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Circulation Larger Than That
01 Any Other Dafly News
paper Published ' Is .
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OUTLINES.
I The iNavy Department haa no offi
cial advices that Admiral. Dewey's
health is giving way under the cli
mate and the severe strain he, has been
subjected to at Manila. ThePope
continues to improve. - -All is quiet
at Manila and Iloilo. - Gen, Wood
denies I sensational statements from
Santiago. Ed. F. Bogert, post
master at Wilkesbarre, Pa., arrested
for tampering with the mails.
Design for the statue to be erected
over the grave of Miss Winnie Davis
has been approved. Millions
offish were frozen to death in .the.
North Carolina sounds during the re
cent blizzard. Bobbers attempted
to raid the town of Noel, in Missouri;
one was killed and another arrested by
citizens, j: Mrs. Margaret E. Cody
convicted of attempt to . blackmail
George and Helen Gould. ! The
Tenth itnmunes, negro regiment,
passed through Raleigh; their progress
to Weldon' marked by rioting and
shooting at private houses and school
bhildreri; several men were wounded;
their officers had no control over them.
- New, York markets: Money on
call steady at 2J3 percent, last loan
being at 3 per cent. ; cotton quiet, mid;
dling uplands 6 9-16c; flour was inac
tive and steadier; wheat spot steady;
No. 2 red 83ic; corn spot easy; No. 3
42ifc ; oats spot firm ; No. 2 33ic ;
rosin steady; spirits turpentine steady.
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i WEATHER REPORT.
U. S Dbsp't of Agriculture,
i W bather Bureau,
Wilmington, N. O., March 9.
Temperature: 8 A.M.,39 deg. ; 8 P.M.,
54 deg. ; maximum, 59 deg. ; minimum,
deg. ; mean, 28 deg.
Rainfall for the day, 0; rainfall
since 1st of the month up to date, .05.
Stage of water in the river at Fay
etteville at 8 A. M., 25 feet.
FORECAST FOB TO-DAY.
Washington, March 9. For North
Carolina Increasing cloudiness; prob
able rain ; fresh to brisk south to east
winds. 1
Port Almanac March 1J
iaa Rises .....4... 6.20 A. M.
Sun Sets 6.01 P. M.
i)av'? Length. ........... 11 H. 41 M.
digi Water at Southporl 7.01 P. M.
Hieh Water. Wilmington 10.31 P. M.
A Kentucky farmer has a tree
Which, during the late cold snap,
produced a crop of frozen black
birds. : ' ' ..
The Devil's Isle, where Dreyfus is
held prisoner, wasn't called after the
old sure-enough devil, .but after a
totally depraved prisoner who used
to give the guards" a devil of a time.
Chicago's "Jack, the Hair Clip
per, is m jail on three indict
ments, for want of a $12,000 bond.
Chicago does not propose to encour
age' the hair-cutting business with
out license.
Several of the wheat growing
States of the. West are helping their
farmers to fight the binding twine
.Trust. They have established twine
factories to be i.operated by their
penitentiary convicts.
Some one complains that the
Americans spend $20,000,000 a year
on amusements. There may be
some 'ground for complaint, but
there is no money spent by the
American people out of which they
got so much funj
The Chicago i lawyer who claims
that ne orignated the idea of the
"pneumatic conveyors," used by the
. Postoffice Department, and wants
the Government to reciprocate by
paying him $20,000,000, puts a re
spectable valuation on his thinks.
1 It is said that China has the fast
est' vessel afloat. She has made a
.speed of 42.26 miles per hour in a
trial run. If the Chinese had a
lot of these during the unpleasant
ness with Japan, they could have
gotten away from the Japs quicker
and easier.
The man who invented the silk
hat, tometimes Htnowikas the "plu"
or "stovepipe" in - this country,
achieved temporary fame. When
be4 appeared in the streets of Lon
don under one of them, January. 16,
1797, it caused a riot, because it was
palculated "to frighten timid peo
ple" and got him in jail.
The New York Supreme Court
has decided that when a horse
standing by a sidewalk bites a per
son passing by the owner is respon
sible -for damages, without proof
that the horse is vicious. The fact
of the biting should be proof enough
of thatl We have some of that kind
of horses in this city.
A lady from Illinois discovered a
sure preventive; of the tick whic
roubles cattle.' She painted her
herd of forty cows with a solution
of paris green. It proved a dead
sure thing on the ticks, and also on
all the cows but two, as" she had
failed to take the precaution of post
ing them on her trick, and they
licked themselves as usual.
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personal paragraphs.
Mr. Michael Schenck went to
Bichmond last night.
Mr. Alfred Tyre, of Washing
ton, is registered at The Orton.
Hnssey; of Warsaw, was
a welcome visitor in the city yester
day. ,. . . . . '
Mr. W. A. Farling, of Eliza
beth City, arrived in the city last
night . ;r
Mr. Lindsey Walker, of Town
Creek, was one of the welcome visitors
to the city yesterday.
