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OUTLINES.
ero woman found murdered in
Charlotte ; supposed murderer arrested.
Julius Alexander, hanged in
Charlotte for assaulting a white
woman. Ex-judge Hilton, died
t Saratoga. British troop hare
yiled for Capetown, Africa, from
Gibraltar and Southampton. It
is estimated that the total number of
jires lost in the Albemarle and Pam
lico sound region by the hurricane
!st week, will reach one hundred.
Emperor William has refused to
accept the German Cabinet1 resigna
tion. At Bogue, N. a. Miss
Dora Taylor was accidentally shot
nd killed by a pistol in the hands of
jfr,. Geo. Taylor. The revolu
tion in San Domingo is progressing;
(he town of Macoria surrendered to
jiminei's followers. Terrible rail
road accident in Santiago, Chili.
;(W York markets: Money on call
,uadj at 23 per cent, last loan
being at 3 per cent; cotton quiet,
middling, uplands 6Jc; flour ' was
steadily held but quiet; wheat spot
steady. No. 2 red 78ic; corn spot
So. 2. 3939c; oats spot firm,
So. 2 white 26c; rosin easy; spirits
turpentine weak a49l50c.
WEATHER REPORT.
U. 3. Dep't of Agriculture,
WXATHXR BURiaU,
WiuiiJfOTOjr, N. CL, August 2-4. )
Temperatures: 8 A. M., 80 degrees,
S P. iL, 73 degrees; maximum, 92 de
grees; minimum, 72 degrees; mean, 82
degrees.
Rainfall for the day, 1.06; rainfall
sjnce 1st of the month up to date, 5.15
inches.
COTTON REGION BULLET1A.
Showers have occurred in all dis
tricts east of the Mississippi valley,
excepting the interior of Georgia, with
slight changes in temperature. Con
tinued warm and dry weather prevail
over Texas and Arkansas.
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
Washington, Aug. 24. For North
Carolina Fair Friday and Saturday,
preceded Friday by showers and
thunder storms on the coast; variable
winds.
Port AlmanaeAsgait 25.
Ma Rises' 5.29 A. M.
San SeU 6.85 P. M.
Dtv' L-'-isrth 13 H. OS M.
II Water at Soathport 10.55 A. M.
Hih Water. Wilmington 2.25 P. M.
South Carolina's tobacco crop this
Tear is estimated at 20,000,000
pounds, worth from 4. to 26 cents a
ponnd, more of it 4 than 26.
Cosey of Ohio, isn't going to get
up any fnore armies to march on
Washington. He is now engaged in
mining zinc in Missouri, and is get
ting rich.
Some admirer of Queen Victoria
is sending her a fine pair of zebras,
and now the old ladj, who doesn't
eat zebras, is wondering what in the
thunder she will do with that pair.
A St. Louis judge has come to
tjje conclusion that oppressed . hus
bands in that town ought to hare
some protection. He recently fined
a woman to for whipping her hus
band. When those Italians at Leghorn
sailed into some of the crew of the
Olympia, they were probably recipro
cating the attention shown those
five Italians in a Louisiana town
not long ago.
It is said that Mark Hanna is
going to take the stump in the Ohio
campaign. It will be a lucky thing
for the people of the country if
Mark will content himself with tak
ing the stump.
The new Atlantic steamer Oceanic
can accommodate 1,710 passengers
300 in first cabin, 410 in second cabin
nd 1,000 in the steerage in addi
tion to a crew of 390. As a troop
ship she could carry 3,000 soldiers.
Mr. Snialley, who corresponds
with the London Times, says "we
re sorry to lose Mr. Astor. We
pretend not to care bnt we do." Mr.
Smalley is if anything more British
that Astor, the difference being
that he has not become a British sub
ject. An Italian, who has been working
a it for fifteen years, will have on
exhibition at the Paris exposition a
music box which will be a daisy. It
ill take the place of a brass band,
string band, or any otjier sort of a
hand, and do the music jam np.
Orphan's Excarsioi.
The orphans of the Odd Fellows'
Home will be given, by the joint en
tertainment committee of the different
lodges in the city an excursion to
Carolina Beach on the steamer Wil
mington to-day. As many of the chil
dren as may find it eenvenient tOdo
BO will trn Hrtwn cm th n morninr boat.
nd the remainder will leave on the
3.30nVlrw.V .ft..r.swtn kv.t All fWd
Odd-i
Fellows and there friends are invited
to take the trip. The children will
rfocnto night, and with the excep
tion of BeTeral of the girls .who will
remain oxer in the city for a weekr
with friends, they will all leare for
their home to-morrow.
VOL. LXIV. NO. 133. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1899. WHOLE NO. 9,991
LOCAL DOTS.
There will be a meeting of the
Wilmington Medical Society to-night
at 8 o'clock at Dr. McMHlan'a office.
The steamer Driver did not
arrive on her regular schedule yester
day on account of low water. She
will be down to-day.
