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The : . . Oldest -C-U ;,,;,:a;:..r. Inthe State. - ; Largest circulation of any Wilmington Paper. . ; ....-,.. -' - I I One j r : Mail. : . 7.?5.C3 1 Clx r lenths by Mail...". 2.50 Three Months by Mail. 1.25 Himriii " a a ,"7"' " " J ' . f' fiYO.i ,1907: - .,;. . m in ' - -v -:- - "V ' ;-vVv- ? OUTLINES."'"1" --"-''-r' j'4' . " . .- .. L . - -.' ' 'i.---' . - v s . ' j . . - ''fc l - .-xit - : ciie THE SUPREfliEeOCRT AETERNOON WEDDING EWDTfiENTH NNUALiH WHOLE NITMBER 12,334. cussed with . his callers at the -White Housethe features of his controversy with. H.: Harriman, 'the; railroad .magnate; he says; Harriman is mad - because he could t not: xoot Senator ' .Depew out," so he ( Harriman) ; could t get his place Jn the United. States Sen- - ate ; ;,the President- also, made , a lams' k ieply to Judge Parker's charges about v ; : corporation subscriptions' to the Re- ; publican - campaign fund, At" a ban- quet given in Greensboro, last night by : the Merchants and Manufacturers' - ' Club, President Finley, "of the South ern . Railway; , responded to - thetoast, ilVl vlX .VyAAWAAU UAAW AVl(UVUO - W the Railroad Problem"; he. spoke i of the joint interest of - the public -and the railroads in - their successful - op- - deration and declared that -rates can- i' not be fixed arbitrarily : by law,2' but lrmust depend bn conditions that ..are changeable; he asserted that rates are : . y not fixed to pay Interest on . watered ? stock , and pointed out ;' that - If .1 they ;T-' were every railroad . could easily- de VI clare dividends.- Tfie critical stage - x with Harry - Thaw -"will be vreached In . .New York-this" .morning when the ,lu- - - nacy commission will make Its report! - . - to the court, thescmmlssl6n having . r - . completed its r work . yesterday; v the . commission made a physical and men tal examination of Thaw and cordial - ' ly shook hands with him, leading him ' tol confidently expect a- 'finding - that s- " .v be is sane and , ready fora resump- ' tion of. the trial; Thaw wrote to Attor- 'ney Delmas to be ready to go on with the trial; if the trial is resumed, it Is believed a verdict will be reached ijs i by the end of the week. A . subject ,; -tf .- discussed in Cincinnati yesterday at the meeting of the American .Educa tional Society was -the , need ot 2,000 preachers . to fill the empty pulpits throughout the country.- The Nlca- -1 - Opraions Delivered in Six Cases -i V One J3eing From JNew f Hanover, in PARDONS WHITE BROTHERS . m x a .4 V; ' raguan .Minister esieruay proiesiea : at Washington- concerning - Interfer- " ence by the American Minister with K the war In . Central . America. New "iTf- York markets:' " Money on . calL easy 1 to 3 1-2 per cent.V ruling rate,1 2 1-4; - closing bid and offered at" 2 1-4; .spot ; 1 cotton, 5 points higher; closing , quiet, ' at, 10.95; flour, steady, with a fair inquiry ; - . wheat, steady ; ' No. ; 2 v red, 822 1-4 elevator: corn, steady: No. 2 . turpefJe, firm, 71 1-2 to .72; rosin, " " ; f -v V -firm ; sprained, common . toigood, 40 to.., 4.55. . ,Y-;:; -:-; v'-i 4i:". .Oi A man can't make a ; temperate statement when he is full of his sub ject f ', It 'Is xurious.liow,; many men are liai and .President is the one lledb ' sa ' often. 'v"-' -President Roosevelt seems to jcome -into contact' with .Inore liars than hny other living man. . Wb,at"klnd- of com pany does he keep?.y f . Js- Naturalists tell us that, tmly 10 per cent. ?of all the-animals on earth haive backbones. That is 'about the " same proportion of men who've got.'em. "." If the commission In lunacy :flndsJ r t that Harry Thaw's noggin is,. .not full 'Jj7'sot bread-crumb, Distflcf' Attorney: Je- Msnie will want to kick; himself XQr J '.' falling down so early in the game. ' 5"" ; A Chicago . University f.professor, makes an argument1 in favor of fairy. tales. Some married men could fur nish him plenty of V proof -that fairy" tales toldlate