- ! -i-v'r:--:: rv.;i :;-; - .::.: .v.;-;. .vrr
. - - . i . . . ' . - '-.'
mmammmmmm ' ' l 'Xv' i"v7
E..in star UT IT? Wl fl TTft IMs HP A TfT)
Subscription Tor mo
On Year by Mail...... (3X9
oldest
'mm
,n Largest emulation of any
wSmington Paper.
Six Months by Malt.
Threo Months by Mail...
VOL. LXXXni-NO. 85
wimikgt6n.
WHOLE NO. 12,888.
mm
uauy "-'----- II II II II I 4 I 1 "I I 1:1 I - I I I I X VfJ I 9 Ml 1 ,1 I IS 111 ITT II
iaMflMf I- II I I I I 1 llf 1 1 B I I I I I I I I M I X X K I 1 ' ! X X I I 1 I I -' I I MY I I - II
li Jilili-rf i V ttxJ i MlliMsl vo il i-o
- 1 IL
11
i.
OUTLINES.
Sr-natOi " the ppnt.er c
dent KU"- apnate yesterday.
traction . applause when K
waS a the Senate chamber and he
entered u his prepared re-
Pr0Cr 'tli little attempt at oratori
I,:ar Lrt- ---The argument of attor
&l n rhe Hains' case will begin to
oeyS a it is expected that the case
daf, "reach the jury Thursday- Sec-
redy RoQt an(J AmijaSsador
retary ot f the settle.
ii Li i i - - - .
- . .'..i.nal rllfForPTlf.PSS tlO-
1 differences be
pnt or iic.ur--- -
u thP Unitea cstiiLtfa i-
.j... J 0 tnc an1 On n a fl
the Uliiieu otan: -
y5ter?. ; Wrmincham.;Ala.; yester-
" t t ,1 S I 1 I I I I.IJll .. AV
arr-: charged with seven distinct
daJVprs two of which he confesses
fflU!nver 100 nominations were con-
bv the Senate yesterday A
tirSVai)propriation of $29,000,000 was
S d Con yesterday by the House
commute. - ,
and Pensacola
.uj
' nil kinds of traffic was suspended
aadSe steamer Dahoney. ashore
Tr vew York lies easy. She is be
?"ar,mnPi out. Part of her cargo
been jettisoned-
-Lloyd's de-
team ship Anglo-African a
?S met in Raleigh yesterday.
Walter Murphy was elected as mes-
a motion in arrest of judg
enger
nient is
made in Cardenio F. King's
ThP town of Bellingham,
case
iUtastoa wa. shaken by ar .ear-
.make vpsteraay. w senuup
rinnp liic j. u "i"'
,...'.. ai(ipc! that lynching is
not
hv the Fourteenth
amend
ment At Dedfoam, Mass., Dr. W.
r Armsbury pleads guilty to murder
in second degree for killing his wife
nd gets a life sentence The House
'committee has not yet agreed as to
what action to take on a river and
harbor bill at this session Govern
or Patterson, of Tennessee, in a mes
tfujp to the Legislature, strongly airg
es' that it does not pass a State-wide
prohibition hill New York markets
Monev on call easy at 1 3-4 to 2 per
tent.,' ruling rate 2, closing bid 1 3-4,
offered at 2. Flour steady. Wheat
easy, No. 2 red 1.06 3-8 -to" 1-07 3-8.
elevator. Com easy, No. 2, 68 1-2
elevator. Oats steady, mixed 54 to
54 1-2. Hosin steady. Turpentine
firm at 45c. Cotton steady, 10 points
higher, middling uplands 950, mid
dling gulf 9.75.
Castro's trip to Europe has been of
kihflt' to both himself and to Vene-
If those six Tennessee night-riders
are never hanged, their conviction and
sentence will do good.
If rhos- "night riders escape the gal-
lewt' the blame cannot be laid on the
trial judge or the jury.
Knox is not going to let there be
any hiatus between his salary as Sen
1 ator and that as Attorney General.
