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rmuw - WILMINGTON, N. C. AT- S1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88SS8S838888SS8& ttpvoji St 88S38888S88SSS8S8 8SS88SSS8S888888S 88888888888888888 "ggasssscssssssggg 8S888888288888888 S H X qiaoiv I 88888858888388888 3 "JtMAV z 8288S88S38S888S8S .'""2S352228S88? 288888888888888? .8 0. s I.. tit s t '2522888 tntered at the Post Office at llmtgton, M. C, Second Clan Ma er.l SUBSCRIPTION P iCE. The lobacription prlc of the We'Ily 8 tar Is ai follow : n Single Copy 1 jraar, poataga paid..... SI 00 ,r t montlu " ............ 60 " S month " " 80 LECL4RHG ITi P. EPOSES. - Senator Aldrich seems to be in charge of the Senate currency bill which is now before the Senate. In his opening speech he thus substan tially defined the purposes of the bill: . - "The general purpose of the bill is to declare anew that gold is the mone tary standard of the United 8tates; to establish confidence -in the intention and ability of our government to giro the greatest possible measure of sta bility in value to its currency, and to provide the means for securing for it at all times an equal purchasing power with gold; to lighten in every possible way the burdens imposed upon the tax payer by existing public obligations and to .strengthen the public credit. No departure is intended by this bill from the public policy which was adopted years ago, and has been con sistently adhered, to through succes sive administrations. "The bill now before the Senate contains no disavowal of the. position heretofore taken upo l the question of international bimetallism and places no obstacl s in the way of its accom plishment in the future. If it is pos sib'e to secure permanence ol , relative value to gold and silver coins with the free coinage of both metals at a fixed ratio, this permanence can only be secured by concurrent7 action of all the leading commercial nations." '"The committee do not suggest any changes in the status of the silver dol lar or the silver certificate. We do not propose to take away from silver any of the monetary privileges or pre rogatives . which it now enjoys. In fact,, we believe that the legislation suggested will greatly strengthen its position in our monetary system." Is this an honest statement of the purposes of that purposes of that bill, or of the motives of the men who conceived and framed it? Is it consistent with the declara tions made time and again that the . purpose .. of its promoters was to so i fasten the gold standard upon the country that silver could not again be treated as legal standard money of the country until the friends of silyer succeeded in politically revo lutionizing the country and secur ing control of both Houses of Con gress and the Presidency? Hasn't this been urged by the . gold standard men as the reason ' why such legislation should be en acted no , while the Republicans have' control of the law-making power? : Hasn't it been asserted repeatedly that if the gold" standard bo abso Jutely and unequivocally established ynow it will be beyond the power of a .Democratic r resident, n one friendly to silver should be elected, to recognize silver as debt-paying money, and ' thus find himself com pelled to recognize the gold stand ard whatever the condition of the treasury might be? The purpose of this enactment at this time is simply to make it as difficult as possible for the people to rehabilitate silver, even if a large majority of them wished to do it and should so9 declare at the ballot box. , A majority of ,the people might elect a President, while a minority -might elect a majority in Congress, and thus the minority would con trol the majority, because the ma- . jority would be powerless, to change this legislatien which it is now pro . posed to fasten upon them, and yet this is supposed to be a government of the people. The men who are now thrusting this currency - legislation on the country are simply taking advantage oftheir opportunity to foil the peo ple if they, should in the future de clare for bimetallism as against the single gold standard. . There might be some excuse for this if : that had been an issue in the past campaign and the party which Mr. McKinley and these gold standard advocates represent had declared for the gold standard, but they did no such thing they didn't dare to do it, but simply declared that the parity of our diff er ent kiads of money must be main- ' tained and eyery dollar made as good as aim other dollar, just what this Government had been doing all along. - Ihe pretence that its purpose is to strengthen the "credit of the Gov- ernment and 'lessen the burden of taxation .on the people is a trans parent fraud, for the credit of our Government was never better than it is now and has been for years, when we had no gold standard legis lation and when under the law it was 'optional with the Government to pay its debts in silver instead of gold if it saw fit to do that. " VOL. XXXI. When the remonetization of sil ver and free coinage at . 