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THE NATIVES DISTRUST US.
Prof. Schurman, President of the
-Philippine commission, has written
an article for the New York Inde
pendent entitled "Oar Duty to .the
Philippines." The sum and sub
stance of this article is that it is our
du y to civilize, Christianize and
teach those people the art of self
government. He does not mean to
assert that there are no civilized,
Christian Filipinos for he says there
are many, and among them some
very bright, intelligent and well
educated people, especially on the
island of Luzon and in the city of
Manila, which is a cosmopolitan
city; but among the forty or fifty
different tribes which inhabit the
islands, each speaking a different
language, there is a wide field for
the civilizer and the missionary. He
begins his article with the following
information, which may give some
vague idea of what civilizing and
ment of "half child and half devil"
people nveaas:
"We have forty to fifty tribe to
civilize, and seven or eight of these
tribes have some 300 000 members each.
On toe. island of Luzon there is one
tribe of a million aud a half people,
who speak one language, as, totally
distioci from the other languages as
Spanish is from Eoglish. Auother
tribe on the same island, numbering
about 600,000, is as distinct from tb
other in language and characteristic
as they are from the Spaniards them
st-lves. Then on the great island of
Mindanao there are many tribes that
are entirely different from each other.
Io the Sum Archipelago we come to"
another class of natives, about whose
custom of slavery so much has been
said recently. Thess are Mohamme
daos, while in Luzon the natives are
all Catholic Curistians.
" Missionaries r naadoil in ftia
island, and I hope they will be sent
there in large numbers. Tnere is plen
tv of work for them to do, and I hope
they will go with a complete under
standing of the situation, to accom
plish good. They must realize that
they ar,e cbnteudiog with a Catholic
educated population that knows no.h
iog about the floe differences betwe- n
Protestant sects and denominations
Therefore, it would be htguly impol
itio to send missionaries of different
denominations to confuse the- minds
of the people. I do hope that when
we send the missionaries we will
decide beforehand on one ' form of
Protestant Christianity. Send only
one type of missionary. The Filipi
nos will then have Catholic Christian
ity and Protestant Christianty pre
sented to them so they can matte their
choice. We have no adaquale idea
how confusing to the simple mi ds of
an uncivilized people tne different
form of Protestant faith appear. The
Chinese, who are perhaps more intel
Jigent tfiaa tne Filipinos, regard our
different denominations as so jp&nj
different religions
"I thiuk the island of Mindanao is
a more promising for field mis
fiinnarir4 to btPin wi.rlr in than Lixzun.
The influence of the Catholic . Church
has not bee a extended to Mindanao
and the simple natives would more
readily accept the type of faith which
the A'nericns would teach to them.
It is p jsaible that it would be dan-
-fTApj-hiia tn Qnnd miaainnaiMfka frt tVlA in
tenor of this island at present, but as
conditions become more settled and
" the Americans are looked upon with
a more friendly feeling this place will
-
be a rich held for the American mis
sionary. Weoeitto the Filipinos
to give them the best in our religion
a well as in our education.
Speaking of the leaders of the in
surgehts he says:
"I do not say that all the insurgent
leaders were dishonest. I believe that
many of those who fought against the
Americans were animated by the high
est idea of loyalty to independence. I
think probably Aguinaldo is one of this
class and that he is an honest man."
Of courBe not. When the Fill
pinos who have been and still are
fighting us with the very same mo
tive that they fought Spain, that is
for the right to rule themselves,
they were patriots whose honesty
of purpose was never questioned
. They were applauded and thought
worthy of all honor, but when they
objected to our taking the place of
Spain and ruling them without their
consent and took up arms to main
tain their right to rule themselves,
as they had done against Spain, and
in which they had the co-operation
of our warships and soldiers, then
we called them what Spain called
them "rebels," and their leaders
whom we had hailed as patriots be
came selfish schemers to advance
bneir own iortunes. it makes a
good deal of difference whose ox is
gored and what ox does the goring.
-.une.qi.the principal difficulties
against which we will havfl to can
wuising ana Christianizing
;f,-r"' tw"k. " the native
. a"" nave added, of the
American white man. .
on
VOL.XXXI.
e reason for the stubborn oppo- !
si Mbn to our occupation of the Philip-
pines was a legacy of suspicion and
hatred for the White man which Spain
bequeathed to us. The Filipinos know
the white race only by one suspicion.
Spain to them represents the whole
world of Europeans the whole white
race and her authorities made prom
ises repeatedly to them and . broke
them. They will not to day trust
Americans or Spaniards, or any other
Europeans. This distrust of the white
race is one of the problems that will
require years of labor to overcome.
