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Guaranteed Boca-Fide, Erery-Dayi $ Circulation Larxer Thai That $ Of Any Other Dally News paper PabUahed ia t Wilmloitoa. $ A (tPKST DAILY SBWSPAPKhS IN THE STATE. V OUTLINES. Flour manufacturers in Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia have decided to advance the price of flour. A jury at Beaufort, S. C, has found a verdict I or ou against (senator uame roa for horsewhipping David Scheim some time ago. A vigorouse cam- paijru i to be raade against the sale of olix'tuarffarine in Georgia. The rr.,h5vaal government is still consid er; tiie final reply to Great Britain's ceaids; there is nothing to confirm reports that these will be conceded; ewrv thing points to an early conflict. Henry Delagal negro, charged with criminal assault on a white woman in Mcintosh county, Ga., was aciiaitied- Noah Finlay, negro, hanseil at Pulaski, Va., for highway robbery. Admiral Schley has been assigned to the command of the $ju:h Atlantic squadron with an increased number of warships. The Winston Cigarette Co. has sold ia foreign territory to an English coaipauy. One suspicious case is the yel low fever report at New Orleans. - New York markets: Money on wll firm at 46 per cent., last loan at 1 per cent. ; cotton quiet; middling uplands 6-c. ; flour inactive and about steady : wheat spot firm ; No. 2 red Mjc . : corn spot firm; No. 2, 40c; soirits turpentine firmer at 4848c. WEATHER REPORT. U. . Dep't or Agriculture, . Weather Bureauv Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 15. ) Temperatures: 8 A. 1L, 64 degrees, S ?. L. 70 degrees ; maximum, 78 de ecs: luinismm, 61 degrees; mean, 70 decree. Riiafali for the day, .00; rainfall iiaa Is: of the mjnt!i up to date. .01 mead i- o" "rater in the river at Fay - -.t S A. L, 4.6 feet, o rrox region bulletin. vV. , n exception of light and s-u.ir-rrti sioers in the Charleston a ,1 :jiv ..u ia districts, geoerally clear ..:; vailed over the cotton b?.: i:ie temperature was much lo v..- ii tne Wilmington district. TO RECAST FOR TO-DAY. Washington,' Sept. 15. For North Carolina: Fair and warmer Saturday; rain Sunday ; winds shifting to fresh so-i:Leasterlv. v'o.-t Alm&neSept 16. fan Rises 5.45 A. M. Sau Sets 6.04 P. M. Diy Length 12 H. 19 M. H:;h Water at Southport 4.52 A. M. Hi,rn Water. Wilmington 8.22 A. M The Winston Republican calls the As:) ilie Gazette a Democratic paper. Blessed Tony! h is ai I th.it the naval parade in honor of Dewey in New York will be sever; miles long and that 30,000 men will march in the land parade, and" several thousand people will pay lots of cash to see 'em. Washington dispatches say that re::u.:.ng for the Philippine fracas is proceeding very slovdy. It is at-trisu:-l to the fact that "the coun try is too prosperous." But there never -a3 much hankering to enliet for that war. ' The New York shearers are get ting real v to shear the lambs who. come ; sight-seeing when the Dewey perf.j.Miaace begins. Thus far de sirable spots from which to see the 3ao w already range from $50 to 300, ith a prospective increase. An uncensored telegram which comes from Hong Kong represents Gent-r.il Wheeler a3 pretty well dis ustci with the military manage ment a; Manila and declaring that usk for permission to return kotne unless there is a change for e better soon. Marconi, the wireless telegraph has left England with appar a:3s au'l a corps of assistants to re port the prize cup yacht race for the Sew York Herald. He will make reports from the steamer Grand Dachesse, a swift sailer, in which his machinery will be located. The latest discovery in connection :th the Philippine war was made bj a Nebraska chaplain who pro duces it a "holy war." This will Muse Senator Carter, of Montana, ao doesn't think we are engaged in lhe holiness business-, but after something that "will pay." Some fellow who has been work 1Qg oa Queen Victoria's genea logical tree has run it up to King David, and the Queen was so much Pleased with it that she has sent a C0Py of the book to Kaiser William, hy the tree constructor didn't Pursue his work on to Adam is not "Plained. I 'i discussing the Philippine war the New- York Sun refers to the course pursued in. Cuba and Porto Kico, and remarks that the Philip pine question will be settled "accord lng to the President's programme." As the President has had several programmes the Sun should inform Qs which one. r VOL. LXIV.---NO. 152. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1899. WHOLE NO. 10,010 LOCAL DOTS. Middling cotton at 6 cents will prove a paying investment. See advertisement "Black Minorca" fowls wanted, under head of Business Locals. -- Capt. W. E. Kyle has been ap pointed special agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, with headquarters at Fayetteville. Last night Eyota Tribe Im proved order of Red Men adopted three paie faees and acted nil now Ktt laws. Refreshments were served after their adoption. ' A horse belonging to Mr. W. E. Worth and used about his ice factory as a dray animal. dromfed dead yesterday. This is the second one ne has lost this season . I A number of school books and a pencil box, the ownerahipof which is unknown, were found at the rear, of Messrs. Vollers & Hashagen's store yesterday morning. Owner can get same by applying at City Hall. William D. Shaw, a carpenter who has been in the emnlnv of ih Fore & Foster Co. the past seven years, died yesterday, aged 28 years. ne leaves a wife and two children, who reside at No. 619 North Seventh street. No funeral announcement has been made. Members of the bar of the city will meet at the office of Col. Taylor, Clerk of the Superior Court, this morning to arrange the calender of cases to be tried at the coming term of rsew Hanover Superior court, which will be convened by Judge Bryan, Monday, September 25th. Dr. Cv P. Bolles, superintend ent of the City Hospital, Miss Alma Meade Bailey, head nurse of the hos pital, and Mr. Jordan Branch left yes terday morning for Raleigh with two female patients for the insane hospital in that city. Dr. Bolles and Miss Bailey will return to day. The various magistrates of the city tried only cases of a trivial nature yesterday. John Brown, the negro arrested for criminal assault upon the demented negro woman, Florence Murphy, was arraigned before J ustice Price yesterday afternoon, but an affi davit of removal was filed and the case will come up before Justice McGowan this afternoon. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Jno. W. Plummer Candy, fruit. S. & B. Solomon Shoes for men. . I.O.O.F. Atten'n Cape Fear Lodge. BUSINESS LOCALS. D: O'Connor For rent. Wanted Black Minorcas. ' D. O'Connor Real estate agent. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. D. Sam Cox left yesterday for a business trip to Chicago. Private Eugene McLean, of Fort Caswell, spent yesterday in the citv. Uapt. Warren Jones, a clever A. C. L. conductor of Kenansville, is n the city spending a two-weeks' vaca tion. Governor Russell arrived yes terday morning from Raleigh and went over to his rice farm in Bruns wick. Messrs. S. P. McNair, I. M. Bear, Jr., and John F. McNair,. went up the Carolina Central yesterday on a business trip. Messrs. Martin Rathjen, Jr., and B. F. Rathjen Seft Thursday morning for Oak Ridge Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Rathjen accompanied them to Greensboro. Private Antone Hausner, of the battery at Fort Caswell, came up vesterdav morning and left last even ing on a twenty-days' furlough to his old home in Baltimore. Uapt. Robt. -Green, chief quar antine officer, left again yesterday afternoon on a tour of inspection to Florence to look after the travel in cident to the yellow fever scare in other States. Mr. C. W. Polvogt returned act night from a two week's trip to ew York and other Northern markets where he went to buy Fall goods for his large dry good's emporium on Front street. Mrs. A. B. Nichols and chil dren, accompanied by Mrs. H. W.' Mc- Gehee and Miss Bettie Daniel, who Dent the past week quite pleasantly on Wriehtsville Beach were at The Orton yesterday en route to their homes at Nichols, S. C. Damage Solt Agiiost C. C. R. R. to. Herbert McClammy, Esq., counsel for L. C. McKoy, of Brunswick coun- . yesterday instituted suit in tne Superior Court against the Carolina Central Railroad Company for al leged damages to the plaintiff's prop- tv near Phoenix, N. C., in tne burning of a large area of forest land, fences, etc., by a fire" said to nave been started by a spark from an en gine of the defendant company. Al though the complaint has not yet been filed, Mr. McClammy says that the complainant will ask for $1,500 damages. Moonlight Excarsioa. There was a eood crowd on the moonlight excursion by the Second Regiment Band on the steamer Wil mington last night and the weather conditions were thoroughly aus picious. There was an abundance of sweet music and every one seemed to thoroughly enjoy the trip, which was to "The Rocks" and return. l - .. -. ... , -,, , HhHb STORE ENLARGEMENT Mr. J. H. Rehder to Make 30x75 , Feet Two Story Addition to His Store. COMPLETE IN TWO WEEKS. His Purchased Dr. Wright's Property. Jnst Rctn'rned From New York, Where He Purchased a Mammoth Fall -and Winter Stock. Mr. J. H. Rehder, one of Wilming ton's moat enterprising and successful dry goods merchants, returned last night from New York where, accom panied by Mrs. Rehder, he has been the past' two weeks buying a mam moth Fall and Winter stock which has already begun to arrive. Work is now in proeress on an extensive addition to Mr. Render's already very large and well appointed store build ing at the Fourth street bridge. He has purchased the Dr. Wright pro perty between his present store