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BTAHD PAT.
Two years ago Mark' Hanna play
ed the "fall dinner pail" racket, and
played it successfully, too. Bat he
isn't talking much about the "full
dinner pail" now. The high prices
of meats and other food stuffs con
trolled by the Trusts have knocked
the ''full dinner pail" put for use in
this campaign. j
He started out sometime ago with
another gag, "let well enough alone"
which interpreted means keep on
voting the Republican ticket, just as
you have been doing, voting for the
high tariff, the trusts, and all that
kind of thing, for they have brought
prosperity to yon. Things are well
enough, and just keep on "letting
well enough alone." f. A few days
ago he made a speech at Akron,
Ohio, in which he reiterated his old
gag, "let well enough alone, ""'and
followed it up with the, injunction to
to "stand pat." Ilanna isn't of the
tariff reform, anti-trust brand of
Republicans, he believes in the Ding
ley tariff from A to Z and that trusts
are simply the logical outgrowth
of our material and industrial de
velopment and progress. They are
good things and instead of going
back on them, apologizing for them,
getting scared and promising to clip
omething off the former and to
pat Borne chains and 1 balls on"the
latter, the Republicans ought to
itand by both, "stand pat" and
makn no concessions, j -
You may differ as much from
Mirk Ilanna as it is possible for one
man to differ from another bat yoa
can't help admiring his pluck and
his willingness to stand by what his
party does and defend .its policies.
Of course he tries to humbug the
people in doing this, as he did with
the "fall dinner pail" j racket, and
the "advance agent : of pros
perity racket," but . still he
stands by his party and as
lamea fall responsibility, without
bowing any white feather. It is the
iti.kcity of the successful leader
and hnmbng that looms up into
proportions large enough to com
maod admiration. i
There is more or less . demoraliz a
tion among the Republican leaders,
nd consequently many of them
have declared in favor of tariff re
vision, the repeal of tariff duties on
inch articles as are controlled by
truata which find shelter under the
protective duties, but Mark isn't one
of theBe for he advises Republicans
to turn adeaf ear to those timid tari ft
reformers and trust smashers and
"atand pat," put on a , bold front
and defend everything.! From the
-Undpoint of partisanship .and
pluck that is all right, but from the
tandpoint of statesmanship it is all
wrong. !
1 if things were well enough it
would bo good advice to let well
enough alone, to seek no new things,
to try no experiments. If the policies
nd the administration of those poli
cies were all right then he might
veil say "stand pat" and defend
them; but things are not well
enough, and no one knows it better
than Mark Hanna. The policies of
he party he represents and speaks
or and the administration of those
Policies are not beyond questioning,
nd no one knows that better than
"ark Hanna. It may be well
-enough with Mark Hanna. with his
pillions, and the trusts he speaks
lor.
and with the beneficiaries of the
Protective avam wMnh Tin favors.
bt how is it with the masses of the
JfPle?' Is it well enough with
them?
His claims of unprecedented pros
Prit7, and that things are well
enough are, as far as the masses of
me people are concerned, frauds of
Mi c . . . ...
-oursi water, u costs tne wage
wner to-day thirty per cent, more
'olive than it did fotfr years ago.
n earnings were increased in
portion this wouldn't make any
Terence, and it would probably be
1 good thing, because it would put
eep more money in circulation.
of f farm" reaped tho benefit
too increased prices of the
J 8tu consumed it wouldn't
Woni'i bad' for at money
J ZT?- t it does
Ther8l little increase in the
VOL. XXXIII.
price of the products of the farm as
they come from the farm, but when
they pass into the hands of the com
bines which manipulate them before
they reach the consumers then the
price goes up, and the consumer has
to pay it. It may be "well enough"
with the combine but it isn't well
enough with the man who has to
buy the necessaries of life from the
combines. . If the wage-earners im
proved in condition and reaped profit
on their wages as the trusts do on their
business it would be well enough,
and the wage-earner might let it
alone and desire' it to continue.
Let us take a couple of the trusts
by way of illustration. The Beef
Trust, for instance, annually han
dles about $600,000,000 worth of
meats, on which it makes a profit
of about $100,000,000. The Steel
Trust makes on its business a profit
of $140,000,000 a year, abont eleven
per cent, on its alleged capital, in
cluding the inflated stocks. This
makes $240,000,000 raked in by two
trusts, most of which comes out of
the American people, and working
people. They both sell consider
able abroad, but they say their
Lnrofits are small on what they sell
abroad, and consequently most of
their profits come out of the Amer
ican consumers.
These are but two out of 347
trusts, but they are the boss trusts,
the kind that bring prosperity in
big hunks to the country. It is
well enough with them, but it isn't
well enough with the people who
are plundered to make the enor
mous profits for these two colossal
trusts, not to speak of those of
lesser proportions which are in the
plundering game, all sheltered un
'der the Dingley tariff. It will never
be well enough until the people,
who by their labor create the
wealth, reap a fair proportion of
the prosperity their labor makes.
