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She e&ccltltj Jtar. ! IJ.IAM H. BBRKABti Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, . - Oetober 20, 1899. PULL DOWN THE BAEEIEES.g2 two fAiUh one of the greatest commercial 'nations in the world, is thT only one which has not what migWTbe called a merchant marine, that is a marjne to do its ocean car rying. It has very fair coastwise and lake shipping but when it comes if. ffl.ll a wav behind fourth and fifth class powers. "We made some reference recently toa statement by Mr. Frank L. Neall, of the shipbuilding firm of "Wright & Son, of Philadelphia, showing the number and class of vessels owned in this country, sail ing the high seas,' compared or rather contrasted with other nations. This was a most carefully prepared state ment giving itho name, ownership, character whether steam or sail, tonnage and when built, the list showing a total of 125 vessels, steam and sail, witi a total carrying capac ity of 296,185 tons out of the 37, 000,000 tons carried last year, valued at $1,800,000,000. All of this save the less than 300,000 tons was car fro in foreign ships and the money paid for freightage was paid to foreigners, save perhaps when American capital may have been invested in some of them. The insignificance of our mer chant marine is generally recognized and persons i who give thought to such matters: realize the folly of a policy which ;make3 a country with such a commerce dependent upon othercountries to do its carrying across the seas; but every movement to pull down the barriers and open the way to the speedy establishment of a merchant marine has been met and opposed by men who were think ing more of themselves than of a merchant marine. They profess to want a merchant marine, but in sist that it must be a marine of ships built in American ship yards, and then declare that they can't be built in American ship yards 'without bounties nor operated, if built, with out subsidies.' They say our ship building industry must be protected from the ships built in Europe. This has been the cry every time this subject has been broached in Congre33 and: the proposition made to permit Americana to buy ships abroad and sail them under the II. S. flag. The absurdity of this asser tion that our; ship yards would be injured by allowing the purchase of foreign-built ships is exposed by "the fact that so few ships for ocean carrying" are built in this country, the total afloat now of all kinds, be ing but 125. j As a 'practical ship-builder, inter ested in the j building of ship3, and in the growth of our.commerce, Mr. Xeall makes Bome suggestions show ing how we can have a merchant marine, and at the same .time not seriously interfere with the ship building interests of this country. Here is his plan: i L IT j, , a , in aaaiuon 10 sucn assistance as the United states Government may see fit to extend to merchants, shin- owners or ship-builders in the shape of subsidies, bounties or postal consed erations, in order to encourage the building of the higher class of mer chant steamers suitable, if required, to be used by the United States Govern ment as auxiliary cruisers, transports, etc., etc., and to assist in maintaining me man service witn otner countries, and without questioning the great value of the existence of such a fleet to the general Government, as well as to our maritime and commercial in terest at large, let us with the greatest possible promptness have enablinar acts passed by the next Congress gran tine to citizens of the United states. -tlfa) The right to purchase foreign bottoms, steam and sail, and put them under the protection of the United States flag, with such restrictive con ditions as will amply protect the ex isting coastwise merchant -marine These conditions should include the prohibition of the foreign-built craft from ever engaging in our coastwise trade, or in trade with anv foreign port within, say, five hundred (500) miles of the: shores of the United States proper, as existing on January 1, 1898; and these foreign vessels, so acquired, should each have a dead weight capacity of not less than, say. ave inousana (s,wv) tons, if steamers, or, say, twenty-five hundred (2.500) tons, if sailing vessels; further, they should be not over five (5) years old at time oi purcnase. "b) Should this project for any rea son not be practicable, then I would suggest the consideration by Congress of legislation, permitting our citizens to purchase and place under the United States flag the same kind of tonnage as mentioned above, and under the same charter of rigid restrictions as to em ployment, but with the additional visoes that such purchases of foreign built tonnage must, as an experiment, not exceed a total of, say, five hun dred thousand (500.0001 ton not ter, and that on them must be paid, as uuior w mo j miea suites government. mo sum oi nve aoiiars (.15.00) per net registered ton, Bay. one dollar rti nrn per ton on date of admission to Ameri can registry, and one dollar ($1.00) per ton annually thereafter until th five dollars ($5.00) per ton shall have ueenpaia. ? ? What seems to be especially needed. u American owned vessels are to par ticipate to any appreciable degree in transporting between our shores and those or foreign countries the great commerce that is continually passing across both the oceans that wash our our coasts, "is that our merchants should have the facility of flying our flag, not alone on' hurh-clasa nun. senger and mail steamers, but also on . the plain, economically constructed, unpretentious ireignters wnicn are called 'tramps ;' for it is this latter tiaas oi vessels mat travel witn an average soeed of eicht (8) to ten