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A DARING ROBBERY. 4i -ir B SKJLY. TAR. tVUUMHMO A- WILMINGTON, N.C. Burglars Entered the A. C. L. City Ticket Office Early Saturday Night. 1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. ,88SS8S8S8SSSSss i VOL. XXXI. WILMINGTON, N. 0,, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900. NO. 18 AMOUNT OF MONEY STOLEN. WE E : S8888SS888SS8885S " ' 8S88SS8888888888 w 228SSS55SS2Si8l!SSo 88838888888888888 8S88888SS8S8888S8 moo,-, i ocsssssaaassass S83S383S82SS83883 ,0s2SSJ:ss8asSS'S?- 8288S88SS838888S? 8 as-ssSSSSSSSS!?? 588888888888888? t '3QM3Dr- odo o so 10 g p 1i b f "si Iflicr at Won' C1 M. imtgtoo. N T.l SUBSCRIPTION P CE. . tT 8tr The ulcnptiou rncr of the W Single Copy 1 rr, pcsmre paid..... f 00 rtiunltv " " 0 TH I SUE aUABELY DRAWN. The passage of the Senate so called currency bill following the passage of a so-called currency bill in the House of Representatives does one thing if nothing more it shows beyond question where the Republi can party, aa represented by the Mo- TT 1 1 i- 3 1 .ixiuiey nuiuiui9uaiiuu aiiu vuc m jority in both' Houses of Congress, stands on the gold question, some thing which was not before definitely understood. Heretofore it has been a gold party with the gold men and a silver party with the silver men; now it is a straight out gold party, pure and simple, which Jn as far as it can has put this country on the single gold standard and solemnly pledged it to pay all its obligations, regardless of the contract, in gold. This is not only showing bfad faith .with the American people, " whose opinions were. never asked upon that question, but it is a monstrous im position upon them in the interest of the money kings who hold Gov ernment obligations, for it adds in estimably to the buiden of taxation they will have to bear, and indefi nitely perpetuates the national debt. ""We say it adds inestimably to the burden of taxation, because it makes it obligatory upon the Government to redeem its obligations in 'the scarcest kind of money, and the Only speculative money in the world, a money which can be con" trolled by money combines and made as scarce' as they desire to make it. There is said to be about four thou sand millions of gold coin in the world and that the Rothschild bank ers and gold brokers can control half of it.- The other combines can easily practically control the other half. It is dealing dishonestly with and practicing imposition upon the people because every dollar of Gov ernment indebtedness contracted up to the passage of the so-called redemption act in 1868, in "lawful money of the United States," which was anything the law-making branch of the Government saw fit to declare money. After they eliminated the greenback as a public debt redeemer, every debt was redeemable in "coin," and stood so and will stand so until the legislation they are now forcing upon the country becomes operative, when gold will be the only money of redemption. So every private debt contracted in thisountry was .payable in "coin," unless there was a special contract stipulating that it must be paid in gold. The debtor could waive the right, if he so elected, to pay in coin and obligate himself to pay in gold, and so could the United States, but they never did, aud never could be persuaded to do it until these creatures of the money power who happen to have a majority in both IIouBes of Congress, took snap judgment on the people and made the Government promise to pay in gold debts that were payable first in "lawful money" and afterwards in "coin." This means adding im . mensely to the national debt and adding to. everv private debt where the creditor may see fit to demand gold or its equivalent. If there were an abundance of gold in the country and the Gov ernment had any way of counting upon what it might j need without Belling bonds and going upon the market as a purchaser of gold the case would be different, bufeHihis is the only way the Government can count upon keeping up its , gold re serves, especially since this positive enactment putting the country on the Bingle gold standard. The gold men have been boasting of the large amount of gold in the Treasury, more than it ever had at any one time, but it went into the .Treasury through its customs offi ces simply because the gold men didn't have any special use for it, and preferred to let the Treasury take care of it for them, knowing full well that they could get it out whenever they wanted it, or when ever there might be a demand for it that would make drawing it out profitable. Now, we venture to say, there will be less of it going into the Treasury, and the probabilities are that jwithin the next two years .the Government will be sell ing bonds , to" secure gold to main tain the goid reserve, a contingency which was anticipated in the pro visions authorizing the Secretary of ! the Treasury to sell bonds when the reserve fund falls to $50,000,000. It puts the Treasury absolutely