ffltoed Bona-Flde, Evcri-Dyt
Circulation Larger Than That
rtf Airy Other Dally News-
t 1 ' paper Published la
' Wilmington.
LpEST BAIlVNBWBPAPItllX
J !N THE STATU.
Mir lUoVUmXtterJ A
OUTLINES.
Li
a coal mine at North Sydney. U
Filipinp forces attacked Gen.Mac
Whuaear San Fernando, but were
' .fsedj leaving over 'fifty dead on
the
jijeJ: American loss, fourteen
k ,.-,vinded. - HoStilitifis
5IT:i! r "
j" ;)vt Americans have broken out on
eiiaud of Cebu. -Large saw
mill! plant near Beaufort, N. CM de
stroyed y tire. Geo. B. Barrow,
kidnapper of little Marion Clark, was
sentinced to fourteen years imprison
meat: Carrie Joues, who plead guilty,
eot four jfars; trial of Mrs. Barrow
will follow. P. H. Lybreck ap
poiuted postmaster at Winston Salem.
; -'Baaastar' is the favorite in the
race f for the Suburban , to take plaoe
todfy at SHeepshead Bay. Two
m J captured in Norfolk,believed to
be the robbers of the Elizabeth City'
postotfiee -Two negroes lynched
in Georgia : oae charged with crimU"
naj J assault on a white woman.
. S'el York markets: ;Money on call
steady at 2 .2.j p?r centT, the last loan
being at 2:per cant ;-jbotton quiet;
middling uplands 6 516c. ; flour firm
and fairlLy active on Spring: grades and
steady. '.otherwise; wheat spot easy;
2 M Site.;' corn spot steady;
Xa 2 fJ-i : rosin quiet; spirits tur-
ntiue steaoy at o.v50ic. . .
WEATHER REPORT.
u. s.
Dep't OF Agriotjlturk,
Weather Bureau,
Wilmington", N. C, June 16.
Teaiperatures: 8 A. M., 80 degrees;
S P. M . Jesrees; maximum, 91 de-
. ' ! J rtC
grees: mrai-muai, o uegretsa; mean, oa
degrees. .' . . . j " j '
RiiafalLfor the day, .07: rainfall
1st of the month up to date,
since
1.6SI
Staje'i
water in the rjver at Fay-
evillJ at S A. II., 5.8 feet.
eupiue at b
COTTOX REGIOX BULLETIN.
Shofrers are reported from near!
. all district? during the past twenty
four hours, and were heavy in South
Carolina, the lower Mississippi valley
and Texas. I : j
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. j
Washington, June 16. For North
Carolina Generally fair and cooler
i!i'.urJiv. preceded bj showers on tjie
.' i n:u:l;'it-' coast: fair Sunday; fresh
, L'Tiii-; I winds
Jnne 17.
. i
... 4.45 Ai.
.. 7.17 P.
San Uiles-.'
Jm. Sets...
lEgtv Wat ai .
M.
M.
... 14H.32 M.
wr 1.43 A.
M.
5.13 A
M.
Xm: .Mori 'lay. the mean humidity
iiirX6rJolk was 100 and . everybody
felt raeaii. ' -. ' i . J .
They have a sort of "codfish aris
tocrav" in Havana. They import
monthly -:;.")0, 000 kilos of dried cod-
Jhe Duke of Abruzzi, who has J
gone m pursuit of the North .Pole, ' I
nas tjiicri 120 dogs with- him. .
p j)?oses to have something to
ontht' wav. . ' - j
He
eiat
. For fellows that are trapped so of-
ten the Filipinoa show a remarkable
facility in getting away. - They must
'. be built on the Irishman's elusive
. Sea plan, When our fellows think
they have 'em they flee.
; aenatoi i oraker rises to remark
Oat Editor Kohlsaat, of the'. Chi-
ago rbkes-HeraU, is several kine
f a liar and , scoundrel. He is n
orthodox Republican, all. the same,
ha3 a free entry at the .White
uouse.
ur-i". U. Ernes, assistant direc
rtof thj census, thinks the next
census, will show a population of fee
een To.OOO.OOO and 77,000,0000,
and says he will risk his reputation
on the statement that the count will
ntgo above SO, 000,000. i
pro3pective Speaker Henderson! is
I man df nerve. One of his legs was
pattered at Shiloh. It was'ampu
and bad surgery necessitated
Jree operations since. He person-
supp rvised the last cutting j and
l&1Qk3;that will prove a good jobi'
Xot
satisfied with successfully
sloping
With bin orrml
tf.r i t , r r Ar j" " ""s"
. . i p iston coachman i3 now hahk-
CVT his cash' hassaed hm
r 0,000 damages for tryingo
'eiate his wife's affections. He is
.. al'en himself,', who carries' the
ofilurdock McKenzie.
filial n
--"wpeninK Ball.
Aim tir
inJ Yj- May is now entertain-
Ocea v- lu ner handsome! new
' be w Hotel. andannounces that
- SiauupeiHDg Dan on
t,ruay niht of
next week.; An
'fo,
,m i i
- F'ugramme is beine arranged
' IU! n....:.-
There will be Jin
suPper. follows Viir
'Pacini i ireS"ueni Dana, ine
Wf ?D2room wiU Rethrown
hvlu dancing, and arrangements
citV I made for a late train to the
r. n
cordial
tW-" , mvation is extended to
nu ' "l w umintrton. wriirhta-
VOL. LXIY.-Nb?- 75.