' The late Col. Thos. W. Strange
left an estate estimated to be worth
between $85,000 and $30,000. Of this,
$23,000 was in life insurance.
The funeral of the late Mrs.
Fannie W. VanAmringe will be con
ducted from the
Orange street, this morning at 10.30
uuocc xne interment will be in
Oak dale cemetery.
The Second Regiment Band
announces that there will be a moon
light excursion down the river to
night. The steamer Wilmington will
lere her wharf at 8 o'clock, and will
arrive on the return trip at 11 o'clock.
Eight cases, in which the de
fendants are charged with non-payment
of the dog tax, will come up for
a hearing at to-day's session of the
municipal court. Policeman Woebse
aerred the warrants yesterday after
noon. Two unimportant cases were
tried by the Mayor yesterday. James
Doater, colored, and James Doorman,
white, were the offenders; the former
by riding bicycle on the sidewalks,
and the latter by being drunk and
down.
Foreman B. R. Bussell, of En
gine Company No. 1, had his engine
and horses out yesterday for practice.
With sixty pounds of steam the en
gine gare a pressure of 120 pounds
from a cistern at corner Third and
Mulberry streets.
Mr. A. A. Pedneau, of Clark
ton, N. CL, has a card in thia morn
ing's Star expressing his grateful ap
preciation to the Masons of the city
in general, and Capt Jaa. W. Monroe
in particular, for kindness extended in
assisting with the burial of his brother,
Mr. E. 8. Pedneau, on Wednesday.
Sheriff Middleton, of Duplin
county, was here yesterday. He re
turned, carrying with him to the jail
at Kenanstille Joe Kelly, the negro
arrested Wednesday by Sheriff Mao
Bae on a capias from the clerk of the
court of Duplin county for non-payment
of coats.
The offices and rooms on the
second and third floors' of the Allen
building, on Princess street, are be
ing remodelled to giro more light
and ventilation, according to plans
and specifications drawn by Architect
EL E. Bonitz. The building is owned
by Mr. D. L. Gore.
Dr. McMillan, superintendent
of health, yesterday issued an or
der to parties interested that a sewer
which empties into Chetnut street
dock is thirty feet above the low
water mark, in. violation of the ordi
nance requiring sewers to be extend
ed to the low water mark, and that
the same must be remedied at once.
Yesterday was the first day
since the dawn of the new county
administration that New Hanover's
genial register of deeds, Mr. W. H.
Biddle, and his accommodating dep
uty, Mr. John McLaurin, have been
idle for a moment. There is absolute
ly a dearth of publie documents to be
recorded just at present.
Mr. H. E. Newbury, secretary,
requests the Star to state that the an
nual reunion of the veterans of Com
pany B, First battalion artillery, N. C
troop, will be held at Burgaw on Sep
tember 14th. Prominent speakers are
expected to address the people that
day.' Everybody is invited to come,
bring their baskets and have a grand
good time.
The board of deacons of South
side Baptist Church did not. extend a
call to the pastorate of that congrega
tion at its meeting last night. The an
nual conference of the church will be
held Monday night, and the matter
was deferred until that time. Rev. A.
L Ayer, of South .Carolina, will oc
cupy the pulpit at Southside for the
Sunday services.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Samuelear, Sr. For rent
W. B. Cooper New mullets.
Hall & Pearsall First arrival. -John
W. Plummer. Jr. Fruits.
A. A. Pedneau Card of thanks.
Second Beg. Band-Moonlight excu'n
The Wilmington Academy and Com
mercial College.
The Rowlaid Exconioa.
Nearly 600 negroes arrived here
w;.w mt 19! -an o'clock from
Rowland, going to Wrights-rill e
Beach on a special train. They came
up to the city about 4:30 o'clock. A
number of extra street cars were at
the depot with a negro brass band and
took large numbers or the excursion
ists to Hilton park where a dance was
to have been given but was not held
on account of the rain. At 8 o'clock
last night the excursion train left the
Frontjrtreet depot on the return trip
to Bowl"1 The excursion was .run
by A. T. Evans.
A Saccessfal Nimred. '
Mr. W. F. King, of Marlville.
Bladen county, claims the distinction
of tMin the most successful hunter in
this-eeetion. In a letter to the 8tar
yesterday
y enclosing his record, ne
. ... . Art A t 1 Vt
gays: 1 nave aiuea
foxes and 30 crows, up to June 28th,
1899. " The -record of course repre
sents the sum in toto of the number
killed durisg his life. He writes that
at one time in one trap he caught five
of the. foxes.
1 HE
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Mrs. Susan U McPherson Man
gled by a Wilmington Sea
coast Train.
AT 6 O'CLOCK LAST EVENING.
t)a Wrirktaville Beach Remains Bronxht
o the City on a Specisl Trala.
How the Accident Occurred.
Funeral This Afternoon.
