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$hc ScilccMu tnv. 7" ILLIAM H.BEB If A B D Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. - March 16, 1900. THE SUBSIDY FRAUD. The promoters of the ship-subsidy fraud have not had the easy time they expected id getting their scheme through Congress, but on the contrary have encountered more opposition than they anticipated, so much so that they have remodelled and modified the bill several times . since it was first introduced. They have been working on it lately and now hope they have it in shape to placate some of the opposition. Some of the most uncompromi sing opposition to it comes from re presentatives of commercial .States, who are interested in building u p merchant marine, and Would favor this measure if it was what it pre tends to be a measure to build up an American marine and not a plan "to pull money out of the United States Treasury for the benefit-of certain combines which can manipu late certain statesmen. Hon. John De Witt Warner has been recently analyzing the bill and exposing its false pretences for the benefit of those who cannot analyze it for themselves. How he has done this work is thus told in an editorial in . the Atlanta Journal: compete with, foreign ships, which now. do about the whole of the work. They would carry lew if any passen gers, while the fast vessels referred to above would carry little if any freight. Is there any doubt in the mind of any sensible person which of these two vessels would come nearest to filling the requirements of a merchant marine? But that isn't what they are after. It is ships that can compete for the passenger carrying business both ways across the ocean, which will give little if any thought to freight, that will ,'get the bulk of the $9,000,000 to be" annually paid in subsidies, and of the 1180,000,000' that is to be paid altogether in the twenty years subsidy period. That means that a few combines with capital enough to build ships of this class will gob ble up most of these millions and then we will not have a merchant marine,,- ior tnere is out little in ducement to build moderate sized ships, with moderate speed to com pete with, foreign ships and also with the highly subsidized ships if they conclude to carry freight. It is sim ply a scheme to take money out the Treasury and an unmitigated fraud. STATE TOURNAMENT I W,LUAM J- - Of Firemen's Association Will Be Held in Wilmington in June or July. PRESIDENT J. D. McNEIIX HERE Enthusiastic Meeting of Citizens atCity Hall Last Night to Arrange for the Event Large Number ot Com mlttees Appointed. "Mr. Warner shows that the alleged primary object of the bill, the encour agement of our merchant marine has been lost sight of in the final shaping of the measure, and that it now stands simply as a scheme for the distribution ' of money from the treasury to a few favored capitalists. These bounties are to be given without material relation to our export trade. ' "The bill provides that the govern ment shall contract to give to owners of certain shipping for from 20 to 30 years bounties in cash up to $9,000,000 a year, aggregating $180,000,000 at least, without any prospect of benefit to American commerce. The subsidy is to vary from 1 cent to 3.8 cents per ton of registered tonnage per 100 miles sailed, and will average 1 1-4 cents for - sail vessels and those making less than 24 knots an hour, and about 31 2 cents v- for swift passenger steamers ' "The subsidized ship owners are not to be paid in proportion to the business done, the extent to which iney increase the tonnage of our ship ping or the lowness of the rates they Offer. "The farmer is not promised cheaper ocean rates on his outgoing grain, nor is the manufacturer assured of new facilities for exporting his wares cheaply to countries with which we have faulty communications. No new routes to ports not now reached are required, but existing ships, or routes already amply served, can get the money. The bounty will not even be restricted to American ship owners, since it is provided in the bill that a ship may receive a subsidy if" a bare majority interest is owned by Ameri cans. jNor will American labor be exclusively employed on the subsidized ship, since but 25 per cent, of the sailors are required to be Americans. Cargo is not insisted upon, the highest subsidy going, indeed, to the passenger steamers that carry the least cargo. These vessels will be built without subsidy for the sake of the high profits made in the trans-Atlantic passenger business, so that money given to pro mote their construction is thrown away. A small initial bonus would insure their construction in such a way as to fit them for transports, or cruisers, so that subsidies for 20 years for this purpose are superfluous. "One of the prospective benefici aries of the bill is now having eight ships built, but four of them are under construction in foreign ship yards, and ucoo ww ob enuuea, under the Manna Payne bill, to subsidies as well as the four built at home. Another oA.pcv.taui, suosiay seetter has four ships under construction all of them BUTLER DENIES AGAI&. Senator Butler is becoming a famous denier. He hai such poor control of his mouth that he seldom makes a speech