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4"hc SSteMu jibx. TF ' ' V'( " ' Ci -stits turpentine 1.1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. .- ' ' '' ' ': .v--- , .'.'""".' . ; 7 : 88888888888888888 88888888888888888 88888SS8888888888 iHww 8 gsa8S5SSS3i88g8ai 88888888888888888 ' 82888888888888888 888888S88S8888888 ai "a3aSi;588SS888S, MM . 8888g88S888888888 3888888888888888 a 5 5 . ft. 5 1 OT 8s s s s i i S v 0 0 Ci O JJ J JJ g g g Vutcred at the Pom Office at Vilmtgton, N. C, Second Clasi Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION P3ICE., i ne luBscription price of the W-lj Star is u Ste Copy year, poaujre paid....... ,.4...,..$i CO .. ? month " " ........ 00 " Smontlii " " 30 WHO PAYS IT BACK? Money is necessary in conducting political campaigns because there is more or less 'expense incident to all of them. In national and State campaigns it is necessary to print a good deal of what is called campaign literature and that must be done by the respective parties interested. It costs money to print and distribute this literature. Rooms must be had where the work of the committees directing the campaigns is done, and numbers of clerks are employed in doing their part of this work. These arc a iew 01 ine items 01 expense wh ich are considered necessary and are generally looked upon as legiti mate. uniii me past twenty-five - or thirty years the sums thus - ex pended were insignificant compared J with the sums expended now, and I then they were the voluntary con-, tributions of the adherents of the -respective parties who took an in terest in the issues that divided the parties and desired to see the issues they believed in and the party that advocated them successful at the polls That is the case now with the Democratic party, which depends for its campaign funds upon the . voluntary contributions of those of its members who are able or take -interest enough in its success to contribute. But the Republican party managers are not dependent upon voluntary contributions for their funds, for soon after the war they resorted to the method of - as Bessment upon office-holders and - -other beneficiaries of the party patronage ana required a cer " tain per centage of their sab ries or earnings for cam paign purposes. ms metnod is Still adhered to, notwithstanding the pretence that it is not, and many thousands of dollars are squeezed out of these people, willingly or un willingly. To evade the law against forced assessments they call these ''voluntary contributions." When the number of federal office and place holders in the United States is con sidered it may be easily seen that with even small assessments very large sums of money in the aggre gate can be raised. But this bears no comparison to the, immense sums that are raised in other ways. The beneficiaries of Re publican class legislation come in for their share of assessments, and these are immense. Not only the actual - beneficiaries of this legislation, but the prospective beneficiaries of the looked .for legislation come under this head. As an' illustration we have the beneficiaries of tariff legis iation, which squeeze millions upon millions annually out of the people because of the prohibitive tariff legis , lation that gives them a practical mo nopoly the home market. We have the money-lending com bines "which are interested in finan cial legislation which will give them control of the currency and prove most profitable to them. There are the manufacturing and other combines known as Trusts which are interested in the porpetua . tion of the laws that make them 1 possible and mighty. t These and other special interests all desire the success of the party , whose policies are moBt favorable to, them, and they not only con tribute freely but are expected to contribute immense sums to the campaign funds of that party. But they were never struck as hard as in the campaign four yjears . ago by Manager Mark Hanna and as they are being struck now. While all campaign managers re cognize the necessity of money Ilanna wasthe first to regard it and nrartioallv proclaim it the must X j X- essential and most potent factor in elections. He was the. first who brought campaigns down to an abso- lute dollar basis and virtually con fcaaed by his methods that elections must bo carried by money. Acting . upon that cold-blooded, business principle he from tho start went in for "great-campaign funds and had ' no scruples in demanding thousands where others might have deemed hundreds excessive. - The sum he collected and ex- ponded in the campaign and elec VOL. XXXI. ously estimated at from a few to twenty millions dollars and it Is said he will in this campaign and coming election completely eolipse the ex- 1uinJUn... - M ouuiiuixd wi iour years ago.' as lavish as they were, which carried states enough to elect McKinley. He has put his figures, it is said, be tween twenty and thirty millions (both of which are probably exag gerated), but there is no doubt that he will spend an enormous campaign, fund, for both he and the tariff ben eficiaries, money Combines and trusts which he and his party represent consider much money necessary to insure the election of McKinley. Who would seriously assert that even a third of the smaller sum here mentioned would be necessary, if honestly expended, and