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WILLIAK H.BEBNARD Kdltof and Proprietor. Friday, FEBRUARY 13, 1903 A FAILURE. Elihu Boot, Secretary of War, de livered an -address last Friday night before the Union League Club, of New York, a speech remarkable for I what he said, and also for what he didn't say, but might have said, if he had the candor, to make his speech complete. It is also remarkable as coming from the Secretary of War, who is so intimately associated with President Roosevelt. . After referring to the part this League took as a factor in solving some of the problems of the past, he remarked that there were still and constantly would be problems confronting us which might "de mand the hardest fibre and the most devout patriotism." He con tented himself with mentioning three of these problems; one "the tendency to a division between the rich and the poor," which he feared was growing; another the labor i. a i-i i ; i. question ana iauor uuiuub, wuiuu he approved as good things and things that ought to be, but the tendency of which was to go to ex tremes and practice the same des potism over laborers who do not be long to the unions that they con- 1 amn in omrtlAVAra nf 1 aVtrnv uutuu tu VUliVJ VA, SJ V In commending labor unlonB and congratulating organized labor on being able to assert and demand its rights, he was simply echoing Mr. Boosevelt, who has in some of his public .utterances said substantially the same thing. In talking thus he was talking through his hat as a poli tician, for the labor vote of this country is a ftor of some impor tance and your uncle Mark Hanna has also caught onto that fact. The third and most remarkable was the suffrage problem, to which he thus referred: . 'The third danger ii one that this club especially should consider. Mr. Dadge referred in his opening talk to the march of negro regiment down Broadway in civil war times. Within two years after this club was formed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provided that there should be no slavery in the country or in any Territory within our jurisdiction. "Within five years, by the Four teenth Amendment, all men, the black included, were rree ana equal, in seven yean, by the Fifteenth Amendment, the Nation said that no man should ever be deprived of his vote by reason of color or previous condition of servi tude. The three amendments embodied the scheme of the thoughtful men of those days to uplift the slaves liberated by the civil war. "You remember how difficult the question was. What was to be done with the black man who had been a slave all his life! The answer wss: Olve him liberty, citizenship and equal rights, including the opportu nity to enjoy them, and he will rise. "I fear that we are compelled to face the conclusion that the experi- ment has failed. "The suffrage has been taken away from the black man In most of the States where he composes the larger part of the population. The black man of the South in general no longer has his right to vote. The right to aspire to office is generally disputed and In a great measure denied." "The experiment has failed.". Of course it has. Why not? The men who attempted it were fooling with a material they didn't know any thing about, a material they were -using for their own special purposes. Mr. Boot is not candid in this, he is not honest, he does not make a true statement of the case or tell the in side history, the inspiration of negro suffrage. He tells all that he cares to have known, all that the leaders of his party care to have known, but mac is oniy nan ana ine lease inter esting part of the story of negro en franchisement, which was not in spired by the desire to give him "liberty, citizenship, equal rights, including the opportunity to enjoy them." That would have been com mendable paternalism if it had been prompted by interest in the emanci pated slaves, but while that was the pretence and the justification, it was not that, but simply a scheme to nse these emancipated and enfranchised slaves to control the South and per- petuate the power of the Bepubli can party, to get control of South ern States to offset the Northern States that the Democratic party might capture. The Republican leaders were then anticipating the turn in the tide and were preparing for it. To aa'aertat this late day that suf frage was conferred upon the negro to enable him to protect himself is simply to brand the men who did it as imbeciles, and they were any thing but that. Men like Senators Stevens, Morton and other unscru pulous iron-nerved leaders of those days never had the canting hypoc risy to pretend that, and made no secret of their motive when 'they put "the bottom rail on top." They wanted to punish . the "rebels," to humiliate them, and instead of bringing into theTJnion the seceding 8tates as Lincoln wanted to bring them in, kept them out and made negro suffrage a condition of being let in. They passed these acts when no Southern man had t voice or a vote in the Congress of the United States and then by fraudu lent so-called elections, nnder mili tary dictation and control declared the amendments adopted which made the emancipated slaves citi aensand politically the equals of the white man and the superiors of many white men, for when these amendments were voted npon In the I South thousands of white men were disfranchised and could, not vote This