One of the most horrible accidents
which has occurred in this section in
many a day, and one which has cast a
gloom over the entire city, was that
about 6 o'clock yesterday evening,
when Mrs. Susan L. McPherson, one
of Wilmington's most highly esteemed
ladies, was run over and killed by an
engine of the Wilmington Seacoast
railroad.
The accident occurred on Wrights
ville Beach, between the Seashore
Hotel and the Hall cottage next door
south from the hotel. The body was
fearfully mangled, one truck of the
locomotive having passed over her,
severing the right limb and leaving
the left limb attached to the body by
the merest shred.
How the Accident Occurred.
Mrs. McPfieraon has been spending
several days with her daughter, Mrs.
W.. H. Northrop, Jr., at her cottage
on Wrightsville Sound, and on yes
terday morning took Mrs. Northrop's
two small children (her grandchil
dren) over to Wrightsville Beach to
spend the day. It was her. purpose to
return with the children to Wrights
ville on the 6 o'clock train. With
this object in view, as the train came
down the beach taking up passengers
for the 6 o'clock trip, Mrs. McPherson,
accompanied by her two little grand
children, the nurse and her son-in-law,
Mr. W. H. Northrop, Jr., came
out of Mr. Samuel Northrop's cot
tage, two doors above the hotel, and
were walking down the plank walk
way to the hotel station to get on the
train.
. According to eye-witnesses, when
the train had gotten within possibly
ten or twelve feet of Mrs. McPherson
and her party, she in some unaccount
able way stepped or fell from the
board walk and fell across the track
under the wheels of the engine, which
was moving at about six miles an
hour.
The Enilneer's Statement.
The engineer, Mr. John H. Divine,
has made a statement in which he says
that at the time the accident occurred
his train was slowing up for the hotel
station and would not have gone more
than a hundred feet further; that he
saw Mrs. McPherson a little in ad
vance of the engine on the board walk;
that she apparently tried to pass
around the children in front of her,
tottered, and then fell toward the
track; that he closed the throttle,
and reversed the engine with all pos
sible force, not even taking time to
blow the dan jrer signal. Despite every
effort, however, the engine struck
the body and, whan the front wheel
passed over, it was dragged probably
twenty feet, having caught in some
way in the truck machinery.
Mr. Divine's statement is corrobor
ated by Miss Bessie Burruss, Mr. B. E.
Crawford and others who were eye
witnesses. Body Tsken Prom the Wheels.
Mr. Divine, the engineer, was the
first to reach the side of the engine
where Mrs. McPherson's mangled
form was, he having jumped down
from the engine before it came to a
standstill. He disentangled her as
tenderly as possible from the engine
truck. She was still alive, easped
severaltime and exclaimed, ."Please
chloroform me and let me go quick."
She repeated this entreaty twice before
she died. In the meantime Mr. North,
rop, Mr. C. B. Southerland and several
other gentlemen came to Mr. Divine's
assistance. The body was first put
upon the board walk to await the cor
oner's inquest, but was subsequently
carried to Mr. Samuel Northrop's cot
tage. Dr. Burbank was summoned
from Wrightsville and came over on a
hand car very soon after the accident.
Dr. J. S. Hall was also on the scene a
very few minutes after the accident
The Inquest Held.
Dr. Price, the coroner, went down to
the beach on the 7.15 train and, in
compliance with legal requirement,
as coroner held an inquest, during
which Mr. Divine, the engineer,made a
statement similar to that given above.
The jury consists of DuBrutz Cutlar,
Esq., Messrs. J. L. Peschau, H. B.
Peschau, C. B. Southerland, H. L.
Miller and Dr. J. S. HalL
The hearing before the jury will be
resumed at 9 o'clock this morning at
the court house. It is generally con-,
ceded that the accident was inevita
ble, and no blame is attached to any
one.
Remains Brought to the City.
At 9.30 o'clock last night a special
train came up from the beach to bring
the remains. Mr. Woolvin, the un
dertaker, was at the depot and super
intended the removal of the body to
Mrs. McPherson's late home on Sixth
street, between Market and Dock,
where members of the grief stricken
family, and many sympathetic friends
sadly awaited their coming.
The remains were accompanied from
the beach by Mr. Robert Northrop,
Mr. Penny Boatwright, Mr. J. H.
Hardin, Dr. Burbank, Capt. Oscar
Grant, Mr. G. Herbert Smith, Mr.
H. B. Peschau and Capt. Hinton. And
the train was In charge of Capt
H. G. Bowden, "who was also the con
ductor on the 6 o'clock train when
the accident occurred.
A Most Estimable Lady. ,
Mrs. Susan Lu MePnerson was the
Mo
a 1 " i.. - asa
widow of the late Jaa. B. McPherson,
and was a -most highly esteemed
and cultured lady. She ' was born
in ; Washington,- D. C. Feb. 28th,
1850, .being at the time of her death in
the fiftieth year of her age. Her par
ents were Mr. Launston B. and Mrs.
