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OUTLINES.
Puerto Plata, with other towns ifl.
5an Domingo, has surrendered to the
Evolutionists. Gen. Joe Wheeler
has been ordered to report to Gen.
jc Arthur; he will command Gen,
Funston's brigade. Weather Bu
reau reports rust and shedding, and
general deterioration or cotton.
four troop3 of cavalry hare taken the
place of the infantry at Darien, Qa. ;
jhe trial of the rioters begins to day.
government troops in San Do
mingo defeated with heary loss
ia contlicts with revolutionists.
Secretary Root is overwhelmed with
applications for appointments for
wrviee ia the Philippine island.
Capt. Barnes, who was shot near
Wilson. N. C, died yesterday; J. J.
jeferson, a white tenant on Barnes'
firm, has been arrested, charged with
the murder. The McLean men
will control the Ohio State Demo
cratic Convention, which meets to-day.
A Georgia grand jury has found true
bills against a number of white men
charged with white capping outrages
oa negroes. N.Y. markets: Money on
call steady at 2K3 per cent, last loan
being at 3 per cent ; cotton quiet, mid
dling uplands 6.0; flour weak and
d all : wheat spot weak, No. 2 red 75 c ;
oru spot weak, No. 2 3Sc; rosin
drmer; spirits turpentine steady at 47)4
WEATHER REPORT.
U. S. Dkp't or Agriculture,
Weather Bureau,
WiuiixaTOS, N. C, August 29. )
Temperatures: 8 A. M., 71 degrees,
3 P. M , 74 decrees ; maximum, 77 de
grees: minimum. 69 degrees; mean, 73
decrees.
Rainfall for the day, .16; rainfall
since 1st of the month up to date, 5.30
inches.
ttae of water iu the river at Fay
etienlle at 3 A.M., 1.6 feet
COTTOX REGION BULLETIN.
Mi-'h cwler weather prevailed from
the 'lusisiippi valley eastward, with
genera! rains, the falls being particu
lar heavy in South Carolina and
Eastern Georgia and Florida. Rain
continues in th9 immediate coast dis
tricts and clear weather prevails else
where. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
vVashixgtojt, Auz. 29. For North
Civ:T Brisk northeastry winds,
if.)u.v high on the coast
Port AlaanM -August SO.
Sua liises 5.32 A. M.
Sin Sets . . 6.28 P. M.
Diy L-ijfth . . 12 H. 26 M.
H:;i W.iter t Southport 3.51 P M
il'i'i W'ir. Wilmington 7 21 P. M.
The f i;: iht the Match Trust
has ru:i the prico of matches up
aboa: double may provoke some
aalphtirous remarks.
A thousand vessels cross the At
lantic every month from American
torts, some of them twice a month,
and not a half dozen of them carry
the American nag.
Tn-ro ia a man in Pittsburg, Pa.,
who broke two of a young woman's
ribs by hard squeezing and then
was meaa enough to refuse to pay
the Dr. 'a bill for splicing.
'ieneral Otis has applied the Chi
nese exclusion laws to the Philip
pines. And yet they tell us that the
Philippines will be ruined without
cheap Chinese labor.
Of the 100,000 Quakers, or
friends, a3 they call themselves
in the United States, 5,G00 are in
-North Carolina, and they are among
the best people in the State.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
speaking of the Dreyfus affair, says
France is misunderstood. Very
l&ely, and the probabTIitiea are
that France does' not understand
hers,-!f.
A train on the New York Central
Railway consisting of two ordinary
pisaengor cars, one buffet and one
parlor car, recently made a lively
ran, making part of the time from
to I'i miles an hour.
One of the largest corporations in
'his country has just been licensed
'a Chicago. It is the "Towarzstwo
iliodziencow Sw Kazimierza Krole
ifzaprzy Kosciele Sw Stanislawa
fra'iupa I. Meczennilla." We do
not know exactly what this is, but
't must be an immense concern.
Mr. Wm. Henry Ijams was a jam
UP sticker. For forty-six years he
u in. the service of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad, and for thirty
Jeara its treasurer, during which
time he handled as much as $25,
.000,000 a year. He resigned a short
while ago and at the age of seventy
leTen ia in jam up health.
Hatt R. Spencer, the originator
f the Spencerian system of penman
8bip, never saw a piece of writing
Pper until after he was 8 years old.
tte did hia first writing on the walla
f nouses, on the bark of trees and
n the Band. The first penny he
eyer had was invested in a sheet of
Paper.
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LOCAL DOTS.
Ed. Jefferson, colored, was
arrested by the police yesterday for an
assault He will be tried to day.
Mr. D. McEachern caught a
monster drum fish on Carolina Beach
yesterday. It measured about three
feet in length.
The regular, bona fide circula
tion of The Morkiko Stab is much
larger than that of any other daily
newspaper published in Wilmington.
