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Me WLtMq jltatv WILLIAM H. BBBNABD. '. BkUto and Froiwletar. . " , WILMINGTON, N. C. FbIDAY - - OCTOBKB 19, 1900. ATIONU DEHOCRHTIC TICKET. For President : WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of NeMa. For Vice-President: ADLAI E. STEYEKSON. of Illinois. - PRESIDENTMJLECTORS. Electors at Large. LEE S. OVERMAN, of Kowan. DAN HUGH McLEAN, of Harnett. " District Electors. First District: CHA3.L. ABERNATHY, of Carteret. Second District: T. C. WOOTEN, of Lenoir. Third District: HENRY L. COOK, of Cumberland. , - Fourth District B O. BECKWITH, of Wake. Fifth District: . WM. A. GUTHRIE, of Durham. ' Sixth District: W. O. DO WD, of Mecklenburg. Seventh District: J. R. BLAIR, of Montgomery. Eighth District: WM. S. PEARSON, of Burke. Ninth District: JNO 'M. CAMPBELL, of Buncombe. For Congress, Sixth District: JOHH D. BELLAMY of New HanoYer. THE SAME OLD TACTICS. -As the , time for the election ap proaches the corporations are show ing their hands and bringing pres sure to bear on their employes to make them vote for McKinley. We have recently presented a nttmber of instances of this where firms have published statements to the effect that they had orders for articles of their manufacture with the proviso that these orders were to be consid ered cancelled in the 'event of the election of Wm. J. Bryan. They began this thing before the. cam- naiirri crnfc wall Tin dor wav and havft kept it up steadily since, until now instances of this kind are of daily occurrence. As in 1896, there seems to be concert of action and a similarity of . phraseology in the announcements made by, these bulldozing firms, which indicate a common inspira tion which could doubtless be traced to Mark ' Hanna. - Never before Hanna cajsti'to the front as a politi- ..parmanager were such methods re- party such a thoroughly unscrupu- 1 T 1 1 1 itius manager or one who naa sucn an utter contempt for public opinion. With him the chief object has i always been success, regardless of the methods by which it is achieved. In view of the fact that this mean and flTflf.Afnn.fi n Tnef.Tind nf infimido., , tion was never resorted to before then and has regularly been since, it is fair to assume that he was the originator and the moving power behind them. A few days ago it was announced mat several furnaces in JNew York owned by the M. A. Hanna com pany had been indefinitely closed throwing several hundred men out of employment. It was not so an nounced but' the men who were thus thrown out of employment were doubtless told that . the opening of the furnaces would depend upon the result of the coming election, and that in the event of McKinley's elec tion they would open much sooner than if Bryan is elected, in which case they might never resume opera tions. This would be in keeping with most of the notices lent out to which we have referred above. To show the extent to which they are carrying this game of intimidation we quote the following dispatch from Chicago to the ,New York Journal under date of the 14th inst Seven hundred and fiftv thousand tons of steel raili will be laid by the railroads of the United States in ,1901. Orders to this extent have already been put out at the Trust nriee of 2 with the condition that if the trust re-, duces the price below 126 an advan tage Is to be given on the order. Of this enormous order over .500,000 tons go to the Federal Steel Comn&nv. whose principal plants are at the South Chicago rolling mills and the big steel plant at Lorain. Ohio. Despite this fact the rollincr mills at Lorain and South Chicago were shut down last night, ostensibly "for 're pairs;" actually, it is declared, to co erce the employes into voting for Mc - Kinler.t Three thousand men were thrown out of jobs at Lorain; 2,600 at South Chicago. - - Hat? a million dollars in monthly wages Is thus shut off, though orders enough to keep the inillJrasy for more tnan lour montns are in nana. The Pennsylvania Railroad alone has uncompleted orders for 50,000 tons of rail. Despite these known facts, President tfamngton, oi ine cteei uom ntnT. mida the following statement: "We have few orders ahead, and none for immediate delivery. We will, of course, avail ourselves of the oppor tunity to make repairs: but the time for re-opening will depend entirely upon the rapidity wun wnien oraers lor rail come in." . - . Bat. he Jets the cat ont of the bag in the next few sentences: . v "Our largest customers In all lines fell us that they don't care to place any orders till after they know what the result of the election will be. xnis statement : is, in general, true of all ines of, steel manufacture, l ennnot venture any prediction yet as to whether the shutdown will last longer than two weeks or not." . That tells the whole story. It is ex actly a repetition of the tactics of 1896: 'Vote for McKinley or - lose your job." The Democratic leaaers nave warnea the country for several months that the corporations and trusts would em ploy these tactics. As far as appears' there is no an nouncement that the railroads will cancel their orders if Bryan is elect ed. They couldn't if -they would, 'or-they must have rails for repair ing of tracks, even if no new mile age were laid, and we know the