if it were not used to buy and corrupt voters, and carry out dishonest schemes? While little of this money wilL be expended f ri States which are cer tain or iopeless, immense sums will be put into doubtful or close States whose votes may be deemed necessary to success, which simply means corruption unqualified. This is the only possible motive in getting these immense funds. They expect to buy votes in States that they could not otherwise carry. Millions , of dollars will thus be thrown into New York, Indiana and other warmly contested States which may be deemed essential to success. The men' who contribute these millions do not contribute from pa triotic motives, or even from party devotion, but for self interest, be cause they expect to use the party in carrying out their schemes, and when they do who will foot the bill? In the event of success they will get back every dollar they contribute and more, and come, in some every .dollar will way, out of the American people. COTTON SEED AS FEED. A short while ago we published an article on the food properties of cot ton seed as compared with wheat. The following which we clip from the Charleston Netos and Courier throws some light on its value as compared with corn, and may be of interests to cotton growers and stock raisers: "la view of the short crops of both corn and cotton in this region farmers generally will derive some very help ful instruction as to tne relative value of cotton seed, cotton seed meal.- and corn, as food for cattle, especially dairy and beef cattle, from a state ment on the subject recently published m the Southern Farmer, by Mr. John M. McCandless, State Chemist of Georgia; -We give the substance of the article. "The experiments reported were made by the Mississippi Agricultural Station. In the first instance these ex perimenfs were made with different lots of cows, which were fed on ra tions, consisting of pea vine hay, silage. wheat bran, cotton seed, cotton seed Sneal, and corn and cob meal, the pro portion of these ingredients varying in each case, and the experiments cover covering each a period of four weeks. The several results obtained are stated as follows: Six pounds of whole cotton seed are superior to three pounds of cotton seed meal, both as mils ana nesn proaucers. Three and a half pounds of meal are just about equal to six pounds of seed. Six pounds of seed are not equal to four pounds of meal. One pound oi meal equals 1.71 pounds of cotton seed. "In the second set of experiments cotton seed was first compared directly with corn and cob meal, and then cot ton seed meal was compared with corn and cob meal; the other ingredients of the rations remaining the same, The results are as follows: "Six pounds of cotton seed gave a better yield of milk than six pounds of corn and cob meal. Six pounds of cottonseed meal gave better results than eight pounds of corn and cob meal. Six pounds of corn and cob meal gave as much milk as eight pounds of the same meal. "Three pounds of cotton seed meal equal six pounds of corn and cob meal, and as satisfactory yields of milk as eight pounds of corn and cob meal, but the latter caused the cows to iaiten. Three and a half pounds of cotton seed meal are better than either six or eight pounds of corn and cob meal in the dairv rations used. In a well balanced dairv ration two nounds of corn and cob meal are about equal to one pound of cotton seed meal. "Summarizing: (1) 'One pound of cotton seed is equal to 1.17 pounds of corn and cob meal or to 0.58 of a pound of cotton seed meaL (2) One nound of cotton seed meal is equal to 1.71 pounds oj cotton seed, or to two pounds of corn and cob meal. (3) One nound of corn and cob meal is equal to one-half pound of cotton seed meal, or tr n fits nf a nound of cotton seed.' The Mississippi Station concludes thnrenortof its investigation as fol lows:" 'According to these results, if corn ia worth 40 cents per bushel or $14.23 a ton, cotton seed should be worth 27.8 cents a bushel, or $16.70, and cotton seed meal $28.56 a ton. If cotton seed is worth 10 cents a bushel, or $6 a ton, hould be worth 9.1 cents a bushel, or $5.10 a Ion, and cotton seed m.l ahonld be worth $10.26 a ton. When cotton seed meal is worth $16 a ton cotton seed should be worth 15.4 cents a bushel or $9.28 a ton, and corn meal should be worth 113 cents a bushel or $8 a ton. Thus you see-that tha. hnA (oneluaions above are valua ble to you, because they enable you to calculate for yourself whether you can afford to feed corn at all to your cattle, and from the above figures it appears that you cannot afford to do so at all at any price per bushel that corn ever .alia at n thi BAction of the country. because its feeding value is so far be low its money value' when compared with the feeding value and money vaiiiA nf cotton seed and cotton seed maal , honclusion No. 1 also enables you to tell when you are getting a 7.1. mIm for our ootton seed. For if nnttnn Mtd meal Is worth $22 a ton then cotton seed should bring 21.2 cents per bushels at sixty value as compared with the feeding value of meal. In the light of 'these imnortant facts' Mr. McCandless thinks it is astonishing that no experiments ap pear to have been . made 'to see whether horses and mules will not eat cotton seed 'and cotton seed meal and hulls, one or both: