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' iF.i!'' -LOG A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.'! ":Cwy I v iu ; ; ' - " ...-. - i ; 1. .- i !- r ' ' ' - ;, . ' , - ' " -, " . ' ' I 8SSSS8S88S8S8SSSS - SS888838SS83S83S3 - - 38S38'3S8888S8SSsi 83383888333888838 8S8SS888S3233838S " IT88888S8828888888 "T- 82SSS32SSSS3SS3S " 588888888888836 V -: 5. ' -: :".t; 4 g .: ;; :Vv7-: I S S S s S s J SiltS Vntered at the Post Office llmtgton, N. C, ai Second Claa Ma'ter.l SUBSCRIPTION P.xICE. , The subscription price of the "We-my Star U iu ollowi : .... r ',)-"" " single Copy 1 year, postage paid .....'....,.$1 CO a '1 8 months " fO 3 months ' One :Jor Criminal .Assault On a White Woman The Other Attempted to y Shoot An Officer. is yol. xxx; NO. 36 their ; ereat ; Batiflf action - with the I - 1 We are not Dartionlarlv interested news received from the command-; i in Mr. Baket nor rini his League, AFTERURIB BRYANT IN SELF DEFENCE. WRETCHED BLUNDERING. It has for some time been appar ent that there has been wretched blundering, if nothing worse, in the conduct of the war in the Philip pines. Notwithstanding the fact that our dispatches relating to the move ments of the army pass through the hands of a military censor, enough is told to leave no doubt that our army in Luzon, after all its cam . paigning, all the loss of life, the men prostrated by overtasking and disease, and the expenditure of many millions, has accomplished' no real good and is now practically on the defensive. The Philadelphia Times isa con servative paper, it believes in sup porting the administration in every way necessary to prosecute the war and bring peace, and .therefore it cannot be suspected of anti-administration bias in what it may have to say as to the conduct of the war in these islands. In the issue of Thurs day there is a letter from its Wash ington correspondent which speaks of the operations there, shows whm they have co3t in life and treasure, and gives some of the reasons for the signal failure to accomplish what Gen. Otis started out to accomplish. It is a brief history of the past four months, and coming' from such a conservative, unbiased source, we quote. 'some of the more essential points from ik It begins thus: Whethec or not the President is countinsr the cost of the conquest of Luzon j it may -be said that others in high official position are doing bo. General Otis, villi '; .22,000 - men began an aggressive warfare on Feb ruary 5, near Manila, drove the insur gejots- many miles into , the interior, and finally returned to i Manila on June 10, with his forces depleted and his army dishearted He is now de fending Manilawith-the aid of' the navy. In this campaign of four months 241 men were killed and 1,175 men wound ed. The total casualties were 1,416. - The list of sick- soldier and those dy iDg from disease has not yet been ob tained, except approximately. Up wards of 3,000 men have been disabled by disease and about 500 have died of disease.--" "It was this afternoon estimated that the cost of the campaign has been - f 1,000,000 each day, so that the total cost has been approximately $120,000,- 000. Thus it appears that General Otis marched ups the hill and then marched down again, at terrible cost in .blood and treasure, and accom plished nothing, save to achieve his own bsleaguerment and leave the in surgents masters of the greater por tion of the island: The plain fact of the matter is that the situation of the American forces on the Island of Luzon is deplorable and' the condi tion of the soldiers is pitiable. The ' campaign of General Otis , has ended in failure. The people of the country are at last awakening to the facLwell known in the inner circles at WAsh.- iogton that 'something is wrong. That is all the people know at present. Back of this condition, which is gradually permeating the public mind, there are facts most gross, con ditions most reprehensible, and plots well nigh as damnable as high trea son. And yetup to date, the- people unsuspectingly trust their public ser vants and praise with adulation the head of the administration." Two hundred and forty-one mn killed, 1,175 wounded, and nearly 12O,000,000 spent. For- what? Nothing. For a confessed failure. Then the correspondent gives some : of the reasons for this blundering resulting in such failure, thus: 'President McKinley has no com petent military advisers. The war has been managed by men incompetent to manage it, and some of them are un worthy of high places. President Mc Kinley's advisers have been a Secre tary of War who never conducted a military campaign, and .whose dis honorable dismissal from the army was recommended by General Custer, Merritt and Sheridan; a,rf Assistant Secretary of War who is honorable and-upnght, but without military ex perience and - an Adjutant General who was officially declared inthe civil Avar to be 'unfit to command brave men.' " Blunders piled upon blunders until ourAmerican forces in the Island of Luzon are in a deplorable situation and a pitiable condition. -.. Therefore it is , that our ranks are being depleted by disease and decimated by death. There: fore it is that sufficient reinforcements have not been sent,and will not be sent. The shameful warfare will be continued for another year, whether or