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1 I . - , - ' I - ..:' ..,,-.!. - ; ' ... '1 I- ,,.M v I . .. , -.- . . . . Z ! ' 1 : ' ' ' . . Q0tranteed Boas-noe, J Clrcnlstlos Larrer Thai Tast Of Asy Other Dally News- I paper Published ia X WHmisrtos. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.: C One Tear, by Mall, $5 OO t Six Months, " i S.SO C Three Month., 1.85 Two Months. .1.00 A"""' IN THE STATK. X Delivered to Snbeerlbera In the , City at 45 Cent per raoath. ' UK fl Irs. N .4 Ki' ' A He: . 1 1 i . . . I . . . . . . . . - i . . -, . . -. . - . - h I Jt . . - ' ' " " - I ... ' - J - "... - - - : . I - f t .V VOL. LXVI.-tNO. 13. WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY. APRIL 6. 1900. WTTOT "R no ia io I The granting tar. OUTLINES. Pasha, the hero of Plevna, died at Constantinople. Colonel piumer attacked tne isoera ana wm repulsed; twenty of nia men were found dead on the field. Argu ment was beard by Judge Simontou in the railroad tax cases from North Carolina; the nxt hearing in Wil mington will be on the 24th instant. The Seaboard Air Line is now running trains into Columbia, S. O. A "steamer with 1,322 mules for ., . T?'t;.w armv in South Africa left me eriu j ----- m Xew Orleans yesterday. Admiral Dewey sajs he is a Democrat; he at tended a concert in Philadelphia yea- terdav The naval appropriation bill carries 161,219,916. The Hay Pauncefote treaty for modification of the Clay-Bulwer treaty wa8 discussed by the Senate in executive session. - Hawaiian government bill nnder con sideration in the House. Baggage and mail car on a south-bound trajn on the Southern railway consumed by fire near Ridgeland, S. C. Miss Oltfi Nethersole and Moss were found not Vjiity of maintaining a public nuisance jn presenting "Sapho " Pennsylvania delegates to the Demo cratic national convention in Kansas City a'e instructed to vote for Bryan. Xe York markets: Money on cl! steady, actual transactions at 34 per cent., the last loan being at 3 per ii?.; cotton steady, middling up lands SI flour was steadily held and quirt on account of the drop in wheat; wheat-spot steady. No. 2 red UOfc; corn spot steady, No. 2 49c; oats N7i 2 23c: rosin stead v : api. j.-ji ' Spirits lUrpCUUUO oicauj. WEATHER REPORT. U. S Dkp't OF GRICULTURE, i Weather Bureau, Wilmington, N. C, Awril 5. ) . Temp-ratures: 8 A. M , 37 degrees; 8 P. !.. 53 dgees; maximum, 53 de grees; miuiajum, 34 degrees; mean, 46 degrees. Rainfall for the day, ; rainfall since 1st of the month up to date, .08 iaches. 3u? of water at 8 A M. at Fayatte yille 9 1 feet. FORECAST FOB TO DAT. Washington, April 6 For North Carolina: Fair and warmer Friday; probably rain Saturday; variable winds, shiine to tatrly. Port Almnc -April 6. Sun Rises 5 39 AM.- Sun Sets 6 26 P. M. Day's Length 12 H 47.M High Water at Southport. 1 54 A. M. High Water Wilmington. 3 24 A.M. Whether trade follows the flag or not, tariffs seem to go that way. A Wilkesbarre, Pa , woman pro poses to do her divorce business in job lot style. She wants a divorce from three husbands all at once. California ia getting to be a great kerosene oil producer. The month ly output ia now about 160,000 bar rels, with a prospective increase. England had better keep on good terms with thia country, for we ship her annually about 5269,233,832 worth of Btuff, most of it something to eat. The Maryland Legislature, which haa just adjourned, cost $136,000. which, according to the Baltimore Herald, was about $135,998.64 more than it waa worth. It ia said that the Navy Depart ment in Washington is considering a plan of a boat to be run by elec tricity, which will split water at the late of fifty miles an hour, with bunker capacity to run her 4,000 miles. " , ae people or Jiew lork have be come so accustomed to bogus gold brinks that they wouldn't pick up 2- b. if they saw it on the side walk. A fellow who dropped a genuine one a few days ago got it back iu a little while. Taking advantage of the free ad vertising he has had Eev. Mr. Sheldon, who for a week ran that Topeka paper as he said Christ would, ia going on the lecture plat form. Some men have no consid eration for the public. The general impression was that Idaho ia a pretty cold country for a large part of the year, but, according to its Governor, there is a part of it up iu the Cour d'AIene mining section wiich ia very warm. He says it has been "a hell on earth for ten years." There are now in Pennsylvania 8lk mills in forty-two towns, all es tablished Bince 1897. There are sixty-six mills in the State. Many of these are in sections where