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BULLYING NATIONS
Among men the bullying man who
goes about swaggering and ready to
pounce upon the weaker man ia
' looked upon as an object of con
tempt by manly men who would
scorn to trample upon the weak.
The bullying nation which swaggers
and pounces upon weaker nations is
not a whit jnore respectable than
the bullying! man. The bullying
nation is nothing more nor less than
an aggregation of bullying men.
There is no honor in tho subduing
of the weak by the strong, especially
when the strong have command of
unlinked means and all the modern
machinery of slaughter, and they
can reap no glory out o it when
the slaughter is done in the name of
civilization, or the uplifting of
humanity for that is a mere pretence,
an arrant fraud behind which are
selfishness and plunder.
How much glory has Great
Britain won by her war upon the
natives of Africa who refused to
recognize her authority to rule
them? Against naked men, armed
with spears and bows and arrows she
brought her trained soldiery, equip
ped with deadly guns and rapid fire
machines, which mowed down the
advancing blacks by the hundreds
until they were piled one upon the
other like great furrows in the field.
That is modern warfare, which i3
simply improved methods of slaugh
ter done with rapidity, and with the
least exposure and danger to those
who do it. That's one of the
phases of "taking up the white
man's burden," which means cutting
down and getting rid of the black
man, brown man, red man or yellow
man who get in thewhite man's way
while out in the quest of gam.
- We have another illustration of
this bullying in the Transvaal, where
John Bull will soon be moving his
troop3 . to enforce his demands pn
those people unless the demands be
complied with. The ultimatum, so
to speak, has been sent and unless
the Boers come to terms there will
be war and then the British flag will
be raised over the Dutch Republic,
which was doubtless the motive that
inspired the interest that British
statesmen have taken in the Out
landers, most of whom (that is those
of them who are white) are Britons,
interested in gold mining or other
pursuits. There isn't any strong
nation to espouse the cause of the
Boers; if there were the British au
thorities would indulge in more pa
laver and ceremony bef ore.'the corre
spondence was closed.
It is so with all nations, for all
nations are bullies when they have
"the weak to deal with, but cautious
and prudent when it is the strong
that confronts them. The bullies
have divided Africa, the big bully
(England) getting the larger por
tion, and now they are playing the
same game in poor, old, wornout,
worm-eaten China, which is big
enough to swallow half of them if
she was a nation of men instead of
craven poltroons. But it may be
noted how in their territory grab
bing in China each one of the bul
lies is careful not to trench upon
the regions of; the others, for
that would j mean trouble for a cou
ple if not more of them, and they
. are not huntipg trouble with the
Btrong -land will avoid it as long as
possible. If they were not as cow
ardly as they are there would have
been war several vears age .over
their plunder in China. -
As a nation we haveflcept out of
this business pretty well, tut we are
taking the other bullies and plun
derers for exemlpars and are et-
- ting into it, not only in the plunder
ng but in the methods of doing it.
We are in the Philippines now, lay
claim to about 144,000 square
miles of territory, and to govern
ment over ten millions'of people, on
which we have no" more iust claim
tnan we have on Siberia or Canada,
11 -s - - 1
"u tne mean thine about this is
that we lured these people ta co-op-
Mate with us in fighting Spain, then
proved treacherous and bought, with
out ponsulting them and in opposi
tion to their protests, the very terri
tory that they had with our material
and moral support driven the Span
""us Irom. The mm whn mA
that disreputable deal thought it
VOL,: XXX.
would
have
be
an easy matter to
our
title
acknowledged
by tho people who had so j
implicitly confided in our na- l
tional honor and in the promises
maiA HiAm T i . !
uicup moiu uieu wdo spoKe os
tensibly for the United States, as
the Filipinos believed. - It Vis now
admitted by some of the laftd-grab-bers
that if it had been foreseen
that our title .would have been so
stubbornly contested that deal
might Bot have been made, which is
virtually a confession that it was
made under the belief that we could
hold what we bought without a con
test for it.
Does anybody suppose for a mo
ment that if the Filipinos had
friends among the strong nations to
stand by them that deal would have
been made,or that we would ever
have claimed sovereignty over these
islands ? Not a bit of it. . We were
dealing with a defeated, addle
headed nation which was only too
glad to get a $20,000,000 return for
property from which she had been
driven and could not hope to hold,
and we expected to meet with no
material opposition on taking poses
sion of the purchase. "We are there
and simply playing the role of bully
over a people who are not our match
physically ngr in the equipments of
war. There is no honor, no glory
in that kind of warfare, for, it has
no justification.
BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION.
