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1 fe WLAln Ste. f " FRIQHTFUL BUTCHERY OF CHINESE REFORMERS. 1 Twentysevea of the Leaders Beheaded ad Twelve Hundred 01 Their Fol lowers Killed by Regulars. by Cable to the Mornratc star. Minneapolis, Mink. Deo. 25 A special to the Times from Vancouver, B. G., says: "News of a terrible massacre of the reform forces in China and the be heading of t went y seven of its leaders was received here to-day in a cable gram by W. A. Gumrow. secretary of the Chinese Reform Association in America. The-engagement took place in tue province of Oichili, a populous section of the Yang Tse valley in Cen tral China. - It resulted in the killing of fifteen hundred men and the com plete demoralization of the reform forces. The battle into which the re formers were - brought by treachery occurred on December 18th, and the work of the movement has as a conse quence been dropped in all that part of the country. The Chinese here are loud in their expressions of disap proval of the conduct of the campaign by their leaders. It appears from the few details given in the cablegram re ceived to day that Long Tom, the reform leader, at the - head of a badly armed force of 12, 000 paid oi visit to Chung Hi Tung, Governor of the district, who, though an! imperial officer, was believed to tee fif sympathy with the reform movement. Long Tom was invited to the Governor' palace and with: his twelve thousand men was marched into the city. They left all their arms outside the gates, Uking the precaution only to carry their loaded revolvers. There were 5,000 imperial troops in - th& town, but nothing was feared from them. A de lay of a day took place in 'order that xither reform leaders might be sent for, and when the audience with the Gov ernor was finally arranged, there were twenty seven of the leading fol lowers or Kang X u Wei admitted. Then a disagreement arose. The Gov ernor hd the leaders seizad and taken into the court yard, where they were beheaded. In the meantime a secret order had been sent to the imperial troops to descend upon the poorly aim ed rabble of the reformers. The fine, well drilled soldiers took the country pjople completely by surprise, ; but narni-thftlrss thcr lattP nlnrlrilw fnn.M their way through and escaped. Theyv 1 . l . a a . 1 carriea away lueir own. wounded, out left 1,500 dead on the field and scattered in the streets of the city. The cable says that the scene of the butchery was frightful." BLACKS INTIMIDATE WHITES. A Race War st Cementvllle, a Small Town in lodisos Commenced by Some Drnokea Negroes Jacksonville, Iud., Dc 25. A rao war is in progress atCementville, a snail station on the Pan Handle road, five miles north of this city, and serious trouble is expected. The ne grrs are armed and the whites are ke- piDg within doors to avoid them. Trv: outbreak bgan yesterday after d' od, when Lee Banger and John R'-'louu, negroes, became intoxicated aai set out to intimidte whites. Whea their insults were - resented oth-r negroes j lined Ranger and Red mind, and captured Samuel Kendall's, Siloou. Nearly twenty shots were fired, but no one wu hurt. ' Apr'&p peal by telephone -was made to-Sueriff Rtve for help and he dro vetotment ville and to some extenfrquieted the negroes while he waspreseut. After bis departure another outbreak took placa and message after message came to the local police to send men to the town. Riueer was shot by Kendall, but how tadly is not known, as he was carritd away and secreted by his companions. Kendall's life wss tbrettiied, and about midnight be maa'a?ed to escape from his store and dime Idinct to this city, awakening Prosecutor Montgomery, and begged him to issue warrants and have dep uty fchenffs sworn in to-serve them. It was aimost daylight when the com muoity. became quiet, the negroes baviog everything their own way." So far today no outbreak has taken place. The wbites are intimidated to such an extent that they are using every possible precaution to prevent a collision. ' FIGHT DECLARED OFF. Cincinnati Will Not Permit the Jeffries and Rabiln Boat la That City. By Teittgrapn to tne morning Star. New York, Dec. 25. William A. Brady announced that the fight be tween .Tuc T T on1 ftna RuKlin. icbeduled to take place in Cincinnati T- Z m m-m on r eoruary l&tn, win not oe, per- mittpH Vitt tho nutVxwitiAa tt that itv. This being the case, the bouts ar ranged for Kid McCoy' and Tommy Ptt ,-.a n ! n ,1 XTiM Livijrne are declared r ff for the pres ent. Ii is 8aid that Terry McQovern will now mke arrangements to go to uuKiaau vi nuni ieu joraan. The Report Deoird. CiscmATi, Dec. 26 The city offi- PI Q I D (. r. II .1 CT, I - as ine o uicers ana mem bers of the Zioeerfest Athletic Club. "J there is no truth la the reports auoui toe tight between J J. Jeffries 1 k h u-8 Ru,iD scheduled for Februsry ' Ja Cincinnati, being declared off. Those in charge ot arrangements sre proceeding with the work, and ,a'?r ,J1" Fliscbman stated for pubhcation to-nht that he had given nis word thnt ho mou : ... iue eght takie P'ace in Feb- There is biUer opposition to the n5 re,?Dtbe P"rt ot certain people nT. I ",,eKcu tnai raise information hVeLbeen sent to Brady in the Damn nt i " . ,J '"cciuu oy some unautnor za person, t overnor sayerSf of Texas, made Pplication fo Governor Roosevelt, of .York' a tew day "8 for tbe ex tradition of John D. Rockefeller awd K"w memoers or tbe Standard Oil yompany on tbe charee of violation " the anti-trust law. Governor Bveiinas declined to grant the Oar fJrpBtff.t KLMlalltK - For twent-v Tain Ti- T rAwtftn Hathaway haa so successfully treated 'Mged to day to stand at the head of "profession in this line. His exclu "?ethod f treatment for Varicocele Stribture without