North Carolina Newspapers

I if r SOME STARTLING DISCLOSURES MADE Bribery of Government Officials by the Pneumatic Tube Ser vice Company. EXPOSED IN THE HOUSE. Appropriation for the Service Stricken from the Postofflce Bill Hawaiian Civil Government Bill and Other - Matters in the Senate. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, April 25. After a brief debate to day the Senate agreed on the conference report on the Ha waiian Civil Government bill, the provisions relating to the right of fran cbise and imprisonment for debt hav- been amended to conform to the ing ideas of the Senate. The Agricultural Appropriation bill was passed, carry ing a little over $3,000,000. It aroused no discussion of consequence, al though the committee amendments reducing the amounts appropriated for farmers' bulletins and for the distribu tions of seeds were disagreed to. The resolution declaring Nathan B. Scott to be entitled to his seat as a Senator from West Virginia was discussed by Mr. McComas, of Maryland, but its consideration was not concluded. The Alaskan Civil Government bill was under consideration for an hour but no progress was made. Senator Cullom presented the con ference report on the Hawaiian bill. He explained that the principal changes were the , elimination of the provisions requiring the payment of taxes before registration to vote and imprisonment for debt or for non payment of taxes. "As I understand it," said Mr. Bacon, all residents of the United States and Hawaii are entitled to the right of franchise without restriction as to lha navrriATit of fa-rea That is right," said Mr. Uulloru. tie added that offices were to be filled y citizens of Hawaii, Senator Tillman thought the same provision ougnt to nave been inserted n the Porto Rican bill, so that "carpet- baggers" should not be "inflicted upon those people." Senator Foraker pointed out that by the provisions of the Porto Rican bill the President, if he saw fit, could ap point all the officers of Porto Rico from citizens of the island. The conference report was then agreed to without divi sion. The Scott .resolutions ' were then taken up. Senator McComas, who is a member of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reviewed at some length the case as the committee had found it upon investigation. Senator Pettus, Alabama, who pre sented the minority report, asked that the case go over until to morrow, and it was so ordered. House of Representatives. The House to day put its heel upon the pneumatic mail tube service how in operation in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and if its action stands the whole service will be crushed . out. The Postofflce Committee had recom mended an increase of the apropriation for this service from $225,000 to $725, 000. The proposed increase was at tacked by the Appropriations Commit tee under the leadership of Mr. Moody, Massachusetts, with such vigor and success that in the end the House voted 87 to 50 to strike out the en tire sjpropriatidh from the bill. .Mr; Moody created a sensation by the manner iu which he assailed the methods of the Pneumatic Tube Com pany and the direct charge $bat a former member of Congress wbto was a member of the Appropriations Com mittee, had been a holder of the stock and bonds of the company. He de . dined to disclose the gentleman's name. He added to the scandal by charging that a block of stock had been sent as a hew year's gift to a neap rela tive of another .member of Congress, but to the credit of the member he said the dishonoring gift had been returned to the sender by the next mail. Al though the tube service - was highly commended by other members, these revelations transformed the sentiment of the House which has several times voted for the service, into a decisive majority against its continuation in any form. The remainder of the day was devoted to the discussion of an amendment offered by Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, to substitute his bill for the re classification of the railway pos tal clerks for the provision in the bill. At the end of the debate the amend ment was held not to be in order. Seventeen of the twenty-two pages of the bill have now been completed. At the opening, William H. King who served in the 55th Congress from the State of Utah was tsworn in as Re- presentative from that . State to suc ceed Brigham H. Roberts, who was denied a seat. Postofflce Appropriation Bill. The item appropriating $725,000 for pneumatic tube service, an increase of - H500.000 over the appropriation for the current year' was the subject of over two hours debate under the arrange ment previously made. Mr. Little, Arkansas, opposed the pneumatic tube service, which he held, was unnecessary and the charges for the service in New York, he said, were outrageously exorbitant. The govern . ment was paying $37,000 a mile rental for six inch iron pipe, besides the cost of operating the machines. Mr. Moody also opposed the exten sion of , the tube service. If it was entered