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YOaaranca D"rHre j-wy, Circulation Larger 1 ban 1 bit T ... -flM J Of Any Utner muy news- ie paper Published in I Wilmington. & X is fllLPEST PAII.Y NKWSPAPEBX X IN TUB STATE. . ...j ' t OUTLINES. Th Boers have arrested eight former British officers and committed them to nil in Pretoria, on the charge of treason agai"" loin.wnv, further warrants, have been issued. The Kaieign sauea yesterday from Charleston for Portsmouth, N. g The Southern Baptist con vention adopted a resolution that no Baptist church should admit a dealer ja liquor to memoersmp. iv vni- cago discovery which it is claimed solves the problem of circumventing old age . is announced. The weather conditions the past week have been favorable for cotton in the Caro Unas and Georgia; reports from other sections of the cotton belt are no't so favorable, Supreme Council, Royal Arcanum, meets to-day in Washington, D. C. Disastrous storm in Pennsylvania; crops badly damaged.'. N. Y. markets: Money on call steady at 24 per cent j cot ton steady, middling uplands 6 3-16c; flour dull but steady ; wheat spot firm, So. 2 red S2Jc; corn spot firm. No. 2 4U'c; oats spot quiet, No. 3 white 3LJc; rosin easy; spirits turpentine steady. - ' WEATHER REPORT U. S. Dep't of AgrioultureJ ruRE ' ) Sri7 ) Weather .bureau, Wilmington, N. C. , May Temperatures; 8 A. M., 71 degrees; 8 P. M., 73 degrees; maximum, 83 de grees; niiaunum, 65 degrees; mean, 74 degrees. , 1 ' Rainfall for the day, 0; rainfall . i i i x t since 1st Oi ine moata up u uate, I , COTTON' REGION BULLETIN, j ' Slightly warmer and generally claar weather prevailed during the past 24 hours, no precipitation being reported from any district. ' ; FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Wa'shlvuton, May 16. For North Carolina Fair Wednesday and pro- bably Thursday ; fresh southerly winds iSbim Port ne-May 1 7. sun itises o.oa ii. m. Sun Sets...,. 6.58 P. M. ihv' jfnsih ... . . . : 14 H. 03 M. xU Water at Southpori 1.06 A. M. IIi?h Wuef. Wilmineton 4.36 A. M. The big steel trast has swallowed thirty-sis concerns, and the absorb ing process still goes on ,' There is. a movement to organize a bath-tub trust with-a capital esti mated at from 25,000,000 to. $40, 000,000. Gen.- Miles is not in it. Gomez wants a standing army of 1 15,000 men in Cuba,' Cubans,! and then he would like to have the job of swinging in his hammock ing it. boss- An onler for a lot of canned roast beef has come from the Klondike. Bat a fellow's stomach gets pretty tough after tackling Klondike bills I of fare for awhile. Consternation wa3 caused in the National iluseum at Washington when it was discovered that .one of the two caotured cannons sent bv Admiral Dewey was loaded.J He is not suspected of having ibeen loaded" when he sent it. J Governor Johnston,- of Alabama, succeeded in . getting the Legisla ture to repeal the bill calling fpr a constitutional conveation, and tnow recommends the submission toj the people of a suffrage amendment and providing for fewer elections. According -to Dr. JLivrier, French statistician, very few the peo- pie hve to a very old age and a peat many people die quite young. H says that one-half the human lamuy die before they reach seven teen years, but one person in 10,000 jives to reach 100 years and but one i.OOO lives to be sixty. 1 ru nicago Drovidea acrainst thn waste Paper nuisance by anchoring! iron ses at intervals on the sidewalks, 'nto, which the people are required to Put the waste paper they wish to J'spose of. The collection is done by members of the Salvation Army, dispose of the paper for enough w Wensate for the trouble. A great flock of wild pigeons re Jjtly. passed "North over (Lime K'fJge, Wisconsin. The flock was about a mile long and so dense as t0 almost shut out the light if the 8UU; Although that was once a' Sjeat nesting sections for pigeons, Jeae were the first Been there in oout t wentv vi ti,i i u ome reason and went into' busi- ues somewhere else. 7 An English company is building a Peat dam across, the river Nile to f the leel of the stream, so as to U much larger area. The wall iU be over a mile long, from 30 to . : 'eet wile and in places 76 feet oolw Ifc wUl hold back :iood,ooo,- Wtons of water and bring 1 2,500 pare miles of desert under ciltiva 0nv If anyof the-Pharaoh family rewound now the Britons Wight : ' :uvm 8(me points they hadn't WttUght on to. ; V VOL. LXIV.