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EXPORT FIGURES.
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- 'The following revised table, show
ing our oxports for the years 1897
and 1898, has been issued by the Bu
reau of Statistics:
1897.
$730,323,514
279,616,898
19,792,796
40,834,864
-5,649,945
, 3,645,001
: 1898.
$351,922,450
307,924,994
25,851,092
39,030,313
5,819,208
3,016,771
AgricuU'e.
Manufac'rs
Mining
Forest.:..
Fisheries..
Miscella's.
Total... $1,079,863, 018 $1,233,564,828
Foreign 19,880,536" 21,929,530
Gra'd to'l.$l,099,743,554 $2,255,494,358
These ' are interesting .'figures
showing, a3 they do, the progress
our country is making in entering
foreign markets, even under condi
tions that have not been altogether
favorable. While the . volume of
our agricultural products . is very
large and 'represents an immense
amount of foodstuffs, the remark
able, and perhaps the most encour
aging feature of this statement is
the exhibit made of the exports of
! manufactures, for that bespeaks
two things, the ability of our manu
facturers to compete with themanu-
; facturers of other countries and the
energy they have shown in jb2 ectin?
an entrance into; foreign markets
and competing with foreign rivals.
The volume of our exported food
stuffs does not depend I so much
upon efforts to find markets as it
does upon the necessities of the
i purchasers and to some extent upon
their misfortunes. While this coun
try may always be to a greater or
less extent the ; granary for the
largely I populated countries of - Eu
rope, which cannot or do not pro
duce " enough to feed their own
people, the amount they buy from us
will always depend upon the amount
they raise, this being greater in some
years than in others. They will
never buy more than they peed, and
therefore it may be safe to infer that
" extraordinary draws will j never be
made upon us unless calamity of
some kind comes upon them, so that
to some extent, at least; the pros-
peri ty of our food producers will be
dependent upon the . calamities that
bpfall others. This is not a very
pleasant view to take of it, but it is
the correct view, and is one reason
V why we cannot congratulate our
A selves, ou ' our good fortune in the
selling A abroad an extraordinary
umount of food stuffs without in
directly; at least rejoicing at the
afflictions of those who-must buy
them to keep from starving. ; Senti
mental views of this kind, however,
, do not figure much in trade matters
nor lessen the value of a large bal
ance sheet. Human nature is so
constituted that it looks, to its own
; gain' first and gives little' thought
and little sympathy to those put of
whom the' gain comes. People who
v furnish army supplies, A who make
the guns, and the pdwder and balls
and projectiles to kill and. destroy,
'and supply the rations for" destroy-
ing armies are never in a hurry for
wars to end, and they are about as
. human' and humane as the rest of us.
We cannot reasonably expect this
large volume of agricultural ex
ports to continue, for the old world
will not have short crops every year,
and in addition to that large food
growing areas are being .opened to
the plow, which will in time, and
- in a short time, too, -furnish their
contributions to the old world's
stock of food, and become to some
extent, and probabtITgreat extent,
competitors of the food-growing ter
ritory in this country. This the
American . wneat ana corn-grower
and meat-raiser must eventually
face and be prepared for. This will
not cut him out of foreign markets
altogether, but, it will reduce the
volume of his shipments and the
profits on what he'jjhips. But he
has the satisfaction of knowing that
the population of his own country is
constantly increasing, and increas
ing rapidly, and that in the not very
i distant future there will be a home
demand for all that he can produce,
; m i m . - ...
u noi ipr- more. This will ensure
reasonable prices, so that thev far
mer of the future need not abandon
his occupation as a hopeless one.
Aside from the gratifying exhibit
in general of this table there is one
special feature which is decidedly
encouraging. This is ihe increase
in the volume of our manufactured
exports, . especially 1 when taken
VOL. XXX.
in connection with the fact that the
increase has ; been steady .for -two
decades, the volume being larger in
some years than in others, but show
ing a steady increase, for . these'
decades. :' ..
This is a triumph of American
genius in inventing and applying
laborsaying machinery which has
reduced the coat of production to a
figure that more than counterbal
ances the much talked of "cheap
labor" on the other side of the two
oceans, and also to the American
business methods and energy that
could work the way and establish
markets where the European . com
petitors once had a practical mo
nopoly. It is not supposable that having
accomplished so much our manu
facturers will, relax their efforts to
do more, or will surrender, any of
the ground; they have captured.