is a part of the scheming tricky, unscrupulous, criminal history of negro enfranchisement that Mr. Boot did not tell, because it did not fit in well there, but it is history all the same. The game succeeded for awhile; they played the negro, but as the men who played him were not mor ally superior to the mob they nsed, a saturnalia of debauchery was the re8Uit, which forced the white men 0f the South to devise some way to get from under the negro and his white associates, and they did it, did it boldly, with no hypocritical pretence such as was made by some 0f those who planned and worked to put them under the negro's heel. The "experiment of negro suffrage failed." Of course it failed. It was bound to fail. There was nothing honest in it. It was rotten. It could not help failing, and Mr. Boot and others who are training with him under stand very well why it failed; they are not surprised at the failure, and practically admit it, and have taken a lesson from the failure by refusing to grant suffrage to the masses of people in our new acquisitions, who are as well or better qualified for suffrage than were the emancipated slaves whom they elevated to citizen ship without any previous or pre paratory qualification. In this they are simply following the example of the white men of the South by in. sis ting upon qualified suffrage for the people of these new acquisitions, the way the Southern States have found to solve that problem. If Mr. Boot's political friends had done that in the start instead of conferring the franchise at one sweep on every negro old enough to vote, he might not now have to pub licly confess the "failure of the ex periment." A SEW INDUSTRY IS GERMAHY Some time ago in commenting up on Lord Kelvin's prediction that the coal supply of the world would be exhausted in 400 years, a noted French engineer remarked that within ten years alcohol would supercede coal as a fuel for furnish ing motive power. In view of the fact that alcohol is now a somewhat costly fluid to use for such a pur pose we thought that was a rather remarkable statement, but it seems that they have been experimenting in Europe with a view to a large and cheap production of alcohol, and apparently with considerable encouraging success. In Berlin there was last week an exhibition of potato alcohol which was attended by the Emperor, a number of State officials and other distinguished persons, concerning wJ.7ch a Berlin dispatch speaks as follows: The immense display to-day was di rectly due to his Majee's encourage ment for several years. One depart ment shows alcohol for cooking and heating, another for lighting, in which it is contended that alcohol la a complete substitute for petroleum; yet another exhibits water and stationary motors, while in the grounds surround ing the buildings are automobiles and trucks driven by alcohol power. It is predicted that potato alco hol, or rather the manufacture of it, will prove as valuable and important an industry to Germany as the beet sugar industry is. If it be all that is claimed for it, it will, doubtless, prove more valuable. These are simply experiments which prove that it is practicable to substitute this alcohol for oil or coal, but whether it can be done on a large scale, so as to give the fluid a com mercial value in competition with coal or oil remains to be seen. If so, these experimenters have opened up a new industry of incalculable importance not only to Germany due to tne world, and one that this country wHl not be slow to take advantage of, for here our potato-producing capacity is unlimited. There is not a square mile of arable land between the two oceans on which potatoes can not a m do proaucea in aounaance, and on I which the production could not be I doubled or trebled by proper culti- I vation. While we produce enough for home . consumption and sometimes more, the production has been kept within bounds because of the low prices when there is a excessive pro duction and the difficulty of keeping the potatoes in a sound, salable con dition. But if they can he profit ably utilized for making alcohol, as beets are for sugar, there will be a practically unlimited demand for them, little danger of their becom ing a drug on the market or of spoil- and the result will he a largely in creased production. The Charlotte Observer's "Morally Stunted" will point with pride to the fact that in South Carolina. with Ben Tillman dispensaries all over the State, there were over two hundred homicides last year. And I "0ar ?et People" will claim that with licensed saloons the number would have reached four hundred. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they eannot reach tM aheaaed portion of the ear. There la only one I to sure utmuwoB una um im oj oousuLu tiooal ramadlea. Dsaf nma la uiMd b, .n in. fltmed condition of the mnoona lining of the Eustachian Tabs. When thia tube la loSamed you hare a rambling sound or Imperfect bear ing, ana when u la entirely elneed Deafness la the result, and nnlM, tha lilimmulnavta be taken oat and tbia to.be restored to ita nor mal condition, tearing will be destroyed for ever. Hlnelcaeee ont of ten are caoaed by Cfttarrb. which is nothing bat an lAQuned eon.