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i it. COLOR and flavor of fruits, size, quality and ap . pearance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, are all produced by Potash. . Potash, -r. ... . -. -pfo"perly combined with Phos . phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and ; liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Write and get Free our pamphlets, which tell how to bujf and use fertilizers with ! -. greatest economy and profit. GERITAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nsssaii St., New York. LIFE. j Silently, swiftly, one by one We march- down the aisles of -time ; Musical murmur and mournful moans, Plaintive pleading: and tender tone, Blend in a Irving rhyme. Hope and happiness, faith and fame. All are swept along . Into a future misty and gray, Peopled with phantoms grim and pray, Some with a curse and some with a song. Lives that were full of happiness, Others that teamed with sin; Shadowy phantoms of bygone days On a suffering soul torn full their gaze, And we long for the :'Might have been." . j. But the longing is vain, for the past is dead. ' " And a passing present is all we know. Futurity riddle we may not read, But the pains of the past with its lust and greed. Should tell us the way to go. Prince and pauper are peers in death, Their ashes are blown where their " feet once trod. Out of the past with its weal and woe Into the future of doubt we go, Christian and Pagan to face one God I Denver News. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Trifles make up life. But trifles magnified destroy life's happiness. Love is the 'highest "word Jt is the synonym of God. Lamartine. Unless a man works he cannot find out what he is able to do. Hob ilton. i There was never yefc a truly great man that was not at the same time virtuous. Franklin. Think nothing too small to do for God. Also, as surely, think noth ing too large to undertake which the Spirit bids you do. . The blood shed by our brothers in the performance of duty does not wash away for us the same duty. Rev. O. C. Shepptrd. The first virtue is to restrain the tongue. He approaches nearest the gods who knows how-to be silent, even though he is in the right." Beth Day. . - ' Disease of the mind blots out the light of reason ; disease of the body blots out the light of physical life; dis ease of the soul blots out the light of eternal Hope. We are apt to make charity an obligation which rests upon the rich alone, but nothing can be .universal and yet contingent upon circumstance. Charity is a virtue that belongs to the rich and the poor alike. Presbyterian ..Journal. Great occasions do not make heroes of cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow and ,wax strong, we grow and wax weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become. Canon Westcott. Comparatively few appeals for money should be heard from our pulpits. There is a better way of or ganizing the missionary and benevo lent activities of a church. While people should be taught to give, it is not wise to address a begging appeal to a man every time he enters a church door. Watchman, Stanly Enterprise: Our, cor respondents Faith Eowan County, says that J. T. Wyatt, at that place, has a gourd that holds one and one third bushels of wheat. Mr. Wyatt has a limited number of these seed and will send one to any person sending the necessary postage. v .abnroe Enquirer: One of the most novel cases of larceny we have heard of comes from a farmer who re ports that the seeds were stojen from his cabbage plant bed a few days ago. The tmvsnil was nil ralroA rff va fVia thief and carried away to another plant doo. , A LOCAL and i CATARRH CLIJIATIO DISEASE Nothing; bat a local remedy or change of climate will core It. Get a well-known specific, Ely's Cream Balm. "ofTefaToCOLD'N HEAD OrMTIfl ftn A flaa n a&m thA . v.a.l Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protect the Membrane. Restores thefiensee ot Taste and Smell. No Cocaine. No Mercury. No Injuri S? .ST!?6 Wc-f-t Druggists or by mail; Trial Size 10c by mall. ' ELY BROTHERS, 06 Warren St, New York. sellT tuthea Seed Irish Potatoes. 60 bbls. Honlton Rose Potatoes. 60 bags Honlton c ttoae potatoes. 