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NOT THE EASY JOB EXPECTED.
Wo were told a short whilo ago
that when our trooo3 captured Ma
I0I03 and the Filipiao army scattered
and fled Northward, this was prac
tically an' end to the war. On the
heels of thi3 capture the Philippine
commission, which, seems to have
been awaiting what it considered the
opportune time, issued its proclama
tion telling the Filipino fighters how
hopeless their contest with the
United States was, how it was fore
doomed to failure and how much
better it would bo for them, and all
those dry spots in those seas to ac
cept the inevitable, drop their
weapons and go peacefully and
quietly like well behaved people to
their homes. It told of some if not
all the good things that would come
to the islands under the paternal
care of this, country, but prefaced
the whole layout with the positive
declaration that the supremacy of
the United States must be estab
lished throughout the Archipelago.
I'M. T.mnlo.Tnaf.iATi was frannlaf ol
' -a. UiU X vViMUlllVtVl If - WifUWlMVVH
and published in several languages
spoken in the islands so that no one
who can read would have a decent
excuse for not reading it. "We were
assured that they were reading -at,
very anxious to get copies of it, apd
that it wa3 making such a favorable
impression upon them that the Fili
pino armies were disbanding and
11...H..J...U-. A ..u)i.
nuii uciuio mug Aguiuaiuu huuiuu t
have a respectable Corporal's guard
to stay by him.
But the fighting goes onfall the
:same and not a day passes that
parties of Filipinos do not attack;
' our soldiers, and the racket at night
goes on pretty mucn as 11 usea so
around Manila before the Filipinos
were persuaded by our fellows with
gunff to move further back. And
following right along on all this
comes an associated press dispatch
which quotes one of- "the foremost
American Generals" a3 saying: "We
will see a hundred thousand soldiers
"in the Philippines before the Amer
icans control the islands," and, the
dispatch adds, "a majority of the
army are of his opinion."
We have about 31,000 soldiers in
the island of Luzon now, the United
States flag has been flying over Ma
nila for nine months, and since the
outbreak of hostilities with the na
tives we have simply succeeded in
killing some of them and- capturing
some towns, important only in so far
as they may become bases of future
operations. All this has cost a great
deal of money, more lives than were
lost in Cuba, while we had Cuba to
show for the Jives lost there, but sub
stantially nothing in the Philippines.
We have captured, towns,, but no
armies. They simply move out ol our
way when we make it too unconv
fortable forthem, and get ready to
give us another brush at the first op
portunity. "
With all the encouraging reports
that have been received lately, there
is the stubborn fact that the Fili
pinos are paving no attention to the
proclamation issued by the commis
sion, but are keeping a keen eye on
the movements of our armies, and
manage to keep close enough to our
lines to worry our soldiers and pick
Off a few of " them 'occasionally,
Some of the organs are beginning to
perceive this and to acknowledge
that, in the language of Geo. Otis,
when he advised against bringing
the wives and families of officers . to
Manila, "this war is no pic-nic
The ot. liouis Ulooe JJemocrat, a
vigorous supporter of the adminis
tration and of the expansion policy,
, discourses thus:
"The Filipinos are standing- their
ground somewhat better than was
.expected. This is, on the whole, for
lunate for . the United States, isv
making a fight they will stand an ex
cellent chance of being killed or cap
tured and that is the -only way in
which they can be dealt with intelli
gently and satisfactorily. It would
be better if the Americans had 10,000
or 15.000 more men on hand in the
Philippines.. This would insure quicker
and more thorough work in stamping
oui me rebellion."
Our esteemed contemporary evi
dently does not attach much impor
tance to the capture' of towns, for it
has come to the conclusion that the
only way the Filipinos can be dealt
with "intelligently and satisfacto
rily" is to "kill or capture" them,
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in wnicn brutal conclusion it, in
VOL. XXX.
our opinion, ' hits the nail on the
head.
But isn't that a bigger job than
10,000 or 15,000 more men on hand
could do? With the 31,000 or more
men we now have there we have not
succeeded in capturing any army,
although we have killed agood
many Filipinos; but as fast as
we kill them ' others pick
up their guns and take their places.
They have more men than guns, and
their armies are not captured, and.
cannot be with the present force or
even 10,000 or 15,000 more men, be
cause they have the country behind
them to fall back if too closely
pressed, a country where everybody
sympathizes with him. -
Conquering a country as densely
populated as the Philippines are is
no easy task with a moderate sized
army, even if the lay of the country
and.the climate presented fewer ob
stacles to the rapid movement of
armies. Speaking of the density
of -population; the following from
the Washington correspondent of the
same paper from which we quote
will give some idea of what a job it
will be to kill or capture enough of
them to bring the rest into submis
sion: 4 'Americans can hardly realize how
densely some of the new possessions
are peopled. Malolos is less than
thirty miles from .Manila, yet day
after day American columns advanced
through towns and cities from 1,000
to'10,000 population. The fact is, as
shown by the last census, that the
population of the whole island of
Luzon averages more persons to the
square mile than many parts of the
United States. By the census of 1890
Illinois had sixty-eight persons to
the square mile of territory, and Indi
ana had sixty-one. Luzon, by the
census of 1889, had seventy-nine.