on an important oc- casiqn that he doesn't get himself into some predicament that it re quires a large amount of denying or explaining to get him out of, and he generally makes the case worse for himself, because he does his deny ing and 'explaining- in the face of the record and the cold print against him. He has several times denied or said he was misrepre sented in reports of speeches made by him in this State, when the proof of such utterances was shown by the language written as-it was spoken. The fact ia that he has become such a habitual denier that nobody pays much attention to his denials now. His latest performance on that line was in the Senate Tuesday when he said that he had been misrepre sented in the colloquy with Senator Aldrich, in which he refused to say whether, he still favored the- free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and finally when pressed for an answer gave an evasive reply the substance of which was that he was not in favor of it under present conditions and would be only under conditions that may never exist. His language was takendown by the stenogra phic reporter, substantiated by Sen ator Aldrich, and he didn't think of denying it until he saw it in print, saw how he had flopped, and thought of the effect of such a flop on the people of his State who thought he was an uncompromising free silver man. This denial was intended for home consumption, but unfortunately for Butler his re pudiation of free silver is a matter of record, as other of his speeches which he has denied have been. But that doesn't make any differ ence with Marion, he denies all the same. , A POWERFUL SPEECH. The speech delivered by Hon. John D. Bellamy in the House of Representatives in opposition to the Being built abroad. Another firm . lPnrf-w T?;n f: i:n . Seven shins iinrf., TIT. . T uul 18 oue WW '"7 r F iu inner I ohToot ay.A : j i- -. ""vu" uu.xjuvou uuuvmciug aeiiverea countries, and still another two. There's no prospect that th Tlanno -p., scheme will encourage shin,hniiHin in this country. What it will h o3 ahnnl nil ; J ,, , . wu uv, will D6 tO many million dollars pour people's few fa- of the money into tbe pockets of a vored firms and individuals. o u jY,arner describes the Ship Subsidy bill as "of the trusts, by the i'ustv8- f the trusts." The last state of this-bill is worse than the first, and we do.no not wonder that many Republi cans are warning their party not to press such a measure on the eye of a presidential election. With all these modifications of the bill they manage to keep in the liberal subsidy to be paid for speed, which, of course, means that the rich men who can hniia l f. 1U1 C U 1.QDU steamers would get the most of the subsidies, ' while the freight vessel in that body, able because it showed such mastery of the snhWt convincing because the contention of the speaker was supported by so many citations from the constitu tion, from writers and accepted au thorities on constitutional law and from decisions of the courts on the power to tax and its limitations and the rights and privileges of the neo- ple of the territory acquired or that may be acquired, some of which read as if they might have been made in this special case. Many speeches have been made on this stibject pro and con, but not one of them, as far as our reading goes, has presented: such an array of v.uv I 1 . . , of moderate speed would get but g authorities, and so thoroughly little. It isn'J; the big fast steamers f, ed aS to Present n argument that we need, for they carry but thorousMy convincing and absolute little if any freight, depending al- ly unanswerable. It was a purely most altogether on th aoaflr,- leSal argument, without any attemnt they carry, and that's why so much flour.iaQ bv a maa who' had given to aPPoilt transportation committee, money is expended upon them to ouuJeui' morougn study, and pre- ZZ , rnakn thom tW; I sented in masterly sfcvl. Rn.h - The meeting gives promise of sub uvuuiug aiaut;a ana 10 I , jifceuu puis Mr. .Bellamy in the A large and enthusiastic assemblage of business men aad volunteer and paid firemen, with u number of other interested persons, gathered last night in the city court room to take into consideration the matter of the State Firemen's Tournament, which will be held in Wilmington late in June or early in July, the exact date to be decided upon by the executive com mittee appointed by the meeting of citizens last night. Chief Charles Schnibben, of the Wil mington Fire Department, called the meeting to order and upon motion of Mr. W. C. VonGlahn, Col. F. W. Kerchner was made permanent chair man. Upon motion of Chief Schnib ben, Mr. VonGlahn was chosen secre tary, and an informal discussion of the great benefits to be derived by Wil mington in holding7 the tournament here was indulged in. Capt. J. D. McNeill, of Fayetteville, president of the State Firemen's Asso ciation, was present at the meeting by invitation, having arrived last evening over the A. & Y. railroad, and he ex plained to those present the nature of the tournament and gave many valu able suggestions as to what is neces sary to mate of the occasion the sue cess which has characterized similar events in the State during the past years. Mr, S. H. Fishblate