They are not made, of that stuff,
and most assuredly after having
overcome' the obstacles they had to
contend against in entering foreign
markets they -will make more pro
gress now that they have cleared
the way and learned something
from experience, They are not yet
don with the problem of reducing
the cost of production, for they are
constantly making discoveries and
inventions to aid them in that, and
what has thus, far given them this
advantage over their foreign com
petitors will continue to give it to
them, and very likely to greater ex-,
tent. - "V :
We are yet Hot well across the
threshold of foreign trade in manu
factures. ' This will yet be the
world's greatest market for these
things. j
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SHORT TERM CONVICTS.
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Mr Winston, of Bertie county,
has been contributing to the solu
tion of the convict labor problem,
in a somewhat practical way, to
which the Ealeigh Netos & Observer,
of Friday refers as follows:
"Perhaps the bill of .the greatest
importance passed during the day was
that introduced some time ago by Mr.
Winston, of Bertie, providing for the
establishment of county convict farms,
and for working convicts on the public
roads. The bill permits the county
commissioners of each county in the
State to purchase a county farm upon
which convicts are to be employed.
It also provides for .working them on
the county roads under such regula
tions as the said commissioners may
prescribe.
"if a county does not purchase a
farm the court -is to sentence con
victed persons to the farms of other
counties. All persons sent" vd to as
much as five years must go to these
farms. '
"Mr. i Winston gave an interesting
account of the working of convicts in
Bertie county. That county has a
farm upon which the Home for the
Aged and innrm is located. The
Work- has been the raising of food
supplies for the -poor and prisoners,
and results in saving at least a thou
sand dollars annually.
"Mr.. Winston said that the use of
convicts had effected a saving of oyer
$1,000 a year for the past three years
in Bertie. The convicts available for
such use are those under sentence of
five years or less.
"The bill passed without debate.
members remarking on all sides that
they regarded it as an excellent
measure. , ....
"The law is not obligatory, but gives
the counties power if desired to thus
dispose of their convicts, -and also to
take convicts from counties which
may not desire to avail themselves of
thelaw. .
"This bill will relieve the peniten
tiary of more than half its convicts
and will greatly simplify the manage
ment of that institution. It would re
sult in purchasing at least one farm
for State convicts." , .
There are some good points in
this. In the first place it will save
the cost of taking so many criminals
to the Penitentiary, and the cost of
sending them back to counties which
might apply for convicts to.' work
roads, It enables counties which so
desire to more easily avail themselves
of "convict labor to ' improve their
roadsi It makes it more feasible for
a nttmber of contiguous counties
tributary to a common market 'tot
unite in constructing roads . to that
market. It enables connties to feed
and care for their dependent poor at
less expense and therefore better,
while this labor comes into competi
tion with no one, and it also enables
the counties which desire it, to have
model farms where experiments may
be made,' where different modes of
culture may be tested, and where
much might be done that would be
of much, benefit to the farmers of
the county, . and at very little ex
"pense. On the showing, of the News
and Observer, we rather like this
bill, for it is a long step in the direc
tion of solving he convict . labor
problem. - ' t-" --v '
German inspectors make, rigid in
Bpections' of American meat. If
they will investigate the American
sausage they may aid in solving one
of the standing mysteries in this
country. , j
: Secretary Alger and a select party
of friends are going to take a jaunt
through Cuba, at the expense of
Uncle Sam. Alger and his friends
are doubtless on the look for some
thing to gobble up. -
Jerry Simpson has coined a new
word, plutogogue. J erry never could
find language : in the ready-made
words to express himself after the
Pop. layout last Noyfimber7
; EMBALIIEB'' BEEP. , 7 .
It seems that we are. to have an
investigation of" the', "embalmed
beef charges made by. General Miles,
who insists, notwithstanding the de
nials to ' the contiary, and the re
ported findings of the whitewash in
vestigating J committee, ; that "em
balmed" beef and other beef not fit
for use was shipped to the soldiers
in our own camps and in Cuba and
Porto Rico. In published interviews
he . ha3 declared that, he can sub
stantiate those charges by unques
tionable proof thus practically chal
lenging ' authoritative denial. His
statements were so positive and
showed j so little consideration " for
those ranking above him that they
were compelled to notice them, and
hence the court of : inquiry talked
about. These . charges are' true
or there . has been v an im
mense " amount of lying .done
about this thing, lying not only.; by
men of the rank and file, by men
holding-subordinate commands and
by army physicians, - but by men
holding high position. That the
committee which sat in Washington
saw fit to ignore" all this . testimony
and report that the meat which was
furnished to the army was "good,"
without making" any exceptions, is
strange, to say the least of it, and
was well calculated to put General
Miles upon his mettle, after he hadJ
so frequently, so emphatically and,
as he says, with positive proof, as
serted the contrary;
The fact is that since this contro
versy began those in authority have
apparently been dodging and much
more anxious to suppress the truth
than to bring it to light, -and the
probabilities are that their action is
now inspired by the hope that they
may be able to suppress Miles.
INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUES.
According to the report of State
Auditor Ayer, the increase ..in the
value of taxable property , for 1898
over 1897, foots at $6,855,689.76,
divided as follows; on real and per
sonal property $2,392,920.00; tele
graph property $383,619.72; steam
boat property $16,120.00; railroad
property $4,063,030.04. The aggre
gate value of property Ested f Qr tax
ation was $265,867,197.99, the high
est figure ever reached. He esti
mates, judging from 81 counties re
ported, that the increase for this
year over last will be about $2,500,-
000.
In view of the "hard times" this
is not a bad showing for North Caro
lina, and is an encouraging contrast
to some of the other Southern States
which do a good deal more boasting,
where the tax estimates show a de
crease instead oan increase in val
ues. It shows also that our people
have been moving and hustling, al
though they have not been doing
much talking.1 It may be incident
ally remarked, too, that some of our
assessments are very low, especially
on land, .much of which Is listed at
a ridiculously low figure.
There were 457 cases of typhoid
fever in Philadelphia last week, the
result of bad drinking water, and
yet the average Philadelphian takes
more interest in the. pending Sena
torial election in that State than he
does in the drinking water. ' .-
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It is said that Switzerland takes
in about $24,000,000 a year for feed
ing and lodging tourists and $6,000,-
000 from the sale of souvenirs, and
a very large part of this ispaid
by Americans, who have equally as
fine if not finer scenery in their own
country. .
.Considering its late experience in
electing a IT. S. Senator, the House
of delegates in West Virginia is
nojv in favor of letting the people
elect Senators and has so declared
by a vote of 57 to 4.
A Delaware man who went to
Philadelphia became so absent
minded that he forgot his name and
couldn't . identify, himself until he
saw his picture; Philadelphia has a
queer effect on some people. v
It k Baid that the Philadelphia
Record made $343,000 in 11897. There
are lots of Southern newspapers that
didn't make half of that.
The latest showxcuriositr in Lon
don is Hassen Ali, akEgyptian, who
claims to be eight feet five inches
tail, and he says he isn't stretching it.
Hall Caine says he likes this conn
try. No doubt. Hall has made some
pretty nice hauls of cash oat of this
country. - . '
There were no new develop
ments in the small pox situation yes
terday. The patient is closely con
fined and there is no danger of a con
tagion. Dr. McMillan ; is giving the
matter the closest attention, and in
company with .. Caplv Robert Green,
made several visits to the pest house
yesterday. ' 1
' There were receipts yesterday of
285 bales of cotton against 337 on the
corresponding day last year. Sixty-two
of the number were . brought by the
Oneida on her Georgetown trip. 1
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WILMINGTON, N ; G.i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899.
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:"VV-RAILWAY COMPANY.
First Meetiag of Stockholders ' Held Yes
terday Recess Taken Uotil Moa-
dayOrganization Perfected.
The first meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Atlantic and Yadkin Rait
way Company was held, according to
previous advertisement in the Stab, in
the offices of the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad Company on 5 Front
street yesterday at noonU All stock
holdera5zere represented and organi
zation was perfected."? However, the
meeting took a recess until to morrow
(Monday) at 10 A. M. without trans
acting any business pertaining to as
suming management . of the C. F.
& Y. V. railroad, for the pur
chase of which the Atlantic and Yad
kin was organized. These - matters
were all deferred "until the meeting to
be held to-morrow.
The Stab has it from high authority
that the Atlantic Coast Line, of which
the Atlantic and Yadkin is to be a
part, will assume the management of
the C. F. & Y.- V. Wljutbis week.
However, no official announcement
has yet been made.
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN SALE.
Purchase, Ad justed Distribution to Bond
holders As Soon As Costs and Ex- ..
penses Are Determined. :
Baltimore Sun.'
Messrs. Heniy Walters, B. F. New
comer, Michael Jenkins, and warren
G. Elliott, purchasers of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad on
account of the Atlantic Coast Line,
yesterday turned in as part payment
about $1,000,000 of bonds which were
controlled by the New York commit
tee and they were cancelled by Mr.
