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I '''It. '1 I i j I? i: S0 ' sl:lIlliLl: ' " ' ''' ' N' ' ' - .i . Tkree MnthBt by Mail.. U rT Ti-k OK - 1 -" - - ::; i- 1 -a i r WILLI INCTON SUNDAY, . HQVEimsU 1qos3 i OUTLINI ' t flection on Tuesday eT6 lts are claiming. ;tHat -P f the next National le" Mv0S bv 22 ma- majority North r l ted to give 40.000 to ftaTorlty and ect York by 250,000; and 2res he will be elected by. iRft.000; the cainpalsTi; Yonil dwi between' tfca lpff. advices from New uitei "u :. '-j encountered hilealties m ni 7- l Ul i.o steamer- d bv ice ana wu VERDIGINOT fiDILTY Capt LaiicMin McLean Master .9ft?rilish Steamer Acquitted era! Court. 1 ENDED Vfstpp ha v part7.to- Cost expert prognostica. ,n0St.;.L rcmnire State i forecast inrfl rcaij uv w rtfl r . -nai nnd tne vt 01 WU1 fLddent Roosevelt tfnot va-t lul t"v"e will eo to Oyster Lay to vote Samuel .cotton buyer from Sparta L Crested in New York L hi cotton transaction Ho fit of $9,600-The Ute In I Wyoming have agreed, to re-, U Meade with the soldiers U will go to WasKns- l In? nver their trouDtes wjw Roosevelt inw Money on call nominal; no . loans dull and firm;-spot (Joints lower, closing qnlet at Vuuf&t, hut slow; .wheat Ift 2 red 82 1-4 elevator; (k No. 2 56 elevator; ' oats ;ed 38 1-2; turpentine firm , rosin firm, strained com- 4.20 to 4.25. ' . May we will vote to ;save Mina. Tliere are pteniy 01 t to save the Nation. est doesn't beat the Republi- W York next Tuesday, they It that he has given them A their lives. M writer asks "When a ia should he give up his i questions as that just give "Admen the opportunity tcH f. I depends on whether he tias means of self-defense. pa! Carolinai May Heaven's defend her" From the Had that would rend her; Pray, marplots out of commission 1 ?ti election. And make sure jitter rejection. amuck? t Indians have nrobablv woods to get something works but the "In to would rather hunt than f1 eves and do onery la- share of "Republican f Prosperity comes to him f-fo people of New York P more but that the sup F Hughes include alll the of "predatory" predilic- i ine ReonlA tsitw es less but that they f1 for the crowd supporting confident belief that he -even aeclared all ould "take no hand m Wltlc8. Howevpr ho fQni r6 not to send up one of i" rnnti . -ers armed with maJe a noise like a fa hittinp nn.. ha, a' iron and s4e.. removed an Iron . anaty, but they be-aro of recover "P against it a nicket-plated L11 fallowed a few a going around swal-' Lftat is in Qs.bad wh0 could swai- V. campaign argu- prosperlty v our '-u party. gium, it is no. V F. Ry the of N ''an formerly e"v York, as . bber business In X8 paper says ( uney ln the w! Africa" The "rbber" busi- 0 agree 5oi:. . 8 Worth Sears. THE TRIAL 11 v m twxjaj counsel to the JrVAli ''v eJ80(a: Sails. 1, 7 : "5 the British v-steaiWir n ?r o7iUl : Unlaw"y detaining United States marines aboard his shiy k.J1' werny0Se tro Newport News toWilmlngton; the particulars of'Which.are. familiar to the - public, was found not guilty and discharged inithe Unlte4 States District Court ia m city yesterday. Tq verdict Wa tnrned by Itheraury at- "half pait h-,tt couri 4aken,essM.lthe con: cluslonof the' case 'shbrt after 2 -AlteiSnrtobfti that less than the interim of the recess was re Quired for the jury to make np its verdict and th-at there was not the slightest, possibility. ? of a- conviction, though all -agree that the prosecuUon presented Its as in ,- the. strongest possible lighU , . , t , ; t . Capt x McLeni' riritlsb Vice Consul James Sprung the : attorneys and ' n large number-of: shipping masters much interested in the outcome of the case, were present in the-court roomi wnen tne verdict , was .rendered anJ crowded abdut Capt McLean so far as the court 'limittations would allow, and: shook his hand -warmly. In a few minutes Capt. McLean , bowed his