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WILLIAM H. BBBNAED Bdltor and Proprietor. Fbidat, September 4, 1903. WEZTHZB COTTON 13 10 OR 6 0M.TS. . In a letter which he has written to Messrs.- John' L. Williams k Sons, of Richmond, Va., Mr. D. A. Tompkins finds the present indus trial situation in the Southern States a most satisfactory and en couraging one. Mr. Tompkins is an-accepted authority in such mat ters and his views upon them are consequently always deserving of the moat respecful attention. In the present instance he has little to say that is strikingly original, but his letter for the most part will meet with the approbation of the Southern public. It will nowhere be denied that the agricultural de velopment of the South in the last quarter of a century has been little short of marvellous, nor will it be questioned that conditions here are now such as to render the South ."the most attractive part of the United States for that class of European immigration which is made up of farmers who are com ing to this country to better their condition." Mr. Tompkins draws a glowing picture of all that 10-cent cotton means to the South, and he oilers some reasons for his belief that the price of the staple is to re main at or about that figure for some time to come. Among these he gives prominence to the recent extension of the market for cotton goods, and the large numbers of persons who have gone from the fields, where they were producers, to Jthe factories, where they have be come employes, thus becoming con sumers in the sense that they are aiding In increasing the market for the raw material. That there is much justice in these observations may be accepted without comment. The point in the letter of Mr. Tomp kins which seems to us to be deserv ing of moBt consideration is the evi dent belief of the writer that 10 cent cotton will inevitably re tard the movement 'towards di versification in crops which has been productive of so much benefit to Southern farmers in re cent years. Mr. Tompkins says: "Present prices will naturally tend to stimulate production. Less to bacco in North Carolina, less rice in Month flarnHnn.. lean an car In Tjnnlal. j ---- e - - and less com, wheat and oats throughout the cotton belt will be made and more cotton will be made." Unfortunately, we think, it is only too probable that this will prove true, and should it do so it is ques tionable whether 10-cent cotton will be anunalloyed blessing. The Southern farmer will not be per manently prosperous, no matter what the price of cotton may be, un til he grows upon his plantation more than enough of everything he needs for the maintenance of his family, and the man who encour ages him in any other system of ag riculture than this is doing him an injury, not a service. There is no sufficient reason why the farmer Bhould cut down his production jof corn, wheat, oats, vegetables, meat and all other food products merely because cotton is ten cents per pound. It is a very short sighted farmer who . follows any i such foolish policy. For the most part the Southern planter has more land than he knows what to do with. If cotton at ten cents is so attractive a crop let him by all means increase his production of it, but if he abandons his other agri cultural activities in so doing he will very quickly find himself with more cotton on his hands than there is a paying market for nd with a family that lacks the very necessities of life. Diversity in crops is a principle to which the t A. . ii a . it piauter iuj wen tuioru 10 pin me utmost faith, whether cotton is tit.. . selling zor ten or six cents per pound. Charleston News and Cou rier. WHAT WILL WEIGHT'S POLICY BE! Now that it is settled that Gov. Taft is to leave the Philippines and that he is to be succeeded by Gen. Wright there is considerable specu lation as to what the policy of the latter will be with regard to the Americans who are residents of the Inlands A a la XI tt on jtuu n u biicru lis a large number of Americans who are not connected with the army and have no connection with the admin istration. They are mainly a disap pointed crowd and have' only bitter words for the administration of Gov. Taft, because of his policy that the . "Philippines are for the Filipinos." They think they should have all of the beat offices and be permitted to grab the lands, mines and franchises that have any value. That they have not been permitted to do this has made them enemies of the Taft ad ministration. Now the question is, will Gen Wright adhere to the policy by which Gov. Taft has been guided? It has been intimated that he wouldn't; that being a Southerner he hasn't as much respect for men of colored skins as Gov. Taft has and that he will have very little use for them. Evidently thoso who want to nut rid ol (ou. Wright are throwing out suggestions of this