ghi SXommg jtoK.
OUTLINES.
i Startling news coines that through
plot or by accident i the Czar of Russia
and the whole imperial family came very
nearly being wiped iont yesterday by an
artillery shot fired at royal palace.
The Department ot Agriculture has es-'
tablished a quarantine for splenatic fe
ver in cattle," including Eastern North
Carolina in the territory, , The
indications arc that the Senate will post-
pone uniil the next i session the Swayne -
I impeachment trial. I - In Congress
yesterday Mr. Degeteau, of Porto Rico
t made his first speech, and; was heartily
1 applauded for loyal sentiments; Senator
St-mo'spoke t wo hours against the state
hood bill. Gen. Fred Grant in
spected eight companies of aitillery at
Port Monroe yesterday, i Before
:- the House committee on Interstate com -Imerce
yesterday, Mr. Hiaes, of the At
flantic Coast Line, pointed out8ome of
I the difficulties of government rate hx
I ing. In Smoot hearing yesterday
f a womaa member of Utah Legislature
gave Smoot good character; polygamy
I thing of past. i Brodie Duke was
M 8CiiaraedyestErdayr and , his wife j
i lemptea to interview mm; she wanted to
I know if he had repudiated her, and he
told her that he could not answer now
and he could not talk to her. Ja-
pan ese have captured another British
I steamer with coal for the ' Russians at
I Vladivostok; Japs I uneasy about Bus-,
i sians disguised as Chinese. Sec-
I retary Hay has -understanding with the
I powers that Cuina's territorial integrity
I will - be preserved! 4 President
I Roosevelt yesterday sent !a message to
I the Senate, favoring special agents to
Kttduer luuuBiriai imormaijon in Europe
for the benefit ; of American trade.
4 New York markets: Money on call
was steady If 3 per cent.; flour was
Bteady and quiet; wheat, tfpot weak. No.
21 red -$1.19$; corn,! spot Steady, N6. 2
white 52i; oats, spot irregular, mixed
S633 pounds, ,b7il io 8:C; cotton, the
market was quiet at 7.25 rosin steady,
strained common to good $2.8?i; spirits
turpentine easj at 56i57c.
WEATHER REPORT.
U. S. Dkp'T OP AGXtiCTTLTUBE,
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. WEATHEB UUEEACT,
; i Wilmdigtos, N. G., Jan. 19.
i Meteorological data for the twenty-
four hours ending at 8 P. M.t
Temperature at 8 A. M.,145; 8 P. M., 48
degrees; maximum, 57 degrees; mini
mum 43 degrees; mean 50 degrees.
, I Rainfall for the day, I" .25; rainfall
since first of the month to date, 1.69
inches, -! ' -; '.'--: J .-:"';'
1 Stage of water in! Capel Fear river at
Fayetteville at 8 A M., Wednesday 9.9
feet. i-.r- v;. j; - . j . v;,: , ;;. ,;
i FORECAST ton TO-DAY.
I Washington, D. I C, 'Jan. 19. For.
North C arolina:- Fair .and : colder Friday.
Saturday fair, fresh west winds.
Port AUanc-Jnury 20.
bun Riset) ... ,
Sun SelaXfi .........
Day's JLengtli... .....
7.08 A. M.
5.15 P. M.
10 H.7M.
7.00 A. M.
9.30 A. M.
High Water at SouthDortL.
High Water at Wilmington.
I . . : . i . . : . v. . . - . '." .-
i The Winter's close means Spring
clothes. , j . -
i Tom Watson, Tom iiawaon, Tom
Taggart the I Tattling Toms.
Please give it tons in broken doses.
Bussia is now threatening to in
vade China. That - iB an excuse to
2et more tall timber to hide in from
the Japs. j
: ' A Baltimore couple wants a di
vorce because they can't agree how
the chicken should be cooked, If any
i couple would like to get into a
;tew over a chicken. I
"Half of our government is un
necessary," declares President
Eoosevelt. Is the surplus too big
for the President to get a corner on
! the whole thing?: j
I Judge Swayne will feel like a
love sick swain" if the Senate
shows enough affection for him to
sit down on the House impeach
ment articles.1
I Chairman George IB. Cortelyou
has gone to Europe to!' take a rest,
so a newspaper announces. We are
glad it made him tired to assault us
with that landslide. I
The statement Is made that Rich
ard Croker has lost $250, COO on the
English turf. We never have figur
ed np what we've lost pince we have
been "on the turf." I
The powers are said to be a unit
in desiring to avoid j complications
in the East. Well, the destructive
fleas of the war over there is enough
to make any power anxious to keep
out. j j' i -l
Scientists now tell us that J upiter
has another moon- Wouldn't Cap ,
tain John W, Harper, of the steam
er Wilmington, like j to have two
moons to do the shining for his ex
cursions this Summer?
