WILLIAM H. BBBN ABD
Xdltor ud Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Fbidat, - - August 2, 1901.
PROTECTION AHD EXPANSION.
The protectioDi8t8 of this country
are, as a rule. expansionists, impe
rialist expansionists, that is expan
sionists who believe in grabbing
territory and holding on . to it for
the trade they may get out of it.
But there is a string to their expan
sion, it must not interfere with
themh any way nor interfere with
the monopoly which they have of
the home market. This is the secret
of the course that has been pursued I
A.nia Pnrto Rico, the Philippines I
and Hawaii, and the course that is
beine pursued toward Cuba, and
this is the secret of the recent re
markable decision of the U. S. Su
preme Court, which virtually applies
to all our territorial possessions as it
did to Porto Rico.
In accordance with the limitation
at the Foraker bill Porto Rico is now
to have the benefit of free trade with
this country, but if Congress, sees
fit it can levy duties on Porto Rican
products, and Suties to be.collected
in Porto Rico on imports from this
country. Whether this will be done
or not may depend upon whether
the imports from that island inter
fere with the products of the pro
tected classes, in this country. At
present the competition of the island
may not be materially felt, and
therefore she raav enjoy free trade
without any interference from the
protected, although the little com
petition they may meet with will go
Very much against their grain.
Under a liberal, progressive, un
selfish policy, the productive' ca
pacity of the islands of Hawaii, of
come of the Philippines and of
Cuba might be immensely increased.
Their sugar crops might be more
than doubled and with this (having
control of it) and the cane and beet
sugar made in the United States
we might control the sugar
trade of the world, bounty or no
bounty by European Governments.
This would also give us cheap sugar
for with free BUgar from those is
lands the Sugar Trust could not
monopolize that businessas it does
now. That's where politics will be
brought to bear on all of these is
lands, to keep them in such a con
dition that they cannot become
competitors of the Sugar Trust or
of the beet growers and beet sugar
manufacturers.
The prediction is made that' it
will not be many years with the in
creased production of beet sugar,
which is now about 400,000,000
pounds, before we will produce all
the sugar we need for home con
sumption and save the 1100,000,000
we annually pay to foreign countries
for the sugar we buy from them.
This is one of the industries which
they have been planning to build up
by the protective tariff, at least that
is one of the alleged reasons for
it, although more thought was
given to promoting the interests of
Mr. Havemeyer's Sugar Trust than
to tne sugar beet growers. We know,
as far as can be known at present,
what the status of the Philippines
and of Hawaii (which has some sort
of reciprocity) is. They will be kept
in such a position that they may al
ways be controlled and never be per
mitted to become troublesome com
petitors in anything. The rare woods
of the Philippines, their spices and
other things which are not produced
in this country may be' permitted to
come in free of duty, but when it
comes to her hemp, tobacco and
other things which we grow the line
wyf be drawn upon them.
But the Philippines are a long way
off, as yet but little developed, and
the work of development on account
of climatic and disease obstacles must
move slowly. For these reasons the
protected are not as much concern
ed in them as they are in Cuba,
which is at our doors and a wonder
fully prolific island.
There has been for some time an
annexation sentiment in Cuba, and it
has been growing, for a great many
. Cubans who thought they saw inde
pendence when the Spaniard was
driven out, have, in view of the atti
tude and demands of this Govern
ment, abandoned the hope of inde
pendence, and come to the conclu
sion that the easiest way out of a
very undesirable position, and the
best thing f orXuba, as events have
developed, will be annexation and
ultimate Statehood. They show a
pretty clear conception of the situa
tion, present and prospective in this,
but they are building a hope on
Statehood, which it will take a long
time to realize, if ever; surely never
while the beneficiaries of tariff pro
tection have the power to prevent it.
Cuba will produce this year'600, -000
tons of sugar; in a few
years, with free trade with this
country, she would produce three
times as much. She has rich iron
and copper mines. These are the
interests that would be principally
affected by annexation, and conse
quently when that move is made
we will see the sugar beet growers
and beet sugar manufacturers, the
Havemeyer Sugar Trust, and he
iron and copper mine A, (unless
they in the meantime secure posses
sion of the iron and copper mines,)
. working with might and main to
1 slam the door in Cuba's face when
she asks for annexation.
They don't believe in the expan
sion that will take, Cuba in and put
her products on the same plane
with home products. ' Their expan
sion simply means possession for
the purposes of exploitation ana
plunder. That's the kind of ex
pansionists they are.
WHY IT 18.
It is somewhat remarkable in the
discussion by Republican papers of
the suffrage question, in the South,
that it is not so much the restriction
of negro suffrage that they object to
as the failure to restrict white suf
frage in the same way. If the illit
erate white man and the illiterate
negro were put on the same plane,
they would, they say, have no ob-
jection to make, which means that
in their estimation mere u
no (in
ference between the illiterate white
man and the illiterate negro, and
that one is about as competent and
safe voter as the other. This is put
ting a very low estimate on the il
literate white man of the South and
one that would not be put upon him
by anyone who f knows anything
about the Southern white man.
