iH IN ! CUBAN SCANDAL IN THE SENATE Resolution to Investigate Con duct of Financial Affairs in the Island Called lip. SENATOR BACON'S SPEECH. Stupendous. Frauds by U. S. Officials. Extravagent Expendltnrea Funds Misappropriated The Doty of Congress in the Matter. ny Telegraph to the Morning star. Washington, May 16. -"-Discussion of the administration of affairs in Cuba bf agents of the United States occu pied the attention of the Senate daring the greater part of to day's ses- 81011. Senator Bacon, Georgia, called up his resolution directing the Com mittee on Relations with Cuba to make an investigation . of the conduct of fi nancial affairs of the island and addre&s ed the Senate at length jupon it. He tnaiut&iued it was the duty of Congress to make the investigation called for by thi resolution because it was due the people of this country to know how affairs in the island were being con ducted; and since the disclosures of the past few days had been made with respect to the misappropriation of funds in the postal service, the obliga tion upon Congress to make an inves tigation was doubly, heavy, lie re viewed the. situation - as recently pre sentfd in" newspaper and official re ports from the island, and urged that the honor of the country depended upon its being able to clear away the fraud and corruption which, it was charged, had been discovered. He maintained that the government of the United States had no .authority in Cuba and demanded to know how soon it proposed to redeem its pledge aud leave the government of the is land to its inhabitants. A House bill repealing the provis ioa of the law allowing merchandise ' passing through the United States from any foreign country. to be trans ported free of duty so far as the Mexi can free zone is concerned was passed. A resolution offered by Senator Lodge calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information in regard to the influx of Japanese laborers into the country and whether there has been any violation of the contract labor law was adopted. The- Bacon resolution was , then called up. - National Honor Impugned. In speaking to the resolution, Sena tor Bacon submitted the proposition that there could be no more manda tory duty than that which rests upon the United States that every dollar collected in Cuba should be applied to the people of Cuba. - The United States was a self-constituted agent in Cuban affairs. . There were, he said, the still higher obligations of national honor to inves tigate. Perhaps at no time had any people constituted themselves the agent for a trust such as that we have im posed upon ourselves in Cuba. In the decree of honor with which this duty was performed would the country be adjudged by the world. It was, he said, a plain duty of Con gress to see to it that every dollar col lected in Cuba should be honestly handled and rigidly accounted for; a task difficult, however, because of the system of absolutism in vogue in our administration in Cuba. "But," he .declared, "we are not urged alone by the voice of duty. The facts urge the investigation to be made. "There has been in Cuba the most exorbitant and extravagant expendt ture of money." "If,"- he said, "we had before us only the naked fact that the receipts on the island during a single year were more than 116,000,000 and the expenditures more than 114,000,000, we would be bound to investigate the subject to see that this vast sum had been properly and prudently han dled." The Clark Case. At this point Senator Chandler, chairman of the Committee on Privi leges and Elections, called up the resolution declaring that Mr. Clark, of Montana, was not entitled to a seat in the Senate and asked that it be postponed until Saturday next at 1 o'clock in order that the committee may consider what action shall be taken. The request was agreed to. . Senator Bacon discussed at length the allowances made to the various officers in Cuba by direction of the then Secretary of War, General AJger. He inquired why such allow ances were not 'made to General Lee and General Wilson. He read the order of General Alger making an allowance of $7,500 per year, in addi tion to his salary, to General Brooke. "What is there," Senator Bacon in quired, "in the office of the governor general of Cuba which requires him to exercise functions of greater dignity than a general commanding an army in the field ; to give him vice regal authority?" Funds Misappropriated. Senator Bacon declared that one of the prominent officials in Cuba had used the Cuban funds with which to purchase personal apparel and that there were well founded rumors that there had been the most extravagant expenditure of Cuban funds for fitting ' up luxurious quarters for officers and furnishing those office-holders car riages and liveried servants. "Still farther," said he, "within the past week the fact has been disclosed a fact that brings the blush of shame to the cheek of every American citi zenthat trusted