- dltiea Of the mncona aanlnaa We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (caoaed by catarrh) that eau not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send lor circular, tree. r. i. jmiT 9 no TOieao, u. Bold byDroggteta, 78c Bail's WaaBj Ua are the best. rs Cannot wm Published ViUioii Money ! Are you Indebted to THE WEEKLY STAR? If so, when you receive a bill for your subscription send us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news paper bill Is as much en titled to your considera tion as is a bill for gro ceries. SOURED ON ROOSEVELT. There is a strong sentiment among the "LUy Whites" of the South against the nomination of Boose velt for the Presidency, and it is daily gaining strength and taking shape. It doubtless has pretty strong encouragement, too, from political manipulators on the other side of the line who have not yet come out openly against Boose velt, but will, doubtless, when their plans are matured and they get the wires running to suit them. The efforts said to have been re cently made by the Boose volt sup porters to close the breach in Ala bama, has failed, the managers of the "Lily White" wing perempto rily refusing to entertain the over tures made, and informing the other side that the Bubicon had been crossed, that they were rnnning the business in their own way, and were in the fight to the end. They have made practically an uncompromising declaration of war Against Boose velt. Thus far the "Lily Whites" in North Carolina have not been saying much or showing their hand, for the reason, probably, that Senator Pritchard was not yet prepared for an open outbreak with the adminis tration, but he seems to be nearing that point, for he has got to talking about Roosevelt's "blunders," and some of the party organs in sympa thy with him and the negro shut-out movement he engineered, have be gun to talk In plain English. The Elizabeth City Carolinian is one of the old-time, dyed-in-the-wool Bepublican organs. It has changed hands, and although published in the Eastern part of the State, where the negroes do most abound,-thus announces its endorsement of the "LUy White" movement and its op position to the nomination of Boose velt: We cannot support Mr. Boosevelt for the nomination to succeed him- self. His Southern policy has been In direct opposition to the policy whleh was inaugurated by the Republican State Convention at Greensboro last August We have given this matter the proper thought, and we expect all kinds or harsh criticism from the BooseTelt forces in North Carolina and the South, but if they cannot see the matter In the same light that we do, then they are at liberty to go tbeir route and we will do likewise. We do not believe that Mr. Roose velt will be the nominee, and The Carolinian nominates as its choice fur President of the United States Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indians, and for Vice President Jeter O. Pritchsrd, of North Carolina. This will make a team that any Republican in tbe na tion would be proud to support. ine Koosevelt people have had an eye on Senator Fairbanks all along, and also on Hanna, but while Hanna has said that he is not in the race and "doesn't want the job," Sena tor Fairbanks has never said that. and nobody has ever said it for him. But it will not be difficult for the Hanna and Fairbanks boosters in the South to get together, as their main purpose is to lay Boosevelt out, and either Hanna or Fairbanks would suit them for that purpose. It will be interesting to watch tbis game as it develops and the play of the factions in North Caro lina as it progresses. Pritchard con trols the machine and Boosevelt the patronage, so that the strikers will be put in somewhat of a quandary as to which way to head. FOR ASSAULTING OFFICER HARR1SS Joha Roblisos. White. Held for March Tern of Superior Court. John Robinson, the young white) man who started a domestic difficulty on second i .street shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning, and who assaulted Policeman W. M. Harris because he went in to demand auieL was held for the March term of Supe rior Court iu a justified bond of $50, by the Major yesterday at noon. At last accounts Robinson had not given the bond and was still confined. At the hearing be pleaded drunkenness as a palliation for his offence. Officer Harriss testified that Robin son maae ai mm with a knife or other sharp instrument, aod exhibited a heavy overcoat, which was badly slashed through on the shoulder, his uniform coat underneath bavins; also been slashed. Robinson's wife, who was llrs. Florence McDougald did not appear In court to testify against her husband for disorderly eonduct. Tie Ooversot's Plptsre. Prof. D. IL Bain, teaeher of vocal musie in tbe country schools, baa pf; fered a very handsome picture of Ooveraor Aycock to the school. making; the most rapid progress In singing during the term. The picture will be handsomely framed, suitable for school room decoration. - CREATE NEW COUNTY One to Be Made from Parts of Harnett, Moore and Chat ham Counties. LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY. Cosst Lloe Invokes Aid of Corporstloa Coaaissldi la Petty Tows Ordi-BoccS'-New A. & l Balldlng. Fanners' Protective Ass'a. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O., Feb. 9 In the House to-day Representative Graham, of Granville, introduced a resolution to appoint a joint committee from tbe House and Senate to investigate tbe coat of converting the State peniten.