MUM
G-iPcuIatton
Larjje.
ADVERTISING IIATES'GIVEN.
VOLUME 1. NO, 197,
WILMINGTON, N. C., SATjURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1898,'
The Lirtest
News
25 CENTS PEI! MONTH,
PRICE TWO CENTS,
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CfliiriiOi iiiiiiiiry
THE SITURIION LOOKS GRAVE.
Siiiinisli Oovermiicm Moltlf, tlio Dis
aster ol Internal OrIaln--War
Pi'cnarnitoiis on an Unnrcccclcni
Scale Hurried to Goiimictlon.
\Vii'rliiii”i((fi, Mni'di, 25;-- Tho
Corn! Ilf Iinjiiii'y aiiiidititcd to iiivcA*
0 of till’ Miiiiit’
li'd lliitl tire loi.H of llir lull-
,'u>i due l‘> (III oiiohIiIc I'Nplo-
till' (
hiiH i’i'|ii
tl'IHlllj. I
I'.IT.
llu'SdiU' IH“HiH.uiciit liy diivi--
tloii of I III' I’lV'iidl'Ilt liIlH T;:d>lld
United Slates ,Miui -lu' W'iMK’rim\.iit
Madrid to iiolifv Uio Siniiiihli (,iov,
eniMiciit of tliis foni'liis;iui.
A Oll.Wi; HITi ATlOX,
Till'I’l'i'nidi'iit and eiltliti't udvlt*-
oi'H Jii'ld two e,\ I ended M''i>,kiiis |vdiiy
one at Idi-TO a. in., and anotliiT at
3;l!l |), 11!.. at wliidi the ri"’f>rl was
con>iik'i'i‘d in detail. Meiui'ers o''
tlio caliiiiel olattd ufitr tin’ mcctinj;
that llie dibcissloit " is of a yrave
cliai'iioti'i' and 11 -it iii. t since the
mTcliitit,'of tlie .Maim tlie situ
- #tioii wnicd HO rriiip*
Th .S|Ji^Jli^llI .Of . hasim-
biCii i,
tho SpiutiHli imval uoininlitslon holds
tho disaster to tho Maine to be of
Intoninl orljfln.
Tlio ('I’vcniiiiciil oi .SiKi'n, it can
be Hlaled |iOHltU'cl.v. is not dlsjaiwd
to tHi'u bai’li the f.iu'i'cslo llolillii iiinv
proceedin'' fr.mi the CoiiariiM, and
would lie disiiicl‘'icd to oom.ider a
Hiigj'csf.ioii from this Goveriiim'iil
tending to inle-'i’cre with the dis|ui
tilioti by Spain of her own naval
foivc.s. M
War jiicpuralioii'. oti an iinpsl’M'
dented neuie arc IhIii;' liurricd to
fomplction liy Uic War and N.u}
I)Ci>urlmaits, and the country, pntc
ticalty, is on a war footing.
The foregoin;.' gives a rceo.d of
one of llic most eventful days tiiC
nuLioiiul eupiliil 1ms seen since t'lc
t'loHO of the civil war. It was a day
of profoiMidly ]|ii|iorlanl nellon, of
dcL’iK'st niixioty, coiijilcd with iitivul
and military activity, one .slop fol
lowing miotlicr m rapid sticccssiiin.
Representative men of tlic odiriiiiH-
^011, public men in ul! brancltes of
d CongrcsiKional life, no loss timn
» jmblic ill gcnei’al. shared !n tlic
mm to whidi the situntion 1ms
bce’j wroof'lit. 'riierc was no otTort
among tlic liighpst oilicials, nor in
deed was posMble. from what was
clearly apparent in tlic ilcvelopo-
meals of the day. to minimize the
fiituutions.
finding Tlic Court ot Innulru.
Viewed in detad the lindingol the
Court ot 'iHjtiiry vva.s the most vital
feature. Coimnamlcr Marix, Judge-
Advoi;utc ot the Court of Inquiry,
delivered llic report to Secretary
Loug early this nioraisg aud shortly
after it was curried to the Whiio
House and placed Id-the hands of
the Fresii’eiit.
