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CO-OPERATIOff.
The principle of co-operation has
been so successfully demonstrated
that the wonder is it has not
been more generally acted up
on. It haa been tried by in
dividuals, by ' corporations and to
some extent -by somjs railroad
companies with good results. The
Pennsylvania railroad pensions men
who have become . old or incapaci
tated in the service of the company.
That ia one kind of co-operation. !
The Illinois Central railroad makes
its employes sharers to some extent
in the prosperity of the road by giv
ing them a per centage of the pro- i
fits, which they may invest in the I
stock of the company, thus becom-1
ing pecuniarily and personally inter
ested in its success. That is another
kind of co-operation. If something
similar were adopted by all the lead-'
ing railroads of the country, thus
setting an example to others, there
would be very few railroad strikes!
in this country, and if the same
system were inaugurated in the large
shops, the coal and iron mines,' etc.,
there would be very few strikes in
these.
But there is another kind of co
operation, by which .the railroads
could protect? themselves from the
extortions of the trusts' and save
millions of dollars annually, if such
co-operation be practicable, and we
do.net see why it should not be. The
railroads of this country need about
50,000 tons of new or of re-rolled
steel rails annually .T' It is Baid that
the steel rail -makers now have
tookedTfor nextryear-1,000,000 tons
of rails. The price demanded and
to be paid is $26 a torf, That is
26,000,000 to come out of the rail
roads, and ultimately gut of the
patrons of the railroads, and put
into the coffers of the Steel Bail
Trust, an institution protected by
the tariff from competition by for
eign rail makers, It is said that
steel rails can be made and sold at
$13 a ton and then, leave margin
enough for a reasonable profit. As
suming this to be so, the railroads are
beaten out of $13,000,000 next year,
and nearly as, much every year,
which they might save by co-operation.
. '
A plant for rolling steel rails
would doabtless cost considerable
money, several millions of dollars,
but the cost would be small in
comparison with the $13,000,000 the
"Tailroads annually pay as profits to
the steel' rail makers, who make
their own prices, which the railroads
have to pay because- they can't help,
it. As powerful as they are they are
in the clutch of the rail Trust. It
might not be practicable, perhaps, to
effect co operation between all the
different roads in a matter of this
kind but that would not be neces
sary Co-operation of the principal
systems would be sufficient to make
them independent and bring the
rail makers to time.
Suppose, for instance, a few of
the leading systems in the South
combined and established -a rail
making plant at Birmingham, say,
as a great iron center. There iron
and coal are abundant, and it is
said steel can be made for less
money tharrssany where else in this
conntrv. and it can be made for
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less in this country than it can be
anywhere else in the world. In ad-
interested in this plant with all the
rails they deeded at the lowest
price, other roads not interested
could be supplied at a fair price,
large enough to give a good profit,
but small enough to be out of com
parison with the Trust prices. The
effect of this would be to bring the
Trust down and thus help all the
railroads.
Reaping the benefit of co-operation
in the manufacture of rails they
would go further and soon establish
shops for the building of engines,
cats, &c., thus start the South in
other great industries, and give em
ployment to thousands of skilled
lflkftVta.. rt A 1
'wens, ui course were ia wviv vi
leas rivalry between roads competing
tor business in the same section, but
this is a matter which need not be
i affected by the rivalry. It is a busi
; Bej8 in which the roads are all in
terested and there is no reason why
ais m trantmnrtfttinn triintild not
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co-operate for mutual benefit on
other lines outside of that, especially
where' there is so much money in
volved, and the annual saving to
each would be so great.
But the public is interested in this
as well as the railroads, for the high
price of rails is one of the serious
obstacles to the building of roads.
Thus progress and development are
retarded, and sections of country
which have much in them to invite
enterprise and capital are kept "in the
backwoods." There are sections of
North Carolina, and many such in
the South, abounding in mineral
and other wealth which lie useless in
the earth for want of transportation
facilities. The' cheaper railroad con
struction becomes the sooner these
resources will be opened up and util
ized. ..
No individual or company would
undertake under present conditions
to establish a rail making plant to
compete with the TruBt, because
that -has a monopoly and too many
millions behind it to protect the
monopoly. In the case of such com
petition the Trust would " put its
rails' down at the bed-rock price and
thus strangle it before it got a good
start. But it wouldn't do that with
the railroads 1 for; they would be
manufacturing for their own use;
they would have use for all they
could make at a price the Trust
could not go under and keep up for
any length of time. So it wouldn't
practically make any difference to
them whether the Trnst prices went
up or down. The Trust couldn't
hurt their plant or its business. It
would be there to stay, and to trrow
and in a short time wonld bring the
Trust to time and keep it there.
HOT AN UNTRIED EXPERIMENT.
