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VOLUME FIFTEEN
WILMINGTON N.C, MONDAY,: FEBRUARY' 28 1910
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Great Mass of Snow Rushed 'Down and
Split the Town of Mace in Half-
Scores ot people Buried Alive
Some Rescued, Buf at Least a Hun
dred Reported Dead Buildings
Were Rolled Over as if Made of
Paper. .
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 28. At . least 100
persons are dead , as the result ofan'
avalanche at Mace,. Idaho. The .snows
01 the severe winter ,0oseried. by heavy
rains and wind, swept down on the
town and demolished ' half : of It - and
buried the other; half. Seven- hundred
men were rushed from Wallace and
began the work of rescue, ' in a shi?rt
time, ten bodies, were; taken out.
Twenty-five, who -had -been: buried
alive, were taken. put and resuscltated.
Buildings were rolled over and hurleVl
about when struck? as if made of 'paper
macne. in tne slide were tons of rock
and earth, and trees, which had;; been
torn up by the roots; The "avalanche
came shortly after midnight, starting
above the timber line on the mountain
side. It. cut the" town in two, one por
tion remaining intact. : '
BEARING FRUIT TODAY.'
Likelihood of a General Strike Causes
Strong Peace Moves inj Philadet
. phia. .
Philadelphia, Feb; '28 -Tbe 'threat
of a general" strike of 100,000- workers
today bore fruit and several movps to
bring about' peace are under way. The
car company, however, is -not : yet
ready to "accept ' arbitratlbnit'TIi com
pany set out today4, toun';alnlo'4'lie
normal number vof cars but many
clashes occurred, though laone of se
rious nature; during the early Jb-ours
The author! ties-hope'to event apbthj
er day like yesterday, when rioting
was as bad as any day' since the strike
began. .The - leaders of 140 or more
unions called in generalJ gtiTke'T6f
Saturday began today laying-plans for
a walk out; Many believe ttiat'peace
v.jl be made before Saturday. " I i'
HOLDS COURT HAS ' THE RIGHT '
But Senate Committee Will Not Re
port In Court.- v '
Washington, Feb. ' 28. Justice
Wright handed down his decision to
day in the mandamus proceedings
brought by the Valley Paper Company
against the joint printing committee
of Congress. The decision involves
only the jurisdiction of the court in
the mandamus proceedings, .and it is
held thathe court has jurisdiction.
The Senate members of the" commit
tee have so . far .ignored Justice
Wright'3 summons1 to appear in court.
DOCKERY LANDS AGAIN
Will Again be United States Marshkf
of Eastern District and Logan Gets
Western Job. .' - ' -!
Washington, Feb. 28. The Presi
dent seftjt the following nominations I
to the,: Senate today: United States
Marshal, Western District of North
Carolina, W. E. Logan; Eastern Dis
trict, Claudius1 !Dockery; Recorder of
Deeds of the -District ' ' of Colum'bia:,:
Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Atlanta ;
Postmaster at Staunton, ya., -S. Brown
'Allen. . !v.. v -i '. ' .
STRUCK BY TORNADO
Much Damage Done by .Wind -to Mis
sissippi Town Today. "
Leland, Miss., Feb. 28 A tornado
struck Ueland early today?; Many
houses were unroofed; trees and out-;
houses blown down and smokestacks
levelled. Several negroes werfe hurt
by. falling cabins, but none fatally.-
The -Cotton Market. . '
New York, Feb. 28. At the open
ing of cotton there ; was a 'big scram
ble for old crop, the months attended
by a sharp advance of prices. Initial
quotation wfere six to twenty-one
Points higher Cables, which -were
about as expected, were hOt A factor;
shorts were buyers, but there was
art f vr.Uinff
March 14 45- Aoril -i4-47My 14.55rcW
July, 14.30; September 12.90 bid. 'Vrsl
The Grain Market. , 5 v , T a
Chicago, 111., Feb: 28.-Wheat was a W the fscene, .the .flames had tead
thade loer ekrlyoday and
tfats were weak In ympat
ing, May wheat. 114 5 8; corn, 65 3-4; loaned by the Seaboard and . leased by
oats, 47;- pork 2440 lArmour . & Company. This building
: v - v - LHle an bid structure, was nearly filt
J7 - -' T"- '. t'pfi with valuable "fertilizer materials.
