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1 - ;ub;& trouble. No Agreement With the Transit Com I pany A Boycott to Be Declared ' ! and the jWar Continued. ' ' : ' . - - . . ! ii . . : 1 8ssSS88isi8888888 " 9 ssras38ss8saeggaa88 ww. 88838888888888881 .qioow; 88S8888888888888i .. . 82888888111888111 vm- 888888S8828S88888 mmavs 88888882288888888 8 e"M gssasgsaaaaa . 8888888888888888 - ? " ' : - I 3 ,2 o id o a in """"""sasssaaa Entered at the Port Oflice .t wumtgtoa, N. C, at Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION P.; ICE. olTohwiUb,Cripti0" price ol , 'Weekly BUr laai Single Copy year, postage paid 91 00 - 2 . Muiwiiim , oO LOSING GROUND. We have frequently quoted ut terances by Northern men on the Uaco problem showing how senti ment has changed on that question in the North and how the negro as a citizen has fallen in public estima tion. As showing that this is not the case in one section more than another we quote the following from the Boston Advertiser, published in a city where the negro was some years ago more or less idolized. It says: "TiiC negro never occupied so poor a status iu the Northern States, his ouilook was never so meagre, as now Wu do not refer solely to his political sUtus, bat to all the avenues of eleva tion he occupies a distinctly woise poa ition than he did thirty years ago. Once in a while, the negro is recog nized; or ce in a while, he gets a petty office, or a tolerated position in some educational qualification or philan throplc work. But, as a whole, the position of the colored man is dis tinctly retrograded, and the outlook for the individual colored youth is poorer now than then. He may get otter wages here and there, he may wear better clothes, he may lay up a little more money, but, all in all, the you s colored man, or the young col bred woman starting in life to-day, in the Northern States, has absolutely as well as relatively, a poorer show than he had when the Civil War closed." This is in the nature of a confes sion from a leading paper in a sec tion of the country where there wa3 up to a few years ago "certainly no prejudice against the negro, which i3 not common to the Anglo-Saxon race. In no "part of this country was there as much partiality for the negro, , and in none was there as good a showing for him in the bat tle of 'life. -But the negro, whom the New Englanders saw and fell in love with wa3 not the negro a3 he is in life, but in fiction; not the no grothat God made, but the negro that Harriet Beeoher Stowe made, the negro endowed with loveable traits and clothed in the raiment woven by her fanciful brain. She and other writers of negro fiction created the negro that sentimental, impressionable people in the North raved over, until the "irrepressi ble conflict" was engendered and hundreds offhousands of lives and thousands of millions of treasure were sacrified for this negro of fic tion. ' . But contact with the real negro, the negro of flesh and blood and ne gro weakness and passions, dissipa ted the delusion until thousands of his former worshippers now feel as the writer of this, extract from the' Advertiser does. They have discov ered the reality and the reality has lost ground. But this is as might have been ex pected. Previous to 18C1 there were few negroes in the North compared to the numbers that are there now, and those few were better than the average negro now is. But after the war between the States, the negroes believing they would find 'a i raternal welcome and an earthly patadise among the people who had talked so much about tfiem, went there in considerable numbers and have been doing so ever since until there are thousands of them in .cities where there were but few. - While there were some good negroes, there were more bad ones in those migratory streams, and " they , became worse there Because they thought they would have more liberty and their conception of lib erty was the right to do as they pleased and lead as trifling and worthless and riotous lives as pos sible. Their circumstances com pelled Hhem to crowd into close quarters, in .parts of the cities which were given up to them be cause of the objection of the better class of white people to . live in proximity to them, and the result was license without check when they could evade the law and a conspicuous place for the denizens of those quarters on the criminal rolls. That is the story in every town in the North where the negroes have located in large numbers, and this it is that has caused tho revolution " of sentiment in tho North on the negro. It is a case of mutual disappoint ment. The white people of the North who professed to think so much of the negro had wrong con ceptions of him and expectedtoo much from him. They thought he VOL. XXXI. was a white man in a black skinand were disappointed when thev found their ideal all wrong, and that ib imaginary white man with a, dark skm was dark all the way through And the negro was doubtless disan pointed in the white man for he imagined that the white man up there was a different kind of a man from those he was accustomed to, ana that there were no distinctions on account of the color of the skin or the kink of the hair and when he found that he had to Hustle for