WILLIAM H. BBBHABD
Bdlto and Proprietor.
FKIDAT, -
October 11, 1901.
A FIELD FOB EXPAH8I0H.
There has been much said and
written within the past two years
about expansion, both territorial
and commercial territorial as a
basia for commercial expansion. But,
strange to say, the eyes of the ex
pansionists have been tnrned to the
East, the far East, to the lands of
the yellow people, as if they offer
the inviting field Jor expansion, and
the only field. The principal rea
son advanced by the expansionists,
who defend the forcible possession
of the Philippines, is that holding
them will enable us to extend our
trade in China, and on that ground
the Southern people are appealed to
to endorse the Republican policy of
"benevolent assimilation," because
China offers a market for some
kinds of cotton goods manufactured
in the South. Some Southern
cotton manufacturers 'and others
have been captured by that delusion,
when it is doubtful if having the
Philippines would add anythin
whatever to the sales of Southern
cotton goods in China. There is a
far geater probability that ultimate
ly it would destroy the trade our
Southern mill men now have in
China.
There is now one cotton mill in
Manila, which has been in operation
a long time, it employs about iour
hundred operatives who are said to
be cheerful and moderately skilful
workers, and well contented al
though they receive on an average
about seven cents a day. With the
population of Manila ana tne laoor
available a dozen or more such mills
might be successfully operated there.
There are a dozen towns in the
island of Luzon where mills could
be operated. There are towns also
in the four other principal islands
where mills could be operated. It is
said that cotton has been and can be
8ucceasf ally grown in the islands.
What kind of cotton it is we do not
know. Cotton, such as it is, might
also be imported from India, and
finer qualities from the United
States and from Egypt. If the
cotton manufacturers of Japan can
afford to import cotton from the
United States, manufacture it into
cloth and sell if in China in competi
tion with the goods from Europe and
this country, why couldn't- mill
operators in the Philippines do like
wise? English manufacturers to
get nearer to their markets in India
and China, and get the benefit of
cheap labor, have established mills
in India, and in Hong Kong and
Shanghai, and why may not Eng
lish and American mill men do the
same in the Philippines, when they
come under stable government and
there will no longer be danger; of
uprisings and revolutionary move
ments ? This is on the assumption,
of course, that American suprem
acy be firmly ests Wished.
Having to compete with the
manufacturers in Europe, who
already have foothold in China,
and with Japan,. with her cheap
labor, how long would it be before
the shrewd New England mill men
who sought trade in the East would
be establishing mills in the Philip
pines, and the Southern mill men
would find themselves confronted
not only by European and Japanese
competition, but by Yankee compe
tition right on the very threshold,
so to speak, of China? As we see
the prospects for building up the
Southern cotton trade in China
would be mnch hfitfcftr with on. Vha
Philippines than with them. As to
the Philippines themselves as pur
chasers of Southern cotton goods
they offer no inducement, for one
"moderately large American city
would use more cotton goods in the
course of a year than the whole
bunch of them.
But leaving the Philippines and
"benevolent assimilation" ont of the
question, there is not enough in the
cotton trade of China present or
prospective to justify the amount of
attention that has been centered
upon it, and all the talk about its
importance and the persistent ef
forts to secure a permanent foothold
there. There are about 350,000,000
of people in China, and that is the
biggest thing about her. Trade
with 350,000,000 of people has a
captivating sound naturally, but
when the characteristics of the peo
ple, their economical habits, limited
wants, and limited capacity to sup
ply them are considered the cap
tivating feature becomes less capti
vating. The total imports of goods into
China, such goods as we ship to her,
don't amount to $48,000,000 a
year, and of this we ship less than
ten millions to-something over twen
ty millions for Great Britain, and
a little over twelve millions for
Japan. If the whole amount were
divided among the 350,000,000 Chi
nese it would not amount to four
teen cents a head, and there is no
particular reason to believe that it
would improve much in the near
future, because the ' condition and
habits of those slow going people
will change but little. They will
vu4ufv twwiini vt wuse, Because
they can't continue to plod along
in the ruts and slumber contented
as they have done for a thousand
years or more for the crowding of
the nations and the progress of the
world will jostle them out of that;
but when they are awakened it will
be to establish their own cotton
factories and other industrial plants
to supply their own needs and make
them independent -of other nations.
By that time their superstitious
reverence for their earth gods will
have vanished with more of their
inherited foolishness and they will
no longer' shrink from disturbing
and offending them by digging min
erals from the earth, and her vast
deposits of iron and coal will be
worked, mills and factories will
stoW out of them, and the awak-
ened, rejuvenated umna wiu oegiu
to figure as a commercial iactor
not only as a buyer, but as a seller.
There is a better field, a far bet
ter field, for the expansion of the
Southern cotton trade on the West
ern continent, among the millions
of people north of us and the mil
lions south of us.
