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' .... v - .. - - : ' ' ' ; : . - . -rUBUSMBD At- WILMINGTON. N. C 1.00 A YEAR. I Ni AD VANCE. I 88S8S3SSS8888888S " 8888888S88888888 88888888888888883 88888888888888888 828888S8S8288888S 888888S88S888SS88 82885882288888888 : 33888888888888888 iAV I "itBtidoh ax on ni no ma a 2 S - " " r- 93 i i : j- s s s " i::i: I . , Entered at the Post Office at Dmtgtoa, N. C, u . -occoua uu nuTier.i . SUBSCRIPTION P.ICE. The subscription price of the "We'iJy Star li m ollows: Single Copy 1 year, postage paid. tl 00 " 6 month " , SO 8 month! " 80 FIGURING THE COST. TIT I m . wars cost; money, tor tnese are days of costly armies and navies: Some of the big guns that are used now burn up a thousand dollars or so every time they are shot, and everything else costs about in the samo proportion. The cheapest ! thing in all the wars is human life. Every one, of course, knew when wo went to war with Spain that it 1 was going to cost a good deal of money, but very few had any idea how much,- for very few realized the Icoritingencies that might present themselves and still fewer dreamed i - .i 'a oi tue expansion policy as one oi its I outcomes. Still there were some who made pretty large estimates as to the probable cost, hguring it at somewhere between $600,000,000 and $1,000,000,000. This was thought to be excessive, but it has already passed, the first and is ap proaching the second estimate, if it' has not already reached it. Among the high estimators is the New York Sun, as will be seen by the follow ing editorial which we clip from a recent issue: "The Republican Chairman of Ap propriations and the leader of the op position on me committee concur i 10 iae cost to me nation ,oi tne war with Spain in money already appro- priaiea. roe total is almost half a l 11 . .1.11. mi n Dinion aonars. xne exact ngures, as stated both by Mr. Cannon and Mr. Dockery, are $482,562;083. "This is the cost to date of an idea, an intellectual conception, a senti ment ; and the idea is worth every dol lar it has eost or will cost. ' . Last August, after hostilities had ceased; there was current an official statement apparantly showing that the entire expenditure for military operations up to tnat date bad been $117,121,000; and this total was oer- f maturely accepted ; in some quarters as representing approximately tne cost to the nation of the war which the nation righteously undertook. At that time The Sun published an estimate of the several items of cost likely to be chargeable to the account of the war with Spam and its result ing responsibilities. .The table is Here repeated: v 1. Current war expenses. .$400,000,000 '. State expenditures. .... 15,000,000 3. Private contributions. . , 15,000,000 4. War claims. . . . . 20,000,000 o. ijoss oi soldiers produc tive labor..' ...v. 100,000,000 6. Interest on the war debt 90,000,000 7. Pensions 300,000,000 8. The Maine . ....... 3,000,000 Total. ; .$943,000,000 "This estimate was attacked as ex cessive by some conscientious statisti cians, particularly on account of the size of the first item. How could the direct appropriations for the war itself possiDiy reacn $4uu,uuu,uuu, we were asked, when the official accountants of the Treasury reported a total of only $117,121,000 . at the end of the four months of active operations? Yet the result shows that our esti mate was so- moderate that it has already been exceeded by nearly a hundred million dollars. How many people remember that the correspond ing item on account of the war for the perservation of the Union amounted $3,348,372,904? We therefore revise Ih table, leaving the other items of cost standing as they , were, to ne venned or discredited as time goes on - 1. Current war ex penses $482,562083 State exDenditures. . .. 15.000.000 3. Private Contributions 15,000,000 4. War Claims 20,000,000 5. Loss of soldiers' pro ductive, labor. 100,000,000 6. Interest on the war debt 90,000,000 7. Pensions ; . . . . 300,000,000 8. The Maine 3,000,000 .-.'' ' 11.11 III Total $1,025,562,083 . It will be a" billion dollar war. A billion dollars in thft nrinn tTiA United States will have paid for its entrance upon tne new career of a glorious des "ny. . . .nd never did any nation make" a better investment! " The Sun is an expansionist, and therefore it thinks this is money well invested; but if the American people had been told .when the pro tocol with Spain was signed that the subsequent -proceedings would have called for the expenditure of so many millions, they would very soon have called a halt and put a stop to the ' expansion programme before it had been well entered upon. They irould freely have as sumed the amount contracted in the war for Cuba proper, for. there was nothing of the greedy or mercenary in that. The consciousness of hav ing done a chivalrous-and.a glorious thing in going to the rescue of a people struggling against a cruel and relentless oppressor would hayf more than offset the expense in curred and the burden imposed. If we had stopped there and never en tered upon the folly of expansion, ne giory . won would have been worth all the money spent end ell VOL. XXX; that we will ever get out"of