North Carolina Newspapers

Morning f Guaranteed Beaa-Flds, Evsrv-Day Moioeooa i ; efrcnlstion Larger Thai Thai Of Aajr Other Daily Mews paper Published la Wllmlaxtoa. . ;TERUS OF SU3SCRIPTIQ1 o by jgtl cs.oo Biz Koatha, . gjto4 Thr Sloatk, - ; i.gg; mtww awui, l.OO OLBKTT DAII.T ITBVtFlPlnS HI THI STATU. WILmNOTON, N. 0 StJiA VOL. LXXI.-NO. 113 WHOLE NO. 11,058 , vuw as 4S Oemta Hemtsu Z eea o a oeoeeeeeew OUTLINES. The Poatoffloe Appropriation bill discussed yesterday in- the Hoose; Xr. Poo, of North. Carolina, discussed the traat question. The Senate patted the bill for the creation of a general ataff of the army; it had al ready passed the House. ' - Copper aas been discovered near Asheville, I. O, and large mining enterprises are projected. 8ehooner Minne- iaha with coal from Charleston, 8. G., "prung a leak and sank in the bay at leorajetown, 8. G. The allies re- wted Mr. Bo wen's proposition. he Soathern and the Pennsylvania re said to be competitors for lease of t St. Louis and San Francisco rail- aad. Fire at the U. 8. assay See in New York city caused con Iderable damage. Private agents f Germany are trying to - purchasa a Chilian battleship and armored cruiserj The administration is deeply con Wed at the delay In' ratifying the anama canal treaty. Gen. Gor ing commanding U. C V., announces hat the next reunion will be held in Jew Orleans, Ma 19th to 23 ad, 1903. Eight deaths from plague yes terday at Maxattan. a B. Alii ioa, an electrical contractor, Pittsburg, ., was called to his door and ahot iy some unknown person. N. Y. markets: Honey on call steady, all loans 3 per cent jcotton steady at 9.05c. ; lour waa dull; wheat spot easy, No. red 80e; corn spot steady, No. S 59a. ; oats spot quiet, No. 3 43o; rosin Arm; spirits turpentine firm at 61e. WEATHER REPORT. U. 8. DlP'T or AGRICULTURE, ) Weather Bureau, WiLUDroTOH, N. a, Jao. SI. ) Meteorological data for the twenty- fmr hours ending at 8 P.M.: Temperatures: 8 A. M., 84 degrees; P. M.. 45 degrees; maximum. 59 de crees; minimum. 34 degrees; me a, 46 ieree. I Bainfalf for the day, .00.; rainfall iace 1st of month to date, 3.43 inches. Stage of water in the Cape Fear Iter at FayetteviUe, N. 0., at 8 A. IC Friday, 8 3 feet. I rORXOAST rOK TO-DAY. r Washihotos, Jao. 31. For North Carolina: Fair Sunday and Monday, light, to fresh southwest to south poinds.- Port AIssm February 1. Sao Rises - 7.01 A. MY San Sets 5.27 P.M. Day's Length. . . . . . . 10 H. 26 M, Hifh Water at Southport. 10.81 P. M. Bigh Water Wilmington . 13.51 A. V. Mr. Quay seems to hold the quay the Statehood situation. He baa irtainlv a deadlock on the Senate. The latest reported discovery in .Virginia is a well of corn whiskey in Pittsylvania county. Well, well. The New York Sun daily throws ts rays on the "trust busters" and shows a disposition to make it warm or them. Alabama is coming to the front . u an iron producer, now ranking fourth among the States,. her pro duction last year being 1,472,211 Ions. A bill has been introduced in Con gress to increase the President's alary to $100,000. There is scram ble enough for that office' with be present salary. The New York Athletic Club has ( high priced pitcher, and not one I the antiques, either. He is its ass ball pitcher, who receives a salary of $8,000 a year. There is little, in fact, no proba- ility of any anti-trust legislation jy this Congress. The Republican aadera think that is a good thing keep in soak to fool voters with. There is at least one man in Chi sago who appreciates honesty and sncourages it. He lost a wallet con taining $3,500 and he rewarded the poor man who found and returned It to him with a profusion of thanks f nd a whole dime and a nickel. A TVxes negro has sued a white man for $10,000 for driving him out of town. Will he have the nerve to go back to attend the trial of the case? Washington Post. OhI- yes. He will carry Afro- lAmerican lawyer Hayes along, with word and torch, and they'll have a ot time both f 'before and after." The Washington Post reminds rebrand Haves and other colored snaps with grievancesthat if they feel that they are not properly appre ciated in the South there any Amount of room for them in the lorthern States, which, can be cached in a few hours by rail. &n W. Hayes is an -"educated" egro. He is now engaged in. an itempt to overthrow the constitn !onal amendment in Virginia, and Irises the negroes of the South to ght for their "rights" with sword nd torch. How much of the money aid for his education was contribute' I by hit race? ' THE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION. Isterestisr. and Hljhly Profitable Session Yesterday Life -aad Character of : Calvia S. Wiley by Prof. Connor.' . , The New Hanover County Teach ers' Association yesterday morning: held a