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Guaranteed Boaa-Flde, Every-Day circulation Larger Than That t i Of Any Other Daily News I paper Published in S i Wilmington. $ go L BEST DAILY NEWSPAPEBX IN THE STATE. M 1 . TCDiic nc ciiDcnmrjTinu TAR itnuo ur ouDouniriiuii.- X One Year, by Bl&il, X Six Months, Three Month, " $5.00 8.80 1 1.85 X $ Two Montha; " 1.00 jg Delivered to Subscribers In the X City at 45 Cents per month, x VOL. LXIV.-NO. 6. WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1899. WHOLE NO. 9,864 , : The: - Morning ; S OUTLINES. . CbCAL DOTS. American troops fighting the Fili- were repairing bridges ; the troops will advance at daylight to-day; the heat is intense, but the men are in good twenty men wer&-killed and wounded on our side in the spirits; sixty-one fighting Monday. Work has ber trun 'on coal mines on top of Lookout Mountain."-' Citizens of Eaton ton, yra- have filed complaint with the Governor of that J3tate against the consolidation of certain railroads. The First North Carolina regiment ar rived fat Savannah, Ga. Admiral and Mrs. Schley left Richmond, Va., yesterday for Washington, D. C. -Se vere storm in Georgia and Alabama ; many dwellings and other buildings demolished; churches and hotels dam aged; hail stonesas large as bird-eggs. Democrats of Alabama will meet in convention to-day to nominate dele gates to State constitutional conven- tioA. N. Y. markets: Money on call jfirm at 46 per cent., the last loan being at 41 per cent.; cotton .quiet, tmadling uplands 6 5-16c; flour neglected and weaker; wheat spot weak, No. 2 42j44c; oats spot dull, Xa. 2 33c; rosin firm, strained com mon to-good $1,371; spirits turpentine dullat45i46c. . .. WEATHER REPORT. u. S DZP'T OF AOBIO OLT ORB, WKiTHKB BUREAU, Wilmington, N. C. Marcn 28. V -tfelnperature: 8 A.M.,51 deg. ; 8 P.M., t)9 deg. ; maximum, 75 deg. ; minimum, 47 deg. ; mean, 61 deg. , . Rainfall for the day, T; rainfall sicce lst of the month up to date, .53. Stage of water in the river at Faj etteville at 8 aJm., 10.0 feet. . STORM WARNING. lne nortnwest storm signal was or dered displayed at 10 P. M. at More head City and Wilmington. The storm was then central, in southern Virginia, hovipg north; will cause wind, shift nig -to' high northwest, and clearing and colder weather. FORECAST FOB TO-DAY. ashinoton, March 28. For North Carolina r Clearing in the early morn ing; weanesaay -tair; colder ; nign westerly winds. , ;brt Almanac fiXarcb. 29. I Kises 5 52 A. M. S:in(ets . ... 6.18 P. M. ,) . A -Length. 12 H. 26 M. digh Water at Southpor-&55 A M. . High Water. Wilmington 12.25 P. M. The Oyster Trust proposes to make somebody else do the shelling (out. The old Clark House on Ches nut street, between Fourth and Fifth, is being torn away to give place to a cottage to be erected by Mr. Robt. 0. Merritt. ! " Only two ciyil cases were dis posed of by Mayor Waddell yesterday. Kendall Davis and Elisha Lee for being drunk and fighting were each fined $5 and cost. -"Chief Parmele was out for a short while yesterday afternoon for the" first time since his recent illness. His friends hope for his permanent recovery within a few days. Mary E. "Worth, the insane colored-woman who attempted suicide Monday, will be sent this morning, to the Asylum at Goldsboro in charge of Sheriff Wj W. King. Night janitor McClammy, at the- city Hall, has presented Mayor Waddell with a paper weight formed from a leg of the old Daily Record press which was recently sold for scrap iron to the Wilmington Iron Works. Pat. Murphy, who has been in jail since the adjournment of the Criminal Court, for .non-payment of costs, was released yesterday, his counsel, H. S. Stevens, Esq., having made satisfactory, arrangements with Sheriff MacRae. - Kev. Andrew P. Tyer, pastor of Grace M.' E. Church, expects to hold protracted services at his church next week assisted by Rev. G. T. Wat son, of the South Carolina Conference, who is expected to arrive next Tues day. Preparatory services will be held to-night, to-morrow night and Friday night Hanover Seaside Club will hold their annual meeting on the evening of April 4th. and arrangements are ieing made for a grand ball im mediately, after the meeting. , Bothf events will be held in Adrian Hall. Mr. J. G. L. Gieschensecretary and treasurer, makes an official announce ment in this issue of the Star. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Re-elected Officers and Members of Police Force at Last Night meeting THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED. Resolution Outlining Policy Adopted Rad ical Changes Suggested In Some DC- partments of City Government. Other Matters Discussed. , HEARING OF EVIDENCE RESUMED YESTERDAY. CONFIDENT THE RALEIGH ; WJLL VISIT THIS PORT. Testimony for Contestee in Congressional Election Case .Before Notaries Fowler and Wallace. The hearing of testimony in the contested Congressional election case brought by Oliver H. Dockery against Jno. p. Bellamy, Esq.,' was begun, in the -United States court room yester day morning; 1 a&.'was announced in Tuesday's Star. : Commander Morton Back from Washing ton Naval Reserves'" Extra Pay. Naval Reserves' .Officers. Hanover Seaside Club Meeting. S. H.MacRae Notice in bankruptcy, F. H. Hyatt How to make money. The Continental Insurance Com panyStatement , BUSINESS LOCALS. John A. Barnes Personal attention. