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N vnT.TTME FOtJRTF."RJ WILMINGTON, N: C; MONDAY OCTOBERC 5, 1908. . r" - FIVE 'CEUTS 1 i." .: - '" L -.'? .: L .- -.7; L -- -" LL...... LL, . - i ' . '. ' i . . x , - - , .7ffii7 ' v ,v.:V' : ;- 7 "'--"x- - : -c - 7.V'. ."jr' .". ;-. " J:7'''- '7 ; :Mmmmmm MMm- mi 7d7Hy he iElill IlElilscHooiJii mm feniii iiii K;i;i ii iiiiniii ill n V.l IJIlir ILIII ,f M'llllllllll'll . I . -t ' . , r ruLL u r. I Hill : I 1 Pill Pill ry-r-& iUcm I llril 111 11 II I II I&I I U 1 1 1 14 -v " Ten Tenement Dwellersjjii; a ; New York Structure Hemmed Wn. by fFrims, With No Chance ' Whatevef Qf . Es caping Thelr;Terible'fD6b dreri Saved by ' Spectators, Who Caught Them hen Thrbwrt rom Windows In Burning Bill Wftig : V f, i l . ' j New York, Oct 5.-Ten! persons &,re dead, two. are dying v and six bad ly hurt in a fire early todaywhich.de stroyed a four story tenemntr in the heart of the Mulberry . Bend Section. None of thoseNrho. lost -their: lives had a chance to escape. ' They were ;pennect in a rookery like building- with a, col umn of flames rbaring up the stairway in front, and -with fire escapes Hn- the rear so cluttered with boards; and rub bish as to bar. progress-of those fleeing for their lives. The fire was tbeiwdrk of an incz-tidiary. - The man Twas.. seen carrying barrels of oiI;Boakedrbbish: into the hall-way and the -police his description, i Brave fireman the lives of more than twenty 'pg,H Six little children werelthrown'roml windows into the arms of the firemen, I police and pedestrians. 'v An jehtiret fam ily was smothered to death" oh the first floor; - .vv-w-i-'- . : - 'V-- AFTER SON-IN-LAW NICK. Congressman; Longworth Leaves . the Stump .and Goes Back. Home. - ; Evansville,' Ind. Oct5Jtris report ed that President RpiWetelt! hoi;der ed Nicholas iljoinfihienvap,' because-of Tfla; ttcksIaMd, where W saldi jata' eight years,- thenlbef-jcfeeede RnnspvipTt' fm i: oirht, -. va.rs" i Whether . . e was ordered ' ifx 4orpi iejt itepreseniauve '. xjern5n, ' :wun .-: w4. pwiwcmuu, auum ut, me whom he was campaigning and has circus, until Tuesday night-; All sub returned homer "VI v l ti&g&':. wi ;vhtaameetiiigs : at X TREMENDOUS. 'EIRE ' Manager Junius Taylor has organ- ' . ' l87' a ized his minstreL.force for the min- Is Raging Along " the Water Front of San Francisco. San Francisco, Oct 5.A fire which started in a coal bunker of the Pacific Coal Company, is; raging on ; the water front. Several warehouses .havO been destroyed and the loss already amounts to a half million dollars. TThe entire water front is threatened, .c The entire fighting force is , at ; work ' to prevent the further spread of the flames.r; :tt.y PRESIDENT TEDDY May Yet Take the; Stump, for His r Protege. ; -.' 'J ;-. . Washington6ct.Secretary Loeb' said this morningthatith situaUoii was unchanged - --asr'."t; the s Presfdeht's going on e;snipV ;TKe.' iinpression is .growinV-as-;'expU arerno't forthcoming that the president may yet make some campaign speeches SWELi. BILL THIS WEEK, Clever and Big Acts at the Crystal Palace; at-Small, Prices;; v. The Crystal palace this 'week is "of fering an exceptiorially lever biltit is new and-' snappy and ; includes all well known artists. : They are Earle Higley,: noted ' hlackface