most Interesting and profitable regular, monthly meeting In the Cape Fear Academy building, jant south of the Court House. Prof. Washington Oatlett, the president, presided; Secre tary J. P. Herring was at his post and there was a splendid attendance of teachers. " The chief feature of the exercises waa the reading of a valuable historical paper, The Life of Calvin S. Wiley," by Prof. E. D. W. Connor, principal of the Wilmington High School. The subject of Prof. Connor's aketch was the founder of the public school sys tem in North Carolina and the life of that great pioneer was faithfully por trayed. The writer appealed to the teachers of the State to erect a monu ment to Wiley's memory. "Writing" waa the subject of a very interesting paper by Prof. F. W. TbOrne, and it waa treated in a moat happy ein. Prof. M. Bowen read a splendid plea for the attachment of more importance to literature in the publie schools. The usual interchange of views and suggestions by the teachera waa in dulged in and the January meeting of the Association may well be aaid to have been the best in the history of the organization. In addition to the regular programme Prof. Catlett made an interesting talk on industrial train ing in the public schools. Miss Morton, in behalf of Miss Brigham, of Boston, offered the coun try schools a circulating library, which was accepted with many thanks. LOCAL DOTS. The river steamer Highlander is tied up here for a thorough over hauling. License was issued during the past month for the marriage of 13 white and 11 colored couples. Eyota Tribe No. S.L0.B. mJ will scalp several pale facea at the building of the council fires to-morrow night. The steamer City of.FayeitevUU arrived in port yesterday and will clear this afternoon, returning to Eayetteville. British barque Nellie Treopi hence for New York to be overhauled, passed out at Southport at 10:30 A. M, yesterday. - Spirits turpentine went to 62 cents per gallon on the local market yesterday. Savannah bid 63 cents with no sales. British schooner Foster Rice cleared yesterday with cargo of lum ber consigned by the Kidder Lumber Co., to 8t. Kitt's, B. W. I. . v British steamer Garland is ex pected here Feb. 7th for a cargo of gum timber from the Acme Tea- Chest Co , Mr. Will Lu Miller, manager. Concord Chapter No. 1, B. A. M., will hold an emergent convocation to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock for work in the Mark Master degree. A boy who has had some ex perience in feeding job presses may secure a situation by making imme diate application at the Stab office. A baaaar for the benefit of St. Thomas' church will be held Wednes day evening in Hibernian Hall. Re freshments will be served. Admission 10 and 25 cents. License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Mr. Thomaa J. Tart, of Harnett township, and Miss Lucy G. Heatb, daughter of Mr. A. K. Heatb, of Harnett township. Savannah News: "General Counsel W. G. Elliott of the Atlantic Coast Line Uailroad has moved his headquarters from Wilmington, N. C, to room 618, Continental Trust building,' Baltimore, Md." By deed filled for' record yes terday William Sheehan and wife transferred toJno. T. Burnett and wife for $375, house and lot on south side of Gwinn, between Eighth and Ninth streets, 33x95 feet in size. Capt. Chas. Weasel will begin work this week on a new, tug boat which he will put into commission on the Cape Fear. He has just returned from a visit to Charleston, St. Augus tine and other Southern porta. ; . Special musical features at the First Baptist church to-night will be avo.al solo by Mrs, J. D. Edwards and a violin solo by Mr. Eimbrough Jones. - These will be in addition to music by the regular quartette. - Eev. Dr. Beth Ward, of Nash-. vilie, Tenn., Missionary Secretary of the M. E. Church, South, will preach at Fifth street church this morning and at Grace church to-night Dr. Ward ia a guest of Rev. J. N. Cole while in the city. Miss Darby, poutmaster, at Wilmington, announces that begin ning to-day the Seaboard Air Line train leaving Wilmington at 8 p. m. and arriving in the early morning will carry mail in pouches. Instructions to this effrct were received from the Post Office Department yesterday. , " "Dandy" Johnson, , colored, and Gus L'nd, white, were arrested yesterday Jbjr Capt of Police Wil liams, charged with driving across hose that waa laid for the fire on Nutt street. The complaint was made by Chief Schnibben, of the Fire Depart ment. " . V- , -.i- Dr. W, Q. Galloway has been called to Goldsboro on itfoieeaional BUTAFF GETS 4,000. Plaintiff in Damage Suit in Su ' perior Court Secured a Com promise Verdict. -m AFTER A . WEEK'S TRIAL. Costs of the ActloB to Be Psld by Cera plaloant With Small Exception Pessy Vs. Railroad Will Begin