-CIITTINfi APED A V
Twri Mpii R., f ' a
IWOiYVen Badly fnjured On
Carolina Beach Yester
" day Aff eraoon.
HOW THE AFFAIR OCCURRED.
A Razor and Clubs Used Arrests Made
"y Deputy Sheriffs. H. Terry-Trial
Tc-day at 12 O'clock Before '
Justice McQowan.
xnere. was a very unfortunate .
. oc-
currence at Carolina Beach yesterday
afternoon in which, two men were very
painfully injured. NThe trouble grew
out of a remark addressed to Mrs. H.L.
Peterson, wife of Assistant Foreman
H. L. Peterson, of Engine Company
o. 1, by Thomas Day,, a carpenter
and collector for one of the real estate
agencies. (
According to the testimony of sev
eral witnesses who were not implicated
the following is as nearly an accurate
account of the occurrence as could
be obtained. Mrs. ' Peterson was sit-
"uK me nursery steps. Day passed
: a
anu saia sometnmg to her which 'she
uoK .as an insult. She . went to find
her husband and told him that Day
had insulted her.
( Mr. Peteison got a pkrty of his
friends, among whom were George
Judge, Dinkj Smith and Ed Capps,
and went down the beach towards the
signal station,, where they found Day,
with his brother, Joe Day, another
relative, Manuel Fulcheiv.his wife
and wife's mother. Ptrsrm
Day what he meant by what he said
to his wife. Curses and oaths fol
lowed and in little or no .time there
ensued a free fight,ln;which seven men
and two women were engaged.
According to the Star's informants,
Tom Day had a razor, Joe Day and
Tom Day's wife a piece of wood each.
The. other side was not so well pre
pared for the fray, though Day claims
(as will be .seen later), that Peterson
had a knife,.
v Tom Day first made- a lunge for
Peterson, but in the scuffle Capps got
the attack. He "was slashed terribly
about the neck, and as the bystanders
stated Mrs. Day and Joe Day aided
their husband , and brother with the
free uSeof their clubs upon the unfor
tunate Capps.
Fireman Peterson was struck in the
back by a club in the hand of one of
his assailants (it is claimed by . Peter
son's friends that he was struck by Joe
Day) and knocked down. Then be
fore he could get up he was kicked
and stamped by Tom Day's wife.
Matters were at this crisis when
deputy sheriff S. H. Terry about 5:30
o'clock went into the fracas as the
representative of the law. He had a
rough experience. After a violent
struggle in which he was assisted by
several parties he succeeded in mak
ing seven arrests. He shackled Tom
Day and his brother. In making the
arrest he had the middle finger' of his
rigflf hand broken, his head and face
bruised up, and his clothing liberally
sprinkled with the blood of the com
batants. All sorts of rumors reached the city
about the disturbance and a throng of
people awaited the arrival of the boat.
12.30 o'clock. Incompliance with
luests by telephone Captain of Police
John Furlong, Sergeants Davis and
Williams, Deputy Sheriff J. P. Flynn,
and Policeman Simmons were on the
wharf and went aboard as soon as the
boat drew along side her wharf. Peter
son was lyinjon a stretcher in an un
conscious state. I At first he had ot
seemed to be badly hurt by the blow in
the back. But lie had not permanently
rerovered (Sa, injuries received in a
collision, of fire department teams just
ir ago. ana soon oegan to iee mo
of the blow. He fainted ana
mscious for only a few moments
way up the river. 'He was
taken from the boat, placed in a car:
riage and tsarried to his home on Nun
street between Fourth and Fifth.
Capps, though drenched in blood and
with gaping wounds in his neck and
head, conversed freely about the
affair and showed remarkable physical
strength in holdipg out so well.' He
was carried to the office of Dr. rF. H.
Russell, who dressed his wounds. He
hadfa deep gash across the back of his
neck, two cuts on the left and one on
the right sidejjf his head, another on
his left ear and a deep hole in his
knee. . ' . "
Dinkie Smith also had his coat cut
The Day brothers, Fulcher and Mrs
Day 'were taken to jail by the officers:
TTnon Mrs. Day's request, she was
taken "by Deputy Sheriff Terry to the
residence of Justice J. M.'McGowan,
who recognized her for her appearance
at the trial. This will be before Justice
McGawan at 13 o'clock to-day.
The other three prisoners spent the
night in jail. Thomas Day has a gash
onhishead-hich he says was made
bv a knife in Peterson's hands. Day
also charged that aiierne wm wuumu.
ed Peterson struck him with a piece of
paling and that deputy Sheriff Terry,
drew his pistol on him-this also
after he had been shackled. ;
The fight cautsed great excitement on
the beach. There were a largenum
ber of spectators, attracted by the
oi ATiirsion of ; the Oriental
'leasure Club and accompanying i-
tivities.
Hit. Peterson's, condition.
