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HQHTINQ IN COLOMBIA losnrjents Defeated by Government Porcei After ucvpcraic bui(cmcai. gy cable to the Morning star. Col05, Colombia, Oct 23, via Gal--ston, Texas .The Colombian gov ment formally announce that Leral Pompilio Gutlerrex defeated Sober 5th near Amhalem (on the Kldalenarifer. west of Bogota) in dent forces from the departments of fifrtia and Condinamarca, united litt General Mann and Gen. Du. n aesoeraie ennmmimt n a " Sordine to the official announce- sent (Oe lUBUigouta luus.Klu Ml her one- hunarea Killed, among was Gen. Vincente Lombana ?d several captured, together with .. supply of ammunition. Tl bom a The jovernment loss exceeded fifty. BODY FOUND. ((Oilfls of Aaron Weil, of Norfolk, Who Disappeared len uays Afo. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.- Norfolk, Va., October 23 Aaron We;i a seemingly prosperous dry joods merchant of this city, disappear ttfld days ago and every effort to w him proved fruitless, until his Uit was discovered floating in the whor to-night near the Bay Line .jer. On his person was a watch, Lvketbook and Royal Arcanum pam phlets. Crabs had badly eaten the identification was made , g photograph of the man's wife that mn in the back of the watch. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS. Boreseatatives of Southern Factories Perfect a Permanent Organization. By Telegraph to the Morning Star r Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 23. Representatives of the furniture man ufacturers of the South assembled here today and perfected a permanent or ganization', to be known as the South rn Furniture Manufacturers' Asso eiition. The organization includes ilmost all furniture manufacturers in the South, and it proposes to establish inermanent exhibit at some central point to display products of the mills. Moody's Vol of Thanks. Possibly the most novel response ever made to a request to return a vote of thanks to a chairman was that made by Mr. Moody during his first Tisit to Eiuinnd. He I;.'. 1 Attended a meeting at which tb l';r.l of Shaftesbury -was chairman. The duty of proposing a vote of thanks n.U a!?;ied to him and the announce- "Our American cousin, the Rev. Mr. Moody ot Chicago, will now move a Tote of thanks to the noble earl who' I aas presided on this occasion." The whole thing was quite out of ,Mr. Moody's lioe. English formalities might or Slight not have come gracefully from liis lips ha he attempted them. bat ii-.--did not. With an utter disre gard i' conventionality he burst upon tte a:: Hence with the hold announce ment : "The- speaker has made two mis takes. To liegin with. I'm not the Rev. Mr. Moody at all. I'm plain Dwight L. oody. a Sunday school worker. And then I'm not your American cousin. By tli,' grace of God I'm your brother, btiivstejl with you in our Father's ffork for his children. "And now about this vote of thanks w the 'noble earl for being our chair man thfst evening.' I don't see why we should thank him any more than he should thank us. When at one time they offered to thank our Mr. Lincoln for presiding over a meeting in Illinois, he stopped it. lie said he'd tried to do Ms dirty, and they'd tried to do theirs. He thought it .was about an even thing all round." y That opening fairly took the breath ,way from Mr. Moody's hearers. Such a talk could not be gauged by any known standard. Mr. Moody carried Ws English nudiences with him from that beginning to his latest labors. Youth's Companion. ' The Alitor Batcher Trust. From the northern end of Chatham square starts the Bowery, and a few Tim Its commencement is the 31ng now used as a Ger'men thea- which was once the Old Bowery. Before the Bowery theater and previ ous to the Revolution the same site occupied by a building . which has a place la history because Washington slept in it. This was the Bull's Head tavcra. Being close by the city slaugh w Louses, all the butchers who came to town stopped at this Inn. making It we first (.ouiinerelnl inn of its day, wiring the Involution Henry Astor, brother of John Jacob Astor, owned '"e Bull s Head tavern. He leased It to Richard Varian. But Varian went Privateering and left the tnn to be conducted by his wife. , Astor was a butcher and conducted Ms business In the Fly market In Maiden lane. lie Incurred the enmitv f all the butchers In the town by con ceiving the brilliant idea of riding far out along the Bowery lane, meeting e drovers as they brought their cat ue to town and buying their stock, hlcu he sold to the other butchers at 019 own nrlee. As th lnne wna rpnllv the only Toad to the citv. Astor in this ay formed a trust and prospered for umuy yearh. The Inn, too, prospered Ul" i--'J- wlJt'n " gave place to the oowery theater.-Hoino Journal. lie Hose Ranlfllv. In spraftlng of the late Ballard Smith trio t f ... wjuisviue Uonrler-Journal says tiat when he ft ret cnnrrlit n ftnoltlnri In newspaper oflice after graduating om Dartmouth college he entered the Return with an air of condescension. w wore a silk tile and a velvet Jacket. He said he would like to be dramatic fjjtor, but he waa given a place on the al staff. In less than six months he made city editor. After that his n,e in Journalism was rapid. That Baltimore woman who gave r Pet monkey a first class funeral Jt havrbeen greatly attached to the talttal." e8; it probably gave her a regular p. j ivieucu to part wim iu , uveland Plain Dealer. t Cold Steel or Deatb. Jhere is but one small chance to h.! ?Ur 'ife and that is through an i . "'ion " fefn. w was th awful prospeci Vi Mrs- L B- Hunt, of Lime Ri biu 7 her doctor after vainly was the awful prospect set Kiage, try- Cllre her nt a fnioliffiil aoA nf a, dQt'ouble and yellow jaundice tv . , v. w ...Kuv.w. - - i h count on . the marvellous "t of Electric Bitters to cure and Liver toubles. but she holi m " looK seven bottles, was o U"d, avoided surgeon's knife, er i) more &nd 'eels better than ear.' n. g Positively guaranteed to bouMch, Liver and Kidney iOc n p "gd never