There . are parts of Luzon which are
mountainous and almost uninhabited.
The population is concentrated largely
iu the richer portions. In many prov
inces the population exceeds 200 to
the mile, which is greater density
than is found in any State of this
country except .Massachusetts and
Khode island.
Luzon is not nearly the most densely
Populated island in the Philippines,
he entire island of Cebu averages 110
people to tne square mile, while uonol
has 188 and Panay has 155."
But suppose we capture their
armies, what thenr Lvery town we
capture must be garrisoned, and
small garrisons will not do in a
country so densely populated and
inspired by the hatred the Filipinos
now have of the Americans. We
had about 30,000 men garrisoning
Cuba and the Cubans were not hos
tile. They were put there simply
as a sort of police to preserve order.
Cuba is a wilderness, in point of
population, compared with some tf
those islands.' The 10,000 or 15.000
more men that our St. Louis con
temporary suggests will not be
enough. The General referred to in
the Associated Pres3 dispatch was
nearer the mark with his 100,000.
and very probably under it.
ATTACKING THE AMENDMENT.
There is a colored organization in
the North known as the Afro-Amer-
ican Council which is moving to con
test the validity of the constitu
tional amendment restricting fran
chise in the State of Louisana, which
it claims is a discrimination against
the . colored man. How they are
going to get that question" up before
the courts until there has been an
election, and it has been shown that
somebody was deprived of the privi
lege of voting is not quite clear, nor
is it apparent what they would
gain even if the Supreme Court
should decide, that tne act was in
violation of the letter or spirit of the
fourteenth and fifteenth amend
menta of the U. Sv constitution, for
the franchise. amendment would still
hold good, under the conditions
provided for in those amendments.
The effect would simply be, if . the
matter were followed up,- an d the
State insisted on retaining the fran
chise amendment, to reduce the
representation in the House of Rep
resentatives and in - the Electoral
college, in proportion to the num
ber of voters disfranchsed. Ref er
ing to this movement the New
Orleans Picayu ne comments as fol
lows:
"When the constitutional conven
tion was discussing the suffrage pro
vision, the entire matter of its rela
tions to amendments XIV and XV of
the Federal constitution was thor
oughly gone over by the ablest lawyers
in the State. There is nothing in the
suffrage provision which disfranchises
any person or abridges his political
rights because of race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude. No
action can be brought against the con
stitution of Louisiana until some per
son shall claim that, in an election
held for representatives m Congress,
he was deprived of the right to vote,
and that such deprivation was caused
bv the operation of the constitution of
the State of Louisiana. Then the mat
ter can be put before the Supreme
Court of the United States.
"What can be done, however, is to
cut down the State's representation in
Congress to the extent that disfran
chisement has been imposed on the
people of the State by any law or con
stitutional provision. Any sucn cut
ting down, however, would cut off the
bi??est part of the negro delegation
which helps to nominate Republican
candidates for the Presidency. Mr.
McKinle v's nomination was chiefly se-
curedat St. Louis by negro delegates
from the Southern States, and, should
these be largely reduced in numbers,
big negro delegations from the South
ern States, which have so much to say
in Republican national nominating
conventions, but which have no voice
in electing the nominees, would be
knocked, out.
HE
"If Southern representation in
nominating conventions should be
thus cut off, it, would have its com-
ensatmg benefits for the Southern
Hates, for, with no considerable negro
representation in negro delegations to
make nominations, there will be no
reason why negroes should be ap
pointed to Federal offices in the State."
We are interested in this because
the amendment which will be sub
mitted to -the voters of this State in
August, 1900, lis substantially the
same as that of Louisiana, which
the Afro-American Council is mov
ing to contest.
IN TRUST FOR CIVILIZATION."
Secretary Alger has returned from
his prospecting, tour in Cuba and
Porto Rico, on which he was accom
panied by. his "business partner."
This is referred to as a tour of "in
vestigation" to confer with the of
ficers in charge of the respective
provinces and cities and learn the
actual situation of things, but as
Secretary Alger took his "business
partner" with him it was in all prob
ability more a prospecting tour than
a tour of official inspection.
