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We have published .extracts from
letters by a number of Populists
who refuse to wear Butler's ring in
their noses, and follow him into the
Kepublican camp to fight against
the .adoption of the constitutional
amendment. But there are also a
good many Republicans in the State
who refuse to wear Pritchard's ring
and follow him in opposition to the
amendment. Such prominent leaders
as Uol. Cowles, of Statesville. Hon.
Thos. Settle, of Greensboro, T. M.
Argo, of Raleigh, and others, have
come out in favor of the amend
ment and given strong reasons why
they favor it. In the Raleigh Post
of Friday there is a letter from a Re
publican of Henderson county giv
ing his reasons for refusing to fol
low Pritchard, and for supporting
the amendment, from which we clip
the following:
'The majority of voters in my town
ship and county (Henderson) are Re
publicans, and I belong to the major
ity. I have co intention of severing
my connections with the grand old
party, but when the Republican lead
ers depart from the beaten path and
advocate ajjolicy which has for its
object the retarding of the social poli
tical and "industrial progress of the
State, I cannot and will not go with
them ; nor do I believe my felloe Re
publicans will knowingly do so I have
reference to the opposition of the Re
publican party in this State to the rati
fication of the constitutional amend
ment, which aotion is, I am thoroughly
convinced, a deplorable blunder. I
have become of this opinion, not from
reading the delusive representations
of any party, but from a careful study
of the amendment itself and the de
cisions of courts bearing on the7 cons
titutionality of the amendment.
"I am, as I have already7 said, a
Republican, and expect to remain one;
but I am not one of those so called
-Republicans, such as Senator Pritch
arJ, Congressman Linney and others
are proving themselves to be, who
seem to think that in order for a white
man to bs a Republican he must con
sider himself no better than jra negro,
and ba willing to submit to negro
domination. Now, if it took that to
make a Republican I would not vote
a Republican ticket so lor g as I have
any respect for myself er my rase, or
any anxiety for the welfare of the
white people of the State, and 1 be
lieve these are the sentiments of most
of the Republicans of Henderson
county, for the most of them are hon
est men and white. A true Republi
can is far from being in favor of ne
gro domination, and will not cast his
vote against a measure he is convinced
will make white supremacy permanent
and negro domination an impossibility
even though it be called a Democratic
measure and is opposed by unprinci
pled Republican t fficer holders, whose
selfisn interests lead them to work
against the best interests of the people
of the State."
The Republican machine man
agers, composed principally of In
ternal Revenue and other Federal
office -holders, are doing their best to
solidify the white Republicans
against the amendment by gross
misrepresentation as to its scope and
effect, but notwithstanding that
there are thousands of white Repub
licans who will vote for it, for many
Ti 1 a
tteputmcans are just as anxious
to eliminate the negro as a
political factor as the Demo
crats are. They have become tired
of negro domination in their party,
and are anxious to get rid of it, and
for that reason if for no other, will
vote for the amendment.
UNDER WHIP AWD SPUR.
Under whip and spur, even draw
ing upon the sick bed acd the hos
pital for the necessary votes, the
Republicans carried their Porto
Rican tariff bill through the House
of Representatives Wednesday,
bill which if properly entitled should
be called a bill to treat Porto Rico
as American territory for purposes
of spoliation and taxation and for
other purposes as foreign territory.
The majority was not large, only
eleven, and this would have been re
duced five or six if all the Demo
crats who were opposed to it had
been at their post.
There were more Republicans op
posed to it than the vote shows, bu
these were whipped in to save the
bill and the Republican party from
defeat. With them victory for the
party amounted to a good deal more
than sticking to their convictions
and opposing to .the end a measure
that they as representatives con
demned. As representatives, they
opposed it; as. partisans they voted
for it under the - whip and spur o;
the leaders.
But these leaders had previously
whipped in Mr. McKinley, who in
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his message told them it was their
"plain duty" to abolish tariff re
strictions between this country and
Porto Rico., He urged that after
mature deliberation and full inves
tigation, supported by official "re
ports as to the condition of the peo
ple of the island and the terrible
straits to which they had been re
duce by our tariff laws. But in
spite of all that, instead ' of doing
their "plain duty" the leaders, in
the interest of a few people who
represented that they would be in
juriously affected by just treatment
of Porto Rico, applied the lash to
Mr. McKinley and. made him sup
port the very opposite of what he
had so strongly recommended in his
message. As whip wielders these
fellows understand their business.