disappoints. Price . K. Bellamy's drug store, t WAS ALWAYS COOt AND COURAGEOUS. Schley's Demeanor in Battle De scribed by Witnesses in the : l Court of Inquiry. TRIAL NEARING ITS CLOSE. Admiral Schley Is Expected to Take the Witness Stand To-day He Will be Last of Witnesses to be Heard on His Side of Controversy. By Telegraph to the Horning star Washington, October 23. Admiral Schley is expected to take the witness stand in the naral court of inauirv which is investigating his conduct in the Spanish war some time durino the day to-morrow. This announce ment is justified by the progress made to day in the examination of witnesses called to testify in the admiral's be- nan. JUgbt witnesses were heard to day, and there are only three more names on the list preseding the name of the admiral himself. Of these three only Captain Clark of the Oregon is expected to testify at any length. It is not probable that the admiral will be called befqre the afternoon session. He will be the last of the witnesses to be heard in support of his side of the controversy. It is now considered probable that he will be on the stand two or three days. It is not yet possible to sav whether any witnesses will be called in rebut tal by the court, but it seems probable tnai a iew persons may be summoned for this purpose. The testimony to day led Judge Advocate Lemly and Mr. Uanna to decide upon the calling of at least one rebuttincr witness if he can be found. This is Sylvester Sco- vel, a correspondent whose testimony is desired in connection with the inci dent of the meeting of the press boat Somen M. Smith, by the scout boat bi. raui. it is also probable that an effort will be made to rebnt other por tions of the testimony given in Ad miral Schley's behalf, including Lieut Sears1 denial of a conversation con cerning Admiral Schley, which the Lieutenant is alleged to have taken part in on board the Massachusetts on May 31st. Three of the Oregon's officers testi fied to-day and all of them expressed the opinion that the Oregon and the Brooklyn were practically eauidistant from the Colon when that vessel went ashore. Some of them, however, were inclined to think that the Brooklyn was a snade nearer the Spanish ship Chief Boatswain William Li. Hill, t boatswain on the Brooklyn, gave a graphic account of the battle of July 3rd. The witness said : Probably fifteen minutes after we started the Spanish ships had nearly all gotten out. There were three of them. I stood near enough to touch Commodore Schley at that time, with in five feet of him. The Spanish ships had gotten out and the Viscaya, the second ship, had turned towards ns and we were about to cross the line of fire of our own ships. At that time the order was given to port the helm. I heard Commodore Schley say 'port,' and the ship started to swing to star board. The helm was put over bard aport and she swung around on her heeL The fire from our batteries never ceased from the time we started to turn until the end of the battle, when the Colon went ashore. The guns were constantly being fired. The Texas was on our starboard hand and she was fully a third of a mile from us. There was never any question in my mind about striking her. We did not cross her bow . We were slightly ahead of her and turned in that way entirely ahead of her. After swinging around we lined up parallel with the Spanish fleet In a few minutes the Teresa went ashore on fire. Soon after the Oquendo followed and then we sided up with the Viscaya and kept with her for ten or twelve miles. At this time there was no ship to be seen astern except the Oregon which was about half a mile from us. On this' run with the Viscaya Ellis was killed. There were fourteen or fifteen of us standing together. "The commodore asked in a matter offact tone, 'What is the range?' Ellis raised the stadimeter to his eye and as he did so a shell took his head off. As he fell to the deck, dead, young McCauley said. 'Let's throw it overboard.' The commodore said, 'No, don't throw that body overboard. He died like a brave man and I am going to bury him like one.' He or dered me to look out for the body. I had it wrapped in blankets, laid in the shade, and that evening it was gotten ready for burial. The Viscaya was putting up the best fight of any ship there. 8he fought well and the big shells were going over us and a great many of us ducked. These shells sounded like half a dozen railroad trains under way. As they were heard going through the air. down would go a head, but Commodore Schley's head never bent" There was a great outburst of ap plause in the court room as in a dram atic way the witness recited this inci dent. Admiral Dewey for the first time during the sessions of the court found it necessary to pound his gavel on the table and admonish the au dience acainst such demonstrations. Continuing hi story the witness said: "He was as calm, cool and collected as he is at this moment. His only thought was for his men. He called constantly as the different events oc curred, saying, 'Do the bullies below know this; do they know that, that this ship has gone ashore and that ship has gone ashore?' His whole thought seemed to be that he wanted the men below to know as much about it as those of us on deck." DuriBg the chase of the Colon wit ness said that Captain Cook had put his head out of the conning tower ana said to the commodore: "Don't you think we'd better close in a little?" "And," sid the witness parentheti cally, "I thought so myself." "But" he went on, "the commodore replied, No, don't you see that point ahead? Just as soon as that fellow starts to come out I'm going to head him off. I'll get him yet Damn him, I'll fol low him to Spain if I have to.' " This testimony was-given in clear and distinct tones and was heard dis tinctly throughout the large court room. It was received with a burst of applause, but the demonstration was quickly suppressed by Admiral Dewey, whose words of reprobation to the audience were followed by a word of admonition from Mr. Bayner to the witness.