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------ - Sinaranteed 8oaaFide, EveryDay$ Morning ?! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear, by Mail, 5.0oj circulation Larger Thai That X tar ()( Any Other Dally News paper Published In WUmlnrtoa. XSix Months. " 2.60 i X Three Month. " 1. 25 V TWA W An4li. M l.OO ' OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAFE jDltvred to subscriber la IN THE STATE. i VOL. LXX. NO. 24. WILMINGTON, N. C.v SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1902. WHOLE NO. 10,813 City t 45 canta par Month. X AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY. POSSESSION OF VALUABLE REALTV IN QUESTION. VERDICT FOR FLANNER COMPLICATIONS OVER MR. ERWIN'S VIEWS. LUMBER MILL PLANT. JLHE OUTLINES Qjeen Wilhelmioa is sick with typhoid fever. Conferences on peace negotiations in South Africa have been suspended to enable Boer leaders to consult the various com- . niL. i t a o . m Bus. iub u o. oeuawa yester day began consideration of the bill to provide a form of government for the Philippines Cuban reciprocity hill nasaaH tflA FTmiRA after it was amended by the removal of the differ ential duty on sugar. Ten prisoners under sentence escaped from the Princeton, W. Va , jil Thursday mst ht. Mrs. Thos. Dixon, mother of the Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr., died sud denly in Shelby, N C. The Im perial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland has paid the fran ctiise tax for a corporation to do busi ness in North Carolina, with headquar ters in Raleigh. Abraham May was shot and killed by his wife at Kiog-ston, Tenn. The debate in Nisnville between the University of North Carolina and Vanderbilt Uni versity was won by the former. Rumor that the S. A. L had made a bid for the L & N road is discredited. - New York markets: Money on cill was steady at 44 per cent. ; cot ton dull at 9 7-16c for middling; flour quiet out steady; wheat spot easy, No. 2 red 85Xs ; corn spot easy. No. 3 69j; rostn steady;, spirits turpentine dull at 4546c. WEATHER REPORT U. rf. Usp't or AaaioutTDBB, Weatheb Bureau, Wilmington, N. 0., April 18 f remperatures: 8 A. ML., 50 degrees. i P. M.. 57 degrees; maximum, 66 de grees ; minimum, 43 degrees ; mean, 67 iesrrees. i Rainfall for the day, .06; rainfall . ace 1st of the ninth to date. 1 22. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. Fair weather has prevailed 'in the central and western districts, and gen eral raius in the eastern district. The temperature is slightly lower in the central and eastern sections. j fOBBOAST FOB .TO-DAY. i Washington, April 18. For North Carolina Fair Saturday and Sunday; light to fresh southeast to south winds. Port Almanstc April 19. Sua Rises 5.33 A.M. San Sets 6.37 P.M. Dav's Length 13 ll 15 M. tlitrh Water at Sounhport. 5 Su A. M Hi?h Watfr W-lmineton 8 00 A. M. I Bob't. C. Clowry, president of th" Western Uaion Telegraph Com pany, started in that business as a messenger boy. Bat he hustled and has been doing it ever since. : Congressman Babcock, of Wiscon sin, the Trust fighter, seems to have been hoodooed, hypnotized or some- . J I 1 L. TT A injng or mat sort, ne aeeius to have forgotten what he started one to do about that steel combine. Laura Biggar, an actress, has re tired permanently from the stage. A few years, ago she retired temporari ly to become the secretary of an aged Pittsburg millionaire. He died the other day and left her $2,000,000. : The Beef Trust boycott is taking shape. The citizens of Boy ers town, Pa., have formed an organization in which every one pledges himself to abstain from all sorts of Trust meats .until the Trust comes down from the hog all platform and becomes reasonable in its prices. A New York artist has decided to marry his divorced wife for the second time. He got a divorce from her in 1898, got $10,000 damages from the other fellow for alienating her affections, then took her into his shack as his "ward." Now he is go ing to marry her again.