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000e6000OOO 6lrcnlatloa Larftr Than Tbit 0! Any Other Dally Swl paper Pnblls bad fa Wilmington. : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.? ! One rear, by Bail. $5.00 I Six Bentha, " 8.50 ! ; Three Boatha, 1.25 ; ?O1.0BST DAILY REWIFlPtH, ' Two Boatha, 1.00 1 nv thb mra. J 1 ooooooooooooc BUTrM to 8aMrtbr la tk X City at 4S Casts pr Homtk. eoooooooooooooeseS VOL. LXXIL NO. 25 WILMINGTON, N. C.. TUESDAY. APRIL 21 1903 WHOLE NO. il,125 iaarated BM-Fld, fivsryBay; nrvnr-i OUTLINES. The National Lumber Manufactu rers' Association la in session at Wash , ington, D. C. Judge Sanborn, at SL Paul, Minn., has granted the re quest for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Companies to pay 'dividends to the Northern Securities .Company. The body of the man found in a barrel in New York city has been Identified. Thirty-two collieries of the Philadelphia and Beading Oo. have shut down, owing to refusal of the miners to work nine hours a day. Eight persons were killed and ten injured as the result of a collision on the Erie railroad. Schooner Bayard Barnes, at New Lon don from Newport News, was badly damaged by gales on the Toyage. Thirty six hours snow storm oyer Middle Europe ended with a gale 8unday that wrought great ha voc; some shipping disasters are re ported in the Baltic and .North Sea. President Roosevelt has about completed his tour of the Yellowstone Park. A tornado in Harris coun ty, Ga., yesterday resulted in consid erable damsge. Government sol diers attacked the city of San Domin go, but were repulsed with severe lost. Two convicts made a desperate attempt to escape from the Ohio peni tentiary. Miss Alice Roosevelt left Asheville yesterday for Washington. New York markets: Money on call easier at S4 per cent; cotton quiet at 10.35c; flour was firm and a shade higher In some cases; wheat spot qultt, No. 2 red 83o; corn spot dull, No. 3 55o; oats spot easy. No. 2 88c; rosin steady; spirits turpentine dull at 521 53c WEATHER REPORT. U. S. DEPr of Agriculture, ) Weather Bureau, WrLMTNGTON, N. OL, April 20. ) Meteorological data for the twenty four hours ending at 8 P. &L : Temperatures: 8 A. M., 61 degrees; S P. M., 60 degrees; maximum, 69 de crees ; minimum, 53 degrees; mean, 64 : purees. . . Rainfall for the day. 1.00; rainfall since 1st of month to date, 1 46 inch. Stage of water in the Gape Fear river at Fayetteville, N. O,, at 8 A. M. Sunday 13 feet. . eOTTOUT REGION BULLETIN. Fair weather prevails in the western, and rains have fallen in the central and eastern districts, f , -,- forecast for to-day. Washington, April 20. For North Carolina: Fair Tuesday' and Wednes day ; fresh norttr windy, j j g , f Port Almsvnsvc Aoril 21. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. . . ...... Day's Length. . Sigh Water at South port, iligh Water Wilmington. 5.20 A.M. 6.89 P.M. 13 B. 19 M. 3.00 P. M. 5.80 P.M. The West can't do all the blag ging about big corn crops. This jear's crop in Argentina is estimated at 3,500,000 tons. Some critics say the Washington monument at the Capital is not high art. Most people who look at it or go up on it think it very high. Fine crops of wheat are now grown on the site of the ancient city of Carthage, and they are doing it too with American machinery and American overseers. Commenting npon the Stab's re mark that "Joe Jefferson, the dispen ser of sunshine, ought to live at least 240 years," the Wilson Times ask's, "How about Wilson's Apostle of sunshine, Henry Blount?" Henry Blount? Why Henry ought to lite 480 years. la 1850 the proportion of crimi nals to population in this country was one to every 3,442; now the proportion is more than one to 700. It doesn't necessarily follow but it may be incidentally remarked, that the Republican party has been in power most of the time since then. Hon. M. L. Duggan, county school commissioner of Hancock county, in Georgia, gives the preference to the "home-bred negro teacher" over the college-bred negro. He says they may not ,show up as well when it comes to a matter of dis play, but the practical results ob tained are better and they exert a more salutary influence over the negro. Here is another illustration of the hoodoo 13. A Milwaukee woman has named her 13th child Theodore RooBevelt Henry Clay Payne Bra denburg. The child may survive with such a handicap, bnt it is to be hoped that he will have more Bense than his mother showed when she saddled him with that string of names. The 150,000 necklace of Mrs. Dodge, who tried to dodge the tariff duty on it, has been confiscated by the Government. She says one of the inspectors on shipboard told her that jewels for personal adornment were not subject to duty and hence she did not declare them. We would make a small wager that she .will contrive some way to get that thing hack. LOCAL DOTS. . The registration books will be closed next Saturday. ' If you do not register you can not vote in the city election to be held May 5tb. Retail grocers are asked