. The man who lives; on Easy Street
ought to come down town and get
into the push that is endeavoring
to make a greater
There are too many
satisfied bf the warm
Wilmington,
men who are
fire at home.
The Kentuoky and Maryland
manufacturers of rye whiskey pro
pose to the farmers to exchange
whiskey in bond for surplus cotton
This appears to be a bear movement
to get ti; farmers to spit cotton.
.vWr.' t.. ' A '
Th. CSeef Trust is sending letters
to members of Congress, .telling
them that it is not a monopoly and
that it has competition. In justice
to the Beef Trust it should be stated
that there are other yarn spinners
and that it is up, against, strong
competition in being able to prevar
icate so that its statements will be
accepted without discount. . '
NEW STEAM TURBINE. !
Consolidated Company Will In
stall Machine Exhibited at
St. Louis Exposition.
DOUBLE PLANT'S CAPACITY.
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Growth e! Bnslnsss Made Eslsrzeaient
Hecessary Better Service far All
, Patrons and Provision igshist J
Emergescies of Any Kind. ! .
v It was officially announced from
headquarters of the Consolidated Bait
ways, Light & Power Co. yesterday
that within the next sixty days another
steam turbine will be Installed In the
power house of the company In this
ctty, doubling the present capacity (of
the plant, and guaranteeing to patrons
at large a far better service than they
Jfematw-h. B8fpi. -Xbe;, added
equipment will give an almost unlim
ited motive power for both the city and
suburban cars and the lighting service
will be materially enhanced. j .
The steam turbine to. be Installed Is
the same one which received the first
prize gold medal at the St. Louis Ex
position and was operated contlnu
ouily there, without a stop, from the
time the big fair was opened until it
closed on Nov. 31st. BothMr.Bkeldlng
and Mr.Hunt,of the Consolidated Ball
ways, Light & Power Co i, while at the
Fair had la mind the anticipated addi
tion to the Consolidated power : plant
in the near future, and with that end
in view made a careful Inspection! of
all the engines which were on exhibi
tion In St. Louis, as a result of which
both of these gentlemen decided that
Wilmington had the best thing there
was going in the, way of a steam en
gine, and that they could not do bet
ter than to duplicate the apparatus
that was already installed. j
The new turbine was inspected by
national experts at the. close 6f the
contest and they were able to testify
that the machine showed no signs of
wear, although it ' had been revolving
constantly for seven months at the
rate of 3,600 revolutions per minute.
Although this machine is a duplicate
of the! one Installed at the power
house of the Consolidated Company,
which hss been in operation since April
1908, 2nd, It possesses some improve
ments over : that ; one, ; besides being
finished with the care that is usually
put into a piece of apparatus for ex
hibition purposes, j
' The decision of the Consolidated
Company to buy the machine was
based not alone upon the wonderful
record that was made, but upon the
the showing which had been made by
the Wilmington plant. This won
derful little- piece of apparatus has
carried the entire "electric load" of the
Consolidated Company, consisting' of
streets lights, incandescent lights,f ahs,
motors, street cars sub-station and all
the lights at the beach during the past
two years without a break-down lor
appreciable delay of any kind.
This load at times has amounted to
nearly 1,000 horse-power. The new
machine will be practically a dupli
cate of that one and will double the
capacity of the present plant Although
the present apparatus is sufficient to
carry the load, the company desires; to
provide against any- possible emer
gency; which ifey arise and to take
eare of the rapidly increasing business
of the company, especially In the
installation of motors.
. In addition to the turbine there will
be Installed at the power house add!
tional boiler capacity; so that that part
of the Consolidated system will ibe
more than equal to Its share of the
work which the company expects f to
eat upon their system during the
coming season. Recently motors hive
been Installed f or running the exten
sive planing mills of Mr. O. C. Chad-
bourn, at foot of Ann street, and the
recently enlarged factory of the Wll
lard Bag & Mfg. Co. has been fitted up
with a series of motors, running the
entire machinery of that large plant
In the latter factory are seven motors,
ranging from one to three horse pow
er, admitting the operation of a part or
all of the machinery at will with no
loss of energy. . I
THE D. L. CURE COMPANY.
Mr. W. W. Love Elected Secretary
and
Tnssnrer to Strcceed Mr. J. 0. Qorei
Mr. J. C. Gore, secretary and treas
urer of the D. L. Gore Company, the
well known .wholesale grocers, has
withdrawn from the business and left
Tuesday with his family for Clarkton,
N. C, where he will engage in gen
era! merchandising on his own ac
count, the family residing there in the
future. Mr. W. W. Love, a popular
young Wilmlngtonlan and a brother
of Mr. T. D, Love, of this city, lias
succeeded Mr. Gore ,as secretary and
treasurer of the D. L. Gore. Co. Mr.
