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AMERICA A GREEDY GIANT.
The tremendous industrial devel
opment of the world is to-day the
greatest menance to the future peace
of the world. The expansion of na
tion and the rivalry of tho world
powers to acquire colonial posses
lions is not to oppress the brown
people, or the black peoples with the
tyranies of government, but to ex
ploit them for trade. The powers
are bent on monopolizing territory
in Asia and Africa for the purpose
of keeping life in the industries at
home. In the end it may be an in
dustrial oppression of the brown
men and the black men, but it also
maj mean that their right to gov
ern themselves will be denied them
while "benevolent assimilation" is
golcfon and more than likely may
never end. '
The fact is the European powers,
monachlcal and imperial In their
nature, will not seek the benevolent
assimilation of the peoples which
came under their dominion, but
that is a plea to justify the Ameri
can republic in going into colonial
enterprises. It is a plea- to satisfy
the consciences of a people who
have been committed to the ideal
that government rests' upon the
consent of the governed. The ac
quirement of the Philippines by the
United States was the outcome of
the demands of our industrial
growth. The archipeligo was wanted
br ns for no other par pose than to
prmue a mantel ior our manuiacc
wed products. The Republican
scheme was not to carry to the
Philippines the blessings of free
dom and popular government but
to trade them to a stand still. For
the same reason Roosevelt took ad
vantage of Colombia to get con
trol of the Panama canal
goue. He denies that our govern
ment encouraged the rebellion of
Panama, but just the same when he
caught Columbia with its pantaloons
In a position all thasame, as the ad
go goes, he waded in' and caused
the sister Republic to "go way back
and sit down." Little Panama press
ed the button and he did the rest.
However, let It all pass. We
started out to say that the industri
al development by the world powers
U the present menace to the peace
of the world. The bloody war in the
East between Russia and Japan is
over Manchuria and Korea as the
bones of contention. These posses
lions are wanted'to keep life in Ja
pan's indastries.which Russia wants
-the one to serve that purpose and
also give her a naval base on the Pa
cific. After all it an industrial war.
The American world cower is watch
to it with a selfish interest,' and we
cannot deny it. Our sympathies are
with the power under whose victory
onr trade will have the best showing
In China. Europe knows how we
are looking at the fight, and the
toto. . . .
..HwuiUU over mere nave got a
good eye when they see which way
we American cat is jumping.
A cablegram In thft WnaViinfrtnTi
Post dated Paris, October 5th, tells
11 that some European statesmen
eem to be seriously concerned for
wte economic future of Europe,
Aney iee, or fancy they see,deep-laid
uemes on the part of the United
Mates for absorbing the commerce
" and appear to think the
moment has arrived to issue a serious
note of warning.
io-day, says the Paris telegram,
- -u itt. meiine. lnrmr rtrimn
minister and leader of the French
Protectionists, sounding the alarm In
e Kepubllque Francalse In an
cie entitled "United States in
a. Mollne says no mistake
would be made In EuroDe as to the
ait designs in the Far East on the
Part of the great rennfclln. it u in
hat direction that it Is evidently
"""mg us commercial ambition.
day, he says. England mav re-
Pet bavins assisted Janan.wMfth ha
Predicts will prefer to throw itself
into the arms of the great American
'epuhlic, which Is closer to hr anfl
ttJ ronder her services, rather than
nand over China to British Indus-
wJi wnose r valrv Junan faar
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-"W'Mour on the commercUl
1 unnTinmin imure vt. uiu vukhum wmi'iuni. MANY LI VII Sill I S I WCU0I1NU A PRETTY ONn
economic future of old Europe.
The more her industry Increases,
the more her machinery improves,
and the more her warehouses be
come crammed with goods the more
restricted and narrow is her expan
sion abroad. She now finds herself
in the presence of a giant with
mighty jaws, who is taking away
her custom. After haying seized a
portion, that of South America,
the giant Is preparing to deprive her
of that of the yellow races, the
most important in the world.' It Is
true he consents to leave to Europe
the negroes of the Soudan and the
vast regions of Africa, but until
that proves profitable poor Europe,
in the French statesman's opinion,
will have time to stew in her own
juice.
We have got Europe guessing and
we guess they are guessing right.
TEE PROTECTION IDEA.
" The protection" of industries by
levying a tariff which practically
prohibits the Importation of foreign
products that may compete with
home products is known as the
"American Doctrine' Henry Clay
was the father of "protection," and
the United States have gone to such
extreme lengths in following out the
theory that we have got all the world
hedging against ns. Wehaveprao
tically shut foreign trade out of our
markets, and while other European
countries, Germany in particular,
have followed our example, we find
Mr. Chamberlain conducting a pro
tection campaign in Great Britain.
