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GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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Bill to Provide a St6ck Law for
) 4., f
New Hanover Passed the .
House.
THE SCOTLAND COUNTY BILL
Special Order for Wednesday Proposed
Impeachment of Judge Norwood.
State Penitentiary Three DI- u- -
rectors to be Elected. -3
5 Special Star Telegram.'
; Raleigh, N. C, February 6. The
House' to-night held its first night ses
sion and disposed of bills. The Senate
did not meet and .will not hold night
sessions for some time yet, being well
up with its calendar. 1
. Among the bills passed to-night
were: To abolish the office of tax col
lector for Robeson county; to charter
the Carolina and Northern Railroad;
to build a road from. Pages, S. C, to
Goldsboro, via Lumberton, capital
stock $500,000, all the incorporators
Philadelphia capitalists; to Relieve so
licitors from attendance 'upon courts
for trial of civil causes' only; to allow
other telegraph and telephone com-
. panies to enjoy the, same privileges as
the Western Union, as to construction
of lines along railroads. :
' Petitions and new bills introduced in
the House' to-day showed a decided
falling off in number. Only four
petitions were presented and nineteen
new bills were introduced. Among
the bills introduced was one to allow
owners of dogs to list them at the
sheriff's office for taxation, at any
time, and flius make them property.
Mr. Bountree, of New Hanover, in
troduced a terrapin bill. It restores
Section 3377 of the Code in regard to
diamond-back terrapin, except that It
makes a slight change as to the time of
catching them. The Code provides
that it is unlawful to take terrapins
. between April 15th and" August 15th,
and" later amendments extended this
time from March 1st to November
15th. No w, Mr. Rountree proposes to
. repeal these amendments and' amend
the Code so as to make it unlawful to
take diamond-back terrapin from April
1st to August 1st.
A bill of great importance was that
by Council, of Watuga, to provide for
partition of land where there are in
tervening! estates. The bill amends
Chapter 214, Laws of 1895, so as to
give tenants in common the right to
partitions in real, estate during the
existence of an outstanding life estate.
The law of 1897 provided for a sale of
such , interest, but failed to allow parti
tion of the same, and the present
amendment is intended .to give this
relief, . -
Winston introduced - a separate car
law. It makes it the duty of the rail
roads to)have separate but equal accom
modation for white and colored races.
The duty of regulating and prescrib
ing the .'rules for such seperation is
made obligatory on railroad commis
sioners, who are indictable if they fail
to adopt knd enforce such rules. ';
Among" the bills passed were the
following: To extend the time for
beginning work on thefFjJeCSwHe
. and Albermarie rait way7until 1902; to
amend Section" 2148 of; the Code,"" so
" as to allow clerks to,appoint commis
sioners. to prove a will ; to provide a
stock iawTor New Hanover.
TheJbHHo establish the Vance tex
ijlsischool as a department of the A.
r was made the . special
order atjffidiesday,
- ThecotlatffhTybill was made
; " the specialojder for Thursday , at the
expiration4Xibeorhinjj hour. '
1 At 2 o'cTqctTthe House took a recess
until 8 o'clock.
JW&e Senate. -
BTniwere introduced in the Senate
as follows? To levy a special tax for
"TTyrrell county ; to abolish- the West
L JernOiminal Circuit gurt and estab
lish a criminal couiinrita stead; to
"abolish the tax collector of Nash
county ; to repeal the dispensary law of
- Bladen county; tp establish a stock
' law in Carver's Creek township, Cum
berland county. s- .
There was discussion of the bill to re
peal Section 3113 of the Code and enact
a substitute to compel county com
' missioners to hold local option elec
tions on petition of one third of the
qualified voters, and On any day one
hundred and ' twenty days -removed
from, the general election, the counties
of Robeson, Union, Buncombe, Wilson,
p5wainrJackso3fcIIenderson, Transyl
vania, Wayne, Duplin. Pender, Lin
coln, Alexander, Catawba and Wilkes
being excepted. .. ThettLkwent "over
f UnUOa-morrow." L
.conunitiojrfSOm William jChase, -;
of South Carolina, was read, - asking
that the Legislature co operate with
the Sou thCarolina Legislature in secur
ing school books by Southern authors.
Democratic Caucus.
t . a. no joint democratic caucus
i night elected three directors forthe
! State Penitentiary, to ' fill Sslfes
caused . Vv
old board. Those choMffi'tore: . W.
C. Newland, CaldswIftlL L. Bryan,
Madison ; T. BCroj' derWake. There
is some qrHs tCnnjimber of
vacancies, whether thereto three or
only one. ' 'A M
In compliance with a request from
J. C. Stevenson, of Wilmington, the
House Judiciary Committee has post
poned final consideration of the
Stevenson trust bill till Wednesday
afternoon. This is to give brokers and
other business men an opportunity to
be heard. Mr. Rountree vigorously
opposed the bill in committee this after
noon. . ? a
The House Judiciary Committee
further discussed Judge Norwood's im
peachment and decided to subpoena
witneses to appear and testify Wednes
day. The only witness examined to
day was R. L. Cooper. He said Nor
wood had signed several papers for
him as "Judge twelfth district" since
January 1st, the time when Judge
Moore's term of office began. Witnesses
Wednesday will be examined as to
Judge Norwood's drunkenness.
Scotland -County. . ;
. The Scotland county bill has been
made the special order for . Thursday '
and the Vance textile schcbl bill the
special order for Wednesday.. The" bill
to allow the commissioners of NW '
Hanover county to deed the old court j
nouse to ; the Naval Reserves : -was
tabled to-night, on request of Mr.
Bountree, who said the commissioners
um not uesire it passea. -. ; .