Many members of the Hou&e wish
it was Roosevelt instead of his mes
sage that has been laid on the table.
Congress should have taken its pres
ent stand with the President at the
first, instead of the last session of his
administration.
The Colossus of Sycophancy, mot of
Rhodes, 'is the Times-Union comment
n the Birmingham News editor's ad
dress to Taft.
If Roosevelt does extend the civil
rvice rules to the Ananias Club, as
! hinted, he Will be art t flnnmnt
himself sole examiner of annlicants
pr admission.
Wilbur
ir Wright Tms
'tunable French
Ieen mafia ... , ...
I u v "-it'siJonaent m a divorce
,SUlt by an officer in a crack armv
torps.
t "that's the use of Congress taking
tt time or the trouble over tariff rv
L 81011 if it IS TOin enhcnviKa -Pn-
liC Present w
drafted by (Sen-
,or Aldrich?
oe muck rakers have siicnnori
Nations: ht w , irrZZ.
that i-xiai. uuus juoi mean
the nia.tPH.ai i,o -i
LQey are i.t . . . , . .
-uw mure mtertestea
ai(?hiug the work of the big stick.
e New and nsurcrop co
aera Railroari -win cQi v.
L Zu he late Jude PuniL Does
Lt? u,)r ot that paper really believe
tin j ... .w. adj's pronmition
4 J V, . ' HYHTl -r t .....
unve the ir
see 7 "iness. Just wait
sve what tho u-
lectins- it. n.: """u "ser Tne
s it daily to strike them.
ic xtan: " wp xne PUD-
.tv "sntning has struck, to
ex-
cn,iia.e mem,
Pud nn w uue w taKing so
tist: T me earth' as some
hich cs..Z 7' now al)out those
re
:ruliea m the old times he
troleum
was discovered.
NO INCREASE V0TE0Ibess in religion
''-e Committee Defeats Bill to
sv Governor Salary of
v
$6,000.
)
MAY PASS IT ANYWAY
Number of Unimportant Bills in Both
Houses Yesterday- Bill Intro
duced to Give Counsel Lien
Upon Judgments.
(Special Star Telegram.)
. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 11. An unfavor
able report by unanimous vote was the
fare the Senate bill to increase the
Governor's salary received at the
hands of the House Committee on Sal
aries and Fees this afternoon. Ono
or two members did favor a compro
mise increase to $5,000 instead of $6,
000 as the bill passed the Senate, but
it ' was seen that a majority of the
committee were overwelmingly
against taking" any action whatever at
this time, so no substitute wasoffered.
Representativ?e Connor, of Wilson,
took the position that the measure
was unconstitutional because it would
entail a change in compensation dur
ing the time for which the holder, Mr.
Kitchin was elected, beginning Janu
ary 1st. Further that it wourd be use
less to pass the bill now and let the
courts decide on its constitutionality,
for then itv could not take effect till
four years from now, so why act in
haste when - there was a whole ses
sion in which to consider the measure
A committee might even be appointed
at this session to go over .the matter
thoroughly and let the General As
sembly two years from now settle it.
If this sort of thing be permitted,
tnere would De a possibility or a
strong popular Governor getting the
Legislature to vote him an exorbitant
salary, or an unpopular Governor, be
cut off With almost nothing. Cox, of
Pitt, made the motion to report unfa
vorably.
In the Senate.
During a fifteen minute session of
the Senate a message was received
from the Governor transmitting a list
of all pardons and commutation gan
ted the past two years. '
Kluttz's resolution for the election
of a United States Senator to bra gone,
into by the Assembly January 19th
Was passed.
Among bills introduced were:
Kluttz, to create a Highway Com
mission and prescribe its duties. .
Britt, to facilitate settlement by ex
ecutors and administrators.
In The House.
In the House, a motion by Under
wood, of Cumberland, for the Senate
Governor's salary bill to be recalled
from the Committee on Salaries and
Fees was lost 58 to 39. It is expected
there will be a futile effort to pass the
bill over an unfavorable report of the
committee tomorrow mo.rning.