artist; the" Great Grey, . in ar refined ;musical jiaet ; 4 Farris and Blue" popular -sketch com--edy duo; and Perclval and ; Shields. The latter are the celebrated- Juvenile artists. Mri Prank : Crommie, -whoris well remembered here, . is . now. the muf sical director at the Palace; Q V t 77 YOM KtPPUrt The Day of Atonement Was Celebrated Today i by.H bre The day of Yom Kippur fir the! Day. or Atonement, - was started yesterday afternoon at 6, o'clock t at the. Temple of Israel The-servicewas conducted by Rabbi S.vMehdelsphnVi6fheTeTai Ple, and there wasi a large attendance. Today from 10 till G .o'clock without intermission, services will Ae held at l" lempie. . (Tne uay, or Atonement will end this afterhOdn at 6 o'clock;;! REVIVAL STARTED At Trinity Methodist- Church Yester; A revival service? . was -"started?: at Trinity Methodist l bufch yesterdaf morning with a large attendance. A fine sermon was delivered by ; the pas tor, Rev. Vw.'.L Rexf ord; on the Vsub ject, "Close Discipleship," ahd intiCh interest was. manifested. ' . AH t mlnis trs and their congregations - are" In vited to participate in the -meeting, ervices will be held every- evening during 'the week - beginning at 8 o clock. Rev; w." Er flocutt,- pastor of "laden street .Methodist Church," "will eacn tonight " : . , Started :the . Fall Term Today With a 0 About ?2,30O IndlcatldnsW to ' the; targest tendancethe Varloui ScholsHaye Ever Had-Fi rst Das Session Was ". of Short iDw6&Ml0 The fail fternr of - the public" of Wilmington started this morning, and the attendance upon, the'first day, of " the session was particularly; grati fying to the school authorities. There were about 2.300 " children: who pre sented themselves, this morning;; and this" figure- is in excess of that forany : ;.'.A.t ; the High School there : were 240 pupils present,? and this figure- indi cates the banner attendance; of tbei in-4 sutuuon, ' . Previously, the -.best first day attendance here has been less than 225, and. thereforelt is probable thatlthe- total .number of bupils at the High Schools 3urjhg: the ensuing term wiir:::o.beypd50,: i:: At the Upipn; School, practically , 1, 0' " pupils i started ' the' term , in . the right manner)! by i attending- the first day s -session, ; ; and h. the - Hemonway SchlnearlyieQuale he flrsti4ay as" featured -with -a short! sessionjonlydiw with, the asignmeut pf lessons fori ,tb nior row and - the anhpuncement of. the text "books to be used: during the, y ear. FIVE CI RC US ACTS -fest terday. by the Executive. Committee of the iElkfest, which is to be held here Nov. 2nd to 7thv. for the, benefit of the Children's Playground Fund, to bring to WHniihgton s on., that; occasion, the largest; tent-spread in Wilmington: in the- past couplcof ; years. Also for five big : circus acts,; such as - thei trained Hon, : ten ti'ainpd ; ponie . trained i ele phants, several camels, , etc. , ? - ; ; Some- three hundred people 111 take part-;in thejElks; Society Circus, : the ditis of a whielM havegevseUpn1 Uor. 4 thvatid;75th':liThe regular of the Ljaateti vet pnjniitt'ajidl all those Interested irie; circUswbicVwas to y-pof .sirei ana circuiijter tne pig snow, and me n r st, ren eaawii i ve given Tues day, night. ''"'.. " ' ' Chairman Bell of th&, committee