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.t'lLLUU H. BS5BABD
Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N- C.
Friday, -' - January 5, 1900.
MEBCttESS TAXATION.
The Republican tariff makers hare
never shown much discrimination
in the tariff duties they levy, inva
riably taxing the necessaries of life
mere than the luxuries, thug show
ing partiality, and a cruel partiality,
to the rich and imposing burdens,
and cruel burdens, upon the poor.
The reason of this is not' because
they are lacking in feeling for those
upon whom they impose'the bur
dens, but because they are influenced
more by political than by other con
siderations in framing their tariff
schedules.
The first question they consider is
not what effect this or that tariff will
have in producing the needed reve
nue, but how it will be regarded by
the people whose favor they seek
and whose contributions they
need in elections. The al
leged justification: of high tariffs is
to encourage home manufactories,
. whether the home manufactories
need encouragement or not, and
the remarkable thing about this is
that they persist in fostering our
industry, while by doing so they
not only impose monstrous burdens
upon the people, but through other
industries that might flourish if it
were not -for these crushing tariff
laws. An illustration of this and
also of the enormity of excessive
taTfinn ia (riven in t.h woollen
schedule? which is thus forcibly ex
hibited "by the Philadelphia Record:
"When Mr. John Wanamaker was
before the Industrial Commission in
Washington on December 9th last be
gave some interesting testimony con
cerniog the operation of the high
Dingley duties on the American carpet
industries. Among other things he
said that one effect of the high duties
was to flood the American market with
carpets, and that as there was no for
eign demand for them there had been a
decline in prices. - '
"This is much from one who bas
bea a strong advocate of high Prow-c
tion, aod wbo is thoroughly conver
sant with every aspect of the question
wftiisth has Kaan rliasiicaa1 Rut i t
w Uivn . una u aouoow m- m 4 w
-would take a long time for Mr. Wana
maker, or any other poison bavins
complete knowledge both as man
ufjciurer and merchant, to de
scribe the ffects of the Dingley
schedule or duties on wool and wool
lea fabrics other than carpets. The
mass of American consumers can
hav only a vague and indistinct con
cepti tn of the extent to which they
are drtsp tiled by the exorbitant duties
on their clothing. Though they are
dimly aware that they are plundered,
they cinuot- tell in dollars aud cents
how much additional they pay for the
domestic clothing worn by themselves
aud JlBeir families by reason of the
duties on foreign goods, nor to what
degree, ibis tar.ff policy t-nds to de
teriorate the quality of their wearing
apprel by the substitution of cotton
aud shoddy on account of the dear
ness and scarcity of pure wool.
"Ou the imported dress good 5 for
women and children, which lust year
amounted in value to 16.033 950. the
dunes collected were $8 2.3,519, or a
little more, than 103 per tent. For
every dollar's worth f these roods a
dollar in tax was paid at the custom
house. The consumer mayy estimate
for himself the price and the rate of
duty after the goods have passed
through the several bands or the job
ber. wholesale merchant and retailer.
It is not pretei ded that the prices of
the domestic fabrics quite equal the
prices of like imports with the duties
added ; but tbev approximate. By the
time the Wool leu Manufacturer As
sociation ('be Trust) shall have per
fected its plans the approximation will
be mucb nearer.
"The importations of clothes, wol
len and worsted (for men's apparel)
amounted in value last vear to
$802,140, a' d, the duties to 12,829 682
or a snade above 100 per cent Thi
with the quantities brought into the
count rv in former years, even under
the McKiuley tariff But with the
mrurg nuuuruiiiuu uuuj uurcu
great encouragement afforded him by
the Dingley duties the honest smug
gler has substantially increased these
importation, nd thus redressed the
balance in some degree in favor, of
consumers. This may be inferred from
the existence and activity of the large
army of custom house officials en
gaged In the pursuit of contraband im-
. . 11'
' purvera 01 wourns.
"Lt year there was a small itnpor
tation of blankets (to the value of $21.
167), merely to show that such goods
can come through the custom bouse at
a auty of 07 percent. These few blank
, eta were of the better qualities, the
l cneaper sorts navmg been excluded by
I amies running as bigb arloO percent.
t ad valorem, as raav be seen bv th nffl
ciai returns Home Hansels, too, ( o
tne vaiue or gag 737;, were imported in
1899, pajiig duties amounting to $36.
323, or nearly 111 per cent. Tnese were
mostly Jaeger and Stuttgart fabrics?
Borne flannels of lower quality were
imported at a? duty of 127 n r cent.
and the rat affurdi a bais for mark
. ing up the d tmeatic fabric the more it
is loaded with cot on.