at - - - the mercy of the money combines, for when they might find it to their interest to get possession "of some more bonds all they would have to do would be to gather up $50,000,- 000 or so of greenbacks, send them to the Treasury or sub-treasuries and ask gold for them and they would get it. They would continue the raiding until the Secretary of the Treasury found it necessary to issue another batch of bonds to get gold to take the place of that pulled out, and thua the game would go On whenever the money combines found it. to their interest to play it. This new legislation puts the Government absolutely in the power of the gold- mongers and bond manipulators. It was practically at their mercy before, but that was . because the three days' battle at Gettysburg were 5,783 killed and 32,749 wounded, the Confederate losses being 2,712 killed, j 12,818 wounded and 7,465 missing, : and the Union losses 2,070 killed, ' 14,497 wounded (many mortally) and 5,434 missing. In the Atlanta cam campaign the Federal losses were 4,423 killed, 22.822 wounded and 4,442 missing. To show how the gaps were filled, at least on one, side, more than 1,000,000 active Union soldiers were under arms- when the war ended." The Boer war isn't over yet, and there will be large numbers added to the casualty list before it is, but it will be a good while before they approximate the figures given above. INTERESTING REPORT SHERIFF WILL SETTLE WITH STATE AND COUNTYl i WORK ON STREETS. FUU:S ,c Of Adjutant General Royster, ol the North Carolina State Guard. Statement of Year's Tax Collections Now Ready for Treasurer and Commia - . sloners A Fine Snowing. Greater Activity Than for Many Years Prevails in Wilming ton at 1 his Time. WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY Makes Most Excellent Comparison With Other Companies in the State Wilmlrgton Division Naval Re. serves' Fine Showing, j Secretaries of the Treasury failed to exercise the option with which the law vested them, and obeyed the de mands of the Treasury raiuers. Now it is different because-the Secretary has no option, if he saw 'fit to exer cise it, for the law yis mandatory. He must pay gold, and if ha has no gold to pay he must borrow it or ad mit that the Treasury is bankrupt, although it may have millions of sil ver stacked up in its vaults. This is going to be rough on the people, but it may be a good thing in the end for it makes the issue a clean cut one between the single gold standard and the donble standard, in which, until it was outlawed, silver played as important and even a more important part than gold. A REPUBLICAN GIVES HIS . REASONS. There are a great many Republi cans in North Carolina who will support and vote for the constitu tional amendment, and among them some who stand in the front as party leaders. John W. Cooper is one of the leading Republicans of Bertie county, and has been voting with that party ever since its organiza tion in the South, but he believes in white supremacy, will support the amendment and gives his reasons for it in the following letter ad dressed to Mr. J. B. Stokes of that county and published in the Windsor Ledger: , "Dear Sir: You are right in sup posing that I will vote for tne amend ment. I have voted the Republican ticket steadily tiuee the war and I be heve in the principles of that party. But I am disgusted with my party in its CO' duct of matters in the South especially in North Carolina. It has placed ignorant atid vicious negroes in-office; The incompetence of the negro and his unfitness for leadership and his complete charire ofthe Re publican party in North Carolina has prevented the spread of Republican doctrine. The Amendment will get rid of the negro. It will not interfere with the white folks. "For this reason 1 shall support the Amendment. . 4 -1 do not subscribe to National Dem ocratic principles,, but I do to the ques tion of maintaining the supremacy of the while vole and of keeping negroes out of office and preventing them from iusp cting white schools, aud by their vote taking charge of my couuty and State. c "1 am with you. My race pride and self respect dtmand that I put my vote with vours and my other friends and neighbors for permanent while suprem acy. . Yours, etc., I "Jno. W. Cooper. 