form erly iron-making was the great and about the only manufacturing indus try. It is said that Auginaldo cornea to Manila in disguise and attends balls whenever he feels like it. AU he baa to do to disguise himself is to put on some other fellows clothes, and then he looks like the other f el- !tWT those coona look alike to the Yankee eye. LOCAL DOTS. Wilmington Lodge No. 139, 1. O O. F., conferred the initiatory de free on eighteen candidates at the reg ular meeting last night. The Easter german of IElite Cotillon Club, as stated before in the 8tab. will take place the Monday night after Easter at German! Hall. ' The American barque Chas. Loring was cleared yesterday for Bos ton with a cargo ef lumber from the Cape Fear Lumber Company. Warren's fruit store and candy manufactory was being fitted yester day with a big freight elevator. Mr. EL E. Bonilz was superintending the construction. The warrior's degree will be conferred upon several hunters in the wigwam of Eyota Tribe No. 5, Im proved Order of Red Men, at the kindling of the council fires to-night. The auditing committee of the Board of County Commissioners was in session for several hours yesterday afternoon. The Board of Hospital Managers will meet this afternoon at the usual hour. j Henrietta Jones, colored, was before Justice Fowler yesterday, charged with the larceny of $5 in cash from Mabel Davis, : white. She gave bond in the sum of $25 for her appear ance at the next terra of the Criminal Court. The Museum of the Cape Fear Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, at the W. L. L. armory, will be open from 4 to 5 SO o'clock this afternoon for the inspection of those who may wish to visit or contribute relics to the same. The new lodge Knights pf the Mystic Chain, will meet to-night at 8 o'clock in the room over the Hiber nian Society's hall,' on Third street opposite the City' Hall. Important business is to be transacted and a full attendance is desired. Justice Bornemann investiga ted a couple of ca&es yesterday against Sam Highsmith and Fannie High smith, charged with assault and bat tery with a deadly weapon. They were represented by William J. Bellamy, Esq., and were found not guilty and discharged, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Taylor's Bzar Millinery. . S W. 8andrrs Grape nuts. S & B. 8olomon. Phone 299. 8 H. MaeRae Bankrupt notice. Masonic Meet'g Wilmington Lodge PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. H. H. McKay, of New York, is in the city. - Mr. B. O. Crisp, of Elizabeth City, is registered at The Orton. Contractor H. C. Zachary re turned to the city yesterday morning. Mr. A. M. Parker, Jr., of Georgetown, S. C, is registered at The Orton. Ex-Congress man John E. Fow ler, of Clinton, is registered at The Orton. Hon. Franklin McNeill re turned yesterday morning from Raleigh. Mr. D. W. Wells, of Robeson, Columbus county, was a visitor to the city yesterday. Mr. D. L. Herring, of Clear Ran, was in the city yesterday on a business visit. Messrs. T. Q. Hall and W. G. Boney, of Wallace, were registered at The Orton yesterday. The Stab regrets to learn that Mr. James EL Taylor, Jr., is confined to his home with grippe. Mr. E. T. Pnllen, of Kocky Point, was among the number of ar rivals at The Orton yesterday. Messrs. W. L. Latta. W. W. Turner and Robert E. VanLaer left yesterday morni: g to attend the Y. M. C. A. Bute convention at Greensboro. D. J. Lewis, Esq., of Whifcs- vi'le, is registered at The Orton. He is supervisor of this census district and is here on business connected there - ilh. Mr. J. Robert Jordan, State L-cturer of the Knights of Pythias, is expected to arrive to-morrow to be in attendance upon the District meeting Tuesday. Mr. W. G. Harris, of Birming ham, Ala., is here visiting his vener able mother, who is very, sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. M. Altaffer. Mrs. Ernest Holt, after several days very pleasantly spent in the city, the guest of Mrs E. C Holt, on Mar ket street, returned yesterday to her home at Greensboro. The numerous friends of Mr. James W. Monroe will learn with pleasure that He is steadily improving. He has not yet recovered the power of speech, but gives evidence daily of re turning vitality. Major General Brooks and CapL Dean, of the United States Army, arrived in the city yesterday morning and went down to Fort Cas well in the afternoon aboard the U. S. Engineer's yacht Mary Lilly. Strickea with Paralysis. Mrs M. R, Gill, of this city, re ceived a telegram yesterday morning conveying the sad intelligence that her