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2 v i l ii I a at a ; . b s b" n. a b o " - " . Xditot ud Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N. C. S Friday, -, March 17, 1899. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. ; The following dispatch showing the wealth of the United States, as . compared with other . countriesM -' comer from Washington to the"New .. York' Sun: ' : "..!... ' ' "The statistical table of the wealth of nations is a familiar one among the treasury officials of various countries. According to the estimates of Mulhall, published in 1892, the weulth of nations was as follows for the chief countries, for lands, farm utensils, bullion, cat tle, houses, furniture; railroads, ship nine, merchandise and sundries: -.- United States. ....... .165,000,000,000 United Kingdom France.. ....... Germany. ...... Russia. ......... Austria....;.; Italy............ Spain........... 47,000,000,000 42,600,000,000 32,000,000,000 25,000,000,000 19,000,000,000 14,500,000,000 13,500.000,000 9,500,000,000 Australia Belgium 0 I- ; . 5,ooe,ooo,ooo , . 4,900,000,000 . . 4,900,000,000 heretofore been Holland.:..........". Canada.; "Great Britain had regarded as the wealthiest country in the world, owning half the ships, more than a quarter of the : railroad proper ties and having a capitalized wealth at home of $50,000,000,000. And, in re spect to the average wealth per capita, England has been entitled to that dis tinction, the figures being as follows: United Kingdom .... .Ii ... .. . $1,200 Denmark. 1,150 France . (... ....... Holland. . ....... United States . 1,120 1,080 1,050 "The Federal census of 1900 is to . be a record-breakiag one, according tq all present indications. By the Federal census of 1890 the aggregate material wealth of the United States, compared with the wealth of Great Britain, was less in ships and merchandise, but ex ceeded in . many other items. The real estate of this 'country was then valued at $39,000,000,000, the live stock at $2,000,000,000, the railroads r at $8,000,000,000, 'manufactories and -their contents at $3,000,000,000, mines " and quarries $1,000,000,000, and gold . and silver coin $1,200,000,000. "If the present rate of increase is maintained, the total accumulated wealth of the United States . will pre ' sent, by the census of 1900, -not far from $110,000,000,000, or more than double that of Great Britain. In I860, .the wealth of -the United States was estimated at $20,000,000,000; in 1870, v at $25,000,000,000 ; in 1880, at $45,000, 000,000, and in 1890, as stated, at $65, 000,000,000. The enormous apprecia tion of American products since then, the vast expansion of trade, the ad dition of new territory, all observant S arsons agree, will put the United tates far ahead of any other country in respect tq, material wealth. This is a remarkable growth in ' wealth for this country and it is also suggestive. It is true that we have, added immensely to the territory we originally owned, and it is also true that in this new territory is now , found bur richest domain as far as natural products are concerned, but ,-,-' our increase has not been -due so much to the acquisition of new ter J ritory as it has been to the energy " and the genius-that developed this new territory and brought it within , the pale of civilization and industry. As an illustration of this the writer of this article very well remembers the time when there was not a mile of iron rait West of the Mississippi and when all that vast region be tween Missouri , and the -Rocky . Mountains was a wilderness where the Indian roamed and only the white fur trader or hunter ventured.. The big immigration of 1846 to '50 brought thousands of families to the States-along the Upper Mis sissippi, to seek homes and this im ? migration has continued -to come in greater or lesser jyolume ever since. Thus millions of people ' have come to our a unpopulated- territory and they and -their descendants have, "with the natives from the older States, made flourishing States where the wilderness was. The building of the Pacific railway, crossing the continent and linking our Atlantic and Pacific States, re moved the obstacle . to the settle ment of the remote territory, which soon became the home of millions of people, and thus the development went on with rapid, strides and we were becoming richer daily and scarcely noticed it. . Of course wealth increases very rapidly when the valuations of land : bound np from a nominal price per, acre to five, ten ortwenty dollars per acre, and when oities spring up and the land becomes valued at more per foot than the farming lands are per acre. . We have had, this advantage . over the other nations . of the world. We took