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WILMINGTON. N. C.
Friday, -
March 3,' 1899.
WHAT THE FILIPINOS DID.
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Now that a state of war is on be
tween oar forces in the Philippines
and the Filipinos, an effort is being
made by the expansionists to create
the impression that they did noth
ing; that we captured Luzon, and
by capturing the capital and receiv
ing the surrender of the Spanish
armies became the coriqnerers of the
archipelago' and, therefore, have the
claim of a conqueror upon it, and
the right to ignore the inhabitants.
This supplemented ' by the final
cession by Spain in consideration of
the money offered is the ground.
upon which our claim to ownerip
rests. . " 1 ; .
But the fact is that while Dewey
might have bombarded and destroy
ed the city of Manila after the de
struction of .the Spanish fleet, we
would not have jurisdiction over
three miles square of Philippine soil
to-day if it had not been for the co
operation andffective assistance of
the. Filipinos, J who -practically did
all the land work that led "up to the
surrender ,of Manila. As showing
what they did and how they did it,
we quote the following from the offi
cial report of Gen. 'Greene, after the
fall of Manila ; . . . -
. "Between 2,000 and ' 3, 000 Spanish
native troops surrendered' to it
- (Agulnaldo's army) during the months
of June and July ; it constantly an
noyed and harrassed the Spaniards in
. the trenches,, keeping them up at night
and wearing them out with fatigua,
and it invested Manila early in July
so completely that all supplies were '
cut off, and the inhabitants as well as
-the Spanish troops were forced' to live
' on horseand buffalo meat, and the Chi
nese population on cats and dogs. It cap
tured the waterworks of Manila and
cut off the water supply, and if it had
been in the dry season would have in
flicted great suffering on the inhabi
tants for lack of water. These results,
it is true, were obtained against a de
spirited army, containing a consider
able number of native troops of doubt
ful loyalty. Yet from August, 1896,
to April, 1897, they fought 25,000 of
the best regular troops sent out from
Spain, inflicting on them a loss of over
150 officers and 2,500 men killed and
wounded, arid they suffered still
greater losses themselves. ,
Everybody knows that the final
attack npon the city by our forces,
"aided by the Filipinos, -who were
held in check by our commanders,
was a mere, matter of form and a
mock resistance upon, the part of the
Spanish army, ' whose commanders
were ready and evn anxious to sur
render to. our army to prevent falling
into the hands ofthe Filipinos, who
they feared would: wreak bloody ven-
. geance upon them in retaliation for
cruelties inflicted by the Spaniards
upon Filipinos who fell into their
hands. ' But if it hadn't been for the
" war waged upon them by the Fili
pinos those Spanish soldiers would
not have been" corralled in Manila,
and would still be in possession of
Luzon and the other garrisoned
islands, Gen. Greene was on the
ground and knew what he was writ
ing1 about. . I
tfis statement is supported by the
following from General Whittier,
who was .also on the ground in
answer to a question put by Senator
Frye, of the "Peace Commission.
Asked if the Filipinos had rendered
any ' material help . in : destroying
Spanish power Tn the islands, he said:
- - "Very great. H the protocol" had
not been signed I think the Spaniards
at home would have insisted upon
their army doing something. They
dismissed Augustin because he was
not disposed to fight, and I think if
they had not had this experience' of
having been driven back into the city
'and the water cut off, so even Jaudenes
said he could not remove his non
combatants, the government would
have insisted on his making a fight,
and he could have made a very good
.one, for his 'position was strong, if
they had any fight in them at all. But
every place had been taken from them
by the Filipinos, who managed their
.advances and occupation of the country
Who , can
doubt
after these two
statements by American Generals
that we are indebted for whatever
foothold we have in the Philippines
to the co-operation of the Filipinos,
who united their armies with ours in
fighting the common foe and did all
the campaigning and all the fighting
there was done upon land?
They were allies then, they are
"rebels" now, because they refuse to
accept us as masters instead of tha
Spaniards, the masters against
whom they rebelled, - under encour
agement from us and under the be
lief that they would get through us
"the freedom which they fought for.
It is now denied that they were our
, "allies." Mr. Grosevenor denied
! this in thej House last Monday and
proceeded1 to read "official" papers
sustaining his denial. But these
official papers were all subsequent to
. the actual alliance, which, was
accepted by our forces with the
Filipinos, in accordance with under
standing between ; our representa-
tifeg in the East, our consuls at Ca
viteandat Hong jKong, who held
' conferences with the Filipino leaders
and secured their' co-operation.
There may have been no formal al
-liance by authority of this Qovern
, merit and the consuls who conferred
with the Filipino leaders mar have
exceeded their! authority, but that
fact was not made known, r. nor was
their authority questioned or denied
until after the fruits of that co -op
eration (which they will not ; admit
to he an alliance) were reaped.
v- Jb they any "doubt, oi that under.
standing and its recognition : by
Bome of our military "commanders?
