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A COWARDLY DODGE.
Yesterday we referred to the case
of Jorge Cruz, a Porto Rican, who
had been brought to New York by
the Herald under contract, but who
was refosed permission to land, and
was held to be deported, because he
had been brought, as alleged, to this .
country in violation of tbe alien I
contract law. Steps were at once
taken to test the legality of his de
tention and deportation with the
view to bringing the case before the
Supreme Court of the United States
to obtain a judicial decision as to the
status of the people of Porto Rico,
as to whether they are aliens, which
they mn$t be if they can be excluded
under the alien contract law, or citi
zens of the United States.
Judge Dittenhoeffer, who had
been retained to argue' the case foi
Cruz, applied for a writ of habeas
corpus and for another of certiorari
to Judge Lacombe, of the U. S.
Circuit Court, who granted both
and made them returnable before
him the next day; but before the
writs were returned Secretary Gage,
doubtless, after consultation with'
other members of the administra
tion, forestalled judicial proceed
ings by issuing . the following to
Commissioner Fitchie, in pursuance
of which Cruz was released:
"You will allow Jorge Cruz to land,,
the department ieserviog the right to
depart him at any time vvithiu one
j ear, and to bring suit for $1,000 pen
ally egain&t the person or corporation
assisting, er couragiog or soliciting him
to come in under contract.
''It appears that Cruz camo without
knowledge that he was in violation of
law, if he be here in violation of law.
It further appears that he was brought
here to make a moot cas, and not in
good faith, aa a contract laborer.
"This beiDg an isolated case, public
interests are not affected by allowing
hia to land subject to future deporta
tion. "Legislation now pending in Con
gress may change the present status.
"The department prefers to test the
nnpstinn hv brino-inc unit to TPCOVftr
the penalty imposed by law upon the
person who brought Ciuz into the
country under contract.
"The matter will be referred to the
Departm nt of Justice, with request to
take such action in this direction as
the case may justify."
This is interesting not only as an
exhibition of moral cowardice, but
as a piece of trickery to prevent a
judiciat interpretation of -an impor
tant matter under dispute, as a
sneaking subterfuge in the reasons
assigned for the action taken, and as
a vital blow at the alien contract
law which Mr. Gage professes to re
spect and which it is duty to see en
forced. If Cruz" was an alien Sec
retary Gage had no right to let him
land; if there was any doubt as to
whether he was an alien or not he'
should, instead of trying to prevent
it, be among the first to seek a judi
cial decision that the doubts might
' be removed. The subterfuge is ap
parent in the face of the instruc
tions given to the commissioner.
The reasons assigned show the sub
fnn anA ftio AnAcrn. How does he
" e
know that the man Cruz was not
brought here in good faith, but sim
ply to make a moot case for the
courts? But even if so, shouldn't
he be as anxious as any one to have
such a case settled by law? How
does he- know that Cruz was igno
rant of the fact that a law was vio
lated in making a contract with him
to come to this country to work?
If ignorance suspends the law in his
case doesn't it apply to nearly every
foreigner who has been or may be
employed under contract in viola
tion of that law? How many labor
ing foreigners or foreigners of any
other class are supposed to be in
formed on the laws of the United
States, and if ignorance of the law
be a reason why it should be bus
perided in the case of this Porto
Bican, isn't it equally a reason why
it should be suspended in the case
of all people brought into the
country under contract," and' isn't
this virtually nullifying the law by
the very men whose duty it is to en
force it?,
To RAprflfarv Gasra a law under
j o - -
himselt ? If not how can he per
mit this man to land in the face of
a law which the Commissioner of
Immigration says has been violated,
and if permitted to land how can
he pick him up any time within
twelve months and deport him
Once landed by permission that law
VOL. XXXI.
and Secretary Gage has no right to
deport him.
If this man can come in so 'can
another Porto Rican, and dozen's or
hundreds or thousands, and so can
the'Filipinos, and under these in
structions of Secretary Gage each
one of them will have as good reason
for landing as Jorge Cruz had, for
non of them is supposed to know
anything, about the alien contract
law, and neither are the Japanese or
the Chinese. Whether an "isolated
case" or not ("isolated cases" have
frequently occurred but have never
before been so disposed of) this ac
tion of Secretary Gage opens the
door to thousands and practically
nullifies the law.
But aside from this, it is a pitiable
exhibition of cowardice to cause de
lay, give time and stave off action
on this Porto Bican question until
after the next campaign. This case
would bring up the whole Porto
Bican question and the constitution
ality of the legislation enacted and
pending, and might knock into flin
ders the whole scheme by which the
administration and its supporters
propose to govern our new acquisi
tions on the novel plan devised by
them, by virtue of the constitution,
as they claim, but entirely outside
! of the constitution.
They pretend
to be . acting r in pursuance
of
constitutional power, but simply
lack the - blunt candor of old
Senator Morton, who when asked if
I the proposed reconstruction meas-
ures for the Senate were constitu
' tional blurted, out: "Constitutional?
