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PROTECTION FOB FARMERS.
Thfl Baltimore San in an editorial
on Friday illustrates one o? the
beauties of the tariff aa applied to
farmera. Oar esteemed contempo
rary says:
Minneapolis millers are said to be
buying Manitoba wheat, which they
Till manufacture under bond so as
to bo able to export flour at a profit.
By manufacturing under bond they
will escape paying the tariff tax of
25 cents a bushel on Canadian wheat,
and thus defeat the expectations of
farmers who suppose that the tariff
will now at least work in their faror.
The supply from our own Northwest
ii short, the quality is inferior and
the prico is high. The home con
snmtr will tot be allowed to bny the
cheap flour made from the excellent
Canadian grain, but the foreigner
'will nave that privilege. With flour,
' aa with other things, the foreigner
gets the lower price, owing to the
iniquities of our tariff.
w hen the 25 cents a bushel dntj
was put on wheat it was said to be
for tnc bentfit of the American
farmer. Our rual voters were called
upon to a iuiire the comprehensive
and beneficent character of the Din
sjley tariff, which protects the farm
er as well t s the manufacturer. At
th it time we were selling, not buy'
tog-wheat, so that the farmer had to
wait for his whack at the consumer
Bat now that wheat is scarce and
the price of the home article goes
up, the Minneapolis millers refuse
to buy it, but buy the Manitobaa
wheat bnd escape paying duty by
exporting all their flour. Where
does the trusting admiring farmer
come in? Where does the . Amer
ican consumer come in? Just
nowhere. They were never inten
ded to be allowed on the inside.
Their part of the scheme is to stand
and be plucked.
while Minneapolis looks to ManL
tob for its wheat, it is of interest
to know that Richmond, Ya , ex
pect to get Russian wheat from the
Black sea for conversion into flour.
The Richmond mills require a spe
cial quality of wheat to supply their
South American flour trade, and at
present prices of the domestic arti
cle the Russian grain can perhaps
leap over our tariff wall. It is held
to be necessary to import grain in
order to retain foreign customers,
who must not be allowed to form
the habit of looking elsewhere for
tl eir flour. If the mills grind un
der bond, in order to escape duty
on imported grain they must keep
such grain wholly apart from the
domestic article, and must sell all
the flour, bran and by-products
made from it abroad. It is clear
that they could conduct their busi
ness better with free wheat. With
free wheat there would be no risk of
losing valued foreign customers.nor
of being forbidden tor feed by-products
to one's own pigs. The price
of wheat would be less variable,
speculation would be checked and
the forgotten tax-payer would re
joice. A'e have heretofore alluded to this
hjpocricy of the protectionists,
which the Sun so cleverly exposes,
Hi t a subject which brings the
cutter home to both the wheat pro
ducers and the consumers. The
. farmer is not only cut out of the
protictive tariff which is supposed
to be levied for his benefit, but un
der "bond" foreign wheat can be
brought here, ground and exported
without paying the duty. This
robs the farmer of the advantage he
-might get out of the export demand,
because it is being supplied by
wheat brought here, from Canada
or Russia for instance, in bond. It
also, in case of a short supply of
homo-ialsod weeat, compels the con'
lumcr to buy the home product at
high prices, while relief other
wise may be had by bread-eaters
J importing Canadian wheat
to be ground for consumption
here, in neither case does the'
farmer net anything out of it, for
the millers fix the price and if the
home farmer docs not care to take
it, tho miller simply buys Canadian
wheat in bond so he can export flour
in competion with that ground from
American wheat. "
An almost similar instance of how
the cattle raiser is cut out of his
protection can be mentioned. The
meat trust fixes the price of cattle
nd also the price of the dressed
Product, so that the papers of this
country only a few days ago pub
lished the fact that while cattle
t . Jaisers are getting a very low price
1 p thcir tock, the packers are get
g increased prices for their dressed
meats.
VOL. XXXVI.
soMZTHnra bast tor pat-
TSR80?.
Oscar J. Spears had gall to come
to white supremacy headquarters to
make a speech. Spears Imagines
that that he is running for Con
gress against the Hon. Geo. B.
jratterBon, nut ii ae cuts no more
ice anywhere In the 8Ixth district
than he does in this neck of the
woods Mr. Patterson need not have
any fears. "
Mr. Patterson represented, this
district in Congress for the past
two years, and his services to the
Democratio party were so loyal and
faithful that he was re-nominated
for another term of two years. He
has not spoken here during the
campaign, but didn't have to, as he
has the hearty support of all Dem
ocrats down this . way. He has,
however, made a splendid- canvass
In other portions of the district,
and the Fayetteville Observer a few
days ago stated that he had devel
oped into a fine campaigner.
The people have confidence in
ur. Patterson, and not even re-
speot for Spears, with his "Ale,
Too," line up with Boosevelt, the
true prophet of social equality.
Spears' candidacy in the Sixth
district is absurd, if not really
humorons. We are glad Mr. Pat
terson did not consider -him a foe-
man worthy of his steel and re
fused to be caught on the stump di
viding time with him. Patterson is
the only one in the running, and
his election Is something easier than
a gum shoe.
