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MR. W0LGOTT TALKS
Senator Wblcotf, in pursuance of
whoSe resolution adopted by Con
gress a monetary commission was
appointed to visit Europe and work
up an international monetary con
gress, and who was made one of the
commission, called on tbe President
a few days ago to report as to what
was done and give reasons for the
failure to accomplish what tbe com
mission was ostensibly sent for. We
say ostensibly sent for because Pres
ident McKinley had no more faith
in the accomplishment of anything
substantial by that commission than
he has that he could fill his month
with air and blow the dome off tbe
Capitol. Referring to bis visit, the
Washington correspondent of- the
Philadelphia Ledger says:
Senator Wolcott has seen the Presi
dent since his return to Washington and
explained to him the operations of tbe
S'ivcr Ccmnission while in Europe.
U.ider the act authorizing tbe appoint
ment ol tbe Commission, the report of
tbeir Ubj.s is to be made to the Presi
dent and by him transmitted to Con
gress. This report will be especially in
terestlng and will include all the cor
respDndeace between tbe Com mis
soi and the several Governments
ol Europs with which commaaica
t:on was had in the furtherance
of t tie increased use of st'vsr. Senator
Wolcott will draw the repjrt. and hopes
to have it ready for the President in
time tor us in his amuai messige. fie
explainei to be Presidem in bis iiter
tie the reasons for the failure of the
Com n'Mion. out notwithstanding this
fiilare, S ;aacor Wo'coit fs not without
bopMhat the osjsct in view will ulti
nut:!?, ail at no d s ant da?, bs sac
cesafui. He sud in private conversation
thi: lea everything was progressing in
a satisfactory manner and tbere were in
dications that the British Cabinet would
go as far as bad been promised, reopen
ing the India mints and consenting to a
conference, tbe press ot Great Britain
and the bankers of Lihdon criticised
tbe Cabinet sO sivagely that it was
force to take a coarse contrary to what
tbe Commission bad expected."
The correspondence herein re
ferred to may be interesting, but the
most interesting statement Is that
"Senator Wolcott is not without
.hops that the object in view will ul
timately, and at no distant day, be
successful." Senator Wolcott seemed
to be pretty sanguine of success
during all tbe time he was abroad,
and whenever he talked about the
prospect he always talked in a very
hopeful and confident way. Hs was
so little averse ?to talking that the
other two members of tJiecommis
sion let him do the talking for the
batch whether they shared his pro
fessed hopes or 'subscribed' to bis
views or not. The probabilities are
that they didn't, for they were both
older stagers than vfr. Wolcott and
less reckless about going into print.
Men who start oat with a purpose in
which they take an interest and with
the belief that they will succeed
don't like to make a square confes
sion of failure and generally will, if
they can, 63d some way to let them
selves down easy, and that is pre
cisely what Senator Wolcott is doing
In this Instance. He therefore will
not own up to betag knocked oat or
- to have given up hope, bat still pre
tends to believe that the missionary
work he and his associates did will
have its effect and yet be successful.
Privately he gave some ot tberea
soas for the failure ti make connec
tion with England, which was the
howling at tbe crucial time b the
big newspipers of London. If they
had been mum Mr. Wolcott would
hive worked bis busmes3 all right
"the dog hadn't stopped to pay at
tsntion to some fleas be would have
caught the rabbit, and it it hadn't
been for those pssky, meddlesome
newspapers Mr. Wolcott and his as
sociates would have sooped in the
British Ministry, which they had on
the string when the newspapers
started the howl and scared it off.
They had the hook battel all right,
but the noise of those organs spoiled
the fishing.