thanksto the jury' which was still seated In the box and took his leave of .the : room.d After some discussion of the -disposition to make of the sea men who, had been ield ls: witriesse?, tba-cojiitltecess - nnUnext Thursday 'm&rnin,kt, 9:3.0. o'clock Judge Punxelf and - most of the court officers have gone to their homes, but will return in time Jfor-the openlngH vi courx.inis weeK. v ; r Al) of yeterdajr morning's, session of the courtwas 'takien'' up- witli argu ment to i the Jurr1 by counsel for both slles. Two hours .was allowed ' each side to present the case, although, the District Attorney stated that he would probably not want more than an hour. George RountreeJSsq. opened If or the aeience in a speecn 701 35 1 minutes, directing his argument mainly to ,the law as It '"applied to the facts in the case. f "'. " : ; ; . J. ' 6. Carr, Esq., made an impas sioned plea . to the jury in behalf of his client absolving him from any wil ful intent to violate the .law or show contempt for ; pa& United Stages Navy. He laid especial stress . upon the high character of Cap ; McLean, which vwas without a doubt a jarge factor in -his promixtracquittalr. Mr. Carr Occupied just 35 .minutes of the time allotted to; him..;,,: . . -: . ' Tlfarsden Bellamy. Esq., closed for the defence in a general resume 'of the entire case presenting his side of the case; vigorously, and exceedingly well. : ?He: ; scathingly - denounced the men Byrnes and Flynn and closed with an . appeal ipt special force that justice be 4one. I . The speech of Col. Skinner, tne district attorney, closing the case is spoken bf ; by all ; who heard it as a remarkably fine effort, brlstiing: with facts of 1-aw and clped in the nos? elooueni languageThe ;Y prosecutfdn ftnklv confessed' Hhat 'it tberewa anything In the caseand ;there ta possibiUty of convicuonrrn. "ttU toinly been put to , the . Jury in tne fine arguments of Col. Skinner. Judge Purnell's charge was ed as eminently;, fair and was clear In the extreme. It was nearly o'clock when the v jury retired with thev case, judge,; new that he would reconvene court av. and if the verdict was ready, he would, receive' the 1 same; : -7 . Court met promptly ; on time the afternoon and, there was no delay by the jury in making-return of its find-, Sg in 4e case of Capt McLearuwho received , the; vf diet, with confidence and wAh l?e? Sr immediately- the' verdict was ren dered Mr Ronntfee raised the point artdpos&on of mbers the crew, four bt the number being enUste tlon,K These will !be; returned tothe ship. "Byrnes and Flynn, who J leged to have been ; shanghaied jlU retuVn to United ;Stateseceg ship Franklin ; at the Norfolk Navy Yard and be transferred, thence the United States cruiser Columbia. Judg Pumell declined to make any order m ,v . ua .mirt is- nurely statur tory. Col. Skinned the District At-1. it 1 ! WHOIiE NUMBEB 12115 VIRfS CAMPAIGN United States Mail Swamped With l.terature Exhorting . Democrats to Vote Next Tuesday Extra n varrrars Authorized. ' day issued telepgaphlc authority ' for emptioyment-Jat, WUmington, N. C., of such clerks andt itfhers: as may be needed to meet the emergency arising" ftonk 'hadIlg;;;buaiUIties of leo- twn.mau.': Newand ltUAjrpvcd E4nip- STlWQIfilTEftfei ei;just1putifi,atCcVroKsflmeihino -Like $5,000 lmprernnis?liace:;j otw ana latest lmprovea- equipment has The ? efforts; pi trmin Be&my and the Bemocratic Wurityecu5v5 Committfe - to get the vote - out on TUesday which effort ;besid'person aj work, largely consists of mailing literature to the voters seems to have become Nationally Important. The facttis, uch large' quantities of print ed" matter :has been put in the post office the ; past tyro .days that ther car riers in the various Darts of th& city have been swamped. Alftougn i te wee opposite m politics, Postmaster Wal lace evidently wanted to give the