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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOET AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
VOL. IV NO. 46
THE WORLD'S NEWS.
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A CONDENSED 8UMMABY OP
A WEEK'8 DOINGS ;
Bis Deficit la the Chicago Treasury. An
drew Carnegie's Liberality. Prender
Mt to Haag. Charleston Opera
House Buraed. Snow Out West
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 37
Got Waite has called an extra session of
the Coloradsfclegislature.
Gov. Mitchell, of Florida, ordered 'out
tbc Tampa Rifles, forty -two strong, yes
terday, to suppress a negro riot at Wild
wood, near Tampa
Paul Schwartz, the only living holder of
a chemical secret for making cheap high
grade steel, died at Phoenixville. Pa., yes.
terday. He never dlvulgyd his secret.
The cruiser New York sailed yesterday
for Rio Janeiro. The double-turreted mo
nitor Miantonomoh is being prepared for
sea with all haste and will probably leave
for the same destination.
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Vict Schoelcber, the well-known French
statesman, author and traveler, died yes
terday at Paris, of pneumonia, aged 88
years. . . , - .
THURSDAY, DECEMBEK 28
Charles Mitchell, the English pugilist has
arrived at Jacksonville, Fla.
Owing to mismanagement there is a de
ficit of $3,000,000 in", the treasury of the
city of Chicago. "
Col. Thomas S. Rhett. a well-known ex
Confederate offlcer.died yesterday at Wash
ington, D. C. His death was due to a fall
from a step ladder two weeks before.
Mrs. Margaret Martin, one of the most
emlnenttwomen in the M, E. Church South
and the author of many books on Metho
dism, died aVColuinbia, 8. C., yesterday.
She was born in Scotland in 1807.
5 ; v J-OBEiGN.
Italysjs trying to borrow $120,000,000
from German capitalists. .
In a' riot between 2.000 miners at the
Dutch South African settlements 100 men
were wounded, six of them seriously.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9
Hillsboro, Tex . , suffered from a $270,000
fire yesterday A whole block of business
houses, including the opera house, was
burned. p,
R. L. Christian & Co., one of the oldest
retail grocery stores in Richmond, Va.,
made an assignment yesterday. Liabilities
$30,000,
Corbett and Mitchell, the pugilists, were
arrested in Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday
and bound over to the criminal Court.
Thia was according to a pre-arranged plan
to teat the validity of the law.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to duplicate
the aubscription of all Pittsburg for the
relief of the poor. So far $60,000 has been
raised. Mr. Carnegie's limit is $5,000 for
each working day for two months.
FOREIGN.
Twelve men were arrested at Naples
yesterday for inciting to riot.
Wine is a drug on the market in France
on account of the splendid vintage. It is
offered at a penny a quart.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER SO
Prendergast, the. murder of Mayor Har
rison, of Chicago, was yesterday sentenced
to be hanged.
Wheeling, W. Va.. has suffered to the
extent of $70,000 bjLincendiary fires dur
ing the past few weeks. ...
Cripple Creek, Col., has offered Corbett
and Mitchell a big sum to come and make
their fight at that place.
1893
M. M. KATZ, SON
WILMINGTON, N
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Besides the general reductions in our Dress Goods
stock we will present every customer buying a Dress
at over 50 per yard with the Linings.
GIVEN AWAY Linings, 6 Silk Linings, 1 Bones
1 Cotton, 1 H. and E, 2 Selecia, 1 Canvas. 1 Silk and
1 Braid, with every Pattern over 50c per yard.
PGIaTvs
g The Best $1 Glove S
g IN THE WORLD. g
10 per cent- refunded to glove
10 per cen-
customers on
$1.19.
CLOAKS, WRAPS AND
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Bradstreefs says that there were 15.560
failures during 1893 in the United States,
the largest number everj
recorded in one
year.
FOBEIGN.
The police of Barcelona, Spain, have
captured about 200 anarchist.
The great ship canal at Manchester.Enjr.
will be opened on Monday.