replied to the re marks of Capt. McNeill, emphasizing the importance of the- meeting to Wil mingtonand telling of the splendid success of the tournament at Greens boro last year. With favorable trans portation rates, Mr. Fishblate said that the tournament would bring from five to eight thousand people to Wilming ton, and a visit from them would re sult in inestimable benefit to Wilming ton from eyery point of view. He an ticipated no difficulty in securing among business men and others up wards of $2,000 to be distributed in the way of prizes, etc , and he further stated that all conditions here were even more favorable to a successful tournament thaa at Greensboro last year. Mr. R. W. Wallace, who attended the tournament at Greensboro, also spoke encouragingly 'of the idea of having the meeting here. In order to get the matter before the meeting in definite shape. Chief Schnibben made a motion which was seconded by Mr. Wallace and carried, to the effect that a committee of ten of those present be appointed to retire and appoint other committees which shall have the entire matter of arrange ment for the tournament in their hands. , . The committee was announced, after which the members retired to the mayor's office and made the following nominations, which were submitted to the meeting and adopted : Executive Committee Col. A. M. Waddell, M. Ratjen, Jas. F. Post, Jr., M. W. Jacobi, W. E. Worth, S. H. Fishblate, Walker Taylor, H. C. Mc Q ueen. and W, C. VonGlahn. Finance Committee Chief Charles Schnnibben, Hugh MacRae, J. W. Harper, W. E. Springer, T.J. Gore, A. B. Skelding, J. Allen Taylor, J. R. Kenly, J. O. Boesch, Dan Qainlivan, J. H. Chadbourn, Jr., E G. Parmele, weo. i.'rench and M. O'Brien. Invitation Committee W. C. Von Glahn, Chief Charles Schnibben. As sistant Chief W. P. Monroe, Col. F. W. Kerchner, L Stein and Otti Bancks. Decoration Committee Col. W. A. Johnson, C. W. Polvogt, R. F. War ren, Ancrum Lord, F. Heinsberger, J. H. Watters, W. A. Farris and J. H. Rehder. Music Committee James W. Mon roe, J. E. Willson and S. A. Schloss. Reception Committee H. J. Gerken, J. R. Williams, Martin Newman, Mar tin Schnibben, H. L. Fennell. Jno. C. Boesch, E. B. Burkheimer and R. G. Rankin, Jr. Printing and Advertising Commit tee J. W. Monroe, John Haar, Capt. C. H. White, R. H. Northrop and J. O. Brown. The first named upon each commit tee is understood to be chairman of his respective committee. The executive committee is vested with authority to fill any vacancies occurring, aad also Death of Well Known Business Mao of Wilmington funeral Will Be Held " This Afternoon. !' The Star chronicles with wgret the death of Mr. William J. Penny, one of Wilmington's well knjwn and prominent business men, which oc curred at his home, No. ?15 Dock street, yesterday motoing 1 at 3.30 o'clock, after a very brief illness. About 3 o'clock in the - morning Mrs. Penny discovered thai her hus band t was breathing with great diffi culty, a3 one with a severe attack; of asthma. She became alarmed at the symptoms and immediately sum moned her brother. Rev. J. iW. Pott ter, Mr. Joseph H. Hanby, a neighbor, and several others to the room'nd a physician was quickly sent' for, but before medical aid could reach the bedside Mr. Penny was dead.k The deceased was'in the fifty-eighth year of his age and his death' was at tributed to heart failure. He was conscious to the hour of his death. He was born in Pender county,; North Carolina, and at the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the civil war as a member of the Fifty-sixth N. C. regi ment, but was later detailed to duty in Cassidy's Confederate ship yard, which was situated where Skin ner's yard ismow located in this city. At the close of the war he opened a boot-making estab lishment at the southwest corner of Third and Orange streets, Later he was engaged in business with his brother, Mr. B. F, Penny under the firm name of W. J. & B F. Penny, upon the dissolution of which Jhe form ed a copartnership with another of his brothers, Mr. Geo. W. Penny, the firm name being W. J. Penny & Co., with stores at corner of Market and Water streets; on corner of Front and Dock streets and a dry goods business on South Front street, all of which were being conducted at the time of his death. - Mr. Penny was married t wice and all of his children are the fniit of the first union. His first wife was Miss Virginia Dallas Farrow, who died about six years ago. His second wife was Mrs. Lula Williamson, of Augus ta, Ga., and she survives. Other sur viving relatives are two brothers, Messrs. B. F. and iGeorgefW. Penny, of this city ; two sisters, Mrs Teresa C. Brown, of this city, and lr?. H. J. Andrus, of Waterbury, Conn. ; and lour children, Messrs. George j R. and 'E. N. Penny, Miss Hattie Penny and Mrs. E. V. McKnzie. ! . "-COTTON V Culture" is the name of a valu able illustrat ed pamphlet which should be in the hands or every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent Free. Send name and address to "' GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New York. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. BOWLING ARRESTED. In Custody at Washington, D. C, for Robbing a Baltimore Travelling Man. SCROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS I - j CUBED BY . Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. WONDERFUL CURE. WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Mrs. And is Held for the Criminal Court the Sam of $2,000 Figured Lob splcaoasly as a Witness for Dockery in Contest Case. in i Bill lotrodnced by Representative Bellamy. Census Appointment-New Postoffice. Great Speech on Financial Bill. Special Star Telegram.) ' Washington, D. C , March 13. Representative Bellamy to day intro duced a bill to pay Eli Smith, of Richmond county five, thousand dol lars, the value of supplies taken by the Federal army during- the war be tween the States. A bill was also introduced to Day Jesse Fly the, of Northampton county, $1,333 ior stores and supplies taken by the Federal army during; the war be tween the States. Representative Atwater was inform ed to-day by the director of the cen sus that he could name any one in his district for appointment in the census office, to take eff ? ct by the first of April. An examination, however, will be required before the appoint ment is made. Wm. T. Babbitt has been appointed postmaster at Chapman, Alexander county. This is a new office. Representative Lewis, of Georgia, to-day made a powerful speech against the adoption of the conference report on the gold standard currency bill. N. C. SUPREME COURT. STATE AND COUNTY TAXES. Statement Showing the Disbursement by Sheriff of Amount of Taxes Collected During the Cnrrent Year. Sheriff Walter G-. MacRae yesterday received a receipt from State Treasurer Worth in settlement in full for State taxes for the current year. j ' Inasmuch as the statement gives .uauj uguica vi luiercst io mo-.e in terested in the county's financial pX fairs, it is appended be'ow. together with the amount of taxes paid under the various heads into the' county treasury. Following are the amounts receipted for by the 8iate and county treasurers: PAID TO THE 8TATK. i General Taxes Tax of 21$ i cents net and all unlisted j taxables (excepting taxes i for interest and pensions, as shown below) for pay ment of expenses of State 5 government, appropria- i' tions to charitable and penal institutions, and other specific appropria tions made by law and payment of interest on 4 per cent, and conso idated : debt of the State. $19,704.36 Special Taxes for interest T on State debt ; on incomes ; ; b6S.5d, on merchants $1, 766.47; on wholesale and retail dealers ia spirituous, vinous and malt liquors (three fourths'" of all "pur chase tax collected from) $429.68. Total ........ Special Taxes for pensions oa property. 3 cents, $2,266 27; on polls, tax 10 cents each, 227.62. Total Opinions Handed Down by the Jaatlces at Yesterday's Session. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, March 13. Opin ions were handed down as follows in the Supreme Court to-day: White vs. Murray, from Madison; affirmed. State ys. Conder, ' from Union ; affirmed. Baker vs. Hobgood, from Granville; new trial.. Carr vs. Bank, from Durham; error. Jordan vs. Farnace Co. ; mew trial. Garsed ts. Greensboro; no error in both ap peals. Owens vs. Railroad, from Gran ville; affirmed. Slaughter vs. O'Berry, from Wayne ; affirmed. Ellis vs. Mas senburg, from Franklin; new trial. BtanciU vs. James, from Pitt; affirmed. Bracom vs. Boing, from Vance; re versed. Finch vs. Grego, from Nash; affirmed. Ray vs. Insur ance Company, from Vance re versed. Vick vs. Vick, from Nash; new trial. Howard vs. Early, from Bertie; new trial. Dowlinvs. Beards ley, from Warren; reversed. Com missioners of Green ts. Best; appeal withdrawn. In the following cases there were no written opinions and they were disposed by per curiam order as follows: Buff aloe vs. Buff aloe, from Wake, affirmed; Tate vs. For shee, from Alamance, affirmed; Chap pell vs. Morris, from Durham.aflirmed, upon the authority of State vs. Chad bourn, 80 N. C. 479, and State vs. Yearby, 82 N. C. 561; Graham vs. Walker, from Pender, motion to rein state appeal refused. Mike Dowling has- again come to grief and if. reports in the Washing ton, D. C, papers, are true, he is like ly to remain in that undesirable con dition for some time; in fact, from the evidence given in the Washington police court Saturday morning it ap pears that a good long term awaits him in the penitentiary for a criminal act, similar to the one with which he was charged in the Wilmington munici pal court. Robbery of a stranger from Baltimore is charged in this instance and the Washington Star contains the following account of his crime and the investigation of the same in the police court of that city : . Michael F. Dowling, who says he formerly kept a saloon in Norfolk, va, ana Eugene L. Wilson, who claims Baltimore as his home, were to-day arraigned in the Police Court before Judge Kimball on the charge of robbing Richard E. Lewis, a drug man of Baltimore, of $4 in money and a diamond riDg valued at $40 The accused were held in $2,0U0 bonds each for the action of the grand jury. The evidence showed that Tnursday evening about 9 o'clock Officers New kirk and Murphy were approached by two -newsboys, who told them they had seen the accused men take a stranger, who was very much intoxi cated, into a house at tie corner