TOO MUCH FOB TEE WHISTLE.
Congressman John D. Shafroth,
of Colorado, has just returned from
travels in China and the Philippines.
In politics he is what is called a
Silver Republican. While in the
Philippines he studied the situation
and thus gives the result of hisoKJj1
"Peace has been practically restored.
There is still a little insurrection in
Samar, but aside from that everything
is fairly quiet I do not believe, how
ever, that the retention of the islands
will be profitable, as the government
will have to expend a great deal of
money on them, even in time of peace.
"It costs now between $60,000,000
and $75,000,000 a year to keep the
soldiers there, and even if the number
is reduced to 30,000, the expenses will
still be greater than the profits from
the islands will warrant The islands
are unquestionably rich, but their
beneat to the United States will not
materialize until a generation or two
shall have passed and the need for an
army in the islands shall have gone."
As a commercial transaction his
opinion is that we will never get
back our money on that trade, even
taking the best view of it, and in
that there are a good many who
agree with him. Owing to the dis
tance, to the climate, to the charac
teristics of the people and other
things the obstacles to . American
colonization are insurmountable,
and even if that were practicable it
must, in the nature of things, be
very slow. If the people there vol
untarily came under our flag as the
people of Porto Bico did, and had
not been whipped and forced in,
Americans might be safe and coloni
zation practicable without American
guns for protection, but with the
bitter feeling of these people, and
their characteristic treachery, there
never can be cordial relations be
tween them and their conquerors,
and that's what they consider the
Americans, for whom notwithstand
ing pretences of friendliness, they
entertain a more intense hatred
than they do for the Spaniards.
As far as holding them goes this
doesn't make so much difference,
for we can do that; but when it
comes to Americanizing the islands,
to putting them under stable gov
ernment, when life and property
would be respected and progress
possible, and such development as
would make a fair return for the
money expended on them, that is a
different matter. . In taking them
at the price we have paid, and with
what we will have to pay for years
to come, we are simply paying too
much for the whistle.
Philip Gonzales, in the New Jer
sey penitentiary for counterfeiting,
does not like the bill of fare in that
institution, and has politely re
quested Governor Vorhees to trans
fer him to Sing Sing, where he can
get fruit and cake.
Some of the northern papers in
sist that the settlement of the race
question be left to Booker T. Wash
ington. If the negroes do as Wash
ington would have them do, there
wouldn't be any race problem to
solve.
You need not be in a hurry to
rush off to the Klondike. The
British inspector of mines there
says they will hold out for twenty
years, and for the next ten years will
yield annually $15,000,000 worth of
the yellow metal.
It is said that when the late John
Sherman ran for office he never car
ried his own county, and was always
elected by the votes of other coun
ties. He was most popular with
the: people who knew least about
him.
Between June 17th and Septem
ber 30th 4,889,863 persons patron
ized the public baths of Philadel
phia. We take it from this that
some of the denizens of that town
must have bathed more than once.
In 1790 the negro population of
this country was 19.27 per cent, of
the total; now it is only 11.58 per
cent. While the nearoes are in
creasing in numbers, they are not in
creasing in proportion to the whites.
Stati oi Ohio, Citt of Tolido.
FRAHZJ. OHBHXY nakaantth tli.th.Lu.
lor nartnar of the firm of j rtni. n
doing business In the City of Toledo. County
and Htate aforesaid, and that said arm wffi hair
tbe sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOU.1M 7,Zl
hvtii. nu Af ITlrrf.fll.iBBD flnn.
FBAHK J. CHEnCT.
sworn to before me and eubecrlbaa in my
presence, this 6th oar of Deeember, a. D. lgseT
1 A.W. GLKA8OH,
Bal V Notary Public.
Kill's Catarrh Cure to taken Internally, and
acta directly on the blood and mncons surfaces
of tbe system. Bend for testimonials, tree.
F.J. GHXNZT& OO Toledo, O.
Bold by Drnjrslsts, 76c
Hall's Family Puis are
tbe best
VO WOBDEB ;
The Steel Trust is one of the pro
tected concerns that sells its pro
ducts for less in foreign markets
than it charges its home customers.
In commenting upon its exhibit
of profits for the past six months
the Pittsburg Post says:
"When it is recalled that the im
mense product of the Steel Trait is
marketed in this country and paid for
br American consumers, only tbe
surplus going abroad, and that the
price paid by American consumers ex
ceeds by $10.50 a ton the price the
same goods can be delivered in Eng
land, is it any wonder the remarkable
exhibit of net profits made by the
Steel Trust! Fifty-five millions of
dollars net profits on six monies' busi
ness in meeting the wants or 80,ooo,-
000 American consumers tells the
story. Ten dollars and fifty cents a
ton more for American manufactures
at home than is asked in Europe for
the same product explains the why
and wherefore, and how Americans
submit to unjust exorbitant and need-
ess taxation that tne European may
get American goods cheaper than they
are sold at home."
