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The Wee Llni. AT WILMINGTON, N. C kly Star Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. T.U0 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE 88888888888888888 .'M 81 88888888888888888 I 88888 888T88888S8T 38888888888888888' 88888888888888888 88888858888888888 3S888888S8888888S '8888888888888888 I f - ao o n r.ttred at the Poat Office at ilmtgton, N. C Second Clan Ma er.l SUBSCRIPTION P ICE. Dm subscription pric ol the We ly Star It at oQowi : c Bile Copy 1 year, pottage paid.. ;$1 00 " 6 months " " go montnt -r THE POLICY OUTLINED- In our article yesterday on Mr MrKinley'8 proposed intervention in , Cuba, or at least what is reported to be 'the kind of intervention he will recommend, we asked the question vrhctner this intervention would ap , ply to both the Spaniards and in surgents, or 'only to the Spaniards. The New York Tribune is a recosr nized organ of the Republican party, an 1 we find in it an auswer to our t! - itin.- thft mnst Clf wVlinri -nra 1 . " wnjii IT V reproduce, not only because it is an art5wjft but because it is the fullest stjitemteht aud defence of the pro- mv yet. seen. Tender the heading of vfuterventii6h without Recog nition" iVsays:? : "Tiiie President is credibly reported to favor intervention in Cuba, if it shall be found necessary for the redress of wrongs aud the restoration of peace, but without recognition of the inde pendence of the so-called Cuban Re public. That is the feature' of his ipiicv which will probably provoke m SI controversy. It is already op lvfl by some Americans, and is de ii i meed bitterly by some spokes men of the Cuban insurgents. There are those apparently, who baye imagined that this country w i ld abandon its impartial attitude, espouse the cause of the insurgents, a i l recognize the nomadic administra tion of the latter as a sovereign Power, the peoolQf any on the globs. A little serious consideration of the matter should, however, convince any one not sutfject to ulterior motives that stoch recognition would be injudicious and that fhe President's policy is the one niost likely to serve the welfare notiiJy of this country but also of the Cub.ms themselves. 4 If the United States shall intervene in Cuba, it-will do so not for the sake of pricing the insurgent government? in po .yer at Havana, hut in order to re-i ilfb.fi in own wrongs, to: restore peace, ml to abate tne sufferings of tii urn-combatant population of (hat inland. Those are the only grrouud on 'which its intervention i to be justified. "Without them this C'T uitrv would have no more- right to interfere in the domestic affairs of Sptiii than Spain would have had to interfere in our domestic affairs in l-'il. There higher ends to be served than those which are merely political or financial and those higher ones are th" ehda this Government has in view. It is seeking not selfish aggrandize in "nr. but redress for intolerable in juries. It is striving not for the glori M 'ation of this or that group of politi cians, but for ifhe honor of this Nation and tiie welfare of the whole Cuban people. 4 ' Without th the least impeaching the cliaracter of the men composing the so-called Cuban Government, it .must be frankly stated that they have not yet sufficiently established their authority 1o entitle them to rec onitidp as a foreign Power, nor convinced the world that they are the chosen and representative ralera of a majority of the inhabitants of the island of Cuba. They represent the insurgents in the field. But the latter are a small minority of the whole population. There are the hundreds of thousands of reconcentrados, and there are,some scores of thousands of Span ish loyalists, all of whom have a right to be taken into the account. It may be that a majority of the whole would accept the insurgent government. It may be that a majority would not do so. rnis uovernment noes not know. It has at present no means of know ing. No general vote of the people can be taken untn peace and order are re stored. But assuredly this country does not mean to impose upon the island a government of whose acceptability there is serious doubt. Nothing could hn ixire deplorable than to put into the place of the present unacceptable Spanish Government in Cuba another government no more acceptable, gainst which the people would pres ently die organizing another rebellion. The manifest duty of this Government is first to restore tranquility to the island, and then ascertain what gov ernment the Cuban people really want, and put them in a way of getting it. "In self-protection, however, this Government is called upon to act with caution in recognizing any rrevv government in Cuba. It has many interests to conserve there, and many issues to settle. It wants to make sure that the government set up under its patronage will be one it can trust for 'air dealing. And, with all due re spect, the insurgent Government can lot be said to have shown itself worthy of such confidence. It may not he unworthy. Its qualities are simply unknown. But this is Known, that the insurgents have been guilty of many acts of which .MIS fiOVtfrnmr rnulrl tiaitai an- prove. Thp.v Vuivo nviiwiI nlnnfa- jjons and destroyed property and 111- treated non-nnmhatanu mst as the Spaniards i s have done. thev have ! ''''Ml In it I r.,1 II,,. ,!..,.. . 