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' gS"""""""""""gggg!!agB',,,i,,IM1 1 y-..-.,. . . . y: . - x. ; I : ; ' NICARAGUA CANAL PROJECT. pl.scDfsed at Yesterday's Session of tbe Farmers' National Congress and Universally Favored. 8y Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar. giorx Falls, S. D., October 2. jjarvis Jordan, of Georgia, president 0f the Southern later-State Ootton growers' Association, read a paper on -Tbe Nicaraguan Canal, its impor tance to farmers oi yie south and West, '.at the morning session of the T-l! 1 f Farmers ixauonai uongress. He declared that the canal was a "great national necessity," and that -bile the South and West would get , rre share of benefit the East would gl,o" profit. " He declared that the trans-continental railroads were bring in heavy pressure to bear on Con gress to defeat the canal legislation and the producing classes ought to Hake a counter-demonstration. He said the railroads were short sighted in opposing the canal, as tbe increased business which would come to them (rom an expansion of trade would nore than offset traffic losses to the canal or resulting from decreased 4tPS. ' , ' The speaker referred to President McKinley's Buffalo speech, pledging the administration to support the pro ject, and expressed the belief that president Roosevelt would carry out that policy. : He believed the canal would pay interest on its cost and operating expenses and a good income in addition with seventy cents per ton less toll than charged by the Suez canal. Discussion developed the fact that the congress was practically united in favoring the canal and it is likely that strong resolutions in its favor will be adopted. 1 Delegate Wicks, of Massachusetts, made an address on "The Bice Indus try of the South." FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. Change of Programme for the Races Be tween Colombia and Shamrock as Agreed Upon. By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.. New York, Oct. 2. The following official statement was given out to-day by toe signers: "The agreement determining the conditions and governing the races for the America's cup as agreed upon by the committees or the New York Yacht Club and the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, are hereby modified as follows: - j "Strike out the clause beginning 'the first race shall be sailed on Satur day, September 21st, 1901,' arid sub stitute the following: 'The races shall be sailed on the following dates until the series be completed, namely : Sep tember 26th, September 28th, October 1st and October 3, 1901, and each fol lowine day except Sunday; provided, however, that immediately on the conclusion of the race of October 3rd, and of each subsequent race, the re gatta ccmmittei shall inquire of each contestant whether he is willing to start the next day, and should either contestant reply in the negative, one day shall intervene before starting the next race. Sunday will not count as such intervening day'." (Signed) For the New York Yacht Club, Lewis Cass Ledyard, chairman; For the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, R. Q. Sherman Crawford, vice commo dore. OUTBREAK IN CHINA. Native Troops, Rooted a Force of Triad Kebels With Qreat Slaughter Ger man Mission Burned. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Oct 2. The State Department received to day a cable gram from United States Consul Mc Wade, at Canton, China,, confirming the reported uprising in the Singlitg district. The dispatch follows: "Canton, Oct. 2. Secretary of State, Washington. General Wu, with 1,500 soldiers, routed Triad rebels in Singling district, Satow, killing 200 and capturing and decap Hating many prisoners. German mission burned. German mission tries fled safely to Hong Kong." This dispatch, taken in connection with previous advices the department has had from Minister Conger, leads to tu belief that the Boxers have had nothing to do with the present out break, but that it is a locar disturb ance growing out of famine condi tions, which the Chinese crovernment can suppress. COLLISION ON THE L. & N. Engineer Killed and Several Passengers bsdly Hurt Trains Demolished. Ry Telegraph to the Horning 4tar. Middleboro, Kv., Oct. 2 A head- . end collision between a north-bound passenger train and a freight train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, near Hubbard Springs, Virginia, re suited iu the death of Engineer Nick Seilz, of the passenger train.- Several of the passengers, among whom' was Thomas. Martin, of Chicago, were badly hurt, but none fatally. The passenger train was on time and the freight crew thought they could reach certain station before the passenger arrived. Both trains were demolished. A FATAL AFFRAY. One olihe Four Combatants Killed and Three Wounded One Fatally. By Telegraph to the Mornlncc Btar. McDonough, Ga., Oct. 2. In a figbt which occurred between ' store keeper, T. J. Upchurch, his sons, Vic tor and Charlie, and Willis Goodwin, Jr.. in ITnrhiivAh'a etrtrn here to dav. Charlie Upchurch was instantly killed ith a baseball bat and his father and brother severelv wounded. Good- Jin was shot twice, and it is, feared 118 Woimria will nmn ffttftl. I There Were no witnesses to the difficulty. KisrfLY Take Notice that Ely's "quid Cream Balm is of great benefit o those sufferers from nasal catarrh wto cannot inhale freely through the lose, but must treat themselves by Pfaying. Liquid Cream Balm differs form. but not medicinally from the warn Balm that has stood for years 'we bead of remedies for catarrh, y be used in any nasal atomizer. The Dg a spraying tune, n 75 cents. Sold bv druggists and WIed bv Elv Brothers. 