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. to- A National Screw Trust ha3 been organized, and will now proceed to put on the screws. pditor Meddill, of Chicago, left an estate worth $3,000,000. But he didn't make it by meddling with other people's business. ' Little Belgium wants a chunk of China, , and pulls out an old treaty of 1865, which she had forgotten all about, on which she bases her claim. Mis3 Edna Robeson leaves day for Tailahasse, Fla. - Mr. A.-Xa3h, of Lumberton, is in' the city on business. Steamboat Inspector E. E. Groom, of Gharleston, was here on official business yesterday. Mr. Elma A. Dunn, A. C. L. relief agent from Morven, N. C, was in the city yesterday on a business visit '. ; - Mr. M. H. Curran, who has been confined to his room for a week or more, was greeting his host of friends on the streets again yesterday. Mr. W. H. Carr, and wife, formerly of this city but now of Atlanta, are registered at The Or ton. They are accompanied by Mrs. Carr's sister, Miss Forbes. The Emperor of Korea has cut off his cue and put on American clothes. A cueless Emperor presents to the gaze of the Koreans a curious spectacle. TO FILL DR. STRANGE'S PULPIT. Will Llfred Daniels, the Iowa heavy weight, died near Lehigh, ' in that State, about the middle of this J month. He weighed 600 pounds and measured more around than from toe to top-knot. ; liy the time that reported rival of the Standard Oil Company, which ha3 bought 100,000 acres of Chero kee oleaginous land, gets fairly un der way, the S. 0. C. will step in and gobble it up. There is a law in New York which makes, it a misdemeanor, pun ishable by fine and imprisonment, or both, to feed or lodge an English sparrow. But the sparrow isn't worrying over that for he can gener ally manage to find board and lodging- ' ' ; Dr. Edward 0. Flagg, of New York, Arrive Next Week. The vestry of St. James' Episcopal Church are in receipt of- a letter from Dr. Edward O. Flagg, an eminent divine of the New York diocese, in which he has accepted an invitation to serve as rector of St. James' Church during Dr. Strange's three months' leave of absence, which was recently granted him for the purpose of extensive travel in Europe. u Dr. Flagg is expected to arrive dur- mg tne eany part or miuuie ui ucu week and at once will take up Dr. Strange's work here. Dr. Flagg visited Wilmington about ten years ago and is pleasantly re membered by a number of people in the city, who will receive the an nouncement of his coming with no Llittle degree of pleasure. Only officers and members of the police force were elected at the special meeting of the Board 6f Aldermen held last night, applications for all oiner positions naving peen, on mo tion of Alderman Worth, referred to the various committees, members of which were instructed to examine the same and report as early as possible to the Board, in the meanw lile all appli cations to be kept on file by the clerk.1 All members of the Bo rd were pres ent at the meeting, which convened at a few, minutes after 9 c 'clock, some time having been consumed in caucus just prior to the regular session. ' The board having been declared ready for business, Alderman Worth offered the following resolution which upon motion of Alderman Taylor and second by Alderman MacRae was car ried unanimously : ' - Resolved, That it is the sense of this board that the recent primaries and election in this city, indicated the de sire of the citizens of this community that the municipal government should be' administered on busijness and civil service principles, retaining in the employ of the city all employes, "who have been efficient in their duties and not making changes except for suffi cient cause, and that it shall be the policy of this board to act in harmony with this view of municipal government in the election of policemen, firemen and other officials and employes, and that changes will not be made unless it shall be made to appear to this board that the employes or officials removed shall be wanting in the qualifications for an efficient employe in the partic ular position. Mayor Waddell then announced the following committees ; j Finance Aldermen Worth, MacRae and Springer. I ' Sanitary Aldermen MacRae, Hanby and West. I Markets Aldermen West, Woolard and Montgomery. I j Streets andWharves-Aldermen Mac Rae. Taylor and Hanby. Police-Aldermen Taylor, Worth and Hanby. N j