At 10;30 Ute cabinet assembled,
iialf &D hour earlier thno usual and
iHVTaii the cKMMi.k.rutioii of the mo'
nmitiH's document, Kven tho rigid
iiles of secrecy which prevail at
cahiimt incetings were made doubh
snowii By t!!g oNGidi':::r„;;,
court were tinown until 4 o’clock,
when an AHSTKifatcd I’-ess bulletin
gave the Infirmalion to the country
ns well (VH the eagerly waiting ofll
ciids tlironghmit Washington. These
resnltM,-briefly stated, luo that the
losii f.f ihi' Mui-io was dee to an
plosion from the outHide, tlio court
I’citig unable to (f.v the rcspoiiHlblli-
ty for the oLploHloii. The court does
hot expresH an opiiilou ns to the
'’haracter of tlio explosion, but the
testiiiioiicy goes to show tliat It was
n powerful Nulimar'ne mine, the ox-
ii"t charaelcp of which Is not ileter.
nil' cd by the tcMtiimmy, ihotigh the
I t'lief was (•K|ircHS.‘d timt it was a
iiiiating Hiibnmrlno mltio. Tiiero
were two explosioim, tho court finds
llic flrcH from the outKide, and that
frlMill' unn of the Hiimller magn-
Aiili’H. ‘
It wiis ihe result. exprcsKCd in de
tail and with the proeiHion of a
coiiri, deeply roiicimis of its rospon-
sibilily, logclher with the evidence
on wliieii it was based, that occupi
ed the attontion of the cabinet
! liroiigliiHit 'tfi extended session this
morning and afternoon, The other
and lesser subjects gave way to this
''U'cmost ijucRtion. There was no
I'inn/'o in the plan of making tho re i
port public and trnnsmlUing it to|
■ -.Si "tei/. aceo.Dpa-
nled by n br'of mossago from th*
Fresidunl.
Wliilc interest was lliiis center 1
at the While House, llic Navy and
War 1>c[mrtineiii wore hurrying
forwui'il their work of prepara
tions. ,
The Gaiie Fear Sejuadron.
I'or tlic bc'ieiit of tUo.se cith.ciiH
who arc fcurfiil that the '“wily Span
iards" may slip l.ito Wilmiugtoii
and do inisdiief, we will say that
liio ‘‘Cape l-'ear Squndroii" is in
spli I'd'd trim Uiid can with.stnnd
sonic pretty good Hhocks (from
l»,.i'i-elK). The flag-ship, Driver, has
laid her bottom scraped ami a few
extra planks put in her gun dock.
The torpes’o bout distroycr, Cr«rsus
was coaling (with wood) jestorday
pioiiarutory to going out to sea, (up
the I'ivor) to p'anl nilncs (or rice,
wc falleil to learn which). Tho arm
ored battleship, I.nperial, with sev
(I'ul iiargcH ' f iiimnunition (wool) in
low, passed Tort Point .Peter, this
morning enrouto to fIor.se Shoe bend
.vhero the govornment (State) Ims
lortilcd a rice Held and placed there
in a garrison of convicts. The oth-
!• war ships in the harbor are mak-
ig preparations for active service,
and an old sea dog told us yesterday
that the licet ttow in port, under
Coinmotlore, David Sasser, Is the
most fortnidubic on the Atlnulic sea
board. No Spauiurds can enter this
port.
Those Letters.
Below is the full text of the letter
which caused tho alleged rumpus
and upon woicli Mr. Cliadbouru de-
''ded rot to bpiToint Mr. Howe in
the iKtstonico to any place whatev-
The fixtts as contaioed in this
'etter ai'o apparent to every voter
in New Hanover county who be
lieves iu honest dealing.
I-KTTKII .NO. 2.
Wilmington, N. C.,
Feli'y 14. I8!ia
I’KHHCI.N.V L
Hon. J. C. Pritchard, U. S. S.
Dear Senator—Mneloscd
pings from the "Mchsh’-uiw I ry- t
“Star", our inonii ig dailies, rroi"'j,, MdllOI OVG DlSliOGllGd
an an ijtervlew with Mr. W. H.
ChadboiTi., P. M. at this place ou
INTENSE
EXCITEMENT
Jtifi l.ifllitlioiisfiTGiKler
to Havana.
ttucLj
Thursday last.
Now, Si'.intor, Iii order to cfTcct
comjiron'lHo agreeable to you and
Col. Boyd, inyfrie ids, on the pron -
isc thnt you would sec tiuit Mr.
