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VtM '"ft1- ,..r. juili PUBUSHXD AT WILMINGTON, N. CM 00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. pi gg888888888838888 iWi sgg888S8gf8Sg;gJ 88888888888888888 7S8SS888888S888S83 '18888888888888881 8S888888S8S888888 ",TT88888$88S8888SS? 888812888888888883 888888888888888 ' Vi I - m - - ..- bo t - coo o-re-fl-moco-,; r--e.l at the Post Office at ilmtgton. N. C, as Second Class Ma ier.1 SUBSCRIPTION P !CE. rh subscription price of the We T ly 8 tar is as Copy 1 year, postage paid. " 6 months " " , " 3 months " " . ....$100 60 80 UGnoCBATIC TICKET, p FOR CONGRESS. District John D. Bellamy, of New Hanover. f FOR. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. First District Hon. George H. Brown ' of Beaufort. Second District Hon. Henry R. Bry an, of Crayon. Fifth District Hon. ThWias J. ShaW, of Guilford? ' $itth District Hon. Oliver H. Allen, 'j of Lenoir. Sreath District Hon. Thomas A. 'Ait McNeill, of Robeson. TOfve.npi District Hon. W. Alexan der Hoke, of Lincoln. -FOR SOLICITOR, Suctti District Kodolph Duffy, Onslow. of WILL THEY FUSE? Some interest is now being shown in the question whether there will be fusion between the Republicans and Populists in this State this year. "If-this means will the leaders fuse then it might be 'answered, "yes," bnt if it means will there be a fusion whi. 'a will command the votes of the populists of rank and file, "no." The i aiders will fuse because they will lie for afdicker that they think may .live them, the offices they Ranker for,- but while the Republi can leaders imay control the votes of thti rank and file of their party for such a dicker the Populist leaders can't do that- The action of the late lie-publican convention at Ral eigh fjlearly indicates ,thaihe inten 'tidnJias far ;i3 the j Republican con--.vention goes, was to gg into the dickering business. They didn't nominate candidates for judges or solicitors bat by resolution turned that matter over to the State Committee with plenary power to alt. If they intended to run the lmsiiir-.s independent of the Popu list; Jiey wonffj have nominated for these' offices ' then and there, uni less, perhaps, they .might have feared that the colored contingent might iaye demanded something, which would have been; embarrass- tfc J '" J ' ' ' X A short while ago a negra con vention assembled in Goldsboro, and jdei laivd for co-operation, or fusion, with the Populists on '"honorable terms." They appointed a com mittee of twelve to arrange the "honorable terms" and make the dicker with the Populists, which committee was composed of eleven polored statesmen and one white brother, the town federal stjamp licker. When the State committee which was delegated at italeigh to do up the nominating business, gets . down to the, trading point they will probably follow the example of the colored statesmen at Goldsboro and Say something about "honorable terms," that is a divide of the offi ces whic h will give the Republicans the pick of the plums in view of the fact that they will furnish most of the votes. it is true that the Populists in their State convention at Raleigh n the 1 r.th of May adopted a sinng ot declarations as the basis on what they wouldfuse .with "any Party orfacficm of a party" which W subscribe to them, and after wards.when the Democratic conven tion met at Raleigh on the 26th of Jlay, through a committee ap .Pointed, made a proposition for fusion on these terms,, which was de caned. It is argued, in view of these- aeclarattons, that the Populists can not listen to fusion with the" Repub licans, because the Republicans can- "ot accept these declarations " the men who are running the ropuhst party and the men who are ining the Republican party were actuated as much by devotion to principle as they, are by the desire for spoils this -might be so, but as ey are not it in nnt sn. and -no n" Ac- nations previously made will pre Vent them, from dickering if they, include there is anything to be made by-it. Two years ago they had Practically the same declaration of principles which they have now, 1 8ave the North Carolina rail roa'1 lease, which didn't fig Ure trien, aria we saw them 8Wrting Wm. J. Bryan for the -ejiiflency and fusing on State lm with ihe Republicans who ere fighting Wm. J. Bryan and saver like wild cats. Would enhowore influenced as much y Principe ..as by the desire for VOL. XXIX. spoils have done that? They did it and did it to the extent of voting or negroes for offices, and subse quently putting more negroes in office than there are in any State in the Union. This was as much their work as it was the work of the Bepnblicans for they brought about the state of things which made it possible, and they are ready for the same kind of a dicker again, pro vided they can thus get their share of the offices to be voted for next November. lhey showed their devotion so-called conven- to principle when the Populist Congressional