oats Spot steady; No. 2 28c; op
tions were dull and lower; closed
at c net loss; September closed 25;?.'.
Lard quiet; Western steam $5 60; Sep
tember ,$5 62, nominal; refined firmer;
Continent $5 85. Pork quoted firm.
Butter market was steady; Western
creamery l4J19c; do factory 11
14c; Elgins 19c; imitation creamery 13
16c; State dairy 13 17c. Cheese
firm; large white 7j; large col
ored ?c. Potatoes steaidy ; Jerseys
$1 501 75; Long Island $150176;
sweets $3 00 4 00. Cotton seed oil
steady; prime crude nominal; prime
yellow 2324. Petroleum dull. Rice
hrra. Molasses steady. Cabbage steady ;
Long Island $2 252 50. Coffee
Spot Rio in fair demand and steadier ;
No. 7 invoice 6K6Xc; No. 7 job
bing 6 56Me: mild, very steady; Cor
dova 815c. Sugar raw strong, with
a good demand at an advance; cen
trifugal 96 test 4Xc; fair refining 3 &'c;
several lots changed hands on a basis
of the higher prices ; refinect very firm
and active.
Chicago, August 10. Short sell
ing to-day encouraged by magnificent
crop prospects wiped out an early
bulge in wheat. September closed c
net lower and December c. Corn
lost iic. Oats declined 4c Provis
ions closed strong at 32Jc advance for
pork ; 12415c for lard and 15c for
ribs.
Chicago, August 10. Cash quota
tions : Flour was steady. Wheat No.
2 spring c ; No. 3 spring 7072 ; No.
red 74 75c. Uorn Wo. 3 33ic.
Oats No. 2 22c; No. 2 white
free on board, 2728ic; No. 3
white free on board, 25 527c.
Mess pork, per bbl., $9 10 9 15.
Lard, per 100 fts., $5 255 30.
Short rib sides, loose $5 205"40.
Dry salted shoulders, boxedj $4 62
4 8754. Snort clear-sines, boxed,
$5 655 75. t
.Baltimore, August 10. Flour quiet
and unchanged. Wheat firmer spot
76M76c: month 7575!4C; Sep
tember Ti 73c. Southern wneat by
sample 7077Je. (Jorn hrmer spot
37 38c; month 37X37Jc; Sep
tember 3738!c. Southern white
and yellow corn 3940c. Oats weak;
N . 2 white 3131c. .
EXPORTS FOB THE WEEK.
COASTWISE.
New York Schooner Murdock
244,362 feet of lumber; vessel by
Geo Harriss'. Son, & Co; cargo by Cape
Fear Lumber Co. I
New York Steamship Benefactor
588 bbls spirits turpentine, 625 do
tar, 8 do rosin, 68,598 feet lumbar, 47
packages, 5 bales deer tongue, 39 cases
cotton nannel.
New York Schooner B I Hazard
298,999 feet lumber by the Cape Fear
Lumber Co. ; vessel by Geo Harriss,
Son SC Co.
FOREIGN.
Samana Schooner Willie A Mc
Kay 19 kegs nails, 50,000 feet white
pine boards, 30,000 feet pitch pine
boards and scantling, 6 poles rough
pitch pine 100 feet, 15 quintols of
paint, 60 gallons paint oil; 40,000 feet
nitch nine boards and scantling ; total
valuation, $1,570.65; vessel by Geo
Harriss. Son & Co. ; cargo by master
for W & A Learn an.
Was I
swing I
2 red
ba 1
Acting under orders from Washing
ton, Commodore Remey has released
the Norwegian steamers Aladdin and
Bergen, recently captured while
bound from Tampico and Vera Cruz,
Mexico, for Sagua La Grande, Cuba.
The ground for their release is that
Sagua is not a blockaded port
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Benefactor, 637 tons, In
gram, Georgetown. JI G Smallbones.
Stmr A P Hurt , Robeson, Fayette-
viile, Jas Madden,
Swed baraue Hestia. 550 tons.
Johannson, Pernambuco, Heide & Co.
Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, Hale.
New York, H G Smallbones.
Schr Walter Sumner, 146" tons, Mc
Lean, Guadaloupe, Geo Harriss, Son
&Co.
Schr Chas Linthicum, 125 tons,
Colston, Morehead City, Geo Harriss,
Son & Co.
Nor barque Vascode Gama, 569tonsj
Skjildso, Pernambuco,
"Pa t.t rs n rX..
Downing & Co.
CLEARED.