Colonel Walker Taylor was
elected first vice president of the State
Fire Underwriter's Association at its
annual meeting in Greensboro last
week.
Mr, N. Li. Smith, manager of
the local branch of Ludden & Bates'
Southern Music House, has an adver
tisement of interest to prospective buy
ers in the Stab to-day. The local
office is 109 Dock street
The ambulance horse at the
Marine Hospital was incapactated for
service yesterday morning by step
ping on a nail on Front street in front
of Messrs. Holmes & Walters' store.
The steamer E. A. Hawes ar
rived early yesterday morning from
Clear Run. She will clear at about
10 o'clock this morning. The Driver
arrived from Fayetteville late last
evening.
The big presses at the Cham
pion cotton compress will be started
up today. However, regular work
will not begin for a day or two yet,
the object of running to-day being
principally to test the machinery.
Four hundred and seventy
three bales of cotton were received on
the Wilmington market yesterday,
472 of which came in over the W. C.
& A. railroad. The price remains
quiet at 5 cents for middling against
5J cents on the corresnonding day
last year.
It is probable that Col. A. M.
Waddell will take part in the great
Kentucky campaign this Fall. He
has been invited to do so by Senator
Blackburn who is a personal friend of
CoL Waddell. Reference to this
matter was inadvertantly omitted from
yesterday's Star.
Probably the last excursion
under the management of Hatch Bros.,
-of Mount Olive, will arrive from
Goldsboro this morning and the party
will be taken on a special train on the
Seacoast road to the beach. Passen
gers will be taken on from Goldsboro
to Rose Hill exclusively.
The Stab is informed that Al.
G. Field, Tommy Donnelly. Doc
Suigley and Billy Everhart, all mem
bers of AL G. Field's Greater Minstrels
will attend the ball game Friday after
noon between the Portsmouth and
Wilmington teams as the guests of
John. W. Blomme, of this city.
John Robinson, colored, was
sent to jail by Justice Fowler yester
day afternoon to await trial by the
Criminal Court for larceny. He is
charged with breaking into a chest
and stealing a number of carpenter's
tools from Sam Jones, also colored.
He admitted the theft and said he
turned the goods over to a man on one
of the sharpies on the river.
The schooner John C. Smith,
Capt Kneeland, arrived yesterday af
ternoon from New York with a cargo
of salt for Messrs. Worth Co., and
Hall & PearsalL This is the first trip
of Capt Kneeland to this port in about
fifteen years. He was here on the
Sarah L. Davis at the time of the
destructive fire on Water and Nutt
streets about that number of years ago.
NEW ADVEBTTSKMKNT8
Race Carolina Yacht Club.
E. M. Green Card in denial.
N. L. Smith Pianos and organs.
The Star Young printer wanted.
Jno. W. Plummer Just received.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. J. D. Leigler, of Eloree,
S. C, is in the city.
Mr. E. F. Gordon, of South
port, came up yesterday on a business
trip.
Mr. T. W. Bass, of Latta,
S. C, was among yesterday's arrivals
in the city.
Mr. E. H. Walton, of Spark
man, is among the wholesale purchas
ers in the city.
Mr. David Brown, of Buie,
Robeson county, was here yesterday,
making business calls.
Mr. R. J. Hester, a prominent
business man of Elizabethtown, is in
the city on a business trip.
Mrs. R. F. Ottaway and Miss
Bessie Ottaway, of Brunswick, are on a
visit to Mrs. J. E. Nelms.
Mr. Irvy Taylor left yesterday
afternoon for Davidson, N. C, where
he will enter the North Carolina
Medical College as a student
Mr. 0. J. Carroll, ex-United
State marshal, and at present pro
prietor of the Carrolton Hotel, Ra
leigh, is registered at The Orton.
Mr. V. S. Stevens, of South
port, who has been" spending a vaca
tion of a week or ten days at Blowing
Rock, was here yesterday, returning
to his home.
Mr. E. T. Pullen, of Rocky
Point, was a visitor in the city yester
day. He recently returned from an
extended business trip to points in the
North and West
Mr. T. B. Eldridge, of the
editorial staff of the Raleigh Post, is
in the city for a few days and was a
Stab visitor last evening. We were
glad to see the "old boy."
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NO NEWS FROM SLOAN
The Absent Cashier of the Wil
mington Sayings and Trust
Company.
NO CHARGE AGAINST HIM.
Not Believed Qailty of Any Criminal Act.
Confidence in Bank Absolutely Re
storedLarge Deposits Yester
day Usual Business.
