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I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. l OK! I r . n.M News- it aft, iry . ,ff4 ' ? Of Any " ' p.per Published I C une x ear, pf aiwui, $5.00 X Six Months; 2.60 ; & Three Months, Wflmlnfton-. Two Monthsv " 1.00 Delivered to Subscribers In tfce VOL. LXVI. NO. 23. WILMINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18v.l900. X CUr at 45 Cent per nototlu j: WHOLE NO. 10,192 Star. OUTLINES. Newbern Fair opened jester TB j brightest auspices. dy UB , found indictments (niir Den i"1 " - ieUZ J .nd against five others as Goebel, and am "ST Persia near the Turkish peered Anarchist piot dis- fTeS t Ancona, Italy. The C tion of Chas. H. Allen, of CrtobeGovernor of Porto iTbeen confirmed by the Sen- ?1 appropriation bill. Three .mercans lere killed and fifteen ided by Filipinos who attacked L-, batta lion, but were repulsed J lost of fifty killed and thirty "IdeT Vn. Roberts reports Zx the British force at Wepener is L-l surrounded by the Boers. Sena and House , conferees have LrtedupoB a measure for the eJv-Dm-nt of Hawaii. -Powell, president of the telegraphers, has filed suit for f 30,000 damages. --Two to bittlcs in Colombia; rebel forces i Tn 1'opmisi state wn- routeu t.:u ventioa -m ineel lo U"-Y " to nominate a full State ticket 'ew York markets: Money on call Itadv at 33j per cent., last loan at 3 per cent. : cotton quiet; middling up-o:- flour very quiet and a shade easier but rot quotably lower; wheat -spot weak; 0- & rea outc; corn ,potweak:No. 2. 46 ; rosin steady ; strained common to good $1.75, spirits turpentine steady. WEATHER REPORT. u. S PEP'T OF AGRICULTURE, i Weather Bureau, WIL.MIS0T05. N. C April 17. ) Temperatures: t A. M., 67 degrees; i P. M , S7 decrees; maximum, 72 de grees; minrnuni. CI degrees; mean, 68 degrees. Rainfall for the day, ; rainfall Knee 1st of the month up to date, .51 inches. Stage of wa.er at S A. M. at Fayette ville 7 feet COTTON' REGION BULLETIN. Fortte24 hours ended at 8 A. M.. April 17: Heavy rains occurred in all districts excepting the Atlantic coast Sutes The falls in the Mississippi xallej were particularly heavy, and accompanied by thunder storms and gales. Slightly .higher temperatures prevail east of the Mississippi and cooler weather over Texas. The rain fall at Meridian, was 9.21 inches; at Columbus, 4 50; Vicksbure, Miss., 3 58. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. WA3HI5GT05, April 17. For North Carolina: Clearing Wednesday night; fair Thursday ; brisk south to south west wiads. U Port Almanac April 18. Sun Rises . 5.23 A.M. San Set .. 6.36 P.M. Day s Length 13 H. 13 JL Iliah Water at Southport . 9 39 A. M. Higi Water. Wilmington. 12.31 P.M Roosevelt declined to be hitched on aj a tail to the McKinley kite. He 3aid c;no"' with a big cap X. April 1st there were in the Philip-' pines 03,55-5 American Boldiera, who nt there to promote "benevolent similation." This country now the great copper producer of the world, the output la3t year be"mg 265,150 tons, more than half of the whole world's production. ilis3 Rockefeller, daughter of the oil king is to marry Mr. Prentice of Chicago. Mr. Prentice ia a lawyer nd is doubtleea an oily tongued chap himself. Great Britain has the deadwood on the heirs of people who die and leave large estates. She rakes in bout 80,000,000 a year from her death taiea." or Van Wyck, of New York, tw ViU be &lad t0 get out of t office. Bat there are troops of Photic New Yorkers who would glad to get into it. .Some of the English surgeons ohave .T0lanteered., fQr serT.ce th the army in South Africa vol or 25f000a year. That's ftTmrgical patriotism. The indications are that a good of the Repnblican Congfess- SVJVote,i for the Porto Rican rl , Permitted to retire from Ptu at the end of their terms. SBllB0J5F0Dght. airje0nUDWhite bo -It ten sW mpectielT. ot into betweS "? vesley on Market oSo?Sl!eCOad and Third and enUy totSr hj thrown. udreL V Tement- His wound CS-E- Storm and 0C;:ancethi-orningatthe lirdmentPUbli'h erJo Howlandbythe SwS1! verifl,and ut he wPVn U " ea learned LOCAL DOTS. Hanover Seaside Club will give aballin Schiller Hall on Thursday night. Mr. J. Edwin Banting has on exhibition at Banting's Pharmacy, a complete set of "Proprietary Stamps." The Young Men's Christian Association members are considering the advisability of putting a base ball team in the field this season. A number of the A. 0. L. officials of Wilmington left last night on the northbound train in special cars for a trip to the Norttf and West. The Swedish barque Nor den, 413 tons, Capt. Homberg, from Palms, arrived yesterday and. passed up in tow from South port at 5.40 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Owing to the sickness of Mr. H. C. McQueen, the 'chairman, and Mr. W. A. Biach, a member, there was no meeting last