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STATE ASSEMBLY NEAR ITS CLOSE. The House Adopted a Resolu tion to Adjourn To-morrow at Noon. LITTLE WORK TO BE DONE. - Tbe Penitentiary Trustees for Colored A. and M. College School Directors foe New Hanover Machinery Act. A Slow Storm in Raleigh. Special Star Telegram. ' Raleigh, if. C, March. 6. The House to day adopted a resolution to adjourn Wednesday at noon, to meet Q&in on Tuesday after the second Monday of June, 1900. At the .close of v to-night's session there is little really important work to be .done beyond passing the appropria tion, bills, and ratification of bills, and passage of some measures that wilt go through without opposition. Owing to some irregularities in the manner of holding elections, as compared with precedents set by former Legislatures, all- elections of officers and boards were held again to-day and to night. As thereis certain tobe litigation over ' some or them, this was aeemea ad visable. The following trustees were chosen for the colored A. and M College First district, W. R Williams, Falk . land; Second, W. W. Ldng,-Littleton" Sta4e at large, two years, W. L. Kluttz, Salisbury; J. Y. Joyner, Greensboro, four years; M. C. Soble, Greensboro; Geo. T. Dunlap, Nor wood, six years; A. M. Scales, Greens boro; J. D. Currie, Carthage. J J" " A. bill was to-nieht introduced to appropriate $50,000 a year for the next two years, to run the Penitentiary, A bill passed the House almost . unanimously, only six votes being cast against it, to appropriate $100,000 to the public? schools of the State. Other bills passed: To require ."-J county commissioners to revise jury lists at the June, meeting and every two years thereafter. To. authorize ' railroad commissioners to assess pro perty that has escaped taxation. To require publication of applications for pardons and commutations. To amend , the charter of the Cape Fear and Northern railway. To make the law of negotiable 1 instru ments uniform with that of other States, beiog a revision and codifica tion of the commercial law to prohibit the sale of liquor in certain localities (Omnibus bill). To put blind Confed erate soldiers on first class pension ' list. To authorize the j printing com . mittee to meet during recess of-the Legislature and re award the contract for the public printing if the neces sity arises. To protect sturgeon in New Hanover and Pender counties. To appropriate $3,000 j to the". State Normal School' at Greensboro for a gymnasium and library. To incor porate the Atlantic and Western Rail road, to run . from Goldsboro to Con cord. To appoint school director for the State; those for New Hanover county are Donald MaeRae, W. A. Johnson and P. B Mannicg. To re peal Chapter 103, Laws of 1879, relat ing to public wharves and depots. To authorize the town of Fremont to subscribe $20,000 bonds of the Great Eastern Railroad. To request the North Carolina delegation in Con gress to use its influence for the pas , sage of a pure food bill.. To appro priate $71500 for' water works and . sewerage at the University. To pre- . v vrn l r.nrL.Hiii ilium niiiuiiia ruuuiui' ti large in Pender county. v The Machinery Act. I The Senate to-night considered the machinery act and passed it on second reading, after defeating the section f imposing a tax "on gross earnings of : railroads. . The vote was 26 to 12. The Vance textile school bill was : tabled.' ' . (' The bill to issue bonds to pay the indebtedness of the penitentiary and ; buy farms passed third reading. They ' bear four per cent., interest and are payable in ten yeafs after January i8i, i.os. ' Bill to give courts of this State in junction relief against foreign corpo- ' rations passed final reading, as did a bill in regard to removing cases from "one county to another. '" An act in respect to filling vacancies ia the Judicial department passed final 4 reading. It provides that all vacan cies occurring by death or otherwise in the office of Judge af the Supreme Court or Judge of the Superior Court, of this State, shall be filled to th'e un expired term" at the next general elec tion for members of the' General As sembly, held after such vacancies are created. That persons elected at such elections shall be commissioned by the Governor, immediately after the as certainment of the result, in the man ' ner prescribed by law, and shall qual ify and enter upon the discharge of duties of the office within ten days : after receiving such commission. ; Late this afternoon Robert H. Jones, a citizen of this place, and Representa tive Powell, of this county, had a fight in the rotunda of the Capitol. It grew out of the fact that Powell opposed the election of Jones on the Agricultural Board. The altercation caused a great - sensation. I A snow storm began here to-night at 11 o'clock and the thermometer is. fall- ing rapidly. : port, $12,000 contingent and $15,000 for repairs. For ' Raleich Inntn Asylum, $55,000 annually for sup port, $12,049 for repairs and improve ments. . For Morcranton Insane Asylum, $90,000 " annually for sup port, $10,000 for repairs and improve ments. For . Goldsboro v Insane..; Asylum (colored), - $45,000 annually for support 'For State Penitentiary $50,000 annually for support. Other bills passed: To " regulate trials before Justices of the peace in New Hanover county. To require railroads to equip cars with automatic couplers and brakes. To allow sale of Nelson'fcFerry in Craven county.. To award contract for public printing. To pay expenses of Wilson investiga tion. T6make null the act authoriz ing the issue of bonds for the Peniten tiary in case the courts decide against the new directors. To provide for in vestigation of the Penitentiary and the Agricultural Department during the recess Of Legislature. . To