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M ft Vi f i . :! : ihc Mlcchlvj Jfav, ILLIAM a. BERN A Editor arid Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, April G, 1900. 80KVYINO THE FIELD IN THE WEST. Yesterday, we published a letter of ' Hon. John W. Bookwalter, of Ohio, in which, writing to a friend, he gave freely his views as to what he thought should be the course pur- '' sued' by the Democratic parly in the next campaign. These views are important in so far as they express the sentiments of a Democrat of na- . tional reputation, and one of the ablest champions of bimetallism, op posed to a protective tariff although - a manufacturer, and opposed to plutocracy although several times a millionaire, in other words a! Demo crat from choice, from conviction ill H and from principle. There are many ' i1! jjl Democrats who partially if they do i lip! nofe-whoily agree with him, and i - ... there are many who are counselling til' M together to remova the barriers to 1 il: unity, and find some common ground tj J on which all battlers for constitu- tional government may stand and l ,V y oct together. Unless there has been much mis representation, or at leaSt exaggera tion, in the reports as to the situa tion in the West, which holds the fate of the parties in its hand, there is a growing revolution of public sentiment there, a revolution which has been steadily growing for some time, but rapidlv since the adminis- tration at Washington, and the Re publican majority in Congress per petrated the Porto Rican infamy. This was the last feather that broke the camel's back. Thousands of Republicans in that section and in other sections top, for that matter, - .felt like, "speaking out before at the cringing of the party leaders to the . money lenders, trusts, and expan sion schemers, but they hesitated to speak out in protest against their party until this Porto Rican infamy filled them with indignation which they could not repress. That act was not more monstrous than some' which preceded it, but it was the culmination of monstrosi ties, and conspicuous for its shame-, ful breach of faith shocked the. de cent and the honorable and thevhon e8t sentiment of the., country, and hence the almost universal protest against it. Monday's issue of the Philadelphia Record contains a letter written at ,.' Omahavby itsregular cdrreepondent, which is interesting, as showing the ,L revolution in sentiment to which we have referred, the tendency towards ,'. the Democratic party, and which to tv: some-extent accords with the views j of Mr. Bookwalter. Describing the situation, it begins thus: "The political situation in the Mid dle West at the-present time presents as many features to the student of pol itics as there are plots and counter plots in the usual fourth -class drama. Party divisions have become so com plicated, commercialism is bo arrayed against financial agitation, American ism is so dominant against exclusion or partial exclusion of trade with those 'possessions willingly coming under the American flip that it requires the most careful study by party leaders before they express tbemsrlves upon any matter affecting national politics. . "On the tariff features leaders of both ptrties are outspoken, and it is safe to say that not more than ten-per cent, of the population ef the Central EWestern Stales, comprising the States 7"f Nebraske. Iowa, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah. Kansas and Missouri, believe that the tariff Dro vision should h retained in regard to the products of Porto Rico? This includes Nebraska even, the State which will be most affected byfree trade with Porto Rico, because pi the immense oeet sugar interests of its farmers. The sentiment of the Central West ,' was fitly expressed by the passage last $ week J)y the lower Houe of the Iowa 4 Legislature of a resolution declaring 'I v that 'the people of Iowa are uoaltera bly opposed to the, establishment of any tariff' between the United States and for to Rico. "The passage, of the resolution hai caused a stir which will widen as do the ripples of a pond until it shall have encompassed the franchises of, the people to ne delivered next Novem ber.M . The writer here names a number of leading Republican papers of Iowa which endorse that resolution and emphatically ! condemn that tarif iniquity and remarks that in Ne braska, although a. sugar beet grow ing and manufacturing State, the same feeling exists as in Iowa. Speaking of other factors at issue the letter concludes thus: - "Other issues which will be marked in tbe coming political battle are the dominance of trusts, forcible ex Dan sion of territory and the demonetiza tion of silver. "To trusts the Western people are unalterably opposed. A few papers seek to make a defence of gigantic combinations by urging that enormity of production, increase in trade locally and in foreign lands, and commercial superiority over other nations re quire great aggregations of capital Against this the farmer and work Logman, who comprise the vast majority of tbe people, point to small wages in the East, and central isation of operations and operatives, to tne aisaa vantage or tne employe, The man who bundles a pick and shovel on the streets of Western cities receives more pay than the man at the loom can make. Prosperity of the factory man oi the iiast, as con veved in press reports, telling of in r - a .reasei or ten per cent, in pay, when jmpanied by tbe statement, as in the Fall River case, that the em- ''' bad been receiving an average 1 $8 per week and were now receiv ing an average of $5.60, only served 1 oo create derision in the Western workingman. "As to expansion, the people may be ..said to be weary of war. Con tinued reports of casualties in the Philippines, a msj jnty of which affect 2he homes of Western people, and the huge ioases sustained during the early part of the conflict with the Filipinos by the Western: volunteers, have not tended to reconcile the views of the Western people with those of the Ad ministration. . , . , "A plain declaration that it is the purpose of this Government to restore peace to the Philippines, assist in the establishment of an independent Gov ernment, and afterward to throw the mantle of American protection of this Republic over a Republic to be estab lished in the Orient would settle the minds of the Western people and re store to a considerable degree the po litical status. .