DID
BARRETT'S JOB GET
TOO
10 FOR HIM?
The Hon. John Barrett, American
representative at Panama, declares
that there is a perfect understanding
between him and the Panama offi
cials. The fact that the President
has ordered Gen. Taft to go to Pan
ama to straighten things shows that
Col. Barrett has not been able to
convince the administration, what
the understanding between him and
the Panama officials is. However,
all the appearances indicate that
their mutual understanding is that
they understand that affairs in Pan
ama have got to such a stage that
Minister Barrett was badly in need
of help to handle the situation.
Says the Raleigh News and Ob
server: "A Cincinnati woman has
brought suit for $15,000 for a stolen
kiss. If a kiss stolen from a Cin
cinnati girl is worth $15,000. the
market price in Baleigh would be
one million dollars." A 'multi-mil
lionaire would go broke right here
in Wilmington.
The Baleigh News nnd Observer
says : "How many people know
that the Socialists have nominated
a ticket in North Carolina? Their
candidate for Governor! is W. A.
Pegram and for Lieutenant Gover
nor is J. C. Lousey. will they get
a dozen votes?" Nit, we should say
for the Pegram-Lousey ticket.
Several Swedish, Norwegian and
German vessels which have arrived
in ports of those countries in the
past few days report that they were
also fired upon at sea by the Russian
Baltic fleet. No wonder there is
considerable clamor in England to
have this crazy fleet headed off and
turned back.
A New York married man got
married to another woman and
when put in jail for bigamy, he put
np the plea that he had absolutely
forgotten that he had a wife. Yon
may think he is lying but Republi
can spell-binders are asking us to
believe even tougher yarns than
that. -.
Washington bread which has been
selling in Wilmington at 5 cents a
loaf is now selling at '6 cents. A
sudden rise of twenty per cent, in
the one item of bread makes the
bread-winner realize why the full
dinner pall had to take a back aeat
in this campaign.
When the trusts make a subscrip
tions to the stand pat Republican
fund, it is just a temporary expen
diture. The protective tariff will
take a hundred fold more out of the
pockets of the people and dump it
back into the coffers of the trusts.
One of the Republican campaign
boasts is that "the government is
stronger than the trusts." That is
the reason, then, that the govern
ment docs not set down on the
trusts. It looks to Roosevelt like
tne strong crusning uie wea.
It is said that twenty boys to one
girl are now being born in this
country. If this thing keeps up the
girls will have a still more extrava
gant idea of their importance. , Mi
nority rule threatens the country. .
To vote for a Republican oh .per
sonal grounds is like pretending to
be against the works of the Devil
and then doing something that
I guarantees Old Nick a steady job.'
CURRENT COMMENT.
Think of Fairbanks trying
to answer a Parker speech. It is
like a grasshopper trying to chew
up a prize pumpkin. Macon Tele
graph. Mai. Dutton, TJ. S. A., has
written a book on earthquakes. -One
on landslides would attract more
attention just at this time. Wash
ington Post.
It looks very much as if
those nervous Russians of the Baltic
fleet should have their permit to
carry firearms taken- away from
them. Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
If hia roles continue nul-
tiply, ex Judge ex-Governoi Sec
retary Deputy-President Taft will
be Known as the Poo-Bab. of the
Boosevelt Administration Balti
more Sun.
The Philadelphia Record
asks, with some show of impatience,
why the price of cattle is declining
while the price of meat is advanc
ing. It is, very likely, because the
prices are fixed by men instead of
by cattle. Washington Post. ...
- The trusts are for Roosevelt,
but the legitimate business interests
of thr country ought to be for Par
ker. If Boosevelt is elected, look
out for a campaign in 1908 that will
make the campaign of 1896 resem
ble a Quaker meeting. Nashville
American.
English women are under
stood to be really opposed to the
American woman's short skirt. If
they possessed the trlmness of an
American woman's neatly shod feet
it is quite possible their views could
be modified. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mr. Knox tells of all the
brave and great work done by Mr.
Roosevelt against the beef trust and
other trusts, but unfortunately falls
to explain why it Is that the trust
magnates are all in favor of Roose
velt and all opposed to the election
of J ndger Parker. Hartford Times.
The people may feel that
they have cause for resentment
against Judge Parker. He has
caused Secretary Shaw, Geh. Taft,
Attorney Ueneral Moody, Senator
Knox, Mr. Root, and a few others
to start all over again. Washing
ton roBt. I
If Congressman Crumpacker
is such a warm friend of the negro,
why is it that he does not guarantee
them protection when they come to
Indiana to earn an honest 'living by
the sweat of their brow? The ne-
froea have been treated harder in
ndiana than any other State in the
Union. Chattanooga News.
In spite of the trust buster
in the White House the price of
cattle is declining while the price of
meat is rising under orders of the
Armour combine, and the working
man's "full dinner pail," is shrink
ing more and more in its proportions.
Philadelphia Record.
-Bryan and whirlwind ' cam
paigning in conjunction was too good
an opportunity for Republican para
gTaphers to miss and they used it
freely in getting off smart sayings.