- The admiral rose and raised his hands in deprecation of the demonstration, bis face was flushed, and he said, "Stop! Stop! Let's have, none of that" - "Give us the facts, simply," said Mr. Bayner. "These are the facts," replied the witness. SSSJIS? .Kit .11. the mini wererl hir his testimony. In Taking the witness. Captain Liemiy response to one of his questions, Mr. Hill said that he had not heard any conversation between Commodore Bchlev and Lieutenent Commander Hodgson about the Brooklyn's helm or the Texas during the engagement of July 3rd. J-HO court ftabWI "nt( m ; t ana back dnvtm tt,& u 1-1 fi 'urti?" iV,UilJu V'"; 1 87tne Texas distinctly 4hen the turn began, and during the i irn, and she did not make any slack er ard she did not stop." - (ryou near Bn? conversation be fu860 9mmodore Schley and any other officer during the early part of the engagement of July 3rd?" . I heard none before or during the turn. There was no officer with the commodore on my side of the ship." Lieutenant Ackerman who was in command of the after 13-inch turret and the after 8-inch turrets of the Uregongave a running account of that engagement Describing the be ttnmng of the action he said : We closed up the hatches and laid put fire hose and immediately turned the guns on the entrance to the har bor." He said that as the ships came out signal was made through the tele phone in the conning tower to fire at will. "The range indicators." the witness went on, "gradually fell until I think my first shot was fired at a range of 3,200 or 3,300 yards." He had, he said, at that time fired five shots from the 15-inch guns, but soon afterwards the Spanish ships drew so far ahead he could no longer train his guns upon them. The wit ness described the Oregon's passage between the Texas and the Iowa. "As we passed between the Iowa and the Texas," said the witness, "those ships seemed to be practically at anchor . We were going very fast then, and forced draught was covering our quar ter deck an inch or more deep with cinders, many of them red hot. Water was running from every hydrant we had to keep the decks from burning. At that time the fire of the enemy and of our own ships was very heavy. The water was whipped up in all di rections; shots flew overboard. I think it was the most exciting time of the whole engagement" Witness described firing on the Colon, and after luncheon continued his narrative saying that when the Colon's flag went down the men on the Oregon ceased firing. The Brooklyn bore at that time two points on the Oregon's port bow and was about a mile distant, said the witness. He described the sending of boats to the Colon from the Brooklyn which, he said, seemed to take a long time. At this time the Texas and the Vixen arrived. The New York also arrived and when she came up went in very near to the Colon. After this the Oregon returned under orders east ward on a false alarm. "We had already," he said, "pre pared to send a nrize crew aboard." ile spoke of the firing of the Brook lyn, saying : "At the time I was aloft on the signal yard I saw them fire from the Brooklyn with her starboard forward eight-inch guns, and I no ticed her shots appeared to fall short. in fact, toward the end of the chase, I saw no shots from the Brooklyn that reached the Colon." Captain Lemly asked : "Do you know whether there were any instructions from the Brooklyn. by signal probably, if at all, with re- eara to opening ttre with, the 13-inch guns at the latter part of the action?" "I never heard of such instruc tions," the witness replied. "The guns had not been fired for some time, had they?" "Not since we had passed the Vis caya." "Hence, you were not in range?" "No, sir." "How did the Brooklyn bear?" "I should judge she was about be tween two and three points, nearer two points, forward on the port beam and certainly a mile iway." "How did she appear to be heading relative to the Oregon and the Spanish vessels?" "There was only one vessel left at that time, the Colon, and I think her course was slightly divergent from that of the Oregon, which led to the opinion that she was heading for the headland beyond the Colon with the intention of cutting off that vessel." "Which vessel, the Brooklyn or the Oregon, was nearer the Colon when it went ashore?" "That is very difficult to say. Prac tically the two vessels were on the same circle. Probably the Brooklyn was a snort distance nearer, out tnc difference was hardly appreciable. The Brooklyn, however, was 9,000 yards or more from the Colon. This I know from our bearing and range, In response to a question from the court, the witness said that he knew of the receipt of no signal from the Brooklyn until well alter tne chase had begun, when he had understood that the Brooklyn had signalled to close an. Lieut Ackerman was succeeded on the stand by F. T. Applegate, who was a gunner on the Brooklyn. Tne witness said: "Before the battle the guns and the auxiliary machinery attending them were in excellent condition. After the battle we found all of the five-inch o-uns on the starboard side broken in some part or the lifting gear of the guns carried away. The bores of the guns were pitted and the muzzles of two of 'the guns were so swollen they had to be removed from the snip." "Can you tell me anything about the ammunition expended on the Rrooklvn on the day of the battle?" "We used ud 566 five-inch shells, 164 eight-inch, 1,200 six-pounders and 400 one-pounders.' "During the battle was there any time within vour observation that some of the guns of the Brooklyn could not have been trained on the enemy?") "No. sir." tlCI IVasm mawa all. k-rra in noa 9" OUUlOUi burgui tTicito hi , ajr a iu vtov i "Some were always ii,.. use during the comnlete turn." "Did you see Commodore Schley during the action?" "Several times and spoke to him." "What impression did his conduct, manner and bearing convey to you? "He seemed to be cool, calm and collected and one who inspired confi dence." The next witness was Lieutenant E. W TCherle. who was watch