Water Works Alderr len Montgom ery, Spencer and Parker, Lights Aldermen Springer, Spencer and Parker. Fire Department Aldermen Taylor, West and MacRae. Public Buildings- Aid Brmen Hanby, Parkr and Woolard. j j Hospital Aldermen Spencer, Worth and Springer. -'"! j Ordinances Aldermen . Worth, : Montgomery and Woolard. The Mayor is ex officio a member of all the committees. " I Alderman Taylor then moved an election of the following officers and members of the police force, which was seconded by Alderman Hanby and unanimously carried : I Captain of Police Jnp. J. Furlong. Lieutenant Fred. T. Skipper. j Sergeants J. D. Orrell, J. R. Davis and N. J. Williams. I Police Force for Night Duty E. J. Grimsley, Jr., Skipper. Wm. M. Harriss, I. F. Huggins, C. W. Wool ard, W. D. George, Let n George, C. T. Smaw, Alex. Wells, M. Bo wen, E. R. Chadwick, C. - At' Stead, J. M. King, C. E. Wood, J. B. NeWkirk, L. M Smith,! M. E. Guy. Police Force for Day Simmons, G. H. Ward, Notary ThosL the contestant, Notarv Fowler E. Wallace, naTSed by was associated with in taking the deposit tions, and Miss Estelle Shrier stenog rapher and typewriter, jliss Lizzie Struthers was stenographer for Oscar J. Spears, Escj., who is representing Dockery at the! investigation. Ten o'clock was named as the hour for convening the court, but about an hour was consumed by the attorneys arranging the preliminaries and the first witness, Mr. Samuel Blossom, of Castle Hayne, was not called until about 11 o'clock. Being duly sworn hel testified- that he was 62 years of age, and had been a resident of Cape Fear township! for about 26 years. He was not an officer at his precinct for the election held Nov. 8th. 1898, but was at the polls for a major part of the dayand saw no attempt either by fraud or intimidation to prevent any qualified voter from exercising the right of suffrage. The election in his precinct, he testified, was conducted as fairly and openly as any election had been conducted in twenty -five years. The direct examination was con ducted by Geoj, L. Peschau, Esq., and did not consume more than fifteen minutes. j ' The cross-examination was conduct ed by Oscar J. ! Spears, and consumed about an hour - - Witness testified that he was born in Madeira Islands, but had been a resident of the! United States forty or forty-five years, having secured his papers about twenty Hanover itho- THE FIRST REGIMENT. Preparations for a Fitting Recep tion to be Given On Its Re turn from Cuba. naturalization years ago from New ities. '" r . A question as to whether the full vote of his precinct was cast at the late election was objected to by counsel for contestee and (promptly sustained by both notaries on the grounds, stated by Mr. Geo. L. Peschau, Esq., to the effect that the election returns were the best evidence of this fact. Mr. Spears, however, contended for an answer and witness replied that the full vote was p,st with ihe exception of three or four votes from each party. He further testified that there was a new registration in his township; that he registered and vmed for Bellamy. He had several white and several col ored men in his employ,; but used no intimidation whatever toward them. Saw no Winchester rifles or lawless display on thej part of white men. The next witness introduced was Mr. G. W. Westbrook, ' of Wrights ville, and the W. H' Barden, B. R. Duty T. N. J. A. Martin, King, W. E. 0. S. Burnett, Another illustration of wifely de votion comes from a Western town whejre a woman went into .a store and stole a lot of truck to get locked up in jail with her husband. Such devotion is admirable, but the method of illustrating it is not to be ' unqualifiedly commended. I The good do not always die young in Kentucky. There is a citizen in Maysville, who is 80 years old, has been married 53 years, Has never spoken a cross word to his wife, be lieves in the Bible' from Genesis to Revelations,; and doesn't know one card from another, and has spent his I whole life in Kentucky, too. ' Wilson Cotillon Club's German. The Wilson Cotillon Club has issued handsomely engraved invitations for their' Easter German,' which will be given Friday evening, April 7th, un der the direction of Mr. .cawara Barnes Graves, Mr. Edward Thomas Peoples and Mr. Earnest Fentress Nadal. The chaperones will be Mrs. Nettie E. Clark, Mrs. Laurine D. Barnes. Mrs. William J. Jones, Jr., Mrs. William J. Boykin, Mrs. Roscoe Or-Briefs. ' Mrs. Howell G. White head, Mrs. William J. , Harriss and Mrs. Samuel Jlodges. Watson, G. W. Smith, H. H. Woebse. The number of policemen elected, including officers, is thirty-one, and alL with the exception of Policeman Guy, who was heretofore a substitute, are re elected. J ! Alderman Taylor offered a resolu tion instructing the Maypr to officially announce in the newspapers that On and after May 1st all licenses and taxes, of whatever nature, are payable