- liary building Into a hospital for the tosane orother useful purpose. It was put on the calendar, passed, and sent to the Senate without engrossment. As it is, only about 100 convicts are kept In the prison with accommodation for 1.000. , The House alto pasted a joint reso lution urging the distribution of tbe Geo. Peabody Educational fund in com- nliance with Peabodv'a wishes, rather than to concentrate it in one State as some trustees urge. ' "' In tbe Senate, the most notable bill introduced was by Justice, to provide for tax and penalties on railroad com panies and the adjustment of taxes with such companies as do not dis criminate against North Carolina ship pers. It requires railroads, on June SOth and December 81st, to pay a fran chise tax of $8,000. which will be re funded at the end of six months If tbe Corporation Commission, certifies to the State Treasurer that such railroad has not discriminated against North Carolina shipper. Other bills of interest were : Lamb to appoint justices of the peace in Cumberland. Bellamy, to allow license to be paid for holding festivals in Brunswick, $10 each night Tbe Senate argued at length the bill to refund $375 to Stale Treasurer La y, the amount embezzled by Major W. H. Martin, while Martin was coaching Lacy's clerks when he assumed office. Tbe bill met strong opposition and was re-referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Another notable bill passed in tbe 8enate was that to establish a prison parole commission, consisting of the Governor and two citizens. - Raleigh, N. O., Feb. 10. Repre sentative Doughton, of Alleghany, in troduced in the House to-day a bill providing: for a $400,000, Si per cent. bond issue to meet State appropria tions and for other purposes. This is a com premise bill agreed upon in committee. Governor Ajcock in bis message having asked for $500,000. The 8tate defioit is $319,000. In the Senate. White, of Franklin, introduced a bill to appropriate $300,- 000 to publie schools, being a renewal of the appropriation two years ago. The senate passed aa special oraer, a bill providing for the inspection and sale of cotton seed meal or fertilizer. A joint resolution was passed urging Congress to pass the Appalachian Park bill. Also bills to Incorporate Hia waste Railroad Co. ; Bank of Dup lin, at Wallace, and a substitute for establishing a Board of Examiners for trained nurses, by whom licenses shall be issued. A' substitute bill to provide dead bodies for medical colleges, giving them bodies of those who die in jails, penal Institutions and bodies not claimed by relatives. The only notable bills to pass the House were: To provide for the incorporation of street railway companies under the general law. To Incorporate tbe Saving Bank and Trust Co., of Elizabeth City. To exempt J no. A. Unas, of Bruns wick county, from peddler's tax. Tbe quickest legislation on record was enacted to-day. Jno. R. Webster arrived from Reidsville at noon with a bill to prohibit bucVtt ahops in Reids ville. It was introduced in the Senate. and in twenty minute bad passed both branches of the legislature and was ready for ratification. It was railroaded at Webster's request. The 8enate committee on railroads and railroad commission voted by a big majority to aa-aia report tbe noted Justice "Whittle Bill" unfavorably. It requires railroad companies to blow wnisties and ring bells always until persons on the track take notice, and and if injury is done the company is liable. Tbia is tbe bill. It is claimed, which would force roads to run trains most of the time under control. Ralegh, N. a, Feb. 11. The House of Representatives to day pass ed the bill incorporating the North Carolina Farmers Protective Associa tion, prepared and backed by Col. Jno. 8. Cunningham and OoL J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of 8tate. An important bill introduced was by Siler to establish a new county, to be known as Lee county, and maae up of portion of Moore, Harnett ana Chatham. The people of Sanford aod Jonesboro and the surrounding sec tion are moving for the new county. A committee, composed of Messrs. W. A Monroe. A. u. Menem, el. a. b. Sea well and Wm. Campbell, reached Raleigh Tuesday to present tbe matter. The nronosed countv. with 8anford as the county seat, includes about 800 square miles, made up as follows: Vrom Harnett 27 square mues, irom Chatham 90 square miles, from Moore 174 square miles. The boundary be tween tbis territory ana uaatnnm county is the Pee1 Dee River and tbe Cape Fear River. The aggregate value of taxable property is $1,948,657. Other bills introduced were: By Abell. supplementary to tbe act to restore self government to Bruns wick county. This passed its readings later. AbelL to make more effective tbe laws against stealing rides on trains. Notable among diiis passea oy ine House were to allow Fayetteville to issue bonds: to direct the commis sioners of Pender in the use of their sinking fund; to Incorporate Shallotte, Brunswick county. The Senate passed a bin allowing railroad companies to file petitions with tbe Corporation Commission in case where speed of trains in passing through towns is limited by ordinance, the Corporation Commission to go to the town complained of to hear the case. It is principally for tbe relief of the A. O. L. in certain eastern towns which require trains to pass through at four mile or leu an hour. Another important bill passed was to regulate the duties and