North Carolina Newspapers

:t ""'.A ..." V -'-v-v " ' " TQntriatced Boaa-FIde, EytyBij3 I Circulate. LaiftT Tkxa Hat Of Aay Otter DaByNei piper Pmblisked la WUalajtoa. ' . OLDEST DAILY RBWBPAP OUTLINES. Gov. Roosevelt declares he will not accept the nomination for the Vice presidency. Negro striken In Kartinqae threaten to kill the whites. Gen. Roberta is at Modder River and commands the British force there, An ad rerse report on judge E wart's nomination' has been made by the Senate Committee. U. S, gunboat Prineeton has hoisted the flag on Tutanes and Calagan islands. . The ' assistant postmaster a Reidsville is thought to hare small pox. The Financial bill was dis cussed in the 8enate yesterday,. Fireman and brakeman killed' in the wreck of a freight train on the -Western N. C. railroad. Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed a large audience at the Academy of Music, Richmond, Va.. Heavy rains hare caused floods in rivers in Georgia, threatening great 'damage. WEATHER REPORT. U. S. Dkp't or Agriculture, . W slather Bureau, WmoHaTOJr, N. OL, Feb, 13. ) Temperatures: 8 A. ., 47 degrees; 8 P. 1L, 66 decrees; maximum, 71 de grees; minimum, 43 degrees; mean, 67 degrees. Rainfall for the day; 77; rainfall iince 1st of the month up to date, L.B4. Stage of water at Fayetteville 20.8 feet and rising. FORECAST FOB TO-DAY. WASHuraTOir, Feb. 10. For North Carolina: Bain, followed by clearing and colder Tuesday. Wednesday fair and colder; brisk southerly, shifting to southwesterly winds. Port Al rm sm c Feb. 13. Sun Rises. 6.53A.M. Sun Sets 5.36 P.M. Day's Length 10 H.43 M. High Water at South port. 5.46 A. M. High Water. WUminzton. 8.16 A. M . It is figured out that there are 8,800,000,000 tons of coal in the Karampara region of India. The trusts haven't struck that yet. Kate Klaiton, the actress, has gone into bankruptcy; liabilities $10,000, assets $100 worth of clothes. There are lota of actresses who don't wear that much clothes. New York has some very realistic dreamers. One of them in a dream cut her husband's throat, and an other in a dream shot his wife. There Bhouldbe a line drawn on homicidal suppers. In answer to Mr. Stead's inter rogatory, "Shall I slay my brother Boer?" it may be remarked that brother Boer seems to have been doing most of the slaying up to the present writing. It ia said that John P. Rockefeller is contemplating retiring from the active management of the Standard Oil Trust. He thinks that he is well enough fixed to take a rest and let the other boys run the business. A' peace meeting in .London was mobbed a few nights ago while Hen ry Labouchere was speaking. That's on a par with the "traitor" argu ment that is used by some of the ex pansion defenders in the United States Senate. Ia Germany they think they have sufficient grounds for sympathizing with the Boers. Germany owns 320,000 square miles down in that part of the world which England may covet after awhile if she absorbs the Boers' land. This country exported last year 1063,536,201 worth of food stuffs, 88 per cent, of which went to Euro pean countries and 62 per cent, to the United Kingdom. Great Britain might be making trouble for herself if Bhe declared food stuffs contra band of war. The Ohio employes of the Stand ard Oil Trust threaten to strike be cause they object to working on Sunday. If they do this will give the Trust an excuse to run the price of oil up some more. The concern isn't declaring dividends of more than 80 per cent, per annum. There is a 92 year old postmaster in North Landsing, N. Y.,.who knows a good thing when it tumbles in his way. John Quincey Adams appointed him postmaster. He has been manipulating the mails in that office ever since. We do not know what the office originally paid him but for some years he has been rak ing in $12 a year. MiBa Cora Eiggleman, of West Va., isn't much. on the. German, progressive euchre, ete., but when it comes to mauling timber and mak ing the chips fly she can hold her own with any of the fashionable girls. Last year she felled the trees nd hewed out 3,000 crossties, 11 t7 her lone sweet self. She finished up by running the ties down the moun tain side to the stream, where they ere rafted to the place of delivery. LOCAL DOTS. The schooner Edith and May, 103 tons, Captain Sawyer, arrived in port Sunday from New York with ' cargo of coal