build ings and the bridge, and carpenters are at work remodeling and enlarging the building thereon so that it will be converted into a good two story building 30x75 feet, arranged as an annex to the main store building. The design of remodelling will be such as will harmonize with the taste ful architecture of the main building, and will have a pretty glass front. To a member of the Star staff Mr. Rehder said last night that he expects to have the building completed and stocked with goods within two weeks. He expects, among other classes of goods to be carried in the new building, to have a completeand thoroughly up f-to date millinery department, a line which he has not carried extensively before. The Star notes with pleasure these indications of Mr. Rehder's de served prosperity and rapidly growing business, and bespeaks for him a yet more liberal patronage from the peo ple of this city and section DIED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. Mr. Wallace H. Styron Passed .Away at tils Home In This City. At his home on Fourth street, be tween Princess and Chesnut, early yesterday morning, Mr. Wallace H. Styron, a well known and esteemed citizen of Wilmington, died in the 50th year of his age, after an illness of about one week. Mr. Styron was a native of Carteret county, but moved to this city when a boy, where he has since resided, having been in the tobacco business here for a number of years. " He was last employed by the N. Jacobi Hard ware Company, whom he was serving at the time of his death. He is survived by an aged mother, Mrs. C. H. Styron, a wife and eight children. He also leaves two brothers, Mr. O. W. Styron, of Knoxville, Tenn. ; Mr. E. G. Styron, of Monti- cello, Ark., and one sister, Mrs. George Laidlaw, of Currie, N. C. Mr. Styron was a man of many ex emplary traits and was a member of Wilmington Lodge No. 319 of Masons, Cornelius Harnett Council No. 231 Royal Arcanum and Cape Fear Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F., which is called to assemble at its lodge room this after noon for the purpose of attending the funeral, which will be held from the late residence at 4 o'clock. He will be buried with Odd Fellow honors. DR. STRANQE RETURNED YESTERDAY. Arrived From His Vacation Spent in Europe On Last Evening's Train. Rev. Dr. Robert Strange, rector of St. James Episcopal Church, arrived in the city last evening on the return from his European tour, whither he went on a vacation granted him by the vestry of St. James' Church for his health which many friends will be glad to learn is greatly improved. Dr. Strange was met at the train by almost the entire vestry of his coDgre gation,by whom he is greatly beloved, and a carriage in waiting took him to the rectory for a short while, after which he left on the evening Seacoast train for the Sound where he visited the bereaved widow of his lamented brother, Col. Thos. W. Strange, who died while he was away. Dr. Strange will return to the city to-day and will conduct the usual services in St. James' Church to-morrow morning and evening. Mrs. Strange, who. is visiting her parents at Lawrenceville, Va., will not return until next month. Cousin" Ansel Was Here. ; The Star had the pleasure of a visit last evening from Mr. Ansel Roeers. of Bennettsville. He said he had lost 34 pounds in weight. Never theless, there was no chair in the Star office big enough and- strong enough to hold him, and we were compelled ask him to take a seat on the floor. to Cousin" Ansel was loaded With jokes which he fired at us incessantly. The best of the assortment was the state ment that he had not been to Maxton for more than a year. Dr. Hoxe's Successor. After the regular eleven o'clock ser mon at the First Presbyterian Church to-morrow morning, which will be by Rev. Dr. Joseph Wilson, Tormer pastor of the First church, a congre gational meeting will be held for the purpose of calling a successor to Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge, whose resigna tion to accept a call from Warren Memorial Church in Louisville, Ky., recently went into effect. A fall at tendance of the church members is desired. Mo CARPENTER FATALLY INJURED YESTERDAY. Fell From the Roof of the Delg ado Cotton Mill Died at Seven O'clock List Night. Fatal injuries were sustained by Mr. W. W. Harvellatthe new Del gado cotton mill yesterday forenoon, he having fallen from the roof of the building.to the ground, a distance of about 35 feet, breaking his left leg, fracturing his lower jaw bones, be sides sustaining serious internal in juries from the effects of which he died at 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Harvell was about 35 years of age, a carpenter by trade, having come to this city some weeks ago, accom panied by his wife and two children, to work for Messrs. Zachary and Zachary, contractors, on the Delgado Cotton