This Trust is opposed to any re
duction of the tariff, while it is
shipping its manufactures across
the seas and selling them for $10.50
a ton less than it charges in the
home market. When it does that and
makes such an exhibition of profits,
can it make any respectable claim
to protection, the only effect of
which is to enable it to levy mon-
trous tribute on the American
people while giving its for.
eign customers the benefit of com
petition in the open markets ? It
makes the boast that it can manu
facture steel goods cheaper than the
manufacturers of any other country
canyand the trade journals of tor
eign countries, speaking for the
steel manufacturers whom they rep
resent, admit this, and yet the
spokesmen of this Trust object to
any revision of the tariff that might
encourage outside competition with
this monopolistic combine, which is
squeezing millions a year out of the
American people who are forced to
trade with it.
Patriotism is a good thing but
some persons nave a superfluity ox
it, and this when combined with a
weak brain is bad, as in the case of
an 83 year old' denizen of Indiana;
who brooded oyer the death of
President McKinley and danger to
the Bepublic, until he went into-his
barn and hanged himself. He was
a justice of the peace.
A report comes from Manila that
the company which was attacked
and 48 of whom were slaughtered in
Samar had been warned by a "priest
of the contemplated attack and yet
they permitted themselves . to be
taken by surprise. This is surpris
ing, when it is to be supposed that
they would have been, forewarned as
they were, on guard.
The boss ranch man of Australia
is an Irishman named McCaughey.
He went to that country poor, but
now owns a ranch thirty-six miles
long and forty miles wide, in addi
tion to which he rents about a mil
lion acres. He owns more sheep
than any other one man in the
world.
Cotton is grown in 72 out of the
97 counties in North Carolina.
Caldwell is the smallest producer
with 8 bales and Robeson the laig
est with 27,349 bales. .
Pretty Wedding List Nifbt.
At 9 o'clock last night at the resi
dence of the bride's parents, 105 South
Third street a very pretty marriage
was celebrated. Miss Gertrude Barnes,
the lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John 8. Barnes, was united in matri
mony to Mr. James M. Bordeaux. The
beautiful and impressive ceremony
was performed by Bev. A. D. Me-
Clure, D. D., pastor of St Andrew's
Presbyterian church. The parlor was
tastefully decorated with palms, ferns
and cut flowers. Elegant refresh
ments were served. The bride wore a
beautiful grey cloth suit, with ap
puque trimmings, and carried a
bouquet of roses and maiden hair
fern. Numerous beautiful presents
were received by the popular young
couple
District Attorney Has Been Invited.
Attention of District Attorney C.
M. Bernard, who is here attending the
Federal Court was called yesterday
to a paragraph in the Raleigh News
and Observer stating that he bad not
been invited to attend the Republican
conference at Greensboro next week.
when it is presumed the "ohancet"
of "leading lights" will be discussed
and determined. District Attorney
Bernard, to put it mildly, stated that
the article in question was a mistake
and that he was In receipt of an invi
tationand was rushing things along in
court as fast as possible so as to be
there. The court probabilities, how
ever, appear to be against his attend
ing.
Carfoes of Cotton.
Two cargoes of cotton for foreign
export were cleared yesterday by
Messrs. Alexander Sprunt 8c Son. The
first consisted of 9,010 bales, valued
at 1392,000, and went via the British
steamship Crathorne to Bremen, Ger
many. The second consisted of 5,822
bales valued at $230,000 and, was via
the British ' steamship Naparima for
Ghent, Belgium.
Petition In Bankruptcy. u.
Mack I. JUee, a farmer ltYing near
Asbpole, N. O., yesterday filed in the
U. 8. Court here, through his attor
ney, R. E. Lee, Esq., - a petition in.
voluntary bankruptcy. -. The only
creditor is A. EL McLeod, of Lumber
ton, to whom he is Indebted in the sum
of $1,174.71. The assets of the bank
rapt amount to $150.
A POSTOFFICE CASE. I
Prominent Man of ' Columbus
County On Trial in the Fed
eral Court. :
HEARING WILL BE LENGTHY.
Jabel Register Is Charged With Tamper
ing With Registered Mall at Vine
laad Large Nnmber of Wit- 'v
nesses Other Matters.
For the most part the session of the
United States Court was taken up yes
terday in a trial of the case against
Jabel Register, of Vineland, Colum
bus county, N. O., who is charged
with tampering with registered letters
passing through the postoffice at that
point his sister being postmaster and
he being a clerk in the office, v
The 4iase was taken np about 11:80
o'clock yesterday morning and will
likely require the remainder of the
week for hearing. Only nine wit
nesses for the prosecution hsdrbeen
examined when an adjournment for the
day was had at 5 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon. There are twenty other wit
nesses for the government and a num
ber for the defendant
The case Is familiar to Stab readers,
extended reference having been made
to the same at the time of the prelimi
nary examination a month or two ago.
