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'ghe miedilxi 'Stoat. A L L I A M H . BERN 4 R D Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, May 6, 1899. THE COLORED PROBLEM. .. The race problem is something that we have with us and will have with us for a long time to come, in one form or another. The real and the only perfect solution is the sep aration of the races, which can not be accomplished speedily and must bo slowly and gradually. .People who deprecate race antagonisms and denounce the white people of the South for the violence that some times results from them are wast ing their strictures, for "these race prejudices are just as" natural as the flash of lightning when two electri cally charged clouds collide. This may be deprecated by the, friend3 of both races, but it is a fact neverthe less and will continue - to be v. fact while one race remains white and the other black. This antagonism may be deprecated, but it can never be entirely removed, and the only Way in which it can be sufficiently diminished for the races to live peaceably, much less harmo niously together i3 for one race to' yield priority to the other and that, of course, must be the intellectually inferior race. This means that when the two race3 are thrown together the black race must acknowledge the superiority of the white race, and not aspire to rule it, for the white race will neither submit to black rule nor consent to joint rule. This may be called prejudice, but what ever it may be called, it is there and will remain there while nature colors skins differently and fills heads with different kinds of brains. . This antagonism is not confined to this country, for we find, it in Africa, the I land of the negro, wherever the'white man gets a foot hold, whatever his nationality ' may be. There is among the British in South Africa less feeling for and tolerance of the negro than there is in any part of the United States, as there is less feeling for and tole rance of the negro in the Northern States than there is in the South, notwithstanding the denunciations that sometimes go out when these race differences result in conflicts of violence. Ex-Senator J. J. In galls, a "Western man, and a Repub lican, ouglit to be a pretty good au thority on . this. . In an article recently written on the race prob lem, suggested by recent exhibitions of violence, he writes as follows: "Deplorable as are the murders and . lynchings of the blacks in. the South, they bring us face to face with the fact that there is no future for the negro in this country except political subjec tion and social ostracism. "History teaches that a superior and , an inferior race cannot exist upon terms of equality under the same gov ernment. The weaker will go- to the wall. The prejudice against the Afri can is stronger, if possible, in the North than in the South. The reason , why the negro is not violently sup pressed in Massachusetts . and New York is because he -is not in the way of the white man. He is not numer ous enough to cause trouble. ""The butchery of Baker and his family at Lake City makes the blood run cold, but no administration would dare appoint a negro postmaster in Boston, and no village in Pennsylva nia or Ohio would submit to negro . domination. There is no town in the North where the neighborhood ofthe negro does not depress rents and de preciate the value of property. This cleavage between the races is com plete. "Booker Washington, one of the ablest of his blood, writes thatthe cure for these desolating conditions is education. This is a patent medicine, . not the prescription of a physician. Fred Douglass, who was great because he had a white father rather than be cause he had a black mother, believed the races would ultimately blend and coalesce and that thus the conflict would disappear." "This impossible remedy would be worse than the disease, for the strong race imparts to the weak only itsTde fects and its vices. "So far as education goes, Mr. Wash in gton knows better than any one else that no colored man in the South: can be educated or made rich enough or respectabe enough to be received by any white man except on the kitchen porch or in the barnyard. "Education intensifies instead of mitigating the difficulties and dangers of the situation. By education the negro is lifted from his own enyiron men into competition with the white race, and in the rivalry he must inevi tably go down. By education he be comes more bitterly -conscious of the injustice of which he is the innocent victim. He .... will even tually insist upon the restoration of the political and civil rights of which he has been deprived. - He will resent the insolence of caste and de mand reparation for the infamies of destiny. -' "Our black Samson is in the hands of the Philistines, but some day the cords upon his -.arms will be as flax that is burned with fire, and with the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, he may slay a thousand men." This, coming from a Republican, is a remarkable exhibition of candor, but it shows that the man who wrote it has a pretty good conception of the questionjie discusses and of the difficulties in the way of its speedy solution. Mr. Ingalls does not have much faith in the education remedy, which he regards as a "quack pre scription." As far as removing "the prejudices he is right, but education on the right lines would do much to remove, the cause of the friction which results in violence. Whether education improves the morals of the negro or not, or diminishes the ani mal instincts, it enables him to pro vide better for himself, improves his surroundings, makes his