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" To sura up tho legislation of gen eral interest it appropriated about :i-.000,000 more than the first ses sion of the previous Congress did, passed the gold standard bill and the Porto Rico bill, and took Hawaii in. It left Cuba just where it was, without any positive actionto indi- cate what the purpose of tho Repub-1 hcan party is as to letting go its hold, on that island. It took no action as to the Philip pines, trusting to luck, and throw ing the whole responsibility upon tne rresident. it made no attempt to comply with the demands of the people to reduce the war taxes, although it "points with pride" to the $70,000, 000 surplus in the Treasury. it quailed before the trusts "and, although hypocritically professing to be opposed to monopolies, shrunk from doing anything or attempting anything to curb the trusts. It turned a deaf ear to the peti tions of the publishers of the coun try to relieve them from the extor tions of the paper trust by repeal ing the protective duty on pamper" and paper making materials. It hungup the Nicaragua Canal bill after it had passed the House i,pcocuittnen ujr one oi ne largest majorities ever given for a "public measure, and passed it over r lnniinnnn . 1 - . i . till the next session, when the prob abilities are that work will be so far advanced on . the Panama canal that this will be put forward . as an argument aeainst aDDro priating money for another oanal on the ground that one Isthmian canal will be sufficient. The Panama canal lobbyists and the Pacific rail way lobbyists got in their work in the Senate. Aside from the fact that the Republican managers wantnl tr rnt nflF flia lift nnr nnA a year which this bill called for, it was a measure in which the South was especially interested; which was another reason why they strangled it. If the North was as -anxious for its construction as the South is they would doubtless have put it through. v "TTf" i mm . m i m mtn an tne talk of currency re form it confined itself to the pas sage of the gold standard bill, there dj adopting tue juntisn currency airaln... In . ,1 t 4.1... A ! l bjououa luoucau Ui bill? AUiCllUaU Ul metallic system which had prevailed from the foundation of the Govern ment. It was a complete surrender to the gold speculators and to the national banks whose charters are practically prolonged thirty years, thereby fastening that system upon the country for another generation. As a concession to those sections whose banking facilities are limited, which suffer from a scarcity of cur rency, it provided for the establish ment of banks with a capital of 125, 000 in small towns, which is more a concession in form than in substance for not many of these banks will be established for the reason that the bonds command too high a premium to make ' their establishment with such a capital profitable. State banks , will pay better, and come nearer meeting the demands of the people, in whose interest these small banks were ostensibly authorized. lhey make much ado over the es timated 1200,000,000 a year we pay the owners of foreign ships for uumg our ocean carrying, out per s'i8tently refused to pass any law au thorizing Americans to buy ships abroad and sail them under the American flag, but offered instead a ship subsidy bill to money into the pockets of American capitalists who would have ships built -and of I American ship builders who would I build the ships. This bonus was 1 vof. XXXI. not to be given for the character of amps mat are most needed for the purposes of commerce, but for the high priced ships of speed which would be mainly used aspasseneer ships and mail carriers B?t thZ billl on account T - vuo ouuxujr vppoaiwon to it by the Democrats, and theif exposure of its true scone- was hung up until after the next election, whenif they have votes enough in Congress they will run it through, and saddle $180,000,000 more on conntry. the tax-payers of. the w - - -i - - - This, briefly stated, is what the first session of the 56th Congress. after six months talk and racket, did and didn't do," a record that the Re publicans will find it no pleasant thing to stand upon and defend when brought face to face with the people. HOW IT CAME TO PASS. spencer Is. Adams, Pritchard's nominee for Governor, spoke at -bayetteville, Thursday, to an au- I dience of seventy-five negroes, fif I faun mliil, T - i " Aiepuuncans, and as man7 Democrats, who went there doubtless, to see Spencer perform. This W th v ... ni This is the count made by the Ob server. He made a very tame speech, aui u fefcu tin r 1 1 m nicrn n nraa ani , horotu AmvlvAln AMJ Ji. .n i O "v V uu -v.w ujuvujr nuu umu 6 attempt any argument, ile seemed, accord- l n er r r . 