The House Judiciary Committee has
set Friday for argument on Dr. Reeves'
pSHl in regard to patent medicines. It
is understood that druggists from sev
eral towns and cities in the State de
sire, toappear before the committee in
opposition to the bill. In requires
sellers " of proprietary medicines to
print the formula of which the medi
cines are composed on the label.
The Senate Railroad Committee will
report favorably the bill requiring
railroads to equip cars with automatic
couplers and brakes: 'Railroads will
be heard to-morrow afternoon - by the
Finance Committee as to the proposed
tax of two per cent, on gross earnings.
. To-morrow the investigation of the
case of the Wilsons, suspended rail
road commissioners, will be resumed.
Raleigh, N. C, .Feb.; 7, At noon
to-day a joint ballot was held for two
new directors of the penitentiary,
there being only that number of va
cancies in the - old board. I W. C.
Newland, : of Caldwell, and M. L.
Bryan, of Madison, were chosen.
A bill supplementary to the act put
ting the penitentiary in the' hands of
Democrats was passed by both, houses.
The bill provides that If the board of
directors finds it- cannot meet at the
penitentiary February 10th, it may
meet at any place im the city of Raleigh
it may select. -
Bil'sw&re introduced in the House
as follows: To reduce fees on crop
liens; to provide for the appointment
of directors and State's proxy of the
N. C. Railroad ; to amend Article six
of the Constitution by adding a new
section limiting eligibility all elec
tive State and county offices to three
successive terms ; to repeal the ' act re
quiring dentists to pass . examination;
to prohibit shooting wild fowl over
decoys in Currituck sound- between
March 31st and November 10th; to
amend the charter of Polk County
Railway; to allow citizens of Union
county to vote on the question of
dispensary. 1
. The bill .regarding directors of the
N. O. Railroad provides that they
shall be elected by the State Board of
Internal Improvements and that the
board shall have the power to remove
them and fill vacancies.
Other; bills introduced were: To
reduce rates of Brunswick Bridge and
Ferry Co., at Wilmington; to estab
lish a graded school at Mt.- Olive; to
provide that locL-option elections
may be held at anytime in the year
but not oftener than once in two years
upon petition of one-third the qualified
voters. :
Bills Passed The House.
. Bills passed making Duncan Mc-
Eachern and Gabriel Homes additions
commissioners of New Hanover.
To amend Chapter 200, Acts of 1897,
in regard to measurement
Bertie and EQfort being esscej
, To amend the charter1 of Hertford
CTdgiVeTTgood government. . i
To give Richmond and Iredell coun
ties power to pay special venire men.
To incorporate the Carolina and
Northern Railway Company.-. . - - '
to regulate oonos ot.omcers in
Craven county. Ji'i
To establish a 'graded . school ,at
Kinston. : " ' j ' .
,In the Senate. t -
The following bills were introduced
in the Senate: To make fences four
feet high lawful fences in Columbus
county; to provide new school dis
tricts for Sampson county; to give ad
ditional , justices of peace to Craven
county. J '
At the expiration of the morning
hour the local election bill was taken
up. This bill provides that local elec
tions shall be held once in two years
on petition of one -third of the quali
fied Voters' of a county, and in any
month in .the year, instead of June,
as formerly. : u
Senator Brown said the effect of the
bill would be distinctly bad. He was
a prohibitionists in that he advocated
temperance, but he believed it would
be bad policy, to pass a bill that would
enable a lot of people, to travel from
county to county continually, stirring
up feeling and having local option
elections.
Bills were passed as follows:
To make lower Little River in Cum
berland a lawful fence. .
To amend Chapter . 145 relating to
fishing in Neuse river.
' To levy a special tax in certain
townships in Nash countv.
ftT- put the appointment of a keeper
patol in the hands of the Legis-
create a new school district in
son county. -
'btbill providing for changing the
inscription on the new building for the
Blind Institute was passed. It is the
bill passed by the House and provides
that the name of Jim Young and others
shall be cut off and show only the
date of the founding of the institute
and the date of erectioa of building;
that a tablet of bronze or stone, with
the names of the men upon whose
plans said building were erected shall
be placed within the building. .
' Railroad Men.
' At a joint meeting of the House and
Senate Finance Committees to-day,
hearing was given to railroad men
touching the proposed' tax on gross
earnings. Those who spoke were
President Warren G. Elliott, of the
Atlantic Coast Line; John D. Shaw,
for the Seaboard; F. H. Busbee, for
the Southern; W. A. Guthrie andO.
B. Watson, for the Norfolk and
Western. Vice President A. B. An
drews, of the Southern, also filed a
a statement.
Another meeting of the committee
will be held to-morrow morning to
hear argument in advocacy of a repeal
Lof the merchants' purchase tax. It is
understood that merchants will ask
repeal of the tax and agree to have
latureit-
substituted in its stead a graduated
license tax. - 1 V,-,
Isaac Smith's resolution calling on
the North Carolina delegation in Con
gress to use their best efforts in be
half of a bill providingfor return to
negroes of the South money lost in 4
j the Freedman's bank just after the war
twill be favorably -reported. Negroes
of North 'Carolina, it is stated, lost
over nair a million by this institution,
1 It was also unanimously decided to
favorably report a bill to incorporate
the town of Gibson, Rockingham
county, to which there has been con
siderable opposition. j !
E. S. Gay, president of the South
eastern Tariff Association, is here to
go before the Finance and Insurance
Committees. : ' '
Mr. Roscoe Nunn, who has held a
position iajhe United States Weather
Bureau office here, has been trans
ferred to Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Nunn
will leave here Friday. i
. The silver jubilee of the Church of
the Good Shepherd has been postponed
until- after Easter. The corner stone
of the new church will be laid at that
time.- ' . :' -. ' t
The Supreme Court has not yet fin
ished examining the papers of the
fifty-two applicants for law licenses
who stood Monday.
