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"V.;-; THE MORNING STAR. Oldest Daily Newspaper in the State. ; Largest Circulation of any Wilmington Paper. ! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION j One Year, by Mail ......$5.00 ' Six Months, by Mail .....2.50 Three Months, by Mail ....1.25 i Two Months, by Mail 1.00 VOL. LXXVI NO. 24. t WILMKf GrTOK, K. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1905. T WHOLE NUMBER 11,744 j. - . . ., .fe" .1' ; i : : - k r T ; " ' r. : : 4 ' - MORNING - The ZEbe flUornfno Stat OUTLINES. The Russian fleet Is sailing on with every probability of a battle but It is stated by high Japanese officials that Togo will. pick his chances to destroy the Czar's big fighting flotilla; the number of prisoners captured by. the Japs at Port Arthur was 41,600 Numerous secret arrests of terrorists have been made In Russia, including prominent young women The gov ernment crop bulletin published to-day says cotton planting is backward in the Carolinas and Texas At Philadel phia yesterday because his lover, BeS- , sie Helen Davis, was going to leave a theatrical company 01 which both were members, Edward Smedes shot and . mortally, wounded her and then shot ; but did not seriously Injure himself -Nan Patterson was yesterday put on trial for her life' in New- York; no wo- men spectators will be allowed in court The assassin of Grand Duke Sergl- ius was sentenced to death at Moscow yesterday :At the Democratic prim ary election in Charlotte. N. C, yester day S. S. McNinch was chosen for Mayor At the meeting of the Ameri can Anti-Tuberculosis League in At lanta yesterday Dr. C. P. j Ambler, of ' North Carolina, read the paper of the day; he claims that conusumption can be successfully combatted and that its spread is due to the neglect of the pa tient and ignorance of the physician-4-f W. J. Oliver, a wealthy Knoxville, Tenn., contractor, seeks to enjoin Non nie Cross from "hounding" after him4 I The two yeggmen recently shot and captured In Anson county will have a bearing at Wadesboro to-day forroj bing postofflces Enormous damage has been done by the cold around Nor folk, strawberries, beans and peas hav ing been totally destroyed New fork market:. Money on call steady 1-2 to 3 per cent", closing bid, 2 34, offered at 3; cotton, spot quiet 7.85; lour dull but' steady; wheat firm, No. red, 108 3-8; corn firm. No. 2 60 eleva tor; oats quiet, mixed 35 to 35 1-4: mirits turpentine dull 59 to 60; rosin steady. Other Local on Fourth Page, Services at First Chi'rch of Christ, Scientist, this evening at 8:15 o'clock, Denors Indicate Thai Iniurv to urowing lrucK crops is All are Invited. 1 ! Mr. John L. James, of Duplin poun WEATHER REPORT. U. S. 'Department., of Agriculture, i Weather Bureau, L Wilmington.. N C, April 18., 1905. , Meteorological i!ata for the 24 hours Inding 8 P. M. yesterday. j Temperature at 8 A. M., 50 degrees; I P. M., 58 degrees; Maximum.' 63 de crees; minimum, 41 degrees; mean, 52 aegrees. I Rainfall for the day, 00; rainfall since! 1st of month to date, 3.22. 1 I Stage of water in Cape Fear river fct Fayetteville. N. C, at 8 A. M. yes lerday (Monday) 26 feet. : I PORT ALMANAC APRIL 19. Sun Rises .....5:22 A. M. Sua Sets 6:37 P. M. High Water at Southport.7;40 A. M. High.Water at Wilmington. 10: 10 A.-M I "Weather Forecast. I For Carolina Fair Wednes day ar yinursday light west winds! 1 Whether sane or not, the Czar is certainly not safe. j Invisible m my eye, corset? "That's all says the horse editor, ' '.Two. heads are better than one" but the one to be decorated with the Easter hat is. the better one of the two. J i LOCAL DOTS. DAMAGE BY THE COLD "With teeth and claws sharpened . to a needle's point, the Star edito- cat is now lying in wait for Spring poets- rial the We regret to announce some of our delinquent subscribers are ; very much indisposed, with slight , hope of recovery of the amounts due us. We do not believe the District Attorney of New York has enough evidence to convict Nan Patter son of .murder on account of the suicide of Caesar Young. A look at the Legislature, is the way a Texas paper begins an editorial. Just "so long as we "look" at it and fail to scrutinize at, the Legislature will never