provide plan for marking Confederate' graves. To incorporate State Council Junior Order United American Mechanics. To establish meridian monuments at county seats of the several counties.. To declare lower ""Little River, in Cumberland county, a lawful fence. To change the name of Hub, Colum bus county, to Boardman. To pro hibit games of chance. To make . it a misdemeanor for persons to beat their way on railroad trains. The Senate to-day passed all the ap propriation bills, disposed of the Reve nue, and Machinery acts and enacted a large number of bills into law. The bill appropriating $100,000 to public schools of the State went through without a dissenting vote, and the Anti-Trust bill passed in an amended form. - Bill to authorize the corporation commissioners to assess railroads, tele graphs, canals, steamboats, express, sleeping cars, car lines, or any other transportation companies that have escaped taxation, passed final reading. - A handsome silver service was to night presented' to Lieut. Governor Reynolds. - Both houses will complete their work to-morrow and adjourn in ac cordance with the resolution yesterday adopted. J. C. L. Harris caused a sensation to-day when he appeared before the railroad commission as attorney for S. Otho Wilson, and stated that Otho did not waive his rights as railroad com missioner. .The railroad commission met this morning, Chairman J. W. Wilson presiding, and Dr. Abbott and Mr. S. L. Rogers being present The following was entered upon the record : "S. Otho Wilson, through counsel, J. C. L. Harris, protests against the as sumption of duties of railroad com missioner by S. L. Rogers, as suc cessor in said office of S. - Otho Wilson, on the . ground ' that said Wilson is, according . - to the law of the land, railroad commissioner, and by virtuse of an act, Chapter 320, Laws of 1891; and the fact that the said S. Otho Wilson, being not present in person to make this protest and at the time of assumption of these duties by Mr;- Rogers is not to be taken as an abandonment by said Wilson to the title of office, and he does not abandon the same out claims he is a railroad by provision of said act'1 This is construed to mean that Otho Wilson will contest for the place to which Mr. Rogers has been elected. It will be remembered that Otho wrote out his resignation and presented it to both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate before he was reinstated, and after reinstatement the resignation was accepted. . other things he said: "In .dealing with the finances of the State we have . endeavored : to be conservative and 4 economical. That there is among our I . people an industrials awakening is shown by the large number of char ters for such enterprises that we have been called: upon to enact into law. It is a matter well orth careful consid eration whether there should not be 1 an improvement in the general law' providing for the incorporation of pri vate companies and associatioES.Hhere by saving much time which should be devoted to the consideration of public measures. The large number of charters for cities and towns sent to aus from different sections of the State 6how a healthy interest among the people in regard to the problem of municipal government There is not a more interesting method of studying the history and develop -ment of a people than through their laws, and there will be few fmore in teresting chapters in bur history than the public and private laws "of 1899. That much has been done for the wel fare of the State the most critical will admit; that much has been left un done we recognize and admit.' As the presiding office! of this House I have had opportunity to watch with care the words and ac tions of its members. I have seen nothing said or done whicbrdid not proceed from-an honest desire to ad vance the best interests of tb.6 State. "We commit our work to the fair and just consideration Aof the con stituency . who confided to us their highest and best political interests. We must, however, keep in mind the great truths that States like individ uals are in the keeping of the God of nations, and in so far as we live in harmony with this divine willj we will in our individual as well as 'national interest, grow in strength and pros perity. ' "It affords me pleasure in this last hour of the session to say that in the discharge of the duties of presiding officer, I have had the ' kind and con siderate support of every member of this body. No unpleasant incident mars the memory of our association. There has at all times prevailed defer ence and courtesy among the mem- bers. ' I am surathat -without regard to party or political differences, we sepa rate with naught but kindly sentiments one for the other. The attendance has been unusually good. Numbers ofthe members have been detained from the House by sick ness, and it pains us-to note that one lies atVdeath's door. For the last time in the Nineteenth,' century, the General Assembly of North Carolina has met, and is now ready to adjourn. For reasons deemed wise, to us, we have, as the constitution provides we may do, determined to adjourn to a day certain. In accordance, therefore, with the joint resolutions of the two houses, IJdo . hereby declare this House adjourned to the fifth day of July, 1900. QUIET AT MANILA. NEGRO SOLDIERS .;, CAUSE TROUBLE. APPEAL FOR AID FOR 7 ; ' SUFFERING CUBANS. v. - The Tenth Regiment of Immunes ' ; Mustered Out at Macon, -. Georgia. General Ludlow,'. Governor of Havana, - Tells of the Suffering and Desti- , ; ttrtion. ioHavana. j FIRED SHOTS FROM THE TRAIN A White Boy Wounded at Macdn--Ont-rageous Conduct at Griffin Police Powerless Militia Called Out A Trainman Shot. ; Troops Inconvenienced by Hot Weather. Coast Lights Re-established French Cruiser Arrives. commissioner