- Raleigh, N. C , Feb. 8. Both the
House and the Senate to-day rushed
through the bill to withdraw from the
State Board of Agriculture all authori
ty to build or to authorize any of, its
agents to build, any buildings, and
declaring any and all contracts made
by such board null and void. It was
to prevent the Fusion board from
building an annex to the State muse
um, as a contract was : to be let this
afternoon by the board. The bill was
introduced, passed and ratified , within
half an hour. .. i
House Proceedings.
The Vance Textile School bill as a
department of the A. and M. College
passed the House on a second reading
by a vote of 37 to 57. It was the spe
cial order for the day. j
Bills were introduced as follows":
For the promotion of raising phesants
in North Carolina; to prohibit the sale
of liquor in Shelby, save upon pres
cription of physician ; to incorporate
the Dismal Swamp Railway Company ;
to allow the officer in command of the
naval brigade to appoint his staff ; by
Willard, to provide self-coupling and
automatic-brakes on railway trains;
to protect water supplies in the inter
est of the public health. ....
The calendar was taken up. Bills
were passed . to establish graded schools
at Kinston for both races; to allow
townships-to -vote on road tax in Lin
coln county..
Reves withdrew his bill requiring
ingredients of all patent medicines to
be plainly printed in English on each
bottle or package or box.
In The, Senate.
The following bills were introduced :
ToamendaielMfg'road law; to
"gale&lleUe4tormill; to
amend Chapter 549, Laws of 1891, in
corporating the board of the Agricul
tuisjknd Mechanical college, Greens
boro; to amend Section 1585 of the
Code, to protect estate Of infants ; to
amend Chapter 178, Laws of 1889, in
regard to the practice of denistry; to
provide for utilizing swamp lands.
' The following bills passed a third
reading : To declare the Southeastern
road duly incorporated; to amend
Chapter 235, Laws of 1897, relative to
government of the dispensary at Fay
ette ville; to ratify the consolidation
. of the Petersburg railroad with the
Richmond and Petersburg railroad
(this bill consolidates Coast Line rail
ways; to provide for the care of the in
sane and inebriates among the Croatan
Indians, providing that these be sent
to the hospital at Raleigh; to incorpo
rate the Interstate Telegraph and Tele
phone Co. ; to prevent the sale of adul
terated and misbranded food ; to amend
the charter of the Raleigh-and Gaston
Railroad Co.; to provide for better
government of the wrecking interests
in North Carolina;, to incorporate the
Oriental Insurance Company, of New
bern; to incorporate the Granville
County Railroad Company; to incor
porate the Fire- Insurance, Co. of
Robeson county; to incorporate the
Raleigh Storage Warehouse Co. ; to ex
empt Beaufort county from special tax.
Senator Hairston was placed on the
committee to investigate the Agricul
tural Department, and Senator Jones
was made a member of Judiciary, Edu
cation, and Counties, Cities and Towns
Committees. Senator Jackson was
added to the Committee on Banks and
Currency, and Senator Smith was ap
pointed from the Senate to investigate
the Colored Normal School at Greens
boro..
Judge Norwood's Case.
Evidence was heard today by the
committee in the case against Judge
Norwood. Messrs. R. L; Cooper,
Ellis Gardner and J. C. Henderson
testified to having seen him drunk on
the bench and on streets, and that
courts had been postponed on account
of his drunken .condition. No vote
was taken on the matter. ,
, Mr. J. C. Stevenson, of Wilming
ton. is here. He appeared before the
Finance committee and asked repeal
of the merchants' purchase tax. He
went before the Judiciary Committee
this afternoon and made a strong
argument against the Stevens trust
biU. Report will be made oh this bill.
to-morrow afternoon. : y
R. H. Ricks, of Nash," member of
the newPenitentiary Board, from the
Second district 'declines to serve, and
B. W. Ballard, of Franklin, has been
selected in his place. . . .
Evidence in the investigation of the
case of J. W. Wilson, the suspended
railroad commissioner, was closed to
day. Arguments will be heard to-morrow
night
Tbe Supreme Court. V.
A novel case was argued before the
Supreme Court to-day. It was the case
of a woman suing her father-in-law for
alienating the affections of her hus
band. - The plaintiff was a colored
woman, daughter of John O. Kelley,
favorably known in RaleigV The de-
fendant is a mulatto. .The case comes
from one of the Albemarle counties,
and the jury gave $800 damages. .
The result of Supreme Court exami
nations of applicants for license to
practice law will not be announced
till next Tuesday morning.' ' -
The wife of Representative Davis,
of Hyde county, died here last night
of pneumonia. The body was taken
home- to night. Mr. Davis is also
sick. -
SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT.-
Determined Upon by the
Legislative Caucus In
Last Nljht.
Democratic
Raleigh I
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh, N. C, February 8. The
Democratic Legislative caucus to
night determined on the constitutional
amendment which will be submitted
to the voters at the next regular elec
tion. It was decided to have it intro
duced in the Senate, and the vote will
be taken on it on Wednesday net at
noon. .
The amendment to be submitted is
substantially as follows :
Section 1. That Article VI of the
Constitution of North Carolina be and
the same is hereby repealed, and in
lieu thereof ? shall be substituted the
following article of said Constitution r
; s ARTICLE VI. . .
Suffrage and eligibility .to office
qualifications of.an elector.