4-U a "!,, i . . -i 6 .v ,uo weaver, to oe unaer hack, out ofhis element, which may t-ua auuuuui ior nis penunctory i speech and then again perhaps the complexion of the majority of his audience and the smallness thereof may have had a dispiriting effect. A A. Y t . a iuau uuuuoi spreaa nimseii to a vacuum. The most remarkable thing about .this speech, as we gather from the Observers account, was the story which Candidate Adams related aa t0 bow he consented to become the nominee of the party." Here it is; "I did not seek or desire the nomim. tion for Governor, but just before the convention met, and while I was lying iu oeu, an oia gray-naired man came to my side and, placing his' hand on mine, said : Mn 1861 I was compelled 'to fight for the rich white man and hia slaves, though I had none, and now these same white men want me to give them power over my vote and the vote oi my son ; you must champion our 1 his is a nice little romance. Of course it is true, for no one would suspect a distinguished individual like Spencer of building up such a fiction simply for the entertainment Of .seventy-five darkeys, fifteen wiiue Aepuoucans ana as many Democrats, who had gone to the show. Spencer didn't want the nomination. Of course he didn't. He. never was known to want any thing that there wasn't something in for Spencer, or that he couldn't get. That has been characteristic of him, ever since he bobbed up in politics, so characteristic that he generally has a grip on one thing while he is reaching out for something else he didn't want. But he couldn't resist this "old gray haired man," who so patheti cally reached out and put his hand on Adam's hand and he succumbed right there in bed and resolved to become a "champion." ' He didn't tell usJ whether that same old gray haired man had work ed his way into Pritchard's room, caught him in bed, put his hand on the Senator's hand and implored him to hustle and put Spencer up as a champion, but we expect he did.-. At. all events now we know why Spencer consented to make the sacrifice, and that all the glory of bringing about that remarkable event doesn't belong to Senator Pritchard. JTwas the old man that did it. NO GLORY TO ENGLAND. 1 President Paul Kruger declares that the Boers will continue to fight while they have 500 men able to bear arms, and doubtless the old chieftain means every word he says, although he must realize that it has already become a hopeless fight for him and his, however determined they may be or heroic they may prove. Twenty-five thousand men, driven to bay as they are, cannot hope to make a successful struggle against one of the most formidable nations on the earth, with un bounded resources and the earth to draw from, and an army of 250,- 000 men in the field. Valor and resolution can do much, but they cannot do the impossible. They have already established their claim to imperishable fame by one of the grandest struggles on record. . They have lost their independence- and their country will be absorbed by Great Britain, for that's what the war was forced for, and the only thing left for them, to do will be to accept the inevitable or trek as they have done several times be fore, when England will probably again follow them if she finds it to her interest to do'so , that is unless she has learned a lesson from this war which has cost her so much treasure and so many lives, and in which she has won no glory, the glory going to the defeated lew whol - : - m- - . stood ud so splendidly against over-1 whelming numbers and resources. ADVICE THAT WILL NOT BE HEEDED. Negroes rarely assemble anywhere nTJZ ,711 mention is notf f ven theace Problem of qualified suffrage. now that more or leas attention ia At the annual meeting ofthe Phila delphia conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church at Ches ter, Pa., this week Bishop Grant, of Philadelphia, in his address, speaking of the race problem, said: ' "Whatever may be the conflict be tween the colored and white races in this country is likely to arise from the nun inai me oia class of masters and uvorseers wno were accustomed to noia a guaraian relationship over the man Ot COlOr. Whom hn nnn.MJ belonging to the inferior race, is fast passing away. We are aware that there are ignorant negroes who are allowed to exercise me ngnt of franchise, and so there are ignorant white men, who are w "owea to exercise the same nguia, ana a large number of them are unaoie to understand the ordinary English language. In the face of this, why should the negro be disfranchised any more than his ignorant white oroiaen xne voice of justice at the wr jm enugnienea public opinion re pudiates the idea. 'My advice to the man of color is to act as any other class of American voters in the exercise of the franchise ana inn mey ao not array themselves mass2 they did during the days 0insk.u?.tl0n. against the material interests of the community in which -t:AAU i i n I O.Ut3 lUlKIHIU'R TrnTn T. r A 1i rot eiAn I w vuv uxov OCU I j .... tence of this extract is that when the negroes were more under the in- In .... i nuence or their nM nagto ,-i I overseers, who exe.ro.moA w,ia?r,. i . . ' b . ship over them, there was less fric aon than there is now and that the negro was consequently better off than he is now, which is, doubtless, true. The objection which the Bishop has to the movement for re stricted suffrage is that it does not apply to the white man as well as to Ul 1 . A i . mc uiauK.. an answer to tnat may bo found in the concluding para graph, which gives very sound ad vice to the necrroes. bnt advinn which they will pay little