wince. '" ' j i -i . i ! "What is the shape of a kiss?" is now being discussed. A kiss is a smack. Asmack is a sailing ves sel. Therefore, we give it away that a kiss has every appearance of a smack. ty, was i here yesterday to i.urchase equipment for a new saw mill on Northeast river. I I William H. Robinson, colored, was arrested early-last night at Ninth and Brunswick, streets by Special Officer W. A." Smith. The negro is charged with carrying a concealed weapon. I The British brig Marconi, Capt. McLeod, cleared yesterday with cargo of lumber, tar and pitch for San Do mingo City; cargo7 by master as agent; vessel by C .D. Maffitt. j Official notice is given-elsewhere In to-day's paper that the Easter ger man of L'Arioso Club, previously ar ranged for the evening of April 29th, has been' indefinitely postponed, t Mr. J-.; KL- Creamer advance agent for the Mabel Paige Company, arrived yesterday In the interest of the attrac tion, which is to hold the boards Eas ter week at the Academy, with the ex ception of Monday night when "Black Patti" will appear. . The revival services at Brooklyn Baptist church are increasing in in terest. The pastor is assisted by Rev. J. E. Smith, of Mt. Airy. Services will be held each afternoon and jreh- ing throughout the week at 4 and 45 P. M., respectively. I i "Mr. Harry Mclllhenny has taken the position of superintendent of the Delgado Cotton Mills. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Wilmington Cotton Mills b:it for the past season he was a cotton buyer for Messrs. Alexander Surunt & Son, Wilson McClammy, the negro lad who was shot several weeks ago by a drunken negro at Almont factory, up the riyer, was discharged from the hos pital yesterday morning. The negro who did the shooting will be tried at the May 29th term of Superior Court. The torpedo boat planter General Knox proceeded from Fort Caswell to Charleston, S. C, yesterday.' The sur vey steamer Hydrographer" is still j in port but will leave to-morrow for Florida waters where sh? will be en gaged for some time in government work. ' j Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rathjen will celebrate their silver wedding on Fri day night of this week at their hospi table home, corner of Sixth and Swann streets. No invitation have been Is sued, but Mr. and Mrs. Rathjen will be glad to receive -their friends upon that most happy occasion. - Mr, B. H. Marsh, State Secretary of the T. P. A. will be in Wilmington Saturday from Winston to address the meeting of : Wilmington travelling t men 'In IM ElR'S'Lodge room for the purpose of organizing a local post. Mr. E. W. Donham, of St Louis, Is now in the city arranging for the meet ing. .: : Messrs. J. M. Solky & Co., are now making a most attractive display of Spring clothing and gent's furnish- nlshings. A visit to the store will be of Interest to every one with a due appreciation of what is ' correct in that Spring and Summer wear In whatever line embraced in their large and well selected stock. I j i The General Committee of the Order of Railway Conductors on the nine divisions of the A. C. L. had a conference yesterday with General Manager W. N. Royall, but the result of the same was not given out. The con ductors will remain in session here a day or two longer, electing officers to day or to-morrow. There was only one offender be fore the Mayor yesterday but he was doubly charged with being drunk and being disorderly. He was arrested by Police Sergeant Burnett at Eighth and Wooster streets, and was given 30 days on the roads in each of the cases Fisher is ah old offender and received the double sentence with the! utmost composure. j Mr. EL W. Donham, who is Rather Severei STRAWBERRIES LEAST. HURT Beans, Peas and Irish Potatoes Fared - i Worst Weather Conditions Over District Berry Crop Larger -Than Last Season. GREAT BOER WAR TODAY Magnificent Spectacle. at Hilton This Afternoon Route of the Parade War Balloon Ascension. Ere this paper reaches many1 of its readers this morning the six hundred and fifty men; three hundred and fifty mules; and oxen; twenty cannon of the heaviest type"; the great trek-king wagons of the Transvaal;! the Cape Cart, J four-in-hands, and other para phernalia which .will combine to make up thfe Great ; Boer War; Spectacle in Wllmjngton this afternoon and to-night will iave occupied grounds at Hilton Park this morning. Those who have seen the exhibition in cities South of Wilmington during the past ten days are enthusiastic in their -praise of the production and no one should miss the opportunity of witnessing ! the great spectacle. .1 I Representatives of the company have heenjn Jhnington several days ituu everyxamg nas Deen arranged the giant parade that will! pass along the principal streets about noon. The parade will be headed by Capt. A. W. Lewis, originator and general manager of the enterprise, while in line will be the famous Staats Artillery Band of 40 nieces. ! j j - Frank Fillis,, director of the exhibi tion, will be j seen mounted on his famous high school horse "Povero." Many prominent Boer officers will ride at the head of the Boer cavalry, among them Commandant .J. N.j Boshoff, a grandson of a' past President of the Free State and an officer of great fame among his countrymen; Commandant Van Dam, who commanded the famous Johannesburg Zarks, a crack regiment of the Transvaal and took the British surrender at Nicholson Nek; Com mandant G.Mara, wounded no less than ten times during the campaign; Veld-Cornet, Nick Van Gass, the one armed hero of Spion Kop; Valdt-Cor-nets Coetzee and Young I and many other heroes of the Boer cause. The long line of Boer's cavalry will be fol lowed by Transvaal Staats Artillery, with guns that were actually used by the Boers during the war. j The famous gunner, Lieut. Wolmarans, is the chief of the Boer Artillery, with Lieut. Minaar second in "command. The British contingents will be head ed by a detachment of Scotch Highland ers marching i the strain of their be loved bag pipes who will be followed by a detachment of Naval Reserves who served in the war. The officers com manding the British contingent, all of whom held commissions In South Af rica, will ride at the head of a sauadron of mounted infantry and lancer cavalry followed by the British Artillery, while the rear will be brought up by mule and ox transport wagons, ammunitions and ambulance wagons and Cape Carts, . drawn by four-in-hand teams, WRECKS m A. C. L. One Near Dudley and Another at Fayetteville, Both About Noon. I SUPERIOR COURT YESTERDAY Cross-tie Suit Default In Ended Judgment By Others Interesting Case For Trial To-day. NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT While It is yet too early to hazard anything like an accurate estimate of the effect of the cold weather of the past two days so far as concerns truck, it is believed that theidamage will not be nearly so large as many 'have sup posed. The Weather Bureau gave am ple warning of the cold wave and in many places growers were enabled" to take- precautionary- measures against wholesale-injury to the smaller crops. The frost yesterday morning over the trucking belt was very general and heavier than on the night before but the temperature was not so lowJ The minimum at Wilmington for the 24 hours ended at 8 o'clock i yesterday morning was 40 degrees while at other points the readings were as follows: Charlotte, 38; Cheraw, S. C, 34; Florence, S-. C, 36; Goldsboro, 32; Greensboro, 30; Lumberton, 31; New- bern, 32; Raleigh, 34; Weldon, 29. Heavy to killing frosts were reported in the State with temperature at or below the freezing point at a number of stations. Frosts again occurred also in the Eastern and Southeastern dls tricts of the Weather Bureau service, Including portions of Georgia. Beans and peas have suffered most but the crops of those in' this imme diate territory are not so-large. Irish potatoes were cut down to some ex tent but they will soon recover. It Is estimated that the damage to straw berries . will not exceed, If anything, ten per cent. The shipping season, however, will be made six or eight days later. It will take a day or two of sunshine to tell the story.! Telegraphic reports last night to the Carolina Fruit and Truckers' Journal, of this city from many points in the strawberry j and vegetable district here indicate that the damage by the cold weather and frosts of the past two days is general throughout the belt. The old berry plants sustained but little damage but those