rim . knots per hour, that transports by far the greater bulk of the world's ocean commerce. Some such legislation as has been indicated in general terms above would, it seems to me, be a practical step towards the attainment of that end, at absolutely no cost to our Government, and to the material pront or -American citizens. i "Neither would there be. injustice ' wrought thereby to American ship ' yards?, from which there is not to-day afloat a single ocean tramp, and which shipyards, in all probability, could not within two years from this date build and place in commission a ! couple of dozen such steamers of seven thousand Kt,iw) wb "ku capacity each. Sit American ownership of modern foreign built ocean freight steamers were promptly authorizedby Congress, I believe it would prove a safe, popular and remunerative additional source of investment for funds of American citi zens, and would be widely availed of throughout the United States." The essential point in this is the recommendation to "pull down the barriers and give American capital and enterprise the liberty to go abroad to buy ships if they can be bought to better advantage than at homeland it shows that this would not do harm or any injustice to Amer ican' ship yards, which build so ?ew ocean going vessels. If il be a fact that vessels can be built more cheap ly in. England, Scotland or Ireland, than they can be in this country, it is because American ship-builders want more - profit" than the British hnildfira are content with, and the quickest way to bring them to time and make them lower prices, would be to permit competition between them and European builders for our 1 ' TITl i.1 ocean going vessels, wnen mey found our capitalists going abroad to buy ships, and saw our merehant marine growing they would very soon put the prices down so that our ship buyers would have no induce ment to -go abroad for their ships, and then our shipyards would grow and keep pace with the growth of our merchant marine, so that while the removal of the barriers would give us ships, it would also give a stimulus to ship-building and that would become a great industry. HOW TRUSTS HURT. Trusts;not only throw large num bers of people out of employment, but they destroy local industries, and thus destrov the places de- pendent upon these local industries. If the trusts get a firm footing the result will eventually be that the manufacturing plants in the indus tries which they control will be centered at a few points and the numerous plants at other points, which thev have absorbed, will -be closed up and. the people who lived by the labor they required be com pelled to make employment else where or in-some other way. Some illustrations of this are given in the following which we . clip from the Harper's Weekly, which is a non partisan paper: "A chief source of complaint against the trusts is that they purchase the plants of rivals, then close and dis mantle them. Rivals of the Standard Oil Company say that at Titusville, T 1 . il . 1 . 1 Pa.. ana in many otner places, large and well equipped refineries have been purchased by the company. the machinery taken out, the build ings torn down, and only the black ened chimneys remain, as an evi dence of the rum that the trust has -wrought. Within a few months the American Steel and Wire Company purchased a plant of a rival at Crawfordsville, Indiana. The plant was immediately closed, the men thrown out of employment. Theindus try had been the chief manufacturing industry or the little city. . The work men employed there had, many of them, purchased homes, and through the agency of the building and loan associations were paying for them. They were counted amone the nros perous, trustworthy citizens of Craw fordsville. The dismantling of the plant threw them out of employment. and will force many of them to sur render their homes, while the city has losta chief source of its prosperity. If a competitor has been active, and has succeeded in takinir Dart of the market of the trust, a sufficient reason for the purchasing of his plant is to re 1 M 1 f 1 "W move mm irom me neia. in manv cases me trust coma auora to pay a XI a a 1 i -w m t sum far above the cost of reproduction oi tne piant. w ith the rival removed, prices can be raised above the com petitive point, and the consumers thus taxed to pay the added cost. While most of the trusts claim the disman tlmg of such plants merely transfers manufacturing to another and more favorable location, it is doubtless true that in many cases competition has so stocked the market that prices cannot be kept up without a restriction of the output: Under, those circum stances the dismantling of the plant means not merely a transfer of its location, but a lessening of the output and an increase of price. The answer to this by the trust defender would probably be. that the benefit the public receives from the cheapening of the articles sup plied more than offsets the harm done 'to those localities and the people thus deprived of employ ment, but " even if there were a cheapening of articles it would not offset the harm done, for those local industries arei the developers of the resources of a1 section and the educators in skilled labor, both of which ! are 'necessary to permanent prosperity. Well distributed in dustries keep up the . equilibrium and are better developers and pros perity promoters than one center where the industries are combined. A- hundred thousand people em ployed in these distributed indus tries are? better for the State, and for all, jpian a hundred thousand crowded faito one center, on the i ' same .principle that distributed wealth is bettor than wealth mo nopolized by a few localities. Somevof the correspondents repre ocufc ,vieu. jjawton as a capacious n n 4- r r . wiu is aDie to "drink any other man under the table," but the General says he never drank a drop of liquor. Maybe he takes water in his and gets the drop on the other bibbers in thaWay. 