not to forget .the meeting in the S. A. L building to-night. - Remember, this is an entirely new registration. No revision of old books would be worth a eopper. A heavy downpour of rain, ac companied by hail, passed over the city at 6:30 o'clock yesterday evening. The tea to be given by the la dies of St. Andrews' Presbyterian church to-night has been Indefinitely postponed. Rev. L. T. Christmas, colored, will preach to-night at the first Bap tist church, corner of Fifth and Camp bell streets. The Colonial Dames' annual pilgrimage to Old Brunswick will take place this year on Tuesday, Msy 5th. Preparations are now being made. The Stab willbe glad to turn over to the Ministering Circle (form erly King's Daughters) of Wilming ton, a considerable sum of money con tributed to the Ambulance Fund. Frank Cane, a negro who was disorderly at the steamer Highlander's wharf early yesterday afternoon, was arrested by Policeman B. R. King on complaint of General Manager Love. " ' The regular semi - monthly meeting of the Board of Audit, and Finance will be held to-night. The question of salaries will likely not be taken up in the absence of the chair man, who Is confined to his home by illness. v' If yon don't iwish totbuy "a pig in a bag" you will 'doubtless wish to vote against the new city charter. But you cannot rote either for or against it unless you have your name registered this week. The alarm of fire late yester day afternoon from box 22 was on ac count of a small blaze in the kitchen of the Dixie Cafe, on Princess street. A gasoline stove that was being replaced by a gas range was the cause. The colored school on Middle Sound, District No. 13, will have ap propriate closing exercises to-night Superintendent Catlett will go down to Mr. B. B. Humphrey's place to day and address the school to-night Schooner Emily F. Nortfyam ar rived yesterday from New York with cargo of coal for the Cape Fear fish eries at Old Brunswick. Schooner Jno Paul arrived from Boston for. cargo from the Ohadbourn Lum ber Co. . All Elks, and especially the chairmen and members' of the com mittees on arrangement for the re union here June 5tb, are requested to meet at the Temple to-night at 8 o'clock. Important business will be transacted. ? Charlotte Olserver : "Capt. W. W. Forsyth, of the local army recruit ing station, yesterday said that he badly wanted about ten good, Intelli gent men for the coast artillery, the men to be stationed at Fort Caswell, near Wilmington." This is a brand-new registra tion. The Instructions first given the registrars as to revising-the county books and making a city list from them were all wrong. You must go before the registrars and have your names entered on a new book. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Leonard have issued handsome Invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Myrtle C, to Mr. Levi T. Carter, which will be celebrated at the home of the bride's parents at Kelly, N. C, on Tuesday, April 28th, at high noon. The schooner Nathan Law rence, which arrived yesterday to Meaarf. Qeorge Harris & Bon with a cargo of coal for Messrs. J. A. Spring er & Co., made the run from Norfolk to Wilmington .in 48 hours. The time is a r card-breaker from the Vir ginia port. Governor Aaycock, npon the occasion of his visit to the city Wednesday to deliver the oration upon the occasion of the Jr. 0. 17. A. M. exercises, will be entertained by President James H. Chadbourn, of the Chamber of Com mere. The pub lic will be cordially welcomed to the exercises. Chairman Franklin McNeill, of the Corporation Commission, will be here Saturday, April 25th, to con fer with the tax listers and assessors relative to their duties under the new revenue and machinery act. Mr. Mc Neill will also visit Sampson 22, Dun lin 23, Pender 24, Brunswick 27, Co lumbus 28, Bladen 29 and Cumber land SO. . The following official 'an nouncement from headquarters of the Seaboard Atr Line was received yes terday : "Effective April 10th, 1903, Mr. Eugene Forshee is appointed So liciting Freight Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, with headquarters at, Wilmington, N. C, succeeding Mr. Gv F. Fletcher, resigned, April 1st. Mr. Forshee will report to Mr. Thos. D. Meares, General Agent" NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . Jas. I. Metts Notice. Reward For escaped prisoners. An Act Protect'n of Harbor Master. Wilmin'n Sewerage Co-Good health. Hartford Fire Ins Co. Statement. BtrsnnDss looaxb. . . , The Consolidated Railways' Light & Power Co. Gas ranges. EPWORTH LEAGUE. District Conference to Be Held Here Tuesday and Wenes day, May 5th and 6th. AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME Visitors Will Be Socially sad Otherwise Entertained Rev. Q. T. Adams, of Ralefgb, Will Speak Trolley Party to the Beach. j The committee recently appointed by Rev. R. B. John, presiding jelder of this district, to arrange a programme for the Epworth League District Con ference, to be held in this city -May 5th and 6th, with Grace M. E. church, has about completed its labors. En tertainment willbe provided by Grace Epworth League for every member of the society who will attend, and the sessions promise to be very delightful. A provisional programme has been arranged as follows: OPENING -DAY'S SESSION. , 8 P. M. Devotional exercises by Bev. J. N. Cole, temporary chairman. 