56 Warren Blreet, New York. CASTOR I A for Infants and Children Kind You Have Always Nht FIRST WITNESS IN SCflLEY'S BEHALF. Lieut. James J. Doyle, an Officer On the Flagship Brooklyn in the Spanish War. OTHER WITNESSES CALLED. Llent. Doyle Pat On tbe Stand by the Navy Department Told of Entry in Ship's Log Concerning Famous Loop. Examined by Rayner. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar Washington, Oct. 2, An interest ing turn was given, to the Schley court of inquiry to-day by the intro duction of the first witness in Admiral Schley's behalf. This was Lieutenant James J. Doyle, who was a watch of ficer on board the flagship Brooklyn during the war with Spain. The fact that Lieutenant Doyle was put on the stand does not mean that the Navy Department haa concluded the presen tation of its side of the case. Mr. Doyle was called by the department, but as it also had been the purpose of Ad miral 8chley to summon him, - advan tage was taken of his presence on the stand to question him as an original witness for "the applicant." He was under examination by Mr. Rayner in tbe interest of the admiral when the court adjourned for the day uerore undergoing examination at Mr. Bayner's handsLieutenant Doyle, S"fi "Tk inettl(uta ehar at Captain Lemly's request, explained feUii0.' d bis part in the battle of July 3rd and his original entry in the shin's loer concerning the famous loop and his alteration of that entry, because he subsequently discovered that bis first entry had been erroneous. - Admiral Evans, Captain Sigsbee and Correspondent Dieuaide were all recalled for the purpose of correcting their testimony as given yesterday, and all made additional statements.- Lieutenant Commander Alexander M. Sharp, who commanded 4he con verted yacht Vixen, was the first new witness of the day; He said that the weather on the cruise from Cienfue gos to Santiago had been squally, but that it had not been sufficiently bad to interfere with the speed of the Vixen. Describing the service of the Vixen during the siege of Santiago under Commodore Schley, Commander Sharp said that he had been placed on picket duty. He was about two miles from the Bhore, he said, and probably three miles from the mouth of the harbor. Mr. Hanna "Could you have seen a vessel undertaking to pass out near the shore under those conditions!" Commander Sharp "If she had shown no lights and made no noise, I do not believe we could." Commander Sharp told of going aboard the Brooklyn with Lieutenant Harlow's notes, and of the discussion concerning the question whether the Brooklyn made a turn to port or star board. Captain Parker questioned Com mander Sharp concerning the notes made of the battle' of July 3d by Lieut. Harlow on board the Vixen. This report has occasioned no little controversy, it being claimed by some of Admiral Schley's friends that after the copy of the notes was delivered to the Admiral (then Commodore) by Commander Sharp, the original notes were changed somewhat. The witness said that he had taken a carbon copy to the Commodore alter the battle. "Do these notes state the truth of the battle as you saw it?" asked Captain Parker, and the witness re plied :- "These are Lieutenant Harlow's notes. He took them and I am not prepared to say yes or no whether they are absolutely correct in every partic ular or not." Commander Sharp said in response to questions by Mr. Bayner that one of the results of the bombardment of tbe Colon had been to develop tbe Spanish batteries. Mr. Bayner then asked: "Do you recollect the conversation with Com modore Schley after the Colon recon noissance in the presence of Lieutenant Harlow in which the Commodore re marked ih at his nurnose bad been to develop the strength of the batteries!" "I really do not remember," was the response. "I wish I could." On re-direct examination Captain L'emly brought out the fact as to the change in the Harlow notes. Commander Sharp said: "When I was writing my report of the action of July 3rd, I said to Lieutenant Har low, T desire a copy of your notes taken during tbe action to accompany my report to the admiral.' His reply, as near as I now remember it, was those notes were taken for the representa tive of a newspaper on board the Brooklyn, and I will have to make some changes in them. I said 'very well. I wish the notes to go with my report.' He afterward submitted to me the notes written in script which I read over and enclosed in my report to tbe admiral." Judge Advocate Lemly had the wit ness compare the original copy of tbe Harlow notes with the copy printed on board the Brooklyn, with the result of showing that the notes had been changed before being printed, so as to make the account say that at 10:05 the two leading ships of the enemy "bore well on the Brooklyn's starboard quar ter" instead of on her "starboard bow," and that at 11:45 the wrooKiyn was "one point on port bow" instead of one point on starboard bow. It was developed that those changes placed the Brooklyn further ahead and nearer the shore. ' Mr. Bayner "I want to see if you recollect this incident. Do you re member that on the afternoon of the first or second of July you were called alongside the Brooklyn and by a mega phone message from Lieutenant Bears, speaking for Commodore Schley, directed to go to the New York and report -to Admiral Samp son that Commodore Schley had observed suspicious movements of smoke in the harbor indicating vessels were moving toward the entrance and that Commodore Schley thought tbe enemy was preparing, to come out; that you did go to the New York and .report to Admiral Sampson as direct ed, and that by Admiral Sampson you were ordered to eo to each vessel on the blockade and repeat Commodore Schley's message with an additional order from Admiral Sampson direct, ing the ships to close in and keep a sharp lookout; that you performed this duty and so reported later in the same day that yOu had done 8$ directed? , "I have