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VOL. LX1T. NO. 134.
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OUTLINES.
A
fanner or unesierneia county,
wife and little son were killed
i-.xul crossing neap Petersburg:,
, rders have been issued for
m isUTiHi' out a number of volunteer
..r.rani.rations. The Spanish Cor-
i i l o & I- ru
to oe convoitBa iaepieiuucr vui.
oJj fighting: between Span
1 insurgents in the Philippine
s reported. : Public schools
i-;.u.
..i .mtiago will be re opened Sep-
:,-:nWr 15th. The first, detach-
ri.ent of Spanish soldiers from Santi
.ii'i arrived at Corunna; sixty died on
.lir- passage. The Haytien gov-
.n.-nent refuses to allow establish
ment of a U. S. weather bureau station
the island. Thos. M. Adams,
I "emocratic nominee for the Georgia
l.--islature, k'lled at a political gather-.
Religious orders are insti-
.-;t;ii opposition to Ameriean su-
pr. :na y in Manila. The arrival
of nouroes at Pana, Ills., to take the
piuc-s of white miners threatens serious
:ro ib: the Strikers are being rein
foroeil by union miners from all
jurts of tiie State. More sick sol
diers arrived at Montauk Point; there
are over 2oi cases of typhoid fever; a
siorni Monday night wrecked many
tents Gen. Garcia reiorts to the
(Aiban .Junta on his conference with
i ieu. Shafter. The Spaniards are
bitterly opposed to the cession
of tin- inland of Luzon, in the
Philippines, to the United States.
, v York markets: Money on
c.i.. : t-: i at U2 per cent., last
an - at 2 per cent.; cotton
::e: i.uldiing uplands 6c; flour
,j i,'i i.id unchanged; wheat spot
"-.in: N 2 red 7474Jc;corn spot
t-.ty ; No. 2 351c; rosin quiet; strained,
-ornmon to good, $1.301.45; spirits
turpentine steady at 28i,29c.
WEATHER REPORT.
U . 8. Dkp't of Agriccltori, i
Weather Buriau,
WiLMurgiow, JT. C, Aug. 24. S
re lutjTufure: 8 A. M.. 78 deg. j 8 P.M..
r.tilei; maximum, 85 deg. ; minimum.
74 de? ; mean, 80 deg.
lUinfail for the day, .39; rainfall
since 1st of the month tip to date, 4.44
iiic'hfs
Stase of water in the river at Fav-
Kleville at 8 A. M., 18 feet.
WEATHER OOJTDITIOHS.
Tiie pressure continues low in the
Lake rf-irions and comparatively high
i i tiie southeast. It is very evenly
il.sirib'ited south of the Lakes and has
decreased slightly in the coast States
ihiring the day.
Ahi scattered showers have oc-e-irrej
generally, and rain continues
to mtit in the lower Mississippi valley,
tbf upp-r Iake regioo, and along the
.'.riii Ailautic coast. The weather is
mostly clear in the South Atlantic
States, excepting southern Florida.
The temperature has fallen slightly
throughout the interior, and remains
nearly stationary elsewhere. Cincin
nati, i )'iio. reports a maximum wind
velocity of 30 miles from the west.
COTTOS REGION BULLETIN.
For the twenty-four hours ended at
A. M. yesterday:
Light and scattered showers have oc
e ; .-red near the Carolina coasts and in
the Mobile and western districts.
Cloudy weather continues in the east
ern portion of the Carolinas and
feoria: elsewhere the weather is
ijeueraily clear. The temperature was
generally higher yesterday.
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
I'artly cloudy weather with showers
oh the. jast; continued high tempera-'.-ire.
southerly winds.
Port Alnsnae Aas. 26,
in Rises 5.26 A. M.
" i i Su 6.38 P. M.
I'ay length 13 H. 12 M.
H:ti Water at Southport 12.51 A. M.
High Water. Wilmington 3.21 A. M.
The horse which threw Kaiser
.iiain has not yef been punished
for K sc majeste.
A French baron has renounced
J title to become an American
u.en. The title of baron couldn't
.1 ;t candle to American citizen-
Hickory is becoming one of the
tree woods, and the demand for it
ws. People in the South who
lands 2TOwin? hickorv misrht
lit by making a note of this.
-Mr. Dingley says the sentiment
' "i' innexation is growing in .this
'untry. Probably it iraTnong the
: -iiows who think there may be a
"how for soft snaps among the an-
Xrc,
An exchange remarks that he is a
''i-ky Klondiker who gets back with
?"',ow to $10,000. A good many
1 f them may consider themselves
! nek y if they get back with their
-f k i r i and bones. '.
There is a Missouri man who
keeps moving all the time. Helives;
on a floating island in the Mississippi!
river. The island is well timbered
and he ha9 a nice farm and houses'
n it. But if he lives long he doesn't
know what State he may belong to'
after awhile, as his floating island
has moved more than a mile and a
half since 1853. .:'. t
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Notwithatandine the "wave of
prosperity' that f swept .over the
country after : McKinley's election,
the shrinkage in , the ' taxable value-
of real estate in Georgia this year-
compared with last was about $3,-
000,000, and this in the face of an
increase- of $3,000,000 in Fulton
county, which includes the city of
Atlanta. Outside; of " that county
the decrease would be about $6,000,-
000. - - ! ( ;
Lieut. Colonel .Woodhiil, bf the
medical department of the army
does not believe in boy-soldiers. He
says that maturity is not reached
until . between twenty-three and
twenty-five, and that "boys under
twenty are sure to break down.
