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'" f W ' k' '' ;The Morning Star. -! Oldest Dally t Newspaper i In the State; '-. v ' Laroaat circulation of any . I , . ....... Subcription . Terms. 1 aacr - IS' One yeaf.by t'ail. V.C5.C0 -r Six Months DyMall. . ,2.50 ' Wilmington, Paper.: V . "-, Three Months by Mai I 1 .25 Vf-yf VOLi LXXXt-3STO, 23- WHOLE .NUMBER 12,346. . 'J- A1. i 3, : OUTLINES. netails of Jhe . great earthquakes in wpstem l Mexico '.' on Sunday and Vhnflav shbw that ' the destruction was ; great, hundreds of people being killed while the Escapes .;of. .inany were miraculous; ' the destruction of Tmnfips was immense, lnciuaing'. bulla inrs suDDOsed , to le; jearthquake proof. peace among:, all - peoples was the ldeaLraised.aloft-atrthe'. clos ing banauet of the .peace congress in- rhided the ' BriUshr Ambassador;- the CtoYernor-Cieneral. of Canada;; and oth er dlstinguisheanien.---'iJiereport8 made to the ; continental; congresyiof the Daughters' of the American .Revo.' lution. In. session at Washington, show that the organuauon,, nas raisea a fund of $250,000 " for - memorial ' con tinental hall at "Washingtonjl tdday.a visit win be paid to tne wmo or wasn-ineton.- Germany is Jealous- of. the approaching meeting of -the Kings of Englana ana uxaiy, . ana ue.- uerman nress accuses Great Britain of schem ing to disrupt the tripple alliance, warning England that'war with' Ger many WQuldj be dangerous f orany op ponent or coalition of opponents. - Rev. CjE: AKed, ol .Engiana, arnvea In New York . Testerday to become pastor of Fifth Avenue "'. Baptist Church, at which. John" D. Rockefeller worships: he . told : tne newspaper men that It Is not Mr. Rockefeller's Church. -r Three surviving -members ot.ihe3Iett family In Chicago, have : again been poisoned and are not ex- pected ) ta 1 11 ve, twamembers having died at the -first "poisoning. The story sent by5' telegraph frgm Greens boro, N. C thaft-Dr: R- B-Patterson nad killed hia'wlfe in: self-defense was absolutely untroe,: having .been " start' d by his enemies. In-the. suit; at Concord, . to secure, an account ing for the property of Mrs. 'Eddy, founder of the' Christian Science Church, her lawyers, yesterday " put tn a vigorous answer," denying that she Is incompetent to attend to her busi ness affairs and-hssertlng. that theJiti gatlon was c brought by evil-minded persons hostile to Mrs. Eddy, and the religious principles ; of which ; she Is the vjjander and' exponent. New YorrSarkets: AToney on calLv easy 2 to y per cehL;-ruling rate," 2 1-4 to 2 1-2; closing bid. 2 1-4; offered -at 2 1-2; spot cotton 5 points " lower; closing quiet at 10.10 ; flour, steady, but dull; wheat, steady; No. 2 'red, -83 3-8 elevator ..corn,' steady;- No. "2, 57 ' elevator; oats, firm; mixed, -47 l-2; turpentine, steadyr;71 to 71 1-2; rosin, , steady. . ; ; .. - ' " : -1; . i.- 1 Some people gst-their money, by working with the; corporatlona eiid others find it equally remcxteratiTa ta woriragaXaat them "tJjese tiinea' "iS" ' 1 - ." ".: t Although you hear, little ot.Winiam Randolph Hearst,-it: is eald he-IalneT erthelesa a busy . msjx-igaln having taken to nursing ahothier- Presidential, boom. ' ' ';-r; ' :. -; 1" 'V- An expedition is to be sent by ' the Smithsonian Institution .to "Alaska .to search for fossils: - Why- not ' stay in the United States and eearch for' them next year in the political crap pile? . ; President Roosevelt may not say so, but probably the National. Arbi tration and .Peace Congress' In, New York this week looks like wt : called jpieeting of womenxihildren ahd President Roosevelt wrote. Harri man, "We are practlcar men. : j This week the President wrote the peace congress in New York, "be; practical." Does that mean be like him and Har--riman? .