Among the bills introduced in the
HouseVwere:
iShepherd, for the relief of Graded
School Trustees, of Lumberton for the
Governor to appoint justices of the
Peace in Duplin.
The 'Senate Judiciary Committee de
cided tonight to report unfavorably
the bill introduced today by Senator
Fry designed to give justices of the
peace power to issue summonses or
other legal processes effective in any
part of the State. The present law
confines their jurisdiction to the coun
ty in which they hold their appoint
ment. A bill was introduced in the Senate
today by Senator Britt relating to
liens and judgments, designed to give
counsel who procure judgments in lit
igation, a lien upon the judgment for
the amount of his fee.
TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
Dr.
Chas. T. Harper to Read Paper at
Charlotte Meeting.
Dr. Clras. T. Harper, city superirf.
tendeht of health, left yesterday af
ternoon for Charlotte, where he will
attend the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis, which.
will be in session there today-and to
morrow. Dr. Harper will read one
of the most important papers of the
convention. "The Municipality's Du
ty to Its Tubercular Poor," a subject
to which he has given more titan the
usual study and with wihich he is
very familiar. " Dr. W. L. Dunn,, of
Asheville, is president; Dr. John R.
Williams, of Greensboro, vice presi
dent, and Dr. Chas. A. Julian, of Tho
masville, secretary and treasurer. Dr.
Geo. G. Thomas, of Wilmington, is
one of the Board of Directors of the
Association. The meeting promises
to be one of the most important held
in North Carolina this year.
First Fire of New Year.
The first alarm of fire of the New
Year occurred last night at 9 : 30 o'
clock when the Department was called
to Bellamy's drug store at .Front and
Market streets. : A clerk who had gone
into the wholesale department to fill
a prescription for alcohol and had
alighted a match to find- the faucet
suddenly found himself enveloped' in
flames, the spirits having caught fire,
being evidently, f chemically pure"
and according to tbe U. S. Pharmaco
poeia. The chemical engine, extin
guished the flames with little damage.
.Interesting Sermon by Evangelist
Sunday Largely Attended.
Other .Notes.
Large congregations heard Evange
list Coombs at all the services at the
Christian Church, on Dock street,
Sunday and there was another large
congregation last night to hear the
evangelist on the "Progress in Relig
ious Reformation." His sermon was
historical in nature, but nevertheless
very interesting. He said in part:
"When Jesus died he had probably
500 followers, discouraged aid hope
less. They saw him die on the cross,
seemingly weaker than Jewish author
ity or Roman law. The star of hope
went out, to be renewed again on the
day of Pentecost. This band of 500
soon became 5,000; then in the first
century 500,000; in the second two
million and they increased to five mil
lion in th-e third century. The world
would soon have been conquered for
Christ at that rate of increase, but
Alexander, a Bishop and Anius, a pre
late, quarreled about unitarianism and
trinitarianism. In 306 Constantine,
Emperor of Rom-s, was a Christian
and the Nation became Christian to
gain favor. The whole army was bap
tized; the church was full of baptized
but unconverted people. In 325 Con
stantine called a council at the request
of the Presbyters of the church to set
tle the controversy; it lasted 67 days.
The result was Anius was condemned,
his books burn-cd and the Nicene creed
was born, 300,000 people were burned
for reading Anius' books. Here is
k where he' church began to put its
hands on the rights and liberties of
men, refusing to allow them to think
for themselves and the "dark ages be
gan. "In 441 A. D., the unison of the
church and state was effected under
leo. I. In 1070 under Hilderbrand
the church became subordinate to the
State. The title of pope began to be
used in 441, but it was not unt the
time of Gregory the Great 590 A. D.
that the title was used in a universal
sense together with the claim of all
power both temporal and spiritual.
This authority was disputed until the
reign of Innocent III when he became
the "vicar of God.'! Thechnrcj bje
gan to be Yupporfed "from Eis" on for
200 years by the sale of indulgences.
A regular price was fixed for the par
don of any crime.