and. if not voluntarily, whether they could be trained to do so by mixing them gradually, by slowly increasing de crees, with corn and oats and ha v.' 11 ' promises to have the matter tested a i the Georgia Station." ANOTHER OBJECT 1ESS0N. Mark Hanna says there , are no trusts, only 5 'combinations of capi tal.", We had 'a combination of capital," in which the several big concerns engaged in handling sugar, combined. The result was an ad vance of a cent a pound on sugar in five or six months. In this con nection the following New York dis patch of the 3rd inst. is interesting, and it also presents an object lesson : "The- American Sugar RefiniDg Company to day, reduced its price for refined sugar 40 points. Arbuckle Bro.3. have cut the price of refined su gar to 6.75 and withdrew all guaran tees. The independent refiners also cut the price to 5.75. This leaves the price of the American Company five points below that of other companies." The trust defenders, like Mark Hanna, and those who echo him, say there are no trusts, but simply "combinations of capital," which are not formed for the purpose of put ting up or maintaining prices. Be fore this sugar combine was organ ized the price of sugar was $5.75 a hundred pounds. Within a short time after it was organized the price ran up to nearly $7.00 a hundred pounds. When the break in the combine came and they got to com peting with each other the price went back to $5.75. What does that show? Doesn't it prove that the combine was formed to run up the price of sugar, and that the price was kept up while the combine lasted, and that when the combine broke the price 'dropped at once? What better illustration could be a3ked of the practical operation of a trust than this? It presents an object lesson that the simplest minded can see through and understand at once. A HOME THRUST. The Republicans always get the worst of it when they pop any ques tions at Wm. J. Bryan. He doesn't lose his temper like Mountebank Roosevelt does, but answers good naturedly and always makes a home thrust 'when he does. At Ander son, Ind., a few days ,ago, while he was speaking some Republican of an inquiring turn of mind wanted to know about that North Carolina constitutional amendment. This made about the sixth or seventh time that question has been asked and from the fact that they all seem to have North Carolina on their minds the natural inference is that they think that North Caro lina is the only patch of ground in the United states where there is qualified negro suffrage. In this case Mr. Bryan enlighten ed the Anderson seeker for informa tion by calling his attention to the constitutional provision in the State of Oregon, a good Republican state, and the law passed by a Republican Congress disfranchising negro voters in the District of Columbia, to do which and get rid of every negro vote, whether intelligent or not, they made a clean sweep and disfranchised every white voter. And then - he concluded with the following home thrust. "There was never a more snametul niece of hypocrisy than is that under wmcn ine xtepuDiicaus iuub wuw iudv talk about Southern amendments. ' It v. i i -r- li 1 ; J 1 . 1- was Republican Congress that took the right to vote away from those in the-District of Columbia and for thirty years the negro has been electing te publican Presidents and getting jani- torships in return, and you never hear a modern Republican sav anything for him except during a campaign when his vote is needed." One of the best evidences of the negro's unfitness to vote is the fact that he has for so many years been permitting the white boBses to make a tool of him, and hasn't been able to see through the hypocrisy of this pretended interest in him which is shown only in election times when, an Mr. urvan savs. -ma vote ib needed." VERDICT OF NOT QUILTY. Trial of Freeman for the Murder of Chason, at EHzabethtowo. Special Star Telegram. Elizabethtown, N. Ct October L In the case of the State against O. R. Freeman, who was indicted and tried for the murder of Charles Chason, the jury to night at 9 :20 returned a verdict of not cniltv. The entire day was consumed by argument of counsel. The fight was bitter ffom start to finish and every point ably contested on both sides. Messrs. John G. Shaw of Favetteville, Homer Lyon and J. H. Johnson of Hope Mills, and Solici tor McLean ably conducted the prose cution. William J. Bellamy of Wil mington, O. C. Lyon and R. S. White of Elizabethtown, made a vigorous a.ht frtf tiiA ttafendant Freeman, their AJ.U.fc aw . nwieches being of a very high order. , The verdict is favorably received by the public, although sentiment was at first decidedly against jrreeman. - - ' - " -r WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1900. REV. T. PAGE RICAUD Died Early Yesterday Morning at the Home of His Daughter in Durham The Funeral Here Today. Private telegrams to friends in the city yesterday morning conveyed the sad news of the death at Durham, N. C, of Rev. T. Page Ricaud which occurred at 2:30 o'clock A. M. at the homeof his son-in-law, Prof. W. J. Ramsey after an illness of about two weeks which combined with the in flrmities of age to end a long and useful career in life. Deceased was in his eighty-third year and had been very feeble for some time. He was an active minister of the gospel of