sort. They know probably that he will adhere closely to the course pursued by Gov. Taft, and, hence, would like to get rid of him and have put into his place some such man as were most of the carpet bag Governors of the Southern States during the reconstruction period. Gen. Wright can be depended upon to see to it that the Filipinos are dealt with justly and are given all they are entitled to. That they ought to have the offices and the franchises there is no doubt. The country is theirs. There is , no purpose on the part of the United States to permit a lot of adventurers to rob them of It. Simply because Gen. Wright is a Southerner it doesn't follow that he doesn't know how, and will lack the inclination, to do what is right in dealing with the little brown men of the Philippines. If the offices are given to the Fili pinos it is probable j the. Philippines administration will be freer from scandals than it would be if they were filled with adventurers from the United States. Indeed, it it would be a good thing for this country if Americans were not en couraged to seek official positions in the islands. There have been no scandals of importance in the Phil ippinessuch scandals as there were in Cuba and the reason is probably that the offices have been filled, as a rule, with Filipinos. Savannah News. A Rutland, Vt., girl, determined on having things her own way, de clined to be married in the Episcopal Church, although brought up in that .faith, because the rector re fused to omit the word "obey" in the marriage service, and is to be married by a Congregational clergy man. Poor intended "hubby!" The probability is . he will have a hard road to travel. W. S. Taylor, ex-Governor of Kentucky and exile, in discussing Caleb Powers' conviction, said: "I am horrified, simply horrified. It is a monstrous crime I But it is no more than was to have been ex pected." If the Governor of Indiana would sign those requisition papers, as he should do, Taylor would be horrified sure enough. And so Mr. Bryan has cancelled some of his Ohio engagements be cause the Hon. Tom Johnson made an engagement for him to speak from the same, stump with Clarke, Johnson's senatorial candidate, who bolted In 1896 and said Mr. Bryan's election would be a "national ca lamity.'.' Who can blame Mr. Bryan for declining ? While in an Intoxicated condition in a saloon, a man became enraged because his brother besought him to come home, drew a razor and slash ed his brother across the eyes, put ting them both out. This occurred in Chicago. And now Judge Redwine declares that "Breathitt county has become so quiet and peaceful that a man's ife is as safe there as in any other part of Kentucky." This is not saying much, as murders are fre quent in other parts of Kentucky. David B. Hill has just celebrated his sixtieth birthday. If Dave doesn't hurry and get himself a be lated June bride, he will be so old and ugly no woman will want him. A Kentucky lad of 17 shot and killed one constable and seriously wounded another in resisting arrest the other day. . This did not occur n Breathitt county either. Gov. Taft is called a "nigger- lover" by Americans in Manila, be cause he appoints Filipinos to office instead of distributing the jobs among Americans. Since eating a watermelon has killed-a negro at Trenton, there is no dependence to be placed in any form of food, says the Memphis News. The action of the Ohio Democrats is referred to by the Washington Post as the "lively death struggle of Bryanism." Colombia's action does not worr Senator Morgan of Alabama. The Nicaragua ronte is his hobby. The Shamrock will come out second best, at any rate. Monthly Police Kecord. During the past month the police made 113 arrests, 73 of the defendants having been colored and 40 white. The number is unusually large for mid Bummer. During; the month over $300 was collected In fines and coats from the Mayor's court, which is an other excellent showing for the chief executive of the city and the police department How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollar Be ward for Boycaaeoi vawrru mat cannot De cored by HaU'aoatarrn Cure. v. J. CHENEY CO.. Props., Toledo, O. WH thA TinriAnriffnMl. Vl.ra Vnrtwn T Cheney for the last IS yean, and believe him perfectly honorable In ail business transactions uu unanciauv aDie to carry ont any obuga- tlODB mart h thnlr firm Wist & Tecat, wholesale Drugtrtsta, Toledo, O iTAuiiBB.iuiiiia suru, w noiesaie urate Cists. Toledo, o. Ball's Catarrh Cure to taken Internally, act tun uuovujr upon ue oiooa ana mucous sur faces of the system. Price 750 per bottle. Bold vj mu uruKKiBis Testimonials rree. . Hail's Family puis are the best. t MYSTERY UNSOLVED. Coroner's Jury Unable to Deter mine Exact Cause of Young Meier's Death. VERDICT GIVEN YESTERDAY. Developments as to Foal Play Not Taof I ble Expert Testimony