officials in Cuba have misapproprinted large amounts be longing to the people of Cuba. No- . body knows how large these amounts are. At first it was stated they were $30,000; next it was said they would amount to $75,000; and now it is inti mated the amounts may aggregate $400,000. At first one man only was involved in the difficulty. Now there are many so many that it is inti mated it may amount to a conspiracy. to - undertake the work-.' ha-. Senators who were. Arbitrary Exercise of Power. Senator Bacon maintained that the United States government was not in ; Cuba by authority of law. Our offi . cials were not there in , the exercise of ' the war , power nor in possession of , conquered territory. They were there simpiy unaer an avowal by congress in the declaration of war that the United States would pacify the island and then leave it to the control of its own people.' Money spent that was unnecessary for the pacification of the island had been expended ille gally. He inquired by what law or right we had introduced our postal system in the island, and by what law a governor general of Cuba had been appointed. In the Philippines and in Porto ,Rico, we had exercised the power .because they were conquered territory; but Cuba was- not con quered territory. The resolution was then made sub ject to the call of any Senator; Sen ator Piatt, Connecticut, expressing a desire to speak thereon. Bills were passed granting $100 monthly pension to the widow of General Lawton; to facilitate the coasting trade between the United States and Porto Rico and Hawaii. Seventy-seven pension bills were also passed. The conference report on the Dis trict of Columbia Appropriation bill was agreed to without debate. At 5.15 P. M. the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. The House accomplished little to-day beside passing the Senate bill to incor porate the American National Red Cross No progress was made with the Alaskan Code bill owning, to the inability of the two sides to agree as to the time to be allowed for general de bate. The conference report on the general appropriation bill was rejected, after an extended debate, mainly over appropriations for sectarian institu tions. It was agreed that the minority of the Judiciary Committee should have until Monday to file their views upon the Anti-Trust bill and resolutions re ported yesterday. The agreement was reached without difficulty. The House then went into Commit tee of the Whole for the consideration of the Alaskan Code bill. The Demo crats desired three hours' debate with general leave to print, and declined to allow the first reading of the bill to be dispensed with in order to have a lever to force acquiescence in their request. The bill contains 600 pages and its reading would reauire several days. The clerk entered upon the. reading, while the leaders tried to adjust their differences. All negotiations, how ever, failed, and on demand of the regular order, the call of committees, the House resumed consideration of the Red Cross bill, and after a motion by Mr. Kleberg, Texas, to recommit had been lost, the bill was passed. The Naval Appropriation bill was sent to conference. - The House then, at 4.25 P. M.; adjourned. GREAT ANXIETY AS TO MAFEKING. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND Boer Official Bulletin Reports British Relief Column De feated With Great Loss. GEN. BULLER'S OPERATIONS. Lord Roberts Still at Kroonstad BqeJ Forces Abandoned Glencoe Gen. French's Cavalry Fight at tie Crossing of Zand River. BAPTIST CONVENTION. A Negro Missionary Creates a Sensation. New Orleans Selected as the Next Place of Meeting. -By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Hot Springs. Ark.. May 14.-An other Booker Washington appeared at the last moments of the Southern Bap tist Convention this evening. He was Rev. Charles S. Morris, a young man of brown skin and with eloquence that thrilled the bi? assemblage. He is a missionary among the blacks of Af rica and had been granted a few min utes to make a ; plea for missionary work in the dark continent. It re mained 'or the negro to stir the great gathering to tumultuous enthusiasm, when, with splendid eloquence, he told his hearers that Carey was not the first modern missionary, but that the pioneers were the goodly women who took charge of slaves when they land ed in old Virginia and clothed and fed them and gave them the gospel. - It was some time before President Northen could obtain silence after the negro's speech. The crowd, however, could not be restrained and broke forth into fresh ap plause. Crowds pressed forward and struggled to get near enough to throw money on the platform. Several hundred dollars in silver and notes were thrown at Morris' feet He asked the audience not to give money to him, but to turn it over to the treasurer and have it used to send messengers throughout the South to arouse the colored people to co-operation in the mission work in Africa. The outpour ing of money was so spontaneous that even after the eloquent black orator had refused it, it was flung at his feet. Rev. W. M. Vines, of Asheville, N. C.j submitted the report on frontier work and Rev. TS. Potts, of Mem phis, presented the report on cities, while Rev. J. E. White, of North Carolina, made a report of the work in the mountain regions. The report on the enlargement of home mission work recommended that $150,000 be raised for home missions. The committee to select the place and timeof holding the next convention recommended Asheville, N. 0., but the delegates selected New Orleans and the Friday before the second Sunday of next iillay as the time. Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood colds, la grippe and general weakness are fivmiATit rPAiiltn of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Cheli. Tonic eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. 25c. per bottle. Insist on having Rob erts'. No other "as good." R. R. Bellamy. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. London, May 17, 3.30 A. M. The British relief column fought the Boers at Kraai Pan, thirty-two miles south ofMafeking, on Saturday, according to a telegram'' received Wednesday night at Lorenzo Marques from Mo lopo, one hundred miles north of Ma feking. , " This intelligence is accepted here with some reserve, because it is diffi cult to understand how. the news could have been so quickly put on the wire from a place 132 miles -from the scene of the engagement. The'British public is keenly expec tant of the announcement that Ma feking has been relieved. News of its succor is awaited with more anxiety than has been felt regarding any other event of the war. Douglass Story, the Daily Mail's correspondent at Pretoria, wires: "The Boer government is holding back some big news. Feverish activity prevails here. President Kruger is working day and night. The latest Boer official bulletin is that the relief column has been defeated with great loss." Lord Roberts continues passive at Kroonstad. His cavalry is stretching like a semi-circular screen many miles in length, with overlapping flanks. The railway will probably be com pleted to day. The Kroonstad censor permits the passage of long dispatches dealing with incidents' prior to the occupation. ""; General French's cavalry had one lively fight after crossing the Zand river. A mixed squadron, composed of the Scots Greys, the Inmakillings, Carbineers and Australian Horse, took a kopje and dismounted. The Boers suddenly fired from a concealed posi tion, killing many horses and stamped ing the rest- The Boers then advanced in overwhelming numbers and drove the squadron, capturing some. The Boers robbed the dead and looted the saddles. Finally a brigade of lavalry drove them off. . -Farther north the Hussars charged the Boers, killing and wounding many straggles with sabres and pistols. Lord Roberts' infantry marched 143 miles in seven days. General French marched thirty miles in one day. The Boers, when retiring, dragged thirty two guns through Kroonstad. Boiler's Operations. General Builer is moving toward New Castle. He appears to be using 25,000 men against 5,000 or 6,000. His operations will almost certainly result in his forcing the Boers back on his way into the Transvaal, possibly in time to co-operate with Lord Roberts' advance, although General Builer is now 252 miles from Johannesburg, or twenty-five days' march. A Dane who was captured by the South African Horse says that there are five hundred Frenchmen with the Boers who are opposing General Bui ler, together with many Germans and other foreigners. Boers Abandon Bizgarsberg. "London, May 16. The War Office has posted the following dispatch from General Builer, dated Dundee, May 16: "We occupied Glencoe yesterday. The Transvaajers have now evacuated Biggarsberg The Free Statera on the Drakensberg are much reduced in numbers The Carolina, Lydenberg and Pretoria commandoes trekked north, from Hlatikul on the 13th and 14tbbf May. Eleven guns were en trained at Glencoe. The last train with ambulance left there at dawn. ,y 15th. This result has been largely produced by the action of the Fifth division, which during the -last few days has done a great deal of very hard work, marching, mountain climbing and road-making." . . Not much of a Victory. London, May 16. The occupation of Glencoe was merely a logical sequel of General Buller's advance and the Boers retiring movement. As usual the Boers are reported to be flying pre cipitately; but also as usual, .the accounts add that their" transport and gune were removed in safety,- which in itself is a contradiction of any state ment that , the Boers were panic stricken. ' The prolongation of Maf eking siege only intensifies Great Britain's anxiety to hear of its relief. About 1,100 more troops have arrived at Beira, Portuguese East Africa. The Governor at Beira, Senor Norrelles, in the course of a speech at a