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VOL. XXXI.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1900.
.NO. 26
THE MONEY SUPPLY.
Having put the country on a gold
baais the advocates of the gold
standard are now congratulating it
on the prospective continuance of
prosperity as a result of what they
.suppose to be the settlement of the
financial question, and of the abun
dance Of money. The gold advo
cates and the Republican politicians
tako much credit to themselves for
the present encouraging conditions,
but as a matter of fact the improve
ment in tho financial condition of
the country is ihe result of causes
with which they are in no way con
nected. It is in a great measure,
and perhaps mainly due to the ex
traordinary demand from other
countries for American products
within the past coupleyears, not only
for our foodstuffs, but also for our
manufactures, of which we are now
shipping a larger volume than ever
before.
Every dollar's worth shipped
abroad means that much added to
the money volume of the country.
It may not all come back in the
form of money, but if it doesn't it
come3 in some other way which prac
tically counts a3 so much money,
for if it is used in settling balances
against u3 it keeps that much money
at home which would otherwise have
gone abroad. This accounts for the
large increase in our supply of gold,
which baa not been drawn upon as
largely as heretofore to, cancel for
eign obligations. The demand for
American foadstuffs, and the in
creased price, with the increase in
the price of Cotton this year has put
much money into the hands of our
farmers which went to pay their
debts,- to buy things they needed,
and things of which they denied
them3elves while money was so scarce
with them, and this money went into
circulation to help business and help
everybody. One dollar kept moving
i3 worth more than ten dollars lock
ed up, and hence; it isn't so much
silver of paper, or of all of them.
It would be better! any distinction
were to be made-that it should con
sist of silveror paper or both than
of gold; for neither of these would
be hoarded as gold is, nor be made
a subject of speculation as gold is.
The Times did not, when it pub
lished this ' editorial, intend to fur
nish fi,n argument to sustain the
contention of the advocates of bi
metallism, but it did, and a strong
one. The main t argument for the
coinage, of silver by the advocates of
the-resumption of coinage in 1878
was that the supply of money was
not sufficient for the needs of the
country, and that the way to supply
the needed volume was to open the
mints to silver. But the gold men
couldn't stand free silver and the
result was the compromise Bland
Allrson act wnich added about $500,
000,000 to the currency of the coun
try. The opposition to that act was
based ' on the theory that it would
make money to abundant and too
"cheap." ' '
Three years ago the advocates of
the free coinage of silver contended
that opening the mints to silver was
the way to prevent contraction of
the currency and to ensure such a
volume as business needed, the
result of which would be the resto
ration of prosperity, which had been
destroyed by the contraction of the
volume and the enhanced value of
gold caused by the demonetization
of silver and the closing of the mints
against it. They contended that a
Bmall volume of currency meant de
pressed industries and stagnated
business, while a large volume meant
active industries and activity in busi
ness. Doesn't the Times, gold organ
as it is, substantially admit this
when it predicts a continued boom in
business based on the present large
'mdney supply,, which will continue
to increase? If this means anything
it means the more money the better,
the greater the. volume of trade and
the greater the prosperity, precisely
what the advocates of free silver
coinage have contended all along.
after the successes of the British
armies peace might have come some
what early, but elated by success
they threw off the disguise and pro
claimed their purposes, and this left
nothing for the Boers to do but
fight or abjectly submit to the
yoke prepared for them. Uronje
and his men went to St. Helena,
and there President Kruger, Steyn
and their generals expect to go if
overcome Or if they surrendered.
To thenj death is preferable to exile
in StHelena or anywhere else, and
to their loyal burghers death is
preferable , to seeing their honored
and idolized leaders subjected to
such a cruel fate and their Repub
lics destroyed, do with them now
it is not only a fight of determina
tion, but of desperation and self
preservation, and the British war
managers arenas responsible for this
as they are for the war itself, which
they could Hate averted but provoked.
STATE CONVENTION.
DUTIES OF COUNTY ,
ELECTION BOARDS
A REP.'POP. COMBINE. AT DEL0AD0 vltiA(iE
McNeill and Turner Nominated
by Acclamation for Corpo
ration Commissioners.
Prescribed in the Act of the Last Legis
lature Relating to the Regulation
of Elections.
THE ELECTORS AT LARGE.
Delegates to the National Convention Ap-polnted-The
Platform Adopted Ad
journment The State Election
, Board County Boards.
Conference of Leaders of the Par
ties in North Carolina Held
in Washington.
Thriving Little Town Gradually Settling
Down After Its Hasty Establishment
Church and School Advantages.
