North Carolina Newspapers

mm FREIGHT ON COTTON. f Corporation Commission Consid ering Question of a Uniform. Rate On All Railroads. . OTHER NEWSFROM RALEIGH. proposed Consolidation of All eaboard Air , Line Roads la North Carolina Ra leigh and Eastern R. R. Labor , i Day Legislation. I Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 5. A general meeting of stockholders of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad wiU be held here to-morrow at 10 o'clock to consider the terms and con ditions of the consolidations of all the Seaboard Air Line roads in North Carolina and provide for an increase in the capital stock, as provided for in an act passed by the last Legisa ture. These actsare preliminary to a consolidation of the Seaboard system and the F. C. and P. Railroad.' The Corporation Commission is in session to day, considering the ques tion of establishing a uniform cotton rate for all roads in the State. The principal railway systems are repre sented. -It now seems not unlikely that the proposed Raleigh and Eastern Rail way will run from here to Wilson instead of to Wakefield and Spring hope, as at first proposed. The pro moters of the road have secured op tions on the timber between here and Wilson, while outsiders have rushed in and taken up the Wakefield timber lands i .Two Labor Days.. Br a mistake! made in copy ins chan ter 30, Laws of ; 1899, North Carolina now has two Labor Days a State La bor Day and a ! National Labor Day. The first Monday in September is Na tioual Labor Day and the last Legisla ture mienaea 10 mase it also a State holiday, but by an error it put it "the first Thursday m September". An enort is Deing maae to organize a news teiepnone company here, with Mr. Will Wynne, late manager of the local later-State exchange, at its head. The premium list and programme of the races for the next State Fair were issued yesterday. The Fair olhcials are hard at work and the prospects are for the greatest fair in many years. To morrow they will meet the railroad people to ask for the one cent flat rate, which has been granted I only once before in 1835. - Schools Opening. The schools of this section are open ing unusually; well this year. At Wake Forest two-hundred students were enrolled by the end of the first week. The Raleigh Male Academv be sraa its fall session Monday with most flattering prospects. About sixty students are already here to attend the A. and M. College. Entrance exami nations began to-day and college opens tomorrow. The city public schools will open on the 15th. - There are now 330 convicts employed in railroad building in this State. They will betaken back to the penitentiary farms on September 15th to pick cotton. ; , Mr. George T. Ivey,. who is to be in charge of the Textile Department of the A and M. College, has arrived. Federal Court. Judge Simonton will preside with Judge Ewart at the October term of Federal court in Greensboro, both the Circuit and District Courts being in session at that time. Within the next thirty days depos itors in the defunct Bank of (jtuuford, at Greensboro, will receive 40 percent. dividend. During the thunder storm yester day afternoon a negro named John Hughes and the mule he was driving were struck by lightning and both in stantly killed, . Hughes was in the country hauling cotton. His body was brought here to his home last night. i ' TRIAL TRIP OF THE BATTLESHIP KEARSARQE. A Record of Seventeen and a Quarter Knots Accomplishment Considered a Phenomenal One. " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Newport News. Va.. September 5. The official reading of Uhe log gave the first class battleship Kearsarge, which went on her trial trip to-day, a record of seventeen and one quarter knots, which speed was maintained for nearly half an hour. Those inter ested in the construction of the splen did vessel consider her accomplish ment a phenomenal one, in view of the fact that the course, on which the forced draft was tried was in shallow water and that the vessel's bottom is in a pretty filthy condition, having been in the water continuously for nearly thirteen months. The steam and steer ing gear were subjected to the most severe tests, the immense mass of steel and iron responding to ner wneel almost as readily as a steam launch. On one test she made a semi-circular turn in two and a half minutes. Capt b olger, who is to command the Kear sarge, and the other naval officers on board, expressed themselves as highly pleased with the result of tne trip. - The Kearsarge sailed at 6 A. M.., in charge of Captain Faircloth. She was handled iv a picked crew of two hun dred men from the yard. She left the dock under her own steam and at once proceeded toward the capes. At Old Point. Captain Chester, who will com mand the Kentucky, sister ship of the Kearsarge. boarded the vessel!. Here the anchor chainl was tested. Pro ceedine to the neighborhood of the capes the compresses were adjusted. and the big ship was put through the various paces necessary to test teh qualities of her steam steering gear. Passing out of the capes ' with the water curling high up. on her prow, forced draft was put on and tne re markable soeed noted above was ; at tained. Twentv-two miles out from Cape Henry, the ship swung around and started on tha return trio. In side the capes on the returntrip the hand-steerlner crear was tested and fountKsatisfactorv. The new bearer of the noble name of Admiral Win- slow's old frigate then steamed back at a ten-knot trio. Both going out and cominc back the Kearsarge re ceived a noisv greeting. Many of the foreign ships passed dipped their colors and saluted the new warship with their whistles. .... The Kearsarge steamed up to her dock at 6 P. M., with brooms lashed tcr her peak and masthead. The trial was a success in every par ticular. All the armor and mam bat . tery of the Kearsarge is in place. Her secondary battery will be placed on board and she will go to New York for preparation for her official trial trip. The East Carolina Real Estate Agency will sell for cash, or will ex change for desirable house and lot in Wilmington, a farm of 272 acres, three mile from Rose HilL Address R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. 