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WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1899. NO. 16

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HOME INSURANCE.

We have written in these columns; on the" importance of sustaining home

enterprise! as much as possible andthus keeping at home our money, in-

stead of spending it out of the State,thus keeping ourselves short ofmoney and complaining of the scar-city Of it.- - If the South kept athome the ' many millions of dollarsthat go out of it to pay for what could,with proper effort, be furnished athome, we. would not suffer from thescarcity of money as we do now, andwe might have something to drawupon to develop our, resources and

. start new enterprises. j

; We spend money .in various ways,as1 a people, and send it to other

, States, and some of it to other coun-tries, when with. 'proper. efforf we'could keep muchrof it at home. Oneof these ways is for insurance on lifeand property. How much the Southsends but in this way we do notkno w, but it goes way up into the mil-lions annually. We do not know howmuch North Carolina sends out, butthe following, which we clip"( fromthe Raleigh Post, throW3 some lighton that:: According to the North Carolina In-surance Report for 1898, showing1 the

. business done in . this State for 1897vcompiled from annual statements, .wefind there was paid by our people forthat year alone:

IFire insurance-- . . .'. 950 556.19.Life insurance. . . . . . 1,540,734.29

Micellaneous (accidents,etc ) '85,779.45

A total of. , .... . . : ; . 42,577.069.93There was paid out to citi-

zens on account ofdeaths, accidents and

. losses by fire in the sameime. .,... ...$1,364,259.78

Leaving a difference in re-- - vceipts by the companies f:Cin excess of the same re-turned to the people of. 1,212,840.15ThePost, which believes in en-- ;

douragtug and sustaining home in-- :stitutions, very pertinently asks,

; 'whjr not keep this money at home?"" About the only plausible answer weknow to" this question is that .a de-

termined effort has not been made tokeep it at home. By this We meanthat there" has been no.among our people, that they found

k the insurance "field occupied by com-panies from other States, and thatwith a few exceptions they have per-mitted'h-

companies to hold it,while our capitalist and others whohad money to invest looked in otherdirections for investment.

.This is somewhat singular for as amatter of fact it takes less money toestablish insurance companies thanit does manufactories, the Onlynecessity for the use of much moneybeing in the event of loss. Of coursethe men who establish insurance

'companies must be able to commandthe money to meet the demands

-- upon them, but they cap do this- without having the actual cash put

up. There are few of the insurancecompanies in the Nor jh that havenot a large and perhaps the largerpart oi xneir "capital'' loaned, so

r. that they practically run a bankinghnainPSR n.a wrll aa an l'nonrsnnabusiness and this-i- s where much oftheir profit! comes from. In timethe insurancBcompanies establishedin the South might also render ourpeople similar service by loaning to

,XT T Si'-- - m ' itutjiu as mucn:. oi tne money onCT8,11 --aoaighf be judiciously spared.

We have a few firejnsurance companies m this StateikJ)ttefthe- -oiaest m Wilmington, as far as

THE PEACETREATY

Frye Continued His Argnment '

, for Ratification in Eecu- -

five Session.

THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.

Ratification of the Treaty Win Bind theUnited States to Payment of $20,-000,0-

Refardless of Attitudeof Natives of Philippines, i

By Telegraph to the Morning Star.Washington, January 28.j--Sena- tor

Frye continued his argument for theratification of the peace treaty withSpain in toniay's executive session ofthe Senate. fHe talked fori an --hourand a half and again made the" onlyspeech of the; day's session,

Tqe principal questions under consideration to-da- y Iwere thosi relatingto payment of claims against the 'Spanish government, the reasons foragreeing to pay Spain for th improve--

uouw maun ia uie fnuippines anathe reasons for extending to Snain thebenefit of an open-do- or policy in her -

tormer, possessions. There were variousinterruptions by other Senators, who.however,, confined themselves to questions, xn repjy to one oi tnese ques-tions, relating to the' .President's in

structions, Senator Frjfe said the Commissioners were in constant communi-cation with the President and tbat thelatter had cabled them on more thanone occasion to'use their best judgmenton reaching conclusions, and 'record-in- g

results. '

He said that the Question of claimsof American citizens against Spain hadoccupied much of the time, and hadbeen the subject! of much anxiousthought on the part of the commission,but that there was no othetL practicalsolution of the problem in view of thepoverty of Spain, and in fact n4 otherpolicy was compatible with tne reputa- - v

tion of the United States as i a nation .

which knew how to be generous as ;

well as just He said there Were about$12,000,000 of these claims, and possi--blythe amount might reach $15, 000, 000kSpain had agreed as an offset to thisconcession on our ; part tof pay theclaims of Spanish citizens against theUnited States government; but Mr.Frye admitted that the aggregate ofthese counter claims was not large.