at the office, of the Cijty Clerk and Treasurer, when they become due, and ihat in the matter of license taxes due monthly, upon failure to pay within two weeks of the required time, the delinquent shall be notified that if such license tax be not p lid within two weeks from date of notice, the claim will be put in the hands of the City Attorney for collection. ! Alderman Taylor, in explanation of his resolution, stated thit the enforce ment of such a resolutio n would be an economic measure from the fact that a second assistant clerk und treasurer was primarily necessary for the collec tion of all taxes under the practice that examination was con ducted by Franklin McNeill, Esq. His evidence was bot materially different from that of Mr. Blossom. He, with six other election officers equally di vided amongj the parties, held the election in question in Harnett town ship. It was quiet and peaceable. . Nothing was elicited from a long and tedious cross-examination by Mr. Spears. ' . . The nest witness was Mr. R. 'W. Bordeaux, of pape Fear township, and the examination was conducted by Geo. tT. Peschau, Esq. His testimony was substantially the same as the others. The cross exami nation was the stereotyped form and was good evidence for the contestee. Mr. Jno. A Biddle of Federal Point township, the last witness before the noon recess, was examined by Geo. L: Peschau. The election in his town ship he said was fair x and impartial. No cross examination was held by Mr. Spears. ; ' I The court adjourned at 1.15 o'clock, and upon re-assembling at 3.30 in There is now every assurance, save the actual issuance of the order, that the cruiser Raleigh will visit this port immediately after arrival from Manila and .formal welcome at New York, j Commander Geo.' L. Morton arrived from Washington yesterday, where, as Star readers are aware, he has been to urge upon the naval authori ties the claim of Wilmington for a visit from the Raleigh, and to look iter other business especially per-. ning to the North Cefoiina NaWl' Reserves To-'Star re pprteXCsmiiiaer" Morton said last night that he was unofficially assured just before leaving Washington, by Assistant Secretary Allen, of. the Navy Department, that the cruiser would be ordered here. The Raleigh is expected in NeV York about April 5th, and she cannot come to Wilmington before about the 15th or 20th. Naval Reserves' Extra Pay. Commander Morton said that while in Washington h8 perfected an ar rangement by which the Wilmington Division and other Naval Reserves of the State who did service in the late Spanish war will get their extra month's pay provided by a recent act of Congress without delay. Ordina rily it would take from three to five months for the applications to go through all the red tape of the de partment, but by the arrangement made by Commander Morton the boys can get their money within two weeks after the papers are properly filed. On. and after Saturday of this week all who have claims for extra salary are requested to call upon Ship-writer W. W. "Vick and file their official' discharges and Tsign blank applica tions . '''. It is Now Captain Morton. Recent changes in the organization of the North Carolina Naval Reserves have occasioned Mr. Morton's change of rank from commander to captain, the latter office ranking with major in the regular army. ! Captain Morton is expecting ; daily an order from Raleigh for the election of two commanders respectively for the first and second battalions of N. C. Reserves. Also two lieutenant com manders. The organization of the Mt. Olive and Windsor divisions, making seven in the State, necessitated the change from a naval brigade to a bat talion. The seven divisions are Wil mington, Newbern, Southport, Eliza beth City, Kinston. Windsor and Mt. Olive. i Hornet Off the Ways. Yesterday the converted cruiser Hornet was re-launched from the ways at, Skinner's shipyard, all the work of scraping, repainting, etc., be- Jl l... T 1- 1 A i Tl. THE U. S. CRUISER RALEIGH. OCEAN VIEW IMPROVEMENTS. Mount's-' 'fhe Supreme Court Appeals and Decisions. The State Guard Damage by Fire and Storm IRocky Postmaster In i JaiC tS,rJCorrespondence. Raleigh, N. C, March 28. 'he various companies of the First regiment will be j! given a fitting re ception on theiri return from Cuba. Adjutant General . Royster says he doss not know that any official action can be taken, but if not-the present companies in the 'State Guard will be advised to turn out, meet and welcome them home in a manner befitting their patriotic service and excellent record as soldiers. f - "The companies now in the State Guard," said Major Davis, ''should companies of the First regi- low the water line being complete. It will probably be ten' days before jail the renevation and improvements contemplated wirl be completed. BY RIVER AND RAIL. and Cottoi the afternoon, Franklin McNeill, Esq., examined Mr. Junius G. Love, of Wil mington, who testified that at the last election he was registrar at the first di vision of the Second Ward. The offi cers of .election were about evenly di vided betweeii Republicans and Demo crats, there being no Populists in that ward. ' . , The cross-examination was long and tedious as those of the forenoon ses sion, and no evidence was secured fa vorable to the contestant. j Mr. John Fergus, of Masonboro township, was examined by W. B. McKoy, Esq. Tbe election in his pre cinct, he testified, was fairly con ducted. 