- -VT ": : The Lumberton -Rofbesoiilan in- forms us that - . Ool JCA. McLean ;ied in the clay .pigeon-shoot . Thursday afternooo,. breaking.. 21 : out, of, 25.! Hold up your right hand, Colonel. -Or, did you shoot 'eca . pn the groundf l Ella .Wheeler, .Wilcox, who. has, been a poet or a; poeteqs tor ; many years, says: "I feel as young todayaswhien I was twenty.! Someanean nian .will blurt put that her.TniemoryJmustj.''be good If she can remember how- he felt 'oefo de 'wzhJ-f-1 i r -lt Is not declared that -Harry .Thaw was practically his owa lawyer and in sisted on. managing his own defense;! This Is a dlsooverv of new evidence to support District Attoraey'Jerome In renewing his . plea for anctoerin sanity commission.--. -' i ; : The -Philad!elphIa ;;, Press "(Repi) speaks of the Democratic 'party as "A Confused Party.", ' -. It's 'enough to confuae any party to seeV large ;oon tlngent of the ' Republican. party marching back almost J close enough to be captured by" the ' Jeffersonian skirmish Hne. V" " . The Washington Postals attention to the -fact that the Hon. William: J.' Bryan neglected to go 'around "to; the Whito, Houfe when" he; was Jn Wash tngton..a;few; days agb; -; Why should tiM'Nebraskan;,4 waste time - at 'the Yiyhlte House? He's 'seen- itbefore and : terfc3vBrftiii;-.- c ,av - ivV ' ; r ,r??ia.lUi V cvicg.any repairs made, ; ; TDE SANDERS LOST -r midorxv. i Steamer;' Staick r'j Tuesday: s Night . WENT QUICKLY TO PIECES Had Cargo of . . Cotton, Naval Stores and Other Produce foK Wllmlng- ton Consignees Valued at $12,000, Partially Insured. . ' Ther 8team.ef: Sanders; of; theOcean Fisheries' CompanyJ .of ) Wilmington; runnlngr for aTfew trips of the steam er jCompton, while the latter was .laid up. for repairs, struck oni a shoal on thlitUe- heavy weathe Tuesday nighCrwhile bound" tdsTVTlinington,'- and is bellev? ed to be a. total Ipssi-with part of her cargo of cotton and naval stores-consigned v to .T.Wilmington .v merchants. CapL' 1 J .Pepper ahd - crew got ashore ; in the 'yawl : -boats, 6n ; board, and taniecross the country: to South' port,' reporting." the loss "to the own ers in this city yesterday.- , The tug Blanche was sent immediately to the rescue of the Sanders, -buttheL steam-, er -could not '-be reached,' -and - ds thought to have - gone to pieces ' ere this..'. .Her stern r pole was knocked through , the' deck - when, she struck, and she rapidly filled with water, Mr. J.XH. Stone, of Stone Brothers- Com pany, agents -for - the --Wilmington; Southport' and Little River -Transpor-f tation , Company- at Little River," had charge, of tho-saving of the cargo,: and had rafted most of the cotton' and na- valw stores and brought -it la -to.hore according to advices .received: yester day afternoon " , Ai.'J : "..'V--- w- s -.The - Sanders was built" In Wilming ton In .103, and - waa'HS net tons,- 8& feet long, .18 feet' breadth drew 6 12 feet of water, and was valued at some thing like $12,000. It Is stated that the owners,' the Ocean Fisheries Com pany, were insured for something, like 60 ,; or 75 per cent of her value. . Par ticulars -wereVhard- to'.get yesterday, but? it Js;Tractlcally certain that the vessel is a total iossu though , some of her machinery may .be recovered. vA; WORTHY U N D E RTA KINO, Daughters of Confederacy c Would Erect 1 - : J. Mominiet- to Cotu e perat H erof ..i :r:(C5OTmtmIcated.ir;;.;-; ;-. ' -During the' war between, thV