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iaaoBBBtwoooa - - r . . - - . I ! 1 : - - - ; ' T . Bo"n4e' whj1 fee CiftBllDOB UUJ" - jjf uuicr inw- Pper PWIk4 la WilmioxtM. frttPi ' .. hi t mmNM T IM THE ITATE. outlines. jjuee negroes lynched in Cfoorgia, ,cfthe assault on Mrs. Ofletreftlait Thursday; one lundred wain arsait of the five remaining member ihegan Dewey cable Mayor Via fl"-vck tnat ho expect to arrive York about October 1L lM-5pora with troops for General (His have arrived at Manila. Stpt murderer killed by hi punnets n(ir VYiltn. Arkot Three per -killed a ad twenty severely injured 9li?hta:n near Berlin, Oer. fie British government refuses to -oamend royal clemency in the ftjSofiirs. Waybrick. General Wjod savs the yellow fever situation . Siiti? ' is under control. . paneri! of the late Col. Ingersoll will like place W dav- Direct negoti- jjqs are now in progress between Secretary Hay and the British charge Washington for an amicable settle ant oi the Alaska boundary dispute. The reciprocity treaty between ihe United States and France has been $aeJ. -- The strike situation at Clere'-aad. Ohio, is unchanged; police iad military order iu the cars and are itli ia readinessr at the terminal?. yew YorK markets: Money on call $idy at 2jJ4 per cenL Prime- mer anaie piper 3v41 per centY cotton quiet-: middling uplands 6 3 16c; flour i aciive and about steady ; wheat o:teady; No. red 76 c; corn spot jieady, No. 2 SSJc; oats spot quiet, j 2 2Jjc T rosin steady ; spirits tur pentine steady. 1 WEATHER REPORT. I" S. Dsp't of Agriculture, t Weather Bureau, . Wilmington. N. C., July 25 ) TsTiperatures: 8 A. 1L, 73 degrees, 5 P. il . 71 dszreea; maximum, 81 de fr; :uiaiaiarn, 73 degrees; mean, 77 agrees. RiifjU for the day, 2.22; rainfall usee 1st of the month up to date, 6.23 ue of rater in the river at Fay e::evii;e at S A. iL, 2.3 feet. COTTOX RIQIOX BULLXTLJI. Very hiivy raias oicurriJ dariag ' tie pit 21 houri throuzhout the east-e-i d.-itr excepting in suthern Siirrix. Lijrat showers occurred in tii rrtnii jia z districts. It is slightly cofer u tne Mississippi valley, with 'willy c'ouiy weather in the cot- . i as Tamp. Fla , 3.16; Xiiiir. Ir. Term., 2.3S; Wilmington, X C. 2.1?; Brookhaveo, Miss., 2.20; I- City. Kans., 193; Bolivar, T an . 1 MoatgOTiery, Ala., 153; V.ckiia'r. Miss., 1.50; Lake, Miss., LSO: ArJeen, Miss., 1.50; Hatteras, X 0.3.22; Good water. Ala., 2.24. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. WasaixGTOs. July 21. For North Ck-iUuA Saoera Tuesday and prob er Wednesday; lighllo fresh east winds. Port Almanac Jaly 25. Saa Ik- 5.04 A. M. San Sru 7.08 P. M. Diy s Lo2ih . . . 14 H. 04 M. Hgii Water at South port 9.37 A. M. H za Water, Wilmington 1 07 P. M. Alaiira! Dewey is going to Carls bil to take treatment for his ail ments. Ve didn't think he was as 53 us that. Some of the Kentucky papers are discuMic "the situation in that ?tate."' Viewed from this distance the situation looks decidedly mixed. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew has erased the Atlantic fiftj-two times nl never came back without a -at.-hel full of chestnuts. If we ever have any old scores to settle with China it should not be forgotten that she has annually af flicted 03 with 30,000,000 pounds of firecrackers. The biggest salt works in this country are on the shores of Salt kke, in Utah, where hundreds of thousands of tons of salt are made bJ natural evaporation. It takes 1,000, 000 a year to sup P0R4he boy king of Spain, while his "a draws 50,000 a year pocket nney. Royalty comes high, bnt oe people must have it. Sot satisfied with the stock of Tolcaaoes we have accumulated bj 0ar recent acquisitions, some Amer "caaa have gone into Mexico and ji'i 500,000 for an extinct one. Thej propose to work it for sulphur. Wisconsin has a man aged 23 ho has loomed up as the husband of four wives. But the size of this chieTement is somewhat clouded oae it U not stated whether he lbem all in a bunch and simul ueoualj or in instalments. ker T. Washington, the noted wlored citizen of Alabama, who is sojourning in Paris, is favor JJJ struck with that town, but . a il ia ruled rather too much by ion. ue couldn't get a pair of Joe, iarge enoagh for Mm in the J "tores, and was informed that ?e ghoes were not fashionable, for 'toch reason they were not kept in tock. ? ' U 1-rr-n--. I ' . . i 4 I .11 llll ll .'W l II X II V W TT -TX KM - IX. ; . . 1 17 M V A W I 5 I II,- 11 11 11 ji 1 n a fv 11 11 rvx 1 11 rxx 1 a m i vvr i a ii vi 9 VOL, LXIV.