Tho ; T.lornlng : tar C u Lcc r I p II an To rni a OneVear byVMaluJciW 8lx Months' by MailV VVPXO Three Moptht by" Mall . . .$1X0 Oldest Dally Newspaper In the SttSe. w " ' ; r Largest circulation of any Wilmington Paper. ; THE VERDICT. u "William Howard Taft ,liast t)een4 el ected (or will when the electoral college meets) President of JheUnit ed States to succeed Theodore Eoosew velt. This result was foreshadowed in a forecast given in the') StarTof last Sunday in 'the following -paragraph: "The result of the presidential elec tion is in doubt, it all depending on .whether Carnegie and the Steel Trust and Rockefeller -and ' the Standard Oil or 'the people shall rulf " '' The .reinarkahle , feature ahout the result in New York is the fact that Bryan received so Jmuch better sup port in the counties outside Greater New York than he; did in the city it--4 self. - TMsis , partially attributable ta the diversion of Democratic votes to i Hearst's man, Hisgen; but we can not escape the conclusion that Tam many traded Bryan off for Chanlex. It is manifest that; with the large lahor vote for Bryan in . Greater New iTork, Tammany was . guilty of gross treachery i ' North Carolina, true to white su premacy, which will be leading Is sue in the South in the next campaign, has given, a large majority fully as large as we expected for both the jBtate and National tickets. The total vote of New Hanover was .yery close to our forecast, as was the majority for.Kitchin, though the vote cast 'by the Republicans and "What Nots ; was about 125 in excess of our figures. The prohibition Folly Is large ly responsible for the result! to this county, -v As we write, 10 P. M., it is too ear ly to give the result for members of the next national House of Represen tatives. From . advices now at hand North Carolina has elected eight of the . ten Congressmen, leaving ' the Eighth and Tenth districts in doubt. We believe - oxir forecast of Sunday estimating the Democratic majority in North Carolina at 2,(ft0 to 3p,000 will not vary largely from the actual sult. Glenn's majority in 1904 was 49,000. ' vj . ' Full details of the election will be found in our (telegraph columns. What an : uneasy-timeaili.,the pie- Standard Oil will lve tot g back to the courts now for advertisement ' ' ' 1 1 " i Roosevelt thought of course Rocke feller ,was a strong advocate of "post election publicity' : - ' . That was some tall' claiming done on Monday by both national commit tee chairmen. Now that the campaign is over mud can again be used for the purposes it jwas originally intended. v ' What will the political spellbinders ilo now? f Many will find 'their occupa tion gone, for four"years at least, ; ' The Republican campaign managers found out that Standard Company's (oil does not smooth the troubled wat ers. ' " 1 An exchange remarks that the; de feat of Cannon was something . It had always looked upon as too good to coma , true. ' The President ought to have put in his proclamation that the peopTe should return thanks that the cam paign is over. Wonder .f the Socialist Labor par ty's nominee for President had a -special wire run into . his quarters yes terday so he cpuld get the election news early? Anyhow, the Horse Editor of The Morning Star was yesterday elected a Justass of the Peace for the county of New Hanover, and State aforesaid. ..Isn't that glory enough for one day? We bet the vote of the members of the newspaper fraternity, if taken to day, would, be unanimously in favor of increasing the length of the Presi dent's term of office to eight years. Eight years ago in "this State it was called a campaign of education, four years ago one of industrial prog ress. What are the campaign nom inees going to call the one just ended? , The Charlotte Chronicle asks which county now"holdsthe Vance banners. It says the banner J passed east from. Catawba several elections ago. Who evferrknows which county holds it will please speak out ' The next thing in order is Thanks giving day, vwhen iwel will , all, give thanks for the-results ofjyesterday those who wero successful, for 'their victory and. those, whoi were defeat ed, that it was no Worse. mmmm '.5.