Ou knit g ods arid plushes the aver
age rates (85 to 93 per cent, respec
tively) were prohibitory of imoorta
tions last year. But there is no space
here to record all th iniquities and
abominations of the Dingley schedule
or duties on woolens It is still urged,
however, thai these duties are neces
sary for the protection of American
woolen industries. There is no doubt
tha. under these duties the manufao
' turers of woolens would flourish space
. if it were not for the exorbitant duties
on wool. But what an enormous cost
is this policy to the Dockets. th
fort atd th health of the mass of the
American people!
'. They put these enormous taxes
on woollen goods to foster and pro-
wt nuuiieu uiauuiaciones, ana in
the same act inconsistently impose
taxes on imported wool that hamper
and injure the very industry they
profess or desire to foster. We ex
port a large amount of cotton goods
" because our cotton manufacturers
have command of cheap raw mate
rial, but we do not export much
woollen goods because our manu
facturers are prevented by the
duties on foreign wools from get
ting the . cheap raw materials to
compete with foreign woollen man a
facturers. They can compete only
by offering an inferior article" at a
lower price, and that in the long
- run ruins their trade.
Bat it isn't the duties on the im
ported, woollens that hurt so much,
for the people who buy these gener
ally speaking can afford to pay the
price with the duty added. Where
it hurts is because all woollen fabrics
go up in proportion to the tariff
levied on the imported so that the
person who buys the home-made
woollens pays nearly as muon
as the person wno Duys me im
ported article. If there is any dif
ference it is simply the insignificant
amount that the home manufacturer
takes off his goods to keep them a
ittle bit under the imported, whiob
makes them appear cheaper whether
they; really are or not. Every per
son iwho buys woollen goods knows
how: this is, especially since the
manufacturing industries have crone
so largely into the hands of trusts.
Kilt aside from the inoonsistencv
and injustice of this kind of legisla
tion it is cruel in the extreme, for it
deprives poor people of the necessary
clothing to keep-them warm and pro
tect them from the rigors of winter.
-t u
Every man, woman and child in a
cold climate should be well clad, and
there is no garment suitable for cold
weather but a woollen garment.
There are thousands of people shiv
ering in this country these cold days
and nights because they have not on
their bodies the woollen garments
they should have, for they are not
able to buy them, but they might be
if it were not for the monstrous
tariff taxes that put up prices beyond
their reach, and all to carry favor
with min whose contributions are
looked for in election times. "Such
legislation is not only heartless and
cruel, but criminal and infamous.
THIS GOVERNOR OF GUAM.
Captain Leary, Military Governor
of Guam, has some peculiaritu s.
one of which is that he forma his
own! opinions and acts on them
without consulting superior au
thority. We read a sketch of him
some time ago by some one wno
wrote as if he knew him well. After
remarking on his peculiarities and
giving some instances of them he
concluded by saying that he would
not be. surprised at anything that
Captain Leary did. This was shortly
after the Captain had deported a
batch of f riars.
The dispatches published yester
day bring the information that he
has issued . a proclamation abolish
ing peonage on the island, which he
calls, and properly so, slavery under
another name, and also deported all
the Spanish priests. With the
friars previously deported, and the'
Spanish priests deported, he is prac
t-ically rid of all real or imaginary
clerical antagonisms.
Captain Liary seems to have some
respect for the constitution of the
United States and also confidence in
his own ability to inter pi et it with
out assistance, and believing that
the constitution and Captain Leary
are supreme in Guam, he issues his
proclamation abolishing peonage, an
act which will doubtless be approved.
But doesn't the Governor of Guam
antagonize the Washington authori
ties who are managing the business
in our new possessions by proclaim
ing that the constitution of the
united states does not recognize
slavery?. Didn't they recognize
slavery and polygamy, too, in that
treaty with the Sultan of the Sulus?
If they persist in recognizing the
right of the Sulu people to hold
slaves and practice polygamy, how can
they consistently endorse the action
of the Guam Governor in abolish
ing' slavery in Guam? We do not
suppose they will pay much atten
tion to it, as Guam does not figure
much in the parade, bnt still there
is a principle involved in these pro
ceedings and if the constitution be
so pr erne in Guam, why shouldn't it
be in the Sulus, or in any of the
other" Philippines?
A report comes from London that
the President is negotiating with
the King of Denmark for the pur
chase; of Danish West Indies, price
14,00(000. Wnile we are about it
we might as well take in all the
islands we find lying around loose
that other countries want to get
rid oft
. A twenty year old girl in Russia
recently slew with an ax her parents
and seven other persons, because
her parents objected to her mar
riage.! She was much more anxious
to get married than the young man
was to marry her after he heard of
this performance.