this ex pansion folly, even if the Philip pines came to :, us voluntarily and without the expenditure of another dollar. - r The Sun calls it the cost of "an idea, an intellectual conception, a sentiment." It was an idea with sentiment in. it, as far as the war in behalf of'Cuba was concerned, for there we were fighting for an idea, to help a. people who' were struggling to freethqmselves from oppression, and we were showing a kindred feeling for them. The idea of freedom was in it, and chat's where the sentiment came in, a noble and a chivalrous sentiment; .but there is nothing of that kind in the subsequent pro ceedings, after the policy of expan sion was entered upon, and we reached out to seize the territory of the Filipinos under the fraudulent pretence that it was ours by virtue of conquest, supplemented by purchase. There was in . this no sentiment, nothing but' the mercenary spirit of gain, nothing, in "it, however it may end, of which the American people may be proud now or hereafter. It dims the lustre of the fame we won in the war for Cuba, because it mars it with the daub of selfishness, arid gives ground for the suspicion that we were practicing a cheat when W declared our purpose in going to war for Cuba,' and that we may. pos sibly regret having phrased our dec laration so plainly that' we cannot take advantage of words that were not written and seize what we liber ated, as we are attempting to do in the case of the Philippines. As to Cuba there was sentiment, noble sentiment, that does us honor, and was worth the money it cost, but as to the Philippines it' would be the extreme of license of language to call that sentiment, which is noth ing more nor less than the spirit of grab, and plunder of a, people whose confidence we won and who are thought to be too weak to success fully defend the islands we want. Sentiment and greed are two en tirely different things, and in this case it is the greed which is proving costly. ' - THE ERA OF TRUSTS. Scarcely a day passes now that the organization of one or more new. Trusts is not reported, and the re markable thing about it is that they are nearly all of colossal proportions, few of them being reported with a capital of less than $10,000,000 or $20,000,000 while some claim a capi tal of from $50,000,000 to $100,000,- 000 or more. There is scarcely an article that enters into common use in which one or more Trusts have not been organized. The New York Financial Chron cle some time ago published a list of Trusts, the aggregate capital of which amounted-to $1,106,000,000, and this did not- include the Whis key Trust, with a capital of $128,- 000,000; the Copper Trust, $100,- 000,000; the Smelting and Refining Trust, $50,000,000; the "Bridge Building Trust,- $50,000,000; the Writing Paper Trust, $40,000,000; the Wool Trust, $10,000,000, and the Cuban Tabacc6 Trust with $20,- 000,000. Since these still others have been found. The New York Tribune estimates the aggregate cap italization for the first two months of this year at $1,525,000,000 against $916,000,000 for the whole of last year. ; , This may be indicative, as some say, oi great industrial activity, out it is indicative also of the fact that the industries oi - the country are rapidly passing into the hands of combinations that can if they will crush out the smaller industries, and then make the country pay tribute to them. There are anti-Trust laws on the statute books of the United States, and there are Jew States that have not done more or less legisla tion on this subject, but they go on organizing, and are stronger to-day, notwithstanding all' the legislation,- than they ever were.?.. POPULAR SENTIMENT. The many friends of Maj. Stedman in this part of the State will appreci ate the following, which we clip from the Raleigh Post of the 8th inst: "Hon. Charles ,M. Stedman, of Greensboro, is in the city in attend ance on the supreme Uourt The (Gov ernor is lookine as handsome and dis tinguished as usual,' and his host of friends are pleased at this opportunity to grasp his warm hand again, as he passed into the Supreme Court room veeterdav. after greeting several friends, one of them remarked, There's tne man 1 want to see made tne suc cessor of Governor Russell.' At once there was a chorus of approval of the observation joined in by every person in the group, composed of a half dozen or so prominent and less prominent, but all good Democrats, while one added: ne naa oeen given nis deserts ne would be wearing the title of ex-Gov ernor to-day, instead or that of ex-: Liieutenant-Uovernor,' and that state ment was endorsed also." , When Miss Schenck, of Long Island, last summer started her four letters asking for a dime for the suffering soldiers, she expected to make about $4,000. She realized $25,000, all of which was sent to the Ked Cross society, and .