, vol. Lxxvrrixo. 12. WILMINGTON, N. " 0., FEED AYf . APRIL 6, . 1906. , WHOLE NUMBER 11,988. OUTLINES. In the Senate yesterday. Stone, of Missouri, stirred up intense feeling by severely condemning President Roose velt's interference with legislation by his "conferences" with Senators ; Dol liver, of Iowa, defended the President and retorted that some Senators con fer with railroad presidents, a state ment which Bailey and Foraker re sented. - In the House yesterday Moon, of Tennessee, spoke against the Southern Railway mail subsidy, and Towne, of New York, characterized the policy of the 'Republican party as building up combines that threaten the stabilit?of our social order Presi dent Roosevelt yesterday conferred with Senators Overman and Daniel about the railway rate bill -In the Greene and Gaynor trial at Savannah yesterday, Captain Benjamin D. Greene testified that R. F. Wescott, Captain Carter's father-in-law, was a member of their firm and shared one third of their profits in river and har "bor work, receiving for his share -$500,000 The Democratic Senatorr are to hold a caucus to agree on a position concerning ' the : railway rate tni -The party of English cotton spinners is visiting New Orleans Another revolution has broken out In Santo Domingo The meeting of the General Baptist Convention of America, to have been held at Louis vfllelin liay; has been called off The xal miners in New York yester day proposed arbitration and the op erator asked till Monday to consider the flatter- r New'- ;York , markets: Money isn strong and higher, high est 30 per cent, ruling rate 10 to 12, closing bldi and offered at 30; spot cot ton five points higher, closing quiet at' 11.70; flour - about steady ; wheat easy, No. 2 red 87 1-8 elevator; corn firm, No. 2, 55 1-2 elevator; oats firm, mixed 36 to 36 1-2; turpentine firm 68 to 68 1-2. ZIot City Is run on a purely Social istic scale, but if it wasn't a success under a Prophet how hardly can the wicked hope to get it out of the hands of the receiver? A Pittsburg, woman left, a will de vising that her favorite fur be buried with her. She would tie ; awfully' sur prised' if she goes where 'her fur can be disposed of in the furnace. " -y" Prophet Dowie's followers say they have found out" that he is crazy. The old maa. also has every reason for believiSf that his followers have been crazy bcause he put up the game on them so easily. i r . , '-;- Mormon Senator Sinoot has doubt less been satisfied to rest on his oars while more momentous questions hav kept him from having to defend his seat in the Senatethanks to the rail way rate bill, etc. Now that the Moroccan conference is nearly over, President Castro ma as well get his ducks in a row to straighten out his misunderstanding with France. Senator Spooner, who bully-ragged Senator Tillman about his "cornfield law," is probably keeping mum while both Republican and4 Democratic Sen ators are trying to; codify President Roosevelt's rate bill amendment in Volume 1 of the cornfield laws'. The Baltimore Sun says: "Watch the ' famous Republican hypnotist, Payne, putting the tariff question into a sound and life-like sleep! But will it stay 'put?' the Roosevelt platform promised to stand pat and that part of it is being carried out with good faith towards the subscribers to the campaign fund. The Washington Post remarks : "At Algeciras the foreign powers got all they went after, and all we get is what we sent there with a bill, for expenses." Where is that glory that the press agent would have us believe that we were to get out of it because our delegates settled the whole thing off hand? Probably we'll get more out of it than the Sultan of Morocco will NEW ADVERTISEMENTS .' W. L. I. Attention Members. -J. W. Muxchisan & Co. Hardware: J. T. BIand,R. G. Grady tnd Sale. Mlnisterine Cirele-Salo I . ,v uotyuuCU. m - " J w. mix UiJ A TTAC I ff W It ffl El r T C. R. L. & P; Co.