Senator Frye also said that the com-missioners had felt that they were jus- -'

tilled in drawing upon the generosityof this country in agreeing to pay $20.-000,0- 00

to Spain for the improvementsmade by the Spanish government, andin conceding to them for a term ofyears the same privileges as claimedfor the United States in the matter' oftrade in the conquered country. Suchconcessions, he said, were in the . line'of the precedents set bv the most civilized nations. Great Britain's policyhad been in the line bf a constant ex-tension of the open door policy butwhether or not the United Statesmeant to adopt this policy u$on thewhole, he felt sure that history ; wouldcommend the course in the present in-stance.

In agreeing to jay Spalin a lumpsum, we were also-followin- the bestprecedents, as well as consul ting themost generous national - sentiment.Many papers were read to show, thatother nations had pursued this .coursetoward; their vanquished rivals" andespecia stress was laid upon the courseof Germany' in taking ' Alsace andLorraine from France and paying forthem $300,000,000, when, las was thecase with the United States and Spain,in the matter of the Philippines, thedoctrine that might makes right couldhave been consulted to the exclusionof all ideas of fairness and honor, andthe territory taken simply as the result of conquest. .

The eirort of the American commissioners to secure control of the Caro 'line islands was also explained, ' Senator H'rje stating that the --Spanishcommissioners had absolutely refusedto discuss the proposition, j Our offerof a million dollars for the islands .

had appeared to have no effect what-ever. They had even declined in themost positive manner to cede one of .

the islands of this 'group as a' cable' 'station.

Referring to the present situation inthe Philippines, Senator Tillman askedSenator Frye if he was willing to haveour troops fire upon the Filipinos, towhich Senator x rye replied that thefiring stage had not-y- et been reachedthere, and he hoped that! the treaty- -

would soon be ratified and this stagethus probably averted for good. .

In" conclusion, he referred to thegreat improvement in a religious and ;

spiritual way that would result from 'American occupation of the islands.saying that no man who would havethe gospel preached to all nationscould view with equanimity the prospect of a restoration of the islands toJSpain or the restoration of the statusquo to give up Manila and all thepoints taken after the signing of theprotocol, and to lose all the vast ad-vantages acquired in the far Eastthrough the war. r

Senator Davis answered! a question i

put by Senator Mason. . The questionwas whether it was the purpose of theUnited States to pay the $20,000,000 .

indemnity until the United btates i.should come into the. full! possession"-an- d

occupation of the country."I want to know," the Illinois Sena

tor said, "whether we are; to pay themoney before the goods are delivered. "

Mr. Davis referred Dir. Mason to thetext of the treaty for his reply. He.said the Spaniards had shown theirgood faith by preparing as speedily aspossibly to evacuate the ceded islands.They had ceased to defend them forthemselves, and therefore Spain couldnot be held responsible lor any failureon our part to avail ourselves of sov-ereignty. He understood that theratification of the treaty, bound us tothe payment of the indemnity, regardless of the attitude of the) natives ofthe Philippines.

ADVICES FROM MADRID.

Cortes to Reoeo In February The Phil- -

jppines Repatriation of Troops

in the Islands.

Bv Cable to the Morning Star.

Madrid, January 28. The re-ope-n-

ing of the Cortes is fixed for February20. The government wifl introduce abill providing for the payment of in-

demnity to Spaniards! who have goffer-

ed through the cession of the Philin--pine islands to the United States.The members of the opposition pro-pose to raise a debate on the war inCuba and the Philippine islands. It isbelieved the cession will be short.The premier, Senor Sagasta, will thensubmit to the Queen regent a questionof confidence in the government.