not for political purposes each citiaen must judge for himsalf. . - We have asserted in these col--. umns that the administration was either woefully ignorant of the sit uation in those islands or that it was deliberately, deceiving the peo ple and keeping them in ignorance of the situation, because it feared the party might lose some prestige by lettingihe facts become known." The President and Secretary I- of War had time and again expressed speedy peace, felt, confident that General Otis did not need any more troops, and now when O tis and his army have' fallen back to Manila, where he is practically,; on the de fensive,'; theybecome alarmed and admit that more troops -are . .neces sary. ; s.; .... ..v. -r". ;; r Sketching the outlook and some of the insidious influences that pre vail in Washington to prevent: har monious action and throw obstacles In the way of a vigorous prosecu tion" of the war, the -letter con cludes: ' .-- - ;;; v.- y "The authority of American forces in the Philippine Islands isbeing"con tested by upwards of 30,000 troops thoroughly acclimated and believing in - their independence. Moreover, there are approximately half a million soldiers in the Philippine Islands now preparing for offensive "operations: The Filipinos are working their farms for eight consecutive, days and then systematicallydrilling under : good officers for two days. Thus two days out of every ten are devoted to drilling. There will soon be a volunteer Eilipino force which -may be -unconquerable. Against this military front the Presi dent has decided to send to negro regi ments of regulars.' Their lives are also to be heedlessly sacrificed. When thewar with Spain began and the President asked for 200,000 volun teers, unwarda 1.250.000 men offered their services. To-day it is regarded as doubtful if the President could se cure the voluntary enlistment of 35, 000 men authorized by the makeshift army reorganization bill. Volunteers for service in the Philppines have not been called for, because the adminis tration realizes that volunteers would not respond under existing conditions. From the beginning of the war with Spain to the present the military advice of our foremost soldier has been asked but once and that was on July 3, 189J3, when the President turned in terrpr- to General Miles and begged him to save .Shafter's defeated army. Thus it happens that while v General Miles is within easy access of the Pres ident and ever ready to serve his country, his splendid abilities are ignored, and the country is deprived of its best military skill. ' "Concerning the recent rumor that General Miles will be sent to the Phil pines, one of the general's best friends said to-day: . "General Miles will go wherever he is ordered. He has always, been a soldier; and hence he will obey orders But, if he goes to Manila, he will go there knowing that there i left be hind him in Washington a man who has the confidence of the President, and who would be liable to resort to every ruse to destroy General Miles., in the vain belief that he might rise when Miles would falL It is the man who sent a secret telegram to General Garreston on the Yale, in July 1898, telling him to sail at once, a telegram intended to prevent General Miles from reaching Santiago on that fast cruiser, when the general was acting under orders from the President and hastening to save human life and win victory for the nation." According to Washington dis patches Genr Miles has been anxious to go to the Philippines, lias ten dered his services to the President, and a dispatch published a month or so ago stated that the President was seriously thinking of sending him, but he is in Washington stili attending to the mere routine duties of his office, and has no more to do with the management of the army in Luzon than he has in the . man agement of the government: of the city of Washington. The fact is that Miles has been completely ig nored by Alger, Corbin and Com pany, who have determined from the first to keep in the war and destroy him if they can. ' Such is the story of this wretched blundering an"d" failure in Luzon, and the sacrifice of men . and treas ure to political plotting and per sonal animosity. . f vice as it is carried out agrees pretty Veil " with ithe opinion that v the people generally have of it 'A. SUFFERED A VIOLENT) SHOCK. : As far aa we have been able to dis cover Mr. Everett" P. Wheeler has not been. ra ; looming figure in na tional politics,' butit - seems that he was one of the "gold" Democrats; who whooped it up. for .McKinley and Hanna in the last campaign, and helped ;- elect McKinley. ; But. Mr. McKinleyhas 4one some things that have shocked MrT Wheeler.! which he stood with silent resignationV but when Mr. McKinley stove that hole in the civil service he could restrain himself no longer, and: broke out in. a -letter; 'which' concludes thus: " "The 'support ;which. we;gave ihe Republican ticket in the last presiden tial election was not based solely upon the question of "flnance. We were largely influenced in our opposition to Bryan by the language of the Dem ocratic platform on the subject of the civil service, and by the express pled ges given" by, the Republican platform and by Mr. McKinley in his letter of acceptance that the Republican paity would