Our ZT!TUT stated tnat practically
our new Interest Quarter will begin . ii nrri tbter
TCh 1st.
5noi-xof 1.1 . mi.- xxtii.
Kington Savings and Trust Co. It
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Two Mammoth Warehouses Owned by
the Seaboard Air, Line Railway Were
Destroyed Xast Night Los in the
Neighborhood of $200,000. the Most
Which is Covered With insur
ance-Most Spectacular Fire in Sev-
, rai YearsWitnessed by Tousands.
' ral , Years Witnessed by Thou
sands. .
' One of the most destructive", as
well as the "most spectacular confla
gratlons of recent- years,' occurred
early last evening when two mammoth
storage warehouses owned by the Sea
board. Air JLine Railway, and located
on the .water ' front, just north of
Brunswick street were totally con
sumed by fire. The structures burned
Jvere warehouse B, one of the new
buildings just completed, and an older
warehouse. . The loss upon the build
ings , and - their contents of fertilizer.
materials, etc., ; wi probably amount
to$200,000. ; It : is stated that' Armour
.Company; who; ! leased the .ware
house to the north and practicallv half
rtilKe ;otne re i the heaviest losers.
IV ;was ' authoritatively w stated last
night that bbth this firm, as well as
tne beaboard Air Line are well -covered,
with insurance.; In spite of a
blinding rain storm ) which prevailed
at; K! time?the"conflagratiori, aided by
the. chemical constituents in the fer
tilizers, v raged furiously for several
hours.- "Only the fact that the wind
was from the southwest prevented an
even more disastrous firev than that
which resulted. If the wind had shift
ed to Jthe northwest there is no doubt
that Warehouse A, a twin to the new
warehouse destroyed, would have been !
burned, as well as a handsome foreign
(steamship moored to the docks, a
string of eight "cars loaded with ni
trates and . other valuable property to
the south. . :.The . pressure from the wa
ter maihsr was a farce; a stream from
one line of h6so at its' maximum lengtb
extendingprobably " the long (?) dis
tance . of twelve feet from tho - nozzle.
The fire engines; however, maintained
several goed streaTms and these were
yiayvu uyya mB nre i&r several nours.
The stemeTj jkriesburg was1 moored
to the wharf " just south of the large
WarehouseAp:rvyba
steamer is of iron. " This - proved the
ship's, salvation, .ft was; ote than aiu
nour Deiore several river cratt movecfe
the big ship loaded with fertilizer out
of the danger 'zone, and then only af
ter-the ship's small boats and bridge
had been destroyed by the intense heat
generated from the fire.. .'. "
-' The origin of the flfte is a mystery.
Several causes -have been, advanced
such as a .defective electric switch
bad wiring, 'a spark 'from a cigarette
or probably spontaneous comhustion
in - the nitrates stored in the building.
The fire started in the east , end of
Warehouse B, a mammoth structure
just completed and - delivered to the
Seaboard authorities the - firstof this
month. . It is stated, that the . blaze
started at the east end of this ' build
ing, which section was occupied by
Armour & Company, A large" force of
workmen were busily engaged yester-
day morning and' the early afternoon
in, i discharging Uhe.f cargo from" the
steamer Herman WedeljJarlesburg;
This steamship ' was moored v to the
docks and a part of the cargo had
been removed when the- men stopped
work in the Taf ternooh. - At this time
it" is stated that everything at the
warehouse was in. good condition and
that" ho fire had been;kindled in the
office stove of ArmouK & Companyr "'
t The fire , probably started shortly
after seven o'clock. A negro at work
on the yard . stated that- he noticed
a bright light in the east' end of the
large -warehouse.. Within a . minute the
structuire was ablaze from.; end to end
so ranidlv did the fire SDread. This'
negro 'gave the .larm.7 .For once the
crippiea nre mai iu uen . wuiuu bccuid
nowto 5have been .retired on a pension
with immunity Jrom further work, was;
not needed. The lusty .-sound of church
bells ;in- different sections of the city
took upon themselves" -the duty which
should be filled by the. big bell at the
central station. TheVfire started just
at the ;time that the .church bells were
sOuhlded '.f or vthe evening services.' As
pebple indifferent sections of the "city
emerged from their, home they noticed
the . brilliant reflection ; toward the
north which brilliaritiy ilfuminated the
heavily clouded "sky. No further inti
mation was needed from the crippled
tfife alarm bell which;, strange to state,
did, feebly ring twice;- to inform citi
zens that probably the largest fire ot
several years pasr-had started. To
judge from he: thtJusanids ' Of people
who " hurried itbithe sceiie :fb witness?
the' 'spectacular,ibla2!e .ft is more 'than
iTsrobablerhati'Mmhy
rain,; suuaeiy tHu.l"clJL;. " - ..