E. S. Martin and Mr. Clement Manly.
the .master commissioners appointed
by .Judge oimonton to make the sale
and distribute the proceeds. A cash
payment of $1,000,000 was made.
which will be used to pay oS the bonds
held in Baltimore.
The purchasers have now fully ad
justed the purchase money with the
commisssoners, who have been in
.Baltimore lor a few days. -.
The distribution to the bondholders
will be made as soon as the costs and
expenses have been determined by the
United States Circuit Court. This will
be done as soon as Judge Simonton is
able to hear the case or designates an
other judge to hear it - The matter is
delayed by Judge Simonton's illness,
but he is reported to be convalescent
The Baltimore committee are making
every effort to expedite the distribu
tion. The decree of sale ordered the
purchase money to be deposited in sol
vent national banks in the State of
North Carolina, to be selected by the
commissioners. ; ; -"
The Baltimore committee of bond
holders consists of Messrs. Wm. EL
Blackford (chairman), Wm. H. Perot
Jno. A. Tompkins, F. T. Redwood,
Basil B. Gordon and J. W. Midden
dorf. -.,' . , : . .. ' ' i -
TO CONSOLIDATE ROADS.
The Seaboard Air Line to Become a Com-
pact System.
- News and Observer.
- A bill has been prepared and Will be
introduced in the General Assembly
to-day to amend the charter of the Ra
leigh and Gaston "Railroad Company
and authorize it to consolidate with
the beaboard and Roanoke and other
companies composing the - Seaboard
Air Line, the effect of which will be to
consolidate all of these roads and do
mesticate theni as one corporation un
der the charter of the Raleigh and
Gaston Railroad Company.
The rights of Jninonty stockholders
seem to be ulfy protected, by requir
ing the payment to them, if they do
not desire to go into the new arrange
ment, of the full value of their stock.
Thus, the Raleigh and Gaston Rail
road Company is, to be made the one
corporation; all others to be merged
Into it '
The Sun and the Star.
"Please leave off your Port Alma
nac reports, which are generally 25 or
30 minutes in error between the rising
of the sun and the going down of the
samev and oblige, - ; ."
- .The above, from Fayetteville, was
referred to our weather observer, who
tells the Stab that the sun "rises and
sets," so far as Wilmington is con
cerned, at the time, appointed therefor
by Turner's Almanac and Capt E. D.
Williams' commercial calendar. Per
haps the town clock -in Fayetteville'
not the sun is in fault. Years ago it
was dilatory, and the Observer on one
occasion printed the following:
"It's a race, It's a race,' cried a wag as he
"Old Time Is as still as a mouse. .
"The race Is between the stopped watch of the
town
"And the dumb one on Hardy's brick house."
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Sportsmen Homeward Bonnd.
Seven gentlemen from Chester, Pa,,
who have been : in this section the
past several weeks on a hunting and
fishing expedition, spent Friday in
the city and left for their homes on
the evening train. They seemed de
lighted with their sojourn in this
section. A cage containing a number
of partridges was among the "curios"
which they carried back with them.
The party consisted of Hon. Thos.
Clayton, Mr. William Hughes, Mr.
Jno. aul, Mr. David U. McUlure,
Mr. Andrew McUlure. Mr. Unas.
Longbotham and Mr. William EL Hall.
Prominent Tobacco Manufacturer.
MrWW. Wood, of the firm of
Berger-Wood" Tobacco Co., manufac
turers of plug .and twist ' tobaccos : at
Greensboro, spent yesterday in the
city. Mr. Wood was . one of the
pioneer tobacco . manufacturers . of
Winston and is recognized in tobacco
circles as the highest authority on the
best methods of manufacturing fine
chewing tobacco. He leaves for Char
leston to-day, . I
; . lave marriage licenses--were
granted during last week ; two to white
and three to colored couples.
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AN EYE-WITNESS TO HOMICIDE.
T. J. Newsom Tells a Star Reporter Par
r.-ficoiars of the Rennert Shootldf.
Mr. TL J. Ne wsom returned from a
business trip through Robeson couuty '
yesterday.; xo a member of the htab
staff he said last night that he was - an
eye-witness to the shooting of a drunk
en negro man by Mr. R. S. Dixon . at
Rennert Wednesday, - a report of
Which was published in the telegraphic
columns of the Stab yesterday. " Mr.