The cyclone, however, struck where
it was not expected and the Repub
licans are taking to the cellars for
safety. Columbia Record.
Secretary Morton, in his eulo
gy of President Roosevelt In the In
dependent, insists that his chief
earnestly believes that "no man is
above the law and no man below the
law." How about the 439 unmolest
ed law-breaking trusts and the un
punished postofhee meals r New
York World.
What difference does it make
to the government how much the
cabled reply of Governor Wright to
Judge Parker cost the Treasury?
The government is in the business
of campaigning just now, and the
fact that it is largely paying the ex
penses out of the public funds is
nothing new, and certainly is not
worrying the government. .Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
OH! HO! ONCE AQAIV.
Populists Name Electoral Ticket to Carry
Tom Watsea's Bsnser Here.
t Special star Telegram. J
RALEIGH, N. 0., October 29. An
nouncement was made here to-day of
the PopuHst's electoral ticket in North
Carolina to carry the presidential
banner for Thomas E. Watson In tne
coming election. Here Is the ticket:
Klectcri at Large. James 1. Bherrlli,
of Catawba; James B. Llovd, of
Edgecombe. First District, William
M. King, Pitt; Second, Frank B.
Lloyd, Edgecombe; Third, Dr. James
L. Nicholson. Onslow: iroorio, tun
E. King, Wake; Fifth, W. F. Btrowd,
Orange; Sixth, David a. tsenier,
Harnett: Seventh, W. O. Wilcox,
Moore; Eighth, William J. EL Kerr,
Iredell ; Ninth, Dr. John a. Alexan
der, Mecklenburg; Tenth, Andrew J.
Long, Jackson county.
Weddlsg to Pender.
At the residence of Mr. E. D. Wal
ker, six miles west of Burgaw, on
Thursday, Out. 27tb, 1904, at 3 P. M,
Mr. George W. Walker, of Stag Park,
Pender county, and Miss Blanche M.
Loftin, of Kinston. N. C, were hap
pily married, Rev. O. C. Brothers,
pistor of the Burgaw circuit, officiat
ing. It was a quiet wedding, no cards,
ivod only a few special friends were
present. The bride . was auirea in a
becocniog travelling dress. Immedi
ately after the ceremony the bridal
party left for the groom's residence
near Burgaw.
Oo To St. Lonls Fxposltloa.
The Seaboard Air Line has announc
ed another of its personally conducted
tours to the World's Fair on Nov.
10th from all points in North Caro
lina. Train starts from Raleigh 4 P.
M. Ihe route will be over the 8. A.
L. to Atlanta; over the N. C. & St. L.
By. to Martin, Tenn.j thence by the
Illinois Central to the VOlty Beauti
ful." Farther particulars will be given
In Tuesday's paper.
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4,
MISTRIAL IS RESULT.
Penny Damage Suit Must Come
Up for Fifth Hearing in the '
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Snnrinr Cnnrt.
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DIVORCE MILL ACTING SLOW.
Jvy Comments Upon Need of Amend
ments to Law Clark Gets Verdict "
from Delaware and Lsckawsns
Raiirosd -Other Notes. .
After remaining out for a lmi.more
than twenty-four hours, the jury In
the $20,000 damage suit of B. F.
Penny against the railroad, came into
8aperIor Court, as the session was
about to adjourn Saturday evening
and reported that no agreement had
been reached. The Jurors stood seven
for the defendant railroad and five for
the plaintiff, Mr. Penny. The divis
ion was upon theVvery firstbsue:
'Was the jlaiMlff Injured bythe
negligence Of the defendant!" No at
tempt was made to pus upon' the sec
ond and third Issues aa to whether the
plaintiff by his own negligence con
tributed to bis injury or what damage,
if any, bad been sustained, by him,
the question of the railroad's Us
ability . in any event having been
the sole matter of controversy
between the twelve men, who had
heard patiently since Monday morn
ing at 9:80 o'clock the whole case
from start to finish. The jarors divid
ed as follows:
For Plaintiff H. W. Howell, G. 0.
Simmons, E. M. Sleeper, G. B. Myers
and 8. S. Drew.
For Defendant W. H. Northrop,
Jr., R. A. Burnett, John O. Heyer, D.
H. Penton, E. L. Davis, A. Mllllnor
and J. O. Bordeaux.
When court convened Saturday
morning the jury came in a body
before Judge Moore and said there was
absolutely no possibility of an agree
ment . Judge Moore gave them some
little additional Instructions as request
ed and sent the an back to the room. It
was seen, however, that there was
quite an agreement to disagree and
the jury sat quietly or lounged on the
desks and window sills of the judge's
room where they were confined
and waited for the term to ad
journ. Late in the afternoon, how
ever, aa stated, Judge Moore sent,
for the jury and the foreman was
sgain asked if there was any possibil
ity of an agreement. The foreman
replied in the negative and Judge
Moore asked for a hand vote as to how
many of the jurors-were of the same
opinion. Every hand went np and
once more they retired. Judge Moore
then conferred with counsel and it was
agreed that a mistrial was Inevitable.