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r . a ii. ..l.."Hfi'
.hvd rants as
one stream could have
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Sad Sunday yTcstgedy-Youhg ' Man
Who tjas ;Been Resident '.of Wil:
mi ngton 'UOnVy-X MnthShV i i
sejf v;esterdayf ra&ica"l y HnRres
ence'df is"WffeahdFherDie
Two; Hours Later' at the Hospital
-Remains Sent to Former -Home of
. 'Deceased at Augusta,. Ga., !f or I n
termenti -
Despondent .to the extent that he
was afflicted, with melancholia in., its
most acute form, Mr. Howard Van
Epps Wilcox, a former citizen .of Au
gusta, Ga.,', for the pastfew -weeks a
resident :oWilnJngtbn;pl
to his right temple yesterday shortly
after; 1 o'clock and sent a bullet crash
ing into his brain, death ensuing two
hours later. The sad tragedy occurred
at the ' residence of Mrs. B.- R." Dunn,
corner Seventh and Princess streets,
where the deceased with his wife, and
young child had been boarding since
their arrival in Wilmington.- Imme
diately after he had shot himself Mr.
Wilcox was hurried to the . Jamcs;
Walker Memorial Ilospitaf in the am
bulance. He remained in the uncon
scious condition which , followed the
shooting for two hours, death ensuing
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternqon.The
deceased did not regain consciousness
for a moment , after, he shot ? himself. '
Although comparatively a stranger
in Wilmington; Mr.) Wilcox and his
family had made many :f friends n here.
These were greatly surprised iand dis
tressed .because of the rshockiogjtrag
"edy. vh;,i. ; . .f
. -Mr. Wilcox came - to jthis cfty . about
a month ago to accept a clerical posi
tion in i the Freight ..Traffic. Department
of the Atlantic ; Coast iLine Railways',
For the past few weeks young- Mn. Wil
leoX had been very despondent. It :is
stated that' kis mental trouble result
ed -from recent financial reverses he,
is' said to' have sustained in Augusta.
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The deceased belonged to one of the '
most respected..; families', in Augusta,
Ga. His father, Dr. George A. Wil
coxj a prominent physician of 'that
city .arrived here late Saturday ' night
to visit his son and his family. Dr.
Wilcox registered at The Orton.
Y esterday mprning young Mr. Wilcox
and His wife went to the hotel, where
they welcomed Dr. Wilcox. The trio
attended one of the local churches.
After the service had been concluded
they went to Mrs. Dunn's residence
where, as stated, Mr. Wilcox and his
family boarded".
. Mr. Wilcox, his wife and Dr. Wilcox
were conversing together in a . room
when the young man went in an ad
joining apartment. A moment later
the .muffled report of a pistol shot was
heard by Dr. Wilcox and the wife of
the unfortunate young man. They
rushed into the room and were horri
fied to discover that, young Mr. Wilcox
had shot" himself in the right temple
and was lying unconscious.- In the
effort to stop the ( hemorrhages which
followed the fatal shooting, Dr. Wilcox:
applied ; his fingers , to the gaping
wound inr .his son's temple. Other
physicians were summoned immediate
ly, hy. persons in the residencev Dr.
George G. Thomas . and" his - son, Dr.
Pride J. Thomas, responded in a 'few
moments. Although it was seen from
i the first that, the young man could not
j jbwv?!, eveij ui6.i''!iu no Uuu
for him. Mr. Wilcox was sent to the
James . Walker '. irembrial Hospital in
the ambulance..'. Here ; his : life grad
ually ebbed away4 until death ensued
two hours after Mr. Wilcox -had in
flicted the mortal wound. ? .
