Newspapers / The Weekly Star (Wilmington, … / Jan. 10, 1902, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
4. 1 .ft i r v -j a -a. . u v i " , WILLIAM H. BERNARD Xdltor and Proprietor. .'.FaiDAT, JA.NUABY 10, 1902 FREE SUGAR. Most of the opposition to recip rocity with Cuba . providing for un taxed sugar from that island comes ; from 'the beet an gar manufacturers and their representatives who al lege that free sugar from Cuba or anywhere else would ruin the beet .. sugar industry of this country! Mr. Oxnard, who is largely interested m that industry and speaks for it, says it must have protection for at least ten yean longer, by which time he. thinks there will be . beet sugar enough produced in this country to supply the demand for heme consumption which meats 2,000,000 tons more than is now produced, (including cane sugar produced) not to speak of the in crease of consumption with the in crease of population, j ' ' This is a sort of three sided fight. There is the Sugar Trust which wants free raw sugar, but in sists that the tax be retained on refined sugars. The beet sugar manufacturers, speaking for them selves and the beet growers, are op posed to free sugar in any form, And the consumers generally, who are not interested in the Sugar Trust nor in the growing or man ufacturing of beet sugar,- want tax f ren raw and refined sugar, be cause that would mean cheaper sugar, more of it and 'increased trade with the countries the sugar comes from. . j With perhaps a few exceptions, these being representation of the ' cane growing districts .in the South, the Democrats in Congress are solid . for free sugar, and what: is some what remarkable some of the lead ing Republican organs in the North are strongly advocating it, at least as far as reciprocity with Cnba goes, and they are protection organs, too. Ono of these is the New York Trib une, a recent issue of which con tained an editorial on the conten tion of the beet sugar manufactur ers, which is so much to the point and so clearly shows how little there is in it that we quote it entire, as follows: V "Since the chief opposition' to reci procity with Cuba comes from the beet sugar Industry of the United States it will be fitting to consider what will be , the legitimate effect upon that industry of abolishing or reducing the tariff upon Cuban sugar, and also what will be the effect upon the beet growing farmers who supply the beet sugar factories with their raw. material. The impression has somehow got abroad that j conces sions to Cuban sugar will so militate : against the beet sugar factories of the United Btates as to. cause them to close, and thus to deprive the farmers of their market, or at least to c mpel them greatly to reduce the pr ce paid to the farmers for the beets; and on this ground some sentiment aa-ainst reciprocity with Cuba seems to bave been worked up among the farmers. Such ground and such sentiment most be regarded as altogether mistaken. Efiewbere in to-day's Tribune we print an instructive letter upon this subject from Mr. Albert G. Robinson, show ing that the average price now paid to farmers for -beets is but $4.90 a ton. ..According to a reputable authority Cried by Mr. Robinson, the aversge production of beets is less than six tons to the acre. That would give gross returns to the farmer of a fraction more than $29 frjm an acre. The cost of cultivation appears to range from $14 to $27 an acre, which, deducted from the returns, leaves a painfully narrow margin of profit, and suggests the query whether it will pay farmers to go on raising beets. That, however, is ap rt from the present issue, which is the effect of a reduction of the tariff upon Cuban sugar its effect upon the farmer who grows sugar beets and upon the manu factur who transforms the beets into marketable sugar. Upon this ques tion authoritative information Is not lacking. '' "The letter issued two years ago by two leading directors of the American Beet Sugar Company, to which Mr Robinson refers, sets -forth that in torn n it ' o, wneii mere was do tariff on raw sngar, the avenue price of granulated sugar In th s country was more than four cents a pound, and that that price might, therefore, be Uken as the one to be expected if we should return to free trade in sugar with all the world. It also reckoned 250 pounds of sugar as the product of a ton of beets. That gave $10 as the gross amount realized and relizable, in the face of free trade competition in sugar from a ton of beets. Against this sum it then seta the costs of manu facture. These were $4 a ton paid "to the farmers for the beets, and $3 a ton as the expense of transforming tte beets in a marketable granulated su gar worth four cents a pound. The total cost. $7, deducted from the pro ceeds, $10, thus ltfi $3 net profits to the manufacturers on every ton : of beets. It was shown, moreover, that this was a most conservative estimate, since four cents a pound wss the minimum price of sugar-in 1891 it was 4.04 cents; In 1892 4 8 4 and in 1893, 4.85 and 250 pounds from the ton of beets was the mini mum yield at some of the factories considerably more was actually pro duced and in none lesadcwbile $3 a ton was the maximum of working ex penses the actual figures in factories showing an average of only $3.80. And ail this, be it observed, without the slightest reference to the McKinlev bounty of two cents a pound on beet sugar, which, we may fairly infer from this authorative letter, was, or if continued would have been and would be, fust so much clear