16 to 1 was an exciting issue before the people7 and a subject of debate in Congress Government bonds commanded a premium and sold at a premium of seventeen above par, when Congress arid a Republican Congress, too absolutely refused to pass a resolu tion! pledging the Government to payment in gold, purchasers at home and abroad being satisfied with the pledged faith of the Gov ernment to maintain the parity of its money. These bond purchasers were not only willing to buy, but eagerly took the bonds offered-and took; their chances of being off ered silver in redemption of them. Where, then, is the sense or the reason for giving the strengthening of the public credit as one of the reasons for springing and thrusting upon the people this unnecessary, unexpected and unasked for gold standard measure? They . say this country has . for years been practically on the gold standard. . Whether it was or not, the country has made phenomenal progress and increased in wealth more rapidly than any other country, in the -world. Its credit is better than that of any other country in the world. Where, then, is the need of or sense in this new departure, which Senator Aldrich says is no new1 departure? Everybody but the gold ; manipulators and speculators was satisfied with the recognition that gold received, and its status. A majority of the people thought it re ceived too much, and the world was content and eager to deal with us on our own money basis, and the credi of the nation and of the busines: men of the nation stood number on in all the nations and ' in all thi marts of the nations. All this pretence about strength ening the credit of the nation, les sening the burdens of the people, making silver better money instead of worse, is a mere sham to conceal the real purpose, which is to carry out the .schemes of the gold mon gers to make their dollars more valuable and enrich them at the ex pensed the country. We shall see how much truth there is in these professions of friendship for silver when Senator Chandler's resolution comes before the Senate. THE HAVOC OP WAS. When Gen. Methuen had his brush with the Boers and was driven back by them, with a loss of about one-third of his men killed, wounded and captured, he telegraphed that it was "the bloodiest battle of the century," but there was very little blood in it after all. All the battles down there are represented as very "bloody" affairs, but they bear no comparison to the battles in our civil war when American met Ameri can, j The old saying'when Greek meet? Greek then comes the tug of war," was doubtless true, but the figures of fatalities in our Civil War, "show that hen American met American then came carnage, and theyjdidn't have .any lydenite pro jectiles nor such machine guns as are in use in South Africa now- The following taken by Col. J. A. Dodge, of the U. S, armyi from the official records in the War Depart ment at Washington, and published in the New York Sun, shows how Americans fight and what "bloody battles" mean: - "In one action one Union regiment lost 82 per cent. - "Three Union regiments lost be tween 70 and 80 per cent. ' "Seventeen U nion regiments lost be tween 60 and 70 per cent. "Forty one Union regiments lost be tween 60 and 60 per cent. - "These numbers are all taken from the muster rolls on file in the War Department, "where each man is ac counted for by name. "The severest loss was by a Confed erate regiment at Gettysburg, 720 out of 80Q, or 90 per cent. "Another .lost in one battle 82 per cent. "Three lost in one battle between 60 and 70 per cent. Nine lost in one battle between 50 and 60 per cent. "Twenty -nine lost in one battle over 50 per cent. "Ljongstreet's division lost at Gaines's Mill and Glendale 4,438 out of 8,831 men, or over 50 per cent. Several divisions lost in some one action over 40 per ce t. The roll of killed and wounded during the four years of our Civil War. North and South, was 600 men a day. There were over 2.400 ac ticns of sufficient importance to be identified by name. In 1882 of these a regiment or more was' engaged. In 112 of these actions 4he loss exceeded 500 men. This does not count the in numerable small affairs on the picket line and outpost service, in scouting and reconnoitring duty. "The total death roll in the North was 360.000: in the South nearly as much. This excludes those who died at home as a result of exposure, wounds oe disease after discharge. Counting these the losses in four years exceeded 900,000 men. This from a population of S5.000.000, North and South, of which 4,000,000 were slaves. Out of this population there was an average force kept in the field of 750,000 men in the North and something less than 400,000 men in the South." I Senator Hanna says .the first Christmas gift he ever got, waa a sugar dog which cost five cents. .He made about as short work of that dog as he has since of some of the distinguished Republicans who have tmcked up against him. r v GE3EBAL WHEELEE HAS A - GRIEVANCE. ' Gen. Wheeler insisted upon being sent to the Philippines, and he was sent, subject to the orders; of Gen. Otis. Since he has been there very little has been heard from him save through the letters he has written to f riendswhich. have found their way into print. The fact is, that Gan, Otis gave Gen. Wheeler the cold shoulder-from the . start, and has not only refused to put him in a position where he might further dis tinguish himself, but