beenmiisMofjfnhe- Wesi; em Uniou telegraphfbQmceih 'this; city at a cost "of j ; soiAfethlnvWtOO. The'new : equlpmefeT;comp andformally ufndmerfto. Manager W. -G. Sale 'ieiWr -R Crowder, ot thofestrtion 1 Engi neer's IartrnefijO who has been intheHty-nearly all committee a "square deal" and make prompt delivery so as none of the exhortations to vote 'on eiectlonday would be delivered too late therefore on yesterday he telegrapne'ithe departtnefU tor authority to employ ex-, tra ;oaxrierw'servlCey until all the VmaU wag f; delivered, t Tuthtrity was given and Mr. Wallace did Mr. Bel lamy the courtesy to fallow, him to name the men which, he did. The matter was regarded as of sufficient importance ; In Washington for l the Associated Press to handle the inci dent as a. news ItemVv which it did in the. fololwing ltspatch sent out to all the leading newspapers of the I country and printed "in them this morning: . 1 torney, read a " letter from the com mander ofthe United States cruiser Columbia detailing the circumstances of the departure of the men from the ship and stating that one of them hadojeri$5 ship and; tne otner sometmng -.over $100. TheT commander stated that If the men would return he would , use his best effort to have the charge of desertion against them quashed under the circumstances. The Judge remark ed that the witnesses' fees received by the men would probably enable them to get to the receiving ship xat Norfolk. . ; - - t Capt McLean, whose ship has been detained here several days with a, car go of cotton for Liverpool, expects to sail this morning. He Is a gentleman of the highest type and belongs to the Established Church of Scotland, a son being a minister of that church, and a" daughter being an instructor in higher mathematics in the Highlands of Scotland. His demeanor during the severe trail to which he has been cnhwtpd n the detention of his ship. etc have made v him many warml There is table snace now to accom friends in. Wilmington who wouikl be pleased to know of his coming to Wilmington again. Maj. Haughton, British Vice Counsul "at Newport News, the leading witness at the trial was a guest of Mr. James Sprunt at his home while in Wilmington, and he too made many friends while here. He is well known in Virginia, New York and in other cities along the coastV For seven years he has been a senior warden of St. Luke's church, in Newport News.. - ' - New Advertisements. Bryant's Hot drinks, etc. A: t). Brown Dress goods. i IL"S. arshaH-saK ot bark. Gas CompanyGas Radiators. - Consolidated Cp. married, flife. J. H. Rehder & ' Co. Carpet depart ment ' ' . I ' People's Savings Bank The Wage Earner. - ' C Hamme, .the Hatter Clothing and hats. " ' Sam Bear, Sa.;- & Sons Groceries. 4 J.v Hicks Bunting Drug Co. Dande lion. ( ' D. D Lemon, Sec'y Attention Re-( publicans. ; Business Locals. For Rent Rooms. : ; - 1 f s Star; Office JBoy wanted. ) r ' . Wanted-To ' borrow $600. y For rent Furnished rooms. R. J. Hester Trustee's , aale. C P. B. MaMer Lot ,for ; salef ; -c Wanted Class In' stenography. ;': For Sale-'-Donkey and road cart Wanted Position ' . as traveling oaiAsman. : Cooperative a R & -.L. 16th. series, W. B McQellan Horses i at auction.- :A,: " va , x ' -: . . - .' LlncoliwQil : Co. Salesman wanted. Portner'sHolbrau is! sold ( only, in bottles. Bottled only at the brewery, and shipped 4o Wilmington in Port net's refrigerator cars-.Ask for it. 'Phone .99.'