atv; night : after they come from down'txxwn have acteo! a charm' ion' their wives. Married men know that there's nothing wrong with fairy tales., told right., v J.. : V ' .. . .The last man to. be strung on Presi dent Roosevelt's 'string of liars, is.. E."j H. Harriman. However; he .kicks back, while -h,e , Is dangliag ..there .and leaves the public to Infer that the rea son the White House man tries to put him in the attitude; of a tale-teller is because the ; President hates . take time to squirm . when . the llmellghtMs turned on sa suddenly. X y . Council of ? State lR ecom mended Thls '"f Action v to the' 'Goyiernor;. : an'd ' y:-; Will Act Upon t Penltentwjl 1; '. : -,:V Vary and Hospital Boards. v A 'C ':' 'T-; 't 'fr. ;By Southern Bell Telephone Co.);- r JEUlegh,: Nt:ApiApril -Wrhe Su preme Court delivered opinion in six apreals" boday ahdf dismissed ' another under" rule ;,17i 'i The opinions are as follows; 'State vs. Robinson, Sampson, new, trial ;'St6ner vs.- Railroad,. New j xxauover, error jvioseiey vs. jonnson. Sampson; affirmed 'in .both appeals; loars vs. Insurance Company, Wayne, affirmed ; Britt' &; Carolina Northern Railroad, Robeson;; new trial r Hamil ton vs. Highlands, . Moore, "error ; J ohns vs. Railroad,." Gullf ordN defen dant appeals dismissed under rule 17. rfi .JBiS?.e; JSfi-.??2K!? added-fb the. charm. of thoNTOrround ' r : Miss Mary Allen Short,- Bride ;cf Mr. .?Arthur' Bertram SlcVIrii nn. 1n Prct- ' ! .v1 " "'-t; r " tj . : :-y ' :.ty ceremony at "ingiesiae,".. . . v : i Near Lake Waccamaw. ; 5 A' pretty wedding ' ceremony le;' brated"yesterdax afternoon at' four o'clock ;'. at InglesWey ; the beautif ixl country home' f 7 the bride's : parents at lke'Waccamaw;V'N.r C. : joined Jn niarriage Miss -Mary "Allen-Short; the attractive "young daughter, of Col. and Mrs. Henry. B. ; Short,; of : that, place, and . Mr. Arthur Bertram 'Skelding, of Wilmington. A party of Wilmington friends and -.relativesleft the, city ,at tow. o'clock yesterday afternoon: on a special train . oveJ'; the Atlantic Coast Line , to ' attend .the" happy event, re tv rning yesterday evening at 7 o'clock. The ceremony , was Impressively' per formed byline ; Rt. Rev. 4 Robert Strange D. ; D.-, Bishop" "of East Caro lina, assisted by ; the -Rev, R.. W5. Hogue; rector "of. St. James' Parish, this city; -.V-'i's-'-''-ivV : The beautiful country . ."residence of : me ouuris was a- ureau ui -uean y ux its pretty ; decorations for th ; event, and : immediately preceding ', the cere mony, : selections of. classical - music EIGHTEENTH ANNtJAL 7 "i. HP ..J . - 'm- . T ' : Home Biilding Association t Jn Session. V - .v . v 1 INJURif TO TRUCKING Stockholder otNortH, Car6iinaiVegeta,es,Un ilmington - ?'ctl0 THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS from "New Hanover was "one in 'which the plaintiff has sued the railroad com-1 papy : for . penalties on - a ..car-load of hay shipped from .Wilmington to Cer ro Gordo; N: C, the car having re mained - on Jthe ; yards at 1 Wilmington from April 20th to May ,10th at which time it, was reported by the agent pf the "Atlantic Coast XJne in bad order. Later the shipment was made and It was" testified to that Stone ' and Com pany had received pay. for the car. The new trial does not invalidate the stat ute, but the case goes back on instruc tions of the court to the Jury..It;.was held that not Stone and Company, but ! the ; consignees at Cerro Gordo ; were the parties aggrieved. ;Y j . 1 V ; The 4 Directors of the Central Hos pital organized here today with John; W. Thompson chairman and vDr:- J. D. ; Biggs secretary - of the - Board.1. Dr. j Jas. -McKee was re-elected superinten-; dent, for "a. period of six'years. I . - .i ' ' . The Directors of the State Peniten-1 tlary met here today and arranged to. turn over. , to; the State . Treasurer the : $175,000 ot accumulated profits to 'the credit . of the v Bbard, , in . pursuance of ; an act of the last Legislature. 