profit .to the manufacturers in addition to the already generous profits of $3 or mote on each ton of beets. i Tbe beet growing farmers may be assured, then, upon the authority of the beet sugar manufacturers them selves, that tbe granting of the most liberal concessions to Cuban sugar would not necessitate) or justify the slightest reduction in the price of beets. The manufacturers hare declared, categorically and In detail, that even if not only Cuban but also German and Belgian and Austrian and all other augar shall be admitted to this country free of all duty, they will still be able to pay .the farmers $4 a ton for their beets and to make a satisfactory profit for themselves in so doing. This, ac cording to their own figures, they can do without the aid of any bounty whatever. It Is gratifying to record this aa an Indication of the prosperous and profitable status of the beat sugar manufactories. An industry that in a doien years can thus outgrow all need of bounty or protection is one to be en vied for its rapid and robust growth. The same rtcord also contains an indu bitable assurance to the farmers that they have nothins to fear from con cessions to Cuban sugar. Tbey have the word and in some esses the writ ten contract of the sugar rearer for it that the price of beets will not be lowered. It thet view of the case the farmers' opposition to Cuban reciproc ity must vanish while logically, ao cording to. their own showing, thst of the beet sugar manufacturers can tiol be maintained." j .. We reproduce this because it is an intelligent discussion of the ques tion', not by an anti-protection pa per, which might be suspected of partisan bias, but by a leading Re publican organ, an advocate of pro tection, speaking for the section in which the beet sugar industry is carried on. - , . There is a great deal j of conten tion over this simply for the reason that the sugar beet is grown in the North and West, none being pro duced in South, and henoe this may be regarded as a Northern industry. If it were simply a question of pro tecting the Southern sugar makers and cane growers there wonld be no discussion of it, and reciprocity with Cuba, as far at least as free raw sugar goes, would be foregone con clusion, although the Sfcigar Trust, being a strong factor in politics, when it comes to contributing to campaign funds, might manage to have a duty retained on refined sugars, as it did in the Wilson-Gorman, so-called' "free trade" tariff. TROUBLESOME, BUT IT PATS We have read of some pretty good yields from tobacco crops this year in this section, which, however, has been an exceptional year on account of the high price paid, bnt the fol lowing, which we clip from the Charleston News and Courier, puts Mr. Goodson (who must also be a good farmer) at the front as ay anker of profit ont of tobacco: "Mr. W. M. Goodson, who farms near Hartsville, in Darlington county, it is reported from Cheraw, cleared, above all expenses, last year $1,440 on two and a half acres of tobacco. To bacco,' it is added, Ms a little more troublesome to mke than cotton, but the difference in price is going to make Chesterfield farmers plant tobacco tbe coming year instead of cotton.' "Tneir determination Is not surpris ing in yiew of the results obtained by Mr. Goodon. among other experi menters, with tbe new crop. It will be noted, of course, tbat tbe statement is not that be made $1,440 worth of to bacco on two acres and a half, but that he 'cleared' that sum, 'above all ex penses.' That is, tbat his tobacco patch paid him a net profit of $578 per acre, or tbe equivalent of the gross value of fourteen bales of 8 cent cotton, or of tbe net profit at $10 eacn on fifty seven bales. "Tobacco, as the dispatch very just ly notes, 'is a little more troublesome to make than cotton,' but" This doesn't say anything about Mr. Goodson's method of manipn-, lating his tobacco so as to make profit of $576 an acre on it in a sec tion where, the growing of tobacco is comparatively a new industry, bnt he evidently understands his business, and pays attention to it. That's the kind of a man who gets handsome returns from tobacco where other growers get poor re turns and sometimes not enough to pay the gnano bills. ! . There is a good deal more in the curing, handling, assorting and put ting the tobacco on the market in good, attractive shape than there is in the growing of the crop, for with some attention from the grower nature will attend to that, bnt the curing, handling, assorting and marketing must be done by the man natnre doesn't . come in here, but sense and skill do. We have known tobacco growers who made more money from a; few acres, well handled, than others did ont of four times as many acres, who man aged, in a careless, slip-shod way. Farmer Bergstram, , of N. Y., doesn't like buttermilk as well as he did. A ' couple of evenings ago he picked np a bowl and drank a couple of quarts of what he sup posed to be buttermilk, He got along pretty well until, the yeast (which he mistook for b. m.) began to "rise" and then it took about thirty yards of rope to hold him down and together, nntil the doctor man arrived with his stomach pump. A Wisconsin girl who was jilted by her fellow, who had promised to marry her, has sued him for $5,000 damages. She says that in conse quence of the jilt she has not only lost him, but thirty pounds of flesh, which she values at $166 66 a pound. From this 'he may form some idea of the value of the girl he didn't take, as there is about 125 pounds of her left. A