Tiesasy Moralsf-Jarors ' According to the terms of an agree ment reached by counsel on both aides, the jury in the Superior Court, which had in hearing the Hutaff damage suit, yesterday morning! at 11:80 o'clock returned a verdict, by instruc tion, awarding the plaintiff $4,000 against the Wilmington j Sewerage Company; ' Out of that amount the plaintiff Hutaff is to pay all the costs in the case, with the exception of three of the witnesses who came from Phil adelphia, and each party to the suit is to pay its own counsel fees; Tne compromise waa reached after a long conference of alf the attorneys in the case yesterday morning. When court .convened, counsel for the de fendant asked Judge Peebles for further time for a consultation which had already commenced and the same was granted. The attorneys then re tired to the judge's room in the Court House and came out an hour and a half later, aaying that it had been decided to settle the case In the man ner stated above. Judge Peeblea then instructed the jury to bring in a ver dict according to the terms of the agreement which it did and waa dis charged for the term, no other cases having been entered upon during the day. The judgment of the court in the case waa as follows: New Hanover County In the Supe rior Uourt. Geo. H. Hutaff, plain tiff, vs. The Wilmington Sewerage Com nan v. defendant. At a Superior Court, held at thej Uourt House in Wilmington, on tne 26 ih day of January, 1903, present Uon. JbC a. jfeebles, judge, tbls action having been brought on for hearing and a jury having been sworn and em panelled to try the following issues. to wit: 1. Waa the plaintiff in jored by the negligence of the defendant t 8. Did the plaintiff contribute to his injary by his own negligence! 3. What damage baa the plaintiff sustained, if any I i And the jury having anawered the first issue 'yes;" the second issue "no," and the third issue $4,000. It is now. on motion of Russell & Gore, H. McClammy and Bellamy & Bellamy, counsel for the plaintiff, ad judged that the plaintiff recover from the defendant the sum or $4,000. It ia by consent of both counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant, fur ther ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the plaintiff pay the costs of this action except the witness fees or Ubauneey Ives, William Mc Lean and the witness Gamble. It is adjudged that Dr. T- S. Bur bank be allowed $10 as expert fees in lieu of witness fees. B. B. Fexbijcs, Judge Presiding. It is learned unofficially that the net amount received by the plaintiff will be $3,000. i The remaining $3,000 will go toward paying, the bill; of costs, amounting to about $300; and attor neys' fees, amounting Jo $1,800. The case had been in hearing for nearly a week and waa one of the moat stub bornly fought actions in the history of the county. For the plaintiff Messrs. Herbert McClammy, Bellamy & Bel lamy and Russell & Gore were em ployed aa counsel, and ex-Judge E. K. Bryan, of Wilmington, and Mr. J. H. McNeal, of Philadelphia, were attor neya for the Sewerage Company. The contentions of both sides are too well known to readers of these columns to need repetition here. . The second week of the term will be gin to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock and will likely be engaged for the moat part with another big damage suit that of B. F. Penny against the W., O. & A. Railroad Company, in which the plaintiff aues for $20,000 damages for injuries received Sept. 88tb, 1898, in being shot by) a negro passenger ejected from a train of the defendant company at Leland, Bruns wick county, N. O. Two years ago a jury awarded the plaintiff $6,000, but Judge Hoke : set the verdict aside. More recently the case was again heard and a mistrial resulted. A third trial of the issues will be entered upon Tues day. The following are the regular jurors summoned for second week of the term: J. T. Burke, J. W. Batson, J. A. Huake, Jno. W. English, J. Alves Walker, W. L. Vann, Geo. W.Tucker, J. F. Stanland, D. W. Trask, B, B. Moore, C. I. Taylor, J. V. Fore, A. B. Cook,' W. H. Dock, D. F. Klein, McL. Bell, B. S. Pridgen and L W. Cooper. . - ' mm " Elks' Miastrel fa Newbera. 