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v AMERICANS. ATTACKED THE IMPERIAL PALACE. Events Prior to the Relief Described. Russian Troops Pouring loto China. 75,000 Are Tin the Way. , Jy cable to the Morning star. -Loxion, August 23, 4 A. M. "To day 1.500 Americans attacked the Im perial palace," says a dispatch to the Morning Post from Pekin, dated Au gust 15tb, "and. captured four of the courts. The American flag is flying over the Imperial granary, and the Impe rial bank has been looted." " Inscribing -events nrin fn ttia the Morning PosV 8 correspondent August 12th the Tsung -Li Yamen requested a conference with a view to peace. No armistice was granted, however, , and that night we endured the longest fusilade of the whole siege. It lasted twelve hours. "On August 13th, the Tsung Li Yamen begged to be excused from any conference, saying , that the members were too busy. Later they wrote that they had forbidden firing on us and would court martial any who dis obeyed. During the evening many shells fellin the legation compound." Tha Daily Chronicle publishes an icterview with the Japanese minister in London, Kato Takaaki, which rep resent him, as having said: "The Empress is the heart and soul of China. So long as she lives, so long as she re mains in China, whether the supreme p.vwer is taken from her or not, she will always be the greatest force, the one above all, others to be reckoned with. The difficulty will be to get any one who can speak for her. .1 fear that the influence of Li Hung Chang is now of extremely little weight. "The powers must come to a final understanding quickly. Riots, an archy, bloodshed and misery through out Cnina will be the inevitable result of a policy that does not-immediately disclose itself. The government must . he re t sUblished." Ti.e Japanese envoy expressed his aporoval. ,of the reported American suggestion" regarding a conference of the powers and said he believed that siitbfsctory pecuniary compensation could be secured if the resources of Cr.ina wera properly developed, de spite the fact that her present revenues are pledged. ; Count Von Waldersee, according to the Dally Mail's correspondent, ex presses the opinion that his labors in China will be of long duration, as paci fication will bea difficult undertaking. Three hundred and seventy-five thousand Russian troops are already in he Far East, or on the way there by latul aujJ sea, or under orders to em bark. This statement is made by the Moscotf correspondent of the Daily Graiihfc; who adds that mobilization is in progress -all over European Rus sia, and that there are now at Odessa fourteen steamers chartered to take troops. . According to a St. Petersburg special a If Iegrain has been received at the Itussiau capital from Shanghai an nouncing the departure of Li Hung Chans for Pekin. J U. S. Troops at Taku. Washington, August 22. The War Drprtrnent has received the followirg i n tr cabl-gram: j TiVirfWn, August 10. With refer ence to your telegram of the 16th: H ii sts, materials and troops .promptly. , lightered to Taku and forwarded to front. Sixth cavalry mounted. Grant (transport) due in Manila now. Hos pitals excellent; ample for present , army; well supplied and in fine condi tion. Every thing satisfactory. Goto Pekin to morrd". Sick and wounded doing well. 1 iSigned I. i ''Barry." American Casualties Washington, August 22. The War Department to-day received - from General Chaffee the list of American casualties in the fighting at Pekin. The following officers and men were killed:- . - Battery F, Fifth artillery. Captain Henry J. Reilly, morning of 17th; Company c, Ninth Infantry, Robert Welsh; Company E, Ninth infan try, James O. Hall; Company P, Jiuth infantry, Daniel W. Simpkins ; Company K, Fourteenth infantry, , Russell T. Elliott; Company M, Four teenth infantry, James C. Wiber. tdward B. Mitchell, Company L, .f ourteenth infantry, died on the 16th of-weund received in ar.tion. Captain Snrtedley D. Butler, of the I Marine Corps, is among those slightly j wuunaei. FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL. British Losses Near VentersbnTg Boers Massing Their Forces ana Artillery at Machadodorp. By Cabje to the Morning Star. Twvfelaar, Monday, August 20. Through secret intelligence agents, the British authorities learn that Gen eral Louis Botha, the commander-in-chief of the Boer forces; General Lucas Meyer, the commander of the Orange Free State forces, and General Schal burger, vice president of the JTrans vaal Remiblic. with eight thousand Boers have assembled at Machadodorp (generally understood to be the head quarters of President Kruger on the l'retria-Delagoa Bay railroad), with the whole Boer artillery, including tyip heavy pieces at Pretoria. London, August Z2. The War Office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated August 21: "Lieutenant Colonel Sitwell, recon noitering near Ventersburg, engaged the Boers. Two British were wounded. Lieutenants Spedding, Davenport, Burtees and Watson, and a medical officer and twenty-four men are miss-. me. "Hamilton has. crossed the Croco dile river. . "Paget and Baden-Powell engaged the commandoes protecting DeWet, August 20th. Lieutenant Flowers and one man were killed. Lieutenant Kirby and six men were wounded." London, August 23. President Kruger, according to a dispatch from Lorenzo Marques to the Daily Ex press, has issued a proclamation punter to the latest proclamation issued by Lord Roberts. The Trans val President says: "It will help Jou nothing to lay down your arms to leave your commandoes. Every , 'eD homeward means a step nearer 8'- Helena." " Greensboro Telegram: A freight ll8in which nnsaprt thrniiirh parlv this doming had on board twenty-five "inps. They had taken possession 01 two or three empty cars and were n.loying freo transportation to their "tination. The attention of an offi ' was called to them, but as they lWfd no desire to stop in Greens "oro he did not care to interfere with Xhlr plans. ' mw- . s,ICCESS-TirRTH KNOWIKG. Tmc a lticr;ess ' tne South, proves Hughes' Fevers K remeay for CnWs and all Malarial It. V;?"