Rev, Sam Jones is differently
viewed . by different people. Like
all men who have been before the
public so conspicuously as " he has
been, he has friends and also his
critics, who see very little in him to
admire, but whatever the difference
of opinion may be there is ho ques
tion that he is a man of convictions
and expresses them, when occasion
requires, -whether they be popular or
not. ; He doesn't believe in the style
of "benevolent assimilation" as it is
now illustrated by the Washington
administration, concerning which he
tnus speaks in an interview with a
reporter of the Washington Post,
who as ted. his views on that ques
tion:
"I think we have more crops plant
ed than we care for. If we are to be
no better guardians of the Filipinos
than we have been of the Indians, the
Chinamen and the negroes I fear for
the results of our so-called philan
thropy. If Frenchmen who came to
our relief in the War of the Revolu
tion had assumed the same attitude we
would have been fighting that country
yet. Our old style of philanthropy
was to take the spelling book and
the Bible. Latterly we have been
using the gun and the Bible as
our implements- of conversion and
civilization. We Protestants believe
in no probation after death. Therefore,
we argue, we put the heathen on the
other side of probation. But it is kind
of us to give him a Bible after we kill
him; I am not a believer in annexa
tion by extermination. It may be
philanthropic, but it is not just. The
barbarians may be wrong in misinter
preting our efforts to give them the
benefits of civilization, but I believe
tney are lusuned in thinking that a
nation which cannot take care of its
own inferior races need not bid for
any contracts until it has shown that
it knows how to fulfill them. The ad
vantages of commerce are more than
offset by the difficulty of holding those
poor savages until we can drive a Dar
gain with them."
Evangelizing with the machine
gun and the rifle may be an effective
way to make "good" Filipinos that
is dead Filipinos for there are some
of the evangelizers who have caught
onto Gen. Sheridan's idea of the
"good" Indian, and think the way
to make a Filipino '-'good" is to kill
him; Prof. Worcester, who lived
three years in the Philippines, Bay
the .worst Filipinos he met with were
those who had come into contact
with white men.
BAKING IN THE QUARTERS.
That colored citizen of Arkansas
who is engaged in the work of or
ganizing colored leagues to bring
pressure to bear on Congress to se
cure pensions for ex-slaves is a smart
chap, for according to reports he
had raked in 12,381 quarters before
the Postoffice officials caught on to
his racket.
It is pretty hard to' educate the
colored brethren against these
frauds, for there is always some of
them on foot and no matter how
often they are" exposed, lots of the
colored brethren stand ready to
nibble at the bait the next fakir
throws out to them. They have
been beaten out of many , thou sands
of dollars this wav. But it is as
hard to keep them on their guard,
against frauds as it is to wean the
bucolic citizen from the fascination
of the "gold brick."
Now that the mails have been
closed against this enterprising, hus
tler of Arkansas, as he seems to be
temporarily out of a job, it might
I be a good idea for him to go to Bos-
I tnn and nool his issues with Miss
Jewett who is running tne uaker
show. With his cleverness he would-
dnnMlfisa be a valuable assistant
to her. "
Russell Sage, of New York, who
celebrated his 83rd birthday last
week, says he expects to live to reach
tt lirmdrArt . Ha Will llV6 tO be tWO
TinnArAil if hfi Can. lUSt tO BaV6
funeral expenses, if nothing else.
"THE TIDE OP IMMIGRATION.
Twenty-five years ago the bulk of
i immigration to this country con
j sisted of Germans, Irish and English,
j but it has been changing since, es-
pecially within the past ten years,
and now there is scarcely a country
on the globe that does not furnish
its contribution. Heretofore the
immigration statistics simply showed
the nationality of the immigrants,
but for the past year the report shows
not only that, but is subdivided,
showing the nationality and the re
spective races, which gives some idea
of the many elements of which this
tide is composed. The following is
the table: ' - s
Italians......
Sclavs "
78,730
Bohemians
Croats.
. 2,526
. 1,638
.28,466
Poles .:.
Russians...
1,774
Ruthenians 1.392
Slovaks. 15,838
Others ... 44238.070
Hebrews
37,415
32,345
26,630
23,249
10,712
6,858
6,097
4,900
3,708
3,395
2,797
2,395
2,278
2,096
1,942
1,860
1,628
1,350
Irish.
Germans......
Scandinavians (Swedes,
JN or wegians and Danes)
English
Lithuanians..
Finns
Magyar (Hungarians) . .
Syrians
Japanese....
Spanish and Spanish
Americans
Greeks
French...
Portuguese
Scotch.
Dutch...
Chinese. . . . -.