A Star representative went to fire
wt three o clock
this morning and found him resting
easy. ' - m :' L -
TheEwtCyolin
i. JtlrZA tn irive nromntand efficient
service to all persons whing toseU
farms or town property. g
1HE
---. r ' - . . . .
local nnK I
aP"sc -oys brigade was
out for drill last night andimade:
good hbowing.
News reached the city yester
day that Ed Williams, the negro , shot
in self defence by Capt. John Cutts at
Kocky Mount on Wednesday
had died. N i '
It is now believed in Norfolk
that the proposed peanut trust will not
materialize. - Th& options; already ex
tended several times, have again ex
pired by limitation.
There was a meeting of the
Wilmington Medical Society last night
as tne office of Dr. W. D. McMillan,
superintendent of health, ! No business
of public interest was transacted.
Mr.' L. WV Bates returned yester
day morning with a car load of fine
horses. He makes an announcement
in the Stab this morning, that will in
terest persons who are thinking of buy
ing. - : i .' .
For the twenty-four hours end
ing yesterday at 8 A. M. the maximum
temperature at Wilmington was 94 de
grees: at Charlotte: 9fi: r,hraw 99-
l. v--i
wrence, 100; Lumberton, 97; New
bern, 97.
Prof. M. C. S. Noble,, Superin
tendent of the Summer School -&i
Chapel Hill, leaves forChapel Hill to
day. The school opensiTuesdayT The
prospect is good for an unusually large
attendance. Prof. Noble says many
States will be represented.
: The Oriental Pleasure Club
gave an excursion to Carolina Beach
yesterday. In spite of the rather un
certain weather there were many vdio
took, the trip. The committee was
composed of Messrs. John King, Thos
Cowan and Will West, Jr.
" The Star returns thanks to
Mr. E. Y. Wooten for an invitation to
the commencement exercises of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 'June
16th to 21st. The address before the
graduating class will be delivered by
Gov. J. Hoge Tyler: Theinvitation
is very neatly and strikingly gotten up.
The case against Henry Smith,!
colored, for assault and battery upon
Louisa Newkirk, colored, and S.
Seigler for "violently and forcibly res
cuing" . a prisoner from; an officer,
which was to have been tried by Jus
tice W. N.. Harriss yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the City Hall, was
postponed till 10 o'clock this morning
at the same place. I '
NEW ADVEBTISKMENTS
L. W. Bates Fine horses.
-D. L. Gore Tobacco twine. -Mrs.
Mayo Ocean View Hotel.
Mercer & Evans Winning hosts.
bushtbbs locals.
W. P. Oldham & Co. Fine melons.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. A. T. Wishart, of Hickory,
is a visitor in tfiecitv. I
Mr. W. T. Pinner, of Sonthport,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr. E. B. Wright, of Board
man, N. C, was a' visitor in the city
yesterday. ; f
Mr. J. M. Walker! of Fayette
ville, was ' registered at The Orton
yesterday. i '
Mr. Ed. H. Grimes, a popular
travelling salesman, of Winston, is in.
the city on business.
John H. Gore,
Jr.. Esq.
returned Thursday night from a visit
to' points in Horry county, S. C. ii
Mr. Chas. N. Stebbins and.
Misses Birdie and Kosie'StebbinSjof
Hartsdale, N. Y., arrived; in the city
yesterday and went down- to Carolina
Beach to spend several weeks.;
Mr. F. M. Fulford -will go to
Morehead City . to-day to visit,' rela
tives. His brother, Mr. W. A. Ful
ford, of Charlotte, will arrive by the
C C. Railroad to-day and join him cn
his trip to Morehead.
Cadet W. P. Piatt,, of the mili
tary academy at West Point, N. Y.,
arrived in the city Thursday - night to
spend his vacation, after an absence
of two years. The Star is pleased to
know of the high average he has at
tained in his studies, j
The Star was glad: to have a
call yesterday from Mr. 'Walter
Wagoner, a bright young gentleman
of Whitehead, N. C, and the editor
of the Whitehead Rattler. He came
down on the Mt. Airy excursion and
said he enjoyed his visit to the seaside
immensely. JjJ;
Cases Before 'Squire Fowler.
Justice Fowler tried Thomas Ennett", v
colored, yesterday, for wilful trespass
on the premises of Mr. Jno. S- Har
riss, in East Wilmington, and found
him guilty, fining him $5 and costs.
He was adjudged not .guilty of assault
with a deadly weapon upon his wife.
Maggie Bland, one of the persons re
sponsible for a disturbance on the cor
ner of Sixth and Brunswick streets last
Monday night; was tried on the charge
of disorderly conduct, adjudged guilty
and fined $5 and costs. , ,
Bank of Lnmberton. Vl :
The stockholders of the' Bank
of Lumberton at their annual;
meeting held Wednesday re-electea
the following officers: A. W. Mc
Lean. nresident; R. D. Caldwell, vice
president; C., B. Townsend, cashier;
L. 8. Covington, assistant caamor.
Godwin, A. W. McLean, L. S. Uoving-;
ton, H. V. LieaDetter, wo. a.
w w l. Steele. H. B. Jennings, S. A.
Edmundt c. B. Townsend, R. D. Cald-
Mor
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 47, 1899.
;
Will Not-Adjourn for the Term
Prpbably for Some Time -to
Come.
SUIT AGAINST THE
ANACES.