dinner of the. Yeomanry said: "Friends as we have always been of England, we could never have realized the magni ficent unity of the Anglo Saxon race without such an object - lesson. Portugal not only con- COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. C( STRONG IN NERVE AND MUSCLE. Nerve force ; vigorous, regular action of the stomach, the liver and the kidneys ; clean, nourishing blood in quick circulation give to youth health and sturdy growth. . :" ' : . and potent and enrichen medicine that will the life blood of ther Paine's Celery Compound is a wholesome strengthen and increase nerve energy, cleanse growing body. 1 . - F. L SKILLIN, 37 BURNS1DE AVE., WEST S0MERVILLE, MASS., WRITES: "We always have Paine's Celery Compound in the house and use it for the children when they are run down or have any kind of nervous trouble. It builds them up, regulates the bowels, gives an appetite, and makes them strong. I am now giving it to our little boy five years old, and it is doing him a great deal of good." CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS Postmaster Thompson's Sworn Statement - Admitting Certain Irregularities Proceedings Against Neely. sistant Postmaster General Bristow re- Parties arriving at Meridian, Miss., rAlvorl liia final inetiiiti Ann tn.riav and -I frnm the interior of Nesoba county. left at 3 o'clock for Tampa, Fla., from I Miss., bring information of the killing which place he will sail for Havana, reaching there early Saturday morn-, ing. RACE TROUBLE AT FOUR OAKS By Cable to the Morning Star. Havana, May 16. Postmaster E. P Thompson, of Havana, local office, has signed a sworn statement in which he says that September 16th last, being in need of money he . took from the money order funds $435, giving his memorandum as a receipt for the same. When the inspections .were held Mr. Thompson ordered a clerk in charge of the money .order depart ment to place remittances received that day which would not have to be accounted for until the next day, suf ficient to cover the amount of his re-! ceipt which was then withdrawn until after the inspection. This was kept up until April 7th, when the special agents unexpectedly discovered the receipt, which Mr. Thompson then paid. He also admits that Charles F. Neely, late financial agent of posts at Havana, endorsed a bill for $350, which Thompson, had discounted by the North American Trust Company. Thompson admits Other irregularities in connection with his department. New Yobk. May 16. Edward Jones, of this city, has been appointed special assistant United States attor nev general in the matter of the pro ceedings against Charles W. Neely and other officials and employes of the United States government in Cuba. In speaking of the Neely case to day. United States District Attorney Burnet said that the hearing set for to-morrow before Commissioner Shields would most likely, be ad journed for a week and the extradition neanng in Aiwaj pustpuueu iur n or two. ' Thompson io a Bad Box. . It is asserted by lawyers that on Mr. Thompson's own statement he is liable to arrest for embezzlement according to the provisions or the Postal laws, which are very explicit. Much sym pathy is expressed for him, however, as it is felt that nothing would ever have been heard regarding the action to which he has confessed had not the present investigation, growing out of the general postal frauds, brought the matter to light. His friends areposi 4;. V.ot ttia mnntnr would have been re-paid, the memorandum receipt taken up ana me inc a c. tha affair stands now, Mr. Thompson's career in the postal ser vice must necessarily cease, even u ne 1 Major Rathbone. Senator Bacon then referred directly to the alleged embezzlement of pos tal funds in Cuba and read the order - under which Major Rathbone was act ing as director of posts oi uuoa. a no power conferred upon him by that or der was so great, said Mr. Bacon, that it had resulted in a disgraceful and mortifying condition of affairs. InterrurjUncr Senator Bacon, Sena tor Hale, Maine, asserted that the or der creating Major Rathbone's office was of "a character of power such as was given to Roman pro-consuls. .There is nothing like it in this Igovern ment. It is a power unrestrained, un bridled." " - Senator Bacon said he had under stood that the majority of the Commit tee on Relations with Cuba did not de sire an investigation of Cuban affairs - by Congress because Senators were startled at the magnitude of the work and were afraid it might take the bal ance of the year. If those Senators were not willing, said Senator Bacon, By Telegraph to the 1101111118 Star. New York, May 16. Rosin was steady. Spirits turpentine steady. Charleston, May 16. Spirits tur pentine steady at 47c; sales casks. Rosin quiet ; sales barrels. SAVAiWAH. May 16.