The late "Prof .?' Holden, astrono
mer, of Maine,discotered that the
earth was flat by watching his mill
pond. The mill pond didn't spill
out in the night, as he knew it
would if the earth was round, and
that in his estimation settled the
case for the idiots who had been
contending that it is round and goes
whizzing 'round.
We have heard of cranky fellows
who turned their stomachs into junk
shops, but the latest freak is a Wil
liamsburg, N. Y., boy who took a
weakness for eating, not sawing,
wood. The doctors got hold of him
lately, put him to sleep and raked
about two pounds of bark, shavings,
shingles and other lumber out of
him.
the alleged-volume of money in ex
istence as the activity of the money
that fosters good times, and that's
why the silver or paper dollar is real
ly worth more as a business and pros
perity promoter han the gold dol
lar, for neither of them is hoarded
as the gold dollar is, bu is kept
moving, and going Eromhand to
hand and helps every ore through
whose hands it passes.
The gold organs substantially ad-
mitthis when they predict continued
prosperity based on the increased
ind increasing volume of money. As
illustrating this we quote the follow
ing from the Philadelphia Times, a
very conservative and a very sensi
ble paper but a zealous gold stand
ard paper. Noting the increase in
the volume of money, it says:
"Both in total circulation and in
gold, which is henceforth to be the ba
sis of the circulating medium in law as
well as in theory, the money supply is
greater than, ever before. The total
money of the country on April 1st was
$2,021,274,506, as against $1,927,846,942
April 1st, 1899. an increase of nearly
1160,000.000. The gold supply was
1785,845. 549, as against $727,748,591 a
year ago, a gain of more than $58,000,
000. . Tho balance of the nearly $100,
OOO OOtt-of total increase is chiefly in
national bank currency and fractional
coinage m
"The significance of these statistics
-can hardly be misunderstood.. The
per capita money supply of the
country exceeds $26, the highest ever
known. The purchasing power of the
money was never greater. The bal
ance of trade in our favor so large
that ,a still further increase of the
gojd supply by importation is inevi
table, while the home production of
gold can hardly fall below $75,000,000
and is likely to exceed this sum. The
expansion of the national bank cur
rency due to the passage of the new
currency law. has not reached its
highest limit as yet.
"Every indication points to an ex
pansion of the circulating medium of
the country amounting to nearly one
hundred millions during the coming
year, and with this large amount seek
ing investment in the business of the
country a light money market is hardly
a possibility.. The present boom in
business, judged by the present, and
probable future condition of the money
supply, can hardly - be halted within
the next year or two. With more
than two billions already in circula
tion and the amount increasing daily,
no legitimate business enterprise can
ba in straits for lack of currency to
carry it on."
As far as the volume of money
goes it doesn't matter what kind of
money it is, provided it is money,
and accomplishes the offices of
money, so that-as-Jar s our own
people are concerned it does not
matter whether it consists of gold,
GEff. ROBERTS' TASK.
After the relief of Kimberley and
Ladysmith and the capture of Gen.
Cronje and his little army and the
surrender of Bloemfontein, coming
within such ashorttimeof eachother,
the British people became so elated
that they came to the conclusion
the backbone of Boer resistance
was broken and that May day would
see practically the end of the war.
With the death of Gen. Joubert they
thought .the Boer army had lost its
head and brains, and this .strength
ened the hope of a speedy end ri
the war. :
But they have already discovered
that their hopes are doomed to dis
appointment, for the Boers have
rallied from the depression caused
by their reverses, and the loss of
Cronje-and the death of Gen. Jou
bert, and have for some time been
showing more aggressiveness, energy
and bewildering strategy than they
ever did before, and instead of con
tenting -themselves with defen
sive operations have assumed
the offensive, . and are put
ting Gen. Roberts on the defen
sive, although he has ten men to
their one. The British commander
is actually stiengthening the de
fences of Bloemfontein to resist at
tack, and the same is being done at
Kimberley, where attack seems to
be apprehended. A few days,ago it
was reported that Gen. Roberts had
dispatched troops to drive the enemy
Trom the territory between Bloem
fontein and Kimberley, where a
nVim-fc wTiila fCtta no enemv was in
sight.
This is not a pleasant contempla
tionior those who a short while ago
were rejoicing in the prospect of a
speedy end of that miserable busi
ness, for now the impression is that
the war cannot possibly be closed
before Christmas, while men well in
formed declare that it will take an
other year of marching and fighting
to close it.