their surplus population to , build op our waste-places and people the unpopulated sections, to make farms and build towns and cities, wnHe they took from ;dne part lheix f . domain to build up and develop their acquisitions. If they colonized they had to' draw from' their own r ,- population to furnish the -colonies, andTthns what they 'gained in one ' way they lost in another. We colo nized, so . to speak, our own ter - - ritory and found the material for , it in the over-crowded countries of the old world. Our increase of pop ulation in a little over ta century from 8,000,000 to 70,000,000 or more ' is proof of the drain that we have .made . on those countries. Taking this new of we are not entitled to - , , any special credit for outstripping the - older countries I in becoming wealthy for we could not. have well had it otherwise if we would."" But this is jiot the only reason of our rapidly increasing wealth, ' for . the i Americans Vjnore than "any ' - ' other people in the 'world have the -r-geniufl for creating wealth. They can get -more out of the earth and - s , more out of the water and the air thai any ' other .' people nnder the sun'; and get it quicker. ' While other "people plod"along and do things in their old fashioned way, ana cmnK mey are aoing reiunrn. ably well, American genius, which has not the, patience to plod, in ventssomethitfg which 'will do in a day many timeBvas much as the'old j fashion fellow would do when doing his best, and do 'it oewer. x ne , American make&vsteam, electricity, air do his workfor ; him and har nesses them to machinery which is the marvel of the world. And thus the productive capacity of ; ; the American becomes multiplied many times and the -crude .materials that ... nature ;, supplies are rap idly converted - into such finished forms as the world needs and their value is multiplied many times, and all this adds to the volume of our national wealth. There is no coun try in the world which : has' within the past half century so equipped itself with machinery for the rapid conversion of !' raw. materials intd other and more Valuable forms than this, and the result is that this , is rapidly becoming the great work shop of the world, r And; yet with' all this wonderful progress there are people who are not content but must reach Across the oceans to ap propriate territory which will make us poorer instead of richer. ; . , 7 S0TJEIHG ON SEED. There are a good many Republi cans, especially in the West, who have soured on Hon. Thomas Brack ell Reed, since he has. so stubbornly refused to permit himself, to be whipped in to approving and sup porting the administration- policies, growing out of the war with Spain. A good many of them .would like to see him disciplined, and taken down a notch or two, to make him more pliant and ruly, and it is said they are planning to beat him for the Speakership Of the next House of Representatives. It is further said that the administration is co-operating in this, and will throw its in fluence for Mr. 'Sherman, of New York, or Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, both of whom are aspirants for that position. Reed hasn't made any. pretence of concealing his antipathy to much of the . administration programme, nor his contempt for some of the statesmen who are most active and conspicuous in supporting it. The fact is Tom Beed has an idea that he is a bigger man than any of them, and that he could run the Presi dency a good deal better than Mr. McKinley, without calling on Mark Hanna for any advice or assistance. That's Tom Heed's opinion whether others agree with him or not, and. that is why he occasionally indulges in sarcastic flings that show the trend of his thoughts. . -' But they will have a lively time when they begin to spar with Tom, who , is a 'heavy-weight, quite spry, and ' a famous hard-hitter. They may knock him out, but if they do he wiU give them trouble when he is down. Speaking of Tom's capacity to worry folks, the Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Times says : . ".. ' "If McKinlev makes Tom Beed a disturber of the peace, he will regret it, for Reed can make more trouble on the floor of the House than any aggre gation of ten other Representatives. And the more disturbance there may be, the happier Reed will be during the political melee.". With a war in the Philippines, and a racket with Tom Beed simnltane ouply the adminstration would have its hands full sure enough. It hard, therefore, better close up the Philip pine business before it tackles the heavy weight from Maine, " Miss Ruby Gardener, a Texas girl was bo taken with .Mr. Bryan that she asked him if he wouldn't kiss her. I He politely informed her that he "wasn't Hobson." But she didn't