Washington dispatch says Gov. Sbaw, who will succeed Secretary Gage, eats pie three times a day. A man who can do that and remain robust need net fear to tackle the Treasury or anything else. There are said to be forty counties in Texas which have not a single (nor married) resident lawyer. But they manage to get along somehow. Catarrh Cannot be (fared with LO0AX amiCATIOWB, as they cannot reach tbe seat of tbe disease. CauurhtsaMood ur constitutional disss, and la order to eurettV von must take larnl remedies. Hall's Ca tarrh Care U tken internally, and acts di rectly on ine blood and macon surfaces. Hall's catarrh Core U not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by on .of tbe beat phy-teiaos in tbls country for years, and Is a regular prescription, it la o imposed or tbe beat tonics known com bined Willi' he best blood purifiers, act Ins di rectly on tbe mucous surfaces. Tbe perfect oomblnuloo of tbe two Ingredients is what pro duces saon wonderful results in carina; Catarrh. Bend for testimonial tiee. F.J. CHXJfXT ft OO., Props Toledo, O. gold by Proggtota, price TBc, Ball's Winuir Hlls are Uiebest. ' f MB DELAY. In his speech in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, on .the Nicaragua canal bill, Mr. Bepbnrn, chairman of the Interstate and For eign Commerce Committee, struck the kernel of the proposition of the Panama canal men to sell to this country for $40,000,000, when he said the motive behind the offer was "to'delay action on the Nica ragua canal. That ought to be ap parent to every one. , The sudden drop from $109,000,000 to $40,000, 000 can be accounted for in .no other way. These Panama traders were either trying to bunco this Government when they demanded $109,000,000 for their property or they are try ing to bunco it now, when they have come down to the compara tively low price of $40,000,000. They conclnded when they did this that it would re-open the question of routes in Congress, as there have been all along some Senators and Representatives who preferred the Panama ronte, and they knew these wonld make a fight and throw ob stacles in the way of a final deci sion in favor of the Nicaragua ronte and thus, if they could, put off in definitely beginning that work, and the object of the Panama managers, backed, no donbt, by the Pacific railway interests, would be accom plished. If the Panama route is the better ronte tbat should have been known before this, with all the committees that have been appointed to inves tigate and report. There is much said in favor of that which has no foundation in fact. One of the assertions is that there are good harbors at both ends of the canal, which is not true for it hasn't a good harbor at either end. The harbor is not a good one at the At lantic end, and in the Pacifio it is practically open sea with no protec tion whatever, and where a ship at low tide cannot ceme within a mile of shore. And there are other claims for which there is, doubtless, as little foundation. Mr. Hepburn is right when he says the object in this last offer is delay, to keep action back on the Nicaragnan ronte, with the hope that interest in it may wane and the Panama canal, - if ever completed, have no competition. CURRENT COMMENT. It is calculated that a baby boy's chance of being President of the United States is one in 30,000, 000. And it may be added that in most cases the chance grows beau fully less the older the baby gets. Louisville Courier-Journal Dem. Recently we expressed sur prise at Capt. Hobson's radical change of sympathy from Sampson to Schley. It is now announced that he will soon leave the navy and enter politics, standing for Congress as Representative of the Sixth Ala bama district. We are no longer surprised. Charleston Post, Ind. It is the decision of the Navy Department tbat the news paper comments of Captain Mahn on the Schley case are not 'open to censure, as were those of General Miles. The difference is that Cap- a. . ar tain Ma nan's expressions are in har mony with the sentiments, of the de partment. Philadelphia Record, Dem. Monopoly, in whatever form, in taking from consumers by inflat ed capital more than a nominal price for commodities, is laying the foundation for a panic. When it reaches the point that the people can no longer pay the tribute de manded, there is a stoppage, a shock, and demoralization felt throughout the industrial fabric. If we would avoid panics, which come at regular intervals, we must destroy their cause monopoly. Buffalo Courier, Dem. Deat Let Thm aflr. - Often children are tnrtnrl with itching and burning eczema and other I sain aiseases bat Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the raw sores, expels in flammation, leaves the skin without a scar. Clean, fragrant, cheap, there's no salve on earth as good. Try it Cure guaranteed. Only 35c. at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t THE WILMINGTON C0LLECT0RSHIP. Fight Wared la Wsshlsgfoa Over North Csrolisa JobsDsncy'sNsme Sest la. Regarding the Wilmington Oolleo torship for which there is a superabun dance of candidates, the Washington correspondent of the Raleigh News and Observer sends that paper of yes terday the following: "John O. Dancy, the negro collector of the port of Wilmington, who is on the slate for recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, called on the President to-day. Be will not be ap pointed until a successor to him as col lector has been decided upon and this matter waits during Pritchard's ab sence. Senator Pritchard is still kept