"Luther, a monk, protested against
the vicious practice for which he was
excommunicated and he in time ex
communicated the pope and protest
antism began.
"America became "the heaven of
Christians from all points of Europe
seeking religious liberty but dogmas
and dogmatics had preceded them.
Men were whipped because they
would not have their children baptiz
ed. Roger Williams was driven out
of Massachusetts and he found shel
ter among the Indians; in 1639 he was
immersed ny Ezekiel Hcoman, who
in turn immersed Holloman and nine
others and the Baptist church was
formed.
"James O'Kelly in 1792, in North
Carolina, notified the Methodist
church .that he could not wear a hu
man name longer and had quite a fol
lowing. Barton Wf. Stone in 1803 de
clared that followers of Christ should
be called "Christians" only and re
jected the ecclesiastical authority iand
left the Presbyterian preafeher, organ
left the Presbyterian church in 1809
Thomas Campbell, a Scotch Presby
terian preacher, organized the
Christian Association of Wash
ington, Pa., upon the principle
"where the Bible speaks, we speak
and where the Bible is silent we are
silent; and he with his son, Alexander
and wife and children were immersed
by a Baptist preacher and for a time
were associated with the Baptists, but
standing by his former declaration
separated from them and in 1828 or
ganized themselves as Christians only
and sought for the restoration of the
New Testament Church."
RUN OVER AND KILLED
White Man Met Death by Train Yes
terday in Onslow.
Meagre particulars were ' learned
here last night, of a railroad accident
near Jacksonville, N'. C, in which a
white man thought to be named Hen
derson, and a resident of Pelham, N.
C, was run over and killed by a Coast
Line train yesterday morning.
The train was No. 63 on the W. & N.
branch of the Coast Line and at the
time of the accident was en route to
Wilmington. The accident occurred
a few miles north of Jacksonville and
further details have not been obtain
able. An inquest over the remains
was held at Jacksonville yesterday af
ternoon. Reception by Boys' Bible Class.
The Boys' Bible Class of tie Y. M.
C. A. is arranging for a pleasant oc
casion tomorrow evening, in the na
ture of an entertainment and reception
and each member will have the privi
lege of bringing two friends. Consid
erable interest is being taken in this
department and last evening the larg
est class of - the season was on the
gymnasium ' floor. The .Men's Bible
Class also held an enthusiastic meet
ing last evening, which was well at-
tended. The total enrollment of the
class at present is 62, quite . a . number .
having been recently added. J
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Vote of North Carolina in Late
Election Declared For Mr.
Bryan and Kern.
BANK EXAMINER RESIGNS
Engage in Cotton Mill Business at
Concord Presents to Governor
From Council of State and
His Personal Staff.
(Special Star Telegram.)
- Rateigh, N. C, Jan. 11. Hon. Wai
ter Murphy, of iSalisbury, was named
today by the North Carolina Presiden
tial Electors to carry the solid vote
of the electoral college for Bryan and
Kern for President and Vice President
of the United States, to Washington.
The college met at noon. H. L.
Cook, Esq., of Cumberland, was made
permanent chairman, and Walter L.
Cohoon,. of Elizabeth City, was made
secretary.
Edward M. Land was elected an
elector instead of N. J. Rouse, who
was detained by illness. Mr. Bryan
was nominated by J. W. Bailey in a
brilliant speech, reviewing the causes
leading to the defeat of the Demo
cratic ticket, declaring Bryan the
"first citizen of the world." He ridi
culed Taft's appeal to North Carolina
to come into the Republican ranks,
declaring North Carolina a part of the
union when Taft's -State was a howl
ing wilderness. The Democratic par
ty, he jsaid, is the oldest party and
had a clean,"1 indepsnd,ent record while
the Republican partyNwas controlled
by special interests. The time was
not distant when the Democracy will
come into her. own in the direction of
the affairs of the Nation. The second
ing speech was by R. S. McCoin.
