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- i 1 .J! ! , - 1 ' , I TWO KECKS SAVED. Mrs. Edward aid the Nccra dreama Olvea Respite. By TalamM to the Monlnt Btai. Haerkbueo, " P., Feb. . 15.-0 a recommendation of tbe board of par dona today Governor Pennypaeker withdrew tbe death warranta in the eaaea of lira. Bdwarda, the white wo man, and Samuel Greaion. the negro who were aentenced to bang together IntheBerka county jail at Reading tomorrow mornloar for the murder ol Mra. Bdwaroa' buaband In 1901. The oaae of Qreaaon will now be again taken to the Pennsylvania Bupreme Court and If that body decldea to re open tbe eaae, the attorneys for Mn. Edwarda and Gleasoa will have to ap pear before the board of pardona next month. r. The reaaona for the board'a action was read by the attorney general. It la as follows: "In view of the dlaaentlon on the 8 art of three Justices of the 8upreme laurt from tbe opinion of the court In refuting tbe petition of Samuel Grea aon for an order authorising a new trial Id tbe court of Oyer aod Terml ner of Berks county, and In view of the statement of counael for Greaaon tbattbey have four witnesses never examined before, whose depoiltiooa they delre to take and present to the Buureme Oourt for consideration, the application for a continuance in the Ki wards case la granted and tbe ap plication for a rehearing in the Ores aon case ia granted." The lawy.rs for Greason will not apply to the Supreme Oourt for an order opening bis case in order to hear tbe four new wltneasea found by bis attorneys. If the 8upreme Oourt Crania ibe order tbe caae will go back to B?rka county for retrial. Ia tbe meantime Mm. Edwards' case will b continued. But if tbe 8upreme Oourt refuaea tbe order then the board of pardona will bave to decide the eaae at Us nn meeting, which will be tbr third Wednrsdsr n March. The re apue la for ten daja following that dan. ... After the Governor waa officially Informed of toe act oa of toe pardon board a meaaenger waa aeni to the eherff of B-rsa county withdrawing the deatfc warrants. BlADia-a, Pa., Fob. 15. When the new of toe rebearlng In the Greaaon -case and a continuance for Mrs. Ed wards waa aent to the j.il Mra. Ed wards waa lilng on ber cot, moaning ana tanning and giving full away to ner teenage, it was explained to ber that she bad at least been granted new lease on life. It waa bard to make bar understand and ber replies were incoberen. It was a long time before she could be made to realize tbatahe would not bave to bang to-morrow. A'tervne bad become more composed M-s. Kd wards said: "Tbank Godl Yon couid not bave brougbt me better news. I know toat I've done a great wrong, but I'm not ashamed at heart.. DANVILLE MAS IN TROUBLE. Charied With Pu.hlsr a Maa Oat ol tbe wladsw asd Caaaiag tlla Death. Br TaiesTapb to tbe Marmot Star . " Pbovtdibcb, RI , Feb. 15. A man Identified as CO. McGibben, of Derby, Good., was pushed or jumped from a room occupied by John Conrad, of JJauvtlie, v.. In tbe Hotel rerrln, on wamiDgioa street, tnta city, at an ear y bour tbia morning, and sustained lDjiri'i from wbich he died almost In stantly. Conrad met McOibben In a brought him to bis room to 'i- i wn tbe night. They bad a , i. d when a night clerk whom C ' uoamoned appeared In tbe tbu. . window waa broken and Mc GiDieo waa layiog on the ground. Ouurad waa taken Into custody pend log an Investigation. Tne police are looking for a woman who la alleged to Hare laid that ahe aaw a man puab AlcUibben out of the window. PEOVlDEffOB, B. I., Feb. 15 After an investigation Mrdical Examiner Perkins announced to-night tbat In his opinion the deaib of C. O. McKib bio, who fell from a window on tbe forutb fl ior of the Hotel Perrln dur in last ol bi, was accdeutal. John Conrad, or Uaoville, Va., tbe com panion of McKiooin who bad been ULd-r arrest, waa released. Accord- inr to conraa a story, wbich was corroborated by the nlgbt clerk of tbe ho el, McKiboio, wbo had been abaring Coorad's room, became vto- leui. (jonrd lert the room to turn man th- night cerk to rj-ct MeKib biu. Wbeu be returned wltn the clera me roim was empy and broken window abowed bow MchOb- i Ta.de bta exit. Medical Ex " 'kins reported tbat be b- . '-v; .obia attempted to escape 'n, . r.n loom by means of the wln- uu kvj another bunding. lost bis btiance aud fell to tbe ground, break icg nit neck. MtKioblo's home waa la Oa troii, llicb., and recently be bad been employed by a typewriter com pan in Uerby, Uono. STATe UftNEO.OlL kEFISEKY 0oeral assrmbly f Ksssss ipproprlstcs $410,000 for the aterprlie. Br TstaKntpa to tas Moraine Star. TOFKXA, KAB8AS, ireb. 15. A bill providing for tbe establishment of an oil refinery waa paaaed to.day by tbe Kansas Bviuse of Bpresentatlvca by a vote of 91 to 80. Tbe bill previously nsned tbe Senate. Gov. Hoch Will Hid the bill st onee. tinder Ita prohi billons an oil refiner will be erected In Pern, Kansas. Another penitent! ary will be built there to provide eon flat labor for the refinery. An ap nronrtattan of tilO.000 la made for htilldinr and maintaining the refiner and penitentiary. Tbe bill fixing the maximum freight rates for Oil was recommended to Ibe House and later naaaed lust as It came from the Senate, put tbe enemies of tbe antl-dlicrimi-naiion measure