-Cook With Gas. Business Locals. Nurse Position. Wanted. ; LostWhte and Tan ; Terrier, vv Co-operative B. & L. Assn15th Se ries. :, .j:A' ' -.; . : ; "Wilmington t Iron:' Works OasoliAe "guLe ior Bale. SENTENCE 20 YEARS T. A. McCraw, Confessed Mur derer of His M6ther-in-Law to Penitentiary - TWO-THiRDS OF JMAXIMUM n Two-Thirds of Maximum Penalty I m posed.' By Judge VVebbr Defend- ant Welcomes Change of Life .' From Jail to Larger Prison. , : After he ng a mass of testimony bearing upv. j the tragedy, the partic ulars of which are already too famil iar to the public, Judge Webb in the Superior Court yesterday v morning, sentenced T. A. McCraw, the white man eharged with the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary, ..Wright, in this city, last October, to " twenty years in the State penitentiaj ?The. maximum penaly for murder in " the second degree is thirty " years "and many, including Solicitor Duffy, ex pected that the full penalty would be imposed, but those who gazed on the wan countenance of the prisoner as he sat and listened to the story of his crime yesterday, became conscious that ere the 20 years came over the life of the man, a nigher tribunal will have passed upon his case. ' The hearing of the testimony, for both the State and defence to guide the , court in determining the measure of sentence to be imposed was begun at 11 o'clock. ' ' ' . The defence Introduced Police Chief Williams, Policeman Truelove, Dr. C. D. Bell, the coroner, Messrs. R. ' H and James H. Cowan and several oth ers tending to show that McCraw hac1 been drinking, previous to the tragedy that when sober he was courteous and obliging and that, while there was do mestic troubles, he was. fond of his children and had been loving to them; that to some witnesses he appeared as if drugged and had stated to some that his memory-; of the tragedy war a blank. The testimony of these wit nesses showed splendid preparation of the -case by ; William J. Bellamy, Esq.. counsel for the prisoner, 'every -.point I in whose favor, was clearly and con cisely brought out. The State introduced a son of the murdered woman, ex-Policeman John Meier and Police Sergeants Burnett and Hardee, whose evidence as a whole showed that McCraw when drunk was of violent disposition and had blade threats against his mother-in-law, the officers testifying that they had -been called to the Wright home to make McCraw, who was drinking and rowdy, leave the house. The wife of the prisoner, who "as an eye witnesr of the tragedy, did not appear. The defence desired her testimony, but Mr. Marshall, appearing with the so licitor, stated that Mrs. McCraw was weak and nervous and she was spared the trying ordeal. McCraw received his . sentence with out a tremor, for a time staring va cantly into space. Afterwards he said he was glad it was over and was glatf to be able to get away fj-ojiL the close confinement of the jail to the less crowded penitentiary. He, will be taken to Raleigh in a few days. FRATERNAL MYSTIC CIRCLE. Annual Meeting Last Night Death t of Dr. Price. , Carolina Ruling No. 345, of the. Fra ternal Mystic Circle, held an enthusias tic meeting Wednesday night at whichT officers for the ensuing term were elect ed and other important business was transacted; Rev. ' Dr. S. Mendelsohn was re-elected Worthy Ruler; ' Mr. Thos. R.; Post, vice worthy ruler; Mr. W. L. Smith, past worthy ruler; Mr. Julius Sternberger, chaplain; Mr. P.K.? Jj Fuchs, marshal; Mr.-S. K. DeVaney. warden; Dr.: J. H. Dreher, recorder; Mr. W. H. Alderman, collector; Mr. J. B. Mercery treasurer; Drs. A. H. Harriss, J. T. Schonwald, and J. C. Wessell, . medical -examiners; Mr. R. J. Shepard, guard; Mr. Chas. Kirkland, sentry. Mr. W. E. Perdew was elected chairman of "the Board of Trustees. Deputy . Supreme Ruler R. George Shackell; of Richmond was present and made . an address pon the benefits of the fraternity.'":.1 :-:r. '' ; . .':. V The death of Dr.' Richard Jl Price. a valued memDer oi we oraer wno caTried a policy of 3,000 in the Insur' ance ' organization of ' the lodge, waa feelingly: announced and a committee composed of Messrs. . J; B. Mercer, W. L.' Smith and F. Kit J Fuchs was ap pointed to meet the remains and. pay all proper! respect . to the memory ' of the deceased brother in behalf ..of: the lodge;: The Ministering : Circle has been obliged to v postpone 'I the I sale t -lln-i gerie7 and; ''fancy, .Articles frbmixday untir Saturday, from 11 : 30 to 2 o'clock at the residence ' of Mrs,' W, A A Dick, No. 113 Nun street, :" Announcement to. thisc. effect Is; made elsewhere ; in ; to- aays paper. '; :. : . , . , ' r,- - THE STRAWBERRY OUTLOOK Damage By, Recent Cold Snap Does Not; Exceed Ten Per Cent.