take no backward step upon this question, and that it would seek to improve but never degrade the pub lic service. We are inexpressibly pained to find that this pledge has been abso lutely' violated. "Permit me, in . conclusion, to assure you that if the president or hia advisers are of the opinion that in the next presidential election they are cer tain to receive . the support of that large section o! the Democratic party that supported either the Republican ticket or the Independent Democrat ticket in the last Presidential election there are very much mistaken. Honest administration and obedience to law are more precious man goia. uur conv fidence ia the pledges of the adminUr tration on this subject has received a violent shock- Unless the order is rescinded you may rely upon jt tha this confidence will be lost forever.". It is amusing to see men after they have ,' blundered practically pleading the infantile dodge as an excuse for their stupidity or folly Was Mr. Wheeler simpleton enough to attach any importance to any thing that the Republican platform might say ; on the civil service or any thing else? If so he, is entitled to sympathy as an imbecile for thus publicly advertising the fact that he was deficient in common sense. Armed ' Men Demonstrated to HiraThai JfelCaiivStay Here. No Longer." - ; Captain JohnCutts PainfoDy: Woonded S Nefro The Darkey Was :w"f tte'Aiegsorv: '.i MSBiiM CDTTINfi AFFRAY. "DcrUKc 'SQUIKE AVUUWAN.M " " . Two : Men - Badly LEFT -FOR PARTS UNKNOWN. CIVIL SERVICE HUMBUG. ..... - The idea of the gentlemen who originated the civil service law may have been all right, but there is a pretty general opinion throughout the country that the civil service as carried out is an arrant humbug. The only people who find much in it to co'mmeild is the fellows who are in and are kept in by it. There is in Washington an anti Civil Service League, which has been working not only to prevent its expansion, but to contract it and bring it back to where it was in ita first days The president of this League is Henry M. Baker, of New Hampshire, an ex-member of Con gress who in an interview a few days ago stated the purposes of the League and incidentally hit -the civil service humbug some hard raps thus: " " .. -v.. ' ' '-' "We are opposed not only to the ex' tension of the civil service system, but also to the interference with the law which has been practiced by different administrations for the past ten years. In other words, we believe that the ia aVinuld hf nut back to lust whatits terms specifically indicate. The law was intended originally to apply only to departmental clerlouups oi salaries ranging from $1,200 to $1,-800 1 per an num, and like grades of clerical service in postoffices, customs houses, etc. There is no just ground for -the exten sions that have been made by Executive orders. In addition to this, appoint ments have been made in violation of law. Favorites in lower -grades have been promoted without examina tion, and have been appointed without examination. These fortu nate people are the pets of the men in- power, auu nomjioujv. ; - are loudest in their praisepf cml service 'reform. I will nofi specify th Asses at this time, but the facts will be made known ,to Congress. The result will be, we thmXIto pre vent the civil service-humbug from being coddled any farther. . W shall certainly try to prevent the. adoption o vn mm-viiw nlank in the plat form of the nextUational Republican PLUCKY BUT NOT DISCREET. If Oom Paul has really resolved to accept war with Great Britain, rather than make any further con cessions he shows pluck but not much discretion, illustrating the case of the little hull which disputed the right of way with a locomotive. John Bull has been planning this business for some time and when Jamison made that raid sometime ago it was but the beginning of a movement the object of which was to gefcomplete possession of the Transvaal. John Bull don't care so much about the land which the Boers have, but he is. after those gold mines,-and the Englishmen, are going to have them, and work them without the Boers having anything to say about them. Practically speaking Britons control the Trans vaal now in everything but the local government, but it is the local gov ernment that has become offensive to" the Englishmen, for they have- too little to say and the Boers too much, and the Englishman always insists an having a good deal to say about affairs when he gets a foot hold, and be has a pretty strong foothold in the Transvaal now. Citlzeas Weit to. Bryant's House Last -l. Night Prepared to .FJog Him With . ;r5: a CatoNioe Talis as Sfcs Ex- -;, -v ample to Other Exiles. ' fit is thought by some- that Arie Bry- iht, the returned";. 