Whether they can read and write
or not there is this difference be
tween the two races; the white' man
exercises some judgment and has
opinions of his own, and is governed
by this judgment and these opinions
informing his party affiliations and
in casting his ballot, and hence we
find white men affiliating with ' all
the leading political parties, Demo
cratic, Republican and Populist.
Enough of them affiliated with the
Republican and Populist parties in
this State for several years to defeat
the Democratic party. The negroes,"
on the contrary, exercise no judg
ment and have no opinions, but go
in a mass as the leaders order them,
vote as they are told to vote, and
have no more idea as to the issues at
stake and the merits of those issues
than they have of the Chinese
problem which has been giving
European statesmen bo, much
trouble. All they know and all they
care to know is that they are voting
against the Democratic party.
That's the kind of voting the
white people of the South want to
protect themselves against and this
is the reason for whatever discrimi
nation may be shown in the restric
tion of suffrage. The Northern
papers which howl about it are
not honest or they do not under
stand it. .
HOT SO DISMAL AFTER ALL.
It is beginning to be discovered
that the Dismal Swamp is not so dis
mal after all and Northern prospec
tors have found it so attractive that a
syndicate proposes to establish there
in a great sanitarium. It lies partly
in Virginia and partly in North Car
olina, is about thirty miles long from
North to South, with an average
width of from ten to twelve miles
and contains about three hundred
square miles. Lake Drummond, in
Virginia, is about in the center of it,
and is about six miles long. ' The
following, which we clip from the
Brooklyn Citizen, shows that this
Dismal region is not such a dismal
one as the name would imply:
"The Dismal Swamp is really not at
all dismal, but according to the des
cription of local surveyors and geo
graphers it a region of remarkable
beauty, besides being healthy enough
to make it one of the most attractive
sanitariums anywhere to be found.
It is not, aa most people imagine, a
vast bog sank low in the ground into
which the drainage of the surrounding
country flows.
"On the contrary, according to
accurate surveys, it is above the level
ground aome fifteen or twenty feet;
and instead of being the receptacle,
is in its immense spongelike bulk
gathering the waters that descend up
on it, the source of rivers, fire of
which take their origin within it and
Sow onward to the sea.
"The swamp is entirely of green
timber; there is no decaying wood,
the two principal woods that grow
there being the juniper and the cy
press, which never rot They fall on
the ground like other tiees; but, in
stead of decomposing, they turn into
peat, and in that form remain un
changeable and indissoluble.
"There is nothing in the swamp to
create miasma; no rising of the tides
and decomposition of rank vegetables;
no marshes exposed to the burning
rays of the sun. All is fresh and sweet
and the air is laden with balmy odors.
The water is tinged with the juniper
to a faint wine hue, and is thought to
possess valuable sanitary qualities.
'Those who live near the swamp
declare that it is the healthiest place
in the world. A syndicate is arrang
ing to construct a sanitarium there
on a scale proportioned to the dignity
and dimensions of the great historic
swamp, one of the few American
things outside of Niagara and the
Yosemite, which, as Tennyson re
marks, is quite up to the brag."
It is said that these waters have
valuable medicinal properties and
that when put in casks or bottled
will keep pure for an indefinite
period, for which reason sea-going
vessels sometimes take their, sup
plies of drinking water from the
Swamp.
The Republicans; are bragging
about a full treasury, but they have
collected as a war tax in the past
three years $318,790,501, and they
keep on collecting.
There la more Catarrh In this untinn r
country than all other diseases put toeethar
and until the last tew years was supposed to be
i Incurable, For a treat many yeara doctorsnro.
noancad it a local aisease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly I ailing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven catarrh to ba a constitu
tional disease, ana therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manu
factured by W. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, Ohio, la
the only constitutional cure on tne market, it
is taaen internally in aoses irom iu aropa to a
teaspoonrui. It acta directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
( hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure.
oena isr circulars ana testimonials.
Address, , F.J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by Drairglsts. too.
Ball's Family Pills are the best. - t
SECOND REGIMENT.
Broke Camp at Wrightsville and
Companies Left for Home
i Yesterday.
FIRST REGIMENT COMES NEXT
Last of the State Guard Will Begin Ar
riving Monday Wilmington Llfht
Infantry and Band Came Up
Early Ontlng a Success.
The Second RegimentTNorth Caro
Una State Guard, broke camp ' at
Wrightsvilla yesterday morning and
left during the day for their respective
homes in the State with the exception
of Company O, Wilmington Light
Infantry, and the Second Regiment
Band, both of which, of course,
stopped here.
The "break" was without incident
of apecial note and the soldiers went
home singing the praise of Wrights
ville as an ideal place for an encamp
ment. Their good feeling towards
the Wilmington and Wrightsville
people is reciprocal, for the manly
behavior of the troops in the Second
and the gallantry of its officers were
the subjects of favorable remark
about the city and at the beach upon
their departure yesterday.
The Wilmington Light Infantry,
the Second Regiment Band and the
Lumber Bridge Light Infantry com
posed the first installment of troops to
leave camp. They arrived at Wil
mington shortly before 9 o'clock. A
special car bearing the Lumber Bridge
bovs was attached to the 9:05 o'clock
A. St T. train and the company taken
home via Fayettevjlle.