1 Prof. O. W. Hollowbuah expects to leave to-day for Newborn to direct an Elks' Minstrel performance that is being arranged by the lodge of that city for next Friday night-Prof. Hollowbuih directed the performance which waa given by the Wilmington Elks with such signal success night before last. ' ' , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N. F. Parkers-Overstocked. - A. O. L. Bound-trip tickets. People's Savinga Bank Money. -v Solomon's Shoe Store Shoe $5 to $6. , G. O. Gaylord To close' Monday, Masonic Meeting Concord Chapter. ' 'BUSIVBSS LOCALS. I A Bazaar At Hibernian Hall. ' Portraits Finished for agents. , Wanted Circular, distributers. United Charities Asao'n Meeting. IN THE OENifRAL ASSEMBLY; Vr I IHIc Arcnmnlfehefl Yeferda Senator Overman Is CommlsBlOBed. DrnnkenoeBi Not Misdemeanor. ISpecial Star Telegram. ' BALEiaB, Jan. 8L Gov. Ay cock to day issued to Hon. Lee S. Overman his commission as United States Senator. The Governor signed.lt with a special gold pen which Private Secretary P, M. Pearaall presented to Mrs. Over man. Senator Overman left for his home at Salisbury 'this afternoon. Gov. Aycock and his staff left this afternoon on a special car for Southern Pines, where they will be guests of the Carolina Hotel for several days. Little work of publie interest was done in either branch of the General Assembly to-day,- owing to the absence of msny members, who obtained leaves of absence as soon aa the Senatorial fight was over. " - In the'Senate. Beasley introduced a bill creatine a Historical Commission of five members, to be appointed by the Governor, to serve without pay and spend $500 per year in gathering and putting in permanent -form State historical data. Many petitions on the liquor question were introduced. Among the bills pasaed were those to allow Greensboro to amend its charter, issue bonds and use certain funds for water works improvement A joint resolution was introduced to appoint three members to Inspect the insane asylum. The bill to make drunkenness a misdemeanor was discussed an hour but failed to pass, reseiving only aix votes In discussing it, Welborn, of Ashe county, declared, he was kept awake at night in his, a prohibition county, by rowdies and venders of illicit whiskeys. Since prohibition was established, nineteen serious fights and two murders had occurred in his section, traceable to. whiskey. He wanted drunkenness a mlademeaner to caat this away. . The Senate failed to pass the bill ap propriating $3,500 to renovate and re caroet the Senate chamber and Hall of Representatives. - Only a few local bills were Intro duced in the House. The anti-cannon cracker and toy pistol bill waa made the special order for next Wednes day. Bills amending enartera oi insurance companies in Greensboro were re- re re rred to the insurance Uommlttee. A bill to allow the Faxaway Com pany to aell wines and liquors to guests in Jackson and Transylvania counties was made the special order for Tuesday. EED HEADED MAN BEWARE. " Mayor Received aa Unusual Reqneit la His Mall Last Week. Red-headed man, if you live on a corner, lake heed ! If you live mid way the blockthen this is the funeral of another. Likewise, if nature has endowed you with other than an au burn covering for your brain-box, you may even live on a corner and still be exempt. In other words, this is strict ly the story of a red-beaded man who lives on a corner. And here it it, plain, unvarnished. Last week it ia unnecessary to be exact aa to dates the Mayor received the following card: "On the corner of streets there is a red-headed man that haa for fourSundsya in succession took his bath in front of a window without a curtain or closing the blinds, which makes it very annoying to the folks of the neighborhood. Will you be kind enough to have it atopped and greatly oblige one In the neighbor hood." Moral Pull down the curtain. LADIES' GOLF TOURNAMENT. Second la Series of Contests Wen Tester day by MIsn Cslder. The second match in the handicap tournament for ladies on the Cape Fear Golf links was won, after a spirited contest yesterday afternoon, by Miss "Mary Calder. The winner and Mrs. E. a Holt tied for first place with a net score of 48, but in the play off Miss Calder won in a net score of 63 to 68. Mrs. C. W. BIdgood came second with a gross score of 66, hand! cap 6; net 49. The contest waa over aix holes and was watched by a large number of spectators. The other playera were as follows: Mrs. Hugh MacRae, Mrs. Northrop, Mrs. J. Y. Grainger, Mrs. Cbas. Mc- Mlllen, Mrs. R. D. W. Connor, Mrs. Walter 8mallbonef, Miss Alice Boat- wright, Miss Bettie DeRosset, Miss Rankin and Miss Dozier. The first of the aeries for the cup was won by Miss Alice Boatwright. Fire Yesterday After aoon. Esrly yesterday afternoon the Fire Department responded to an alarm from -box 14, Nutt and Brunswick streets, where a spark from an engine had set fire to a pile of telephone poles which had been treated with creosote. Dense, volumes of smoke poured up from the valley back: of the railroad shops and it was thought a serious conflagration was in progress. Hose Company No. 3 waa quickly on the scene and extinguished the flames after only .slight damage. The poles belonged to the Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Co. ."