'eile," was sent back here as a sort of spy to find out if his comrades in banishment could re turn in safety. If such is the caserhe can carry back some very definite in formation, f or his ; experience : last night must have convinced him that Wilmington is still avery unhealthy place for people of his reputation. : . Coincident with Bryant's return was the feeling oa the part of many that he must leave. The sentiment against him was not kept a secret, but not everybody knew that active steps were being taken. Shortly after his arrival a few citi zens held a meeting and determined that the intruder ; had to go. They selected some good men to help carry out the plansjand last night a body of picked men assembled, from various quarters in the woods around Hilton Park. They decided to surround his house, take him out, and, after punish ing him severely, make him leave the State. v - - ome - Was on Fifth street near Nixon, and about 10-30 o'clock this section was alive wiia armea men. hey were supplied with a cat-o-nine tails and arrangements for gagging the negro, and pretty, nearly-every man had a revolver or other weapon. Bryant's home was reached but he was not to be found. This was a dis appointment, j for special precautions had been taken to keep brim in the dark as to the movements of the citi zens, and he bad been under surveil lance all day, up to a very short while before his home was entered. '.' - Bat the object of the demonstration was accomplished all the same. If Arie did not see himself that it would be unsafe for Mm to remain in these parts his neighbors will certainly show him, that he had better get away and stay away. For special pains were taken to let those living near by know that their former neighbor was an ob noxious, character and could not stay herewith a whole skin. There was no disorder whatever about the crowd, and it - was noticed that some of the representative men of the city were present. If they had found Bryant they j would probably . have done nothing more than inflict a lib eral amount of corporal punishment and order him to leave town. There was no shooting -or violent threats, simply a quiet determination to make Bryant leaveJthfsetting an example by which all others who left Wilming ton under circumstances similar to those of his departure might govern themselves. ' No serious trouble" was expected and the arms carried were re volvers which were -a precaution against possible, not probable, danger. There were very few riot guns or rifles. :- ' ; . - ' ' Capt. John Cutis, general yard mas ter N for the Atlantic Coast Line at Rocky Mount, shot" a negro m self defence at 8 o'clock night before last and painfully - wounded him. The negro, -whose -name" is Ed Williams, has been a switenman.-for some time, but on Wednesday . morning he was discharged by Capt Cutis. He - was very Insolent in his bearing and the yard master had to drive him from his office. . - -' ; "- Late in the day - Capt Cutis was warned that Williams was carrying a pistol for him Capt Cutis "then bor rowed a pistbijwith which to defend himself. Jibout 8 o'clock the negro, who had concealed himself behind a box car. stooped and fired under the car tCapt. Cutis. The ball took effect in the fleshy part of the leg below the knee. . : '-. ;::': ''.' '' ' Captain Cutis drew his pistol and fired at "his assailant three times. - The negro also fired onceTr twice more, but then threw down his pistol and ran off, falling a few steps away.One ball took effect in the chest just be low the neck, and another -penetrated the bladder He was thought at first to be fatally wounded,' but the last in formation was that he was slightly better and might recover. The action of Captain Cutis is considered as com pletely justifiable. - John Perry, the Negro Accused of Break lag Into the Sleeping Room of a Chi- namaa and Robbing Him. Injured On Carolina Beacfi Yester day Afternoon. testified that PEACE INSTITUTE, RALEIGH. A REPUBLICAN SCHEME. Campaign Food of $15,000 to Boy Legal Opinions Against Constitutionality of the Suffrage Amendment. . Offers Splendid Advantages As a College f .for Young Ladles. Attention is directed to the an nouncement of Peace Institute, Ra leigh, published in another column. This school -has a. splendid educa tional record. It is the outgrowth of prominent men in the North Carolina Synod to establish atthe State capital a school of high grade for yoUng ladies. . The present popular and effi cient principal, Jas. Dinwiddie, M. A., has been at the head of the .institution since 1890. The faculty is strong and well equipped, all being specialists in their work and of experince in their profession. Diplomas are given in Art, Elocu tion, Music, Literature and Science, Literature and Language, and also the full graduate A. B. diploma. Certifi cates of prohciency are given upon the completion of the full course of study in any department . The Institute is beautifully located in an 8 acre grove of native oaks just north of the city limits, a notably healthylocality. Parents who contemplate sending then-laughters to school wilt do well to correspond with Prof. Dinwiddie. Young Mao Badly Hurt at Burgaw. . Mr. R. B. Hand, a young man aged about nineteen years, and the son of Mr. W. M. Hand, of Burgaw. "was badly hurt by falling from a freight carat Burgaw Wednesday morning. He was caught between the axle of the trucks and some trunks which were awaiting the arrival of a passen ger train, and in some way a very; deep and painful wound was made in his left thigh. It is feared that he suffered internal injuries also, though the last reports from him announced that he was improving. He is relief agent and operator for the Coast Line at Burgaw. UNION CITY AND BOARD MAN. ; - John Perry, the negro charged with entering the sleeping room of a China man last Saturday night and stealing