upon, he said, it would add in the near future millions to the already swollen expenditures of the Postofflce Department. Using this item as a text, Mr. Moody made an urgent plea for retrenchment in public expendi tures. Every branch of the public service, he said, was asking for its share of the enormous revenues which were being collected. " Proceeding, Mr. Moody assailed the whole history of the pneumatic tube service. "It is so malodorous from beginning to end," said he, "that it should die the death of a dog." "Smoke the rascals out," cried Mr. Little, "and we on this side of the House will stay with ycu." Scandal Uncovered. Mr. Moody said it was not a pleasant thini? for him to exploit the scandal which had been uncovered by the pos tal commission of which he was a member, but he considered it his duty to do so. He declared that former second assistant Postmaster General Neilson, under whom the first experi ments in the pneumatic tube service were made, when he retired accepted from the company $1,000 in cash and - $10,000 in stock for his services here during the succeeding year. What "that service could be, Mr. Moody said, he could not imagine. These facts, he said, had been brought out by the com mission. John E. Milholland, of New York, he said, was the president of the tube company. - . Startled . the House. Mr. Moody's next statement startled ! the House and created a sensation. ; The tube service, he said, had bf en construct 1 by cod tractors who took i their pay in ktock and bonds. The only asset of the company was its con i tract with the government. - "I regret to say," continued, Mr. Moody deliberately, "that one of the principal holders of these stocks and bonds was a member of this House and a member of the committee on Appro priations." "Give his name," shouted Mr. Liv ingston, Georgia. - - "I will not," replied Mr. Moody. Then he added another sensational statement to the effect that a large block of the stock of the concern had been sent to a near relative of a prom inent member of the House as a new year's gift. - "But I am proud to say," said Mr. Moody, "that the return mail carried back that dishonoring and dishonors ble gifts." When the applause that greeted this statement-had died out Mr. Moody appealed to the Houte not to endorse "this sort of a transaction." Mr. Moody disclaimed any intention of reflecting upon the Postofflce Com mittee, which he highly commended. He waS especially glowing in his praise of Mr. Lioud, the chairman of the com mittee. ' ' ' Mr. Moody said he had been appeal ed to by commercial bodies of Boston to aid in the extension of this service. but he refused to close his eyes to his duty in this matter. He charged that companies in all the large cities of the country were preparing to raid Con gress in behalf of further extension of the tube service. Mr. BiDgham,Pennsylvania, thought in view of the disclosures of Mr. Moody that ' the testimony which sustained them should be printed in the Record, and with Mr. Moody's assent it was agreed to place the testimony in the Record. Mr. Bingham said that Congress was not concerned with the question of morals involved in an ex-assistant postmaster general taking service with a corporation, but with the ques tion whether the tube service was valuable in expediting the mails. He earnestly favored the extension of the service.' The Postmaster General, he said, had said that this service could be extended to twenty -seven cities for $2,500,000 and for compensation very "reasonable.'' Mr. Cannon, chairman of the Ap propriation Committee, opposed the item.' An amendment . offered by Mr, Moon., Tennessee, providing for the entire elimination of the paragraph, was adopted 87 to 50. Without further action on the bill the House, at 5.05 P. M., adjourned. BOERS ABANDON SE1GE OF WEPENER British Disappointed in Their Hope of Forcing a Fight or a Surrender. 1 OEN. ROBERTS' PLANS FAILED PAINE'S CELERY - C01IP0UND THE SPRING IIEDICIHE gives new life and substance to the nerve and muscle tissues, restores strength . and vitality to the human system. COMMERCIAL. WTTiMIN GTOX V A ItKET. OHIO REPUBLICANS WIND-UP CONVENTION. State Ticket and Delegates as Named by Hanna-Platfonn Adopted as It Came from Washington. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Coljjmbtjs, O., April '25. The Re publican State Convention here to day was of national importance. The delegates and alternates at large are close personal as well as political friends of the President, and the plat form is just as it came from Washing ton, with the addition of the anti-trust resolution and the omission of the Porto Rican resolution. The so-called "Hannaf slate" on del egates and alternates at large and the State, ticket went through without any breaks. There was, however, opposi tion to Food Commissioner Black burn, because he was running for a third term and for other local reasons, and to General Grosvenor for delegate. from the friends of ex-Governor BuBh nell. ' ". ..... ' The Platform. The platform