According to the latest estimates
of the output, of gold in the Klon
dike this year, the average wages of
the gold pursurers" was only $450,
and it would take all that to feed
them a month or two. if they stay
there. :
borne .hnglish noblemen .have a
tonarh time. The poor Duke oi
Westminister, for instance, has
to scuffle along on an income of
1, 000,003 a year and finds- it hard
scratching.
Congressman
Dmgley thinks a
good many of the war taxes have
come to stay. Xhe .Republican
statesmen are great tax-builders.
NEW ADYEBTTSKMENTS
W. B. Cooper Liverpool salt.
D. L." Gore Fine N. C hams.
X WMurchison A bitter warfare.
BT7SOTS8 LOCALS.
Lost Open-face watch.
R. V. Leonard & Bro. Grocers.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
M-r.TJ . C. Ellis returned to the
city yesterday.
Mr. M. C. Cooper, of Hender
son, is at Aae urton.
Mr. C. H. Fore left yesterday
or Cleveland Springs.
Mr. E. M. Ilobbs, of Clinton,
arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr. T. T. Pace, of Raleigh,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
- Mr. B. C. Beckwith, of Ra
leigh, was registered at The Orton
yesterday. !
Master E. P. Baily, Jr., left
for Cleveland Springs on yesterday
afternoon
Messrs. R. H. Grant and J.
H. McBee went to Lumberton yester
day afternoon.
Misa Pauline Sessoms, of Way-
cross. Ga. . is spending a while on
Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs. W. M. Poisson and Miss
Cornelia Alderman, left on a visit to
friends in Halifax, N. C, on Monday.
Dr. A. M. Baldwin left yes
terday afternoon for Cleveland Springs
to join his family who went up last
week.
Miss Eva Anderson, ot Wilson,
who has been the guest of Miss Ethel
Barnes for some time, left last night
for her home.
- Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cooper and
Mrs. P. C. Cooper, of Mullins, S. C,
were in the city yesterday, on their
way to Wrightsville Beach.
Mr. J. R. Rose, A. C. L. agent
at Dudley, passed through the city
yesterday on his way to Chadbourn to
relieve Mr. G. W Price, the agent
there, for a while.
Iisa Mattie Rigsbee, of Dur
ham, who has been for several weeks
visiting her sister,' Mrs. C. L. Hay
wood, left yesterday afternoon for
Lumberton to visit Miss Lee Morrison.
Mf. Robert C. Merritt of the
U. S.JEngineer's office of this city left
on Saturday night for TTft1ifn-rt N. C,
to which point he was summoned to
the bedside of Mrs. Merritt who was
extremely ill but who it is learned
since is now much better.
. Dr. L.. R. Warren, wife and
son, Master Willie, and Mrs. Wertz,
Mrs. Warren's mother, who have
been spending some time on Wrights
ville beach, guests at Seashore Hotel,
left yesterday for their home in
Florida. ' - '!
First New Cotton. :
Mr. (A. H. Brenner, manager for
CapL jL II. Sloan,has received advices I
of the; shipment of two bales of new,
cotton which ought to get here early
this morning. It was shipped from
Timmonsville, S. CMby Messrs. John
McSween & Co.
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son have
also "been notified that a bale of new
cotton has been shipped them from the
same place , by Mr. Charles A. Smith.
Fourth Ward, Second Precinct
The White Government Union of
the Second Precinct of the Fourth
Ward will " meet Friday night ; at 8
o'clock in the rooms formerly occupied
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany in the old Nati nal Bank build
ing on Front street. The Second Pre
cinct Includes all that portion of the
Ward east of the centre f . Fourth
street Bally, white men. j ' .
. No mineral .waters in the world is
supener to. that of Jackson Springs
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Insomnia '
Nervou Prostration or Kidney, Blad
der and Stomach troubles. ; Bead ad
vertisement in the Stab. ; . : "
IN UNION COUNTY.
Jno. D. Bellamy and C. B.
Discuss Political Issues
! M Monroe.
GREAT QATHERINQ OF PEOPLE.
Enthusiastic Reception Popnlists and
Republicans Present Democratic
Candidate for Congress Made
ai Excellent Speech.
Special Star Correspondence.
Monroe, N. C, August 23.