If so the correspondence between
Aguinaldo and our consuls at Cavite
and Hong Kong, ; and Aguinaldo's.
proclamations to the Filipinos would
remove it. But we have the "posi
tive testimony of Gen. Anderson, in
command of .our troops at Cavite,
who thus on the 4th of July ad
dressed Aguinaldo: V -7 ' -r,.;-
"General-I have the honor to in
form you that the United Btatea of
America, jrhose land forces I have the
"honor to command in this vicinity.
being at war with the kingdom or
Spain, has entire sympathy and. most
friendlv- sentiments for the native
people of the Philippine islands. For
these reasons 1 desire to have the most
amicable relations with you, and to
have you and 'your people co-operate
with us inv,the military operations,
aainst the Spanish forces."
illf this language doesn't nean that
Gen. Anderson speaking for him
self and for his Government, looked
uponAguinaldo and his men as
allies then words no not mean what
they . say. Technically they may
not - have been allies because there
was no direct negotiations between
them and this -. Government, but
practically they were, so regarded
themselves and were sq Regarded by.
our commanders andf our consuls,
who made the arrangements with
them. ;-. -
The advocates of imperialism may
deny but they -cannot destroy the
record showing the relations between
our forces and the Filipinos up to
the time that our Government broke
faith with and ignored them.
AND HOW IT IS JAPAN, -j
It is a dull day that doesn't bring
us some sensational rumors aDout
present or "prospective complications
in . the Philippines. Germany, so
far, has been the standby of the
sensation -fabricators,. -despite the
fact that the German Government
and its representatives in this coun
try seemed particularly anxious to
assure this Government that there
was no foundation whatever for .the
t
the reports which represented Ger
many, as being inimical to this
country and with plotting against it
in the Philippines or anywhere else.
The reported decision of Germany to
withdraw her warships from Philip
pine waters and thus avoid the possi
bility of complications had hardly
been announced when the sensa
tionalists grabbed Japan and shoved
her to the front as the evil genius
and.uhderhand backer of the Fili
pinos. ' ' :
This story comes by way olMadrid
and therefore will stand a good deal
of confirmation before it need be ac
cepted, but if there were any truth
in it it would be a much more serious
matter, than any complications with
Germany would' be, . for Japan is a
hustler, she is comjgaratively near by
and could giye-us much more trouble
than Germany could, even if Ger
many did her best.' And, then, too,
it would knock out that alliance
with Japan, which seemed to be an
ticipated as one of the logical "and
necessary results' -of our ' expansion
policy in the East. Japan has
games of her own to play and there
is little doutt that she has had, and
may still have a hankering for some
of the choice spots', of that group.,
We don't think there is anything in
these Japanese rumors, but still
there is more plausibility in them
than there was at any time in the
German racket. ; : 1
THE SUBSIDY FRAUD.
Hanha's ship subsidy bill, -some
what restricted by the Committee
on Commerce, has taken its place on
the calendar, on. motion of Chair
man rye, who is a stronaTTrabsidv
boomer. Exactly what these "re
strictive amendments" are we do not
know, but the bill recommended by
this committee is, we presume, sub
stantially the Hanna-Payne bill, the
fraud in which is thus exposed by
the Philadelphia Record:
"Careful estimates show that the
Hanna Steamship Subsidy bill would
give in twenty years more than $70,--000,000
to the following five transpor
tation companies: The International
Navigation Company; the Atlantic
Transport Line in Baltimore, the two
petroleum ship lines for the Standards
Oil Company and I. Hogan & Sons,1
New York. "While the Hogans would
draw $1,409,984 from the publib Treas
ury in. the twenty years, the lion's
share of $50,693,821, or $2,534,691
a- year, would fall, of courser
to the International Navigation
Company. The Standard Oil Com
pany, it is true, has officially an
nounced that not a dollar of these sub
sidies, will will go into-its plethoric
coffers. But the shares of the two
petroleum transport companies that
are to receive upward of $11,000,000
in -bounties are in the same hands.
The transport ships and the Standard
Oil Trust are under one and the same
control and share in much the same
profits. - . - .
- Yet all these millions are to be filch
ed from the American people under
the pretence that the subsidy is neces
sary in order to equalize the difference
in wages on board American and
foreign merchant ships. Why these
bounties would pay all the waxes and
salaries on the ships to be subsidifled.let
alone the "difference in wages," and
leave a very ; considerable marsrin
for the owners besides. But to. show
how shabby is this pretence of equaliz
lngwages, the Hanna bill provides
that al least one-fourth of the seamen
on board the bounty-paid ships shall be
American citizens. The remaining
three-fourths of the crews may be for
eigners to be paid at foreign rates of
Eames wouiu . receive an enormous
ounty under the false pretence, of pay
ing a mencan wages." ,
. There is no chance to run this hill
through this Congress, because
Speaker Reed is against it and the
time is too short, but it will he one
of the big steals that will engage the
attention of the next Congress, or of
an extra session, ,if that be, called.
I And . Hanna will ! probably get it
rS-: i ; ? explosive bee?.:i; V
"All kinds" of tieef including the
"embalmed variety; have figured
in the beef discussions since the
war for Cuba, but some of this beef
has - since developed ' unsuspected
properties, which are thus referred
to by the Baltimore Gerald:
When General Miles first informed
an interested nation that "embalmed"
beef had been- supplied to the army as
an experiment, . and that the canned
roast beef was devoid of nutriment,
besides nauseating the men, he appar
ently possessed no information con
cerning another entirely unsuspected
quality. He evidently did not know,
nor does anyone else seem to nave Deen
aware of the fact, that the product fur
nished by certain Western concerns to
sustain our soldiers in an arduous cam
paign possessed the, properties - of an
explosive. ; '-?--
. "As set forth exclusively in the
Herald of Saturday, a number of the
cans containing tinned roast beef
which had been stored in the Lemon
Building, where the Investigating
Commission meets, to be used as evi-1
dence in refuting the charges preferred
by General Miles and other officers,
burst with a loud detonation, causing
consternation among the occupants of
the building and spreading odors
throughout the edifice that gave rise to
a regular stampede among the clerks.
