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ittt.mtMUi mt ! mm FROM RALEIGH. Three ( Ex-Postmasters Will be Tried for Embezzlement by 'the Federal Court. CONFISCATED JACOB'S CIGARS Owners Can Recover by Buying Stamps and Defraying Expenses Corpora tion Commission Negro Row. New Case of Smallpox. ' , " Special Star Correspondence.' Raleigh, N. C, May 15. The Corporation. Commission will change its office" from the first to the second floor of the Agricultural Build ing. . As soon as the board meets and gives formal consent to the change the commission will make the removal. The sixteenth Annual Council of the Diocese of Eastern Carolina meets in St. Mary's church, Kinston, Thurs day, May 25th. . ... One new case of smallpox was dis covered here to-day. Those persons who had, Jacobs' cigars seized irom tnem can recover the same by buying stamps to cover cigars ana aerraviner all exnenses at tached thereto. a. new savings oans is soon lO DO established at Keidsville. When the Federal Court meets here ilexi week three ex-postmasters will be tried for embezzlement and misap propriation of funds. Special Star Telegram. Peithnriv Normal Srhnnl j. uere win oe eigui vacant scholar ships for this State'the coming year in Peabody Normal College Nashville, Tenti., on account of the retirement of the folio wiDg scholarship students: Kate Bagley, Emma D. Conn, Blanche . Dupree, W. G. Reeves, J. V. Simms. W. M. Stancill, L. W. Trivitte, Sally C Smith. These persons were ap pointed upon competitive examina tion by the State, Superintendent of Public Instruction a year ago To fill these vacancies President Payne nom i nates the following students now at college from North Carolina: M. C. Mosely, Elkin ; L. E. Messick, Jones , ville; Bessie Cheek, Whitehead; Electa Fbote, Roaring River:. Ethel E, Barker, Jonesville; T. K. Sisk, Mor ganton ; E. M. Hampton 'Jonesville ; D. L. Strader, Bason. This leaves no rirn rrta t VA ft 11 wl Ktt AvamlnoiiAii Two years ago there were eiarht such appointments. Shot iii a Row. J " row John- Morgan, colored, shot another negro, Leo Banks, wounding him so . severely that it is believed he will die: The shooting occurred about mid night, in Swift, Creek township. A party of seyen negroes, who had been drinking freely, stopped on their way home to have a wrestling match. The result was a row. between John Mor -gaii and Calvin Williams., Morgan ' lost his temper, whipped out a pistol and fired at Calvin. The ball missed Calvin and struck Lee Banks, sixteen years old, in the left eye. The State Board of Examiners will meet. "here next Friday to prepare ex animation papers for applicants for re ceruncaies. 4- MAGISTRATES APPOINTED BY LAST LEGISLATURE. Important That All Should Qualify Before June First The Crops Other j Raleigh News. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, May 16. The State Board -of Examiners has tak'eu " control of the colored Normal Schools and .is preparing a course of study for them. Qualifications for the administration of ' members are prescribed and de finite work is laid out for the course. Alexander county to-day settled its taxes. The sheriff paid in to the State Treasury S2.687.29. The Leazer Literary Society of the A. & M. College will, Friday night hold its seventh annual oratorical contest bv undergraduates. The term of all the Democratic magistrates appointed by the Legisla ture of 1893 expires August 30th. This makes it very important that those appointed by the last Legislature qualify before the time expires. June 1st. else there will be no Democratic magistrate inlmanv townships. The First Regiment Band to-night played a return date here to a good house. Rev. J. L. Foster, pastor of the Christian Church here, retires from the ministry. This step is made neces sary by a throat trouble. He has been. pastor of the church here for ten years. ?... - Crop Bulletin. j The Weekly Crop Bulletin, issued by the Weather Bureau here, for the weekending Monday, May 15th, says the past week was characterized by an . unusual number of severe local storms with hail and washing rains. On the 7th and on the 8th severe local hail storms caused great damage to crops over small areas in no less than twenty counties, with the most discouraging reports from1 Union, Mecklenburg, Chatham, Scotland, Johnston, Bladen and Duplin counties. Wheat and oats were beaten down, young corn and cotton destroyed, necessitating the re planting of many acres, and a good - many strawberries were ruined. Heavy rains occurred also Thursday and Friday, and light rains at some point or other every day of the week. The sunshipe was deficient, but fortu nately -the temperature continued above the normal. " Corn seems to be doing remarkably ! well, with excellent stands, except in portions of the Eastern district, where. however, the necessary replanting is being done. " Planting cotton progressed as rap- ' idly as the conditions would permit ; many farmers are through planting, and are chopping to a stand; some cot ton nelds are getting quite grassy, but as a whole the crop is .doing very well. Farmers seem to be adhering generally to their intentions of -planting a -f less acreage than usual. j Many tobacco plants' were set. out under favorable conditions this week, being now most active in the north- central portion of the State. The plants are growing nicely everywhere Buithe Signature V ir.d Yau Hava Always Bougtt THE STARBOARD OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. Elected Directors for the Atlantic North Carolina Railroad The State Guard The Penitentiary. ; Special Star Correspondence Raleigh, N. C, May 17 The Adjutant General to-day made requisition on the War Department for $8,000 worth of equipment Tor