of Two Phy sicians Who Examined Body. The Anonymous Letter. The rather mysterious circumstan ces surrounding ine aeatnoi young Joe Meier, who was run over by a suburban trolley car on Greenville Sound early Sunday morninjr, may never shape themselves In such a way as to permit of a definite conclusion as to just bow the unfortunate man came to such an untimely end. Although the coroner's jury empanelled by Dr. Bell the same morning of tbe tragedy! has sought diligently for four days to unravel the mystery and place the responsibility for the death, it has been unable to shed but very little light upon the affair and adjourned at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon almost as much at sea as when the body was first identified as that of the young carpenter Sunday morning. The ver dict reached yesterday afternoon was as follows: "We, the Coroner's Jury, baying been duly summoned, and sworn by Dr. O. D. Bell, coroner of New Han over county, to inquire what caused the death of Joseph Meier, da hereby report that from the investigation and evidence of witnesses, that the said Joseph Meier came to bis deatb, and from the evidence of witnesses brought before this jury we are unable to say whether he dropped dead or was run over and killed by the car or was foully dealt with by person or persons unknown." ' j The jury was composed of and the verdict was signed by the following: N. J. Williams (foreman), 8. A. Gree lish (secretary), Messrs. U. M. Mur tin, Marcus Gray, E. J. Grlmsley, Jr., and Leon George. . The conclusions of the jury were reached after two sessions, behind closed doors, in the grand jury room at the Court House yesterday, the Irst session lasting from noon to 2 P. M. and the last from 3:30 to 5 o'clock. After all the testimony was in hand about an hour was consumed In de liberating upon a verdict. The case was a perplexing one and Coroner Bell desires to publicly testify to the faith fulness and efficiency of those associ ated with himself In the Investigation, There were all sorts of rumors on the streets yesterday as to developments of foul play that were being made but none of the evidence of that character was tangible. The most sensational development was contained in an anonymous letter received by Justice G. W. Bornemann and Con stable W. B. Savage, reference to which was made in these columns yesterday. The communication was submitted In evidence by Justice Bornemann yesterday, but from the anonymous character of its contents little credence could be given to state ments contained therein. Scrawled upon both sides of the margin torn from a comic supplement to one of the New York papers. In a hardly legible hand, were these words: Some water is thick but blood it thicker and my conscience is thicker than blood and I just want to tell you both that he was murdered about two or three miles from where he was put off the track and if they are caught, I am not to blame for I have not told on them, for I cannot, but you can find out more if you can find out the names of the two men who got off at the next station from where he was put off. This is all I have to say ; now you both can do the rest" Tbe communication was in an ordi nary plain envelope, somewhat soiled, and bore the Wilmington postmark, 8:30 A. M. September 1. Co oductor A. Biggs, of the car from which Meir was ejected at the golf links, just beyond Delgado, was recalled before the jury yesterday afternoon and tes tified that on the trip in question he did have two negro passengers, one of whom got off at Greenville and the other as Bradley's Creek, a short distance beyond where Meier was put off. He could not say. however, who they were beyond the fact that they answered the general description of the two suspicious looking negroes whom Conductor E. L Brice had tes tified previously as having seen at Masonboro crossing at 10:45 P. M. upon the night of the tragedy; the one thick set, the other rather talL Con ductor Brice was also recalled yester day afternoon and reiterated his testi mony, adding that about midnight, juitfter passing Greenville Station, he was standing on the rear platform of the car, looking out, and saw one of thejsame men go ing toward the beach. Conductor John C. Bowden and Mr. O. W. Hoi- lowbush were also recalled to refresh the jury's memory of their testimony Monday night. The description of the negroes who got off the car also tallied with that of two negroes seen near Meier at the "hobby horses" be fore he left for the beach that night Geo. B. Judge, driver for the Eagle Steam Laundry, testified: "Saturday about 6 o'clock I finished my route and made my returns at the office. I met Joe Meier at 9:15 P. M. at the hobby horses; he spoke to me; he had no hat on. While at the hobby horses heard a negro remark to another: 'Have you found your man V The other negro replied