- . FmmammEiimME Splendu Pageant Yesterddy Afternoon L- ed Greav hering of People- Midway at plaz LasK -X; make With a magnificent civic and ; floral parade yesterday afternoon along the principal streets of the city, the Open ing of the merry midway immediately upon its conclusion, band concerts and a gay carnival of fun and frolic out at Elksplatz until 12 o'clock last night, the Elksfest" and Fall Festival may now, be said to be well on its way to a triumphant success. H i Today 'the programme includes the splendid. Elks Society Circus and pa rade, the latter starting from the grounds at 2:30 o'clock and complet ing the circuit of the principal streets of the city at 4:30 o'clock at the grounds; the ircus itself beginning tonight at 8: 30 o'clock and a never-out and never xver exhibition of all the shows on the .'merry midway until a late houi again tonight. ; The parade will start at 17th and Princess streets arid the route will he down Market to Fifth, , up . Fifth to Nun, down Nun toFront and up Front to Red Cross; ' thence up Red Cross to Fourth,- to Market and ' again out to the grounds. The parade promises to. be one of the: largest and most unique ever seen .in Wilmington. It will include not only the best that there is in the local performers' but many professional acts and features contributed by King & Tucker's Great City Railroad Shows which arrived yesterday and spread canvasr for the various exhibitions to be given during the week. The programme for the. cir cus has : already been published. It will run for two hours and there will be something doine in two. rings and 4 on a platform all the while. The cir- cus proper will, of course, close with the usual concert when Julius Taylor's Royal Minstrels will put . on a great show. All Elks are quired to be on the grounds before nppniloday in or der that the parade. may,move prompt ly, on time. The; doors of the big cir cus tent vWrili open at 7:45 P. M. and au; patrons arreuuestu uiwvgg ???ns5- JSJ!, C.ff J?' change. Boss Canvassman Ph .B. Jack- of something over ten thousand. , ludicraus and interesting to the ma nt,t.mn t- n .vifli tw " J.j.R. Maxwell, of Whitevllle, a 'mem ber of 532 of this city,, the prize being a handsome gold locket. The- second prize . went to Justice G. W. Borne mariri, who was at his best. There were eight entries all told and while Mr. Percy Wells, of the Bijou, was the- acknowledged ' leader in the exer cise of . this "gentle" ar, he was barred but on account of being a professional, though awarded a special prize for ex cellency In his class, v f ! . -Tne Civic and Floral Parade. The committee in charge of the award of prizes in-tbe, civic and: floral parade was , not ready last midnight to'.announce the liames of .the winner officially, ' but it is learned that the Woodmen of ; the-World captured ; that for the best - decorated :. float , of a fra ternal organization; a. gold clock, .while the:fied4Mettwere giveriiViipecial prii f drlthlftJndiits ariiiiai IdeacaK ried out by a fraternal, organisation. The first prize for the most handsome ly decorated automobile , was awarded to Mr. B. H. Stephens, whose Machine was driven by Mr. Youngs Mr. Jos. H. Hinton won second prize, . it being exceedingly difficult for the commit tee to decide between the two. -For the best industrial float or display the award was to the Delgado - Cotton Mills, the prize ' being a silver . trophy vase. A special prize: was,": however, awarded; to the Independent Ice Com pany for the originality of its display A copy, of Shakespeare's Work& was awarded to Union School for the best ischoor float. Two ' little girls, whose names "were not learned by the com mittee, but who were ; driving a trap in purple and white,, were awarded the prize for the best", decorated pony cart," the prize being a saddle, bridle and whip. The prize for the Tjest tri cycle rider was awarded to the .larg est machine In line, the name being unknown to the committee. The award of prizes to baby carriages and go-carts will be announced later. - The parade was more than a mile in length and" it is safe to say that for magnificence of display and Sim ple beauty, it as jnever been: equall ed in Wilmington The weather was ideal and a larger crowd , never lined a i route along which a pageant of the kind passed. The formation was at the City Hall on Third street ; and long before the hour announced for the parade to start, the square, was one mass of humanity, street cars moving with extreme i difficulty, ; Headed by Chairman T.