tion at Wadesboro turned the cold shoulder oh Populists who stood upon the Ponn- & 7 X ist platform and nominated Oliver H. Dockery who proved treacherous to them and was then the candidate of the Republican con vention which had pledged itself to the gold standard but refused to consider Dockery an orthodox can didate until he had recanted his re nunciation of Republicanism, con fessed his sin and been 'pardoned. This was some time ago, the Popu- lst leaders knew it, and yet not one of them in all the State has risen to protest against or denounce this infamous betrayal of their party and endorsement of the man who openly repudiated the party which two years ago he had joined through professed devotion to its principles. Where is there any principle among such mercenary fellows, and what reason is there to believe that they will be bound by jany declarations previously made when it comes to dickering1 with the Republican ma chine men who have votes to barter for votes? There is none. They are after the spoils of office and they will take the shortest cut- to the spoils if they have to trample on all the principles they profess to get there. But when it come3 to command ing the votes of the rank and file of their party, the honest Populists who vote for principles and not for spoils, that is another matter, and they will not find it so easy to put them up on the block and knock them down to the Republicans. These honest Populists have been noting the drift of events and will not. be so easily bartered and deliv ered as they have been heretofore. A great many of them have had their , eyes opened, have cut' their wisdom teeth and are not now for sale. STEVE1TS, OF WARSAW. Mr. H. L. Stevens, of Warsaw, has left us. He .prints a signed let ter in the last issue of Rocky Mount Butler's paper, the Caucasian, in which he declares with much seri- ousness-that the State Democratic convention which was held in Ra leigh, May 26th, was controlled by goldbugs and monopolists. And then he dramatically exclaims: "If this is Democracy, then I do not en dorse such Democracy, and am out of it." Mr. Stevens, it will be re called, was a candidate for Judge be fore the Democratic convention re cently held at Wallace, and was likewise "out of it" there, so far as the nomination was concerned; and there is a vague suspicion among his friends that this had a very debili tating effect on his Democracy. In other words, they are guessing that if Mr. Stevens had received the Democratic nomination at Wallace, he would not now be found swinging in the same political hammock with Rocky Mount But ler. The letter of Mr. Stevenshas the genuine Butlerianjang In fact, .it is a rehash jrfButler's . Cau casian editorials. It is painful to observe however, that he studiously 4iV6tds all reference to "corporation lawyers;" but this may be accounted for bv the fact that he is 'some what of a" corporation lawyer "him self." Mr. Stevens is a man of amplified physical proportions; but this will give him no influence in the campaign, and the only vote he will be! able to control will be that of Henry L. Stevens. So, he will do himseliLmore injury than he can inflict on the Democratic party; and when the contest for white suprem acy is over, the only thing to which he can "point with pride" will be the fact that he has "fused" with 120,000 negro voters and cast one vote against the best interests,of his own race. As a hint to the German Kaiser, showing how German-Americans, or American-Germans, (which would probably be more proper) feel, the German-Americans or American Germans of New .York propose to raise a fund to build a first-class bat tleship and present it to the Govern ment. Our fleets have been pumping some iron and steej into Cuba, but nothing in comparison to the jnnk shops the allied fleets . left in Sebas topol. Picking up old shot ana shell became an industrythere. The government levied a tax of 6 per nanf rm all such sales ana irom this source collected $75,000. MINOR MENTION Congressman White (black) of the First District, who won so much notoriety by that notoriously in3o- ent and otherwiso bad speech in the tepubhean State convention, does not propose to let the question of negroes holding office remain in a quiescent- or passivo state as his white Republican confreres would ike to have it remain, at least, until after the next election, but an nounces that he will force the issue, whether other people like it or not. n his Raleigh speech he said "I want to invite the issue of the white man against the negro. I want to meet it in the black belt and whether they meet me or not, I am going to have them hear me." This fellow is pretty sure of his grip on his colored constituents and he is playing to make it stronger. His white politi cal associates may not like his ag gressiveness, but they are afraid to say so lest they offend the colored constituency for whom White talks and whose votes they need. White is in, he expects