Taking of Evidence Completed Yesterday
and Decision Withheld Convicts
Sent to Raleigh Toay Nine-'
- teen Sentenced to Jail.
The session of the United States Dis
trict and Circuit Court yesterday was
very brief and only one case was con
sidered. That , was the suit in admir
alty in .which Alex. McCollum, col
ored, sues the steamship Anaces for
$2,500 for injuries sustained by-him
while working in the hold, assisting
in loading , cotton at this port The
case was called Thursdayjand the evi
dence of the appellant taken. ' Yester
day the taking of testimony was con
cluded, and Judge Purnell announced
that he would reserve his opinion un
til he could review the evidence. In'
the-meantime, MisaShrier, the special
court stenographer, will p'repare aver
batim copy of the evidence, which will
be sent to the Judge at Raleigh.!
- ! Adjournment Deferred.
The court took a recess about noon
without a definite time to re-convene.
Itjs known that there;; will be no
session of the court to-day There are
however one or two more cases which
will require the attention of the court..
J udge Purnell instructed the clerk Mr.
W. H. Shaw, to not adjourn the court
until further orders.; And indications
are the official adjournment will not
be taken for several weeks yet, the
reason being that should the court be
adjourned for the term now and ah
emergency arise! whereby a session
of the court would be necessary it
would require official notice for a con
siderable time ; before a special term
could j be called Judge Purnell
and his family expect to spend sevj
eral days at the Seashore Hotel on
wrigntsville tseacn before they, go
back to Raleigh.: ij 1 j J
The Penitentiary Convicts, i
Now that the: criminal docket has
been disposed of, a summary of the
criminals sentenced to the penitentiary
will be of interest.1 There jure only
three of this class. They ! are Nicholas
PoliU, six years for counterfeiting;
Walter Silvey, one year and a day for
counterfeiting, and Jno.) Horne, b
Robeson county, retailing liquor withj
out license, one year and a day.
Deputy Marshals A. D. Morrisey, of
Fayette ville, and El W. Masnhip, f
Rockingham, will leave i for Raleigh
to-day to escort the three prisoners to
the penitentiary, the United States
government having a contract with
the State for working the convicts ol
this section in the State Penitentiary.
- Sentenced to Jail.- -
v I- - ' t ' I
During this Court nineteen , con-j
victs have been sentenced to terms of
imprisonment in the jails of the coun
ties from which the cases were sent
up. Their names and terms of im
prisonment have already appeared in
theSTAR; j ' '. . '
A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE.
At Laurel Hill Wednesday Night a Daugh
- ter of Mr. John F. JhcNalr to Mr.
E. H. Evans, of Cumberland.
On Wednesday night last at 8'
o'clock at the bride's home in Laurel
Hill, Mr. K-H. Eyans, of Sherwooi,
Cumberland county, and Miss Mattie
McNair, of Laurel Hill, were happily
married.! - . : ;
'.- The bride, handsomely costumed in
white silk with; a bride's veil and
orange blossoms, entered the parlor
with her sister, 1 Miss' Mary McNair,
and the groom was accompanied by
his brother, Mr. BaQey Evans. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. A.
N. Furgeson, pastor of Laurel Hill
Presbyterian Church, in the presence
ofNnumerous friends, all of whom
united in best wishes for the happiness
of the newly married CQuple. j
After the marriage there was a re
ception which will long be remem
bered as a most deligh$ul occasion by
the hosts of friends and neighbors who
were gresemt. !j 'ii II- -'
What lends the marriage immediate
local interest is the fact that the bride
is a daughter of Mr, Jno. F. McNair,
so well known here as the senior mem
ber of the firm of McNair & Pearsall,
and as the proprietor of large stores
and other business interests at Laurel
Hill and Laurinburg. The Fayette
yille Observer says in its report of the
marriage5:-'.;. '-"' . ' !'.-,
The charming bride is a daughter of
Mr. J. F. McNair, a prominent mer
chant of Laurel Hill. Sh.e is very tal
ented, accomplished and popular. The
groom is one of Cumberland's most
substantial young citizens, a farmer of
the best class, with hosts of friends in
FayettevUle and throughout the coun
ty. .' . i - I ' - 1 !'
Mr. Bailey Evans, Miss Jeane Evans,
Mr. John Elliott and Mr. A. J.Cook went
from here out with the groom. !
The bridal party came in this morn
ing on the train from Bennettsville,
and went down to Mr. Evans' home at
Sherwood. '. ; -.-'1 -t.: i! "' . ;i ;
Melons in New York, j
Quotations yesterday by wire to the
Star were: ! . . i- ; ' - ;
Watermelons firm for desirable !
grades. Muskmelons (Florida) per
car, $125300; watermelons, per car
load, $160250; watermelons, per
100, $1235. i B
Persons - wishing to locate in the
truck region of North Carolina should
correspond -with the East Carolina Real
Estate-Agency, Burgaw, N. C. Read
advertisement in the Stab. . f t j
NINO
PRELIMINARY HEARING -BEFORE
'SQUIRE ATOOWAN.
John Perry, the Negro Accused of Break
la; Info the Sleeping Room of a. Chi.
Daman and Robbing Him.