8:15 P. M. Address of Welcome, Mrs. R. B. John. 8:30 P. M. Response, Rev. ; A. 8 Barnes, Whiteville. 8:45 P. M. Address. "The Parting of The Way," Rev. Euclid MoWhor ter, Soutbport . 9 P. M. Organization, followed by a social hour. SECOND DAY'S SESSION. ! 9:30 A. M Devotional, Mr. C. E. E. Vale, of Wilmington. 10 A. M. The League Ides, E. D. Guthrie, Esq , of Southport 10:30 A. M. How To Organize A League, Rev. W. R. Rojall, of Town Creek. 11 A. M. Five Minute Paper on Departmental Work, (a.) Devotional Department (b.) Charity and Help. (c) Literary Circle, (d.) Social. 3 P. M. Trolley .Ride to the Beach. 8 P. M. Devotional. Rev. R. B. John. 8:30 P. M. Address On , League Work, by Rev. G. T.- Adams, of Raleigh. It is proposed to make the Confer ence the beginning of a general for ward movement In the district New Leagues are to be organize and old ones revived. It is proable that the Southport League, headed by Editor i Euclid McWhorter, of the Ep&qrih'Wheel, wHl charter a boat and bnng up its entire membership. DAUGHTERS OP CONFEDERACY Meeting 0! Caps Fear Chspter Yesterday Af teraooi-Memorlal Dsy Exercises. ." Moiomeat to Ms). A. Weill. Cape Fear Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, held an enthusiastic meeting at the W. L. I. armory yes terday arternooa, Mrs. M. 8. Wlllard, the president, in the chair and Mrs. W. G. Pulliam present as secretary. . Arrangements for Memorial Day, 8unday, May lOtb, were discussed with much Interest . The exercises will occur as usual In beautiful Oak- dale cemetery and the ladies are re quested to meet at the lodge on Satur day, May 9 th, for the purpose of pre paring wreaths with Which to deco rate the graves of Confederate sol diers. The Memorial sermon will , be preached by the Rev. Calvin 8. Blackwell, D. D., of Norfolk, who will stop in Wilmington upon his re turn from the Southern Baptist Convention at Savannah, Ga. The usual presentation of Crosses of Honor will take place. Mr. J. Hal Boatwright has been chosen chief marshal of the occasion and has been empowered to appoint his aides. : At the meeting also yesterday the Daughters of the Confederacy decided to erect a momument over the grave of their late friend, Maj. Abram Weill who had the distinction of being She only one to entertain Jefferson Davis upon his memorable flight through Charlotte. The Daughters place a stone at the graves of all Confederates but tbe monument to Maj. Weill will be even more than that , and will be an honor to his memory, fitting his ser vice to the Lost Cause. The arrange ments are in the hands of Mrs, Jno. T. Rankin, chairman of the Memorial Committee. - V tw.? 1 Cape Fear Chapter also voted $25 toward the fund being raised by the Confederate Bazaar Association of Richmond, for a montfmeht to Presi dent Jefferson Davis. .( ' ; - i Carried Concealed Wesposs. . The growing tendency of the aver- . " " . i " a age negro 01 tne xaoonng mass 10 carry pistols was brought to the atten tion of the Mayor in the police court again yesterday and was the text for a very seasonable lecture by His Honor. Henry McCall, a Navassa negro, was sent over to jail in default of $35 bond for the higher court He was arrested at the 8. A. L. depot Saturday night as he was about to re turn to the "Bluff." He sat down by a post to wait for the train and Officer L F. Huggins espied a "gun" in his pocket. He called Officer J. G. Carney and a search of the negro disclosed that he had two pistols ty his pockets, both 88 calibre and chock full of ugly looking- cartridges. The other defen dant yesterday was Willie Moore, a baggage wagon driver, who pulled a "33" on a small boy at the A. d L. station Saturday night. he boy told Officer Jno. : Meier of ; tile occurence and the negro 'was hauled' off his wagon and the pistol taken off his per son. 1 ' " ' r.-., " V"; v : Colored Child Had Appendicitis. . ' , Andrew J. Walker. Jr.. the 8-year- old son of Andrew Walker, colored, 1109 North Fifth street,died Sunday of appendicitis. . The . interment took place In Pine Forest cemetery yester- . day. -,. -1 - ' ! ,:; ': STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS. Nearly a Hundred Cars Went Forward Satnrdsy scd Sasday New York Track Qootations Yesterdsy.. Daily bulletins issued by Mr. H. T. Bauman, business agent of the East Carolina Truck, and Fruit Growers Association, show that during Saturday and Sunday. .91 jrefrrAtpr ana and i,U79 crates or atrawjcrsiest by boutn ern - Express 'were' shipped through South Rocky Mount, the location of the junction office. Saturday's ship mehls mpAuntfidlo 38 cars and 500 crates by Express, while those of Bun day were 53 'rei rigeratorcars and 579 crates by Express. . Saturday's . shipments were distri buted as follows:' New York 13 cars and 54 crates by Express; Boston 6 cars and 53 crates; Philadelphia 4 ears and 106 crates; Pittsburg 3 cars and 20 crates: two cars each to Newark, Providence, Worcester,- New Haven, and one each to Baltimore, Springfield, Cleveland and Columbus. Other Ex press shipments were: Newark 28; Baltimore 8; Washington 41; Wil mington, Del., 13; Chester 9; Rich mond H Providence 133; Worcester 17; Interior New York and Pennsyl vania points, 6 and Virginia points 2 crates. -11 Sunday's shipments were distributed as follows: ' New York, 8 cars and 26 crates; Philadelphia. 