Candidly, we think this had
something to do with it, for the
Ministry at one time thought it ad
visable to listen to tbe petitions sent
Q by English blmetalHsts, among
them a huge one by tbe cotton spin
ners of England and representatives
Mother industries praying for co
operation with France and the
United States for tbe restoration of
bimetallism, and possibly the Minis
try might have complied if the gen
tlemen interested in keeping the
yellow metal on top had said nothing
to the contrary, bu when they spoke
and the papers that belong
t( them started tbe racket
then the Ministrw praili.hl
and tumbled, for thev didn't
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have the nerve to antagonize tha
gentlemen who stand behind the
stacks of yellow coins and run
kingdoms, and have big newspapers
ao their talking for them. The
great Napoleon once said that '-a
few influential newspapers were more
be dreaded than an armv." and
British Ministries these days have a
wholesome dread of the newspapers
that voice the money power of Great
Britain,
Bat the British ministry hadn't re-.
ally promised to do anything. It
only promised to consiJer and re
port, in the interval between the
considering and reporting feeling
the sentiment of thj gold peoole to
find out how thev stood. It found
ow they stood and proceeded ac
cordingly, and then Senator Wolcott
and his associates found out where f
they stood and how they had been
politely played be the British Min
istry, waica wii pUviag HTj own
game. - ,
Bat perhaps Senator Wolcott has
another reason tor continuing hope
ful of altim tte sacc is. H i is a Re
publican first, and a silver m in next.
He has been pulling with Mr. Mc
Kinley La this silver business for the
purpose ot at least appearing to car
ry out in goad faith the pledge ia the
St. Louis platform. As the matter
stands now with thi c jamssio.i a
failure, so confessed, and without
any bop of ever accomplishing aiy
thing for silver, the Republican par
ty would be driven to take a differ
ent position and com: oat either for
or against silver wuh jut any inter
national proviso , hedging. This
would practically compel it to de
clare for bimetallism, independent of
other nations, or for the gold stand
ard pure aad simple, a position in
which the Republican leaders do not
wish to be placed, and in which they
can slide ont of it.
As a Republican interested in the
future of tbe party, aad co opera
ting with Mr. McKinley to save it,
Senator W jlcott will put up the best
job he can in his report to give his
party an excuse to hang on to the
"international agreement" fake which
the leaders f au-ad S3 useful in the
past campaign in pulling the wool
over the eyss of silver Republicans.
fnis is undoubtedly his programme,
for Senator Wolcott knows as well
as he knovs how to spell his name,
that Sriglaid will never consent to
the rehabilitation of silver until in
dustral aad commercial necessities
force her to it. The sooner tbis coun
try acts, the sooner that will be.
MTN0& MBHTI0N.
According to Mr. Andrew Carne
gie, who Is pretty well posted on the
iron business, the only thing tne
iron and steel makers of this country
need to distance their European
competitors and build op an im
mense trade in foreign CDuatries is
cheap traasp jrtatioa. He c ills at
tention to the fact, thct while it
casts $12 59 a ton to make pig iron
in Eazland, it is m ide at Pittsburg
at $9 59 a ton, a difference of $3 a
too in favor of Pittsburg. Mr. Car
negie didn't want to advertise Bir
mingham, Ala., where, If we remem
ber rightly, it can be made at about
$7.59 a ton. Even at the present
cost of transportation Birmingham
is shipping pig iron to Europe and
underselling the home producers.
Mr. Carnegie's plan to secure the
cheaper transportation is to subsi
dize ships, which would encourage
the building of them, bat however
this may be if Mr. Carnegie can af
ford to mike pig iron for $3 a ton
less than the English maker can'
shouldn't he be able to ship it to
England, as the Birmingham iron
men are doing, and make a reason
able profit ? These beneficiaries of
protection have been so In the habit
of looking to the Government that
tariff protection, subsidies and all that
sort of thing always loom up in tbeir
figuring as essential, when the facts
show that they are not.
Some of tbe gold organs, com
menting on tbe low interest rates in
some of the money centers and
tbe success of some of the railroads
in refunding tbur bonds at lower
rates of interest, argue that this is a
proof of an abundance of money,
that money is cheaper, and cheaper
because the "cheap money party '
was defeated in the Presidential
election. If this bs so then money
should soon become dear again
since the cheap ?money fellows
rather got the better of their oppo
nents In the late elections. Bat they
do not give the right reason why
monev is getting cheaper. It is
neither tbe abundance of money nor
tbe defeat of the "cheap money
party." as they call it, which does it.