- This looks something like an artistically put np job on the other fellow." Representative Jones, of Wash ington, says irrigation is a great thing and .makes some arid lands worth from 150 to 1100 an acre. ' Of course it is a good thing, bat that is no reason why the Government should spend millions of dollars in builling reservoirs and r. catting ditches to water land and add to its value for the benefit of hustlers who already own it or will be around to grab it when it becomes worth grab bing. Santos Dumont visited Wizard Edison a few days ago at Meclo Park. Edison talked air ship with him, complimented him on his work and told him that when be had con 8tructed an airship about which a baloon could not be discovered with a microscope he would have the problem solved and an air boat of commercial value. Edison doesn't put much faith in gas. It is too thin to depend upon up above and is too apt to fizzle just when it shouldn't. For LaGrippe and In fluenza use CHENEY'S EXPBOTOKANT. Vot sale br B rrttn'8 Faiace'Pbarmaoy, No More Resignations Yesterday But Lots of Talk and Much Speculation. MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT. Cofflmltteeg la Crippled Conditio!,. Are Dolor tie Best They Cai 00 Arrang ing a Budget Qsestioo of Suc cessors Being Agitated. "Any more of the Aldermen re signed t" , That was the most common inquiry on the streets yesterday, and at the office of City Clerk and Treasurer King, where such papers would neces sarily go in case a resignation was made. To all inquiries Mr. King re plied, "not yet," but it is reasonably certain that there j are several other members weary of their connection with the city in an Alder manic capac ity, and at any moment may "throw up the sponge," as the prize ring en thusiasts would say. Alderman Harriss, who resigned with Mr. Maunder on Thursday, yes terday reiterated the statement that he would insist upon an accept ance or nis resignation by tne Board, and that in case its accep tance was refused, he would decline to further participate in the Board's deliberations. Several petitions were in circulation yesterday looking to an amelioration of conditions municipally, and one of them is said to have been to the effect that tbe entire Board be asked to resign and begin anew. However, this peti tion was not found after a diligent search by a reporter, and its existence is denied. There is a very; widespread sentiment among j the people that things should again resume the "even tenor of their way' and that so much of this confusion should stop. It is believed that the conditions will become more settled after the first meeting under the new order of things and it was understood that such a meeting would be held last night, but for some reason it was postponed until Monday night j Yesterday there was much doing about the City Hall. People were going and coming to inquire for late developments and the several new committees had frequent conferences for the purpose of arranging the budget for the j fiscal j year's ex penses. Although their resigna tions have not been accepted thus far neither Mr. Harriss nor Mr. Maunder participated in the committee work and so far as either of them is con cerned their resignations are as good as in effect. Mr. Harriss was chair man of the new Fire Committee and a member of the Light and Ordinance committees. Mr. Maunder was chair man of the Market Committee and a member of the Public Building Com mittee. Mr. Skinner, wb03e resigna tion was accepted Tnursday night, was chairman of the Public Building Com mittee and a member of the Finance Committee. If Mr. Parker's resigna tion should come in before the next meeting, there would be no Market and Public Building Committees, as he constitutes the ! same with Messrs, Maunder and 8kinner Under this condition of affairs the work of the committees is necessarily arduous in making up tbe budget. With all the resignations that have gone in, tne only committees mat re main intact are those on Police, Sani tary, Water Works and Streets and Wharves. The question of successors to the members resigned is being much talk ed of but no names are mentioned as yet Rev. C. W. Trawick. Rev. C. W. Trawick. pastor of the Presbyterian church at Buena Vista, Va., will arrive in the city to-day and will be the guest of CoLv Walker Taylor. Rev. Mr; Trawick comes to look over the field st Immanuel church with a view of accepting a call to the pastorate. He is a young mu, married, and has one interesting little child. He is a pastor of marked ability and Immanuel church would be very fortunate to secu re his services. State Medical Examiners. The regular annual session of the North Carolina State Board of Medi cal Examiners will be held in Wil mington, beginning June 4th, and will be in session one week. The presi dent of the Board is Dr. E C Regis ter, of Charlotte.! The secretary and treasurer is Dr. ! J. Howell Way, of Waynesville. j Recruits for the Roads. The county convict squad was re n- forced yesterday jby 8am L Frances, white vagrant. 