"It is a matter of record that thou
sands of pounds of army beef were
Sttisoned from transports, and that
rge quantities were buried in Cuban
and Jforto Kican sou. in the ugnt or
recent developments, such methods of
disposal .must, be regarded as deplo
rably wasteful. Had the expansive
and propelling force of canned roast
beef been ascertained while the war
with Spain- was yet in progress, the
rations which were-unserviceable asj
food might have been used in lieu oi
ammunition. Perhaps they would
have proved an admirable substitute
for smokeless powder. . I
. "In any event, they could have Deen
employed like Chinese stinkpots, to
overwhelm the enemy with paralyzing
effluvia."
It is too late to avail ourselves of
this powerful paralyzer, unless we
should have some subsequent racket
in Cuba, but it isn't too late to 'util
ize it as a paralyzer of the Filipinos'
who. now seem to be. leqairing
special attention. Suppose a lot of
it were shipped to Admiral Dewey
and let him shoot it among them, that
is if it could be restrained from ex
ploding before it crossed the Pacific.
It wouldn't destroy towns aa the
steel projectiles do, but it would
everlastingly . get away with the fel
lows within smelling distance .of
where it was landed.
A Tennessee paper concludes re
lating the story of how an abused
wife shot and killed a brutal husband,
then lifted fiis body, .placed it
on a bed and then vacated the
premises, with the remark that she
was "a frail, delicate woman, weigh
ing but one hundred pounds." If
that is the kind of "frail, delicate"
women they have over there what
must the able-bodied girls be?
One of the Ohid Colonels struck
some venerable canned beef during
his. army experience. It-was' la
belled 1898, but when these labels
were removed others were found un
der them showing the date of 1888.
They were probably testing the keep
ing properties of this beef. Bnt it is
not stated that, like some other
things, it improved with age.
Chicago-ifes another wife murder
sensation, and another sausage
maker is in it. He is accused of
killing his aged, wife to take to him
self a younger one. Like Luet-
gert's wife, the wife of this sausage
maker number 2 has mysteriously
disappeared, whereupon he pro
ceeded to furnish his apartments
with a young wife. .
The Anti-Cartoon bill Jias passed
the California Legislature and is now
a law. The Senate refused to pass
it, whereon a SanVFrancisco paper
cele.br ated the event with a circus-
poster cartoon, which made the Sen
ate so mad that it reconsidered and
passed the bill. The last cartoon
got 'em. - -
Senator Sewell, of New Jersey,
showed a good deal of foresight
gumption when the day after it was
learned that Dewey had' sunk that
Spanish fleet in Manila harbor, he
implored the President, for "God's
sake to order him away from there;'
Reform is making rapid strides in
the wild woolly West. That Michi
gan Solon had hardly introduced his
bill- against tight lacing, when an
Oklahoma statesman, bounced np
with a bill outlawing street flirting
ana "mashing." - ,
Mr.- G. Clark Entail informs us
that the smell of fresh earth is due to
the presence of vegetable bacteriat.so
diminutive that nearly a million of
them are ( contained in a grain's
weight of agricultural soilT'
'Some men never know when to let
well enough alone. The Chicago
burglar who had successfully gone
through three houses in one night
and scooped $325, but got caught
while i exploring the f ourth, was
one of them. :
.A St. Louis paper proceeds to tell
how Carl Schurz missed a chance to
point a moral and adorn a tale. As
homely a lookng chap as Carl
couldn't adorn oven a tail.
lhe flew Jersey murderer who
has been four times condemned to
be hanged, rather enjoys It and
hopes they will continue condemn
ing, which he prefers to hanging. -U
A Kentuckian recently died atan
advanced age whose family- attach
ments were so. strong: that'he could
never be persuaded to drink water
after his .lather's cousin had .been
drowned. '7"v " -"' - V -
FRANK MITCHELL
DIED LAST.
NIOHTi
After a Brief Illness of Typfcold Pan-
monia The Paneral Arrangements
Not Yet Announced.:- 'C "
Mr. Frank H. Mitchell a : well
known and highly; esteemed
Wilmington, died at 8:30 o'clock last
night, having . been" ill ' of 'typhoid
pneumonia. , at the residence of .his
sister, Mrs. L L. Sloan, for little more
than a week. His death was a great
surprise and shock to a wide circle of
friend's in this city, as even his serious
illness ..was not known save by near
relatives "and a few intimate -friends.
And even they had . no idea- he was
fatally ill until early yesterday after
noon when he began , to sink rapidly
and - never rallied. It was on Monday
of last week that Mr. Mitchell suffered
a severe chill and, typhoids, pneumonia
very soon developed. t.. -. .
