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il CQasranteed 8enaVlds, BviryBa ill Itegsofsu3SCRiptio:i Clrsnletlen larger than That 3 Oat. Xr. yHn. aB.Oof Of Asy Othsr Dally Bsws paper Published la WUffllflftM. , Sis nontha, S.60! SThrao Hontha, l.tB ! Two tlomths, " 1.00 ; BiUnni t SakMrMra us tkee X city at as eiti par Mfittlu Z : . r rati. - - nut . WILMINGTON N. C. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1905. WHOLE NO. 11.69 IT AAU. 4sjA A, V V 1 ' feat "ilk JL JLJL - ' - ' 1 A OUTLINES. President Roosevelt yesterday receiv. ed a delegation,appointed by the South. j era Cotton Growers': Convention, who addressed Mr. Roosevelt and urged him I to send a special message to Congress to pass such legislation as will enable him - to appoint a commission to investigate I the prospects for extending the foreign i markets - for. cotton.4 products. '. The Virginia Corporation; Commission cites the Norfolk' & .Western : Railroad Company to a hearing for the' fixing of : new freight rates on lumber. An autopsy on Cadet .Midahinman 8. Wea, ; tray Battle, of North Carolina, who died suddenly while falling into ranks at the United states Naval. Academy on Sun- uay, snows mat death was due ito ; ex cessive fatigue. The House at j" Wa shington appropriated nearly 120,000, t t 000 for the navy,' including provision for I two powerful battleships; during the j; discussion; Baker, of New York, criti. i cised Sie President for cabling condo- lence to the Czar on account of the as I sassination of Grand Duke Sertfus; Bak. uex. attempted to create a sensation by iar t viting the House to expel him. In S the senate yesterday the S wayne im- peachment trial ! proceeded. A " terrible disaster occurred in an iron mine i near Birmingham: yesterday; entombing r 105 men who are supposed to be : dead. I - " President Roo evelt has given up hope of securing railroad rate legislation. at this session and mill call an extra session of Congress in October.'' A i complete counterfeiting outfit operated by convicts . was : discovered in the Virginia penitentiary . yesterday. New York markets: Monev on call was steady at 2J2 per cent; cotton was quiet at?,90$ flour was . steady; wheat, Bpot easy. No. 2 red $1,221 f. o.b, afloat; corn, spot steady, No. 2 56c at elevator, , oata, spot barely steady, mixed - 2632 pounds, S788c; V rosin steady; spirits turpentine easy at 54g)54ic. ' VEATHER REPORT. U.S. Dept o Ageicdltube, W EATHEB D XTBBAC, WmraoTON. N. C Teb. 20. 5.0 , Meteorological data for the twenty ft)ur houti ending at 8 P. M.: ' Temperature at 8 A. M.,55; 8 P. M., 49 degrees; maximum, 65. degrees; mini mum 40 degrees; mean 52 degrees. ' Rainfall for the day.' 64; rainfall since first of the month to date, 3.81 incnes. , ' - - - Stage of water in Cape Fear river at Fayetteville at 8 A.M., Sunday 16.8 feet. ;iw " FORECAST FOB'TO-DAY. " -WASHniGTON,February 18. For North Carolina: :. Rain folio wed by fair, Tues day; Wednesday fair j fresh northwest winds. j ' j . 9T0BM jwABNING MESSAGE. " ': ") J; Washington, Dl C., Feb. 20.-iAdvis ory Message: Northeast storm warning ordered eleven thirty A. M., for -More, , head. "Washineton.- Columbia. Norfolk. j Newport News and Fort Monroe. ' Dis tuioanpe on middle Gulf Coast will move northeast with increasing: and highly e5ly winds on south and middle At ltHtlCoast bhif ting late : to -night to north and northwest. Gaebiot. Sun Rlsei.. ......... ....... 6.43 A. M Sun 8ets. 5.4 P. M. Day's Length. .............. 11 H. 3 M. High Water at Southport. . . 9.48 A. M. High Water at Wilmington. 12.18 P. M. ' ! J 4 i A heart to heart talk beats a let ter with a "burn this letter" post script. -,; Senator Knox will please . assure the trusts what he meant when he said the President was not going to- run amuck. ; Even the Kansas; Legislature has passed a law requiring separate schools for the races- "John Brown's sonl" is marking; time. Many a politician might profit bj the example of the ground hog by taking to his hole when he pees how mall a shadow he makes. i- Every day or ? two the market quotations quote butter as "strong er." Can's President Roosevelt use j ol jltsn on so mebody in this con neotion. ' ' I Now cornea a young lady in Iowa who guarantees that she can feed a man on 9 cents a day. -We are go- ing to wait a while and see if any other girl will raise' the price." " " In New York a magistrate de clares, that a' woman can live on 15 cents a day. That giddy man ought to know that there is no such word as can in a woman's dictionary. : l?wo Omaha women who were starving spent their last nickel to polish the stove in order to keep up appearances in their house. The efforts people make to cnt a shine on nothing is what is the matter with I big. part pf the worlds. Save the Philadelphia Press: "The Boston correspondent of a JNew York paper thinks Massaohusetta Is