At 11 o'clock the remainder of the
regiment, consisting of the Edenton,
Hertford, Tarboro, Greenville Wil
son, Goldsboro, Clinton, Maxton, and
Raleigh companies arrived in the city
and all except the Maxton Guards and
Oak City Guards, of Raleigh, left on
a special train over the Atlantic Coast
Line. The two last named companies
marched to the Wilmington Light in
fantry armory, w here temporary quar
ters were established and after lunch un
der command of Capt. G. B. Sellers, of
Maxton, these popular divisions of the
regiment marched to the S- A. Im
itation and left on the regular after
noon train.
Camp A j cock will now be thinly
inhabited until next Monday after
Loon when the boys or tne First Regi
ment, Col. J. F. Arm field command
ing, begin to arrive. The companies
comprising this regiment are from
Waynesville, Asbeville, Statesville,
Concord, Winston. Durham, Fayette
vill, Shelby and Companies M. and D.,
and Battery A., of Charlotte. They
will find a warm welcome awaiting
them here and best wishes for a suc
cessful outing.
ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN'S DEATH.
How the Hcirt Waa Receive by
Gay Party oa Shipboard.
In the lobby of a hotel two men were
discussing the effect of the assassination
of President Lincoln on the closing events
of the civil war and. the reconstruction
of the south. They finally united in the
opinion that, while his death did not ma
terially affect the closing days of the war.
the policy of the government would havt
been different during the reconstruction
period had Lincoln lired. They agreed
that the southern states would cot have
been required to submit to ''carpetbag
gers." This conversation recalled to mind an
anecdote connected with the, assassina
tion of Lincoln that probably has nevei
been published. Inasmuch as the start
and stripes were hauled down for the first
time during the rebellion at Fort Sumter,
in Charleston harbor, it was decided to
raise them first at the same place and
with moch pomp and ceremony. To that
end many of the country's representa
tives were invited to meet at Baltimore
to be taken sonth on a government vessel
to participate in the ceremony. Arriving
at Charleston the flag was to be run up
to the top of the pole amid unbounded
enthusiasm. This was on April 14, 18G5,
the. day that Lincoln was killed in Ford's
theater by Wilkes Booth. The following
evening, while the vessel was off th
coast of Virginia and about 100 milei
sonth of Fortress Monroe, the entire par
ty, with two exceptions, was at dinner ir.
the cabin.
The nation's great men were in the besl
of spirits. The rebellion was ended, the
fog of war had lifted and the flag was
again over Sumter. Toasts were being
drunk amid roseate visions of future
peace and greatness.- While this was go
ing on in the cabin the captain of the
vessel and a prominent merchant of Bal
timore were walking the upper deck. One
of them . called attention to an approach
ing ship, and they both noticed that hei
captain was standing on his bridge, trum
pet in band, with the evident Intention ol
speaking to them. When the two vessele
were abreast, he called through the horn,
"President Lincoln was assassinated ia
Ford's theater last night by John Wilke
Booth." The Baltimore merchant imme
diately went below, and from, the steps
of the companionway repeaejjo' the an
nouncement The effect onAhje company
waa electrical. JLupremelcoajft justices,
United States senafofsand representa
tives, mcmberg of Mr. LinccNn'a cabinet
and governors) of states were horroi
Stricken. ManyVbjirst into tears, the din
ner broke up in confusion and small par
ties of the nation's leaders found-secluded
corners or paced the deckhand discussed
the situation. Indianapolis Press.
Operation Resulted In Dc-nth.
The Brazilian surgeon who perform
ed the operation Kt'pnriitlnjr tin twt::a
Maria and Urmnliiia has got liimsilf
Into trouble The children wen- so
cloeoly Joined that they had one peri
cardium find two livers prown tngotb
er. One twin. Marin, died, while R:sn
Una survive, "although Mttli- i-r
Bided as the result of the operation "
The surgeon, although a fiincxis ninth
who acted in strictly jiood faith. liars
been Indicted for murder. The doctors
nil sympathize with h:n for Iic.-mt
formed the operation from motives of
philanthropy, but he is chart"-'! wl'.h
not observing jno proper pre: -unions,
and It Is asserted that Marin di ! from
blood poisoning. Mexican Herald
Greenville Reflector: ' On Sun
day afternoon several young men were
bathing in a swimming hole In Grin
die creek about eight miles from town.
They were amusing themselves by
standing on a log and diving off in the
water, turning a summersault nr the
descent. When Mr. Percy Manning
waa making a jump from the log his
footing slipped and instead of falling
in the deep water he fell where it was
very shallow. The back of his neck
and shoulders catching the force of
the fall on the sand, his spinal column
was aiiiocaWl near the neclc His
comrades seeing the accident , quickly
puuea mm out or tne water ana pre
vented his being drowned. Mr. Man
ning was taken to the home of Mr. J.
B. Barnhill and a physician aent for.
vr. w. a.. Bagwell, who attended
him, says almost his entire body ia
paralyzed and his condition la m-nr
I critical. -
! THE HORSES AND THE HEAT. I
Several Animals Have Suffered Sun
Strokes and Tbree Have Died Sag-
-gestioas as to Care of Then,.