aucceeded, after a bard fit bt. In referring tbe Din to toe judiciary commltire. TO PBOBECTTH TBU8T. Waihmgtob. Feb 15. Tbe Houae to-day adopted a resolution offered by Baoresentative Campbell, of K.nsas, iMnuMin the Secretary of tbe Da partment of Commerce and Labor to invaiivaia the cause-or causea of tbe low urine of erude oil or petroleum in the Uul'ed States, especially in the Kanaaa field, and also tbe unusually large margin between tbe price of crude oil or Detroleum and tbe aeiling price of refined oil and lie by-pro- duett, whether these pricea have been controlled by any corporation in re airainst of trade, and wbetber any cor poration by meaoaof blackllala or boy aa.ia dlaerlmlnatea agalaat any part of the oil field, with a view to leglalatlon or legal proceed! nga, . Poieest lit vooa. Perbapa you don't realize tbat many naln nolaona originate in your food, but some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia tbat will convince you. Dr. Klng'a New Life Pllla are guar anteed to cure all alckneaa due to ttnlanna of nndlffeated food. Or money bank. Only B5e,. at R R. fiStLAMT'B drug itore. Ttj them. t GREATER NAVY IN CONGRESS. The House Yesterday Discussed Appropriations for Two mg Battleships?. WARNED TO WATCH JAPAN. Boilir, ol PeoMylvaalf . Declaria Thev are Uoly piTe Daya from Philippines aad Ifairty.flva Daya from th Ualiel Statca. By Tslsgrsplt to the Xornlog star. Washiboton. Feb. 15. Theauea- Hon of what the policy of the govern ment abould be with respect to the up building of the navy waa again threah- d out in tbe Houae today. during tbe consideration on the Naval annro prlation bill, tbe time develonln much oppoaition to the proposed ad dition or two battleabipa to tbe naval establishment. Aa on yeatetday the defence of the P hlllDDinea slaved an mportant part ,ln the dlicuialoo. hlle the events of the war in tbe Far Eaat from a naval point of view were given prominence by the advocateaof n Increased navy. The Houae met an hour earlier than usual and with the exception of a brief period the en tire time was consumed with th ! bill. , : . Mr. Beall. of Texas. In ' nnnnitn Urge appropriation for the army and oaTy, casrgeu tnat tbe United States bad gone mad over the spirit of mili tarism which waa aannlnp the snh- atance of the people. Tbe government was psymg as, much attention tn ceremonies, pomp aod power" aa any government on earth aod be aaidit waa the moat extravagant i a tao woria. A plea for. economv in thaannra- pnawou waa maae oy ttr. Bparkman, ui.aiorioa, wno prophesied tbat not ia the next generation aod possibly In toe next century would this coumrv become Involved In a war with any of n great worm powers. . Entertaining a similar sentiment. Mr. Perkins, of New York, ventured tbe assertion tbat no gun on- 'any ahlp now in commission or on the two bat tleships proposed by the bill. If they were Bumoriiea, wouia ever .are a aoettle Bbot. He orovoked a anarn discuaslon by declaring the warships uismtegratea inaiaa or twenty years. Mr. Unck, of Indiana, took Issue witb him and cited the Texas, while ur. utxey, of Virglois, maintained tbe correctness of Mr. Perkins' poai won bj stating tnat nlgb naval om cera bad declared numbers of the war- snips now in commission to be obio lete and of no account. The atate ment waa fUtly controverted by Mr. Dayton, of West Virginia, who de clared that there waa not a sins-la naval officer who would aav tbe ahlns in tne American navy were antiquated ana out 01 oate. Tbe principal of upholding the Mon roe doctrine tbrons-b battleshlna waa declared by Mr. Thayer, of Maaaaehu- setts, to oo unnecessary, "since," be a!d, "we are protectlne it bv tbe dic tum of the gentleman at the other end of the avenue, who don't-require any battleabips or law whatever to back htm up." Mr. Butler, of Pennsylvania, turn- log to the aubjsct of the Philippine. elicited Democratic applauae when he aid be hoped there would be found some Donor able way to get rid of them. He advised this government to keep watch on Japan. Be said that hile we were vnow friendly and loving each other and agreeing," -the war with Biiaaia would be over some day and then It would be discovered tbat tbe fighting; man of the earth livea In the Island of Japan, fire days from tbe Phllloplnei and thirty-fire da7a from the United States." Mr. Cockran, of New York, opposed the idea of a large standing army or a olg navy; Beferring to the VenezuB' lan dispute with England Mr. Cock rsn declared that the greatest triumph ver won in the history of the United Jiates waa "when Secretary Olney rote a dispatch affecting the greateat oower in tbe world" when tne navy aa about one fifth lta nresent aire. Tne House voted down an amend ment offered by Mr. Blxey. of Vir ginia, striking out the proposed In urease of three thouaand men lor tne uay, altbougn on a point oi oraer oy ilm tbe provision permitting their im mediate enlistment was stricken out. Tbe Houae. without completing the bill, adjourned until to-morrow. WaBSUTOTOir, Feb. 14. The Senate today continued, but did not conclude consideration of the bill making ap- aronriationa for tbe aupport of the government of the Diatrlct or Uoiu to ol a. While the bill waa before tbe Senate. Mr. Elkina took exception to an item for tbo construction of a