Rev. B. B. Culbreth, pastor of
Bladen Street M. E. Church, went to
Goldsboro yesterday.
Mrs. Daniel H. Pentonis spend
ing some time in Bichmond, Va., the
guest of friends and relatives.
Miss Sunie Sanders, of Beau
fort, is the guest of her brother Mr.
W. Xi. Sanders, on Sixth street.
Mrs. W. I. Daggett left yester
day afternoon for Newberry, S. C, the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. E Nor
wood. '
Bruce Williams, Esq., of Bur
gaw, spent several hours in the city
yesterday, returning from Pender
court I
Messrs, E. E. Groom and Wm.
H. Gannon, - government steamboat
inspectors of Charleston, were in the
city yesterday on official business.
Mr. H. L. Fry, assistant chief
engineer, and Mr. Geo. M. Bose, attor
ney for the A. and Y. road, arrived
here from Fayetteville last night
Mr. Jno. Scott, of Munice,
Mich., who has been in the city several
weeks, the guest of his brother, Mr.
Bobt Scott left for his home yester
day. .
Mr. J. C. Cotten, of Washing
ton, who has been visiting in the
city the past several days left last
night for his home, much to the regret
of his many friends.
Mr. W. J. Whitall, of Worcester,
Mass., who has been spending several
weeks at Scott's Hill, the guest of Mr.
J. T. Foy, passed through the city yes
terday returning home.
Miss Alma Brown left last night
for a ten days' trip to New York and
Baltimore to assist in purchasing new
Spring and Summer goods for Mr. Geo.
O. Gaylord's Backet Store.
Mrs. J. B. Williamson, Master
H. D, Williamson and Mr. S. E. Mem
ory, who came to the city to attend the
Grady-Culbreth marriage, left for their
homes in Whiteville yesterday after
noon.
Solicitor Bodolph Duffy re
turned from Pender Court yesterday.
He will go to Kenansville Monday to
attend Duplin Court which will be
convened on that date by Judge Tim
berlake.
Mrs. W. W. Blair, Miss Julia
Daggett and Mr. Jos. C. Cotton, the
latter of Washington, spent Tues
day and Wednesday of this week in
Southport the guests of Mrs. Leslie
Worthington.
Mr. Chas. E. Brewer, who was
a member of Company K, Second regi
ment N. C V., left yesterday for Nor
folk, where it is understood he will
stand the required examination and
enter the navy.
Miss Sallie J. Davis,who has
been visiting her uncle. Mr. J. F. Gar-
re 11, will return to her home in Ma
rion, : S. C, this afternoon. Many
friends she has made while here regret
her departure. .
Mr. S. F. Johnson, travelling
salesman for Brown Bros. Co., to
bacco manufacturers of Winston, with
headquarters in Wilmington, arrived
in the city yesterday, having spent
several weeks with his family in Win
ston,
Rev. T. Bright, of Murphy,
N. C, a station - in Western North
Carolina, has been in the city for
several days, soliciting funds for rais
ing a debt from the Baptist Church in
that town. He will preach for Rev.
H. Farrington at Southside Baptist
Church Sunday night
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. E. Cowell Removal
M. F. Dowling-rTo the public.
S. W. Sanders Two days only.
BTJSIITBSa LOCALS.
J. E. Bue Make money.
John Knight Fine roses.
Pine Beef Cattle. .
Mr. G. E. Tilley, the enterprising
manager of the Palace Market, yester
day afternoon called the attention of
a Stab reporter to two of as fine beef
cattle as have been exhibited in Wil
mington for many a day. They were
brought to the city yesterday from
Sampson county especially for the
Palace Market and weighed 1,560 and
1.450 pounds respectively. They will
be slaughtered and , dressed for the
market this afternoon, ready for Sat
urday's big trade.
Our Seaside Resorts Complimented.
The February number of the 8.A.L.
Magundi contains an excellent cut
of the Seashore Hotel on Wrightsville
beach and also one showing a section
of the veranda of Oceanic Hotel on
Carolina beach. The same issue con
tains an excelltnt article descriptive
of the many advantages of these pop
ular seaside resorts, declaring them
two of the most attractive and deserv
edly popular seaside on the Atlantic,
seacoast
New Piques-rhite and colored
are shown, at. The O. W. Polvogt
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JIAY NEW BUILDINGS I
The Year 1899 Will Doubtless be
a Record-Breaker in Build-,
ing Circles. "
AN AUTHORITATIVE ESTIMATE
Extensive Work Now in Prowess Other
Buildings In Contemplation Bear
Bros.' Plans The Solomon
Block The French Store.
A gentleman whose intimacy with
the building interests of Wilmington
makes him an especially high author
ity, told a Stak reporter yesterday that
more money would be expended in
the erection of new buildings in this
city during this Spring and Summer
than during any corresponding period
in many years.
Quite a number of contracts have
already been let and the work is well
under way;' plans for others are in
the Lands of the contractors for bids,
and the several architects of; the city
are busy preparing designs and speci-
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ui-awras ior many otners, - wnicn will
be built as the season advances. The
gentleman referred ; to said that the
total cost of buildings, of his own
knowledge, in course of construction
in various parts of the city is 84,400,
and this does not include very many
tenements and other buildings.