the State Guard. The requisition calls for general ordnance and quartermaster's stores, including three hundred of the best rifles to be obtained. Halifax county sends un twelve con victs. Their terms range from six months to nine years, j Only one of them was brought to the .penitentiary here. The other eleven were taken to the Halifax farms. , The First Regiment Band went from here to Henderson, where they gave a concert to-night. The members of the band are very desirous of .locating, as a band, in Raleierh. when their tour is completed. - 1 The committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary for the purpose : of formulating rules and regulations for the institution, met here to-day and performed that duty. -.. Special Star Telegram. Board of Internal Improvements. The State Board of j Internal Im provements' met this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The following directors of the Atlantic .& North Carolina rail road were elected for the second time: W. M. Webb, Morehead City; J. A. Meadows, Newbern; Jas. A. Bryan, Newbern ; L. Harvey, Kinston ; Samuel C. Suggs. Snow Hill; T. C. Whitaker, Trenton; Jas. Westbrook, Mount Olive; L. G. Daniel's, Bayboro; and as State proxy, Harrold Dorlcb.of Golds- bora. Their , term of office begins at the next general annual meeting of stockholders (September 28). The session was merely for the pur pose of doing over again, what has al ready bean done, but is rendered nec essary by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad suit. This decision held that if the board had met after March 10th I their action would have held good in electing the directors of this road. However, the Legislature in the act expressly pro vided that they meet February 24th,. and this caused the board to elect the new' directors before the term of the old directors expired. No attempt will be made to remove President Patrick until his time is out in September. State Land Surveyor Ramsey was, however, removed, and ! Gen. W. G. Lewis, of Goldsboro, elected in his place. EXPLORING THE AMAZON. . Remarkable Voyage of the United States . Gunboat Wilmington Captain " Todd's Report. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, May 17. The Navy Department has just received from Commander Todd, of the Wilmington, an interesting account of the remark able voyage of exploration up the Amazon river made by that vessel in April last. The Wilmington was in structed by the Navy Department to push on up the great river and ascer tain how far it was navigable. Cap tain Todd reports that he ascended to Yquitos, in Peru, which is about 2,100 miles up the river. This voyage was made, askhe says, against adverse currents averaging three knots for the entire distance. Manaos. at the -junction of the Rio Negros with the Amazon, has" hereto fore been regarded as the head of navi gation for steam vessels, and from that fact has grown to be a pros perous city of 40,000 inhabitants. Consequently, the intention of Cap tain Todd to ascend the river above that point caused consternation, and, in the end, as revealed by subsequent reports, led to some adverse demon stration against the American consul and against the native pilots who as sisted the Wilmington's commander to make the voyage. Captain Todd succeeded, notwith standing these obstacles, in ascending the Amazon for l,UUO miles above Manaos, and had it not been for lack of fuel he could have steamed about 300 miies further, he believes. As it vt&s, the Wilmington, which entered the Amazon from the Atlantic ocean, was within about four' hundred miles of the Pacific and well into Peru be fore she turned backward down the river. The possibilities of the successful navigation of the vast and hitherto un known interior of South America re vealed by Captain Todd's voyage, will, it is believed, be of the greatest im portance, and the Navy Department probably will take steps to see they are made known to the maritime world. Unfortunately, Captain Todd shows the great Amazon, like the Mississippi, is so changeable in its channels as not to permit of successful charting,! so that expert pilots will always be re quired. HIGH JOINT COMMISSION. Will Probably be Reassembled to Adjust Issues Between the United States and Canada This Summer. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, May 17. As a result of a conference held at the Foreign Office in London between Lord Salis bury, Sir Julian Pauncefote and Am bassador Uhoate, tne latter, acung un der direct instructions from Secretary Hay, it can now be predicted that the high joint commission to adjust issues between the united states ana uanaaa will be reassembled during the coming Summer or early Fall. The negotia tions have taken a new turn by the suggestion that the Alaskan boundary question be suDtninea 10 arDiirauon, independent of the other issues in volved, thus leaving the commission free to resume its work on the many other pending questions. The boun dary question is said to be the main obstacle to an agreement, so much so that the commission took its last ad journment because of manifest in ability to come together on this point. Since then the two governments have tried to settle the question, and some progress has been made. A final agreement does not yet appear to be in sight, and a temporary adjustment by a modus vivendi is still open. Belief in Six Honrs. . 