of rourin and a naif and C streets northwest. The officers at once went to the place, and secreting themselves in a room back" of that in which the men had taken their victim, awaited developments. Dowling and Wilson began operations by urging Lewis to give them 25 cents with which to buy half a pint of whiskey. After some persuasion Liewis took about $2 in change from his pocket, and one of the men took 50 cents from his band, with which he sent for some whiskey by a colored boy employed in the place. Upon getting thejiquor one of the accomplices held Lbwis while the other poured nearly the contents of the bottle down his throat Lewis at once became helpless and fell over on the bed upon which he had been sitting. The men then undressed Lewis and searched his clothing, piece by piece, succeeding in getting about $4. They then took the diamond ring mentioned from Lewis' fingt-r, after which they carefully covered him ia bed. The accused men, who had apparent ly been strangers, shook hands with each other, one remarking that they had done an act which would make it necessary for them to stick close to gether in future, and each pledged fidelity to the other. Wilson and Dowling then made pre- Puaral3ns to leave the Place. Seeing this,-Officers Newkirk and Murphy de- cmea at once to arrest them. Tne prisoners were dumfounded when told to consider themselves under arrest, and made no resistance. They were sent to headquarters, where yesterday they were measured, and later they were photographed for the rogues' gallery. - Lewis did not awaken from his stu por until noon yesterday. He ex pressed great astonishment when the experience which he had passed through was related to him by the officers. " A Grand Old Lady Gives Her Experience. Thankful Orilla Hurd lives in the beautiful villnA t. . Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable and highly respected lady wm S: the year 18121 the year of the great war. in Hebron, Washington cn v,n York.. She came to Michigan in 1840, the year of "Tippecanoe and t i too.'-' Alf her faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a vo tentlve memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences ot her J T? life, of the early days of fhe State of Michigan and the interestintr n? r marKaDie people sne nas met, ana tne stirring events of which sh B. - YT Har ness, velous But nothing in her varied and- manifold recollection are mnrL nnrl wnrfhtr nf gltniitlnn than i . mure IT J I LI . Ill J I 11111 lllll I.IIHII H I-n AVnn.i . . . JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mrs. ! Hurd Inht riJS ;e "?e disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which ha, and is cursing the lives of thousands and marking thousands more a? v. tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation i , found in neary every family m one form or another. It may make iti pearance In dreadful running sores, mi unsightly swellings in the nertr goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membra u may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the IxaTmrb! and often is, the prime cause of consumption y w!fT,Si?ewnSk?f 5fr case' rs' Hurd Says: "I was troubledfor many ver. . with a bad skin disease. My arms anj limbs would break mit in . i, at sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell and aS3 of unsightly in appearancT My body waf coS wtt Icr0 Ltyewe ali grea.tly lnflamea weakened, and they pained me ve much. My blood was In a very bad condition and my head ached ramg eise, asi I had no faith in began to grow better. You can many bottles.; But I steadily improved until i bTcame elt rv f?X and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course Sfc ,of 83 years is not a young woman, but I! have hao1 remarkabl? lnce then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARTi ? a greatest Wood nurifler nnri th. h ma,?,"? 7 ilr "-4-ARlLLA is too , . : u.wuiuuc iii iue i-iiu. mure uh hd piTipnmDnt i It, and greatly to my agreeable surprise I wiae world, both tm not loTtrbettmoThanS SSTSS SSSSKS 55 life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." ' beliCVe m or sale by HERBERT L ENTRESS. Druggist - ! TTT 11 SHELTER RIVER IN PENDER. Citizens Want It Improved and Ask Co operation of the Chamber of Commerce. is in receipt of the pro ceedings of a meeting of citizens of Holly township, Pender county, held at Maple Hill on Saturday last for the purpose of making some organized euort toward induciug . Congress to make an appropriation for the open ing to navigation of Shelter river in that county. Mr. W. J. Player was chairm -nof the meeting and Messrs. J. R Marshburu and A. E. Burton secretaries. , . Resolutions drafted by a committee, composed of Messrs. J. A. Lanier, A.' C. Dawson, J. K. James. J. C. " nuu urioson james, were adopted, asking the cooperation of. the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce in their efforts in this direction and susgesting that a meeting of this Dody be held on Monday, March 19th, for the purpose of considering the matter, at which time Mr. K. F. Powers, representing the citizens in that county, wiil be present to present the matter in its true light. The claim for the appropriation is based upon the fact, that the improvement would open up an undeveloped country, cre ating more business, which would inure to the benefit of not only the citizens there, but also to Wilmington business men. WILL MEr AT M0REHEAD. THE NEUSE AND CAPE FEAR. V $2,828.68 $2,493 89 Total, general and special i taxes , . $25 028 93 Also $80 for clothing and f' travelling expenses of in digent pupils in the insti- V tution for the deaf, the f dumb, and the blind and I the N. C. school for the ! deaf and dumb. $80.00 give them great speed. TVlo tranA J 1.