has persisted in keeping him in the background in a position where he could, do nothing to attract public attention or win mora distinction. It is now said that Gen. Wheeler has become tired of this snubbing and that he has written the Presi dent intimating that ' he can be of more use to him in Congress than he can be .in rusting and frittering his time away in Manila, doing gar rison duty. Speaking of the Gen eral's grievance, Wm. E. Curtis, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record, who . keeps" well posted, writes as follows: "There is. without doubt, a distinct prejudice against General Wheeler in the regular army. He is regarded as a political general He insists upon retaining his seat in Congress and his commission in- the army at the same time, which is not considered' proper in a true soldier, and there is a feeling also that . the little general is in the army for political reasons. The regu- ar officers feel about him very much as the members of a medical associa tion would feel about a doctor who having retired from the profession and spout the greater part or his lire in other business should endeavor to secure ' the patronage of their most profitable patients. It is said that General Wheeler's atest messages to the President, which are sent through a colleague in Con gress, were severely critical in the comments upon the management of the camoaisrn in the Philippines, and reflecting directly upon his superior ontcer General Utis. If that were true of any other officer he might be subject to court martial; but, as I have suggested, General Wheeler is allowed liberties that' are not enjoyed by other officers. It is said also that General Wheeler appealed directly to the President for advice as to his fu ture plans. He said that if his ser vices were not needed in the fhilip- pines he would return to Washington and resume his seat in Congress, where he might be more useful to the Presi dent in promoting his expansion 'poli cy: but if he remained in the Philip Dines he wanted active service, and not garrison duty. I understand that the President has allowed this letter to remain unanswered, but has indirectly endeavored to gratify Ueneral Wheel er's ambition to chase the Filipinos. leaving bis assignment, however, en tirely to the judgment of General Otis. The latter, however, has intimated a preference for General Wheeler's re turn to Congress, and is reported to have said that his presence at Manila was a continual embarrassment to the army." , ; It was predicted when General Wheeler was sent to Manila, ordered to report toMJeneral Otis, that he would be snowed under and not given an opportunity to distinguish him self. All this . must be very amaz ing to a man who is so eager lor active service, but there are a good many friends of General Wheeler who think he should have been con tent with the fine record he made in Cuba, and steered clear of the Phil ippines, where he went to fight against the very thing he fought for in Cuba. When Marion Butler and Jeter Pritchard join hands with the ne groes in opposition to the constitu tional amendment, isn't it about right for all self-respecting white men to support the amendment ? Where would Butler and Pritchard be now if they had not allied them selves with the negroes? The British have seized another German ship, making the second, alleged to be loaded with stuff for the Boers. The Germans got pretty mad at the first seizure and if this thing keeps on it may lead to some I animated jawing if nothing more. . Lieutenant Meikeljohn, of the Gordon Highlanders, has received marked attention from the Boers'. In two or three fights he has been in, they. picked him out and shot him nine times; But he is still in the ring and eager to reciprocate. Paul Deronlede has been found guilty of conspiracy to overthrow the French Republic, but the court finds "extenuating circumstances." The - extenuating ' circumstances probably are that it isn't much, of a Republic. The Sampson- Schley war is still on and probably will be until f our"pr five historic works have been written to settle the question, as to who is intitled to the distinction of smash ing that Spanish fleet. If England persists in declaring foodstuffs contraband of war she may be putting up some bother for herself in. time to come. She has to get too much of her. food from other countries. - When they have earthquakes over on the other side of the globe they mean more than a shake and scare. One in Russian Caucasia, last Mon day, killed six hundred people. WEEKLY WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, U.S. DISTRICT CODRT. Strong Testimony for Defence in the Case Against A. J. 7 Marshall. - ' CONFIDENT OF AN ACQUITTAL. Evideace of Superintendent oj tie Pes! tentlary Pressure Brought to Beir - Upon Polite to Testify Against ! -the Defendiit. , Special Star Telegram. Balkigh, January 5. The defence had a strong day, and gre w even more confident of acquittal. - . Darkeley, the first witness,- was re called to the stand, and on re direct examination- admitted - that he:' od Perry that Marshall was' not implica ted in the counterfeiting. The Government here rested. -George Thomas, who was employed as porter by