night of the City Board of Audit and Finance. The Stab learns that the Caro lina Beach hotel bar and cafe have been rented for the coming season and will be thoroughly overhauled and put in condition for a large Summer business. The alarm of ,fire shortly after 7 o'clock last night was caused by a mall blaze on the roof of a small build ing on Queen between Fourth and Fifth streets. It was extinguished without the-aid of the department. One of the two' horse teams be ing used by the city .in hauling the benches out of the old "Merchant's Association Park," took fright yester day morning and ran up Front street. scattering "part cargo" in every direc tion. They were stopped before dam age was done. Mr. J. 6. L. Gieschen, Secre tary and Treasurer of the Howard Be lief Fire Engine Company, gives notice that by order of the president, a special meeting of the organization will be held for the purpose of accept ing plans, appropriating funds, etc., for the new hall building soon to be erected. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. W. Plummer, Jr. Fruit. Masonic Meeting Wil. Lodge. S. EL MacBae Bankrupt notice. S. EL MaeBae Bankrupt notice. Howard Belief F. E. Co. Meeting. King Grocery Co. Provisions up. BUSINESS LOCALS. Wanted Ice box. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. -r Bev. E. J. Edwards, of South- port, was a visitor to the city yester day. Mr. Z. J. Carter, of Wallace, N. C, was a visitor to the city yester day. E. K. Proctor, Jr., Esq., of Lumberton, is in the city and is a guest of The Orton. Messrs. Benj. Bell, Jr., and J. F. Post, J., returned yesterday morn ing to the University. Dr George F. Lucas, of Currie, was in the city yesterday on his way to Edgecombe, Pender county. Mr. T. O. Hunter, a well known travelling man of Greensboro, is in the city calling on the trade. Mrs. J. W. Harper has re turned from a very pleasant visit to her former home at Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. G. Walter Mclver, of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., at Charleston, is in the city on a business trip. i Capt. J. A. Cutts, of Rocky Mount, is in the city and is being greeted by his many friends in Wil mington. ' Mr. W. N. Royall, of the Charleston office of the A. C. L., and Mr. George G. Lynch, of the A. C. L. at Florence, were visitors to the city yesterday, "j , Misses Delia Clark and Nessie Cotchettleft yesterday evening for Tarbor where they will attend the marriage of a friend and spend some time visiting Key. P. C. Morton returned yesterday from a several weeks' tour of Edgecombe, Pitt and Sampson counties, where he has been engaged in evangelistic work. j Mr. Frederick Hanks, of Washington, N. C, was here yester day to stand an examination before the civil service board for the position of government boiler inspector. Mr. Henry B, Moore will sail on the North German Lloyd steam ship Lahn April 28th for Genoa. He has purchased passage of Mr. A. D. Wessell, the' company's agent in Wil mington. Mrs. J. B. Mercer and children. returned yesterday morning from Al bemarle, N. C, whither they went on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Mercer's mother, Mrs. Lilly, of that town. The Star is glad to announce that she is now much better. Mr. Samuel S. Nash, of Tar- bo ro, arrived in the city last evening to attend the wedding of his niece. Miss Kate vDeBosseL Mr. Nash is pleasantly remembered in Wilmington and is the guest of his brother, Mr. EL K. Nash. H. -Tt. Stevene and L. A. Beaa- ley, Eiqs., of Warsaw, were here yes terday to confer with their Wilming ton partner, C. D. Weeks, Esq., rela tive to the suit for damages against the city recently instituted by Herbert L. Peterson, a former fireman, who was injured in an accident PRODUCE EXCHANGE. First Meeting of the New Board of Managers for the Fis- cal Year. MR. WORTH'S RESIGNATION. Declines to Serve as President ol the Orziaizatloo laportint Rnliac as - to Spirits of Turpentine la Oil j Barrels Other Matters. There was a - meeting yesterday af ternoon of the Board of Managers of the Produce Exchange, but very little business of public interest. was trans acted. It was the first meeting of the new fiscal year, and therefore the regu lar time for the appointment of com mittees and for the election of a secre tary, but it was thought best to post pone these matters until a subsequent meeting, and the board adjourned,, sublect to call of the chairman. -' It is understood that Mr. C. W. Worth, the newly elected president of the Exchange, has declined to serve in that capacity on account of a press of other business engagements, and it is expected that at tha next meeting another president will be elected. Cel. Walker Taylor presided at the meeting yesterday afternoon and be sidesthe transaction of a number of routine matters, Mr. D. McEachern was