fact that many of these'orders have been placed without any condition, save that the companies - making them will get the benefit of any reduction in price when the deliveries are made. The Pennsylvania road, one o the greatest, in the country,' has made contracts for 150,000 tons, and this is the only condition. In the campaign of 1896 the read ing publio became pretty familiar with this shameful system of intim idation, and the wonder is, that the same men -would again undertake to. play the same game upon their workmen, but they have either come to the conclusion that the people have short memories or they are ut terly lost to a sense of common de cency. ... The tact that tney ao re sort to such disreputable methods again shows that 'they have become desperate and will do anything to win. This was supposed to be a free country where the citizen voted in accordance with his judgment and convictions, without dictation or in timidation. It wasn't so in 1896, when thousands of men were either led to the polls or driven to the polls and coerced into noting for the men they didn't want to, but had to for feai of losing the work on -which they depended to feed, clothe and house their families, and it will Hot be this time if these infernal schemers ' successfully play their game. If they succeed now we may ex pect the same thing four years hence and at every election when the in terests of corporations are involved. How much better off are the men who are thus influenced or coerced to vote against their convictions, than the slave, who does the work of a master, and is cared for, fed and clothed? Such a man is a.freeman Only in name. A GRAND DEMONSTRATION. ' The Democrats of New York city promised Wm. J. Bryan a rousing reception when he came to their city and right royally did they keep their promise when he entered the gates last Tnesday. A more en thusiastic reception was never given to any Presidential candidate, even in that great city of millions, where immense crowds" are not uncommon. But it isn't so much the great crowds that greeted him, nor the elaborate preparations to lend attractiveness to the occasion, as the spirit that animated the people that is note worthy, Those people, numbered by the many thousands, gathered on 'the streets and packed the halls and the squares where the speaking took place to see and to hear Bryan. There were other distinguished per sons there, other eloquent speakers, men who on ordinary occasions could entertain, and sway large crowds, but they were back numbers on this occasion, for those thousands of people wanted to hear Bryan and Bryan only. Why? Not simply because he is a candidate for the - Presidency or because he is gifted with a fascina ting eloquence, but because he rep resents and advocates principles which are dear to the American who treasures the traditions of his country and the teachings of the fathers, and because they believe him to be thoroughly sincere and honest in what he professes and ad vocates. They know this sincerity and honesty has stood the test, and that the man they honor can be trusted and will prove true to them. That's why they admire this great tribune of the Deonle. and erreet him as people greet only the men they trust and love. ANOTHER OBJECT LESSON. We have presented a number of object lessons showing how the trusts strangle industrial enter pnses, close up establishments throw out of employment many people and damage , the towns in which these establishments were located. Here is another, in which a telegram to the New York World from Sharon, Pa., under date of 121jh inst., tells the story of how the American Steel Hoop Trust ab sorbed and destroyed one of the principal industrial establishments oi that town: "The Kimberly Rolling Mill, which ww uu-ukui nyine Dy ine American Steel Hoop Company, whose head auarters are in New Vnir. hn n the steel hoop interests of the count were formed into a trust, isibeing wrecsea. "Every building will be razed, all the machinerv shinned tn Pittahn the stock disposed of and not a vestige oi toe Dig piant wui oe leii. The Kimberlv mill is one of the old est producers in Western Pennsyl vania, and was sold to the hoop trust six hundred employes will be deprived oi employment." . But the brazen cheeked Mark Hanna still insists that there are no I trusts: that they have been killed by I the Sherman law, and can't -. exist I under it. .t NOT AS IH 15o. - T v. Frank A. Eichardson, correspon- . dent of the Baltimore Sun, sent his paper a very interesting letter on the situation in :. Ohio, written at Cincinnati, under date of the '14th j inst. He does not claim that the j Democrats will carry the State, but j points out the indications favorable j to them. Speaking of the cities, he says: - "Four Tears atro this bier citv (Cin cinnati) was alive with McKinley ban- , ners andstreamers ; there were Mo Kinley business men's headquarters of one kind or another in nearly every block of the business section. - Noon day prayer meetings for the election of McKinley Were in full blast, the Re publican campaign ' oommittees were active and untiring, while the Demo crats were so despondent and disheart ened they did not even make a pre tence of keeping their nominal head quarters open. If there