F. J. Haywood, resigns as State
Bank Examiner tp enter the cotton
mill business at Concord. His succes
sor will be appointed by the Corpora
tion Commission within the next few
days, the delay being in order that
Commissioner-elect Ay cock may have
a voice in the appointment.
TheCcimcil of State and other
tState oncers 'today Presented ""Gover
nor Glenn a handsome gold watch and
fob as a token of love and esteem.
The spokesman was J. Y. Joyner,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction. The watch bears the initials
of the Governor as does the locket at
tached to the fob. In the locket is a
miniature of Mrs. Glenn and a picture
of the State house. Another presen
tation ceremony was one in which
through Colonel Charles E. Johnson,
his personal staff of the North Caro
lina National Guard presented to th.9
Governor a massive silver berry and
engraved upon each. To both parties
the Governor expressed his deep ap
preciation. FUNERAL OF MR. WISHART.
Conducted From Antioch Church,
in
Robeson County, on .Sunday.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Lumberton, N. C, Jan. 11. The fu
neral of Mr. John W. Wishart, who
wtas accidentally killed while hunting
near the residence of his father-in-law
in Bladen county Friday evening, was
conducted from Antioch Baptist
church, near Allenton, yesterday, the
pastor of the church officiating. The
high esteem in which Mr. , Wishart
was held in the community in which
he was raised tand spent the greater
part of his life was shown by the great
gathering of people who assembled to
pay a last sad tribute of respect. The
church was packed and many were
urnable to gain admission. Many
friends from Bladen also came over
to attend the service. . At the conclu
sion of the church service the remains
were carried to the family cemetery
at thjp old home where they were laid
to rest with Pythian honors, Eliza
bethtown lodge of which he was a
member, conducting the beautiful ser
vice, in the absence of the pastor who
had to leave, the vast assemblage
was dismissed with benediction by
Mr. B. Stansel.
Mr. WJshart is survived by a wife,
four children, two sisters and one
brother, all of whom were present.
RALLY DAY EXERCISES
Distinguished Visitors Will Be Heard
In Interest Y. M. C. A.
General interest is being manifested
in the Rally Day exercises of the Y.
M. C. A. in Wilmington next SHinday,!
when a number of well known and dis
tinguished speakers, from South Caro
lina, Virginia and this State will be
present and actively participate in the
Rally Day exercises. Several of the
churches of the city have appoint
ments with the speakers at the morn
ing service and in the afternoon the
general Rally Day. exercises will take
place at the Academy of Music. The
programme will be announced during
the latter part of the week.
The speakers are as follows: Dr.
W. W. Daniel, president of Columbia
Female College, Columbia, 8. C.; vDr.
J
H. Harms, president of NewhertxJAtiantic Coast Line Railway, on con
Colleoe. Newberry. S. C: Mr. A- B.
Abbott, general secretary, Spartan
burg, S C. ; Mr. A; 8. McKee, assistant
city association secretary, Richmond,
Va.' ; and Mr. G. C. Huntington. inter-
state" secretary, Charlotte, N. C.
FIRST BLINDTIGER CASEARBITRATION WINS
Two Negroes Formerly Employed in .
saloons Bound over by Mayor
in Police Court Yesterday.
Other Cases.
The first blind tiger cass of the'
new prohibition regime were present-!
ed for the Mayor's consideration in
the police court yesterday, the defen-1
dants having been Joe Shepard and
William Nixon, both colored ex-saloon
attaches, who were bound to the
higher court under bonds of $200 each. i
Last Friday night a young white
man named John Farrow came to Offi
cers Brink-ley and Coleman at Sixth!
and Castle streets, and reported to'
them that Shepard iand Nixon had
bought a considerable amount of
liquor when prohibition 'went intp ef
fect and were retailing it from their
home near Thirteenth, and MarETet
streets. The officers went to work on
the case for the purpose ofgathering
all the evidence possible and Sunday
night the house was raided, but if the
negroes had any liquor stored, it had
been spirited away. The young man
who approached them told them that
he had purchased a pint from one of
the negroes and paid him 40c for the
same. It was not designed at first to
use the young man as a witness, but
later this became necessary and he
testified to the fact of his having pur
chased the liquor named. The negroes
were represented by Herbert McClam
my, Esq., and it was sought to bring
out from the witness that he had made
different statements about the matter,
but the Mayor held there was proba
ble cause and bound both over to the
higher court under bonds of $200 each,
which was later given with Mr. Need
ham Farrow as surety for Shepard
and Mr. E. A. Todd for Nixon, it being
understood that the negroes were for
merly employed by them.