The idea is spreading and when all
nations put a protection wall around
themselves, they will have to live on
themselves or scoop in other portions
of the world to trade upon. Canada
is going into the .protection busi
ness, and in the following from the
New York Journal of Commerce,
we get two interesting things :
Protection sentiment in Canada has
manifested Itself in the organization
of a Made-in-Canada Club, whose
members pledge themselves to give the
preference in their purchases to-home
products. In the old days o! slayery
some of the abolitionists entered Into
engagements never to eat molasses or
sugar unless they knew It to be Im
ported, and to wear no article of cot
ton. But the prosperity of the Bouth
was not thereby appreciably affected.
The Merchandise Marks Aet In En
gland was passed in the belief that
patriotism would lead persons to avoid
articles marked "Made In Germany,"
and to Insist upon articles of home
production. It has been complained
since that Englishmen are so lost to
all tense of vatrlotism
that they Day
.inanna.
and our cigar manufacturers have In
duced the Treasury to put the badge
of foreign origin upon the least con
spicuous part of a cigar box, because
they say that Americans will buy for
eign In preference to domestic cigars.
The Made-ln-Oanada Club may hare
some Influence In getting the tariff ad
vanced, which is one of its purposes,
but in Individual shopping It is likely
to prove a melancholy failure.
The United States may get a les
son from too much protection. We
raise onr revenues by a tariff levied
for that purpose and for the protec
tion of American industries. Too
much of a good thing, however,may
kill the goose that lays the golden
eK When onr tariff is so high
that it puts an end to imports it
puts a stop to the revenue we get
out of it. Probably that is(the rea
son why the Roosevelt administra
tion is struggling with a deficit in
the treasury, independent of the
Panama canal purchase expenditure.
The election of Judge Parker
means saner tarm laws and more
equitable relations with the balance
of the world. The Wilson-Gorman
Democratic tariff relieved some of
our protection burdens, and by en
couraging trade with Europe pro
duced more revenue than any pre
vious Republican high tariff. At the
same time the industries of America
were not hurt by a lower tariff, for
imports were less than under pre
vious Republican tariffs. The fact
is the panic conditions inherited
from the Republican administration
recovered equilibrium under the
Wilson-Gorman tariff, arguments of
Republican spellbinders to the con
trary notwithstanding.
The circus man who is claiming
that he was the first to "loop the
loop" ought to sneak into his hole.
He has evidently failed to read
Roosevelt's books and follow his cir
cuit around the loop to where he
stands pat with Col. Dingley,
Roosevelt's letter of acceptance:
"We intend in the future to carry
on the Government In the same way
that we have carried it on in .the
past." Gee, Whial That's just the
reason we want to give you your
walking papers..
We have vehemently Insisted that
there was no money Issue In this
campaign, but we humbly haul in
onr horns. Governor-Chairman
Odell is yelling for $3,000,00 to car
ry New York.
If North Carolina could only be
come a pivotal Stato the Republi
cans would rejoice to know that the
, National campaign fund would have
an open door of hope for the hope
less. The moth ball is out of date, but
the festive german is In season.
A AAU IUV1 W UV -j ' ' -
And now they are talking of
tunnelling the Delaware river. Poor
George Washington; he died too
soon. Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- President Roosevelt will keep
his hands off Wisconsin, which
shows that he has some regsrd - for
his hands when he sees a buzz saw
in operation. Chicago News.
The United States will not at
this time intervene In Congo State
affairs. Here is one case in which
the color question was not a tempta
tion to meddle. Baltimore Sun.
A white barber at Pittsfield,
Mass., has been arrested lor refus
ing to shave a negro. Some of these
white barbers in Massachusetts are
getting . altogether too uppity.
Washington Post.
" The Rephblicans have nomi
nated a negro for Congress in the
Tenth Georgia District. He stands
no show, of being elected, even if
his health permits him to remain in
the race until election day. Wash
ington Post. - , ;
--Some women keep their
youth and beauty so well that t it
seems as if they had been able to
stop the flight of time. And yet,
strangely enough, no woman likes
to be told that her face would stop a
clock. Atlanta Journal.
Let it be borne in mind that
a change in the representation of
bnt 16 Congressional districts out of
384 will give the control of the
House to the enemy, the Republi
cans to-day having a majority ef
only 30. The margin is too narrow
to risk the loss of a-aingle district.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Some Englishmen may still
believe that buffaloes are to be shot
within sight of the New York City
Hall, but the London: editors who
refer to Roosevelt's talk of a peace
conference as "a bit of political play
incident to the political campaign"
have evidently cut their eye teeth.
New Orleans States.
- A negro of the name of
Enoz is running for Congress in
the Indianapolis district of Indiana.
This is Jesse Overstreet's district.
Knox, by all the rules of courtesy
and consistency, ought to have the
support of Crumpacker and his fol
lowing. But it is dollars to dough
nuts that the negro will receive
mighty few white Republican votes
on election day. Indiana Republi
cans are mighty fond of negro poli
ticians in the South. Savannah
News.
