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, Saturday we published an edi
torial from the Philadelphia Press,
one of the leading Republican papers
of Pennsylvania, undertaking to ex
plain why autonomous government
was given to Hawaii and denied to
Porto Rico, the sum and substance
of which was that the Hawaiians
were less illiterate than the Porto
Ricans and therefore better quali
fied for self-government. The gist
of the article and the logic of the
argument contained in it is ex
preased in the following concluding
paragraph:
"Experiment and experience mav
show that change and modification are
necessary. As Puerto Rico improves,
its rights, privileges and immunities
will improve. But the principle is
-right. The self-government and ad
ministration of any community must
and should be adjusted to the condi
tion and progress of the commurity.
No grant of rig hts and privileges can
err ate the capacity to use them. That
blunder has already been made too
often in this country. One course on
ly is either- wise or safe. Whereas in
Hawaii local self government has been
proved to be possible it should- be
granted. In Puerto Eico, where it has
not been proved to be possible and
known conditions show it is not feasi
ble, only such degree of self-government
should be granted as is prudent
and practicable.',' ..
The meaning of this is that intel
ligence should rule, although the in
telligent may be small in nnmber
compared with he total population,
as in Hawaii, for. instance, where
the intelligent element, according to
the Press, is not more than one
twentieth of the whole. If we deduct
the English, who are included in
this number, and count only the
Americans and those of American
parentage (and they it is who are.
the real rulers), they probably
would not number more than one in
forty. But to' this very small num
ber the government of the islands is
given over because they, as asserted,
possess the requisite intelligence to
administer public affairs. This is
the argument and the conclusion
drawn from it by this eminent Re
publican organ, namely, that, intel
ligence should rule, whether the in
telligent be few or many, or the il
literate be many or few.
But there was more zeal to de
fend the action of its party . and
more ingenuity displayed in pre
senting the argument than candor
in the Press article, for disfranchis
ing the illiterate in Hawaii was not
inspired solely by the desire to en
sure intelligent rule. Back of it
was the race question. The men
who had seized the government
from the black queen and estab
lished a so-called Republic on the
ruins of the monarchy knew if
there was popular suffrage without
restriction of some kind they could
never hold their own against the
natives, who outnumbered them
twenty to one. As a prevention
against that they adopted qualified
suffrage, a double qualification,
both educational and property,
which practically debarred nine
out of ten of the natives from the
ballot box, and consequently from
any voice" in the direction of public
affairs. The property qualification-
was subsequently stricken out
It was the raco line, the color line,
the handful of white people against
the mass of copper colored natives.
This, this eminent Republican or
gan says, is right in Hawaii, and
would be right in Porto Rico, for in
telligence must rule, andtTgoesfur
ther in its conclusion and declares
that as a principle it is right every
where. This is especially worthy of
note because the Press is a distin
guished Republican organ and speaks
for the McKinley administration, in
whose defence the article we quoted
yesterday was written and published
It is controlled and its leading
articles on questions which concern
the administration are inspired if riot
written by the editor-in- chief, who is
now a member of McKinley's cabi
net, which gives its utterances more
than ordinary importance. Recog-
nizing the fact, as it must, that the
inspiring motive for restricted
suffrage in Hawaii was to prevent
' the natives from exercising the f ran
chise, it virtually endorses drawing
the color line and the exclusion of
the copper colored natives from the
right to vote, not so much on ac
count of their illiteracy as on account
of the race to which they belong,
VOL. XXXI.
and the antagonism between the
races. ' '
It does not appear on the face of
it that, it was the race difference
more than the illiteracy of the great
mass of voters that caused the
ballot to be withheld from them,
but that is what it was, just as in
the South the object of qualified or
restricted suffrage is to eliminate as
far as possible the black element
from the -ballot box. This fact is
not proclaimed, but it is a fact'
nevertheless, and we have too much
regard for the truth to deny it,"
If this is right in Hawaii, in Porto
Rico, (where the same methods will
be adopted), and right in the Phil
ippines, where, if we hold on to
them, .qualified suffrage will be
adopted, why isn't it right in North
Carolina, South Carolina or in any
other Southern State where we are
confronted by a large negro popula
tion, no less illiterate and no more
fit for the control of public affairs
than the natives of Hawaii, Porto
Rico and of the Philippines are?