He was agreeably surprised at the
"wonderful possibilities" of those
islands, of which he had no ade
quate idea before this personal in
spection, which is a pretty good in
dication of the industry with which
he investigated, in which he doubt
less had the able assistance of his
"business partner." . It would not
do violence to the probabilities to
suppose that they got some pretty
good pointers on the "wonderful
possibilities" of those islands.
Since he has become personally
cognizant of these "wonderful possi
bilities" he would notlbosenour grip
on Porto Rico for anything,' nor
would he. impede the noble work we
are doing for Cuba which we "hold
in trust for civilization." The gen
eral impression has been that Cuba
was civilized some time ago, but
this seem3 to have been a mistake
and we must proceed indefinitely
with the work of civilization, whilo
the outsiders who have pull enough
to get inside of the select circle will
proceed to take in the franchies and
concessions and illustrate those
"wonderful possibilities."
In view of the increasing talk
about "annexation" Secretary Al
ger's "holding in tru?t for Civiliza
tion, is -anique and sugges
tive. It may be incidentally ro
marked that Secretary Alger doesn't
believe in hauling down the flagthe
army or navy plants.
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GETTING IN THEIR WORK.
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The Pension attorneys! have made
their plans- to reap a rich harvest out
of the war with Spain and tho war
in-the Philippines, for tho appli
cations for pensions are already pour
ing by the hundred. There were not
many men killed in the war for Cuba,
nor many" wounded, but there was a
great deal of "embalmed" beef
dumped into the camps to feed the
soldiers.
Commissioner Evans says if the
applications continue to pour in as
thev have been doing one-fourth of
the army of 1898 will'' expect to be
on the pension rolls before the year
ends. Of course . the war in the
Philippines is going to add thou
sands to the roll, for it is now be
'lieved by army men that we will re
quire three times a3 many .men in
those islands as we have there now
before our supremacy can be thor
oughly established. This, will prob
ably mean over , 100.000 new names
added to the pension rolls.
The Pensioni)ffice figures up from
present data an additional expense
of $ 20,000,000 annually. The Thir
ty -fourth Michigan Regiment, which
was in Cuba and under fire, has 380
applications on file. The District
of Columbia Regiment, which was
in no fight, has 350. The Thirty
third Michigan and the Eighth.
Ohio come next in order. Neither
of these was under fire or tackled
the Spaniards, but they probably
beef. The Second Massachusetts,
which was under fire, has 317 appli
cations on file. .
These are the data on which esti
mates are based and the prospective
120,000,000 annually added to the
pension bill. Some conservative
estimators figure the total expendi
tures by lao at $230,000,000 a
year. But the. -expansion racket
must go on all the same.
A bill which was before the New
York Legislature some time ago, re
quiring poisons in drug stores to be
kept in a certain kind of bottle, as a
guard against mistakes, was defeated
because the particular kind of bottle
referred to was patented, and the act
would give the patentee a monopoly.
It is now urged by the New York
Herald that a law be passed requir
ing druggists to put poisons in three-
cornered bottles. They couldn't
corner on them.
New York policemen should not
make themselves too conspicuous by
wearing large diamonds. One of
them was relieved of one the other
day on a street car by one of the
ligh-fingered gentry ' who took a
fancy to it.
Weekly
WILMINGTON, N. C,
CP. T. CAR SHIPMENTS.
Mr. Woodward Putting Refrigerator Cars
in Order for Strawberry Season.
Interesting Track Notes.
Now that the strawberry crop in this
section is beginning to ripen and ship
ments in large quantities will be in or
der in a very short time all possible
dispatch is being exercised by Mr. CL
W. Woodward, agent for the3. F. T.
Company, and his assistants, in putting
their refrigerator cars in order for
handling the crop. , They have a large
force of laborers at work thoroughly
renovating the three hundred cars
which they have concentrated here for
the special purpose of handling the
strawberry shipments. However. Mr.
Woodward does not think that "his re
frigerator cars will be brought into
service. before the 25th inst. ...
The berry crop seems to be almost
two weeks later this year than last,
the first refrigerator car of berries hav
ing been shipped last year ou April
16th. withi88 crates on board. It will
be of interest to note that the first
shipment of berries by express last
year was on March 31st.
The strawberry market conditions
have somewhat changed this year
from what they have been in past
years in that there is to be an un
usually large number of local buyers.
That is many of the leading truck
brokers and dealers in the principal
cities of the North will send buyers to
this city and all the principal shipping
points in the Eastern Carolina truck
ing section, who will buy the berries
Off the wagons and pack and" ship
them direct to their respective houses.
A number of these buyers are already
on the field and scores of others will,
so the Star is informed by Secretary
and Manager Baughman of the Truck
ers' Association, come just as soon as
the berries "are ready, in large quanti
ties, for the market.
HAS LEFT WILMINGTON.
Mr. C. L. Haywood Resigns His Position
Here As Pharmacist.
