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-rOBUSMBO AT- WILMINGT ON, N. C ., f $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE 8SSSSS8888SS38888 8?ae888S8gjgggSgg 88 8888 e 9! R 9 9 !9 i? o 9 o to o a 88888888888888888' 8 8 88 8 888l8S88l88T- 8 8 8 8 8 8 S8 8 888I1I88 5S83S882S88888883 888888888888888 r 2SSSSSS8 l Entered at the Post Office at ilmtaton N C I - , SecontfClasa Ma.cr.r SUBSCRIPTION P iCE. the subscription price of the Wn - W Ht- I. .. follows : 1,1 . . 'Single Copy 1 year, postage paid SI 00 - -- o raonias - i" " Smonthi ' 60 80 We are again sendingbllls to our subscribers. In the aggregate they amount io a very large sum. , r any ' of jour subscribers are respoa og promptly. Others pay no attentt u to the bills. These seem to understand latter do nt that they- ar j under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper.. FIGUEES NOT TO BB tROVB OP. The nation that has a sea front that doesn't know the value of ships has much to learn. A small nation thai; knows the value of ships and is well equipped with them may become great and P9weriul j while the large nation that is shipless will have all it cando to hold its own, and mast be content to be a shipper in the ships I of other people, dull that they do not know the value of ships, for they do, and once bad the finest ships in the world, Ameri can built, and can yet build the finest ini the world. We once' had a merchant juarine that, was the pride of the seas, that carried ! 90 per cent. of our exports trade, while' now only 23 per cent, of our exports are car ried ih -American vessels, the 77 per AAnfr Km i .til ' iv-cui. uy lurciga snips, v If we had never tad a merchant marine and did not know Jht value of ships the apparent indifference with which we behold the decay might be understood, but as this is not the case it Isj not easy to under stand why so little interest is taken in that subject by" the . representa tives 'of the- people. This is a pretty large cduntrv. and whil t has thousands 6f miles of seacoast, there are thousands of people in it . who never saw the sea nor a ship and never expect to. There is an idea that prevails to some extent in the interior States that ships may be all right and good things tft build up jthe commerce of the citiesthey sail to and from but can't see anv hn. fit the people of the jinterior' would rine that sailed th$ seas. This is a mitaken idea, of course, but still it is an idea that is' entertained by a luanjr pcupic auu, oy i some OI their representatives, ! and 'hence when there is any proposition before Congress- to help ships it always meets with opposition from those who haven't any use for ships! But the policy that would restore the American merchant marine would be eventually feft on the farm as well as in the shops of the seaport, ..- ' The U. Srf Commissioner of Navi gation, in his last report to Congress, submits the following table, showing the proportion of the carrvinz trade .aooe by our own nnrl by ; foreign ships from 182'1 to 1895 TONNAGE ENTERED AND ' CLEARED FROM T.HE. UNITED STATES. Year. Arneric'ri. PVrt .c,- o.. 1831. lU'UUM U -164 604 10 ... 1 50i ?n 83 87 90 91 90 88-: '85' 87 88 77 71 '69 66 3 65 63 69 70 69 69 60 65 71 47 88 80 19 21 1823 lsasnaa 198 081 239 203 201819 .188,007 205 071 288 838 301.253 263 749 265 836 553,943 r 783.546 903 744 1 145 752 1.280.184 1.354 934 1.521 995 1.196 276 . 1.236 653 1.418.849 1.840 838 8 503 8S7 i 194 270 4 977 918 6 812 090 11.832095 18.278728 29 219.229 24 456 029 12 13 10 09 10 1884.;.. 1.769,311 "85VV.. 1841120 1826...-.1.8Q5 9.1ft 1827 r.. 1.89803 18i8 1849 . 1830., 1831.. 1833..: 1833.. 1834.. 1835... 12 15 13 13 23 29 81 84 32 35 87 81 80 81 81 .. 1 765 7851s . 1.817.748 . 1.938 937 t 1 895 456 . 1,924 487 . 2 253 501 2.208 690 ,,2753 270 . 2,570 9 .7 2 566 342 . 2 711785 . 2 919 207 . 3 823 955 .4.089 463 5.05 804 7 920 870 .12 087 209 , 5.968 795 . 6.99 i 967 . 7.810 589 , 6.834 319 . 6 863 567 183 1838... 1840... .. 18)Q. 1855..' 40 85 99 68 63 70 81 79 77 77 i860.'. 1865..' 1870 ' 1875. ' 1880... 1885.. 1890.. 1893.' 8 149 878 8 977 057 23 28 406.045 3 80,068404 Our shippuigibas .fallen from 90 Pw centfo 23. hiu sniPSJiave incrflsr1 frr ifk ni r cent. These are firures that ar Dt calculated to make us oroud.l Ahere are numerous aav ik 9: nnt forihe decline in our merchant" an.neand,the growth of the ship P'ng of some of the other natinna sailing of ships. It was but nat- ura' that an rxnr r.U!, j: : frnm l uisappearea 'on theeas and were not replaced If 0th!er naons increased their lng accordinVlv. and a th4t AA shil u Came more difficult for our PbuHders and f ship-owners; to; C0Pe with them. . . - .-"fortunately to protect the few lit 41 . ..w--- .. .( ; s s s t - ' S s :.. r? i- S ' VOL.XXyiIL I.I . . i . , ' WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY. FRRrttabv to ibq? i - '- -' ' ' ' Si? American ship yards which we have, ,a policy is pursued which compels the American who wants to sail ships to sail them onder foreign flags, for he caa't buy foreign built ship and sail it under his own flag He must have his ships built at borne and pay twenty five or thirty per cent more for them than the Eng. Hsti or German ship-buyer pays the builders in those countries. If this handicap was removed our capital ists who bad money to invest ; upon the seas might go abroad and buy ships on the same terms; that others can, and out fleets would soon grow. With a low tariff, or no tariff at all, our ship builders would have the benefit of such material as they use free of tariff duties, and thus would be able to compete with- the ship builders Of