himself and that things didn't come his way without effort on his part, he waked up to his delusion, and he began to hustle for himself in his own way, which was a poor way at best, for there are not as many ave nues open to him in the North, even when willing to devote himself to honest toil, as there are in the South, where he has less competition in the fields of labor and less prejudice to contend against. When Booker T. Washington vis ited Europe he expressed the opin ion that the negroes in the South were better off and had better op portunities than negroes have in Europe, and we have no doubt that if ho compared the conditions he would express the same opinion as regards the negro in the North and in the South. The negro of fancy was 6nef thing in the North, the negro of fact another. It is the ne gro of fact that it and the whole country has to deal with now. The South deals with him better than the North does, because she knows him better and if left to herself will deal with him right, and settle the race problem right, right and well for the white man and the negro. INTERROGATIVE LYING. There are several ways of lying, without coming down to the blunt, downright lie that might be run down and exposed. One of the com mon ways of lying with the Republi can machine managers, when they think it will accomplish as much or more than the point blank lie out of the whole cloth, is the interrogative Jie, which is asked in reference to something that had never happened, creating the impression that it had. The following, which we clip from the Greensboro Record, is a sample of this kind: "Our Republican friends are not let ting any opportunity pass to try to make a vote. And . when an oppor tunity does not offer; they make one. For instance, Chairman Holton was riding on the train the other day when he asked one of the train hands if he had received one of Col. A. B. An drews' last circulars. The man said he had not and -did not know what was meant. - " 'You haven't seen his circular about the amendment?' asked Mr. Holton. ' ' 'No, sir, I have not; what does it say?' m. ' "Of course the chairman did not commit himself by saying that it con tained anything specific, but answered it by asking more Questions. " 'You mean to .tell me you have not seen a circular from Col-Andrews in which he says if the amendment is carried that it will bankrupt the rail roads of the country ?' . "Of course the train hand was all curiosity and he proceeded to discuss it ith the first man he met. This was exactly what Holton wanted; if the men get to talking it, the report will soon be out that such a circular has been issued by Col. Andrews. "Such acts show a willingness to do almost anything to make a vote. A drowning man will catch at a straw' Of course the impression intended to be made by this inquiry was that Col. Andrews had issued a circular declaring that the adoption of the amendment would ruin the railroads, upon which sol many men. are de pendent for a living, when in fact no such circular had been issued, and Holton knew. it. He thought that was a smart trick, no doubt, and it was, . but it was as mean as it was smart, for it was not only, a base trifling with the truth, and an unscrupulous misrepresentation, but an equally base imposition on people who, not knowing the man, might not suspect that they were being maHe the victims of a mountebank's trick. The New York Sun has it down fine. . In discussing the suggestion of nominating Dolliver, of Iowa, for Vice President with McKinley, conceding all that is claimed for Dolliver,- it concludes, in the event of his nomination, with the follow ing conundrum: "What would be come of the electoral vote of the Empire State, the vote of which is going to decide this election?" That's getting it down pretty fine for a stalwart organ like the Sun. The fact that Gen. Roberts has made several engagements for him self in London in September, and has ordered his London house to be put in readiness by the first of the month is construed as an .indication that he expects to wind np his busi ness in Africa before that. But en gagements with the Boers in the meantime may .break into these ar rangements. If Dewey be nominated on the ticket with Bryan, as a sea fighter he ought to command the floating vote. j A BLUFF THAT DIDN'T WORK. At Lenoir, in Caldwell county, last Wednesday, when Chas. B. Aycock, our candidate for Governor, concluded his speech, a Mr. J. A. Crisp, who is a prominent Republi can, and, we believe, postmaster in the town, who says he is in favor of white rule, said to Mr. Aycock that if he would sign an affidavit that the Amendment would not disfran chise illiterate white men, because of their illiteracy, in other words that the "grandfather clause" meant what it says, he would obligate him Belf by affidavit to vote for the Amendment. As Mr. Crisp is a prominent Re publican this may have been intended for a bluff, or. to test whether Mr. Aycock really believed what he as serted in hiff speech, but if so it was a signal failure for then and there in the presence of a magistrate the affidavit was drawn up and duly sworn to and signed by Mr. Aycock, Therefore there was nothing left for Mr. Crisp to do but keep his part of the agreement and sign the affidavit to vote for the amendment, which he did. After this no one need suspect Mr. Aycock of insin cerity in his discussions of the amendment, and no Republican office holder whoPdoesn't want to vote for, it will repeat the proposi tion of Hr. Crisp. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT -' Elsewhere in this issue we publish the Constitutional' Amendment as amended at the special session of the Legislature and as it. will be voted upon. The changes, as will be seen by the summary which precedes the act as finally adopted, are few, and these simply t6 remove any fears as to the scope of the act, and any appre hension that illiterate white men en titled to vote under it might be dis franchised by it. The "grand father" clause and the educational clause are combined in one, and it is declared that they must stand or fall as a whole, thus preventing all chance for quibbling, and spiking the guns of the Opponents of the amendment who have been industri ously laboring the persuade white voters that their right to vote was put in jeopardy. To still further remove any ap prehensions on that point it is de clared, following the example of Louisiana, that every one who regis ters under the "grand-father" clause shall forever have the right to vote. This makes the intent and meaning of the act clear to all ' and deprives ita opponents of one of the strong points of attack that they had been counting on. AND STILL THEY COME " There is scarcely a day that we do not see the announcement that some more or less prominent Repub lican or Populist has declared his purpose to support the Constitu tional Amendment. There was a meeting at Popular Springs, in Moore county, ; several days ago where one of the strongest speeches for the Amendment was made by Mr., Henry Makepeace, a prominent Republican and a United States Commissioner at Sanfprd. He de clared that the time-lfod come when white men should unite and stand solid for the Amendment. He is a man of influence and it is said that his speech will have a good effect among his fellow white Republicans of that county. There are the independent, thought ful outspoken Republicans, who do not live nor expect to live by office holding, who say what they think, and there are many more who think but say little, because they do not wish to make themselves conspicu ous, nor to subject themselves to the remarks or annoyance of the ex treme partisans, and these while saying nothing will quietly vote for the amendment, for being tied to the colored brother was never en tirely to their liking. If they desire to remain Republicans they would feel much more comfortable in a white Republican party than in a black and tan combination. This vote will be a considerable factor at the next election. A rich widow in" JNew York after wearing her weeds a year, married a 23 year ohi chap, who had been set up in business by her deceased hus bund. She is nearly three times as old as her husband. She has a son who is much older than his mother's new husband. He objects not only to having such a kid for a step pa, but Also to the $200,000 transfer to him of real estate by the old lady. He considers these good grounds for Objection, aside from the fact that his step-father's name is Smith. Chicago's latest census shows a population of 2,001,000. The 1,000 was put in doubtless to remove the suspicion that there had been any padding., But it is a little remark able that the census men didn't find a few hundred more to put in the place of the last ciphers. WILMINGTON, N. C, THE AMENDMENT. Full Text of the Measure as Amended. No Chance for Legal Quibbling The Act Must Stand or Pall as A Whole. - Raleigh News & Observer.' Both houses of the Legislature yes terdftv f W ArlnocdoiA noecorl fhn Mrtn. stitutional Amendment as revised and amended by the Constitutional Amend ment Committee and approvedby the Democratic caucus. It is now fixed few changes . were made.- The chief vuauges are : 1. SeetinnR K dps moo nni 2. The Educational and Grandfather clause are made one and it is expressly declared that the whole scheme of suirrage is indivisible. 3. Poll tax must ha naiA in Mott in stead of March as in the amendment as originally adopted. 4. This provision in the original amendment is omitted in the amend ment now submitted : 4 "Poll taxes shall be a lien only oa assessed property, and no process shall issue to enforce the collection of the sume except against assessed pro perty." 5 A majority of the vote cast will bo sufficient to adopt the amendment not a majority of "qualified" voters. The amendment as ratified last night is as follows: 6. It is provided and made perfectly plain that a man who registers under the grandfather clause shall forever have the right to vote. An Act Supplemental to an Act En titled "An Act to Amend the Con stitution of North Carolina," ratified February 21st, 1899, the same being Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen of the Public Laws of 1899. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ' Section 1. That Chaptrf 218, Public Laws of 1899, entitled, "An Act to amend the Constitution of North Car olina," be amended so as to make said act read as follows: "That article 6 of th CmiRliti- of North Carolina be, and the same is nereoy abrogated, and in lieu thereof shall be substituted the following ar ticle of Sfl.id Constit.1it.inn oa an sntira w .s.wh.w.vm J MU VUtUV and indivisible plan of suffrage:" 1 ARTICLE VI. .1 SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILTY TO OFFICE. Section 1.' Every male person born in the United States, and every male person who has been naturalized, twenty-one years of age, and possess ing the qualifications set out in this Article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the neoDle in the State, except as herein otherwise pro- viuea. Sec. 2. He shall have resided in the State of North Carolina for two years, in the county six months, and in the precinct, ward or other election district, in which he offers to vote. four months next preceding the elec uon: rroviaea, mat removal irom one precinct, ward or other election district, so another in the same county, snail not operate to deprive any per son of the right to vote in the precinct, wara or otner election district from which he has removed until four months after such removal. No ner- son who has been convicted, or who nas coniessed nis guilt m' open court upon indictment, of any crime, the punishment of which now is, or may hereafter be. imprisonment in the State's Prison, shall be permitted to vote unless the said person shall be nrst restored to citizenship in the man ner prescribed by law. Sec. 3. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a legally registered voter as herein prescribed and in the manner hereafter provided by law, and the General Assembly of North Carolina shall enact general registration laws to carry into effect the provisions of this article. Sec. 4. Every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the Constitution in the English language; and, before he shall be entitled to vote, he shall have paid on or before the first day of May, of the year in which he proposes to vote, his poll tax for the previous year as prescribed by Article 5, Section 1, of the Constitution. But no male person, who was, on January 1st 1867 or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein he then re sided, and no lineal descendant of any such person shall be denied the right to register and vote at any election itf this State by reason of his failure ' to possess the educational qualification' herein described: Provided, he shall have registered in accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1. 1908. The General Assembly shall provide for the registration of all persons enti tled to vote without the educational qualifications herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1st, 1908, provide for the making of a permanent record of such registration, and all per sons so registered, shall forever there after have the right to vote in all elec tions by the people in this State, unless disqualified under Section 2 of this article: Provided, such person shall have paid his poll tax as above re quired, y Sec. 5. That this Amendment to the Constitution is presented and adopted as one indivisible plan for the regula tion of the suffrage, with the intent and purpose to so connect the different parts, and to make them so dependent upon each tother, that the whole shall stand or fall together. Sec. 6. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce. Sec. 7. Every voter in North Caro lina, except as in this article disquali fied, shall be eligible to office, but be fore entering upon the duties of the office, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will support and maintain the Constitution and laws of ttie United States, and the Constitution of North Carolina, not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office, as so help me God." Sec. 8. The following classes of per sons shall be disqualified for office: First, all persons who shall deny the being of Almighty God. Second, all persons who shall have been convicted, or confessed their guilt on indictment pending; and whether sentenced or not, or under judgment suspended, of any treason or felony, or any other crime for which the punishment may be impris onment in the Penitentiary, since be coming citizens of the United States, or of corruption or malpractice in of fice; unless such person shall be ' i v FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1900. restored to the rights of citizenship in a manner nrescrihed hv law Sec. 9. That this amendment to the constitution, shall go into etfeit on the first daV Of .Tlllv 1909. it a ma.. ity of the votes cast at the next general election shall be cast in favor of this sun rage amendment. Sec. II. This amendment to the Constitution shall Via mi Vim i Ho1 of 4V.a next general election to the qualified vviers oi me oiaie, in me same man ner and under th snmn miss am) regulations as is provided in the law regulating .general elections in this kjnaiie, unu at saiu elections mose per Sons dftnirinfr tn vnta fm cnoli oma-nf ment shall cast a written or printed oaiioi wiin tne woras or suffrage Amendment" thereon; and those with a contrary opinion shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words Against Suffrage Amendment" . Sec. HlfThe votes cast at said elec tion shall be counted, compared, re turned and canvassed, and the result announced and declared under the same rules and regulations, and in the same manner as the vote for Gov--ernor, and if a majority of the votes cast re in favor of the said amend ment, it shall be the duty of the Gov ernor of thn Stntft. nmn Vioiner nn(i. fied of the result of said election, to .ceruiy saia amendment, under the seal of the State,, to the Secretary of the State, who shall enroll the said amendment so certified among the permanent records of his office. Sec. IV. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. THE FREE RURAL DELIVERY SYSTEM. Possibility That the Service May Be Established in New Hanover The Special Agent Here. Mr. W. C. Latimer, of Belton, S. C, Special Agent of the Rural Free De livery Service of the U. S. Postoffice Department, arrived in the city yes terday morning to look into the prac ticability of the establishment of an experiment route in New Hanover county. Under the increased appro priation for free rural delivery the ser vice will be established on-ten or more routes in North Carolina and upon recommendation of Hon. Jno. D. Bella my Mr. Latimer is making a tour of the Sixth District investigating points where the innovation can be most practically and economically estab lished-. He will remain in the city for several days and will no doubt confer with a number of Wilmington citizens relative to the proposed routes in New Hanover county. When he has com pleted his investigation, Mr. Latimer will make a recommendation to the Postoffice Department and the officials will be largely if not wholly governed by his report upon conditions favor able to the scheme. One of the routes will ba probably about twenty miles in extent and will give the free delivery service to about 100 families, the number of course be ing determined largely by the density of population. The Star would sug gest that the Chamber of Commerce hold a special meeting and appoint a con mittee to assist Mr. Latimer in gathering the data regarding New "Hanover required for an intelligent recommendation to the department. Mr. Latimer is spending Sunday at Wrightsville Beach but he will return to the city Monday and will probably conclude his "survey," so to speak, in two or three days. He is a sou of Congressman Latimer, of South Car olina, and is eminently qualified for the position of making the investiga tions required by the department. HISTORICAL MONOGRAPHS. Mr. James Sprant Has Made Possible the Publication of Some Interesting Sketches of N. C. History. The Star is in receipt of the first of a series of State historical publications, which will be issued under name of 'James Sprunt Historical Mono graphs," under the auspices of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Kemp P. Battle in writing an introduction to the first volume, which treats in a very comprehensive man ner the "Personnel of the Convention of 1861," and the "Legislation of the Convention of 1861," says: "By the generosity of Mr. James Sprunt, of Wilmington, the Univer sity is enabled to begin a work, which, we are confident will be much appre ciated by the enlightened people of the State. This is the periodical pub lication of monographs designed to elucidate the history of North Caro lina." "The University has in its posses sion much documentary material of a private and public nature, which has never been published. The North Carolina Historical Society has like wise a good supply, interesting and valuable, which has not seen the light of day. Efforts will be made to secure additions from the fortunate possessors of similar stores. It is confidently ex pected that the officers, students, alumni and friends of the University will be able to make contributions to our knowledge of the past, which students of our State history will be glad to read and to preserve." The first of the volumes contains 144 pages, is excellently printed and hand somely bounfi. The subject matter is treated in an admirable way- by Prof. John Gilchrist McCormick and Dr. Battle. Tournament Rates. The foreman of the Greensboro Southside Hose Company has spent the past two days in the city making arrangements for his organization here during the Firemen's Tournament. Chief Schnibben especially asks that all who have contributed to the Tour nament fund will send in checks for the amount of their subscription at once or leave them at their respective places of business so that they can bo secured by the committee on its rounds this week. The Clarendon Water Works Com pany will this week install a new hy drant for the races on Market between Seventh and Eighth streets. NEVVBERN WILL COME. Mr. A. H. Bangert Here Looking to the Interest of His Company Other Tournament Items. . Mr. A. H. Bangert, manager of the Newbern Steam Fire Engine Co.,No. 1, was in the city yesterday morning ar ranging for the, accommodation of his company during the Firemen's Tour nament 'in July. He will bring 36 men and Mr. Bangert has se cured board for them at Mrs. J. J. Kelley's, corner Market and Third Btreets. He also arranged" to hire a good pair of horses during Tourna men Week to pull their engine. Besides the company aboved men tioned, the "Atlantics" of