Augusta Lane Hardin. Both parents
died before she was 6 years of age and
she came to live with her grand par
ents on strawberry plantation near
Rocky Point.
The deceased was educated at St.
Mary's School at Raleigh, and was
united in marriage in 1867 to Mr. Jas.
B. McPherson.' Five daughters blessed
their union. They are Mrs. J, Harry
Boatwright, of Portsmouth, Va. ; Mrs.
J. A. Everett, Jr., Mrs. W. H. North
rop, Jr., and Misses Eliza and Rosa Mc
Pherson, all of whom reside in the
city.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs.
McPherson and daughters have re
sided with Mrs. McPherson's brother,
Mr. J. EL Hardin. The deceased has
another brother, Col. M. B. Hardin,
professor of chemistry in the Clem
son Agricultural College at Clemson,
S. C.
Mrs. McPherson has for many years
been a faithful member of St James'
Episcopal Church; she was a devoted
Christian and an affectionate mother,
possessing in abundance those charm
ing traits of character which mark a
true woman in all the relations of
life.
The funeral will be from St James'
Episcopal Church at 5 o'clock this
afternoon, thence to Oakdale ceme
tery. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Boatwright
are expected here from Portsmouth
at 12.05 to-day.
It will be impossible for Col. Har
din, of South Carolina, to reach here
in time for the funeral.
RECEPTION LAST NIGHT
BY LETITIA LODGE.
Given in Honor of Visiting Odd Fel
low Orphans From the Hone at
Qoldsboro.
A large number of the Odd Fellows
of the city and their friends were de
lightfully entertained last evening at
the hall of Hanover" Lodge No. 145,
I. O. O. F., the occasion being a re
ception by Letitia Lodge No. 3, Daugh
ters of Bebekah, to the party of forty
or more orphans from the Odd Fellows'
Orphanage at Qoldsboro, who are
spending a week in the city and at the
beaches, the guests of the Wilmington
lodges.
During the progress of the reception,
"Open Hand Lodge No. 183," com
posed of members of the party of chil
dren, conferred the Bebekah degree
on a candidate, which evoked no end
of applause from the audience and
afforded much merriment both for
lodge people and for the uninitiated.
The exercises opened with a selec
tion by the Atlantic Mandolin Club,
composed of Messrs. Joseph Lough
lin, Tony Hugenrother, Walter Mc
Cartney, Fred Dock and Jno. Batson,
which was followed by the patriotic
and inspiring air, "Carolina," by the
children.
Mr. George Hewlett impersonated
the "Old Plantation Negro," and re
cited the "Old Virginia Darkey,"
which was one of the best received
numbers on the programme.
At the close ot the exercises, Mr.
Marcus W. Jacobi, who is taking an
especially active pari? in providing en
tertainment for the children, pre
sented in behalf of Letitia Lodge a
very pretty china dish, cup and saucer
to each of the orphans and made a
brief address appreciative of the en
thusiasm manifested by all the Odd
Fellows in the city and especially by
the Daughters of Bebekah in making
this a pleasant visit for the sons and
daughters of their deceased brothers.
He also publicly thanked the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Seacoast and Street
Bailway (Jompanys and Capt J. W.
Harper, of the steamer Wilmington,
for favors shown in the way of trans
portation; Mrs. W. E. Mayo, of the
Ocean View Hotel for kindness shown
the children while at Wrightsville
and to Mr. W. A. Farriss, of the
Palace Bakery, who generously offered
to serve cream free of cost to the chil
dren who would visit his parlors on
Market street
Refreshments consisting of ice
cream and cake were served to the at
tendants upon the exercises by a com
mittee from Letitia Lodge, who had
charge of all arrangements for the re
ception. The committee was com
posed of Mrs. A. M. Bowen, Mrs. W.
M. Hurst, Mrs. E. H. Batson and
Miss Bettie Futch.
Mrs. Bertha Davis, of the Home,
was organist for the evening.
The Weather.
The highest point reached by the
"aspiring fluid" at the Weather Bu
reau for the twenty-four hours ending
yesterday morning was 91 degrees,
several degrees higher than the maxi
imum for the day before, but very ap
preciably lower "than at other
points in the Wilmington district
Those who are of a selfish turn of
mind, and those who take pleasure in
knowing that everybody is as uncom
fortable as they are, will learn with
peculiar delight that their neighbors
in adjoining towns are no better off
than Wilmingtonians. In Charlotte
it was 94; Cheraw, 8. C, -100; Flor
ence, Ik; Tarboro, 92; Lumberton,
93; Greensboro, 91; Newborn, 92;
Raleigh, 92. The minimum tempera
ture at Wilmington yesterday was 76.
The East Carolina Real Estate Agency
is prepared to give prompt andefficient
service to all persons wishing to sell
farms or town property. Address R.