- The deceased was 58 years old, a
native of Wilmington, and was a son
of B. F. Mitchellrrfor 'many years a
leading business man of this city, and
a partner inthe B. F. Mitchell Co., ex
tensive dealers in peanuts, hay, grain
etc., a business established by the la
mented BfF. Mitchell. . ?'T ; -
Mr. 'Mitchell was a valiant Confed
erate Boldier, having-served with the
18th N. C. volunteers, and was a menir
ber of- Cape -Fear Camp' United
Confederate Veterans of this city. - He
was a consistent member of St. James'
Episcopal Church. -
Early in - life be married Miss
Louise Arthur, of Albany, New York,
who preceded him to the grave by sev
eral years. He leaves two sons. ' The
eldest, Mr. Arthur Mitchell, is a me
chanical architect at Schenectady,
New York, and the other is Mr. B. F.
Mitchell, an architect; at Bloomfield,
N. J. Mr. Mitchell is also survived by
two brothers and three sisters. They
are Mr. Charles J. Mitchell, manager
of the B. F. Mitchell Co.; Mr. David
B. Mitchell, now of New. York cityj
Mrs. M. J. Huggias, Mrs. H. L. Sloan,
and Mrs. A. M. Baldwin, all of this
city. Two brothers are dead. J. S..
Mitchell has . been dead about
three years and George, the other
brother, probably: twenty years.
Mrs. Huggins has been spend
ing some time near Charlotte - and is
expected here this morning. Other
non-resident near relatives have been
notified by telegraph of the sad death
and are expected to arrive in time to
attend the f uneral obsequies, the time
and arrangements for which will be
an noun ced later.
EARLY CROP CONDITIONS.
Dr. Porter On Damage to Track by Cold
and Rain. -Dr.
E. Porter, of Rocky Point, spent
yesterday in Wilmington. In speak
ing of the effect of the recent cold
wave upon the early crops, he told a
Star reporter - that he estimated the
damage- to lettuce and peas at about
1CT per cent. The radish crop was
killed out right, so that a new plant
ing will be necessary. He does not
think strawberries have been injured
at all. The present rain will work a
much greater hardship, upon the
farmers than did the cold wave, by
delaying the planting of various early
crops. Potatoes, especially, should
have been planted more than a week
ago and the present prospect is that
the crop will scarcely be in the ground
before March 10th.
ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN LENOIR.
Young Man Mortally Wounded by Careless
' Discharge oi a Pistol. -
A correspondent of the Star, writing
from LaGrange," Lenoir county, sends
particulars of the accidental killing of
T. H. Jones, sixteen years old, and a
son of a prosperous tobacco farmer
residing three miles from that village.
Young Jones was engaged in greasing
his father's buggy while a younger
brother was attempting to extricate a
cartridge from an old pistol by ham
mering it against a tire of the buggy.
The concussion of the blows fired the
pistol and the, ball took effect just
back of his brother's right ear, pass
ing through the brain. The accident
occurred Saturday afternoon, and the
unfortunate young man,, though re
ceiving the best of surgical attention,
died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. He
was buried in the village cemetery
Sunday afternoon.
Will Bring Back a Colony.
. Mr. W. F. Wells, excursion mana
ger of the home seekers department of
The Farm, Field and Fireside, who
makes his headquarters at Chadbourn,
was in the city yesterday, en route to
Chicago. He was accompanied by
Mr. S. B, .Nash, of Jackson, Michigan,
who expects to return in a few weeks
with quite a colony of emigrants from
the Northwest to locat in this section.
Death of an Aged Ladyl
Fayetteville Observer, 28th ult:
"Mrs. Loveday McAlister McKethan,
widow of - the ' late Mr." A. Al Mc
Kethan, died last night at 11 o'clock
at her residence on Person street The
deceased lady was in her ninetieth
year, haying been born on the 28th
of November, 1809." . -- J '-z:
State of Ohio.iCity of Toledo, )
88..
Frank J. Cheney makes, oath that
he is, the senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney & Co., -jdoing business
in the City of Toledo," County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm will
Sty the sum of ONE HUNDRED
OLLABS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
. , FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and. subscribed
in my presence, this 6th dayofJDe
cember, A. D. 1886. r I
, , A. W. GLEASON. ,
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V - ? . . . Notary Public,
, nail's uatarrh uure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly: on the
blood and mucous surfaces of .the sys
tern. Send for testimonials, free. -
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O;
- Sold by Druggists, 76c.".- - -Hall's
Family Pills are the best', t
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0. H. Dockeiyr Defeated: Candi
sfdaiefor Congressigainst J
: ; Jno; D. Bellamy :
IE TAKING OF DEPOSITIONS.
Several Witnesses Testify at the Hearing
Held Yesterday A Futile Attempt to -J
Prove Intimidation of Voters at. : -the
Recent Election, -v '
The taking of depositions in the
contested-Congressional election case
brought by O. H. Dockery against
Hon. J no. D. Bellamy, pursuant to
adjournment of the ; Commissioners
court Saturday, began at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning before Notaries
Howell and Wallace, the former being
named by the contestee andthe latter
selected by the contestant
As has before been stated Oscar J.
Spears, Esq.. . appeared for Dockery
and Mr. Bellamy was 'represented hy
Col. Thos. W. - Strange and Messrs.
Junius Davis, Franklin McNeill, W.
