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U80R TROUBLES VVBUSHtO AT WlLMlHGtON. n C tl.UO A YEAR. IN ADVANQL. Property Valued at $250,000 De- : SSSSSSS38S8S88SSS I an ujru ujr uuiuu iTiiucra auu SSS8T8888888SS8SS. NO. 28 ; Their Sympathizers. w m, yiVAAA, VVlJMlJNlriUJN, JN. U.r J?KJ , , ! i - ' i ;8S8S8S3S8SSSSSS 88SSSSSS3SSSSSSSS 8S88888828288S88S S88888S88S88S8888 82S8SS822SS8S888S onoet-eDOMnnieeoieM 8888889888888388 o (-'000 O JJ g g g U 3s s j s er ntered at the Post Office at Hmtgton, N. C.,' as Second Class MaMer.1 SUBSCRIPTIONS ICE.. The nbacription price of toe "Wo-.-ly Star is as iollowa: ; single Copy 1 year, postage paid..... ,,11 CO 'f months " " 0 " " 8 months " tO A RECORD BREAKER. Last year was a record breaker both ia the- large volume of oar ex ports, and in the small volume of our imports as compared with the exports. ' Our total exports, accord ing to the statements of the Treas ury Department, reach a value of $1,210,291,913, , compared with 016,019,094 of imports, wbichis a gratifying exhibit both ways, mak Tng a difference in our favor of $594, ,242,259 against $2SS277,2S1 for 1897. . '' Classfied, agricultural- product lead the list with a total valuation of $858,507,942 against other prod ucts the value of which reached about $350,000,000. f The unusually large exports of agricultural ! prod ucts are the result of the short food stuff cr.opa ontho other side of the Atlantic, which necessitated draw ing upon this country to make up the shortage; which must always be"the case when there are crop fail-" ures on the otherside. Fortunately for us we were blessed with abund autcxop3 which enabled us to sup ply the foreign demand without stinting ourselves or putting prices up to uncomfortable figures for home consumers. . . While there is cause for congrat ulation on this large .volume of ex ports as a whole,, if theretfs cause for any-special congratulation it is on the increase in our exports of - manufactures, which now , form something over 25 per cent, of the total. The largo volume of agri cultural exports was largely due i to .accident, if such a word may be used in connection with crop dis asters, and the hungry" had to. be largely fed with food stuffs" raised in this country. Of course we can not expect such conditions to con tinue, and -therefore cannot expect a continuance of such large foreign draws on our food supplies. It is even somewhat probable that our food stuff growers may in the near future find formidable competitors in the food stuff growers in the new territory thrown open to cultivation by the trans-Siberian railway, which is being rapidly populated and brought "under the plow. ' Some idea of the rapidity with which this, is being done may be formed from the statement that the -Russian Government has given or ders for the practical reconstruction of that portion of the road already completed, about 3,000 miles, where heavier rails are to take the place of the light rails laid, and" stronger bridges in the place of the lighter ones constructed, the reason being the large increase in the traffic on that road, which has ' exceeded all . calculations. It is said that it will - cost $80,000,000 to make the changes contemplated. The Eussian Government has gone v about this business in earnest, and not only gives each family a stated number of acres, in proportion to the number in the family, but fur nishes free transportation, advances loans to buy stock and farm imple ments, and supplies necessary to get Tnstart, then gives cheap transports tion to market, and lets the people pay back in .easy instalments the r money advanced. Under' these circumstances it is not surprising that this now . coun try is being rapidly developed and populated when Russia has such a large population to draw from. It is said that the southern .portion of this vast region very much resem bles both topographically and in the character of soil the country east of our Rocky Mountains, being level, so much so that in the grading of the roads there were stretches ' of hundreds of miles where the cutting didn't reach three feet, whilo in places the road is as straight as an arrow for a distance of from fifty to eighty miles, whick could be said of very few if of any roads in this country, . . With a reasonably good climate all this means almost unbounded possibilities for this virgin territory, which will be, and at no distant day, the most formidable competitor of the American food stuff producer and to some extent the competitor or the American cotton grower. But the American cotton . grower can look upon this with a great dea more equanimity than the food stuff . : : ' . : 1 mm ; . . grower can, for ho is jn a better position to take care of himself and stand that kind of competition. The American wheat and . corn grower cannot manufacture hia wheat and corn. He must sell them in the form in which they grow; but the Southern cotton grower can manu facture his cotton and thus add im mensely to its value, ajadthat'ewhat the South will ultimately do, manu facture the cotton she raises and put it on the market in the shape of fabrics instead of lint, as she now does most