and divi sion officer on the Oregon. He de scribed the Oregon's passing the Iowa, aaviner that vessel was at one time on the inside.'' He said that when the Teresa began to burn Captain Clark said : "One is on lire ; look out tor tne n6He said the Brooklyn had stopped ahnut a mile and a half from the nnlnn to the westward, while the Ore- cron had stooped about a mile from that ship to the eastward. The New York, he said, came up about an hour after the Colon's nag went aown. The witness said he had not seen the Brooklyn until the Viscaya caught fire He saw none of the Spanish ships leave their course, except the flfto-shin Teresa, which veered some- nrhat toward the American ships. Lieut Eberle was cross-examined h Mr. TTanna. who asked: "Do you recall any signals from the Ttrnoklvn to tne uregon a udow iub time the Viscava Went ashore?" "After the Viscaya went ashore the Brooklyn signalled 'well done, Oregon.' After that she signalled 'One of my comnartments is full of water.' She mAde another signal 'She seems of Italian build, ' and Captain Clark told the sicnal officer to make signal 'She 7 F I wul land on the coast of Cuba. We could not see the men of the Brooklyn and it was not tbereiore sent' Lieut R. C. Johnston, signal officer on the Oregon, described the relative Tuitions of the Brooklyn and the nrPD-nn during the chase of the Colon, saying that he thought the two were MM about equal distance from the last of the Spanish ships, when she went achre. He also said that he had seen no frffort to ram on the part of any of the Spanish ships. MBi. raul St C. Murnbv. whocom- mandtd the marines on the Brooklyn,, aid he had been Commodore Schloy during the day of the battle of July 3rd and that his manner and conduct 'impressed me as it seems to have impressed every one on the Brooklyn as that of a brave and resolute offi cer. He inspired the utmost confidence tnrougnout the ship." Major Murphy was followed by Lieutenant Commander Charles EL Harlow, executive officer of the Vixen. lhe court adiourned tar the dav while Commander Harlow or an nn the stana. HOMICIDE AT WAYCR0SS. nogn B. Ashcraft Stabbod to Death by Jack Williams. By Telegrapn to tne Morning star. , WAYCROSS, OA., Oct 23. At 10 o'clock last night Jack Williams, a plumber, and Hugh B. Ashcraft a Plant system engineer, got into a diffi culty on Reynolds street. Williams staDoea Ashcraft in the stomach from me erxects or which he died in half an uuur. vuruuer a jury D9gan tne in vestigation at 1 O'clock-. Anncliiriinir at daylight this morning, charging Wil liams wiin ine murder. Williams and nis brother Jfld,. a nrinter. were nlncnd in ja.ii. ONE THOUGHT. Though time may die the grave of creeda And dogmas wither in the sod, Mr soul win keep the thought it need, Its swervelesa faith in God. No matter how the world began Nor where th march of science goest My trus$ in something more thin man Shall ktlp me bear life's- wot. Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Woman's Home Com panion. ABSENTMINDEDNESS. Absurdities Into Which Victims of tne Habit Have Fallen. When lapses of memory become habitual, the person Is properly called absentminded. The Chicago Tribune relates the following absurdities into which some victims of this disease have fallen: A. bridegroom of 24 hours left his wife, strolled around to his mother-in- law's' house and asked her if her daughter was at home. This came from force of habit He had been call ing there daily for some time, and it probably occurred to him that he had not paid his usual visit. A Chicago bank president is unable to account for three-quarters of an hour of his life. He went into a res taurant as usual and ordered his lunch. Nearly an hour later he found himself In his office chair and suddenly re membered the order. He went back across the street and asked if the luncheon was ready. The clerk informed him that he had eaten, paid the bill and gone away some 15 minutes before, that he had put his hat on as he went out and that he (the clerk) bad not noticed anything peculiar In his actions. The bank president congratulates himself that he can be trusted to be have like an ordinary mortal even when he doesn't happen to have his mind with him. An editor of a daily paper has laid himself open to unkind remarks by trying to take up a collection in his office. Happening to want a small coin, he turned to his fellow worKer and asked for a quarter. "Haven't got it, but here's a dollar," the man replied-as he tossed it over. The editor put the dollar in his pocket and immediately turned to a special writer at the next desk and said: "Miss , could you lend me a quar ter?" Then, seeing the man from whom he had got the dollar grin, he added hastily: "Oh. never mind. I 311st got a doliar from Brown." In .mrtiyzing. h - conduct he said th:U llnr.vn's n-piv that be did not have a quarter ras apparently the only part '. the t:misaeti;ii-iiiai maae any impression; upon him. But he is under susnit-ioir In that office and will probably never be able to live it down. HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW. They I'se Skeivern For Needles and Giraffe Sinews For Thread. The skill of theZulus of South Africa in sewing fur is a household word In South Africa, and some of the other tribes compete with them. The needle employed is widely different from that used by the ordinary needlewomen. In the first place. It has no eye; in the second, it is like a skewer, pointed at one end and thick at the other. The thread Is not of cotton, but is made of the sinews of various animals, the best being made from the sinews In the neck of a giraffe.' It is stiff, inelastic, with a great tendency to "kink" and tangle itself up with any thing near it Before being used it Is steeped in hot water until it is quite soft and Is then beaten between two smooth stones, which causes It to sep arate Into -filaments, which can thus be obtained of any length and thickness. Thus the seamstress has a considera ble amount of labor before she com mences with the real work