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 jn relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves retensiori of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is tne remedy. Sold by n. R. Bellamy, Druggist, Wilmington, N. C, corner Front ana Market streets. UWTON'S TROOPS TAKE SAN ISADRO. Driving the Filipino Forces From the Town and Into the s Mountains. AMERICAN LOSS WAS SLIGHT, j Rebels Still Threaten San Fernando At tack on Outpost Repulsed Large Numbers of Natives Returning . to Their Homes. By Cable to the Morning Star. Washington, May 17. The follow ing dispatch has been received at the War Department from Gen. Otis: . "The situation is as follows? Gen. Lawton, with tact and ability,- has covered the Bulacan province with his column and driven . the Insurgents northward into San Isadro, the sec ond insurgent capital, which he cap tured this morning. He is now driviDg the enemy northward into the moun- tains. He has constant fighting, m- flicting heavy losses and suffering; few casualties : the appearance of the enemy behind entrenchments thrown" up at every strategic point and town is very demoralizing to the insurgents, and has given them no opportunity to reconcentrate scattered troops. Kobbs' column, with gunboats, is proceeding up the Rio Grande." Portions of the dispatch which have not been made public relate to future movements of the troops. Capture of San Isadro. ' ManilI, May 17 General Lawton's advance guard under Colonel Sum mers, of the Oregon troops, took San Isadro, the insurgent capital, at 9 :30 o'clock this morning. The expedition under Major Kobb, of the Third artil lery, consisting of the Seventeenth iu fantry, a battalion of the Ninth and one battery of the First artillery, loft Calumpit at daybreak to-day,marching up the Rio Grande to -join General Lawton's division at Arayat. A flotilla of cascoes.loaded with supplies, also proceeded up the river. Both forces were convoyed by the gunboat under Captain Grant Aguinaldo's ex-secretary, Oscamilo, who was arrested here on February 23rd, is now employed as an official interpreter by the authorities. Colonel Summers' command, con sisting of the Twenty-second infantry on the left, the Minnesota regiment in the centre and the Oregon and North Dakota regiments on the right, pre ceded by scouts and accompanied by Scott's battery of artillery, advanced from Baluarte at daylight The troops first encountered the enemy two miles from San Isedro, the rebels retiring when our artillery opened fire. Just outside' the town a rebel force, esti mated to number two thousand men, was entrenched. It made a slight re sistance, but evacuated its position when our troops turned its right flank. The enemy's loss was fifteen men killed and twenty wounded. Our troops also captured three prisoners and many rifles. On the American side, one soldier of the .Oregon regi ment and one of the Minnesota regi ment were sliehtlv wounded. After capturingtthe town Captain Summers' troops continued their advance, pur suing the retreating rebels for several miles. ' ' - Natives Returning to Their Homes. Although the rebels still threaten San Fernando in considerable force, large number of natives, a majority of them being families, with their house hold'goods, are returning daily to the towns inside' the American lines, at Apalite especially. ' Many of the richer Filipinos are coming to Manila and farmers are re suming work in the rice fields. The latter show their respect for American sovereignty by removing their hats to the passing trains. . - O wing to the bad condition of the. wagon roads, the work of repairing the railroad is beintr actively pushed. All the broken bridges have been trestled and only a few excavations remain to be filled up. Trains will undoubtedly 1 be running through to San Fernando in a few days. The only natives there are some Filipinos from Macabebe, who are trading with our soldiers. Attack on Outposts. At daylight to-day. Lieutenant Hill, with twenty-five men of the Fourth infantry, was concealed in the trench es near Pasig, was attacked by a force of rebels', who evidently imagined they could capture one of our out posts; but a few volleys put the enemy to flight the rebels losing five men killed and a number of wounded. The army gunboat Napingdan has returned ;here from the lake, having been disabled by a cannon shot from a rebel position, near Santa Cruz, which broke her rudder post. Insurgents Demoralized. Washington, May 17y-That the in surgents are disintegrated and de moralized is perfectly 'manifest from the press dispatches and the cable re ceived from General Otis to-day. General La ton, who was pushing the line of the rebel retreat along the Rio Grande, has flung his advance, which, at last advices, was resting at San Miguel, northward about twelve miles, has taken San Jsadro, the second insurgent capital, and when Otis' dis patch was sent was still pressing the enemj northward. " The fact that he is sustaining few losses, in his forward movement, although in almost con tinual contact with the enemy, is an other proof of their utter demoraliza tion. According to General Otis' cable they still continue to throw up, in trenchments, but General Lawton's strategy outflanks each position' in turn, keeping them in full retreat and giving them no opportunity to" re construct their scattered forces. It will soon be the mountains or the seas for the insurgents. As our troops could be transported by the sea to the mouth of the Agno and a new base of operations established there, it would be folly for them to take that course. Scattered, demoralized and disheart ened, it is almost certain that the rebels, in desperation, will retreat into the fastness of the mountains, where thev would be safe from pursuit, and where they could keep up a guerilla warfare indefinitely or until their leaders came to their senses. ; - Although ail the past efforts of our troops to get into, the rear of the in surgents have failed up to this time, by sheer force-of the battering ram the enemy has been driven back step-Jiy-step into the pocket 'where nothing will be left for them but to surrender or go into the mountains. Over fifty- five miles, as the crow flies, the rebels have been forced back. Proof of the pudding lies in the eating of it. Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies in the taking of it. COST NOTHING If It fails to cure. 25 cents per bottle tf it cures. Sold strictly on its merits by . ROBERT R. BELLAMY, marSlly Wholesale and Retail Druggist. SEVEN ALLEGED REVOLUTIONISTS. Arraigned in Court at Pre toria Charged With High J Treason. A PLOT TO SEIZE THE FORT. j One of the Prisoners Says He Was Acting Under Instructions of the British War Department Believed to be a Tramped Up Affair. By Cable to the Morning Star. Pretoria, Transvaal, May 17. The seven alleged revolutionists, who presented the appearance of ordinary loafers, were arraigned in court to-day charged' with the capital offence of high treason. They were remanded for a fortnight Sworn affidavits allege that . two thousand men have been enrolled for military service, and that it was in tended to arm them in Natal, to return them to the Rand, and at a signal to seize and hold the fort of Johannes burg for twenty-four hours, pending the arrival-of British troops. The Press says the government re gards the matter as "an unfortunate local incident which will not enect tne general political situation." The government also connrms tne report that the arrangements between President Kruger and the Governor of Cape" Colony and High Commis sioner of South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, for a meeting at Bloemfon tain, capital of the Orange Free State, are nearly completed. The residents' proposed reforms will be presentedto the Volksraad prior to the meeting. , London, May 17. The consul of the Transvaal here has received the following telegram from his govern ment dated Pretoria, May 16: "Richard Nicholls, describing him self as a colonel: George rattersonr a captain ; Edward J. Tromlett, Charles Ellis and John A. Mitchell, lieuten ants, and Fries- and Hooper, were ar rested yesterday morning on the sworn declaration of three English men. on the charge of high treason in connection with the alleged object Of the enrollment of troops to create a revolution, seize Johannesburg fort and hold possession of the town until the British troops from Natal could come to their assistance. "One of the prisoners alleges that he was acting under instructions from the British War Department" A representative of the Associated Press to-day saw a number of promi nent South Africans connected with the leading concerns of Johannesburg. They all declared they had not re ceived a word from their own agents in Cape Colony, the absence of advices indicating that the affair was "trumped up by the Boer police," and that in any case the men arrested were irre sponsible nobodies with fictitious military titles affixed by the Boers with the object of discrediting the British in the eyes of the continental powers. It is now believed that Trem lett (not Tromlett) was formerly a cap tain of volunteers in Cape Colony and that he is now a milling agent NEGROES IN GEORGIA. Petition the Governor That the Law be Permitted to Take Its Course in the - Case of a Condemned Murderer. By Telegraph to the Mornlnz Star. Camilla, Ga., May 17. At the April term of the Superior Court for Mitchell county, Jim Rimberly, col., was convicted of the murder of his aunt and sentenced to hang on May 16. Yesterday, shortly before the hour for the execution, the sheriff re ceived notification from the Governor that Rimberlv had been respited for thirtv davs upon the petition of lead- in? white citizens of the county. The petitioners alleged grave doubts of the moral responsibility of the condemned man. and asxea tor an inquiry into his mental condition. Two members' of the jury who convicted the man siened the petition. To-day leaders of the colored population drew up and circulated a petition to the Governor, praying that tne law be permitted to take its course in the case of Rimberly. 'and deploring that he was not nromntlv hansred on the date named bv the trial court The col ored petitioners direct attention to the allegation recently advanced by the Governor himself and frequently made by others, that the delays of the law are Jarsrelv responsible tor lyncn- ines. and call upon the Governor to see to it, in the interest of law and or der, that justice is speedily meted out to this murderer. IDAHO MINE TROUBLE. General Merriam Telegraphs the War De partment for two Troops of Cavalry. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, May 17. Secretary Alger has received the following tele gram from General Merriam, in e planation of the situation in the Coeur D' Alene: "Wardner, Idaho, May 16. Ad jutant General, Washington The Governor of Idaho has carefully re viewed the situation here and deems it necessary to place troops at Burke and Mullen to avoid further disorder. I reouest two troops of cavalry. Re- ferrinsr to the press criticisms, I have made no order. My action is limited strictly to the support of the State authorities. There are 395 prisoners still in custody, under investigation. "Merriam, Brigadier Gen,' ST. MARY'S SCHOOL. Rev. T. D. Bratton, of Spartanburg, S. C, Elected to the Rectorship. By Telegraph to the Mernlng Star. Raleigh, N. C, May 17. A special to the News and Observer fromTar- boro, N. C, says: The trustees of St.. Mary's School trt-dav unanimously elected to the iw.tnrshin of that school the Rev. T T 'Rrattnn- of Snart&nbure'. S. C. Af r. Bratton is rector of theTSpis- r.orial church at Spartanburg and VmlHs the chair of history in Converse rwi W for women. He is the son of the late General