A RADICAL LIE PUNCTURED.
The Republican leaders are trying
to make the people believe that those
persons who have not paid their poll
tax for this year, cannot register
and are disfranchised. Every white
man who was entitled to vote before
tbe constitutional amendment went
into effect, and the son of any white
man so entitled who has become
of age since, can register, whether
he has paid his poll tax or not. This
puts him on the permanent list and
he can vote every year hereafter,
by complying with the poll tax pro
vision, ii subject to poll tax. Tne
following from a letter of Senator
Simmons to the chairmen of the
ninety-seven Democratic county
committees, explains the law bear
ing upon this:
"It will appear from an examination
of the amendment and of the Election
Lw that the non-payment of poll-tax
is not a disqualification for registra
tion, but under both the amendment
tod tbe Election Lw no one Is en-
tilled to vote unless he shall have paid
his poll-tax on or before the first day
of May of the present year, unless he
ha become of ajre since the first day
of Jane. 1901. (the day for listing
taxes for the previous year), or unless
he was over fifty years of age on the
first day or Janr, 1901, or
has under the law been reliev
ed from the payment of poll-tax by
the county commission. In other
wordr, when the elector offers him
self for registration, It is not neces
sary that he shall exhibit his poll tax
receipt or show that he has paid his
poll tax for tbe previous year, but ai
ter he has registered and before he is
allowed to cast his vote it is necessary
that ho hall exhibit to the Judges of
Election his poll tax receipt, or show
to the satisfaction of the Judges of
Elect on that he has paid said tax. Un
less he exhibits his receipt or shows
that hu pol: ax has been paid he can
not vote. This applies to everybody
except ma pcrBuua iuuuiivucu uu t t
to-wit: those who have been relieved
bv the commissioners of poll tax, or
have become of age since June 1st,
1901 or bad passed tbe poll tax age at
that time.
There is nothing to prevent any
white man from registering, and
nothing to prevent the registered
man, who under the old law had a
right to vote from voting in elections
after this year, provided he comply
with the poll tax provisions, which
is not hard to do for any one who
desires to vote, or take any interest
in public affairs. The law disfran
chises no white man who could vote
before the amendment went into ef
feet, and these Republican deceivers
know it.
Whatever the motive may have
been, whether politics figured in it
or not, the President deserves credit
for his efforts to end the strike; He
spoke for the people. When - the
coal barons turned a deaf ear to his
appeal and - arrogantly said "no
they showed how selfish and domi
neerinz thev are. It is now up to
the sovereign State of Pennsylvania
to bring these insolent barons to
terms.
If President Baer, who talked so
strenuously to President Roosevelt
Friday, were commander-in-chief of
the U. S. army, perhapB he would
pat the soldiers to mining coal.
Coal and other fuel is so scarce in
the city of Rochester, N. Y., that
in some parts of the city the people
are pulling up and burning the
wooden sidewalks.
THE BAEOffS DEFIAWT.
In some respects the conference
between the President and the man
agers of the anthracite- Coal Trust,
Friday, was a failure, for the coal
barons were obdurate, and absolute
ly and arrogantly ref uBed to heed the
President's strongly phrased plea in
behalf of the people, and absolutely
and imperiously refused to yield one
jot from the position they had taken,
or to make any concession, or to
treat with Mr. Mitchell, the Presi
dent of the Miners' 'Union, in any
manner whatever. Not only that,
but taking advantage of their oppor
tunity they lectured the President
on what they held was his duty, and
told him that instead of trying, as he
was doing, to bring the strike to, an
end by peaceable means and appeals
to sentiment, he should back them
np with' soldiers and powder and ball
and treat those striking miners as
"rebels."
If the State of Pennsylvania ' is
powerless to protect us against these
strikers, they exclaimed, it is your
duty, on the call of the State, to
send United States soldiers to pro
tect us. '
The State of Pennsylvania now
has over 4,000 soldiers doing guard
duty in the troubled region. Be
fore federal troops conld be sent the
Legislature must be called in extra
session, admission made that the
State is unable to cope with the
situation and a joint request by the
Legislature and the Governor be
made for U. S. troops, and by that
time the supply of coal in the
Northern cities would be utterly ex
hausted, which would mean great
distress and suffering and death to
many. What care the coal barons
for that?
But it wasn't a failure altogether,
for the uncompromising, arrogant
and insolent reply of these haughty
coal barons has done much to crys
tallize public sentiment against
them and to emphasize the neces
sity of legislation to break the
power of such combines and enable
the State to protect the people from
insolent, selfish greed and intoler
able oppression.
DEFOE AHD GOLDSMITH.
At the request of Col. Joseph M.
Morehead, President of the Guilford
Battle Ground Association, we pub
lish the following interesting letter:
Roxbtjet, Mass., Sept. 29, 1902.