The" remains of 'the deceased were
LreTnbved'to the undertaking establish
ment "of Mr. James F. !Woolvin,':on
Priricessstreet. Here the1 body was
embalmed and prepared for burial.
e 'ixagedy! cast :'d f shadow'- of mad
ness -ever the r city. v Many 'heartfelt
expressions ( of .sympathy were heard
oh" airfdes" for the bereaved young
widow- and her - child in the sorrow
(which had -befallen them. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilcox -had' lived -here only a
few weeks, -but they had -made, many
f riends .in this short, period of jtime: 2
' ;it' was ""stated that the young , man
"was impelled tto end, his lifean ;;sueh
-i" ? - ,9 ? 5r"ri- -v s"iu,l
Irh Mr ' Wllnnv IMirfirf - .tt onto.
that Mr. Wileoxliived? 'in Atlanta
There,"' it is stated, that' he embarked
'ihtihe retit estate I -business "iahtf that
financial reverses . resulted . whicu
'caused him to lose 'quite' a.1gd5d ileal
of Imoney.- ""tts presumed' that this
Preyed on his inlndUo such' ati exteiit
that he 4teliiiuhe?fo-laeeVinS future
uand therefore Uetermihed upon -stiicide
astthe -best solution - of $his troubles.
Ir. Wilcox -was i35 -years .and" three
months of age. He is survived by t
his wife and a young child ; about ,sUf
as
filcoxft
i MDY SUICIDES
Miss Florence Hale, Ended;Her Life
-.at. Her Htm In Brooklyn, ;N.' Y.
Her Father, '.Captain. Chas. N.Hale,
faster. Qf cthe:Clyde Liner .Sabine,
- will be . Acquainted With the Sad
,i.News Uporr H is Arrival . at This
Port Today. -
Captain - Charles N. 'Hale, ; Master; of
tbe Clyde Liner Sabine, upon his "ar
rival at; this port ; today .will be greet
ed with i tidings of most mournful na
ture in information ; to the effect that
his: daughter, .Miss Florence E. Hale.
-of . Brooklyn, N. ;Y.,' committed suicide
at : her .home 4n ;that city. Captain
Hale left New York for this port be
fore the sad event ; transpired. There
fore he will he ifirst acquainted ' with
the ,: distressing. .intelligence when his
ship is i docked at the Clyde line
wharves upon arrival today.; '
Captain Hale has scores -of friends
at this -port and he will receive the
deepestsympathy- of everyone in the
sad affliction which - has befallen him.
Miss Hale. -visited Wilmington, several
times in the past on trips to this port
with; her fattier- and .acquaintances
aiid -friends she made here will learri
with deep regret ef her' sad demise!
Jf jTheifollowing article from the New
York : . World ; tells. - of t distressing
manner in which" the young lady ter
minated her life:. ; v
i " "Relatives ;and friends in the -fash-
idnable; ; Stuyvesant - Heights section
pf iprooklyn are mystified over the
reason fprrthe suicide of Miss Florence
E. Hale, No. 579 Macon street, Brook
lyn,. who took her life at 6 o'clock last
.night by inhaling' gas. ...
VMiss Hale .r was the daughter of
Capt. Charles ,N. Hale, master of an
Ocean steaimship; who ' in - his years on
the :sea ..has amassed a fortune but
Btill continues his maritime life. She
kas . thirty , years, old. Her mother,
two sisters, and an uncle made up thefgi
family. , . , , . . - . ... ..;
"At; the .'residence last night itwas
said l that"" hoi! reason could- be s 'found,
because -Miss:. Hale had not left a npte
nor had she done anything that wopld
indicate that she wished to die; ho
had'not been ill nor had she had Sahy
trqubievspar jas members; of her f aja-
&ne weni oui wautomoDue - riamg
about Z o'clock yesterday, afternoon
and returned' about 5:30. : After chat
ting with the members of the - family
for a few minutes she called; the butler
and gave some orders about the dinner
knd then; went tto ?her , room., '.That, was
the last; seen of .her alive. , v
; "About 6 o'clock Miss Hale's uncle,
Charles N. v Chase, who lived at the
Macon street ' home, smelled gas from
the back room on the second floor and
when he tried the door he found it
locked. He broke ' in and found his
niece in an. armchair, but still alire.
After shutting off the gas from four'
jets and opening , the windows, he
called to Dr. Henry W. Ross. No. 644
fHalsey street,' whose bacK yard ad
joins that , of the Hales. " .
"The physician hurried around, but
Miss Hale was beyond help and died
a few minutes after tie arrived."