other countries. As these are days of iron ships this is a very important consideration ' with the ship builder.' With England ab sorbing the trade of our Atlantic ports, and Japan ' absorbing the trade of the Pacific, it is time for us to begin to look out and see if some- tmng can't be done to stimulate American ship building and recover our. former prestige on the seas. This is not the work of a idaVnor a year ; it will take time and patient endeavor. It can, be rebuilt as rapidly as- it was destroyed if one half the ingenuty be exercised in re building ; as ' there was in the de stroying. U , MIBOa XilJBJTIUfl. The esteemed New York Post. through whose columns editor Larry Godkin talks loud and incessantly for the British gold standard, is very much disturbed and quite indignant that Senators Chandler, Hoar and other Republican statesmen should now, that thev have succeeded in electing McKinley be. showing with an inclination towards bimetallism. Here is the way it vents its indigna tion and goes for these statesmen : "The bimetallic speeches in the Sen ate oi Messrs Hoar, Chandler and Alli son are a scandalous, almost a criminal, violation of political good faith. "it tuer bad-dared to make such speeches in the coarse of tbe campaign', Bryan would have been elected. "II what thev say and aim. at is true and desirable, Bryan sbonld have been elected. -.- ' ' i - i- ' That Senator Hoar is a Brvanite on the monev issue he himself confessed in bis garrulous, senile way when he said that all who voted for Bryan thought, of course, just as he did about bimetal lism. ;. - ; ' "To point to the international confer ence clause of the Republican platform is beside tbe mark. That clause was wept overboard in the very first rush of the free silver storm. . It played no part in the canvass except to serve as the butt of Bryan's ridicule. Bimetal? lism of all sorts dropped completely out of sicbt in tbe Republican arguments. ana if there was ever anything to which any party stood solemnly pledged and bound, it is the maintenance of the goldi ttandard, without alteration or addition, by ..the Republican party. On that " istue the entire battle was fought- ? contributions asked. sound money co-operation from all sides invited, tbe business world appealed to. i ne goia stanaard, unchanged and un- uiiuicUf was woai me Kepuoiican party said it was for. what the majority Voted it into power to defend and perpetuate. Tbe spectacle, therefore, of Republican Senators leaping again into the free sil ver slough, as if nothing had happened since thev were last In that quagmire, is one not only of unprecedented folly, but of unparalleled baseness. ' It is a shame less betrayal of political trust. What are the sound money Republicans of the House going to do aboat it? What has Speaker Reed to say? Will they pin Senator Hoar ia confessing that tbey were cheats and hypocrites all through the canvass, and that they really believed ia Bryan's principles, though voting and speaxmg tor MCK.imeij' This esteemed London and Wall Street organ is prematurely alarmed, for there is nothing serious in ' this talk of the statesmen' whom Larry. larrups. They are simply perform ing their part of the play. : . -. s . . Honest, intelligent j Populists, who are not in politics for lucre or spirits, must be thoroughly disgusted with the factional fight and developments at' Raleigh since this Legislature met. The feeling of these is doubt Jess expressed by the following, which we clip from a letter of Maj. W. A. Guthrie, the Populist candi date for .GDyernor at the. last elec tion, which recently appeared in the Charlotte Observer i " : ! "It is a struggle in which, if there was ever any political principle in volved, that principle is overshadowed and lost sight of in the fight for spoils ana personal aggrandizement, and the ordinary People's party voter (of whom I am one, a private In the ranks) is not in it at all. I have said, and I will stick to it, that the minority voters who were pledged to Senator Pritcbard before the election, and who voted for Mr. Pntch ard, are much more consistent in their l course; than . some . of ' tbe majority who gave me a sort of ml k and cider support in the late campaign,' and now pose as such ardent Populists and anti-Piitcbard men. Of course this observation is not intended to apply in any way wbatever to those true and tried Populists who have from tbe be ginning affiliated in good faith with tbe majority .. PopolUt caucus, especially those who stood up like men in my sup port in advancing and voting lop Popu list principles in the late campaign. Time makes all things even. I am con tent to wait and let the rival factions kick against each other awhile to see bow it feels, especially as a goodly nam ber of both factions so recently kicked me. "Lay on McDuff." 