At an early hour ' this morning" peo -
pie from ;eyery precinct in Union
county commenced rolling into Mon
roe to hear Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, of
Wilmington, and Hon. C B. Aycock,
of Golds boro, discuss the political is
sues of the day. Both of these dis
tinguished gentlemen were soon estab
lished in our Democratic headauar-
ters, and ; were kept busy shaking
hands with Democrats and repentant
fopu lists and liepublicans. ucn a
scene was never before witnessed in
our county; and never did such enthu
siasm prevail. Judge Starbuck, who
is holding bur August term of court
very kindly adjourned court at eleven
o'clock, and the speakers addressed a
large crowd, estimated at 1,000, from
the eastern' portico of the court house.
lion. J as. (J-. Covington, chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee,
arose and extended to any representa
ti ve of opposing parties a fair and equal
division of time. There was no response
and Mr. B. C. Williams, in a short
speech, introduced Hon. Jno. D. Bel-
lamv. Democratic candidate lor con
gress in the Sixth district. Every eye
was hxed on tne speaker as he arose.
His personal traits are, extremely en
caging, there being a modesty, sin
cerity and "manliness, mingled in him
which had already won him many
friends. . '
Mr. Bellamy commenced by an
nouncing that he was the Democratic
nominee for Congress in this district.
and thanking our people for the almost
unanimous support they gave him in
the nominating con mention. He said
he stood squarely on the Chicago
Democratic platform and State Demo
cratic platform;; believed in a low
tariff, free ; silver and favored an in
come tax. i He showed up his oppo
nent Dockery, in his true light, his
vote on tne .National jtsaniong law
while in Congress, his position on the
tariff and: shifting attitude on the
silver question. He did not forget to
allude to i the $10,000 he borrowed
from old ? 'Beast" Butler and his re
fusal to pay back. In fact he re
viewed his whole political life
and held him up to the con
tempt of all decent people. Even
the "niggers" seemed to have
lost their, old-time enthusiasm for
him.
Mr. Bellamy soon began to discuss
State issues and affirmed in the outset
that he would only state the condi
tions in North Carolina as they are,
in order to appeal to the white men of
Western North Carolina, to meet
them squarely and fairly and rally
like true men to the rescue. When
the Democrats held control in this
State there was almost perfect peace
and quiet but now, under Republi
can-Populist government, these con
ditions .are changed. No words can
i - "i m i .
portray me miscmet ana miseries mat
brood and breed in Eastern Carolina.
He reviewed the condition of affairs in
'68, '69 and 70 under Republican rule.
for the enlightment of the young
men and for the purpose of refreshing
the memories of the old. He warned
the people that we were fast verging
on the same conditions of affairs. "1
concede," he said, ''that the people of
North Carolina had Bom real griev
ances a few years ago because of
Cleveland's attitude on the silver
question, but Cleveland's attitude was
not' the sentiment of our party, and
Democratic principles remain true and
sound to-day. They are based deep in
the eternal verities and no influences,
extraneous or internal, can ever
destroy them or greatly injure their
worth and good." He closed by invit
ing the Populists to come on back to
their first -love, Democracy, and re
deem the State from negro domination.
The speech was a hne one and won
Mr. Bellamy many votes.
Mr. T. J. Jerome in a neat and
timely speech introduced Hon. Charles
B. Avcock, of Goldsboro, a clean
shaven, robust man in physical health
and strength. His great speech proved
him to be the peer of any man in
North .Carolina, distinguished as it is.
for the brilliance and eminence of its
citizens... He. is a natural born leader
of men, 'anfl there is a great future
before him. By a compact and master
ful argument expressed in the purest
English, he held his audience spell
bound.- He arraigned Russell and his
hungry horde in great but simple
stvle. and with such wonderful power
of statement as to stagger the Populists.
Btartinsr with the origin of Jttepubii-
eanism in this State soon after the war,
he traced it along its whole history
down to date with masterly force.
"You are again asked to vote for this
party which provides nothing useful
or beautiful, but which humiliates and
degrades our people and breeds dis
order, j vice, crime; antagonizes our
home and schools. Can we, dare we,
keep such a party in power and sanc
tion their damnable work? Are the
interests of our homes, our society,
bur wives and daughters, our children
and our neighbors, to be sacrificed to
snch "rule? And for whose interest?
That one in five hundred may get an
office at the expense of all we hold
dear; that the other four hundred and
ninety-nine may bear the burdens
and suffer the indignities heaped upon
them."
It would be-impossible to give an
accurate I account of the speech. It
was powerful beyond description. Mr.
Aycock is indeed a great thinker, an
able-advocate, a profound and elo
quent orator. At the conclusion of
his speech many rushed up and shook
his hands. The general sentiment of
tour people is that it was the grandest
speech Vver delivered here. Many
Populists were heard to say as much
The correspondent of the unarioue
Oberver, referring to Bellamy's speech
aays: ..t j : '
'Here the speaker went into a dis
cussion of the record of Office Hunter
Dockery, as The Wilmington Star
calls him, -and he, did it pat He
showed him as an enemy to both the
white and the black race. In 1859 he
was a menber of the Legislature and.
voted for a bill to expel all free ne-
eroes from the State, one' to provide
for the sale of a free negro if he failed
to nav his debts, and one to prevent
the owners of slaves freeing them by
will ; how as a member of Congress he
always voted on the side of the mon
opolies and the wealth against the in
terest of labor;, how he was Kirk's
brigadier; how he borrowed . $10,000
from 'Beast Butler." and then . voted
for his infamous bill by which the
bondholders were allowed to double
their holdings. Ills family- has lived
on office-holding. - There has - been
! method in his madness in ai raying the
netrroes acainst the whites. .