The jury once more filed into the court
room, a juror was withdrawn and a
miiirlal was ordered to be entered on
the clerk's docket. Judge Moore ex
pressed regret that the jury was unable
to agree, saying that an entire week,
at great expense to one or the other of
the litigants had been consumed in the
trial and the same thing had occurred
thrice before, but he had no harsh
criticism of any of them. He believed
members of the jury to be men of In
telligence and integrity, who had hon
est differences oo the question. He
discharged them with the thanks of
the court The case will come up at
the next January term of court
Practically all of Baturday In the
Superior Court was consumed In the
completion of the suit of O. L. Clark
vs. the Delaware, Lackawaaa & West
ern Railroad Co., for the recovery of
$3,463.47, due the plaintiff for cross
ties shipped In January or February of
this year.' A large number of wit
nesses were examined during the day,
one of whom was Mr. George F. Wil
son, purchasing . agent of the road.
The jury retired with the ease about 5
o'clock and returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, Mr. Clark, for the entire
amount within SO minutes after re
tiring.' The court was next engaged for
some time in hearing cases on the mo
tion docket, a large number of unim
portant entries having been made.
Tue "divorce mill" started late
In the afternoon, but It didn't
grind with the usual, rapidity.
Judge Mcore insiated upon inquiring
carefully into each case., and the jury
was of the tame opinion that such mat
ters should not be pushed through with
the usual ruth snd lack of due consid
eration. Plaintiffs In the following
cases ere granted ' divorces upon
ground of bndonment:
Eva Montgomery vs C A. Mont
gomery. Annie P. BsW wit vi J. D. Baldwin.
Frances E. Jones vs Weldon O.
Jones.
Mary B. Fulcher vs Martin H. Ful-
chsr.
The jury which had the cases in
hearing was composed as follows:
W. Di Hall, J. G. Carney, Reuben
GrantJE. P. Owens. Jno. F. Garrell,
O. M. Brewer, G. W. Rogers, O. O,
Parker, W. F. Corbet I, H. F. Farrow,
W.P.Carroll and Ludwlg Hansen. As
the divorce calendar was completed,
Oapt. Oorbett, foreman of the jury,
asked permission to make a siaiemeni.
He said be.and hla fellow jurors view
ed with alarm the present divorce evil
and the laxity of the law. He desired
to enter the protest of the jury against
present laws. Judge Moore, In reply,
stated that he thought there was abund
ant reason for amendments to the law
and he hoped that the matter would
receive due consideration by the next
Legislature. However, the court and
hs jury were only to execute the law
as they found it. Ha Intimated that
he would use his Influence wltb the
next Legislature to procure remedial
legislation.
Isaao M. Meekins, Republican
candidate for Lieutenant . Governor,
hasaa avpoio'nient t speak here the
n'gbiof Not. 3rd.
LlBAREE'S FAILURE.
Statement from New Ylrk as fo Brokersfe
V Firm Dolif Business Here. '
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
has the following special telegram
j from New-York relative to the failure
of Larabee & Co. :
New Yobk. Oct 27. With liabili
ties estimated at half a miiHon dollars
or more, J. Walter Larabee & Co.,
brokers, to dav closed their doors.
Larabee has been mlsslnar for a week.
nis irienas proressing ignorance as to
his whereabouts. Larabee, who was
the whole firm, ran one of the largeat
"oucxet shoo" concerns in the conn-
try. xn oranenes were locatea in
scores of olties and towns: but princi
pally throughout the South. Theae
Included Charlotte. Greensboro. Salis
bury and uaatonis. in North Carolina :
Bparianonrg and ursenviur, a. u,
and towns further South.
The concern did an enormous busi
ness and reaped rich profits until the
recent bull movement When the
customers began to take profits Lira
bee went away. . He failed to appear a
wees ago to-day. and bis manager on
examination, discovered that every
thing of value had disappeared. The
1 following day the manager notified
all the customers, who seat agents to
Now York at once.
At a creditors' meeting to day repre
sentatives from Charlotte and other
Southern towns were present Each
presented estimates of losses and from
these it was figured that the total lia
bilities would approximate $500,000. A
committee called on the police and de-
tecivea were put on the trail of the
mttslng broker. The law firm of Can
tor, Mclntyre & Adams has been
retained to look after th interests of
I be creditors.
8:epben Callahan, for Larabee, said
to day that his client's aaseta probably
wrre between six and seven thousand
dollars, with liabilities of $133,000. He
said that Larabee & Co. had 70 branch
offices extending all the way from To
ronto, Oansda, to New Orleans. The
firm's leased wires, he states, cost some
$10,000 a month. The cause of the
firm's suspension, according to Mr.
Callahan, was that they were short of
a long line of stocks.
Upea Bepnbllcao Readfasriers.
- Republican headquarters will be
opened this week in Tleccken's Hall,
Jver Mr. A. H. Holmes' grocery
tore, on Sou.h Front. street. Such
was tbe announcement given by
County Chairman Wallace to a re
porter last night. "What's the use t"
queried the reporter. "Oh, we want
a piace where we can disseminate our
views; from whence we can distribute
good literature and give the best Im
aginable Information," replied Mr.