heed to, for they never have, although they have had within the past twenty-five years a good deal of that kind of advice from people who took interest in them, and told them what was best. for them to do. They are as solid to-day under unscrupu lous, ignorant and vicious 'leader ship as they were in the days of the carpet bagger's wildest revel, and this is what has made them the dangerous facto in politics which they have been, and this is why it has been found necessary as a mat ter of self preservation to neutralize as far as possible their power in politics. They have been wielded solidly against the best interests'' of the States in which thev live and this has made it necessary for the white people to move to protect them selves from the misrule brought upon them by negro ballots. EXTRAVAGANCE ALL ALONG THE LINE. r A few years ago we thought Con gress had reached the top notch" in the lavish expenditure of the people's money, when the appropriations reached $500,000,000. We were on the billion-dollar line then, but at the present rate of expenditure it will not be long before the two-bil lion line will be reached. In a state ment published yesterday, by Con gressman Livingston, it is shown that while the actual appropriations by the session just closed were $709,- 729,476, if the full amounts called for had been appropriated the aggre gate would have reached $879,729, 476. The reduction was made by withholding appropriations usually made for rivers and harbors, public buildings,fcc. and by holding up other appropriations that must be made later. The Republican managers were afraid of the effect their extravagance would have on the next campaign and consequently they kept the aggregate down by withholding customary appropria tions, and holding up the Nicaragua Canal bill, and the ship subsidy bill,; in the former of which ihe whole country is interested. ui course some of this increase is incident to the Spanish war, and the war in the Philippines, which we bought from Spain; but aside from this, there is an immense increase which cannot be accounted for by the increase of population and de mands oi service, with the new policy of expansion, necessitating a large increase in both army and navy, in pensions,- etc., we may ex pect an increase of expenditures rather than a decrease for some years to come, and need not be surprised when the $2,000,000,000 mark is reached. Incomes Taxed. Quoting Section 6, Chapter 2, of the Public Laws of North Carolina, a gen tleman well informed as to tax mat- ten said to a reporter last night: "Under the act of the last Legisla ture, entitled 'An Act to Raise Reve nue.' the interest on JNortn uaronna State bonds is taxable income; county bonds are taxable by State and city as solvent credits; city bonds are taxable . I 1 J - A -1 A y Diate auu cuunujr as wjiveni creaiis. It is well the people should know these fet to avoid unpleasantness in list- in. All incomes, either in the way of interest or dividends, are taxable." niuiuiui , . i . u., WALLACE SPEAKING. Democrats of Duplin Enthused for White Supremacy and the Amendment. A VERY LARGE GATHERING. Hons. W. H. Kitchln, J. Bryan Grimes and E. J. Justice the Speakers Music by the Second Regiment Band of Wilmington. 1 Special Star Correspondence. Wallace, N. C, June 8th. 1900. One of the largest and most enthusi astic gatherings of Democrats in the history of Duplin assembled at Wal lace totlay. The weather was ideal and early the great throng began to assemble from this and adjoining counties. The Hon. J. Bryan Grims, accompanied by that grand old man of Halifax, the Hon. W. H. Eitehin , arrived on the southbound train, while Hon. E. J. Justice arrived on the northbound train accompanied by the Second Regiment Band from Wil mington, with large crowds from Bur gaw. Rocky Point and other points South. The speakers were met by the reception committee, composed of J D. Mallard. T. Q. Hall. W. J Rn and Dr. B. R. Graham, and escorted to the Boney Hotel, in front of which the procession formed upon ar rival of the 10.45 train, headed by the Second Regiment Band and tn their martial music the en thn si .; crowd repaired to the stand in the oak grove adjoining the Presbyterian church and after the rendition of some appropriate selections bv thn band, the meeting was called tn nrHor Dy u. jj. uarlton, - Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, who introduced the first sneaker. Hnn V. J . Justice, of McDowell. Mr . Justice appeared at his best and briefly reviewed the history of our State under the Republican administrations" and fully explained how after the Surren der, forty thousand of the bravest Confederate sons were disfranchised and how seventy thousand illitei-t and irresponsible slaves were enfran chised by their own ballots. He re ceived the closest attention and was frequently applauded. The second speaker was J. Bryan Grimes. Democratic nominee fnr Secretary of State, who was appro priately introduced in a few well chosen remarks bv Dr. E. Porter nt Rocky Point. Dr. Porter touchingly referred to his father. Gen. J. Bryan Grimes, one of North Carolina's bravest Confederate Generals. Mr. Grimes briefly