liabilities of hotel keeper. It prescribes that hotel tsta shall not be liable for over $100 baggage lost, unless the owner pre viously gives him notice that it is of greater value; then te will be liable for the full value. The Justice "Whistle Bill" was made the special order for Friday, when it wm oumeup unucr unfavorable re- port.' The Senate passed a bill to remlat fees of lattices of the neaea in elatiti and delivery cases. xne mil to refund State Treasurer Laoey $314, embezzled by Major Martin, Ex-State Treasurer Worth's institutional clerk, while coaching Mr Lacey'a clerks, when tbe adminis tration changed, was argued spirit edly some time and tabled. . The opposition was that it would be a bad precedent and unfair to ex Treasurer Worth, who lost $16,000 by Martin's defalcations during hi ad ministration. The bill prohibiting .fire crackers over three inches long, toy pistols and air rifles patted second reading, and on objection went over until to morrow. There was some discussion of tbe proposition to change the peniten tiary building to an insane asy:um. Senator Travis said the matter had heretofore been investigated and was found impracticable. Senator Hteka was added by the president to the committee to investigate for thia Leg islature. Tbe joint committee on Agriculture beard addresses to-nigbt from Or. Winston and several members of the faculty and students on the need of an agricultural; building at tbe A. & M. College and decided to report favor ably the Scott bill appropriating $50, 000 for the purpose. Only one vote was cast against it. STATE GUARD ACCEPTS DICK BILL Isjaactlos Agslast Collection of Iscoeae Tax oi Jadfe Pernell's Salary. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 11 The con vention of Bute Guard officials here to-day adopted resolutions accepting the provisions of the Dick bill and ap pointed a committee, consisting of Ool. Bain, Gen. Riyster, OoL Arm field and Lieut. Brandon, to amend or add to the State law for the guard to conform with the requirements of tbe DickbllL Judge Simonton, of the U. 8. Court of Anneals, to-day enjoined 8heriff Page, of Wake county, against col lectins? Income tax from Judge Thos. R Purnell, of the Eastern District of North Carolina, the Injunction being returnable at Charleston, a. U, u eo. 24th. The sheriff was proceeding to force collection under orders from the Corporation Commission. All other ludres and 'govern ment officials in tbe State are privileged to become par ties to this, which is a test suit, their contention being that tbeir salaries are not liable to a Bute income tax. MOVING THE FERTILIZERS. Shlpaeats So Heavy Railroads Taxed to Provide. Necessary Facilities. Charleston News and Courier. The movement of fertilizers ont of Charleston is increasing so rapidly that the railroads are taxed to provide the necessary eqiipment for a quick service. Within the past ten days there baa been a decided increase. Representatives of the railroads ssy that based on estimates from the fer tilizer people, the total output will amount to at least 400,000 tons. This is) considerably more than was sold last season, and It la accepted as an in dication that the cotton acreage in thia State wil be greater than for many years past The car shortage haa caused the Southern Railway and tbe Atlantic Coast Line no little uneasiness. It will take about 25,000 cars to mve 400,000 tone of fertilizers. The rail roads aie making' every effort, how ever, to get the freight out with as lit tle delay as possible, and thua far there has been no great delay. Cedas Bltjit, Ta., Nov. 12, 1902. We bare sold Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic for the past 10 year. We know it has saved hundreds of long cases of fever and heavy doctors' bills and baa saved the Uvea of hundreds of our own people. We keep it in our households. Ctdab Bujtt Woolen Co. Agency of tbis wonderful medicine will be placed with good men. Ad dress A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga. t The Tobacco Prospect. Mr. Jamea Dodd, assistant manager of the Wilmington Tobacco Ware house Co., will leave to-day for a trip through Brunswick county, instruct ing farmers in the culture of tobacco. Mr. Dodd says there's plenty of time yet to sow tobacco beds and pitch a crop. Thus far he has secured the promise of farmera to plant 3,800 acres and witb a conservative average of 1,000 pounds to the acre, he says the yield should be three million three hundred thousand lbs., wh.icb, at tbe average price of 10 .cents per pound, will bring $330,000 in money to Wil mington! Mr. Dodd haa worked faithfully, and he hopes to see the warehonae company reap a rich re ward this season. New Presbyterian Charch Rev. William Black, of Davidson, Synodical Evangelist for North Caro lina, passed through the city Monday from Pooenix, Brunswick county, where he had just concluded a suc cessful revival, at which there were 80 conversions. He also brought with him news that he had the petition of 25 consecrated people of that section for tbe establishment of a Presbyte rian church at Phoenix. The new church will be organised on Saturday before the first Sunday in March. White Mas Accidentally Shot. A white man was accidentally shot last night about 10:30 o'clock in Burr & Bailey's alley. Sergeant Smith heard the pistol shot and went in to Investigate. A bullet had entered the calf of the