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She tffilccliltj J!tm:. VILaiflGTQfL II. C. f. -v 1 'N n ii 1: $1.00 A TEAR Tn ADVAUCE lH!liaiSiSiii . 1 iSSCSS88883888883 -Bii.l 388888888888888 83338888888888888 ...... . 1888888888888881 I ' . s26saaa88sss 8 8888f?88 3 8 3 3 8 8 3 S ' 8S88S333S8388888? 33333383888883988 " tjwtsOwat a "" aw aim I a U "itw tb Pan Oftet at ii tgtua. N C, at Second Cla M. SUBSCRIPTION P, ICE. T ntacriptiaa yric. el Om Weekly Star la . loll w t SijrW Copy I rw, prar yaid ,tl 00 " 1 Tin r k MM HA ...... ...... w BBIOHT W MAH'8 1XPEEIIBCB AS A B0U81MAID. The temnt problem is one of the mot eri. at in this country to day. The experiences of the employing people fn the cities of the South as. wel. the Nrtn are the same, and the nesiapers everywhere teem with accnn'its of the inconvenience anioyaice and unsatisfactorx con ditioi s not only on account of the scarcity of house help of all kinds, but doub'leia a ore on account of the 'Dtffiaimt and nreliable help tht offers for employment. It is truly a problem that practical peo ple are setting about to solve. Wil mi'.gton -s deeply concerned in it, atd uuusehoiders will be interested in tneeff rta of Miss Jane Sejmour Knnk to stu.iy the situation and of fer m S ilntion Mii Kliuk, a bright, and practi cal y ng woman, in order to make a study of the perpUrlng servant prnnlrni, hired ht-rSf If nt and en gaged in the wirk to get a char in sigrii into it, with a view to writing of tne subject from an t-xperteiiotd standpoint After a period of prac tical e-lucntion as a servant, she giv a ht r conclusions in an entertain lng tm) a 'rle article in the At Ian i.; ( '' for Marcb. It is a thi-iitf i tfuf. nifr stin Hid heipfnl art o a I couoe r ! m the u j o -v wh.; ' e e''frti;i"g'y tffats jii-. K i k iihows us that tbr pr diii w i:h o 't.froiits society is as ii fBcatt as t is iaprtant. 1 he flrt o-t diti a are that .thousands Of f s mrt i'i n ed f cooks'aud iiou -uihis hc fi .da that as a ru v an -ffred are better th' hos- in the fcure ad in nto f thi- ile -r:m-nt stores. Hor obi-erTMin. aid there is no doubt of " It, i t tl Hit- cook acd the home in hi i re be er f d than any other cl- f woroaaro While she wa. inn m B- 8t-n Cafe, she m1e jrefnl bBeiviin and writes this: I nT- at night frer night in a B i Cafe and a en women and gir a c-me in and di'.e with UPfail lun tfgn antj off 'ea ai d rolls, c8t in lu cents. Yet tbey had been wrkiog hard all da-, and, to jadg by their look, needed something m-re fobstantial And. many mre hav- not even that, but. cook In thir rniini, reducing the cost of living to tn&t.of simp e existence " Tne d'-njstic, on the other band, is as a rule well led. well boused, and the Ubiir, whili- continuous, is nt usually hard or exhausting And Jul employment is oflered'in thon fanda pf bms and tbere are no ap-plifia- ts, erhiltt "factories are over Whelm d wi'i applicants for work, sweats' op fl urisb on cheap and ar.undtnt lab r, dtpttrtment stores tain away thousands of would-be flaesguJs, typewriters are 'egion, there are awjp teachers than there are places " The. Baltimore 8un gives as this . farther fit w of Mi-s Kl ink's article and her rw4y for the trouble: In their xretnity families are con p lied to accept the services of dir-y nd incmpe'ent servants to wh'MO it is o or j ct to please, be aoF0 they kituw if t ey lose o e place tbey can get. uitrier without any trouble Strangers without cbaraC'trs are taken into the home, trusted with children and property, - d tir Is an amount of blu'd faitn that is nstonihlng. And even the uegro "tramp" aer hard to ket that homes are b oken up and families are go ng id to bar nog bouses and apart-snefl-uns, r are buying oneap i jneal ticke burr and 'here. that is the remflfly f For there must be mtu-9. It i to elevate do mesuc serv.ee a-d t-o niak it more attrc ive, o that girls and omen ct 4neeat p. rentage cn ei gage in it without a y feeling of social dis credit U Klu.k sas that tiomea j;ic, abov- ai. Ue, obj ct to being mailed servants. It implies a degree A aocial inferiority to wi-ten the American womo will l ever subject herself if she c o avoid it Bather than do s sue will submit to the in dUuitiesaod bardsnips and starva ' tUfl 'f otner en.p107dwt.ts. It It noq' ostiofi .f wajos thatfignres In the oUfi:Blty of getting domestics, at thA nresei.t rate of ages a cook a'i clot.'e herself ca m f or tably, have abundant and good food and pot something ia thaaavings bank. Ibat It what Jew factory girl can accom pljjh. Tne problem to which society muse address itself, then, is - how are we to elevate domestic em ployment and make the social posi tiouat these employes si good" - that of those who work in factories) VOL. XXXVI. for example. When that is accom- pushed Housekeepers will have com-. . i petent ana sell-resDectlDar women around them whom they can trust and who will not have to be re prove and watched; who can get through their work in half the time I it takes an incompetent, and will thus have shorter hours of actual work. There are thousands upon thousands of women and girls who want employment, and as soon as domeatio service can - be entered into by tell respecting women with out any more feeling of social dis credit than when they go into a fac tory or into a department store, then there will be .no scarcity of cooks, end housemaids. Let the oetai ecoi ' mists among our house keepers set to work upon the propo