- Sea son, However, Retarded. Telegraphic advices to The Caro lina Fruit and Truckers' Journal, of this city, from , Cbadbourn, Grists, White ville, Tabor, Ashpole and Cerro Gordo, N., C, LorisK Conway, Marion, Mullins, Florence, '. Lake City and Charleston, S. C, on the Coast Line ; Clarkton, Abbottsburg and Lumberton on the Seaboard Air Line road; Currie, Atkinson, Parkersburg and Fayette ville, on the A. &. Y. railroad; Rocky Point, Burgaw, ' Wallace, Teachey's, Rose Hill, Warsaw, Faison M"t. Olive, Goldsboro on the W. & W. railroad; Kinston, LaGrange, Newbern and Do ver, on the A. & N. C. railroad, all an nounce that the frosts of last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights did not damage the strawberry crop as a whole .exceeding ten per cent. In many. .places the damage was so slight as to practically amount to nothing, and at only one or two places was it report ed as much as ten per cent. A great majority of points reported the dam age at five per cent., many others say ing it was so slight as to be hardly considered! any damage at all. The Journal, In giving a resume of its reports from te above section? says: - , . , ) "This will be welcome news to the growers and shippers all over the dis trict and commission merchants'" and consumers throughout the coun try, for North 4 and South Car olina' as well as Virginia straw berries are shipped to more than 37 of the 45 States in the union. The cold snap of this week, however, has set the crop back fully a week, and shipments will barely begin now be-v, fore about April 20th. v. But from that time on you will see the greatest movement of strawberries out of this territory ever recorded in the history of the Industry. This information we get fom every part of the producing territory, and It comes from men who know whereof they speak and who are familiar with the situation in detail. Commission merchants and, dealers may therefore hold themselves in line v uumyr cnv and readiness for,; the v bumper crop will be' something fine from all. ap pearances, as the vines never looked more ' vigorous, and healthy." PARAGRAPHS . OF THE PORT Swedish Barque at Anchor at South port Pleasure Yacht Arrives , Schooners to Sail. A Swedish barque, name indistinct ly reported from Southport as the ATaian, arrived at anchor yesterday and will probably proceed up to Wil mington to-day. The schooner Jesse Barlow, Capt Foxwell, which has been discharging cargo of shell lime at the Navassa guano factory, cleared, light, yesterday for Georgetown, SL C. The steamer Frostburg, Capt. Rob inson, cleared from Baltimore Wed nesday for Wilmington and George town. She is expected here this morn ing. The pretty pleasure yacht Inia, Capt Haskell, bound from Florida waters North, arrived in port yesterday for coal and supplies and reported to Capt. C. D. Maffitt, of the Rudder Sta tion, at this port The yacht has sail and steam auxiliary and is owned by Mr. J. A. Rutherford, of the New-York Yacht Club. - The yacht proceeded yesterday afternoon. ' The schooner Herbert D.-Maxwell, Capt.. Quillin, having completed dis charging , cargo of fertilizers - for the Armour Works, at the Seaboard Air Line, cleared yesterday, .light, for Sa vannah, Ga. The vessel will tow down to Southport this morning. Miss Flos sie Quillin, a daughter of the captain. and her guest,- Miss Elsie Moore, of Philadelphia, who have - been shown marked attention during their visit to the port, will acocmpany Capt. Quillin on board to Savannah.' - " LETTUCE MARKET LOW. Truckers Discouraged at Continued ' Depression in Principal Crop. Lettuce growers are very much dis couraged at ; an unexpected break in the market this week. , Good stock yes terday, brought only . $1 in Philadelphia and there were5 sales in New "York as low as 90 cents - per basket. Heavy receipts of Florida shipments is gen erally regarded as the cause of the de pression,' Radishes are bringing only a fair price.' But It.is : lettuce that: is the money crop rwith th truckers In this Immediate ! terHory xmd" they are feeling the effect , of 1e continued.' low prices. . Th&i JonesHpuse, khiiBonN ;,C. Is now, open f the; acdommodatloH jof the public- Special 1 atteioilto cojn mercial ' travellers.,,' '.Good board at reasonable prices. ; ; V ; : ? fapr5-3t CRIMINAL TERM ENDS Docket In Superior Court Com Yesterday; Judge Leaves For Home REP0RT.0F THE GRAND JURY -::!j; ; ' ' ,: -': Herbert Bfake Gets Four Years In tj Penitentiary For LarcenyWit . nesses in McCraw Case Will 4 Be PaidOdds and; Ends.