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GEORGIA STATR MILITIA. final ScibIoo of the Coort of lasairy la vcidcalioK be Conduct ! Trotps at (be Staletbore Ljichlai. bt Teiecmpb to toe Horning Bur. Savannah, Ga:, Auk. SL The final geiilon or the court investigating the conduct of the mlllila at Stateaboro, wbenlbemob took the negroes Oato nd Reed and burned them at the slake, WM held here this afternoon. OapL Robert M. Hitch, who commanded the troopi, Lieutenant George A. Mell and Lieutenant James W. Mclntyre, jr submitted supplementary state menti In rebuttal of evidence riven at Btiteaboro yesterday. It Is believed that.it will be ten days or two weeks before the court is ready to make its report to the governor, tie will then decide what other evi dence Is sufficient to order a court mariitl for such of the officers and men a he may consider to have been der-lict In their duty. t. cut. Mell sid that he had not told Lir n i. Cone at Btatetboro that It made i no difference even If the troops htd no ammunition. He denied that the deputy sheriff came to him when he s in command of the reserves, and told him that he was needed at the court house with his men to aid In the defence or me prisoners. Lieutenant Mclntyre aaid he waa sura that he had seen Lieutenant Gri ner knocked down by the mob -Grlner said at Statesboro that he had not been knocked down. Captain Hitch positively Identified "Cap" B. T. E. Mallard, the bailiff who testified at Statesboro yesterday, as the man who had seized , and dis armed blm and shoved him down the steps. CapL Hitch said he could not possibly have been mistaken In this. Capt. Hitch said that there was ab solutely nolhinz said that would leave room for a reasonable man to presume that there was no shooting done. "Trie reasonable conclusion waa that shooilriE; would be ordered, and that to kill." ' CHICAGO STRIKE, SITUATION. TDE GREAT BATTLE IS STILL RAGING. Over Five Hundred Thousand Men and Thirteen Hundred . Guns Are Engaged. LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES HEAVY fifhtlai Besomed at Davllhl aad Ceo tiaaed Until Niihtfall Tbe Russians Claim te Have Captured Forty. ... alz Cannta and Prisoners. President Donnelly's Efforts Oalj Partially Successful Railroad Switchmen Re faaed to Jslo In the Strike. Hi Telegraph to the Horning star. CniOAQO, III., Aug. 3L The ef forts -of President Donnelly, of the Butcher's Union, to spread the strike igainst the packers through all tradea that are in any way connected with -the packing house industry, waa only nartlallv successful to-day. The first step was in calling out the mar employed by the independent packers and the stock handlers that wertj-sMll at work for. those packers against whom the original atrlke waa mtde. The total number of men who . quit work to-day In response to the appeals of President Donnelly was about 3.000. , It was also announced by President Djcuelly ilt he had made arrange-mi-ii is for a strike of the switchmen on tbe railroads doing business In the stock yards, and that In a short time tbo packers would find it Impossible to ship out tbelr products. The switch tr.eo, nowever, have refused to strike. Afifr a long meeting ' to-night which was attended jointly by members of tbe Switchmen's Union and members ot ti e Brotherhood of Railway Train men it was decided that the mem ber, of both organizations would re- ma at work. The packers say it is Donnelly's in ! tention to create a meat famine, which he thinks would arouse t he public to sues a pucn or inaignauon mat a sei- - tletrent would be forced. Mk BRYAN OFFERS SERVICES. Win be at Disposal of tbe Democratic vommlttee for Campalfa Purposes Oorini Month of October. Ui Teiegrapn to tie Morning Star. New York, Aug. 31. Secretary Ur-y Woodson, of the Democratic National Committee, has received a leiter from W. J. Bryan in which Mr. Bryan says he will be at the disposal of the Democratic committee for cam paign purposes during the month of October. Mr. Bryan Indicates that he would prefer speaking in the West, moRily in Indiana. Chairman Tag gartsajs that the committee j has not yet taken up the subject of Mr.Bryan's itinerary and it is not known whether be will tpeak in tbe eastern cities. Satisfaction was expressed at nation al headquarters regarding the offer of Mr. Bryan to aid In the campaign, as there ban been considerable talk about the apathy of some of tbe most ardent Br; an men, and fear has been ex pressed that they would vote for Wat son. A. story was current to day that tbe Populists, together with radical .Democrat and the remnants of the Henry George Democracy, were not Only going to put up Watson electors in New York but that they would also put up a State ticket, congressional tickets and legislative tickets as far as they were able to do so. Democratic readers believe that Mr. Bryan's ap pearance ou the stump, even if he does not come east', will have a tendency to held his warm supporters-in line for iiio regular ticket. SHEFPSHEAD BAY RACES. Twin City llaadlcsp Wia by Caotbnawaia Artfal Again a Winner. I By Telegraph to tbe Morning BUr. New York, Aug. 31. In a drive Caughnawaga at three to one won the Twin City handicap of $13,000 to tbe winner at Bheepahead Bay to-day. Tbe mile run was made in the fast time of 2:05. McChesney, who won this stake last year, defeating Ilermls, was made favorite to-dsy on the strength of a very fast trial, but was out run, finishing next to last. ArUul, winner of the Kulurlty on Saturday, today added another vic tory to her lint by winning the $10,000 Qrett Kill j tUkes. Fearful Odd A gal net Him Bd ridden, alone -and destitute. Such, in brier, was the condition of an old soldier by the name of J. J. Havens, of Versailles, O. 