The natives of Hawaii, Porto Rico
and the Philippines have never had
the opportunity to demonstrate their
capacity in this respect for they have
lived under monarchies, although
they are'eredited by people who have
lived among them with a fair degree
of intelligence, and some of them
with capacity and fitness for station
of a high order, but the negroes of
this country have lived under a Re
publican form of government . and
have for a generation had the ad
vantage of schools and other civil
izing and elevating agencies, and the
example of and contact and associa
tion with white men, and yet at the
end of 'a generation instead of ad
vancing in the qualifications for citi
zen ship they have retrograded and
are really less fit as a mass to exercise
the franchise now than they were
thirtyyears ago. In view of this we
would like to know why, if qualified
suffrage, based, as we have shown,
on race lines, is the good and the
best and the only safe course to pur
sue in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines, as this organ from
which we quote, which speaks for
the administration, says it is, why
isn't it the good, best and only safe
course to pursue in North Carolina
and in other Southern States where
the negro vote is a factor of more or
less power in politics. If not, why
not? ;
BUTLER'S COBVENTION.
Senator Butler and some of those
who are co-operating with him got
together in convention at Raleigh
Wednesday, nominated a pro
arranged ticket and fulminated a
platform, in addition to which they
had "some oratory the most enter
taining part of which was the skin
ning of Marion Butler by Harry
Skinner. This was not down on the
pre-arranged programme, but it was
entertaining all the same.
As far as the ticket nominated is
concerned it was probably as good
as the .machine managers could find
in the limited number they had to
select from, but this doesn't matter,
for the nomination was a mere for
mality a3 they have no hope of elect
ing it. v
The really notable feature of the
proceedings is the platform which
shows the trickery, insincerity and
damagogy characteristic of
eyery-
thing that Marion Butler has a hand
in. A short while ago he was con-
fering with Senator Pritchard, the
object being to, bring about a fusion
between the Republican party and
as much of the Populist party as
Butler could lead into Pritchard's
camp, the understanding being that
Butler was to secure Republican votes
for his return to the Senate, in the
event they carried the State, and
afterwards Pritchard was to receive
Populist votes to return him. They
thought they4 had it fixed up all
righty so that the parties would
pull together and jointly ' oppose
the constitutional amendment. But
Butler's , dickering to commit the
Populist party against white su
premacy was so repulsive to many
Populists that he crawfished on
this, and the result was the unique
and asinine, self-contradictory
platform adopted, which declares
one of the clauses in the proposed
amendment unconstitutional be
cause it discriminates against the
negro and that, although unconsti
tutional, it will deprive white men
of their votes, and then declares in
favor of disfranchising the whole
negro race for three generations.
If they believe the. amendment as
proposed is -unconstitutional, why
are they trying so hard to defeat it?
Don't it look like a waste of time
and labor to be rallying their forces
to fight a measure which they de
clare cannot stand if carried? These
demagogic wiseacres declare that
the proposed amendment is uncon
stitutional because it discriminates
against the negroes and then they
with ineffable gall declare in favor
of disfranchising the whole negro
race, malting no question oi race
m .
discrimination, when they know
that this on its face would be de
clared unconstitutional. They oppose
the aj"Sb34icause it is uncon-
hi
stitutional and then would incorpo
rate a provision which would leave
no doubt as to its unconstitutionality.
This is nothingle8S than trifling with J
the intelligence of the people, whom
they try to fool with such rot "as
that. . They knew it couldn't stand,
and the only reason in the world
why they declared for it was that
they wanted to play the demagogue
game with the white voters and
steal Democratic thunder by going
further on the color line than the
Democratic Legislature went when
it put qualifying features in the
amendment. This is so manifest
that any man of ordinary intelli
gence can see through it at a glance.
But that is not going to fool any
white voter who has sense enough
to keep out of the fire. The trick
sters who put up that platform un
derestimated, the intelligence of the
white voters Of this State; but they
usually do that.
STRONGER THAN THE TICKET.
It is universally conceded that the
ticket nominated by the Democratic
Convention at Raleigh is a strong
one, strong individually and collec
tively, but our candidate for Gover
nor says. that his intercourse with the
people as he travels, and at the dif
ferent places where he and his asso
ciates on the ticket have spoken has
convinced him that however accept
ible the ticket may be, the amend
ment is stronger with the people.
At Asheville last Thursday, speaking
to the correspondent of the Raleigh
News and Observer about the , effect
of the declaration in the Democratic
platform of liberal support to the
public schools, he said:
"It is a fact that many people of
wealth and education have been in
different to the education of the
masses. But the present campaign
compels even this small class to
come advocates of universal education
In this way -the campaign is accom
plishing great good.
"Republicans cannot meet or stand
before this mighty wave of educational
interest; demagogy is at a discount,
and before this campaign ends in prop
erly conducted, we shall drive the Re
publicans themselves away from their
effort to perpetuate illiteracy in the
State.
