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RATTLE OP THE BALES. Columbia, N. C, Record. The cotton crop is still and will be lor man.V years to come the basis upon which Southern business is built. There is scarcely an interest inthe South winch is not affected by the price paid for cotton. A good price means pros perity for all classes. Such being the case, not only cotton farmers, but all classes of citizens in the South are vitally interested in the fight of the square bale versus the round bale. That fight is not solely waged on the comparative merits of the two styles of baling cotton, though even on that issue the square bale can hold its own. There are collateral questions of far neater importance. Even if the square bale were not as, or better than, the round bale, it would still be wise for the Southern farmer to stick to the square bale. The leading cotton com mercial bodies of the South have ad vised retention of the square bale and recommended 24 by 51 inches as a standard uniform size. A Southern statistician has estimated the value of the present square bale plants in the South at $50,000,000. That is prob ably under their real value. Such of the presses as do not turn out bales of the standard size, 24 by 54 inches, can be easily cnanged at a very small cost. An investment of $50,000,000 is cer tainly worth preserving. No section . can aif ord to destroy it. But the loss of that investment, huge as it seems, would be small alongside the aggre gate loss sure to result to Southern farmers if the round bale triumphs. Square bale presses can be bought by any one and at reasonable prices. There is no monopoly, nor can there be, in square presses. On. the other hand, a corporation of enormous fi nancial strength owns the round bale patent and will not sell round bale plants it only; leases them. The round bale company is dominated by men who have j been conspicuous in the ' management of other trusts which .have not been merciful in dealing with the people. Searles, of sugar trust fame, is a king bee in the concern. The round bale plants are leased, not sold. When guileless aud gullible Southerners aid in their establishment all over - the cotton belt and without much aid they can not be established the -round bale trust wolf can throw off its" sheepskin and reveal its real, ravenous nature. Owninz plenty all over the South, and with unlimited capital back of it, the round bale trust will be in a position to make the price of cotton and cotton seed what it pleases. The time to whip a trust is at the beginning of its career. The South, by sticking to the square bale and making it the standard size re commended by the cotton trade, can whip the round bale trust easily, but if the tight is postponed until that trust can sink its fangs deep in the cotton business the outcomewill be boubtful. The round dale press trust is a Troian horse. Southerners who bring it with in the walls of the South's cotton trade will be responsible for the evils which will ensue. STATE PENITENTIARY. Purchase of Two Farms In Halifax County Completed Coatracts for Labor. The Sumrnerell Matter. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. ;C, September 19. The Executive' Committee of the Penitentiary to-day completed the purchase of the two Caledonia farms iu Halifax county, and accepted the deeds for them. The price was $61,665 for 7,290 acres. The commit tee-will shortly visit the Anson .farm with a vie to its purchase. The purchase of the Caledonia farms will mean the abandonment by the State1 of other farms, including the rice farms, so soon as the terms of lease expire. The committee also contracted to make shirts in the prison factory for LedVer & Black, of New York, at 50 cents per dozen. ; The prison furnishes nothing but the labor and machines, and it is estimated that each convict will earn fifty cents per day above the expenses of his keep. Actjou on the Summerell matter was postponed for a few days. The ulti mate result will be a demand for his removal, said a member of. the com mittee to-night. ; " STEAMER ASHORE. CHy of Jacksonville Stranded On tbe Beach Near Portsmouth, N. C. Special Star Telegram. Beaufort, N. C, September i9. The steamer City of Jacksonville, from jjMorida, is stranded on the beach six miles south of Portsmouth, N. C. A heavy ssa and southeast winds are prevailing. Crew saved. By Associated Press.! Jacksonville. Fla.. Hentamher 19. The steamer City of Jacksonville, which went ashore near Portsmouth, belon8s to the Clyde Company of. New York, She is commanded by Uptain T. W. Lund, Jr., of this city. ij.cr run ia me csummer is as an ex cursion boat between Boston and ahant and. in the Winter she plies on the St. John's' river, between this city and San Ferd. She is a side wheeler of about five hundred tons. Stole Wilmington Checks. A Columbia, S. C, special says: 'Anipclosure containing $1,500 worth f checks mailed by the National Bank of .Wilmington, N. C, to the Bank of Marion, at Marion, S. C, was stolen from the postoffice in Marion jy a diminutive negro boy, who might "avemade his escape had he known for about the value of checks. The Jock-box next to that of the bank was Pen, and the boy ran his arm through 1 and into the bank's box, extricating "jemail. After making the raid on we bank's mail the negro boarded a 'fain and tended the conductor a cteck in payment for fare. He was 'mediately arrested. A portion of "e missing checks were recovered and Payment on the others stopped." TUB. LADIES. The pleasant effect and perfect safe nf i? which ladies may use Syrup iigs under all conditions makes it 'eir favorite remedy. To get the true " genuine article look for the name the California Fig Syrup Company i iBear the bottom of the 'pack For sale by alLdruggists. Jh,J East Carolina Real Estate ?ency nas excellent facilities for farms and timbered lands. " advertises all property and makes niJJ a noninal charee unless a sale is fl! i oFor terms etc., address R. G. Ql-ly & Co., Burgaw, N. O. (&d th vertisement of the East 22hn Real Estate Agency in this Jjof the Stab. It offers for sale wme very valuable farms. FRENCH CABINET PARDONS DREYFUS Announcement Created No Ex citement, As Every One " Expected It. HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED Dreyfus Relinquished His Appeal Prom the Jodgment of the Court Martial Said . , . ; He Will be Sent Abroad Before Promulgation of Pardon. By Cable to the Morning Star. Paris, September 19. The council of ministers decided to day to pardon Dreyfus in principle. The pardon will take effeet in a few days. Dreyfus has relinquished his appeal for a reversal of the judgment of the court martial. The announcement that Dreyfus was to b8 pardoned had already been discounted by predictions and there was absolutely no excitement display ed anywhere along the boulevards when the newsboys ran along about 3:15 P. M. with the first editions con taining the statement that the cabinet had decided to pardon Dreyfus. The newspapers sold quickly, but there was no rush for them upon the part of the boulevardiers. Those who bought the papers sat down in front of the cafes and read the announcement without comment. ' Every one expect ed -it and the decision met with no op position. j The Droits DeV Homme, Socialist organ said: "Our task remains the same after as before the liberation of Dreyfus to continue the campaign against all those who are responsible for the lamentable affair and unmask the forgers, traitors and false wit nesses,, even though they may be covered with glittering decorations. Pardon Actually Signed. "In (principal" is an idiom sometimes used in semi official announcements of forthcoming action. It seems to have but slight bearing on the matter except, perhaps, that it implies the ful fillment of various formalities before the pardon is actually issued, thereby qualifying the announcement of the pordon with slight tentativeness. It is not known yet whether the pardon in cludes amnesty. An official announcement was made in the form of a cable to the Associated Press, in order to avoid de-i monstrationsof any kind at Rennes and Paris. But, the pardon of Dreyfus is not merely imminent, it was actually signed this morning. Measures have been taken in Rennes in connection with it. The newspapers now publish the first semi-official announcement of the cabinet's decision without comment. The Journal des Debats, however, says: "We are assured that the family will receive an order for Dreyfus to leave Rennes, unperceived, shortly, during the night time. The govern ment does not know, or in any case does not say, where Dreyfus is going." The Journal des Debats, however, follows the foregoine with the report that Madame Dreyfus has taken a villa at Folkestone, near Dover, England. This report has been denied, but many believe Dreyfus will go to England on his release, which may take place to night. Has Not Yet Left Prison. The result of a telephonic inquiry at Rennes this afternoon shows Dreyfus has not yet left his prison. It is said that Dreyfus will be sent abroad, before the promulgation of his pardon, in order to avoid demon strations. There is much remark here on the strange coincidence of the death of M. Scheurer-Kestner, the first champion of Dreyfus and to whom Djreyfus will virtually owe his freedom, on the very day the cabinet decided to pardon the prisoner. M Scheurer-Kestner's death was sudden. He had been ill during the last few days, but it was not thought that his illness' would prove fatal. Rennes, September 19. The news tha the counsel of ministers had de cived to pardon Dreyfus was received here with intense excitement. Dreyfus is still a prisoner. ' . SHOE LEATHER AND PAPER. Sharp Advance ia Prices of Both Com moditiesTendency to Raise Price of Paper Still Higher. By Telegraph to the Morning star. New York, September 20. News paper has gone up a quarter of a cent' a pound within the last three weeks. The newspapers of New York city, ac cording to an official of the company which supplies all but two of the papers printed in this city, use four hundred tons of paper daily at a cost of two cents a pound. The recent sharp advance means $2,000 a day more to the newspapers, or $730,000 a year over the ' price which has heretofore obtained.: The cost of the consump tion now is $18,000 a day. The ten dency is to raise the price still higher. The advance 'is due' partly to the drought of last summer, which seri ously impaired the water power of the paper mills. Book paper has also gone up a quarter of a cent a pound, and letter paper from three-quarters to one cent a pound. The price of shoe leather has gone up from 2 to 5 per cent, within the last week, owing to the scarcity of cowhide material. Shoe manufactur ers have signed contracts with whole sale and retail shoe houses which will not expire for months to come, and so the patrons of retail houses will not feel the advance until December. In the meantime, the manufacturers who have bound themselves by contract will be the sufferers from the rise in price. A sharper advance has been made in the price of crude sole leather. For two months the cost has been steadily going up and yesterday it had advanced six cents per pound above the market price paid in August. Still higher prices are looked for by manufacturers. The increased cost is due to the scarcity of cattle as co in pared with the demand. STRIKE IN HAVANA. Twelve Thousand Workers in the Building and Other Trades Quit Work. Bv Cable to the Morning star. Havana, September 20. The strike, has assumed serious proportions. It is now estimated that there are 12,000 striking masons, painters, carpenters, cartmen and laundry workers, and if, as is threatened, the hackmen, steve dores and cigar-makers strike within the next fe w days, there will be another four thousand. - The cartmen went out to day, there by paralyzing the wholesale business houses. They give as a reason for their action the unfair treatment they