SILK MANUFACTURING
Although silk manufacturing has
not attracted as much attention as
some of our other manufacturing in
dustries it is making rapid progress
and attaining large proportions In
view of this fact and that this in
dustry has been added to the other
textile industries of North Carolina,
the following, which we clip from
the Boston Commercial Bulletin will
be interesting: l"
"The statistics bearing upon our im
ports of raw silk indicate a remarkable
increase of late in the volume of do
mestic silk manufacture. It appears
from the Government reports that
there were received here during 1899
cocoons, reeled and waste silk to the
value of $43,516,872 against $37,178,989
for the preceding year. . We are now
making fully $100,000,000 worth of
silk fabrics, or within twenty or twenty-five
per cent, of the total require
ments of the country. We have im
ported as high as $39,000,000 worth of
manufactured silk in a year; but, not
withstanding our large capacity for
buying the past twelve months, our
purchases of foreign made material of
this class amounted to but $27,800,000.
' The ingenuity of our designers has
.been turned to the production of silk
goods in various grades. The success
that has followed their efforts is best
seen in the increased consumption of
goods of domestic make and the di
minishing imports of similar goods
from abroad. But it is not only in the
matter of volume that we are excell
ing, but in quality as well. Right
here in, New England as good black
siik uress gooas are neing maae as in
LiTOds or any other foreign centre.
while several of our cotton mills have
taken up the weaving of silk and cot
ton fabrics with the most satisfactory
results. The business has long since
passed the stage when there was any
occasion for fear regarding its future.
and there are, in fact,' few industries
that have given a better account of
themselves than has American silk
manufacture, or that, taking one year
with another, is more likely to yield
atisfactory returns to those engaged
in it."
These figures are pretty good proof
that the manufacture of silk has
become an established industry and
that it has come to stay. But we
import the raw material, and the
next thine in order, before the in
dustry will be a thoroughly Ameri
can one, will ; be to raise the raw
material ourselves, which can ; be
done, for this country is as well
adapted to silk culture as any other,
especially the southern portion of it.
But the probabilities are that a good
deal of the material used by the
mills is artificial silk, in the making
of which much progress has been
made in Europe within the past few
years.
A CONFESSION OF INJUSTICE.
The message that the President
sent to Congress Friday asking that
he be authorized to expend for the
benefit of the inhabitants of Porto
Rico the money received in customs
duties on imports from that island
and the money that may be received
from the duties imposed by the bill
just passed the House of Represen
tatives is a virtual declaration that
injustice has been done to Porto
Rico by this act. It is a case of
hedging by the President and is
doubtless the result of the compro
mise made between the Republican
supporters and opponents of that
bill.
It was probably suggested and
understood, when this compromise
was made, that such a recommenda
tion as is embodied in the message
would be sent to Congress and
promptly adopted. This is indi
cated by the celerity with which a
bill was introduced for that purpose
and the haste with which they pro
ceeded to pass it after limiting
debate to twenty minutes on
each side. They seemed to be as
anxious as the President to do some
thing to make the country believe it
was not their purpose to plunder
Portd Rico for the benefit of the
protected gentlemen who feared a
little bit of .competition from that
island. But the tariff beneficiaries
won all the same : whether the
customs duties collected irom pro
ducts coming from or going to
Porto Rico be expended for the
benefit of the people of the island or
be turned into the Treasury of the
United States.
In any event, the message of. the
President is a confession of injustice
to Porto Rico, and a swipe at this
tariff while the celerity with which
his recommendation was adopted is
practically an admission of this by
the - Republican majority in Con
gress.
E
ITISrORCONaUEST.
The war against the Boers was
brought about under hypocritical
pretences, which did not deceive
everybody, but did deceive theimasses
of the British people, but now that
they have had a few victories, the
leaders in this war have become
elated, thrown off the disguise and
confess the real animus that inspired
them. In the jubilation in London
over the raising of the siege of
Ladysmith, the Lord Mayor in
addressing the people assembled
around the Town Hall said: "I
thank the Almighty God for the
glorious news. We have awaited it
patiently. We are satisfied that
under the humane laws and govern
ment of this country the Boers, in a
very short time, will be loyal citi
zens to the British empire."
The war was precipitated osten
sibly for the purpose of redressing
the grievances of the Oufclanders,
and to secure them the rights to
which it was claimed they were
entitled. That's all. It was em
phatically denied that there were ,
any designs upon the two Boer Re
publics, or any intention to encroach
upon them. But the Boers under
stood it, and prepared for the war,
which they saw was inevitable, and
hence the Orange Free State, al
though not a party to the original dis
pute, made common cause with the
Transvaal Republic, teGause it knew
it would be doomed if the Transvaal
fell.
The history of events, and the
confessions of English war leaders
are justifying the apprehensions and
the action of the Boers, and are show
ing up the "hypocrisy that covered
the plundering conspiracy that has
forced Great Britain into a war that
has already cost her millions of dol
lars and thousands of lives, and will
cost her many millions more and
many thousands more of lives, and
will end in infamy to her, although
she may succeed in grabbing their
land, and in planting her flag over
these outnumbered people. It is a
conclusion that accords with the
British treatment of the Boers from
the beginning, running back a hun
dred years, and all for the gold
diggers and territorial expanders.