the champion 8tate for freak legisla tion, but he only thinks so because he has not made observations any where else." All Legislatures look alike, it seems. J ; ;4 7 - i in- .1 I I x ' The mayor of Biohmond is sup pressing naughty pictures and the! likeand i has even ordered. meTr chants to remove from their win dows artificial limbs j displaying hosierv. The merchants will still get the benefit of displays ; at the street crossings on rainy days. , . . rec8ayi the Washington Post: "The kiiate Department intimates that' it expects difficulty in getting the J ap- anese out of Manchuria. Bussia dis covered that difficulty first." Dur i ing the war our government has been having a good deal to say and do about preserving the territorial enti ty of China. That Is what Japan has been fighting for, while we hare been yPort 4UBBe-Febrvsvi7 21. talking about It. , :;. TO PREVENT pRY. Practice of "Money Sbatlu" Ibmi Which - . foaplaiat is Often Ecilstered Made Mlsdemeaflsi in Sew Law. ' " . Ablll of far-reaching Importance an4 one that la aimed to drive from bmlnen the so-called "m oney-iharkB,' who prey with usurious Interest upon the poorer and more Ignorant clastes of people, especially In the cities of the State, was drafted yesterday by City Attorney William J. Bellamy at the request of Mayor Wm. E.r Sprin ger, after conference with Bepreten tative Q. J. Boney.who said he would introduce the bill at once In the Legis lature and use his utmost endeavor to' have it enacted into law forthwith, j The practice of money lending es tablishments has frequently been con demned by the State press when nota ble incidents of their usurious" methods would come to . light In magistrates1 courtf. when tba victims vrere sued by kitchen furniture, worth many )tmes the value of the loan, and even! the exceisive interest. " Hitherto all effort to correct abuses of this kind has been by imposing prohibitive! license taxes and falling back on the general law acainst usury, all of which has In most eases been evaded. The new act makes the usury of the' kind men tioned a criminal act and punishment Is made to fit the crime, -if i'.f.'i The bill Is one entitled "An Act to Prevent Usurious Loans on House' hold and Kitchen Furniture," land twiimfrt T-f - - f ,..v. Bee. 1. That any person, firm or corporation who shall or .may loan money la any manner whatsoever, whether by note, chattel mortgage. conditional sale or otherwise, upon any article or articles of household or kitchen , furniture and shall or may take,' receive, reserve on charge a greater rate of Interest than six per per centum, either before or after the ; interest may accrue, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty . days and m ad dition thereto shall forfeit the entire i debt and interest which the note or other evidence carries with It or which ha been paid or agreed to be paid. Sec. 2. That In any action brought in any Court of x competent jurlsdlc tlon to recover upon any such note or other evidence) of debt it shall be law ful for the party against whom the ac tion la brought to plead as a defense the penalty above provided for to-wlt; the forfeiture of the entire debt F and Interest. And no cost shall be recov ered by any party, who may endeavor to recover upon any usurious con-v tract, f ' ' ' ' - . 1 ,. ? Sec. 3. That this Act shall not ap ply to contracts heretofore executed. Sec." 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are here by repealed. Sec 5. This Act shall be in force J - - - from and after Its ratification. LOCAL DOTS, Other locals, see fourth page. Police Sergeant George Smith is acting captain In the absence of CapL N. J, Williams this week' and Policeman M. . O. Gray Is acting ser geant while Sergeant Smith is acting captain. ; !".: . License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Mr. William Beathel Bordeaux.son of Mr.and Mrs. Israel K. Bordeaux, of Carrie, and Miss Norah Bessie West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester James West, of Delgftdo. Tim O'Brien, a sailor from the British steamer "Teeidale," was ar rested yesterday by Policeman Hardee upon complaint of the master of the yessel that the teaman had absented himself from the ship longer than he hid been given permission. ' Lela E. Melton, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mel ton, died yesterday of consumption at the family Thome oh' Masonboro Sound. The funeral will be held this afternoon and the Interment will be in Hewlett's burying ground. By deed filed for record yester dsy Dr. Andrew H. Harrlss and wife transferred to Lewis j. Mason, and wife, for $800, a tract of land contain ing 14 acres, more or less, on south aide of old Plank road, from Wilming ton to Scott's Hill, adjoining lands of Mary L. Mercer and others. Messrs. J. H. Behder & Co. have been awarded the contract for lavlnz a very handsome