condition more tolerable, causes him to look for a higher grade of associates, puts him on a higher : plane and thus to some -extent removes him from de- 1 moralizing associates. He might be t I'll ' 1LA 1- nAn11 tn I BLlll VICIOUS, UUli HO hwuiu unto more guard over himself, a keener sense of the consequences of crime and indulge his vicionsness in a less brutal, insane and defiant way. He could do more thinking, and the more thinking the less danger of the perpetration of tho crimes that horrify. - The better and more generally ed ucated they are, too, the sooner they would realize the ' importance of making a race war upon the crimes that intensify race feeling and make the whole race suff er more or less for the insane brutality 'of the worst of the race, and when they did that, made the more brutal in their own race feel that such crimes were. as repulsive and odious to them as to the whites and showed a determination to unite and co-operate with the whites in hunting down the outlawed perpetrators ' of the unforgivable offenco3, and bringing them to speedy punish ment, they will have made a long stride in the direction of removing ihe main causes of violence, and in narrowing the chasm between the races, although they will not, re move the prejudice that is ingrained in both races. ,Let it go out and be understood among the negroes that negroes have no sympathy for nor tolerance of the fiends who perpetrate the out lawed crimes, and there would not from that time be one such crime committed 'to the, ten that have been, and the visiting of swift retri- . bution would be, proportionately less. The races may not live to gether without prejudice., but they can live together without conflict if the race that is the most interested in preventing conflict, and suffers most by it, addresses itself to the, task of removing the main causes of conflict. "SEDITIOUS CIRCULARS." If it be true, as reported by wire yesterday, , that those -circulars alleged to have been sent to the soldiers in the Philippines, criticising the Philippine policy and advising the volunteers not to re-enlist, were a subject of discussion in the Cabi net and pronounced seditious, it was probably a sort of bluff, for we are told that while the senders of these circulars make themselves, amenable to punishment there is no disposi tion at present" to proceed against them, as the presumed author, Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, is hardly "conscious of the gravity of the offence." "We do not know the contents of these circulars, but they are probably not any more severe than the criti cisms that have been indulged in on the floors of both Houses of Con gress, by speakers at scores of pub lic meetings, and by hundreds, of papers in the country which do not approve of the Philippine policy. But the propriety of sending such circulars to the volunteers, coupled with advice not to re-enlist, may very well be questioned whether it be "seditious" or not. But. the probabilities are that the contents of these circulars havf been misrepresented, and it is due to Mr. Atkinson, the alleged author, to say that he asserts they have - be,en, both in "the matter and ' in the number ' sent, that they contained no advice to volun teers not to re-enlist, and that they were simply sent to officers in posi tion to keep our soldiers under proper restraint and prevent them from pillaging and looting and un necessary slaughter. And that is probably about the size of it. But they had better let the "sedk tion" business, alone, for if they pro ceed on that, line they will get Sena tor Hoar, in addition to quite a num ber of other distinguished and hon orable gentlemen of the several polit ical parties who do not approve of the knock-down, run-over and drag out programme in the Philippines. ' NEBRASKA MORTGAGES. Nebraska is Wm. J. Bryan's State. Perhaps this is the reason why the gold, papers 'select it as an illustra tion of the "prosperity" which has struck th$ Western farmers, as shown by the mortgages cancelled as against the mortgages, filed, of which the fol lowing is an example: "The farmers 6f Nebraska filed mortgages for record in 1898 amount ing to $16,000,000, and farm mort gages to the amount of $22,000,000 were paid and cancelled. Old General Prosperity seems to have arrived in Mr. Bryan's State, and he appears to be doing a good business." This reads very well, but it doesn't show so very much after all, for with all the alleged prosperity the farmers of thatState filed $16,000,000 of mortgages last year. As far as cancelling the mortgages goes it simply shows that they paid the balance due on those on file, and took out new ones, as they had been doing years before. The' following table shows the number of mort gages cancelled and filed beginning with 1892: Filed. 1892... $38,847,633 1893....:... 34,601,818 1894........ 31,690,054. 1895........ 25,753,364 1896..:..... 16,474,606 1897........ 15,630,721 1898.;. ..... 