The! Boers utilize barbed wire .net
by making fences of it, as the Span
iards in Cuba did, but by strewing
it in the bottoms of fords in the
rivers," where it wraps itself around
the legs of horses and men fording
the streams'and gives them a world
of trouble. .
Queen Victoria is said to be
so
much troubled over the Transvaal
war that she can't sleep and must
go to the seaside, where the nervous
tension may relax some. Tho pre
sumption is that Chamberlain takes
pretty, strong narcotics.
The New York Journal of Com
meroe and Commercitl Bulletin
printsj a list of the industrial con
solidations and organisations last
year, the aggregate capitalization of
wKJrtK was naarlv BY9.Kft rtflfl ftflrt '
embracing a large amount of water.
REGULAR MEETING OP
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
List of Jurors Drawn for the Superior
Ceart Which Convenes Jsa. 24th
' Other Matters Disposed Of 1
The Board of Commissioners of New
Hanover, county held ; their first
monthly meeting for 1900 yesterday
afternoon at 2 SO o'clock, those in at
tendance being Chairman Moore and
Commissioners Alexander and Holmes.
Absent, Commissioner McEichern. '
Superior Court Jurors..
The board drew the following jurors
for the next term of the Superior
Court of New Hanover county, which
convenes Monday, January 24: J. xL
Otto way. E. J. Dale, C. K. Gordon,
J. D. Woody, D. Goldman, W. L.
Coble, Alex. Wills, W. L Harlow,
Benj. Bell, E. P. Craig. Alexander
Boawell, A. B Benson, H. T. Duls,
John H. Rjhder, W. M. Hansley,
J. E Gordon, J. L Bowden, W. W.
Bines, T. O. Coleman, Clayton Gi'e?,
SI. L. Storer, J. B. Williams, G. W.
Cheaautt, John Baker. .
Other Matters.
The board re elected Thos. F. Bell
superintendent of Qk Grove ceme
tery, at a salary of $50 per year.
On account of physical disability,
Thomas Futch, Moses Potter and F.
iL Lewis were relieved of poll tax.
An application from Isaac Evans
for reduction of .the assessment on his
property in block 283, was referred to
the county. Also the application of
Mrs Florence M. Shavetet for reduo
lion of the assessment of property in
Uasonboro township, includiog some
property swept away by the Btorm at
Carolina Beach. As to the destruc
tion of the beach property, the board
adhered to its former decision that it
had no power to make a reduction.
The bond of W. L. Tharp. in the
sum of $100, for furnishing coffins and
burial for the poor, was received, with
Captain Preston Camming as surety.
Also, the bond of H Hauser. repairer
of the court house clock, in the sum of
$100, with F. W. Ortmann as surety.
The request of Jack Highsmith, to
have a gate put in the c maty fence in
front of his house in Harnett town
ship; was not granted.
Register, of Deeds W. H. B!ddle sub
mitted his report for December, show
ing that during the mouth be issued
thirty three marriage licenses and
turned over to the Treasurer $31 35 in
fee.
Dr. W. D. McMillan, superintendent
of health, made his written report for
December, stating that he attended 141
patients at his office andrmade 61 vis
its to 43 patients at their homes. He
reports- the county home and jail in
good condition. Except in the case of
J. W. Booker, insane patient, be has
prescribed for no acute cases in either
institution.
The Board granted licenses for the
sale of spirituous liquors to the list of
applicants acted on favorably at the
meeting of the Board of Aldermen last
Wednesday. All other applications
were laid over.
The Board ordered an abatement of
25 per cent, on the assessed value of
shares of the Blue Bidge National
Bank, of Asheville, N. C, which was
listed at $100, whereas it is listed in
Asheville at $75.
On motion, the election of a superin
tendent of public roads was postponed
till this afternoon.
The Board took a recess till 2.30
o'clock this afternoon.
WILMINGTON'S INDUS RIES.
Cel. Waddell writes the News sod Ob
server of the Remarkable Progress
Made Darisg the Past Year.
Col. A. M. W.ddell, Msyor of the
city, in a letter to the Raleigh News
and Observer, concerning Wilmiug
ton's industrial growth during the
past year, writes as follows:
Wilminotox, N C, Dec 27.
To THE EDITOR: The information
which yuu seek in regard to the edu
calional and industrial progress of
this city can only be given with ap
prox mate correctness, as heretofore
no records of such matters have been
kept. We are trying to remtdy mat
trs in this, as in many other respects.
The figures I herewith send are be
lievcd to be t conservative estimate
of true conditions:
1. The total amount of capital-invested
in .manufacturing in this city
in the year 1830 ws (about) $750,000;
th U-Ul amount to-day is (about) $2,
000 000
2. During the year 1899. amount in
vested (aboui) $550,000 The new in
dustries established during the year
1899 have been, among ther , one
large cotton mill, one national bank, a
wood working establishment, machine
shops and the enlargement of several
plants.