local orldge as In tbe Intereat of speculators and made a good plea for cconemy in tbe matter of appropriations. - - - Tbe Bwayne Impeachment tnat neio the attention of .tbe Senate for two noura. Ererard Mead Wtlaoa, Mar tin D. Merrltt and Henry If. WebD. conductors on tbe Lioulsvllie and Nasbville railroad, testified that Judge 3wayne la in the habit of riding on tbat road upon passes bat air. Wilson said tbat wben tbe Congressional committee was In Florida Inveatlgat w.g Ibe Bwayne caae and Judge Swavne waa traveling with them be oatd bia fare. K T. Davis again related tne cir cumstances connected with tbe Con tempt proceedings against nimseu. . . i i Paauet and Balden: J. J. uooteo, a real estate man. told bow near he came selling to juage owayne, tus .a- - m iL. land In eontroveray ov r which the contempt case arose, and Don Mc-Gfe-roao, of Pensacols, a newapaper re oorter.' testified to writing the atory of the contempt proceedings. Tbe laat wllnesa said that be bad submitted bia manuacrlpt to Judge 8 way no and that the ludirehad cenaored it liberally. Aakrd whv ha submitted It. the wit nesa renlied: "I bad an idea tbat if I got it wrong the judge would call me up for it." Tne reply created general a ugbier KILLED ttOVUN IM ELP-DEFEMSE. Corooer'a Jury Returned a Vcrdlcl of Jsitl- liable Homicide in recnllar ease. nvTelnrraphtotheMantiiuttitar. JACXSOSVILLB, Fla., Feb. 15.- Owen Loadholtz was ordered released from jail by, the coroner'e Inquest which conducted an inquest over the body of Miss May Brown to-day.. The a a a ft. a young woman was xuiea ana ner mother seriously and probably fatally wounded by Loadholtz ia a ahooting affray in a jaalice court Monday. Loadholtz . had been brought Into court uoon criminal cbargea by Misa Brown. 8he was accompanied by ber mother and when the court announced a postponement of tbe caae mother and daughter bigan firing at Load' holla. Be returned the fire killing tbe yoaog woman and wounding ber mother. The coroner's jury to-day return td rvdlct or imutlible homi cide. NEW U0BK0B D03TB188 IDE.. Tbe Protocol of ArrecmeBt Between the .United States and Sbb DoalBfo. Hi Telenaph k- u..i MoroUut Star. Washington, Feo. 15. The Preai- tlent's oiessage transmitting to the Senate tbe new San Domingan proto col was read at an executive aetalon to-day following the passage of a mass of unobjected pension bills. Not more than alx or aeven Benators were present The leading features of the message waa that In order to main tain the Monroe doctrine It was neces sary for the United States to see tbat jt claims, contracted by Soatband Central American republics and those of the West Indies should be paid and tbat, therefore, it waa in tbe intereat of peace for thia government to take over the control of the revenuea in 8an Domingo. In protecting these republics and guaranteeing their ter ritorial Integrity, it ia aald in the mes sage to be necesssrv alao to aee that juat debta and obligatlona contracted oy tbeae republlca are paid so tbat foreign intervention In the affairs of such republics may be avoided. Tbe protocol waa not read at tbe executive session, but was at once re ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The protocal reached Washington today. It'providea that, the United Btatea shall collect the customs reve nuea of San Domingo and turn over to the government a specified per cent- Age necessary to meet the expenae of administration and disburse remainder among foreign claimants. The United States undertakes to respect tbe Intega rityof San Domingo and the protocol or treaty muat be approved by tbe United Btatea and the Dominican Con gress. Senator Bacon's resolution asking that the Benate committee on foreign relations Investigate and report to tbe Senate whether the protocol of an agreement under which . the Uolted Btatea aatborltlea undertook to admin ister certain of the customs offices of the Dominican government in order to aatiafy a claim of the 8an Domingo Improvement com pany ia void, having been made without the ojnaentof the Senate, to day waa ordered referred to a sub committee to be appointed by Chair man Cuilom. The motion to refer the resolution was made by Senator Bacon, wbo stated that there were many questions of law Involved aod tbat it waa hla desire that a non partisan report be made. PRETTY MILITARY WEDDINQ. Geo. FIlssBih Lee'a Dasthter Married at Norfolk Last Evening. Br Tetegrana to tas Morning Btar. Nobfolk, Va., Feb. 15. Hiatorlo St. Paul's Protestant Eplacopal church was this evening the scene of one of the prettiest weddings tbat baa ever taken place in tbat ancient edifice. when Miss Anne Fitthugb. daughter of Qeneral and Mra. Fitxhugb Lee.and Liteutenant Liewts Brown, of tbe Sev enth Cavalry, U. 8. A., at present sta tioned at Ugletborpe, Oa., were united in tbe boly bonds ol matrimony. Tne wedding was a military ceremo ny, the color of that branch of the aer vice to which the groom la attached. yellow, being especially prominent in tne decorations, as well aa In the cos tumes of the attendants. The ceremony was performed by Bight Bev. A. M. Randolph, and Bev. B. D. Tucker. Tne best man waa Lieutenant Bobert Fay. of the Fourth cavalry, and Miss Virginia Lee. tbe bride's aister. was maid of honor. Tbe brides maida were Miaa