"My eon UUver " got as good aruD-
uiug as ia oiien seen, i it may i re
marked here that an effort was made
bmg as is often seen, iilt may be re-
ery here to have a joint discussion,
but his managers refused it. '
The speakers have spent the day in
handshaking and talking """with the
neonle There has been along stream
of people here all day and , they are
pleased beyond measure with the per
sonality of Mr. Bellamy and his every
manner.. Democratic! nead quarters
nave been thronged all day,; and tne
writer never saw more enthusiasm
Bellamy in Wadjesboro.
Bellamy was in Wades boro Monday.
The Observer correspondent writes
from there:
Hon. John D. Bellamy, Democratic
nominee for Congress of this, the Sixth-
district, spent yesterday and to-day
nere, iorming me acquaintance oi our
citizens. Mr. Bellamy says that m nis
house-to-house canvass) which he has
, making in the eastern end of the
district he finds scores of Populists
who are going to vote the white
man's ticket and especially in the
Gibson neighborhood. of! Rich
mond countv. the people lare fired
to the core, and that every Populist he,
saw was going to vote the Democratic
ticket and not only they but j lots of
Republicans, having become disgusted
with the administration of i the past
two years, are going to oin the Dem
ocrats in obtaining decent capable
and honorable government for North
Carolina.
Mr. Bellamy is of a very) pleasant
address, and makes mends of! all who
come in contact with him. His plan
of a house to house canvass is sure to
secure for him a seat in
Congress.
He expects to visit us
jagainj in about
two weeks and make us
a speech.
GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
The
Negro Ministers of
Wilmington in
Hearty Sympathy With the
The following appeared in the Daily
Record, the negro paper published
here, in its issue of yesterday:
The following resolutions were
adopted at the regular) session of the
Ministerial Union, which is composed
of the colored ministers of, the city :
" 'Resolved, That tiie Ministerial
Union is in hearty sympathy with
the efforts of the Vaiiu Jiecorci in de
fending the rights of the race, and
that each minister inforin his congre
gation of the present situation and
endeavor to sustain the paper by
swelling its subscription list j and urg-
ing prompt payment'
. As this resolution is
unqualified in
its language, the inference is that the
"colored ministers" of Wflmington
are in hearty sympathy with the
Record, and must therefore, indorse
the villainous editorial . attacking
white women whicbj appeared in
that paper of the 18th inst. With
out further comment just now,
however, we will give the "Minister
ial Union" time to either affirm or
deny that they have been correctly
reported in Nthe Record, and to state
whether the resolution was adopted
before or after the editorial referred
to appeared.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
The Republicans Hold a Committee Meet
ing to Denounce Negro Paper.
The Republican county executive
committee held a meeting yesterday
and passed resolutions condemning
The Daily Record for tike article which
nas caused so mucn commotion re
cently: The resolutions declare that
the Record is not now and never has
been a Republican or Fusion organ.
The article referred tbi denounced as
a base libel and the writer is repudiated
and denounced as a mischief making
simpleton. I
Twelve members of j tltfb executive
committee, all colored!: were present
when the resolutions w(ere passed. A
good deal of the force is taken out of
them, however, by an article which ap
pears elsewhere in the Star this morn
ing, showing that the Colored! Min
isterial Union has passed resolutions
expressing hearty sympathy j with the
Record. I
APPOINTMENTS FOR BELLAMY.
He Is Now Making a Preliminary Canvass
of the Sixth District: j
John D. Bellamy, Democratic can
didate for Congress, is i making j a pre
liminary canvass of the Sixth District
and has accepted invitations to speak Ii
as follow:! " j , J
At the great Croatan basket dinner
to be given at New Hoje, near Pate's
Station, Robeson county, Friday, Au
gust 26th. t i- I j
At Lockwood's Folly, Brunswick
county,' at the Democratic mass con
vention to be held Thursday!, Septem
ber 1st ; ? '.- I j ; j '"
At Burgaw, Fender county (Court
week), Monday, September 12th.
NEW TRAVELLING AGENT.
Mr. Will. H. Harrison, who has so ac
ceptably filled the position of Travel!
ing Agent and Correspondent of The
Morking Star for nearly a lyear. past,
has resigned that position toj engage in
other business, and is succeeded by Mr.
James Pearsall, of Dunn. Mr. Pear
sall has travelled extensively the ter
ritory in ; which the ' Star circulates
so largely, and is in every j way
thoroughly qualified far the! work he
has undertaken. We jeommend him
to pur friends, and will appreciate
any courtesies he may receive at their
hands. ,' j ! ;,v 'f;
The annual Fair of the! Robeson
County Fair Association will be held
at Lumberton, November 2nd, 3rd and
4th. - All space for exhibits free. ,
. Frakk GotrOH, Secy and Treas. t -
i LOCAL BOT.