1 . ':: n L . m '- : j .: it 1 -.1 Vvvsraor ienn opeaeq . ui report i ofHhe-Council of State - this morning:. and v:f6und that the : ' Council recom-! mehded a,7 pardon for -Thomas JV .White. Afldjghalmeftsi nxflthem lngs, ;The strains of " Mendelssohn s Wedding March , heralded "the approach of the ..bride.' She was attended by her sister, Miss Marguerite Ashley -Short," as .'maid of honor, ; and Miss Isabel Rountree, of Wilmington, and Miss Maud Holt, of Charlotte, as brides; maids. , : -v'-S: The bride's - wedding- gown was. of white- ivory satin, embroidered 'with pearls, trimmed with-point lace. She carried . a shower bouquet of lilie3 "of the . valley. The maid of honor , was becomingly gowhed in white lace and carried a bouquet of maiden "hair ferns. . " fThe bridesmaids were also at-" tired in white lace gowns and " carried large .bouquets of bride's roses. v The - groom was attended . as best man verneur, Southern -smilax. nalms and ferns andwhite - flowers ; were used In the artistic decorations" of the home Eas ter lilies f were used In the parlors, where the wedding ? was " celebrated: Apple blossoms and maiden hair ferns were the decorations of .- the dining Reports Show Past Year to Have" Been .,- -.. ':'.-.....;,...... .. Ir.: Most- Satisfactory; In -; Every -. Re. w .spect Those .Who"; Direct the 0 Strawberries, Perhaps Not. So f: - -" ' r Much Temperature. ," ; "It will .require a day, or: two of sun? shine-to bring, out the, rear damage that has i'been done; , to truck .crops - in the , Wilmingtoii section.Vbyj: reasohn of a fairly heavy r'frost which "occurred in ; this territory,, yesterday morning. Vegetables ' rather Cthan ; strawberries' have chiefly- suffered, from the unsea sonable coldi and with these plants , the Affalra 'of Oroahizatlon- " 3 first" effects of :ther frost are. not sal- The eighteenth' annuals meeting -,of the - North Carolina .' Home r.; Building Association was heldlast night' in the Mayor's office, .at the City Hall A goodly - number, of ' the V' stockholders were present ana the meeting was one of the -most enthusiastic in the-'history "pi .ihdv' Institution. : MV. Marin O'Brien was called to . the chair and Mri James H,.Taylor,r the secre ary, kept a 'record of the. proceed- ingS. ? f " : i " Thet report of 'the- Secretary wand Treasurer showed the Association- to be in a most- flourishing condition, ; the finances being in eVery . way satisfac tory to -the stockholders" At-the con clusion of the reading ' of ;the Vepbrt a motion ; was , unanimously "r-, carried thanking the bmcers of ; the - Associa tion & forf the- safe , and x conservative manner in which' they have conducted the; affairs- of ' the institution : in the past. Not adollar ,of the -money of the "stockholders has ever ' been lost- since the organization of x the Associa tion: ,The Indications are very.'bright for - another successful year for the" North Carolina Home. The following officers ; and directors were elected for the ensuing year: , s . f" '" President CI W.; Yates.' ' '. rrvVlnAl- PrAsldpnt Mr T .T . Rear.' by fiis friend, Mr M, P.- H, Gou-4,' Secretary and Treasurer-Mr. J.';H. ur. of Wilmington. ,; ;- C1?l?r , y; V ".; ALLoniey nun. j oon - u. ntnuLuiy . . i Directors-C. W, Yates, R: R.' Bel lamy, J.:. W. - Freeman, J. WeH James Qwen Reilly H. 'F. Wilder, P. Hug gins, :r Ai D. 'Brown,- P-M. 'Beardsley, M OTOIen,. L J.Bear James H. Tay- loxv Jr W.: H. Bernard' and ,W; . Al derman, . ; ; . ' : ; - -s room, and "wITdflnwprs WAfA scnttftril in, -: protusion about the house; the j i- The directorate j of .the . Association rnA- -hAino-' nriA-. rt Rnririirffma raTn) Jis .composeorof spmfi of the ,best Jmown exceeding great ;beauty ' : ;.- 3 pdJTost conservative - buslhe; men, ? Mr. and Mnt :Skeldihjglef fc'immedl waogvn? nas - e rer rueen ; fp-we of Concord, who areserving .six.years sentences". in - the penitentiary for.