States, Capt, Henry- tWlr&-- was placed in charge"of the prisdo at Andersonville, Ga iwtiere : thousands of ; Federal prls oners -were confined "This officer was a -native,, of Switzerland and -ocame to this coumtry ' beforesih ' war, f settled In' Louisiana, where he was . practicing (his -'Tprbfession; mediciine, - when the war broke -out. v , He- -was wounded twice,' and being incapacitated for field service, -was placed , in Vcommand 'of this prison. -He: Is said to have 'been a .strict displjnarian but -was a kind ly, - humane maan. . . . r: After the -war,." while the passions of - some men'? were j so : Inflamed that Justice and fairness',, were .hot conisid ered, CapCWIrz was "pot ori trial for his life, before a military commission', for. the alleged murder of-several pris 1 T-r . 1 "j M ft. 1 -0 l j. mol-l0116rs : He' a -parole in his'pocket. expected happened and he was found guiltyand sentenced to death by hang- The : reason this officer - was tried developed,, when after his farcial con viction .even the day before he was executed, he was told his 1 life would be spared and he. be, 'given his 'free dom If he. .would implicate . Jefferson Davis In . the cruelties at- Anderson ville." Capt ;Wir2 rejected Jh.e ,prrP posal arid said he. would not purchase his liberty.- by perjury, and a- crime such as made a condition of his free- JThe Daughters of the Conf ederacy propose to; perpetuate:, the heroic ac tion or nms soiaier. in enamring marDje by; erecting at"Andersohrrtlle a monu ment to. his" memory.' J:' 7. v--- c r VA oomrade ha handed one acheck for ;-wim; xne - Tequest ii, .otbbm joo;tor aid our noble women; in-their wdrthy J object and ; the )suggestion is made that an ; opportunity be"t given others to join in this larjdabre - work. Contributions, large" orJsmalL will : be gladly . received and forwarded. " S r N-Rv-'W. PRICH, Adjt Cape Fear CaW;No254 gff; V. C, - Sailors Were Dlscharfled. . The case of - four ' i sailors charged iIthi assaltmg Capt.'Khiaes Monday night in. front of the Defmoalco.. Cafe, was tried in. the. pottoe oourt yester dayThey .were all discharged for lack of, evidence.' Their names are: Harry Dabbarder, Win; McColerlln, Edward Kbdgers and John Elliot '.There were ho other xases. before. Mayor Pro. Teni; OB'rien v'yesterday . ri 7?i-,. CIV V . 'fl E W A d V E RT I S E M E N TS-; -: Thosr FBagley -Wilimngton iJddge; Masons '-:' ' 'y' Academyof MuslcPeruchi-Gypzene. ' Atlantic . -National V Bank One-an d4 One-Half.; Million. v t -- J dusiness Locals.. '-" Strayed or Stolen Female Sky .Ter- riel. - " ' " '; V;'v.'-'-V--.-,l-: . . r A. fT vantea--unrumisaeu.- itooms ana Board. : Wa nted Sal- COJJPBOMISED . FOR $4,CC3 Sdlt of Mr. ChaYles D.;tV ills on As? Inst A$aptCoast Lln Jttledput ' - of ;Court Judgrpent By -r.- . y'TJhe damage . KQit ;pf Jlr, Chas:f:D Wihs6n, lof this city. against the At- Klantic Coast " Line - Railroad TComnany for personal ' in j uries ; received f in the Naitf street cross! ng :of the cpmpany.ln Wilntingtoa on' the '16th day of June, 1905'was yesterday comprom4sed by the attorneya :rresettog:'thersil- froadd 7 ithet plaintiff; Mr, Willson reoeving , aa amount Mhat is under stood, to ibe $4,000. ; Judgment accord- Ing to Ihe comproinilse will be entered ia' the Superior Court "at :1sv;term and-"this (will be the final' disposition c-f the 'suit...,V c-'t': U -i :: ,.Mr, Willson , was ; eiruck.'by- a car while ; passfng1 over" the crossings and received injuries that - were alleged . to' be, permangnt and .of a serious char acter. ;,'.The case was tried .inthe Sa perior Court last . year but the ..rail road company appealed from the ver dict of. $5,000 rendered at that timo and . a new- trial : was 'grainted on rthe issue as to the amount rpf ' diamagesi and arrangements wereibeing made to re-try the case at this-term. '.