at home by the sickness of his wife. Bernard is here and says he will win in the District Attorney shi p fight. "Mr. B. F. Keith, of Wilmington, an applicant for the position of Col lector, is here with the endorsement of about 100 business men of Wil mington. He hopes to get Senate fritcbard'a U. K. mark. "Ex-Senator Marion Butler arrived to-day. It waa understood that he came here to fight Skinner's appoint ment as District Attorney. Be is not so much for Bernard aa he Is against Bkinner, though he will back Bernard. Tbe Ex-Senator went to New York this' afternoon, but it is the under standing that be will return here in a day or two and remain for the war.' In tbe meantime there are no develop ments in the district attorneyship fight" . . Aa will be seen by reference to the Stab's -telegraphic dispatches this morning the name of Daney has been sent to the Senate with a batch of others for confirmation. lira. Frances Roeera died at Rrfatnl Tenn., at the age of 99. 8he would nave reacnea .the century -mark In June. She was a native of Virginia. ! NEWS OF TDB COURTS Eighteen Convicts, Sentenced This Wee Will Go to the Roads To-day. IMPORTANT CIVIL MATTERS. laterestlsg Cases Oa Docket for tbe Two Weeks "Term Beginning Jsa. 27th. Complaints Filed JadfeTlm -beriake Will Preside. Judge E. W. Tim beriake, who held this week's term of the Superior Oojurt, has returned to home his but frill come again Uonday week " to hold Onslow court, at Jacksonville. ; From Jacksonville he will come again to Wilmington on the 27th inst. to bold a two weeks' term of the court here for the trial of civil cases. Yesterday the list of prisoners sen tenced to terms on the county roads at this week's term was made up by Jailor R. M. Capps and they will be sent out to the stockade to-day. They are 18 in number and the aggregate of their sentences is 10 years and seven months. Three of the number are women and can be employed only as domestics. Those who will be sent out are as follows: Jane Allen, larceny, four months; Kate Brooks, perjury, twelve months; Amanda Norman, indecent exposure, four months; James Arm strong, larceny, four months; Frank Anderson, gambling, three months; Andrew Bell, larceny, two years; Burt Green. . forcible trespass : G. W. Hooper, larceny, six months; Wm. Hoi ley, gambling, three .'months; Bryant Jones,gambling, three months ; Levy Lane, assault with deadly wea pon, six months; T. R. Rouse, assault with deadly weapon, twelve months; Ben Richardson, assault with dead ly weapon, six months; Arthur Taylor, larceny, twelve months; Dan Washington, larcency, six months; Chas. Hawkins, larceny, 18 months; "Dink" Holmes, assault with a deadly weapon, twelve months; Chaa. Harrington, eight months for resisting an officer and four months for forfeiture of costs. Hector McLachlin, white, who was sentenced to ten years for burglary and G rattan Pierce, sentenced to five years for murder in the second degree. will be sent to Raleigh by Sheriff Stedman the latter part of this week. ' Before leaving the city Judge Tim beriake went over the civil docket for the forthcoming term with a number of the Wilmington attorneys and made a partial calendar for trial. Among the suits for hearing are those of Strauss vs. City of Wilmington, which was given, a new trial by the Runrms Pnnrl ' ind that sif R IP I Penny vs. W. C. dc A. Railroad, in which damages are asked by plaintiff for being shot by a negro ejected from defendant's train. There are in addition to these number of other important suits, the complaints in two of which were filed yesterday. One of them is entitled J. L. Love vs! Carolina Central Railroad, which has oeen previously mentioned in these columns.- The plaintiff in the action asks $50,000 actual and $50,000 punitive damages for injuries received by him while a conductor for the de fendant company, on Dec. 20th. 1900, the said in juriea having been due to the alleged negligence of the company in not providing improved couplings for a certain caboose car in which he was riding at the . time given, and which became detached from the remainder of a train going west from Wilmington, and which' later going down grade, crashed into the other cars and threw plaintiff violently against the side of the car and against a hot-stove severely burning and other wise injuring him so tbat he is inca paciated for his usual work. The plaintiff is represented in the suit by Messrs. Herbert McClammy, Bellamy & Bellamy and Wm. J.Bella my. The defendant is represented by Messrs. Meares & Ruark. The other complaint filed yesterday was in the suit of Graham Murray by his next friend R. M. Murray, against Dr. Cbas. T. Harper, superintendent of health, and the City of Wilming ton. The plaintiff asks $5,000 dam ages and the complaint sets forth tbat on July 8th, 1901, plaintiff, then about six y eara old, was sick with fever and other diseases, and confined to bed at the house of his father, the defendants carelessly and negligently removed, or caused him to be removed while confined in bed to another room, when there wss no necessity for same, causing said Murray ; to suffer great bodily pain and permanent injury. Lr V. Grady, Esq., appears for the plaintiff in the action. The bar of the city will likely meet Saturday week to arrange the full calendar of cases. Coming Society Event Invitations Lave been received by a number of society people of Wilming ton as follows: "Mr. Thomas Alex ander Mclntyre requests the pleasure of your company at an informal dance to be held at 'Onslow