6 ears and7 158 crates; Boston 6 cartjTnd 5 crates J Buf falo, 6 cars; Pittsburg, 5 cars;Jtica, 3 cars, and two each to Newark, -Balti more, Hartford, Cleveland, and one each to Washington, Springfield, Wor cester, New Haven, Waterbury, Erie, Albany, Elmira, Detroit and Montreal. Other Express shipments were: New ark, 22; Baltimore, 107; Washington, 121; Wilmington, DeL, 18; Chester, 5; Richmond, 8; Providence, 6; Virginia, 2, and New York and Pennsylvania points L - - S - The prices on Saturday, wjure reported to Mr. Bauman as follows: 'Philadel phia, 8 to 15; Washington, 7 to' 13; Boston, 10 toll; Providence, 15 ; Pitts burg, 10 to 13, and Chicago, 11 cents. The following In reference to prices yesterday was received by the Stab from its regular correspondent in New York last night: New Yobs, April 20. Peas' in third baskets, $1.50 to $3.00; in halves, $1.00 to $3.50. Berries, choice, ton to .twelve cents; fancy, fifteen to eighteen cents. Cabbage, $1.75 to $3.00. J. & G. LrpraASsr. Wholesale Produce Commission Mer chants. t MESSRS. JAS. I. METTS & SON. Mr. Edwla Metts a Partaer la the Mer- cbssdlse Brokerste Bsslsess. In another column will be fpund a notice to the effect that Capt. James L Mett, the well known merchandise broker, has admitted to partnership in his extensive business his son, Mr. Edwin A. Metts, a popular young Wllmlngtonian, who . has had five years experience in his father's office. The style of the new. firm will; be James L Metts & Bon and the Stab bespeaks forlt a eontlnued large and growing. practice. ' - The firm will occudv the office and large warehouses Which were recently built by Capt. Metts on the river front, next south of Blair & Healey's place at foot of Grace street. The warehouse is 90x100 feet in size and the firm will dal in all kinds of gro ceries with specialties of flour, grain, hay and provisions. The business under Capt Metts' able leadership is 28 years old but It fl still progressive and growing.- The admission of Mr. Edwin Matte as a partner Is a step toward a still further development of the firm's trade. About Yeast Hsrrlsoa Msrtla. Mr. CW. Alldredge, Deputy Grand Commander of the Order of Select Knights and State Organizer for North Carolina, arrived yesterday from Greensboro and called at the police station to learn something of young Harrison Martin, who claimed to have represented the Select Knights upon the occasion of his recent series of trials in the Superior Court here. ltr. Alldredge said he had no desireto prosecute the young man further as he appears already to have received a sufficient sentence for his wrong doing. From yesterday's develop ments at the convict camp, however, Mr. Alldredge will probably have .no opportunity to identify Martin as (he man 5f anted. 4 , Mr. Rent Frempert Oat. Mr. B. L. Prempert, the popular travelling man who has been in the James Walker Memorial Hospital the past several months, was able to-leave that Institution yesterday,mutlJ to the delight of his many friends wha now entertain hopes of his early' reitera tion to health. Mr. PreinpeTt'ilm- nravement Is -due to a very difficult J and successful operation performed by Dr. Thos. 8. Burbank, and Mr. Prem pert feels exceedingly grateful to him for the exercise of his skill. Only six operations of the kind performed upon Mr. Prempert were ever successful in the United States; Colored Lodfe Balloisx. The Independent Order .- of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Salem, a colored organization of the city, has made " application through Gaston Hicks, chairman of - the Board of Trustees, for permission to build a three-story frame tin-roof lodge build ing of Princess, -between Tenth and Eleventh streets. Work on the build ing will begin at once. - Register to-day. - DASH FOR LIBERTY. Wholesale Delivery df Convicts from Camp at Castle Haynes Yesterday Morning. ONE MAN KILLED' IN ATTEMPT Charles Taylor, of New Hssover, Shot to Death aid Two Otners Wonoded. . Twelve Broke Ranks, Bnt Six ia alt Were Captured. ? BBB . Twelve convicts serving aggregate sentences of eleven years on the New Hanover chain gang made a dash for liberty as they were beinsr brought out of the stockade at Castle Haynes to work yesterday morning at 6:50 o'clock and six of tiTem are still at large, however with slim chance of evading recapture. One of the number, Charles Taylor, colored, serving a term of 13 months