- B. Carroll, oL the k committee, , a1 cordon of - seven mounted police and Hhe Mayor and Mr. D. R. Foster in an automobile, the -parade .began" to move' promptly up Third street at ' 3 o'clock., ' Gen. James I. Metts, ; chief -marshal, and the following aides were mounted and had- charge of , the line: - Messrs. O. A. .Wiggins, H..B. PeschauJ, O. Reil ly, Irving Bear", J. L. Solomon, J. H. McFarlaneI. B. Rogers, Clarence -W." Mills and Dr. Wu D. MacMillan. First came the Post Artillery. Band of Fort - . V- : ". - - ' ': " Caswell, in regulation uniform and discoursing sweet music. Next, came Cape Fear Academy v students in charge of their principal,1 Prof.' Wash ington : Catlett. The Russian Midget was advertised: by aif. army of - small boys, carrying banners next was a section of decorated bicycles and uni que pony carts, all ' extremely X pret ty, these be Lag driven by children of Messrs, W B Beeryj J. G: 'L.:; Giesch en, S. A. Schloss, the Misses .King Master Willie We3 McEachern and others.' Miss Alderman's ' Select School had a beautiful float in which there were half a hundred pupils in bright costumes.; The Domestic vSciehce of Union School , was a huge market bas ket in colors with : members of the class inside, affecting cookiig . caps and some of them representing pack ages of f groceries: . The tlemenway Public School floats was a dream .of beauty in tinsel and bright colors-; rep resenting ' "A Mid-Summer... Night's Dream" with little Miss Fannie Grain ger as . Fairy - Queen. - The Union r School was represented by i: highly creditable 'and most : . typical ' Indian scene, with the young people-ln.:: Tied Men costumes. Tmm anneloKhtdergar-1 t?sn was beautiful hi a float ofpretty white and blue, and, fliled? with.. little children as , gay as larks.' " The Ma sonboro ; School was thei only out-of-town float in the school .parade ' and this as, highly creditable in Nation al and Elks Colors, there': being . some 30 or 40 pupils in the float. The ,Del; gado Kindergarten was represented in an automobile drapped In purple, jvhite and being driven by Mr. John E. Piatt. Then came the section of decorated automobiles, this havingteen the pret tiest ever seen here. The ..first repre sented the Red Cross Society and fol lowing were handsome; designs by Mr; Frank Herbst, Mr. Will Miller, Mr. Jos. H. Hinton, Mr. B. H. Stephens, Dr. J. H. Dreher, Mr. F. J. Gooding, Dr. W. T. Smith, Mr.' C. H. 'Borne- m'ann, Dr. Fred D. Hale, Mr. Oscar Wright, .Mr.. J. A. Springer, and oth- ersFerarri's bandb and horsemen, Then came the commercial , floats ;of TT cT:' f u J iiwenty norses. bouquet of flowers - was? drawn :A by The Snowdrift Hog- less Lard was wsll advertised in a large float driven-by Mr. Waddell, one of the district salesman. , , Mr. Will Rehder, the .florist, had a display of beautiful 5 flowers andt plants that was a veritable dream of beauty. The Clarendon Water ;Works .Company was represented by an "exceedingly; credi table float in chafgeof Foreman Jas. D. Mote and' First Assistant Walker. The ; Cocoa; Cola" Bottling Works had several wagons and decorated vehicles in line andas" immediately followed by the Italian t Band from - St Helena. These musicians 'f rom , the Sunny Isle affected no bright costumes; or hand somely polished instruments but ; the -music they gave forth waurnot "excell ed anywhere along the - line.. - The North Carolina Bird Company was rep resented ; by:!a huge- cage 'with open sides iithrough which-many varieties of song and plumage birds