-V . ""saiBB-nBwaaasB" Fayetleville's Cily Bonds. : V, Fayettevflle Observer, 31st: The Finance Committee of Fayettteville to-I day accepted the bid of FL. Fuller Ca, of Cleveland, Ohio, for , the re funding of the $13,600 - FayetteviUe and .Florence bonds. There were eight bids in all. That of Fuller & Co. ia at par. and with accrued interest from date, February 1st, to time of de livery,: and a premium , of $933.85. This is equal to the bonda bringing $106 93. The next highest bidder was at par, with accrued interest and a premium of $767 88. The old bonda expire February 1st, and the new ones are from that date, and to run 80 yearn.'' - " . " SAD DEATH OF 0. R. McLEOD. Medical Student Who, Was Poisoned at sjtoyifa His Remniss Tsken to je8oa Connty Yesterday. f Speaking of the death of young Mr. McLeod, the medical student whose $eath at Davidson from pa jaoat extra ordinary cause - was told ( in yester day telegraphic columns of the Stab, ihe Charlotte Observer nayn : - O. R. McLeod. of Robeson county. the medical student at Davidson, who has been suffering from septicaemia or blood poisoning for a fortnight, died yesterday ' morning at 8:05 o'clock. The immediate cause of his death was asphyxia, due to multiple abscesses in the lungs. -- ' The final decline in McLeod's condi tion began 34 hours prior to his death, when he had great difficulty . in respi ration, due to the abscess in the lungs and fluid in the pericardlan cavity. It was only in the lass few fcoura of his life that he lost conscious ness. JTor two weeks the superb young frame had battled with the ravages of the disease, and though the tempera ture was -always high and sometimes reached 106, and 107, the mind re mained strangely unclouded. At the last, however,- hr became delirious, and with the instinct of a born fighter he spoke again and again of his battles on the football field. - With McLeod at the end were bia mother, his best friend, Mr. J. A. Brewin,.and a few others. The body was taken yesterday morn ing to lecture room No. 1, which was draped In college colors. On the casket were many beautiful flowers, the testi monial of the members of the football team and of McLeod's fellow medical students. The body remained iu the lecture room until 4 o'clock when it was taken to the Presbyterian church, where a short service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. A. T. Graham. The church waa filled with aympathiz Ing people, who for many days have shown chief interest in the condition of the unfortunate young man and whose concern was based upon gen uin affection. i The remains were brought to Char lotte laat evening and carried to the undertaking establishment of J. M. Harry & Co. To-day they will be carried to McLeod's home, at McDon ald's, in Robeson county, and in terred after a service in the Presby terian church at McDonald's. Those accompanying the body are Mrs. Sarah McLeod, the mother; Mr. A. J. McLeod, an uncle; Rev. William Black, of Davidson; Robert John ston, representing the football team; T. J. KelL. of the senior class; J. A. Br e win and Morrison Caldwell, rep resenting the junior class, of which McLeod waa a member, and F. Faust. of the freshman elsss. Dr. J. P. Monroe, president of the North Caro lina Medical College, and his niece. Miss Annie Belle Munroe, accom panied the body aa far aa Charlotte. In the Municipal Court. In the municipal court yesterday j Mayor Waddell made the punish ment fit the crime" of Ave young ne groes who created a general distur bance Friday night at W. "H. T. Brown's cook ahop on Seventh, be tween Nun and Church streets. Wortham McKay waa reprimanded for being in bad company and dis charged; Filbert Lee was required to pay $5, including costs in his ease; Jno. H. Phifer was commissioned to do road duty for SO days; Ellerby Barnes was fined $6, and John Owens, charged with an assault, was sent out to the roads for 80 days; Other cases tried yesterday were: Ed. Spencer, drunk and disorderly, costs; Frank "Register, default of fine, 10 dayaon roada. .. J . Wesfera Ualoa Officials Here. ; - General Superintendent B. Brooks, Division Superintendent J. B. Tree, General . Counsel W, H. Fearons, Superintendent of Construction O. H. Brlsto, Inspector Leivn and several other officials of the Western Union Telegram Company, arrived In the city on a tour of inspection Friday evening. They travelled in private car "Electric" - and came directly , from New York, via Raleigh and Golds boro. They left yesterday afternoon for Columbia, S. C, and Savannah, Ga., after making a thorough inspec tion of the Company's interests here, which are in charge of Mr. John Frank. Cape Fear River Steamers. FayetteviUe Observer, 81st: "Mr. T. D. Love, of Wilmington, agent of the Merchants & Farmers Steamboat Company, and Coil. W. 8, Cook, man ager of the Cape Fear & Peoplea Transportation