H 11, no; they are extra-constitu-j
tional." So with all this legislative
scheming with bur new acquisitions
I it is extra-constitutional,
j Bnt does any one suppose that if
Secretary Gage and his advisers
thought they would be sustained
i by the U. S. Supreme Court - he
I would have resorted to this coward-
ly dodge to prevent the case from
going as .speedily as possible before
thecourt, and that he would not
: have done all he could to hasten it?
Of course he would, and by taking
.' the course he has taken he has sim-
ply proclaimed, the fact that he and
j those with whom he acts are afraid
of the result and fear to go before
! the United States Court. That is
. the construction the American peo
ple will put upon his action, and it
is the right one.
ROOSEVELT'S WISH. ""
Mr. David Starr Jordan, Presi
dent of Leland Sanf ord University,
in Californiawho is a Republican,
announces that he will vote for
Bryan next time. Attending- an
educational convention at Indian
apolis last week he announced this
fact, referring to which a dispatch 'to
the Washington 'Post quotes him as
follows:.
"He opposed the Filipino war, and
declared that he would vote for Bryan
now, although he did not in 1896. -
"He was asked: 'Is it Bryan's or
McKin ley's view that is gaining among
the people?'
" After all this talk, do you ask
what I think? Let me quote you Gov.
Roosevelt on that. He said to me last
week 'Jordan, I wish to God that
we were out of the Philippines and
had them off our hands' and many
Republicans are thinking the same. I
am free to quote Roosevelt because I
consider him in many respects one of
the greatest men in the Republican
party.'"
This is a somewhat remarkable
utterance for Governor Roosevelt,
who has been one of the stalwarts,
but he was talking in private then
and probably hadn't thought of his
remarks' being made public. There
is little likelihood of his having been
misquoted.
In speaking thus, he uttered the
sentiments of thousands of Republi
cans, even among those who are
supporting the McKinley policy in
the Philippines, for there is no
doubt that they are heartily sick of
that job and regret that they ever
got into it. A good while ago before
they had made the awful mess of it
they have made, Mark Hanna wish
ed that the Philippines were "at the
bottom of the sea" and he didn't
have half as much reason to wish
that than as he has now.
Governor Roosevelt and the rest
of them could get these islands "off
their hands" very easiljf if they would
simply assure the Filipinos that we
are not fighting to subjugate them,
but simply to restore law and order,
to see stable government established,
and when that is done to let them
govern themselves. There are some
other things that might have to be
considered, such as indemnity for
the purchase money, war expenses,
etc., but these could doubtless be
amicably arranged after the main
issue of self government was settled.
The customs officers at Seattle,
Wash., the other day got the pull as
it were on the State Penitentiary,
and seized for duties' ninety tons of
jute, imported from Calcutta. They
have a rope factory in the Pen.
Five , years ago Japan had forty-
five cotton mills with 476,123
spindles. Two years ago these had
? increased to seventy-two vmills w'th
1,146,749 spindles, which shows that
BENIGHTED AND FOOLHARDY.
LEADERSHIP.;
Some of the hardest blows the
Republican leaders in Washington
from -President down, are now get
ting are from Republican papers
and from some of ithe most stalwart
of them, papers which have hereto
fore never failed to stand by the
party and to support its policies.
We have quoted from a number of
these, among them the Chicago
Times-Herald owned and edited by
a personal friend of Mr. McKinley,
one of the men who joined Hanna in
the movement to make him Presi
dent, and one who has stood hy him
ever since in all his positions, until
the Porto Rican infamy. Before the
passage of that bill by the Senate,
in the face of such universal protest
against it, this friend and champion
of Mr. McKinley, thus gave utter
anc to his amazement and disgust;
Americans wonder and scoff at the
fatuity with which British comman
ders permit themselves to be entrap
ped and humiliated by Boer strategists
in South Africa while under their own
eyes in Washington the Republican
leaders are rushing opened-eyed into
as fatal a trap as ever-yawned before a
great party-
In vain are the warning cries of
faithful friends.
In vain are the appeals to duty, jus
tice and good faith.
In vain are the traditions of the Re
public. . In vain are all invocations to save
the nation's plighted word from dis
la vain are the rumblings of pop
ular wrath, the threats of party dis
aster.
"Rooted in dishonor by petty polit
ical considerations and sordid special
interests, the Republican majority in
the Senate today proposes to jtn
through the iniquitous Porto Rican'
tariff bill.
4 'Never in the history of military or
political warfare has there been such
an instance of. benighted and fool
hardy leadership. -
"This is not a political question, but
a moral one, and the American peo
ple will not accept the intrigues of
Washington politicians or the inter !
ests of trade as superseding the teach
ings of the decalogue and the gos
pels.
Af ter the Senate the House of Rep
resentative !
"After the House the President 1
. "And after the President and
greater than the Senate, House and
President the people !"