the Methodist Church so long as his health would permit and was as two different periods pastor of Fifth Street Methodist Church of this city, during which time he made many lasting friends not only among his own congregation but among . the re siJents of Wilmington generally. He was also for a time pastor of Hancock M. E. Church, of Newbern, and served at one time as United States minister to Mexico. Mr. Ricaud is survived by four chil dren as follows: Mrs. W. J. Ramsey, of Durham; Mrs. A. P. Farrier, of Kenansville, N. C. ; Mr. T. Page Ri caud, Jr., of "Bennetts ville, S. C. and Hon. A. O. Ricaud, of New York, but formerly of this city. Messrs. T. P. Ricaud, Jr., and wife, of Bennetts- ville, Mr. A. G. Ricaud and Professor and Mrs. Ramsey accompanied the re mains to Wilmington last evening and this morning at 11 o'clock the funeral will be conducted from Grace M. E. church by the pastor, Rev. J. N. Cole, and Kev. John i. uall, and the re mains will be laid to rest in Oakdale beside the grave of his wife and other relatives. At the station yesterday evening a large number of friends gathered to meet the bereaved ones and the fol lowing were among those who acted as pall bearers: Messrs. James H. Chadbourn, Jr., E. K. iBryan, T. O. Bunting, E. S. Martin, W. H. Yopp, H. P. West, Dr. E S. Pigford, Rich ard J. Jones, Samuel Northrop, Rev. J. H. Hall and Rev. J. N. Cole. CAMPAIGN IN THE EST. Dr. Dixon Has Appointments in Several Counties Mr. Simmons' Speeches. Dr. B. F. Dixon, State Auditor-elect has been appointed by State Chairman Simmons to speak at the following times and places: Johnston county Four Oaks, Oct 10th: Selma. 11th. wayne county inkevuie, uct. I35tn: Seven Springs, lath. Lenoir county LiaGrange. Oct. 15h. Craven county Newbern, Oct 16th. Jones county Trenton, Uct 17th. Onslow county Jacksonville, Oct 19th; Richland, 18th. Duplin county tiallsville, Uct. 20th. Pender county Burgaw, Oct 22nd. Bladen county Clarkton, Oct 23d. Robeson county Max ton, Oct 24th. Richmond county Rockingham, Uct. 25th. Wad es boro, Anson county, Oct 26th. Marshville, Union county, Oct 27th. State Chairman Simmons has ap pointments to speak himself as fol lows: Fayetteville. N. C. Oct 11th: Con cord, N. C, Oct. 15th; Statesville, N. C.y Oct 18th; Mooresville, N. C, Oct 19th. NEGRO SURRENDERED HIMSELF. Morgan Spencer Committed to County Jail Charged With Manslaughter. Morgan Spencer, the negro who acci dentally shot and killed another negro at Wrightsville Sound while return ing from a camp meeting with a crowd of negro youths a month or two ago. yesterday surrendered himself to the sheriff and was committed to jail by Dr. W. W. Harriss, Justice of the Peace, who was also acting coroner at the inquest held over the body of the dead negro which returned the ver dict that deceased came to his death by the careless and indifferent hand ling of a pistol in the hands of Spencer. Spencer, through his counsel Mars- den .Bellamy, Jsq., waived examina tion and was committed, as stated. The negro says that he has been at New bern since the killing, which is desig nated in the warrant against him as manslaughter. m Request to Organize. County chairmen of Democratic ex ecutive committees are requested to call meetings in each township in their various counties on Saturday, the 13th day of October, for the pur pose of organizing a club, where one has not already been formed. It is also urged that at each speaking by candidates or other Democrats a club be organized. Do not let an oppor tunity pass to organize. These clubs are a part of the party machine. They are subject to the party authority. The two main purposes for which they are to be formed are to distri bute literature and to bring out a full vote. It is -presumed that the last campaign secured a iuu registration. m t -a tA J.! As soon as a club is formed send the names of the officers to Hon. F. M. Simmons, chairman, Raleigh, N. C. Also send a list of the officers to Max Thomson, national secretary, New York city, N. Y. Mr. Bellamy at Burgaw. Hon. John D. Bellamy spoke to a large crowd in the court house at Bur gaw Saturday, and he was well re ceived and highly congratulated upon I his speech. . Mr. Bellamy said he was accorded a warm reception and there were a number Of ladies present at the sneaking. He returned to the city yes terday evening. IS KINSAULS ALIVE? Rumor Apparently Well Qronnded Ssys He is Not Dead, Bat in Hospital at Richmond, Va. Is Kinsauls, the Satcpson county murderer still alive, after the horrible hanging at Clinton Friday a week ago? That is a question which numerous people in Wilmington who have in terested themselves in the case would Hie to know dehniteJy. From au thorities given for-a rumor which gained general circulation on, the streets yesterday it would appear that Kinsauls is yet alive, having survived the terrible ordeal described in. these columns after the hanging by the Sampson county sheriff week before last. - The news comes to Wilmington as from Col. Jno. D. Kerr, of Clinton, one of Kinsaurs attorneys at the trial, but the circumstances are of such Peculiar character that the less credu lous are-disposed to believe that Col. Kerr was indulging in a joke with some one and is being quoted seri ously. The story goes that after Kinsauls was cut down from the gallows as dead and