werej ca- ressed:;by5:their keeper, an attractive young lady.; The Tidewater ; Power Co., had onof the prettiest and most elaborate displays in this section, the creation of Mr. Hudson and other em ployes ' off the- confpanyj The display was surmounted by a large, .lif e-si2e Elk and displayed ranges, grates, el ectric fans and other specialties in their line. The Bell-Cantwell Lumber Company had a characteristic wood land scene. Next " came the Wilming ton Sash Door & Blind Company, pre senting some of the execution- of its. factory in this city. - Hall's Dry: Pond Pharmacy was represented by a ; Phun ny ,Riding down on one of the long eared, if not long:horned gentry Buck skin Ben's Band discoursed good mu sic and gave a -Western tinge vto this department of the great pageant The Auto Company was represented by a delivery ; truck driven by Mechani cian Piner. The department of ; fra ternal orders was exceedingly credit table and came next Leading these was a calvacade ; of nearly , fifty He'd Men jfrom three ' tribes in ; this 'city with a mounted teepee, drawn by: six large oxen." Sfhls parade within itself was quite a block in length and was joined- in not only by : Red Men . but pappooses and - , other , primeval fea tures. The .Woodmen : of the eWorld had perhaps one of the prettiest and most elaborate floats ever construct" ed in the city. It was the handiwork of Mr. v James H.r Burriss, an enthusi astic member of the order j who held th'3 reins dverfour' gayly caparisibned horses attached to the float ' At. each corner and; sides',. of ;the - float , stood half, a dozen or ,moreVstalwart . young woodmen with axes'drawp. i The float. was beautifully t decorated in" emble matical fashion ' with the stump . and the driven . axe.' v ,The Fraternal Order of -Eagles, had a, faithful' representa tion of 'an-aerte built. way-np among the Kcraggy ! ; heights of ; a mountain scene. -This" was drawn by four horses and - was " decorated,' in, the colors of the order.' -: " v j "i , The Astyptodyne Chemical Company SI (Continued oa !pss9focr4 ELE6T10N LOCALLY NewndyerP51l4iVy Larger Contest. THE MA JORITY IS INCREASED Taft PplTiiBomethlng tOver 50O Votes jTlifoitjgii State and Congressional - Beturhs Fromi Precincts. , Semi-official .returns from all wards,' ppcinbtgand townships : in ; the coun ty, witbthe single;; exception of. the lower division of i Harnett, which could not be reached i by telephone last night, indicate that in- yesterdays general :; election New . Hanover gave 1,296 majority for the National Dem ocratic ;ticket; - 1,804 for the State ticket ;(while Mr, Godwitfa majority over - Mr. , Slocomb for Congress from the vSixth District . was 1,877, When the returns come in from the missing precinplL, these ; majorities will be sghcrease;'; The C9uhty and vlegislative tickets khad ttqt tPPositioii and ittief vote lor thorny jtu approxinmte;2300r hich Is aiargegain overi904btail vote for Governor 'Olenn-in 1904 .was only yfuiiefxais - year wun .one ' pre-, ed up . for Kltchln' The Republicans showed : soma gains in Tneariy every ward and - precinct but thesef-increases were lafgely; on' the-'National ticket. Qnly about- 2,400 votes ? were ; cast ;in oi 'iieariy1 4uuu.- it was; expectea , tnat a -much i larger Percentage of the vote would be cast! but the general public Interest In .the Elksfest and .civic na- rrade t:tle1xacted attenti6n' rfrom the rpolla and many a good Democratic yote tha would otherwise have r been cast,-'went for naught: . J 'Ther election was exceedingly quiet and thecrowds about' "the polls were much smaller than 'Usual. Under the great handicap V which ' he worked Chairman Furlong,-of ;. the Democratic Executive Committee, t- covered 'him self with glory . and while , he did not get f Ms 2.500 . or. r3.000 ? maiorltv rthat hia eff ortS' merited; vthe K improenletrt over-jyu!4t3 very grati tying. TMLeavote was '? nearly doubled for- the headset the State ticket and: the r Presidential vote for the Democratic nominee was nearly 2,000 against only 1,254 in 1904. The election in New Hanover was very quiet and except for the closing of the bars and little knots of people gathered at the polling places, one would not have known that the "des tiny of the Nation" was being settled at the polls. r The returns as it was possible to ' get them late last night are as follows r , .i : ; .