no remembrance of the oc currence. I am sorry to say. I wish I could remember." - In response to questions Command er Sharp said that according to Lieu tenant Harlow's notes, as recorded in the Vixen's log. the flagship New York had come up about an hour and fifteen minutes after the Cristobal Colon had surrendered. The record read that the New York had arrived three to five minutes after the arrival nf fhA Vixen, which had been at 2:25. By the court "What signals, if any, were made by the Brooklyn from the commencement to the end of the battle of July 3rd?" Brooklyn had hoisted cDPtny attemntinor toeaeam' That in nthe notes. There may have been others, but I do not find any here." By the court"8tate the orders under which j ou acted when on block ade off Santiago." "My impression is that I received my instructions from Commander Mc Calla to go inside of the line of vessels and to the seaward of Santiago about two miles. That Is for the 29th 80th and 31st of May." Lieutenant Doyle said his first im pression had been that the Brooklyn made her turn with starboard helm. The witness read to the court that part of the log which relates to tbe turning of the port helm, as follows: "The enemy stood towards us at first, then put helm aport and stood along shore close in to the westward. We engaged with port battery at first, standing in for the Maria Teresa, the Colon and the Yiscaya, all three of which we engaged; but just as soon as the enemy stood to the westward put helm to port, swinging (a little inter lineation here) clear of the fire of the Texas, so as to bring the starboard battery to bear, and stood parallel to the enemy." V . The witness then stated thaVthe original entry in the log had made it appear that the helm was put to star board instead of to port, as it appears in the permanent log. The change, he said, had been made on the 5th of July, two days after the action, after he had had a discussion with Sharp. Mr. Bayner then took the witness and asked him if it was not true that the change in the log was due to an error on the part of the witness and to no desire upon the part of anybody to falsify the facts?" "Absolutely," was the response. Lieutenant Doyle then described the events prior to Schley's blockade of Santiago. Lieutenant Doyle placed the distance of the American fleet off Santiago from the mouth of the har- said-there were picket boats on the in side of the line. Speaking of tbe bombardment of the Colon on the 31st of May (he and Mr. Bayner designa ting it as a reconnoissance); Liieuten ant Doyle said its effect had been to develop the fact that the Spaniards had new guns in their land batteries. Here Mr. Bayner asked: "When wis the circular form of blockade commenced?" While no mention was made of the name of Admiral Sampson, this ques tion was regarded as an attempt to bring his blockade into the case 'for the purpose of comparison, and Cap tain Lemly was prompt in noting a sharp and vigorous objection. Without waiting for any argument on the point, the court immediately announced a brief recess. The members retired for a minute or two and when they returned. Ad miral Dewey said: "The court de cides that all questions relating to the blockade off Santiago must be con fined to- the time prior to the arrival of the commander-in-chief." The court then adjourned for the day. HAD A PRACTICED EAR. ftotr a Steamahlp Engineer Averted a Catastrophe. "The strain put on a propeller shaft in any large vessel," said a former sea cap tain, "is something frightful, and it has to have extraordinary strength to with; stand it. The worst part of it is when the stern lifts out of the water during a pitch. Then the propeller blades have nothing to play against except air, and naturally they begin to race. While they are whizzing around at top speed they souse intb the water again, and you can imagine the shock! It makes the whole . ship tremble like a scared horse. If there is the slightest flaw in the shaft it is opt to snap oS like a piece of glass. I re member, before I quit the sea," continued the ex-captain, "I was once first officer on a fine cargo tramp from Liverpool. Our chief engineer was an old Welshman named Dawes. He was a rough old fel iow, with mighty little of what you might call book education, but if there ev er was a natural born genius he was the man. Engineering seemed to be a kind of an instinct with him, and when there was any trouble with the machinery he could put his finger on the exact spot, where another man might be pottering around for a day. "At the time I have in mind we had cleared from our home port with a mixed cargo for Rio, and on the second day out old Dawes all of a sudden stopped the en-e-inps. It was mv watch, and I went be low to find out what was up. "There's something wrong with that propeller shaft,' he said, and he took a lantern and started to go over it, inch by inch. Inside an hour he found two holes that had been bored in it about midway down, where the strain was the greatest, and nicely filled ud with soap and plumbago. It was. evidently the- work of an assistant engineer who had a row and quit at Liv erpool. Any big shock would have been certain to break the shaft in two, but, as Providence willed it, we had smooth weather up to that time, pawes riveted a steel collar around the weak spot, and we made Rio without accident under about three-fourths speed. I often asked him afterward how he came to suspect anything was wrong, and all he could tell me was that the shaft 'sounded rot ten.' I suppose there was some false note in the vibration: either that or it was the biggest piece of luck on record." Ex change. . A HlKl Qlann Criminal. Not long ago an exhibition of historical portraits "was held in London for the aid of some charity. These portraits were, of course, of fabulous