the aid of knife e,!ut J cure in 90 per cent of all .S la the treatment of Loss of Vi Nervous Disorder, Kidney BllVAln.ary Complaints, Paralysis. ,'?.poisoniBg, Rheumatism,Catorrh eonoii:sea8's Pu'iar to wemen, he is ruiy successful. Cases pronounced ffisby othep physicians, readily JWdtohis treatment. Write him to-. Bo Iu 7 about vr c&se- He makes itK7arge for consultation or advice, at his office of by mail. - - !9i qNkwton Hathaway. W. D. "t South Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. ..RYAN'S SPFFfn -' W fca VU AT LINCOLN, NEB. Many Democratic Leaders Pres 7 ent at the Jeffersonian : Club Banquet. . QR0VER CLEVELAND SCORED. Speech of Joba W. Kern, the Defeated Candidate for Governor of Indiana, ; Aroased Enthusiasm His Reference-to the ExPrestdent. - By Telegrapu to the Horning Btar. -LiNOOLK, Neb.; December 26. The annual banquet , of the Jeffersonian Club of Lincoln, to-night at the Lin coln Hotel, brought together nearly three hundred representative men of the Democratic and Populist parties of Nebraska, together with a number of leaders from otber State. - William J. Bryan made his first ap pearance at a publio gathering since the election and the. greeting accorded him was never more hearty and spoa taneous in his home city. The speech of John W. Kern, defeated Demo cratic candidate for Governor of In diana, aroused the banqueters to a high pitch of enthusiasm by laudation of Mr. Bryan and out spoken criticism of those Democrats whom he accused of contributing, to his (Mr. Bryan's) defeat. - Hts denunciation of Demo crats who offered "gratuitous cou- sel to Democracy,' though he mentioned no names, was accepted by the crowd as a reference to former President Cleveland. . ..Mr. Bryan, 1 whose subject was "Principles Live," said in part. .''At this banquet, surrounded by neighbors, who have have been my friends for ten years, I may be par doned for saying a word of a personal "Five times you have voted for me for public office twice for Congress, once for United States Senator and twice for the Presidency and no can didate ever received more loyal sup port than you have given. "Whether I shall ever be a candi date again is a question which must be determined by events. No one can speak with certainty of tbe future, for one's destiny is not known until his life's work is complete. I shall be content, if it is my lot to aid in the triumph of the principles while others enjoy the honors and bear the respon sibility of office. : "The holding of public office should ne an incident and not the extreme aim of the citizen. It should not be an end, but the means for . the accom plishment of a purpose. ine presidency seemed desirable because it would have enabled me to give effective aid to certain reforms. which I believe to be necessarv to the publio welfare, but defeat even a second defeat does not lessen my in terest in this reform- and time may prove that my work is to advocate rather than to execute. The Commoner will give me an opportunity to participate in pub lie discussions, and I am sure that an editorial pursuit will furnish as much intellectual enjoyment as I could have found in the White House, and in addition thereto will give me more time for home pleasures. "'The principles for which we con tended in the last camnaizn still live and we who believe in them must con tinue to fight for them. An action does not change principles ; it only de ternune wnai.puncipies anau oe.ior toe time being applied. "Xne believers in tariff reform did not abandon their faith when the high tariff doctiao wat endorsed tbo poii. neither did protectionists when their cause suffered loss. Theadvocates of the gold standard continued the fight for monometallism for twenty five years in spite of the platform declarations of all parties in favor of a double stand ard. - ' "Shall we, who believe in bimetal lism' Jose courage because, our oppo nents bave profited by an increased volume of money, tbus admitting the economic principle for which we have been contending? -"Defenders of trusts did not lose heart when all parties denounced combinations in - restraint of trade. Shall we give up the fight because mo nopoly ha triumphed by stealth? Must we now advocate an impprial policy because our opponents have won a victory by denying that they are imperialists? A colonial system involves a surrender of our theory of government and the people will un derstand this as soon as the system is put into operation. If we were to con sult our immediate convenience and comfort. we would never oppose wrong of any kind, for all warfare involves a temnorarv sacrifice, but this . is Our srovernment and must be transmitted unimpaired to posterity. We have no choice, therefore, but to stand stead-. fact, enma what mav. "If we are successful in diverting present tendencies and in carrying the government to its old foundations we shall rejoice in the victory and profit by the reforms secured. I am confi dent that we shall ultimately win, but if the trend toward plutocracy cannot Ka checked it is still better that we should be defeated in a righteous an rfflrtakinc than that we should join hands with those who are ignoring thn ina.iinnable ricrhts of man." inhn w TTrn of Indiana, spoke to the toast "The Rank and File.' He said, in part: "While the . Democratic party is till the conservative party as it was in the dava of Hendricks, it is ready now as then to strive to find common nd noon which til Democrats constitutional eovern - ant mav stand in comine conflicts. it io iimI holding no party with deserters. Its ears are closed against words of advice gratuitously offered k. ai1arAi1 nmoerats who vote the nmih1iftan ticket or by those in the .t..,iA nt 1900. who withhold both vote and voice from the cause or h. numtn and eonld see in that mighty contest only a painful and dis Min aitnation. There is no question for crimination and recrimination between Democrats, 1.... .1 . .nnnid alwAVB be generous and patriotic rivalry to who will n.iT nt hmldfnff no the party or aniztion and strengthen the party Via Anminff conflict Mr. Kern spoke in favor of JRichard Olney, David B. Hill, Bourke Oockran, John DeWitt Warner, Bbrt B. P t .1 -i.r TT MnClnre. Arthur Jr. Gorman, Henry Watterson and other ZZZrttrtl for their course in the fate T campaign;' and "their patriot c protests gainst the advice oj the hosts oIJlmJ!'ii!mLL;tod that the rank AVf "": lfloo was the 1 Jt Aio vntinir for bimetal- in 1884. 