B. McKoy and Geo. L Peschau.
. Miss Lizzie Struthers was present as
eourt stenographer and typewriter and
Miss Mattie Shrier tobk the' evidence
for Mr Bellamy, j . . ,
: . The first witness introduced was Mr;
Joseph Jacobi, of the firm of N.'Jacobi
Hardware Company He was- exam'
ined as to Republicans in the .employ
of the firm and an attempt was made
to prove intimidation - on the part of
the company toward such employes
in the i matter, of . registration
and voting. He testified that he did
not know of any Republican- in his
employ, but he presumed two negro
voters and a negro minor in their
employ were Republicans. These were
informed that at the expiration of their
contracts they would not' be wanted,
so long as they persisted in acting di
rectly in opposition to every . interest
of the firm. He testified as to. having
voted for and used his influence in be
half of Mr. Bellamy's election. He
was asked to state definitely the num
ber of rifles, pistols and shot guns sold
by his firm during the month of Octo
ber and during th9 first ten days in
November, 1898. He replied that he
could not nor could he approximate
the number sold, but in reply to a fur
ther question as to whether such sales
were in excess of a corresponding
period in other years, he stated that
ine sales or n rearms on election years
were always in excess of other years
and that the year 1898 was no excep
tion to the rule.
He was examined as to an expres
sion alleged to have bean used by
Col. Waddell in a political speech made
prior to the election, in which it was
stated that if it was required, the Cape
Fear river would be filled with car
casses or bodies of dead negroes. He
replied - that he was present on the
occasion of Col. Waddell's speech in
the Opera House, and in response to
further inquiries, he testified that as is
usually the case during campaigns,
'the speech was heartily applauded.
Counsel for the contestee 'thought
a cross-examination unnecessary and
the witness was dismissed. Several
objections to irrelevant and incompe
tent evidence were entered upon the
testimony.
Mr. C. -D. Foard, who conducts a
wholesale and retail hardware busi
ness on Front street was the next wit
ness. His testimony was wholly un
satisfactory to the counsel for the con
testant and embraced not a single
point in his favor. He testified that
he had been in the hardware business
about two years; that he sold firearms.
He testified as to the special kinds
usually sold by him, and in response
to a question embracing a comparison
of his sales during October and the
first ten days in November, 1898, with
a like period on other occasions, he
reiterated the statement made by Mr.
Jacobi as to increased demand for such
articles during election years and stated
further that his sales of such goods
had also been increased by reason of
his growing business. He said that
he was unable to say that his sales of
firearms during the period in ques-'
tion, were unprecedented, but on the
other hand he experienced no difficulty
in supplying the trade. He protested
that he was unable, in '.response to
other questions, to state definitely the
number of such firearms sold by him;
that in consequence of his business
being a new one, the sales were natur
ally in excess of the previous year, but
he was unable to say that they were
at all phenomenal. Counsel7 for the
contestant persisted in his examination
as to some approximate estimation of
the number sold, and Mr. Foard stated
that so far as he was able to estimate
the sales of guns, pistols, rifles, etc.,
did not exceed thirty in number. A
similar question as to intimidation of
colored employes, as was put ' to Mr.
Jacobi, was proposed to Mr. Foard.
He stated that he had colored men in
his employ,, but they were not advised
as. to how they should vote or register
Counsel for Dockery then asked the
question if the witness knew of .any
plans or expressed purpose made, on
the part of the MWhite Unions" of, the
city, whereby influences; of this or
like character were used for the pur
pose Of preventing the registration or
suffrage of Republican voters of the
city. Mr, Foard replied that hedid
not He was subjected to , the ' same
question as to Col. Waddell's speech in
the Opera,House, to which Mr. Jacobi
was, but be answered that he was not
present on the occasion referred to.
The counsel for the" contestant then
began a series of questions relative to
events subsequent to the - election,
which were promptly and : vigorously
objected to by Mr. Bellamy's counsel,
upon the grounds of irrelevancy and
incompetency. Junius Davis, Esq.,
stated that if there was evidence; that
the boxes or ballots had been tampered
with after the election, then the ques
tions might have a shadow of compe
tency, but in the non-existence of such
testimony, they were objected to. The
objection was ordered recorded on the
testimony.' 1- ;""v.f"' '
i The last of - the series of questions
askedJMr, Foard was if he was present
on the day of the so-called riot " He re.
nliArl flint Via traa innt '.W-:a5:.-i.''.'':C"!'
l Mr.; Foard's testimony having been
concluded, Mr. Bellamy'a counsel," as
in the case St the..precedlng witnesv
thought a cross-examination Unneces- ,
and a recess was taken until 7
o'clock in the evening.' : - .. -
At .that hour Mr. Owen F. Love,
of. the firm of Owen F. Love & Co.,
wholesale ' dealers f in.' hardware,' was
examinedTBut his testimony was high'
ly disappointing to the contestant's
counsel; in fact, it was far more so
than that of Mr. Foard. Sis testimony
relative to . the sale of firearms Iwas
even more emphatic in Mr." Bellamy's
favor than that of the preceding wit
nesses, Mr. Spears failings in every at
tempt to score a point in favor of his
client .The'.; questions : asked-were
along the same lines as those pro-
posed to thepreceding witnesses, and
not in a single instance were his an
swers to the same indicative of the
least unfairness on the part of. the
white people during -. the . campaign
and On election day. As before, no
cross-examination 'was made by. Mr.