a sum of money, was given a prelimi nary hearing before Justice McGowan yesterday : morning fat jr 11 o'clock. There were several' witnesses-examined. Lorn Lee, the Chinaman whose money "was stolen, 'testified through an interpreter, Sam Lee, His evi dence was in substance as given in the Star last Tuesday- morning,' ex cept ' that he added some interesting information as to - the conduct of Perrv. on the- night before the bur glary.. -On that night the negro came into his laundry - and remained until two o'clock. The - Chinaman told Perry that he had work to do and didn't want any loafers. The negro then went out. He returned Satur day night when Lee made him leave again. ' .:' ' " Mr. O. M. Fillyaw Amanda Wortham, a colored woman who worked for. the Chinaman, told him that she had heard Perry say that he was going to get the Chinaman's money if he had to killTttiaa. Upon receiving this information Mr, Fillyaw notified the police, volunteering his own services in watching . an Saturday night. . - He saw Perry and another ne gro in front of his store shortly after 12 o'clock. When he started to close up' the two negroes walked off. Mr. Fillyaw then, got' his "gun and after watching for some time, saw two men jump into the back yard of- Deputy Sheriff S. H. Terry not j far from the Chinaman's shop and strike a match. He waited a while longer and neither hearing nor seeing anything further concluded that the men had given up their designs and gone . away. He found his mistake when jhe saw the Chinaman a few minutes afterward and was told that the "bad man had got all the money." j Jim Wortham and-his wife, Aman da Wortham, testified fey their know ledge of Perry's intentions to rob the Chinaman, their evidence in this part of the testimony corroborating that of Mr, Fillyaw's. The evidence of deputy sheriffs J. P. Flynn and S. H. Terry gave parti culars of Perry's arrest and his subse quent revealing of the place where he had concealed the money. The cuff buttons, watch chains and the trinkets that the officers produced were inden tified by Lee as his property.- -'The prisoner had several witnesses in his behalf but their testimony was irrelevant He was held without bail till the August term of the Criminal CourJ- His crime is a very serious one, as breaking into a 1 room where there is a person asleep is a capital offence. -The negro who was asso ciated ' with him in' committing the crime got the greater part of the money and escaped. HOW THE AFFAIR OCCURRED. A Razor . and Clubs Used Arrests Madei ' by Deputy Sheriff S. H. TerryTrial " To-day at 12 O'clock Before ; : .- ' Justice McOowan.. . ' A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE. The Governor of Virginia has re cently, received a letter from a wo man who asked permission to take the place of some life prisoner in the penitentiary, her object - being to assure herself that she had not led a misspent life. As there was no way under the law byjwhich her request could be granted the Gov ernor could not accommodate h.er. The secret has leaked out how the Erench convert Jersey cider into champagne. They do it. with a fes tive little microbe which they turn loose in the cider. Now if we-caaj lasso that microbe arid domesticate' him and his mate, we can snap' our fingers at the Frenchman and -have all the champagne we cansurround. , Special Star Tdegram. Raleigh, Ni C. June 15. Chair man Simmons is in possession of infor mation which he regards as straight and reliable, that an antfamendment campaign fund of $15,000 has been se cured by Republicans, and that the plan is to use most of this sum in pay ing, for -legal opinions of such law yers as can be induced to write opin ions against the constitutionality of the amendment When they are in hand, they are to be printed and the i State is to be flooded with them. . In addition to this method of distri bution, he is! also informed that Senator Pritchard in the Senate and Congressman Linney in the House, are to ; manage to -get - these opinions published in -the Record, as parts of speechesmade by them, and have them distributed by the gov ernment 1. - " " Chairman Simmons, commenting upon this scheme of the Republicans to buy legal opinions againsrthe con stitutionality of the amendment, .said emphatically it would notworkin North Carolina, and expressed the opinion that there were no Democratic lawyers in the State who could be thus indi- The New Railroad Line Connecting These Two Points. - ' -The Lumberton Robesonian has the following about the new A. C. L. link. . "The link when completed between Union City and Boardman will give us good train service as any part of the A. C. L. Vegetables shipped from Chadbourn will connect -with train No. 212 at Elrod and be sold on the' 'Northern markets the following day. "Messrs. Forlong and Adams,of Wil mington, with a large and efficient crew, are making quick work of the survey for the extension of the South eastern Railway to Boardman. Mr. ForlOng will also have charge of the grading, winch will begin in one month." , WAKE COUNTY BONDS. There is a great rush of American J rectiy employed for defendant in the tourists to Europe this Summer. It is estimated that 100,000 will go and that they will spend on an aver age $1,000 each, which means $100 000,000, of American