A Frenchman is in this coun
try for the purpose of establishing
a manufactory of balloons and air
ships generally. He says that the
time is close at hand when balloon
ing will be the fad of the rich in the
United States, and that the problem
of aerial navigation will be solved
before a great while. And that
will involve a tflirlhln ttmrr1 tn
find a name for the f enow that runs
the aerial machine. Remember
what a time we had with "chauf
feur?" Baltimore Sun. -
The suggestion that Presi
dent Parker, if put to it, might ex
perience some difficulty in persuad
lng his Southern friends to vote for
age pensions to the surviving veter
ans of the Civil War, is altogether
gratuitous, considering the record
of the Representatives from the
Sonthern States in voting for the
present liberal scale of pensions to
Northern soldiers without a protest.
Their attitude with reference to
pensions has been one of the most
remarkable exhibitions of gracious
submission to what may be called
the exactions of a victorious foe that
history records. Boston Herald.
Thomas A. Edison continues
to spend a large part of his time
perfecting the storage battery upon
whicn he has been working for sev
eral ears. The delegates to the
international electrical congress who
paid a visit to Mr. Edison in New
jersey last week found him very
optimistic aa to the future of this
battery. When It was first devel
oped it had the usual mechanical
defects of a new invention and Mr.
Edison has been spending much
time in his factory overcoming these
defects. The engineers who saw
him last week say that the Edison
storage battery is now perfected and
that it will not be long before it , is
pnt on the market. New York
Sun.
FRUIT LIKELY TO BE LOWER.
New
York Sees a Panscea Far Frail
Levers la Winter Market.
Livers of fruit will smack their lips
with satisfaction at the following from
the New York Herald of yesterday:
No finer apples have ever been In
the metropolitan market than are now
offered for -sale, and at prices tnat
mean verv small profit to the rals
ers. Our American crop was estimat
ed at 70.000.000 barrels, and It now
seems probable that this figure Is too
low. The crop will be the largest In
hlitorv.
Pippins and Duchess apples are sell-
Ids- at from 11.60 to i barrel ana
Alexanders from $1.75 to $3. The best
windfalls can be bought for II a bar
rel, and Maiden Blush and similar var
! ietlea st an averaee of SLyo.
Pears are giving an attractive color
lng to the market. 8eckels are selling
at $3 a barrel and Bartletts at 13.25,
while the Duchess and Liawrence are
a trifle lower.
bit Tracking- Enterprise.
Yesterday's Raleigh Post says:
"Hon. F. M. BImmons and Messrs.
Humphrey and W. T. Dortch left this
afternoon for Wilmington In the inter
est of the Carolina Truckers Colony.
They will be joined In Wilmington by
other gentlemen Interested In the cor-
Bratloo. From Wilmington ur.
ortch will go to the county seat of
Bladen county, Elizabeth town, where
be will make an abstract of the title
to the lands of the colony, which com
prise five thousand acres In Bladen at
and near Abbottsburg. This land is
very valuable. The stock of the cor-
E iratlon Is being rapidly sold by
essrs. Humphrey A Gibson, of Golds-
boro, who are the managers of the cor
poration. The investors are among
the brat known men in this and adjoin
ing Stales."
Twbeek's Term of New HarW
oyer Superior Court Begins ;
" Next Monday. ..
THE FAMOUS PENNY CASE
Number of fempltlsts ifaloit Coisoll
dated Railways, Llrfat aid Fewer Ce.
Three Dijs for Irlolial Mst
firs Other Nstes.
The bar of the elty met Saturday
at the office of Col. Jno. D. Taylor
and arranged the calendar of civil
suits for trial at the two weeks term of
Superior Court to be convened here
next week. Judge Fred Moore, of
Aaheville, presiding. " Eugene 8. Mar
tin, Esq., presided at the meeting of
the bw yesterday and A. JrMar
sball,Eiq, acted na 'secretary. - At.
the recent one-week term of the court,
practically all criminal matters were
disposed of, so that the forthcoming
term will be devoted almost exclusive
ly to the hearing of civil esses, of
which there are a large number on the
calendar. Fifty-two of the number
are set for trial, 1(5 are on the motion
docket and seven are on the summons
docket.
The case of greatest Interest on the
trial docket, perhaps, Is that ot B. F.
Penny vs. the W. C. & A. Railroad
Co., the nature of which Is well re
membered by readers of this paper. It
was tried first In 1899 in the Superior
Court and a judgment for $6,000 was
given the plaintiff. Judge W. A.
Hoke, presiding, set the verdict aside,
however, and a second hearing coming
on,a mistrial resulted. After all the evi
dence was In at the third trial, the plain
tiff's counsel upon intimation of Judge
Peebles that they could not recover,
submitted to a non suit and appealed
to the Supreme Court. A new trial
was granted and the cue now comes
on for a fourth hearing. The plaintiff,
Mr. B. F. Penny, was shot by an
obstreperous negro, Sam Callaway
as he alighted from a train at Leland
Brunswick county, one Banday after
noon early in September, 1898, the
negro having been ejected for disorder
on the car between Wilmington and
that point The case will be heard on
the second Monday of the term Messrs.
Bellamy & Bellamy, E. K. Bryan.