0. t l.lic it depend?; mm IGERMAN &PER0R Dreyfus' Case Hopeless and Con demnation Certain If He Will - Not Intervene. ANXIETY IS VERY GREAT. Anti-Dreyfusirds Exasperated Yester day's Proceedings in Court Martial. Three -Important Episodes A Startling Incident By Cable to the Morning Star. ) Rennes, September 6. The salva tion of Captain Dreyfus hangs on a word from Emperor William. This is the general opinion here to-night. If the Kaiser consents to allow Colonel Schwartskoppen, the German mili tary attache in Paris in 1894, to testify, before the court martial or to send a deposition; or, what is considered still more probable, to allow his denosition to be accompanied by the actual docu ments mentioned in the bordereau, then Dreyfus is saved. u tne Hitnperor. however, decides that it is hot in the interests of Germany for Colonel Schwartzkoppen to intervene, then Dreyfus' case is hopeless and his condemnation certain. To-nieht the eves of France are looking -across the frontier to Stutt gart, where the Kaiser is staying, and anxiously awaiting his decision. He is in the position of the spectators of a gladiatorial combat in the coliseum in ancient Rome, with Dreyfus lying at the foot of -his antagonist and watch ing whether the Emperor points his thumb up or down. At a late hour this evening he had given no sign either way, and Frenchmen are wait ing with breathless interest the first indication of his will. The Arbiter of Peace. -. To all intents and purposes. Emneror William stands' to-day the arbiter of tne international -peace of France. for every one anticipates that Kinsr Humbert will follow his lead. This is probably the explanation of the delay. emperor William nas zone to Wur- temburg, from Alsace-Lorraine and .King Humbert is at Turin. Comma nication between the two monarchs, therefore, is somewhat complicated, ana as tney win undoubtedly agree upon identical measures in replying to EX. Liabori s appeal, it is possible that several days will elapse before tneir decision is known. Tne opinion generally held here is that Emperor William and King Humbert will al low Col. Schwarzkoppen and Colonel iramzzardi to be examined by a rogo- tary committee ana tneir depositions to be sent to Kennes with supplemen tary evidence, from the originals of Uisternazy's treasonable communica tion. Anti-Dreyf usards Exasperated. The anti-Dreyfusards are extremely exasperated at what they character ize as M. Labori's "trick." He had long been seeking an excuse to evoke the intervention of the German and Italian sovereigns, and seized tne ap pearance of (Jernuschi as nis opportu- ty, declaring that the admission of the evidence of this foreigner justi fied his application regarding Schwartz koppen and Panizzardi. It can be safely asserted that the admission of Cernuschi as a witness for the prosecution came as a veritable God send to the defence, giymg them almost at the last moment a more or less legitimate, basis for M. Laborrs application to summon the German and Italian attaches. The anti-Dreyfusards assert that the members of the court martial will ignore the affirmation of Colonels Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardi, be cause they recognize that the testimony of these officers will be given by order. with a view to save tneir own spy. but in less prejudiced circles it is believed that the cannot disregard tne solemn declarations' of the two attaches with out giving rise to a still more graver situation in an internal trial sense than now prevails. The Public Proceedings. To-day's public proceedings were marked by three important episodes, The first was General Zurlinden's ad mission that the erasure and restitu tion of Esterhazy's name in the petit bleu could not have been perpetrated bv Colonel Picauart. and consequent ly must be attributed to some one in side the general staff. " The second was tne declaration oy M. Paloleogue that the secret dossier contained a document which showed that Col. Schwartzkoppen admitted his relations with Esterhazy. and that Schwartzkoppen. in the opinion of Paloleogue, sent to Esterhazy the identical petit bleu for which Colonel Picquart was detained ten montns on a charge or iorgery. The third was tfeneral liiiiot s in sinuation that Esterhazy and Captain urevins were accomplices, wuiuu icu to an impassioned protestation on the nart of the accused and to a thrilling scene between M. Labori and Colonel Jouauat'a treatment of him. a denun ciation tantamount to an accusation of open partiality. ". - 1 A Startling Incident. General Zurlinden's admission that Colonel Picauart could have not per nitrated the erasure in the petit bleu was z a star Mint? muiueuu xiicu iuo i a i . ; a. ml AV. n statement bv M. Paleologue that Colo nel Schwartzkoppen bad admitted tnat it was almost certain that the petit bleu was sent bv him or caused to be sent by him to Esterhazy caused a sen- sation, as being tne nrsi omciai iesu- mony to the treason or HiSternazy; ana it was certainly a strong point in favor of Drevf us. the importance of which was immediately seen by the prosecu tion and shown subsequently in Gen eral Billot's broad insinuation oi com plicity between Dreyfus and Esterhazy, From a spectacular point of view, however, the great event of the sitting wn the battle roval between M. la bori and Colonel Jouaust over certain questions which the advocate wished to put to General Billot M. Labori lost control of himself under the in fluence of his deep feeling of indigna tion and his belief that Colonel Jou aust was deliberately gagging him in the interest of the military clique. His voice, which at first resounded through the court room, became choked with omntion. The spectators held their hrAath aa he retorted, defiantly, to nnlnnnl Jouaust's refusal to put the nn rations, his words drowning Jou- ftnut'a voice in an irresistible torrent whose force was heightened ' by his passionate gestures. . Dn Faty de Clam's Deposition. The evidence of