- Yesterday the Stab announced that
plans would be ready to day for esti
mates for the erection of a large tw6
story building by Messrs. Morris Bear &
Bros., corner of Princess and Second.
Architect McMillen completed the
specifications yesterday and the con
tract will be! awarded very soon. It
will be two stories, fronting 42 feet on
Princess street and 58 feet on Second
street The Princess street front will
be of pressed brick with brownstone
trimmings. There, will be two store
rooms on the first floor.
Last night !Mr. Zachary, of the firm
of Zachary jSc Zachary, Baleigh, ar
rived in the city to look after his in
terests as a bidder for the contract to
erect the splendid new building for
Messrs. S. & B. Solomon, extensive
wholesale and retail merchants, the
contract for the erection of which will
be awarded to day. Among the other
bidders are W. P. Bose, Baleigh: D.
Gatez & Co., L. H. Vollers, T. Pressen
and J. E. Moore, the latter of Colum
bia, S. C.
The cost of the building will be $10,-
000. The plans were drawn by Archi
tect H. E, Bonitz and the site is on
Front street between Market street and
Burr & Bailey's alley.
Yesterday salesmen in the S. & B.
Solomon establishment were busy
moving goods from a wing of their
present corner building, so that that
section of it can be torn away - to give
place to the new structure. The fact
is, as soon as the new building is com
pleted the three-story store building on
the corner of Market and Front streets.
will be remodelled and greatly beauti
fied. The contract to be awarded to
day is for a three-story building front
ing 53 feet on Market street and run
ning back 55 feet on Burr & Bailey's al
ley. The front is to be of pressed brick,
withSiandsomely designed metal corni
ces and plate glass windows and street
floor frodts. The work is to com
mence on the 20th inst , and the build
ing is to be ready for occupancy by
July 1st
As previously announced, the work
of tearing away the two -story building,
corner Front and Princess, recently
occupied by L H. Weil & Co., prepar
atory for the erection of a
handsome three-story store and
office building, by Messrs. Geo.
R. French & Sons, . will begin
next week and the contract for the
new building will be awarded at once
with the stipulation that it shall be
ready for occupancy by the early Fall,
Mr. Gatez, the contractor for the
erection of the new Masonic Temple,
is expected here within the. next few
days to begin the work of construe
tion. It 1s expected that Mr. Gatez
will brine few workmen with him
from Knoxville, his purpose being to
employ a large per cent of local labor.
Yonnj; Hebrew Merchant Insane.
A commission ae lunattco enqui-
rendo, composed of Justices Mc-
Gowan, Fowler and Dr. W. D. Mc
Millan, was assembled yesterday to
inquire into the lunacy of , Mr. S.
Rosenthal, a Well known Hebrew fur
niture dealer, who has for some time
conducted a store on Dock street.
Mr. Rosenthal's hallucination is that
he is very, wealthy, and that, he has a
wife and child, which are concealed
from him Drs. A. H. Harriss and
W. J. H. Bellamy were introduced as
expert witnesses, and after weighing
all the circumstances the commission
decided that he was insane and rec
ommended that he be sent to the
Eastern Hospital at Raleisrh. Herbert
McClammy, Esq., and A. J. Marshall,
Esq.. appeared as attorneys in the
case.
County Bills Audited.
The new county Board of Audit and
Finance was in session several hours
yesterday afternoon examining bills
against the county for February. The
board, as at present constituted, is
composed of Col. Roger Moore and
Messrs. D. McEachern and Gabriel
Holmes; the two last named being the
members recently added to the Board
by the Legislature. The report of
County Treasurer EL MeL. Green
armroved. as were also a number of
small bills for current expenses.
Ninety eighfeoupons of the $100 series,
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amounting to 1245, which had been
paid, wore burned, . ; ,
CASE 0F smallpox.
Discovered Yesterday by Dr. McMillan
! at Residence of Mr. W. S. Warrock
on Second Street.
The Stab stated yesterday morning
that the health authorities had under
strict surveillance what they thought
would develop into a case of smallpox.
Yesterday about noon Dr. McMillan,
Superintendent of Health, and Drs. C.
P, Wertenbaker. and A- H. Harriss,
visited the suspected patient Mr. Lewis
W. Warrock, at the home of his uncle.
Mr.? W. S. Warrock, No. 309 South
Second street and after a careful ex
amination pronounced it a genuine
case of smallpox. Dr. T. S. Burbank,
the . attending physician, then turned
the case over to Dr. Wertenbaker, of
the Marine Hospital, who has wide ex
perience with infectious diseases, and a
quarantine was promptly established
by Dr. McMillan, and all those who
had been in contact with the patient
were either vaccinated or detained.