Cornelia Knox, of Waabington, D. C: Miss Betty Cooke and Miss Marguerite Hosier, or Char lottesville, Va. ; Miss Kdmenia lee, or Fredericksburg, aod Misses Kmtly Ad dison and Bettie Christian, of Bleb mond. Tbe groom, bia" best man and the nsbers were ulred in tbe full dress uniform of their rank. The usbers were Lieutenants John Montgomery, James Shannon. Archibald (Jommis- key, Tnomaa Jennings and .Wynne Blair, of tbe Seventh Cavalry, and Bobert McNally, of the Fourth Cav alrv. - Among tbe wedding gins to tne brine and groom, many of which were costly and beautiful, was a box of flowers sent by President uooseveu. Tbe box contained a number of Amer lean Beautv roses. McKinley carna tipna and other blossoms. ,.MaaBBSH--a INVESTED WITH TUB PALLIUM. Fall Powers el arcbblhep Conferred Upoa Bev. Heary Motller at Cincinnati By Telecrapb to the Horning Star. Cjjmbsbati.' Feb. 15." With the Jmnia and Imoteisive service ol tne Soman Catholic church, tbe full pow era of an arcbblsbop were to-day con- fnpr-d on the Bev. Uenrv Moeiier, a aativa of Cincinnati, who for over ten yeara waa coadjutor for tola arcnaio- uarainai uionons. areumiu Olennan. of 8U Louis, and a numoer of bishops were in attendance, several n.viiHnatfnor in tne ceremonv WHICH took place In the cathedral. Service Aliened with the mas, the sermon be ing preached by Cardinal Gibbons af Baaaa than VAari Intr or IDS a? OB DC I. - - w. av - w - - mm At the conclusion ol mass tne cardi nal took hla n aee at the nign aitar and Archblahop Moeller, attired In tbe full mtvm of hla nmce excepting mitra and glove, advanced, anu xneeing before tbe cardinal, made bia profes- Inn of fatlh and VOW Of lOVBltV tO tbB Pontiif. In the name of tbe - . , 1 I .Va paiw the carainai tnea pibccu isb n.i mm mi tn anoniaers oi taa areu hiahnn who. after the sraver. faced tha eamrreiratloa and beatOWCU ine pontifical benediction, v . , ; I'1 rwNa:UNU A fool and his honey are Boon married. New York Press. . It should be understood tbat tbe national blacksliding npon which ex President Cleveland discoursed was of a moral nature, and in no sense applicable to political beliefs, Detroit Free Press. The Soubrette: So ion consid er her a great actreBS, do too ? The Comedian: Sure. She has tried a dozen obesity remedies, bnt - they don't Beem to have had any effect on her Chicago News. 'Uow," asked the Bunaar school teacher, "was a small man like David able to overcome a giant like Goliath?" "Cause he under stood jin jitan," promptly answered up-to-date little Jimmie jonea. Loniaviiie courier Journal. . . - ..a P 0 Mr. Stajlate: I was reading the other day about Emperor wu ham'a hunting expeditions. 1 Bap pose Germany's tbe only place where they have wild boars. .. Miss .Pati ence Gonne (yawning: Uh, I don't know. . Haven't you ever been ao mad as to be positively wild, Mr. Staylate?-Philadelphia Press. 'Henry, wake upl" exclaimed Mra. Peck. "I'm positive I hear bur glars downstairs. Get np and see If you can locate them." "My dear," replied Henry,- as he burled hla head under the pillow, "I'm very particular about my associates, and I draw the Una at vulgar bur glan." Chicago Journal. BATTLES DAILY IN MANCHURIA. Russian Troops Forclnr the Fightiig and Using Large Bodies of Cavalry. INCESSANTLY SHELLING J APS. Ranlaos Miklor Spirited Atlacki aad Report Saccess Taare Waa Bitter . Discord Aaaoag the Raaslaa . . Officers at Port Atlkar. Br CeUe to me Komku Btai. St. PBTCSSBVRa, Feb. 15. Lieut Gen. 8akaharofl,i.Gen. Kuropatkln'a chief of .ataff. telegrapha that tbe Buasian artillery on February 13th destroyed the buildings and walls of Nangszl, from wbich the Japanese bad been bombarding the Buasian trenches. The Japanese were driven out. - la regard - to the attack on the bridge between Ouapltn and Fants'a- tun. February lSib, Gen. Sakabaroff say a tbe Japanese force comprised one hundred cavalry and two hundred Obiaeae bandlta Buasian frontier guards drove off the attackers, who subsrouently destroyed a few rails. blew no a teleeraon note aoutnwara of tbe bridge and then fled. The Busslana were reinforced and pursued the Japaneae 85 miles. BUssiAHS jroRoraa riGHTnta. Tokio. Feb. 15. 8 P. M.-Eanians have breun an extensive cavalry move ment against meld Maranai uyama s.t extreme left. List nignt tney were attempting to croaa the Hun river west of Liao Yang with 8.000 horsemen. Tbe operaJon begsn west of Obltaltsu. One. force or cavalry atoie into ja- Onunabl and aimuitaneoualy another force of cavalry approached Tachs, wbich ia altuated IS miles southwest or CbltaKzu and 27 miles wtst of Liao Yang. Mine thousand cavalry with artillery approached the river a mile below Taeba and attempted to cross at 8 o'clock In the evening, advancing on Hetkoutal (Pekowtai). The shelling of Oyama'a center continues. BLOCXLADB EUHHXE3 OAPTTJSKD. Tono. Feb. 15. The British steam- rs Apollo and scouman, bound tor Viadlvoatok were captured off Bak kaido yesterday. The Apollo was from Cardiff with coal and the Seotaman bad a cargo of provlalons on board. whieb. according to her naoerr. waa consigned to xokosuka. cmnxD vlovbx will r all. Paeib, Feb. 15. French special eor- reanondenta sent to axt. mermen aboard tbe steamer Austraiien, naving on board General 8toeisel and others of the survivors of Port