Herbert MeClammy, A. J. Marshall
and E. S. Martin appear for the plain
tiff, while the railroad will be repre
sented by Messrs. Rountree & Garr,
Jno. D. Bellamy and Davis & Davis.
On Friday of the first week the case
of Mortle L. Creech vs. Wilmington
OoHoa Mill k;Mi (or. UU1. -Tfca
plaintiff is suing for damages for being
caught on a shaft in the mills here,
having her clothing torn off and
being bruised and otherwise injured.
A jury at a late term awarded her
$800, but both sides took an appeal to
the Supreme Court and a new trial
was granted.
The big land suit of George Irving
vs. Pembroke Jones and others, for
the recovery of a large part of Sum
mer Best, on the sound, which Is
claimed under an old grant, is set for
the second Tuesday of the term.
Messrs. Koonce and Schulken, of
Whitevllle, appear for the plaintiff
and numerous attorneys represent the
large number of Individual property
owners Interested.
a the following day, the first case
is that , or wiiuam uemoert against
lhe Consolidated Company, in which
the plaintiff sues for recovery of
damages by reason of Injuries re
ceived by contact with a live wire at
Front and Princess streets one night
about a year ago. Messrs. H. Me
Clammy and Jno. v. tsellamy appear
for Bembert and Messrs. Davis &
Davis and Bellamy & Bellamy for the
company. The case of Lineman Hugh
8. Schwartz, who was burned by a live
wire while painting some poles of the
company near Front and Grace streets,
Is also set for the same day, Bassell dc
Gore appearing for Schwartz and Ire
dellMeares, Esq., for the employers
liability company, in which O. B., L.
& f. Co. employes are insured.
The case of Frank Meier against the
Consolidated Co. for $25,000 dsmages
in the death of his brother, Joe Meier,
who was run over and killed by a car
of the company near Greenville
Sound, about a year ago, is set for
trial on Thursday of the second week.
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy and Herbert
MeClammy, Etq., appear for the plain
tiff and Uenrs. Davis & Davis and
Bellamy & Bellamy for the company.
On Friday of the second week the
first case is that of City of Wilmington
vs. Iredell - Meares, with reference
to aback tax settlement. City Attor
ney W. J. Bellamy appears for the
plaintiff and Messrs. Robert Ruark,
now of Lexington, N. Ol, and Russell
& Gore, by special appearance, for Mr.
Meares.
The other cases are largely appeals
from Justice courts and are of no spec
lal Interest
No civil sulii are set for the first
three days of the forthcoming term as
It Is expected that those days will be
consumed in the hearing of the few
criminal cases on the'-docket, one of
which is the contempt proceedings, in
stUnted at the late term.
A thowflisa Dead.
Wilson Times: "Mr. Peter Sells,
the last of the three brothers connect
ed with Forepaugh & Sella Brothers'
hows Is dead at his home In Colum
bus, O. A short while back bis
brother died and this one has also
been In feeble dealth. For this reason
th Tirana will be sold at Tarboro
where the spaon for exhibition will
nd. in order to wind up the estate of
the Sells."
aitoiia Tribsse's Accooat of Marrlsfe
- ot Mr. Smith asd Miss Ssrter
Ana Augusta (Ga.) Tribune of
Thursday, contains a long account of
the marriage of Miss Annie Carter and
Mr. Leonidas O'Neill Smith, at Gran
IteviUe, a O , last Wednesday even
lng. The ceremony was performed In
tne Baptist church, which was deco
rated with a profusion of palms, pot
ted plants and white cut flowers. Fol
lowing the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the bride's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carter.
Concluding Its account of the wed
ding, the Tribune says:
The esteem in which both bride and
groom are held was demonstrated by
the large number of wedding presents,
among which was numbered an ele
gant array of silver, china bric-a-brac
and furniture.
Mrs. Smith, as Miss Carter, Is very
popular and has many friends here In
Augusta, where she has frequently
.visited as the guest ot Mrs.O.T. Adams
nd the Misses Denning. That ner
feorrtaze removes iter to distant city
is a source or regret . to her many
friends, won by her sweet and lovable
trans or character both here and in her
own home.
SEW GAPE FEAR S1EAMEP.
"Sea Gate," Handsome cralr, for
WIN
mlsgtoo aad Sonthport Use.
The Wilmington, Southport
and
Little River Transportation Co.
an-
nounces the purchase in New York of
the steamer "Sea Gate," and her ex
pected arrival there this evening or to
morrow morning. The "Sea Gate"
will be used on the Wilmington and
Southport line, plying regularly be
tween these ports as a mall, passen-
was louna oy tne company after a
search of the entire coast for a steamer
to meet the exact requirements here.
She has lately been used by one of the
yacht clubs there, has two decks and
Is licensed to carry 800 passengers.
She is of 135 tons burthen, 105 feet
long. 24 feet wide, draws 5tf feet of
water and Is fitted with two triple ex
pansion engines and twin screws,
giving her an average speed of 16
miles per hour. The finishing of the
boat Is the finest, and all in all she
will be one of the most handsome on
the Cane Fear,
The new steamer is now being
brought down the coast by Oapt. W.