Lieutenant Colonel Da Paty de Clam, which was taken on commissionBy Magistrate Lavenier, was read. In his deposition, Du Paty janiom nomnlained that slanderous statements, unsupported by proof, had been made regarding nun. jae uenieu that he ever had relations with the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, or that he was concerned with the publication of articles in the Eclair, or with furnish ing Esterhazy with the "document lib eratuer?' The witness admitted that he had relations with Esterhazy and repeated the explanations with ref er ence thereto whichThe gave before the ! Court of Cassation. " With regard to ; the Dreyfus case the witness declared . that he was not connected with tn" discovery of the bordereau ; Du Paty de Clam aid that the or- der for the arrest of Captain Dreyfus j; had been distinctly issued quite inde s pendent of the dictation test The S witness then described the famous die- tation scene in the course of which he bhiu ureyius aispiayea an emotion, regarding the cause of which there might be differences of opinion, but the fact, witness asserted, was undeni able, that M. Cochefort, the chief de tective of the department, who was present regarded the prisoner's agita tion as an indication of his guilt With regard to the date of bordereau Du Paty deClam expressed the opin ion that it must have been written be tween the 15th and the 30th of August 1894. - r -- Regarding the interview with Cap- lam .ureyiusv; uu laty de Ulam de clared that he never said to Dreyfus: "The Minister knows vou are lnnfl cent." Dreyfus said: "Major,! know your belief. I have never opposed it I know you are an honest man, but I assure you, you have made a mistake. Seek what you call my accomplices and what I call the culprits and you wi'l find them." The prisoner's last word to him was "seek.'' The, court martial adjourned for the day at 11:50 o'clock. Germany's Policy Defined. Berlin, September 6 The Lokal Anzerger publishes an interview with Colonel Schwartzkoppen, which is be lived to define Germany's policy to wards the Dreyfus affair. When asked whether he would go to Rennes to de pose, Colonel Schwartzkoppen curtly replied: "No. I do not think the Emperor will permit me to make a statement Have we not already adopted a line of conduct in the matter. We have done so twice. First our ambassador to France declared that we had had nothing to do with the affair. Then Count von Buelow (German minister of foreign affairs) confirmed that state ment plainly and distinctly in the Reichstag. What jwas the result? One stuck to one's opinion. - What good can be done by a further assur ance that would have no other result?" PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. Two Persons Killed and Twenty-eight In jured in An Accident On the Nor folk and Western Railroad. By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. , Roanoke, Va , Sept. 6. One of the most serious accidents in the history of the Norfolk and Western railroad occurred this morning near Narrows, a station on the Radford division. Two coaches of an east bound passenger train jumped the track and rolled down a thirty-foot embankment Two persons were killed and twenty-eight more or less injured. The dead are A. B. Luck, a contractor, of Roanoke, and an infant name unknown, of Bluefield, W. Va. AH the injured will recover. Their wounds are mostly cuts and bruiseav They were .able to be moved, -and some continued on theicjourney. A party of eightvtrere brought to Roan- 4Z-a th. ...... sary medical attention. It is said the spreading of a rail caused the accident. A wrecking train with physicians from" Roanoke was sent to the scene of the wreck this evening. Traffic was delayed only a few hours on account of the wreck? Another Fatal Disaster. Williamson. W. Va., September 6. Seven persons were - killed by a freight train wrecked to-day in Din gess tunnel, on the Norfolk and Western railway. The dead are: Frank R. Archer, brakeman; Charles Booth, brakeman; John Chaffin, fire man; four tramps, names unknown. FIFTY PERSONS INJURED. Rearead Collision of Passenger Trains On tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Two Coaches Smashed. By Telegraph to-the Morning Star. Connellsville, Pa., September 6. Probably fifty persons were injured in a rear end collision on tne Balti more and Ohio railroad to-night at Connellsville station. The presence of mind of Engineer John Haggerty saved the lives of many. Many cf the injured continued on their journey and their names could not be learned. The first section of train No. 5 and an emigrant special of eight Wagner sleepers ran into the rear end of the Cumberland accommodation. Both trains were west bound. Engineer Murray of the emigrant train lost con trol of his engine, the air brakes re fusing to work, and crushed into the rear end of the accommodation which was standing in front of the sta tion and was crowded- with passengers. Engineer Haggerty, who was oiling ms engine, mrew the throttle wide open upon seeing the rdnaway train coming. The ac commodation train, lurched forward but not quite quick enough to escape a collision. The crash . was terrific. Two coaches of the accommodation were wrecked, the rear end of the last one -being crushed as though it had been an egg-shell. None of the passengers on tne throughtrain was severely injured. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Has Secured Half Interest in the Georgia Railroad Lease. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., September 6. The Constitution to-morrow will say : The Atlantic Coast Line has se cured a half interest in the Georgia Railroad lease. On Tuesday the an nouncement was made at the di rectors' meeting of the Western Rail way of Alabama. President Jiarry Walters, of the Coast Line, was elect ed a director of the Western Railway. He is one of the Georgia Railroad rep--resentatives on the board. M. H, Smith, president of the Louis ville and Nashville, retired from the board. The Louisville and Nashville has two representatives on the West ern Railway's board. A few week's ago it was reported that the Southern had secured a half interest in the lease of the Georgia, but it seemed more probable at that time that the Coast Line was the new owner in the lease. GEORGIA'S COTTON CROP. ' - It Will be at Least Half a Million Bales Short This Year. By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. i: Atlanta; Ga.', September 6. Com missioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens, who returned to Atlanta to-day after an inspoetionof the crops throughout Middle and Southwest Georgia, states that cotton will be at least half a mil lion bales short, and that in order to realize seventy-five per cent of the crop of 1898, conditions will have- to remain (favorable for some time to come. : . . President MeKinley and party arrived in"ashington from the G. A. R. Encampment at Philadelphia yesterday . evening.' i The trip home .was without incident i X BOERS' REPLY TO BRITISH DEMANDS Regarded in London As a-Posi-tive Insult to the British Government. ' - ULTIMATUM WILL BE SENT. Government Advised tou Convoke Parlia ment Immediately to Vote the Needed ' Supplies Cabinet Council frill Not Meet Until Friday. By Cable to the Horning Star. London, September " 6. To-day's news sheds no light upon the Trans vaal crisis. " The . signs which the English are accustomed to see just previous to a war continue, and from these any number of sensational de ductions may be drawn. General opinion tends to the belief that the cabinet council will result in an ultimatum', followed by an imme diate back-down of the"BPJers or the commencement of hostilities by Great Britain, .Pretoria, September 6. The latest rdply of the Transvaal republic to the British demands has been published. In this reply regret is expressed that the proposals of Great Britain arejunac ceptable. The Transvaal government admits Great Britain's rights under the convention of international law to protect her subjects, -but denies a claim of suzerainty. . The reply agrees to a further conference regarding the f ran-' chise and representation. Johannesburg, September 6. At a meeting of the war commission held at the fort to-day a complete scheme was drafted, it is said, for protecting and provisioning the town in the event of hostilities. ' Commander Viljoen, of the Trans vaal forces, says that martial law will be proclaimed immediately on the re ceipt of an ultimatum from Great Britain. - Regarded as an Insult. London. September 7. The Stan dard, referring to an abstract of the reply of the Transvaal government" to Mr. Chambertain as given" out by the Transvaal agent in Brussels, says: "The dispatch is a positive insult to the British government. Ulearly. we ,are within measurable distance of an ultimatum." London, September 7. 4 A. JL The Colonial Office officials were busy until after 3 o'clock this morning. Dispatches have bsen "passing by special messenger between the Queen and Lord Salisbury for the last few days. " ' i The Times advises the government to convoke Parliament immediately, if necessary, to vote the needed sup plies, adding that a further loss of time may be dangerous and humiliat ing. Early this morning the colonial of fice began ta receive the reply of the Transvaal Government direct. Mr. Chamberlain, on being requested to make a statement declined to do so until after "the cabinet council to morrow (Friday). - The Times prints a dispatch from its Johannesburg correspondent, descriD ing the steps which led to his flight Commenting on the general situation he remarks: """Further negotiation will only make Great Britain' ridicu lous and will be fatal. The only way to avoid war and to settle the affair is to demand disarmament and make a military demonstration to enforce it" SEABOARD RAILWAY CO. The Proposed Consolidation1 of Various Branches of the Seaboard Air Line In This State. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Raleigh, N. CM September 6. A general meeting of the stockholders of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company was held here this afternoon in the office of the company. It was decided to accept the amendments to the charter granted by the last Legis lature authorizing consolidation of the various branches of the Seaboard Air Line in this State. The consolidation of these . roads is preliminary to; the formation ' of the Seaboard Railway Company, which will include the Seaboard Air Line system, the' .Georgia and Alabama Railroad Company, the Florida .Cen tral and Peninsula Railway Company. Consideration of other matters re ferred to in the call, terms and condi tions of the consolidation and increase of the capital stocks together with all questions growing out of the consoli dation, was postponed till September 27th, when another meeting will be held here. ' A resolution was passed ratifying a subscription of about $250,000 which had been previously made, to the Chesterfield and Kershaw railroad, and authorizing further subscriptions to the stock of 'this road, not to exceed tl.000.000. The financial plan was not discussed, and it is understood that it his not yet been denmtely determined. The amount of stock and bands to be issued it is certain will be smaller than any railroad system in the South. This is a detail that will be fixed at another meeting, to be held here on September 27th, as will also the scale of values of stock in ; ie various roads to be con- solidated Each stockholder i in any road no owned by the Seaboard will be given in exchange for his stocs, stock ' in the consolidated road, the amount to be fixed by a scalejof values vet to be adopted. Among the stockholders present at the meeting were President John Bkelton Williams, Richmond ; Vice President St John. Portsmouth; J. 'William Middendorf Baltimore; John M. Sherwood, Portsmouth; legn a. Watts. Norfolk: Messrs. McGill and Tiftaven worth. Petersburg. The visitors came in on a special train, arriving here at 3.45. They left at 6 o'clock for Atlanta, where a meet- in? of the stockholders of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad: will be held to-morrow. From there they will go to Augusta and thence to Charleston. . , TEXAS COTTON CROP. A Decrease Indicated in the Yield of Over Thirty-Six Per Cent. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Galveston, Texas, September 6. TheAews will print to-morrow a re- nort of the cotton crop of Texas ana the territories, made up of 385 renorts of an average date of Septem ber 3rd. covering 134 Texas counties. and 236 points in Indian and Okla homa territories. ' These reports indi cate a decrease in the vield of Texas of 36.8 per cent, and for Texas ana tne territories of 37.5 per cent Drought caused most of the loss. , The British 'steamer Hannah M. Bell, Captain Storm, from Pensacola Sentember 2d for Venice with a cargo of cotton, is reported ashore at Mar- 1 quesas Key, near Key West . - , ; SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Louisburg limes ; The dead body of B. G. Jacksoafa respectable and highly esteemed citizen ipf Free- mans Township, this county, , was found in his pasture, near his home on Sunday night last There was no sus picion of foul play. : He was subject to heart disease, and it is sunnosed -that his death was caused from rheum atism of the heart - Raleigh Post : Lightning killed a negro named John Hughes and the mule he was driving at Jerry Smith's plantation, near Milburme, late Tues day afternoon. Hughes was hauling itton. In the rear of the wagon was another negro. He was not hurt. A severe electric storm prevailed in that section. The stroke of lightning killed botn driver and mule instantly. . Hendersonville Times'. Deputy Marshal Israel, accompanied by offi cers Freeman. Jackson and Aiken. captured a splendid moonshine distil- lery six mnes souuroi r inner s creesr, in the Capps neighborhood, last Satur day. " No arrests were made. One man was seen to run away from the place as the officers approached. Five moonsnine distilleries were captured in the Dark Corner of South Carolina last week. All were running on full time turning out the liquid crook edness. ' ' Greenville Reflector'. Saturday morning a colored man' named Brown was tried by Mayor Move for violating a town ordinance, and wasHined. Not having the money to pay the fine he was placed in a cell of the guard house. That night Chief of Police James went to the guard house to put in another prisoner and discovered that Brown had escaped. The man bent the iron rods in the upper sec tion of the window, 7 feet above the floor, and went out a little hole that it does not look like a man half his size could go through. High Point Enterprise'. The Globe Furniture-factory, one of the best in the state, finds it necessary to greatly increase its facilities. The main factory building will be extend ed 40 feet two stories, west, which will bring the building up to the gate on the south. The warehouse will be ex tended a distance of 80 feet, three stories. The largest tobacco markets in North Carolina now are in sections where, ten years ago, it was not thought the "weed" could be grown to, advantage Thef armers and buyers east of Kaleigh and Wilson are in the same bouyant frame of mind that the people in the Piedmont section were a few years ago. Up here we have made it a business and like it. Down east it beats cotton and it goes t- Mr. "W. TV. Miller, a well known merchant and planter of Rocky Point, was in the city on business yesterday. EXPORTS FOB THE WEEK. COASTWISE. New York Steamship Oneida 252 casks spirits turpentine, 189 bbls rosin, 2.004 bbls tar. 157.803 feet lum ber, 38 cases cotton goods, 54,000 shingles, 124 pkgs mdse, 41 bales deer tongue, 5,000 bolts; vessel by H G small bones. FOREIGN. Bristol Nor barane Elieser 5.988 bbls rosin, valued at $7,091.50. cargo by S P Shotter & Co, per M J Heyer, vessel by Meide cc Uo. JC0TT0N MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Tore, September 6. Bullish sentiment predominated in the market for cotton futures all day, but consid ering all phases of the local situation confident bull speculation was con spicuous by its absence. Shorts were made uneasy at the opening by an un expected improvement in spot busi ness as well as higher prices for futures at Liverpool, and in an effort -to pla.ee themselves in a more secure position forced prices one to four points higher on the opening. The market was steady at the ad vance. As the session progressed the nervousness of the shorts in creased, numerous crop damage reports having come to hand from Texas, and food buying orders reached the mar et from New Orleans. By midday prices had scored further advances and continued to improve pretty much all theafternoon. The weather indications did not hold out any promise of relief in the cotton belt from the excessive temperature and long continued drought. This fact, together with pre dictions that the government report would be bullish, added to the alarm of shorts. The market closed at a net gain of ten to twelve points. New' Yore, September 6. Cotton quiet and steady; middling uplands 6 516c. Cotton futures closed steady at quotations: September 5.81, October 6.01. November 6.06, December 6.12, January 6.16, February 6.19, March 6.23, April G.Z7, May 6.31, June 6.33. Spot cotton closed quiet and steady and l-16c higher; middling uplands 6 7-16c; middling gulf 6 9-16c; sales 1,177 bales. Persons wishing to locate in the truck region of North Carolina should correspond with the East Carolina Real Estate Agency, Burgaw, JN. u. Kead advertisement in the Star. . t MARINE. j ARRIVED. Steamship Oneida, Staples, George town, S O, H G Smallbones. Br steamship South Africa, 2,213 tons; Dobson, St Lucia, Alex Sprunt & Son. Barge Maria Dolores, 610 tons, Bon- neau, Charleston, S C, Powers, Gibbs & Co. '- Nor steamship Aquila, 1,407 tons, Andersen, Huelva, Heide & Co. Br steamship Ormsby, 1,828 tons, Robinson, Philadelphia, Alex Sprunt & Son. Br steamship Velleda, 1,648 tons, Rulluch, St Michaels, Alex Sprunt & Bon. Steamship New York, Ingram, New York, H G Smallbones, CLEARED. Steamship Oneida, 1,091 tons. Staples, New York, H G Smallbones4 schr (J U liister. Kobinson, CJbarles- ton, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. (In bal last). Nor barque Elieser. Andreassen, Bristol, Heide & Co. CREAM BON SONS. French Mixtures, Broken ana Stick Candies Fancy Assorted, Large Sugar and Plain Lemon Cakes. Peach and Honey, Red Wine, Old Nickel, Uncle Isom Plug Tobaccos. Also, Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, Cheroots. All Standard Goods. Rib Sides. D. 8. Plates, Hams and Shoulders. Virginia Meal. Standard Susan. Straight and Patent Flour. Porto Rico and Cuba Molasses, Vanila Syrup. Green Coffees. Big Bar Borax and Toilet Soaps. prices Guaranteed to Wholesale Purchasers. Correspondence.Sollcitea. - . T. D. LOVE, Who'.esa'e Grocer and commission Merchant, . Aorta water etreei. Steamer for Fayettevtlle Mondays and Thurs days. Passengers, freight and towage. For rates appiy 10 . t. u. wvi, eep 6 tf - i ' General Agent. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTQlf MARKET. STAR OFFICE, Aug. 31. v SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market quietTand steady , at 44 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 44 cents per gallon for country casks. . ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per bbl for strained and 95 cents for good strained. . ) TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. t CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at per barrel for hard, $2.691for dip and $2.60 for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 27X27c; rosin steady at $1.001.05; tar quiet at $1.20; crude turpentine firm at at $L101.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine Rosin 41 121 181 24 Tar... .. Crude turpentine Receipts same day last year. 206 casks spirits turpentine. aas bbls rosin, 167 bbls tar, 29 bbls crude tur pontine. . COTTON. . Market steady on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations : Good Ordinary 3 T-18cts $ lb Good Ordinary.... . . 413-16! " " Low Middling,. 5 7-16 " " Middling BH ! " " Good Middling.. 6X I Same day last year middling 5Xc receipts 691 bales. - i COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, $1.00 to $L10c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy. $1.10 to $1.12. Virginia Extra prune, 75 :to 80c; CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white. I ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 9Oc$L10; upland! 6580c Siotations on a basis of 45 pounds to e bushel f N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound: shoulders. .7 to 8c": sides, 7 to 8c. i SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 1 to 3.25; six-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. j STAR OFFICE. Sept. 1. SPIRITS TURPENTINEi Marke dull at 445 'cents per gallon! for machine-made casks and 44 cents per gait Ion for country casks. j ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel "for Strained and 95 scents for Good Strained. Pv TAR Market steady at $00 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at per barrel for Hard, $2.60 for Dip, and $2.60 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, firm at 27 hie; rosin steady at $1.05L10; tar very nrm at $1.25; crude turpentine firm at $L10L60. j RECEIPTS. j - Spirits turpentine. 1 . . . . 86 Rosin 200 Tar.., 162 Crude turpentine ........... 34 Receipts same day last i year. 86 casks spirits turpentine, 567 bbls rosin, 135 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude tur pentine. , COTTON. I Market steady on a basis of 5 c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary . 3 7-16cts$ B Good Ordinary 4 13-16 " . ' . Low Middling 5 7-16 " " Middling 5 j " " Good Middling...... 6 U j " " Same day last year middling 5 jc. Receipts 143 bales; same day last year, 42. j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, $1.00 to $1.10 per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $L10 to $1.12& Virginia Extra prime 75 to 80c; f&ncv 95c ! - CORN Firm; 52 to 52Jf cents per bushel for white. ; ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$L10; upland, 6580c Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. i N. C. BACON Steady; hams 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. i TIMBER Market steady at $2. 50 to 6.50 per M. STAR OFFICE. Sept 2. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. I . ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained.- j .TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. l CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at pe. barrel ! for Hard, $2.60 for Dip and $2.60 for Virgin. ' Quotations same day list year. Spirits turpentine firm at 27j27c; rosin firm at $1.0501.10; tar very firm at .$1.25; crude turpentine firm at $1.101.60. . i RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine J 105 Rosin 254 Tar ..... 257 Crude Turpentine. ....... J 19 Receipts same day last, year. 80 casks spirits turpentine, 295 bbls rosin, 103 bbls tar, 49 bbls crude tur-' pentine. 1 cotton. I Market steady on a basis of 5Jgc per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary. 3 7-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary. Low Middling.. .,5 7-16 " : 6M ! JaiddJjjQg . Good MTd lddling , Same day last year middling SVc. Eeceipts--382 Dales; same day last year, 45. j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, i.uoi.iu per pounds; fancy, $1.101j el of Virginia Extra prime. S5c. CORN Firm; bushel. cents per ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c $1.10; upland 6580c. Suotations on a basis of 45 pounds to ie bushel. . N. C. BACON steady : hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. ! SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, (2.25 to $3.25; six men, 4.va vo o.w, aevuu uxuu, $5.50 to 6.50. ! TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to $6.50 per M. j v T STAB OFFICE. Sept 4. miTS TTJRPENTINE Nothing doinsr. 1 . ROSIN Market - firm at 90 cents per bbl for Stained and 95 cents for Good Strained. i TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. -L? CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at r- per barrel for Hard, $2.60 for Dip and $2.60 for. Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin nothing doing ; tar nothing doing ; crude turpentine, nothing doing. RECEIPTS. - f Spirits Turpentine............. 158 Rosin J. 614 Tar 676 Crude Turpentine............. 113 , Receipts same day last year. 120 casks spirits ' turpentine, 425 bbls rosin, 124 bbls tar, 37 bbls crude tur pentme. 1 . 1 busn 62. Z6JSK.iaaic5r i2 to 524' 1 . . COTTON. ' Market steady on a basis of 5o per . nAtinil fA;jJi:.. v.. ....... urdinary Good Ordinary. . , . !. . . Low Middling. ... .j. Middling .i.. Good Middling...... 3 7-16cts.lb 4 13-16 44 " 5.-7-1$ v'V.V 5 i " " 6 same day last year nothing doing. Receipts 701 bales; same day last year, 71. - L COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, $1.001.10 per bushel of 28 pounds; tancy. $Ll0ai.l2X Virginia Extra prime, 7580c; fancy, 95c. I - CORN Finn, 52to 52 cents per bushel. ' ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$L10 ; : upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. i N. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to lie per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7to 8c. - i SHINGLES Per thousand, five- hearts and sans. 2.25 toS.25: six- inch, $4.00 to, $5.00, seven-inch $5.50 lO D.OU. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, Sept. 5. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cts for Good Strained. i . TAR. Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at per barrel for Hard, $2.60 for Dip, and $2.60 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 27&27Xc bid; rosin, nothing doing; tar firm at $1.30 bid; crude turpentine firm at $1.101.60. ! RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine....'. .' 92 Rosin : 218 Tar 76 Crude Turpentine. 34 Receipts same day last year. 54 casks spirits turpentine, 428 bbls rosin, 137 bbls tar, 40 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5 cts per pound for middling, Quotations: Ordinary Good Ordinary Low Middling. Middling 3 7-16 cts. ft 4 13-16" ' 5 7-16 " " 5 " " urooo. miaaiing 6 Same day last year nothing doing. Receipts-788 bales; same day last year, 156. j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime, $1.00 to $1,100 per bushel of 28 pounds ; fancy, $1.10 'to $1. 12 . Virginia Extra prime, 75 - to 80c; f&ucv 95c i CORN Firm ; 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white. ; ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$tl0; upland, 6580c. Suotations on a basis of 45 pounds to itfbusheL -? - 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; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00: seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6. 50 Der M. STAR OFFICE, Sept. 6. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 43 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 4334 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per bbl tor strained and 95c for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. I CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at per barrel for hard, $2.60 for Dip and $2.60 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 28274c; rosin firm at $L001.05; -tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 1.60. i RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 105 Rosin.. 240 Tar............ ... Ill Crude Turpentine 41 Receipts same day last year. 82 spirits turpentine, 516 bois rosin, 124 bbls tar, 38 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5 cts per pound for middling. Quotations: : Ordinary ; . . . . 3 7-16 cts ft Good Ordinary. .... 4 13-16 44 44 LowMiddling...... 5 7-16 44 44 Middling i.... " " Good Middling...... 6 44 " Same day last year, middling 5&c. Receipts 364 bales; same day last year, 124. i COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime - 90c Extra prime, 95c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.00. Virginia Prime; 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. CORN Firm i 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white, 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 - i 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 $3.50 to 9.00 per M t Cotton and Naval Stores. MONTHLY STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. For month of August, 1899. Spirit, j Bostn. Tar. 14,916 I 13,785 9,618 RECEIPTS. For month of August, 1898. Spirit. . Roam. Tar. 8,986 t 11,876 6,832 EXPORTS. Cotton. 1,675 Crude. 1,478 Cotton. ! 154 Crude. 1,074 For month of August, 1899. Cotton. Spirit. Boain. Tar. Domestic 625 283 551 7,188 Foreign ooi ooo ooo ooo Orttd. 1.450 000 525 4,882 551 7,183 1,450 EXPORTS. For month of August, 1893. Cotton. Spirit. Rortn. Tar. Crude. Domestic 186 S.968 687 ,958 1,187 Foreign 000 186 1,897 16,161 8,i 0U0 14,865 16,848 7,253 1,187 , , STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat Sept. 1, 1893. Ashore. Afoot. Total, 10,821 999 68,178 Cotton 10,821 Spirits 099 Rosin 53,602 Tar &54 Crude.. 93 000 000 457 000 000 v STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat Sept. 1, 1898. Cotton. Spirits, j Bort. ar. 5,908 ffitS I .50 8.269 Crude. 88 NAVAL STORES MARKETS. , i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, September 6. Rosin quiet. Spirits turpentine dull at 46 .47C ;::(;-:...-'. Charleston, September 6. Spirits turpentine firm at 43c; sales 10 casks. t snn k..1.. Tt fl tMjmux in in , aoua ow ihuivo, w, D, E, 90c; F, 95c; G, $1 05; H, $1 10; I, $1 15; K, $1 20; M, $1 50; N, $1 85; W G, $2 25 ; WW, $2 50. Savannah, j September 6. Spirits turpentine opened steady at 44$c; closed firm at 44c bid ; sales 100 casks; receipts 617 casks. Rosin firm and un changed; no smies; receipts x,oo par rels. , If you wish to sell a farm or city property place it in the hands of the - 1 East Carolina Real Estate Agency. R. Q. Qrady & Uo., Uurgaw, is. v. r PRODUCE MARKETS. New York, September 6.