are so many as half a dozen banners -hung out at ! this time in all the extensive business district, where in 1896 there were hun dreds and hundreds, I have failed to see them. .. i ' What is true of Cincinnati is true of the other large cities of the Slate. The Republican local campaign com mittees seem to be doing no business; the leaders do not appear to care to discuss politics. It is less than four weeks from the election, and while there have been a few insignificant ward meetings there has been no gen eral party gathering in Cincinnati nothing offered to bring the people out in mass. The Democrats of Cincinnati and Hamilton, county are at - work this time. They have received no aid from the National Committee, but they have collected a very respectable campaign fund right at home. Among the con-' tributors to this are several of the wealthy men of the party who voted for McKinleyin 1896 and sent what money they had to spare to Mr. Hanna. "One of these gentlemen ifc the head of a large manufacturing establish ment, in lose he organized a Mc Kinley business men's association among his own employes and carried them to the polls with him to vote for McKirley. He has now informed his men of his intention to vote for Bryan, and said to them they can vote for whom they please. "Four years ago the national banks of Cincinnati, like all the national banks elsewhere, dumped a handsome sum into the lap of Mr. Hanna with out remonstrance or objection from any quarter. Democratic stockholders and directors recently served notice that this could not be done again. "Six big railroads have central head quarters in this city. In 1896 they marshalled their employes in one solid mass, from the highest to the lowest grade, and voted them for Mc Kinley. Not a syllable, not a whis per has gone to these employes, and they are beginning to think their con sciences as men and their liberty as citizens are not again to be interfered with. Perhaps, as has been suggested, the railroads are waiting to issue their edict until within a few days of the eleceion. Or it may be they have reached the conclusion it is not wise to be forever undertaking tO nercfc their men and deliver them over like- cattle to the Republican party. 'The Democrats in their meetings have scarcely touched upon the ques tion of silver, but have confined them selves to trusts and imperialism. The Republicans try hard to keep silver to the front, but the people do not want it and show no interest in it. " George Fred Williams had a big Democratic meeting near here a few nights since. He talked nothing but trusts and im perialism, and the people went wild. "The voters of Ohio certainly take an interest in both these paramount issues. 'Over the Rhine' mutterings about trusts are heard just as in the street cars and just sub among that great army which carries the dinner pail. "The endless chain prayer for the defeat . of McKinley, started by the Woman's ' - Christian Temperance Union, ascends daily from the homes of Ohio. Republican women are thick among the supplicants, and when Re publican wives are praying daily for a particular thing it is not unlikely to have more or less effect upon Republi can husbands. . It is claimed the result of this endless chain invocation will be the diversion of some thousands of Re publican votes to the Prohibition ticket." These are unquestionably encour aging signs for the Democrats, but the potent factor is in the rural dis tricts where the Bepublicans have heretofore had a much stronger foot hold than the Democrats, and it is on these that the Republicans mainly rely this year. But they are not as sure of them by any means as they have been in the past, for there is a change in sentiment going on that makes it very "difficult to' forecast results with anything like certainty. Aa illustrating this the correspondent quotes a prominent Republican as follows: ' "A very prominent Republican offi cial whose name I would like very much to mention, but. of course, can not, has just said to me in the presence ot tnree or lour others that it was all guesswork as to how Ohio would aro, " 'We may have 40.000.' he said: we may nave iu,uuu; we may have noth ing. "I asked him as to Hamilton county. He said : " I hope we may have 8.000 here. "This brought to mind the political inconsistencies of this county and how tne most careful and elaborate calcu lations in reerard to it have so fre quently been brought to naught. It noJds the banner for the neatest no litical flops and somersaults anvwhere. It has giren 10,000 majority at one election and a month afterward re versed it by as much or more for the other side. It gave Greeley a majority of several thousand in 1872 when his candidacy had completely collapsed several weeks beiore.. Republicans hope for 5,000 for McKinley now, when it gave him four times as much four years ago. It may give him 20,000 in November, or it may go against him of tnousands." Memorial Services. The joint committee for the four lodges of Odd Fellows appointed to ar range for the memorial services in honor of the departed dead met Tues day night and decided to have the ex ercises Sunday night, October 28th, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Rev. A. D. McCiure will preach the annual sermon. Deafness Cannot be Cured ftv 1wn.1 armllACLtfAma as tViAanAt vaaaIi ria diseased portion of the ear. Tnere ts only one way m core aeameaa, ana inai is ot consura tlonal remedies. Deafness la caused by an In flamed condition ot -the mncons lining ot the Eustachian Tube. When this tube sets Inflamed yon have a rumbling sound or lmoerfect hear ing, and when it Is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing1 will be destroyed rorever which is nothing but an Inflamed condition ot the mucous Burracea. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cored by Hall's Catarrh Cure. . Bend for circulars, free. F.J.CHEHXT& CO., Toledo, O. hoio. dt DramstB, vec. HaH's Family Mis are the best. - t THE FALL BUSINESS. Wilmington Wholesale and; Re tail Mercti&nts Jubilant Over , the S&son's Trade. BETTER THAN IN MANY YEARS Ten Cent Cotton Has Brought aa Era of Almost Unprecedented Prosperity to 1 1 the City aad Conatry Alike-No ! . , Administration Favors. ' 5 ',i Without exception Wilmington bus-. ine: s men agree that the present sea son has been one of the most prosper ous iu their experience for many years past. By October 15th it is pretty easy for the average Wilmington wholesale merchant to determine the status of his current year's business and expres sions from them about this time form a very accurate index to the prosperity of the country in the port's commer cial territory. ' . 1''" ' " C v ' Notwithstanding the marked decline in cotton for the pa&t few L days, it is almost the .unanimous opinion that the advanced prices for the South's chief staple has had much, if not all, to do with the revival of commercial inter ests along all lines. A talk with a number of the wharf merchants and up town wholesale dry goods and shoe men this week reveals the fact that they are en joying a trade almost un precedented in later years. ' Collec tions have been good; country mer chants and farmers have been enabled to settle accounts early and with ease; they have been able after their obli gations have been met, to stock their stores wi h marketable goods and sup ply their farms and farm houses with supplies and conveniences hitherto almost! unknown from the precarious condition in recent years of the mar kets for their chief products; they are enjoying with the city and town a prosperity which will remain substan tial so long as cotton lingers around the ten cent figure. The changed order of things, too, came with some measure of surprise and found farmers with their grana ries, barns, pastures, etc., well stocked. The crop had been raised in anticipation of the low prices and with great economy. The surprise was all the more - welcome and pleas ing for that. The farmer with his re plenished purse is now being enabled to purchased freely for the first time since the long reign of 5 and 6 cent cotton. Goods are heaped upon every railroad platform and the rush of cotton and other products to the market has made the era of good will felt by the transportation companies, and for the first time perhaps in many years tney nnd their lines chock-a- block with business. The . evidences of the prosperity are everywhere ap parent; they cannot escape notice. And it is not an administration prosperity either, for the most con servative business men are free to confess that the inexorable law of supply and demand has had all to do with it For if it is not so, then we would have had the same revival of business all through these years of the same political administration. ft is a happy condition with Wil mington, and she rejoices with her out-of-town neighbors in it It is a subject of frequent comment in busi ness circles, and the meeting of one business man with another is now a scene of congratulation. The question alone remains, how long will it last! Night Sweats, loss of appetite. weak and impoverished blood, colds. la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonio eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. 25c per bottle. . Insist on having Rob erts1. No other "as good." R. R. Bellamy, Jos. C. Shepard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. t TO NORTH CAROLINIANS. J. W. Langley and J. W. Crooks Speak to a Gathering of Republicans. Washington Post, TTth.' The North Carolina Republican As sociation met last night at 8midt's Hall, on Ninth street President Samuel J. Turner called the meeting to order. John W. Langley spoke Of the great fight which was being waged in Ken tucky for civil liberty. He predicted that McKinley would receive the elec toral vote and that Mr. Yerkes would be elected Governor. The next sneaker of the evening was Hon. James W. Crooks, of Illinois. Mr. Crooks spoke at some length, reviewing the present administration and its benefits to the laboring people of the country. He took up the foreign policy, financial question, the labor question, and also spoke of the disfranchising methods adopted by the Democrats of the South. The association appointed commit tees to look after sending the voters home to vote. The next meeting will be held next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Local Shipping News. The schooner Harry W. Raynes ar rived yesterday from New York for a cargo of lumber from the Chadbourn Lumber Company. The