Company, met In this city this morning and effected ar rangemehtsTor the joint management of these two lines and the FayetteviUe and Wilmington Bteamboat Company, of which Mr. A. A. Liaman, of Lis- man, Lorge & Company, of New York-, is president. CoL Cook and Mr. Love have been made the joint managers of the several Interests." THP LI8SARY EXTENSION M0VEMPNT. Among the many good works un dertaken by women'a cluba ail over the country, Including our own State, ts that of circulating booka and maga zines among the people in the rural districts and wherever is found a dearth of literature. The members of Sorosis are requested to meet in the club room. South Fifth street, on Monday, Feb. 2nd, at 8 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of hearing a talk on this subject by Miss Brigham, of Boa ton, ao that the elub will' be fully in formed of the best methods of pursu ing this good work. Sorosis will, also, be very glad to welcome at this meeting any friends, not members of the elub, who are in terested on the subject. , ammu wm as ' ' ' New Departure, The Flshblate Clothing.: Company announce that Strouse Bros., the high art clothiers, will have ' their cutter, here, on Wednesday, February 4th, to take measures. . If you are-not ready to select your suit, you can have your measure taken and select goods later. They will nave yon at least $10.00 on a suit.- Best trimmings, perfect fit, up to date, otherwise you don't take the nutt ,-v---:!.-;r---.,t.'-; mm DEPARTMENT. Annual Report of Chief Charles ..ScLZiben Was Completed . Yesterday Afternoon. INTERESTING STATISTICS. Fifth Year Since Paid Org anization Has Been In Service Property Loss Mnch Smaller Than the Pre ceding Twelve Months. Chief Charles Schnniben, of the Wilmington Fire Department, yester day completed his annual report for the year ended. Jan. 1st, 1903, which Is the fifth which he has had the pleas ure of submitting since the organiza tion of the paid department' in thai city, The report' will be transmitted to the Board of Aldermen t its meet ing to-morrow night and will make ia very creditable showing in every par ticular. . ; . :. . , ' Chief Schnibben prefaces the report with the statement , that he has en deavored to include all the informa tion that is deemed necessary to give an intelligent idea of the workings of the organization. The number of fires and alarms thai have occurred during the year, and the causes there of, together with the value of build ings, contents, damage, insurance, eta, are very comprehensively set forth. ' . , The total number of alarms during the year waa 107 by bsll, 78; by tele phone. 24; still alarms, 5: The great eat number of alarms was in Decem ber, 19, followed; closely by February 16, January 14, October, 13, and March 9. The smallest 'number during any month was May, 8. The class of buildings in which fires occurred was: Frame, 63; brick, 86. Total number of buildings, 98. Alarma were sent in for various causes during the year" as follow: j Chimneys burning out, 9; sparks from chimneys, 87; unknown, 3; false alarms, 5; defective chimneys, 3; de fective flues, 6; rats and matches, 3; lamp explosions, 7; sparks from fire places, 2; children playing with fire, 2; spontaneous combustion, hot aahes, sparks from smoke stacks, cigarettes, friction, incendiary, heat from boiler. accident, trash burning on - stove, smoke stack falling down, amoke blowing down chimney, gasoline lamp explosion, heat from atove and heat from lamp, one each; curtain blowing over gas jet, 3; burning off grass, 2; defective fireplace, 8; fire falling aown chimney, 8. ' Only one fire during the year ex tended beyond the building in which it originated. The value of buildings where fires occurred was $439,575; value of contents, $381,625. Total value of property at risk, $821,200. The insurance on buildings amounted to $365,245; oa contents, $346,450. The total insurance on property on which claim of loss was paid was $711,695. The total loss on buildings during the year amounted to $8,- 873.98; on contents, $17,426.47. Total, $25,799.40. The loss on buildings .not Insured was $365; on contents of same claw, $3,912.38. The total loss paid by insurance companies during the year was $21,522.02. The amount of fire loss each month was as follows: Buildings. .$1,833.04 . 837 08 866.70 . 23.80 500 268 57 28 00 . 75 25 10.00 . 218 80 . 4.76L04 . 448 15 Contents. $ 1,883.81 206 08 83.76 5 66 208.95 January February March April May June. July August September. . . . October.. .... November. . . . December.... 3,548 00 7.50 11,938.62 -45.75 Total. . . ... .$8,373.93 $17,436.47 The number of fires and losses dur ing each of the five years Chief Schib ben has been in charge were as fol lows: Dee. 1897 to Dee. Fires. 