Ahorse belonging to, Mr. R. F.
Warren and driven to one of the de
livery wagons from his bakery, suf
fered a sun stroke jedtrday about
noon and died a few hours afterwards.
When the stroke waB very pronounced
with the animal, the driver was sur
prised to find the horse's brain so af
fected that he was perfectly crazed and
unmanageable. The horse waa de
tached from the wagon and carried to
the lot at the rear of the court house,
where everything possible was done
for his recovery without avail. This
is the third horse that has died in the
city as a result of the excessive heat of
the past ten days and "what to do to
save them" is a very pertinent inquiry
with owners of horses just at this time.
The question calls to mind a prac
tice imported from Boston last Sum
mer that is observed here on tlite
streets very ordinarily now by
drivers of draft horses which
have to jog along over the heat
ed cobble stones under a broiling
sun, frequently drawing a heavy load.
It is the custom of covering the top of
the head of the animal with a ; light
straw hat in the .crown of which ia
kept a large sponge filled with water.
The brim is slightly . wide and with
holes cut in the samefor the ears of
the animal, the sight is a trifle comic
but nevertheless one worthy of gen
eral adoption.
Many of the draymen have already
adopted the plan for the comfort of
their animals and the humane idea has
become so widespread in this respect
that several of the liverymen and
harness dealers have supplied their
stocks with the "new f angled" appli
ances for sale.
men suttering from tne neat mem
selves are very often prone to forget
the perhaps intense suffering of the
animal being driven and a reminder
should serve to provide, the horse,
pony or other animal with the best
possible means of keeping cool. It is
not only humane but may prove the
saving of many dollars to owner and
driver.
BIO BXCURS10N COHINQ SATURDAY.
Atlanta People Will be Here la
Numbers to Spend Sunday.
Great
A large excursion party of Atlan
tians is expected to arrive at. Wrights
ville Beach at 8:30 o'clock Saturday
morning and to remain until Monday.
The excursion will come over the Sea
board Air Line railway and will be run
straight through to the beach without
change of cars.. The train leaves At
lanta at 6:80 o'clock Friday evening
and as the fare is only $3.50 for the
round trip it is expected that a large
crowd will be brought. Tne event is
under the auspices of the Carpenters
and Joiners' Association and Mr. W.
J. Williams, business manager of the
Carpenters' Union, of Atlanta, recent
ly made a visit here and arranged all
the details of the coming of his people.
Many of the excursionists will remain
at the beach during Saturday and will
come up to spend the night in the city.
leaving Sunday morning on the Cape
Fear excursions to Carolina Beach,
8outhport and to sea.
EX-TREASURER WORTH.
His Bondsmen Will Refund at Once Money
Stolen by Clerk Martin
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, July 29. The bondsmen
of ex State Treasurer W. H. Worth
met to-day and agreed to assess them
selves for an amount of money suffi
cient to refund to the State Treasury at
once the money stolen during Worth's
administration by institutional clerk
W. H. Martin, now serving a ten
years' term in the State prison.
The Progressive Farmer, organ of
the State Farmers' Alliance, estab
lished by the late Col. L. L. Polk, was
sold todsy for $6,000 to J. W. Den
mark, who has been its business man
ager for several years. There will be
no change in the management or
policy.
$800 REWARD FOR MURDERER.
That is Amount Offered by All Parties In
Gaston Price Case.
tugm nundred dollars reward now
awaits the captor of the person or per
sons who on the night of June 16th,
murdered the late Mr. Gaston Price in
his store at Navassa, four miles from
Wilmington.
Of this amount $400 is offered
by Governor Aycock for the
State, $200 by the county of Bruns
wick in which the murder , was com
mitted, $100 by the Navassa Guano
Company, upon whose premises Mr.
Price was killed, and $100 by Cape
I Pear Lodge No. 2, 1. O. O. F., of this
cuy, or wnicn tne deceased was a
member.
xne reward is a very tempting one
which should bring into requisition
upon the case some of the best detec
tive ability in the country.
Dealers In Old Coin.
The Richmond Dispatch in its query
column gives the following names
and addresses of dealers in old coins
that may prove interesting to Wil
mington readers: S. H. and H. Chap
man, 1348 Pine street, Philadelphia.
Charles Steigerwalt, 1?0 East King
street, Lancaster, fa; Lyman H.
Low, 36 West 129th street New York
New York Coin and Stamp Company,
85o- Broadway, N. Y. J. W. Scott, 86
jonn street, jn. x. a. E. Morey, 31
Exchange street, Boston. 8. C. Ste
vens, Boom 16, 69 Dearborn street,
unicago.
A Frightful Blander
will often cause a horrible Burn
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, the beat in th rM
will kill the pain and nromntlv hui
. - -w vrwaaua
tk. uures via cores. D'evar Rnm
Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, and ali
' oriiwui. oeat nie cure on
eartn.. uniy 3fr cents a box. Cure
guaranteea. DOia oy U. a. BELLAMY,
SELF-LUBRICATING AXU.