10 davs: David Weal. colored drunk and disorderly offen der, 30 days, and Fred Bennett, color ed, who was drunk and feigned insan ity, SO days. Tney all went up from the police court Capt. Cannon's Paoeral. The fuaeral of the late Capt. Samuel Carmon will be he'd to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from St John's Epucpl church of which he was a regular cimmunicant. The interment will be in Oakdale. NEW kDVBRTISKMENTS. E. Warren & Son Ice cream. J. H. Rehder & Co. Overalls. J.W. Plummer.Jr. Ice cream. J. W. Harper Sunday river excu'n BD8INE8 LOOALB Wanted Energetic workers. Coast Line Sues for Its Premises Occu pied by Slocamb Cooperage Veneer Works Handsome Building. Possession of the premises upon which is located the plant of the A. H Siocumb Cooperage and Veneer Works on Nutt, near Brunswick street, is the bone of contention in an interesting suit entitled Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company vs. Albert H. Siocumb, calendared to have been heard in the Superior Court yesterday out which was postponed by agree ment of counsel until the criminal term of the court in May. The Siocumb Cooperage and Veneer Works occupy the valuable lot where tbe plant is located as successors to tbe Carolina Cooperage Co., which had a ten-year lease upon the grounds but the lease expired some time ago and the Coast Line now wants its property. Mr. Siocumb is loth to give it up for technical reasons and because it would entail heavy loss to him to move the extensive machinery and find another suitable place for the operation of such an enterprise. The works cover a con siderable territory and there are a number of buildings on the lot which would revert to the Coast Line upon his evacuation of the premises. An action of ejectment was some time ago brought in Justice Fowler's court by Mr. Junius Davis, counsel for the A C. L., but upon a decision favorable to the plaintiff, Col. Slo cutnb, through his counsel, ex -Judge E. K. Br ran, took an appeal to the Superior Court and: the case was tet for a hearing yesterday, but was not reached and continued as stated. It is rumored that the Coast Line contemplates the erection of a hand some building upon the location. LOCAL DOTS. An experienced "feeder" for Job Presses is wanted at the Star "See-g&ra, co-o-o-ld drinks an' chewin' gum" will soon be the refrain at Hilton Park. A printer accustomed to work on a morning daily may secure em ployment by application at the Stab office. nee. Ctfpt. 4rp er annonnoes an other of bis popular excursions on the BtesLvaerWUmington to Bald Head and out to sea to-morrow. "The Crying of a Dying Soul in Poe's Raven" will be Dr. Black well's subj-ct at the Y. M. C. A. men's meet ing, 5 P. M. Sunday. The Y. M. C. A. Woman's Auxiliary will run an excursion to Bald Head and out to sea on the sieamer Wilmington next Wednesday. The Wilmington baseball team should have distinctive colors this sea son. Lst year the Raleigh colors were frequently mistaken for those of Wil mington. Cotton receipts for the week ended yesterday were 232 bales; since Sept. 1st, 269.657 bales. Last year the receipts were, for the week, 116 bales: crop year, 254,397. An important meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at 4:30 o'clock thts afternoon at the W. L. I. armory. A full attend ance is urged. Services at Bladen Street M. E. church to-morrow : morning will be especially for children. The revival in progress in this church the past week, will be continued. Mr. John S. j Hill, lineman for the Postal Telegraph Co., contributes to the 8tae museum a curiosity in the way of a double egg, which was gatb ered from his hennery in this city yts. terday. The Old Folks' Concert has been postponed from Tuesday night, 22d intt , to Friday night following, tne 25th. The postponement was on account of a n um bar of tha nartici- panis being out of the city. - Mr. E. R. Peterson, of Cypress Creek township, Bladen county, ship ped yesterday from Parkersburg part of a crate of strawberries of very fine quality. -In a few days there will be regular shipments from that section. Subscribers who receive bills for subscriptions due the Stab are re minded that it is not fair to expect a publisher to supply them with news for nothing. Many, however, seem to think otherwise. As soon as a bill is received a prompt remittance should be made. A very interesting game of ball was played at Hilton yesterday after noon between the C. F A. and High School teams. The game resulted in a victory for the juniors in a score of 14 to 4. : Tbe batteries were Schulken and Grant; Crow, Peschau and Costin. The umpire was Otto Genaust. Ur. Henry Lonis Smith. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, tbe distin guished president of Davidson College, will arrive in the city to-day and to morrow at 11 A. M. he will speak in the First Presbyterian church. Thurs day night Dr. Smith spoke in the Presbyterian church at Wallace and yesterday afternoon he delivered the literary address : at elaborate com mencement exercises observed at the close of Faison Male Academy. Last night he delivered an educational ad dress at Clinton and will arrive here to-day from that point. For a good dinner we must have cood soup. The Tri Color is the best condensed boud ; and is now! being demonstrated in our store free. All are invited. Holmes Grocery Co. t Important Case in Superior Court Came to a Close Yesterday Afternoon. APPEALS BY BOTH PARTIES. Work of Term Finished Up and Adjourn ment Taken Uninteresting Matters Disposed Of Proceedings of the Day Other Notes, i The interesting suit of Flanner against Carrie L. Butler et aL, previ ously referred to in these columns, was concluded in the Superior Court yesterday afternoon and a verdict fa vorable to the plaintiff was returned by the jury at 3 P. M. after a delibera tion of only two hours. The issues were answered as follows: Was the land described in Article S of the complaint purchased with the money of plaintiff ? Answer, "Yes." If so, was the de.d to it made to the defendant without plaintiff's knowl edge or consent? Answer, "Yes." Is plaintiff's cause of action barred by statute of limitation? Answer, "No." The land described in "Article 3" is the valuable lot and store formerly oc cu pied .by Owen F. Love &Co., oppo site The Orton, on Front street. The verdict does not carry with it the ren tals accruing from the property since April, 1899, as asked for in the com plaint at the rate of $1700 per year, but this will doubtless constitute a basis of action for other suits that will likely follow a termination of the one completed in the lower court yester day. The verdijt also does not affect the Dock street property, valued at $7,000 and claimed by the plaintiff, but which was stricken out by Judge Timberlake upon the opening of the case. Immediately following the verdict by the jury, defendant made a motion for a new trial but the same was de nied and a motion to set aside the judgment which quickly followed met S similar denial, whereupon defen ant took an appeal to the 8upreme Court, waived notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $50. Sixty days was allowed defendant to file state ment of case on appeal and 60 days was given plaintiff to file counter- statement. .The verdict was likewise not satisfactory to plaintiff who claims more than he received, and his counsel made exactly the same motions and appeal as above, with the same result. Upon the convening of court yester day morning argument to the jury for defendant was resumed by Maraden Bellamy, Esq., who made a masterly presentation of his side of tbe case in a speech of an hour and a half. He was followed by Hon. no. D. Bellamy, who closed the argument in one of the finest efforts of his life for the plain- t'ff. Judge Timber lake's (marge was very clear but short. The jury took tbe case at 1 P. M. and very soon after dinner was ready with a verdict, a majority of the members having been unanimous in the verdict upon leaving the box. The jury was composed as follows: John D. Woody, Jr., G T. Cumber, A. C. Skipper, J. H Holton, A. L McNorton, O. P. Batten, Jas. F. liller, Jno. W. Stormfeltz, O. R ; Mason, W. E. Pickard, Archie P.f Merritt and John T. Ebort. The business of the two weeks' term' of court was completed yesterday; afternoon and adjournment taken sine die. Judge Timberlake left last night for his home. In the case of Mask against the City of Wilmington, defendant made a motion for a new trial on the ground that the court erred in not allowing motion to dismiss under the Hinsdale act, but the motion was denied and judgment entered, whereupon an ap' peal was taken to the Supreme Court, 30 days having been allowed each aide to prepare its case on appeal. Judgment for divorce was given in the case of Rebecca J. Davis vs. Peter W. Davis, but in similar actions by Mamie