Mill. They came from Duplin county. At the time of the accident Mr. Harvell was nailing sheathing on the roof of the main building preparatory to placing the tin. He intended to draw the edges of the two planks to gether by putting his hammer over the edge of the upper one, when the hammer slipped off, giving him such an impetus in a fall backward that he went over the eave of the building clear beyond the scaffolding and head long thirty-five feet to the ground, striking as he fell a scantling about three feet below the roof. He was car ried to his home, one of the new mill cottages, where Dr. Bellamy and Dr. Russell attended him. Mr. Zachary spoke very regretfully to a Star reporter of the accident, saying that the deceased was an in dustrious and skilled carpenter and a steady straight-for ward man. The remains will be carried to Du plin county for interment to-day. A BIQ MASONIC FAIR. Mr. Noble F. Martin to Arrive To-day to Manage One for the Masons of Wilmington. The completion of Wilmington's splendid new Masonic Temple is to be celebrated with a big fair, which will be in progress November 13th to 25th. The Temple will be dedicated on the second day of the fair with very elab orate ceremonies, the programme in detail for which has not yet been ar ranged. The preliminary arrangements for the fair are to begin at once under the direction of Mr. Noble F. Martin, who will arrive here from Utica, New York to-day. The fair will be held in the Temple. The Utica Daily Press, in referring to the engagement of Mr. Martin to manage the fair, says: "The Masons of Wilmington are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Martin, who has had long ex perience in the management oi lairs. He was for years connected with church and hospital fairs in this city which ran two weeks and which yielded over $12,000. Then he had charge of the Masonic fair in Oswego which netted over $7,000 in ten days. Mr. Martin has not only the capacity to plan a fair, but the ability to organ ize the various departments and to in spire all the other workers with his own zeal and enthusiasm. Mr. Martin stands high in the Masonic order in the city and State and as a manager of projects of this character is popular, capable and efficient." COTTON AND NAVAL STORES RECEIPTS Those of Cotton Far in Excess of Corre sponding Period Last Year. A comparative statement of the re ceipts of cotton and naval stores at the port of Wilmingtou was posted at the Produce Exchange yesterday, as fol lows: Week Ended September 15, 1899 Cotton, 11,096 bales; spirits, 812 casks; rosin, 2 barrels ; tar 169 barrels ; crude turpentine, 61 barrels. Week Ended September 15, 1898 Cotton, 4,707 bales; spirits, 594 casks; rosin, 3,879 barrels; tar, 1,401 barrels; crude turpentine, 109 barrels. Crop Year to September 15, 1899 Cotton, 15,337 bales; spirits turpen tine, 18,891 casks; rosin, 63,336 barrels; tar, 26,730 barrels; crude turpentine, 5,925 barrels. Crop Year to September 15, 1898 Cotton, 5,562 bales; spirits turpentine, 77,553 casks; rosin, 85,955 barrels; tar, 25,370 barrels; crude turpentine, 5,862 barrels. A noticeable feature of the state ment is the great difference in the re ceipts of cotton for this year and those of the past year, not . only for the week, but also for the crop year up to September 15th. The heavy receipts are probably due to the forwardness of the crop and the favorable weather for picking in the up country, as it has been established for some time that in the territory tributary to Wilmington the crop is approximately one-third short.' Paid Yesterday. Mr. I. L. Greenwald, treasurer for the Wilmington Brotherhood Royal Arcanum, received a check for $3,000 yesterday payable to the beneficiaries of the lamented Thos. W. Strange. The payment of this policy was re markably prompt, Col. Strange hav ing died on the 22d of August and the payment having to pass through Arcanum offices at Westfield, N. Y., and South Boston. New Postmaster for Maxton. Maxton Scottish Chief: Col. W. G. Hall has been appointed postmaster at this place, vice W. J. Uurrie re moved. CoL Hall is a staunch Repub lican but never goes back on his own people. We believe the appointment meets with the approval of our people, and we congratulate Col. Hall on his appointment. RMNG TO INSPECT THE HOLDEN ICE MACHINE. W. B. Worth Gone to Philadelphia for That Purpose B. Q. Worth and Others to New York. Mr. W. E. Worth, accompanied by his father, Mr. B. G. Worth, Miss Katie O'Hanlon and little Miss Gladys Herring, left on the 7 o'clock north bound train last night for New York where all except Mr. W. E. Worth will remain for some weeks. Mr. W. E. Worth will go to Philadelphia where he will investigate as to the merits of the new Holden ice machine, a model of which has just been com pleted iu the machine shops of Messrs. Nafoir and Levy, Philadelphia. Mr. Worth goes