"The campaign has developed an
other fact. The amendment is stronger
than the ticket. Thousands of Repub
licans who were not blinded by their
immediate interest see in it the begin
ning of that era of intellectual and
political, freedom which, will enable
them to press the views of either par
ty upon the attention of the voter with
out being hampered by the danger of
negro rule.
"Democrats find in it a freedom
which they have not enjoyed for
many years, enabling them hereafter
to act with independence.
"The unrest arising out of the
daneer of negro domination has re
tarded our industrial development,
and business men I use the word in
the broad sense in which Mr. Bryan
uses it are anxious to put the ques
tion at rest.
"All these things combine to make
the principle stronger than the ticket
which, represents the principle.
"There is no doubt of our success,
but every loyer of the State owes it
the duty to, work from now until the
election; to work earnestly and in all
charity tosettle the matter by such
majority as shall render it hopeless on
the part of any party ever to return
to existing conditions."
' The Republican machine mana
gers hope, with the assistance of
Marion Butler and his associates, to
I defeat the amendment by telling the
white voters, who they thins are
credulous enough to be deceived, that
the amendment will deprive white
men as well as negroes of the right
to vote, but they are not making as
much progress on that line as they
hoped to, for the average white voter
has more sense than they give him
credit for, in addition to which
white voters have been fooled so
often by these mountebanks that
they see through them now. The
amendment will receive a large ma
jority even in the sections where the
Prit chard-Butler combine make the
hardest fight against it.
While Lord Rosbery, of England,
has been in public life for twenty
years and filled some eminent posi
sitions, it is said that even his
intimate friends have never been able
to learn what -bis real opinions are
on anything. Maybe he doesn't
have that kind. -
Fortunately for Miss Helen Gould
she has a secretary who is . able
bodied enough to go through her
daily mail. . Last week she received
1,303 letters, .nearly all of which
contained requests for money for
various objects, aggregating about
$1,700,000.
The Supreme Court of Illinois
has decided that any citizen of that
State who chooses has a right to
utilize the United States flag as an
advertising medium. If, as they say,
trade follows the flag, why shouldn't
the hustler boost his trade with it?
The wife of a Massachusetts man
eloped and served him the mean
trick to elope with his best set of
false teeth. But as she "took snuff"
he didn't expect any better of her.
His principal loss is his false teeth
and other truck she carried away.
A man in Pennsylvania has
achieved notoriety by always sleep
ing standing up; and he never served
any time on the police force, either.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY; 27, 1900.
COL. ROGER MOORE
Died Very Suddenly at His Home
in This City Last Night at
II O'clock. 7.
A STROKE OF
APOPLEXY.
: ,
Stricken to Death Just as He Was Re
tiring as Usual for the Night Long r
Career of Usefulness and Good
Words--A Christian Man.
It wilt be with the most sincere sor
row and deep regret that the people
of Wilmington and his numerous
friends and acquaintances in North
Carolina will receive this morning the
announcement of the death of Col.
Roger Moore, which occurred Saturday
night at 11 o'clock at his home in this
city, No. 113 Chesnut street.
Col. Moore was in his usual health
during Saturday and his family and
intimate friends- were totally unpre
pared for the shock which came in the
knowledge of his death Saturday night,
which was due to a stroke of apoplexy
and which came after taking', a bath
and just as he was retiring for the
night. '
Col. Moore was one of the best
known and the most universally es
teemed of Wilmington's citizens.
Prominent in the commercial life of
the city, a devoted member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, a loyal
son of his county, State and country,
there are none who knew himbut
revere his name; none that were inti
mately associated with him but that
recognized his substantial Christian
character, and those sterling traits
of character and manhood, which
go to make up the whole mar,
A brave and courageous soldier; a de
voted husband and father, a sincere
friend, his life was one well worthy of
emulation and one which in influence
will live after hup
Col. Moore was born of notable
rentage, July lyth, lada, ana was
tti
refore in the sixty -second year of
age. He has been a life long resi-
dent.of Wilmington, and has been al
ways prominently identified with the
commercial interests of the city. He
was twice married and leaves a
number of surviving - immedi
ate relatives to whom is poured
out the deepest sympathy of
a wide circle of friends not only in
Wilmington, but in the State. His
first wife, was Miss Rebecca Smith,
daughter of the late Thos. Smith, and
she has long since passed into rest. As
a result of this union there was- only
one son, the late Roger Moore, Jr., who
died after his advancement to man
hood. His second wife was Mrs.