-NO. 48. LOCAL DOTS. Mr. N. L. Smith, factory rep resentative of the famous Mathushek piano, has an advertisement in to day's Star that will be read with interest. The tug Blanche yesterday afternoon towed the schooner Chas. D. Hall to sea with a cargo of lumber for New York from the Cape Fear Lumber Company. : The steamer Frank jSessoms was down from her regular trip yes terday. She will remain here until next week, when she will proceed to Fayetteville for repairs. ' . ' The fifth annual closing of the A. & M. College, for the colored race, at Greensboro; will occur May,21st to 25th. The commencement address will be delivered by Col. Julian S. Carr. In compliance with a" request from the Masons, 'the street cars will not run on .Front .street, between Princess and Market, to-morrow after noon during the corner stone laying ceremonies. " Yesterday morning Special Police Officer Williamson was called upon to -kill a rabid dog belonging to Mr. - Arthur Prempert, at Mr. Prem pert's residence, on Market street, be tween Second and Third. In giving the list of. chairmen of the board of tax assessors in yes terday's Star, the name of Mr. C. H. Alexander should have appeared as chairman for. Harnett township, in stead of Mr. James McCumber. Spirits turpentine was quoted on the local market yesterday dull at 3738 cents, but sales were .not made higher than 3737f cents. The re ceipts yesterday were 134 casks, the largest for any single day in several months. The boys of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, while returning from the fire yesterday afternoon, pulled down an old brick chimney left stand ing on the lot just north of the 8. A. L. building, which has recently been purchased by Messrs. Bear and Stern berger as a site for the new hotel they will build in the near future. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Ludden & Bates Pianos. Jas. D. Nutt Your doctor fights. S. Sanders Springfield hams. King Grocery Co. A cup of coffee. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. M. C. Guthrie, Esq., of South port, came up yesterday afternoon on the Wilmington. Capt. J. L. Autrey, of Autrey ville, Sampson county, was in Wil mington yesterday and made the Star office a pleasant call. Mr. C. G. Metts, of Norfolk and Miss Metts of Newborn, are in the city, the guests of their brother, Mr. J. L Metts. They will leave for New- bern to-day. '' Brown Shepherd, Esq., a rising young lawyer of Raleigh, is spend ing a few days in the city, the guest of his old college mate, Rev. Jno. Stanly Thomas. . Mr. C. G. Burgoyen and wife, of New York, spent yesterday and last night in the city, guests at The Orton. They arrived on board their yacht Sweetheart and will sail for Newbern to-day. Mr. Holt Remains Here. Mrs. E. C. Holt and little daughter, and Misses Snow and Holt left yester day morning for Burlington. They were accompanied as far as Goldsboro by Mr. E. C. Holt, who returned to Wilmington on the 5.50 train yester day evening. . Mr. Holt expects to hold a meeting of stockholders for the organization of the i $250,000 cotton mill company, very probably to-day at noon, and he will push with all possible dispatch the pre liminary work for the erection of the mill with an especial view to having the mill complete and ready for the operatives by January 1st, 1900. Two Small Buildings Burned. An alarm of fire at 1.35 P. M. yes terday from box 14, corner of Nutt and Brunswick streets, summoned the department to a one-story frame build ing, occupied as a residence by Mattie Brown, colored, at No. 116 Brunswick street. The fire originated from a spar from the"chimney and spread to an adjoining house, occupied by Grace McNeill, colored. Both houses were a complete loss. The buildings were owned by Mrs. Carl Muhlan and were insured with Messrs. J. H. Boatwnght & Bon, Schooner Edna and Emma. Capt. Foss, of the schooner Gem, which arrived at this port Monday, re ports that about twenty miles east northeast of Frying Pan 4ight ship, he observed a broken spar, apparently fastened to something under water. It was painted white and it is thought to be a part of the wreckage of the schooner Edna and Emma, which waa probably capsized at sea in the vicinity mentioned soon after she went to sea from this port. Col. Taylor's Successor. Lieut J.' VanB. Metts of the Wil mington Light Infantry, went to Wil son last night to attend a meeting to be held for the purpose of electing a suc cessor to Col. Walker Taylor, who ' was recently put upon the retired list as Colonel of the Second Regiment A Lieut Colnoel and a Major are also to be elected dur ing the meeting to-day. 1- ELECTRICAL EXPERTS Superintendents of Railway Tele graph Arrived ; on Special! Train Last Night. j EDISON, THE WIZARD, HERE. The Association to Convene in Eighteenth Annual Session This Morning Wel come Address by the Mayor, j To-day's Programme. - Never in the history of Wilmington has there been such an assemblage; of electrical : experts as the one no w in our midst, the Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents, herei to hold their eighteenth annual convention.