need any assurance of that. And Ruby forgot that Mr. Bryan is a married man. " John D. RockfeHer says he got rich by never investing in any scheme 'unless heTwas sure it would pay. He wouldn't bet on a horse race .unless he had a dead sure thing. When a fellow gets to be worth two :: or three hundred mil lions it isn't necessary for him to take many chances. . The Chicago Times-Herald says, 'on the authority of a member of the board," that the Court of In quiry will report thi ,tthe charges -of General Miles as ii bad beef are unfounded.:; That will , be a confounded-whitewash, but not alto gether unexpected. ' . Ex-Gov. Hogg, of-Texas, pre sented a, claim v front' for $10,000 commissions for collecting $101,000 due by the Federal Government to the State. '.: The State ' Senate re garded, it as a hoggish business and sat doftn on it by a vote of 22 to 4. ; The war fever hasn't entirely cooled in this country. There are 20,000 applicants for second lieuten ants in ' the reorganized army and about 19,900 of them will have to take something else. V; . ; It is said that Russia backed down when she ran up against. England in China." But it may be incidentally remarked, that it will not take Russyf long to get her back up when the opportune time comes '..S'-r-t ; r Rus;3 has now about 25,000 Jniles of.railway, with 7,000 more: under FOSTER 0. To Make Material Inprovemenfs la Their Factory Officers Elected at Aa-' V SfV ; 'aoal Meetinf Held. Tuesday. . 'Decided improvements are to be made in the equipment of the Fore & Foster Co's. planing mill and sash door andt blind factory in the near future. The company; held their an nual'meeting recently and one of the principal features - of the business transacted was an order, adopted in structing the Board of Directors to en large the factory by the erection of an annex 3Qx 100 feet and purchase two new machines one imprqved chain mortiser and one double-headed ten enter. These improvements are to be made without delay. , The -annual meeting ;wasfheld oa Tuesday. Stock was represented in .. person : by CoL F. W. Foster, Mr. H. A. De Cover and Mr. V. W. Wharton and other stock by Frank McNeill, Esq., as proxy. The following officers were elected. President and General Manager Coh F. W. Foster. , 'l.- w . ' . Secretary and Treasurer Mr. TT, A. De Cover, . v' ( ' , Auditor Mr. Henry Moore. ; . . Directors Col. F. ; W. Foster and Mr. H. A. De Coyer. ; " . ; . It will be of interest, to note also in this connection that Mr. I George Zeigler, who has in the past served so acceptably as foreman of the works, has been reappointed to : that respon sible position, and Mr. J. W. Barnes, Jr., continues with the company as iollector. ' . " The Stab is glad to note the con tinued and deserved prosperity of the Fore & Foster Company, which was abundantly evidenced by the annual reports of officials as submitted to the annual meeting, and as further evi denced by the material improvements soon to be made j; : . ; In another column the company ad vertises for hard woods, seasoned or green, which they desire to buy in large or small quantities. CAPT. W. E. CRAIQHILL OFF FOR WASHINGTON. Officials of WUmlogtoo's Commercial Or ganizations Commend Work Done During His Administration: Capt W. E. Craighill, for the past two years engineer in charge of the Wilmington District, United States Engineering Department, left last night for Washington, where he goes to become senior assistant engineer to the Oommisidners of the District of Columbia. Stab readers will remem ber that on last Saturday Major E. W. Yan Court Iiucas . succeeded Capt Craighill as' engineer in charge of this district. V 7 The following splendid and highly merited testimonial to the -worth and excellent work of Capt. Craighill dur ing his administration as engineer in charge of the . Wilmington District was presented to him yesterday, to-wit: Wilmih'GTOW, N. C, March 13, 1899. Capt W. E. Craiahill, Corps U. S. Engineers, Wilmington, N. C: DEAR SIR: We the undaraiVnMl. representatives of commercial inter. ests in the port and city of Wilming ton, desire to convey to you,upon the oyoui jruur uepiufcure i rum Wilming ton, under orders, to a responsible posi tion in Washington, a cordial expres sion of our hiirh nnnrw5ntir-n - rf innn most acceptable and effective engi neer wora: on our uape h esur river and bar, and of your rapid and skilful construction of the defences at Fort CaswelL which should atai w onn. ciaied with your honored name. We arerprouu or your record as a soldier ana a genueman ana our best wishes go with you to your" new post where, we trust, your superior qualifications may be duly recognized and rewarded. . Yours, faithfully,' .. Walkeb Taylor, First Vice PresidentChamber