- v : VEle6toraI Ticket k "Wards; First t Second Third Fourth Fifth . ' " -; : ; Bryan a . 29 6 383 ....421 . Cape - Fear. ... - . . 45, rDelgado . .V '.- j 69 20 Federal Point. . . . . . Total . . v . , k ..i .:.1,837 541 i Con dressional Ticket. i Wards: Yi v-. -5 y Godwin. Sldtomb First -.. Second ; ; . . . . . . , Third ......... 4. i Fourth Fifth Gape Fear. ...... .....388 3 3 d -:....v443 .....'302 .....472 53 31 33 34 51 10 21 ,9 , 2 . . . . 54 87 Delgado Tl n ci fv r Federal Point- 16 . Total .... Wards First ; . Second .. . . Third X..;i Fourth . 2,121 .. State Ticket ," r . -Kitchin .. .....;-.....328 ' . 432 . 244 Fifth Cape Fear. 53 87 20 16 Delgado . . . .. . .. . . . ; . . Masonboro . . Federal Point. . . . . . Total ..,2,073: 26$ ' As there. was no opposition to the county, and legislative tickets, the reg istrars did not bother themselves with thei figures, as to , those ' nominees, merely counting . the ? ballots and seal-, ing them up, for bfficiaLreturn to the canvassing board : at the Court House Thursday1 at noon v when the official result,: wilj' be-declared. , . ' f inquiry for the News. Thet result in '.New.Hanover. being a foregpnev; conclusion there was little iflauiry on the c street during: the day as to the local ' election. . There were, however., frequent inquiries for the result in the . State. The Star postea buUetins dufing'the day and last nighty a great crowd rgathered .in front 01 the. building to I witness the bulletins 5 as Taft 100 71 76. 4B 113 20 40 20 9 thrown by stereopticon on a- screen across the streets ; These returns were furnished ". by the great -Associated Press, t the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph long distance service, spe cial telegrams overi both the Western Union and; Postal wires, Thile the. re sults locally were gathered by tele phone and-given with the rest'-The stereopticon, was through the courtesy : - V XConj&nued on, PageFour. "j-- -vv. TO .v.; -'V ' Rfajority in The State'WiU icts in Dpubt . (Special Star - Teiegram.) V Raleigh, N.Npyi 3emocratic State iChairmai ?AiEller.:said at midnight' that . returns received from abou half 'thV.tleC'lbi'dicate North Carolina polled . a- considerably v larger vote than four years; ago and ' that while the Democratic vote is doubt less as large as- four years agp the .'Republicans have gotten, out a con siderable former ''stay at home' vote that has reduced the 'Democratic majority considerably, the Democratic majority this year being estimated at 40,000. Kitchin's vote, he estimates, about equal to that of Glenn for Gov ernor four years ago. v " Chairman Eller said that while the general bulletins indicated ., doubt . of the r Democratic .Cpnjgressmen 'bemg elected n the Eighthyand -Tenth, dis tricts; he 'has no doubt personally of Crawford, , Democrat . having .de feated Grant, Republican in the Tenth. He! feels - confident Crawford is safe. As rto ,the 'JBiglLth, : it looks, he says, like Cowles,, Republiican, has" defeated Hackett, Democrat. ,..'. : , v Chairmaxl Eller: said, the higgest Re publican' gains ' were In Wake coun ty, Where Democratic malority four years ago of 200. this year , falls to i,ouu. , utner noticeable ; itepnoucan gains , are Cabarrus, :: Davidson and Beaufort ; Altogether Chairman Eller is much pleas-ad -with the results in dicated ini North 'Carolina. Briefly stated it seems, from returns ?; here that Kitchin's majoritjr" over Cox -for Governor is about '40,000, with Bryan's; majority at least 5,000 -short ...of this ' and that Democratic Congressmen are elected in eight- of the ten Dis tricts, the eighth and tenth districts bein-really both conceded to th?3 Re publicans thy party leaders 'geeurally here. ? In -Wake County the Democratic majority really will oe'abcmt 1,200 from' the 'presentindlcationswjth Bry an's; ma jority, about . 