-, "On the currency question the press of the East is making a serious mistake; in believing, or representing a belief that the issue is dead. It is only dor mant. It will be revived in 1904,and the revivification will come from a quarter entirely, unexpected at present by the pulic at large. At present, owing to tbe necessity, according to the Demo cratic mind, of ! harmonizing differ ences in the party and se uring the support of the East, it is considered the better policy to allow the silver issua to be least prominent. Conservative Democrats, "therefore, believe that the platform adopted by the Nebraskacon ventionsi too fuil of detail to be con sidered suitable for a national declara tion," while it fully meets with ap nn.val as a State platform. In this latter light the Democratic press of the adjoining States of Iowa and South Dakota, whether Btanding for the sin gle standard or for bimetallism, sus tains its provisions. "There is a growing belief that with Mt Kin ley as a choice of the Republi cans and Bryan as the choice of the Democrats, Bryan will win, and in ordt-r to secure the nomination of the man for whom all Western Democrats have tbe highest respect they are will ing to refrain from flaunting the red flag too strongly in the face of the Eastern gold faction. Hence it can nat be believed that any attempt will be made nationally for a double de claration on the silver issue, as is con tained in the Nebraska platform by its general endorsement of the Chicago platform, with an additional distinct reference to free coinage." These are the views of a corre spondent, surveying the political field and reporting the situation as he finds it, written for and published in a paper which opposed Win. J. Bryan in the last campaign, and at test not only the devotion of the Western Democrats to this earnest, magnetic leader, but are somewhat significant of the change of senti ment in , some who opposed him when in 1896 he stood in the arena against McKinley and Hanna's mil lions, and bore aloft ;the banner of the toiling millions. ME. DAVIS ON THE BOERS. The announcement that Mr. Web: ster Davis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, who has recently, re turned from a visit to the scene of hostilities in' South Africa, had 3ent in his resignation and would take to thfi lprtnro reform to dead the cause of the Boers, has attracted wide -spread attention on account of his official position and the further act that when he went to South Africa it was thought he was sent on a tour of ob servation, to secure information for the guidance of the Washington authorities. In a recent interview Mr. Davis gives the reasons why "he ' has taken the position) he has, and espouses the cause of the Boers, as follows: ' . "It is purely a matter of sympathy on my part. I went to South Africa unpit-j idiced, visited both armies, saw much of the British soldiers and people aud also much of tbe Bjers. After seeing what I did I made7 up. my mind that the cause of the Boers was just. that the two smallest llepubl.es iu tbe world were struggling against tbe greatest Empire in the world for jus tice and independence. The struggle seemed to me very unequal. The whole number of Boers, including nitD, women and children, is not greater than'the population of the city of Washington, and vet these brave people have the courage to put up the greatest ngni in nisiory against an Empire of four hundred millions I concluded at ouce that my sympathies were witn those struggling for liberty, and I feel that the American people should sympathize with thrm in their hgbt for justice and independence. "When I entered the train at Pre toria, on my return home, fully 2,000 men and women, mostly, women. whose husbands and fathers and sons were at tbe front, gathered at the sta tion to bid me goodbye, and as the tears rolled downmany of their faces they made the last request of one that I do everything within my power upon my return home to let the American people know of their exact condition; to let them know how they had been abused and outrage ously misrepresented by the English. The English correspondents have no trouble in getting their dispatches over the cable lines, as they are con trolled absolutely by the British, and, while it is impossible for information regarding the situation from the Boers' standpoint to reacn the American peo ple, if I did not, as a free American, decide to listen to their appeals, my conscience would burn, and 'the faces ot tnpse sutlering people, as brave and as noble as God ever let live in any land, would haunt me as long as I live. I am, therefore, determined to do everything in my humble way to assist them. Their cause is just and in the light of the past history of the American people, who went