It is tbe lack of demand for money
which makes it a drug in the money
centers where it is locked up. When
there is a demand for money interest
rates run higher, just as when there
is a demand for labor wages in-
creaseTand when tbere is a demand
for wheat, cotton or anything else
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the prices go up. Under tbe pres
ent monetary system, largely doe to
tbe gold standard policy, the money
of the country is controlled by the cen
tral banks and accumulates In the
money centers where there is little
demand for it, and where to get it
out of tbeir vaults and make
it earn something the holders are
willing to put it out at low interest
rates on such time as they may name
and such security as may be accepta
ble, but this doesn't help the mer
chant, farmer or shop man, who
find it no easy matter to borrow
money, and when they do get it, pay
about as mncb for it as they have
been paying heretofore. Tbe only
inference from this "cheap money"
about which these organs are talking
is that tnere is not sufficient activity
in the industries and Jon the line of
development to create a demand for
money, and hence it muse either lie
idle ia the vaults or be put out at
sach rates of interest as the holders
can get. j
The reports of the United States
Department of Agriculture as to the
yield of cotton per acre for this year,
gives a little over a third of a bale.
Tois doesn't vary much from average
preceding years. On this statement
it isn't hard to understand why there
is no profit in cotton at present
prices, for they are scarcely above the
average cost of pro duetto i. A
seven cents a pound there might be a
margin perhaps of a couple cents, but
allowing 209 pounds to tbe acre this
would leave only $4 above tbe cost
of production, out of which mus
come the cost of ginning, bagging,
ties, and other expenses incident to
the marketing of the crop. Tbe
thrifty farmer who raises his own
supplies, and cultivates cotton as a
side crop, might save himself and
rhaps lay by some money at seven
c jnts or even somewhat lower price,
or tbe man who cultivates large-
y and economically might do
it, bnt the average planter who
makes cotton his main crop, the
crop on watch be depends tor tbe
money to rnn his plantation and
meet bis obligations can't do it, and
will find it a tight scratch to come
out even. Cotton, to pay the planter
reasonably for bis labor, and leave
him a fair profit on his investment.
should never be below ten cents, at
least while he has to cultivate three
acres to make bale.
It is stated on the authority of
gentlemen who have recently con
versed with President McKinley that
be will recommend that greenbacks
be reissued only in exchange for
gold. This is Secretary Gage's
scheme to lock tbe greenbacks up,
and if carried ont would probably
succeed In locking up greenbacks
enough to 'raise a howl so loud that
would bring them out again. That
is simply whipping tbe devil around
the stamp to evade tbe law that re
quires that they be re issued.
The Macon Telegraph, gold paper,
rises to ask, "Is tbe Platform Greater
than the Party ? " Without under
taking to solve this problem it may
be incidentally remarked that with
out a platform there wouldn't be
mncb ot a party. And it might be
also incidentally asked who is to de
cide what is the party, the fellows
who stand on the platform or tbe
fellows who kick against it ?
Whitelaw Reid, of the New York
Tribune, prides himself on his suc
cess in farming. He took a dollar
premium at a county fair for the
four best heads of lettuce.
Judging from the New York Sun s
recently expressed opinions about
Whitelaw he would have stood a
pretty good chance of taking first
prize if be had entered himself as a
cabbage head.
As a general thing we do not
hanker for capital punishment for
women, even when they murder
folks, bat in the case of Mrs. Nack,
of New York, it would be the proper
tbiog, as sbe and Thorn were the
joint perpetrators of Guldensappe's
taking off, that they should be placed
side by side in the chairs for the
doomed and be sent off together.
It is now very strongly suspected
that the negro postmaster at Hogans
ville, Ga who said he was shot at
by persons who wanted to have him
removed, pot ap the job himself,
and that he scratched his arm, which
he never permitted to be examined,
and shot the weatherboarding of his
house himself.
The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser has an editorial devoted to
"foreign interest In America."
About the only interest the for
eigner takes in America is the in
terest and the dividends he takes
oat of it.
Sandbagging unsuspecting deni
zens of Washington is becoming a
common occurrence id that town
now. Bat then it must be remem
bered that tbe Republican party is on
top there now. '
The Charleston News and Courier
says "McKinleyism is worse than
Bryanism." . Of coarse it is. Every
sensible person who is not infected
with McKinleyism knows that.