-However, the compromise was 'effected and this disposes of the matter. Messrs. Roua treev. & Carr, Williafla -J. Bellamy and Woodus : Kelum, - Esq.", appeared . for the plaintiff : and -Messrs..; Xavis ; & Davis and' Herbert : McClamim,1 Esq:, appeared f&r the. defendant company. , , :;-, . -- v . Watfton-Barnhl'tl 'Wedding." 5 '.-i. V :. Mr. .'John' M. Barnhill and Mis Mary D. -"Watson vwermaiTied at .tJhe home of ;the bride'sparents, Mr.':. and Mrs. atil3(ock'tJ vv. ts. waison, szx aouiyirTont srree, Crowley officiating. -They will live on the .cornerof ; Second , and "iMeares streets- "V." 'V-; ' - V": SUPERIOR COURT SESSION Verdict For . PJaTntlffa as to OneOe- vfendapt in cDougall Case-- Dam- k r Z ft..fl f 1 L -M ,,- A age ouugamn oeaooara ir.,. . -' : lltne Now On.' " . ' AJ :.dt yfestordAy; v in j th Superior jPouii, v4takBntai(7 tion of the vjjpaitegiifc "thfe ; case- of Rheinstein " Dry;- , Goods V Company against -Miss Bettie McDougall ' and Others of Laurinteirg, N. C, and the partial selections of, a - jury tec. hear the -damage suit of Eliza Jane Rogers against -the Seaboard Air Xine . Rail road 'Company. A verdict for the plaintiff aa to one Of the- defendants; L. A;-"Monroe was returned Jby :1Jie Jury? in the McDougall case andheleyen Jurors were in -the box for the ' trial of the Rogers suit "when court at : 5 o'clock took a recess ; until this morn ing at 9:30 A. M. . ". All lie forenoon session of the court yesterday was taken up with the com pletion of the , hearing of .- the suit of Rh-einstein Dry Goods -" Company against .Misses - Bettie and Sallie Mcr Dougall end others, general, merchants, of Laurinburg, N. CSThe taking, of the testimony was "resiucned. at . 9 : 30 o'clockt" and when this. was completed the argument of couneel to the jiry was" begun; " ExJudge :'E. v K. Bryan opened for the. plaintiff . and was fol lowed ' by Messrs,' -M'cClammy ,4nd Maxcy Li. .-John: for the defendants. In , the afternoon ex-Judge Bryan closed ; for the plaintiff. : By instruction of the court before the caswas presented to ! the jury,', one of the .Issues : was an swered absoVvtog E. ;S. Whi taker, .W". c Beavins u. Bunayand oeo.;lJ. Evingtoh 'from' responsibility 'in con neciioo ; with the-firm and - the main issue went to the ' Jury .as to li . A. Monroe, another, of the parties def end-aintsv-. It was ithis. question that k was presented to the jury. -The: defendants who were -held hot. tot ibe members of the firm, were represented, by. E.- H. Gibston Esq!, of Laurinburgr.v The I sueaJ9 toMr.Mbnroe waV answered as follows r 'C- -Vf v-"-' v ':V r : "Was - the. defendant,- L. -'Ai Monroe, av partner ) In' the firm of B. and S. MjcDougall at the. time of the making of,the contradt, of ' Indebtedness ; re ferred to- in the first issfue V -The .answer- was "YeS.', a, verdiot hiavlng been returned .About 4 o'clobk'after thlb jury hd'been. out only.. an hoite.' or " prob ably 7less;'; 1 In the; case 'of . South"ern -.I5istilllng Companyr against.. Steljes ?& . Company, judgment, was 'given oy consent Jiao. D. r Bellamy & Son,,' represented the f Southern -Distilling .Company ' and ; A. J.; Marshall, Esq., the defendant firm. The ' suit of v EIIza.v Jane C Rogers agadhst- the Seaboard .is 'for r'damages f orj having s been WJ (put', off. of- one v Of defendant's .trains . at Naassa ,Beveral lyears ago. J; JBine alleges that the .train was stopped before "It reached J the platform "and that, she was- forced" to (walk in. the dark' to find her wayi to the -vstation , and In doing so-fell and McCIammy,.Esq .represehts, the plain tiff and Maj. Jno D.Shaw, of Rock-J lnghan and Hon. . J no.' D. - Bellamy . & jSlon appear for , the ; defendant'-?' company.