carpet In Brooklyn Baptist church, a fund for the same having been raised by the Ltdlea' Aid Society of the congrega tlon. Work was begun yesterday morning, .k : y - Justice Fowler yesterday tried and bound over to Superior Court William ' Murphy, colored, charged with abandoning, his ;wlfe and four children. It was shown that Murphy had contributed comparatively nothing to the support of his family since the first of the year, though he was regu. larly employed at 19 per week and was in fair circumstances. P ' Fire in an old dilapidated two story house, next to . the residence of Capt. W. F, Corbett, on Walnut, be tween Second and Third streets, called out the Department Sunday night about 10:30 o'clock. ,. A defective fire place caused the blaze "and damage to the extent of about $25, covered by in surance with J.VanB. Metts, was done. The house was occupied by colored persons.- . j? 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , Geo. O. Gay lord Matting. :i -v-. A. G. Ahrens It's sure pure.'' Masonic Meeting Wil. Lodge. . Crow & Taylor Florida oranges. CStITBSa IiOCAlS. Wanted Lsdy or gentleman. For Ssle Mule, wagon and harness. Bic line of BUver just opened at Bit BILL singer's. ' ' ' flQjj W RAILROADS. Bill in Legislature Requiring Is suance of "Annuals" to Cer tain State Officers. WILMINGTON PILOTAGE BILL Eople Had It Referred to leaate Jadiclary , Committee Qeo. Fltzhafh Lee Ad dressed assembly ia Behalf cf - Jamestown Exposition. : Baleiqh, N. C, Peb. 20. The Senate and i House convened In joint session this afternoon and listened with pleasure to an address by Gen'er al Filzhugh Lee In behalf or the Jamestown Exposition. Th House had previously held an informal re ception In honor of Gen. Lee In the legislative hall. U Z;. Cjn. Hie; BenalfLihe. bill ,t, perhaps greatest Interest , to-p5T4. trbduced by Senator mBUm$tl Davidson,' requiring railroaos to luue passes to State officers The bill pro vides that the president or other chief officer In the State of all railroads doing business and receiving franchis es and rights from the State pf North Carolina, are directed - to deposit with the Treasurer of the State an annual pass over all their roads within ( the State for the use or the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gen eral, Commissioner of Insurance, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Immigration Agent, or Commissioner, and the Commissioner of Labor! and Printing. The bill provoked not a little comment among members; and its passage Is doubtful. , j Mr. Km pi, of New - Hanover, to-day Introduced another j bill for the better support of the public schools of his county. It provides that after January 1st, 1908, half of the county and half of the city saloon license tax be devoted to schools.! The only material change from the former bill by Mr. Empie is as to the thne for tbe law to take effect ! j , Another bill by Mr. Emple to day la one authorizing New Hanover, to call an election fori the issuance of j road bonds for continuance of permanent Improvement of the highways In New Hanover. The commissioners may or may not take advantage of the bill as they, see fit" ; j- r. Cs : V -;"TIH15 WLOiAasI BILL.. . . 'v The first skirmish of the sharp fight that Is sure to occur In the Senate over the Wilmington ' protege bill took place to-day when the bill was report ed to the Senate from the engrossing elerk'a office. v- ----f-r- :4to' : Senator Empie naked that the bill be referred to the Judiciary Committee instead of the Committee on Proposi tions and Grievances as was done In the House. Mr. Scales, of Guilford, opposed this,' insisting that r the Committee on Propostlons and Griev ances was the proper one to consider the bill. Senators Toms, Cox and oth ers joined Mr. Scales in Insisting that reference be according to the usual practice to Propositions and j Griev ance committee. Senators Gilliam find Fleming were among those who took the part of Emple in demanding re ference to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Emple said his reason for wanting the Judiciary Committee to hear j the bill was that it was a much larger com mittee, having twenty-five members and that by having the bill bsfore this committee, a .much fuller hearing could be accorded the bill. The on tbe question of reference was c vote ose, there being a bare majority for the Judiciary Committee. j The Senate Judiciary Committee la composed of Mason, of Northampton, chairman; Gilliam, of Edgecombe; Zolljcoffer, of Vance; Burton, of Rockingham; Mason, of j Gaston; Scales, of Guilford; Duls of Mecklen burg, Foushee, of Durham; Stubbs of Martin, Venn, of Chowan; Webb, of Buncombe ; Ward, of Craven ; Fleming of Pitt; Wright, of Rowan; Bragaw, of Beaufort; Williams, of Davidson; Tonis, of Henderson; Long, of Iredell; Emple New Hanover Eller, of Forsyth, Boddle, of