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ronIr's verdict in the case op latimer. jury Oeclire That Deceaied Wu Killed by a Pistol Shot Wound No Acca- aallnfl ! A hv On bt Telegra'pn to ina Horning Btar. New York, July 23. Hurry J. Parker, an insurance adjuster, who worked also aa a private detective, yru the first witness to-day in the cor oner's Investigation of the shooting of Albert 0. Latimer In hla home In Brooklyn on the morning of July 2. virkar testified that on Mar 1. this year, Latimer visited him and employ ed Dim. - "Why did Albert O. Latimer visit T0U?" asked District Attorney Clarke. -He told me he wanted to get evi dence against his wife for unfaithful ness witn a man wnose name waa (riven by Latimer aa Tuthill," Parker replied. "On May 2, of this year, I went with Mr. Latimer to Tuthill's residence In Vanderbilt avenue and there I was told by Mr. Latimer that it waa Tut- hill's house, and I was to keep a watch on it, and report Tut hill's movement to bins, un may 4, i saw xuihlll. (to to Latimer's house at about 5 :30 or 6 o'clock. Latimer was accustomed to reach home as late as 6:30 or 7 o'clock. Parker testified that on one occasion Tuthill went to see Mrs. Latimer at her home aud remained there until the middle of the afternoon. . Before Parker left the stand District Attorney Clarice made the following statement : "I have had no conversation with this witness, but I understood that he can testify that the deceased told him that in cake of his death he would know who killed him, mentioning the names of two persons. Now this is hearsay and not admissible under the laws of evidence. It seems to me that if this declaration is- to be introduced now, it would be illegal, censurable gad cruel ; as far as I am concerned I do not purpose asking this man to make this declaration." . r -m t i . . Maggie r ljzgeraia, servant em ployed in a house near Latimer's said that after the shooting she aaw a man he thought was Latimer go to a win dow and call for help. This witness also testified that about the time the police arrived she saw a man on the roof of the Latimer house. Trie case was then given to the jury, which brought in a verdict declaring that Latimer was killed by a pistol shot wound. No accusation againat any one was made by toe jury. DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE. n n -1 n t- t every rruspeti ui rrcsa uaureiai ia Paris A.alsst the Government's En forcement of the Law. Br CaDie to the Morning Btar Paris, July 23. There is every prospect of fresh disturbances to-day, as a v quel to yesterday's clerical out breaks as protests againat the govern- , men's enforcement of .the law against unauthorized congregations. It no appears tnat three Hundred persons were arrested and numerous prosecu tions are pending, though the majority or the prisoners were released. Fresh meetings to protest in favor of the re ligious orders are expected to be held to-day, while the radical and socialist papers are urging the republicans to meet at the Pantheon for a counter de monstration. . Several hundred persons, chiefly women and children, created a de- 1 1 ! 1 . . . church in the Ternes Quarter, while some expelled sisters were departing. The police interfered and several of the crowd struck them with sticks Among those arrested were Deputies ragliessi, (Jonti and archdeacon Ihey were subsequently released. Paris, July 23. A serious disturb ance occurred at half-p as t 10 o'clock this evening on the terrace at the Cafe de Muree de Clunv. The nnlice cleared "the cafe. Several persona were injured . and twentv-five arrests warn mad a. Soma disorderly meetings of Catholics were neia during the course of the evening, resulting in seffiues and the r making of arrests. . Anti-clerical meetings in the Latin quarter this evening led to some effer vescence, out no noteworthy distur bances. A few students, followed by a crowd composed of the rougher ele ment, marcned up and down the boule vard st Michael till a late hour, cuanung anti clerical refrains and snouting, "Down with the priests and me fops." But these fled at the sight "ii lie mounted guards and patrols. xae greatest excitement in the pro vinces is in the clerical stronghold of CNltanv. where the numnti hiva gathered in front of the nuns' schools in several places and declare they will oi auow the nuns to be expelled. THE KENTUCKY FEUDISTS. burial of Body of James Cockriil Dan ferooa Crisis in the. Situation at Jackson. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Lexington, Ky., July 23. The body of James Cockriil who was assas inated Monday at Jackson,' Ky., wu laid to rest to-day in the Cockriil fam ily burying-ground, three milea below waiKsoa. an immense concourse at place T lt" fln1 re8tln Many prominent men have left Jackson Clinton Wilder, a railroad man, who made the statement that the town ought to be placed under martial law, waa quietly informed that he had oetter leave. He arrived here . last night and saya he is afraid to return. Those who know beat the situation in Jackson, say the most dangerous crisis in me entire fund la at nana. A. member of the Cockriil faction arrived here to-day from Jackson, and after asking that hia name be with held, because Its - publication would mean his assassination, said that tbe assassins of Jamea Cockriil. who was hot there on Monday, are known. He ciainn that four men were in the court room WhAn tha ahnta wtkrA flrut and that two fired from'.dlfferent windowa simultaneously. These men were aid ed to escape during the night and their "uereabouta are now known. He ciaims the Cockriil faction will not undertake any assassinations, but will he Inclined to wait until the law Is able w bring the murderers to justice. Uhlef of Police Johnson, of New port News, left Baltimore laat night for that Virginia city, .having in cnarge Frederick Moore, who waa ar rested in Baltimore on the charge of urgery. The complainant In the case w. m. Parker, Moore's partner in Tte Beat Presenptloa for HlrlV tLSS nte" h tle of Grove's and i!??hlll.Ton,c- It is simply iron eii116 ln tasteless form! No f nee. 60c. satu th OUR LOSSES IN THE PHILIPPINES Interesting Statistics Compiled at the Adjutant General's ! Onice;Washington. 