Love was with the firm for two ior
three years, is conversant with all
branches of . the grocery trade
and a young man of fine business
ability; The company is to be coin
gratulated upon his admission.
Wilmington regrets to lose Mr.lJ.
O. tJore as a citizen and his excellent
family as residents. They have the
best wishes of many friends for success
and happiness in their new home.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice Receiver's sale.
Academy "Monte Crlsto."
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BUSINESS
LOCALS.
Wanted Lady or gentleman.
Young Man-Wants collector's posPn
Rain don't aton the lUih at Gay
lard's store. 5 ounce bottle vaseline
5 cents. . t
f RALE10H-j
Floor Gave Way Daring Liquor ilsarior,
Stsmpedlsf three Hundred Rich
mend Bill Repotted Favorably. !
Special Star Telegram.1
Baj,mgh, N. O., Jan. 19. -About
the time the crowd gathered In the
State Library reading room this after
noon to hear the argument before the
House liquor committee on the Rich
mond county prohibition bill, some
of the braces unker the floor gave way
and the floor dropped about four
Inches, canting a stampede, down
three flightaof stairs for the street.
The room! was jammed with people
there being over 300, Including many
of the delegates to the State Temper
ance Convention. There seems to be
a space between the library floor and
the 8upreme Court room ceiling ba
neath and only the braces between the
two gave way, the court room ceiling
being intactrp Itss ressary to
transfer the committee meeting to the
Representatives' Hall.
After argument continuing more
than three hours the House commit
tee on liquor traffic decided to report
favorably the Richmond county bill,
there being only one dissenting vote;
Speeches in favor of the bill were
made by Cameron Morrison, Msjor
John D. Shaw. John ,D. Shaw, Jr.,
Hector McLean, Stephen Mclntyre
and H. AJ Page and aarainst the bill
by H. H. kcLendon, of Wadesboro,
and L. B. j Williams, of Rockingham.
Representative Warburton, of Rich
mond, explained to the committee
that he opposed the bill because he
had promised his people he would in
sist that all such matters be left to a
vote of the people.
LOCAL DOTS.
The; local markets were
unchanged yesterday. Receipts of
cotton were only 75 bales against .316
same day last season.
The Willard bag factory is now
running on full time with additional
machinery. Recently an advertise
ment was made by the company for
100 operators to work on overalls
The! annual meeting of Cape
Fear Chapter, N. C. Division, U. D.
a, will beheld at the W. L. L armory
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Daughters
are reminded that at this meeting dues
are collected.
- D. McEachern, receiver, will
sell for cash at auction at noon, Feb.
11th. the ! steamer Hurt and all her
tackle, apparel and furniture. The
sale will take place at the company's
wharf-between Dock ; and Orange
The! white man killed by the
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incoming A. O. L. train from the
North Tuesday night was buried by
the county 'yesterday in Oak Grove
esmeteryJ 'No communication could
ba had with the man's relatives, at
Dennisoni Ohio, where he said be
lived. !
What is expected to be the laBt
game of the Y. M, O. A. basket ball
series will be played at 8:30 to-night
between the teams of Boney ; and
Harper. U Harper wins this game,
however, l it will place Mm on an
even footing with Loughlln, and ne
cessitate a play off between the two.
The "Printers' Friend Padding
Composition" la a new compound for
printers and bookbinders invented by
Mr. W. IS. Mintz, No. 907 South
Kigbtn street, this city.; Xhe compo
sition has been used in the bindery of
this paper and It has proven very sat
isfactory indeed.
Only one case in the police
court engaged the attention of the
Mayor yesterday. Sam Mack; colored,
was charged witn an assault upon
Caleb McGulre, colored, with a deadly
weapon, (but Caleb couldn't exactly
make out his oase and Mack was dls
charKed.;
Southport Standard: "The
schooner "Cassie JF. Branson," which
was towed Into port last week in a
leaking condition and grounded on
Battery Island, was lightered this week
by the barge Louis EL, and was pulled
off yesterday by the tugs Jones and
Blanche.! She will probably sail for
New York Friday."
A memorial to the Legislature
asking for the repeal of what is known
as the "Clam tax law" Is being circu
lated and largely signed in New Han
over and Brunswick counties. The
memorial declares the law, which was
passed two years ago, as detrimental
to an Important industry and injurious
to the buslnesslnterests of Wilming
ton. y.f ite-vii-.
Faneral of Little Son.
The funeral of little John J. Capps,
the little sen of Mr. and ! Mrs. J. W.