Section 1. Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been naturalized,
twenty-one years of age and posses
sing the qualifications set out. in this
article, shall be entitled to vote at any
election by the people in the State,
except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 2. He shall have resided in the
State of North Carolina for two years,
in the county six months, and in the
precinct,' ward or other election dis
trict, in which he offers to vote four
months next preceding the election:
Provided, that removal from one pre
cinct, ward or other election" district,
to another in the same county, shall
not operate to deprive any person of
the right to vote in the precinct, ward
or' other election district, from' which
he has removed, until four months
after such removal. No person who
has been convicted, or who has con
fessed his guilt in open court upon
indictment, of any crime, the punish
ment of which is, or may hereafter be,
imprisonment in - the State prison
shall be permitted to vote unless the said
person shall be first restored to citizen
ship in the manner prescribed by law.
Section 3. Every person offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally re
gistered voter, as herein prescribed,
and in the manner hereafter provided
by law, and the General Assembly of
North (larolina shall an not irftTiBrall
registration laws to carry into, effect
the prbvMohstrf tMs article.'
Sec. 4. Everv person nresentinsr
himself for registration shall be able to
read and write any section of the con
stitution in the English language.
and in addition thereto, shall have
paid on or before the first day of
March, of the year m which..ha pro
poses to vote, his poll tax as prescribed
by law for the previous year, and he
shall exhibit his receipt thereof when
he offers to vote. Poll taxes shalljbTg
a lien only on assessed property,
no process shall issue aoenforce'the
collection jriLaanWWcipt against as
sessed property. . .,
Section 5. Wo male person, who was
on January 1st, 1867, or "at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws of any State in the United
States wherein he then resided, and no
lineal descendant of any such person,
shall be denied the right to register
and vote at any election in this State
by reason of his failure to possess the
educational qualification prescribed in
Section 4 of this article ; Provided, he
ball have registered in accordance
with the terms of this article prior to
December 1, 1908, and no person shall
be entitled to register under this sec
tion after that date.
The General Assembly shall, at its
first session af terjpe adoption of this
amendment, prtmde the manner in
which the classes of persons provided
for in this section shall register.
UNPRECEDENTED COLD
WEATHER OUT WEST.
Temperatures Ranging From Sixteen to
Thirty-four Degrees Below Zero.
Much Suffering.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, February 8. Not since
1872 has Chicago experienced such
intense cold as that which prevailed
to day. The lowest notch reached
since the establishment of the weather
bureau in this city was 23 below. At
11 o'clock to-night it was 19 below and
when the weather office closed the
officials predicted that to-morrow
morning the mercury would reach 25
below. '
Reports from points iiIowa, Wis
consin and Illinois show temperatures
ranging from 16 to 34 degrees below
zero, the latter at LaCrosse, , Wis.
There is much suffering in the interior
towns among poor people.
Great Loss of Cattle. :
Denver Col. February 8. J. W.
Springer, Secretary of the Continent
al Land and Cattle Company, . to-day
received word from its . Montana and
Texas ranches that, the loss of live
stock would be very great as a result
of the long and general storms and
cold.
- "The loss," said Mr. Springer, "will
be general throughout the Western
country from Montana down through
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexicdand
Texas. In some , places it will un
doubtedly reach fifty per cent, and it
will run' throughout the country be
tween 10 and 35 per cent. The great
loss of cattle is bound to make higher
prices during the year." ,
LIFE IMPRISONMENT,
Private In a Negro Regiment Tried
and
Pound Guilty of Murder.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, February 8. Private
James . Ellis, Co. I, North Carolina
volunteer infantry, having been tried
and found guilty of murder by a gen
eral court-martial convened at Macon,
Ga., was sentenced to be dishonorably
discharged from the service of the
United States, forfeiting all pay and
allowances, and to be confined for the
period of his natural life, The sen
tence has been approved and the U. S.
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, designated as the place of con
finement. -vi. - "" '
Belief In Six Bonn.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six. hours by "New
Great South American Kidney Cure."
It is a Great surprise on account oi its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female. , Relieves retension of water
almost immediately. If you -want
quick relief and cure this is the remedy.
Sold by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist.
Wilmington, N. 0., corner Front and
Market streets. , . . -
EWART'S NOMINATION.
Hls Character Discussed la Executive
Sessionof the Senate.
1 By Telegraph to the Hornma Star.
WAsmNGTOW, February- 8. -In the
executive session of the Senate to-day,
Senator Hoar, chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee, presented the report
of that committee adverse to the con
firmation of Hon. Hamilton G. Ewart,
to be District Judge for the Western
district of North Carolina, and he and
Senator Spooner made speeches ex
plaining the reasons for the report.
They stated that a thousand pages of
t-Pja Hmnnv had 'hann toban in iYta oooa
and expressed the opinion that .the
charges made against Mr. Ewart were
Busuuueu uy ineiacts. xnese cnarges
were that he was incompetent as a
lawyer and morally unfit to hold the
position. He was accused of defraud
ing pensioners and their widows, and
of selling his public documents while
a member of the House of Represen
tatives. The Senate adjourned before
Senator Spooner had concluded.
We give no rewards, an offer pf
this kind is the meanest of deceptions.
Our plan is to give every one a chance
to try the merit of Ely's Cream Balm
the original Balm for the cure of
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in the
Head, by mailing for 10 cents a trial
size to test its curative powers. We
mail the 50 cent size also and the drug
gist keeps it. Test it and you are sure
to continue the treatment Relief is
immediate and 5 a cure follows." Ely
Brothers, 56 Warren street, New
;-ork. r . . , .4 . .. . ;. - , f
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, February 8.-
-Less
speculative interest was"Shown in cot
ton to day than for many months.