'Howard, N. C, Feb. 19, 1900." -This is brief, but it covers the ground. White supremacy is essen tial to good, clean government, and .the only way to permanently secure that lis by a restricted franchise which will exclude the ignorant and vicious element of the negro population. HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. The Indiana League of Republi can clubs met at Anderson, in that State. on Lincoln's birthday, to celebrate that event. There were several speakers of prominence, among them Booker T. Washing ton, colored, of Alabama, who made the most sensible speech of the en tire bunch. The substance of it is - thus given in the press dispatches : ' If p -would continue to spread the spirit of Liucoln and fin'sh the work which he began, it should be our high efct ambition i to make the negro, first of all a property holding', industrious, intelligent cit zen and a Republican or Democrat after ard. . We must lift ourselves above mere temporary party advantage by the in fluence of tradition. The negro must be taught tbatin every manly, straight forward, honorable way he should cul tivate the confidence, friendship and co-operation of the white man by whose side be lives in the South. In turn the Southern white man should be encour aged not to distrust the negro but to give his hearty consent and active per sonal co operation to every measure that has for its object the lifting up of the negro to the highest plane of citi zenship. All through the South 1 am glad to notice evidences that show that the best and most cultivated classes of white people are beginning to take a deeper interest in the negroes. No man can assist in lifting another up without himself being made stronger, happier and more useful." This was in striking contrast to the speeches made by some of the white politicians who harped on the old string of negro oppression, with more or less criticism of Southern white men for their efforts to protect their States from negro domination, Prof. Booker's speech was not only a sensible and a brave one, but it was a fitting rebuke to the white politicians who fol lowing in the old party ruts took occasion of that opportunity to misrepresent the motives and the ac tions of the Southern white people who believe that the South ought to be governed by wbite men. We have frequently had occasion to remark on the utterances of this level-headed representative of his race who has come nearer the plan for the solution of the race problem than any other man of his race. This speech is another proof of it. If the solution were left to him, and such as he, the time would not be far dis tant when there would be no race problem, and the two races would be moving along side by side in harmony, each working out its des tiny in its proper place and in its own way. STAGGERING HUMANITY. There has been a good deal said about the slaughter of men in the battles of South Africa, and this is cited as a verification of President Kruger's .prediction that while the British might eventually triumph, it would, be at a cost that would "stagger humanity." has not been staggered yet, al though it is quite apparent. that Great Britain has been very much staggered. As a reminder that there have been "staggering,r wars in quite re cent times with which the Boer affair is quite tame in comparison, the Army and Navy Journal quotes some figures of the casualties dur ing the late misunderstanding be tween the North', and the South. Without claiming that the reported Confederate losses are accurate, the Federal losses are from the official records: . "They show that of the Federal soldiers en- aged in the war there died on the fi Id of buttle or from fatal wounds 110,000; from disease. 199.720, and from other causes, 49,708 a grand aggregate of 359 428. Estimat ing those who went home and died, of whom no account was taken, it is be lieyed that the total death list on the Union side reached 400,000. "During the two weeks of fighting around Spottsyl vanta Court House the Federals bad 2,725 men killed and 13,406 wounded. After the seven days' fighting in the Wilderness the Confederates reported 3.478 killed, 875 missing and 16,261 wounded. The joint losses of the Judge Hayford, of Oregon, adop ted a.unique plan for securing proof of alleged mismanagement, abuse of prisoners, &c, in the - State prison. The testimony presented was so con flicting that no decision could be rendered, and not believing it prac ticable to get conclusive testimony in the ordinary way he hit on a plan of his own. . He took some friends into his confidence, committed some breach of court regulations, and sen tenced himself to prison for "con tempt of court." The prison officials didn't -know him- personally and when he got there he was hustled in with the other unfortunates. He spent two or three weekB there, long enough to get all the facts that were necessary to establish the charges that had been made. He is now loaded to go cn the stand himself. War correspondent Julian Ralph, says it is marvelous the part that water-bottles, haversacks, ration tins and coat sleeves play in catching bullets in battle. In the battle of Humanity Ijiodder River over a million shots were fired and only about 1,000 men were hit, While the number struck of the articles mentioned is aston ishing. The damage done by artil lery, he says, was "next to nothing.' The Spartanburg S. C. Herald has issued a splendid illustrated edition showing the industrial progress, of what it calls the "Lowell of the South." Spartanburg county is one of the' greatest cotton manufactur ing counties in the South, and the mills continue to increase. Copies of the annual report of Adju tant " General- B. S. Roysterj of