schooner Massachusetts doited yerterday with a cargo of 367 piling from Messrs. W. H. Robbins & Bro., for New York. The schooner Emma -Knowlton cleared yesterday with a cargo of 304, 885 feet of lumber for Mayaguez, Porto Rico. . The Norwegian barque Brodrene was cleared by Messrs. Heide & Co. yesterday for Belfast, with a cargo of 6.276 barrels rosin from the S. Jr. Shotter Company. Whiskey and Brickbats. William Parker, colored, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weanon unon his wife, was given a bearing before Justice Fowler yester day and bound over to Criminal Court under a 50 bond, which he failed : to give' and " was committed. The "evidence showed that Parker threw a bottle of whiskey at his wife and it tmek: her in the back. He also used brickbats, to the woman's detri ment LOVELY EVENING WEDDING. Miss Annie Stemmermaa' and Mr. Ernst T Strnnck United in Mirrlare at the : ?S:, Lntheraa Chnrcb 3 ' ' The marriage of Miss w Annie O. Stemmerman"to - MrrErnst P. EL Strunck,'- was' celebrated yesterday evening at 6 o'clock in St Paul's Evan gelical Lutheran Church, and. the im Pressive ceremony was witnessed by a wide circle of relatives and friends of the popular bridal couple. The church, which, was decorated with palms, bamboo, ferns and other potted plants,.' presented a beautiful scene. To the strains of the , wedding march, played by Miss Kate Stalter, the bridal ' party entered the center aisle. ' Mr. Will Rehder and Mr. Geo, Tiencken, ushers, , were the first to pass in. They were followed-by four flower girls, Gozina . Haar with Florence Wessell, and Lina Rowell with Annie Tiencken,' who were ; beautifully dressed in white China silk and carried baskets of flowers. Next came the other ushers,' Mr. I Willie Mahler with Mr. Geo. Schnibbeh. The groom, with his best man, Mr. Fred Fuchs, then passed down the aisle, and were fol lowed by the bride, who wore a hand some gray silk gown with hat to match, and carried a bouquet of roses, accom panied by her brother, Mr. Carl Stem merman, who gave her away. The ceremony was impressively con ducted by the pastor, Rev. A. G. Voigt, D. P. The party passed out of the church to the familiar notes of Men delssohn's wedding march. The bride and groom are very popular and have a wide circle of friends who wish them long life and happiness. Mft-and Mrs. Strunck, accompaied to the Front street station bya number of their friends, left last night over, the Atlantic Coast Line for Washington, and from thence on a northern tour. On their return to Wilmington, they will be at home to their friends at No. 315 Church street MR. FRANK DBVEREUX DEAD. Ponad la the Road Near Barnwell, S. C. Heart Disease the Cause. ' News has reached here of the death of Mr. Frank H. Devereudr. who was found dead in the road near Barnwell, S. C , his home, last Wednesday night. Mr. Devereux was- in the employ of Brown & Co.. cross tie dealers, and was located in Wilmington for six or eight months. He was a popular young r man and during his stay in Wilmington formed many pleasant friendships. Heart disease was pro nounced as the cause of his death. He was about 33 years of age. Mr. Fremont Injured Friends and acquaintances in the city learned with regret yesterday of a very serious accident which befel Mr. F. M. Fremont, of New York, formerly of this city and a son of the late Col. S. L. Fremont, who was at one time General Superintendent of the W. & W. Railroad and later an official of the Carolina Central Company. Mr. Fremont in boarding a car in New York last week slipped and fell under the trucks of the car. receiving such severe wounds as to make amputation of one of his legs necessary. Launch "Almont" Sold. The -little steam launch Almont, owned by the Navassa Guano: Com pany; has been sold by the Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company, successor to the Navassa Company, to a gentle man in Conway, S. C, named McNeill who will use it on the Waccamaw river. The little craft used to be reg ularly on the river, but for the past few months has been out. of- service. Capt. J. H. Williams, of the tag Na vassa, will get her ready for delivery to the new owner to day and will take her to Georgetown by the inland route when the weather is favorable. Died in Sooth Carolina. ; News was received in the city yes terday of the death of Mr. John R Urimsley, Atlantic Uoast Lane oper ator at Lake City, 8. C, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. ' Policeman E. J. Grimsley, Jr., I of this city is a brother of the deceased and left yester day afternoon for Lake City to make funernal arrangements. Mr. Grims ley was originally of Councils Station He is survived by a wife and three children besides a number of relatives at Council Station. Election for President and Vice-President and primary for United States Senator, Tuesday, November 6th. " AfrI7e&anifyanaJboinpty: Cleanses the System ' Gently and Effectually when bilious or costive. Jresertts in tAe most accepteiefonn l Jaratore principles of nlantr Anoirn to act most beneficially: "TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCOt , - : ... SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ; LOUISVILLE KY, V ' MEW YORK, H. far sU by druggists - price SQt per iettU. ft....- .