The prosecution is being conducted by
District Attorney Bernard and Assist
ant District Attorney Spears. The de
fendant is represented by Hon. Jno.
D. Bellamy and Herbert McClammy,
Esq.
Mr. D. a O wings, the pos toffee in
spector, who worked up the case and
caused the arrest, was the first witness
examined yesterday. Following were
other witnesses examined during the
day. Postmaster J. F. King, of Ex
celsior, N. O. ; J. A. Wright citizen of
Moihe, N. C; J. B. Long, mail carrier
from Vineland to Haddock; Post
master T. F. Floyd, of Sue, N. C. ;
Postmaster J. B. Hill, of Eoka, N. C. ;
T. J. Hennessy, secretary and treas
urer of the Greer Drug Company.
Charleston, 8. C. to whom money
was forwarded by registered letter; T.
F. Johanns, registry clerk in the post
office at Charleston.
Every inch of ground is being
fought by counsel on each side and
some express the opinion that the trial
will not even be concluded this week.
Mr. Register is of a well-to-do family
In Columbus county and had given
bond for his appearance.
Following is the jury to determine
upon the guilt or innocence of the
defendant Paul 8. Steed. Jor
dan Sessoms, J. W. Underwood,
Brate Singletary, G. R. Bate, E. A.
Maultsby, J. L. Matthews, D. H.
Maultsby, J. J. Bowden, A. D. Thomp
son, Hiram Simpson. W. E. Cowan.
The court convened yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock as usual and with the
exception of a recess from 1 to 3
o'clock for dinner, was in continuous
session until 5 P. M. The following
unimportant matters were disposed of
prior to the taking up of the Register
case:
Rosetta Hill, Cumberland, retailing.
plead guilty ; judgment suspended, de
fendant having been in jail three
months; defendant cautioned.
Jno. McKinnon, Cumberland, re
tailing; plead guilty; 80 days in jail
and fined $100, to be discharged at end
of 30 days. :
Dan Turner, Cumberland, retailing;
verdict not guilty.
P. A. Canady. Cumberland, illicit
disti fling ; continued.
Not a true bill was returned in the
case of 8. F. Freeman, of Robeson
county.
DAUGHTERS OP THE CONFEDERACY.
Annul Meeting of North 'Carolina DM.
Ion, U. 0. C, at Charlotte This Week.
The United Daughters of the Con
federacy, North Carolina Division, is
in session this week at Charlotte, as
the guest of Stonewall Jackson Chap
ter.
The delegates from Wilmington and
homes assigned them while in Char
lotte are as follows : Mrs. Martin 8.
Willard with Mrs. T. M. Constable;
Miss Mary Meares with Mrs. John
VanLandingham ; Mr. F. A. Lord
with Mrs. Jack Watters; Mrs. R. D,
Cronly with Mrs. Jno. W. Miller;
Mrs. E. K. Bryan with Mrs. W. O.
Dowd; Mrs. T. E. 8prunt with Mrs. a
W. Cramer.
The business session will be inter
esting and important as well as attrac
tive. Two portraits are to be presented.
one of our war Governor Zebulon
Baird Vance. This portrait has been
given by the. Daughters of the State at
large, and will be presented by the
Committee on Portraits to the North
Carolina Room's Committee. This
committee will receive it and for
ward it to Richmond, Va., for the
adornemeat of the North Carolina
rooms in tbe White House building,
now called the Confederate Museum.
The second portrait will be presented
to the same committee for the ssme
historic purpose and is a gift of the
Children's Chapter, the Southern Cross
of Salisbury, N. O. This is a portrait
of Colonel Charles F. Fisher, North
Carolina's first hero martyr, killed at
the first battle of Manassas, July 21,
1861, most gallantly leading his regi
ment in battle.
A Thousand Tongues
riiii11 nrif athmu 4 Via MntnM
Of
Annin V. fltHHnM rf 119.K PTnnrsi-il
street Philadelphia, Pa., when she
found that Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption had completely
cured her of a hacking cough tnat for
many years had made life a burden.
All other remedies and doctors could
give her no heir, but she save of this
Royal Cure: "ft soon removed the
pun in my chest and l can now sleep
uunuiy, sometning i can scarcely
re-
uiouioer uoug oeiore. i reel
soundine- its nraiaes throughout
like
the
Universe." Bo will every one who
urea ur. Jungs jew ittscovery
any trouble of the Throat Chest
Lung. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Trial
bottles 10 cents, at R. R. Bellamy's
rug store. Every bottle guaran
wwy
Oalv PewUahaoertast Cases Were Dls
imcmI af Yesterdsv anscBwe - i
r -
tf Attorneys.