y. there stands the -' (pointing to Meier.) Then he said, 'Why didn't you get him!' and he said, 'I will get him; I don't let no make my wife drink whiskey." Meier went off towards Church and Fourth streets; then the suae negro followed him; then I heard the other negro whittle and he hurried towards Thrd and Castle streets, the direction Meier weut" Perhapa the most important evidence yesterday was that by Dr.C. J. Manly, assistant surgeon U. & A. of Fort Caswell, and Dr. J. Arthur Dosher, of South port, who were on the car which pasted over the man and made a cur sory examination of the body a few micutea thereafter." They qualified as experts and then gave their opinions as to length of time the man had been dead, etc. -' - ..." Dr. Manly was the first witness of the day. The official report of his tes timony is as follows: "I left the beach about 13 o'clock. The first I saw Of the accident was when the motorman stopped the ear and said 'I have killed a man.' I went to see the man. I found he was dead: there was no reason why Z should not think that he was killed by that car, as the body was warm. The injury tn the head might possibly have stopped the leg from bleeding. I did not notice bis lips." Dr. J. Arthur Dosher: "I was on the car that ran over the body: was sitting on the second seat; heard mo torman say 'I have run over a man.' To make sure that he was warm, we went back and viewed the body. Some times the wounds would cause a body not to bleed much. Sometimes when the heart stops it will stop the flow of blood. If the man in this Instance had been killed before that time, I don't think be would have been as warm as he was. I couldn't tell whether or not he was drinking." B. Goodman, merchant on Market street: "Saturday night 9:30 car some one got on car and put his head on seat. The conductor came to collect tickets I paid my fare; he went to the young man and asked for his ticket: he said, if you don't let me alone (said with an oath what he would do). Then the conductor stopped the car and put him on. He bad a coat but no hat. J. A. Fettel: "I left tbe sound at 11 :S0 P. M. ; I saw a man leaning up against a pole on left side of road near Greenville station," The verdict was as above. YOUNQ WHITE MEN TO ROADS. Mayor Sprinter Hsd Several Important Cases in Mnnlclpsl Court Yesterdsy. , In default of payment of fines of $10 and 5 respectively. Imposed by Mayor Bpringer in the municipal court yes terday at noon, Jno. Odam and Amos Redd, young white men well known in the city, were sent out to the roads for SO days each yesterday afternoon. They were charged with having en gaged In an affray at Eighth and Castle streets, early Monday after noon. Israel Hamon, colored, charged with the larceny of a pair of shoes from another negro at Fifth and Taylor streets, was represented by Herbert McClammy, Esq., and succeeded in es tablishing his Innocence. Henry Pearce, colored, charged with drunk enness, was fined $10 and unless he pays up shortly he will also go to the roads. Lucy Council and Sarah Wal ters, both colored, each paid $5 and costs for an affray at Fifth and Nixon streets. Alice Miller, white, was fined $5 for provoking an assault by James Smltb, who beat ber severely, as he alleges, for having harbored a way ward daughter at her house on Eighth and Castle streets. Smith was also fined $5. Aaron Blocker, colored, charged with an assault upon Gracte RIha A rlrialrv rl m m r1 Ttmm MuV W was fined $10 and costs and has been given until to-day to pay up" or "go up" for 30 days. Mr. Q. C. Simmons Bereaved. Mrs. Millie Simmons, mother of Wilmington's esteemed citizen, Mr. G. C. 8immons, and a most estimable woman, died early yesterday morn ing at the family homestead, five miles from Clinton, In Sampson county. Mrs. Simmons was 60 years of age and had been feeble for some time. Her husband preceded her to the grave months ago. The deceased lady is survived by four sons and four daught ersMr. G. C. Simmons, of Wil mington, and Messrs. J. 8., Matthew and Israel Simmons, Mrs. Geo. Cash- well, Mrs. Lillie and Florence Avery and Mrs. L. B. Pope, all of Sampson county. Mr. Simmons went up last night to attend the funeral which will be conducted at 3 o'clock this after noon. AN APPKOaCHINQ WEDDINQ. Miss Peschau to Mr. P. H. Stedmsn at Bride's Home In This City. Handsomely engraved invitations, bearing the following announcement of Interest to hundreds of friends In Wilmington and elsewhere, were re ceived yesterday: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peschau request the pleasure of your company at tne wedding reception of their daughter, Marie Theresa, and Mr. Frank Haywood Stedman. on Wednesday evening, September the sixteentn, nineteen Hundred and three, irom six until eight o'clock. Five hundred and one Grace street, Wilmington, North Carolina. Whitevllle Depot