1,1.. ,.( Mowing up railroad trains with dyna- iHlte. Sucli wi-m!- mnaf ctnn onrl if tllO llnirrwl '11 "-va Jt,ljv Quail ill IA Ut, 1 U wnl be for the purpose of stopping it well as of stopping Spmsn mis deeds. The United States is no more nmded to tolerate misgovernment un 8 Cuban lhan under Spanish rule. " " shall turn the Spanish Govern '",;'it out of Cuba, it will itself become -'j'iu$iDie tor whatever new govern- Ulf'ht !t. o-i XI Tl Ml 1- . -v act up tuere. ai wiu noimaKt; " M her this be an authorized Stiiteinont and dnffince of th Presi de ut 8 plan to "re-establish order in Cuba' or not, it is more than prob- VOL. XXIX. able, that it was not made without a pretty full knowledge of what was contemplated and the reasons that will be assigned for it, and it was, doubtless, made with the view of influencing public sentiment in ad vance of the official declaration of that plan. But take it as a whole it simply amounts to an attemotftd apology for the Administration for not doing what its partv was medd to do, and which every one expected ic woma do if it did anything. It is an apology for ignoring that part oi me .Republican partv nlatform which declared its sympathy with tne Cubans struggling for liberty and pledged the partv to nse its efforts to restore peace to Cuba and secure the independence of the island. . The following is the Cuban plank in mil: 1 'From th h own inderai. riennA tha United States have regarded with sym- t j auunBico ui uLiisr American peoples to free themselves from Euro- deep and abiding interest the heroic X- T T C WilLUll w I 1,11 Dame, or tne (Juban patriots against cruelty and oppression, and m bnl hODeS t?0 Out for- t.riA full lueir aeterminea contest for liberty . -a- ' AWM OLiOO t I uuiwumcm ui opain, naving lost control of Cuba, and being unahle to protect th "v"" vmscuo, ui lu comply W1LU its treaty obligations, we believe that the Government of the United States should activelv nsn its infli AmAriOQr, niliiano , A 1 1 1 good offices to restore peace and give muepenaence to tne island. There was no established seat of Government in Cuba then any more thai there is now; the same leaders and the same armies were fightine- the Spaniards then that are fighting them now, and these men are surely entitled to as much recognition, respect and confidence now as they were then. There is as much reason to believe that these leaders and these armies are supported by a ma jority of the. people of the island now as there was then, and yet we are told that the President and his counsellors will repudiate the de claration of their platform and treat these insurgents as irrespon sible marauders and adventurfirR who are attempting to set up a gov ernment that may not have the sanction of the'pegple of Cuba and may not be any better than the gov ernment of the Spaniards. What a beastly betrayal of a trust and de sertion of the men for whom such ardent sympathy was professed ! But aside from this deceitful apology, what will be the outcome oi tnis proposed line of action? Suppose the United States drive the Spaniards out of Cuba, and spike the Cubans' guns? What then? This Government must practically take possession of Cuba, and become the master, after overcoming both Spaniards and Cubans. This will simply be a conquest of, th island, the United States instead of So 3H being the sovereign power means thac the United States must govern the island, whether the peo pled the island wish it or not, and no one supposes they do, unless, perhaps, it may be those Americans who own plantations there. They might, and probably would, prefer government by this country. ' But how is it going to be ascer tained whether the people of Cuba favor the insurgents or not? And iow i3 it going to be decided that the insurgents would not give an acceptable government to the island unless they are given a chance to show what thev can do. and how such government will be regarded and accepted by the people ? The fact is that the' McKinley plan of "intervention without rec ognition" will complicate the situa tion, and confront this Govern ment with perplexities that would be entirely avoided by keeping the pledge- which all the parties have made, by simply recognizing the in dependence of the island, as was done in the case of all of Spain's colonies on this hemisphere which threw off the Spanish yoke, not one of which Was better entitled to rec