John , Bratton, and both by birth and culture, as well as al chflrflp.tpr 19 thoufi-ht to be nre-eminentlv fitted for this exalted position. - - ' WHEN NATURE : Needs assistance it may be best to ren- der it uromntlv. but one should re member to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the Uauiornia JBig syrup uo. POLICE OFFICERS AND A NEGRO DESPERADO. One Officer Killed and Another Wounded. Nefro Suspected of the Rose stein Murder. iT By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. May 17; Humphrey Taylor, a negro suspected of the Rosen- stein murder, at Slidell, Md., to day shot and killed Police Sergeant Fritz Passau, wounded I Policeman Gow, and k pt a posse of a half dozen offi cers at bay from the loft of a house for nearly two hours. Dozens of shots were exchanged between the officers and the fugitive i who only surren dered when preparations were made to burn the premises. Last Saturday morning Louis Rosen stein and his wife, who kept a small store at Slidell, were found insensible and horribly wounded m their store room. Rosenstein soon . died from his injuries and the woman is believed to be near death. Suspicion fell upon a negro named Humphrey Taylor, alias Brown, who had disappeared. A negro answering the description of Taylor was seen last Saturday evening and information received by the police led them to believe their man was li v-. ing in a small house about a quarter of a. mile of Georgetown. Early this morning Taylor was seen to enter the place, and word was immediately sent to the nearest precinct station, and a posse of officers hurried to the place. The men were posted about the house. Passau, Gow and another officer at tempted to gain entrance through ' the front door. Taylor Opened Fire. Finally the door w,as forced. The two small rooms on the first floor were empty, and the officers ascended to the second story. The front' room was also untenanted, and as the men passed into the rear apartment, Taylor open fire from the trap door of a cock loft in which he bad taken refuge. ! Sergeant Passau sank to the floor dead, with two bullets through his chest Policeman Gow opened fire through the trap but failed to bit the fugitive. Gow received a bullet in his right hand, badly shattering it and another struck his metal badge and glanced downward 1 the entire length of his coat The reserves of two pre cincts were called out,, and the house surrounded. The shooting, mean while, had attracted several thousand persons. Occasionally the negro would fire a shot at the officers and immediately a volley would answer it, but no one was hurt. With .revolvers in hand they watched every window and tried several ruses to draw Taylor's fire. He seemed to have an unlimited sup ply of ammunition. Dinally, con cluding that he would not surrenaer. District Commissioner Wright directed the police to fire the premises. A mat tress was secured; saturated with oil and the officers began to remove the furniture. The Negro Surrendered. Seeing his game was hopeless, Tay lor surrendered. Surrounded by offi cers with drawn revolvers he was hustled out of the house to the patrol wagon, when the crowd surgea ior war4 with shouts of "lynch him," "burn him," and made a rush lor the prisoner. A rope was secured anu tne mob made a desperate euon to place it around the wretch's neck. The coolness of the officers, however, . m 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 saved iayior,i wongn ne was rui badly disfigured by blows from the nearest of the crowd. Upon "searchitfgthe premises the police found 1192 and a gold watch and chain where he had secreted them. He had a diamond ring and a Small sum of money on his person. t i i i i i . ; a 1 UA - ai is Dene veu ne ; is uie uiau mo Maryland authorities' are looking for. It is probable, however, that he will be detained by the District authorities and tried for the murder of Sergeant Passau. ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. Adjourned After Repealing the Call for a Constitutional Convention. By Teleirraph to the Morning Star. Montgomery, Ala., May 17. After being in session fourteen days the Legislature adjourned this even ing. The body was convened in extra session by the ttovernor to repeal tne call for a constitutional convention, and to propose amendments to tha constitution to be voted on at the next general election and to pass primary election laws, xneir oniy aci passeu during the fourteen days was to repeal the call for the convention, andappro-' priate money to pay their salaries and mileage. A number of amendments were offered but none of them could command enough votes to make them effective. , Why were 25,000 BOTTLES OF ROB ERTS TASTELESS-SSc. CHILL TONIC sold the first year of Its birth ? , Answer : Because It is the BEST AT ANY PRICE, guaranteed to cure, money refunded if It fails, pleasant to take, 25c per bottle. It is sold and guaranteed by ROBERT R. BELLAMY, - mar241y Wholesale and Retail Druggist. EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. COASTWISE. New York Schr Chas D Hall 375,000 feet lumber, Xlape Fear Lum ber Co, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son cfcCo. ' FOREIGN. Liverpool Nor i baraue Argus 4,231 bbls tar, 1,458 bbls rosin, valued" at $9,000, cargo by Alexander sprunt & Bon, vessel by ileide oc uo. Bristol S wed baraue Norden 2,607 bbls rosinl,000 casks tar, valued at $6,445, cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co, vessel by Heine & Uo. .