elected to a position on the Board of Managers in place of Mr. John E. Crow, who declined to serve. A communication from a number of leading naval stores men in the'eity was presented in which they asked for an abolition of the rule made by the Exchange by which sellers of spirits of turpentine in oil barrels are re quired to submit to a deduction of twenty-five cents Jper cask. It was ordered that Rule No. 8, of the "Rules of Trade" be amended as to spirits of turpentine and the reduction on such barrels be annulled, making the contents of oil .barrels salable at the figures for irregular or country casks, which is half cent less than the prices of ma chine made or Northern casks. For a number of years, on account of the comparative insecurity of spirits in oil barrels, and for other alleged reasons, it had been the custom of "knocking off" fifty cents for this deficiency. Later- it was reduced to twenty-five cents and by the ruling of the board yesterday there will now be no reduc tion and spirits in oil barrels will be on a parity in price with irregular and country barrels It is an important ruling with naval stores producers and dealers, and will tend to simplify trans actions. The meeting of the board yesterday was originally called for 11 o'clock in the morning but on account of the lack of a quorum it was postponed un til 3 o'clock in the afternoon. DIED IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Mr. Joha Prlfie, Formerly of South port, Passed Away Sunday Afternoon. News was received in the city yes terday of the death in Jacksonville, Florida, on. Sunday last of Mr. John Prigge, who for a number of years was engaged in merchandising at South- port, and who has a number of rela tives here and in Brunswick county. Mr. Prigge was a brother of the late G. Prigge, of Wilmington, and was in the seventy first year of his age. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him and was a member of the South port Methodist Church and of Pytha goras Lodge No. 249 A. F. & A. M., of that town, in both of which he re tained his membership until the time of his death. He was never married and moved from South port to Jack sonville in 1832. The only surviving members of the immediate family are four nieces, Mrs. George K. West, of this city, Mrs. Asa Dosher and Mrs. C. J. Prver, both of South- port, uu am , of Suburb, ; Brunswick ' county. He . I C I U SJiffOlM also has two nephews, whose resi dences are unknown. The remains will be brought to Wil mington this afternoon at 1.15 o'clock over the W., , C. & A. railroad, and will be interred with Masonic honors at Oakdale cemetery. All members of the fraternity are earnestly requested to meet with Wilmington Lodge, No. 319, at the Masonic Temple this after noon for the purpose of attending the funeral, which will be from the resi dence of Mr. George K. West, No. 706 Chesnut street at 5.30 o'clock P. M Friends and 'acquaintances of the fam ily are also invited to be present at the funeral. ' KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED. A White Mao Procured Warrant for the Alleged Hlxnwaymen. Mr. A. Odom. a white man, formerly of Brunswick county and aged about 50 Tears, reoorted to Justice Borne- mann last night about 10 o'clock that he had been knocked down, his pockets cut and robbed of between $5 and $5 in money. Mr. Odom lives on Eighth between Queen and Wooster streets, and says that he was returning to his home when he was set upon about 9 o'clock on Queen between Seventh and Eighth streets by a negro and a white man with the results as stated. He procured; a warrant from Jus tice Bornemann and upon the same a negro named Brown and . a young white boy named Marine were arrest ed and brought before the court, from whence they were sent to jail in de fault of $500 bond for their appearance this morning at 10 o'clock when a pre liminary investigation will be .held. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE Inter-Denominational Mectlnj Will Be Held la the Y. M. C. A, Auditorium Next Friday Night. "'. . The second meeting of the Inter denominational Sunday School Con ference will be held Friday evening, Anril 20th, at 8 o'clock in the auditor ium of the Young Men's Christian As sociation building. ' Prof. Washington Catlett will pre side and a programme is in course of preparation which will announce the speakers and other particulars of the occasion. Miss White, by special re quest, will sing a solo and the musical features, iris understood, will be led by the choir of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chureh. Miss Britt will be the or ganist .The large auditorium is expected to be full of enthusiastic Sunday School teachers and workers and the 6tab i. requested to extend a cordial invitation to members of all the adult Bible classes of the different denomina tional Sabath Echools