Bresbie Skiles1, of Readirig, Pa.,
wears the title of "king of the fox
hunters." He is 83 years old, but
takes as keen an interest in the pur
suit of the fox as any of the boys do.
We knew an old gentleman in this
State who was 'such an inveterate
chaser that when he grew too deaf,
after passing the age of eighty, to
hear the hounds yelp, he took young
men along to do the hearing for him.
Some colored citizens of Delaware
a lew days ago got hold of a re
ligious tract urging men to be better
and became so much interested in it
that they quarrelled over it, and fin
ally got into a pitch battle and one
of them was left on the field stabbed
with a big knife. At last accounts
he wasn't even doing well much less
better. y
A German engineer is said to
have discovered a practicable canal
route across the isthmus only eleven
miles long. Since the discussion of
the Nicaragua scheme . there have
been, according to reports, no less
than a dozen shorter and better
routes discovered. If they keep on
they will discover a canal after
awhile.
The Chinese have a tree from the
seeds of which they squeeze a sort
tallow from which they make
candles. The seeds are very fat
and after the fat is extracted make
a daisy fuel. It is said that some of
these trees have been planted in this
State and in South Carolina, where
they are growing nicely.
Young George rnllman wants a
divorce, but his wife is opposed ex
cept on conditions. The principal
one is the payment of $400,000,
which is the valuation she sets upon
the knot connubial. George is won
dering how he js going to squeeze
that much money out of an annual
allowance of $3,000.
Kaiser William, whose income is
$8.401. 238 a year, has asked lor a
little increase of $1,000,000 a year
in his salary. He thought he was
getting Along pretty well until he
saw the' reported incomes of Rocke
feller. Carnegie and some of our
otSer boys.
Men do not rank very high m
Brooklyn, N. Y., but a high value is
put upon toes. Onef the burgers
there recently recovered, $5,000 dam
ages from a railroad for the loss of a
great toe. He has another left, and
the usual complement owfisser ones.
The Jumbo, automobilp is owned
by an Australian, who uses it as a
freight carrier to and from a gold
mine 372 milea in the interior. It
weighs 14 tons, is operated by a gaso
line motor of 75-horse power, and
can make eight miles an hour loaded.
W
EEK
WILMINGTON, N. C,
A FRIGHTFUL FALL.
Mr. John Kane, Bridge Inspector
for the Atlantic Coast Line,
filled Yesterday. 1,
HE FELL
FIFTY-FIVE FEET.
Mr. Kane Lost His Footing While on Top
of tbe Coast Line Coal Elevator .
The Funeral This Afternoon at
Oakdale Cemetery.!
Mr. J ohn Kane, bridge j inspector
of the Atlantic Coast Line, . met with
a frightful fall "yesterday morning at
8.30 o'clock. He had gone up on the
Coast Line's coal elevator, at the foot
of Brunswick street, and had a couple
of men with him, Messrs. Ben Watson
and Fred Blanchard, to line the re
loading bin with sheet iron. The bin
is 55 feet above the wharf. While
walking across a bridge from the!
main bin to the coal bin, he stumbled
and fell. Mr. Blanchard being above
and seeing him stumble cried out in
alarm and attempted to catch him but
to no avail. He went down feet fore
most, with his assistants horrified at
the. fate that awaited him!, .
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Mr. M. H. Johnson, foreman of the
Coast Line carpenter force, was stand
ing on the -grond thirty feet from
where Mr. Kane- -struck the wharf.
When be saw that: he had
fallen, he was fixed to the spot
with fright. He saw Mr. Kane
in bis descent clutch wildly at
the truss under the bridge, but the
force of his fall broke his hold,
and striking with his feet against
some of the timbers he was made to
cut a somersault and sent whirling to
the heavy plank wharf. He struck
with terrific force, and immedialely
Mr. Johnson went to him, being joined
by Messrs. Watson and Blanchard as
soon as they could get down from the
top of the elevator. Mr. Johnson
found Mr. Kane conscious in spite of
his awful fall, but it was apparent that
he was terribly injured. Pulling off
his coat and putting it under Mr.
Kane's head, Mr. Johnson sent one of
the men to call a surgeon. Mean
while, Mr. Kane with great fortitude
directed the men how to handle him.
