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? ),LIAM H. BEEN A Editor iid Proarioto-. WILMINGTON. N. C Friday, July 14, 1899. 8ENAT0E EDMUNDS DISCUSSES THE SITUATION. Ex-Senator Edmunds was, when in the Senate, regarded as the ablest man on the Republican side and was taken by his colleagues as an author ity on -constitutional law. He was certainly one of the' best mentally equipped men in that body, never given to display, ! never talking for talk's sake, but always a speaker who commanded the respectful attention of both sides of the chamber, be cause .always a thinker and "always Trior! frnm hia standpoint. Like w&4"" , Senator Hoar, ex-Senator Bout well, ex-Senator Sherman, Senator Mason and others, ho has been a Repub lican ever since the birth of the lle- nnhlicari nartv. but like them he is now a "traitor," a "copperhead," etc., etc., .because ho refuses to en dorse the war for the subjugation of the Philippines. But Mr.j Ed munds believes that there are two sides to this question a right side and a wrong side and that it is not only the privilege but the right of the American people and of every American to investigate that ques tion, to discuss it, and to form opin ions a3 to the right and wrong of it, and as a citizen anxious for the good and honor of his country,, to act upon bis conscientious convictions. He has written an article, which is published in the New York Independent, in which he dispassion ately and logically discusses the sit uation in the Philippines and inci dentally the arrant, rot that is now being indulged in by the supporters nt tli a adminiatratiftn who nrn t.rviri or to put the responsibility for the war upon the . Senators who op posea- me ratmuuuuu ui wie 3 1 1 L ' & L' - il . Paris treaty as a whole, as Post , master General Smith did in his SaTit.ifl.orn T)n.v RTiAAfOr At. Omnlrn. and as Gov Roosevelt more rabidly and offensively did after his conference with the President at Washington a few days ago. The Postmaster General's speech was an elaborate ana specious attempt to apologize while pretending to defend a mon . - . ... . , sponsibility on other shoulders, -ribald denunciation of his fellow citizens, among whom are some of the most honored men in the land, who disapprove of the administra tion's course of "criminal aggres sion." In reply to the assertion that it was the duty of the Senate to ratify the treaty, promptly as Postmaster General Smith asserted in his Omaha speech, and the people -to sup port the policy of the administration (which, by the way, according to Mr. McKinley, has no policy,) without question, Mr. Edmunds says: Bui as we are stronger than most nations, we ought, if we really believe in the great truths on which our Gov ernment is founded, to be scrupulous in the highest degree in our conduct toward every people with whom we have to do. Whether we . have been so is a question it is the bounden duty of every citizen to consider, and if he thinks the officers the DeoDle have elected are mistaken in their policy or wrong in their conduct of affairs he ought tonrav so. and do his best to cor rect the wrong and change or modify the policy. This is the very essence of me political duty of a citizen." The expansionists assume that in -nrm. 4-Via MntWI.. L 1 1 1 ' 11.1 nai we ycuyio must oeBiiem, mat they are the servants arid the ad ministration the master, , that the people must simply furnish the men and the money, the men for slaught er and the money for squandering, in other words that in war the Gov vernment becomes a despotism whoso acts the people must not dis approve, question or discuss. They have not even the pretence that the country is in peril and confronted . bv n TOWArfnl frta tnr in tVi!a noaa J X - , W VliiW bdOO it is a war of Regression on a dis tant and comparatively weak people, who are not fighting to deprive us i.i . i t . . . auytning, dui simply to govern themselves . and to prevent their country from passing under the con' trol of a foreign power.. When they fought bpam for self-rule we com mended and honored them for it, called them patriots, and helped them do it. Mr. Edmunds follows oh this line further and contends that instead of strangling criticism and denying the right of the people to know what is going on and to discuss it, it is the duty of the Government to let the people know what is going on and the reasons for the course it pur sues. fill nr . a ii . xne omcers 01 me government are bound as faithful acents to snve the, fullest information in resvect of their administration and withhold nothing other than what the public safety may require to be kept secret for the time. The importance of this duty in the present unhappy condition of our affairs is very irreat. As one instance. and just now the most urgent one, the people ought to know precisely what took ! place between our authorities i and agents and the rebel forces ana auinorraea in me jcniiip pines before ' the capture of Manila, and what took place after it; what were and have been the