sition. George P. Bowder, of Waterloo. Iowa, who was jilted by Miss Effie Curtis, of that city, has sued her for $10,006 for, breach of promise. If tome men could get that amount ! for every time they have been given the mitten they would be in a posi tion to endow a university. Berlin has - a sensation because Count von Baudlssln ia -guilty of shoplifting. He stole a pretty shop girl and ran away with her. The Oount visited America with Prince Henry, of Prussia, and is quite a prominent figure among 'the nobles. The world is now looking on to see how .Kansas will come ont In her fight with the Standard Oil Company. "Bleeding Kansas" can kick against being bled, but she will evidently have to get a supply of new bandares. An heiress worth $1,250,000 is ad vertisng for an houest man for a husband. e are honest, and if our shape and physiognomy suit the heiress, a matrimonial alliance be tween us would make onr combined wealth $1,210,000.30. A New Tork physician advocates the drowning of -all weak minded people and idiots. The idea ia monstrous but of course nobody is going to protest against, it on the ground that they are liable to be drowned. Lots of slick paragraphs are being tired about the investigation of the Standard Oil Company, but just so long as the lings are of a light char acter the trust can stand ic People who build, castles in the air are . never disturbed by the thought that the plumber will ever have a ohance to get up that high with his kit of tools As long as the lamp holds out to born. No Oil Trust will ever give a darnj "Turn on the light," the eage magnates say, "We are simply turning sight to day." "Why not raise salary?" asks the the President's Norfolk Land mark. Well, we wouldn't mind giving him a raise if we could get in the game with bim. The Standard Oil Company srys it courts investigation. We ' have known all along that the company was willing to - have the . light turned on. A New York man was fined $25 for giving his horse a pint of whis key. He'll know better next time not to waste any of it on a horse. The men who stands on his dig nity Is apt to sit down on anybody that reflects on his standing. It is a lucky Senator that can get up in the morning without that in dicted feeling. Prohibition la Canberlsotf. Y-sterday afternoon's Fayetteville Ooaerrer says: "A petition has been a circulation through the city for the ..ast day or two, asking the Btate sen- tcr and renresematlves of Cumber-' r.i nnnntv to m their best tffurts In ne L-e-lslalure to secure tne repeat 01 much nf the local nrohlbltion act or this county as will put the city of Ftyettevliie on the same fooling as other towns In the State under the Watts law fn accordance with the resolution offered by Msjor J. G. Hoi . tne-swortn, en pasea at mo teat apo dal meeting of the Board Pf Alder uen. We learn that the petition Is very generally signed by the business men and property owners. Its for New Psvlliol. By deed filed for record yetterday tne Ocean View Company .transferred othe Consolidated Ball ways,. Light and Pover Co., the site for the new o.tilian now betas erected on Wrigbtsville Beach. The consideration named in the deed is $10. The proper ty Is described as beginning at a ttone bo the eattern edge of the right of way of the railroad, 734.S feet toulh of Sta tion No. 6, having a frontage of 200 feet on the oeeao. Little John Canninghamyjhe waif of a white boy, who hat given the authorities no end of trouble by bis misdeeds and who has' always escaped beetuse.pf his not having reached the age of acounlbl)Hy; is locked up at the police station under a chargeof taking t.0 In money from a lady at the (Colonial fen. Lately the boy had been sent la a rescue school, near Bsaufort, N. 0 end be was here ah a viilt when be trot In trouble again. HI 1 PH 7 A i V r : f I 1 M UJ J . . -Raleigh 'ii iitttii ir-sj if if-? in , - iii iixyy ii - a - -- rt. ii- lj : I . i me bate . raco u -mm mm m ar m a ar : : w a-awji i aawrw. . - m . at -bw ---- i - - - v is 11 ii Ji "a t A, -yi?. w " ; u. u J. W' liii, I i ior saie Keen IN THE LEGISLATURE. Large Number of Local Bills In troduced and Passed in Both Houses. fcEVElSUE & MACHINERY ACT. Sccllcss Ttkea Up at Might Session af Hoase Backet &hsp Law aees.tarw to Seitto flail et Records lp preprlttloa Falled-Notes. Balkigh. N. a, Feb. 84. By a vote of 70 to 81 the lower house of the General Assembly to-day, patted the bill of Mr. Laugbljigbouset-of Pitt. regulating passenger fares . in North Oarqllna. The bill came up as the special order. It provides, that the railroads ebarge net mere than three cents per mlla on first-class fare; not more thao 2 cents per mile for second cists. t The Senate passed the general school bill, striking out the ttction which provided that members of county school boards hold for tlx instead of two years. Rojuoh, N. a. Feb. 24 The fight over the Wilmington Pilotage bill which has been waged vigorously In committee and among members of the Legislature generally for several weeks came to a dramatic and, for the bust nest Interests of Wilmington, a very gratifying termination thla afternoon, during the hearing before the Judi ciary Committee of the benate, in that an agreement waa reached between the representatives of the pilots and Wilmington business men, whereby all laws and clauses.of laws relating to pilotsge at Wllmlneton and the bar be low 8outbport are to be repealed and the port made absolutely free to the world. Tnls