1998 .153 $ Loss. 22.008.19 24 947.98 23,733.53 39,178.87 86,663 35 25,798.40 1899 146 ' 1899 to Dec 1909 147 " 1900 to Dee. 1901 18 Jan. 1901 to Jan. 1903 110 " 1902 to Jan. 1903 107 Total ...780 $212,383.33 The equipment of the department consists of one chemical engine, one Button; engine, two Silsby engines, two hook and ladder trucks, three hose' wagons, thirteen horses, six double sets of harness and one single aet of harness. The value of property used by the department ia set forth as follows: Chemical station, $4,500; Hook and Ladder atation, 8,500; Engine sta tion No. 1, $4 000; Engine atation No. 2, $3,000; Hose Company station No. 3, $2,500; Reserve hook and lad der ptation, $3,000. Total value of real estate, $19,500. Apparatus, $23, 500; hose $4,000; horse, $2,500 ;,har- ness, $1,000. Chief Schnibben concludes his re port with a roster of men In the ser vice and a brief review of the work during the year. The conclusion is an followa: . . BOSTXB OV THX DEPARTMENT. Chief Charles Schibben. ' - Assistant Chief W. P. Monroe. Supt of Alarm W. J. Kerkham. -Chemical Company No. 1 P. N. Fick, foreman; H. L. Kidd, assistant foreman and driver : B. A. Cromwell and W. P. Duncan. Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 W. P. Monroe, foreman ;J. Wanna maker, assistant foreman; A. D. Byrd, driver; W. Kellum, J. M. Kermon, J. P. O'Sullivan, William Bunge, lad dermen. ' , "i. ' - Engine Co- No. L B. B. Bussell, foreman: John Mohr, assistant fore man ; T. B. Jackson, engineer ; B. E. Daniels, wagon driver; B.N. Home, engine driver; W. H. Kermon, W. B. Bonham, J. , E. Hardie and J; E.' Jeffries, pipemen. : - 'V--:":-, Engine Co. No. 3. W. A. Canady, foreman; B. F. Swann, assistant fore man; J. B. King, driver; A. J. Bur- riss, M. H. Bryant and Jno. T. Yates, pipemen. Hose Co. No. 3. Louis Freimuth. foreman ;C. L. Kuhl, assistant fore man; E. D. George, driver; E. A. Hughes, J. if. White and J. Harrlss, pipemen. , " Substitutes T. a . .Tniti.. a o Water Supply There was added during the year nine bydrants In the southern part of the citv. Thi hu filled a long felt want for protection of this part of the city. We now have 116 hydrants. I wish to tender to 8upt. W. F. Bobertson and Engineer John Sweeney my sincere thanks for the assistance they bave given the de partment and for the interest they naveanown. . : Fire Alarm The fire alarm system is still under the supervision of Mr. W. J. Kirkham, and has been giving general satisfaction during the year, . -Aa to the Men It is a source of much pleasure for me to bear testi mony to the efficiency of the men who compose the department; always ready, never complaining; polite,' sooer ana nest in appearance. 1 can not yeaisi the opportunity than af forded to commend them for their good behavior during the past year, and I am conscious of the fact that the admirable record; made by the Fire Department last year could -not have been accomplished without the co-operation they nave so willingly rendered. ? Conclusion TO His Honor, Mayor a. Juv waddeu; ur. vv. a. uooper, chairman of the Fire Committee, and the Board of Aldermen, I desire to re turn thanks for their generous co operation in the administration of the affairs of the department. My task has been made exceedingly, pleasant by the many kind words received from them, and if my efforts to pro tect tne nronertv 01 tne cltv from nre during the past year meets with their approbation I shall feel amply re paid. Very respectfully, . CHAELES BCHNIBBKN, Chief . PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Miss Lionise Hawlev, of New ark, N. J., In visiting her sister, Mrs. Jos. E. Bunting. Mr. Fred E. Mints, editor of the Southport Standard, was in the city, yesterday. Mr. D. C. Horgan, formerly of this city but now of Macon, Ga., Is here to spend Sunday with his friend, Mr. B. Oscar Stone. Mrs. S. E. Hussey returned home from Maxton yesterday, where she has been on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. B. Weatherly. Mr. W. F. Williams, superin tendent of telegraph for the Seaboard Air Line, was a welcome visitor to the city yesterday. Goldsboro Argus: "Mrs. F. H. T. Horsfield and children arrived yesterday to join her husband, the rector of St Stephen's church, and are now comfortably at' home in the rectory." Mr. T; A. Baxter, the popular chief clerk at The Orton, returned yesterday from Bidgeway, N. C, where he was one of the attendants upon the Hawkins-Whitaker marriage laat week. V CoL Walker Taylor, of Gov. Aycock's staff, left yesterday morn ing for Baleigh to accompany the Governor, Mrs. Aycock and other members of the staff to Pinehurst, N. 0., where Mr. Tufts, of Boston, will give a magnificent reception in their honor. Aa Aged Lady Dead. Mrs. Sarah Eliza Bell, an aged and highly