man's right leg and bad Imbedded itself between the bones in the leg. The injured man was given temporary attention by Dr. W. F. Stokes, and being a seafaring man, he was sent to the U. 8. Marine Hospital. He gave no comprehensive idea of how the accident occurred. Greensboro Record'. Mr. E. B Respass, engineer In charge of tbe aurveving corns of the Raleigh & Western Railroad, was seen at The Benbow this morning. Mr. Retpaas is in charge of the survey from Colon to Greensboro, to High Point, etc In reply to a question he said he waa not authorized to give out any statement about the road, but -from the work he las been ordered to do and is doing be feela satisfied hia people are coming right into Qreenaboro. You Know What Ton Are) Taking Whan tos take CrT)i Tastalaas Cat III Tle because tb formula la plainly p lcted on utj nocue anowuiK ui it la aunpij iron ana mae in a tasteless xorm. no unre, no raj. ouo - t O Beats th Signafaw The Kind Yon Haw Always Bought YESTERDAY'S FIRE. It Was One of the Most De structive in Wilmington in Several Years. LOSSES AND INSURANCE. Department Controlled the Blaze by 5 A. M Notes sad Iscldests of the Coaflsgratloa Resaevlag lato New Qssrters-The Cause. As the STAR was going to press yes terday in time to catch the early morn ing mails, a fierce fire which broke out at 2:25 A. M. in the basement of the large, three-story, brick drv goods store of Capt. A.-D. Brown, No. 29 North Front street, bad just been got ten under control by the 'firemen with only partial lost to property adjoin ing. The details were given in yes terday's paper up to that hour with as near an approach to accuracy as was poasible under the circumataoeea. The scene of the- fire wai visited yesterday by nearly everjbxly in the city, as very few came down at the early hour before day. It was prob ably tbe smallest crowd which ever witnessed a fire of any magnitude here. It occurred when everybody was asleep and those who arose and looked out could see uo evidence of a fire for a considerable time after the alarm 'was sent In on account of its confinement at first to the basement. Box 41, at Water and Market streets. from which the alarm came in, ia an important one, but when people arose and called to mind the propensity of tbe Wilmington Paid Fire Depart ment for extingulabing any aad all fires in their incipiency and with the reassurance of an absence Of a blaz they quietly retired forthe most part and left the conflagration with the fire laddies, a few of the more venture some, the police and morning news paper people. A conservative estimate of the dam age by tbe fire is $50,000. Tbe heav leat loaer is Capt A. D. Brown. His stock valued at from $30,000 to $35, 000 was completely destroyed with an insurance of only $19,700. It was stated erroneously in yesterday's paper that the insurance was $35,000, which was the amount carried last year, the balance having been dropped upon the advance in rates upon merchandise stocks about 12 montbs ago. Capt Brown had jast received his usual large line of new Spring goods, but he had unfortunately neglected to take out insurance to cover it The building occupied by Capt. Brown's store was owned by rrs. Elizabeth Vollers and it waa complete ly gutted by the flames, only the blackened walla remaining. Contrac tors differ in their opinion as to wheth er the walls can be restored and upon thia, of course, largely depends the amount of damage. The building is valued at $8,000; insurance, $5,000. The wholesale and retail clothing store of tbe A. David Company, ad joining the Vollera building on the north, was badly damaged by smoke and. water. Tbe stock is valued at $30,- 000 and the damage will probably range from SSi to 50 per cent The entire stock was covered by $14,500 insurance. The chief damage to the building which is owned by Mrs. P. M. Mc- Rary ia on the roof, where the flames lapped nearly across aod cracked the tin and wood covering all to pieces. One line of hose wss turned on the roof to keep it from catching and thereby resulted the damage from water to tbe atoek. The building was insured for $5,000 and the damage is estimated at from $750 to $1,000. Next south of tbe Vollers building was another three-story brick business structure, owned by Cpt. Djnald MacRae. The damage to tbe building, Which ia insured for ' $10 000, will be between $600 and $800. Tbe basement of the building is ued aa a storage room for electrical and gas supplies, gas stoves, ranges, fixtures, eto , of tbe Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Co., the offices Of which, witb those of Hugh MacRae & Co., bank ers, occupy the first floor of the building. The damage in the offices was chiefly by smoke and waa slight; fully covered by insurance. The b ase- ment of the building in which the sup plies were stored was completely flooded by water, causing a damage of $1,000 to stock, which is fully pro tected. An engine of the Fire Depart ment waa engaged until yesterday af ternoon in pumping the water from the basement. The second floor of the building is occupied by the Harmony Circle club rooms, which were damaged about $75, witb $400 insurance in pompanies rep resented by Col. Walker Taylor. Tbe third floor was former! v used as a K. of P. lodge room. The damage to the building was greatest on this floor, where a wood joist extended through the brick wall from the Vollers build