Includes the abolition of the present Board of Navigation and Pilotage and all compulsory pilotage fees, making Wilmington the only ab sotutely free port on the Atlantic coast south of Maine. BaUBlQH, N. O. Feb. 25. Both houses of the General Assembly were chock-a-block with business to-day, the House continuing its session nmil 11:30 o'clock to-night The substl luie for the Wilmington pilotage bill pissed both houses during the day and will become law when ratified within the nest dav or two: the Woodard bill preventing the operation of bucket hope in the Stat passed final reading In the House; the Benate killed the bill providing a ball of records for til la documents; the House passed tne mil aeoiwuiBS; mre oeja or cracs on oearotlable paper.and some proieae waa made durlur the aftereoopaad evening on the Bavenue and Machin ery Act. 8enator Emple introduced during tne day a bill "for the revision of liquor license law in New Hanover." It waa at the re Quest of the County Board o' Baucauoo and provides that after December 1905, half of the ltquor license funds coming in the county treasury shall 't devoted to the school fund, this not to affect at all the city licenses. In the House Mr. Boney Introduced a bill to legalize primary elections In New Hanover. It is modelled after the Charlotte and Mecklenburg county law and la to take tffect as to Wil noiogion on June 1st, so at not to affect the coming May election and will apply to city and county prima- rles, which most be neld not more than 60 or leu than 80 days before the regular election and 30 cays' notice must be given of a primary which Is called by the chairman of the party desiring it. Tnls will pass all read ings to-nlgbt In the House and will be sent to the Senate. Mr. Boney also introduced to-day a bill to exempt Pullman car conduc tors from jury duty. , Ketafar Procecsliizs The Senate opened with prayer by Or. Moment Amoog bills Introduced were: By Areodell, by request, to amend charter of Newbern; by Scales, to prevent fire Inanrance companies from limiting commission which agents receive from other companies; by McCuIloch, to establish free ferry serosa Cape Fear river; regarding time for holding Superior Courts in Bla den ; by Williams, to abolish pilotage laws, later passing final readings; by Eller, appropriating $50,000 for ex hibit at Jamestown Exposition. The anti-jug law waa made the spe cial order for Monday, and the bill taking $10,000 from the A. and M. nniimom mm set for Tnetdav. The bill Increasing the salary of the brigadier-general waa made the sne c al order for Tuesday. Amour bills which passed third readme were: To permit Tarboro to latue bonds; to Improve roads in Pitt county ; to form certain school nistrict 10 Cumb-riand; to amend charter of Duoo t appropriating $150 for Moore's Creek Monumental Association t relat ing 10 school districts tn Cumberland and Bobeson; to amend charter of Fayetteville; regarding cotton weigher at Dunn: to amend school law-of eeolend: to amend prohibition lw of Cumberland; to prevent manufac ture atd sale 01 rquor viiBin miles of White 0k Academy; to merd law regulating veterinary practice In the State; regulating-building and loan associations In State; to pay tchool claim tn BmdVn; reguiew fog courts in E gbtb Judicial Diici; to est. bilsb IlnVbetween Ounr.berlad and Biaden; to allow Hickory to donste $10,000 for schools; to amend the general elecli n law so tbet sheriff abali post In May the names of those wno nave pais po., The House was oppnefl whb VrfJeJ by Bv, G, B. Burling. Amont: btlla introduced weref By fcoonce. of Ouslow, to amend 8ectlon 1005, of the Code, making carrying a concealed weapon a felon j ; by Brltt, for reMef of P. A. Fore and Alma Lumber Co.; by Bratcb. to allow O E. Luton, ex Confederate, to exhibit magic lantern and phonograph show by Austm. to regulate pay of commissioners In Nash and to amend stock law; by Fisher, for appointment of justices of the peace In Bobeton; by Lockhsrl, to amend charter of LUesvllle; by Mc Queen, to change two limits of Ban ford; by McGill, to submit .to the voters of Orost Creek township. In Cumberland, the question of stock law; by Hiiiowefl, to amend charter of Goldsboro: by Little, to Incorporate Morphine, in'PItt county ; by Qlive, to authorize Wake to isaue bonds for WILMINGTON, N. C, roads; by Murphy, to provide for In spection of water and electric light metres; by Wlnborae, to add peanuts to law regulating sale of cotton at nlth. - The substitute bill repealing all laws relative to pllbtaee at the port of Wilmington passed Its second and third reading. Mr. Taylor said be wanted to go .on record as opposing the bill at this time, as he thought the bill was being passed too precipitately. Murphy's fill regulating the sale of stocks of goods In bulk and to prevent fraud In the sale of the same, came up on us second reading. Mr. Wlnborne offered an amendment excepting the county of Hertford, which was passed. Several other amendments excepting their counties were off erd, but these amendments were lost. The bill passed second reading, and went over. -.Xne bill allowing newspapers to make their own contracts wltn railroads In regard to transportation, pasted its second and third reading. ' ' Tne bill preventing the operation of bucket shops In North Carolina came up on Us second reading. MrT Hutch ison, of Gaston, sent forward an amendment that the act should not - 1 m " a . a aeoar aeaiera IB apot couon or gram in executing orders of actual dealers who are their customers. This amend ment failed to past. The bill then pasted its second and third reading. - The bill amending the law abolish ing days of grace came on its second reading.