'A copy of the constitution and by-daws of the White Government Union was introduced during the re direct examination by counsel for con testee and was ordered attached to the depositions. J - Mr. C. H. Keen was the last witness before the adjournment of the session, which was taken at 5 :3G o'clock in the Receipts of Naval Stores Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 3 bales cotton, 26 barrels tar, 1 barrel crude- turpen tine. w ' . W.,C. & A. Railroad 20 bales cot ton, 15 casks spirits turpentine, 8 bar rels rosin, 22 barrels tar. . Carolina Central Railroad 3 casks spirits turpentine, 15 barrels rosin, 21 barrels tar, 13 barrels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad 3 casks spirits turpentine, 269 barrels rosin, 43 barrels tar. . - " I Steamer E. A. Ha wes 22 casks spirits turpentine, 102 barrels rosin, 154 bar rels tar. , ! ' Steamer A. P. Hurt 11 casks spirits turpentine, 199 barrels tar. Steamer Croesus 18 barrels tar.i , Total Cotton, 23 bales; spirits tur pentine. 54 casks: rosin. 394 barrels; tar, 483 barrels; crude turpentine,' 14 barrels. has heretofore existed. The resolution was unanimously carried and meant that there will be noelection oi second af ternoon He testified as to having assistant clerk and treasurer. been a regiStrar in the Fourth division Alderman Taylor fu rther made a $ the Firgt ward recommendation to the Board, which fuu strength' of the Republican was carried, to the effecj; thatr in the party which was greatly in excess of TTnitPd States District Court was drawn future the lieutenant oi police snau aci Democratic vote, was polled. The yesterday, but will not be niade public as cleric oi his election was peaceiui ana quiex, ' in ;nm U t.h a ourt will l place or tne assisuauu cf convened until June 6tn. it urer as nerei, - Irarker maae mouon, wmtu y wu.- Distrlct Court Jurors Drawn. The jury for the Spring term oi tne Two yanks are at the head of that Hong Kong concern which is supplying the Filipinos with arms 1 and munitions of war. One of them waa formerly a denizen of Philadel phia where he is sorely remembered for the clever way ' in which he skinned a number of his confiding . fellow citizens and relieved them of a lot of cash. not be will be remembered that the regular time for the court is May 1st, the post ponement having been made because Judge Purnell has been instructed to be in attendence upon the CircuifCourt of Appeals, which will be in session in Richmond at that time. ried, instructing those officers con cerned that hereafter all fines and fees from the Mayor's Court and the city pound shall be deposited daily with "the city treasurer, who shall issue a re ceipt therefor. No other matters having been sug- The cross examination furnished no evidence unfavorable to thff contestee, and upon its conclusion by Mr. Spears, an adjournment was taken until 11 o'clock this jmorning, at which time other witnesses will be heard, ' Charged With Incendiarism. Justice McGowan investigated -a large number of civil and criminal cases yesterday of trifling importance. The only case of any. moment was that of the State vs. Jno. Thomson, a young white man, charged with having made forcible trespass and set fire to the house of Grace Miller, a woman of questionable character, who resides on Queen near Sixth street. The de fendant was represented by Herbert Mc Clammy, Esq., and the prosecutor was represented by A. J. Marshall, Esq. The alleged misdemeanor was said to have been committed aboutl o'clock Sunday morning, and the defendant plead not guilty to the charge, stating that he assisted in extinguishing the fire, which he presumed originated from the explosion of a lamp. He was adjudged not guilty "of forcible tres pass and the matter of the attempted incendiarism was taken " under advise ment until this morning. Gaylord's Opening. The success of the annual Spring openin? at Gaylord's "Big Racket" A Grand Display of Pattern Hats and Millinery Novelties , - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The Ladies are invited to call and see them before giving their orders. - Mrs. A. E. uanady cc jo., h South Front Street. t gested for consideration, Alderman Sorineer, an was taken until Monday night. " " Mr. G. B. Sellers, was a vistor in the city yesterday. To City Subscribers. on motion