Newbern, will also send down the same number of men. In fact, the entire Newbern Fire Department, composed of the fol lowing will be here: Two engine companies, two horse hose wagons. two hand reel teams, two junior reel teams, and a horse hook and ladder company. Mr. W. C. VonGlahn received a letter from Capt Jas. D. McNeill two days since saying Newberu will be here ia a body and will have a tourna ment among themselves. He also stated that so' many companies are coming he has about quit sending out invitations. He said that since his return-to Fayetteville he has assurances that several Virginia companies will be here. . Capt. McNeill says the tournament will be the largest ever held in the South and it will be a tremendous success. PENDER IS AROUSED. Fully Alive to Importance of Carrying the Amendment at All Hazard Cam paign Speakings. Special Star Correspondence. Burgaw, N. C., June 15. Last night was the time aocointed for the organization of a White Gov ernment Union here, which was the beginning of the movement in this county. Notwithstanding the fact that tnis is tne busy season, they came even from a distance in the country, and the determination demonstrated reached a degree mtherto unnoticed in Pender politics. Mr. W. M. Hand nailed in mooting to order with some remarks. Mr. K. G. Grady, who has been appointed organizer-for this countv. then addrflssArl the meeting. Mr. Grady spoke of the need of an organization of the kind, the miserable ennditinn nf iha Tar. A under recent Republican rule and ex plained in oetau and at length that part of the Amendment which recog nizes thft riffht nf thn i man to vote and denies it to the negro. DUty-one men immediately joined the Union, hftsirina a rraat. manir expressed a desire through their friends i.u juiu, miuuugu iney couia not De present The election nf officers )uinornf in order, Dr. L. L. Ardrey was unani mously cnosen president, Mr. a. 1. Bowen vifft nrsidnt and M T 1W Stringfield secretary. Committees on registration and membership were sug gested and appointed. The Union Will meet on Saturdav fwnninir nf every week at 2 o'clock. ; It is marvellous how many men so busv in the field and shon am arnnseH on the one great public question. It is aiso gratuying to notice that this sen timent against necro dnminatinn ia - r- J-1 reaching beyond the confines of the ioiuocrauc party, it is pleasing to notice that white men, forgetful of nrevions nartv nrtranirntinna am rool. izing that the fight is not between T" A 1 IA. a 1 democrat ano .ropunst or .Democrat and Republican, but Anglo-Saxon and African. Hon. Thomas W. Mason will discuss the issues of the campaign at Maple Hill, in this iwnnt-ir. HViHair .Tiimn99.fi Jand at Burgaw the 23d. Cotton and Naval Stores. The following statement of the re ceipts of cotton and naval stores at the port of Wilmington for the week and part crop year was yesterday posted at the Produce Exchange: Week Ended June 15th, 1900 Cot ton, 10 bales; spirits, 896 casks; rosin, 1,593 barrels; tar, 675 barrels; Crude, 530 barrels. Week Ended June 15th, 1899 Cot ton, 84 bales; spirits, 1,150 casks; rosin, 3,377 barrels; tar, 582 barrels; crude, 259 barrels. Crop Year to June 15th, 1900 Cot- toD, 278,487 bales; spirits, 4,587 casks; rosin, 19,555 bales; tar, 11,385 barrels; crude, 2,929 barrels. Crop Year to June 15th, 1899 Cot ton, 289,445 bales; spirits, 5,481 casks; rosin, 26,539 barrels; tar, 10,825 bales; crude; 2,056 barrels. - Died at Mount Airy. Mr. J. B. Mercer received a telegram yesterday morning announcing the death on Thursday night of his sister, Mrs. M. C. Beeves, at her home near Mount Airy, N. C. Mrs. Reeves leaves a husband and seven children to mourn their loss and she is also sur vived by her mother, who resides at Town Creek, two brothers, Mr. J. B. Mercer, of Wilmington, Mir. C. O. Mercer, of Bladen county, and two sisters. Mrs. E. M. Walker, of Wil mington, and Mrs. E. W. Taylor, of Town Creek, all of whom have the sincere sympathy of'a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Tay lor were at the bedside of their sister when the endcanie. "Buck" Kitchln May Come. ThejSTAR learns that Chairman E. F. Johnson, of the Executive Com mittee, is making an endeavor to have Hon. W. H. Kitchin, of Halifax, to speak in , Wilmington in the Fifth Ward very soon. The speaking will probably take place in the open air, and music will be by the Fifth Ward Band. Mr. Henry Grimes, of Kenans ville, a popular young travelling man, is in the city. NO. 35 STATE LEGISLATURE. Both Houses Adjourned to Meet Again at Noon on the 24th of July Next. dr. McNeill of Brunswick Charged With Affiliating With Negroes and Republicans Bills Passed and Ratifled-A Sodden Oeath-The Supreme Court Adjourned. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, June 14. The Su preme Court to-day, at 12.30 o'clock, adjourned for the term. It is the longest term ever held in the history of the court. It remained in session until the docket was entirely cleared up, not a "single case being carried over. Never but ence before has this happened, and that was last year. But five cases were decided to-day. Two of these Horton vs. Webb and State vs. Hill set aside an act of the Legislature as unconstitutional by the usual vote of three to two, Justices Clark and Montgomery making the two and the Republican judges, Fair cloth, Furches and Douglas, making the three. The opinions handed down to day were as follows: Pritchard vs. Commissioners of Morganton, modi fied and affirmed, with costs against the county of Burke. State vs. Hill, from New Hanover, error. Stale vs. Medlin, from Gaston, affirmed. Cramp ton vs. Ivie, fronrMecklenburg, new trial. Hutton vs. Webb, from Burke, petition to rehear dismissed. The Court adjourned sine die. The State Board of Agriculture ap propriates $1,500 to the State Fair. Senator Jackson, of Lenoir county, was found dead on the piazza of his boarding house this morning at 5' o'clock. He was sitting, leaning back in a chair as if asleep, and was dis covered by a newsboy. It was his custom to rise early and sit on the piazza waiting for- his paper. Heart failure was the cause of death. The Legislature. - Most of the morning session of the two hours of the Legislature was devoted to memorial services in honor of d ceased members and to making ar rangements for the funeral of Senator Jackson, whose body was attended to his home by a legislative committee of six. To-night several bills were passed by both houses and all the work of the day was ratified. At 10 :40 both houses adjourned to meet here again at noon on July 24th. The feature of the session to-night was a debate in the House on a bill to give Brunswick county five commis sioners instead of three, which was de feated. In the course of the debate Mr. Ray, of Macon, charged Mr. Mc Neill of Brunswick with affiliating with negroes and Republicans in his opposition to the amend ment. He added that if he had been nominated as Mr. McNeill had, and then had not been willing to stand by the instructions given him by the convention, he would resign ; that would be the manly thing to do. Mr. McNeill replied that he had a right to his own opinion, and he would exercise that right ; that he had voted against the amendment in the House on two occasions, and he would vote against it at the polls. He told the convention that nominated him this, he said, and any resolutions passed afterwards could not bind him. Following are the bills ratified to night: Act to amend Chapter 325 of the Laws of 1899 ; to submit the ' question of dispensary or no dispensary in Swain county ; to establish stock law in certain portions of Nash county; to abolish the office of county treasurer in Henderson county ; to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in Macon county; to establish graded schools in Lexington; resolution to pay expenses of the funeral of Senator Jack son ; to appoint a committee to accom pany the remains of Senator Jackson ; to obtain information from the State Treasurer; directing printing of the report of the special committee to in vestigate the penitentiary and agricul tural department -.directing the commis sioner of Edgecombe county to draw a jury ; to pay Eugene C. Bedding field for services as corporation com missioner; to amend the Western Dis trict Circuit Court; to repeal the law passed in 1899 in reference to cotton weighers for Salisbury; to pay certain persons for. service in the interest, of the shell fish industry Democrats turned out by the Supreme Court; to amend Chapter 228 Private Laws of 1899 ; in regard to a tram road in Moore county; in re gard to having printed journals and laws; amending the corporation com mission act; joint resolution to ad journ till Tuesday, July 24; to pay certain claims in the interest of the fish industry ; to permit commissioners of Onslow to use certain surplus funds; to pay page's actual travelling expenses; to regulate the issuing of liquor license in Northampton county; for the relief of certain teachers in Craven county. Bruoswlek in Amendment. Mr. J. B. Evans, of Brunswick coun ty, who vas in the city yesterday, says notwithstanding all the rumors about Brunswick and the Amendment he believes the measure will receive a majority for adoption in his county at the election in August. Mr. Evans was once a member of the Board of Commissioners of Brunswick and is well informed on the political status there. He says that several Populists have expressed themselves to him as in favor of the bill. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ! St! Louis, Jijne 16. "War to the knife" was the logan adopted by the striking employes of the SF. Louis Transit Company to day. This ex- omo wuuu vias - utsviueu wis aiier- noon when th proposition adopted by the striking street car men yester day looking tq a settlement of the strike was turned down by the Tran sit Company. j - . ' Samuel -Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, an nounced that negotiations between the St. Louis Transit Company and' the Union, looking to a settlement of the strike on the basis proposed by the Union in mass meeting Friday, ' were off. j i This announcement was made at the conclusion of ai conference between Gdmpers, representing the union and President Edward Whitaker andDi rectoVp. D. McClure, representing the Transit Company. Mr. Whitaker said at the conclusion of the conference that he had no statement to make; President Gomers made this