-NO. 106 LOCAL DOTS. Th sale of real estate on Nutt street-offered by Mr. T. Quin livan, as executor, will take place at noon to-morrow at the Court House. The great railroad systems have done great things for Richmond, Nor folk, Chartestoa and Savannah in re cent years. Will Wilmington never hare her inning? The steamer Driver cleared for Fayetteville at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The steamer Seabright is expected from 8hallotte and Little River, S. C, to-day. The recent change of War Sec ataries indicates that McKinley is de termined to go to the very Rcot of the Philippine question. He will, of course, say: "Get there, Eli." The Star regrets to announce the iUness of Mr. T. W. McBryde, the clever and efficient night clerk at The Orton. He has been unable to be at bis post since Saturday, but was re ported better last night. Policeman M. E. Gnv. wlm has been doing special secret police duty for several months, has a posi tion with the Atlantic Coast Line as railroad detective. His present head quarters are at Richmond, Va. In ihe police court vaatprdAv j j morning three cases against colored offenders were tried, the charge in each being drunkenness. Five dollars a or ien oays sentence in the guard house was the nenaltr for each offence. Justice Fowler tried six unim portant cases yesterday, a R Mason, prosecutor in a case against Conductor Fatch, of the Street Railway, was committed to jail in default of costs, the prosecution having been adjudged a malicious one. Janitor Benson at the City Hall fell from a chair on which he was standing, attending to his duties in the court room, yesterday morning and received very painful injuries. He was, however, not incapacitated for his work. Mrs. W. E. Mayo has. arranged for another delightful concert by the Second Regiment Band on to-morrow (Wednesday) night at her -popular new Ocean View HoteL All her friends in Wilmington and on the beach are invited to spend the evening at the hoteL There will be an election of Lieutenant, ssnior grade, command ing Wilmington Division Naval Re serves, to-night at the armory. The office is made vacant by the election some time ago of Lieut. Mcllhenny to the office of Lieutenant Commander of the First battalion. ' Justice Borne mann yesterday tried three cases, the defendant in one of them, Willie Best, -being bound over to the Criminal Court in the sum of 150. Brooke -G. Empie, Esq , ap peared as counsel for him. The other cases were against Archie Turner -and J. L. Roberts for disorderly conduct An excursion will be run by CapL J. D. Bradshaw on the steamer Driver from White Oak to Wilming ton on August 2nd. Fare for the round trip Yrom White Oak and Tar Heel will be $1.00; other points this side, 50 and 75 cents. Connection will be made with the steamer Wilmington and Seacoast railroad for the beaches. Circulars advertising a reward of $100 from the town of Red Springs for the capture of the negro John Monroe, who while resisting arrest shot and killed City Marshal Thomas Atkinson, of that town, Friday after noon, were received at police head quarters yesterday. The negro lives near Grasy Island, in Richmond county. Josephine Pigford and Alfred Hooper, two colored residents of "Dross Neck," were arraigned in Jus tice McGowan's court yesterday for a fight Sunday aftaanoon. Hooper was so badly slashed with a knife that he had to be sent to the City Hospital. Both will be tried this morning at 10 o'clock for assault and battery with deadly weapons. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Donald MacRae For rent. D. Quinlivan Real estate sale. Vollers & Hashagen We can. - BT8XBTCS8 LOCALS. T. D. Lovk Eggs 9c Paul M. Taylor Photographs. Always ia the Processlo. Referring to the kissing bug, the rv,.r "Quite a number oi Charlotte people haye coffered from ..... m !iLi a V a. last the bite or this insect wiwua mo . w.1t." Of course, of course! Charlotte would suffer almost any thing rather than be out oi mo swim." More man luceiy mo were imported from California at great expense aad turned loose in Charlotte with instructions to use the "elongated i lh :tv. -rtrom moderation. Charlotte has not yet exhibited a Nanny goat with Horns," oui iuu feature is sure to come, even though the horns haye to be maae in w Observer office. S. S Picslc Excirsloi. Mr, H.