- Mr. Woodard asked that the bill go over until Tuesday. Mr. Biggs opposed . postponement, saying he bad postponed the bill once for the gentlemen of Wilson, and It was time to consider the bill. The motion to postpone was lost and the bill passed Its second reading. Mr. Woodard, of Wilton, sent for ward .an amendment excepting sight rrafta, which waa accepted by Mr. Btgga, and the bill passed third read lng and was tent to the Senate for con currence In House amendment The bill to require the payment of arrears of taxes by telephone and tele graph companies for the years of 1903 and 1904 passed Us third reading. Graham's, ot Lincoln, bill to pro mote the publishing and use of school books relating to North Carolina his tory alto passed in the House. THE NIGHT SESSION. The House wat In tettlon to-nlgbt until 11:80, passing many local bills, acd In committee of the whole con aidered those sections of the Bevenue" and Machinery bills which hsd been chanced from the acts now In force. About the only change, of note that the House made to-night In the Beve nue act Is to make the license tax on peddlers of medicines $100. The com mittee had fixed It at $35 for travellers on foot and $50 hen In vehicles. It Is expected that there will be night tetsions throurhout next week. The Bevenue and Machinery bills would have been passed! on second reading to night but for the fact that no quo rum waa preaent when the committee arose. TO REOMUNZe THE BaNK. SteckkaMcra' Meeting la PsyeUevUle. ftsif sad wyrever Cases Ceatlaeei. . FatittVtiixx, N. C., Feb 28 Jutiltled bonds In the turn of $10,000 esch were yetterday tendered In the Su perior Court by Cashier Jno. OL Halgh and Teller George G. Myrover, of the closed Bank of Fayetteville, and their cases were continued until the May term of court Simultaneously with i this disposition of the cases In court against the officers of the bank, comet the gratifying newt that the bank will prnbably open for, business again very soon. At a meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the Bank held yesterday a reso lutlon wat unanimously adopted set ting forth that whereat It is the opin ion of the directors that It It. and will be to the Intereat of the depositors and other creditors, and the stockholders of the bank, at well ts to the conven ience and Interest of the community, that the receivership should be discon tinued acd that the bank should re open ltt doors and resume ltt bu tineas under aome plan to be devised and ap proved by the stockholders; that a special meeting of the stockholders of the bank be ordered for 1 P. M., March 15tb. for the purpose of considering and taking action upon methods and plans for the continuance of business by the bank, under an inereaae or re duction of the capital stock, by surren der, scaling, purchase o? otherwise, or by aome other plan of reortranlzatlon. and to conalder offers for the purchase of the assets, franchise and good will ot the bank, and for the transaction of such other business at may lawfully come before the meeting. In accordance with that action of the dlrectora, Dr. H. W. Lilly, presi dent of the bank, bat called the meet ing aa recommended and all stock holders are urged to attend. EX-JUDQE QEORQE HOWARD Cled Rather f oddealy Yesterday Afteraooa st His Home la Tarboro, H. f. Special Star Telegram. Tarboro, N. O,, Feb. 24. A host of frlenda ibroucbout the State and else where will reeetve wlih profound sor row the aad Intelligence of the sudden death of ex Judge George Howard, which occurred bere today after a brief Illness of two dsyt. Judge How ard a stricken with strangulated beroia Wednesday evening and an op eration waa cootid-red necessary to aave his life, lie s taken to the Putman Sanitarium Tnurtday morn ing where a very successful operation was performed by Dr. Johnson, an eminent surgeon of Richmond, amited oy local physicians. The distinguished patient bad aurvlved and it waa tbousht his chai cea were very favor able. Be retted well until noon to day when the jfp of the no'oje, Chris tian man began to ebb n et a o'clock, he bre.bed hit last Judge Howard was 75 years old. He was one or Tarboro'a moat public-spirited men and bad contributed very materially to tbe growth end advancement of the towft. The funeral will pe held et 10 trclopk Sunday morning. Rescned Dlstrcstef Raftsmes. Engineer Joe Swain, Fireman Tracy Davit aad Ed. Swain, a deck band, all colored naembere pf the crew of the steamer gouthport, heard cries ot dis tress up the mer last night, about v o'clock, launched their life boat from tbe ateamer at tbe custom uonse Wharf and went up the river to Point Petpr where they rescued f white and a colored raftsman, who were cling ing to pieces of timber raft tbey were brtnalng tion tne nyer anu which struct, a tnag and went to plsoei. l" FRIDAY, MARCH7 3, 1905. CAPTURE OF ARTHUR BEATTY Netre Prewler AroasdPrcibjterlsi Basse, tlevcrly Captored by Minister, Wts r Olvea Trial by Mayor Yrtterdty. The negro 'Arthur Beatty, captured yesterday morning at 2 o'clock by the Be v J. M- Wells, Ph. D.t pastor of the First Presbyterian church, In an evident attempt to break Into the Pret byterutn mante, at Third and Orange