1 here is one citizen of Illinois whose cornucopia is is pretty full this year. His corn crop is 600,000 1 T i -rr t ' - r DusueiB. ne Knows how to grow corn, T for his crop averaged 100 bushels to the acre. LOVELY BLUE AND WHITE HOME WEDDING. Mr. LeRoy Baxter Rogers and Miss Ara bella Gore Pledged Their Troth An Auspicious and Charming Affair. One of the most beautiful home wed dings that have taken place in the hy m- enial annals of Wilmington occurred yesterday evening at 5 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Gore, 604 Dock street The bride was their daughter, Miss Arabella Gore, one of Wilmington's most popular young ladies, and the groom was Mr. LeRoy Baxter Rogers, a popular young gen tleman also of this city, highly esteemed for his splendid qualities and fine 'business capacity. It was a blue and white wedding, the decorations being white and blue, and the happy affair was most aus picious and charming in every respect. The parJor in which the ceremony was performed, was a scene of exquisite ness, the floral decorations consisting of royal palms, ferns, carnations and other cut flowers. A great throng of friends were in attendance to witness the happy union of bands and hearts, and the ceremony was beautifully and impressively per-. formed by the Rev. Calvin S. Black- well, Ph. D., D. D., the distinguished pastor of the First Baptist Church. The bridal party began the proces sion up stairs, descending the steps to the parlor door whicb was entered by the bridesmaids in this order: Misses Margaret M. Ashe and Elizabeth G. Kirkham, of this city; Miss Alma BrowD, of Wilmington, and Miss A. S. Herring', of Clinton, N. C. ; Mr. James Woodroo; of Wilmington, best man, with Misj Lena Rodes, of Charlottes ville, Va., first maid of honor ; the bride leaning on the arm of the groom; Miss Lilly Vance White, of Edenton, N. C, second maid of honor. Miss White, following in the wake of the couplej bore the wedding ling. As the procession entered Miss Henrie Shep ard, artistically played on the piano the bridal chorus from Lohengrin, and while the ceremony was being per formed by Dr. Blackwell, she render ed "Narcissus" in sweet and lownotes. When the marriage had been pro nounced, the inspiring strains of Men delesohn's wedding march proclaimed the joyous event. In the midst of their relatives and friends Mr. and Mrs. Ro gers were the recipients of unceasing felicitations. The bride was attired in an exquisite gown of white taffeta silk and wore a tulle veil caught with diamonds and orange blossoms. She carried a bou quet of white carnations "and maiden hair fern. The maids of honor and bridesmaids wore lovely dresses of blue organdy oyer white silk, and their bouquets were red carnations and maiden-hair fern. The presents received by the couple were very numerous and included beautiful and valuable articles in great variety. After the wedding dainty refresh ments were served, and a few minutes before 7 P. M. the bridal party took carriages and were driven to Front street station, where they boarded the 7 o'clock train on the Atlantic Coast Line for Washington, Baltimore, Phil adelphia New York and other North ern cities. The bride wore a handsome tailor-made going-a way gown of brown broadcloth. They expect to be gone two weeks, when they will return and visit Mr. Rogers' parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rogers, at Mullins, S. C. They will be at home, No. 114 South Sixth street, after November 1st. Mr. Rogers came to Wilmington from Mullins six years ago and has since been a valued attache to the wholesale grocery house of Mr, D. L. Vjrore, nis fatner in-law. For some time he has travelled for the house and is popularly and widely known in North Carolina and South Carolina. Among those who attended the wed ding were Mr. Rogers' brother, Mr. L. L. Rogers, of Mullins, his cousin, Mr. W. R. Rogers, and Mr. J. O. Gasque, of Marion, S. C. BRUNSWICK SUPERIOR COURT. Two Days' Session Adjourned Yesterday. Case of Manslaughter and Larceny. Brunswick Superior Court, Judge E. W. Timberlake presiding, and Solici tor C. M. McLean prosecuting, ad journed a two day's session yesterday at noon and the judge and solicitor and yisitingattorneys, among them be ing Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, Hon. Franklin McNeill, and Esquires E. K. Bryan, Brooke G. Empie and W. J, Bellamy, came up on the afternoon boat. J udge Timberlake and Solicitor McLean left in the afternoon for their homes. Sheriff D. .R. Walker also came up, bringing with him Ed Burton, colored, convicted of manslaughter and sen tenced to eighteen months in the peni tentiary, and Sam White, colored, con victed of the larceny of an ox and sen tenced to twelve months in the State prison. He lodged them in New Han over jail last night and will take them to Raleigh this morning. Burton is the negro who about three months ago shot and killed another colored man on the Brunswick county road, about eight miles from the city, the particulars of which were pub lished in the Star at the time. Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy represented Burton, m . , m . mm t mt ana. suDmitted to a verdict or man slaughter: The shooting was so ap parently in self defence and only tech nically a crime that Judge Timberlake intimated that he would immediately ask the Governor for his pardon. Bur ton is a negro of excellent character. The Best Prescription for Cbllla and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chili. Tonic. Never fails to cure; then why experiment with worthless imitations ? Price 50 cents. Your money bach if it fails to cure. The East . Carolina Real Estate Agency, offers for sale the timber on a tract of land on JNorth Kasf Kiver. It includes over one million feet of fine Cypress timber. See advertise ment. ' ' 4- The East Carolina Real Estate Agency is prepared to give prompt andemcient service to all persons wishing to sell farms or town property. .Address a. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C t THE CLAM INDUSTRY. Season Opened October 14th flood Ship meats Are Being Made Yearly Busl ness Annates $50,000. Neit in importance probably to the oyster industry along the' lower Cape Fear coast during the Fall and Winter months, is the gathering and shipping of the ordinary clam to the Northern markets, wjiere this species of the bi valve finds ready, sale, sometimes at very handsome prices. - The season proper for gathering and shipping begins about October, 15th, and a Stab representative had a yery interesting talk regarding the industry a few days since with Capt. W. A. Sanders, who is the largest shipper from this point. He has already ship ped upwards of 1,200 bushels from here, a goodly part of this amount having been sent away yesterday Prices thus" far have been very low on account of the warm weather, bat Capt. Sanders thinks that the pros pects are very bright for a successful season this year. ' The principal t points from which the clams are gathered are Wrights ville, from whence they are brought up on the Seacoast railroad, Lock- wood's Folly, Meares' Inlet, Shallotte, Tubbs', Calabash, in Brunswick county, and Little River, S. C. From these latter places a number of sharpies and little river sail boats find steady employment for several months in the year bringing them to the "clam docks" of the A. C. L. and S. A. L , just above, the . Champion Compress wharves, where they are washed, sacked and loaded into the ordinary freight cars. During apart of the Winter months it has been a custom with a number of the New York commission houses to send representatives here to look after their interests. Capt. Sanders says the yearly aver age shipment from this port aggregate 30,000 bags or 50,000 bushels. Placing these at the low average price of $1.00 per bushel it will be seen that about $50,000 is brought to - the city from the North every year in this one little industry alone. DERELICT CARRIE A. LANE. Blanche Towed Her Into Lookout Bight Yesterday Capt. Craig There. Capt. S. F. Craig, secretary of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association, left on theNewbern train yesterday afternoon for .Beaufort, whence he will go on a sharpie to Brown's Inlet on the North Carolina coast near which place the derelict schooner Carrie A.. Lane is anchored in charge of a party of fishermen. He was accompanied on the return by Capt. Albert Bloodgood, one of the party of fishermen, who claims to have boarded the abandoned schooner first, and who came over to consult Mr: W. N. Harriss as to the best methods of proving his priority of claim over that of another party of fishermen, who also maintain that they have first right. Capt. Bloodgood says the schooner is in good condition. She is largely owned by Arthur Sewall, late candi date for the vice presidency, and the salvage, which will accrue to the fish ermen i$ estimated at $25,000. The masts are all gone and a great part of the cabin is burned, having been set on fire by the captain when he was taken off by the steamer Rhodesia, The Blanche, Capt. L. G. Pepper, late yesterday afternoon, according to a private telegram,, towed the derelict temporarily into Lookout bight whence she will probably be towed into Southport and sold here at auc tion. Spirits Still Advancing. Spirits turpentine scored another advance on the local market y ester day. closing firm at 50J51 cents with sales at these figures. .During the earlier part of the day purchasers offered only 5C50 cents and sellers refused to dispose Of their stock on these quotations, afterwards selling at the closing advance. There is a diversity of opinion as to whether the top notch has been reached. Some contend that it has; others say there will be still further advances. Re ceipts continued light. Civil Service Examination. Mr. J. D. Doscher, Jr., registry clerk at the postomceand secretary of the local board of civil service exami ners, conducted an examination in the United States court, room yesterday for applicants for positions in the, Weather Bureau and Indian service. There were only four applicants, all white, as follows: Weather Bureau Service Eddie A. Moise,. of Darlington, S. C. ; W. L. Bell, of Carolla, N. C. Indian Service For physician, Dr. Russell D. Holt, of Smithfield, N. C, ; for farmer, Albert M.. Cathey, of Davidson. The Fertilizer Case. The Star has received a copy of the brief of Judge Legh R. Watts in the case in the TJ. S. Circuit Court of "Virginia B. Matthews against the Board of Corporation Commissioners and others. Judge Watts is a lawyer of high standing and he argues the case of his client with his usual ability. The suit is brought to test the validity or tne order of the Corporation Com mission hxiner the minimum car load of fertilizers at ten tons instead of fourteen tons, the former mini mum. The brief of Judge Watts covers forty-one octavo pages. ! Carrie A. Lane. A telegram was received in the city yesterday morning announcing that Capt L. G. Pepper, of the tug Blanche, had safely towed the derelict Carrie A. Lane into Cape Lookout bight and that after pumping her out