' The Official Gazette announces thatthe Spanish troops in the! Philippineislands who are to be repatriated at theexpense of Spain only number twothousand. The remainder, it ia added.will be repatriated at the fflyiiflncift r4

VOL. XXX.

cidental"' fires that occur are the re-B- ult

of carelessness, which' is culpa-ble, because it not only imperils ordestroys the property where thecarelessness occurs, but adjoiningproperty and sometimes inflictsimmense loss. . As an illustration ofwhat care will do, the city of Salem,in this State, had not for a hundredyears or more a house-burnin- g with-in its limits, because it had certainprotective laws, and punished a vio-

lation of them. The owner or renterof a property was, held responsible,not only for his own carelessness,but for the carelessness of any otheroccupant of the property of whichhe had charge, and that's why therewere no fires in Salem: ."

Of course it would not be practica-ble to carry out such strict regula-tions every where; or in large cities,but'it would be practicable to adoptregulations which would greatly re-

duce the number of fires.More attention would also be

given to the construction of build-ings with a view to making themmore secure against fire, and to theremoval of fire traps where thatwas practicable. When home money,was invested in home companies,not only those who had their moneyinvested, but every one who hadproperty insured in them would be-

come personally interested in suchmatters, and as a result we. wouldhave better laws for protectingproperty, better appliances for ex-

tinguishing fires when they hap-pened, ' and fewer fires to extin-guish. , ';,.

With our fire compass weshould . also have our life insur-ance companies. - Of course- - wecould not' have these in every community, but we could have at leastOne in the State, under the management of some of our wealthiestand best known business . men,whose names would be a - guarantee to the public.

TRANSPARENT TRICKERY.The advocates df the uncondi

tional ratification of the treaty nowpending in the Senate are resortingto despicable trickery to carry itthrough, by misrepresenting the opposition and putting it in a false position. They substantially exclaimthat whatever the objections may betd the treaty, the" conditions have become such that its prompt ratifica-i-s

no w a matter of necessity and thatis the only way to avert a collisionwith the Filipinos and save the lives'of our soldiers in the Philippines.

Possibly they may think there isdanger of war, and are now pleadingon thatJine,.and yet they have per-sistently refused to sayone word thatwould quiet the apprehensions of theFilipinos,: and put this country in aposition where' it would need noapology or defence. - It is true thatthe future relations of this countrywith the Philippine islands are amatter to be determined by the Con-

gress of the United States, speakingand acting for the people, but thisdoes not prevent this Congressfrom making declaration of itsviews as to what that policyshould be, and as to the lim-

its beyond which this countryshould not go in yiew of the dif-

ference of opinion and confusion ofviews on that subject, all of whichthreaten to precipitate a conflictwith the Filipinos and possibly withother nations, and force us into awar th,eend of which no man can see.Ordinary

.(prudence would suggest

avoiding unnecessary complications,especially when these complicationsmay be fraught with such momentous results;.., K- -

But all this howling about givingencouragement to the Filipinos andendangering the lives of our soldiers,by opposing the ratification of thetreaty, is despicable trickery, whichis as transparent as it is base.

THE TEXTILE SCHOOL. '

xne .Legislative committee incharge of, jhproposeTejiMcSchool bilfnas reporteofaVbrabiy,and there is little doubt that it willpass and become a law provided thecondition be complied with and thecity which desires the location comeforward with the necessary amount.

TIT i t m i n

awe puoiisned a snort wmie ago a

statement from Mr. D. A. Tomp- -

Charlotte, showing the importanceof such a schdbl and its prospectivevalue to tne state, as far as we--

have read Mr. Tompkins' contributions on. industrial subjects there isnothing of the visionary in him, buthe is on. the contrary decidedlvpractical which, of course givesweight to his statement and views.

But this is a matter in which notonly cotton manufacturers are interested, but cotton-grower- s, for themore the manufacturers prosper,the more the cotton-growe- rs prosper,for the greater-th-e demandjfortheircottonndthelhighertha grades ofgoods they make, the greater theencouragement to and demand forthe higher grades of cotton whichcommandhigher prices. But the tex-

tile school is not fortheir, usefulness and value have already been demonstrated in theStates where they have been established. '

SHALL WE INCREASE OUR BOND-- !rU ED DEBT $50,000? )

The city of Wilmington pays justabout eight-ninth- s of the county taxesof the county of New Hanover. So,viewed from a financial standDoint.the city of Wilmington is practicallythe county of New Hanover.