Newsom says that-the killing was
thoroughly justifiable. The negro
was in the act of throwing a ' heavy
iron weight at Mr. Dixen and had a
second one in huj hand.' The
trouble was occasioned by the insist
ance, on the part of the negro, that Mr.
Dixon, as express and depot agent, refund-to
him money paid several days
before by "the negro for.: an ; express
money order. , The negro had bought
the money order and sent it with ah
order for whiskey, -had J never " heard
from the order and demanded that
Mr. Dixon refund the money, which
of course he could . not do. T He told
Mr. Dixon that if he did not pay him,
back the money he would kill him
and was proceeding to put the threat
into execution when Mr. Dixon shot
him dead, i '
Mr. Newsom'was with Mr. Dixon at
Lumberton yesterday' morning when
he surrendered to the sheriff.; ,
Case of Carolina Cooperage Co.
A petition in involuntary bank
ruptcy, signed by the Atlantic Na
tional Bank of Wilmington, the Wil
mington Iron Works, Messrs. A. H,
SlocomK C M. Whitlock and Mrs.
Minnie Nimocks, creditors of the Caro
lina Cooperage Co., has been filed
with Mr. W. EL Shaw, Clerk of the
United States District Court, by their
attorneys, Jno. D. Bellamy, Esq., and
Franklin -McNeill, Esq., who. left
Wednesday night for Raleigh to pre
sent the paper to Judge Purnell, who
will set a date for the hearing and in
augurate a legal movement to set aside
the execution by which their plant in
Wilmington is held by the sheriff to
satisfy the judgment recently rendered
against the company for damages to
the young man Tyner, while in its
employ.
Counsel for the creditors . claim that
the execution in favor of Tyner is in
valid, - from the fact that it was
served within forty days of the filing of
the bankruptcy petition, which is con
trary to the act provided in such cases.
MARRIAGE AT MOUNT OLIVE.
Miss
Flowers, Happily Married.
to
Mr.
J. A. Westbrook Now
; - Bridal Tour..
on a
Mr. F. S. Westbrook returned yes
terday from Mt Olive, where, as noted
in a previous issue, he went to. attend
the marriage of Mr. J. A. Westbrook
to Miss Eliza Flowers, which was cele
brated in the Mt Olive Presbyterian
church Wednesday night.
. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Bagwell, was
assisted in the ceremony by Rev. N.
M. Journey. The church was prettily
decorated and crowded with friends
and relatives of bride and groom. The
ushers were Mr. Wade Lofton, and
Mr. Earnest Flowers (brother of the
bride), of Mt. Olive, Mr. Ben. Bowen,
of Wilson and Mr. F. S. Westbrook
of Wilmington. There were no bri
dal attendants. !
After the marriage a reception was
in progress at the residence ol tne
groom until 9 P. M., when Mr. and
Mrs. Westbrook left on ; the north
bound train for a bridal tour. They
will be at home in Mt Olive after the
15th inst f
CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCE.
Two Mount Olive Negroes Arrested by
Police Officers Yesterday Morning. ; ;
Joe Kornegay and James Hussey,
both colored, were arrested yesterday
morning by Sergeant Orrell and Po
liceman Woebse in compliance with a
telegram from Justice Jno. R. Smith, of
Mount Olive, charging the first named
with false pretence and the latter, who
is a minor, with having left home
without the consent of his parents. I
The telegram also authorized the
arrest of two other negroes on a simi
lar charge of false pretence, but they
were not apprehended. : The party
had set out for Georgia and the.
negroes arrested wore awaiting the
arrival of the south-bound train whed
they were arrested. :
Justice Smith arrived on the 5.45
o'clock ; train yesterday ' afternoon,
identified the negroes and left with
them on .the north-bound train last
night for Mount Olive, where he will
try them on the charges preferred.
The Negro . Soldiers. 1 i
Nineteen of the colored , troops, of
the Third N. OL, Regimen1!, recently
mustered out at Macon, Ga., came on
the 8. A. L. train at 12.05 o'clock yes"
terday. t Most of them were members
of the Newborn company, and left on
the 2.25 o'clock train for home.- Only
about six of the Wilmington company
were among the number - The - others
are expected via the S. A.: L. to-day.
Example of Negro Insolence. -A
JnoWhite and "Harry Thomas, two
youngcoiored boys, were arrested late
yesterday afternoon for making an at
tack with rocks upon two little daugh
ters of night jailor Branch at the City
Hall, while they were playing about
the yard near their home pn Surry
street One of the little girls, who
was rolling a baby carriage, was quite
painfully injured by one of the rocks.
which' struck her in the mouth.' . The
boyswill be tried to-morrow morning.