brother, Mr. Ben. Marsh, of Salisbury, N. 0., had been stricken with paralysis, which it waa feared would prove fatal. Mr. Marsh was a former resident of Wilmington. RIVER IMPROVEMENT Chamber of Commerce Endorses I Efforts Towards Opening ; of Shelter River. EX-SHERIFF POWERS HERE. He Presented Clslais of Pender Citizens at Mass Meetinr at Msple Hill A Reaolntloa Offered by Cspt T. D. Mesres. The Wilmington Chamber of Com merce, at its regular monthly meeting held yesterday afternoon, decided to endorse the action of the citizens' meeting at Maple Hill, Pender county, some time ago, relative to the im provement of ' Shelter river, in that county, and it also agreed to use its best efforts in common with the citi zens interested in urging Congress to make a substantial appropriation 1 for the contemplated improvement at the next session, when the river and har bor bill will be made up. Upon the occasion of the meeting of Pender citizens at Maple Hill, the 8tab published in its correspondence the proceedings of the meeting and re ferred to the inestimable benefit that would accrue from an opening of this stream to navigation by small steam boats. Yesterday the attention of , the Chamber was formally called to tne movement by ex-Sheriff K. F. Powers of Maple Hill, who was in the city and present at the meeting, by appointment of the Pender meeting to request the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce to join hands with them in their ef forts in this direction. . - The meeting yesterday afternoon was called to order by Mr. Marcus W. Jacobi, first vice president, and after the disposition of the usual routine business, Mr. Powers, by request, ex plained the object of his visit He said that, with confidence inspired by the earnest efforts of Wilmington business men for the best interests of their own people and those who contribute to their prosperity, he was present to ask them to join in a peti tion to Congress for the improvement referred to. He said that with the ex penditure by the government of a nominal amount on Shelter river, steamboat transportation could be bad into one of the most fertile sections of Southeastern North Carolina, from hich centre under existing condi tions it is necessary to carry the pro ducts of the soil in carts and wagons at a great expense, tons retarding any great production of crops and bar ring others that would give employ ment to many people. Continuing, he said that the cause was a common one between the farm ers and timber men in that section and the business people of Wilming ton. In explaining the merits of his petition, he stated that Shelter riyer is tributary to Northeast river and; flows northeastwardly from Bannerman'a Bridge to the mouth of Aneola Creek, traversing and affording the, only means of transportation to a large sec tion of Pender, Duplin and Onslow counties, from which points farmers . now have to haul their products eigh teen miles across the country, j With the removal of a few obstructions aad the cutting away of several shoals at intervals ia the river, the steamer would be easily rendered navigable at a very nominal cost j The proposed improvement met with favor from the very beginning and the matter was discussed by Messrs. D. L. Gore, W. M. Cumming and Capt T. D. Metres, who offered the following resolution which was unanimously adopted and certified copies of same ordered sent to North Carolina's representative in Congress from this district: I Ttsarfliwrl That the Chamber of nnmmrm nf the citv of Wilmington does hereby endorse the petition of the citizens of Pender county to the Con gress of the United States asking for the improvement of Shelter River in said county and hereby requests the congressman from this district to use bis efforts to secure the passage of an appropriation for said purpose. Copies of a petition to Congress be ing circulated and liberally j signed were exhibited by Mr. Powers and many of those in attendance upon the meeting yesterday afternoon affixed their individual signatures to some one of the documents. The petition as be ing circulated is as follows: To The Honorable, The Congress of tne Unitea mates oi America: Wa th untarmnMl citizens of the HfatA nr Worth Carolina do most re spectfully and earnestly petition your Honorable Doay to mate an appropri ation Mi. thm imnmvement of Shelter River in the county of Pender in the said State. This riyer, if improved, will be navi gable for a distance of thirty -five miles n1 will materially benefit an area of country fifty miles long by ten miles wide, extending us oenencs