log. The Department had at one time in addition to four- atreami from hy drant, three from the engines, includ ing the two reserves, making seven line of hose in all. Two of the engines were stationed at Princess street dock while the "big" Adrian was at foot of Market street The reserves were brought out when the magnitude or the fire seemed to demand it Tbe Vollers building haa no parti- walla with the buildings on each side aa the proximity would atem to iadi. cate. It waa probably due to thia and the further fact that the walls of the McRsry building extendel above tbe roof of the Brown store that the flames did not communicate more rapidly. The Orlrla of Tbe Fire The origin of the fire is a matter of speculation. It was at first thought that some pedeatrian had dropped cigarette or cigar stump through the grating in the sidewalk into the cellar. but after a look at the premises it waa seen that auch a theory waa Impossi ble. The back door of the cellar waa found open by the first parties to reach the scene and the robbery and lneen diary theory is advanced. Mr. Au U TTT1-I ...... ' wvj nana, i mere in tne sto.e. remembers distinctly hng closed Line' back door - upon closing at o'clock the evening before. It U also thought that perhaps tbe fire might bare occurred from the beating apparatus in the basement. Certain it is that the basement was burning fiercely from end to end before the fire was discovered. Distrlbatloa of lasaraace. The insurance against the various losses was held in agencies as follows: A. D. Brown's stock J. H Boat- wright & Son, $3,000; J. VanB. MeMs, $5500; Willard & Giles, $3,500; Walker Taylor, $3,500; W. W. Hodges. $1200. Total, $19,700. Vollers' Building Walker Taylor. $1,000; Willard & Giles, $2,000; W W. Hodges. $2,000. Total. $5,000 A. David Company stock J H. Biatwright & Sin, $4,500; J. V.nB li-tts, $4,500; Walker Taylor. $3,000; Willard & Giles, $2,500 Tola', $14,500. David Building Walker Taylor $5,000. MacRae Building Walker Taylor, $3,000; Willard & Gile, $3,500; J. VaoB. Metta, $3,000; J. H Boatwrighi & don, $500. Total. $10,000 After the Fire, what? Capt A. D. Brown baa moved Into the old Murchiaon National Bank building, 113 North Front street and will remain there aettling up and ad justing everything until arrangements can. be made for reopening the atore by the purchase of a new stock The safe waa being removed from the ruin to the new location last nigbt Pending an adjustment of their losses the A. David Company is closed and headquarters have been opened in the same building with tbe Atlan tic Trust aod Banking Co , on Prin ces, street Mr. A. David, president of the company, and Mr. EL E. David, of the firm, were in New York at the time of the fire and were telegraphed for yesterday by Mr. L. Stein,- secre tary and treasurer of the company. A Flremaa Isjared. . While engaged in keeping a hose playing on the ruins yesterday morn ing about 7 o'clock, Foreman Louis Freimuth, of Hose Company No. 3, and Engineer T. B. Jackson, ofJEagine Company No. 1, fell through from tbe sidewalk to the basement. The latter had his left hand severely cut by broken glass. He was removed to a drug store, nd later sent in one of tbe hose wagona to the . hospital, where Dr. Joseph Akerman took several stitches in the wound. Engineer Jack aon was able to be out yesterday af ternoon. DR. BLACK WELL TO CLERKS Letter of Appreciation to Yoasg Men of Atlantic Coast Line Offices. To each-and every one of the one hundred and forty-six young; men em ployed as clerka by the Atlantic Coast Line in this city, who aigoedthe pe tition asking him to remain in tbe city as pastor oi the lrirst Baptist ciuron and not to accept the call to Norfolk, Dr. Calvin 8. Blackwell yesterday sent a type-written copy of ithe following very beautiful expression of apprecia tion: "My Dear Sir and Friend, "From one hundred and forty-six gentlemen In the A.C L. offleea I have received a heart-touching token of ap preciation in the form of a request to continue my ministry of the Word in Wilmington. Tois kindly act to which you per sonally contributed by your signature. reveala to me wbat 1 already believed in, tbe nobie heartedness of tbe men who compose the clerical department of the A. O. L. "I interpret this beautiful incident one that I shall ever treaaure in my own heart as a algn of your personal appreciation or ana reverence lor ine religion of tbe Master of wbom I aui but an humble ambassador. "Aa one who eounta men above money and estimates bis real ncbea tn his friends, whom chance and change can never barm, l count mi sell most fortunate in holding such a largo block of "preferred," gilt edge A. O L. atock. 'rheiber I am able, in the light, of God 'a guidance to comply wild your request or ooi, be assured l nave al ready given you from tim to time of my heart's best and 1 snail bold acn of you in my prayera before the throne of Him who directs our paths. Signed, "Calvin & Blaokwxlu "Wilmington, N. U. Feb. 10, 1HUJ.' Naval Stores Naval stores men are of the opinion tbat the high water mark baa been reached in spirits turpentine, though no reaction ia looked for before April at least The demand is good and stock is scarce. Yesterday's receipts at Wilmington were the largest, how ever, of any day in several montha 93 casks. The quotations at VVil- mington and Savannah have re mained unchanged for two days at 61 cents. The receipts of tar here "yester day were perhaps the hesviest of any one day ia ten years 1.143 barrels Tbe price remains unchanged at 1.65, witn good oemanu. Better Tha Got. UI was troubled for several yeara with chronic indigestion and nervoua debility," writes F. J. Greer, of Lan caster, N. H. "No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicine I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. 