for Messrs. J. A. Springer & Oo. .. j . x - To-day one year ago. the great now storm occurred in Wilmington and throughout the South, causing great damage and suffering as far south as Florida, j - The Woman's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association will hold its regular meeting for the month this morning at 11 o'clock in the association parlors. Bear in mind that Wilmington must haTe more cotton factories. They will pay -the stockholders handsomely, increase our white population, and build up our retail trade. Capt. Preston Cumming has an advertisement in the Stab this morning of interest to rice growers, ship carpenters, wagon builders, boat builders and carpenters' in general. It is probable that the contract for erecting the new fire alarm tower will be let this week. Alderman Tay lor, chairman of the fire committee, has already received a number of bids. The Norwegian barque Leif Captain Jensen, was cleared yester day by Messrs. Heide & Co. for Lon don with a cargo of rosin and tar, valued at $7,353, from Murchison & Co. The naptha yachts Coon and Wavelet, which have been at South port for harbor for several days, pro ceeded on their southern trips yester day morning, notwithstanding the rough seas. . The postponed meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina Central Railroad Company to have been held yesterday at 11 o'clock was further postponed till Monday next at 11 A.M. : Dr. G. B. Strickler, professor of systematic theology in the Union Seminary, at Richmond, Va., will oc cupy the pulpit of tne First Presby terian Church next Sunday morning and evening. The steamboat Driver arrived in port Sunday and returned yester day afternoon to Fayetteville. The Hurt will be down to day. There was 20.8 feet of water in the Cape Fear at Fayetteville at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Capt. G. C. Hewlett, who has been engaged in dredging at George town for the Han tee -Rice Planting Company, has returned here with Mrs. Hewlett Next week he will go to Big Island to dredge Mr. James Sprunt's rice' plantation. Letitia Lodge No. 3, Daugh ters of Rebekah, will give a festival this evening at the residence of Mrs. Peterson, No. 523 North Fourth street, for' the benefit of the benevo lent fund of th lodge. Bee adver tisement in business locals. The Second Regiment Band will have an important meeting to night. Among other things to be de cided on will be the plans for re-uni forming the band. It is probable that some kind of an entertainment will be arranged to raise a uniform fund. The Clyde steamship Rich mond, which was delayed on her Georgetown trip on account of rough weather and fog, arrived safely Sun day morning and proceeded yester day morning to New York, passing out at Southport at 1LS5 o'clock. The Saginaw, is expected in port this morning. The Eev. J. N. Cole, pastor of Grace M. E. Church, conducted the services for the first time at the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday afternoon. His re marks were impressive and greatly appreciated, his subject being "Blessed are the pure in spirit, tor they shall see God." Mr. S. A. Schloss, "lessee of the Wilmington Opera House and the opera houses of two or three other cities in North Carolina, has gone to Columbia, S. CL, to bid on the new opera house which is being erected in that city. It is in the new city hall building, which is being built on the site on the one burned several months go. The British schooner Julia Elizabeth, which is engaged in the fruiting trade from Nassau to Amer ica norts. cleared yesterday on tne return trip to the islands and will sail tMa mominar. if the weather is favor able. Captain Sweeting carries a cargo of shingles, doors, moulding and provisions, valued at $1,616.74, on his own accou nt. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Typewriter For sale. Sneed Co. New furniture. Preston Cumming Gum Clogs. Notice Cool spots for hot days. W. M. Cumming House for sale. Willard Sc Giles Interesting figures Johnson Dry Goods Co-Spring goods Masonic Meeting St. John's Lodge. John G. Russell Piano tuning.. Daughters of Rebekah Festival. As Eaoraou find. The statement of the Mutual Life In surance Company of New York, printed elsewhere in the Stab, makes a remarkable exhibit. It shows that, while the aggregate stock of the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the Imperial Bank of Germany and the Bank of Bussia is $178,87.855, the a. vvm . Mutual Life" for 4he payment of Its policies reach the enormous sum oi avi,o,oi WillAxd & Giles are the Wilmington agents. .. ' The . Morning Star . - LONGEST SCHOOL TERM IN NORTH CAROLINA. Coasty Pree Schools Will Be Malstsloed Is .New Hssover for Seven Montis f ; - ta the Year. , : ' It was decided at the regular month ly meeting of the County Board of Education held yesterday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock to extend the length of the annual , public school term in the county from" twenty-four weeks to twenty-eight weeks or from six school months of four weeks each to seven school month's of four weeks each. This extended term ia made to' dis tricts where the attendance will war rant the prolongation of the term and in those where the enthusiasm of patrons indicates that they will ap preciate the additional facilities for the education of their children. With the inauguration - of the pro posed long term, New Hanover, will enjoy the merited distinction of af fording to its citizens, both white and colored, the longest free school term of any county in the State, and Capt. Manning, the enthusiastic county superintendent of public instruc tion, is authority for the state ment that each and every dis trict that manifests any substantial desire for the increased term, will surely receive it and that, too, for the current fiscal year ending July 1st For a number of years recently the duration of the term was five months; more recently it was increased to six months and by the action of the publio spirited board yesterday, the term is still further increased, as stated. The nearest approach in the State to New Hanover's term under the new regime is Pasquotank county, which has a term of eighteen weeks for the white and seventeen for the colored race. Other counties in their order are Washington with 17 and 16 weeks for whites and colored respec tively; Durham, 17 and 15; Buncombe, 17J and 15 ; Vance 16 and 18; Wake 16 and 16 and Mecklenburg, 11 for whites and 7 for colored. Every publio school in New Han over county is now in thorough work ing Order and the attendance is the best in years. It can be ' said with pardonable pride in the light of the figures given, that no coutny in the State is more thoroughly alive to pub lic education by the county system than is New Hanover. At the meeting of the county board yesterday ' afternoon. Col. W. A. Johnson presided and members in at tendance were Mr. W. A. Sprunt and Capt Donald McRae. Capt Man ning, the superintendent, was also present Except the consideration of the matter of lengthening the school term, no other business save the aud iting of the treasurer's report'and bills 'or current expenses, was taken up at the meeting, and an adjournment was taken subject to call of the chairman. BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. Before S. H. McRae, Referee Com poli ties Effected With Creditors. A meeting of the creditors of W. EL Gavloid. bankrupt, was held yester day morning at 11 o'clock in the United States Court room, before S. H. Mac- Rae.ref eree. About $15,000 of the claims were presented and proved. The total amount of the claims is about $18,000. A composition of 45 per cent on all claims was offered, and after consider ation was accepted by the representa tives of creditors present, subject to its confirmation by Judge PurnelL' By the terms of the composition the credi tors are to receive 45 per cent on their claims, less an allowance of $360 with which the bankrupt's estate is to be taxed for the costs and fees. All other costs and expenses incurred are to be raid bv Geo. O. Gavlord, who is the Endorser of the notes given by W. EL Gaylord to secure his creditors. Tne stock of goods now in the store of W. H. Gaylord is to be turned over to Geo. O. Gaylord, in the event of confirma tion of the composition by the Court Pending the confirmation E. H. Free man has been appointed trustee to con duct the business, and yesterday gave bond in the sum of $10,000.