value, and the col lection was jealously guarded by detect ives. Toward the end of tne exnioiuou one of these detectives went to a mem ber of the committee, begged his pardon, hut desired to know if he might ask about one of the pictures. He wits told, ot course, that he might, and so, begging pardon again, he desired to know "who was the female" in a picture he pointed out. "Why do. you ask?" his listener in quired, interested and amused. "Because, sir," said the detective, that female is what we would call in Scotland Yard 'a high class criminal.' " The portrait was of Mary, queen of Scots. Tht Appetite of a Goat T an vied bv all noor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the won derful Stomach and Liver Remedy, ffivM st nnlendid annetite. sound di gestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c at Sold by R. R. Bellamy's, drug store. t Monroe Journal: Mrs. Marga Mt MnHnrkle. of West Monroe town ship, died Tuesday of last week at the age of 65 years. Mr. George A. Long, Sr., died at his home, near Love's Level, in Goose Creek town ship, Sunday night, at the advanced age or oo years. owvo the young son of Dr. S. J. Welsh, was severely bitten by a supposed mad dog one morning last week. He was at once taken to Dr. O'Donohughe, at nhniOnttA and the madstone applied. It adhered to the wounds for several hours. Bill Robinson, an old colored man who has a farm near town, is very proud of his patch of Cluster cotton. He brings the Jour nal a limb which has six bolls crowded into about three inches of space. John Most, who was arrested Sep tember 22nd at Corona. L. I., on the charge of violating the law relating to unlawful assemblages, was discharged from custody. There was no evidence against him. HE WENT UP HIGHEE HOW A GOVERNMENT CLERK SE CURED LEAVE OF ABSENCE. After Getting- the ''Royal Word" From the Secretary of Hia Depart ment He Had Fan With the Dlvl alon Chief, Who Had Turned Him Down. ' i " ' " - "The question of sick and annual leave," said a 'clerk In an up town de partment to a reporter, "Is one of the utmost importance , to government clerks and Is one of their most, precious privileges. I will tell you of an oc urrence in my department which will Interest fellow clerks especially. "A clerk In my division put in an application for a few" days' leave ' in the usual form in writing, to be O. K.'d by the chief of division and sent on its way to the chief clerk of the depart ment. Not hearing from It and the time approaching for his departure he went to his chief and said : "Mr. , how about my applica tion?' " 'Here it is on my desk. I have not sent it up. It Is too early in the year to apply for that length of time, im portant business or not Tou cannot be spared "My friend, who is a little f ellow and a diplomat," grasped the situation at once. It happened that he had a per sonal acquaintance with the secretary, one of those rare instances where a cabinet officer has a personal acquaint ance with one of his own clerks. They had met outside of the department, for the little fellow is a member of an influential family in the secretary's own district "He bowed and withdrew, but in stead of going back to his desk he made a short cut up the corridors to ward the secretary's room. Just as he was approaching the tatter's private office entrance the secretary, in com pany with a couple of gentlemen, came out. Observing the clerk and his anx ious. Inquiring face, he paused, shook him cordially by the band and exclaim ed to .his companions: " 'Senator, here Is a bright little fel low from my state who is the father of the biggest,' cherubic faced baby you ever saw and the husband of the hap piest of wife mothers. Look at him blush. Well, what's the matter now? " 'Why, I want to go away on busi ness for a fortnight, and' " 'Well, you little rascal, why don't yon go? I'll let. you only be sure to couia back and don't get lost on the cars." "The secretary's hearty laugh, in which the-others joined, echoed In the marble tessellated "corridors, and they passed on. The 'royal word' had been given. "That evening at quarter to 4 he left it until last minute purposely he went to his chief. It was his turn to rub it in. " 'Mr. ,' he said quietly, 'have you sent up my leave?' " 'I have not,' replied the chief short ly. 'I disposed of that question this morning.' " 'I thought that the secretary grant-, ed leave in this department. I was not aware that chiefs of division pos sessed that authority.' It was war now. Both iooked each other unflinch ingly in tbe eye. Then the chief began to smell a little official mouse and re sorted to browbeating, as is not un usual under similar circumstances. " 'You are impertinent' " 'I beg your pardon.' quickly in terrupted the clerk, "for a chief to say to a clerk that he Is impertinent im putes a charge against him. I request that you withdraw that remark. It is no Impertinence fqr a clerk to state a rule of the department to his chief, more especially when he. appears to have forgotten it or is unaware of its existence. The secretary, and he alone, finally grants .: disapproves applica tions for leave in all departments of the government.. I have never before heard this authority questioned' " 'I don't question it,' hastily inter jected the chief, to whose nose the offi cial mousy smell was each moment be coming more acute. , " 'By not submitting my application to those whose province it is to decide such questions you certainly do ques tion it and exceed your authority. Ap proved or disapproved by you. they and not you pass on it finally, and, furthermore, you know it.' " 'I will send it up tomorrow,' said the chief as he climbed down from his high horse as gracefully as the occa sion admitted. 'Let me see. you wish to go' " 'Take your time,' replied my friend pleasantly. 