?"' than Quinine. Guaranteed; try i Druggists, ooc and 11.00 bottles. OCR TROOPS WILL REMAIN IN CHINA. Probability That the American Contingent Will Be Detained; There AH the Winter. NO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Reply Hade to LI Hang CbiagPresU dent's Attitude Unchanged Impor tant Dispatch from Chaffee. - Conger's Message. By Telegraph to the Sternum Star. ; Washington, August 22. After a long conference at the White House to day the reply of the United States to the application of Li Hung Chang for the appointment of peace com missioners was completed, and a. enmr of the reply sent to the Chinese minis-l ter, Mr.' Wu,- to be forwarded to Karl Li. The State Department made definite announcement that the reply had been conveyed to Mr. Wu, but added to its official utterance that the correspon dence would not be made public until to-morrow morning. A copy of the reply was sent to the other govern ments represented; in China. The American reply is chiefly character ized by its firm tone and brevity. Its keynote is The President's Attitude as laid down in the American note of July 3d, and there is the strictest ad herence to the points enunciated at that time. While the document is open to the construction of being a re jection of Li Hung Chang's proposition for immediate negotiation, yet it is stated by those who have read the answer with care, and have had a part in its preparation, that rejection is probably too strong a term to apply to it. The United States places itself in a position of being ready at the proper time to take up peace negotia tions, but in the present unsettled con dition Of affair in tha TCrfeniM 4V. lack of knowledge as to who are the responsible rulers, and what consti tutes the actual Chinese government, it is made clear that thn-timo ho. nt arrived for pursuing the negotiation proposed. The formal courtesy of diDlomatic nroendurA is nnunui tint at the same time the entire tenor of tne aocument is one of force and firm ness. The government nf thn TTniWI States takes the position that Negotiations are Impossible with a government which cannot pre vent hostilities against the forces of the powers which were sent to the Chinese capital to save their envoys. As long as attacks are made on the troops of this and other governments such as have followed the occupation of Pekin and the attacks in the vicinity oi xien xsin, it is deemed that the Chinese government is either unwill ing or unable to prevent these hostili ties and-for this , reason negotiations must be deferred. It is stated, however, that the renlv is a step in the direction of opening negotiations. No question is raised as to the au thority of Li Hung Chang to represent his government, but it is said that his credentials, like those of all others who come together for the purpose of nego tiating terms of peace, will be exam ined by the respective representatives and the validity of the papers of each representative determined by that oody. xne united states, nowever, in communicating with Mr. Wu, rec ognizes him as the official representa tive of the Chinese government. Min ister Wu received the reply this after noon and work was immediately be gun, on its translation, first on the American text to the Chinese, and then from Chinese into cipher. This took some time, , and it was not until late in the day that the reply was actually dispatched. Dispatch Prom Conger. The most important development of the day as to the actual conditions in Pekin, came late in tne afternoon, when the State Department made pub lic a dispatch from Minister Conger, dated at Pekin only three days ago. It was given out witn tne following state ment: The State Department authorizes the announcement of the receipt early this (Wednesday) morning through the consul at Che Foo, of a telegram from Mr. Conger, in tne department cipher, to the following: effect: 'Pekin, August I9.-rThe entire city, with the exception of the Imperial palace, is now occupied by Japanese, Russians, British, Americans and French. - It is being apportioned into districts for police supervision. The Chinese army fled. The Imperial family and the court have gone west ward, probably to Si An Fu, in the province of Shen Si. No representa tives of the Chinese government are in sight in Pekin and the conditions are chaotic. The palace is expected to be taken immediately. Many mis sionaries have started for home, while others remain, in charge of the Chris tian refugees, numbering about 1,000." Minister Conger makes no mention of his desire to come home, and it is stated officially that this government has made no suggestions that he re turn to this country. The Military Situation was of quite as much interest in to day's developments as was the diplo matic. Admiral Bemey reported early in the morning, bringing the story of