inio tne counties of Duplin, Onslow and Pen ta anH wiUnnAn to market and com merce millions of feet of timber which is, for want of market facilities, com paratively worthless; will encourage manufacturing enterprises, and will stimulate and increase all commercial interest in tne entire section ten fold. And your petitioners as in duty bound ever pray, etc. The matters of routine considered yesterday afternoon were the reading of communications from Hons. Jno. i. Bellamy and Jno. H. Small, ac knowledging receipt of conveyance of the Chamber's action upon the Phila delphia Museum bill; the receiving of a report from Mr. John K. Williams, chairman of a committee to pass upon the merits of a bill . pending, in Oon rsa relative to certain District of Co lumbia legislation, and several other matters of a trivial nature. j The meeting adjourned subject to call of the president FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT Wllmlof ton Street Railway Contributed $100 The Advertising Committee ! Active la Its Efforts. j ' " " -j j Capt W. P. Monroe and the mem bers .of the Hook and Lader Company were very busy yesterday stamping envelopes, advertising the Firemen's Tournament and the work will con tinue from day to-day. They had en velopes to stamp yesterday for the following firms: West & Co.RC. DeRosset, H. J. Gerken, W. E. Springer, Uhesnut & Barentine, H. H. Munson, A. Shrier, L Shner, L M! Bear tic Co., George R. French & Son, N. B. Rankin, The Orton. Seaboard Air Line, Hall & Pearsall, Vollers & Hashagen, Oorbett & Co', Cooper & Cooper, G. J. Boney, J. D. Nutt J. Hicks Bunting, J. G. L. Gieschen and R. T. Hamme. In this way the advertising com mittee is doing some good work. It was remarked yesterday that the Cham ber of Commerce of Charlotte had contributed $1,000 toward the Twen tieth of May celebration and it was suggested that it would be a graceful thing for the Wilmington Chamber to make some recognition of the coming event, which augurs so much for the advancement of the city's interest. A contribution was made for the enter tainment of the officers of the Raleigh upon the occasion of her visit to South port and it was cited that the tourna ment here will ba of vastly more im portance to the commercial welfare of Wilmington. The Wilmington Street Railway heads the list of subscriptions this morning with $100, and the finance committee is waiting for all others who may wish to come 'for ward with any amount from a dime to five hun dred dollars. The papers of the State have been very iriendly to the cause since the announcement of the tournament here and it only remains for Wil mington's public spirited citizens to lend a helping hand with liberal sub scriptions. Yesterday's Asheville Citizen says: "Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 will attend the firemen's tournament to be held in Wilmington July 10 to Id. Tne company will be the guests i roe wumioeion rire department. Teams from Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina, as well as from vari ous cities in the State, will attend, and a large number of prizes will be awarded. 'The boys expect to run an excur sion train from here to Wilmington.'.' THE STATE C0VfcNTI0N. Col. W. J. Woodward Has Named tne Fif teen Delegates from New Hsaover. Alternates Also Selected. ! Col. W. J. Woodward, Chairman of the Democratic County Convention, to whom was delegated the power to name delegates to the State and Sena torial Conventions, has made the fol lowing announcements as to the State meeting, which will be held at Ra leigh next Wednesday : i J Delegates Duncan McEachern, J. Allen Taylor. Wm. Gilchrist, O. W. Worth, B. F. King, E. K. Bryan. M. J. Heyer. L. B. Sasser, W. R. Kenan, J. W. Jackson, Marsden Bellamy, W. A. Johnson, James I. Metts, W. E Worth and S. P. McNair. f Alternates. W. H. Sprunt, J. C. Stevenson, G. H. Smith, J. H. Wat ters, Roger Moore, W.