Dear Colonel Morehead:
I am very much obliged to you for
the pamphlets which you are kind
enough to send me through our friend
Mr. Benbow. I wish some of you
North Carolina gentlemen would hunt
up the descendants of Daniel Defoe,
the author of Robinson Crusoe, who
lived somewhere in North Carolina. I
think that the great Englishman him
self came over here. I think that ac
counts for his very accurate knowledge
of affairs in the Southern States shown
in Captain Jack.
There is anotherthing which ought
to be looked for in some old store
house in Wilmington. Oliver Gold
smith, the poet, meant to emigrate to
North Carolina. He packed his trunk
and put it on board the ship; the ship
waited for the tide, and while it waited
Goldsmith changed his mind and
never came to America. But the
trunk came and is somewhere in Wil
mington, unless Lord Oornwallis stole
Goldsmith's shirts and stockings. Some
of our young people ought to make a
novel out of this. It has a much larger
foundation than most historical novels
have.
With great respect, dear sir,
I am, truly yours,
' Kdw. E. Hale. .
That Russian sect up in Manitoba
who will not eat meat, eggs, cheese,
or animal products of any kind,
nor work horses because they have
to use harness made of leather, are
piling up bother for themselves. If
they follow this thing np they will
have to go barefooted, "hibernate and
sack their paws bear fashion.
It has ceased to be a question be
tween the Pennsylvania mine opera
tors and the striking miners, and has
become one between the mine opera
tors and the public, the consumers of
coal. The operators have had their
say and made their decision. Public
sentiment is crystallizing and will be
heard from.
A few days ago we remarked that
in Chicago they hadn't yet got to
wearing coal for jewelry. We were
just a little ahead of time. A jewelry
man is now cutting it up into little
squares, and is selling it for just a
little more than the coal dealers are
demanding. '
The coal barons, who met in con
ference with the President Tuesday
did not exactly say it, but this is
what they said in substance: "The
public be d dand'Vou too, Mr.
President. We know our business
and yon attend to yoors."
With coal at from $18 to 125 a ton
the coal barons are not losing any
sleep over the situation.
Senator Piatt, of New York,
is disturbed because the Republican
party will be held responsible for
the effect of the coal strike, and
says that it is absurd that "people
should always blame the party in
power for every prevailing ill."
The Senator, however, does not
thinir ifc At all absurd that the par
ty in power should claim credit for
every prevailing good. Louiwillf
Uourter-Journ&i, uem, i
WnMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1902.
CAPT. METTS APPOINTMENT.
Official NotlflcstloB o! His Elevatlos to
' Brigadier QeocraUhlp from United
Confederate Headquarters.
' Adjutant Geaeral H;. A. London,
of PitUboro, in a letter to Wilming
ton's esteemed townsman and gallant
Confederate soldier, - Capt, James I.
Metts, encloses a copy of the g eneral
order appointing Oapt. Metts Briga
dier General in command of the Third
Blrgade. U. O. V., and adds VI con
gratulate the brigade more than your
self On the appointment! " The general
order is as follows:
"Headquarters N. O. Division.
"United Confederate Veterans,
"Durham. N. O., Oct 1, 1902.
General Orders No. JJ0.
"Paragraph 1. The Major-Generrl
commanding greatly regrets to an
nounce the resignation, on account
of the infirmities of age, of Brigadier
General Francis ;iL Parker, com
manding the Third Brigade of the
North- Carolina Division of the
United Confederate Veterans. The
resignation of this distinguished offi
cer will be heard with regret by all
veterans, bath because of the reason
that prompted the resignation and be
cause of the loss to this division of
so efficient and gallant an officer.
North Carolina sant no braver soldier
or more efficient officer to battle for
her honor than our distinguished
comrade, whose services and military
record are unsurpassed by any officer
or bis rank In the grand old Army of
Northern ; Virginia. As colonel of
the gallant Thirtieth North Carolina
Regiment he won a reputation of
which his comrades and State will
eyer ba proud, and his heroism and
services will ever be gratefully re-
memoered. - .
"Paragraph 2. IWith much pleasure
the Major-General commanding an
nounces the appointment of comrade
James I. Metts, of Wilmington, to fill
tne vacancy caused by tbe resignation
of Gen. Parker, who is hereby assign
ed to the command of the camps com
posing the Third Brigade and will be
obeyed accordingly. This appointment
was suggested by General Parker and
will no doubt be most acceptable to all
concerned.
"By order of J. 8. Can, Major
Generals "H. A. London, Adjt.-General and
umei oi Htair."
MAJ. STEDMAN NOT A CANDIDATE.
Ex-Lienteosnt Governor Says He Will Not
Eater Race for United States Seaite.
The Greensboro Telegram of yester
day says:
It is well known that an earnest ef
fort has been made during the last
few days to induce ex-Lieutenant
Governor Stedman to enter the race
for United States Senator: The editor
of this paper knows authoritively that
ho will not do so. When osned about
the matter; he stated taat he was
greatly gratified by tbe evidences of
friendship manifested towards himself
by many influential Democrats in the
. Ute. He said that he bad entertain
ed no idea of becoming a candidate
no 111 so strongly persuaded to do so
recently; that he had duties incum
bent upon him, and obligations to ful
fil of the -very highest nature and
that whilst a seat in the United states
Senate was well worthy of the best ef
forts of any man, he placed duty
above ambition. It is unnecessary to
say that Governor Stedman, had he
seen fit to enter this contest, would
have been a most powerful factor In it
as he has friends in every section of
NOrth Carolina who were ready and
willing to make the fight.