of Com- merce, H. G. SXALLBONKS, President Produce Exchange. , W. 5A. Johnson, President Merchants' Association, Jaocs Spbunt, President , Champion Compress and Warehouse Co., , W. a. Elliott, President Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Co., - " ; Thomas Evans, Chairman Board of Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage, J. R. Kbnlt, -General Manager-Atlantic Coast Line CO. ; The SmaBpox Patient v C ;x'r Mr. Louis Warrock, the smallpox patient, who is quarantined at the home of his uncle, Mr. W. S. War- rock, on South Second 'street, is sue cessf ullv passinsr throucrh all stacaa of the disease, and the attending, phy sician trunks he will recover in a short time. The quarantine isTbeing rigidly maintained, day' and night, and.no one is allowed to pass in or out of the house. . No further cases have besn discov ered, by the health authorities, though the utmost diligence is exercised in ferreting out all reports and looking after suspected cases, v ; ? Prominent Onslow Citizen Dead. ' ' Undertaker Walter E. Yonn Yester day shipped by the Newbern ailroad a co tan to Edgecomb. Onslow countv. for the burial of Mr. D. J. Batson. an aged and highly respected citizen re siding near that place, whose death occurred ; early vesterdav mornins' The deceased leaves four children and a host of relatives prominently con nected in. Onslow county. The fun eral will be held this morninsr at 11 o'clock and the interment will " be made in the Tamuy burying ground ucar xus resiuence. j ; Trust those whobtTC tried. I 8UFFEEya from catarrh of the worst kind and never hoped for cure. but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that. Uscar Ostrom, 45 Warren Ave., Chicage, 111. ; w v ; I suffered from catarrh; it got so bad I could not work: I : used Ely's jream uaim ana am entirely well. i Ai O. Clarke. 341 Shawmut - Ave.. Boston.. Mass., .. iV:,- -.v;--.;: . L xuc iruu size: or me ouc..-.size oi Jfliys Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St, N, Y. . .- She "Hamlet is a nlav for all I time." He "Yes, it will never give np iae gnosi.' jrunva. , r - THE FORE AND WADDELt FOR IIAYOR , V Was Nominated by a.Lfge Ma jority atthe Democritfcij : . Primaries; PARMELE CHIEF A0F POLICE Heavf Yote PoUed--Centest8 for -Alder Hrrn Some of, the Wards So Close j That a Second Primary for I r These Wni be' Necessary. pj; Jfl; 7 The Democratic Primaries held yes terday for the nomination; of candi dates for Mayor, Chief of Police, Al dermen and members of the City) Exe cutive Committee resulted in the'hom ination of . Col. A. ' M. TWaddell for Mayor; Capt E. G.;Parmeie for Chief of Police, and Aldermen as follows, . First Ward Spencer and Woolard. - - Second Ward -Springer and West Third Ward Taylor and MacRae. t Fourth Ward Hanby and Worth. Fifth Ward (No choice). , :? The ote for City Executive Com mittee resulted as follows : Messrs. J. T. Kelly and O. M. Fillyaw from First Ward ; no choice in the Second Ward ; Messrs; L, M. LeG win and D. 0. Love from Tbird Ward; Messrs. Iredell Meares and F. A Lord from Fourth Ward, and Messrs. M.' F. DowliDg and Fred Westermari from Fifth Ward. . : ?-?&X?-:? : The election pased off quietly and though ' factional lines were closely drawn, : there was no untoward inci dents during the entire day. "The yote polled fell short of that of the election of November 8th last about 200 ballots. The vote for Aldermen in ihe Second, Third and, Fifth wards was very close and a second primary will be necessary to determine, a choice in the Fifth. - : About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Captf W. P. Oldham withdrew, from the race for Chief of Police in favor of Capt E. G. Parmele, not however, until a number of votes had been cast for his nomination. . ' The vote in detail is as follows: FIRST WARD. Mayor WaddelJ, 281; Stedman, 41; Fowler, 103. 7 : :. Chief of Police Parmele, ; 154 ; Clowe, 191 ;; Barry, 64; Capps, . 11 j Oldham, 5. Aldermen Spencer, 290; WoolardV 282; Maunder, 196; Grant, 19; Craig 38; Ganzer, 22. , . ' Nomidees Spencer and Woolard. City Executive Committee J. D. Kelly, 44; O. M. .Fillyaw, 68; W. A. Wright, 13. ' . . Total votes cast, 425. ; j- SECOND WARD. Mayor Waddell, 278; Stedman, 76; Fowler, 39. - Chief of Police Parmele, 240; Clowe, 103; Barry, 29; Capps, 9; Old ham, 12. - . ; Aldermen Sprunt, 210; Springer, 211; West 226; G. W. Chesnut, 1. Nominees Springtr and-West V;; City Executive Committee J. G. L. Gieschen, 19; W. ET Worth, 18; A.: F. Love, 19; W. J. Woodward, 19 ; W. H. Sprunt, 1; W. E. Springer, 1 ; L S. Weeks, 1. (No choice.) "r Total vote cast, 401. . ; - : Third Ward. Mayor Waddell, 341; Stedman, 73; Fowler, 67. Chief of Police Parmele, 304: Clowe, 129; Barry, 19; Capps, 8; Old ham, 21. Alderman Taylor, 245;" McRae, 302 ; Harris, 236 ; Boykin, 167. Nominees Taylor and MacRae. City Executive Committee L.