--. . : - : The central figure of this aggrega tion of electrical experts is Thomas A. Edison, the famous Wizard of Menlo Park, who is here, the. especial guest of the association. Then there is J, B. Taltavall, publisher of the Telegraph Age, and Mr. William Maver, Jr., who comes to give a practical demonstra tion of the latest and most wonderful discovery in the electrical world, wire less telegraphy. ' I -' I . According to announcement made in yesterday's Stab, the special train bearing the members of the Associa tion and their invited guests arrived here at a few minutes past 8 o'clock last night from Norfolk and were driven to The Orton, which will; be their headquarters during the session of the convention. They were served supper about 8:30 o'clock, and spent the remamder of the evening in very pleasant social intercourse. Members of the party who arrived on the special train are: Thomas A. Edison, W. E. Gilmore, Orange, N. J.; J. J. Ghegan, E. Mc Loughlin, W. J. Holmes and wife, William Marshall, W. W. Young,: A. P. Eckert, W. S. Eckert. J. B. Talta vall, publisher of The Telegraph Age; Wm. Maver, Jr., and wife; hi B. Foley and wife, of New York; W. W. Ryder, of Chicago, and wife; C; E. Freeman; professor at Armour Insti tute, Chicago; Charles H. Bristol, wire, son and daughter; Ueorge M. Dugan, W.' J. Holton, wife and daughter; C. F. Annett and wife, jail of Chicago ; C. W. Hammond, wife and daughter; St Louis; P. W. Drew and wife, Milwaukee; L N. Miller, wife and daughter, Cincinnati; J. S. Evans and wife; Cleveland; D. H. Caldwell and wife, Fort Wayne; S. K. Bullard, Sedalia, Mo. ; Pan Bullard, Indianap olis; E. A. Smith, Boston; C. A. Darl ton, wifei and daughter, Washington, D. C. ; Geo. L. Lang, Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. M. B. Leonard and son, J. B. Tree, Richmond: J. H. Jacoby and wife, South Bethlehem, Pa.; W; F. Williams and wife, Portsmouth, Va. ; W. C. Walstrom, Roanoke. Wj L. Logne, wife and son, New York; Eu gene W. iVogeL Chicago; Charles Sel- den, Baltimore; J. W. Kates, Rich mond, Va. ; Mrs. H. Holman, Quincy, 11L; Mrsi O. P. Miller, Salt Lake City; K. MacKenzie, Jackson, Tenn. ; H. T. Simpson, Richmond, Va.; W. E. Stoneburner, Buffalo, N. Y. ; L; S. Wells, Long Island City, N. Y. ; E. E. Williams and wife, Birmingham, Ala, ; Mrs. T. Reed, Portsmouth ; Mrs. W. J. Bodell, Old Point Comfort; Telephone Men Here. -. - - Several prominent telephone men ar rived here yesterday to meet with the Superintendents of Railway telegraph. They are H. W. Pope, traffic manager, of the Southern Bell Tele phone Company; H. P. Miller, special agent for the Southern Bell Telephone Company; H.W. Miller, special agent for the American Telephone and Tele graph Company, and Wendell Baker, special agent for the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company. ! The trip from Norfolk was made on a splended vestibuled S. A. L. train. They left for Wilmington at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and there was not a single incident to mar the pleasure of the journey. They , were delayed about ten minutes on account of a hot box. They lunched at Henderson. Tuesday night, in the Monticello Hotel, an informal reception was held,, very sim ilar to the one at Tne Orton last night. At The Monticella, much as was the case last night, Mr. Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park, was the central figure, every one being eager to meet and talk with the famous in ventor, j j Programme for To-day. The eighteenth annual convention of the Railway Telegraph Superin- tehdents' will be called to order this morning at 9:30 o'clock, in the rooms of the Merchants' Association. ; The officers of the Association are : r j ! President W. W. Ryder, superin tendent pf telegraph for-the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. ! Vice President L. B. Foley, super intendent of telegraph for the DM L. and W., of New York. i f Secretary and Treasurer P. vy . Drew, superintendent of telegraph for the Wisconsin Central Lines, Mil waukee,! Wis." ; The first ceremony for the meeting this morning will be the address of welcome by Col. A. M. Waddell, Mayor of Wilmington. i ! The business session will be fol fowed at 10:30 o'clock by a drive over the city! tendered complimentary to ladies of the association by the Cham ber of Commerce. I i I The convention will re-convene in business: session at 2 :30 o'clock. As Stab readers are aware, the de monstration of Marconi's wireless telegraphy by , Mr. William Maver, Jr., will be given at 4:30 o'clock, i " Besides the demonstration of the Marconi; wireless system of telegraphy, there will be, during the sessions of the couvention, discussions of etheric force, a mysterious i force of nature, believed to exist, but not yet captured by science and made sub servient to man's: uses, and the possible use of one wire for