A Cape Town dispatch says that the re
port that Captain Wilson and his force
were annihilated by the Matabeles is con-
nrmed by native runners who say that not
a single man of the force escaped with
his life.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31.
The snow in the mountains of Colorado
is ten feet deep and railroads are blocked.
The Associated Banks of New York now
hold $80,815,150 in excess of the require
ments of the 25 per cent, rule
The paying teller of the Globe National
Bank, of Providence, R. I., has absconded
leaving a shortage of several thousand
dollars. .
The International Law and Order League
of America will do all in its power to pre
vent the proposed fight between Coibett
and Mitchell. f
John Y. McKane, of Gravesend, L. I.,
and his twenty-one lieutenants, are under
17 indictments for various offences during
the recent election troubles at that place
FOREIGN. !
In one Spanish province the police have
found 150 Socialist and Anarchist societies
Charles Watkins, who has been in the
employ of the Bank of England for forty
years, has been arrested , .charged with hav
ing stolen $2,500 from the bank.
MONDAY. JANUARY 1.
- Gov. Waite, of Colorado, says that he
will have an extra session of the legislature
if he has to hang for it. f
It is now thought that the creditors of
ex-Governor Foster will
not receive 50
cents on the dollar as expected. The assets
have been - much reduced by unexpected
claims which have recently come to light.
. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says
that the volcano of Popocatepetl has been
in eruption for several days, and much
alarm is felt for tourists near the summit
and sulphur miners at the bid crater.
foreign.!
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A Yokohama dispatch says that the
Japanese Parliament reassembled on Fri
day and was at once prorogued until Jan
uary 12.
A cable from Pernambuco says that the
Brazilian government cruiser America ar
rived at that port yesterday from New
York, and now lies near the Nichtheroy in
the harbor.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 2.
Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall was yesterday
inaugurated at Richmond as Governor of
Virginia.
O'Neill's opera house at Charleston, S. C.
which had the largest floot space of any
public" building in that city, was destroyed
by fire yesterday. Loss about $30,000.
As the outcome of a quarrel at a ball
early New Year's morning at Cedar, about
8 miles from Columbia, Texas, three per
sons were shot to death and nine others
wounded, some of them fatally.
The Chilean government has notified
Secretary ofState Gresham that it cannot
accept the proposition of the United States
for an extension of the existence of the
United States and Chilean claims commis
sion now in session at Washington.
foreign.
A London dispatch from Madeira says
that a thousand deaths from cholera have
occurred at Teneriffe, one of the Canary
Islands, since the outbreak of that disease.
The epidemic is su bsiding rapidly.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
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NEW YliAR'8 DAY AT THE
CAPITAL.
Calling- on the President. The Income
Tax. Daniels for Public Printer. The
Financial Question. ' Populists are
Undecided Who to Vote With.
Washington, Jan. 1. This is the
one day id. the year when everybody
in Washington lays aside partisan
politics. Democrats, republicans and
populists for the lime forget all dif
ferences and are simply Americans,
intent upon paying their respects to
the President of the United States at
his New Year , reception, he one
event of the year which always brings
out the entire diplomatic corps, in the
full court costumes of the countries
they represent here. The gentleman
who in the absence of Minister Thur
ston is m charge of the legation of
the provisional government of Hawaii
was given as cordial a greeting by
President Cleveland as was extended
to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Ambassador, and if there was any
difference on either side when the
President's hand was shaken "by a re
publican Senator or Representative
who may be criticising him and his
policy m the bitterest terms before
the week is out, and when the same
operation was performed by a demo
cratic Senator or Representative
known to hold himself in readiness at
all times to defend the President and
his acts, it was not apparent to the
casual observer. To have looked on
the smiling faces of the well dressed
officials and private citizens who took
part in the White House reception
no one acquainted with the facts,
would, have dreamed that there were
any such disturbing elements in exis
tence as the Hawaiian policy, the tariff
bill and the financial situation. How
ever, they are all here, as will be ap
parent to the country again, - this
week.