Boston
The Rev. 1 8.
Parishioners, lo
The Rev. James1 Boyd Brady, pastor
of the People's Temple, in Boston, pre
sides over tbe destinies of the largest
Methodist church ia the country.
Big, candid, Scotch-Irishman that he
is. Dr. Brady has built up the Temple
financially and numerically, and to-day
be is tbe pastor of a flock of 1700.
Dr. Brady devotes himself with un
flagging courage to .anything be under
takes. The chief characteristic of bis
ministry bas bsen progress, in number,
financial condition aad moral and spiri
tual growth. He is a man of plain, bat
vigorous words. So much ha been said
and written about Dr. Brady his work,
bis progressive methods, his eloquence
and his power as a minister, that the fol
lowing letter from him will be convin
cing and helpful to many persons be
sides tbe large number wbo are every
Sunday influenced for good by bis pow
erful preaching. He writes :
Boston, Sept. 87. 1897.
Paine's celery compound, if widely
and wisely used, would relieve nervous
ness, soothe restlessness, reduce sick
ness strengthen the body, invigorate tbe
mind, and add vears of happiness to life.
JAMES BOYD BRADY.
Pastor People's Temple.
Tbe man or woman wbo does not take
time to get well will sooner or later have
to take time to be ill.
Many live under the needless inflic
EXPORT8 YESTERDAY.
liar e shipment to Coastwise and Foreign
Poru.
There was a wholesale clearance of
vessels from the port of Wilmington
yesterday. The Clyde steamships Oneida
and. George W. Clyde and the schooner
Humarock cleared for New York. The
combined exports on the steamships
were 100 packages of merchandise, 55
cases cotton flannels, 930 bbls. of tar, 60
pitch, 289 spirits turpentine, 484 rosin,
60 cotton seed oil. 8 cords of light wood
1,888 bales of cotton and 898,919 feet
of lumber. The Humarock, by Geo. Har
riss.Son & Co , took out a cargo of 408,709
feet lumber, fiom the Cape Fear Lum
ber Company. Tbe schooner Roger
Moore was cleared for Sarannah by Jas.
T. Riley & Co., with a cargo of 403 tons
pyrites.
The British steamship Annandale was
cleared also, by Alex. Sprunt & Son
Her cargo consisted of 11,828 bales, 5,
934,067 pou nds of cotton, valued at $356,
044. Tbe tout exports of lumber were 806,
928 feet, and there were in all 18,916
bales of cotton exported yesterday.
The Cotton Crop.
While many claim that the cotton
crop is nearly all harvested, there are
others who say that there is plenty of
the staple in the fields yet. In fact, so
favorable for cotton harvesting have the
seasons been, that the farmers have
found difficulty in getting tbe crop
housed. A gentleman whb travelled a
good deal In the cotton section last
week, says that there are lots at cotton
farms from which the crop has not all
been taken by a good deal. The port
receipts yesterday were much heavier
than they were on the corresponding
day of last year.
Quarantine officer R. M. Mar
ray, stationed on the C. F. & Y. V. rail
road, stopped a man from the yellow
fever district ifom coming to the city
Friday. Officer Murray is in receipt of
a letter from the Board of Health of this
city, complimenting him on bis efficient
service.
s Great Preacher
Brady, D. D Advises His
Take Paine's Celery Compound.
tion of indigestion, nervousness, consti
pation, and general weakness, and en
dure tbe consequent loss qf health with
out considering bow easily tbe cause of
all tbis illness migbt be remedied.
Needful nerve and tissue nourishment
is at the Softool o( all permanent build
ing op of the health.
Paine's celery compound looks out
for the insidious weaheaing of tbe ner
vous system through malnutrition. It
gives a healthy tone to tne stomach, in
creases the blood supply, qiiets and
equalizes tbe irritated neree action and
promptly feeds tbe tissues when the
bodily vigor Is at its lowest ebb, and
should not be further taxed.
The only cure, therefore, for rheuma
tism, neuralgia or general debility that
Is lasting in its good effects rauu rest in
a radical cleansing of the blood and a
building up of tbe nervous tissues. All
this is best done by Paine's celery com
pound, because tbis remarkable remedy
beg ns at tbe beginning, wherever there
is disease, and establishes tbe health
firmly and beyond any fear of falling
back.