Welsh
This isn't all, for we had in addi
tion blacks from Africa, Armenians,
Flemings, East Indians, Hawaiians,
Pacific islanders, Roumanians, Aus
tralians, Turks and Coreans, but not
over a thousand of either. The in
habitants of Switzerland must be
pretty well contented at home, for
that country sent us but one Swit
zer. Heretofore there was no difficulty
in the problem of assimilation, for
the character of immigration that
came from Germany, Ireland and
England soon became Americanized
and thoroughly t identified them
selves with the country of their
adoption, but how this is going to
work with the later 'conglomeration
as it is pouring in now remains for
the future to show. It may be in-;
cidentallv remarked that there is a
very considerable proportion of this
influx that is not at all desirable,
but the probabilities are that we
will have more instead of less of it.
Miss Evalino Quick, of Milford,
Pa., had an impromptu meeting
with a big rattle snake the other
day, which became aggressive, but
she was too quick for him. She was
swinging in a hammock, and look
ing down saw a five footer about
ready ready to spring into the ham
mock, which he proceeded- to do
without further ceremony. He
struck, but the girl's Bkirts pro
tected her. She bounced from the
hammock, got mad, ran and got a
big stick, returned to the scene,
and dislocated that snake's spinal
column in several places with a ce
lerity that utterly astonished and
overwhelmed that misguided snake.
Some of the European crop stat
isticians figure out the wheat short
age this year in France at 20,000,
000 bushels, in Russia between 85,-
000,000 and 120,000,000 bushels, in
Roumanian Italy, Bulgaria and Spain
(taken together) at 70,000,000, and
India at 17,000,000 bushels. As the
bulk of this deficiency must be Bup
plied from this country, the pros
pects of our wheat growers getting
fair nrice3 for wheat they have to
sell are pretty good.
It is said that Aguinaldo thinks
the Americans and English one
people; Very natural impression
He has probably been reading some
of the soft soder speeches indulged
in bv the English and American
nabobs who slobbered over the
kinship between the" two peoples.
John J. Streeter, editor of a Ponu
list paper at Vineland, ,N. J., will
probably retire. A rich old lady,
whose agent he was, has recently
died and willed him several hundred
thousand dollars. There are a num
ber of editors who would do likewise
under similar circumstances. -
A big shipment of shot, pig and
sheet lead has iust been made from
San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan,
the first of that kind ever made to
that country. It is suspected that
it was shipped to Japan to be Bmug
gled into the Philippines.
Cotton and Naval Storos.
Weekly receipts of cotton and naval
stores at the port of Wilmington were
posted at the Produce Exchange yes
terday as follows:
Week ending August 11th, 1899
Cotton, 2 bales; spirits, 1,606 casks;
rosin. 4,106 barrels; tar, 1,904 barrels;
crude turpentine, 581 barrels.
Week ending August 11th, 1898
Cotton 24 bales; spirits turpentine,
1,623 casks; rosin, 2,850 barrels; tar,
1,949 barrels; crude turpentine, 447
barrels. -
No improvement is reported in
the condition of rRev. Ir. Creasy, who
is undergoing medical treatment in1
Baltimore.
WILMINGTON, N: C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1899.
AN OUTSPOKEN JORY
Grand Jury's Report to Judge
Battle Tells of Gross Mis
management AT HOME AND WORK - HOUSE.
Keeper Presented For Criminal Negli
gence in Allowing Ho ward's Escape.
Other Complaints Cbala Gang.
Court Proceeding?.
The Circuit Criminal Court was ad
journed for the term yesterday about
11 o'clock, the entire docket of seventy
eight cases having been tried and all
business before the court disposed of.
The most important feature of the
morning session was the report of the
grand jury on their work during the
term. It created rather a sensation with
court and county , officials. ' dwelling
with especial severity upon the alleg
ed poor management of the County
Home. The report was quite lengthy,
and the following are- the most im
portant features :
To His Honor Dossey Battle, Judge
JrrestainQ :
We have had 46 cases before us. and
have found 41 true bills and 5 not
true bills, and we return herewiVY 2
bills because we have been unabrto
get the witnesses before us. We found
it necessary to issue two capias in or
der to expedite the work given for us
to do. We present 14 delinquent,
schedule B, tax payers.
Condition of Jail. ;
We visited the jail and found it in
very good repair. We find that the
inmates of the jail are obliged to use
river water for drinking purposes,
and we respectfully -recommend that
this be discontinued at once and water
from the Court House cistern be
given them instead. We Would re
commend that a diet of mare vege
tables be furnished the prisoners.
We find that the yard on the east
side of the jail known as the "city
pound" where stock is kept for various
purposes, is far from being in' good con
dition. Foul water from this yard
Hows into the jail yard. This should
not be permitted. ,
We also recommend that a pipe be
connected with the spring between
the court house and jail and extended
to Jacob's run sewer.
The Court Honse.