George. B. Atkins, daughter of the
lamented Capt. B. W. Berry, whom
he married about twenty-nine years
ago, and she, with two daughters and
four sons, survive him. The sons are
Mr. Quince Moore, Mr. Henry Moore,
Mr. Edwin Moore and Master Lewis
Moore. The daughters are Miss Annie
Moore, who is in college at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and little Miss Ella
Moore, who is at home with her
parents. He also has a sister, Mrs.
Bettie Petteway, who is now visiting
in Raleigh.
Col. Moore has been a faithful and
devoted member of Grace Church for
a period of twelve years and has for a
considerable portion of the time served
as a steward. Rev. J. N. Cole.his pastor,
in speaking last night of his connection
with the, Methodist church, said that
he had held every position of honor
and trust in the gift of the congrega
tion. He has also held positions of
prominence in the Conference and was
one of its most valued workers. He
was a member of several fraternal and
benevolent orders, among them be
ing Cornelius Harnett Council.' Royal
Arcanum. He served gallantly in the
Confederate army and was Colonel of
the Third North Carolina Cavalry. His
benevolence and charity were well
known, and no deserving request was
ever refused at his I hands. For some
years he has been a director of the As
sociated Charities, an official in the
Seamen's Friend Society and his good
works were not alone confined to these
institutions. For years he was Chief
of the Volunteer Fire Department
of -the city and for a number of
years he has been a member of the
Board of County Commissioners, hav
ing been for the past four years its
chairman. He was also at the time
of his death chairman of the Board of
Hospital Managers and of the County
Auditing Board. He has also held
various other positions of trust and re
sponsibility which are not now re
called. DISAPPOINTED POPULIST.
Representative Sutherland of Nebraska
Duped by Senator Butler.
f Special Star Telegram.
WASHiuafON, T. C, April 20.
Representative Sutherland, of.Nebras
ka, who accompanied Senator Butler
to the Populist Convention at Raleigh,
is not very enthusiastic oyer the con
vention. He realized , that he was
made a dupe and cat spaw by Senator
Butler. When asked to-day by the
Star correspondent what he thought
of the convention, he said : "The con
vention was a disappointment to me. I
was led to believe that I was to attend
a Bryan convention. I cannot under
stand how such a body can pretend to
be for Bryan and still refuse to en
dore his electors."
Miss Lizzie Struthers, Miss
Mamie Morrill and Masters Arthur and
David Struthers left yesterday after
noon for a few day's outing at Mr.
Wm. Struthers' farm at Grists, N. C.
iY
shot fourjimes
Negroes Had Quarrel at Hilton Lumber j
Company's Mill in Which One Was
' " Shot Poor Times.
. Last night about 10 o'clock in the
yards of the Hilton Lumber Company,
Elliott Whistberg, a young negro who
came here several months ago from
Sumter, aCv and who is employed
by the Cape Pear Lumber Company,
was Shot and severely wounded in four
places by Will Johnson, a colored em
ploye ofthe Hilton Lumber Company.
Whistbejrg was brought to police head
quarters? by an associate and after an
examination by Dr. McMillan, he was
sent to the City Hospital, where the
bullets were extracted from his flesh.
Johnson was? later arrested by the
police and placed in the lock-up. ,He
does not. deny the shooting, but says
that i Whistberg came to him at his
work and attempted to make trouble
over a woman, ;who was present. He
attempted to get him away from the
lumber yard, he said, and upon his re
fusal to do so au altercatiou ensued,
in which Whistberg was wounded as
stated. .
One of the balls entered the left jaw,
another the right side, a third the right
hip and the fourth penetrated the calf
of the negro's right leg. The wounds
are from a 33 calibre revolver and are
not dangerous. Whistberg says that
Johnson emptied his revolver at him
and that four of the five shots fired hit
him. ' ,
REV. H. W. SMITH TO WITHDRAW.
Will Leave the Presbyterian Church as a
Protest Against theC onfesslon.
The following press telegram from
Little Rock, Ark., will be read with
interest by the friends and acquaint
ances of Rev. Hay Watson Smith,
who for several months supplied the
pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church of this city just after the resig
nation of Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge
to become pastor of Warren Memorial
church, Louisville, Ky. :
"Rev. Hay Watson Smith, lately
called from Greensboro, N. C, to the
pastorate of the Second Presbyterian
church here, announces his with
drawal from the Presbyterian minis
try as a protest against the Westmin
ster Confession of Faith. He will
probably join the Congregationalists."
Rev. Mr. Smith is a son of the late
Rev. Dr. J. Henry Smith, of Greens
boro, and a brother of Dr. Henry
Louis Smith, vice president of David
son College. He was graduated from
Davidson College and after his tempo
rary pastorate here he went to Little
Rock, Ark. He was subsequently ten
dered a call to the First Presbyterian
church of this city, but for some reason
it was neither accepted nor declined.