Mr. C. L. Haywood, who has for
some time filled with much credit the
responsible position of pharmacist at
the drug store of Mr. J. Hicks Bunt
ing, on Front street, has resigned that
position and left yesterday for Pol
locksville, where Mrs. Haywood and
the children have been the guests of
Mr. Haywood's mother for several
weeks. Mr. hLaywooa will take a
much-needed vacation before resum
ing business in another city, having
under, consideration several Ipropdsi
tions. He is undecided whether to
go into business on his own account
or accept a position in a drug store.
After spending several weeks in Pol
Iocksville, Mr. Haywood and family
will visit Mrs. Haywood's relatives in
Durham. .
The Star regrets very much that
Mr. Haywood has left Wilmington,
and extends very best wishes for his
success in whatever town he may
locate.
THE SKULL-BREAKING. CASE.
Defendants Waived Examination and Were
"Bound Over to Criminal Court.
Ernest Berryr Lewis Berry and; Ire
dell Loftih, the negro boys implicated
in the Middle - Sound melee about a
month ago, in which Rufus Berry, a
fourth participant, had his skull
crushed, waived an . examination be
fore Justice Fowler yesterdaj morn
ing and were bound oyer to the Cir
cuit Criminal Court in the sum of $50
each. Lof tin was represented by Her
bert McClammy, Esq., and the Berry
boys by Marsden Bellamyj Esq. Rufus
Berry, the negro with the fractured
skull, has been at the City Hospital
since the accident and has partially
lost his mind by the shock of the
blow and by an operation performed
necessary to the saving of his life.
The Berry boys were released upon
their personal recognizance and
Lof tin, who is charged with breaking,
the skull of the Berry boy, gave Her
bert McClammy, Esq., as his surety.
Justice Fowler also tried Matilda
Smith, colored, yesterday for an as
sault upon Lillie Hicks, also colored.
Both of the women live in "Dross
Neck." The defendant was unable to
pay a fine of $5 and cost and was com
mitted to jail in default thereof.
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An Onslow Marriage.
Col. S; B. Taylor and Mrs. Nannie
L. Hoyt, both of Onslow county, were
married at the residence of Mr. Frank
Andrews last Wednesday. Col. Taylor
is the father of Mrs. Rodolph Duffy
and Mrs. Robert Collins, of this city,1
and is well and favorably known to
hundreds of- our citizens. Though
one of its oldest subscribers, The
Morning Star recognizes the Colonel
as "one of the boys" and tenders him
its sincere congratulations,
Pender Strawberries;
The first shipment of strawberries
(one crate) from this section was made
by Express Friday. They were from
the farm of Mr. Bo wen, of Montague,
Pender county, and went to Philadel
phia. Yesterday a crate was received
by Capt. J. B. Huggins from Mr. Henry
Tompkins, of Scott's Hill, also in Pen
der. These were retailed at 25 cents
per quart. Mr. J. A. Montgomery, of
Burgaw, also shipped a crate from that
town yesterday morning. Shipments
were also made from Rocky Point yes
terday. two crates by Mr. J. C. ' Jones
and one by Mr. C. L. Sparkman
Messrs G.W. Westbrook & Co.
shipped a crate of strawberries through
the Southern Express office of this
city yesterday ?The berries were
grown just beyond the city limits.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1899.
LOCAL SHIPPING NEWS.
Business Active With Brokers and Ship
pers Yesterday Remarkable Tow of
the Alexander Jones.
Yesterday was the most active day
in local shipping that interested per
sons hae experienced for some time.
The tug Alexander Jones, in charge
of Capt. Adkins. brought a verv
heavy tow from Charleston the two
barges Maria Dolores and Carrie L.
Tyler, one with 700 tons and the other
with 518 tons of dry phosphate rock
for the Navassa Guano Co. The tow
was arranged by Mr. W. B. Chisholm,
the able manager of the Berkelev
branch N ofj; the1 Virginia-Carolina
Chemical o., of Charleston,. C.
It is not -often that so large
a tow" is made, but Mr. Chisolm ar
ranged it so well that it was a success.
Capt. Bonneau was in charge of the
barges. S. W., 46 miles from the bar
they passed a ship's boat, bottom up,
apparently but a short time adrift.
The schooner Cherubim, Capt.
Houghton, also arrived yesterday.
She is from New York and is con
signed to Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son
& Co., with a cargo of fertilizing ma
terial for iho Navassa Guano Co.
The Nicaraguan brigantine Alice
Bradshaio, Capt. Hammond, also ar
rived from New York yesterday, to
Messrs. J. T: Riley & Co., to complete
her cargo of lumber for Port-Au-Prince,
Hayti.
The British steamship Olenwood,
Capt. Mehegan, which has been here
for several days, was cleared yester
day for Tampa, Fla., in ballast.