- the killing of -Russell ; Sherrill, whoin' th.y charged'. with thX-'ruin of tlwir; niece. Governor Glenn bad referred the ques tion of pardon to the Council for the reason that he was ot counsel for, the prosecution at the .time. the : Whites wfire convicted .Acting bn the .deci sion of the Council of; State, the Gov- arnor will "at , once :lssue . the pardons, along with an fofficial; statement of the case and the reasons for the pardons. The "Whites have served about two. vears - .of their , sentences, and have, made model v prisoners. . One of then?: has ; been running' -the. . electric light plant' of Ihe . prlsoni and the other, has been doing service in the prison hos pital and dining room. " When they be gan service of sentence they created omething of a sensation .by, .coming to . Raleigh with their .counsel several days ahead of the time for beginning sentence and surrendered to the pris- through points on . or; about t the; - twentieth of the montband make "their- home In - this city," the -groom being "general "mana ger of the Consolidated ;! Railways Light and Power .Company. W Rl GHTSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLt Closing . Exercises ; Tuesday Night.- a v Delightful Affair. ," dstl Ther:.WrightsvIlle t Sound vPubllc School, taught , by Miss Fannie B. Wood, closed the Spring term with' a delightful entertainment in the; school room .Tuesday levenlng, .-A very large number, of .friends and patrcias were in attendance and a most creditable programme of music," dialogues, . reel-' tatiens, "etc., wag carried out by the children and- in -addition there were several selections by 'Prof, and Mrs.. H. . Womersley xt Wilmington. uA strikes the 'foliage for a day -or: two. Strawberries are .cut v off some and -the Season' has been; retarded, but to what extent ho pne can 4 say" as yet.?-; Al though the growers had i ample ' warn ing of the f rostf roni the Weather; Bu reau, if-was.'JmpoSsible " fdr them " to protect themseljps entirely; but- so far -as ithey were able : the tender " veg fa.tloir ;was covered and; it ds 'believed that "a minimum; of damage . has been done."- It is' nothing like 'a, calamity and the colder weather that prevailed in the.-trucking, region . further; north may r bring - it- about: that whati the growers- here have lost will be more than made up by the delayed and cut off , shipments from other territory Irish potatoes have "been" cut . down to; spmextent, Jbut ; these will put out again: : - Green ; peas suffered pernaps worsi.'.' They were ,'blooming, and the crops , were practically blasted tet- tuce, grown in the open was damaged about 25 per ; cent, perhaps, more Where it was . headed.; Radishes.-.' and beets were: cut off someVln-the-- sec-? tion around," Wnghtsboro considera ble damage was done.tot beans,; This may: be 25 per1 cent, of more. A; large East - Wilmington grower . with whom a reporter talked yesterday, estimates the damage to vegetables on an aver age of from 25' to 30 per cent This. he thought, would be : off -set. some by better prices after, the cold.- . v '-.The .minimum temperature for the 24 hours ending at 8 . P...M.; yesterday, was 32 degrees, N exactly: freezing. Fur ther removed from' the coast this rec ord, was slightly lowered. , For today we -'are, promised fair ""and - warmer weather SNIPES TRIAL BEGUN Killing of Young-WWHams n MacRae Street ' House LaiJSeptemberv, TN , i- - - IN' THE SUPCRlORl tOURT Jury Empanelled 'and TwcWitnesses . i Testified Op'Jto, R.ecess jyesterday ' . ""Afternoon Tru Bills in;Pri" marylrregularities,l ,S - ' The; trial "of oung Lonnie Snipes charged .with the .killing-of youngj W. I;. -Williams, Ja traveling man,. in .a ' - t1 MacRae. street house Mnthls "city on " theT night . of the ' 14th of last Septem-.v ber; was; begun in the Superior Court ) , yesterday morning Shortly .after 10 '" -f h'nlonkj ; Tt- wasin theaf ternoon before - - 1 .; Lt'af.1 panel of a? jurywas complete, and - - oniy me, preliminary Lesumony icr , - r the .State had been, taken ;when aw rc.) c cess' was takerTjtor the day at 5 o'clock'! -' yesterday x afternoon until 15 ': vthis Z 5 ' morning.' It' will, require all "of today, ' ' petha'ps-a part of tomorrow,toiinish - "-.S the case.. - -V - vt l f i "- -C ' . , i.When the case was called yejtcr-,..,- : 1 day. morning--youngf,. Snipes, was - in' - j ' court with' his counsel, . Messrs.