B. Parker va Edwin E Parker and Julia Ann Griffith vs. Ed. S Griffith, plaintiffs submitted to non suits. Other routine cases were dis posed of as follows: Henry Whitted jet al., vs. C. H. Thomas et al.. judgment. E K Bryan vs Cbas. O. D. Lee et al.. judgment by default and inquiry. City of Wilmington vs. E K.Bryan, referred to Eugene S. Martin, Esq., as referee by compulsatory reference, the City Attorney having protested. Robert Sweat vs. Amelia Sweat, non suit Charles Carter vs. Cane Fear Lum br Co. ; H. L. Peterson vs. City of Wilmington, and i Barnes vs. Rail road, off. W. A. Wright vs. Hezekiah Bonhani, order for new parties. J. H. Sloan vs. R. E. Lee, motion for new trial; motion denitd and ap peal taken. Agnes Thorne et al., vs. Paul M. Jones, set to be heard at the criminal term of court in Mav. ' M. J. Oorbett, trading as Oorbett & Co.. against Fritz th runKe, judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $27 35 . Ordered that plaintiff have 90 days to pay amount and that no execution issue until that time. Or dered further that unless the amount and costs be paid within 90 days ex ecution issue against the person of de fendant. ; wa-a-a-Carpct and Una Cleaning. A V N..1a th'a nnwt Hilton nr will do work in Wilmington for two weeks more. Carpets and Rugs cleaned on the floor at your residence . 1 . 1 to equal new (except wear kuu ibuci. Cu.i rt W! il mini(An famniiig Ad dress 308 North Front street; Bell ire 1 1 Have a plate of Soup with us? This week we nave a demonstration or Tri color Souns at our store. We invite you to call and sample them. Holmes Grocery Co. ! t Cape Pear Company Yesterday Secured Claim and Delivery Papers in Con troversy With Mr. Cooper. The controversy between Mr. O. H. Cooper, who operates the old Nor throp mill under lease, and the Cape Fear Lumber Company yesterday took another turn and the Caps Fear Company is now in possession of the property in question. Mr. J. A. Arringdale, president of the Cape Fear Company, sued out be fore the Clerk of the Superior Court claim and delivery papers for 1,733,000 feet of lumber and timber and the pa pers were served yesterday morning by Bheriff Stedman, placing Mr. Ar ringdale in possession of the lumber which he says was sawed for him and which he said was detained, as he be lieves, because defendant! claims that the plaintiff owes him certain money on open account, which claim is de nied, i It is understood that Mr. Arricgdale gave bond in the sum of $20,000, but it is probable that Mr. Cooper will re plevy and again enter into possession of the premises until the case is ad judicated in the Superior Court. 1 In the meantime there are two or more schooners here for cargoes and the case will entail heavy losses if fur ther complications arise. ! THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CENSUS. Enthusiastic Meeting at Y. M. C. A. Last Night at which All Arrangements Were Made for the Canvass, j All arrangements for the Sunday school census of the city, to betaken by the workers of the various churches of Wilmington, were perfected at an en thusiastic and largely attended meet ing at the Y. M. C. A. last night, over which Dr.tO. S. Black well, pastor of the First Baptist church, presided. The city was mapped out into 58 census districts, and twice that number of canvassers assigned; two to each and the canvassers of different religious faith. The census will be taken next Tues day, April 22nd all in one day and information leaflets and cards for the list takers were distributed. Reports will be made to a central committee which will remain at the Y. M. C. A. all day Tuesday and give such infor mation or assign additional help as may be needed. The Stab regrets that owing to the length of the list of canvassers and territory to which they are assigned, t will be impossible to publish them to-day. If any information is de- aired by the canvassers relative to the work, same will be furnished by their respective pastors. EST WILMINQT0N PUBLIC SCHOOL. Closing Exercises Held Yesterday After noon Timely Address on Education.' The closing exercises of East : Wil mington Public School, taught by Mr. V. Bowen in District No. 7, took place yesterday and were most hearti ly enjoyed by the children and a large number of the patrons of the institu tion. Tbe examinations were com pleted by noon and from that hour until 3 o'clock the children enjoyed a basket picnic on the grounds. In the afternoon Mr. W. M. Cum min g, of this