Mr. Warrock is flagman on the
Atlantic Coast Line system and his
ruu is from Rocky Mount to Charles
ton, S. C. Tuesday he came to the
city and has since been confined to
his room. The suspected case was at
once discovered and precautionary
measures were adopted by the health
department and it is thought there is
no danger of an infection.
Messrs. T. H. Gilliken and S. C.
Winner have been installed as night
and day guard respectively, and the
sick man is being carefully nursed.
The physicians who made . the exami
nation say the case is of a mild type
and will not result fatally.
Dr. Bolles, Superintendent of the
City Hospital, requests the Stab to
state that the patient has not been at
the hospital for treatment as was cur
rently reported yesterday: L
SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Superintendent Perry Began Work Yester
j day in the Southern Part o! the City.
The sewerage improvement in the
southern part of the city, for which an
appropriation was recently made by the
Board of Aldermen, was begun yes
terday by Superintendent Perry under
the supervision of a committee from
the; Board, composed . of Aldermen
MacBae and Hanby. Three hundred
dollars was appropriated for this pur
pose and four extra hands and two
teams have been hired to prosecute the
work. An open sewer in this part of
the city has been a constant menace
to the public health for many years
and this- work has been undertaken
after an extended investigation by the
Sanitary Committee as to best methods
for remedying the condition. Mr.
Perry says he thinks the work will be
completed within two weeks.
In addition to this work, Superin
tendent Perry also has recently made
some deciuea improvements near
corner of Fourth and Harnett streets
by raising the sidewalks and grading
out the gutters. At corner Fourth
and Walnut streets, he also has a force
of hands raising and putting in a new
crossing. Other hands are engaged
in opening ditches in different sections
of the city.
ALLEQED EMBEZZLER TRIED.
egro Treasurer Before Justice McQowan
for Making Away With Lodge Money.
Wright Johnson, colored, treasurer
of the True Vin e Lodge Good Samari
tans, a colored benevolent, organiza
tion, was arrainged in Justice McGow-
an's court yesterday charged with the
embezzlement of $49.80 of the lodge's
funds. The prosecuting witnesses
claimed that they were unable to get
Johnson to report to the lodge as to its
financial condition and that he at
length confessed that the money was
stolen from him, together with almos
a like amount of his own funds.
Johnson testified that he had placed
the money for safe-keeping under the
carpet in his house and that in his ab-
sencesome one had stolen it, bat that
he was willing to replace the same
in a reasonable lengtn of time, tie
mortgaged household goods sufficient
to secure payment of the amount and
the lodge withdrew the warrant.
Old Homestead Quartette.
Tne next attraction in tne joint se
ries of entertainments under the auspi
ces or tne WilmiBgton Liyceum and
Y. M. C. A. Star Course will be The
Old Homestead Quartette, which will
entertain in the Auditorium on the
evening or Marcn a4tn. Tins quar
tette is one of the most famous in the
country and will doubtless be patron
ized by a large audience. The mem
bers of the troupe are Mr. Albert C.
Orcutt, first tenor; MfTSteven Baker,
second tenor; Mr. Albert Meyers,
baritone and Mr. Gus Kammerlee,
bass. Seats can be reserved during
next Monday and Tuesday.
Capt. James Gone to Atlanta.
Cap t Thomas C. James, so long
and favorably known as the freight
and passenger agent of the O. F. & Y.
Y.! railroad before its sale to the Coast
Line, left yesterday to accept the
position of Travelling Freight Agent
for the Associated Railways with head
quarters at Atlanta. The family will
remain in Wilmington for the present,
but Capt James will enter at once
upon the duties of his office and will
be away for a greater portion of the
time. His hosts of friends here will
regret to hear of his removal, but - will
at the same time congratulate him
upon the deserved promotion. '
The largest line of New Silks in the
city are shown at The C. W. Polvogt
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LOCAL DOTS,
Ed. Smith, colored, was fined
$5 yesterday by the Major for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct
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Tug Harlan with Standard Oil
Co. 's barge in tow, hence for, Charles
ton, S. C broke down at Southport.
- The steamer .Driver arrived
from Fayetteville yesterday and vpll
be detained here a short while for "re
pairs to her boiler. I I. f
- The steamers Al P. Hurt and
E. A. Hawes are expected this morn
ing,, the first named from Fayetteville
and the latter from Clear Run7 .
The steamer Geo. W. Clyde
' arrived from New York yesterday
morning, having been delayed a couple
of days onccount of rough weather.
- There was nothing doing in
spirits turpentine yesterday. The
Savannah market however, opened
at an advance of one half cent over the
previous day's quotations.
- Jttr. JJi. J., uale, who was, in
jured while engaged in the work: of
demolishing the old First National
Bank building several weeks ago, has
sufficiently recovered to be
out again.
The Literature department of
The North Carolina Sorosis
held quite
a profitable meeting -yesterday after
noon. The programme as
published
in Tuesday's Stab was successf lilly
rendered.