The worn-out person who cannot
sleep should take Paioe's celery com
pound Ic Is folly to imagine that every
hou-tikin ftom sleep is an hour
gamed. N3tbiag undermines health
and eargy like loss of sleep. Tbe ner
vout system suffers as much from lack
of sleep as from lack of nourishment.
Eieotuo ci Delegates.
A meeting of the New Hanover
County Truckers' Association was held
yesterday afternoon at the county court
house. Mr. H. T. Bauman presided and
Mr. G. W. Westbrook acted as secretary
in the absence of the regular secretary,
Mr. Sol. J. Jones. The only business
transacted was the election of delegates
to the semi annual meeting of the gen
eral association, which will be held on
Tuesday next. Messrs. G. Z. French,
G. W. Westbrook and H. T. Bauman
were chosen.
SHELBY TUBE COMPANY
Organised at Pittsburg Capital Stosok Fire
Million IDoUart.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
Pittsburg, Pa., November 13. The
Shelby Tube Company, which was in
corporated under the laws of Pennsyl
vania October 98th, 1897, was organized
here to day. The capital stock is
$5 000,000.
The new concern will manufacture
iron and steel weldless tubes. It will
control 87 per cent, of the output in
the country and will be able to supply
tbe entire American trade as well as a
good part of tbe European consump
tion. The general offices have already
been established in London and Bir
mingham, England.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Concerning the St-.ipmeet of liquors Under
the Iiaws of South Carolina,
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.,
Atlanta, November 13. Judges
Pardee and Newman, of the United
States Court, handed down a decision
in tbe famous dispensary case tbis
morning enjoining tbe Southern from
refusing to haul liquor into Sontb Caro
lina in future.
Tbe decision is an important one, in
that tbe original package law is in
volved. Tbe judges decided that
liquors and wines in bottles, packed in
boxes and shipped in car-load lots were,
under the laws of South Carolina, clear
ly admissible and should be handled by
any railway. '
Michael defeated Titus, two miles,
in the 25-mile race for $1,000 at the
Chicago Coliseum last night.
Many
Both may be supplied acd 'a healthy
condition insured by using Paine s eel
er, componnd
Tbe stay and staff of sound health is
well nourished and well regulated
nerves. Sufferers from sleeplessness.
nervous dyspepsia or headache may be
sore that every reservoir of neive force
bas been tapped and exhausted by work,
worry, too little sleep, or faulty nourish
ment, because of poor digestion and as
similation As soon as such signs of
nervous exhaustion are noticed, shaky
hands, broken sleep, poor appetite, wast
ing diseases, neuralgia or dyspepsia, take
advantage ot the remarkable restorative
aad regulating action of Paine's celery
compound.
Nervous disorders increase in a sort of
compound ratio. It Is a thousand times
easier to put a stop to nervous debility
ia its earlier stages than later on to cor
rect nerve and brain exhaustion, that
may be complicated by heart, kidney or
some otber organic trouble.
Paine's celery compound must not be
confounded with any of the plausible
sounding, but really temporary make
shifts, whose cares are never permanent
nor thorough-going, and only bring de
ferred hopes that make the heart sick.
Paine's celery compound Is the greatest
nerve and brain invigorator and most
reliable blood purifier tbe world bas ever
been blessed wuh.
GOMEZ TO STRIKE
THE
CUBAN COMMANDER TO MAKE
AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE.
OoofldeooJ Among the Iaiurgenti They
Expsot Soon t ) Overthrow the Spanish.
Washington Star
J It Is understood among Cuban sym
pathizers that General Gomes is going
to make an aggressive move shortly,and
very important events are expected to
transpire in Cuba within a few weeks.
The Cubins are evidently looking tor
ward with joyous anticipation to a sud
den termination of the war in a complete
triumph of the Cuban cause.