A. Sanders, with Oapt. W. A. Snell
as coast pilot
Metre Shet Assther.
Owen Meredith, colored, 25 years of
age, came up to Policeman T. .
Evans at Fourth arid Brunswick
streets last midnight and reported that
he had been shot. By whom, he was
unable to mt farther than that he was
a colored man and that "they called
him Bud." The ambulance was called
and Meredith was removed to the
hospital where Dr. Akerman found
that the ball had entered the back,
struck the shoulder blade and burled
itself in the muscles of the back. The
wound Is not thought to be dangerous.
Later the police investigated the shoot-
lng and found that It occurred In th
street in "Dross Neck." Policeman
M. A. Jones arrested Howard Thomp
son, colored, and summoned two wit
nesses, one of whom saw the shooting
and the other heard Thompson say he
had "got his man."
Latta Wants Fast Trains,
The Columbia (3. O.) correspondent
of yesterday's Charlotte Observer says:
"Th 8tate Is about to bring suit
aralnit the Coast Line road to compel
it to obey the oraer or tne rauroau
commission, to stop its fast trains at
Latta. a small town near union. The
roadhavlnsr failed after 90 days' no
tice to obey this order, the commission
to-day turned over the papers in the
case to the Attorney General's office.
with instruction that action be begun
against the road to compel it to obey
the order. The suit win oe nrougni
under Sections 2069 and 2164 of The
Code, which gives the commission au
thority to enforce Its rules and or
ders."
Seal Estate Transfers.
From deeds filed for record yester
day at the Court House the following
real estate transfers appear: Geo. F.
Beitter and wife to Nora G. Webb, for
$100, property on west side of Fifth, 93
feet south of Bladen street, 88x110 feet
Inalze. Walker Taylor and wife to
Jno. B. Peschau, for $900. property at
nortbweat corner of Eleventh and
Dock streets. 60x75 feet in size. Peter
Mohr and wife, F. A. Bissinger and
wife and John Henry Mohr and wife
to G. F. Seitter, for $800, two tracts of
land In Masonboro township, contain
ing nine and 44 acres, respectively.
seal
Balldlsg Permits.
The following building permits were
issued yesterday: H. Henry Harris,
two-story metal roof dwelling on Dock,
between Eighth and Ninth streets. J.
M. Wolff, one-story frame building
on the northeast corner of Front and
Meares streets for E. H. Bevllle. Thad
F. Tyler, three one-story, ' frame
houses on Second and Davis streets for
D. B. Foster. R.W. Smith, two-story
frame building, tin roof, on corner of
Ninth and Orange streets.
A white man named Elias
Kelly shot and fatally wounded a ne
gro on Robinson's show day at Dar
lington yesterday. The crowds were
watching the parade and thenegro push
ed against Kelly but promptly apolo
gized. The white man followed him
and the negro warned him not to do
so. The colored man was shot three
times In the stomach.
A movement is on foot to or
ganize a Parker and Glenn club here
and a meetiog wub that end In view
will probtblj be held this week.
DISCREDIT REPORT
OF NAVAL BATTLE
Russian Officials Declare Report
ed Sea Fight Off Port Arthur
Purely Imaginative.
MEAGRE NEWS FROM FRONT.
Ksrepstkla Believed to be Itresf.ther.lDi
His Pesltloa st Mnkden E assises
Uslsr Desdly Hand Grenades
at Pert Arthor.
By Telegraph to toe mornlnc BUr.
St. Petebsbubg, Oct. 8. 1:30 P. M.
The meagrenesa of the news from the
front Is increasing the uncertainty re
garding the developments. There is
good warrant for the belief that. Gene
ral Kuropatkln la strengthening his
left' flank to prevent the Japanese
turning there, bis troops occupying a
triangle, from Fushan to Mukden and
Tie rass. uver three hundred euns
have arrived at the front and the
activity of the Russian skirmishers
below the Hun river creates the Im
pression that Kuroptakln : may con
template assuming the offensive. The
waromce, however, gives no encour
agement of this, though naturally if
such a move is contemplated the war
office could not be expected to admit
it. i . i
I Deadly Hand Qreoades.
Tokio. Oct. 8. According to a pri
vate letter received from a Japanese
officer now with the besieging forces
before Port Arthur, the Russians are
effectively using band grenades, filled
with a high explosive. The execution
of these grenades when accurately
thrown is deadly, the officer says, and
their use probably accounts for the
closeness of the fighting. .
Russian Kevointisntsis.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 9. The Rus
sian police are convinced that the
whole series of terrorist crimes, ending
wnn the murder or u. riehve last
Bummer, are traceable to a common
inspiration. While some links In the
chain of evidence are lacking, a long
Investigation bas revealed the fact that
the Inspiration for the revival of
terrorist activity In uussla comes
chiefly from a band of revolutionists
mostly recruited from exiles to Siberls.
living on the shore of JUake Lieman,
Hwllierland.