she would be brought to Southport.' The Lane was towed in by contract. Why were 25,000 BOTTLES OF ROB ERTS' TASTELESS 25c. CHILL TONIC sold the first year of Its birth? Answer: Because It la the BEST AT ANY PRICE, guaranteed to cure, money refunded if it fails, pleasant to take, 25o per bottle. It Is sold and guaranteed by . , ROBERT R. BELLAMY, mar 84 ly Wholesale and Retail Druggist. DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH AN UNRUL.Y NEGRO. ! Policeman Qny Had An Experience inai He'll Not Soon Forget Displayed Commendable Plnck in Arrest. Policeman M. E. Guy had a ter rible encounter with a drunken and unruly negro about 2 o'clock yester day afternoon, whom he arrested at Thirteenth and Market streets for pro miscuously filing a pistol along the highway, cursing and swearing in a loud and boisterous voice and render ing himself generally obnoxious to the community thrCUgh which he . . . m m A 1 ed. As a result or nis struggle with the ruffian, Officer Guy sus tained an ugly gash under the left cheek dangerously near the jugular vein and a slight cut on the left leg just above the knee joint. Acting .under orders of Lieutenant Skipper, Policeman. Guy left his beat on Market street and went to Tenth and Mulberry streets, in a disreputable locality known as "Bull Neck," where a telephone message reported that a negro row was in progress. He ar rived on the scene in time to find that a negro woman, Emiline Brown, had been . shot in the thigh and painfully but not seriously wounded by the promiscuous firing of a negro named Jim Morgan, alias "Stick." and that he with two pals had gone up tne Keacoast railroad towara Market street. Officer Guy, who was on his bicycle, immediately set out in pursuit and by their general disorder easily traced them up Market to Thir teenth street here he overhauled them coming out of a saloon. He placed Morgan under arrest and se cured his right hand with his nippers. He made a hasty search of the negro's person for weapons but finding noth ing, he started to the station house with his prisoner. The negro was dis posed to resist all along, but on reach ing. Tenth street, with his left hand he secured from his pocket a knife with a sharp two and one half inch blade and began to slash at Officer Guy right and left The policeman was forced by his fierce attaok to re linquish his hold and set upon the negro with his club, which he did, finally beating him over the head into insensibility, but not before receiving the severe wounds already mentioned. Officer Guy had his vest and coat near the heart slashed to the under clothing and a large puff tie which he wore was cut almost entirely in twain. His coat sleeves were also gashed in several places and upon the whole it was a narrow escape. The officer's pluck was fully tested and it is proved conclusively that Officer Guy is made of the "right stuff." Immediately after Morgan's arrest, the second of the group of disorderly negroes, Lewis Clinton, who had fol lowed the officer with his prisoner, came up from behind and made some threatening remark, whereupon Mr. W. F. Brittain, driver of the Wilming ton Steam Laundry's delivery wagon, came to Mr. Guy's assistance, placed him under arrest and tW prisoners were loaded into a city cart and brought to the station house, where they are now incarcerated awaiting a hearing before the Mayor. The third of the group, who is known to the police, was not arrested. Morgan was beat about the head very severely by Officer Guy, .but Dr. Richard J. Price, who made an ex amination of the wounds after the negro was placed in the guard house, said that he did not think they were serious. Officer Guy would have used his pistol but the hammer in with drawing the weapon from his pocket, stuck through the cloth and he did not have time to loose it. Dr. Price also dressed the officer's injuries which, while they will inca pacitate him for duty for several days, will not confine him to his room. - The negro woman who was shot in the negro fracas, was sent to the City Hospital, but after her wounds were dressed she was sent to her home. The experience of Policeman Guy in this instance greatly emphasizes the need by the police department of a patrol wagon and it is hoped the proper authorities will take hold of the matter and act at once. It was merely the courage and bravery of the officer that saved his life. Government Dredge Ajax. The government dredge Ajax, which has been at work dredging Warning ton shoal, opposite the Champion Com Dress, for the Past two weeks, finished up its work there yesterday morning and will resume operations in Town Creek. In order to enable boats to pass up this stream without going around Big Island, the North and South cuts will be cut out to a navigable depth The wOrk on the Wilmington shoals consisted of deepening and , widening the channel to such an extent that the big cotton steamers will in the future be able to turn round without danger of being "stuck" at low water and hav ing to wait for high tide. The lm provements made are valuable to the port in no little degree. The Maxton Herald. Mr. C. A. Brown, a newspaper man with thirty years experience, has bought the Scottish Chief and changed the name to the Maxton Herald. His first issue, although gotten out under difficulties, gives evidence of the fact that Mr. Brown will publish a paper that will be a credit to the thriving town of Maxton, His advertising columns should be liberally patron ized by the business men of the town, Amonc the needs of Maxton a first class newspaper stands at the head of the list. For Over Fifty Tear Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success, It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer lm mediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world., Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other. - f If you wish to sell a farm or city properly place it in the hands of the Kast Carolina Real Estate Agency. R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, NTc. t DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Miss Katie Stanton Ganse, a Highly Es teemed Lady, Drowned In Greenfield Pond Body Recovered. Another of those dreadful tragedies, which always cast a gloom! upon the community in which they occur and which call forth almost! universal regret and sympathy, occurred yes terday afternoon about 6 o'clock, when. Miss Katie Stanton Gause, a highly esteemed lady of Wilmington and youngest daughter of the late 8. P. Gause, was drowned in Greenfield mill pond, about one-half mile south, of the city. j .. Miss Gause, with a party of chil dren, among 'whom weres Masters Louis and Fred Poisson, none of them oyer' thirteen years of age, left Miss Gause's residence about 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon for a stroll to the country and turned their footsteps to ward, the pond in which the oldest member of the party was soon to meet an untimely and an especially sad death. After reaching the pond, the party strolled leisurely along the water's edge, stopping along the way to amuse themselves and to make ob servations of the scenery around. When the mill was reached Miss Gause excused herself from the chil dren, saying that she was going to re trace her steps lor a short way to re cover a purse, which had been left on the bank. The children waited patiently for a short while, when they were startled by a cry and a splashing in the water a short distance from where they were left. Hurrying to the scene from which the cry emanated, they were horrified to find Miss Gause strug gliog in the last agonies of death in the water below, which at that point is estimated at being from ten to fif teen feet in depth. On account of their age, the boys were of course powerless to render assistance and her cries were soon hushed in death. A boy, who happened to be passing in a cart, was notified of the awful occurrence and a little later, the fam ily, who reside at No. 313 South Sec ond street, had the sad news broken to them by the boys, who hurried back to the city immediately after the awful tragedy. ! Just how the unfortunate occur rence transpired will probably never be known, as Miss Gause was alone at the time, and there are no indications on the bank as to how an accident could have occurred. A search was immediately made for the body by friends of the deceased and family, among them being Messrs. George Parsley, W. A. McGowan and W. M. Cumming, who hurried to the scene immediately after the news of the drowning was received. The first attempt with a line by Mr. Parsley was successful, and about 8 o'clock the body was brought to the surface Dr. Richard J. Price, who had been summoned, exhausted every effort at resuscitation without avail,! and after the body had been removed to the res idence at 9 o'clock like attempts were also unsuccessful. Miss Gause had until lately in a very efficient way held the position of stenographer at the large wholesale house of the N. Jacobi Hardware Company. Saturday she resigned the position, stating to her employers that she was in failing health and thought a vacation, with a trip to some health resort, would be beneficial to her. She was very popular and by her pleasant manners and affectionate disposition had endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact. Her death sadly deplored by a host of friends, many of whom called at the residence last night to-tender neartfeit sympa thies. I Miss Gause is survived by three sis ters, the only remaining members of the immediate family. They are Mrs. Preston Cumming, with whom they all reside on Second street; Mrs. M. A. Young and Miss Anna Gause. The funeral will De from tne resi dence this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Milton A. Barber, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Dr. Price. s coroner, has sum moned the following jury of inquest, which will meet this morning at 11 o'clock in the grand jury room of the Court House to inquire into the cir cumstances of the death: Dr. J. E, Matthews, Messrs. W. A. McGowan, W. E. Yopp, R. F. Hamme, R. O. Grant and M. W. Jacobi. County School Property. uapt. iui. wnson Manning is now engaged in finishing up the improve ments to the various school buildings in the county, which were begun du ring the holidays. For the past several days he has visited, in company with Contractor C. D. Morrill, a number of the buildings, and has given orders for their repair, wherever needed. The principal work now being done is in having all the pumps put in order and in making arrangements thereby for a pure water supply. Some of the wells are being driven to; a greater depth and the valves in the pumps are being generally repaired. Mr. W. F. Roberts, of this city, and an expert in this line, has charge of the work. The well at Wriehtsville school house has been dug to a depth of 51 feet Boats for Engineer's Corps. Major E. W. Van Court Luca, in charge of the TJ. S. Engineer's office here, on a recent visit to New York purchased the . steamboat Evelyn, a substantial steel launch of 23 tons net, for an inspection supply and survey boat to be used by the Cape Fear im provement office. She is expected to arrive, within a few days. Major Lucas is authorized by the government to also purchase a steel tug of 85 feet length, to replace the James D. Easton, which is growing too old for the servicer- ! THAT JOYFUL FEEDING With the exhilarating sense of re newed health and strength and inter nal cleanliness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs is unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the old-time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered but never accepted by the well-informed. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. SENT TO CRIMINAL: COURT. Negro Who Assaulted Policeman Gay Be fore the Mayor Yesterday Other Charges Against Him. James Morgan, alias "Stick," the negro who gave Policeman Guy such an exciting experience Monday after noon on Market street, was bound over . to the Criminal Court by the Mayor yesterday morning in the sum of $300 justified bond, failing to give which and awaiting the investigation I of further charges against him. he was recommitted to the guard house. The other charge against him will ba rthat of shooting; the Brown woman, and it will not be heard until Friday, as she will not be able by reason of her wound to appear before that time to prosecute him. The shooting of the woman from all accounts was ac cidental, but from the promiscuous firing indulged in and the serious consequences resulting, it will be an easy task to prove the charge against the'unruly negro. Lewis Clinton, one of Morgan's pals arrested with him Monday after noon, was given twenty days on the streets for disorderly conduct. It ap pears that it was Clinton's pistol, with which Morgan did all the shooting, but this was wrested Irom him by his mother at Tenth and Mulberry streets. Alex. Merrick, the .third negro in the fracas, who was not captured Mon day, was arrested yesterday morning. He was only a companion of the two bad negroes and was let off with the ccstsnnd $5 fine. The reason Lieutenant Skipper did not detail more men to make the ar rest, was that the telephone message only stated that there was a negro firing a pistol on the street. When the gravity of ; the offences became known, Lieutenant Skipper and a number of the hall officers' went to Officer Guy's assistance, but arrived too late to render him assistance. Morgan's wounds about the head were dressed yesterday afternoon by Dr. McMillan. They are not serious. The Brown woman's injuries are also not serious. Policeman Guy, while not on regu lar duty yesterday, was able to be up and do special work. CALLED MEETING QF WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY Rev. Edward E. Lane Ordained As Evan gelUt of Wilmington Presbytery In staliatioa of Rev. D. P. McGeachy. Wilmington Presbytery met in called session at Immanuel Presbyte rian Church, this city, last night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of ordaining Rev. Edward E. Lane, pastor in charge of that church, as an evange list of the Presbytery. The following ministers and elders were noted in attendance: Rev. A. D. McClure and Elder J. H. Thomas, of St. Andrews' Church; Rev. D. P. Mc Geacby, of the Burgaw group of churches; Rev. R. Murphy Williams, of the Wallace Presbyterian Church, and Elders B. G. Worth and W. S. Warrock, of the First Presbyterian Church, this city. Rev. A. D. McClure was chosen moderator, and Rev. R. Murphy Wil liams clerk. itev. Mr. Liane was formally re ceived into the Wilmington Presby tery from that of East Hanover, "Va., he having expressed a desire to begin the evangelization work as pastor of Immanuel Church. The Presbytery then heard the trial sermon of Mr. Lane which was a clear and logical . presentation of Bible truth from Romans, x : 14 15, which, with other branches of the examina tion, was approved and Mr. Lane duly ordained. The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. R. Murphy Williams and the ordination prayer was fer vently offered by Rev. A. D. McClure. The matter of the installation of Rev. D. P. McGeachy, as pastor of the Pike, Hopewell and Mt. Williams Presbyterian churches, was taken up ana me ioiiowmg dates ior tne ser vices, with ministers and elders to conduct the same, were appointed : Pike church Second Sunday in No vember; Rev. A. D. McClure and Elder Sidbury. ! Hopewell church Third Sunday in November; Rev. Edward E. Lane and JUder Murray. Mt. Williams church Fourth Sun day in November; Rev. R. Murphy wiinams and J&iaer tsannerman. After the benediction was pro nounced, Rev. A. D. McClure, the offi cers and quite a number of the mem bersof the First. Presbyterian church, under the care oil which Immanuel chapel is sustained, went forward and extended the right hand of fellowslyp. The Presbytery adjourned to meet. unless peviously called together, at u uisuu irresDyierian cnurcn in regu lar annual session. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reacn tne diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional rem edies. Deafness is caused bv an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube sets inflamed vou have a. rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and wnen it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma tion can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are. caused by catarrh, which is nothing: but an inflamed con dition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of i Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 25c. Halls Family Pills are the best. Pointer to Wilmington Capitalists. " Newborn Journal: Stock was sub scribed yesterday for a new canning industry for Newborn, 'the authorized amount being 130,000, which was taken by E. B. Hackburn, J. H. Potter, W. G. Willett, G. D. Potter and William Dunn. The location of the plant will be at Riverside, on the Neuse river, and the daily capacity 10,000 cans, giv ing employment to 150 to 400 hands, de pending uprathegoodstobe