Subsidizing ships is not an untried
experiment in. this country. It
has . been tried and failed1. The
New York World, a paper which
speaks for a commercial - constitu
ency, mentions some of the in
stances in which they have been tried
and failed, as folio wb:
"The first experiment in the United
States was with the Colling line in
1850. A subsidy of $858,000 for twenty
six trips a year was granted to it. The
line went into bankruptcy alter draw
ing for eight years from the subsidy
nursing bottle. . . '
The Brazilian line was subsidized for
ten years, 1866-76, and the attempt to
build up our trade with Brazil in that
way was then recognized as a total fail
ure and abandoned. Since the subsidy
was withdrawn our exports to Brazil
have steadily increased. The Pacific
Hail ioJafxta and -the Venezuela Bed
D line were subsidized for a term of
years with the same result. In every
ease Congress refused to renew the
subsidy when the contract ran out,
thus confessing that in no case had
the experiment justified itself.
"The testimony of experience is all
against Mr. Hanna's project for taxing
a whole nation to make the private
business of a few corporations more
profitable."
The Pacific Mail, which was sub
sidized with a view of building up
our commerce with the countries on
the Pacific, got along for some time
until it came into competition with
the ship owners of Japan who had
the privilege of buying their ships
where they could buy them to the
best advantage, a privilege which
was denied to the Pacific Mail Com
pany.. The result was that the Jap
anese put on lines of steamers to
run to our Pacific ports, carried
freights cheaper and took the trade
away from our subsidized ships, the
owners of which found themselves
unable to replace their worn out
ships with new ' ones, to compete
with 'the cheaper and better ones
owned by the Japanese, and so the
Pacific Mail as a commerce pro
moter, subsidized as it was, played
out. ''...,'
And so will it be with Hanna's
subsidized ships. A few of them
which draw the big - chunks of the
subsidies, the fast passenger ships
in which we are the least interested
and which as commerce promoters
will do the least good, may continue
to ran. but that, so far as all the
substantial good done would be like
throwing so much money into the
sea. It may give us some nobby
high-speed steamers, to carry pas
sengers to and fro, but no merchant
marine. v '
" A citizen of Virginia died the
other day whose peculiarity, was
that he had a weakness for sampling
as food anv sort of varmints, lie
had eaten rats; frogs, muskrats, cats,
dogs, crows, buzzards, hawks, skunks,
snakes and almost every other var
mint that his section "of country
afforded and the remarkable thing is
that he went on with the sampling
for eiehtv-three years, when he died.
He was so wrapt up in his varmints
that he forgot all about his children,
who
him.
eft him and . forgot all about.
'' 'fm!.' a: a: "W V.. ia
in t4onble because neople outside
turn the cold shoulder to her manu
factures, because the prison is there
and Urn rtflonla think the goods are
made by convicts, and they Thave
a wAindice acrainst . that' kind, of
nnnAa: Rhfl therefore wants her
name changed. Why not call her
self Singtown; or: Nosing, or some
thing of thai kind and be happy?
WHAT GRABBING COSTS ENG-
; ,- LAND, i '.,
The news coming i from South
Africa is not calculated to add to
the merriment of the Christmas
holidays in England. Last Christ
mas was blue enough, and although
London some time, ago went on a
wild saturnalia in . welcoming back
some of the returned soldiers and
celebrating the end of the war, the
war seems to ; have broken out
af resh in the Cape Town province.
where martial law has been' de
clared, and to . which. England is
hurrying off more troops in re
sponse to the calls from General
Kitchener. ; And yet England has
had 210,000 men in South Africa
fighting the Boers, who at no time
nunfbered over 40,000.
The following, Which we clip
rom the Baltimore Sun, will give
ome idea of the stupendous job
England has undertaken in fight
ing . those South African rustics,
who in their heroic defence of their
country have surprised not only
her but the world, which, not only
sympathizes with them but ap
plauds them for their more than
Spartan valor:
"An official return of the British
forces in South Africa shows that on
December 1st the army there consisted
of 210,293 officers and men, of whom
142,893 were regulars, 33,000 colonials,
8,000 yeomanry. 7,500 volunteers and
18,900 militia. The killed to data were
3,018, wounded 13,886, dead fromdis- j
ease or wounds 7,796, number in hos
pitals in South Africa 11,927. Inter
esting light is thrown upon the degree
of British preparation in South Africa
at the date of the Boer ultimatum on
October 9th, 1899, by a return showing
the number of British troops at that
time. On the lstof August, two months
oeicre the ultimatum, the British
force in South Africa aggregated 9,623
men, of whom 1,127 were cavalry and
l.uoo artillery. TMs.was the tram-
son' for Cape Town and other points.
u p to October 11 reinforcements to th
number of 6.363 had been sent from
England and 5,644 from India, mak
ing the total British force in South
Africa two days after the Boers had
crossed into Natal 12.007. including
1,664 cavalry and 1,396 artillery. In
view of the fact that the entire Boer
force was mounted the provision of
J.,664 cavalry seems to have been a
trine inadequate.
a urtner reinforcements were soon
found to be necessary and continued
to be sent to July 31, 1900, as follows:
Regulars from England, from various
colonial posts and from India, 151,546;
colonials from colonies other than
South Africa, 11,034, and raised in
South Africa. 28,932; Imperial yeo
manry, 10.195; volunteers, from the
United Kingdom. 10,787; ' militia.