Absolute confidence in the un
shaken condition of the Wilmington
Savings and Trust Company, and in
the announcement by the president
and tho directors that the bank has
lost nothing by the departure of
Cashier George Sloan, has certainly
been established, as was clearly dem
onstrated yesterday, especially by the
fact that the deposits received during
bankiog hours were very much in
excess of checks cashed, and that
quite a number of tho3e who drew
out their deposits under stress of the
flurry of excited apprehension caused
by the discovery of the absence of the
cashier Monday re deposited their
money during the day.
The b ink did the usual routine of
business yesterday, and any one call
ing at the banking house during the
day and not aware of the conditions
which existed on the day previous
could scarcely believe that so complete
and highly gratifying a change could
have taken place in so short a time.
The bank was, however, prepared for
any emergency which might have
arisen, having at hand ample currency
to pay any and all depositor who
might apply for withdrawal and that
too with the bank's own funds.
While it was not necessary to accept
a single tender of financial aid Presi
dent Norwood and the directors very
much appreciate numerous offers of
assistance from banks of neighboring
cities in this and other States. A
notable telegram from an individual
was that received early in the day
from Mr. Harry Walters who is vice
president of the bank. It was ss fol
lows: Newport, R I., August 29.
Mr. J. W. Norwood, Wilmington:
Wire me at the Cloisters, Newport,
if you want me to send you money.
1 will supply whatever may be re
quired. (Signed) H. Walters.
The BIjt Safe Opened.
About 3:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon Mr. Thos. Torpy, master
machinist at the A. C. L c r shop,
assisted by Thos. Castine a helper at
the shops, forced open the big safe in
the bank, the combination to which is
kaown only to Mr. Sloan the absent
cashier. Iu opening the safe Mr.
Torpy tried to use an explosive but
was unsuccessful, having fiaally
forced the door open by knock
ing off the knob and rolling back
the main spindle of the lock. It
was in the safe thus opened that
the cash balance of last Saturday's
deposits the, last received by the ab
sent cashier, was believed to be, to
gether with certain securities, etc , the
cash amounting to $807.
President Norwood found the cash
and securities all intact, so that there
is every indication that Mr. Sloan
had misappropriated no funds at all.
The cash accounts were found to be
carefully adjusted, Mr. Sloan having
charged against the cash his salary
due up to Saturday.
No News From Mr. Sloan.
No tidings whatever were received
from Mr. Sloan, the absent cashier
yesterday. A movement has been in
augurated by his relatives and friends
in conjunction with a certain secret
order of which he is a highly esteemed
member, to ascertain his whereabouts
and get him to return to the city. It
is still the general opinion that he is in
some way demented, wherever he may
be. There are many who believe he
will very soon return to the city of his
own accord. Wby he should have
left the city as he did when no crimi
nal charge is made against him is a
great mystery.
Board of Survey.
A board of survey to determine
what disposition to make of the
schooner Nellie Floyd, which was
damaged in a collision with a mud
scow down the river a few days ago,
was held yesterday, but the report and
conclusions arrived at are witheld
from publication and will be forwarded
to trf owners at New York with
recommendations. The board con
sisted of Capt. Edgar D. Williams,
port warden ; Mr. L. EL Skinner, ship
carpenter; and Mr. Robt Beery, rep
resenting the Underwriter's Agency.
No Place Like Wilmington.
Mr. Junius Whitaker, who has been
in the city and on Wrightsville Beach
and Sound the past several weeks, will
leave this morning for his home in
Winston. He is a son of Editor J. B.
Whitaker, Jr., of the Winston-Salem
Sentinel. Like every one else who
gets a taste of genuine "lower Cape
Fear hospitality," inhales the balmy
sea breezes and takes a dip into our
matchless surf, he is convinced that
there is no place like Wilmington
either for permauent residence or a
Summer resort
Seaboard Air Line.
Parties availing themselves of the
cheap rate offered by the Seaboard
Air Line to Philadelphia the latter
part of this week will have an oppor
tunity to visit Niagara Falls at a very
low rate. The Pennsylvania Rail
road will run a special train from
Philadelphia to Niagara Fall on the.
7th at a low rate, enabling those who
desire, to visit the great curiosity. Ap
ply at office of Thos. D. Meares, Gen
eral Agent, for information.
Morn
WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30,
AUGUST RACE TO BE
RE-SAILED TO-DAY.
Followed by a Brilliant Dance To-night.
Carolina Club Honse Will Close
September 15th.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Au
gust race by the Carolina Yacht Club
will be re-sailed over the club's course
in Bank's Channel, Wrightsville
Beach, and following the race will
be a brilliant dance in the club
house, continuing until 11 o'clock.
This will be the last dance Carolina
Club will give this season, the an
nouncement being authoritatively
made that the club house will be
closed on September 15th.
All boats which enter the races this
afternoon must report at 3.30 o'clock
and the contest will begin at 4 o'clock.