referredVto national affairs and graphically pictured our puerile President, the pliant tool of trusts and monopolies. He then dis cussed the merits of the amendment in detail and convincingly explained to the satisfaction of all that no white man would be disfranchised and natri- otically said that the spirit of Vance must be inspiring the white men of North Carolina in this movement for white supremacy: that the white men of North Carolina had declared a new commandment. "Negro, thou shalt have justice in North Carolina, but thou shalt not rule." His speech was enthusiastically received and aonlaud- ed throughout. The last speaker. Hon. W. H. Kitchin, was introduced by L. A. Beasley, Esq , of Kenansville, N. C, who referred to him as a brave Con federate soldier and who has ever been faithful in the service of his people. Mr. Kitchin has been in feeble health for twelve months or more and this was his first speech in this camnaicn. Fired by the enthusiasm of the occa sion, he soon appeared his former self. tie briefly renewed the history of the political parties in our State, saying that he had been a Populist, but in his brief association with the leaders he was convinced that their sole object was not the welfare and protection of the rights and interests of our people, but the greed and lust for' office and plunder. He closed with an eloauent appeal to all white men, irrespective of former party affiliation, to rise above passion and prejudice and stand in shoulder to shoulder as one great phalanx of Anglo-Saxons and forever free our beloved North Carolina from the incubus of negro domination. The Second Regiment Band returned to Wilmington on the afternoon train. The music, as furnished by the organi zation, contributed much to the suc cess of the occasion. CITY HOSPITAL REPORT. Made, by Dr. W. W. Lane, Superintendent, for the Month of May.' The Board of Hospital Managers met yesterday afternoon to act upon the City Hospital report prepared by Dr. W. W. Lane, the superintendent, for, the month of May. The report shows the following interesting figures : Patients remaining in the hospital April 30th, 22; patients admitted dur ing May, 36; total, 58. Patients dis charged during May, 39; patients died during May, 6; remaining May 31st, 13; total, 58. Total number of days pay patients treated, 134 ; total number days charity patients treated, 443; treatment fur nished, 577. Rations furnished pay patients, 134; rations furnished charity patients, 443; rations furnished em-' ployes, 424; total number rations fur nished, 1,001. Average cost per capita per day, 14 cents. " The following .expenditures were made: For subsistence, $148.40; for general expenses, $173.89. Pay roll, $194.28. Credit by cash, $631.82. Summer Schedule. Capt. J. W. Haper announces that on and after next Tuesday, 12th insL, the regular Summer schedule with full complement of trips will be in effect on the steamer Wilmington. Daily except Sunday the boat will leave for Carolina Beach at 6:00 A.. M., 9:15 A. M., 2:45 P. M., 5:15 P. M., and 7:30 P. M. Returning from the beach the boat will leave at 7 :00 A. M. , 1 :00 P. M., 3:30 P. M., 6:00 P. M., and 8:30 P. M. The Sunday trips to the beach will be at 10:00 A. M., 2:30 P. M., and 7:30 P. M., leaving for the return at 12:30 P.M., 6:00 P.M., and 8:30 P. M. The popular trips to the pier on the 5 :15 and 7:30 boats at 15 cents fare will be inaugurated with the new schedule. J? K1UA x, J UISJS 15, 1900r A STAY OF EXECUTION. Arcnie unssnls Reprieved for a Month. Members of Lefialatore Arriving in Raleigh Supreme Court. Special Star TeUarafn,. Ralwgh, N. C, June 7. The Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina con venes here in adjourned session next xuesaay. Already members are be ginning to arrive. Those here to-night are: aenators Frank L Osborne of Mecklenburg .and E. L. Travis of Uahfax, and Representatives Lee S. overman, Francis D. Winston and W. R. Allen. To-night these gentle men met with Chairman Simmons to consult concerning proposed changes in the amendment. Juage Purnell to-day sentenced Israel D. Hargett to imprisonment in J:l -r-w ... .. jia iur a year, nargeit is. tne negro postmaster at Rocky Mount who de faulted a year or more ago. This makes three defaulting negro post masters from the Second district now serving terms in jail. The other two are in Halifax jail and are C. W. Bat tle of Battleboro, nine months; James M. Pittman, of Tillery, one year, (Governor Russell to-day reprieved Archie Jiinsauls for a month, chang ing the date of his execution from August 3rd to September 7th. Supreme Court Decisions, Houch vs. Patterson, from Caldwell, two appeals, decided against defend ant. Mott vs. Commissioners of For syth county, error. Herring vs. Pugh, from Sampson, modified and affirmed, costs against appellant. Debnam vs Telephone Co., from Durham, affirmed I Faison vs. Grandy, from Northamn ton, error. Boone vs. Peebles, from .Northampton, affirmed. Glass Plate Co. vs. Furniture Co., from Bun combe, reversed. The case of Debnam vs. Southern Telephone Co., from Durham, was brought to test the valid ity of the Craig law, passed by the last Legislature, requiring