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cubscriDtion Tormo! One Year by Mail..... ....$6.00 Months bv Mail ..S3.00 I"""""- l-rt.re Months by Mail.... $1.50 I w - VOL. LXXXni-NO. 120 WILMINGTON, N. CM SHDAY, FEBRUARY 141, 1909. WHOLE5TO. 12,923. f'TT A (sJ: TT" A TF) ' Tho r.lornlno Star I I1 I V- )J i 5 I TT - 0 Oldest Dally Newspaper In I K A t ?! vVR U: a I M V the State. , 1 -1 I l V Jf W 0 Largest circulation of any KJ.:-LLylj A " -. 14 14 -v Wilmington Paper. . ' r - - - r OUTLINES. The Senate committee investigation of the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., and the United States Steel Corporation in the report sub mitted stated that the President was not authorized to permit the absorp tion, which was in violation of the Sherman anti-trust laV.- Council man John F. Klein, a member of the common council of Pittsburg, Pa., was yesterday convicted of accepting a bribe, in view of ordinances pending in councils Twenty lives were lost yesterday when the Argentine steam er Presitente Roca was wrecked off the Argentine coast President Car roll D. Wright, of Clark .College, and former Commissioner of Labor, died last night at his home in Worchester, Mass. The House of Representa tives yesterday passed the River and Harbor bill under suspension of the rules. Keifer, of Ohio, failed in a fili buster against it The Hughes stock pvchanffes investigating committee examines the receiver of the defunct firm of A. O. Brown Co. A bill Executive Committee, came the sen has been introduced in the House for i . , , , , LUO . the erection of "The Country White House" on the Government reserva tion at West Point, N. Y. Over 31,000 men will march in the inaugu ral parade J. M. Dickinson, an anti-Bryan Democrat, of Tennessee, will be Secretary of War, Oharles Nogel, of St. Louis, "Secretary of Com merce and Labor, and It. A. Ballinger Secretary of the Interior in Taft's Cabinet The North Carolina yes terday notified " Norfolk by wireless that she had joined the battleship fleet A young bride of four days is mur dered in Chicago, supposedly by a for mer suitor The High Federal Court of Venezuela has decided that Castro is no longer President Real estate men of the Atlantic coast States have formed an association to put a stop to immigration to the West New York markets: Money on call nomi nal, time loans dull and easy. Cotton quiet, 5 points lower, middling uplands 9.80, middling gulf 10.05. Plour high er. Wheat irregular, Nq 2 red 1.21 elevator. Corn steady. Oats firm. Rosin and turpentine steady. lt is probable that Roosevelt kept the country out of trouble by butting in in that Calif ornia " affair. Taft may have put the lock on the Panama canal, but Congress will hold the key it in the matter of making the appropriations. The people have all confidence in the present Legislature; but, air the same, they will feel easier . whejv itfti iourns. If Judge Gary is not trying to fool scomebody, then the great United States Steel Corporation is not having everything its own way in the mar kets. " ' ' Those election laws passed by. the Tennessee Legislature must have been mighty tough for Governor Pat terson in his veto message t class them with the "Force Bill." When Maxim's noiseless guns come into general use, the expression big guns in politics will no longer be ap plicable to our loud-mouthed politi cians. That was an unusual proceeding on the part of the Virginia judge who sentenced a negro to death upon his confession and without the formality of a verdict by a jury. The Guilford county delegation hich goes down to Raleigh this week expecting to carry the State buildings back to Greensboro with them will be disappointed we expect. Georgia may be expected to get clean off the earth, now that it is known that Taft will be the guest of her cadets the vry evening of his in auguration. We propose that when the State capital is moved to Greensboro or oiue other western town the State of Kasfc Carolina shall be formed with W ilmington as its capital. If Cuba goes to passing any such ii'iw as the proposed one against for eigners owning property on the -island she need not be surprised to feel a Pretty heavy jerk by Uncle Sam on that string he has tied to her. The Durham Herald does not be 5ieve the passage of the trust till yould have the effect that either side w claiming; and we expect it comes nearer being right than any of the op posing parties to the contest. Some people who have visited the State Capitol lately say that if the Legislature can't be induced to pro vide for the enlargement of that build, 3ns it could improve its appearance ky having