in the city, as the teachers are largely recruited from this source. All retired Sunday school officers and teachers jrill be heartily welcomed. The speakers assigned to the differ ent subjects will be limited to fifteen minutes, and others who desire to par ticipate in the discussions will be con fined to five minutes. After the programme is completed a permanent organization will be ef fected. Everybody is requested to bring a copy of Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6, or the number they have, and join heart ily in the singing. THE NAVAL RESERVES Will Crnise Afiln May 36th on Prairie. Another Trip Anticipated for May 20th Base Ball. After the boat drill last night by the Wilmington Division Naval Reserves an important business meeting was held, at which time a number of im portant matters to the division were considered. j Probably the most interesting topic discussed was the matter of the an nual cruise which is provided for the State brigades by the War Department. At the meeting last night Lieutenant A. B.'Skelding, commanding the divi sion, announced that official papers had been received stating that the cruise for the current year would be aboard the Prairie again and that the date of sailing would be on May SOUL The-cruise will probably be to Northern ports and will last for a week. The indications are that the cruise will be taken by a much larger delegation of the Wilmington-Division than last year. j A short cruise is contemplated by the Wilmington division on May 20th, which is the anniversary of the forma tion of the company and of the Meck lenburg Declaration of Independence. The trip will be made on the Hornet and will be down the river and out to sea for a short distance. .Each mem ber of the'division will be entitled to invite a certain number of guests, A meeting of the base ball contin gent of the division was also held last night and steps were taken to put a first class eam in the field for prac tice this week. Mr. S. A. Matthews was elected manager and Mr. J. N. Sweeney captain. The challenge of the A. C. L. team will be accepted, and a series of games for the cham pionship will be instituted at an early date. L'ELITE GERMAN CLUB l Oave Delightful Easter Dance Last Night la Gerraaaia Hall. L'Elite German Club gave a delight ful Easter dance last night in Germa nia Hall, in which quite a number of couples participated. Music was by the Italian string band and the ger maa was gracefully led by Mr. Piatt Davis with Miss Belle Latimer. j The following couples participated" in the festivities: i Miss Belle Gore with Mr. Joe Arm strong; Miss Annie Harlowe with Mr. Zach Bell; Miss Mary Allen Short with Mr. George Catlett; Miss Belle Lati mer with Mr. Piatt Davis; Miss Ida Evans with Mr. Pierre Holmes; Miss Lula Finch with Mr. Richard Meares; Miss Jennie Burbank with Mr. Thomas Meares; Miss Julia Parsley with Mr. George Thomas; Miss Ida Brown with Mr. Willie Watters; Miss Margaret Bridgers with Mr. Strudwick Nash; Miss EGzabeth Burriss with dr, Willie Walker. j Chape rones Mrs. Joe Watte rs and Mrs. W. Catlett. j N. C. Home Building Association. j At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Home Building Association, held in the Seaboard Air Line build ing, the following officers were elected for the ensuing fiscal year: President-rMr. C. W. Yates. Vice President Capt. Henry Say age. ; ; Secretary and Treasurer Mr. Ti H. Stedman. " . Attorney Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy. r TUTAa Ami19Jtm1: V. a lunino o linn hatwAAII Wll- Uig DiUV I mm V w mington and Wilson, which now leaves Wilmington at 6.50 P. M. and WiltntnlrfnTI of Q 9fl A "M" will be discontinued, and in -"lieu established between Wilmington and Washington, if. u.. leaving wuaamg- tni P XT imnnv at Washington at 7.01 A. M. ; leave Wash, ington 3.07 P.AM, arrive at Wilming ton 9.20 A. UL As indicated above, these can wux do anie to lorauu wuuo. lunches to passengers. BUFFET SLEEPER SERVICE Will Soon Be Pot on the Atlantic Coast Une With a Tbroogh Schedule to Washington, D. C. Elsewhere in the Stab this morning the Atlantic Coast Line makes official announcement of the discontinuance on April 23d of the sleeping car service between Wilmington and j Wilson, now in effect, and the establishment in lieu thereof of a line of buffet sleepers between Wilmington 'and Washington, D.' C., leaving Wilming ton daily at 6.50 P. M. and arriving at Washington at 7.01 A. M. j On the return the service is scheduled to leave Washington at 3.07 P. M. and to arrive at Wilmington at 9.20 A. M. These cars will be able to furnish buffet lunches to passen gers, - and the announcement of the change will be received with delight by -Wilmington travellers ; to the North.. Through the medium Of the Wilmington Merchants' Association this matter was called to the attention