ORDERED TO LEAVE TOWN.
W. R. Terry Given This Opportunity of
Escaping Punishment for Assault.
The most interesting case before the
police court yesterday morning was
that of W. R. Terry for assaulting J.
Tillman Howard with a pistol, par
ticulars of which were t given in yes
terday's Star. He was represented by
Empie & Empie. who succeeded, in
view of the fact that the prosecutor in
the case was unwilling to push -the
matter, in having him released upon
condition that he would leave town
on the afternoon S. A. L. train. He
was held in custody until the depart
ure of the train and Policeman
Woebse was detailed to see that he
complied with the requirements of
the court as to leaving.
There was no evidence introduced
that the defendant was guilty of car
rying , concealed weapons and consa-
auentlv he was not held ou this
charge. - s
Strawberry Field Burned.
The Star regrets to report very great
damage, by fire, which befell Mr. Giles
Westbrook's fine strawberry field, on-
Mr. W. A. Wright's place, beyond Sev
enth and Market streets, Thursday
afternoon. The straw spread under
the vines to protect the berries from
the soil was set on fire, and several
acres of vines laden with well developed
fruit were completely destroyed. It is
almost impossible toraccurately esti
mate the damage, owing to the stage
of the crop development.
A Splendid Opportunity.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment offering for sale the plant of the
Industrial Manufacturing Company,
Located at the head of deep water navi
gation on the Cape Fear river, with 22
feet Of water to the ocean, and with
railroads running North, South, East
and West, and in the centre of the
trucking region of North Carolina and
South Carolina, this factory has ad
vantages enjoyed by no similar estab
lishment in the South. The property
will be sold at a price that guarantees
large profits on the investment.
Call at or address the Star Office.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
The following receipts of cotton and
naval stores for the week were posted
at the Produce Exchange yestereday :
Waek in 1899 ending . yesterday
Cotton 105 bales; spirits turpentine,
137 casks; rosin, 2,905 barrels; tar, 994
crude turpentine 48 barrels.
Corresponding week last year Cot
ton, 2,032 bales, spirits turpentine, 246
casks; rosin, 11,286 barrels; tar, 1,811
barrels; crude turpentine, 83 barrels.
Onslow County Prisoner.
Sheriff F. W. Harvey, of Onslow
county passed through the city yester
day with a prisoner. Willie Arthur
Sandlin, a young white man captured
Friday night at Mount Olive, and
wanted for an assault with a knife
uponL. Or. Akinson, the railroad agent
Verona in Onslow county. Young
Sandlin's offence was committed
about two months ago and his victim,
Mr. Atkinson, was severely cut about
the breast. A preliminary hearing was
had at the time "and Sandlin was bound'
over to the Criminal Court, but pond
ing arrangements for bail, he escaped
from the officer in charge and was
seen no more by Onslow authorities
until Friday night.
bneriit Marvey with nis prisoner
left for Jacksonville yesterday after
noon. ;
Mr. W. R. Terry, of Pender
county, requests the Star to explain
that he was in no way connected with
the Howard-Terry episode published
in the papers this week. It was W.R.
Terry, of Charlotte, and not W. R.
Terry, of Fender county, who was
implicated in the affair.
, In New York Friday Charles
ton strawberries sold at 25 to 50 cents
per quart: Florida fancy varieties, 32
to 38; North Carolina asparagus $2.00
to $5.00 per dozen bunches; beets,
$3.00 to $9.00 per 100 bunches; North
Carolina lettuce, $l.(K) to $2.50 per
basket.
Star
ALLEGED "EXILES"
WILL BE EXAMINED.
Testimony of Melton, Henderson, Bryant,
Howe and Others Who Left Wilming
ton Will be Heard in Raleigh.
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, the contestee
in the Congressional election case, re
ceived notice yesterday morning that
depositions in behalf of the contestant,
Oliver H. DockeryL will be taken at
the United States Court house in Ra
leigh, before E. J. Best, a Notary Pub
lic, beginning at 10 o clock A. so., on
Wednesday, April j 19th, and continu
ing from day to day if necessary.
The following witnesses are named
for examination: W. E. Henderson,
of Indianapolis, lad. ; John R, Melton
and L. H." Bryant, Magnolia, N. C. ;
W. J. Harriss andR. B. Russell. Ra
leigh, N. C. ; J. T. Howe, Washington,
D. J. ; ''Manager of the Caucasian,"
Raleigh, N. C. "
The notice is signed, for Oliver H.
Dookery, by Claudius Donkery, Esq.,
his attorney. I
All the wituesses with the exception
of the "manager of the Caucasian"
are well knownto Wilmington people.