instructions - to our forces there; what were and have been all the instructions to the Commissioners sent there, and what was the real reason of their failure to secure peace. According to the re ports of the time, the Philippine peo- Jle were struggling by war to be free rom the Spanish oppression before and at the time our fleet, appeared at Manila, and were our co operating friends until after the fall of that city and had and still haye possession of the principal islands except" a few towns along the coast. . "Had Spain, then, anything to cede to us other than a pretended sover- . eignty that did not exist in fact? j "Under what circumstances did the j friendship and co-operation of the j Filipinos change to one of hostility, j and which still continues? i "While the events of the past can- j not be reversed, the present and the future are in our hands How shall we discharge our responsibilities of justice and just policies? JKirst, let us Know toe wauie iruiu of what has happened, and then per haps the advocates of glory or do minion or trade or civilization ana re ligion advanced by the cannon and the bavonet. and supported by the blood and treasure of our people, can point out to us how'" these are 'the ways of pleasantness and the paths of peace." ,. This bristles with barbed logic. There isn't a bit of passion in it4)ut every interrogation point is a stunner that the men who are fore most in waging this war will not at tempt to answer. They don't want the people to know tne, inside his tory of that treaty; why this Gov ernment (or rather one branch of it) decided to offer Spain .$20,000,000 for territory she had forfeited, terri- tory which our snips ana soiaiers helped the Filipinos whom we are now fighting to drive the Spaniards from. Nor will they answer why our Filipino friends became our ene mies. And yet the people who are called upon to furnish the men and the money to carry on this war on the other side of the earth, have a right to know these thiDgs and should know them. A CLERICAL VIEW OF IT. In a sermon before the Masons of Atlanta last Sunday Bishop Morri son dwelt on some of the charac teristics of this day and generation,- and unfortunately there is too much foundation foriis strictures. Ampng other things he said: It has seemed to me of late that the present is an age of insincerity, an age of falsehood, and the status of society and of our business life will bear me out. ' Thousands of men will not tell the truth unless they . know they can make something by it. The moral de cay of the present age is due to this disregard for the truth. Lies are put up in packages, sent out in barrels, and hung up on hooks. Men are jus tifying themselves with the fact that their acts are common. 'That embalmed beef sent to Cuba is no worse than we get to-day. I be lieve that the large death list in this country, which is daily 'growing greater,, is due directly to the dishonest adulteration of foods which go in the homes of our country. The whole commercial ' world is honeycombed with untruthfulness, and the inordi nate love of money which has taken hold of our people is at the botton of it.- u 'There are men in Atlanta to-day who have been running money so long that while thier wealth is five times as great as formerly, their reputation and their influence for good in the community is more than five times as small as it was before." Whether the world is getting worse or better on general princi ples we do not know, and possibly "he may have overdrawn the picture as to the' status of society, but as to this being an age of fraud he would not have; far to go to find the proof of it. Ghemists in the service of the United States testified before the Pure Food Investigating Com mittee in Chicago some time ago that 90 per cent, of "the prepared articles for food and drink put up in this country are adulterated. many of them withf-injurious and some with absolutely poisonous adulterants. If there be an at tempted defence or excuse for this it is the old stereotyped plea "they all jlo it." They don't all do it, but nearly all .do, for. in the chase for the almighty dollar strict hon esty is seldom able to compete with fraud, and thus the frauds multiply and the demoralization of which Bishop Morrison complains goes on. And yet as a people we are perhaps no worse than peopli of other countries, who do not figure so largely" in the fraud role, be cause their laws are more stringent, they are watched more closely and have -not the opportunities offered in this country to play that game. YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS. A reformatory for youthful crimi nals has been much discussed in this I State, but we are not making 'much progress in that direction. We have object lessons enough, however, to show the necessity of such institu tions. There were several youthful criminals tried at the present term of Wake county Surjerior Court. i x j . ii i inong xne convicted was a negro boy not over 12 years of age, who was tried for stealing a