have been receiving at the hands of the police, a majority being Spaniards. ; SITUATION GROWS j MORE WARLIKE. Both Britishers and Boers Pre paring for Beginning of : Hostilities. WILN NOT BE CAUGHT NAPPING The Transvaal Will Not Yield Further. Great Britain Not Anxious to Precipi tate Matters Playing for Time and Pushing Preparations. By Cable to the Morning Star. London, September 20. Despite all outward show of calm, Great Britain is in practically the same condition to day as was the United States a few weeks before the opening of the war with Spain. Beneath the crust of diplomatic reserve, the military offi cials are working night and days pre paring for the signal to begin hostili ties, whether that comes or not. England is not going to be caught napping any more than the Tracsvaal. Wbile Lord Salisbury is quietly at home in Hatfield House, Mr. Chamber lain is buried in work at the colonial office and double forces at the. royal arsenal and dock yards are straining every nerve to equip and transport troops to the Cape. It may be set down for certain that Great Britain will do nothing to pre cipitate matters, and the colonial office is far from admitting that the case is hopeless. The report that Great Britain has demanded the dismantle ment of the forts at Johannesburg, to -gether with a material reduction in the armament of the Burghers, the colonial office to day would neither confirm nor deny, although it is much doubted. Meanwhile the Marquis of Laus down, secretary of state for war, who returned this morning from Dublin, has held long conferences with Gen eral Lord Garnet Welsdey. field marshal, and General Sir Evelyn Wood, adjutant general to the forces, and the activity at headquarters is re flected in the contract, supply and transport departments. Departure of Troops. The departure of the transport Je -lunga for the Mediterranean to day with 1,000 troops was witnessed by a large and enthusiastic crowd. At Woolwich activity increases daily, especially in the ordnance de partment, where Maxim guns, lyddite shells, balloon equipments, gas reser voirs, wagons for lime-light apparatus, water carts, ambulances, army wagons and other paraphernalia of modern warfare are being hurried forward. While rumors of the re assembling of Parliament are current, the fact is recalled that in the Afghan war in 1878 Great Britain declared war first and then assembled Parliament, This evening the Marquis of Lans downe issued a strict order to the staff of the war office, warning all subordi nates to refrain from giving the press any information without -the authority of their siinerinra and rnllin alfan . ! MW M b .TV tion to previous breaches of duty ia Al J. . V 1 . " mis respect, wnicn, tue order says, '"will be no longer tolerated." Boers Will Not Yield f urther. Advices from Cape Town this even ing are to the effect that the Afrikant ders declare that th TWnavnal'ixrill nnt yield further, and that if the imperial government aoes not recede, from its present position war is inevitable. The South Africa News supports the con tention of the Transvaal that the con vention of 1884 abolished the suzer ainty. . According to other advices the bur ghers are rapidly, going into laager, while the exodus from Johannesburg yesterday reached 1,000 persons. The Stock; Exchange at Johannesburg has resolved to close the moment martial law i3 proclaimed; but all current contract' will be carried out until the f reclamation suspending all business, n tbe meantime the merchants are erecting barricades in front of their shop windows. At Pretoria the interest seems- to centered in the meeting of the Orange be Free State Volksraad to-morrow (Thursday) which it is hoped may somehow suggest a modus vivendi that would save the situation. Will Aid the Transvaal. On the other hand advices from Bloemfontein announce the arrival there of a large number of members of the Raad, adding that the result of to morrow's sitting is already agreed upon, as the Orange Free State will throw in its lot with the Transvaal, all the Free State burghers being fully armed and ready to start at a moment's notice. " A special dispatch from Johannes burg says that four hundred and fifty persons left by one train to-day. v Bight Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Liberal member of Parlia ment for West Monmouthshire, and former leader of the Liberal opposi tion in the House of Commons, in the course of an address to his constituents this evening in New Tredegar, said he could not read the persistent attempts of the war press to aggravate the Transvaal situation without indigna tion. "Great Britain," said the speaker, 'cannot claim general sovereignty in the Transvaal when she 'has only partial suzerainty, and President Kruger cannot claim for the Transvaal the position of an international sovereign state. Both sides, therefore, have made allegations which cannot be maintained by either." ' Sir William declared that there was no casus belli and expressed the hope that a shameful catastrophe might be averted. Capetown, September 20. The ar rest of Boer officials by the Portugese is regarded as likely to create serious complications. The Band of Women is preparing a peace appeal to Queen Victoria. ' Appeal to Queen Victoria. London, September ,20. The Cape Town correspondent 'of the Daily Mail says': "President Kruger has cabled a strong personal appeal to the Queen, beseeching her to intervene to prevent bloodshed, It is about a column in length,-and is intended to scarify the consciences of the 'unco guid' when published. "Sir Alfred Milner has wired courte ous message to President Stein, assur ing him that the northward march of the British is not meant as a menace to the Orange Free State and requested to be informed regarding the latter's attitude. Reliable information has been received here that . a large command of Free State burghers has been concentrating near Boshof, on the Kimberly . border. Two hundred burghers were dispatched to