of the A. C. L. authorities some time ago, and upon the change the railroad and people are to be congratulated. The former line of sleepers was oper ated only to Wilson and necessitated a change of cars and a. delay in trans fer at that point. The old schedule was formerly to leave and arrive at Wilmington at the same time as is proposed in the. new, and the only change is in making it a buffet service and a through line on a fast; schedule. COMPLETED HER REPAIRS. Tug Blanche Made Successful Trisl.Trip -Yesterday Afternoon A Number of Uuests Entertained Aboard. The tug Blanche, belonging to the Cape Fear Towing and Transportation Company, yesterday completed all repairs made necessary by her recent accident down the river and was given her trial trip in the ; afternoon about the harbor and down the river as. far as "Big Island." ! In honor of the occasion Capts. S. F. and J. W. Craig and Capt. j J. L. Pin ner invited a number of friends aboard for the trip including representatives of the press and Mr. E. P. Bailey, the enterprising president of the Wilming ton Iron Works, by which the exten sive repairs were made to the entire sat isfaction of all parties concerned. Par ticulars of-the accident to the Blanche are well known to Stab readers and that the tug is now in first class order and has most of her; machinery new and of the most 'substantial pat tern is a handsome compliment to Mr. Bailey, who had under .his personal supervision the repairs, which con sisted of the casting of a new bed plate, putting in new steam chest, cylinder, valves, pipes, etc., which represented a practical re-building of the machinery. ' The trip was thoroughly satisfac tory and demonstrated yesterday after noon that the tug has lost none of her old time prestige, both in power, speed and carriage. The trip was greatly enjoyed by the guests of the occasion, who, while not experts in mechanism, can attest the success of the occasion from point of hospitality and pleasure. Democratic Execative Committee. There was a meeting of the New Hanover Democratic Executive Com mittee in the grand jury room of the court house yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock, the session of , which con tinued until after 8 o'clock last night. It is understood that several matters of importance were taken up, but as the attendance was confined exclu sively to members and as those pres ent refused to disclose any of the pro ceedings a report of the same could not be obtained. Mr. E. F. Johnson, the chairman, presided, and those present were Messrs. J. G. L. Gieschen, D. Mc Eachern, G. Herbert Smith, W. E. Springer, J. W. Branch, M G. Tienken, Geo. T. Bland, J. D. Kel ley, E. S. Lathrop, A. O. McEachern, G. O. Simmons, B. B. King and W. A. Wright, secretary. It is learned that the question of calling the Senatorial convention was riot considered. DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEETINQ. Fayettevllle, N. C, April 30th Mounted Procession Old Time Welcome. The Democratic candidates for State offices Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor, Secretary of State,- Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Commis sioner of ' Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor and Printing, two Corporation-Commissioners will address the people of this section of North Caro lina at Fayetteville, Monday, April 30th, and the people of Cumberland, Robeson, Scotland, Bichmond, Samp son, Bladen, Harnett and Moore, and other countiesjare invited and expected to join in extending these representa tives of the white womanhood and manhood of North- Carolina an old time Highland welcome, such as we used to give the lamented Vance in the days of yore. A mounted escort will attend the candidates to the grounds, and it is likely that many a "red shirt" will be seen among the crowd, as it will tend to emphasize where we stand on the burning, question of White Suprem acy; ' The ladies are cordially invited to come out and hear these advocates of all that is noble and good in our civil ization, as special . provision .will be made for them. N . The men should come prepared to join the mounted procession ; but come anyway and give one day to the white women and men of North Carolina, and let us declare to the - world thus early in the campaign how this section ahallgo. i H. L. Cook, Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. E. R. MaoKethak, i ; ; Secretary.' DULL DAY'S SESSION. Few Cases of Public Interest Heard in Superior Court . Yesterday. SEVERAL CASES CONTINUED. Damage Suits Against Policemen Were Argued on Demurrer and Sixty Days Allowed Plaintiffs to File Plead - logs Criminal Cases. Yesterday was marked by another dull and uninteresting day in the Superior Court, and while a large number of cases were taken up and disposed of, none of them was of very general