of last vears planting were rather hard hit, the damage being estimated at some thing like 25 per cent, j Beans, peas and Irish potatoes were damaged to a greater extent. The average Injury up to the present is estimated as fol lows: Strawberries 15 to 20 per cent.; Irish potatoes 35 to 40 per cent; beans. peas, etc., 50 to 60 per cent. Replant ing" will be prosecuted without delsy.TZuTasy BasutoBTTSwaa, wainiicuf m Freight Engine and Passenger Train In Head-On Collision Narrow Escape of Several Cars Piled Along: Track!. Two wrecks occurred on the First Division of the Atlantic Coast Line yesterday and although both of them were rather serious so far as property loss is. concerned, fortunately no one was killed or seriously injured. Botfy occurred about noon one near Dud ley, N. C, near Goldsboro, and the other at the approach to the freight yards In J'ayetteville. The; first -men- ned' was a freight 'wreck of eleven cars, and; the j latter was a head-on col lision of the Wilmington passenger train and freight engine. Wreck at Dudley. The freigh wreck near Dudley was of train No. 80, in charge ot Conductoi Pitt and Engineer Mann. It occurred in a five-foot cut near the station aud the cars, several of them loaded with lettuce- and other vegetables, were piled up on both sides of : the track, blocking the line until well into last night. Baggage, : mail, express and passengers from train No. 49 from the North, due here at 6 ' o'clock had to be transferred to a special train made up In Wilmington and sent up at 2:25 o'clock in the afternoon. ; With the transfer, there was not a delay of more than a couple of hours. The cause of the wreck is being investigated. The Fayetteville Wreck. The wreck at Fayetteville between the Sanford-bound passenger train from Wilmington and a freight en gine on the yards occurred at 12:07 o'clock about the centre of the curve aster Clothing though it is too late to expect a full crop from the replanting. I Even with the damage by the cold it Is expected that the strawberry crop will be from 10 to 15 per cent, greater than last year. " ' The indications are for frost again this morning. A" .warning message sent out by the Weather Bureau: yes terday read as follows: "Fair and con tinued cold to-night; probably frost; Wednesday fair; light variable winds. . - I PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. and a party of South African natives, Va., is a organize a local T. P. A. will An exchange says ; "Every miss should have a mission in life." Then we presume that when a miss with a mission marries a man with a mansion there will be fewer divorces. - ' i - jDr. I. W. Faison is one of the candidates for alderman, before the approaching municipaf" prim aries in Charlotte. The "doctor is a Duplin county "boy" and comes from a mighty good set of folks. Mayor George B. j McClellan, of New York, says: "The Demo cratic party needs a sound doc trine." However that may be, some of the leaders are now giv i n? vent to sounds that do not seem to be in unison. hereto deliver an address to the Wilmington jsiks Thursday! evening at 8 Vclock. Mr. Donham Is an Elk of renown and ex tensive travel and will have something interesting to tell the Wilmington brethren. A social session will prob ably follow the regular meeting In honor of Mr. Donham. At The Carnival. Mr. J. L. Camp, of Franklin, is a guest at The Orton. Mr. J. C. Carroll, of Durham, guest at The Orton. -H. E. McMurray, of Charlotte, and ' Mr. A. Oettinger, of Goldsboro, were guests at The Orton yesterday. -Messrs. T. M. and H. M. Emerson and Mr. Fred Kidder left yesterday af ternoon In Mr. Emerson's private car for a trip South. -Mr. L. L. Brinson, of Newbern, the popular representative of the Arm field Company, of Fayetteville, is in the city calling on the trade. Miss Bettie Montgomery returned to her home in Charlotte yesterday after a pleasant visit to . her sister, Mrs. H. B. Martin, No. 807 North Fourth street. Herbert McClammy and Marsden Bellamy, Esqs., "went over to Whlte ville yesterday afternoon where they will appear to-day in the Superior Court of Columbus as counsel for the defendant in the Collins murder trial. Mr. G. W. Ribble, ; superintendent of this division