MOKE COAST LINE RUMORS.
Slate la New York for Officials of Still
' Oreater A. C. L.
Speaking of the absorption of the
L. & N. by the Atlantic Coast Line,
the Savannah News of yesterday
says:
A. gentleman interested in the rail
road business and just back from New
York states that according to tbe ac
canted slate, as reported in New York,
some of the changes will be as fol-
ows:
Milton Smith, now president of the
Louisville ! and Nashville, will be
president of tbe combined properties;
J. R. Kenly, now general manager of
the Atlantic Coast Lilne. will be gen
eral manager of the combination;
Capt. W. B. Denhanf, general super
intendent of the second division of the
Atlantic Coast Line, will be general
superintendent of both first and second
divisions, and F. H. Fechtig will be
purchasing agent., R. E. Smith, it is
also stated, will be assistant general
manager. ;
From the same source comes the
rumor that Wilmington will be made
headauarters for the entire system.
The more credence is given this part
of the rumor from the fact that the
Atlantic Coast Line is at present en
larging its office buildings in W liming
ton. ! i
" MR. E. K PROCTOR DEAD.
Well Known Lawyer and Prominent Robe-
sonlsn Passed Away ai Lamberton.
Lumbkbton, N. 0., October 3 '
E. K. Proctor, Jr., Esq., died at his
residence here this afternoon at 2
o'clock. He was in the prime of life
and one or ; our oesi Known ioa must
aTuu.tAf .ulino He was a member
of the boards of trustees and deacons of
Lumberton Baptist Uhurcn, ciera: or
the Robeson Association, one of the
trustees of Wake Forest College, the
life of Robeson Institute, and it can be
ttil Mid of him that no man did more
fn T?ViAQnn nnnntv than he. As a
k. . nrlthnnt a ntinarior. fear-
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i . j.nv.orriTiv what Via conceived
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w. utm iint TTn leaves an asea
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father and wife, eight children, one
sister and a host 01 inenaa w unw-
his loss. !
Federal Court Postponed.
Mr. W'. H. 8haw, clerk of he U. 8-
District and Circuit courts, dm reewv.
j A an nmlar from Judge Pur
cu m euiij
nell adjourning the Fall term of the
tt j I WUmfnctnn to NOV.
j! euerai " .
24tb. The postponement Is on account of
,...! lav, th and the fact that
eiecuuu umj -
Jude Purnell has been designated as a
member of the u.o. wreiuwwu..
. i. .;.n in Richmond Nov.
6th. This will give Wilmington, but
one week of court as tne Kaieign wrm
convenes tbe first wees: m
DUPLIN Cl)y -.NS CONVENTION
The "CttlzeaaTMe Fnilonisls Oaly-Thev
Pnt Oat a ? Hist Ticket Demo
. crati- pvasa Berlns.
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Sped i iS: f Correspondence.
KEHAXb j' . k N. a. Oct 4. The
mach advert a "Citizens' Mass Meet
Ing" convene 6ere yesterday for the
purpose of j- (ng out a county and
legislative tickit in opposition to the
Democrats. There were about seventy
five present, alt told, after the entire
county had be4n drummed for a large
attendance. 12 turned out that the
convention was composed of f usionists
entirely, and not a Democrat could be
inaacea to go on the ticket. The
ticket nominated is as follows :
- For Clerk, Jno.i A. Gavin ; for Reg
ister of Deeds, John King; for Sheriff,
Bwrei.w Burveyor, u. t. Mc
Millan: for flnrnnAii I JT W iriT..n .
for Commissioners, D. H. Garner,
jonn swinBon atd lx M. Cooper; for
House. J." T. Wilkins. Th nnastinn
of recommending a Senator was left
to a committee and Geo. E. Butler was
endorsed for Con srress. J. B. Oliver
was made chairman of the convention.
xne enure ticket is made up of the
same old Populist crowd who wnrn
beaten in 1898. and thv in harf..
feated again in November Every
effort was made to Induce Democrats
to join the i movement, but not ono
etuld b9 brought in. It is evident
that they tbiuk the word ''Citizen" is
more respectable than tbe title "Fu
sionisi" under which thev masann-
raded in 1893 and 1900, and doubtless
this is true; but the real ''citizens"
were elsewhsre working for the Demo
cratic ticket and did not show up in
the convention.
The Democratic county canvass
onened vesterdav at Butler's Htnr in
Rockfish township, where strong
speeches were made to a large crowd
by D. L. Carlton and ti. D. Williams.
Rockfish is a strong Populist township
and every indication was unusually
favorable to thejDemocrats.