21,303,855 Released. $31,912,267 26,178,745 26,438.090 22,648,917 18,213.382 22,215,759 27,498,070 Reference to this list shows a dif ference between the figures for 1898 and those, given in the extract quoted, but the proportion of filed and cancelled is about the same, so the difference is not material. In each of the past three years there were more mortgages cancelled than filed, so that if this help illus tration of prosperity then the pros perity must haveegun three years ago. But where is the real.pros perity when the farmers from year to year are compelled to make such a large aggregate mortgage debt? The inference which the gold or gans intend to have drawn from their remarks and figures is that the farmers of the West are prospering under the present financial system, and that all the clamor that is being made about that is simply without cause and much ado about, nothing, whereas, the fact is that whatever of prosperity has come to the farm ers had been the result of close economy and the higher prices they have received for farm products, in consequence of the European de mand. for them. There is no doubt that they aro in a better condition now than they have .been, but 'this has been in spite of and not in con sequence of our monetary system. With the Qpuntry as well supplied with money as it should be, and as equably distributed as it should be, farm products would have command ed better prices and they would have been able to cancel more mortgages without making o many new ones. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is put ting some of of his money to good use, by donating $1,500,000 to the erection and support of a hospital for women ni New York, and he is doing the sensible thing also in making these donations while he is living to see the money properly applied. Mr. Yerkes, the Chicago street railway boss, was originally a Phila delphia product.. He went to Chicago twelve vears ago with a capital of $10,000, and now after accumulating $13,000,000, ho is sell ing out and eoinsr to live in New York where he can- have some ex citement and enjoy life. " DEATH OP JAILER MILL'S.. Passed Away at Hospital in Baltimore Yesterday Funeral To-morrow. A telegram was received yesterday morning by Dr. F. H. Russell convey ing the sad news of the death of Mr. J. Wesley Millis, which occurred at St. Joseph's hospital, Baltimore, about 8 o'clock A. M. yesterday! Mr. Millis was 49 years j of age and had been in very poor health for sev eral months with a liver disorder. About three weeks ago, accompanied by his physician, Dr. Russell, he went to St. Joseph's, hospital to have an op eration performed, from which he never recovered. A wife and three sons, Messrs. J. Oscar, Geo. W. and Scipio Millis sur vive him, and have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. Mr. Millis is a son of the late J. C. Millis and has been a life-long resident of this city. For a number of years he was constable of Wilmington town ship and at the time of his death was keeper'of the jail. He was an upright citizen and held in the highest esteem by his associates. The remains are expected to arrive on this afternoon's train and the inter ment will be . made to-morrdw. The funeral announcement will be made later. TELEPHONE LINE TO RALEIGH. Deal Consummated by Which Capital City ' and Wilmington May be Connected. The Inter-State Telephone Company has purchased the equipments, rights and franchises of the Elmira Tele phone Company, which runs from Ra leigh to Goldsboro via Selma, Smith field, Dunn, Princeton and Clayton; The purchase is made to eliminate the necessity of constructing a new line from Goldsboro to Raleigh in order to give Wilmington, Raleigh and Golds boro the benefit of an inter-communicative line, as the Inter-State people have been endeavoring to do for some time. Work on the line from Wilmington to Goldshoro is about finished and when completed Wilmington will have telephonic communication with all the points on the circuit and those on branch lines from Raleigh. The Elmira Telephone Company's line has heretofore been operated, by the Bell Company's system. Horse and Baggy Recovered. Capt. R. C. OfaSi, from whom a horse was stolen last week, mention of which was made in the Star of Sunday, received a telegram yester day from Mr. R. J. Cheshire, of Eden ton, stating that the buggy and horse nad been recovered and that upon identification the property would be returned. The telegram did not state whether the thief had been captured, but Capt. Orrell will send to Edenton this morning to identify the property and take such other means for the capture of the swindler as may be deemed necessary. Chief of Police Parmele also re ceived a telegram yesterday from Mr. B. F. Elliot, of Edenton. stating that the horse and buggy advertised had been purchased by him and that he would hold and expect reward. Mrs. Win. Anson Wood Dead. The STaa regrets to announce the death of Mrs. Wm., Anson Wood, mother of Mrs. Chas. H. King, which occurred at the home of her daughter yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. She was in the 83rd year' of her age, had been a resident of this city for the past 20 years, and will be sadly missed by a wide circle of friends by whom she was held in the highest esteem. The funeral will be at 4 o'clock this afternoon from" the residence, No 209 Nun street. Bean the . Kind Yon Haw Always Bought 7 Jitt-zr NEW HANOVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. Appointed Election Poll Holders end Trans- acted Various Routine Business Re cess Until Thursday. The principal business transacted yesserday afternoon by the New Han over County Commissioners was the appointment of poll holders for the Good Roads Bond election to be held to-day, and passing upon various rou tine reports of county officers. Tne meeting was called to order at 2 30 o'clock. Commissioners present were CoL Roger Moore (chairman), Mr. W. F. Alexander, Capt John Barry and Mr. Gabriel Holmes. Regis ter of Deeds Biddle attended as clerk to the Board. There was an informal discussion of the arrangements for the bond elec tion from which it appeared that there has been no registration of voters in Federal Point township and, in all probability no votes will be cast in that township to-day. It appears that Mr. F. D. Kapps was appointed