G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C. t
RNING
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
:. Mr: E. M. Farrior, of Chaf
lotte, is registered at The Orton.
Mr. and Mrs. James Madden
are spending some time at Carolina
Beach.
i f
J. T, Bland, Esq., of Burgaw,
was in the city yesterday on profes
sional business.
lrs. L. Bluenthenthal and
child, left yesterday morning for Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Mr. Bobert Broadhurst, of
Seven Springs, was here yesterday, re
turning from Whiteville.
Lumberton Robesonian: Mr.
F. W. Dick, of Wilmington, spent
Sunday and Monday here with his
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Springer
left yesterday for Bock Bridge Alum
Springs, Va , where they will spend
several weeks.
John H. Gore, Esq., returned
yesterday from a business and pleas
ure trip to the mountains of Western
North Carolina.
Miss Josie Carroll, oLClinton,
and Miss Pauline Baptiste, of Boyd
ton, Va., are spending some time in
the city the guests of relatives.
Mrs. E. G. Polley and children
left yesterday for Wallace, where
they will remain for some time the
guests of Mrs. Polley 's neice, Mrs
E. J. Carr.
Mr. John Frank, manager of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's office in this city, has returned
from a visit to his old home in Vir
ginia. Mrs. Frank will not return for
some time yet
Mr. Geo. B. Edwards is in the
city the guest of his brother, My. J. D.
Edwards, the efficient ticket agent at
the A. C. L. depot He is en route to
his home in Qoldsboro from Macon,
Ga., where he 'took a course in a well
known business college of that city.
CLYDE STEAMER ONEIDA.
She Will Clear From New York Sun
day Particulars of Accident Which
Befel Her.
Mr. EL G. Smallbones. agent of the
Clyde Steamship Company in this city,
yesterday received a telegram from the
home office saying that the propeller
shaft of the Oneida, which was re
ported broken near Abe scorn, New
Jersey, in the Stab's press dispatches
Wednesday night, had been repaired,
and the steamer would clear from New
York for Wilmington Sunday.
A special dispatch from Atlantic
City to the Baltimore Sun gives the
following additional particulars re
garding the accident :
Atlantic City, N. J., August 22.
The " Clyde steamship Oneida, Cap
tain Staples,lies at anchor off this city,
with her propeller shaft broken, after
weathering out the recent hurricane
off Cape Hatteras.
The steamer was bound from Wil
mington, N. C, to New York, and was
due Tuesday. Chief Mate Grant Bun
nell, an assistant engineer and four
seamen rowed ashore' this afternoon
and telegraphed for wrecking tugs.
The Merritt, from New York, and the
Pioneer, from the Breakwater, arrived
later,
-Before leaving .for New York Mate
Bunnell said the accident to the pro
peller occurred at 5 o'clock this morn
ing, when 15 miles southeast of Ab
secom Lighthouse. The inner shaft
suddenly snapped, leaving the propel
ler useless. Captain Staples anchored
at once, and at 10 o'clock the landing
party left the vessel, reaching shore
five hours later.
Bunnell said Captain Staples had
laid over at WilminfftoiTon learning
of the hurricane. Believing its re
ported speed of 40 miles a day would
take it far ahead of his vessel, he re
mained there but one day. The hur
ricane overtook the Oneida near the
Frying Pan Lightship. High seas
swept the decks clean, and the deck
rails from amidships aft were torn
away. The Oneida carried a general
cargo, but no passengers.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
Wilmlnrion Academy and Business Col
lege, J. H. Harnly nnd A. J. Howell,
Jr., Principals.
Attention is directed to the announc
tnent of the Wilmington Academy
and Commercial College, Messrs. J.
H. Harnly and Andrew J. Howell,
Jr., principals. The sessio will open
September 1st They announce that
they will have a thoroughly equipped
school and there is every prospect
that they will enroll a large number
of students. Provision will be made
for thorough courses in shorthand,
typewriting, book-keeping, elocution,
vocal and instrumental music, and
other studies taught by experienced
instructors.
Prof. Harnly, recently of Illinois,
is an educator of several years experi
ance and Mr. Howell, who is a native
of Wilmington is thoroughly qual
ified for thb responsibilities of princi
palship. They will also have gradu
ate specialists to teach various studies
of the curriculum.
UNIFORM IN WEIGHT.
Mr. B. J. Williamson, of Darling
ton, 8. C, writes:
"My experience with the 24x54 press
box. I wish to say that I am pleased
with it in every way. It makes a neat
bale, which n easily handled, and I
have had no trouble in putting up any
desired weight I fully realize the im
portance of having cotton put in bales
uniform in size, and as near uniform
in weight as possible. The cost of
changing press box is so very small
that it seems the ginners generally
could be prevailed on to do so. In
this vicinity nearly all of the presses
have been changed. I am glad that
an effort is being made at last to give
our cotton to the manufacturers in
better shape, and hope it will be ac
complished outside of the trust"
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NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
Corporation Commission Secur
ing Affidavits For Use in
Tax Injunction Case.