'For years he was troubled with kidney disease. and neither doctors nor medicines gave him relief. At length he tried Electric Bitters. It put him on his feet in short order, and now he teatl 'fies: "I'm on the road to complete recovery." Best on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles, and all forms of Stomach and Bowel complaints. Only 50c. Qusranteed by R. R- Bkl laht, druggist Ttaaa ,v. The Kind You Haw Always Bought Signature of By Cable to the Morning star. kLi Yang, August 31, 6:30 P. M. The battle waa resumed this morning earlier than It began yesterday. With the first grey of dawn the artillery opened and the firing soon extended along the, entire line. The rain ceased during the night and day broke bright and clear. The Russians entered the fight confident of victory. Ai this dispatch la aent a balloon is ascending from one of the Japanese positions southeast of Llao Yang, making a target for the Russian mor tar batteries, but the sheila have not yet reached it Liao Yako, Aug. 3L The second dsy'a battle commenced at dawn. The Russians made repeated bayonet ad vances on the road' directly south of Llao Yang, where the Japanese ap proached from Banquaiship and Tao, shelling the positions In the Russian lines until four In the afternoon.when the engagement, which was general throughout the south and southeast, narrowed to the main line. The Jap anese advance on the southeast waa by way of Teng Wang Cheng road. Immediately in front of Chlafantun the Japanese stubbornly attempted to occupy a round top hill, which was literally shaved by Russian shells, making repeated attempts the entire day, where apparently it waa Impossi ble for anything to live. The can nonading continued from thia point to the vicinity of Wangpaotai, until thia evening without apparent advantage to either aide. The Japanese dropped shells within two or three miles of the railroad station and in the plain of Wentshu mountain, which Is the moat important eminence around Llao Yang, but the Japanese abandoned aggression there on account of the re sistance they met. There was cannon fire last night and this is expected nightly. The varied casualties here include one Russian war correspondent wounded, and also twenty-five Chinese, whom Dr. Westwater, the distinguished missionary, is caring for in the Chi nese Red Cross refuge. The day'a developments ahow that the Rusalana are prepared for all emergencies. Blow rain began to fall at noon, gradually transforming the plain into a wilderness through which the wounded. In carta and walking, are to-night making their way to the hospitals. Considering the day'a operationa the Ruaslan losses are small, while the Japanese losses are believed to be great, especially where they were repulsed on the south roads. Developments are expected west and north. Over .00,00 Mea Psmed Liao Yard, Aug. 31.-5:30 P. M. The battle is still In progress, but the strength of the cannonade doea not equal that of yesterday. The Japanese are getting around the Russian left flank. Over 500,000 men and 1,300 guna are engaged on both aides. Practically the whole Russian force la in the firing line. One regiment which had just arrived from Russia went into action with its band playing. Tbe Vightlflf oa Tuesday. Bt. Petkbsburo, Aug. 81. Lieu tenant General Sakharoff, telegraph ing to the general staff, on the con clusion of yesterday's sixteen boura of fighting around Liao Yang, says: "From five o'clock this morning un til nine to-night the Japanese forces attacked our frontal positions before Llao Yang and on tbe left bank of the Taltse river. Both their artillery and rifle fire were Intense. Tbelr main efforts were directed against our cen tre poaitlona and left flank, but nu merous attacks were repulsed along the whole line. Our troops made sev eral counter attacks, culminating in bayonet fighting. "Many positions which had been occupied by the Japanese were rer taaen at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. During the artillery attack our bat teries did very effective work.' About 4 o'clock thia afternoon the ene my was observed attempting to turn our right flank with'considera ble forces, but several battalions of re serves advanced, and arter a fierce en gagement, checked the Japanese and compelled them to retire. The battle continued until after dark and only ended at 9 o'clock. "Our casualtlea to-day have been considerable, reaching about three thousand. The Japanese must nave been heavy." Rasslans faptnre Cannon. Liao Yah a, Aug. 30, (delayed.) The town has been filled with joy ow ing to a report that the Russians took forty-six cannons to day. - The Japanese assault on the Russian centre was desperate in tbe extreme. The Japanese loskes were very great. Tbe attack waa sustained mainly by tbe Eighth Siberian regiment The fighting at Wafangow cannot be com pared with what occurred to-day. Shells shrieked over the town from early morning. Peop.e who occupied positions on house tops had a magni ficent spectacle. 8T, ParrxESBieo, Aug. 31. Further dlspatchea from Llao Yang confirm tbe report of the capture ot forty-six euns which were nrougni up w railroad station wnero uoubii o.uiu patkln's train waa atandlng. Captured by Russians. St. Pbtkbsbueo, Aug. 81. A dis patch from Mukden this afternoon says it is reported there that General Samsonoff has captured two Japanese battalions. Mtjkn, Aug. 31. -Over two hun dred Japanese, captured at the battle of Llao Yang yesterday, passed through here to day on a train. An other train Is expected to day, 4 Russian Repsrt. Liao Yah a, Aug. 31. A Russian correspondent says: The Jananeso all day yesterday car ried on the fight with an energy ap proaching desperation, but the Kua aiaoe were burled up in their belief that a point had been reached where they would be no more retreating and the Japanese atlaess were m shouts and hurrahs from the trenches and the rifle pita. . Five times the Japanese hurled themselves against the line, but each time they were repulsed at the point of the bayonet ' , There were about 1.000 guna in ac tion on each aide, but we have more guna emplaced than have the Japa nese. . The losses cannot yet be eomputea but they have been great everywhere, especially among U-e