Wallace. Tbe headquarters will.be
open to the public every night, except
Thursday, when there is a lodge meet
ing, until after the election. The
county executive committee will be in
charge and all "seekers after, the
truth" are invited. On the night of
Nov. 8;h, election returns will be re
ceived by telegraph at the headquar-
terr. " :
Ordered a Place I losed.
A lodging house kept by Charles
Qatea, white, over the old store of the
Brunswick Grocery Co., on the wharf,
was ordered closed by the Mayor yes
terday upon the strength of evidence
developed in the police court at noon
in a caae wherein Oates was charged
with an assault upon a soldier from
Fort Caswell. The soldier had pre
viously chucked Proprietor Oates
down stairs, but in view of the provo
cation, the soldier waa let off with Ihe
costs. Oates was fined $5 and costs
for the assault and required to pay
seven months license as a boarding
house keeper. He defaulted pajment
and is held at the station house. The
atmosphere of the place appeared to
the Mayor to be bad, hence his order
for Oates to "shut up shop."
Mr. Itnart Pembertoo Home.
Yesterday afternoon's Fayetteville
Observer: "Mr. Stuart Pembertoo, who
was injured on tbe grounds of Ihe St
Louis Exposition by being run over by
an automobile and who since then has
been In a hospital In 81. Louis, arrived
home yesterday afternoon.' He is fast
recovering from the severe Injuries
sustained, though be has to use a pair
of crutches to get about with yet"
COLORADO MINE EXPLOSION.
The
Number of Men Killed Not Yet
Definitely known.
By Telecraph to the Horning Btar.
Tbihidad, Colo., Oct 29.
-The
number of miners killed by the mine
explosion yesterday in Terclo Is still
unknown. Officers of the Rocky
Mountain Coal Comcany declare that
so far aa they know there were only 31
men in the mine at the time of tbe ex
plosion. Miners employed in the camp
say that there were between 80 and 60
men In the mine. The number of dead
will not be ascertained until after the
mine is thoroughly explored. Tbe
men are foreigners who bad been
imported to take the places of strikers
and their names have not been
learned.
AN AUTO RACE.
Tea-Mile Contest for Champlenshlp Woe
by B. Oidfleld.
By Telegraph to tne Aornlna: Btar.
New York, Oct. 29. Barry Old
field won the auto track champion
ship of the world at the Empire City
track, defeating Paul 8artorl, the dri
ver or William vacaerDiii, r.-s
car in the final heat of the four-cornered
ten mile race. His time was
fi.12 8-S. which bsatsiall world's record
for ten miles on a track from a stand
ing atart by two-fifths of a second.
Oidfleld had previously defeated Ber-
nin and Bartori had beaten Thery.
' Bridget was none too truthful.
and her mistress had been using all
her eloquence to make . her see the
. a TOl 41.
error oi aecfiiuuineBS. nui mo
would-be reformer owned herself
routed when Bridget turned upon
her a beaming Irish smile and said,
in a most cajolling tone: "Sure,
now. ma'am, and what do ye sup-
I pose the power o'desavin' was given
niIerr"-J4ew xork sun.
Sill.
1904.
PREDICTS JUDGE
PARKER'S ELECTION
National Democratic Committee
Claim That He Will Gain
a Sweeping Victory.
CARRY ALL DOUBTFUL STATES
Many of the So-called Republican States
Are New la the Doobtfol Solnmn
Majority Also Claimed la tbe
Cotg resslonal Contests. t
By Telegraph to the Morning stir.
Nsrw York, Oct 29. Urey Wood
son, secretary of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, who said te was
speaking for the committer, to-day
predicted the overwhelming election
of Judge Parker to the Presidency.
He predicted that all the doubtful
States will be Democratic and also
that some Btates called Republican
will be and are doubtful.
Secretary Woodson said: "I have
every confidence that Judge Parker
will be elected. I have been here one
hundred days now and I am ready to
announce from observation and what
we have received that Parker is
elected.
"All the doubtful States: so called.
will be in the Democratio column and
many of the States called surely Re
publican are now In the doubtful
column.
We will carry New York. New
Jeraey, Connecticut, Indiana, Mary
land, west Virginia. Idaho. Colorado.
Utah and Nevada. In other words alt
the doubtful Btates are for us and for
Judge Parker's election.
"Illinois is doubtful. Ohio is even
doubtful. The big men who controlled
that State are now dead. The Repub
licans assume they are going to win
there, but we hear they might lose.
Even California has aent good reports
to us and we are hopeful of even car
rying that 8: ate.
'Maryland Is certainly Democratio
and Kentucky and West Virginia are ss
sure as Maryland.
The 59th CoBrcss.
WASHlHOTOir. October 29. Chair
man Cowherd, of tbe Democratic Con
gressional Committee, to-day issued a
statement claiming 225 seats in the
69th Congress for the Democratic
party. He bates this prediction on
the claimed strength of the national
ticket in the Eaat and to "local dissen
sions In the Republican ranks" In the
Midd'e West
Mr. Cowherd says: "As the situa
tion atands at preaent the prospects are
that the Democrats will carry 225 out
of the 386 districts in the United
Btates. In tbe estimate I have In
cluded tbe Btates of Idaho, Utah and
Wyoming.