Bnrned. The Atlantic Coast Line freight warehouse and depot at . Whitevllle, on the W., C. & A. road, about 48 miles from Wilmington, was com pletely destroyed by fire Sunday night Tbe fire was started by light ning, which struck the warehouse during an electric storm about 11 o'clock. The loss will reach several thousand dollars, including a large amount of freight Nearly, all the papers and valuable records were saved. A special train, carrying offi cial, went up to the scene of the fire yesterday morning. Mr. Richard Hartsfield, formerly of this city, but now of New York, was visiting friends near Whitevllle, and a trunk, valued by him at about $700. contain ing jewelry and clothing, was con sumed in the fire. Bitten by Rattlesnske. Janie Rhodes, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. K. Rhodes, who live near Sixth and Queen streets, was bitten on the foot by a ground rattlesnake near Green field mill late Sunday afternoon. The child was out walking when she was bitten,' but was hurriedly taken back home. Dr. Frank H. Rutell is attend ing the patient. You Know What Ton Are Taking; When von take Grove'a Tntin bin Toaic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle snowing tnat It Is simply iron ana Quinine in a tasteless torm. Ho Cure, Mo M.mj, w, J HIS REMAINS LAID TO REST. Pnsersl of Late Mr. Oabrlel Holmes Held Yesterday Afternoon at 5 O'clock. Interment in Oakdale. All that was' mortal of the late Gabriel Holmes, prominent eitizen, county officer and devoted, church man, was laid to rest . yesterday after noon in Oakdale eemetry after Impres sive funeral ceremonies by the Rev. Dr. James Carmichael, the rector, from St John's Episcopal church at B o'clock. There were In attendance upon the services all members of the J-mllJ. relatives, his colleagues upon the Board or uounty commissioner. and hundreds of friends from all tbe walks of life. Tor Mr. Holmes was a man loved and admired by all who etf oyed his acquaintance. The funeral hymns were sung with touching effect, one number having been a favorite with Mr. Holmes and rendered at his request to Dr. Car michael before Mr. Holmes' died. The floral tributes were very numerous and handsome, one of the prettiest designs having been sent by individual mem bers of the Board of Commissioners. From tbe church the funeral pro cession moved slowly to the cemetery, where the services were concluded and the remains were committed to death. The funeral escort consisted of Drt. E. J. WoocT, T. S. Burbank, Messrs: Geo. W. Kidder, Fred Kid der, H. G. Smallbones, J. Hicks Bunting, Bertram Queleb, D. Mo.- Eachern, George Ron n tree, Jno. E. Crow and Jno. 8. Armstrong. Recruiting tbe Road Qang. Betsle Mills and Rachel Roberts, col ored women of rather unsavory char acter, were fined $10 by the Mayor yer terday for an affray at Fourth and Harnett streets. In default of the fine and cost each went to the roads for 30 days. Aaron Blocker and Henry Pearce, also colored, who defaulted In the payment of similar fines im posed by the Mayor the day before, were also sent out yesterday afternoon for 30 days each. R. L. McOullocb, white, who couldn't pay a fine of $10 on Monday, also went out Tuesday for SO days. There are now seventy-odd convicts on the roads with strong prob ability of many more, if the Mayor continues business "at the old stand" and the Superior Court meets three weeks hence. - Band Bresjht Her to Grief. The innate something In the negro which always comes to the surface when a brass band of whatever nature breaks loose In the community, asserted itself In the African being of Lou Belle Davis, colored, when the bunch of discord - accompanying the "Rabbit Foot" minstrels, began its concert In the centre of a mongrel crowd yesterday afternoon at Front and Market streets. The woman was drinking and took a hop, skip and a jump when tbe band commenced to play. Policeman C. E. Wood-per ceived the spectacle the woman was making of herself and landed her In the station house, whence she will come to explain her conduct to the Mayor at noon to-day, Bow In Nefro Kestsnrant. Priscilla Bishop, Mary Murphy, Charles Russell and Robert Hawes.aU colored, made a "rough house" of Bill Murphy's restaurant at No. 9 Dock street night before last and as a result thereof the bunch, with the exception of Ha wet, who submitted in Justice Fowler's court, was arrested by the police yesterday upon warrants sworn out by the proprietor. Mary Murphy is the wife of the restaurant keeper and after the melee the enraged hus band is said to have flown at her for a scrap whereupon sbe smashed him over the head with a plate, cutting an ugly gash. Hawes previously dealt the proprietor a blow on the neck with a beer bottle. Justice Fowler bound the defendant over to the Superior Court. Carpenter 1st sred Jesse W. Hodges, a carpenter, re siding at 609 Bouth Fifth street was rather severely Injured Tuesday night by being dragged some distance by Oar No. 17 of the street railway system, which he was attempting to board on Fourth street between Hanover and Brunswick. Mr. Hodges bad a gash cut in his scalp and went to Mr. B. O. Moore's drug store, where he received temporary attention. The car was in charge of Motorman Dave Bidbury and Conductor O. J. Jackton. Kicked to Death by Male.