-still some letters continue to come although tv9i"i tried Hrd to breik the chin H P0RT0 RICO GIVING TROUBLE. .The general impression was, that on soldiers in Porto Eico were hav ing a sort of pic-nic. Attention has been so much fixed upon the Philip pines and Cuba that Porto Rico was lost sight of and as there was Jio open trouble there but very little was said or thought about it, but it seems that the Porto Ricans are be coming saucy and are showing a disposition to be troublesome. They welcomed the Americans when the coming of the Americans brought with it release from Span ish; dominion, but now that the Spaniard is out they . would like to have the American out, too, and instead of . showing gratitude for their "deliverance from Spain they are showing their appreciation by annoying their deliverers as much as they dare. When we get down to the bottom, none of these island races like the Americans much better, if any at all, tnan xney ao tne (Spaniards, as a matter of f act barring the memory of-oppression by the Spanish Gov ernment, they like the Spaniard bet ter han they do the American, for they are more akin to the Spaniard and have more of his- ways of doing and thinking, and this may possibly be more the! case in Porto Rico 'than in Cuba, or in the Philippines, be cause there was less friction and ess conflict there between the na tives and the Spaniards than there was in the others. Of course we can manage Porto Rico, and possi bly without much force, but it isn't going to be a parlor sociable. THE SEPARATE CAR LAW. As the travelling public, is inter ested in the separate car aw which passed the Legislature we give -it herewith as we find it published in the Raleigh Ifews and Observer. It does not go into effect until the first of June: Section 1. That the railway and steamboat companies, as common car riers ia the transportation of passeng ers for nire m INortn (Jarolina, otner than street railways, shall provide sep- erate but equal accommodations for the white and colored races on all pas senger trains and steamboats carrying passengers. Such accommodations may be furnished by railway companies either by separate pas senger cars, or by compartments in passenger cars, which shall be pro vided by the railways under the super vision and direction of the Board of Railway Commissioners or the officers succeeding to their powers: Provided, that this shall not apply to relief trains in cases of accident, to Pullman or sleeping cars, or through express trains that domot stop at all stations, and are not used ordinarily for traveling from station to station ; to negro servants in attendance on' their employers; to officers- or guards - transporting pris oners, nor to prisoners so transported. "Section 2. The Railway Commis sioners, or the omcers Succeeding to their powers, are hereby authorized to exempt from the provisions of this act branch lines and narrow gauge rail ways, if in their judgment the en forcement of this act be unnecessary to secure tne comfort of passengers, by reason of the light volume of pas senger traffic or the small number of J ! .1 negro passengers travelling on sucn narrow gauge or branch lines. "beckon 3. That whoa any coacn, or compartment of a car, for either race, shall be completely tolled at a station where no extra coach or car can be had, and the increased number of passengers cannot be foreseen the con ductor in charge of such train is hereby authorized to assign and set apart a portion of a car, or compartment, as signed for passengers of the race to passengers of the other race, i section 4. . Tnat all railway com panies snail f urmsn nrst and second lass passenger accommodations. "Section 5. That any railway com- A i 1 1 At puny ituiing tu comply m guuu lium witn tne provisions or tms act snail be liable to a penalty of $100 per. day, to be recovered in any action brought against such company by the Railway commissioners or tne omcers succeed ing to their powers, in the county of Wake, and covered into the State treasury." ' : There is a .law suit en in an In diana town for the possession of an $8 clock which has already cost $8,000, and" the racket is still on. They had better call time on that before" it rivals the celebrated Iowa caif case and the contestants have a bigger stock of. experience to hand down to their posterity. Mr. Herbert W. Smithv a cashier in New York, got along pretty well as long as he was satisfied with one wife and one establishment, .but when he expanded until he had three of each he overcropped himself and got away, havingpreviously got away with thirty thousand dollars of his employer's money The k's take up more space than any other letter in the , delinquent tax lists in Hawaii. The Quays also take up a great deal of space in the Pennsylvania newspapers, not as olelinauent tax-payers,, but as de linquents on general principles. A Dover, Delaware, man who saw his little boys with their bows and arrows playing shooting Filipinos, joined them with his gun and got so warmed np that he shot the nose off one of his boys. Now he knows how easy it is to be a fool. , ' - Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, puts more I's in his speeches than his potatoes have 7eyes. He evidently doesn't oonsider himself f a s small . .... ...... . .. r' potato. " WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, MARCH 17,, 1899. PREPARING TO MEET HERE Annual Convention of Association of Rail way Telegraph Superintendents Con venes in Wilmington May 17th. Mr. W. F. Williams, superintendent of