You cannot overcome it with mere
words. It must be dissipated by
actual works; they must have ocular
demonstration that the word ol the
Americans can be relied upon.. Not
until then will they begin to believe
us. Consequently I have urged it
on Congress and .the President to set
up civil government in the Philip
pines just as soon as the military con
dition warrants it. A simple govern
ment is wnat is needed, and every
province should have it. so they can
learn the meaning of our promises
and intentions. The President is in
possession of the fullest information
about the needs and condition of the
islands, and he can judge better than
1 . 1 1 . Jl ' A 1
we can wnai is tne oest inrog to ao.
But as soon as a province is subdued
some civil government should be set
up, so that its operations before their
eyes will teach tnem of its benefits."
There may be and doubtless ia
distrust of the white man, but there
are very lew ol the brown sicin
people who do not distrust the
white man, whom they loot- upon
as a sharper who will sand a good
deal of watching. There is, how
ever, probably little more distrust of
the white ,ian in the Philippines
than thre is of the white man in
CubiT Central and South America,
among the masses of the people, who
haVe little use for the white man,
unless they expect to profit by his
presence. As a general thing they
do ' not like the white man, .and
therefore distrust him.
But there is very good cause for
this distrust among the Filipinos.
When our war fleet arrived at Ma
nila, and the Filipinos, under Agui
naldoi co operated with it, they
trusted ' Americans, and placed im
plicit! f aith in what the men who rep
resented, this country told them.
That trust was not shaken until
thy discovered that the men in
power at Washington were scheming
to get possession bf thie islands, and
were ignoring the promises of their
representatives and , breaking faith
with the Filipinos to do it. Then
they began to distrust us, and when
tnac zu,uuu,uuu land deal was
hastily made by our representatives
on the peace commission, they saw
that they had good grounds for their
distrnst, and so did everybody else.
We simply broke faith with them ,
broke it shamefully and outra
geously, and. although we may fi
nally subdue them, we can never re
gain their confidence, and they will
always distrust us. They would be
more' than human, or incredibly
simple if they didn't.
i A GUERILLA WAR.
Gen. Otis has reported that what
he calls organized opposition in the
Philippines is practically Crushed,
and that there is nothing now that
might be called an insurgent army;
but the organized armies seem to
have disbanded and formed guerilla
bands, which, if they are deter mined,
.can give more trouble than the pr
ganized armies did.. An organized
army can be whipped, but you never
know when a guerilla is Whipped.
He is never whipped until killed or
caught. -
They may not give the Lowns
which can be easily reached -by
troops much trouble, but in the
rough country, remote from lines of
transportation and goo roads, of
which there are very few in the
Philippines, they can run riot and
be masters of all they survey. A
wild cat in the jungle is harder to
fight and can give more trouble than
a lion in the open
The dispatches published yester
day tell us that these guerilla bands
are occupying the towns vacated by
our soldiers, just as the insurgent
armies af teir being put to rout re-
occupied the places vacated by our
troops. Then our troops had only
armies to contend against, which
cpuld be easily located and' easily
routed when located, but it will not
be easy to locate these guerilla
bands, which will be numerous and
bold, who know every mountain
path! and can get out of reach at
the first sign of danger, and that it
willxlepend altogether on the pluck
and determination of these guerillas
how5 long such a war may last.-
But this kind of Far has been an
ticipated, and that's why so many
have not been carried away by the
statements that the war was near
its end and peace hovering over the
Philippines. ,
'i a Ba-aaaaB
It! is said that Boer disaffection is
spreading rapidly in the British
provinces in South Africa, uy ms
reconoentrado proclamation General
Gatacre is adopting a very good
course to fan the disaffection.
. '
Some sailor boys are tough and also
born under lucky stars. - Hans
Klockner, sailing on a German yes
sel, lost his balance while aloft and
fell to the deck, a distance of 153
feet; and wasn't even much bruised.
HE
A WAY TO PREVENT STRIKES.
Several years ago the management
of the Illinois Central Bail way which
now operates a line from Chicago to
New Orleans, adopted a system by
which employes of the road could
become share holders, and thus
share in the profits of the road,
which is one of the best paying roads
in this country. The system has
worked admirably, and since its
adoption there has never been a
strike on that road.
The Pennsylvania road, another
of the great and well managed 'sys
tems of this country, has adopted
the plan of pensioning and retiring
its employes who have been with it
continuously and have reached
stated age. - They are retired and
receive in pensions a percentage of
the pay they received previous to re
tirement, enough to take care of
them in comfort. The result of
this is that ' men seek em
ployment on that road, and en
deavor to hold it by giving atten
tion to and taking an interest in the
business of the company that em
ploys them. There will be few
strikes on that road.
The Milwaukee Gas Company has
adopted the profit sharing system
with its employes, giving eaeh em
ploye who has been in its service a
year or more a percentage of profits
earned. The result . is that those
employes take an interest in the
business of the company and labor
to promote it because they feel that
the company takes some interest in
them, and they feel, too, that in
furthering the interest of the com
pany they are I benefitting them
selves.