1 am still a Populist, if I know what a Populist is." The bolting contingent of Pops at Raleigh has been increased by four,- wnicn. have deserted Butler and , the majority, making the contingent on which the ! Republicans - can 1 rely about twenty-one. ( The probabili ties are that there will be still others when the inducements are presented in substantial form. The "Republi cans and the bolters now control the cribs and this -will be ; too much for the self-denying virtue of the other iituarau wuuauc 10 wunscana, ana if they get an intimation that there is room for them on. the other side oi me tence ana tnat they will be permitted to feed from the crib the probabilities are that there will be more fence jumping. If Senator Butler had a pull on the patronage he might hold ; them, but his oppo nents have the pull in the State, and Pritc lard and Skinner at Washing ton, which leaves Butler empty handed, with nothing of the cohesive propriety in it to keep his followers togetner. - Editor Larry Godkin, of the New York: Post, is very much disturbed by the bimetallic utterances of Sena tors Hoar and Chandler in the Sen ate. He should be composed. This is nothing but a little, side act of thesej Senators to keep up the delu sion, that the Republican party is really desirous of doing something tor silver. - . . ' - S :r ,. v .Out of ,th$ 18,000,000 people in Spain there are 8735,519 persons Who nave no hnsin hnt ar nrinci- ' . . T r J pally 'engaged in killing time and picking up something to eat the easiest way they can." That is doubtless the stock from which they recruit the armies for Cuba. The Raleigh Caucasian pronounces "fusion a failure." It looks that way, j but then it hasn't been a total failure, for it has shown the make up of the spoil grabbers who con cocted it and run it while there was anything in it for them. ATacoma, Washington, man has found an immense deposit of sulphur in the Cascade Mountains, not far fromthe Northern Pacific Railroad. He isr playine mum as to the loca tion pntU .he ropes some, syndicate fellows into it. - ; Sometimes second stories in Maine dwellings are right useful. After a big blizzard in Bangor the "other day the snow drifted so high about some of tbe houses that those who lived intbem bad to use the second story windows for doors. ' Judge - Goff has j a sneaking; idea that k position on the U.STSupreme Court bench would be a softer and more continuous snap than a four. years' roost in Mr. McKinley's Gtbi net. He's about right. .., ' ' contemporary discourses on 'Kilfingv Time inCong'ress." The average Congressman has more time than anythfng else, and if he did't do anything worse than kiU time he ought to be let off easy. ine pacmcation of the provinces around Havana doesn't seem to pre vent .the rebs from iumDne on Wev Ier's fellows and pummelling them when -1 they venture too far- from base. Pennsylvania man wants his eloped wife so bad that he offers $30 to the fellow who will bring her back alive. He omitted to' say that all would be forgiven and no ques tions asked. great many Western men are prospecting in Florida, and many of them have bought farms. Western menj coming right I out of blizzards. seen! to take to Florida. It is said that Secretary Carlisle in retiring from officej will leave more money in the Treasury than he found in it B ut then Secretary Carlisle borrowed $262,000,000. PORBETT ANO FlTZSlMMONS- To Fight at Oaraon City; Nevada, on tbe. 17th of Mareb, 8t. Pattiok'a Say. . On the 17th of next month. St. Pat rick's day, Bob Fitzsimmons and Jas. J.' coroett will meet in. tbe pugilistic ring at Carson City, Nevada, to battle for the heavy-weight . championship of the world - :'; ' -: . iV The event is looked forward to by tbe sporting fraternity as the greatest fight that will ever occur in the pugilistic arena. Both pugilists are fighters of note, and while the odds will j be on Corbett, yet Fitziimmon's money will not be lacking, for thelankv Australian has many admirers in tbe East. It will be a well matched pair that will step Into the ring next month, for although Fi zslmmons has tbe larg est neck, Corbett has the advantage of height and weight. Thephysical measurement oi me two men are as follows : .. '1v If. : ; Corbett, reach, 73 inches; neck, 15 inches; height, 73 ; inches; chest, 88 inches; chest when expanded. 43 inches; wais, 83 inches; muscle, : 14 inches; forearm, llj ioches; wrist, 6 inches; aod hand 8 inches. ; ' : . Fiiziimmons, reach 75Jf .inches; neck. 17 inches; height, 81 inches; chest, 41 inches; chest when expanded, 44 inches; waist 83 inches; wrist, 6) inches, and hand 9K inches.' J ; ' British schooner Dove, Thomas Esdale, master, e'eared yesterday fpr Grenada, West Indies, with a cargo of 87,000 feet of lumber and 200,000 shingles. . WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BILLS INTRODUCED! IN THI r- . ,:f . (.- - .! - i' , i- .. ! AND HOUSK. SENATE Aotlon Takan by, th! Carolina ImariDM Com pan 7 of Wilmington, 'WbtoH In- - larcd Oraham'a Hotftehold Frop- e The CompunHaa Be- j ; atated Payment. Special Star, Teleram Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 6. Bills in th' Home were Introduced to amend icc tlon 1265 of the Code othat materials furnished a corporation to keep it ROing shall not have priority over a previouslv recorded mortgage, jalthpugh they do not add to the plant nor v enhance its value. , f To aboliih the office of enrolling clei k and provide for direct election of clerks in enrolling clerk's officei To give countv commissioners more time' for meetings. . : To make bastardy a misdemeanor., . To incorporate Harnett Central' Rail way Companr. from Spout Springs to a point on the Fayetttville & Wilson Shortcut of the Atlantic Coast Line. ay Mr. batton, tt Cumberland, to amend the charter tof Fayetteville' by creating a police board composed; of E, P, Powers, A. E. Di?on, W. P.; Wemyss. G. A. P. Wilkerson and W. F. Raiford. to uke effect the first Monday in May, and serve two years and all officials to be elected by this board To make it a misdemeanor to practice law before passing an examination and receiving license. : To pay Mr. Josiah Turner the balance due him for public printing and interest due. V: ! ; To pay D. E. Patrick the balance of salary as professor of Latin at tbe Uni versity, amonnting t $1,700. Resolution to oust Enrolling Clerk S winson was placed on tluu-ealendar. The Democrats and! a majority of tbe Populists voted