artillerymen. For instance, . lu the First artillery brigade, eyery officer was either killed or wounded and some of the guns were silenced absolutely, owing to the death of all the gun crews. The spirits r th- men are of the highest atali points. - Flfhllog at Port Arthur. Chi Foo, Aug. 81, 1 P. M. The advance positions of the Japanese be fore Port Arthur are now near Fort NO. 5 on the eaiL at Ralfehnano' on the north, and at Rukiaton and Yank towang on the west Chinese who left Port Arthur on August 28th sty that neither side was then occupying Fort No. 5. The fort at Tungkla Taahan waa de atroyed by the Japanese, who pro ceeded to mount guns on an adjoin ing hill. ' The reported presence of Russians In the "Ilzihan, hills has been con firmed. A junk which has arrived here heard firing at Port Arthur on the morning of August 29 th. It reported that food la scarce there, a bag of flour being worth $5.50 in gold. Japanese iivlces. ' Tokio. Sept. L, 11 A. M The bat tle of Llao Yang la progressing with out appreciable result Official Japa nese dlspatchea aent out late yesterday say that neither contestant baa realized any visible results. EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. COTTON CROP STATISTICS. Hester's Report Shows the Total erop el the United States to be 10,011,374 Bales. ' s. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. . New Orleans, La., Aug. 31. The totals of Secretary Hester's annual re port of the cotton crop of tbe United States waa given out this evening. They show receipts of cotton at all United States porta for the year, ?, 252,223 bales against 7,724,104 last year; overland to Northern mills and Canada 939,943 bales against 1,083,383; Southern consumption taken direct from the Interior of the cotton belt 1,198,209 bales, against 1,920,027; making the cotton crop of the United Btatea for 1903-04 amount to 10,011, 374 bales, against 10,727,559 last year and 10,680,880 the year before. Colonel Hester has made his usual Investigation Into the con aumptlon of the South and haa received reports by mall and telegraph from mills consuming cot ton in the cotton growing 8tates, in cluding woolen milla that have used cotton, and the results show a total of 1,091,252 bales, but of this 100,043 were taked from ports and included In port receipts. This shows that the mills of the South have used up 81, 477 balea less than during 1902-03, and 18,719 less than during 1901-02, the decrease being due to the unsatis factory condition of the trade and the relatively high prices of the raw male rial compared with the manufactured product during most of the season. EIGHT HUNDRED KEGS OF POWDER EXPLODED. Mine People . Killed ' aad Twenty-three Others Inlared in a t1ead04 fellN . sloa Near Rfchmoad, Qotbec. By Telearap to the Momma Btar, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 31. Nine people were killed and twenty -three others Injured In a head-on col lision on the Grand Trunk Railway near Richmond. Quebec, to-day. The traina involved were a special excur sion from Montreal bound for Bher brooke and passenger train number 5, running between.' Island Pond, Ver mont and Montreal. The collision, it ! c.lif mod. waa dne to the neglect of orders on the part of the train crew of the excursion train, which left Rich mond without awaiting the arrival of the paasenger train. . The excursion train waa running as the first aection of the regular Grand Trunk passenger express, which u mil lv crosaee the Island Pond train at Richmond and waa running on its time This makea it all the more In- expucaoie way uguuucwr aiuuw.. In charge of the excursion train, did not wait to make the usual crossing. Atkinson disappeared shortly after the wreck occurred. The excursion train, made up of ten coaches and a baggage car, carried about 1,000 persona bound for the ex hibition at Sherbrooke. The Island Pond train was composed of five coaches and a baggage car, and bad only a email number of passengers. The excursion train had barely cleared the Richmond yard when, rounding a curve, It met the Island Pond train running at a high rate of speed . Both engineers reversed and, with their firemen, jumped, escaping with minor Injuries. The shock of the collision was plainly heard in Richmond, more than a mile away. Both enginea were locxeu nrmiy to gether. The baggage car of the ex cursion train waa picked up and dropped on top of the car following It, a smoker, and it was in these two cars that the greater number of fatalities occurred. THE TREASURE OF fi WRECK A CASE OF ' BLACKMAIL An rh TifrfVl - COMMERCIAL MYSTERIOUS LYNCHIN0. Negro In Jsil at Welmer, Tex., Pot te , Death by Unknown Person. By Telejrraph to the Mornlnc BUr. Chicago, III , Aug. 81. A dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from Welmer, Texas, says: While incarcerated In jail, Oscar Lee Tucker, a 17-year old negro.under I arrest for attempted rape, was myste riously lynched. The officials are un able to determine just when or how tbe act waa committed. The cage had not been broken Into, but Tucker had a forty-foot rope around hla neck and hia head was drawn up to a hole In tbe cell about eight inches In width and not over four feet from the floor, used to pass food through to thfe prisoners. Hla feet were tied close tb his body with cords. There is no dlue to the perpe trators. ,1 One Msn Killed, Three Seriously lejared, at tbe Laflin&Raod Powder Works. Several BolldiBfs Wrecked. By Telegraph to Uio Horning Star. FUNXTJTAWNEY, PA., Aug. 31. Eight hundred kegs of powder ex ploded to-day In the press room of the Laf lin and Rand powder works, two miles eaat ofiiere, instantly killing one man, seriously Injuring three others, and caualns considerable destruction of property. The dead: Leonard Bair, 31 years old. Tbe Injured: Lot Bsir, aueerintendent of the press mill, will probably recover; William Van Dyke, engineer, will probably recover; Bheridlan Calhoun, boiler tender, be lieved to be fatally hurt The press room, which was