watch. He was sentenced to the road gang for five years, Judge Moore, (who is in favor ofc reformatories) giving the reason fdr the long sentences, as we learn from the Post, that long sen tences are necessary to restrain these young criminals, because there are no reformatories and if given short sentences and turned loose thev would probably go to stealing again, mf and thus it was necessary to keep them in durance a long time to pro tect them from temptation and others from loss. There may be among these youth ful criminals cases which a reforma tory would riot reform, but the State owes it to them and to herself to give tnem at least the opportunity to reform and not become instru mental in making them worse by dooming them to close and continu ous association with hardened crimi nals. ' i' The Best Prescription for Cbllla and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. Never fails to cure: then why experiment with worthless imitations ? Price 50 censt Your money bach if it fails to cure. AMERICAN sfiEP BUILDING 7j The vear from J une 1898 to J une 1899 was one of great activity inour ship yards, the number of sfessels built being 1,4297 witb a tonnage of 320,876 . tons. There isn4 a ship yard in the countrynow which is not busy, while some of them have work enough icontracted for to keep them busy for two or three years. - . . . mm 4 I -4 V i f The British, snip yards omit i,04 vessels witha gross tonnage of 1, 396,116 tons, but Great Britain is the world's ship builder, which this country ought to be. It ought to bo, because this is a day of steel ships, oven the iron ships being discarded for steel. Last year nearly all the large vessels built in Great Britain were of steel, established fact that It is an this country . can more cheaply than produce steel any country in the world, for which reason much of the steel that goes into the British-built ships is supplied by Ameri can steel makers- If we can make steel more cheaply :than it can be made in other countries, and can sell it to English ship builders, since; the better class of vessels are built almost exclusively of steel, why shouldn't American ship builders go under British prices for building? That they can we do not think there is any doubt and that they will we do riot think there is any doubt, either, when our ship builders cease looking for those Government bounties. m Somebody says "it is General Wheeler's ambition to die in battle." This reminds us that some pic turesque story builder gave the pub lic a yarn about the time that the General went to Cuba, that he was a hopeless victim of- dyspepsia, and thought a few Spanish bullets would be a sure cure for it, and therefore he skipped off to get in range of those bullets, and the next thing we knew Joe was shinning up trees with a nimbleness that knocked the stuff nag clear out of that dyspepsia yarn. That Macon, Ga., melon cultiva tor and admirer , of Wm. J. Bryan rather overdid the thing when he sent him a whole car load of waters melons and forgot to pay the freight. As Mr. Bryan was not at home, and Mrs. Bryan was not running the watermelon business in his absence, and she didn't feel competent to the task of tackling a whole car load of melons, she declined to receive them. Peace Commissioner - Schurman had a little talk with the Sultan of the Sulus, who bosses a lot of cannibals, &c, in some of the Philippines, who intimated that as he had received an annuity from Spain, he would like to have that thing kept up. As he runs his business on the Mohamme dan plan and supports a multiplicity of wives he finds use for an annuity, and there may be a racket in Sulu dom if it isn't forthcoming. A Pittsburg bugologist says if one will remain perfectly still, and not move the lip while the "kissing bug" is promenading over it, it will not bite. It gets mad when the lip moves and bites for spite. If this bug authority will supplement this information by telling how a sleeper can keep his or her lip from moving while that bug is prancing over it, he will confer a favor that will doubtless be appre ciated. ' i It seems that it was a mistake about that Georgia melon grower sending Mr. Bryan a whole load of watermelons. He shipped them to Mr. Bryan, with a request to turn them over to somebody who knew something about the true inward ness of a Georgia melon, and could sell them, which he did. - Congressman Ketcham, of New York, who was elected thirteen times and served thirteen terms, made a record that his competitors never could confront him with. He never made a speech. They couldn't catch'm on that. I there was any Klondike boom I in Kentucky the Louisville Courier- Journal knocked the bottom clear out of it by publishing the fact that "licker" is $32 a gallon there, and not heaped up gallons either. The State of New York has a $138,000 damage suit, on hand, brought by a man who was convict ed of burglary, and served two years in the penitentiary when his inno cence was clearly established. The New Jersey "kissing bug" seems to be more vicions than the bug Which has been performing in other States. A little girl in Tren ton died a few days ago from the bite of one. For about the one hundred and thirteenth time Secretary Alger rises to remark, what everybody knows, viz., that he has ho intention of re signing. . says she is 105 years old, and still young. . . - - ' A Bea.1 Bargain.' The East Carolina Real Estate Agen cy offers for fcale a valuable farm near ureenvule, JN. C, with fine dwelling and outbuldings; also a 16-horse now- . 