through the same struggle, I believe the Boers will win " "Mr. Davis was asked what course he would have the people of this coun try pursue in order to assist tbe Boers. He replied: 'Do aavthing and evervr thing within their power, and let Great Britain and the worhi know that the sympathies of the American people are not with Great Britain, but with the Boers, and in the interests of humanity and civilization. We should let the world know that such an unholy war should stop and stop at once.' " catarrh Caonot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the dis ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitu tional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on tbe blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of tbe best physicians in this coun try for years, and is a regular prescrip tion. It is composed of tbe best tonics known combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu cous surfaces. The perfect combina tion of tbe two ingredients is what pro duces such wonderful results in curing Calarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. , Hall's Family Pills are the best f Mr. E. A. Hawes, of Atkinson, N. O., is registered at The Orton. IT READS LIKE A PAKE - The announcement by tho New York World, on the strength of an interview with 'Admiral Dewey by its Washington correspondent, that the Admiral has decided to offer himself as a candidate for the Pre sidency, reads like a fake, although there is little probability that it is a fake. Dewey is made out ot pretty much the same kind of stuff that other Americans are, and if any one imagines he wouldn't liketo be Pre sident, he hasn't given much' atten tion to the study of the roan. If correctly reported in tho al leged interview, he gives evidence of weakness, for the reasons he gives for his change of decision are in the nature of an apology for chang ing it, when ambition gained mas tery over his modesty. It is not creditable to his sincerity to suppose that he has in a short time on shore discovered, what had failed to strike him in all his previous life, that "it doesn't take much brains to make a President," which he practically re iterates in this interview. Personal observation, however, and the prox imity into' which he has be drawn with Mr. McKinley, may have led to this conclusion, and his change of views a3 to his capabilities to fill the office. While there may be a good deal of truth in what he says, it is some what of a reflection on the "highest office in the gift of the people," and incidentally on the gentleman who is now filling it. Personally, aside from Admiral Dewey, Mr. McKinley is more interested in this announce ment than diy Other citizen who may aspire to that office, for if a strong sentiment should be devel oped against Jhim, the expediency politicians in the Republican party might turn to Dewey, nominate him and lay Hanna's man on the shelf. THE INFAMY ACCOMPLISHED. As has been appaient for some time the Porto Rican bill, embrac. ing the tariff provisions, passed the Senate Tuesday. This completes the infamy as far- as imperialism and the utter ignoring of the con stitution of the United States and of our solemn pledges go. The Re publican majorities in both Houses of Congress, with the President in accord with them, have thus boldly made the issue, in the face of the numerous and vehement protests of leading Republican Organs, repre seating millions of Republican voters, which have in unmeasured phrase denounced this act as one of the crowning infamies of legisla tion, one for which there was no de fence and no palliation. This general protest came up from the people after the House had passed the tariff bill, with the hope that the Senate would put on the brakes and hold the infamyup, but the friends of the trusts and protec ted interests were more powerful than public sentiment, and the "cowards," as Speaker Henderson called the Senators who were op posed to the (tariff scheme, were whipped in tosupport it, not all of them, perhaps, but enough to se cure its passage. It remains to be seen whether they can whip in the protest ing organs and the people as they ave whipped in the "cowards" 1QD0th nouses or congress. A case of brotherly devotion has just come to light in South Caro lina. A farmer was waylaid and robbed. Eugene Mills and another man did the job and were arrested. Eugene confessed and was sentenced by the magistrate to pay a fine of $50 and serve . thirty days in the chain gang. When Eugene had served his time the farmer con tinned the prosecution and this time had Eugene's brother Charles arrested. The resemblance as so great that it is difficult to tell them apart, but the farmer swore Charles was the boy who robbed him, and he was convicted after pleading not guilty. He was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary and had served nearly three . before the facts were discovered, when the Governor immediately issued a pardon. He could have escaped by informing on his brother, which he declined to do, or to mention the fact of the previous conviction of his brother by the magistrate's court. THE NEWS OF VINELAND. Items of Interests from Columbus Coanty. Crampler Revival Meeting. Special Star Correspondence. Vineland, N. C, April 3 Mrs. Forney Kichardson and Miss Mary Richardson, of this place, are visiting in Wilmington this week. Mrs. T. W. Hudler, of Darlington, S. C, is visit ing her parents, R-v. and Mrs. F. B, Andrews. Mr. J. J. Lesarge, of Board man (Hub), has purchased a house and lot here. A revival will be begun here to night by Rev. A. B. Crumpler. tLe Holiness evancelist. in tbe Academy of Music" (tobacco warehouse ; . Beats have been ar ranged for about one thousand. The building,will accommodate 2,000. A larse attendance is expected. Veryittle has been done in the way oi planting on accountot cold weather, i County Commissioner J. P. Stan 1 v. who has been confined to his home for several months with dropsy, is lm proving. He is under the treatment of Dr. H. B. Register, specialist in dropsy. The Populist primaries in the county .win oe neia next Saturday. When others fail, take Roberts AAT1L.EHS IJHILL TONIO. It CUreS chills, fevers, malaria and general bad health. 