A bill has been introduced in theLegislature which provides for theissuance by the county of New Han--'

oyer of $50,000 of bonds. The firstsection of the bill readapis follows:

Section L" That the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover countvbe and they are hereby authorized,empowered and directed to submit toa vote of the qualified voters of Newiianover county, on the first Tuesdaym May. 1899. the Question: "ShallNew Hanover countv. North Carollina, issue $50,000 of its bonds, withinterest coupons attached, to repair,make and improve the public roads in.said county.".

The bill, as printed, further pro--'

vides that the bonds 'shall bear therate of 6 per cent interest per an- -tfum"; that the County Commissionersshall levy a special road tax of not ex--

ceeding 25 cents on the $100 worth ofproperty and not exceeding 75 cents oneach poll, and that this tax shall be 1

kept as a separate fund and appliedfirst to the payment of the interest onsaid bonds and then to the creation ofa sinking fund for the redemption ofsaid bonds. The balance to be usedfor the construction and improvementof the public roads of the county.

The first Tuesday in May is the datefixed for the election. As no suffrageamendment to the constitution caneven be voted on "before 1900, it will beseen that there will be "no educational,property, or even poll-ta- x qualification in force when the bond election isheld, and, as a consequence, the num-ber of non-tax-payi- negroes who canvote to saddle the city of Wilmingtonwith an additional debt of nearly$50,000 will be "a plenty."

The bonds are to be payable at suchtime or times, not exceeding twenty- -five years frcm the date of their issue,as tne Board of Commissioners maydetermine, and the bill provides thatnot one dollar of the money derivedfrom the sale of the bonds shall beexpended within the corporate limitsof ' Wilmington.

Approximately, the debt of . the cityof Wilmington is now $783,000 andthe annual interest paid is $43,000.Are the tax-paye- rs willing to increasethis debt, for the purpose named, tothe extent of nearly $50,000 in bonds,to say nothing of thousands of dollarsmore in the "way of interest? Wethink not, whether the bonds bear 6per cent., 5 percent, or 4 per cent, in-

terest.If we are to increase our present

debt, already so burdensome as to re-

quire an annual payment of $43,000 ininterest alone, should not the ques-tions of sewerage . and street im-

provements claim precedence , overrural road building? Look at ourstreets our principal business thoroughfaresand you 'will find "bothroadways and sidewalks that are aneyesore to our people. --Let these beimproved first, and then it may betimely to consider the question of issu-ing bonds for country roads.

In 1898 the county of New Hanovercollected $2,514.27 to be' expended inroad improvement. .This amount wasraised through a road tax of 3J centson each hundred dollars of propertyand 9 cents, on7 each polL Possibly,the tax-paye- rs of the county might bewilling to have this tax doubled. Ifit werethe amount raised for road im-

provement would be about $5,000, orenough to, macadamize five miles ofroad per year, the estimated . averagecost of,, such work being $1,000 permile. - ' (

But a bill for a general road law, toapply to all 'the counties in the State,has been prepared and will be intro-duced in the. Legislature this week.The following ; extract from the firstsection shows the limits of taxation:

' That the Board of County Commis-sioners shall, in order to provide forthe proper construction, improvementand maintenance of the public roadsof the county at their regular meetingin June, 1899, and at each regular an-nual meeting thereafter, and it ishereby made their duty to levy aspecial tax on all property subject totaxation under the State law in saidcounty of not less than 10 cents, norgreater than 20 cents on the $100 worthof property, and not less than 20 centsnor greater than 30 cents on the poll;the constitutional equation to be ob-served at all times, '

With the minimum rate of 10 centson the $100 worth of property, the taxon polls, in order to preserve the con-stitutional equation, would have to be30 cents. . This would yield, in thiscounty, a road tax of about $8,600,which would be an increase of at least25 per cent on the total county tax nowpaid. This is more than is needed in acounty like New Hanover in which thefield for road building is so circumscribed. Five thousand dollars per yearwould be ample. In five years thiswould give us twenty-fiv- e miles ofmacadamized roads.