the Pekin operations up to the 16th in Pekin and confirming the press report already printed of the death of the gallant Captain Reilly in the final as sault on the outer walls of Pekin. The text of Admiral Remey's dis patch is as follows:. . Fighting Near Tien Tsio. "Che Foo, August SI. Taku, Au gust 20 Dickens' command is landing to day. Pekin, 16th, all except Im perial city cleared of Chinese troops; American troops first to enter Impe rial city; have penetrated to the gates of the palace. Captain Reilly, of the artillery, killed on the 15th. Morning of the 19 th the Sixth cavalry and about four hundred English and Japa nese dispersed about 1000 Boxers eight miles outside of Tien Tsin. About one hundred Chinese killed, five Ameri cans wounded. Chaffee's losses six killed and thirty wounded in two days' fighting." London, August 22. "The allies are fighting outside Tien Tsin, August 19th," so Rear Admiral Bruce wires to the admiralty from Taku under date of August 20th, adding that the en gagement was reported to have oc curred six miles south of Tien Tsin. Affairs in Pekin. An official dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated August 20th and received at Tokio, repeats that the Japanese occu pied the Imperial palace at Pekin Au gust 16th, and says that about August 12th the Empress Dowager and the Emperorand ministers left Pekin with three thousand troops, their destina tion, it is supposed, being Sian Fu. Pekin being in great confusion was divided into several districts. Half the Tartar city was placed under the con trol of the Japanese and details of Japanese, American, British, Russian and French officers were made to main tain order, a Hnf.mi t- se troops rescued the foreign mission aries and. Chinese Christian converts t2 u e? iP'woned in the palace. i wo hundred Japanese were killed or wounded. - - The Signal Office contributed its quota of news in the following dispatch from Major Scriven, chief signal officer of the expedition, dated Pekin. August 17th : "City occupied. All 4.?hJe. Signal Office says that while this dispatch was several days in com ing through to Washington, there is reason to believe that the military tele graph line is now working into the Chinese capital. Some delays are ex pected at first, as the line is simply insulated wire laid on the ground, there being not enough timber in that sec tion to erect it on poles, -until lumber or iron poles are shipped in. Notice also was received at the department to day that the Taku-Chef oo cable is in working order. It is thought there will soon be a direct and reliable line of wire communication from the War Department to General Chaffee's bead quarters at Pekin. The Most Important Dispatch of the day was not made public by the War Department, but was the subject , of an extended conference at the White House this morning between the President, Secretary Root and Actine Secretary of State Adee. It was from General Chaffee, and ar rived about the same time as the casualty list of the Pekin fight. It was dated the 15th, and therefore was not a reply to the message of in quiry sent to General Chaffee by the War Department on Monday night. Still it answered a number of the in quiries contained in that message. It dealt entirely with military operations and conditions. - While it cannot be said to have con- i1.?,. any bad news nd recorded the brilliant successes of the American troops who have borne themselves so gallantly in the assault on Pekin, jt contained enough as to the unsettled conditions in China, and the prospect of Jong and arduous work in restoring peace, to form the Bubject for a consul tation of some hours between the President and his advisors. Troops Will Remain in China. It was hoped in official circles tha when General Chaffee should be heard from, he would report that the work of the American expeditionary force had been accomplished by the rescue of the ministers and that the blow struck at the Boxer insurgents by the foreign column had dissipated these revolu tionists and left China with hands free to make peace with the civilized world. Instead of. this, however, General Chaffee hnri utterly chaotic condition of affairs. I caPture of capital w hence all the heads of trovAvtimnnt. hA flori Ihere was nothing for the victors to uu uut lu prevent anarcny oy adminis tering on a derelict empire, which had fallen into their the prospect opened up . by Chaffee's .t...vu w hum uio aiuonmui contm- eent. Of necessity, will Via AoiainaA in China for some time to come, probably for the whole winter. This will neces sitate the hurried completion of preparations that already have been oegun comfortably to subsist our army through the severe winter weather which will soon nlnae in nn Nni-th am China. . CHINESE OFFICIALS KILLED. Executed by Order of the Empress Dow ager Before Her Departure from the City of Pekin. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Washington, August 22. The Japanese legation has received a tele gram dated August 21 from the For eign .Office at Tokio giving the follow ing dispatch, received yesterday from the Japanese acting consul general at Shanghai:, "A dispatch received here from a Chinese official at Paoting Fu says that by the Empress Dowager's orders, HsuKYung Yi, Li Shan and Lien Yuen were executed on the 11th, and Yung Lu, who was to have shared the same fate, is now in a jail of the judi cial department, and that the Empress Dowager and Emperor left Pekin on the 13th, escorted by Tung Fu Shiang troops, for Wu Tai Shan via Chu Chow and Tse Ching Ewan. Kang Yi, it is further stated, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Wu Wei army, while Princes Tuan andChwang and Tsong Chi, Kang Yi and Hsui Tung, have been ordered to remain at Pekin. "Another telegram, dated the 16th, has been received here from Paoting Fu, to the effect that though the Em press Dowager has left Pekin, the Em peror has decided to remain behind." OPEN DOOR IN CHINA. - : American Policy Defended Semiofficially In Germany. By Cable to the Moraine Star. Berlin, August 23. The semi official Berliner Post, in a long lead ing article, defends the policy of the United States in China against sus picions cast upon it by certain German papers that go upon the theory that Washington is pursuing separate aims. After reciting the history of Secretary Hay's success -in getting declarations from the powers in favor of the "open door," the Post says that this is calculated to remove all false interpretations of American policy. It then goes on to say: "Those Americans are to blame for this mistrust of the policy of the United States who demand that Presi dent McKinley shall come forward as the protector of the Chinese empire, and declare urbi et orbi, .that the United States will regard as an un friendly act any further seizures of Chinese territory, thus establishing an American protectorate over China." The papers demand more earnestly than ever the immediate calling of the Reichstag in special session. Washington Gazette-Messenger: A farmer tells us that more hay will be saved in this county this season than ever before, and the majority of the farmers have embarked in this bus iness. It might be an interesting item of news to the majority of our readers to lean that one farmer near Bath, this summer, has shipped several car loads of bay to northern markets, the pro ceeds of last year's crop, and received very satisfactory returns. In fact, he says, his hay crop paid him better than COttOn. mm mm' ' Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds, la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill 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, Jos. C. Shepard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. t CASTOR i A x or Infants a.nd Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought . Bears' the Signature of SERIOUS RIOT IN CITY OF AKRON, 0. Mob Raided the City Prison and County Jail in Search of : a Negro. - " DETERMINED TO LYNCH HIM. Negro Assaulted a White Woman City Building Wrecked Two Persons Killed and Many Wounded -The Militia Called Out. By Telegraph to the Mornlnjt Btar. Akron, O., August" 22. Between one and two o'clock this morning Offi cer John Duffy arrested a colored man, who during the day confessed to Prison Keeper Washer of having at tempted to assault Christianasthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Maas, industrious and respectable peo ple who live on Perkins HilL The prisoner has given his name as Louis Peck. He is about forty years old, married, and recently moved here. . The story of his confession spread like wildfire throughout the city and officers learned that an attempt would be made to-night to lynch him. In the Police Court to day Peck pleaded guilty and was bound over to the Common Pleas Court His bail was placed at $5,000. Several thousand people are ready to-night to lynch Louis Peck. A large crowd gathered about the city prison at 7:30 o'clock and forced in the doors. The prison was soon packed with the mob and the officers offered no resis tance, as Peck, earlier in the evening, had been quietly taken away to Cleve land. To satisfy the mob ,the officers suggested that a committee of six be appointed to search all the cells and go through every part of the building. This was done and as the negro was not found, a yell was made "Now for the county jail. Give us, the nigger and we will deal with him." County Jail Attacked. A mad rush followed for the -jail and soon the jail was in the hands of the mob. After going through the private apartments of the jail the crowd started to batter down ' the big iron . doors. Deputy Sheriff Stone stood in front of the prison doors and made a speech. He informed the crowd that Peck could not be found in there and he told the people in the mob to select a committee and he would allow the committee to search the jail from top to bottom. A committee was quickly selected and the jail was searched, every cell being examined. Satisfied that the neero was nnt thr th mnK rushed across the street and forced open the doors of the county court house. The old court house was soon packed and all rooms searched except the rooms in the treasury department. ' The city prison was again sur rounded and hundreds of people forced their way into the prison for the second time, insisting that Peck was there. Mayor W. E. Young at this time ap peared at one of the windows in the upper part of the building. He addressed the mob as best he could, Savin? that Peck had hftAn tnlron nnt. of the prison at 4 o'clock by Sheriff is.euy ana ariven out or tbe city in a closed carriage. The people in the mob would not beliava tha mavni. onr) continued to yell and demand that jrecK oe surrenaerea - Mob Began Shooting. At 10 o'clock the mob be -an for the third time to attack the city prison. Some one in the crowd began shooting at the building. This was followed by several more shots. The officers in the