of City subscrirjers are earnestly re- adjournment I quested to report promptly at the Stab office every failure of the carriers to deliver their papers. In all such cases of Maxton, I steps will be! taken to insure promp and regular delivery. Store was attested by the unusually large crowds that visited the place Mondav and yesterday. Many new and catchy designs in millinery and dress goods were shown, and so en couraged was Mr. Gay lord at the almost, phenomenal success of the I opening that on account of the arrival of a large invoice of millinery on the New York steamer yesterday, heTias decided" to continue the opening through to-day, and the same cordial invitation is extended to the public to examine the displays at his store, i meet the meat on their return home in the various towns ahd give them the welcome receptioh they so richly de serve. Aside from being a matter of duty, if will remove any feeling of jealousy that otherwise might exist between the old and 'the new guard and they would amalgamate into one fine body of men. This latter consid eration is one of very great importance. ' The Cruiser Raleigh. Major Davis suggests as a solution to tie Raleigh matter that the cruiser be sent to Norfolk and there the offi cers be taken aboard a special train and brought here, where they will be entertained and banquetted and the presentation of colors and silver cups be made. The people here feel that these ceremonies ought to take- place in North Uaronna,; and they feel ex ceedingly grateful to the people of Wilmington for the interest they have taken in the matter; but they find that if the cruiser goes to South port it will take a three-days trip for Raleigh people to visit it ; whereas, if it is at Norfolk they can go and come back the same day. The, A. and M. College and Bingham School will play a match game of base ball here Easter Monday. Extensive repairs will be made in the government building here. A new heating plant will also be install ed and the entire interior of the build ing painted, i . Hosiery Mills Burned. News was received here last night of the burning of the Salisbury hosiery mills. It was set on fire by lightning. The loss, about 110,000, is fully cov ered by insurance, but about eighty five people are thrown out of employ ment. The Dover cotton mills at Piheville and the Southern cotton mills at Bessemer were also damaged by the wind, their roofs being blown off. The Reformed Presbyterian Church- at Bessemer- was blown from its foundation. i Rocky Mount's postmaster, Israel D. Harsrett, is still in jail here. His steal ings, so far as now known,' amount to $860. Hist bond Us fixed at $2,000, which he has been unable to give. The Federal Court that will try him meets May 4th. h Referee Thos. P Devereux went to Smithfield to-day! to hear the bank rupt case of Stephenson & King, of Clayton. They filed a voluntary peti tion of bankruptcy on March 4th. f Special Star Telegram, J The State Guard. On the return of the First North Carolina regiment thejpld companies, will be reinstated as far as possible. Where new companies have been formed, authorities will use all - their efforts to combine the old and new companies. The State Guard as, now constituted, has been organized with this end in view. In the western part of the State where most of the companies in the First regiment were formed, liearly all the officers in the new Second regiment have been left unfilled. The colonel, lieutenant col onel, two majors, i'chief surgeon and staff officers are still to be appointed, and will be taken from the First regi ment on its return from Cuba. It is certain that CoL Armfield will be ap pointed colonel ; of this regiment. Capt. Beavers, of Company K, First regiment, will on his return be . elect ed Captain of the Governor's Guard, to succeed Captain. Atkins, who last night resigned. In the Supreme Court. : Appeals from the Eighth district were argued to-day in the Supreme Court as follows: Bruton vs. MacRae, con tinued. Douglas vs. Cagle, motion to dismiss for failure to print record allowed. Ross vs. Insurance Co., argued by Jones and Tillett for the defendant. Cashibn vs. Telegraph Co., argued by L.' C. Card well and J. E. Gamball by brief for the plain tiff ; Jones and Tillett for defendant. Braff ord vs. Reedj argued by Jones and Tillett for plaintiff; H. C. Pur year for defendant. ' Appeals from the Ninth district will be called as follows on Tuesday, April 4th: Dula vs. Tugman, Lehman vs. Tice; Hodgin vs. Bank. Opinions were handed down as fol lows r- Hobbs vs. Bland, from Duplin, new trial; Slocumb vs. Williams, from Cumberland, dismissed, because the appeal was not "brought to the proper term of this courts Douglass ys. Cagle, from Montgomery dismissed for fail ure to print: Wilson vs. Wilson,.from Rutherford, judgment by consent of parties waiving a new trial; Culbreth vs. Smith, from