Franklin; Coxe, of Anson; Grady, of Sampson Sinclair of Cum berland; Pearson, of Burke, Bryan, of Youcey. .. ,V:., v" ::;",: ; EOUTINE PROCEEDINGS, ... The Senate convened at noon with prayer by Rev. J. C. Massee. Joint resolution from the House Inviting Gen. Filzhugh Lee to address the Legislature j at 3 Pi M. was adopted. The House i was' opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Bumpass. The bills In troduced In the House were largely local, except those referred to above. Introduced In the Senate: By Stringfield, joint resolution to Con greis to pension all disabled soldiers; Toms, to exempt sections of Hender son county from special school tax; Wright, to I provide burial places for whites at Oullomee; Pearson, relative to certain deeds of corporation ; Ward, to amend charter of Newborn; Toms, to establish chain gang in Henderson ville township; McCulloucb, to incor porate town of . Council's ; Boddle, to enable Louiiburg township to estab lish llverylng grounds; Foushee, to confer police power on deputy sheriffs In East and West Durham, and Lake wood Park; Pearson, to repeal an act relative to entries and grants; Taylor, protect Musbcreek : In Alleghe ny, regulate election of Boards of Education ! In Watauga, j Alleghe ny and Ashe; ! Fleming, to ex tend corporate limits of Shelverdlne; Shaw, resolution to pay M. G. Mc Keozie $4 per dsy for services; - Tur rentlue, to incorporate Christian Or phanage; McCulloch, to allow Bladen to sell county farm; Long, r to allow Iredell to elect county superintendent of education by the people, I and to amend quail law In Iredell; Scales, to prevent riding and driving on public roads before improvement is - com pleted, to permit highway commission of Guilford to get road material out aide of county, to amend law regulat ing tax sales, to amend law regulating life insurance; Webb to establish po lice const In Asheville. f r v Bills passed: To Incorporate Salem- burg; to establish stock law In certain townships of Harnett; to prevent stock from runnsng at large In certain ter ritory in Columbus; to amend the charter of Hamlet; to authorize Samp son to levy special tax; to authorfze town of Beaufort to Issue bondsl or hotel site; to amend banking law;. for better support of schools of NewHan over; to amend charter of Asheville Auditorium Company; to . amend charter of Greenville; relating to the Carnegie Library. Charlotte; to pre vent fire waste. This prescribes build ing laws, applying only to towns of 1,000 Inhabitants and then only when accepted by resolution of the board of aldermen or such town, senators Scales and Eller advocated the bill. To provide permanent light and water commission for Greenville. In the House petitions were presented from citizens of Lincoln for appoint ment of justices of the peace; cRIzens of Iredell asking for passage of Ad vance bIU; cltlz9nsot Catawba, ask ing certain Confederates be placed : on pension rolls. , t; r v ii ' Bills introduced were; Red wine, to protect monuments to prohibit sale and manufacture of liquor In Union ; Alex ander, to limit poll tax and enforce its collection, by Femister; tor establish a street railway between' Hickory and Oatawba BDrteeSpriicswand 4a -la- corporate Highlands, In Catawba; byi west, or Bladen, to prohibit sale .and and manufacture of Hquor,wIthln two miies oi uouncu, in uuwen; ny win borne to reincorporate -the Chow an Baptist Association; by Joyner, to ' amend the law of. 1899 establishing a dispensary at Jackson, la Northampton by Williams, to amend. The uode. relative to exchange of ourts . by judges; by Henry, for the protection of theatre-goers; by Gayle, .to amend the general pension law; by Laugh ing bouse, to facilitate the collection of city taxes; by McQueen, to prevent the tale of liquor within three miles of Betheadsrehurcb, in Moore, and to Incorporate certain churches and school honset; by . Branch, , to amend law establishing a dispensary at Ed wards, In Beaufort; by Rector, to con solidate the offices of sheriff and treasurer of Henderson,' and tQjpegu late election of tax collector. " . . : z - Mauua uaaviia uuiui Benator Bimmons arrived to-night from Washington and has established headquarters In Boom No. 1, at the Yarborougb. A number of the execu-1 tlve committeemen have already ar rived and the Indications are for a very full attendance on the meeting to-morrow night. Chairman Simmons said to-night that be will have no statement to make until he appears be fore tbe committee to morrow night. He says he hasn't the least doubt of winning out before the committee In securing an endorsement of the Ward bill In the temperance fight. The anti- Ward bill leaders are also In high spirits and Indications are for a sharp fight with nearly even chances. . STATE COUSfllTjR. 