The "Nantucket'! Barber
Shop, with the "Old Salt,' Commo-
i aore uoweu, in command, nas been
removed to Second street corner of
Purcell Alley, where everything has
oeen uueaup m nice siyie. i
W. A. Kennedy, formerly as
I sistant foreman at fire ; station No. 1,
has been transferred to station No. 2 as
Foreman to succeed ex-Foreman M
F.iDowling. H. L. Peterson succeeds
Kennedy as Assistant Foreman! of
No. 1. : : j - j! I
A small tenement house on
North Seventh street, owned by G. W.
Hughes and occupied by T. J. Ashley,
was slightly damaged by fine yester
day afternoon. 1 The alarm was sent in
at 4.26 o'clock from box 18. A spark
from the chimney was the J cause and
the damage was not more than $2.00.
Parties who came to the .ity
on the Northern train last night re
ported the sudden death from heart
disease of a Southern railway freight
conductor near Contemtnea yesterday
morning. His lifeless body was found
on top of one of the cars of his train,
when it arrived at the above named
station.
THERE IS STILL
I STRONG OPPOSITION.
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New Sanitarium to Open in Kerchner Resi
dence Over Protest of Neighboring
Resident Property Owners.
The announcement, in
yesterday's
Stab to the e&ecttbat the
scheme to
convert the handsome Front street
residence of CoL F. W. Kerchnerl into
a high-class sanitarium would in all
probability be consummated and the
institution in actual operation within a
week, created considerable comment
especially the statement quoted jfrom
a party who is active inj the estab
lishment of the sanitarium, i that
resident property owners in the
vicinity of the Kerchner residence had
withdrawn their heretofore determined
opposition to the location of the Insti
tution in their midst !
The statement is positively denied
as tne following communication re
ceived in this office yesterday! wil 1
BUUVT Mf-TTlk.. I t
The Morning Star, City, f I
Tne undersigned, resident owners of
property on South Front i street, are
greatly surprised by tne statement in
the MoBNiNGt Stab of the 9th, that all
opposition to the proposed) sanitarium
in their neighborhood has been re
moved. On the contrary, we wish to
state publicly and emphatically; that
sucn an institution on. tne premises re
ferred to would be very obnoxious to
us for. reasons already well known.
and that its establishment would be in
direct ; violation of a city ordinance
wmca expressly zoroias is. :
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JAMES BPBXTNT,
J. M. FORSHEE, I
W. I. UOBE,
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Mrs. W. T. Dagqitt,
Geo. Honotct. I
Wilmington, N. C, March 9th, i 1899.
Mr. James Sprunt in speaking . of
the matter yesterday said . that while
he and the others who join him in the
protest against the sanitarium have the
very kindliest feeling personally for
Col. Kerchner and Miss Vogt and the
noble work in which she is engaged,
they do protest against the opening of
such an institution in theii midst and
Will fight it to the utmost ( I
Certain members of the; City Board
of Aldermen told a Stab reporter
that the permit granted fo the
erection of the addition to the
Kerchner residence was not for
sanitarium purposes, the permit' being
specifically . for "addition to- resi
dence." So that it would not hold
good, if the change was inadej The
Board will insist upon the enforce
ment of their , ordinance,! requiring
that the consent of resident property
owners be procured before the sani
tarium is opened. ; i
One of the most interested promo
ters of the plan for opening the sani
tarium, told a reporter last night that
their plans were in no way changed
by the opposition. - He says they have
consulted aoie attorneys and are ad
vised that-they cannot be; effectively
interfered - with. : He insisted, too,
that the system they would: adopt and,
the high plain on which the: institution
would be conducted, would make it
not the least bit obnoxious to neigh
bors, - .v " ' ' ' I f
Come to-day and see the Hew Goods
shown at The u. v. polvogt uo. t
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NEWS FROM RALEIGH
The State Board of Agriculture
Met and Elected Various
Officers.
THE C. F. AND N; RAILROAD.
To be Built to Fayetteville New Cotton
Mill North and South Carolina Rail
way Insurance Commissioner
Young Negro Troops.
Special Star Correspondence.:
BaleighvN. C, March 9.
Insurance Commissioner Jas. B.
Young was sworn in yesterday be
fore Judge Brown, and this morning
he assumed the duties of his office.
His office will be in the Capitol, on
the third floor. Mr. Wf W. Wilson,
of this city, will be his chief clerk. As
soon as he can close out his business
at Henderson Mr. Ybung will reside
here. i
A recruiting station: for enlistment
in tne regular army .will be opened
here at once by Ma j. Chas. L. Davis,
U. S. A.
Twenty cars carrying the Tenth Im-
munes, colored, from Macon to Wash
ington, passed here this morning over
the Seaboard. The train ran in two
sections. These troops have been mus
tered out
7 C. P. and N. Railroad.
The Cape Fear and Northern rail
road will, it is announced, be built on
to Fayetteville. Some twenty miles
have been completed at the Apex end
I of the road, and trains will be run
over it next week regularly.
Work will begin at once, Uol. Joan
S. Cunningham says, on the $100,000
cotton mill incorporated by the Legis
lature just adjourned. -Much; of the
brick to be used has already been
burned j The mill will be completed
sometime during the Fall.