20,676; making the total of all arms
sent to South Africa up to the end of
July, 1900, including the force there
in August, 1899. 254,749. Between
July 31 and December 1 additional
troops were sent to the number of 12 ,
562, bringing the grand total to
267,311.
"The difference between this total
and the strength given above, as of
December 1st. is accounted for by the
disbandment of various colonial and
home volunteer commands, together
with the losses in action and from dis
ease, etc. About 7,o4l troops nave
been sent back to England; 35,548
have been sent home sick and wound
ed ; 70 have been returned to India and
1,884 regulars and 1,172 colonials have
been returned to the colonies, it is
somewhat remarkable that in the trans
portation of over a quarter of a mil
lion men a distance of 6,000 miles by
sea no lives have been lost in the perils
of the deep. Not so much can be said
as to horses, of which over 185,000
have been sent to South Africa, be
sides mules and other means of trac
tion. While the war is in progress in
South Africa troops have had to be
found also for a war in Asbanti and
another war in Ohiha. All which
illustrates the burden of imperialism
which our thoughtless jingoes are
anxious for us to shoulder."
These facts and figures show the
awful price that England is paying
for her land-grabbing scheme in that
far off corner of the world, a price
out of all proportion to the gain to
be derived from it. not to speak of
England's loss of military prestige,
which has been a serious one for
her. If her foresight had been as
good as her hindsight it is pretty
safe to say that, she would have let
the Boers alone and kept out of that
scrimmage.
IT WASN'T NORTHERN CAPITAL
Speaking of Southern develop
ment and Southern enterprise as
shown in the growth of our cities
and the multiplication of our rnanu-
facturing establishments, the At
lanta Journal corrects the prevalent
error that Northern capital has been
mainly instrumental in this. Speak
ing of Atlanta as a typical progres
sive Southern city, it says that while
it is true that a good many Northern
men navo settled in that city, gone
into business and taken an active
and important part in its up-building,
still it is a fact that "the At
lanta of to-day is the product mainly
of Southern brains, Southern enter
prise, and either Southern money
or Southern crodit." It adds that
this is true pf every leading city of
the South, and even of Birmingham,
whose phenomenal growth, activity
and -nrnorress have attracted such
world-wide attention. s
Speaking of cotton manufactories,
it cites North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia, the three leading
cotton manufacturing States, with
nearly five hundred mills, less than
fifteen per cent, of the money in
vested in which is Northern capital,
Sftnthem men have evidently no
been depending upon or waiting for
Northern capital. If they had they
would probably be waiting .yet and
plowing the ground for aliving.
"WIILMINGTONN. CI, FRroAYpECEMBER 28,
INUND SHIP CANAC.
'ossib il ities of Proposed orth
Carolina Water Way Through -Its
Sounds.
SHOULD REACH CAPE FEAR.
Virginia Newspaper Reviews at Length
Article ia New York Trlboae Con
cerning a Sabjett Now Much ' "
V- Talked ia Wfimiogtoo.
The Richmond Dispatch of a few
days ago reviewed editorially an arti
cle in the New York. Tribune based
upon the announcement of the com
pletion of the North Carolina ship
canal survey. In view of the fact that
the article touches very pointedly up
on the project of Wilmington's pro
posed canaJ, which was discussed at
some length in connection with the
proceedings of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday, the Stab prints the
DisnatcWa comments upon the subject
as follows:
'As defined by the survey, the route
is from Norfolk, Va., through the
Dismal Swamp Canal to Albemarle
Sound, thence through either the
Scupper nong river or Croatan Sound
to ramlico Sound, and thence to
Beaufort through either Core 8ound
Or the Neuse and Newport Canal. The
opening of this route of navigation
wourd give a more direct passage from
Norfolk to Beaufort than that afford
ed by rail, and much more direct and 1
far safer than the outside water
route around Cape Hatteras. It would
also tap the Chowan, Roanoke, Tar
and Neuse rivers and thus gridiron the
nortneastem quarter of the otate
with waterways.
''Such a system of inland coast nav
igation, continues the Tribune, could
not well be extended much, if anv. to
the south of Beaufort. Possibly Bogue
Sound might be improved and utilized
to Bogua Inlet, but beyond that point
there are no inland coast waters that
offer a promise of navigation until the
ndian river, ia Florida, is reached.
True, there are numerous lagoons be
tween Bogue Inlet and Cape Fear riv
er, and the land is low, so that a canal
between Beaufort and Wilmington
might be constructed; and it would
not be impossible to continue it by the
way of the waccamaw and Fedee riv
ers to Georgetown, and thence by the
way of the wando to Charleston and
so on to savannah.