PENDER COUNTY POLITICS.
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Primary of KocM Point Township Held
Yesterday Rotation hi Office.
Special Star Correspondeiice.
Rooky Point N. 0., Oct. 4. The
primary of Rocky Point township was
held at 3 P. M to-day and was called
to order by Dr. EJ Porter, chairman.
On motion Mr. ED. Pearsall was
elected secretary. The following dele-
f:ates and alternates were unanimous
y elected to the convention to be held
at Burgaw, Oct. lltb, vis: A. M. Bow
dec, R. A. Corbett, E. Porter, W. A.
Brown, E. McLendou, Henry Batson,
Thor. E. Hays, R. S. Futch. Mr. J.
B. Black was endoned for register of
deeds; Mr. Tom Brown for sheriff
and Mr. E. D. Pearsall for clerk of
the superior court.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the public good is promoted and
party unity secures by rotation in
office; therefore no man nor set of
men can have a prerogative to the
offices of a county without harm to
the party and danger to the best inter
est of the people; that it was the sense
of the meeting that the proper and
only effective remedy against the pre
vailing interest of independentism is
the timely recognition of the county
talent by proper otation in office and
that the meeting assembled pledge it
self to stand by the platform and
principles of the ! Democratic party
and use all proper means to secure its
success.
NOVELTY IN STREET PARADE.
Something Nev That Will Be Seen When
Porepinth & Sells Comes.
It is said that the Adam Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers Consolidated 8hows
have at last discovered a novelty for
their street parade, something that all
managers are in search of and the
public will be glad to see. This novelty
comprises a series of allegorical repre
sentations of the battles of our nation,
by the presence In the parade of a
troop of soldier, correctly mounted
and uniformed, from all the great
American armies from the Revolu
tionary War; down to the war with
Chins, which culminated with the fall
of the walls of Pekin. Every costume
and flag is absolutely accurate in de
sign and material and (he accoutre
ments of tbe horses are of the same
degree of genuine reproduction. These
allegories are added to the already
stupendous parade given by these
shows, and the new . things in the
parade are greatly augmented by a
large number of entirely new cages,
chariots, tableau cars, cavalcade, etc.
It is said to be by all odds the most
pretentious street pageantry ever seen
uoon American streets, and will be
Lseen when the great Forepaugh Sells
on Monday, Oct. 20tb;
PREVENTION OP COAL PAMINE.
Illinois Cltfzens Petition the President to
Call no Extra Session of Congress
ay Telegraph to tbe Moraine star
Chicago, October i. Six thousand
Illinois citizen?, during the last twenty-four
hours,! have' Signed a petition
asking President Roosevelt to call an
extra session of Congress to enact some
measure for the prevention of a coal
famine. One method suggested in the
petition is a provision for the appoint
ment of a temporary receiver to op
erate tbe Pennsylvania mines, which
are closed on account of the strike.
The petition is being circulated all
over tbe city of Chicago and-throughout
the State of Illinois under the di
rection of Senator William E. Mason.
'There are numerous instances
where temporary receivers have been
appointed for the management of
"and which afford ample precedent
a . . .: A
tat sucn a;i action in tne present
i I
emergency."
ASSOCIATED BANKS.
Weekly Statement The Total of Govern
ment Deposits. .
Its TsiesraDli to the Mornlne star
New York, Oct. L The state
ment of the Associated Banks for the
week ending to-day ' is as follows:
Loans t872.303.700.' decrease $1,878.
600: deposits' $872,176,000. decrease
$4,313,100; circulation $65,660,900,
increase $583,600: legal tenders $58.
693,300. decrease $1,792,300; specie
$161,269,900, decrease $710,900; re
serve $219,863,200,! decrease $2,503,-
200: reserve required $218,044,000, de
crease $1,085,775; surplus, $1,819,200;
decrease, $1,417,425. Amount or uni
ted States deposits: reported $40,769,
300: ' , j- ; :
DIED FROVI APPENDICITIS.
Robeson Conaty Young Man Underwent
Unsuccessful Operation at Hospital
Mr. Alex. A. Inman, son of Mr. C. A.
Inman, of Ash pole, Robeson county,
died at the James Walker Memorial
Hospital in this city yesterday morn
ing at 6:30 o'clock, aged 24 years.
Young Mr. Inman was brought' to the
hospital Friday and was operated off
for appendicitis tbe same afternoon by
Dr. J P. Brown, of Ashpole, and Dr.
Jos. A. Akerma,supsrintendent of the
hospital. The disease,, however,, had
made too' rapid headway before the
young man sought surgical treatment
and he died after tbe unsuccessful ope
ration. A week ago young Mr. Inman ate
heartily of scuppernong grapes and
swallowed some of the seed, which
caused appendicitis to set in imme
diately, causing his death.
The remains were -' prepared for
burial yesterday by Undertaker W.
E. Yopp and returned in the after
noon to his home, accompanied by Dr.