This "fighting organisation." as it Is
termed, seems to be without a direct
object, but rather as supplemental to
the work of the revolutionary propa
ganda which the agitators abroad are
spreading among all classes of the
population, the polities! murders being
intended to stir up the discontented
portion of the populace.
with the capture of the revolution
ary agent Gerschnnin the authorities
ate satisfied that they have laid hands
upon the active agent In Russia of the
foreign revolutionary agitators. The
revelations at the trial of Gerschunin,
have not been made public, but it is
authoritatively Uted.nrove that-ihree
Jewish exiles uoiz.Koublnovlch and
Gerschunin who formed the editorial
staff of the "Messenger of the Russian
Revolutionaries," were the leaders of
the "fighting organization." The evi
dence, it is declared, shows that Gotz
and Roubinovlch are graduates of the
Nihilist school.
Parely lasrjnsry.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 8. It Is now
accepted here that the reported naval
fight oil Port Arthur was purely im
aginative. The naval experts of the
newspapers dwell on the difficulties the
Port Arthur squadron must expe
rience In breaking out after the disas
trous sortie of August 10th. The
general opinion is that tbeiauadron
could not venture out unless some
thing had happened to the Japanese
warships, of which there Is no know
ledge here. In any case the Russian
ships could not go to the neutral port
of Che Foo. but must head for via
dlvostok. If the Baltic fleet was ap
proaching, however, the whole situa
tion would be different.
The liberies Railroad.
St. Petersburg. Oct 8. Prince
Hllkoff. minister of railroads, has ar
rived here after spending three months
In personally superintending the con
struction of the circum-Baikal rail
road. He says the whole Biberlan
line Is working perfectly. Theclrcum-
Baikal is open for freight tramc but
passengers are still crossing the lake
In the ferry boats. Work is still pro
ceeding day and night on the circum-
Baikal road, electric lights being
used at night, so as to have the line in
complete order before the lake freezes
over.
Ea i ef Port Arthur Near
Los don. Oct. 8. Viscount Hay ash!.
the Japanese minister to Great Brit
ain. In an interview published in the
"Weekly Review," denies that the
Japanese losses around Port Arthur
have been heavy and says there is
good reason to think that the remain
der of the Russian fleet will soon make
a sortie.: The end of Port Arthur, he
declared, will then be near.
"The war hitherto." the minister
further says, "has done Japan marvel
ous rood. Her foreign trade is better
than ever before and there is now not
the alighteat anxiety on the subject of
raising a big loan. The idea of the
'yellow peril' is ridiculous. Free trade
and fair play to all will be cur peace
cry when we are done shouting Ban
zai. We believe the onlv wav of bet
tering ourselves Is the- opening up of
the Far East to European capital and
enterprise."
SPIRITED AWAY.
Children of Mclue. Chan ed With Wile
(Harder, at f bsrlettesville, Vs.
BjTdegraph to tlM Morning BUr.
Chablottisviixe, Va., Oct. 8.
By a deed filed with the corporation
clerk to-day, former Mayor J. Sam
nel McCue, now in jail charged with
the murder of his wife, conveys to
his brother. Police Justice O.
McCue. a number of lots here to
seenre payment of a $2,500 bond.
He also has conveyed his library to
his brotner-ln-law. McUue receives
people at certain hours for the
transaction oi nis law business. Ac
cording to authoritative statements
made to-day, McCue's f onr children,
including his eldest son, William,
who has been an important witness
for the State, left on a west-bound
train with an uncle, who paid the
fares to some point unknown.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Edenton is soon to have a new
bank. The amount of stock requir
ed has been taken and it only re
mains to secure a desirable location
before the building will be begun.
Near Albemarle, Stanly county,
on Thursday, Louis Bogle, a negro
man 25 years of age, assaulted little
Annie may mnson, a 7 year old or-
Shan child, also colored. The child
i living with her sister, - and Bogle
committed the dastardly deed when
he found the .child alone in the
house. He is in jail. '
The Bank of LaGrange expects
to begin business about November
1. The officers are: W. E. Bor
den, president; Dr. J. W. p. Smith
wick, vice-president; R. G. Creech,
cashier. Rouse Bros, private bank
will he changed to a stock institu
tion it an early date. At a meeting
held Thursday afternoon upwards
of ten thousand dollars was sub
scribed to this end.
The directors of the Eastern
Life Insurance Company met Friday
at the home offices of the company
in the city of Charlotte, and-elected
the following omoers: T. S. Frank
lin, president; J. M. McCausland,
vice-president; Unas, ttrenlzer, seo
retarp; A. E. McCausland, treasur
er; R. L. Gibson, medical director,
and H. Susman general manager.
The capital Btock was also increased
and they are preparing to enter the
adjoining States.
About the center of Goldsboro
on John street, there is a place that
has won the distinction of dispen
sary" and is the abode of Mr. W. C.