city, delivered a splen did address upon edueation and its application to the several walks of life. The address is spoken of as having been practical, timely and well deliv ered. Mr. Cumming's remarks were followed by addresses along the same line by Rev. L. B. Boney,by the princi pal of the school, and his brother, Mr. M. Bowen, who teaches, at Acorn Branch in this county. There were many expressions of kind feeling toward Mr. Bowen, the capable teacher, and many of the pupils and parents expressed a hope that he would come to them again next session. Most of the other schools in the county districts will close seven months' terms next week. Uniforms for Policemen. Chief Furlong and a committee of policemen, consisting of Messrs. E. L. Smith, J. J. Moore, H. P. Merritt and C. E. Wood; met yesterday and awarded the contract for Spring and Summer uniforms to the Fishblate Clothing Company at $14.75 per suit. The Clothes are of pretty blue yacht cloth and will be of the famous Strouse Brothers' "High Art" brand, which have given such eminent satisfaction to the force for the past three years. Other bids for the clothing were re ceived from Messrs. A. Shrier, J. M Solky and the A. David Co. The measures are now being taken for the new uniforms. Hid an Unusual Tow. Capt Edgar Williams, the clever master of the tug Marion, has towed up and down the river brigs, barques, barges, steamers, schooners and nearly every other rig of vessel known to the maritime craft, but be had a tow yes terday that was quite uncommon a box car that had tumbled overboard at the A. O. L. oil wharf night before last and floated down to the mouth of Aligator creek, two miles below the city Two of the cars broke loose from a shifting engine and went off the wharf, but one of them caught on tbe cap or the pier and didn't go down with the tide. Both of them will be placed cm the track to-day by Capt. Williams' powerful bolster "tier cules." Have a nlate of 8oun with us? This week we have a demonstration of Tri Color Souns at our store. We invite you to call and sample them. Holmes Grocery Co. t President of Plant System Talks of Its Consolidation With tbe Coast Line. NOBODY BEHIND THE A. C. L. Savannah May Not Be General Head quarters, Bat Some Offices Will Be Retained There-Places for the Employes-Other Matters, Savannah News, ISth. "President Er win of the Plant Sys tem arrived yesterday from New York. He was seen by a representative of the News in reference to the consoli dation that is to make tha Plant Sys tem and the Atlantic Coast Line one system. Since the announcement that the two companies would be merged into one, the leading points of interest in the public mind 1 ave been the location of the general offices of tha company and the question as to who may be its general officers. Mr. Erwin was ask d about both matters, and what he had to say will be found decidedly reassur ing to Savannahians. who want the offices here, and to officials of the Plant System, who may want to retain their present positions or be given others equally as good. It will be a matter ot necessity, Mr Erwin said, for the A. C L. to retain offices in Savannah, and he does not anticipate that there will be the slight est diminution in the present force of employes or any curtailment of tbe offices. He thinks that the several de partments that are now here will be retained. While these may not be the general offices, Mr. Erwin said that the mere fact of a place boine the gen eral headquarters of a company is of no real moment. The president said that he believed that the purchase by the Coast Line of the Plant System would prove benefi cial to all the cities located on the line. and that he did not sae how it could result otherwise than in an increase of business for Savannah. By reason of its location, he said, he considered that Savannah will always be the head quarters of representatives of the sev eral departments that are now located here. Mr. Erwin desired it understood that he was not authorized to speak for the Atlantic Coast Line as to its intentions with reference to the future manage ment of the property now called the Plant System, but said that the past history of the Coast Line satisfies him that there could be no consolidation of railroad properties that would cause fewer changes than the absorption by the Coast Line of the Plant System. He holds that tne Uoast Liine is so conservative that it will not be dispos ed to make changes in the officers or employes