There is very much uncertainty now
regarding the possible result of the
races. Until the recent additions
were made to the fleet there was every
indication that the Mabel would score
a record in the coming race which
would entitle her captain to the Com
modoi e's cup, which has been tendered
the club by Commodore Ancrum
Lord's brother as a challenge cup.
However, since the excellent record
made recently by Mr. C. W. Worth's
new boat as well as that of Commo
dore Lord, the prospect is not so posi
tively assuring for the Mabel. If she
wins this afternoon she will secure
the cup, but if she does not, no matter
what other boat wins, tho cup cannot
be awarded until the Fourth of July
race next year.
There will be a late Seacoast train
leaviDg the beach at 11 o'clock instead
of 10 o'clock, the usual time.
PRESENTED TO DR. H0GE.
Pretty Silver Service From the Congrega
tion of the First Presbyterian Church.
Left Yesterday for Richmond.
As a testimonial of the veryhigh
esteem in which he is held; of the ap
preciation of his faithful and unsel
fish labors, covering a period of many
years, the congregation of the First
Presbyterian church yesterday morn
ing presented to its retiring pastor,
Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge, a very
pretty and costly solid silver tea set of
five pieces, with a beautiful cut glass
bowl handsomely trimmed in ster
ling silver. The presentation was
made through a committee of the
officers of the church, among them
being Mr. James Sprunt, Mr. B. G.
Worth, Mr. B. F. Hall. Mr. W. M.
Cuoiming, Mr. P. Pearsall, Col. Jno.
D. Taylor, Capt. W. S. Warrock and
Capt. W. R. Kenan.
The formal presentation was by Mr.
Hall, in well chosen words, which
were responded to briefly and feelingly
by Dr. Hoge.
Dr. Hoge left for Richmond, Va.,
yesterday- morning, but he service
will be suitably engraved and sent to
him at Louisville, Ky., where his
pastorate will formally open at War
ren Memorial church on the third
Sunday in September, at which time
he will preach his initial sermon. His
family are now visiting at Waynes
boro, Va., but will join him in their
new home in about a month.
Refused to Pay Pare.
The three young men, who were
arrested for creating a disturbance on
the Seacoast train Sunday night, were
tried in Justice McGowan's court
yesterday morning by Justice Harriss
Northrop, Jr. One of the number, a
young man named Coleman from
Rockingham, N. C, was fined $5 for
refusing to pay fare and was bound
over to the Criminal Court for assault
with a deadly weapon, it having been
alleged that he snapped a pistol at Capt
Edgar Hinton, who with Capt. W. H.
Bowden, was in charge of the train.
He paid the fine and put up cash
security in "The sum of $100 for his
appearance at the Criminal Court in
November.
The other defendants were fined
$2.50 and costs.
L. V. Grady, Esq , was attorney for
the defendants and E. K. Bryan, Esq.,
represented the Seacoast road.
Chance For Investment.
Mr. Geo. W. Woodward, City Clerk
of Durham, advertises in the Star to
day that by virtue, of a resolution
passed by the Board of Alderman of
that city at a recent meeting, he will
receiye bids until September 14th, for
the purchase of one thousand shares
of the par value of $100 each, same
being the entire stock owned by the
city of Durham in the Durham and
Northern Railway Company. Each
bid must be accompanied by $500 in
cash or a certified check for that
amount on some responsible bank, as
an evidence of good faith on the part
of the bidder, which shall be returned
to the owner if the bid be not acoapted.
Further particulars of the sale may be
gathered from the advertisement
Returned From Syracuse.
Mr. W. P. Monroe, Assistant Chief
of the Wilmington Fire Department,
returned yesterday morning from
Syracuse, N. Y.f where he attended
the twenty-seventh annual convention
of the International Association of
Fire Engineers. He reports a very
pleasant and most profitable session
of the convention and says that many
new ideas in fire fighting were gath
ered from experienced men from all
parts of America. The convention
will meet next year at Charleston,
8. C. ,- mwm
Read the advertisement of the East
Carolina Real Estate Agency in this
issue of the Stab. It offers for sale
some very valuable farms. t
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MINSTREL SHOW FRIDAY.
Al. 0. Fields Will Bring An Uflasnally
' Strong Aggregation of Talent
This Seasoa.
To-morrow the sale of reserved seats
will open at Gerken's for the Al. G.
Field's Greater Minstrels performance
at the Opera House Friday night, this
being the inaugural feature of the
theatrical season in Wilmington. It
is the general opinion of theatre goers
here that Manager Schloss could not
have selected a stronger attraction
than Field's minstrels as the ' 'opening
wedge" for a successful season. .
In amusements Al. G. Field has
established a reputation for refined
performances which have drawn him
a clientelle of which he should be
proud. Ladies and children who
never patronize similar entertainments
patronize the Al. G. Field Greater
Minstrels.