- The, work of the criminal term of Newv.Hanoxer Superior Court was completed - yesterday shortly after noon: and an adjournment was taken sine die., Judge Webb, who presided during the week,' left on the afternoon train ior, Jus home at Shelby and will not return, for the two weeks' civil term-beginning next Monday, having exchanged; terms . with Judge W.. R. Allen, who Twill hold the court here. Save the McCraw case, which is. told of elsewhere in to-day's paper, the proceedings yesterday were of no special Interest." " Court met at 9 A. M. as . usual fand the sheriff-returned-as talesmen for &:yi:l'JpbR R. Hanby, T. C. Ram sey and , James Sprunt, all of , whom were excused by the court.. In .the.- case of James Pearsall, col bred, - charged : with larceny, E. M QtGQT. -iCMBi to'-'court' and confessed judgment for $27,80 for balance of fine and costs to be paid by the next term lurJuly-Vv . ' : . In te case of Charles Hobinson and Tyson; Brower, charged with the lar ceny fjUmber, the case having been tried, ithe 'day before, . Robinson was sentenced : to eight months on the roads or farm , and Brower was re quired;; to give bond of $100 for his ap pearance at next term. Herbert T. Blake,- the young white man trho submitted to four counts of larceny earlier In the week, was sen tenced in one case to four years In the penitentiary. Judgment was. suspend- r'edi in the other cases. Young Blake was charged. with' breaking into a boat house J of Mr. Iouis ,H. Skinner and r ' Johnnie Washington, the colored lad: charged with robbery of the store of M. Rosemah & Son, where he was em ployed as an. errand boy, was sentenc ed to 12 months in jail with leave to the - commissioners to hire him out; costs to be paid at this term. Judge Webb ordered that all the witnesses in the McCraw case, both for the State and defence, be paid the usual fees. The grand jury having completed its labors came into court, made the following report and was discharged with the thanks of His Honor: To His Honor, Judge James L. Webb, presiding, April Term, 1906, Superior Court, New Hanover County. Sir: The following is the report of the grand jury for this term of court: Bills acted on, 34 true bills, 9 con tinued on account of absence of wit nesses, and 1 presentment. ; In handling these bills considerable trouble was experienced in obtaining the witnesses necessary for the prompt dispatch of business. On inspection of the jail we found the interior - of the same in as good condition as the circumstances would permit; we would, respectfully rec ommend the following, viz: -C That some means be provided thr jailer for the washing of the ham mocks, blankets and the like j also to insure against vermin that means be provided and the Inmates be required to bathe-at the discretion of the jail er, the necessary ' help being given the jailer on these occasions to In sure safety to himself and to the county ; also that the jail, particular ly the cage, is too small to accommo date the usual number of prisoners therein, and recommend that the jail be ' enlarged. '. .. r',- "v .' ' . . . We found, that' on account of the storage of curbing, old fencing and the like, the property, of the city, against the division fence or wall on the east side of the jail yard that' the same h been completely or nearly demolished, and we recommend; that, a solid brick wall be built from street to the divis ion line on the south, the cost of the same to be divided equally by the city and the county. V'..' ' The county .court house, after thor ough Inspection was found to be clean and in eood condition. We would rec ommend that some - kind of floor ; cov ering be laid in the aisles, of the court room; also that the entire floor Inside the" bar be covered; this being essen tial to preserve perfect quiet during a session, ;:;X :3Xf:y ;i?7 f-:J Upon visiting the county home we found the home in perfect condlUon and the. mmates satisfied and1 well cared for.'rVWe' cheerfully recommend the present management