streets, was arraigned' in the police court at noon upon acharge of tres pass; and an attempt to commit a felony. The negro wa sent to jail In default of $350 justified bond ts appear at the' April term of New Hanover Su perior Court - The" case proved lp be one of the most interesting that has developed in the police : court in tome time. Dr. WelJt iold of having been awakened tribe early hour -by. Mrs. Wells, wbo . told . him somebody .was on the back: porch up. stairr, near the-; room . in which tbey - were sleeping. Dr. Wells . secured bis pistol and went out on the porch to Investigate. The negro was no where to be seen, but Dr. Wells extended his search to a closet In one corner of tbe pltzza, and while groping hit way around in the darknett of the .rather narrow confines of 'the small room, pistol In one hand, he put the other hand on the negro. Twice he con msnded the Intruder to come out un der . threat to shoot, but the negro made no answer until a third lime, when the threat was made mote Insis tent The neero then made reply, and while Dr. Wella held him at bay with the pistol, afterwards closing the door and locking it upon him, Mrs. Wells telephoned to Mr. N. B. Rankin't resi dence nearby and had the message sent to the police station, to which Sergeant George Smith responded, taking the negro to the police elation. At the trial yesterday Beatty told a very Improbable tlory of being at the Carolina Central station when the late train came In; of having beea met on the street by a colored woman named Mary Johnson, who said she was scared to go home and atked bim to aeccmpany her; of having complied with the woman's request and of being asked in at Vr. wells'; that upon ar riving there, -the woman who had a bunch of keys in her nana, went in a room and told him to have a aeat In the room In which he was found; that he supposed Mary Johnson cooked at tbe " wblte folks'" house there. As a matter of fact Dr. Wells' cook was not named Mary- Jobaaoa and the cook: - liyad elsewhere 1 ia the city. tsefceaat-Saaitb, wan made the arrest, eald the negro waa either half intoxica ted or feigned that condition. Though the back portion of the pit iza was enclosed, it was not locked acd a case of burglary could not be mtde out against Beatty. He Is the same negro who was recently picked up one morning in tbe southeastern section of the city, more dead than alive, from having lain out in the tnow tbe night before. He bad been employed by Stone & Co., on (he wharf, and his employers bad given bond for him pending his trial for be lng drunk and down upon that occa alon. When tbe graver charge waa brought against him yesterday, the "drunk and down" charge wst, of courke, abandoned. Htrro Held For Ferrery. Jim W bitted, tbe negro with a pen chant for forging orders on merchant! and others or the city for anything that he Is able to' turn to good ac count, wat arraigned in th Major's court yeslerdty upon a charge of forg lng the name of Mr. Clayton Giles, Jr.. to an order unon The Orton Bar for a bottle of "the best" whiskey. The negro secured the bottle of liquor from Mr. J. T. Qaarles, the br-keep er, and converted It to bis own use. Subsequently it turned out that tbe order was a forgery and Whltted was arrested. Chief Furlong alto had a forged order that had been "worked" the aame day at tbe store of Mr. N. B. Bankln for two dozen eggs in tbe name of Mr. Giles, but that charge was not pressed. The negro was held for the April 83rd term of Superior Court and went to jail In default of $300 bond. "Whltted bat already terv- ed time for foreing the name of Mr. Clayton Giles for egga on the Wil mington Grocery Ca, and Mr. W. J. Meredith teyerar months ago. The necro makea a specialty of Mr. Giles' name because of Mr. Giles' response billtv and because at one time a rela tlve of bis wat employed as a servant by Mr. Giles. Reesyered Stolen Bicycle During laat December a bicycle was alolen from under the residence of Mr 1. Snlllman. 508 8outh Third street. 8inee that time Mr. 8plllmsn, while about the city attending to business had been on a still bunt for the; machine until yesterday after noon, when he saw It In front or a colored undertaker shop on Second t(resl, near the postoffice " avenue. He applied to Justice Bornemann for poateaaioa of the property and a villt to the hop glsplosed tbp fact that the wheel waa then claimed by U. B. Smltb, a clerk in the shop. Smith said he got the wheel from a repair shop at the grocery store of John Murpby,. colored, at Seventh and Church a'reets. Murphy has fur nished the name of the pajty from whom be secured the wheel and Jus tice Bornemann is continuing the In vestigation. 