some cleaning-up done. If he condition of the tobacco grow? is so deporable and the Tobacco Trust can't be run ont of the State by legislation, then all the other peo ple ought to be willing to be taxed to aise tobacco bounty for-that class of armers. SP;VR DECLINES Will Not "A nock Down and Drag Ou Mayoralty -ft ANOTHER IS PRESENTED Capt. Walter G. MacRae Conscttts at Solicitation of Large Delegation to Allow His Name to Go Before the Primary, Antedating even the call for the pri mary, which will not ba made until noon tomorrow by the Citv Democratic , oauuu uj. mc iuuai municipal campaign last night, when following a meeting of some thirty or forty Wpresentative citizens at the Court House, came the formal announcement from Mayor William E. Springer that several days ago he had decided not to stand for mnnmlnatinr. n :u . has fiiw nv th, .w,i!der of the first part will be as follows! and the city for two terms, and the further announcement of the consent cf Captain Walter G. MacRae for his,The Nighlngale (Soprano Solo) nam-a to be presented as a candidate for the position. Although a few very close friends and supporters of Mayor .Springer knew of his contemplated action sev eral days ago, his formal announce ment that Ire would not stanu for re- nomination will come to the general ! public as a thunderbolt from a clear j it waa gciieiany oenevea mat the race for the Mayoralty would be between him and Alderman . Martin O'Brien. None the less a pleasant surprise to his friends was the an nouncement that Captain MacRae had consented to make the race and it is safe to say that he will command a very large support not only from among the friends of Mayor Springer but from the general public as well. The official announcement of Mayor Springer, which was not made public until after the meeting last night, is as follows: Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 20, 1909. To the Public: When I stated some ten days. again response to In- TZZrJFsmiry from the newsi that it warnr mm time to announce that I would stand for renomination to the high office with which the people of Wilmington have twice honored me, I was then inspired by the hope and belief that my feeble efforts to correctly adminis ter the affairs of our city government would at least sufficiently commend my administration to the people of our city as to permit me to gratify incidentally a personal and, I may say, a pardonable ambition to see some of the several larger enterprises inaugu rated during my last term, finally and successfully consummated under my administration, without the necessi ty of my plunging into a "knock-down-, and-drag-out" fight for the nomination. Since my previous expression in re gard to this matter, circumstances seem to hare decreed otherwise than that I should be permitted to see a fruitflon of these undertakings, in which I may modestly claim some lit tle credit for having helped to Inau gurate, without going entirely counter to my personal inclinations and plung ing into the worst sort of a heated po litical campaign for the office, how ever not fearful of the result, and ra ther than undergo an ordeal of this kind and at a sacrifice of time and business, give another two years of my life to the service of the city, af ter having already enjoyed the honors of the position and having given to the city the very best that was in me, I must now respectfully decline to stand for a renomination and take this oc casion to thank my friends for their assurances of support and the kindly co-operation they have afforded me in making my past administrations what ever of a success they have been. As expressed to several of my friends nearly a week ago, I take this step with a full knowledge of the diffi culties that beset the pathways of both the successful and the unsuc cessful in a political upheaval such as our city is about to undergo, having four times experienced it and it has been only in deference to these friends that this public announcement was not made several days ago. Hav ing twice, been honored with the ' office which I have from the bottom of my heart, sought to . administer to the very best of my ability, and for the best interests of all the people of Wil mington, regardless of whether they were for or against me in these bi ennial contests for theT "survival of the fittest," and pledging to the city always the best that is in meia' pri vate or public capacity, I beg ; to re main, Faithfully, WM. E. SPRINGER. The meeting last night was compos ed of representatives of all' the. wards in the city and it was stated by a committee appointed to furnish ' the