against, and the Re publicans and tbe minority for. Bill to extend khe Istock law ; In Wayne, leaving the usstion to all qual ified voters, passed second reading. To pay special venire in capital cases fl per day came over from the Senate, the latter body having added several counties; which were objectionable. A committee of three were appointed for conference.! Bills introduced ; To require all bankers or officers and directors of railways 'and State banks, or other corporations chartered by tbe Leg islature, to take an official action, the State Treasurer to prepare the form of oath aud send the blank form to each officer on or before January 1st of e year. J : : I j .. To make chapter 494. acts !93, discre tionary with the Treasurer instead of mandatory.' This jfbect which cre. ates banks of deposit for public moneys, by providingihat he shall distribute de- positsof public moneys in proportion to tbe capital stock of the banks. To. regulate the liability of stockhold ers ! in banks chartered by the State iuviuing tnat aiocKnoiaeis oi every bank operating under the State laws shall be held .individually j responsible, fully and ratably, and' not; for another a -ii ior an contracts, aebts, and agreements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock tberein at par value thereof .in addition to the amount invested in such share, and any provis ion in any charter given exemption from such liability is hereby repealed The total liabilities to any bank of any person or(corparatipn for j money bor rowed sbau not exceed pne tenth part of actually; paid in capital stock. ' But the discount of bills of change drawn in m . . ' - 3, S ..' gooa laitn against actually existing values and tbe discpunt of commercial or business paper actually owned by per sons negotiating the same shall not be considered as money borrowed. Bill providing that the Superintend ent oi Public Instruction ascertain the entire amount of money now appropri ated to the colored State Normal schools, and' divide the sum equally among tbe several schools. Bill amending the case in regard to the restoration of citizenship by provid lng that the petitioner may elect to file his petition in the Superior Court of the county where the indictment was found, upon which the conviction took place or in the county wherein he is an actual and bona-nde resident at the time of filing his peti-ion; which application shall be heard by the Judge at tbe term. A resolution raising a special commit tee to which will be referred all billa relative to congressional districts. Bill passed establ ishiqg a dispensary at-Waxhaw. Repealing act of 1895 regarding Fay etteville public schools.. . s. To allow Beaufort to levy a special tax to build bridges. - . j' Mr. Jones, of Alllegany, arose to a per sonal privilege, denying that he went to ride with Senator Pritcbard the day be fore his election; that he did not refuse to vote for Senator; that be was unable to vote on account of sicknesi; that he thought he was best serving his people by not voting at alt- ' I i - Mr. Hancock introduced a bill to aid the North Carolina rolling exposition by appropriating $3,500. A" v The House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning, In tbe Senate' a petition signed by a thousand prominent people, asking for a reformatory, was read. ? . A bill was introduced to encourage and protect sheep industry. - : : ; The bill to renew !aad 'keep. in foice tbe charter of the Norfolk; Wilmington, & Charleston Railroad was taken up. To amend chapter 156, laws 95, so as to add Cumberland county to the East ern Criminal Circuit, was adopted. , Bill providing1 that no persons being non-residents of the State shall catch fish by nets or otherwise in any waters of the Statewitbout first obtaining a license from the Treasurer of tbe Slate of 13.500 per annum; violation of this act to be a misdemeanor,' punishable by a fine of $100 or six months imprisonment, to both fine and imprisonment, in' dis ch1 cretion ot tbe court; fines and license ,ee to Ro to the public scbool fund. , Mr. McCaskey said that foreign com panies, and corporations came to the waters of Eastern Carolina and stretched miles and miles of nets in Albemarle Sound injet and were mining the fish interest of the State without paying any revenue and were takinsr bread out of the mouths of our home people. Tbe bill passed all readings. 1 .1 Bill to prevent fishing with anchor drifts or giirnetVin Albemarle Sound j and rivers emptying therein, passed. V- To incorporate - the Wellington & Powellville Railroad. Passed. " . Resolution for the" appointment of a special; committee to recommend sala ries and fees. Passed. A L Graham, chief clerk in the office of Superintendent aiebane of Public Instruction, was arrested at the Supreme Court building this morning by Sheriff Jones on a warrant sworn out in1 Ca .li.?0.",ty:ka'Rtng him: with wil fully and maliciously burning his own residence In March last. Graham was kept In the custody of the sheriff at the superintendentV office until this even ing, when he. was taken to Newton to have a hearing. - : Action was taken by the Carolina In sarance Company, of ;WiImington which insured Graham's household pro perty and personal effects tor five hun dred dollars. The company has re sisted payment. Graham says the prose cution is malicious and political perse cution. Supt. Mebane holds the same view.