Although the Internal Revenue
bill is expected to be ready when Con
gress reconvenes, its main point the
income tax is still in doubt. That
is, it is still doubtful whether it will
be imposed upon incomes derived
from corporate investments, upon all
incomes above $4,000, or upon both,
Two out of the three members of the
sub committee which spent the holi
days wrestling with the problem
McMillin of Tennessee and Bryan, of
Nebraska reported in favor of the
personal income tax. The matter
will be settled by the democrats of, the
full committee in a day or two.
Next to the tariff question which is
exciting the most Congressional in
terest is that of finance. Something
has got to be done to provide the
money necessary to meet obligations
of the government already incurred,
and it is by no means certain that
Secretary Carlisle's recommendations,
either for the issue of bonds, or of in
terest bearing notes, will be followed
by Congress, unless it be done as the
silver repeal bill was passed, by a com
bination of administration democrats
I A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS
Who have aided lis during the past year in our business success, the style
OF OUR FIRM CHANGES FEBRUARY FIRST TO KATZ & POLVOGT, AND WE TRUST OUR
PATRONS WILL CONTINUE TO LEND US THEIR SUPPORT IN 94 AS GENEROUSLY AS
THEY HAVE IN '93. VERY RESPECTFULLY, M. M. KATZ, SON & CO.,
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The Greatest Triumph of Our Retail Experience!
The magic lever that unbolts the doors of commerce and quickens into new life the paralyzed
trade pulse. Daily scenes of activity heretofore unknown in Wilmington. Thousands of new
faces from distant points catch
are heralded abroad, and railway coaches convey them to the store of M. M. KATZ, bUH oc
CO. Like an electric flash our depression prices illumine the whole civilized country within a
radius of many miles.
The Dry Goods markets of New York are tumbling like golden grain before the reaper. Im
porters are tumbling over each other to undersell the market and get cash. Our New York
buyer is constantly working
you'll scarcely believe what
6$; a retail buyer can save you
&5 In the nature of things this condition cannot prevail long, but while it lasts you may bank on
this store as holding out the greatest advantages that are born of the times and retaining what
j we have earned-THE PLACE AT THE TOP. RESPECTFULLY, '
SOUTHPOET. N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1894.
and republicans. That there is dif j
ferenceof opinion on this subject even
among the democrats of the Ways
and Means committee of the House
whicli will have to pass upon any pro
position on the subject before it can
get before the House, was brought
out in a conversation participated in
by Chairman Wilson and Representa
tive Whiting of that committee, the
subject being the serious condition of
the Treasury. Mr. Wilson thought
the issue ol bonds in small denomina
tions was the proper remedy, but Mr.
Whiting did not agree with him, be
cause he thought the bonds no mat
ter how issued would eventually get
into the hands ot the bankers. He
stated his belief that the deficiency
should be met by a now issue of legal
tender notes, even if some people did
call it inflation, but he admitted that
a bond issue was much more prob
able because it had the support of the
administration.
Representative Springer's bill for a
new national currency has not made
many friends. Those who favor the
national bank system as it now exists
say it does not offer, sufficient advan
tages to compensate for tne trouble
that ould be necessary to make the
change, while those who oppose the
present system say that Mr. Spring
er's bill is merely an extension of the
national banking laws under a new
name. The bill has not yet been even
introduced, and Mr. Springer says he
only made it public as a feeler.
The populists in the House and
Senate propose acting as a unit upon
the tariff and other political questions.
They held a conference at Senator
Pefler's house and decided to hold a
caucus in a few days. They do not
like President Cleveland even a little
bit, but upon general principles they
are more disposed to support demo
cratic measures than to vote with the
republicans against them, but they
may decide to do neither, except so
far as those measures agree with pop
ulist principles.
Just where it started no one seems
able to say, but the notion is almost
general here that a new public printer
will be appointed this week or next.