In hand. Finally she squats on the ground (for no native stands to work or do anything else who can possibly help m and. takinz her needle, bores two holes in the edges of the rug or gar ni unt on which she Is working, lhe thread Is then pushed through with the butt of the needle, drawn tight. and two more holes are made with a, like result, the skewer progressing very slowly, but fast enough for a conntrv where time is of no value whatever. The skin upon which the seamstress is working Is damped with water be fore she commences, and as the damp thread and hide dry out they bring the work very closely together. Purlfr the Blood Bv taking the old reliable Botanic Blood' Balm (b. JtJ. t ); cures uicers, scrofula, eczema, pimples, itching skin, achinsr bones, boils, carbuncles. If vou are all run down take ts. u. u. It will give life, vitality and strength to the blood. B. B, B. makes the blood pure and rich. Druggists, fl. Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, lia. t ASK CATARRH Druggist tor 10 CENT TRIAL SIZE. EIy's Cream Bali Gives Belief at once. TraiAanaoa artnf h aa fl.n A I heals . the diseased Al n Ik H FA membrane. It CUresLkULLJ 'H 11 LmtU catarih and drives away a cold In the head antckly It Is absorbed. Heals ana protects the embrane. Restores the senses of Taste and Bmell. Fall size. 60 cents: Trial size, 10 cents, DUieil. r Ull DLTO, IW at Druggists, or by mall. 1F.T.V BROTHERS. 68 Warren street, New York. sepistf satuth 5AivftNi TRAIN HELD DP BY TWO ROBBERS. Plucky Express Messenger Fought the Thieves and Drove Them Off. A SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN. Express Car Dynamited and Riddled With Holes Robbers Plundered the Mall Car and Escaped' Rewards Offered No Cine. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Eugene, Obe., Oct- 23. The north bound Southern Pacific overland ex press, due here at 3:42 A. M., was held up by robbers near Walker's station, fifteen miles south of here, at 3 o'clock this morning, and the ex- Eress car badly damaged but the rob ers secured little booty. iwo men boarded the train at Cot tage Grove as the train' pulled out. After passing Walkers, which is four miles from Cottage Grove, they climbed over the tender and covered Engineer Nichols and the fireman and his helper with revolvers. The rob bers ordered the I train stopped after which the fireman and helper were compelled to uncouple the train be' tween the express car and the first coach. Engineer Nichols was then ordered to pull ahead, the fireman and helper being left be hied. After going a short distance the train was stopped and the robbers proceeded to the express car, taking with them the. engineer. The express car was blown open with dynamite and Express Messenger Charles was ordered out, but he refused to go, aud with his shot gun commanded the situation inside the car. The robbers told him to come out or he would be blown up with the car but he replied, 'b;ow ahead.' A fu si lade of bullets followed, riddling the car, but the messenger who was uninjured kept up a continuous firing inside which held the. robbers at bay. A charge of dy -namite was then thrown into the car with a burning fuse, but Charles grab bed it and threw it outside where it ex ploded. Next the robbers compelled the engineer to crawl up to the opening inside the car, hoping to use him as a protection from the messenger's shots, but the messenger kept up a steady fire over the engineer's head and still held the robbers at bay. The robbers ther gave up their , efforts to secure the express treasure and went for the mail. They secured the regis tered mail, then cut the engine from the rest of the train and , ordered Engineer Nichols to pull ahead. They ran to Adkin's Point, in the outskirts of Eugene, where they disembarked and ordered the engineer to return and get his train. The train arrived here at 7:30, about, four hours late. The news was wired from Sagic-w and officers were out in search of the robbers early this morning, but as yet have secured no trace of them. They are handicapped by having no de scription of the men. Posses from both Lave and Douglas counties are searching for the bandits. The Messenger's Story. ' Portland, Ore , October 23. -The Southern Pacific train which was held up near Eugene this morning, arrived here this evening. The express car is badly shattered but it was brought in with the train. "The first u timation I had of any thing wrong," aid C. F. Charles, the express messenger, "was when the train began to slow up near Walker's station. It was 2 :45 o'clock, as near as I remember. Shortly after the train came to a standstill and I was ordered to open the door. I refused to move. "Open up this car or we will blow l.you to hell," commanded one of the robbers, l made no response and was given a salute with dynamite. The first charge blew open one of the doors and knocked me down. My overalls were blown into shreds and my .legs scratched somewhat but" otherwise I was unhurt. Further commands to open up and threats followed, out without avail. 1 made no renlv. knowing that the object of the lobbers was to locate me in the car and then try to put me out of the way 'either by dynamite or bullets. changed my station to the other end of the car. A second shot blew open the door at the other end of the car. The third shot failed to go off. as I had remov ed my shoes and quietly walked over to the dynamite and detached the fuse. Two more shots exploded, each of them blowing a hole in the floor of the car. All told, four shots went off in the car, two failed to explode and one I prevented from exploding by re moving the fuse. All efforts to compel me to open up or leave tne car failing the engineer was sent in through the opening blown into the side. I ordered him to get out and fired a shot over his head with my shot gun. The en tire ceremony lasted about forty min utes. The engineer retired after I fired the shot and ordered him to leave, and I was not molested further. Reward Offered. San Francisco. Oct. 