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF TROOPS. Tea Officer! and Seventv.n p-.ticf.ii TW w MHawwa Mea Committed Snlclde-Nioely.two Murdered Total Deaths ' 139 Officers and 4,016 Men. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washototos, July 23. Maior Jamea Parker, of the Adjutant Genr eal's office has compiled some Interest ing statistics regarding the insurrection in the Philippines. It appears that there were 2,561 engagements with tha enemy, more or less serious, between February 4. 1899, which ia the date of the battle of Manila, and April 80, 190L fixed as the virtual downfall of the in surrection. The larger proportion of these fights were attacks from ambush on the American troops or . skirmishes in which only small detachments took pari. . ... in aimost no ease in these encase ments" says Maior Parker "did Amer ican troops surrender, or have to re treat, or nave to leave their dead and wounueu in me possession or the ene my, notwithstanding that in manv cases the percentage of loss was high J' xue numoer or troops that have been transported to the Philippines ana nave arnvea there up to July 16th last, was 4,135 officers and 123.803 men. The average strength, taken from monthly returns, for the period or tne insurrection was approximately Maior Parker aummarizea tha nun. alties of the American army as fol lows: Killed or died of wounds. 69 officers ana swe enlisted men; deaths from disease, 47 officers and 2,535 enlisted men; deaths from accidents, six offi cers and 124. enlisted .men ; drowned, biz omceri ana zo enlisted men; suicide, 10 officers and 72 enlisted men ; murdered, one officer and 91 en listed men. Total deaths. 139 officers and 4,016 enlisted men. Wounded, 190 officers and 2,707 enlisted men. A total of 2.897. Killed and wounded and deaths other than by disease, 282 omcers ana ,iao enlisted men. Total, 4,470. A large proportion of the deaths by drowning occurred in action or in active operations against theenemv. Major Parker makes the percentage of killed and wounded to the strength of ine army y 7. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Woman Stabbed to Death by aa Unknown Msa ia Hotel at Plttsburr, Pa. Murderer Escaped. My Telegraph to the Morning star Pittsburg, July 23. One of the most mysterious murders in the city's history was committed to-night in a drinking room in the rear of the Trac tion hotel. The victim is Agnea King, of 139 Crawford atreet. The murderer who escaped is unknown. The story is that the woman and man had been drinking together since Monday at the different saloons in the neighbor hood, and the carousal ended in a quarrel this afternoon - which was re newed to-night when the couple met on High street. The woman went into the hotel bar and took a seat in the rear room. The man followed her and asked her if she would "Keep up the bluff. This question was re peated three, times and each time answered in the negative. Uaick as a flash the man pulled a dirk and made a lunge at the woman. cutting her under the ear. A second slash severed the jugular. Then the murderer stepped out a side-door and escaped. At midnight he was still at large. The victim died while in the patrol wagon on . the way to a hos pital. The only witness of the murder was a woman, who happened to be in tne room when the couple entered. She says the whole affair was enacted so quickly she can give no description of the murderer. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED. Shot Down by a Desperado Named John son, Alias Jeffcoaf, ia Alkea Conaty, : S. C Posse In Porsoit. er Teiegriion to tne Morninn star. Savannah. Qa.. July 23. News reached here to-night from Aiken, S. 0., that Deputy Sheriff Ahl, of Aiken county, S. 0., was killed laat night by the desperado Johnson, alias Jeff coat, who four months ago killed a man named Wilson at Herndbn, Ga., and on July 16th killed Deputy Sheriff Joe Flandera who tried to arrest him near Midville. Ga. After the murder of Deputy Flanders, Jeffcoat escaped into the Ogeechee river swamp, lie - 4 U I 1IL.. am.ntv S. C, a few days ago. Deputy Sheriff Chester Ahl located him, and with a posse went to arrest him. As the party rode up to the house where Jeffcoat was stooping, he opened nre and ran. The posse, headed by Ahl. pursued. Ahl was mounted. .. ue gamed on tne fugitive and was about to run him down when Jeffcoat dodged to one aide. Aa Ahl went by, the desperado ahot him in the back. Ahl fell and died in a few minutes, and Jeffcoat escaped in the woods. Sheriff Alderman with a large posse and hounds is in pursuit Ahl's body baa been taken back to Aiken. Macon. Ga.. Jnlv 23. A Bwaina- boro dispatch to the Telegraph says that Ben Turner, alleged accomplice of Jeffcoat, attempted suicide by cut ting nis wrist arteries In jail to-day. He declared he was fearful of being lynched. NEW COTTON. The First Bale of the Crop of 190203 Re ceived la Savannah By Telegraph to the Morning star. 8 av ANN ah, Ga., July 23. The Brat bale of new cotton of the season of 1902-D3 was received here yesterday and sold this morning at auction in front of the Cotton Exchange for eleven cents per pound. The bale will bs exported at once to Liverpool. It classed fully middling. .. Ia Texas. Gonzales. Texas. Jnlv 20. The nrsi oaie 01 cotton tor uonzaies was n A . m 1 brought In from the Houston farm Thursday, raised by J. A. Dillard. The bale contained 465 pounds and was purchased by Messrs. Hoskins & Jones for 9 cents. Two more bales were brought in yesterday by W. A. Wells and a Mexican across the river. DROWNED IN THE OCONEECHEE RIVER. Sloop With Pleasure Party on Board Cap- BtteTwo Persons Lost Their Lives. : Two Others Seriously Injured. B Telegraph