1 uj mi L" m u . V"
rm i'j ii ii mi t v L hi
No disease that attacks the
rheumatism. - - " "
Almost everyone is liable to
other. .
Exhaustion of nerve force is
The immediate cause is the
material in the blood and tissues.
Rheumatism occursin several
tism, or rheumatic fever; there is
matism. There, ia chronic, muscular, inflammatory, deforming
rheumatism and there is rheumatic gout.
Over-work, or whatever induces an undue exhaustion of nerve
brce, will aggravate the disease,
The aches that accompany
are often, for a time," attributed to
The cure for so deep-seated
rant preparation that will only
iej.iei. xueic ai t; a luuusauu auu
matism that not only never effect
often thfe .means of discouraging
preparations, as an honest gold'coin is to a clumsy counterfeit.
Paine's celery compound is a
tism in any of its form. -
The first "friendly paiu" friendly, because it gives early
tice befom serious mischief has occurred should send you at
once to the druggist's for a bottle of this remedy. It will cure
your rheumatism. , It will so cleanse, invigorate and rejuvenate
the blood that every, organ of the
in he healthier condition. It will
Its peculiar ability to increase the
the action of the liver "and kidneys has made it the regular pre
scription of the best physicians.
Thousands of people have
Paine's celery compound.
Mrs. H. C. Danolds, of Rochester, N. Y., writes:
"Last season I had a severe
At first I used a good dealofliniment, but in spite f it the rheu
matism increased. I then began Using Paine's celery compound,
and the second bottle cured me
ceiery compound most nearcuy
who are afflicted." 1
Other people scores of them in every town of any size in
thecountry, have written similar
ful, to the proprietors of this wonderful remedy the best of all
blood purifiers and nerve restorers the discovery of Dartmouth's
greatest professor. ' t
Whoever has used it Has recommended it to others. vv - ;
And that is the reason that the demand for Paine's celery
compound is greater to-day than for any other reinedy in the
world.
A CASE OF SMALLPOX.
George Hysner, a White -Tramp, Sent to
the Pest House Yesterday Superia-
. tendent's Prompt Action.
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Wilmington now has a well de
veloped case of smallpox. The patient
is George Hysner, a white tramp, and
he came to . the city late Thursday
night and applied at the City Hall for
lodging. He was sent below to the
station house and was allowed to
sleep in the corridor by the furnace.
Early yesterday morning he left the
City Hall and applied for admission to
the Marine Hospital, where it was
found that he had smallpox in a i
very advanced stage. j
Dr. McMillan, Superintendent of
Health, was immediately notified and
in a very short time, with the assist
ance of Capt Robert Green, chief
quarantine officer, lie had Hysner in
the pest house -in Hart's vineyard,
about three miles from the city.
Messrs. T. -Swain and C. W. Kunold,
after being re-yaccinated, were in
stalled as-nurse and guard respec
tively. :..;V-
Three negroes who were confined in
the guard house with him on Thurs
day night, were promptly vaccinated
by Dr. McMillan, assisted by Dr. 2ach-
ary, and Dr. McMillan personally gave
the station house a thorough f umiga-
: t 4. .
The patient says that he ia a native
of Erie, N. Y., and that he left that
city October 7th became a sailor, sub
sequently deserted his vessel at Cleve
land, Ohio, and came to NewportNews,
Va., where he was arrested and placed
in jail with a negro who had smallpox.
Later he was released without vacci
nation. He beat his way to Brinkley,
several miles from Wilmington, and
reached here Thursday night He says
that eruptions appeared om his face
Sunday.' '- -, - "
1 The promptness with which Dr. Mc
Millan had the patient isolated is suffi
cient guarantee that there is no danger
of a contagion. Hysner came in con
tact with very few persons before his
isolation. - : -J
NO-FENCE LAW.
JL
The New Hanover Bill Has Not Yet Gone
:") ) to the Senate.