W. E. Henaerson, is a negro lawyer
who left this city duriaj the trjuble
in First Ward, several days after last
election. He is said
some very incendiary
to have made
speeches prior
to the election and was an intimate
friend of Manly, of Record fame.
Jno. R. Melton, former Chief of
Police of Wilmington, who resigned
his position about the middle of
November last, is late of Washington,
-D. C, where he, icnmediately alter
his resignation, went with R. H.
Bunting, but subsequently returned
to Magnolia', a station on the W. & W.
railroad nearly ! midway between
Goldsbbro and Wilmington.
L. H. Bryant,! of Magnolia, wa3,
prior to JNovemoer I2tn last, city
superintendent of streets in Wilming
ton, but resigned his position and re
moved to Magnolia.
W. J. Harriss was for some time
standard keeper of the city and county-
under the Republican administration,
R. B. Russell, colored, was late edi
tor of the Maxton Blade, a Republican
paper which subsequently was removed
to Raleigh, and is now being published
there under the name of the Raleigh
Blade.
John T. Howe, colored, was "trav
elling agent" for Manly's Record prior
to its destruction by outraged citi
zens several days after the election
He now holds a similar position with
the same paper since its publication
has been resumedatWashington,D. G
The seventh witness, tho manager
of Butler's paper, seems to be an un
known quantitv, as his name does not
appear from that publication.
Mr. Bellamy also received notice
yesterday that testimony in rebuttal
of that already offered by him will be
heard at LilesvillT, Anson county, on
Wednesday, April 19th, before J. W
Steeri, N. P. The list of witnesses
contains the names of a number of
those already examined - in behalf of
contestant, among them being J. P.
Matheson, Republican postmaster at
Wadesboro. Among the number also
appear the names of Capt. J. C. Mc
Laughlin, clerk of the Superior Court,
and R. P. Reinhardt, manager of the
State farm near Wadesboro. Claudius
Dockery, Esq., is named as the attor
ney. . !
Dockerv's time for the taking of
depositions in rebuttal expires Mon
day, April 24th. ;
ROBESON COUNTY.
Small Fire at Lumberton Murderers of
C. B. McBryde to be Tried This Week.
Star Correspondence.
Lumberton. Ni C. April 15. This
morninsr about 2:30 o'clock fire was
discovered in an unoccupied dwelling
church. Before the fire department
could arrest the flames the dwelling
and church buildings were both con
sumed. During the past two weeks a
nrotracted'meeting has been in pro
gress in the church which was burned.
There is a difference of opinion as to
the oriffin of the hre.
The two negroes who muraerea
Mr. C. B. McBryde, in this county,
earlv this year, were brought here yes-
terdav from Norfolk. Va.. where they
were arrested. The Criminal Court
convenes here next Monday, during
which term they will perhaps be tried
for their lives. They made a confes
sion, but stated the killing was in, self
defence.
By his untimely and ill ad-
vised visit to the islands of Jamaica
at a period when its people are agit-
atin? annexation to this country
Secretary Algerfhas given new proof
of his' utter unfitness for a position
in the Cabinet of the United btates.
Even if unofficial, the visit may give
the Jamaicans a mistaken impression
as to the attitude of our people and
government. A immimum amount oi
common sense would dictate to
a member of the administration that
in existing circumstances he should
not touch at J amaica. J-ew torn
Herald, Ind.
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LAKE CITY LYNCHING TRIAL.
A Great Mass of Testimony The Defence
Devoted to Proving Alibis for the
Various Prisoners.
By TBlegraph to the Mornlnn Btar.
Charleston, April 15. A great
mass of testimony was given to the
jury in the Lake ditv case here to-dav.
The defence devoted itself to proving
alibis for various prisoners and inci-
aentany to breaking down the charac
ter of Joseph P. Newham. the de
fendant who turned State's evidence.
and whose testimony is the central
feature of the government's case.
Witnesses were called to reinforce
the claim already made that McKnight
was at his borne on the night of the
lynching. Three witnesses testified to
tV i fact to-day. The alibi set up for
?igers lis to tne enect mat ne was
Jng near his home when Baker was
killed, and that for Martin Ward is to
the effect that he was at the house of
a neighbor named Collins, nursing the
latter's sick wife. Three witnesses
testified to each of these statements.
During the cross examination the
counsel for the prosecution brought
to iignt more tnan one inconsistency
in the testimony of witnesses for the
defence. A man named Whitlock,
for instance, swore one minute that
he was on good terms with Newham,
and the next that he would not speak
to him in the road or believe him on
oath. Siuls, who swore he slept with
Rodgers the night of the lynching,
admitted, that he had never stayed a
night at the man's house, before or
since. He could not "explain why
Rodgersjleft his wife and his own
room to sleep ; with him, and he did
not recall the fact that the night was
bitterly cold notwithstanding the cir
cumstances that he fished until after
mid-night. These are fair samples of
the evidence -given on the cross-examination.