Latest Product of White .Company I This
City Leased bj Mr. B. F. Keiti-lts
Simplicity and Adaptability.
A Rtae representative-was yesterday
shown by Mr. B. F. Keith one of the
recently patented "Uouncu's Ben-
Cleaning Perfect Lubricating Axles"
owneerty the White Patent Axle and
Hub Co., of this city, the exclusive
right to manufacture, which has been
leased by Mr. Keith.
Judging by the unique simplicity ana
usefulness of the device, it looks aa if
the invention is destined to a decided
success. The axle is not alone designed
for use on buggies and carriages, but
on all manner of vehicles,, light or
heavy, and appears to be practicable,
time saving, con venient,and economi
cal to man and beast alike. It is the
work of Mr. J. P. Council, Jr., of
Council's Station, N. C, asuccessful
manufacturer in the past of improved
turpentine tools, and was patented
April 2nd, this year. The axle has a
small aperture in the end passing
through the. tap, in which is fitted a
lubricating piston, air tight The hole
passes down through the spindle one-
fourth of an inch in diameter, con
necting with another channel leading
from the surface, making it possible
to give perfect lubrication without re
moving the wheel, and by means of a
small pump, with so much ease that a
child can grease four spindles in half
a minute.
The owners of the patent claim that
this system of lubrication not only
gives, but adds life to the axle, and
makes locomotion at least one-third
easier. It appears to be safely pre
dieted that it will soon supplant the
old form of axles with the accompany
ing annoyance of keeping the vehicle
well lubricated and therefore less liable
to wear.
BIG FIRE AT TILLERY, N. C.
Large Department Store Barned and Rail
road Property Saved With Difficulty.
Special Star Correspondence.
Tillkry, N. C. July 29. This
morning at 1 o'clock the immense de
partment store of W. H. Randolph &
Co., at this place was burned to the
ground, and entire contents destroyed.
The loss is $15,000 with $4,500 insur
ance. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to have been incendiary, and
blood hounds from the State farm
near by were put on the trail of the
fire but s, but with no result as yet. The
fire was very close to the railroad de
pot, and as the wind was blowing to
ward the station, it was with difficulty
that several box cars and other rail
road property waa saved from burning.
A special engine was sent down in a
rush from Weldon to remove the cars,
but when it arrived the danger was
over and the wind had shifted. Quan
tities of water were thrown on the cars
and track scales and in this way they
were saved.
The Theatrical Season.
Manager 8. A. Schloas will leave
this morning for Greensboro to make
arrangements for the opening of the
theatrical season in that city Septem
ber 3rd. The first attraction will be
Field b' Minstrels, which appear here
later in the season. The theatrical
season in Wilmington will open on
the evening of August 30th with
Broad hurst's new comedy, "Adol'ph
and Rudolph." Mrs. S. A. Schloss
will accompany Mr. Schloss to Greens
boro, en route to Asheville, to spend
some lime.
Governor Returned Home.
Governor Aycock came up from the
beach yesterday afternoon and left in
the evening on General Manager Jno.
R. Kenly's private car attached to the
regular northbound A. C. L. train. It
waa his first intention to remain at
the beach until the coming of the
First Regiment of the State Guard,
but it is presumed now that he will
return next week to review the troops.
Tbe Confederate Encampment.
Raleigh News and Observer: "Gen.
Juliian S. Carr, who was in the city
yesterday, spoke in most enthusiastic
terms of the proposed encampment of
Confederate Veterans at Wrightsville
in August. . For the first time they
have been given a cent a-mile rate and
Gen. Carr believes a sufficient number
of them will attend to make the en
cainpment a success. He has taken
up the matter with bis usual vigor
and determination, and there can be
no failure of it."
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Brar.
The Rat and the Mink.
Mr. A. B. Cook, the veteran Cape
Fear ferryman, has a good rat and
mink atory. Saturday night he set a
trap for rata. One of the wily animals
was caught, when next came a mink.
He went into the trap, ate the rat and
found himself a prisoner. It was al
most a case of the "house that Jack
built" and the "mink that ate the rat
that went into the trap," etc., etc.
Sharpie Capslaed.
The sharpie Winner, Capt Billy
Lewis, bound from Walton's Creek to
Wilmington with a cargo of 1000
watermelons, capsized down the river
near the menhaden fishery on Wed
nesday and part of the cargo, which
belonged to Mr. W. A. Moore,! of
South port, was lost.
Canning Factory In Operation.
The canning factory of Mr. George
T. Johnson, near Wrightsboro, was
started in operation for the season
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CASTOR I A
?or Infants and Children
The Kind You Have Always nwi
Bears the
Signature of
Ia double wedding.
Celebrated Last Night at Resi
dence of Brides' Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Piatt.
A VERY PRETTY SERVICE.
Miss Annie Piatt Becomes Bride of. Mr.
Robert Edward Bizzell and Miss
Nellie Piatt is Wedded to Mr.
Preston Qayle White.
An exceedingly pretty double wed
ding service at the residence of the
brides' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Piatt, No. 609 Grace street, last night
at 9:30 o'clock, joined in matrimony
four of Wilmington's most popular
young people Miss Annie Piatt to
Mr. Robert Edward Bizzell and Miss
Nellie J. Piatt to Mr. Preston Gayle
White.