regis- ter, dui ne iouna inai nis store was outside the township and did not at tend to the registration or report the matter to Chairman Moore of the com missioners, so that the announcement of the situation made by Register of Deeds Biddle yesterday was the first the Board knew of . the matter. The poll holders appointed for the election are published in connection with a reference to the election in another column of this i3sue. Dr McMillan's report as County Superintendent of Health was read, showing that 108 patients were treated in the office and 53 visits made to 46 patieuts He reported the county jail in better condition than he ever knew it before and the County Home well kept and wholesome food served. Register of Deeds Biddle, reported 22 marriage licenses sold during April and exhibited a receipt from Treasurer H. McL. Green of $20.90, the amount due the county. Col. John D. Taylo Clerk of the Superor Court, reported $6.00 jury tax collected and $25 for the school fund, being the tax for the incorporation of the Johnson Dry Goods Co. UrJ ,W. A. Willson, Jr.', of the Wilmington National Bank, appeared before the Board and presented an indemnity bond of $250. to be filed as a protection for the county in paying $125 coupons on county bonds, the same having been lost by the bank. The acceptance of the bond and order fory the payment of the amount was de ferred until the next meeting of the Board with the .under standing that county attorney W. B. McKoy will in the meantime pass upon the legality of the proposed adjustment Several aplicants for aid were added tothe list of out-of-door poor. The Board took a recess until Thurs day at noon MRS. MARGARET DARBY. Died at Her Home in This City Yesterday Morning. TS " - rrienas in tnis city will re ceive with regret the announcement of the death of Mrs. Margaret Darby, relict of the late James Darby, which occurred at the family residence, No. 6 Church street, ryesterday morning at 10:45 o'clock. Mrs. Irby was born in Belfast. Ireland, in the year 1823 and was theref ore, 76 years of age. She has been a resident of Wilmington for sixty years and is the old est member of St. Thomas' pro-cathedral, to which she was de voted, attending regularly upon the services when possible. Three daughters, Miss Mary, Miss Maggie, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Moran, of Cronly, and one son, Hon. Thos. Darby, formerly a resident of Florida, but now engaged in the mining business in- Canada, survive her and will be present at the funeral to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The services will be from the resi dence, thence to St Thomas' Church and to Oakdale cemetery, where the interment will be made. THE BOND ELECTION. A Very Small Vote Cast and an Over whelming Defeat. The election yesterday resulted in the overwhelming defeat of the propo sition to issue $50,000 in bonds for the improvement of road in this county outside the city of Wilmington. No other result could have reasonably been expected. Without the negro vote the proposition never had a leg to stand on, and the negroes took' no part in the voting yesterday. But few of the whites who were opposed to the bond issue went to the polls, the Star having mlly explained that a vote not cast was equivalent to a vote against the bonds. The qualified voters last November, when there was a new registration. numbered 5,883 in the county. Of these some had moved away, but there were new registrations,so that the num ber entitled to vote yesterday did not probably 'vary much from that of last November. Taking this as the basis. it would have been necessary for the advocates of the bond issue to poll at least 2,900 votes yesterday to carry the election. The returns, as far as re ceived, are given elsewhere in the Star. How'a Thla! " ; We Offer Ona TTnnHraH TVrfloM T?o. ward for anv ease of nntnirh that an. not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. " ' ' Toledo, O. We. the undonriimAri- Vio-c-a Vkaoti F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe, him perfectly honorable in all business transactions an A flnan. cially able to carry out any obligations uiaue oy meir nrm. W EST CC TRU AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinhan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,. O. Hall's Catarrh Cum is taVA nally, acting directly upon the blood u luuwu sunaces oi the system. Price 75 cents mr hot tin cui-i w. n z uum. uj mi i Family Pills are the best, t. MRS. M. T. DAVIS AND - DAUGHTER DROWNED. In tape Fearittver About 12.30 O'clock This Morning at the Railroad Dock. . , Bodies Not Recovered. A. terrible tragedy occurred about 12 :30 o'clock this- morning at the rail road wharf at the foot of i Red Cross street, resulted in the drowning of Mrs. M. T. Davis, aged about 45 years, and her daughter, Miss Bessie Gilbert, aged22years. , v They reached the city on the W., C. and A. freight train, f rom iChadbourn, that reached the depot at 12:15 A. M., and went to the wharf to hail Mr. M. T. Dvis, their husband and stepfather respectively, who is night watchman for Messrs. Hall & Pearsall, over at Point Peter.' Mr. Davis answered them and crossed the river in a row boat They wanted him tot accompany them home, and before he could do so it was necessary to go back to Point Peter. They decided to row over with him. Mrs. Davis stepped into the boat, followed by her daugh ter, Miss Gilbert, the latter stepping too close to the edge of the boat and Capsizing it. j Mr. Davis has but one arm, but says that for fifteen minutes he man aged to keep them above water, be ing forced finally, as he expressed it, to "kick them loose" from