John Perry, the negro charged with
entering the sleeping room of a China
man last Saturday night and stealing
a sum of money, was given a prelimi
nary hearing before Justice McGowan
yesterday morning; at 11 o'clock.
! There werev several witnesses exam
I ined. 1 Lem Lee. the Chinaman whose
money was stolen, testified through
an interpreter, ' Sam Lee. His evi
dence ; was in substance as given in
the Star last Tuesday morning, ex
cept that he added some interesting
information as to i the conduct of
Perry j on the night before the bur-
I glary. On that night the negro came
into his laundry and remained until
two o'clock. The Chinaman told
Perry! that he had work to do and
didn't want. any loafers. The negro
then went out. He returned Satur
day night when Lee made him leave
again.;. - '' - .-Ju. 1 i -
Mr. O. M. Fillyaw testified that
Amanda Wortham, a colored woman
who worked for the Chinaman, told
him that she had heard Ferry say that
he was going to get the Chinaman's
money if he had to kill him. Upon
receiving this information Mr. Fillyaw
notified the police, volu nteering his own
services in watching on Saturday
night. He saw Perry and another ne
gro in front of his store shortly after
12 o'clock. When he started to close
up the two negroes walked off. Mr.
Fillyaw then got his gun and after
watching for some time, saw two men
jump into the back yard of Deputy
Sheriff S. H. Terrynot far from the
Chinaman's shop and strike a match.
He waited a'while longer and neither
hearing nor seeing anything further
concluded that the men had given up
their designs and gone away. He
found his mistake when be saw the
Chinaman a few minutes afterward
and was told thai the "bad man had
got all the money."! i j !
Jim Wortham and his wife,' Aman
da Wortham, testified to their know
ledge of Perry's intentions to rob the
Chinaman, their evidence in this part
of the testimony corroborating that of
Mr. Fillyaw's. ;
The evidence of deputy sheriff sJ.
P. Flynn and S. H. Terry gave parti
culars of Perry's arrest and his subse
quent revealing of the place where he
had concealed the money. The cuff
buttons, watch chains and the trinkets
that the officers produced were inden-
tified by Lee as his property.
The prisoner had several witnesses
in his behalf but their testimony was
irrelevant He was held without bail
till the August term of the Criminal
Court. His crime is a very serious
one, as breaking into a room where
there is a person asleep is a capital
offence. The negro- who was asso
ciated with him in committing the
crime got the greater part of the money
and escaped.. .-. L j JV-. '-.
THE ATLANTIC CLUB HOP.
Regular Friday Night Prolic Attended by
, ; Many Clubmen and Ladies.
The Atlantic Yacht Club house, on
Wrightsville Beach, was the scene of
a delightful dance last night, the occa
sion being the regular- Friday night
club hop. The 7.15 train to the beach
"carried down a large number of club
men and ladies, and the dancing be
gan very soon after the arrival of the
train1 at the club house; continuing.
it h brief intermissions, until about
11 o'clock, when the last train left for
the city. The music was by the Balti
more Italian Band, which is employed
by the club for the season. They fur
nished excellent music. Thirty or
more couples participated in the danc-
Funeral Yesterday Morning. i ;
- A large number of friends of the
family gathered yesterday morning at
9 o'clock at the residence of Mr. W.
G. A. Otersen, 503 Harnett street, to
attend the funeral of his little 'child,.
George Otersen. The services ' were
conducted by Rey. Dr. A. G. Voigt,
pastor of St Paul's Lutheran Church,
and the pall bearers were Willie
Schutte, Ben Rathjen, Peter Pick and
Martin Schulken. The interment was
made at Oakdale ; Cemetery. ' Kind
friends lovingly placed numerous
beautiful, floral offerings upon the
grave. v . I': j ' : j ' j .
State Firemen's Association. i j
The eleventh annual convention
and tournament of the North Caro
lina State Firemen's Association will
be held at Greensboro, August 1, 2, 3
and 4, 1899. The officers are:
President, James D. McNeill, Fay
ettville ;. first vice president, James D.
Stone, Greensboro; ; statistician, L. J.
Taylor, New Bern; treasurer, T. A.
Green, New Bern; Secretary, Dr. J.
W. Griffith, Greensboro. !
The Star acknowledges with thanks
the receipt of a very tasty little invi
tation the compliments of the officers
for 1898-1899. X ! ! !
Wilmington Post Of flee.
It has been officially announced .at
Washington that Wilmington is
advanced from a second to a first class
post-office, and the salary of the Post
master will be increased from $2,900 to'
$3,000; . ''t.; .(.-. !':,;; .
The Star learn that the change will
entitle Postmaster; Chadbourn to
another assistant and that the position
will be tendered to Mr. William
Struthers. This would be an ex
cellent appointment i : . ;
TAR.
CAROLINA CENTRAL.
The Corporation Commission
Will Fight Injunction Against
I Fertilizer Rates.
ANSWER. TO THE COMPLAINT.
A Cutting Scrape at the Caraleigh Mills.
. State Treasurer Worth Asked to Is
sue and Sell Penitentiary Bonds.
The Penitentiary Debt.
Special Star Cforrespondence.y
Raleigh, N. C, June 16.