ognition than Cuba now is. But there are Spanish bonds to bo looked after, the interests of the money power must be consulted, and this is, doubtless, the secret of this ignoring of the ante-election declaration of sympathy with the struggling Cubans, and the new plan of "intervention without rec ognition." MINOR MENTION. We published an article from the New York Tribune a few days ago stating that it might possibly be only a "coincidence," and still a "remarkable coincidence," that the same men who were so active in the free silver fight in 1896 are now the uncompromising advocates of lock ing horns with Spain over the Cuban question. It may also be only a coincidence, but still a re markable one, that the men and organs which would pursue the dal lying policy or entirely desert Cuba to prevent locking horns with Spain, are the men and organs which bat tled so desperately for the gold standard in 1896. Looming up conspicuously and infamously at the head of these is the New York Post, managed and edited by an imported hireling of the money power of .London, who must also he in. the pay of the Spanish Government, judging from the zeal with which he advocates the Spanish side of the question and throws mud at the country of which he is a citizen by adoption. Several edi torials have appeared in that yellow- tinged Spanish organ, justifying the cruelties perpetrated by the Span iards m Cuba, apologizing for Wey ier, sneering at the movement to- erect a monument to the men who met their death in the harbor of Ha vana by the destruction of the Maine, trying to prove that the Maine was blown up by the insur gents, and finally asserting that the -uiatue vourt oi xnqu'rv was a packed tribunal, which rendered a decision not in accordance with the evidence, but as practically agreed upon in advance. Discussing this as one of the alleged causes to jus tify war, it says: 0 ((rm. i , - . , ....... Alio explosion ot tne Maine is a tnird cause assigned for war. Some Senators and Representatives say that we should fight Spain because one of our war vessels met destruction in the harbor of Havana. That is simply to y mat one oi two parties to a con troversy is to decide it absolutely, and enforce his conclusion upon the other. Everybody would recognize the out rageous injustice of this course be tween two individuals ; and it would oe equally unreasonable and indefensi ble between two nations. All that we have now is the result of a secret, ex-parte investigation by men who have the strongest possible motives to exculpate tne omcers of an American vessel, their verdict being that the ship was destroyed by a submarine mine, but that 'no evidence had been obtain able fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any per son or persons. Surely the man who would ques tion the motives of the officers who sat in that court, and thus deliber ately insult the navy of the United States should be well paid by the country he serves so faithfully and be welcome in Spain after the racket is ove provided the Spaniards whom he serves do not hold him in too much contempt. There is little doubt that if it were not for the pressure of the army and navy, and the fear of the army and navy the Spanish Government would have ere this acceded to the demands of this Government. Iu his article on the Cuban question bv Hon. Hannis Taylor, ex-Ministdr to Spain, published shortly after his return home he stated that Soain while nominally possessing a repre sentative Government, is under a military despotism and that thg army controls the Cortes and the Ministry. The events of to-day corroborate this. The whole Cabi net, with the exception of the Min isters of the War and the Marine, favored concessions to avert war,an4 it was only the threat of these twoTThat has been changed to the To- to resign that prevented it. Both of these are swayed by pridejand in sist that '"Spain's honOr" must be preserved, but neither of them has any iaea inar pain can escape defeat. The Minister of War admitted as much when he counselled Spain '-'not to become alarmed, in the event of war, at the sinking of a Spanish warship, and declared that what they must at all cost avoid was a Spanish warship striking her colors to the American flag. She should rather explode her magazines. This is simply the speech of desperation or insanity from a man who foresees defeat, and will go very far from assuring the Spanish people that Spain's honor will be saved by blowing up magazines. But even such pride inflated rattle-brains as he may come to time when they have time to cool, becomes satisfied that such bluster doesn't count and take ngood square ook at the situation. Spanish ma- nnes may not be devoid oi courage, or national pride, or patriotism, but they are not hankering to be blown "P- A vine and tree cultivator in Italy who holds to the theory that there is some relation