for the larceny of some chickens from the Southern Express Co. in this city, was shot and instantly killed by a guard as he dashed intoa thicket 200 yards from the camp; two others, An drew Lee and Eli Penny, both white and serving short - terms from Colum bus county, were overhauled immedi ately and returned to the stockade, and three others were captured about 8 o'clock last night Jno. H. Carter, a young white man brought over from Columbus county last week to serve 3 months for indecent exposure of per son and three months for retail ing liquor without license, and Sam Leary and Charles Bryant, both colored, who were brought from Cra ven county about the same time to serve 12 months for larceny and two months for abandonment, respectively. Five others are believed to be sur-. rounded . In a .swamp near Castle Hay ne and -their capture is expected this morning. The sixth at large 4s J. P. Hughes, white, serving four tears from Columbus county for bigamy and badly wounded at the time the negro Taylor was killed. The authorities all but have posi tive evidence that the -Escape waa planned the Sunday previous by young Harrison Martin whose series -of trials In the Superior Court here-week be fore last attracted no end of Interest. He was sentenced to one year for an assault and battery with a pistol upon Mrs. E. O. Prince, a widow of Delga- do, one year for carrying concealed weapons npon the same occasion and he had a remarkably dose call in a case against him for perjury Judge Peebles appeared., to have made no mistake npon appeal to him for clemen- ency in nehau or young uarnn when he remarked "I have seen enough of this defendant to know that he is a very bad man." Martin, with his coat drawn closely about his body, led the break and ran like a deer. Around the quarters where the con victs sleep la a high barbed wire fence. Foreman BL Hoeutt mustered them aU in the yard at 8:50 o'clock a little late on account of a dense fog and gave the order to march out (he gate in the fence. There were 83 persona, In cluding five women, in the procession and the twelve who dashed for liberty were about the .middle of .the squad, Guards Manly Mitchell W. T. Loekey and Bivenbark in oharge. A the mid dle of the squad cleared the gate, Mar tin dashed te the west and ihtfremain ing eleven followed : to a dense thicket about 150 yards distant. All he guards In range fired at tne' retreating prison ers and those not In range had the -presence of mind to'yell to the other convicts to halt and fall on their faces, which they did. Mr. Hoeutt seized a gun, fired, and Taylor fell. It Is not known jfbQ brought him down as nine shells were nsed from double- Jterrelled breech-loaders In the hands of the guards. Taylor fell, in a ereek in the thicket, his shoulder an breast full of buck shoU7 He was, palled out of the watv and died: instantly. He was buried near the camp yesterday afternoon. . J. P. Hughes, white, - was- tfeen to throw his hands to his back and fall. ytl Is believed to have been wounded but succeeded in getting away. The two white meiT from Columbus were overtaxen ny sir. clocuh aou jnx. Will Blossom, who has charge of the tjeams at. the camp. The convicts re captured last night said tney nan seen nothing of Hughes since the escape and the theory is that he was unable to keep up. The location of the other convicts in the swamp was given by the prisoners captured last night - . s, Martin' plan of escape would have gone all to smash had a warning been noticed from Burt Green, the negro desperado who afsanlted the bridge keeper' at Hilton some;- time ago. Green makes a most ' exemplary con vict despite his record, on the outside. He heard of MartinXplajls on Sunday andwlrote a .note to Foreman Hoeutt telling" him to be on. the lookout for a break. The note was handed to the foreman by Qreen as the convicts $ame out. of 'the quarters, but Mr. Hoeutt, thinking the note unimpor tant, stuck it in his pocke-until he could -havw more-.time to read it After-the -escape he found the warning ts the note and was much disappointed : that ?he had not receivedlt In time. ' Andrew Lee, white, who was at onceecaptured, freely told of how Martin, had talked, the matter over the day before, T Lee also says that one of Martin's legs was full of shot when he was pat on the Ran- ' -: : I Sam Leary and Charles Bryan, the Newbern negroes, Were captured last night by Joe Baldwin and Joe Wil liams, colored," at .Northeast Creek bridge, about a . mile, from Castle Haynes. One of tbm Is bridge ten der and arrested the convicts as they sttrted to cross.' The white man Car ter, from Columbus, was captured by a negro named Brown, who cooks at the camp,and a negro ex-convict John Hines, employed at Mr. McEachern's tobacco farm at Castle Hayner. Car ter was in the Prince George Creek bottoms, near Castle Haynes, and reported that four other escapes were Inlhe same vicinity, drenched with rain and nearly frozen. The news - of the escape was tele pfaoned to Wilmington early yester day morning and