respected lady of this city, died yesterday at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Joe Jordan, No. 713 Ohesirat street. Mrs. Bell waa a native of Sampson county, . but had lived in Wilmington a long time. She waa in the 66th year of her age and leaves many friends and relatives to mourn their loss. The remains, accompanied by members of the family, were taken to Warsaw yesterday evening. The funeral will be held there to-day. THE PRIES COTTON MILL MERGER. Options Are Now Beginning to Expire. No Steps for Renews!. iSpeeial Star Telegram. Baleigh, N. C, Jan. 31. The op Hop of the Fries Cotton Mill Merger Committee on the Baleigh cotton mill expired to-day. O. G. Latta, presi dent of the mill and a member of the merger committee, said to-night that so far aa hekefew merger proeeedinga are still Intact. Options are on nearly all principal mills in the South and ire for six morflbs from date. Optiona will now expire rapidly, however, un less there are some steps for renewal taken and none are apparently on foot. .. ' For Asxnxna use GH2S- NUT'S EXPECTOR ANT. -. rorsaieorj. u 'Siiapara. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Concori Chapter Ho.-1, R. A. I. ; There wtutM an Emergent Convocation to morrow (Monday evening at 8 o'clock, tor work la tne atark Master Degree. . By order ot the High Priest. . W. A. MABTXN. fab lit eecietary. Famfly Groceries. FINE DRESSED Turkoyo, Chickens and Eggs. All kinds of choice Family Gro ceries. - , Cheapest Grocery in the city. C. 0. ALEXANDER. No. 15 North Second St. jaastr NEW APYERTISEMBNT8. Ifilil- COAST UHE. LOW ROUND TRIP Rates From WilmingtOD - Mardi-Gras, New Orleans,' La., Feb. 18th-24th, 1903. Dates of sale Feb. 17th to 23rd, inclusive. Final limit Feb. 28th. Rate, - $35.00. By deposit of tickets by original purchasers with Mr. Joseph Richardson, special agent, New Orleans, not earlier than Feb. 18th nor later than Feb. 28th and upon pay ment of fee of SO cts. per ticket at time of deposit an extension of the final limit to a date not later than March 14th, 1903, may be obtained. Mardi-Gras, Pensacols, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., Feb. 18th 'to 24th, 1903. Dates of sale Feb. 17th to 23rd, inclu sive. Final limit Feb. 28th. By de posit of tickets by original purchasers (personally) with Jos. Richardson, special agent, not earlier than Feb. 18th nor later than Feb. 28th, and upon payment of fee of 60 cents per ticket at time of deposit an extension of the final limit to a date not later than March 14th, 1903, may be ob tained. Rate to Pensaeoia, $23.45 ; to Mobile, $23.95. ' W. J. CRAIG, Approved : Gen'l Passenger Agent H. M. KMKR80N, Traffic Manager. v nov 15 tt ; Begin the New Year AND CHEW "Showdown" Tobacco. "Showdown" Tobacco. "Showdown" Tobacco This brand has quality and is a good seller handle it and increase your business. We handle all brands well known on the mar ket and are headquarters for Tobaccos and Cigars. None bet ter than Cuban Blossom, - Renown Renown. Topical Twist Head. V0LLERS & HASHAGEN, Dis.rttmtors for brands el Continental Tobacco oo. American and Jan4tl $50 Reward will be paid for evidence sufficient to convict any one caught molesting or interfering with the sewer sys tem by removing covers to man holes, throwing things in ' the sewers, or in any other way destroy ing the property, for which the City Ordinances provide a fine of $50 for each offence. All . offenders will be rigorously prosecuted. , The Wilmington Sewerage Co. l&n&llm FI1IE BUTTER. We are now receiving the Celebrated . B0SC0BEL PRINT BUTTER, in one pound blocks. This, we believe to be the finest Butter for sale in Wilmington. Those desiring something really nice will please give us a call and examine. ' '.' V ' WILMINGTON GROCERY CO-, Jan 17 tf ' No. IS Boutn Front street. The Only Restaurant, Our Restaurant Has tlada a Reputation ! There are thousands ot people In tbls city who when they tblnk of oar Restaurant tblnk or a quiet and oozy place where the food is excellent, the service prompt and the prices moderate. It is now an assored success. v - Orders for Plants. Floral Deafens. Cut Flowers, Bouquets, &a, filled promptly and at reasonable prices. CHARLES ANDERSON CO. Telephone 719. ' f JanStt Wanted Raw Furs. 20,000 O'POSSTJMS. " J0.000 COONS. , 5,000 SKUNKS. 3,000 FOX. 2,000 MINKS. 1,000 OTTEBS. . --; Highest cash prices paid aaAcpio -tations furnished by applying to -' " - sum bear, sr., t sons, WQmlngton, h.Om aecatv . is To the Atlantic Osean. s Handsome electrically bested and lighted Trolley Cars leave tor WrlghtsviUe and the Beach, from the Junction ot Front and Prlnoesa -streetSgM lO A. BE., i n si., 8 s. M. as k ! BC. aally A most delightful trip. i : rjOKSOUoATCDBAII.WAYSi. , . V UQHT ANDPOWSB OO. I - P s .4-