send- I ing both telephone and telegraph mes- ORMNG WILMINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 7, 1899. sages, believed to be possible. Much interest centers in the possible remarks of Mr. Edison. A Social Tonight. The principal social event connected with the sessions of the convention here will occur in the parlors of The Orton from : 8:30 until 12 o'clock. There will be; special musical features of entertainment and a thoroughly elegant function is assured. AUDIT AND FINANCE BOARD. Regalar Routine Work at Meeting Last Night -Taxes on Shuttle Block ! Factory Refunded. No business of special importance engaged the attention of the city Board ofAudit and Finance which met in regular semi monthly session last night. ...'. y .. .' jj ; ' -1 .' Mr. H. C. "McQueen, the chairman, and all members with the exception of Mr. Jesse Wilder, who was unwell, i j . ii . were present, i ;j , -. Four ' coupons amounting to $40, due Jan 1st, 1899, which had been paid, were burned by the board. Mr. Samuel J. Davis, to whom had been awarded the contract for caring for the city's mules and horses, pre sented his bond in the sum of $1,000 given in the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, and the same was deferred for correc tion of figures, contract being $9.70 per head, the bond naming $9.75 per head, Contract for furnishing lumber awarded by the Board of Aldermen to Fore and Foster, was approved. . The clerk submitted a statement of the examination for the month of April of the books of the Clerk and Treasurer and Tax Collector. The re port shows: j Cash on hand April 1st, $13,233.67; receipts for the month of April, $2,220.00, making a total of $15,454.57. Disbursements for the month of April amounted to $9,295.09, leaving a jalance to May account of $6,159.48. j ,.-; j .' ' .!, A petition was presented from Mr. L. A. Weeiion, asking for the return of taxes paid for the year 1898, on the "plant for the manufacture of shuttle blocks and! handle; blocks." This petition was based upon an act of the General Assembly enabling the city of j Wilmington to encourage manufacturing and exempting from taxation for a period not exceeding ten years all new manufactories. In ac cordance with this act, the required notice was served upon the City Treas urer to return the tax on the plant paid for 189$, the notice being signed by Messrs. Oscar Pearsall, Chairman; Clayton Giles, Jame3.H. Chadbourn, F. W. Foster, W. E. Worth, Joseph H. Watters, trustees of the manufac turing fund and duly attested by the Secretary, Wm. A. French, Sacre tary. The amount of tax is $17.50 and the same was ordered .refunded. An ordinance directing the City Clerk and Treasurer t'o take charge of back tax books and to deliver same to City Attorney for prompt collection and appropriating $150 for the purpose of making' a transcript of the books for the ' years 1894-1898 inclusive, was presented, and, upon motion,1 the matter was referred to a committee of three, of which the chairman of the board shall ba a member, to confer with the finance committee of the Board of Aldermen in reference thereto. The chairman appointed as the other members of the committee Messrs. W. A. Riach and S. P. McNair. Bills for current expenses were au dited and approved amounting to $1, 211.90; coupons, $10. The board then adjourned subject to call of chairman. . i , MUNICIPAL COURT YESTERDAY. Tillman Howard Promptly Gave Bond for His Appearance at Criminal Court. The only cases of interest before the police court yesterday morning were the two against J. T. Howard, on the charges of abandonment of his wife and criminal intimacy with the wife ofW. R. Terry, of Charlotte, both charges being brought by Mrs. How ard, v . j - . iHoward,! through his counsel, Brooke G.! Empie, Esq., waived a pre liminary ; examination and gave a cash bond of $50 in each of the two cases for his appearance at the June term of Criminal Court. j ! Herbert McClammy, Esq., appeared for the prosecution. I Other cases before the police, court yesterday morning . were those of James Lowe, for being, drunk and down on the streets, and several cases against boys for trivial offences. REMARKABLE TRIP OF THE JONES. Exceptionally Swift Voyage to Havana, ' Cuba, and Back to This Port. . The tug Alexander Jones, Capt J. J. Adkins, which recently returned from Havana, Cuba, where she went with three ' scows in tow. for use in government dredging work, was in this port for the first time since her trip yesterdav for the purpose of mak ing her entry at the Custom House. ! Capt. Adkins managed the trip most successfully, and made the return from Havana, unencumbered with the scows, in the remarkable short time of sixty-eight hours, j The estimated distance to Havana from Wilmington is seven hundred miles, and these figures indicate that on the return the tug averaged a little more than ten miles per hour. j The time consumed for the entire trip, with' stops for coal at Charleston and Key West, was only twenty-one days, and Capt. Adkins and the Cape Fear Towing and , Transportation Company are proud of her remarkable record. 