'It is already grant ed. I have the secretary's personal permission to go provided I do not get lost on the cars. I start tomorrow, and I will try not to get lost Good by."'Washington Star. A Life and Death Flcht. Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la., writing of his almost miraculous escape from death, says: "Exposure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consump tion. I bad frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discov ery lor uonsumpuon, wuicu buui pletely cured me. I would not be without it even if it cost $5.00 a bot tle. Hundreds have used it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles 10 cents, atR. R. Bellamy's drug store. t "A chicken haa been hatched by lightning in New Jersey," remark ed the Observant Boarder. 'There is nothing commercially valuable about that, however," added the Cross-Eyed Boarder. it is aouoiiui u even jer sey lightning could be trained to go into the incubator business as a regu lar thing' ritt8burg unrontcie-ieie graph. . For Over Fllty Tears Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sybup has been used for over fifty years by mil linn a of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain ; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immAdiatfriv. 8old bv 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 kind. Street car service in Nashville,Tenn. , . m iijii Ass M it,. OKA aw is at a sianasim, jot ui mo uvoiu ployes of the Nashville Street Rail way Company having been discharged because they joined the Union. Nasal CATARRH In all IU stages there should be cleanliness. Ely's Cream Balm cleanses.goothes and heals the diseased membrane. It enres catarrh and drives away a cold in the head quickly. . Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Belief U im mediate and a cure follows. It Is not drying does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cent at Drug mats or by mail ; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 6 Warren Street, New York. Mil ! Precious Lives That Might Have Been Saved. If Fame's Celery Compound Had Early Been Used Instead of Putting Faith Worthless Cure-Ails. in There should be new legislation against the exercise of criminal ignor ance in times of sickness. Many a good family Is in mourning today for the loss of a relative who, when first tbe symptoms of serious sickness appeared, made the fatal mis take or simply taking the wronf med icine. As soon think of stopping the sun with a wave of the hand as of stonDing the onward course of distase in the human system with any of the various patent concoctions under patent names so numerously in the market today. There is but one remedy known to mtdicine that can bring new life and ! vitcor to worn-out nerves, restore to their normal condition the functions that depend upon nerves and brain, properly nourished and fed, that cures sleeplessness, allays indigestion, sends healthy blood coursing through the veins, tones up the system and makes the weak strong again, and that is Paine's celery compound the discov ery of the greatest of America's many great physicians. Paine's celery compound is not a pa ent medicine. It is the one pre pared remedy that ha the unquali fied endorsement of those physicians whose knowledge and ability have HON. R. It. MCKEE. made their names known not only among their immediate neighbors, but throughout the country. No other prepared remedy was ever recommended publicly or privately by the head of the medical department of a great university. No other remedy ever bad the hearty, bona fide endorse ment of the wives and households of the wealthiest as well as tbe poorer citizens in every community. A single bottle, to be l ad of any reputable druggist, will prove its un equalled merit to any family where today some member suffers from the much-to-be-feared beginnings of what before the winter is' past, unless at tended to promptly, may prove to be the final breakdown. "Paine's fcelery compound, - says Hon. R L. McKee, of Jefferson City, one of the soundest men in public life in Missouri, "Paine's celery com pound is so well known that I feel that a recommendation from me can add very little weight, but I do wish to gratefully recommend it to those who have never been so fortunate as to try it." There is no season so favorable as I this for taking advantage of the won derfully renovating virtues of this remedy. Don't begin the winter in poor health. Nature does little at this season to rejuvenate unaided the fagged-out brain or to restore to health the diseased nerves. Paine's celery compound nourishes perfectly the bodily system. It cures diseases of the important organs of digestion, cir culation, and excretion, regulates the entire nervous system- and supplies the body with strength to combat disease. Statesville Landmark: Dr. Sol omon Angle, a well known citizen of the county, died Sunday at 1 o'clock at his home near Houstonville, in Eagle Mills township. He had been in failing health for some time. Dr. Angle was 76 years old. He was a native of Richmond, Va., and moved to Iredell from Virginia just after the civil war, in which he had served as a Confed erate soldier. He was a dentist by profession and in this way obtained the title of doctor, but he had not procticeb his profession in many years. The reunion of the des cendants of James King at the ances tral home (now the residence of Mr. J. D. Patterson) in Sharpesburg town ship, Friday, was attended by 127 persons. Washington Gazette: A farmer said to us: 'All this talk about the cotton crop being short in Beaufort county will prove untureif we have a late fall and the top boils nave time to mature. There is tbe largest top growth of cotton this year ever known, and all that is necessary to make it an average yield is a late frost and time for