- Bel-v., !" lamy & Bellamy,-; Herbert . McClammy ; r -t -and Walter P Ga'fford, Esqs Seated ,j near., him . during -the afternoon "jeere s2" -J. his .mother, twa sisters and a brother., u,, -He was clad in a neat suit of black, "j ;' N and-appeared confident of the outcome ; " -of he trial, 0-At no v time did - he diSK;- 'V- M FL MAX n GM AN COMING, ?The Man orv.the;wc,. atf Academy v;. rv; Saturday Nlbht;M h -V otm' tram -lor a weflume-' tour s f" j .-vc.co. )tJJ. . . .41.-. - - , jhFlotfaaT imem xetwi :o thecity: lngs; tQhem. ; " t authorities without- the interven- the presentation :ef 'ass, pins to,the tlonof an officer. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Deeds Court Filed for . Record at ' - - . House Yesterday. i- ' ; .The following: deeds were filed at the Court" House yesterday for record : R ;H. "Reville and. .wife to H. M. Milliner . and wife, for; $100j property following pupils e for J- distinctions t4P. scholarship, . department, ietc., . , viz: Misses-Maggie and Bessie Roberts, Elizabeth; Westbrook and Aubrey Ma combe?. .. '-.; IT ;.. -"' ' r"' After the 'school exercises the ladies gave a-dellghtfur etnertainment Jfor the - benefit of the Methodist Church building fund T at Wrightsviller' Deli cious refreshmentswere served, one the: eighteenth : - consecutive A year, us president of the -Carolina Home, 'show- iingthat the Association- is pne of the pioneers In the Building" and Loan, life ot the- city.' A majority 0 the Board . M 'T2.i.l.A '.l : i - j j ill him for nearly as: many' years. Mr. James H Tay lor;( Jn; the secretary, is j enterprising and -K capable. t s He was wth-Sherff Stedman for Ka number' of years : that '-he was secretary and trea surer -of ; the lnstitutlon;and under stands every detail of ie work. , L'ARIOSO' EATERT GERMAN.- i.'Vi r,tAn-- 1? MfaMa ofraat '.-109 eet cast of ;Fourth street, 33xS7 feet , "rIf - ; . umu- the most popular " youngs lady- Misa Janie Ketchum won with 1,515 votes, while Miss Sadie Dizor " was second J. Plerpont Morgan .made arrange ments with President" Roosevelt to re- .jr ceive four cf thej-'big "railroad presi- dentsi, but when the magnates we.re fKa tne Te startlaS for Washington -"' r'Jibey suddenly sidetracked,..' . Therewas r come wonaerjuiat mcy Qian't g.on to the White House and go '.ip against Teddy, but the President's little mem- I '4,- Citizens' Building - and - Loan Asso- clationo L. V.. Grady and J. -W. Free-mait.forx$10;cfalt-?lalm?deed to prop erty.on north side of Nun street 136 feet-west oCSlxth streeVbeing. a part of lots 5 and 6, in block 117, according to .flue official plaa pf Wilmingbcm. Shanty :jar on 'l?Ire.--:' "-.,--'The i alarm of fire from box 17- at 11 ;15 oVilock last night" was . on ac coxmt'of theldtchen car of a construc tion .. train -of the . Seaboard : Air- Line tcing oil fife on' the SJ A. L.-. tracks, between . Fifth and Sixth streetsln the northern, part .'of the- city. ; The fire '.laddies reisponded to the alarm, but c(?uld .not; reach : the car ith a Zorandum sent out : to' the oewspa-ime 0f hose HoweTer; -they laid hold aad rolled the car aown w me Driage at . Fourth, and Howard' streets, ; and put the. ' blaze" out from -there. - The fire started from. a. stove in the. kitch en and the car was consumed all but the bottom , and trucks,- 1 pers shows that- - the '. railroad :; men could see a" red . light all 'the' " way from- New York.. to Washington. " Major Seaman,. a United; States ar my surgeon, who spent ? some time "in the Philippines, remarked, in an ad dress to a Boston" audience; "To "sup- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . . MrA f: q; ir;r Empfe-Partition Sale .,- .I , , V - v- are Market-BIue. Ribbon' Beef. .... pose that from.a low-bred animal, oft-.wlimingtoii.:L6dgeI'-:Masons-Meet." -. evolved in a single -" generation i -.Cape Fear Lodge, . I. - O. O F. No f one worthy of .or competent jf1 exercise self-government fis - to-de- rgje. - ' ; T ' ' - ;" i " ."'S. ny the law of anthropology and Baltimore Carolina S. sr Co.