& Iard, of the Seaooara . TTiv vMterdaY ar- Air Line, , warn iu j for a union Sunday School A J ranging excursion to be run to tnis cnyanu Wrights ville Beach from Rockingham, N.C of the on Aurust 1st. The managers excursion have leased ten cars . mmnM3W larsre crowd is ex- andaj pec ted. the advertisement of the East Carolina the Stab. It offers for sale issue ox some very valuable lanns. i : ' 7- NOTES OF INTEREST IN Y. M. C. A. CIRCLES. Caivass for Star Coarse Arrival of Pro fessor of Business School and Physi cal Director Other Matters. Several matters of interest are trans piring in Wilmington Y. M. C. A, cir t les just now. First and foremost the SUr Course committee is inaugurating a vigorous canvass for the" series of en tertainments, a list of which was pub lished in the Stab recently. About .100 course tickets have already been sold, and no serious difficulty is antic ipatod in engaging the required 250 or 300. The committee expects to com plete the work not later than Septem ber 1st Mr. O. H. Kight, of Front Royal, Va.recently elected to the position of physical director in the Y. M. C. A, will arrive here on Friday of this week. However, he will not enter upon the duties of his position until September 1st Prof. J. H. Harnley, late of Mt Morriss, 111., who has recently been elected principal of the Wilmington Y. M. C. A. School of Business, ar rived in the city yesterday and is the guest of his brother, editor Harnley of the Trucker's and Fruit Grotoer's Journal. Mr. John Frank, Manager of the Wilmington office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. , has been elect ed a member of the State Executive Committee in the stead of P. B. Man ning, Esq., recently resigned. At a re cent meeting of the State Executive Committee,Mr. A. G. Knever, general secretary of theCharleston Y. M. C. A , was elected State Secretary for North Carolina. The South Carolina committee has also elected Mr. Knever Secretary for that State, the purpose being to have him serve the to States possibly in the stead of Mr W. M. Lewis, who has resigned the secre taryship to accept a similar position for the State of Texas. General Secretary Caldwell, of the Wilmington Y. M. C. A, will attend the Secretaries Convention for North and South Carolina to be held at Clinton, S. C, August 8th to 10th. He will leave for Clinton the last of this week. Mrs. Caldwell is already there, the guest of relatives. The special service at the Y. M. C. A Sunday afternoon was one of the most successful held in quite a while. Rev. A. S. Barnes led. The attendance was large, many of the most representative business men being among the num ber. DEATH OF WELL KNOWN ENQINEER. Mr. W. M. Avant Died ia This City Saa day Morally, The Pa serai. Mr. Wm. M. Avant, a well known Coast Line engineer, died at the resi dence of Mr. Joseph EL Hanby, cor ner of Eighth and Dock streets, Sun day morning about 7 o'clock. Mr. Avant had been a sufferer from throat trouble for several months and had re turned only a short time ago from Johns Hopkins' Hospital, Baltimore, where he went for treatment. He never grew any better and despite the best of medical treatmenfcn this city, he passed away Sunday at the age of 36 years. Deceased leaves a wife, who was a daughter of the late C. H. Gamer, two children, a mother and a sister, to mourn their loss. He was a member of the First Bap tist Church, the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, Orion Lodge No. 67. I. 9. O. F., and Stonewall Lodge No. 1, K. of P. The funeral was from the residence of Mr. Hanby at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon and was conducted by Rev. Dr. A. G. Voigt and Rev. Dr. C. 8. Black welL A number of his lodge brethren met at their respective halls and attended the funeral in a body. Following were the pall bearers: Honorary Messrs. Thomas Torpy, W. W. Banks, W. H. Yopp, W. G. A. Otersen. Active Engineers Guilford Home and James O'Brien, Messrs, J. H. Hanby, J. E. Silya, Victor Zoeller and Frank LaFella. PURLOINED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. Dr. Storm the Victim of a "Pfaysiclai la Straightened Circumstances." Chief of Police Parmele yesterday mailed a number of postal cards to the. authorities of adjacent towns offering a reward of $10 for the arrest and de tention of any person offering for sale certain surgical instruments, which are said to have been stolen from Dr. W. E. Storm's office, on Market street, between 8econd and Third. Several davs ago a tramp, who rep resented himself as a physician in straightened circumstances, applied to Dr Storm at his office for some as sistance. He remained about the office far some time, and soon after he left Dr. Storm, in making a casual inven tory of his surgical tools, found that a set of tooth forceps, a bistoury, a double tenaculum, two bivalve ear mMilnmiL a nair of ear forceps and a number of other instruments had dis appeared. TT was not slow in summing up the case, and as the so-called physi cian had taken his departure from the city immediately after his visit to the office. Dr. Storm immediately notified the police. The East Carolina Real Estate gency has excellent facilities for faamo as ft n nmisnrHU iiuiua. It advertises all property and makes only a nominal charge unless a sale is made. For terms etc, address R. G. Grady & ua, uurgaw, v. r WILMINGTON. N..C TTTRSDAY. JITTY 25. 