-Spirits tur pentine firm at 49c; sales 518 casks; receipts 1,998 casks; exports 102 casks. Rosin firm ; sales 9,937 barrels ; receipts 3,614 barrels; exports 786 barrels. The closing quotations were: A, B, a D, $115?E,$1 20:F ,$125:G $130; H, $1 40; I,;$l 50; K, $1 60 ;M, $1 75; N, $2 00, W O, $2 20, W W, $2 40. The State Republican Convention of nnnn.r.ta nominated United States oan.tm Davis and Nelson and two nthers for deleeatea at large to the national convention and adopted a nlatform endorsing the McKmley administration and favoring tion to control trusts. ' Realizing this. gratulates her ancienally but rejoices with it as the strensrthemne of a friend is the strengthening of ourselves." I escapes a term of imprisonment. More Annarentlv Lord" Roberts is still I over, his action in giving orders topos- waitingat Kroonstad, preparatory to I ta cierks to alter figures regarding moVinir a nwift movement on me v aai 1 cfamm nt the reauesi 01 uarnaon men. " I . r . If. TO-.UT T Wltnoui noui y 1HK MmwuuiMM things look worse, even if he acted re cently in the belief that everything was correct. . . . Four postal inspectors arrived this morninsr and after conference with General Wood and Mr. Rathbone, im m bA i a fftl tr hncan work. Rathbone declares that there is river. Not All Roses. General Bundle is sweeping through the northeast of the Free State. The Boers are dissolving before him, and some are surrendering. Their main force is assembled between Ficksburg and Winburg;butitis without close organization. TnJoii'o instalment of the war story is therefore; seemingly E nar rative of British successes , but, with the Boers preparing for a last desperate fling farther in the interior, and with Boer guerilla parties looting houses and stores in the northwest section of rt ninnT it in not all roses for the British, xne upmgwaiuuiMuw locality where the guerilla tactics of th Boers are just now most, in evi- the Boers are dence. LOOK.! A STITCH IN TIME saves nine. Hushes' Tonic new lmprpTed. taaW ... tn n&rlT Hnrlntf and Fall pr- Vent? Ohll TDeVgueTndMalarlal Fevers. Acta on the liver? tonea np the system. Better than Qatalne. StSranteed.tryk At Druggists. 60c legisla- A Kilfe And Xtl Fight. Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la., AhiB almost miraculous escape from death, says: "Exposure after 41i,mw1 unAui luncr trouble. uimuw m.vv . . . which ended in Consumption. I had frequent-hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I mustdie. ThenlbegantouseDr. Kings which completely cured me. I would WJS L without it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have used it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to cure xnroai, jjne Rairalar size 50c. and $1.00. Triaf bottles 10c. at R. R Bkixamt's Drug Store. J iror over innr Tear BVRtTP not the slightest jealousy between the m;i;fiw Authnrities and the Dostal de partment here, and that General Wood and himself are working in perfect harmony with reference to all steps 4-olrATi The" local papers praise General Wood for the indefatigable manner in which he has handled the mvesuga firm Every development connected with? the frauds, it is asserted, tends to show the far-reaching influence of Neely, and every man who is placed under arrest brings to light additional facts. Each One seems willing to tell all he knows regarding jeeiy wane euu oring to exonerate himself. The only 'person, however, who will be ac cepted by the authorities as a witness for the State is Carridon Rich, who will not be placed in jail but will be watched, as it is felt that his 1 Wrion muvl for aver fiftv vears py 1 1 1: ; oVionl nfolir indisnensable. XU won L ., r "ijlj-L I W9UUIUUJ - J JT- millions or momers ior uiwr kuu" while teething with perfect success. It loothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. will relieve the poor little sufferer im Sold bv drueeists in every art of tne world.- TweBy-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask Winslow's Soothing Syrup, no other. for " Mrs. oni tab-A O Bean the Signature of 1M Kino 101 HawAiways eougiu A Many Arrests Made. Havana, May 16. Warrants were issued this evening for the arrest 01 K. P. Thompson, the Havana post master: W. H. Reeves, deputy auditor of the island, and Edward moya ana O- k Mascaro, Cuban clerks in the HnMrtmitnt ana DT I o kinfirl in the vivac. the k nt Havana. This was done i v.a siiviftA or the postal in' I IUV M . - . ' mw whn arrived to-dav. it IS considered now that Reeves is equally miiltv with Neely. m - - - n i A Washington, May ie. a ourm un spe Drunken Negroes Threaten to Kill the Whites A Fight in Which Several Were Wounded on Both Sides. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Charlotte, N. C, May 16. Eigh teen drunken negro railroad hands and timber cutters went to the little village' of Four Oaks, threatening to kill every white man. ..They were armed. The crowd commenced to curse and raise a disturbance. The town policeman at tempted to arrest a negro for disorderly conduct, whereupon the negroes mob bed the policeman, named Sanderlin. and beat him insensibly. His face was badly disfigured and he was .bloody almost from head to foot. Some white men attempted to aid the policeman but were knocked down or shot at. Much mischief would have been done but for ,tha action of the white merchants and railroad em ployes of the town. Several negroes were wounded, but none fatally, and several white men were injured. The negroes sent word that the intend to visit the town again and kill the po liceman... The whites will be ready when they come again. The action of the negroes was totally without ex cuse or provocation and was a complete surprise to the whites: At least fifteen to twenty people on tne two sides were injured. Glorloua News Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, L T. He writes: "Pour bot tles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering foryears. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent." this snows wnat thousands have proved, that Electric Bitteri is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy tor eczema, salt rheum, ulcers, boilsand running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Unly 5U cents. ld by is.. K, .Bellamy, uruggisi. uarBattned. if CONTEMPTIBLE TPJCKERY. Gov. Smith, of Montana, Denounces Ap pointment of Clark as Senator. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Ogden, Utah, May 16. Governor Robert B. Smith, of Montana, was in Ogden to-day, arriving from the coast en route to Helena. Relative to the appointment of Senator Clark to the United States Senate by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs. he spoke in very vigorous terms of what he termed "contemptible trickery." He said: "It is a disgrace, shame' and humiliation upon the people of Montana, and the Senate should act upon the resolu tions and show him that they do not want him there, as he can take the hint no other way." j ' Oar Creator speelaiut. For twentv vears Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseases that ' he is acknow ledged to-dav to stand at the head of his profession in this line. His exclu sive method of treatment for Varicocle and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautorv cures in 90 ner cent of all cases. In the treatment of Loss of Vi tal Forces, Nervous Disorder, Kidney and TTrinarv Commaints. Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism.Catarrh and Diseases neculiar to wemen. he is equally successful, uasespronouncea hopeless by other physicians, readily vield to his treatment. Write him to . tr. 1 : dav fullv about vour case. a.o maxes no charge for consultation or advice, either at his office of by maiL , J. Newton Hathaway. M. D., 221 South Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You. Hate Always Bough Bears the Signature of of a necro named Sam Hmson. by a mob of white men several days ago. Hinson was employed on the farm of Mrs. Eliza Adams and attempted to murder her. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey returned to Washington yesterday afternoon from their Western trip. The depot was deserted. They drove at once to Bouvier, their Summer home. He Fooled the Surgeons. All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, O, after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a costly operation was per formed ; but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best Salve in the World. 25 cents a box. Sold by R. R. Bellahy, Druggist t WHOLESALE PRICES CUBrlEKT. . Tne quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bat the Bias will not be reeponBlble lor any variations from the actual market price of the articles anoted HT The ronowing quotations represent Wholesale Prices Kenerauy. In making ni small orders nucher m-ices nave to oe onari BAGGING 2 1 Jute Standard. . . ...... .,..m.. Bnrlape WESTERN 8HOKED ' Bams 9 Sides T anooiaers v. 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GRAIN bUtW- Com,from store,taa White Car-load, in bgs Wmta... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof , Cow Peas HIDES k ureensaitea, Dry nlnt, dty sail HAY 100 ts ciover uayt..... itice utraw. Eastern... .i Western ...I North River. Hwr ittun, v LABD. MOixnern TJnrtJi narnllna 8 LIME, barrel 1 10 LUMBER (city sawed) H ft snip stun, resawea... is 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 Common mill ............... 5 00 Fair mill 6 50 Prime mill 8 50 Extra mill 10 00 HOLASSES. gallon uaroauoee, in nwguneau..... . Barbadoes, In barrels. ...... Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 28 Porto Rico, In barrels....... 28 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12 Sugar House, In barrels.... 