on advertising has -had made a beautiful engraved cut, illustrating the Elks. Cir cus and its features, for ' use on the backs' of ' envelopes V of the 'business men. : A systematizkl plan for .news paper display advertising has been ar ranged ?or. . Some ten thousand smali folders will be placed in envelopes, to be distributed by salesmen wljile out on their trips in this section of the country. . '.. . . V-'. " The schedule; of excursion rates to Wilmington during Elkf est; week, will be-announcIater:,4;i- - ; " "'" 1 1 11 . ". : - v., " JOHN SHARK? WILLIAMS. 1 .c ...'.'JAUeii Tayldr presi-fo, r. a em oi me. unamDer; or i uoii ? jt. t . mere?, aua iwr. juuu J? ui i'i.1 ! long,, received a telegram Lyes- : tef day eropottrom' Con- . 4 '": gressman C. R. Thonias, at .New 4 f: Berni-which stated1 that7Hon. -p 'John Sharp Williams -had been -4 ordered by l;he:7penibcratlc 4 - Campaign Committee to go to 4 Iowa immediately;- and there- ,-;4' 4 fore he could not come to Wil- . mington to deliver, a political address. This information will f 4 be received with deep" regret : 4 vhere, l. -. ; 7-';--v--'. pWW'M1' M77fel' - "The P 1 ne KawnoroKer." Is This: Ishe teature ahd liew film at the Donular Bliou todaVi- It-eals with an interesting phased of life and the story told is a very dramatic ne. . uM RS.OJI. E. BARLOW L:'" Passed Away at Her: Late 'Horn " Yvs- i7'. '"::'7te rday M ornlirt g s t 'm - : vMrats5i ji ILrariowdied pearly Sun day morning at her late residence, No. i017,South Front street, Rafter a; linger ing Illness! of three months. Mrs..Bar lpw. was in the ; 53rd; year of her age. The funeral: over . the- remains of, the deceased lady was' held-this morning at 10i:oclack,vand ; the ; interment was made in Bellevue cemetery.-, j I,. :- ' New Choir, '-'.'t ; , ' I Thefnew fenoirof ; tnoJJirsiLcapust Church'began v its fall and -winter! en gagement -f yesterday, at 'the morning service, and the high, class music ren dered was very pleasing ; to the mem tiers of the -congregation. ?The mem hers of the .chOir are Mrs.-X J. Lough Un; soprano; Mrs.; J. X; Eel wards, alto; Mr. p. V. MOtte, tenor, and MrA S. Holden. -basso. Mr7E. H. Munson is Jirganist and musical .director. , - mum MnttSiiilCoDl- Fortnight Term ofJ'Superlfir : vened v This 5oingPp ;; Nothing Done Today) and; Number of ;Cases: ContinedVin 'j'Agaliiit;'-Woodmen gmorjroV i I- -: . ; TI " . s. ' A " two weeks term of I the; or coiirt? for, the trial.Of- civil s cases.- con-1 T,Tr.. W t 'lU-ZUft flrs;xcse! settand caBedf Oaf Ctriaitras thiiwii known onetfef Gr Di Phases & CoopMabut tlvjje'alnc tin(ffcfmiouyaxJfgone bveiKevl ftimesiforsth buimiiiimeitft?witi whmtheplatatittsntd 0cp the defense- that gasplinevjtank exploded f in. a y "dead s ailey'V or -in Braddy's i store and which would have made the v fire spread . evetfid4jr been -an insufficient ! water: pressure. M -RobertRuark, f Esqotcounsej f or the plaintiffs,; stated to - the curt that thlswltness ihad ibeen, 4n attendance at several. terms and: that they thought he would be. present, today, but he had failed --to. put in an appearance r J Counsel for they defenseijf,6ught a contina.nce, unless )lhe,'p!aints;-would paythelrithesses ffeesfohe-terra; and rthlsi HJDOarJBwt tdosbut changedhiWri cqiirisekfDrith