adopted re affirms the St Louis platform, declares that the Republican administration has restored Erosperity to the country and that the Tnited States is outstripping all the nations of the world in foreign trade. The resolutions endorse the wise and patriotic administration of President McKinley, whose signal achievements in war and peace, in statesmanship and diplomacy, mark an epoch in the history of the nation, and whose bril liant success justifies and demands, in the highest interests of the coun try, the uninterrupted continuance through another term of his great but uncompleted work. Confronting un precedented requirements at Home ana unexampled responsibilities abroad, he has met them with a courage, fidelity and strength which have given him an enduring place in the confidence and affection of bis countrymen. - Every pledge of his administration has been faithfully redeemed. Uni versal confidence is declared to have been reawakened and prosperity un paralleled re-established. The admin istration is declared to. have fixed the gold standard upon firm foundations of law and made the national currency larger in volume- and sure in value, and "lifted the national credit to the highest plane . any nation has ever reached." The platform continues: "In the broader field of world duty and influ ence it has met an unavoidable war for humanity with unequalled vigor, and success, has crowned the matchless triumph of our arms on sea and land with the courageous acceptance of its hiffh - and solemn obligations, has faithfully studied and sought equally the true honor of the nation and the greatest cood of the neoole who hav- come under our flag, and thas through the wise use of expanded opportunity led our country on pathways of great ness and renown. "We re affirm the'princiole in which the Republican party had its birth and on which Abranam Lincoln was eieci ed President; that the representatives of the people have full power over territory belonging to the United States, in harmony with and subject to the fundamental safeguards of our free institutions for liberty,1 justice and personal rights. We sustain the Pres ident and Congress in exercising this nnwer with due re&rard for the safety and welfare of the Union and with the most just, generous, humane and fra ternal consideration for those over whom the authority of the nation is executed. We advocate far more. than the largest degree of self-govern ment f of which they are nttea. It is declared that sovereignty aver the new possessions must not be repu diated, and that the high purpose of its origin must be accomplished in the eetaWishment of peace and order, and the blessings of individual liberty among the people of the Philippine inlands.- ' - It opposes trusts, calling- for their regulation from time to time and re atrirtirma to guarantee immunitt from hurtful monopolv and assuring fair ti-Aatmant to ail competing industries, The State administration is endorsed. Boers Everywhere Retired at the First Pressure of the British Advance No Attempt Made to Pursue Hard . Work Ahead. ' By Cable to the Horning Btar. London, April 26. 5 . M. It is now apparent that the chances of Lord Roberts catching the retreating Boers in a net are very slender The Boers have everywhere retired at the first pressure of the British advance and the hope that General Bundle would be able to induce them to remain at Dewets Dorp until-they had been forced to fight or to surrender has been disappointing. No attempt was made to pursue the commandoes retiring . from Wepener. Everything now depends upon the progress of General French's cavalry brigades ; but they are entering a very difficult, hilly and - practically . un known country. ' The cavalry Jiave already had a long march over heavy and sandy roads and nothing is known regarding the condition of the horses, in case it is now a race between the Federals and the forces of General French and Gen eral Hamilton. The slowness of the recent move ments of the British infantry and pre vious experience of the ability of the Boers to move rapidly, with guns and baggage, over their own country, lead to a belief that Lord Roberts' envelop ing operations will fail and will have to be repeated further north. At the most, he will perhaps capture some Boer guns and baggage and hurry the retreating burghers. Considerable results have been at tained in the relief of Wepener and in tbe clearing of the southeastern cor ner of the Free State of the Boers; but the Boer army, whatever its strength, has still to be dealt with." 