3. Amount spent for building and
repairing during 1899 (wot including
the above) about $500 000.
4. The educational growth bas be n
steady, aud (exeeptiog costly appli
aiice, ucb as can be seen in the rich
citiet)it can be truly said that the
schools of Wilmington are equal to
any in the United States.
6. The lanufacturing and industrial
outlook ia mora" encooraeiug tb n it
bas- bee-, and the . building of god
roads by the county, which bas b gun,
and the sewerage and street improve
rnent about to be commenced in the
city, with the reduction of the city
debt, will add greatly to the encour
agement. '
I have given you a hasty generali
zation. ALFRED MOORB W add ILL, Mayor.
, Brave Ilea Fall
Victims to 8tomach, Liver and Kid
ney troubles as well as women, and
all feel the results in loss of appetite,
poisons in the blood, backache, ner
vousness, headache and tired, listless,
run down feeling. But there s no
need to feel like that LUtn to J.
W. Gardner, Idaville. Ind. He says:
''Electric Bitters are just the thing for
anian.wheu be is all run down, and
don't care whether he lives or dies
It did more to give me new strength
and good app-tite than anything I
could take. I can now eat anything
and have a new lease on-lifn." Only
60 cents, at BOBt. B. B&XLaXY'a drug
stora. . -" t
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 miles from Bose HilL Address
R. G. Grady dc Co., Burgaw, N.O. t
CHOICE Vegetables
will always find a ready '
market but only that farmer i
can raise them who has studied
the great secret- how to ob
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use ; of well;
balanced fertilizers. No fertil
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least 8 Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish full
information. We send them
free of charge.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
03 Nassau St., New Voric. ,
PRETIY WEDDINQ.
Mr. Boot. L, Bowmao, of Petersburg, Vs.,
Leads to the Altar Miss Llllias Louise
Ostes, of Wilmlaitoa.
An exceedingly pretty wedding took
place last evening at 6 o'clock t 8t.
John's Episcopal Church, the parlies to
the happy contract being Mr. Rbert
L. Bowman, of Petersburg, V., a d
Miss Lillian Louise Gates, the attrac
tive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Gates, of this city.
8ome time before the moment for
the ceremony, great numbers of the
friends and acquaintances of the
family flicked to the church, and
when the marriage took place the
church was crowded.
The church was still a scene of
beauty in its Christmas decorations,
consisting of holly, wild smilax, ivy,
and long leaf pine, and for the joyous
event the altar was profusely and
handsomely decorated with lovely
palms, ferns and other potted phnts,
and lighted candles.
Miss Fanuie Corbett presided at the
organ, and the bridal party entered to
the Lohengrin measures. The ushers,
Messrs. W. H. Gates,of Rcky Mount,
and B. L. Gates, of Wilmington,
broth n of the bride led the way
down the main aisle. They woie
dress suits with white carna
tion boutonniers. Following them,
came the maid of honor, Miss
Annie Adrian, stylishly attird
in a suit of castor and green cloth
and carrying a bouquet of pink car
nations. Then came the bride lean
iag on the arm of her father, Mr.
George W. Gates. She wore a be
coming travelling suit of grey broad
cloth and bore an exquisite bouquet
of white carnations. Her ornaments
were pearls and diamonds, among
them being a handsome sunburst, a
Christmas present from the groom.
-The groom and his best man and
brother, Mr. J. C. Bowman, also of
Petersburg, entered from the 'vestry
room and j ined the bride at the altar,
where the Rev. James Carmichael.
D. D., rector tf St. John's, united
the couple in th holy bond
of matrimony. The beautiful and
impressive ring ceremo y was ob
served, and during the service the or
ganist softly played "O, Promise MV
The bride's father gave her away. The
cert mony over, the bridal p my re
tired, the handsome coU le leading the
way, while the strains of Mendels
sohu's wedding march pealed f rom the
organ.
The bridal party repaired to the
borne of the bride's parents, 211 Bed
Cross street, aod in a few miuu.ea left
for Frout street railway station where
they took the 6 50 P. M. train for a
tour to Washington, Baltimore and
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman will make
their home in Petersburg, where dr.
Bwmanisa profit, ent pharmacist.
Bis bride is one of Wilmington's most
estimable young ladies.
The couple were the recipients of
many valuable and beautiful presents.
MARSHALL CASE IN RALE OF.
Will Come Up for Hcariof To-day De
feodaot, His Counsel and Witaesses
Left Yesterday Afternoon.