of the crop , she grows, so that the cotton gowers of the Si berian region must to become suc cessful competitors not only grow cotton but manufacture it. But the American-food-crop pro ducers are not entirely-without-hope even if the new territory we speak of should become a formidable com petitor, for although they might suffer some from this for some time every year adds to the number of home consumers, and it will not be many years before the-home mar ket will take all that - our farmers jnay raise, and in . the meantime they will diversify their crops more and raise things that will pay them as well or better than the staple crops they have been in the habit of raising. While they are doing that "the statesmen should help them by cultivating policies that will open new markets for our farm products on this side of the . 'ocean, where they will have little competition to contend against. THE NEWS FROM MANILA. The news from Manila comes with a feeling of relief to the .American people who will be heartily glad to see the. curtain drop on ' the shock ing tragedy in Luzon. There never was any doubt from the beginning that our troops would be ultimately victorious, for everywhere they met the enemy they showed their irre sistible prowess, and nowhere did the Filipinos show the stamina to stand long before the disciplined, resolute, ..valorous, danger-despising men who pursued them. With them it was fight and fall back; with our men advance and attack, where he jungle, rock and river made the Filipinos think attack was impossi ble, and that's what demoralized them, for they soon began to realize that they fought men who regarded no obstacles and were irresistible and invincible. Under these circumstances it was but a question of time when the end must come. Assuming that the re ports received are substantially cor rect (and there is no reason to doubt themV the end ! is in sight sooner than many thought, and it brings with" it a feeling of relief at the clos ing of a drama in which the masses of the American people had but lit- le heart, and in which they had ess pride. Of course they are proud of the valor shown by our soldiers, but the heart does not throb with enthusiasm over the achievements there as it did over the valor shown in Cuba, where the popular heart was in the cause, and our. soldiers carried the flag of freedom and not the flag of conquest- and dominion. But the end brings , relief, if not so much joyful enthusiasm, for it means the saving of many American lives, and the curtain drawn on this slaughter that has made this a very appalling, horrid war. MAKING IRON AT GREENSBORO. Making iron at Greensboro is now an accomplished fact, the furnace there having made its first run of thirty tons of pig iron a few days ago. This does not seem to Jiave attracted as much attention iri the State as it should, for the reason, perhaps, that it was talked about so long that public expectation had be come disappointed, and to some ex tent lost interest in the enterprise. But it has materialized at last, and as we see it it is something on which not only Greensboro, but the wnole State may.be congratulated. This furnace is simply for the manufacture of pig iron, but if sue cessful, of which there is no reason to doubt, it may be the tnoneer of the manufacture of iron ' and steel on a wider and more extensive -scale. The iron and steel rolliM mills . of ..Birming ham, Ala., were the outgrowth fcf Dig iron furnaces that initiated the irpn movement, and these did not start out .with much better pros pects than this furnace at Greens boro does; But to-day Birmingham is a great iron and steel making center, and a potent . factor in the iron and steel trade of the country We know the fact that twenty- five years ago, before Greensboro had half the transportation facili ties she has now, iron men looked upon that as an advantageous point for the establishment "of extensive iron rolling mills, and that they nlannfld ROmnwhat With that V16W. their plans afterwards failing from circumstances oxer which they had no control. ' - A Dr. Bryan who achieved some reputation in St. Louis as a real estate dealer,r retired with liabilities of $207,000 and $1.75 asseta, . SOUTHERN SHIPYARDS. The Savannah News is endeavor ing to stimulate "an interest ' in and direct joffort ta the establishment of a shipyard at that city concerning which there has been some talk but little result. It points out some of tho advantages that Savannah pre sents and calls attention tothe fact that a company with a capital of $3,000,000 is now seeking a site for a plant on the South Atlantic coast, while Baltimore " and some other cities are endeavoring to secure the location of this plant. There is no doubt that Savannah and a number .of other places on the South Atlantic, which have deep water and good railroad facilities, would be good locations for such plants, because " with the develop ment of the iron andjsteel industries, the - abundance of timber suitable for ship-building, the mild climate making longer working seasons, etc., there is every advantage con ducive to successful operation. In concluding an editorial on this sub- just