But this was no "trap." No one
opposed to the Republican party
lured the Republican statesmen into
it. It was all work of. their own
planning and accomplished in spite
of the opposition of Democrats and
of the few Republicans who set a
higher estimate on plighted faith
and national honor than they did on
lucre for campaign purposes. There
wasn't any trap in it. It was sim
ply money that Hanna wanted. No
wonder Republicans with anything
like a sense of decency and. honor
are amazed and disgusted. '
PENDER'S SMALLPOX CASE.
Prompt Action Retards a Possible Coots
ion Drs. McMillan and Lncas Re
turned to the City Yesterday.
Dr. W. D. McMillan, superintend
ent of health of New Hanover, and Dr.
George F. Lucas, Pender county's
wide-awake superintendent, returned
yesterday from Sloop Point on the Pen
der coast, where they went Thursday
to look into a reported case of. 'small
pox near there.
Dr. McMillan tells the Stab that he
and Dr. Lucas found a well defined
case of the disease near Edgecombe, on
the W. & N. railroad. James Clayton,
a young colored man, is the patient.
He was quarantined in Norfolk for the
disease and after three attempts, it is
said, he made his escape from the
guards and came to his home near
Edgecombe. Dr. McMillan, in his
characteristic way of "getting on" to
everything concerning health matters,
heard of the presence of the disease at
Edgecombe and reported the matter to
Dr. Lucas, who came to Wilmington
to secure Dr. McMillan's services in
diag osing the case. The doctors saw
the case ten days after eruption, and
the disease fs very pronounced so Dr.
McMillan says. i , '
Dr. Lucas upon the diagnosis
I promptly took the matter in hand and
Quarantined Clayton's family of
twelve persons antf ten other "con
tacts," placing them all under guard.
He and Dr. McMillan vacinatedc in
all about 138 residents of the neigh
borhood and it is believed that the dis
ease is now under control of Dr. Lucas,
whom Dr. McMillan highly com
mends for his prompt, active and ef
fectual services in the matter.
Dr. McMillan says that Dr. Lucas
notified Dr. E. L. Cox, superintendent
of health of Onslow county, of sever
al exposures which escaped over into
his territory. All of these were over
hauled, vaccinated and quarantined.
Dr. Cox speaks in very complimenta
ry terms of the kindness to him in the
matter by Drs. McMillan and Lucas.
Stole Suit and Sample Cases.
Mr. R. E. Wooten, the popular trav
elling man for the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, of Winston, found
himself minus his dress suit case and
samples when he arrived at The Orton
yesterday to spend Sunday at his
favorite holstery. It all came about
from handing his baggage at the
train to a strange negro, who refused
to comply with Mr. Wooten's request
to carry it to the hotel, and mysterious
ly made his disappearance 'when the
unsuspecting travelling man turned
nsidfi into a store for the purpose of
makinga purchase before going -'to his
hotel. The matter has been reported
w
EEELY
WILMINGTON, N. C,
THE COURT CALENDAR
.Arranged Yesterday Morning by
Members of the Wilming
ton Bar.
WILL BE CONVENED APRIL 16.
Case of Mrs. Strauss Against the City of
Wilmington Set for First Day The
Cases Against Policemen for
Alleged False Arrest.
The Spring term of New Hanover
Superior Court will be convened here
by His Honor Judge George H.
Brown, Jr., on to-morrow week. So
licitor Rudolph Duffy will be in at
tendance as solicitor, and it is expected
that the term will last for two weeks,
though there are few cases of general
importance to-come up for trial. The
motion and summons dockets, which
are being prepared by Col. Jno D.
Taylor, clerk of the court, are small
for the term in comparison to those of
the past few terms, and outside of those
mentioned in the Star during the past
week, there are no cases of very gen
eral importance thereon.
The case of Mrs. Strauss against the
city for $50,000 alleged damages on ac
count ofln juries to her husband which
culminated in his death? by reason, it
is claimed, of negligence on the part
of the defendant city, has been set for
the first case on the first day of the
term- It will be remembered that in
1899 a trial of the action resulted in a
mistrial and it is expected that this
will be one of the most interesting of
the cases on the trial docket.
On Monday of the second week the
cases against Policeman H. H.Woebse,
et al., for alleged false arrest of
Messrs. W. T. Mercer and Ira Wil
Hams will be heard. The complainants,
ask for considerable damage and the
termination of the. case will
likely settle some fine points of muni
cipal police authority. The circum
stances of the incident are well re
membered by . Star readers. L V.
Grady, Esq., has been retained as
counsel for the plaintiff and Herbert
McClammy, Esq., and city attorney
Meares will represent the police offi
cers. The following is the trial docket as
arranged yesterday morning by mem
bers of the Wilmington bar:
Monday Mrs J. R. Strauss, Ex. vs.
City of Wilmington; Salomon King
vs Harriet King.
Wednesday R. W. Hicks vs. John
R Turrentine; George P. Cotchett vs.
Virgiuia Carolina Chemical Company.