The case attracted an unusually
large crowd and there was much in
terest in the proceedings. There were
two other cases of drunkenness for the
Mayor yesterday, a fine of $5 and
costs being imposed in each. The men
testified that one of them had pur
chased the liquor before January 1st
and had kept it in his room. This
was corroborated and the Mayor was
was satisfied that such was the case..
RICHARDSON-McDANIEL
P'retty Home Wedding at Whiteville,
N. C, On Saturday Afternoon.
(Special Sr Correspondence.)
Whiteville, N. C, Jan. 9. One of
the most beautiful home weddings
ever witnessed in this place was sol
emnized Saturday afternoon at 4 o'
clock at the home of Mrs. V. V. Rich
ardson, when her daughter, Miss Ma
rietta Short Richardson, became the
bride of Mr. William- Ellis McDaniel.
The parFor was beautifully decorated
with potted plants and ferns, the room
was darkened, and lighted with can
dies. Only the families, of both par
ties and a few friends were invited.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. D. C. Geddie and the beautiful
ring service of .the M. E. churcn wias
used. The wedding march was play -
d by Mrs. J. A. Brown, of Chad bourn,
who also rendered "Hearts and Flow
ers" softly during the ceremony.
The groom entered the parlor with
his best man, Mr. H. L. Lyon. The
maid of honor, Miss Bessie Richard
son, sister of the. bride, entered next
wearing lavendar silk and carrying
white carnations. Next came the
bride with her brother, Mr. D. V.
Richardson. She was attired in a
brown tailored suit and brown hat and
carried a large bouquet of bride's
roses.
Amid showers of rice and old 'Shoes
the bride and groom left on the
southbound train for Cuba wrhere they
wrill spend their honeymoon.
A large number of beautiful, hand
some and costly presents evidenced
the popularity of the newly wedded
eouple.
PERMIT FOR
NEW
FACTORY.
Re-building of' Hannah Box Shook
Factory to Begin Soon.
Three building permits for the erec
tion of a factory, office and boiler
room, at an estimated cost of $8,000
were yesterday issued by Building In
spector John J. Furlong to Messrs.
Chas. S. Riley & Company, of Phila
delphia, to be located on Fourteenth
bet weep Taylor and ?Mxon streets.
The Philadelphia-: concern recently
had the plans and specifications com
pleted for the erection of the new
structure, but actwal work in laying
the foundation has been in 'progress
for several weeks. As previously men
tioned the new concern will continue
the business of the Hannah Box Fac
tory, which was destroyed by fire in
the Fall of 1907. The main building
wihich will be a wooden structure,
will be. 160x250 feet in size, this alone
to cost $7,500, while the boiler room
and offices will be two separate hnild
ings, to he constructed at an estimat
ed cost of $250 each. The boiler room
will be huilt of brick and the other
two of wood.
Attachment Proceedings.
Through a legal process, procured
from the office of Justice Bornemann
yesterday, the furniture of G. M. Mur
rell was attached in the hands of the
tention of creditors, Anrens Bros.,
that the property Is being moved
from this State. In order to hold the
property-until the' claim of $17.69 is
settled the railroad was also, brought
into the Attachment proceedings.
j Aldermen Decide by Five to Four
on This Means of Water
works Valuation.