As stated in yesterday's Star, the
Marshall counterfeiting case, in which
Wilmington people are so deeply in
terested, will come up for a hearing in
the Federal Court in B tleigh to-day,
George Bountree and Marsden Bel
lamy, Esquires, counsel for Mr. Mar
shall, 'the defendant in the action,
went up to Baleigh yesterday morn
ing and yesterday afternoon, Mr. Mar
shall, accompanied by his wife, little
son, his brother, Mr. John G. Mar
shall, Iredell Meares. Esq., another of
counsel, and about forty witnesses,
left on the 3 05 o'clock Seaboard Air
Line train to attend the trial.;: From
Qaraletthe party expected to take a
special train, which would arrive at
Baleigh last night at 10 o'clock.
The following is a list of the wit
nesses for the defence who left yes
terday: . .
Fire Chief Charles Schnibben, Fire
men J. Wannamaker, Joe E I wards,
J.T.Yates, Deputy Sherff. H. W.
Howell, S. H. Terry and G. W.
Millis, Justice J. M. McGowan, Messrs.
S. Seigler, H. A. Burr, Jr., Bill Ed.
wards, W. A. McGowan, Jno. T.
Tolar, Geo, Harris, Geo. Bland, H.
L. Peterson, C. E Collins, ,B. F.
Brittain, T. F..BelL Capt. T. A. Price,
Messrs. J. D. Sidbury, L. Gay, D D.
Cameron, G. C. Simmons, 8. North
rop. W. F. Alexander, B E. Daniels;
H. E Bonitz. George Roderick, Claude
Leslie, J. B. King, W. J. Johnson,
Frank Meier, Edgar Helms, T. J.
Brlcher and W. L. Holden.
Other witnesses summoned for the
defence are Theo. Statin and Bv B b
ert Strange, D. D., rector of St. James'
Parish.
Fred S. Burr, of the Wilmington
Iron Works, who is one of the gov
ernment witnesses,.' left yesterday
morning, going via the A. C' L.
Other government witnesses in the
city are Capt Jno B. Williams, agent
of the Southern Espresa Company,
and Mr. W. A. Farms.
yi
RALEIGH'S NEWS BUDGET, j
Federal Ceart la Session Senator Prltch
ard Tobacco Growers' Meeting :
Low Temperature-Sad Accident --
' Special Star Correspondence. ,
Raleigh, N. 0 , Jan. 2.
Senator Pritcbard will speak against
the constitutional amendment at Bock
ingbam on January 16th.
Federal court , resu med ' its session
here this morning, haying adjourned
oyer for the holidays. It was in ses
sion two weeks before Christmas, aud
it will probably take two weeka more
to complete the docket. The trial of
-A. J. Marshall, the Wilmington attor
ney, charged with counterfeiting, is
set for Thursday. -
Tobacco Growers' Convention.
Wake county tobacco farmers met
here yesterday and named delegates
to the 8tate Tobacco Growers! Con
vention whxh meets here on January
17th. There was a large representa
tion of tobacco farmers present and
there- was considerable talk of organ
izing an independent factory with
farmers as stockholders to manufao
ture the tobacco and cut the trust off
from the raw maleriaL
The Secretary of State incorporates
the Sal-m Iron Worka with a capital
stock of $50,000 and the J. F. White
Company,, of Oxford, holesale mer
chants, with a capital of $20 000:
Tbe lowest temperature ever known
here in December was reached Sunday
morning, when the . thermometer at
the Weather Bureau registered nine
degrees. Ma y private thermometers
nearer the ground were as low as six.
New Year's Calling.
The old-time custom of New Year's
calling was more generally observed
last night than has been known in
many years.
Sister Agnes, the superintendent of
the Catholic Orphanage here, tripped
over a piece of carpet at the Orphan
age yesterday, afternoon and fell,
breaking ber right arm in two places.
The Republican state Committee
meets in Greensboro to day to decide
upon the time and place for the next
State convention.
Profits for the first six months from
the Greensboro dispensary are $5,000.
Of this, $1,000 goes to the city and
$1,000 to the county
SO WE NEW ADVERTISERS.
Large Increase in Star Advertislsg Dor
log the Past Year.
The Johnson Dry Goods Co. and
Messrs. A. D. Brown, George B.
French & Sons, J.-W. Murchison &
Co., D. McEacbern and H. L. Fennell
have made a good beginning of the
New Tear by making advertising con
tracts with THE MOBMxa Stab. Each
houe represents a different line of
business, and all rank with the very
best in the city.
The marked increase in the advertis
ing patronage of The Morning Stab
during tbe past year ia gratifying evi
dence of the' growing popularity of the
paper with those who wish to extend
their trade not only in Wilmington,
but throughout eastern and south
eastern North Carolina and the upper
portion of South Carolina.