STRAWBERRY SEASON LATE.
The Situation inline Tracking Belt Around
Savannah, Qa.
Savannah Morning News.
Savannah's strawberry supply has
been unusually late this season owing
to the cold spell of a few weeks ago,
which destroyed numbers of the bios
soms and young fruit, but now that
the berries have begun to come to mar
ket, the outlook is for a plentiful! sup
ply of an unusually good quality.
Last year the berries were for sale as
early as April 1st, that is, the locally
grown fruit, usually esteemed best,
while this year the first installment of
these berries were received bnly last
week.
Of the finer qualities of strawberries
grown on the farm around the city
dealers are now receiving 20 and 25
cents a basket, while the commoner
Florida product bring only 15 cents,
and are at some places sold as low as
10 cents. . f .
Nearly all of the truck farmers in
this vicinity grow berries, ;havine any
where from one to three acres. Their
general opinion is that the berries,
though late, will be plentiful.
Up to the present time the dealers
have been unable to supply the de
mand, but within a week or so it is
thought the conditions will be re
versed, and that the supply will more
than equal the demand. With the
increased number in the market the
prices will of course go down, the
best berries during the most plentiful
season often selling as low as half of
the prices charged for them now.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
t The following comparative state
ment of the receipts of cotton and
naval stores at the port of Wilming
ton for the week and past crop year
was yesterday posted at the Produce
Exchange:
Weekended April 20th, ISOOCot
ton, 200 bales; spirits, 78 casks; rosin;
447 barrels; tar, 1,322 barrels; crude,
112 barrels, i
Week ended April 20th, 1899 Cot
ton, 261 bales; spirits, 142 casks; rosin,
3,385 barrels; tar, 1,318 barrels; crude,
73 barrels.
Crop Year to April 20th,? 1900 Cot
ton, 274,078 bales; spirits,' 213 casks;
rosin, 3,952 barrels; tar, 4,071 barrels;
crude, 216 barrels.
Crop Year to April 20thi 1899 Cot
ton, 288,940 bales; spirits 359 casks;
rosin, 10,201 barrels; tar, 3,523 barrels;
crude, 196 barrels.
Off for Germany.
- Mr. Jno. H. Kuck, Mrs. pack and
son, and Mr. George Schnibben, left
last evening, for Hoboken, New Jer
sey, from whence they will sail on the
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Ma
ria Theresa on Tuesday for Bremer-
haven, Germany, their old home.
They will be joined at Hoboken by
Mr. Henry Burfeindt, who left several
days ago, and the party will make the
voyage together, remaining in their
native land for two or three months.
Before returning Mr. and Mrs. Kuck
and son will visit the Paris Exposition,
probably spending several weeks there.
A number of friends gathered at the
station last evening to bid them adieu
and wish for them a happy and pleas
ant trip.
Star:
ACSPICIODS OPENING,
The American Fruit and Produce
Travellers Are in Second
Annual Session.
ENTHUSIASTIC ATTENDANCE.
Most Important Meetings for the Year
Will Be Held To-day Express Ser
vice to Baltimore is Consid
ered Inconvenient.
The second annual -meeting of the
American Fruit and Produce Travel
lers' v Association convened in the
rooms of the Merchant's -Association
in the Seaboard Air Line building on
Front street last evening at 8 :30 o'clock
there having been a good attendance
of members all of whom were
thoroughly enthusiastic for the suc
cess of the Association and keenly
alive to the importance of the various
discussions pending.
Mr. J. H. Johnson, of Providence,
R". I., and preside at of ihe Association,
called the meeting to order and Mr. J.
R. Franklin, of Baltimore, the secre
tary, was present in his official ca
pacity. Routine . business incident to the
opening of the sessions was for the
most part considered in the earlier
part of the evening and several mat
ters under this head, of interest to
members only, were taken up and dis
posed of.
The matter of the express service,
contemplated by the company for the
strawberry season was considered un
der the head of new business and upon
motion a committee consisting of Mr.
Sam Westbrook, of Wilmington, Mr.
George R. Sterling, of Baltimore and
Mr. E. H. Quinn, of Newark, N.J.,
was appointed to confer with Mr. J, J.