Arthur, have forwarded detailed accounts of discord among tbe Busilan officers. The army officers are particularly hostile to the fleet, calling It the "frightened" fleet. Admiral Locklniky, who Is command er of the torpedo defences at Port Ar thur, is lengthily quoted aa making a bitter crlticlam oi uenerai Hioeeeei, Admiral Alexieff and others. Tbe Matin Quotes Leckinaky as character izing Vice Admiral Stark and Bear Admiral Wlthoeft aa "Bedchamber admirals not acquainted with their du ties and aeaaick whenever anoat." The admiral added that Vice Ad miral 8krydloff prndently established himself ashore at Vladivostok not withstanding bia opportunity to break the Ineffective blockade of fort Ar thur. Lockinsky cited many Instan ces of the unprepa redness of the land and naval defenses; frequent conntets of authority and the demoralization during critical engagements. Substantially tbe aame account is 1 given by four French newspapers wbo I . a -m a - a " A a a a describe uenerai otoeiseiana Aumirai Lockinsky -mm vafaaiog to. speak to or salute eacb other. Toe papers say the ducord among tbe omcera foreahad- owa grave scenes before the court martial. Dulsari.m Wadlor Costoms. A curious wedding custom which ex ists In Bulgaria is the shaving of the bridegroom on the wedding day. While the barber is engaged upon his face a danciug crowd of boys nnd girls surround the bridegroom. When bis hair has been cut, tbe pieces are care fully collected by some of tbe girls, to be preserved lu one of the brlde'a chest. After the barber has finished bia work he receives a small white linen cloth a3 n present, asd each person gives tm a trifling sum of money. Then the bridegroom kisses the hand of each girl, washes hla face and dona bis wedding dress, which most be first ac curately weighed three times by a lad. These strange customs are said to date back to pre-Christian days, but they are still strictly observed, espe cially in country districts. . Forty Bibles a Sliaate. The Bible publications of tbe Oxford University Press have been issued for 300 years nnd can be published iff 150 lansruaces ana dialects. Orders ror 100,000 Bibles are quite common. . An order for half a million copies can, ac cording to tbe Caxton Magazine, be readily filled. On an average from thir ty to forty Bibles are furnished every iniutite. There are lio oinerent eat- tious of the Oxford BiHvs in English, varying from the magmu.cent folio edi tion for pulpit use to the "brilliant" Bi ble, the smallest edition of the Scrip tures In the world. The largest folio Bible printed in Oxford measures 19 by 12 inches, nnd no erratum has as yet been found in it The "Brilliant Text Bible"' measures 3 by 2 Inches and is three-fonrths of an ucnnmcav i Stocking. ' V How many readers are f amifiar with the history and origin of the most com mon articles they dally use7 , We eat, drink, wear without- thinking whence or wherefore. , Stockings were known among the Romans more than 1,800 yeara ago, as is proved by paintings found in the ruins of Pompeii. They were considered more ornamental than useful. In the colder climate of northern Enrone thev became a necessity, ana the manufacture of them became a reeoenlzed employment in tbe twelfth centurv. when they . were fashioned chiefly of cloth. In the reign of. Ed ward II. they assumed a resemblance to those now worn. At the courts of Spain and Italy they we're fashioned ot Bilk and were made enormously large. Wot over sixty Tear" Mrs. Window's Soothing 8yrup has been used for over 60 years by mil lions of mothers for tbefr children while teething, witb perfect success. Itl soothes tbe child, softens the gums. aleaya all pain, cures wind colic, and la the best remedy ror Uiarrnoea. xi win relieve the poor tittle sufferer ia medi ately. Bold by Druggists in every part of tbe world. Twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure aad ask for "Mrs. Wiaslow's 8oothlBg Syrup," and take no Other kind. roniA. i u Rtw Aivsrars Boutf . J .4. & Baas. t ,-7 V 1 m .1 i WAKM WIRELKTS. At Washington the House passed a bill authorising tbe Secretary of tbe Treasury to appoint a deputy collector of customs at Manteo, N. C. From Port Said yesterday Gener al Stoeuel and 537 officers and men from Port Arthur sailed for Odessa on board the steamer St Nicholas. The Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, has declared a dividend of $15 per share for tbe first quarter of .1905, payable March 15. For the same period last year tbe company paid a $16 dividend. Gen. Lew Wallace, author.former minister to Turkey and veteran of the Mexican and Civil wan, died last night at his home in Crawfords ville. lnd.,aged 78 years. Schooner W. H. Dir. San Andre as to Baltimore with cargo of cocoa- nuts ia reported from Norfolk ashore in the Uhesapeake iay. rug Jo seph E. Clark has gone to her as siatance. William Culien Bryant.pubiiaher of the Brooklyn Times and secretary of the American News Publication So ciety, died yesterday at a sanitarium In Fialnfield, a. J. He bad a stroke of apoplexy yesterday morning. The Navy Department Is Informed tbat Mldablpman Milton W. Arrow- wood, of Worth Uarollna, wbo recent ly disappeared from the battleship Kearsarge, on which he was serving bis nnai cours, has been arrested in New York. He will