Capps, who died so suddenly Wednes
day afternoon, was conducted yester
day morning at 11 o'clock from the
family residence, No. 80S South Sixth
street, the Rev. Joseph P. King offici
atlng. A number of friends of the
family were In attendance and many
beautiful floral designs were laid on
the casket. The - Interment wss In
Oakdale : cemetery, the folio wing
young men having acted as pall-bear
era: Messrs. Archie King Jr., Leon
King, Frank Litgen, and Jas Hart.
Speaker, from eaosda
Rev. G. L. Story, of Toronto, Can
ada, has been secured to speak at the
Y. if. Qi A. usual Sunday meeting at
5 P. M., taking for his subject
"Wages." His . reputation is wide
spread, and the Association Is fortu
nate in securing his service. Try by
all means to be present. ! Special time
and attention has been given over to
the arrangement of an interesting
i musical programme for the occasion.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Early Adjournment of Both
Houses in Honor of Gen.
-Lee and Col. Parker. , -
THE RICHMOND LIQUOR BILL.
Petitloas For and Acslost Reformito
ries for Tqathfol Crlmlssls Hsbs
Heetisf of Tempersflce, Forces -? hi
, Lsit Nigbt Other Holes. .
' Special Star Telegram. v
Raleigh, N. C, - Jan. 19. Both
branches of the General Assembly ad
journed early to-day In honor of Gen.
Lee and Col. Francis M. Parker, who
passed away at Enfield, N. C, y ester
day. j In the Senate Mr. Scales iatro
duced a bill to name a board of control
and to establish industrial schools for
youthful criminals. In the house two
buixy petitions ware presented, from
Richmond county, both claiming to
represent a majority of the voters of
that county, one asking for prohibi
tion and the other asking that the
question be left to a vote of the county.
Upon the . opening - of the , Senate
Lieut. Gov. Winston, presiding, pre
sented Dr. DuBose, of St. Mary's, who
offered crayer, making a beautiful
reference to "thy servant, Robert E.
Lee,"; whose birthday was observed all
over North Carolina to-day. Ex-
Senators Mclntyre of Robeson, and R.
u. McLiaughlln, of Iredell, were given
the courtesies of the floor. The House
refused to concur in the Senate amend
ments to the bill to relieve sheriffs and
asked a conference committee. " ;
With reference to the House bill to
amend Chapter 374, laws of 1893, rel
ative to the appointment of aides-de-camp
to the Governor, the president
stated that the Governor did "not
think that be had legal authority to
make these appointments now and was
anxious for the immediate passsge of
the blU. It was passed unanimously.
The bill in the Senate by Mr. Scales
is to create a board of control of North
Carolina industrial schools, provdilng
for the erection and management ; Of
said schools, specifying a method of
prcceeuure against luvenue delin
quents and providing for their man
agement, detention, education and
training. r
Bills were introduced: to prevent
hunting without permission in Cald
well; to prevent killing deer and
hunting and : trapping turkeys
In Richmond; to amend road law of
Burke; by Sinclair, relating i to duty
of notaries public; by Ward, to dis
burse equal amounts of money per
capita for land and naval forces for
encampments; by Moore to establish
a department for emigration j and cre
ate the office of ! commissioner of emi
gration, the commissioner to be ap
pointed for four years by the Govern
or and receive (1,600 salary and his
clerk SL000: bv Ward, to reeulate
judicial salaries; by BUer, to author
ize Winston - townsnip and otner
townships in Forsyth to issue bonds
to aid la building street railway from
Winston-Salem to High Point; by
Ellington, ot Waxw? to Incorporate
the worth uaroiina usteopathie socle
ty, to regulate the practice of osteo
pathy, to provide examinations and
license for applicants to practice; to
incorporate the town of Troutman.
Senator stringuaid, of waynesvliie.
Introduced the resolution that the
8enate adjourn in honor of Lee and
spoke with emotion, asking unani
mous adoption, senator inorne said
that in this Connection he wished to
officially inform the Senate of the
death of Col. F. M. Parker, of Hali
fax, and asked that he be included tn
this tribute or respect, xne resolu
tions were unanimously adopted.
House PreceediBxs.
The House convened at 11 A. M.
with prayer by Dr. Reld, of Raleigh.
Mr. Warburton, or Richmond, pre
sented petitions from the citizens of
Richmond purporting to represent a
majority of the voters or that county,
asking ; for prohibition. Referred to
the committee on liquor traffic. An
other petition from citizens of Rich
mono asking that the legislature ao
not pass la prohibition law : without
giving the people of thecounty a vote
on the question.
The judiciary committee i reported
unfavorably the bill to allow women
to be appointed notaries public, and
upon motion the bill was tabled.
A multitude or unimportant bins
rushed - through and Mr. McGee. of
Cumberlandoffered a resolution that
the Senate adjourn in honor of and to
commemorate the birthday of Gen. K.
E. Lee and also in honor of Col. F.
M. Parker, ; who died yesterday.
Speeches In eluogy were made" by
Ucttill, w inbourne, uranam, wood.