about 40 feet square, waa totally, destroyed. Leonard Balr was In the building at tbe time of the explosion. When his body waa recovered among the rums after the accident it waa found that part of hla head had been literally blown away. No other part of hia body waa In the least mutilated. The three other men were In. an . engine room 200 feet away from the press room. Each waa severely cut and bruised by pieces of flying debris, and all were knocked unconscious ny me terrific force of the explosion. Other buildings in the factory enclosure were wrecked, and every building within a mile of tbe powder works was damaged. The realdence of Pow der Boas Speno, 3,000 feet from the plant, waa ruined. The cause of the explosion will probably never be known, aa Balr waa the only man In the building at tbe time. The violent shock of the explosion caused every building In Punxutawney to tremble on lis foundation. TEX IS COTTON FIELDS An Extraordinary Demand for Pickers. Cotton Openlag Rapidly. uj Telegraph to tbe Mornlnc Star. Waco, Tex., Aug. 3L There ia the greateat demand for cotton pickers in the cotton region of Texas known in twenty years, and in many cities and towns draymen, delivery boys, cooks and even hotel helpers have been In duced by the high prices paid for pick in g to go to the fields. The hot weather of the past ten daya has caused all cotton not destroyed by Insects to open, thus creating an extraordinary demand for pickers. The crop In cen tral Texas promises to be better than last year. PRODUCE MARKETS. Br Telezraon to the Kornimr BUr. Maw Yobe. Aug. 31. Flour waa fair FIRE IN BALTIMORE. Larie Packlof Plant Destroyed Lobb Estimated at $125,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. - ma Baltimobe, Md., Aug. i. xne large packing plant of Street & Cock ran, In thia city, was deatroyed by fire to-day, the losa being estimated at $25,000. The buildings, a large stock of meats and eighty live hogs were entirely consumed. So quickly did the fire spread that, though efforts were made to aave the animals, none could be gotten out. It waa only with the greatest effort that the fire depart ment saved the adjacent buildings from destruction. Several Bremen re ceived Injuries, none serious. The fire was caused by tbe explosion of ammo nia tanks. A MERCHANT' EXCHANGE Alleged to be acting Is Contravention of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. Br Telegraph to the XorotaK Star. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug., 31. Joseph N. Stripling, United States district attorney for Florida, is here to secUie evidence against a merchant'a exchange formed in Jacksonville, and alleged to act in contravention of the Bberman anti trust act, to control the retail traffic of the city. Mr. Stripling Is taking tbe evidence of flour ship-, pers here. It is charged that the league shuts out all competition and prevent wholesalers from selling to any mer chant outalde of the organisation. A Boi'a Wild Rid for Life. , With family around expecting him to die, and a son rldine for life elght toA ml lea to cet Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Leesvllle, Ind., endured death's agoniea from asthma; but this wonderful medicine cave instant relief and soon cured him.' He writes: "I now sleep sound- verv n irht." Lrtke marvelous l curea ot uonsumpuov, luoumuui., Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove us mavcniess meru iur m, Throat and Lung troubles. Guar anteed bottles t0c and $1.00. Trial boltlfs frie, at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t ateadv but dull. Rye flour firm; to good 4 254 50. Wheat Spot easy; No. 2 red $1 10 f. o. b. afloat. Options closed c net higher: September closed $1 18; December closed $1 11H: May closed Y2. Corn Spot firm; No. 2 5934. Options closedXc net high er: September closed 69X: December closed V7c. Oats Spot dull ; mixed, 26Q32 lbs, 8536c. Peanuts were steady : fancy hand-picked 6Me; other domestic 86Xc Cabbages quiet; Long Island.per hundred, $1 003 60; per barrel crate 2576c Freights lo Liverpool Cotton, by steam, 18020c Potatoes Market was quoted easy; Long Island, In bulk, per 180 aH $1 SO 1 62 ; Jersey and Southern $1 25 1 40: Jersey sweets 12 002 50. Butter firm; SUte dairy, common to extra 1218c; imitation, common to choice 1316e. Cheese easy; SUte, full cream, amall colored and wmte fancy 8c; small white 67Kc; large colored fancy 8 He, Eggs quoted firm; State, Pennsylvania and nearby extras 2526. Lard firm; Western steam $7 40; August closed $7 40, nominal; refined steadv. Rice quiet. Tallow dull. Bugar Raw quoted firm; fair re fining 3 ll-16c; centrifugal, 96 teat,4X; molasses sugar 8 7-16c; refined firm. Molasses steady. Cotton seed oil waa firm on light orders and quotations cl sed: Prime crude, f . o. b. mills 22c; prime summer yellow 29c; off summer yellow nominal; prime white 3233c; prime winter yellow 8233. Chioaoo, III , Aug. SL The In fluence of paor threshing returns and unfavorable weather in the Northwest finallv ealned tbe supremacy oyer lib eral primary receipts to-day, and as a result the wheat market closed firm with December up I to c. Corn waa also up I to ia. Oats showed a gain of lc Provisions were weak, closing with a loss or 7 J to 10c. ' untOAGC. Aug. 31. Cash prices: Flour Market ateadv. Wheat wa eprlng $1 101 11; No.3 spring $1 02 1 10; No.2 red $1 07X108H., Cprn No. 3 53tfe; No. 3 yellow 65c No.3 S3S3tf ;Na3 white 3434 ;No. 8 white 32M33M. Rye No. 371c. Mess pork, per btL, $11 00U 12jtf. Lard, per 100 ft, $6 856 87. Bhort rib sides,looae,$7 12K7 15. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, no market report. Short clear sides, boxed, $8 25 8 60. Whiskey Basis of high wines, 128- ,v The leading futures ranged as fol lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 September, old, 1 07tf. 1 08, 1 07H, 1 08c; danew, 1 05H1 06, 1 07, 1 OSJi, 1 06; De cember $1 07l 08K. 1 09, 107M, 1 08X1 08Hc; May $1 101 10, 111.10954. 