23. The Southern Pacific Company has offer ed a reward of $250 for the arrest of each of the robbers implicated in the Eugene. Ore., hold up. Eugene. Ore.. Oct 23. Officers who have been searching for the train robbers to-day have been unable to secure any trace of the men. Their tracks show that they started towara Eugene after leaving the engine. There is absolutely no clue to tneir identity. Tuskkoee, Ala., July 38, 1878. Dr. C. J. Moffett My Dear Sir:' Justice to you demands that I should give yon my expe rience with vonr excellent medicine TEETH ING. Oar . little girl, joat thirteen months old. has had much trouble teething. Every remedy was exnaostea is tiie Biutpv oi pre scriptions irom lamuy payBicians. ner ooweus continued to psss off pare blood and burning lover uuubuuuou ivr u.jo ou m wuio. uo. u&o was almost despaired or. Her mother deter mined to try TEETHINA, and in a day or two there was a great change new life had re turnedthe Dowels were regular, and, thanks to teethina, tne ucue Daoe is now aoing weu. I OUTS, etc. i. w. muiv au. Kaitor ana rropneior TUBKegee (as. news. sa.ii FOREIGN MARKET Bv Cable to the Mornlna Star. Liverpool. Oct 23. 4 P.M. Cotton: Spot, small business done; prices firm; American middling 4Md. The sales of the dav were 6,000 bales, of which 500 bales were for speculation and ex port ana included 5.500 bales Amer ican. Receipts 4,000 bales, including 3.000 bales American. Futures opened quiet ana ciosea ouiet: American middling (L m. c) October (g. o. c.) 4 30-644 31-64d sel ler; October and November 4 20-64 4 21-64d seller; November and Decern ber 4 17-64d seller: December and Jan uary 4 16-64d seller; January and Feb ruary 415-64d buyer: February and March 4 15-64d seller; March and April 4 14-64a4 15-64d seller: April and May 4 14-64d buyer; May and June 4 14-64d buyer : J une and July 4 13-644 i4-64a buyer; July and August 4 la-644 14 64d seller. Bean the Tho Kind You Haw Always Bought Signature - of PRODUCE MARKETS. ' By TelegraDh to the Morning Btar. New Vnnr: Oct 93 B'lmir firm and more active, but not quotablj higher; rye flour firm. Wheat Spot market firm; No. 2 red 79 6c; options opened easy and closed firm and X ?&c net mgner; may closed 7yc; Spot strong;, No. 2, 62H at elevator i M-a y t n a Am I ana oio i. o. o. auoai; options openea active ana strong ana ciosea strong at WtfJll lc net nrlvanne Mn ruanrl 62c; October 6lc; December 61e f- A fl a r a .Am a - vsats opoi nrm; jxo. a, zic; options active and higher with other markets. Beef firm. Lard steady: western steamed (9 60. Pork steady. Bice steady. Coffee Spot Rio weak; No. 7 invoice 7c; mild quiet Sugar Raw firm. Butter steady : creamerv 15a 22c; State dairy 1421c. Cheese steady; fancy large white 9X9xc; fancy small white 1010X. Eggs steady: State and Pennsylvania 2H4(& 22c. Potatoes quiet: Jerseys tl 50 2 00; New York $1 252 00; Long Island S2 252 50; Jersey sweets $1 50 (Cb2 00. Cabbage ouiet: Lone Island Flat Dutch, per 100, 3 005 00. Pea nuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 434 4c; other domestic 2Se. Cotton seed oil remained inactive and was barely steady, without change; prime crone Darreis nominal; prime sum mer vellow 40r! oflp summer vellow 3839c; prime white .44c; prime win ter yellow 44: prime meal 125 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton bv steam 15c. Winston Sentinel: Policeman Penry had a lively race about 2 o'clock Sunday morning after Grover Cleve land Jar vis, a white boy who appeared on the streets wearing nothing but a shirt and socks. Jarvis outran the officer and got away. His clothes, in cluding a suit and pair of shoes, were found on Fifth street near the .Rey nolds factory Sunday morning. Jarvis claims that ne did not know what he was doing until he reached the old cotton gin in Salem. A Nla-bt ol Terror. "Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of the brave General Burnham of Machias, Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning," writes Mrs. a. a. Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night. "All thought she must soon die from Pneumonia, but she begged for Dr. King's New Dis covery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its fur ther use completely cured her. This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and Lung Dis eases. Only 50c and $1.00. Trial bot tles 10c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York, Oct 23. Cotton quiet at8c; net receipts 499 bales. spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 8ic; middling gulf 8c; sales 1,206 bales. ' Cotton futures closed barely steady; October 7.77, November 7.77, Decem ber 7.82, January 7.81, February 7.77, March 7.75, April 7.74, May 7.74, June 7.71, July 7.70. C. H. Alexander, charged with ar son in having employed a man to burn a building ' in Dallas, Texas, in December, 1895, upon which there was 815.000 insurance, was found guilty, lhe punishment being fixed at hve years in the penitentiary. CASTOR I A For Infants and Childrc:" . The Kind You Have Always 'Neht Bears the Signature of wholesale mm m&w r The ronowine a notations ret) resent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher nrices have to be charged. The Quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bnt the Stab wul not be responsible for any variations from the actual market pries of the articles anoted BAQQINO 8 Jute mv 7 Standard .... . 7 Bnrlans 6 O 6M WESTERN SMOKED - Hams V - iHiT i Bides 1 9 O 10 Shoulders . 9 O ;9K DRY SALTED Sides k ... a o 6 Shoulders l 19 O m BARRELS Spirits Turpentine uecona-nana, eacn i x u i Second-hand machine 1 85 & 1 45 New New York, each O ISO New City, each O ISO BRICKS Wilmington 6 go o m Northern 9 00 O 14 00 BDTTEB North Carolina y is o la Northern 22 T28 CORN MEAL " Per bushel, in sackB o reft Virelnla Meal 75 OOTTON TIEa bundle 1 25 O 1 80 CANDLES V - sperm u o Adamantine 8 C 11 COFFEE V caguyra.... u o Bio .1 8 O 11 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-t, v yara o o Yarns. bunch of 5 ts .... O 0 FISH- Mackerei, no. l, V barrel... aw own Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbl. 11 00 15 00 Mackerel, No. S, barrel... 