ostensibly was carried for burial to his home in Honejcutt's township, his body was taken m charge by physicians; resuscitated ana hurried on to a hospital at Rich mond, Va., his body being wrapped in blankets. Home contend that the story is plausible from the fact that Kinsauls was very light, weighing less than a hundred pounds, and as the first fall did not break his neck it is barely possible that the second produced a like result. The story, however, becomes less plausible from the fact that Sheriff MacRae, who was exceedingly kind to Kinsauls while I e was in jail here, last night received a letter from Mrs. Kinsauls asking for help to erect a tombstone at the grave of her hus band. COL. WADDELL'S APPOINTMENTS. Will Continue His Canvass, Beginning at Lnmberton on Today Week. Col. A. M. Waddell will resume his canvass to-day week, speaking at the following places at the dales desig nated,: Lumberton Saturday, October 13th. Fayetteville Monday, October 15th. Sanford Tuesday, October 16 th. Carthage - - Wednesday, October 17th. Aberdeen Thursday, October 18th. Rockingham Friday, October 19 th. Clarkton -Saturday, October 20th. Further appointments will be an nounced later. They Were From Wilmington. Wilson Times: "Last Wednesday two fellows named Coleman and Yopp, claiming to hail from Wilmington, entered Mr.. J. L. Mayo's cafe on Goldsboro street and called for oysters. While these were being prepared Coleman drew out a pistol and shot across the table, the ball glancing against the table and only missing Mr. Brit Forbes by a few inches. Both men were drinking or drunk. Mr. Forbes called for the police, and yes terday morning Coleman was fined $30.00 for disorderly conduct and placed in jail in default of a $100 bond for carrying concealed weapons. Stricken with Paralysis. Friends in Wilmington regret ex ceedingly to learn of a serious stroke of paralysis which was suffered by Mrs. Emma McEachern at her home, No. 310 South Sixth street, Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Her entire left side and speech are affected and she is in a very serious condition. Dr. W. J. EL Bellamy was at the residence to see her son, Mr. N. M. McEachern, at the time and was quickly at her side or the result might have been more serious. Stone for Caswell. The first installment of cars laden with stone for the sea wall at Fort Caswell arrived yesterday over the Carolina Central railroad from Messrs. W. R. Bonsai & Co., of Hamlet. The stone comes from quarries near Rock ingham, N. C, and the work of load ing it on lighters for transportation to Caswell by the Wilmington and Little River Transportation Co., the contrac tors, will begin at once. Raleigh Post: "It is gratifying to learn that Mr. John Sprunt Hill, a young North Carolinian formerly of Faisons now a resident of New York city, is a Democratic nominee for Con gress in the Fourteenth district in his State." The Charlotte Observer of yes terday contains an account of the death of paralysis at his home there of Mr. A. A. Faston at 8.45 o'clock Friday night He is- survived by a widow and four children, one of whom is Mrs. John Creasy, of Wilmington. THE POST0FFICE DEPARTMENT. Excess of Expenditures Oyer Revenues the Past Year. By Telegraph to tbe Horning- Btar. Washington, October 6. The bal ance sheet of the Postofnce Depart ment just completed, shows the fol lowing conditions for the past year: Expenditures, $107,249,298; revenue, $102,354,579; excess oi expenditures, $4,894,718. This is about $1,500,000 less than the deficit for the preceding fiscal year. Directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company have appoint ed Alexander Cochrane president pro. tern, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the ' late president, J ohn E. Hudson. Mr.. Cochrane is a director and member of the executive board of the American Bell Telephone and the American Telephone and Telegraph I company. BLACKWELL DURHAM CASE. Ao Appeal Taken Will Prevent Sale of Property Trial of Registrars on Next Monday. rpectol Star Telegram. ! Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 5. An appeal was to day taken by Major Wm. A. Guthrie in the Black well Durham To bacco Company case. This will pre vent the sale of the property on No vember 5tb, as ordered by Judge Simonton. The trial of the six registrars, ) in dicted for refusing to register negroes in the August election, has been set for next Monday in the Federal court at Greensboro. The men indicted are J. T. Thompson, of Forsyth, charged with refusing to register twenty-four negroes; Hunter L, Wall, of Forsyth, charged with refusing to register twelve negroes: W. L. Roper,; of Montgomery, charged with refusing to register four negroes; R. O. Fry, of Montgomery, charged with refusing to register seven negroes; J. A. Perry, of Burke, 'charged with refusing to register seven negroes; Wm. Pofell, of Burke, charged with refusing to register nine negroes. The bill of in dictment contains twenty four pages of printed matter. BRYAN'S INDIANA TOUR. Made Fourteen Speeches Yesterday to Large Audiences. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar. Louisville, Ky., October 6. Hon. William J. Bryan concluded to day his tour of the State of Indiana, arriv ing here about 8:30 o'clock to night, an hour and a half late. He made fourteen speeches during the day be fore crossing the Ohio river. The speeches were made at Plainfield, a small station a few miles out from In dianapolis; Greencastle, where the De pauw University is located; Brazil, an important mining center; xerre llaute, Liewis, Lanton, minora, w ash- ington. Shoals, Mitchell, Rilans, Salem, New Albany and Jefferson- ville. xlis audiences were all large except at the very small towns. At such places at Terre Haute, Linton, Salem and Washington there were multitudes, of people.- At all the stopping points great enthusiasm was displayed. A light rain fell the greater part ot the day, but this circumstance was not allowed to interfere with the meetings in any way. The people did not de sert on account of it and Mr. Bryan protected himself with an umbrella. GOVERNMENT'S - NEW STEEL TUG. Richard Caswell Now on Its Way Down to This Port. The Baltimore Sun of Friday has' the following regarding the new steel tug recently built there for the engi neer's department at Wilmington: "The new steamer Richard Castoell, built by the Columbian Iron Works for the United States Engineer Corps, left yesterday for Elizabeth Uity, si. C. where she is to be delivered to the officer in charge of the Wilmington Department. Capt Thomas R, Lewis went in charge of the Caswell, with Richard Lawrence and John Boyd in the engine room. Capt. Harry Wag ner was in charge of the deck work and the providing of good meals for the crew. The Richard Caswell is a fine steel tug, 80 feet long and 20 feet beam. Bhe is driven by a fore and aft com pound engine, with cylinders 14 and 28 inches in diameter and with a piston stroke of 22 inches. . The boat has neat accommodations for the crew and officers and a large space below decks aft can be utilized for store-rooms or converted into iiv- 1 A. iug a par iiuen us. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. Morgan Liner Elmonfe and British Steamer Rappahannock. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New Yobk, October 6. The Mor gan Line steamer Elmonte, which ar rived here to-dayfrom New Orleans reports having been in collision with the British steamer Rappahannock, bound from Liverpool for Newport t" mi it" a ' IN ews. ine collision occurred yester day in latitude 37.40, longitude 74.33. A dense fog prevailed at tne time. The Elmonte had her bow stove in and some plates on the starboard bow. The stem showed a deep indentation and a sail hanging across the bow to prevent the water coming in. JNothing was learned as to the damage to the Rap pahannock. After the collision she steamed westward toward Cape Henry and the Elmonte proceeded on her course. SEA ISLAND COTTON. Growers' Association Resolve to Advance the Price to 23 Cents. 2y Telegraph to the Morning Star. Valdosta, Ga., October 6. The Sea Island Cotton Growers1 Associa tion had a meeting here to-day, and after hearing reports from every sec tion as to condition of the crop, etc., the advisory board advised that the price be advanced to twenty-three cents. It is believed that twenty-hve cents will be. the basis for sales before many days, as reports indicate a very small crop. Chairman B. P. Jones, of the ad -visory board, made a ringing speech at to-day's meeting advising the farmers not to sell for less than twenty-three cants. Tbev voted to hold it for that price. RULED OUT AT SAVANNAH. Two Mormon Elders Who Wanted to Preach and Peddle Books. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. . Savannah, Ga., Oct 6. Two Mor mon elders applied to Mayor Myers for permission to preach on the streets and to offer Mormon books and other literature for sale. ' The mayor eon suited the city attorney with respect to his authority in the premises and was informed that it was in his discretion whether permission should be given. He thereupon declined to allow the Mormons either to preach or peddle their books. NO. 50 PRESBYTERY AT CHADB0URN. Rev. D. P. McQeacby Chosen Moderator and Elders Boney and Shaw Clerks. Good Rains Reported. Special Star Correspondence. Chadbourn, N. Q, Oct 4. Wil mington Presbytery met here yester day evening at 7.S0 o'clock and opened with a sermon by Rev. R. M. Williams, of Wallace, on the text: 'Let your Light Shine." After the sermon the Presbytery elected Elder B. G. . Worth, of Wilmington, mode rator, who so well deserved the honor, but at his earnest request he was ex cused and Rev. D. P. McGeachy, of Burgaw, - was chosen in his stead. Elders W. J. Boney and W. J. Shaw were chosen temporary clerks. At this morning's session Rev. Thos. Shaver, of Wooster Presbytery, was invited to sit as a visiting brother. Interesting addresses were made on Home and Foreign Missions. Ministers present at the session are Revs. A. D. McClure. P. C. Morton and E. E. Lane, of Wilmington ; A. McFadyen, R. M. Williams, D. P. McGe&chy and J. E. L. Winecoff. The elders present are Messrs. W. J. flayer, Hurgaw; J. N. Uenry, Point Caswell; J. 8haw, Harmony; W. J. Boney, Wallace; A. D. Hix, Elizabeth town ; N. W. Bonham : J. H.Thomas,St Andrew's ;B. G. Worth, First Church ; Wilmington; W. J. Boney; W. J. Shaw, S. T. Lowmen. Rains have fallen here abundantly and the berry plants have been much benentted. - Chadbourn, N. C, Oct 5. Wil mington Presbytery adjourned here to day. The sessions have been held in the handsome new church recently built