800. ; Cplumbui County.;: of pelecpnn-0pium inaicate at a, lape nour tonigm an esxi mated majority-of 400 tp 450; for the National Democratic ticket; .550 to 650 for the Democratic' State ticket; the,same. for the bounty and Congres slonaiickets.''' ' : --X" y;r: : t- Rbbesoft County. " ' L.umberton,-N. C., Nov. 3.The elec tion passed off quietly in this county tpdayr u Returns indicate very . little scratching, :the Democratic majority being about-1,850.-, Ijumberton town ship gives Bryan 321, Taft 85 Kitchin 356, .CO.-47."r ' ."r: ' . , ' One -Thousand In Wilson . ( ' Wilson, N. .C, Nov. 3.Wilson coun ty gives a Democratic majority of approximately- .1,000." , .' . , . . ; v r '. In Cumberland.". ': i Fayetteville; N. ''C, Nov, 3. Elec tion returns from: this .county at 8:30 o'clock. are, as follows:" National tick et, Democratic majority 00;' State Democratic majprity-400 ; county Dem ocratic majority from 350 to 500. Bladen's Six Hundred. v ElizabethtOwn; N. C, Nov. 3.- Kit chin's majority In. Bladen is about 600 according, to returns from eight town ships out of 15 .tonight- The Congres sional and . Legislative " tickets ; have about the same . majorities. The coun ty ticket received from 450. to 650. Bryan's majority is about 500. : The vote was . light; about the same Yote and 'majority as 1906. Pender Between 600 and 700. iBurgaw, N. C., Nov. 3. All but one precinct in Pender; is in tonight and the result is between 600 and 700 Jma jority for the entire ticket. State, Na tional ' and" "county. Reports, Indicate that a heavy vote was polled in all precincts. ''i'SrV .. 'r"'- .;'';-' . .Atkinson, N. C, Nov. 3.-r-Thisl tpwn ship gives Bryan 77, Taft 16; Demo cratic State 93, Republican State. 3; County Democratic 96 Coonty''.Reptib licanJ5. - . , ,V ' , v Result in Brunswick. -" Southport, N. C, Nov. 3. Returns from Brunswick are exceedingly slow In .coming In. ' Northwest township gives a Democratic majority of 87for the entire ticket with the exception of Bellamy for sheriff who receives only 76 majority. There were 101 votes cast 14 of the number being Repub lican. Town ; Creek gives Taylor " 75 majority over Robblns for the'House; Brooks,, 99 over: "Russ for treasurer; Stanland 66 over Bellamy for Sheriff; Jenerette 71 .over Ward and McKei- than 73 -over Hawes. . The-majorities in Smithvllle township-are Empie for State ' Senate 74, Taylor HRep.); for House4 19.' Bellamy, for Sheriff, 9 ma- jority: and;- Russ for-treasurer 21. Town Creek, . N,. a, Nov' 3It Is estimated here tonight that the coun- " - a a . j im.i I 189, Cox' a majority of -561 Slocomb receives 1F and Godwin 115.1 gW: tX'rV Result In -Harnetta Dunn, N. C Nov. 3. Harnett com nioa o n . Twtrvwitn nfferft - bv ' ereatlv Increased- majorities lg tive. Congressional ty ' has gone Republican y several , see. hundred, the 'State ticket' Republican fireman andjin ltja eJiown.one-oi v by over a hundredli" Taftwill carry 'the bravest PClthe braveacts; In; the, ; ;y the county by about 200 votesThisJ daily life of the great fire fighters lnv' ; 'X :- -ana stateuckeiffiwu; wiwTe, muE Probably Exceed 40.0C3 : ; - The Returns v ' ; ; i 600 to ;700 . majority. ' ' Chadbourn. '; N4 C..- Nov. 2. Columi bus, county gives jTB50': Democratic mat--' Jority for State anil Bryan's majority is ,500. : ;?y ' :; - . wake'a Early; Report. -y .r Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 3.- At 9 b'cl6cB:l 16 out of-36 precincts in iWake county t ; give a Democratic majority of 1,168 t-w rot 1 A fVft - .15 i1a( . onv t- ' V'.'y'r'. ..' '. cratic majority The city of Raleigh - . gives Bryan 570 majority ; Democrat ic county1 ticket;995 majority 1 -7 " 4Stokes Republican. Winston-Salem, 'v N. C, Nov. 3. . Stokes county gives an estimated ma- v jority pf: 600 Republican. . i . V. Forsyth Democratic ' Winstori-Sa'lemi , K. CvNor. 3.It -Is estimated : tonight; that r . Forsyth -i-V v gives a, .uemocratic maiorlty of 7501 Returns are-veryslowvin coming in.