to the Morning Btar. BAVAiTNAH, : July 23. The slorm "Lovell Dell," owned and sailed by Captain Allen N. Calder, of Thunder bolt, and having on , board a pleasure party, was capsized in the Oconeechee river near Hell Gate, during a squall yesterday afternoon, and Captain Oalder's aged mother and an infant daughter were drowned. Captain Oalder's father and wife were seriously injured and his father may die. wn tne sioop were Dr. and, Mrr. Stephen A. Calder, of Sunbury, Cap tain and Mra. Allen N. Calder, of this city; their five children, Vernon, 12 years old, Frank, 9 years old, Law rence, 7 years old, DeLacey, 5 years old, Olga, 18 months old, (who was drowned) and Mrs. Bandiford. who is sixty years old. All, except Oap- talnlCalder and his son Vernon, were in the cabin at dinner. - Vernon was holding the jib-sheet. When the I storm struck, the craft Captain Calder ordered his son to slacken the sheet The boy was frightened and became excited. Instead of doing so he null ed tight on the jib-halyards and the sloop refused to answer her helm. vvunout warning the crart was cap sized and those in the cabin were in stantly submerged; in water. They were penned in like rats in a trap, as the entrance to the cabin iwas under water. With desnerate couraare Cantain ualder dived into the cabin and suc ceeded in dragging out all except the oaby. Ulea. whom he could not find. Mrs. Calder. the captain's mother, died soon after being brought out. THE FIRE AT CAMDEN, S. C. i One of the Most Substantial Blocks ia the City Destroyed-Damage Estimsted at $70,000 -No Water Protection. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Camden, 8. C July 23. Fire, which broke out in the principal busi ness portion of this city late last night, destroyed one of the most substantial blocks of Camden, entailing an esti mated loss of $70,000, partially cov ered by insurance. 1 . The town waa entirely at the mercv of the flames, being without water protection, on account of the water plant having been recently. destroy ed Dy nre. A change in the- direction ot the wind, which swept the flames back over the burned area checked the I fire. The Are was caused by an explosion of a lamp in an up-town store and spread rapidly .through an entire block, containing eleven stores and business buildings. . The Pythian hall and the Masonic hall were destroyed. Two stores belonging to J. (V Mann were entirely consumed. The Bank 01 Uamden was saved only after the most persistent efforts. The nre department of Columbia, a. C promptly answered the call for as sistance, but the special train with the apparatua arrived after the flames had spent their fury. NEW ENQLAND DEMOCRATS. The Lesgae Banquet To-aight Wo J. Bryan and Others to Speak. By Telearapn to tbe Mornins star. Bostqn, July 23. Everything is in readiness for the great banquet of the New ..England Democratic League, which is to be held at Nantaaket Beach to-morrow, and at i which at least four men of national reputation are to give their views on questions of political importance. The presiding officer will be Mayor Patrick A. Collins, of Bos ton, a former Congressman and Con sul General to London under PresI dent Cleveland. The speakers will be William J. Bryan, of Nebraska; Ed ward M. Shepard. of New York, and Senator E. W. Carmack. The visitors are expected to arrive in Boston early to-morrow. After a short rest Mr. Bryan will be at home to a few friends, but there will be no public reception. The party will leave for Nantaaket at 11.20 A. JUL, and dinner will be served at the Kockland House at noon. About 300 persons have secured tickets to the dinner. After dinner the party will adjourn to a mammoth tent, where the speaking will take puce. RIVERS AND HARBORS. Estimates for the Fiscal Year of 1904 for North Caroliaa and Georgia. - Br Telegraph to the Morning star. Washington, July 23. The chief of engineers to-day received a number of reports from officers in charge of rivers and harbors,' together with esti mates for the fiscal year of 1904. CapL K. W. VanO. Lucas submits the following for North Carolina: Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, t300.000. Capt. Uassius ic uiiiette, in charge of the improvements at uavannan, Ga. submits the following: Savan nah harbor. SL050.000: harbor at Darien, Ga., $30,000; Alabama river, Georgia, $38,000; Oconee river, Ga., $38,uuu: urunswicx naroor, jta., $175,700; inside water route between Savannah. Ga.. and Fernandina. Fla., $56,000; Cumberland sound, Georgia and Florida, f 4UU,uuu. A FATAL AFFRAY. One Msa Killed and Two Mea Seriously Wounded on a Georgia Plantation. ay Telegraph to the Morning star. Maoon, Ga., July 23 A telegraph special from Newton county aaya that at Grant's Spring, on William Pick ett's plantation, laat Sunday, a fight occurred In which Richard Smith. Jr., was shot and his throat cut, Kichard Smith. Sr.. ahot through the lung and a man named Tomlin cut about the face. Young 8znith is dead and the condition of tbe I other two is preca rious. The quarrel was between Tomlin on one side and the smiths on tne other. : A Fireman! Close Call. "I stuck to my engine, although and every nerve every joint ached was racked with pain." writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, : of Burlington. Ia. "I was weak and pale, without any appetite ' and all run down.. .As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters, and after taking lt I felt as well aa I ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run-down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guar anteed by B. R. Bellamy, druggist. Price 50 cents. t Bean tha y9 HaV8 AlwajS BOBgM : ;i Thousands; . : PAUSE'S coral pou no - Will Banish the Summer Blues and. Other Distresses That Make Life Miserable ' : ( and Unhappy. This Jl is the season when we hear men and , women complaining about meir unhappy and half dead condition. They find that physical and mental en ergy has deserted them, and they are sinking deeply inthe pit of despon. aency. .1 v- .