Glnn. Recently this place was bro
ken into and a small quantity of
whiskey stolen. Oh the same night
several men were found drunk, sup
posedly from the effects of this same
liquor, and several of them were
placed in the city lockup, but no
one knew anything about the "dis
pensary" liquor. After breaking
in and stealing the liquor the thief
or thieves left the following inscrip
tion on a card tacked to the back
door of the placs: "Dispensary closed
for fifteen days."
The following is from tho New
York World of Thursday : The exec
utive committee of the National
Ghlld Labor Committee yesterday
afternoon appointed two assistant
secretaries for special work in the
Northern and the Southern States.
A. J. McKelway, of Charlotte,N. C,
editor of the Charlotte Dally News,
was appointed for the South, and
Owen R. Lovejoy, pastor of the
First Congregation Church of Mount
Vernon, N. Y., and general secre
tary of the New York State Confer
ence of Keliglon, for tne .North, ur.
Felix Adler, William H. Baldwin,
Jr., Alexander J. Cassatt, Cardinal
Gibbons, Grover Cleveland, Robert
W. De Forest, Isaac N. Seligman,
Hoke Smith and Rev. C. B. Wll
mer, D. D., of Atlanta, have been
added to the oommltteeV ?
The Yadkin Ripple has the fol
lowing which hears on the attempt
ed capture the fellows who have
.been robbing poatoffices: Frank
Williams, white, is under arrest at
Charleston, S. C, believed to be
one of the parties who robbed the
poBtoffice here a month since. He
was selling postage stamps when
arrested. He is believed, by parties
who have seen his picture, to be the
man who was here on the day before
the robbery claiming to be a cloth
ing dealer. Postoffice Inspector
Reddy Is doing some hard work on
the case and was at Rockford yes
terday to consult with Postmaster
Mackey and Dr. Harding. The doo
tor saw the man who was here. It
is to be hoped that Mr. Reddy will
be able to prove his guilt."
Raleigh News and Observer:
Here' a political artlcal In the
New York Herald that will be
news to North Carolina: "Thomas
E. Watson, tho Populist candidate
for President, arrived in the city
from North Carolina, where had
made such an impression as to cause
uneasiness among the Democratic
campaign managers. He will de
vote the remainder of the canvass
to campaigning in the North and
WeBt." The flattering report of
the speech in the Charlotte Observer
and the invitation from D. A. Tomp
kins to Charlotte has evidently
caused Watson to think he will do
big things in North Carolina. Bnt
the same folks were against tfryan
and he carried North Carolina by
large majorities. Parker's majority
will not be less than 60,000.
Rocky Mount Record: Hon.
B. H. Bunn returned Thursday
night from Baltimore, where he had
been under treatment at a hospital.
We are glad to be able to state that
the condition of Mr. iJunn is very
much improved. He Is still very
weak, but his permanent cure is
almost a certainty. This will be very
gratifying news all over the coun
tay, especially in view of the fact
that Mr. Bunn's life was at one per
iod during his absence despaired of.
We express the desire of all his
numerous friends in saying that we
hope he will soon be at his practice
again and that he will be spared
many more years of nsef ul life. Mr.
Bunn has been advised by his physi
cians not to resume work in his pro
fession until January 1st. -
The Commercial Club of Char
lotte has extended to Mr-DanlelJ.
Sully,cotton merchant of New York,
an invitation to attend a dinner to
be given to him at the Manufactur
ers' Club in Charlotte, Tuesday, Oc
tober lltb, at 8 o'clock P. M The
club has also invited him to make
some formal remarks on the occasion
Of this. dinner, on the subject of cot
ton, from whatever point of view he
may wish to discuss it. The Char
lotte Chronicle says Mr. Sully could
not accept for the date named but
will accept later. What remarks be
may make at this dinner will be of
great interest, inasmuch as it is
thought that he will express his
Views with regard to new methods of
preparing cotton for the market, of
storing it and of distributing it to
the consumer in ways that are bet"
ter.than those which are now given.
A Qeod He htisg f banc
:e la RJioda-lalsnd.
Jidfe Parker-DsTld
m a '
atari on
By Telegraph to th Xornlng Star. , .
Ksopws, N. Y., Oct. 8. Governor
L. F. O. Garvin, of Rhode Island,
spent the entire morning with Judge .
Parker in a discussion of political af-
fairs In his Siate. He gave to tbp
presidential candidate an exhaustive
report of what is being done In the
campaign by both Democrats and R
publicans, and what he believed to t
needed to enable his party to conduct . '
a more effective can v si. He said that
factionalism In the Democratic party
had been eliminated, and that there
are defections In the Republican party
concerning national lssnes and the
foreign policy of the'preaent adminU
tratlon. These, he said, placed the
Btate in the doubtful column, and
give the Democrats a good fightlntr
chance of carrying It for Parker and
Davis as well as for the Btate ticket
Among Judge Parker's callers to day
were representatives of the Hebrew
section of the Parker Independent
Club in New York. The delegation
consisted of Julius J. Slrabl, Jos.