0. U. A. . Meetlflg iaOeldsbere To-day VUmtsgtss ' Represestatlves Left Testertfsy. The 11th annual sessions of the State Council Jr. O. TJ. A. M. will convene in Goldsboro, N.a at 10 o'clock; this morning. The attendance promlsea to be Jargeand the Meetine fruitful of much good for the order, which has made wonderful strides within the past year or two. Capt. Nathan J. William-, representative from George Washington Council, of this city, left yesterday morning for Goldsboro to attend the meeting, and Mr. John E. Wood, representative from Jeff Davis Council, and City 'Attorney Wm. J. Bellamy, chairman of the State legis lative committee of the order, left last night to be present at the great gather ing of Juniors. Representative Walter E. Topp, also of Jeff Davis Council, Intended to leave last night, but owing to the death of Mr. a H. King he was forced to remain and will not go up until to-day t. Rev. F. M. Sawyer, the Methodist minister at Town Creek, will also attend as a delegate from Worth Bagley Council, of Elizabeth City, he having resided there until his assignment to the church in Bruns wick a few weeks ago. P0ST0FFUE PUBkU SQUARE. f enstors tad I oorresiotn Fittersba Give jThelf atteotloa to Plan of Mayer, j C Senators Simmons and Overman and Representative Patterson-have written that they will do all in their power to have the government improve the postoffice green and convert it to tbe use of the people as a public square along the lines suggested in a letter to them by Mayor Springer a few days ago, reference to which was made In these columns at some length at that time. -V '-f ," v , " "A Each of the gen tiemen states In his reply to the Mayor that they will con fer at occe and ascertain the best course to pursue with reference to the Improvement. The Treasury Depart ment, under the control , of which are all public buildings ang grounds of the class mentioned,wiI be besought and, If necessry. a bill will be introduced in Congress authorising, the expendi ture for the Improvement Each of the Senators addrejttJ and Congreu man Patterson expressed pleasure at haying an opportunity to serve the city . ' " 8ad Neire This. Alex. MePherson, colored, was ar raigned in Justice Fowler's court yes terday upon a double ; charge I of as saultand battery with a deadly weapon and was sent to jail la default of bond for his appearance in Superior i Court. It was proved that on the 30th day of last August MePherson assaulted Car oline Hamilton with a lighted j lamp. atrlklng her aeveral times over the head with the Instrument, ; finally breaking the lamp and spilling the oil all over her; : fortunately after the light had gone out Sunday night McPhersonr visited Caroline's house again and asked for something to eat She appeared a little slow In preparing the food and . MePherson laid ner cheek open with a bottle he picked up and hurled-at heriVV--if V'-t The teams yol Harper and boiheraad McGeaehyrand Loughlin will play in .tbe Y. M. C. A. Leajfni i Friday night of this week. B0R0SC0PIC Y1EW. Representative Boney Talks In terestingly of vyork Pending i ' in General Assembly. THE SEVERAL Local BILLS. Mayer Sprlsger Lesves far Ralelfh to i Look After Moolclpal fleasares : . i Legalized Primary Law -Elec I tlsn of Majlstrates. I Representative G. J. . Boney spent yesterday in he city, haying arrived Sunday night -from Wallace, where he atopprd over a day oh his return from a business trip to Richmond, Va., hav ing left Raleigh Saturday morning. Be returned to Balelglrlast night af ter a pleasant greeting by his many friends here and a conference with several parties Interested In lerlsls- sembly;.f fe Hr.-Baaay Ulked interestingly Ura representative of the Star with refer eaes - to the1 proceedings of the law makers at the capitoL He Is of the opinion that the sessions of the Legis lature will continue a Jew days after March 4th, when the pay of members expires' by limitation, and he says much business will! be transacted be- fore that time. ,As yet nothing has been done with reference to a re arrangement of the judicial districts and (he Ward liquor bill will likely claim Its share of attention in the House When It comes up from the Liquor Traffic Commute after the meeting of that committee this afternoon. Then the Wilmington pilotage bill is likely to consume considerable time In the Senate, so that alt In all there will be much doing baf ore the curtain rings Howa on the. 1905 sessions of the Ac- embly : . -N.- v t ; 1 Mr. Boney asys he hopes for early passage of his bill to elect the County Commissioners of New Hanover by the people, The.blil . to elecL n)agis trates by the people he says, , will be Qanecoestary as that it how tie- law, but it has been rendered obsolete by the passage of a special act of the Legislature at each session, appointing them by the Legislature. ;! In the fu ture there will be no omnibus bill for New Hanover, appointing magistrates and in the absence of suoh a bill, the magistrates will be elected byjbe peo ple under the general law.