Sheriff Stedman, Chief of Police Furlong, ' Deputy Sheriff JW. H Cox, Special Deputy H. H. Wpebse, Constable Savage and all the strength Superintendent Shea rin could muster at Castle Haynes were concentrated upon the search, for the missing " men. The County Com missioners "also lent their personal effort and Chairman McEachern of the Board, spent the night in ' the woods after the men. The convicts were locked up all day and every guard was put on special duty for the escapes. Every outlet was closely guarded and it is doubtful If any of the convicts will succeed in making good their liberty. In another column the County Commissioners offer a reward of $50 each fdr the capture of Harrison Mar tin, who planned the escape, and J. P. Hughes, the bigamist, who is also wanted in Anson county, and $30 each for the four- missing negroer, one of whom is Aaron High, of Fed eral Point township, serving twelve months for the larceny of an ox from a Bladen county negro. Hughes, the bigamist, has served about one year of his sentence of four. The other con victs had just entered upon their ser vice. Two of the missing negroes, came in a batch of eleven from New bern for short terms. High, as stated, if from New Hanover, and Forney George, serving six months, is from Columbus. He Is wounded " in the back. Chamber of Commerce. The Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met yesterday but transacted no business of public Importance. B. G. Dunn & Co., were elected to membership in Class B. at $25 per year. Present at the meeting were President Chadbourn, Secretary. Kyle and Messrs. H. W. Malloy, G. J. Boney and L. B. Sogers. TO CAUCUS FRIDAY FIQHT. Newly Elected Board of Aldermen WIU Hold PreHmiaary Meetlni to Famil iarise Themselves With Thlsis. The newly elected Board of Alder men will hold a preliminary meeting or caucus on Friday night for the pur pose of selecting departmental officers to be elected upon open Board session Wednesday, May 5th, and for the pur pose of otherwise acquainting them selves with municipal, affairs. Every member of . the Board has been asked to attend and from present indications there will be no factions, strife or bickering. Mayor-elect Springer, it is learned, wQl not attend the caucus and will leave the Aldermen to work untramel led. It is learned that he has not been invited by his own choosing. There will be a . number of candi dates for the best positions to be filled by the Board. There are said to be eight applicants for City' Clerk and Treasurer and perhaps half as many for Assistant Clerk and Treas urer. For Chief of Police and Chief of Fire Department, one hears very little, If anything.of opposition. For positions under the two last named departments, It Is learned that there will be a large number of applications. The contest for Oiiy Attorney will be quite inter esting. The present1 incumbent, Wil liam J. Bellamy, Esq., and Messrs. Geo. L. Peschau and Herbert McCIam my are mentioned in this connection. All of the present heads of all de partments and their assistants are can didates for re-election. The present . Board desires at the outset to begin .harmoniously and members express themselves of the opinion that all branches of the city government will "dwell in peace and unity." It is an end greatly to be de- sbfed-fr . TWENTIETH AT LAKE WA6GAMAW. Wilmlsitoa Llfht Infantry WIU Celebrate . Its Seml'Ceateaalal May 20th. -An entbusirstlc meeting of the Wil mington Light Infantry was held last night at the armory. President Jno. B. Peschau In the chair and Mr. Butt acting as secretary. Aside from the usual arrangements for the military parade on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 10th$ the matter of the company's semicentennial on May 20th was enthusiastically dis cussed. Every year the- company celebrates the adversary of Its found ing, but this year the WtnTcISbratlon will ne 01 more wan m , usual eiaoo- rateness. It was decided to run an excursidn Lake Waeeamaw on that date and tomake the outing one 'ap propriate to the occasion," There will -probably be a targelfetactice and other diversions , to make, the- day an- all- lund,. "jam-up" semi-centennial. Capt Adrian and Lleuta James and Hatch are of the committee of five to arrange the event " ' ' r I - f- Arrested for Car Breaklag. - In response to a telegram sent from Magnolia by Captain Outte, : Pollcer man. Frank George yesterday after; noon arrested John HIgglns, colored, who Is charged with breaking into A. GL L. freight ears. - He was taken Into custody upon" bis arrival on a freight train and was locked up at the police station. CKvCK4vC The Independent Ice Go. 1 1 i Has this to say sonnnrl eeoenn wwww.iw .vueHii) I "We want yonr orders for onr strictly High grade Ice. "We are in first class condition and better prepared than ever to manufacture and serve the public with Ice. "It shall be our constant aim to please one and all. Femember that the Independent Ice Co. is the friend of all consumers, therefore it is to" your interest to