-5.1 11 . . uauu uuuei -wiuca iney take cover to justify this discrimination in favor of fast ships is that by granting th subsidy the govern ment will get the use of a lot of fast vessels which, in case of war .can be easily converted into auxiliary war vessels. But we venture to say that when, in the event of need,, the Government gets control 'of these subsidized ships it would be at a cost which would pay the owners a very handsome profit on the cost of the ships, as was so frequently the case during'the war for Cuba. If they really desired to secure the co-opera-'tion of ship-builders or ship-owners in adding an arm to the navy, and subsidized for this special purpose, tney ought to say so, and not be playing fraud in pretending to be aiming at a merchant marine, of which these fast ships would really be no part, although under this scheme they would secure the larger part of the subsidy. f It isn't these-great, fast-sailing ships we need to aid our commerce, but vessels of moderate size and cost to be employed as freight carriers to front rank of debaters in the House. Ostrich famine Africa in 1865 with eighty birds. Two years ago there were 237,000 in Cape Colony. But the plumes of these domesticated birds are not as fine or highly prized as those of the wild birds. Delaware sportsmen hate made contracts with a New York milli nery supply house tor 30,000 birds. The people of Delaware should fly np against? this slaughter of their birds. ' Cold Steel or Death. There is but one smaU chance to save your life and that is through an operation,'' was the awful prosp-ict set w- u , A- uni, or Lime Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly tryl ing to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on the marvellous power of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and Liver troubles, but she heard of it, took seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoided surgeon's knife, now weighs more and feels better than ever. It is positively rua.n.ntiui cure Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles and never disappoints. Price 50 cents at B. R. Bellamy's drug store. . stantial results and the Star promises on behalf of Wilmington to royally entertain the "fire laddies" upon the occasion of their tournament here. Capt. McNeill is full of enthusiasm at the -prospects. He is being enter tained and shown over the city by Chief Schnibben and Assistant Chief W. P. Monroe, of the Wilmington Fire Department. Tklrty.fifth Anniversary. Friday, the sixteenth of March, is the thirty-fifth, anniversary of the Battle of Averasboro, in which ten thousand Confederates kept at bay for over twenty four hours the whole of Sherman's army, thus enabling Hardee to get his ammunition and provisic trains over the muddy roads. In battle Wilmington had only twe resentatives our jovial and excellent friend, Capt. "Jack" Southern Express Compa Armand L. DeRosset, wounded and left on the field. Total Gross'. $25,106.93 PAID TO THE COUNTY. ' School fund. ............. $27,627,75 Roads and bridges .. 8,191,56 Criminal Court 4.505 37 Poor fubd . 96064 oiniungiuna 3,867 05 Militarp 1,226.74 Hospital fund. 4.605 37 Oeneralfund..... ... ..... 2L636 44 Total ..., Total amount to State . 71 520 92 25,106 93 Bills Introduced la the Heme Lookior to Ioprovenest of These Rivers. Special Star Telegram.! Washwqtow, D. C, March 12. Representative Thomas to-day intro duced a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of the Cape Fear river ; from Wilmington to Fay etteville. The object of the survey is to extend and deepen the water course. The bill appropriates $3,000. He also introduced a similar bill for the Neuse river, which if passed, will pro vide for improvements that will at all times admit the passage of large steam ers and vessels. The bill calls for an appropriation of $2,000. , . Representative Small to day secured from the Postoffice Department an in crease in the allowance for clerk mre at tne Washington, N. C, post office. Representative Bellamy returned to the Capital to-day. When Dowling was in Wilmington several weeks ago to collect evidence for Dockery in the Congressional con test case from this district, he openly boasted that he had "struck a gold mine," but this does not ap pear to be serving him in. good stead, as at last accounts he had not given the required bond and was still medita ting in the tombs over his fate. It ap pears from the following special tele gram received last night from the Stab's correspondent in Washington that Dowling's testimony will have rather an unsavorv effect unon the, Elections Committee which has in hearing the contest case referred to: 'Michael Dowling. who figured con spicuously as a witness in