- M. LeGwin, 384; D. C. Love, 383. Total vote casf 490, . Fourth Ward, i I Mayor Waddell, 219 ; Stedman, 45 ; Fowler, 97. " Chief of Police Parmele, 237; Clowe, 49; Barry, 15; Capps, 25;' Old ham, 32. -K 1-r-; Alderman Worth, 246 ; Yopp. 159 ; Hanby, 258. . : J . Nominees Hanbv and Worth. ; City Executive Committee Iredell Meares, 30; F. A. Lord, 44; W. B. Mc Koy, 22; W. P. Oldham, 4-F. W. Kerchner, 1; Walker Taylor 2. ' Total votes cast, 865. FIFTH WARD. Y: ' r Mayor Waddell, 289 ; Stedman, 130 ; Fowler, 144. .'. - j .'; Chief of Police Parmele, 183; Clowe, 55; Barry, 3; Capps, 318; Old ham, 6. ' Aldermen Bell, 280; Walton, 263; Montgomery, 231; Parker, 156;Tein ken, 143; McGowan, 63. Nominees (No choice). : :. - City Executive Committee M. F. Dowling, 92 ; Westerman, 92 ; J, W. GaffordW; Jas. H. Hanly, 14. . - Total votes cast, 569 : ' i ; ' " Recapitolation. ' ? : : Of the 2,223 votes cast for Mayor, Col. Waddell received 1,408 a ma jority of 693 over all other candidates. Stedman received 365 and Fowler 450 votes.'-" - ' " -.; ; . ' - .; '' ; ' Of the 2,222 votes for Chief of Police, Capt Parmele received 1,118 votes a majority of 7 over afi other candidates. Clowe received 527 ; Barry; 130 ; Capps, 371, and Oldham 76 votes.; : "; Executive Committee in Session. X The City Executive Committee met at 8 o'clock last night for the purpose of receiving and declaring the vote from the wards.- and ous session up to an early hour this morning. In the vote of the Second and Third , wards there was some dif ference in opinion as to who had re ceived a majority for aldermen, but at : ai . ii i uus was at engin seiuea Dy declaring Messrs. Hugh MacRae and J - All An Taylor, and Messrs. W. E. Springer auu i-k. jr. vv en nominees ' rrom tne j j. nua ana Hecona wards, respectively. In the Fifth Ward, the cnmmittAA has called a second primary for to morrow to determine the nominees for aidermen irom that ward, r In the Second-Ward,' another primary is also necessary for the selection of two mem bers of the -Executive Committee. ' i -. ; Belief ! Six Homs. ." Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Ureal South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surpriseon account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves retension of water almost immediately. - If . -yon : want quick relief and cure this js the remedy. Sold by R. R. BeUlamt, Druggist Wilmington, N. C; corner Front and Harket streets. - f. A PONINQ CASE loqnest Bejcoo Yesterday Over Body of a Colored Womaa Foond Dead ia Her y ' Room ia "Brooklyn.' J Coroner Richard J. Price was sum moned yesterday.; morning to hold an inquest, over the body of Maria .Chav . ers, a middle-aged colored. "wo'maa"of dissolute habits, who died suddenly and . under rather peculiar .circumr stances the night previous in her house in "Blood Block" alley, leading from' Fourth between Brunswick and : Bla den streetsi;;;: "A jury composed, of '-Justice J.' M. McGowan, foreman and Messrs. Geo.: Harriss,- Jr.', A. E. Peschau, Charles E. Lewis, J. M. Chesnut and Dr. T. B. Carroll, was empanelled to inquire into '; the : circumstances of the death,' and : after a . session laslina: .almost duriofr the entire day, an adjournment had to .be taken uatil 9 o'clock this morning to hear further testimony and allow" time for an autopsy, which was' ordered by the jujy" toj be held this morning by'DrMcMnian. and Corooer Price " ; - ; The evidence tbus r farisubmitted show that on .Sunday lastr the de- ceased ..went over to the Cowers & Gibbs Co.'s factory-, Across the ri ver, and : while there rhad: a quarrel with another colored woman - named Sal lie Bedeocourt and. that, the" Bed- encourt woman made threats that she Would poison the deceased. 1 : . , Further tesdmony developet! th fact that on Sunday night the deca d was very drunk and had t be assist d home by tr colored men. theid-ntity of whom the jury s far h3 b u .4 -able to determine. Her mother testified that ; Monday night she "bscame violently , ill and that early jesterday morning she be came delirious and died - very soou thereafter and so far as she was able to say, before her death the" deceased displayed every symptom of being poisoned Her testimony was corrob orated by Dr. Price, who stated, after an examination of the body, that there was evidence of poisoning. - The nte-mortem statement of the deceased, to the effect that she be lieved she had been' poisoned, - was also introduced as evidence. As soon as these facts had been de veloped, Coroner Price at once issued a warrant for the Bedencourt woman and she was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Flynn yesterday afternoon and . brought over from Powers & Gibbs factory and held in the sum of $100 until a verdict is rendered. She has retained Herbert McClammy, Esq., as counsel and he will appear for her at the investigation to-day. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Policemao Jones Tried to Bad1 Bis Life by Driokioi Landaoom List Night. No Reason Aadfaed. Policeman R. J. Jones attempted to commit suicide, last nighf about half past ten. o'clock, at the City Hall by taking an ounce of laudanum. . A few minutes before he committed the rash act, which came near ending his life, he walked into the City Court room and took a seat outside the outer railing and asked Janitor McClammy for a glass. : Having secured this, he drewfrom bis pocket an ounce bottle of laudanum, deliberately poured it into the glass and drank it a single draught "' Janitor McClammy .was surprised at his taking. the entire contents of what he thought was: a bottle of medi cine and taking the bottle from Jones!, hand, he was astonished to find that it was labelled " "laudanum." He im mediately started back to the unfor tunate man. but before reaching his side, Jones tumbled to the floor in a stupor. f - ' .'' ' :: Police Sergeants Davis and Wil liams and Captain of Police Furlong were in the room at the time and grasping the situation, they at once telephoned for medical aid and set about to exercise the. almost dying man, to arouse him from the stupor. ' Drs. McMillan ancLRussell respond ed to the alarm and arrived on the scene a few minutes later. An emetic was given at first and other restora tives administered afterwards, but de spite their most faithful work for al most three hours it seemed that his case was hopeless. At 1.30,' however, he began to revive and was recovering at an early hour this morning, having been carried to the city hospital. ; He assigned no reason for his. rash act, but it is surmised that he was in great trouble -Over the prolonged and serious illness of his wife, who is now at the point of death at his home, near corner of Second and Ann streets. - He . was generally , regarded as a good officerTbut yesterday he went to drinkingand early in the after noon delivered his badge to Captain Furlong, thereby resigning his posi tion on the force. ' He is about thirty years old, and besides a wife has. sev eral young children. , . THE CAROLINA NOMflEI RAILWAY Work Began on Survey of Proposed Line . r:from Lamberton to Marion, S. C.-.". ' ' Civil Engineers Joseph H. McRee kahd Henry ' Cumming - returned yes terday from Lumberton, N. C, where they have been engaged in making a preliminary survey for the proposed new line of railway from Lumberton, to Marion, S. C, a bill allowing the construction of which was passed by the recent session of the General As sembly. ' ' ' " f . Mr. McRee has , the : general : super vision of the survey and is being as sisted by Mr. Cumming and an en gineer from Greenville, S. CL Both Mr. ' McRee and "Mr. Cumming will return to-day to Lumberton to resume work,5 ec Xr-S "':i - - f-X The proposed line ia about thirty miles iniength and traverses the most fertile sections of Robeson county in North Carolina and Marion in' South Carolina and will no doubt prove a valuable piece of property to the own ers when completed.; . . - ;v: 1..JIH 1 Gets 7 Health in No time is 89 favorable as March and April for getting strong and well. A thoroughly well person eats with relish, sleeps soundly, works with zest, and without worry from morbid anxiety as to the outcome of his efforts. If you feel you are out ofhealth, strength and spirits; if you show signs of nervousness and exhaustion; if you have that feeling of lassitude that comes in the spring to those who are out of health; if your blood shows the usual signs of impurity Paine's celery compound will turn yourrright-about-face towards health. I - Enrique Guerra, the "Mexican con sul, has the confidence not only of his government but of the American public r Through his 1 intervention, many-important commercial questions between the United States and Mexico have been happily adjusted. During his long residence in this country, Mr. Guerra has lived in a circle where the best possible medi cal treatment is always obtainable. He early discovered that in the spring, when nature seems most willing to QOINQ FOR THE MANILA. Captala Harper Will Leave for New York Friday to Bring Down His New Boat j On Friday Capt J. W. Harper, ac companied by Engineer Philip Piatt and others, expects to gojto New York for the purpose of bringing Capt Har per's new boat the Manila,- to this port, to be run in connection with the steamer Wilmington in plying be tween this port and