The profit-sharing system has
been adopted by a number of mer
cantile and other houses and every
where it has been tried, as far as
known, it has worked well. It brings
the employer and employed nearer to
gether and makes the relations be
tween them more cordial.
DIDN'T COUNT THE COST.
When the Washington adminis
tration decided to grab the Philip
pines and forcibly annex those
islands to this country it didn't
count the cost either in ' life or
money. If it had it would doubtless
have decided to let the people of
those islands , work out their own
destiny without any powder and
ball "help" from us. So far it has
cost us about $150,000,000, over a
thousand ' lives lost, . and several
thousand more incapacitated for
life by wounds or disease. And the
end is not yet.
When the war shouters in Eng
land demanded war with the Boers
in South Africa they didn't count
the cost, for already they have lost
more than a thousand men killed
and wounded and have about six
thousand prisoners in the hands of
the enemy. It is estimated now
that it will cost $200,000,000, but
there is no estimate of the lives it
will cost. ,
How brutal and cold-blooded it
sounds to hear them figuring on the
dollars that will be sunk and giving
no thought to the lives that will be
lost and the homes that will be left
desolate by a war that might have
been avoided and which was forced
upon both countries to further the
schemes of men who were looking
to their own interests and were de
termined to promote them at this
fearful cost of blood and treasure.
Nations seldom count the cost when
they unsheath the sword and un
leash the dogs of war.
The cause of the bubonic plague
and famine in India and the British
reverses in South Africa has been
discovered. Hindu astrologers have
been peering into the stars and
found that the junction of the
planets on the 15th of November,
I when seven of them crowded into
the domain of Scorpio, is respon
sible for it.
Phil Armour tried his hand as
brakeman on a railroad when he was
starting out for himself, but at the
end of four days the conductor in
formed him that "he was too bi& a
fool to make a good railroader." On
this hint he dropped the brakes,
struck out for something else and
finally landed in the meat bu siness
He had sense enough to run that.
The St., Louis young man who
notified the ; clerk of court not to
issue him a marriage license if he
should apply ' for it, because there
was a girl who wanted to marry him
so had that he was afraid she would
hypnotize him showed great
forethought, but the girl made a
lucky escape.
Plans are being constructed f dr a
$4,000,000, 20-story sky-scraper in
New York. A pretty high thing
all 'round.
The money order business for the
New York postoffice for 'this year
will reach $152,000,000, an increase
of $30,000,000 over last year. k
EEKLY
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900.
SECOND STREET STORES
RAIDED BY., BURGLARS.
Mr. A. a.Hsnkios' Grocery aoi Mr. A. S.
Wiflstetd's Confectionery Broken Into.
Some Ooods and Money Stolen. .
A burglar or burglars broke into Mr.
A. G. Hankins' grocery store. No. 21
North Second street, some time be
tween mid -night and day yesterday
morning. Entrance to the store was
gained through a window at the
back end of the store. The window
was secured by heavy battened shutters
with an iron bar across them on the
outside, but the burglar cut off the
.heads of the wrought nails in all four
of the hinges and removed them. One
of the long hinges was then used to
bepd the bar, so the shutter could be
pushed up This done, the window
sash was raised, and in the thief went.
The burglar went to the money drawer
and took out the keys to the back door
but failed to take about twenty cents
in coppers, the only change that had
been left in it. Four hams which
were hanging on a rack within eight
feet of the front door were taken down
but yesterday morning Mr. Hankins'
clerk found them in a bag sitting by
the back door. The burglar had tried
to unlock the back door to get out but
he failed to do so, and carried of the
keys, probably intending to come back
for the hams. The only goods missed
were a lot of chewing tobacco, smok
ing tobacco; and cigars, but bo doubt
other articles were stolen.
Mr. Af S. Winstead's confectionery,,
113 and 115 North Second street, was
also raided. Some of the weather
boarding of the warehouse at the rear
of the . store was ripped off and
entrance to the store was effected
through a connecting door. Mr.
Winstead did not miss any goods but
doubtless the burglar oarried away
something for his trouble. The only
thing missed was about $1.50 in cop
pers which bad been left in the cash
register. The register had been left
open and the thief had no occasion to
break it.
- This makes the third time Mr.
Hankins' store has been entered in
the last year or so, and the fifth time
Mr. Winstead has had a call from
mid night thieves. v
HON. JOHN D. BELLAMY.