.This year Field's company contains
many new and novel features, much
that is better than he has offered be
fore. The famed Faust family of Acro
bats, the Nondescript Trio, the octette
of solo singers, the funny comedians,
the big cornet band,, Everhardt the
German Jongleur and the boy choir
isters make a combination of talented
people such as 'fs rarely brought to
this city.
Friday at noon the minstrel troupe
will give a grand parade which wil I
be well worth seeing.
FORT CASWELL TARGET PRACTICE.
Patrons of the "Old Time Excursion" Fri
day Will Probably Witness It.
It seems very probable that the
much talked about target practice
with the big guns at Fort Caswell will
be held on Friday of this week, the
date announced for the 4 'old time ex
cursion" by Capt. Harper on the
steamer Wilmington down the river,
touching at the pier, at Southport, at
the forts, going thence 5 miles out to
sea. If the practice is held on Friday
the excursionists will have an oppor
tunity to witness it from the decks of
the Wilmington. With favorable
weathere conditions there is no doubt
that Capt. Harper will have one of the
largest crowds he has carried this
season.
BY RIVER AND RAIL
Receipts of Naval Store and Cotton
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 1 bale cotton 7
casks' spirits turpentine, 50 barrels tar.
W., C. & A. Railroad 471 bales cot
ton, 32 casks spirits turpentine, 97 bar
rels rosin, 111 barrels tar, 20 barrels
crude turpentine.
A. & Y. Railroad 11 casks spirits
turpentine, 137 barrels rosin,90 barrels
tar.
C. C. Railroad 7 casks spirits tur
pentine, 100 barrels rosin, 65 barrels
tar, 32 barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer E. A. Hawes 55 casks spirits
turpentine, 145 barrels tar.
Total Cotton, 472 bales; spirits tur
pentine, 112 casks; rosin, 334 barrels;
tar, 461 barrels; crude turpentine, 52
barrels.
Mayor's Court. -
In the Mayor's Court yesterday C.
A. ; Smith, a colored lineman, was,
charged with throwing glass promis
cuously on the streets. He was work
ing at corner Third and Princess
streets, and in putting in some new
insulators for the telephone company
he knocked the old ones from the
brackets with a hammer. He was let
off with costs.
Henderson Hayes, colored, who
spends most of his time in serving on
the convict street force, was again
sent up for thirty days on a charge of
drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
Dave Green, colored, for being
drunk and down, was fined $5 and
costs.
Salen Sarilane, for peddling with
out licence, was required to pay the
costs and the tax required for con
ducting such a business.
Purser R. C. Banks.
Mr. R. C. Banks, who has filled the
position of purser so successfully for
Capt Jno. W. Harper on the. steamer
Wilmington during this season, retired
from the service last night to serve as
receiving clerk with the Champion Cot
ton Cotton Compress Company, a
position which he has filled during
the past several seasons. In fact he
has been in the employ of Alexander
Sprunt & Son during the several
months of each year in which the
compress is in operation, for the past
fourteen years.
Mr. Banks has filled the position of
purser for the Wilmington in an emi
nently satisfactory manner, playing a
strong "second fiddle" to the able
lead of Capt Harper. Truly there
was never a boat with more clever
and accommodating officers.
His Pdrposes Misconstrued.
Elijah M. Green, a respectable col
ored man of Wilmington, of whom it
was alleged in a recent article in the
Brooklyn Eagle, that he had been sent
by Mr. James Sprunt, president of the
Champion Compress and Warehouse
Co., to induce colored refugees to re
turn to Wilmington for work during
the cotton season, has a card in this
morning's Star denying such allega
tions and declaring the article a fabri
cation of the whole cloth. A card was
published in yesterday's paper from
Mr. Sprunt with reference to the same
matter, which proves the absolute in
correctness of the newspaper state
ments referred to.
The East Carolina Real Estate
Agency has excellent facilities for
selling farms and timbered lands.
It advertises all property and makes
only a nominal charge unless a sale is
made. For terms etc., address R. G.
Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C. r
TAB
1899.
A TERRIBLE CRIME
NEAR DURHAM, N. C.
Brutal Assault by a Negro On a Little
White Girl Much Talk of
Lynching.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, August 29.
Late last night the details- of a terri
ble crime committed near Durham
reached this city. About dark, near
the county .convict camp, some three
miles from the town, Melvin Parker, a
convict, assaulted and raped little
Bettie Hurdieston, the eight-year old
daughter of Wm. Hurdieston, a re
spectful farmer. Parker was a trusty
at the camp and usually employed in
carrying water to the convicts. On
one of his trips for water, just about
dark, he came upon the little girl,
some two hundred yards from her
home and proceeded to carry out his
devilish designs. This done, he hur
ried back to the camp and was pre
paring to try to escape, when the
father of the girl, who had learned of
what had happened, notified the
guards. They at once took Parker
into custody, and he is now in camp
under clos9 guard.