( j v Mr. Boney says as soon as be returns to Raleigh ho will at once look up the bill authorizing the county to estab lish a work house In connection, with the County Home! and will have it .put,on its several readings In the' House at once. Chairman D. McEach- ern and Commissioner H. L. Vollers, of the New Hanover Board, are now In Raleigh In that Interest. , j Another matter which Mr. Boney says will engage his attention early thia week Is a bill to legalize the pri maries In New Hanover, from the lack of which the people have Buffer ed for some time. The bill will prob ably be faahioned after that which obtains In Charlotte and Mecklenburg and will be drawn and Introduced by Mr. Boney as soon as he gels back to Raleigh. Mr. Boney, says a promise to have such a law ; enacted was em bodied in the platform upon which he was elected and he feels. In honor bound to get the measure through as quickly as possible, j He aays he-contemplates the introduction of no; bill making the Board of Audit and fin ance elective by the people or by: the wards as that was not included In his nlatform. r -1 - - . , Tbe flty Bills. Representative coney was accom panied, on his return to Raleigh last night by Mayor William E. Springer, who will appear thia afternoon before the committee on Cities, Counties! and Towns in behalf of the municipal bills recommended for ; passage by j the Board of Aldermen. It Is not antici pated that there will be objection to any of the bills as they appear to have gone i forward with the un- qualified endorsement of a majority of the people, j In addition to the bills recommended by the Aldermen ia an other to empower the city, In case such should be deemed advisable by the Aldermen, to establish and. main tain an Industrial school. ; ' ; V A bill was Introduced yesterday af ternoon by Mr. Emple In the Senate, authorizing the County Commission ers, In case at any time lit should be deemed advisable, to call another elec tion upon the question of a bond issue for continuing the permanent road improvement. . Tbe question of the bondlssue, in any event, will, of course, be submitted to a vote of the people. ) j '-''v1' - - j i:' "j A bill of wide importance, tending to correct abuses by driving cut'mone sharks," fa referred to at length else where In to-days paper. - Judge E.j ! Bryan went up to Ra- leigh Sunday night on professional business and to appear Monday after noon before the committee in . opposi tion to the Federal Point fence law. Advocates of the bill are represented in Raleigh by Hon. C. M. Busbee. Hayor's eonrt Yesteriiy. Half a dozen offenders greeted the Mayor in the police court yesterday. Wash Murphy, colored, was fined $5 and costs for disorderly conduct and was bound over, to Superior Court under bond of 135 to answer a charge of an assault with a deadly jweapon upon his wife. Murphy waa "arrested by Policeman H. P. Merrltt fflve defendants were fined $5 snd eosts each. ; Oaeot the number was Thos. Matrord, white, who had been arrest i ed by Policeman A,. Jones for being dtunk aud down. ; . ACCIDENT! PROVED PATAU Mr: lharles Sjlvestef Klsg, lajorcd at ; Lumber 8)111 Plant Last tteaday , ; Died of His lojnrles TeBferdsy. . . Mr. Charles Sylvester King.the saw mill auperlntendent of the Cape Fear Lumber Company In this city who was b severely Injured, suffering ) fracture of the skull at the plant of tbe company lasl Monday, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the James Walker Memorial Hospital where he had lain unconscious : ever since, the accident It was a strange coincidence that Mr. King passed away within a few minutes of just a week after he was hurt. . . The . announcement of the death will bring regret to very many friends of Mr. King In this city and sincere sympathy will well up In the hearts of every one for the . wife and large family of thirteen sons and daughters, who are left without " hus band and father as a result of the sad mishap.'.: . ' f VI n a.liMli & null ttiY, 18iQ In the town o( Fio4", Vetera- land jconntii New Brunswick, Canh4 i da, therefore he jratf In tiar Wth; year I of hieagev - He waaj of Scctch aaf I Irish extraction ajs4emsMtolhacQuai try of his adoption in 1868; becomlBC a naturalized dtlzn ' of ths TJolteC States aad taking a II vaiy Interest In all of iu affairs. During tha years of; 1893 and 1894 he ? represented bis see-; tlon In the Pennsylvania Legislature and i his - career there redowned both to tbe credit of himself and to;! his constituents.