- B. Cooper, L. Bluenthal, Clayton Gilen, B. F. Hall, W. H. Bernard, F. E. Hashagen, W. C. Galloway, Alex. Adrian, R. W. Hicks and G. J. Boney. ! It will be seen that New Hanover is entitled to fifteen votes in the State Convention. j Delegates to the Tenth Senatorial district convention will be appointed later. The date for the Senatorial con vention will be named : later by the executive committees of ! New Hanover and Brunswick counties, which comprise the district Orgsa Fond Society. The Young People's Organ Fund Society of Grace M. E. Church met in regular monthly session in the lecture room last evening. The business was principally routine and several reports were heard, the most interesting and gratifying of which was that!; of the treasurer, which showed the amount collected for the new organ fund dur ing the past month to be $73 70. Since the work of raising a fund for the purchase of a new instrument was in augurated $1,666.51, all told, has been collected. The society: will meet on the first Thursday evening after Easter ia VanLaer's music hall to arrange for the next entertainment f Bsoy Tender WIstarls. j The United 8tates buoy tender Wis taria arrived in port yesterday from Charleston on one of her regular in spection trips and tied up at the Clyde steamship wharf until about 3:30 'clock in the afternoon when she proceeded down the river. She came in at Southport Monday evening for the purpose of visiting the light ship but on account of strong head winds, she decided to come up to this port and postpone the regular visit until to day. ' ' ' . Another Damage Salt. It is understood that William J. Bel lamy, Esq., attorney ' for Dr. J. H. Mask, the colored physician, will to day bring suit in the Superior Court in behalf of ur. jussk's moiner, wnom it will be alleged waa thrown from a buMrv by reason of certain excava tions that were said to be negligently left without safeguards by the city in the vicinitr of Seventh and Brunswick streets. Ris reported that $10,000 will be asked for. NEW BUSINESS HOUSE. North Front Street Will Very Soon Be Graced by Another Handsome New Store Building. : Front street is soon to have anoth er handsome new brick building and the date of its completion and occu pancy is probably j not far in the dis tance. The site is to be on the grounds of the old Merchant's Association park nearly opposite the Saaboard Air Line building and Mr. George O. Gay lord will occupy the building with his big Racket Store, which is now located opposite The Orton House. It is hoped to '. have the building completed and ready for ocsupincy by October 1st, although the final details of the move ment to build have not yet been ar ranged. It is learned that Mr. D. L. Gore will own the building and lease the property to Mr. Gaylord. It will be 100 feet long and will probably be from forty five to j fifty fett in width. Mr. H. E. Bonitz, Wilmington's enterprising architect and' builder, has submitted plans, which will in all probability be ac cepted and the contract let in a short time. It is said that the new structure will be one of the Handsomest of Front street business houses. The building which Mr. Gaylord now occupies will be turned over Oc tober 1st, to Messrs. Morris Bear & Bros., from whom he has leased for the past five years. j MR. JOHN E. NELMS. Passed Awsy at His Home la This City j Very Early Yesterdsy Morning. Funeral To-dsy. Friends in this city will mourn the loss of Mr. John E. Nelms, one of the foremen in the Atlantic Coast Line car building department, whose death occurred yesterday morning at 2:10 o'clock at his late residence, No. 710 North Fourth street, this city. Mr. Nelms was 53 years of, age and had for only a few days been ill, his death being attributed to acute Bright's disease. He wad a native of Nash county and has been continuous ly in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line for fourteen years, j He came to Wilmington twelve years ago and first took work in the road way depart ment Two years later he entered the car building department, and was em ployed there at the time he was taken sick. He was a quiet unassuming man and was faithful to every duty, discharging each task with that precis ion and determination which marked. his course through life land won for him many close friends. Deceased was twice married, and one daughter of the first wife's chil dren survives him. She is Mrs. C. L. Ottoway, of Brunswick: county, who arrived yesterday . morning at 10 o'clock to be with the grief stricken family. His second marriage was with Miss Kate D. Sorsby, who, with four sons Messrs. Swift G., Alex, Carl and Norman also survive him, and have the sympathy of numerous friends. ! Tne funeral will be from the late residence this morning at 10 o clock by Rev. J. J. Porter, and the inter ment will be in Bellevue cemetery. Mr. Nelms was a member of the local lodge of Heptosophs, and was also a member of the A. C. L. Relief Department Death of Dr. J. M. Worth The Stab sincerely regrets to learn of the death of Dr. John M. Worth, at his home in Asheboro, Randolph coun ty, yesterday. Dr. Worth was about 87 years old and had been for some time in declining health, but until quite recently took an active interest in progressive