UcNincb , warburton ana rowers.
after which the House adjourned un.
til Friday at 11 A. M.
The Tern perasce meeting. . . ,
The Btate Anti-Saloon League con
vention was In session until midnight.
EL A. Page was president and J. A.
Oates, ' secretary. It was decided to
raise Z3,uuu ror the campaign me
coming year and to employ a field
agent; adopted resolutions endorsing
legislation pending in the Assembly,
including the prohibition of the man
ufacture and sale of liquor In towns of
200 citizens; endorsing the anti-jug
law and outlining a policy for the en
suing s ear. There i was p prolonged
fight over the endorsement of dispensa
ries as alternates forlsaioons and tne
clause was not adopted- until It .was
evident that to rejet It would dis
rupt the league. The convention was
advised that to- fall to endorse the
work for the dispensaries would mean
that J. W. Bailey would decline to
serve further as chairman of the cam
oaisni committee. There were 185
delegates to the convention. The same
executive committee was elected with
the addition of Josenhus Daniels. -
Over 1,200 people attended the
elaborate recention .. to-night by the
Canital Club in Governor Uienn's
honor and In honor of members of
the General Assembly.
J. Pi Qarrell & So. Incorporated.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of J. F. Garrell & Co., incor
porated, held on Tuesday - the follow-
j lng board of directors was elected : J.F.
GarreU, J. F. Garrell, Jr., J. M. Garrell,
J. J. Hopkins, Jos. D. Smith and L. H.
Skinner. After the meeting of the
i stockholders the board of directors
met and elected J. F. Garrell, presi
dent; J. M. Garrell, vice president; J.
J. Hopkins, general manager! and E.
Y. Davis, secretary and treasurer.
Hamburg sale starts at 8:80 sharp at
Gaylord's. , i
Eight more days
of Gaylord's
big
inventory sale. .
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WANTED TO END HER LIFE.
Wife of Policemsa Harcas Gray Sailer
; inf With Helancbolls, Sbet Herself
Early Yesterday Alterooso.
- Suffering from a self-inflicted wound
in the fleshy part of her left arm, just
below the shoulder, jas the result of
ah unsuccessful attempt to ena her
life, ; the wife j of Policeman : M. C.
Gray Is under treatment of physicians
at her - home, I No. 812 South Sixth
street. In a fit of melancholia and in
a highly nervous condition yesterday
afternoon about 1 o'clock Mrs. Gray
took her husband's pistol from, a
bureau in an adjoining room, walked
back to the dining room table, where
her husband badjust completed his
dinner 'upon coming off duty, and
fired the shot which came dangerously
near ending her life. , Mr. Gray-bad
just stepped to the back porch of the
house when he heard the report of the
plitol and turning, he saw bis wif eon
the" floor. '. He ran to l her " aide as
quickly' as possible and took her to
the front room, a little later
summoning Dr.! Pride J. Thomas. Mr.
Gray could conceive of no reason why
Mrr. Gray should thus want to end
ber life. . Friends of Mr.) Gray know
him to be devoted to his wife and she
to him. : When Dr; Thomas arrived
he found that the bullet, which 'Was
from a 82-calibre Smith & Weston re-
voiver, had passed entirely through
the fleshy part of the patient's left
arm, just below the shoulder; passing
out a window of the room. The wound
is not regarded j as dangerous.! Soon
after the shooting Policemsn I R. L.
Truelove, a fellow officer of Mr. Gray
and other friends In the vicinity, came
over to assist him In any way that they
could. Mrs. Gray Is a young woman
and there are no children in the fam
ily. She was, therefore, alone! before
her "husband arrived and j the wonder
Is that she had not inflicted the wound
in the absence of her husband, if she
bad intended to end her life. Mr.
Gray is one of the most popular mem
bers of the police department and his
friends deeply sympathize with him in
the trouble which he is called upon to
suffer. I s.' ?' :-: -:3 h-: i --',4 .
MR. J. H. COWAN TO RETURN. !
Becomes f Ity Editor of Evening Olspstcb
Feb. 1st Mr. BrossoB Promoted.
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It will Interest and at the same time
give pleasure to the many friends of
Mr. James H. Cowan to know that on
February 1st he will enter again the
the newspaper field, having accepted
the city - editorship of the Evening
Dispatch, of this city, succeeding Mr.
George W. Branson, Jr., who has
decupled the dual position of editor-
la ch.ef "anoT"cIty editor of the Dls
patch and will i now give his: entire
time to the editorial position alone.
The promotion of Mr. Branson Is de
served and the repeated announcement
on the streets j yesterday ; that Mr.