1R9ft PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. J. W. Fry, of Greensboro, is spending some- time at Oceanic Hotel on Carolina Beach. Miss Sadia Windsor of South, port, is the gaest of her cousin Mrs. J. W. Williams, No. 415 South Fourth street Mr. Frank H. Stedman has gone to Western North Carolina, where he will spend several weeks at the Summer resorts. Mr. Thos. P. Apperson, of Winston, left for his borne yesterday after a stop of several weeks at Ocean View Hotel on Carolina Beach. Mr. W. B. Chesolin and Miss Chesolin, of Charleston, returned home yesterday after a very pleasant sojourn at Wrightsville Beach. Miss Effie Carr, a popular young lady of Goldsboro, is spending some time in the city, the guest of Mrs. T. D. Love, No. 223 South Front street. Mr. M. A. Whisnant, travel ling salesman for Mr. W. B. Cooper, and wife left yesterday for Shelby and Cleveland SpriDgs to spend two weeks. . Lieutenant of Police Skipper is spending a week's vacation at Caro lina Beach. Sergeant J. D. Orrell is clerk of the Police Court during his absence. ( Miss Mamie Batson, the effi cient and obliging cashier, at Mr. A. D. Brown's dry goods store, is spending a week's vacation with the Misses Canady at Scott's Hill. Mr. J. Wheeler and sister, Miss A. Wheeler of Hickory, who have been guests of Seashore Hotel on Wrightsville Beach the past several weeks have returned home. Mrs. L. F. Henderson, former ly Miss Lula Jenkins, 'of Savannah, Ga., is spending some time in the city quite pleasantly, the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. M. Woodard, No. 715 North Fifth street. Mr. T. D. Love has returned from a business trip up the Cape Fear. He saj s that in the Tar Heel section of Bladen county tobacco is now be ing extensively raised by the farmers, who have heretofore depended upon cotton as a money crop. Miss Olivia B. Sutton, a talented young lady of Wilmington, who has been one of the teachers at the Thomasville Orphanage for the past two years, is spendiag the Sum mer vacation with her parents on Second between Mulberry and Wal nut streets. Mr. J. H. Westbrook, of Rocky Point, was here yesterday. He says he has abandoned the idea of trucking for the coming year, and thinks he will remove to West Virginia in a short time, where he has offered to him a good position in the telegraph service there. Miss Eva Virginia Lawrence, who has spent the past several weeks in the city, the guest of Miss Jones, on Third street, will leave this morning for her home at South Quay, Va., stopping at Norfolk en route for a brief visit to relatives. A host of friends here regret very much the de parture of Miss Lawrence. PAST RUN FROM FLORENCE. One Haadred and Seventythree Miles in Three Hoars and Foar MInates. The Florence correspondent of the Charleston Neics and Courier, writing under date of July 22nd, tells of a phenomenal run made by Engineer Frank MoGowan on the short cut division of the Atlantic Coast Line between Florence and South Rocky Mount, N. C. The correspondent says: "The run was made a few nights ago on train known as the north bound West Indian limited, and was from Florence to South Rocky Mount, a distance of 173 miles. The actual time consumed, running from Flor ence to South Rocky Mount, including twelve stops and six slow-downs, was I three hours and forty-five minutes. Y ThnatnTMi made and the time con sumed for stops was as follows : Pee Dee River, for draw-bridge, two min utes; Latta station, for passengers, two minutes; Lumber river, for water, four minutes ; Pembroke, for railroad crossing, - two minutes; Hope Mill, for railroad crossing, two minutes; Fayetteville, for water, passengers and railroad crossing, three stops, nine minutes ; Smithfield, for water, five minutes; Selma junction and registering, four minutes; Wilson, for passengers, five minutes; total for stops, thirty-five minutes. Actual running time three hours and ten minutes, or 173 miles in 190 minutes less the six slow-downs, which really cut off one minute to each slow-down, which reduced the actual time to 173 miles in 184 minutes. WUmlnrton'a Climate. There's no use denying the fact that Wilmington has the most congenial climate during these long, hot Summer days of any Eastern North Carolina town or city in the Wilmington dis trict of the Weather Bureau service, the local wags, who are constantly in quiring "Is it hot enough for you?" to the contrary notwithstanding. Fol lowing is the record sent out by the Weather Bureau for the twenty-four hours ending at eight o'clock yes terday morninsr: Wilmington, 81; Charlotte, 88; Cheraw, 88; Florence, 93; Goldsborf, 89; Greensboro, 87; Lumberton, 84; Newborn, 85; Raleigh 86; Weldon, 89. Marrisre Last Nltht. Miss Lula J. Peterson, a sister of Assistant Foreman H. L. Peterson of Engine Company