all foreign cor porations to become domestic corpora tions before they can do business in this State. By a vote of three to two the act is held to be constitutional. The opinion of the court is written bv J ustice Douglas and is concurred in by Justices Clark and Montgomery. Chief Justice Faircloth and Justice u urches dissent and hold that the act is unconstitutional. N. C. SUPREME COURT. Uplolons Handed Down An Important Question Settled Court Will Ad , journ This Week. Special Star Telegram. - Kaleigh, N. C., June 9. The! Su preme Court has about finished its work for the term and will adjourn next week, probably Tuesday or Wed nesday. There are only five opinions till to hand down. Opinions were handed down to day as follows: State vs. Morrison from Lincoln, reversed. Ward vs. Manu facturing Co., from Iredell, affirmed. Russell vs. Steamboat Co., from Wash ington, affirmed. Lenoir vs. Improve ment Co., from Mitchell, affirmed. Williams vs. Railway Co., from Buncombe, error. Dyer vs. El- 1 ; i r -.- i . , xiugtua, irum .KocKingnam, re versed. Tucker vs. Satterwaite, from Pitt, former ruling of this court sustained and petition to rehear dis missed. Hill vs. Life Association, from Craven, affirmed. Street vs. Life Association, from Craven, affirmed. Strauss vs. Life Association, from Craven, affirmed. Honkle vs. South ern Kail way Co., from Caldwell, affirmed. In the case of Russell vs. Steamboat Company the court passed upon an important question and settled a doctrine about which there has always been much uncertainty in the State, whether damages can ba re covered for the death of an infant. The court says damages may be recov ered. In the casetbefore the court suit was brought for damages for the death of a child five months old. Weekly Stock Report. The following comparative state ment of the receipts of cotton and naval stores for the week and part crop year.to date, at the port of Wilmington, was yesterday posted at the Produce Exchange: Week ending June 8th, 1900. Cot ton, 6 bales; spirits, 896 casks J rosin, 1,293 barrels; tar, 475 barrels; crude, 456 parrels. Week ending June 8th, 1899, Cot- ton29 bales; spirits, 934 casks; rosin, 2,767 barrels; tar, 591 barrels; crude, 378 barrels. Crop year to June 8th, 1900. Cot ton, 278,477 bales; spirits, 3,691 casks; rosin, 17,962 barrels; tar, 10,710 bar rels; crude, 2,399 barrels. Crop year to June 8th, 1899. Cot ton, 289,361 bales; spirits, 4,331 casks; rosm, 23,162 barrels; tar, 10,243 bar rels; crude, 1,797 barrels. Harbor Master's Report. The monthly report of Capt Edgar D. Williams, Harbor Master, shows the following arrivals of vessels of 90 tons and over at the port of Wilming ton during May; American Five steamships, 6,131 tons ; 3 barques, 2,204 tons ; 1 brig, 350 tons, 2 barges, 4,210 tons; 5 schooners, 1,947 tons. Total number of vessels, 16; total tonnage, 14,842. Foreign One steamship, 1,407 tons; 1 schooner, 311 tons. Total number of vessels 2; total tonnage, 1,718. Grand Total Number of vessels, 18; tonnage, 16,560. Dr. E. P. Porter, of Rocky Point, was here Friday and left in the evening for New York, to resume his studies, in medicine. THE TREASURER'S REPORT. Audited by Finance Committee of Board of County Commissioners Yesterday. Receipts and Disbursements. mi -m. xne mnance Committee of the. Board of County Commissioners was in session yesterday afternoon for some time auditing sundry bills for current expenses. The treasurers re port, which was also audited shows the following receipts and disbursements of general county funds during May: Receipts Balance from April ac count, o,uo5.i7; received on note to Wilmington National Bank, due six months after date, $8,000.00: D. M& I Echern, back taxes and rent, $176.24; marriage license, $17.10. Total, $14, 248.51. Disbursements Outdoor poor. $389 vf jail, $320,05; Criminal Court, $160.75; county home, $148.33; city hospital, $250.00; roads and bridges. t54.73; magistrates, $24.53: commis sioners, $26 M ; public buildings, $144.- 7o ; stationery and advertising, $5.00; iaxe3 refunded. $1.24: ! liefino. " a w wauj (James McCumberj $10.00: attornev. $25 00; coroner, $26.75: superinten dent of health, $757,00; clerk, $50.00: januor, fia.uo; treasurer's coinmis sons, $32.24. Total, $2,419.25. Bal ance to June account, $11,829.26. The account with the special countv iuna snows a balance from April ac ... count, $2,766.64. Coupons duo Jan uary 1st, 1900, were paid to the amount of $250, which with treasurer's com missions of $3.12, makes' the total dis uuraemeni zt6.V4 with a balance to J une account of $2,513.52. 