The Belief Is General That He Will Ke
tain His Seat.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the
News and Observer, writes his paper
as folio ws from Washington:
Speaking of contests: I have not
seen Mr. Bellamy, who ia at home eat
ing Christmas turkey, which he doubt
less got in Brunswick county and
stuffed it with some of Dr. Por
ter's fine oysters. But I was grati
fied to hear from all sources that
tne belief is general that he will
not b disturbed in his . seat He
has been "as wise as a serpent and as
harmless as a dove," and has already
made many friends here in all parties
His case is impregaabU and when pre
sented by his able attorneys, he is cer
tain to win unless the Republican ma
jority feels the need of a few additional
votes Even then it is believed that there
are many Republicans who Will not
permit their party to be guilty of the
crime of turning out a man with 6.000
majority when his contestant does not
claim to have been elected. I found
some Republicans here who think
Dockery has no chance. They all
know that if Bellamy were unseated
he would be re-elected by a bigger
majority and see how useless it would
be to unseat him for a little temporary
row that could by no possibility inure
to the benefit of the Republican party.
Seized Still and Whiskey Sold.
Deputy Collector of Revenue W. J.
Sutton, of Bladen county, who recent
ly seized the still fixtures and whiskey
on hand at the distillery of H. E True
love, in Brunswick county, for a tech
nical violation of the revenue law,
was here yesterday and sold the prop
erty so seized.
The still which was government reg
istered, No. 3,392, and thelfe.menters,
tubs and other fixtures, were bid in by
Mr. R. L.Truelove, brother bf the own
er of the libeled still. The price bid
was $54 75. One hundred and two gal
lons of whiskey were bid in for J. W.
Ingold, manager of the Cumberland
county dispensary for $1.12 a gallon.
United States Commissioner Edward
P. Powers, of Fayetteville, who was
here on government business, attend
ed the sale, which took place at 2 P.
M. at the Custom House.
District Stewards Meeting.
The district stewards of Wilming
ton District M. E. Church, South, will
meet in tnis city at noon on January
10th, at the District parsonage on
Grace between Fourth and Fifth
streets. They are as follows: W. B.
Cooper from Grace Church; J. T,
Sholar, Fifth Street; R. H. Beery,
Market Street; D. Joyner, Bladen
street; J. T. Kerrf Scott's Hill;
J. D. Costin, Onslow; F. W. Hargett,
Jacksonville and Richlands; A. J.
Johnson, Magnolia ; Gratten Williams,
Burgaw; J. S. Rause Kenansville; O.
F. Herring, Clinton; J. O. West, Bla
den; Randall McCall, Elizabeth; H.
C. Moffitt. WhitevUle: J. C. Stanley,
Carver's Creek; A. V. Goodman.Zion ;
J. D. Galloway, Atlantic; . Richard
Dozier, South port; B. A. Mario w,
Waccamaw.
Messrs. Alexander Sprunt &
Son yesterday cleared another cargo of
cotton for Bremen, Germany. It went
aboard the British steamer Healing
den, Capt. Diggins, and consisted of
6,635 bales, valued at $240,940. There
are now left in port only two cotton
steamers the Laurelivood, which -is
being loaded by Mr. J. H. Sloan, and
the Norwegian steamship Aquila,
which is loading for Messrs. Sprunt &
Son. . - ,. ., ,
THE OAS AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT COMPANY DIRECTORS
Reorganization of the Board Yesterday to
Carry Out New DealFour of the
' Old Directors Resign.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the "Wilmington Gas and Electric
Light Company was held yesterday
afternoon at the company's office on
Prineess street, near Second.
r The object of the meeting' was to re
organize to carry out the new deal to
which reference was heretofore made
in the Stab. ;
' Four of the old board resigned and
the following were elected in their
stead: Mr. W. W. Randolph, of New
York; and Messrs. M. J. Heyer, Hugh
MacBae and Junius Davis, of this
city. The other members of the board
as norf constituted are Messrs. E. S.
Martin, George R. French and G.
Herbert Smith.
The board employed Mr. L. T.
rmciuen, or Brooklyn, JN. x., a gas
expert, to introduce modern cooking
and heating gas stoves in this city.
Mr. Bucklen arrived here Friday and
is stopping at The Orton.
EDWARDS STILL AT LARQE.
Negro Who Killed Wilson Smith at Na
vassa Has Not Been Captured.
James Edwards, the negro store
keeper, wanted for the killing of Wil
son Smith, also colored, at Na vassa
Station Friday, reference to which, was
made in these columns yesterday, is
still at large, though every effort was
made here yesterday to apprehend
him.
Dr. Richard J. Price was sent for
yesterday to go over and perform an
autopsy, which he did in the afternoon,
returning last night. JJr. irrice says
that there was a terrible congestion at
the left of and at the posterior part of
the brain, which indicated that he had
received a violent blow or blows about
the head.
Justice F. M. Moore, of Navassa,
acted as coroner in the case and em
panelled a jury to which Dr. Price re
ported officially as to the autopsy.
Other evidence was also heard, in the
light of which the jury found that the
deceased came to his death from blows
received about the head with an axe-
helve in the hands of James Edwards.