probably be tried by court martial for desertion. The period of depositing stock of tbe Seaboard Air Line railway under the Blstr-Bvan plan of reorg anixstion.ex' pi red yesterday in New York and It was omatatlyatated that a majority of tbe stock should be deposited and alao tbat no extension or time would be. made. " x The plana for the President's trip to Texas to attend the reunion of the . RoB&h ' Eiders now being perfected, cohtem plate tbat he will leaAe Washington for San Antonio! Texas, abont March 26, stopping enronte at liouisville, Dallas, Austin, and Fort Worth. Tbe s'.eamer Eanawbs. which sailed from Boston February 18th for Nor folk, was towed into New York yes- terdav by the tank ateamer New York. Tbe Kanawha had lost her propeller and was at anchor with signals of dis tress flying wen the New York sighted ber Tuesday 75 mllea east or - Bandy ttoot. The situation at Lode, Bnssia. is becoming more serious. Fewer men were working yesterday and there is much suffering in families of the strikers. The director of the thread mills at his own expense is daily giving dinner to tbe work men's children, of whom 250 were present today. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Mobile and Ohio rail road was held yesterday and the fol lowing directors were elected; W. Butler Duncan, Samuel bpencer,0. O. Bnvler, Adrian Islelln, Jr, Tho mas E. Taylor, Henry Hall, W. Emlen Roosevelt, E. L. Russell, C Sidney Sbepard, A. n. Stevens, Samuel Woolverton, K. D. Lank- ford and A. W. Mackintosh. At New York yesterday pitcher a ck Taylor, of the Su Louie National Lieague baseball cluo, was exonerated by the board of Directors of tbe asso ciation of a charge of "throwing" the gam between St Louia and Fittaburg in lbs latter city July 80th last. On the second charge upon whieb be was tried, however, that of violating the constitution and his contract with the St. Louis club, be was found guilty and was -fined $300. He waa ordered not to play .baseball until tbe fine had been paid. Grave Tremble rareeeea. It needs but little foresight to tell that when your atomacb and liver 'are badly affected grave trouble la ahead. unleas you take the proper medicine for your dfieate. aa Mrs. John A. Young, of Clay, N. Y., did. She says: "1 bad neuralgia or tne liver and atomacb, my beart was weakened and I couid not rat. -1 waa very bad for a long time, but in Electric Bitters I found just wbst I needed, for they quickly relieved and cured me." Its tbe best medicine for weak women. Sold under guarantee by R. It. Bu-1 lamt, druggist, at 60c a bottle. i HAVAl STORES RlARKETS. . Bv Tetegrapa to the; Morning Btar. cmw YoBtt Feb. 15. Rosin quiet. Strained, common to good, 14 85. Ssplrlts turpentine quiet. Ohabustov. Feb. 15. Spirits tur pentine and rosin nothing doing. Savamab. Feb. IS. Spirits turpen tine was steady 62c; receipts 83 casks; Bales 68 caaka: shipments 1U0 casks. Bottn firm; receipts S88 barrels; aales barrels: shipments 180 barrels: A, B, a$3 62K; D, J 67 : E, $2 71 ; F, SJ 77H;U f3 87X: Hl3 3i; 1,19 60; K, $405 tf,f60;N,A4 7ft;W Q,I5 00; W W 19 13. Always serve Uheeda BlSCUlt. Put them in the lunch box; put a package in your grip when you travel; give the children all they want of them. Make sandwiches of them; eat them with any relish, any beverage. A satisfying food for everybody. are sold only in airtight packages, that preserve their delicate flavor and crisp ness, protect them from moisture, dust and odors, and bring" them to your table as fresh as when baked. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY An Ercnlng Dress. Notable features of the white mous seline evening dress shown are the ap plication of white velvet flowers out- OOVJf or WHITE MOUSSEUKC lined with jet aud steel beads and tbe large ring paillettes of black velvet sewed over the skirt. The frills are of white lace, and the waistband is of pale green satin. First Ceaaaa Ways. The original schedules of the first census are now contained in twenty- elx bound volumes, preserved in the Interior department. For the. most part the headings of the. schedules were written in by hand, indeed, up to and including 1820 the assistant marshals generally used such paper as they happened to have, ruling it, writ ing in the headings and binding the sheets together themselves. In some cases merchants' account paper waa used, and how and then the schedules were bound inside of a newspaper. W. R. MerriAm in Century. Ce Yamr Opportunities. Today Is the time to pursue fortune. The hour at hand Is the one to make use of and the chances within our grasp those we should seize. "To morrow' is hever here, and putting off the good we may have for a question able future is not the best wisdom. Therefore, use today. Do the kindness before you, the duty nearest you, and tomorrow will take care of itself. TaralMfl; Raat to Good AlTaatag. A Hessian lieutenant of the name ot Ludwig von Slegen noticed the effect of the dew upon his gun barrel, which had become rusted from tbe dampness. Some time after he experimented upoa the discovery and obtained what la sow known as mezzo tinto. In the year 1643 he engraved a portrait of Princess 'Amelia of Hesse by Its application. Then the Chaae Bearan. "Please let me pass," said the tramp, "6o that I may speak to your mistress. I'm hungry, my trousers are beginning to fray, and I'm . eager to get a little help." 