the 13tate militia, were yesterday received by the commanding officers of the local military companies. It is a most interesting and comprehensive volume and contains' much information of value to those who are members of or who feel a pride in the State Guard. Prom the Adjutant General's report it is gleaned that since December 1st, 1893, thirteen infantry companies and two naval divisions have been accepted and assigned to the regiments and naval brigade. During the year two com panies were disbanded one, the Scot land Neck R fiemeu for failing to at tend 'toe encampment at M jrehead; the other the Granite City Guards of Mt. Airy, for what is characterized by General Royster, as 'generalJ ineffi ciency and disgraceful conduct of its commanding officer." The latter, com pany has, however, been replaced by one that promis s to be of service and a credit to the Guard. The present strength of the Guard, including General Staff, Regimental and Naval Brigade Staffs, officers and enlisted mesy is 1,974, divided into three regiments of infantry, two of twelve companies each and one with eleven companies; one naval brigade of several divisions and one artillery detachment. This is a very apprecia able gain over last report, when -there were only 1,084 officers and enlisted men divided into 23 infantry com panies with 705 men; five! naval divisions with 266 men ; one artillery detachment of 24 men and General Regimental Field and Staff and Naval officers ttf the number of 89. j. Adjutant General Royster in writ ing of the aid very often rendered ihe civil authorities; says: "It is a tribute to the cheerful obe dience of the people of the State to the law, that only twice during the year has the State Guard been called udod to preserve order aud see to the enforcement of the law. This fact alone, in my opinion, is the strongest argument in favor of a well organized and efficient State Guard. It is hardly necessary for me to repeat what is well known in North Carolina that her State Guard always responds promptly to every call to duty." Writing further of the encampment of the Second Regiment at Morehead City General Royster says that upon arriving at the grounds; the compa nies, one of which was the Wilmington Light Infantry, found co tents, and many other things were incomplete. The regiment spent one night in camp without tents, the delay in arrival of which was occasioned by the failure of the manufacturers, owing to a press ojf orders incident to the Spanish Ameri can war, to ship them according to contract, and the seeming' negligence of the transportation companies in de livering them to connecting 1 lines. The other necessary arrangements for the camp should have been attended to ia ample time, he says. In spite of these inconveniences and delays, the officers and men soon adapted them selves to the conditions, and the active work of the camp was begun. The report of Inspector General F. P. Hobgood, Jr., is incorporated into that of the Adjutant General and a table is given showing the muster roll, number present for inspection and per centage of attendance of the several companies in the Guard. It will be with a feeling of pride that Wilming tonians will note the very compli i en tarv comparison that the Wilmington Light Infantry presents with other companies of the entire State Guard, having 63 members the full quota on her muster roll, every one of which was present for inspection, and having a percentage of attendance for the year of 100. Only one other company Company A, the Warren Guards, of the Third Regiment has such a flat tering record to its credit in the table of comparison. Wilmington Division Naval Re serves also made a very favorable comparison, with the . other six di visions in the NavaL Brigade. It had at time of inspection 44 members on its, muster roll, 35 of whom' were present .for inspection,- and " the di vision is credited with 80 percentage of attendance, which is considerably above the general average. In the report is also incorporated the reports of the commanding offi cers of the three regiments, and of Capt. George L. Morton, of the Naval Brigade. Appended as is part of the latter report is the report of Iieut. W. W. " Vick on the cruise aboard the Prairie. Sheriff MacRae is now ready to settle with, the State and County in the matter of tax collections for the current fiscal year. Mr. Owen Fennell chief deputy clerk in the office, com pleted the computations yesterday and he now has a statement drawn up for presentation to both the State Treas urer and to the Board of County,Com missioners, which will meet in special session at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after noon. Sheriff MacRae has been phenome nally successful in the cuLections tnia year and has probably broken the recurd of all previous years as to the auibunX receivtd in New Hanover county. The sum total of- real aiid personal property according to the levy was approximately $83,000 and out of 4hia amount