But, whatever else may be done, theStar is confident that the tax-paye-rs

of Wilmington do not indorse themovement to increase the city's debtto the extent of nearly fifty thousanddollars tor tne purpose indicated.

Hoffman Bids for R. & Q. Stock.

A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says:R. C. Hoffman, president of the Seaboard Air Line, having made an offerof $80 a share for 750 shares of stockof the Raleigh and Gaston railroad ofNorth Carolina, owned by the city ofNorfolk, the finance committee of thecommon and select councils have rec-ommended that the stock be sold tohim. The deal, however, has not yetbeen closed. f

There were receipts yesterdayof 983 bales of cotton, the heaviest forany single day in some time. Theprice remains firm at 5 cents for mid

DEATH OP MRS. GEO. ZIEQLEU

She Passed Awiy at Heir Home EarlyYesterday Morning. - -

Many friends in "Wilmington willhear with profouud sorrow of thedeath of Mrs. R. A. Ziegler, wife ofMr. George Ziegler, the popular andefficient foreman of Fore and Foster'splaning mill, which occorred at thefamily residence, No. 624 South' Sev-enth street, yesterday morning about 6O'clock. -

Mrs. Ziegler had been in declininghealth for some time, but a few daysago she became worse and from thefirst it was evident that' life could notlast long. She leaves several childrenand a husband,? who have the sympa-thy of a wide circle of friends in thesad bereavement which they are calledupon to bear.

The funeral will be conducted, thistmorning at 9 o'clock from thejreidenceand the interment will be made atMyrtle Grave Sound immediatelyafterwards. , s

Quite a Painful Accident.Mr. Jos. P. Montgomery, brother of

Alderman F. A. Montgomery, wasseverely injured yesterday aboutnoon by being thrown from a cart, towhich was attached a young horsethat was-np- t fully broken to harness.Mr. Montgomery was 'engaged in moving his stock of groceries from cornerof Fourth and Queen streets to cornerThird and Castle, and had just drivenup to his new location when a bicyclist came dashing by, frightening thehorse to jsuch an extent that he brokeout ef gear and threw 'Mr. Montgom-ery, who was standing on the cart,violently to the ground. The shockwas so great that he did not gain consciousness for nearly naif an hour,and a physician was hastily telephonedfor. ; --

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Dr. 'Wright Hall responded and gavehim the necessary medical attention.Beyond several bruises and a severeshock, Mr! Montgomery is not seriously injured."

Wilmington Deserves Recognition.

The Raleigh News and Observer ofyesterday has the following to saywith regard to the recent visit to thatcity of Messrs. C. W. Worth and G. J.Boney and their mission:

"The1 people of Wilmington, whosedetermined stand last November wasone of the prime factors in. carryingthe election, have not asked much ofthe Legislature. They have not saidmuch about their wonderful workwhich is matchless in the annals ofNorth Carolina politics. I met yester-day two prominent business men ofWilmington who are in Raleigh witha petition signed by every businessinterest in the city of Wilmington ask-ing the election of a Railroad Commis-sioner from that section of the State,and naming Mr. Frank McNeill as thecandidate endorsed by all the interestsor tne city. "We reel,", said Mr.Worth, "that Wilmington is entitledto some recognition at the hands ofthis General Assembly and in the , per-son of Mr. McNeill we present a gen-tleman of ample capacity, high charac-ter, a lawyer of ability He is through1ly honest and has the confidence of allthe people of that section of the State."

FUNERAL OF MRS. ZIEGLER.

Conducted from the Residence YesterdayMorning.

The funeral services of Mrs. GeorgeZiegler, whose death occurred Thurs-day morning, were conducted yester-day at 9 o'clock M., from the familyresidence, on Seventh street, by ElderJ. M. King, after which the remainswere taken to the family buryingground, on Myrtle Grove Sound, forinterment.

Many beautiful floral tributes werellaid upon the grave by friends and re-

latives of the deceased, among thembeing an especially pretty design con-tributed by the Druids, of hich or-der the husband, Mr. George Ziegler,is an influential member.

The following were the active pall-bearers on the sad occasion : Messrs.George Saunders, J. H. Bornemann,G. W. Bornemann, E. Poezolt, DanielS. Bender and A. J. Marshall.

A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.

opular Young Wilmingtonian One of

the Parties.News and Observer.'