- Among the attorneys present during the proceedings were Herbert McClam mv and B. G. Emnie. representing the petitioning creditors, S. M. Empie, rep resenting W. EL Gaylord, and lieorge Li. Peschau. John H. Gore, Jr., Wm. J. Bellamy and Robert T. McDowell. of Baltimore, representing creditors at large. ' ; . Leased From W. & W. Mr. W. E. Worth, Wilmington's niArariainc ice manufacturer, yester day filed for registration at the Court House a lease of ten years' duration, which ha has contracted with the Wil mington and Weldon Railroad Com- tmtiv for the use of a tract oi land ad joining his ice factory on Second and Campbell streets, e natural inference being that an increased business is de manding an enlargement of the plant and consequently a larger area of land upon which to place the machinery. The tract is 40 by ISO feet, and begins at a point in the southern Ime of Campbell, 150 feet west from corner of Third street. Mr. Cnrran's Marriaxe. The Fayetteville Observer of Satur day says:-; ' We learn through this morning's Wilmington papers of the marriage in New York Tuesday of Mr. M. fLCur ran, of Wilmington, and well known to many young people in Fayetteville as one of the very cleverest of Irish men, He was married to Miss Eliza beth Feely. of New York, . in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and the announcement ; was a great and .i...t mmn'M to his friends in Wil- i minjton and all over the State." WILMINGTpN, N. C.J TUESDAY, lBRTJ 13, NAVAL RESERVES' MEETING. '' ' "-':-r - tvi r-;y?d-iiy-. Elected Sevesteea Candidates for Mem bership Last Nlfbt Sects! Order Chose Officers. I - Iiast night's regular monthly ' busi ness meeting of the -Wilmington Di vision Naval Reserves was one of especial interest and pleasure to mem bers by reason of the large' number of applications I that were presented for membership in the company. Besides those passed upon by the ' division, there is yet, so the Stab, is informed, quite a handsome list of applications on file. "i ; - The following were elected at last night's meeting: W.3. ("Tuck") Sav age, W. H. Strauss, Jno. H. Batson, . Chas. E. McMillan, W. G. Moore, Claude E. Fisher, J. N. Sweeney, J. Edward Bunting, J. Frank Culbretb, W. S. Herring, Jno. C. Haar, Oscar K Merritt, j Wm. G. Brinkley, Joe Kelley, R. Li. Stevenson, J. P. Brewer, W. F. Morriss. 4 After the regular meeting of the division, the "Royal Grand Bouncers," a social organization composed of members of the Naval Reserves and having for the object of their organi zation the fostering care of all new members, held forth and elected the following officers: Lord High Executioner B. A. Mat thews. His Royal Highness A. L. Greene baum. Royal Grand Chaplain M. L. Skipper. Royal Past Grand Chancellor Ar thur Prempert Keeper of the Door to the Mighty Dungeon A. A. Hergenrother. Captain of the Imps of the Dun geon W. R. Stewart. Imps of the Dungeon W. R. Mid dleton, J. H. LeGwin, J. T. Cowan, W. C. McCartney, F. S. Burr, D. D. Barber. S. E. DeVaney. Royal Grand Sprinklers Jim Mack farlane, J. E. Cowell, D. F. Barnes, N. D. Huhn. Keeper of Records and Seals of -the Mighty Bounced EL C. Howard. CATASTROPHE NARROWLY AVERTED. Blaze Yesterday Afternoon la Block of Frame Bnildlsxs on Market Street. A gasoline can, a handful of matches and two little, folks children of Mr. C. E. Collins came near causing a conflagration on Market between Second and Third streets, yesterday af ternoon at 6.30 o'clock. Mr. Collins "and family occupy apart ments over Mr. H. J. Bierman's store, No. 215 Market street and unknown to older members of the family, the children were in a room adjoining the kitchen playing with the combustibles mentioned,' One of them took off the cover of the can with child-like curi osity, to see how much gasoline there was left in j the tank and the second unthoughtedly in some way allowed the flame' to catch. Both children fortunately escaped without injury. A telephone alarm was sent in to the de partment and the flames were extin guished in short order by the chemical engine. . ; The building is owned by Mr. C. C Parker and the damage is about $15. There was also some damsge to the household goods of Mr. Collins, upon which he had no insurance. Death of Mr. Charles P. Zoelier. The Saginaw, Mich., Courier and Herald, of February 6th, announces the death in that city on the 5th inst, of Mr. Charles F. Zoelier, formerly of Tarboro, N. C He was born in Lan dau, Bavaria, April 2d, 1842, and was the son of Mr. Victor Zoelier, who with Gen. Carl Schurz, and other patriots, immigrated to America in 1850 