importance. ) A. number of criminal cases were first taken up and were prosecuted by Solicitor Duffy. .One against Thos. Croom, which was a justice's court, was defendant ordered to appealed from continued and give bond for appearance and costs at the next' term of court. Judgment was arrested in the case Of State vs. Bessie McFayden and the matter remanded to the justice in order that the proper warrant be issued and the case be proceeded with. On the civil docket, in the suit of Charles H. Casteen vs. Ida Cowan and James Cowan, judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff for title and pos session of the land described in the complaint and situated in Cape Fear township. " The case that occupied most time was that of L. A. Weeden vs. the American Bonding and Trust Com pany, of Baltimore. The action was brought for damages alleged' to have been sustained in the failure of a client contractor of the Bonding and Trust Company to complete a new building for the plaintiff. A jury trial was waived and the Judge was to find all issues as to facts. Decision in the mat ter was reserved by Judge Brown, and pending the same a similar suit brought by Mr. Charles S. Grainger against the same defendant was continued. j The cases entitled National Cash Re gister Company vs. Lucy J. Farriss and W. F. Alexander vs. J. W. Plum mer, Jr., were continued. The two suits by the W. W. Kim ball Piano Company against Sheriff MacRae and M. P. Taylor, Jr., went over until to-day. J A mistrial was ordered in the case of Thomas' & Mercer "against Morriss Johnson and wife. The questions at is sue are In regard to the payment of a money claim for furniture against the defendants, the contracts securing same having been lost. The cases of W. T. Mercer and Ira C. Williams against Policeman H. H. Woebse, et al., were argued on de murrer.; The demurrer was sustained and the plaintiffs givenrsixty days to file pleadings and amend complaint. The matters set for to day besides the Kimball cases mentioned above are, G. P.Cotchett vs. Virginia Carolina Chem ical Co. and Laura G. Hales vs. J. W. Harper. An adjournment of the court was taken at 2 o'clock in the afternoon un til this morning at 9.30 o'clock. Will be Married at Home. Owing to slight illness of Miss Fairinda Payne, ' her marriage to Mr.' Cameron Farquhar MacRae, of Ra leigh, will not take place in St. James Episcopal church as was announced, but at Jhe home of Mrs. Payne at the same hour. . Only the immediate rela tives and a few friends will be present. Mr. Cameron Farquhar MacRae, of Raleigh, the groom-elect, arrived last evening. He is accompanied by Messrs. Samuel Hinsdale and James C. MacRae, Jr., of Raleigh, and Mr. Jones Fuller, of Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. MacRae, of Fayette -villa, are also here to be present at the marriage. farriage ThisxAfternoon. This afternoon at 6 o'clock, in St. James' Episcopal Church, Miss Kate DeRosset, daughter of Col. and Mrs. W. L. DeRosset, will be married to Mr. Charles Alonzo Scott, of Burling ton. Mr.- Scott, accompanied by his cousin, Mr. H. W. Scott, Mr. W. C. Lindsay of Salisbury, Mr. J. H. Holt of Burlington, and Mr. E. H. Wil liamson of Fayetteville, arrived last evening, and were charmingly enter tained at a full dress reception at the home of the parents of the bride -elect. Mrs.W. Ii. Holt and Mrs. Herbert Lut terloh, of Fayetteville, are also here to attend the wedding. Marriage this Morning. This morning at 8.30 o'clock at the homeof her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wescott, No. 211 South Fourth street, Miss Olivia Pearl Wescott will be married to Mr. E. Maury Fry, a well known and popular travelling man-from New York. His brother, Mr. C. H. Fry, who arrived in the city Monday evening, will be his best man, and 'soon after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Frye will leave on the north-bound A. C. L. train for an ex tended bridal tour. Street Workman Injured. Mr. Frank Chadwick, a member of the street force, was painfully injured yesterday afternoon by the falling of a stone upon his back while he was in a stooping posture! in the excavation being made for the gutters on Market between Front and Water streets. He was attended by Dr. D. W. Bulluck and later sent to his home, where he is now doing very welL J Mr. B. Howell, of Goldsborol was here yesterday. ; JP D 1 S I O El SinS UP an now ' the time, for; you V "" to look around arid see where you can buy the cheapest. Just now we are offering special bargains in CANNED and POTT ED' 600DS forthe purpose of reducing our stock in those lines That they are GENUINE bargains, we ask you to come and see for yourself, as the list is too long to recapitu late. We offer YOU some at almost cost, some at Drime cost, and others BELOW cost. There are some other things, that we are