1888 and 1892. "It is the rank and file, ne t" .1 j iv,;r. ureA of the domi- nation of a few men, in 1896. literally V Ttosseasion of the Democratic party and made it in every sense party of the people." ' Mr. Bryan leayes to morrow for trip in Kansas and Texas. mL... i..j etiidents have been 23 Peteriburg. according r A-Berlin dispatch,, for propagating Socialist doctrines. tfxtilemill construction Sutistlcs for 1980 Qeortis Leads With Fortj'tbree North Carolina Second' With Fortj-one Mills. . By Tswgrapb to the Horning Btar Bostow, Mass., December 26. The ! American Wool and Cotton Reporter in its issue to morrow will review the textile mil) construction in the present year, saying that returns Tor the last -six months do not show up as large as in tne nrst six montns of tbe -year. The depression that was felt in the manufacturing business during the Summer and Fall months acted as a damper to the rush to build mills, par ticularly cotton mills. During the first half of the year the number of new mills entered upon was 307 and during tbe last six months the number was 224 .a las of over 25 per cent, over tre first half. Completion of returns on new enter prises show that Georgia leads with forty-three mills, North , Carolina comes secosd with forty one, although, lb- latter has always been in the lead! in the construction of new mills, it btir.g the largest cotton manufacture ii State in the South South Caro lina reports thirty three; Alabama s;x teen ; Virginia, twelve; Pennsylvania, eleven; Tennessee, ten ; Mississippi and Texas, nine eseh; Massachusetts, sveu; New York, six; New Jersey, four; Louisiana, three; California. Maine, New Hampshire, two each, and Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, -Ohio and Oregon, one each. A BAD INDIA la a Drunken Frcszy Shot Four Men, Kllllsg Three aod Wounding One Man Fatally. By rtleiiriMa 10 tbe HornlnK Star. Muscogee, I. T., Dec. 25. John Tiger, a full blood Indian, a ferryman on the Arkansas river, two miles south of Kufaula, went to Eufaula with his wife this afternoon and, while tntoxi cated, met L. B. Roper and threat ened to Kill him. Roper immediately struck Tiger with a board, no words passing between them. Tiier went to his buggy, got a Winchester and came back to kill Roper, but failed to find him. - Enraged, he proceeded to shoot every one he saw, shooting Jesse Beck through the hips and kiliiue mm; snooting ana Killing uavul Sor ter, a nephew of Chief Porter, and a mover, named Johnson, on his way to Missouri in a covered wagon with his family. Bud Taylor, aged 18, was shot through the shoulder and is not expected to live. Tiger immediately lumpea on a none ana tried t3 escape, but was chased three miles, when he jumped off his horse, went behind a tree and began shooting. Deputy Marshal Johnson, who returned the fire, struck Tiger in the arm. The murderer surrendered and was brought to Kufaula Blfnareka Itob Nerve. Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous - energy- are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kid neys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these 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 PRODUCE MARKETS Hy Telegraph to tne Hornlne Btar. New York. Dec 26. Flour was very quiet but steadily held. Wheat Spot easy: No. 2 red 78Xc i. o. b. afloat. Options opened steady on small world s shipments and lient onerines. but later eased off under selling in duced by an increase in the visible supply statement and lower French cables. Closed easy at Mc net decline, March closed 79 c; May closed 78c: December closed 77 He. Corn Spot easier; No. 2 45c at elevator. Options were very dull all day. An easy open ihg on fine weather was followed by subsequent steadiness owing to a de crease in the visible and final decline with wheat Closed easy at a partial J4c net decline. January closed 43c; Mav closed 41 -.December closed 4ox. Oats Spot dull; No. 3 27c. Options steady but inactive, rone steady. Lard easy; Western steam $7 SO; refined dull: continent 1740: South American $8 15; compound 5 6. Buttersteady; Western creamery iz&c; estate aairy 16423: factory 11 54 16c Eggs firmer; State and Pennsylvania 2426c at mark, for averaee lots: Western regu lar packing 1923c. Cheese firm; fancv lanre. fall made llMQllKc; small fancy, fall made lll2c. Pe trolem quoted dull. Potatoes quiet; Jersev El 00011 37 X : New York $125 1 62X : Long island f l ouai o; jersejs sweets $1 752 75. Freights to Liver- nool dull. Tallow firm, nice quiet. Molasses steady. Cotton seed oil-was very dull in the absence oi ioreign n. or orders, wim no cnange iu m m. 1 X thn anntations. the market closing steady : Prime crude,in barrels,27c;off nmm summer veliOW ZVX &WC : summer vellow 29c: prime white 34 85c; prime winter yellow 8637; prime- meal 125 00. uonee opoi ruo wea-, Kn 7 invoice 81: mild market quiet; Cordova 9 13. Sugar-Raw steady ; fair refining Sc: centrifugal, 96 test a -molasses auirar 5c: refined quieL : r?TrrriAoo" Dec. 26. The Board of TmHd markets were very ounasa i - j Tha fiMHiunt nf a bear' ruie wruy. K.rr-. ----- - ish government report tomorrow the absence of outside support de- ie.wi vhnat. Mav closine io lower. December corn closed lc lower, Janu- ... . ahadA burner ana may uu-. honTPH Oats closed uncnangea. Provisions at the close were zt4o lower. nnmiAA Tiea.26. Cash Quotations: Flour dull and unchanged, vvneat 9 inrinr-e: NO. 3 spring oo Kn 3 red - 7ZbtOHC. lr" " . ' am.. r rib aides: loose. $6 256 80. Dry SZ. 1 1 OE X1W1 T1HI- 1UU HJB BW WW4W WHfavDistmers' finished goods, pel gallon. $127.j , h7hst lowest and dosing: Wheat wo. awecemoor -Vv; n - c a 7Z g?a: January ?0. 