Thursday Meta H. Hullen vs. City
of Wilmington ; J. E. Taylor vs. W.
rf. Howe, W. F. Alexander vs. J. W.
Plummer, Jr. ; Lerch Brothers vs. H.
L. Fennel
Friday City of Wilmington vs.
Caroline Howe, et. al. ; W. E. Worth
& Co. vs. T. J. Fergurson & Co.; W.
A. Farris vs. T. J. Fergurson ; J. L.
Boatwrieht vs. T. J. Fergurson, &
Co. ; S. W. Sanders vsT. J. Fergur
son & Co. ; Giles Cannon vs. T. J.
Fergurson & Co. ; H. E. Bonitz vs.
Frank T. Mills; National Cash Regis
ter Co. vs. Lucy J. Farriss. :
Saturday R. W. Smith vs. Inter
state Telephone and Telegraph Co. ; J.
D'Sidbury vs. W. T. Bannermann;
Laura Gertrude Hales vs. J. W.
Harper.
Monday, (second week) S. H. Fish-
blate vs. Wallestine, Klee & Co. ; W
m nr.a- . TT TT Wnnke. of ol
I. C. Williams vs. H. H. Woebse et
al.; Isaac "Wilson vs. Elsie Wilson;
Laura Brown vs. Alexander Brown;
Mary E. McGee vs. A. W. McGee;
Alice Beasley vs. John Beasley.
Tuesday, (second week) Navassa
Guano Co. vs. McNair & Fearsall; B,
F. Penny vs. W., C. & A. Railroad
Company; B. F. Keith vs. Willard
Bag Manufacturing Company; W. W,
Kimball Co. vs. M. P. Taylor, Jr.;
W. W Kimball Piano Co. vs. Walter
G. MacRae.
Wednesday, (second week) Lloyd
C. McKoy vs. Carolina Central Rail
road Company ; City of Wilmington
vs. J. D. Bellamy; Lloyd C. McKoy
vs. Carolina Central Railroad Com
pany.
Thursday, (second week) J. H.
Sloan vs. J. H. Hines; L. A. Weedon
vs. American Bonding and Trust Co. ;
C. S. Grainger vs. American Bonding
and Trust Co.
Friday, -(second week) H. L. Peter
son vs. Joseph H. McRee; Thomas &
Mercer vs. Morri3 Johnson and wife,
WILL SPEAK IN THIS CITY.
Wilmlneton is Included in Itinerary of
State Candidates' Meetings.
In the itinerary of the places to be
visited by the various, candidates for
State offices for the purpose of holding
white supremacy rallies and ratifica
tion meetings, Chairman Simmons,
among other places, has designated the
following: Charlotte, Saturday, April
28th; Fayetteville, Monday, April
30th; Rocky Mount, Tuesday, May 1st;
Wilmington, Wednesday, May 2d;
Newbern, 'Friday, May 4th; Elizabeth
City, Saturday, May 5th.
At these meetings the several candi
dates will be present and discuss the
subjects of Good Government, the
Constitutional Amendment and White
Supremecy, and everybody is invited
to attend.
The Wilmington Street Rail
way Company will shortly install a
new clock in front of Zoeller's jewelry
store, near the Princess street junction
for the use of conductors in arranging
their schedules. "The big town clocks
won't do," remarked'one of the street
railway men yesterday.
'much variation."
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900,
ATTACK N. C. ELECTION LAW. !
Representatives Linney and White Mr.
Klnttz's Reply Butler to Speak In
Boston Pearson-Crawford.
iSpecioi Star Telegram.
Washington, D. C, April 5,
When the Howaiian bill was up to day
Representative White introduced an
amendment to strike out the section of
the bill requiring voters to pay a poll
tax and be able to read and write. He
was supported by Representative
Linney, who set up a long wail on the
present North Carolina elSCtien laws
and the proposed amendment.
Representative Kluttz got the floor
for a few moments in renlv to the
Bull of the Brushes," aid made Lin-
ney'a argument look like mincemeat.
But two Republicans supported the
dark featured gentlemen's amend
ment, the result being "practically a
recognition of the proposed election
law.
Senator Butler will speak before the
Bryan Club of Boston on the anni
versary of Jefferson's birthday.
. Major Graham Daves, of Newborn,
N. C, will to morrow appear before
the House Committee on Library in
the interests of Representative Small's
bill to appropriate $5,000 for the erec
tion of a monument on the site of
Fort Raleigh, to commemorate the
first English settlement in America.
It was said to-day that the Pearson-
Crawford case would not be called up
for some time, owing to the death of
Mr. Pearson's son and the press of
public bills, but the rumor could not
be confirmed, as Representative
Roberts, the chairman, is out of the
city.
Washington-, l). OL, April 6. Ac
cording to a report circulated this af
ternoon, Election Committer No. 2 of
the House, which heard the Dockery
Bellamy contested election case, will
report in favor of Bellamy.