No. 1, was happily married to Mr. Jno. J. O'Sullivan at the residence of Mr. S. C. Winner, on Second street, last night at 8 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Jus tice G. W. Bornemann in the presence of relatives and a few invited guests. DIED IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY. Mr. Charles Undqalst, of Wilmlnftoff, Vic tim of a Terpentine Explosion. Mr. Charles Lindquist, of Wilming ton, who was injured in a turpentine explosion on board the steamship Geo. W. Clyde last Friday, died in New York yesterday morning. News of his death came first to Mr. H. G. Small bones, agent of the Clyde Steamship Company in this city, and he prompt ly notified Mr. Jordan W. Branch, father-in-law, who in turn broke the news to Mrs. Lindquist, who with six young children live on Second street, between Castle and Queen. While it was known from press dis patches that his condition was serious, friends were led to hope for' the better when it was announced by private tele gram that the injured man was improv ing; in fact, only a few hours before the announcement of Mr. Lindquist's death, Mr. Jordan Branch received -a telegram from his son, Capt C. R. Branch, stating that he was improv ing. Deceased was a native of Sweden and came to Wilmington when but 14 years of age. lie died at the age of 36 years. He was unreasonably liked by his associates and was a skilled marine engineer. For a long time he was engineer at the Wilmington Gas Light Company's plant, having re signed that position to go on board the Nantucket with the Wilmington Division Naval Reserves at the out break of the late war. He had been an employe of the Clyde Steamship Company only a few months. The remains of the unfortunate man will arrive over the A. C. L. at 5 :45 o'clock this afternoon and will be tak en at once to Bellevue cemetery where burial services will be held and the interment made. MRS. LILLIE MARY B0USHEE. Died Yesterday, Ared Twenty-two Years, Leaving a Husband and Infant Child. Mrs. Lillie Mar Boushee, the be loved wife of Mr. Edward Boushee, died at her husband's residence, corner Ninth and Dock streets, about 8.15 o'clock last night The deceased was about 22 years of age, and had been quite ill for two months or more. She leaves a hus band and one child about a year old. Her father, Mr. W. F. Lessmann, and two sisters, Misses Emerly and Lena Lessmann, also survive her; Mr. Less mann being at present a resident of Aiken, S. C. The deceased was a native of Wil mington, and was married to Mr. Ed ward Boushee, a travelling salesman for Mr. R. W. Hicks, on May 20th, 1837. The bereaved husband and other re latives have the sincere sympathy of a host of friends in their sad afflic tion. The funeral will be from the late residence at 5 o'clock this afternoon. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Glrantic Trust, Which Will Be Largely Controlled by the Virginia-Carolina. The following will be read with in terest by stockholders of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., quite a number of whom are citizens of Wilmington : Norfolk, Va., July 23. Mr. John Skelton 'Williams, and other Rich mond capitalists, have, it is under stood, abour completed the formation of a gigantic fertilizer trust, which will be largely controlled by the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company. It is said the new company will be capital ized at $9,000,000 and will absorb many competitors of the Virginia-Carolina Company. At Hanover Seaside Club. The special committee in charge of ar rangements for the Howard Relief Fire Engine Company's excursion to Caro lina Beach to-morrow has purchased the prizes for the contests which are to be a feature of the afternoon festivi ties. The first prizes for both the bowling and running contests will be handsome rocking chairs. And the second prizes, a good quality of silk umbrellas. As previously announced the Hanover Seaside Club house will be placed at the disposal of the excur sionists' and dancing will be a feature of the entertainment during the after noon and evening. Enlisting Volunteers. ' First Lieutenant F. W. Griffin, of the Twenty-seventh regiment, U. S. V., arrived in the city Sunday, and yes terday opened a recruiting station in the old court house building. Lieut. Griffin is from Bedford City, Va., and served in Cuba as lieutenant in - the Third regiment, TJ. S. Volunteer En gineers. Men enlisted will be sent to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and from thence to the Philippines. No Moonlight Excursion. The very inclement weather condi tions necessitated the cancelling of the engagement for the moonlight excur sion on the steamer Wilmington ad vertised to be run from this city to The Rocks by the Second