selling at. cost; such as Spices, j Essences, Writing PaperToilet Soaps, Clothes Lines, Baskets, Buckets, Tubs, Brooms, ' &c, &c. It will PAY YOU to make us a visit during the week, as consumers seldom GET AN OPPORTUNITY such as this, and the Goods named will go off quickly just what we want YOU to do. - THE KING GROCERY CO., ; Bell and Inter-State 'Phones 387. FOURTH STREET BRIDGE. ' apr 18 tf i . Bide Flame Nickle' ' nit , w NEWBERN FAIR OPENED. Floe Weather! Large Crowd Opening Address Street Parade Exhibits. Social Events. ! Special Star Telegram.' Newbern, j N. C, April 17. The" thirteenth annual exhibition of .the '"Newbern Fait Association was opened to day under jthe most auspicious cir cumstances. I The weather is all that can be desired and the crowd is large. Col. Jno. S. Cunningham delivered the opening: address, the greater por tion of which was devoted to farming: interests in Eastern North .Carolina. His address was well received. Col. Cunningham was introduced by Hon. D. Ii. Ward, of Newbern. The street parade was the best ever seen in this city. There were a great many decorated carriages in which rode a hundred or more of the young ladies and children of the town. The evening trains coming to New bern were crowded with visitors. To morrow there will be specials over both railroads, and an enormous attendance is expected. . The exhibits are very good in all the departments while the race programme is complete and names some of the best horses in the State. The first dance given' the visitors was held to-night at thePlanter's warehouse. Wednesday evening Hon. Jas. A. Bryan tenders Col. Cunningham a reception, at which there will be pres ent many of the prominent Democrats of the State. NEW YORK TRUCK MARKET. Messrs J. & Q. Lippman's Daily Quotations as Telegraphed Last Night. Special Star Telegram. New York, April 17. Lettuce is in good demand on the New York mar ket at from six to seven dollars per barrel. Fancy asparagus will bring six dollras per dozen bunches and choice from four to five dollars. Rad ishes are bringing two dollars per doz en bunches. Beets sold to-day for five dollars per hundred bunches. J. & G. Lippman, , Wholesale Produce Commission Mer chants. . : DIED. paiGGE At Jacksonville, Fla.. Sunday, April 15th. Mr. JOHN PRIGGE, aged 71 years, ana a brother of the late Q. Prigge, of this city. Funeral from the residence of Mr. George K. West, No. 706 Chesnut street, this (Wednesday) afternoon at 5 o'clock. Interment In Oakdale cemetery. Friends and acquaintances of the family invited to attend. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.- , MASONIC) TEMPLE, April 18th, 1900. Wilmington Loflge No. 319, A. F. & A. M. Brethren of Wilmington Lodge and sister Lodges of the city and visiting Brethren are requested to assemble at 4 30 o'clock, at Ma sonic Temple, to attend the funeral services of our deceased brother, John Prigge, of Pythagoras Lodge No. 249 Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. By order of W. M. - THOS. F. EAGLET, apr 18 It i Secretary. S. W. SAWDERS, at ''The Unlucky Corner." Grape Nats, Postnm Cereal. Extra Nloe Corn Beef. White Florida Cabbage. Bl? Fat Hens dead and alive. North Carolina Hams old and new. A barrel of New Orleans Molasses jnst tapped pronounced the 'Finest Yet. oranges. Dates, Big and Little Pnfnes. Agent for Tate Springs Water. -:-fPhone 1 09. -:- Springfield Hams 15c, just a few more days. TAKE NOTICE. apr 6tf I nave just received by steamer the very, finest to be had. djaliforniav Pears, Msvlagst Grapes, Fancy Large Red Apples, California Seedless Oranges Extra Fancy Bananas, Fresh Cocoanuts. J. Wt PLUMMER, Jr, P. 8. Watch for my Ice Cream notice in a row oays. aprlBtf Fruit m ' btoves. The Acme of Perfection has been reached in "OIL GAS STOVES." . COST" of running these Cooking Stoves, Just One-half what Gas Stoves Cost. We will guarantee the absolute satisfactory working of this wonderful in vention in "OIL GAS STOVES." Call and see the work they wilj do. WE E. SPRINGER & CO v c Purcell Building, ' Wilmington, N. C. apr 17 tf I Happened to Jus? i -. - Wo ask yottr-lnvestigation of our stock of goods usually carried In a large Grocery establishment. While we endeavor to attrac and obtain the favor of purchasers by liberal dealing and courteous treatment we also strive to make buying of us a pleasant as well as profitable transaction to you and as Is well known, our '.;l!itijB are unsurpass ed for ht successful handling of business en trusted to us. ' We sell Provisions, Corn and Oats, Meat, Kay, &c. We have' a consignment of I MU which will be closed out low. Wholesale only. apr l tf t lis It Satisfactory ? ! 