. ard " Caswell 153, of fouthport, and Council's Na 170, each - of which will send -a strong , delegation. Clarkton now- pisents-a-hietVontenppear' a committee ance ahd-lt Is safe7'4natiitis fJ??1' have ?charge"of ; the arrangements for tbemeetlng 'at that point while the Wilmjngton; lodges -haye a joint com mittee .of i arrangements composed of esVi8.J'Rmby and J. M. Holmes, Sf Stonewall jodge; F. V. Huggins and J. -P. Quelch; of 'Clarendon, G. F. Selt ter and H. Fuchs, of Germanta, and L;B. Rogers and J. B. Fountain, Of Jefferson. . , A special train oyer the Seaboard Air Line has been chartered to take the Pythians from this end of the Dis trict to Clarkton on the night of the meeting, returning after the exercises. All Pythians are urged to attend. Tick ets may be secured in advance from either M.r Jno. Rv Hanby, secretary, or District Deputy Littleton, chair man. Several speakers have been en gaged and the programme will be an nounced in a few days. now in a hiUchbeter pltton - tohkn die the'-huainesis 'ttoAef6re; All the 'ld prm&ryatteriei and apparatus rlh the'c'Saebeeii ?disV carded and sub8Uiute3tQiis a tnod ern storage :battejfrt4tttt and eqnlp iheht sucht as: In use -.aUithe larger cltie intieou?el,ott wires enter? the s office froai under the bulldjbig in the ;i4ifirgir from the terminal ppjss to the switch boarfl. ; At the point cfentrance to the building, all the wires are protected with, the rlatest designVof lightning ar resters and enclosed, fuses. From this terminal arrangement ). the wires are conducted to the., main switchboard which is of the latest pattern and ac commodates fifty main line wires. These are' so admirably arranged that they can be manipulated almost by a layman. The power necessry to ope rate the trunk lines and local circuits is derived from 'storage batteries ex clusively instead of from the old fash- ipne4jBragJ . source' of 'conTinuedtannoyanee andre- quiring . constant atentloif. The stor age, battery .consists of 758 secondary units. The charging current is sup plied primarily by the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company and operates a five horse power in duction motor which Is coupled to a dynamo whieh supplies the direct cur rent necessary to charge the "second ary batteryN -- it is estimated that the plant will give first-ciass service to: fronvseven to. eight yearsv -without requiring re newals of any kind. In vtfew of this fact and the rapid growth of Wilmington- the plant was designed , large enough to take care of five times the present business of ; the - company which is considered a fair estimate of the probable growth of 'the require ments of the.office during that period. modate thirty operators ' with floor space in the present-quarters in the Elks' Temple to accommodate as many more. The machinery of the office consists of quadruplexes duplexes, automatic repeaters, apparatus for time service, messenger call system, etc., all of the latest type. Wilmington is now con nected by mutiplex apparatus with the New York main office, Cotton and Stock Exchanges, Western Union Ca ble office in New York and with Wash ington, Richmond . and all other im portant cities, . whicht3neans direct communication with these offices. Sin gle, direct wires- go to Augusta, Char leston', Charlotte, Columbia and all lo cal points in this "territory. , The - plant just installed by the Western Union here is the same as others recently installed in Mobile, Montgomery, Knoxville, ; Birmingham, Macon, Ga., . and other prominent Southern cities where, the . business de mands have been for the very best Outside 9f the newapparatus, Mana ger Sale has inaugurated many other notable improvements at the office, all looking to increasing the: efficiency of the service. The A. D. T. messenger boys at the office recently appeared in handsome new uniforms and s alto gether the . Western Union office iu Wilmington just now is a pretty bright reflection of the general prosperity of the city and surrounding country. Basket Ball Last Night ? r;. In the 'first "of I the series of basket Iball games in the Y. 'M. C. A. league last'nlght the Auditors of Freight Re ceipts .captured - the" game from the Relief Department" in a score of 7 to 5 and the Car7' Accountants Z were' de feated, bythe PurchasingTAgents in a score of 13 1o ... 