Cumberland, affirmed; McAllister vs. PurcelL from Robeson. affirmed; McDonald vs. Ingram, from Cumberland, new trial; Cutlar,vs. fiutlar. from Beaufort. Der curiam. motion for new trial for newly discovered - evidence allowed ; Brown vs. Morisey, from D'uplin, affirmed; Lindsay vs. Darden, from Greene, re versed; Dunn vs. Railroad, from Duplin, new trial ; Puryear vs. San ford, from Granville, error; Blackwell vs. Blackwell, from Caswell, reversed ; Jones vs. Greensboro, new trial; Proc ter vs. Insurance Co., from Wake, error ; Cogdell vs. Railroad, from Beau fort, new trial; Davis vs. Long, from Swain, per curiam, affirmed ; Taylor vs. Rogers, from Granville, per curiam, affirmed. - f Twenty Rooms to be Added to the Hotel and a 100-Room Bath House to be Erected. I r- V Yesterday Messrs. S. A. Schloss -Q. A. A. Nathan gave out tbsL Contract for extensive improvements on Wnghteygeack The principal wo vwiil consist of an extensive addi tion to Ocean View Hotel ; and the erection of a large new bath ! house, a force of hands having been put to work yesterday tearing away the old bathhouse. The present hotel building will be rolled back thirty-five feet nearer the. railroad and a two-story addition of twenty rooms erected with wide verandas on front and sides. Messrs. . Schloss and Nathan have already con tracted with Mrs. Mayo to run the hotel during the coming season. - The bath house which will take the place of the one now being torn down will have 100 dressing rooms fitted up with fresh water sprays and other mod ern appliances. ? The work on both the hotel and the bath house is to Be completed by-May 15th. - . - ' - " tfEW ADVERTISEMENTS STATERtNT HOWING T HE CONDITION, DECEMBEB 81, s 189; CT"The Continental Insurance Company of , fi?ew York, 46 Cedar street, Kew York City. it Capital stock paia up In cash , Total income for the year ........ Total disburse seats for theyear . .$1,000,000 oo . 4,171,823 01 . 3.696,703 14 ASSETS. Market value of real estate, unin- ' cambered, owned by the Company 11,106,850 00 Mortgage loans on real estate, -first liens 81,660 00 Market value of stocks and bonds ' , owned by the Company ; 6,881,886 00 Cash belonging to Company in office ' ; and deposited in bank 355,848 24 Bills receivable : 960 84 Interest due and accrued, and rents 68,70(5 86 Met amount or uncollected pre- ;i miums 682,919 63 Total assets, ..... LIABILITIES. YOUNG MAN HOWARD RELEASED. $9,077,114 17 Total unearned premiums...; $3,763,919 89 jn et amount oi unpaid losses rcu.ro? 4 All other claims detailed in state- i i ment , 484.030 16 , Total liabilities, .$4,597,879 NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS IN 1893.' Amount of policies written during t - me year ....i,oia,vau uu Amount of losses and claims incur- - r red during the year 13,46165 Amount of Tosses and claims settled f during the year 9,95) 45 Gross amount of premiums received or sec urea auring me year........ n ii President-F. C. MOOBE. i Secretary-EDWARD LANSING. General Agent for North Carollna HARRISS, Wilmington. . i W, W. For Want of Official Communication With Charlotte, Authorities J. Tillman Howard, the young white man taken into custody by the police Monday night by authority j of three warrants from Justice Mai well, of Charlotte, was liberated yesterday in the absence of official noiice from Charlotte authorities as to what dispo-. sition to make of the prisoner.; Mayor Waddell, it will be remem bered, telegraphed to Charlotte officers Monday night of the arrest, .but hav ing received no reply, yesterday at noon turned the young man loose. Later in tne nay, nowever, ne re ceived a telegram signed by Sheriff Wallace, "per T," instructing him to still hold Mr. Howard until an officer arrived. His suspicions were aroused by the unusual signature to: the mes sage, and in response to a further telegram- Sheriff Wallace f notified Mayor Waddell that he had not sent such a telegram or authorized such signature. Mr. Howard stoutly denies the alle gations of the warrants, stating that he is in weekly communication with his wife and can see no reason for such prosecution on the partioW. R. Terry,, who made the affidavits. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ; . Offics oi Secretary or State, 'j - ' Raleigh, February 1st, 1899. I certify that the above is a true abstract from the sworn statement of The Continental Insur ance Company of New York, as of December 31, 1898, which is now on file in this office, t. CYRUS THOMPSON, ma 29 it : Secretary of State. - PROVISIONS. " BRAND FLOUR Has an immense sale. Try it and increase your business. ; 1 The sale of Cigars increases, and we still offer Cuban Blossoms, : Renown, Topical Twist. If your trade languishes try brands and you will regain. It J Dealers In j any above Ex-Chief Melton. 