The case is not nearly
concluded yet; all of next week will
probably be required to finish it
A SCHEME OF THE
EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
To Seize Chinese Territory and Place a
German King On Chinese Soil.
Prince Henry the Man.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Victoria, B. C, April 15. Accord
ing to the Pekin and Tie-Tsin Times,
copies of which were received here
by the steamer Glongle, it is generally
believed among the foreign element
at Pekihi that the seizure of Kiao
Chou in November, , 1898, by Ger
many, was a . first step towards the
realization of a scheme of Kaiser
Wilhelm to place a German king on
Chinese soil.
Prince Henry, brother of the Em
peror, who is in tne urient in charge
of the Asiatic squadron,, it is alleged,
will be king and the Uhinese province
of Shant Tung his kingdom. The oc
cupation of the interior of the
province, it is pointed out, is a
direct move towards the establish
ment of German sovereignty over the
whole of the 65,000 square miles of
Shan Tung, instead of the 400 square
miles around Kiao Chou, which was
taken out of the Chinese domain by
Admiral von Diedrichs after the na
tive mob had killed missionaries
Neisee, Hennie and Zeigler.
rsaron von ileiking, the tterman
minister, has gone to Kiao Chou to
consult with Prince. Henry. Chinese
military officials in Shan Tung have
asked permission from the Pekln gov
ernment to proceed against the Ger
man force of occupation,
According to the Japanese papers.
there is grave apprehension in British
German diplomatic circles regarding
the situation in China, which is
heightened by the fact that Russia is
again making overtures for control of
affairs in Corea. In consequence of
recent developments the leave granted
sir Claude McDonald. .British ambassa
dor, has been withdrawn and he will
remain at the Uhinese capital.
MORTGAGES IN CUBA.
An Extension of Another Year Will be
-Allowed on Debts Secured
on
Ground Rents.
By Telegraph to the MornInK Star.
Washington, April 13,-r-Mortgage
obligations in Cuba will be further
extended for another year. The ex
tension, however, will be limited to
debts secured by mortgage on ground
rents. I The representatives of the
Cuban ! cabinet council, who have
been here for some days, have had
several conferences with the officials
on the subject of general credit "ex
tension, during which they have
argued the adoption of a plan which
had received the sanction of the coun
cil extending mortgage obligations for
periods: ranging up to six years. They
also desired that debtors be relieved en
tirely from the payment of interest
pending final liquidation.- This propo
sition received the disapproval of
the officials, who promptly - stated
that they could not apply a principle
which was distinctly contrary to com
mon justice, and it was suggested to
the Cubans that their course would
speedily and permanently injure the
credit of the island. In assuming con
trol of ! the islands the United States,
they were told, had declared its pur
pose not to impair existing obligations,
and to assent to the repudiation of any
debt, interest or otherwise, would be in
direct contravention of that declara
tion. As to limiting the extension to
one year, it was said that the United
States would not undertate to exercise
any control over the affairs of the
island beyond the period of its occu
pancy,; but if at the end of the year a
further extension for a limited time
seemed necessary and the United
States still held control of the island,
it might be granted, but no obligation
would sow be assumed for a longer
period than one year.
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD.
When Completed It Will be Possible to Go
Around the World in 33 Days.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
London, April 15. The Russian
Minister of Railroads, it is announced
in a special dispatch from Sc. Peters
burg, says that when the trans-Siberian
railroad is completed it will be
possible to go around the world in
thirty-three days, as follows: Bremen
to St Petersburg, one and one-half
days; St Petersburg to Vladivostock,
ten days; Vladivostock to-Ban Fran
cisco, by steamer, ten days; San Fran
cisco to New York, four and a half
days; New York to Bremen, seven
days. p.
SAMOA QUESTION
V.:
VEXES GERMANY.
A Regular Campaign oil Abuse
Opened Against Leaders in
Foreign Politics.
THEIR VACILLATING POLICY.
Yielded Too Much to ''British Insolence
and Yankee Impudence" Unusual
Vigor and Venom of Press Be- '
lieved U. S. Wants Samoa.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Copyrighted 1899 by the Associated Press.
Berlin, April 15. Thq Samoan
question continued to overtop all
others during the week, so much- s
that the interest in the subject has
even seized the masses. Tbe most re
markable feature of the affair is the
united daily onslaught made by the
entire Agrarian, Anti-Semite and part
of the Conservative and National ,
Liberal . press on the cabinet, j&d
especially on th&Minister on Foreign . '
Affairs, Baron von Buelow, who is
charged with following a vacillating
policy and, yielding too much to
"British insolence and Yankee impu-'
dence." . - ' '
A regular campaign of abuse has .
been opened against the leaders in
foreign politics, many of the utterances
being of unusual vigor and venom, for -the
German press conditions. -
To Discredit Yon Buelow.