There was much talk of lynching
when the news reached Durham.
The feeling against the brute is said to
be very strong.
Soon after the assault Dr. Johnson
was summoned and he found, upon
examination, the girl's story of the
negro's conduct was true.
Storm Sufferers.
A telegram from Newbern says
those who went to relieve the wants
of the storm sufferers on the coast
have returned; that the supplies al
ready sent are sufficient, and no
further outside help is required. Con
tributions will be returned.
Early last night Capt. Jno. G. B.
Grimes, a well known and aged citi
zen here, tripped over a piece of car
pet in the Capital Club rooms and
fell, sustaining painful injuries to his
left hip. It is feared that a bone is
broken.
Fatally Hurt.
Sunday, while playing with some
boys in the Capital Hose Company's
engine house, James Lanier, one of
the smallest men in the world, fell,
sustaining fatal injuries. He is still
living, but his physician says there is
no possible chance for his recovery.
James Lanier, or "Boss," as he is
nicknamed, is not over three feet high
and is 27 year old. He has had many
offers from shows, but declined them.
Some years since he was exhibited for
a while at various towns, but hedid
not like it. He has a sister who is
nearly as small as himself.
Bv Telegraph to the Moraine Star.
Durham Jail Attacked by Lynchers.
Charlotte, N. C, August 29.
An Observer special fromDurham,
N. C, says that a large crowd sur
rounded the jail there all day and at
10 o'clock to-night demanded that a
negro named Parker, who is alleged
to have committed a crime
against an eight year old white girl
last evening be delivered them. The
jailor told them he was not there, but
the crowd would not leave until a
committee of five went through the
jail and found that the negro had been
secretly taken away early in the night.
Large bodies of men then entered the
surrounding woods in search of the
negro, and if found he will likely be
quickly disposed of. There is a good
deal . of excitement in Durham to
night and at 9 o'clock the mayor issued
a proclamatiom closing all bar rooms.
The accused negro is a convict "trusty"
and passed his victim while carrying
water to the chain gang, three miles
from town.
LIST OF LETTERS.
Remaining Uncalled For in the Wilming
ton Postofflce August 29th, 1899.
WOMEN'S LIST.
Miss Minnie Armstrong, Miss Acline
Brown, Mrs. T W Battle, Miss Jane
Byrd. Miss Annie Dudley, Miss Julia
Davis. Miss Annaliza Femon. Mrs. A.
Goodwin. Mrs. Mary Hayes, Miss
Romer Houston. Miss Minnie John
son. Mrs. J M Logan, Miss Gertrude
Large. Miss Arril Johnson. Mrs. W.
H L Kent Mrs. A H Mood, Bettie
Moher, Miss Hester McDowell, Rachel
Mitchell. Miss Banner Payne. Miss
Sarah Williams, Emma Whitson,
Blanche Wilson.
MEN'S LIST.
J M Byrd, John K Blair, P B Baker,
Sammie Britton, W C Burgim, W. F.
Broadnax. W H Calvin. Geo. W.
Gage. W D Harrell. Ted Irwin
Claude Judd. Robt. E Lee. Jno. W
Odenthal. M E Paris. Jacob Robinson,
Thos. Ridder, J C Rogis. W E SnelL
W A Turner. Walter Whiedon, Thos.
F Winstead, N Wright, James Wat
son, Wilmington Commercial College.
B F Yarbrough.
RETURNED FROM DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
Martha Aowel. Lin Mills. Arinnie
Pollock.
Persons calling for above letters will
please say advertised. If not called for
in fifteen days they will be sent to the
dead letter office.
Miss Mary C. Darby.
Postmaster.
September Weather.
The Weather Bureau record at the
Wilmington station, for a period of
twenty-eight years shows the average
condition in September to be as fol
lows :
Mean temperature, 74 deg. ; highest,
96 deg. on the 22d, 1875; lowest, 42
deg. on the 25th, 1887.
The greatest amount of precipitation
in 24 hours was 7.50 inches on the
10th, 1882; the average for the month
is 5.85 inches.
Wilmington Medical Society.
A well attended meeting of the Wil
mington Medical Society was held last
night at the office of Dr. W. D. Mc
Millan. Only private matters of in
terest to the medical fraternity were
discussed. Those present were Dr.
W. C. Galloway, president; Dr. F. H.
Russell, Secretary; Drs. Wm. J. Love,
L. A. Love, C. D. Bell, J. F. Schon
wald, D. W. Bulluck, O. F. Harper
and W. D. McMillan.
To City Subscribers.
City subscriDera are earnestly re
quested to report promptly at the Stab
office every failure of the carriers to
deliver their papers. In all such cases
steps will be taken to insure promp
and regular deliverv
WHOLE NO. 9,995
FIRST FULL PRACTICE.