1 A ripple of interest was caused in the city late yesterday afternoon by the announcement that , ex-Chief of Police Melton, who departed Wil mington on the occasion of the re cent trouble here, had arrived on the 5.45 P. M. A. C.L train land was then in the city. - A private telegram received shortly after 4 o'clock from Mount; Olive to the effect that Melton was on the Wil mington bound train gave rise to the rumor, but it was contradicted by a later telegram stating that Melton left the train at Magnolia. Pleased Witn The Opera. f A large audience was delighted with the presentation of Sousa's comic opera" "El Capitan" at the Opera House last night. The first act possi bly lacked snap and animation, but the two last acts were certainly very good. The chorus work was espe- HOG PRODUCTS, Canned Meats, Lard, &c. felOtf Nutt street. A. O. L. Crossing. HEW TO THE LINE. "Neighbor, did you try it?" "Yes!" j, "What was it ?'f "Nothing but frozen Cus tard.? "I told you so." "Are you going to try them again?" "No! No! No t "I will place my orders in the future with the PALACE BAKERY, where I can get Cream and NOT Custard.' ma 24 tf S cially fine and reached a thrilling cli- I TW Tnw, maTracrr court of the united moT of ihonnnplnainn nf tha Riwmri I 1 States for the Eastern District of North Carp- act, when as an encore the. company rendered "The Stars and Stripes For ever," a large silken flag being Waved the while over the heads of the sing ers. The costumes were rich, and ap propriate. To-morrow Night's Attraction, "A Breezy Time" promises to be an enjoyable attraction- at th Opera House to-morrow night. New scenery and costumes add very much to the attractiveness of the stage effects, and the plot gives splendid opportunity lor the individual players to introduce specialties of considerable merit. The three acts are full of action rather. than dialoerue. Tickets are on sale at Gerkens. , r NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS. HOI TO i MAKE MOM.; An agent can do more business working for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New jYork than he can for any other institution, : It has a world-wide reputatiou. i AND ? the new policy issued Jan uary I, 1899, offers greater guaranteed ad vantages to the insured than any other policy issued by any other; com pany in the world. ! Prospective Policy-holders, who desire informa tfbn regarding forms of insurance ; Prospective Agents, men and women, who desire profitable con tracts with the-Gratest Insurance Company in the World, will please address F. h. hyatt;? General Agent. Columbia, S. C I ma it Una. In the matter of; waiter F. Lea, Bankrupt In Bankruptcy. Petition for .dis charge. To the Honorable Thos. R. Purnell, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Walter F. Leak, of Fayetteville, in the county of Cumberland and State of North Carolina, in said district, respectfully represents that on the 28rd day of February, last past, he was duly ad judged a bankrupt under the acts of Con gress relattag to bankruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all his property and rights of property, and has" fully complied with ail the re quirements of said acts and of the orders of the court touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he grays that he may be decreed by the court to ave a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such dis charge. 1 j Dated this 86th day of March, A. D. 1899. - , ,. W. F. LEAK. Bankrupt. Order of notice thereon. Eastern District of North Carolina, 88. On this 87th day of March, A. D. 1899, on reading the foregoing petition it is ordered by the court, that a hearing be had upen,the same on the 10th day of April. A. p. 1899, before said court at Fayetteville, In said district, at one o'clock In the afternoon: and the nntlna fharsnf hA nnhliRhfld in THE M0RNINO Star, a newspaper printed in said district, and that all known creditors and other person in Interest may appear at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have. why . the prayer of the said petitioner should note be Witness my hand at Fayetteville, in said'; jdls trm. on the-mh day offiarch, A. J.lf mar 29 It Referee in Bankruptcy. : ' . . .! i . A HOT TIME AT The Unlucky Corner Week. 1 Can Yellow Table Peaches . 1 Can Rlverton Drips ... a Qts Whole Rice ........ .i 3 Lbs Parched or Gr'd Laguyra Coffee. 30c 10c 26c 75C 1.30 Hot Number QQC Dvino m . m & & ' IVW Springfield Hams I A Heavy Wagon are the Best. I uorse ior saie. S. W. SANDEBS, ma 21 tf - , Telephone 109. Florida Oranges, Brunswick County Yams, North Carolina. Hams, Shoulders and Sides MUST BE CLOSED OUT. HALL & PEABSALL, ma8tf Nutt and Mulberry streets. Hanover Seaside Club. - I hereby notify all members inas i"" annual meeting will be held , Tuesday, .April 8 pV.Mat AdrlanHall. Amendment to constitution wiu w uiui-. - --tj -after meeting. aj orESOHEN, Beuieuujr ma 2J 8t we tu
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