of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., and Mr. J. F. Heard, Kaffirs. The parade will leave! the camp (at 10:30 A. M. and will route: From HI1 ton, down Fourth to Walnut street; Walnut to Third; Third to Market; then to Front; up Front to Red Cross; up Red Cross to Fourth and back to the grounds. General Cronje and wife and other prominent member of the company; ar rived on the regular train from jthe South last night and are guests at The Orton. An extra feature, but j without extra charge, will be a novel and exciting exhibition of aerial warfare this after noon by Capt. T. W. Hall, which takes place immediately after the matinee performance. Capt. Hall, after shoot ing several bombs from a dizzy .height, descends by means of a parachute. The great aggregation will arrive on special train of upward of 30 cars from Florence, S. C, about 5 ; o'clock i-minsi ond will depart after the night performance for Goldsboro, the next point of exhibition. The enterprise near the" old C. F. & Y. Vi depot. Both engines were demolished. The passenger train was in charge of Cap tain W. H. Pemberton and Engineer J. P. Monaghan. The freight was No. 8, in charge of Engineer W. S. Evans with Will Farrar, colored, as fireman. The engine had been up to the coal schute, running on the main line, and was on its way back to couple up to a freight train for Wilmington. Cap tain Robert B. Branch, conductor of the freight, and a colored brakeman were seated on the pilot of the engine. a gentleman who was standing In the door pf a bottling establishment ment saw the two engines coming in an opposite direction on the same track and ran out to warn the engineers, neither , of whom could see the other. Both engineers saw the warning and reversed their engines, but it was too late to avert tEi crash and trie tIs irbn monsters came into each other with great Impact. Captain Branch and the colored brakeman, Robert Gar ret, leaped from the pilot barely in time to same themselves. Engineer Evans and his colored fireman jumped as soon as they reversed and applied their brakes. None of the crew of the freight engine was hurt. Engineer Monaghan, of the passenger train did not jump and was slightly bruised. His The trial of the case of R. T. Sanders against the B. F. Keith Company was concluded in the Superior Court yes terday afternoon, a judgment of $366.01 and interest from April 1st, 1903, hav ing been awarded by the Jury after be ing out only about ten minutes. The issues submitted were as follows: Were the ties shipped hy the plain tiff to the B. F. Ktfah Co., the proper ty of the plaintiff? Answer. "Yes." What amount. If any. is the defen dant B. F. Keith Co., indebted to; the plaintiff? Answer. "$366.01 and inter est from April 1st., 1903." j - Aside from the completion of that case very little else was done yester day. Most of the important cases were continued the first week of the term because they could not be reached on , day -they were .set-- . . Court met at 10 A. M. and the sheriff returned as talesmen summoned for the day D. S. Reville, J. D. Dennis and J.H. Swinson; not found, J. W. Kerr and H. C. Wright. ' A non suit was taken in the case of Joshua H. Galley vs. James Galley. On motion of AJJ. Marshall and ii V. Grady, Esqs., It was ordered that the defendants recover costs of the plain tiff. ! A non suit was also taken in the case of John H. Temple against The Sneed Company; plaintiff to pay costs. Divorce was granted on the grounds of abandonment in the case, of Melvina Channel vs. James Channel, colored. : In the case of Marv F. Simmons against J. M. Bunting in which a judg ment of $31 was. given the plaintiff last week, an appeal to the Supreme Court was taken by plaintiff's attorney, ;J. O. Carr, Esq. Before judgment was given, plaintiff moved to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on the grounds of error in the former trial, but the mo tion was over-ruled and it was oh that point that the, appeal was taken. In the case of Navassa Guano Co. vs. Peter McQueen, Jr., and Annie D. Mc Queen, executrix of i Archibald Mc Queen, deceased, Judgment by default was given for $622.13, the same helng the amount with interest due i upon note to the plaintiff company. Cases set for trial to-day, either