between the flow and ebb of the tides and the flow of sap, insists that no tree or vine should be pruned except during the hours of ebb tide. He has pursued this course for fourteen years, and always has healthy trees and vines and abundant crops, with exemption from insect depredations, while his neighbors suffer and complain of their hard luck. The average Chinaman has an idea that China contains about nine tenths of the globe. That's the way it looks to him on the Chinese maps. The average Spaniard has about the same idea as to the relative size of Spain and this country. He thinks you could drop the United States down on Spain and have a great wide belt of Spanish soil all around them. Some one has suggested Count. Goluchowski, the Austria-Hunga rian minister of foreign affairs, as a mediator between this country and Spain. Mediation isn't in it, but this Count wouldn't' count. He hates this country so much that he would freeze us square out. WILMINGTON, N. C, The Bell Telephone Company isn't running the "hello" business for fun only. The receipts for the fiscal year just ended were $5,130,844 expenses $961,170, profits $4,169,674 iPk . . -Liimc are very iew newspapers in the country that make ' more clear money annually than this1. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says we could produce from 1,000,- 000 acres planted in beets as much sugar as this country now imports. -inati8nt one-twentieth as much land as we put in cotton, and all the cotton we raise wouldn't pay for the sugar we buy. i " xnat Spanish consul & New' ork iWas too fresh when he started the story that the Maine was blown up by the insurgents, after the Spanish court bad satisfied itself that the explosion was not external. They should now blow that consul up. A in i i vmcago neann journal says water sipped is a stimulant and more potent than wine, put there is no use in telling Chicago people that. They could not be! prevailed upon to sip water. If they take it at all they have to . hold then- noses and gulp it down. Wages are-still $15 a day in Daw son City, but wjith candles $40 a dozen, beef a dollar a pound, spirits $20 a bottle aud other necessaries in proportion, the $15 a day man does 4- 1 . i t. . . uuu run anv risK or Baoominc . bloated plutocrat. i j It is said that adulteration in flour may be detected with tjie X-ray. lhis is good news. Now all the housekeeper has to do is) to equip her kitchen with an X-ray appara tus, turn on the light and defy the windling flour manipulator. -Now that Jlmil Zola has been turned loose by the French Court of Appeals he can come over here and rake in those $60,000 offered him for a lecture tour and also hare some fun. ; t tha A contemporary hopes that when J. B. gets possession of Wei-Hai- Wei he will tell us how to pronounce it. Why, iust pronounce it anv Wei you like. Five is the sacred number of the Chinese, and when a Chinaman gets five cards in his dieits he knows how to manipulate them. That torpedo flotilla is snT afloat down about Cape Verde. That's a good place for it toitay fojr a while, until it is readyto go backlto Spain. mi.ifi -i j-ne iasc purcnasea warsnip may gortiut the name Diogenes will not. peka.. Governor Laedy, of KaUsa3, says 'there is nothing so gohd as a goose. Me s an old gander. Two geese are better. . THE NEWS FROM RALEIGH. Chairman Caldwell Forces the Governor to Yield Fruit Injured by Frost Prof. Whitted's Appointment Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, April 9. Chairman L. C. Caldwell returned home this morning, and he has not yielded one inch to the Governor. In deed, he has forced the Executive to come to his way of thinking; The news received from Senator Pritchard assures Raleigh of the army post. The committee has not selected. the site, but there will be no trouble about this. There is much diversity of opinion as to the injury done fruit. Some of the farmers in this locality think the damage has been great, while others are of the opinion, that the damage is slight. . 1. Prof. T. W. Whitted, of the A. and M. College here, has been appointed inspector of dredging in the harbor at Port Royal, S. C. Prof. Whitted graduated from the college in 1897 and las since filled the chair of assistant instructor in physics. Prof.; Whitted stood a civil service examination for the position in Wilmington, IN. C. Albemarle fresbytery, colored, meets in Elizabeth City next Thurs day. CURRENT COMMENT. While shrieking for help and callng on all the powers to come over to its side in stentorian, Macedonian style, Spain, at the same time, is trying to compose its features and look aughty at Uncle Sam, but the two things won't go together. Philadeplhia Press, Rep. It is reported from the Cape Verde Islands that the Spanish tor pedo flotilla arrived there Sin fairly good order after weathering a severe storm. This is evidence of the ability