If it were an ordinary countrfur
mshing supplies for men and ani
mals, and railroads, or .other good
and sufficient means of transporta
tion, Roberts has men enough there
to close it up in a few months, but
this isn't the case, for he has not
only an inhospitable climate; with
its peculiar diseases for men and
animals, but he has practically' a
desert to cross before he reaches
Pretoria, which must be crossed on
foot and over which provisions, mu
nitions of war, artillery, &c, must
be transported by mules, horses and
oxen. This of course means slow
marching,, while the marches and
the supply trains are liable to har
assing by a resolute, active and wily
foe. And then before Pretoria
is reached, mountain defiles must
be penetrated, every one of which is
fortified with the greatest engineer
ing skill and the most formidable
engines of defence. Pretoria may
be taken, but it will be only after
herculean efforts and much loss of
life to the takers.
A friend, of President McK'nley
says he was, when in Congress, a
great reader and would wade through
several big books on political econ
omy at a sitting. As a sitter he
may be a success, but ' as a sticker
he doesn't amount to shucks. See,
for instance, how he flopped on his
"plain duty."
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Rep., remarks that a Republican
Legislature would give Missouri the
greatest lift she ever had. No doubt
of it. As lifters the Republicans are
generally a howling success. After
they get through there is seldom
anything left worth lifting.
MiBS Coggin, a prominent teacher
in Chicago, in a lecture before her
sister teachers, gate nine reasons
why she had not married, the prin
cipal and entirely sufficient one be
ing that no one had asked her.
It is said that there are over fifty
thousand properties in Cuba encum
bered with mortgages, the aggregate
amount of which is $256,000,000.
That's a pretty well shingled terri
tory, too.
The Republicans of Virginia have
endorsed Hanna for national chair
man for their party. Quite natural.
They never had such a daisy distrib
utor of the needful as Hanna.
The Charlotte Observer says one
of the speakers at the Raleigh con
tention had "North Carolina" in
every sentence. He was determined
on sticking to North Carolina.
General Otis still reiterates that
the war in the Philippines is about
over. As he is coming back it will
be over as to him anyway, and that
will be some satisfaction.
The English Government has or
dered a hundred and fifty American
type writing machines for use in its
official departments. Another trib
ute to American genius.
Confederate Cariosities. .
Mr. John A. Barnes, of this city, is
the possessor of quite a number of old
Confederate letters and stamps, one of
the letters is from Chancellorsville,
Va., dated at Camp via Winchester,
Va., June 16, 1863, and directed to Mrs
John Futch, Bannerman's, N. C. He
has several others from Richmond,
"Va. On one of the envelopes are the
following lines:
Bright Banner ol freedom' with pride I unfold
Fair flag of my country, with love Ibenold thee.
Gleaming above us in treehneea ana youth;
Emblem of Ubertyi symbol of truth.
For the nag of my country in Triumph shaU
O'erthe Southerner's home and the South
erner's graTo. .
Barn and Stables Burned.
A correspondent of the Stab, writ
ing from Mount Olive, says that yes
terday morning, about 9 o'clock the
barn and stables of Mr. J. A. "West
brook was totally consumed by fire.
The loss is about $2,000, and is only
partially covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown. It
caught in the top, as was observed by
Mr. Westbrook, who was attracted by
the smoke soon after the fire started.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, April 12. The
nomination by the State Convention
this morning of Franklin McNeill and
Samuel L. Rogers as Corporation
Commissioners was by acclamation.
All other candidates before the con
vention withdrew before the vote was
taken McNeill was put in nomina
tion by Judge Connor and Rogers by
J. Frank Ray, of Macon.
For Electors at Large Dan Hugh Mc
Lean, of Harnett, and Lee S. Over
man, of Rowan, were selected by ac
clamation ; ail the other names sug
gested being withdrawn.
For delegates at large and alter
nates, the following names were chosen
by roll call: Edward J. Hale, of
Cumberland; Julian S. Carr, of Dur
ham ; Walter E. Moore, of Jackson ;
Thos. A. Jones, of Buncombe. For
alternates i Theo. F. Kluttz, of Rowan;
W. S. Chad wick, of Carteret; B. F.
Aycock, of Wilson; J. G. Hackett, of
Wilkes. v -
Members of the State Executive
Committee and delegates to the Na
tional Convention recommended by
the various districts were accepted by
the convention.
This being done, the platform (as
presented in to day's Stab) was
adopted and the convention adjourned.
State Election Board.