-. natural ;J selection and ? to : enr Scheduler WT iAAr-JS-i'w-;."M Academy of MusicVThe Mann , precedent among Rostoriians .for i johh J.- Fowler Election'. Notice. smlylns the, law . .of " anthroporogy ; in . neUeyihg:that the black inan was ca- " cable of : exercising ' citizenship right I ; Rafter he was freed from slavery : ," Hunt. with 1,317." ' Miss Lula Conway was third with 602 votes. Upwards of $60 as - received.' frccnt - the enterta!tomienf for' the church fund and 'every . onei present had .a micst delightful time. REMAINS BROUGHT HEREy Remains of MIs; Estelle- KinyOn Will . Be Interred at .Wilmington. 1 : Tha' remains of jMiss. Estelle Lord Kinyjoh, .' daugnter ot Cptand Mrs. W. . A. : Klnyon,;.' whose sad death in Chester, Pa,v was minted in these oc umna yesterday morning, v reached he cityi yesterday eveniifg anfthe, train frcm the North, accompanied I by ?the bereaved .' parents V and . 'sister, Mrs. Burkes The casket .'was . tenderly borne-' to the "residence ; of : Mrs; E. R. SavageV; No. 718 ; South SJxth-treet; where-mahy friends' Called' last night to. extend their cohdolences to the be reaved -ones. ' The funeral will be con ducted this 'afternoon at 2 : 30 o'clock from Fifth Street M. E. Church and theremalna Iwlll' be -interred. In-Oak? dale ' cemetery - VJ " .1.-. Z " C:-:-';- M R. ' Wr LA MB DEAD, . i Business Locals. Died , In . Goldsboro Last. N ight Re :"v' malha to' Wilmington". lQ x. A telegram received In the; city last night -brought; the sad news of -a the death of Mr J. W; Lamb; at his home in Groldsboro last evening ab oxft. 8 o'clock, after, an illhes of f but - a - few days. No 'particulars J were given fur ther than ' that : the remains will , be Delightful i"avor Dance Last Night Hn Masonic Temple Ball Room The annual Easter germah of L'Arioso Club - last ; night in -the 'Ma sonic Term-pier ball : room -. was - a deP llghtf ul 'one for the 4 large: number "of couples ' who participated. ; .The dec- orations were; unusually elaboratecon isisting of - evergreens,' Sbuthern vismllax and the like, festooned, frcmthe , walls and ceiling with garlands; ' xtending esqueeeffct . having been attained in numerous l f favors Qf , varijolored flprons, parasols'-and 'bunchesT of : -car-natione;v Mr.v Clayton Giles, ledand a number "Of new. and intricate figures were -: 'introduced;.-' Atnong 4he"-'couples present and participating werer, ::-Missv Julfa .Parsley, Mr;. A. SU Root; Miss Bessie 5 Gore,: Mr.George 'Davis: Miss ; Jane Meaner, Mr.- E. M. ' .-Beery 7 Miss-Isabel Rduntree, Mr. H. M; Ohaser Mr. and Mrs.v T. -W Davis Mr. and Mrs, W.A. Dick; Mr; and Mrs. J. V. Grainger; Dr. and Mrs. T. M. , Green; Mr. , and.- Mrsr E. C. Holt;? Mr. arid Mra.: E. A.t Metts; r Dr. and" Mrs."' E. J.vrWeod; Mr. and Mrs. JIVRWillard; Mjss "Leonora :CantwelI, Mr. h H.: M; Crcswell; Miiss a Charlotte -rHeasants Mn?H:'B: Pieschau;. Mr, and - Mrs: C. N. Evans Mr. and Mrs.: JA McRee Hatch;' Miss Madeline ;DeRosWt. Mr. Jno.; B. 4 Peschau j -Miss ' Elovtae ; Bur- will. jbe. the appeamncec of Mr-i" Max Figman at the Academy next Saturday nigqi; supported ny a clever company. Mr... Figinan's New . Yorte comedy suc cess,'"' "The Man " baa the r Box; VVas dramatized by Grace LI vingstonVFurj nJss from' Harold MacGrath'a -bodk of the rsame.name, which .had a . tremen dous -voguer ;Mir. Finnan ' one' of the A most" prominent' members: of . the American dramatic profession, and al though he has, , not been longr knowm as a : star, bias been. - identified r with many of the greatest successes of