telecrraDh for the Seaboard Air T.inn WTmTSE graph Superintendents, (a national organization), a circular letter giving detailed arrangements made for hold ing the 1899 session of the association in "Wilmington on May 17th. i It will be remembered fhat at the January session of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce CapL T. Dx Meares an nounced the purpose of the associa tion to visit this city and Mr. Geo. R. French, Mr. A. B. Skelding and Capt. J. W. Harper were appointed 'a com mittee on special entertainment , - About 150 representative men from all parts of the United States will be in attendance and it is understood that .trips to "WghtsffieBeach and Carolina Beach and a drive down the shell road will be features of their en tertainment. They will be here two or three days, with headquarters at The Orton. - The following extract from Mr. Wil liams' letter to Association . members will be of interest, to-wit : "At our last meeting at Omaha, by consent of my Vice President and General Manager, Mr. ,E. St. John, you were invited to nold your next session in the city of Wilmington, N. C, May 17th, 1899, and as the pleasure of the occasion will be so much en hanced by making as much of the trip as possible in a body, it is desired and urged that all members so arrange their transportation as to meet in Nor folk, va.. Monday. May 15th. Monti- cello Hotel, where special rates will obtain. During the evening our Vice President will be pleased to receive informally at his residence the party, to many of whom he is already well known. "From Norfolk we propose to han dle the body by special movement, the train leaving Portsmouth on the 16th at 10.00 A. M. arriving at Wilmington about 9.30 if. M. The return move ment at the pleasure of the Associa tion." WILMINGTON SAVINGS BANK. Splendid Showing of Last Year's Business Made at Stockholders' Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Co. was held at noon yes terday. There was a large representa tion of stock and the annual report of the president showed a very gratify ing increase of business, the gain in deposits being $122,016100 and the net profits during the year was sixteen and forty-seyen one hundreths per cent. -':!." The following Board of Directors was elected: Mr. i. waiters, Mr. Jas. S. Worth,, Mr. N. B. Rankin, Capt. Donald MacRae, Mr. W. A. Riach," Major Pan O'Connor, Mr. Geo. R. French, Mr. H. L. ' Vollers and Mr- J, W. Norwood. At the meeting of the Directors held immediately after the adjournment of the stockholders' meeting, the old officers were re-elected as follows: President Mr. J. W. Norwood. Vice President Mr. Harry Walters. Secretary and Treasurer Mr. Geo. Sloan. Lively Chase for Chicken Thief. - JNatnan napkins, colored, was placed in the guard house last night for the larceny of a chicken from Mr. S. W. Sanders, proprietor of the "Un lucky Corner" store. Hankins is a middle-aged negro and last night Mr. Sanders noticed him loitering around the front of his store and his suspicions were aroused by. his queer actions. v ery soon, wnue about . nis duties in the store, he observed a commotion about his chicken coops, which' were in front of the building, and coming to the door, he was just in time to see Hankins fleeing up Market street with one of his fowls. Mr. Sanders and a number of by standers gave chase and caught the thief near the intersection of Market with Third street and turn ed him over to the police authorities. He will be tried in the Mayor's Court to-morrow. Bound for Manila. . The A. C. L; train which arrived here at 5. B0 P. M.- yesterday from Nor folk brought a company of eighty-six United States marines as far as Rocky 'Mount. They were en 7 route to San Francisco under orders to sail for Manila for the - purpose of manning the three gunboats wnicn were cap tured from -the Spaniards in Manila bay during the late war. A large per cent, of the company were petty offi cers. They were travelling in two Pullman cars. - Compensation for Record Building." Messrs. H. C. McQueen and B. F. Hall have succeeded in raising $690 by voluntary subscriptions from the business men of Wilmington to com pensate the several negro lodges which owned the Record building that was accidentally burned Nov. 10 th, when the Daily Record plant was destroyed by the citizens of Wilmington, the people having had no intention to de stroy any save the Record office prop erty. The money has been paid to J. A. Yass, colored, representing the lodges. .