Rev. Mr. Smith to Leave.
The Rev. Hay Watson Smith, who
has been here since Dr. Hoge left, to
supply the pulpit of the First Presby
terian Church, will preach his farewell
sermons this morning-. nd evening.
He will leave to-morrow afternoon for
Davidson Collebe to attend the mar
riage of a friend, and then will goto
his home in Greensboro to spend sev
eral days. He will leave shortly for
Little Rock, Ark., where he will be
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Smith has displayed much abil
ity as a preacher while in charge of
the First Church here,' and it will be
remembered that recently he declined
a flattering call by the church. There is
genuine regret that the time has come
for him to depart from this city.
Three Bask Changes.
- Mr. Lee H. Battle, who resigned his
position as cashier of the Atlantic Na
tional Bank several weeks ago to be
come cashier of the City National
Bank of Greensboro, will leave this
morning for his new post of duty, go
ing by way of Durham to join his fam
ily before removing to Greensboro.
Mr. H. Lacy Hunt, who has for
some time been very acceptably acting
as cashier at the Wilmington Savings
and Trust Company, has become act
ing cashier at the Atlantic Bank and
Mr. Charles E. Taylor, Jr., has sue
ceeded him at the Savings Bank,
Death of Mrs. W. B. Harker.
A special to the Raleigh News and
Observer from Maxton, under date of
December 29th, says
Mrs. W. B. Harker, one of Maxton 's
most devoted Christian women, died
to dav at 2.30 o'clock. Her death,
though not entirely unexpected, was
yet sad, bringing sorrow to the hearts
of a host of friends. She was prob
ablv 50 vears old. and a devoted mem
ber of the Baptist church. She leaves
a husband and three sons, who have
the sympathy of many friends in this
their hour ol sorrow.
New Factory Steamed Up.
The fires were kindled at the Del-
gado Cotton Mills on Friday nigh
and yeste day the big Corliss engine
was tried. Everything worked smooth
ly. The lower floor of the mill is now
heated, and the fires will now be kept
going day and night, not even except
ing Sunday. It will be about ten days
before the machinery in the mills will
be set going.
Returned toOresnsboro.
Mr. J. CL Murchison has resigned
his position as master of trains of the
Atlantic Coast Line here, and left last
night for Greensboro, where he will
be connected with a manufacturing
establishment. Much regret' is ex
pressed by Mr. Mwxchison's friends
tbathe is to termilate his residence
here.
Not Such a Pash.
The absence of the usual Satur
day night "push" around the market
house and on Front and Market streets,
was remarked upon by several observ
ant persons last night. The reaction
from heavy holiday shopping has
set in.
Mr. A. M. Prince, of Holly
Ridge, was here making business calls
yesterday.
Mr. Henry Grimes, of Kenans
ville, was in the city yesterday.
THE DOG QUESTION
THE ABSORBING TOPIC.
Large Meeting of Owners at the City Hall
Last Night The Aldermen Asked to
Amend the Mad Dog Ordinance..
. In pursuance of the call for a meet
ing of the ownersrof dogs, a large
meeting was held in the city court
room at the City Hall last night to
consider the best method of protect
ing the community from dogs during
the mad dog scare and to suggest to
the Board of Aldermen to change
the objectionable ordinance adopted
at the meeting of the Board on Wed
nesday night last.
On motion, Mr. James S. Worth
was called to the chair and Mr. H. G.
Fennel! was made secretary.
Mr! John H. Brown explained the
object of the meeting, and made re
marks on the question. He also read
the following, signed by the physi
cians named and prepared for, submis
sion to the Board of Aldermen :
The folio wine is our oninion with
reference to the liability of dogs, re
strained of their liberty.to disease.
Close confinement will tend to pro
duce ill health, disease, crossness and
savageness of disposition, produce nta
and fit the dog for all the conditions
that bring about rabies.
W. J. H. Bellamy, m..
G. G. Thomas. M. D.
Jno. T. Schonwald, M. D.
E. S. Pigfobd, M. D.
A. H. Haeriss. MrD.
D. W. Btjlluok, M. D.
W. D. Mo Millar, M. D.
, , Thos. S. Btjbbank, M. D.
Messrs. X C. Lodor, C. M. Butler,
H. McL. Green, Jno. H. Beery, A. P.
Yopp and others expressed, views.
They were all opposed to the dog
ordinance adopted by the Board of
Aldermen, but they were divided in
opinion as to the best method to sug
gest as a substitute for the objection
able ordinance.
Mr. Lodor suggested an amendment
to the ordinance.in effect allowing the
dogs to run at large when muzzled,
and otherwise to be confined at home.
Messrs. Beery and Butler opposed
the muzzling of dogs as more objec
tionable than ccfnfining them at home.