Polifz,- testified that Po litz had a certain counterfeit out-fit; tried to pass money on Sidberry and others, which was refused, and that he had Eever seen Marshall in Politi's store. Messrs. Rountree, Meares, Argo and Busbee conducted the case most of to day for the. defence. Capt. W. H. Day was placed on the stand, and surprised the Government by testifying that Politz had told him, voluntarily, of Marshall's innocence. Capt. Day stated on the stand that pressure had been brought to bear on Politz to testify against Marshall, and that he had urged Politz to tell the whole truth, and his treatment the penitentiary would not be affected. Bernard asked if it was the superin tendent's duty to urge prisoners to tell the truth. Day replied, "Yes, when I learn that officials not connected with the penitentiary are urging them . to tell lies." Capt. Day's evidence did much to destroy all that was said by Politz on yesterday, and to-day Politz was again put on the stand and contra dicted Day's evidence in to to, but without apparent effect on the jury. - Capt. Day, again on the stand, testi fied that Politz told bim Marshall knew nothing of the counterfeiting scheme and' wrote the letters for him because as he was a Greek he could not write English. Marshall was Politz's attorney. - Hawkins, of Tennessee, formerly a Federal prisoner here, testified that Politz told him Marshall was not con nected with the counterfeiting. Charles Schnibben, chief of the Fire Department, testified to a talk he had with Politz in the jail, when Politz told him a detective had said the case would be easy on Politz if he would inmlicate Marshall. Siegler testified that Politz told him he could get out of trouble by impli cating Marshall, but that the latter didn't know a "damn thing" about the counterfeiting. Politz said he Was in nocent, and a stranger did the counter feiting on his place. Seigler's son testified that he was present, and corroborated his fathers testimony. George Rogers, who was in jail with Politz, told the same story, as did Claude Leslie, a saloon keeper. R. E. Daniels testified that Politz said to him, "Anybody who says Mar shall was connected with it is a damn liar!" G. W. Millis, former jailor, testi fied to detective Perry's daily visits to Politz in jail, and his telling Politz that he knew Marshall was in it, and if he testified against Marshall it would make it lighter on him and he could even get a pardon after being convicted. ' H. A. Burr, son of the owner of the Wilmington Iron Works, said Politz bought slate-tin from him. J. T. Burke, jeweller, said Politz bought watch cases from him three' times in January, 1898. T. F. Bell, blacksmith, said that in- July, 1897, Politz tried to passcoun terfeit money on him. This evidence was ruled out by Judge PurnelL The general opinion is. that Mar shell's case is strengthened immensely, The News and Observer will say "Yesterday was undeniably Marshall's day in the Federal Court. From the first few minutes of the session, when George Rountree, of counsel for the defence, forced young Darkeley, the prosecution's star witness, to admit that he had once lied about the case, because he was not on oath and did not want to talk about it, through the long series of witnesses who swore, time after time, to the same story, vix: that Perry, the detective, had promised Politz, the self-confessed counterfeiter, to secure his pardon if he would imph cate Marshall and give testimony to secure his conviction, and that Politz before and after his confession had re- peatedly stated with profane emphasis that Marshall was not an accomplice in the crime and did not even "know that the counterfeiting was going on, the scores were all for Marshall," Raleigh, N. C. , January A sensation was sprung in the Federal court this naorning by the arrest of an important witness for the defence on a bench .warrant Just after the case of Marshall had been called Judge Purneli announced that he had issued a bench warrant for I The main point remaining- to be cov contempt of court for Captain James I ered by evidence for the defence is the M. McGowan, of WilmiBgton, a magistrate, and one of the most im portant witnesses for the defence yet 7 to be placed on the stand, as ne was present in the offioe of attorney Mar shall when Politz asked Marshall to order certain substances, which were used by Politz in counterfeiting. -The. bench warrant was issued at 10.15 A, M. and was served on Captain Me- Gowan. a , few . moments before the court was called to order. "After the opening of court Judge Purneli re quired .order to be established and addressing the jury and counsel present, said: ; "Gentlemen I feel it my duty to call the court's attention to an attempt that is now being made on. the streets of this city to manufac ture public opinion in the case now. pending and also that very uncompli mentary remarks are being made about the judge and the court Walk ing on the streets last night I heard several uncomplimentary remarks which were directed at the court . and evidently intended to influence the judge in the defendant's behalf . Again this morning, as I was coming from my residence to the. court, I heard re marks made by a gentleman; who knew me well, which