ihere has been col lected according to the final statement $79,372.48, which is equivalent to over ninety five and a half per cent. Of the amount collected $13,536 67 will go to the county and the balance, which is $35 835 81 will be given to the State and school fund in4he pro portions prescribed by law. For the fiscal year ending in 1899, the "collections were, not nearly so large; indeed, the levy was not so great as this year, but the per cent , which is really the only criterion in a matter of this nature, is considerably in favor of this year. Last year, the final settlement was not made until some two weeks later ia the season than now, and the actual amount re ceived was only $63,191.61 a differ ence in favor of thisyear of $16,180.37, with allowance for the difference in levy as stated. Out of the amount that goes to the State in the final settlement, New Hanover county's school fund will be reimbursed in the sum, of something over $1,100, her share of the direct ap propriation by the Legislature to the public schools of- the State. The sheriff has instructions to pay this amount t) the County Treasurer-at once and send in his receipt therefor as cash in settlement of the taxes. -County Treasurer Green will receive this amount for the schools to-day, and it it will be apportioned by the Board of Education in July for the ensuing fiscal year. MANY HANDS ARE EMPLOYED Work Forging Ahead at the Rock Qutr . rles-Orange Street Ready for Mac adam Princess and Market Streets Paving. TO REBUILD THE CLUB HOUSE The Ooverolig Board of the Carolina Yacht Clob to Meet To-night to Ap prove the Plans for Building. The governing board of the Caro lina Yacht Club will hold a meeting to-night at 8 o'clock to examine the plans for the club's new house to be erected on Wrigbtsville Besch in place of the old club house destroyed by the West India hurricane last fall. Mr. Charles McMillen; the architect, has drawn the plans and they will no doubt be approved at the meeting to night. The new club house will be a great improvement on the old one. Besides the commodious hall and rooms dowr, stairs there will be three nice upper rooms for the use of the lady members of the club. The plans will also em brace nicely arranged bath houses. Work of tearing awsy the old club house was begun yesterday, and it is proposed to begin right away the work of erecting the nw hi'isa. COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. Comparative Statement of Receipts for the Week and Past Crop Year. The following interesting compari son of the receipts of cotton and naval stores at the port of Wilmington for the week and part crop year in 1900 with those of the last crop year, are gleaned from the regular stock report as posted yesterday at the Produce Ex change: '' Week ending February 16th, 1900 Cotton, 6.090 bales; spirits, 351 casks; rosin, 4,436 barrels; tar, 3,703 barrels; crude, 106 barrels. Week ending February 16th, 1899 Cotton, 332 bales spirits, 47 casks; rosin, 1,133 barrels; tar, 425 barrels crude, 58 barrels. Crop year to February 16th, 1900 Cotton, 248,675 bales; spirits, 28,834 casks; rosin, 151,320 barrels; tar, 66.819 barrels; crude, 11 ,409 barrels. Crop year to February 16th, 1899 Cotton, 284,010 bales; spirits, 27.191 casks; rosin, 151,066 barrels; tar, 62,579 barrels; crude, 10,606. ThcSmallpox Patients. The only persons now detained at the pest house are the old negro Bac chus, who furnished Wilmington with its first case of smallpox, and his seven children, who were at first detained because of contact with their father, There is great activity these days in the way of public improvements in Wilmington. An immense amount of work is being done and nearly a hun dred hands are employed. At the rock quarries in Eist Wil-. mington, Mr. J. P. Jones, the superin tendent, has about forty hands at work getting out limestone rock for macad amizing the s'reets. A great quantity, of rock has been quarried, and in the next three weeks the rock crushing plant will be in operation. All the machinery is here now. The rock crusher and screens are at the ware bouse of the Clyde Line, and the big steam traction roller is at the Seaboard Air Line depot. The bins for the crushed rock will be constructed at the quarries this week,' and then the crusher, screens aud roller will be taken cut and tbe'plant put in readi ness for operations. The engine of the roller will be utilized for running the' rock crusher when it is not em ployed in rolling the rock after it has been laid on the streets. Work on the Streets. While the rock is being quarried for macadamizing the streets, Mr. Jas. A. Perry, the superintendent of streets, is at the head of about forty hands, some of whom are grading the streets and preparing them for the macadam, while others are at work on the plans of City Engineer Joseph H. MacRee and the Streets and Wharves Committee for a system of sanitary drainage. Yesterday Superintendent Perry' had his street force and thirty carts at