"These are all doubtful, as matters
now stand. The Democratic chances
are excellent In two of the three. Our
gains in the East will be due largely
to the strength of the national ticket.
In the Middle West they will be due
more particularly to local dtaaenalons
in tbe Republican ranks.' The long
hold on patronage has bred much
trouble in Republican districts and
the Democrats will profit correspond
ingly by it."
BThe details of- the, estimate fol
lows: Alabama. 9; Arnnsas. 7; (Jail-
Ifornls, 4; Colorado, 8; Connec
ticut 3: Delaware. 1: Florida. 3;
Georgia, 11; Idaho, 1; Illinolf. JO;
Indians, 7; Iowa, 3; Kansas, 2; Ken
tucky, 10; Louialaas, 7; Maryland, 5;
Massachusetts, 4; Michigan, 2; Minne
sota, 2; Mlaalaslppl, 8; Missouri, 14;
Montana, 1; Nebraska, 3; Nevada, 1;
New Jersey. 5; New York, 19; North
Carolina. 10; Ohio. 9; Pennsylvania,
8; Rhode Island, 3; South Carolina, 7;
Tennessee, 8; Texas, 16; Utah, 4; Vir
ginia, 10; West Virgin!, 3; Wiscon
sin, 6; Wyoming, L Total, 225.
NO IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT.
Russians sod Japasese Are Caanossdinf
Each Other With Little Effect.
Russian Casnnlties.
Br Cable to the morning Star.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 29. General
Sakshaorff reports no general fighting
October 28tb. There was occasional
cannonading along the whole front,.
but the Japaneae fire was inefficient
and the Russian casualties Insignifi
cant. The night of October 28-29 was
autet.
The general atanr to-aay laauea a
statement that the number of kllhd,
wounded and missing In the fighting
which began Oet 9th and ended Oct
18tb, totalled 800 officers - and 45,000
men.
Tokio. Oct 29, 4:80 P. M. Official
reports confirm the press dispatch of
the capture of Waltao mountain by
the Japanese on October 27th, adding
that at 10 o'clock on the morning of
October 28th the Russians opened a
vigorous fire against Waltao moun
tain but stopped nnng in tne alter
noon. A strong force of Russians
assembled at Kangtajenshan and Rus
sian guards holding the heights north
of Pinnluiupao completely disappear
ed. In other directions an artillery
duel occasionally occurs.
Headquarters or left army,
(General Oku's.) October 28. 3 P. M.
via Fusao, October 29. The positions
of the armies are unchanged.
The Russians are continually
searching the Japanese lines with their
artillery, firing night and day, witn
seldom any reply from the Japanese.
Tbe Japanese army Is now working
the Yentai mines, digging enough
coal for all military purposes. It is
believed by mining experts that they
can double the output The gauge of
tbe railway has been changed to
Yentai and quantities of supplies and
ammunition are arriving.
JUDOB' PARKER
Will Speak la Sew Jersey and New York j
f Ity This Week.
Br Teietrapa to uu Morning aur.
ESOPUS, N. Y., Oct. 29. Judge
Parker will make several speeches
next week in addition to those pre
viously announced. Follow ng tbe
address he will make at Newark, N.
J., on Tuesday night, he will go to
Jeisey Oity the same night to make
another speech.
He will eJso suUrua the mass meet
ing at Cooper Union In New York
elty on Wednesday night, owing to
tbe raet tnat asr.uieveiana win not
speak there. . . .
Judge farker wui aaaress ins
meeting of the East Bide Independent
Hall at Oaraeerle Clnb on wednesoay
I evening November second.
NO. 2
SPIRITS TURPENTINF.
The Selma News Company has
been organized and in the next week
or so will begin the publication of a
weekly paper.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The Caralelgh Cotton Mills is put
ting in a new dyeng plant, invented
by S. W. Kramer, of Charlotte. It
Is a new design and the Caraleigh
mills are the first to adop it.
Raleigh News and Observer:
There is a law or rule that Roosevelt
formerly insisted that Federal
office-holders should not take active
part in politics. In North Carolina
to-day many postmasters are run
ning for office and many others are
the active political managers. In
Bladen the postmaster of Clarkton
is a candidate for the Senate.
At Public landing Thursday
night at Washington, N. 0., an
elderly negro named Thomas Pey
ton, was dangerously wounded by
his son-in-law, a young negro
named Wooten. A shot-gun was
the weapon used, and the victim's
head and neck were filled with shot.
His recovery is doubtful. The assail
ant is at large.. Feeling rnna high
among his own race, as the old man
was a highly respected negro, and
tronble may result If the wounded
man dies.
Charlotte Observer: In men
tioning the fact that partridges are
plentiful this year, the Raleigh
Times notes a circumstance that
has been observed by sportsmen
that the habits of birds have
changed in the past twenty years.