2 J. ft - r er engine, Kin, etc. oee aavertisement in this issue. A. bargain for some one who wants one of the best farms in Eastern North Carolina. f The East Carolina Real Estate Agency is prepared to give prompt andefficient service to all persons wishing to sell farms or town property. Address R G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C RECEIVER'S SALE YESTERDAY Homer J. Clark, Esq , is Winding Up Af fairs of the Old First National Bank of Wilmington. Pursuant to an order of the Circuit : Court of the U. Sj for the Eastern! District, Homer J. Clark, receiver of the first National Bank of Wilming ton, yesterday sold at auction to the highest bidder at the Front street en trance to the postofflce building, a number of tracts of land in Moore and Bladen counties,iri the aggregate about 2,070 acres, and some personalty, all being assets of the said bank. '. The lands and personalty were first sold in detail and bid in? for the most part by Mr. J. A. Blue, fat Aberdeen, the aggregate of bids being $290.50. According to the conditions of the sale the tracts of land and personalty were then sold separately and the ag gregate of the bids amounted to, $364. 50. The principal bidders were Messrs. E. K. Bryan, Sol. Bear, Samuel Bear, Sr., and J. A. Blue, j Another group of the assets was then made and the aggregate of bids amounted to $1,000, Col. P. W. Ker chner being the successful bidder. The lands and personalty were then sold in gross as final and the bidding became lively. The property was at length knocked down to Col. Ker- chner at $1,154.00 The bidders ou Col. Kerchner, the final sale were Messrs. S. P. McNaift Ike Bear, Her bert McClammy, George L. Pescb.au, Sam'l Bear, Sr., E. K. Bryan, and others. . H The lands in Moorej county were di vided into twelve parcels, ranging in size from ten to 640 acres. The lands in Bladen county were divided into two parcels, one of them being the Daniel M. Sutton place on the east side of Cape Fear river. The persbnalty consisted of three judgments, aggregating' in amount about $5,000. The land was advertised free from all encumbrances and hens, tax on same having been paid up to the pres ent year. E. K. Bryan, Esq., was auctioneer of the sale. Mr. Clark says that with possibly one little matter: in Florida this will wind up the affairs of the First Na tional, and he will be able to declare a small dividend in a short time. WHAT IS SAJD ABOUT IT. Newspaper Comment On the Libel Against The Morning Star of Wilmington. Suit In an editorial discussing the libel law, the Newbern Journal says: "An illustration in point just at present oa. this matter is the case of the Wilmington Stab, which has been sued for libel for incorrectly publish ing a man's name in an embezzlement case. "mere Happened to be two men. both having the same initials and both engaged in the same business, and through one of those strange mix ups wnicn wm occur in the best news paper offices the wrong surname was added to the initials and the man thus made defendant in ! the embezzling case was naturally provoked and sues the Star, although the paper in its earliest issue makes : ample and full amends for the error.! "Here is a case in which no malice or ill felling of any kind can be alleg ed, a simple news item is given, and through an error, Which would not occur once in a thousand years, a well known and reputable newspaper is placed in a false light, that of a libell ing sneec. "Nothing so far as heard since, has relieved Editor Bernard from the damage suit, yet he has made a frank ana full confession, and an ample apol ogy for the mistake of his newspaper." The Winston Journal has this to say in reference to the case: "A jury ought not to waste many moments in reaching a conclusion in a case of this character. If a news paper is to be held up for an error in publishing a wrong name which can be conclusively proven, then what? That is a question that editors would puzzle over a good deal "There is a vast difference between an ottence of this kind and one com mitted by these sensational news mongers who have their unreliable correspondents trailing up every whis pered scandal over the State to be published one day under three-line pica blazing head-lines and taking it back next day under small-cap briefs." Sumter Negro Released. J&lias cutler, the colored man ar rested Monday afternoon by police man Guy on a warrant from Sumter, S. C, charging implication in a hotel robbery, was 'released' from custody yesterday at the instance of a telegram from Sheriff B. G. Pierson, of Sum ter county, to policeman Guy which said: "Have seen prosecutor; he says turn Butler loose. No "evidence." Excursion. i Remember Pipkin's Excursion ' to Washington City. " Norfolk or Balti more eiyes you two days in Washing ton uuy or Baltimore. Kemember day and date, Tuesday July 25M899. Train leaves over W. & W. RNJR. Wilmington, N. C, at 8 o'clock sharp. You can get your tickets andstate room any time Dy writing themana ger, j t R. E. Pipkin, Manager, Golds- boro, JN. c ROAD BUILDERS' INSTITUTE. Attendance Larger Than ExpectedChar lotte's Macadam Roads Examined. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charlotte, N. C.; July 13. The attendance at the road builders' insti tute for the two Carolinas has been far larger to-day than was expected. To day the delegatea examined the seventy miles of macadam roads out of Charlotte, built by convict labor, and the opinion was expressed by all that this was the best possible solution of the problem,not only of road building but also of the convict question in the Southern States, this being considered the most humane.healthfui and profit able employment of public prisoners. General Stone, the government road expert, arrives to-morrow morning and will address the convention on practical road building in the South ern States. - If you wish to sell a farm or "city property place it in the hands of the East Carolina Real Estate Agency. R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C f- -f- ft S. REVENUE CUTTER tin; Duty at This Port Again Not Later Than Septem ber First. . ' WILL BE OF THE FIRST CLASS Capt. Clark of the Revenue Serviee Arrived Yesterday His Statement of Situa tion Is Here to Superintend Government Wharf Repairs. - Ajnember of the Stab Staff was told yesterday by Capt. R. M. Clark, of the United StateRevenue Cutter service, that a first class revenue cutter will be assigned and on duty at this port not later than September 1st, and very probably much sooner than that. Algonquin or Onondaga. The government has, Capt Cark says, positively . decided to assign a first-class cutter to Wilmington, and it is reasonably certain that it will be either the Algonquin or the Onon daga. It is barely possible that either the Gresham or Maning may be sent here, but Capt. Clark does not think it at all probable. The Algonquin and Onondaga are sister vessels and are both in Balti more undergoing extensive repairs aud changes. As soon as this work is completed Capt Clark says, the order will be issued for one or the other of them to proceed to Wilmington. Cutters Formerly Here. This coast has been without a reve nue cutter service since the Spanish American war, when the cutter Mor rill, then doing service here, was or dered to Cuban waters, where, under command of Capt. J. R. Smith, she did distinguished service as an auxili ary to the North Atlantic squadron. The Colfax was here just prior to the Morrill. It will be of interest to note in this connection that Capt Clark, in ex amining the old deeds of government property here, ascertained that a reve nue cutter was on duty at this port as far back as 1819. Rebuilding the Wharves. Captain Clark arrived in Wilming ton from his headquarters in Balti more yesterday to superintend the re building of the Government wharves The contract for this work has been let to John H. Howe, colored, and Captain Clark says the work will very probably commence to-day. The old wharves will first be torn away. The timbers to be used for the new wharves will be much the same as those previously used The contract requires that the new wharves shall be completed wiinin ninety aays. tiowever, it is t a a . a highly probable that the work will be finished much sooner than the time limit Captain Clark will not spend the entire time her?, but will come and go as the work may require. He is stop ping at The Orton, and will be here on this trip for about a week. THE EQUALIZATION OF TAX VALUATIONS. Commissioners Heard Complaints and Re duced Numerous Tax Assessments Criminal Court Jurors. The County Commissioners were in session a good portion of yesterday hearing complaints from real estate owners regarding tax assessments and reducing the assessments where they were constrained to believe that the valuation had been placed at too large a ngure by tne assessors, uuite a num ber of property owners appeared and in almost every instance reductions were made by the Board. They will be in session again to-day. the time between 11 and 1 o'clock to be de voted especially to hearing complaints from real estate agents whose clients have grievances in the matter of tax assessments. rue uoard was nrst in session yes terday morning sitting jointly with the chairmen of the township boards of tax assessors as a Board of Equali zation especially for the purpose of receiving the assessors' books for Harnett township. Chairmen of boards of assessors sitting with the commissioners were Capt Jas. Cowan Cape Fear; Mr. J. A. Biddle, Federa