the Dockery Bellamy contested election case, and who was arrested in this city last Fri -day night for robbery, was to day ar raigned in the police court and plead not guilty. He was photographed for the rogues' gallery and remanded to jail to await the action of -the grand jury. "Members of the House to day irre spective of party, commenting on the arrest, said that if all of Dockery's wit nesses were similar to Dowling, his case must be built on very thin ice." Gross total $96,627.85 SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS. AH Available Land Will BePlioted In Cotton Sales of Fertilizers. By Telegraph to the Morninn Star. Columbia, S. C, March 13. The farmers in several counties have by resolution boycotted the Fertilizer Trust, but the sale of fertilizers this nearly one half more than -ar. The inferencn in tViot tko tge of cotton portion a telv. Hard ijured small, grain, of which there was an increased nvramm Warm. inspired by prevailing prices are turning back to cotton. All available land will be planted. The income from the twenty-five cents per ton tax on fertilizers ter the present year to date is but $7,348 short of the income for all of last year, lne total number of tons sold last year was 264 496, while this vear' 5peaking at Southport. The Star is requested by Mr. M. C. Guthrie, chairman of the County Dem ocratic Executive Committee of Brunswick, to announce that Hon. F. A. Woodard will address the public at Southport on Monday night, March 19th. The Constitutional Amendment question will be discussed. Thin Ba State of Ohio, City of Toledo, i Luoas County, ss Frauk J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the Use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. CFnrwwv Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D., 1886. i j A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem. oend for testimonials free ' F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. TTi,W.by.,Dr"?.?iste 75c. l xj.au a anuiy t-iiis are the best, t I A NEW VEGETABLE TARIFF, Teachers Assembly Will Not Hold Its An- nasi Session in Wilmington. The Star was misinformed Tues day as to the meeting of the Teachers' Assembly here in June. The.telegram from which the information was gath ered came from an unofficial source in Greensboro, and as much as the ierror is regretted it is to be more regretted that Wilmington will not have the pleasure of entertaining the Assembly this year. A special from the Star's Raleigh correspondent yesterday after noon says that; the Committee at its meeting in Greensboro Tuesday night aecided to holid the next More head City.: The Star's Raleigh correspondent, telegraphing last night, said : ' ne executive committee of the Teachers' Assembly, at its meeting in Greensboro last night, decided in favor of Morehead as t.h t UV.U J i meetmg for the next Teaehers As sembly. Wilmington's claims were considered and discussed at length, but- and Chadbourn at a late hour aiyote resulted in favor wowers in that of Morehead, Secretary Mebane to day wrote Mr. M. W. Jacobi, chairman of the Wilmington Committee, setting lorm me reasons that led to the selec A.: a- . , uon oi Jttoreneaa. In tthe course of his letter Mr. Mebane says: "The main reason rfvas hotel charges. 4. If tne Urton House had given us a dol lar rate, we could have the rest." HOWARD RELIEF BUILDING. Handsome Brick Strnctore to Be Erected on Northeast Corner of Front sod ... Orange Streets A deed was yesterday filed for reeis tration at the Court House conveying from Justice Jno. J.. Fowler, comr:i- sioner, to the Howard Relief Fire En give Company, that valuable lot of real estate situate on the nortlitut corner of Front and OraDge stretts, the consideration being $2,500. The Star announced several niontLs ago when the property was bid ia at public sale that it was the purpose of the Howard Relief Company, if the property was acquired by them, to erect upon the site a handsome: build ing to serve as hall and club room, and a reporter was further assured yesterday by Mr. J. G. L. Gieschen. secretary of the company, that thtie had been no change in plans aud thai tie building will be constructed A M, out delay. The lot has a frontage on Front i.f 53 feet and runs back 90 feet parallel with Orange street to an alley. Tt; . building will be of brick, with hai.J some trimming, and will bs of t!;e same dimensions as the lot Plans are now being drawn by several architecu and these will ba submitted Monday night tothepropertj committee, whicb is composed of Mr. M. Rthjen ( prr si dent), Mr. J. W. Duls (vice president), Mr. J. G. L. Giescben (secretary)-. Mr H. T. Duls and Mr. J. W. H. Fuctfs They will then decide upon the sped- -locations furnished and the contract will be let at once for the erection of the building this Summer. . COLUMBUS SUPERIOR COURT. Docket Taken Up With Criminal Matters. Growing Radishes Under Cover. Bruce Williams, Esq.,' of Bureaw. was in the city yesterday, returaine from Columbus.Superior Court, which ia i in session -at Whiteville this week. j Mr. Williams is -attorney for the At lantic Coast Line in several civil suits pending there, but was unable to get a trial on any of them, as the present is -only a one-week "term and the docket