to remain in; there is no danger of his weakening him self by his boldness and therefore he is not influenced bv fear to sing ow on the negro-in-office' question as bis white Republican allies are. t is a good thing that White is go ing to "invite the issue, for the sooner it is forced the sooner the white men of the State will decide it. V If General Shatter treated Gen eral Garcia as unceremoniously as General Garcia in his letter, pub- ished yesterday, says he did, then the old Cuban warrior has cause to feel aggrieved, and cause to protest agains t such ignoring, which he does and does in a dignified way. He and hi3 army may not have rendered very signal service in the capture of Santiago, but Garcia showed a cheer ful willingness from the beginning to co-operate With our forces. Gen. Shatter and Admiral Sampson con- erred with him on the landing of our troops and jointly they mapped out their plan of campaign. In all this tbey recognized Gen. Garcia as an ally, and courtesy, at least, de manded that he be so recognized in the surrender of Santiago and in taking possession of that city which could have been done without per mitting the Cuban soldiers to go into the city. The report was that he had been invited to participate in the proceedings of taking posses sion of the city when the Spanish flag was lowered, but declined; but if his statement be correct he was simply ignoredand this should not been. Some of his other complaints are not so much entitled to con sideration, as sjjfxjr instance his pro test against having the Spanish au thorities in the city in charge of their respective offices for that was to-b6 only temporary until time was given to make the necessary changes. It is doubtless his hatred of the Spaniard which so incensed him at this. This turn of affairs is to be regretted, for while the absence of the Cubans will not be seriously felt the conflict it may, if they pro pose to conduct operations mae pendently, lead to disagreeable com plications and possibly to conflicts that might prove very serious. We do not think the course that General Garcia is pursuing in withdrawing his command is much regrettedin' Washington, for it will giy$ -a pre text for ignoring the Teller amend ment disclaiming any purpose on part of this Government to hold Cuba ior there is a growing senti ment among the war managers now in favor of holding it. For the benefit of our friends, the enemy, they should know that while they are bragging about that sky rocket which they can shoot from a row boat and destroy a ship, a New York man has invented a sky-rocket which will go up 1,000 yards and dump a charge of dynamite on the fellows under it. They can't get ahead of us on sky-rockets. We are told that "the hrst gun fired by Commodore Watson's squad ron in European waters would be the death-knell of the Monroe Doc trine." Death-knell fiddlesticks How about those guns at Manila? Did they knock the spots out of the Mon. Doc? We got some ships added; to our merchant marine by the annexation of Hawaii. Suppose while we are in the annexing mood we annex Enarland. Then we would have a pretty respectable merchant marine. The Spanish Government will oblige us very much if, as threat ened, they will send Uamara's fleet over here. We can thus get rid of it much quicker and cheaper, with out going over on the other side to do "it. ' Captain Philip, of the Texas, isn't an adept in the use .of cussA-words. He has got along only as far as "By Crackey," and thinks he is doing pretty well then. But he's a cracker when it comes to throwing shot and shell. V EEKL Y WILMINGTON, N. C, BRAVE CAPTAIN INGRAM. The Hero of the Steamship Delaware at at Home With His Family Now Commands the Benefactor, Capt. Alfred Ingram, muw knovn as the hero of the Delaware, ou ac- j countjof his heroic conduct when his i ship was destroyed by fire on Friday j iiight.July 8th, arrived in the ciiy last j night ou the Benefactor, of which he will be in command for several trips if not longer. Last night a Stab reporter found him at his home, 519 South Fifth street, quietly smoking his pipe with his family grouped around him. Sev eral friends, who had heard of the captain's arrival also dropped in to 3 him and to hear him- talk of his thrilling experiences. He talks in a matterof fact way about the burning of the ship, which showed that he did not place as high an estimate upon his conduct as others do. When asked how he managed to keep cool amid circumstances so threatening, ho re plied that he knew that there would be general alarm and excitement if it became known that the captain of the ship had lost his head, and conse quently he made e cry effort to keep quiet and collected. The way in which he succeeded has made him the object of admiration of thousands of people all over this country. - Capt. Ingram has been connected with the Clyde line for over twenty years, tie was born in Wilmington, Delaware, but began with the Ctyde line. before the