Croswell, route agent of the Southern
Express Company, relative to a more
convenient schedule of their trains en
tering Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. It was cited . that under
the schedule contemplated by the Ex
press people which will leave Wil
mington at 7 o'clock P. M., berries
shipped at that hour will not reach
Baltimore until 3 o'clock on the fol
lowing afternoon and consequently
too late for the morning market when
the fruit would be fresh and in demand
by people doing their marketing at an
early hour. The new schedule "pro
posed by the association is to have the
express leave Wilmington at 8 o'clock
in the morning arriving at Baltimore
soon after midnight the following day,
when it could be taken from the cars
and ready for the market first thing' in
the morning.
After a consideration of this impor
tant matter to the travelling men, an
adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock
this morning. At 3.30 o'clock this af
ternoon another session will be held
and still another this evening; It is
earnestly requested that as many mem
bers representing Eastern houses as
possible will arrive here this afternoon
in order to take apart in the delibera
tions this evening. Matters of vital
importance to all travelling produce
men are to be considered and a full at
tendance is desired.
The association now has a member
ship of upwards of one hundred and
fifty travelling men in good standing
and a good work is being accomplish
ed. The organization was formed on
April 23rd, 1898, and has enjoyed a
constantly increasing membership
since. Under the administration of
President Johnson and Secretary
Franklin the Association has been
kept "red hot" with enthusiasm
and it is now upon a much more sub
stantial basis than ever before. A
handsome button wrought in the
national colors, red, white and blue,
and bearing the initials "A. F. and P.
T. A." has been designed by Mr. John
son and is worn by members as an in
signia of membership. The central
figure is a large red apple and under it
the design of clasped hands, making a
very pretty emblem. ,
The object of the association, as out
lined in a neat little book distributed
to members, is for mutual pro
tection and benefit, .making its
members free from the reproach
of low and questionable prac
tices characteristic of irresponsible
parties and bringing about a standard
of responsibility upon the part of
members which will be recognized by
growers. It also seeks to brjng about
honorable' methods in soUd.tj.fig, elimi
nating the practice of vitfffUg fellow
solicitors and resorting tquestion
able methods in securing consign
ments of truck.
The association has already accom
plished a great work and in succeed
ing years it gives promise of widening
its influence and bringing about still
greater reforms in the profession.
Probably the most important action
of last night's session was the elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year
which resulted after lively balloting
as follows:
President Mr. J. G. Thompson, of
Philadelphia, representing Brown and
McMahon, Philadelphia.
Vice President Mr. A. J. Carey, of
Cleveland, Ohio, with J. J. Pitts &
Co., of Philadelphia.
Secretary and Treasurer Mr. J. R.
Franklin, of the firm of Sterling &
Franklin, Baltimore.
After the election of the office rs
the question of naming an executive
committee came up and after a discus-1
sion the appointment of same was
delegated to the newly elected presi
dent, Mr. Thompson. 'The contest
waxed warmed over the fight for the
next place of. holding the meeting.
The matter was finally left with the
executive committee to determine.
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JNO. a I
ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE.
More Than Two Thousand Missionaries
present at the Opening Session in
- Carnegie Hall
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New Yobk, April 21. With an ex-
president of the United State Benja
min Harison to bid them welcome.
there are gathered to-day in Carnegie
Hall more than 2,000 missionaries
from almost every quarter of the globe.
For ten years preparations have been
underway for this meeting, known as
The Ecumenical Conference on For
eign Missions. It is the third of its
kind ever held. Everv branch of the
Christian Church is represented except
we r&oman uainoiic, the Greek, and
that branch of the Anglican Church
known as the Society for the Pronaca-
tion of the GospeL I
, The great hall was completely filled
when ex-President Harrison becan hia
address of welcome. On the platform
were many clersrvtoen and statesmen
of world wide fame. Seated with the
great body of the delegates were many
workers from foreign lands whose
bright costumes added a dash of color
to the scene. ' i
Following General Harrison's ad
dress the Rev. Judson, Sxith, D. D.,
chairman of the general committee.
welcomed the delegates.
Responses on behalf of the delegates
were made by the Rev. R. Wardlaw
Thompson for the .British delegation ;
the Rev. Joseph King, of the Austra
lian delegation ; and the Rev. Jacob
Chamberlain. M.D., D.D , for the mis
sionaries generally. ; .
The rest of the session' was devoted
to the report of the general committee
presented by the Rev. S. L. Baldwin;
D. D secretary of the committee.
Iu the evening an enormous crowd
of people went to Carnegie Hall in the
hope of getting admission to hear the
national welcome extended to the dele
gates on behalf of the nation b Presi
dent McKinley. j
FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI.