The survey of the JNortn and fcsoutn
Carolina Railroad, chartered by the
recent Legislature, has been com
menced. This road will run from
Virgilina, on the North Carolina-Virginia
line, through the State by way
of Boxboro and Wadesboro, to South
Carolina. At present it will probably
be built only from Virgilina to the
copper mines in Caswell county.
There is already a T large force of
hands employed at these mines and
much ore is ready for shipment It is
proposed to erect a smelting furnace
at the mines, the nearest furnace of
the kind now being in New Jersey.
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Board of Agriculture.
The State Board of Agriculture met
this afternoon at 4 o'clock for the
purpose of electing the various officers
of the Agricultural Department and
to transact such business as may be
deemed necessary.; I
The following are tne newly elected
members of the board: Col. John S.
Cunningham, of Person; Mr. S. L.
Hartof Edgcombe; CoL J.B. Grimes,e
of Pitt; Mr. B. H. Jones, of Wake;
Mr.. Dill, of Jackson ; Mr. Bunch, of
Guilford; Mr. J. W. Bailey, of Wake;
Mr. J. A. Stephens, of Wayne; Mr.
A. T. McCallum, of Robeson: Mr.
W. D. Smith; Mr. W. A. Heart, of
"RAirtift.'MV W "R. Westrtn. Tinn-
combe; Mr. Luther Waugh, of J3urry ;
J., B. Coffield, of Martin.
The following is the list of tne om-
cers in the department:
Secretary and auditor to .Board, res
ident inspector, resident inspector's
clerk, five itinerant inspectors, mail
ing clerk, assistant mailing clerk, jan
itors, usher to museum, curator to
museum, state chemist, four assist
ant State chemists, clerk to Analyti
cal Department two stenographers
and typewriters, nifcht watchman, en
gineer, immigration t agent, clerk to
immigration agent j
The lioard of Agriculture organized
by electing Col. John S. Cunningham
chairman and Mr. T, B. Bruner secre
tary. Mr. Bruner's term of office be
gins June 15th, the day the term of J.
L. Ramsey, the present clerk, expires.
No other officers were elected to-day.
The per diem of members is fixed at
$4.00 during the actual sitting of the
board and not while on the way to and
from the meetings. !"
Died at Rex Hospital.
Representative Trotman, of Gates,
died at Rex Hospital this morning at
12.55, of pneumonia. His death was
not unexpected, - as he had been un
conscious since Tuesday and the phy
sicians had given up all hope.
Mr. Trotman was taken sick witn
the grip week before last and took to
his bed a week before last Sunday. It
developed into pneumonia and he was
removed to Rex Hospital last Friday,
where he was given the best attention
possible by physicians and .skilled
nurses. His daughter, Miss Hattie,
arrived here last Monday and was a
constant attendant at his bedside.
Mr. Trotman was about. 60 years of
age and made a faithful Representa
tive. It was known among the mem
bers of the Legislature yesterday that
the end was near and under the last
resolution passed by the Legislature
$100 is available to. defray the funeral
expenses.
The body was taken home this morn
ing on the 11.45 Seaboard Line train.
Special Star Telegram. -Nearly
all the members of the Leg
islature have left the city. In all 2071
bills were introduced at this session.
The largest number ever before known
was 1889 in 1897.
It is expected that the Supreme Court
will hear argument in the penitentiary
suit next Tuesday. If Capt-Day wins
he will be unable to get money to t run
the penitentiary. m
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday. V
W. & W. Railroad 6 bales cotton.
5 barrell tar.
W...O. & A. Railroad 277 bales cot
ton. 69 barrels rosin. 53 barrels tar, 7
barrels crude turpentine.
Carolina Central Kailroad i barrels
tar, 4 barrels crude turpentine.
C.-Larkins' Flat 2 casks spirits tur
pentine, 24 barrels tar.
Steamer .Driver 3U barrels rosin, i
barrels .tar.
Total Cotton, 283 bales ; spirits tur
pentine, 2 casks; rosin, 99 barrels; tar,
167 barrels; crude turpentine, 15 bar
, rels. - ;
New Sorine Goods, in endless varie
ties, at The C. W. Polvogt Co. . t
New Crapons and Black Goods
shown at The.C. W. Polvogt Co.
are
t
A PRETTY "BAL MASQUE."
Given Last Night by Ladles of Harmony
Circle Characters-. Impersonated
and Prizes awarded.
The ladies of Harmony Circle gave
a brilliant Bal Masque last-night in
their apartments in MacRae building.
There were well nigh a half hundred
dancers, the music was delightful , and
the masks of the merry participants
made a grotesque yet withal, pretty
scene. -.. "' t
Among the most noticeable dis
guises were Uncle Sam, Ice Cream
Vender, Two-faced Woman j China
man, Nipkle in the Slot Wounded
Soldier, Bed Cross Nurse, Teddie
Roosevelt Colonel of Rough Riders,
Indian, Japanese, Bride and Groom,
Waiters, Clown, Salvation Army Las
sie, Queen of Hearts, School Girls, etc.