money "blown in", on the other side. "- " : r- Washington dispatches say that the war managers in Washington .now admit that they had under-. rated the size of the Philippine job. The country has about come to the coholuBion that thesewar managers are a very much overrated set. " The pressure for. subsidiary silver is so great that - themints are kept running to their; full capacity to meet the demand.' V The greatest de mand is for quarters and dimes. case oi wnite supremacy Tsr negro domination, now pending in thejugh court of the people. . A Convict Counterfeiter. : Mr. bIF. Perry, the secret service detective, r-has been ; notified, by Mr. J. R. Tillery, superintendent of the State farms near here, that a con viftt hv the name of Blackman re cently made and. passed a counterfeit 50 cent piece. The convict is a black smith. Steps will be taken to prose cute thd fellow as soon as his present sentence expires. He is serving a term for larceny, t ..- : - A-4corresT)ondeht of the New York Times, writing from Cienfue ornn. Cnba. . savs: "Cuba would , . - " There are said to be . 485 colleges in this country,: with ; 12,000 pro-, feasors and, instructors ; and 160,000 .students. Thirty Year Six Per Cents. Sold at $123.86. The Board of Agriculture's Order As to Fertilizers. ; Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, June 15. The $8,000 Wake county bridge bonds were sold io day to Grimes and Vass, of this city, at $123.86, or for $9,908.80. There were fourteen bidders, The bid of Season good & Mayo, Cincinnati, was only$85.08 'less than the success ful bid. Bonds are for thirty years at six per cent. . - .- The Board of Agriculture orders that after January 1st, 1900, fertilizer man ufacturers shall nut on a bag only three items in analyses: Phosphoric acid, ammonia, potash. This is to do away with the present long and con fusing analysis. . . Ordination Services. r ; ' ; Rev. A. T. King was duly ordained to the ministry after a short trial ser mon at the First Baptist Church last night " The members of the presbytery havrpreviously been mentioned in the SIAB. Rev. J. J. Payseur, pastor of Brooklyn Baptist Church, presented the Bible. The prayer was made by Rev." F. . BL- Farrington, , pastor of Southside Baptist Church.--; - , - At Laurel Hill Wednesday Night a Daugb ter of Mr. John P. McNair toJttr. EH. Evans, of Cumberland. On Wednesday night last at 8 -o'clock at the bride's home in Laurel Hill, Mr. K H. Evans, of Sherwood, Cumberland county, and Miss Mattie McNair, of Laurel Hill, were happily married. . j ' The bride, handsomely costumed in white silk with a bride's veil and orange blossoms, entered the parlor with her sister, Miss Mary McNair, and the groom was accompanied by his brother, Mr. Bailey Evans. The ceremonv was performed by Rev. A. N.Furgeson, pastor of Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, in the presence of numerous friends, all of whom united in best wishes for the happiness, of the newly married couple. -' After the marriage therei was a re ception which will long j be remem bered as a most delightful occasion by the hosts of friends and neighbors who were present j What lends the marriage immediate local interesfis the fact that the bride ,is a daughter of Mr. Jno. iF. McNair, so wellknown here as the senior mem ber of the firm of McNair & PearsalL and as the proprietor of large stores and other business interests at Laurel Hill and Launnburg. The Fayette ville Observer says in its report-of the marriage; .- v The charming bride is a daughter of Mr. J. F. McNair, a prominent mer-' chant of Laurel Hill. i3he is very tal ented, accomplished and popular. The groom is one of Cumberland's most substantial young citizens, a farmer of the best class, with hosts of friends in Fayetteville and throughout the coun tv. - v - - " "Mr. Bailey Evans, Miss Jeane Evans, Mr. John Elliott and Mr. A. J.Cook went from here out with the groom. The bridal party came in this morn-, ing on the train from Bennettsville, ,and went down to Mr. Evans' home at Sherwood. S . gladly become an American State if "she could -do So in such a way that the world could see that it was ier choice." . Such a-feeling is reason- : Mother VYou have been a very able enough and to be expected- of a 1 MUffhtv4)ovr Jack, and I must punish self-respecting jpeovle.y-JacksonvUe 1 y0u.w , Jack (who has been to the den I ?ia.Y 2me&r untonanay wKe-nf t est recenuy aju, mjuuiswui jyu. m m, Btwart ! - An eroerfanf motfief liad better nnf tt. anvthinor ai all tnaa WOK I nncrfhrrlv Anaerafa. mixtures so widely advertised to relieve her discomfort and nausea. She ought to know mat ovrstoe external treatment is tneonry way uia can possibly be of any benefit. She ought to know that MothorB Frlonda the only remedy that will help ner,ano ttk an external liniment. It takes her through the entire period fa comparative comfort, shortens labor, and childbirth is notongertobedreaded. jviowinanmai, it preserves her girlish shape after the ordeal, and her little one will come into the world perfect fa form and heal, f store for $1 bottle, or ad to . - THE bRADFIELD REGULATOR . CO. xnere was a " very unfortunate oc currence . at Carolina Beach yesterday afternoon in which two men were very painfully injured. - The: trouble grew out of a