"Northward from Norfolk, however.
there is clearer sailing. The Chesa
peake Bay affords, a superb waterway
almost up to the Pennsylvania line,
and from the head of its navigable
waters it is only a short distance by
canal across saud flats to the Delaware
river. The latter is navigable
by all craft at Philadelphia, and
for vessels of considerable size
to Bordentown. From the latter city
there is canal navigation to the Rari
tan, at New Brunswick, and thence, of
course, there is a fine inland waterway
to New York. From New York there
is a crosscountry waterway by the
Hudson river and Erie Canal to the
system of the Great Lakes and St.
Liawrence river, there is also the way
up the coa&t, by Long Island Sound,
to Buzz id's Bay, and thence, by the
construction of a short canal to Cape
Cod Baj aud Boston.
"Leaving out of the calculation the
more difficult problem referred to by
the Tribune extension of the canal
south of Beaufort it will be saen that
with comparatively little cost and la
bor a great inland coast waterway,
with only two or three poii ts of ex
posure ' to the' high seas, could be
opened between Boston, Mass., and
Beaufort, N. U. Sucn an avenue
would, at all times, prove of great ad
vantage to a certain class of coastwise
commerce, while in times of war, it
would be also invaluable to the gov
ernment id the matter of moving light
draft coast defence vessels."
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
reprints the article above and adds
editorially;
"The treacherous Hatteras route on
the outer water way is always danger
ous, and especially to the smaller craft
engaged in coastwise trade. The peace
ful Waters of this sheltered canal would
be an inestimable boon to such vessels.
North-Carolina would be especially
benefitted by this water way; for it ex
tends the whole breadth of the State,
and as pointed out, taps the Chowan,
Roanoke, Tar and Neuse river, and,
if the whole length of canal is ever
built it will also lap the Cape Fear,
and thus will tend to build up a larger
river trade in the eastern part of the
8tate. In war time, ".too, the torpedo
boats and smaller war vessels, and
presumably, such a formidable naval
machine as tne tiouana sun marine
torredo boat, could utilize the canal
to slip from one ocean port to another
to surprise a blockading or threaten
ing fleet of the enemy. This water
way touches North Carolina's interests
closer than tne vast Nicaragua canal.
BUIE'S CREEK ACADEMY BURNED.
Msio Building and Residence of Professor
Went Up in Smoke.
Special Star Correspondence.
Dunn, N. C, December 20. The
main building of Buie's Creek Academy
and the residence of Prof. L. C. Og-
burn and a smaller building, all lo
cated in Harnett county, N. C, about
ten miles west of Dunn, N. C, were
burned last night. It is generally be
lieved that the fire was the work of
villianous negro, though as yet there
is no proof of his guilt. The Buie's
Creek school was under the control of
Rev. J. A. Campbell, and as a pre para
tory school it stood without a superior
in the State. It is a great loss to the
Jrincipal, as it also is to the country at
irge. ' The school will be rebuilt at
once.
Mr. S. S. Batchelor Married.
The many friends in Wilmington of
Mr. Starke S. Batchelor, who once re
sided here and who has visited the city
often since his return to Raleigh, will
be interested in the following an
nouncement taken from yesterday's
Fayetteville Observer:
"At Philadelphia yesterday Miss
Lula Purnell, eldest daughter of Judge
Purnell, was married to Mr. Starke S.
Batchelor,' of Raleigh, and well-known
in Fayetteville. The bride is an in
valid and has for several weeks been
in a hospital, to which a trained nurse
ccompanied her. The marriage took
place in the hospital."
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
A Farmer of Columbus County Tried to
Put sa Endlo Bis Existence Frl--.
. dayMorsinf. ,
Dr. Wright Hall, . who returned to
the city yesterday afternoon from Col'
umbus county, told a Stab reporter of
the attempted suieide Friday morning
of one Mr. Bains, a farmer, who lives
near Applewhite's ' P. O., Columbus
county. , He shot himself ' with a 33
calibre pistol," the - ball- entering his
stomach, and at ' last accounts yester
day morning he , was not expected to
recover. . , .
Mr. Bains ' got ' pp early Friday
morning and told his wife that he in
tended to ..kill himself. She thought
nothing serious of - his threat until a
ew minutes later when she heard the
report of a pistol in front of the house.
On rushing out of the house members
of the family, found Mr. Bains lying on
the grouhd w&h a pistol in his hand.
He swore that be would not allow a
physician to come near him. '
In speaking of his attempt to put an
end to his life, Mr. Bains said he didn't
wast to live any longer on account of
not being able to support his family as
he would like to,' the timeabeing so
bard. He said he aimed at his heart,
but the-pistol failed to fire the first
time and the second time he aimed at
the same place, but his hand lowered
when he pulled the trigger. He says
he's determined to dielandif he fails
this time he will do so some other time.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning he
was sinking rapidly and his recovery
seemed almost impossible He is a
fairly well to do farmer and has a large
family. v
A LOSS TO CHARLESTON.