-, Mebane says he does not fear the final outcome and will demand imme diate hearingi ; , The Committee on Railroads heard many arguments this evening and to night on the bill to revoke the lease of the North Carolina road. Judge Avery sfioke ably favoring the bill for two hours. Mr. Buck Kitchin made a mas terful speech" for the bill, Messrs T. S. Manning, S. B. Alexander and ex-Judge Burwell spoke against the bill i Mr. Alexander said Governor Carr had never spoken to him about the lease of the road until after the contract with tbe Southern was accepted. Many promi nent, railroad men were' present. The hearing will be continued until Monday. fcXPOSITION OF T HE CAROLINAS. Mancg-sd by the Women of Char! ?i i . . Open May lit. The women of Mecklenburg will in augurate a. FiMArt Loan, Industrial and ScientinxTExposition, opening in Charlotte May 1st and continuing; a l month or longer. It is expected to kunwi iuc uncat art cxniuir, the greatest collection of curios, relics, antiquities, historical data, specimens of geology, archeology, ethnology, etc , xver shown fn the Carolinas. The industrial feature will be of .great import. The manufactured, agricultural and mineral products of the States will be profusely displayed. ! -. ; . The management urges that every person constitute themselves a commit tee to search for and obtain a loan of paintings, water colors, decorated china, artistic needlework, and all manner of decorative art work for the Art Depart ment. Curios and relics from strange people and layoff lands, articles of every form and kind of use from the early Colonial and Revolutionary times. It is intended to make special collection of personal . clothing and ornaments of household furniture, and utensils that were in use in the time of the eaily set tlers. All manner of family heitlobms and keepsakes of every description of any noted and; well known persons'are wanted for this exhibit. Articles are wanted to aid in making attractive and complete special corners. A splendid col lection of Confederate war relics must be secured. Specimens pertaining to all the sciences are solicited. j . Information pertaining . to loans and exhibits may be had by addressing Mrs. Minnie Hobb Kellogg, General Manager of the Women's Exposition of the Caro linas, Charlotte, N. C f The exposition is instituted by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. of Charlotte. - ; ; -- Tnneral or Mra. Carrie. ' y . .! . . The remains of Mrs. Currie, widow of tbe late Jqhn K. Currie, Esq., of this city, who died Friday at Rockingham, N. C, arrived here yesterday afternoon, at 12 50 o'clock, on the Carolina Cen tral Railroad, and were at ore a taken to Oakdale Cemetery, where the service waa conducted by Rev R A. Willis, pastor of Grace M. E. Church, and in- terred. ;-' A-- The pall bearers were itfessrs. ' . A. Eventt, A. G. Hankins. T, C. Craft and DsWitt C. Love. ' Rev. J. T. Gibbs, D. D., of Rocking. ham accompanied the remains. At the time of her death the deceased was in the 79th vear of ber age. Work on the Fort'flaations at rcrt Caswell Belnc Pushed Along, '. The government work in the vicinity of Fort Caswell Is being pushed vigor ously. Col. D, P. Heap has lately re turned from a visit of inspection and re ports that the ' HaeT of ; railroad track leading from the landing to the site of the fortification9 has been com pleted to nearly its full length. Tempo rary quarters for the Workmen have been erected and repairs to the wharf , have been completed. Contractor . L. Grim, who is at pretent in Philadelphia, writes that his concrete mixtures, engines and other machinery are on' the way and will probably reach their destination before the end of the month. The contract for the stone to be used has been awarded;' to the Mt. Airy Granite Company and tbe wotk bl moving It will be begun by the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad about the middle of tbe month. . The Norwegian " barque Aid ant a. which; sailed from WiJmineton D. cember 12tb. was abandoned in a sinking condition on January 23d, in latitude 44 decrees and longitude 87 degrees. The crew lauded at Liverpool February 1st. ' - ; 1897. I .. ,. ' -. I l.' V 1 1 ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. Annual Meeting in the T. M. C A. Bulld tng 7aterdar Afternoon. - -The annual meeting of the Associated Chanties was called to order by the president, Rev. Dr. Robert Strange in the Y. Mi C A. building, yesterday after noon at 5 ocl6cuAfVd' ' v L The report of the Board of Directors was read by Rev. W. S. Cunninggim. A Rev. Dr. Robert Strange submitted his report as presented. ul ' CoL Roger Moore read the report" of ine secretary,; Miss Carrie i Price, which, together with the report of the treasurer! Mr. P. B. Manning, read In his absence by Rev. Dr. S. Mendelsohn, is printed in full below. V ? v - ; ; RKPORT 0 SICRETARY f ROM JAN. lST, " I 1896, TO JAN. 1st; 1897. " ! Number of superintendents, 15; num ber of visitors, 80; number of benefici aries who have been and are still receiv ing aid monthly. 79; number who re ceivedkaid for several months but who ?are no longer assisted, j 85; number-receiving aid intermittently, 89. . Of this number fifty-eight have been assisted only once,. Number receiving wood only. 86. Total, 239.1 Number wood tickets issued, 743; families receiving aid. both parents living, 85; widows, 121; de serted or separated ,wiyes,- 7; widowers, old or afflicted. 