- The Senatorial deadlock in the Nebraska Legislature , has been broken. It isn't stated how much it cost to smash it.. - r - Boston is . going on a .microbe hunt. That's a small business for Boston. . . , ' j A Chicago policeman has killed a burglar. He shot at a dog. The Year 1899 Will Doubtless be a Record-Breaker in Build ing Circles. an authoritative estimate Extensive Work Now in Progress Other Buildings in ' Contemplation Bear . ' Bros.' Plans The Solomon , BIock-The French Store. A gentleman whose intimacy with- the building interests of Wilmington makes him an especially high author ity, told a Stab reporter yesterday that more money would be expended in the erection of new buildings in this city during this Spring and Summer than during any corresponding period inany years. Cjuite a number of contracts have already been let and the work is well under way: plans for . others are in the Lands of the contractors for bids, and the several architects of the city are busy preparing designs and speci fications for many others, which will be built as the season advances. The gentleman referred to said that the total cost of buildings, of his own knowledge, in course of 'construction in various parts of the city is $84,400, and this does not include very many tenements and other buildings. Yesterday the Stab announced that plans would be ready to day for esti mates for the erection of a large two story building by Messrs. Morris Bear & Bros., corner of Princess and Second. Architect McMillen completed the specifications yesterday and the con tract will be awarded verysoon. It will be two stories, fronting 42 feet on Princess street and 68 feet ion Second street. The Princess street front will be of pressed brick with brownstone trimmings. There will be 'fwo store rooms on the first floor. Last night Mr. Zachary, of the firm of Zachary "& Zachary, Raleigh, ar rived in the city to look after his in terests as a bidder for the contract to erect the splendid new building for Messrs. S. & B. Solomon, extensive wholesale and retail merchants, the contract for the erection of which will be awarded to day. Among the other bidders are W. P. Rose, Raleigh; D. Gatez & Co., L. H. Vollers, T. Pressen and J. E. Moore, the latter of Colum bia, S. C. ! The cost of the building will be $10,- 000. The plans were drawn by Archi tect H. E. Bonitz and the -site is on Front street between Market street and Burric BaileyTs alley. Yesterday salesmen in the S. & B. Solomon establishment were busy moving goods from a wing of their present corner building, so that that section of it can be torn away to give place to the new structure. The fact is, as soon as the new building is com pleted the three story store building on the corner of Market and Front streets, will be remodelled and greatly beauti fied. The contract to be awarded to day is for a three-story building front ing 53 feet on Market street, and run ning back 55 feet on Burr & Bailey's al ley. ' The front is to be of pressed brick, with handsomely designed metal corni ces and plate glass windows and street floor fronts: The work is to com mence pn the 20th inst, and the build ing is to be ready for occupancy by Julylsr As previously announced, the work of tearingaway the two-story building, corner Front and Princess, recently occupied by I. H. Weil & Co.,prepar atory foc the erection of s handsome three-story store and office building, by Messrs. Geo, R. Fijench & Sons, will begin next week and the contract for the new building will be awarded at once with the stipulation that it shall be ready for occupancy by the early Fall. Mr. Gatez, the contractor for the erection of the new Masonic Temple, is expected here within the next few days to begin the work of construc tion. It is expected that Mr. Gatez will bring few workmen . with- him from Knoxville, his purpose being to employ a large per cent, of local labor. SOLDIER INJURED. Private Holmes Struck With a Bottle by r Private Foster at Fort Caswell. i - . Special Star Telegram.' Southpobt, N. C, March 9. Last night in a' drunken brawl at the can teen at Fort Caswell, private Duncan S. Holmes was struck with such vio lence on the forehead with a beer bottle by private Foster that his skull was fractured.' Dr. Archer, post sur geon, has given Holmes careful atten tion and hopes to bring him through,' although he has been uneonscious-most of the day. Mr. J. D. Southerland Dead. Mrs. J. J. Kelly went to Kenans- ville yesterday in .response to a tele gram announcing the death of her father, Mr. J. D. Southerland, which occurred yesterday , forenoon. The deceased was quite a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Kenans ville and Duplin county, he having served terms as clerk of the Superior Court and filled other offices of trust. He was about 63 years of age. Mrs. Kelly is expected to return to the city to-morrow. - Ed Wilson, colored,- yester day completed a thirty days'' sen tence im the guard house for disor derly conduct and was turned over to the county authorities ana placed in jail on a warrant' charging him with assault with a deadly weapon. TAR Young Men's Christian Associations of North Carolina Officer Elected.' Interesting Proceedings. 1 ; ISpecial Star Telegram. ' : Durham, N. C.,' March! 