Damage
to Property Estimated at Fully
Three Million Dollars.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btarj
New Orleans, April 21. The floods
which commenced the early part of
the week have already caused, at a
conservative estimate, fully $3,000,000
loss in Central and Southern Missis
sippi, to say nothing of the damage
sustained by the railroads. The ex
tent of the losses; has not yet been
fully realized and it may be some days
yet before an accurate total can be
reached, as mail communication has
been entirely cut off between those
localities which have suffered most.
In Louisiana, too,! great damage was
done by the unprecedented rains, but in
this State they are more- inferential
than positive. A speciafrom Colum
bia, Miss., fixes the loss in that little
town and its immediate vicinity at
$500,000. j
No Change in Situation.
Jackson, Miss., April 21. With the
exception of a heavy rainfall now in
progress, there is no change in. the
flood situation to night, rearl river
fell four inches during the afternoon.
and if the rain proves of short dura
tion and local in nature the water will
be subsiding rapidly in the inundated
district by to-morrow. The Illinois
Central railroad is now getting its
trains through to New Orleans.
THE PLAQUE IN MANILA.
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Total Nnmber of Deaths from the Disease
119 Chinamen and 66 Filipinos.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Manila, April! 21. The sudden
deaths of Filipinos and Chinamen in
Quiapo market have led to an investi
gation showing that fifteen cases of
the plague, fourteen of which were
fatal, have occurred within a week.
The market is located in the center of
the city. In black, rotten wooden
buildings, the keepers of the stalls live
there with their families huddled to
gether in great filth. Some of the vic
tims were stricken and died within an
hour. There have been several deaths
in other sections of the city recently
which have been traced to infection
from the market. After all the mar
ket people had gathered together to
day the health officers threw a guard
around the buildings, and will keep
the inmates quarantined there for a
fortnight. They will then burn the
market. The total number of bubonic
deaths are 119 Chinamen and sixty-six
Filipinos The plague elsewhere has
been suppressed, i Not one infected
person has been in the Chinese district
for ten days past.
CH1CAQ0 STRIKE VICTIMS.
A Thousand Workmen and Their Families
" Threatened With Starvation.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, April 21. Starvation has
become a factor in the building trades
strike. President
Carol!, of the build-
ing trades council,
estimate, that 1,000
workmen are in actual want and that
with their families 4,600 persons are
now in the acute stage of suffering
as victims of the strike. The labor
leaders recognize this situation and are
making plans for relief on a large
scale. .
The weekly bank siatement shows
the following changes: Surplus re
serve, increase $3,944,075; loans, in
creaset$5,800,900; ! specie, increase $4,
596,100; legal tenders, increase $1,423,
200; deposits, increase $8,300,900; cir
culation, increase $360,300. The banks
now hold $14,894,350 in excess of legal
requirements.
Pender .County Smallpox.
Drs. Georee F. Lucas and W. D.
McMillan returned yesterday from
Edgecombe, Pender county, where
they went to look over .the smallpox
situation there. Five new cases were
found but'they are all in the two
houses where the members of the fam
ily of the first patient were quaran
tined, and neither Dr.' Lucas nor Dr.
McMillan consider the likelihood of an
epidemic very great Dr. McMillan
speaks very complunentarily of the
zeal and prudenceof Dr. Lucas in man
aging the cases, and it is believed be
tween the two that the contagion there
will soon be stamped out -. -
IRITTU
Fayetteville Observer: Miss
Mary O'Brien, sister of Rev. Father
O'Brien, of the Catholic church of this
city, died last (Thursday)flright from a
severe attack of pneumonia.
U Rocky Mount Motor: The an
swer from over fifty farmers who have
effect that the tobacco crop will be
largely diminished and cotton take its
place. ' ' i: ;, . .' '.
Concortl7Y!es: The Cannon
Manufacturing Company has just com
pleted an artesian well, which has
proven to be a great success. It is 530
feet deep, and yields 150 callous of
water a minute.
; Alamance Gleaner: Eleven
hundred sttmps 422 worth were
picked up besideV the railroad by a
colored man, between this place and
Haw river a few days ago It is sup
posed the person or persons who rob
bed the postofflce here lost them. ,
j Charlotte News: Columbus
Wilson, white, was killed yesterday
afternoon on the Southern Railway .
near Grover. The man was sitting on
. the cross ties, apparently asleep. En- -gineer
W. -M. Linberger was pulling
freight No. '72 into Grover. He did
not see the ' man until too late to stop.
the train. The . engine struck him,'
killing him instantly.