'And I, Interrupted the bulldog, get ting Into action, "am hungry and eager for the froy." Philadelphia Press. Load Profeasaoaa. Uncle Reuben says: "I want to grow old wldout growin' cyftical, but I neb- ber hoar a man begin to talk 'bout hla conscience an' his doty wldout lookln' to see how much cotton he has mixed wld de wool. Detroit Free Press. COTTON O ARRETS .By tataarana to the Mornina guu Nw Zonae. Feb. IS. Cotton wa steady at 7.76; net receipta bales; gross receipts 147 bales; stock 79,447 naies. Spot COttoa closed stead and 5 points higher: aiddllug uplands T.75c middling rl' 8.00c. tales 1.610 bale. Future opened atronr : Febrnarv . March 7.47. april 7.48. May 7.47. June , July 7.60, Augual 7.65 offered, Sep tember 7 58 one red. uctober 7.5S. No vember 7.60 bid. December 7.6SC7.70. ratnrea market closed steady: Feb ruary 7.39. March 7.8L April 7.8S,May 7.34, Jane 7.86. July 7.89. August 7.48. September 7.45, Uciober 7.49, Novem ber 7. 63, December 7.56. Bed Springs Citiaen: Some men are born legislators, some are made ao by study and experience, and some are made bo by newspaper per respondents. . v - n -. . PRODUCE MARKETS. 8r Xaiagraoh to the Horning Bur . Niw Yobbt, Feb. 15. Flour was quiet. Rye flour steady. Wheat 8pot nrmer; no. s red si 3H r. o.o. anoat. Options market showed S6&H0 net advance: May closed 11 17; July closed tl 06: Beptember closed 87c. Corn Spot firm: No. 3 85 He at ele vator. Options Ho net higher: May closed 12 ; July closed 63ftc Oats- Spot firm; mixed, 263 lbs., 3737Jf. Fork steady. Butter was strong; creamery, common, to extra 2533c; Cheese firm and unchanged: State. small colored and white 9 X13o. Eggs firm: nearby selected 8738c: South erns 29S3a Peanuts firm; fancy hand-picked 5K5e; other domestic grades SXCboK. Jfouttoes stead v :Liong Island, In bulk, per 180 lbs, $1 602 00; Bute and Western $1 251 40; Jersey sweets S3 oo so. Uab bages steady; flat Dutch, per 100, S3 oo eas 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton. 12014. Sugar Raw ateady. Rice firm. Molaaaea firm. Lard steady; refined quiet Cotton seed oil easy but active: rrime crude, r. o. o. mius 19c: prime summer yellow 35XQ 25X0; off summer yellow nominal; prime white ssac; prime winter yei low 80C. CBlOAOO.Feb. 15. Wheat for May delivery today sold at 119 7 8a per buihei.new high record for this season. Thecause was active covering by shorts in a aemlpanie over appearance of congestion In the market. Final quo tatlona were at tbe highest point of the day. May being up 1 3 4o to 1 7 8a at 119 3 e to 7:bc July wheat is up a be to 3 4c Oai show a gain of 8-8o, corn and provisions are practically uncnangea. Chicago. Feb. 15. Cash prices: Flour dull. Wheat-No, 3 spring tl 18 Ol 19; No.8 do. tl 08U 18; No. 3 red tl 80Q1 33H. corn No. 3 44Xe: No. yellow 45e. OaU No. 3SXc; No. 3 white, 83X: No. 8 white 83c Bye No. 3 75e. Mess pork, per bbl. tt3 7013 75. Lard, per 100 Its, tft 7705 80. Bhort rib aides. loose. 15 63XQ6 75. Dry salted shoulders. boxed, no report. Bhort clear sides. boxed, f 75Q6 87K. Whiskey Basis of high wines, tl 23. The leading futures ranged as fol lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 3 May 1 1 18 1 18H. 1 19X. 1 18. 1 19 VOl 19K tJulv $1 OlMffil 03. 1 02fcai 02V. 1 01 . 1 03K ; September 93, . uorn irebruary 4IJ..44M 41: Mav 48)C46K. 47Ma47K. 46 46-,47M;Ju'y 4747X, 4848, 47X047H. 4736 4SC Uata Febru ary, , , SOflc; May 8181M. Sl, si, BlOSlHc; July 51, SIX. S0H. 81Mn81Xc, Mess nork. per bbl-February , , . $13 73J ; May SjU B7, J3 93, 13 87, 13 93; July f 13 00, 13 03. 13 97. 13 03. Lard, ner 100 tti February . , , t 80; May t6 95. 7 00, 6 95, 7 00; July, $7 05, 7 13, 7 us, 7 1. snort rlbs,per 100 lbs Feb ruary , , , $5 70; May $8 87, 6 80, B 87. 5 90: July 37 00. 7 03. 7 00. 703. NEW YORK COFFEE FUTURES. Naw York. Feb. 15. Coffee Snot Rio quiet; No. 7 Invoice 88Xc: mild quiet; Cordova 1013a. Futures closed steady and 10 points lower. FOREIBN MARKETS. Br'.Cable to Ute Mornlac Star . LiVEBPOOL, Feb. 15. Cotton; Spot, in fair demand, with prices nine points higher; American middling fair 4.59d; good middling 4.29d; middling 4.17d; low middling 4.05d; -good ordinary 8.91d; ordinary 8.75d. The sales of tbe day were 13,000 bales, of which 1,000 bales were for speculation and export and Included 11,300 bales American Receipta 11,000 bales, including 9,500 bales American. Futures opened steady and closed steady; American middling (goc): February 4.01d: February and Marcb 4.01d; March and April 4.03d; April and May 4.05d; May and June 4.U6U; June and July 4.08a,: July and Au gust 4.09d: August and September 4.09d; September and October 4.10d; October and November 4.10d; Novem ber and Aecember 4. lid. Now the egg trust is getting in its work. Packers in Chicago have 45,000,000 in storage, it is said, yet there is saia to be an egg zamine m that city. The trust will deal ont their supply at big profits, and com sumers will have to dance to the music There is a fine field in South Carolina for poultry raising, yet it Is being largelj neglected, ana we nave to pay tribute to the egg trust just as any other people. A atate whose main industry is agriculture ought not to be subject to