Some say that the man has already
been agreed upon and that he is Chief
Clerk Josephus Daniels of the Interior
department, a young newspaper man
who hails from North Carolina.
Congress will come together again
today, after a two week's recess,
prepared for a struggle that is cer
tain to last many weary months.
What has already been done is insig
nificant in comparison with what re
mains to be accomplished, and, in
fact, the few weeks of the season pre
ceding the recess hardly sufficed to
outline distinctly the programme of
the leaders charged with responsibili
ty in either House. Probably the
very weight of the task before them
causes many of the Senators and Rep
resentatives to be slow in their re
sponse to the demands of duty and in
returning to Washington from their
homes, and it is expected that the at
tendance in both Houses will be
small for alay or two at least.
M M. KATZ, SON & CO.'S
GREAT DEPRESSION SALES.
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the inspiration caused by our Emergency Sale Prices as they
among those desperate men armed
he is accomplishing until you visit
25 to 50 per cent, below the usual price.
REVIEW OF 1893.
SUNDRY HAPPENINGS DUR
ING THE YEAR.
Two Great Storms Experienced. More
New Buildings Erected Than During -1893.
No Fires of Consequence
List of Deaths mad Marriages.
Some of the principal events of the
year were as follows:
On Janury 8, Rev. Oliver Ryder
preached his first sermon to. a, South
port congegation, ; at the Methodist
church; January 10, the thermometer
registered 12 degrees above zero;
January 11, slight fire in the house
near the corner of Moore and Rhett
streets, occupied by Mrs. Fountain
and family; schooner Nellie Floyd ar
rived in leaking condition; also
steamer Croatan with a broken pro
pellor; January 14, tug Italian ran
ashore on the Ella shoals near Bald
Head point; Cape Fear Harbor &
Coal Company incorporated at Wil
mington; January 20, hook and lad
der truck purchased and a volunteer
fire company purchased aDout this
time; January 15, little Moses Potter
badly burned; Dr. W. G. Curtis re
appointed as State Quarantine officer;
February 6, Evergreen Park Ceme
tery Company's property sold to John
R. Turrentme. of Wilmington; Feb
ruary 17, entertainment at the pavil
ion for the benefit of .the Methodist
parsonage fund; February 26, schoon
er John G. Schmitt made this harbor
in a- damaged condition; February
27, Swedish bark Alfhild ran ashore
on the Ella shoals and was abandon
ed, afterward breaking up; March 1,
Public Library established about this
time; March 3, entertainment at the
pavilion by the Sweet Violet Band for
the benefit of the Library fund ;
March 2, Canning Company shipped
216 barrels of clams; March 9, the
town of Smith ville (now Southport)
incorporated 100 years agoj to-day;
March 11, new white light at Bald
Head went into ! commission about
this time; March 15, British steam
ship Great Northern went ashore on
Frying Pan shoals but floated off
without damage; March 16, slight fire
in the roof of W. T. Pinner's house
on Nash street: March 20, annual
meeting of Cape Fear Coaling Com
pany for election of officers and direc
tors; March 21, excursion to Wil
mington by the ladies of the Metho
dist church to hear Moody; March
30, Quarantine Board decide on loca
tion for hospital. It- will be above
.Deep Water point, near Dan's Rock:
March 31, steamer Clarence arrived
from the North; April 3, funeral of
Mrs. W. A. Spencer, of Wilmington,
formerly of this city, took place at
Southport; April 13, Court week.
Judge W hitaker severely criticizes
the County Commissioners; Indepen
dent Debating Society organized;
April 27, T. J. Wescott & Co. remove
to R. M. Wescott's store; revival ser
vices at the Methodist church about
this time; May 1, annual city election,
D. I. Watson elected Mayor; May 13,
Mary, daughter" of Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Piver, fell from a swing and frac
tured her thigh bone; May 17, VV.