imd advocate a contlnnan'cQ of the' present; system: - At al visit to 4the convict camp ; at Castle Haynes e i and 48 colored;: total of 54; yery; lit tle; sickness, 1 " white ." and . colored, Continued on Fourth. Page.) ODD FELLOWS ARE PLANNING Eighty-Seventh Anniversary Celebra tion and Grand Lodge Sessions in Goldsboro Very Soon. At their meetings this week the four Odd Fellow lodges of the ' city have, under consideration two 'impor tant events that are soon to. take place in the v lif e-of the order. One is the celebration of the 87th anniversary of the establishment of the I. O. O. F., in this country, which celebration will take place on .the evening of April 26th, and the other is . the matter of the election of representatives toVthe Grand Lodge, which meets this year' at Goldsboro on May 8th. : .. The joint committee to arrange fQf the 87th. anniversary celebration has already .been named by the several lodges and last night an organization of that committee was perfected by the . election of B. F. King chairman and John E. Wood secretary; . The committee will at onceget towofk.n-J a programme for .the occasion 'which will likely be observed in the Academy of Music with an address by some prominent member of the order, 'How ever, these details are yet - to : be ; ai ranged, but an elaborate and - alto- gether proper celebration may be ex pected. The Grand Lodge meeting this year will have a two-fold significance in asmuch as upon that occasion the corner stone will be laid for the home for the aged and infirm members of the order, which the Odd-Fellows of the State will establish and maintain in connection with the Orphans' Home at Goldsboro. ' ,The ceremonies attend Ing the laying of the corner stone will be imposing and will mark an impor tant era in Odd Fellowship in North Carolina. Three of the four Wilming ton lodges have elected representa tives at their , meetings jjiisj,week as follows: ' Cape Fear H. S. McGirt, represen tative, and D. K. LeGwln; alternate. OrionC. D. Morrill, representative; J. M. Branch, alternate. Wilmington J. T. King, representa tive; E. Y. Davis, alternate. Hanover Lodge will elect its repre sentatives at rit hie.ttng; tcr&lght,. Further announcement will be made in due time as to the arrangements for the celebration of the anniversary. TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE Storage Battery Plant to Be Install ed at Western Union Here Super seding Old Gravity System. Executive officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company have ap proved an1 appropriation of several thousand dollars which will be expend ed in the Installation of a first-class storage battery plant in the local of fices of the companyvin this city.' No tice of the approval' cif the appropria tion was received yesterday and the work of installation will ,be undertak en during the present Summer. The new storage plant will take the place of the gravity system of some 1,800 or 2,000 cells heretofore in use and will be a decided improvement in every way, current being furnished by the Consolidated Company and stored ac cording to the -latest system emplpyed in all of the larger cities of the coun try. . " . . ; . . '; . , . The matter of this needed improve ment was called to the attention of the General Superintendent, "Chief Electrician and other officials ; of i the company, who were recently here; on an Inspection trip, by. Manager Sale.; The -matter was referred to the pro per department of the service and yesterday came 'news of tie approval of the -' appropriation, iwhicK-,will'C'nq doubt, as is usually the case, be fol lowed by: still other Improvements,' placing Wilmington on a basis with all the first-class offices of the country.v The . only storage battery plant how in operation in the State Is "one : re cently, installed v at Charlotte.. The growth of. the Western Union busl- n Wilmington. .warranted the bet ter and more up-to-date equipment; and is but another evidence of the material progress and .prosperity of the city.. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. Burning of the Standard Oil: Plant in ' Raleigh.''.