. . . At The Bijou. , . .
- The feature film at the popular
Bijou Theatre, today is called "The
Roman." . This is a ; most pleasing pic
ture and it will entertain the patrops
of the popular theatre. . , ... :j .-.
NEGRO HURT TODAY.
Seized With an Epileptic Fitjn Front
of Postoffice.
A negro, John Brown, known as
"Eook," was , seized with an epileptic
fit today in front of the postoffice and
he fell to the pavement, receiving a
painful .gash -ott, his head. The ..man
was sent to the James . Walker Me
morial Hospital where, it is stated,
that he is no in a serious condition.
' "Regular Meeting Held.',
The regular meeting of Cape Fear
Council, No. 374,; .United Commercial
Travelers was held s . here Saturday j
night. The meeting was wen aiienu
ed. and much enthusiasm was mani
fested hi the proceedings. The meet
ing of Vthe Grand Council of the Car-
olinas to be held -here in June was
discussed, as was the banquet to v.be
given by the Commercial Club next
Friday evening in honor of the trav
eling salesman of Wilmington.
rTom.orfow and .Wednesday."
v. All 'deposits made with The Peoples
Savings Bank, will bear interest from
MARCH "1st. " ' 1 -It-
Mr. J. Hurley, late of the Wononco
House barber shop of Lakeville, Conn.,
has taken ' an " interest in , the Atlantic
North - Second street,
witn t-v-Jrittman.
Work guaranteed,
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clean towels and keen razors. ' It
years of age, his father and mother.
Dr. and Mrs. George A. Wilcox, of Au
gusta; Ga., and a number, of other rela
tives In that city. ' '
; The body was sent to Augusta this
morning on the early southbound
train. The funeral and interment will
Jbe )held .in -that city. . The remains
were raccampanied -by the. hereaved
widow and the fatherof the -deceased
young man.
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DEPOSITS' MADE ON'
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THREE MONTHS' INTEREST ON JUNE 1st.
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STATEMENT
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OF WILMINGTON N. C. -
At the close of business January 31st, 1910.
RESOURCES
Loims and Discount3 .3,483,083 75
U. S. Bonds (tit par).. 551,000 00
Bank- ButtdLae - 26,000 00
N. C. State and other Bonds 143,783 00
Cash and due by.Banks 1,131,595 02
. . ; 1 - 15,334,461 77
;V.. Hr C. McQUEEN, President
J. XW. YATES, Vice President.
R. R. BELLAMY,
' 'y i i Pctesident.t ' !V Ice
Girolma
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An STATEMENT OF GROWTH :
' N Cash Assets
JANUARY, 1892
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1895.. .,
1898X. ..
1901.. .
19041 .,
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,1907. , ..
1910.. ..
llLIHpusekeeping
n Cm
Is Light Housekeeping
it
Are you insured against .Ffrc -?T;.GOOD.
Are you insured in a go'oq Conipany ? ' BETTER. t
Areyou insured with VJAUtEU TA YLOtl ? ' BEST
ALWAYS GET 4THE BEST. ; L -Agency
JEstablished J865;
Open: a gings
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A National Bank, with aSavingsjDepartment
Under National Charters
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; DEPOSITS MADE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 2nd IN OUR SAV
INGS .DEPARTMENT WILL BEAR 4 per cent COMPOUND INTER
0'
EST
FROM
.IK '
MARCH rlst., "SAFEST-FOR SAVINGS.'
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Wilmington, n: c;
Interest Quarter
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BEFORE
-MARCH 2nd, WILL
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CONDITION fj. "iSMA '
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LIABILITIES; -
Capital.
650.000 00 ;
375,579 08
Surplus and. Net Profits.
: circulation. .
J. S. Bond Account.
Deposits...... .
.550,000 00
100,000 03
3,758,883,69
5.334,461,n
J. V.. GRAINGER, Vice President
C. S.; GRAINGER, Cashier.
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Grocery
-H. c.; McQueen, t; m. s. willard,
President, irf :
Secretary."'
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Net Surplus
$ 3,414 39
.10,740 24
'10,857 39
15,318 58
17,093 23
19,701 45
3,08474
.. ..$ 55,358 68 ,
68,42142
70,013 62
77,090 94
85,880 64
409,983 fiK
107,367 61
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