Mr. Beery suggested that the ordi
nance be so amended as to require
dogs to be confined at home 15, 30 or
60 days and that all dogs caught on
the streets be impounded for. 24 hours
and if not called for by the time the
24 hours are up, they shall be killed.
Mr. Brown suggested that dogs be
confined for 30 days, and thought that
no mention should be made as to im
pounding stray dogs.
Mr. Butler moved that a motion em
bodying the suggestion to confine
dogs 30 days be drafted, signed and
presented to the aldermen at their
meeting Monday night. The motion
- i J, j
was aaopuen.
Mr. Brown moved that a committee
of three be appointed to present the
resolution and confer with the alder
men. The motion was adopted and
Messrs. Jno. H. Brown, H. McL. Green
and J. C. Lodor were appointed as the
committee.
The resolution was then drawn up
and signed as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen:
Gentlemen We, the undersigned
citizens, respectfully request and pray
that the present dog ordinance be re
scinded and instead the following be
inserted:
All dogs shall be restrained from
frequenting the streets for thirty days,
except they be in their owner s or
keeper's charge, properly chained.
Signed John H. Brown, W. H.
Yopp, H. McL. Green, J. E. Tyner,
Sam Bordeaux, W. ilorns, Robert
Otto, P. F. Piatt. W. H. Brown, B. F.
Reaves, A. H. Holmes, Root. N. Sweet,
D. J. BeDSon, K J. Powers, N. S. Mc
Laurin, J. C. Lodor, A. P. Yopp, H.
G. Fennell, James H. Taylor, J. H.
Burruss, F. Herbst, John H. Beery,
C. M. Butler, E. Shepard, C. D. Arm
strong, R. A. Burnett, J. E. Hall, J.
W. Plummer, J. W. Shepard, J. S.
Worth, John W. Blomme. .
It Was agreed to leave copies of the
above at the places of business named
below, so persons in favor of the ac
tion taken can add their names: R. R.
Bellamy's drug store, Dr. Wm. H.
Green's drug store, James D. Nutt's
drug store, The Orton, L. B. Sasser's
drug store, The King Grocery Co., M.
O'Brien's store, (Godfrey Hart's store,
M. G. Tiencken's store and EL Borne
mann's store.
The meeting then adjourned.
FIRE AT MOUNT 0L1YE.
Oldest Dwelling in That Section Destroyed
Friday Morning With Contents.
Special Star Correspondence.
Mt. Olive, December 29th, '99.
Mrs. G. T. Lof tin lost a tenant house
Friday morning by fire. The house
was the oldest one in this section,
known as the "old Polock house,"
estimating it as 65 and some as
100 years old. It was totally de
stroyed. The amount of loss on the
building is $400. Mr. W. E. Wilkin
son had crates and peas stowed in the
upper story and they were all lost.
The value is about $200. and Mr. Bob
Fulghem, who was the tenant, saved
most of his household goods. There
was no insurance.
The Winston Visitors.
Some of the members of the Win
ston team of Elks, who came down to
institute Wilmington Lodge No. 632,
returned home yesterday. Several re
mained in the city to spend Sunday.
The Winstonians have made a splen
did impression in our city, and certain
it is they are a lot of thorough-going
fellows. They will always be warmly
welcomed back to Wilmington.
Auoth er Diphtheria Case.
Dr. McMillan yesterday
' placed a
the resi-
diphtheria quarantine on
dence of Mr. A. G.. Hankins, No. 413
v
11 u. 1X0 iwuu DC6UUU trc-ck, WKiuij
four now in the city.
NO. 11
FUNERAL OF WR. W. H. SMAW.
Remains Will Arrive Here Monday and
Barial Will he Tuesday Afternoon.
Mr. T. L. Rowell yesterday received
a telegram from Mrs. Lizzie Cpnstan
tine, sister of Mr. Walter H. Smaw,
who died suddenly in Brooklyn, N.
Y., Friday, stating that the remains,
accompanied by Mrs. Smaw and her-'
self, would arrive here for burial on
Monday afternoon at 5.45 o'clock. Mr.
omaw was ror a number of years a
resident of Wilmington, having been
employed in the wholesale grocery
business here by Mr. Jas. C. Steven
son. He is well and favorably known
by the older residents of Wilming
ton. I
Mr. Rowell will- leave Monday
morning for Rocky Mount to accom
pany the remains here, and the fun
eral will be from -his residence. No.
909 Market street, Tuesday afternoon.
The interment will be in the family
burying ground at Wrights ville.
ANOTHER FIRE AT BURQAW.
Dwelling Owned by Mr. F. T. Croom De
stroyed Early Yesterday Morning.