25c A red cross' on tbe label assures you of the pure, high-class material tDat makes Koberts a sue c8s. Don't take a substitute. R. R. sxllajit. t NEWS FROM RALEIGH. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Com pany's Answerto the Suit '' . for a Receiver. SUPREME COURT DECSIONS. Robt. L Holt Declines to Be a Candidate for Nomination for Lieutenant Gov ernorSunday School Associa tion The Undertakers. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, April 3 Opinions were handed down by the Supreme Court today as follows: Hendricks vs. Telegraph Company, from Lin coln; affirmed. Jumer vs. Boeer, from Iredell ; reversed. Hauser vs. Hard ing, from Yadkin; affirmed. State vs. Harmson, from Iredell; affirmed State vs. Ei wards, from Rowan; affirmed. Dyeing Company vs. Hosiery Com pany, from Durham; affirmed. Bank vs. Morehead, from Durham; error. Rawlings vs. Neal, from Nasb, two cases; decided in iavor oi aeienaant. Bank vs. Fidelity Company, from Edgecomba; .error. Razemora vs. Mountain, ftutn Bertie, twocai-e; &f firmed iu both. S'ate vs Bittle, from Edgecombe; new trial The following cases were disposed of by per curiam order: Bo deu vs. Riilroad, from Ire dell; affirmed. Pope vs. Whitehead, from ;I4ash; affirmed. Purjear vs Lumber Company, from Craven: af firmed. The Tobacco Trnst. The Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company has filed an answer in the suit brought by George Arents and others to have a receiver appointed for it. The answer admits all the material allegations in theomplainand adds: "This defendant berieves that its in terests and the interests of all its stockholders would be served by tbe sale of the property of this defendant, and this defendant believes hat the preservation ofthe property Jlf this defendant from irreparable ; injury demands and makes necessary such sale, andthe aid and protection of this court in making such sale, and in the preservation and maintenance of said business; wherefore, this defend ant nereoy stgnines its willingness i . that plaintiffs in said bill of complaint have the relief herein prayed, and on its own account joins in said prayer for relief." Not a Candidate. Mr. Robert L. Holt of Burlington has written a letter to a friend in Ra leigh, stating that after reflecting seri ously over the matter he has decided not to be a candidate for the nomina tion for Lieutenant Governor, nor to allow his name to be placed before the convention. He states in the letter that while he feels profoundly grateful to friends throughout the State for pledges of confidence and support, bis business engagements are so exacting as to require every moment of his time. Sunday School Association. The Executive Committee of the North Carolina State Sunday School Association met here to day and ap pointed district vice presidents. They are as follows: Kev. F. a. John 8ton,-E!izbath City; W. C. Whita ker, Littleton; -Dr. J. L. Nicholson. Richlands; Dr. C C Hubbard, Worthville; Rev. J. D. Andrews, Burlington; Rev. W. R. Coppedjfe, Rickingham; M. B Slickley, Boa cird; K-iv. A. V. Taaeler. Winston; Fitch Taylor, Brevard, and J. W. Bryan, Goldsboro, will be continued as field agents. The North Carolina Association of Undertakers will meet here to-morrow in annual session. The State Board of Elections ad j turned this morning to meet again April 11th. THE NAVAL STORES YEAR. Splendid Qains in Receipts at Wilmington -.1 Over the Last Season. Despite the reputed shortness in tbe naval storse production, in the South duriog the past crop year, which cloed April 1st, Wilmington shows a decided gain in all items according to the offi cial stock report posted yesterday at the Produce Exchange. The receipts at this port were 291,121 packages. against 275,173 packages last crop year a net gain of 15,951 packages. The largest gains were made in rosin and tar, both of which items ruled high in price along with crude and spirits of turpentine. The last named item in the market has been especially high in price during the entire year, remain ing for much of the time above the 50 cents mark and resulting in an era of prosperity with owners of turpentine lands and operators over the entire pine belt. . During the year there was a falling off in exports of rosin but this was the only item that suffered in this respect, Both the receipts and exports of al naval stores show a decided falling on irom tne crop years ending in 1897 and 189S, though as stated they are ahead of the season ending in 1899. A reference to the exact figures pub lished in the commercial columns of the Star this morning, will be inter esting. Rsilroad Commissioners. It is now announced that Capt. J. D. McNeill, of Fayetteville, is a can didate before the State Convention for railroad commissioner. Mr. H. L Cook, enclosing circular letter being mailed by friends of Capt.