-'! ;;: ( Special Star Teiegrazn.) O 2 ; Raleigh, N, ' C; April 5.Af. jury in-. the Superior Court here has been out since ' (f o'clock considering, the. evi dence' charging Frank 1 - Moore - and Bunch Burch: withvburnlng the -plant of the Standard; Oil Company here and murdering ? Night- watchman: j Strick land in this city about eighteen months ago.i ::At Itheirf reauest Judge' Council gave further mstraction at. 10 o'clock to-night. i : Hqwever - being unable i to iach a verdict the jury retired f or thV nighrat:airo'clock.2-"yNtv tS:5?f il Let iTn&-$ O-Gas V Company, i do the work-HCook wi,h'Gas- ' ' I ' DEMOCRATIC; HOSTS Greensboro The Place and July Third Date For Next State T Convention THE COMMITTEE IN RALEIGH Ash'eville Came Near Capturing; Big Meeting Chairman Simmons Urges Payment of Poll Tax on the Party Other Notes. -. . i Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, April 5. The State Democratic Executive Committee in sessibn here to-hight ) decided to hold the State Convention at Greensboro on ; July 3rd. Before the matter of ' leigh, gave notice that, the State cap! tol would not urge the selection of 'Ka leigh this year, but would two years hence have the largest auditorium in the State and would be in the contest with a determination to win. ' The invitation from Greensboro was presented by G. W. Bradshaw. and was seconded by "A. M. Scales. Col. Sol. " Gallert, of Rutherfordton, extended an invitation from Asheville, reading tele grams from city authorities and the :' Board of Trade; also, pledging hotel rates of $1 tb $2.50. M. L. Shipman seconded Asheville InVa '.strong plea for a unanimous vote; for; the famous . mountain resort: The vote . was Greensboro, 31; Asheyiiie 2$. There was a great diversity: of opinion a& to the best date for the convention, June 28th, July 11th, June 26th, and July 3rd. beinsr ureed bv the various com mitteemen. Finally, " the vote was three-cornered for June 27th, July' 3rd and July 25th. There were 2G. votes for July 3rd, 22 for June 27th, and two for July 25tn. ' ? . . After the time and place for the convention had been decided Senator F. M Simmons called J.1 W. Thomp son; of Wake, to the chair in his stead, and, addressed the committee on the . urgent pecessity for steps to be taken to get all Democrats to pay poll tax so!a;full vote may be cast. He, declarv . e iAtTia. Inst o.loMinniliA JTIamnisraf ! e . majority was eight or. -ten. thousand less than would have been if this mat ter had been more closely attended, to. He said he had already written Demo cratic officials In every county to look well to this matter, but felt that mem bers of the. State Committee could do : much in' this, direction, and what is done must be done quickly. He said- reports received by him showed in some counties that poll-tax -was very , generally paid, but in many, the show- . ing Is very bad and Democrats would suffer badly if something is not -done. . The only officers to be nominated this year are one member bf he Cor poration Commission and sixteen Su perior Court judges, the latter to be selected first by Judicial conventions. DOG AND PONyIsHOW. Prof. Gentry's Attraction Way Come . I 11 l 1 IVIIIWIIIfV HAU hi VI The little folks t and many of the grown-ups, too, will be delighted "to know" that there is a likelihood s of the v appearance here this -Spring -of Gen-, try's Famous dogr. and 1 pony, ' slow.y Many of the children haye the bright- ; est spot in their ; memory marked on Vi oa rf tha loot InnoaaTino tt Ti4o iuiu uiev . win uk ' iniiiiexieu -uuw i.u . 11 A i tl ; . . i - MA. " Know umi. . siuc9vab was last . uere, ic . t rk M '"UaAM ' Yt-M- m1 m-M OTr f ' - 1 while losing none .; of Its individuality, with some of the' ble tented enter- - in in uih 1:11 i-.u ciHJSH. . , Mr: D. S. Newman, a representative - of th .Gentrv. RhowRj n.rriirprt .in thft city; yesterday and is a guest at The -Ortoh. He came ..to' see what arrange- . ments : could be made for? the appear- ance of his ', show here but met with :. mucn cuscouragemem ax we proniDi-? ty. He is not yet certain that he will .; able features and is an education with-V of side-stepped nine-tenths of. the peo-i pie of Wilmington would be gladof It. Conductors Are; Here.i'; 1 1 ir. v - iiii t f'rin i urnnna i wirn f t n q tioti.?, tain adjustments that are twanted ; in ine -rules ana- regulations, gorernlng- ? A house .well advertised is'tialf sold;. V S . V.'