Hall' on Friday evening, January 17th, 1902. Special train will leave Atlantic Coast Line depot, Wilmington, N. 0., at B P. M., and return at the convenience of guests after the dance. R. S. V. P. Verona, N. O." sTree Blooal Car. . We recommend Botanic Blood Balm (R a a) for all blood troubles, such as ulcers, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching humors, pimples, boils, carbuncles, blood poison, ach ing bones festering sores, cancers, catarrh, rheumatism. - Botanio Blood Balm cares all malignant blood or skin diseases, especially advised for old, deep-seated cases. It cures when all else fails. Heals every sore or pimple, stops all aches and paines by giving a healthy blood supply. Thoroughly tested for SO years. Thou sands cured. At drug stores $1 per large bottle. Our readers will receive a trial treatment free by writing Dr. Gillam, 213 Mitchell St, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free med ical advice given.) Medicine aent at once, prepaid. the carouna company. Iscor poratcd Yesterday fey tbe Secretary of StateSix Hsszlsfs la Slafle Day-Raleifh News.... - Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 6 The Secre tary of State to-day chartered The Carolina Compan j , of Wilmington, with $1,000,000 authorised ..capital stock. The incorporators are Jno. 8. Armstrong, George B. French, Walk-, er Taylor, W. T. Shay and William E Worth. Ninety-six out of the one hundred shares subscribed for are owned by W. E. Worth. The period of duration of the corporation is sixty years. : '.:;VVt; t;- The Company may begin business with $10,000 and the capital is divided into 100 shares. The object of the company is to do a general contracting business such as construction and erection, excavation, equipment and maintain an ce of build ings; also improvement, alteration and additions to property, roadbeds, bridges, trestles, tunnels, outs, fills of railroads, beds Of canals, shaft exca vations and Other openings in, upon and under the surface of the earth, and to maintain the same for compe-r tition; also to buy and sell and other wise dispose of iron, stone, clay, coal, minerals, metals and timber. Governor Ayoock to-day fixed the datelfor six hangings, all to take place Weddesday, February 28tb. They are John Henry Rose, at Wilson for kill ing Thomas Farmer ; Andrew Jackson for burglary in Lincoln county and the four men who committed the fa mous "Emma Burglary," Ben Foster. R. 8. Gates, Harry Mills and Frank Johnson. They will be hansred in Aabeville. Six executions in a day is unprecedented in North Carolina. ABOUT THE C0LLECT0RSHIP. Mr. Keith la Wasoisrtoa With tVMeiv Signed Petition Dsscj Also There. Other Candidates. Special Star Telegram. WasHnraTON, D. C. Jan. 6. Jno. Q Dancy arrived here to day, and ex pects bis name to be sent in at once by me President for Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. He haa received several hundred letters from people in varioua States aaking for position a in the Recorder's office. B. F. Keith, of Wilmington, arrived to-day. He has a petition asking for his appointment to ihe Oolleetorship, which he claims is signed by 90 per cent of the business men of Wilming ton. J. M. Forshee, of Wilmington, is also here in the interest of Mr. Keith. i Both North Carolina Senators were absent to-day when Congress con vened,' and both for the same cause, illness. Their wire summons is ex pected to-morrow. Pritchard will not arrive until Thursday. Another' candidate developed fn Wilmington yesterday in the person of Mr.W. N. Harris, managing mem ber of tbe well known firm of George Harms, 8on & Co., ihip brokers. Mr. Harries friends are strongly urging him for the place, and very properly claim for bim an extensive knowledge of shipping and all else that pertains to the port. He is an ex-mayor of the city, and a clever and courteous gentle man. Remalas Laid to Rest Mr. John Melnnis' family, accom panied by their pastor, Rev. J. J. Pay- aeur, carried the remains of their little boy to Willard yesterday and laid him to rest in tbe family burying grounds. The little son was three years, efoht months and three days old, and was sick only seven days with the dreadful disease, croup, when he died at his home, 607 Campbell streets eaving his father, mother and two little sisters to mourn his death. The many friends and relatives met the corpse at Wil i. j i it 1 1 . taru auu genuy aiaea in every way possible to relieve the burdened pa rents. A beautiful flowered cross was placed on the coffin by Mies Sanders. Mr. Mclnnia is foreman in Sanders & Co. 'a branch store at Fourth street bridge. Struck By Shiftisg Cars. A horse attached to a dray and being driven by John Berry, colored, was struck yesterday morning by some A. C. L. freight cars being shifted on tbe dummy tracks at Nutt and Red Cross streets, and so badly injured that ti had to be killed. The negro barely escaped, the dray having been de molished almost from under his feet ihe horse and vehicle belonged to Fletcher Pittman, the well known colored barber.