We have inspected the court house
and fine it in good repair except that
ine cier k s vauii in me oasemeni is uiny
as is the Register of deed's vault in the
basement. We found the books and
papers mouldy ; we find in the furnace
room a quantity of loose papers and
other inflammable matter which should
be removed. In one room we found
water standing on the floor. Plunder
of various kinds placed in the custody
of the janitor is stored away in a state
of confusion in the basement hall way.
Chain Gang Recommended.
We recommend that all male pris
oners be put to work on our public
roads, keeping in repair those roads
already built and building new ones
and thereby make New Hanover
county njpre'progressive.
w e a iso recommenu mat me iemaie
prisoners be employed in washing the
clothes of the male prisoners and
scouring and keeping clean the court
house and jail.
As to the condition of the County
Home we respectfully refer you to the
report of our committee sent to inves
tigate, which :s made part of this re
port. '
We .visited the City Hospital and
found, )t in a very clean and satisfac
tory condition.
(Signed) f K. W. HICKS, -
' Foreman.
The following are the principal
features of the report on the condi
tion of the County Home as , made by
the committee:
The Home now has 23 to 25 inmates.
Their apparel is about such as we
would expect people of their circum
stances to be clad in if living m their
own homes.
A Miss Walker advised us that no
clothing had been furnished since the
last administration and tnat tnen tne
allotment to her was one homespun
dress and one apron.
They are given two meals per day
breakfast at 9 A. M. and dinner at 2
P. M., no supper except that they
ask for it and then they receive three
crackers and as many ginger snaps.
For breakfast they have a small slice
of f atrpork, a small piece of corn bread,
one biscuit and some hominy. Most
of the white women do their own
cooking in their own rooms, because
they are unable to eat the food after
it has been prepared by the cooks of
the institution. These women are al
lowed 2fr pounds of fat pork, 2 quarts
of flour and peck of meal per week.
Continuing, the- report states that
M. I. Blackwell and Amanda Walker
and two sisters who are sick much of
the time say the doctor prescribes for
them but that the prescriptions are
never filled; that Mrs. Chad wick, wife
of the superintendent, told the com
mittee that they did the cooking for
the family separate from that of the
inmates because they could not eat
the food furnished them; that one in
mate, Morrison by name, seemed well
satisfied' with the treatment he re
ceived, but the committee expressed
the belief that he is shown much more
attention and receives different food
from the others; that they found all
the houses clean.
Referring to the negro ward the.re
port stated that inmates advised
the committee that they received two
meals per day with no change of diet
and the food very poor. The report
further states that:
Their sick do not get proper atten
tion. We were told that the superin
tendent notified the inmates that a
committee would be out to inspect the
place during the week, and they were
all put to work cleaning up the place.
They were also cautioned about ans
wering any questions we might ask
them. In fact we found that every
one with whom we talked had been
intimidated, and it was very hard for
us to get them to give us any infor
mation. We inquired how long it
would be before the place would be
cleaned up again, and we were told it
would be most probably three months.
Prisoners do not receive clothing
unless they get so naked they,, can't
leave their cells with what they have.
The superintendent told us he is not,
required 10 iurmsu uuuuue "
at all.-
; The first thing that greeted our ears
upon entering the stockade was cries
for more air. The cells are about 8x10
feet, with solid doors and no ventila
tion, save a small grating and one in
the back wall. These doors should be
changed into barred doors for the Sum
mer. Prisoners are confined in these
cells all day Sundays.
From information we have gathered
from competent authority we are con
vinced that with the 21 cents per day
per capita and the farm products, that
the inmates of this institution can be
furnished with three meals per day,
with good food and with necessary
clothing and medicine. The present
food supply is not of good quality, and
is insufficient for the sustenance of a
man. Dinner at 2 P. M. and breakfast
at 9- A. M. gives nineteen hours that
these people exist without anything to
eat
- The report is signed by Mr. Ed. C.
Craft, and approved by Messrs. I.
Shrier, George B. Myers and C. T.
Joyce.
There were several cases for petty
offences tried yesterday during the
brief session of the court
Rosa King, colored, was sentenced
to six months in jail on conviction for
nuisance. Louise Newkirk, colored,
was found not guilty of a similar
offence and Harry A. Steele was con
victed of abandonment Judgment-
was suspended on condition that he go
back to his wife and render her proper
support
Presentment Against Chadwick.
The grand jury, before making their
final report, returned a number of
presentments, ' which will go over
to the next term of the court
One of the most important was
an - indictment against Mr. M. G.
Chadwick, Superintendent of the
County Home and Work House.