21 Both the games were spirited and were witnessed with interest , by ar.mimb'er of spectators. Vj Go To Lumina To-day.- : , , , Cars . to the beach " every half hour f rom , 1 to 5 P. M. 1 . EYTfllAN MEETING AH Arrangements Complete lor Dis tHct Convention Thursday. Night Week at Clarkton, N. C-Spe- cl'al-Traln From Wilmington 4All; :aiTangenents - are being - made tor , an unusually ; elaborate program tap t or tlie District Convention of the Pai iogesof tte First District of North Carolina at ' Clarkton on Thurs Aanlghi jweekV'November 15th. Dis trict J JJeputy : Grand . Chancellor Jno. F., Littleton,-of this city, is in charge of the arrangements and be is ijeingj assisted t by committees from, both the Wilmington lodges and that at Clark topv tlfe'plkce of the convention: v : TheT lodges included in the District are jStonewall NoJ 1, Clarendon No.; 2 Germanla No? 4, and Jefferson, No. til, of Wilmington;. Clarkton; NoC 121, Chadbourn 135, Whiteville 138, Rich- HIS BROTHER DEAD Governor Glenn hastily Sum moned Back to Macon; Ga., Yesterday Afternoon '" .-'. A- . , fHE NEWS FROM RALEIGH Big Railroad Merger on Foot In East - ern North Carolina Incident of the Colored 8tate Fair su- peme Court td Adjourn. 7 (Special' Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. Cv Nov. 3. All offices in, the State capitol were closed: at noon to-day on account of ttho death of E T. B. Glenn, a brother, of Govern or R. B. Glenn, at Macon, Ga. Gov. uienn nad been with his brother sev eral days, but ieft last evening for Raleigh, arriving just a few minutes THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. Beport cf of September and October 1906. Receipts New Hanover ' county, $250; Mr. and Mrs. William Latimer, $10; Mr. W. L. Parley, $25; Mr.J. M Solky, $10; First Baptist Church $9.33; cash, $25; Mr. E. S. "Martra; $10? Mr. W.W. Krafft, $2; Mrs. X. Meginney, $V; Mrs. James A. King, $1; cash, $1.75; Mr. William M. 'Cumming, $5; Mrs. H. F. Wilder $l Expensesr-secretarys " salary,' $50; Catherine Kenney Home $25; grocer ies, $189.80; rent for those in need, $17; cash help, $.50; telephone, $6; postage, 25c.; screen for office $1.15. the telegram announcing hla ihfead 01 brother's death. The news .came. as - a great surprise to the Governor, as he had been,ai sured after consultation with physic- : ians yesterday, that his brother might Jive for weeks or a month or more," so he determined to returnfto: press-" Ing official duties here and go back to his brother in Macon to be with "him in his last hours. The deceased was 46 years old and leaves four children, a son and two daughters. . He was ah accountant of the Georgia railroad The Governor left for Macon, this af ternoon to attend the funeral. Rev. A. J. Parker Bereaved. Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of Bladen Street. Methodist' Episcopal phurch, yesterday received a telegram con veying to him the sad news of the death of his sister, Mrs. J. J. Burgess, of Woodland, ' North atoptfbn ccinty', N. C. Mrs. Burgess had been 4for some months, and while her death was not unexpected, it came as a sad blow to the family. Mrs. Bur gess visited Mr, Panker here several months ago, and was treated for her affliction, but she rallied only a short time and had been very low for sev eral weeks . prior to her death. Rev. Mr! Parker will leave this morning on the northbound train to attend ttye funeral of his sister. He has arrang ed to have his pulpit filled at the us ual hours to-day. v Goes For Bloodhounds. A Marriage Announcement.' - Friends in this city have received handsOmely engraved invitations read me as follows: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. FJ W. E. Peschau request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Linda Augusta to Charles Immel, Thursday evening, November twenty-second, nineteen