1 081 80M. Corn- September 5253, 6363M, 52', 53Kc; December 5151X, 52, 51& 51; May 49H49$$, 60, 49J. 49X 49c. Oats No. 2 September SIX, 81, SIX, SIM: December 32 33, 33XS3X, 823-33,83Xc;May S&X S5, S5tf, 85, S5K35tfe. Mesa pork, per bbl September $11 20, 11 22, 10 90, 10 97 ; October $11 45, 11 45, 11 07X, 11 15; January $12 47 , 12 60, 12 87tf, 12 42J4 . Lard, per 100 Its-September $6 95, 6 97K, 6 85, 6 85.. October $7 07J 7 10, 7 00, 700; Jan uary $7 10, 7 12X, 7 02 7 07. Bhort ribs, fper 100 lbs September $7S7& 7 80, 7 15, 7 17; October $787, 740, 7 83. 7 87tf; January $6 60, 6 65, 6 55, 6 60. k CCopyright, 1904. by C. B. Lewis. In the year 1862, while serving on board a man-of-war In the Federal na vy, I bad a chum named Adapts, who had been a sailor. He was killed a year later, but meanwhile had told me a etrange story of a treasure wreck on Kergnelen island. After bis death and the end of the war I verified, hla story In part, and that brought about the organization of a treasure comnji ny. This . cempany was composed of six men, all of whom had served in the navy, and pur capital -was the pay and prize money dne oa at the close of the war. - We bought from the government. the bark Racer, which was captured ' off Wilmington In the last days of the blockade runners, and she waa fitted out for the voyage at Charleston. We' engaged twelve negro sailors for the voyage, making, with the officers, cook and, steward, twenty men. We . took on board shovels, picks, axes, Jack screws, powder and fuse and what ever we might need in cleanlngput a hulk, 'together with lumber to build, ua a house ashore, and we cleared for Sydney at the custom house. The six of us had put In every dollar we could raise, and there was Just $130 In the common purse when we sailed away. All of us believed In the treasure, how ever, and the craft was well supplied with provisions. It. was a long voyage, without Inci dent to interest Our first and Only, stop was at the Cape for fresh water. JDne day, months after leaving Charles ton, "the Island of KerguelenNrose op out of the sea before us. We gave three cheers and brought up in a shel tered bay on the north side and soon had a boat in the water to go ashore. Right there on the beach before our eyes was the treasure wreck Adams had told me of years before. The eight of that battered hull, gray and weather beaten and rotting away, . was like coming upon the skeleton of a human being on the great plains. We stood contemplating it for a few minutes and then clambered aboard. The birds were thick about, , but not another living thing had visited that shore since Ad ams paddled away from It oa a raft to be picked up .200 miles away. She lay fifty feet above high tide, and we could walk all around her dry 'shod. We spent the first day in a cursory examination of the wreck and the Is land, and on the next we built a shanty with our lumber and unloaded our tools and provisions. On the third day we chopped out. her deckB above the treasure room and reached the strong hold. There were no less than six Iron bound boxes and a big steel safe. We got at the safe first When It had been hoisted on deck and lowered over the side, lwas blown open with pow der, and we found $300,000 in English gold and notes. There was jewelry to the amount of about $150,000, and this was ticketed with the names of various passengers. In tbe six boxes, which were all private property, we found about 120,000 In cash and various pieces of Jewelry and many papers. Among the latter were deeds of real estate in Australia and England and two commissions belonging to army officers. As fast as we came to private property it was reticketcd and laid aside with a view of restoring U to owners or relatives. Adams had told me that the ship was foundering when driven ashore in a terrible gale, but when we came to get Into the hold we found that very little of the cargo bad been damaged. We KQtout thousands of pounds of wool in good .condition, together with sufficient tallow,' hides and wines to give our craft a fair cargo. We began finding skeletons as soon as we began work, and from first to last we buried the bones of at least fifty unfortunate passengers, many of them women and children. We found them mostly, in the- main abin and the staterooms, and some of the skeletons were burled under four or five feet of hard sand. We did not find our treasure and get the cargo out of the hulk in a week or a month. On the contrary, we were on the island sixteen full weeks and working hard every day, and when wc at last finished our work the wreck was blown up, and the next high tide carried all that was left of her out to sea. She had rested there In the sands of that lonely, shore for twenty-one years, and yet only one man knew of the treasure in her bowels. When our work , was quite finished we sailed away, laying our course for the Cape of Good Hope. The six of us were rich men now, but I do .not remember that there was much re joicing over-the fact The lonely sit uation of Kerguelcn and the finding of the skeletons had quite taken our enthusiasm away. After a prosperous voyage we finally reached the cape and anchored to take on supplies. None of the sailors was permitted to go ashore. We meant to run the craft Btraight-to New York without another stop. I took the sum of $2,000 and went ashore to buy and send down the supplies, and I was then to take a steamer for America and reach there first and make arrangements for the reception of the treasure and cargo. Two days later I stood on the shore nd saw our bark Ball away with a fair wind. She was spoken two days later, but that was the end. From that day on she has never been beard of. The blacks knew of the treasure, of course, . and they may have mutinied and taken possession. Tbe bark may have foundered or burned or been driven nshore on the African const It is thirty-five years slpce she sailed away from the cape, and no man can more than guess her fate. M. QUAD. OrlsiiaL Young Mrs. Varif.a while shopping left her