9 T T 5 t t Y Y f X Y 5 Y Y Y Y That's the question that goes with every purcnase here. It it's not satisfactory, bring it back to day to-morrow next week and get your money. It is this absolute assurance of fair dealing that re tains our' trade. Our customers know that "money back" is not a cry sat up to deceive the unwary into buying, followed by all sorts of undue excuses and .quibblings to avoid- returning money on dis pleasing purchases. One' of our . TTia-YiTna reads: "For you to remain dissatisfied Is to make us more dis satisfied." It isn't to-day's trade we're depending on it's to-morrow'snext week's next month's next year's l We want you to-"be so well pleased with your treat ment here and with what you buy here, that you'll come again and again. And we will remark right now that our efforts to please have . been so uniformly - successful that calls for "money back" are rarely made. But It's here Just the same, for any and all demands that may be made for purchases returned a undesirable. -j . J. W. iMURCHISON & CO., HARDWARE, &c, t J J X Y y 5 T r J J 1 Y mar 9 tf WILMINGTON, N. C. Y FT THE DISTRICT COTJBT OF THE UNITED States for. the Eastern District of North Caro lina. In the matter of A. O. McKlnnon. Bank rupt. In Bankruptcy. To the Honorable Thomas B. Purnell, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. A. C. McKlnnon, of Maxton, In the county of Robeson and State of North Carolina, In said district, respectfully represents that on the 15th day of March, A. D. I960, last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating to Bankruptcy; that he has duly surrendered ail his property and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the requirements of said Acts and of the or ders of the Court touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed by the Court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said Bankrupt Acts except such debts as aie ex cepted by law from such discharge. Dated this letn day of April, a. d. 1900. A. O. McKINNON, Bankrupt. OBDEB OF NOTICE THEREON. ' Eastern District ef North Carolina, ss.: On this 16th day of April, A. D. 1900, on reading the foregoing petition it is 'ordered by the Court that a hearing-be had upon the same on the 27th day of April, A. D. 1900, before the said Court at the oslce of the undersigned refe ree, In Fayetteville, N. C, In the said district, at one o'clock in the afternoen; and that notice thereof be published in Thb Morning Star, a newspaper printed in said district; and that all known creditors and other persons in Interest may appear at the said time and place, and show cause, If any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. Witness my hand at Fayetteville, In the said district, on the 16th day of April, A. D, 1900.. BAMUKL H, MACRAE, apr 18 It - Referee In Bankruptcy. . IN THE! DISTRICT ,COURT OF THE UNITED States for the Eastern District of North Caro lina. In the matter of w. Speight, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. To the Honorable Thomas R. Purnell, Judge of the District Court of- the United states for the Eastern District of North Carolina. W. Speight, of Maxton, in the county of Robeson and State of North Carolina, in said district, respectfully represents that on the 15th day of March, A. i. I90u, last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy; that he has duly sur rendered all his property and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the require ments of said Acts and of the orders of the Caort touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he grays that he may be decreed 1 y the Court to ave a full discharge from all debts provable auralnit his estate under said Bankrupt Acts. except such debts as are exoepted by law from such discharge. Dated this 16th day of April, A. d. 1900. v W. SPEIGHT, Bankrupt. ' ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. Eastern District 'ot North Carolina, ss.: On this 16th day of April, A. D. 1900, on reading the foregoing petition, it Is ordered by the Court that a hearing be had upon the same on the 27th day of April, A. V. woo, before the said Court, at the office of the undersigned referee In Fay etteville, N.O., In the said district, atone o'clock In the afternoon; and that notice thereof be published In The Morning Star, a newspaper printed la the said district, and that all known creditors, and other persons in interest may appear at the said time and place and show cause. If any they have, why the prayer of the -said petitioner should not be granted. district, on the 16tn day of Apri A. ww. apr 18 It Referee' in Bankruptcy. Special Meeting Howard Relief Fire Engine Ce. Members are hereby notified that a Special Meeting will be held Wednesday afternoon, April 18th, at 4 o'clock, at the company quarters,-for toe purpose of accepting plans, appro priating funds and empowering a committee w act in regard to the proposed company building. By order of the Presldent. ?t B.TpAa aSr 18 it . J. 0. lb aiBSCHEN, See. & Treas i Hap .- - - -