R. Ferguson received notice of his
appointment as postmaster of South
port; May 24, Miss Fannie D. Rus
sell, formerly of i this city .died at
Brooklyn, N. Y.f and was buried
here to-day; May 29, Richard, little
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. St. George,
fell and broke his arm; June ; 1, the
wreck of the old Federal gunboat near
the bai removed; June 16, pommence
ment exercises of the Institute at the
pavilion; June 20, severe shock of
earthquake felt at 11:07 p. m.; Absa
with necessary argument, and
our store. It is not often that
5$
lom Ward, an old resident of Smith
ville township, died, aged 79 years;
June 23, the funeral of Louis F. Bow
en, of Wilmington, who formerly
lived hei-e, took placo at Southport;
July 1, mail again being carried by
steamer between Southport and Wil.
mington; July 4, bateau race in the
harborsCapt. C. G. Smith's 'Teazer"
comes in ahead; July 8, great game
of baseball between the Lumber Com
pany and No Name nines. Score 13
to 13; August 1, party of Fernandina,
Fla., folks paid a visit to Southport
friends, coming on the pilot boat
FrancesJ Elizabeth; August 12, the
Six club beat the Nine club 32 to 8
at base ball; August 19, the Six club
beat the Nine club by a score of 42 to
8; August 20, colored prisoner named
Johnson escapes from the county jail;
August 22, the Norwegian steamship
Simon Dumois put in to this' harbor
in distress; August 23, ''Bud'' Dosher,
a little colored boy, drowned pear the
foot of Potts street; August 26, 27
and 28, great storm. No ; damage
here. A number of vessels in a more
or less damaged condition reach this
harbor. Volunteer life-saving crews
rescue number of sailors; Septem
beryjseveral other vessels in a wreck
ed condition towed in during the
week, including the abandoned
sehooner, Wm. Smith, loaded with
lumber; September 8, U. S. man-of-war
Kearsarge and monitor Nantuck
et arrived in this harbpr; September
11, John Hewitt. living nearj South
port, died today ;Superior court in ses
sion this week. Judge Hoke presid
ing; September 20, hottest day of the
summer, the Signal Office thermome
ter recording 92 degrees; September
25, John B, Cranmer admitted to
partnership in the drug business by
Dr. D. I. Watson; October 2, Dr. D.
I. Watson appointed County Supd
intendent of Health; he resigns as
Mayor of Southport and Sterling F.
Craig is chosen to fill the vacancy;
September 7, John Woodside, an old
Smithville townshiD settler, died to
day, aged 79 years; October 13, fear
ful storm. Velocity of wind ! reached
115 miles an hour. Some damage to
private property here, but none to
shipping in the harbor. Many badly
crippled vessels towed into j harbor,
life-saving crews doing noble work;
the two hulls recently towed into this
harbor bottom up discovered by the
Leader to be the schooners L. A.
Burnham and A. R. Weeks; iNovem-,
ber 5, British steamship Headlands
breaks the record, passing out with a
cargo of 10,082 bales of cotton from
Alex. Sprunt & Son's compress; No
vember 14, schooner Douglas Gre
gory towed into harbor in ! leaking
condition with her rudder gone: No
vember 26. bark Newlight, lumber
laden, arrived, leaking badly; also
schooner Jennie Willey in a leaking
condition; the crew of the schooner
George G. Green arrived in a yawl
boat and reported their vessel sunk
near the lightship; December 12, Rev.
Oliver Ryder again returned by the
Conference to preach at the Metho
dist church in this city; December 15,
U. S. dredge Woodbury burned to
the water's edge; December 19, South
port Debating Society organized; .De
cember 20, Capt. J. J. Adkins kills
three deer in one day, giving him the
championship; December 26, two col
ored prisoners escape from the county
jail.
BUILDINGS KBECTED OR UNDER CONSTRUO
TION. '
House on Brunswick street for E.
A. Grissom. Building for hook and
ladder truck Two-story house for
J. N. Daniel on Nash street. House
on West street for Thomas Jones.
House on Dry street for Thomas B.