- He had been: active ly engsged in the lumber business.for about S3 year's and . was well known throughout the country as a lumber msn of ability. He came to Wilmington about four years ago and since his res ldeBcehsre had impressed all with his high Meals, of manhood and hli itrose Christian cfaaraoter. He war. a mem ber of Grace M E; church and took a lively interest la the religious life of the city, a J ' v .' v. .:: - The - funeral of the ' deceased will be held from the family resIdence,No. 80 North Sixth street, at 8:30 o'clock ioantght by his pastor, the Rev. N.! M. Watson, and the remains will be taken Wednesday morning to William tport, Pa., for burial. Mr. Frank King, of Chicago, and Mr. George King, of Pennsylvania, sons of the deceased, one of them j being ' a student for the ministry, are already here and will ac company the remains North. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. A H. Ward, the popular, young bank cashier of Lumbertoa, ar rived last night: - -'"" : Dr. jj Harry Honnet and Mrs. George Honnet returned ,8unday svenlng from'a two week's trio to New York. . j ; . - Her many friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Prempert Is quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. W. Bonilz at the Bonltz Hotel. I . r-iir. jand Mrs! Gaston f Lord Myers have arrived in the city , from their wedding tour, through Florida and are at home at the residence of Capt Thos. D. Mearea. - . Among yesterday's arrival! were J. L. Qulnn, Jacksonville, N. C. ; O.L.Clrk and M. B. McAulay,Clark ton ; J. &4 Brown, Chadbourn ; J . F. Woodward, Warsaw, and Luke W. Boney, Rose Hill. United States Poatoffice Inspec tor S.H.Buck and Mr.Henry Matthews, United Slates rural free delivery agent, are in the city on official business and were pleasant callers at the . office of Postmaster Wallace last evening. Mr.jj. Mercer Taylor, the pop ular night clerk at the postoffice, who returned Saturday from a visit to his sister In Henderson and to his brother, Representative O. Ed. Taylor, in Ra leigh, is confined to his home with la grippe, j, ; -yv ;,,;. . ; I'.;-;; jj This evening at their home- on Market street, Mr. and Mrs. W. : L. Parsley will entertain in honor of the Misses Parsley. Thursday Mrs. John A. Arrlngdale will entertain a number of her filends at her pretty home on South Third street DAUQHTERS OF CQSPEDERAIY. Mestbly Meeting yesterday Death of I ttlss Kelley For Memotlil Day. ' The regular monthly meeting of Cape Fear Chapter No. 2, Daughters" of the Confedracy, waa held yesterday afternoon. Miss Hettle James, vice- president of tbe Chapter, , presided: In tha absence of Mrs. Willard, therpres ident, who Is travelling abroad; Mrs. Cutbbert Martin, the recording secre tary, kept a record of the proceedings, and, despite tbe very inclement ; weather, there was a good attendance of members. The business of the meet ing, while, important, was largely rou tine. The committees and the treas urer all; made very gratifying reports, and an Increased interest in the work was noted. The death of Miss Inez Kelley, one fit the rained members of the Chapter, was feelingly announced, and the Laurel Wreath Committee presented beautiful resolutions In honor of her memory,, which were unanimously adopted. Mrs. R. W. Hicks, corres ponding secretary of tbe Chapter waa requested to write proper -letter of condolence to tbe -family, expressing the feeling of the orgeolzatioB. Arrangements for the aanual ob servance of Memorial Day on May 10th, has been committed to the Me-; mortal Day Committee of the Chapter and work , baa already been com unseed to the end that the celebration this year may be full yap to tbe stand ard of elmllar tocnasloat In the past ;r .. i See. tbe up-to-date line of Silver at Biesln gar's. - t Speak ing of Oxfords ! We especially invite inspect our line of - A We will show yon the minute" Oxfords ever GEO. R. feb 19 tf Cement I Cement ! - - - - - : . . ! - . ........ Schooner f Harry W. " Haynes" has arrived, with a carj;o of ; .Portland Cement containing ' . ' ' , 1,900 barrels of "Alpha" Portland Oement and 600 barrels of "Baylor's" Portland Oement. ! Get our prices before placing your orders " liW.i M l)at..--- - ... ' Rjhu R;;D&3 R E'6r So n o: al oo., iaa w ullSt S?3Sioa KJKERlk OP Wfl. H. CUm. Olstisiabhed Hoaar f town Deceased bj Pjfblaas sad Fellow Cfflployet. Accompanied ;by a: delegation of eight of hie; fellow employee in tbe A. O. L. shops at 7V Rocky ' Mount, bis mother, Mrs! A. L. Oatts;. his sisters. Mrs. J. M.I Stoyenson' and , Mrs. A. 3 ohnson.of Rocky Mount ils brolhert, Capt. J. A.:Outta, of Florence, ' S. O., and MayorOhas OutU.of Oordele.Ga., and his brother-in-law, Mr. A. , John son, of Rocky Mount,! the remains, of the late William H. OutU, arrived In Wilmington Sunday mothing and were tenderly laid to rest In Oakdale cemetery the same afternoon, after impressive) funeral services at 3:30 o'clock In Sf. JohnYEpiscopal church, the Rev. James Oarmlchael, D. D , the rector, officiating. 