Wilmington ' Lodg of '-OdI
Fellows will confer- the: initiatory de-f
gree upon a candidate to-night..
r A license waa issue yesterday
evening for the marriage t)f Mr. Aus-j
, - ,,. j.. . . i
tin Sykes to Miss Mary Allen, both of
- The Star is authorized to "pay
25 cents each for 50 copies-of the Wil
mingcon jjauy xtecora oi Thursday
August 18th. - . !... . j If-.-.- J ' j
i The negro demonstration- lastj
j night was an object lesson It shows
; that nothing but a Democratic Legisi
lature can save North Carolina.
. Messrs. R. V. Leonard & Broj
have a card in the Star this zooming
asking for shipments of country pro-)
duce. j They also! handle groceries. I
The regular, bona fide mail cir4
culation of The MosBSlisQ. Star is,
larger than the mail circulation of all
other Wilmington Dailies combined..
Don't forgei the ineetiing of
the White Government Union of the)
Mrst division of the Third, Ward io-j
night at 8 o'clock at the Seaboard Aiii
Line office on Front street, j
The White' Government Union
of the Second Ward will niet to night?
at the office of John D. .Bellamy in
stead of the place heretofore agreed
on. Turn out boys. is ! ,
Judging from the dipwd of ne-!
groes gathered in and j s round the
Record office last night.! -he resolu
tions of the Republican IQounty Ex- .
ecutive Committee will! iot exert
much influence. 1-4
If there is a decenti white man
in Wilmington who does sot now see
that it is his imperative digty to join
the White Government Ufiion, if he
is physieally able to walk tp the place
of-nieeting, he is past all argument
The last hop to be given by the
Seashore Hotel .during j tne present
season will occur on Saturday even
ing of this week, j The people of Wilf
mington and those at tVrightsville
sound and on the! beach ari cordially
invited. : i i
4 (:.!,
Where articles are i offered for
sale by irresponsible partiei at far be--
, j 1 i 1 x i
iow me aciuai vaiue ii is an .inac
tion that they have been ; stolen and
all good citizens should retyse to pur
chase and immediately notify the au
thorities of the fact j i
Mayor Wright yesterday fined,
Martha Smith, colored, ilJO.OO and
costs for disorderly , conduct There
were two other negroes charged with
similar offences. Carrie Davis was fined
$5.00 and costs, while Gato Smith was
discharged on the payment f costs.:
3f ews was received iere yes
terday that Joe Coney,- tiii thirteen
year Old son oi , w aiier vuey, ior-
merly of this city but now&f Savant
nah, had shot and perhdros fatally
wounded himself. The bal entered
at the nose and lodged near' the brairi
causing partial paralysis.
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DEATH OF MR. W. H. FRENCH. f
. ' in
hi His Former Home in Bangor, 1 Maine!
Yesterday Morning! ';
1 The' Star was sincerely -gf ieved yes
terday to hear of the deatfuof Mr. W.
H. French at Bangor Me He was
a man of such sturdy healta that the
news of his death produced quite a
shock yesterday upon all! ijyhO; heard
it He was a brother of j r. G.' Z.
French, who is so "well knbwii in Wil
mington, j .
Mr. French left here for Bangor,
Me., just a week ago' last flight. He
had been having chills and!! fever -and
went to his home to recuperate.; Yes
terday Mr. W. H. Shaw! received a
telegram from Mr. G. Z. French
stating that the brother of the latter
had died yesterday morninjg.
Mr. French came to this section soon
after the war.: For a long J,ime he had
been engaged in the trucking business
at Rocky Point, and he Nfa- a member
of the firm of French Brds manufac
turers of fertilizers. I .v
About two years ago bej was mar
ried to Miss Laura Taylog. She and
two brothers, Messrs. G. Z. Trench and
Abner French, the latter bf Bangor,
survive the deceased. Another brother,
Mr. Josdah French, died .about four
years ago ln xiangor,
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THE FIRE YESTERDAY: lORNINQ.
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Residence of 'Squire EvansJ Damaged
! Loss Covered by InsnSincev. .
Yesterday morning between 3.30
and 4 o'clock fire was discovered- in
the dining room of the residence of
'Squire Wmj McD. EvaifX No. 817
Nortb Third street 'Suture Evans
called in several of his neighbors and
succeeded in extinguishing the flames
before any very serious damage was
done! As it was the injury jto per
sonal property and building was
about t25. ' The fire seemed to have. 1
started in "a sideboard jdyawer,. and
was evidently due to rat and loose
matches. I ! . . , I -
An alarm of fire was turned in and :
the department responded promptly.
However, the fire was out ibefore they,
reached the-building. 'Squire Evans
says that special credit iajdue Dr. W.
H. Moore, colored, and sefreral other
: colored people who camel t has assis-j
tance. The damage to has residence ;
and furniture! Is covered by insurance'
with Stedman and Chadbourn.
Detached front Nantucket I jf
By the New YorY Heraltf.it is learned
that Lieutenants H. H. lifcllhenny, T.
M. Morse, W. M. Atkinsoixand R. H.1
McCoy are detached rpa the Nan-:
tucket and ordered to the rixth district:
auxiliary n&fl force. Alfof them are!
capable officers.' Their fronds will bei
glad to know that they ai to be kept
in the service in good posuion. .
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RIOTOUS NEGROES.
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Threatening
monstration
bya
V Mob
''N'nrftf Yin Dnn.