movements in his coun ty, and always an active interest in public affairs. As a true,' sterling man, citizen and Democrat, he commanded universal confidence, I and as State Treasurer for years, he did more than any other man in it to 'rehabilitate the State financially andj establish her credit His administration was such a success, and so closely did he guard the State's revenues and see that they were properly disbursed, that he be- . a iTT . came commonly . Known as xxonest. John Worth." In addition to being a man of unquestionable integrity, of unwavering devotion! to the princi ples he believed in, and of great exe cutive and financial ability, his char- acteristio was plain, and contempt for schemes of all kinds. honest dealing. pretences and In his death the State loses a devoted and nonest son, in whose long career there is no blem ish. - I Dr. Worth was a brother of the late Governor Worth and of Mr. B. G. Worth of this city. I The latter left here several days ago to be with his brother in his last illness. The funeral is announced to take place in Ashe boro to-day. I The Elk's Home. Mr. Frank Sawyer, of the firm of Hook & Sawyer, architects, arrived in the city yesterday at noon from Char lotte to confer with tbe building com mittee of Elks relative to the new Elks Home, which it is proposed by the Wilmington lodge to erect on North Front street and for the con-j struction of which a corporation of Elks has already been formed. Messrs. Hook& Sawyer sometime ago submitted plans for tbe new building and reference to the same has already been made in these columns. The building committee" j with which Mr' Sawyer was here to confer, met last night in the Seaboard Air Line build ing and discussed the matter oyer in detail. There was, however, nothing from the conference for publication. - ' - I - i 1 HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. installed Annual Ulficers at a Well Attended Meeting Last Night. ORATION BY MR. JOHN DYER. Society Presented With Handsome . Pic ture of Col. Jno. L Csntwell, a Dis tiofoished Member Refresh ' ments Were Served. Tne first meeting of the Hibernian Benevolent Society after the annual session on St. Patrick's Day is always interesting and last night it was made doubly so by the large number of in teresting features that were introduced in addition to the regular routine of business. The society is social as well as benevolent and last night this branch of its work found a happy ob servation in several points on the in formal programme. First came the installation of officers for the ensuing year elected on St. Patrick's Day and these .were induct ed into office in their order as follows: President Mr. M. O'Brien. Vice : President Mr. Wm. Shee han, Jr. Secretary Mr. F. P. Donlan. Asst. Secretary Mr. D.j M. Carroll. Treasurer Mr. James Allen. Standard - Bearer Mr. Thomas Murrin. Following the installation came the annual o ration by Mr. John Dyer, de livered in his characteristic forceful and eloquent manner, which was teeming with patriotic sentiment and expression. He referred to the struggle in South Africa and highly exploited the indomitable courage and bravery of the Boer people. Col. Jno. L. Cantwell followed in an address replete with splendid utter ances and forceful argument He re ferred in pleasing manne to the per mission by the Queen to the Irish sol diers for the wearing of their national emblem and tbe participation in tne 8t. Patrick's Day festivities by Eng lish subjects. It was announced that Lhe annual ball by the society on Easter Monday night would be held this year as usual and the following committee was an nounced to arrange for the same: Messrs. M. O'Brien, chairman, Wm. Sheehan, Jr., T. Donlan, F. P. Don- Ian, James Madden, Thos. Torpyj J. H. Sweeney, D. M. Carroll, James Al len, ; P. H. Hayden, Wm. Sheehan, Sr., D. Quinlivan, Jno. W. Reiliy. After the transaction of the usual business, a delightful spread of season able refreshments was served by the newly elected officers complimentary to those in attendance and a royal time was spent Probably one of the most interesting features of the evening; was the per- seutation to the society by Mr. Timo thy Donlan of a large and handsome portrait of I CoL John L- Cant- well, one of the most active workers for the promotion of the' ob jects of the society and a distinguished veteran of two wars. The portrait was received on behalf of the society in well arranged words by Mr. James Madden. The picture of Col. Cant- well is taken in the regulation Con federate gray' uniform, and upon his