86 bbls Bliss' Tri nmph Potatoes. .All Aroostoot County, Maine, Goods. D. L GORE. maBtf Florida Oranges, Brunswick County Yams, North Carolina Hams, . Shoulders and Sides ; ; MUST BE CLOSED OUT. HALL & PE AEBALL. naetr Nutt and Mulberry streets. NEWS FROM RALEIGH The State Board of Agriculture Met and Elected Various Officers. THE C. F. AND N. RAILROAD. To be Built to Fayetteville New Cotton MM North and Sooth Carolina RaH way Insurance Commissioner YoungNegro Troops. Special Star Correspondence. . ' ' Raleigh, N. C, March 9. Insurance Commissioner Jas. E. Young was sworn in yesterday be fdre -Judge Brown, and this morning he assumed the duties of his office. His office will bo in the Capitol, on the third floor. Mr. W. W.' Wilson, of this city, will be his chief clerk. As soon as he can close out his business at Henderson Mr. Young will reside here. j A recruiting station for enlistment in the regular army will be -opened here at once by Maj. Chas. I. Davis, U. S..A. Twenty cars carrying the Tenth Im munes, colored, from Macon to Wash ington, passed here this morning over the Seaboard. The train ran in two sections. These troops have been mus tered out. , C. F. and N. Railroad. The Cape Fear and Northern rail road will, it is announced, be built on to' Fayetteville. Some twenty miles have been completed at the Apex end of the road, and trains will be run over it next week regularly, f Work will begin at once. Col. John S. Cunningham says, on the $100,000 cotton mill incorporated by the Legis lature just adjourned. Much of the brick to be used has already been burned. The mill will be completed sometime during the Fall. The survey of the North and South Carolina Railroad, chartered by the recent Legislature, has been com menced. This road will run from Virgilina, on the North Carolina-Virginia line, through the State by way of Roxboro and Wadesboro, to South Carolina. At present it will probably be built only from Virgilina to the copper mines in Caswell .county. There is already a large force of hands, employed at these mines and much ore is ready for shipment It is proposed to erect a smelting furnace at the mines, the nearest furnace of the kind now being in, New Jersey.. r Board of Agriculture. The State Board of Agriculture met this afternoon at 4 o'clock for the purpose of electing the various officers of the Agricultural Department" and to transact such business as may be deemed necessary. The following are theinewly elected members of the board: Col. John S. Cunningham, of Person; Mr. S. L. Hart,of Edgcombe; CoL: J.B. Grimes,e of Pitt; Mr. R.. Jones, of Wake; Mr. Dill, of Jackson ; Mr. Bunch, of Guilford; Mr. J. W. Bailey, of Wake; Mr. J. A. Stephens, of Wayne; Mr. A. T. McCallUm, of Robeson; Mr. W. D. Smith; Mr. W. A. Heart, of Bertie ; Mr. G. W. R. Weston, Bun combe; Mr. Luther Waugh, of Surry; J. B. Coffield, of Martin. The following is the list of the offi cers in the department: Secretary and auditor to Board, res ident inspector, resident inspector's clerk, five itinerant inspectors, mail ing clerk, assistant mailing clerk, jan itors, usher to museum, curator to museum, State chemist, four assist ant State chemists, clerk to Analyti cal Department, two stenographers and typewriters, niht watchman, en gineer, immigration agent,, clerk to immigration agent. The Board of Agriculture organized by electing Col. John S. Cunningham chairman and Mr. T. B. Bruner secre tary. Mr. Bruner's term of office be ginsJune 15th, the day the term of J. L. Ramsey, the present clerk, expires. No other officers were elected to day. The per diem of members is fixed at $4.00 during the -actual sitting of the board and not while on the way to and from the meetings. Died at Rex Hospital. Representative Trotman, of Gates, died at Rex Hospital this morning at 12.55, of pneumonia. His death was not unexpected, as he had been un conscious since Tuesday and the phy sicians had given up all hope. Mr. Trotman was taken sick with the grip week before last and took to his bed a week before last Sunday. It developed into pneumonia and he was removed to Rex Hospital last Friday, where he was given the best attention possible by physicians and " skilled nurses. His daughter, Miss Hattie, arrived here last Monday and was a constant attendant at . bis bedside. Mr. Trotman .was aboUjt ,60 years of age and made "a. faithful Representa tive. It was known among the mem bers of theLegislature yesterday that the end was near and under the last resolution i passed by the Legislature $100 is available to defray the funeral expenses, 1 The body was taken home this morn ing on the 11.45 Seaboard Line train. Special Star Tetegrdm. Nearly all the members of the Leg islature have left the city. In all 2071 bills were introduced