Barring four unimportant eases, two
nf which -were for divorce, ' there was
nothing- doing in the Superior Court
yesterday and the jury was uiscnargea
for the day at tne dinner sour.
The sheriff returned the following
talesmen summoned: W.' P. Dickin
son, J. W. Winders, J. B. Elkins, J.
M. Hewett and Jas. Roderick; as not
found, G. W. Tucker, J. H. Bummer
lin. Samuel Carmon, Thos. J . Burnett
J. Walter Williamson, H. F. Canady
and J. R. Brown. I
In the divorce suits of William
Bryant vs. Ella McMillan Bryant, and
Ellen M. Jones vs. Won. a, Jones,
judgment was absolute. In case of R.
J. Davis vs. Peter W. Davis "an anas
summons was ordered.
in the suit of Thomas & Mercer vs.
Mrs. L. M. Oooksey, a jury warduly
empaneled and after hearing the evi
dence a juror was withdrawn and
the action dismissed, the court finding
as a fact that the defendant was a mar
ried woman and not abandoned by
her Jiuband at the time of the con'.
tract
The case of Julius Hahn. trading as
the Southern Distilling Company vs.
8. M. Tavlor & Son. was set for yes
terday, but owing to the necessary
attendance of several attorneys inter
ested in - the case upon the Federal
Court Judge Allen allowed a post
ponement until Saturday, on which
day the docket is always light
The following talesmen were order
ed summoned for to dav: T. M. Em
erson, J. A. Kelly, J. J. King, J. W.
Carmicbael, W. 8 Walker, J. M.
Bunting, W. M. Cumming, J. EL
Dreher, W. H. Brown, Neill Mcin
tosh, Jno. B. Quelch and Vran Swann.
ISEQRO KILLED YESTERDAY.
Rip Sawyer at Hilton bomber Company
Stack by Timber and Died Qolng
to the Hospital.
i
Win. Gillespie, colored, an employe
of the Hilton Lumber Company, while
operating a rip saw at the plant of the
company in this city yesterday at 12:40
o'clock received injuries which re
sulted in his death twenty minutes
later, while he was being conveyed in
an ambulance to the Jamet Walker
Memorial Hospital.
Gillespie was standing in front and
feeding the saw when a piece of tim
ber in some way was caught and
thrown back upon him with much
violence. His right arm was broken,
three or four ribs were fractured and
he also received internal injuries,
which quickly proved fatal.
Dr. C. D. Bell, the coroner, went to
the scene of the negro's death but
deemed an inquest unnecessary.
The names of several witnesses were,
however, obtained.
Gillespie is a Duplin county negro
and has a wife and three children liv
ing at No. 614 North Seventh atreet.
His remains were taken to his home.
Rr V. T. M.'N. GEORGE CALLED
He Has Been Asked to Become Rector of
St. James Parish, Succeeding Rev.
Dr. Robert Strange.
At a meeting of the vestry of 8t
James' Episcopal parish on Tuesday
night it was decided unanimously to
extend a call to the rectorship of the
church to the Rey. T. N. M. George,
of Newborn, N. C.
Rev. Mr. George has been rector of
the Episcopal church at Newborn for
a period of nearly ten years, and is a
scholar and a minister of great ability.
It is believed that he will accept
though, of course, no intimation of
his course has been given.
Rev. Mr. George has an interesting
family, and would be gladly wel
comed as a resident of Wilmington
and as rector of the parish to which
he has been called.
i
PLAINTIFF RECOVERED $5,750.
Verdict Against Navsssa Qoano Company
in $29,000 Damage Salt at Sonthport.
Saturday midnight the jury in the
Moore damage suit at Southport re
turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff
$5,750 damagea according to the alle
gations in the complaint, which are
familiar to many who have watched
the trial with interest during the past
week and a half. Defendant's coun
sel gave notice of an appeal to the
Supreme Court , j
The Stab has heard many com
pliments paid to Judge Thos. A. Mc
Neill for his able and learned charge
to the' court in the case, which has
consumed nearly two weeks in the
trial. Both sides say the charge was
good law, but the losing side assign
as an error the judge's refusal to give
certain instructions. It is well for
the State to have such pure and able
officers as Jude McNeill.
Marriage at Wallace.
Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage of Miss Annie Elizabeth
Graham, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
A. Graham, to Mr. Henry Alexander
Grady, on Wednesday morning, Oc
tober 23rd, at 9:30 o'clock in the Pres
byterian Church at Wallace. 1
The Confederate Veterans 'Ab
sociation of North Carolina will have
its annual session on Wednesday
night of Fair Week at Raleigh, Oct
23d. Cane Fear Camp No. 254, U. C.