Criminal negligence is charged in that
he permitted J. Tilman Howard to es
cape from the Work House. An of
fence of this character is punishable by
both fine and imprisonment
Judge Battle will leave this morning
for his home. In conversation with
a Star repotrer he said yesterday af
ternoon that the county commission
ers have signified their positive inten
tion to establish .the chain gang sys
tem of improving public roads and he
has in pronouncing sentence upon the
various criminals provided that they
work upon the public roads. He very
much disapproves of the present com
bination Work House and County
Home system and thinks the chain
gang will solve the problem of success
fully separating the two departments
and render the convicts profitable in
stead of a constant drain upon the
county.
ONE NEGRO SHOT ANOTHER.
Quarrelled Over -Drinks and Threatened
Fight Ended in Shooting Scrape.
Son Ellerbee and Tom Brooks, two
young negroes, engaged in an alterca
tion last night about 8 o'clock, cor
ner Seventh and Castle streets, which
came near ending seriously for Brooks.
The negroes had been in Walton's bar
on the corner and came out quarrel
ling as to which should treat to drinks.
Both were intoxicated and Ellerbee
violently cursed Brooks, which was
resented and a fight was about to
ensue when Ellerbee drew his pistol
and shot Brooks in the right shoulder.
The ball was a 32 calibre and ranged
upward, lodging in the negro's neck.
Ellerbee immediately disappeared
from the crowd which had collected
after the shooting. Dr. F. H. Russell
was summoned and extracted the
bullet
Justice Bornemann and Deputy King
were rery soon on the scene of the
disturbance and a warrant was issued
for Ellerbee's arrest, but at last ac
counts he had not been captured.
Q0T TO DO IT.
Mr.
Walter Kelly,
of Alabama,
square bale
favors
the standard
24x54.
"I favor the 24x54 standard hale of
cotton. There is no question what
ever of the importance of having gin
ners' associations in Alabama and
Georgia. Long before there was any
American cotton company I was anx
ious to get all parties owning gins
united, and I took up the matter with
.some of them without success. The
day is coming very soon that they
will find these associations to be to
their interest I want to see two or
three of our best men who own gins
to talk the matter over and consult
with them about this. For my part I
am ready and anxious to do all in my
power to bring it about
"if all knew the evil to them or tne
American Cotton Company as well as
I do, and just one-half as willing to do
something to resist them, they (the
American Cotton Company) would be
defeated completely right away. We
have got to do it"
Naval Stores' Market.
There has been a steady advance in
prices of all naval stores during the
present week and producers are realiz
ing handsomely; especially so for
spirits turpentine, the prices yesterday
having been the highest that have pre
vailed for a number of years.
The Produce Exchange yesterday
posted the following quotations at the
close of the day's .business: Spirits
turpentine, firm with sales at 4747j
cents; tar, firm with sales at $1.80;
crude turpentine, firm with sales at
$2.50 for dip. and $2.50 for virgin.
Rosin is worth only 9095 cents.
Spirits brought on the correspondinj
day last year only 2b cents and tar was
steady at $1.15.
Multi-Millionaire Here.
Mr, H. M. Flagler of N4w York, one
of the largest stockholders in the
Standard Oil Company and widely
known a multi-millionaire, arrived in
the city yesterday and went down to
Wrightsvill.e' Beach, where he is the
guest ofMajor E. W. Van Court
LucaaAt his cosy cottage adjacent to
the Atlantic yacht club. Mr. Flagler is
travelling in his private car which is
luxuriously furnished and supplied
with a corps of competent servants.
He expects to spend several days here.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HELD SPECIAL
MEETING.
Stock Law Line Pence Further Considered.
Bank Stock Assessments Complaint
Against Supt. Chadwick.
A special meeting- of the Board of
County Commissioners was held yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of
considering the question of the line
stock fence between New Hanover
and Pender counties in view of the
inauguration of the stock law on
January 1st, and other matters which
were left over from Monday's ses
sion. 1
The meeting was called to order at
2.30 o'clock -and all members were
present j
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy addressed the
board in favor of a reduction of the
assessment on the stock of the Atlantic
National Bank, which it appears has
been made considerably; above par.
The contention was for a par valua
tion. The mar of assessment of
all bank stock property was deferred
until a subsequent meeting
The fence building question, which
was discussed at some length Monday,
was again taken up and further con
sidered yesterday. Nothing definite
was, however, arrived at and a com
mittee, composed oi Messrs. McEach
ern, Alexander and Capt. j Jno. Barry,
was apt inted to take the matter in
charge; to recommend the style; to
have plans and specifications drawn ;
to ascertain the cost of building by
advertising for bids and to report the
result of their investigations to the
Board at the earliest possible meeting.
The profile and survey jof the fence
as presented to the Board Monday was
adopted and the committee in charge
of the work instructed to make their
plans in accordance with same.