RAILROADS ALSO AT WORK.
Bay River Transportation Company Char
- tered New Cotton Patal Accidents.
Recruiting Por Service in the
Philippines.
Special Star Correspondence.'
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 24.
Members of the North Carolina
Corporation Commission have been
invited to attend a conference of the
Civic Federation of Chicago, to be held
in that city, Sept. 12-16, for the pur
pos of studying trusts their uses and
abuse, embracing the subject of trans
portation, labor, industrial and com
mercial combinations.
The Bay River Transportation Com
pany has been chartered to run a line
of steamers from Bayboro to Newborn
and intermediate points, and conduct
a general water transportation busi
ness. Its capital stock is $7,000 to
$15,000 and the incorporators are J. F.
Co well, S. W. Ferrebee, W. H. Saw
yer and A. B. Campen.
New Cotton.
The first bale of cotton received on
this market this season came in yes
terday (August 23). It was raised by
Mr. J. Walter Hyatt, , of Johnston
county.
Cotton dealers and speculators here
place little of no confidence in Neill's
estimate of this season's cotton crop.
Instead of a 12,000,000 bale crop they
thins: it will be nearer 10,000.000 bales,
and they are trading on this basis.
A new bank was yesterday opened
for business at Youngsville.
. The premium list for the State Fair
will be issued in a few days. The
prospects for the fair this year are
very bright
None of the convicts who escaped
from the penitentiary Monday morn
ing has yet been caught.
It is reported here that Dr. P. L.
Murphy, superintendent of the insane
asylum at Morganton, contemplates
resigning:, to take charge of a private
sanitarium at Asheville.
Service in the Philippines.
There seems to be little trouble here
and at Greensboro to enlist men for
service in the Philippines. Lieut.
Settle, the recruiting officer, says the
number enlisted by him will be larger
than last month.
Much activity is now shown both by
the Corporation Commission and by
the railroads in the matter of securing
affidavits to be used in the tax injunc
tion case to be tried at Asheville, Sep
tember 13th, before Judge Simonton.
The Corporation Commission is get
ting affidavits of assessors and others
who swear that private property is
taxed at its full value. The railroad
seeks affidavits setting forth that the
tax valuation of private property is
much below its real value.
Pryor Wicker, day watchman at the
Cumnock: coal mines, while carelessly
handling a pistol, shot himself in the
eye. He cannot ljve.
Suit for Damages.
A suit for $6,000 has been brought
by C. D. Wilkie against the Raleigh
and Cape Fear Railroad, for injuries
sustained by Wilkie while in the em
ploy of the railroad.
State Immigration Agent Thompson
is informed that a large colony of
Dunkards (German Baptists) have de
cided to come to North Carolina this
Fall to settle. They will locate in the
Piedmont section of the State. They
are good farmers and make prosperous
desirable settlers.
Special Star Telegram.
The City Treasurer to-day received a
check for $106,080.55, the net amount
derived from the recent sale of $100,
000 four per cent, street improvement
bonds. They were sold on July 15th
to Dennison, Pryor & Co., Cleveland.
A Fatal Accident.
Samuel Cook, secretary and treas
urer of the new cotton mill now being
built at Avalon, Rockingham county,
was last night killed by jumping from
a passenger train near Avalon. The
train was moving faster than he sup
posed, and he fell, striking his head
against a wheel.
Lieut Settle, recruiting officer here,
to-night received a telegram from As
sistant Adjutant General Ward, au
thorizing him to make enlistments for
the ten additional regiments of in
fantry volunteers to be organized for
service in the Philippines. His in
structions are : "Authorized to make
enlistments under general orders to
150, for 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th in
fantry volunteers, as applicants-elect,
and send to respective regimental
rendezvous. Send recruits having no
choice to nearest regiment."
AL 0. FIELD'S MINSTRELS
Will Open the Theatrical Season on Next
Friday Night.
Mr. J. T. Doyle, advance agent of
the Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels,
season of 1899-1900 paid the Stab
office a very pleasant call yesterday.
He is in the city preparing the way for
the coming of this superb company of
artists in minstrelsy on September: 1st
when they will open the Wilmington
theatrical season, giving grand street
parade at 11:30 A. M., and a perform
ance at night
The spectacular first part of the AL
G. Field performance for this season,
entitled "A Nignt in the Park," is a
thing of beauty. The entire stage is
set with special scenery representing
the garden of the Tuilleries. All the
arbors, nooks and avenues are truth
fully portrayed. Paris is seen in the
distance. The picture is illuminated
by five hundred electric lights. ' It is
claimed the first part setting of the Al.
G. Field Greater Minstrels is the most
expensive set of stage scenery ever
used.
The East Carolina Real Estate
Agency has excellent facilities for
selling farms and timbered lands.