The ceremony was very quiet and
only a few guests were present on ac
count of the illness of the father of
the brides,' Mr. John T. Piatt, but the
service was impressively performed
and in exceedingly good taste. R9V,
Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, was the official
ing minister, and those present in
eluded only relatives and very inti
mate friends of the contracting par
ties. The home was neatly decorated
with a profusion of plants and flowers
and the scene was a beautiful or.e in
deed.
When the hour for the ceremony
arrived, the couples entered in the fol
lowing order: Miss Annie Piatt
with Mr. Bizzell; Miss Nellie Piatt
with Mr. White; Rev. Dr. Blackwell,
the officiating minister. When both
couples had taken their stations Dr.
Blackwell spoke feelingly the words
that made each other man and wife.
The wedding party then was served
with delightful refreshments and an
informal reception followed, during
wbich music and recitations were en
joyed.
Miss Annie Piatt, the bride of Mr.
Bizzell, wore a becoming suit of white
silk mulle, trimmed with lace and
ribbons, with diamond brooch.
Miss Nellie Piatt, the bride of Mr
White, wore light blue organdie, with
lace and ribbon trimmings. - Her or
naments were pearls.
There were very many beautiful
bridal presents attesting the esteem in
which the popular young people are
held. Mr. and Mrs. Bizzell and Mr.
and Mra. White will be at home to
friends after to-day at No. 219 South
Front street.
Among those in attendance upon
the wedding from a distance were
Mr. A. C Bizzell, father of one of the
grooms, and son, of Goldsboro, and
Miss Alma May Tice, of Winston, a
friend of the brides.
Tarboro Southerner, William
Moore, colored, some time ago ob
tained five dollars from Mr. Turnage.
who had a warrant issued for him.
To-day he was arrested and brought
to Turnage for trial, when he proposed
to pay the money and costs if he were
allowed to go to bis home to obtain it
from his wife. Knowing the desperate
character of Moore, before going oft
with him for the money he was tied,
but before going the four miles, .the
distance he lived from Turnage, he
managed to get his hands out of the
rope and jumped out of the buggy and
pulled out a pistol, wnicb constable
Robert Mercer did not think he had,
for he bad searched him. The con
stable leaped out after him and pulling
out his pistol fired at him Mr Mercer
says he is certain that he shot the man
in the bowels. The wound, wherever
It was, did not disable the man for he
closed with the constable, and after a
desperate struggle, lasting nearly a half
of an hour, during which no one ap
peared on the road, he overcame Mr.
Mercer sufficiently to take his pistol
from him, but breaking it so that the
bullets fell out, probably saving Mr.
Mercer from being shot. Moore es
caped into tne woods. A posse is now
Doing iormeu to aunt mm.
MARKED HIS UNIFORM.
Major Drown Old It Hl Own Way
Vne l!ip Llrnlenant.
Major i:;-..vn of the old Fifth cavalry
was eiven i what his fellow officers
used to call "periodical eeceutricity.'
When the eccentricity struck him, it
took the form of a fixed determination
to sit. in his quarters with no companion!
save something made of earthenware and
a much smaller object made of glass.
When the major waa eccentric, nobody
dared go near him save Aaron, his ne
gro cook, for the major had a cowboy
habit of shooting his gun around the feet
and bead of ap intruder, and th.e majoi
was no respecter of rank that is, whej
he was eccentric. One day there report
ed at Fort Dodge to join a young fel
low from West Point. He had been as
signed to Major Brown's troop. The
stripling lieutenant reported, as in dutj
bound, to the commanding officer of th
post and then started, as equally in dutj
bound, to report to bis troop commander
Major Brown. The commanding officei
did not dare to tell the young fellow thai
the major was thpt day eccentric, but hf
did tell him that there was no imperativi
necessity of reporting to his troop com
mander thenT and be might put it off foi
a day or two The lieutenant, however
had not been toeing his mark for foul
years for nothing. He had read his or
ders aright, and off be started for Majoi
Brown s quarters. He was in civiliai
clothes, and in his hand he carried i
dress suit case containing his uniform.
He rapped at the door of Major Brown'i
Quarters. A hon't roar bade him enter.
In he went ' Major Brown was seated at
a table.
"Major Brown?"
"Yes."
"1 am Lieutenant Edwards, sir. I hav
the honor to report to you for duty."
"Lieutenant Edwards, eh? What yo
tot in that case, lieutenant?
"Ml uniform, sir."
"Is your clothing marked, Jieutenant?'
"My linen Is, air, but my heavier cloth
tog is not"
"I'll mark it for you, lieutenant"
From behind the jug came a cavalry
Celt, and before the astonished youni
soldier could move three revolver shoti
In rapid succession were pumped into and
through his dress suit case. His uniform
was marked. Chicago Times-Herald.