Chadixmrn carried out Ids part of
the ugrconicnt, couHcnlcd to with
draw tho claims of Mr. Aib-ight for
P. M. ami then llioy asked that T'Iki
apiMiinted Asst. I’. M, whieli mpteht
I sent to yoe, ami wliieli lius fioi'ii
pi'pMetiled to Mr. Cliadlioiii’ii, Inti ill-
tly Mr. C. look posseHslon o' tlio
eo ho deelined to make the ait-
poiiit.Mcnt, alleging that it would bo
impiilitie. as there is u white lady
there protected l>y .Mr. Clove-
land's civM service who would resign
her position as money order elerli.
although tliiit lady lias not, oorever
had a single vote under her con
trol thnt cn-t aid tho Repubheau
party. Mr. Albright siiggc.sted to
Mr. Cliudbourti by the way of iiar-
iiiony that 1 bo dosignnlcil ns A.sst.
P. M. witli the salary thereof a id
placed in toe charge of the maUiiig
dcpai tment whore I would not comfJ P
in cQntoot witli this lady j p'>|niiati
clerk's place whien 1h nsor, .. , .......
man with souio nmilln;{ diitlos at
tached. Ik this fair? Is it just?
Does It savor ot harmony?
Ill IWKl with a proinlMo from our
leiuli/rs tliat the colored men shmild
liave the bulk of the federal patron
age, the eolorc d men of New tra.io
ver county with l.’i delegates mu of
a |H>.ssib)c 51 yielded up cverylhing,
and are now told that it wont do to
apjminl us to the only po.sition not
covered by civil service. If tlii.s
slate of ulTuirs prevails, then we are
foroed to the ultci'imtive of this
year placing Nogrin’s in no.ni intioo
for every ofllcc in this County u'ld
electing them with our black major
ity of 1,000, You can readily see
what effect this would have on tha
Slate, but wc will be literally forced
Into it, since -at the hands of the
government tve receive nqthlng of
a fiduciary cliuracter.
We would fain see some other
way out of this for the party’s goiHl,
but these are the conditions that
confront us.
Mr. Dancy comes hero as collector
which Is a recognition of tho Ne
groes from the other parts of the
State. Mr. Rico goes in as his de
puty, into the only place not cover
ed by tho classified service. Mr.
Chadbourn refuses to give me tho
only place under him not la the
clas-sified service; what then are the
.3,800 Negroes of New Hanover to
get?
You promised to go Mr. Chad-
bourn’s bond for his keeping faith
with your friends, will you lehvc
then) now to his tendcr(7) mer
cies?
This letter is written after mature
deliberation with my friends, who
are your friends.
Very truly aed sincerely,
Jno. Ttios. Hows.
(OR THE flUERIGAN OFflGIRLS.
nil. With the f.xGeiitlon ol Consul
.General Lee—Rear fldiniralSi-
ciirc’8 VIewa oi the Naval Court
‘f Inqiilru.
V West Mnrcli 2;».--Tlio As,so-
cia I'll Press Inillciin Hint tlii' (\mrt
of I qiili'y hml fmiml till'Miilnc was
liliii'ii up by snlmianm' mini' cnuit-
od Ml.c.isc excitement licrn,
0 mostsigoi.'ieniitdovelopomoiit
t ullowod the ni'.'io'L’iTCe.Tiont of
'kh'If--' I’oport—a development
uc^ut few—was tho sinh'eu
the liglittiim.se lender. Mini
Kc. .yrvTJavmm, The Alangi'm-e
WIIS llV,,jr ,|„i,.(,|y nt,
big b ; ys, when onlers came iiboul
5 0 cl this oftcriioiin for Iter to
iroct ..1,'Tith all haste to Havana
.111 f. Huon board ail the American
ofll'Cinlsieiil>o(,city with tlic except
tion of'V‘su) General Deo.
1 t is fcB '.Rthcrc that tlic knowicA
llavaim, iiiid that tliere icrono dis-
patchc.s h'liiii General Dei of a iVis-
ipiicting nature. As toitlic movo-
iiieiitoftho Mtin.grnvc it was said
tliaf her de)tarnre wiis lycrdy iu
line with erdi-fM issued-several days'
ago, to go to Iluvaau aud rolitrn
with Uie remaiiiing ollieers ol tho
.'lainc now there.
Poililcal Hisioru.
niAi'Tmi V
As staksl yesterday, Mr, C, IV
fjockey wa.. prouii.sed tho City A’.-
torneyship but for soini' causo Hie
job did not maloriulizo, nor has any
•eforeiice to his appoii.'tmcnl U'cn
made .since.