it to mature." Mothers who have always so dreaded the ap nroach of hot weather when thev have a teeth ing babe, saould not forget that TEETH INA counteracts and overcomes the effects of hot weather on children, Keeps tnem in neaiiny condition and makes teething easy. TEBTHINi cojts only 25 cents tier box at druggists; or mall 25 cents to o. J. Moffett, M. D , Bb ijouia, mo. t FOREIGN MARKET iiv cable to the Mornina Star. Liverpool, Oct. 2, 4 P. M. Cotton: Snot good business done; American middling fair 4 31-32d; good middling 4 25-S2d; middling 4 9-16d; low mid dling 411-32d; good ordinary 46d; ordinary 3d. The sales of the day were 15,000 bales, of which 1,000 bales were for speculation and export and included 14,100 bales American. Re ceipts 2,000 bales, including 1,200 bales American. Futures opened and closed quiet; American middling (L m. c.) October 4 25-64d buyer; October and Novem ber 4 18-644 19-64d buyer; Novem ber and December 4 16-64d seller; De cember and January 415-64d buyer; January and February 4 15-64d seller; February and March 415-64d seller; March and April 4 15-64d buyer; April and May 4 15-644 16-64d seller; May and June 4 15-644 16-64d buyer. COTTON MARKETS. H0DR1UM III HAHY A FAMILY By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. aw YORK, Oct 2. Cotton quiet and steady at 8 3-16c; receipts 1,000 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet and steady; middling uplands 8 3 16c ; middling gulf 8 7-16c; sales 732 bales. Cotton futures closed steady; Octo ber 7.71, November 7.71, December 7.75, January 7.76; February 7.75, March and April 7.73, May 7.75. FIRE AT ALTON, ILL. Standard Milling Plant and Other Prop erty Destroyed Loss $400,000. By Telegraph to tbe Morning; Btar St. Louis, Oct 2. Fire. that broke out at 10 A. M. in the plant of E. O. Btanard Milling Company, on the river front, at Alton, 111., destroyed thai and several other buildings,- causing a loss estimated at $400,000. A high wind blew the sparks broadcast, threatening the destruction of the business section of Alton. The fire was finally under control about 1:30 o'clock. The heaviest loser is the E. O. Btanard Milling Company, three Idings, loss $300,000; insured. Called to Fmyers. One hot night the khoja slept on the veranda' to be cool. He awoke, however, in a fright and saw what he took to be a robber dressed in white climbing; over the garden wall. He seised his bow and immediately sent an arrow straight through the imaginary burglar. On calm examination, however, he found mat the white object was one of his owij night shirts which his wife had washed and hung on the wall to dry. The khoja ac cordingly began to call out, "Praise be to God," and other religious exclamations, which awoke the neighbors, who mistook them for the morning call to prayer. Finding it still wanted several hours to sunrise, they surrounded the khoja and indignantly inquired what he meant by his i;:;t (ict.v. "I was thanking God." ht- replied, "that I was not inside my shirt when I shot an arrow through it." "Turkey in Europe," by Odysseus. Tbe Empress Tree. Probably tbe largest specimen empress tree Paulownia imperialis in America is in Independence square. Philadelphia. It is one of the first lot introduced into America half a century ago and was a gift to the city by the late Robert Buist. pne of America's famous nursery men. It is now 11 feet in circumference, equaling in girth some of the old Ameri can elms that were in the plot before the Revolution. The wood! is in great de mand in Japan. It is light and strong. When American forests disappear and the planting for timber becomes a flour ishing branch of agriculture, the empress tree will give a very good account of herself. Meehan's Weekly. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Charleston, Oct 2. Spirits tur pentine dull; nothing doing. Rosin firm and unchanged. Savannah, Oct. 2. Spirits turpen tine firm at 33c; receipts 826 casks; sales 853 casks; exports 141 casks Rosin firm and unchanged; receipts 2,505 barrels; sales 1,613 barrels; ex ports 1,974 barrels. New York, Oct. 2. Rosin steady; strained common to good $1 42. Spirits turpentine steady at 36 g 37c. WHOLESALE PRICES cjlRREIf. V Tne following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher Drlces have to be cnarsrea." The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab wUlnot be responsible lor any variations from the actual market price of the articles Quoted BAQQISQ 8l Jute Standard Burlaps WESTERN SMOKKT Hams V ft ...... Bides 9 .... Shoulders 9 ft . dey salted Sides ft ' Bhoulders 9 ft... 7 O 6 O 13ttft 9 O 9 O mo o I 14 10 .8" 145 1 45 1 0 1 SO BARBELS Spirits Tarpeutme- Becona-nana, eacn. . Second-hand machine ' New New York, each. -New City, each BRICKS Wilmington 9 M Northern BUTTER North Carolina 9ft... Northern.. .. OOBN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks . . Vtrsrlnla Meal 1 35 1 35 6 60 9 00 (J) 7 0 14 UO 15 s 18 28 75 77 1 30 A 11 12M ' 11 6H 0 3 25 75 & OOTTON TIEa V bundle 125 e o o o o o o OANDUG8 V Sperm . Adamantine .... OOFFEE 9 ft Laguyra.... Bio 18 8 11 8 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard Yarns. 9 bunch of 5 s .... FLOOR 9 ft Lowsrrade 3 00 Choice 8 25 3 60 3 85 4 50 10 83 78 55 89 90 Straight 3 60 4 25 First Patent.. GLUE ft GRAIN bushel - Corn, from Btore,bgs White Mixed Corn Oats, from store (mixed).. Oats, Bust Proof..... Cow Peas HIDES 9 ft Green salted Dry flint Dry salt HAY 9 100 fts No lTlmothy. Bice Straw Eastern Western North Biyer..... 8 78 78 o BO 70 85 4 10 9 , 00 40 90 90 75 3 8 o o o o o 5 11 10 05 60 95 95 90 80 m N.