information to the press that . after fully discussing the matter of a can didate upon whom all could unite and support, that Captain MacRao was ax once settled upon ; and members - of the conference called uponhim at his men, acting as spokesmen for tne, del egation, -presented the matter to CaV tain MacRae . asr a aemana upon ms Se CCoiitiriued;pn BIG ATHLETIC BENEFI High Class Entertainment Tomorro Night in High School Auditorium. Programme in Two Parts. The Features. The athletic benefit in the HiJh School auditorium tomorrow eveninl beginning at 8:15 o'clock, promises fl be one of the chief features of thl Washington's Brithday celebration i Wilmington. The proceeds will be voted, to the fund to iiquidss the f oo ball indebtedness of the past seasoi when the team played exceptionalli fine, but was not sufficiently wel known to draw the patronage it del served. The first part will consist of a pro r gramme by pupils of Miss Canniepfase from St. Paul's stating that Chasten, assisted by a few friends and W.ajlcer, the Brunswick county desper a chorus of students for a flag drill idoi:liad bem located in a swamp making prominent the WsashingtonKcut three miles from that town. The birthday feature, Miss Lila JVVilliamSheriff lost no time in securing a spe- being the accompanist. This will b the opening number, followed by pantomine, 'Star Spangled Banner, Miss Annie Cavenan eh. ThtA rpmain Weiniawski Mrs. Norma Foster Edwards. Neviri Miss Lucy Mcintosh Valse in d Major (Piano).... Miss Katte Foard. uie loreiie (Uarltone Solo) . . .Liszt! Mr. James Wesley White. The second part will consist of a presentation of "The Ancient Marin- . rinlnWUivn 1a 4-V t 1 - M -n pression, introducing pupils of Mrs. Curtiss-Arnall North. Those will es say the several parts will be Miss Eunice Andrews, Mr. Vaughan Smith, Miss Lucy Behrends, Miss Hazel Mil ler, Miss Madge Brand, Miss Annte Leah Mercer, and Miss Mary Houston. A rare treat is in .store for all who attend this entertainment. The ad mission to the general public will be 25c and to school children 15c. No more than the comfortable seating ca pacity of the auditorium will be sold, therefore tickets should be secured at once THE ATLANTIC CAFE. "Messrs. Gieschen Brothers Hhe pro- pfietors, have recently made exten sive improvements to the Atlantic Cafe, opposite the union depot, and it is now one of the prettiest and most inviting places in the State. The Cafe has just been handsomely fepa pered, repainted and beautiful, new oak fixtures have been installed. The proprietors are now better than ever prepared to serve their friends and the general public with quick lunches, steaks, chops, roasts, fish, oysters, etc. For the benefit of those leaving the city- on the early trains, the cafe is open at 4 A. M. daily and does not close until 1 A. M.x when the late trains are usually in. The personal attention and the best of service that one gets at the Atlantic is rapidly bringing it into popular favor for peo- pie all over town and for the travel - imr nuhlifi esneeiallv. A little later Messrs. Gieschen Brothers Drooose to make a specialty of business men's lunch from 12 to 2 P. M. dally. Arrests For February. For the first twenty days in Febru ary the arrests bv the Dolice show a remarkable falling off in the number of arrests from the same period dur ing the corresponding period last year. Up to and including Fvbruary 20th, the arrests for all causes this year were 28 while up to and including the 20th last year, 94 arrests were made. This affords striking evidence that of all the arid territory in North Carolina Wilmington is without a doubt the "drjst" spot. It is the testimony of traveling men that nowhere in the State is the lid down tighter than in Wilmington since the State prohibi tion law went into effect. Real Estate Transfers. Deeds filed for record yesterday: B. O. Stone and wife to Jurgen Haar, for $1,000 and other considerations, Iproperty on west side of Sixth, 99 feet south of Nun street, 33x105 feet in size, E. J. W. Anders and wife( and WV D. Pugh . to Marsden Bellamy Jr., for $33, property on west side of 16th, 132 feet south of Marstellar street, 33x165 feet in size. W. F. Alexander and wife to Thos. H. Wright, for $100 and other considerations, property on south side of Princess street, 30 feet west of 12th street, 30x150 In siaa. Arrested For Stealing Wood. On the charge of stealing wood from the lands of Mr. Geo. F. Bowen, on the Federal Point road, Alfred Wood, colored, was arrested yester day by Constable Savage at Tenth and Market streets, and will be given pre liminary trial before Justice Furlotig tomorrow. The negro is alleged to have hauled the wood to town and sold it He claims that he bought it from the son-otsthe ppsecutor.JWatyer P. Gafford, Esq., will represent Mr. Bow en at the trial of the case . Funds Awaiting Investment there is no necessity for tfiSSr to lie Idle. The People's O Savings Bank, navs 4 per. cent Tfcomnound interest on deposits, and ?if ; you deposit aow 7GrK interest will twgin March 1st. St CARD AFTER WALKER Wild Goose Chase of Robeson Sheriff After The Brunswick County Desperado. IIOVEDA FALSE ALARM 4t. ' News and General Notes of the Week at Lumberton New'Cotton Mill at St Paul's Other Items, of Robeson County. (Special Star Correspondence.) 