Several ]>romin‘Mt and luiolligont
lU'iniblieaiiMoade appliei vtlon to tlio
si’vmil olllelals for pluei is undoi’.tln*
new uilmlnlstruliiin. pr .d wliea Hie
Coeiily CuminIssloiiers met Dee. 7lli
^or the purpose of ad ijirsling the of
fices, taO aovcral n pplicatlons were
not referred •’Oi b .oH'vrs 'vorc o-
iLHited who have n amoimtod. to
anything poliiieii *EVi amt Ss to the
itepnhlieanism t '‘cy were not oven
>se will! were known
Uopiiblieuas were
red. U was at tnis
wn. wliilo till
lie life-long
coinplctdy ig'
time that '
Dcinocr
tore
(Ine lot of vcr.t fine sIkh'k whieli eaii
not be boot ftr service or price. No-
Hee their witij.iw dj.^play.
We advise our ireaders to buy
Hioir Faster nr Hpriog Mbliaery
from Mrs. A. I'.. Ciiiiuly A'- Co . 115
SoiiH| l''roiit St. deeiuise they wi"
treat you kindly mid are cheap.
Rev. D. D. .loliii.'ion of Hie A. M.
K. Chiireli now stationed at t’roa
ly. N. 0. pas.sed tliroogb the city to
day retuniifig from a visit to his
family at Trenton, his home.
rs, C. .Martin iiml Mrs. M. A.
iley were callers at the Um oiio
olllec ycstenlay.
Mouruii’g Millinery a Special
ty go to jMps. a. I'l. Canady A Co,
115 South Front St.
Come ilmvH ” ’ Sliephords
No. Id Market “
sekoliun Is'.'i burgoins are nil
1,'OIU'.
r.real for 20 days in
,;l,]ltp.^.„'/ubbi’rs. sizes ] I to 1 at
10 els 55i‘«'P''nrds
No. i^'*'’'ct street. tf
p,,,nb'0 Daniott Green, eoracr
g^^,^th and Nun Sts. Full Hue of
best Groceries at hiwcsl iirie-
tf
Icii Bollamiu. Ksq.^
Iccted County *'''
•cpoi't Inis cxiii*
vaim rm-'-'
f high rani
Aoi'per of
A CalU--^
or.
Big Pioparalion Making and Or
Icr Taking for Easter Hats at M:
t. E. Canady & Co., 115 So. Fro
Street.
Wastkii TiiiLwlay, -10 nr .'hi
women or children f> pie'
berries at 2 ct.s j>cr 
1
.il .Sicard, imwover,
jurti f Inquiry lirmighl
lu'oo'diiig to wliat Its
incmoi .believed. Nothing could
b'‘''vn y ti,ej„ 0(1 ntliorw'se. If
Hioy I boon able to (lx the rc.spim-
sMiilitv f,;ei Giey would not
tmvca'u .[{od this duty,"
^bc, .tciition of liear .\dniiral
Sicurd OH drawn to Hie fact that
yra"jl d otlloially do.iied that Ma-
vnni. i. ,r wa.', milled, lie replied
I^-vano liarlsir were !iiino, I
should • ertai’ily have mined it. Tlio
water ,eco is esticcially suitable to
suchu'ncibod yf d,,fyi,cy_ Sjiain’s
•Jcfi'-f’i jad nothing to do with the
Cjurt (J.t Inquiry, 1 should not lio-
lihveastatemciit tliat Havana har
bor wiuf not mined.
"TItc court has not yet been dis-
.solv,
‘Hi Jt is barely jiossiblo llmt
‘ hrU mil
Court
spicr
Hod V
1X)B0
by th
I
may be rciiuircd of it;
is is not probable. "The
bf_ Inquiry is compo.sod of
^ men. I am greatly salis-
h their work I hardly snp-
5oh e..'uitomcnt will be caused
ijTiouuec.noot of the vci'diet.
• tho iaipi'cssioii that
btofourowu people were
already'..cjvbiccd that the Maiuc
was blown upcxtcrnaiiyiaiidl scarce
ly think tnclr ideas would have
ehnuged, e’yen if the court had re
ported ollt^rwisc."
Wbon jiiy possib'lity of arbitra-
tio'" aad the ensuing cut.atigle.n-'nt
werlo suggested to him, Rear Admir
al Sic,ird ?aid: -‘The Maine case is
oo’-hing ticCTiparison with the Ala-
bibia c'o Then wc wei'c oppos
ed tiTa pi Twerful (Commercial rival; but
now we are d^-iag-with Spain.”