of torpedo bots to go to sea, which a valuable contribution Uto the present discussion regarding - Conclusive answ 0 the as- sertion that our business men are not patriotic is Ven in the statement made in the Chamber of Cjommerce meeting that they are ready to place $500,000,000 at the disposal of the government in case of wkr. Na poleon, when asked what Tas most reauired in war. said, "money" New York will patriotcally furnish that. New York Herald, Ind. art FRIDAY, APRIL 15, DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Important Meeting Last-Night Dates For Primaries and County Convention. A meeting, of the Democratic Exec utive Committee was held last niffht at tne orhcfi of w r twtt Til mi , . ' " ' sq. rne cnairman, Mr. H. MoT, jn .-. . . vireen, and tne secretary, Mr. B. F .mg, were present. The other mem bers present were Messrs. G. W. Bor nemann, J. C. Munds, W. B. McKov. TTl m . '. '. " " ' r. Stopper, J. H. Beerv. J. W israncn and E. F. Johnson. The main business before the committee was to decide on a date for the primaries. After discussion, the twenty-seventh of the present month was selected s the date for the primarv elections. The call will be made publicly, and. according to the plan of organization. next week. It was further decided to hold the County Convention on Sat urday, the thirteenth. FRONT STREET MARKET. A Fine Arrav of Meats far Poster. -Floral Decorations. oiak nas seldom it ever seen such a fine array of meats so well ar ranged and so artistically set off with becoming decorations as could be seen at Mr. I. B. Rhodes beef stall vester- day morning. There was every kind or meat that a person could wish for T71 . . master or any otber time for that mat- A mi - . . ter. mere was iamb, veal, mutton . i . . - Putk; ana an idea of the quantity wnich is disposed of on an Easter Sat urday can be had from the statement that the day's business was begun with 58 lambs not to speak of similar quan tities of other meats. Ibe decorations were as handsome as the meats were fresh and plentiful. Pine, myrtle, dogwood and evergreens and flowers combined to make the stall a place of real beauty. And the decor ator bad drawn liberally on a hot house for a liberal sprinkling of cut flowers, ferns, etc. The decorations were planned by,Mr. Jno. C. Hintze. mr. Kbodes clever and competent cbief clerk. While knocking about the market yesterday, the reporter was invited by Mr. Rhodes into his bier refrigerator. where he tells us twenty cattle can be put away. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Supreme Court Decides They Cannot Be Members of the Board of Education. The Supreme Court orders that one and the same man cannot hold two CtJ mL; i. . unices. -Luis ruling is violated in a number of instances, but the best illus tration is to be found in the fact that several counties, New Hanover in cluded, the Board of Education is formed by members of the Board of Commissioners. The plea put up by the double office-holders is: 1st, That the Board of Education is no office; 2nd, acceptance of a second office does not vacate the first; 3rd, that the duties of the two offices do not conflict. Ibis demurrer was sustained by the Superior Court of Bladen county last Fall in quo warranto proceedings brought against Z. G. Thompson, C. W . Lyon and Jno. F. Croom, County Commissioners and members of the Board of Education, but was over ruled by the Supreme Court in a deci sion last week, in which Chief Justice Faircloth says: "The question in this State does not turn upon the incom patibility of the two offices alone, as it did at common law, but upon the plain and positive language of the constitu tion. .N THE STATE GUARD. Adjutant General Cowles Says it Will be Mobilized at Raleigh. At the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. D. T. Cronly was made a committee of one to communi cate with Adjutant General A. D. Cowles with reference to the possibil ity of having the State troops mobi lized at Wilmington. Mr. Cronly mailed his letter the same evening and yesterday received the following re sponse which shows that the mustering will be in Raleigh : Apjutant General's Office, Raleigh, N. C, April 8, 1898. Mr, D. T. Cronly, Committee, Wil mington, N. C: Dear Sir: Your letter of the 7th instant is to hand proposing mobiliza tion of the, troops at Wilmington in the event of a call for troops by the General Government for purposes of war. In reply will say that it is necessarv that the mobilization and reorganiza tion ofthe troops should he at the Headquarters, aHwhich point all sup plies and equipment will be shipped by the War Department for distribu tion. After their organization and mustering in is completed it may be tnat tne troops win be placed at ditter ent points along the coast. Yours truly, A. D. Cowles, Ad't General. A Sneak Thief. One of a gang of petty thieves which infest the business portion of the city made a sad failure of an attempt to rob Mr. R. E. Ward, a produce dealer on Market street late yesterday afternoon. The diminutive rascal entered the store about 5 o'clock and thinking that no one was looking, seized a seven-pound ham which was suspended in the centreof-the store and started out with lferr An employe of Mr. Ward, who was out in front of the store, saw the transaction and hailed the boy, who became frightened and dropping the ham made off. A warrant was issued for the boy last night,, but up to a late hour he had not been apprehended. Schooner Van Laer Black, Lacey, was cleared yesterday by Pow ers Gibbs & Co. , loaded withtpyrites for Charleston. 