on ac count of their participation in the Ba varian revolution. The deceased was an uncle of Messrs. Victor Ei and August H. Zoelier, of Wilmington. During the civil war he served in the First North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettys burg, and other engagements. Shortly after the war he removed to Saginaw, and has served as alderman, treasurer and assessor of that city. The Saginaw Courierand Herald contains a long article concerning his death and says he was "a capable, honest and pains taking man." He was twice naarrisd, his first wife being Miss Rose A. Wehle, of Newburg, N. O. His last wife, with two children, and three daughters and two sons by the first marriage, survive him.- He was a prominent Mason, and will be remem bered as a visitor to Wilmington three or four years ago. Pretty Line of Goods. . The enterprising management of the Wilmington Cotton Mills had on dis may in the show-windows of the Mac- Rae building on Front street, yester day, about two hundred samples of the flannel goods manufactured in Wil mington's pioneer cotton factory The goods are stripes, plaids, checks and flecks, and a glimpse at the samples shows that the goods are superior in quality as well as in design and finish. These ! goods represent the "Golden Rod Flannel" brand of the Wilming ton Mills, and it was a capital idea to display them, for many Wilmington- ians had no idea such a handsome line of flannelettes were manufactured right here in Wilmington. i sa" Mrs. Smith's Funeral. Rev. Dr. C. S. BlackwelL pastor of the First ! Baptist Church,- Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted the funeral services over the remains of Mrs.' Eliza C. Smith, whose death was announced in Sunday's Stab. The funeral was from the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Josiah O. Jones, and the interment was in Bellevue ceme tery, the following gentlemen acting as pall-bearers: Dr. A. M. Baldwin. W. H. Alderman, T. P. Sykes and Allison Alderman. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ....Mr. W. B. Bricej of j Wallace, spent Sunday in the cityi :- Mr. J. B. Clement spent Sun day at his home in Wallace, j 1 Mr. Jordan S. Thomas, of Char lotte, is a guest of The Orton. j Mr. W. W. Miller, of Rocky Point, called cn the jobbers yesterday. ! Mr. E. W. Morris, of Raleigh, was among yesterday's arrivals in the ' . , j Mr. J. W. Harrelaon, of Clar endon, came up to'the city yesterday evening.. j . j Mr. Jack Burnett, I of Rich mond, is here shaking hands with bis friends.-- l j . - Mr. J. G. Blake, of South Washington, made business calls in the city yesterday. j I --Mr. J. B. Buarkj of South port, came up to the city on business yesterday evening;- j j Mr. K. C. Barrett, of Florence, route agent of the Southern Express Company, spent yesterday in the city. ! Mr. D. H. Wallace, of Wallace, travelling salesman for1 Messrs. Morris Bear Bros., was in the city yesterday. Misses Annie and MattieJGrims ley, of Council's station, are in the' city, the guest of friends and relatives. Mr. M. H. Curran and his bride arrived in the city last evening from New York. They are domiciled at the Orton. -; j Mr. Hugh O. I Wallace and bride returned last evening from a visit to Mr. Wallace's! father, Mr. B. Wallace, Kenansville. j Messrs. A. E. Cain, of Wad dell's Ferry, and Jno. T. Martin, of White Oak, were passengers on the Driver, which arrived Sunday after noon.1 j Mrs. A.,C. Ducker and little child, of Sumter, S. C.j, are visiting in the city, the guests of Mrs. Ducker's sister, Mrs. J. J. Fowler, No. 417 South Front street 1 Col. A. M. Waddell went up to Raleigh yesterday morning to attend the Bryan speaking j this afternoon and to night Mr. C4 C. Chadbourn went up last evening.! Mr. W. J. Taylor, the clever agent of the Atlantic j Coast Line at Whitaker's, was in the city yesterday. He was accompanied by his wife - and they left in the afternoon to visit rela tives in South Carolina. Junius Davis and Marsden Bellamy, Esqrs., went up to Clinton yesterday morning to appear for the defendant in the caso of Loftin vs. the W. & W. railroad which is set for a hearing in the cdurt there to 1 day. IS ARIE BRYANT DEAD? His Remains Said to Have Been Brought Here nod Interred Sunday. " Arie Bryant one of the' colored re fugees from Wilmington upon the occasion of the racial tronbles