33RD ANNIVERSARY. Of the Organization of the Third North Carolina Infantry Association Held Yesterday-Good Attendance. J . Yesterday at the elegant Summer residence of Capt James 1 Metts. on Greenville Sound, members of the Third North Carolina Infantry Asso ciation, were royally entertained in hon or of the thirty-third anniversary of their-organization. A featureofthe entertainment and reunion was an ele gant dinner served by Capt. Metts, to the twenty-five or more members who had gathered for the purpose of per petuating the organization, which for thirty-three years has enjoyed an un interrupted period of successful exis tence and for the purpose -of- transact ing such business as would best pro mote the welfare of the association.' Col. W. L. DeRosset, as command ing officer, presided over the annual meeting and Capt. James I. Metts was at his post as secretary. As already stated, there were about twenty-five regular, junior and associate members present, and the session was a most pleasant one. The junior members are the eldest sons of the deceased members of the association and the associate members are the eldest sons of living members. " The party went down on the 10 o'clock Seacoast train and in carriages, returning late in the afternoon. Among the distinguished members present was Col.' Peter Mallett, of New York, who is spending some time in the city, the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Gabriel Holmes. ' THE STR0USE MEETING. Interest In Services is Increasing Talk on Hypnotism Services To-day. Last night Rev. Mr. Strouse, who is conducting a series of revival meet ings at the Y. M. C. A., preached to a very large congregation and about forty - professions were made. Mr. Strouse at the beginning of the ser vice, as announced, made a few re marks with regard to hypnotism, characterizing tne art tne same as that of sorcery and conjuring, so vehemently condemned in the scrip tures. He explained that while there were many persons in the city who made a practice of the art, he be lieved that none did so with evil in tent and that the object of his talk would be realized if those present would be led to regard the matter in a serious light After the talk on ' hypnotism was concluded, he chose for his subject "Salvation" and made an earnest pre sentation of the way of life to an at tentive congregation. Prof. Burnett is still with Mr. Strouse in the meeting, and his sing ing continues to ba a pleasing feature of the services. The usual hours for services will be observed to-day. .BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Store and Cotton Yesterday. & A. Railroad 38 casks W, C. spirits turpentine, 55 barrels rosin, 21 barrels tar, 31 barrels crude turpen tine. ' A. & Y. Railroad 11 casks spirits turpentine, 19 barrels rosin, 14 barrels tar. Steamer A. P. Hurt 19 casks spirits turpentine, 33 barrels rosin, 51 barrels tar, 6 barrels crude turpentine. " Steamer Frank Bessoms lo casics spirits turpentine, 25 barrels rosin, 22 barrels tar. Schooner Joseph 11 casks spirits turpentine, 205 barrels rosin. Schooner Gold Leaf 30 casks spirits turpentine. ! Schooner Minnie Ward 12 casks spirits turpentine, 47 barrels rosin. Total Spirits turpentine, 134 casks; rosin, 384 barrels; tar, 108 barrels; crude turpentine, 41 barrels. DAVID FREDERICK FLOWERS. Death of One of Bladen County's Oldest and Most Respected Citizens. A correspondent of the Star writes as follows: ! Mr. David Frederick Flowers, of Bladen, died May 5th, at his home in Carver's Creek township. Mr. Flow ers was born in Brunswick county, New Year's Day, 1814. He married Miss Sarah Gillespie, of Bladen, who died in 1887. They were the parents of five children one son. killed at Gettysburg; two daughters, who died in early womanhood, and two sons, who survive him. He witnessed many changes in the country during his long life, and always manifested a keen in terest in the events of the day. He was a member of the JSletnodist church, and expressed resignation to death and pleasure at the prospect of entrance into eternal rest. Exodus of Negroes. More than a dozen negro families, in the aggregate about sixty persons, the Star is told, left on the S. A. L. train Monday afternoon for New York and other points north of Wilming ton. Smaller parties of negroes are almost daily leaving the city, it is said, but other authorities say that instead of a decrease of negro popula tion there is an increase. All the houses in the negro resident districts are occupied, and the