Dr. D. W. Bulluck, the Coast Line
surgeon, was soon by Mr. Kane's side,
and was soon afterwards joined . by
Dr. B. J. Nixon,; medical examiner
of the Atlantic Coast ' Line Re
lief Department, They administered
emergency relief to the injured man
and he was taken on a car to the city
hospital by way of the track of the
Wilmington Seacoast Railroad. Both
the surgeons accompanied: him and
did everything in their power for his
relief but he died from his injuries at
11.05 o'clock.
It is wonderful that Mr. Kane sur
vived more than two hours after his
frightful fall. His pelvis was frac
tured and he sustained several inter
nal injuries. His scalp was also lacer
ated and contused, but the skull was
not fractured. .His lower extremities
were considerably bruised. The im
mediate cause of his death was internal
hemorrhage. He was conscious till the
last.
Mr. Kane was aged about 52 years
and was said to be a man of quiet
habits and sturdy character He was
employed as bridge inspector by the
Atlantic Coast Line four or five months
ago, and having completed some work
on the bridge over Northeast river at
Castle Haynes, he arrived here
with his. car on Wednesday
night to work on the coal ele
vator. Before engaging with the
ast Line he was in the employ of
the Edgmoar Bridge Company, of
Wilmington, Delaware. He was not
a married man, so far as is known,
and being a stranger to the railroad
people, it is not known .where his
home is. A search in his pockets and
among his effects in the car in which
he lived, resulted in the finding of let
ters from a sister and a nice -in St.
Louis, Mo. They were telegraphed
the sad news of his death.
FEBRUARY HEALTH REPORT.
Remarkably Fine Snowing for Healthful.
. eess of City Sanitary Statement.
The meeting of the board of health
was again postponed yesterday after
noon and no definite date has been set
for a future meeting. . V
The report of Dr. W. D. McMillan,
the Superintendent of Health, for the
month of February shows that during
this period 37 deaths haveoccurred,
10 of the decedents having Seen white
and 27 colored. Of the 10 wite deaths
2 were females and 8 males; of the
colored deaths 12 were males and 15
females. Two bodies were brought to
the city for interment' and six transit
permits were issued. Eleven cases of
smallpox were .treated at the pest
house but at the close of the month
there was not a case of.: contagious
diseases in the city, " nor were
any quarantines placed .during the"
month fcr scarlet fever, diph
theria or smallpox. Not a case of
typhoid fever was reported during the"
month and this department of the re
port is probably the best in years.
Four certificates of identification were
issued and 1,131 inspections were made
by the officers, 619 of the premises
having been found in fair condition,
and 137 in bad condition. Thirty-eight
special inspections were made and 871
closets attended. Lime and acid or
ders were issued to the number of 104
and 24 rooms were fumigated.
- Mr. Paul Mattocks has succeed
ed Mr. Isaac Hogeland as manager of
the Glencoe Stock Farm, of Mr. Thos.
A. Mclntyre in Onslow county.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900.
BLACKWELL TOBACCO CO.
A Temporary Receiver Appointed to Im
mediately Take Possession and Wind
Up Affairs of tbe Concern.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, March 3 A bill in
equity was filed here to-day in the
office of the U. S Circuit Court to
wind up the affairs of the Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Co., sell its property
to the highest bidder and distribute the
proceeds to the stockholders of the
company ; to make such sale, and con
duct the business pending the Bale.
Percival S. Hill, of New York, is ap
pointed temporary receiver of the
property, business and assets of the
company. He is directed to imme
diately take into his possession all its
property. Mr. Hill is secretary of the
American Tobacco Company and
President of the Blackwell Company.
The sale will be at public auction, at
such time and under such terms as the
court may hereafter direct. Bidding,
however, must begin at, say, $200,000
to $800,000,. Pending such sale
Judge Simonton has issued an in
junction restraining all creditors
and stockholders of Blackwells, Dur
ham Tobacco Company and claimants
to its property from institution or
maintenance of any suit or action
against the company. Creditors and
stockholders are notified to appear be
fore Judge Simonton of the TJ. S. Cir
cuit Court at Chambers in Charleston,
S. a, on April 17th, 1900, at 10 o'clock
AiiL, to show" cause if any they have
why. injunction shall not be contin
ued until final disposition of the
'case and why a permanent receiver
should not be appointed for the prop
erty. The principal ground on which
a receiver is asked Is an interview of
Maj. William A. Guthrie, of Durham,
(printed in the STAHfonTebruary 2 1st)
in which Maj. Guthrie said he would
make an effort to compel the Tobacco
Trust to pay the farmers of North Car
olina a fair price for tobacco, quit vio-
ating the laws of the State, and stop
the monopoly it has built. In further
ance of tlfts plan he published two ad
vertisements setting iorth : First, that
application would be made to the Gen
eral Assembly at the June session to
repeal the charter of Blackwell's Dur
ham Tobacco Company, of Durham;
second, that application would be
made to tbe General Assembly at tbe
June session to charter the Durham
Anti-Trust Tobacco Company, witn a
capital not exceeding $25 000,000, to
manufacture tobacco. This, the plain
tiffs, who are officers of the American
Tobacco Company, say is a threat
against the interests of the Blackwell
Comnanv. in which they are stock
holders.