Brown. The young man is well con
nected and his death is greatly re
gretted. He was a mechanic by occu
pation and a young man highly es
teemed in his community.
GREATEST INDIVIDUAL CIRCUS ACT.
Ssld to Be That Performed by Mentlng,
the Marvel, With Porepangh ft Sells.
The greatest Individual circus act in
the world is said to be Indisputably
that performed by Minting, the Mar
vel, with the Adam Forepaugh and
Sails Brothers Shows. He rides up
and down a spiral tower that reaches
from the arena to the top of the dome
of tbe hugr- tent on a unicycle or the
single wbctil of a bicycle. His act is
one of tbe last on the programme at
the sfiernoon exhibitions, but is one
of the first at the evening exhibition,
for the reason that it requires a long
time in which to take down and pack
away the huge tower. He will be
seen here with these shows when they
appear in this city on Monday, Oct.
20th.
MR. REILLY BADLY SCALDED.
resting a Pine Cleaner at Qas Works,
Rubber Hose Bursted.
Mr. John W. Reilly, of the Consoli
dated Railways, Light and Power Co.,
was badly scalded yesterday afternoon
about 5 o'clock while engaged in test
log a flue cleaner at the gas works
on Surry street. Mr. Reilly had
hold of a rubber hose through which
steam' and hot water was being forced
for the purpose of cleaning a flue,
when suddenly the hose burst and his
entire right arm from h:s shoulder to
the wrist was badly burned.
Mr. Reilly was sent to his home in a
carriage and Dr. L. H. Love is attend?
ing him. He was doing very well at
last accounts.
PEANUT TRUST PROVED A FAILURE.
Options Expired October 1st and Nothing
Was Done Another Collspse.
A dispatch from Suffolk, Va., dated
Oct. 1st, says that the proposed peanut
combination, which meant to control
the chief output of Virginia and North
Carolina has collapsed.
Norfolk promoters interested New
York financiers in the movement, and
options were taken on a dozen of the
largest plants. Expert accountants
were hired to inspect the books.
Oct. 1st, nearly all the options ex
pired. The Virginia Protective Pea
nut Association also went out of ex
istence. Cumberland County Republicans.
The Republican - county convention
of Cumberland was in session hardly
an hour yesterday afternoon. There
were about a hundred delegates (all
white) a hundred Democratic spec
tators and twenty negroes pres
ent. The convention was a cut and
dried affair by a caucus the night be
fore and it was agreed to leave the
county ticket blank. S. H. Cotton, of
Hope Mills, was nominated for the
Senate; O. C. McLellan, of Black
River, and D. A. McNeill, of Rockfish,
for the House. Slocomb's candidature
for Congress and R. S. White for so
licitor, were endorsed.
Senator Hanna Not Coming.
Tbe Observer says: Senator Hanna
will not come to Fayetteville to speak
this Fall. Mr. A. H. Slocomb has re
ceived a letter from Senator Pritchard
stating that Hanna advises him ' it
will be impossible to come to North
Carolina.
Fayetteville wants a tobacco
warehouse. The Observer says some
Cumberland tobacco was recently
sold at Lumberton as high as 50 cents
a pound. Another lot of 700 pounds
sold at $126.86,
STRIKE RIOT AT GLEN FALLS. -
A Conjpany of Militia Called Oat to Sup
press the Mob.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Star.
Gum Falls, N. Y., October 4. A
mob of fully 5,000 sympathizers of the
Hudson Valley railway strikers pa
raded the streets here to-night, stop
ping all cars as they came through
and storming the cars, breaking win
dows and cutting trolley wires. So
great did the disturbance become that
Sheriff Gill ordered out Company K,
of the National Guard, stationed here,
to disperse the mob. When the riot
era began their work the majority of
tbe non-union employes of the com
pany gave themselves into the hands
of the police for. protection; but some
deserted to the strikers. Four cars
were stalled on the switch and all the
windows In them were broken.
NO. 50
REGISTRATION VERY SLOW.
Less Than 150 Voters Registered la the
City The Dnty Mast Be Performed
It Yoa Wish to Vote.
Incredible as it may seem, there are
less than a hundred and fifty voters
registered in the city for the November
election, notwithstanding the books
have been open for three days. The
apathy that exists in this respect is
alarming when It is considered that a
new registration is absolutely essen
tial to voting at this election and that
the books will be open for only twenty
days.
The small number of people that
have registered were secured largely
through the special efforts of the reg
istrars, who, except on yesterday
when the law required them to be at
the polling places, went around to
the homes and places of business of
voters and solicited them to resistor.
Had It not been for this special effort,
which will be continued to some .ex
tent, it ii doubtful if seventy-five peo
ple would to-day have their names on
the books.
A reporter of the Stab yesterday
made a tour of moat of the polling
places and found all the registrars
complaining of "nothing doing."