-A. j -5Ti 2L -t . ihe SGnS You Hate Wways Bought MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamship Oneida, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. ' Schr Gem, 489 tons, Foss, Boston, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ' CLEARED. , Nor barque Argus, Nielsen, Liver pool, Heide & Co. I Schr JnoR Fell, 319 tons, Loveland, Norfolk, Geo Harriss, Son &.Co. Schr Chas D Hallj Falkenburg, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Swed barque JNorden, uomoerg, Bristol, Heide & Co. CASmORiA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of COMMERCIAL. I WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE,. May 1L. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market quiet at 38 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 37 cents per gallon for country casks. KUSJJN Market firm at 95 cents perbbl for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR Market firms at $1.20 per bblof2801bs. I CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.40 for Dip and $2.50 for Virgin. - quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 2726c; rosin steady at 95c$1.00; tar firm, $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.25, $1.801.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine...! 83 Kosin . , j. 444 Tar 254 Crude Turpentine 31 Receipts same day last year. 38 spirits turpentine, 995 obis rosin, xa3 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTOir. Market quiet on a basis of5jcper pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 13 7-16cts. ft Good Ordinary '4r 13-16 44 5 7-16 44 JjOw Middling. Middling Good Middling 3-16 same day last year middling be. Receipts 19 bales ; i same day last year 168. ! f COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of 128 pounds; fancy, 80 to 84c. Vir ginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 to 85c. CORN Firm, 50 to 52 5 cents per bushel. . J ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. j N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides. 7 to 8c. 1 . SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six inch, $4.00 to $5.00, seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M." . STAR OFFICE, May 12. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market quiet at 37J cents per gallon forma chine-made casks and 37 cents per gallon for country casts. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per bbl for strained land $1.00 for good strained. ' j TAR Market firm at $1.25 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.35 per barrel for hard, $2.40 for Dip and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 27j4 27c; rosin dull at 95c$1.0tp ; tar hrm, $1.10 ; crude turpentine firm) at $1.25, $1.80 1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine . : . 1 64 Rosin.... I 298 Tar , . 1 63 Crude Turpentine . . . J 23 Receipts same day last year. 108 casks spirits turpentine, 135 bbls rosin, 169 bbls tar, 29 bbls crude tur pentine. , i COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 5J cts per Sund for middling. Quotations: rdinary 3 7-16 cts $ ft Good Ordinary 14 13-16 44 " Low Middling 5 7-16 4 4 44 Middling 5 Good Middling Same day last year 6 3-16 " 44 middling ' 6c. same day last Receipts 24 bales;! year, 358. country produce. PEANUTS -, North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of "28 pounds; fancy, 80 to 85c. Virginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 & to 85c. CORN Firm: 50 to 52 cents per bushel. j ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c $1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. i N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides. 7 to 8c. j SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch. $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. I TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 6.50 per M J STAR OFFICE. May 13. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. I ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. j TAR. Market flrmt at $1.25 per bbl of 280 lbs. -t . CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.40 for Dip, and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 27427c; rosin, dull at 95c$l.l00; tar firm at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.25, $1.801.90. 1 receipts Spirits Turpentine .... 67 Rosin 94 Tar 34 Crude Turpentine 37 Receipts same . day last year. 75 casks spirits turpentine, 487 bbls rosin, 127 bbls tar, 83 bbls crude tur pentine. I - cotton: Market quiet on a basis of 5 cts per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary. 3 7-16 cts, Good Ordinary. .... . 4 13-16 44 Low Middling 5 7-16 44 Middling 5 Good Middling...;.. 6 44 Same day last year middling 6c. Keceipts l . bale; same oay last year, 347. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of 28 pounds : fancy, 80 toj 85c. Virginia HiXira prune, ou uj ouu, lautj, ww, Spanish, 82 to 85c. I CORN Firm; 50 toi 52 cents per bushel. I ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide watert 90ccatl.l0: upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. I N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. ' SHINGLES Per thousand' five inch hearts and saps; $2.25 to 3.25; Bix-inch, $4.00 to 5.00: seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. i TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. ' STAR OFFICE. May 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 38 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 37 cents per gallon for country casks. KUSlN-r-Market firm at 5 cents per barrel for Strained "!lruv1 Strain Arl and $LQ0 for TAR Market firm at $1.25 per bbl of 280fbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.40 for Dip, and $2.5Q for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 2726c; rosin, dull at 5cfl.oy; tar nrm at $L10; crude turpentine nrm at $L80L90. .' I RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. .... I 44 Rosin......,........ ......... 162 Tar....:.... ....L.. ....... :. 