Cowan would : return to newspaper
workwere greeted with favorable com
ment by alL f. j -j ,-,;f ,Ty :
; Mr. Cowan will not retire from the
theatrical field as afternoon newspaper
work wIU In no wise Interfere with his
duties as a member of the firm of
Cowan Bnuk He will continue with
his brother, Mr. Robert H. Cowan, In
the management of the theatre here
and at Newborn. The "Park: Row?
of Wilmmgton will gladly welcome
Mr. Cowan back to the fold and wish
him all the success that i Is proverbial
among the newspaper craft.
""sMiBmmmpBWBB"-',,-"
THREE HAD PT08AIHE fOlSOHlNO.
. J i
Pecoliar lllneis of Chiidrei of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. HarderA !
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Two little children '. of Mr. I J. R.
Harder, No. 619 South Sixth street,
are just recovering from a severe at
tsck of ptomaine poisoning, which since
last Sunday most seriously threatened
their lives. The children are aged 18
months and three years, respectively,
and in some food they ate or water
they drank they got j the peculiar form
of poison, which in many cases has
btffled science and set I at paught all
medical theories. The children were
constantly attended by Drs. W. J. H.
Bellamy and Frank H. Russell and
yesterday, for the first time,! they were
thought to have been Out of danger
Mrs. Harder had a slight attack of the
same poisoning fast week but most for
tunately recovered fin time to nurse
the two little 1 children, who were
brought .so near to death's door.
Mr. Harder is eastern agent of the
Oliver Typewriter Co. and removed
here only a week ror two ago from
Graham, N. C. i He and Mrs. Harder
have the sincerest sympathy of a num
ber of newly-made friends here In the
terrible ordeal through which they
they have just passed. - ' t -
Debate by Barscs (lass.r
The Baraca Class, of the First Bap
tist Sunday 8chool,composed of about
85 young men and taught-by Mrs. C.
OicarByerly, had a . very interesting
regular meeting last night In the lec
ture room of the .church. Besides the
i regular exercises the first of a series of
debates was held, the question having
been, "Resolved that an Improver Is a
greater benefactor than an Inventor."
There were about a dozen speakers
and the discussion developed some
very fine ; talent. The negative side
received the decision. The attendance
last night was very good Indeed and
much interest was shown. ,
Badly cut and bruised about
the face, J. W. Presson, white, was
taken to the hospital at 1 o'clock this
morning. He fell down some stain
in a building nearly opposite the Front
! Street Market house: fla west home
after hlsln juries were dressed. , '
TDE PEERLESS LEE.
ObseFva&se of Birthday of Coo
' federacy's Gallant Chief Very
General Here Yesterday.
EXERCISES IN THE ACADEMY
Rala and Threatening Weather Somewhat
' Interfered With tbe Arrangements,
Address b j Dr. WeIlilancfaeon
. by eosfederscy Dsogbters.
Rain and threatening weather some
what Interfered with the very elabt
orate arrangements that had been
made for the celebration of General
Robert E. Lee's birthday in Wilming
ton yesterday.but despite the unfavor
able conditions, fitting tribute was!
paid k the memory of the great Con-t
edate chieftain in beautiful exercises
la the Academy 4f Music, which: were
followed by a sustantial repast served,
by the Daughters of the Confedracy to
the veterans and military on the
second floor of the City Hall bulldingJ
The rain prevented the .parade of the!
allied : veteran and military, orgaal-j
zltions from the W. L. L armory, as
had been planned, but the individual
companies attended the exercisss In
bodies and with the prescribed unij
forms. The attendance of the people
generally was. necessarily not large;
but those who were present joined
heartily in the spirit of the celebration
and the exercises were a great sue
cess. t is'"' ! ! I
The stage in the large auditorium
was tastefully decorated, with Confed-i
erate flags and banners, a portrait pf
the immortal Lee having been sus
pended In the centre of the background
and neatly draped with the colors he
loved so well and the emblematical
ivy. Seated oh the platform were
General James I. Metts, director of
the exercises; the Rev.r John Welhrj
Ph. D., the orator ; Rev. a. W. Sea!
brease, the chaplain; Messrs. DeLeon
Boutherland, Geo. - P. James, Allen
Hugglns and W. D. MacMUlan, Jt.i
representing i the Sons of '; Veterans
Mrs. Martin S. ; Willard, president;
Miss Hettle James, vice-president;
Mrs. Cuthbert Martin, recording sect
retary, and Mrs.! R. W. Hicks, corres
ponding secretary,of Cape Fear Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Confed
eracy. . . . ' j . j j
Rev. Mr. Beabrease opened the ex
ercises with a very fervent and appro j
priate prayer alter which the audience
led by Col. W. J. Woodward, com
mander of Cape Fear Camp, No. 2U,
U. a V., sang with patriotic effect,
"OaroUna," Gen. Metts introduced the
orator of tbe day, the Rev. Mr. Wells;
ac a distinguished son of a distinguish
ed Confederate soldier and the speaker
began bis remarks in the midst of ap
plause. , 4 7 ' j
The address was an excellent one
and a beautiful tribute to the peerless
Lee. The Stab regrets that the limited
space at its command forbids the pub
lication of the discourse in fuU. Dr.