Tbey want the people to hurry up
about this matter to save the rush on
the last days. Most of those who have
registered thus far have done so un
der' the act permitting a permanent
registration for all time, and to reg
ister in this way requires from four to
five minutes. If the person to be reg
istered enters into any lengthy ex
planation of his genealogy appropoa
the grandfather clause, even more
time is required. If there are many
delays until the last minute the rush
is something terrible lor the officers
in charge to contemplate.
Tbe books will be open next Satur
day at the various polling places, al
ready published in these columns. On
other days, except Saturdays, the reg
istrars are not required to be at the
polling places, but must look up the
"man with the book."
BRUNSWICK INDEPENDENTS.
Held Convention Yesterday at Lockwood's
Polly and Nominated a Ticket Mr.
Means for the Senate.
Special Star Telegram.
Southport, N. C, Oct. 2. The fol
lowing nominations - were made at
Lockwood's Folly to-day by a "Citi
zen's Mass Convention :"
State Senate Iredell Meares.
Representative John Jenerette.
Sheriff T. L. Vines.
Register of Deeds O. Ed. Taylor. .
Treasurer David Ward.
Clerk of Court O. M. Leonard.
Surveyor S. I. King.
Coroner J. H. Smith.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Whiteville Press: From the
number of empty barrels for ship
ments seen at the depot, we conclude
that this is a good region for the vine
yard. The grapes are bought by a
winery at Henderson, N. C. The ship
ment of grapes from this place this
year will form a considerable indus
try for growers.
Roanoke News: Government
surveyors were at work here last week
making surveys of Roanoke river, near
the W elaon corn mills, with a view, it
is said, of putting in a dam on this side
of tbe stream to throw all the waters
into one channel so that the sand bars
can be washed out, and for the purpose
of blasting the huge rocks whioh
abound in the steam at that dangerous
point.
Wilson Times: Frank Bowling,
eighteen years of age, was bitten by a
copper headed snake last Saturday. He
was found with the snake wrapped
around his leg and had been bitten
four times. He is expected to die.
Mr. Daniel Lucas, of Black Creek
township, is a unique character. He,
does not know a letter when he sees it
in print and cannot say bis letters for
ward, but can say them baexward.
and Wednesday afternoon surprised
several sitting around the court house.
who called on him for a sermon, by
quoting passage after passage of scrip
ture and commenting on same.
Wadeaboro Messenqer-Intelli'
gencer: Cotton is nearer all picked out
and sold in this county than ever be
fore at this time of the year. As illus
trating this, the receipts here for Sep
tember this year were 3,304 against
664 bales for the same month last year.
Borne 650 bales of new cotton were
sold here in August, while there was
practically no new cotton sold during
August. 1901. lor. l. it. Tomun-
son has leased to Patterson Bros., of
Atlanta, his buff sandstone quarry, on
Gould's Fork, one-half mile from the
railroad. This is a very fine quality
of stone and it is the intention of the
Messrs. Patterson to quarry it on a
large scale. The stone will be shipped
a . ti. mi
to Atlanta ana jaczsonvuie, u ia.
Lumberton Rolesonian: Mr. N.
A. Carter, of Raynham, has invented
an apparatus for curing tobacco, which
it is said will eliminate all the difficul
ties which have heretofore attended
this most troublesome part of the prep
aration of the crop for market. Ii the
invention will realize all that is hoped
for it, it will be of incalculable value
to tobacco planters, and will insure an
immense fortune to tne inventor.
A son and grandson, boys of Preston
liocklear, .were shot near Alma Satur
day night by two sons of Kandall
Smith, colored. One of the boys was
shot through tbe body and the other
was liberally sprinkled in the face
with small shot Randall Smith wi
also landed in jail, charged with being
accessory to the shooting.
Low Rates So Wastunaloni and New
York. '
To Washington and return $10.00.
To New York and return $20.00, via
the Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets to
be sold October 3d, 4tb, 5th and 6tb,
good to return October 15th, 1903.
Final limit of Washington tickets
can be extended to November 3rd by
di-positing tickets with the Joint Agent,
Washington, and paying 50 cents; one
stop-over in eachdireclion. t
PERSHING CAMPAIGN .
AQAINST THE M0R0S.
Killed or Woonded a Hundred of Them
and Destrtyed Forty Forts Oaty
Two Americans Wounded.
By Cable to the Morning star.
Manila, Oct 4. Captain John L.
Pershing's column has completely
routed the Maciu Moros In the island
of Mindanao, killing or wounding a
hundred of them and capturing and
destroying forty forts. Two. Ameri
cans were wounded.
On Tuesday . the Moros retired to
their largest and strongest fort on the
lake shore, and Wednesday Captain
Pershing attacked them with artillery,
bombarding the enemy for three
hours. At noon Lieutenant Loring,
leading a squad of ' men, attempted to
set fire to the fort. He crept under
the walls and started .a blaze, but the
Moros discovered . him and forced the
Americans to retreat
During the afternoon the Saltan of
Cabugatan led a sortie at the head of a
band of fanatics armed with krissetv
They crept through the grass and
sprang up and attacked the Americans.
The Saltan waa wounded six times and
boloed an American before he died.