Regiment Band last night from 8 to 11 o'clock. It is very much . to be hoped that another date will be announced very soon when auspicious weather will in sure the success of the event. Excursion. Remember Pipkin's Excursion to Washington City, Norfolk or Balti more gives you two days in Washing ton City or Baltimore. Remember day and date, Tuesday July25, 1899. Train leaves over W. & W. R R. Wilmington, N. C, at 8 o'clock sharp. You can get your tickets and state room any time by writing the mana ger. - R. E. Ptpkiw, t Manager, Goldsboro. N. C. FORT CASWELL NEWS. Base Ball and Other Happenings of In terest, Personal and Otherwise Prom the Boys Behind the Cans. .Special Star Correspondence. Fort Caswell, N. C, July 24. Manager Foster, oV the base ball team, expects to play the Wilmington team next Friday afternoon with one of the strongest teams that has been on the diamond of Hilton Park this season. I Heiser (the Wizard), the Illinois college pitcher, expects tjo bring the laurels home, and if the people of Wilmington wish to see a good game just go out to Hilton Park next Fri day afternoon. The line up for the game will be as follows : Sergeant Hamper (from Mon roe team), first . base ; Duval, second base; Heiser, pitch; Radcliff, catch; Griffith, third base; Wise, shortstop; Childress, right field; Farney, center field ; Anderson, left field i Smith and Wigg, substitutes. We sincerely hope that the people of Wilmington will appreciate a good game and will give the boys in blue a good crowd. i Messrs Pullen & Weeks, the well known contractors, completed their large contract with the government last Saturday. They have been fill ing in low places on this reservation. These gentlemen have an excellent record for pushing their work. Private Benj. Swartz has been or dered up for examination for acting steward, and if he passes he will be ordered to the Philippines! Sergeant Hughes returned from Balti more on the 21st inst. He reports a good time. j Corporal Nicholas Farley has a broad smile on his face, and if you ask him why he will politely tell you that he has been promoted to the highly honored and "responsible position of Provost Sergeant. He is a veteran of the Indian campaign of 1876. The Southport Baptist Church choir has made a very wise selection of a leader in Corporal McCain, of this place. I RALEIGH'S NEWS BUDGET. New Hotel for Selma County Institutes. The Agricultural Department A. and M. College N. C. S. Q. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C., July 24. A stock company is being formed to erect a new $6,000 hotel at Selma. There are two hotels there already, but they are small and inaccessible. State Superintendent Mebane ex pects County Institutes for public school teachers to be held in about one-third of the counties of the State this Summer. Institutes have been held already in Mecklenburg, Rock ingham, Burke and Wilson. They have been arranged for j in Jackson, Haywood, Catawba. Lincoln, Surry, Watauga, Caldwell, Rowan, Harnett, Wayne, Edgecombe, Northampton and Warren. An annual appropria tion of $50 to each county is made for this purpose. On account of the smallness of this appropriation few of the counties are trying to hold insti tutes for schools of both ! races. Most of them are holding institutes for the white teachers this year, and next year they will have institutes for the colored. The Agricultural Department. The committee appointed by the last Legislature to investigate the manage ment of the. Agricultural Department met here to day and begun its work. The board of trustees pf the A. & M. College meet here next Tuesday to complete arrangements for the opening of the college tnis Fall under the new administration. There - are several vacancies in the faculty to be filled and other matters of detail to be attended to. Dr. Winston, the new president, will be present at this meet ing. He is expected here daily. , Rev. Baylus Cade, the Governor's private secretary, has arranged to take a party of about seventy-five people to Colorado this Fall. They will leave here on September 5th, and return as each individual sees fit, tickets being good for three months. I The tickets will cost $50 from here to Denver. Adjutant General Royster to-day went down to Morehead to review the Third regiment now in camp there. The review and parade will take place to-morrow afternoon. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday, f W. & W. Railroad 3 i casks spirits turpentine, 4 barrels tar, 6 barrels"" crude turpentine. W. C. & A Railroad 19 casks spirits turpentine, 37 barrels rosin, 21 barrels tar, 12 barrels crude turpentine. A & Y. Railroad 26 casks spirits turpentine, 41 barrels rosin, 28 -barrels tar. C. C. Railroad 8 casks spirits tur pentine, 100 barrels rosin, 9 barrels tar. Steamer Driver 16 casks spirits tur pentine, 84 barrels rosin, 22 barrels tar, 3 barrels crude turpentine. Williams Raft 320 barrels rosin, 33 barrels tar. ! Total Spirits turpentine, 72 casks; rosin, 532 barrels; tar, 117 barrels; crude turpentine, 21barrels. Wilmington People. A special correspondent of the Rich mond Dispatch from Blue Ridge Springs has the following , to say of two prominent and popular residents of Wilmington, who are summering there: '-As the papers each day appear here with the reports of the rioting of the mercury in tmfeities and low lands, and the records of! the discom forts from the intense heat, the visitors at this charming resort congratulate themselves upon their favored lot and express their sympathy for their friends who remain at home, j The company now assembled here i is a most agreeable and harmonious one. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rehder, of Wil mington, N. C, enter with such hearty response into all the amusement that they are in demand on every hand, and are very popular. Mrs. Rehder's songs contribute to the ! general en joyment also. Persons wishing to locate in the truck region of North Carolina Bhould correspond with the East Carolina Real Estate Agency, Burgaw, I N. C Read advertisement in the Stab. - t WHOLE NO. 9,964 A L0NU CRUISE. The Schooaer Yacht Qazeile at SoutEport ; Prom St. Joseph, Mich. Special Star Telegram Southport, N. C, July 24 The schooner-rigged yawl yacht Gazelle, of St. Joseph, Michigan, arrived yes terday for harbor, and will sail as soon as the weather is favorable. Capt" Kenneth Ransom, her owner, says he and his two companions left St. Joseph, Michigan, the 2nd of last No vember on the Gazelle, and talks in terestingly, of his trip across lake Michigan, through the Illinois canal and river and down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. Coming around the Gulf he touched at the principal ports and after leaving Key West ran over to the Bahamas.; From More head City he expects j to go by the inland route to New York, then up the Hudson and through the Erie canal to the great lakes, back to St. Joseph, making the complete circuit in one year. The Gazelle is only thirty feet in length and draws but three feet of water. Capt. Ransom says when he completes his voyage bis yacht will hold the record for th longest cruise for boats of her class in America. Taking a Rest. Mr. E. B. Blease, a popular and suc cessful travelling salesman of Win ston, is spending several days in the city and on Wrightsville Beach. He is representing the Roanoke Chemical Company of this city, manufacturers of popular brands of soda and baking powder, in the sale of which, by rea son of the high merit of the goods and his ability as a salesman, he is attain ing much success. Excursion This Morning. Indications now are that a large number of Wilmington people will, go on Pipkin's excursion to Norfolk, Washington and Baltimore this morn ing. The train"will leave the A. C. L. depot at 8 o'clock and the trip will be made without delays to the points named. The fare to Norfolk and re turn is $3.00; to Baltimore and Wash ington and return $6.00. DIED. BOUSHEE In tbis city, on Monday. July 24th, 1899, at 8.15 P. M., LILLIE MARY BOUSHEE, beloved wife oC Edward Boushee. Funeral will take plase at 5 o'clock tnis (Tues day) afternoon from her late residence, corner Ninth and Dock streets. Friends and acquaint ances Invited to attend LINDQUIST In New York city, Monday morning, CHAS. LINDQUIST, aged 36 years. The Interment will be at Bellevue Cemetery this afternoon upon the arrival of the remains from New York at 5.45 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances invited. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FOR RENT from October 1st, that very desirable store Now occupied by The Fishblate Clothing Company. Apply to DONALD MACRAE, Jy S3 tf tu th Bell 'Phone 847 Fine Saw Mill and Turpentine Timber For Sale Near Jacksonville, Fla. Said to be the finest tract of timber In. Florida. Eight crops virgin boxes now being worked; can cut probably 30 or 40 crops more. Turpentine privilege solder retained. Apply, LOCK BOX NO. 6, jy 21 2w Maxton, N. C. Photographic Bargains. In order to start my business again, I will from August 1st to 15th, inclusive, make the best Cabinet Photo graphs for $2.50 per dozen. Regular $3.50 16x20 frames. $1.50 each. Cash at sitting, jy 11 lm ' U. C. ELLIS. 