-.! t -.n The hot summer weather alwavs pro duces thousands of miserable feeling mortals. They lack nerve force, strength and true vitality. They can not rest day or night, and life becomes a Duraen. : , r . The great recuperator, builder and strength-giver for all weary, wornout and suffering people is Paine's Celery compound, now so universally pre scribed by medical men. When the great medicine is used at this season. languor, despondency, inability, ner vousness, sleeplessness, - Headache, dyapepsia, and digestive troubles, are permanently banished, and men and women go about their dubes and work with a -rim. will, and energy that: in dicate health and physical strength. Mr. j-.'ti. uiark, He war k, Del., who as in a critical condition of health from troubles extremely common in summer time, writes thus about his marvelous rescue from death: "wnen a was attacked with ner vous prostration, I went to one of our local doctors. I I continued to grow worse and consulted other physicians. but with very little apparent good. No tongue can express or pen describe my feelings and suffering from this terrible disease. After snendin? con siderable money in the vain hope of oemg cured, L was led to try Paine's Celery Compound, and lt is this med icine which enabled me to enjoy the health I now have. -After the torture I experienced night and day for years, tne ensvnge is wonueriui. ELEPHANTS IH A WRECK. STKe 0lr Aalaaala That Saved Them lekci From m, -Sinking; Ship. Wnen a number of elephants are ship-, pea, a strong structure Is erected on fleck, and they are stabled, chained by the feet. No doubt in an emergency they could eas ily walk away with their chains and the deck fldbring, throwing the stable aside if it offered any .impediment to their prog ress and the door happened to be shut.' Elephants fortunately are not always; putting forth s their prowess, and the1 chains in ordinary weather and ordinary circumstances keep them sufficiently in check, til' I A number of years ago William Jam- rach, who had: made a fortune, was re turning from India with a cargo of ele phants,! black panthers, tigers, cheetahs, leopards,, hyenas, apes, serpents, orang ontangs and rare birds of all kinds. He valued the lot at 7,000. Tbe Agra that was the name of the ship he was coming home oh was swinging at her anchor off Point 4 Qalle, Ceylon. Suddenly there was heard a fearful crash that gave pause to everything. The chattering, the screaming, the growling and the roaring of the -animals stopped dead. The star tled men looked for just a moment straight in the face of each other. Then the exclamation, "Great heavens, she s sinking!" was followed by a clamor that just blotted out the stillness. At one and the same moment both man and beast seemed to realize the situation, and at one and the same moment they au began to exhibit symptoms of the alarm they flt. In the case of the men they were free to devise means of escape, and they immediately busied themselves ac cordingly. In ! the case of the animals they were confined and had to undergo th horror of facing a death they were powerless to avert I It is natural for an animal to die in combat with an I enemy, and while the combat lasts mere is -nope or escape. There is no! facing of death here. The animal? Is otherwise encaged engaged. too, In a natural way. But with the ani mals cooped jnp on the Agra, with never an enemy to fight, it was far aiserent, ana they gave vent to cries ot unbounded despala. The elephants made a noise, too, bnt there was1 not one touch of deseair there, fit was the businessltJCe aounaVof crushing timber, ana oexore tne Agwoaa reached bottom a herd of eUfilfant Were swimming to I Ceylon! OasBeU's Maga zine. It is! not sufficient' In rloanfnv mnma xnat nave Deen occupied by persons eick .with Contagions diseases to simply ex- nose tnem to ri Wnfortirir vpimm Th. ly scoured with disinfecting fluid, and the walls land ceilings should also be care zouy. qeanea. ; i ! rorttlng; 24 Honrs a Day. There's no rest for those tireless little workers Dr. f King's New Life Pills, i Millions are -alwavs busy, cur ing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bilious ness, Fever and Ague. They banish Bick Headache and drive out Malaria. Never; gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice and work wonders.. Try them. Price 25 cents at R. R. Bellaey's drugstore. . ; t tm tm PRODUCE MARKETS. . 1' 1 By TelecraDh to the Morning Btar. New xobjc July 23. Flour waa fairly S active; on choice grades and steady; Wheat Spot steady; No. 3 red 79c at elevator.; Trade in wheat was dull all day with steadiness the rule. Occasional reactions, due to favorable weather news,lsrge receipts, eaaier Liverpool cables and unloading were followed each time by quick ral lies. The liberal seaboard clearances. firm French cables and light offerings impelled much of the demand from the shorts. I Last! prices were un changed as follows: July closed 81e; September ; 77Xc: December 77tf e. Corn Spot easy ; No. 2 71c. Options market opened steady on Ubicago re ceipts, reacted under favorable news. rallied again on Lfirm cables with wheat, but I finally broke, closing un settled with July K c higher and other positions partly xo net lower: July closed 71c J i September closed 61; December 'dosed 51K& Oats Spot firm; No.2 63Kc. Options were weaker at first, : but subsequently rallied on general covering. Lard steady -.Western steams $10 90; July closed $10 80, nomi nal; refined quiet; continent u ou. Pork quiet. Rice firm; domestic, fair to extra 4K6Vc: Japan M5Xc Bntter was s steady : creamery 18& 21c; State dairy 17H30. Eggs hft ular; State and Pennsylvania 20Q20.K ; Western uncandled 1517c Cheese was Quoted weak to firm: State run cream, small colored fancy 10c; small white 9e. Uabbages were easy; Lone Island, per 100. $3 00&3 00. Peanuts firm: fancy hand-picked 5kc;other domestic'SJi5e. Potatoes easy;! Long Island, $1 00Q3 00. Southern prime. $1 251 75. Coffee Spot Rio steady; No. 7 Invoice 5Kc; mild, market steady; Cordova 8 llKci Husrar uaw. nrm: lair renn- ing 2Kc; centrifugal 98 teat, Sc A Tfnnm TTmiir diamateh of Yesterday says: 1 A native steamer waa capsized in the West .river and two nunarea I persons were drowned. Ella," said my htisband, "I hare heard from my mother. She wants to come andjltve with us. She will be here tomorrow!? ' : i 7 - v.