remark addressed to Mrs. JELL Peterson, wife of 'Assistant Foreman H. L. Peterson, of Engine Company No. 1, by Thomas -Day, a carpenter and collector for one of the real estate agencies. . ' -. L" ''. " : According to the testimony of sev eral witnesses who were not implicated the' following is as nearly ah accurate account of the occurrence as could be obtained. Mrs. Peterson was sit ting on the nursery steps, Day passed and said something to her which she took as an insult. She went to find her. husband and told him that Day had insulted her. Mr. Peterson got a party of his friends, among whom were George Judge, Dinkie Smith and Ed Capps, and went down the beach towards the signal station, where they found Day, with his brother, Joe Day, .another relative, Manuel Fulcherr his wife and wife's mother. Peterson asked Day what he - meant by what he said to his wife. Curses and oaths fol lowed and : in little or . no time thera ensued a ffee fight, in'which seveirmen and two women werei engaged, f According to the Star's informants, ". Tom Day had a razor; Joe ay and Tom Day's wife a piece of wood each. The other side was not so well pre pared for the fray, though Day .claims (as will be seen later) that Peterson liad a knife. 1 v i Tom Day first made a lunge for. Peterson, but in the scuffle Capps got the attack. He was slashed terribly about the neck, and as the bystanders stated Mrs. Day and Joe Day aided their' husband and brother with the free use of their clubs upon the unfor tunate Capps. j Fireman Peterson was struck in the back by a club in the hand of one of his assailants (it is claimed by Peter son's friends that he was struck by Jo Dav) and knocked down. Then be fore he could get up he was kicked and stamped by j Tom Day's wife. Matters were at this crisis when deputy sheriff jg. H. Terry about 5:30 o'clock went into the fracas as the. representative of the law. : He had a rough experience. After a violent struggle in which he was assisted by several parties he succeeded' in mak ing seven arrests. He shackledTom Day and his brother. In making the arrest he had the middle finger of his right hand broken, his head and face bruised up, and! his clothing liberally sprinkled with the blood of the com batants. I All sorts of rumors reached the city about the disturbance and a throng of people awaited the arrival of the boat at 12.30 o'clock, j In compliance with requests by telephone Captain of Police John Furlong, Sergeants Davis and Williams, Deputy Sheriff J. J?. Flynn, and Policeman, Simmons were on Ithe wharf and, went aboard as soon as the boat drew along side her wharf. Peter son was lying on a stretcher in an un conscious state. I At first he had not seemed to be badly hurt by the.blow in the back. But he had not permanently . recovered from injuries received in a collision of fire department teams just a year ago, and soon began to feel the effects of the blow. He fainted and was conscious for only a few moments otrthe way up the river. He was taken from the boat, placed in a car riage and carried to his home on Nun street between Fourth and Fifth. Capps, though drenched in blood and with gaping wounds in his neck and head, conversed freely about the affair and showed remarkable physical strength in holding out so well. He was carried to the office of Dr. F. II. Russell, who dressed his wounds. He had a deep gash across he back of his neck, two cuts on the left and one on the right sidejof his head, another on his left ear and, a deep hole in his knee.. ' " " !': Dinkie Smith also had his coat cut open hut there was no blood lost The Day brothers, Fulcher and Mrs. Day were taken to jail by the officers. Upon Mrs. Day's request, she was taken by Deputy Sheriff Terry to the residence -of Justice J. M. McGowan, who recognized her for her appearance at the trial. This will be before Justice McGowan at 12 o'clock to-day. The other three prisoners spent the night in. jaiLV Thomas Day -has a gash on his head which he says was made by a knife in Peterson's hands. Day also charged that after he was wound, ed Peterson, struck him with a piece of paling and that deputy Sheriff Terry, drew his pistol on him this also after he had been shackled. The fightxaused great ekitement on the beach. There were a large num ber of spectators, : attracted by the annual.; excursion of the Oriental PJeasure Club and accompanying fes tivities, .;:-.-.'-' - ,; ' ;. v ; -A: Mr.-Petereon's.conditiott; A Stab representative went to fire By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . - Baxlet, Ga., June 16. Oneweekr. ago to-day Will Abies was put on trial ; here for criminal assault and in one .1 hour was. convicted and sentenced to H death. To-day news was received of :' two lynchings' in this county'. .. Bothl were near Surrency, a small town twelve" miles from iiere. v x , v", v In the first case- the negro named"' 'Williams attempted a criminal'Stssault -tfjan Mrs. Hiram Ken nedy, white.""" ' Mrs. Kennedy- locked herself in a j" room and put her small son out of a . window. He ran .to a neighbor's, -a -J few hundred yards away,'- for . help. -.'" The negro heard the people coming;' and fled. ' A posse was soon organized and the negro captured! He was tak-:pt en to Surrency to await the arrival of" & train to bring him to Baxley