Mr. Andrew MereUnd Will Move to WIN
miogtos, N. C, to Become Cashier
-of a Bask.
" Charleston Evenina 'Post
Mr. Andrew Morelandol this citywill
eave on January 1, for Wilmington,
N. C, where he goes to take the pos
ition of cashier in the Atlantic National
Bank, one of the best known and
strongest financial institutions in the
South.
Mr. Moreland has betsn in business
in cnarieston for tne past twelve
years, returning to this, his native
city, uppn his graduation at Hobart
College, Geneva, N. Y. For eight
years he has been in the service, of the
Carolina Savings Bank, where he is
held in especially high regard by the
officials.
The bank to which Mr. Moreland
goes in Wilmington does the largest
business in that city. It has deposits
amounting to more than a million
dollars, and a large force is employed
in its business. The president of the
bank is Mr. J. W. Norwood, also a
Charleston man. Mr. Moreland, as
cashier, will assume responsibilities of
large proportions, requiring careful
discretion and minute knowledge of
banking affairs, both of which he has
to a marked degree. The selection of
Mr. Moreland for. the important posi
tion is at once a compliment to his
own capacity and to the quality of the
Carolina Savings Bank, in which he
has served his apprenticeship.
Mr. Moreland, in moving his home
to Wilmington, will leave regret
among a large number of friends in
business and social circles, and his de
parture may well be considered a loss
to Charleston, in the withdrawal of
one of the most capable and active
young business men of the city.
FOR LARCENY AT FLORENCE.
Negro Arrested Here for Robbing Store
of Mr. J. F. Stsckley.
Calvin Gregg, a colored "railroad
negro," was arrested last night by
Capt of Police Furlong on the charge
of the larceny of some shoes, pants,
tobacco and other merchandise from
the store of Mr. -J. F. Stackley, at
Florence, 8. C, about a week ago.
The warrant for Gregg's arrest was
sworn out by Luke Jones, also col
ored, who came from Florence, iden
tified the negro and caused his arrest
in order to relieve a friend; who is in
jail at Florence charged with receiv
ing the stolen goods. Gregg will be
detained at the police station awaiting
advices from Florence.
It is charged by Jones that the ne
gro went into the store of Mr. Stack
ley and concealed himself until the
store was closed. Then he emerged
from his hiding place and proceeded
with his burglary.-
DR. WELLS AT STAUNTON.
Daily News Speaks Very Complimentarlly
of His Work in Virginia.
The Staunton. (Va,,) Daily News
of a recent date says of Dr. Wells,
who has been called to the pastorate
Of the First Presbyterian church, this
city:
"Dr. Wells has not made up his
mind what action he will take. There
are strong ties that bind him to the
Second church, the congregation of
which is devoted to him, as are the
Presbyterians generally of this city
and county and of the whole of Lex
ington Presbytery. , He has done a
good work for the Second church.
Everv interest of the chnrch has nros-
pered under his care, and should he
leave . the church, he will nave the
satisfaction of knowing that it has
gone steadily forward under his pas
torate."
'The church at Wilmington has a
membership of 400. with a mission of
200, and ia probably the most influen-
tuu Jrresuy wriau cuureu iu uie ouiiro
of North Carolina.
Carried to Florence.
Calvin Gregg, the negro who was
arrested here Friday night on a war
rant charging him with the larceny of
a number of articles from the store of
Mr. J. F. Stackley, at Florence, S. a,
was carried to Florence last night by
Special Detective Blunt who came
after the negro.
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TAR,
1900.
LOCAL DOTS.
A handsome and. commodious
Presbyterian church has been erected
at Shallotte. ' " ; N r".
- Robert Ruark, Esq., has been
admitted to practice before the Interior
Department at Washington.
- The new church at Delgado.
mills is nearly, completed, and when
finished will be a credit to the com
munity. - ' -
Chief Parmele and Lieutenant
Skipper are making out the annual
police report The statistics will no
doubt be interesting reading when
completed.' ' 'X yH-y-wa-v -'-';
Three of the four cars which1
ran into the river Thursday morning
-from the Coast Line yard,1 were pulled
out yesterday by Capt. E. D. Williams,
who was awarded the contract for re
moving them. : -T- ' r
County Commissioner i E. - Ft
Alexander brought some strawberrries
to the: city yesterday," which under
cover would ripen in two weeks.. They
were, of the Excelsior variety and were
well formed.
- The physicians attending Mr.
J. E. Irby, the young man who was so
badly mashed by an elevator at Del
gado mills a few days since, amputa
ted his leg yesterday. At last accounts
his condition was considered critical.
TURNED IN FALSE ALARM.