V., of this city, will send delegates, f
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FUNERAL YESTERDAY.
Remains of the Late VV. A. f- iach
Tenderly laid to Rest
inOakdale.
SERVICES LARGELY ATTENDED
Floral Tributes Many and Very Handsome.
Mark of Respect at British Vice Coo
snlate Railroad and City Off!- -"
clals In Attendance.
All that was mortal of the late Woo.
A. Riach, General Auditor of the At
lantic Coast Line Railway, was laid to
rest in Oakdale Cemetery yesterday in
the presence of hundreds of friends
and grief-stricken relatives. J
The funeral services were conducted
from the First Presbyterian Church at
11 o'clpckby the Rev. Uri J. M. Wells,
the pastor. In attendance upon the
services were Atlantic Coast Line of
ficials, clerks, Aldermen and officials
of the city; members of the brother
hood of 8t .George and 8t Andrew, of
which deceased was a member; friends
and relatives. As the remains .were
borne into tbe church the choir softly
rendered "It is Well With My Soul."
The services were then opened by the
reading by Dr. Wells and tbe singing
by the congregation of the hymn: "I
Have Heard the Voice of Jesus Say,"
Dr. Wells then read a comforting
passage of scripture beginning with
"Let not your hearts be troubled ; be
lieve in God as I also believed in the
Father."
This was followed by a - very fer
vent invocation for the family and be
reaved ones and the choir sung with
much feeling: "Nearer My God to
Thee." Dr. Wells then spoke very ap
propriately along the line of the no
bility of a high Christian life and as
tbe concluding verse was sung of tie
hymn ''Hark, Hark My Soul, Angelic
Songs are Swelling," the remains were
tenderly borne from the church and
thence to Oakdale Cemetery, where
the interment was made.
The pall bearers upon the sad occa
sion were as follows: Honorary, Mr.
H. C. McQueen, Mr. Jas. F. Post Col.
Warren G. Elliott Capt Jno. F. Di
vine, Mr. Jno. R. Kenly, and Mr.
Thos. Wilson; active: Messrs. C. W.
Worth, Horace P. Clark, E. B. Pleas
ants, Geo. T. LeGrand, E. Borden and
James H. Chad bourn, Jr.
The floral tributes were. many and
very beautiful. One of the most
handsome was from the clerks in the
late General Auditor's office and an
other from tbe clerks in the Traffic
and Claim offices of the A. C. L.
During the hour of the funeral the
general offices of the Coast Line
in this city were closed and a
very large number of employes
were present at the funeral. The
offices of the city were also closed
and many of the officials at the fu
neral. ' The flags of fhe British Vice
Consulate and of the seven British
steamers in port were half masted by
Mr. Sprunt's request yesterday, as a
mark of respect to the memory of the
late Mr. Riach. Such honor to a pri
vate citizen i&an unusual occurrence
and proves the high esteem in which
tbe deceased was held.
The following out-of-town officials
were here for the funeral: Messrs.
Thomas Wilson, of Wilson; T. A.
Wilcox, of Florence; R. E. Smith
and O. C. Olney, of Charleston ; W.
G. Childs and J. T. Barron, of Colum
bia; B. A. Williams, of Richmond;
Spencer LeGrand, of Norfolk; Her
bert L. Borden and J. 8. Harlzell, of
New York.
MARRIED YESTKRDAY AFTERNOON.
Mr. Davis Wedded MI&s McLsnrin The
Groom's Brother to Wed Todsy.
At the residence of the bride's grand
father, Mr. Horace A. Bagg, No. 114
North Sixth street a very pretty mar
riage ceremony was celebrated at 54:5
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when Mr.
Edwin Yates Davis led to the hyme
neal altar Miss Lilly Belle McLaurin,
the accomplished daughter of Mr. L.
H. McLaurin, and the two were made
one in impressive words spoken by the
Rev. J. N. Cole, pastor of Grace M
E. church.
The house was tastefully decorated
for the event and there were
preesnt only a few intimate
friends of the bride and groom. Mr.
and Mrs. Davis left last night at 7
o'clock for a bridal tour North. On
their way they will stop at Peters
burg, Va., to attend the marriage in'
that city at high noon to day of the
groom's brother. Mr W. K Davis,
and Miss Louise Knight. The cere
mony will be performed iu the Meth
odist Church at Petersburg, and both,
couples will leave this afternoon for
the Pan-American Exposition.
DEATH OF CHARLES L. COWLES.
Passed Away at His Home On Chesnnt
Street Last Night Funeral
Mr. Chas. L. Cowles, ai
tailor and an aged and r
zen of Wilmington, died
7:40 o'clock at his home,
nut street, after an illness of several
days. The funeral will be conducted
this afternoon at 4 o'plopk from the
late residence and the interment will
be in Bellevue cemetery.