at this session. The Jargest numbe? ever before known was 1889 in 1897. j It is expected that the Supreme Court win hear argument in the penitentiary suit next Tuesday. If Capfc Day wins e will be unable to get money to rufl he penitentiary. Raleigh, , N. C... March 10. The trustees of the A. anM. College will meet ior organiz ition on Monday. - Keeper of Ike Capitol Burns claims he is in office for two years more, and refuses to give way to Mr. Cherry, the newly elected keeper of the Cap itol. The courts will be appealed to. The assistants in the office of the Enrolling Clerk have presented chief clerk Norell with a handsome table lamp, . Wake Superior Court is still in ses sion. The summons docket was called this morning. , The twenty-third annual State Con vention of the Young Men's Christian Association is in session at Trinity Church, Durham. On the programme for to-night is "The Army and Navy, Cajnp Fire Tales from those who were there," by Howard Caldwell, General Secretary, Wilmington.; Bureau of Labor Act By a mistake either in drawing or copying the bill repealing the Bureau of Labor act and establishing the Bu reau of Labor and Printing, the Legis lature has added to the duties of. the commissioner (Mr. Lacy) that of being tax collector for Bryson City. This u done in these words: "And shall per form all the duties prescribed in Chap ter 15, Publio Laws of 1897." Now, Chapter 15 is "An Act for the relief of A. H. Elmore, former tax collector for the town of Bryson City." The chapter meant is 251. which is "An Act to pro vide for the inspection and regulation of mines." .:; y - ' - ' . No county in the State had abler sit mnrA faifbfnKreDresentatrves than did New Hanover in Messrs. Roun tree andJWillaifd. They were if cg nized leaders the one in matteis of law and the other in questions of finance. ry ' - , Status of Clerks and Employes. By an oversight the resolution pro viding for an adjournment of the Leg islature until June, 1900, had nothing to say in regard to the pay of clerks and empldyes. . And. now it is claimed and the Auditor has so ruled, thatjby a strict construction of the law they will be entitled to draw pay for that time. Theclerks,however, say they will make no such claim and it is doubtful whether the courts would sustain them if they did. It would -take $159,000 to pay the clerks and em ployes for this time. The Legislature cost $66,500, asar as can now be ascertained ; that of 1897 nnst 70.760. while the one in 1895 climbed up to $72,266. . Special Star-Telegram.' "" The State Board of Agriculture held another meeting to-day. No officers' were elected, as had been anticipated, the Board having decided to defer all active work unril after the next meet ing, on April 26th A committee, com posed of three members -of the Board and Pros. Holmes and Secretary Bruner, was appointed to receive bids and specifications for an annex to the museum, and to make report at the next meeting of the Board. ' The three members of the Fish Com mittee (Coffield, ; Grimes and Cape hart) were instructed to correspond with the proper authorities aC' Wash ington relative to the establishment of a fish-hatchery in Albemarle sound. Mr. Capehart explained that such ac tion was necessary to the . fishing in terests of the State. A resolution was adopted that no member of the Roard should hold any office, save in the actual line of duty as a member of . the Board. This is aimed at three of the Fusion members of the Board, who are also fertil'zer inspectors, and at J. C. L. Harris, who is a member of the Board and also "attorney for it. They must now either resign from the Board or resign from the offices they hold under it. Raleigh,. N. C, March 11. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Board of Agriculture last night, Dr. Carter, who has been employed by the A. and M. College, was elected stock inspector on the quarantine line. His election is tem porary, and is for the purpose of locating the boundary of the infected district. An effort will be made to get certain parts of the State released from the quarantine. . N. C. Bar Association. . A meeting of the executive com mittee of the North Carolina Bar Association has been called to de cide upon the time and place for the Association's annual meeting. Charlotte, Asheville and Morehead have invited the Association. The date of the meeting will be some time in June, July or August. The execu tive committee will select a non-resident member to deliver the