Major Graham Dayes, of Newbern,
and Representative Small, were before
the House Committee on Library to
day and spoke in behalf of the bill in
troduced by the lafter, making an ap
propriation for the erection of a mon
ument on Roanoke island, the scene of
the first settlement of the English
speaking race in America. Mr. Small
explained the purpose of the appropria
tion and was followed by Major Daves,
who gave the historical data of: the
several attempts at settlement on
Roanoke Island.
Washington, D. C, April 6. Sen
ator Pritchard to-day introduced the
following bills: Authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay N. S.
McClure, Newton, N. C, $2,525 for
cotton destroyed by the Federal troops
during the civil war; to correct the
military record and grant honorable
discharge to William Fritchard, late
of Company B, 13th Tennessee volun
teers ; to grant a pension of $30 per
month to Lovenia Childs, widow of
A. F. Childs, late of Company D, 9 th
regiment. ,
Washington, April 7. A Demo
cratic caucus will be held at the Capi
tol to-night. The purpose of this is
o reach an agreement upon some
course of action by which the Demo
crats, when the Porto Rican bill shall
come up for a vote on Wednesday,
will gain the advantage in the matter
of pairs, made necessary by absentee!
ism on both sides of the House. It
has been suggested that the caucus
will declare all pairs void, thereby
taking advantage of the greater num
ber of Republican absentees.
Gen. Grosvenor, who is a member of
the Ways and Means Committee which
has the bill in charge, to day, in com
menting on the proposed action of the
Democrats, said : "If this is done by the
Democrats the Republicans will post
pone the vote on the bill and bring for
ward four contested election cases, one
of which is on the calendar and three
in committee. In each case the sitting
member will be unseated, thus increas
ing the Republican ma jority by eight"
It will thus be readily seen that if the
Democrats carry out their plans of to
night's caucus and the Republicans can
muster the necessary votes, Represen
tatives Bellamy and Crawford, who are
among the four mentioned, will un
doubtedly be unseated.
It is a matter of very much doubt
whether or not the Republicans can
muster the necessary votes, as many of
the members are away, and it is said
that some of them are intentionally
absent, not caring to go on record as
again favoring the bill.'
WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY
Was in Session Last Week at Faison
Returning Members Yesterday.
Rev. A. D. McClure pastor of St
Andrew's Presbyterian Church, of
this city, Revs. L. W. Curtis and W.
N. Shaw, of Southport, Sheriff Clark
and Rev. A. McFayden, of Clark ton,
arrived in the city yesterday from
Faison where they have been attend
ing Wilmington Presbytery., There
was a grand attendance and the ses
sion Was opened with a sermon by
Rev. P. C. Morton, the retiring mod
erator. who sooke on the "Baptism of
The Holy Ghost"
Rev.R.Murphy Williams was elected
moderator and Rev. E. E. Lane and
Elder W. I. Shaw clerks.
Rav. W. M. Shaw, of Southport,
and Ruling Elder Pearsall were elected
delegates to the General Assembly,
Rev. C. G. Vardell. president of
Red Springs Seminary, was in atten
dance and delivered a splendid ad
dress on Education.
Jno. D. Southerland, Jr., of
Kenansville, through his attorney, C.
D. Weeks, Esq., yesterday filed in the
United States District Court a petition
in voiuntary bankruptcy. The lia-
about $300.
! DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Will Meet in Ralelth Wednesdav Th
Programme-Toe Nominajlons-U. S.
court lor Wilmington Postponed.
.Special Star Telegram.'
Raleigh, N. OV, April 7. Wake
.county Democrats held their conven
tion today and app Dinted delegates
to the State and Congressional con
ventions.. No candidates were en
dorsed.
After the .convention Chairman
Simmons spoke to those present on
the amendment.
Rockingham 'county instructs for
Cunningham for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Durham county endorses J. S. Carr
for United States Senator.
Anson county instructs for Everett
for Treasurer.
Democrats of the Twenty-seventh
Senatorial district at Statesville to
day riominated Chas H. Armfield, of
Iredell, and D. M. Reece. of Yadkin.
The Democratic State Convention
will ba called to order in the Academy
of Music next Wednesday at 11.45
o'clock by State Chairman Simmons,
who will name as temporary chairman
E. Yi Webbvtof Shelby. Hon. Cjrus
B. Watson, of Winston, will probablv
be made permanent chairman. Ad
mission to the , hall will be by ticket
until all the delegates are seated, after
which others will be admitted.
Aycock will be put in nomination
for Governor by Hon. M. H. Justice,
of Rutherford, and the nomination
seconded by E. W. Pou, of Johnston.
United States Court at Wilmington.
United States Court at Wilmington
will not be held in May as
usual and as provided by law,
but an order has been issued by the
clerk directing the jurors, witnesses and
defendants to be present on June 18th,
instead. This adjournment is made
necessary by the fact that Judge Pur
nell has been designated to sit with the
Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond,
Va.j early in May. It is understood
that both Judge Go ff and Judge Stm
onton will visit this district this Sum
mer. i;e of these will sit with Judge
Purnell at the court in Rileigh and the
other at Wilmington. It i3 not yet,
known which one will come here and
which will be in Wilmington.