building; appeared at the windows and began to shoot over the heads of the people. A man with a shot-gun then fired at the officers. It is said several officers were wounded. The crowd then began to smash in the windows of the city building and the firing became gen eral. Hundreds of shots were ex changed and one boy, name unknown, was carried dead from the street. It is certain that dozens of men were wounded. Militia Called Out. Mayor Young is yet in the building and is directing a call for the militia. All the ambulances of the city have been called out and the excitement has become intense. The front of the city building is a total wreck and the fire bells are ringing. At 10.45 P. M. Prison Keeper John E. Washer came from the city build ing and he was knocked down by a brick. He was badly injured about the head and had to receive medical attendance. Two People Killed. It is known that two people were in stantly killed and another person is dying at the city hospital." The dead are: - Glen Wade, aged ten years, shot through the heart. John M. Davidson's four-year-old child, shot in a baby cab. Fred. V. Orwick, agent, 25 years of age, is badly wounded with buckshot. He is now dying at the hospital. A man named Mull was shot in the head and also in one of his legs. An other man, whose name could not be learned, but who is a driver for the American Express Company, was shot in the leg. At 11 P. M. the crowd was begin ning to leave for home and the indica tions are that no more trouble will take place. Riot Still Raging. Shortly after midnight the mob broke into a hardware' store and stole all the fire arms and ammunition they could find, including guns, rifles and revolvers, and proceeded to the city building and opened fire on the de fenders, and finally set fire to the Co lumbia Hall, which adjoins the city building. They will no doubt set fire to the city building before morning, as the flames are spreading rapidly. FIRE IN BALTIMORE. Plant of Maryland Telephone Construction Company Burned Loss $112,000. By Telegraph to the Horning BUS. . Baltimore, August 23. The exten sive plant of the Maryland Telephone Construction Company, in this city, W8A destroyed by . fire, the origin of which is unknown, at an early hour this morning. The loss is estimated at 1112,000; $75,000 of which is on the building and the balance on stock and tools. . ' ' ic Saved Hit Leg. j P. A. 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Jones has followed Senator Stewart into the Republican camp, and that Senator Teller, of Col orado, is showing the greatest indiffer ence to the Bryan cause.,, I happen to have some definite information con cerning this matter, and I pronounce both reports absolutely without any foundation. Senator J. P. Jones has been entirely consistent in his views and actions for twenty five years, and he is heartily- enlisted in the fight for he Democratic party and for Mr. Bryan this year. We rely upon him implicitly. As for Senator Teller, we are in constant correspondence with him and I can sav that there is not a man at national headquarters or in the Democratic party who manifests greater solicitude for Mr. Bryan's election and who has worked harder to accomplish it than has Senator Tel ler." - Senator Jones also said: "I notice a report that Mr. Carnegie is going to return from Scotland and make some speeches for Bryan and Stevenson. This information was given out by the Anti Imperialist League at Boston. I have no personal knowledge of the ncatter whatsoever. It may or may not be true.' There has been no com munication with Mr. Carnegie on this subject on the part of the Democratic national committee." FIRE AT NORFOLK, VA. Loss Roughly Estimated at Fifty Thousand Dollars Fully Insured. By Telegraph to tha Morning star. Norfolk, Va., August 22. The wholesale and retail hardware estab lishment of the Henry Walke Com pany was visited by fire this morning between 5 and 6 o'clock. Tbe blaze started in the office and was discovered by a policeman, who sent in a general alarm. The flames spread rapidly, but after a hard fight for forty minutes the fire was extinguished. The office por tion of the large building was.com pletely gutted and many valuable books and papers were destroyed. The flames reached to the second floor but were stopped there. The cause of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have been an electric wire. The company carries a stock of about $100, 000. The loss is roughly estimated at $50,000, fully covered by insurance. The Henry Walke Company is one of the largest hardware concerns in the State. It is thought that the company will resume business in about thirty days. IN YANQTSE VALLEY. The Situation Increasingly Critical-More Troops Needed to Protect Shanghai. By Cable to the Morning Star. New York, August 22. The ex ecutive committee of the American Asiatic Association have received the following cablegram from the Ameri can Association of China at Shanghai and have forwarded it to the Secretary of State: ? "Situation in Yangtse valley increas ingly critical ; military estimate 15,000 troops needed to effectively protect Shanghai; urge government immedi ately to send quota." HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Held to Constitute an Integral Part of the United States. By Telegraph to the Horning star. Washington, August 22. Comp troller Tracewell, of the Treasury De partment, has rendered a decision in which he holds that the Hawaiian islands, under the act of May 26th, 1900, constitute an integral part of the United States, and therefore officers of the navy therein are serving within the realm or dominion of the United States. WARM AVIRELETS The population of the city of Phila delphia, according to the official count of the returns of the twelfth census, is 1,293,697 in 1890, against 1,046 964 in 1900. Senator Hanna, speaking of the re port that Andrew Carnegie had an nounced himself for Bryan, said: "It is ridiculous. I don't believe a word of it." 