Bellamy's counsel 1 : " ,
- Upon conclusion of Mr. Love's ex
amination, which lasted until 10 P.
M. an adjournment was: taken until
this morningat 9.30 o'clock, when
other witnesses will be heard. -
SIX, FERTILIZER FACTORIES.
Options Said to Have Been Secured on
, Them In the Interest of a
Combination, i
Baltimore Snip. . ,
It is understood that options have
been secured on six Baltimore facto
ries in the interest of the combination
being formed to control the manufac
ture of fertilizers north of thiscity.
' The factories named are: Lazaretto
G-uaho Company. Zell Guano Com
pany, Detrick Fertilizer Company,
Maryland Fertilizer Company, Sling
laff & Co. and the Chemical Company,
of Cantpn. Appraisements are being
made of the value of the different
plants. 1
Mr. John Gibbons, a former Balti
morean and now connected with the
Liebig Manufacturing Company, of
Carteret N. J., is slated for the presi
dency of the new combination. Re
cently the Virginia and Carolina Fer
tilizer Company, which controls the
Southern market for fertilizers, bought
the factories of the Rasin Fertilizer
Company and the Monumental Fer
tilizer Company, of this city. The
combination now proposed of other
Baltimore factories with plants in the
North aims to control the Northern
markets. It is said that interests iden
tified with the Standard Oil .Company
are at the head of this move, and: the
financial . arrangements have been
completed.
To carry-out the plans for the con
solidation' of the various factories
there is to be issued $35,000,000 of
stock, of which one-half is to be com
mon and. the other half preferred
stock. .
ACID CHAMBER COLLAPSED.
Al Plant of the Acme Manufacturing Com
pany at Crooly Heavy Wind and
Rain the Cause.
Messrs. Smith & Gilchrist, agents,
yesterday morning received notice hU . t que ag
telephone that the acid chamberof the
A stm a Moniiranriiinn, fjk 'a rawrilivAii
plant at Cronly had collapsed under
pressure of a severe wind and rain1
storm which visited that place yester
day morning about 7 o'clock.
The chamber was 100 feet longj about
25 feet wide, 20 feet high,- and lined
with lead. The rain poured, it is
said, in such torrents that the
lead covering could not stand the
pressure and fell through. This left
the sides and ends-of the chamber ex
posed and they also collapsed under
the strong wind, which almost reached
cyclonic proportions, soon after the
heavy rain bad ceased. 1
Mr. G. Herbert Smith, a member of.
the firm, in speaking of the occurrence
last night stated that the company
would be unable to fill its contracts for
acid phosphate for the coming season,
as it would be impossible to construct
another chamber in time to supply the
Spring demand. His firms, however,
will be able to fill, all contracts . for
ammoniated goods, as the ingredients
for the manufacture of same are intact
They loss, he says, will) aggregate
about $5,000, exclusive of the falling
off in business which necessarily will
follow on account of their inability to
. fill orders this season. j-
No wind or storm insurance was
carried, and the property is an en
tire loss.
Carolina Cooperage Company.
The depositions of witnesses in the
case of several petitioners for the in
voluntary bankruptcy of the Carolina
Cooperage Company were being taken
Saturday, and yesterday before Mr.
Geo. H. Howell, a Notary Public, for
presentation when the case is heard
before Judge. Purnell in the United
States Circuit Cou'rt The I testimony
of several witnesses has already been
heard and the entire session of the
Commissioners Court was taken up
yesterday with a cross examination of
Mr. R. M, Nimocks,, manager of the
Company before it went into bank
ruptcy. -The taking of testimony
will be resumed to-day. j Franklin
McNeill, Esq., Hon. Jno. Di Bellamy,
and Iredell Meares, Esq., are the at
tomes in attendance. ;
Died of Consumption. ".
William H. Flinn, a well known
painter, who has for a number of years
been employed in the - car shops of the
the A. C. L., died at the City Hos
pital yesterday morning, at 9 30
o'clock, from consumption. - He was
very popular . among his 'associates,
and was thirty-eight -years of
age. ' Some time ago he connected
himself with the Hibernian Benevo
lent Society and was a valuable mem
ber of the same up to the time of his
death. He has no immediate rela
tives here except a brother, Mr. Peter
Flinn, who is also employed by the
A. C. L. The funeral will iake place
this morning at 9 o'clock from Hiber
nian HalL thence" to St -Thomas'
Catholic Pro-Cathedral; thence to Oak
dale cemetery, where the interment
will be made. . , -
EVIDENCE FINISHED.
In
the
Bellamy-Dockery . Case
YesteaySAfternbcra tp?
Tour
O'clock. '
CONTESTANTS' OBJECTIONS.
To Manner of Condnctiar Examination.
ConteBtee's Counsel Filed Counter
" Statement of" Pacts Two Col
ored Witnesses Examined. -. .'.
The hearing of testimony in the con
tested Congressional election case was
resumed-again yesterday -morning at
10 o'clock, with .the same attorneys
and court officers in attendance.