1 sssssV Steeple jack Killed. A special dispatch to the New York Sun dated Cold Spring, that State, tells of the death of Stephen W. Romaine, aged 24 years, who was familiarly known in Wilmington as dteeple Jack." he having been here on two occasions climbing and repair ing the steeples of several churches in the city: The dispatch says: He climbed the Methodist steeple, a distance of 250 feet from the sidewalk, by the lightning rod and was in the act of grasping the ball that surmounts it when the rod gave way and he fell. In his struck the roof, and when he reached ine ground bis body bounded a dis tance of fourteen feet. When he fell Romaine was alive, but his back and ribs were broken. He lived about two hours, but did not regain conscious ness. Romaine had been himd in rilf tho. ball on the steeple. Just thirtv vears ago to day the ball was placed in posi tion, and no work has been done on the steeple since. The steeple climber at that time met his death in the same manner as did Romaine to-day. Robbery Near Warsaw. Clinton Democrat: "On the night of the 31st of May a thief entered the house of Mr. T. B. Peirce, near War saw, and robbed Mr. and Mrs.jFaison Peirce of several valuable bridal pres ents, including $150.00 in gold coin and currency and 'some silver knives and spoons. Most of the gold coin was in twenties and tens and thesilver bore the engraved initials N.P.nnil a S. P. There was also a check on th bank of Lexinerton. Mississirmi signed by E. F. Noel and payable to Annie S. Peirce, for $10.00. One hundred dol lars reward is offered for the capture of the thief." . Real Estate Transfers. DuBrutz Cutlar, Esq., and wife filed papers with the register of deeds yesterday transferring to Mr. William E. Worth a piece of property situated on Ked Cross street between Front and Second, for the sum of $1,950. The lot is 29 feet 9 inches bvl27 feet. Another transfer yesterday was from the American Union Association to Harmon Cowan, a lot on Sixth street between Kidder and Marsteller; con sideration $50. Skull and Cross-Bones. Alex. Mallett, colored, who is em ployed by W. E. Springer & Co., is very much alarmed at a note which he received yesterday. In it was drawn in red ink a skull and cross bones. Above it was written "Poison, beware 1" and below was sicned X. Y. Z." The negro was very much excited over it and said he couldn't imagine the cause for such action on the part of any one. When last seen by a reporter he was seeking pro tection. Many Persons Vaccinated. - Dr. W. D. McMillan, superintend ent of health, Dr. Chas. T. Harper and R. J. Price vaccinated a number of persons yesterday morning in the dis tricts where smallpox has recently made its appearance, and they also made a thorough search for anything that looked suspicious but found noth ing to indicate the presence of the disease. The three patients at the smallpox hospital are getting on nicely. Death at Autryville. Mr. W. B. Cooper, of this city, yes terday received a letter announcing the death of Mr. Alexander Williams, a well known merchant and esteemed citizen of Autryville, N. C. Mr. Wil liams was well known and had many friends in Wilmington. Col. Mike Brown, of Barn well, S. C, who has been here for several days arranging for the ship ment of several cargoes of cross-ties to New York, left yesterday for his home to spend several days. Live Oak Camp No. G, Wood men of the World, has postponed the unveiling ceremonies of the monu ment erected to their late Sovereign Wm. Ulrich. The . date will be Sun day June 17th. NO. 34 new: freight office. Atlantic Coast Line Has Begun Work on Proposed Building Next Adjoining Warehouse in the Yard. The Atlantic Coast T1A Vi fi a Komi m the erection .of a new freight office at CttS'- ena or me shipping warehouse in their yard on North Water street A force of laborers haa Kon j for the past few days driving piles for the foundation of the new building. The proposed building will be of - nu BLunes men. ine end oi me ware room adjoining it will also be converted into nmna The new offices, it is learned, wiil be occupiea oy Mr. Walter Rutland, agent of the freicht danartmAnt Tk.;. present apartments are now in the uuuipjtrauveiy small two story brick buildinc. corner Ma A rWoa a.A -NT.. . HUU -L, LI fab streets. The new building will greatly lacmaie me worsiog of the freight de partment when completed. m MARRIAGE IN BLADEN. M iss Margaret Stedmsn. Happily Wedded 10 mr. uavid C. Sinclair, of Lum berton Bridal Reception. Special Star Correspondence. ' Elizabethtown, N. C, June 9. On last Wednesday at hieh noon. in Trinity M. E. Church, Elizabeth- town, Miss Margaret Bernard Sted man, one of Bladen's fairest flowers, was happily married to Mr. David Cunningham Sinclair, a popular young man of Lumberton. A large number Of the relativAa an A UnnJ. MU.t .AlOUUi of the contracting parties were pres- Ant mi .1 f . .... cuurcsi was tastefully dec orated with masses of daisies against a background of fema just above the altar hung a beautiful .i..Su ucii, entirely coverea witn daisies. Just before the Arrival nf tho, ktlol - m mm Ah uaa J t V4 1 party Miss Lola Houston, of Monroe. ai. v., sang -uecause i ijove You Dear," and as the echoes of the sweet voice died awnv i.h Ki-irioi tered the church as the inspiring strains of Lohengrin's wedding march were i BKimuiiy piayea oy Miss Lucy Carolvn Rowrl fill rf "Pvnf emAiiili . "-" wtigiuvitliU. Va. First came the ushers. Messrs Douglass Norment and Homer Le Grand Lvon. who tnnt the right and left of the church; then the handsome groom, accompanied by his best man, Mr. Wilton McLean, entering on the left; then the maid of honor, the .charming Miss Mattye Lyon, attired in an exquisite creation oi pmK organdie ana nat of pink iulle