FEDERAL COURT AT RALEIGH.
Trial of A J. Marshall to Be Called This
Morniog It Promites to Be Sensa
tional Pop State Convention.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C . January 3 The
Marbhall counterfeiting case will be
called when the Federal Court meets
at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. It
promises to be very sensational.
Messrs. George Rountree and Mars
den Bellamy, of counsel for Marshall,
arrived here thia afternoon and added
Col. Thos M. Argo to the lawyers
who will assist in Marshall's defence.
Busbee & Bubb-e, also of this city,
were employed some weeks ago. Mar
shall is expected at 2 o'clock to night,
accompanied by his other attorneys
and his witnesses.
In the Federal Court today Israel
Hargett, Rocky Mount's defaulting
negro postmaster, was tried and found
guilty. Evidence tended to prove that
the $318 he was short, was stolen by
his assistant, Watson, nd pending in
vestigation into that phase of the case
judgment was not prayed, but Hargett
was required to give $1,000 bond for
his appearance at the next term -of
court
The Populist State Executive Com
mittee is called to meet here on Jan
uary 18th, to select the time and place
for the next State convention.
N. C. REPUBLICANS.
State Convention to Meet la Raleigh lo
May Executive Committee Meet.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C , Jan. 2. The State
Republican Executive Con mittee met
at Greensboro to-day and decided to
hold the next StageConvention of that
party in BileighfonMay 2ud. Sena
tor Pritcbard andVCongressman Lin
ney were presentat the meeting. Plans
for' defeating the Constitutional
Amendment were discussed.
Has Collected Over 90 Per Cent.
Sheriff MacBae has thus far collect
ed $74,702 16 of the approximate $83,
000 county, real, poll and personal
property tax for 1899. The per cent,
of the amount already collected is
about 90T, which is a remarkably fine
showing for tbe time of year. Up to
January 1st, last year, only $53,988.02
had been collected.
. - ifor over vinr Tetri
Mas.. Winslow's Soothing Sybtjp
has been used for over tifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes tbe child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.' It
will relieve the poor little sufferer im
mediately. Sold by druggiBla in every
part of the world. Twenty five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs.
Wiualow's Soothing Syrup," and take
no other.
The East ; Carolina Beal Estate
Agency has excellent facilities for
selling farms and gmbered lands.
It advertises all property and makes
only a nominal charge unless a sale is
mada. For larnil mtn mAA .,,. T n
vrrauy ct uo., urgaw, JN. O.
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To Make Towiog Contract
Capt S. F. Craig, secretary of the
Cape Fear Towing and Transportation
Company, left yesterday for Swans
boro, Onslow county, to confer with
the captain of the schooner Lizzie S.
James, relative to a contract for the
towing of that vessel to New York.
The James is lumber laden and was
driven ashore during the November
storm, passing over the bar, over
which it will be difficult to take her
gain with depth of the water norma'.
Capt Craig will look over the situa
tion and return to the city to-mor
row. If the contract is closed the tug
Jones will probably be sent to per
form the service.
Injured by Shifting Engine.
A negro drayman was run over by
a 8eaboard Air Line shifting engine
at the' foot of Harnett street yesterday
afternoon about 5 o'clock. The engine
was in charge of Engineer Leon Rich
ardon and the negro drove dirt-ctly
in front of it before Mr. Richardson
could reverse bis engine. The dray
was demolished and the horse received
fatal injuries.
The negro was also severely injured
about the limbs and perhaps inter
nally. He was placed on a dray and
carried to the office of Dr. C. D. Bell,
who gave him temporary attention
and sent him borne. His recovery is
said to be doubtfuL
COTTON MOVEMENT.
Decrease in Receipts, Exports aod Stocks
ns Compared With Last Year.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
New, Obleaxs. January 3. Secre
tary Hester, of the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, issued to-day a state
ment that shows that the amount ofr
cotton brought into right for tbe four
months from September to the close of
Oocenter, his been 5.591,076 biles,
against 7.725.549 last year and 7.296,
533 year before last
Foreign exports for the first four
months of the seaonTbave been 2,568,
435 bales, showing a decrease under
last season of 1,616,194 bales.
Stocks at tbe seaboard and the twenty-nine
leadii g Southern interior mar
kets at the close of December, were
1,898,939 bales, againat 2,053,361 the
same date last year.
SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Colombia Connectioo Hearing Completion.
Train Crossed the Wateree.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Charlotte, N. C, January 3. A
special from Spalding, 8. C, to the
Observer says : '
. The Seaboard Air Line train crossed
the Wateree river at 5 o'clock this
evening, with a train load of rails and
material and a private car of one of
the high officials olthe system attached,
on one of the most substantial and se
cure trestles ever built in the South.