SpecialStar Telegram. .
j Raleigh, N, C, February 4. The
only amendment thus far made to the
bill for a stock or no-fence law for
New Hanover county, is a change of
the date when the law- is to go into
effect The change is . from October
1st, 1898, : to' January 1st, 1900. The
bill has not yet gone to the Senate. ' )
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human body is so universal as
suffer from it; in some form or
I
the underlying cause.
presence of certain morbid waste
forms; there; is acute rheuma
what is termed sub-acute rheu
or hasten its appearance.
the disease in its incipient stages
other less serious causes. .
a trouble never can be an igno-. I
dull the pain or give temporary
one so-CRiifin mp.mmna rnr. rhen.
a cure, but unfortunately arel
people who usej them.
specific for the cure of rheuma
-
body will share immediately
build up and make you strong.
amount of blood, and stimulate
been!
cured of rheumatism by
attack of muscular rheumatism-
completely. I recommend Paine's I
as an mvaiuaDie remeay to au
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letters, appreciative and grate
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Under Consideration in Caucus No Agree
ment Reached -I- Another Caucus
Next Wednesday Night.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. - ci, Feb. a Though
the caucus on the constitutional
amendment remained in session till
midnight, no agreement was reached
and no vote was taken. The fight is
as to whether the educational qualifica
tion is to apply to all electors who
register after 1902; or whether sons
and grandsons of men who were
electors in 1867 shall be forever
exempt from the application; of the
educational qualification. The West
favors the latter, and the east the
former proyiflionJ The caucus meets
again next Wednesday night "
- A - telegram from Baltimore an
nounces the deat
Boylan, of this cityXHewent
to have a cancerjous
his face. Death was cai
plexy. He leaves a valuable
"THE MURCHISON
v NATIONAL BANK.
Especially Appropriate Name Proposed for
Wilmington's New Banking House. ,
Open for Business March 1st
" The Stab is authoritatively in
formed that Wilmington's new na
tional bank will I be organized and
open for business by March 1st
The name suggested for the new
bank, and one which will in all proba
bility be adopted, is "The Murchison
National Bank." This name is not the
choice of CoL K. M. Murchison, who
is, by the way,' the largest stockhol
der, but is suggested and urged by
other stockholders on account of the
prominence of the name in commercial
and financial circles of, the Carolinas
for thirty years, j '
' The stock is -now practically all
taken, there being ninety stockholders,
many of them from New ork4uid
other Northern cities, alio from South
Carolina and points in North Caro
lina outside of Wilmington. The cash
capital is $200,000. 1 The bank will be
ably officered and will take a place in
the very forefront of North Uarolina
banking institutions.
7 No question involving the issu--ance
of $50,000 in bonds should be sub
mitted to the voters of New Hanover
county before the suffrage amendment
to the constitution is adopted. : It
would' be an outrage to--have this ad
ditional burden (Or eight-ninths of it)
placed on the people of Wnmington by
the! negr6,Tote;ifM&&:ifj
Keaactloo la Prices of Fertilizers What
Mr. Borden and Others Hare io Say.
--"F". Two Views of It ' 7-"-; ::--':
ctrleston News and Courier.' :
Yesti 'TJnr. Borden, local man
ager foC; - inia and - Carolina j
Company, was snown tbe following
article, which-appeared in ' the Macon -J
Telegraph 0f January 81;
"The vrecent purchase by the Vir--i:
ginia andJDarolina Chemical Company)
M-many r the, reading fertilizer lac- .;
lories in ti e Sou lb. it is said, will cause C-
a reduction, instead of an increase, in
prices of commercial fertilisers. When i
it became - known that this company;)
had bought up the Southern factories :
the natural conclusion was that it was ' )
done , for the purpose of raising the
rice." a genueman wno is posted, -r
is not m any way connected with
e concern, told a Telegraph re- r--
porter yesterday ' that i the chem- cK'v-i
ical company had- already cut :
prices so as to drive out , the',
Baltimore and Northern fertilizers.
You may look out for a lively fertirf
lizer war, so far as rates are concerned,' -he
said, 'and, remarkable to relate,
the farmer will get the benefit . of it :
You know, as a rule, the farmer gets
the worst end of everything that is ;
sold, but in this particular case he will
receive all of the. benefit of the cut
rates. Just to what extent the -rate -cutting
will be carried I don't know,,
and, in fact no one can now tell, as , !
the war has just started, but it is liable -to
be carried to a great extent' . All--of.
the fertilizer factories have big .
stocks on hand, as this is the time of
year when they begin to - sell. - Four- T ;
cents cotton has made the farmers of '
the South slow to buy this year, and '
very few, if any, of them will buy as
much as they did last year." .;
After reading the article Mr. Borden
said: "Well, the facts are somewhat ;
as stated. The tendency of prices will
be, and in fact has already been, down
wards instead or upwards. Uur com-
price on commercialfertilizers, but I
iuubii aty , tuovt uiat lit ia uub u pur
pose of the Virginia and Carolina
Chemical Company to force any one
4- - . 1 r. 1 jj.
below cost with a view to raising them
again when competition is done away
with. Our' motto is 'live and let live,'
and the cut of 10 -to 15 per cent on
our goods since the beginning of the'
new year was made on a purely busi
ness basis. We understood the situa
tion, as regards the c&tton planters.