10. The temporary organization of the twenty- third convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North Caro lina was completed at 10 o'clock this morning under the direction of Mr,. H. O. Williams, international secre tary, and W. M. Lewis, State, secre tary, by electing the following of ficers: . .. i ' President, Av G. Brenizer, Char-' lotte ; first Vice ' President, , Dur ham;, second Vice -President, J. Z. Eure, Wake Forest;-, third Vice Presi dent, J. W. Kennedy, Gastonia; Sec retary, L. T. Jackman, Davidson Med ical College ; Assistant " Secretary, S. A., Stewart, Trinity Colleee.! A. very interesting discussion was th6n taken up by Secretary A. G. Knebel, Charleston, S. C, on Bible study, i j . . One of the most interesting features of the morning service was that con ducted by Secretary Frank Mahan, of Durham, N. C, on the questions: Does the Young Men's Christian As sociation reach the young men of North Carolina? How can it reach a greater number ? What are ome of the peculiar difficulties? How may they be overcome? What are the great needs?" In the discussion a great num ber of delegates took part, i The dele gation, from Wilmington were heard from very prominently - in4his-discus sion. i Friday evening was taken up by Bible study, conducted by General Secretary Knebel,. the first half hour. The remainder of the' afternoon was perhaps the most interesting part of the programme. The army i and navy work was discussed by those who were there. The following took part: A. G. Knebel General Secretary, Charles ton, S. C. ; Frank Mahan, General Secretary, N. C. ; Mr. Nanborn, Gen eral Secretary, Asheville, N. C. : Howard Caldwell, General iSecretary Wilmington, N. C. ; Julian L. Smith, Charleston, S. C. I At to-night's session Prof. Geo. C. Hanna,' chairman State Committee, made a very interesting report of the work being done in the State, after which there were two very interesting addresses delivered on college work by Rev. A. T. Graham, of Davidson, and International Secretary- W. T. Satthews. Both of these addresses were -very much enjoyed,; and as an, evidence of the good they did, one dele gate, immediately on the close of the session, gave one hundred dollars for association work in the colleges in North Carolina. The convention will I continue through to-morrow and j will close Sunday with religious services in Trinity church. j THE TIMBER INTERESTS. Improved Conditions in Lumber Market Have Stimulated Prices and Dealers Are Doing ProfitablexBttslness. Timber inspectors and lumber deal ers have been very busily engaged for the past week in handling the un; usually larsre number of timber rafts that have been brought t down the river by up-country cutters. Mr. H. McL. Green, one of the lead inar inspectors, yesterday i stated that timber of all grades was selling off as fast as it arrived at good paying prices. Common mill, he says, is bringing from $5 to $6.50; fair mill $6.50 to $8.00: prime mill $3.50 to $10 and extra at $10 to $10.50. i There is an improved tone to con ditions and the demand is much better than for some time past, i During; the past six weeks five schooners, carrying more ! than a mil lion feet of lumber, have cleared for foreign ports, and seven schooners, carrying over a million and a half feet, have cleared with cargoes; for domes tic trade. Besides these, j large ship ments have been made via the Clyde Steamship Line, and seven schooners and barques are now in the harbor, loading for other ports. A comparison with the record, for the corresponding period last year shows that ' the ship ments this year are fully twenty-five per cent, erreatex-than those of the same weeks in 1898. ' I Severe weather and the disappoint' ing condition of the market during the cutting season has shortened the re ceipts of- timber to soma extent for January and February, but during the present month, with the stimulation in prices ancforfger demand, it is expected that many million feet will be brought down the river and the mills well stocked for future demands. Drowned in the Cape Fear. I Mr. E. S. Pedman fell overboard from the steamer Hurt about 9 o'clock last nis-ht and was drowned. The accident occurred about a mile above Navassa. Every effort was made to'recover the body, but to no avail. Further effort to this end will be made to-day. Mr. Pedman's home was at Garretts, Va., and he was on his way up the Cape Fear to the plant of the Cape Fear Lumber Company, near Elizabeth town, where he was going as an em ploye of the company. The steamer tied up at the Navassa Guano Works last night and will not' resume her trip up the river until the accident is officially reported and investigated. Mr. W. A. Spencer's little son, Marion, fell, and broke hisv left arm, while playing yesterday in the yard at his parents' residence. North Fourth street. 22" I Y.M.C. A. ASSOCIATIONS. The Convention all Durham Reception at Trinity College Addresses at the Nigbt Session. ' -.-''. . i - ''' :'v--.'" - . . . -K-,- Special Star Telegram. Durham, N. a, March 11. To-day's work of the convention of the Y. M. C. A. was very i interesting and in structive. The, moraine service was devoted to the State work and was conducted by Mr. H. 