work on the grading of Orange street, between Seventh and Ninth. They have done an immense amount of work the past week, and will fin ish that job to morrow. The high sand hill on Orange street, from Sev enth street crossing to the Wilming ton Seacoast railroad depot, has been cut down and the surface of the street lowered to a depth of from two to four feet. At the same time ihe track of the Wilmington Street Railway has been let down to a level wTEtfthe grading on Orange street, so that there has been a great improvement in that particular. &hen the work is completed the track will be almost level all the way out Orange street. Superintendent Perry, as he goes along with the Orange street grading, is preparing the street for macadam, and as soon as the rock crusher gets to work, he will make it one of the finest streets in the city. To-morrow after noon he will move his hands to Sixth and Orange streets and cut down the incline there to a depth of from twelve to eighteen inches. At thejsame time he will also grade Sixth street, near Nun, to a depth of two feet. He ex pects to increase his force, of hands this week. Out of the thirty carts he has at worn now, twenty four of them are hired, so that not only labor is getting employment, but the cart men are getting their share. ' The city has ordered two broid tired wagons to haul the crushed stone from the quar ries to the various streets as these are being macadamized. Princess and Market Streets. The plans for laying the roadways on Princess street from Front to Third street, and Market street from Front to the river,; are getting nearer to a practical solution. All the property owners, with one exception on Princess street, have signed the agreement to pay two thirds of the cost of the pavi.g if the city pays the other third. Yesterday Mr. Andrew Smith, the real estate agent, interested himself in securing the signatures of the owners of some property on Market street for which he is agent He got them to sign up, but there are three or four yet to sign before there is any prospect of the work being done. Only a short time is left now for this work to be done, as the streets will not be disturb ed after hot weather sets in. Seventy-two Ordered Yesterday Tne) Will Be Delivered In April and Be In Operation by Jane. At the meeting' of the board of direc tors of the Wilmington Cotton Mills, as noted in the Star a few days ago, it was decided to put in a number of new looms of the latest' improved patern. Yesteraay the order was given for seventy two four drop looms to be delivered in April. They will be in stalled, and will be in operation by June 1st, at the farthest. These looms are specially designed for weaving check fabrics, and are h9 tended to manufacture the fine grade flannelettes and outings of which the Wilmington Mills have made a speci alty for the last ten years, and for which the factory has established a reputation. , The new looms have been ordered owing to the necessity to meet the de mand for the product of the mills. The entire product of the factory till next fall has been sold in advance at the most satisfactory prices. This evidence of the prosperity of the Wilmington Mills is highly grati fling, and the Star is pleased to note that the future augurs well for the factory. THE FIRE ALARM TOWER. Contract Awarded to Mr. W. J. Kirkham Yesterday for Its Erectloq Work Will Be Begun Next Week. People who have been clamoring for the fire alarm tower and those who ex perience a feeling of indignation, when the hook and ladder truck or one of Chief Schnibben's spick and span new hose wagons dashes past them at a "two forty gait" with no pro monition as to "where the fire is at, will learn with peculiar delight that yesterday Alderman Taylor, chairman of the fire committee, let the contract for the erection of the steel structure which is to support the big bell that rings but the number of box near which each and every fire occurs. Mr. W.J. Kirkham was the suc cessful bidder and! in conversation yes terday he told a Star representative that he expects to begin work on the brick foundation upon which the tower will rest as early as Wednesday of next week. Two or three bolts, which are needed at the outset will have to be made here and . it will not be until early next week that they can be secured. In the meantime, Mr. Kirkham says, he will begin work on the excavations at the hook and lad der station. and everything will be in readiness for the laying of brick on Wednesday. The tower will be raised on a base of brick which will be built up from an excavated surface seven leet under ground to the surface of the plot. The tower will be about fifty feet high. Mr. Kirkham will furnish all mate rial necessary for the erection of the tower and will receive for the service $175. . THE SOUTHEASTERN R. R. Qaloed Entrance Throogh Hallway Lead ing to Waiting Rooms In the Rear. Used an Anger and Escaped . Without Defection. The Atlantic Coast Line ticket office at the Front street depot wan . entered by burglars Saturday night shortly before 11 o'clock and - that a good round sum of money was not taken is do fault of the house breakers, who gave every evidence that they were experts in the profes sion, having made two well directed efforts to get into the office before having been successful in the third attempt Fortunately an amount of money probably less than $1,00 was stolen from the cash drawer in silver, though Ticket Agent J. D. Edwards, who went to the office a short while after the robbery, was unable last night to minutely check up his ticket sties and: determine upon the exact amount stolen.