Just what Gen Uomezs plans are no
one seems to know, but there v is confi
dence expressed that the programme he
has been developing will result in tbe
complete overthrow of tbe Spanish
power on the island, The Cubans base
all their hops upon their own efforts;
and anticipate no assistance from this
country and no advantage to tbem from
a new oolic by the Uatted States Gov
ernment. It is realized that President
McKmlev is coins to avoid hostilities
witb Soain as long as possible, and,
while it is believed that it tbe conflict
were prolonged enough the United
States would inevitably become In
volved, it is thought that tbe conclusion
of hostilities on tbe island may come
before a radical move has been made by
this administration.
. NO NEED TO INTERFERE.
If the Cubans themselves win their
own liberty within a few months per
haps a few weeks there will then be no
reason for the United States to get into
trouble with Spain.
There is no confidence placed by those
who Know tbe situation, in the profes
sions of friendly disposition on the part
of tbe new Spanish cabinet toward this
government. Tbe latest note from aa
gasta, with all its protestations of friend
liness. contained tbe implied accusation
with respect to filibustering and the very
adroit suggestion that Spain's rights
must be respected, which implies that
there is a disposition on our part not to
respect those ngbts.
Ex Congressman Frank W. Mendell,
of Wv online, will be appointed assistant
commissioner of tbe mineral land office
next Monday. Judge Emory F. Beat, of
Georgia, whom be succeeds, in all prob
ability will be appointed an assisact at-
torney in the Interior Department.
JOHN EVANS' TRIAL
FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT UPON MISS
LILLY COLE.
Svtdao9 Dmal3C to hs Priioce Gen
eral Opinion Tfcat tna Gmlty Patt ia at
the Bar Btaie Bsit d ict Cue aid
Court mrned for The Day.
Special Star Telegram
Rockingham, November 11. This
morning a special ventre of three hun
dred men appeared at the court bouse
from which a jury was selected to try
John Evans for the nameless crime. -The
entire mornine session wss consumed in
the selection of a jury; it is composed ol
some of the ver? beat men in the county.
Tbe State is represented by Messrs.
Sbaw, Morrison. Guthne, Settle. Kellv.
Dockery, W. H. Neal. jDT. LeGracd.
tbe defendant, by IXcaery & Dockery
and Marcy L. Jobo, wbo were assigned
by .the court.
Miss Lilly Cole testified that when she
started to her work this nameless crime
Wis perpetrated by a negro man. Her
sister, wbo accompanied her, identified
tbe prisoner as the assailant of her sister,
giving a description in detail.
C. C. Taylor testified that the prisoner
cause to his place of business about three -quartets
of an hour after the crime was
committed; that he was drrssed in blue
overalls, as Miss Cole described, dirt wss
on his clothes acd he was macb excited.
Taylor's evidence was very damaging to
the prisoner, and Taylor is a man of ex
cellent character.
The general opinion is that the guilty
party is at tbe bar ci the Court.
The evidence of the Misses Cole stood
the highest test upon cross-examination.
and
impressed those piesent with ibe
UlUdl
high character they bear in this
town
The residents of this community and
tbe lamily of the injured girls have not
manilested any disposition to make any
innocent man suffer, and in eveiy step
have shown that they wanted to arrive
at tbe truth.
The Governor's Guards came, and
thev have been reinforced hy the Max
ton Guards Toe prisoner bas been in
the court house all day, acd tbe lonely
officers have kept their vigil over an
empty jail.
Too much cannot be said of our
Scotch Judge Mclver, wbo told the cap
tains mat na saw oiuecoats thirty vears
ago and he did not need tbem to run bis
court. Tbe fact is that the honest veo
m .nryot tais county look up to ludge
Mclver and will protect tbe tribunal
over wnich he presides, and be does not
need tbe aid ot Darners boys to admin
ister tne taws of iNortn Carolina in a
court where be (Mclvei) prtsides
Wbca MissCule was examined every
body was excluded from tbe court room
except those actually engaged in tbe
trial. Some character witnesses were
examined, and the State having rested
Its case. Ccurt adjourned until Friday
morning, nine o clock.