Three Yonng Men Arrested Last Night on
That Charge Case Will Be Heard
Monday Morning. -
A false fire alarm was turned in
from box 46, at the corner of Third
and Nun streets at 9:43 o'clock last
night, and in less than one hour's
time three young men, Jim Judge,
Jordan Mclver and Henry Styron
were arrested op the charge of having
turned in the alarm. . Styron was
recognized for his appearance before
the Mayor Monday morning, while
the other two were locked up:
When the alarm was turned in there
were quite a number of people passing
along the street near the box and all of
them saw the accused run away. . Me-
Iverran into the arms of Officer C. S.
Burnett, on Nun between Third and
Fourth streets, and he was presented
to Chief Schnibben when the fira ap
paratus appeared on the scene. The
other two got away, but both were
captured an hour later, Judge at Sec
ond and Market by Sergeant Davis,
and Styron at Fourth and Church by
Officer Burnett
The young men told conflicting
stories about the affair, and each one
laid the blame on the others. Stab
readers will remember that young
Judge is the party who was arrested
last March for turning in a false alarm
and was sentenced to three months on
the county roads at . the August term
of court He has been out not quite -
two months. The penalty for such
an offence is a term on the county
roads for not longer than a year.
CUDAHY KIDNAPPING CASE.
Believed That Some or All of the Gang
Will Soon Be Captnred.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Omaha, December 22. There were
no developments of interest to-day in
the kidnapping Case of Edward
Cudahy, Jr., who was carried away
Tuesday night and held for $25,000
ransom. The discovery of the house
in which the young man was impris
oned, however, has also led to other
clews which promise something more
definite in the near future.' From those
living in the vicinity of the building
the police have secured a good descrip
tion of the members of the gang and
their method of - operation, the time
they left the city and the- direction
they took. Mr. Cudahy is taking per
sonal account of all that is being done
and watching keenly the develop
ments. He will not talk of the matter.
however, beyond stating his belief
that the police have the matter well in
hand and will soon effect the capture
of some or all of the gang.
BANK ROBBERY.
One of the Thieves Captured and the
Money Recovered.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Star.
Tullahoma, Tehn., December 22.
five men dynamited the vault of the
Coffee' County Bank, at Manchester,
Ky., early to-day. They secured $5,-
000 in currency, stole a hand-car and
escaped in the direction of Tullahoma.
Shortly after their departure the lone
night patrol of Manchester found the
bank's door open, tie immediately
telephoned the authorities. A police
man and deputy sheriff, heavily armed,
secreted themselves along the railway
a mile out in a short time the band-car
appeared and was ambushed. - Four of
the thieves succeeded in getting away
in the darkness, but the fifth man
proved to be the one who carried the
treasure, and all the loot . was re
covered. .
Bloodhounds were put on the scent
of the other four but they have so far
eluded their pursuers..
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
Decree of Absolute Divorce Granted
to
Countess Marie Pierl. .
By Telesrapn to the Horning Star.
New Yobk, Dec. 22. A decree
of
absolute divorce has been granted to
Countess Marie Pieri, by Justice Law
rence of the Supreme Court,' from
Count Pompeo Luciano Pieri. The
countess is an American girt tihe
was Miss Marie Schroeder, a daughter
of the late EL C. J.Schroder, a wealthy
resident or .this city. Miss BChroeder
and the count were married in Rome,
in 1894, They separated m Paris last
April and the countess returned to
this country immediately and began
theproceedings which resulted in the
decree of divorce. .
NO. 9
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lumber ton , Argus: A little
five year old dauehter of Mr. William
Burney, of Tar Heel,, died last Tues
day night from the effect of a burn.
They were killing hogs and had a fire
around a pot in the yard and it is
thought that the child's clothing
caught from the nre there and then
she ran in the house, as the first any
oce knew of it the child was found in
the house sa badly burned that she
died from the effect, j - j - .
Sanfordw -Egress: i Moore is
not the only county in the State from,
which there will be ' a contest for a
seat in the next Legislature.: Messrs.
IL A. London and R. H. Hayes, Sen
ator and Representative elect respec
tively, from Chatham county, have
been notified that their seats will be
contested. ., - Siler City was visited
by burglars last week and on Friday
night five' stores were entered. The
robbers were after money, but secured
a very small amount No goods were
taken from any of the stores. Some
of the ' safes in the stores contained
money but they were not molested.
I Salisbury Star: Thursday night
a burglar, mot probably a toy, en
tered the Catholic church by breaking
through a stained glass window large
enough to admit his body; The visitor
ransacked the entire building, evident
ly - looking for money. He found
none so he took nothing. Several
drawers and lockers wereprized open
and their contents distributed but
nothing is missing. 1 The boy left an
old axe in the church. He made bis
exit through a window which he
raised from the inside. The only dam
age which was done was the stained
gla,s window which was broken.
Watauga " Democrat: Here is
a sample of your McKinley prosperity.