is crowded with criminal mat ters, one of the most important of which was tried Tuesday, viz., that of Jane Mitchell, colored, for the murder of Jane Baldwin, also colored. She submitted to manslaughter and was sent to the State prison for seven years. . Mr. Williams tells theSTAR that the trucking prospects around Whiteville are eacouraging. vicinity are now raising radishes under cover, which hiltherto has been an untried experi ment and which is proving abund antly successful, as by this method they are able to reach the markets about two weeks earlier. managed UNION CITV-BOARDMAN LINK. Southeaster Railroad Will Give Schedule North for Truckers. Capt. W. J. Bradshaw. who Past has A Frightful Blander Will often causa a Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Halve, the best in tho ;n . "WtJU, H 111 Jklll ?,aln aBd Promptly heal it. Cn wiuoores, trever Sore. Ulcers, Boils, Felons. Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 50 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. - t Night Sweats, loss of . appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds, la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonio eliminates the malaria, purines your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. 25c. per bottle. Insist on having Rob erts . No other -"as rood." R. R. Bellamy. sales are estimated at 391,675,; uuc-uair more. nearly As the Star is constantly re ceiving communications endorsing candidates for office, we find jit neces sary to repeat, for the hundredth time that it has been the rule of the Stab' for many years not to print such com mumcations unless paid for as adver tisements, i often develop into weak, delicate, backward children undersized, nervous, feeble, adults. Lack of nourish ment is the cause. is the remedy. A little of it three or four times a day will do wonders. The pinched, sad faces become round and rosy; the wasted limbs-plump and firm. If your baby is not doing well, try this great food-medicine. SOC. and Ji.oo, all druggists. Will Oo Into Effect March 26th and Makes Important Rednctlons. Charleston News and Courier l The Atlantic Coast Line has an nounced that a new tariff will go into effect March 20th, affecting all classes of vegetables and small fruits. The rate sheet has been issued and shows reductions m all items. On apples, caboage, potatoes, turnip, onions, squash cymling, ege plant, kale, spinach, etc , the reduction in bar rels or barrel crates is from three to "TB cents to Washington, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Providence and Boston. The same reduction is found on beans, peas, cucumbers, etc. ; also potatoes and cabbage in bulk. On asparagus, in crates, the reductions are from ten to fifteen cents per crate, Mr. G. W. Carroll, of Duplin county, was a visitor to the city yesterday, charge of the convicts now building the Southeastern Railroad, a branch of the Atlantic Coast Line from Elrod to Bbardman, say3 the road is nearly completed. Fourteen miles of it from Union Cityi to Elrod were con structed two years ago by Capt. Brad shaw and he bow has built about ten miles of the link; from Union City to Boardman. At JBoardman the road will connect with the Coast Line from Conway, S. C. The completion of the road means much to the trucking interests of the section through which it runs. It will put the growers of truck alontr the linn twelve hours nearer New York. With me present transportation facilities their shipments have either to "lay over" in Florence or here all night, wnen the new road is completed all freight will go through direct. Mr, Zeb Hodges, of Burgaw, ia nere on a business trip. STEDY1AN FOR SHERIFF. Tn IaaUimm a .1. I I m ... i ; wwug uw me list ot canaioates ffor Sheriff do not foreet that Fran k iStedman is the man who, in 1890, seized the Democratic banner, which had been trailing in the dust for 25 years, and carried it to Victorv.i In that memorable campaign he was the man who had the grit to accept the- nomination, and attack the entrenched position of the enemv. csminr it. hr. storm, andrthus establishing Demo cratic rule in New Hanover What else did he do? He SDent his money freely for the whol Da cratic ticket and ; when it was found that our candidate for County Treas urer had been defeated by a few votes, he appointed him 8pecial Deputy, with a salary almost equal (net) to that of tLe Treasurer. Frank Stedman ran rn . t;. fersonian test-"Is he honest? Is he capable?" This was demonstrated prac tically when he held the position for which he is now the People's Can- umaie. it Wee fit I'tlAPAw'knVlA f. Q3EZ B Jlt if!. a setitific hniment. By its aid thousands of L, y and without pain. Is the joy of the household, for with out it no happiness can be complete. The ordeal through which the expec tant mother must oass. however. 19 she looks forward to it with . , , 80 U of danger and suffering that T lI?rzl 0 to.". with mdescnbable fear. Every woman should tnow that ely avoided by the use of passed this ereat eri i Z.JT'" mousanos of women have value to all women will V J P"- uur ooot of priceless sent free to any address by Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Oa. IV A. I 1 ! X
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