canned. Read the advertisement of the East Carolina Real Estate Agency in this issue of the Star. It offers for sale some very valuable farms. t THE JURY OF INQUEST : INVESTIGATED DROWNING Rendered Verdict in the Case of Mi8g Katie S. Ganse Sad Funeral Yesterday Afternoon, i i The coroner's jury empanelled to ia. quire into the circumstances of the mysterious drowning of Miss K;atie Gause, the story of which was tola in i yesterday's Star, after hearing the ; testimony of several witnesses jester- day morning, rendered the folio'wbe ! verdict: "The deceased cam in .in , drowning in Mcllhenny's (Greenfield mill pond either accidentally or whili laboring under temporary mentt, aberration." . Wl Mr. R. F. Hamme was foreman t the jury, Mr. W. A. McGowan KPPVA tary, and the members were the same as mose puDiisbed yesterday with the exception of Mr. J. E Gause. wh was summoned in place of Mr. W E Yopp. ' ' ' ' The testimony differed in nn n,. terial points from the sad particulars puDiisneu in yesterday's Star, with me exception of the fact that she wss accompanied only by Master Louis Poisson, aged not over 13 years. They were jointd by the other children Masters Fred Poisson, younger brothel of Louis, and Fred and Leonard Hamme after they had started hnm. at a branch this side of the pond. Louis Poisson testified tha,t after reaching the pond Miss Gause gave him a string to which was attached a stone and that at her request ie measured the depth of the water on both the north and south sides of the mill house. They both theu went to a bridge some distance away and sat down for about fifteen minutes. After leaving the bridge they started homo and had gone some distance when the children were met. She remarked to them that she had lost "something" and must return She told Louis that she had lost her purse. Louis replied: "Miss Katie, I bag your pardon, you had no purse; you gave me some money but you had it in your hand." She replied "I had oue in my belt." They then walked to the forks of the road and Louis was 'requested to run around the mill and see if he could find the missing article. He did so, and Miss Gause was left waiting for him at the forks of .the road. , After crossing to the other side of the mill, which, on account of a swamp, he had to go about 200 yards, be heard a cry and a splash, and running up to a view of the scene he found Miss Gause in the pond scarcely able to keep her head above the water and looking upwards. He cried to her to try to swim and threw her a small pine pole, which ap parently she did not see or make any effort to Catch, although it came in easy reach of her. He then went by the circuitous route to the bank from whence Miss Gause had fallen ; called the other children and reached this side of the mill, where the water was deepest, in time to see Miss Gause put her hand to her mouth, go down, come up again and sink for the last time. " Thft nnlvnthpr wilnpsj wqq Ti An drew Sellers, who was passing at the time and came to the scene just as Miss Gause went down for the last time. He started to dive for her but was hindered by John Lanier, who said it was then too late. The Funeral. The sad funeral of the deceased lad; was conducted from the residence, Nc. 313 South Second street yesterday af ternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Milton A. Barber, pastor of St. Paul's Episco pal Ch&rch and the interment was at Oakdale cemetery. The service was an especially im pressive one by reason of the sad inci dents of the death and there, , was a large concourse of friends present. The hymns were beautifully rendered by a special choir consisting of Mr. C. H. Cooper, Mr. H. K. Holden.. Miss Annie Adrian and Miss Beery. The pall bearers were: Messrs. W. M. Cumming, M. W. Jacobi, J. H. Boatwright, Mike Cronly, A. J. How ell, Jr., and A. H. Weston. CAPE LOOKOUT HARBOR OF REFUGE. Meeting of the Board of Engineers in Wil mington Yesterday to Report On Plans for a Qreat Breakwater. A meeting of the board of engineers in charge of river and harbor works, appointed to report on the plan for making Cape Lookout,, N. C, a har bor of refuge, met in the engineer's office in this city yesterday. The, members of the board in attendance are as follows: Major E. H. Ruff ner, in charge of river and harbor inu provements at Charleston, S. C. ; Major T; L. Casey, in charge of the engineer corps at Norfolk, and Capt. E. WVanC. Lucas, in-charge of the river and harbor improvements at Wilmington. Congress some time ago authorized a survey to be made at. Cape Lookout with the purpose of formulating plans to make a harbor of refuge for vessels during stormy weather on the coast of North Carolina. The plans contem plate the ! construction of a great breakwater and the cost will be up in the millions. The survey for the comtem plated work at Cape Lookout was made some time ago and the object of the meeting of the board of engineers yesterday was to examine the maps of the sur vey and report on the feasiability of the plan and the probable cost of the work, together with omer,data of importance in connection therewith, , The board, finished up the work for which it met and will make its final report to the chief engineer at Wash ington. The recommendations of the board, of course, could not be given out for publication until it goes to headquarters. Proof of the pudding lies In the eating of it Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies in the taking of it COST NOTHING U it falls to cure. 25 cents per bottle if it cures. : Sold strictly on its merits by '-- EOBEET R. BELLAMY, mar241y Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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