THE NEW COTTON FACTORY.
All But One of tbe Constructing Engineers
Who Have Been Erecting Machin
ery Have Qooe Home.
For the past four or five months
quite a number of constructing en
gineers have been hers for the various
machinery companies which had con
tracts to put in machinery at the Del
gado Mill, sgince the mill has been
completed, the men have been taking
their departure, and now only one re
mainsMr. Joseph B. Page, who is
here for Bowles & Warwick, of Rich
mond, Va ewho had the contract for
putting in : the steam and water pipe
system. He will be here a few days
longer fitting the piping for some of
the colored dye tanks.
Mr. Maurice Rose, who represented
the Mason Machine Works, of Taun
ton, Mass., finished his - part of the
work vesterday and will leave for
Taunton to-day. He put in 240 Mason
looms and has given instructions to
the loom fixers and help since he got
the looms in running order. Last
night the loom fixers presented Mr.
Rose a handsome Odd Fellows' pin as
a token of their appreciation of his
instructions.
Besides the 240 Mason looms, the
Delgado Mill has 100 Cromptou looms,
and 100 Woods loomsmaking 440 in
all.
The machinery in all the depart
ments is now complete and the mill is
making rapid progress in its operation,
The dye works have been started in
the past few days, preparatory to turn
ing out colored goods.
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ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE.
A Colored Qirl With tbe Contagion on
Greenville Sound The House Quar
antined and Guarded.
Dr.W. D. McMillan, superintendent
of health, was notified yesterday that
there was a suspicious case of sickness
in the colored public school on Green
ville Sound. Last night he and Dr.
R. J. Price went down, and diagnosed
the case as smallpox.
The patient is a colored. girl about
14 years of age, daughter of Jason
Loftin, who lives on Mr. Percy
Cowan's place. She is broken out
with pustules, but is getting along very
well. Dr. McMillan had the house
quarantined and put a guard over it to
prevent contact with the patient. The
girl and her parents and another child
arecorr lied in the house. All have
been vaccinated. The school children
who have been in contact with the girl
willW vaccinated.
May Festival.
It is quite likely that Wilmington is
to have a magnificent May Festival.
At the last meeting of the Wilmington
Musical Association, a committee was
appointed to consider and report their
recommendations as to having a music
festival in May.
TAR,
DOCKERY-BELliAMY HEARING.
Argued In Part at Washington Friday by
Dockery's Counsel An Affidavit
from Mike Dowling.
Charlotte Observer Special.
Washington, March 2. The con
tested election case of Dockery vs.
Bellamy came up to day before "lec
tions committee No. 2. W. H. Dud
ley, the famous blocks-of-five man,
appeared for Mr. Dockery, assisted by
Claude Dockery. ' Mr. Bellarav was
represented by. Hon. Chas. M. Bus
bee, of Raleigh, and Hon. Frank I.
Osborne, of Charlotte.
JMr. Dudley made the opening argu
ment, and occupied about four hours.
contending that the Democratic leaders
entered into a oonsmracv to carrv the
State and in order to do so resorted to
murder, whippings, use of whiskey
and negro intimidation. Mr. Dudley's
arguments were assumptions of fact
not proven by the record, and many
not even referred to in the evi
dence. He contended that through
a n intimidation 10,000 votes
in the district 1 were not cast
and that if allowed to vote thev
would have voted for Mr. Dockerv.
These contentions were in tbe teeth of
the fact that appeared in the evidence
that the vote of the Sixth district of
North Carolina was the largest vote
cast in the South in the last election
and was nearly 10,000 greater than in
former years, the vote being even larger
than that cast for General Grosvenor in
Ohio; Reed or Dingley, of Maine, or of
any Republican leader in the House.
Dr. Dudley, after arguing the case on
its merits, agreed to open up the case
again, and to take testimony , showing
a weakness in his case. He submitted
an affidavit of MikeM. Dowling, setting
up intimidation and use of whiskey on
tbe part of Representative Bellamy in
Wilmington. This man Dowling, it
is said, was arrested in Wilmington
charged with highway robbery. Doek-
ry has had this man inWilmington
obtaining affidavits in opposition to
Mr. Bellamy. Mr.' Dudlev even went
so far as to bring in lynchings that oc
curred a year after the election.