'O. Williams. Then Rev. A. T. Graham, of David son, conducted an intensely interest ing BiblB'gtudy, which will do much to advance Bible work in the associa tions. This was followed by a college conference, conducted by the Interna tional College Secretary, W. K. Mat thews. Emphasiais being laid on the college work, and it is thought to be one of the most important works just now. The discussion involved the problems and difficulties of Association work for college men. Perhaps the most enjoyable part of the day was the "social evening." The delegates formed in line and marched to Trinity College, where the visitors were heartily received, ' and the doors of all the departments were thrown open. After being shown through different places of interest, the delegates were seated in tbe par lors, where refreshments were served. After en joying several hours of such hospitality the party was led to the conservatory of music, where they en joyed a special programme, arranged especially for the enertainment of the delegates of the Young Men's Christian Association. i The night session was devoted prin cipally to an address by Rev.Mr. Wynn, of Charlotte, who spoke on lines of the work wnicn broadened tne ideas of a great many on Association work. This was followed by - a very interesting address by Prof.! Ham mill, of the In ternational Sunday School Association, Mr. Hammill's address was intensely interesting, tie said: "Fifty years ago the Church, through the Associa tion, discovered the Young Man. I met two years ago Siiv George Wil Hams, knighted by Queen Victoria for this discovery, and its result in the establishment of the wonderful work of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion. Since then the Church has never refused a call made by its young men, and now it calls. for the young manhood of North Carolina to pay her back by effort in reaching men for Christ, and developing in them the highest type of manhood. Mr. Hammill ihas travelled in al most all parts of the world, and was once connected with Y. M. C. A. work. Hd was i present in London when Mr: Geo. Williams, the father the Young Men's .Christian Asso ciation, was knighted. by Qufepu Vic toria. . i- , me convention seems to be ten in Durham, and all the delegates are very enthusiastic; and are gathering much good from the convention meet ings and discussions. There is every evidence that the next annual con vention will be held in Wilmington. FORMAL I TRANSFER. Major Lucas Now Engineer in Charge, of Wilmington District Engineering De partment Vice Capt. Craighill. , The formal transfer of the office and work of the Wilmington t District, United States Engineerings Depart ment, from Capt W. E. Craighill to Major E. W. Van Court Lucas was made yesterday, i Stab readers are aware that Major Lucas arrived here early last week and has since been fa miliarizing himself with the work in the district, especially the - Fort Caswell improvements and. the river channel dredging. . Capt Craighill will leave Wilming ton within thei next few days' for Washington, toi which place he has been transferred as assistant engineer to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. I As heretofore! announced Major Lucas is a former Wilmingtonian and a host of friends and relatives wel come him and his accomplished wife to the city. On the other hand, Cap tain and Mrs. Craighill have formed a wide circle of admiring friends dur ing their residence here, who will part with them with much regret No Arrests Were Made. Considerable excitement was created about the streets about 11 o'clock last night by the report that there was seri ous trouble in the freight yards of the Atlantic Coast Line, officers having been hurriedly telephoned for to" the City Hall by Tardmaster McAllister. A Stab reporter; accompanied by two police officers, was the first to reach the scene. The trouble seems to have been that a squad of thirty or, forty negroes in passing through the yard toward Dross Neck were casting stones and other missies promiscuously about the yard, striking cars, etc, and bid- diner defiance to Mr. McAllister and others at work about the yard. How ever, when thet officers reached the scene the negroes had all dispersed. No arrests were made. News was received in this city yesterday of the' death of Mr. John A. Weeks, a well-to-do merchant and farmer of Cedar Point Carteret county. Mr. Weeks had many friends in Wilmington. i vThree daughters and a son survive him. His wife died some three or four years ago. He was a de voted member of the Methodist Church, Prof. Hugh Long was a wel come caller at the Stab office jester day. He was returning to Jus home in Southport after an absence of sev eral months. s TO PAY CUBAN Three Million Dollars li Qoldrntcf-Silve Shipped from New York en the Steamer Meade .for Havana. By Telegraph to the Morning star. . New York, March 11, The U. S. ransPort Meade sailed to-day for Ha- M. She has on board the $3,000,000 provided by the United States! govern ment to pay Cuban troops. Of the total amount, "half is ingold and half in silver.' The weitrht of tne metal is forty-eight tons. Much -interest centered in the .re moval of the treasure from the sub treasury. A large crowd gathered and watched -the proceedings. Captain ' Hill, of the Quartermaster's depart- ment, had charge of the detachment of soldiers from the forts in this neigh borhood. There were about fifty men, each with a Krag Jorgensen and a full belt of cartridges. They - formed in line at the Treasury building and the boxes of . ' coins were passed out be-' tween them. Half a dozen ordinary trucks were in readiness in the street, and men dragged out the money on . small hand trucks to the Pine street entrance of the building. Half the money was in iron