The State Election Board held a
meeting at the Yarborough to-day and
appointed an election board for every
county in the State, as provided by
law. The resignation of W. B. Pol
lard, of Forsyth, who on account of ill
health has never been able to attend a
meeting of the board, was accepted,
and to fill the vacancy, E. H. John
son, also of Forsyth, was chosen and
immediately qualified. All the mem
bers of the board were present, but
Robt. D. Gilmer on account of his be
ing a candidate for a State office was
excused from taking part in the delib
erations of the board. At its next ses
sion, the first Monday in July, he will
resign and bis successor be elected.
The County Boards.
In selecting the members of the
county boards no rule was followed
except that prescribed 'by law, viz: that
they shall be "discreet men." In some
counties all these are Democrats. In
others, there are two Democrats and
one Renublican or Ponulist. But in
no county have the f usionists a major
ity on the board. In making up the
list the wishes of Democrats of the
county were consulted. Where an en
tirely Democratic board was Jasked it
was given,but where it was deemed best
that the other side be given minority
representation a Republican or Popu
list was put on with two Democrats.
The list as finally agreed upon is (in
part) as follows: New Hanover
Martin Newman, E. K. Bryan, F. A.
Montgomery. Onslow M. M. Capp3,
G. H. Simmons, J. A. Pittman. Pen
der W. W. Miller, W. M. Hand, J.
F. Moore. Pitt Leonard Fleming,
F. C. Harding, Jesse Cannon. Rich
mond H. S. Ledbetter, W. T. Cros
land, Alfred Baldwin. Robeson
Frank Goueh. A. C. Oliver, G. H.
Hall. Duplin Dr. J. M. Faison, G.
W. Carroll, S. A. Middleton. Edge
combe W. H. Powell, Jr., of Tar
boro; Elias Carr, Jr., of Old Spart; L.
V. Bassett of Rocky Mount, Anson
Crawford D. Bennett, of Wadesboro;
Jas. T. Henley, of Wadesboro; C. B.
Lindsey, of Liilesville. Brunswick
A. P. Thomas of Calabash, J.
D. Galloway of Southport, G.
H. Bellamy of Elpaso. Bladen
B. B. Cromartie of Elizabeth
town, J. D. Beatty, K. B. Council
of Council's station. Columbus-
Wade Wishart ofWhUeville, D. 8.
Cowan of Robeson, W. E. Thigpen of
Chadbourn. Craven W. D. Mclver
of Newbern, C. E. Troy, S. H. Lane.
Cumberland J. B. Smith of Fayette
ville, J. A. McArthur of Fayetteville,
W. G. Holmes of Fayetteville. Jones
J. H. Barrus, J. W. Wootten, W. B.
,Hargett. Lenoir H. E. Shaw, Shade
Wooten, W. A. Jones. Martin W. E.
Gladstone, B. R. Jenkins, N. S. Pelle.
Greene J. A. Albritton, of Snow Hill;
H. H. Best, of Snow Hill; T. E. Bar
row, of Snow Hill. Halifax T; L.
Emery, of Weldon; J. B. Ricks, of
Enfield; W. F. Butterworth. Har
nett V. L. Stevens, of Dunn; J. A.
Davis, of Linden; J. A. Smith, of
Agier. . Sampson H. E. Faison, A. J.
Johnson, W. E. Stevens. Scotland
J P. McRae, J. T. Bostic, T. T. Mc
Nair. Wayne W. J. Harrison, M. B.
Whitfield, B. F. Aycock. Wilkes
A. M. Pannoy, A. M. Church, J. L.
Hemphill. Wilson J. D. Gold, A.
Barnes,,W. Cherry.
Upon the announcement of the ap
pointment by the State Election Board
of a county board, which is a provi
sion of the last legislature and there-
fore not so familiar to the ordinary
reader, many inquiries were made!
aa to the duties .--devolving upos.
the coHmty boards.
The provision, which is entitled "an
act to regulate elections," stipulates
that "three discreet persons" shall be
appointed by the State Board at least
three months before the next general
election and biennially thereafter
to be be known .as the "coun
ty board of election." It is the
duty of the county board to ap
point all registrars and judges
of election in their respective counties,
and they have the power to remove
any registrar or judge of election ap
pointed by them for incompetency,
failure to qualify within the time pre
scribed by law, failure to discharge the
duties of office after qualifying, or for
any other satisfactory cause. The
county boards hold office at the will of
the State boards and members may be
removed for cause and fined not more
than $50 or imprisoned not more than
thirty days for continuance in the ex
ercise of the functions of their offices
after having been-thus removed. , :.