-. Eleven "jurors were; ihith'e T)qx oia the - case -when vcp recess for the. day - was taken -yesterday-'af ternoon These were' as follows: -A. N. - HeWett, D.. N. BtanJey, C D. Foardll. D. Ben ton, Jno. - C .Boesch,. ?.I.'vSchuiken, J. (Continued 'cn-fourthpacrs.) CROFVDAMAGE GREAT FDNEMLOF Strawberries in Wilmington Terri- tory - Thught to Be Cut ; Off ; Quite Qne-lialfr , ICE fcONRACTS' t CANCELLED r ' , i . Already ; Enough' Ref rigeratioj f or. ' Friilt -That v Wllh' Be - Marketable , '-.This Season YieMd In Chad-" M . ; : : bou rn Territory fSOO, CarsJ".! ; r Reports from the ."Eastern : North Carollnastrawberry: belt, thsere pqrts coming -from jpeople whosfc-business- It Is ,td .know; the feaT condition of- affairs;, indicate - that the cron,r;.for one-half r by ' the ' late Unseasonably 2: - coia-.weainer 'and ireeze. 'ane uaaa- bourn stion'-which nommallv-vlelds shipments, or between, 100 and 1.500 cars, will this season, according . to -i : : I than 900 cars and the - conditions ,in' the Wilmington. and.Weldori and V &ry. ; sections -are aid :to;be; corrM spondingly. cpuraging. ed .that the cent of -'the thrf'terrltorvtlast season. .T damage became apparent only with- invtiw, Ta ct "fowava "wTiri fhe ' v.Tm Blooms on the vines were! cut .'off at season, will . abontv amount. to . wnax cart abloom -and mature" durine . 1 the same, If :not 'inore dis, rSwi' furnished during :me evenmg; ana. tne, : , , , A:,told on,4Xuweeasanuy;v-;t? ; . cropwmj in every respect.; f-- r k - , . i2 300 vcars -shinned from ""m v . . . 4 it was. nearly-10 o'clock, wnen tnes . ' v the outset and the -unripe berries, paPwerwere monorary, jjrs,-.-, head; commanding a vie w, of the--en- . which-froze, - have turned .-biack and HRusselL andiD; W BuBuk;acttvef tire, room. ,ln addition, to the .set rotted The crop.n other -words,, this rr; J. H. Dreher, . Mepsrs. R. B. Blake speakers" of 'the evening; the,Asso- , Car?1??a i?nJ2:' CZ coirti v r '? " AViat gives authority to these : re - ports Is the cancellation, Dy tne at mouT" Car Lines of any further orders m 'YnMaiamttnn : rrlna: TioTrin rv4 pany'yesierday .morning that no? more thftthe amo.int.of icR.oW - reservA 'will h needed forirthe movei ment Of the cron In the" light of. the devloDmerit: of ' snch" great damage to thA fruit: The- freeze' came "iust ' as thershinments were about;fo: start and! is:. qnitoXprovoklng and t discouraging iNr-h -r.lflt. "wmiM bavf been renuired i o be ; tent in constant Wration until lotoT i riv taira ' care nf. the re - trigeratlon.for anything : like an ay- craee yield. 0V. ; 1.: V- y t ' . cWith-the . 1.500 cars.cut down to not more thanv 900 af the outside :from the P.nadhmim " belt and 1 a cbrresbondlne i aecrease in me . - uuier .... tseuuuus,.,!!. i means that. the .shipments this year will haraiy exceea l.suu cars against 2,300 last year. While this will great- lv relieve the transDortation comna-lx niea. it means thousands "of dollars of loss " to the -ruckers - amounting to little less than a nubile calamity. The i Armour people, of course, have care'- fullv : lnvestieatedUhe conditions and tlipy are nretty near the 'truth.: with their estimates of the short croprhy J reason-of the cold. : While thev do -not tothe gmwers. -iThe ilcepiantsat -vv-vs,f,s"" i;. Aiercnanis- ,-Associauon, wno oauiur . . Chadbotirnswlll-be i closed; dowa nearly -K--- his Subject 'TTheMerchants Associa nextceek and-thejlndependentplant in-thIsty?frolriwhlch largequantt-; ptetJeTCbrt bftheie at the "outset, with - Ues" offrefrlgeratlorf iVshlppedltb all judgmehtbf the lower court" a warding coupleof' little; anecdotes, andthen, , - ?, nolnfi'!wi-" llkel'ir-'close' ' 'for. ' thef nrel - ' -'.