'In the meantime Mr. BpUlmea bis taken possession of the wheel. :- gpaatjpaaaawwn The father of the Bey. C. U. TJtley of this city died at his. home near Apex, N. C, on Feb. 16th. Bev. Mr. TJtley haa bsen with his people two weeka and will not return o tnia city I for ten davs. betna- knt there by tick: nets 01 other mem bare 01 tne tanuiy THE PILOTAGE BILt. Full Text of the Meisure As It Passed Both Houses of Leg- : " isliture Yesterday. DELEGATIONS RETURNED. V Effect ef General Repeal of All ktws Ap- pesrs Prsbleautlcal and f oitisieet . Upas Acllsa at Bnslaess Men la Fntnre All fat toff led. Special Star Telegram. I " Baleoh, N. C, Feb. 25. The sub stitute pilotage bill waa put through both the Home and Senate this morn ing and la being enrolled for ratifica tion, to be in full force thereafter. Here ia the bill at patted : " Section L That sections 8480 to 8508. inclusive, of Chspler 46. Volume 2. of the Code, and all acts amendatory and supplementary thereof, are hereby ' repealed. - . Section 9. That Chapter 183. of the Publio Laws of 1883; Chapter 95, of the Public Laws o? 1887; Chapter 46, of the Public Laws of 1889; Chapter 486, of the Publio Laws of 1891; Chan ter 131, of tbe Public Laws of 1897; Chapter 463. of the Public Laws of 1901, are hereby repealed. Section 3. That all other laws or clauses of lawa relating to pilots or pilotage on the river or bar of the Cape Fear river are hereby repealed. Section 4. That th It act aball be in force from and after Us ratlfactlon. The large delegation of Wilmington business men who remained In Bs- leigh until the substitute for the Wil mington Pilotage bill pasted its each and every reading In both houses, re turned to the city on the lale Seaboard Air Line train last night They were met at the station by one of the large suburban trolley cars and were given a triumphant entry, so to speak. Into the city. All were jubilant over the turn the Mght had taken. Mem bers of the pilotage delegation who returned also last nleht like wise expressed satisfaction. The ef fect of tbe compromise. If so It may be regarded, appears to have left the general public .at tea as to the result. However, the leaders among tbe business mens' committee say the condition 1 will be wonder fully Improved and that nothing haa happened before in a generation that will be aa fruitful of to much good to Wilmington. - On the other hand it ia pointed out at waa atated in thete columns yesterday, that with all re atrlctlont removed, the pilots will now be at liberty to fix their rates at what they choose and may form a combi nation or community nf Interest as strong as they like. ; To this it Is an awered that the business men are fully prepared to. hire competitive pilot, if necessary, and to follow this up by the purchase. of one or more tugs in case an effort should be made to bar out competition by a combina tion, of the present tug boats and any organization "of the old pilots that may be attempted for other than strictly legitimate purposes. The gen eral opinion prevails that time only and be determination of the shippers will tell whst the result of the gen eral repeal of all the lawa will be. SALOON MAN ARRESTED. Proprietor Starkey Charred With Permit tltg Qtutle't la Excelsior Bsr. M. L. 8tarkey, proprietor of the Excelsior Saloon, on Front street op posite Tbe Orton. waa arrested ' last night upon a warrant tworn out, on information and believed by Policeman Frank George, charging him with permitting gambling In tbe pool and bJUUrd rooms, con ducted in connection with the saloon. -The warrant wat served between 11 and 18 o'clock and Mr. Btarkey furniahed bond with Mr. M. O'Brien aa turety In the turn of $300, for bis appearance In the Mayor's court at noon to-morrow. It is learn ed that tbe evidence upon which the warrant wat served was secured by plain-clothes men, who have been at work on the case for some time. EXTRA SESSION OP SENATE. President Raotevtlt Issues Proclsmstlon falling It far March 4tb. B Teiecrapb to the Horsing 8Ur. Washington, Feb. 23. The Presi dent to-day Ittued a proclamation convening the Senate In special set slon at 13 o'clock, noon, on March 4th next to "receive aucn communications ss may be made by the executive." The proclamation follows: Bx the President or the United States or America, A PEOCLAHATIQN. Whereas,, public intereita require that the Benate of the United States be convened at 13 o'clock on the 4th day of March next, to receive such com munications as may be made by the executive: t Now, therefore, I, Theodore Boose veil, President of tbe United States of America, do hereby proclaim and de clare that an extraordinary oceaaton requires the Benate of the United States to conVene at the capltol in this city of Washington on the 4th day of March next at 13 o'clock noon, of which all peraons who shall at that time be entitled to act aa memberr of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United Btatea at Washington, the 33rd day of February . tn the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hun dred and five, and of tbe Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twentyenlatb, (Signed) T 8 no do re BoosEvaur, . 1 President By the Pretident, John Hay, Secre tary of Btate. At Lowell, Lincoln county, yes terday a six year old daughter of A. J. Clemmer waa burned to death. H,er metier waa probably fatally burned and two other ohildren se riously injured as the result of the explosion, of an oil can. One of the children was pouring oil Into a wood heater containing ire. NO. 18 CAPT: A?NER c-PNT0N DEAD Veserablc lltlzes ef Vilnioiton Entered lato Seat Yssterdsy HeralsFasersl Will be HeM This Afterseos. Capt Abner 0. Penton, one of Wil mington's most venerable and highly esteemed citizens, .passed away at his home. No. Ill North Seventh street, at 10 o'clock yetterday morning after an Illness extending over a period of several months. While Capt, Pen ton's death was not entirely unexpect ed the announcement will bring regret to many friends who knew him well when ho led a more active life. The funeral will be conducted at 4 o'clock thla afternoon from tbe residence by Rev. FredD. Hale, D.. D , pastor of the First Baptist church, and the re maim will be laid