alleys in various sections of the city are filled to over flowing with negro families. " . The regular, bona fide circula tion of The Morning Star is much larger than that of - any other daily newspaper published in Wilmington. On account of commencement exer cises Collegiate Institute, Taylors ville, N. C, May 23d-26th, the Sea board Air Lane wm sell tickets to Taylorsville, N. C, at $9.65 for the round trip. . Tickets to be sold May 22d to 25th inclusive; final limit May 27th, 1899. TAB, Ufl TUESDAY. The North Carolina Naval Re serves Preparing for Cruise On the Prairie. v EVERY MEMBER SHOULD GO The Big Ship Will Arrive Sunday The The Reserves Will Take Charge ot Her Monday Evening Will Cruise, to the North. ' The North Carolina Naval Reserves will sail from this port for their ten days practice cruise on board the United States steamship Prairie next Tuesday afternoon. The Prairie will arrive off the bar Sunday and she will anchor at Southport until the Naval Reserves are ready to .sail. - In conversation with Captain -Geo. L. Morton yesterday afternoon a mem ber of the Star staff was told that members . of the Mt. Olive division Naval Reserves will arrive here Mon day morning at 9:40 o'clock, .the Eliza beth City and Newbern divisions will get here on the 12:15 train of the same date and the jKinsfon division will come on the 5 :50 P. M. train Monday. These, - with the Wilmington and Southport , divisions, will constitute the Reserves by whom the splen did practice ship Prairie will be manned for the cruise. Immediately after the arrival of all the State divisions in this city Monday evening they and the Wilmington di vision will go! down to the Prairie, where they will " be joined by the Southport division and preparations for the ten days cruise will begin at once. ' ; . The big ship will be manned by the officers and men of the North Carolina Reserves, under the supervision, of course, of the 'regular officers of the vessel. i They will sail 'north from Southport spending almost all the time allotted for the cruise at sea, touching at prob ably one northern port : Especial at tention will be given during the cruise to target practice for the Reserves. The Prairies is a larger vessel than the cruiser Raleigh', being more than 400 feet long and drawing 22 feet of water. She requires a crew of 500 men, and has a battery of sixteen guns, eight of which are six-inch. Captain Morton says this is by far the best opportunity the North Caro lina Reserves have had for a cruise on a regular seagoing ship. It is feared, however, that the season of the year is rather bad for members of the various divisions to get leaves ofab sence from their employers for the cruise. : ",- It is certainly highly important that the largest possible per cent, of the membership should go, especially in-as-much as the annual appropriation to' the Naval Reserves .by the United States Government will be distributed on the basis of the members who go on the cruise and not according to the Division membership as has been the case heretofore. Capt Geo. ! 1L. Morton will not, oh account of urgent business engage ments, be able, to go on the cruise. He left last night on a trip to Columbia and thence j to Florida, and will not return in time to go on the cruise. In the absence of Capt. Morton Com mander T. M. Morse, of Southport, will be in command of the Reserves on the cruise J IN MAGISTERIAL CIRCLES. A Number of Cases Lame Up Before Jus. tices McQowan and Fowler. Many offenders were before Justice McGowan's tribunal yesterday. The three negro female characters of bad repute, who had their cases removed from the municipal court, were tried yesterday afternoon for disorderly conduct in parading the streets after 10 o'clock at? night. Herbert Mc Clammy, Esq., appeared for the defen dants and the prosecution' was con ducted by the City Attorney. Justice McGowan decided the evidence was insufficient to convict and the negroes were discharged Other cases tried by Justice Mc Gowan yesterday were : Mag Bald win, colored, disorderly conduct; dis missed with costs. Mary Jones, col ored, disorderly conduct; adjudged a malicious prosecution and the prosecu tor required to pay the cost. The case of "parson" Rob Robinson, colored, for perjury, was continued until this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Justice .Fowler yesterday tried Robert Johnson, a young white man who is employed at the cotton mills, for carrying concealed weapons, but the defendant was found not guilty, and discharged. i " " ! Q. F. C. Commencement The Star acknowledges with thanks an invitation1 from the class of ninety- nine to attend the commencement ex ercises of Greensboro Female College, to be held on May 30th and 31st. The annual sermon will be preached on Tuesday, May 30th, by Rev. John