any such oondl tion. There ought to be big money in the poultry business in view of tbe facts stated, and if farmers would nav mora attention to it their in come would be largely Increased and. the neonle wonld be more or less tn dependent of tbe trust. Columbia Record. Ob. for one good, hot Wis terlne August day in that good old Summer time. Columbia Record. COMMERCIAL. WILMIN UTON MABKET.S (Qnoted offlotally at the elosing by the Oaamoer BTAB OFFICE, February 15. SPIRITS TUEPENTINE Nothing doing. BOSIN Market firm at fz.w per barrel for good strained. TAB Market firm at IL60 per bar rel of $80 pounds. CRUDE TURPKNTINK Market firm at 13.30 per barrel for bard, $3.70 for dip. Quotations same dav last year Bpirita turpentine nothing doing; , roam nothing doing: tar firm at SL40: crude turpentine firm at t8.85Oa.00. BKOKIPTB. Bpirita turpentine. ROSall a .. si w- a a a? 4 4 TwVla. -a a. a - a- &aS7 Crude turpentine . . . . 18 Receipts aame day last year 81 casks Bpirita turpentine. 821 barrels rosin, 87 barrels tar, 90 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTOB. Market steady at 7o for middling. Same day last Tear, market dull at 13c for middling. Receipts 199 bales; same day last year, 67. (Corrected Bet-marly by Wilmington froduuv uammiBsion Merchants, prices repreeenttns those mud tor Drodnce conslened to Commis sion Merchants 1 OOPBTBY PBODUOC. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 95c: extra prime. $1.00: fancy. $L10, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 85c; extra crime, 90c: fancy, 95c. Spanish, 86 90c. CORN Firm: 6085o per bushel for white. N. O. BACON Steady: hams 14 15c per pound: shoulders. 11c: sides. dull, 10llc. KQQS Dull at 2tt23c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 16 35c j springs, 12 15c. TUKhUCxo Dull at 2c for live; 160 for -dressed. BEESWAX Firm at 3637c. TALLOW Firm at 5W8c per pound. fU UK. Firm at 78e net. PEAS-White. tl.761.85: clay. $L3nt.85. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60 75c per bushel. BEEF CATTLE Dull at 38j0 per pound. MARINE. ARRIVED. Clvde steamer Carlb. Chichester. Georgetown. BO.HQ Smallbones. Bchr Annie Ainslle. 250 tons. Htrouf. Perth Amboy, to master. Steamer Dunlin. Oreel. Ohinauenln. T D Love. 8tmr Tar Heel. Bradabaw. Fayette- vllle, S M King. Stmr A J Johnson. Black. Clear Ran, W J Meredith. Ulyde steamer Navahoe, Bunnell, New York, H G Smallbones. CLEARED. Norwegian barque Quldaas,Haaland. 8tettln, Helde & Co. Clvde steamer Carlb. Chichester. New York, H G Smallbones. Norwegian steamer KIngswood. Ol son, Brunswick, Ga, Helde & Co. Btmr Tar ueel, Bradabaw. Fayette- vUle, S M King. Stmr A J Johnson. Black, clear Run, W J Meredith. bchr Harry w uaynes, Uoodwln, Port-au-Prince, Hayti, O D Maffltt. Clyde steamer Navahoe. Bunnell, Georgetown, SO, HO Smallbones. EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Stettin Norwegian barque Gul- daas, 6,283 barrels roaln, valued at. $16,660; cargo by Patterson, Downing & Co. ; vessel by Helde & On. Pobt-au-Peiho Schr Hartj W Haynes, 326,218 feet lumber, valued at 34,104; cargo by 8 & W tl Northrop; vesiel by C D Maffltt. A dispatch from Elizabeth City, Feb. 14, says: A report readi ed, here this afternoon that Ken neth, the 7-year old sou of Senator S. M. Beasley, of Poplar Branch, in Currituck county, has mysteriously disappeared. Every effort is being made to find him, but up to tbe time this report reached here, has been unsuccessful. Bloodhounds have b.een wired for and Senator Beasley has been notified. It is thought that the child has been kid napped. The little fellow attended school yesterday morning and at noon left for dinner. He has not been seen since. Ho had to go some distance, and it' is thought he was made a prisoner by some parties to be held for ransom. Great excite ment prevails In Currituck and the bloodhounds are anxiously awaited. Some visitors to the Mecklen burg chain gang report: "we saw sometning out oi me oruiuar at the Sardis camp this afternoon. A convict, who had been on the ohaln gang thirty-Beven times and has been a Baptist preacher twenty- nine years, held services. Ha preached with great earnestness and looked as pieus as a saint. He urged his fellows to do better. Wood's Seeds. Extra Early Peas are usually one of the must satis factory and profitable crops to grow, both for home tuarkt t and shipping. Wood's Lightning Exceisior auaat: Wood's Pedigree Extra Early are the earliest and most produc tive kinds in- cultivation, and are in great favor with truckers wherever they are)planted. Special prices quoted in quantity. Write for prices and Wood'a Quarter Century Seed Book, telling all about the best Garden and Farm Seeds. Mailed fret. T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, KICWM0M3, -1VIR6IIUA. WOOD'S SEEDS GRlID PRIZE - ST. LOUIS, 1804. 60LD MEDAL - PARIS, 1800. JaslS l8t w we sa Bananas! Bananas! Our third car load of finis Jamaican will arrive here next week. We want your orders. Will ahlp you fine Fruit and make prices right. We bave on band some choice N. Y. Btate Apples, Florida Orsnges and Danish Cabbage. B. F. HINE8 UO. Strict l; Wut:ale. tosaaa itl NorUi Wiw atnwi jam i I
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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