From two correspondents the Stab
gathers the following facts concerning
a fire which occurred at Burgaw about
two o'clock yesterday morning. A res
idence owned by Mr. F. T. Croom and
occupied by Mr. C. M. Futch, was to
tally destroyed, presumably by fire or
iginating from a defective flue. Mr,
Futch and wife : barely escaped with
their lives as there was a strong north
east gabs which fanned the fla mes, caus
ing the houseto burn quickly. Sparks
were blown to the roofs of adjacent
buildings and but for the effective
work of the bucket brigade, the fire
might have assumed the proportions of
that one two weeks ago. The damage
is about $1,000; $800 of which is on the
building and $200 on the contents. Mr.
Croom had $500 insurance; Mr. Futch
had hone.
Train Held Up.
Last night a few minutes to 7 o'clock
While the Wilmington bound passen-
cer train on the Yadkin branch of the
A.uanuc joasi Liiae was nearing At
kinson, Engineer J, P. Monogan was
startled by the sadden crashing of the
headlight and the extinguishment of
the light,He put on brakes and stop
ped the train to see what was the mat
ter and found that a blue heron or
t il m . t t a
crane had flown headlong into the
headlight. The heavy glass globe was
broken to flinders, and the big bird
was inside the headlight stark dead.
Its neck had been broken in several
places, every bone in its body was
broken and its wings as well.
The occurence delayed the train
fifteen minutes, the run from Atkin
son being made with a lantern in the
headlight. -
Mr. C. T. Pinkston, the well known
mail agent, brought the heron to the
city and last night fahowed it to the
Stab. It measured five feet from tip to
tip of wings.
Florida Route.
The Atlantic Coast Line has issued
a handsome little booklet entitled "A
Day and a Night to Florida." It is
descriptive of the superb trains, the
New York and Florida Special and the
Florida and West Indian Limited
which the Coast Line operates from
New York to ''the balmy sun-kissed
fields of the southland." The route is
over the Pennsylvania Railroad
through Baltimore and the Nation's
Capital to Richmond, thence across
North and Siuth Carolina to Charles
ton, over the Atlantic Coast Line.
D'rom Charleston! the route is over the
Plant System to Jacksonville and
Port Tampa, and from Jacksonville
over the Florida East Coast Railway
to St. Augustine, Palm Beach ' and
Miami. I
MURDERER KILLED.
He Shot Two Deputy Sheriffs While Re
sisting Attempt to Capture.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Bbonsobt, Fla., December 29 W.
B. Williams, the condemned mur
derer who escaped from jail last June
was captured near his home in this
vicinity early this morning. Williams
resisted desperately. He shot Deputy
Sheriff Walker in the side , and John
Dean, another deputy, was shot in the
hand. Dean finally shot Williams in
the abdomen, inflicting a mortal
wound. - I.
Sheriff Sutton left at once for the
scene and brought Williams' body
here to night. It is not thought Wal
kers would will prove fatal.
SHOT HIS WIFE.
Alfred Morrison Mistook Mrs. Morrison for
a Burglar During the Night
By Telegraph to the Mornhig Star.
New York, December 29. Alfred
Morrison, a professor of languages,
mistook his wife for a burglar during
the night and shot her, at their home
at Mount Vernon, New York. The
bullet entered her left shoulder and is
lodged near the lung. She is in a
critical condition and may die.
Mrs. Morrison excused her husband
irom ail Diane, tie is almost lLsane
from grief. j
A run on the Lynn, Mass., Five
Cent Savings Bank began Friday
because or rumors that the bank is in
volved in the failure of the Globe
National Bank of Boston. This five-
cent savings bank held "eighty-eight
share of the Globe Stock. The surplus
of the bank is a million dollars. About
$40,000 was withdrawn during the
day and about $14,000 was deposited.
General Andrade, late President of
a XZon
i successful, is living qaieuy.iu rnu
i tUOO WAcre UIO OIUCUWl nww
.him protection.
J i.
MARRIAGE AT DAVIDSON.;'
Miss Janie McBryde and Lieut. A. E. Wil
liams, U. S. A. Impressive Cere
. mony The Attendsits.
Star Correspondence.'
Davidson College, N. C, Decem
ber 28. On Thursday morning at six
o'clock a beautiful? marriage . was
solemnized at the Presby terain Church
of this place. The contracting parties
were Lieu ten antA. E.5-Williams. U.
S. A., of Cienfuegos, Cuba and Miss
janie M.ciJrjde, or Davidson.
The bride was beautifully attired in
a white silk gown, trimmed with pearl k
passementerie and lace, an.d carried a -
lovely bouquet of bride's rosea and -carnations.
The attendants, to ' the ' '
strains of Mendelssohn's "weddinfr
march," rendered by Mrs. Paisley.
entered the church in the following
order: Miss Grace Cockran of Char
lotte, by the left aisle; Mr. Augustus
aioixair or nixion, oy me ngnt anie;
miss JLiouise ruroeu or lie a springs,
by the right aisle: Mr. 8. Williams of
Linden, by the left aisle; crossing in
irons oi ine aitar. The maid or honor,
Miss Nan Flemming, of Raleigh, pre
ceded by the ring-bearer, Master David ,
Worth of Wilmington, (nephew of -the
bride) entered by the middle aisle.