I.
m Street. .
NO
KNOWMICAUSE
FOR IT.
Angry Mutterinjs Against the Whites
' ! Police Ineffkent or Indifferent
. . Finally Pgrsnaded the Angry
Mob o Disperse.
I From early I aWilight ' until almost
II o'clock last1 flight lower Princess
street, betweej; Water and Second,
was thronged :with an excited crowd
of negroes. Tilere were also large
numbers of tbem moving to and fro
about adjacent' streets. Those on
'Princess street Sood about in groups
ovidently disctlsing some very excit-
ijng theme, jfjft ,,'
The Mecca loifard which their in-
iterest seemed ih centre was the office
of the Daily liet.ord, the negro paper
which recently published such a vile
klander upontJi'hite women of the
South. It had jpeen whispered about
amongst the cof red people of the city
during the afternoon that the fellow
Manly who -'poses as editor of the
sheet had recetved an anonymous let
ter during the (Jay giving him .notice
that his presence! im this city .could no
longer be endured and that he must
get out to r4arts very remote
within 21 ;urs. The Record
office is onV'door removed from'
the corner of sf Princess and Water
streets and the'extension steps leading
up to the entrance on the second floor
and the office ? apartments were well
filled with othet! negroes, who jointly
with those in jigjj streets were await
ing developments to, if needs be, pro
tect "Editor" jdanly from the expected
avengers of defamed white- woman
hood. II
The police bi jtfiat beat were power
less to scatter e crowds, and Chief
of Police Meltt swore in two extra
police and calf?? in the officers from
several adjacer beats for the purpose
of persuadinghe negroes to disperse.
Mayor Wrighjalso went down and
mingled with iiie crowd, striving to
persuade the that there was no
danger whateyis- of any attempt being
'made upon tw life of Manly. The
officers finally: persuaded them to re
tire, only a corxpany of the leaders re
maining to gtfTason the Record office.
'All night, hoover, there were others
moving aboujthe adjacent corners
and side stref actuated by either
fear that sometempt would be made
;or else by curty.
While the VliMte people of the city
lare justly very! indignant at the Re
cord's dastardly .editorial, and feel that
the most extreme measures ior retri
bution would tje : justifiable, it was the
general opinipr: last night that the
anonymous lejr which created the
excitement wa,J without any backing.
jSave in the lajnknown person who
penned and mailed it The whole ex
citement, so faVjas was created by the
letter, was feenerally pronounced
5 "much-ado about nothing."
IN JUSTICE! BUNTING'S COURT.
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Four Cases Disi'ed of Yesterday Fines
Imposf; in Two Cases.
Justice R. Bi'Bunting . sat in judg
ment in four ijfes yesterday. Two of
the cases were jor assault and battery,
another for disorderly conduct and the
fourth was a peace warrant The two
first named offences were committed
by Alma Howard and Charles Tyler,
both colored, j The - Howard woman
was dismissed on the payment of costs
and Tyler wa&fined $5 and costs. The
assault by Tyfifriwas made upon Frank
Onslow. "Maijor" Burns, colored, was
fined $5 and cjts for disorderly con
duct Emerliaj Brown, colored, was
placed under airee months bond to
keep the peace' and taxed with the costs
in the action.- j!i
Tried for Steal&H Watch.
Thomas Hopkins, a colored boy, was
tried yesterdajl efore Justice Fowler
pn the charge g stealing a watch from
Mr. Scott of jtjb Carolina Cooperage
Company. Tbfer, charge was that the
watch was takeji fromi a coat while
hanging in.an apartment at the shops.
However, the .Justice ruled that the
evidence showed that several boys
passed through ; the room about the
time the watchras stolen and there
was no eyidenHhat Hopkins commit
ted the theft
ay
Justice Bornenon's Court
Alaxander Ahdrews, Garlje Smith
and Samuel Spencer, all colored, were
before Justice fBornemann yesterday
morning chargwf with disorderly con
duct at a festival Monday night They
were found guilty and were let off on
the payment of .eosts which amounted
to $4.35 for eacHi Francis 'Anderson,
colored, was lund guilty of dis
orderly conduct Judgment was sus
pended upon t9 payment of costs.
Committed Suicide.
Geo. C. Taylor, a government em
ploye appointed! from Burgaw, com
mitted suicide ' .Tuesday night at j his
boarding house! in Washington City
by taking laudatium. The police noti
fied! the father!! $f the deceased and
asked! what jposition should j be
made of '. the f 'MT- Taylor was 32
years of age. te had "been despond
ent for severalliays. I ,
To City Subscrtj!rs.
quested to repcrt promptly at the Stab 1
office every! failure of lie camera to
deliver their pttpars. In all such cases
steps -will be iaoten to insure promp
1 and regular deiiyerv. - i- i; ::.
nu ruKintK arrests made.
Three Cases in the McNalr & Pearsall
Theft Continued Until to-oay.
Mr. Lewis! Case.