hadbeecoptit defediintenSpanwJ allowecfS to :gb oyer until : tomorrow, toriheMQe .tiiitSe would-be1 Jfaai.:, S Sevralsife AU'' several . others re-arranged i for . .other daytfn . the 'docket on account of ex- v;l r.vr- .v. i-tf -' .1 tl'O -' iO-L vtliiJ j uage iu;i iv. jaryan navg xp aeavej tor Washington!1 City 'light several dayslXThe -suitsl of .fthe Mur chison ; National Bank vs. Dunn Oil Mills Co and the Murchison-National Bank vs Dunn Oil Mills Co. and J. D. Barnes, . were continued: V , Other; cases ; continued " werO those of. T, J. Kenan, et ial., vs. the City of Wilmington Gaston, L. Myers vs, T J- Kenan and wife andF. L. Ferguson, Jrr, . vs. Jos. -H. Hintont ;: v ' : The interesting: .suit of Mary A. Lillycrop: vs. the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen, of the World - was . also con tinued .and, in its place , was ;i set. ; the easfSJi A.uBurriss:Vs;v thelCity t-pf kmeS MbndThe? phlypther )rU (UlBaVI.CU UlllUlgL: liMV; WV4M r hbrtly5ast il o'clock court took re5ess liktil i: 30 o'clock ?this" .after hopni: b J very; ' lit done ' today, as there are only two more suits on today's '. trial docket those of Z. W.'Whlteheaa Vs, the7A.tiiftic Coast Line and Oliver- Smith. Company vs. W, R Griffin v v ?; ;77i7 . .7 ; 7 f Tho-"trial docltet for tdmprrow Con sists of 'the following cases: 7 :7 jH6Imerofeery StokleyEllza' J.ne' Rogers vs. the Sear board Air Line, "Tbos, H. Wright, et al., John E: Platte 'and Wm. Waterall & Co. vs. the Monarch Paint'Co. lOhe of the'bank peases and; the Bur- Jriss actions against the city were orig inally ron -tomorrow s docketiV . , . I :,i:.The, one. week, term of the Superior Court for the trial of -criminal cases' ended atrtSut 6 o'clock. Saturday 'after- nboh and after the jury (hid. returned a verdUctfdfTaot "guiltyL in the Turman Lee ' murder - case.; -VThe j verdict: was considered abig Victofor the de- fendant, and his counsel -were heartilyi congratulated. . The young; white man j was vaoiy. .;. ueieuuea. . uy . xj. ia tun Grant Esq. and. Messrs. Palt & Woody. Mr. Grant presented -the closing- argu ment in the. case Saturday ;' afternoon and made a splendid, ;. logical, ' clear cut; speech,! and upon ; which her was itMLCi lateu. . sl Lvi-f ; vvtt. j'-rvsLL. "4 v 7f;7'77lSPor",s: ?. There were a number of arrivals of vessels Saturday afternoon. Among these were. . the, steamer xAd elheid Men zell, .loaded' with ' kalhit j consigned- to Heide, & Co., for, the, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, ' and : the British steamers" Dongola -and Candleshoe, consign ed to Sprunt &. Son,' to; load . cot ton for foreign ports. t - 7 - - Ladies' White Sweater:Coats at Reh ders. - ' ' . . - r . it !USeilar&Vi TT7! stteof eJn'cMd morrow 1yrtil$e Mrvf H.RivenbarkAAileged Jr.:S.WA; u.K.enan Shot vHm Tcerihe:; HeadaBaek'iYes- ;terday Morning at East.Wilmington; alyVasHeJd N fere .Magistrate John fj.Furlongi v'A.' sensational -shooting affair-occur-; redi-t yesterday V morning - about : U o clock, a half mile from the city, near tne. Market street: road, as a result of Whl3IrlH.HiR man (about 21 years of age was very I kta,iii.iiuj wuuuueu . m, me ' ueau ana back.