The hesitation was marked all along
the line, After the first call had opened
at an advance of three to four points
in near positions and tapered off to a
decline of two points on the later pos
itions, an easier feeling prevailed for a
time. Liquidation of certain long in
terest followed weaker . advices from
the Stock Exchange and the Produce
Exchange. It was reported that some
Wall street accounts in cotton were
unloading, not liking the looks of
Liverpool cables, and fearing the
market had been overbought. The
shorts picked up a little cour
age and sold, but all hands
seemed uneasy after the market
had made a net loss of three to five
points and final phases of the local
situation indicated a nervous mood on
the part of bulls and bears alike, owing
to a very bad' weather report from
every section of the cotton belt, tend
ing to show that field work of any
kind was impossible . and indicating
the destruction- of whatever might
remain of unpicked cotton. In addi
tion to this, advices -from Southern
spot- markets were of a favorable
character as were also -the later ad
vices from spinners and cotton cloth
markets, while port receipts as well as
the interior receipts were light. The
market was finally steady with prices
one point lower to two higher.
New York, February 8. Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 6 7 16&
" Cotton futures market closed steady;
February 6. 15c, March. 6.18s, April 6.15,
May 6.16c, June 6.14c, July 6.16c, Au
gust 6.19c, September 6.05c, October
6.05, November 6.06c, December 6.10c.
Spot cotton market closed quiet;
middling uplands 6 7-1 6c; middling
gulf 6 11 15c; sales 1,060 bales.
Net receipts 230 bales; gross re
ceipts 4.223 bales; sales 1,060 bales;
exports to the Continent 1,810 bales;
stock 103,566 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 17,358
bales; exports to Great Britain 188
bales; exports to France 7,558 bales;
stock 950,160 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morulas: Star."
New York, February 8. Flour
was dull and nominally steady ; winter
patents $3 754 00. Wheat Spot firm
No. 2 red 8283c; options -opened
steady and, developed unexpected
strength through extreme cold weather
in winter wheat States, menacing the
plant; shorts covered hastily and
found little wheat for sale, advancing
prices all day, with export rumors an
important factor in the late session;
closed firm at s net advance:
sales included: No. 2 red March closed
79 c ; May closed 76c ; J uly closed
75c. Corn Spotfirm; No. 2, 43X
44c; options opened a shade easier
with cables, but turned stronger on big
clearances and covering and closed
firm at HK net advance, helped
also by wheat; May closed 41 c; July
closed 4ZHc Uatsr-Bpot nrm;lNo, 2,
343c; options dull. Laid steady; West
ern steam closed $5 85 ; February closed
$5 85, nominal; refined lard firm.
Pork quiet; mess J9 7510 50. But
ter firm; Western creamery 15
20c; do. factory U14c; 'Elgins
20c; imitation creamery 13 17c; State
dairy 1319c. Cheese Large steady;
white 10c; small llUXc; large col
ored 10j&c; small colored 1K&11X&;
light skims 89c; part skims 78c.
Potatoes steady; New York $1 25
1 50; Long Island $1 50 2 00; Jersey
sweets $1 252 50. Rice firm. Cotton
seed oil steady; prime crude 20c.
Cabbage dull at $2 004 00 per 100,
Coffee Spot Rio easier; No. 7 in
voice 6c; No. 7 jobbing 7c; mild
easy; Cordova 7jS14c- Sugar Raw
steady ; fair refining 3 13-16c; centrifu
gal 96 test 4 5 -16c; molasses sugar
3 9 -16c ; refined steady.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Covering by
shorts on fears of crop damage and on
liberal seaport shipments; caused a
rally in wheat. May . closed with a
gain of ifc. Corn advanced lfc
and oats $ Jc. Pork rose 7c and
lard and ribs left off a shade higher. ;
Chicago, February 8. Cash quota
tions:' Flour dull and neglected.
Wheat No. 2 spring 6670c; No. 3
do. 6470c; No. 2 red 71c. Corn
No. 2, 87K- Oats-No. 2,1 free on
board, 28c; No. 9 white 3031c;
No. 3 white 29J30Mc. Pork, per
bb $10 0010 05. Lard, per 100
lbs, $5 605 62. Short rib' sides,
loose, $4 754 95. Dry salted shoul
ders, $4 254 37J. Snort clear sides,
boxed, $5 055 15. Whiskey Dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 25.
Baltimore, February 8.-B"lour
dull and unchanged. Wheat dul and
easier Spot 7474jc; month 74
74Xc;March757SXc;MayJ7676ViC.
Southern wheat by sample 7075c.
Corn -quiet and lower -Spot 39
39 c; month 3939Mc; March 39
39Xc Southern white and yellow
corn 3739Kc. Oats quiet No. 2
white western 353Sc. Lettuce
$1.25!. 50 per bushel basket.
.. For Over Flftr Tcan.
Mrs. Wutslow' SooTHma Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
. while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer' imme
diately. Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty-five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," take
no other. t
Bearatha
Signature
of
m lino Yon Haw Always Bought
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE. Feb. 2.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 43 cents per
gallon for country casks. I
, ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents
per bbl for strained and 95 cents for
good strained. -.
TAR Market firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs. r:r
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at $1.35 per barrel for Bard,
$2.40 for Dip, and $2.40 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 32K32c;
rosin firm at $1.15, $1.20; tar steady,
95c; crude turpentine steady, $140
: RECEIPTS,
Spirits turpentine. . . . . .
Rosin
13
515
Tar.. .............. ....j....
Crude turpentine. ..
Receipts same dav last vear.
234
19
20
casks spirits turpentine, 195 bbls rosin,
Z4 ddis iar, ass bbls crude turpentine,
'- COTTOH. j
Market firm on a basis of 5 Wo cts per
uramary....