1898. TO MINE THE HARBOR Arrival of a Detachment of the Engineer Corps of the U. S. Army. WILL GO TO FORT CASWELL. The Government Rushing Work to Place the Entrance to the Cape Fear River in a Condition to Repel Hostile Warships. A detachment of U. S. army engi neers arrived here yesterday and will go to Fort Caswell to-day to mine the harbor. It was in charge of Corporal Wm. J. Costello, who was the only officer along. The privates were J. Gargan, F. Farriss, James Morrisey, Francis Golden, William Housemav and DeBank. Than are a part of Company B, Engineer Corps. They arrived at 5.50 o'clock by the Atlantic Coast Line and hurried at once to the U. S. shipyard near the foot of Queen street where they boarded the H. C. Wright upon which thev will go early this morning to Caswell. As an evidence of the "rush" methods which characterize the move ments of the government now-a-days, this detachment left Willet's Point on seven minutes notice. One hundred and twenty others left at the same time, 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon lhe Key West detail, consisting of two non-commissioned officers and seven privates, and the Pensacola de tail of the same strength, left the Ca well detail at Weldon. Upon being questioned about his plans, Corporal Costello said he was of course subject to the orders of his superior officers, but he did not hesitate to say that he did not think it would take long to get the mouth of the river so well de fended that a hostile ship would fare badly if she should attempt to pass up. After laying the mines the engineers will follow the army, build bridges, and lay out entrenchments. The engineers look verv much like the regular troops, and carry the army rifle with bayonets at their sides. About the only difference between the artillery and the engineers in appear ance is that the latter wear dark blue instead of light blue trousers and war upon their caps emblems of a turreted castle. Corporal Costdllo expressed himself as being pleased at the prospect of get ting mnder Capt Craighill again, whom he knew and learned to, admire at Willdt's Point. F Other War News. Capt. W. E. Craighill returned yes terday from Beaufort, where he went to formulate plans for the protection of Fort Macon. He remained in the city only a short while, hastening to Fort Caswell, where he has spent a good part of his time recently. 'In a short while his office will be con nected with Caswell by wire. i , DAMAGE BY FROST. Beans, Peas and Irish Potatoes Injured Strawberries But Little Hurt. The frost of yesterday did consider able damage to beans, peas. Irish potatoes and other tender vegetables, while strawberries were hurt little if any, the most of them having been covered up in anticipation of the frost. Capt. J. T. Foy, of Scott's Hill, stated yesterday that beans were badly damaged if not completely ruined. Mr. J. W. Sidbury, of .Sloop Point, was here yesterday buying beans for replanting, as his crop was killed out right. r Mr. W. H. Mills, of East Wilming ton, reported ice, frozen ground, and serious damage to beans, peas and Irish potatoes. Mr. D. W. Trask, of Masonboro Sound, made a similar report, and Mr. C. H. Heide, of Cape Fear township, estimates his loss from the frost at $300. Mr. C. W. Woodward, the agent of the C. F. T. ' Company, was at points along the W. & W. railroad yesterday and brought back an encouraging re port, though he thought that the damage could not well be estimated on the day of the frost. Strawberries, he said, were well, covered and were unharmed. Mr. C. N. Sparkman. of Rocky Point, writes that all kinds of truck were damaged and most of the bean crop killed. Another frost is expected this morning and the truckers are a little blue over the prospects. Wilmington Presbytery. Rev. P. C. Morton returned last evening from Burgaw, where he has been attending the Wilmington Pres bytery. He was obliged to hasten home to conduct a funeral at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He gave a Star re porter a few points about the proceed ings yesterday which are herewith re produced. Rev. John Stanly Thomas at 11 o'clock yesterday preached his trial sermon preparatory