J. Tegert,'D: p., of Nashville, Tenn. An address to! the alumnae will be. de livered on the same day by Mr. M. K Carter, of Chester, Va. The gradu ating exercises will be on Wednes day morning,! followed by the annual concert at night The art exhibition will be on ; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The graduating' class this year is composed of seven young ladies. They are Miss Lillian G. Burton, Miss Myrtle E. Chatham, Miss Lizzie F. Hadley, Miss Eva P. Heitman, Miss Jennie Clegg Webb, Miss Eva McF. Williams and Miss-Elizabeth Lanier Wynne. - ' WHOLE NO. 9,906 A RAILROAD TRUCE. Southern and Atlantic Coast Line Said to Have Agreed Not to Invade Each Other's Territory. ' it Baltimore Sun, May iGth. j .The announcement that the South ' ern Railway had secured possession of the Sanford-Mt. Airy division of the Atlantic and Yadkin railroad, or, as it was formerly known, the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, was a surprise in Baltimore financial circles. This prop erty was .bought at foreclosure sale last December by a syndicate com posed of Messrs. Harry Walters, B. F. Newcomer and Michael 'Jenkins. It was then generally accepted that the whole property would become a part of the Atlantic Coast Line, and the development that the western por tion of the road was in the hands of , the Southern Rail way was nnex pected. This is, however, now regarded as indicating an understanding between the Southern Railway and the At lantic Coast Line to keep out of each other's territory." With the Sanford Mt. Airy Division the Atlantic Coast Line would have entered Western North Carolina and have been in a position to compete with the Southern. It was the impression among some financiers yesterday that "the delivery of this division to the Southern would probably be followed by the surrender by the Southern to the Atlantic Coast Line of the South Carolina and Georgia Railway, which was recently bought by the Southern. Jin securing this property the Southern obtained an entrance into Charleston, S. C, and other territory of the Coast Line. Pre vious to the deal with the Southern the Atlantic and Yadkin . Railroad Company deeded to the i Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, which is one of the Atlantic Coast Line cor porations, that portion of its system east of Sanf ord. North Carolina. After this the stock of the Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad Company was sold to the Southern Railway Com pany, thus placing in possession of the latter tne control of tne remainder or the property. The WUmineton and Weldon Railroad Company pays for the portion it acquired by an issue of $1,800,000 of 4 per cent, fifty-year gold bonds, which will be a first mortgage on the nrooertv acauired and known as the Wilmington and Weldon Rail road Company Yadkin Division bonds. These bonds are turned over to the svndicate which made the nurchase of the old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad ana reorganized it as the At lantic and Yadkin. In ' payment for the whole property the syndicate gave S3.100.000 and there was active com petition at the sale, both from the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line. YACHT SWFETHEART. Bound to New York From.; Florida Pat ia for Supplies. ISpecial Star Telegram.' Southport, N. C, May 16. The handsome naptha yacht Sweetheart, from Daytona, Fla., bound to New York, arrived this morning and pro ( ceeded to Wilmington for naptha. Coming down this afternoon, she an chored in the harbor and expects to sail early in the " moniing. She is owned by C. G. Burgoyne, of New York. ! Rev. P. H. Hoge, D. D. The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, of Monday last says:; "The Rev. Dr. Peyton EL Hoge, of Wilmington, N. C-, who was called to the pulpit of the Warren Memorial Church to succeed Dr. Hamilton, S reached his first sermon here y ester ay morning before one of the largest congregations that have ever assem bled in the church. Dr. Hoge will remain loner enoue-h-to. conduct the service at Warren Memorial Wednes day night, and will then return to his home, where he will take under con sideration the call that has been ten dered him." I Furniture Men Weekly Half-Holiday, Through the efforts of Mr. N, F Parker the furniture dealers have en tered into the"ifollowing agreement: "We. the undersigned, hereby agree to close our respective places of busi ness on each Friday in May, June, July and Aueust. 1899. at 1 o'clock P. M., and to stay closed, and make no sales therein till the usual opening hour on each Saturday following." rSignedl NJ F. Parker, -Thomas & Mercer, S. Behrends, Jno. J. Kelly, The Sneed Co;, EL, S. &, P. Co., Mun roe & Kelly. ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ST. F. PARKER, Furniture and Furniture Novelties, No. 17 South Vront Street. SPRING CLEANING My guarantee that your Hair and Moss Is PK2BJ5D, not simply shook np and put back, and that TOUB Hair and Moss is not "kept" and worthless stuff sub stituted Is something' for you to consider BE FORE RlvlnK your work to , Tom, Dick and Harry. i - , . In addition to regular business hours open Mondays and Thursdays till 8.80 P. M. my 2tt - j . , Your Doctor Fights Disease with medicine. . If the medi cine is not right he cannot conquer disease. If the druggist does his duty the medicine will be right, and your doctor will stand a fair chance of winning the victory; You having here. can help; your doctor by ' your Descriptions filled JAS. D. MUTT, Druggist and Pharmaceutical Chemist, my 13 tf 1 Wilmington, N. o. z ? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.: .J, One Tear, by Mail, $ Six Month " X Three Month., " 6.00 : 8.60 S 1 OK J AtMU f Two SXontha, i" 1.00' Delivered to Subscribers In the f City at 45 Cents per Blontb. A Cup of Coffee that Intoxicates the senses by its delicious odour as "Those golden birds that! In the spice time drop About the gardens, drank with that sweet food ' . j Whose scent hath lured them o'er the Summer flood," . . - ' . you can enjoy from our coffee berries from Mocha, Java, Maracaibo and Rio. We keep ; the finest and most tempting coffees and teas that will brew a beverage fit for the most criti cal connoisseur. THE KING GROCERY CO., B. F. KING, MANAGER, Fourth Street Bridge. 'Phone 887. my 17 tf ; THOUSANDS OF THE FAVORITE Y Y : f f y y y Y Y y v y 1 in are now doing service In Southern bomes, placed there by LUDDEN & BATES' SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, New York City. Savannah,' 6a. Many satisfied purchasers la Wilmington and vicinity can bear witness to the Superior Quality and Beautiful Tone or these wonder ful Instruments. DISTINCTIVELY A 80UTH ERN PIANO, built to withstand the exigencies of the Southern climate. Whether or not you ARB NOW AN INTENDING PURCHASES, IT WILL PAY YOU FS&&&- future time desire to invest In an Instrument you know is a perfect one in every detail from the ground up. we have no Wllmlng- Tl VP ni t ICIIDC ton agent at present, but I AIVC rLCAOUnC In announcing to our friends, customers and the public lu general, that our travelling REPRESENTATIVE V I Mr. N. L SMITH, t Is now stopping at THE ORTON Honse, where he will bo glad t ) inter view intending purchasers and explain our new plans of sale. (Drop a card and lie' will call.) r. f ORDER A PIANO DIRECT FROM FACTORY and Save Money. Moderate Prices. Easy Terms. my 16 Gt ' I 1 5 f Y i THIS WARM WEATHER SUGGESTS '! FRENCH ORGANDIES, M - i AIRY LAWNSV j y I y y y y y PIQUES, CRASHES, &c. THE In the city can he seen i - i 111 Market Street. THE JOHNSON DRY GOODS COMPANY, . Leaders in FASHIONABLE FABRICS X and Trimmings. my 14 tf. ' ! To Dealers Only. wo n.m rinmmiREstoa Merchants for the sale of Grain, Provisions, Lard, Flours, all shipped us direct from packers and millers. It therefore stands reasonable that we should save you at least one profit less than you could buy from others. As we are first handlers no profits be tween us and the packer a wide awake dealer knows that a small margin of profit brings them trade, and it is very necessary mat ne muni, know or get left In the race If he falls to do so, hence helrays his goods from the leading source of supply, and we have that reputation and op Dortunifles have not been neglected, hence our ... t. A 1 I4D TI7n anil success, vveimuubiuuiawu auv. no low quality goods but give best quality at prices lower than others can figure their cost. We ask the retailers to consider their own In terest as our success enables us to give him still closer prices wnen largely patronized, bu wuuj an interest In us and let us promptly go for ward to a grand success. Correspond with lus. VOLLER8 4 HA8HAGAN, myMtr Nutt St. A. O. Line Crossing. Piedmont Springs. - . . . f FINEST OF MINERAL WATERS. Magnificent Mountain Climate. HOTEL FIRST-CLASS. ACCOM MODATIONS FOR 300 GUESTS. Rates Reasonable. ' WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE FOLDER GIVING ANALYSIS OF WATER AND ENDORSEMENTS FROM SOME OF THE LEADING MEN OF THE STATE. W. P. HALYBURTON, Proprietor, -. J Postofflce, Piedmont Springs, If. C. my l4tf bu we fr . D. O'CONNOR. Seal Bctat Agent, Wilmington-) N. . V DWELLINGS. 8TOEE8 ANI f... OFFICES FOR RENT. - kill V. Houses and Lots for salon easy lull ferms. Rents, Taxes and Insurance ! attended to promptly. Money loaned onimDrovM , malOtl FiliosU MOST BEAUTIFUL LIKE -r.?i H 'It-, I Ii i f 'V: j it's - ' " ft V , C; i; 1F I ; .1 .... ' if. i - "'. is:; i i: ' 4. r 1t;.f f '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 17, 1899, edition 1
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