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT
Almost Interminable Discussion Upon
Course to Pursue Following Dec
lination of City's Offer by
Clarendon Company. j
The city's offer of $140,000 having
been declined by the Clarendon Wa
terworks Company for reasons stated
in its communication to the commit
tee published Sunday, the Board of
Aldermen In special session in the
Mayor's office at the City Hall last
night by a vote of five to four, one
member being absent, decided after
all to resort to arbitration in arriving
at an equitable value for the purchase
of the existing plant to be used as a
nucleus for jan enlarged and improved
system to be municipally owned and
operated.
This action came after an almost
interminable discussion of more than
two hours during which two members
of the special committee recommend
ed that the wrhole matter be turned
over into the hands of the Commis
sion to proceed .according to law sis
they might deem proper; a third
member of the committee recommend
ed that the city pay $150,000 for the
property and Aldermen Narthrop and
O'Brien .championed the successful
cause of arbitration, this having been
the plan of Mr. O'Brien ever since the
matter was first brought up more
thian two years ago. The details of
the arbitration are to be worked out
and approved by the City Attorney
and Waterworks Committee without
further recourse to the Board. Al
derman French led the minority, com
posed of 'himself, Messrs. Wood, El
lis and Jewell, who contended for a
reference of the whole matter to the
Commission with the suggestion that
they try the matter of calling for bids
as suggested jat a recent meeting by
Mr." J. A. -Taylor-and in the event it;
was later decided to purchase the
present plant, that the Commission
refer the matter hack to the Alder
men for official action.
The Board met at 8:. 10 o'clock, all
members being present except Mr.
King, who wi's detained on account
of illness in his family. The clerk
read the call for the meeting signed
by Messrs. Wood, Ellis and French
"for the purpose of considering a com
munication from the Clarendon Wa
terworks Co."
Before proceeding with the special
order. Acting Chairman French, of
the Streets and Wharves Committee,
was given unanimous consent to reed
a communication from Sheriff -9. P.
Cowan relative to a change in the
. sidewalk grade in front of property
recently purchased by him on north
side of Market between Ninth and
Tenth streets. The matter was re
ferred to the Street's and Wharves
Committee with power to act.
The Mayor stated that the Board
was ready to hear the communication
from the Waterworks Company and'
the clerk read a report from two
'members of the committee, recom
mending that the offer of $140,000
having been declined by the Claren
don Waterworks Co., that the entire
matter be turned over to the Water
and Sewerage Commisison with di
rection to proceed with a new plant
as directed by law. The report was
signed" by Messrs. Ellis and Wood,
tire other two members being Messrs.
Bolles and Karr. The communica
tion of the Waterworks Company was
also read and Mr. Ellis stated the de
tails of the tender of the offer to the
superintendent of the company, say
ing that the proposal was official in
every respect.
Mr. Karr said he had been given no
opportunity of joining in the report
of the committee and didn't think he
lii-;d been treated with proper courte
sy. Mr. Wood said he had 'phoned to
Mr. Knrr the afternoon previous and
bad been informed that Mr. Karr was
sick in bed. Mr. Karr retorted that
be had been present In the room be
fore the meeting was called to order
and Mr. Wood could have consulted
him then if he desired.
Dr. Bolles said that something had
to be done; the parties to the nego
tiations were not very far apart and
he believed the matter could he ad
justed some way. He adverted to the
presence of Mr. Geo. W. Kidder, sec
retary and treasurer of the company, .
and asked Mr. Kidder what he
thought was the rock bottom price
at which the property could he
bought.
Mr. Kidder said that he was not
authorized to speak for the stockhold
ers hut representing a very large in-
Lterest in , the company, he believed
that if the city would make a firm,
bona-fide offer of $150,000, it would be
accepted; that he would recommend
the acceptance of such an offer, speak
ing at some length of the progress of
the negotiations. ,
Dr. Bolles said that to get the mat
ter before the house, he moved that
the city pay $150,000 for ; the plant.
This was seconded by Mr. Karr.
Mr. Wood asked Mr. Kidder why.
(Continued from page Cf.
: i t
J.'
n f
m
;4'
. .5
1
-
C.J.
: 1
i
KM
w
;-.:,i.l
V.