COUNTYTREASURER'S REPORT
The Receipts and Disbursements of Public
Funds for the Month of March by
Treasurer Green.
The auditing committee of the Board
of County Commissioners yesterday
afternoon received and approved the
monthly report of County Treasurer
H. McL. Green, which shows receipts
and disbursements of public funds for
the month of March as follows :
Receipts Balance from February
account, $10,14516; W. G. MacRae,
property tax, $950; back taxes, $359.48;
marriage license, $23 75; forfeiture of
road duty in Cape Fear township, $8.
Total, $10,545 89.
Disbursements Public buildings,
$250.46; superior court, $17.90; crimi
nal court, $3.80; military, $600.00; jail.
$153.65; magistrates, $4 05; county
home, $127.66; city hospital, $250.00;
out door poor, $485 65 ; county fence,
$15.61; road and bridges, $335.23;
register of deeds, $12 60; attorney.
$25.00; superintendent of health, $75;
coroner, $31,65; constable, $36.10;
commissioners, $83.40; clerk, $50; jan
ltor, $15; Treasurer's commissions,
$37.53. Total, $2,640.29.
The balance to the general county
fund is $7,905.62. and to the special
fund $2,766.64.
Death of Dr. J. M. Worth.
The Star sincerely regrets to learn
of the death of Dr. John M. Worth, at
his home in Asheboro, Randolph coun
ty, Thursday. Dr. Worth was about
87 years old and had been .for some
time in declining health, but until
quite recently took an active interest
in progressive movements in his coun
ty. and always an active interest in
public affairs. As a true, sterling man,
citizen and Democrat, he commanded
universal . confidence, and as State
Treasurer for years, he did more than
any other man in it to rehabilitate the
State financially and establish her
credit His administration was such a
success, and so closely did he guard
the State's revenues and see that they
were properly disbursed, that he be
came commonly known as "Honest
John Worth." In addition to being a
man of unquestionable integrity, of
unwavering devotion to the princi
ples he believed in, and of great exe
cutive and financial ability, his char
acteristic was plain, honest dealing,
and contempt for pretences and
schemes of all kinds. In his death the
State loses a devoted and honest son,
in whose long career there is no blem
ish.
Dr. Worth was a brother of the late
Governor Worth and of Mr. B. G.
Worth of this city. The latter left
here several days ago to be with his
brother in his last illness. The funeral
is announced to take place in Ashe
boro to-day.
Deputy Sovereign Commander.
Sovereign W. H, Badon, of Live
Oak Camp, No. 6, Woodmen of the
World, this city, has received his com
mission as Deputy Sovereign Com
mander of the district embraced by
Richmond, Moore, Harnett, Wayne,
Greene, Craven, Pamlico and all
other counties in the State south of
those mentioned. The commission
gives him power to re-build and insti
tute new lodges and do other work of
this character. His commission is in
force until December 31st, 1900.
NO. 25
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Col. W. J. Woodward Has Named the Fif
teen Delegates from New Hanover.
Alternates Also Selected.
Col. W. J. Woodward, Chairman of
the Democratic County Convention,
to whom was delegated the power to
name delegates to.the State and Sena
torial Conventions, has made the fol
lowing announcements as to the State
meeting, which will be held at Ra
leigh next Wednesday :
Delegates Duncan McEachern, J.
Allen Taj lor. Wm.; Gilchrist, O. W.
Worth, B. F. King, E. K. Bryan. M.
J. Heyer. L. B. 8asser, W. R Kenan,
J. W. Jackson, Marsden Bellamy, W.
A. Johnson, James I. Metts, W. E
Worth and S. P. McNair..
Alternates. W. H. Sprunt,: J. C.
Stevenson, G. H. Smith, J. H. Wat-
ters, Roger Moore, W. B. Cooper, L.
Bluenthal, Clayton Giles, B. F. Hall,
-W. H. Bernard, F. E. Habhagen, W.
U. Ualloway, Alex. Adrian, R W.
Hicks and G. J. Boney.
It will be seen that New Hanover is
entitled to fifteen votes in the State
Convention.
Delegates to the Tenth Senatorial
district convention will be appointed
later The date for the Senatorial con
vention will be named later by ' the
executive committees of New
Hanover and Brunswick counties.
which comprise the district.
WILMINGTON SIXTY YEARS AGO.
What She Was Doing, What She Did and
Who Did It.
Sixty years ago Wilmington cele
brated the completion of the W. &
W. Railroad by giving a big dinner to
the stockholders and their friends.
One thousand people participated;
came from all points between Weldon
and Wilmington. They brought with
them a barrel of Roanoke water which
we mixed with a barrel of our Cape
Fear water, together with plenty if
lemons and sugar and Salisbury
'corn." This formed a part of the li
quids for the occasion. The gather
ing was a big one for those davs.
and the occasion was one of no
little interest to the citizens of
Wilmington who had subscribed for a
larger amount of.stock in the road than
the entire property of Wilmington
was assessed at. Hence the occasion.