here by the congregation and have been very pleasant Before ad journment a very enthusiastic vote of thanks was given the good people of Chadbourn for thb generous hospi tality bestowed upon the Presbytery and they insisted on its coming again When the members could stay longer. The free conversation on the sub ject of religion was an interesting leature oi tne Presbytery and espe cially so the addresses of Revs. v. p. McGeachy and E. E. Lane on the Sabbath school. The usual routine business was transacted and some special work laid out The moderator, Kev. D. P. Mc Geachy, will preach a sermon at the Spring meeting on "Some Doctrine of the Uhurcb," and Rev. A. D. McUlure will preach a sermon on "Family Re ligion." Rev. R. Murphy Williams will prepare and read a paper on the 'Destitution of the Presbytery." The next meeting of Presbytery will be held at Clinton on the first Tuesday in April, 1901, at 7.30 P. M. All the delegates left to day, return ing home. RAIDING CAPE COLONY. Boer Force Under Dewet Threatening the Town of Aliwalnorth Roberts Re ports Boers Surrendering. By Cable to the Morning Btar. Aliwalnobth, Cape Colony, Oct 1. General DeWet is reported to be a few miles south of Wepener (in tbe Orange River Colony, about seventy miles north of Aliwalnorth). The Boers near here are in a state of great excitement. All the outpost camps have been called in and preparations are being made to defend the town. A detachment of Cape Police engaged in reconnoitering Rouxville, (somewhat less than half-way between Aliwal- norm ana wepener; roae out or one end of the.town as the Boers gallopped in tbe other end. Two mounted Aus tralians were captured. Some of the Kouxviile merchants nave destroyed their stocEs to prevent them from fall ing into the hands of the Boers. British Advices. London, October 6. A dispatch re ceived from Lord Roberts, dated Fri day, October 5, says: "Tbe number of prisoners captured or surrendered is daily increasing and must now aggregate nearly 16,000 men. "Commandant Muller has surrender ed to Clery and Commandant Dickson and others are on their way to Pretoria to surrender. "A detachment of the London Irish endeavored to surprise a party of Boers near Boitfonstein. uctober 4. but had to retire after three hours fighting. with six men wounded. The Boers suffered heavily." EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH CO. Organized In New Jersey To - Control Telegraph and Telephone Business In the United States. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, October 6. A certifi cate of incorporation of the Exchange Telegraph Company has been filed with the county clerk of Hudson county, N. J., and the Secretary of State at Trenton. The authorized capital stock is $5,000,000, divided into fifty thousand shares of $100 each. The objects of the company are to acquire by purchase or lease and to operate thoughout the United States a system of telegraph and telephone wires, to conduct the business of trans mitting messages by telegraph and telephone and transmit and sell mar ket and all kinds of news, to operate tickers and like instruments for the prompt transmission of all market quo tations and other newt, also, to lease to other companies wires, and to con duct in the cities and villages of the United States a general messenger ser vice; also, to manufacture and sell electrical power and do a general tele phone and telegraph business.. TRINITY COLLEGE Recipient of Another Gift from Washington Duke, Cigarette Manufacturer. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. ; Raleigh, N. O., October 6. Trinity College, a Methodist institution at Durham, was to-day the recipient of a gift of $100,000 from Washington Duke, a wealthy cigarette manufac turer. This last gift makes altogether half a million dollars given by Mr. Duke to this college. - In addition to this, another member of the Duke family has given the college $100,000 and a library that will cost $100,000, is now being built by J. B. Duke.- The Dukes ' are largely interested in the American Tobacco Company, Duke being its president J. B. t Wilson yews: - It is rumored that Gustavus .Milhiser, of Richmond, 1 Va., has purchased a mill site at Roanoke Rapids and will shortly build a large mill there for the manufacture of fine damask. Mount Airy News: Most of the farmers have about finished cutting ' and curing tobacco. The crop is little more than half as large as last year. but it is thought prices will be more satisfactory. Laurinburg Exchange: Last Monday morning Mr. Colin McCor mac, son of Mr. Nathaniel McCormac, was caught in some shafting while at work In a mill near John Station, and so badly -mangled that it is feared he ; cannot recover. ' Rockv Mount Motors The pea nut crop is not good, theory and hot August causing many ''p6paV' empty cells or bulls. In 1866 "Gen. Bryan Grimes madeon his farm at -Grimes-land in Pitt county a penut crop that netted him over ten thousand dollars. Tarboro Southerner: News came this morning that Joe Bennett, of Williamston, who on the 22d of September attempted to murder Miss Jennie Moore, of that town, and Mr. Hobbs, of Horfolk, was arrested yes terday near Charleston, S.r 0., and will be brought to Williamston for trial. f Sanford Express: The veneer- . ing factory is a busy place. Over twenty hands are kept