jaiL - - Whilethere he was apparently spirited; away, by unknown parties and he has neither been seen nor heard of since. It is believed that he was carried to s Ome remote part of the woods and there lynched. . In the second case, uave . Uiarke,- a -. negro, had a dispute with a constable who had a tax execution against him. ' The constable attempted to levy on some property to satisfy the execution. Clarke attempted to shoot him, but was prevented by outside parties' Yes terday Clarke was found in the woods near by dead, with several shotholes in him. :; No evidence could be secured as to who did the killing except that a' mob of unknown men came to the shanty that night where he and some more darkies were and " took him off, and the next seen of him he was found ead. ' i : J2 KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED. Barrow Fourteen Years and Ten Months -Imprisonment Carrie Jones , J . : - Four Years. Bv Tele'irrarh to the Morning Star. T Nbjw York, June 16. Geo. Beaure- : gard Barrow, the principal in the kid- -napping of Marion Clark, the infant daughter of Arthur Clark, of this city, ;' was to-day sentenced to fourteen years and ten months imprisonment The trial, which was begun on Wednesday, when Bella Anderson, or Carrie Jones, the tool of Barrow and his wife, gave her evidence for. the State, v& con cluded -with testimony intended to es tablish the previous good character of the defendant. The summing up by counsel was very brief, and the case was given to the jury , with a few words of instruction from the bench. The jury, after being out about twenty five minutes, rendered a verdict of guilty, ' and sentence was passed as above stated. -Carrie Jones, who plead guilty, .was sentenced to four years imprisonment The trial of Mrs. Barrow will follow. ' SAWMILL BURNED. : Large Plant of the Beaufort Lumber Co., ; ; it Lenoxville, Destroyed. Special Star Telegram. - - Beaufort, N. C- June 16. The large steam mill plant of the Beaufort umber Company, located at Lenox ville, three miles from herefcaught on fire from a defective flue and was to- ; tally destroyed, together with the . dry kiln and lumber on the yard. The plant was owned and operated by - MessrsTLeinau Brothers, of Philadel- - phia. It will leave many laborers out of employment and be quite a loss to the owners. - ... -i FIRE IN GREENSBORO. The Benbow House Destroyed - $100,000, With No Insurance.' Ldss By Telegrapn to the Morjung Star. Raleigh, N.3., June 17. A special , to the News and Observer from Greensboro says: - The Benbow House was burned to-" day, The fire started on the fourth . floor and the fire company could not control it, owing to a broken engine and lack of water pressure in. the city tank. . : " A telegram was sent to Winston--Salem for assistance, and they nobly responded, sending two companies, : who came the twenty-nine miles in the record-breaking time of 29 minutes. The fire did not spread and was aub- dued by four o'clock. The loss to B. G. Fisher, proprietor of the hotel, is. . approximately $100,000, with no in- -surance. . " SAVANNAH'S HEALTH OFFICER. Dr. BrunnerT Chief of Marine Hospital Staff at Havana, Accepts the Position. By Telegraph to the Mornlnn star. Savannah, June 17. Dr. W. F. Brunner, chief of "the: Marine Hos pital staff at Havana, has informed. Mayor Myers that he will accept the position of health officer of this city. The City Council will elect him to the position on Monday. The compensation- will be fixed at $3,600 ayear. The position now pays $2,000. It is expected that Dr. Brunner will leave Havana and take charge here, within three weeks. . He is recognized as one of the leading sanitarian and fever ex perts of this or any other country. f. CUBAN BANDITS. Seven Men Killed and Several Wounded in a Battle With the Outlaws. . By Cable to the Horning Star, Santiago June 17. A strong party of bandits raided Guamo.a small town northwest of Manzanillo, on Thurfr day last-l A detachment of gendar merie arrived on the scene and at flaws hi it were renulsed. Seven of the guards were killed and several wounded. The bandit then withdrew in the direction oi Tunas, with a-platoon of cavalry in pursuit . IN THE PHILIPPINES. at Iloilo man Peterson's house at three o'clock (-was heard, apparently under Iloilo, . ATLABTA, GA.- - . - T, , ... Writs for oot free bookSrtor. Bar is Bora.-I this morning and lfound ; him, resting easy. im''m ' - v .1 To Be Safe Patient WI wish to consult you with regard to my utter loss of memory. DoctorllAh, yes-r-Whyerincases of this class JL al ways requhre.iny fee ijx advance. r,r' si Severe Earthquake Shock Felt on Negros Island. By Cable to the Morning Star. .r Manila, June 17. An earthquake shock was felt at Iloilo at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The inhabitants sayit was the severest ever known. It is supposed that the shock was caused by the volcano Conloan, in in erupuon. - An explosion followed thirty seconds later by the shaking of the earth t ".':". .. v : "Gngson "So Miss Knitter has : give you the mitten !" Folby ,4That " doesn't trouble me half as much as the many pairs of- gloves I have gives hervV-Boso Transcripts J; : A I 1 ;,S it 51 K
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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