Carr. Windmill and water tank on
the Government reservation. House
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RUGS AT COST. 72x36 llns reduced to 89 cents,
only six sold to one customer. Gray and White Fnr
Rugs $1.89. Moquette and Smyrna Rugs at cost.
MATTINGS from a bankrupt importer. I8c. Matting
12 I-2c; 25c. Matting I5c; 37 I-2c. Matting 25c.
CHILDREN'S CAPES in new designs.
GIVEN AWAY.
A 40 cent embroidered Hand
kerchief S given away with our
if) standard brands
Q over $1.50.
M.
M. KATZ,
Xo. 110 Market Street,
PRICE FIVE CEITTS
on Nash street for A. K. Stevens.
House on Brown street for Free
man Han kins. House in suburbs for
John C. Smith. Three-story build
ing on Howe street for Atlantic
Lodge I. O. O. F, House on Bruns
wick street for Jas. Pearce. Boat
house, in front of tne Stuart House,
for the Quarantine boat. Two-story
house iu western part of city for P.
C. Tharp. -
! IMPROVEMENTS MADE. -
Addition to the Methodist parson,
age. Brunswick county's old jail re
ceived extensive repairs. Drew &
Davis store extensively re modeled.
repaired and painted. A number of
shell sidewalks laid the first part of
the year. Repairs to B. F. Newton's
house on Lord street. - Addition to
Jas. A. Drews' house on West street.
Repairs and additions to Mrs. Fall
wood's house on Nash street. Shell
road leading from J. T. Harper's
wnari. Uld pilot boat Wild Cat
bought and broken up. Improve
ments made to ' hergeant Madigan'a
property in western part of city. Ad
dition to Capt. Henry Swan's house
on Nash street. Dr. D. I. Watson's
house entirely r-modeled. E. - F.
Gordon's jewelry store moved and an
addition built Additions to T. W.
Fulcher's house on Potts street. A.
Kl Reynolds' house on West street
considerably repaired. Dosher, St.
George k Co's., J. T. Harper's and
the Wilmington's wharves, all of
which were destroyed by the great
storms, have been (rebuilt. Addition
of tower and other improvements to
fct. Philip 8 Episcopal church begun.
Additions and alterations to Capt.
Dunbar Davis' house on Boundary
street. J. D. Davis' house newly
painted. ' : I-
j DEATR8.
jElhelina, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Tharp.
Musettie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Mints, aged 19 years.
j Anthony Davis, a well-known col
ored Mason of thia city.
I Mary, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. F. Craig.
I Julian Carr, youngest child of Mr.
and Mrs. M. T. Craig.
' Arthur Pinner,; aged 79 years..
Jacob D. Burnss, aged 36 years.
Richard Dosher fer., aged ,70 years.
Leroy, youngest son ot Mr. and
Mrs. Guy C. Wis well- '
Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. George
Davis.
Minnie, infant daughter of Mrs. J.
L. Howland. I
Cary Linton, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Price.
Mrs. Mary Fountain, aged 60 years.
; Mrs. Mary R. Howland, aged 49
years.
Leslie May, little daughter of Mr.
Mrs. Richard Dosher.
Sue Bell, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Pinner.
MARRIAOES.
Miss Sallie II. Stone, to Mr. Wil
liam A. Rourk. j .
Miss Katie Thompson to Mr. John
W. McKeithan. f
Miss Mary McRacken to Mr. Ben.
T. Hyman, of Conway, S. C.
Miss Susie E. Dosher to Mr. Tho
mas B. Carr.
Miss Glyndon Reynolds to Mr.
John E. Woodside Jr.
Miss Mary Swan to Mr. William
Grissom. - i
Miss Viola Fullwood to Mr. Craw
ford Watts.
Miss Carrie Weeks to Mr. Sam S.
Drew.
Miss Burrows to Mr. Samuel P.
Swain.
Miss O. V. Vernon to Mr. Louis J. i
Pepper.
Miss Maggie M. Aid ridge to Mr.
Charles N. Phillips.
1894
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