-: It wasvialleged h thatf MivTr j; Kenan, a trucker-; in East Wilmington, was the party who . inflicted . the. -wounds Mr. . Rivenbark '( appear ed ' at the trial, and he showed plainly the effects of the wounds he had received, as i his head r was com pletely : awaited in, bandages, and his clothing was stained ? wlthv thejblood . , . s- b , T t-, ; v . a- stranger that Mr, Rivenbark iwas not f me? seM PPajaemvtQ:';, indiqat?,! as.la umbijftlie roiStlthe back part Of his head, and in hi! back; lAttL the, s!hQot4ngpcI, rpd,t34iweii t to-the James', Walker Memorial .Hos- pitai, where rhis ; wounds were 3dress- ea.- - ' . '.v. V- :": - "r-Mr RivenbarkA waftv in tervi awfI v'nn t neireetnif imerj&ffigasDipatch represen tatiyeVand- b? gavethe : follow ing Version of the -affair, his Statement. at the trial being practically the same, j jvar. Kiven nark said that he and his brp ,ther were in the woods south of the Market street road, about a iialf mile roih the city, ' gathering Chinquepins, and 'were -not -aware that they, ere trespassing on any person's land He, Stated that the first intimation he had of the presence of his assailant .was wuea ne neaia a snot nrpu, pre sumably from a distance of forty, or fty , yards. He declared thathe then partially, turned in the direction from hlohf thfshbtf seemed?;4b 'jcomeJ and cialleiouttnottto: shoot gainr; as there 1repernor vWehtv be -Wt: by heghspt econdi and aT third, each takings effect l'MCrfiirthsholL not take effect as he and his brother were then making haste to , get out .of range of' the shots. .. v. , l ; . mW AftinbarR stated; that t" he thWI fuecame aware, ina ; Mr. . enan ( naa prpbaJilK;.36ne 'the. ;.. 9ti66tin'g as; the Jalki;r:TriiadevlMsT; appearance a "short distance : away going in. the direction of his home, - The -wounded man - said he and his brother, Mr.. J. H. Riven bark then called to . Mr. Kenan, and that e Continued In the-direction "to Which hev Was going, , without coming back tp their assistance. The ground ed man- said when they reached the road, Mr. Kenan .. called out to y him never to trespass on his land again. " Mr. 'Kenan's Statement . ; The story' eaffafri as told by Mr. ' Kenan today differs materially as Ib-oiitilnedabov, accidental. Tie said thai . he .-was'.seat-. Wprch;i whence;, nojtipedi,,, uawic; swooD oowi HW$fmXiPimmitS one called t, put to him ; not n,to 'ahp.qu again, j rie saia.mai ne repnejt tjjy veju fog them they had no business ) op' his land, and that; he then fired his gun In. a'directlon directly opposite to that from which; the voice seemed 't- come, merely with the Idea in view of fright enihg off. the 'trespassers. Hesafd that absolutely no. outcry followed the second shotand thathe then went to his home not being aware that he had shotthe, yon4ManVv-Hessut'fuiat he fired .'Only . two shots, and' after he had ' gotten to "his house, the young men. called, to" him from the ' road to come, out there: as they wished to set: tie the matter MrtKenah,: said' that 1 he ; replied; by 1 telling them to stay in the-road as they were already there, difhat!he" would ?not come out; ; Mr. Kenan said that he wasnot aware1 that either "of the! two young men had been S woundedahdthat If ; heiiad ;known ; iit he would - nave assisted ; them In any way in r his power. He said when )ie firsteard the 'iroices he presumed tkey- fcam6. fronl people ivith whom lie has bad a . great deal 1 of ' trouble re cently, arid-that Ms intention in firing thegunLwas' slmplyJto frighteh-off the trespassers, and - most -certainly :i not to !wound--anyone.