Rockingham N. C, November 18
The tnal ot John Evans lor assault upon
Miss Cole has been in progress for two
days Yesterday was occupied by the
State and to day by the defence. The
trial will continue through to morrow,
if not Icniter, as both sides will have fur
ther evidence to introduce
The State b s proved beyond all
question tbat tbe prosecutrix was most
brutally assaulted October 23 d. and it
bas also proved that John Evans was
the btute who committed the hellish
deed. Tbe only parson wbo could
identify the man was the sweet 14 year
old sister, wbo plainly saw the man
crouching at the fence, and after posi
tively asserting tbat otbers brought be
fore her were not guilty, at first sight of
it vans at the b. A. L depot, sbe un
hesitatingly said, ' He is tbe man.
Yesterday she again said, with peifect
composure, "He is tbe man. With
this evidence and tbat of Mr. C. C. Tay
lor, Capt. Everett's clerk, tbe State
rested its case yesterday.
lo-oay the oetence put up the pris
oner and a number of witnesses, nearly
all young negroes, who tell the same
general tale with some variations. Tbe
fight of counsel for tbe defence is to do
away with Miss Mattie's testimony, as
to identity, and if possible to prove an
alibi. . Eitber. or both will be almost im
possible, for the prisoner admits that
be came here, tbat night and
slept at Hinson's liverv stable with
Amos Powell and Fletch Teal,
two young negroes of about bis age
and general calibre. New witnesses are
constantly being tummoned by both
sides and tbe fiebt Js strong, sharp and
untiring. The prisoner is ably defended
and opposing counsel show all apparent
fairness.
Everything is perfectly qjiet. The
prisoner passes bsck and forth under
the escort of two of the sheriff's depu
ties. He could be lynched at any pass
ing. but we don't care to do this, but
submit to the arbitrament of the law
Tbe case will extend through to-morrow.
Rockingham, N. C, Nov. 18. As I
write to-night the investigation of the
rape case is over, and the brute, John
Evans, is en route to Raleigh under the
escort of a detachment of tbe Gov
ernor's Guards.
The defence closed its case about
eleven o'clock to-day. After tbis tbe
State introduced testimony which
knocked over the proof tbat supported
any plea tor an alibi. . Then the Court
took a recess for dinner, re assembling
at 2 p. m.
By mutual agreement of opposing
counsel tbe case was submitted to tbe
jury without argument. In conse
quence ot this action, which was uni'
versally commended, the jadge delivered
a plain brief charge, read over his notes
and gave the case to the jury.
After a conference of about three
hours, the jury rendered a verdict of
guilty. Jadge Mclver then imposed the
death sentence and ordered tbat the
prisoner be banged. November 26tb.
Tbis sentence j meets tne approval of
onr people generally and they will be
content to abide- by the result. Too
much commendation cannot be awarded
to all who participated in tbe trial.
Everything tbata spirit of fairness could
suggest was done, apd no undue haste
was made in any part of tbe investiga
tion. The evidence was beyond a doubt
all that any reasonable aaind could re
quire for conviction. The few witnesses
Introduced by tbe State to-dav made it
Impossible to entertain any plea for aa
alibi,
The week bas been one of
excitement, but now the absence
of the military force and tbe cry
of the tramping sentinels, will make
the morrow a calm and quiet Sabbath,
and tbe dawn of "Monday will bring
every biog to its normal status. A bang
ing November 86th will be tbe topic
until tbat date, and tea thousand people
will be hereto witness tbe scene.
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ROYAL BAKING MWBCA OO., NEW YORK.
LATE HAVANA ADVICES.
ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED STATES
G IN'NG IN FAVOR.
Iaaaraeiiti Prem i g Tor a Be la Ctmo it a-
lioi in Frjif Ti at They Have Not
Aocepttd Antoccmy
Br Cable to the Morning Star.
Havana, via Kky West Fla . No
vember 13. Dispatches lrom Madrid
say that tbe officially insoTr'ed papers.
El Corro and La Correspondent, point
to the possibility of a division ot the
Autonomist party into radical and con
servative wints.
It is generally believed that the newly
appointed Governors in Cuba will bold
their offices but a comparatively short
time, as it is tbe geccial opinion that
ituin two months icsular chambers
will be formed, wbcr. the Governors will
be e;ected by popular vote.
Tbe insurgents are again active
throughout Central and Eastern Cuba.