- Rev. George Smith, a colored min later of Old Town, Brunswick county, died Sunday morning at his home as the result of having been kicked In the breast Thursday by a mule. He was a well-to-do colored man, and casket for his burial yesterday was sent over from Wilmington. Naval Stores Advancing. The local spirits turpentine market advanced yesterday from 511c to steady at 521c. Rosin also went up from $L55$1.60 bid to steady $1.65 $1.70. The receipts were light Washington, N. C, special to Raleigh News and Observer: Wash ington wiH have a large strike on its hands Saturday afternoon. Six hundred negro laborers in the lime lumber, saw and planing mills are ready to announce themselves on strike and walk out. A negro labor agitator is here. The strike is for shorter hours, and a larger pay scale will probably be asked. Last week there waa a strike in the mill here and as it was a busy week conces sions were granted. Encouraged by this another strike will be an nounced. Wnat la life In the last analysis nobody knows, but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law even slightly. pain results. Irregular living means derangement or tbe organs, resulting in Constipation, Headache or Liver trouble. Dr. King's New Life Pills quickly re-adjusts this. It's gentle, yet thorough: Only 25c, at R. R. Bellahy's drug store. f COAST CINE WRECK. Thirteen Cars of a Through Freight Ditched Near Hope ; ' Mills Yesterday. NEGRO TRAINMAN INJURED. Derailment Probably Due to Dlsarrasie meat of Brake Apparatas-The Main Line Trains Came by Way of WUmlnrtonOther Notes. A through southbound Atlantic Coast Line freight train on the Wil son Short Cut was wrecked yesterday morning about 8 o'clock at Hope Mills, near Fayetteville. Thirteen of eight een cars , derailed In the middle of the train were smashed up. They were la den with general merchandise and the track was blocked to traffic until last night A negro trainman, seated on the first of the cars to fly the rails. was very seriously, if not fatally In jured. The engine and one car paased over n safety, tbe wreck having b?en caused by the dropping Uown of tome of the brake attachments to the first car which jumped the track. The ca boose and rear cars of the train re mained on the rails and to that is per haps due the faet that only one of the trainmen was injured. A wrecking' train in charge of Train master Wooten waa Immediately dis patched from Florence and a track was built around tbe mass of wreckage so that the main line was open to the fast passenger trains late last night - The trains on the main line yester day and early last night came by Fay etteville and Wilmington and took tbe short cut again via the W. O. & A. at Pee Dee, 8. C. The Injured man was made as com fortable as possible and it was stated last night that he would probably re cover. The Fayetteville Observer yesterday afternoon gives the follow ing account: "There was a bad wreck at Hope Mills about 8 o'clock this morning. and the through south-bound freight train, which passed here at 8:20 o'clock this morning, is lying across the track, seventeen badly smashed cars. "Tbe engine and one car passed over the obstruction, or whatever caused the wrecF, In safety, and then the bal ance of the train was piled up car upon car until seventeen cars were made a mass of wreckage, hopelessly blockad ing traffic. "One man, a negro brakeman. was seriously hurt, and la not expected to live. A wrecking train was at once dispatched from Florence, but it is thought that It may be late In tbe night before the track will be clear. "No trains will pass through Fay etteville on the A. O. L. main line to day, and not until late to-night, if then. Train Wo. 40. passenger and mall train, will pass through at o'clock by way of Wilmington, over the a. ot Y. A8heville special to Raleigh Post: It becomes more and more apparent with the passage of time that interesting;' development will follow as a result of the declaration of E. M. Orr that Chief of Police Jordan had promised a nnmber of gamblers immunity from arrest. The board of aldermen was to-night called in special session, and Orr, who has been in Newport 'with the petrified man, was expected to be present and tell his story; btlt the train was delayed and the board de cided to postpone the investigation. As a result of the charges made by Orr some bitter feeling has arisen between the Jordan and anti- Jordan factions. Almost everybody is hay ing something to say on the subject. It is declared by some that gam bling places in the city will yet be broken up under the direction of Chief Jordan, who denounces Orr's statement as an unqualified false hood. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Subject of Secretary Shaw's Address to Merchsnts' Association at Chlcsgo. By Telegraph to the Moraine: Star. Chicago, Sept 8. Two hundred business men from all parts of tbe country listened to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw talk on "The Business Outlook" at a banquet given to-night at the Auditorium hotel by the Na tional Association of Merchants and Travellers. Lyman J. Gage addressed the association on the subject jutt be fore his retirement from the Treasury Department and great interest was at tached to the speech to-night of the present secretary. In his discussion of the financial question Secretary Shaw declared that what wat needed was not an elastic dollar but some pro vision by which, automatically, the segregate volume of dollars should Increase whenever and wherever more dollars were needed, and be as prompt ly retired when not needed. PHILIPPINE ADVICES. Afttioaldo Gives Good Advice to His Conn. trymen Ladrsnes Give Trouble. Vj Cable to the Morning Star. MANILA, Sept 2. A party of La drones have assembled in Laguna and have caused much annoyance to the peaceably disposed Inhabitants by their depredations. The provincial con stabulary, according to reports, are keeping in close touch with the ma rauders. Agulnaldo, the ex-revolutionary leader, but now a pronounced support er of the policy maintained by the United States in tbe islands, has just addressed a letter of advice to bis countrymen. In this he urges them to forsake their besetting sin gamb ling; to improve their methods of ag riculture and to attend tne public schools so generously provided to fur nish them educational facilities. A8heville Citizen'. John hand ler, a white man from Big Ivy, is in the county jail on the charge that Sunday afternoon he attempted an assault on the six-year-old daughter of John Lee Williams. It is said by the officer who brought him here that the alleged crime was at Dem ocrat, and that Chandler was drunk. Mrs. Crimsonbeak (at the ball game) What does it mean, John, when a man at the bat throws the bat down and retires to the bench? Mr. Crimsonbeak Why, it- means the same aa when a woman leaves the room and slams the door after her.- Yonfor Statesman. - DECLINES TO LEASE A. & N. C. State Council and Public Directors Kef used Proposition for Fifty Years Lesse. Special Star Telegram. ( Raleigh, N. 0., Sept. 2. The State Council and directors on the part of the State of the Atlantio and North Carolina Railroad, In a meeting held to-day, declined to accept the proposi tion from W. W. Mills, of Raleigh, and H. L. Flnlayson, of Goldsboro, to lease the road for a term of fifty years. Tbe terms were to assume the floating debt, pay Interest on the mortgage and pay a flat rate of 2 per cent on the stock. Messrs. Mills and Flnlayson represent a railroad company, the name of which they do not divulge. They also proposed to obligate them selves to extend tbe road fifty miles west from Goldsboro. Mr. J. A. Bryan. retidentof the road, advised the State officers to lease it, but they agreed almost unanimously that the Btate should continue to con trol the road for the protection of the property and the interest of the people in the section It traverses. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. Stste Convention Ticket Nominated Platform Deals State Issues Only. Bjr Teletcraph to the Morning Btar. Qarrisburg, Pa., Sept. 2. The Democratic Stale Convention to-day nominated the following ticket by acclamation: Auditor Genera), Sen ator Arthur G. Dewalt of Lehfch county; State Treasurer, Senator Joel u. mil, of Wayne county; Judges of the Superior Court, -Ex-Judge Calvin Reyburn, of Armstrong county, and John A. Ward, of Philadelphia. ine platform adopted Is briefer than the usual Democratic declaration of principles and Is devoted entirely to State Issues. Tbe greater part of it deals with the last Legislature and Us work, and the conduct of the State government The Grady-Salus libel law is strongly condemned. NEGRO HANGED For Attempt at Crlmioal Assault Another Negro Respited Until Sept. 4th. Bj Telegraph to the Morning 8Ur. Richmond, Va., September 2. An derson Finch, colored, was hanged at Boydton to-day for an attempt to as sault Mrs. C. A. Geogeghan, a lady living at Chase City. Doc. Bacon, another negro, was condemned to die with Finch for complicity in the crime, tut was reprieved by the governor tc-day until the 4th instant so as to permit of further examination into his case. The two negroes narrowly es caped lynching at the time the crime was committed. Fearful Odds