At the conclusion of Mr. Dudley's
argument the case; went over until
Monday next, when Messrs. Busbee
and Osborne will be heard for Repre
sentativeBellamy. At the session
Tuesdaytestimony will be introduced
snowing up tne record of the man
Dowling mentioned above.
TOWN CREEK IMPROVEMENT.
Work
FlBisfaed Up Early Tbis Week-
Black River Next in Order.
The government stump puller Gen
eral H. C. Wright, Capfr P..T. Dick
sey, early this week finished up the
dredging and other improvements to
Town Creek, and XDapt. R. M. Capps,
who has been employed on the works,
told a reporter yesterday that this water
course is now in excellent condition
for navigation byi those boats which
ply up the stream.
Boats drawing five feet of water may
now pass safely up and down the creek
and the improvement in great measure
is considered permanent. About $8, 500
was the appropriation available for
this work and it is learned that this
amount has been practically exhausted
and no more work of any consequence
can be done until a new appropriation
is secured.
The General Wright came up to the
city last evening and will in a few
days begins work; removing obstruc
tions in Black river, commencing at
the point up the stream to which the
river is navigable and working this
way. After the Black river work is
completed, it is probable that some
work will be done' in Northeast river,
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BILL TO REDUCE RATE OF POSTAGE.
Introduced In the House by Mr. Bellamy.
Referred to Committee.
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy has intro
duced in the House "a bill to reduce
the rate of postage on first-class mail
matter to one cent for each half ounce
or fraction thereof," and the Same has
been referred to the Committee on the
Postoffice and Post-Roads and ordered
to be printed.
The full, text of the bill is as follows :
Be it enacted by the Senate and '
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That on and after the first
day of July nineteen hundred, on all
matter of the hrst class, as denned by
chapter one hundred and eighty of the
laws of Uongress, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-
nine, entitled "An Act making ap
propriations for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
eighty, and for other purposes," and
by that Act declared subject to post
age at the rate of three cents for each
half ounce or fraction thereof, and by
the Act approved March third, eighteen.
hundred and eighty-three, entitled
"An Act making appropriations for
the service of the Post Office Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty
four, and other purposes," reduced to
two cents for each half ounce or frac
tion thereof, postage shall be charged
at the rate of one cent for each half
ounce or fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That all Acts so far as they
fix a rate of postage different than
that herein provided on such first-class
matter are to that extent hereby re
pealed.
The Late Stephen Graham.
The late Stephen Graham, of Ken
ansville, an uncle of Capt. W.
R. Kenan.of this city, whose death was
announced in yesterday's Star, was
graduated at the University, of North
Carolina in 1841. He was afterwards
admitted to the bar at Kenansville for
the practice of law and was subse
quently elected to the Legislature,
where he served with credit to himself
and to his constituency. He was also
the uncle of Jos. G. Kenan and Miss
Annie Kenan, of Duplin, and Mr. T,
S. Kenan, of Raleigh. He was 78
years of age, very scholarly and
highly respected citizen of his county,
Do you want 2,000 or 3,000 old
newspapers at your own price! If so.
call at the Stab office. They make a
cheap wrapping paper. t
NO. 20
DEAL CONSUMMATED.
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Angola Lumber Company's Pur
chase of Peregoy-Jenkins
Mill Plant.
$1630 THE CONSIDERATION.
Plant Will Be Overhauled and Enlarged.
Trade Was Closed by Attorneys Last
hT 1 -1. 4 M n . . .-.
- mgoi i ram Koaas 10 Be Bunt
Into the Interior.
The Star a few days ago stated that
negotiations were on foot by the An
gola Lumber Company of Norfolk,
Ya., looking to a purchase of the ex
tensive saw and planing mill plant of
the Peregoy-Jenkins Lumber Com
pany on the east side of the Cape Fear
river, just above Hilton Bridge, but
the plans were not sufficiently ma
tured at that time to make- the posi
tfye announcement of a sale.
Last night, however, at a meeting of
interested parties the deal was con
summated and the property is now in
the hands of the Angola people, who
will thoroughly overhaul the plant,
probably enlarge its capacity from 40,
000 feet per day to 80,000 feet, run
tram-roads to the interior, where large
acreages of timber fiave been pur
chased and put the mill into operation
perhaps as early .as thirty days.
The said was made by George L.
Peschau, Esq.:, of the firm of Bellamy
and Peschau, attorneys for M. C.
Stewart, of Baltimore, owner cf the
property, and the price paid was
$16,500, for all the equipment, etc., of
the mill and a five years lease upon
the tract of land upon which the prop
erty is situated. The purchasers were
represented by George Rountree, Esq.,
and there were also present at the
meeting at which the sale was made
Mr. J. W. Perry, president; Mr. H.
F. McCoy, secretary, and Mr. W. T.
Sears, general! manager, of the Angola
Lumber Company.