himself. In the meantime, Mate Lawson and Second 'Mate Tolson, of j the Nor we giaa barque Argus, anchored at the cotton compress wharf, jumped over board and by heroic effort rescued Mr. Davis in a half-drowned state. The bodies of the wife and daughter were uowbere to be seen, and had not at a late hour this morning 'been recovered. ! About the same ti"m9 the two sailo,-s went to tne rescue tne accident was discovered by Messrs T. A. Price and H. G. Harriss, watchmen on the railroad freight yard, and by Mr. Geo Grant, freight receiving clerk, who did all in their power to aidjthe rescuers Mr. Grant relieved Watchman Price of his duties while he (Price) went with Mr. Davis to his home at 410j Red Cross street. He was half-crazed with grief, chilled through and ex hausted from his struggles in the water. Mr. Price and his grief stricken companion, however, soon re turned and the latter's condition was pitiable indeed. " In the meantime Mr. Grant notified the police and Dr. Price, jthe coroner, both of whom came at once to the scene of the tragedy, dpt. Furlong of the police in turn notified several of Mr. Davis' relatives, i " He has a brother, Mr. ;A. F. Davis, on Church street, also jfive married daughters. They are Mrs. Eli Chad- wick (Mr. Chadwick being a police man), Mrs. Tom Gilligan, Mrs. Leza Reich and Mrs. Edward Mintz. ' At 3:30 o'clock this morning ar rangements had not yet been made for dragging for the bodies. A New Enterprise. j jot., li. u-. uraay, or tturgaw, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Grady is now organizing the East Carolina Real Estate Agency, the object of which is to sell all classes of city and country real estate on commission. He has heretofore been engaged in this busi ness on a limited scale, but his inten tion now is to greatly enlarge his field of operations, giving speeial attention to desirable farms and timbered land KINSTON'S ELECTION. Democratic Ticket Elected Without Oppo sltion Graded Schools Carried. Special Star Telegram. Kinston, May 2. Inj yesterday's election the entire Democratic ticket for Mayor and Board of Aldermen was elected without opposition. The pro position for graded schools was carried by an overwhelming vote; only six votes being cast against it. Worknii Counterfeiters. j Complaints are made: iu different sections of the city that counterfeit half dollars are being passed on un suspecting victims in more than the usual quantities. The coins, stranse to say, are made of aluminum and are a clever imitation, the bnly percep tible difference being in weight. That the counterfeiters or their agents are systematically plying their nefarious trade in the city is evidenced by the fact that on counting up their money on jaonaay night each of the street ran way conductors found a spurious com among the receipts for the day. They were unable, however, on ac count of the volume of the day's busi ness, tolocatethe swindler. Let the Tax Be Reasonable. The result of the election yesterday shows not only that the taxpayers are opposed to a bond issue, 'but that they are also opposed to an unreasonable road tax There are intimations that the County Commissioners will levy a road tax in excess of the rate that would have been levied if the bonds had been authorized. The Stab does not believe this will be done. TRUCK QUOTATIONS. New York Strawberry Prices Better Yes terday The Receipts Light. . Special Star Telegram. New York, May 3rd--The receiots of strawberries to-day were light. The demand is excellent at from 13 to 15 cents per quart for ordinary. Fancy seedlings are bringing 18 to 20 cents.; Garden peas are selling well at $2 per basket. Cabbage are in good demand at from $3.00 to $3. 50 per j barrel. The weather is fine and the market is in good healthy shape. j J. & G. Xippmann, Wholesale Commission Merchants. 184 Reade street. j wiMbn nature Needs assistance it hut ba hast in mn. der H promptly, but one should re member to use even the most. perfect remedies only when needed. The best and most simnle and iranllA the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by AAV VCUilUTUltt f JJ QJT rUD JOm - - AFFAIRS IN CUBA ARE IMPROVING. !- .' ! Not a Single Case of Yellow Fe- j ver Known to fcxisj in. Havana. DEATH RATE IS DECREASING. Tobacco Exports to New York-4-The Pay ment of Cuban Troops Oen. Gomez. Political Intrigues for Presiden cy of the Cuban Republic. By Cable to tlia Moraine Star. Havana, May 3. The most recent reports regarding the health of Ha vana's population show a graat and continuing improvement, with a death rate only two-thirds of .that! officially recorded for the corresponding period of last year. Not a single case of yel- losr fever is known to exist. The health of the American troops throughout the island is exceptionally good. ' The Havana Herald publishes a sen sational article to-day charging the grossest corruption in the management of the city jail. It asserts; that the prison officials take money from pris oners and then place them at liberty under a pledge to return if j they are ever asked for. As many accused per sons are never brought to trial at all, and as it often happens that the judges have no notion as to who is supposed to be locked up, the jailors find it an easy matter to speculate iu jthis fash ion. '.'