mast from Philadelphia. For eighteen months past he has been running the Delaware between Bos ton, Jacksonville and Charleston. He made one trip here on the Delaware about a year ago, but has not been running here regularly in five or six years. Capt Ingram will leave here to-day for Georgetown, but will return by here on his way to New York. First officer Macbeth who was with Capt. Ingram on the Delaicare is also with him on the Benefactor.' MINES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. And Ships Can Pass In and Oat When They Choose. The work of removing the torpedoes and submarine mines at the mouth of the river was completed yesterday at noon. The detachment of civil en gineers who came here from Willet's Point to lay the mines discharged the somewhat perilous duty of taking them up, using the government boats James T. Easton, H. C. Wright and Cynthia. The most dangerous part of the work was in removing the dynamite from the shells. The explosives will all be stored Away in a safe place to await a future emergency. Capt. W. E. Craighill, Corps of Engineers of the U. S. Army, an nounces that in accordance with or ders from the Secretary of the Treasury he has had the mines removed and vessels can pass in and out without restrictions until further orders. POLITICS IN WAYNE. Chairman of Democratic Executive Com mittee Speaks in a Hopeful Strain. Ex Judge W. R. Allen, of Golds boro, was here yesterday. He is the chairman of the Wayne County Demo cratic Executive Committee and speaks hopefully of the prospects for a Demo cratic victory a November. The Democrats have the sheriff, register of deeds, clerk and one representative, and they hope to make a clean sweep at the next election. And this in spite of the fact that practically all of the men who went to the war from Wayne were Democrats. THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The Date Has Been Fixed for Monday, September 5th. A meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the Democrats of New Han over was held some time ago to select a day for the convention for the nomi nation of county officers. The com mittee selected Monday, September 5th, with the understanding that this would be the day if Mr. James A. Montgomery, the chairman of the con vention, should concur. Mr. Mont gomery told a Star reporter yester day that the day suited him and that the convention would be called for that date. A complete county ticket, including clerk of the Superior Court, county representatives and justices of the peace will be nominated. A Very Old Newspaper. Miss Hattie Whitaker, manager of R. G. Dun & Co. 's agency here, has kindly shown the Star a copy of a very old paper that has fallen into her possession. It is the New York Morn ing Post, and Came from the press on Friday, November 7, 1783, being there fore nearly 115 years old. In spite of this it has been kept so carefully that pretty nearly everything on its quaint yellow paper is quite legible. The paper is well filled with advertisements The reading matter is mainly about revolutionary affairs and includes among other things General Wash ington's farewell orders to the armies of the United States. Caught On the Ply Mr. H. L. Stevens, of Warsaw, was "caught on the fly" in an article that appeared in this department of the Star last Wednesday. He is the man in whose interest a leading Populist Republican office-holder of Duplin county was said to have visited Wil mington and conferred with Russell. Some reference to Stevens' ''change of heart", will be found on the edi torial page of the Star this morning. FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898. NEWS FROM RALEIGH. I Gov; Russell Appoints 0. V. F. Blythe of Hendersonville to Succeed Ewart. THE APPOINTMENT CRITICISED J. W. Baitev Resifrns as a Member of the Board of Agriculture Unsanitary Condition of Camp Russell The Second Regiment. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, July 83. The Governor has named O. Y. F. Blythe, of Hendersonville, to succeed dge H, G. Ewart as Judge of the Criminal Circuit Couft. Blythe ob tained his license to practice law only few years ago, and is said to have had only a small practice. He will have to stand for re-election this Pall.. The appointment has been severely criticised, as it is thought a man with only a few years experience as a country lawyer can scarcely have suffi cient ability to uphold the dignity of the North Carolina bench. 