By Wilmington Athletic Association Base
Ball Team To-day Line-Up Thurs
day Mr. Parker Umpire.
THis af ternoon the first practically
full practice by the Wilmington Ath
letic Association base ball team will
be held on the Hilton Park diamond.
The players are arriving rapidly.
Kenna, Gwaltney and Person are al
ready here. Mills, of Wake-Forest,
Oldham, and Ferdie Johnson are ex
pected this morning, and LeGrand
will doubtless reach here to morrow
morning. The line-up for Thursday's
game, the first of the series with Ports
mouth, has been practically completed,
with the exception of the right fielder.
It will be about as follows: Oldham,
catch; Kenna, pitch; Brunson, first
base; LeGrand, second base; Ferdie
Johnson, third base; Mills, short-stop;
Person, left field, and Gwaltney, center
field.
A friend in this city received a letter
yesterday from Mr. W. M. Bowden, of
Portsmouth, in which the statement is
made that Portsmouth hasSn A 1
team, composed of some of the very
best bojs in "Virginia.
Mr. E. J. Parker has been chosen as
umpire for the series of erames here.
He was the chief umpire for the Rocky
Mount, Newbern and Kinston league
which flourished a few seasons ago,
and is an excellent and impartial um
pire. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Young Printer Wanted.
A YOUNG PRINTES WHO WISHES
TO FINISH HIS TRADE ON A MORNING
DAILY MAY SECURE EMPLOYMENT AT
THE OFFICE OF THE STAR,
ang 30 3t
The August Race of the
Carolina Yacht Club
Will be re-salled over the Club Course Wednes
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Yachts will report
at 3.30 P. M.
By order of the Regatta Committee.
aug 30 it JAMES T. MUNDS, Purser.
FOR SALE.
That desirable property situated on the north
side of Dock street, running from the corner
eastwardly 142 feet and 6 inches, with a front
age on South Water street of 33 feet. The same
Is at present occupied by Mr. Thos. J. Gore and
others. Also, the Wharf In front, 33x60 feet.
Apply to WILKES MORRIS,
August 27th, 1S99. Agent.
acg 27 3t 8u we su
D. O'CONNOR.
Real Estate Agent, Wilmington, N. t .
DWELLINGS, STORES ANI
OFFICES FOR RENT.
Houses and Lots for Bale on eas
erms. Rents, Taxes and Insurance
attended to promptly- Money loaned
on tmnroved ma 10 tf
Leading makes. Easy terms.
N. L. SMITH,
Bargains in New and Second
Hand Pianos and Organs.
No. 1(9 Dock street. Representing
Ludden & Bates' Southern Music
House, No. 137 Fifth Avenue, New
York. .
Tuning, Repairing.
CORESPONDENCE SOLICITED,
aug 3) tf
WILMINGTON SEACOAST R. R.
ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, 1899,
the Schedule or tne Wilmington Seacoast Rail
road will be as follows:
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Wilmington.
6.30 A. M.
10 10 A. M.
2.30 P. M.
5.00 P. M.
Leave Ocean View.
7.45 A. M.
11.30 A. M.
3.45 P. M.
6 00 P. M.
7.15 P. M.
10 10 A. M.
10.00 P. M.
11.30 A. M.
6.00 P. M.
9.00 P. M.
SUNDAY
2.30 P. M.
7.15 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.
aug 1 tf R. OSCAR GRANT. 8uDt.
A Card in Denial.
Wilmington, N. C, August 29. 1899.
To the Star:
I returned to-day from an excursion trip to
the North at my own expense, and am aston
ished and distressed to see how some of the
Northern newspapers have told lies about me.
I was not sent North by Mr. Sprunt, and he
never asked me to speak to refugees. He did
not know I was going, and I did not speak to
any one but four or five of the good stevedores
whom I said could likely get a job at the press
next month. ,
I go North on an excursion every year, and I
am always careful In. what I say not to cause
strife or bad feeling. Borne of our men get
work there in the Summer, and others, like the
foolish persons who talk to Northern newspaper
reporters and mislead the public, cause thelcol
ored people at home to be ashamed. I did not
epeak to any refugees about coming back. The
men I spoke to went away for work in May and
June last, intending to come home when the
cotton season opened. E. M. GREEN.
aug 30 it
At The Unlucky.
SPEAKING of Tea.
I am selling a blended Tea for QC0
that beats the world andean- Ovl
not be replaced for 40c.
Try it.
Don't, you love Stuffed Mango Pickles? W.
hfl.TAt.hnm. and mv. don't thev taste srood.
A rasher of Bacon, cut from one of our dell'
clous "Harvey" strips, win maze your mourn
water. So crisp and delicate.
My 'Phones are 109.