that was as nrettv as a Hmnm nf kon. ty, walked gracefully up the left aisle, uarrymg a nuge Douquet or pink car nations. The beautiful bride, ele gantly gowned in a pearl gray tailor made travelling habit, with hat to match, carrying pink carnations, fol- iuwea, leaning on me arm or her step father, Hon. C. C. Lyon. She was met at the chancel by the groom, and thesolemn rites of matrimony were impressively said by Rev. Edward Wooten. smnrrlinir fn (Ko ko..i;r,,i . ' w wvnumiui Episcopal service. After the ceremony the bridal party passed down the aisle to the music of MnnriAlsnhn's Wa1. ding March and immediately repaired to the residence of Hon. C. C. Lyon, where lunch awaited them. The bride was the recinfAnt nf a tv i.nM number of exauisite and rncfiv HriHoi gifts, attesting her popularity with a Aarge uumoer oi irienas. xne nappy couple left on the afternoon train for Jackson's Snrincrs shnra Otsu mill spend their honeymoon. a. orimant ante-nuptial reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lvnn nn TnnnHo-n- nirhf Mrs. Lyon was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Mary Sinclair and the Misses Lyon, Houston, Bowden and Le- Grand. Amnnv thnsA nncsnt wa Miss Lessie Boykin, Washington, D. C, Miss Sarah Purcell, of Robeson county, Miss Lola Houston, Monroe, N. C, Miss Lucv Carolvn Bowden. Portsmouth. Va and Ttr W Pui Davis, Whiteville, A. W. McLean, Esq., Mr. Douglass Norment, Lum berton. Messrs ft TT r!ii..;o .a - v a, iv nuu Paul McFadgen, Clarkton. Delicious reiresnments were served at 12 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs: Rinflair will malra their home in Lumberton. BITTEN BY RABID D0Q. Mr. S. A. Bowden Had Unpleasant Experi ence With Canine. Special Star Correspondence.' Mount Olive, N. C, Jne$. Mr. S. A. Bowden, who lives near Mount Olive, in Duplin county, was bitten Friday evening by his dog, which was supposed to have been affected with rabies. Mrs. Bowden had noticed that the dog was constantly chasing the cats and chickens, fighting the other dogs, etc., and told her husband he would have to do something with him. Mr. Bowden took a block attached to the dog and put it through a crack in the fence. The doe- immndiatAlir jumped the fence and was hanging and Mr. Bowden undertook to help the doer back over the fencn. whnn t.ViA dog seized him by the right arm and punctured the skin and bruised it con siderably. The dog was left fastened and died the next day, biting at every thing in reach, Mr. Bowden left In company with Dr. L. P. Abram this morning for Baltimore, where he will take the Pasteur treatment. LYNCHING IN GEORGIA. Negro Hanged for An Attempted Assault on White Girls. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Columbus, Ga., June 9. Aim on Adams, a negro, twenty years of age, was lynched just outside the city limits this morning. He was strung up by a chain and his body, after being atauuacu yyiiu uuueis, was inrawn into the river. Adams last night forced an entrance into a room in the residence of E. H. Almond, who lives ten miles from Columbus, and attempted to assault his two daughters. Their screams aroused Mr. Almond, who found the .negro hiding in a closet. Adams was started for Columbus, but before reaching there was captured by a mob. : The Prohibition State Convention in session at Colorado nominated a full State ticket headed by J. RrWiley for Governor. The platform hold the President of the United States "re sponsible for the disgrace brought upon this country by the establish ment of drunkeries in the Philippines and Porto Rico and Cuba." Roeky Mount Aroonaut: Thn first apples of j the season we have seenj-were on dur market last Satur days They were small, but very good. ' Smithfield) Herald: Wo learn that the saw and planing mills and Shingle and lathj machinery of John son & Pratt, near Fremont, has been destrnved bv fir Thai lnoo la at $3,000, with no insurance. Sanford ExnreRX' ThA . fmit growers of this county will be busy for the next few weeks ' gathering and shipping their fruit oron. The neanh CrOO Will be immnnsA and it ttu o.n good it will bring thousands of dollars into the county. Mt. Airy A'ews: The croDs are backward this vast TVm m,,.k cool, dry weather since the 1st of May for corn, oats and -vMntaMaa wi...i is good but it wbuld have been better and more easily saved if we could have had a little more rain last month. Rockv Minnfc far as Prices are concerned ih . -i I " WAtA crop has proved a failure. Potatoes unugjog DUBiuue aoove the cost Of nroduction and - .7 vu., luuflk successful growers are delaying their shipments in thb hope that the tubers waia xiui, umy aavance in price, but will quantity ana quality. H.P. nnrt.ni" I .tnnf lnv C. A To,1- 1TT A a. Price, after having- been advertised by eagle posters if all over the county TrkW f nrsv m. 1 1 : . . w- " v buroounmAs, opujte on tne amendment at Danbury, June 6th, and haii loos tlin ... " tuu- uuu tjr moil, counting several Democrats, who were present through curiosity. The Republican rinp" felt ''mm" nn, thai- . : i The people of od Stokes are going to yote white this year. Red Snrints Rernrfl: flrnno o looking well an? in fine condition be