- '---. . . Davidson Probably '.Republicans V v: ;fXexmgtonKN.v04Noy,3---Returna - -: :.r are not all ia; from Davidson but i the indicatipns tonight .are ,that the coun- . . ty is Ropttblicaff by La small majority. ..-"v.,;4-- Sampson Still to th' Bad. vCllnton NC;; : Nov: 3. Returns. . frpmi prajctically ''all :,voting precincts v in Sampson " county indicate that the county has gone' Republican by an av-i -erage ma jority ""of one thousand.'-' This. is a Republican: gain: of 400 over last. election, an unusually heavy vote har-". Ing been cast: j -v.V ;.., , -"'r . ' ;ij v,' ...'.' !. PIQKPOCKET ivNABBED. White Man Placed In' Guard House in I A white ; man , giving his. name" as j . C. HiHjarrOU, was arrested yesterday' ' ' -afternoon" shortly before 6 o'clock by - V Sergeant: B. R. Klng ;and Officer jj.TV ; V " Smith, at ' 17th'. "and Princess streets.- ';." the pockets ofv'Mr. J. D. Edwards; -lKvf union 1 ticket agsnt In thla. city,, and h was committea to 'tne guara ' nouser in default of Jxnd. He will be given ; ; ' " a, preliminary; .trial at the session , of1 & ;v?'y' the Mayor's ; court ,oday.; - . . :' ';" Jv s " : Shortly 'after the ; Elksfest ;v. paraded? xV 'Vi-' yesterdayterlTlrile?.i -Mrv.'- Ivv;P; - warsVhapartitf rade, wasretnrnliflg td the. ciljCfxpnr 171h' and . Princess streets :and . as he was about to board a street' car h caught Carroll's hand in his; pocket ? arid, held It fast, Carroll made a des- perate effort to get away, but in tha meantime " Mr. Edwards : summoned Sergeant ' King, and Officer ' Smlthv. who hurriedly; approached and -caught;, the pick-pocket just as be broke . away , from Mr. .Edwards. . ' . ; Carroll stated to the police that h& came .'.here with 'the carnival. AUDIT AND FINANCE BOARD,' ,- '.. v- --- rr : - '-.:' 7' ' ' Regular .Meeting Held Last NTght ; 1- Unimportant Business ; Mainly. , ". The' Board of Audit, and Finance ' was'' in regular semi-monthly session T. D. Meares, the clerkSv - rfl.. r . ..." : . . ' last nighty members present having ,;; . . . been Chairman McQueen ' and Messrs. ?-)&,fVr: s Yates, McNalr and Wilder;;also" Capt; ;XVT v J The award, of thet bid -and ;approrar, 1 TH of the contract for the. new combina tion hose and ' chemical -- wagon ; for . Fifth ward : was concurred ; fn. " ' , The proposition -to " drain;. Macom ber's ditch in the eastern part of .the'; city - was - aj;ain up for conslderatfon but the ; - matter was in 'vlncopletew, shape and action upon the .same; was deferred. -. ;- ::,:"'v:tv .: ' The action" of the vAlderrDieri'in cal? ling for new; bids fo&the sale'ofi thej city bonds, was concurred. In. -: The Board also, approved ' of the aQ-. tion of tne Aldermen in arranging for'' representation": at the forthcoming mu- , nicipal convention In Charlotte and; the. Board al0 authorized representa tion at the meeting on its owii accounts rniinnti moiittHne-tft J70? which had been paid were :burned "by the " '-i: win ivjarry. i nis MTxernoon. - . s ' A'ynuptial ' event -of ; much interest; to their many friends will be the mar-, riage of Mr. Colin Shaw Lewis, of this city, to Miss Mable Gertrude Hew lett; daughter of Mr.' and.'Mrs. E. v W. Hewlett; which will be t solemnized this af ternooh.at 5 o'clock ': The mar- riage. will 2 be t "at : the' home - of -: the brides ; parents, No. 214 l-2 Castle street,, and ; will be attended by Tela-, tlves and intimate friends of the con-: tracting parties. ' ' J At the : Popular; Bijou. . The Bijou win .offer this afternoon and evening somefhirig decidedly c v j?, pleasing ana appropriate to -tne klkb- ti7 ; H '5 festr now 'in ?nroeress:k It- Is one of ,' ' ', Selig'a? greatest fire films''One -of the BravestTIt Is something differ- ent ana . a nim worm going mues xo The) story, deals with the life of' hA i hly" Hftr Ufviall rrrlroci ftlwilVK ptevall and the Elksfest. visitorai are i; K cordially invited: , fe .1-$ jr.f f'f-'wi' -' ' tV''3v'v"v -.Old Probs vwas rrery considerate of ; M tha .voters :yesterday.C The - weather , " .; r,.. r : -'. r .') V:" i. ' ' A ," .-. , r y- . y v.- . - y-i - 1 t 1 f, iv;: . i' V IX-" ..'r.vmv