Mr. Cowles was born in Southering
ton, Conn., June l7tb, 1821, but re
moved to Wilmington and engaged at
his trade in the year 1877. He had
been a resident of the State, however,
prior to the civil war and entered loy
ally the service of the Confederate
States during the four years of con
flict
Mr. Cowles is survived by a sorrow
ing wife and one daughter, Mrs. Free
man B. LtGwin, both of whom are
sympathized with deeply in their be
reavement' .
The steamer J2. A, Hawes ar
rived in port yesterday from Fayette
ville, with a cargo of cotton for the
Champion Compress.
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FAIR PROSPECTS NEXT WEEK
Booth Balidlac Is Now la Progress sad
Brilliant Success is Assured Large
Crowds Will be Here.
Work on the building of booths by
the merchants for the Carnival next
week has begun In dead earnest and si
large number in gala attire will likely
be ready for the grand opening Mon
day night The "welcome arch" at the
Elks' Temple is also being built as
rapidly as possible and will be very
beautif uL ; : , . - .' :
:'. The country store booth in front of
the postoffice building will be com
pleted by the end of-the week and wjll
be one of the largest as well as the
most attractive in the Carnival district
Merchants who have not hitherto
entertained the idea of building a
booth are asked to do so now. There
will be hundreds and hundreas of
visitors here during the week and it
w ll be too late to build when the Car
nival has begun.
Fresh encouragement comes to the
Elks each day for the success of the
event and every loyal citizen of Wil
mington owes it to the city to put his
shoulder to the wheel and help "push
it along." Many new features are
being added daily and the crowds will
be large without a doubt .
BAD WRECK NEAR MONROE.
Engineer and Fireman Killed Forty Cars
and Two Engines Destroyed.
By telegraph to tne Morning star
Raleigh, N. C, Oct 7. A special
to the News and Observer from Mon
roe, N. C, says:
The southbound through freight of
forty cars and two engines was wreck
ed about two miles west of here this
morning. The train was rounding a?
short curve and the first engine jump
ed the track, tearing it up and causing
the other engine and cars to pile up
in a complete wreck. Engioeer Dick
ard and a colored fireman were killed.
The body of Engineer Dickard has
not been found, being buried under a
wreckage of cars and broken machin
ery. The whole of Monroe turned out
to view the wreck and to see the mer
chandise that is scattered around -and
tangled in the wreck. Both engines
are entirely destroyed, and the cars
are hopelessly shattered.
KENTUCKY VIRGINIA FEUD.
Two of the Wounded in Sunday's Fight
Head More Fighting Expected.
By Telegrapn to tne Morning star.
MlDDLESBOBO, Kt.,! Oct. 8. Wil
liam Morgan and. Ross Chad well,
wounded Sunday night in tbe faction
al fight at the Union Baptist Church
near Big Springs, Va., are dead,
making six dead from the encounter.
A large party, headed by Bud Chad
well, Len Chad well and Joa Dooley,
have left Middlesboro armed with
Winchesters to join the Chadwell
forces, and it is believed serious results
will soon follow, it is reported that
the Chad wells have ordered a wagon
load of arms from Knoxville, Tenn.
Augustus Morgan, aged eighty, father
of the Morgan boys and who is well
liked by tbe Chad wells is endeavoring
to bring about peace between, the
factions.
Bank Washing- Day.
In some banks there is a regular
washday every month, usually at the
beginning, when a clerk may be seen
bent over a tub and rubbing real mon
ey up and down a washboard.- The
dirty greenbacks that- have been saved
up for a month are soaped and rub
bed just like handkerchiefs and sock:
and are run through a wringer before
being put out to dry. The paper cur
rency may be handled somewhat
roughly, as it does not tear because
there Is in It a great deal of silk and
linen. After the notes have been
passed through the wringer they are
hung on a line stretched in the bank
clerks' department. Said one elerk
the other day: "I wash about 100 notes
every month, and when I'm done you
can hardly tell them from new money.
The washing strengthens as well as
cleans .-the notes." Philadelphia Rec
ord. Diamond Cattera and Their Work.
Not only Is diamond cutting not a
specially highly paid occupajtlon. but It
is one Involving a most humiliating
system of espionage to the worker.
Each man has to strictly account for
the stones he receives on going to work
in the morning, and the count has to be
carefully taken when the unfinished
work is handed in at night to be locked
up In a safe against the return of the
workmen the next day. The possibili
ties of theft are great, though a dishon
est workman knows that an attempt to
dispose of an unfinished stone would
bring suspicion upon him wherever the
Ittempt was made.
Paper Wheels.