4:Lumberton, Feb. 20. One day this week. Sheriff McNeill received a phone train to go after Walker. Arriv- airpatrSt. Pauls everything was all ex citement. . A stray horse had been taken up in the vicinity and the gen tleman who took up the animal led him back overTlis track trying to lo cate the owner. He follow-ed the tracks to the edge of the swamp and upon looking around closely discover- e-:away in the swamp a whifra tent. cial 1 T !j He -hastened to St. Pauls to report .Schutthjflad, and the Sheriff Was phoned 8 for- hurriedly. A crowd of well armed Men soon had the tent surrounded, and when they had appitoached near etibugh they found that two , pines ad: fallen across each other lodging m uch a position as to look from a dis- ance like a white tent. The trees I tactpeen in wax. position long euuugu fori the bark to fall off and the sap urii white. Some thought it awful fanny but the Sheriff did not see it that. way. He received a letter from Bellamy yesterday morning stating that Walker was thought to be in that vicinity. The Demorest Comedy Company wili close a week's engagement at the Lumberton Onera House tonight. The Tsompany is the best popular price show seen here this season, ancLwas greeted Monday night by the largest audience which ever witnessed a play infthis town. The plays preserved have -excellentAand the specialties Uen, and itwHTlowyTbe welcomed by patrons of the playhouse here Contractor Cland Baker has secur ed the contracts for the erection of elegaiit new residences for Messrs. J. R. Poole and A. T. Parmele on North Main street. Material is being placed on the grounds. The large tobacco warehouse near the Seaboard station is being repair ed and improved to be in readiness for the approaching season. Mr. John B. Pope, who has been doing relief work for the Western Union at Bedfort City, Va., for some "" .JCZt, Pleased with his trip, 0 The stores of Messrs. John T. Biggs & Co ad Blacker Bros, have been greatly improved by having the fronts 1 remodeled, and the show windows 'much enlarged. Mr- J- N. Catoe, who has for sever al months been with the Seaboard at this place, has resigned his position and left this week, to take a similar position with the Southern. On ac count of the change, Mr. T. E. Petty again becomes ticket agent, and Mr, Arthur Shooter takes Mr. Petty's place In the freight department. Machinery for the new cotton mill at St. Paul's has been passing through Lumberton for several weeks, two and three cars at the time Mr. McKay Ivey, residing near Back Swamp, five or six miles from Lum- ' bei ton. was found dead in bed last I Saturday night. He lived alone most i the time and Is supposed to have died on Friday night. He was about 72 years old Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bassof Char lotte, have blen spending some time with relatives in this section. Professor T. P. DeGafferelly, man ager of the Williams Comedy Compa ny, will open and continue to operate a moving picture show in the Lumber ton Opera House, beginning March 15th, thus giving the amusement lov ing people of Lumberton the much needed and long looked for opportuni ty and pleasure of such a place. The management has been assured of the best, latest and most expensive films produced and success is already prom ised the coming event of our Summer season amusements. Professor and Mrs. DeGafferelly have been visiting Lumberton with the Williams Com pany every season for several years and have many warm friends here who will give them a most cordial welcome. By reference to the records it will be seen that . there; is still hope for many old maids. During the past few days.