annual address at this meeting and five mem bers of the Association will be chosen to deliver other addresses, j: 'Matrimonial Event. The engagement is announced of Miss Mabel Green, daughter of . Col. Wharton J. Green, of Fayetteville, and Mr. George Elliott, son of Mr. Warren G. Elliott, President of the Atlantic Coast Line. The marriage will be solemnized at Fayetteville April 19, and will be a social event of great interest to their friends here and else- City Water Supply. The Board of Aldermen have ordered a change in the route of piping from the water works to the city. As it now runs it passes directly under the Caraleigh Phosphate Mills, and the water has thereby become so contami nated with sulphuric acid as to be al most unfit for use. Special Star Telegram. A call was issued to-day for a meet ing of the DemocraticExecutive Com miltee of Raleigh Monday night, to fix a time and place for city primaries. The election will be held the first Monday in May, under the new elec tion law. Charters were granted to corpora tions to-day as follows: Revolution Cotton Mills, of Greensboro, with cap ital stock of $300,000. The incorpora tors are E. Sternberger, M. H. Cone and CaesaryCone. Sampson Tobac co Warehouse Co., of Clinton, with capital stock $5,000. John Slaughter Co., Goldsboro. for manufacturing and selling hardware and , general merchanpise, capital stock $4,500. Parker and Falkner Furniture Co., of Goldsboro, capital stock $5,000. APPOINTMENTS. Justices of the United States Court of Private Land Claims. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Washington, March 11. The Pres ident to-day made the following J appointments: -To be Chief Justice of Court of Private , Land Claims, Joseph R. Reid, of Iowa; to be associate jus tices court of private land claims, Wilber, IF, Stone, of Colorado; S. S. Slush, of Kansas ; William W. Mur ray, of Tennessee ; Thomas C. Fnller, of North Carolina. - WARM WIRELETS. . The Senatorial deadlocks in Penn sylvania, Delaware and California re main unbroken-: : One hundred Colored solders of the Twenty-fourth infantry at Fort Rus sell, have volunteered to go out as shovellers to rescueX passenger train with 43 passengers, snowed in at Iron Mountain station for sixteen davs. TThe .British bark SiddarthaJ from Jacksonville, January 16tb, for Liver pool, was abandoned on February 22nd. Her crew were saved by the uamsn Dane veraando, from Parama ribo, January 15th for Amsterdam. After a struggle lasting nearly fif teen hours, the American chess players came out with flying colors against the Britishers in the cable chess match which was begun . in London and Brooklyn Friday morning and con- eluded yesterday, the score being six to four. Rev. J. H. Caldwell, D. D., a mem ber of the Wilmington (Del.) Metho dist Episcopal Conference, died at his residence, in Dover yesterday, aged 78 years. He came to Delaware in 1872, after having served different charges in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. . " Four men were arrested in Chicago- -1 J : Sit. j j." H jcoiicuy. vuorgeu witu uemanuing $300,000 blackmail from Frank H. Cooper, of Siegel, Cooper & Co. It is charged that they attempted to extort the money from Cooper by threatenin to accuse hinf publicly of a revolting crime. " - . CUBAN ASSEMBLY ; IMPEACHED GOMEZ. Removed Him from . His Com mand As General of the Cuban Army. CHARGED WITH DISOBEDIENCE Because He Accepted Proposition of Presi dent McKinley Three Million DoU ' lars Not Sufficient Gomez Stronger Than Assembly. - , By Cable to tbe Morning Star. -Havana, March 11. The Cuban Military; Assembly,- in public' session this afternoon, impeached General Maximo . Gomez and removed - him from his command as General-in-Chief oT the Cuban army. . The first ballot taken resulted in twenty-six votes being cast in support of the mo tion to impeach and remove General Gomez, against four in opposition. The meeting lasted from two o'clock until seven. ' General Gomez's only supporters were General Cespedes and General Nunez. The' original motion which was introduced by Senor Manuel San guilly, provided for the abolition of the grade of general-in-chief, but an amendment was offered to this by Senor Aguerro which read, To abolish the grade of general-in-chief and to remove General Go-nez for failure in his military duties and disobedience to the Assembly." Declared a Traitor. Senor Aguerro declared that Gomez was insubordinate and should be punished, and Senor Sanguilly in sinuated