Then when a covey of birds was
flushed, they flew what was termed
by hunters "bird lengths," a dis
tance of about one hundred yards.
Now they often go half a mile and
then light in trees, a thing hardly
ever known twenty years ago. It
is not unusual, late in the season,
for a covey,' after having been
flushed, to disappear so completely
as to defy efforts of men and dogs
to again get sight of a single bird.
Ben Clark, the negro who was
convicted in the Cleveland county
Superior Court of the murder of B.
E. Hamrick, the chief of police of
Shelby, was hanged In the county
jail yard at Shelby on Friday. Al
though Sheriff A. ii. Buttle, by
compliance with the law, had built
a plank fence around the jail yard
so as to make the execution private,
yet more than 2,000 people gathered
on the hillside and surronding
housetops and other places of eleva'
tion to witness the execution. Clark
made a short talk, warning his
friends against gambling, bad com
pany and the use of liquor, to which
he attributed his sad state. In part
he said: "The time is soon at hand
when I must go to meet my God,
but i am well satisfied. 1 now warn
my friends to turn aside from gam
bling and bad company and from
liquor."
Says the Salisbury Sun:
e are not at all envious about
but the way our Charlotte friends
ave of appropriating every good
ning to themselves is amazing,
Hear the Chronicle: "The Chron
icle has never had any doubts about
electric power coming to Charlotte
from the xadkm. The only ques
tion in its mind was to the time
that it would come and the amount
to be supplied. It is now stated
that the Whitney Reduction Com
pany which is investing about $5,-
000,000 in a plant at the Narrows,
will be here within two years with
10,000 horse power. By that time,
the expansion of manufacturing m
austries m unanoue win be sumr
dent to absorb all that amount and
call for more. The four C.'s Com
pany will probably be supplying
electric power also, from the Ca
tawba. From an electrical stand
point, Charlotte promises to be the
Buffalo of the South." Why not
have added that Salisbury, Concord,
Lexington and High Point would
get their power via Charlotte.
. On Wednesday night chief of Po
lice J W. Ervln and Deputy Sheriff
A. O. Yount of Newton, went to
Conover after Frank Highley, a ne
gro who had been selling liquor with
out license. They found the negro
and arrested him. He was in the
house and before going with them to
jail here, he wanted to put on his
shoes. Pretending to do this, he sud
denly sprang up, gave Mr. Ervln a
push that sent him in thecorner,ran
out the door and slammed it shut
behind him. By the time the officers
could get outside he was some dis
tance ahead of them and running
raoidlv. The officers started in
pursuit and began firing their pi
tol.. They say they had no inten
tion of hitting the negro in any dan
gerous place. But their aim was at
fault, and the negro was snot jusc
above the hip on the right side ana
the ball was found just under the
skin in front. Drs. Campbell and
Herman examined him and said that
the ball did not pass through the
cavity of the stomach, but went
around the muscles. Still the ne
gro complained very much and
Thursday night he died in the jail
REPUBLICAN CLainS.
Ssy lhey VUI Carry West Vlrflnla
20,000 or Mere.
Br Telecraph to tne Morning star.
Washington, Oct 39. Senator "N
B. Scott, of West Virginia, who Is
chief of the speakers' bureau at Repub
lican headquarters in New xork.
showed the President to-day a poll of
West Virginia . He declined to make
publie the precise figures of the poll.
but asserted, that tbe Republican na
tion al ticket would carry the State by
20.000 or 25.000. ,4Toat Is aa sure
fate," said be, "and my prediction will
be confirmed on election day. Iam
now on my way to West Vir
glnla, and will spend the next week
in tne etate. i am not neeaea were,
but the work at national headquar
ters Is about finished. The fight Is
won and I am taking the opportunity
to Ct home vto see my friends. In
my judgment uooseveit is eertain or
305 votes in the electoral college and
he may have SUL I do not Include in
my estimate the votes of Nevada and
Montana, which I regard as doubtful
with Republican leanings.
SENATOR-ELE
ANIMUS'
speakers af a Dantocratlc Mass rcetltg
la Newartti Last Night Issues of
tbe Ismpalfo Discussed.
Bj TelegraDh to the Morata Btar.
New York, Oct. 29. Justee D. C.
Herrlck, Democratio candidate for
governor of New York, and Senator
elect Isldor Bajner, of Maryland,
spoke here lo night at a mass meeting
held in 'Carnegie-Hall. William B.
Hornblower was Introduced' as th
presiding officer. He criticised Prr .
dent Roosevelt on the tariff, Panama,
rnuippme ana rersion questions.
Ssnaotr-electRavnerw aa then intro
duced. He was cheered for several
minutes and some one cried :
"Three cheers for Admiral Schley'.
eawyer." The cheers were given sew
Iral times. '
Mr. Rsyner denied that there wa
general prosperity throughout th-
country and asserted that political
parties could not create prosperity. A
to the Philippines, Mr. Bayner said:
"I Would advlS3 ex-Secretary Taft to
make an attempt to auotlon the Philip
pine . islands. Let him call at some
desirable spot an International sale,
and see bow much he can get for
them. Taft is the man for auctioneer.