Hehder8ofT?oZ d Leaf: In some
sections of the country around HendeiJ
son it is said that more cotton and to
bacco will be planted .this year. We
suppose the reason for so doing in on
account of better prices for cotton, And
demand by the Henderson cotton
mills for the fine texture of the staple
produced in this part of. the cotton '
growing country, f
Mount Olive Advertiser: The
strawberry crop along the . Wilming;
ton and Weldon railway will be some
what less than last year, the decrease
at Mt. Olive, hewever, will be compar
atively slight. It is conceded by
those who haye been oyer the territo
ry, the berries look more - promising,
both for quality and quantity at this
place, than they do at any other point
in the berry belt. -
Stanly Enterprise:- Mr. Jona
than Burleyson brought us a bird of a
peculiar species the other day. It re
sembles the English sparrow, -'but is
unlike the sparrow in that its .feathers
have quite a tinge of red. It is neither
a red bird, thrush or sparrow, but re
sembles all in certain respects. The .
bird is a great destroyer of fruit tree
blooms. Mr.; Burleyson says there is
quite a number of them in his section.
Troy Examiner: Last Friday
evening, WilJk Cagle, who, for dis
tinction is knowni as ' Tish's Billy,"
and two negroes became engaged in
an altercation at Steeds, this county,
and both negroes drew pistol ; one of
them was prevented from using his,
the other fired at Cagle, the ball burn
ing his face, and was in the act of fir
ing a second time when Cagle drew
his pistol and shot down the one who -.
shot at him, the ball entering the side -of
his head. He lived about three
hours and died. ,
Mraroe Enquires: A few years
ago the Populist county convention
would fill the court house. The Poj -ulist
State convention met at Raleig i
yesterday. Did you hear of any con
vention being held in this county for
the purpose of sending delegates to
that convention? So complete has
been the route of the Populists in this
county - that they cannot muster
enough men to hold a convention.
The people soon tired of the Kepopli
cans irrTtiis county and are done with
them. j
- Raleigh News and Observer:
The increase in the sales of commer
cial fertilizers in this State, as shown
by the agricultural department's
books, is enormous. Seven years ago
the sales were 145,000 tons. This
year they will probably reach at least
250,000 tons. Already they amount
to 193,380 tons. The tonnage tax is
20 cents, and' the receipts aggregate
$38,676 thus far. .This shows that the
farmers have abefut decided to aban
don tobacco culture and to grow cof "
ton. - -
High Point Ent-crprise: Mr. D.
G. Davis, of Progress, tells the enter
prise that last week he killed an -owl
that measured 42 inches from tip to
tip and 22 inches in length. Char
ley Moore an employee of High Point
Chair Company, brought in a curiosity
this week. He had a chair post em
bedded in the middle of .which was a
flint rock. There was no knot in the
wood and there Was much conjecture
on the part of the ; workmen how the
rock got in the wood.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
Financial Plan for Reorganization of the'
Company An. Issue of Five Per
Cent. Preferred Stock.
Baltimore, Md. April 20. The
financial plan for the reorganization
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company provides for an issue of 6
per cent, preferred) stock not to exceed
$20,000,000, and $20,000,000 of com
mon stock, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to make the change for
the outstanding stocks - of the roads
united. j ' .
.There will also! be an issue of 4 per
cent, certificates bf indebtedness not
to exceed $3,000,000. In the exchange
holders of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company of South Carolina preferred
stock will receive for each share 150
per cent, in certificates of indebtedness
of the newAtlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company.
Holders of the common stock win .
receive for each share one and one-half
shares of preferred stock and one and
one-half snares of common stock of
the new. company. Holders of the
stock of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company of! VirginiaUwill have
the right to exchange their shares on
the basis of one and one-half shares of
preferred and one and one-half shares
of common stock of the new company
for each share of the old Stock.
Wilmington and Weldon stock
holders will receive for each share of
their present holdings two shares of
preferred and two- shares of common
stock of the new organization.
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DISGUISED AS MEN.
Boer Women Found Among the Dead on
the Battlefields.
By Cable to tbe Morning Star. " .
London, April 21. A letter from a
nurse in a hospital at Cape Town cor-,
roborates an unpleasant feature of the
war. The letter says that the medical
officers, for sanitary reasons, forced a .
nnmhAfi nf TtnAr ttrisoners to bathe in '
the river behind the hospital. Two of
them absolutely refused to strip, and
when forced to do so it was found they
were women in i men's clothes. The -w;tAilds!
"Quite a number of the
dead on the battlefields have been
I' found to be women, similarly dis
guised, and, worse than all, it nas
often been i these women who have
been guilty of atrocities, such as kill
ing the wounded,"-
Representative Klutz, of North Caro
lina, introduced in the House a bill
repealing the bankruptcy law and re
pealing the war revenue stamp taxes.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
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