hundred "and six, at half past seveno'clock in the St Jacob's Ef angelical Lutheran Church, iaiamisburg, Ohio. At home after December tenth, Jefferson street, No. 1, Germantown, Ohlo.'A Raleigh, N. C, Nov. .3. Official an nouncement is made that there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Rail road Company in this city November 22nd, to approve or reject a propo- ' sition for the merger of the company's property and interests with the Nor- folk & Southern Railroad Company, in connection with a inefger that Is to' really include the Norfolk & Southern, the Atlantic & North Carolina; the Raleigh . Pamlico V Smrad , and . trTe Virginia- -& Carolina ,v CstraUpoad. companies, i ne pian aioot consutntea one of the biggest railroad "''combiha i tions ever made inthis State, The Ra--leigh .& Pamlico Sound Company is now building from Raleigh to Wash ington, N. C, via Wilson. The Nor folk & Southern " and the Atlantic & North Carolina pre already among the most important lines in Eastern Carolina and the Virginia & Carolina Coast road forms an Important con necting link and feeder in the sys tem that it is expected to be formed by the merger. " The Supreme Court will follow the, usual custom next wees: and not hold a session on Tuesday election day-t-adtjrtll call Eleventh district cases on 'Wednesday morning. ' An aged white man, having one leg a nd one arm, who was engaged as ticket collector for a ferrls wheel in the midway of the Negro State Fair here, was set upon by a young negro who threw' a rock striking the old man on the head and inflicting an ugly wound. It is claimed that the negro was trying to beat a ride on the wheel. He escaped without his identity being discovered. This after noon the State Fair management adopted a "resolution denouncing the conduct of the nego and others who declined to disclose the. negro's Identity- and offered $25 reward for the ar rest and conviction of the fellow. The offering of the reward was at the sug gestion ,6f State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Joyner, who was r present when , the resolutions were .ofjered. SuR Joyner told them thatrrthW.pffering .of the reward would' he :a'more forcible expression of real condemnation of isdeh outrages. ' Sunday To The Ocean. Last Sunday the Consolidated did a big business on the suburban lin. The day was a fine , one, and there were many who went to the ocean for a stroll on the beach. . To-day will be another big day if the weather is fine. . The cars now go all . the iway to Lumina. The 7 Light House has been. well patronized all last month--especially on. Sunday s. -Wlt. the, last few-4ays of cold weather the oysters should be fine." , , ' , . , , , , . To-day Tcsday. Cars to the beach every half hour from5 1 to 5 P. M. Portner's Hofbrau ; has "fine hop flavor and ' quality,; is. a. sedative for the serves and produces refreshing sleep, v Try ' a bottle before ' retiring. 'Phone 99. Blood Hounds for' County.' Constable W. B.' Savage ill leave this morning for Greenville,' N. Q. to bring to Wilmington " three blood hounds which . have been purchased from the kennels jof W. C. Hlnes, of that place, by the Commissioners of New Hanover county. ' One of the hounds Is a well trained man hunter and the two others I are puppies six months old, which wlfll be trained here. The dogs will i be. brought to Wilmington Tuesday and kept either In the city .or at one of the county In stitutions, v ; ' Cars Every Half Hour. . To-day cars to" the Beach every half hour from 1' to SP. M., ' ' ' Kiirschbaum Raincoats coats at Rehners. - and Over- , Portner's Hcfbrar Is made from the highest priced materials; but costs you no more y than "other beers; "so why noFcallfor Itf - Phone 99 . - . New Millinery a'rriring;ivery''arayi atRehneTs? Mm ir J It ' 9 it -i ;t.i
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