The purchasing company is an es
pecially strong one and has a paid up
capital stock of $50, 000. Mr. Sea rs,
general manager of the company, and
Mr. McCoy, the secretary, will in all
probability make Wilmington their
home when the plant is put in opera
tion.
As late as last Summer the Stab
made mention of the very great activ
ity of the Augola Company in pur
chasing timbered lands in this and ad
joining counties and it is announced
that they hold options on something
like sixty million feet on the stump.
Spurs of railroad track will be
projected from different points along
the A. C. L. railroad and along the
river, and in this way the logs will be
frieghted to the mill.
The purchase means much for Wil
mington's commercial and shipping
interest and the new enterprise will be
welcomed with open arms by Wil
mingtyn's business men.
ANGOLA LUMBER COMPANY.
Extensive Improvements at Their
Mill
Plant Seventy Men at Work.
The Angola Lumber Company is
making extensive improvements at
the Peregoy-Jenkins mill which the
company recently purchased here.
.. . . .
The railroad tracks running through
the plant are j being, changed so as to
run through all the buildings of the
plant and form a belt line around the
yards. About seventy-five men are at
work pn the machinery and yards
getting things in readiness for opera
tion the latter part of this month.
Mr. S. C. Shane, of the firm of
S.
C. Shane & Co., Norfolk, Va.,
managers of ; the Kubber Koof raint
Company, is here with a force of six
painters and they are at work cover
ing the roofs of all the buildings with
rubber, paint! The buildings will be
greatly improved in looks as well as
in a substantial way when the job is
finished.
Mr. Li. U. TUley, of JNorfolk, ar
rived here yesterday to take charge of
the planing and dry kilns of the com
pany. His wife came with him and
they will make Wilmington their
home. The enterprise will bring
several new families to this city.
Death of Mrs. Joseph McLaurin.
The Stab regrets to chronicle the
death of Mrs. Joseph ..McLaurin, who
passed away yesterday morning at
11.30 o'clock at the residence of her
son, Mr. Li. w. MCLiaurin, 414 unes-
nut street. She had been an invalid
for some months, and. though her
death brings great sorrow to her house
hold and friends,it was not unexpected.
Mrs. McLaurin was born in Nan
tucket, Mass., and was in the 76th year
of her age. She came o Wilmington
when a young lady to reside with her
sister, the late Mrs. R. B. Wood, Sr.
The immediate members of her family
who survive her are her husband, Mr.
Joseph McLaurin, and four children
Mrs. Walter Coney, of Savannah, Ga.;
Mrs. James H. Taylor, Mr. L. W. Mc
Laurin, and Miss Kate B. McLaurin,
of this city, j Mrs. Coney having been
telegraphed that the end was near, ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon.
The deceased lady was the . oldest
living member of St. Andrew's Presby
terian church, and was a woman of
exemplary Christian character. In
her death a good woman goes to her
reward. Her bereaved family has the
sympathy of a large circle of friends.
Criminal Court for the- East
ern District; will be convened by
Judge Dossey Battle in this city next
week. Mr. ! W. R. French is now
engaged in making up the docket.
There will be about seventy-five cases.
none of which important, many of
them having been continued from last
term. . .
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- Durham Herald fThe Postal
Telegraph Company now Las a line
direct from here to Charlotte. The line .
has been opened up and is ready for '
use. On this route the following
towns and cities have offices which
can be reached bv our neoDle: Bur- -
lington, GreCnsboro, Salisbury, Con
cord and Charlotte.
- Sanford Express: Some of the
farmers say the acreage in coiton will
not bu increased or even so large this x
?rear as it was last, as many of the
armers sowed down much of their
cotton land last iall in wheat. Had
they then known that the price of cot
ton would advance in the spring they
would hardlv have sown bo much
small grain.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Mr. Stephen Graham died at his home
in Kenansville on the night of March
1st, in the 79th vear of his ace. Mr.
Graham was a. representative type of
the old time Southern gentleman, and
Vi n n fAMM . 1 1 . :
una wuk vecu a rcapautcu uuu promi
nent citizen of Duplin county. He
graduated .from the University of
North Carolina in 1841. and was a
member of the Legislature of 1848 49.
He was an uncle of Col. Thomas S.
Kenan. "
Kinston Free Press: Fire was
dscovered in Snow Hill Wednesday
night about 3 o'clock in ihe restaurant
of Walter Busbee. colored. Tne flames
could not be controlled and when the
fire had spent its force it had con- ..
sumed three buildings owned by Mr.
C.B.Sauls, used for a restaurant,
grocery stores and dry goods stores:
and the store of McD. Pate used as a --f
k.. cj .- v . mu. a-. s j
ginated fi-om a defective flue.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: ' We ;
regret to chronicle the sudden death.
of Mrs. N. B. Dickens, which oc-
i ir .1 - i t -mm
uurrcu Uiuuuay uiuriiiiiif imbi. juts.