63 i Crude turpentine Receipts same day last year. 108 casks spirits turpentine, 325 bbls rosin, 115 bbls tar, 39 bbls crude tur pentine, j " j COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of &j cts per pound for middling. Quotations urdinary. .i Good Ordinary , . . Low Middling... Middling. .1 Good Middling. .. 3 7-16 cts lb 4 13-16 " 44 5 7-16 " " came day last year middling be. Receipts 5 'bales; same day last year, 188. I ? COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80 to 85c. Virginia Extra prime 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 to 85c. - CORN Firm; 50 to ' 52 cents per bushel. i ROUGH ! RICE Lowland (tidey water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580cC Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to ' tne busnei. ; ' N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. - ' r SHINGLES Per thousand, five-inch- hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.5Q. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. STAR OFFICE. May 16. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market dull at 38 cents per gallon for machine-made: casks and 1 cents per gallon for i country casks, with no sales. Sales at 37 J 37 cents. ROSrN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE ! TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.30 for Dip and $2.40 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 2726c; rosin, dull at 95cfl.00: tar firm at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.25, $1.801.90. 1 RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 134 Rosin......! 384 Tar 108 Crude Turpentine 41 Receipts same day last year. 84 casks spirits turpentine, 262 bbls rosin, 145 bbls tar, 48 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 5x; per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary....... 3 7-16 cts. $ ft Good Ordinary 4 13-16 44 " Low Middling...... 5 7-16 " 44 Middling........... 5 " " Good Middling 6M 44 " Same day last year middling 6c. Receipts 0 bales; same day last year, 106. ! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Extra prime. 7580c per.bushel of 28 pounds; fancy,' 80 to 85c. Virginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82Hto85c. CORN Firm; 60 to 52 cents per bushel. 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 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. ' SHINGLES Peir thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $2.25 to $3.25; six inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to $6.50 per M, . STAR OFFICE, May 17. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market . steady at 38 cents for machine-made j RAska and i7 cents ner callon for !' country casks. ROSIN Market firm at-95 cents per bbl for strained and $1.00 for good strained. TAR. Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE I TURPENTINE. Mar keti- steady at $L35 per barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip and $2.40 for virgin. (Quotations same day last year. . Spirits turpentine, steady at 26 26c ; rosin dull at 95c$1.00 ; tar steady at $1.10; crude turpentine steady at $1.25, $1.80L90. ' ! RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 93 Kosin...... zi Tar.., J 51 Crude turpentine. . . 58 " Receipts same day last year. 91 casks spirits turpentine, 129 bbls rosin, 62 bbls tar, 8 bbls crude tur pentine., l COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations: Good Ordinary 3 7-16 cts $ ft Good Ordinary. 4 13-16 44 44 Low Middling, 5 7-16 44 ,44 Middling...; 5 44 44 Good Middling...... 6X " " Same day last year middling 6c. Receipts 0 bales; same day last year, 57. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80 to 85c. Virginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 X to 85c. CORN Firm; 50 to 52 cents per bushel. i ROUGH l RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel ! N. O. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at fz.&u to 6.50 per M. j COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York, May 17.. From open ing to close the shorts were kept in an uneasy frame of mind and at tames covered freely, as a result of bullish information from the cotton belt, abroad, and, in fact, from nearly all directions. The market made a quiet and firm start, with prices one to three points ; higher, and steadily im nroved as j the session progressed. reaching at the'.best figures a gain of six to seven; points. The better feel- insr at the onenm&r was due in a meas ure to unmistakable evidences of firm ness in the future department and a re newal of heavy demand for spot cot ton at Liverpool, fnvate caDies attested that the European cotton inula had recarded the weekly weather rmllfttin as of bullish purport To-day's information: from the Houtn led to tne impression that rains were badly need ed in a number of sections, that the crop was not making good stands, ex cept possibly in Texas, and that insects were beginning to ravage cotton over large areas.; The official weather re port indicated, high temperature and almost a total absence of rains over the entire region, and the forecast was for generally fair weather for the next day or two. Encouraging reports were received from Southern spot markets. The closing was steady at four to five points neChigher. . New York. May l7.-HJotton steady: middling uplands 6c. Cotton futures market closed steady ; May 5.86c, June 5.88c, July 5.92c, Au gust 5.93c, September 5.90c, October 6.93c, November 5.94c,December 5.98c, January 6.02c, February 6.05c, March 6.09c; April 6.11c Spot cotton closed firm at l-16c ad vance; middling uplands 6&c; mid dling gulf 6Hc;sales 900 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Mornlna' Btar. . New York. May 17. Flour was steadier on spring patents and rather more active; Minnesota patents fo oU 4 00. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red" 82c: options opened firm on English ' cable advices, and later developed ' positive strength on bullish crop news. In addition to ' further: reports of chinch-bug, the Modern Miller was. quoted as estimating this year's wheat crop at 100,000,000, bushels less than last: shorts -covered freely and the market closed strong at fi&jie net advance; No. 2 red May closed 79c; July closed 76c; September closed 75$Cc Corn Spot firm; No. 2 41' 41 mc: options opened easy and de clined later because of liberal Chicago liquidationTlight clearances and poor support; closed unsettled with May Jc " higher on strike news and other months HHo net advance: the sales included; May closed 89'c;July .z closed S8c; September closed 38, c. . Oats Spot steady; No. 3 white c; options quiet. Lard easy; Western 8team$525; refined dull. jPork quiet Butter steady; Western creamery 15 19c; State" dairy 13X17c; State . creamery 1519c Cheese-Old firm; large white 11X& . Uotton seed oil auiet and easy as to undertone, re ecting depression in lard products; prime snmmer yellow 2525'c;prime summer yellow 2625Jc;prime white 29 30c. Rice firm. Potatoes Market steady; New York $1 251 50; Jersey sweets $1 002 00. .Cabbage quiet at $1 501 75 per barrel crate. Coffee Spot Rio dull but steady ; mild quiet. . -Sugar Raw firm; refined firm. Chicago, May 17. Claims of crop -damage from insects caused an ad vance of ic in wheat to-day. Corn declined ic and oats closed a shade higher. Pork lost 1517Jc and lard and ribs 2i5c each. Chicago, May 17. Cash quotations : ' Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat No. 2 Bpring70H71c; No. 3 do. 66 70c; No. 2red7275c. Corn No. 2s. 33j(c. Oats No. 2, 27C; No. 2 white, free on board, 30c; No. 3 white 29tf29&c Pork, . per bbl, $8 108 15. Lard, per 100 lbs, -$4 97 5 00. Short, rib sides,, loose, $4 45(4 75. Dry salted shoul ders, $4 254 50. Short clear sides, boxed, $4 955 00. WhiskeyDis- tillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 26. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT; 13F The following quotations Wholesale Prices generally. In represent In making u small orders higher prices have to be char The quotations are always given aa accurately gjtosslble. but the Btar will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles Quoted. BAGGING si n jute. Standard....... WESTERN 8MOKB.D Hamsjp t , Shoulders V DRY SALTED BldesS Shoulders B BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Beoond-hand, each. New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX V r. " BRICKS 18 12H S 6 6i a 1 10 & 1 80 & 1 85 82 6 00 a 7 00 0 00 H 00 i2a is , 20 a -. 28 51 a 65 62 a 65 70 80 is a i 8 a li- Wilmington V M Nortnern BUTTER North Carolina V Northern , i CORN MEAL Per bushel. In sacks . . , ! Virginia Meal v COTTON TIES V bundle ! CANDLES V Jb l SDerm Adantantlne . CHEESE 5 j Northern Factory iota im ii 10 18 70 11 t Dairy uream ; State y COFFEE V lb Laguyra 12 a a mo DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, y yard i x ama. v duuuu ui 3 job . . . . EGK5B V dozen iuv f Ion c Mnolrnrel. No. 1. W barrel... 2S 00 ,a SO 00 Mackerel, No. 1, half -bbl. 11 00 15 00 1 Mackerel, No. 3, w barrel... is uo Mackerel, No. S half -bbl. . 8 00 a is oo a 9 oo a 14 oo a 4 co a 8 oo t l 85 10 MacKerei, ho.9, v Darrei... is uu Mullets, barrel 2 50 Mullets, V pork barrel 5 00 N. C. Roe Herring, ft keg.. 8 00 Drv Ood. lb 5 " Extra 4 85 a 4 60 FLOUR "(8 lb Low grade.... a 8 60 8 75 4 25 5 00 . m 65 60 60 -45 unoice Straight First Patent GLUE V GRAIN bushel Corn,rrom store.bgs White -4 00 4 60 a 63 a car-ioaa, in Dgs wniie... Oats, from store 40 Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas. CO Black Eye Peas 1 00 a & 65 1 10 HIDES V ib Green salted.. a a a Dry flint ... Dry salt 9 ,80 45 " INK HAY V 100 "a Clover Hay GO ' a Rice Straw 40 a Eastern a Western a North River a - HOOP IRON, V ' IK LARD, - Northern 5 a North Carolina 6 a LIMB, V barrel 1 15 a in 75 75 10H 1 25 LUMBER (city sawed) v m n Ship Stuff, resawed... ...... 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to Quality 13 00 20 00 a 18 00 a 18 00 .03 00 15100 a 0 60 a 8 oo a io oo 1Q 50 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Bcantllng and Board, com'n 14 00 Common mm o uo f air miu 6 60 Prime mill . 8 60 10 00 Extra mill MOLASSES V gagon Baroadoes, in negsneaa Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Rlco.'tn hogsheads .... Porto Rico, in barrels Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar Hoase, in barrels;.. . Syrup, in barrels 12 14 15 . 60 NAILS, 9 keg. Cut, 60d basis... PORK, V barrel uitv mess..... Rump., Prime..... . ROPE, W lb SALT, V sack, Alum 10 75 TOT Liverpool . American., On 125 tH Racks. SHINGLES, 7-lnch, pet M 5 00 common... i w cyDress saps. ..(.... oo 8UGAR, V Standard Gran'd standard a White Extra C. Extra C, Golden. j,-xoiiuw. ....... ............ SOAP, V Northern STAVES, JB M W. O. barrel. . . . 6.00 TIMBER, r M f eet-Shlpplng. . . k. u. uogsneaa.. iiiu.raime... Mill, Fair Common Mill..... 4 60 i n f Arior to ordinary. . . 8 00 SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed V uexxt neaix.. w 5x24 Heart. " Bap. 6x24 Heart... " Bap..;.. TALLOW, ..... WHISKEY, 9 gallon, jjorthern- Nortii Carolina 'VOOL ner ft Unwashed IS A SYSTEM 6UILDER.GIYES APPETITE o ADDrr.TS in f- 1 1 v r- M fesdd Stnerlv on its Merits. It is The best Chill Tome at the smallest price, anfiyQup money refunded it if fails to cure you. ROBERT B, BELLAMY, mar341v Wholesale and Retail Druggist. f VleVcsosa! BSaBlk.
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