of the Plant System upon the consolidation taking ettect unless it might be for cause. As Mr. Erwin expressed it, the Coast Line is not a company that, on making a consolida tion, would sena a man from Oskosk to Florida to take the place of some already in service in that State. Tbe consolidation of the systems. Mr. Erwin said, will benefit those of the present officials and employes of the Plant System who have merit, for there is always a better chance for a man with a system of 4,500 miles than with a system of 2,000 miles. About this quality of merit he said he had bo apprebension, as it nas always been the object of the Plant System to secure such men, and he believed that t had done so in the case of present officials. What Mr. Erwm said of the general officials of the Piant System did not extend, in the matter of their reten tion, to the executive officials or di rectors, all of whom, he said, will, of course, resign at the time of the con solidation. Ha was asked if any of them would be elected upon the board of the Atlantic Coast Line, but said that he knew nothing as to that. If such should be the case, he said, it would not be through virtue of the Plant Investment Company retaining part in the ownership of the Plant System properties tnat are merged with the Uoast Lane. Nobody Behind Coast Line. Mr. Erwin said that tbe sale of the Plant System was made to the Atlan tic Coast Line, and that no other com pany or person was a party to the purchase or interested in it in any way. This sets at rest the reports of the Southern being behind the Coast L ne. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company some time ago denied that it had any hand in the purchase. Mr. Erwin was asked about the statements that have appeared in newspapers to the effect that the sale was made to the Coast Line as a result of the Plant will case, and by Mr. Mor ton F. Plant against Mr. Erwin's wishes. Mr. Erwin said that he nego tiated the sale, subject to the approval of the directors, believing that it would prove for the best interests 01 the stockholders of the Irian t Invest ment Company, which owns a majori ty of the stocks of the several com panies constituting the Plant System. The sale was con armed by a unani mous vote of those of the directors who were present at the meeting to which it was reported. Mr. Erwin was asked if it was not true that the Piant System had con sidered a plan for the erection of a gen eral office building in Savannah, and he answered the question in the af firmative. This project, he said, might or might not be carried out by the Coast Line. That was a matter upon which he was not qualified to speak. The building, if erected, will probably be at tbe corner of liberty and Hiast Broad streets, a location that was men tioned not long since, when the plan that the Plant System had entertained was announced. NOT AN EMPTY DREAM. Somnambulist Pell from Second Story of Folton Honse and Was Injured. Jno. H. Hobbs. of Boardman, N. C, a somnambulist, while a guest at the Fulton House, on Front street, Thurs day nieht. got to walking in his sleep and fell fifteen feet from the second storv at the rear of the building and was painfully bruised but not seriously injured. Other guests were awakened by cries of the man and Dr. F. H, Russell was summoned to attend him Police Sergeants Burnett and "Woolard and Policeman Leon George assisted in getting Mr. Hobbs back into the build ing, he being a very large man and so injured that he was unable to walx. 1 WILMINGTON GAS LIGHT CO y MATTING Floor 0"Lcloi3lbL:, "Wi -n dow SIbLa.cLoa., S. & B. Solomon. ap 13 tf The MnrcMson National I OF WILMINGTON, N. C. j Organized March, 1899. Deposits April 4, 1902, - - $700 000 00. Deposits April 4, 1901. - - 3C 5,000 00. Every customer of this Bank can rely on prompt and careful servioe. Foreign exchange bought and sold. H C. McQTJEEN, President. J. V, GRAINGER, Cashier. ap 5 tf PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. r- Mrs. W. J. H. Bellamy and Mrs. B. M. Chiswell arrived yesterday morning from New York. Messrs. Allie J. Mitchell, David Sinclair and Bonner Mills left yesterday for a visit to the Charleston Exposition. 