a few days ago, the News says: 'There is no doubt that there is e-o- iug to be great activity in shipbuilding in this country within a very short time. Indeed there is great activity now in the few shipyards the country has. It is estimated that the orders they have will keep them busy for at least two years. Jtmt the amount of shipbuilding that is being done now is small in comparison with that which will be done ia "the very near future. The country's commerce is growing at an enormous rate, and there are capi talists who think the time has come for the profits of American carrying trade to go into the pockets of Ameri cans. Therefore, it would not be sur prising if the shipbuilding industry in this country should reach proportions that ships sufficient to carry American commerce would be built in American shipyards." It is only a question of jtime when shipbuilding will become one of the established industries in the South, for, like the iron mill and the cotton mill, he shipyard, other things be ing equal, must get near the base of supplies. Last year the copper mines of this country produced 2B4,271 tons of copper, 115,935 tons of which were consumed at home. The told product of the world was 424,126 so that .we produced a little over one half. England ranks the next to this country as a consumer of copper with 106,000 tons against our 116,- 935. A writer telling of the late ex- Senator,Tabpr, who was once very wealthy but died poor, dates hi3 misfortunes from the time he put away his first wife, who stood with him through his early istrugges and poverty, to take to himself a new and. more, stylish wife., T He had to pay for his stylo. TheSavannah News remarks that if Col. Funston, of Kansas, who is making suph a record, for reckless bravery in the Philippines, doesn't "comO home a brigadier the country will be very much surprised." It might have stated it,"a brigadier or a corpse. , Georgia is ahead of North Caro lina in lynchings and is trying to keep up .with her in mineral discov eries. Following close on the big finds of metallic copper in Rswan county, it is claimed that the same kind of stuff ha3 been discovered in Gwinnett county, in that State. A Northern contemporary asks, "Will the South remain civilized?" She will, notwithstanding the efforts of Republican statesmen to put her under savage rule.' v President McKinley has recently been in the hands of a dentist. . But a man who has been in Hanna's hands as long as Mi". McKinley has, can stand almost any amount of yanking around. Chris von der Ahe wants $50,000 damagesfrom the St. Louis Base Ball Club. Now, what base prank has this club been playing on Chris? Mr. Marconi has succeeded in sending telegraphic messages, by his process, from shore to vessels several miles out in the British Channel. H0RSB AND BUQQY STOLEN. Stranger Hired Conveyance Prom OrreH's Stables and Disappeared. On Wpflnfvjrlftv lost, a stranger, ap parently a mechanic, hired a horse and buggy from the stables or Mr. R. O. Orrell. corner Third and Prin cess streets, stating that he wished to drive to Scott's Hill and would return in tho afternoon or at niht. Mr. Orrell felt no hesitancy in hir inw tliA atrancer the eonvevance but was surprised tnat cue norse was not raturned! when he came down Thursday morning. No tidings oi ithr horse or stranger have been received sinca, and Mr. Or rell is now satisfied that he is the vie ti'm nf a nrofessional horse thief. Yesterday one of tne staoie em nlnvaa was sent to Scott's Hill to look into the matter, but as yet he has been unable to hear anything looking Aither to tho capture or tne tuiei or re the hcrse and buggy. In an advertisement in to-day s jstab itr- rimwn advertises that a liberal re- JUtl-a, V-r m. - ? - a m J- ward will be paid for lniormanon leading to the recovery of the stolen property. y. TWO CORNER-STONES Will be Deposited in the Corner stone of the New Ma sonic Temple. BOTH OF HISTORIC INTEREST. One Prom First Masonic Building in Wil mington Laid in- 1S03 The Other Prom the Present Temple Laid . ' in 1841. Among the most interesting articles td be deposited in the corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple when it is laid on May 18th will be v the v corner stones of the two other buildings erect ed by the Masons in this city " during the past century. One will be the corner stone of the building now oc cupied as a residence by Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of the late Thos. W. Brown on Orange street between Front and Second, and the other is that of the old Masonic temple' on Market street between Front and Sec ond.7 -.. The first named building was erect ed in 1803, the corner stone being laid June 12th of that year. This building was used as a rendezvous for . the Masons of Wilmington until 1825 when it was sold to the late Thos. W. Brown by whose heirs it is now owned. Mr. J. T. Munds has just securedr through correspondence, the consent of all the heira for the corner stone to be removed, provided the Masons thoroughly repair the rend which the removal of the stone will cause. This they obligate themselves to do. When this the first Masonic build ing