1 J. Will Bailey, editor of the Biblical Recorder, has tendered his resignation to the Governor as a member of the Board of Agriculture. He; says that he is disgusted with the dickerings of tne JCJoara. Notwithstanding the fact that two of the wells at Camp Dan Russell have been condemned, and that charges are made onenl v that the nrespnt. raimn is not healthy, no steps are being taken to move to the new site ottered. All possible efforts to cleanse the present camp are being made, but the officers have found it impossible to refute the charges made here by those who have examined into the state of affairs. The Board of Agriculture cost the State over $150 at the extra session just adjourned. The session was called at the request of Governor Russell, pre sumably that he might have three men given jobs. The scheme arranged to co-operate with the German Kali Company in operating a farm at South ern Pines is a big undertaking and may catch the eye of the Board of Agricultural, but it will cost the State several thousand dollars a year and benefit no one except the German Kali Company, which is a German syndicate, controlling the world's sup ply of potash. A letter received in Raleigh from a newspaper man in Washington says other companies from the Second North Carolina regiment, now in camp here, will be given duty similar to that now being done by the six com panies in the South. The letter says the order will not be issued within two weeks. It is probable, however, that should the order be delayed so loner a time some other regiment will be given this duty, possibly men re turning from the Santiago campaign, in which event the Second regiment will again be brought together. The remains of private J. B. Martin, the fifth man to die at Camp Russell, were embalmed and sent to Murphy, (his home) this morning. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. Exceptions Piled by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company to the Order Reducing Rates. Special Star Telegram. -Raleigh, July 22. The Wilming ton, & Weldon Railroad Company filled exceptions to the Railroad Com- mision's order reducing fares. Five reasons are given ; first, that rates are not just and reasonable ; second, will compel defendant to operate at a loss ; third, will cause a heavy reduction in passenger fares and prevent the pay ing stockholders a small dividend; fourth, the order discriminates against the defendant while rates on other roads are not reduced ; fourth, enforce ment of the order will deprive the de fendant of its property without due process and deny it the equal protec tion provided by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Second regiment will probably move to another camp. PROORESSIVC LUMBERTON. System of Water Works About Com pleted Other Improvements Mr Jos. H. McRee, who, aince he completed the survey of Big Green Swamp, has been working at Lumber ton on a system of water works for that place, says the water works will be completed this week. The tank has a capacity of 65,000 gallons and the bottom of it is 85 feet from the ground. The nozzle pressure from the tank is 40 pounds to the square inch, while in case .of a fire a direct pressure of 600 gallons per minute can be had from the pumps. Many thous and feet of six and eight inch pipe have been laid, and the system, when completed, will be a credit to the town. Lumberton is also putting in a sys tern of sewerage and this work, too, is being directed by Mr. McRee. One line of house and storm pipes have already been laid. Lumberton is one of the most progressive towns in the State anyway and nothing that one can hear about its onward movement is a surprise. They are Usurpers. The members of the Foster Board of Commissioners are usurpers. They know they have no legal title to the Offices they claim to hold. A promi nent Republican said yesterday that since a Democratic and a Republican judge had both decided against them they ought to "get out at once." News has been received here of the marriage of Miss Hellen E daughter of Mr. D. P. Bland to Mr. C. F. Moore at the home of the bride at Colly, N. O., July 14th. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T, B. Harrell. The bride is an accom ! . pushed young iaay ana tne groom is a prosperous farmer of Colly. w 1? 1 "SB -. AH ONE OF THE GAYEST. The Past W eek Notable Many Delightful Social Functions. for THERE WERE MANY VISITORS Festivities in the City and at the Sea side Resorts Wound Up Last Night With an Old-fashioned Cake Walk at Seashore Hotel. The past week ft as been one of the gayest that Wilmington social circles J have experienced for quite awhile. There are man y visitors both in the city and on Ocean View and Carolina beach and the week has been distin guished by several of the most de lightful and elaborate social functions of the season, a great majority of which have been reported in previous issues of the Star. The week's festivities were inaug urated with the early morning water melon feast at Seashore Hotel, Ocean View beach, between 12 and 1 A. M. Monday. There on Tuesday night the North rop cottage on Ocean View was the rendezvous for society folk, the oc casion being a reception by Missess Lizzie and Emma Northrop. The many delightful features of this event are familiar to Star readers. On the same night in this city, Capt, J. C. Smith, the genial captain of the steamer Compton, entertained a large company of people at the Y. M. C A. Auditorum with a