Chapel Hill, N. C, Jan. 27. Ourquiet village was the scene of a run-away ; match to-da- y. Mr. . E'.-- C.McEachern eloped with Mis Leta,sixteen-vea- r -- old daughter of W. . W.Plckard, proprietor ofthe Chapel Hillnotei. rney weicca'TJurnam m abuggy and took the train to Flor-ence, where they were-marrie-

Mr. McEachern is from : Wilmington and is prominently connected in

.tcity. Me is a second-yea- r medical student. here and figures high intudent and social life, lie is aboutwenty-tw-o years, old. Miss Pickard

ishi remarKabiy pretty girl.The groom is the son of the late

Mr. J..S. McEachern, and is one ofWilmington's most popular : youngmen. Tne star tenders its sincerecongratulations to both . bride andgroom. Stab.

Small Pox at Tarboro.

A special dispatch to the Greenville,N. C, Reflector, from' Tarboro, Jan.26, says: j .

"Twenty-on-e new cases of small-pox were reported in six miles of thistown this morning. To-da- y Tarboroquarantined against Norfolk, For thelast few days people have been vaccinated by the score and there is talk ofmaking vaccination compulsory. Mr.William Howard, father of Mr. W. O.Howard, died nightbefore last at hishome a few miles from here, of small

"pox.

Register pf ; Deeds Biddle issued four marriage licenses duringthe week just ended, one of the number to a white couple and three tocolored.

FORCED TO 5YLELD.

The gentlemen who have beenmoving to saddle this country witha standing army of 100,000 men havebeen forced to yield to public senti-ment. They are now willing to ac-

cept a sort ofj compromise and makeit 60,000, leaving it in the discretion.,of the President to increase to 100,-00- 0

if it be found necessary, in hisopinion. '

Objection will probably be made tothis discretionary feature,, even ifthe 60,000 concession be agreed to,for there is little doubt that if thediscretion be,granted pretext will befound for calling for the additional40,000, for there are some" very cutegentlemen in this country who makea good deal of money by furnishingarmy supplies, and they woulddoubtless find a way to convince EePresident and his advifersthat theincrease would be necessary; ."

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Have the expansion and otherschemes of the party in power be-

come so unpopular that a volunteerarmy can no longer be dependedupon to carry them out?

Isn't the demand for such aharmy a virtual confession of a lackof confidence in the citizen soldiery?

Coming at , this time, when theonly feature about which there isserious doubt or apprehensionis, the future of the Philippines.isn't it that which . makes such alarge army prospectively necessary,and if so are we not paying a prettyhigh price for our precarious sov-

ereignty over these 9,000,000, moreor less, "semi-savages- ?"

But perhaps they are simply taking advantage of circumstances tocreate a large standing army.

It was predicted in the last Pre3i-- .dential campaign that if the Republican party won and got control ofthe government an effort would bemade to largely increase the stand-ing army and .station troops in ornear the laree cities, where thevwould be handy for the suppressionof strikes, etc;, a prediction whichseems to be verified at least as faras the intentions of the large armypromoters go.

An Indiana scientist announcesthat in consequence of the largeamount of coal .being burned .thesupply of oxygen is giving out andWe will be without air. And yethere are Croker and other fellowsputting stacks of money into com-pressed air contrivances for runningcarriages, wagons, etc.

A Yankeejfr'om Massachusetts,was one of the largest - individualcontributors to the revenue of Canada. He lived across the line, opposite Detroit, and ran a distillery,which' paid the Government an an-

nual revenue of $20,000,000. Hedied recently at the ageUf 85 years.

The New Yorky Tribune asks,"Shall the minority dictate?" Itshouldn't, but it has been doing itnearly ever since the Republicanparty came into power. With oneexception, nationally speaking, ithas always been the minority.

The Maryland Steel Company hasan order for 1,000 tons of sreel railsfor a railroad in Scotland. Anotherillustration of "carrying coals toNewcastle." But our Vail workersmust have 'protection" Tand wouldrail loud and long if tney didn'thave it.

Senator Hawley spent "only threedollars in his. campaign. But Sena-tor Hawley wasn't running in Cali-

fornia, or Montana, or any of thoseStates 7 out there. That wouldn'tpay to "set 'em up" once.