Besides the auditing of August bills
by the auditing board, the only matter
other than those mentioned, which re
ceived consideration was a semi-offi
cial report from the grand jury which
visited the County Home yesterday,
to the effect that inmates of the Home
and the House of Correction were not
receiving sufficient clothing from the
Superintendent, whose contract with
the county is supposed ta bind him to
this extent. The following reinforce
ment to the agreement between the
Superintendent and the county was
ordered to be placed on record, and
to be attached to the bond of the Super-
iTitpnrlfiTit
Whereas. To make the contract be
tween M. G. Chadwick, Superintend
ent of the County Home,; as to keep
ing the inmates of the Home and what
he has to furnish them more clearly,
Mr. Chadwick was summoned before
the Board and stated that he under
stands that he is to furnish food, medi
cines, clothing, bedding, fuel and any
other supplies that have been fur
nished by other superintendents to
each inmate under their contracts.
The matter of making the general
road law operative with regard to the
working of convicts on the public
roads, so urgently requested by Judge
Battle during the opening day of
court now in session ! here, was
deferred until Saturday, when it is
probable that steps will be taken
to put the law into effect in New Han
over county and to elect a superin
tendent for the management of hired la-
1 t A 1 i "L
Dorers ana ior convicts mat may ov
sentenced to such work.
RACE AETER WATCH THIEF.
Nezro Thought to Be Implicated in Lar
ceny of Watch From Excursionist
Lodged in Jail.
Deoutv Sheriffs J. P. Flynn and
George T. Bland were led a lively
chase yesterday afternoon by a negro
whom, it is supposed, is implicated in
the larceny of a watch from Mr. W.
P. Barber, of Fayetteville, who came
down on the excursion from Selma
and Dunn yesterday.
The watch was stolen from Mr.
Barber yesterday mormnr, and upon
reaching the city he immediately con
ferred with the authorities relative to
the recovery of his property.
A vounsr white man. who came
with Mr. Barber on the excursion, was
at first arrested, but having proved
his innocence, he was released. The
officers next secured a clue implica
ting a negro, who was isoon located
in Mr. W. V. Sellers' pawn shop at
tempting to secure a loan on a gold
watch similar in appearance to that
Inst bv Mr. Barber. As the offi
mrs annearcd at the door of the store,
the negro made a dash and ran down
Cirnntr to Water street and down
Water to Nun. where he was taken in
charce bv Superintendent of Street
Perry who happened to be pai
in that vicinitv. The ! watch was,
Vinwp.vp.r not found on his person and
the presumption is that he threw it
ftwav duriner the chase, which was an
exciting one, the officers! having fired
snvAral timas in the ai ta halt him.
He refused to eivenis name to Jus
tice McGowan before whom he will be
biprl at 3 nVlrtok this afternoon, but
t the iailh was recorded as John
Jones.
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Modesty in
women is no
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than beauty and
wit Is it any
wonder that wo
men afflicted
with physical
disorders pecu
liar to their sex
shrink from per
sonal examina
tions by male
physicians? The
weaknesses and irregularities of-women
may be recognized by certain unfailing,
symptoms. Backache, headache, bearing
down pains, irritability and extreme nerv
ousness indicate derangement of the
' delicate female organism. Bradfield's Fe
male Regulator is the standard remedy, for
characteristic diseases of women.
Sold by druggists at $i.co per bottle. .
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NO. 43
PROF. EDWARD VANLAER.
Died in Presbyterian Hospital in Philadel.
phia Yesterday Funeral and Inter.
ment Here This Afternoon.
A host of friends in Wilmington
yesterday heard with profound sorrow
of the death of Prof. E. Van Laer.
which occurred yesterday morning at
the Presbyterian Hospital in Phila
delphia, where he was taken for treat
ment only a few days before his
demise. -
Prof. VanLaer had been in failing
health for some time, and those more
thoroughly acquainted with him knew
that it was only a question of time
when the dread disease, consumption,
with which he was afflicted, would
prove fatal.
Deceased was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church,, of which he
was a faithful attendant and a valued
member. A wife, two daughters and
one son survive him. They are Mrs.
G.W. Cherry, of Florence, S. C. ; Miss
Louise VanLaer, of this city and Mr.
Robert E. VanLaer, of New York, all
of whom have the tenderest sympathy
of many friends and acquaintances.
The deceased was born in Dussel-
dorf, Prussia, September 27th, 1844,
and was therefore in the fiftv-fifth
year of his age. j When about thirteen
years of age, he came to New York
and about thirty years ago he removed
to Wilmington. On Ju.e 26th, 1871,
he was married to Miss Matilda Schul-
ken, and has since res idea here with
the exception of three years spent in
Salem, New Jersey, as professor of
music in tho Salem Conservatorv.