io rett In Oakdale cemetery. - m Capt Abner O. Penton waa born in Brldaeton; N, J. on March 4tb; 183S, and he wat, therefore, in the 72nd year or bit age. Daring hit earlier life be wat a seafaring man and was master of a number of vessels along the coast During the civil war he ran on one of the blockade fleet between Wilming ton and Nassau and later, in 1875, moved to Wilmington to make this city bis home. When fifty-six years of tge Capt Penton aban doned hit - career as ship master and for a term of years wat United 8lates shipping commissioner at the port of Wilmington. After that time he waa unfitted for the more active calling!, by reaton of hit age and fall ing health, and he led a retired life until his death. He was a man of splendid traits of character acd wat held In highest etteem by all who knew him. He waa married early In lire to Mrs. Emily F. Blew, who pre ceded him to the grave on the 6th of last October. There are left surviving three sons, Messrs. Daniel H. Penton, of Wilmington ; Baron D. Penton, of Lyons, Ga., and Harry S. Penton, of Mobile, Ala., all prominent in the bus iness life ot their respective communi ties. They have the sympathy of bun' dreds ot frlenda in the bereavement which hat fallen to them so soon after their mother waa taken a few months go. Morning Star, 26th ult. SHOT HIMSELF AT THEATRE. Ysnsf Mta Appiiodcd a loaf, Arose and Shot Hlmstlf. By Taiegrapa to tne Hornlna star. Chicago, Feb, 35. Suicide In the balcony of a crowded, theatre was the method of death chosen by . an un known man about 23 yean ot age,' (who shot and ailled' himself at the )Obtcts53Mra .Ilon8 thla afternoon. tdurlng - a vaudeville performance. The young man ahot himself in the head. Death was instantaneous and the body fell Into the lap of a woman occupying an adjoining aeat She and several -other women fainted but quickly revived. When the sound of the shot waa heard many women screamed and left their teats, but uahera toon quieted the excitement No one was allowed to leave the balcony. The orchestra struck up a . lively tune and aided In averting a panic. .The body wat re moved to the county morgue, -nothing being found to Identify the suicide. The young man shot himself during the singing of a pathetic song pic turing tbe scene in a country farm house. He had liatened attentively and had applauded. At the third en core he stood up, hesitated a moment and then qni- drawing a revolver, shot himself cumu. BIOAMIST PREAfHER. "2ev." Ben Ashley, Whs Married a North S3 areliaa QUI, la T rankle. Br Tefeerapa to tat Moraine Star. Knoxttixe, Tenn., Feb. 85. Bev. Benj. W. Ashley it in jail at New port, Tenn., on a charge of perjury and may also be prosecuted for blga' my. Aahley ' it a mlnltter of the Christian church and on preliminary bearing baa been bound over to Fed eral court . imrmg me civil war Ashley served In the Union army and thirty years later became a pensioner. In 1863 he married a North Carolina girl and lived with her until 1883. when ' he came to Tennessee and has tinea resided ki thla State. In 1888. it la alleged, without having secured a divorce, he married a Mlts Miller at bit new borne. When Athely applied lor and received a pension under tbe act of 1890 hit first wife applied for half of the pension. It waa then that Ashley made affidavit that he never legally married wife No. 1. An In veatlgatlon followed with the result that Aahley is In jail charged with perjury. SL4UQHTER AND ROBBERY. Mare IhmaHnidred Killed le the Racial Riots at Baki. Br Cable to the Moraine Star . Tirus, Caucasia, Feb.. 25. Details of the recent street fighting at Baku ahow that thirty-five persons were killed or wounded February 20th and that on the following day the racial bitterness -between the Musaulmana andf Armenians reached a climax. Btreet . murders were Incessant and firing lasted all day long. Altogether a hundred people were killed or wounded. Bazaars and shops were plundered, and at the garrison was Inadequate reinforcement! of five bat taUoas of infantry, witb artillery, and two aquadrons of Cossacks had to be called In and used their arms to sup nresa the outbreak. Further dlaturb- ances occurred irebruary zZd. xne realdeiicea of the wealthteat inbabi tanta were plundered and burned. The troveraor traversed all the quarters of tbe city exhorting the people to eease hostilities, and the Armenian and Mussulman clergy met and embraced In nubile and expressed a desire for a reconciliation of the people. The rioting waa thereupon suspended, but again broke out F ebruary 24 tn. Al Washington yesterday Bepreaen tatlve Bartiett af Georgia, 1 presented ; In the House, with bis endorsement, resoluUfina adopted by the ueorgie Peach Growers' Association last Wed 1 neaday In favor of the regulation of private ear lines. Post: The bill fo put rds in the penlentlary ng was nrobablv in tended as a reflection on the State officials having them in charge. Charlotte Chronicle: Our Idea of it is that this whiskey business should have been left in chariraof the Prohibition party. The Demo cratic party was never able to deny tneiact that it stole the Populist platform, and now It has robbed the prohibition partv of abont tha onlv job that party had In the State. Raleigh News and Observe: The Yarborough lobby these nights is a place or. real interest. Many ot the State's leading politicians are there and a fellow hears many things that would not do to tell. To tell the truth