The Corporation! Commission has
decided to fight the recent Simon ton
injunction against 'enforcement of its
new ! fertilizer rate!, on the Carolina
Central railroad. : To this end the
commission has retained Shepherd and
Busbee, of this city, as attorneys.
The-Agricultural Department, "rep
resenting the interest of the farmers
of the State, wiH also take a hand in
the matter. 'It has employed Battle
and Mordecai as attorneys to assist
the commission in fightine the case in
the courts. y j
The commission has been in session
this week; collecting data concerning
the Carolina Central rates, tdie used
in this case, and preparing an answer
to the complaint A
The Commission's Answer.
This answer your correspondent is
informed will be an exceedingly strong
presentation of the case from the
commission's point of view. It will
review the history of the road, put forth
the rates that have been charged and
will show that it is not too low rates,
as is claimed, but; too high-rates that
make it unprosperous and bankrupt.
This charge will be supported by
figures taken from the road's own
statement. The answer will show
that on account of the excessive rate
charged the people along the line do
not, whenever they can help it, pat
ronize it It will' be shown how the
shippers at or near;; competing points
invariably use the Other route?, though
often .they are three times as long as
the Carolina Central. From Wades
boro. Max ton, Hamlet and Pembroke,
for instance, cotton is shipped to Wil-
mington by way of Florence, S. C,
over the Coast Line rather than direct
over the Carolina Central, which is
about half the distance of the other
route. The fertilizers sent back come
over the same long route the cotton
went. All this because of the Carolina
Central's high rates ; hence the pov
erty of the road.
In this same connection, the com
mission will in its answer, point out
that the road runs from the principal
seacoast city of the State, through the
middle of its cotton belt, to the ex
treme western part of the State. ,-On
its way it touches at many of the most
thriving towns and cities in North
Carolina and passes through Robeson,
Richmond, Anson, Union, Mecklen
burg, Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland
counties. The first four are among the
richest agricultural counties in the
State and the last four are dotted all
over with cotton millsjL The first four,
with the adjoining counties, raise the
cotton and the last four named manu
facture it, while the factories at Wil
mington make the; fertilizers.
These, and other ! facts of a like na
ture, lead the commission to the con
clusion that the widow in New York
who is ostensibly bringing this suit, has
eround and good ground for com
plaint, but it is against the manage
ment of the road, it alleges, and not
against the commission. She began
with over a million dollars holdings in
this road and how three-quarters of
this has been lost! The commission
will in its answer charge that the road
is being purposely mismanaged in
order to build up the branches of .the
system, if not to wreck it and freeze
out the uiia, itm Ti 1 i in
Mr. James H. Parker, of Enfield
died this morning at 8 o'clock. He
was in his seventy-sixth year, and was
one of the best and most valued citi
zens of Halifax county.
Mr. Drew, foreman of the weaving
room at Caraleierh Cotton Mills, was
Mdly cut yesterday afternoon by Joe
Baker, a young boy whom he had dis
charged r - .
Special Star Telegram.' ... -
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, The Issue of Penitentiary Bonds.
The Executive Board of the Peni-1
tentiary to day deposited a written re-
quest with State Treasurer Worth, to.l
issue and sell bonds as provided in
section 2, chapter 607, laws of 1899, in
amount sufficient io raise $64,165- for
the purchase of the Caledonia farms
and to cover expenses of issuing and ,
selling said bonds. If I ..'..'
The AttorneyGeneral to-day ruled
that under .the act authorizing the
issue of bonds to pay the penitentiary
debt, only debts contracted before De
cember 31st, 1898, can be paid with
money received from the sale of bonds.
Debts contracted since that time must
be paid out of the regular appropria
tion. The State Treasurer will ob
serve the ruling in paying claims.
MAYOR'S COURT.
Several Persons Guilty of Violation of the
Law in Liquor - Selling.
Mayor Waddell ! has a fuller docket
than usual yesterday! Chris
Poe and
John Phif er, for an affray,
were fined
2.65 and costs. ; ,
Peter Evans, colored, . was up for
conducting a house of ill fame. He
was bound over to the Criminal Court
in the sum of $100. 1
Jack Odenhall, for selling beer with
out license, was bound over to the
Criminal Court under a bond of $100.
He was fined $50 jj dollars for selling
beer on Sunday, but took an appeal
from the decision to the Criminal
Court ; j;
William "Guion,
colored, was
charged with selling beer without
license and selling it on Sunday. Both
cases were transferred to Justice Har
riss Northrop, but -defendant waived
examination and was, bound over to
the Criminal Court; I
The - East Carolina . Real - Estate
Agency will sell for cash, or will ex
change for desirable house and lot in
Wilmington, a farm' of 272 acres,
three miles from Rose Hilk Address
R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C. t
I WHOLE NO. 9,933-
THE J3ASE BALL GAME
PLAYED IN THE RAIN.
Wilmington Came Off Victorious, the Score
Being 17 to 3 New Grand Stand
V and Wire NetsT
fThe game of base ball between the
Fayetteville and Wilmington teams
on the Hilton Park diamond yester
day afternoon resulted in. a victory
for Wilmington, the game having
been called .at the e'nd of the sixth
inning, the score standing 17 to 3 in
favor of Wilmington.