The Jaw provides aho for the meet,
ingofthe county boards not later
than the first Monday in May, 1900,
and biennially thereafter for organiza
tion by the election of a chairman and
secretary and for the division of the
county into precincts. They may
adopt the present division or may alter
it, but there must be at least one poll
ing place in each precinct Twenty
days notice through some public j our -nal
must be given of any alteration.
An entirely new registration is provid
ed for in the coming election and on
or before the first Monday in June and
bi-ennially thereafter the county board
is required to appoint one registrar for
each precinct and on or before the first
Monday in July it shall also name two
judges of election for each precinct,
who shall be men of good character
and of different political persuasion.
The county board shall also prescribe
the size and color of ballots to be voted
at such general election and shall fur
nish to the clefk of the Superior Court
twenty five samples of such tickets.
The board shall also provide ballot
boxes for the several ; polling places
and have general control of the elec
tion. ,
The chairmen of the county boards
in the various Senatorial districts shall
meet at. a designated place after re
ceiving the general election returns
from the board of county canvassers
and declare the result of the election
of a State Senator or Senators, and
shall also furnish certificates of elec
tion to other successful candidates and
qualify county officers so elected on
the first Monday in December. The
chairmen shall also on or before the
fifth day after the general election
transmit to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives the result of the
election for State officers.
Chairmen of county boards shall re
ceive $1.50 ner day for time actually
employed, and five cents per mile
travelled in actual discbarge of duty,
payment to be made by the several
counties. Members of the county
boards are allowed $2.00 per day for
service actually rendered.
COMPLETE FUSION AGREED.
SENATORIAL PRIMARIES.
Pull Text of Provision of Democratic State
Platform Relative to Election of
U. S. Senator. '
Plan to Checkmate the Democrats Re
publicans to Name the Candidate
. for Governor and Perhaps
L-lsatsnant Governor.
Special Star Telegram.
Washington, D: C, April 13. The
following prominent North Carolina
Populists -and Republicans were to
night closeted with Senators Pritchard
and Butler and Representative Lin
ney : E. C. Duncan, O. H. Dockery,'.
Cyrus Thompson, Chairman Holton,
G. S. Breashers, C. M Bernard, Benj.
Thorp and Millike n. When asked as
to the purpose of the meeting they
said, " Merely on business," and that
there was no politics in it. It was
learned from reliable authority that
the object of the meeting was to agree
on a slate and on a plan to checkmate
the Democrats.
Lateb Senator Pritchard gave out
that the conference had agreed to com
plete fusion. That Republicans would
name the candidate for Governor and
perhaps the Lieutenant -Governor;
the Populists naming the . balance.
That Reynolds would be named
Railroad Corporation Commissio:
He also said the conference would meet
again to-morrow ana agree
slate and plan.
The Court of Claims
mitted to Coneress the ifndine of facts
in the $1,302 claim of Kenneth R. Pen
dleton, of Perquimans county, North
Carolina, for supplies seized by the
Union army during the civil war.
The court recommends an allowance
of $117.
Representative Kluttz is endeavor
ing to get the Committee on Public
Grounds to report on the bill provid
ing for a commission to determine the
location and cost of the proposed Ap
palachian park.
Richmond Pearson is endeavoring to
get Representative Roberts, of Massa
chusetts, to call up the contested elec
tion case of Pearson versus Crawford,
"but it is hardly probable that the case
will come up before the next ten days.
Washington, D. C, April 14. The
Republicans and Populists, mentioned
in last night's dispatches, met in secret
conference in Senator Pritchard's
office to day.
The reports as to what was done are
very conflicting. One is that the Re
publicans were to support Thompson
for Governor and Butler for Senator,
and in return the Populists were to do
all in their power to return Senator
Pritchard to the Senate in 1903.
The other report, which is given out
by what can be termed more re
liable authority, is that they could
not agree to fuse and that there
will be two separate tickets, the
Populist putting up a complete
ticket and the Republicans like
wise, and that this was caused by the
parties not agreeing on the amount of
spoil each should have. The Populists
claim that the Republicans were ask
ing for all the choice plums on the
tree. The greater portion of them are
still in the city.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
submitted to Congress a communica
tion from Major R. L. HallierEngi-.
neer Corps, asking that an appropria
tion be made for a new light house
tender to replace the "Bramble" on
the Fifth N. C. district, in lieu of the
fact that the "Bramble" was not fit
for' service. The Secretary "of the
Treasury recommends the appropriation.
r
UNUSUALL$P5l RONfl ONE.