Dickens had a stroke of paralysis Sun
day mprning and never rallied and
aied about 6 o'clock Monday morning.
- Edgecombe county has purchased
two road machines and eight horses to '1
pull them and proposes to go into the
good roads combine along with the
other enlightened, progressive counties
of the State. -
- Fair Bluff Times: Last Satur- -
day afternoon (24th ult.) about three
o'clock, Snow, the six year-old child of -
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jenkins was acci
dentally and dangerously wounded by'
a gun in the hands of Bettie Hemming- -.
way, a colored servant girl in the em
ploy of Mr. Henry Coleman, son in
law of Mr. Jenkins. The shooting took
place at Mr. Coleman's house about
six miles east of this place. A small
son of Mr. Jenkins' having gone to
mill fhfrA fnlrinw with him th liftla
criri snn Rnnr.tr tin r.nn nporn nnt
knowing the gun was loaded took it
up and pointed it at Snow, and said:
.Look out, onow, 1 am going to shoot
you." Tne little girl begged her not
to shoot, telling her the gun was
loaded and dangerous. When within
a few feet of her she fired, the whole
load of number 4 shot taking effect in
the right side. The load of shot is sup
posed to have lodged in her right lung.
and has not yet been removed, as prob
ing causes most intense suf
A GREAT SPEECH.
Major Stedman's Effort in the Pretzfelder
Case is Highly Spoken of.
Greensboro Record
The speech made by Maj. Stedman
in the fretzielder case Saturday is
spoken of in high terms by those who
heard it. Its effect on the jury is best
told by a gentlemen who is a tip top
judge of human nature. He dropped
up in the court room and heard the
Major talk for some time. When he
.came down he met a prominent attor
ney, and remaraed :
That lury is going to give Pretz
felder a verdict."
'How do you know what makes
you think o?" asked the lawyer.
1 have been listening to Maior
Stedman's speech, and he has got the
jury 'nodding' at him and you know
what that means. They are uncon
scious of what they are doing, but it
shows they are agreeing with him.
Watch and see."
Sure enough he was right. Pretz
felder got a verdict for $2,500.
It may e remarked tnat about all
who followed the hearing thought
he would lose, and most of those
agree that it was in great part Major
Stedman' speech that saved him. He
made a most convincing and appeal
ing talk; to them, while occasionally
he grew pathetic and a suspicious
moisture was noticeable in the eyes of
several members of the jury.
Death of t. L. Banner.
The Greensboro Evening Telegram
of a recent date announces the death
at Richmond of Mr. C. L. Banner,
who is well and favorably known here
as railroad postal route agent on the
Yadkin ' division of the A. C. L. He
was a native of Mt Airy and had gone
to Richmond to have an operation per
formed j for catarrh, dying soon after
the operation, He had been in the
railway! mail service for about six
years.
HOPELESSLY ADRIFT AT SEA.
Revenue Cutter Onoodago's Fruitiest
Search for tbe Steamship Minerva,
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Norfolk, Va., March 3 The
revenue cutter Onondago arrived here
this afternoon, after a week's fruitless
search for the Spanish steamship
Minerva, which is helplessly adrift at
sea without coal. The unonaago
searched two hundred miles off the
coast for the lost Spaniard and was
ferced by lack of provisions and injury
sustained by her condensers in Thurs
day's blow to put back to port. Tbe
cutter's officers and crew believe that
the Minerva had either foundered at
sea or been carried north.
RACE TROUBLE IN ALABAMA.
Nefro Lynched for. Snootier a White
Man Several Negroes Shot.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Montgomery, Ala.', March 4. Race
trouble is threatened at Letobatchie.
twenty-five miles south of this, city. It
is-reported that one thousand negroes
are congregated and are threatening.
TJ. J IL Tl 1 A. !.L1 l. In
XI 15 said mai. lUSk lugut ouiuo rrmui
men went to the house of -Jim Cross,
a negro, called him to the door and
shot him. Afterwards the crowd shot
his wife, son and daughter. Only a
few days ago Sam Powell, white, was
hot by a negro in the same neighbor
hood, i The sheriff of Montgomery
county has been telegraphed to for aid.
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The weekly bank statement shows
the following changes: Surplus re
serve, decrease $6,037,000: loans, in
crease $9,621,000; specie, decrease $4,
507,000; legal tenders, decrease $767,
000; deposits, inci$ase $3,050,400; Cir
culation, increase $402,800. The banks
now hold $13,641,550 in excess of the
legal requirements of the zo per cent.
ruie.