remarks were no doubt made to influence or as a threat to the judge, and I have issued a bench warrant for this man, and ask that it now, be returned. I wish to take the matter up at once, and offi cers of the court will now return the 'man. I wish to state that I do not believe that attorneys for the defence are in any way responsible for these remarks. I regret that such an "attempt should have been made. It is believed by some that such remarks are made at times to influence the court; and a man, no matter how strong he may be, is liable to be influenced in one direc tion or another. In my case, if I am to be influenced at all by such remarks they would, I believe, turn against in stead of for the defendant!" The warrant was returned. It was for Capt. McGowan, and an answer Was prepared by Mr. C. M. Busbee. Before the answer was read, Judge Purpell said: "Neither the district attorney nor his assistants have spoken to me on the subject since the case has been on trial." Mr. C. M. Busbee then read the fol lowing: "James M. McGowan being first duly sworn, in answer to the war rant charging him with contempt, says that on the morning of this day, January 6th, 1900, he was standing on Fayetteville street, in the city of. Ra leigh, talking with Mr. J. T. Watts, and in the course of conversation the trial of A. J. Marshall, now pending in the U. S. District Court, was men tioned, and affiant said to Mr. Watts that in his opinion the prosecution was malicious and the results of a conspi racy against Marshall; that during the conversation Judge T. R. Purneli came up and heard said opinion of af fiant, and affiant meant no contempt to Judge Purneli, nor did affiant al lude in any way to the court, nor did he mean to in any way attempt to in fluence the court or to threaten the court. Affiant was not aware that it was contempt of court to express opin ion on a pending matter in the court in the presence of the Judge, and in this case the opinion was expressed in conversation begun with another man,' and the Judge by chance came up and heard the remarks which constitute that contempt. This affiant humbly expresses regret that he permitted him self to. make the remark, and declares that he did so in ignorance of the law and disavows, as -strongly as he can, any purpose or intentioa to violate any rule or to criticise the court, or to influence by innuendo or threats, or in any other way the action of the court, and it would be impossible for him to do so, because for years he has known and respected and admired the court, and still has for him the kindest feel ings of respect and admiration. Signed "J. M. McGowan." Judge Purneli stated that the an swer of uaptain - mcuowan was not what he had understood. The conver aation, Judge Purneli stated from the bench, had reached this point and as he came up Capt. McGowan remarked ' WI a n n rl ovata nA tha wVirklrt t.Viintr It is a conspiracy, a political con spiracy, out we miena Mr. Marsden Bellamy, of counsel for defence, stated to Judge Purneli that he knew there was no one who would be truer to Judge Purneli than Captain McGowan. who haa for the court the highest esteem. Judge Pur nell replied: "It is not a personal matter. I do not consider myself. It is the Judiciary department of this great Government that is concerned." Judge Purneli said he did not wish to act with haste, that Captain McGowan could remain in custody and the case would be heard later in the day. When the court adjourned Captain McGowan was released on his own re cognisance to appear from day to day till the case is disposed of. Penalty for contempt is fine or imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Yesterday the defence in the Mar shall trial devoted its time to showing that Politz was a counterfeiter long be fore he knew, Marshall, and that he had said often that Marshall was inno cent. This was to break down Politz's testimony. Today, the defence com nleted the attack on Politz by intro ducing testimony contradicting him at every material point, and turned at tention to Darkeley in the same way, The bulk of the testimony to-day was to substantiate witnesses examined the day before, except that of witnesses who testified that Darkeley had told them that Marshall was innocent, and that of H. E Bonitz, who swore that it was impossible to see through the key-hole of the room where the .coun terfeiting occurred except for a very I limited space against the opposite wall. shipping of the metal to Marshall by a I Philadelphia firm. This will be gone into fully, on Monday, most probably, as the defence hopes to complete the testimony in the case on that day. The prosecution will put on some re buttal testimony, and the defence will reply. So - the . case will hardly be argued before Wednesday. To day, owing to the sickness of one 1900. of the jurymen, the court adjourned j at 2 o'clock, to meet at 10 A. M. Mn- day. Twenty-six witnesses in all have been so far examined for the defence. It still has six witnesses besides Mar shall, to offer, who will testify as to direct ismes, and four corroborative and six character witnesses.