Every wheel on a Pullman car Is
made of paper. You do not see the pa
per because It Is covered with Iron and
steel. The body of the wheel Is a block
of paper about four inches thick.
Around this Is a rim of steel measur
ing from two Inches, to three Inches.
It is this steel rim, of course, which
comes In contact with the rails. The
sides are covered with circular iron
plate, bolted on.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, who was ar
rested in Wheeling, W. Va., Monday
night for leading a crowd of four
hundred women into a saloon, and
fined $20, which she refused to pay.
has given bond to keep the peace and
appealed the case. She left the city
yesterday. -
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are used by the best shots in the country because they are so accurate,
uniform and reliable. Ail the world's championships and records have been
won and made by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you'll shoot well.
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TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.
Three-Story Brick Building Completely
Demolished Another Building
Badly Damaged.
By Telegraph to the Moraine H
Ur,
Ehik, Pa., Oct 9. This evening H
iarge boiler in the brass foundry (,f
the Hays Manufacturing Company ,.t
West 11th. street, exploded with-te--rific
force and completely demolish- a
the three story brick building in. which
it stood. Adjoining this building ani
directly back of tbe Liebel hous
which fronta on State street, was at '
other three-story brick connected with
the hotel by a covered passage-wav
across the, alley. The floor of this
building was used as a store room'
the second for sleeping rooms -fur
some of the girls and an ironing-room
and the third floor as the hotel kitche. '
the covered passage-way leading u -rect
to tbe dining room, which is ou
the second floor of the hotel. Thn
hotel annex was also completely d -molished,
nothing but a portion of thu
side wall remaining.
At the time of the explosion supp. r
was being served and six girls who
were in the kitchen were carrini
down in the wreck. A general fir.)
alarm was sent in and in a very fev
moments the entire fire department
was at work extinguishing the flames
which had started and rescuing tiiu
injured.
The building was badly damaged by
tbe explosion, all the windows were
broken as well as the plate windows
in the stores in that vicinity. Th
drift of the explosion passed through
tbe hotel bar-room and that part of
the hotel was completely wrecked.
How any one escaped serious iDjurv
seems marvellous. The damage s
about $50,000.
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.
Annual Convention of the North Carolina
Division In Session in Charlotte.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Star
OhabLOTTE, N. C, Oct. 9. A larec
number of women, representing th
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
met in this city to-day in annual cou
yention. The meeting was called io
order by Mrs. M. A. Jackson, widow
of the famous General "Stonewall"
Jackson, who lives in Charlotte. Miss
Julia Alexander delivered the addre
of welcome, which was responded l
by Mrs. William H. Overman, Sta ur
president. In the afternoon a recep
tion was given to Mrs. Jackson at th
Southern Manufacturers' Club. Ai
night a portrait of the late Governc r
Vance was presented in a speech by
Hon. John S. Henderson, and a pot
trait of Colonel Charles 8. Fisher, b
Mrs. T. B. Beall. Mrs. W. 8. Parm-r
received the portraits, and Mrs. Mar
garet Arthur Call read a poem. Th.
convention will hold another session
to-morrow.
MISS STONE'S ABDUCTORS
Located Upon a Mountain On the Tnrko
Bslgarian Frontier.
By Cable to the Morning star.
Const ANTiNOPLK, Oct 9. A trust
worthy report locates Miss Stone's ab
ductors on the summit of a mountai i
at Gultepe, on the Turko-Bulgaria.-:
frontier, near Dubniiza. It is saiJ
that the kidnapping band numbers
eighteen. Arrangements have been
made to surround the mountain with
Turkish and Bulgarian troops. It has
been suggested that the abductors of
Miss Stone are members of the old
Macedonian committee, actuated by
motives of jealousy, and that they
are endeavoring to accomplish the
downfall of the present committee.
The Bulgarian government has prom
ised to act vigorously.
ON THE B. & 0. RAILROAD. ,
Freight Trains In Collision Engineer aod
Poor Trainmen Killed.
- By Telegram to tbe Horning Btar.
Barraokstille, W. Va., Oct. 9
A. collision between two fast Balti
more and Ohio freight trains occurred .
here tc-day, resulting in the loss of
one life, injuries to four persons and
damage to the amount of $150,000.
Both trains were running at full
finAAfl) fififl Tin gat vn a itaait bntwn a C
Murphy 's cut The wreckage bloc ked .
the road for several hours. It is said
tbe accident resulted from a mistake
in orders on the part of Engineer
Weigle, who was killed in the colli
sion.
Editor's Awful Pllabt.
F. M. Higgins, editor of the Seneca '
(IlLNew8, was afflicted for years with
Piles that no doctor or remedy helped
until he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
He writes two boxes wholly cured
him. ' It's the best Pile cure on earth,
and the best Salve in the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by
B. R. Bellamy, druggist - t
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