or all of which may be reached, are as fol lows: C. H. Cooper vs. Cape Fear Lum ber Co.; R. W. Hicks vs. Mary H. Kenan, Ex., and Wm. Hart, et al. vs. The Wilmington Grocery Company. The latter is a very interesting damage suit in which the plaintiffs ask $5,000 for alleged injuries received by Mrs. Catherine H.' Hart, wife of W. Ji Hart, by being run over by a runaway horse attached to a delivery wagon belonging to the defendant company, on i Fifth street, near Orange, on October 20th. 903. It will be remembered that Mrs. Hart, accompanied ty two smaa tmi Iren, one of ; which was In a baby car riage, was on her way down town when the runaway horse of the Wil mington Grocery Company dashed up the street and on the west sidewalk, knocking the baby carriage over and Our Business Thrives Because Our Values Satisfy. rade Here and Vote for the Free Library. THE FIRGT MAN Who enters our j store this mornin g stands the best chance of getting exactly what he wants to wear next Sunday. Those who follow him TO DAY will be soi-ved as well. Remember--Only a short time remains before Easter Sunday, Dress Parade Day. - Remember4-A man's clothes, to give satisfaction, should 5e selected carefully and leisurely not in the rush of the last day. Remember--That we can show y ou the largest and best sjock of men's and boys' apparel NOW. Resolve-To purchase your Easte r Outfit of us TO-DAY. If you wish, we'll lay aside the elothes you select, and deliver fhefn Saturday. J0w1fj.5TtT.soH c A HOLIDAY HAT. Vc want to furnish you THE Hat for holiday wear. A Hat that will improve your appearance and be a credit to you as (o us. uur desire is to please you in buying and in wearing your Hat, and in this stock we feel sure of our, success. Men's Neckwear for Easter See Our Line at 25 and 50 Cents. Sole Agents for STROLE BROTHERS' High Art Clothing. D. Kuppenheimer & Co's. Guaranteed Clothing. J. M. SOLKY & CO., The One Price Clothiers, Furnishers. SPECIAL TRIAL THE . Rfl O t3 D OFFER REDUCED For the next sixty days we will mail THE MORN ING STAR to subscribers outside the city at the follow ing reduced rates : For One Year . For Six Months $4.00. $2.00. is on Its way from the St. Louis Expo- was hurt. One of the passengers was sltion to one of the great resorts for Capt: G. W. Huggins, of Wilmington, watch inspector 4or the a. C. L. He the North and is touring the South between seasons, else bo giant an at-) traction could not be handled here for! the single-day's business. ". Superintendent of Transportation! Hatch has made all arrangements for car service to meet the increased de mand and patrons may expect the best services possible. Cars will run nearly to the entrance of the grounds. The largest crowd ever seen at a carnival since the days when down Inspector of this district of the same company, both with headquarters m town streets were given up to them. was present last night at the O. A. N. Grounds where the jolly .Haymakers are holding imperial sway with a mer- Washington, D. C, are in the city on official business. j Friends of Mrs. H. D. Stanland, ry midway and lots of other fun pro- who has been under treatment of Dr. ducing attractions. The ordev .was W. J. H. Bellamy at the James Walker Memorial Hospital for some weeks past, will be pleased to learn that she has recovered her health sufficiently as to permit of her being returned to-1 yesterday to her home, No. 508 Pin excellent; the people were well pleas ed with the various shows and every thing passed off in a highly satisfac tory manner, i The carnival will be open again this afternoon and night and the . public is invited to cess street, come join the merry throng." To: Goldsboro Argus, April 17: "Miss morrow night the big spectacular pa- j Daisy Bell, Blanche and Camile Twlnine. of Wilmington, who have Within a few days John W Gates, the bull in the wheat mar ket, has earned a halt million dol lars on'July wheat options. Keep ing up the price of wheat to win his money has caused the balance of us to pay more for bread, but wffy is that to the gamblers in the necessaries of life. Gates and the like are called Napoleons of fi nance. ' The fellow who flips a card and wins a few dollars is call ed a blackleg and is pnuishable under our