was abandoned in 1825 the Masons purchased a, building on the block bounded by Front, Red Cross, Wal. nut and Second streets. Of this build ing no relic is in existence, it having been destroyed by fire in the .memora ble conflagration which swept over that section of the city a number of years ago. However, some years prior to the destruction of this building the Ma sons sold it, and erected the present Temple, on Market street between Front and Second, which ; they will abandon this Fall for the magnificent new Temple now in couse of construc tion. It is the corner stone of the present Market street Temple, laid in 1841, which will be corner stone No. 2, deposited in the corner stone of the new Temple, to be laid on May 18th next. . The two old corner-stones referred to will be removed from the positions they have for so long occupied in the two now historic Masonic buildings and prepared for their new depository next week. Preparations, for the corner-stone laying ceremonies are being pushed apace so that a public demonstration! of thohighest credit alike to the city and the noble Masonic fraternity will certainly be held. There was an im portant meeting of the joint commit tee on arrangements last night. There is now no doubt that special rates to Wilmington for the occasion will be secured on all the railroads and hundreds of visitors will attend. As previously reported the exercises will be held at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Col. Julian S. Carr will be he orator of the occasion and the ceremonies will be under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. REV. JOHN STANLY THOMAS. Installed Pastor of Topsail Presbyterian Church Thursday Night. Rev. John Stanly Thomas on Thurs day night was installed as pastor of Topsail. Church by Revs. A. McFadyen and A. D. McClure, a committee ap pointed by Wilmington presbytery for this purpose. Bev. Mr. Thomas has recently organized a flourishing Sun day school at that church; which now has about seventy jnembers. The peo ple seem to be much interested in the work there, and the prospects are very encouraging. The acceptance of the pastorate of this church will in no way interfere with Mr. Thomas' duties as missionary of St Andrew's Church, which en gages only three-fourths of his time and in which he has thus- far' been eminently successful. ' - .." Services are conducted as often as is possible at the State convict farm", at the County Home, and in addition to this, he has appointments at Jackson ville, Onslow county, and at Verona. He has recently organized a very promising Sunday school at the latter plaee. Mr. Thomas will occupy -the pulpit at St. Andrew's Church to-morrow night and the public is . cordially in vited to hear him. A Growing Industry. The Star is watching with interest the development of the tobacco indus try in this section. It is growing rap idly. As an evidence of this, a Stab representatiye was informed recently bv Dr. George L. Clark that about 600 acres will be given .to tobacco in the Clarkton neighborhood this year. A tobacco sales warehouse is in order for Wilmington. Who will take hold of this enterprise? . - Unusually Heavy Travel. There is an unusually large influx of travelling men to this city just now. Last night The Orton was taxed to itd utmost capacity, and sev eral- applicants' were turned away; notwithstanding the fact that all available apartments in the old .Pur- cell House were also called into re quisition. A large number , of the visitors : are, truck 'and strawberry buyers, representing dealers in vari ous Northern cities. 'r N. C. SUPREME COURTr The Board of Agricnltnre Case to be Heard ' Tuesday Presentation of Portraits of Justices Iredell and Moore. - - Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, April 29. ArguV ment was heard in the Supreme Court to day on the CherryBurne case, for the office of keeper of the capitoL The case in regard to the Board of Agri culture will be argued Tuesday. The First North Carolina Regiment Band gave to-night one of the finest band concerts ever heard here. This morning,, at the opening of the Supreme Court portraits of James Iredell and Alfred Moore, Justices U. S. Supreme Court, .were presented to the court by tlie North Carolina So ciety of Sons of the Revolution. The speech of presentation was made by Mr. Junius Davis, Wilmington, and responded -to by Chief Justice Faircloth on behalf of the court Mr. .Davis' speech was a very fine one, and will be a. valuable contribution to the historical literature of the State. It will be printed in full by the society. Carolina Cooperage Co. The creditors of the: Carolina Coop erage Co., and their attorneys, Frank lin McNeill, Jno. D. Bellamy, B. G. Empie, E. K. Bryan, Junius Davis and Iredell Meares, Esqs., met yester day morning at the office of Franklin McNeill, Esq., to file their claims against the Cooperage Company and to appoint a trustee for the winding up of the: aifairs.'of the bankrupt institution. Mr. C. Ii. Taylor was named j as the trustee and he will at once take charge of the assets. Of the -company ' and at the proper time make a division among claimants. Iredell