The rain broke into the game quite
seriously, forcing the boys to stop
playing several times. In fact, the
wholeTgame was played in a slow rain,
so that the balls were wet and slip
pery and hard to hold, and it was
next to impossible for the individual
players to make a creditable record.
Despite these adverse conditions a
number of the players both on the
Fayetteville "and Wilmington teams
won special laurels for good work.
There was a good crowd and con
siderable enthusiasm was manifested
in the game. Messrs. W. F.j Robert
son and Fred Pearsall were the . um
pires and Mr. E. A. Metts was the
official scorer. TETe following is the
score" by intaings:
1 2 3 4 .5 6
Fayetteville..... 0 v0 2 0 0 1 3
WUmington. ... 5 0 1 3 8 0-17
Brake pitched for Fayetteville-until
the fifth inning when Cagle relieved
him, Brake going to .first base and
Linsey to the second. The regular
line up was as follows: . . .
FAYETTEVILLE.
McKinnon....
Brake . . . .. . . ... .
Linsey. .......
Cagle
Lambeth. ... . .
McRae, Jim . . .
Dye
Gaster.... .. ..
Rosenthal. . . . .
1 . WILMINGTON.
.C ...... jZellers
.P .......Watson
.IstB. . Sinclair
. 2d B . . i', . . Jackson, J.
.3d B Jones
. .S. S . . .Orrell
.L. F... . . . . ... .Foster
.C. F.... ....... Hatch
.R. F.......; v.. Davis
Many complimentary remarks were
made about the improved condition of
the diamond. Manager Skeldiog has
hall an excellent grand stand built. It
will seat six hundred people, i He has
also placed wire nettings about the
grounds for the benefit of the players..
Y. M. C. A. Sunday Afternoon Meeting.
Rev, R. R. Windley will speak at
the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon at
5:30 o'clock to men only. His sub
ject will be "Standing for Christ." An
effort will be made to make the musi
cal programme unusually interesting.
Mr. E. R. Roby will be pianist. A
cordial invitation is extended - by Sec
retary Caldwell; and the members of
the Association to all men to attend
(his meeting. j - -
Church Notices. T
The Seamen's Bethel: Regular religious ser
vices will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.' Seamen and rivermen are especially
lnyirea. au welcome. i
First Baptist Church, corner of Market and
Fifth streets. Dr. Calvin 8. Blackwell pastor;
11 A. M., "The Ministry of Music." At 8.13 P, M.,
"Blood on the Ear, Thumb and T08.V ,-
Chapel of the Good bnepherd, Sixth and
Queen streets. There will be the usual services
on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday
Schoor at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Peyton H.
Hoge, D. D., pastor. Divine service at 11.00.
A. M. and 6.00 P. M. Sunday School at 4 P. M.
Prayer meeting on Thursdays at 8.15 P. M.
Seats free. ' ;
South Side Baptist Church, corner Fifth and
Wooeter streets, Rev. F. H. Farrington, Pastor.
Services Sunday at 11 a. nr. and 7.30 p. m. Sun
day School at 2.30 p. m. Weekly Prayer meet
ing Wednesday night at 7.30.
Fifth Street M. E. Church, South, Bev. j. h. '
Hall, pastor. Services at 11 A. M. and 8.15 P. M.
every Sunday? Sunday School at 3.30 P. M.
Prayer meeting at 8.15 P. MJWednesdays. Ser-
vices to-morrow at 11 A. M. by Rev. R. S.
Bttmpaes, Presiding Elder.
Immannel Presbyterian Church, Rev. P. C.
Morton, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath at 11
a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School at 8.30 p. m.
Christian Endeavor Society every 'Wednesday
night Sewing School Tuesday and Saturday at
8.30 to 4.00 p. m. . .
The Advent Church, Sixth street, between
Castle and Church. Preaching by the pastor,
Elder E. Ficke, at 11 A. M. and 7. 45 P. M. Sun
day School at 3 P. M., followed by a meeting of
the Temperance Loyal League. Prayer meet
ing Tuesday nights at 7.45. t
St. Andrew's Presbvterian Church, corner
Fourth and Campbell streets. Rev. Alex. D. Mc
Clure, pastor. Sabbath services: Preaching
at 11 A. M. and 815 P. M. Communion at
morning service. Sabbath School at 4 P. M.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8.15 P. M. All are
invited to these services. j
Brooklyn Baptist Church, corner Fourth and
Brunswick streets. Rev. J. J. Payseur. pastor.
Sunday School at S.80 P. M. .Weekly .prayer
services to-morrow at 11 a. n. ana r. m.
auu yi a 100 jjuoiauk vv ouu.oou.ajr txv o x . - iu
Btrangers and visitors are cordialyl Invited to
all services. - 1
Bladen Street Methodist E. Church, southwest
corner of Bladen and Fifth streets, Rev.' B. B.
Culbreth, Pastor. Services to-morrow at 11
o'clock a. m. and 7 S0p. m. Sunday School at 9.80
a. m. Weekly Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 7.30 o'clock. Strangers and visitors
are cordially Invited to. attend these services.
Fourth streets. Pastor, Rev. A. P. Tyer. Ser
vices Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.80 p. m. Epworth
League prayer meeting- each Sunday 7 p. m.