-C. crop HOOP IRON, ft CHEESE 9 ft Northern Factory. Dairy Cream Half cream LABD. V ft Northern North Carolina LIME. barrel 129 12 10 14 12 12X 12 25 94 10 1 15 LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M ft Ship Stuff, resawed Bough edge Plank 18 00 20 00 15 00 18 00 west inaia cargoes, accora- lnKto Quality 13 00 O 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 22 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15 00 MOLASSES. V gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead..... 8 Barbad oes. In barrels 28 Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 20 Porto Rico, In barrels....... 20 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 12 Sugar House, In barrels. ... 14 Syrup, in barrels 17 NAILS, V keg. Cut, 60d basis... 8 40 81 83 14 15 27 8 CO PORK, 9 barrel City Mess 17 50 Bump 17 oo Prune 16 60 BOPE,ft 11 halt. 9 sack. Alum O 22 25 Liverpool American. 95 05 10 05 60 5 On 125 9 Sacks. 50 5M& 54 4K n BUGAB, V ft standard Qran'd Standard A White Extra-u.... Extra C Golden C Yellow BOAP, ft Northern STAVES, 9 M W. O. barrel.... B. o. Hogshead. TIMBER, 9 M feet Shipping., Common mill Fair mill 3M 4 6 00 14 09 s 10 00 9 00 6 00 6 60 7 60 8 50 8 00 4 00 5 00 6 60 8 00. 6 25 5 60 8 60 8 60 1 00 Prime mill Extra mill. L . SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed 9 M 6x24 heart " Bap Sxao.Heart.. " Sao 7 00 6 00 4 00 800. a 10 WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern Cotton and Naval Stores. MONTHLY STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. For month of September, 1901. Svirits. Rosin. Tar. Cotton. 19,977 Crude. 1,623 2,004 8,197 3,001 RECEIPTS. For month of September, 1900. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude. 2,100 9,042 2,563 1,425 EXPORTS. For month of September, 1901. cotton. Soirit. Rosin. Tar. Crude. Cotton. 71,224 Domestic Foreign . . 2,036 1,956 586 4,274 1,751 . 5,872 368 6,726 12 .... 7,908 2,824 7,318 4,286 1,751 EXPORTS. For month of September, 1900. Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tctr. Crude. Domestic... 5,552 8,568 853 4,297 1,922 Foreign.... 33.4?! 977 19,038 1,624 .... 39,033 4,529 19,891 5,921 1,922 - STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat October 1, 1901. Ashore. Afloat. Cotton 6,738 8.581 ' Spirits 775 Rosin 40,243 508 Tar 4,071 Crude 381 .... STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat October 1, 1900. Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. 86,818 235 41.581 2,675 Total. 14,319 775 40,749 4,071 881 Crude. 207 COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MABKET. : f Quoted officially at tbe closing by the Produce . Exchange. STAB OFFICE. September 26. ! SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market ! steady at 33 Jc per gallon for machine made casks and 82c per' gallon for country casks. rtuoiii Homing aoing. TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet and steady at 11.00 per barrel for hard, $1.90 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3635Kc; rosin steady at $1.151.20; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 2.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 76 Rosin.. 843 Tar 813 Crude turpentine 25 Receipts same day last year 56 casks spirits turpentine, 272 bbls rosin, 125 bbls tar, 24 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 7-16 cts. ft Good ordinary 6 15-16 " " Low middling 7 7-16 " " Middling 8 " Good middling 8 5-16 " Same day last year, market firm at 106c for middling. Receipts 1,624 Dales; same day last year, 1,341. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing thoee paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants. COUNTRY PEODTJOE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c. Virginia Prune, 55c; extra pnme, 60c; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm: 75 to 77c per bushel for white. -N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sided, 11 to 12c. EGGS Firm at 17ai8c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c: springs. 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. TQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE, September 27. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 33c per gallon for. machine made casks and 82c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. - CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet and steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $1.90 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3636c; rosin steady at $1.151.20: tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 2.10. 5 - RKOKIPTS. Spirits turpentine - 40 Kosm aue Tar 277 Crude turpentine 24 Receipts same day last year 60 casks spirits turpentine, 126 bbls rosin, 164 bbls tar, 106 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. 5 7-16 cts. Good ordinary 6 15-16 " " Low middling 7 7-16 " " Middling.... 8 " 44 Good middling 8 5-16 4 4 44 Same day last year, market dull at lOXc for middling. Receipts 1,104 bales; same day last year, 3,226. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants..! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Firm at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 10 to 20c TURKEYS Nothing doing. . BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. (Quoted officially at the closing of the Produce Exchange.! STAR OFFICE. September 28. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 33c per gallon for machine made casks; nothing aomg in coun try cftsks ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet and steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $1.90 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3736c; rosin steady At $L15L20; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 2.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 36 Rosin......... 188 Tar. 206 Crude turpentine 52 Receipts same day last year 62 casks spirits turpentine, 121 bbls rosin, 151 bbls tar, 83 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound f or'middling. Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling Middling Good middling Quotations: 5 7-16 cts IP lb 6 15-16 44 44 7 7-16 44 " 8 44 Q K1 i Same day last year, market aun at 103tfc for middling. Receipts 1,169 pales; same day last year, 5,149. r Corrected Retrularlv by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants..! ' COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c. Virginia Prime, 85c; extra prime, 60c; fancy ,65c. Spanish, 75c CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-Steady: hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c EGGS Firm at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c: serines. 10&20c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. rQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE, September 30. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $1.90 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year 8pirits turpentine; steady at 6K&36c bid; rosin steady at $1.151.20; tar firm at $1.40: crude turpentine firm at $L102.10. RKOKIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 10 42 97 21 Rosin Tar Crude turpentine Receipts same day last year 73 541 bbls casks spirits turpentine, rosin, 73 bbls tar, 121 bbls crude tur--pontine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary 5 7-16 eta lb Good ordinary 6 15-16 " " Low middling 7 7-16 " " Middling 8 " " Good middling...... 8 5-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 10 Vo for middling. Receipts 1,897 bales; same day lam year, 400. f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uommission aeronauts, prices royrewnuuic thoee paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants.! COUNTRY PRODUCE. -PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c. Virginia Prime 55c; extra prime. 6oc; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 75c UOKW Jftrm, 75 to 77c per ousnei for white. N. C. BACON-Steady ; hams IS to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Firm at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. BWJCnrr ruTATUJca JNotnmg ao- ing. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE, October 1. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard. $1.90 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3736&c bid -, rosin steady at $L151.20; tar firm at . $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.10 , 2.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 24 Rosin 160 Tar. . 196 Crude turpentine.........'...... 63 Receipts same day last year 50 casks spirits turpentine, 209 bbls rosin, 86 bbls tar, 76 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling Middling Good middling. 5 -7-16 cts IRQ) 6 15-16 44 " 7 7-16 " 44 8 t tt a Same day last year, market firm at lO&c for middling. Receipts 2,535 bales; same day last year, 400. f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 70a75c. Virginia 'Prime, 55c extia .prime, 60c; fancy, 65c Spanish, 75c UOKN Firm; 75 to 77c per busnei for white. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Dull at 17lc per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. . BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5X6jc p9r pound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. TQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce STAR OFFICE, October 2. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $1.90 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same . day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3736c; rosin steady at $1.15L20; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine quiet at $1.10 2.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 76 Itosin....T: 107 Tar 169 Crude turpentine 45 Receipts same day last year 48 casks spirits turpentine, 300 bbls rosin, 65'bbls tar, 47 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 7-16 cts. tt Good ordinary 6 15-16 Low middling. . . .-r-Sx 7-16 Middling . i T' Good middling.... 8 5-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 10Xc for middling. Receipts 2,483 bales; same day last year, 4,988. r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion uercnants.j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime 60c l extra prime, 65c bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c Virginia Prime, ooc; extra prime, 60c: fancy, ssc spanisn, roc CORN Firm, 75 to 77c per bus1 for white. N. C. BACON Steady: hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c hel EGGS Dull at l7iac per aozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Finn at 26c TALLOW Firm at 56c per, pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at $1.00 per bushel. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. New Sore, Oct. 2. Flour dull and barely steady; Minnesota patents $3 55 3 85. Rye flour steady ; fair to good $3 853 15. Wheat Spot dull; No. 2 red 74 c Options opened easy and declined further under excited Chicago selling by a prominent trader, helped by big receipts, foreign offerings and lower cables; they rallied on covering and in the afternoon ruled steady on export demand, closing steady at c net loss; May closed at 77&C, October 72jc, December 74c Corn Spot steady; No. 2 62Hc Option market opened steady and for a time was sus tained by good commission house buy ing. Later they eased off with wheat, but recovered and closed firm at jic net advance; May closed at 62Vc; Oc tober closed 61 He; December closed 61c Oats Spot easier ; No. 2 88 Jfc. Options quiet and barely steady. Lard easy; western steamed 10.20; refined easy ; continent 10. 50 ; 8. A. 11.25 ; com pound 88ViC. Pork steady. Tallow steady. Rice steady. Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No. 7 invoice 5jfc; mild quiet; Cordova 7Qllc Sugar quiet and steady; fair refining 3 5-16c; refined quiet. Butter easier: creamery 15 22e; State dairy 14Q21c per i r