'Besides the casualties among- the men, the Boer bombardment cf Colo nel Daigetty's position wrought great havoc among the cattle and horses I The garrison could have held out for another fortnight, but it is in no con dition to render much assistance m pursuing the Boers. There is little news from other quarters. The inhabitants of Mafekingarenow on a daily ration of two pints of soup and two quarts of skilly. Boers Retire from Wepener. London, April 25. The War Office has issued the following from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontein April 25th, 3.25 P.M.: "The enemy retired from in front of Wepener last night and this morning fled northeastward along the Lady braid Road. "Their number was between 4,000 and 5,000. "Dewets Dorp was occupied by Chermside without opposition at 9.30 o'clock this-morning." Cape Town, April 26. The relief of Colonel Dalgetty was accomplished by General Brabant. . , No Serious Fighting Expected. London, April 26. The Daily Mail has the following from. Lorenzo Marques,- dated Wednesday, April 25th: A daring attempt to destroy the bridge at Romati port Sunday night was frustrated by Kaffirs, who gave the alarm and frightened off the Boers. The Boers have lined all the hills in the vicinity with riflemen, fearing an attack by British troops, advancing by some mysterious way. Tne irisn-American Brigade, cnieny so called "ambulance men," left Prer toria Saturday under Colonel Blake, after being addressed by President Kruger, to whom' the men responded with an American college cheer. The Boers assert that Lord Roberts is waiting for 20,000 horses. No seri ous fighting is expected until the end of May. Kimbebley, April 25. Colonel Ma hon. the Duke of Teck and a squadron of the Kimberley mounted corps, under Major Rodgers, returned here to-day from Boshof. Dissension in the Cape Cabinet. Cape Town, April 25. There are nersistent rumors in circulation here of dissension in the Cape cabinet. It is said that W. P. Schreiner, the pre mier, . and R. Solomon, attorney gen eral, favor the annexation of the Transvaal and the Free State, that J. W. Sauer,' commissioner of public works, and Dr. Tewater, minister with out portfolio advocate the independ ence of the republics and that J. -X.. Merriman, treasurer, is neutral. STAR OFFICE, April 19. - SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 47 c per gallon for machine made casks and . 47 cents per gallon for country casks; ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at 1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE . TURPENTINE. Very steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.15 for dip and for virgin. - Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, no stock; rosin, firm at 95c$l.O0; tar firm at $1.00; crude turpentine, nothing doing.. RECEIPTS. ' Spirits turpentine. . . ........... .". 13 Rosin. 190 Tar...... 178 Crude turpentine. 6 Receipts same day last , year. 7 casks spirits turpentine, 97 bbls rosin, 27 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. y Market steady on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary.. ...... 7 1-16 cts. Sib Good ordinary...... 8 7-16,"" 7 1-16 cts.lb ' 8 7-16 " 1 9 1 16 " " 9 l " I 9 9 116 " " . . . 87 a .... 9 " " it year middling quiet bales; sme day last Care and constant strain of work has first effect upon the nerves. Without strong nerves, the stomach, liver and kidneys are weakened, the blood is impoverished, the energy of the body is wasted, and disease is liable. GEORGE H. GRAVES, La Crosse, Wis., writes: "Paine's Celery Compound is phe greatest spring-medicine on the face of this earth. I am taking it this spring with even better results than avAv UfArn Tt. will An nil Tfin nlaim for it.? in fart. Paine's Celerv Com- QICl UIVIV V f vr - - 7 - "7 pound is the only tonic medicine that will cure the nervous and broken down." - Low middling, Miadung .... Good middlini Same day at 6c. . Receipts 56 year, ss bales. - ' COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina fnme, 70c. Jxtra prime, 75c per bushel t 28 pounds; fancy, 77X 80c Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 53 to 53 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c: upland, 5C60c. Quota tions 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, April 20. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 47 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 47 cents per 'gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. ! TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE .Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.20 for dip, and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3938c bid ; rosin firm at 95c$J..00; tar firm at $1.05; crude turpentine steady at $1.35 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine j .............. 23 Rosin 76 Tar 69 Crude turpentine 14 Receipts same day last year. 25 casks, spirits turpentine, -236 bbls. rosin, 144 bbls tar, 8 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. ' Market quiet on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary. '. . Good ordinary ;.. . Low middling. .... Middling Good middline..... . Same day last year middling quiet at 6c. .' ' , j ' Receipts 29 bales; same : day last year, 7. v.. , COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70 cents; extra prime, 75 cts. per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77J80c. Virginia Prime, 50c ; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 60c. -1 CORN Firm; 53 to 53H cents per ousnei for wmte. i ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents: upland 50a60c. 