at the request of Mr. Stratton, the inventor and manufac turer of the excellent machines which are being operated so successfully by Mr. Worth, in his extensive ice plants in this city and Greensboro. In speaking of the new machine in. vented by Mr. Holden Mr. Worth said last night that while improvements are gradually being made in the Hol den system, it has not yet, however, been perfected sufficiently to make a clear well congealed block of ice. His first machine made a "milky" and poorly congealed ice, and subsequent machines have, while improving this condition, not nearly obviated the difficulty. And Mr. Worth does not believe the difficulty can be overcome. The Holden system is the one that was to be used in Raleigh in estab lishing a plant or rather a "chain of plants," one of which would be in Wilmington, which were expected to revolutionize the manufacture and greatly reduce the cost of ice to the consumer. An extract from the News and Observer to this effect was pub lished in the Star a few weeks since. Mr. Worth says there is no prospect whateverjthat a plant will be established in Raleigh or here. The fact is that the system is not perfected sufficiently to make ice of any commercial value as yet. ARE WORKING NEW TERRITORY. Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son Are Ex tending Their Business to New Fields. The following with reference to the progressiveness of the firm of Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son, Wilming ton's wide-awake cotton exporters, is taken from yesterday's Florence Times: Reports from Barnwell, S. C, say that Sprunt & Son, of Wilmington, are working that new territory of the Coast Liine to great effect. The reports from Wilmington are to the effect that these same men are sending out the first ship of cotton of the new year. Such men as these do not require natural advantages in a town in which they find their lines cast. They constitute advantages that outweigh natural advantages too far to count. When such men as these are interesting themselves in a town it is not hard to get railroads to take an interest in that town. In faet it all comes back to the position that we have always held that it is the men who make the town, and that all other things taken together do not weigh a pinch of snuff. ODD FELLOWSHIP IN AMERICA. Interesting Figures Gleaned From Advanced Report to Sovereign Grand Lodge. Past Grand Sire Charles M. Busbee, of Raleigh, left yesterday morning for Detroit, Michigan, to attend the an nual session of the Sovereigu Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. An advanced sheet of the annual report gives the following interesting figures of Odd Fellowship in America: "December 31st, last, our subordi nate lodge .membership was 830,961 and the number of sisters enrolled in the Rebekah lodges numbered 190,007. These figures in combination exhibit a total membership of 1,020,968, and enables us for the first time to honest ly claim fraternal affiliations with over a million persons. The above figures show an increase of 18,041 in subordinate lodge membership, and of 12,184 in female membership of Re bekah lodges. A total net gain during the last calendar year of 30,225. The number of subordinate lodges has been increased by 190 making 11,419 now in existence, while the 5,053 Re bekah lodges indicate an increase of 275. "The total revenue during 1898 was $8,765,393.56. The total expenditure $7,582,712.96. Surplus of revenue over expenditure $1,183,680.60." LOCAL SHIPPINQ INTELLIGNCE. List of Vessels Reported Having Cleared for Wilmington Cotton Steamers. The New York Maritime Register of this week gives the following record of vessels which will arrive at the, port of Wilmington during the next several days: British steamship Marian, 1,218 tons, Martin; arrived at Manchester August 31st, for Wilmington and Liverpool, Bremen or Ghent. Eritish steamship Isle of Hamsey, 1,062 tons; sailed from Huelva Au gust 31st. Schooner J. Jrercv uartram, 6zv tons, Lord; cleared Havana Septem ber 3rd for Wilmington, Port-au-Prince and New York. Brie Caroline Chray, 289 tons, Meader; at South Amboy, Sept. 12th. iNorwegian barque Argo, 584 tons; Arentsen; sailed from Pernambuco August 25th. Norweeian barque liosenius, o6'Z tons ; Bogerald ; passed Deal for Wil mington Sept. 4th. Norwegian barque siciua, aid tons; Hamburg to Wilmington; cleared Shields Sept 1st Sandsucker Cape Fear. Baltimore Sun, 15th: The United States sandsucker Cape Fear, which has received a new boiler and thor ough overhauling of machinery at the works of the James Clark Company. made a trial trip in the river yester day and made a creditable showing. It is expected to have her ready for departure for Cape Fear river in a few days. Star SEVERE ACCIDENT TO WILMINGTON CITIZEN. Mr. H. A. Tucker Badly Burned by Lamp Explosion at His Hotel In Char lotte Thursday