- A furniture van be longing to the Sneed Company was driven past the scene of the wreck shortly after its occurrence, and the horse attached to that ran away and partially demolished it Mr. Abernathy For Congress. O. L. Abernathy, Esq., of Beaufort N. C, is in the city on professional business. Mr. Abernathy is one of the brilliant young lawyers of the East and la well and favorably known in Wilmington. - He has represented his county several times in the Legis lature, has served as Presidential Elector for his district and filled other positions of prominence and honor at the bands of' bis people. The Stab learns tbat Mr. Abernathy will very likely be the nominee of the next con vention in the Third District for Oon gress. The honor could be no more worthily bestowed. Be Kept Bis Lea-. Twelve yeara ago J. W. 8ullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then the best doc tors urged amputation, "but be writes, "I used one bottle of Electrio Bitters and 11-2 boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and my leg was sound and well as ever." For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electrio Bitten has no rival on earth. Try them. R. R. Bel VXKT, will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. t - w 7a ' ar Corn removes from the soil large quantities of Potash. - The fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or the land will lose its pro ducing power. Read carefully oor books - oa crops im frtt. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nsstaa St., New Vodu TWO WILMINGTON COMPANIES Secretary of State Has Chartered Wli . nlsftoa Brokerage aad Electrical ' Supply and Construction Cos. iSpeeial Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8 The Wil mington Brokerage Company, and the Wilmington Electrical Supply and Construction Company were chartered to-dav. The authorized capital stock of the Brokerage Company is $35,000, and the incorporators are J. E. Crow, George D Crow and C C. Brown. The Electrical Supply and Construc tion Company has an authorized capi tal of $25,000, and the purpose is to do a general electrical and mechanical contracting business. The incorpor ators sre John Frank, W. H. Howell, W. A. Lawrence, J. O. Brook, W. W. Thigpen, J. W. Beilly, Jno. D. Bel lamy, C. C. Brown, R. R. Bellamy, E. C. Holt, J. W. Williamson, Frank H. Russell, W. R. Kenan and a H. Fisbblate. PRerrv no we wedding. Miss Irene Bsis aad Mr. Eugene Scbolkeo ' Were Married Last Evening. The marriage of Mr. Eugene Pette way Scbulken, son. of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Schulken, of this city, and Miss Irene Bos well Bass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. R. Baas, of War saw, was solemnized last night at tbe residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ber nice C. Moore, No. 811 North Fourth street. Tbe ceremony was performed in an impressive way by Dr. A. D. McClure, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. Mias Sally Clair Bass, of Warsaw, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Mr. Arthur Schulken, brother of the groom, acted aa best man. The wedding was a quiet affair, only the immediate families of the contract ing parties being invited. Mr. Scbulken is a popular employe of lha Bali -Tlphae Company and the bride is a moat charming young lad who numbers her friends by the score. Mr mid Mrs. Schulken will reside in. Wilmington. Cards have been received by friends in the city announcing the marriage of Miss Eva Boy kin, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Lee, of Clin ton, N. C, to Major George Edwin Butler, Wednesday, January 8th, 19Q2, at 5:80 P. M.. St. Paul's Episcopal church. Clinton. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. U. S. Msrshsl Oockerv and John C. Dsacy's Among the Namber. . By Telegrapn to toe Horning star. Washington, Jan. 7. The Presi dent to-day sent the following, among other nominations, to the Senate: Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, secretary of the treasury. Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, post master general. Jno. R. A. Crcssland, of Missouri, minister resident and consul general to Liberia. Jno. C. Dancy, of North Carolina, recorder of deeds in the District of Co lumbia. Alfred E. Holton, United'States at torney for the western district of North Carolina. Henry a Dockery, United States marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Three Qaarrymen Killed and Borled Deep In nn Avalanche of Earth. By Telegraph to tbe Morning star. CONNIXLSVILLS. Pa., Jan. 8. The explosion of a big charge of dynamite brought death and destruction to Blue stone quarries, in inn mountains a mile from here this evening. -Three quarrymen were killed and buried deep in the great avalanche of earth that followed the explosion. Another man was hurled a hundred and fifty ieet through the air, down tbe steep cliff of the quarry. He will probably die. . Charlotte Observer: Sam Pow ell shot and instantly killed his negro renter near Henreitta, Rutherford county, Saturday. The difference arose about a small amount of rent which Powell claimed that the negro owed him. Powell went to Magistrate Burgee, and asked for claim and de livery papers with which to take the negro's crop, 'Squire Burgee, not thinking the case worthy of such pro ceeding, refused-to grant Powell's re- auest He then tried to get Deputy heriff Davia to take possession of the crop without the proper papers. This he refused to do. Powell became en raged and threatened to kill both the magistrate and sheriff if they did not proceed to help him take possession of the negro's property. The negro went to see Powell Saturday to try to make some kind of loom promise, Powell did not listen to any of the negro's propositions, but drew his gun and killed him at once. Powell has not yet been captured. Miss J alia Foraker. niimrmt dano-h. terof Senator and Mrs. Forakrr, waa married at her parents' residence in Washington yesterday to Francis King Wainwright, of