-- :-y- --' drifted into the' serious- part of.his-.-: S'ieSwell IS Wuslnl epef discussion: First he W;own', the; tens are now stored at ChadbounTand $12.Q0-:fprebsS't4fiiS'5to' an broad "proposition" that ' freight1 rates,,' it ls:expected that this will be able tp accident - at "Front; snd . Dock streefs North Carolina -were . the-. highest faired care -of the croD. whereas, usual- i- li -?t in" existence and' argued -at length', to x give, out & figures for. publication, tqe Jmitting a witness to qualify as an ex cancellation for ice. is significant' and J nert is conclusive when there : is , evi nieans that the":. growers1 have: only half - realized 'what, they haye suffered by. the : cold snap, The weather. ' at present is anything but favorable for J fwhole the ouUook: ismost ;rdiscburag-. I me exnecLea secona . croD ana as a i ing.viwo shipments' ot any extent are i now f gohig forward at all and the ber-1 rles that are marketed are knotty and very Inferior- In "quality: :'m ' "MERCHANT. SHO T- 4-AST N I G HT. r j : - - : - .v Fred - Rowland s Badly lWounds2 Mr. " neecinam i parrow. i , i eeuiuam : su. r,5ixrow, - u ?. auiereuaiut i . - . - . i iapa, a weu-piown young -wniie,uraii, i tatjv(it,A. 'A av.-i,-'-,. ;f.v. in..-- I row.'s.kplace..ofusmess.aiV: . t. occasions MrrFaxrow'.Vtwa-- ofderedfan Howlandoutof his;stme;a TO Jp away irpm ire. ; rqw orurea , nim ? oui , awinowiiwu refusedto o a go" outiunUl heVgot readyH Howiand'S; ; statement ; .Is y that : Mr. -w.v 1,4.-- j v'hri Iby'.therdefendant .to. exercise- the . ut counter u and struck Ahim. and pushed i . -.Aiiikw-i.A-t.Ji--. When Howland shot he was stand- ing onj the .pavement and Mrv Parrow was Just inside the door. -" The bullet struck; - Mr..,Farrow ant ttxe hsjnd, passed thixvugh -it and' lodged: in the fleshy, part'-; of his vthigh.;.:Hewas taken tx the James - Walker Memorial Hospital where the'; ball' was, probed for' without success. :v,ri - ' , The shooting .was done "with- a 32 calibre . Ivers & - Johnson revolver.- -;After .-the shooting " Howland was arrested by Police Sergeant rC. ;S. Burnett." -- "- ;.'AV-.young;4mari..,.about':-.l 5-. (years , old, who .writes" a" plain hand, may 'secure a -place for pfflce work" byv applying at thie tar .office. s "Must have best reccmme2.datIon3. ' ' apr' 14-3t; Hit R.H. BEERY 1 nip ressl ve 5,Se rvTceSu. Yesterday , After- r noon ' f rom Market Street M." E. . Church Military Honors rpaia ;r - - by-L,ocal Lt Infantry. "v : ln : the;'presence Of ia large .assem blage of friends at Market - Street Js$ E. - Church; yesterday afjbernon at 1 4 r30 o'clock vlmpressive i f uneral - services were -cotf ducted over .the -remains F of Ae :iate Mr. ' Robert H.Beery, whose sad .ahd' Z: untimely 7 death , occurred Monday, tnght at the- hospital.;-; The ' services were by Rev;v .J. W Potter, j rwrntr; pastor ana a, close personal friend: of-TUhe; deceased,.' assisted ; by Ret. W Jir Rexf Ord, the present i pas tor- of the congregation, and -Rev; W. L. Ounnihggini presiding elder of the Wilmington DistrictvM; Em awirch.'j try which -abfed.ate: armwy and under ratmrriand of Capt; Robert- onti f f aIaj . nvOM..:. r touohingly-by a special choir "and the florai Mributes wptv. ttittv em vp- norni . tnuuiee - were; nuiny ana .very Sb WSS-SSSl. ,J The.ftneral was wimilIteix,honora,ito - : Market:"stre$ts the Mr- Beery having been a. former, cap-4 um! - . ; v - ' t t.. Trm . t -t ' 1 ocrasmn beinr the annual . banouet oi, w new wide" open and the guests i0! iT JcrTTlpn mJ?vea T17 1 1& butlful 3akdale.vCenietery,' ?