- Flour more active and considerably stronger, with the sharp recovery in wheat -Wheat Spot firm No. 3 red 75Kc; options opened firm at advance on ". cables, later developing both activity and positive . strength in sympathy with unexpected Northwestern ad vices, local shorts were the . best buy ers as foreign or outside trade lacked energy. A good export business trans pired on the rise. The close was strong at lc net advance; May closed 79c; September closed 73e; December closed 76c Corn Spot strong; No. 2 89c; options opened strong at He advance on dry weather and cables. On heavy covering for local . and Chicago accounts advanced active ly all day and closed c net higher aganstHonet advance in December, with the undertone firm; May dosed 85 c : September closed 38Xe ; Decem ber closed S6c Oats Spot steady: No. 2 white 26c ; options inactive. Lard firm at $5 70; refined firmer. Pork firm. Butter firm ;Western creamery 17 21Wc; State dairy 1519.c. Cheese firm ; large white 11 Jtf a Potatoes quiet ; Jersey $1 00ai 25; Long Island $1 25 1 62X; Southern sweets $100 1 25 ; Jersey sweets $1 752 25. Cab bage quiet; Long Island $2 003 50 per 100. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 26Mo. Cotton seed oil steady. Rice quiet. ' Coffee Spot Rio dull and weak; No. 7 invoice . 5c; No. 7 jobbing 6c; mild easy; Cordova 6llXc Sugar Raw easier; fair refining 3 15-16c; oentrifu gal 96 test 4 7-16c ; molasses sugar 33fc! refined steady. Chicago, September 6. Wheat was influenced to-day by strengthening outside markets and improvement in the export demand. It ruled strong all day and closed f fo higher. A feature was the continued buying of September by elevator people. Corn closed c higher for September, but a snaae lower lor uecember. .Uata closed itc higher, and provisions 512io higher for October products. Chicago, Sept 6. Cash quotation: Flour steady. Wheat No. 2 spring c; No. 3 spring 6769K5; No. 2 red ' 71c.Corn No. 2 3232c Oats No. 2 21X21&c; No. 2white23X 23c ; No. 3 white 22K23c Pork, per bbl, $7 408 20. Lard, per 100 fts, $5 15g 5 35. Short rib sides, loose $5 105 35. Dry salted shoulders, $5 505 62 J4. Short clear sides, boxed, $5 095 56. Whiskey Distillers' fin ished goods, per gallon, 11 22. Baltimore, September 6. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat firmer Spot and month 6969c; Oc tober 7171tfc; December 74 7414c. Southern wheat by sample 62 70c. Corn strong Mixed spot S7'37c; month 37c bid; October S6 36c ; November and December, new or old, 33 c; bid; January atad February 33c bid. Southern white corn 3939Kc i Oats firm No. 2 white 28c WHOLESALE PRICES CUMir W Tbe following quotations reDreeent w noieeaie racea general small orders higher Drtces Te to be charged.' in making r id The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the artoal market price of the articles auoted. BAOGINB 8 Jute.... Standard Bnrlape WESTERN BMOKED Hams V B ....... Bides m Shoulders V B:.. DRY SALTED Bides .. Shoulders V ... 7 ISM 5 in ma. 6 tH BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 85 New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX V ft BRICKB- O 1 85 a 1 40 O 1 40 O 84 Wumlngton V M 5 00 Northern 9 00 BUTTER North Carolina V IS Northern. 26 CORN HEAL 700 14 00 o o o o o o o 18 80 Per bushel. In sacks 47 47 "SB 1 85 Vlrelnla Heal COTTON TIEb y bundle OANDLBS Sperm 18 Adamantine ......... 8 85 11 Is 10J4- 8 70 15 3E Northern Factory 10HQ vairy uream o . state. O COFFEE V ' Laguyra 10 C Rio 1 O DOHESTICB Sheeting, 4-4, V yard a Yarns, ft bunch of 5 tin .... o EGK3S 9 doxen. 12 FISH Mackerel, Kerf. Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 2, 1 barrel... 89 00 1 half-bbl. 11 00 I barrel... 10 00 O 80 00 O 15 00 18 00 O 9 00 & 14 00 O 450 nacKerei, 10. z Mackerel. No. 8. i half-bbl.. 8 00 1 barrel... 18 00 Mullets, V barrel S 7S Mnlleta. tnrk barrel. N. O. Roe Herring, V keg.. , w&::::::::::::: FLOUR V Low grade Choice Straight....1. First Patent GLUE f GRAIN bushel Oorn,rrom store, ogs wnite Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store 53 88 60 Oats. Rust Proof. OowPeae... HIDES V It Green salted Dry flint...., 10 uty Ban HAY V 100 s Clover Hay 85 Rice Straw , 40 Eastern , 80 Western - 80 - North River 80 HOOP IRON, LARD, V - Northern.. 6 North Carolina. 7 LIME, barrel 1 15 LUMBER (city sawed) V M It- Ship Stuff, resawed , 18 00 15 00 Hougn eage i-uuie West Ind tkaia cargoes, acooru Inff to nnalltv. IS 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, oom'n 14 00 Common mill 5 00 Fair mill.. . 6 50, Prime mill 8 60 Extra mill 10 00 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, in hegshead.. ... caruauuee, in uarreia....... Porto Rico, in hogsheads.... 88 Porto Rico, in barrels 85 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 18 Sugar Hoase, In barrels.... 14 Byrupwin Darrein.... NAILS, V'keg, Cut, 60d basis pork, v barret- . City Mess 9 60 Kump Prime ROPE. V 10 SALT, V sack. Alum Liverpool American. , - On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M Common Cypress Baps.. 6 00 1 60 8 50 BUOAR, V t Standard Qran'd Standard A 5 White Extra O Extra CQoiden C Yellow SOAP, V B Northern SH STAVES, M-W.O. barrel... . 6 00 B. O. Hogshead. TDtBERlI feet-Shipping.. 9 00 Milt Fair..!'.'."...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'., ego Common Kin ' 00 Inf ArlAP tA nrA.narr. 8 59 S3 SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed . V M6X3M neart.. " Sap 5 00 SxaOHeaijf..... 8 00 " Sap. 8 JJ 6x24 Heart n..... 6 " Bap.. S lb TALLOW, trr4'. ' iraisKEYj gallon. Northern 1100 Noi (Molina........ 1 00 WOOL par Unwashed...... 15 Notice of Sale. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, FOURTH DI8- KJ trict. Raleigh. N. u. Notice is hereby given of thi felted Internal Apraaoth, 189, by O. M. Babbitt, Deputy Col-, iZt.Tr. n v irnnncA Jk Oo.. two nackaffefl containing 9 gallons corn whiskey, and from Martin Schnlbbln one package oontalning s gallons corn whiskey, and on July 18th. 1899, by Starkey Hare, Deputy Collector, from Sol. Bear, 2 packages containing 90 gallons corn whiskey. The above property will do sold to the highest Kin tnr jui1i. In the o.lt.T or Wuminarton. N. C, on the 80th day of Sept., 1899, at 18 o clock M., In front of the U. B. Government building. E. O. DUNCAN, Collector Fourth District N. C. byC.M.BABBriT. Deputy OoL 5th Dly. 4th Dlst. N. Sept Snd, epSWSt