A Manila dispatch says the Fili-pino women offer to fight the Ameri-cans. This is belated news. Pre- -

. .. .. . ... . ...tJXm SPatohil2flJ3WflPMBiJM that

tnereaveBefEKgfijCt. manjsol-

diers'

and FUiptHb girls.

When Agoncillo brought hispapers to Secretary Hay's officevthey were takenin just like common papers and Agoncillo was vir-

tually told that he might go to grass,

s Mr. J. Rockefeller's incomeis said to be about $25 a minute. Ifwe-we- re getting such an income asthat some fellow would sneak upand stop the clock.

Ex-Senat- or Sherman says he isdecidedjy opposed to a. forced an-

nexation of the Philippines. He isgrowing more honest as he growsolder.

It cost only $105 to inauguratethe Governor of Colorado. Butmaybe that: is as much as he isworth. ;;.

One of the New York magistrateshas dispensed with kissing the Biblein his justice mill. A very properproceeding. '

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It is said that the flies in Cubaknew too much to light on that "em-balmed" beef.

Do you suffer with periodical head- -aches? .

Do you begin to complain of sleeplessness? -

Have you already besrun ta havespells of dizziness? ,

Does constipation or dyspepsia inany of its many forms warn you ofthe inevitable oncoming of generalnervousness or debility? '

By all means go to your druggistand get a bottle of the most wonderfulrestorative within the reach of womankindto-da- y get a bottle of Paine'scelery compound, and as thousands ofother ailinsr. naif-desponde- suffering women have done before you, and!as thousands more must do, you --will1find in its peculiar curative qualitiesthe womanly strength and health thatyou desire. .. .

Take Paine's celery compound andthe liver will resume its normal func-tions, biliousness will disappear; thekidneys will find the relief they need;good digestion and the proper assimilation of food will begin at once, dizziness and constipation will no longertrouble you, wasting nervous tissueswill regain their healthy tone, theblood will clear itself of its impuritiesand von will no longer fear the breaking down tbat comes to so many wo- -

lr i i. imen eariy m lue. '

Miss Amelia Stegman, as secretary

AN INTERESTING GAVEL.

Made of Part of Record Office Impos

ing Table Presented to the WhiteLaborers' Union. ' '

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An artistically designed gavel, madefrom a leg of the imposing table inthe late negro Daily Record office,wrecked on the morning of the riot,will be presented to the White Labor-er's Union at their next meeting bythe employes of the Wilmington IronWorks! The presentation is madethrough Mr. N. J. Shepard.

A prominent member, of the La-borer's Union told a 'member of theStar staff yesterday afternoon thatthe union has recently procured per-manent positions for sixty-si-x whitemen with various enterprises in thecity, not including numerous oddjobs of a temporary character pro-

vided for many others. They now havean order to fill fifteen permanent posi-tions with a leading manufactory dur-ing the present week and anticipated notrouble in finding good men for thesepositions. . j

FIRST SNOW 0P THE SEASON.

Pell in Wilmington Yesterday Heavy

Snow in Every Direction:'

The first snow Wilmington has ex-

perienced this season was on yester-day. It melted almost as fast as it fell1so that small boys and others who mayhave so desired had but little opportu-nity to wage war with snow balls. Thefirst snow was about 3 A. M. and thenagain about 2 P. M. there was anotherfall, so that probably altogether thedepth would have been more than aninch had it not melted so rapidly.

The incoming trains both from thenorth and the south yesterday morn--

ring were covered with several inchesof snow.

Mr, Cliff. Cohen told a member of theStab staff last night that when he leftWashington, N. C, yesterday morningat 5 o'clock there was four inches ofsnow and it was still snowing.. Hefound six inches of snow at Plymouth,nine inches at Tarboro and twelveinches at Rocky Mount, and jit wasstill snowing at all those points.

Clam Industry.

For the past week there have beenseveral large shipments of clams to theNorthern markets. Mr. C. M. Britten,representing a Ney York commissionhouse, told a Stab representative yes-terday that the receipts were about thesame as last year, but that the averageprice is from ten to fifteen cents higherthat was paid last season. Severalhundred bushels were brought up bythe various small boats on the riveryesterday and were shipped to New

of the famous North Side Woman'sClub of Chicago, has been an eyewit-ness to the good results that follow theuse of this famous remedy.