.. On the Constancia plantation, near Cienfuegos, Sant Clara ! province, bandits have burned 1,000,000 arrobas of sugarcane. (The arrobal is a Spanr ish weight of twenty five pounds, containing each sixteen ounces.) During the month of Aprfl Havana exported to New York 7,77I tierces of tobacco baled and 18,402,710j cigars. Major Francis S. Dodge, of the pay department, whjo has been selected by the War Department to disburse the $3,000,000 allotted by the government for the payment of the troops of the Cuban army, arrived here to-day. The Future of Cubaj will probably be largely influenced by a woman, who holds a .salon which is visited by the best known men, not only of Havana, but of the (entire isl and. - General Maximo Gomez is constant visitor and a welcome guest of this lady, and dines with her from three to five times a week.: Madame Cespedes, the lady in question, is the widow of the first President of Cuba in the ten years war. It is considered in aavana to be a great honor to be ou Madame Cespedes' visiting list. De cisions reached at Madame CesDedes' salon are far more effective than any J I .m . - uecrees passea Dy tne recentJy defunct i;uDan assemmy. j It is beleived by persons who are in a position to know.Hhat a full under standing has been reached by Madame oespeues ana ueneral Gomez, regard ing Cuba's future and the ifirst rea president of the proposed republic lor an lormer presidents have had omce without power. At 1 one time General Gomez was seriouslv con sidered for the presidency,) but after the action of the assembly in assailing his course, it was considered that his candidacy would probably meet with strong: opposition. The result of con sultations at Madame Cespedes' salon is, ii is assertea, tnat The First President i of Cuba shall be Carlos Cespedes, son oi,ine war president.' The party of irenerai uomez oeiieve tnat it is none too early to beein a movement in ba- half of Carlos Cespedes, as they expect tuau ivmerican occupation or the island will end before next Summer and probably in April, 1900J Carlos Cespedes was a colonel dur ing the war with Spain on the staff of General Garcia and possesses a good record as a soldier. He is wiell educa ted and speaks the English, French and Spanish languages with equal fluency, ne is anoui ioriy year3 or age and un married. THE IDAHO TROUBLE. Sixty of the Rioters Arrested; Since Arrival of Troopsi By Telegraph w ihe Horning star. the ' wardnkr, Idaho, May 3. Sixty rioters, concerned in the disturbance of last Sunday, have been arrested since the arrival this afternoon of Company M. Twentv-fourth infantrv. As soon as the serving of warrants be gan the rioters scrambled over the Mils m frantic efforts to- escape. About sixty were caught and others will be pursued. Only one tried to resist. He was promptly overpowered. The prisoners were marched to- camp, W early all are Italians and Swedes. Forty-nine men of the Fourth cavalry arrived here from Walla Walla to-day. Coroner France has empanelled a jury and the inquest on the- victims of the mob began this afternoon. No more noting is feared until arrests begin on Uanyon Creek. -j EVENFS IN. SAMOA Report That the Rebel Chief Had Accepted An Armistice, j By Cable ttythe Hoftilng Star. Apia, Samoan Islands, j April 27, via Auckland, N. Z , May 3.-Mataafa, the rebel chieftain, has accepted an armistice. i The Germans, however, declined to sign the proclamation. i Washington. Mav 3. Officials at the German embassy, say that up to the close of the office hours to day no recent information had been received of events in Samoa. ' j Fuller reports of affairs leading nn to the armistice are awaited with mnp.h interest, and the hope is confidently expressed that the Mataafa element has decided to submit and await the decision of the joint cojnmjssion now on its way there. Germany, it was stated, was anxious that there should be an end to hostilities.. j FIZSIMMONS-JEFFRIES. Arrangements for the Fight to Take Place at Denver, Colorado. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. -Denver, Col., May 3. Manager Otto C. Flotto, of the Colorado Ath letic Association, says that! the Fitz-simmons- Jeff ries fight willtake place in Denver. He offered m purse of $25,090, and to-day received la dispatch from-ihe principals requesting him to go tosffew York toarranee the details. Why were 26,000 BOTTLES OF ROB ERTS' TASTELESS 25c. CHILL TONIC sold the first year of its birth? Answer: Because it is the BEST AT ANY PRICE, guaranteed to cure, money refunded If it lalls, pleasant to take, 25o per bottle. It is sold and guaranteed by V ROBERT R. BELLAMY, ' mar 24 ly Wholesale ana Retail Druggist. TO MODIFY; CONDITIONS. An Appeal to the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue by a Large Holder of - Jacob's Cigars. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, j May, 3. A large holder of cigarapurchased from Jacobs and Kendig, and! bearing vcounterfeit stamps, made personal application to the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue today to modify conditions con tained in his recent circular letter requiring innocent holders of these cigars to pay the tax before releasing the same from seizure, and this was urged upon the ground that the gov ernment was for quite a period of time aware of the existence of these counterfeit stamps and their use before the guilty parties were arrested and their factories seized. The commissioner said that the relief thus claimed was based upon strong -equitable grounds and) said that ."he would grant it if it was in his power to do so, but the law providing for the forfeiture of these cigars left hyn no course open but that of accepting a compromise which should at least include the pay? ment of the tax by the holders of the cigars. He suggested that these claims appeared to be so strongly grounded in equity, however, i that ft would seem but just and proper that the holders of these cigars should be allowed to file claims for the refund tax they were" rea