safes, about a foot and a half high and weighing about a hundred pounds each. All the money was got on the trucks -.and eight men boarded each one. -They stood on the . safes or casks, holding their rifles, and the trucks were then driven ' through Broad street. . - I . - The treasure was taken to Pier 3, East river, - where General Meigsof the government service, wasi in wait ing to receive it. -The soldiers again formed in line and a dozen policemen stood at tne gang-plank while tne money was being placed aboard the Meigs. There were over a hundred casks and safes in all. i ' The Meiers steamed over to Brook lyn, where, at Pier 12, the coin was placed on the Meade. ' ; Paymaster General Carey accom panied by Major Rogers, of the Pay master's office, will have charge of the money and will turn the, coin over to General Brooke, who will 1 supervise its .payment to the Cuban! soldiers. ' i 1 CURRENT COMMENT. Indiana is hereafter coiner to prosecute vote-sellers instead of vote-, buyers. That will be goodjnews to the politicians who want! to buy votes, and if they can make their business common enough to secure juries oi the same profession. JSew York Tribune, Hep. 'f It is certainly in bad taste, at least, for adopted citizens, as such, to hold meetings for the f ulmination of prospects against any . proposed line of foreign policy. If ithey are. a . . . t . i 1 1 . . j i . .. i. Americans let mem protest as sucn. If they' are foreigners, in whole or in part, they have no business to medt die.: Uhattanooga Times, SPem. The cause of liberty has taken rapid strides. In ,1782 the rapid strides. Continental troops had to Ibe satis fied with freedom alone, I notwith standing that they fought jor it. In lyy the Cubans get their liberty and a bonus of $3,000,000 without having done anything but get in our way. Jrhiiadelpliia JXqrtn-Ameri can, Rep. J The country does not care whether the beef was "embalmed" in the literal sense of thei word, or not. What the country wishes to know is whether rotten" beef was Berved to the army, andj if it was,. wno snouia oe neia respansioie ior ltr it does not seem that of the beef commission to jthe West ern packing house -will do a great deal toward the settling 1 of those questions. Savannah News, Dem. .TWINKLINGS;) White House Flunkvl ffSorrv. but you can't see the President. He is behind the screen changing his mind. "Well, anyhow," said an old man who was trudging through the snow on Tuesday. "I dontt have to dodge bicycles. New .YortyTribune. Mr. Gaawell "Pittsburg is to 1 have filtered water, I .see."-l-Mr. Du kane "We should also have filtered air." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Now," said Bunker,! 'I can once more face the worlds an honest man.- The last of my debts is out lawed." Philadelphia North Ameri can. I .. "Sir." said .the merchant, "I am hungry," "SdTim I," replied the ap proached. "We are all more or less so during Lent." Philadelphia North American. - u Locating the Trouble: Hus-v band "Why are you so angry at the doctor?" Wife "When I told him I had a terrible tired feeling, jhe told me to show him my towu.e."4-Brooklyn JUje. . .. Mrs. Tipple"! didn't hear you Mr. ou when you came in last night." Tipple "No, and I suppose that is why I . didn't hear yo.fi." Town Topics. - - i "I wonder how that resignation rumor started," said the friend, "That I jn't the question, '? answered the -( I cial; "what I want to know is hew the -om- we are going to stop it" Washington. Star. v. Not a Serious Case: Doctor "The patient is beset with the idea that ine lanu as iur as no can see - ueiuuB - to him.'! Judge-iVI wouldn't call that insanity. It is merelylincipient politi eal ambition." Philadelphia North American. r J l -I -a'-, 1 1 1 ' Lincoln Journal: tThe pros pects for this year's fruit crop are de cidedly gloomy. CaptLR Self re ports that he made a thorough exami- nation Jof his orchard and found that 90 per cent of the peaches wers killed in the bud and a large perj centage of the apples and pears in the same con-: dition. Mr. R. H. Ballare reports that in Catawba Springs township about three-fifths of the fruit has been killed in the bud and that what is left has a mighty poor show of escaping frost -Mr. J. CL Budisill says that the same is true in Ironton township!.. About all . the peaches in North Brooke and Howard's Creek township are reported killed in the bud. Dave Huff- stetler, the young white man of Cleve land county, who was arrested last week-with two negroes and jailed on a charsre of stealing about I $60 from O. V. Hauss, of this county, was re leased last Thursday, evening on Dona. Miss Hattie Stuart, or Fancy, uwre veland county, came down and mort gaged her land to secure his release. She stated that she and Huffstetler , were engaged to be married, and it is understood that the ceremony " took place that night in Cleveland county. Newton Enterprise: 'lt. Will 1 Sigman who was so severely shot ; while returning from jpiewton on jlubs- day of the first week of court, died-- Monday morning, mareni out.: xue large artery of his arm Was laid bare.' This broke Monday morning and he soon died from the loss of blood. SOLDIERS. 'I . i - c - - t x -