patron ize us. 5 ap 15 tf PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. O. L. Clark, of Clarkton, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. A. It. Bullock, of Bow- land, N. C, was a guest at The Orton yesterday, t - Mr. H. C. McQueen is slightly indisposed and Is confined, to !hls home for a day or two. Miss , Elizabeth McNeill, of Fayetteville, Is visiting in the cltyi en route to New York. Mr. J. J. Mackay, formerly of this city but now of Raleigh, Is here shaking hands with his old friends. Mr. W. S. Blackford, of Balti- timore, special agent of the Maryland Insurance Co., is in the ci.y on a busi ness trip. Messrs. J. F. Lewis and E. B. Keating; representing Hoopes, Bra & Thomas' nurseries, of Philadelphia, are in tbe city. Mr, J. B. Taylor returned yes terday morning after a short visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Tay lor, of Magnolia, N. C. The many friends of Mr. Owen Fennell were glad to see him at his office at the Court House yesterday after several days at home on account of sickness.' Judge Peebles, who held last week's term of court here, left Sunday for .Jacksonville, N. Q, where he will hold a one week term of Onslow Su perior Court. Capt. Robert Piatt and daugh ter. Miss Harriet, who have been guests of Capt Piatt's niece, Mrs. L. H. Burnett and other relatives in the city, left last evening, returning to Washington, P. C. , CLUB HOUSE" IMPROVEMENTS. Tbe Atlantic Witt Pat la Bowller Alley at the Beach Other loprovemests. The Atlantic Yacht Club held an en thusiastic meeting last night in the Mayor's office at the City Hall, Mr. Thos. R, Post, the president, in the chair and Mr. Jos. W. Yates acting as secretary-in the 'absence of Mr. Geo. P.'James.r- ' . A number of improvements to the club chouse aUthe beach during the Summer were .discussed and the Ex ecutive Committee was empowered to take the matter in charge, with power to act. The committee is composed of Capt. R. W. Price, Mr. James D. Nutt and Mr. B. O. Stone. One of the improvements already decided upon la an up-to-date bowling alley, wnicn will be installed in a pretty pagoda to be built on the Sound side of the club house. The plans have already been drawn by Architect H. P. S. Keller and bids will be called for in a few days. Tbe "Nordica" Advance Sale. ' Yesterday morning promptly at 7 o'clock? the subscribers' advance sale for the appearance of Mme. Nordica and Ahe Puss' Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra opened atDeRosset's. Several of the .first subscribers had their men stationed in the line since early Sunday morning. Promptly on the hour the sale, began and after a big rush until noon,- there was a con tinuous stream ef buyers. Mr. Collier informs the Stab that at that hoar the sale prayed to be more than $3,000, the record-breaker for a theatrical event in this city. Mr. Collier has designated the Atlantic National Bank as the de pository for the "Nordica fundV The sale for subscribers will continue all this weekly, dally, from 9 A. M. to 8:30 P. M, until the afternoon of the 'day of the performance, May 2nd. 3am Maaa's Trial. ? The trial of young Samuel L. Mann; charged with stabbing Mr. Roderick MaeRae on the night of April 1st, will be held by the mayor to-day at noon. The defendant will be represented by 'Herbert McClammy and; A. ,J Mar shall. Esas. Marsden Bellamy. Esa.. lias been employed to prosecute the case. ' : : 'h NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. ; Bavins admitted my son, xawln A.ntts,as a partner In my Brokerage business. I trust the new firm or James I. Metts Son will share-tbe very liberal patronage that has been extended to me. - an 21 8t : tUthSU JAUI9 L HXTZS, : :.. . . nowar the opening of its S tn-uit a iu nit. 4 i m i i I ICE CO. FOR THE PROTECTION Of the Port of Wilmington mud, Commerce and Increasing the Power of the Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage; Ala Increasing the Power of and Protecting the Harbor Master. An Act for the Protection, of the Harbor Mas-. wr uj, uus rorifiT iwumnngion ana for tne RtmlMAon of Yesselr Enterlw or Leaving said- Povt. . . Tbe General Assembly of North Carolina do Section '1 Thftt thn TTarhnr MnntAr nf (ha Port or Wilmington be, -and be Is hereby re quired to keep tbe cbannel way of tbe Cape Fear river and tbe track of vessels clear; to berth vessels at appropriate wharves or docks; to move such vessels to some other wharf or to a safe anchorage In the stream; and he Is far ther ftntborlzaa and rannf mri tt iiaFmin. m 4n aU eases bow far and in what Instances It is uio uuty oi jisacers ana otners, naving- enarge ql vessels, fiats, rafts or crafts to accommo date each other In tbelr respective berths and situations. Sep. 2-Tbat no flats or steamboats or other craft shall be pnt in any of tbe street docks to be repaired, or grounded for the purpose of re pair in any of thepnbllc; docks on the Eist side of the said Cape Tear river bstween Church Street dock and Bad Ctmwt at.rant. 1np In tha city of Wilmington. ova- amas