graphophone concert, using his improved horn, which was much appreciated for its real musical excellence. On Wednesday night Carolina Beach was the principal attraction. The occasion was the weekly hop by Sedgeley Hall Club. The complimentary reception by Miss Anita DeRosset, in honor of Miss Theodora Bryan Grimes, of Grimes land, was the Mecca for society folk Thursday night. And then on the following evening there was the trolley party by Miss Olive Armstrong, com plimentary to her guests. Miss Mary Smith, of Spartanburg, and Miss Leita Phillips, of Tarboro. Atlantic Yacht Club house, on Ocean View Beach, was also the scene of a most pleasant function, the regular weekly club hop. Another enjoyable club event of much enjoyment was that by Hanover Sea side Club, Carolina Beach, Thursday night. ' Last: night Seashore Hotel .was thronged with Wilmington's best people and a host of visitors, the oc casion bem? an old-fashioned cake walk. As foreshadowed in the Star, elaborate preparations had been made by the hotel management and the event was a big success. The con testants were as follows: Miss Rosa Etheredge, Charlotte, with Mr. Josper Myers; Miss Corron, Concord, with Mr. Jno. Tate, Greens boro; Miss King, Charlotte, with Mr. A. Parsley; Miss Mary J. Bellamy, with Mr. Alex. Adrain ; Miss Eliza Bellamy, with Mr. T. C. DeRosset; Miss May Tayloe, Washinoton, with Mr. Michael Schenck; Miss Lizzie Parsley, with Mr. Norwood Giles ;Miss Margaret Pierce, with Mr. Jno. Gileos, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Hook, of Charlotte. The prizes, two large and beautifully trimmed cakes, were won by Miss Rosa Etheredge, of Charlotte, with Mr. Gaston Myers, and Miss Eliza Bellamy with Mr. T. C. DeRosset. The judges were Messrs. D. T. Jor dan, E. B. Springs, H. H. Murrell and Dr. R. J. Brevard. Coming Events. It is probable that the gaieties of the present week will be inaugurated with an elaborate supper and dance to morrow night at Seashore Hotel. Re ference was made to this event yester day. The affair is to be by the young men. complimentary to the ladies in the city and on the beach. There will doubtless be a number of entertain ments at private homes, but none have sufficiently developed to admit of pub licity. On Wednesday or Thursday even ing Sedgeley Hall Club will probably give another of their delightful hops, and on Friday night Atlantic Club will, as usual, be gay with many dancers, and resonant with stirring music. It is possible that Carolina Club will also give a hop some time during the week. There will also be several hops at the Seashore Hotel. There are now more visitors on Ocean View beach than at any time before this season. Both the Seashore and Mrs. Mayo's Hotel are taxed to their utmost capacity, and many of the guests will spend some time. Al together there is every indication that the present week will be the gayest this resort has experienced this season Carolina beach is also well patronized and Cant. Haroer of the Wilmington, and the clever conductors on the Wilmington Seacoast road to Ocean View beach are kept constantly busy handling the crowds. Col. Frank I. Osborne, who made such an admirable speech in the Congressional convention held here July 6th, wiil probably be the Dem ocratic candidate for the Senate in Mecklenburg county. If so, he wil be elected by a rousing majority. John D. Bellamy. Democratic . TM ' candidate for Congress, will speak at the mass meeting to be held in Co lumbus county August 3d. Place of meeting will be announced hereafter. The United States hosmtal shiD Re lief arrived at New York quarantine yesterday from Siboney, with 125 sick and wounded officers and soldiers on ooard. NO, 42 DEMOCR ATIC CAMPAIGN. Appointments for Public Speaking Made By the Democratic State Committee. Address- will be iuad during the Jii'inth of August in Tho rollowiug counties by the Democratic speakers nanud, by virtue of appointments made by the Democratic State Com mittee. FOR AUGUST 2. Duplin county Chas. R. Thomap, W. R. Allen. D. H. McLean and Rc- dolph Duffy. FOR, AUGUST 3. Catawba county Lee S. Overman. A. Leazer . Durham county W. W. Kit chin. Cftas. M. Busbee, R. B. Boone. Rutherfordx county James H. Pou. James A. Lockhart. Pitt county Chas. B. Aycock. Swift Galloway. Kockingham county A. L. Brooks. C. B. Watson, John R. Webster. Lenoir county E. W. Pou. B. F. Aycock, D. L. Ward. Jackson county Locke Craig. Columbus county R. T. Bennett. John D. Bellamy. Robeson county Thomas J. Jarvis. Walter H. Neal. Union county Chas. M. Cooke, J. H. Currie, J. TLeGrand. FOR AUGUST 3 AND 4. Gaston county. River Bend Col. J. S. Carr. T. F. Kluttz. J. D. McCall. Heriot Clarkson. N 1 Where the town is not named the local committees will eive due notice before the time for the speaking arrives. Robeson County Politics. The Star learns that the time for holding the Democratic mass meeting in Robeson county may be changed to a date later than August 3rd, possibly, let