breast; is pinned a badge of honor awarded for efficient service and soldierly qualities displayed in the Mexican war. . The meeting was well attended and one of the most enthusiastic held for some time. THE FIRES YESTERDAY. Cspe Fesr Lnmber Company Sustained About $500 Loss to the Dry Klin, Poor Other Alarms. i The firemen had a busy day of it yesterday and there was little time to talk "tournament" - At 10.40 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm of fire came in from box 124 and was caused by a fire in one of the large dry kilns in the yard of the Cape Fear Lumber Company, on Front near Davis street The flames are sup posed to have originated from spon taneous combustion and were not ex tinguished until a loss by 'fire and water was sustained which will proba bly amount to $500. The loss is cov ered by insurance. The alarm from box 49 was on ac counti of a fire in the residence of J. D. Buss, No. 616 South Fifth street, caused by sparks from the chimney. The building is owned by Mr. James Ellis, and the damage did not ex-' ceed $5. Some small boys playing about a pig sty in the rear of the residence of John Thomas, No. 811 South Seventh street, yesterday afternoon decided to inau gurate the tournament festivities with a barbecue.' They innocently set fire to the enclosure about the pig, and when the firemen arrived on the scene in response to an alarm from box 62 they found roast pig in abundance. The decided, however, that it was too soon to inaugurate the "gala ; week" and after j extinguishing the j flames they returned to their respective quar ters. The alarm last night at about 11 o'clock from box 49, corner Fifth and Castle streets, was false. To Investigate Smallpox. - Dr W. D: McMillan left yesterday for Topsail Sound at the request of Pender county authorities as j an ex pert to diagnose the case of supposed smallpox at that point Dr. McMillan was accompanied by Dr. George F. Lucas, of Currie, and will probably re turn to the city this evening. Subscribers TO s. ik B. Solomon, Number 299. Shoe Department. apr 8 tf AYLOR'S Bazaar. Trimmed and Untrimmea Hats. Millinery Hundreds of 8tyles to select from, Including a Host of ExoluSlve Novelties. It's the Biggest and Best Hat stoi k la Wl mlngton, and our Prices are the Lowest. ' Choice KOTeltles In Fine Flowers, Feathers, Aigrettes and Millinery Ribbons. 118 Market Street. apr 6 tf Damaged By 1 he Cold. The continued cold weather and light frost duriDg the earlv part of the week have without a doubt resulted disastrously to some extent to the growing truck crops in tbe Eastern Carolina belt. Growers who were here yesterday from various sections did not hesitate to say that besides being iojured by the cold, the crop is re tarded; materially. The wind yester day morning kept off the frost but the temperature, which was only two de grees above freezing, considerably worsted the yourjg and tender plants of various varieties. Mr. W. J. Boney, of Wallace," who was hfre yesterday told of mate rial damage to strawbt rrietliu low places and reported some ice, Mr. D. W. Wells, af Columbus county, alto reported ice and spoke of damage to crops in his vicinity. East Wilming ton truckers do not speak so discour aging! of the prospect but admit some damage to strawberries and the like. The moderation in the temperature, which came last night, was welcomed by the planters. h j . Police Sergeant J. D. Orrell, who has been quite sick at his home in Gronly, returned to the city yester day. II DIED. NT5LM9 Yesterday morn'ng at 8.10 o'clock, JOHN E NELttS; aged 58 years. Funerilfrom late residence, No. 710 North Fourth str et io-diy (Friday), April 6th, at 10 A. H Interment In Bellevue cemetery. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! I MASOJJI J TEMPLE, April 6th, 1900. Wilminitoi! Loto No. 319, A. F. & A. M. EMERGENT COMMUNICATION this (Fri day) evening at 8 00 o'clock, for work in Tn rd Degree. Visiting brethren welcome. By order of . M. THOS. F. BAGLET, apr 6 It ! Secretary. BERRY CRATES I The best for the ehfppers beyond a doubt, are those made by the Warsaw Crats Factory. The Cups contain just 67 cubic inches, and no more. They always give satisfaction. Also, Baskets for lettuce, peas, beans, grapes, etc i TH08. B. PEIRCE, , mar 20 to m 1 Warnaw. N. C S. !W. SANDERS, '.It - at "The Unlucky Corner." Grape Nats, Postum Cereal. Fxr.r Wc" Corn Ht-et. Whlt Florida Cabbage. . Blr Fat Hens dead and all v.. h v. lino XTTiia tart A nw A barrel of New urieans Mo b just tapped uruLUUuecu iuo i mco a t u. Orahgts. Dates, Btg aad LHtie Prunes. Agent for Tate Springs Water. I 'Phone 109. -:- .1 . , Springfield Hams 15c Just a few more days. TAKE NOTICE. apr 6 if Another lot of those Nice Apples, Pears, Bananas, Oranges and Cocoanuts. Let me have your order. I can serve you with the Best. J. W. PLUMMER, Jr., j . 