- The cash drawer at the window, in which ia kept an amount of change for the ' . usual day's business, was pried open and torn to pieces after having been depleted of the amount contained therein, which, as stated, cannot yet be accurately arrived at. A number of articles of value in the room were apparently undisturbed and the depre dators were evidently out for "specie only " The iron safe, in which was . also locked a larger amount of money, was left intact to all outward appear ances. - The robbery was first discovered about 11 o'clock by night watchman Jesse McCumber, who found the d. or of the hallway leading to the waiting rooms at the rear of the ticket office unlocked and slightly ajar. He went into the hallway, the left wall of which is in common" with the north wall of the ticket office, and found that at a short distance from the door an aperture had been made in the wall probably two and . a half .feet ' square by boring with a three quar ter inch augur around the sides of the square in such a distance apart as would readly admit of his remov ing pieces of ceiling noiselessly with his hands. Through this opening it was an easy task for the robber to Crawl into the ticket office and, as there is no light, he carried on his work undisturbed. In making bis exit from the place thirty cents in silver was dropped in the hallway on the outside. An investigation by Mr. Edwards and a number of other railroad men and Captain of Police Furlong, after the robbery, led to the discovery that prior to this Attempt, two others had been made, which were unsuccessful. A window on the west side of the office, opening into the waiting room at the rear of the place and therefore, easily accessible from the hallway, had been bored into several times, but hav ing discovered that the same had been nailed 'up with cross bars, he soon gave up the task and tried another place further toward the hallway, but in this he was checked by a ticket stand, which was placed close against the wall from the inside. There is no clue to the identity of the robber or robbers. VESSELS BOUND THIS WAY. MARRIAGE AT ATKINSON. In ' the South African war the Outlanders who are in the Boer army and the Colonial soldiers who are in the British army are given all the opportunity they hanker for , to grab glory. And now the startling report comes from Massachusetts that the gypsy moth is propagated by the fellows who have soft snaps in the jobs of hunting him up and exter minating him. ' Murderers Bound Over. j A subscriber writing to the : Stab frem Wadesboro, N. C, under : date of February 13th, says that Henry White and Goodman Freeman, the negroes recently arrested at parling ton, S. C., for the murder andjrobbery of Mr. May Smith, a prominent white citizen of Peachland, N. C., ! were given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W. D. Webb iu Wades boro on Tuesday. The case was pros ecuted by Hon. James A. Lockhart, and the negroes were defended by 'T. L. Caudle, E&q. . The evidence against them was largely in the nature of con fessions, and both were bound over to the September term of Anson Crimi nal Court. Miss Carr, from Southport, Happily Wedded to Mr. J. M. Bowden. SpecidlStar Correspondence. Atkinson, N. C, Feb. 16. St. Thomas', the pretty new Episcopal Church at Atkinson, N. C, so camly nestled among the oaks and holly, was awakened from its solemnity Wed nesday afternoon, when Miss Mamie Carr, from Sduthport, was happily married to Mr. J. M. Bowden, of Wac camaw. Fair, artistic hands arranged exqui site decorations. Under - an arch of i n : i l urt ,Ua fsO and all of whom have, without a sin- J" Uneed gle exception, contracted, the disease. I tae solemn and impressive ceremony Dr. McMillan has been painstaking J performed by Rev. Edward Wootten, The Track Will Be Finished in Time to Move Strawberries and Truck from Chadbourn and Conway. The Atlantic Coast Line's new con necting link, the Southeastern rail road, will be finished and in operation by the 1st of April. This will be in time to move the strawberry crop and other truck to the Northern markets from the fine truck-growing regions about Chadbourn and Conway. The Southeastern is a link of ten miles, between Ashpole, in Robeson county, to Boardman, in Columbus county, at which place Lumber river separates Columbus and Robeson counties. The