ween the 6th and 10th. Due an nouncement will be made, however. In the meantime, great preparations are being made for the basket pic-nic at Howellsville, July 30th, and it is ikely that, in addition to Mr. Bellamy, Gov. Jarvis' or some other' leading Democrat will speak. Our Next Congressman to Speak. John D. Bellamy, Esq., Democratic nominee for Congress in -this district, and Mr. William H. Bernard, of the Star, have accepted invitations to at tend a big basket pic-nic at Howells ville, Robeson county, Saturday, July 30th. Elaborate preparations are being made for the occasion and a great Hrowd is expected. The ladies of the county are to be' largely represented. A feature of the programme for the day is to be an address by Jno. D. Bellamy, Esq. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Columbus News: The canning factory commenced operations success fully Wednesday morning. It will can tomatoes principally this season. They have about fifteen acres of toma toes, which promise a large yield. Monroe Enauiier: M; W. F, Tucker, of .Lanes (jreek township, re ports that he killed a rattlesnake sev eral days ago that measured four feet and nine niches in length and seven inches aronna. The reptile had six teen rattles and a button. Raleigh Post: 0. V. F. Blvthe succeeds Judge Ewart as Judge of the Criminal Court of the Western district of NorthJ Carolina. Governor Russell issued the commission late yesterday afternoon appointing Judge Blythe. The new appointee has been notified by wire and will take the oath of office at once. Judge Blythe is a resident of Hendersonville, N. C. He is a young man and only received license to prac tice law a few years ago. Fayetteville Observer: Mrs. J. R. Lee died at her home on Rowan street Wednesday evening. She has been a long and patient sufferer and death was surely a relief in her case. The ash tree in Fayetteville is doomed. The odor from them is so disa greeable that the city authorities have been requested to have them all cut down. The odor comes from what is known as the elephant beetle, a hide ous creature, which seems to attack the ash alone. , Lincolnton Journal: The Popu lists in this neck of the wood are mad as wet hens at the defeat of Shuford for the nomination for Congress by the convention at Salisbury last week and at the nomination, instead, of m. ti. H. Caldwell, a Concord lawyer. Col. Jno. C. Hope, the man who cap tures rattlesnakes and brings them to market in tow sacks, tells us that a few days ago he killed the largest rattler at High Shoals that he ever saw. It was 6 feet, 2 inches long, 18 inches in circumference and had 18 rattles. It was the largest snake ever killed in this section. When he started to the war in 1861, at the age of 18, Mr, Calvin Dellinger's mother gave him a gold dollar. This he carried all through the four years of battle and when he came home he gave it back to her. The other day this same dol lar came back to him in a subscrip tion to a church-building fund. Mr. Hugh Jenkins recently bought a a fine cow. Last Friday she died and a post-mortem examination revealed the fact that in her stomach she car ried a large assortment of hardware, consisting (as old-time advertisements says) in part of a large and varied stock of Hardware and notions, sucnas nans, scrap iron, tin cans, barrel hoops, sausage grinders, well-chains, plow shares, hairpins, bullets and other articles too numerous to mention. Maud "Why have you thrown Clarence overboard ?" Madge "I couldn't marry a man with a broken nose. " Maud "How did his nose get broken ?" Madge 'I struck him playing golf ' Tit-Bits. No Gold Brick for Him: First Farmer "Silas is a reg'lar fanatic on silver ain't he?" Second Farmer "Awful! I reckon if any bunco man ever wants to cheat him he'll have to sell him a bimetallic brick. Puck. "No," she said," "I don't be lieve in pushing the war too fast. I hope the men who are running it will i ii a - 1 a n i nW taste tneir time aoout it. mat s a queer view to take of so serious a mat ter." fte replied. "Well, mav be it iJ she assented, fbut when it began Fred Robbins said he'd buy me a two-pound box of candy if our side didn't win in less than three months.1" Chicago News. R AT SANTIAGO The Situation Not Alarming Though There Are Many Sick The Death Record. By Telegraph to the Morning Star: Washington, July 23. At mid night the War Department made pub He the following dispatch from Gen. Shafter, regarding the yellow fern" situation ; "Santiago de Cuba. July The following men died atthevellow fever hospital at Siboney to day: Jack Don - I gan, civilian; Bert Lewis, bandsmun, Seventh infantry; Private Frederick A reroiv.il. Company b Thutv-third Michigan. On the 21st, Sergeaut J. Brittin, Troop G, First cavalry; Wm. J. 