The three negroes who were arrested
Tuesday charged with being implica
ted in the theft of meat and other
classes of stock from railroad cars con
signed to Messri McNair & Pearsall,
Tuesday afternoon, were not tried yes
terday, the cases having been post
poned until to-day. The negroes are
Lewis Jarman, Joe Hooper and Wil
liam Murphy, j The story of the in
vestigation and arrests was told in yes
terday's Star, i
j Mr. Edward Lewis, who is in the
employ of Messrs. McNair and Pear
sall was arraigned before the Mayor
as being implicated in the same case.
joe Douglas, a negro drayman, was
the witness against Mr. Lewis. He
merely swore that he had hauled meat
to the store of Mr. C. C. Workman.
The meat he said was hauled by order
of Mr. Lewis. 1
Mr. Lewis swore that he had sent
meat and old salt to Mr. Workman,
but always by order of Mr. Leftwich,
the shipping clerk, that is so far as the
meat was concerned. He said that on
one or two occasions he, at the re
quest of Mr. Workman, put the side of
meat (he never bought more than a side)
into a box or bag and filled it with,salt
in which the meat had been shipted.
making the package weigh something
like 100 pounds. Ircdoll Mcares, Eaq.,
who was present as attorney for the
Carolina Central railroad in the cases
against the three negroes, told Mayor
Wright that he did not believe Mr.
Lewis was guilty and should not be
bound over to court. However, the
Mayor contended that he did
not have jurisdiction in the mat
ter and required a (100 justified
; bond for Mr. Lewis' appearance at the
October term of the Criminal Court
Mr. McNair, one of his employers.
gave me oond. Mr. Lewis is a man
of excellent reputation and his friends
confidently believe-that the case can
but be promptly dismissed when called
for trial in the Criminal Court
No further arrests have yet been
made. The officers have been on the
lookout for Bob' Nixon, colored, whose
store was raided and relieved of stolen
goods Tuesday.! They have not been
able to locate htm.
THE ORPHANS' 0UTIHQ.
Report oKComtnittee on Entertainment
Representing Lodges In Wilmington.
The committee on Orphans' Outing
has reported as! follows:
Wilmington; N. C, August 23. 1898
To the Officer and MenJbern Ca)e-
bear Ao. 2, (Jrton Jo. ., ilmuij-
ton, Ao. 1-19 and Hanover No.
I. O. O. F. .
We your Committee on Orphans'
Outing beg to submit the following:
Programme was carried out as sub
mitted. Party consisting of forty.
left the Home, Tuesday morning.
Auorust ltith, arriving here at 9:30,
were transferred by the Wilmington
Street Railway Uompanv to the Sea-
coast depot and were taken to the
Seashore Hotel, where they remained
until Wednesday evening's six o'clock
train, by which they returned to the
citv, and were entertained by loving
friends until Friday morning, when
they left for the Home with happy
hearts and many pleasant recollections
of the grand time spent with us. We
feel that these outings do good
to our children, and the order.
We wish you all could nave
been at the seashore and seen
the children in bathing, wadinjr and
amusintr themselves. Many cour
tesies were shown them by residents
on the beach and the impression they
made was very favorable and compli
mentary to their training and our
order.
'Thursday evening they were enter
tained at the hall of Hanover Lodge
bv Letitia Lodfre Daughters of Rebecca.
The reception was heartly enjoyed by
all the children, and those who were
so fortunate as to be present. Special
Iow rates from, the Atlantic Coast
Line, free transportation by the Wil
mington Street Railway , Company to
the Seacoast It It, baggage trans
ferred by S. P. Cowan Co. free.
badges printed free of cost by
Jackson & Belt bath suits fur
nished and 1 special rates given
by the Seashoretlotet courtesies
of citv papers and others, made it
very pleasant for your committee,
and materially reduced the cost of out-
insr. For all these courtesies we wish
to extend our thanks. We feel thst
the Father of the Orphans will reward
them for their kind attentions.
: Respectfully submitted,
Marcvb W. Jaoobi,
' Chairman Joint Committee.
T. G. Evans, Secretary.
The committee was composed as fol-
lstwa- nrU Wtf TIf. Kn 9. M V
Jacopi, W. H. Yopp and J. O. Powers;
Orion, No. 69, J. E. Gordon, F. B.
Rice and J. W. Cate; Wilmington,
No. 139: J. Wi Monroe, T. G. Evans
and A. G. Ellis ; Hanover, No. 145, W.
H. Howell, B. Wl Dunham aud J. O
Wlggs. "m m mm,
Will Be Here Aagust 20th.
Rev. William Wootten received a
letter yesterday from Mrs. Wootten at
Jacksonville Fla., saying that she
would probably start for Wilmington
with her j son. Adjutant Bradley '
Wootten, on Tuesday of next week
and reach here on the 30th inst She
says the attending physicians have
pronounced Bradley free from fever
and it is only a question of a few days
when he will be able to undertake the
journey
Battery L ,
Sergeant Flynn, of Battery I, was a
visitor to the ' city yesterday. Since
his last visit here he has been pro-'
moted to quartermaster sergeant with
the rank of first sergeant
Lieut Richmond P. Davis has been
transferred to West Point to . serve as
instructor, an Lieut Timberlake has
been made) first lieutenant, his own
place, going j to' t Lieut Carpenter.