16 00 a 18 00 Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.. 8 oo 9 00 Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18 00 14 00 Mullets, barrel .7: 4 00 Mullets, pork barrel 7 75 N. O. Roe Herring, keg.. I 00 8 25 DryCod,t 6 10 " Extra..... 4 00 6 00 rLOCR- Low grade , s oo 3 35 Choice 825 O 860 Straight . 3 60 3 85 First Patent 4 25 4 60 QLTJE 8 10 GRAIN buahel- Corn,fromstore,bgs White 78 80 Mixed uorn... 70 a la Oats, from store (mixed).. O so Oats, Rust proof 70 Cow Peas.... 85 90 HIDES ureensaitea o o Dryfilnt 10 11 Dry salt 9 10 HAY 100 lis No l Timotny i oo o ius Rice Straw 40 60 Eastern...... 90 95 Western 90 95 North River... 90 N. C. Ororj 75 a 80 HOOP IRON, 3 SM CHEESE Northern Factory. md i Dairy Cream 18 13)4 Half cream 10 O UM L ABU. Northern O 12? North Carolina 10 O 12) LIME, barrel 116 125 PORK. barrel citv mess aioiw Ramp IS oo Prime 15 50 BOPE.l 11 O 23 SALT, sack. Alum 125 uyerpooi w v ii American. 95 1 05 On 125 Sacks 50 60 8UGAR,)-8tandardGran'd 6 W. Standard A 6)4 6) white Kxtra u... o Extra CL Golden 49ia 15 O Yellow 4 4H LUMBER (city sawed) M ft Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 20 00 Bough edge Plank 15 00 16 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to quality 18 00 18 00 Dressef. Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 23 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15 00 MOLASSES. V gallon Barbadoes, in hogshead,.... O S Barbadoes, In barrels 28 Porto Rlco, ta hogsheads.... 88 31 Porto Rico, la barrels 20 O S3 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 18 14 Sugar Boase, In barrels.... 14 16 Syrup, In barrels IT 87 HAILS, keg, Out, 60d basis... 8 40 8 to SOAP, Northern 834 STAVES, M W. O. barrel.... 6 00 14 09 B. O. Hogshead. 10 00 TIMBER, M feet Shipping.. 8 00 9 00 Common mill 400 600 Fair mill 5 00 6 60 Prune mill 6 60 7 60 Extra mill... . 8 00 8 60 BHINOLES, N.O. cypress sawed M 6x24 heart 6 25 7 00 " Sap 5 60 6.00 5x2o;Heart 8 SO O 4 00 " sap 8 50 800 I I commercial: WILMINGTON MARKET. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produoe Exchange.! STAR OFFICE, October 17. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 35Xo per gallon bid for ma chine made casks and 34c per gal lon bid for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel bid for strained and 95c per barrel bid for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3938c; rosin steady at $1 151.20; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.30 2.30. - RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine ' 70 Rosin 365 Tar 168 Crude turpentine 10 Receipts same day last year 43 casks spirits turpentine, 300 bbls. rosin, 119 bbls tar, 76 bbls crude tur pentine. cotton. Market firm on a basis of 8Hc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary.... 5 9-16 cts. ft Good ordinary 7 1-16 " " Low middling 7 9-16 " " Middling 8i " " Goodmiddlmg...... 8 7-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 9c for middling. Receipts 2,849 bales; same day last year, 319. rCorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants.J COUNTRY PRO! PEANUTS North Q Prime, 60c; extra pr bushel of .28 pounds; f Virginia Prime, 55c; 60c; fancy, 65c. Spanis CORN Firm, 75 to 7,.. for white. IE. olina, firm, e, 65c per v, 7075c era prime, rsc. ; per bushel N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Dull at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS-Dull. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. - TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. 8WEET POTATOES Firm at 60 75c per bushel. (Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. 1 STAR OFFICE, October 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market quiet and steady at 36c- per gallon for machine made casks and 35c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel bid for strained and 95c per barrel bid for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bar relof2801bs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine "firm -at 4039Kc; rosin quiet at $1.151.20; tar steady at $1.45; crude -turpentine steady at $1.30 2.30. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 56 Rosin : 190 Tar 312 Crude turpentine 122 Receipts same day last year 42 spirits turpentine. 276 bbls rosin, 167 bbls tar, 38 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market nrm on a basis of aykc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 9-16 7 1-16 7 9-16 cts ?lb Good ordinary. . . Low middling. . . . Middling Good middling 8 7-16 tsame day last year, market firm at 9Mc for middling. Receipts 3,693 bales; same day last year, 1,150. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uommission aiercnants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commls- pn jnercnanis.j COUNTRY PRODUCE. 'EANUTS North Carolina, firm. frime, buc; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c 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, ii to 12c. EGGS Dull at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TUKK1&YS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5X654c par pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60 75c per bushel. (Quoted officially at the closing of the Produce luxcnange.j STAR OFFICE. October 19. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel bid for strained and 95c per barrel bid for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and ; for virgin. (Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 4039jc; rosin firm at $1.151.20; tar firm at $1.45; crude turpentine steady at $1.40 55.40. RECEIPTS, Spirits turpentine 19 Kosin 40 Tar 118 Crude turpentine 16 Receipts same day last year 112 ises spirits turpentine, aso ddis rosin, 141 bbls tar, 33 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market nrm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. (Quotations Ordinary 5 7-16 cts. $ lb Good ordinary 6 15-16 Low middling....... 