Wells first spoke briefly : of General
Lee as a warrior, but said as incom
parable as he was as a soldier, no less
greater he was as a civilian, and to
that phase of his life the speaker de
voted himself largely, speaking beau
tifully of his service as president of
Washington and Le University, in
Lexington. The sublime resignation
with which he flay down his sword
and bore the burdens of peace after
the war, challenged the admiration of
the world. His endurance of defeat;
his manly fortitude through it '' all
were In sharp ! contradistinction to
other of the world's great leaders
whom the speaker mentioned.1 After
tbe war, during times which tried
men's souls, ; he counseled forbear
ance, and preached endurance, do
ing much toward bringing calmness
and peace to hearts which were rent
With unrest, strife and turmoil. The
speaker also spoke of General Lee's
sublime self abnegation and his strict
devotion to what he conceived to be
his duty.; Lee wss supremely great
In the tenderness of his heart and na
tnre. The sorrowing sought him for
sympathy and the oppressed came to
him for relief.' His attachment for
little children and their love for him
was Illustrated in beautiful manner
from anecdotes told from the Gener
al's life at Washington and Lee. Su
premely great was he in his love and
devotion to duty, but greater' still in
the simple Christian faith In which he
lived and died. It was the Christian
life of a colossal-figure' The peroration
Of Dr. Well was beautiful Indeed ; bis
description of the death and consign
ment to the tomb of the South's be
loved hero was touching and.brought
a tear to the eye of some in the au
dience, who had followed him In vic
tory and defeat.
At the conclusion of tbe j address an
Italian string band, which interspers
ed the exercises with music, played
"ri-rU Ktiil Mia audience was tumul
tuous with Its applause. When calm
ness had been restored, General Mett'a
read , the last address ol en
eral Lee . to r his soldiers upon
the laying down of arms at
Appomattox. Gen. Metts then intra
duced : Mr. George P. James, who
read the beautiful poem "The Sword
of Lee." In response to calls from
the audience the gallant Gen. Metts,
in his uniform of grey,! then came to
the front aad captivated his hearers
by singing in his characteristic man
ner "I'm a Good Old Kebr
The military ' and - veterans were
then bidden to a feast of good things
prepared for them by the Daughters
of tbe Confederacy In the City . Hall
building. The honored guests of that
occasion at once repaired to the hail
where the , ladies aerved sandwiches,
coffee, cake, pickles, etc., ba most
gracious manner. Thus came to an
rucl
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Compulsory
. Business away from Wilmington, 4
In the recent past three cargoes
molasses have been diverted from Wilmington to competitive ports.
This means loss of profits to our merchants and loss of wages
our mechanics and laborers.' r
end a most appropriate and beautiful
celebration Of a day fraught with
memories so dear to every true South
erner." v -The
day In Wilmington was gen
erally observed as a legal holiday in
the city. ! The banks, city and county
offices" and not a few other places
were closed for all or a part of the
day The public schools suspended
exercises at 11 o'clock In honor of the
day and that as many of the students j
as possible might attend the exercises.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr; G. B. Wright, of vBaleigh,
is.a guest at The Orton. ,
Among yesterday's arrivals was
Mr. Jas.: A. Williams, of Bed Bprlngs,
N.C. !
Mrs. Thomas C. RamBey is
visiting her old home : at Fremont,
N,
Mrs. Jones, of Asheville, is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Lossle
Myers. . ' " . - j
Col W. B. Fort, of PikeviHe,
was here yesterday to attend the Lee
birthday; celebration. -
Mrs. John M. Walker and little
daughter, Alice, are guests of relatives
in Washington. D. C.
Mr. H. M. Lanier, the popular
representative of Ganz Bros., Balti
more, latere calling on the trade.
Mrs. S. M. Lloyd and child, of
Norfolk; arrived last night to join Mr.
Lloyd, who has been here several
days. I " .
The Misses Haughton, of
Charlotte, who have been visiting at
the home of Col. T. O. James, have
returned home. ' '
I Mrl Charles C. Loughlin re
turned to the University yesterday
after a brief visit home on account of
the funeral of Mrs. Dudley.