The day was one of great interest and
rejoicing.
Sixty years ago the two squares be
tween Market and Princess, Water
and S-cond streets, went up in ashes;
every building except the Cape Fear
Bank, which stood I where now stands
the elegant Masonic Temple, was des
troyed by the. flames cf the great
'Dawson fire," which started in Mr.
Dawson's store, standing on the south
east corner of Front and Market streets.
Who were the leading men the
business men of that day and had
done so much towards the success of
While every good citizen did all he
could towards the success of the enter
prise, I will not attempt to name but
a few of them, viz: Gen. E. B. Dud
ley, Gen James Owen. W. A. Wright.
J. G. Wright, Dr. DeRosset. Sr.. Dr.
F. J. McRee, Dr. Bellamy, James Cas-
sidy, Jno. A. Taylor, M. London, Col.
John McRee, Gen. Alexander McRee,
Henry Wutt, J. K. Dickinson, Dr. Thos.
Wrignt, John Walker and T. I. Davis.
A few of the principal merchants were
Aaron Lazarus. R. W. Brown. Dickr
inson & Morris, vessel agents to pro
cure charters or freight for the cap
tains or masters. The writer has count
ed 150 sail vessels in port at one time
mostly Drigs ana lop-sail scnooners,
and two thirds of them consigned to
Dickinson & Morris. Stone & Ellis
were large ship brokers; Hall & Arm
strong, wholesale grocers. Alex An
derson, John Dawson; W. A. Wil
liams and Joe Sintas were among the
Market street merchants.
Moke Anon.
March 23d, 1900.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL.
Usual Exercises at Schubert Hall by the
Pupils of Miss Chasten.
At the usual Saturday afternoon re
cital by pupils of Miss Cannie Chas-
ten's piano class yesterday at Schu
bert Hall, the following programme
was delightfully rendered:
"Fairy Waltz." (Pridham) by Miss
Fay Peirce, (pupil of Miss Annie Ul-
rich).
"Sweet Violet." (Spindler) by Miss
Clair Lathrop, (pupil of Miss Carrie M.
Vonttlahn).
"Melody m C," (Beyer) by Miss
Marguerite Kahn, (pupil of Miss Mar-
cella Shrier).' '
"Spring Song," (Grieg) by Miss lsa-
belle Struthers, (pupil of Mrs. M. L.
Chasten).
'Folk Song," (Memtlesabn) Wil
liam ' Corbett, (pupil of Miss Fannie
Corbett).
Elizabeth College Commencement.
The Star acknowledges with thanks
the receipt of the annual commence
ment announcement of Elizabeth
College, Charlotte. Commencement
week will be June lst-5th and the
baccalaureate sermon will be by W. C.
Schaeffer, D. D., of Savannah, Ga. The
address before the Missionary Society
will be by Rev. Wm. A, C. Mueller;
of Charleston. S. C. and the address
before the Literary Societies by Proft
Lawton B. Evans,; of Augusta, Ga.
The college has had a most success
ful session. The students and faculty
have enjoyed good health and earnest
and thorough work has been accom
plished in all departments.
A deed was! yesterday filed at
the court house conveying from Mr.
M. Schnibben and A J. Marshall,
Esq., to Mrs. N. E. Groom the pro
perty on corner of Second and Red
Cross streets, the Bale of which at $1,
875 was noted in the Star several days
ago. It was bid in at public auction
by DuBrutz Cutlar, Esq.
Mr. Marsden Bellamy, Jr., as
commissioner, sold at action yesterday
at noon, at the Court House door,
property on the northeast corner of
Ninth, and Wright streets to Mrs.
Mary E. Walker for $250.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Salisbury Sun: Capt. Benj. H. '
Marsh, one of Salisbury's old and well
known citizens a veritable landmark
of the town died Friday morning.
WindsOl" Ledger: We are s5rry
to learn of the death of our venerable '
and esteemed friend Mr. Richard
Parker, of Aulander, Mr. Parker was ;
ninety years old.
Nashville Graphic- M. John
D Jones, an aged ai d highly res- ,
pected citizen of the Red Oak section
died Sunday . about eleven o'clock,
from an attack of grippe and a slight
stroke of paralysis, y He was 84 years
of age.
Littleton Reporter: Prof. J.
M. Rhodes has donated his entire in
terest in the real estate property of
Littleton Female College to the North
Carolina M. E. Conference, which
makes the College the exclusive
property of said conference.
Laurinburg Times: Quite .a
fatal accident befell the youngest boy
child of onr farmer friend, Mr. Moses
Douglas, on last Monday, the 2d inst.
It seems that the little fellow, with
two others of the family, was fishing '
and gunning when the gun was acci
dentally discharged and the entire
ifiad nassed thrniich hia nwb- VI! m
brothers started home with him, but
the poor little fellow died on the way.