5; single men, blind or incapacitated for work, 2; neglected children 8. ' ' . ; j ' . Chief causes of need Sickness, no male support, large families, lack or un certainty of employment. . Supplies given are groceries, wood, shoes and clothing. , ; i - Shoes j have - been contributed by several of the shoes dealers. Wood bas beengiven by mill men, wood dealers andiodividuais. Numerous articles of clothing have been sent bv the ladies of the "Jewish Sewings Society;'? the 'Junior-Branch of tbe Woman's Auxil iary" of St. James' church; the "Dorcas Society,? Jasper Stone; "A Circle of Six;" and there have been donations of second-hand clothing frdm many indi viduals, j Transportation has been fur nished nineteen persons. Nourishment and ice have been furnished in many cases fori the sick. The association has assisted lb the burial of two adults and one child. - The office has been open every week day, except about threeka in September, when a vacation was given tbe secre tary, we having, made arrangements for regular applicants before leaving the CltV. j j - - . '- : Every; case applying for aid is as sisted ; unless upon investigation it Is deemed unworthy. ;,v--'.." - - trkasurkr's report. ? Balance on hand lannarv 1. 1807. $183 82; New Hanover county, 1.500 00; contributions from churches, 818 64; contributions frpm individuals, 932 07. total, 13 879 03. -' Disbursements Secretary's salary, $800.00; j Old Ladies' Home, 15000; sup port of orphans.' j 60.00; groceries, 1,779 29; wood, 87 "85; rent, 62 25, rail road fares, 50 25; cash help. 68.95; sick milk, etc., 5 55; sundr es, 9.85; collecting subscriptions, 8 75; janitor, 24.25; re pairs, postage, etc., at tbe office, 9 85; Penny Provident Savings Bank. 25.95; burials, j 18 00; printing. 14 65; loan to Mr. Rice, 25.00; balance December 81, 1896. 194 09. Total, $2,879 03 Rev. W. L. Cuanjoggim. Mr. T. C Diggs, and Col. Roger Moore were ap pointed. a committee to nominate five directors, the terms of that number of directors having expired. The com mittee recommended the following gen tlemen 1 Rev Dr. Robert Strange, Rev! C Dennen, Dr. S P.! Wright. and Mr. P. B. Manning, Mr. Walter G- McRae. i Tbe meeting then adjourned. THE LATE W. M- M'DIARMID. Bobesoa County Iiosee One of Its Moat Valned Cit'asna. ' 'r "" I The tidings conveyed in the following letter will bring sadness to many hearts in this city Certainly every member of the editorial fraternity, not only In Wil mington, but all over the State as well, will feel a sense of personal bet eave ment in the death ot Mr. McDiarmld. He ranked among the first of North Carolina editors and his writings were but a reflection of the genial, kindly na ture of the writer. At the funeral, which takes place to-day, a eulogy 'will be de livered by Mr. J. P. Gibson, of the Ben- 'nettsville Advocate. Editor Star Mr. Wallace . Mc Diarmld. for years editor and proptietor of the Robesonian. died at his . home In this town, this morning at 1 o'clock, after a few days' illness, of pneumonia. The whole community is shocked, for in tbe death of Mr. McDiarmid Robeson county zens. loses one of her noblest citi- .1 - COMPROMISED. The Xitbsl Suit Aiainat the Wilmington T - Meaaenger. Sfiecial Star Telegram. -r ! Clinton, N. G. Feb 4 The action for libel brought by B. R. Butler against Jackson & Bell, proprietors of the Wil mington Messenger, asking damages in the amount of ten thousand dollars, was .to day compromised by payment to the plaintiff of four hundred dollars and costs. -The libel complained of was the publication by tbe Messenger of an item erroneously implicating tbe plaintiff in tne Kosenoro express robbery of De cember; 1895. The plaintiff at the time of the robbery was in Rooeson county. The plaintiff was represented by Lee and Butler and Cooper and Fowler, and the defendants by l Belli my & Bellamy and I. D. Kerr. ; ;, ' City Markets, j,-. J .-. ; " ';: , .; There was a liberal supply of country produce on tbe market yesterday. Fish could bs had in several varieties. Vege tables were in good supply and "of good quality Eggs sold at 12c to 15c per dozen, j ' .j ';;- . L Vegetables Spinach, 80c per peck; Irish potatoes, 20c per peck; sweet po tatoes. 15s per peck; rutabagas and turnips. 3Jfe to 5c per bunch; cabbage" 10c and 15c per head; collad j. 5c per head; lettuce, 8c to ,53 per head; onions, 5s per bunch. T;-'.-:" f ; Poultry Chickens, live 12 to 80c; dressed. 25 and 80c; turkeys, dressed, 10 to 12KC per pound. f Oysters Best New River, $1.00 per gallon; Stump Sound, 60c; Myrtle Grove, 50c; Sound oysters, 1 40c; oysters in the shell, 60 to ?3c per bushel. :' 1 Meats Pork, lOcrper pound; mutton, 18Kc; j steak, lolnj 13Jc; round. 10c; chuck,; 7c; stew, 5 and 6c; sausage. 10c Fish Shad. $1 60 and $1 60 per pair; mnliert lOr p:r bunch; drum, 20c per bunch.' ; .; ;r -r f: -. AA' " ."' ; Mr. J. W. Fry, of Fay etteville,: Is to join Gen. John Gill and other Bal ttmoreiacs in a hunting' expedition in Southern Georgia. The ;. Baltimore party left the city Friday night .. . .. r. . t, jf r m . - - RALEIGH HEWS. Benator Prltobard hm TSo Intenrton of .Comtnsrto, Baiaigh at Pteaeat B. C. Dufioan WUl be CoUeet r pf the r i-'r- Saatar&l Oiatriot. ; Special Star fcbrresjoHdknc. ' ' - A Raleigh. N. C, Feb. 6. f Mr. H, A. Gudgejr is authority for tbe statement that Senator Pritchard has no intention of coming.; to Raleigh at present.'. ; ? s ir?iw - Mr. E. C. Duncan, the, Representative from Beaufort, will be tbe Collector of jhe Eastern district to succeed Mr. F. M. Simmons. Mr Duncan has never spoken of the matter, but the fact has leaked out. Mr. Duncan is one, of the strongest Republicans in the East aod one of Senator Pritchard's closest lriends. f The followino' orentmn nimmmA ',,, cessfully the examination before the State Board of Pharmacy to practice in the State: Jno. Ai Milcbener. Of Ral eigh; Jlobt, p. Hackne?.4it-Durham; A. Brantley York of Mebane; Alexander McGeochie, of FayettevUle; Wm. E. Gwaltney, of Wake Forest; J, A. Mc Kenhan, of FayetttVille; Caleb, H. Rich mond, of Reedsville, and J. Fulton.ColeT of Carthage.: : :" t - . J. M. Mewborne Will be the Commis sioner of Agriculture unless all signs fail and the will of jthe minority Popu lists js perfected, k a V C; Senators Barker jand Wakefield enter a flat denial to the (statement that Reid had delivered their votes to Pritchard in order to secure jthe penitentiary for himself. Both gentlemen declare that they agreed to vote for Pritchard dur ing the campaign. ,.