Night. The Charlotte Observer of yesterday has the following account of a dis tressing accident which befell Mr. H. A. Tucker, of Wilmington, in that city early yesterday morning r One of the most distressing affairs recorded in the city in some time oc curred last night at the Charlotte Hotel. Mr. H. A. Tucker, of Wilming ton, was the unfortunate victim. A lamp exploded in the room in which he was sleeping, setting the bed on fire, and burning Mr. Tucker so badly that it is feared he cannot recover. Mr. Tucker came here to place a monument at the grave of Mr. W. W. Pegram. He finished his work yester day, and intended returning to Wil mington this morning. Last night he told the clerk to call him in time for the 5 o'clock train, as he was going home. Mr. Tucker went to the hotel office and asked for a lamp. One was given him that had no chimney on it. He took it and after undressing turned the lamp down but not out, as he wanted a light when he got up at 5 o'clock. There were two beds in the room, and Mr. Tucker got in the one over which there was a mosquito net He fell asleep be tween 11 and 12 o'clock. A few min utes after 12 he awoke to find the bed on fire, and the net in a blaze. He sprang from the bed, made a grab for his pants in which was his money and tried to get the door open, so he could escape. He had, however, in coming out from under the net, caught fire himself, and as he had some trouble in getting the door open, the room be ing filled with smoke, which prevent ed him seeing just where the key was, the flames were pretty nigh envelop ing him when he rushed from the room out on to the balcony overhang ing the street. He made no outcry, but was fighting the fire with both hands as he stood on the balcony. Mr. Alex Webb, vice president of the North Carolina Home Insurance Com pany of Raleigh, and Mr. Baxter Ross were leaving the city hall, where they had been to look on at the german ; Mr. Vebor Asbury and several other boys were playing chess in the Hunt building these all saw the man rush out, a living flame of fire. Mr. Webb rushed toward the stairway and fell just inside the door. He got up and although hurt himself, ran up the steps. There he found another man who, in trying to get to the burning man, had fallen Mr. Webb jumped over him and rushed on .to the bal cony. Mr. Vebor Asbury and an other gentleman, who had heard the cries "There's a man on fire." "Put the man out," followed him. Mr. Webb took off his coat and threw it around the burning man. At the same time he, Mr. Asbury, and others began pulling the man's clothes off he had. on only his underclothes. When Mr. Webb reached him he was panting for breath and had nearly given up. Quick work by the gentle men named and others who had come up. got the burning clothing off. In the meantime Mr. Moore, pro prietor of the hotel, had put out the bed which was blazing brightly; physi cians bad arrived and the sufferer was taken back to his room and given quick attention. Those who saw him turned away with a shudder. The sight was horrible. Pieces of skin hung from him as big as one's hand. His feet and ankles were frightfully burned, also his hands and his side. The burn in the side is the most dangerous. The blood was oozing constantly from this wound. A grain and a half of morphine was administered but had no effect The man's sufferings were so great that it took three men to hold him in bed. The doctors say he is seriously burned. They could not tell last night whether he would recover or not. His brother, Mr. Robert Tucker, who lives in Wilmington, was wired for and will come on the first train. When Mr. Tucker retired he left the lamp burning. As it had no chimney, the wind blew the blaze down in the lamp, causing it to explode, and set the bed on fire. The lamp was broken into bits. It is rather singular that Mr. Tucker is the second man who has been burned in the same room. Fifteen years ago, a' man was burned to death in that room. Mr. R. D. Tucker, brother of the injured man mentioned in the above account, left on yesterday afternoon's Seaboard Air Line train for Charlotte and arrived there at a late hour last night in response to a telegram re ceived yesterday morning. The injured man is a member of Wilmington Lodge No. 139, Odd Fel lows, of this city, and yesterday Capt J. M. McGowan, Secretary, tele graphed the Grand Guardian of one of the Charlotte lodges of the injured man's membership and asked that all attention required be extended to him by the Charlotte brethren. A telegram was received by one of Mr. Tucker's lodgemen in the city late yesterday afternoon stating that he was doing splendidly and it is thought he is out of danger. Accident to the Steamer New York. The Clyde steamship- New York, which sailed from Wilmington Satur day last, lost her rudder off Cape Hat teras and had to be assisted to New York