Wilson Times: Last Friday ,
afternoon Mr. Burt Ferrell, who was
well known in t.hta RPO.t.mn vaaa
found dead near his home just across
the Nash county line. Three bullet
holes in bis breast told the cause. A
year ago he had trouble with some of
the members of a family of Deans,
who lived near him, and as his body
wes found in the section of the Deans
home they were suspected. But no
clue can be found to the perpetrators
of the crime, and it will doubtless re
main a mystery.
Newbern Journal: Thursday
night, Ross, and Rudolph Fulcher.
colored, two brothers, were riding in
a buggy on their way home from a
wedding on the plantation of Col.
Whitford6 miles from Pollocksville
when called upon to halt by ' three
men, they did not stop at once, when
one of the men ran up behind Ross
firing a 32 calibre pistol ball in his
back which went into the shoulder
blade and embeded itself there.1 The
doctor probed and found it was two
thirds through the shoulder blade.
Fulcher said they cursed him for not
having any money about himself.
There seems to -be a band of these
robbers in that neighborhood as this is .
the fourth person held up by these
three men within two months.-
Statesville Landmark: Mr. W. '
P. Reinhardt, a prominet citizen, aged
about 80 years died, at his home in
Hickory Tuesday night. He was for
merly prominent in Catawba's politics
and represented the county in the Leg-
lature. Mr. Giles Basic ger, a
young man of Rowan county dropped
dead Tuesday morning while working y
in the field. Without a moment's
warning he fell forward and died be
fore assistance could reach him. Mr.
Basin ger was only 22 years old and
unmarried. The big bonded ,
wuissey wareuouse oi iur. j . v.
yis, of Davidson county, was burned
Friday night. At the time of the fire
there were supposed to be 35 barrels of
wnisney in the warehouse and it was
all consumed.
GEN. OTIS COMING HOME. '
Relieved of Command In the Philippines
at His Own Request MacArlbur
to Succeed Otis. '
Hy Telegraph td tne aiornlua BUr.
Washington, April 7. General
i Svaahi T n Miti n I it jJ q w w-im wr ti l
command of the United States forces
in the thilip pines and of the Eighth V
army corps. The correspondence '
showing how this was brought about
was made public at the War Depart
ment this afternoon. It is as follows :
" "Manila, April 8. Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington. Private interests
require my return to (states ; aosent,
from family and business, attention to
which important, since November,
1897, except few days; wish to sail by
May first if possible; believe matters
here can be placed in quite satisfac
tory condition by that date, although
large repressive military force 'taust
be maintained for some time.
Signed ' "Otis.'.'
" Washington. April 3 Otis. Ma
nila. Replying to your cable of April
3rd, the Secretary ol war instructs,
me to say that the President regrets to
have you leave the Philippines, but
be feels that your distinguished and
BUUCiuiroi vivo iu wu.u uuuwuj bum
civil administration for nearly two
mom nnfiHa Trrkii f r nmmnf nnmnli
ances with whatever wish you choose f
to express regarding your assignment
tr Hntv and the requisite order will be i
made for your return May 1st by
such route and taking such time as
may be agreeable to you. With
understanding that General MacAr
thur will succeed you as military gov
ernor, the Secretory of War wishes
recommendation for commander of
department of Northern Luzon. .
Signed "CORBIN." r
"Manila, April 6. Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington Will remain until
certain important modifications civil
administration determined. New code
judicial criminal procedure approach
ing completion and other matter re
ceiving consideration ; think can leave
about May first. Will cable latter part
of month date I desire to be relieved
and recommend officer for department
commander. Wish to return by most
expeditious ; route, and await orders
short time until private business re
ceives attention. No request to make
regarding future sphere of duty. '
Signed "OTIS."
READY FOR, ACTION.
Clash Between Military Forces at Frank
fort, Ky., Narrowly Averted.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Frankfort, Ky., April 7. Aelash
between the opposing militia was nar
rowly averted here to-night. Two sol
diers at the State House were arrested
for drunkenness by the police and their
comrades rescued them. " A number of
shots were fired, but no one was hurt.
Chief of Police Williams summoned
his full force and went to the State
House to demand the prisoners. - The
Beckham military authorities inter
cepted the police and dissuaded them
from attempting to capture the men.
who had started the trouble and
who-had been rescued by their com
rades. The soldiers of the opposing
administrations were drawn up ready
for action. "
Articles of agreement for the match
between Gus Ruhlin and Tom Shar
key were signed yesteraay. xney pro
vide that the fight is to be held at the
Seaside Athletic Club on July l6th,(
and if either man is wmppou uoiu
NMb U 1 I'D UIO
A large flouring mill at Proctor
ville, Ohio, caught fire yesterday, and
from this i a conflagration resulted
which destroyed half the thriving little
town. The loa is estimated at $200,
000, with thirty per cent insurance.
has nothing more to do with him,
the Japs, too, are hummers.
to the police.