114 Market St. SALE OF DESIRABLE REAL ESTATE. I will sell at public auction at the Court House door in the city of Wilmington, at 18 o'clock noon, on - Wednesday, July 26th, 1899, that desirable improved property on Nutt street,' next south of Boney & Harper's mill. Siza of lot 66 feet and 1 inch on Nutt street with a uniform depth of 62 feet. D, QUINLIVAN. Executor of the estate of Delia Dahnhardt. jy 83 2t At The Unlucky. SPEAKING of Tea. I am selling a blended Tea for OR that beats the world and can- Owl not be replaced for 40c. Try it. Don't you love Stuffed Mango Pickles? We have them, and my, don't they taste good. A rasher of Bacon, cut rrom one of our deli cious "Harvey" Strips, will make your mouth water. Bo crisp ana delicate. My 'Phones are 109. S. W. SANDERS. jylStf BATHING CAPS. Fresh Stock. JAS. D. NUTT, Druggist and Pharmaceutical Chemist, jeaotf Wilmington, N. O Carolina Beach and Southport Schedule. ON AND AFTER JUNE 6TH, BOAT LEAVES FOR CAROLINA BEACH, 6 and 9.15 A. M., 8. 5.15 and 7 80 P. M. Traill leaves Beacn. 7 A. M.: t, 8.45, and 8.80 P. M. No 7.80 P. M. boat from Wilmington and no 8.30 P. M. boat from Beach on Mondays. Fare to pier ana return on 5 15 and 7.30 P. M. boats, 15c. - - Leaves Sunday, 10 A. M., 2.80 P. M. and 7.80 p. M. Leaves Beach, 12.30, 6 and 8.30 P. M. FOB SOUTHPORT, boat leaves 9.15 and 10.15 A. M., and s P. M. Leaves Southport, 6.80 A. M., 12 M., 2.30 P. M. Freight for Sonthport received only on 8.15 boat J. W. HARPER, Je6tf Manacer. I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.: A One Year, by Mail, $5.00 . X Six Month., 8.60 $ Three Months, " 1.25 ; $ Two Mentha. " l.OO f Delivered to Subscriber la the X CKy at 45 Cent per Month. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS isauuui SMertrrt Look in our Window. A NICE PRESENT For You! SAME PLACE. C3H steps east from corner Front and Princess streets. MERCER & EVANS. Jy9tf We Can and Will We Can Sell you goods in our line of best quality and we can make prices much lower than some would-be competitors. and we guarantee full satis faction. We Will Give you such odds as will enable you to increase your business If you offer them to the consumer in , stead of trying to meet come low quality and price competitor. Far seeing merchants don't practice tbis short sighted policy. We sell Wine heater llama and Plcics, Squire's pjg Bellies, "Seal" brand Leaf Lard and all kinds Canned meats. WE ARE OVERRUN WITH ORDERS FOR "Cuban Blossom" "Santa Bana," "El Capitan General" .. 5c Cigar .. 5 c Cigar ,.10c Cigar 1 We carry all brands Cheroots and Cigarettes and solicit your enquiries. VOLLERS & HASHAGEN. Jy2tf ' GERMANIA. PORTLAND CEMENT, HOFJMAN KOSINDALE CEMENT, ANCHOR LINE. STANDARD BAGGING, STANDARD TIES. Virginia Water Ground Meal. BEST GROCERIES, BEST PRICES, BEST TERMS. THE WORTH CO. jy 14 tf NEW FLOUR. 2SO Barrels New Flour. 200 Barrels in Bags. 175 Barrels Old Flour. 240 Barrels in Bags. 110 Barrels Common Flour. 140 Packages Bleats. 116 Cases Pure Lard. 800 Bags Best Virginia Meal. 100 Barrels Good Molasses. 135 Bags Green Coffee. 25 Cases Ariosa Coffee. 50 Cases Potted Ham. 25 Picnic Cheese.' W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer, Wilmlnzten. N. C. jy23tf ASK YOUR DEALER FOR HOME BEER. Pure and Mild. Ask for Wiener Export and take no other. Best in town. Home Brewing Co., RICHMOND, VA. Wilmington Branch, DAVID OONNELL, , Manager, jy 9 tf 114 North Water street WILMINGTON SEACOAST R. R. ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, 1899, the Schedule of the Wilmington Seacoast Rail road will be as follows: DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Leave Wilmington. Leave Ocean View. 6.80 A. M. 7.80 A. M. 10 10 A. M. 2.30 P. M. 5.00 P. M. 11.80 A. M. 8.45 P. M. 6 00 P. M. 7.15 P. M. 10.00 P. M. STTNTA V 10 10 A. H. 11.80 A. M. 8.80 P. M. 6.00 P. M. 7.15 P. M. I 9.00 P. M. Every Friday and Saturday night, on ac count of Club and Hotel dances, the 7.15 P. M. train will leave the beach at 11.00 P. M. In stead of 10.00. ' my 81 tf B. OSCAR GRANT. Supt. N.F.PARKER, Furniture and Furniture Novelties, No. 17 South Front Street. Thk Finsst, Best Selected, Cheapest Stock in the South. Cane Seat Chairs at 50c and Porch Rockers at 75c went all right, but Chiffoniers at 14.89 are slow. How will they goat $4.10? Furniture advanced In last 60 days 30 percent. Had 'foresight" and bought enough to sell at old prices tlfl October 1 . Jy IS tf Peace Institute, RALEIGH, N. C. One of the best female schools in the South,' and the cheapest for advantages given. Send for catalogue. jeistf JAS. DINWIDDIE, M. A. Yung Printer Wanted. . A young man who- has had two or three years' experience tn setting type, and who wishes to complete his trade by working on a Horning Daily, may secure employment at the JyBStf ' STAB OFFICE. r A II J Mi Mi ii mi i'i I : I f 2 r.i' m X'A '- 111: ' mi Am - TH! ; : $11'. mi Urn .-.Jl . 1 ' m m 'ji f Mm 1 ML it f mi L
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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