A Raleigh, N. 0.f March 7. The House has been in session again all day, from 9 o'clock this morning to 11 o'clock to-night. A large number of bills have been passed, including , the principal appropriation bills. These were as follows! For the statue of Vance in the Capitol square at Raleigh, $5,000, to be used in connec tion with money collected by private contribution. For sewerage at the A., and M.'College, $2,500. For Blind In stitutions, -$40,000 annually for sup- Raleigh, N. C, March 8. The General Assembly of North Carolina, for 1899, adjourned to-day to meet again Tuesday, after the second Mon day in June. A few bills were passed bv both the House and Senate,, but none of them was of public im portance. Most of the session was de voted to ratification of enrolled bills. A resolution was adopted giving clerks and employes five dollars extra for night work. Another resolution thanked ' newspaper correspondents for . their accurate and impartial re ports, i A handsome bouquet was sent Speak er Connqr by ladies,, teachers of Peace, Institute. 'K Abbott offered a resolution appropri ating $100 ior expenses of the funeral of any member of the Legislature who dies from sickness now suffered, and that this amount be payable to Rex Hospital, Raleigh. This was intended to cover the case of Representative Trotman of Gates, who is dying at that hospital of pneumonia. . The Speaker appointed the follow ing twelve commissioners to i repre sent North Carolina at the Paris Ex position: ' John S. Cunningham, John C. Prewry, Joseph 'A. Holmes, T. K. Bruner, Charles K. Johnson,. J. L. Currie, W. B. Council, Clayton Giles, Julian S, Carr, 'Nathan O. Berry, J. D. Murphy and Jas. A.. Bryan; alter nates: H. 0. Wall, John sWood, Fred -Phillips, W. R. Odell, W. H. HanesD. Y, Cooper, Ashley Home, Charles W. Worth, J. S. Westbrook, M. G. Toms, and Hugh Chatham. At 11 o'clock Mr. Patterson, Robe son, was called to the chair and Mr. Overman, in the happiest style, presented to Speaker Connor, on behalf of members of the House, a solid silver tea service. "Take it home with you," he said, "as a testimonial of your faithful service. You have won the lasting regard and esteem of all the members of this House. You have added another star to your crown." There was great applause from the. floor and galleries. Speaker Connor, in accepting the gift, said this was the proudest moment of his life. He ex pressed pride and pleasure at having won the regard df every member of the House. He said the House had discharged itanonerous duties and done its monumental work ably, zealously and welL He was heartily applauded at the conclusion of his remarks, which were made in a most feeling manner.', At 2 o'clock' the Speaker made his farewell address, referring to the great things expected of the Legislature and what had been accomplished. Among Bv Cable to the Morklnz Star. Manila, March 8, 3.55 P. M. The temperature to-day at three o'clock was .eighty-seven degrees, but the cloudy air Was like steam and the troops were greatly inconvenienced on the line, in spite- of the temporary shade afforded by matting and bam boos wherever feasible. There were fever prostrations, however, from the heat. . Our troops to-day are not compelled to remain in the open country to the same extent as yesterday, when they were engaged in clearing the jungle. The rebels seldom appear in the open, except in the cool of the morning and in the evening. ,Our soldiers will probably feel the heat less when they are on the move. ; The following lights on the coasts of Panay and Guinaras islands have been re-established : Manigonizo, Zig antes, Calabazas, Sietopecados, Iloilo and Luzaron. The French second class cruiser Jean Bart has arrived here. SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., March 8. The Tenth -immunes, Colonel Jones, who were mustered outat Macon to day. began to show their ill-temper as soon as the train bearing the negroes home began to move out of Macon. Producing re volvers and other arms jwhich. they in some way managed to anuggle, with them they began firing from the win dows. Bullets flew in every direction as the train sped on, and passers-by 'Were compelled to seek j shelter. Luckily only one person was shot in Macon, Will Goodyear, a 16 year old white hoy, whose arm was badly fractured by a balL As the train passed the various stations. on the road the rioting was renewed, shots being fired from the train at tbe people stand ing on the platforms to see the train go by. " At Griffin, where th&Jirst section o the train stopped about 2 30 this after noon, j occurred the most serious troubleJ of the day. The regiment came over the Central of Georpia rail road in three sections. When the train stopped at Griffin the negroes who by this, time had filled up on whiskey, began firing their pistols and yelling like Indians. Over two . hun dred shots were fired and the police were powerless to resist The city was at the mercy of the negroes who kept up a f usilade until the train car ried them beyond the city limits. ' .The news of the outrageous, -conduct spread rapidly over (J-rimn and it was determined that the next section of the regiment should be held in check. Mayor Davis telephoned Governor Candler, asking him to order out the Griffin Rifles. The Governor sent him word that he would consult the authorities and instruct him in a few minutes. Mayor Davis then ordered out the company on his own responsi bility, as there was no time to lose. The Rifles were given five rounds of ammunition and under command, of Lieutenant David marched to the depot In addition to the militia the Mayor and Sheriff Morn's deputized nearly one hundred citizens to assist the officers in preserving peace and protecting the city. About 5:15 P. M. the second