Lieut Davis waa here Monday on hi
way to West Point
the late m. j. dwqohoep.
Fsneral Yesterday Irwa St PssTs Lath
ran Charts A LargrAttcsdaace.
The funeral of the lataj M. J. Dingsl-
Loef was held yesterday morn In (from
the residence, . 907 North Fifth street
thence to 8t.Paul"W Evangslieal
Lutheran Church. This funeral pro
cession was headed by toward Relief
Fire Engine Company land German ia
Lodge K. of P. in a J body. At Umi
church the two bodies; formed linss
through which the cofijs was carried.
The Lutheran service for the dead
was conducted by Krnr. Dr. A. JCi.
Voigt the pastor of 8t Paul's, assist
ed by Rev. Dr. G. Pl Bsrabeisa.
Miss Katie Slplter wajs the organist
and the choir was composed of Misses
fjoatam llutsfr, Aonis ; Adrian, ties
Ortmann and Messrs. C. W. Blotntne
and Will Rehder. At Us opealng of
the service a solo was sweetly sung by
Miss Annie Adrian. 1 :
The interment was made at Oakdskt
with I'ythian honors, Mr. John Hsar
sctiog as prelate. Th hymn "Itork
of Ages" was sung at tits grave. The
floral offerings were ; numerous and
beautiful, especially one from the
Howard Relief Fire Engine Com pa ay.
Another mark of resptct foe tbe ds
ceased was that Uie flag over Adrian
Hall was kepi at halflanast all Tues
day and yesterday utjtil sfter the
funeral.
The honorary pall besrers vers
Dr. J. T. Schonwald, II. H ItoiiU,
J. F. Rulfs, Sr., and 1'. lIeioberger;
and the following gtStlemen were
the active pall bearers :, 1 Prof. M.QR
Noble and Messrs. John Haar, J. W.
Duls. IVschsu. M. Ralbjen and
J. E. t'row. 1 :
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MUSICAL LWERTAINMENT
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At tbe Y. M. C A. lorfuke Benefit ef a
Deserving Yms Lady,
Miss Norma Foster ia gifted young
violinist' with ambition to benome
still more proficient iitf tbe une of the
violin. She hopes to Jfo to the New
Englsnd Conservatory of Music U..-,
coming session snd wtll by her own
work pay die greater tart of her as
perses. She has a number of friends,
however, who wish tol&rlp her ret iba
musical training whU-jh she would to
wel I utilize, and so Uif-e friends are
arranging a musical entertainment at
the Y. M. C. A., the pHHeda of which
will be for the purpose) Indira Uxl. The
statement that it will t under the di
rection of Miss Mattie 'hasten is suf
ficient guarantee that it will be a suc-
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cess. l.
An admission fee of ten cents will
be charged and refresh inenU st nomi
nal prices will be servff-
About the Mileage Booksj
A Star reporter had, 4 conversation
yesterday with Mr. Jafes Kyle, man
ager of the Wilmingtob Tariff Asso
ciation. in regard to the mileage peti
tion which the AsuociajUon has laid be
fore the Railroad (nmision and
hich it did not grant A rehearing
has been secured and Ve matter is to
come up again in Bept4inber. Whether
or not the petition wilj be granted de
pends iif sonie extent Upon the efforts
which Will be msde by jolher eomnaer-
cial organizations as well as the Tariff
Association. It is a mwtter which will
affect all parts of the 8iate, and it is
rightly thought by the jTsriff Associa
tion oflcials that thfj Chambers or .
Commerce in the various towns and
cities might help out titters by taking
some action. -!
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Goes to'laspect the Went.
Mr. 8. A. Schloss
Will leave this
afternoon for Raleigh!
(where he goes
to inspect tbe recently
remodeled and
renovated Academy o
Music of which
he is lessee. He wi!
remain over
Friday night snd sltettd the opening
of the Academy which Will be on thst
evening. Ai G. Fieldstoiastrels will
be the attraction. Tbrtj improvement
in the Raleigh Academy are quite ex
tensive and somewfe.at more so
thsn those being mads by Mr. Hchloss
in the Wilmington Obrs House.
Hanover Seaside dob Hop.
The hop at Hanortf Seaside Club
last night was a highly ;sueoessful and
Verv nleassnt affair anidj was attended
by a large number of! clubmen and
their friends. Dancing was la pro-
is from I o'clock inf ,the afternoon
until the last boat left the beach at
11.30 o'clock. '
The regular, toss fid circu
lation 0 Tax MoKXtwbj Star is much
larger thaa that of Sy other daily
newspaner published hi Wilmingtoa.
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MrCLAMBTV-In Uita ei'f r lnUTs S St
T. Urn HORA ;l.AfV. St Jr.
daughter or Mr. Ckarim mcv mawj
raneral tosjorrow mar stornln s
o-ekx-Jt, rrom rwMMM, H SoeUi Smat
atrsec; Uience to Uta Umlt bmrm grossd.
Wrtfliuvrita noasA. rrtantfa sea seqssJBV
snoaa Invited to sttoiul ' ' .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TJpera House.
Monday, Aug. 29J 8.30 P. M.
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