This marks, the connection 'with, the
completed grading between here and
Columbia, and a force of a hundred
laborers are laying track to Columbia.
RUSSIA WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Assurance (liven British Ambassador at
' St Petersburg by the Cxar. .
By Cable to tbe Moroinz Star.
London, January 4.- The ; Vienna
correspondent of the Standard says:
"Emperor Nicholas has assured the
British Ambassador at St. Petersburg
(3irC. 8 Scott) that Great Britain need
not fear intervention or any sort of
difficulty from Russia in the present
South African complications. . This I
may lairly be interpreted as an assur
ance, including an . indirect promise
that France will abstain from creatine
mmcuiuea ior angiana."
1 torn ns "
millions Given i Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in tbe land
wbo are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering Tbe proprie
tors of Dr. King' New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds have
given a0y over ten million trial bot
tles of this great med cine, and have
the satisfaction of knowing it bas ab
6olutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases of the Throat Chest
and Lungs are surely cured by it Call
on B B BELLAMY, druggist, aod g-t a
lOc trial buttle. Regular s.te 60 cents
and sl.OO. Every bottle gaaraatead Or
Brico rafuadad, f
it
V"
Delicloiui
Mot
1 LJy a rry jvrt
are made with Royal Baking Pow
der, and are the most appetizing,
healthful and nutritious of foods.
.Hot biscuit made with impure
and adulterated baking powder are
neither appetizing nor wholesome.
!It all depends upon the bak
ing powder.
Take every care to have your
biscuit made with Royal, which is
a ptire cream of tartar baking pow
der, if you would avoid indigestion.
NEGOTIATIONS IN PR0QRESS.
The Seizure of American Floor in Delagoa
Bay Under Consideration by tbe
British Government.
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By Cable to the Morning Star.
Lomxis, January 3. The United
States Ambassador. Joseph H. Choate,
visited the British Premier. Lord Salis
bury, at the foreign office tbis even
ing for tbe purpose of making the first
official representations on the subject
of the Delagoa bay flour seizures. Mr.
Choate rect-ived no drfiuite reply, as
tbe Premier informed him that the
British government bad not yet ar
rived at any decision as to whether or
not food stuffs were contraband of
war. But Lord Salisbury assured Mr -Choate
that the commercial rights of
the United Slates would be equitably
considered, and that a decision in this
important matter would be reached as
soon as possible. The interview was
bri-f. I I
The Associated Press learns that
Lord Salisbury bas not only g it the
attorney general Sir Richard Vvebster
working hard on the question of tbe
Ddlaifoa bay seiz ires, out that he is
consulting with the ablest lawyers in
Great Britain.
It was further learned by a repre
sentative of the Associated Pres that
Great Britain may lay down a new
regulation regarding contraband, mak
iog a distinction b-tffeen food evident
ly intended for domestic purposes and
food palpably intended for field ra
tions. Uiider the latter bead might
come certain classes of canned goods.
PARIS CONSPIRATORS.
Trials Before the: Senate Concluded
Three Pound Guilty.
By Cable to. the M wnlng star.
Paris, January 3 Tne conspiracy
trial before the Senate sittiog as the
high court came t an end to-day ex
cept for the sentences in the cse of
those convicted. Out of the seventy
five alleged conspirators who were
thrown into prison fiv months ago
and who have been since released in
batches owing to went of evidence,
only MM. Deroulde, Gueraio and
Butfet have bsea found guilty, ana
these three are accorded "extenuating
circumstances," which reduces their
punishment to detention in a fortress
or banishment, j It is understood
that the sentence will vary be
tween five and ten years detention.
President L u bet may extend pardons
in accordance with the Berenger law
in favor of first offenders.
Strong precautionary measures were
taken to day u tie vicinity of the Sen
ate housa, but mere was no sign of dis
order anywhere when the judgments
were rendered.
FIRE IN RICHMOND, VA.
C. & 0. Railroad Offices Burned Loss on
Building $70,000, Folly Insured.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
Richmond, VA-,'january 2 What
threatened to be a very disastrous fire
broke out early this morning in the
big Main street building used as the
general -offioes -ot tho -Obesapeafce
and Onio railway, and which covers
the site of the old Spots wood hotel,
which was burned, with considerable
idss of lite on Christmas eve, 1870.
Tbe firemen were terribly handicap
ped by fn sen water plugs and the net
work of wires in front and around theL
building, but managed to confine the
flames to the upper stories. The loss
on the building is about $70,000; fully
covered by insurance. The railroad
com nan v suffered
and loss in tbe destruction of papers,
that cannot be duplicated, but is estab
lished in new quarters throughout the
city.