Good Ordinary. .
Low Middling...
Middling
3 7-18 cts lb
4 13-1S " "
4 7-16 '.. ' "
5 I ' "
Good Middling.:. . , . .
5 3-16
Same day last year middling' 5c.
Receipts 295 bales; same
day last
year, 849.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina '
Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c.
Virginia Extra prime 55c ; fancy, 60c ;
Spanish, 8090c. l-
CORN Firm; 53 to 55 cents per
bushel. I ,
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90ctl.10; upland,; 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. j
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders, J6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c. 1
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.
STAR OFFICE, Feb. 3.V
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
steady at 41 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 43 K cents
per gallon for country casks.
ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents
bid per bbl for strained and 95 cents bid
for good strained. I
TAR Market firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs. -
CRUDE TURPENTINE, Market
quiet at $1.35 per barrel : for Hard,
$2.40 for Dip, and $2.40 for Virgin.
Quotations ' same dav last vear.
Spirits turpentine firm at 3232c;
rosin, firm, $1.15, $1.20; tar steady,
90 cts; crude turpentine steady, $1.40,
RECEIPTS.
1
Spirits turpentine. I
' 64
Rosin j
Tar.... j..................!
Crude turpentine. ......... j
297
275
V 00
Keceipts same day last year.
168
casks spirits turpentine, 474 bbls rosin,
4oU bbls tar, 26 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON. I .
Market firm on a basis Of 5c per
pound for middling.
Quotations:
usoinairy. . . .
Good Ordinary .
Low Middling. .
Middling. .... .'.
Good Middling.
3 7-16 cts 9 lb
4 13-16 "
4 7-16 " "
5 l "
6 3-16'
Same day last year middling 5 Jic;
Receipts 338 bales; 1 same day last
year, 319. - j
COUNTRY PRODUCE. ,
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28
pounds: extra prime, 65c; fancy, 7Ctei
Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c;
Spanish, 80 90c. 1 -j
CORN Firm: 42j to 47 cents per
bushel, j
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c$1.10; upland, ! 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders,; 6, to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c. -
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch hearts ami saps, $1.60 to 2.25S
six-inch. $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch,
$5.50 to 6.50. j
., TIMBER- Market steady at $2.50 to
9.50 per JU
STAR OFFICE, Feb. 4.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
steady at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 43 cents per
gallon for country casks. i
ROSIN Market held higher at 90
cents bid per barrel for Strained and 95
cents bid tor Good Strained. !
TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bbl
of 280 fts. - 1
CRUDE TURPENTINE, Market
quiet at $1.35 per barrel for hard,
$2.40 for Dip and $2.40 for Virgin..
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 3232c;
rosin firm at $1.20, $1.25; tar steady,
95c; crude turpentine steady, $1.40,
fi.yu, fi.yu.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine
Rosin.
Tar
Crude Turpentine
867
680
64
Receipts same day last year. 201
casks spirits . turpentine, 315 ' bbls
rosin, -153 bbls tar, 41 bbls crude tur
pentine. - l-i I
- COTTON. ' '
Market firm on a basis of 5c per
pound for middling. (Quotations:
Uood Uroinary 3 7-16 cts
? ft
Good Ordinary. . . . .
413-18
Liow Middling,
Middling.
Good Middling....,
4 7-16 "
. 6 3-16 "
i(
1 Same day last year middling 5?6c.
Receipts 285 bales; same day last
year, 337. - I
COUNTRY PRODUCE. .
PEANUTS-North Carolina-Prime,
5560c per bushel of 28pounds; Extra,
Prime, 65c; Fancy, 70. Virginia Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c; Sffanish, 80
90c. -
CORN Firm; 4247& cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c$1.10; upland 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. k -
N. C. BACON steady ; hams 12 to 13c
per pound; shoulders, 6 tsTc; sides, 7
to 8c.
SHINGLES Per 'thousand, fire
kichl hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25 ;
six inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven inch,
S5.50 to 6.60. 1
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
fB.5uperm-
STAR OFFICE.'
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.i
doing. - i
Feh. 6.
-Nothing
ROSIN Market held higher at 90
cnts bid per barrel for Strained and
tm j 1.7 j . 1 m i
vo cents Dia zor uoou Dtraiiieu.
TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bbl
of 280 lbs. !
CRUDE TURPENTINKr-NothinK
doing. A ' . .
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits .turpentine firm at 3i$32J6c;
rosin firm at $1.20, $L25; tar steady,
i5c; crude turpentine, notrnng aoing.
. RECEIPTS. il
Spirits turpentine ... 21
Rosin...... 1,731
Tar........... ......L... 208
Crude turpentine.; . . ,k. 4
Receipts same -day last year. 17
FIRE ! FIRE ! FM! - - ;
'.' T , . -i: . cSreat.oAsh5
SALE OF FURNITURE
t Damaged by Fire and Water.
EVEBTTHINO OX OUE THREE FLOORS
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY COST.
Frlenda In adjoining towns and country will
find ttiia an opportunity seldom afforded.
First corner first served.
THE
fettf
casks spirits turpentine, 274 bbls rosin,
486 bbls, tar, 00 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 52c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
urainary.. 3 7-16 cts. Ub
iooa uramary ,. 4 13-16
Low Middling.... J. 4 7-16
"Bfiddline. j. 5 .
it
it
Good Middling . . . j . 6 3-16 " "
Same day last year middling 5 7-16c.
Receipts 209 bales; same day last
year, 318.
COUNTRY PRODUCE. s ...
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c.
Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c;
Spanish, 8090c. h
CORN Firm; 42i to 47 cents per
ousnei. i -
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tidH
water) 90c$1.10; uplafid 6580e4
Quotations on aTbasis of 45 pounds to
the bushel ' 1 .1
N. C. BACON Stead v : hams 12 lb
13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c. ' -. !
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25;
sisf-inch, i $2.25 to j 3.25 ; seven-inch,
$5.50 to 6.50. I 1
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
i6.50 per M. I
' 1 A
STAR OFFICE. Feb. 7.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.V-Nothng
doing.
ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents
bid per bbl for Strained and 95 cents
bid for Good Strained.
TAR-Market firm at $1.10 perbbl
of 280 lbs. I
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothing
doing. I
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine steady at 3332Kc;
rosin firm, at $1.20, $1.25 ; tar steady,
95c; crude turpentine, nothing doing. ,
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentinel ; 18
Rosin r. I. 243
Tar...t ...!:.... 399
Crude Turpentine L...J 4
Receipts same day last "v year. 34
casks spirits turpentine, 505 bbls
rosin, 226 bbls tar, 14 bbls crude tur
pentine. 1
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5 Jic per
pound for middling. Quotations:
uramary....,....!,
3 7-16 cts.
Good Ordinary
Low Middling.
t
4 13-16
V it
5 7-16 " "
5
6 3-16 i'H ""
Middling
Good Middling...
4
Same day last year middling 5 7-16c.
Receipts 353 bales; same day last
year 714. I
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 55 to 60& per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 7Qc.
Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy,
60c; Spanish, 8090c. "
. CORN-Firm, 42) to 47 cents per
bushel. 1
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c$L 10; upland, 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. !
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to
13c 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, $5.6q
to 6.5o.' I
- TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M. 7
STAR OFFICE. Feb. 8.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
steady at 41 -cents for machine-made
casks and 41 cents, per- gallon for
country casks. I ' -' '
ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents bid
per barrel for Strained and 95 cents
bid for Good Strained.
TAR. Market steady at $1.00 per
bbl of 280 lbsi 1
CRUDE ; TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.35 per barrel for Hard,
$2.40 for Dip, and $2,40 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine; nothing doing;
rosin firm at $i.20, '$1.25; tar steady,
95c; crude turpentine quiet, $1.40,
$1.90, $1.90. i - . j
RECEIPTS. . I
Spirits Turpentine-. ? . . . 38
Rosin. 4 151
Tar !..... ...4... 565
Crude Turpentine.. ....... . . . '-zj 22
Receipts same day last year. 18
casks spirits turpentine, 27 bbls rosin,
205 bbls tar, 22 bbls crude turpentine.
1 COTTON. :-i
Market firm on a basis of 5 cts per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary ". 1 . . 3 7-16 cts. $ ft
Good Chinaryw.1.. 4 13-16"-Low
Middling.... W-5 7-16 " "
Middling ........ ft r" 4 N
Good Middling. . . J . . 6 S-15 -r
Same dav last vear middhnsr & 7-16C-
Receipts 209 bales; same day Jaat
year, 470. I
COUNTRY PRODUCE. .
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 55 to 60c: per bushel cf 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c.
Virginia Extra prime. 55c ; fancy, 60c ;
Spanish, 8090c.
. CORN Firm; 42$ to47 cents per
bushel. ! I
BOUGH RICE-Lowland? (tide
water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c
8 notations on a basis of 45 pounds to
te bushel. 1
N. U. BACON-Steady ; hams 13 to
13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to oc. I
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
ineh hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25;
six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25: iseven-inch,
f5.50to6.50. I f -
TIMBER MarkEt steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M. ,
MARINE.
ARRIVED. ;Y .
Schr Lois Chappel, 176 tons, Medero,
New York, Geo Harris, Son & Co. -
Schr W T Parker, 170 tons, Lynch,
New York, Geo Harriss, Son 80 Co.
QSchr Melissa Trask, 198 tons, French,
Cape Haitien, Heide & Co.
tlSchr Jno J Snow, 152 tons,' Norton,'
New York, Geo Harriss. Son & Co. .
Steamship Geo W Clyde, 1,514 tons,
Robinson, New v York, H G Small
bones. .1 .. '
I
CLEARED.
Schr J ft Parker, Hammond, Fer-
nancuna, ueo xiamss, Hon & Uo.
Steamship Oneida, Staples, New
York, H G SmalTbones. .
Schr B I Hazard, Blatchford, New
YorltvOeo Harriss, Son & Co.
WILL BE SOLD
S NEED CO. A
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By.Telegraphlto the Horning Star. "
New York, February 8. Rpsin"
steady; strained common to good
$1301S2M. Spirits turpentine steady i
at 4545c. " - ' -
Charleston," February 8. Spirits !
turpentine quiet at 42 Jno aales. Rosin
firm and unchanged; no sales. ,
Savannah, February 8. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 42c; sales 200 casks; ;
receipts 209 casks. Rosin firm and un-'
changed; sales 2,106 barrels; receipts :
1,457 bales.