At 10.80 o'clock the dancers all un
masked, and handsome prizes jwere
awarded those whose disguises Jwere
deemed the best The judges were Mr.
Sam Bear, Jr., Mr. I. H. Weil and
Mr. L M. Bear. Prizes were awarded
as follows: f
First Ladies' Prize Mrs. Addie
Macks, impersonating an . Ice Cream
Vender. - -
Second Ladies' Prize Miss Lee
Bear, impersonating a Two-faced
Woman. . 1
First Gentleman's Prize Mr. 'Jake
Solomon, representing Uncle Sam.
Second Gentleman's Prize Mr, Ike
Bear, Sr., impersonating a Chinaman.
When the prizes had all j been
awarded and the merriment incident
thereto had somewhat subsided 'danc
ing was resumed and continued un
til a late hour with an intermission
about midnight during which a deli
cious supper was served. .The' special
committee in charge of the Bal, Mas
que consisted of Mr. I. W. Solomon,
Mr. Henry Bear and Mr. Julius Tay
lor. The music was by the Boston
String Band. !
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining Uncalled For in the Wilmiog
ton Postoffice March 9tb, 1899.
WOMEN'S LIST.
Georsreanna Beatty. Mai
ary (Jession,
Anna Cruchfield. A
Annie Dobser. G
A Howard, Ether Heneary. 1 Marion
Key ward. W R Lewis. M H Parker.
Chas Rankin, J A Ruth. Maggie Sad
berry, J H Stranger, Hannah Skipper,
Bessie Tomlinson. Jane Williams, A
L Williams. jj
SEN'S LIST. 1
Percy S Anderson, W Anderson,
Jr.- Baker Brown, John Bruw, Hal
liard Butler, W H Boney. At Car
teret J P Campbell, Edward ICavo-.
nay, Frank Carter. B L Dozier, pLioney
Dangerfield, W P Duncan. r John
Granger, M P Gatling, Walter f Gask.
J S Holliday (2), . James Hopkins,
Carie Hardy. Henry Johnson, Louis
Johnson, W M Jordan. CO Morse,
D S McBae. Devane H Nash. Thomas
Pike (2), R S Pierce, Owen Pridgen,
Mr and Mrs G E Pope. Lawrence
Roper. Walter Shelvey, Alexander
Sonter, Ely Simpson. Tobacco Mfg
Co, C Tnomas & Sons. James Weston,
Chas Wilkinson, H J Williams, Al
fred White. . 1;
RETURNED FROM DEAD LETTER &7FICE.
Rebecca Hall, B B McCldmmon,
Molly Pierce, Charley Brice. .,;
' Persons calling for above letters will
please say advertised. If not called for
in fifteen days they will be sent to tiie
dead letter office.
Wm. H. Chadboubn,
Postmaster.
SOLDIER INJURED.
Private Holmes Struck With a Bottle by
Private Foster at Port Caswell.
Special Star Telegram.1
. SouTHfOET, N. C., March' 9. Last
night in a drunken brawl at the can
teen at Fort Caswell, private Duncan
S. Holmes was struck with such vio
lence on the forehead with a beer
bottle by private Foster, that his skull
was fractured. Dr. Archer, post sur
geon, has given Holmes careful atten
tion and hopes to- bring him through,
although he has been unconscious most
of the day. ' '-y " .
Mr. J. D. Sontherland Dead.
Mrs. J.! J. Kelly went- to Kenans
ville yesterday in response to a tele
gram announcing the death of her
father, Mr. J. D. Southerland, which
occurred yesterday forenoon. The
deceased was quite a prominent and
highly esteemed citizen of Kenans
ville and Duplin county, he having
served terms as clerk of the Superior
Court and filled other offices of trust.
He was about 63 years of age. Mrs.
Kelly is expected to return to the city
to-morrow. f 1 -
r
The regular, bona fide circula
tion of The Morning Stab is much
larger than that of any other daily
newspaper published in Wilmington.
NEW AD VEBTISEMENTS.
Removal, i
J. E. COWELL has removed his Barber
Shop to Second street, between Market ana
Princess, corner Purcell alley. . malOtf
Fourth Ward Candidates.
The Voters of this Ward are urged to support
, CHARLES W. WORTH
' and
JOHN H. HANBY
for Aldermen, at the Primary Election.
ma94t .
At
The Unlucky Corner,
For Two
Stays Only I
Norton Tarn Potatoes, 18e peek.:
Smoked Beef Tongue., aSe eaek.
- Sprtngneld Hun., . . lS l-2el.
A Good Heavy ! '-Vr,-
Wagon .HorM for sale. . j '
' Blvsrton Brlns
' have arrived.
S. W. SANDEBS,
malOtf Fhon 109.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
X On Tear, by SI all
X Six Months, i :.
X Three Months, !
Two Month, I "
Delivered to Subscribers In tne
City at 45 Cents per Hlontb.. T
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JOHNSON'S
Great Sale Continues.