The short crop and low prices of last ,
season must necessarily restrict the
acreage and unless we could . offer
some inducements and concessions no
J$ ft tKason? '
"The Virginia and Carolina .Chem-. -
ical Company proposes to manufac
ture goods as cheaply as possible and .
sell them at a reasonable profit It
only intends to make a 'fair interest
upon the money invested, and any -other
benefits which circumstances
may place in our way we intend that
the farmers, our patrons, shall profit
by."
Mr. Borden was asked if the com-
I.pany intended to operate tne wappoo
Mills this season and he - said that he
did not think that this would be neces
sary. All of the other mills owned by
the" company in this State, however, he
said, were working on full time.
jransFER OF THE C F & Y V
Effected in Baltimore Thursday $1,900,
000 in Cash Balance In Bonds
and- Coupons.
r The "Baltimore Sun of yesterday
says: . - ' , ' '
The transfer of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad took place
yesterdayat the office of the Safe.
Deposit and Trust Company, this city,
in accordance with the decree of Judge '
Simonton, of the United States Circuit
Court The deed was delivered, in
which Mr. Henry Walters, president
of the Atlantic Coast Line ; Mr. B. F.
Newcomer and Mr; Michael Jenkins,
of Baltimore, and Mr. Warren G.
Elliott of Wilmington, N. C, presi
dent of the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad, one of the component roads
of the Atlantic Coast Lone, are named
as the purchasers. The transfer was
made by Mr. E. S- Martin, of Wil
mington. and Mr. Clement Manly, of
Winston, N. C, the master commis
sioners appointed by Judge Simonton )
to make the sale by decree and distri
bute the proceeds. ' l
The cash paid, was $1,900,000, and
the balance in bonds and past-due
coupons of different series and aggre
gating about $1,225, 000, which was ac
cording to one of the provisions of the
decrees. Another provision was, that ;
all cash could be paid. The majority
of thebonds and coupons were counted
yesterday by the commissioners and '
the purchase value stamped . upon
them. This work will be completed
to-day.
. The purchasers and their associates
will meet in Wilmington to-morrow
to form a corporation, to be known as
the Atlantic and Yadkin Railway,
Company. Gentf John Gill, president
of the Mercantile Trust ana Deposit '
Company, continues as receiver of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley until
the accounts are fully approved and
the formal transfer of the property to,,
the purchasers is authorized by the
commissioners. This will require but
a short time. 1
The road was sold at Fayetteville,
U., under decree, December zs last, -
1,110,000, including a portion of
equipment The- balance of the
rollingNStock was sold to the same pur
chaser for $15,000. In addition to the
cash, the balance is paid in bonds and
past due coupons of the road at the
value of the distributive share of each.
' Mr. Walters, Mr. Jenkins and Mr.
Elliott went to New York yesterday
after the transfer on business relative
to the road. " '
MRS. B0TKIN SENTENCED.
To Life Imprisonment In the California
Penitentiary for 4he Murder of Mrs.
- Dunning, of Dover, DeL -
By Telegrapb to the Uornln star.
San Fbanoisoo, Cal., Febi 4. Mrs.
Cordelia Botkin was to-day sentenced
to serve the term of her natural life in
the San Quentin penitentiary for the
murder ofMrs. Jno. P. Dunning, of
Dover, DeL, whom she killed by means
of a box of poisoned candy, which was
sent through the mails, as a gift from
a friend and unsuspectingly eaten by
Mrs. Dunning and some of her friends..
Her sister, Mrs. Joshua P. Deane, also
died from the effects of the arsenic,
with which the candies were loaded.
- Judge Cook, who pronounced the
sentence, refused to grant the appeal .
for a new trial, made by Mrs. Botkin's
attorneys, who held that this State
had no jurisdiction in the matter. In
a review . of the ' case Judge Cook
showed that this State did, have.juris
dictidnin the matter.?-' -4 ;
- Mrs. . Botkin. i when asked - if she
("wished to say anything in- her own -
defence, stated that .she was innocent
of the horrible crime. Her attorneys
gave notice that they would , apply for
a writ ot prooaoie cause .
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