-McNeill, writes Sunday's Charlotte Observer that as a matter of fact he is a candi date and "has the best of prospects for receiving , tbe nomination." In the matter of voting for the "wrong McNeill intended" in the Mecklenburg primaries, the county convention oa Saturday atChaibtte, according to the Observer, did not act on a motion made tbat the convention announce by vote that it meant to support Hon. Franklin McNeill and not Capt. J. D. McNeill. While it was the general expression of opinion that Hon. Frank lin McNeill was th candidate inten ded to have been supported, delegates to the State Convention were not in - O crop can grow with out Potash. Every blade of Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. If enough is supplied nn n full firtr you can cuu.it w.r !f ro little, the p-rowth willlbe " ' I ; scrubby. - Send for our books telling &11 about composition ol fertilizers best adapted lor ail crapi. i ucy i-usi you nothing. '',' GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nssu"St.. New Yrk, DEATH OF COL. HARQRuVE. Prominent Tobacco Planter and Real Estate Owner of Granville Coanty DIed?Vesterday Afternoon. A private -telegram received in the cjjy last evening announced the death of Col. John ,Hrgrove, which oc curred at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon at his residence near Townes- ville. Granville county in the 85th year of his age. Col. Hargrove was the father of Mrs. John D. Bellamy and Mrs. Robert R. Bellamy, of this city, and they are receiving the sincerest condolences of large concourse of friends in the sad bereavement which has fallen to their lot. Accompanied by Miss E'izi Bellamy and Mr. Robert R. Bellamy, they will leave this' mornicg at 9 45 o'clock via the Atlantic Coast Line to attend the funeral, which will be held to-morrow afternoon. Col. Hargrove was one of the. most prominent tobacco planters of that section of North Carolina and owi.fd a large landed estate. He was man of estimable character and was un versally esteemed by all who. knew him. During his life he madii many visits to Wilmington and numbered his friends here by the hundreds, all of .whom will receive with sorrow the announcement of his death. TWO LARGE DAMAGE SUITS. Mr. Jos. C. Shepard, Jr.. Will Ask for Large Amooat from Railroad. Herbert McClammy, Esq., and Messrs. Bellamy & Bellamy, attor neys for Mr. Jos. C. Shepard, Jr yesterday instituted uit in the Superi or Court of New Hanoyer against the railroad company asking for damages in two cases on account of injuries re-' ceived by the complainant and Wife in toe accident at the railroad crossing over the Castle Haynes' road iu the northeastern section of the city, par ticulare of which will be remembertd by Star readers. The complaint has not yet been filed but it is learned unauthoritative that $50,000 will be asked for in tbe case of the complainant and $25,000 in the case of Mrs. Shepard. The same attorneys also yesterday brought feuit for Mr. S. J. Davis again tt the same defendants for recov ery of about $300, damages sustained by the alleged demolishment of the buggy and killing of the horse, which Mr. and Mrs. Shepard were driving at the time of the accident. Before Judge Simooton. Maj r John D. Shaw, attorney for tve S. A. L., and Cameron Morrison, Eq., attorney for sever! Rchmond coumy cotton mills, passed through the city yesterday enroute from Rock inghim to Charleston, where they will appear to day before Judge Sim on ton to argue a numher of questions in the tax assessment cases, which went up from Standing Master Shepherd's court here last week, involving the ritfbt of the corporation commissioners to look into the question of whether certain railroad property in the State is assessed at full value and whether or not the Standing Master has the power to require the Acme Manufac turing Uompany of this city to pro duce its books in court, for the evident purpose of determining whether there has been discrimination in the value of this property with a number of other like corporations, and that of the defendant railroad corporations. Hon. Franklin McNeill, chairman of the commissioners, E. K. Bryan, Esq., attorney for the Acme Manufac turing Co., George Rountree, Esq , A, C. Li. attorney, and several other lawyers from Wilmington are also expected to be in attendance upon the hearing. Pender's New Register. Mr. K. F. Powers, of Maple Hill, who arrived in the city yesterday, says that the Pender County Commission ers have elected Mr. David M. String field to succeed his father, the late J. P. Stringneld, as Register of Deeds of that county. The death of Mr. S:ringfield, who had held the position for twelve years, was noted in these olumns last week. It is stated that there were fifteen applications for the office. New Distillery In Brunswick. DeDutv Collector C. M. Babbitt, of Newbern. returned yesterday from Inland, Brunswick county, where he "did the government honors" for the opening of a new whiskey distillery near there by Mr. James A. Watkins. The registered number is 3,699 and the distillery will' begin operations at once. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bab bitt was about the city on an official tour and confiscated a barrel of gin for alleged irregularities. Smallpox in Pender. Dr. George F. Lucas, of Pender I county, who was in the city yesterday brought news of a supposed case of i smallpox at Sloop Point on the Sound i in that county. Dr. Lucas is Superin- i tendent of Health in Pender and was here to confer with authorities on the ; disesse as to the best methods of diag- INSAlSE ASYLUM DIRECI0RS. Officers Eltxted at Board Meeting. Meld in Raleigh Undertakers Associa tion Elect Officers w - '- Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N.c April 4 At a meeting of the Directors of the Insane Asylum here to day the following res ident officers were elected : ' Dr. C Lb Jenkins, first assistant physician, re elected; Dr. E. B. Ferebee. of Camden county, second assistant physician, to succeed Dr. George Davis, of Beaufort, resigned; Mr. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Miss. Minnie steward, reelected; mL:..l TXTU.W. MinlMAW MklMlAf1 TOO K il uiwavi luauuuf ic-vjcvicu. v Kenan, of Duplin county, was chosen a director to nil tne vacancy on me board made by the resignation of Dr. R. H. Speight, of Edgecombe The North Carolina Undertakers' Association to day elected and in Stalled the following officers: Presi dent, J. M. Harry, of Charlotte; First Vice President, H. W. Simpson, of Newberr. ; Second Vice President, ,C. W. Brown, of Asheville; Third Vice President, J. W. Brown, ' f Raleigh; Secretary. W. L. Bell, of Concord; Treasurer, E O Flannagan, of Green ville. - J. F. Woolvio, of Wilming ton, is a member of the legislative committee of tbe Association. Attorneys both for the Corporator tt Commission and for the railroads went to Charleston today to argue points raised during the taking of tes timony in the tax esses at Wilming ton last week and submitted to Judge Simon ton by standing master Jamts E 8hcppard AS PRES DENTIAL CANDIDATE Admiral Dew.Vs Annonncement Not Looked Upon Seriously by Demo ' cratic Members of Congress. Special Star Telegram. Washington, April 4. -Admiral Dewey's announcement 83 a Presi dential candidate is not looked upon seriously by Democratic members. The sentiment of tbe North Carolina delegation is exactly, in accord with the following views of Representa tive Klutlz, who, when asked about the announcement, said: "I cannot take Dewey seriously as a Presiden tial candidate, nor do- I think our country will do so. I do not even know to what party he belongs, nor what are his views upon any public question. The fight will be between McKinley and Bryan, and I believe Bryan will be elected." Mr. Kitchin's joint resolution authorizing the President to appoint David Bagley, brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed at Cardenas, to the Naval Academy has been favorably reported and referred to the committee of the whole in the House. THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT The Advertising Committee Has Begun Active Work Finance Committee Will Begin Canvass Early. Capt. "Billy" Monroe, chairman of the advertising conmittee, will in a few days send out the invitations for The Firemen's Tournament to all the fire companies not only in this State btft iu Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia and in order to let the peo ple know what Wilmington is going to do. upon this occasion it must be thoroughly advertised. Cnarlotte, a city of less popuUtion thaa Wilming ton is arranging f ir a celebration on the twentieth of May and their prize list embraces tbe following extraordi nary inducements:. Hand Hose Reel race First prize. $200; Second prize, $75. ' Grab race First prize, $150; Second prize, $75. Horse Hook and Ladder First prize, $175; Second piW $75. Horse Hose Wagqn-fFirst prize, $75; Second prize, $75. ( Tne total amount or prizes is and it is only a one day affair, while the Interstate Tournament here lasts a whole week. The question is asked "Why can't Wilmington, a city of 30.000 people, the second largest naval store port in the world, raise $3 000? Another gentleman added, '"In order to do so our business men, hotels,, boarding houses, etc., must contribute liberally. If these tournaments did not benefit a city, Charlotte would not have one every year." Capt. "Billjt'' Monroe will call upon the business n en and ask their per mission to stamp a small ad upon the back of their envelopes to help adver tise the coming event. He finished 100,000 for The Orton yesterday after noon. He has received letters from Greensboro, Tarboro, Winston, Salis bury, Lumberton, Greenville, Golds -boro, Wilson, Concord and Kir Eton, stating that they would be represented. It has been suggested that the daily papers publish from day to day tbe amounts that are donated and by whom. In order to offer large prizes, erect a grand stand, have a band of music and advertise the coming event, it will take $2,500, but will bring upwards of 10.000 people to the citv. Everv bodv should talk the Firemen's tournament. indicates insufficient nourish ment. It leads to nervousness, sleeplessness, general debil ity, and predisposes to Con sumption and other prevail ing diseases. To guard against these take SccfU& draulston, the Standard remedy for all wasting diseases in young or old. It improves diges tion, gives flesh, strength, vigor and resistive power, KCOTT ft'loVNE'cSiKSr York. Losing Flesh SCROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS j CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla . j QUART BOTTLES. A. most wonderful cure. I A Grand Old Lady Gives filer Experience. Mrs. Thankful Orilla Hnrd lives in the beautiful village of Brighten, Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable and highly respected lady was born la the year 1812, the year of the great war. In Hebron, Washington Co., New York. She came to Michigan In 1840, the year of ; "Tippecanoe and Tyler " too." All her faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very re tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting , reminiscences of her early life, of the early days of the State of Michigan and the interesting and re markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollection are more mar. velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which has cursed and is cursing the lives or thousands and marking thousands more as vic tims of tbe death angeL Transmitted from generation to generation.