tween here and Lumberton. -Dr. Coppedge, from near Gold Hill, reports crons in J his section in onnA condition. The! oat crop is not so good, but wheat land rye are excellent, r JoeBuie siys the Amendment will be carried in Rihasnn 2,000 majority.! Chairman McLeod says the tide is rising in its favor all the time, that all the people lack is just to properly Understand Hand they are ror it. i Monroe Enouirer: Mr. Jnnarth Adams, aged 85 years, died at his home near Waxhaw last Simrio Mr. Albert Redfearn, of White's Diore townsnipj Anson county, died last Saturdav. Jane' 2nd. TTa v k years old and had been in feeble health for a long time. Borings Stew art, a. small mulatto, escaped from the chain s-anir one dav . last waaV and a white (man named James Spence, escaped this week. Spence is medium size, has dark hair and is about 5 feet 6 inches tall. These are hnth . one term men and the Onuntv Com missioners willtpaya reward of ten dollars for their capture. John Perry, a colored farmer living three miles south of Monroe - informs n that he had a rat killing time last Sat urday ana auiea one hundred of the pests in one hoi under the sill of his stable. i Charlotte Neios : Frank RaA . dler, a colored boy of 8 years, com- . milieu suiciae at uaatonia Tnursdav by shooting himself with a pistol. The bov's father had thrAatnnAH tn nrhir. him, and was getting ready to make kuuu ms tnreat, wnen tne boy jumped from the tabled the family were at dinner and getting his father's pistol, shot himself in the head. He ran out of the door and fell dead ; in the yard. The mills Of the ororis frrinH slnnr but they grind exceeding small. Thus ininas w uuam luranam, colored, who for 20 years has been one of the best ana most polite or Central Hotel wait ers. William, it seems, is the sleekest thief and burglar in town. At this writing he is injthe county jail under a bond of $20Q, with nine cases of house breaking land thieving booked against him. He is well known in town, and the fact that he has been discovered to be a professional thief will surprise many. 1 Wadesborl) Messenger: Joseph Bowers, son of jtfr. M. M.' Bowers; of Burnsyille townjship, is: probably -the AioavACBii jruuuKEHiar 01 nis age in tne State. He is ondy 10 years old and weights 110 pounds. Joe is no taller" than the ordinary boy of ten, and is said by those who have seen him to be a curiosity. 4- Mr. Frank Singleton and Mrs. Mary Singleton 'were quietlv married at the residennn nt Mr Rnht Singleton, brother of the, groom, last oaiuraay. evening. Key. Parker Holmes officiating. The marriage was Verv much out tf thA nrrifnnrv in tViot ' it was the second time the principals to ii uau gone tarougn tne ceremony of plighting troth to each other. Mr. and Mrs. Sincleton first married soma 25 years ago. and after having ten children born tq them Mrs. Singleton procured 'a divorce from her husband. This was some fi vnara a trn hnth nf them living in New Jersey at the time. About five months ago Mr. Singleton came to Wadesboro to accept a position In the sSlk mill here, which is largely owned by bis brother, Mr. George Singleton, of New Jersey Mrs. Singleton joined him recently with the result that they decided to make up their differences, remarry and again live together THE RESULT OP JEALOUSY. Mrs. James Small Shot and Killed Mrs. Loo Ostrander at BaldwinsvlIIe, N. V. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Syracuse, N. Y.. June 9. Mrs. James Small shbt and killed Mrs, Lou ustrander, in Baldwinsville, eight iles from here tn-dmr a a th miH n.t jealousy over Mrs. Small's son. The snooting was premeditated, as it is un derstood that Mrs. Small had been nracticinar shoofiinir with a rnvnlvA for some weeks, and when asked what she was doing it for replied that Mrs. Oustrandef wculd find out soon enough. Mrs. jQustrander had loft her house to gd on an errand and was taming in tne street with a friend when Mrs. Small passed them. She drew her revolver und firor. nn.nt hlnnlr Mrs. Oustrandef dropped to the ground uiuau iUUllUUUQU (SAl AAOA- WBJT. 8he was immediately arrested. Mrs. Small's son James was arrAatAri har on pa . he said he was glad it had happened ana wisnea it naa occurred long ago. ST, LOUIS STRIKE. The Governor Rf quested to Call Out the State Militia. By Telegrapi i to the Mornins Btar. St. Louis, June 9. Gov. Stevens; Brigadier Geniral H. C. Clark, Adju tant General If. F. Bell, of the Mis-v souri National fruard, police officials,' and a committee of citizens, who held a conference last night with a view of calling out the knilitia to suppress dis ; order in connection with the street railway strike! were closeted again " to-day at policet headquarters. The feature of the meeting was the presentation to the Governor of a formal written request by Sheriff Pohlman to call out the miljtia, More cars were in oneration to-dav than at any time since the strike be- . gan, but the service was not complete by any means. Sheriff Pohlman's posse of nearly 2,000 men continued to guard the property of the street car company.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 15, 1900, edition 1
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