The success of Mr, Porter,
the President's representative, in
"pacifying" Gomez has led to the
expression of the opinion in Wash
ington that Aguinaldo might also
be "pacified," in a similar manner, x
The difficulty in the caseeftheFilip- i
ino, however, is that he will not '
stay Opacified." Spain has tried
the game upon him at least twice, -amounting
the last time to $400,000,
wmch money the fellow is now using
to" pay expenses of worrying the
u nited btates. JSavannan . JSqws,
Bern. '
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
COASTWISE. "
New York Sphooner B I Hazard
270,000 feet lumber; cargo by Cape
Fear Lumber Co, vessel by Geo Har
riss, Son & Co. '
New YoRK-Steamship Oneida S62
bales cotton, 110 casks spirits, 80 bbls
rosin, 387 bbls tar, 40 bbls crude, 25
bbls pitch, 162 bags peanuts, 57 pkgg
cotton goods, 30,000 shingles, 170 nags
chaff, 73 pkgs shuttle blocks, 186 poles,
100 pkgs mdse. . ,
CASTOR 1 A
- Tot Infants and Cbildren.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
- : I
WHOLESALE PRICES CDEBENT.
t3f The foUowlne aaotatlons
reoresent
wnolesaie Prices generally,
small orders hlsher Drtcea na
In making
,ve to bechari
The quotations are always given as accurately
-for any variations from the actual market price
aa nosslble. but the Stax will not be resDonslble
01 we arucies auotea.
BAOOINO
8 lb Jute
: Standard
WESTERN SMOKED
HamB 51 ,
18 e
, Bines w id
Shoalaers V
DRY SALTED
8
Sides S.
Shoulders lb.
ilders
e a
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
. New New York, each. ......
New City, each
a 1
10
1 so
1 so
S3.
&
BISUBWAJL y ID ...
JBJtHJiU
u Wilmington H
5 00
9 00
IB
SO
7 00
14 00
nortnern
BUTTE K
North Carolina p lb
18
88
- iNortnern...
CORN HEAL
Per bushel, in sacks
Virginia Heal
COTTON TIES bundle.
CANDLES V lb
Bpermw. ,
'Adamantine
CHEESE V 9
Northern Factory..
Dairy-Gream
State v
COFFEE fl
LAguyra
tuo
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard ....... .
Yarns. V bunch 01 5 , lbs ... .'
EOOS V dozen
FISH
. Mackerel. No. I. V barrel. . .
HackereL No. 1. half -bbl. 11 0
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... 18 00
Mackerel, No. S tf half-bbl.. 8 00
Mackerel, No. 8, W barrel.,. 18 00
Mullets, ft barrel.... 2 50
HuUets,V pork barrel 6 00
N. O. Roe Herring, V keg.. - 8. 00
Dry Cod, J9 lb .TIT .1 6
' " Extra 4 85
FLOUR V
. Low grade ,
.......................
Straight
First Patent .. . .... . ... . .. .
GLUE V B
GRAIN bushel
Corn,from store,bgtH-Whlte
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, RustProof.....
Cow Peas..
HIDES V ft 'j-
Oreen Baited
. nry Hint
Dry salt
HAY 100 lbs
Clover Hay....
Kice straw ..in.,.
Eastern i."
Western
Horar tron: ib
btt.i.i ivsk . a . a . . a . ... . a . ,
tARDv-,
V.,..
:::::::::!
- north (arauna
LIMK, barre .
LU IClty
sawed) Mft-
Ship stuff, reeawea.... 19 00,
Routrh edee Plank
18 60 16 00 ,
west inaiacargoes, accora-
tag to quality 18 00
- Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, comn 14 00
MOLASSES 9 gallon
Barbadoes, m hegshead.....
Barbadoes, In barrels.
Porto Rico, In hogsheads... . :
Sugar House, In hogsheads.
Sugar House, In barrels. . . .
Syrup, In barrels
NAILS, ji keg. Cut, 60d basis...
PORK, V barrel
City Hess...
, Rump
; Prime
rope. B -.
SALT, V sack, Alum.
MJllVlVWn .a........a......aa
Amer
On 125 V Backs.
encan..,.
SHINGLES, 7-inch, per H.
Common ,
CVDreea Bans
SUGAR, V a StaodardGran'd
' Btanaara a. a a.
; white Extra o..,
( Extra O, Golden
, U,YI10W
SOAP, 9 Northern
BTAVE8,JB H W. O: barreL...
a. 0. Hogshead.
TIMBER, V H feet Shipping..
Hill, Prime ......... . . f,
Mill, Fairs ,
Common Mill.....
Inferior to ordinary.
SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed
- V H 6x24 heart.'.
r - - : Bap.....
5x84 Heart...
8dp !
6x24 Heart. ,
. . Sap.
TALLOW, y
WHISKEY, V gallon, NorUvern
North Carolina...
WOOL, per Unwashed
49 80
& 60
,.75 80
is - sb't--.;'--
; 8 11
10M llH
11
- 1(W .
- IS 18
8 10
I 70
. ir a -
23 00 80 00 - 11 "
8 75 4 00
4 BO. 5 00 -
58 85
60
40 45
$ 45
B0 76
10 I . j
r . r".f
50 ' 7B V
40 45 V "
75
ll'7lJt '
.
s T :
10 .
1 15 1 SS --.
18 00
t2 00
15 00
. " .)-
as .
27
88
u a- 14- , 1
.14 15
15 86
1 0 1 66 . ' -
I' 6 11 00
' 10 60 ,
10 00
10 ; a
1 10 !
75 : 80 1 "
.70 15
5 00 6 60
160 6 8 25 . "
8 60Jfc 8 80 f I
i
4 .
14 00
10 00
9 Off v. - '
7 00 -a
60
8 00
4 00 1
7 - 60 8 60
5 00 in v
4 SO 5 00
4 00 460
00 6 60
6 00 5 60
100 .800 1 ;
100 S 800 1 1
10 -, 1
Second Crop Seed Irislr
Potatoes For Sale. .
. Red Bliss Triumph, White Bliss"
. Triumph, Clark's No. 1 Extra Early . -
The three best and! earliest varieties grown.
Stock guaranteed pure by . . -,
88W' v- Oonetoe. N. C .
16 00
18 00
0 00 ,
14 00
4 00
8 00 i
S96
10
4 60 ' . . :
S 00
8 60