The groom, accompanied by his best
man. MrD. L. McBryde, of Wallace,
N. C, advanced by the middle aisle
to the altari where they stood awaiting
the bride, who came next, leaning on
the arm of her brother, Mr. B; T. Mc
Bryde. The ceremony was impressii
vely performed i by Rov. ' Alfred Tj
Graham.
The church was t rtistically deco
rated in white and green. The ush
ers were Messrs. W. L. Williams and
H M. McBryde and Dr. W.J. Martin.
The bride is a daughter of the late
Rev. D. D. McBryde, and a most lov
able and accomplished young woman,
greatly admired by a host of friends.
She is a sister of Mrs. James S.
Worth, of Wilmington.
The groom is a son of State Senator
W. L. Williams, of Cumberland. He
graduated from West Point in 1898, as
Second Lieutenant, but was afterwards
promoted for exceptional bravery in
the charge at San Juan HilL
The popularity of this happy pair .
was shown by the many and hand
some gifts received.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on the 7
o'clock train for Washington, New
York and Boston. They will sail for
Havana on a United States transport
on the 20th of January next.
MARINE DISASTERS.
Steamer Pelotas Ashore Near Dungeness.
Other Wrecks With Loss of Life 0u
the Coast of France.
By Cable to the Morning Star. '
London, Deo. 30. The Hamburg
and South American line steamer Pe
lotas, from Santos for Rotterdam,
went ashore near DungeneBS, soon af
ter midnight during the heavy storm.
She was laden with coffee and had
eight passengers on board. In spite of
the heavy weather prevailing the Dun
geness life-boat succeeded in reaching
the steamer and remained with her all
night. The Pelotas is so far in shore
that she is left almost dry at low
water. Her stern-post and rudder .
have been washed away. The captain
of the Pelotas refuses assistance, and
is rapidly jettisoning his cargo. Tugs
are attending her and it is hoped she
will be refloated at the next high tide.
The gale, however, continues. The,
Hamburg and South American line is
in no way connected with the Ham
burg American line.
The British sailing vessel Emily
Lloyd has been wrecked near Cher
bourg. The captain and twelve or her
crew were drowned.
The French steamer St Jean has
been sunk near Brest. Seven of her
crew were lost.
BITUMINOUS COAL MINERS.
Probability of a General Strike In
the
Pennsylvania Mines.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Altoona, Pa., December 30. Bitu
minous coal miners in, this section met
in conventiou at Portage last night
and ordered'' a strike January 1st.
About 1,000 men at the Portage, Puri
tan and nearby collieries are involved.
Sessions were also held at Barnesboro
and Batton, at which point the miners
also voted a strike for the increase
demanded at the recent Clearfield con
vention. At these places, however'
the men will await the action of the
United Mine Workers, now in session
'at Indianapolis. The action of the
miners is regarded in this section as
the entering wedge which will result
in the calling out of nearly fifty
thousand miners.
THE ROBERTS CASE.
Will Not Come Up for Action Before the
the Middle of January.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . . '
Washington, December 30. Rep-
resentative Tavler of Ohio, chairman
of the special committee investigating
the Roberts case, says that the case -will
not come up for action in the
House before ; the middle of January.
The arguments will begin January
4tb. When they are finished the com
mittee will form its conclusion. Tben"
the report must be written. As it will -be
exhaustive the greatest care will be
required in its preparation and Mr, -Tayler
does not think' the case will
reach the House before the middle of
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Accident Near Spartanburg, S. C Two
Men Fatally Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 30. Aspe-
I cial to the Observer from Spartanburg,
I a. C. says:!
A freight train ran into a construc
tion train near Duncan station, ten
miles from here, this afternoon. Philip
Matchett of the Phoenix Bridge Com
pany, was instantly killed. Matchett
was from rennsylvania. Henry Fos
ter, colored, of Clifton, S. C, was fa
tally injured.
The freight train was badly wrecked
and several cars were thrown down an
embankment. The engineer and fire
man escaped with slight bruises.
The Chicago Lumber , and Coal
Committee of St. Louis. Mo., will erect
a nav an w Trull i n 11 1 11111.
ill s nn :J- i,
of turning out 36,000,000 feet . of lum
her ner vear. The capital of the com
pany will be increased from $75,000 to
i 000 000. - . . " .
The East Carolina Real ' Estate
Agency has excellent facilities for
It
telling iarma ana Umbered' 1n).
advertises all property said makes
i umj a uuumuu Cliarge unless a aa.lt !
a&, IcL U5? eta Eddies E. Q
Grady & Co., Bargaif. K. 0..-- - "