When he first came to Wilmington he
taught in General Ransom's school
of music. Later he was musical direc
tor in Dr. Bernheim's school aud has
for the past several years conducted
a wholesale and retail music establish
ment at 402-404 North Fourth street.
Besides his wife andTchildren who
survive him here, he has two sisters
and one brother living in Prussia and
a number of relatives residing in New
York. i '
ThA rnmaina will niriwft ViArA on thft
Atlantic Coast Line at 9:45 o'clock
this morning and the funeral will be
conducted by Dr. Hoge, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church this after
noon at 5 'o'clock from the late resi
dence on Fourth street. The inter
ment will be at Oakdale cemetery.
COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT
Statement for July Showing Receipts, and
- Disbursements of General and ) .
Special Fnnds. J
The report of County Treasurer
H. McL. Green, for July, as audited
by the County Finance Committee
at its special meeting Thursday, shows
receipts for the month as follows :
Balance from June account. $300 07
January tax... 3 00
Schedule B tax 350 00
Loan, National Bank of Wil
mington i 6,000 00
General tax. . .L 400 00
Rent .. 13 56
Back tax L 114 66
Marriage licenses... 19 00
Total i ....$7,200 29
The disbursements under the differ
ent headings were as follows:
Outdoor poor. . ............. $345 70
Public buildings 80 53
Koads and bridges bb 00
City Hospital 250 00
County Home 148 72
Circuit Court.. 87 51
Tax listing... 521 45
Jail..,. , 143 70
Magistrates.... 20 68
Stationary and advertising. . . 7 00
Interest National Bank of
Wilmington
93 50
Commissioners 182 10
Attorney.
50 00
75 00
50 00
45 00
Superintendent of Health . . .
Ulerk, -Board commissioners
Janitor
Register of Deteds 100
00
Constable.
5 00
Coroner. .
Treasurer.
J5 00
39 83
Total $2,326 72
The balance left to August account
is $4,873.57.
The report with the special county
fund, shows a balance on hand July
1st, from previous statements, $1,-
780.37. Sixty-four coupons on bonds
No. 15, at $2.50 each, and sixty cou
pons of the same series at $12.50 each,,
amounting in the aggregate to $921.37,
with Treasurer's commission were
paid, leaving a balance on hand
August 1st of $859.00.
COUNTY SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
Committeemen Organized Yesterday for
Two Districts Examination On
Next Saturday.
Captain Manning, the county super
intendent, yesterday organized the
school committeemen of two other
districts in compliance with the gen
eral school law. The committees in
their organized form are as follows:
District No. 13, Harnett Township
E. L. Ennett, chairman, vice W. F.
Alexander, resigned; B. D. Humphrey,
secretary; A. R. Canady.-
District No. 14, Harnett Township
Jas. T. Canady, chairman; Jno. D.
Woody, secretary; Stephen SneedenT
vice W. L. Rogers, resigned. .
:, There now is but one district in the
county yet to organize No. 9, Federal
Point township, The teachers have for
the most part been selected in Harnett
and Cape Fear townships, and the
school machinery of the entire coun
ty will be in; perfect working order
within a very short time.
The examination for scholarship in
the A. & M. College will be conducted
by Captain Manning next Saturday.
Three licenses for marriage
were issued to white couples during
the past week and four to colored
persons. i
He Saved Six Lives at Newport, Rhode
Island, inTa Brave Adventure From
the Deck of His Yacht.
Neto York Journal
Newport, R. August 10. This
having been a rainy day at Newport
the great crowd of society and wealth
have had plenty of time to discuss the
heroism of Pembroke Jones, who, at
the risk of his own life, rescued two
women and two men from A blazing
naphtha launch in the bay last night.
It all came about in this wise: W.
Buckholder Sunderland and Otto D
Krieschbturu, accompanied by Miss
Florence Newcomb and Miss Jose
phine Scott, came down from Taun
ton, Mass., yesterday to see the sights.
Alone in the evening they engaged
the naphtha launch of Capt Michael
Connelly to run them around the
yachts in- the harbor.
Captain Connolly is a navigator of
experience, and he had a crew of one
man. The four from Taunton board
ed his craft and off they started.
Aboard the steam yacht Narada was
a dinner party, attended by some of
the most notable of the summer
colony." i
Projecting from the port side of the
Narada was a swinging boom at the
end of which a small boat was moored. '
Captain Connolly, in his desire to
show his fares from Taunton the real
thing, ran up alongside the yacht and
the swinging boom scraped off the
smokestack of his naphtha launch.
From this time the proceedings were
interesting.