Sunday School, J. H. Davis, supt., 3.30 p. m.
Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m.
A cordial welcome to all. Visitors to the. city
especially Invited. Seats free.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Mrs. W. E. Mayo
: has opened the new Ocean View Hotel on.
Wrightsville Beach for tne season. Grand
Opening Ball Wednesday nighty June 21st.
Friends In WHmington, Wrightsville and on
-. -the Beach Invited. I ; jel7tf
TOBACCO TWINE. .
10 bbls Tobacco Twine.
2,000 lbs Smoked Shoulders.
6,000 lbs Butt Heat.
25.000 lbs D. S. Side.
050 OecH'dMch. Ck's.
60,000 bs Hoop Iron.
r 900 kegs Nails, j
2,000 bushels Good Milling Corn
1,400 barrels Flour. . '
Car-loads of other Groceries, j Get my prices.
D. L GORE,
WHOLESALE GROCER,'
je 17 tf Wilmington. N. C.
I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE WEST
WITH AOT OF FINE HORSES.
t DOOU WANT! 0HE?
ILl,36 Jam u f.m
L. W. BAJES,
WATER STREET.
Jo 17 tf
I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.!
r XT 1 tur-ii
$5.00 ,
: Six Month, " '
' 2.60 X
X Three Months, .1.85g
$ Two Months, " ' 1.00 g
jDellveired tonbscrlbera In the
X City at 45 Cents per month, t
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
"They fit the feet as nature intended."
WINNING
HOSTS OF
WOMEN
ADMIRERS.
The fame of the name
and the superior quality
" and merits of the now
' famous ;
JENNESS MILLER"
HYGIENIC SHOES
V-l.-1 : r .
have Btrongly appealed
to. the sensible, well-to-.
do women of the country.
Once' a wearer you'll al
ways insist upon having
these graceful, comforta
ble, stylish Shoes.
, They are hygienically
and anatomically correct,
and fit the feet as nature
intended.
We are sole agents for
this city, j
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Shoes S3.50 Pr.
MERCER & EVANS,
115 Princess street.,
sa tu th
jel7 3t
101 CAN'T DO II.
We have the agency for thebest piece of meat
for family nse In - '
"J.P. Squire's Pig Bellies."
The price Is about the same as tough,
thick skin Hog Bellies, and yon can get
the BEST by demanding Squire's Bellies,
"Stock's Best Patent,"
ahrH'Q" j brands Flour
Giye Universal Satisfaction, and your trade
will Increase If you uss these Brands.
OUR GUARANTEE STANDS BEHIND
: EVERY POUND.
We continue leaders in Cigars.
CUBAN BLOSSOM,
SANTA BANA,
RENOWN. '
TOPICAL TWIST,
No better j
Sold. I
V0LLERS & HASHAGEN,
1e 11 tf Commission Merchants.
Fifteenth Series.
The Wilmington Homestead and
Loan Association
WiU oa July 1st, etart Its Fifteenth Series.-
Those desiring Stock in this .
New Series
- Should apply early to any of the Officers
or Directors.
3, C. STEVENSON, President.
H. O. McQUEEN, Vice President. 1
J. D. BELLAMY, Attorney.
WM. GOODMAN. C. W. POLVOGT. 1
J. HICKS BUNTTKG, J. G. BARRENTINE, j
O. M. FILLYAW, ' N. M. McEACHEBN, i
J. H. HARDIN, - M. W. DIVINE,
C. C. BROWN, Eect'y and Treas. i
Jel6td : i
WILMINGTON SEACOAST R. R.
ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, 1 899, j
the Schedule of the Wilmington Seacoast Rail
road will be as follows: ; - 1
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY; i
Leave Wilmington. Leave Ocean view,
6.80 A. M.
1010 A. M.
2.30 P. M.
7.30 A. M.
11.80 A. M.
3.45 P. M.
6 00 P. M.
10.00 P. M.
6.00 P. M.
7.15 P. M.
( SUNDAY".
10 10 A. M. I 11.80 A. M. I
: 2.30 P. M. I 6.00 P. M. f
Everv Frldav and Saturday night, on ac
count of Club and Hotel dances, the 7.15 P. M.
train wilt- leave the beach at 11,00 P. M. in
stead of 10.00.
my 31 tf R. OSCAR GRANT, Supt. 1
NOTICE.
BEGINNING FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH, AND
until September 16th, we will discon
tinue the delivery of Ice Friday after
noons.. ; s 1
' I . - 'i
O.m Inn Cn AtnniB
m m. W. 3
will be open "
for the accommodation of any one who
wishes to sena for It. ' . i
':J WM. E. WORTH & CO.
CAROLINA ICE CO.
e 15 tf
Peace Institute;
. RALEIGH, N. C. .;.
-" One of the best female schools in the
South, and the cheapest for advantages
given... Send for catalogue. I
jouii jno. uiiiniuuic, m. n. 1
Oceanic Hotel, Carolina Beach,,
Mnaln riaflv tiv t.hA
Italian Band. Dances
every nlgfit .
Bates, t2 a day; S3 to $10 a week; to ISO a
month. b. a. jitijubd,
eotf I - ' Maaager.
( aim 4i, . ' a
N. C. t
l 4 jieacn to attend.
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