A visitor to the; new Delgado vil-"
lage to the southeast of the city would
now be surprised to find the remarka
ble signs of progress evidenced upon
every hand and to! note what changes
have been wrought by the establish
ment of the big cotton manufacturing
enterprise there, i The cottages, of
which there are more than a hundred,
are ow well nigh filled with a con
tented set of operatives, who are much
pleased with their new location. The
Mineral Spring affords a copious sup
ply of good water und situated on the
shell road and on the Wilmington
Seacoast railroad, the people find easy
approach to the seaside resorts and
are promised in the- very near future,
excellent school and church advan
tages. '
The company store , in the village
brings the operatives near to market
and it is already-doing a splendid busi
ness. ' 'The hours of labor in the mills
reasonable," remarked a resi-
yesterday, "and the
ve collected trom ail
tate to the new factory
ing to feel at come, ut
course numoer ot contentious per
sons naturally found their way here
the two hundred and more new
peratives who came, but we have
succeeded in 'weeding! these out and
are now pleased j with the new sur
roundings." j
The mill starts up iu the morning at
6 o'clock with forty minutes for din
ner at noon and the day force "knocks
off" at 6.30 in the evening. On Satur
days the operatives are given half holi
day that they may visit the city, beaches
or other places, i
A. new postoffice will soon be estab
lished there and Delgado will be the
most thriving suburb of the city.
FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT.
are
Representative Bellamy's Opinion of the
State Ticket Nominated by the Dem
ocrats at Raleigh.
' Special Star Telegram.
Washington, April 12. Represen
tative Bellamy, when asked to day to"
give his views on the recent Demo
cratic State ticket nominated at
Raleigh, gave out the following: "I
hape just heard of tho report of the
convention, except as to a few posi
tions not yet selected. It has dis
played great wisdom. The candidates
chosen are very strong and popular.
Our candidate for Governor is a man
of splendid sense and fine education
and is to day the j best speaker on the
hustings in the State. He will excite
enthusiasm in the canvass, and will
fill the chair with much credit to our
State. Our candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, W. D. Turner, is not only a
good man, but is one of the best legisla
tors with whom jl ever served able,
conservative and fair. Bryan Grimes,
the nominee for Secretary, of State, is
a line seiection-ramong the number
of able candidates. He is not oalysr"
very sensible man,- but one of .the
ablest and best of the State. General
Toon, selected for Superintendent of
Public Instruction, is a fine scholar
and good educator, and my opinion,
is that the convention could hardly
have made a better selection. It goes
without saying that Ben Lacy's nomi
nation is a very1" just compliment to a
deserving man. j His nomination is
a popular one among the laboring
men.
"The ticket is an unusually strong
one. In fact, one of the best ever pre
sented by the party. They deserve an
overwhelming majority, and will car
ry the State by an unprecedentedly
large vote." ' j , .-
TO BOYCOTT tHE SOUTHERN.
The United States Court for
the district embracing Wilmington will
be held Monday, June 18th, but wit
nesses and defendants will not be re
quired to attend until Tuesday, 19th
inst.,rat 10 o'clock A. M. The admi
ral tydocket will be taken up on Ion-
day, y
Repairs to the Cnstom House
I were yesterday completed. The work
Pnaa?Mv if the British war man- consisted of repainting, kalsomining,
agers had pursued a different course ' pipe fitting, etc., and cost about $1,000.
It is stated that Mormon elders
have received notification from the
head of the State conference to hold no
more debates with Gentiles until after
the meeting of the annual conference
early in May. '
The following is the full text of that
section of the Democratic State plat
form adopted at Raleigh this week re
lative to the selection of a senatorial
candidate by the primary system:
"We favor the election of United
States Senators by the people.
"We favor the enactment of laws
by the next General Assembly pro
viding for the holding of primary
elections for the nomination of State
and county officers, 'Representatives
in Congress and United States Sena
tors.
"We hereby instruct the State Ex-,
ecutive Committee to make provision
for the holding of a primary oh the
first Tuesday of next November for
the selection of a United States Sena
tor by the Democratic voters of the
State, at which every elector who has
voted the Democratic ticket in the
State election shall be entitled to cast
one? vote for one man for United
States Senate, and the candidate Nho
receives the majority of the votes so
cast in the whole State shall receive
the support of the Democratic mem
bers of the Legislature; ana ii no can
didate shall receive a majority then
the- committee shall hold a second
primary, at which only the two high
est candidates shall be balloted for
and the one receiving a majority of
the votes so cast shall receive the sup
port of the Democratic members of
the Legislature. Provided, hat if
any third candidate shall receive at
the first primary, so held, within
2,500 votes of the second highest can-
ilnfa than in tnat avant fVlA thrftfl f ATI -
uawi . u v .
t -, in i 1 1 1 A J I 4U a
aiaaies snau 09 Danoieu iur hi mo
second primary, and the one of the
the three receiving the highest num
ber of votes shall receive the support
of the Democratic members of the
Legislature for United States Senator.