The depopulation of Peru is illustrated
by the i. t that the valley of Santa,
wnicn in ine aa.vs oi tne incas nad a
population of 1 00,000, now has only
wnen a noiea man is very ill. a great
many persons can at his residence and
leave tneir names, not as evidence of
gooq laitn, out for publication
United States Marshal Chandler, at
Toledo, Ohio, has arrested George
Amnions, the turnkey in cbarge of
the county iail when - "Toneka Joe"
1 and his two pals escaped Monday. It 1
is said that the authorities will try to
, prove that Emmons knew of tbe plans.
LOCAL DOTS.
During the past month license
has been issued for the marriage of
eight white couples and nine colored.
"Be mercifnl to the beasts"
always. And be specially careful of
their comforts during the excessively
hot weather.
There were sates of spirits tur
pentine on the local market yesterday
at 82! cents for "machines" and 31
cents for "countrys."
The government has been en-
gaged for the past several days in re
pairing the breakwater at New Inlet
with stone furnished by Capt Edgar
D. Williams.
Three colored women, Ada
Moore, Rebecca Moore and Mary J.
Battle were locked up by the police
yesterday for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct.
A colored excursion to New-
bem on August 12th, returning same
day, is announced. It is by the Buf
falo Pleasure Club and the fare is
$1.00 for tbe round trip.
License was issued yesterday
fcr the marriage of Mr. J. A. Brown,
a son of Mr. J. J. Brown, of Burgaw,
and Miss Katie Merritt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Merritt, of this
city.
It was characteristic of George
Burns, sheriff of Cumberland county,
to present the Fayetteville Indepen
dent Light Infantry with that hand
aome china service. It will come in
handy during the encampment.
Friends of Dr. Robert Strange
will be interested in the announce"
meat that he and Mrs. Strange
in August will spend the month of
Canada. They expected to leave
yesterday from Norfolk via Boston
and Buffalo.
Mr. A. Silvermann bid in the
jewelry sold at auction yesterday by
Ed. S. Battle, Esq.. trustee in the
bankruptcy matter of Dingelhoef
Bros, bankrupts. The amount bid
was $96, but it is learned that the sale
will not be confirmed at that figure.
Fayetteville Observer, 31st:
'Mr. Ernest W. Cooke, chief engineer
and manager of the Cape Feari Power
Company and of tbe Fayetteville and
Wilmington 8teamboat Company, re
turned last night from a stay of sev
eral weeks in New York and other
northern cities on business connected
with the above companies."
SOCIALIST CONVENTION.
Text of a Resolution Adopted as a Part
of tbe Platform at the Gathering
In Indianapolis.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 31. After
voting against striking out the words
"immediate demands" from the plat
form reported yesterday afternoon,
the Socialist convention to day voted
to admit as a part of the platform the
following resolution presented by G.
D. Kerron:
"The public ownership of all means
of transportation and communication
and all other public utilities, as well
as of all industries controlled by mo
nopolies, trusts and combines. No
part of the revenue of such industries
to be applied to the reduction of taxes
on property of the capitalist class, but
hut to be applied wholly to the in
crease of wages and shortening of the
hours of labor of the employes, to the
improvement of the service and di-.
minishing the rates to the consumers.
"The progressive reduction of the
hours of labor, the increase of - wages
in order to decrease the share of the
capitalist and increase the share of
the working man in the product of
labor.
"State or national insurance of
working people in case of accidents,
lack or employment, sickness and
want in old age; the funds for this
purpose to be collected from the reve
nue of the capitalist class and to be ad
ministered under the control of the
working class.
"The inauguration of a system of
public industries, public credit to be
used for that purpose, in. order that
the workers be secured the full pro
duct of their labor."
EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT.
Prices of Vegetables In Chicago and Other
Cities Average Doable the Prices
a Year Ago.
i
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Chicago, July 30. "Though the
drought has been broken," says the
Post to day, "the awful effect of the
agricultural situation is now being
brought home to Chicago and to other
cities as well. Prices of vegetables
average double what they were a year
ago, and to make both ends meet
boarding house keepers and restau
rants have been compelled either to
raise their prices, or to curtail the
quantity served. lggs, poultry and
veal show an excessive percentage of
loss. Tbe fruit crop has suffered so
seriously that for canning purposes
prices are almost prohibitive, and
California fruits are now bringing al
most as much as they did at the begin
ning of the season. Potatoes, which
last summer sold from 30 to 40 cents
per bushel, are now moved up to $1.25
to $1.30. During the past few days
dry peas and beans have advanced
five cents per bushel, owine to the
demand from the drought stricken
district. Even at this advance dealers
are unable to fill all their orders.
Prices quoted are wholesale."
Winston Sentinel: RavannA
officers A. 8. Patterson and J. G.
Broadaax seized two government dis -
tuieries on Saturday. The first one
belonged to Mr. J. H. Sprinkle, near
Bethania. and the second tn Mr. W
A. Moser, of near Rural HalL The
charges against both distilleries ia for
moving unstamped whiskey out of
their warehouses. At Mr. Rnrinkle'a
place forty barrels of liquors were
seized and at Mr. Moser's ten barrel.
"NEW RIVAL FACTORmOAPEP SHOTGUN SHELLS
..t.--. ' ... ' .-: eaiir m at
nuisnooi an otner black powdery shells;, because they are maae
better and loaded bv exact machinenrwith the standard brands of
powder, shot and waddingMTry
ALL REPUTABLE
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.