-w'here alL that was mortal of this gpoj citizen cI laid to rest. ; The. I 4w.o.ruuu : .cwuumu, . ; x- wwiwr, , xv. President-C. Cl-Moore of .the- wno ;is most tuewt fed and a salute was-1 fired-i ower, ; the grave an nomcr pi , ineir aeceasea- com-1 rad, oy me iignt inmntry. f ; -; , f v--v . i , -- - . - i I UfcGISION 4N IlOHINfc hGASe V I V- - V V 'rW . 54 ' - .- -:CJ.. I Opinion of Supreme; Court ; in :MucFtsure . at the large attendance and iu-f I - Diseuftrf Damans Suit from WiU vc.iimViI ' '-'" - foyed as ;a lamp, trimmer for the Consolidated V CbmDanyi of this s' city n ne N r.ublishes the following digest of -thef Innininn nt the niTnthecase: I "Home vs Electric5C0mpany,r , from! 1 TMe-nr TTiinnver -TSFn-error: t ?i: . nrven, mougn a x;oxnpiaiuiTiiia.tsj senarate:" SDecific allegations-of hegli- gence as arising on the: racts, ir v every j phase of the controversy and rele- knt) fact and circumstances could be I full vnresentedfcin the eeneral issues. the allegations were properly concid- ered a evidential on the eeneral t charge of negligence, and there was error in a refusal to submit sena- rate issue's' addressed to such specific allegations. r . T 9. The action vvf thii Jiidse in' per- dence tending to "support such find- ing. V - '-7.:-y'- i "3." Testimony" by'" ani electrical, ex pert; asto the different placing' of ;a awnmg - - 'mtehi''liave' .been" atoidedwas J nnii whArpnv a f contact? wim-andiron i simply a.s recital orjoMective- .-;xacts.i coming under witness's observation, irif effect a? deserts apart; fromiichsahe description - of I tne pole ana'tne meinoa Dyi wnicuxne electric . lamp was-, raised "and lowt ation of the Vappliahcesnd a methbd Dy wnicniecmcitys-wassconveyeatjto iue . jamy, .was cu uiai. . bjmjui, w umu i . .. . .. . . . . . in ymwew ..yyx:a.t.Ka vxxai, ucuu-1 o - nf . .mraTiir ViaH 4 -nlaceH n nHmarv I .mi. -ariraa Tirti7- nrt electric: lampin such position that C"?".' . ' rrr7jTSIu".'i and makitfg serious. iSr Vfatal Injuries almost certain, Held:. That there, was dress ,was an- able and logical presen a clear breach of Juty , to the 'plaintiff i tation ..of 'the , themes The business and motion of non-suit ; was; properly refused MRS. VIRGINIA A. MURPHY -A ."'.. - - A ' ' " rition municipal politics, and janalyz Died Yesterday - Afternqon at, Rett- Lv .this -With Reference -to the bodv j-- - oence ot -fier son. - a Mrs: Virginia ' Alv-Murphy 'died-yesterday afternoon at-5r o'clock: at the residence of her son, MrABVF. Tiiur-j phy, 218 worm ; Ninth, street. , she leaves : to mourn ...her loss, two chil dren; Miss: Virginia. -W. .Murphy; and Mr' B..' F. . Murphy.:' To, them is ex tended in this sadhotuvthe sympathies of many, friends. ' The funeral - will' be conducted from -the4 residence of her son thdsf af teraboh,' atT4 : 30- o'clock. 5 -Read Star Business Locals. j j" ITSANNDALBAWT Merchants' Association Qafthered at Festive Board at Coloniar : . Inn Last Night. 1 STRONG ARRAY OF SPEAKERS Subjects of. yial-4nterest to; Business ; ; J ;( Men Discussed -By Business Men - ' Who Know Elegant Menu i and Other Features.' V r l Nearly a' " hundred prominent WII- mington - business men'and' l their guests -assembled Hast" night;4n-the ,;, nrirttv -ainine . robmof-The ,Colnial' - V.' the Wilmington MeTcnAss.: tion , The banauet room-was Drettily , ! - . .