- marriage license have been is sued for four- couples -three white and one colored whose combined ages foot up 363 years. W. H.Tisher, of Tolarville, 8 years, is the first Then follows J. S. Carter, 47 to Cattle N. McNeill, 36; John H. Conoly 49, to Flora McNeill, 30. The colored couple was Sim . McNeill, 48, to Nepsey Thompson, 43. ' ' , Little . Wtelt Wi3nart, who has been spending: some time with relatives in Charleston, returnetf home Thursday .nigni j - Extensive Improvements are being BILL PASSES THE HOUSE Wilmington River and Harbor Im provements Secure at Present Session of Congress Wel come Washington News. Hip! Hip! Hooray! and thrice Hoo ray! A telegram yesterday afternoon to President James Hr Chadboum, of the North Carolina Waterways Asso ciation, brought the welcome intelli gence from Congressman Godwin that the river and harbor bill, including the Wilmington projects, had just passed the Hous and with m'en of such influence as Messrs., Simmons and Overman in the Senate'there can be no doubt of its fate in tbe upper branch of the National Congress. Mr. Godwin has scored a magnifi cent triumph for the entire people of (ter of chief interest, perhaps, was the the State in securing the acceptance passage of a bill by the House of Rep of the Cape Fear projects in his dis-i nrovidine for all exeeu- trict and President Chadboum, in ,resentatives proMding ror au execu speaking of his services last night was .tions in North Carolina, to take , place enthusiastic in his praise of the work, in. the State prison and to substitute of the Sixth District Representa tive. The telegram from Mr. Godwin is as follows:. "Washington, D. C, Feb. 20th. Jas. H. Chadboum, President North Carolina Waterway Association, Wilmington, N. C. 5 "River and Harbor bill just passed the House. I congratulate you and the public upon the ample provisions for your port. "H. L. GODWIN, M. C." The information was supplemented later by an Associated Press telegram received by the Star as follows: Washington, D. C, Feb. 20. me River and Harbor bill was passed by the House today under a suspension of the rules, after Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, had inaugurated a full fledged filibus ter against it in the expectation of se curing an amendment providing a sur vey of the proposed Ohio and Erie Cana!." COLORED MAN iHOT. George Ward Painfully Wounded As sailant is Fugitive. A disagreement between George Ward, colored, and another member of his race resulted in a shooting af fair in the planing room of the Angola Lumber Company, on Friday morning between 6 and 7 o'clock, the former having sustained a painful wound in a bullet from a The shooting took shooting took plaee soonaixt the' men went to work. The negro having become enraged with Ward, pulled his pistol and fired and imme diately fled to parts unknown, while Ward was brought to the hospital in this city and was given surgical atten tion by Dr. Wellstead. The wound in flicted was only slight, but intensely painful. Ward was shot from behind, the bullet passing through his right hip and was. later found by him in his sox. He was able to -leave the hospi tal and go to his honte yesterday. The shooting was kept rattier quiet and the police have been unable to apprehend the fugitive. Y. M. C. A. MEETING. Rev. Mr. Crowley Will Deliver Address to Men at Bijou. The men's meeting at the Bijou this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, will be ad dressed by Rev. J. S. Crowley, pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian church, in the absence of Evangelist William Black, who is unable to attend. The excellent collection of pictures, presenting the "Story of a Wonderful t ten will be in addition to tne ad ri' u j?r tvti Prnwiov -nA nf the city are' invited to attend. Mr. Greene Fenley will sing at the conclu sion of the address Murderer of Officer Monroe. Strenuous efforts are being made throughout the State to apprehend John Jackson, colored, who murdered Officer W. A. Monroe, at Salisbury, last week, the local police department having received information and a description of the fugitive, for which a reward of $150 is offered. The negro shot and seriously wounded the officer when he attempted to arrest him and death resulted a few' days thereafter. made in the store of The Pope Drug Company, which will add much to its already handsome inside appearance. Mr. James Lamauo, formerly of Wilmington, has opened up a r Junk business here and seems to be kept busy. Tom Pate, a young white man, was arrested here Wednesday 9n the charge of retailing, and was carried to Maxton Thursday for a hearing before United States Commissioner B. F. Mc Lean. In default of a $200 bond he was ptfrth jail to await the May term of Federal Court which meets in Wil mington. Pate was represented by Mr. T. N. McDIarinid. Mr. S. H. Hamelton has shown us an old railroad ticket, which was re-' oeniiy rouna among some papera oi deceased uncle. It was issued en March 10th, 1894, from Lumberton to Pembroke, and was evidently not tak en up by the conductor. The tickets, us-ed for Pembroke at that time hadf to be written in part and thinking the handwriting was' very familiar we showed the old ticket to Mr. J. H. Wishart, who was at that tfme in the service - of the Seaboard, and he at . once recognizea it as being some or his work. - This section was visited -yesterday j by, regular IN TAB LEGISLATURE Saturday Sessions of Both Houses Yesterday Without Any Spe ia! (Incidents. ELECTROCUTION IS URGED Bilt by Mr. Underwood in the House. Measure Affecting Fraternal and Mutual Insurance Societies. State's Indebtedness. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 20. Both hous es of the General Assembly were with out especial interest today. The mat- electrocution for the gallows. The outlook is that the bill will pass the Senate and become law. In The Senate. The Senate convened at 10:30, Pres ident Pro Tern Kluttz in the chair. Prayer was by Rev. W. McW. White, of the Presbyterian Church. Among the new bills were: Elliott, to secure reasonable ireve nue to the State for vacant lands. Doughton, .to amend Revisal as to duties and powers of notaries. Poole, "to amend charter of Salis bury, Fayetteville and Coast Line Railroad Company. Kluttz, to forbid the sale of certain narcotic drinks to habitues and repeal clause of Chapter 77, Acts of 1907. Bills passed final reading: Author ize bonds by commissioners of Rich mond county; amend charter of Aber deen and. Ashboro Railroad; House bills to encourage destruction of hawks and owls in Columbus county. New bills out of order were intro duced as follows: McCall, to authorize dom-estic and. trust and bonding companies to issue their own bonds. The substitute for Manning bill as to the custody of securities deposited with the State Insurance Department by the insurance companies doing bus iness in this State passed second and third readings without opposition. It TT-wtdes that those securities , Ilvereu to xne ocaecr-rMarer for safe keeping. The House bill by Morton to -enforce separation of white and colored pris oners during meal and sleeping hours came up but it being evident many amendments would be offered as re gard the application to' counties, the bill went over another day. It makes it a misdemeanor for any county offi cer to violate the provisions which apply to both State and county pris onera. The bill for a new county of Avery out of the eastern half of Mitchell was made th special order for Monday instead of today because so many Senators are out of the city. Bills final reading resumed: House bill, to authorize Newbern and Craven county to appropriate $50,000 in com memoration of the bicentenlal of the founding of Newbern; Compel express compani-es to make prompt settle ments on C. O. D. shipments, the Mer chants' Association bill; House bill, to prevent obstruction c certain creeks in Bladen county; appoint cotton weighers for Smithfield; House bill. to appoint cotton weigher for Red Springs township, Kobeson county and provide future election. The 'Solicitors salary bill by Sena tors Ormond and Blow was reported favorably during the morning hour with a salary of $2,500 specified, was made the special order next Thursday. Additional bills introduced out of order: Clark, of Bladen, to improve public roads in Holly township and regulate trapping in Holly township. Elliott, to provide Australian ballot for elections in North Carolina. At 1:10 oTclock the Senate adjourn ed till noon Monday. In The House. Speaker Graham called the House to order at 10:30, with prayer by Dr. W. C. Tyree, .of the Baptist Church. A petition was presented by Koonce, ffom citizens of Onslow asking an amendment of the oyster law as to "coon" oysters. Among new bills introduced c McDonald, Of v Moore, to authorize Southern Pines to issue bonds to re fund bonded indebtedness. Gordon, to issue bonds to carry out Act Of 1907 relative to care of insane. The amount Is $500,000. Gordon, to prevent advertising for sale articles to prevent conception. Koonce, to authorize commissioners of any county wheita experiments are made by the Department of Agricul ture and 'by donating land or other wise. Everett, to amend law relative to cotton weigher'ln Laurinburg. McLeod, to amend State pension law by increasing pension tax to six cent J. Bailey, to amend Chapter 349, Laws of 1903, relating to giving and filling prescriptions. . Braswell, to prevent indiscriminate , manufacture and sale of duplicate . switch lock keys. Doughton, to amend Law of 1907- (Continued on Page &)