-: ' -- "I thought she lived In Milwaukee with your sister.-' . ; -. . - ' i 7S0 she does, said Pierre,, "but she and my sister don't seem to agree. ?; Ohr said I. thinking how disagree able she must be to quarrel with her own mother,; kI' 1 ; :' " "' My mother-in-law arrived the next day a fat old lady, with a purple com plexion, a SharpJ black eye and a fringe of false curls on, either Bide of her face. "What,"; said my mother-in-law, "s black silk dress at home?" And she scrutinized my simple toilet with a pen etrating gaze. - "Does Pierre's income admit of that?"! : if -iv ; "Pierre's Income has nothing to do with It," returned I gayly. "I bought the dress myself.; It was one X had be fore we were married. 1 1 I should i adylse -a: gingham or" al paca for a home, dress," said my moth-- er-in-iaw. f - I ' , "Pierre likes to see me In black silk.' I protested, v .r" vr.i;;' Men : know 5 nothings about euch thlngs,".said my: mother-in-law. That was the beginning of It the be ginning of a course of meddling and criticising ;apd interference that nearly! drove me frantic. She disapproved of everything on principle. "My dear Ella.? said she, "that great, tall sister of yours ought to be earning her own living."; t J i uut she must get an education Uratr pleaded IJ H j ; - " 'Education! Fiddle I What does a girl like her need except to read and write and icast up accounts? I should think Bhei might get ; a place, as cash girl In a! store! instead of living on Pierre's charity j ! " I colored hotly. ; "If Pierre does hot object," said I( Vl in A aIoa ItAAil ft I l don't like to see him imposed up-- on," said my mother-lnJaw. She grew more and more disagreea ble with me every day. It wasn't a week befdre she; got the housekeeping money away from me. "I shall! spend" it so much more eco nomically than a young thing like you, Ella," said Bhe.l ; jj dux at tne month's end she had to ask Pierre for another $10 to balance the bills. 1 '; i i! . "Things; are !so much higher here than in Milwaukee," said she. But I noticed that very evening that my- mother-in-law came home with ja. new bombazine dress. And I put two and two together. How could I help it?; J I j She told Pierre that I was lazy and extravagant. She asked him If Cora was to stay forever, i "sponging" her living out; of him. i She shook her false curls andj groaned out that she didn't see where; all the money went to. And through it all she pretended that she Was very fond of us all. "Of course," said she, "it would be a deal pleasanter for me to stay with my. dear daughter in Milwaukee, but I al ways . prefer duty to mere personal gratification." ; r "You are very kind, mother," said dear, stupid Pierre, Who put implicit faith in everything the old lady said. I went into the other room, when Pierre and his "mother had gone out without thinking ' of , consulting me to get a new china tea set! "Cora,"! said "I can't stand this. Pierre has got f to choose between his mother and me? "Oh, Nelly!" said innocent lime cora. "I mean it!" paid I.! But how I waa to carry out m. programme I had not the least idea. Fortune, however, favored me. Cora came home from school the next day with a high fever and in a day or two she broke out with a; scarier rasn. 'There Sis a great -deal of smallpox around," said plerre with a troubled face. "I fear it is that At all events, wo had better all be vaccinated. How lucky that my . mother is here to help nurse her!" ! if 1 But Mrs. Wallace, Sr., presently came down stairs in t the bombazine dress, with Pierre's best leather traveling pag In her hand. 'Why, mother," said Pierre in aston ishment, f'wherp are you going?" "Home,' said Mrs. Wallace grimly; "to Milwaukee.!; "And leave Ella?" "Ella will do 'very well," said Mrs. Wallace. 1 ' "I don't mean to stay and expose myself ! to the smallpox. My own health Is the first consideration." And away went my mother-in-law WltnOUt even BWypiUg iur me mi uiiu- . 1 i: t m a. .! Ity of a gpodby," i j Pierre set his.teetn togetner. "I would not have believed," said he, "that ani human creature could be so selfish or!so cold hearted." "Pierre said I' creeping up to him, "don't be! afraid. It's only the measles that Cora has.-! And I-wouldn't mind the smallpox itself if It only helped to rid me of 'that old lady. Oh,Pierre, she has made' me so wretched!" v. "My darling Ella! And why did you not tell me boH he asked. "She wis your mother, Pierre, and all that I could say ; would not have opened your eyej as this last exhibition of her true character has done. And that was tne way in wmcn 1 who relieved from my' mbther-ln-law. She never came again, and If she had done so I doubt whether Pierre would have let her in. I f ! For he has come to think exactly as 1 do about mothers-in-law. Cleveland Plain Dealer, it i f. 1 . 1 i ' BoMei' Xnstlsetlve Feu. Amour the Bam rises of modern city Ufa tMhln. '.Anlslia. tfiA man fmm thp country more than the indifference ot tha hnraea tn -The sneedinir electric cars. noisy elevated trains and swift motor ve hides. Tnings tnat wonia nave ternueu and stampeded! all the horses of the city tint ui mn'nv rpnrs asm are regarded with complacency, and; yet the animals have not lost certain Instincts or areaa. In an open express wagon coming down Third avenue last week there loomed up a gigantic polar bear. He was stuffed, tne sign ,or a rurner,' wing wmu i m taxidermist! for repairs. As he slowly moved down the 1 avenue there was an . equine panic. The sparks flew from the granite iblocks j Where tne iron noors struck as the most pacific horses reared and plunged, few iora ximes. . 