-r . smuax ana 0,hdrrrsr ed on the walls, and -from the, chande , - ,intro'HTn aonh winrfftur wereplaeCd - palms, hlch-, gave a-, very appropriate.) setting, to vthe ,de- bidden inside. . The tables were f oTT"ATire(l 'IV shaDer President BJ- Powers?: the" toastmasten and UheAdis tinguished guests being . seated ' at the f i ciaxion - was ueusuiea tiu: uave yrcecmj antly remembered", in .' -Wilmington. t - jvir. Moore came vy yviuuuigmu .uu- an mnerary oi, xne ouiie , wiui ueu- I era f ilreanlxer ' rJ. ; 1J. Tsmitn.' ot-.xne-. the Principal, speakers of the. eyenmg. . President Rogers, the toastmaster,- before 11 - oclock -called the Ibanqueters Xo- order,, expressing- plea- ,;r Itroduclng the first speaker,, Norman H; Johnson, Esq., of Raleigh. Attorney;; General, of the North - Carolina Retell show that -there was rank discrimi- nation . in favor of business -centres . oL other - States.- He- said "that the act the' last Legislature would-- 'educe freight rates to 20 -per cent'.rv our mere .were -ox.ner . remeuies - its quired and he caned upon thje ousiness, ,y men tO CO-Operate ' . for Still further ' ' cu.un.o. .v... " - -- - ,-. trading stamps, spoke ofvthe evns-or .v we cui-rau? Biemvauuuc, i"cuv calls .upon merchants for donations, He endorsed ' newspaper advertising Us the wisest and most.- judicious means of , publicity and . called upon merchants to cooperate, andi. orgam ize for mutual benefit. He letolled the Legislature which ,. recently; ad- iourned, paying high tribute f to - that bodyras one of the. most, able. most ' r vamaoie mat ever assemmea,ra me State , of 'North Garolina, , These.. re marks, however, were- not ; voelferonsr ly applauded. ' He closed with an ear-t 1 nest appeal for co-operation. r, j- , Hon, E D. Smith, of , Columbia -, l;., uenerai i urganizer ot tue - nouuiem General urganiz was --next Untro- I duced ; and , made.- a rattling- good Vf j,wit. wouwuuuu,. .-.... uvwuwy , -t -.-.. uujitiui. ww ouu--,. trialv Development of me; boum. His address -was earliest, appealing- or- c f nate; eloquent, v pleasing: He . , was his - remarks were liberafly J punctured! ? thefmost enthusiastie applauses- - . mwq 6ijwpv His ' tribute to "King Cotton and.his r iwuv,mvu ". v , t - ' -- , - .- Tin .- n m . t . rt t ... t . . t- . rirvaTi i t m n w r -- - .---r: , I IL rvrt,- ' tectlon OI. PrlCeS; Oi tne . SOUtn S , mo-; t. Si! : cnntrnline-IPeroratlon was as,, pretty, and as elo- - 2?: . "flfh? ;5fl?" - 5? Prem'ilent J ' A. TavloVlof he WIU lence - - TTIr snhiect was Business Menrto - the Body Politic, and;hiscad-4 duties, - her saldil andhe went on "to show why : business nien should -"bear . a" very :t close -relation to, the. -body politic of . the - Statend Nation." If e was given 'earnest? close-attention, .all -his , apvllcations being - practical and . i pointed, He referred to -the eorrup-,-v polltio- He was .given ' the "warmest applause 4 at the - conclusion " of his splendid response :r - ; ''' : President, C.-C. "Moore,,of Xhe Col ton - Association in -North'-CaTolina, v was presented In :a "very", happy Intro- ?f duction"iby Toastmaster,: Rogers, said that his ' subject - would be :The Universe." Always , at home 'hi what ever presence, ' Mr. IVIoore responded ' in-ra.' happy - spech,- embellished; with apt' illustration and Infinite jester : Louis r Goodman,' Esq.,; secretary and ' " (Continued on fourth page.) t - - A '1 1 9 . V ) v A
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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