-. ; ; Tne Chapel Hill Helenian has been dedicated to Col. John S. Cunningham the representative ifrom Pearson. The Helenian will be a handsome publication this year, u .,' . J .. -. :. ' The Street Car Company has been no tified by tne Board of Aldermen to be gin the operation of its System by sixty daye, or their charier wiji be forfeited. . Representative Howe teUs me that the amendments to tbe bill relating to the city of Wilmington, will be to make it effective March 1st;, and also to reduce the salary of the Sinking Commissioner. EX bHER FF SMITH, vf lambsrland Fully Exinerated by a Commtitee oi Iaveatlgation. Star Correspondenc. v ayetteville, N." C, Feb. 4.-ilf is with peculiar pleasure mat we record the result of the investigation of the ac count between ex Sheriff J. B. Smith and the county o( Cumberland, Tbis matter was in the hands of a special committee of Democrats in 1896, which committee found Sheriff Smith indebted to the county in the sum of $900.The sheriff made a deposit to cover the in- aeoteaoess. but denied the accuracy of the account aod demanded an examina tion of the account from the date cn which he entered the office ia 1890. By order of the Board of County Commis sioners composed entirely of Pop ulists and I Republicans a new committee was appointed, Mr., Z. B. Newton, a lawyer of ability, being chair man; said committee made a thorough examination of the accounts and made their report to the Board of Commis sioners, which met in regular session last Monday. The committee fnnnri that, instead of Sheriff Smith being in debted to the county in tbe sum of $900. the county was indebted to bim in the sum of $1,600. The report of the committee was adopted, and an order issued for the payment of the amount to Sheriff Smith, jand. the refunding to him of the .- amount deposited to cover the finding of the first com mittee. Sheriff Smith has been receiv ing the congratulations of his friends. The sheriff is an exceedincrlv oooniar citizen, and bis service as sheriff of the county was entirely satisfactory to the Voters of the county for five consecutive years. But ' for jthe changes brought about by the origin of tbe Populist party, be would be in office to day; but the Republicans and! Populists combined, having a very large majority in the county, and Sheriff Smith being a Dem ocrat of the straitest sect, he belongs to the minority. ,,. , Yours truly, . rv -.Iv - ;.' S :.;.,..H.;EYE. ... from MOTjjrr olive. Marriage of Mr. Dj F. irioholaon and Miss' Mabel EellT. ; i r lUtar Correspondence. ' Mount Olive. Feb. 4.7-Not often do the people of our little town have the' pleasure of witnessing such a ' lovely scene as was displayed in' the BapUst church last - Wednesday evening when mr. uavia r lowers JNicbalson and Miss Mabel Kelly were made husband and wife. ; The church ws beautifully deco rated and when tbe aqdience bad gath ered at 6.80 Miss Willie Fitts sang "Ob, Promise Me." Then ss Mrs. Cohen played Mendelsohn's Wedding March the bridal party entered, as follows: Two little flower girts. Kite Tatum and Mary Lou Oliver. The ushers, Dr. L P; Aaron and Mr. Louis Cohen, came next, followed by Mies Fannie Lambert with Mr. M. T. Breazeale. Then the bride, tastily dressed in dark blue witb yellow aad carrying a bunch of Japanicas.came in with her sisterMrs. J. B. Harrell, and was met at the altar by tbe grcom witb Mi-. Walter JCeHy. of Wilmington, as best man.' v Alter the ceremony : was performed by Rev. J. B. Harrell, of Wilmwgton.the party, with a few friends. were given a reception by Mr. and Mrs. . ft Oliver; at whose home Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson will reside. The groom is principal of our high fchool and the bride is the fourth daughter of our townsman. Mr. I j j. Kelly. May, good luck attend them through tbis entire journey, of which February 8, 1897, Is the beginning. ; -) - ;.- .t- . Ohanga of Sahednle. '-i---:A " A change of schedule goes into effect to-day on the Seaboard Air Line by which the train 'arriving heretofore at 18 50 noon'will arrive at 13.80 noon. No. 41 will leave , at j 8 20 p m. as before. Through freight No 25, carrying a coacb, will leave at 8 p. m., and No. will arrive at 5.80 a. m; instead of 8 45. A tri weekly will leave Wilmington at 8 a. m. on Tuesdays. Thursdays aod Saturdays. also carrying a coach; returns on alter nate days, arriving at Wilmington at 4 15 p. m. . ;; AA AAA", -A . .. C0B1FTI0N To THE Editor j I have an abaolnte Cure for CONSUMPTION and all Bronchial, Throat and Lung- Troubles, and ail conditions of Wasting awr,oj its umcijr use monsKuuts m aprparent- ly hopeless caaes have boenjfrermai nently cured. tiycur bo proof -positive am I of its powi 'will send FRBB to anyone amictc or to cure. I ed. THHBR BOTTLES of m 17 Newly Dtscorered Remedies, , upon receipt of - Always aincerely youra, SLOCUM, M.G.f 183 Pearl St, New 1 writinc tha Doctor, pUaa maoUoa Uuk T.?A. York. Whaa writina tha Doctor. jaa SS Wly Absolutely Puro. ; - Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. . Assures the fooi against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands.' ' I ' .