it Is worth a man's while to spend an evening there and study the characteristics of a modern politician. Raleigh Post: The wholo State sympathizes with Senator Beasley; of Currituck, whose little son re cently disappeared in some mys-. terious way. No tidings have beon received as to the whereabouts of the' little fellow. Senator Beaslev offers, through the columns of the Post this morning, a reward of five hundred dollars for the return of the boy alive to his parents. Charlott6 Chronicle: A few years ago the boys hunted rabbf. in the vacant fields east and norta of tho depot at Concord. Now there aro no vacant fields' there. All have been built up In cotton mills and furniture factories. The vacant field to the south is now to ba built up with a new electric power plant and cotton mill town. Concord is a fine example of what manufacturing plants will do for a town. Raleigh Times, February 25th: We are glad to see the senti ment growing in favor of enlarging the capltol. Looking at tho matter from a plain, business standpoint, mis seems to us to be tne only wise course to pursue. Tho commltteo appointod by the last Legislature to Investigate the subject thoroughly and make recommendation, came to tbe conclusion after studying tho proposition from all sides, that it would be best for the State to en large the present capltol building rather than erect other buildings. Charlotte Observer: Some of Mecklenburg's leading farmers aro selling hay on the Charlotte market. Many wagons, loaded with finopen vine hay, pressed into bales, aro seen on the streets ovorv day. Mr. John L. Kae, Jr., of Providence township, and Mr. Robert B. John son, of Plnevillo, sold scvoral loads here recently. The price runs from $1C to $20 a ton. An acre of good ground will produco from 1.J to 2 tons easily. This makes the culture of peas worth the while. It would be interesting to know how. much hay was made in the county last year, how much will be sold, and the greatest quantity grown on a single acre. These are questions people ask every day. Among the, new corporations chartered at Raleigh on Friday waa . -the Durham Tobacco, Storage and t Inspection Company, of Durham.' The purpose of the corporation Is to WKi ony, Lre-nancuev prize ana? dear in-?- leaf tobacco. The authorized capl- , tal stock is $25,000. Will com- -mence business on $18,000, The in corporators and shareholders are R. L. Dibrell 0 shares: H. L. Boot- wrlght, 60 .shares; Sterling Smith, 60 snares. Tbe Thompson-Branton Company, of Shelby, was incorpor ated. The purpose of the corpora"" tlon is to manufacture sash, doon, bunds and all manner and kinds of building material. The authorized' capital stock is $10,000. Will com mence business on $4,500. Charlotte Chronicle: Lucky" - Joe Wihon, of Watauga county, died in jail at Statesville, a few days' ago. Governor Glenn had granted a pardon for the man, but when the paraon reacnea acatesviue Jjucxy Joe was dead. The Landmark quotes Wilson's attorneys as saying that the sentence was excessive and il- -legal from the fact that he was con victed In three cases, one being an assault with a deadly weapon and the other two simple assaults. For the first he was sentenced to a year and for the others two years each, while they insist that he could not be legally sentenced to more than 80 days each for the simple assaults. But Lucky Joe, although wealthy, wat. known as a bad man, and It waa to his bad reputation that his heavy sentence was due. A dispatch from Statesville on Friday says: "Mr. J. P. Burke re ceived letters to-day from a number of relatives bringing the informa tion that he and his sisters, Mrs. Can and Misses Joo and Ada Bnrke, are among the heirs to property in New York city said to be wortn $300,000,000. In 1795 Andrew HartBfiold, one of the -ancestors of these peopR, leased to the city of New York 1C0 acres of land, ex tending from Seventy-fifth street to One Hundred and Twenty-first street, and from tbe North river al most to the East river in New York. A great many of the heirs to the es tate live in North Carolina. If the es tate should prove to be a reality Mr. Burke and his sisters would proba bly get several millions. To day is the first time Mr. Bnrke ever heard of the matter and he doesn't know whether it amounts to anything. Raleigh Newa and Observer: After a splendid fight for. a repeal of all the loose divorce laws In North Carolina, with -a great vic tory assured, the -House made a mistake in adding a new cause for divorce; It is an open secret that this new cause was added to meet a E articular case a grlevouao case, ut one In which the sufffrlog wife does not live with her busbar .1 and where she is under the present laws unable, to get a divorce from oea and board. If any additional cause Is to be added, that particular case and that cause is ono that has more merit than any other one brought forward, but we do not believe that this Legislature ought to add any additional cause, and particularly that It should not make a general law to meet a single case of hard ship. If that is done in one in stance, others will follow there is grave danger that others will be Incorporated and tbat the strong sentiment against loose divorce lawa will not result in legislation that will meet the request of the 400, 000 petitioners to this General Aar semblj. " .... 4
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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