70kc: May fStfO DecernbeV , S7X, WJP2W Uecemner ys". -r'Si izW. ObUVA 'January ssx,-. i "JtZ' P?'..bblTJaoU,y.y J" 41 a 20. IS 20. ii 15 18 15- Lard, per 100 fts-Decem- Der . 'Jm, a wc Mav ex It fi7K. e yy. o Short ribs, " af T..iinlff r so. 6 30. per iw 9S7m.t tS 40. 640, 6 32H, 6 zz. o 6 85c. m una too tan sma Bears th 61gnttire of A CHINESE KILLED, VILLAGES BURNED) 1 A Lively Combat Between the French Troops and Chinese 1 , Regulars and Boxers. 1- MEETING OF PEACE ENVOYS. Interostlonsi Note Presented to Prince Chins No Answer Yet Received. : Thousands of Armed Chinese Near Pekin. -.; By Cable to the Hornioa Star - ' ! - - - Pabis, December 26. A dispatcu to the Havas Agency from Pekin, dated December 25th, says a detachment of French troops commanded by. Gen. Bailloud were recently attacked by Chinese regulars and. Boxers at Thi Tcheou, south of Pao Ting Fu. The punitive expedition took the village after a lively combat, and many can non and a quantity of provisions and ammunition were secured. Un ac count cf tbe hostile attitude cif . the population Gen. Bailloud burned tbe village, and also those villages in the neighborhood.- The Chinese. lossTwas 1,000 (?) men. Gen. Bailloud's force sustained no loss. Christian' Chinese families have been maltreated bv ths Chinese regulars. Pekin, Dec. 25 The French report encountering z.vuuu Unioese and cap turing five flags and a number of guns and inflicting a great loss upon tbe Chinese, thirty five miles south of cere. . ine report is generally dis credited. . The Powers' Note Presented Washingtou, December 26. A cablegram received at the State Da partment from United States Minister J j uger, dated at Pekin on the 24th in stant, states that the first formal meet ing between the diplomatic represents lives ana rrince urn tig took place on tne 24th. Uning presented the creden tials of himself and Li Hung Chang who was unable to attend, owinsr to illness, to tbe diplomatic representa tives wno nanaed to mm tne interna tional note. The officials of the State Department are unwilling to venture a guess as to the length of. time that will be consumed by the Chinese gov. ernment in consideration of the note- The last article of the note notified the Chinese government that the occu pation 01 unma and resin may con tinue - until the Chinese government has complied with ibe terms of the note. It may be stated, however, that the United States is not bound or affected by this condition. Our occu pancy from a military point of view has terminated, and there is nodisposi tion to renew it. ' As for the other Powers, it is expected that 'the main obstacle they will encounter in with drawing under this condition will be found in the difficulty in obtaining satisfactory guarantees upon the Uninese promise to pay indemnities. Native Christians Murdered. Pekix. December 26. The Rev. Mr. Kelley. the Presbvterian missionary. has reported the burning by Boxers of nineteen Catholic Christians, and now says ne Has received further confirma tion of the. burning of native Chris tians. He says the number burned is twenty-one, and thousands of armed Chinese bave been seen in the San Ho country. Mr. Conger sent a cony the communication to Field Count Von Waldersee,and Japanese and Ger man troops have been sent to mvesti- gate the reports. Mr. Kelley, in first I reporting: the occurrence, admitted his : information was from Chinese aourees and said that the Japanese, who" have jurisdiction over the territory thirty miles nr.b, m which it is alleged the outrage occurred, would investigate the repot The troops of tbe various nations celebrated Cbr'stmas in their own way, each force bribe interested in the do- ines of the others. The Germans to-day were reviewed on the occasion of the services incident to the presentation of fiaesto two regi ments. The event was practically in ternational. All the generals and their staffs and detachments of their troops were present, with the result that a ereat military spectacle was witnessed. No answer has vet been received to 1 tbe joint nots of tbe Powers. London. December 26,. A dispatch to the Fall Mall Gazette, from Pekin, dated Monday, December 24th, says that much irritation has been caused by the activity of the German troops in the districts under British protec tion. ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS. Nothing for tbe Policy-holders - A Mis taken Impression. Indianapolis. Ind., Dec 25. Re ceiver Clark, of the Order of Chosen Friends, has returned from New York, where he secured the bond of the de faulting Treasurer Wilson, of New ark, and the certificates of stock in the Chosen Friends .Building and iioan Association, but no cash. . He says there is a mistaken impression that there will be something to pay from the receivership. He says it will not pav a cent, and the receivership was created to prevent the payment of more money by policy-holders. ,- The President of Liberia, W. D. Coleman, resigned December 11th, . nt ih. f - r. . -jr Nature of his interior policy. G. W. Gibson, Secretary of State, was elected President by the Legislature. The Independent Glass Combine, re cently organized, will, on January 1st advance the price on all window glass 15 per cent. . THE MODERN HOTHEB Has found that her little ones are im- nroved more bv the pleasant Syrup of Figs, when in need of the laxative effect of a crentla remedy, than by any other. Children enjoy it and it benfits them. The true remedy, Sjrup of Fics. is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Moraixur star. Nkw York. Dec. 26; Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine quiet. Charleston, Dec 26. Spirits tur- nentine firm at 85XC; sales casks. Rosin firm and unchanged. havahhah. Dec. 26. Spirits turpen tine firm at 36c; sales 527 casks; receipts 1,489 casks; exports 66 casks. Rmrin firms W W $2 50: W G $225; N $2 00; sales 637 barrels; receipts 1,186 barrels; exports 290 barrels. CASTOR I A , Por Infuits and Children. tto Kind You Hate Always Bought Bears the Signature of wobn silver coins. 1 THEY DO NOT SUFFER ANY LOSS OF I . ' : VALUE BY ABRASION. - He Matter How Smooth They Be, So Loaa as They Show They Are Genii- . la ssl the Denomination Can Bo Ascertained They 'Are Leg?! Ten der. As' everybody is frequently possessed of ''slick"1 or smooth dimes or plugged, mutilated and battered nickels, and eithei of these coins might be the last in hit possession, awkward results might fol low; so it is wise to learn if the common carriers have any legal . right to refuse such coins. Most people have had them refused at one time or another' and have never questioned the fight of the person to whom they were tendered. to reject them. Bat no one has any legal right to re ject such coins. The law o tbe land strictly defines what coins are to be re jected and the reasons for their rejection, and the nickel and dime are not Included. This is the law. on the matter reduced to ordinary language: So long as the coin whether it is a dime, a quarter, half dot bir, dollar or a nickel or cent is distin guishable as a genuine United States coin and its denomination can be ascer tained, the fact of its being slick or worn smooth doesn't connt; it is good,-lawful money, Is' a legal tender, and no good citizen who respects the law should re-.fusaifc-'v'-' -s ::v.-:7. - Are 'dickHrailTer- coins good money and legal tender? Yes. Is the objection that they are worn smooth a legal objec tion to accepting .them? No. Do shop keepers who refuse them offend the law) Yes, for ignorance of the law is no ex cuse is a well known legal maxim. dime or Quarter worn smooth is no rood is just contrary to the decision of four courts we jury court, tne supreme court and the court of errors and appeals of .the state ot New Jersey and later the supreme court of the United States. A conductor on a street railway in Jer sey City one fine day, when walking was good, refused a silver dime tendered him by a passenger because it was smooth. The passenger declined to produeeany other money at the request of the con ductor, who thereupon ejected him ' from the car. The man brought a suit for damages, and it cost the railway com pany $5,000 to learn that one cannot re fuse the lawful money of the United States and treat it with contempt because it isn't as young and fresh as it nsed to be. The railway company took the esse tip to the. United States supreme courtaiid ln every court it was Deaten. This is a fact which is also good law, and it may well be borne in mind by those who are subjected to the petty an-. noyances of people who from overcau- tion reject perfectly good money. There is no limitation put on tbe time when silver coin ceases to be coin that - is, loses its legal tender character. The statutes- place an express limitation on the legal tender character of gold coin loes of weight by abrasion affects those but that limitation does not extend to sil ver coin, and the provision of the statutes is that silver coin shall be lawful tender so long as it remains lawful money of the country. The opinion published by Chief Jus tice Fuller of the supreme court in the "slick" dime case: "This particularity in the limitation and allowance as to gold coins is not found in the case of natural abrasion in silver coins. This difference is very noticeable and important in I Question ot statutory and legislative in tention. It seems by these statutes that so lone as a rename silver coin Is worn only by natural abrasion, is not appreci ably diminished in weight and retains the appearance of a coin duly issued from the mint it is a legal tender for its orlainal value. Now, as everybody knows, a silver, com can sro through a ingntiui amount ox hard usage, even to being ran over by the wheels of a heavy freight ,t-- nt--abiy present the appearance of n coin which was issued from the mint. So this opinion is far-reaching. This de cision was. as has been said, on the smooth dime case, but it applies to all silver coins and to smooth nickels and cents. So Ions as the coin is distinguish able as a genuine United States coin and it denomination can be ascertained, the fact that it has been worn smooth by passing from hand to hand or by any accident does not take from its purchas- inz power. Every good citizen who re spects the law will accept it. But suppose a conductor hands back a plugged nickel or even a nickel witn hole in it, saying, "Yon can't ride on that," what would you do? Ten chances to one you would accept his Ignorant dictum and hunt for another coin or give him a bill to change. Bnt the truth Is that he would be exceeding his rights. There is not a word is the law' about mutilated coinage which includes nickels or cents. The law expressly forbids the lightening or mutilating of gold and sil ver coins, but does not mention any other coins. The section of the United States revised