that the general was a traitor to Cuba. Much passion was' evident in the speeches in some, of which Gomez was declared to have been de linquent in his duties and disobedient because he had accepted the proposition- of Robert P. Porter, President McKinley's special emissary, without consulting the Assembly, because he had taken upon himself the arrange-, ments for the payment and disarming of the Cuban troops, independent of the Assembly, and because he had de clared to the Assembly that he would observe its rulings in so far as he con sidered them beneficial to Cuba. Want More Money. The Assembly again declared that the $3,000,000 was insufficient, and that it has not yet accepted the propo sition. The discussion of this question will soon be taken up now that Gen. Gomez has been removed. Senor Gonzales de Quesada, who ac companied Mr. Porter to Cuba, was attacked by Senors Gualberto Gomez, Sanguilly and Aguerro, who declared that he had acted in bad faith and had deceived them. Senor Aguerro likened the present condition con fronting the Assembly to those that confronted the French Cham ber when, it was proposed to im peach President, MacMahon. Colonel Mora and General Nunez declared that the present step was useless and would make the Assembly ridiculous in the eyes of the world. To-morrow General Gomez will be officially noti fied of the Assembly's action. Gen. Gomez Stronger Than the Assembly. General Gomez is believed to be stronger than the Assembly in the affections of the Cuban army. Many privates are anxious to leave-the army and go to work, especially when they are able to obtain money to start them in life anew. . , Tbe position of the Assembly is notably weak, as the military adminis tration support General Gomez, as do also the planters and property-owning element, who are tired of the Cuban army, which subsists half upon charity and half upon contributions levied by means of threats. Gen. Gomez Enjoys the Situation. General Gomez received at Molinas this evening a telephone message an nouncing to him the Assembly's de cision. He answered calmly, "All right; I enjoy the situation." He then came to Havana to keep a dinner engagement with his daughter at the house of a friend. General Carrillo, of General Gomez's staff, as commander of the Sixth Cuban Army Corps, it is reported, is now engaged in writing a document discharging from the. Assembly those members who represent that corps, declaring that they obtained their posta as army representatives illegally. Excitement in Havana. The news of the action of'the As sembly is all over Havana, and the cafes around the plaza are filled with excited men discussing the sufcject. The general .expression is one of censure of the Assembly. The tfext meeting of that body will be held on Monday. The surrendered arms of the Cuban troops will, " in accordance with an agreement between Governor General Brooke and General Gomez, be stored at Havana and Santiago, in the gen eral custody of the United States, but under the immediate charge of Cubans in the employment of xhe military government. Every Cuban soldier must give up his arms, even if they were bought by himself, or else he will receive no money advanced by the United States. SERIOUS AFFRAY. At the Examination of Witnesses ii . a , Contested Election Case. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. v Richmond, Va., March 11. A spe cial to the Dispatch from Bristol, Va., says while ex-Congressman James A. rWalker, contestant for the seat of Judge Rhea, in the 56th Congress, was cross-examining Rhea's witnesses, he became involved in a quarrel, with William A. Hamilton counsel for Rhea. Walker shot Hamilton in the abdomen, and - Hamilton may die. Walker was shot in the arm and shoulder, but not seriously wounded. He and one of his friends here have been arrested. It is not known who shot Walker. . ITALY'S ULTIMATUM. To Which the Chinese Government Will Probably Yield. V By Cable to the Morning- Star. Pkkin, March 11. The Italian min ister here, Signor Martine, addressed a note to the Foreign Office yesterday evening, making a request to take back the Italian dispatch asking for a con cession and notifying the Foreign Office- to accept it as a demand, adding that he was willing to enter into friend ly negotiations as to the details, but in sisting upon an answer within four davs. This nnt wad cnnrOipd in mn. teous terms, but the Chinese regard it J ML cut UiUUMIiUUl, tu WU1CB they will probably yield. - , . The 'Warner Brothers ' Company, manufacturers of corsets, have made a general advance in wages of from 10 to 20 per cent. Fourteen hundred hands" are employed, v . AMERICANS WILL I ATTACK FILIPINOS. Preparations Are. Being Made for an Advance of General -Otis Forces.' IT WILL TAKE PJLAGE SOON. Skirmishing Near Manila Continues The City Not a Safe Place for Officers' Families Aguinaldo Oppbsesgr Release of Prisoners. . By Cable to the Morning Star. Manila, March 11. 