bog, containing her purse and two letters the one recently received, the other to be posted on the counter. After awbtle she came hurrying back. The salesman, a young man of very unprepossessing appearance, whose clothes had been renovated and clean ed to the point of respectability, re quired by his employers, declared that he had not , seen It whereupon Mrs. Varian threatened to send to the office and have him searched. "If "you do you will bring 'suspicion on me 'and," he hesitated, then cast a piercing glance at the lady, "perhaps yourself." Mrs. Varian paled. She remembered the letters. ' . "Madam," Bald the salesman in a low tone, "when and where can I see you?" She cassia, withering glance at him, then gave her address, adding: "To night at 11. Come to the basement How much shall I. have ready?" "Two thousand dollars." The lady's heart sank within herf or she knew she could not raise such a sum. But she went away without fur ther effort to regain' her property or to reduce the amount of the blackmail. About 5 o'clock that afternoon a flashily dressed man stopped at the counter and while examining some silks looked up at the salesman .with a surprised expression and asked, "Are you George Perks?" "I am." - "I'm Johnny Denlco. I come from the same town as you." Perks permitted Mr. Denlco to claim acquaintance without protest, listen ing to what evidence he bad as to his really being what he represented, lis tening withoufeven a yes or no. When Denlco concluded, "I'm alone in town; come and ba a dinner' with' me," Perks saw T&xaething tangible. He hadn't had a good dinner for years, and as Denlco was willing to pay. for one he was perfectly willing to trust to his professions till it was over. Ei ther the man had made a mistake or was trying to "do" him. After' dinner he would break away. At 0 o'clock Denico came back, the clerks swarmed out, and the' twd new ly made friends were In the. throng. Denlco led the way to a restaurant or dered a good dinner and while they were waiting for it concluded .that it would be pleasanter to have a private room, which was secured. When Perks was well filled, Denico began to beat about the bush in a proposition he said he had to make, ttut at last came out plain: "To tell the truth, George, this orps perity of mine Is dependent upon" a little game I'm playing. I've got a scheme for getting in people by a very ingenious advertisement, the real meaning of which is thinly conceal ed. Now I want a man" "That's your game, is It?" interrupt ed Perks. "I knew from the first by your looks that you were no. acquaint ance of mine and that you were either coins to bunko me or wanted me to join you in some confidence game. Mr. Denico if that's your name you've given me a first rate dinner, and on that account I'll not put the police on your track, but I want to tell you that I'm an honest man, working for a first class concern, and can't be tempted." Perks drained his glass and, rising, took his hat from a hook. Then turn ing he said: "Good evening, Mr." Deni co. The next time you try to 'do' a man you'd better light on one that can't see through- a millstone." V "Sit down," said Denlco, with a sud den change of manner and tone. Perks took fright at once and sprang for the door. Before he could open it he felt Denico's hand on his collar and the cold muzzle of a revolver pressed against his neck. Denico led him back to his seat and crammed him Into it Then he locked the door, put the key In his pocket and resumed his seat "I've failed to fool you as I hoped. I don't like my present method. It's dangerous, especially in this case. But I won't use that thing," putting the re volver in his pocket "It's noisy. 111 try this." And he drew ten Inches of polished steel from his breast pocket the point of which made Perks shudder. "This morning a lady left her bag at your counter. I don't believe you have dared leave it there. I made sure of you from the time you left the store, and I believe you have It on your per son." "I haven't" said Perks, trembling. "I rolled it up in a bundle of Bilk goods. The wrapper girl found it and sent it to the office." "With everything in it?" " "Yes." "You lie I Turn your pockets inside out." Perks hesitated a moment then, re alizing that be was cornered, took two letters from his inside pocket and threw them on the table. Denlco seized them eagerly, looked at the addresses, then smiled complacently. Stepping to the door, be unlocked it and held it open ror Ferxs to pass out neiping him with a kick that nearly broke his spine. The next morning he who had passed under the name of Denlco stood with Mrs. Varian in her sitting room before an open log fire. "There are our letters," he said. "Why all women who are indiscreet instead of a very few don't get caught I don't know. The way women carry their belongings would wreck a man every day of his life." She seized the letters and threw them In the flame. "That's the end of letter writing," she said. "Hereafter we'll talk what we have to say." LESTER DILLON. Original. . When my wife married me she had ah income of $1,000. I had a small sal ary. I lost the salary, but she kept tbe $1,000 a year. She remarked, "You can't make a business man out of one with artistic tastes." I considered this very unjust and proposed to show that it was false. I set up as a dealer in pictures. I noticed oue day in a print shop a clingy painting In an old fashioned frame the portrait of a man in monk ish dress looking up to heaven as if in prayer. I passed on, looked over some engravings and was going out when my eye again caught the painting. There was something in it that attract ed me. What was it? I couldn't tell. Perhaps it wasTt trace of salntliness in the face, perhaps the attitude. It couldn't have been the coloring, for that was also dingy. "Where did you get that?" I asked of the shopkeeper. "That? It came in yesterday from an old building they are tearing down. They found it between the plastering and the woodwork." "How did it come to be there?" "Don't know." "How much do you want for it?" "Five dollars." 