aire d to pay,! with the view that these claims should be called to the at-' tention of Congress, through the secretary of the treasury, with a full statement of all . the facts, and that such legislation should be recom mended as would authorize the com missioner to refund and pay hack the taxes which should be exacted from these innocent holders of the Jacobs and Kendig cigars. SPANISH CABINET COUNCIL. Large Sum to be Devoted to the Improve ment of Fortifications In the Cana ries Philippine Affairs. . By Cable ta the Morning Star. Madrid, May 3. The cabinet coun cil to day decided to devote 5,000,000 pesetas to improving the fortifications in the Canary islands. Special consideration was given to a dispatch from General Bios, Spain's principal military representative in the Philippines, 'expressing his belief that the Washington government will show a conciliatory attitude regarding Spain's claims to the large sums of money the Americans have confiscated in the Philippines, and the council de cided that the Spanish financial com mission should remain in Manila to deal with the sums to be restored. The Minister j of Finance, Marquis Villaverde, read the budget proposals. PESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. A Son of General ; Sickles to be Secretary of the Legation at Madrid. By Telegraph, to the Morning Star. Washington,' Ma 3. The resi- -denthas appointed Herbert W. Bowen, of New York, minister to Persia. Mr. Bo wen was consul general at Barce lona before the Spanish war broke out. Julius u. Law, now consul at Wind sor, Ont., has been appointed consul general at Barcelona, Spain, to succeed Mr. uowen. ! Mr. Stanton Sickles, of New York, has been appointed secretary of the United States legation at Madrid, and will join Mr. Bellanly Storeratthat place as soon as the legation. is re opened. Mr. Sickles, is a son of Gen eral Daniel Sickles, formerly minister to Spain, and held the same position to wnicn he is now appointed when Mr. Woodford was ministertheir. .mj.uv., V J Jrwv. . . V .4 , has been selected as United State's con sul at Windsor, Ont.,' to succeed Mr. j-iaw. y DESTRUCTIVE PRAIRIE FIRES. Several Lives Lost Live Stock and Other Property Destroyed. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. v Sioux City, Iowa, May 3. Defi nite reports sharw hundreds of thou sands of dollars damage by prairie fires in various parts of South Dakota. In Sanborn county several dozen farmers lost everything. From Jerauld county comes a like story. South. of Armour a large number of farmers were burned out. In Northern Brule and Southern Buffalo counties nearly mree lownsnips were burned over. Nearly three thousand head of live cattle was lost : Damage in these two counties will amount to thousands and it is reported two men lost their lives. Near Castlewood, Mrs. Erick son was burned to death while trying io save norses, j THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Delegates Appointed to Represent United States Sailed Yesterday. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. the New York, May 3. President Seth Low, of Columbia University; Capt, A. T. Mahan, US. N., and Frederick W. HqIIs, the American delegates to the peace conference at The Hae-ue. sailed tp-day on the American liner St. Louis. ; ': Captain Mahan said the main rtnint me American delegation would en I1 a a . .. - F deavor to eet the representatives of tne other nations to acres to wonlrl be to stop privateering, and -exempt merchant vessel not carrying contra- oana oi war irom seizure. As to dis armament, he said that the United States could not be classed with ih European countries which keen mil lions or men under arms m time of peace. RELATIVE TO LYNCHINOsJ Provisions of a Bill to be Introduced In the Georgia Legislature. By Telegrapn to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga.1 May 3. Representa tive Morris will introduce a bill rela tive to lynchings at the next session of the Legislature, f Mr. Morris' bill provides for the trial of the accused within five days after puis arrest, and unon conviction tlia measure provides for a public hanging uyo uava alter. ii uniniie tirnvie nn ml me act is mac ine testimony of the assailant's victim may be taken in pri vate by special commissioner in tw presence of the accused, while the trial is in progress. for iYr Kirtv Year. IttBS. W IN8LOW' SOOTHTN Rvrttp has W m ; ! . peen used lor over fifty vears bv mil lions of mothers for their children wnue teetning, with perfect success. It SOOthes the child. anftAna tho mimo allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedv for DiarrttraA Tt -arill relieve the poor' little sufferer imme diately. ; Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twent-fl abottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wmslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other. . -1 - - SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Kindton Free Press: plPVon uuu.ciB.uiiuiaiojr, ciser auu j -p Cameron captured a moonshine inn in Wake "county, Friday cvSm They cut the still to pieces ' So rests were made. It belonged to to' Farrow Lane. About 800 gallons , beer, 3 gallons of whiskey, and 40 Ions of low wines were spilled on tv, ground. , , Ule Concord Standard: We In that Mr. Henry Murph, who li 1? . Mr. N. M. Barnhardt'sfarm in Nr township, attempted to commit sui,..',i last ; Saturday by drinking acid. As-we hear the case he took li bottle and .went to an out house he did the rash deed. He wiU r0mT living but lunable to speak. Dr jou!! was called in but the deadly dru hi probably got too well on its effects f remedy. He is not expected to