Before the election fat cattle were be
ing bought in Watauga by our cattle
men at from three to four cents per
pound, on foot, and were in ready demand-
Now the very top price offer
ed is only li cents per pound and a
drag at that One of our largest deal
ers says he would be willing to lose
$5.00 on - the purchase price of his
cattle now on hand that were bought
beTore the drop in price, but' is unable
to move them even at this great- sacri
fice. This seems odd indeed when we
consider the fact that the meat trust
has advanced the price of .beef one
cent , on the pound. Strange but
true. This is prosperity to talk of.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Mr. George Ransom, son of ex-Senator
Ransom, while at the cotton gin on
one of his plantations in Northampton
county, a few days ago, was caught in
the belting and quite painfully in
jured. One arm was broken and the
flesh terribly lacerated. Medical aid
was summoned and the arm was set
and he was rendered as comfortable as
possible and is now getting along
well. A subscriber to , the Com-r
monwealth says that partridges do not
lay oh Sundays. He says he has reached
this conclusion from observations
made both when he was a boy and
since he became a man. This is some
thing not generally known. - and no
doubt some will have fun at the ex
pense of our subscriber's observations,
but nevertheless he says it is true.
Clinton Democrat: Cattle
stealing is getting rather common in
this section. Recently several animals
have been stolen and the disappear
ance or an ox or cow has gotten to be
an almost daily occurrence. A young
man was here Saturday offering a fine
px for sale at a low price. This aroused
suspicion and soon the young man got
uneasy and left- That evening a man
from over on the edge of Bladen was
here looking for the ox which had, in
fact been stolen. A warrant was
sworn out for the young man and he
Will soon be in limbo. Mr. Josiah
Carter of South Clinton, was shot
from ambush on last Saturday morn
ing, two buck shot taking effect in the
thigh. Mr. Carter was out about his
barn in the early morning, and as he
passed through some bars and stooped
to put tnem up, tne snot was nred
irom tne woods, which - is sixty or
more yards from where he was. He
came to town at once and consulted a
physician, who advised him not to
have the shots probed for, as he. thought
the wound would soon heal. The per
petrator of this devilish deed is un
known.
POLICE OP NEW YORK.
The Reform Movement Chief Devery to
Be Put Out of Office.
By Telesrapn to tne Morninsr star.
New. Yobk, December 22. Senator
Piatt was in conference with a number
of Republican leaders in this city to
night Among the other things.
he said after the conference: "Chief of
Police Devery will go within thirty
lays."
This is to be accomplished, it is said.
by means of an amendment to the
police bill, which has - been ap
proved by the organization, draft
ed' and delivered to Governor
elect OdelL This amendment sim
ply legislat es the. present chief of
police out of office, creating a vacancy
which will be filled the commissioner
of .police, to be appointed under the bill
re-organizing the department. There
will be no delay about the passage of
the single-headed police commission
bill. Senator Piatt declared.
"No Republicans will oppose the
measure." he said. '"J think it will be
the first bill passed."
WATERLOGGED AND ABANDONED.
Schooner Learning, Lumber Laden, from
Norfolk for New York.
. By Telegraph to the Horning Star,
Norfolk, Va., December 22. The
three-masted schooner Learning, Cap
tain Campbell, from Norfolk . to
New York, lumber laden, became
waterlogged and was abandoned on
the outer end of the Horseshoe during
the severe storm of yesterday morn
ing. The Learning's cargo - shifted
during the heavy weather, causing
her to take water and the vessel filled
rapidly. - Her crew, who report thrill
ing experiences, managed to remain
on the waterlogged vessel's deck until
picked up yesterday afternoon by the
schooner w. u. Hilton, Captain Lip-
pincott, . from New York, which
brought them to ' Norfolk this morn
ing. The Learning was found by the
tug Walter A Luckenbach and towed
into port to-day. She now lies on
the Berkley fiats.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals
adjourned without rendering a de
cision in the case of ex-secretary of
state Caleb Powers, charged with
complicity in the Goebel assassi
nation and sentenced to life imprison
ment This passes the appeal to the
new court, which will stand four' Re
publicans to three Democrats.
CONDITION
DITIONS IN PORTO RICO.
People In Great Distress Much Sickness
and Many Deaths The Results of v
Chronic Simattoa.i v
' By TeleCTapfc to tlu Morning Star.
Jacksonville, Fla;, December 22.
Dr. A, D. Williams, assistant surgeon
of the United States army,' has arrived
from Porto Rico, .where he was de
tailed to make a report on conditions
of the people, as observed by him on a
march with soldiers across the island.