1 went home and told my wife that I had taken a fancy to a picture which I , thought I could clean up, put on a new frame and sell for ten or fifteen dollars profit But she had had quite enough of my investments and gave a grumbling dissont A few days later I went into the shop again and was Informed that the picture had arrested the attention of another man, but he was a seedy look-' Ing party and had no money. The price had advanced to $10. Soon after this I went into the shop again, to find that the picture had been sold for $75. I inquired who had bought it and was told that it was a Jew who was supposed to know some thing of the value of pictures. I went to bis shop and . found the picture. When I asked if he would sell it and at what price he shook his head and said he suspected it to bo the work of one of the old masters and was afraid to part with it for fear of losing a for tur.a by doing so. One or two high grade critics had looked at it and de clared that It could not have been painted by a modern artist. However, I badgered the Jew, making various offers .for It till I had reached $350, when he took mo up so quick that It frightened me. 1 1 There I was the purchaser of a pic ture for which I was to pay $850, 1 not having 23 cents in the world and the picture probably not being worth $2 frame and all. However, I was in for it, .ind as one foolish thing leads to another I borrowed the money to pay for it on my lifo insurance policy. Then I took the picture homo and con fessed the whole matter to my wife. I will not attempt to describe the storm that followed. I remember es pecially the last words of the scolding she gave me. "Old master I Any artist who can paint a nose in the center of a black background can be an old mas ter." When there was a lull I set to work cleaning the picture, at which process I consider myself an expert, and was surprised at the richness of the color ing. Aud what was my delight to dis cern in one corner that had been thick with dust the name of the great Item- brandt. Well, as soon as I had got the picture in good condition and had reframed it I took it to the most prominent dealer in town and set it up in his shop. Crit ics and dealers flocked to see it, while I, sitting near, listened to their com ments. Some believed it to be a Rem brandt simply from tho name In the corner. Others declared that they would know a Rembrandt without his name attached and pointed out fea tures which only Rembrandt could have produced. There were art teachers and art students among the throng, the for mer directing the latter in perceiving tbe wonderful life the artist had put Into face and figure besides tho exqui site coloring. Every day I got a better offer for the treasure, and finally a multimillionaire agreed, provided I could trace the painting's history, to pay me $50,000, and' without the history ho would give $25,000. I could not produce any proof of its genuineness except the story of how it was found, Its merits and the name in the corner, so I took the $25,000. I forgave my wife for her dotibts as to my ability to turn an honest penny, though she declared that there was some rascality about the matter which I had innocentlv become a party to. She persuaded me to Invest the funds received iu bonds, which made our in come about $2,300. On this wo went abroad and lived a number of years in Florence. I was dining ono day at a care m rarls and told the story of my Rem brandt to my dinner companions. When I rose from the table a gentle man tapped mo on the shoulder and said he would like to speak with me in private. When we were alone together he said: "Never tell that story again. I paint ed your Rembrandt and started the sto ry of its finding. I needed some mon ey to bring mo hero to pursue my art studies and perpetrated tho fraud for the purpose, navlng left New York tho day after you, paid ray accomplice the $350. I nevr hoard of tbe enor mous sum yon reaped. But f did my work well. I nm Mr. , whose pic ture has Just boon hnnsc in the salon and about which all the critics are raving. Good morning. That transac tion is ttao-onlv Ptnin on my life." There is hut ono nocrot between me and my wifo. th denouement about the "Rembrandt." WILL.VRD C. IRVING. WILMINGTON MARKET. (Quoted officially at the closing; by the Chamber ot Commerce.) STAB OFFICE, August 81. 'SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market quiet at 62jle per eallon. ROSIN Market firm at $3.40 per barrel for rood strained. TAR Market firm at SL60 per bar rel of 880 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.25 per barrel for hard, $3.75 for dip, $4.00 for virgin. Quotations -same day last year Spirits turpentine steady at 53Xc ; rosin steady at $1.651.70; tar firm at $1.65; crude turpentine firm at $1.75, 3.0f33.85. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. .r. 41 Rosin..... S73 Tar.... 26 Crude turpentine . - 84 Receipts same day last year 45 casks spirits turpentine, 74 barrels rosin, 81 barrels tar, SO barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. - Market nominal. Same day last year, nominal. Receipts 2 balea; same day last year, 9. (Corrected Ueenlarly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid ror produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants I OOUNTBY PBODUOB. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, $1.80; extra prime, $1.85; fan cy, $L40, per bushel ot twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, $1.05; extra prime, $1.07f ; fancy, $1.10. Spanish, $1.10. j CORN Firm; 60 65c per bushel for white. X N. O. BACON Steady; harns 14 15c per pound; shoulders, 11c; sides, 12c. i EGGS Firm at 20c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, SO 85c; springs, 12X20c BEESWAX Firm at 2527c. TALLOW Firm at 6)i6ic per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 90 $1.00 per bushel. BEEF CATTLE Firm at 24c per pound. ' MARINE. ' ARRIVED. British barque Sophie Kirk, 899 tons, Johnston, New York, Heide & Co. Bchr HE Thompson, 609 tons, Qater, Philadelphia, O D Maffltt. Clyde steamer Nayahoe, Devereux, Georgetown, S O, H G Smallbones. Steamer Sanders, Sanders, Little River, S O, Stone, & Co. British steamer Janets, 2,179 tonr, Ford, Hamburg, Alexander Sprunt & Bon. 8tmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette yllle, S M King. Clyde steamer Carib, Bunnell, New York, H G Smallbones. Stmr City of Fayetteville, Robeson, Fayetteville, Jno 8 McEachern. Scbr Sylvia O Hal), 285 tonr, Miller, New York, O D Maffltt. CLEARED. 8chr Rob Roy, Norbury, Philadel phia, O D Maffltt. Clyde steamer Nayahoe, Devereux, New York. H G Smallbones. Stmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette ville, S M King. Stmr City of Fayetteville, Robeson, Fayetteville, Jno B McEachern. Clyde steamer Carib, Bunnell, Georgetown, BO, HQ Smallbones. EXPORTS. COASTWISE. Philadelphia Schr Rob Roy, 530 cords poplar wood; cargo by Pulp Wood Co; vessel by O D Maffitt. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. Bt Telegraph to the Morning Btar. w YOB, Aug. 31. Rosin firm. Spirits turpentine steady. On adlestos, Aug . 31. Spirits tur pentine firmat52tf! aalea --casks. Rosin firm; sales barrels: A, B, C $3 35; D, $3 40; E, $2 45; F, $3 60; G, $260; fa, $2 65; I, $3 10; K, $3 40; U, $3 75 ; N, $4 00; W G,'.$4 85 ; W W, $4 60. BAVAAH,Aug. SL Splrlta turpen tine was steady st 53c: receipts 649 casks; salts 93 casks; exports casks, llosln was firm; receipts 2,008 barrels; sales 2.113 barrels; "pons - barrels: A, B, C $2 47 ; p,$2 52, E, $3 67 ; F, $2 62; G, $2 70: H, $2 75;I,$3 30; K, $3 65; M, $40 20; N, $4 25; W G. $4 60; W W, $4 85. fjanvasser Who ia Mr. Hern pock going to aupport? Mrs. Hen.' peck Me. New York Sun. T.W.Wood & Sons' New Fall Catalog IasuM August 1st, is tho most helpful tind valuable publication of ita kind issued in America. It tella all about both Farm and Garden which can be planted to advantage and nroflt in the Fall. Mailed free to Farmers and Gardeners, upon request. Write lor u. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, YIRBIMIA. an WDlotwet Give and Take. "I always contend, sir," said the girl's father meaningly, that young men should be in bed before 10:30 each night" Tea," replied the young man who was calling on the girl) "I hope you set that good example yourself, sir." Health. - A man too busy to take good care of his health is like a woodebopper too busy cutting down trees to keep a keen edge on his ax or a draftsman too much engaged In drawing to sharpen his pencil. . In Proeeaa. "Visitor Has your little baby sister got any teeth? Tommy On, yes, I thjmk Bhe's got 'em, but she ain't hatch ed 'em yet! COTTON HARKET8. Kt TaiMtraMi to the Morntnn Btar Niw York. Aug. SL Cotton waa dull at 11.50c, net receipts naiea; (rross receipts 7,832, oaies; sioca balea. Spot cotton elosed quiet and 15 points lower; inlddlln uplands 11.50c; mid dling eulf 11.75c: tales 4,800 balea. Cottori futures marxet ciosea sway; September 10.85, October 10.68. No vember ZA.68, December 10.72, January 10.72, Felfcusrj 10 74. March 10.80, April 10.83, my W o. Tbe Scale ne Wanted. The hardware merchant showed his customer from Dpcreek another pair of scales. "Thia one," he said, "will iwelgh twenty pounds In ounces." "Hain't ye got any," asked tho cus tomer, still dissatisfied, "that will weigh It all to wnnst?" Chicago Trib une. , A Mechanical Answer. Magistrate And what did the pris oner say when you told him that you would have him arrested? Complain antHe answered mechanically, your honor. Magistrate Explain. Com plainant He hit me on the head with a hammer. ' When a man's work compels lilm to get up at 4 oVlr-k In tr-f morning, be Is In no nvjoti to upp'iviiitc the suu rise. F0REE5N MARKETS. By Cable to the Morning Btar. Liverpool, Aug. 31. Cotton: Spot, in light demand ; prices eighteen points higher; American middling fair 6.98d; good middling 6.84d; middling 672d; Tow middling 6.56d; good ordinary 6.34d; ordinary 6.10d. The aaies oi the diY were 3.000 bales, of which 300 bales were for speculation ana export and Included 2,000 bales American. Receipts 1,000 bales, including zuu bales American. Futures opened and closed barely steady; American middling (goc): September 6.1SU; eptemoer ana Oc tober 5.95(1; October and November 6.86d; November and Decembef5.82d; D.-ccmVer rd January 5.80d; Jan uary and r-L-iu. j &.; r eoruarj and Hrch 5.7W; Mrc aru apr-i 6.78d; April a-o May 6.78d; May at d June 5 78d. SAVE MONEY By sending your orders for FURNITURE to ua. Large or I small orders have our careful atten tion and we guarantee to give you the lowest prices possible. Country Merchants are Invited to send ua a request for prices. We have a nice wholesale trade but we wish to ln I crease it 50 per cent, this Fall and Winter. GASTON D. PHARES & CO., 110 and 112 Market St. ausswiy ror Owr lxtr Tears. Mrs. Window's 8ootblng Syrup baa been uaed for over 60 years by mil lions of mothers for tbelr children while teethinr. with perfect success. IU soothes the child, softens tbe gams, ah a all pain, cures wind eolie. and is tbe best remedy for uiarrbaaa. it win relieve tbe poor little sufferer Immedi ately. Bold by Drufftiata In every part of the wold. Twenty five eenta bottle. Be sure and 'ask for "Mrs. Wlnslow's 8 othln Syrup," ana UU I no other kind. At Durham on Tuesday Kirby Watts, a young white man, was fatallv ininred at the Durham Hosiery Mill. He waa on a table fixing a belt overhead and his foot waa caught in a rnnning pulley br the aide of the table. In a moment he waa thrown to the floor with ter rific force, hia head striking a table and then the fleor. He waa taken to the hospital and soon became nncoDscioua. Gin Machinery - ENGINES, BOILER8. SAW MILL and WOOD -WORKING MAOHINEItY. WRITS rOH PRIOK8 qibbes Machinery, company m COLUMBIA, s. a PleaMHattotaU
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