Schr Willie A McKay, 146 tons,
"(T ai t ........... o.,., nv;f.A
(J Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Barque Carrie L Tyler, Shierlook,
LCharleston, Navassa Guano Com-
panv.
Schr Jessie Murdock, 342 tons,
Wheatley, New York, Geo Hajriss,
Son & Co,
Schr B I Hazard, 373 tons, Blatch-
. i tit . tt i r tt :
Steamship Croatan, 826 tons,'lale,
Georgetown, H G Smallbones.
Wholesale Prices Current.
WThe following quotatlonsTepresent wuolw
Prices generally. In making up emir,
higher prices have to be chanted: . ' r
The Quotations are always given me wurHr:y
as possible, but the star will not be rfisponwbsi
tor any variations from ie actual oiai feet pric
of the articles auoted.
BAUGINU-
3 m Jute
Standard
7
1
12H
8
7 .
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams? B ., ... u
Sldflswib....
Shoulders W B..
i
g
DRY SALTED
Blaes V
Shoulders 99 lb
BARRELS-SplritS Turpentine
secona-nana, eacn
New New Mork, each .
1
& 1
1
10
20
10
24
HOW TT A9PD. . un
BEESWAX 9 i
BRICKS
Wilmington ?M 5 00
00
Northern
9 00 14 00
BUTTER f '
Nortn Carolina y v
Northern k.. Sws
15
IS
lb
51
51
60
26
11
CORN MEAL i
Per bushel. In sacks
Vinrlnla Meal . r. .
9
m
COTTON TIES Imij.lfe.;
CANDLES
f.
sperm ...
Adamantine...,-: I-
CHEESE V
Northern Factory .
Dairy, Creanrc
State...... ..
COFFEE -
Laguyra i
Rio i -. 8
ie
EOMESTICS- '
Sheeting, 4-4, V yam
Tarns. bunch 18
EGGS dozen - 11
Mackerel, no. i, v barrel. . . sk oo
Mackerel, No. 1, half -bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 2, V barrel.. 16 00
Mackerel. No. 2 half -bbl. 8 00
Mackerel, No. 3,t barrel.. 18 00
Mullets, barrel. .....
Mullets, V pork barrel
N. XI. Roe Herring, V keg. . 8 00
DryCod, t.... ........... 5
BTtm v l
FLOTJR- 1b-
Low grade
Choice i.
Straight : 4 00
FlrstPatent -
GLUE V P- 7H
GRAIN a bushel -
Corn.from store.bgs wnlte
Car load. In bags White. . .
Oats, from store. : 88
Oats, Rust Proof ....
Cow Peas 90
50
HIDES 9 ,
Green ....
Dry A
HAY, V 100 -
Clover Hay so
Rice Straw '
Eastern
Western .........
North River .......
HOOP IRON, 1&
IjAKD, V b , ;TV
Northern s
Norm Carolina.
LIME, tt barrel. . .
1 15
LUMBER (city sawed) tt M ft-
Ship Stuff, resawed.. 18 00 & 20 00
Rough-edge Plank 15 00 & 16 00
West India cargoes, accord
ing toquallty 13 00 O 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 22 00
Scantling and Board, cora'n 14 00 15 00
MOLASSES. V sallon
Bar Dadoes, in nogsnesa . .
Bar Dadoes In barrels
Porto Rico, in hogsheads...
Porto Rico, in barrels
Sugar-House, In hogsheads. It
Sugar-House, In barrels.... 14
SvruD. In barrels 13
26
28
27
NAILS tt keg. Cut. 60d basis.. 1 40
roKK. v oarrei
City Mess ......v.. uoo
Rump
Prime
ROPE, tt lb 10
SALT, tt sack Alum
Liverpool 70
American 70
On 126 Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-ir.ch. tt M. ....... 5 00
Common l to
cypress saps
SUGAR, ib -Standard Gran'd
Standard A
White Extra C
Extra C, Golden....,
C. Yellow
SOAP. tt Northern
STAVES, tt M-W. O. barrel... 6 00
4
14 00
10 00
k. u. noesneaa
TIMBER, tt M feet Snipping . .
Mill, Prime ,
Mill. Fair 6 60
Common Mill 4 00
Inferior to Ordinary...
8HINGLE8,N. C. Cypress sawed
M 6x24 heart 7 60
9 00
7 00
6 60
3 60
8 00
&
SaD 6 00
5x84 Heart 4 60
" Sap 4 00
6x24 Heart 6 00
" Sap 5 00
T ALLOW $ lb
WHISKEY, tt gailon'NortKer n, 1 00
North Carolina. 1 00
WOOL -Uuwmehed. ....... 8
v. .. M '