Let him put them np first as an entire
ty, and if there is no bid. let them be
offered In parcels. What will von
give for the Moros and Igorotesf Not
a dollar. Well, they are withdrawn.
What will you give for the Saltan of
Zulu, trader, polygamlat and pirate,
with all his datos and serifs and con
sorts. Not a bid. Well, withdraw
the Saltan of Zilu. Tell your audi
ence. Mr. Taft. that this arcbioelag o
cost the United-States six hundred mil
lions of dollars, and try to get an offer.
I tell you that I do not elleve
they will bring a dollar . in the mar
kets of the world. As a financial
transaction they are about as valuable
to us as tbe Dead Sea or the Desert of
Sahara. Every year we are sinking',
millions of dollars In this Investment
without return."
Mr. Ravner diacuued In detail other
issues of the campaign. He said he
wanted to Impeach the "Iniquitous
conviction" of Admiral Schley and to
show that this verdict should be ob
literated from the pages of American
hlatory. Mr. Rsyner said tbe presi
dent was a good man, but neverthe
less an autocrat and a tyrant.
THE WIFE MURDER CASE v
AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Letters of Accused asd His Wife Ad
milted as Evidence Conri Ad
"joureed Until Monday.
x Br Telegraph to the Morning star.
Charloitesville, Va., Oct. 30.
When the trial of ex-Mayor McCue,
charged with the murder of his wife,
was resumed to-day the court an
nounced that the letters written by
the accused to his wife during the
period from 1899 to 1901, offered by
the defence and which were excluded
yesterday, would be admitted as evi
dence, together with the letters writ
ten by Mrs. McOue to the defendant
during the same period.
Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs.
McOue, resumed tne stand and Identi
fied the letters of Mrs. McCue.
Mr. Walker, of counsel for the de
fence, read the letters written by Mrs. "
McCue to her husband, some while she
was away and others while he was
absent from home. They were couched
in terms of endearment and devotion.
Borne expressed solicitude for his com
fort and suggested that be was mak
ing a mistake "toiling bo hard." One
letter read: "If you were only here I
would be happy every minute."
The batch of letters wmteto by tbe
defendant lochia wife were identified
and read. They, too, expressed devo
tion and solicitude for her health. -The
letteia were addressed to "Dear
Little Darling," "Dear Little Bweet
heart," "Dear Little Wife," and aimi
larly. Reference was. made to busi
ness success and rfiohey matters. Tbe
letters concluded by sending love and
kisses, one expression beins? "with a
heart full of love and a big sweet
kiss," and another "Kisses from your
old swff heart." Other expressions
were "Godoalr knows how I love
you," and "Uod only knows now a
miss you."
The Commonwealth introduced tes
timony to ahow the good character of
two of their witnesses. After Ser
geant Rogera had teatified that he saw
a dish Intone or the windows round
open in the MeOue residence the day
after the tragedy, tbe commonwealth
announced that it had concluded Us
testimony. Counsel for defence stated
that they expected to;c?cse by Tuesday
night
Uourt adjourned at 13: w r. u. un
til Monday morning.
ITALIAN BOYS KIDNAPPED.
Alleged to Have Beea o!d lo a Padrsas
and Taken te Dover, N. C The
Kidnapper Treated. ;
Br Telegraph to tae Moraine Btar.
New York, Oct, 29. Alleging tha
an Italian, VIncento 8tIoffi, of Wll
llamsbrldge, bad kidnapped two boys
and taken them t Dver, N. O, where
he had sold them to a padrone, the
father of one of the bijrsandthe '
mother of the other cauted 8t!ofiVs
arrest here to-night Tbe parents were
Frank Santucci and Mrs. Paiquaie
Samidrla. They say that two weeks
ago Leobold, the son of Bantuooi, and
Antonio, tbe son of Mrs. Samidrla, ;
disappeared from . home. When they ,
were searching lot mem they learnaa
that they, bad been see a with Stioffl, "
who had disappeared and left no trace.
Italian friends in the South, they said, '
told them that tte boys had been sold
and are at work In a wood drying es
tablishment la Dover:
The police say Btioffl admitted to
them the boys went South with him.
but insisted that they went wuuogiy
and were not kidnapped.
The police say that Santucci tele-
graphed to tbe Dover chief of police
and received an answer fading:
' "Several Italian boys here. Send :
description of your boy."
This was done, but no answer has
been received. The police ascertained
to-night that five other Italian boys,
whose ages rente from 14 to 18 years,
are missing from here. -- - :
SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN.
Srew of Oermsa Barsae Zlon fakes
to
New York by Steamer Apsche
Br Telegraph to the Mornlns Star.
New York, Oet 29. Captain
Hemmes and nine men of the crew of :
the German bark Zlon, which was
wrecked off the Florida coast Oct
19tb, were brought her to day on the
Clyde Line steamer Apache. The
Zlon was dismasted (tunn? iie hurri
cane which awept the Southern coast
ten days ago, and atrandtd ou a re-f
at Fort Lauderdale. The erew reach
ed shore by means of lmprovleed rafts.
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