busy turning out veneer, the most of which is being shipped North. -They have no trouble in getting material to wora wnn ana at present have a good supply on band. ' Much of it has been hauled in from the surrounding country, while some of it has been shipped here from other points. Southport Standard: Mrt Silas Holder, a very aged citizen, who lived seven miles from here, died on Mon- -day morning last, after several months' illness. Mr. Holder was a veteran of the Mexican war, perhaps the only one in this county, and also a veteran oi tne jivu war, naving served in both, and was ready, he said. on the eve of the late Spanish-Ameri can war, to enter tbe artillery service and serve his country again. Statesville Landmark: Mr. R. M. Saunders, who is operating a saw mill near Cooleemee, Davie county. added a genuine curosity to the Land mark's stock Saturday. In cutting a r poplar log 2i feet in diameter, last week, Mr. Saunders' saw struck and cut into the handle of an old-iamonea steel fork. The fork hand been broken just at the handle and years and years ago the broken handle naa oeen siuck into the tender bark of a young popu- ular. - This had grown around ana covered it The tree was perfectly sound and the iron was found just at -the heart of the tree. One piece of the iron handle still had the wood cover ing on it when taken out of the plank. Pittsboro Record: We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Samuel Siler, of Matthews township. Al though in his Slst year, ne was re markably well preserved both pny- . sically and mentally. Until a few weeks ago he could ride norseoacK with as little fatigue as a man of 40 years, frequently riding to this place and back home in the same day . nearly forty miles. White's bridge across Rocky river was washed away a few months ago. Last week some of the old timbers of the bridge were taken out of the river, where they . had lodged, and it was then discov ered that some of the largest sills had been sawed nearly half in two, and it had evidently been done several years ago. And yet hundreds of persons and vehicles naa been passing over that bridge all that time without the sills breaking,- and nobody had any idea of their dangerous condition. Mount Olive Advertiser: Chol era is making inroads upon the stock of hogs of some of our friends. Messrs. J. O. Loftin, J. B. Oliver and J. Tay lor, we have been informed, are losers. Tbe cotton sold at Mount Olive this season will bring nearly $250,000 to our farmers; if we converted the raw material into yarn or cloth that amount would be increased to nearly the half -million dollar mark. The' dwelling of Mrs. Ann Max well was de stroyed by nre Thursday morning. Tbe fire originated in the kitchen and had gained such headway before dis covered, that all efforts were devoted to saving household effects. Berry growers have experienced unusual difficulty in securing a stand of plants; ' patches nave been bet out from three to five times, and it is only after tbe rains' of the past few days that the growers have felt assured of having a crop anywhere near the average. That the crop of 1901 will be less than for. several years past is the opinion of the majority of tbe growers. A MINNESOTA TORNADO One of the Fiercest That Ever Visited the State Two Persons Killed and Eight Injured. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Duluth, Minn, October 6. -One of the fiercest tornadoes that ever visited North Minnesota and parts of Wiscon sin, struck the edge of the Mesaba range town of Biwalrik this afternoon, killing two persons, injuring eight and doing damage variously estimated at from $300,000 to $500,000. . The principal damage consists of the destruction of shaft houses, dwelling and business houses. The Austrian settlement of Biwalrik suffered se verely. Twenty houses were , blown down in the district Tornado conditions prevailed to-day all over northeast Minnesota. Violent thunderstorms were almost continu ous. A great amount of rain has fallen. The funnel shaped cloud passed over Biwalrik with a power that was irre sistible. It tipped locomotives over, lifted cars off the track and carried them from 100 to 300 feet Houses in the path of the tornado were blown to atoms and the furniture scattered for miles. - The Duluth mining company's shaft houses and other buildings were blown down. The Drake Stratton Company sustained considerable loss to locomo tives and cars. A CORNER IN PORK. Rapid Advance la Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Chicago, October 6. October pork jumped to $17 per barrel to-day on the Board of Trade. The close at that fig ure marked a rise since ; yesterday morning of $4. The close yesterday was at $14.50 and the opening to-day at $14.25. The market went from the opening in half dollar leaps to $16.00 and from the last given figure jumped dollar on a single trade. . Sir Thomas Llpton is said to be "long" seventy-five thousand barrels, having cornered the visible supply here as well as forty thousand barrels not yet In sight The price was bid up to day by shorts. i M. B.Xtartis,aSamueilof Posen," the actor, filed a petition in bankruptcy yesterday, confessing liabilities ' of W7,000; assets $25. i n i ( tion four years ago has been vari- nnaheia to me tuu. iw 1
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