Trncklor In Pender.
Mr.sT H. Calvin,,
of Atkinson, Pen
1 rla-
der count v. was a visitor to the TAB
office yesterday. Mr. Colvin says that
truckers in bis county are well pleaatd
with tbe prospects for the coming
year. The growing crops are in good
condition. The farmers have alread
made some very good shipments of
lettuce.! I
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aervouaneaa 1
and an unpleasant feelings, and ao
event safely with but little suffering, as numbers
In gold." It is sold by an drug-
gists. Book containing : valua
ble' information to all, mailed
free, upon application to the
Baaoriatp RaovLaroa. Coat-
raa v, kuaata, Gesrgi.
is asoally so full of suffering and danger taat he looks forward to the critical hour with appre
BeilRion and dread MOTHBB's Pkikmd. bvl aoenetntinff and aoothiiur mmmI .11. .
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PUSH1QTHE FILIP1IS0S
IN SOUTHERN LUZON.
Movement for General Advaece Encoun
ter With losorgent 8 Fierce Fight
ing Conspiracy lo Manila.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Manila, Jan. 1. The first move
ment for a general southern advance
occurred this morning, when two
battalions of the Thirty-ninth infan
try landed and occupied Cabuyao, on
the south Bide of Laguna de Bay. Two
Americans were killed and four were
wounded. Twenty-four of tbe ene
my's dead were found in one house.
One hundred and fifty prisoners and
four six pound rapid fire guns were
captured. "
The gunboat Laguna de Bay bom
barded tbe the town before tbe disem
barkation of the troop from the cas
coes, which was made under lhe
enemy's shrapnel fire. Tho enemy eva
cuated before the charging. Americans,
retreating to Santa Rosa, to .which
town they were pursued. Tbe heavy
fighting occurred along tbe road lo
Santa Rosa, . which was occupied i?
the insurgenta retreating south toward
Silangu. The Americans burned lb
country between and around Cubano.
The gunboat returned to Calu.ba
for reinforcements and thence came lo
Manila to fetch ammunition. She re
cently captured two of the enemy's
steam launches, one under the fire of
artillery at Calamba and also four
caecoes loaded with rice.
Other regiments are mobilizing to
night at San Pedro Macali and Pasig,
preparatory to continuing the south
ern advance.
Conspiracy ia Manila.
Yesterday's capture of bombs in
volved the seizure of documents in
culpating a thousand Filipinos who
intended to rise against the Ameri
cans. Papers were also found show
ing a distribution of the city into dis
tricts and; a careful assignment of
leaders and followers. The precau
tions taken by tbe Americans on Sat
urdsy, it is now evident, alone pre
vented an uprising.
The provost marshal , bas rr quested
that two more regiments be dvtailtd
for the protection of Manila. Three
thousand troops are now -actually in
tbieoity.
Manila, January 1. Aguinaldo's
wife, sisters and eighteen Filipinos
have surrendered to Mj r March's
battalion of the Thirty third infantry
at Bon toe, province of that name.
Three Filipino officers also Sui rendered
to Msjor March, and tbe Filipinos gave
up two Spanish and two American
prisoners.
FIRE AT GREENSBORO.
Wholesale Dry Goods House and Other
Buildings Bnroed Losses Aggregate
$100,000, Partly Inured.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Chablottk N. C, January l.-'Ffre
at Greensboro, N. C , yesterday
caused losses aggregating about $100,
000, partly covered by insurance.'
Tha fire originated ia tbe elevator
shaft of tbe Bague-McCorkle Dry
Qoods Company's Wholesale, houi-e,
and soon enveloped the whole build
ing and spread to the adjoiuing btre
occupied by W.J. Clary. Tbe fire
men soon had streams playing on tbe
flames, but the water froze before it
struck the burning buildingand added
to the difficulty of subduing the flames.
A large quantity of clothing and no
tions were burned and much damage
was done by the water. The losses are
estimated as follows: Hague Mc-
Corkle Dry OooJa Company, $80,000;
insurance, $55,000 W J Clary, loss
$12,500; insurar ce, $6 500. ' The dam-air-
to the, buildings will aggregate
$1,000, ;
Asking Too Much: American
Girl "And if I marry you, will I live
in an old English castle, with turrets
aud battlements, famed in song and
story?" Snglish Lord "Yes. jou
shall." American Girl "And will
y u introduce roe to the Prince of
Walea' set!'-' English Loid-VUm-er-not
until I beWn to get tired of
you A7etoi York Weekly
Ia to love children, and e
nor e can be completely has
py without them, yet the
ordeal through which the
expectant mother must paas
prepares the system that ahe pa-es through the
have testified and said, " it is worth its wdaat
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