in Wil mington, November 10th, 1898, is said to have died in Norfolk last week and a Stab - reporter has it, on what is considered good, authority, that bis body was brought to this city and in terred Sunday. The funeral according to an established custom of some of the colored churches, will be held later. A number of colored people ap proached concerning Bryant's death yesterday, refused to, discuss the matter. j i Mayor's Mondsy Court. The only case of interest in the municipal court yesterday morning was that of Henry Williams, colored, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon Williams lives with his wife on Queen street between Front and Secondi Saturday night they wished to celebrate their "Silver Wedding" and the affair was '.'going off in great : shape" when Williams drew a chair and struck the wife whom he had "loved and cherished" for fif leen years, a" severe blow across -the head. Mayor-pro-iem Springer, who presided at the court in the absence of Col. Waddell, didn't sanction such unceremonious conduct, especially at the termination of a celebration like the one being indulged in by the Wil liams household, and consequently he sent Henry over to the court in de fault of $500 bond; I j ' ' Other cases before the court were for the not unusual offence of drunken ness and disorderly - conduct and the fines ranged from $2.50 to thirty days on the streets. j The Rock Stratum jlJnder the Y. M. C. h) Mr. R. H. Brady, who was appointed by the Y. M. C. A. athletic committee to ascertain -if the swimming pool could be constructed in the .basement without the necessity of removing any great amount of shell rock, found that there was no - rock nearer than nine feet to the base of the : building, As the swimming pool will be only eight feet deep, the committee will.no doubt decide to construct the pool in the basement L j j Fertiliser Movement. j AlCharlestonj S. C, special to the Columbia Stat e j says that a consider able quantity of fertilizers is being shipped into the interior of the State, notwithstanding the advance in prices rendered necessary by the increased cost of machinery supplies, and raw materials, used; in the manufacture. The companies about Charleston are all in full operation and the move ment is lively. The advance in cotton will probably cause the farmers to plant a larger crop than was intended, which means a greater consumption of fertilizers. 1900. COL. QUILDNER PROMOTED. He is Now President of An Antl-Trait Shovel Factory. r This chirographical decoration ap peared on The Orton register yester day: "Frank Guildner, New York." The gentleman who thus registered is no less a person than Col. Guildner, who has travelled years and years for Messrs. Sargent & Co., the great New York hardware house.' He is widely and popularly known throughout the South, and especially in North Caro lina his name is a household word among the trade. Since his last trip to Wilmington, Col. Guildner has been promoted, so to speak, having become the. head of a manufacturing concern that is going to make it warm for the trust. The New York Iron Age, of February 6th, mentions the recent incorporation of the Baltimore Shovel and Manufac turing Company, of Baltimore, ' Md, with a capital stock of $50,000. Col Guildner, who is a Baltimorean, was elected president,' and Mr. George L. Mowen, another well known business man of the Monumental City, was elected vice president The company will make socket shovels of standard grades and sizes and is the only shovel manufactory outside of the trust The colonel says it is going to always camp on the outside, too, and make it warm for thd trust. smnnnnj gsnnn ijnnjsjBL Prof. DeMotte's Lecture. The Star Course of entertainments in the Young Men's Christian Associ ation auditorium will be resumed next Friday evening with that famous le& turer, Prof. John B. DeMotte, A.M., M.D., Ph.D., in his widely known and popular illnstrated ' lecture ' The Harp of the Senses, or The Secret of Character Building." Prof. DeMotte has several lectures, but this is said to be his vary best effort though indeed not hi? latest His object is to bring the scientific to the popular mind, and his success has been rather phenome nal. The Star Course committee has de cided to open this entertainment to the general public, making the price of admission 75 cents, including