- The wit nesses examined; to day were J. D. Sedbury, Dan Cameron, Thomas Price, t. Jj. Peterson, Joe Bonitz, J. F. Tolar, L. Gay and W. L. Holden. Reviewing the evidence of the case .thus far, the News and Observer to morrow will say of the Marshall case: "It has been a magnificently managed fight, and the case has practically sim mered down to the question of whether the jury will believe Politz, Darkeley and Perry, or whether they will be lieve the cloud of witnesses who have contradicted them point blank on all material issues. There is no recon ciling the evidence on the two sides. It is a pure question of credibility." - D. L. GORE COMPANY. Application for Incorporation Papers Made Yesterday Capital Stock $50,000 Qrocery Firm Articles of agreement in reference to the formation of a corporation were filed yesterday with Deputy Superior Court Clerk Marsden Bellamy, Jr., by the "D. K Gore Company." The capital stock of the company is to be $50,000, divided into 500 shares of the par value of $100 each. The duration of the corporation is asked for thirty years. The incorporators, with the amount of stock each has subscribed, are: D. L. Gore, 380 shares; E. R. Gore, 50 shares; Jno. H. Gore, Jr., 50 shares; Claude Gore, 50 shares: L. B. Rogers, 50 shares; Jno. C. Gore, 10 shares, and E. G. Woody, 10 shares. The officers will be president, vice presi dent, secretary and treasurer, and a board of five director', of which the president shall be a member and chair man ex officio. The Corporation is formed for the "purchase and sale at wholesale and the importation and exportation of all kinds of merchandise, deal ing and trading in the same and particularly in- such lines of trade as appertains to the general grocery business. For this purpose the company shall have power to en ter into all kinds of trades,' deals, negotiations and commercial transac tions, including loaning and borrow ing of money, taking and giving of mortgages and other, collateral secur ities in the same manner as individ uals." The application for the charter stip ulates that in the eveit any member shall be desirous of selling any of hia or her shares, : they shall cause same to be appraised by the board of direc tors and offer same for use of corpora tion and upon tender of said appraised value with dividends, etc., if the direc tors think it proper, the transfer shall be made to the company, pro vided the company complies with this stipulation within ten days, after which time the shareholder desiring to thus sell will be at liberty to dis pose of the stock towhom he may choose. The stockholders are not individu ally liable for the debts of the corpor ation. . The power to borrow money, nego tiate loans and pledge the credit of the company are Tested in the president. STEAMBOAT A. J; JOHNSON. Saccessfolly Passed Inspection Yesterday. Made a Trial Trip. The new stern-wheel steamboat for the Black River line, the A. J. John' son successfully passed the inspection by government officials yesterday afternoon. She steamed up the river on the trial trip, being welcomed by the salutes from the harbor craft. The Johnson is a very substantial boat of thirty-five tons and . is brand new from stem to stern. She is jointly owned by Messrs. J. B. Robinson and James W. Marley, both of Clear Run, and she is named for Mr. A. J.Johnson, of Taylor's Bridge, a prominent citizen of Sampson county. Capt. J. S. Watson, of Point Cas well, is master of the new boat. She will probably go up Black River on her initial trip early this week. Family Reunion. Mrs. Rosana King, surrounded by sixty-eight of her 103 descend ants, sons, grand and great-grand children, last Tuesday celebrated her seventy-ninth birthday at her resi dence in this city on Fifth between Queen and. Wooster streets. Each birthday of her life, in late years, her children gather in a family re-union at the old homestead and spend a day in worship and gift giving. To day Lat noon, sixty eight members of the family will gather and have a photo graph, taken, which will be preserved and handed down from generation to generation. Another photograph will also be made of Mrs. King, her oldest son, Mr. Isaac King, her grandson, Mr. E. G. King, and one of her great grand children. Damage to Track. The truckers have now had time to observe what damage wan done by the recent severe and continuous freez ing weather. ; ' . Mr. SoL J. Jones told a Stab repre sentative yesterday 'that practically the damage to truck was generally small. Old lettuce in the head Buf fered considerably but most of the lettuoe crop hereabouts is small and was not hart to any considerable ex tent -i;'-:'1 NO. 12 COUNTY nFMOfDATfr "MA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Held First Meeting for Campaign List Night Col. Walker Taylor Chosea Chairman, Vice CoL Strange. Th e Democratic Executive Com mittee of New Hanover county held its first meeting for ; the approaching campaign, last night in the office of acting Chairman W. B. McKoy in the Smith building, f There was a quorum of members present, Mr. McKoy presiding and Mr. W. A. Wrightat the desk as Secre tary. I " . The only matter of real importance transacted was the election of. Colonel Walker Taylor as chairman of the committee to succeed the late Colonel Thomas W. Strange. W. B. McKoy, Esq., has been acting chairman