Only two withessest Jno. D. Frank
lin and Jno. Norwood, both col
ored, were introduced during the day
and npon the conclusion of their evi-.
dence, Mr. Spears, attorney . for . the
contestant, gave notice that the in
vestigation wouldT not be further pur
sued. The last named witness, it will
be "remembered," was ' one of the late
Board of Aldermen in office during
the Wright administration. -7-V:"--
Franklin, . the only fitness exam
ined during the j morning session,, was
called to the stand. . He testified that
he was twenty six years old; had, been
a life-long resident of Wilmington
and his occupation that of . restaurant
.keeper.-- j-'- .. :.
He was examined as to occurrences
in Wilmington on November 9th, 10th
and 11th, the same objection being
filed by Mr. Bellamy's counsel as on
other occasions! when evidence was
submitted relating to events subse
quent to the election. The objection
was promptly sustained by Notary
Howell and overruled by Notary Wal
lace. The witness testified, however,
that he was present on the occasion
referred to; that he saw several dead
negroes in the undertaking establish ¬
ment of D. C. Evans and one at his
home in "Brooklyn;" that he was
associated with" the coroner as sec
retary and that m his opinion
the deceased "met their deaths
on account of gunshot wounds,
but was unable to testify at whose
hands. In response to questions, he
testified as Xo having been a canvas
ser for the Republican party in the
late election. He testified that to his
own knowledge he knew of no organ
ized purpose on I the part of colored
people to report to incendiarism or
other criminal violence against the
whites. 1
The cross-examination was admir
ably and ingeniously conducted by
Geo. L. Peschau, Esq. The witness
testified as to having been a canvasser
for the Republican party in the last
election in Precinct No. 3, of the First
Ward, at the hose reel house; that his
duties required his presence at the
polling place a major part of the day;
that he did not vote in the said elec
tion,' but that np one attempted by
force or intimidation to prevent him
from so doing; that while present at
the polling place he saw no attempt
made by force or intimidation to pre
vent any qualified voter from exercis
ing the right of suffrage. He "further
J to" whether he knew that theelection
B
at his precinct was fairly and openly
conducted, that in his opinion it was.
The only fact elicited upon the re
direct examination, conducted by Mr.
Spears, was that in the opinion of the
witness the full j vote of the Republi
can party at his precinct was not cast
at the November election, but no rea
sons were assigned for this condition.
The court adjourned at 11.30 o'clock
in the morning, j
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon Jno. G. Norwood
was duly sworn land testified that he
was 73 years of age; had been a life
long resident of Wilmington; had
held position 01 city aldermen un
der appointment pf Governor "Rus
sell and was school . commissioner
about. twenty years ago; that he re
signed his position as Alderman No
vember 11th and that his successor
was duly elected. He testified that
he was a carpenter by trade and owned
about $2,000 worth of city real estate.
He was Republican in politics. .
The direct examination having been
thus concluded by Mr. Spears, Junius
Davis, Esq., conducted the' cross-examination.
The witness stated he. was
a registrar in the' First Precinct of the
Second Ward; that he assisted in hold
ing the election in that capacity; that
he voted the Republican judicial, legislative-
and congressional tickets
without molestation or intimidation.
He further testified in response to
questions, that the election in ques
tion was quiet fair and open;, that he
liad voted in all elections held in Wil
mington for the past twenty years and
this one was in his opinion as peace-;
ful an election as he ever attended,
In the direct examination he testi
fied that he knew nothing of the re
puted Tiot and mob on November 10th.
The usual protests by counsel for
the contestee with regard to events
subsequent to the election, were-ifiled
in each instance where such questions
were propounded to the witness.
These were sustained by'Notary How
ell, but overruled in a majority of
cases by Notary Wallace! The . latter
was, however, publicly given credit
by counsel : for contestee for fair and
impartial dealing so far as he
had knowledge J in the matter.
At the conclusion of the testimony
of Norwood, the following protest was
entered by counsel for .contestant and
was ordered Included in the record of
testimony by Notary Thos. E. Wallace :
Oliver H. Dockery, Contestant ' vs.
Jno. D. Bellamy, Contestee.
Protest of Oliver H. Dockery filed be
fore T, E. Wallace, Notary Public,
taking testimony in the above en
titled case at Wilmington, N. C
Whereas, in this, matter of the tak
ing of testimony in behalf of the con
testant -Thomas E. Wallace was peti-.
tioned to issue subpoenas for witnesses
on the behalf of contestant: and,
whereas, in accordance with said neti-
tion, such witnesses were subpoenaed
and at the time mentioned in the sub
poena, ; to-wit : Saturday, February
25th, 1899. at which time witnesses
appeared, and at which time, upon
motion-rof - contestee's counseL Geo.
H. HowelL Notarv Pahlift,
ciated with the said Thoa, E. Wallace,
as provided bylaw, R. S. of the U g
Section. 118; and, whereas, the 'sai'ri
Geo; H? Howell, Notary Public hit
sat. with said Thoa. E. Wallace in tat'
ing depositions in the case, and where
as he has declined to officiate in sign
ing the depositions taken in this ca J
wfth said Thos. E, Wallace, notary
public, except only the deposition of
Jos. N. Jacobi, and whereas the said
section absolutely requires that each
officer so : associated and-ofiiciatiD
shall act together, apd sign and cer
tify each to the depositions taken be
fore them, the exact language of said
section 118 of - the U. S. revised
statutes being as follows: "The deposit
tions shall be taken before them both -sitting
together, and be certified by
them bothand whereas further, the
said notariesXpublie have ruled out
certain questions, Vully competent
germane ana relative, . without
thority of law, as the counsel for
contestant believes.
au
the , ; Now therefore," the contestant Oli
ver H. .Dockery, jnpst earnestly
seriously and sincerely protests to the
way and manner . the testimony is
being taken in this case, for the reason t.
mentioned and fearing that such irregl
ularity as mentioned, of the failure "
the associated Notary Public, Geo. H.