vagrant act! , rade from Red Men's Hall will take place, of which more' will be said in the next issue of this paper. I ; l : NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Boer War Sensational Feature. At Farris Pumpermakle Bread. Warren's Steam Bakery Cream. , J. M. Solky & Co Easter Clothing. R. G. Rankin, Jr., Secretary Notice. i Business Locals. "Lemon Phosphate": Boy Wanted. M. C. Darby & Co Real Estate For Sale. ' . I . ' ' '. ' 1 H. M. Chase, Lt., Wilmington Naval Reserves. j been visiting Miss Wickliffe Boyette, in this city, returned home yesterday, the Misses Twining, being called home by the illness of their father, the popu lar A. C. L. conductor, wnose many friends all along the line will wish for him a speedy recovery." h Mrs. Crewell, Mrs. Bruce Wil liams and Miss Williams, of Burgaw, were guests at The Orton yesterday. fireman, David Best, rolled himself up like a ball and jumped just as the engines came together. He was pick ed up by the eide of the track after Jhe collision, severely but not fataTl hurt. Captain W. H. Pemberton, of the passenger train, was thrown to one side of the coach in which he was standing at the time and was slightly bruished on the left shoulder. Other wise he was uninjured and returned to Wilmington in charge of his train whiek was nearly on time last night. mere were only nve nrst-class pas sengers on the train, but none of them badly frightening Mrs. Hart whose health was delicate, she having never fully recovered from the shock. Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, L. V. Grady, Esq. and Herbert McClammy, Esq., appear for the plaintiff, while Messrs. Rouhtree & Carr appear for the grocery company. There is a strong probability that the case will be reached to-day. was badly shaken was unhurt. up but otherwise REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Board of AFFAIRS OF THE CITY. Transfers Vyhich Appear From Deeds Filed For Record Yesterday. Margaret Garrish to James S, King, for $900, property on north side of Orange, 75 feet west ofj Ninth (street, 37 1-2x66 feet in size. I Andrew Hill, of Newark, N. J., to Lydia Lewis for $1 and other consid erations, property on north side of Princess, 132 . feet east of Eleventh street, 33x165 feet in size. W. N. Harris and wife, to Eugenia W. Harriss,-for ; $100, one hundred acres of land In Harnett township. bound by the Two Mile branch, lands of. E. T. Conoway, C. C. Ketchum and W. T. Rogers, Sciplo Sterling and wife to Margaret Garrish, for $350, property 36 3-4 feet east of northern line of Church street, 18 1-3 x66 feet in size. .. Mr. Elwell Seriously Hurt. Mr. C. J.: Elwell, a well known up-1 holsterer and paper hanger of Wil mington, suffered a severe fracture of the right thigh as the result pf a fall to the brick pavement in front of the store of the Mercer & Evans Company, on Princess street, yesterday morning about 11 o'clock. Mr. Elwell was en gaged in repairing the awning in front of the store and was standing upon a step ladder,! which collapsed under his weight, precipitating Mr. Elwell to the hard surface below. The injured man was sent to the hospital and was resting very well last night. His numerous friends hope that the injury; will not be permanent.1 though the fracture is a severe one.) rUSlUVely, IKJ oWbomriA-mm. ' xwrilY Via tcJxfjp at. the reduced rates for a period less than six months. For one month the price will be, as heretofore, $1.25 for three months; or, fifty cents for one month. This offer, as will be noted, is for a limited period only, and is made for the purpose of giving those who appreciate the value of a daily newspaper an opportu nity to read the STAR for six months, or more, at a cost of about one and a quarter cents per copy, and then determine whether or not they will continue their subscription at the regular price. No name will be entered on our books under this ' offer unless the order is accompanied with the cash. While this proposition is made primarily to secure new subscribers, old subscribers outside the city may avail themselves of its advantages at the reduced rate provided they pay all arrearages and for not less than six months in advance. On account of the heavy expense attached to pur city circulation