since his death. , j It was ascertained last night that a secretary had already been elected to succeed Mr. J. W.j 8needen and that there was really no vacancy, as: was at first thought and published in the papers. Mr. W, A. Wright was.elected soon after Mr. Sneeden's departure from the city. Mr. B. F, Kiag has been acting secre tary but surrendered "the reins," so to speak, to Mr. Wright last night He last night notified Col. Taylor, who is in Raleigh, of his election. Nothing was done relative to the opening of the constitutional amend ment ampaign, but it is understood that another meeting will be held very early for this purpose in fact, ss soon as the new chairman returns to the city and formally calls a meeting. . None of the county precincts were represented at the meeting last night. Mr. R. W. Price was elected as a member from Fourth Ward, vice Mr. J. W. Sneeden, and the following were noted present from the different city precincts : First Ward F. ! T. Skipper, Neill McKinnon, Isaiah West, J. W. Cate and W. A. Wright. f Second Ward not represented. Third Ward E. F. Johnson and John H. Beery. I Fourth Ward W. B. McKoy, W.Price. R. Fifth Ward B.. F. King, J Davis andiG. W. Bornemann. DR. CLARK LOCATED HERB. R. Elegant Dental Parlors Fitted Up on Prin cess Street at No. 105. Dr. M. H. P. Clark, dental surgeon, of Franklinton, N. C, has located in Wilmington for the practice of his pro fession and has fitted up elegant par lors at No. .105 Princess Btreet,- where he solicits ie patronage of the people of Wilmington. Dr. Clark has recently completed a post graduate course in Baltimore and is a dentist of more than ten years ex? perience. His office fixtures and instru ments are all of the latest manufac ture and his apartments are aptly termed "parlors."; He makes a speci alty of crown and bridge work and in an advertisement in to day's paper he states that his office hours are from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and 2 to 5. P. M. Poisoned from Nnrslng Bottle. Intelligence waa received in the city yesterday from Mullins S. C, of the death of the little four months old son of Mr.-. P. -S. Cooper, of the firm of Cocper 6t Cooper; Co., of this city. From information received it appears that in some way the nurse carelessly substituted a drug bottle not properly rinsed for the regular nursing bottle and the chemical combination with the milk generated a poison of which the little child partook and died. Mr. Cooper, was away at the time of its death qn a business trip, but was com municated with by telegraph. Schooner in Distress. The schooner Mecosta, 199 tons, Captain Stratton, arrived in port yes terday in a badly leaking condition since several days ago. she was towed up the river by the Blanche, and is consigned to Messrs. J. T. Riley & Co., who will confer with the owners relative to what disposi tion is to be made of her. The schooner is laden with - logwood from Goa- naives, Hayti. to Boston, and is said to have a bad leak in her hold. - i Good FishSnpply. j The market yesterday had the best supply of fish of I the season. Some fine drum and rock are being brought in and the catch of flounders is unus ally large. Rock from fojir to eight pounds are selling at 50 cents and $1, drum 15 to 20 cents each, trout and mullets at 15 to SO cents a bunch, and flounders at 15 cents a bunch. Sound Oysters are 15 cents a quart and New River oysters are still up to 30 cents a quart. Quarter of a Mile Deep. ' The Clarendon Waterworks Com pany's artesian well at Hilton lacks only a few feet of being a quarter of a mile deep. Up to yesterday the drill had reached a depth of 1,308 feet The drill is still in hard rock, having pass ed through it a depth of nearly two hundred feet.' Shad Season Approaching. The shad season is approaching, as is evidenced by the fact that the fisher men yesterday ' caught quite a lot of hickory shad. The hickory shad is called the forerunner of shad and the fishermen then lexpect a run of shad along in.about ten days Do you - want 2.000 or 3.000 old newroanera at vonr own nricef If so. call at the Stak office. They make a heap wrapping paper. : -; t BRYAN AT CHICAGO. Vlgerons Speech at the Jackson Day Ban- f net Carreicy QoestiQi aid In - perlallim Discussed,. T ; , By Telegraph to the Morning Star. " Chicago., January 6. Six hundred Democrats gathered in the banquet hall of the Tremont House this even' ing to observe"Jackson Day" in an ap propriate manner. William Jennings Bryan was the honored guest and chief orator ot the occasion. Mr. Bryan, in opening his address,' recounted the political situation a it has existed at each successive ''Jack son Day" banquet which he Jbad at-, tended in Chicago, and then, conlinir . down to later issues, he discussed the currency bill. Of this he said: - 'The currency bill fastens us to the ' financial systems of the old world and subjects us to all the disturbances which anect them, while it nlaces the control of the volume of papier money in the nands ot a bank trust, which will be as merciless to the people of this country as Weyler was to the reconcentrados. The fight for bimetal lism at the rate of 16 to 1 has not been lost. The increased production . of gold has shown the advantage of more money and has answered the argument so often made that the parity could not be maintained because of the over-production of silver." 