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Moil's CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. iJ.SC 8HSPABD, Jr., Wilmington A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in the fertilizer spells quality ana quantity in tne car i vest. Write us and we will send you, ret, by next mall, our money winning books. GERMAN KALI wokks, M Naaaa Stmt, new York. CROELIYTO CONVICTS Investigation of Alleged Inhuman Treatment to Prisoners In Mitchell County. THE REPORIS OVERDRAWN. So tays Cksirmsa Mortos, of tbe Lefts Istlve Committee Witnesses Who Testified la srlon Tucsdsy. Now la Ralelth -Notes. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh N 0.. Feb. 11.- Chair man Morion, of the House Commit tee on Penal Institutions, who is a member of tbe special committee to Investigate charges of cruelty to pent tentiary convicts at Marion, said to night that the committee regards the report of the investigation published tbis morning, especially those in tbe Charlotte and Raleigh papers, as very much overdrawn. Parte of tbe testi mony to counteract the sensational charges were omitted, thereby making an unfair showing for the prison au thorities. ' Tbe committee returned tb Raleigh from their investigating trip thia after noon and will hear further testimony of witnesses in defence of the peniten tiary authoritiea at the priaon here Friday. , The special committee at Marion Tuesda beard a number of wftreaa-a and adjourned to meet in R.leigft. One of tne reports alleged by Chair man Morton to be overdrawn is as fol lows: J. O. L Bird, who brought the charges placed the men on the stand who testified tbat tbe shackled convicts were marche3twenty-Bix miles over a road which was on an average five inchea deep in mud, that aome of the men loat their shoes; tbat when they could not go on they were cursed by guarda. and that aick men were cursed for groaning; tbat tbe men reached Marion about 6 o'clock, were placed on ears, aud were not taken c tf uotil Cay Iigbt of tue tbird day. It was atatcd tbat there wer twn e.rv sick men in tbe lot when the squad reached Ma rion, and it was thought tbat one of them waa dead. Nearly all the others were very much exhausted In rtbatial. Pr son Superintendent J. 8. Mann read copies of orders to show that be was not responsible for any mistreatment of tbe mD, and Su pervisor Laibley who had personal charge of the movement, declared tbat he aaw no evtdeuc of cruelty to convicta, and the march waa not an unuaual one. Tbe result of tbe hear ing in a -me measure eatabliab d the cbargea witt out fixing tbe responsi bility. Evidence was also submitted showing that on previous occasions sick convicta had been allowed to fall in tne mud and lie in the riu at the depot h-re. Superintendent Mann aid ne thought tbia waa a miauat- on tbe part i f the witue.a. THE FOWLER i(JRE.Y BILL Personal Letter to chamber of Commerce from 'nor of the Measare. The reaolunona r colly drawn by f-Mr. J. Allen Taylor in regard to ibe Fowler Currency Bill and adopted by tbe Wi mington Chamber of Com merce have attracted much favorable attention in commercial circles here and elsewhere. Hon. Charles N. Fowler, author of the bill, to whom a copy of the resolutions with the sup plementary statement of facts, were re eently sent by the Chamber of Com merce, yesterday wrote as follows to Secretary James Kyle: "Jamee Kyle. Esq., Secretary, Wil mington, N C. "My Deab 8ie: Please accept my sincere thank for the reaolutiuos o' tbe Wilmington Onamber of Com merce, relative to the new currency bill. "Under another cover, I send you a copy of the Congressional Directory, containing a list of the members of Congreas; and I aball be greatly obifg? ed if you will aend a copy of theae resolutions to every Representative and Senator, aa I regard auch action on the part of ao representative a body as most significant and beneficial. "Thanking you again for your cour tesy, and eapecialiy for the great work tbe Wilmington Chamber of Com merce ia doing for tbe cause of finan cial and currency reform,! I remain, my dear air, "Very trnW youra, "Charles N Fowler." Fayetteville Observer: Several young boys, while drunk Sunday nigbt, cut the electric light wires in a certain house In tbis city, and carried off the bulbs. It coat one of them six dollars, who aubmitted before the Mayor Tuetday morning. . Kaeapeal am Awfal rata. Mr. H. Haggles, of Melbourne, FIs., writes, "My doctor told me I bad Con sumptnn and notpjng could be done for me. I waa given up to die. Tbe offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's ' NsHW TtfatfWewtW ff inaiitnntiAn ifl- "rarvw ja J W 'WUWsllAU ptlVU duoed me to try It. Resula were start ling. I am now on tbe road o recov ery, aod owe all to Dr. King's New DUcovery. It surely saved my life." Thia great care la guaranteed for all Throat and Lung diseases by R. B. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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