recover" Fayetteyille Observer. Mr D N. Newton, a well known farmer r'r Seventy-First,- last year planted quarter of an acre in Sugar cane fn. which yielded him Gfrgallopsof svrUn which he sold for 50 cents per gallon One hundred and twenty dollars i the acre, does this not beat cotton' The syrup is of a very fine qualitv' better, it is said, than the stuff brouohi. here from elsewhere. Mr. Newton i this year increasing the acreage in sugar cane. - Statesville ; Landmark: For some years the Southern Railwuv Comnanv has hpAn mim, ... ' . .....ju.h V dl JOUS articles, such as kegs of whisker crates of eggs, flour, etc , from th.' depot here. Recently Detective lla. . ney, who is in the employ of the Southern, has been quietly at work on the case, and last Saturday mornintr WashJlison, Ben Boyd, Jo. Wilson Lawson Chambers andBurcessvv; ' all colored, were arrested and broueht before Esquires J. W. White and W C.Mills on information furnished by Sam Moore, colored, who turned State s evidence on the gang. Greenville Reflect oj". Friday -afternoon a colored man named RoSS Rouse was drowned at Tingle's seine hole, a few miles below Grifton.- The body was found Saturday morni.. and ioul play being suspected Dm Coroner was notified Coroner Laughinghouse went down to inves tigate but found no evidence of fou! play and the jury returned a verdict that the drowning was accidental It seems that Rouse with .two other parties had gone fishiDg and the dav being warm he concluded to go swim ing. He began diving in the wa.er and after making several plm.s failed to come up again. -Pitt county jail has had another delivery, and Lorenzo Brown, colored, who at the last ternijof court was con victed of rape and sentenced to be hanged on the 9th of June, is at large. Sunday Sheriff Mooring and Deputy Mason were both at their homes in the country. It has been their custom on such days when they were both away to turn over the keys to Policeman Kennedy and leave him in charge of the prisoners. Sunday m or n i n g M r. Kennedy went to the jail to see about giving the inmates their breakfast, when the prisoners stt up a request to be allowed to spend the day outside of the cells in this corridor. Mr. Kennedy hesitated as to the condemned man, when they misrepresented the case to him and told him that they all, including Brown, had been allowed this privi lege. The officer yielded and they were all left in the corridor. About dark that evening when Policeman Kennedy went back to the jail Brown was gone, and a large hole in the north west corner of , the brick wall, about the same place where previous escapts had been made, told the tale. It is be lieved that the prisoners had planned for the condemned man to escape and that they had helped him to cut through the wall and get away. . Notre of the other attempted to oe-x. they were all serving only shon sen tences. . " Proof of the pudding lies iff the eating of it. Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies in the taking of it. COST NOTHING If it fails to cure. 25 cents per bottle if It cures. Sold strictly on Its merits by ROBERT. R. BELLAMY, mar241y Wholesale and Retail Druggist. AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL. Proclamation Setting Forth the Barbar ous Treatment of the Negro in This Country. i$y Teiegrapn to the Morning Star. New York, May 3. The national . . p Afro-American council of tiro " United States has issued a proclamation call ing upon the colored people of this country lo-set apart Friday, June fcnd, as a day of fasting and prayer, and has called upon all colored ministers tOclevOte the SunriRft-hrmr rf thu fdl lowing Sunday, June fourth, to tpe cial exercises, in order that "God, the Father of Mercies, may take our de plorable case in his own liinrls anil that if Vftno-PnutlPl. is tn ha matmt otil iet voa ciimseii repay. " The proclamation invites all ilie 1 s t T-r- . prominent colored clergy of all -de nominations to co operate and con sists of a lengthy setting-forth of th present "indescribable hnrbarous treatment" of the negro in this coun iry. jteierence is made to tne loyally of the negro in foreign wars, and the recent lynchings of colored persons. in the South are denounced in the most strenuous language. EXPOSURE to a sudden climate change produces, cold in the head and catarrh is apt to follow Provided with Elyls Cream Balm you awg. armed against Nasal Catarrh. Druggists sell it 50 cents, or Ely's Brothers, 56 War ren Street, New York, will mail the 50. or 10. trial size. The Balm cures without pain, does not irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irritated and angry surface, relieving immediately the painful inflammation, deanses and cures. Cream Balm quickly cures the cold. t KITCHENER'S ENVOY. . Escort Attacked and Nearly All Killed by toe Sultan of Darfour. 1 By Cable to the Diornlng Star. Cairo, Egypt, May 3. Ibraham- Ali, whom General Lord Kitchener sent upon a mission to Ibraham's un cle, the' Sultan of Darfour, has re- turnea jto vairo. Ibraham All fpunu unon reaching Darfour that his uncle had been dethroned by Ali Dinar. The latter, on the' apoearance of Ibra ham Ali, turned out with his troops and routed the escort of Gen. Kitch ener's envoy, numbering 150, of whom 120 were killed. . General Sehridan was retired as commander of the department of the Lakes to day, by an order issued by the War Department at Washington. The Prairie sailed veaterdav from Leasme Island for Port Ttoval. S. C. She has been assigned to the duty of takinir the navAl militia of the Atlan tic coa&t States to sea on their annual dnlls. r :
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