'y - The sad j funeral parly was met at the station jby Grand Chancellor Wm. F. EDberUon,and a delegation or Wil mlngton Pythlans, coj ?Alng of Col. Walker Taylor, Chancellor Command er Anson AUlgood and tstate Deputy Grand Chancellor J. D. Nutt, who acted as an honorary funeral escort, the deceased having taken the first de gree in the order at Rocky Mount The Pythlans also sent a pretty floral tribute In the design or an anchor with the emblematical letters "F.C.B." In ter woven. The delegation from Rocky Mount represented ; the mach!nistt( union at Rocky Mount and was com posed of Messrs. Wm. H. Walsh Jr., William D. Thomas, L. S. Esrnhardt, P. P. Howell, J. D. Carroll, DrB".' Dlzon, C. Bj Ellsworth, G. A. Morlse. They were guests at The Orton while in the cltyi returning Sunday even ing. : -j i -mmm I- .PUNErIl1 0P MR. J. D. SMITH. Remains Laid to Rest in Oakdale Alter Im pressive j Services at Residence. In the presence of a large number of friends at the late residence, No. 218North Second street, lmpreuive funeral services were conducted at 4:30 oclock i Sunday ariernoon over the remains i of thej late James Dick son Smith, i the Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph.D., pastor of the First Presby terlan church, assisted by the Rev. A. D. McClure, D. D., pastor of St Andrew's Preitavterlsn ehnreh. nfR elating. The funeral hymns were .sweetly rendered by a quartette com posed of Mr. and Mrs. Greene Fenley, Miss Mattle Lee Home and Mr. Her berts:.: Holdea. The floral tributes were exceedingly handsome. . The interment waa In Oakdale ceme lery, hi pall-bearers having been: Honorary, Dr. W. E. Storm, Dr. E. J. Wood; Meters. W. H. Sprunt and Greene Fenley; active, Col. C. H. White, Cant'. James .McDougald, Dr. J. W. Kibler, Messrs. Luther Toon, W. J. Bergen, W. G. Herring, U. M. Robinson and J. C Stewart. fiAROLlSA YACHf CLU8. AbbbsI Meetlaf Last Nljbt Eleciloo 0 Officers and Other Ba&ieesi. The annuallmeeling of the Carolina Yacht Club was held last night in the Court House, Commodore John K. Williams presiding, and the purser, Mr. John B. Peschau, at his desk as secretary. The feature of the meet ing was the election of officers for the ensuing term which resulted as fol lows: Commodore J. VanB. Melts. Fleet Captain Ohas. W. Worth. Flag Captain -W. Ij. Earsley. irurser jonn a. reicnau. Treasurer H. J. McMillan, Jr. : 1 Marshal B. McL. Green. ' Governing Board B. Payson Wil lard, B. O. DeRosiet and 3. M. Boat wrlght. ', ' . ; Two or three slight amendmenta to the by-law with reference to mem bership, etc. were made and the usual routine business was transacted Bey- era! contemplated Improvements for the coming season, Including a propo sition to ouua a bowung alley, were left with the Governing Board. aaullaez fjaaraatlees. Tbe Bealth Department yesterday j quarantined ; two eases of smallpox, one of the patleats being Mrs. Sellars, who-lives two doors from thereat- I deneeof Mr. McCartney, at No. 818 South 8ixth' street, and the other being a colored man named Wilson, i 918 North Second street. Mr. Robert 0. Seliars, son of Mr, rjellara, went to the detention house, but Mrs. Sel bra remained In quaraotlne at bar i home. Mr. Sellars bat not yet eon traeted the disease. in ana Spring. Low Shoes for the sweilest line of "up to the seen In Wilmington. a sonG, 108 North Front Street; . S. ' . 104 and 105 North Water street IIS! CHEROOTS! CHEROOTS! CICARETTEG. White Knichf Fontelia,; , El Capitan, El Provedo and La Exceptional, 0HTERS, TOO The F. E. HashagenCo., Wholesale Groceries and Tobccoe.i roblltf If it comes from our drug store, where everything good In drugs and sundries is sold at the lowest prices. Thone NO. 644. ADOLPH G. AHRENS, tebMtr Drosalsf FLORIDA T011AT0ES, EVAPORATED APPLES AND PEACHES, Prunes. Evaporated Cream, Breakfast Baooa XacKereiandOnlppediBeef. standard Canned Goods. Graham (Floor, smtthfleia Hams. , In tact everytnlBg soodto eat. . CROW & TAYLOR, GROCERS. Phone us leu Til tr 14 MARKET. STRKKT. Uercbants & Trackers e havejgenuine Ariatook county (Maine) Seed Potatoes. North Car olina Rust Proof Oats, and Genuine Peruvian Guano to grow them. Also four good farm mules for sale. HALL & PEARSALL, INOOUFOKATZn Iteb 4 u WANTED. HIDES AMD FOBS OF ALL KINDS. ; , rHiglest MMet Pricemu.v SAMI BEAR, SR , ft SOUS, nov 27 il 18 Market St Bananas! Bananas! Our third car load of fineJamaicaa will arrive here next week. We want your orders. Will ship you fine Fruit and make prices rlgb t. We nave, on hand some cnoiceJM. T. State Apples, Florida Oranges and uamsn cabhsge. , , - . E. F. HINES CO.. . Strictly Wholesale. " ta 5 u : to and HI north wter etreet - The Only Restaurants Regular Dinner 25 Cents- . Bcarrby tha Ve8k $4.CX Special rates by the month jan 22 tf i iihsakva mni; February si, nos. wiliitfiiiLM F.&A.0. - Besaiar monthly Com manlction UUsjesOar) visum; Bimurai wi dlUy invttsd. , By order of W. M. j' ueuuMtrr. the Ladies to come
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