the' New'Yorhi City stage' and has never yet 'scored a personal favor,' His ex: perience "has1 been broad " and varied, startingwith coanic opera and musical uuuiieuy, - ae veiopmg into ciuiueujy eri-f ous and phychological " dramas, t He is. anjartist in- every sense of .the word and a-? strong disciple of the k anoderh school of art. He. unites with a mag netic personality and a'splendid meth od of 'expression and delivery, and pos sesses to a marked degree: the quality mcst desired by the public serenity. His -'past' achievements' long ago en titled. him to s'tarbut he has" modestly withhejd until fee. found the' proper vehicle and most satisfactory auspices. ' Seats will be on - saleFriday - morning.-The scale ranges tart $1.50.'-, . .v MR: J. W. HAWKINS -DEAD. i. irk, i Welf-Known Citizen Passed Away Yes- t terday EveningFuneraf Today. . Many friends in . this city and else where will hear with regret 0$ the death of ?Mr. J. W. Hawkins, --which: occurred (yesterday evening at 6 ,o'cl!ocfcat . the home of his" relative, . Mrrf T. L.. Skin ner,' No. 823 South, Etehth street, this city.. Mr. Hawkins .Sad been ' in 111 health for several years and had 'un dergone several - operations) f or 1 kidney trouble both . here and in" Baltianore. While his , death was not unexpected, it iKll come t with-, sorrow " to many friends who- knsw : Jiim so - well. . He was: 62 years of age and' Jeaves.a wife and; several sisters and brothers, 'who havethesympathy of all : in; their- be- rugs, Mr. PJ W Davis ; -JMiss Bessie reavementi Mr. Hawkins 'was "at one Burruss, Mr. Raymond ' Hoatf Miss' JeannlS-Mujchison; Mr.' R, E.CaIder; Mis- SarahJ Kenan, J Mr. R. ' A'. Wil- Jalderj; Miss Tallulah vDeRbsset, Mr. S j.M. Boatwright; .; Miss .. Alice ; Davis. Mr.W.; C Crow; MissAmoret Lord J change woud 'do hto gdod.? 3, :i m t:-:, itr Hi( Bradley - Muss Peck,7 Mr. Graham, "Kenan; -Miss - Agnes 'Ssa- breaie.Mr. -.Clay ten - Giles," Jr.;' Miss time superintendent of i the " Wilming-1 ton -cotton mills, ia 'this city, and was heldv"n-the highest esteem: by all. He. had nct been actively engaged "the past several ;yeaira and 'had lived &n the Souro with the-, nope u that-the ange wouia ao nam gooa. v -t " u CTt Z r , The fane4l-m to condted ;32&: o'clock this afternoon . from the rest- den os of Mr. Skipper, In -Wilmingtori, MargaretBridgers, Mr. .W. L. - Smith, land' the interment will 'be in'' Belle- Jr., ivirsa - iua ivans,-5; Mr. u- JCJW. Davis ;;Miss Theo. Cantweli; Mri Wal-te:- Kenly; vMiss ' Moore, of Indianar Mr. W." L.; Moore f. Miss Crapster, Mr Hi P iWest ; Miss Nantaie Hplladay,' Mr.j; Hargrove Taylor; cMIssJulia Worth, ; Mr. . Preston; Cumming,-Jr. ; miss jitne . lreuen uresta, . sir. ta. rz play any- nervousness. 1 The State is represented by Solicitor Duffy unas- " sisted. Of the special . venire . of .75 drawn the day, before for" the "selec tion of a jury " to try .' the case, the sheriff returned 50 yesterday morning, many having "escaped the process ser-v. ver. inese were, nowever, quite sui-,, y ficient from which to select the twelve sfr men to pass' upon-the case. " Messrs,,' - Henry Taylor, J. H, M.Ahr'eris nd R v -JCasteen were excused from" service ' for reasons,' satisfactory to . the court. I In', the selection of the jury, which re-; quired until "after the dinner recess, . the State exhausted Its two "peremp-1, , : tory t- challenges t . by, objecting to" x Messrs C-D. Gore and "J M, Batsoh..,- v The ' defence, likewiseexhausted its fourvperemptories- Jby ' objection- to V Messrs. vA, .Sbrier, 'JV Miller, ArchW ' ol the- veniremen were put. the - usual ' ftjmtfoni?fthavIngr,.formed "and" ex v. y f . " " 7 pressed ;an; opinion and thework wasi; tedloujl -from ;the start. ;The "jury, as ', finally -empanelled' is' composed as fol-r . . Towsi .Messrs.' W. E. Merritt D. LV '-, l ' " Gore, F Jollye,p. H., Ward, John ,Kel-A - r ley,f J.G. ,Barrentine, J. Wallace Car- ",J :V michaei; Alex A. Dock, J. ' N." FennelL. "" George