to his ordination, which was to take place last night. The call of the Burgaw group of churches extended' to Re . Mr. Thomas was approved by the Presby tery. Rev. A. D. McClure, Rev. P., Morton and Col. Jno. D. Taylor, of Wilmington, were asked to conduct meetings at Southport. Electric Lights at Mount Olive. The Star learns that Mount Olive will have an excellent system of electric lights in successful operation by,-May 1st. Mr. J. D. Williams, ot Kenansville, will own and operate the plant. Mount Olive has only about 1,200 inhabitants, and is the smallest town in the State that has electric lights. NO. 25 I AT FORT CASWELL. Nearly Three Hundred Men at Work on the Fortifications ! Day and Night. SUBMARINE MINE BATTERY. In Readiness to be Placed in the River the Fort in Telegraph Connection With Army Engineers' Office in Wilmington. -P ort Caswell continues to be the scene of great activity. The Govern ment operations are being pushed with haste and though the authorities will not say whether the additional fortifi cations will be completed soon or late, it may well be presumed that with be tween 250 and 300 men at work, half in the day and Jbalf at night, and more wanted, it will be only a short while before everything will be in readiness for the successful operation of the first line of defence. This will be the heavy guns of the fori, some of which are already on the spot and others are ex pected daily. The Secondary Line of Defence, or the battery of submarine mines is; already practically prepared. As soon as the detachment of army engineers, oraereu nere tronk Willet's Point, got to Caswell, they Were hustled into the old fort where they hauled off their coats and went to work in earnest. Thymines have not yet been laid, but this part of the undertaking is the easiest and when all the rest of the pre parations are made, which can be done inside of thirty-six hours, the re mainder of the work necessary to a complete defence of the harbor can be completed in comparatively a short while. No place where a ship can pass will be left undefended. Telegraph Line to Caswell. The army headquarters in the third story of the government building are now connected by telegraph wire with b ort Caswell by means of the Wil mington and Southport line with con nection from the Postal office to the gov ernment building and from Southport to the fort. Mr. Adolphus Robinson, one of the experienced young operators of the Postal, is assigned to duty in Capt. Craighill's office, Mr. V. S. Stevens is the operator at Southport and Sergeant 0- T. Taylor, who has had abundant experience, will most likely send and receive messages at the fort. Stone Continues to Come In. lhe government steamer H. C. Wright brought up two empty lighters from Fort Caswell yesterday morning and placed them at the-C. F. & Y. V. docks. A large force of men were busily engaged all day in loading the rock re ceived the day before for the new em placement at the fort. At midnight the tug Marion, Capt. Edgar Williams, took the lighters in tow for the fort. A force of hands went down on the lighters to assist in unloading them. Rapid Fire Guns. A consignment of Maxim rapid-fire guns for Wilmington and other South ern points is expected this week. THE SUPERIOR COURT. Some of the Cases to be Tried at the April Term Which Will Convene in This City on the 18th. Col. Jno. D. Taylor, Clerk of the Superior Court, has completed his calendar of cases for trial at the April term which opens one week from to morrow, his Honor Judge S. B. Adams presiding. The trial dockets show the following two cases set for the first day : Thomas Croom ,vs. J. W. Harper and Daniel Lee vs. Mag Morgan et al A suit which promises to be of some interest appears on the summons docket. It was filed yesterday by the Wilmington & Weldon Rail road Company and seeks to restrain the sheriff from levying-n execution on the railroad property that it bought from the Wilmington, .Newbern & Norfolk Railroad Company. The exe cution is on a judgment obtained by T. B. Burnett against the Wilmington & Newbern Railroad Company after this company had bought the property. The plaintiff company will be repre sented by Col. A. M. Waddell and Jno. D. Bellamy. Esq.. while amearinc for the other side will be Messrs. M. Bel lamy Sc Son, Col. T. W. Strange and attorneys m. . Martin, C. Jr. Lockey, (jteorse tountree ana A.. J. Marsha . The case will be heard at chambers. Important Changes of Schedule. The readers of the Stab will note the following important changes of schedule on the Atlantic .Coast Line: rm . a a a -Lr- k j.ne Atlantic uoast .Line morning passenger train for the north, com mencing to-day, April 10th, will leave at 9.00 A. M., instead of 9.35 A. M. The Atlantic Coast Line truck train, going north, will hjave Wilmington at 7.30 A. M., commencing April 11th, instead of 8.00 A. M. Freight Car