1 lie declared that the Republicans aie unable to enact and enforce efficient anti trust laws, and that the Demo cratic party when in power will meet the issue with a plain and positive remedy. On the subiect of "imperial ism" he said: "The question of imperialism will occupy a prominent place in the next campaign. It matters not whether the war in the Philippines ends in the near future dr continues until election. The people must determine the policy to be pursued in regard to the Fili pinos. That policy must contemplate the ultimate independence of the Fin- - pinos or their permanent retention un der American .sovereignty. It the islands are to be retained permanently the inhabitants must be given the nope of full citizenship or they must be con demned to the lot of subjects. Who desires to admit them to share and share alike with us in the destiny of this Republic?" The entire policy of the administra tion in relation to the Philippines, he declared to be utterly wrong. His speech was received with great enthu siasm. . TROUBLE IN ROBESON COUNTY Alleged Attempt to Lynch a Negro Con victed of Rape and Twice Reprieved by Governor Rnssell. """"""" i By Telegraph to the Homing Star. Raleigh, N. C, January 4. At 8:30 to-night a special train with twen ty-seven of ! the Governor's Guard aboard, left for Lumberton, N. C, wbere it was alleged an attempt was about to be made to lynch Reuben Ross, a negro convicted of rape on Mrs. Strickland, a white woman, and twice reprieved by Governor Russell, Governor Russell to-night made the following statement for the Associated Press : ..'! 'A negro named Reuben Ross was convicted of rape and sentenced to be hanged. I postponed the execution until Friday, January 5th, upon peti tion from leading men in Robeson county, including the Mayor of Ked Springs, where the ' anair occurred, the . Mayor of Max ton, a member of' the Legislature from Robeson county, and half a dozen or more of the jury which tried the ease, the foreman of the grand jury and - many other citizens, all of Whom asked for executive clemency. I have again postponed the execution for one week. This I have done at the earnest solicitation of the lawyers of the pris oner, in order to take further time to consider the case. It being represented ? to me that there were threats of lynch--ing the prisoner at Lumberton, I or--dered Captain Bernard, with twenty 1 men of the Governor's Guards, to Lumberton to-night to keep the peace." r NEGROES IN THE SOUTH. Tbeir Condition Education One-third of the Race Has Retrograded. By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. f. Washington, January 4 H. B. Frissel, principal of the -Hampton, Ya., Normal and Industrial Institute, -appeared before the industrial com mission1 to-day. He spoke of the condition of the colored peo ple and the industrial conditions of the South. The small farms- are rapidly increasing, he said, and in many sections the condition or tne negro is better than in slavery days. The farmers are unable to break away from the lien system of crops, and , wages are small. Although the South has spent one hundred millions of dollars on public . education for negroes, one third of the race has ac tually retrograded, one-third is where it was at the beginning of the war, and the remainder have advanced. Negroes, he said, have been taught that their salvation will be found through political means rather than by hard work. WEIGHT OF COTTON BALES. Average Nearly Eighteen Poinds Less Than Bales of Last Year's Crop. . By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. New Orleans, January 6. Secre tary Hester's statement of the actual average weight of 4,791,549 bales of the cotton crop, embracing port re ceipts and overland for four months ending at close of December, 51070-100 against 515 ! li-iuo pounds per. Dale last year, a decrease of 7 33 100. , Detailed averages are: Texas, 527 18 100; Louisiana. 514 63 100; - Ala bama, 503; Georgia, 492 3Z 100; South Carolina. 497 75 100; North Carolina, 505 87 100; Virginia, 498; Tennessee, etc., including Memphis, St. Louis and . overland, 505 41. 100. . " FRANCE AND SAN DOMINGO.4 The Uoited States Hat No Concern la the 1 Threatened Naval Demonstration. . By Telegraph to the M ornlna Star. Washington, January - 0. The United States government has at this moment no concern in the attempt of . the French government to settle a long standing claim against the gov ernment of San Domingo by a naval demonstration, as reported in the press dispatches. What our future attitude . may be will depend entirely upon the development, but it may be, stated . that there is a growing indisposition -here to shelter governments from the consequences of their disregard or tne rules of hpnesty and international ob-, ligation. - r ' The East Carolina Real Estate' Agency offers for sale the timber on a tract of land on North East Kiver. It includes over one million feet oi ; fine Cypress timber, See advertise-, ment.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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