Jacob, Louis Applebone and William
Fox, who live in the lower Bast side
of New York.
Judge Parker will go to New York
on Monday to confer with his political
I manager. He will remain there most
of the week.
Former Senator David B. Bill will
leave Albany to-morrow for - Balti
more, and from there will immediate
ly start on a speaking tour through
West Virginia and Indiana.
Chairman Taggart, of the Demo
cratic National Oommtttee, received a
dispatch from Montana to day stating
that the labor organizations of that
State had endorsed the Parker and
Davis electoral ticket, which, Mr. Tag
gart says, means the electoral vote of
Montana for the Democratic ticket.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, will
spend next week In Illinois making
speeches in the principal points in that
State. Senator Tillman will also be In
Illinois.
QEN. MATTHEW W. RANSOM
Died Suddenly, of Heart Fsllore at His
Home, After a Loot and Dlstlsialshed
Career, if ed 78 Yesrs.
By Telegraph to Ue Horning Star.
Chablotti, N. C, Oct. 8. Mat
thew W. Ransom, United 8tates Sena
tor from North Carolina for twenty
three years and minister to Mexico for
two yearr, died suddenly of heart fall-...
ure at his country home near Garys
burg, Northampton county, N. Q, at
1 o'clock this morning. He was 78
years of age, his death occurring on
the date of his birth. The former
senator had been sfllcied with heart .
trouble for a number of years, and
came near dying some years ago while
making a speech at Statesvllle. He
had been very feeble for some months. .
General Ransom was perhaps the
most popular man In public life In this
Btate. He was attorney general sev
eral terms before the civil war and did
valiant service during the war as brig
adier general. He was elected to the
United States Senate In 1872 and
served until March 4th, 189S. He was
appointed minister to Mexico by Mr.
Oleve.iand In 1895 and served two
years.'
He was the largest individual land
owner and cotton planter In the State.
He leaves an estate estimated at nearly
$1,000,000. At the time of bis death
Mrs. Ransom and her daughter were
at' their mountain home at Blowing
Rock.
Senator Ransom's last public address
was to the Confederate veterans, at
Faxettevllle, three months ago.
The funeral will ccour at bis home
at 8:80 o'clock Monday afternoon, the
Masons conducting the burial services.
MASSACHUSETTS TRAGEDY.
Dr Bell, at Springfield, Attempted to Kill
a Vomao, Shet Two Men and Thea
Committed Snlclde.
1
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 8. Dr.
Edward J. Belt this evening shot Jud
son Btrong, a wealthy real estate man,
and Dr. Benjamin Jackson, a medical
electrician, and then took carbolio
acid. Dr. Belt died in the Mercy Hos
pital half an hour later. Judson
Strong's wound is serious and he may
die. Belt was a graduate of Harvard
and his borne was in South Boston.
He had been in Spring field three
years.
Dr. Belt occupied an omen in Judson
Strong's block. He entered Mr.
Strong's office, where the latter was
engaged in ' conversation with Dr.
Jackson, aod immediately opened fire
on them with a oa calibre revolver.
Two bullets entered Mr. Strong's left
jaw, one lodging in the throat. An
other inflicted a slight wound on Dr. -
Jackson's scalp. Dr. Belt then went
to his office and took a dose of carbolio
add. The three men wore temoved
to Mercy Hospital, where Belt died a
short lime afterwards.
Previous to the shooting of the two
men it is alleged that Dr. Belt had
made an attempt to kill Miss Amelia
Dumas, Id whom he was engaged.
She met him In n is office by appoint
ment, and after a struggle with him
escaped.
INCENDIARISM.
Twenty Yesrs Imprisesmeat for freest
neat iltlr.es at Webster Co, Os.
Bj Telegraph to the Homing Star. - 1
Ahebious, Ga., Oct. a The trial
of Sidney Harrell, upon the charge of
incendiarism, was concluded; la the
Webster county court to night, the
jury returning a verdict of guilty.
Judge LUtlejohn sentenced Harrell to
the penitentiary ror twenty years.
Harrell and bis nephew, Harry Mor-
gan, are well known citizens of Web
ster county and prominently con
nected, l They were accused of burn-:
lng the county site, Preston, in April,
involving a loss of 130,000. Harry
Morgan was convicted and Is now
serving a sentence or twenty years,
and to-night the same sentence was
Imposed upon his relative and alleged
confederate, Sidney Harrell. The
trial excited great Interest In this sec
tion of the Btate, owing to the promi
nence of Harrell.
WOMAN DECLARED BANKRUPT.
Mrs.
Richard, of Rocky Monar, Asks
lettlemeat of Her Bnsissss.
Br Telegraph to th Homing BUr.
RiixaQH, N. C, Oct. 8 Mrs. Rich
ard, of Rocky Mount, Bled a petition
lnbanrupicy here to-day givtng liabili
ties at $18,775 and asa at $7,650. 8be
conducted a dry goods and millinery
huslnets.
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