Howell Esq., , to sign and certify to
the depositions, may amend and ren
der void, the same, the said contest-'
ant has "discharged all witnesses
subpoenaed by him, from- fur
ther duty, and asks that this pro
test be accepted and " filed as a part of '
the record inade at thistakjng of tet-ti- .
mohy by Thos.1- E. Wallace, begin
ning February 25th, 1899, andinciu- "
ding this day, March 1st, 1899.
; (Signed) Oliver H. Dockery,
, ! Contestant.
. By Oscar J. Spears, Attorneys
. The-f olio wing was then filed by
counsel for contestee: v.
The counsel for the contestee having
read the protest of the contestant's at
torney just filed here, requested Mr..
Howell, the notary, to certify to the
said deposition; whereupon, at 4 11
o'clock this day in the midst of the'
trial said notary expressed hil willing
ness to sign and did sign and certify
said depositions, and stated as his rea
sons for not having done so before wis
that he was doubtful as to lis
right to sign and certify certmii '
parts of- the depositions which,
he considered irrelevant and extrane
ous, until he had investigated and de- '
liberated as to his duties. Thereupon
the conteslee'M attorneys requested the
'contestant's attorney to proceed with
the examination of witnesses, "as -he
.had all the balance of the day and also
all of to morrow, the 2d of March, to
continue the examination of the f-aid
witnesses. ' .. .. x
SignedJ Jno. D.' Bellamy,
- ., Contestee. .
By his counsel:
Junius Davis,
Geo. L. Peschau,
Frank McNeit.i..
LARGE SHIPMFNTS OF CLAMS.
Nearly Five Thousand Bushels Received
al Tyifmington During Present WeekT
The shipments of clams from this
port to New Ybrk during . the present
week have been by far the largest for
a corresponding period in a number of
years. "Seven or -eight of the small
sail boats have arrived for the past few
days and all have brought heavy
loads. Monday the shipments via the
A. CTLi. amounted approximately to
L 2,500jbushels; several hundred bushels
were shipped Tuesday, and yesterday
about 1,200 hundred bushels were
brought Up the river making in the ag;
agregate about 5,000 bushels in the
three days.
The market this season has been un
usually active, so the buyers say, and
the industry has been a profitable kone
to all parties concerned.' ' The season,
during which the clams can profitably
be sold will end about the last of
March. -
The heaviest shipments so far have
been made by Messrs. Brooks and Tay
lor, W. .A. Sanders andC. M. Britton,
of the firm 01 H. Burlaw Co., New
York. There are -also other buyers
who have made good shipments.
BEST OF ALL '
To cleanse the system in a gen.tle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per
fect remedy;Syrup of Figs. Buy the
genuine. Manufactured by the Caro
lina Fig Syrup Co. only and for sale
by all druggists, at 60 cents per bottle, t
THE POPE'S CONDITION.
His Physicians Report Improvement After
a Surgical Operation. " h
BCable to the Morning Star. 5
Roue, March 1. The Pope passed a
fairly good night and was "better this
morning.; Dr. Mazzini, at 9.30 this
morning, removed a cyst from the left
thigh of thePontiff. The operation
was successful and the patient bore it
well. It appears that yesterday's fev
erish symptoms were entirely due to
the cyst, from which the .Pope has
long suffered. He now hasl no trace
of fever arid; Dr. , .Mazzini thinks no
complications will ensue. .
. The following official bulletin has
been issued:
' "His Holiness underwent an opera
tion at 10 o'clock this morning for the
removal of a long ' standing - cyst,
which suddenly inflamed. His Holi
ness bore the . operation remarkably
well, although it was impossible to
use chloroform. The Pope's condition
is now fairly satisfactory." j
There is a rumor to-night that the
Pope's physicians fear blood poison.;
ing. -
The Beat Prescription for Cbllls
and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic Never fails to
cure: then why, experiment with
worthless imitations? Price 50 cents.
Your money back if it fails to cure; ! .
M0L1NEUX INDICTED. ,
For the Murder of Mrs. Katherinw J. '
. . - Adams la New York. '
By Telegraph to the Hornlns Star.
New Yoek, March 1. Roland B.
Molineux was to-day indicted by the
grand jury for murder in the first de
gree, in causing the- death of Mrs :
Katherine J. Adams. The finding of r
ihe indictment does awav with a hear
ing before the coroner, and there will
be small chance for Molineux's coun
sel to take any steps in his behalf un- "
til the case actually comes to trial.
Thetsase of Molmeux was. placed on
the calendar for pleading and he will
be arraigned before -Jtlecorder Golf to
morrow. He will probablythen .be
remanded to the Tombs without bail.
C ASTOR I A
Tor Infanta and Children.
Tha Kind You HaY8 Always
4 Sears the '
Signature of