Philadelphia. ,STORXA. Bears tU Sigaatus f ,Tm Kind Ton Haw Always BougU mm i-. LUMBER HULL FIRE. Comparatively Heavy Loss Yes terday Morning at Plant of Angola Lumber Co. FLAMES ON THE DRY KILNS. Orlfinated From Unknown Soarce and Wrought Daasge Amoantlng to Aboat $5,000 Fire la Berber Shops. An Awning Burned. . - ' Fire which originated from an un known, source wrought a damage of between $5,000 and $6,000 at the plant of the Angola Lumber Company, just beyond Hilton Park, yesterday fore noon. , Tbe damage waa to a pair of dry kilns and their contents, consisting of 100,000 feet of lumber, and It waa only by dint of hard work and ex cellent fire appliances at the mill and in the city, that the entire plant was saved. The fire originated on the in side of the kiln and. had gained con siderable headway when discovered. Tbe fire engine pump at the mill was immediately put to work on the flames as were also two streams of water from hydrants in the yard. The steamers Marion and Compton, on tbe river, were also attracted to the scene by tbe blowing of whistles and clouds' of smoke that arose from the plant The boats each soon had a stream playing on the building and a little later the steamer tug Buck had towed up a lighter bearing an -engine of the Fire Department from Market dock. Hose companies Nos. 1 and 3, of the Department also went to the scene and did valiant work. The fire was discovered at 10:30 o'clock and in. less thau an hour it was under control bespeaking much for the excellenfappllances at tbe plant and for the capable management of the mill. The loss is fully covered by insur ance with companies represented by Mr. J. VanB. Melts. Mr. W. T. Sears, general manager of the mill, desires to publicly express the thanka oflthe company to the tuz Marion, steamer Compton and tu& Buck, to Chief Schnibben and his as sociates in the Wilmington Fire De partment; especially to Mr. George Harries, chairman of the Fire Com mittee, and to tbe Cape Fear and Hil ton Lumber companies for their vain able service rendered during 'the fire. Other Fires Yesterday. At 9:56 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm was sent in from box 4L The fire was located at No. 81 North Second street, at the rear of a building owned by T. F. Simmons and occu pied by Mrs. Judge as a pressing club. No damage waa done to tbat building but the barber shop adjoining, occu pied by Louis Peterson, was damaged to the extent of about $15, and an ad joining shop occupied by R. W. Diew waa damaged about $25. All the in jury waa principally to the buildings and was protected by insurance. At abaut 4 o'clock. yesterday after noon the awning in front of Messrs. Victor Zoeller& Company's store on Front street Was burned but no dam age resylted to the building or stock. The awning was down at tbe time and it is thought some one threw a libgted' cigarette or match from above upo then tbe canvas. The up stairs of the building is occupied by the Carolina Athletic Club. The department was not called out for the slight blase. . The -Fire Last Night. Considerable damage resulted to the stock of drugs belonging to Mr. Jos. O. Sbepard, Jr., and to the build ing. No. 123 Market street by a fire which was discovered last night at 10:30 o'clock in the rear of the store. The origin of the fire is unknown. An alarm was sent in from box 41, Water and Market streets, and the firemen were soon on the scene, the Chemioal Engine alone being used in subduing the flames. . Mr. Sbepard estimates tbe damage to his stock at about $3,000, with insu rance of only $1,500, distributed equal ly among agencies represented by J. H. Boatwright and John VanR Metts. The damage to the building which is owned by D. L. Gore, will not exceed $600 and is fully covered by a total insurance of $4,000. The kitchen and other rooms of Mrs. D. Rountree, who conducts a boarding house on the second floor, were dam aged by burning and smoke to some extent with no insurance. The fire originated either in a stor age room in the extreme rear of Mr. Bhepard's store where about $1,000 worth of patent medicines in original packages were stored, or in a wood house on the first floor belonging to Mrs. Rountree.' Further in the , rear of the place were stables for a mule and horse belonging to R. R. Stone & Co , but they were liberated without injury. The rear of the drug store only was burned but the stock is rery badly damaged by smoke. Mr. Sbep ard was at the theatre at the time of the Are and Mr. J. T. Cowan, his clerk, had left the place only a short time The origin of the fire is un known, as no combustibles Were stored in that part of the store. - Members of the Mabel Paige Com pany had apartments for the week at the Rountree House and pandemon ium reigned when they discovered the building on fire. Their trunks, etc., were hastily brought to the streets but were soon returned when it was found the danger waa over. Tbe Beet prescription for Halarta Chills and Fevers is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure,, no pay. Price. 