14 Syrup, in barrels 15 NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis... set POBK. barrel Qitvuess ia w Bump... 11 60 Prime 11 100 ROPE,' a s so 3 00 O 8S 5 C 10 435 O 450 J 3 60 8 75 4 00 4 50 Wi S68 53K 88 O 40 5 45 80 $ SO 10 lpt 40 S 1 50 m a l oo 90 & 1 00 80 C 85 83 4 O 8 O 10 115 STAR OFFICE, May 10. Holiday No quotations. STAR OFFICE, May 11. SPIRITS - TURPENTINE Market steady at 47 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 46 cents per gallon for country casks. RQSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs- CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3.90 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine quiet at 874 37c; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $1.25; crude turpentine steady at $1.85 2 402.50. ' RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 50 Rosin '181- Tar. 88 Crude turpentine 78 ... Receipts same day last year. 64 casks spirits turpentine, 298 bbls rosin, 63 bbls tar, 23 bbls crude' tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of9&cper pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 6 13 16 cts. $ lb Good ordinary 8H " Low middling.! 8 13-16 " " Middling:... . 9 Good middling...... 94 Same day last year Holiday. Receipts 00 bales; same day last year, 24. . COUNTRY PRODTJOE. PEANUTS North Carolina -Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77j80c. Virginia Prime 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. 1 CORN Firm, 53 to 53i cents pfe bushel. j ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Siotations on a basis of 45 pounds to e bushel. N. C. BACON -Steady ; hams 10 to lie 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 to6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. STAR OFFICE. May 12. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market dull at 471 cents per . gallon for machine made casks and 46 cts per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 Ebs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.85 -per barrel for hard, $2.90 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $L25; crude turpentine firm at $1.35. 2.402.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 59 Rosin 67 Tar 129 jDrude turpentine 44 Receipts same day last year. 67 casks spirits tuYpentine, 94 bbls rosin, 34 bbls tar, 37 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 9&c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 6 13-16 cts lb Uroodordinary 8?i " " Low middling 8 13-16 " " Middling. 9J " " Good middling ..... 9H " " Same day last year middling quiet at5c. Receipts 55 bales;, same day last year, 1. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7780c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm, 53K to 55 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Suotations on a basis of 45 pounds to ie bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to He 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.. May 14. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 47j cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 47 cents per gallon for country casks. . ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $2.90 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 8837ic; rosin firm at 95c$1.00: tar firm at $1.25; crude turpentine firm, at $1.85, 2.402.50. J RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 76 Rosin.... 194 Tar 95 Crude turpentine 48 Receipts same day last year. 44 casks spirits turpentine, 162 bbls rosin, 63 bbls tar, 26 bbls crude tur pentine. " COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary . 6 13-16 cts. Tb Good ordinary ...... 8 " u Low middling. ...... 8 13-16 " " Middling. 9 " " Good middling 9 " " Same day last year middling quiet at bc year, 1. ctsIb 6 13-16 8H 8 13-16 " " 9U gs? middling quiet j Receipts same day last year 184 1 Casks spirits turpentine, 384 bbls rosin, 108 bbls tar, 41 bbls crude tur ! pontine. i j , COTTON. J Market steady on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Uuotataons Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling . Middling. . . 1 . . . Good middling. 1 . . . . Same day last year t5c 1 Receipts 267 bales; same day last year, 00. I COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 70a Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77.54 80c.- Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm: 63 to 63X cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE-Lowland (tide water) 85c: upland, 5060c- Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. i N. C. BACOM Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and asps, $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 45 63 256 50 STAR OFFICE,. May 16. . SPIRITS ; TURPENTINE Market firm at 48 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 48 cents per gallon-for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. v ! CRUDE TURPENTINE .Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $2.90 for dip, and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at3837Jc; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $L 25; crude turpentine firm at $1.35 2.402.50. 