7 Middling 8 7-16 5-16 Good middling 8 Bame day last year, market firm at 9Hc for middling. Keceipts 4,516 bales; same day last year, 2, oil. f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce commission merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Mercnant&j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. irrime, 60c; extra prune, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c iiMmviia Piiva RRai Avta ninma V Ulllia A. A ALIA V) tstSV ) OAU C IliAUvj 60c; fancy. 65c. Spanish. 76c. CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, ii to i zc. EGGS Dull at 1718c per dozen, CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60 75c per bushel. f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce , Bjxcnawce.1 ( STAR OFFICE. October 2L SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel for strained and 95c per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $125 per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and -- for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 4039,jc; rosin firm at $1.15L20; tar firm at $1.45; crude turpentine steady at $1.40 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. . .. . . . Rosin. ...!7T. Tar. 77 136 436 66 Crude turpentine Receipts same day last year 30 casks spirits turpentine, 52 bbls rosin, 127 bbls tar, 78 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pouna ipr miaaiing. (Quotations: urainary ... 7-16 cts fib Good ordinary . . , Low middling..., Middling , Good middling. . . 15-16 7-16 5-16 Same day last year, market firm at 9Mc for middling. Receipts 3,488 bales; same day last year, 1,687. r 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 65c; extra prime. 6oc; fancy, 65c Spanish, 75c CORN Firm, 75 to 77c per bushel for white.- N. C. BACON Steady; hams IS to 14o per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Dull at 1718o per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown,' 25 to 30c: springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5K6tfc per pound. BWKKT FUTATOlCo Firm at 60 75c per bushel. Quotedlofflclaliy at the closing by the Produce juavunuirj STAR OFFICE. October 22. SPIRITS TURPENTIN E Market firm at 35 Vo per gallon for machine made casks and 34c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel for strained and 95c per barrel for good strained. - TAR Market firm at $1.25 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.10 per,barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip and for virgin. (Quotations game day last year- Spirits turpentine firm at 4140c; " rosin firm at $L151.20; tar firm at $1.45; crude turpentine steady at $1.40 3.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 26 Rosin. 15 Tar....... 61 Crude turpentine 14 Receipts same day last year 74 ' casks spirits turpentine, 6 bbls rosin,. 77 bbls tar, 33 bbls crude tur pentine. ' COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7Mc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary... 5 5-16 cts Wlb Good ordinary; 6 13-16 " " Low middling 7 5-16 " " Middling. 7U " " Good middling 8 5-16 " 4 Same day last year, market firm at 9c for middling. Receipts 5,444 bales; same day last year, 2,610. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce commission mercnants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants 1 COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime 60c; extra prime, 65c per bushel of 23 pounds: fancy. 7075c Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy,65c Spanish, 75c. CURN mrmi 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 KGGS Dull at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Dnll. Grown. 25 to 30csprings, 1020c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 5M6c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60 75c per bushel. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce uxcnange.j , STAR OFFICE. October 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 36c per gallon for machine made casks and 35c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN. Market firm at 90c per bar rel for strained and 95c per barrel for good strained. TAlt Market firm at $1.25 per bbl of 280 lbsH CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 , sor aip ana ror virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 41H41c; rosin firm at $1.151.ZU; tar nrm at $1.45 ; crude turpentine steady at $1.40 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 20 Rosin 36 Tar 121 Crude turpentine. 62 xteceipts same day last year oo casks spirits turpentine, 173 bbls rosin, 83 bbls tar, 79 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7&c per pouna lor middling. Quotations : Ordinary 5 5-16 cts. ft 6 18-16 " T Good ordinary . . . Low middling ...... 7 5-16 " " Middling. n j i T i urooa miaming 8 3-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 9c for middling. Receipts 3,312 bales; same day last year, 1,761. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce (jommission aiercnanis, 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, eoc; fancy, 65c Spanish, 75c CORN Firm: 75 to 77c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-fiteady: hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c riKB uau at i7ise per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown. 25, to 30c; springs, 10 to 20c TU KKK Y& Nothing doing. ; BEESWAX Firm at 26c. , TALLOW Firm at 5Jf6tfc per pound. . ! HWICHT FOTATOJCa ITlrm at ou 75c per bushel. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York, Oct 23. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine steady at 88j3.). Charleston, Oct zs. Spirits tur pentine firm and unchanged. Rosin firm and unchanged. Savannah, Oct 23. Spirits turpen ine firm at 8636tfc; receipts 1,811 casks; sales 743- casks; exports casks. Rosin firm and unchanged ; re ceipts 3.096 barrels; sales 1,209 barrels; exports 200 barrels. His Mamma I wonder what baby is thinking about His Papa What to cry about nextl-Ttt Bits.
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