4 Mrs. Joseph H. Hanby left yesterday afternoon for Paris, Texas, to spend a month with her son, Dr. Jos. D. Hanby. . Mr. R. h. Farmer, of Wilson, N. C, passed through the city yester day evening returning from a pleas ant visit to the Charleston Exposi tion, j Capt. Edgar L. Hart returned yesterday from a pleasant visit to the Exposition. He is enthusiastic over the excellence of Charleston's big Ishow. j Capt. James I. Metts left yes terday afternoon via the S. A. L. for Dallas, Hex., to attend the Veterans' Reunion. Col. W. J. Woodward, who left last Wednesday for Texas, will be the only other representative from Wilmington. ATLANTIC COAST LINE STOCKS. Features of tbe Richmond and Baltimore Markets The Consolidation. In Richmond the market for A. C. L. stocks j was reported as follows for Thursday: "A," 126 bid, 130 asked; preferred, 120i bid, 121 asked; com mon, 131 bid, 124 asked; Connecticut, 240 bid, 255 asked. The I following is taken from the Baltimore Sun's financial review of yesterday : Atlantic Coast Line Company stocks have been firm, tbe common advanc ing to; 122 and the preferred to 120 The absorption of the Plant system and the possibility of further advan tageous connections accounted for the strength. A small lot of tbe Atlantic Coast Liine of Connecticut stocs sola on Thursday at 242. The; "Doubting Thomases" will please observe that the word "absorp tion" does not appear in the extract except to show that the Atlantic Coast Line is the "absorber." Furthermore, the Sim accounts for the strength of A. C. L. stocks "by the possibility of further advantageous connections." And ail of this sustains the contention of The Morning Stab that "in no event' will the Atlantic Coast Line lose its identity as a separate system." t saaaBHH i Shipping Notes. ,; Schooner Jennie A. Stubbs, Capt. Dorr, arrived at Fort Caswell from New York yesterday with cargo of ce- menti Schooner Wm. F. Green arrived up from Boston with cargo of pyrites for the Acme Mfg. Co., which will be discharged at the Carolina Central wharves. Schooner Geo. W. Garrison, New York to Bogue Inlet, was spoken off the bar yesterday after noon. Sent to South Carolina. Sheriff T. S. Burch, of Florence, S. Cm arrived yesterday and took back with him on the afternoon train the negro Wm. Small, who is wanted for terribly slashing another negro in South Carolina last FalL He was captured by one of Chief Furlong's men on Thursday. For a good dinner we must have good soup. The Tri Color is the best condensed soup and is now being demonstrated in our store free. All are invited. Holmes Grocery Co. t died. CAEMON At nls home In this city Thnrwlay night at 11:40 o'clock, 8A&T7SI. CABMON, In the 6 1st year ot hid age Funeral to-morrow (Sanday) afternoon at 8 39 o'clock from St. John's Episcopal Cbnrch Interment at Oakdale. Friends and acquaint' ancee invited. Bank, Capital $200,000. Strawberry, Fresh Fruit Banana, Fresh Fruit. CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA Ice Cream $1 per gallon. s ap 19 tt ICE CREAM I Nothing better than that we are serving cus tomers. Kindly remember us when you place your order. $1 per gallon. Bananas, Apples and Oranges at lowest prices. J. W. PLUM HER, Jr., 204 Princess street. ap 19 tf Bell 'Phone 680 Office Supplies. I have a full line of all kinds of Blank Books, Filing Cases, Pens, Pencils and everything you will need in your office. Let me hear from you when you are in need of anything. ap 6 tf 107 Market St. Monday and Week, April 21, '02. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The Celebrated Spooner Dramatic Company. In High Class Repertoire and Beflned Vaudsville, Monday night a Metropolitan production or the tferry Play "Pearl of Savoy." Specialties Galore. Prices, 10, tO and 30 cents. ap!8 8t NEVER MIND Tbe fake closa out sales; they don't hurt m and won't burt you, provided you see me before you "bite" at '-DM-galns." I have no shoddy goods, bus will eeu jou homst made goods that will be ir the testoi time at tne same price you are asked to pay for shoddy bargains. N. F. PARKER, FURNITURE AND FUBNTTT7BJS HOVILTHS. Ill Market street. BeU Thone a Inter-state tzl. apr6 tf Printer Wanted. Wanted, a first class compositor who has had experience on a daily, morning paper. Must have Kd recommendations as to habits and qualifications. Apply at. or address the . ap 13 tf MORNING- STAB. Sunday River Excursion. Steamer "Wiimlnnton" will make a special triDdonthe river and out t sea next sun day 20 b. touching at all points ot interest, in cluding Southpjrt and 6ld Head. Steamer leaves' a M.; returns S P. . tbe round trip. J. W. HAHrB- - ap 19 it vb ROBERT DsROSSET
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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