Southport He expects to reach this city on the return trip some time next week, and will personally pilot the boat down the coast from New York; ' Yesterday Capt Harper received fa telegram from Capt. ' Leta D. Potter, formerly of Southport, but now"bf New York, saying that ihe had just tested the Manila, according to Capt Harper's request, by a run up the Hudson river and pronounced "her thoroughly "O. K.," staunch in! every detail and fast as could be desired. : The Manila is a brand new boat 70 feet long with a 15 foot beam and compound engines. She is admirably designed for passenger and freight ser vice, ""and is expected to render ac ceptable aid to Capt Harper in hand ling the increasingly large crowds of excursionists who patronize this re sort during the seaside season. ' Arrival of Vessels. There were arrivals of quite tnum-, ber . of vessels in the harbor Sunday and yesterday. The schooners Man-, uelR. Cuza, Capt Wallace and the Chas. D. Hall, Capt" Lowe, -arrived yesterday : from New-York to Messrs. Geo. Haniss, Son &. Cb The Nor wegian barque Triumph, Capt. Clar sen i arrived from Bahia to Messrs. Heide..& Co.,. and the Jbarge Burkley, Cant jBonneau was towed! in Sunday from Charleston with a cargo of phos phate rock. Another phosphate barge was also towed in yesterday to the Navassa Guano Co.-:- "-- TheTschooner Sarah E Fuller, Capt Brown, from Pensacola,.Fla ', to Bos toa, -which put in at Southport several weeks ago in distress went, to sea Saturday . night- She was to Messrs. Geo! Harriss, Son & Co. T Capt W. a Baldwin Dead. Bruce Williams, Esq.', and rwife, of Burgaw, spent several . hours in the city yesterday en route to Whiteville, where they went to attend the funeral of Mrs. Williams father, Capt W. Gr Baldwin, who died Sunday night at his home in that to wn." The deceased was a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Columbus county and died in the 60th year othjs age. . He was cap tain of a company in the 18th regiment North Carolina State Troops and ren dered 'valiant service during the war between the States.," The funeral will pe'conductedjhis afternoon. ? - .- . ... - v i ' " - "0 the Spring by lend its best assistance to the sick and ieeuic, uia inouus wore uwug j. uuo o celery Xcompound the only spring medicine .that physicians endorse, and intelligent," families in every commu nity have come to rely upon with confidence.- ' . Mr. Guerra Vas not long in finding' out the great reliance that is thus E laced upon Paine's celery compound y the best informed people, and he was not slow in taking advantage of the great remedy himself. Here is his statement, unqualified, conclusive: . ' : Kansas City, March 16, 1898. .'At times, when I haveheen seem-, ingly exhausted from arduous work, Paine's celery compound has, been of such benefit to mS that it seems now I could hardly have progressed but for it When sleep was slow in coming and my appetite flagged, a general toning up of my system followed the use of the compound. ?While I am not versed in things f medical, I do know a fact when I -encounter it, and that Paine's celery compound helped me and gave me a feeling of new strength is a fact." -' .-. - 1 Enriquk Gukera LARGE SHIPMENTS OP CLAMS. Nearly Three Tkoasand Bushels Brought Up Sunday and Shipped Yesterday. The market yesterday was well sup plied with clams and commission men and buyers were doing a rushing busi ness.' . j ' The little riyer schooners Argyle, Samuel, 8pray Etta and the sharpies Mystery, Annie, CoL Bogus and Rob ert E. Lee arrived Sunday from Shal lotte, Lockwood's Folly and other points down the river, all laden with clams, most of jwhich were sacked and shipped yesterday to New York via the A. C. L. and Carolina Central Railways. - , - V.-.. .' .. . - The cargoes of these small vessels in their entirely -will make about six freight car loads of 500 bushels each and will net to the shipper . fronvtl-OO to $1.25 per sack of one. and a half bushels. Hitherto, the market has been considerably better than this and large sales have been made this season at from $2.00 to $3.25 per sack, but with, the-advent of Spring the clam gatherers North have resumed work and their shipments are nearly equal tortile demand. ' - r ' '-, The principal shippers yesterday were Messrs. Brooks & Taylor, Tripp & Piggott ' C. j M. : Britton, F. E. Ewing and J. T. Canady. y . f Pound Dead In Her Room. ' - - A wide circle of relatives and friends in this city regret exceedingly the death of Miss Josephine Bishop, which oc curred early yesterday morning, 'she having been found. dead in her room at the residence' of , her sister, Mrs. H. D. Gilbert, on South Fifth street She was in the 78th year , "of her age, and her death is thought to have been due to heart disease, j Har nearest relatives in this city are her "nieces, Mesdames H. M. Bowden, ;H M. Foard. and W: J. - Kirkham, and a .nephew, Mr: R. McR.GUbert ' : ": ' The funeral will be conducted by Rev; Av P. - Tver from the residence this afternoon at 4 o'clock. "The inter ment will be in Oakdale cemetery. ' State of Omo,CrrT of Toledo, ) - i Luoas County,:. i ;r i . 88. ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will Siy the sum of ONE HUNDRED OLLARS 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 yh diy of De cember, A. D. 1886. ' ' ( ) A. W. GLEASON, . SEAI . ' - TCr w - Notary Public. HalTs Catarrh Cure is s taken in ternally, and acts directly ; on the blood and mucous surfaces of' the sys ' tem. , Send for testimonials, free. ' f E. J. CHENEYS CO., Toledo, . ; Sold by Druegists, 75c. " " . , Hall's Family Pii:3 are t'. tcrt t 1 u mm Taking ' Paine's As spring comes onl most women and many men who have lived hot house lives during the winter, find themselves unduly fretful, unable to sleep soundly, without appetite,- easily tired, frequently distressed bv head aches, and lacking "snap" and strength the result of poor bipod and weak nerves. j , To those in this condition, the thou sands of testimonials from people like Mr. Guerra who have been benefited by Paine's celerv compound, should be reason' enough f r giving this best of kll spring medicines at j least a trial. What it has done for others, it will do for the reader. It will purify the blood, clear the complexion, rejuve nate the exhausted nervous System, insure good digestion), " bring on healthy sleep, " and restore one's strength and vitality, j No other medicine in the world ever accomplished . so-knucb, and a single trial will add another to the long " list of people in every com munity who . gratefully sound the. praises of Paine's "celerylcompound. DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN. MrrSamuel H. Penny Passed Away Sunday Morning Funeral Held! Yesterday. ' Mr. Samuel H. Penny, Ja well known and highly "respected citizen of Wil mington, died at his home oh MacRae street Sunday morning after ar very short illness, which finally culminated in hemorrhage of the lungs and caused his death. 1 j Mr. Penny came to this city from Brunswick county when only a boy, and has been employed at various iron foundries and machine shops in the cfty, being a machinist and blacksmith of rare proficiency, y. The last position he held was that of foreman of the iron working department of Mr. C. M. Whitlock's machine shops, No. 109 South Water street. He was a con sistent member of the Market Street Mr E. Mission, and a valued member of Live Oak Camp No. 6 Woodmen of the World. ' . A 'bereaved wife and six children survive him. three sons Messrs. R jw.",: Walter and Samuel Penny, Jr. w 1 and three daughters. He also leaves three brothers, Messrs. W. J., George and Frank Penny, all of whom are prominently identified with Wilming ton's business interests. - The funeral was hell yesterday morning at 10 o'clock y Kev. xar. Barnes, and the inte: ent was at Oakdale cemetery. County Board of Education . Nothing more than the usual routine of business was disposed of by the County .; Board of Education at . its regular monthly session, which was helJ yesterday afternoon. . The cbair man, Mr. B. G. Worth p resided and those present were Capt T. D, Meares, Mr. G. W. Westbrook and Capt. Ed. WilsOn. Manning, . County Superin tendent .The monthly -statement of receipts and disbursements Of Treas urer H. McL. Green was examined 'and approved.. 'The Board adjourned subject to call of the chairman. C, F. & Y. V. Bonds, The Baltimore Sun saya The rate of distribution on the bonds of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Vallay Railroad has been fixed and the money to pay on : tnese bonds has been deposited with the ;f Mercantile" Trust and Deposit - Comnanv. Pay ments will be made to holders on the presentation oMheir certificates, The payments will be made on $1,043.95 for each $1,000 $727.25 for each $1,000 B' $661.83 "for each $1,000 These payments will close the basis of" "A" -bond; bond, and "C" bond. Ithe history of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, and the investors in its bonds after havine their inonev tied 1VUVJ protracted up Dy; a receivership andj iiugauon, will be paid. To cleanse the system in a gentle and. iruiy oenencial manner, i when tne Springtime comes, use the true and per fect remedy, Syrup of ,Eiga. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the Caro lina Fig Syrup -Co. only, and for sale all droista, at 50 cents per bottle.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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