section came in sight and above the roar of the train could be heard the rat tle of the .firearms which were then being ' dis charged indiscriminately. When this train came to a standstill the negroes saw 200 heavily armed men, who commanded them to keep quiet The negroes were awed,- and with a few exceptions were as docile as lambs. To those who proved frac tious cracked heads were administered. When the train pulled out from the denot and the nejrroes thought they were out of reach of the citizens, they began firing at houses. - At the first shot a volley was poured into; the train by citizens and militia. George Agee, a trainman, was fatally shot in the abdomen, and one negro ( slightly wounded. - There was no trouble in Atlanta, as the police prepared for them. Lothsville, Kt., March 8. The Eighth U. S. Immunes presented a battered appearanced when it reached Louisville to-day. They reported an encounter in the depot at Nashville; and about fifty of them bear marks of the affair. Officers say the trouble was unnrovoked. Captain Jacob, of this city, says that proceedings will be instituted in the United States court against the city of Nashville. Eighth Immunes at Nashville. Nashville, Tenn., 3Iarch 8. About five hundred men of the Eighth immunes, mustered out in . Chatta nooga, reached here just before mid night last night Fifty police and de tectives were at the station to preserve order. The sergeant who bad shot two people at Chattanooga was searched for but not not found. The police used their clubs effectively in forcing the negroes to give .up their pistols and remain in the cars, but there was no firing. The police were refused ad mittance in one oar by armed negroes at the door. The forced their way in. demanded all weapons in this car and there was much -clubbing, some . ne groes being badly clubbed. WOOD ALCOHOL THE CAUSE. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 8. Brigadier General William Ludlow, Governor of Havana, has "written :ra lengthy letter to the Evening Post, describing minutely the coaditions in the Cuban capital, and appealing' for,, assistance for Cuban charities. General Xudlow refers to the, local administration of Havana as a "serious and laborious task." . Touching especially upon the matter of keeping Havana clean. General Ludlow writes that cleaning and sanitation are carried on "under every difficulty of a century-old ac cumulation of evils." -The destitute, he says, are found in greater numbers in Havana than in the other pro vinces. "In this department," writes the , Governor, "which includes the city of Havana , and its suburban region, . west, . south and ' east between : the rivers - Almendares and - Colimar,- the desitute drawing rations approximate 20,000, who must for the present be fed. or permitted to starve. Employment of the able-bodied males on street cleaning, collec tion of garbage, repairs to streets and road cleaning, disinfection of large buildings and military structures and the like work, have constituted an immense assistance in this respect by enabling the 2,000 or 3,000 employes to feed themselves and those immediately dependent upon them ; but there is still a very large number for whom, at present, occupation cannot be furnished. It is one of the distres sing features that a great proportion of the destitute are women and chil dren, whose men have died or been killed in the waste-of war, while 20, 000 or 30,000 are aggregated as an army practically idle and dependent upon the country for their maintenance' -instead of being at work earning their' living and supporting their families. It is almost impossible, in the average case of the women, to find anything for them to do, and this helpless class make special appeal to sympathy." The charitable institutions of Ha vana. General Ludlow declares to be quite inadequate to meet the emer gency. He cites, as an instance, the "Casa de Las Vidas" (home of the widows), a structure in the capital oc cupied by the widows of Spanish of - hcers. Ur this institution ueneral Ludlow says: "Upon ' assuming di rection of affairs it is found that the pensions of these women had not been paid for over a yeak and that they had been left behind when the Spanish forces abandoned the island, absolutely 7 without the means of obtaining food. There are at present in the home a total of over 200, of all ages seventy women, ninety girls and fifty boys are almost all entirely destitute, and, from a prolonged course of semi-starvation and the absence of medical or other supplies, are deplorably reduced and have much sickness among them. It can be imagined how this aggrega tion of a quiet, gentle, suffering, and almost silent class appeals to the sym pathies. Many of them are well born, accomplished and educated, totally un able to do anything for themselves, and with the ignorance of children as to means of support They profess themselves, and in many cases doubt less witTTsincerity, willing to do work, even the roughest; Dut without any qualifications they would be practi cally useless to an employer. They cbuld teach, perhaps, but the schools are not open to them. They are alien to the community in which they are compelled to live, with com paratively few friends. To meet the needs of these women, General Ludlow suggests that an asso ciation of women in the United States might take account of the matter and perfect arrangements by which the institution .should be otherwise maintained than as a temporary military exigency: There are numer ous kindly disposed and charitable people - in Havana many who are busily engaged in charitable work with the sick 'and the orphans but their means are quite inadequate, and assistance would be gladly received from the charitably disposed in the United States." - - The Governor concluded by saying that Mrs. Ludlow, who was - taking a strong interest in the matter, would be glad to receive any communication on the subject or such contributions of food, clothing or money as might be forwarded. COMMERCIAL. -- WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE. March 2. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 44 j cents for machine-made casks and 44 cents - per gallon for ROSIN Market firm at 9tf cents bid per barrel' for Strained and 95, cents ,bid for Good Strained. TAJB. Market firm at: $1.00 per bblof 2801bs. ! - CRUDE TURPENTINE. -Market firm - 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 SB35 c ; rosin firm at $1.25, $1.30; tar steady, 95c; crude turpentine firm, $1J0, $2.00, $2.00. I ' ? - .-v-: . ; cotton. V' - Market firm on abasia of - 6 cts per pound for middling. (Quotations Ordinary. . ; . ....!. . . uood Ordinary. . . Low Middling. . .!. . . Middlincr. . Good Middling..!, tc RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine........; 7 Rosin. 122 Tar .it..-..; 307 Crude Turpentine.... 7 Receipts same day last year. 32 I cases spirits turpentine, 140 bbla rosin, 209 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude turpentine. cotton. - ! ' Market firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound tor middling. (Quotations: Ordinary ...3 9-16 cts. Good Ordinary 4 15-16 " Low Middling....... 5 9-16 " " Middling 6 I Good Middling , 6 5:16 " Same day last year middling 5c. x Receipts 40 bales; same day last year, 519. J COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 55 to 60c . per bushel r t 28 pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 809Qc. '..". r t CORN Firm; 424 to 47 cents per bushel. i .; tOUGH RICE Lowland (tide water' 90c$1.10; upland, 65 80c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. s 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, $1160 to 2.25; six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25: seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. . i TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. j STAR OFFICE. March 3. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 44 cents per gallon for country casks, i ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. ! TAR Market firm at $L00 per bbl of 280 lbs. I CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.40 for Dip, and $2.40 for1 Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3736c; rosin firm at $1.25, $1.30;; tar firm, $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.50, $2.00, $2.00. v . RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 41 Rosin T.......L 528 Tar 252 Crude turpentine 31 . Receipts same day last year. 41 casks spirits turpentine, 388 bbls rosin, 357 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude turpentine. cotton. i Market firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary... 3 9-16 cts Vb Good-Ordinary 4 15-16 " " Low Middling 5 3-16 " u Middling o I " " Good Middling. ... 5-16 " . " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 120 bales; same day last year, 355. 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, 80 90c. i CORN Firm; 53 to 55 cents per bushel. " i ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. I ' 4 N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c, per pound; shoulders, 6 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. i TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.60 per M. 8 9-16 cts $ lb 4 15-16 " :j " 5 9-lfr " 6 , ' -' - " 6 5-16 " " i rt a . i A . ' j . 1 oameuay lasiyear miaaung oc Receipts 225 bales; same day last year, 146. . v- ' ' "... - ' ' 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.i r ' CORN Firm : 42 to 47 cents per bushel, i . ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$L10; upland, 65$0c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. 1 N. C. BACON4-Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; ! shoulders, 6 to 7c; "sides, 7 to 8c i SHINGLES Per thousand, five- men hearts and sans. 11.60 to 3.Z5i six-inch. $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, fS.DOtO 6.50. - ) - TIMBER Market steady Jit $2.60 to 9.60 per M . j STAR OFFICE. March 7. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made casks i and 43 cents per gallon for country casks. . ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per bbl for strained and $L00 for good strained firm at $1.00 per TAR. Market bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. J Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine quiet at 3534c rosin firm, at $1.25, $1.30; tar firm, $1.10;'crudetur)entine nothing doing. ' : RECEIPTS. " . , Spirits turpentine 20 Rosin J 283 Tar. .j 273 Crude turpentine! 2 Receipts same j day last, year. 26 casks spirits turpentine, 210 bbls. rosin, 179 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 6o per pound for middling' Quotations i 2, 42 43c f. q. b. ; options opened -steady on covering and despite the r break in wheat ruled, steady all day, closing easy at 'unchanged prices; , March closed 42&o; May closed 40 c July closed 40c- Oats Spot weaker ; ' No. 2, 33 ; options quiet. Pork steady; Lard steady; Western steam $5 65. 5 .60; March $5 65, nominal; refined, lard steady. Pork was steady. But ter firm; Western creamery 15 20c: do. factory 12 14c ; Elgins . 20c; imitation creamery 13X17Kc; State dairy 1419. Cheese firm ; large white lljic. Petroleum , dull. Rice firm. Cotton seed . oil steady ; prime -crude 21c Cabbage steady at $4 00 10 00 per 100. Coffee Spot Rio dull; No. 7 invoice 6Hc; Nor 7 jobbing 6$c: mild auiet: Cordova 8 14c Sugar Raw firm; fair refining 3o; -centrifugal 96 test 4io ; molasses sugar refined firm. " ' - - Chicago, March 8. Heavy liquida tion by longs to-day owing to world's visible supply increasing instead of de creasing, caused a decided slumpjiin wheat and May closed 1 fo lower Corn left off unchanged and oats lost" c. Pork and ribs advanced 2 each and lard 2 and 5c Chicago, March 8.