-r,,. frT ,-TrnfciJJJ,......,-V. BLOODC ;. We live by our blood,1 and on it We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. - There isnothing else to hve on or by." - When strength is lull and spirits high, we are being re freshed, bone muscle and brain, in Dody and mind, with : con tinual flow of rich blood. This is health.. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved; our blood is poor; there is little nutri ment in it. Back of the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. When it fails, take Scott s emulsion or cod-liver oil. It sets the whole body going again man woman and child. . - We'll send you a little to try, If yoa Bice. SCOTT & DOWNE, 409 PearT street, New. York. MORE DEMOCRATS ARRESTED Prominent Citizens of Johnston County Bound Over to the Federal Count on Tramped-Up Chutes. - Speeial Star Telegram. Baleigh, N. C, October 15. A number of prominent Democrats in Johoston county have been arrested and taken before Commissioner Bar ker, who is also the Republican county chairman, and were bound over to the Federal Court on a charge of intimi dating: voters in the last ' election. Among those arrested are some promi nent lawyers, . ex members of the Legislature and county officers. The registrar cases set . for trial in the Federal court at Statesville this week have been postponed till next term of court. Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them; also Old, Running and Fever Sores, ulcers, coils, f elons, Uorns, Warts, (Juts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds. Channed Hands and Chil blains. Its the best Pile Cure -on earth. Drives out pains and aches. Only 25 cents a box. Core guaran teed. Sold by RR Bellamy, drug- BRUNSWICK SUPERIOR COURT. Adjourned Yesterday Evening for the Term Moore Case Continued. --.- The Fall term of Brunswick county Superior Court was adjourned for the term last evening and Judge Brown and the visiting attorneys came up to the city7 last night , Solicitor McLean came up yesterday afternoon and will leave for his home at Eiiza- bethtown to-day. B. G. Empie, .Geo. L. Peschau and John H. Gore, Esqrs., of the Wilmington bar, also came up yesterday. Judge Brown " and Messrs. Meares, McClammy and Bryan came up last night, reaching the city at 9 o'clock, on the steamer Seabright. Messrs. Geo. Bountree, Marsden Bellamy, C. E. Borden, H. W. Malloy and a number of witnesses came -up later on the steam tug Navassa, reaching the city just before 12 o'clock. The docket for the term was very, light and the criminal' cases were of no importance. The only case of in terest on the civil docket was that of F. M. Moore against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company and this was continued until the next term. It will be remembered that the plaintiff bubs for $20,000 damages for alleged injury to his lands by acids and other drain age from the Navassa guano factory across the river. A motion was made for a removal of the case to some other county and the same will be heard by Judge Brown at Fayetteville on November 15th. In the event of the removal of the case it will most likely come to New Hanover. No Right To XJgllnm. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attrac tive must keep her 'health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch ed complexion. ; Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate the stomach, liver and. kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin and rich complexion. It will make a good looking, charming wo man of a run down invalid. Only 60 cents at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. . f The Cotton Market. There was no change in the local cotton market yesterday, although New York f utures advanced about an eighth," the spot market having been quoted at 10 116 for middling. The local quotations were on a basis of 9i cents for middling. The receipts yes terday on the . Wilmington market were only 916 bales, against 1,125 on thesame day last year. Steamer Hurt Will Lay Up The steamer A. P. Hurt plying- be tween Wilmington and Fayetteville, will be laid up for a few days to have anew boiler installed,'' the jld one having failed to come up to the re quirements of the inspectors, who made an examination of the same Tuesday. It is very likely that the Howes will take the Hurt's run dur ing the time consumed in repairing. , . Winston Sentinel: Miss Ever ridge, the thirteen-year-old stepdaugh ter of Mr. O. F. Davis, of Salem, met with a peculiar accident a few nights ago. While returning from the First Baptist Church, she fell, breaking oS one of her thumbs at the joint She did not miss the half thumb until she arrived at home. It was . found by a negro boy. next morning; where she fell It was given to Mr. Bobt Spach and he placed it in alcohoL CAMPAIGN MEETING. Brooke Q. Empie, Esq., Spoke to Many Democrats Last Night in the Court House. ' ! ELECTOR DOWD WAS ABSENT He ; Telegraphed That Another Eofcage ment Prevented His Coming, But Promised a Date Later Jos- Wet Ber,nemanfl Spoke. '. The largest campaign meetit-s: f the year was held last night at tbe Court House, the occasion advertised being the speaking by Hon. W. O. DowdJ of Charlotte, who, however, telegraphed in the afternoon from his home that another