Asralnst Him. Bed-ridden, alone and destitute. Sucb, In brief, was the condition of an old soldier by the name of J. J. Havens, of Versailles, O. For years he was troubled with Kidney disease, and neither doctors nor medicines gave him relief. At length he tried Electric Bitters. It put him on his feet in short order, and now he testi fies: "I'm on the road to complete re covery." The best on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles and all forms of Stomach and Bowel complaints. Only 60c. Gusranteed by R. B. Bellamy, druggist t FTJZZXiE PICTURE. PICTORIAL PUZZLE. FIND A DOG f WONCDHESTEQB FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "New Rival" "Leaded "Repeated nr F you are looking LJJJ munition, the kind that shoots . where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: "New Rival," loaded with Black powder; "I eader" and "Repeater," loaded with Smokeless, Insist upon having Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM '' A Grand Opportunity TO THOSE GOING TO HOUSE KEEPING THIS FALL. I move in September to 206 North Front Btreet, and to save coBt moving will sell at a small advance on cost NOT AT COST everj ar ticle in my present store and give free storage and insurance to Qct. 1st. 2sT IE1. PAEKBB, Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, an 16 D&W tf Wilmington, N. C. f??5iv TP DR.MOFFETT'S TEETHING Costs Only 25 Or mail 24 ceaU to TUSKBOKK. Aim.. Julr 38.1X78. DR. C J. Mnmim p Bly experience with your excel lent medicine, TEETHINA. Our nlrl, Jua thirteen mcnlhj nl, I, lfn li.nl trouble teething. Erery remedy was exhausted in the shape of pre'rilinns from family 4ivi-inn. r "f's continued to pass oil pure blood and burning fevor continued for dars at a time. Her lile whs .ilrn ..-.I l. -i -ir"-' f Ber mother determined to try TEETHINA, and in a day or two there was a Kreat change new lite had raurnen iha bowels wen reKuiar, and thanks to TEKTBINA, the little babo is now doinff well. Yours, ate, U. W. JlcIVEa, Editor and Proprietor Toskegee (Ala.) News. DECIDE YOURSELF. The Opportunity is here, backed by WilmiriQton testimony. Don't take our word for it .taeStfePen4 n ' Read Wilmington endorsement Read the statements of Wilmin ton citizens and decide for yournJf Here is one case of it: R. A. Biddle, clerk at 19 Market street, residing at G06 Castle street says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pill, myself for kidney trouble and m! wife who also auffered from back ache also used them. I never knew anything to act so quickly. ihaVe suffered quite a long time with niv back and 'kidneys. The kidnev secretions were very dark and fnii sediment. My wife also complained of her back, and when wo read of Doan's Kidney Pills in our nowsfia pers I went to R. R. Bellamy's dm,. ne an wn?n IDoan's Kidney Pills in store and got a box. We used them with the best of results. In my case the kidney secretions cleared up and the pains left my back. We have neither of ns complained since taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and it is with pleasure that I recommend them at every opportunity." For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for thr United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute, an 30 lw COLOMBIAN APPAIRS. U. S. Consul Oeneral Oadfer Does Not Be lleve Reports of Another Revolution. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Charlotte, N. O, Sept. 2.-An Asbeville, N. O, special to the Obser ver says: H. A. Qudger, consul general of tbe United States to Panama, who reached home a few days ago on his vacstion, stated to-day that he did not bHieve the report that General Ferrara's fol lowers were mustering in the moun tains, for the reason that hen he taw Ferrara recently be was in a moa critical condition and he did not be-' lieve he would ever get well. When asked about General Lorenz, men tioned in yesterday's cables, Consul Gudger said be knew positively that he was dead, having been shot jmt after he waa tried by court martial. Winston special to Raleigh News and Observer: Douglass Hair ston, colored, entered the room of a colored woman named Zell Taylor, in West Winston, at 1 o'clock this morning. He refused to tell his name and the woman seized a big carving knife and disembowelled Hairston. He ran a block boforo he fell. He died to-day. The girl was arrested, but Mayor- Eaton saya he will release her if evidence is not produced to-morrow showing that she waa not justified in assaulting Hairston. OASTOTIIA. Br.ri!i9 9 H' Kind ou Have Always Bougtl Signature of AND TWO MICE. for reliable shotgun" am Cures Cholera 'Infantum, Diarrhoea.Dysentery, and the Bowel Trouble! of Children of Any Age. . Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes POWDERS)! cents at Druggists, TEETHING EAbY. C. J. MOFFETT. M. D ST. 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