that point from Bloemfontein during the week past. If the Free State joins the Transvaal the first battle is likely to be fought at Boshof. "The Cape cabinet has determined to prolong the session of the assembly indefinitely, so that it may be sitting when hostilities begin. "Several" warlike speeches were made yesterday by members of the House of Commons." ' According to the Cape Town corres pondent of the Daily News President Kruger, iu his appeal to Her Maiestv. addressed the . monarch as "Dear Queen." - ; . ;v Boers Anxious to Begin Hostilities. nesburg correspondent of the Morning jl vov, njo, j.uc iwcr preparations are as complete as the government can hope to make them. It is believ ed that martial law will be proclaimed on Thursday, if no reply has been re1 ceived from England by that time. It ia linHArafnnrl 4hat tta AlaiU mg of British troops to South Africa will Ha vAf,aw1&1 a n 1 li- mu Boer officers are urging the govern ment to begin hostilities forthwith. It is felt that the Orange Free State can be forced to action by a successful military demonstration on the part of the Transvaal." Still Hopeful. Cape Town, Sept. 20. Sir Alfred Milner's dispatch to President Steyn informs him that the British and Transvaal governments are still hope ful of a friendly settlement. Should this hope be disappointed, Sir Alfred says, he looks to the Orange -,Free State to preserve strict neutrality and to-prevent military intervention by any of its citizens. DESPERATE FIGHT IN A BANK AT PALATINE, ILL The "Aged Cashier Seriously Hurt His Assailant Fatally Wounded An other Man Disabled. By Telegraph to tne noralng Star. Chicago, September 20. Frederick J. Filbert, the aged cashier of the Palatine bank, in Palatine, 111:, twenty-six miles north of Chicago, is lying close to death as the result of an attack made ujpon him to-day by a young man who gives the name of Walter Lawtorj. The latter. Who is unknown to anybody in Palatine, and apparently of goocLeducation. is in the ,county jail sipering from a bullet wound in the abdomen which will probably prove fatal. Henry Plaggo, seventy years of age, a farmer, whose intervention at a critical moment pre vented the outright murder of the cashier, is at his home west of the vil lage, cut and bruised and disabled as a result of his- struggle with Lawton, whose motive for the assault, accord ing to his repeated statements, was not robbery. The attack upon Filbert was made with a tack hammer and the aged cashier was struck at least a dozen times before Plaggo interfered. The attack occurred at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At this hour many of the residents of the community were thrown into a tumult by hearing the report of a revolver and the a fierce struggle in the bank rooms. w imam warms, a farmer, was among the first to reaebjthe bank rooms. As he entered he almost stumbled nwr the form of Cashier Filbert, who with -1-..1 ..t . . torn cioming ana Dieeaing nead was feebly endeavoring to crawl through thfi Onen dnor ftftrma tiirnAri anrl van into the street shouting "murder," and . U i. J . .1 t . ' , . men returnea to me oann. sounds ot a struggle still came from the rear room, and Garms hurried to that apartment. As he pushed open the glass door he found the old German farmer, Plaggo, bleeding from a number of wounds hut fic-hti ntr vi ciously with a stalwart young man, wno lay on xae noor witn rlaggo oa ton of him. A blood v tank- h and a revolver with a broken butt lay on either side of the struggling men. The young man's clothing was stained ;i li j .i - . . . wim oioou in me region or tne abdo men. The crowd, which had gathered rap idly after the alarm had been given, separated the two men and took Law ton to-" the village lock up. He -was too severely wounded to offer any re sistance, and this fact was all that saved him from violence at the hands of the excited crowd that followed him to jail. Lawton's Alleged Motive. Law ton's confessed motive for the assault Was re venae on Filhortarhn Via alleges, alienated the affections of his who. nis story is not oenevea Dy tne Police, however. Thew hav nn rinnht. the looting of the bank was his ulti- ui-u) uesign. The robber says he tracked Filbert for five VPflrs and that. Via rHannvtkraA only recently where the object of his pursuit uvea, .tie went to tne oanK, he asserts, to demand $1,500 in satis faction of t.hft old l"nilliir Tha aeh balance1 of the institution was $100,000, au ot wnicn was in the vaults at the time the Assault tnnV r1ain T.anrtn-n was brought to Chicago on a late train to night and placed in the county jail. He denied that he had entered the bank for the purpose of robbery, and claimed that the alienation of his wife's affections by Filbert took place five years ago at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York city. Filbert declares he has rfot been in New York for twenty years. Late to-night it was announced that both Filbert and Lawton will die. The former's skull is fractured in two places and the latter cannot - survive the wound in his abdomen. FIRE AT NORFOLK. St. Vincent's Hospital Burning Mrs; Donlan, a Nurse, Badly Injured. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Norfolk, Va., September 21,2:15 A. M. St. Vincent's hospital is on fire. Caught in the fifth story in the south wing. Mrs. Dolan, a nurse, . is badly injured. The flames are spread ing and burning fiercely. Just be ginning to remove the patients from the hospital. It is valuable property. Persons wishing to locate in the truck region of North Carolina should correspond with the Bast Carolina Real Estate Agency, Burgaw, N. C. Read advertisement in the Star. ; t NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. New York, September 20. Rosin quiet Spirits turpentine barely steady. Charleston, September 20. Spirits turpentine firm at 46c; sales 10 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, September 20.