It is understood tbat they will shortly
make a bold demonstration as proof that
they have not accepted autonomy and
to induce tbe next session of the United
States Congress tc recognise their rights
as belligerents. Marshal Bianco, it is
understood, lacks ths necessary moral
il flue nee over tbe troops to induce tbem
to carry out h8 plana lor the kind treat
ment of tbe insurgent", and tbe natural
consequence of this is a state of conflic-
tion. -'Ii
Tbe annexation of Cuba to tbe
United States is gaining in favor among
me mercantile ana iorei&n elements in
the island.
The lecal guerilla band at San Felipe,
province of Havana, wbile reconnoiter
ing in tbe environs, were surprised by a
band of insurgents, under Juan del
Gado, and eight of tbe twenty guerillas
composing the band were macheted.
The rest fled to the town.
Governor General Blanco has dis
patched several pacificos. provided wuh
passes, to the insurgent lines, witb a
view to inducing tbe leadeis to lav down
their arms and ace p autbuomy. He has
issued orders to tbe guerilla bands not
to molest these en vows. Gen Pancho
Carrillo, according to official reports,
recently crossed by way of the La
Luisa hills at Placetas, with two hun
dred mounted men, returning from
Cienf uegos, wht re he went to meet
an expedition which landed there re
cently, it u believed, from the Daunt
less. Gen. Carrillo was on his way
to the Felicia ranch on the border of
Rio where is located the camp of Gen.
Gomez, in the Sancti Spiritus district.
Marsbal Blanco, the Governor Gen
eral of tbe island, bas, according to offi
cial repoit, requested the presiding mag
istrates of tribunals before which may be
brought natives cbared with .he ciime
of rebellion against tbe Spanish govern
ment, to remit these Cases and those of a
similar character brought egainst for
eigners so that they may be decided ac
cording to the ternrs of tbe proposed
political amnesty for Cuba and the Poil-
ippines. approved by tbe Spanish cabinet
on tbe 7th instant.
NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
Military en Duty it Bockiogtum Ask to Be
BflitTtd B v. J. a"vK, Iise Iioose
Management at the Bute
Penitentiary.
Special Star Correspondence. .
Raleigh, N C November 18.
Tbe captain of the Maxton Guards
wrote the Adjutant General this morn
ing requesting that his company and
tbe Governor's Guard be relieved from
doing guard duty at Rockingham to
morrow. He said tbe boys were fatigued
and many of them bad business which ,
demanded immediate attention. In
concluding the letter, he said:" "I think
it unwise to withdraw troops till tbe
trial is over."
Major Hayes has telegraphed Cant. S.
J. Cobb, ol tne Lumber Bridge Light In
fantry to bold his comply in readiness
to proceed to Rockingham, if the au
thorities deem neccsiarv. This company
nit relieve tbe guard now on duty.
Rev. J. W. Lee stated last night la his
sermon tbat be intended to prevent, if
it is in his power, veriscope pictures of
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, which is
baled to appear here soon. ...
Tom Burcb, the negro, who wss sen
tenced to fifteen years imprisonment in
the penitentiary on a charge of burglar
izing, escaped last July. This was not
known until to-day. when an old negro
went before tbe mayor and asked for
his arrest on a charge of stealing his
chickens. There is no telling bow many
prisoners have escaped from the prison
nnder tbe present system of loose man
agement. SHOOTING AT DURHAM.
Negro Murderer Killed While Beaisting
Axieut.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Stei ,
Durham, N. C , November 13 This
morning in Kast Durham, a negro,
Henry Green, went to the home of Sal-
lie Liss'ter, colored, who is a tenant of
Mr R O Scoggirs. and for some cause
shot and killed Sallie's ten-year o d ion
and fled. Mr Scoggicsgot bis r fl : and
w th two companions went after the
murderer. When thev found him.
Green turned toward th m and reached
for his pistol, whereupon Scoggins shot
acd killed him. Scoggins surrendered
himself to an officer, was given a bear
ing before a magistrate and released.
The following North Carolina fourth-
class postmasters were appointed yester
day: Marmarfuke, Major B. A stoc;
Vesta, fosie Qainn.
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