1 Ala , BaaIc Terms. T'tiA iPArrla trMA fi MM rtrv APfflTO. i?1nA the like have almost if not quite lopt their Original meaning. At first ttin. hnirmfmsmiia nnlv t a tha nnmber of aves into which the sheets used in mak- I . . . . I ..n.j m I m i ing tne dooks were toiaea. xuu u. uio sheets were folded; once so as to form two Inn -con nit fnr nnnMi the hook was Called a folio; if the Bheets were folded twice so as to fortii four leaves, the book was callod a Riiarta; it they were foldecrour : ! .... . 1 i timex so hsto form cignt leaves, tne dwi was called nu octavo., ana so on. Bla Aeeomnllahmentaw Silas pow Js yeonr son gittin on at colleger ' ; 11; tPrniir-h. hulc n' ! hp ' RBYB he'll SOOn bO able to gf t a job as waiter an understand the menn.-KJhlcago lews. , - - 1 ! u ; , . :' Ttt Better Left TJasald. Teacher '.(who catches a ten-year-old mimicking her)-i-Johnhy Gaffney, If you do not stop acting like a foot I shall dis miss you from the recitation. New York Times. 1 : ,!. L TRAIN HELD UP. Wells Far'f 0 Express Csr Robbed ot $53,- 80 by Three Acaerlcasa. . - By TeJegrapn to the MornmR star Eagle Pass. Texas. July 23. The Mexican Central passenger train wu robbed near Bermijilo laat night by two men, supposed Jto be Americans. It is reported that a large amount was secured. The robbers escaped. No further detaila can be obtained at pres ent - V --r.-.V-: El Paso. Texas. Jnlv 23. A Chi huahua, Mexico, dispatch reports the robbery of the Wells Fareo Express car on the north bound Mexican Central train yesterday morning of $53,000. Three Americans are said to have held np the messenger and looted the safe. The bandits escaped, . but rurales are In pursuit. . ... " .-' ' . MURDER NEAR ELK1NS. Chief ef Police Shot Iron Atabash While . Makist aa Arrest. - By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. -Kldhs. W. Va., July 23. Chief of Police F. N. Wllmoth, of this town, was murdered late last niajht at Wq- melsdorf, near here. Wllmoth was in the act of arresUnjf two negroes, when a third man shot htm from ambush. A posse is in pursuit of the murderer, -and it is believed that he will be lynched if caueht. This is the third murder of an ha kins chief 01 ponce within a year, the other two victims beine Robert Lilly and Pace Marstel- MAGIC SQUARES. The Principle Governing m Tery In- tercMtlnjg Pule. Magic squares of odd numbers in which the figures added in perpondicalar, ;hori zonlal or diagonal rows make the. same sum are found in books of puzzles, but the principle on which they are based is never given There is a principle, and it is applicable without limit from one square to any odd cumber of square's indefinitely. For illus- 17 S4 1 8 15 23 5 7 14 t0 4 6 15 20 2fir 10 IS 19 Si 5 11 18 fi 0 KAST WHEN lOtJ KNOW HOW. tration twenty-five squares are given and the sum of each of its rows of figures .per pendicularly, horizontally or diagonally is sixty-five. Now for the rule: Always write your numbers consecutively, diagonally, up ward, to the right. If that direction car ries you outside of the squares, then go to the opposite end of the row at which you stand. If you reach a square that Is oc cupied, or the upper right hand corner, then drop to the square below the last one used and proceed as before. Begin with one in the upper center square. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Narw York. July 23. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine steady at 46 47c. ChaELKSTOH. July 33. Spirits tur pentine and rosin unchanged. SAVAamaH, July 23. Spirits turpen tine firm at 44H45c: receipts 1,877 casks: sales 1.997 casks: exports 8 casks. Rosin firm : receipts 4.145 bar rels: sales 3.293 barrels: exports 467 barrels. Qaote: A, B, C, $1 15. D, $1 20, E. $1 25: F. $1 80: O. $1 35; EL $1 70:1, $3 05;K $3 55; M, $3 05; N, $3 40; WQ. $3 50; W W. S3 70. WHOLESALE PRICES CDHREIT. w The ronowina Quotations represent Wholesale Prices aenerauy. In making mall orders nuzner oncea nave so m onars The quotations are always given as accurately m nossibia. but the Br am will not be resnonslbla for any variations from the actual market prtoa of the articles anotea BAQonro s Jute........ Standard.. Burlaos CMS o I o WESTERN 8HOKKl- Hams V s ., Bides s BbouldersV ........ I 14 10 9 - m Bides a ! aw Bhoulders S...... 9 s 75 9M BARRKLS Spirits Turpentine tseoona-nana,eacn.......... 1 aa Second-hand machine 1 85 New New York, each....... New Cltv. each O 1 35 SI 85 1 85 1 85 O too O 14 00 Wilmington w ............. Northern 6 SO 0 00 BTJTTEB Norm oarouna v 85 83 75 O S2H Honnern ........... OORN MEAL per Dusnei, in sacra ... i mJ a YU1CU11B BWI OOTTON TIEe sj bundle...... CANDLES V Bperm Adamantine 18 11 7 i-OOFFEE - rIo::::::::::::::::::::: DOMESTIOB Bbeeting, 4-, V Vara. ...... Tarns. bunch oT 5 fes .... FISH Mackerel, No. l, barrel... st 00 Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18 00 Mackerel, No. S haU-bbl.. 8 00 MackereLNo.8. barrel... II 00 Mullets, barrel. 8 7S Mullets, VLpork barrel...... 7 SO N. O. Roe Herring, B keg.. S 00 Dr2rw.:::::::::::::: 6 00 FLOOR Si S itowgraae ...,....... 850 8175 4 25 Choice Straight First patent. BLUE SI B. BRAIN bushel - Oorn,from store,bgs White 8SKO 678 70 a , 10 o Hixeauorn.... Oats, from store (mixed).. Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas....... HIDE8 S iHerasaiteoa...... Dry flint Drvsalt HAY 100 S8 NoiTimotny..... Rice Btraw. .......... ....... n. o.:CroD HOOP IRON, V CHEK8E B Hortnern racwry.. ......... Dairy dream Half cream 14 ISM LARD. Northern ., North Carolina....... LIME, barrel PORK. barrel oitvuess... Rump.... Prime......... BOPS, SALT, sack. Alum 11 uverpooi American. On ooi bags.. .M. ........ BUQaR, tVBtanaalfa aran'd 45 Bianaara a.. ....... ......... White Extra O Extra O, Golden... .......... uneuow... LUMBER (city sawed) M ft mp biuil, reeawea is iw Hough edge Plank..... 