The loss of the stack allowed the
flame to communicate with the naptha
in the tank, and there was a fireworks
display that would do credit to Man
hattan Beach.
Captain Connolly, and his crew,
being familiar with explosive abilities
of naphtha, discreet! v lumped over
board, leaving the four frightened
Taunton tourists to guess what was
best to do.
The accident had been seen from the
deck of the yacht, and Pembroke Jones
was the first to take advantage of the
opportunity. It would be pressing it
a bit to say that he harled himself into
a small boat, but he slid in, and, call
ing one of the crew to his assistance,
he started for the blazing launch.
Reaching it, Mr. Jones corang aboard
and turned a few cocks that shut off
the flow of naphtha from the tank and
averted an explosion. Then he as
sisted tho Taunton people to his small
boat and took them aboard the yacht
On the way he picked up Captain
Connolly and his crew, who had been
swimming around.
The trifling burns of the tourists
from Taunton were attended to on the
yacht and they were sent ashore in
one of the Narada's boats. The guests
aboard the yacht were so excited that
they failed to finish their dinner, and
Mr. Jones was overwhelmed with con
gratulations until his face looked like
the blaze he had just extinguished
on the launch.
OPPOSE GRASPING MONOPOLY.
Mr. G. McD. Gamble, of Alabanja,
considers the round bale detrimental to
all small ginners and against the in
terest of the cotton grower:
"I like the 24x54 standard much bet
ter than I did the larger press box. I
had no trouble in packing heavy bales,
and they looked much neater. I can
cover them with less bagging and
handle with greater ease. Six yards of
Dagging will cover a standard bale
almost completely, and I can put two
bales inside of a two-horse wagon
body. I certainly favor the standard
bale aud hope that all ginners will
adopt it.
"The advantages of a standard bale
in size aud a practically standard bale
in weight, say 450 to 550 pounds, is
doubtless apparent to all ginners who
have given the question careful con
sideration. "I consider the round bale that is
now being introduced detrimental to
all small ginners and much against
the interest of the cotton growers. The
time has certainly come when the
planter, the ginner, the compressor,
and in fact any one who has any inter-.
est whatsoever in cotton, should stand
shoulder to shoulder and oppose the
encroachments of that grasping mo
nopoly ; which is now threatening to
usurp every branch of the cotton in
dustry. The aim of this monopoly is
to place intolerable burdens upon the
producer, to drive small ginners out of
business, to levy an exorbitant royalty
upon the larger ginners who can afford
to use their machinery, and to strangle -all
competition.
"The farmer hauls his cotton in seed
to market .There will be no compe
tition in grading and bidding; one
man sets the price, not only for the
lint, but also for the seed. Do you .
see the hand of a cotton trust behind
this? Do you see the hand of a seed
trust behind this? Do vou see the
hand of a ginning trust behind this? .
Do you see the small gin shut up, and
the farmer forced to haul his seed cot-
ton to the nearest trust ginnery?
"A standard square bale seems to
be the only remedy to apply to
this evil. It has all the advantages
claimed for the round bale,
and it is not the offspring
of a monopoly. With the present
method of baling cotton we have
competition of buyers, with daily
telegraphic information from all the
markets of the world, competing
against each other, straining grades
and limits to get in, thereby obtaining
for the producer the highest possible
price.
"The question is can we get the uni
form square bale adopted? Certainly
not by: the efforts of one man, nor of
a few men. In order to bring about
the desired results, the united efforts
of every one who feels an interest in
the matter will be required."
LYNCHING IN GEORGIA.
Negro Killed For Attempted Assault on a
White Woman Another Negro Ar
rested For Similar Offence.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Clem, Ga., August 11. Will Mc
Chire, a negro aged 18, was lynched
a few miles from here this afternoon
by a party of citizens, 'lhe negro
went to the house of George Moore, a
respectable family of Carroll county,
and attempted to assault Mrs. Moore.
She screamed and assistance coming,
the rapist was defeated in his purpose.
Atlanta, August 11. A company .
of the Capital City Guards, under
command of Captain Barker, arrived
here late to-night from Jackson, Ga.,
escorting Lewis Williams, a tramp
negro, to the Atlanta jail for safe
keeping. The negro appeared at the
near that place this morning and
asked for food. He was refused and
left the house. Soon after Mrs. Wat-,
kins saw him returning, but before he
reached the door she picked up her
baby and ran screaming from the.
house. Her husband, supposing that
she was about to be assaulted, chased
the negro, being joined by neighbors.
The negro was wounded by a piBtol -shot,
easily captured and taken to jaiL
A large crowd assembled and the ..
sheriff-wired Governor Candler for
assistance. The Governor quickly
summoned the Guards and dispatched
them to Jackson.