- It Is found in neary every family in one form or another. It may make Its ap pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in the neck or goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it may be known as catarrh In tbe head, or developing in the lungs It may be, and often is, the prime cause or consumption. Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hurd says: "I was troubled for many years with a bad skin disease. My arms anj limbs would break out in a mass of sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell and became very unsightly In appearance. My body was covereiwith scrofulous eruptions My eyes were also greatly Inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely at frequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. I was in a miserable condition, I had tried every remedy that had been recom mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of the best physicians in the state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as internal abcesses were beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any thing else, as I had no faltb in It, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I began to grow better. You can be sure I kept on taking it. I took a great many bottles. But I steadily improved until I became, entirely well. All the sores healed up. all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health, and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lfldy ' of 83 years Is not a young woman, but I have had remarkably good health since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA is the greatest Wood purifier and the best medicine in the wide world, both for scrofula and as a spring medicine." This remarkably interesting old lady did not lok to be more than sixty, and she repeated several times, "I believe my life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." DUPLINCONVENTION. Democrats Made Endorsement of Candi dates and Elected Delegates to State Convention Primaries Called. ' Special Star Correspondence. Kenansville, N. C. April 2 The Democratic Convention of Duplin ' county was held here to day in . the court house: Hon. J. F. Hill was elected temporary chairman.' Tempo rary organization -was made perma nent. The following delegates to the State Convention were i selected to wit: J V. Carr, F. H. Autree. S. O Middle ton, H. G. 0en. E. McM. Call. J.W. Carroll, Herbert Smith, P. H. Korne gay, H D. Williams, T. F. Hill Jno. M. Faison, C. Q., Carr. Alternates, Neill Moore, J. Aj Powell, J. Faison, J. B. Williams, W. L. Hill, J. G. Ke nan. L. A. Beaslv; J A. Gains, Jr.. B. R. Grahar , J. L. Korhegay, D. L. Carlton, A. F. William. The following: resolutions were adopted : r " Resolved 1st. That we, the Democ racy of Dupliu county in convention assembled, btr-ly endorse the able, faithful and conscit-ntu us manner, in which our representative in Con gress, the Hon. Chas R. Thomas, has discharged the. duties of his office, and we earnestly recommend his re nomination and re election., and we pledge ourselves to use all honor able means to that end. Resolved 2nd That whereas at the August electiou the people of North Caroliua will elect a Governor and other State officers, and whereas there has been one man V ho bs been con spicuous in his untiriog efforts in be half of white supremacy and good government, and has contributed b.v bis spleudid talents upon, the stump and in bringing about the existing reign of good government in North Carolina; therefore be it resolved, that we endorbe C. B. Aycock for Gover nor. ! " Resolved 3rd, That we endorse the Hou. F. D. Winston f r Attorney General aod the Hon B. F. Gradv for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Resolved further, that. we heartily ap prove tbe plan of submitting to the primaries the election of United Sttttts S-nau-rs Resolved 4th, That we heartly et dorso the action cf c(&R R-presenta tives iu the last Legislature, J. F. Hill and J. O. Carr, and take pleasure in recommencing J. F. Hill for re nomination as Senator for this dis trict After adjournment of the conven tion, the county executive committee was called into session, when and where it was decided iht the prima ries at the different voting precincts beheld on tbe second day of June next for the purpose of electing dele gates to the county convention to meet in Kenansvii.e tbe first Monday in June for the purpose of completing our county ticket. I A Life And Death Fight. Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, la., writingof his almost miraculous es cape from death, says: "Exposure af ter measles induced serious lung tiouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent hemorrhages and coughed nigot and day. Alt my doc tors said I must soon die. ;Tben I be gan to use Dr. King's New' Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even if it cost $5 00 a bottle. Hun dreds have used it on my recommenda tion and all say it Beyer fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular size 50 cents and $1 00 Trial bottle 10 cents at R. R. Bellamy's drugstore. t 7 Death of Former Wilmingtooiao. Capt. W. A. Sanders yesterday morning received a telegram announc ing the death in New York of Mr. A. F. Lucas, who until about nine years ago was a resident in Wilmington, he having been engaged in the bottling business here. Mr. Lucas since that time has been at