-Spirits turpentine firm at 47c; sales 214 casks ; receipts 939 casks ; exports 2,015 casks. Rosin firm; sales 1,143 barrels; receipts 3,156 barrels; exports 7,850 barrels; quotations: A, B, C, D, E, $1 00 F, $1 05, Q, $1 20; H, $1 35; I, $1 40; E, $1 40; M, $1 75; N, $2 20 ; W G. $2 55 W W. $3 30. - EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. COASTWISE. New York Steamship Oneida 300 bales cotton, 364 bbls spirits, 109 bbls rosin, 978 bbls tar, 75,571 feet lumber, 20 bbls pitch, 48 cases cotton goods, 144 bales dog tongue, 46 bales warps, 95 pkgs merchandise. Vessel by H G Smallbones. . ' . FOREIGN. Bremen Br steamship Ormsby 9,867 bales cotton, 5,130,429 pounds, valued at $333,500; cargo and vessel by Alexander Sprunt & Son. Ponce, Porto Rwo Schooner Jno C Smith 317,471 feet lumber, value $4,245; cargo by Kidder Lumber Co, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co. DREYFUS' RELEASE FROM PRISON. Left Rennes Early in the Morn ing and" His Departure Was Unnoticed. TOOK THE TRAIN FOR NANTES Accompanied by His Brother, the Chief of -J the Secret Police and One Policeman. Reported Arrival at Bordeaux. An Alleged Declaration. By cable to the Morning Star. Rennes, September 20. Captain Alfred Dreyfus at 3 o'clock this morn ing, left the prison here in which he has been confined since his return from Devil's Island, and proceeded to Vern, where he took a train bound for Nantes. His departure was com pletely unnoticed. M. Viguie, the chief of the secret service, and the prefect, M. Dureault, arrived at the prison after midnight, bringing the minister of war's order for the release of Dreyfus. The latter walked from the prison to the boule vard Laenne where he entered a wait ing;carriage and was driven to the Vern station, outside the town. Matthieu Dreyfus met him at the train and ac companied him to Nantes. Departure Unnoticed. While this dramatic turn in the Dreyfus drama was taking place all Rennes slept and the departure of the famous prisoner of Devil's Island was no more noticed than that of an ordi nary traveller. The carriage which was in waiting was the same vehicle which took Dreyfus to his prison when he returned from Devil's Island. Drey fus got in opposite the. house in which Maitre Labori had stayed previous to the attempt upon his life, and alighted about five hundred yards from the station and walked in, regardless of the drizzling rain. The Nantes train came in just as he arrived. Alfred and Matthieu Dreyfus quickly took their seats and tbe train went out of Rennes, bearing Dreyfus away, a free man. A small crowd of people had waited round the prison until midnight, ex pecting the release of Dreyfus, but it then dispersed, thinking it too late for Dreyfus to leave. ' "Madame Dreyfus left Rennes at noon, accompanied by her father and friends. Arrival at Nantes. Nantes. RrtmAr 20 Droirfiio arrived here this morning from Ren nes, accompanied by his brother, Mathieu Dreyfus; the chief of the secret police, M. Viguie. and one policeman. The party travelled as ordinary Dassencers. The train rpanheH the station at 8:17 A. M. The Drey fus brothers alighted on the platform first, followed by M. Viguie, who in quired if they could have a private room. A waiter replying in ther af firmative, the brothers entered a room and ordered two glasses of milk, while M. Viguie and the policeman re mained outside in tho public bar. Inquiry was then made, concerning the Bordeaux train. whu4i th AIT WAlft informed, left at 8.58 A. All four Jl J in. tnen entered a nrst class compartment, in which there were already other pas sengers. It was intended hv thus m. f raining from an attempt to secure pri vacy, to avoid exciting curiosity, and this annarentlv succeeded M Vimiio and the policeman only went as far as the first stop, Vertou, whence they re turnea to jn antes to eaten the 12.13 P. M. exDress for Paris, leaving thA brothers to continue their journey alone. It is believed the brothers alignted at an intermediate station to take a fresh start in an unknown di rection. Bordeaux, France, Sept. 20. The Petite Gironde says that three travel lers arrived here to-day on' the train from Nantes, one of whom was recog nized as .former Captain Dreyfus. They went to a hotel, intimating their intention to proceed by the Nice ex press. Declaration from Dreytus. Paris, September 20. The Aurore will to-morrow publish the followf ing declaration from former Captain Dreyfus: ' "The government of the renublic has given me liberty; but liberty is notnmg to me without nonor. From to-day I shall continue to seek repara tion for the frightful judicial error of Which I remain the victim. I wish France to know by a definitive judg ment that I am innocent. My heart will only be at rest when there re mains not a single Frenchman who imputes to me the abominable crime perpetrated by another. (Signed) "Alfred Dreyfus." Going to America. London, September 21. The Times publishes the following dispatch from Liverpool: "A quantity of luggage has arrived here from Havre and Folkestone addressed to Madame Drey fus, and rooms have also been taken at a hotel. The luggage is marked for New York, and it is supposed that Dreyfus is going to America." The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says : "Dreyfus is so'ill that he can live only a few months. The government has promised to watch over and protect him, and has recom mended that he live on the Riviera. It is not unlikely that he will accept the villa offered him during the trial by the Prince of 'Monte Carlo.' '.' vThe East Carolina Real Estate Agency will sell for cash, oi.will ex change for desirable house and lot in Wilmington, a farm of 272 - acres, three miles from Rose TTill. ; Address R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. a t Secretary Root has. received infor mation which gives assurance that ships can be secured to land all the troops in Manila by Christmas. MARINE. ) ARRIVED. Schr Frank S Hall, 152 tons, Moore, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Br steamship Baron Douglass, 