by the steamship Seminole. Messrs'. Wm. P. Clyde & Co. have written to Mr. H. G. Smallbones, agent of the Clyde Line here, that in order to protect the interests of the Wilmington merchants to the fullest extent practicable, they will probably arrange to have the Seminole sail Sunday evening for this port. The steamship Seminole has a tonnage of 1,967 and is in charge of Capt Bearse. She has hitherto been on the run of the Clyde Steamship Company from New York to Jacksonville by way of Charleston. Taylor's Gallery. Mr. Paul M. Taylor, the new pho tographer, is furnishing his gallery, in the new French building, and will have one of the best arranged and most thoroughly equipped galleries in the State. The reception room is on the second floor and the work rooms, etc., are on the third floor. He has an excellent "New York btudio outfit" and an admirably lighted gallery. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF Mr. John E. Cowell Wonnded by Discharge of Unn With Which He Had Started Rice Bird Hunting. While on his way over the river yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock for a rice bird shoot, in company with his friend, Mr. F. W. Ortmann, Jr., Mr. John E. Cowell, a well known and popular young sportsman, acci dentally shot himself in the right wrist and arm while disembarking from the canoe in Which he and his companion had rowed themselves across the stream. Mr. Ortmann was sitting in the stern of the boat as they reached the bank near Governor Russell's rice farm and Mr. Cowell, who was row ing, arose from the seat and was lift ing the gun from the bottom of the boat by the barrel, when the hammer was drawn against s me obstacle which raised it and discharged one of the barrels, which was loaded with No. 8 shot, with the result as stated. By the assistance of a colored man, whom they called, the young men were quickly rowed back to the city and Mr. Cowell.was taken in a carriage to the City Hospital, where he is being attended by Dr. A. H. Harriss. Though none of the wounds are serious, the worst is at the wrist and the arm was more or less sprinkled with shot to the shoulder. Several shot also entered his right cheek. A telephone message from the hospital last night said that he was doing remarkably well and would be out in a short time. The wounded young man was a member of the Nantucket's crew during the late war with Spain and has many friends and associates, who are glad to note that the accident was not more serious. THE HYPNOTIC SLEEP. A Man to be in That State From Monday to Wednesday. The sale of seats for the engagement of Lee, the hypnotist, at the Wil- miDgton Opera House all next week will open at Gerken's to morrow. The people of Wilmington will be in terested in the announcement that on Monday night a man will be put to sleep on the stage and conveyed to a prominently located show window where he will remain in a hypnotic sleep until Wednesday night when he will be carried back to the Opera House stage and awakened. Prof. Lee proposes to introduce a number of new and marvelous features during the week's engagement and will doubtless attract immense crowds nightly. ' The Yacht Race. The September yacht race by the Carolina yacht Club was won yester day afternoon- by the Question, Cap tain K. A. Parsley. The yachts, in the order of their start ana the time or tneir, nnisn, were as follows : No. Fiftv.Ga,xt. F. A. Lord.start 4 :3o, finish 6:30:10; Question, Capt R. A. Parsley, start 4:31-38; finish 6:09:05; Francis Marion, Capt. W. N. Harriss, start 4:32:10, finish ,6:23:44; Comet, Capt. T. Barksdale, start 4:33:50, fin ish ; Curfew, Capt. Ray Powers, start 4:34:31, finish ; Jene, Capt. Georee Harriss. Jr.. start 4:35:49, fin ish 6:21:52; Lillian Florence, Capt S. if. Cowan, start 4:37:12, hnish 6:17:4b; Emma, Capt. J. S. Worth, start 4 :38 :01, finish 6:26:37; Bonnie Lassie, Capt. H. J. McMillan.start 4 :40 :14,finish 6 :29 :32. The dance last night was much en joyed by a large number of clubmen and ladies. Church Notice.8. Services at Immannel Church at 8 P. M. Sunday School at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. First Baptist Church, corner of Market and Fifth streets, Dr. Calvin 8. Blackwell pastor; 11 A. M., "The Enthroned Christ." 8 P. M., "God Rejected." f - First Presbyterian Church: Services at 11 A. M. by Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D. After the sermon congregational meeting will be held. No service at night. The Seamen's Bethel: Regular religious ser vices will be helcT to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Seamen and rivermen are especially invited. All welcome. Chapel of the Good Snepherd, Sixth and Queen streets. There will be the usual services on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Fifth Street M. E. Church, South, Rev. J. H. Hall, pastor. Services at 11 A. M. and 8.15 P. M. every Sunday. Sunday School at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting at 8.15 P. M. Wednesdays. Second Advent Baptist Church, between Cas tle and Church streets. Preaching by the pastor, Elder E. Fisher, at 11 A. M. and 8 P.M.; Sunday School at 4 P. M. Frayer meetings Tuesday and Friday nights at 8. Strangers and visitors cordially Invited. Seats free. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, corner Fourth and Campbell streets. Rev. Alex. D. Mc Clure, pastor. Sabbath services: Preaching at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sabbath 8chool at 4 P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8 P. M. The public cordially Invited. Seats free. Grace M. E. Church, corner of Grace and Fourth streets. Pastor, Rev. A. P. Tyer. Ser vices Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 6.00 p. m. Sunday School, J. H. Davis, supt., 4.00 p. m. Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday at 8.15 p. m. A cordial welcome to all. Visitors to the city especially invited. Seats free. Brooklyn Baptist Church, comer Fourth and Brunswick streets. Rev. J. J. Payseur. pastor. Services to-morrow at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School at 8.80 P. M. Weekly prayer and praise meeting Wednesday at 8 P. M. Strangers and visitors are cordialyl invited to all services. Bladen Street Methodist E. Church, southwest corner of Bladen and Fifth streets, Rev. B. B. Culbreth, Pastor. Services to-morrow at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 80 p. m. Sun das School at 9.30 a. Weekly Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.- Strangers and visitors are cordially Invited to attend these services. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention, Cape Fear Lodge; No. 2, I. 0. 0. F. Brothers: You are " hereby requested to meet at the lodge room to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock to attend the funeral of Brother Wallace H. Styron. Visiting Odd Fellows and members of sister lodges invited to attend. S. BEHRENDS, N. G. J. T. RILEY, Secretary. sep 16 It Removal. The Life Insurance Company of Vir ginia have moved their offices to 84 North Front street, corner of Princess, second floor new French Building. Entrance 104 Princess street. sep 15 lw G. W. PRINCE, Supt. D. O'CONNOR. Real Estate Agent, Wilmington, N. -. "V DWELLINGS, STORES AN! jiff, OFFICES FOB RENT. ilUUBeS DllU UUbB iw KUO vu cm? Avma nanfn TtiTAa and IiiRnrAncfl attended to oromptlv. Money loaned on Improved ma 10 tf 11 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. t viae, jiror, oy ixituit Months, V Three SZonths, $ Two Months, " Uellvered to Subscribers In tin V ft. , r . . w ... NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Humanity Demands Them! mm SHOES FOR MEN. Justice to your feet de mands that you wear "Hu-man-ic" Shoes ! They fit more f e et comfortably and perfect ly than any other Shoes' made. We control them. None genuine unless stamped "Hu-man-ic." Only S4 S. & B. SOLOMON, Shoe Dep't. sa tu th sep 16 3t And that means taking chances, and taking chances don't pay in the long Tun. You know it. You run no risk in demanding the Flour that has been sold on this market for ten years and has given universal satisfaction to the great number of dealers handling it. Ask for Stock's Best Patent Flour, "Q Q Q Q Or Brand. We guarantee everv round. and after uslnsr same. If not as sold, you keep Flour and money Dotn. we are sole selling agents. isi PROVISIONS, sep 10 tf WILMINGTON, N. C. I Wish to Make Room for my Fall Stock, and for a few days will sell Best Chocolate Candies at 35c per lb. Chocolate Cream Drops, 15c. And my whole stock low down. Must be closed out. Apples, Pears, Grapes, BANANAS, ORANGES. And in fact anything you want I can supply yoa. JNO. W. PLUMMER, Jr., sep 16 if 204 Princess Street. Seasonable Goods. i- MULLETS, new catch. Best Cream Cheese, Martin's Gilt Edge Butter, Bagging and Ties. SALT. A GENERAL LINE OF CASE GOODS IN DEMAND AT THIS SEASON. Sole agents for Rob Roy FLOUR. McMIR & PEARSALL. sep 10 tf v ALL NEXT "WEEK. SATURDAY MATINEE. Every one remembers them. Come and s LEE E AND HIS GREAT COMPANY OF , HYPNOTISTS. One lady free on Monday" night with each paid 80 cent ticket. Prices, 10, 30 and 30 cents. Special Matinee Saturday. sep 15 8t September Mullets 7800 pounds New Uullets. . 176 jars Strawberry- Jam. 1 14 bushels Seed Rye. 8100 bags Cotton Seed Meal. 1500 pieces Bagging. 1800 bundles Ties. 780 kegs Cut Nails. 940 bushels R. P. Oats. 128 boxes Cigars. 115 boxes Big 4 Tobacco. 100 packages Cameo. 78 packages Dukes' Mixture. W. B. COOPER, ? Wholesale GrocerJ sepiotf , . wilmliurton. p. 0 9 5.00 2.60 1 1.85 V 1.00 i 3 Hum TO lilt IT AS or s "k Old lit" Voe Hap
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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