3.15 P. M. Ex tensive preparations are being made for a general advance of the American forces. The movement will probably take place soon. Alibis quiet, how ever, along the line. At daylight the rebels were caught working, on enfilading . a trench at Caloocan, and were shelled by a bat tery. Desultory firing also took place at San Pedro MacatL T"-' The United States cruiser Charleston has relieved the armed transport Buf falo, off Paranaque. The last batch of Spanish .soldiers, numbering 885 men, excepting a few who are in the hospitals, were em: barked on board the transport Buenos Ayres to day.' : Not Safe"for Officers' Wives. Washington, March 11. The War Department to day issued the follow ing cablegram received from General Otis: ."Manila is not a safe place for offi cers' families. Great difficultv is ex perienced in caring for those now here, and their safety is one of the chief causes of anxiety. Officers' fami lies shouldremain in the United States (Signed) - "Otis." Under such conditions the Secretary of War regrets that no more families of officers or enlisted men will be per mitted to. accompany troops. Fami lies of officers and all non-commission ed officers for which quarters are legally provided will be permitted to retain their quarters at the posts from which troops depart, according to the publications of the memorandum cir cular dated Adjutant General's office, January 19th, 1899. . t Spanish Prisoners, f " Madrid, March 11. It is? reported here that Aguinaldo had redoubled his . opposition to the release of the Spanish prisoners now in the hands of the insurgents because General Pola vieja, now"Minister of War, caused Dr. Rizal, who drew up the statutes in the Philippine League, and .was, there fore, practically the instigator of the revolt in the islands, to be shot in De cember, 1896. NEW RAILROAD SYSTEM. In Competition With the Southern, the Seaboard Air Line and the At lantic Coast Line. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Richmond. Va., March 1L A Dan .ville special to the Dispatch says it develops there, from reliable sources, that the North and South Carolina railroad, recently chartered by the former State, and which, it was given out, was to be a local road to develop copper mining and milling interests, is really intended to connect the At lantic and Danville road and the Plant system. The idea is to, form a link across North Carolina that will give a system in competition with the South ern road, the Seaboard Air Line - and the Atlantic Coast Line. Mr. .New gas, the owner of the Atlantic and Danville, is credited with being the prime mover in the new road and , is said to be heavily backed by English capital. CALIFORNIA BANKS, Collapse of a State Bank Leads to the Failure of Other Institutions. By Telegraph to the Morning, Star. San Luis Obispo. Cal., March 11, The closing of the County bank was followed-to-day .by the suspension of the Commercial bank of this place. The liabilities of the County bank amount to $439,000 and the assets are placed at $650,000. The Commercial bank is well connected with other concerns and it is predicted that its suspension will only be of a temporary nature. (- Paso Roblks, Cal., . March 11. The Bank of Paso Robles did not open its doors to-day. The failure of the County Bank at San Luis Obispo, and inability to realize on ' assets . fast enough to meet the depositors' de mands, are the causes assigned for the suspension, which it is thought will be temporary. The cashier asserts that the deposits, which amount to about $100,000, will be paid in full. SCHOONER ANNIE E. REYNOLDS. Wrecked on Chesapeake Bay Captain and Six Men Drowned. By Telegraph to tne morujng Star. Alexandria, Va., March 1L The Potomac, river ateamer " Wakefield, which has arrived here, reports that the schooner Annie . E. Reynolds, from Plymouth, N.