Meares, Esq., .presented the claim of J. E. Tyner, ' in whose favor a verdict was recently rendered by the Superior Court, allowing him $2,000 for injuries sustained while in the company's employ. The hearing was before S. H. Mac- Rae, Esq., referee in bankruptcy for this district. Col. Slocomb. of Fay etteville, President of the Carolina Cooperage Company, was present at. the hearing and returned to Fayette- ville in the afternoon. "stAE ELECTION BOARD. - Meets in Raleigh On the First Monday of May. Newsand Observer. The State Board of I Elections' must meet in Raleigh on next Monday, May 1st. Section 6 of the law says: "That the State Board of Elections shall meet in the city of Raleigh on the first Monday in May, 1899, land organize by electing one of their ! number chair man and another secretary." The fol lowing comprise the board: W. B. Pollard, of Forsyth: Cicero H. Johnson (Pop.), of i Sampson; W. G. Lamb, of Martin; R. D. Gilmer, of Haywood; J. D. McNeill, of Cumber land ; Walter H. Neal, of Scotland ; J. A. Franks (Rep.), of Swain. Capt. J. W. Fry Retires. CapL J. W. Fry retired from the office of assistant general manager of the A. and Y. railroad yester day, and will engage -in business in Greensboro. To a Star representa tive CapL Fry said yesterday that he was undecided as to whether he will engage in the banking business or con tinue in the railroad service. He has served as assistant general manager of the A. and T. since it became a part of the A. C. L. system, having been prior to that time general manager while it was operated as the C. F. and Y. V. In whatever business Capt Fry may enter, the Star's very 'best wishes for success1 will follow him Sale of Carolina Cooperage Plant. The plant and other property of the Carolina Cooperage Company, lately adjudged bankrupt by JudgePurnell, was sold at auction yesterday by Mr. C. L. Taylor trustee, and bid in by Col. A. H. Slocumb, of Fayetteville, for Mr. J. W.-Norwood, for tne sum of $2,025.00. Mr. Wilkes Morris was auctioneer and the sale took place on the premises of the company on Nutt street Brooke Empie. )S&a., was the only bidder other than the pur chaser and the amount of hi3 bid was $2,000. The sale was slimly attended, few others than those interested being present It is understood that the" plant will be put in operation early this week. Married Yesterday Afternoon. At St Paul's Episcopal Church yes terday afternoon Mr. Preston Uum ming was united in marriage to Mrs. Johnnie G. Hard wick. It was a quiet marriage, only a few relatives and in timate friends being present Bev. M. A. Barber, the, rector, performed the ceremony, Closed Rather Abruptly. Whiteville News: "The taking of depositions at the Dockery-Bellamy contest closed rather abruptly Friday afternoon. As only) six witnesses were examined out of the nineteen summoned, it would appear that Dockery's representatives were afraid of injuring their own cause by a con tinuation of the farce.'" BASE BALL. Lumber Bridge Team Defeated. Payette , -; ville Military Academy. , " , Special Star Telegram. - ' - Lumber Bridge, N. C., April 29, The Lumber Bridge baseball team de feated the Fayetteville Military ; Acad emy team on a score of seventeen to sixteen, here this afternoon. SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FILIPINOS. Proposals Said to Have Been Loog Under Consideration Filipino Janta's Statement.. By Cable to the Horning Star. . London; -April 29. Members of the ilipino junta made the! statement to The Associated Press correspondent to-day that the peace negotiations be tween the United States authorities at Manila and General Luna were unoffi cial in character. General. Luna, the junta asserts, does' not represent Aguinaldo's government. It is further asserted by the junta that secret ne gotiations between DeanO. Worcester. of the United States Philippine Com mission, and a representative of Agumaldo, have been in progress since before the attack on Malolos. The following conditions, it i3 alleged, were proposed after tne capture of Malolos ! 1 The Americans to issue a proclama tion granting the Filipinos self-government and political, civil and re- lgious rients, similar to those emoved by the people of Canada; the Filipi nos to control international mercan tile relations; Americaus and Filipinos to enjoy equal rights in j the islands; Manila to remain in the possession of the United States until Congress de cides otherwise 'T the American flag to ny oyer the Capitols of the islands and in the most prominent positions along with the Filipinos; the Roman Catholic clergy to be under the same administration as in the United States; Spanish clerical di rection and intervention, to be abol ished ; the status quo of rural property belonging to the religious orders to be maintained, without return to the ante-bellum state of affairs; hospitals and schools formerly administered by the orders to be handed over to the government, the orders to retain only their present town property; the secu- ar clergy to retain their property. J.ne junta asserts that Agumaldo, in view of these proposals, withdrew from Malolos, but that General Otis' proclamation after the occupation of Malolos failed to grant self-government on the proposed lines. This, it is further asserted, caused the hostil ities following the capture of Malolos. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. A Deal Consummated for the Purchase of the! South Carolina end Qeor - gia Railroad. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, S. C, April 29. The deal between the Southern Railway and the South Carolina & Georgia for the purchase of the latter railroad, has been consummated and1 a formal an nouncement is expected to-morrow. Vice President Andrews- and At torney Abney, of the Southern are in Charleston to-day, at a meeting of stockholders of the South Carolina and Georgia. The terms of the purchase were not given out It is understood the Southern will enter into control at once and probably put on a steamship line to the West Indies. JNew xork, April 29.! it was an nounced here to-day that the Southern Railway has leased the property and franchises of the .South Carolina and Georgia railroad, and that property will hereafter be operated as the Char leston division of the Southern Rail way. The -Jurisdiction of the presi dent and vice president of the South ern Kau way is extended over the new property. The South Carolina and tieorgia .Extension railway, wnicn was formerly in the possession of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad, is not included in the lease and i is left to be operated independently, i v The Alabama Railway. New York. April 29. At a meeting of the .board of Directors of tne Ala bama railway to-day new officers were elected, who. in each case, at present also occupy similar positions in the Southern Kail way. ' . President James Lieiper, (j-eneral Manager Samuel Hunt and Secretary and Treasurer J. I. (Jollier, resigned, and the following officers were elected : President Samuel Spencer: Vice President A. is. Andrews, Kaleign, N. C. : Second Vice President W. W. Finley, Washington, D. C; Tnird Vice-President and General Manager, i. S. (iannon. Washington, D. U. Secretary. Joshua F. HilL New York; and Treasurer, - JUL. u. Amsley, wasn- mgton, D. U. INTERNATIONAL TEEEQRAPHY The New Cable to Connect Germany and the United States Congratula tory Cablegrams. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Berlin, April 29 Emperor Wil liam has sent the following cable gram to President McKinley: "The Imperial Postmaster General has just informed me that your Ex cellency has kindly given your con sent to the landing of a new cable on the shores of the United States. This welcome news will create unanimous satisfaction and joy throughout the German empire, and 1 ! thank your Excellency most heartily for it May the new cable unite our two great na tions more closelv and help to pro mote peace, prosperity and good will among their, people." 1. President McKinley replied as fol lows: I "I bave received with pleasure your Maiestv's telegram regarding the join ing of the two continents by a direct cable. It afforded me genuine gratin- cation to give consent to the landing of this new cable on the snores of the United States, and more so as I saw therein an opportunity to further the high mission of international telegra phy in drawing closer the distant na tions and bringing their people into more intimate association in the in terest of their mutual advantage, good will and amity. That the new cable will prove an additional bond between the two countries is my fervent wish and hope." I According to the Brussels correspon dent of the London Daily Mail, the Belgian royal yacht is preparing for a three months cruise, in the course of which King Leopold will visit the united states.! Owing to an inrush of water in a gold mine near Troizk, Russia, a shaft m which ninety-five men were at work collapsed. -Sixty-two of the miners were killed and nearly : all of the re mainder were seriously injured. , - AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 1 - Officials Qralifiedat the Tone of Otis' Reply to the Filipino Delegation. Telegrams from Gen. Otis. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, April 29. War De partment officials are very much grati- hed with the tone of the reply of Gen eral Otis to the Filipino delegation. It is considered as comporting with the dignity of the United States. It would not bei possible forthoUnited States tO reCOimizA thA A-riotAnm nt Vio Filipino congress or a Filipino , gov ernment. j.i is oeiieved tnat -when General Otis' reply is communicated to the Filipino commanders, that they will ask another conference, with the expectation nf I) terms of peace. - j.i is saia at tne w ar Department that it is not likely that any further concessions than that of general am nesty will be made. Peace and free dom, it is believed, will appeal more StrOnerlv to the FiUninn armv Vion any argument Aguinaldo and his offi- 1 il Wk . Deuei oi tne officials at the War De partment that anv furthA hnatilitiAa on a large scale are not probable. i I Cablegrams from Otisk The f olio win f cabletrram wasi re ceived to-day from General Otis: uonierence with- .insurgent repre sentatives terminated this morning. They request 'cessation of hostilities for three weeks to unable them to call their Congress to decide' whether to continue the prosecution of the war or tropose terms or peace. Proposition eclined and full amnesty promised on surrender. Believe insurgents tired of the war, but seek to secure terms of peace through what they de nominate tneir representative Uon- gress. The congratulations of his Excellency, the President for which all will be grateful, will be conveyed as directed." ! STATE LINE TROUBLE, i A Dozen Deputy Marshals from Tennessee In Jail at Murphy, N. C. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Knoxville,; - Tenn., April 29. Deputy Marshal Anderson, of this city, and eleven deputies are in jail at Murphy j N. C on the charge of criminal trespass. Anderson went to the mountain section a few days ago to serve a writ of possession on par ties occupying the tract of land, the ownership of ; which was settled by United States Judge Clarke's decision a few days ago, determining the loca tion of tne Tennessee and North Caro lina State line. The occupants re fused to yield, ; and after being ejected from the premises secured North Car olina warrants for the posse for crim inal trespass. The matter has been reported to the department at Wash ington. ! . M'KINLEY IN NEW VORK. Will Probably Return to . Washington On Monday Morning. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York April 29. President McKinley spent the day quietly, ad hering to his announced purpose that his visit to thia city should be a plea sure, not a business Itrip. He will, ac cording to present arrangements, re - turn to Washington on Monday morn ing. It is quite probable that he will remain in the capital only a few days, for he contemplates taking another short trip, although his plans in this regard are not fully matured. It is understood that the President expressed entire satisfaction with the events in the Philippines as reported to him to-day through dispatches from (General Otis and the Associated Press. FOUNDERED AT SEA. Steamer Kanawha', from New York for Bermuda Crew Saved. By Cable to the Morning Btar. San Juan, Porto Rioo, April 29. The steamship Kanawha, of New York, Captain Evans, which left New port News April 2d, with coal for Ber muda, sprung aleak, broke her rudder, and foundered 150 miles from Ber muda on April 6th. Her officers and crew, fourteen men in all, took to tne life boats, leaving all their effects on board the steamer. They were res cued by the American brig Atlanta, Captain Darling, bound from Phila delphia for San Juan with coal. Be fore being picked up the men from the Kanawha; sultered greatly from hunger andlthrist KIRKSYILLE TORNADO. The Total Killed Numbers Thirty-one. Many of the Injured Dying. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. KiresvUjLE,! Mo., April 29. The corrected list of those killed in the tor nado of Thursday night places the number to-night officially at thirty- rm H mir ara missinc. accoramg to the corrected list of the bureau of in formation. Eight of the injured are. j . 1 J i V .1 . i I inougni to oe uying lu-iugm,, miu twenty-one new names nave oeen added to the 'list of badly injured. The total number of seriously injured is 105. i . - Practical Education "Emily is taking special lessons in French. Uncle Jim has promised to take her to the Exposition " "What short or special lessons?" "Oh, the names of all shorts of things to eat and drink." Cleveland riam Dealer. - Rosebuds Bnddine wo manhood! What glorious possibil ities! Wnat half hidden dangers! What a time for tender sympathy! At puberty nature generally makes some attempt to establish physical regularities, but when nature fails to assert itself, develop. ments result which injure the health and impair the constitution of the maiden. The timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator, the standard remedy for all weaknesses and; irregularitiea peculiar ta women, is what retarded nature needs is all such cases. Souroy dmsrjrtsta for xx. Books for women free. THE BRADHELD REGULATOR CO, - AThAfflMu OA- NON-UNION MEN DRIVEN OUT. One Man killed and Another Badly Wound ed Mill and Other Buildings Blown - Up by an Armed Mob The" Cause of the Trouble. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Wardner, Idaho. April 29. Ward- ner, to-day, has been the scene of the V worst riots since the deadly labor war of 1892. One man is dead, another ia thought to be mortally wounded, and - property valued at $250,000 has been destroyed by giant powder and fire. - The damage was done by Union miners and sympathizers from Canyon Creek, about twenty miles from Wardner. This morning a mob of from 800 to -1,000 men, all of them armed and many of them masked, seized a train at Burke, the head of Canyon Creek. There were nine box cars and a pas senger . coach and they were black with the mob. The visitors brought with them 8,000 pounds of giant . powder. ' - Armed Masked Men. After a parley of two hours,. 