- Cash quota tions: Flour was dull and neglected. - ' Wheat No. 2pring 6769c; No. 3 spring 63 67c; No. 2 red 70K71C Corn No. 2 84e. Oats No. 2, free onboard, 27Jc; No.2 white 3030Wc; No.3 white 2929&c Pork, per bbl, $9 15 9 20. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 30 5 32. Short rib sides, loose, $4 60 ' 4 70. Dry salted shoulders $4 25 437H Short clear sides, boxed, $4 904 95. Whiskey Distillers' fin ished goods, per gallon, $1 26. Baltimore, March 8. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat dull and lowers-Spot 75 5-1675.tfc; March 75 i5-16(a75 !c : April 7575 5c : Mav - 75 76c. Southern wheat by sample x 7Q76c Corn Dull 'and lower; mixed spot 3737c-, March 37 37c; April 8838HcL May 39tf 39c. Southern white corn 38 -39 c. Oats dull and easy; No. 2 white 3636c. Lettuce $2. 50 2.75 per bushel box. EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. 15-16 " 9-16 V it 5-16 Ordinary I . . 3 9-16 cts. $ ft Uood Ordinary. .... i LowMiddling...... 5 Middling . .!. . . G Good Middline . 1 . . 6 same day last year middling ojtc. Receipts 233 Bales; same day last year, 284.1 j 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.! CORN Firm; 45 to 47 cents per bushel. I ROUGH RICE-r-Lowlandr (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 6580c; Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel j ' . N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 9 to 10c 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, fa.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6. 50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. 1 FOREIGN. Halifax, NS Brschr Utility 295 bbls rosm, 660 bbls tar, 50 casks tar, 430 bbls pitch, 45 cases spirits turpen- . tine, valued at $3,036.39; cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co; vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co, Port-au-Prince Schr Wm F Green 165,761 feet lumber, 12 bbls . tar, 12 bbls rosm, 6 bbls spirits turpen tine, valued at $2,123.15; cargo by" master, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son1 ctCo. - . Barbadoks Schooner D J Sawyer 323,297, feet lumber, valued at $4, 539, cargo by Kidder Lumber Co; ves- ; sel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co. - 1 r COASTWISE. New York Steamship Oneida-1,150 c bales cotton, 45 casks spirits turpen tine, 87 bbls rosin, 804 bbls tar, 47,422 feet lumber, 50 pkgs cotton goods, 30, 000 shingles, 100 pkgs mdse, 100 bags clams, 10 bbls clams, 48 bales warp, 60 bags shuttle blocks. MARINE. STAR OFFICE, March 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 41 cents' per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 35 cents per bbl for Strained and '$1.00 for Good Strained. ' TAR Market steady at $1.00 per bbl of 28Q lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. i Quotations -same day last year. LSpirits turpentine quiet at 3534c rosin nrm, at $1.25, fl.30; tar hrm, $1,10 ; crude turpentine, nothing doing i RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 20 Rosin ....... 1.. 4..' 187 Tar .......i.. ............ 102 Crude Turpentine 18 - Receipts same ; day last year. 15 casks spirits turpentine, 36 bbls rosin, 33 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude tur pentine. 1 COTTON. Market firm on a basis pound for middling. Ordinary ARRIVED. Swedish barque Solid, Wedin, 507 tons, Havana, Heide & Co. CLEARED. Steamship Oneida, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Br schr Utility, Bishop, Halifax, N S, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Wm F Green, Jonssen, Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Geo Harriss, Son &Co, ' ' American schr D J Sawyer, Kelly, Barbadoes, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. - quotations represent generally, in maKing up HT The following Whnlaaale Prices trenerallv. small orders hleher prices nave to, be chargi Tbe quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles auoted. . - per NEGRO REGIMENT; Monument to be Erected la the Confeder- ate Cemetery at Winchester. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Washington, March 8. A special to the Star from Winchester, Va., says: The Ladies' Memorial Associa tion here, together with the Daugh ters of the Confederacy in South Caro lina;' have succeeded W raising the necessary amount to erect a monu ment to the South Carolina Confeder ate dead who lie buried in Stonewall cemetery here. In the lots of other states in the cemetery there are now monuments to the dead of the respect ive States. The fund raised for the South Carolina monument was con siderably" augmented by a personal subscription from Charles B. Roussl of New York. MALLORY STEAMER LEONaTV Pour Members of a Family Pound Dead in a Tenement House. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Marlboro, Mass., March 8, The examination made of the stomachs of the four members or the Underwood family who were found dead in a tene ment house in the rear of the Frye Shoe Factory here on Monday even ing, February 13th, shows that the cause of death in every case was th drinking of wood alcohol. The per sons who were found dead in the house were Edward Underwood, his. two daughters, Olive, aged 21, and Frances, aged 12, and John Clifford, two year old son of Olive.Untlerwood; CHINA WILL APOLOGIZE. Damage to Cargo Estimated at 50,000. Vessel Not Much Injured. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 8. The Mallory steamer Leona, which was beached yesterday, to put out fire, was taken back to her dock to-day. The vessel herself is not seriously injured, but the cargo in the forward holds was badly damaged. The officials of the line estimated the loss at $50, 000. . The passengers who started on the Leona will sail to-morrow on the Concho, i The New York cotton goods market was quiet yesterday so far as actual business goes, but some good sized bids for brown cottons were turned down at only slightly lower prices than asked by sellers. Brown bleached and coarse colored cottons continued firm. Prints were also firm. - - In joint session of the Nebraska Leg islature, M. Li Hay ward jcas elected U. S. Senator to succeed Wm. V. Al len,, receiving 74 votes, the solid Re publican membership, with the excep tion of one absent on account of sick ness. Allen received 66, the full Fvl sion strength. ' " ' .OA'OclIA., - - , .of v , For the Terms Used in Refusing to Grant Italy a Concession. Bv Cable to the Morning Star. ' Rome, March 8. The Tribuna says it learns that the Chinese government has offered to send to the Italian min ister, Signor Martin, a written apology, through Sir Claude Macponald, British Minister at Pefcm, for the terms in which the Tsung Li Yamen j couched China's refusal to grant - the conces sion recentlv demanded by 'Italy of San Mun Bay, provinee of Che Ciang, to be used as-an Italian naval oase ana coaling station. - Half a Dozen People Injured in the Trouble With the Eighth Immunes. By Telegraph I to the Morning Star. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 8. No one will die as a result of the riot- i ng in which the men of the Eighth im mune colored regiment engaged here last night But half a dozen people injured will be laid up; for several months. Inspector Harkins, police man Poe and - A. J. Lodford are severely wounded, but their injuries will not prove fatal. Three soldiers were, shot in the disturbance, but their names could not be learned. In addi tion to those injured here, three sol diers Were shot on a Southern railway train between Chattanooga and Enox ville. The shooting was done by a soldier who escaped from the train at Athens, Tenn. Welcome A. Botkin.' husband of Cordelia A. Botkin, convicted of the I murder of Mrs. Jno. H. Dunning, of Dover, DeL, through the agencies of poisoned candy through "the mails, has applied for a divorce, on the grounds that his wife had been con victed of a felony. The schooner Wm.. B.- Steelman, from Norfolk for New York, with a cargo of pig iron, is going to pieces at Delaware breakwater, where she stranded Tuesday. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. STAR OFFICE, March C SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doinsr.'- " I ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. "I . TAR Market firm at $ 1.D0 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTDTE1 Nothing doing. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3736c; rosin firm at $1.25, $1.30; tar firm, $1,10; crude turpentine firm at $1.50,'. $2.00, $2.00. I ' RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine . . v i 16 Kosin , lia Tar f. ...... 158 Crude Turpentine......!. ...... 00 Receipts same day last year. 28 casks spirits turpentine; 220 bbls rosin, 193 bbls tar, 9 bbls crude tur pentine, j COTTON. I Market firm on a basis of 6c per pound for middling:. (Quotations: Good Ordinary. . Low Middling . . . Middling Good Middling. i::: of 6c Quotations: 3 9-16cts. $tt 4 16-16 " " 5 -9-16 .". 6 .' 6 6-16 " " Good Ordinary Good Ordinary. . Low Middling, . . Middlinsr..... ... Good Middling 3 9-16 cts 19 H . 5 9-16 " 6 a -i .. 6 54-16 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 129 bales: same day last tt GEORGIA FRUIT SUFFERS. De- Melon Crop, Too, in Some Sections stroyed by the Cold Wave. Atlanta, Ga., MarchY The heavy rain of Saturday and the cold wave of Sunday were followed by high winds and snow in many parts of the State. Rome and Quitman, Ga., were visit ed by heavy snows, ,and fartoers-re-port the complete destruction of the melon crop in that vicinity. A large number of live stock was killed near Opelika, Ala., and all fruit which was not killed by the cold wave three weeks ago was lost last night. Princess Kaluani, of Honolulu, is on her death-bed. Rheumatism of the heart is the cause of her illness. 5 By Telegraph to the Morning star. New York, March 8. Rosin steady; strained common to good $1 32&1 35. Spirits turpentine firm at 46K47c . . ': Charleston,' March 8. Spirits tur pentine firm at 44c; no sales. Rosm steady and unchanged ; no sales. Savannah, March 8. Spirits tur pentine .firm at 45c; sales 121 casks; receipts 45 casks. Rosin, firm and unchanged ; sales 2,735 barrels ; receipts 1,255 barrels. Belief In Six Bows. Distressing kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain ht bladder, kidneys and back, in male oremale. Relieves retension of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by R R Bkllamt, " Druggist, Wilmington, N. C, corner Front and -Market streets. t i ica Kmfl Yon Haw Always BaugM year, 488. COUNTRY PRODUCE. ? - PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 55 60c per bushel of 28pounds; Extra Prime, 65c ;Fancy,70. Virginia-Extra Time, 55c; JB'ancy, 60c; Hpanisir, eu 90c. i CORN Firm; 42j47i cents per. bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$l.,10; uptand 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. - 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 $2.60 to $6.50 per M. j STAR OFFICE, March 6. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 44 cts per gallon for machine made casks and 43 X cents per gallon for country casks. 1 ROSIN Market firm 'at 95 cents per bbl for strained and. $1.00 for cood strained. 1 TAR Market firm at $1.00 per bbl of 280 lbs. s CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.35 per barrel for hard, $2.40 for, Dip and, $2.40 for Virgin.. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine 3736 bid; rosin, firm, $1.25, $1.20; tar firm, $1.-10; crude turpentine, nothing doing. ! RECEIPTS. . Spirits turpentine .'i ...... 23 Rosin 253 Tar.......... .......L.... '382 Crude turpentine....' i..... 25 Receipts . same day last year. 9 casks spirits turpentine, 568 bbls rosin, , 269 bbls tar, " 4 bbls crude turpentine. - ame day last year middling tac. Receipts 175 bales; same' day last year 219. 1 J COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 65 to 60c per bushel of 28 pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c ; Spanish, 8090c. . CORN Firm, 45 to 47f cents per bushel. I ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$L10; upland,. 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. I N. C. BACON--Steady; hams 9 to 10c 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, $5.5o to 6.5o. ! ! i. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. ' 1 COTTON MARKETS. l By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 8. The cotton market failed to improve more than one point advance, secured on the ongninsr call, in the face of bullish ca bles, more or less had weather in the South and the list of favorable factors which have been the stock in trade of the bull interest so long, including the talk of wet lands, ) backward planting, good trade in cottdn cloths, orders'ahead at most spinning centres, firm South ern markets, etc I This failure was due to a more or less steady stream of li quidation orders, said tobe in good part from Wall street; although the selling soon extended. Later, it was claimed that certain Wall street pebple were buying again; but as a rule liquidation was the order of the day. The selling pressure was chiefly directed aeainst August and the nearer positions. The market closed steady at a decline of 5 to 7 points on near positions whilethe later deliveries were unchanged to two points lower. 1 New York, j March 8. Cotton quiet: middling uplands 6 9-16c. Cotton futures market closed steady; March 6.29c, April 6. 27, May 6.27c, June 6.26c Julv 6.28c August 6,28c, Sep tember 6.18c, October 6.18c, November 6.16c, December 6.18c; January 6.22c. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 6 9 16c ; middling gulf 6 1316c ; sales l,uuu paies. j . PRODUCE! MARKETS. BAGofNQ 2 0 Jute Standard WESTERN SMOKED Hams lb Sides Shoulders DRY SALTED 81deslb . Shoulders lb' BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand, each New New York, each VTnnr "H--T anrth . . BEESWAX B BRICKS Wilmington v u - Northern BUTTER North Carolina V lb . . . -Northern CORN MEAL Per bnsnei, in sacra . . .Virginia Meal... 3TTON TIES p bundle 18 & & e T 8 - & 1 10 1 80 1 80 88 5 00 g oo & 700 14 00 IS Q 80 & 49 75 & & 18 8 18 :5Bs, 11 88 00 18 83 60 ' 85 im 18 10 70 13 80 00 & 18 00 tl8 00 9 00 14 00 4 UU ByTTetegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 8. Flour was dull, weak and quoted lower; Minne sota patents $3 854 15. Wheat Spot weak: No. 2 red 82c : options opened easier and continued weak all of the session, under heavy selling for both Amounts: cables were lower.cropneWs favorable, seaboard clearances small and the interior movement liberal; near the close liquidation became pro nounced; final prices were lc net lower, with tone weak:; JNO.2 rea jaarcn closed 81&c; May closed 71cj July closed 73Hc Corn Spot eaiyNo: COTTON TIES p bundle CANDLES V bperm CHEESE V lb Northern Factory Dairy cream i State ... COFFEE-rV Lag uyra. Rio DOMESTICS . Bneetintc. 4-4, yarn Yarns, ft bunch of EGG8 V dozen FlBU Mackerel. No. 1. 19 barrel mackerel, jno. 1, nau-001. 11 uu MackereL No. 2. barrel... 46 00 Mackerel, No. 8 9 half -bbl. . 8 00 Mackerel. No. 8, barrel... 18 00 Mullets, p barrel ........... . Mullets, Vpork barrel... N. C. Roe Herring, V keg.- Dry Cod, W lb v " - Extra FLOUR lb Low grade OhninA . ............... Straight. 8 75 First Patent GLUE . OR k TV m hnntael Oorn,from stoye.bgs White Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store Oata. Rnst Proot Cow Peas HIDES V ureenBtiiwju. Dry flint vrv B&o, HAY V 100 Ss Clover Hay.. Rice Straw.. Eastern : western North River. HOOP IRON.. lb LARD, V - Northern North Carolina T-TMU! M barrel LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft - ahin St.nflrT rnuwAd .... BouKh edge Plank 15 00 16 00 West India cargoes, accord- lng to quality 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, to hegshead.. .. . Barbadoes, irrtoarrelB Porto Rico,'ln hogsheads. . . . Tnrt Rrn in harrftlB. ...... Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar House, In barrels. . . .. Syrup, In barrels....'........ NAILS, V keg. Cut, 60d basis... PORK, V barrel Ultv mess , Bump.... prime ROPE.J8 ft........ SALT, v sack. Alum Liverpool.... American......... On 12MB Sacks... SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M Common. Cypress 8aps..;..... SUGAR, ft (Standard Standard A ...... ... White Extra 0 Extra C Golden. . . . V, WWW ........... art 1 r 9 1h Nnrthnrn. STAVES, M-wTo. barrel I. O. HC 8 50 A 6 00 6ft B W 8 00 S- -8 85 , . 6 M 10 4 35 4 60 ' e too a 50 a 4 00 X . Ml & .60 40 & 45 S 45 75 m & 10 9 . SO 75 40 45- & 75 & 75 & - 75 w& m 6 & 10X 115 125 18 00 20 00 18 00 & S3 00 15 00 18 14 15 1 60 85 88 87 : 88 J4 15 85 1 65 11 00, 1U 0U 1000 82 1 1U lGrand 75 80 70 75 47i 6 00 6 60 1 60 8 85 i K&. SU WWW. 5 5)4 I !!!.'!!! 4 6 00 14 00 10 00 9 00 t7 00 6 50 4 50 5100 rt OK A AA TrKKlll TIMBER, r M feet snipping.. Mill, Palme ...... Mill, Fair.... I.... Common Mill................ btttnt.rs. N.C Cvoreas sawed M 6X24 heart 7 60 r Ran ft no 5x84 Heart.. 4 50 " sap........ 4 00 K-rA 6 00 " Bap.........;...... 5 00 Tiitiw a whirkteY. crallon. Northern 1 00 1 North Carolina u 1 M WOOL, per ft Unwashed W 8 50 6 00 5 00 6 50 5 60 5 60 a 00 oo