Entire Stock
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Don't Hiss
This Chance for
V
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A.
i Splendid Bargains.
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No. Ill Market Street,
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PROVISIONS.
Q" BRAND FLOUR
Has an immense sale. Try It and
increase your business. ,
The sale of Cigars increases, and we stlU offer
' ' ' I i
Cuban Blossoms,
Renown, r
Topical Twist.
If your trade languishes try
brands and you will regain It.
any above
Dealers in
ECOG PRODUCTS,
Canned Meats,
Lard, &c.vi
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felstf
Nntt street, A.C. L. Crossing.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Wilmington, N. C, March 9, 1899. :
In the morning papers giving an account of
the action of the Board of Aldermen in the case
against me. Alderman Skelding Is quoted as
stating to the Board, "That as Chairman of the
Fire Committee, he had sent a message to Mr.
Bowling that the Board of Aldermen would -meet,
etc," and that I had replied that Mr.
Bkeldlng and the Board could go to h 1.
This account is entirely in keeping with th
action of the Fire Committee against me, especi
ally so when I was informed by Mr. Bkeldlng a
wei or wo ago uum u x went w xuuvigu w pre
sent resolutions passed at a meeting of toe
Laborers' Union, for that offence he would ask
for my resignation. m
Frank Swann and Walter Hudson Informed
me on yesterday that Alderman Bkeldlng had.
authorized tbem to bring me a message that I
would be tried Neither Swann or Hudson are
officers in the employment of the City Govern
ment and are In no way connected with the city
as officers. I consulted my attorney In regard ,
to the matter, and after asking me If Mr. Skeld
ing had given me written notice, or had seen
me personally about the trial, or if I had re
ceived summons from the Mayor or Chief of the
Fire Department or Chief of Police, or any other
officer of the city, to which Interrogatories I res
pited that I had not,-I was then aa vised by him
not to attend the meeting as no official notice
had been served upon me and no notice of any
charges preferred. j
The answer I am quoted as giving Alderman '
Bkeldinz I admit I returned to Mr. Bkeldlng
and Intended it for htm venondUy. and I further -
nmnnnnna tne Rtatemeiu; nnan
fir I was representid as having referred to the
atunquann
Ifledly as false
Board of Aldermen. I have too high a regard
for thA Twrnnnnnl of the nresant Board to refer
to them as I did to Alderman Bkeldlng. And
the question of mis-representation rests now
either with Alderman Bkeldlng or his hench
men, Frank Swann and Walter Hudson. I am
willing and anxious to appsar before the Board
of Aldermen at any time they will give me a
hearing stating their charges against me, and
if I cannot satisfactorily explain them away
then I am willing for them to do with me as
they see tit. But hear both sides gentlemen.
before you render vonr verdict.
Very truly yours,
i M. F.
J
mar 10 It
DOWLING.
REMOVAL.
I beg to announce to my friends and custo
mers that I nave removea my v-rnis ana
Confectionery store rrom iwi to m rruivvro
street, second door from the corner of Second,
where I will be glad to welcome you one and all.
I have added a line of Fine Cigar to my
stock, and will carry constantly a . i
CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF i't
Candies, Fruits, Cigars, ete.
.
I am better equipped than ever for manu
facturing choice Candies. I will gladly wel
come you to my new store. : i
Yours, very truly, v . j
J. W. PLUMMER, Jr.,
ma93t ;- , .1 . - - ' i
NOTICE. j
The Inspectors for the Primary on Monday,
March 18th, and the Registrars and Inspectors
for the regular election on
83rd, are notified to meet
Thursday, March
. . . ,-
at the City Hall.
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, to qualify and
receive Instructions and obtain Registration
books. WM. 8TRUTHERS,1 !
ma 9 St City Clerk and Treasurer.
Alderman from Second Ward.
Bv reauest of many voters of the Second
Ward, we nominate W.H. Sprunt as a candi-
aate at tne iTimarj iur amhuiiui ui uui wtuu.
B. G. WORTH,
JNO. F. DIVINE.
T. M. EMERSON,
MATT J. HEYER,
JAS. I. METTS,
WILLIAM C ALDER,
H. O. SMALLBONES,
ma 8 6t
W. K. WORTH, i j
R. D. CRONLT, i
P.DONLAN, - I
OWEN F. LOVE. 1 j
GABRIEL HOLMES,
W. J. WOODWAHi,
D. 0'CQNttOR.
BeallBssate Aaent.TVllmlnaton, W. .
DWELLINGS, 8TO RES ANI
OFFICES FOR RENT.
Houses and Lota for sale on easy
erms. Bents, Taxes and Insurance
attended to promptly. Money loaned
ontmorov
tvea -
malOtf
Aldermen for Second Ward;
At the solicitation" and recommendation of
friends H. P. West and Wm. E. Springer are
plaoed in nomination for Aldermen of the Second
Ward, subject to Democratto primary, mar 4 tf
$5.00 i
2.60 X
1.25 1
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