1,606 tons, Goudey, Newport News, J H Sloan. Br S S Roxby, 1,364 tons, Shields, Boston, Alex Sprunt & Son. j Br S S Torgorm, 1,065 tons. Grind lay, Barcelona, Alex Sprunt & Son. HStearoship Seminole, 1,966 tons, Bearse, Boston, via New York, H G Smallbones, Br steamship Isle of Ramsey, 1,062 tons, Williams. Huelva, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Nor barque Arcturus, 663 tons, An dreason, Hamburg, Paterson, Down ing & Co. CLEARED. CoraC Meader, 104 tons, Meader, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. (From South port). Steamship Oneida, 1,091 tons, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Br steamship Ormsby, Robinson, Bremen, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Schr' Jno C Smith, Kneeland, Ponce, Porto Rico, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. COMMERCLAJL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE, Sept. 14. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 45 cents per pall.m f. machine made casks and 44 cents per gallon for country casks ivwo iiiarxet nrm at 90 cents per bbl for strained and 95 cents for good strained. bbTtJfe64 firm at K'50 CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market $1SL't Jr "1 for hard, $2.50 for dip andr $8.50 for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 28227!fc rosmfirm at $1.001.05; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 1.60. ' i receipts: L- Spirits turpentine Rosin.. Tar Crude tuTOAntiTio Receipts same dav last wj casks spirits turpentine. 71? rosin, 268 bbls tar, 13 bbls crude tur pentine. cotton. Nothing doing. Same dav last. Receipts 1,740 bales; same day last. year, j.,wo. COUNTRY PRODUCE. , PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 90c; extra prhne, 95c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy? $1.10. Virginia Prime. 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. : ' CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 65a80c. Quotations on a basis ot 45 pounds to the bushel j 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 $3.50 to 9.00 per M. i STAR OFFICE. Sept. 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 45 cents per gallon for machine-made casVs ani AHZ nant. -n gallon for country casks. : yl - ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at per barrel for Hard, $2.50 for Dip, and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, firm at 2828j(c; rosin firm at $1.051.10; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 1.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine , . . ' 83 Rosin , 2 Tar 169 Crude turpentine: 61 Receipts same day last year. 123 casks spirits turpentine, 429 bbls rosin, 153 bbls tar, 18 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 6c per nound for middlinc Onnfntinria. Ordinary ...... 3 11-16 cts ft vxlhju uruinary ...... o 1-10 Low Middling. !5 11-lfi4" " vrooa jniaaiing xy2 Same day last year middling 5 Jc. Receipts 1,214 shales; same day last year, 954. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 90c; extra prime, 95c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.10. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime 65c; f&ncv T0c CORN Firm; 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. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. nil can H -nvo. inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-men, $4.uu to o.vv: seven-incn, $5.50 to 6.50. . TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. " STAR OFFICE.. Sept. 16. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 45 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 45 cents per gallon for country casks. KUblJN Market firm at 90 cents S er barrel for Strained and 95 cents or Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market very firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard, $2.50 for Dip and $2,50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 2928c; rosin firm at $1.001.05; tar firm at $1.30 ; crude turpentine firm a1S1.10 1.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 49 Rosin 256 Tar 125 Crude Turpentine 34 Receipts same day last year. 36 casks spirits turpentine, 586 bbls rosin, 149 bbls tar, 14 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 6yic Ser pound for middling. Quotations: rdinary 3 11-16 cts. $ lb Good Ordinary. 5 1-16 " " Low Middling. ..... 5 11-16 " " Middling.... 6i - " " Good Middling 6 m " Same day last year middling 5 c. Receipts 3,232 bales ; same day last year, 1,958. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime, 90c ; extra prime-, 95c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.10. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. CORN Firm; 52 to 52j4 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c $1.10; upland 65 80c. 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 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. STAR OFFICE. Sept. 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 47 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 46) cents per gallon for country casks.. ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents gr bbl for Strained and 95 cents for ood Strained. . TAR Market firm at $1.30' per bbl of 280 lbs. ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market very firm at $1.30 per barrel far Hard, $2.50 for Dip and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 2928c; rosin firm at $1.00L05; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 1.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 104 Rosin 303 Tar 274 Crude Turpentine 52 Receipts same day last year. 104 casks spirits , turpentine, 291 bbls rosin, 375 bbls tar, 14 bbls crude tur pentine. -. .j : ;'-. 118 431 181 An tfbWs COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 6c per Siund for middling. Quotations: rdinary- 3 11-16 cts. $ tb uuuuununary..... 5 1-16 " " ti???11------- 5 H-16 " " Middling i;.6H " " Good Middling..... 6 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 1,539 bales; same day last year, 2,036. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 90c. Extra prime, 95c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.10. VirginiaPrime 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. i CORN Firm, 52to52 cents per bushel. t ROUGH RTrnp T.rtwlo.i water) 90c $1.10; i 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. . 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. STAR OFFICE. Sept. 19. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 47 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 46 cents per gallon for country easks. ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cts for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. 1 CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market very firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard,. $2.50 for Dip, and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine I firm at 3029c; rosin firm at $1.001.05; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 1.60. j RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine .... 60 Rosin, 171 Tar : H2 Crude Turpentine 27 Receipts same day last year. 103 casks spirits terpentine, 661 bbls rosin, 286 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary 3 13-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary. ..... 5 3-16 " " Low Middling....:.. 5 13-16 " " Middling ....... 6X " " Good Middling. .....6 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts- 3,762 bales; same day last year, 3,127. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 90c. Extra prime, 95c per bushel ft 28 pounds; fancy, $1.10. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime. 65c; fancy, 70c. 1 CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white, -t 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, 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 $3.50 to 9.00 per M. STAR OFFICE, Sept. 20. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 47 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 46 j cents per gallon for country easks. ROSIN Market j firm at 90 cents per bbl for strained and 95c for good strained. I TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. ! CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market very firm at $1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.50 for Dip and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3029jc asked; rosin firm at $1.001.05; tar firm at $1.35 ; crude turpentine steady at $1.101.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine , 73 Rosin , 232 Tar... 123 Crude Turpentine. 36 Receipts same day last year. 51 casks spirits turpentine, 449 bbls rosin, 298 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 6 X cts per Sund for middling. Quotations: rdinary 3 13-16 ctsffb Good Ordinary..... 5 3-16" " Low Middling ,.5 13-16" " Middling L. 6 " " Good Middling L. 6 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 2,438 bales; same day last year, 1,982. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds ; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm : 52 to 52J 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. 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. I TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M I cotton" markets By.Telegraph to tbe Mornlniz star. New York, Sept. 20. Bull supre macy asserted itself at the opening this morning and dominated the cot ton market practically up to the clos ing market Liverpool cables were bullish. Futures there advanced three to three and a half points, while spot cotton jumped to thirty-one and nine-thirty-second pence for middling on heavy demand for Manchester and the continent, the latter having grown out of bad crop news and small crop talk from this side. Shorts here were not slow in absorbing all offerings on the call. The result was a firm opening, with prices four to seven points higher. This gam was later supplemented by a rise of five to six points, and all through the session the market dis played inherent strength and great activity. The sudden stiffening of the market brought in a small avalanche of investment orders, Wall street leading in this class of business. The South which has figured in an impor tant way of late as a buyer, redoubled its efforts along this line and, in addi tion to hedging against oversales in spot cotton, bought largely for invest ment account as well. There were periods of profit-taking in the after noon but the market generally showed well sustained strength. The close was firm at a net gain of ten to twelve points. j New York. September 20. Cotton steady; middling uplands 6 7-16c. Cotton futures closed firm at the quotations; September 6.12, October 6.16, November 6.22, December 6.29, January 6.35, February 6.33, March 6.42, April 6.45, May 6.49, June 6.52, July 6.54, August 6.56. Spot cotton closed steady at l-16c higher; middling uplands 6 7-16e; mid dling gulf 6 ll-16o ; sales 729 bales. Net receipts 224 bales ; gross receipts 4,475 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,593Abales; stock 189,574 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York, September 20. Flour opened quiet and closed steady at about unchanged prices. Wheat Spot firmer ; No. 2 red 75 c; options opened c higher on firmer cables; ruled quiet and declined c under local liquidation in the absenoe of outside support, but rallied sharply later, ad vancing yic, and closed firm at a net advance of X?gc on covering, the shorts being scared by the increased inquiry for cash wheat for export; No. 2 red September closed 73jc; March closed 79c; May closed 79c. Corn Spot steady ; No. 2 39 ; options opened He higher and ruled firm after declin ing Xc, the favorable reaction amounting to Xc.with the market finally steady but only slightly better than the lowest figures of the day, having given away under liquidation ; sales included ; May closed 85c; Sep tember 38c; December closed 36Xc. Oats Spot steady ; No. 2 27Kc ; options nominal. Lard firm; Western steam closed at $5 65; September closed at $5 65, nominal; refined firm. Pork dull. Cotton seed oil steady. Rice steady ; domestic.fair to extra 4K7k. Petroleum strong; refined New York . $8 80; Philadelphia and Baltimore $8 75; do. in bulk $6 25. Butter steady;- Western creamery 1823o;' June creamery 18K22c; State dairy 1520c. Cheese large white lOjfc Cabbage The market was dull; Long Island $3 003,50 per 100. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 26jtfc Potatoes quiet; Jersey $1 001 40; New York $1 251 40; Long Island $1 251 62Ji; Southern sweets $1 00 1 25; Jersey sweets $1 752 00. Coffee Spot Rio dull but steadier; No. 7 invoice 5X ; mild steady but quiet" Cordova 6llc. Sugar Raw barely steady, fair refining 3c; cen trifugal 96 test 4ic; molasses sugar 3c; refined easy and lower. Chicago, Sept.20. Cash quotations: Flour steady. Wheat No. 2 spring ; No. 3 spring 6768c; No. 2 red 707ijc. Corn No. 2 3334U. Oats No. 2 2223c; No. 2 white ; No. 3 white 23c. Pork, per bbl,$740805. Lard, per 100tbs,$517 5 32)4. Short rib sides, loose, $5 05 5.35. Dry salted shoulders, $8 00 8 62 X. Short clear sides, boxed, $5 505 60. Whiskey Distillers' fin ished goods, per gallon, $1 22. The leading futures ranged as fol lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 September 71 J. 7iH, 70M, 71 ; December 70 71M, 70. 7171X; May73H 73, 74X, 73M73, 7474&c. Corn No. 2 September 34X34, 35, 33, 34M; December 28J29, 29, 29,29X29 ; May 3030X, 30&, 29, 30c. Oats-September 22, 22, 22, 22c; December 21, 21 22, 21, 21c; May 23, 23 23, 22, 2323c. Pork, per bbl October $7 95, 8 05, 7 95, 8 05; De cember $8 10, 8 12, 8 10, 8 17; Jan uary $9 57, 9 65, 9 57j, 9 65. Lard, per 100 lbs October $5 27, 5 32, 5 27 5 30; December $5 35, 5 40, 5 35, 5 40; January $5 45, S 52, 5 45, 5 50. Short ribs, per 100 lbs October $5 17, 5 20, 5 15, 5 17 ; January $4 97, 5 02, 4 97, 5 02. Baltimore, September 20. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat-quiet Spot7071c; month 70 "71c; Oc tober 7171c; December 73 73c. Southern wheat by sample 63 71 X. Corn unsettled Mixed spot . 394c; month 3838c: October 37X37c ; November and December, new or old, 34X34c; January and February 3434a Southern white corn 4141c. Oats firm No. 2 white 2829c. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. Tne quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not b responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles auoted. T The following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher prices have to be charged. RAGGING 8 a Jute 6?iS -i Standard ..... & VA Burlaps 5 S WESTERN SMOKEE. Hams$S 12 Q 12t Sides S lb 7 Shoulders 9 Tb 794 DRY SALTED Sides Sib , 6 6!4 Shoulders B S (94 BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each '.. 1 25 1 85 New New York, each 1 40 New City, each 1 40 BEESWAX 9 B 84 BRICKS Wilmington fiK 500 700 Northern 9 00 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina ft Jb 15 18 Northern 25 80 CORN MEAL Per bushel. In sacks 47 47W Virginia Meal...' 47 47ft COTTON TIEs v bundle 1 25 CANDLES V Sperm 18 38 Adamantine 8 11 CHEESE lb Northern Factory 13 14 Dairy Cream 15 Btate. . li COFFEE- Laguyra 10 12$ Rio ? 8 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, V yard , 5H Yarns. J bunch of 5 lbs .... 70 EGOS V dozen .'. 15 16 FISH Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel... 83 00 80 00 - Mackerel, No. 1, $ half -bbl. 11 00 15 "00 Mackerel, No. 2, w barrel... 16 00 18 00 Mackerel, No. 2 Whalf -bbl.. 8 00 9 00 Mackerel, No. 8, V barrel... 18 00 14 00 Mullets, $ barrel 4 25 4 75 . Mullets, V pork barrel 6 00 8 00 N. C. Roe Herring, V keg.. 8 00 8 25 Dry Cod, 6 10 " Extra 4 35 4 50 FLOUR-tf lb Low grade 8 00 Choice 850 Straight 4 00 425 First Patent 4 60 5 00 9LUE D 11 13 GRAIN V bushel Corn.from store.bzs White 52 52H Car-load, in bgs White... 60 Oats, from store 38 40 Oats, Rust Proof , 45 Cow Peas 60 65 HIDES V lb Green salted 6 Dry flint 10 12 Drvsart 9 HAY 9100 lbs Clover Hay 85 90 Rice Straw..., 40 60 Eastern 80 85 Western 80 85 North River 80 85 HOOP IRON, B 3 ILLUMINAINQ OILS- Dlamond White, bbls ftgal - . & MM Aladdin Security " 12fe Pratt's Astral " I3tf Carandine ' 13 LARD, ft Northern.... 6 7 North Carolina 7 8 LIME, W barrel 1 15 1 26 LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft- Bhlp Stuff, resawed..,. 18 00 20 00 Rough edge Plank... JV,.... 15 00 18 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to quality..; 13 00 18.00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 22 00 Scantling and Board, com' n 14 00 15100 Common mill 6 00 0 50 Fair mill 0 60 8 00 Prime mill, 8 60 10 00 Extra mill 10 00 10 60 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, lnhegshead..... - 25 Barbadoes, In barrels 28 Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 28 80 Porto Rico, in barrels 25 80 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12 14 Sugar Hoase, in barrels.... 14 15 Byrupln barrels 15 . 85 NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basts.., 8 (0 8 00 PORE, V barrel Cltv Mess..... 9 50 10 00 Rump 9 50 Prime 9 00 ROPE, 9 B 10 22 SALT, V sack. Alum.. 110 Liverpool 75 80 American 70 75 On 125 V Sacks.. 47M SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M 6 00 6 50 Common 1 60 8 25 Cypress Saps 2 60 .2 75 SUGAR, V lb Standard Gran'd S BH Standard A 5 5)4 White Extra C 6 Extra C, Golden & 5 C, Yellow , i SOAP, Northern. 84 . 4 STAVES, M W. O. barrel.... 6 00 14 09 R. O. Hogshead. - '.10 00 . TIMBER. M feet-Shipping,. 9 08 10 00 MllL Prime 7 50 8 75 M11L Fair 6 60 7 00 Common Mlll..t , 6 00 6 00 Inferior to ordinary 3 50 500 SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed V M 6x24 heart 7 60 860 " Sap..-. 6 00 6 08 5X20 Heart 8 00 8 60 " Sap 8 00 8 60 6x24 Heart ..... 6 00 6 60 " Sap S 00 5 60 TALLOW, $ WHISKEY, V gallon, Northern 100 8 00 North Carolina 100 00 WOOL per Unwashod...... 15 O 17
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