The Stab is very glad to note
the continued improvement of Mr:
James WMonroe. He has now par
tially recovered the power of speech
and is much better in other respects.
It is confidently expected that he will
be out again in a few weeks.
Mr. Wm. Struthers went up
to Grice, Columbus county, yesterday
to look after his truck farm.
JUDUE SIMONTON'S RULING
On Questions of Evidence In the Railroad
Tax Cases. J
Special Star Telegram.'
Raleigh N. C, April 13. Judge
Shepherd, standing master in the rail-
road, tax cases, to-day received Judge
Simonton's ruling on the questions of
evidence which arose during the ex
amination of witnesses at Wilming
ton on March 29th. Judge Simontoh
holds as follows:
"1st. That books of a private corpo
ration may be ordered produced for
the purpose of helping the railroads
to prove that corporations' property is
undervalued for taxation.
"2d. That railroads cannot be or
dered to produce their books to help
the commission prove that railroad
property is undervalued for taxation."
An Aged Prevaricator.
Romeo Tucker, colored, who lives
near the Southern extremity of
Seventh street, is the oldest man liv
ing in Wilmington or in the world,
for that matter, if his word is to be
taken as "gospel.'' Romeo appeared
at the office of Dr. W. D. McMillan
Friday afternoon and asked for recom
mendation to be placed on the list of
beneficiaries of the United Charities.
Dr. McMillan fired the usual questions
at him as to His age and capabilities to
work and what he learned from the
series of inquiries was a revelation.
Romeo said that he was 170 years old
and saw the light of the world long be
fore the War of the Revolution.
When I first came to Wilmington,"
said the old man, "the place was all
grown up in trees and there were no
children here." The old darkey
wanted to tell more but Dr. McMillan
made an examination of his physical
condition, found that, he was worthy
of charity and gave him the recom
mendationwhich he asked.
Canvass for Subscriptions Will Commence
To-morrow Charlotte Tournament
and Festival May 20th.
Chief Schnibben was asked yester
day after noon relative to the prospects
for the Firemen's ' Tournament. He
said that matters were progressing
nicely but that there was yet much to
be done in the way of soliciting sub
scriptions from the business men to
insure a success of the event. Little
has been done along this line so far,
but to-morrow it iis proposed by the
finance committee to begin the work
in dead earnest, j It is earnestly
hoped that the - public will respond
liberally to the call, for it is only at
their hands that the tournament may
hope to succeed.
Many other of the committees have
already begun work and it remains
for the finance committee to climax
their efforts this week with a good list
'of subscriptions. A feature of the en
tertainment for the week will be a big
bicycle tournament and relay race, if
permission from the city authorities
can be secured to have the start from
Fifth ann Market streets.
Mr.- C. H. Campbell, chief director
of the Charlotte May Twentieth Fes
tival, in writing to Capt. W.. P. Mon
roe, says that after their tournament,
is over, Charlotte people will bend
every energy to j make the Wil
mington tournament the success it
deserves. Capt. Monroe has been se
lected by the Charlotte tournament
officials as one of the plug judges.
Tuesday, the 20 th, , Mr. Campbell
writes, will be Independence Day;
Wednesday will be the Firemen's Day
Thursday will bet Elks' Day and Fri
day will be set apart to athletics. On
this day an automoble rac will be
given, which will be the first ever seen
in the South. I
DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
President Powell Makes an Appeal to the
Ticket and Freight Agents on All
Other Lines.
i
bt Teloaraoh to the Mornlne Star.
Atlanta, GA.,April 14. The Order
of Railway Telegraphers to night de
clared a boycott on the Southern Rail
way and they i hope to make it
effective through the ticket and freight
agents of the United States and the
Federation of Labor. Telegrams were
sent to night by President Powell to
the twenty thousand ticket and freight
agents' in the United States, asking
them to route passengers 'and freight
via other lines than the Southern,pend
ing the present trouble A message
was also sent President Gompers, of the
Federation of Labor, requesting him
to boycott the railroad. No response
to this dispatch will be necessary to in
augurate this movement, Mr. Powell
says, as the railroad telegraphers' or- ,
der is affiliated with the Federation of
Labor. Under the Georgia laws, the
movement of freight trains in the State
ceases at midnight Saturday . for twen
ty four hours, and this the strikers
claim is another aid to them in their
struggle. The i"scouts" which the3
telegraphers sent out the day of the
strike have reached the places assigned
them and taken up their work of indu
cing the operators to quit work.