1 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine Rosin Tar. , Crude turpentine Receipts same day last year. 93 casks spirits turpentine, 215 bbls. rosin, 51 bbls tar, 58 bbls crude tur pentine, i COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 9 per pound ior middling. (Quotations: Ordinary Good ordinary. . i Low middling. . . . Middling ..... ... Good middling. . ;, Same day last . year middling atomic. Receipts 299 bales; same day last -year, 00. COUNTRY PRODUCE PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 i 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 5060c Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; j 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. 6 1316 SX 813-16 9M 9 cts it rn quiet PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Horning Btar. New York, May 16. Flour market was moderately active and rather steadier. Wheat Spot strong; No. 2 red 80Xc Options were fairly active and generally firm all day on com plaints of too much rain in the South west and not enough in spring wheat States. Thief was supplemented by higher English cables, a jump in corn and a heavy decrease in the world's stocks for the week. Closed firm at o advance. No. 2 red May closed 70 c; July 72Xe; September 73c Corn Spot firm; No. 2 .42 c. Options were strong and 1 higher on covering, stimulated by unfavorable crop talk, a big export demand and renewed in fluential support at the West Closed strong at 3tflc net advance. May closed 42Mc; July 43e: September 43c Oats Spot firm; No. 2 27c; options inactive and nominal. Lard firm; Western steam $7 45c; refined firm ; South American $8,25 ; continent $7 60; compound S)4$H- Pork firm: family $14 0014 50; short clear $14 00 315 00 :mess $12 25ai3 00. Butter firm ; Western -creamery 16Ji20c; State dairy 1519c. i Cheese quiet and weak; fancy large white lOtf 10c; fancv larce colored 10 Vic: fancy small white 9W9c; fancy small colored 99Mc Eggs mark I0lixc; 20 00 16 00 18 00 23 00 15.00 650 8 00 10 00 10 50 SALT. S. sack. Alum. Liverpool American. on 125 sacks SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per H. ...... . Common.......... TOgSE!8 Standard Qran'd Standard A....... White Extra C... Extra C, Golden, o Yellow STAVES. H W. O. barrel. . . . B. O. Hogshead. TUBER. H feet Shipping.. SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed 11 ext neart. " Bap... 5x80 Heart. " Bap, a. ............ 8X34 Heart Sap.4 TALLOW. A. WHISKEY, gaUon, Northern North Carolina WOOL ner Unwashed 9 00 fl 7 50 0 6 00 a 8 00 6 s 00 c 6 00 fl 5 00 e uoo I 1 00 I 15 Vi COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 70 cents: extra prime, 75 cts. per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy,.77&80c Virginia rnme, ovc; c-i-via ruuc, 55c: fancy, 60c COEN Firm; 53 to 53 JC cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICK Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland 5060c. Suotations on a basis or 45 pounds to Le busheL N. C. BAOON steady; hams 10 to lie per pound ; shoulders, 7 to tic ; 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, May 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 48c per gallon for machine made casks and 47 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard $2.90 for dip and - - for virgin. Quotations same nay last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 3837c; rosin firm at 95c$l00; tar firm at $1.25; crude turpentine firm attjl.36, 2.402.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine............... 53 Rosin 100 Tar....... 61 Crude turpentine......... 83 dull: Southern at State and Pennsyl vania 12 13c at mark: regular pack ing ll12c Tallow steady. Rice steady. Potatoes quiet; New York $1 25 1 62 &; Florida, $3 006 50; Jersey sweets $2 503 25. Cabbage quiet; Florida, per crate, $1 . 501 75. Petro leum easy. Freights to Liverpool ( Cotton by , steam 25d. Cotton seed oil was very quiet but ruled steady in tbe absence of selling pressure and on the strength of lard products. The closing quotations were: Prime crude, in barrels, S4c nominal; prime sum mer yellow 88c; off summer yellow S75ic; butter grades nominal; prime winter yellow 4042c: prime white 4041c; prime meal $26. 00. Coffee Spot Rio irregular ; No. 7 invoice 70, nominal; tnild quiet; Cordova 913yi. Sugar Raw steady; fair refining 8 15-16cj; centrifugal 96 test 4 7-16c; molasses! sugar 3c; refined steady. Chicago, May 16. Corn was the leading deal on tne Board of Trade to day. Renewed support fropJffillafflj--strong'cabfes cauwdiTgldn for the day of lie. Wheat was strong on the un favorable ' weather, closing ltc up. Oats closed fe higher and provisions from 7ic better id ribs to 20c ' Hughes Miss Pounder (at the piano) "If vou would all talk in the same key I could accompany you to much better." Philadelphia Bulletin. Tonic. PALATABLE. . Better than Calomel and Quinine. The Old Reliable. EXCELLENT GENERAL TONIC as veil as A Snre Cure for CHILLS aid FEVER. It Never PaHs. c Just what you reed at this season. Mild Laxative. toons Sedative. Splendid Tonic. Guaranteed by your Druggists. Don't take ant substitute. - 50c and $1.00 Bottles. my is cm