statutes which covers this point says: "Every person who fraudulently, by any way, art or means, defaces, mu tilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies scales or lightens the gold or silver coins which have been made or hereafter shall be made at the mints of the United States, shall be imprisoned not more than .two years and fined not more than $2,000." Not a word about pennies or nickels, so the individnal who gets by mistake a handful of plugged or battered niekels and pennies in his pocket need feel no pricklings of conscience when he in turn tries to pass them. They are lawful ten der and,- more than that, the shopkeeper who exposes wares for sale is compelled by law to accept them. If he is captious about it, he can quickly be brought to reason by quoting law on the subject. New York News. Bnbr Superstitions. With the Hindoos ot today the ruby is esteemed as a talisman which' is never shown willingly to friends and is consid ered ominous, of the worst possible for tune if it should happen to contain black spots. The ancients accredited it with the power or restraining passion ana re- guarded it as a safeguard against light ning. Wide Awake. Fuddle You know Stocks, don't you? Doctor Yes, indeed. He is-now a pa tient of mine. Fnddle Pretty wide awake man, isn t he? Doctor I should say so. I am treating aim for insomnia. Tit-Bits. Hot Smonalt to Go Arovad. A yonng married lady had just acquir ed a new coach and a new footman to match, relates .the Scottish American. "John, she said one day, we will drive bnt to make a few calls. Bnt I shan't get out of the carriage; you will, therefore, take the cards that are on my dressing table and leave one of -them at each house wfe stop at." "Very good, ma am, answered John, and be ran up'stairs to fetch the cards. After they had driven 'about a consid erable time, and cards had been left at s large number of houses, the lady re marked: "Now we must call on the Dales, the Framptons and Clarkes." . "Ve can t do it, here broke in the footman, in alarm; "I've only the ace of spades and the ten of clubs leftl" A I.oud Voiced Ulrd. A story runs that on a certain day two men. one of them very deaf, were walking by the railway. Suddenly an express train rushed by, and as It passed tk engine emitted a shriek that seemed to rend the very sky. . The hearinjr man's ears were weB 'nigh split, but the deaf man struck an tof-atio nt-tltniYS Thou Hirnfn? fn tiin suffering friend, he said, with a pleas ed smile: That's the first robin I've heard this spring!"--Kansas City Independ ent " - ' - In Japan handkerchief a are made of paper, cords are twisted from it and imitations of cordova leather are skill fully contrived from it. CONGER SIGNED TDE AGREEMENT Regarded as Closing the Most Difficult Phase of Negotia tions With China. THE UNITED STATES' POSITION Chinese Envoys Expected to Accept tbe Agreement Wlthont Amenaaient ' Raesls Takes Possession of the Msocharian Railroad. By Cable to the Horning Star. St. Pkteesburo, December 24 A special to the Nove Vriema, from vladivostock, says the exploitation of the principal. Manchuriao. rail road line and the construction of a branch line to Port Arthur will be turned over to the government Russia has always carefully insisted that the Mancburian railroad enterprise was purely the affair of a Russian private corporation. The news, if true, is of great importance politically. The same correspondent wires that the demobili zation is ending everywhere in Man churia. Baron Baulbaurs is distribut ing the railroad protective guard along the route. The Chinese popnla tion along the railroad is suffering from famine. The Russians up to the present' have had plenty of supplies. The . movement is of great importance politically,- al though the dispatch asserts that neither tbe railroad nor Russia would gain much by the move. However this may be, a high official authori tatively denied the whole story to-day when the matter was broached to him. Washington, December 24 Secre tary Hay has received a cablegram from Minister Conger, at Pekin, an nouncing that he had signed the agree ment reached by the foreign ministers. but had done so with a written explan atory statement, setting forth the exact position of bis Government. Tbe text of the statement is not forwarded by Mr. Congtr, but it is understood to be based upon tbe last instruction ne re ceived from the Department, which, while disapproving the inclusion in tbe agreement of some of the more severe language, accepted it as the nest ar rangement that could be made at this time. It is believed that tne United States also, while sanctioning the pro visions of the agreement relative to the maintenance of permanent lines of communication, legation guards, and prohibition of tbe im portation ot arms into unina, indi cates clearly that constitutional rea sons prevent the executive from mak ing any pledge to take part in the ex ecution of these plans. The signature of the agreement oy the ministers closes what is regarded here as the first, the most important and the most difficult phase of the negotiations as to China, for it is not doubted that the Chinese envoys will subscribe to the agreement without amendment. Its conclusion has been marked by one of the most curious mistakes in the history of interna tional exchange, for by a cipher error the majority of the signers found to their amazement that tney nao con tracted to do exactly what they did not intend, and moreover the error was irretrievable. Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds. la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonio eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores our 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. a t WHOLESALE PRICES CUEREMT Tne quotations are always ipven as accurately as possible, bnt the Stab will not be responsible tor any variations from tbe artoal market price oi tne articles anotea The following Wholesale Prices eecei small orders hlizher m-toea BAQQINQ s Jute s o Standard 8 O BnrlaDS S & 18)4 Hams 9 j Bides ff S Shoulders 9 1S 14 s S DBY SALTED i 8iaes Shoulders 1) 7H 7 O ft & 8 BABBEL8 Spirits Turpentine uecona-oana, eacn Second-hand machine New New York, each New City, each 1 40 l 40 I 45 1 45 BRICKS Wilmington v u Northern 8 75 8 00 SO 700 14 00 BuTTEB sortn uarouna v s Northern.......: o " a 85 80 7 50 50 OOBN MEAL Fer onanei, in sacEs ........ Vlremia Heal COTTON TlEs 9 bundle CANDLES 1 45 sperm..-. 18 Aaamanuia a o CHEESE 9 Northern Factory...... is p Dairy Cream.. 15 O State lla COFFEE 9 S bagayra .....m u ts Bio..... 9a DOMESTICS Sheeting, -t,V yard, ....... O Yarns. 9 bunch of 5 Ss .... S FISH . Mackerel, No. l, w oarrei... as oo o i ttackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. ft, 9 barrel... 16 00 a HackereLNa 8 half-bbl.. 8 00 O Mackerel, No. S, v barrel... IS oo O Holleta, 9 barrel 8 75 O Mallets, Vpork barrel 7 50 a N. C. Boo Herring, 9 keg.. S 00 O Dry Cod, s 6 S " Extra 4 35 2 fcLOXJB Low grade .... 825 O unoice Straight r iroii rawuu .... tratent..... BIaVE-9 GRAIN 9 bushel uorn,rrom store,ogs wmte Hired Corn Oar-load, m togs White... Oats, from store ............ Oats, Bust proof. OOWH HIDES ureensaiteu.. pry mnt. Drvsalt . HAT 100 B8 NoiTimotny ,, Bice Straw... , ,, Eastern.... Western worth River HOOP IBON, 9 S LARD.VS- Korthern North Carolina LIME, w barrel 1 15 lumber (city sawed) V M ft Ship Staff, resawed 18 00 Bough edge Plank.... 15 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to quality..... is 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, oomn 14 00 UOIaABSEB 9 gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead. Barbadoes, In barrels O so oo O 16-00 E18 00 S3 00 15 00 Porto Rioo, in hogsheads. .. . - Porto Bloo, in barrels Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar House, in barrels.... Byrnu, In barrels HAILS, ff keg. Out, 60d basis.. , PORK, v barrel so 8S 14 15 -as 2S5 citvatess... Bump.... S 14 so ues S14 25 O I 85 BOPS. Z. SALT, 9 sack. Alum............ uverpoot .................... American................,... On 136 Sacks... SUGAR, 9 Standard Gran'd Standard A... ....... ........ White Extra O. Extra O, Golden O Yellow...... SOAP, V s Northern STAVES, 9 M W. O. barrel.... B. O. Hogshead..... TIKBER, M feet-Snlpplng.. Common Fair mill........ ....i.. Prime mill Extra mill SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed Mx24 heart sxaoHeart'.'."!!!!;'! w Sap WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern S5 OS 63 81 600 800 400 s:oo 660 800 OH 09 10 00 Ssoo 5 00 0 00 7 60 0 00 4 95 S 00 I 8 00 885 I S85 8 60 160 5 175 100 8 10 ' COffllfiR&AI;.-: ' - - - A . ' WILMINGTON MARKET. f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce ucuange.j . STAR OFFICE. December 20. - SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at . 37 - cents, per gallon for machine made casks at 86J cents per gallon for country casks. HUolN Market firm at f L.ZU per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strainedV ;'-."' ; - "TAR Market steady at tL40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at ILSO per barrel for hard, $2.80 for dip, and r for virgin. (Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine -firm - at 48& 48c; rosm firm at fl.l0l 15; tar quiet at $1 25; crude turpentine firm at $1.50$2.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine - 41 ttosin 863 Tar .. 513 Crude turpentine 186 Keceipts same day last year. 69 casks spirits turpentine, 441 bbls rosin, 1,061 bbls tar, 228 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTOH. Market firm on a basis of 9Xc per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary... 6 15-16 Good ordinary ...... 8 5-16 Lbw?middling. ..... .' 8 15-16 ctsn Middling sj " Good middling...... 9 1116 " " Same day last year middling steady at 7c Receipts 527 bales; same day last year, zeo. . 'orrected Regularly by Wi'mlngton Vroince (commission aiercnaais.j OOUNTBT PBODVOK. PEANUTS North Carolina l'nme, 70c. Uxtra prune, 75o per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, oOo, Virginia Prime 60c; extra prime. 65c; fancy, 70c. tJUKIN tflrm, 58 to 60 cents per bushel. - 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 13 to 15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to 11c; sides, 8 to 9c. EfcHjrSJ Firm at 20 cents per dozen. CHICKENS-Very dull. Grown. 2022 cents; springs, 1015 cU. BEES WAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 6506 cents per pound. . lUKKUixa Jbive. dull at oc; dressed, 9 to 11c. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 40 to 45c Quoted officially at the closing by the Proaune sxcoange.! STAR OFFICE. December 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 36 cts per gallon bid for ma chine made casks at 36 cents per gallon for country casks. ROoLN Market firm at 11.20 per bbl for strained and $L25 for good strained. " TAR Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet 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 fl lUl.lo; tar quiet at $1.25; crude turpentine firm at $1.50 2.80. . RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 46 Rosin. 300 Tar . 90S Chnide turpentine...'. ........... 