His followers were killed.
In the darkness Wednesday night
Captain Pershing took bis batteries
within a 'hundred yards of the fort,
closed In his infantry lines and re
sumed the attack. The Moron broke
through twice and attempted to escape
by the beach but were discovered and
many of them were killed.
Tbe Moros abandoned the fort early
on Thursday; after fifteen hours bona .
bardment, and Thursday Captain'
Pershing destroyed the rest of . the
forts and returned to Camp Vicara.
It is believed the moral effect of the
defeat of the Moros will be great
Gen. Davis has ordered that hostilities
be stayed in order to permit the Sul
tan of Bacolod and other hostile Sul
tans to make peace.
The Sultans of Maciu were confi
dent of their ability to defeat the
Americans and vowed before the fight
to enter slavery voluntarily if they
themselves were defeated.
General Davis has aent General
Sumner, in command of the Ameri
can forces in Mindanao, a congratula
tory telegram on the success of Capt.
Pershing and the small American low.
THE S0Pt"c0AL OUTPUT.
Norfolk and Westers Railroad Will Run
Coal Trains on Snndsys During the
Existing Coal Famine.
By Telegraph to tne nornins Btar.
Roanoke, Va., Oct. 4. The follow
ing official statement . waa given out
at the general offices of the Norfolk
and Western Railway to-day:
"Instructions have been issued to
run coal trains on Sunday through
the State of Virginia and elsewhere in
order to expedite shipments of coal
for the relief of communities and in
terests suffering and imperiled for the
want of fuel, and these coal trains ,
will continue to run on Sunday dur
ing the existing coal famine."
General Manager L. E. Johnson,
of the Norfolk and Western, wasv
seen in reference to the above , and
stated that this .movement "was neces
sary on account of the unusual demand -for
coal. The laws of the State pro
hibit the running of freight trains on
Sunday, but under the circumstances,
it is thought the action of the railroad
will not be construed into a violation
of the law.
The daily output of coal in the Flat
Top and Pocahontas fields along the
lines of the Norfolk and Western is at
present aix hundred cars, or abont 94-yU
000 tons per day. The full output of
these mines is 900 Tears daily, but the
tracks are so badly congested now that
it is not possible to move more than
600 cars. With the Sunday movement,
the Norfolk aud Western expects to
be able to send to market 900 cars or
36,000 tons of coal dally.
CHINAMAN'S QUEER CAPER.
Chicago Lsundryman Committed Suicide ,
by Starvation A Secret Society Had
Commanded Him to Die.
bv Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
Chicago. Oct 4. A Chinaman died
at the Provident Hospital to-day, a
suicide by starvation, because, It Is
declared, a secret society had com
manded him to die. The man was
Wong Now, proprietor of a laundry.
The coroner, is investigating the
case. For two months he refused
to eat aud gradually grew weak
er until his case was hopeless.
Two months - ago found Now in his
laundry ill. At the oommand of some
mysterious secret band, Now after
wards declared, . he had eaten potash.
It did not kill him, however, and the
physicians said he would live. After
two days Now still refused to eat and
Dr. H. O. Jones was called to attend
him. Dr. Jones, who speaks Chinese,:
managed to . learn tne man's
history and cause of his self
inflicted starvation. Now'a friends
were notified to-day that he wan dy
ing and forty of them went to the hos
pital. For two hours they chanted a
death song, then arrayed him in a
black cap and gown. Thus arrayed
he died. Shun Fack, Now's uncle, no
tified the authorities that he would
bury the man. None of the fellow
countrymen would discuss the case.
HOMICIDES REPORTED.
One at Shreveport, La., and the Other at
Anadarke, Ark.
' By Telegrapb to tne Homing ntar.
Shbevkpobt, La., Oct. 5. While
threatening to murder his own wife,
Samuel Long, a carpenter, was killed -here
to-day by his wife's brother, F.M.
Fuller. Long had sent wordlto his wife
that he intended to kill her. When
he arrived" at her home he waa met
by Faller who shot and Instantly
killed him. Fuller surrendered and was
released on bail.
Anadabxe, Ark., Oct. 4. Samuel
Robinson to-day shot and killed Smith .
Brown. Both .were prominent busi
ness men, supposedly clone friends and
the shooting caused a sensation. Rob
inson when arrested refused to reveal ,
the cause of the shooting.
PRESIDENT'S CONDITION.
The Conference With the Mine Operators
Was a Severe Strala Upon Him.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Horning star. ; .
Washdioton, ' Oct. 4. Secretary
Cortelyou this evening upon being
asked as to the condition of the Presi
dent said:
"The conference held yesterday waa
a severe strain upon the President.
While in the judgment of his physi
dans,his progress towardecovery baa
been satisfactory and continues so,
they feel that to avoid the risk of a
setback he should be relieved of any
undue tax upon his strength. There
fore, for the next week or ten days,
only such matters will be brought to
his attention as It may be imperative
ly necessary for him to consider.'' v
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