-. ' .When the -case was called 1 for, trial at i noon;. "it was decided -to postpone the investigation 'until . ten o'clock: to morrow -v ; ' '''' ;: ' Steamer Libelled. The British, steamer- Battersea Bridge Captain ' Ballett, was libelled before " departure' Saturday ; afternoon by - Joseph Bryant, -a? negro boy, who recently, "'sustained Injuries while ' en gaged in: loading the steamer.1 Dam ages itt'thevsum of $10,000 are asked. The libellant is represented -by Ricaud & , Empie, and 1 the ship- owners' inter estSLwlll be looked after by Rountree & Carri' '. 1 . '.2. IMiRWfcnKark- Stated What tliA7 first ( fehpt vwafs Ihdmentarily ; followed by a Lg PRUN ES AT HALF PRICE. tVVatchViny Store for Bargalnt three. selthat you 'ought'.fletVTjenefl . ciays eacn weeK Phones 108-109 f.'L -THE COW FOOD 'THAT WILL MAKE' MORE MILK 'AND CREAM. THAN FOODvSOLO; TFtTOT. '.""''--- : : ' ; S '. A'A ' - " KvU' . . - . - ;- -L -'" - : . .," . : '.-'', v . 1 , -- ' . -. . ; ,' . . : . ..L3L ,, ., -,L- m: L ' ., ' ' L . . : -. C s ''S;Lv;, L. ;r;-.7 fV":ii' -.- , .' N. - - ' '--....-.''.-.: '-K sv-)'. - ; WILL, AMFFliiHk THESE COOL MORNINGS s. SEE .-!. - L ' - ' : :' : ' - . . . :i ; -. -V.i -: ,- . 5 ... t v -..-f r ' j ." ' 1 1 . .",1.11.1' 11 ' . 1 iii 1 1 ui' '1 11 .1 i-L.'i1'-' . I ; " 7, ' t-. r, -r-.- t-.----;t -.--'r. -rr4jr ' .' . -;.-.vx ;- l '-- 4-: j-..--l ... - ; '.'tiiFik vy ..;-'--: i-v-r .fii.;-i," t 1 t j:7;:. of Wilmington. ' '::-:tt':i (THE NEW BAN t$.-H EXT TO 6 BTON HOTEL. :J 7f :'?h7I-- & 4 1 r & rKAoioqPEni-Cashier, l: 7: Tb6 I J,: j dbntfe'liiedtfr wi miniflnMMinffsiaiirt i nisi nmnawi: September 23rd 1908. 7? 4.7":iRES;0URES yM LIABILITIES:JM77:7 asCip!d -cim ,1,600.00 t3slate7:..7V::;:.:.7" 45,000.00 ufhlture Fixtures. . . T1 1.00 Invested Trust Funds.. .7... 33,070.86 t. Cashn5jiaQdg?aid;;. duifM7iti7iv , , from' banks. ......... 66,336.70 $1,540,121.65 f. ? . i k-:l J. W. NORWOOD, President . , KjW ALTERSp:ihce Resident 7 L ' ; ... L' -'-. r ran r-irnrrnmrcm Southern f '.Lb' f . '..i'-r.-.-:. WimiNGTON, N. C, ?-. ! :LL f. - Condensed Statement at the Close of RESOURCES Loans and' Discounts. .. .$1,125,8766 U. S. and otner uonas . . . , 3iu,di&.uu Pfem. on U; S. Bonds...; . 4,550.35 Furniture and Fixtures . . -5,000.00 oWrdraite . . vV.:. r. . 7 Cash in Vault. . .'. ; 130,014.89 Dueroin' Banks.; . . 1 . . ; . lSilbs;' .:$2,004,795 - 5iA,.'-?.'1.i-''-i : : THE GAS COMPANY : a i. 1 i'; ' A- 1 - -.. (iit'L; tt; r Corporation Comml$lon.) lv: .:."-. -l ' : . M " v- L L :" L'.-'';L""' i"Li;L.i. ,','V Ti . ; 100,000.00 ; i ; I .Net Profits... . . .. .Deposits . . .. ... ... . . .i . 1,316,682.24 j :V ' : " 't:-'l ; ;' -it if :f " 7 1 f r : $1,540421.65 r C. E. ; TAYLOR, -Jr Cashier, v , , JX. WILLIAMS, Ass't CasWer. .". ' '''. r'.'L - Business, September 1 23rd, 1CC3. ; Capital,; Il..;;...4..$ 200,000.00 " surplus . . . xuu.wwwy ; Undivided Proflta, net.; Z9,53T.6 Circulation . . i". . , 200,000.00 1 Deposit; ,v- l8Dx.t : ! $2,004,7533 - National Bank I 1 I ! 1 1 Si 1 '.-V 7 I! 'f;".i'r; V-
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