State Convention Meets To-day Balth
more No mention of National l9.
sues in Platform.
By TftlegraDb to the Hornina star
Baltimore. July 31. ty, r
cratic8tate Convention, which win
meet at Ford's Opera House, this city,
at noon to morrow nrnmiaoc, L'
K IU Up
thoroughly hirmnninin tn
nominations to be made are the can -
" wmruuer ana cierk of the
court of appeals. At thi v, " :
seems no reason to doubt that n-
Joshua W.. Herring will be reborn
mated for control ! t '
m . , , v. suu o. j ran k
Turner will get the other place on tM
As to the declarati
i luvupies.
it seems clear that no mention will bt
made of national issues. Nothing win
be said about the currency, the Tariff
imperialism or nnvthinw nf th.i '
but every plank in the olatform wiii
ikb coauuea siricuy to atate issues
Prominent amonor th aba if ia '
. , -- " 7 uuuer
stood, will be the negro voter problem.
mmougn tne leaders will not admit it
there is every, reason for believing
that a strong declaration will be mado
upon this subject, following closely
along the linesjlaid down by the Den,
ocrats at their recent convention in
Frederick county in which it was de.
dared that the danger of negron
ultimately holding the balance r.f
power in Maryland is imminent unless
something is done to check their right
to vote. The course of the State ad
ministration in convening the General
Assembly in special session last sprint
for the purpose of passing laws u
disqualify illiterate voters and the tak
ing of a State census will be upheld
The platform is being very carefully
drawn, with a view of getting everv
vote possible for the Democratic nomi
nees for the Legislature.
SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Meeting of Directors Poor New
Mem-
bers of the Board Elected
By Telegraph to the Morning mu-
BALTIMORK, July 31. At a meeting
of the directors of the Seaboard Air
Line railway, held in Baltimore last
night, the by laws of the company
were amended and the board increased
from eight to twelve members. The
meeting was called to be held in New
York, but owing to the lack of a quo
rum the directors who assembled there
came to Baltimore where the necessary
number was secured, and the meeting
held. Following are the four diree
tors chosen : Mr. James M. Barr, of
Portsmouth, Va.; Mr. F. rl Pember
ton. of New York, ; Mr. E. B. Addison,
of Richmond, Va. ; Mr. George W
Watts, of Durham, N. C.
The four new directors are all eon
spicuous as active and successful men.
Besides these gentlemen the other
members of the board of directors are:
Messrs. John Skelton Williams, of
Richmond, Va.; William F. Kochrao,
of Yonkers, N. Y. ; C. Sidney Shep
ard, of New Haven, Oswego county,
New York; James H. Dooley, of Kich
mond, Va.;J. W. Middendorf, Wil
liam A. Marburg, S. Davies Warfield
and Robert C. Davidson, of Balti
more. AN ANARCHIST ARRi STED.
One of the Paterson Group Ssld to Nave
Been Selected to Kill Nicholas,
i Czar of Rossis.
i-'
Bv Cable to tbe Morning Star.
Zurich, Switzerland, July 31.
An Anarchist named Galliotti was ar
rested at Viediko last night by order
of the prosecutor general on informa
tion received from Paterson, N. J.
Many documents were found at his
lodgings.
Paterson, N. J , July 31. Inquiry
among the members of the Anarchist
group in this city in regard to a man
arrested at Zurich reveals the fact thai
a man, Amil Galloippi, was formerly
connected with the Anarchists here
and was well known among them. He
was employed as a weaver in the Para
gon silk mill in this city. It was stated
to-day by a member of the group that
Galloippi sailed away with Bresci,
Lanni and Quantivallo, when they de
parted on their mission of assassina
tion. Galloippi had been selected by
the Anarchists to kill Nicholas, Czar
of Russia, and had accepted the mis
sion. He was known as a determined
man and one that would be likely to
take desperate chances in accomplish
ing his purpose.
, t PHILIPPINES AFFAIRS.
Encounter With Insurgents Seven Killed
The Manila Civil Charter.
By Cable to tbe Morning Btar.
Manila, July 31. Lieutenant Croft,
of the Nineteenth infantry, with a
mounted detachment of the Cebu
scouts, has had an encounter with
sixty insurgents. Seven of the rebels
were killed and thirteen taken pr is
oners. Of Lieutenant Croft's force
two privates were slightly wounded.
The Philippine commission has
passed the Manila civil charter, which
will go into effect immediately. The
rate of taxation on real property has
been amended, it being fixed at one
per cent, for the present and two per
cent, after 1902.
To morrow-all the military cable
and telegraph lines will be opened for
commercial use. "
ENORMOUS DIVIDEND.
Declared Recently by tbe First National
Bank of New York.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star
New York, July 31. The EvjiiM
Post says to-day that the extra divi .
dend declared recently by the First
National Bank before taking over the
National Bank of the Republic was
1,900 per cent, on the old capital stock
of $500,000. This dividend was more
than large enough to enable the stock
holders to pay for their share of the
new stock to be issued on the increase
of the bank's capital to $10,000,(100
without the outlay of other cash.
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