-t C, for Alex andria, was wrecked near Point Look out, on Chesapeake Bay, during Tues day night's storm, and Captain - B. L. Hill arid crew of six men are said to be lost. The schooner was loaded with lumber. A trunk.belongihg to one of the crew and a piece of timber on which i a sailor had written the sup posed fate that awaited the vessel, wore washed ashore. r GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER. . Wants the President to Send Him. to the :. Philippines. By Cable to the Morning; Star. ' ' : Washington, March ltGenerat Joseph Wheeler saw the President to day concerning his ' future status. Subsequently he said that while 'the question of his remaining in the array had not been definitely decided, it was probable that he would not remain in the service. He thought the President would be unable to find a place for him, and he was not pushing the matter. ' "But I would like to remain in the service," he said, with animation, "and to be sent to the Philippines, where there is some fighting. I would not care to so much to stay, in the army if I had to remain in this country.'.' '' Bids were yesterday opened in the quartermaster's department vin New York for transportation of troops from their stations to ban Francisco, wnence ' they will go to Manila. ,The troops j are four, companies of the Thirteenth j infantry.and two batteries of the Sixth artillery, now at New York. CHICAGON MURDER MYSTERY. . - ' i Discovery of a Portion of the' Remains of , . . Mrs. Theresa BeckerJ : " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago,. March 11. By the dis covery of a portion of a human body i and a torn scrap of black dress goods, . under the barn floor at August, A. 1 Recker's home, at ,517 Rockwel. j street, the police are at last satisfied : that they have found the key to the j mystery surrounding the murder of ; Mrs. Theresa Keeker. The police now declare that without doubt the butcher killed his wife in' the barn and disposed of the . remains after cutting them up, by burning or throw- j ing them in the umcago river. QUEEN VICTORIA. The Royal Party Left England ior a Con tinental Tour. Bv Cable to the Morning Star. London,' March 11. Queenl Victoria started for the continent to-day. The sea was calm. The Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria of Wales and Prince Charles of Denmark, also left England this morning, by way of Dover and Calais, on their way to Paris, where they will spend two days They will then go to Marseilles and embark on the royal yacht' Osborne for a Mediterranean cruise. 1 STORM CAUSED COLLISION. p - i - - Three Men Killed and Others Wounded In a Railroad Wreck, j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Lincoln, Neb., March 11. A blind ing storm of snow and wind was the cause of a collision on tbe Burlington Railroad two miles west of 1 Lincoln this evening, resulting in the death of three trainmen and the injury of four others. The collision was between a switch engine and an eastbonnd fast freight. The dead and injured, all of whom live in Lincoln, were ! brought to the city. The injured, it iV thought will recover. - j . j ..; - Congressman W. L. Greene, of the Sixth Nebraska. district, ied suddenly of heart failure at Omaha, yesterday. An Excellent Combination. , The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known- remedy, Stbup op Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Stbup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. ' It is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liveisand bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it tbe ideal laxative. - ! ' In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to' the taste, but the medicinal qualities of tffe remedy are obtained from senna and. other aromatic plants, by a method known to the Caxifobnia Fia Sybuf Co. only. 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HcNAIRl Wholesale Grocer, North Water Street.'. OFFERS FLOUR. RIB SIDES. D. S. PLATES. PURE LARD. LARD COMPOUND STAR LYE. MENDELSON'S LYE TOMSON'S LYE. CRACKERS. PIC-NIO CHEESE. SUGAR.' f (COFFEE. I FOR SALE Rust Proof Oats. - September Muilsr e l tf The Kind You Hare Always i in use 6r over SO years, All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trine with and endanger the health of I Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORS A Castoria is a substitute for and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance, j Its age is its gruarantee. It destroys Worms and. allays jFeverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic It relieves Teething- Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. : The 'Children's Panacea