the head of a very successful commission business in New York and had many Wilming -ton customers. He married Miss Mamie Gause, of this city, and she with three children survive him, all of whom have the sympathy of many acquaintances hereJ. Mr. Lucas died Sunday night of pneumonia He was a native of Bladen county- and bis age was about 55 years. The funeral will be held in New York to-day. Bankruptcy Cases, Hearing was had! yesterday in the TJnited States Courtroom before S. H. MacRae, Esq., referee in bankruptcy, in the cases of A. C. McEionon, of Maxtm, and J. P. Wilson & Co., of k Warsaw, both of which firms have been duly adjudged bankrupt. In the first named case the j defendant is rep resented by B. F. MeLan, Eq., of Maxtor), and a number of the credi tors by E K. Bryan, Esq., of Wil mington. In the second case Messrs. Stevens, Beasley & Weeks appear for the alleged bankrupt and Junius Davis, Eq , and E. K. Bryan, Esq , represent a large proportion of the creditors. DXt,T70r COMPAWY, DBTHOIT, SXXOXX. For sale by HERBEKT L ENTBE3S. Drusgist. Wilmington, N C. DELEQATE-AT-LARQE. Fayetteville. N. C , April 3rd. Editor Morning Star: Having in view the assured nomination of William J. Bryan, the . Democratic Convention of Cumberland county, instructed its delegates by a -unanimous and rising vote to ask tbe tte Convention to send tbe Hon. E.J. Hale-as a Delegate at Large to the National Convention. Jt was lie sense of the convention that this would be an appropriate rfcognhicn of bis exceptional services in behalf of Mr. Bryan and the principles be r p resents, and the policies advocated by him. As is well known Major Hale eD joys the confidence and estetm of the lead ers of tbe National Democracy in an unusual degree. He was one of tbe eight invited to decide upon the original draft of tbe Chicago platform-, and was the author of several of its important provisions. On the day on which it was known that Mr. Bryan was defeated for tbe Presidency, Mxjir Hale placed lis. name at the h-ad of bis papr, tbe Fayetteville Observer, as the party's candidate for 1900 and has kept it triers ever since. He said he did this b' cause, in his belief, Mr. Bryan embodi d the principles whose enforcement, he pre dicted, would be-necessary, for the preservation of the republic. He has stuck to this presaging text with a per sistency and consistency which sur pass, as far as my observation goes, those of any other public men in tbe Union. At the same time he has bem loyal in the highest degree and uudrr all circumstances to tbe State Democ racy, while years-a tro be began to ad vicate the policy which has culmi nated in tbe present supreme issue. For these reasons, and in conformity with the action of the Cumberland -Democracy, 1 have felt it to be toy $ duty, as it is my pleasure, with your kind permission,-to hddress the State Democracy in his brhalf. . It would be a graceful recognition of Major Hale's distinguished services and ability for the State Convention to elect him delegate at large by ac clamation. - H L. Cook, Chm'n Cumberl ndCo.Dem. Ex. Com. TOLBERT'S NARROW ESCAPE. A Band of Masked men Were After Him, But Being Warned in Time He Qot Away. Bv TelesrraDh to tbe Mornlne Star. Atlanta, Ga , April 4. A special to tbe Constitution from Columbia, S. C, says: - ' . James W. . Tolbert, who was ex pe'led from Greenwood county, after narrowly escaping severe handling, and whose broi her is contesting tbe seat of Congrrssman Latimer in the Third district, -narrowly escaped fallii g into the hands of a mob last night Mis. Tolbert is postmaster at McCormick. Greenwood county, a few. mils from Pen nix. and her husband arrived there yesterday. Last .Spring Tolbert made overtures to the people of Greenwood, and on certainpromises made to a newspaper man as to abstaining from politics, be .was permitted to quirtty return IqUiattown. Subsequently he pushed lmCOnteBt in Washington and denied tbe conciliatory statement at tributed to him.; He was thereupon again warned not to return to Green wood. At midnight a band of masked men ' went to the house Tolbert was in. A Democrat, prominent in the town, hearing of the contemplation, and be ing opposed to violence, sent a warn- ing a few minutes before, the house was surrounded, and Tolbert escaped from the back door. Tolbert fled to tbe depot and got on a train, bui fear ing a mob at Troy, stopptd at the next station and is supposed to have spent tbe night in tbe woods, ibis morn- ins be appeared at the house of W. W. Sturkey and appealed for protection. CASE AGAINST THE QWN0RS. f Judge Brown Refused a Warrant for Re moval to Savannah. By Teiettraph to tbe Morning- Star. . New York, April 4. Judge Brown, of the United States District Court, has refused a warrant of removal ap plied for in the case of Captain Car ter's contractors, B D. Greene. J. F. Gay nor, E H. Gayror and ,W. T. Gay nor. indicted in Savannah. He ordered th discharge of tbe prisoners without prejudice to further proceed ings. The grounds for the refusal were the absence of sufficient testimony as to tbe guilt of th ccued. Nasal CATARRH In all its (tages there should be cleanliness. ; Ely's Cream Balm cleannes, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It enres catarrh and drives away a cold in tbe head quickly, . ! Cream Balm Is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. . It is not drying does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug- ' gists or by mail j Trial Size, 10 cents by mallJ ELY BROTHERS, M Warren Btrset, New York, autrtstt thsatu Tilll IN n
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