140 masked men armed with Winchester rifles, the Burke men in the lead, and those from Wardner following, started with' yells for the Bun ker Hill and Sullivan mill and other buildings, .a third of a mile from the depot -They sent pick ets ahead, and one of the pickets fired - a shot as a signal that the mill was abandoned. This was misunderstood by the main body of the mob who im agined that non-union miners in the hills had opened fire on them and they began.firing upon their own pick ets. About 1,000 shots were thus ex changed between the rioters and their pickets, and Jack Smith, one of the ' pickets, formerly of British Columbia, and a noted figure in drill contests, was shot dead. Buildings Blown Up. By this time, the strikers had taken possession of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill which they found de serted, the manage having directed his employes not to risk ; their lives by battling with the mob. Powder was called for and . sixty 50 pound boxes were carried from the denot to the mill. The heaviest charge was placed under the brick office building; other charges were placed around the milL Then the- boarding house, a frame structure, was burned. Fuses leading to the charges were lighted, and the strikers, carrying the dead body of the picket, retired to a safe distance. At 2.36 P. M. the first blast went off. It shook Ahe ground for miles, and buildings inT Wardner, two miles away, trembled. At intervals of about sixty seconds four other charges went off, the fifth being the largest, and completely) demolishing the mill. Loss Over.$250,000. 1 The loss to the Bunker Hill & Sulli- ' van Company is estimated at from $250,000 to $300,000. in a few minutes the strikers went back to the station, the whistle was . blown for stragglers, the mob climbed aboard and at 3 o'clock, just three hours after its arrival, the train strated for (Janyon Ureek. During the fusilade from the guns of the mob Jim Chain, a Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine man, was severe- ly shot through the hips. It is re ported that he was carried off by the strikers and that his wound is proba-- bljr fatal. . J.-J. Rogers, a stenograph er in the employe of the company, was shot through the Hp, but his wound is a trivial one. This morning the non-unionminers ' at the Bonker Hill and. Sullivan mine had warning of the coming of the mob and left the mill, and took to the hills. They have not been seen since. Union men working in the Last Chance, left the mine: this' afternoon, presumably to take part in -the riot. j Cause of the Trouble. ' The present strike in the Couer d'Allene mining district began about ten days ago, and is directed princi- Eally against the Bunker Hill and Sul van mine at Wardner, where non- -union men are employed.! The de- v xnands of the miners for increased wages were met by the mine owners, but the-miners' demand that the union be recognized and that non-union men be discharged was refused, and the Last Chance mine closed to-day. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan, however. continued to run with non-union men until to-day, when- they were driven out To-night the Bunker Hill and Sulli van mine is closed indefinitely. With the mill wrecked it is impossible to handle the ore produced at the mines. The Last Cbance mine is like wise closed down. It has been getting power from Bunker Hill mine, and, the destruction of those works will' prevent the Last Chance from work ing for the next three months or until its own compressor is completed. Meanwhile the total working force of the town is laid off. , The wrecking of the mill plant in- volves the livelihood of six hundred men. The Bunker Hill mine, up to the time of the strike, had been work ing 360 men and the mill 90, while the Last Chance altogether employed 150. SPAIN'S TWENTY MILLIONS. Four Warrants for Five Million Dollars Each Drawn on the U. S. Treasury. By Telegraph to the Mernlng Star. : Washington, April 29. At the re quest of the Secretary of State, the Treasury Department to-day drew four diplomatic settlement warrants forfive million dollars each, in dis charge o4he treaty obligations of the United States to Spain. The warrants directed fthe Treasurer of the - United States to pay these several sums to his excellency, Jules Cambon, ambas sador extraordinary and plenipoten tiary of Spain and representative of Spain. The warrants are signed by F. A. Vanderlip, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury : F. J. Tracewell, Comp troller; by C. M. Foree, Chief Clerk, and by Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer, who directed the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York to pay them. It was Mr Vanderlip's in tention to personally deliver the war rants to the Secretary of State this afternoon, and a form of receipt had been prepared; for Mr. Cambon's sig nature, but Mr. Hay left his office . earlier than usual, so that the transfer to the French ambassador was post poned until Monday.- ; A controlling interest in the Birming-; ham, Ala., Waterworks Company has been sold to the American Water-' works and Guarantee Company of Pittsburg. The cost of the building of the plant was $1,400,000 and it con trols at present Birmingham's 5 only two sources of water supply. r ; " I
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