'Howe, teamster; Patrick 'Sullivan, Company E, Seveuth infantry. IN o deaths have been reported as yet. Complete report will be sent in this morning. The situation is not alarming, though there are many sick with fever, about 1500 (the exact num ber will be given in the morning.) Only a small part of these sick are down with yellow fever, about 10 per cent ; 150 in all. Slight changes of all the troops have been made to get them on fresh grounds and the artillery and cavalry have been moved about three miles. . (Signed) "Sfc after, ! "Major General commanding." SPANIARDS AT GUANTANAMO Shatter Reports Six Thousand Men There Glad to Accept Terms of Sur render. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, July 23. The War Department to-night received the fol lowing from Gen. Shafter : 'Santiago de Cuba, July 23, 6:H5 P. M. Colonel of Engineers of the Spanish army has just arrived f rom ' i 3. ; T TT I . 1 al. Vruanianiuno. ne uearu irom tne French consul there that Santiago had surrendered and that they had been included. Not crediting it he was sent here to verify the fact. They will be very glad to accept terms ofv surrender; very short of ra tions and shall have to begin feed ing them at once. He tolls me there are 6,000 men at that place. Am now feeding 6,000 well prisoners here and 1,500 sick m hospital. JliX- fect 2,000 men in to-morrow from San iuis and Palmas. Will send an officer to morrow or next day with one of Gen. Toral's to receive surrender at Guantanamo and then go to Baracao to receive surrender there. Think the number of prisoners will be fully up to the estimate, 22,000 or 23,000. (Signed) "Shafter," "Maj. Gen, commanding." THE TAX ON BROKERS. Important Decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, J uly 28. In a decis ion made to-day the Commissioner of Internal Revenue holds that there is no provision in the neWr revenae act under which special tax can be held to be imposed on real estate agents, or on any person, or nrm, for simply buying or selling real estate on commis sion , either - for themselves or for others also, that the, law is aimed at a class of men known generally in the community as brokers, who (whether this is their sole occupation.or is merely done by them in connection with their other business) negotiate purchases or sales of stocks, . bonds, etc., either for themselves or for others. The decision holds that a fair construction of the law does not make any man a broker, necessarily, who invests his surplus earnings in stocks, bonds, notes, etc., but does not negotiate pur chases or sales thereof. "A man is a broker under this act, " it concludes, '"who negotiates purchases or sales of stocks, bonds, notes,' etc. , in the course of business; and this ap plies to real estate agents, insurance agents, attorneys or any person or. nrm wno, in connection wnn tneir profession or occupation, make it a regular part of their business to nego tiate purchases of stock, bonds, notes, etc., either for themselves or others." ADMIRAL CAMARA'S FLEET. It is Said Now to be at Carthagena A Gathering of War Ships. By Cable to the Morning Star. Gibraltar, July 23. Admiral Cam ara's fleet is said now to be it Cartha gena. A French squadron is reported to be cruising between the Canary Islands and the Cadiz coast. The British battleship Illustrious will sail from Gibraltar for Tangier on Tuesday, supposedly to represent Eng land at the gathering of wars nips occa sioned by the expected coming of the American squadron under Commodore Watson. . - ' FOR THE PHILIPPINES. General Otis With Troops Sails From San Francisco. By Cable to the Morning Star. San Francisco, July 23. The trans port steamer Rio Janeiro, bearing two battalions of South Dakota volunteers, recruits for the Utah light artillery, and a detachment of the Signal Corps, sailed for Manila. The expedition will be under command of Brigadier Gen. O. G. Otis, who has stated that he will make all possible speed to join the 1 United States forces in the Philip- fine Islands. The Bio will stop at Eonolulu to take on fresh supplies and refill her coal bunkers. A FALSE STATEMENT. That North Carolina Has Not Raised Its Quota of Troops. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, July 23. Governor Russell, of North Carolina, in a dis patch to the Associated Press, denies the accuracy of the statement by the War Department that North Carolina has been slow in offering volunteers and has not raised its quota of troops, as caiiea ior in tne president s two proclamations. He adds: "Our three regiments were organized nrnmnt.lv hand large numbers have been offered in excess of quota. A n nrAe-r WM roooi rraA of A yesterday directing that the five troops varnuj DIAUUUCU Willi VTtHl. Vtr&- ham's command, proceed to Porto Kirn as rn-niHlir oa iumiM 1. mand will take their horses and be rally equipped. There are 530 tnen in Mrs. Watts "What is on that button?" Watte-" 'Remember, the Maine."' Mrs. Watte-"It would do more immediate good if you would get a button with 'Don't Forget the Gro ceries' onit" Indianapolis Journal. YELLOW-fPV i i 1 m J ,1 -aswsraa ss ..A
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