16 00 west India cargoes, aooord 4 ing to quality............. 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 BcantUnz and Board, oom'n 14 00 MOLA8SEB. gallon BarDaaoes, m nogsneaa..... Barbadoes, in barrels....... Porto Rloo,lnhogsheads.... 89 Porto Rloo, In barrels....... 89. Bogar House, In hogsheads. IS Sugar House, In barrels.... 14 Bvrap. In barrels 17 NAILS, keg, out, coa oasis... SOAP. Northern BTAVX8, M W.O. barrel.... B. o. Hogshead...... tXXBXB, M feet Shipping.. uommon mm ............... Fair mill..................... ' Prime mill... Extra mill... SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed MBXst neart... ........... -. " Bap.. sxaoeart. " Ban.......... WHISKEY. gauoa Mortoera , r r : WILMINGTON MABKT Qotedlofflolally at the closing py the Frodnoe s a.nuinge.i - - STAB OFFICE. July 17. h ' BPIRITS TURPENTINE -Nothinir doint;. . . - . ,. . . ROSIN Market steady at $L10 per barrel for strained and 11.15 per bar rel for good strained. : TAR Market firm at $1.60 per bar rel of 880 pounds. " ukuujc X U iilrlUN XUN 1C Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $3.50 for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine nothing; doing; rosin firm at 95cG$L00: tar firm at $1.50 bid; crude turpentine steady at $L10O8.10. . BKOEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 87 Rosin... .......r. 323 Tar 34 Crude turpentine............... 66 Receipts same day last year 29 casks spirits turpentine, 168 barrels rosin, 128 barrels tar, 131 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTOH. Market firm on a basis of 9c per pouna ior miaauncr . quotations urainary Good ordinary T j w mn , A A 1 i ti mm ctsIb 8 9 mnm TT muwuuk ..... . . Middling...-:.... Grood middling. . . 9 1-16 Same day last year, market firm at 7c for middling;. Receipts bales; same day last year, roorrected arty by Wilmington produce uommission ercnants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Oommla- - biod ueronanu. i OOUNTRT PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 83Xc, per bushel of twenty-eieht pounds. Virginia Prime, 65c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 83tfe. Spanish, 77 cmsuc. CORN Firm; 8083 c per bushel ior wmte. N. O. BACON Steady : hams 13Zh 14o per pound; shoulders, 10ffll2c; siaes, iuouc. KOQS Dull at ll12c per dosen. CHICKENS Firm.- Grown. 270. 85c; springs, J5U25c TURKEYS No sale. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. taliLiUW uirm at o6Kc per pound. bWEKT FOTATOKS Firm at 70a 7oc per bushel. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce jsxcaange.1 STAR OFFICE, July 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothint? aoine. ROSIN Market steadv at 3L10 ner barrel for strained and $1.15 per barrel tor trood strained. TAR Market firm at $1.50 per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $2.50 for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. uuotauons same day last year- Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at $1.50 bid; crude turpentine steady at ai.iua.iu. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine, 153 357 Kosxn Tar Crude turpentine 80 200 Receipts same day last year 63 casks spirits turpentine. 280 barrels rosin, 85 barrels tar, 123 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTON. uaraet nrm on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Ordinary.. Quotations: 6 cts "Qlb ttood ordinary.. ... . Low. middling 8 .. .. 8 " " 9 " ' Middling Good middling. . . 9 1-16 Same day last year, market firm at 71fc for middling. . ' receipts l bale; same day last year, s. roorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uommission nercnants, pnoes representing uioee paia ior proauee consignea to uommiB- sion nerenantaj 00IT5TBT PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c: fancy. 82hic per bushel of twenty-eisrht pounds. Virginia Prime, 65c; extra I prune, 80c; fancy, S3ic Bpanian, 77 CORN Firm. 80a8354c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-Steady: hams 13a 15c per pound: shoulders. 1012&c; sides, iuiic. - KGKJS Dull at ll12o per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 27 35c; springs, 12VJ20c TURKEYS No sale. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALiLiOW nrm at 6bivc per pound. c BWEKT rOTATOKS Firm at 70 75c per bushel (Quoted officially at the closing ot the Produce aixcnange.j STAR OFFICE, July 19. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 per bar rel for good strained. TArt Market nrm at.fi.KU per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $2.50 for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. Uuotauons same day last year- Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm at 95c$L00; tar firm at $1.60 bid; crude turpentine steady at I 8J1.1U5J.1U. RECEIPTS. i Spirits turpentine 39 Rosin 273 Tar. 37 Crude turpentine 129 .Receipts same day last year 4a casks spirits turpentine, 151 barrels rosin, 86 barrels tar, 171 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Ordinary. Good ordinary Low middling.... ... Middling .... Quotations: 6X cts. lb 8 .. 8, " " 9 " Good middling 9 1-16 ii it Bame day last year, market nrm at 7&e for middliiur. . ' - receipts bales; same day last year, 3. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uommisBion Mercnanu. Dnces raDi uuuminir those paid for produce consigned to Oommla- won aiercnannu COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime 75c: extra prime, 80c; fancy. 83c per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 65c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 83c . Spanish, 77 80C CORN Firm: 80S2Xcper bushel for white N. O. BACON-Steady; hams 13 14c per pound; shoulders, 1013jic; sides, ioiic EGCrS-Dull at ll12o per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 27 j 35c; springs. 