re served seats. The box sheet will open Thursday morning at the Y. M. C. A. office. At the Weather Bureau. Mr. J. Frank Newsom, whom the Stab mentioned several days ago as having been transferred back to the1 local Weather Bureau from Norfolk as assistant arrived in the city last even ing and is being cordially greeted by his numerous friends. Mrs. Newsom is visiting her parents at Princeton, N. C, but will join her husband here in a few, days, r Mr. Newsom begins work in the Wilmington bureau this morning. i 1 Mr. C. A. Mueller, who has been serving Wilmington very efficiently for the past several months as assistant observf r, leaves to day for Vicksburg, Miss where he will enter upon simi lar duties. He carries with him the best wishes of a host of friends, whom he has drawn to himself since becoming a resident of this city. Nerro Carried to Southport. Sheriff D. R7 Walker and Deputy Sheriff J. B. Fountain of Brunswick county, were up yesterday and carried back with them Robert Hankins, the negro who was arrested here Saturday afternoon charged with the larceny of $32 in Southport They left at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon on the steamer with their pris oner and will place him in jail at Southport awaiting trial at the next term of Brunswick Criminal Court From information gathered from the officers it appeared that Hankins stole the money from a colored man at Southport with whom he was upon in timate terms and at, whose house he stopped while the steamer is laying over at Southport The Well at Wrlrhtsville. The Stab, in sneaking of the pro posed artesian well at Caswell a few days since, referred to the contem plated well as the first experiment in this line so near the sea coast A re porter is reminded that for a number of years an artesian well, of' five hun dred feet depth has been in successful operation at the "hammocks" at Wrightsville j beach, almost within a stone's throw of the ocean. The well has a splendid overflow, shoots up to a distance of four feet above the ground level and supplies the hun dreds of cottages and hotels on the beach. Mr. Walker's Philanthropy. Under the caption, "A Generous Donation," the Baltimore Sun of yes terday editorially says : . "Wilmington, N. O.,- is to have a model hospital building through the generosity of Mr. James walker, one of its wealthiest and most estimable citizens. He made known his inten tions Tuesday. The building will be four stories, of brick and stone, and will be erected on the present grounds of the City HospitaL It will cost about $30,000. A meeting of leading physi cians and citizens was held and a reso lution - unanimously adopted- that means would be provided to carry on the hospital when erected." To City Subscribers. City subscriDern 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 delivery. V: ' ' ss The ' East Carolina Real Estate Agency will sell for cash, or will ex change for desirable house and lot in Wilmington, a, farm of 272 acres, three miles from Rose HilL Address R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N.O. WHOLE NO. 10,137 Some Interesting Figures. Capital Stock of the Four Great Banks, BA1JK OP ENGLAND, - - - $86,047,935 BANK OF FRANCE, - - - 36 050 000 mRmiATBANK OF OERHANY, 28,560,000 V A VT ? V V TTrtn ' - -' BANK OF RUSSIA, TOTAL, FUNDS HTI n RYTHF MIITllAI SURANCE COMPANY FOR THE OF ITS POLICIES, DECEMBER Or, .$125,471,688 more than famous banks. The new form, of policy of The of New York, Richard A. McCurdy, ' President, provides: FirstThe SECURITY of $301,844,587 of asset.. . Second PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. Third LIBERAL LOANS TO THE INSURED. Extended term Insuranee in case of lapse. Automatic paid-up insuranee without exchange of policy. Liberal surrender -values. ( One month's grace in payment of premiums. j - For further information apply to F. H. HYATT. General Agent for the Carolina. Columbia, S. C. WILLARD feb 13 lw St. John's Loto No. 1 A. F.&A. M. JEQUX AR MONTHLY COMMUNICATION this (Tuesday) evening' at 8 o'clock. Visiting Brethren are cordially inTited to attend. WM. M. POISSON, febiSlt Secretary. 