That report was made to the adjutant
general, ; department of Porto Rico,
San Juan.. A copy of the report was.
given out to-night by Dr. Williams
and shows an alarming condition, r
"At Los Marias," he says, "we be-,
gan to see thervanguard of misery. In
that small squalid town there Is no4
medical man. - Many were sick. - A'
Mr. Toncaund, an American school
teacher there, told me that many of.
the people, hot only of the surround '
ing country, but of the town, were iot
great distress. I asked him the cause
of so much sickness and' so many
deaths. . He answered without hesita "
tion, 'for want of food.' " . 7
Th report eoatinuen ; '
- "At Adiuntas the condition was -
appalling, men women and children '
swollen, bloated, diseased and emanci ,
ated whose pinched and ; haggard t
features appeared weighted with the ,
sorrows of years. r When I asked the
city physician of Ad juntas - the cause ,-,
of such a large death' rate fifty-two
deaths and four births the week imme
diately preceding our visit there he
replied : - The death rate is about the
same : every week.; The prime -cause, :
chronic starvation.1 "
ur. Williams in this report declared
that with fourteen patients in -the
hospital at this place and three nurses,
the municipal authorities allow the
steward to draw only one dollar a day :
in municipalbtamps for the subsistence
and care of the patients and that tb e -stewasd
can realise only fifty cents
for his stamps and with that amount,
daily he provides the scanty hospital
food. r V ,
WIRE TAPPERS' OUTFIT.
Important Seizure Made by the Police In'
New York City The Gang Escaped.
bt TetaaTaph to tne Horning Bkr.
New Yobs, Deo. 22. In the seizure
of $700 worth of fine telegraph - and '
wiretapping instruments in a room '
on West 44th street, this afternoon,
the police think they : just missed the
capture of a part of a gang of wire
tappers who have also been narrowly -missed
by the Chicago, Omaha and
St Louis police. They found a letter
which leads them to believe the men
intended tapping the Chicago-New '
Orleans Western Union wire, which
runs along the elevated structure on
Ninth avenue, just along side the
house. ,
A man named Brown, according to '
Mrs. Rose Moore, of the 44th street
house, the landlady, had rented the'
fourth floor room and had gone in
there during the afternoon with a -bundle
which she said she thought
contained his effects. The detectives -
went to the room at once and though '
expecting to find something were as
tonished at their discovery. In the -room
were seven fine telegraph instru
ments, a sounder, eight dry batteries,
three wire tapping machines, such as
are used by telegraphers in tapping -wires
for breaks and otherwise, and '
some wire. The stuff was valued at
not less than $700, as the instruments
are of the finest make.
It was also discovered that a wire
led from the room to the elevated .
structure in the street The wire in
the room, was ready for work, but the
wire at the other end had not been
connected with the Chicago private
wire. The police believe : they fright
ened the men off in time to prevent
the tapping. Another find was that of
awire rope leading from the street to
the window of the room. The police
are sure this was a -signalling rope,
and the one that beat the officers out
of their game. They are certain, they
say, that the persons or person in the
room when they came around to the "
house, were warned of their coming
and that escape was made by way of
the roof. '"
A letter the police found in the room
reads as follows, addressed to nobody :
"Don't fail to wire Great Northern .
Chicago, second signal. If horse is
scratched, better substitute another, as
it might make some difference in pay
ing, as you know. A false winner is
not so easy. Be careful with your
ciphers and take the last race of the
day. I must hurry in order to catch
a train on the Lake Shore. Good luck
and be careful."
There were also some clippings from
Western papers about wire-tapping
outfits having been captured in Chi
cago and Omaha and St Louis. '
IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Chinese Claiming Citizenship of the United
States Mormon Missionaries
Their Doctrine Spreading.
by Cable to the tf omnia star.
Honolulu, December 14, via San
Francisco, December 22. Chinese
here who were citizens of the republic
of Hawaii are preparing to make an
appeal against the ruling of the Treas
ury Department that they were not
made citizens of the United States by
the territorial bilL They base their ,
appeal on Section 4 of the bill, which
says that all citizens of the republic
are made citizens of the United States.
There are nearly 400, Chinese affected
by the ruling of the Treasury Depart.
ment
The Mormons of Hawaii have just
closed a three days' celebration of the
60th anniversary of the landing or the
first Mormon missionaries on Hawal- '
iansoiL The meetings were led by
George Q. Cannon, the-head of the
Church who came here irom Utah to
take part in the celebration. He was.,
one of a party of ten Mormons who
were the first to preach the Utah doc
trine in Hawaii, fifty years ago. ' The
doctrine took root quite rapidly among '
tne native uawauans and to-day were
are about 5,000 Mormons in the terri
tory, nearly all of them of .the native
race. - . .1 -.:
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDED
A Number of Persons Inland Some of ,
Them Seriously. .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . , -
Lebanon, Pa DeeJ 22. Two trol-,
ley cars on the Lebanon Valley street
railway, crowded ' with Christmas -
shoppers, collided to-day between this ' L,T
city and AnnviUe. A number of per-. -
sons were injured, some . seriously. . -
An 18-months old baby was trampled
upon by the panic stricken passengers - -and
is not expected to recover. The v
front part of each car was reduced to
splinters and the mortor men saved a
themselves by jumping. 1 :
Oscar Aaronson. the bicycle rider. .
died in New York hospital yesterday '
from injuries resulting from his fall v 3
during the six -day - race in Madison '
Square Garden.