13j30c : TURKEYS No sale. BEESWAX Firm at 36c TALLOW Firm at 5tf6tfc per pound. dWEET rVi'ATUBJ-Firm at 7U 75o per busheL . (Quoted officially at the closing by the Frodnoe iienangej STAB OFFICE. July 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steadv at 43o ner arallon. - I ROSIN Market steady at $1.10 per i barrel for strained and $L15 per barrel for crond strained. ' : TAB Market firm at $1.50 per bar rel of 280 pounds.. commercial;, CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $3.60 for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. -Quotations same dav last rear ... Spurits turpentine nothing doina; rosin firm at 9 5c All. 00; tap firm at $1.50 bid: crude turpentine steady at $1.10k3.i0. EXODPTS. Spirits turpentine 69 uosw...,.... 838: Tar 185 Crude turpentine.. i...... 301 Receipts same day last year 90 casks spirits turpentine. 168 barrels rosin, 109 barrels tar, 180 barrels crude turpentine. ' OOTTOH. Market firm on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 6X eta. V lb Good ordinary ..... . 8 low middling 8K MlddW ...T 9 t ii Good middling. . . ... 9 1-16 name avr last vear. market firm at ! 73fc for middling. , - Ueoeipts l bale; same day last . year, 1. ., -- Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produoa uommission Meronants. pnoes renreeentlna those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merohants.J COUNTRY PRODUCE. " PEANUTS North Carolina. Arm. Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 82Xc I bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime,, 65c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 83c Spanish, 77 BoUC - CORN Firm. 80&83We ner bushel for white. - N. a BACON Steady: hams 13Za 15c per pound: shoulders. 10Z&13V2c: sides. 10llc KGrGS Dull at ll13c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 37(2h 85c; springs, 12J30c. TUKKKYS No sale. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5a6tfc per pound. bWEKT POTATOES Firm at 70Ch 75c per bushel. Quoted officially at the closing by tbe Produce axooanae.J STAR OFFICE. July 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady $1.10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 per barrel ior good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.50 per bar rel of 280 pounds. ORUDIS TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.40 ner barrel for hard. S3. BO for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm at 95c$LOO; tar firm at $1.50 bid; crude turpentine steady at $1.103.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine... 43 Kosin , S2 Tar 19 Crude turpentine. .... .1 184 receipts same day last' year 177 casks spirits turpentine. 375 barrels rosin, 104 barrels tar, 9 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 89c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 6tf cts & Good ordinary. 7m Low middling. . ..... 8H Middling 8J Good middling 9 1-16 ti it it it it ii ii it Same day last year, market firm at 7c for middling. Receipts bales; same day last year, 14. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uommiBsion Mercnanw, pnoes repreoonunK those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants J , COUNTRY PRODUCE. - PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 82c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 65c; extra 1 prime, 80c; fancy, 82 jc Spanish, 77 80c CORN Firm; 80 82540 per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 13 14c per pound; shoulders, 10Q13c; sides, 10 11c EGGS Dull at U13c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 37 35c; springs, 12 130& . TURKEYS No sale. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5Ji65c per pound. . SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70 i 75o per bushel. IQnoted officially at the dosing by the Produce Kxonange.J STAB OFFICE. July 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 44c per gallon. ROSIN Market steady at IL10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.50 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $3.50 for dip, and $3.60 for virgin. Uuotauons same day last year- Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm at 95c$L00; tar firm at $1.50 bid; crude turpentine steady at $1.103.10. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine .'. . . 307 Bosin w Tar 51 Crude turpentine. 78 Receipts same day last year ev casks spirits turpentine, 300 barrels , rosin, 66 barrels tar, 83 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8lo per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. IX cts. Ok WU viuiuoij ...... .7 Low middling 8 Middling... 8K Godnuddling 9 1-16 ii ii ii it ii Same day last year, market firm at 7e for middling. Receipts bales; same day last year, 6. roorrected Regularly by Wilmington Prodnoe Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid ior proauoe consignea to vwuui slon Merchants..) . COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. .Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c; fancy, 82c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia iTlme, coc; extra i prime, 80c; fancy, 82c Spanish, 77 80C ... CORN Firm; 8083Xo per DUsnei , for white. N. Q BACON-Steady. hams IS 14c per pound; shoulders, 10I2Ko; sides, 10lle EGGS Dull at lli3c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 37 1 35c; springs, 1220C TURKEYS NO sale. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 6K6tfc p I pound. bweet iutatoes inrm as 7ua 75c per busheL COTTON MARKETS. By TeleKraoh to toa Horning Btar NW YORK, July 23. Cotton quiet t'9Mc; net receipts 154 bales: gross HiDta 865 bales; stock 141,703 bales. Spot cotton market closed quiet: middling uplands 9ke; middling gulf 9Ke: sales 85 bales. UOtton ruiures.maxaet ciuoou wmaj. July 8.55, August 8.36, September 8.06, October 7.87, November 7.78, De i eember 7.78, January 7.78, February 7.78, Marcb 7.77. . WANTED! 000,000 chw cypre" two 1 newn. dxb: euco iocu hwh. - Ml. nwn. main AIWIV In HAIjIj Till ARU bUUBliB W; 803 North water St. , Wilmington, ft O. jyaswim I 1 I 1 -f ...
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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