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 ; Bides, 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. - V- STAR OFFICE, April 24. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 47J4 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 47 cts per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.15 for dip, and . for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 4140Kc; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $1.05; crude turpentine steady at $1.35 2 40. ' , . RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. . j 17 Rosin i ...... 146 Tar..... 190 Crude turpentine. 59 Receiptsi same day last year. 37 casks spirits turpentine, 310 bbls rosin, 103 bbls tar, 20 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 9cper wholesale: iiicirc: 15 Tne quotations are always erren as accuracy as possible, bat tbe Btai wUT not b rGeponsllfr for any variations from the artcal marfot prtc of the articles anoted . . - pr Tbe roncwing -Tjnotatronfl ' represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making: np smaU orders nbzher Drtoes navo to bacbaraeo. BAGGING : . v i . .. : .'. , -jim. I MO I o iinuuiuiti ....... . Burlaps .......... WESTERN 8MOKEi . . Hams W Sides f Shoulders , C DRY SALTED i Sldeat.......M.. ..i ' 7MC Shoulders t ' i BARRELS spirits Turpentine Second-hand, ach..... ...... C XJm Van VaW r .Ad New City, each BEESWAX V S BBICKB Wilmington V H, 1 8 75 Q TOO Northern ; 900'Smm HUriKH North Carolina V k. nonnern.. CORN MEAL F Per bushel. In sacks ....... Virginia Meal OOTTON TIES V bundle!.... CANDLES V - i Sperm Adamantine CHEESE ft Northern Factory Dairy Cream-." State ,. COFFEE V ft Laguyra ..' Bio vubuss-iius . -. Sheeting, 4-4, V yard..... , ' Yarns. V bunch of 5 Bs . EGGS y dozen.... FISH Mackerel, No. I, Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 8, Mackerel. No. 8 1 Mackerel, No. S, p barrel. Mullets, barrel Mullets, Spork barrel. N. C. Hoe Herring, . 10 ' barrel... 28 00 i half-bbl. 11 00 i barrel... 10 00 half-bbl.. 8 00 18 OO 8 75 a oo 5 4 S5 keg. i....... pound for middling. Ordinary Good ordinary . Low middling. . Middling Good middling . . Quotations: 7 1-16 cts f ft 8 7-16 " 44 9 1-16 44 44 11S it i nOXTBr-9 - low graae , Oholce Straight..... . 8 85 First Patent i 4 95 O 4 M SLUE ft j i 10. 11H 9 BAIN V bushel Corn, from store,bzs White Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store ............ Oats. Bust Proof ........... . Cow HIDES ft -Green salted Dry fllnt.............4i jjrv salt HAY 9 100 fts Clover Hay Bice Straw Eastern Western North Elver. ......... .i. HOOP IBON. V LARD. 18 - l Northern North Carolina 7-1-1$- cts ft .... 8 7-16 44 44 ... 9 1-16 44 44 . . . 9 44 44 .... m year middling quiet EIGHTY FILIPINOS KILLED. Three Hundred Attacked by Detschneols of the Porty-f if tb Regiment, r By Cable to the Morning 8tar. , Manila, April 25, 6.25 P. M. Offi cers who have arrived here from Neuva Caceras, province of South Camarines, bring details of a fight April 16th, in which eighty Filipinos were . killed. The American outposts reported three hundred natives assembled three miles from the town and General Bell sent three detachments of the 45th regiment with two Maxims who nearly sur rounded the Filipinos, the majority of whom were armed with bolos. : The Filipinos wore carabao ! hide helmets, coats and shields. Therei were quickly put to flight, leaving the field strewn with armor. The riflemeni were unable to shoot straight and the bolo men never got near enough to the Americans to do execution, therefore none of the Americans were wounded. PRODUCE MARKETS. KENTUCKY POPULISTS PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS. State Convention Instructed Delegates to Support McKinley. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Harbisbubg, Pa., April 25. The Republican State Convention, which was held in this city to-day, cordially endorsed the administration of Presi dent William McKinley and instruct ed the delegates to the National Con vention at Philadelphia to support his candidacy for renomination. The con vention also declared in favor oi ine election of United States Senators in the same manner, that State officers are elected; endorsed Senator Penrose, the administration of uovernor stone and other State officials, and pledged its hearty and cordial support of uoi. M. 8. Quay for re-election to the Uni ted States Senate." DEMANDS ON TURKEY. - Favor Fusion With Democrats Bryan Endorsed for the Presidency.; By Telegraph to Uie Morning Star. Louisville. Ky., April 25. A meeting of Populist leaders of this State who favor fusion with the Dem ocrats was held here to day. Four teen delegates to the national conven tion at Sioux Falls, May 9th, were selected and resolutions were adopted re-affirming the declarations of the national convention at St. Louis in 1896, denouncing trusts, favoring an income tax, and the election of United States Senators by direct vote, and en dorsing William J. Bryan foe the presidential nomination. j FLOODED MISSISSIPPI. I Railroads Gradually Running Train Ser vice in Inundated Districts. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Meridian, Miss., April 25. The New Orleans and Northeastern rail road started a train on the way from Meridian to Hattiesburg over the flooded district to-day. No schedule wan arranged and it IS not Known when the train will reach its destina tion. The Mobile and Ohio has made n. tn'n to Quitman and return, reliev ing the distress of the citizens to a large extent, xne AiDany ana ku burg will attempt to run a as Hickory to-morrow. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New York, April 25. Flour was inactive although firmer in tone with the advance in wheat. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red 79c. Options were strong and active all day. Closed strong at Jlc net -higher." The ad vance was impelled by foreign buying, higher cables and unfavorable weather conditions abroad. In addition to these factors,seaboard clearances were large, local sentiment bullish and May liqui dation checked; May closed 73?c;July 73c; September 74c. Corn Spot strong; No. 2 48&c Options displayed positive strength and a good advance to-day on higher cables, bad weather West and heavy seaboard clearances; influential buying for local and West ern accounts, were features. Closed strong at 1 lc net advance. May closed 45c; July 46Hc; September 46Jc Oats Spot stronger ; No.2 28Xc. Options dull but steadier, closing He higher; No. 2 white oats May closed 29 c. Lard firm ; refined firm ; South American $8 25. Pork strong; family $142515 00; short clear $13 5015 00; mess tl3 25al3 50. Butter steady West ern creamery 15 18c; State dairy 15 ai7c Tallow auiet. Rice steady." Cheese steady; fancy large white 11J ; fancy large colored llll&c; fancy small white 102llc ; fancy small col ored 103llc. Eggs steady; South ern at mark ll12Xc. Petroleum easy. Jrotatoes sieaay; new jersey fl 251 50; New York $1 371 75 ; Long Island $1 50; New Jersey sweets $2 753 25. Cabbage quiet; Texas Eir barrel $3 . 6U3 75. jjreignis to iverpool quiet. Cotton seed oil was inactive and about steady with Europe still holding off and tne joDDing de mand unimportant. Prime crude, in barrels, 35c nominal; prime sum mer yellow 38c prompt ;off summer yel low nominal; butter grades 39c; prime winter yellow 4U42c; prime wniie 40 41c; prime meal $26 00. Coffee Spot Rio steady; No. 7 invoice 8c; No. 7 jobbing 8j; mild market steady; Uordova9X9i3&. ougar-riawsteauy; fair refinine 8 15-loc: ottitruugai o test 4c bid; molasses sugar 3c; re fined quiet. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. Ordinary Good ordinary. . . Low middling.. . Middling Good middling. . Same day last at 6c Receipts 56 bales; same day last year, 33. COUNTRY PRODUCE PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, .70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 4 80c. Virgima Prime, 60c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 53 to 53 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c; upland 5060c. Quota tions 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, live inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to S.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.ou to 9.00perM. STAR OFFICE, April 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 47 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 46 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE, Market a diet at $1.85 per barrel for hard $3.15 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3938c bid ; rosin firm at 95c$L00; tar firm at $1.05 ;'crude turpentine steady at $1.35 2.40 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 11 Rosin . . . ; 10 Tar 163 Crude turpentine 14 . Receipts same day last year 32 casks spirits turpentine, 118 bbls rosin, 538 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 9c per pouna ior miuuung. . uumuuiu Same day last year middlhiquiet at5c. I Receipts 14 bales f same ;day last year, 3. ! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra I prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7780c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 5,5c; fancy, 60c. I ' CORN Firm, 53J to 55 cents per bushel for white. j ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. 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. j . SHINGLES Per I 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 TIMBELi Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. STAR OFFICE. Apil 25. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 47 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 47 cents per gallon for country casks. ' ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. I .CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.15 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 4140c; rosin firm at 95cfi.uu; tar nrm at $1.05; crude turpentine steady at $1.35 2.40. I RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 11 Rosin ........ ...... 7 Tar. 95 Crude turpentine 42 Receipts same day last yearT-28 casks spirits turpentine, 70 bbls rosin, 23 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude ?tur pentine. ! COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 9c per pound for middling.; Quotations: Ordinary .; 7 1-16 cts. ft Good ordinary i 8 7-16 " 44 Low middling 9 1-16 44 44 Middling.... , 9 44 44 . Good middling i 9 44 44 Same day last year middling quiet at5c. k Receipts 46 bales; same day last year, 00. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77j 80c. Virginia Prime 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm, 53 to 53j cents per bushel. j ROUGH RICELowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the busheL i N. C. BACON -Steady; hams 10 to lie per pound; shoulders, 7' to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five- LIME, barrel Ship Stuff, resawea. t i LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft- ... 18 UU Rough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to Quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 O t8 88 O 40 S46 90 10 E 12& e o C 1 00 40 d so no a loo 00 Q 100 80 C 88 3MO - 4 7ft 8M 8 & 10 1 10 e 1 IS Common mill Fair mill... Prime mill - Extra mill MOLAB8ES V gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead Bar badoes, In barrels....... Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . . Porto Rico, In barrels i ...... Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar House, In barrels.... Syrup, in barrels NAILS, W keg. Cut, 60d basis... PORK. V barrel i llbY JUOBB... Bump Prime, ROPE. ft SALT, V sack. Alum 5 00 so 8 SO 10 00 C 80 00 a is oo O 18 00 S3 00 15 00 6 60 8 8 00 10 00 10 60 .............. ....a..... Liverpool . American.. ' On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per H ..... . Common , Cypress Saps.. SUGAR, V ft Standard Qran'd Dtanaara a. .... . White Extra C... Extra C, Golden. u xeuow SOAP, ft Northern. . . .7. .... STAVES. V M W. o. barrel.. . . R. O. Hogshead......... TIMBER, V M feet Shipping., 8HINQLE8, N.O. Cypress sawed f) H 6x24 heart V " Sap .". 6x90 Heart ' " BaD..... 6x84 Heart ' 8ap TALLOW, ft.. WHISKEY, v gallon. Northern North Carolina WOOl, dot --tJnwaahBrt.... sm 8 00 C e 9 00 ( 16 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 MARINE. cts $ ft tt tt 7 1-16 8 7-16 9 1-16 " " 9 " " middling quiet train as far While tnere Is life tbere is hope. I was afflicted with catarrh; couli neither taste nor smell and could hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it. Marcus G. Bhautz. Rah way, N. J. -The Balm reached me safely and the effect is surprising. My son says thA first application craw .decided re lief. Respectfully. Mrs." Franklin Freeman,. Dover, N. H. ' The Balm does not irritate or cause Sold bv druecri8ts at 50 cts. j or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren l St. New XorJr. ' Russia's Alleged Intention to Oppose Any Attempt to Enforce Payment. By Cable to the Horning Star. ' London, April 25. The Constanti nople correspondent of the Daxiy Telegraph nays: "The Porte considers that its offer to rebuild the American structures burned at Kharput will close the ques tion. It bases this belief on news that Russia has intimated an intention to oppose any. attempt on the part of the United Estates to emorce payment. In view of the steps taken by the United States government in regard to . a a i a the claims arising out oi tne arnennui massacres, the embassies of Great Britain. Franoe, Austria, Italy and i i . Germany, nave asaea meir govern ments for instructions as to their simi lar claims. ' - : When others fail, take Roberts' Tasteless Chill .tonio. . it cures chills, fevers, malaria ana general oaa health. 25c A red cross on the label assures you of the pure, high-class material that makes koberts- a suc cess. Don't take a substitute. R. R. Bellamy. X Monster Devil Fish r Destroying its victims, is a type of Constipation. The power of this mur rlnroim malndv is felt on organs and nerves and muscles and brain. There's nn health fill it'll overcome. But Dr. irintr'a Nw Life Pills are a safe and certain . cure. Best in the world for atnmacri. "Liver. Kidnevs and Bowels. Only 25 cents at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. . . ror over rirtr Years j Mrs. WlNSLOW'8 SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. it sootnes tne cnuu, buikuib mo allays all pain, cures wind colic, ana i thA hest remedv for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer im mediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a VmttlA. R sure and ask for " Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup," and take no other. . J&gnatare v3mA, Kind You Have Always Bought By Telegraph to the Horning star. New York, April 25. Rosin was steady. Spirits turpentine quiet at 51 51.54 c. Charleston. April 25. Spirits tur pentine was steady at 46c; sales casks. Rosin quiet; sales barrels.. Quote: B, C, D$120;E$125; F, $130; (jr, fl 35; Jl, $145; 1, fl Off; J i oo; M, $175; N, $190; W G. $2 00; W W. $2 30. Savannah. April 25. Spirits tur pentine firm at 47Xc ;sales 361 casks ;re ceipts 497 casks: exports 245 casks. Rosin firm; sales 281 barrels; re ceipts 969 barrels; exports 1,593 bar rels. Closing quotations were: JN, fziu, WG, $2 20, WW $2 50. A Night Of Terror. 