engagement made it impos sible for him to meet his appointment here. He intimated that he would speak in Wilmington later. . -: , As much i as the . ab.ehce of :Mr. Dowd was regretted, the crowd which had assembled to bear the ; issues of the campaign discussed in an able and convicting manner were, not disap pointed. ' County Chairman E. F. Johnson called the. meeting to order and after reading the telegram from Mr. Dowd, presented Brooke G. Empie, Esq., one of the most entertaining; speakers of the Wilmington bar, who in an address of more than an hour throughly . pleased , and instructed his . hearers with an exposition of the questions at stake in the present campaign. Mr. Empie was accorded warmest applause and his discussion was calm, convincing, dispassionate and withal, especially appealing to the masses of people who are arrayed against the champions of trusts and monopolies in the great fight which is n6w on. - His first references were to the evils of imperialism and the tendency to ward militarism.'' He showed himself complete master of the subject in hand and a careful ' reader and thorough student of current events. Operations of our armies in Cuba and the Philip pines were reviewed and the tendency of the situation shown to be towards an empire and a tottering government The greater portion of his discussion was concerning trusts and monopolies, describing from personal experiences their manner of throttling competition and manipulating affairs to the detri ment of the people and to their own despicable ends. This feature of his address was especially instructive and entertaining. He declared the only remedy for the condition was the de thronement of a government which is an avowed friend to tbe combinations and whose logical president, Mark Hanna, u himself opposed to every interest of the laboring classes. He closed his argument with a second reference , to imperialism and appealed to the people to thwart the endeavor of Republicans to fasten upon the country a monarchy. When Mr. Empie had closed his speech there were calls, for Justice G. Wr Bornemann, who ' responded and made a convincing appeal to the people to deliver their country from a party which would have for its emperor William McKinley and for its ruler a Mark Hanna. Justice Bornemann also made remarks from his personal ob servations in his native country, Ger many, and pictured the evils arising from a large standing army and a covetous desire for conquest. He was given closest attention and upon the close of his speech a round of applause and congratulations upon his effort. He promised the audience to speak in several of the wards before the cam paign is over. SCHOONER SUNK. Ron Down by an Unknown Oceaa Tug la Hampton Roads. fiv TetogTapa to toe Morning Star. Norfolk, Va., October 17. The schooner Jno. A. Curtis, of Baltimore, Captain E. W. Travers, was run down and sank in Hampton Roads at an early hour this morning, while it was yet dark, by an unknown ocean tug. The Curtis, at the time of the collision, was passing the Rip-Raps on her way to Norfolk from the Wicomica river, loaded with fish guano. She was struck with great force and had her bow carried almost entirely way. Captain Travers was struck by a flying timber, about twenty -three inches square, the blow rendering him senseless. Tho tug, which had her after pilot house carried away, it is reported, steamed off after the accident and was not again seen by the crew of the Curtis. The crew of the schooner, which was rapidly filling, headed their vessel for the beach near Willoughby Spit, where she lies full of water. Captain Travers and his crew, who left the vessel in a yawl boat, reached Nor folk to day after a thrilling experience, their yawl having narrowly escaped capsizing on several occasions. The schooner Curtis was owned ' by her master, Captain Travers, and was in sured in Baltimore. " Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every breath that is drawn info the lungs There is procurable from any druggist the remedy for the cure of this trouble. A small quantity of Ely's Cream Balm placed into the nos trils spreads over an inflamed and an gry surface, relieving immediately the painful inflammation, cleanses, heals and cures. A cold in the head van ishes immediately. Sold by druggists or it will be mailed for 50 cents, by Ety Brothers, 56 Warren street. New York. . t "It's too bad about young Mr. fuddwgly," said the girl in tne pink shirt waist his rich old aunt has become tired of pay ing his bills and told him the others day that he would have to stand on his own lesources hereafter." "And how very slender they are 1" murmured the girl in the Eton jacket, looking pen sively at the creases in young Mr. 5uddingly's trousers." Chicago Tri bune. .A..A.A.A.l..A.A,A( JVJ FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHEULIJ "HawRivai,'? "Leader," ana "Repeater" Insist upon haying them, Uko no otberi and yoa wiU get the best shell that money can bay. All rtrt CDO VFffn vupia '. GOOD S3 HEALTH by the Quart. Every bottle you take of Johnston s Sarsaparllla means better health and every bottle contains fulj, quart. It makes better bloodlprcr blood. For thirty years this famous remedy bas been creating and main, taining good health. Johnston's