"For the past six years," she says,"I have had ample opportunity toobserve the good results obtained fromthe use of Paine's celery compound, asour medical advisers frequently pres-cribe it. Our members all reside at theclub house, and as they are businesswomen they frequently feel the needof a remedy for Duilding up a run-down condition. We have it constant-ly, on hand- -

"Thinking you may be glad to knowthat Paine's celery compound is ap-preciated by onr clubj women," shewrites to the proprietors, "I takepleasure in sending yoo this unsolicit-ed testimonial." -- 4 v

Many women are in need of nothingbut Paine's celery compound to makethem strong and well, and if afterreading the many published testimonials from people in every walk in lifewhom it has restored to health, there isthe remotest doubt in anyone's mind ofits unexampled efficacy, there is this tobe' said, thataf ter all. the best test ofPaine's celervNsomDound is to trv.it.

Paine's celery compound has neveryet failed to give relief, it nas madethousands of people well.

FRANK McNEILL, ESQ., ENDORSED.

By N.ew Hanover Democratic Club LastNight City Charter Matter.

A meeting; of the Executive Committee of the New Hanover Demo-cratic Club was) held in the Smithbuilding last night.- - There was a fullattendance, and among other businesstransacted the committee,1 in accordance with the wishes of the club,unanimously endorsed the candidacyof Frank McNeill, Esq., for Railroad XJommissioner. They will, at afuture meeting appoint a committee toapprise New Hanover's representativesin the General Assembly of the actionof the club.

The question of the amendment tothe city charter was also freely discussed. - .

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Postal Extending Its Lines.

The Postal Telegraph Company willshortly: extend its lines in this State.From Washington .City, D. C, twowires will be run to Charlotte. N. C,byway and Danville,Va., Beidsville, Greensboro, Salisburyand Concord. Another wire will beextended from Charjjotte to Raleighvia Greensboro and Durham, NX C.

Under a recent decision of the Su-preme Court of Virginia the PostalCompany has now the right to buildits lines along the' rights of way of allrailways in Virginia.

Here's a Solar Plexus Blow.

After careful inquiry it has been ascertained that if every registered vote(Democrats) Populists, and Republicans) not cast in the recent election inthe Sixth Congressional District wereadded to the vote received by ColonelOffice Hunter Dockery, Hon. JohnD. Bellamy would still have a majority. In Dockery 's notice of contesthe enumerates the imaginary outragescommitted by the Democrats and saysthey "thus deprived me of thousandsof votes and prevented my election."Well, what will the Office Hunter saynow when he discovers that if he hadactually received the "thousands ofvotes" of which he was "deprived"every registered vote not polled hewould still have been defeated?

A RICH STRIKE.

Great Excitement in the Colorado Mining

Stock Exchange.By Telegraph to Star.

Colorado SPBnrasi Col., Jan. 28.- -

Great excitement exists on the MiningStock Exchange here over a fabulously1rich strike in the Isabelle mine atCripple Creek. Assays from the strikerun from $40,000 to $1(J0,000 to theton. The stock jumped from 971 centsto $1.50 per share to-da- over 100,000shares changing hands. Six weeks

we know they are giving sattefactioifTiif s, a -- practical' mill operator inand doing well. There i3 not a cityin tnecaie wmch should not andwhich could not-hav- e one, and thus

vaBPmake insurancff a strictly home mat-k.te-r,

while3he SEate at large might--4jke one or r&oie Jor, the insurance3f propertyMBP-sma- ll

' placej-- and. in' JSffiatfeafiere --IfewouTd be impracti-

cablS?jq3rganize and keep up ahome company.

jThese homecompanieSr could, and

doubtless wouldr give better" rates1 than, companies frqm "other states,

- hichTareg:nder heavy expenses,Fj iargeeommi8sions to agents,vujjjosC1y Duuaings, ana payhighjalaries to officers, all of whichtaktra good deal of money, whichcomes out of the insured!"

S&tJier result of home companies- W0u5hat more attention would

--the given to laws guarding againstrfires, and to adopting and keeping. up efficient fire departments. OneI nira a least, of the so-call- ed "ac-- dling, ; ..: v I York. the United States.ago the stock sold at 22 cents.

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