road bed has been graded and track laying is in pro gress from the Ashpole end of the line. About three miles of track have been laid. While track laying is pro ceeding a long trestle is being built over the Lumber river at Boardman, and it will be done in time for trains to pass over in the next five weeks. The link between ; Ashpole and Boardman completes an all rail route between Conway, by way of Chadbourn and Boardman, to Elrod, on the Atlantic uoast Liine's mam line. The truck shipments from Con way and Chadbourn will be made to Elrod, and it will be very advantage ous to the trucking interests, as here tofore the shipments were sent to the main line atFlorence. and careful in the treatment of the-j cases, and that no deaths have oc curred and that the cases have been of exceedingly mild form is a hand some testimonial to nis skiii in ine management of cases of this character. The Artesian WelL Owing to the breaking of the cable used in drilling the Clarendon Water works Companys' artesian well at Hilton, the work has been suspended for some weeks. A new cable has been received, however, and drilling will be resumed at once.' When the work stopped the well had reached .1315 feet. of Wilmington: Miss Mattie Hawes, maid of honor, with Dr. Thompson, of Wilson, as best man ; Mr. J. R. Hawes, Miss Myrtle Leonard, Miss Livy An ders, Mr. Eddison Council. The young ladies were handsomely dressed in travelling suits, all in perfect harmony with the bride's lovely costume. The strain of that well kown march played by Miss Daisy Baldwin, of Athens, Ga., which march has joined so many nappy hearts, maae people more forcibly understand the solem nity. Many congratulations were bestow ed on the worthy groom and numer ous "best wishes" for the bride. Rev. P. C. Morton left Satur day for Magnolia to conduct revival services. Spirittlne Chemical Works. Mr. L. Hansen who recently pur chased Ihe plant of the Carolina Creo sote and Oil Works, in the southern part of the city, is making a wonder ful change in the plant. He has twenty hands employed, and is build m a j ing a- new wnarr, overnaunng tne property generally and putting in new machinery, including copper conden sera., This week work will begin on 100 feet of new sheds, and Mr. Hansen hones to begin operations in the next three weeks. The plant will hereafter be known as the Spirittine Chemical Works. . ' SOUTH CAROLINA LYNCHING. Negro Hanged Near Aiken for Assaulting a White Womifl. Bj Telegraph to the Koralac Star. Aiken, S. C, February 17. Will Burts, colored, was lynched to day near Baskett Mills; eight miles north of Aiken. Burts was banged to a tree and riddled with bullets. He was captured last night after having attempted to assault Mrs. u. u. Weeks, a planter's wife. Burts con fessed his guilt. It. Those Reported as Either Having Sailed or Bonnd foi Wilmington. The following is a list of the vessels reported either having sailed or char- tered for this port as given in the cur rent number of the Maritime Register: Norwegian steamship Aquila, 1,407 tons, Andersen, sailed Falmouth Feb ruary 7th. British steamship Neva, 903 tons, arrived Gibraltar January 27th for Wilmington. Swedish barque Adele, 598 tons, ' Holmgren, sailed Helsingborg Decem ber Ith ; put back December 6th and sailed again December 19th. Swedish barque Norden, 413 tons. Homberg, sailed Palma January 20th. Norwegian barque Passat, 654 tons, Aanonsen, sailed London January 23rd and reported off Deal 24th ulL Norwegian barque Eosenius, 532 tons, Bogwald, sailed Bristol Decem ber 22nd. Norwegian barque Sonora, 634 tons, . Tellefsen, sailed Hamburg January 30th. Barque Francis S. Hampshire, 992 tons, Van Horn, at Rio Janeiro, Feb- ruary lst., for New York and Wil mington and Santos. Schooner Geo. W. Whitford 181 tons, Decker, Perth Am boy, A. J. Bailey. Schooner Melissa Trask. 198 tons, Cobb, sailed New York January 27th for Wilmington and Hay ti and N. of H. Schooner Wm. Linthicum, 148 tons. Brannock, cleared Baltimore January 10th for Wilmington, Georgetown and Philadelphia. Will Donate Site for a Factory. Mr. W. M. Cummin g, the enterpris- ing real estate man, aumonzes tne ; Stab to say that hf is ready to donate two large lots as site for a cotton factory. One lot on the south and the other on the rth side of Dawson street, between seventh and Twelfth streets. The nperty is well in the city limits, anf the location is one of the most healthful in the city. The land is level and sandy, and Mr. Cum ming. proposes to give, a clear title to it without any conditions, auch as re ceiving stock, etc. Smallpox Quarantine Raised. Mr. Jno. O. Scarborough came in yes terday from along the Carolina Cen tral. He says the smallpox has about disappeared from the Infected places along the road, so that the quarantine has been raised at towns which had adopted measures to protect themselves from the contagion.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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