It advertises all property and makes
only a nominal . cnaree unless a sale is
made. For terms etc., address B. G.
Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C. , ,
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GREAT 'GATHERING OF
WHITE MEN AT CLINTON.
Proposed- Amendment to the Constitution
Ensuring White Supremacy Dis
cussed and Explained
Special Star Correspondence.
CiJNTOir, N. C, August 24.
There was a ' great gathering of
white men in Clinton to-day to hear
a discussion of the constitutional
amendment Hon. K W. Pou, of
Smithfield, and Gov. Jarvis, spoke.
The audience was in sympathy with
the speakers and the amendment,
ensuring white supremacy a victory
when the question comes to a vote in
Sampson.
Mr. Pou had lust concluded his
speech when this report was mailed
Governor Jarvis is now speaking.
The following is a synopsis of
Mr. Pqu's Speech.
The welfare of our State brines us
together this day. We must con
struct for the good of our State.
The great battle of '98 has gone into
history. Partisan passion has given
way to a cool determination on the
part of the white people of thf State
never to submit to negro domination
again. They have determined even
more than this. They have resolved
that the vicious and irresponsible
negro vote must be eliminated from,
politics.
I can understand how good men can
divide upon questions of economic
policy. I can understand how they
may divide upon, the great financial
questions which have engaged the at
tention of our people, but I cannot
understand how any good man, no
matter what his party may be, can
hesitate to support a measure which
will save him and his children from
the danger and humiliation of negro
rule.
A Social Question.
The amendment presents a social,
not a political question. The highest
ambition of every man finds its em
bodiment in his offspring. We must
live for our children. Only" the sel
fish man lives for himself alone. In
stead of becoming selfish as the years
go by, the race question has each year
become more dangerous since the ig
norant negro was permitted to cast his
first vote.
He was not fitted to vote in 1868.
He is not fit to vote now. The ballot
has been his curse. The Republican
politician has been his worst enemy.
The ballot has given him hope which
could never be fulfilled. It has
aroused in his breast aspirations born
to disappointment. It has given him
a false conception of his place in, so
ciety. It has impaired his usefulness
as a laborer. It has incited the crimi
nal to commit crime. It has been a
dismal failure in every sense of the
word.
To remove this class of our popu
lation, as a political factor, will be a
service to them as well as to the State.
It must, it will be done.
Does Not Violate Constitution.
The fifth section does not violate the
Constitution of the United States. It
does not discriminate against "race,
color, or previous condition of servi
tude." It does discriminate against
incompetency, unfitness and inexperi
ence in public affairs. Many of the
Northern States have discriminated
against these very things. Such laws
haye been' held constitutional there ;
why not here?
No white man born on American
soil will be disfranchised by this
amendment. Do not let Republican
office-sekers fool you.
The poor and the ignorant white
man cannot afford to trust that party.
It is his enemy. It takes the product
of his labor and gives it to the rich. It
widens the breach between the rich
and the poor. Its policy makes mil
lionaires and paupers. , It offers no
opportunity for an American middle
class. It degrades the poor and igno
rant It puts their children on the
level of the negro. It has even given
the negro a voice in the management
of white schools. You cannot trust
that party if you would be decent and
respectable, andVif you hope for your
children to occupy a little better posi
tion in life than you do. .
For the flood of tmfState.
Let us not f orget this revolution is
being wrought for the good of our
State. It should not be used to advance
the political ambition of any man.
It is of small consequence who fills the
offices, if we get capable good men.
Let no differences enter among us to
endanger the success of this great
measure.
Let us bury the differences of the
past, and let us all strive to attain to
the very highest plane of patriotism.
And, when the amendment is engraft
ed upon the organic, law of the State,
we shall have peace and enjoy a period
of industrial prosperity hitherto un
known in the annals of our State.
Scavengers In Trouble.
Mr. Geo. H. Hutaff was tried by
Justice McGowan yesterday for an
assault with a deadly weapon, to wit,
a gun, upon S. P. Shiver and Thomas
Payne, both colored scavengers em
ployed by Mr. W. B. Slocum. The
evidence showed that the negroes went
unbidden upon the premises of Mr.
Hutaff, neft adjoining his residence
near corner Seventh and Chesnut
streets, about 3 o'clock Wednesday
morning, for the purpose of executing
an order of the Health Department to
place the premises in a sanitary con
dition. Mr. Hutaff, not understand
ing the mission of the negroes, and
having been the loser on several occa
sions by reason of the visits of sneak
thieves, drew his gun and with very
little parleying made them depart
instanter. Justice McGowan held that
the defendant was not guilty and he
was discharged. The case came, over
from the police court.
No Liar.
The Stab commends the following
from the Household Words to its
friends, the piscatorial prevaricators of
Wilmington:
Walton (to fishmonger) Just throw
me half a dozen of those trout Fisher
man Throw them? Walton Yes;
then I can go home and tell my wife
I caught 'em. I may be a poor fisher
man, Dut I'm no liar. .-
DIED.