Bears the S3 The Kind You Me Always Bought In! Use For Over 30 Years. TBI CIMTAUR COM WHT, TT And we tare making great prepara tion for Wr Spring Opening. Our business is! much better than last sea son. Our-stock ia very large. We want more customers. Our Goods are bought to sell, not. to keep. Come and help us unload; we are glad; to divide the profit with you. The new things we have received for early Spring trade are : One thousand pieces of new Calico from Si to 5c. j - Fifty pieces of white and colored Pique from 6 to 35c; Fifty pieces of pertty new Silk from 8c to $1.00 Twenty bales of Sea Island iSheet ing from three-quarters to onyard wide, price 2 to 5cJ Ten bales of fine 25-inch Plaids at 3 to 5c. . j Fifty pieces of fine Pants Cloth from 7 to 50c ; extra value at 12, 15 'and 25c. Twenty pieces of colored Duck at 10 and 12Jc. One hundred pieces of India Linen book-fold from 5 to 25c. Wilmington's GEO. O. I P. S. We have ou head milliner, looking up the new Spring styles. . Hold your orders for her. ma 12 tf OFFICE SUPPLIES. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF AX.L KINDS OF ! Commercial Stationery and Blank Books. Those merchants who are quick to give an order to every "Knight ot the Grip" that drops In to shake hands, will save money It they will take the troable to ask prices of us. i ' . - We will at least pay the freight. Try us. fesetr A Cow Dorrroina l oft in nQnioaQfl Eiirnitiiro H I UH UQipiO Mil 111 UUlllUgUU 1 UlllllUl 6 LOOK AT THESE PRICES : TA : a a 9 f f 9 9 uane oeai Anrf ovorvfhinn nn-nur floors nt a Rnrrifipp Come Early. TERNS CASH. 9 THE 1 Wow is the Savings All Deposits Me on or Before ITlaren 1st. begin, to Draw Inter est on TnAt Om-j nt e of FQUE PER fosstf Atlantic National Bank, Wilmington, H. C. CAPITAL,.. SURPK.TTS AND PROFITS,..:. We Want Your Business and Will Make It to J. XV. NORWOOD, D. L. f President P. L. BBIDGEB8, D. L. GOKBj; 8. P. McNAIR. ' ' E. J. POWERS, H. U VOLLKR8, C. ma4tf . i German Kainit. 1600 bg Pure Kainit. U 1000 hg Cotton Seed Meal. 1800 bag 18 Per Cent Acid. 1100 bags Tobaeeo "Fertiliser. 1900 baga Cotton Fertiliser. 1800 ba?a Strawberry Fertiliser 800 bg Muriate Potash. 340 bags Sulphate Potash. 160 bag Nitrate Soda. . 450 bags B. B. B. Fertiliser. ; -175 bags Bone Meal. - 160 bags Dirty Salt. ' - k : . V. B. CC0FE3? v 5tt JUL- Bought and which has he has borne the signature f r and lias been made under nis per sonal supervision since its infancy.- Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops The Mother's Friend. CASTOR! A always Signature MUWHT BTBECT. WC. VQWH CITY. i ' Fine'white Dimity from 5 to 30q per yard.. ' j ' Nice double-fold half wool Cassi-. mere at 10c, any color. . i j Three thousand Ladies' Hats. We ' have anything you can call for fnj . Ladies' Spring Hats. Sailors at all prices from 10c taj,v $1.50.. I 1 Felt Hats, at 25c sold for 50 and 75c to close at 25c now. Three thousand pieces of fine newf Ribbon." All styles of narrow Ribbon " for dress trimming from 2 to 15c. Sash and Bow. Ribbon No.. 40! Taffeta, all silk, at 18c; No, 60 at 25c j any color or stripe you want. One yard Bleaching at 3$c'. ' One-yard Sea Island v Sheeting ; at 3Jc. Sixty-inch wide Bleachedl Tables, Linen at 23c. Pillow Cases, hemmed, at 10c. Fine Bed Spread at 59c. ! s We-are up to date and lead the pro-! ! mg at Bigr Backet Store, GAYLORD, Prop., ' 1 !' 1 i Miss Alma Brown, in Northern cities C. W. YATES & CO. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 mi m 0 on airs. ouc Oak Sideboards, . . $7.00 Oak Beds, . . . 1. 2.00 Oak Bedroom Suits. 11.00 Woven Wire Springs, . 1.00 and up. 9 9 9 9 SIMEED CO. Time TO HAKE IfOTJK. BEFOSITS IN THE andTrost CENT. PER AifNUM. $125,000.00 . 88.400.00 Your Interest to Deal With Us. Promptness. OOBEi Vice President, LEG II. BATTLE, ; i Cashlef. Company. .'DIRECTORS. - - J. W, NORWOOD, G. A. KORWOOD, H. B. SHORT. W. t BPRINOttff W. WORTH. J. SWORTH. ' Skin Diseases. . ' For the speedy and permanetr are ot tetter, Bait rheum and eczema Tham berlain'a Eye and Skin Oit.tmut is without an equal. . It relieve the itch- ' Ing-and smarting almost instantly and its continued ruse effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald headj, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands,- chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. , I . Dr. Cady's 'Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic, blood purifier andTermifrge. Price, 2Scente ;SoJdbj ' rorsaisbtr - - ' iaiB. billakYi