me owner or owner or any ' rafts, flats, vessels or other craft lying along side of any wharf or wharves- or before the entrance of any public dock, his or tbelr agents or servants, shall, upon notice from the harbor uiaBiar, immediately remove the same and npon his or their refusal to. do so, it shall be the duty of the harbor mas ter, and he Is hereby authorized and directed, after notice as aforesaid to tbe owner. or owners thereof,, their agents or servants, uuiuwiuitgaiawsu Bnonr&iw, nafs. vessels or other craft to be removed at the cost and expense of such owner or owners or their agent or agents; and whenever in his lodg mant it shall be necessary,- he shall cast loose any such rafts, flat, .vessels or' other craft by untying or cutting tbenines bv which thev are made fast. Sec. That aU-vessels arrlvlnc hi the port of Wilmington shall pay to the harbor master the following fees and no others, to wit: . if over loo tons and under soo tons. . T.v. .1 3 00 If over 800 tons and under soo tons..M... 5 00 If over BOO tana and nnrtar tan tnna . 1 fin If over 700 tons , ..flO 09 See. 5 That tha Harbor Master nr tha nalfl Fort of Wilmington be, and he la hereby em powered to arrest any person or persons violat ing this act or any clause or-clauses thereof, kuu iu urn ereac ui may bucd arress ic snau - ue the duty of said Harbor Master to immediately bring any such-offender or . offenders before some Justice of -the -Peace of the county in which any each offense may be committed for trial.. - - - eec. 6 That the Harbor Master of said Port Da. and he la harahv nmnmmrAd tit Analcmatm ad appoint In writing some opmpetent person to act In his place and-stead daring the tem porary absence of the Harbor Master.or at such time as the Harbor Master Is unable to attend to tbe duties of his said offlce. and such persons so named and designated' shall, while acting lAMMIAk ir.hjl . authority conferred upon and vested In the Harbor Master by this or any other law or laws of the State of North Carolina, Sec. 7 Any person or persons encumbering either of the public docks of the city ot Wil mington with logs, hulks, flats or bargee, trash or garbage, shall be guilty ot a, misdemeanor, ana upon conviction thereof shall be lined ten dollars and If not removed Immediately, upon notice from tha Harbor Master, shall be fined ten dollars for each and, every day . thereafter such-nuisance shall remain. And when the offending person or - persons cannot con veniently be found- the Harbor' Master shall take the most speedy methods to clear the docks. v Bee. 8 That any person or persons who shall hinder, delay, obstruct or la any manner will fully Interfere with the Harbor Master In the discharge of bis duty, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor ana fined not more than fifty dollars or Imprisoned not more than thirty days, 8ea 9 That any person or persons offending against this act or violating any- clause or part thereof, shall be guilty of a .misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, where the punishment Is not otherwise mentioned or expressed herein, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or Im prisoned not more than thirty days. Bee. 10 That all laws or clauses of laws In conflict with tills set are hereby repealed, pro vided, however, that nothing nertln shall be construed or shall act to prevent the Commis sioners of Navigation and Pilotage of the Fort of Wilmington from making ana adopting such additional rules and regulations as they may deem necessary, nor shall in any way curtail the general powers granted to them by the laws of this State? -- Beo. ll That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this 9th day ot March, A. D.. 1903. W. D. TUB NIB. . President of the Senate. 8. M. OATTI8, Speaker of the House ot Representatives. BTAH OF NORTH CAROLINA, Oracs or sscbitakt or Stats, Bauiob. March 80th, M03. if J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary et state oX tha State ot North Carolina, do hereby certify the foregoing and attached three sheets to be a true oopy from the records of this offloe. . in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal. Done in office at Balelgh, this 20th day ot March In the year of our Lord, 1903. - J. BBYAN GRIMES, Secretary or Btate. (Seal of Department of State.) ap 21 it The County Commjaaioners of New Hanover County offer ' the re wards named below for prisoners escaped on morning of April 20th. $50 00 .-. : for Harrison Martin, white; . ; about 22 vears of ae; height 5 . feet 8 Inches; stout-built j weigh about 145 pounds; dark eyes ' ' and hair; small mustache, no beard. 'u $50.00 . !' for J. P. Hughes, white; height 5 feet .10 inches; dark- com plexion; weight 'about 140 Bounds; black mustache and whiskers. '4 anf. ct - . . ' each-for the foflawing negroes: Herbert Hicks7"Isaao Watters, v Aaron High 'anjC'. Forney " " George, jw p 81 it REWARD!
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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