statement regarding the failure to reach an agree ment: ir "After three 1 hours and a half dis cussion with President Whitaker I am sorry to have jto announce that the company has declined to submit the question of reinstatement of the men to arbitration." (I . ' President Manonr-of the Interna tional Association of Amalgmated Street Railway Employes, when asked what his association would do in the crisis said: j i "This is now fight to the finish! President Gompers told me this after noon that he proposes to turn the en tire power of thej American Federation of Labor, with its membership of two million, against the Transit Company and fiht the issae out, if it takes five years to do it. j The American! Federation of Labor regards the attitude of the St. Louis Transit Comnan as a Aireot slah attha vital principles pt unionism. xne Doycott tq be declared will ap nlv not onlv the St. T Company, but tcj every person, every uusiness man, every association ana in iaci every corporation or individual favoring them ini anyway." THE POWERS NEGOTIATING. Prance Active lqj Efforts to Prevent a uenerai international Disturbance Over Chinese Trouble. By Telegraph fco the Morning Star. Washington,! June 16. 1-It is learned in authoritative jquarters that negotia tions relative tip the Chinese crisis have led to a discussion of the larger subject of so adjusting and harmoniz ing tne action of the several powers interested as to maintain complete equilibrium andj assure the continued -peace of the worid. Tbe French jiu-, thorities have been particularly active in urging that oine of the first consid erations of any action was to see that it tended towards maintaining the bal ance between the countries interested in the East and there is reason to believe that these representations haye had considerable influence in keeping any one of the several nations from put ting a preponderating military force in China, thus leading to counter ac tion by some cjther power and ulti mately to a general international dis- turbance. . From the French stand point, as stated $y those fully conver sant with Freiich policy, the chief . desire is to maintain peace and union between the great powers, and if that can be accomplished France will con sider that her best interests, as well as those of the world at large, will have been served. MAY 00 iTO NEW YORK. The Nomination or the Vice Presidency on the Republican Ticket. By Telegrapmto the Morning Star. Philadelphia, June 16. During the dayphe vicejj presidential question revolyeji around New York.' The position of the State, vwith four men available for candidate, the feeling in some quarters that political considera tions should give the second place on the ticket to the Empire State, and the somewhat strained relations between . Senator Hanna and Senator Piatt, all serye to turn attention to New York. Of course there its no real breach be- , tween Hanna amd Piatt; only perhaps : a little soreness exists. ' ! The New Ycfrfc- Senator does not want interference in New York by the , chairman of thet Republican National Committee. When Bliss was first put forward for thef second place it was well known that he was backed by Hanna. Bliss i has never been a favorite with Patt, and that was the -beginning. There is yet a lingering, belief that if New York would come solidly forward jfor Bliss he could be induced to accept. This, however, is not likely and the belief is general that Piatt stands in the way. The , allusions whichj Hanna has made to Lieutenant Governor Woodruff form another source pf irritation and pro bably the manner in which the Ohio Senator received the announcement of O'Dell's candidacy contributed to the unpleasant feeling already engen dered between the two leaders. f AN ABS01 BINQ QUESTION. McKioIey's Choice of a Running Mate In - the Presidential Contest. By Telegrapn to the Morning Star. 4 Washington June 16. The ante room of the White House to-day re sembled the lobby of a hotel in Phila delphia. It fairly swarmed with, politicians who had stopped off in Washington oq their way to the con vention to see .the President and as sure him of their unswerving devotion to his cause. The 'stream of visitors was uninterrupted during the morn ing. Although! among them were not a few of the party leaders, they had little opportunity to converse with the President, and those who did broach the subject of the Vice Presi dency the uppermost topic in the minds of all gpt no intimation from Mr. McKinley as to his personal choice, if he has one. i NATIONAL NEQR0 PARTY. Booker T. Washington's Advice to thn Colored People. By Telegraph to the Morning star. . , Nashville, Tenn., June 16. ' Booker T. Washington passed through ; here to-day ea route to Cincinnati. In reference to the organization of a National Negro Party he said: "A colored man's party would go forth with a chip on its shoulder, .and what we want is peace with the white man and not war. . "Let the colored people devote their attention to census enumerators who . are now among them.. Let us have more to tell the census enumerator ' and less to tell .the politician." ? ti n i E f.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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