It is learned on good authority that
the aim of this is to discredit Baron
von Buelow with .the Emperor, thus
force his retirement, and prejudice
public - opinion and the Reichstag
against the United States and thus de
feat the meat inspection bill, which is
considered by the Agarians to be too
favorable to America and too harmful
to German interests. It is added that
Friday's interpellation of the govern
ment in the Reichstag, on the Samoan
question, andjBaron von Buelow's re
ply were intended ai a test
of strength between I ther two
contending parties, as ' Baron
von Buelow, as well as the cabinet,
which is more or less swayed by him,
is considered by the Agrarians to be
distinctly hostile to their interests.
But the great noise of the Agrarian
press and its allies ought not to de
ceive people into the belief that they
represent public opinion. They are .
merely the blatant minority. Neither
the Emperor nor the government have
allowed themselves to be influenced
by these mischief-makers.
The officials of the United States
embassy are?ell satisfied with Baron
von Buelow's speech, which agreed
with his previous statements to. the
United States ambassador, Andrew D.
White, who considers his speech to
have been-moderate and pacific, and .
he so cabled Washington.
The Unanimity Principle.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that both Great' Britain
and the United States" expressed the
hope that the unanimity principle '
would not be carried to an unreason- :
able extent, which might easily frus
trate the whole purpose of the commis
sion and result in a dead lock, it one
power stood out against the others on
every question. Germany gave con
ciliatory assurances. '
German Press Comment. .
The German press comment oi) the
occurrences in Samoa this week
differed remarkably, according to the .
party standpoint of each paper, until
Friday. While the fate of the high
commission was trembling in the bal
ance the comment, naturally, was more
vivid and more bitter.
The Deutsche Zeitung headed a page
editorial with "The Shame of Samoa," .
and condemned the action of the gov
ernment in toto. It declared the cabi
net was wholly devoided of national
sentiment and aspirations, and asked
ironically : "What more do we want? .
The Dreibund has fallen to pieces,
Russia is allied with France, -England
with the United (States, Austria is
secretly allied to France, and Italy is-.-wholly
dependent upon England, with
the possibility of her sliding over to
France, s Add to all this, the brutal
treatment we have been subjected to
by England and the United States,
,by Count Von Thun-Hohenstein (the
Austrian premier), Mr. Maxsie (the
British consul at Apia), Mr. Chambers
(the chief justice of Samoa) and Ad
miral Kautz. Indeed, we ask what
more we want?."
One Agrarian organ spoke of the
"impotent weakness" shown in Samoa
and concluded : ' 'We stand aghast at
the tombstone of German honor."
The more reasonable part of the 'press
also expressed itself most bitterly,
Tho Kreutz, Zeitung, often inspired.
said: "It seems to be settled that we
were too optimistic in judging "from
the declaration of Mr. White (theU. S.
ambassador) that England and Amer
ica had not identified themselves in the
Samoan matter. This, indeed seems
to be the cause not alone in Samoa but
generally in the White House and
Downing street.
Distrust of America.
From inquiries made among leading
members of the Colonial party, the
correspondent of the Associated Press
ascertains that it is their belief the
United States wants .the Samoan
islands and is going to have them. -"
The correspondent here of the Asso
ciated Press has had an interview with
a high foreign office official who bit
terly complained of the "many errone
ous statements floated by the London -press
regarding the Somoa muddle."
lie claimed that in nearly every in
stance these statements were evidently ..
made for the purpose of creating un
friendliness against Germany in the
American press or with the intention
of causing an anti-American feeling
here.
The appointment of the Samoan com
mission and the final acceptance by
Great Britain of the German proposal
as to its scope and methods is hailed
with joy by the entire press, and the
belief is expressed that something like
order and harmony will now be re-established
in the islands, and thus" re-j
move one of the main disturbing fac
tors standing in the way of an under-i.
standing between the three countries.
FIRE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. ".
Business Houses Burned Loss Nearly a
Million Nine Persons Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Cleveland, O.. April 15. Almost
half the block of business houses sur
rounded by Lake, Bank, Academy and
St. Clair streets, was wiped out, by
fire this afternoon, the damage done
amounting to nearly a million dollars.
Nine persons were injured but none
was fatallv hurt ;
- The fire started in the rear of the
second floor -of Comey & Johnson's
factory and in a few minutes the whole
building was ablaze, the three hundred
girls and women employed getting
out by means of the fire-escapes. The
flames then spread to the other blocks
damaged. Nearly the entire fire de
partment was at work and the task of
stopping the march of the flames was
not a light one.