Wash irstdo, March, 25.—At the
AVliiWtxOuseUt was said that ofllci*
al advices hoiv did not bear out the
suggestion 0|i 'o pending crisis in'
by ti coiu'.iissionors for ii „
tion ui.idcv '.liut body.
The colored vole i.s about !C> po
cent, of till! total llepublieaii voto'/
New lliinover County, but lens tlmu |
■-'(I per cent, of tho ofilcos directly ii
ill tlic liuiuls ot Hio County Comml':- [v
siiiiu’r,« were given them. Those of H
iho colored nien wlto made applica
tion were assured betorclmnd that
they would receive proper attontion
but wlion il eamo to a vole their
V’esibyuok Wiil-
ce. N, t
Im you
sisufu'pluee (o
tal ’ dollars? Wu
.will sell n liouao jN’o. MS
Swann Sh ... 'orner i'Hi SI.,
with lot.i, Il \W^'' ^ uter on jiremis
e.s; id.so two ed, bnni-new
liousi's with .ei ided and geiier
ally improied, eorin’r l lth Meadow
names were not mentioned, and on-,,'St,,. Terin.'s,- part tiisli, Uilanee oii
ly timsc eleetod were placed in nom- k tiii„.J with easy payments. I’o.sse.s
given at iinee. Ajiply at our Sliou
Store.
illation.
The rcLtsou given for this uotion
was that under Hie Feileriil govern-
inont the uolomi voters would bo
eared for, thus throwing the Negro
oiT their liaiiils and upon the hands
of tlic National Govi'iniment, ol-
I’li.'-itjon Hunted i‘s stenograiili
and tyiHiwrUcr ailih-ess ”11’’ cii
Rkcoiui oflice. 2w,
• Tlic groivtest reduetion cv
known in woolen ll'iiincl dn
!!!!!!:!!*:!!!!.. f«r2noa>.. -ij.j. shepherds
No. 18 Miukct ' r,’t. RenicmlK'r
.'rice cxcejil u few iiisignlllcaiit
Tho only appointment of note un
der Hio County administrivtioo.
made to a colored man, wu.s the of-
lice of Deputy Register of- Deeds
made by C. W. Norwood, Esq. him-
s;clf a colored man, and not a caucus
nomiucc at that.
(Yesterday wc .stated thot tho
Couvciition was held in May 18i)8.
This should have been May IHftti and
instead of Mr, Rico being from tlic
Fourth ward he was from the Fifth)
LOCAL SPARKS.
The Grard United Order ol Odrl
Fellows will celebrate the 18th An.
nivcr.sary of SisteFv Ixrve Hou-se-
hold of Ruth No. 120 C. U. 0, F. at
Ruth Hall Monc’;.y night Maix;h 23,
1808. There has been p"cparcd ao
iutcrcstiog program. Refreshments
will be served. Admissiou 10 cents,
children 5 cents.
Mercer ard Evaus in this issue ol
the Rccoi-d make the announcomcat
that they have some valuable Roal
Estate (or sale. They have also a ,
that the siiecial '-t’’ gains lust only
-0 drys, tf
FouRkstI Evegv* ;cii Hal! So. 7th
street l)clweo' Nun uiul Clnireli. Ap
pi to Chns/Shepard ut-Boutwriglii's
;Storc 12 si. Front f Jt. tf
Your trade Is solicited by
Messrs. Buruett &■ Green at thei
Grocery Store ci r. Seventh au„
Nun Sts. All kindE, staple aud fan
cy gioccrics on sale at lowest prio
Cult ou them. tf
Strauefl or Stolen.
A (iiic Jersey .'lilk Cow .tml Tfcifcr
•\ny imforinaHon coticernin" tliern
or their retin-n to 5lH Meli.m sln-ei
will bo greatfully I'ceeivcil. A re
ward is o.Tercd for their r
'ceoT'ery,
WEATHER FORECAST.
WASHING TON FCiltl'lCAST FOR
' NORTH CAUODINA. '
Thi-eatening wetthcr to night;
Sunday, cloudy, posdbly with show-!
era in the interior; varmcr Sunday;
easterly shifting to southerly wiuds.
LOCAL FORECAST FOR WIL
MINGTON ANDVICINITY
For 36 hours fron 8 a. m. Uj-{ay
Cloudy to-night am Sunday; warm-
’! er Sunday, east to ,outh winds.
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