Thieves. Mr. Henry Harriss, the watchman who detected thieyesT removing lard from a car on one of the tracks at the Atlantic Coast Line depot, says that there were ten or twelve persons in the crowd. One of them was carry ing a guitar, which was almost cer tainly the one stolen from the window of Mr. A. E. Reville's store. While they were escaping, one of them lagged behind the rest, and Mr. Harriss fired on him. The thief fell, but gathered himself together and ran again. The watchman reports that as he fired he heard one of the men cry, " My God, he's killed my partner." POWDER Absolutely Pure OTAl BAKING MW0C1I 00.. NEW YORK. LEE'S DEPARTURE FROM HAVANA On the Dispatch Boat Fern, Ac companied by His Staff and Others. OTHER AMERICANS LEAVE. : ,i The U. S. Flat on the Consulate Ruildintr - 1 B Taken Down News of the Departure Caused Considerable Surprise Among Spaniards. By Cable to the Morning Star. Havana, April 9. At 10 o'clock this morning Consul General Lee, accom panied by British Consul Gollan, called on General Blanco to bid him good bye. The Governor General was very busy and could not receive Gen. Lee. The American flair unon the consulate building has been taken down by consular employes. HAVANA, April a. Moly Saturday was generallv observed at all Out churches. Tlie services bemin at 10 o'clock with bell-ringing, accompa nied by cannon salutes from thn fortress of the Cabanas Later on, the Cuban capital resumed the ordinary run of business. The news of the American consuls leaving their posts spread rapidly about the city and produced considerable surprise. But the Spaniards say the fact of the consuls leaving has not produced the effect which the friends of the insurgents are alleged to have expected. 9.35 P. M. At 4 o'clock this after noon Consul General Lee, accom panied by his staff, boarded the dis patch boat Fern. and Consuls Springer and Barker went on board at 5 o'clock. The Machina wharf. where thev embarked was crowder! with curious; persons, but no dis courtesy was shown the officials. At 5.d0 the American vessels beean leavings the port. The Spanish tug Susie towed out the schooner Jas.' H. Dudley, which arrived here on Thurs day last from Pensacola with lumber, but did not discharge her cargo. The steamer Evelyn followed, with about fifty passengers, and after her came the Olivette, with 247 passengers, among whom were Miss Clara Barton and the other representa tives of the Red Cross Society, who have been engaged in relief work in the island. She was followed by the Bache with ten passengers, and last of all came the Fern which left at 6 o'clock, having on board Consul General Lee, Consula Springer and Barker, consular clerks Fosca. Dolz and Drain, correspondents Johnston, Pepper, Redding, Akert, Franke, Dun ning, Nichols and Scovel, Messrs. G. .Liawton Chuds and William Lawton and Dr. Brunner., The Fern is com manded by Lieutenant Commander Sawyer. Ensign Powelson was also on board. SPAIN DECLARES AN ARMISTICE. But Upon Conditions That Are Not Likely to Receive Consideration. BACKED BY THE POWERS. The United States to Withdraw Its Squadron To Withhold All Moral and Material Aid from Cubans If Terms Not Accepted. By Cable to the Mornlngr Star. Madrid, April 9, 6 P. M. U. S. Minister Woodford has been officially informed that the Spanish government to-day telegraphed to the Pope that in view of his urgent request, fortified to-day by a visit from the representa tives in Madrid of the six great Powers, they (the Spanish govern ment), have telegraphed to General Bianco in Cuba, instructing him to issue an armistice proclamation to morrow, the duration of the armistice to be as he desires. General Woodford has no informa tion relative to the withdrawal of the American warships. This afternoon General Woodford paid a visit to Senor Gullon, minister of foreign affairs. The general opinion this evenimr is that to-day's events will settle satis factorily the first stage of the Spanish American difficulty and insure peace. Madrid. Apnl 10. 4.15 P. M nn. eral Correo, Minister of War, after the council, which lasted two hours, said to the correspondent of the Associated Press: We yielded to the prayer of the great Powers, granting what we had refused to the United States. The Swedish barque Harm a rtant Paelsson, from Brunswick, Ga., for Bremen, with 400 barrels of main nraa towed into Bermuda, yesterday, leak ing badly. At Denver. Col.. W. F fla oj E. W. S wan borough broke the world's unpaced tandem record for four to ten ' miles, inclusive, on the new board track. The time at the finish was 1 lo$- i ICUREFITS When I r.iv 1 mnSm T & . tha for a tft,. d thTu ESSE 22, .e" radical cure. I have made the diLT long study. I warrant my remedr to mTS. -tJiST Prof.W.H.PEEKE,F.D.,4GetaTSt..NewTorl
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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