McPHERSOIf August 84th, SUSAN I. HO
P BLEB SON, aged 49 years 8 months.
Funeral will be held from the residence of J.
HI Hardin, thence from St. James' Church at S
P. M to Oakdale Cemetery. Friends and ac
quaintances respectfully invited to attend.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.:
C.
SOne Tear, by Mail, $6.00
X Six Months. 8.50
V Three Months, 1.25 ;
S Two Months, . " 1.00 '
Delivered to Snbacrlbera In tb
X City at 45 Cents per Blomth.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
V0LLERS & HASHAGEN,
PROVISIONS
Wholesale only. Do not sell
consumers or farmers. ,
We are the people. We under
sell competition and guarantee
satisfaction. Get our prices and
save yourself money.
We Sell D. S. Rib Sides.
D. S. Rib Bellies.
D. S. Backs and Butts.
Smoked Bellies.
Smoked Picnic Hams.
Pure Leaf Lard &c.
We are distributors for Powell, Smith Co.'s
celebrated brands of Cigars.
Cuban Blossom Cigars,
Renown Cigars,
Topical Twist Head Cigars,
Santa Bana Cigars.
aug 13 tf
BAGGING AMD TIES.
500 HOLLS BAQING
600 BUNDI,ES TIES-
X600 LBS FRE8H MULLETS.
1 Qnn BUSHELS" PURE VA. WATER
XOUU GROUND HEAL.
100 8ACKS GBIT8-
OHO BBLS RED SEAL FLOUR HALF
OUU PATENT.
200 BBLS FULI pATKNT-
gQ BOXES CANDY.
40 PAILS MIXED CANDY.
10 BBL8 8TICK CANDY-
200 BOXE3 FRE8H CAKES.
j 00 CASES 8TAB LTE
100 CASE3 T0MS0N LTB
200 CAt3ES MENDLES0N LYK-
WESC0TT & STONE,
Wholesale Grocers.
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F
OR .
RIDAY & SATURDAY'S
Choice Goods in
CALIFORNIA PEACHES,
CALIFORUIASRAPES,
CALIFORNIA PLUMS,
FLORIDA PINEAPPLES,
Mountain Apples. Aspenwaff
Bananas.
FINE LADIES' WHEEL CHEAP.
'PHONE YOUR ORDERS
FOR ICE CREAM.
JNO. W. PLUMMER, Jr.,
Next to southeast corner Second and Princess
streets. Inter-State 'Phone 132. aug 85 tf
NEW MULLETS.
7500 pounds New Mullets.
173 Picnic Cheese.
1140 barrels Flour.
286 boxes Fresh Cakes.'
140 bags Wheat Bran.
850 bushels Peanuts.
140 boxes Candy.
310 barrels Sugar.
280 bags R. P. Oats.
110 cases Oysters.
140 cases Sardines.
100 cases Salmon.
89 cases Tomatoes.'
140 cases Beef.
oo cases f ottea nam.
W. B. COOPER,
s'toolesale Grocer,
aug 85 tf Wilmington. N. C.
That Desirable Store,
313 North Front street,
between Mulberry and Walnut,
Immediate Possession Given.
Apply to
SAMUEL BEAR, Sr.,
aug 25 tf
IS Market street.
THE WILMINGTON ACADEMY AND
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
J. H. HARNLY.
ANDREW J. HOWELL, JB.,
Principals.
Will enroll students from September 1st.
It offers the most careful instruction in
academic studies and thorough training In
Shorthand, Typewriting. Bookkeeping, etc.;
also, courses in Elocntlon. Vocal and Instru
mental Music taught by experienced instruc
tors. For information apply to
THE PRINCIPALS,
aug 25 2W Y. M. C. A Building.
FIRST ARRIVAL.
86
half
barrels
First Catch Mullets
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOB BALE BY
HALL & PEARSALL.
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Moonlight Excursion.
The Second Regiment Band will run a Moon
light Excursion down the river to-night on the
Bteamer Wilmington, tearing the Market street
wharf at 8 o'clock and arriving In the city on
the return trip at 11 o'clock. Music by the
Band and the Carolina Mandolin Club. Ice
Cream served at popular prices. Fare for the
round trip 85 cents. aug. 85 It
A Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my grateful appreciation
to my brother Masons, and especially brother
James W. Monroe, and friends who so kindly
assisted me In the burial of my brother, E. B.
Pedneau. May God's richer blessings beyours.
aug OS It A. A. PEDNEAU .
Odd Fellows' Excursion to
Carolina Beach
On steamer Wilmington, Friday. 86th.
Children from Home will go down on 8 o'clock
t)Ofttr
MARCUS W. JACOBI, Chairman,
E. F. JOHNSON, Secretary, ,
aug24 2t Joint Committee.
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