'Awful anxietv was felt for the widow of the brave General Bumham of Machias, Me., when the doctors saia she could not live till morning." writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night "All thought she must soon die from Pneumonia, but she begged for Dr. King's New Dis covery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After tnree smaii aoses she slept easilv all night, and its fur ther use completely curea ner.s marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all .Throat, Chest and LungDis- ses. Only 50c ana i.uu. xnai bottles 10c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. . TL U ' u... II IImiaim Dnnivkt Bears tire MIS ni" """J5 W"M Signctrao Ordinary Good ordinary . Low middling.. Middling Good middling. Same day last year at 6c. , , Receipts 33 bales; same day last year, 00. , COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77& 80c Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm: 53 to 53J cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland ; (tide water) 85c; upland, 5060c. Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the rninhel. 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 6.00 per M STAR OFFICE. April 13. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ! ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bbl of 280 lbs. TTS- CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.15 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3938c bid; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $1.05; crude turpentine steady at $L352.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine.......... Rosin......... Tar "... Crude turpentine Receipts same day last mbV spirits turpentine. rosin, 150 bbls tar, 8 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market quiet on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations: 1 ARRIVED. Nor barque Inverdruie, 567 Wittusen, Goole, Heide & Co. Barere Came Li Tyler, tons, tons, Jones, Charleston, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. ! Nor barque Sondre, 567 tons, Soren sen, Tybee, Heide & Co. CLEARED. Barge Maria Dolores, Bonneau, Charleston, S C, Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. ' -Schooner Eva ADanenhower, John son, New York, George Harriss, Son & Co. ! Nor barque Sonora, Tellefsen, Lon don, Heide & Co. j . EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. COTTON MARKETS. Bt TeleeraDh to the Morning Star. New York, April 25. The cotton market opened steady at one to three points lower and further declined a point or two on unsatisfactory cables and better weather conditions. The market ruled with trading very light and principally of a professional scalp ing character. The decline was ar rested by light foreign buyinpeow ing more conservative estimates as to port receipts in the near future. There ' was also some support from Wall street and the very light receipts also helped to brace the market up. In the late afternoon session there was some buying on the statement issued by El lison, the recognized English author ity on cotton, but the close was quiet at net unchanged to three points lower. New Yore. April 25. Cotton dull and easy; middling uplands 9 1316c. Cotton futures market closed quiet: April 9.83, May 9.34, June 9.30, July 9.81, August 9.20, September 8.40, October 8.16, November 8.02,December 8.01, January 8.00, February 8.01, March 8.06. Hnot cotton closed dull and easv: middling uplands 9 1316c; middling gulf 10 l-16c; sales bales. Thomas J. Hunter, formerly auditor -of the Atlanta and West Point Rail road Company, was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to the penitentiary for five yeari. It was charged against Hunter that he had misappropriated $20,000. The Populist State Convention of Kansas, called to select eighty-four delegates to the National Convention at Sioux Citvl instructed the delega tion to vote solidly for William J. -Bryan for President In a labor riot in Chicago last night one manjwas Instantly killed, another severely3wouaded and six others sus tained slight is juries. . . A Frightful Blander Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it Cures Old Sores, f ever ores, uicers, bolls. Felons, Corns; all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by R. R. Bel t LAMY, Druggist LOCAL avnd I CLIMATIC 7 71 33 9 year! 40 367 bbls COASTWISE. New York Schr Eva A Danen hower 200,000 feet lumber; cargo by Cape Fear, Lumber Co; vessel by George Harriss, Son & Co. New YoRK-HSchr Chas 0 Lister FeaV Lumber Company; vessel 'by El? S () Boll fJreorge liarriss, con oc vjo. 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