: Messrs. H. P. Hvnevor, and
E. Nealy, of Vineland ; C. H. Morrow,
and T. ,S. Memory, , of Whltevllle,
were here yesterday, guests at The
Orton.
i Yesterday afternoon's Fayette
ville Observer: "Mrs. Scott, of Bur
lington,! who hss been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. W. L. Holt, left for Wil
mington to-day." "
j Mr. J. F. Powers has resigned
his position with the Atlantic Coast
Line and will leave this afternoon for
Sevtile, Fla., to take a position with
a mercantile firm. ' ,
i Dr. E. S. Plgford, who has
been spending a few days In Sampson
county,' returned to the city yesterday.
His friends will be pleased to learn
that he Is Improving.
The Bt Rev. Robert Strange,
D. D., bishop coadjutor of vthe Eut
Carolina .Diocese, will visit ' . St.
Phillip's church at Southport next
Sunday and will officiate at 11 A. M.
and 7:80 P. M.
i Misses Lnoy . and Margaret
Brldgers will sail week after next for
Europe and will remain abroad until
next Fall. The young ladies will be
chaperoned by a lady who has had
wide experience In travel.
i Capt. and Mrs. Haywood Clark
Went to Tarboro yesterday to attend
tbe funeral of General Francis M.
Parker; who died Wednesday. Gen
enrai Parker was the last living uncle
of Oapf, Clark.
The genial Sherif George B.
McLeod. Mr. A. H. McLeod and Mr.
Howard Morrison, Of Lumberton,
came down yesterday and were last
night inlatiated Into the mysteries of
the Elks, becoming members of Wil
mington 1 Lodge No. 532. They-wlU
return home to-day.
Meote Cflste Te-alght.
! Bad weather interfered but little:
with the attendance last night at the !
Academy, for a large audience greet
ed the Murray Comedy Company at i
the local theatre and en ioved a clever I
performance of "ghamus O'Brien. I
"Monte Oristo, one of the : best of all
the old plays, win be given to night.
It Is said that the company makes a
feature of this bill, so something good
may be expected. What Is known as
one of the "cartoon plays," "Foxy
Grandpa,", will be offered as the mati
nee attraction to-morrow afternoon. ;
On ntaaaant navs there la nobettei
place to spend an hour or two than
Wt BBWUl . AUV W W www mmmj m
i over ta tne oeaen an nour ana uurea
qvarters. The B 00100 ear lays over
an nour ana one quarter. t
ers
Pilotage Drives
of fertilizers and four careoea
of
to
Gas
i
Heaters
At
Reduced
Prices.
Cook and heat with Gas.
Schooner John B. Fell arrived
to-day, Saturday with
10,000 BAGS OF 100 POUND
WHITE COTTON SALT
We will begin: to discharge same
Monday, the 9th Inst., and ) all
orders will be shipped promptly. -The
Schooner 0. 0. Lister with
10,000 BAGS SALT
is expected to arrive at any hour, so
we will be in shape to take cars of
all orders' in North an d outh Gavo
Una that our customers may send us
and immediate
shipment will
be
made.
D. L. OOBB COMPANY,
- 4
Wholesale Grocers and Importeri.j . .
ja 8 tf i ' Wilmington, N. C.
GEORGE H011UET,
JEWELER & SILVERSUITH,
I .
Informs his patrons that arrivals
- t ' i .
In the lines of Sterling Silverware
and very fine China will be displayed
at his store during the coming week;
A careful inspection of the slock
Is respectfully solicitedeach piece
being of a standard make and! es-
pfioially useful and attractive. ,
GEORGE HONNET,
i -
janHtt I . is north Front street.
Eccoivor's Sale.
' ' L '
By vlrtaetotadeoreeof tbe Superior Oourt
ot new Hanover county, made in the ease of
H. L, VoUers et aU vs. Tne Cape rear and
People's Bteamboat Co., the nnderslgnad re
ceiver will sell to the hlgneet bidder at pobllo "
anetioD, tor easb, In the city ot Wilmington, on
tne llth cay ot rebroary.1906, at is o'clock Jt.
attnewnarronUwOaperaar Blver, betwesn
dock and Orange streets, in saia city ot WU-.
nunaton. tbe steamer A. P. Hart, and aU ber
tackle, apparel andrornltore. I
D. XeEAOHZEN,
Beoerfer.
January 18, 1806. jangltoa
ACADEMY OFMtjSIC
- riarray Coir.srJy Ccsipsny.
- L TO.RIGHT J ' :" -
The great favorite elaborately
"ttonte Orioto."
10-... 20.... 30 Cents. ;
To-morrow Afternoon
"Foxy Orandpa.,,
10. . . . i. , .and. ....... .20 cents.
,jan201t .
woticeJ
Have yon seen those
Walnut Cakes in
deiloloua
THE OliLY RESTAURANT
window. They are made to order
on short notice. - The Only Sestau-
rant's cuisine is unsurpassed for
cleanliness and variety. Give us a
calL Extras, ' (juail wnn waraen
Peas, A la mode." Janisti
Gamo Salt Jnst Arrived