500 BARRELS POTATOES IN BAGS. Early Ohio, Early Bose, Burbanks Bliss, Triumph. Now ready for de livery; former yield being 18 to 25 barrels to one barrel 8eed. B. F. KEITH CO., Wholesale Grocers, Ja 31 lm DAW Wilmington, N. O. FOR SALE. REMINGTON STAND ABO NO. 8 TYPE WHITES COMPUTE. Apply No. 108 Bed Cross street, feb 13 it GUM CLOGS For Mules In Bice Field Plowing. Oak for vessel work. Ask for wagons. Juniper for toat building. Cypress, Poplar and Pine Lumber. ! PBE8TON GUMMING. Manufacturer Coffins, Caskets, &c feb 13 It Baw Mill foot of Dock street. I IT IS A MISTAKE i As stated In yesterday's "Messenger," that there are no Business Houses FOB BENT One of the most desirable stores in the city now occupied by Fishblate Clothing Company will be vacant from Oct. I st. aepastf tuthsa If OR SALE! A house and lot on Eighth i street near Market street. FOR S1450. W. M. CUMMING, i Beal Estate Agent and Notary Public, feb 18 tf HIP, HIP, HURRAH ! Wilmington has at last got it. WHAT ? A First Class Cafe for Ladies and Gentlemen. Call and see us. i Warren's Steam Bakery and Cafe, ! Opposite Masonic temple. feblltf iC SANDERS ' Has lots of Nice Things at , I "The Unlucky Corner" At regular prices, and some BARGAINS. Notably Smoked Beef Tongues at 25c eaeH. Large Fish Roe 45c dozen, ivortlt 60e. DELICIOUS ORANGES. Something New Canned Peaches in Cordial. feb 1 tf HE HI. j 920 Buahela Beat Corn. 640 Buahela Va, Meal. ; 320 Buahela R. P. Oat, i 1 10 Base 3. B Potatoes. 93 Base Ohio Potatoes. 200 Pounds NutmeffSt j 150 Pounds Cloves. 220 Dozen Extracts. ' 110 Cases Babbitt Lye. 98 Cases Star Lye; 1 W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Qrooer, feb 11 st Wiunlnoton. H. C TOR BANANAS, , PINEAPPLES, - ORANGES, ; LEMONS, i - and all kinds of PRDITS and CONFECTIONS, Call on me During the coming week. J. W. PLUMMER, Jr., feb tf X Princess street. I SLc Mothe, .": 8.60 t&&ifWM g Three' months, " ' : v 1.85 X :s - V:fy iWf: 9 Two Mentha , :v j 1.00 VylW' V' 'Delivered, ta 8aherlbers in tke (lty at 45 Cent per BEontlt. .- j of the World, December 3 1 , 1899. - 25,714,920 i ice: iai PAYMENT 31, 1899, the combined capital of these Mutual Life Insurance Company & GILES, Agents, Wilmington, N. G. WHILE CROSSING THE STREAM." There Is solid sense in the above. It is better to keep safe on solid ground before trying something new and untried. For many years smokers have smoked the un matchable. Cuban Blossom" Cigars. We cant convince you unless you give this Fine Cigar a trial, and then you will be con vinced without doubt; and in future be a friend of this famous Cigar. This Cigar con- : tains the choicest selected Havana, being mild and a pleasure to smoke. We only sell our goods through dealers, as la well understood. YOLLERS & HASHAGEN, Manufacturers' Agents: Ja9tf Announcement. Jno. H. Davis, formerly with the A. C. L., has bought an interest in the business of THE KING GROCERY CO., and to day enters upon his du- . ties as manager. The business will be conducted on the same ' principles upon which it. has been built spot cash, no dis- COUNT, NO TIME, NO CREDIT. Mr. Davis gives all his friends a cordial invitation to call on him at Fourth Street Bridge, where he will always be glad to welcome them. The retiring Manager, B. F. King, desires to express his ap preciation and gratitude to the public for their generous,-pat-; ronage during the past two and a half years, and hopes the same generous patronage, in increased proportions, will be bestowed on the business under ita new management. RespectfuDy, B. F. KINO, JNO. H. DAVIS. feb8tf PHOSPHATIC UHE! Manufactured from the Bones and Petrified Faces of AntedllaTian Animals, taken from the recently discorered CoproUte Deposits on the northeast Cape Fear river. North Carolina. A CHEAP AND LASTING MA NURE FOUND AT LAST. Contains all the Elements of Plant Food. Sustains the Crop Throughout the Season. The Best Fertilizer for the Honey Tet FRENCH BROS., Rocky Point. N. C. Send for Circulars.. feb 6 2m I A Multitude of Defects can be covered with a Quart of varnish and f a can of paint. The utility of our BUGGIES extends be neath the surface. They, are made for some thing besides show. ' t We will save you money. H. L FEMNELL, The Horse Milliner, Masonic Temple. feb 4tf D- O'CONNOR. Real Estate Aaen TV nmlnctom, H. c A V rWHXTNG8. 8TOEKS AMS f... OFFICES FOB BSST. Ml S Houses and Lota for sale on eas Hill ferms. Bents, Taxes and Insurance Jbattended to promptly. Money leaned on Improved ma 1 U -8176,372,855 S3UI.K44.53T ! Hot In the . . ... . r . ft I' I' c "''jc" "