204 Princess St. Bell 'Phone 91. later-State 'Phone 13i aprotx 2 ! ! ' 2000 Lbs. Nice Smoked Shoulders. 5000 Lbs. Plates. 25000 Lbs. D. S. Sides3 100 Bbls. Pork. Also, some Seed Oats, Seed Pota toes and Groceries. Ask for prices. 4 '- b. L. GORE CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, WUmlagton. . O. mariatf Rtionlders WUUU1UU1UI I THE INTER-STATE 'PHONE ADD TO YOUR LISIS Dry Goods Department. The Largest and Best Selected Stok In the city of Wilmington. Nsw 8hap?s! New Co 'ore! New Braids! No other Store to Oicy carries so Urge an assortment of Goods. WHAT wg ask your i"vestigatfon of our ptock of goods usually cirrltd la a laige Grocery establishment. M hile we t-cdeavor to attract aud obtain the favor or porch st-rs y literal aea'lag and court oas treatment we also strive to mk- buying of us a pleisauc as wen as p ofltabls transaction to u and asi wli known, our facilities re unsurpass ed for the successful hanalingof basinets eo trusted to us. ; We sell Provisions, torn and Oats, Meat, Kay, &c. We have a consignment ot MU which will be closed out low. rs & Wholesale only. lapr l tf I Is It Satisfactory? That's the question that goes X with every purcaasu here It It's A .not satist factory, biing it back to- X ' dy -to morrow nexi weeK and- X . get your money It Is this absolu e X assurance of fair, dealing that re- X tal s our trade our customers know that 'nuney ba k" is not a cry 8t.up to deceive the unwary into buving, followed by all sorts - ef un ue rxcuses and qulbblinizs to avoid returning money on dts-pl-aslng pnrcuasua ne of our maxims reads:' "Fo' you to remala dissatisfied is to mate ns more dis satisfied " It Isn't to-day's trade we're depending on it's tomor row'snut weea's next month' next year's! we want jou to be so well pleased with your treat ment here and with what you buv hem, that you'll come again and attain . and we will remark right now tbat cir t Sorts to please have been so unlrormiy successful that calls fir '-money back" are rarely -made. But it's h re jut the same, for any and all dt-mandB that may be made for purchases returned ai undesirable. J. W. MURCHISON & CO., HARDWARE, &c, mar 9tf WILMINGTON, N. C. 99 t PHOSPHATIC LIME I Manufactured from the Bones and Petrified Faces or Antediluvian Animals taken from the recently discovered Uoprolite Deposits on the northeast Cape Fear river, &ona arvuoa. A CHEAP AND LASTING MA NURE FOUND AT IiAST. nnntoina mi tna Elements of Plant Food. Sustains the Crop Throughout the Season. The Best Fertilizer for the Money Yet Discovered. FRENCH BROS.. Send for Circulars. feb 8 am FITHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED Status for the Easts n I'lstrtctc f rortb Caro lina. In tt matter of W. R. Slocum, Bank rupt, ia Bankruptcy To the Hontrble Thomas K. Purnell. Judge of the 1st' let our of the United 8ttes for the Eastern Distrl of North Carolina w. R. Hocum, f Wilmington, m the o nnty of New Hanovtr, and 8' ate of North Carolina In sa dWstrt t respectfully tpp-sents tbat on tne third dy of 'Maich A p.iSJO.lut pst, he wa duly adjudged bankrupt under the Actsof Con wires-1 elating to Bankruptcy ;thtiie haa duly surrendered a. I bis property ai d rights of property, and ha fully compiled with all the requlr irentsot said Act-and or the ord- rsof the Court touch!, g bis bankruptcy. Wherefore be grays that he my be decreed by the Court to ave a full discharge from all debts pitTSbte against his estate under said Bankrupt acm, except suod debts as at excepted by law from such dlr charge. . , . D.edthisn to0DM!JBankrup. ORDER OF NOTICE THEBEOST. Eastern District of North Carolina, m.: on thta 6th day of Arrll, A. D 1900. on r-dlng the for going petition It is or. ered by the comttota hearing be had upon the same on the Tilth day of April, A. D. 1K. beforetbs said hCourti at the oCce of the undersigned rere reaTlnFayettevllle, N. a. to the said ric at on-? o'clock to the afUrnoen: ana that nooce thereof te published mlHi Morning f .w , a new-paper prim eo: n sli oistrict; a; d that all known weultor- and other personsta esc may appear at the s. Id time and place, nd cause ltany tbey have, wry tne P'J er r aald pe ltlooer should not begranttd. Witness my hand an FayettevUle. in the sua district, on taaethdayofAi apron ereetaBaakroptoy. Viilli; Hap I in i m