department this offer does not apply to city subscribers. Sample copies mailed free to any address. Note the conditions of this offer carefully to avoic mistakes. Hearing n Bankruptcy. Samuel H. MacRae, Esq., of Fay etteville, referee In bankruptcy for this districL arrived last evening and the same night at The Orton' attended meeting of creditors of M. Braddy, of Wilmington, bankrupt. The meeting was for the purpose of ratifying the recent compromise of 25 cents on the dollar, which was accomplished, Audit and Finance in Session New Fiscal Year. t The Board of Audit and Finance of the city was in regular semi-monthly meeting last night, all members hav ing been in attenadance. The work of the session was largely routine, con sisting principally of the examination and approval of bills! for current ex penses, j The bills of a number of . registrars and poll-holders for the late primary Memorial Day Arrangements. election were rendered but the Board An important meeting of the Cape deferred ; action upon j the same until Fea- Chapter, No. 3. United Daugh all of them are in. I ters of the Confederacy will be held at At the last meeting a communicatton-the !w. L. I. armory at 4 o'clock this was sent to the Board of Aldermen ad- afternoon for the purpose of complet vising that the appropriation for per- ing all arrangements for the due ob manent street improvement for the lis- servance of Memorial Day on May cal year had been exhausted and that 10th. George Davis Children's Chap- no other funds were: available. The ter, U..D. C, will also meet at the Board was advised last night that In armory this afternoon, half an hour consequence of the fact that there is earlier than the regular meeting. A no more money to prsecute the wont large attendance is earnestely desired, and-the contract with Mr. C. H.'Docfe The ladies have been exceedingly for has been completed, the Streets ana tunate this year in securing for Mom- Wharves Committeej has closed the oriai ray orator, the Rev. N. M. Wat quarry and no more permanent wors aon tne consecrated and eloquent pas will be undertaken until the new ad- tor of Grace M. E. church, who may ministration, which begins Wednes- be depended upon to make an address day, .May 3rd, instead of June 1st. as both ornate and pleasing. has been the erroneous impression. The nsw fiscal year does not begin up- r On account of the Boer- War ex- til June 1st. but it has been the custom hibition at Hilton the cemetery sched for the newly -elected Board ot Alder- ule of the cars will not be operated men and Mayor to be sworn 'in the to-day, all the equipment of the line day after the general election, which being required to handle, the crowds falls this year on Tuesday. May 2nd. comfortably to Hilton DIED. JAMES Entered into Life; Eternal on the i evening of April 17, 1905, JOHN CHRISTOPHER "JAMES, aged 29 years and 28 days. Funeral service will be held at St. John's church at 11 o'clock this morn ing. Interment at Oakdale. j Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. THE WILMINGTON DIVISION, Naval Reserves,-will report for duty, at the Armory, Thursday, April' 20th at 7 P. M. White uniforms and leggins. Members of Reserve Corps invited. By order, H. M. CHASE. apr 19 It Lieutenant j NOTICE. J . The Easter dance of L'Arioso German. Club,, previously arranged for the ev ening of i April 26th, has been inde finitely nostoDoned. By direction of the Governing Board, i R. G. RANKTNj JR., ! ! Secretary. April 18, 1905. apr 19 It ANNOUNCEMENT Notice is hereby given that the out-" ' put of the factories operated by The j " Independent Ice Company and Wm. E. j Worth & Co., will be handled by the CONSUMERS' ICE CO., Phone 64. With headquarters at No. 10 Dock Street, where orders for Ice will be received on and after April 13th. THE INDEPENDENT ICE CO., WM. E. WORTH & COMPANY. apr 13 tl ATLANTIC CAFE, i " I Opposite A. C. L. Depot. ELEGANT ROOMS, Good Meals, Quick Lnnchea, Finest The best of vTNES and LIQUORS We cuter especially to the travellas; : !. - I GIESCHEN BROS., Proprietors. u a 'Phoae 111. mch 28 tf EIr3 WAKS Special Additional Sensational Feature This Afternoon. Startling Demonstration ot Aerial Warfare by Capt. J. W. Hall, with his TJammoth War Balloon. v.