60c satuth CARTRIDGES IN A L LCO Al?l B E R 3 from .22 to .50 loaded with either Black or Smokeless Powder always give entire satisfaction. They are made and loaded in a modern manner, by exact machinery operated by skilled experts. THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD ALWAYS ASK FOR THEM Soft Harness A- Ton can make your bs ncs as sort as a elovs and as tough as wire by using EUREKA HatC nass'OII. You can lengthen its life make it Inst tnice as long as it ordinarily would. EUREKA Harness Qil makes s poor looklnr har ness like new. Made at pure, heavy bodied oil, es. pecially prepared to'wltb- tne weatner. : Bold everywhere. In cans all sixes. Mads by STANDARD OIL CO. COLLISION IN A : RAILROAD TDNNEL FIFTEEN PASSENGERS KILLED Twice Thst Number Were lJareoJMiny . Serloosly-t-most of the Victims Res. dents of New Rocbelle The Responsibility Unfixed. By Telegrapb to tbe Morning Btr. New York, January 8. In the New York Central railroad tunnel that bur rows under Park avenue, this city, two local trains collided to-day. Fifteet ' passengers were killed and twice thai number were in jured. A dozen of tho latter were seriously hurt, an4 th roster of the dead may be extended. The dead are Albert M. Perrin. 43 years old, recently from Chicago, sec retary and vice president of the Union Rag and Paper Company, residence New Rocbelle, N. Y. ; B. D. C. Fos kett, New Rocbelle; A. E. H. Mills New Rocbelle; E C. Hinsdale. New' Rochelle; Mrs. A. F. Howard, New J Rochelle; Frank Washburn, formerly oi Uhlcago, president of the Union Bag and Paper Company, . residence New Rochelle;, William Levs. New Rn chelle. general manager B. Allman & Co., New York; Theo. Forgardo, New Rochelle; William Fisher or Forbes. New Rochelle; William Howard, New Rochelle; Oscar Meyrowitz, New Ro chelle, optician in Mew York, and sec retary of the New Rochelle Yacht Club; Franklin Crosby, New Rocbelle Ernest F. Walton, New Rochelle, and broker in New York;H. Q. Diamond. New Rochelle, assistant general mata ger of the American Bridge Company, thiseity; Charles B. Mars, New Ro cbelle, employed by the New York custom house. A Rear End Collision. It was a rear end collision between a' Boutb Nor walk local that ran i;." . over the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and was halted by block signals at the Southern en trance of the tunnel, and a Whie Plains local that came, by the Harlem branch of tbe New York Central. Th wreck occurred, at 8:17 A. M., which hour the trains were crowd u with suburbanites. Most of tbe deaths. injury and damage was wrought by the engine of tbe White Plains train which plunged into the rear car of u motionless train and was driver through to the. middle of the car, smashing the seats' and furnishing and splitting the sides as it moved for ward. The victims were mangled pi me masa or wreckage carried on tbt pilot, crushed in the space bet wet,, tbe boiler and car sides, or scalded by steam which came hissing from broken pipes and cylinders. The engine, in " its final plunge of forty feet, carried the rear car forward and sent twisteu iron, broken timbers and splinters .crashing into the coach ahead. Lijhia Were Extinguished. and from the wreckage and darkness came the cries of the injured and call for assistance by those who escaped Within a few minutes the work of re cue, marked by heroism and sacrifice, began. Alarms that brought every- ! available ambulance, the police re- ' serves of five precincts and the firemen of the eastern and central districts of Manhattan, were sounded at ooo. With the police, firemen and surgeons came a score of volunteer physiciann and half a dozen olergy men. 1 Ladders were run down the tunnel air-sbefta and the firemen and police attacked the debris with ropes and axes. Passengers had already rallied and were trying to release those im prisoned in tbe debris. Father Smith and Rev. Dr.Walkley, chaplains of the fire department, crawled in over tbe wreckage and ministered to tbe dying. Jjieut. uiarke, of tbe nre department, forced his way to the point where Miss Rice and Miss Scott lay and p tood in water that scalded the flesh from his limbs until the women were released. T. M.. Murphy, a passenger, both of whose legs were broken and atill held by the timbers, volunteered to remain as he was until those around him were assisted. Two policemen and chaplain Wal ley reached Mrs. Howard, and the -chaplain gave her a stimulant. The policemen were cutting away the seat which held the woman down when a pipe broke. The scalding steam drove them back and when tho rescuers ret turned Mrs. Howard was dead, Harrowing Scenes. .When nearly all of the dead and injured had been removed from tbe wreck Father Smith, of tbe Church of 8 Vincent de Paul, and" Chaplain Walkley, of Grace church, both chap lains of the fire department, crawled into the wrecked car over the hot boiler of the demolished White Plains locomotive and found two girls in the middle of the last coach. They, were . sisters, named Scott, of New Bpchelle. One sister lay on top of the other, the sister underneath heW by wreckage which pinned down her body below the waist One was crushed. The dead -body of man, which was also pinned fat by the wreckage, lay across tan cues w uo uiuer siaier and beid her down. Stimulants were administered to the girls by the chap lain, who remained with them until they were removed. The tunnel in which the wreck oc curred extends from 65th street just above the Orand Central station, and is about two miles long, It is under Parle avenue and there is an air bole in each block. Robbing the Dead. Almost a riot was caused at a police station by the arrest of a man accused by Coroner Bcholler, of attempting to rob the bodies of the dead as they lay in the station house. ! People had been admitted to the station to identify the bodies and the man is supposed to have drifted in . with the crowd. t f. n v
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 10, 1902, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75