- ROYAL- BAKING POWDER Co, ; . "; ;;.';" - I New York. , SENATE AND HOUSE, SPEECH OF SENATOR THURSTON - aaaaaaam - . DeaiRned ta PreTect ihe Sl tho TJnlon Ptftlfl. R.,1m,.iI . m . . . - . w-w arawu.vi UIWIUWU uia .1USI AI ... ' the Senate Tester Jay House Oon- " oludedlconaldexstlon or the BUI. - Mklng appropriatlona For : . : the Dlitriet of Colombia. A By Telegrapli'to tbe Morning Stat. : SENATE. , , Washington, Feb. 6 Another-instalment of the spet ca of Senator Thurs ton of Nebraska, Republican, on his col league's resolution Resigned to prevent the judicial sale of the Union Pacific Railroad property, occupied the time of the Senate up to 2 p. m. to-day. His summary of the case to-day was that If the Government were to become the owner of the Union Pacific Jineit would have to pay foi it ini Cash, fifty million dollar; to pay fifteen or twenty millions for the terminals, and to forego the twenty-nine millions net, which it could not receive for its claim. - - - The Nicaragua Canal bill was allowed to go over informally in order to pass bills on the calendar that were unob jected to. Some fifteen were passed. Among them were the following : 1 s Senate bill appropriating $88 000 for the relief of the Mobile Marine. Dock Company. -I v . , Senate bill, conveying to Rafael Se cure, of Iberia Parish. La., the United States title to certain lanes In- that Par ish.:.:;.. ..- - f Resolution (offered bv Mr. Morgan) -relating to the capture c f the Competi tor by a Spanish ship of war. It re quests tbe President to communicate to the Senate all tbe facts and proceedings, " When Senator Cameron's joint resolu tion recognizing the independence of Cuba was reached. Senator Hill, who was in jhe-chair. remarked facetiously that in the absence of objection, it would be considered as passed. The objection then came; and a motion was made by Mr. Morgan ot Alabama, Democrat, to proceed to its consideration, notwith standing the objection. As that motion however, was in contravention of the agreement under which the Senate Was acting, the motion was withdrawn Mr. Morgan stating that he would make an effort to get action, upon the joint reso lution whenever 'the opportunity- of fered. ;v . -: : I .,. ; I , .; ... r ' The day's session closed with the de livery of eulogies on the late Represen ting rnsimiill At n. 1 , . died in May. 1895; and at 5 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House to-day, in Committee of the Whole, concluded consideration of the bill making appropriations lor the expenses oi the District tf Columbia for -the vear ending June 30. 1893, and then passed it. But few amendments and those unimportant were made in It. - . Tbe bill to amend the , Wilson tariff act so as to permit the Treasury officials ' to sell lorieited Opium to the highest ' bidder and not require them to secure the amount of the. duty, $10 a pound, was passed. ' . j . At 2.45 o'clock the House adjourned. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. A Deal Baa Just Been Consummated Whereby Btrmtnaham Is to Have ; a Steel Plant. ' Bv TeleataDh ta thm Unmi.. s,.. " Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 6. A deal has just been : consummated whereby j Birmingham is lo have asteel plant witnin six montbs. borne ten days ago President Caldweli;"of the Birmingham iwmug mm vumpany,i; SUDmiltea a proposition to the Birmingham -capitalists as follows:! j The present mill plant is amply able ' to bandje steel billets with only slight alteration of the present machinery, having used steel billet! from Fort Payne and Henderson steel plant, of tbis city. All that is neceasarv m rnn. verters. About j $77,000 is needed to " purchase converters end make the -change needsd. I The Louisville stock holders of the plant are 'willing to fur nish $35 000, and: Birmingham will be -required to put up $40,000. - The rolling mill company proposes to issue six per cent, preferred j cumulative stock to coverlhe sum contributed. Birmingham ioibcu an yui aa.ouv ana mis be ing assured, a meeting of tbe stockbold- ers of the Birmirigbam Rolling Mill Company bas been: called to meet in this city March 12th,:f6r the purpose of issu ing said stock. 1 j STEAMER IHREE FRIENDS ' Beiisd at JiOkaonville, Flt.by Oolleoto of Customs, Charged witn Pira loal Aots'-Bat g.tta Obklmaon Hlah . : ; ; on thm Baa oh aneV Can- !; J ". I aot be O tteo Off. A By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. " Jacksonville. Fla Feb. The ' steamer Three Friends arrived in port ' at noon from Jupiter and was immedi ately seized by the' Collector of Custoima under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury. She was taken in custody- 1 by the United States Marshal on a charge i Of nirarw- h virtu nt a i,k-i ci-j w .C- : i United States District Attorney, alleg- i I leg that she committed piratical acts on ' her trip to Cuba last December. . 'A i The steamer Dauntless returned to port tbis morning from Hypoluxo.where k she went to assist the Norwegian barque Ohkimson, which went ashore a week j ago. The barque Is high on the beach I ana cannot oe gotten off. She has been J sinppea ana win prove a total loss. - i General Joe Shelbys-Fighting Joe," the noted Confederate General and United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri. U very ill on bis farm near Adrian. Mo. He bas been suffering some days with. Dnenmnnla vrhifh ho. developed into typho-pneumonia fever, and late Friday night, his condition be came critical. Hit condition yesterday '. was improving, j ,. ,; ; .,; . . , St vi:ral British men of war- of tte' ' Mediterranean squadron, have been or- dered to oroceel to Crete at once, in view of the renewal of distubarnces in' that island, 1