Sarsaparilla builds up the syftem tones the nerves, and strengthensfthe muscles . t uiurc pruuipvij ana cnqctually thlu any other remedy known. The iSaiior ot the cheek disappears, energy takes the place of languor, -and the rich color of health flows to the cheeks. Unequalled for all disorders of th8 stomach and liver, and lor all weakening com plaints of men, women and children. aaUmrjmhtn. rjttt, ( LOO rtr full ijcirt tcicc. MICHIGAN DRUO CO.. - Detroit, riich. For sale by HERBERT L. FENTRESS, Wilmington, N. 0. DIAMOND INVESTMENTS. Letter from the Company Apparently Sets -Jtself Right and Shareholders Throw the Blame on Solicitors. Contract holders in the "Piamoid -Investment scheme" were disDosed in be a little more lenient in their opinions toward the company jester day and now most of the share holders lay the blame of their misconception at the door of Messrs. Ruffin and Jordan, the gentlemen who worked up the "chapter" in Wilmington. The amount involved with Wji mington depositors is over $7,000 aid not $2,000 as stated in Sunday's pa(.er. The company which is at the tiesd ul the scheme islthe Mutual Fidelity Com pany, of Baltimore, and Mr. Bellamy, the attorney in Baltimore to look after - the interests of Wilmington people, it is learned, has advised payment of the current week's "dues" until he is heard from further. A letter received from the treasurer of the company yesterday bya num ber of depositors anticipates a misun derstanding on the part of stockholders in - Wilmington and expresses a (ear. that they have relied too much upon solicitor's representations and not upon the contract, ' which explicitly calls for 101 weeks. The letter also calls attention to a clause in the appli cation for a contract which was sigm d by every shareholder, as follows: "This application is made with full knowledge of all the provisions con tained in said contract and said com pany shall not be held responsible for agents' statements at variacca there with." Continuing, the letter says: "The time of the contract calls for 101 weeks with a guarantee, from ths company to weekly throw out its re demption fund, redeeming as many contracts as that week have reached any of the maturity periods and those not paid run to the next maturity, twenty weeks in advance. To illus trate: If your contract was this week forty weeks old and was not reached for redemption, it would not be redeemed until the sixtieth week, as the next week it would be forty-one weeks old. and we have no redemption period of that number of weeks. "Our business is based altogether upon estimates, depending upon the increase of business or lapsation to pay the persistent holders the profit prom ised. It is conservatively estimated by an actuary that nq contract for the next two years will run beyond the forty -week redemption period. " THAT JOTFVL FEELING With the exhilirating sense of re newed health and strength and inter nal cleanliness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few who have not. progressed beyond the old-time medicines and the cheap Substitutes sometimes offered but never accepted by the well-informed. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Fayetteville Observer: Mr. Ii. E. Ellis, a prosperous farmer of Gray's Creek, died at his home in that town ship Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock, after an illness extending over six months, in the 55th year of his age. Mrs. Jas. B Driver, wife of the superintendent of Hope Mills No. 3, died at Hope Mills night before last. Mrs. Driver was the principal and chief witness for the prosecution in the case against Thomas Fort, the young white man now in the county jail awaiting trial at the next term of Criminal Court on the charge of at tempted criminal assault It is now rumored that the prosecution will seek to obtain a bill of indictment for mur der against Fort, claiming that the death of Mrs. Driver was due to ner vous prostration, due to that alleged attempted assault Conspicuous notices have been posted at all the cot ton milla in this vicinity, announcing that in the future union labor will not be employed under any circumstances. The mills posting such notices are tbe Tolar Hart-Holt, Holt Williamson, Fayetteville Cotton Mill, Hope Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Murchison Mill and the Cumberland Mill. PIQHTINQ THE FILIPINOS. Twenty Natives Killed and Many Wounded. An Important Capture. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Manila, October 17. Under cover of a stormy night Captain Elliott, of the Fortieth infantry, surprised the rebel headquarters near Orcquieta. Island of Mindanao, : and captured without fighting General Alvarez with his staff and twenty-five men. The capture is important and will tend to pacify the district Alvarez bad for a long time been provoking hostilities in Mindanao. It was he who effected the disastrous attack on OroquieU SDme time ago and he was preparing another when he was captured. " Detachments of the Twenty sixth and Thirtieth regiments engaged the rebels t ear Tubuagan in Southern Panay, routing them, killing twenty and wounding many. ..... . . ......
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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