'Joe Patchen" yesterday lowered the track record or 2:06 made by "John R. Gentry" over the half mile track at Goshen two years ago. Patchen'8 time was 2:05 3 4. The U. S. battleship Alabama ar rived at New York from Philadelphia yesterday and came to anchorage off Tompkinsville. The Alabama will be docked at the navy yard, and after be ing cleaned and painted will proceed to Boston for her official trip. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Horning Btar. New York, Aug. 22. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine easy, 3939. CHARLESTON, Aug. 22. Spirits tur pentineNothing; quotations omitted. Rosin steady; no sales. Quotations unchanged. Savannah, Aug.22. Spirits turpen tine closed firm at 36c; sales casks; receipts 1,558 casks; exports casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales barrels; receipts 4,256 barrels; exports 4,471 barrels. Kinston Free Press: Dr. R. W. Wooten's house at jOoahoma was burned Monday. During, the wind storm Monday afternoon bparks from a tobacco barn set the woods on fire. In a little while it was seen that it would be useless to attempt to save the honse. By hard work the other buildings were saved from the flames. Had there not been a lack of water in the well on account of drought, the residence would have been saved. 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Early cables were unsatis factory and for a time after the open ing the feeling was towards higher prices on coverine by some of the smaller shorts, who were easily fright ened owing to tne conflicting character of crop news from private sources and a rather batter run of later cables. It became apparent, however, that ontside orders were not attracted by the more bullish overtures, and also that the larger shorts were not cover ing. This brought on a selling move ment and the market again weakened and showed a nervous feeling. To ward the close the market weakened badly under heavy liquidation and bear hammering, based on reports of heavy rains in the Mississippi valley region and rapidly falling tempera ture in the Atlantic States. The market closed steady, five points higher on August but eight to ten points lower on other months. New YORK, Aug. 22. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 10c Futures closed steady at the decline; August 9.10, September 8.71, Oc tober 8.57, November 8.44, December 8.42, January 8.43, February 8.44, March 8.46, April 8.47, May 8.48, June 8.49. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 10c; middling gulf 10c; sales 123 bales. The British consul in New York city states that he has received sixteen complaints from colored men claiming to be British subjects, who state that they were injured during the recent race rioting in New York. These men claim to be natives of British posses sions in the West Indies. WHOLESALE PRICES CUfiHEKT. Tne quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bat the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the antaal market price Of the articles emoted tv The following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher nrices nave to be charged. BAQGINQ 2 l Jute... Standard r Burlarffl ... 6 18 m 14 (8 WESTERN SMOKED Hams w Biaes y d Shoulders V DRY SALTED Sides B Shoulders V BARBELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each..... Second-hand machine New New York, each. New City, each BEESWAX V BRICKS Wilmington f M s 75 Northern 9 00 BUTTER 1 45 1 1 SO 1 45 I 45 85 700 14 00 North Carolina Northern... CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks ........ Virginia Meal COTTON TIE bundle...... CANDLES V Sperm ; Adamantine CHEESE y 1 Northern Factory. Dairy Cream , State COFFEE V Laguyra.... Bio DOMESTICS-:J Sheeting, 44, yard Tarns. fMbunch of 5 s . , . . EGGS S dozen FISH 80 25 85 30 65 56 1 40 18 25 8 11 12 13 13tt 14 UH 12 13 18 11 12 6M 70 8 13 Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 2, Mackerel, No. 2 ' Mackerel. No. 3. i barrel... 22 00 i half-bnl. 11 oo 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 50 8 25 R barrel. 16 00 i half-bbl. 8 00 13 00 Mullets. 9 barrel Mullets. Dork barrel N. C. Roe Herring, y keg.. Drv Cod. S 3 00 3 85 10 4 50 5 " Extra ....436 FLOUE Low grade 3 25 8 75 400 4 50 UK 61 50 86W 42Mi 1 00 iltl 9 1 00 50 1 00 1 00 90 unoice Straight.... FirstPatent 3 90 10H GRAIN f bushel Corn,rrom 8tore,bgs White Oar-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof, 40 cow peas.... HIDES t Green salted. Dry flint Dry salt ...... HAY 9 100 Bs No 1 Timothy 10 r. ...... ....... nice etraw Eastern Western , North River , 40 90 90 LABD.VS- Northern 7 North Carolina 8 LIME, barrel 1 15 LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M ft 9 10 1 20 Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 west India cargoes, accord ing to qaality is 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 HOLASSES. V gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead. . . . . Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Blco, In hogsheads.... 88 Porto Rico. In barrels 38 20 00 16 00 1800 22 00 15 00 25 28 80 82 Sugar House, In hogsheads. -12 14 14 15 25 2 50 sugar noose, in Darreis.... Svrun. in barrels NAILS, j) keg. Cut, 60d basis . rufi&. v Darrei City Mess 13 50 Bump.... Prime... 14 00 14 50 13 00 BOPE, B t SALT, v sack. Alum Liverpool American....... On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M Common..,..., Cypress Saps SUGAR, V li-Standard Gran'd Standard A , White Extra O Extra C, Golden........ O Yellow........ BOAP, V Northern, .a STAVES, M w. o. barrel... . R. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, M feet-Shipping., Common mill ............... Fair mill Prime mill Extra mill... , SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed VM 6x24 heart " Sap..... . 5x20 Heart......... -u Sap X ALLOW, V WHISKEY, 9 gallon Northern ID fa at 1 25 9a 95 85 90 60 5 00 6 60 1 60 2 25 2 50 2 75 694 m. im ' iSs 3)4 4 6 00 14 09 10 00 8 00 900 4 00 5 00 5100 6 00 6 60 7 60 8 00 9 00 . 4 25 5 CO 300 325 8 25 2 60 1 60 1 75 100 S10 COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARKET, STAR OFFICE, Aug. 16. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market . firm" at $1.20 per bbl for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market steady at $1.40 pep bbl of 280 lbs. . CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.40 per barrel - for hard, $2.40 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine held higher at 49 48c; rosin firm at 9096c; tar firm at $1.80 ; crude turpentine firm at $1.85. 2.602.60. " RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 229 Rosin......... 768 Tar---- 206 Crude turpentine 271 Receipts same day last year. 158 casks spirits turpentine. 358 bbls rosin. 224 bbls tar. fi!5 hhla mnfe fu pontine. - COTTON. Nothing doing. Same day last year middling steady at 5c. Receipts 00. bales; same day last year, 1. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 j 80c. Virginia Prime 50c; extra- prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm, 53 to 60 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 506O- cents. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 11 to 12c 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 10.00 per M. STAR OFFICE, August 17. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per bbl for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR. Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market easier at $1.30 per-barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin steady at 9095c;. tar firm at $1.80; crude turpentine firm at $1.35, $2.602.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 137 Rosin. 394 Tar 166 Crude turpentine 117 Receipts same day last year. 197 casks spirits turpentine, 346 bbls rosin, 457 bbls tar, 70 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Nothing doing. Same day last year middling steady at Sjic Receipts 1 bale; same day last year, 00. COUNTRY PRODUCE ' PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77X80c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 53' to 60 cent per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c: upland, 5060Ci Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 11 to 12c per pound ; shoulders, 8 to 8c ; sides. 10c 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 $10.00 per M. STAR OFFICE, August 1& SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothinc doing. ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 fts. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market easier at $1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at $1.80; crude turpentine firm at $1.35, 2.60 2.60 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 55 Rosin 311 Tar.... 63 Crude turpentine '. 100 Receipts same day last year. 251 casks spirits turpentine, 362 bbls rosin, 311 bbls, tar, 29 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Nothing doing. - Same day last year middling steady at 5jc. Receipts 4 bales; same day last year, 3. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm, 53 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Suotations on a basis of 45 pounds to ie bushels N. C. BACON Steady; hams 11 to 12c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8)c: sideSj7to 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 10.00 per M. STAR OFFICE, Aug. 20. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market quiet at 37X cents per gallon for machine made casks and at 37 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.40 pei bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market easier at $L30 per barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin firm at 9095c;tar firm at $1.60; crude turpentine firm at $1.35, 2.70 2.70. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 117 Rosin. 246 Tar 87 Crude turpentine 212 Receipts same day last year. 93 rasVa ctnimfa tnmanfina 9SR KHln rosin, 226 bbls tar, 30 bbls' crude tur pentine. "COTTON. Nothing doing. Same day last year middling steady at Bgc. Receipts 4 bales; same day last year, 3. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70 cents ; extra prime, 75 cts. per Dusnei oi zs pounds; fancy, 77 J4 80c. Virginia ir rime, ouc; extra prime, CORN Firm; 63 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide- water) 85 . cents; upland- 50a60c Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. - ' - . ; N. C. BACON steady; hams 11 to 12c 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 $10.00 per If. " STAR OFFICE, Aug. 12. : SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing -doing. ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $L40 per bbl of 280 lbs. ' ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market easier at $1.30 per barrel for hard $3.30 for dip and for virgin. . Quotations same day last year. 1 ' Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; " rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at $1.60; crude turpentine firm at $1.35. 2.702.70. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 108 Rosin 610 Tar 84 Crude turpentine 93 , Receipts same day last year 215 . casks spirits turpentine, 337 bbls rosin, 511 bbls tar, 63 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Nothing doing. , Same day last year middling steady at5c. Receipts 6 bales; same day last year, 6. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 . 80c: Virginia Prime, 50c; extra rime, p55c:fancy, 60c. CORN Firm: 63 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland tide water) 85c: upland, 5060c. Quota' tions on a basis of 46 pounds to the bushel. ' N. C. BACON Steady; hams 11 to . 12c Ier nound: BhrmldarcL 7 trt fiUn- aides, 7 to 8c. j SHINGLES Per thousand, Aye inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; Six-inch. S4.00 to 5.00; BAvnn-ino.V $5.50 to 6.50. TliLBER Market steady at $3.50 to 10.00 per M STAR OFFICE, Aug. 22. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. a ROSIN Market . steady at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market quiet at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market nominal at $1.20 per barrel for hard, $2.20 for dip, and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine quiet at 46 X 46 Xc ; rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at ' $1.65; crude turpentine firm at , $2.702.70. Spirits turpentine 171 Rosin ' 606 Tar 46 Crude turpentine. 70 Receipts same day last year. 147 casks spirits turpentine, 400 bbls. rosin, 373 bbls tar, 76 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. . Nothing doing. Same day last year middling steady at 5c. Receipts 3 bales; same day last year, 7 bales. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75cper bushel -of 28 pounds; fancy, 77 j 80c Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c ; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 53 to 60 cents per ushel for white. water) 85c; upland 5060c. Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. 12c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8Xc; sides 10c - SHINGLES Per thousand, five- nch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; nV.i'nni, a rm ton. ;u $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50.to $10.00 per M. PRODUCE MARKETS. By TeWranh to the Mornlnsr star. New York, Aug. 22. Flour had a better inquiry to-day for soring wheat grades at a shade advance over yesterday. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red 78c. Options were slow all dav. At first a little higher on foreign buy ing ana tinner cable, tney subsequent ly eased off through extreme dullness of trade and weakness in Duluth. From this they had a final sharp rally on ex port developments and heavy cover ing of shorts. Closed strong at o net lower. No. 2 red May closed 82 c; September closed 78c ; October closed 79c; December closed 80c. Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 45a Options opened stronger on cables and cover ing, but lost the advanoe under re ports of rain all through the corn belt. Finally recovered with wheat. Sep tember closed 44Jc; December closed 40&& Oats Spot steady; No. 2 26c: options barely steady and dull. Lard steady; Western steam $7 07; refined firm; continent $7 40; South Ameri can $8 00. Pork steady. Butter strong; creamery 18zikc; state dairy 16 20. Cheese dull ; large white 10U 10Xc; small white 1010tfc. Eggs firm ; state and Pennsylvania 1718c at mark, for average lots; Western regular pack 1014c. Rice quiet Potatoes steady; Jerseys $1 001.25; New York $1 251 50; Long Island $1 12K1 60. Cabbage quiet and unchanged. Peanuts steady and un changed. Rice steady. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 25d. Cotton seed oil Again there was only a slow demand for oil, but an absence of selling pressure left prices steady and unchanged. Quotations closed: Prime crude, in barrels, nominal; prime summer yellow 34? butter grades nominal; off summer yellow 34 34c; prime winter yellow 4040 ; prime white 3940c '.prime meal $26 00. Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No. 7 invoice 8c; mild quiet; Cordova nominal. Sugar Raw steady; refined steady. Blamarek's Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will land tremendous energy are not found where the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these 5 qualities and the Success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. t for otw Witty Tears Mrs. Winslow's SooTHnta Syrup has been used for over fifty yean by millions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the 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 druggists In every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for ".Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other V O Bean tbe Signature of Iha iMXm Haw Always 4 -41 i ... .T I ! 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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