169 Keceipts same day last year. 108 casks spirits turpentine, 341 bbls rosin, 953 bbls tar, 41 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market hrm on a basis of 9Mc per pound for middling;. (Quotations Ordinary 6 15-16 cts tb liood ordinary 8 o 16 Low middling. & 15-16 Middling 9i Good middling...... S 1116 ft a came day last year middling steady at 7c. Receipts 637 bales; same day last year, 1,913. TCorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uomnussion siercnants i COUNTRY PRODUOE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c: fancy, 70c. (JUKJN Jblrm; eg to ou cents per bushel. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 15c per pound; shoulders, 10 Jo lie; laes, o to vc. EQ&S Firm at 20 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Very dull. "Grown, 2022 cents; springs, 1015 cents. BICJCSWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5W6 cents per pound. x U KK. hi x o Liive, dull at oo: dressed, 9 to 11c. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 40 to 45c. Quoted officially at the closing by tbe Prodnoe Kxonange.j : - STAB OFFICE. December 22. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing dome. KOSIN Market arm at fl.20 per bbl for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market steady at fl.su per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market dull at $1.80 per barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 48475'e; rosin firm at' $L101.15; tar steady at $125: crude turpentine firm at $L50$2.8O. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine Kosm in Tar 630 Crude turpentine 51 Keceipts same day last year. od casks spirits turpentine, . 269 bbls rosin, 865 bbls tar, 87 bbls crude tur pontine. COTTON. Market dull on a basis of 9Ho per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling. ..... 6 15-16 cts. lb 8 516 " " V AU'AV 93f Middling1 Good middling 9 1116 Same day last year middling steady at 7c Receipts 321 bales; same day last year, 834. rCorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c Virginia-Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c - . (X)KN Firm, 58 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water! 85 cents: upland. 50&60 cents. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to thebusheL N. a BACON-6teady;hamslSto 15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to file: sides, o to c - EGGS Firm at 20 cents ;per aozen. - CHICKENS Very dull. Grown, 2222H cents; springs,. 1015 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cenU. TALLOW Firm at 56tf cents per pound. TURKEYS Live, dull at 8c: dressed. 9 to lie. SWEET POTATOES-firm at 40 to 45c. fQnoted officially at the closing by the Produce . v - in.iiiiina.j r STAR OFFICE. December 24 - Holiday No quotation s. , STAR OFFICE, December 26. - SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothinr doing. - ' BOSm Market firm at I.ZV per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. : ? V. : TAR Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. . - ; - CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market dull at $1.30 per, barrel for- hard, $2.80 for dip and - for virgin. . , (Quotations same day last year. Spirita turpentine firm at 4847JCi rosin nrmatli.lul.iB; tar steady at $1.25; crude turpentine firm at $1.50 " BXOEIPTS. .. '' Spirits turpentine 92 Rosin. ............. k 802 Tar.... ....... .i....;. .... 658 Crude turpentine .............. 91 Receipts same day last year. 55 casks spirits turpentine, 360 bbls rosin, 718 bbls tar, 40 bbls crude tur pentine. ; . ' ' . - - -. Market firm on a basis of 9 tf c per pound for middling. (Quotations Ordinary ........ . . . o 15-16 QX)d ordinary...... 8 5-16 cts ?tb Liow middling...... 8 15-16 V " Middlinir. .......... 9X .-V. " Good middling 9 11-16 " u Same day last year middling steady at 7c. Receipts 1,665 bales; same day last year, z.uzb. Correcd Begu'arly by Wilmington Prodoc OOUHTBY PBODUOE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 70c: extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. , Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. (JUKN Jftrm; 58 to 6U 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. O. BACON steady ; hams 12 to 14c per pound: shoulders, 8 to 9c; sides, 8 to 9c EGGS Dull at 20 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Very dull. Grown, 20 22 cents; springs, 1015 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 8X6tf cents per pound. TUKK.KY8 Ldve. dun at 8 to iuc; dressed, 12i to 15c. SWEET POTATOES Dull at 45 to 60c. COTTON MARKETS. ZBi TelegraDh to the Morning Btar. ' New York. Dec 26. Cotton dull ; middling uplands fO 5-16c Cotton futures closed barely steady: December 9.99, January 9.56, February 9.33, March 9.83, April 9 29, May 9.26, June 9.23, July 9. 18, August 8.95, Sep tember 8.36. October 8.00. Snot cotton closed dull: middling up lands 10 5 16e; middling gulf 10 9-16c; sales 2,122 baler. December 26. (Jalveston, holi day, net receipts 10,068 bales; Nor folk,, steady at 9J4C, net receipts 161 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 10c, net receipts 1,350 bales; Boston, holiday, net receipts bales; Wil mington, holiday, net receipts bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 10 9 16c, net receipts 188 . bales; Savannah, steady at 9 5 16c, net receipts 5,981 bales; New Orleans, quiet and easy at 9 7 16c.net receipts 3,259 bales;. Mobile, quiet at 9j,net receipts 611 bales ;Mem phis,steady at 9 9 16, net receipts 2,267 bales; Augusta, steady at 9)c. net re ceipts 2,586 bales: Charleston, firm at SXe. net receipts aa Dales. A Cruel Blow. Miss Fljpp (tearfully) "I think Mr. Hu gains is real mean. Miss Fosdick What has he done? Miss Flypp He asked me what I though would be a nice Christ mas gift for a young lady, I told bini a diamond (broach. Of course I sup posed 1 was tne young lady ne alluded to; but wbst does be do but go and buy it for that perfectly odious : Julia Tracy." Leslies Weekly. 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