C-Jackson, W. M.Creasy and:, v ' Capt. John,- Barry. , flThe jury, was glv- .f 3,"' en. the usual instructions about ' not i: t uuuuBaiu iuc vaa.wuu Lilts jjuuiiu udi -x among themselves" until all the eyi- dence is InV ?. The pan el is regarded as v a yery strong, one, and Js remarked upon as 'one .of the best ever drawn in 1 hfi county, v . They will hot. be allowed to separate until the verdict; is ren dered and are being kept at the -Court ' House in . charge of a bailiff". - .Tester !, : day afternoon, after a recess had been f t ' taken, they weretaken for some exer cise and had' supper down town. They v " ace provided with cots for sleeping in -V- hh the gourt House. V ? 7 The only two - witnesses examined vesterday were 1 Dr. C. D, BelL the coroner Who held an inquest over the, body, 'and Dr. Slocum, surgeon in charge of.the hospital.-"They testified largely to the character of the wound. etor As yet no witnesses have been r DrBell testified that be beld an In-rest-over the, body' of Wllllams'the morning after the tragedv : the .wound. ' was' just above 'the right eye brow; , " couldn't tell; the size of the bullet; -the -Wound looked like the ball had gone straight, into the. head. There.4 was. nothing to show. whether the pis--,; tol "was fired at 'close range or not. He probed some for the' bullet himself. He could not be certain ' as v to the1 size of the bullet from the, fact that the hospital surgeons had been prob-, . Ing.In the. wound for the ballv before be came. v ., -v rrDr t Slocum testified that" Dr. E P 7 Gray," of his sbaff, brought the body to the hospital. Williams '.was then unconscious and brain matter was ex- uding- from the wound . In the head. 1 From .the wound he would judge that f me uau . was,-aooui . ar az-caiiDrerv iarg- y' er. rather than smaller than that, if anything. . The' shot was not fired at close range' enough to burn the $kin. . mere -was a -very little' powder and grime' , on - the" edge ..oC the puncture, -The ' immediate, cause .of the.- death - was-liemorrhages caused by. the shot, j Williams hadno coat and hat when - i , -5 - 7. . Very- little -attention" was' riven to'",- the-. cross-examination of ri ether", of these; witnessesby the defer oe,- which " indicates . that -they , have other - cards -. Bailey.; t t vue oemetery. Members- of - Cape i ;X S'Zi w 7, i- ii liVar Tw N:2 T orvF f whih i 5 p:ay ia the S1116 $0T their, client's f ?rJ5,N.r i "r:.'-i whIcl1 freedom. ,It is plainly to be seen from XTtrTt oft the Pess.of the trialCthus far that Is .called-to inieet atr.the hall and'at- th tttm aV t.Ai,; tend the obsequies In a body,- j ; the attorneys are strongli confident of absolute acquIttaL-.'-The line ofi de-', Shifting, Engine Wreck. t Snipes did nbt fire the fatal, shot at V;smlins ng4ne lallr that It; was. fired byanother; by. wrecked yesterday afternoon near the whom, it Is not .up to them to - say. v end of the siew, office building on the, The .-pistol-taken from Snines on the night of the killing had but one cart ridge , fired, according to; Officers i M..': - A. . Jones and . Tatum who., took it Wanted Active Men - and.Women. brought to Wilmington,-. announcement Saturday of. this week. Cars leave, St. JTohn's ' Church Eaater Egg ofv which : with: the arrangements, will. city for.-cthoj links Et 2:30 ,.P. II.' The-aneh's ' handicap tournament ! north side of Red .Cross 'street, caused on. -the links "of. the Cape' Fear Golf j by the turning of -a rail. The engine count of the weather, will be played "freight- car, against v which , rit was: -from him before he was : sent- to the - the j: thrown. It, wes secat to the' siopsf for. hospital, himself wounded by Special be made later. - 4 Inter ccting event is promised.' An repairs, havlnsf turned . nrcrlv 'cdrar rtely over. Jo cne was' hrrt ' , J (Continued en fourth page.) - v - v YS: 4
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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