President Powell claims the strike
to-night is more effective than at any
time since its inception. He assigns
as a reason for the running of. passen
ger trains by the ! Southern, the aban
donment of the freight traffic.
The railway people here say that
both passenger and freignt tramc is
moving with but trifling delay and
that if it were not for the newspapers
they would not be aware of any strike.
CHILDREN CREMATED.
Mrs. J. H. Mallard Passed Peacefully
Away at Her Home in This City.
The Stab chronicles with regret the
announcement of the death of Mrs. J.
H. Mallard, which occurred yesterday
afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock at her late
residence, No. 711 Princess street.
' Deceased was the wife of Mr. J. H,,
Mallard," the well known travelling
man and. hosts of friends all over the
State will sympathize with him deeply
in his misfortune. She had been in
failing health for several months and
had been seriously ill for the past
three weeks.
Mrs. Mallard was born at Lilling
ton, N. C, March 3rd 1835 and was
twice married, her first husband hav
ing been the late F. C. Burnett, from
which union three children now sur
vive as follows: Messrs John S. andL.
H. Burnett and 'Mrs. H. E. Boniiz.
These have the sincerest sympathy of
a large number of friends throughout
Eastern North Carolina.
She was a member af St. Andrew's
Presbyterian church and of an amiable
Christian disposition.
TEXAS PRIMARIES.
Three Negro Bojs Burned. Alive in Their
Home at Savannah.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Star.
Savannah, GaI, April 14. Primus,
Lawrence and William Williams, col
ored, aged respectively five years, two
years and six months, were burned
alive last night in plain view of more
than one hundred persons, who were
powerless to rescue them.
The mother of the children left them
alone while Bhe went to make a call.
There was no fire in the house, not
even a lighted lamp, when she left.
But there was a box of matches on a
table, and the eldest boy was awake.
The woman bad been gone only a few
moments, when screams from the
house attracted attention and it was
found to be in flames. The children
were plainly seen inside by the crowd
which quickly gathered, but being sur
rounded by four walls of fire, it was
impossible to do anything for them.
RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Rumor in Moscow That the Czir Will De
mand Peace With the Boers. .
i - -
By Cable to the Mornlnz Star.
St. Pktebsbueg, April 14. The
Czar and Czarina started last evening
for Moscow. j ;
Extraordinarily persistent rumors
are current in Moscow that on Rus
sian Easter Sunday, the Czar will issue
a manifesto containing an ultimatum
to Great Britain, demanding that she
conclude peace with the Boers forth
with, under threat of occupying Cabul
and Herat if Great Britain fails to
comply. This report is connected by
some persons with the fact that no re
servists are at present allowed to take
unlimited leave;! but "probably the
orders to Ithe reservists are connected
with the projected Summer manoeuv
res in the central provinces in which
two hundred thousand troops will par
ticipate and at which Emperor Wil
liam is expected to be present.
ALABAMA PRIMARIES.
Fight for the U. S. Senatorshlp Between
Chilton and Bailey.
By Telegraph to the Morning: Star.
Dallas, Texas, April 14. Primary
elections held to-day in the counties of
mil, Hunt, Basthrop and Mills, uw
ing to the hard fight for the United
States Senatorship between Senator
Chilton and Congressman Bailey great
interest was manifested. It is conced
ed that theman who carries all of these
counties to-day will practically have
the race won. I
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy,
authoress, is dead at her home in Mo
bile, Ala., aged 63 years. . She was the
widow of Dr. Edward C. Bellamy,
surgeon in the Confederate army.
Indications That Morgan Will Be Re
elected U. S. Senator.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Atlanta, Ga., April 14. Dispatches
to the Constitution from various parts
of Alabama, up to 12.30 A. M., indi
cate the re-election of Hon. John T.
Morgan to the United States Senate by
a - large majority. Senator Morgan
carried Governor. Johnston's home
county by three t& one for the Gov;
ernor. j
The weekly bank statement shows'
the following changes: Surplus re
serve, increase $3,045,475; loans, in
crease $6,106,200 , specie, increase $5,
487,300; legal tenders, increase $516,
400; deposits, increase $11,832,900;
circulation, increase $455,300. The
banks now hold $10,950,275 in excess
of the requirements of the 25 per cent
rule;