S. W. SANDERS.
Jy 18 tf
CONSIGNMENT CHOICE NORTH
CAROLINA BLACK GRAPES
TOR QUICK SALE.
Choice Goods in
CALIFORNIA PEACHES,
CALIFORNIA GRAPES,
CALIFORNIA PLUMS,
FLORIDA PINEAPPLES,
FRESH CANDIES MANUFACTURED
DAILY.
JNO. W. PLUMMER, Jr.,
Next to southeast corner Second and Princess
streets. Inter-State 'Phone 133. augSOtf
ReceiveD Meii.
ARRIVE -
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.:
?
One Year, by Mall. $5.00 ,
X Six Months. " 2.60 .
V Three Months, 1.25;
.9 Two Months, " 1.00 '
Dollvered. to Subscriber. In tbe
X City at 45 Cents per Month.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To sell One Thousand Shares
of Stock in The Durham and
Northern Railway Company,
owned by the city of Durham.
At an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Aldermen oi the City of
Durham, held on the 25th day of
August, 1899, it was ordered by said
Board that, "The entire stock
owned by the City of Durham, in
The Durham and Northern Railway
Company, be offered for sale, as a
whole, . in the following manner:
The City Clerk shall advertise for
sealed bids, for said stock, to be
opened on tho 14th day of Septem
ber, 1899, at twelve o'clock M., the
City reserving the right to reject
any or all bids. Each bid must be
accompanied by five hundred dollars
in cash, or a certified chepk for that
amount on some responsible bank,
as an evidence of good faith on the
part of the bidder, which shall be
returned to the owner if the bid be
not accepted.
''If a sale be made, the proceeds
thereof shall be placed to the credit
of the sinking fund, provided for
the payment of the bonds issued by
the Town of Durham in aid of The
Durham and Northern Railway
Company, under Chapter 140 of the
Laws of 1887, and the interest or
dividend arising therefrom shall be
applied and used to reduce the taxes
collected for said funds."
By virtue of the foregoing-resolution,
I will receive bids as therein
provided, until twelve o'clock M. of
the 14th day of September, 1899.
The stock to be sold consists of One
Thousand Shares of the par value of
one j hundred dollars each. It was
issued to the Town (now City) of
Duijham, in exchange for bonds of
the par value of one hundred thou
sand dollars after a subscription to
that amount had been made by said
Town. Persons desiring further
information may address me or
Victpr S. Bryant, City Attorney, at
Durham, N. C.
GEO. VV. WOODWARD,
City Clerk.
August 27th, 1899.
aug 29 till sep 1 1
V0LLEES & HASHAGEN.
WHOLESALE ONLY
PROVISIONS
We have just received a nice consignment of
CHOICE,
NEW CATCH
MULLETS.
Caught last week. Of nice size;
Clean, Bright ana Fat.
Only a jew of this kind
on the market.
We solicit your orders.
V0LLEES & HASHAGEN.
aug 29 tf
A. C. Ii. tracks.
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.
58 cases Potted Ham.
W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer,
aug25tf wilmlmrton, N. C.
WIRE NAILS.
300 KEGS WIRE NAILS, all sizes. '
1,200 KEGS STEEL CUT NAILS.
25 BOXES TOWEL SOAP.
50,000 CROSS CUT CIGARETTES.
10,000 R0IG CELEBRATED CIGARS.
150 BBLS POCKET SALT.
60 BOXES AXLE GREASE.
150 BAGS COFFEE.
1,800 ROLLS BAGGING.
3,800 BUNDLES TIES.
25 BBLS RICE-BARGAINS.
1,000-MACHINE CASKS.
Ana car-loads of otker Groceries. Get my
prices.
D. L. GORE,
WHOLESALE GBOCER,
asv 24 tf Wilmington, N. C.
OPERA HOUSE,
OPENING OF SEASON,
FRIDAY NIGHT SEPTEMBER 1
ITS UP TO YOU.
15 ANNUAL TOUR 15
OF THE f
Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels
An imperial programme teeming with novel
ties and r sensational specialties from every
where. Bigger and better than all others.
60 People en the Stage 60
Ten Surprising European specialties. 8 Com
mendable Comedy Creators. 10 Superb Solo
Singers. 10 Delightful Dazzling Dancers.
20 Matchless Musicians.
See the Bis No4n-day Parade. "
au29 St tn we 1 r
TO THE BEACHERS.
It will save you time and money to ascertain
before you move up where to get your Winter
furnishings. In order to point out the place. I
will from Tuesday, August X2nd to August 86th
inclusive, sell at actual cost for cash, the finest
ine of Porch, Bed Room, Sitting Room and
Parlor Rockers ever shown In North Carolina,
and store them in my warerooms, subject to
your order till October IS.
N. P. PARKER,
Furniture and Furniture Novelties, No. 17
South Front street. at 88 tf
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