Point; Mr. B. S. Mumford, Mason boro, and Mr. C. H. Alexander, Har nett township. xesteroay afternoon the commis sioners drew the following jurors to serve during the August term of New Hanover Circuit Criminal Court: Geo. B. Myers, L. Chapman. Wm Simpson Sol Sternberger, Jr., R. W, TTI-1 IT TT - " T -T TT, jiiuss, u. v. urramger, u. j. Fergus, J. S. Hill, Lafayette Gay, J. M. Fex reida, G. H. Davis, B. H. Scott Ed C. Craft, Lee H. Battle,' Cornelius uoiaen, w. F. Donlan, W. E. Mann, J. H. Mallard. B. C. Moore. E. Hew lett, Jessie D. Price, I. Shrier, Jno. A, Barnes, W. S. Warrock, J. E. A. Gris som, C. F. Joyce, G. H. C. Heyer, J M. Jarrott, G. C. Simmons, E. L Price, D. J. Prease, J. H. Dreher, W. E. Powell. J. D. MacRae. J. J. Mohr. a, u-. worm. The Board also granted a license to Mr. Jno. May land to run a bar and restaurant on Princess street, near the corner of Front. Passed a Derelict. Captain Maheffey, of the schooner Samuel B. Hubbard, which arrived in port yesterday from xNev York, re ported that when about twelve miles northeast of Frying Pan Shoals light ship he passed a capsized schooner. with two masts protruding from the water. There was no sign of life aboard, and it is thought Jby local brokers that she is the ill. fated Edna and Emma, which sailed from this port April 21st and was lost, with all hands on board, when only a short way out Captain Foss, of the schooner Gem, reported a like observation when he. arrived Tuesday. The East Carolina Real Estate Agency will sell for cash, or will ex 1 M l.all .. cnange tor aesiraoie nouse ana lot la Wilmington, a farm of 272 acres. three miles from Rose TTill. Address R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. O. t COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION. " .... I Capt Ed Wilson Manning Re-elected County Superintendent Trustees Appointed and Apportionments Made. ' f . "' ' riant. Kd. Wilson Manning, wno . - . has so acceptably filled the office of County Superintendent of Public In struction for a number of years, was re elected to that position by a nnani- mraia vote at a meetinc of the County Board of Education held yesterday afternoon. : . Maj. Wm. A. Johnson, chairman, and Mr. W. H. Sprunt, a member of the Board, were present; also County Treasurer H. McL. Green and Capt. Manning. - Besides the election of a superin tendent, township trustees were named as follows: I Federal Point Township Henry Taylor, C. T. Bonham, Ben j. Home. Caoe Fear Township. Wax. EL Shearin, J. T. Carr, J. B. Dempsey. Harnett Township C. H. Alexan der. Oscar Pearsall. Giles W. West- brook. - I Masonboro Township D. J. Fergus, D. W. Trask, B. S. Montford. J The apportionment of the school fund was also mane at the meeting yesterday afternoon, the law requiring that the same be made at the first reg ular meeting for the months of January and July. The total amount j of the und this term of six months is $5,442. - 02. Other business transacted yesterday afternoon was of a routtne character and consisted of the auditing; of ac counts and the monthly report of County Treasurer H. McL. Green. TWO MEN KILLED. ! Patal Accident On the A. & N. C. Railroad Near Morehead City, j SpeciallStar Telegram. Beaufort, N. C, July 10. IThe Y of the A. & N. C. R. R., at Morehead City, is located three miles from the depot Last night the passenger train. in backing to it, ran over three cows which were on the track, throwing the parlor car and first and second class coaches off the track. The parlor car turned completely over, killing two men Mr. Harry Mansfield, of New York, and a negro waiter from the At lantic Hotel, Morehead City. Conduc tor Lynch, Mr. Mansfield and the negro were riding on1 the platform of the parlor car when the car struck the cows, and when they saw it was leav ing the track the negro and Mr. Mans field jumped off and were caught un der the car and killed as it turned over. The conductor remained at his post and stepped off uninjured. It is the cus tom for people to take this ride around the Y. Mr. Mansfield was a son of Mr. Mansfield, of the large commission firm of Hines & Mansfield, of New York. He was here visiting his brother, who has a large truck farm near the Y. He was availing himself of this opportunity to reach his home. The' track has been cleared and traffic re sumed. ESCAPED CONVICT SHOT. Cut Two Men in a Drunken Row Near La- Orange, North Carolina. Special Star Telegram. LaGrange, N. C, July 10. Jesse Cox, a white man who escaped from the penitentiary some days ago. was shot near here while resisting arrest late yesterday afternoon. Co went out to a store three miles from here where wine is sold, where he and his brother John became intoxicated, and in a general drunken row cut two men, inflicting serious wounds. Early this morning a company of six men went out from LuGrange to arrest Cox and his brother. The company was led by Mr. Tobe Rouse. A num ber of shots were exchanged and Mr. Rouse was slightly wounded. Jesse Cox had the contents of a double- barrel shot-gun emptied into his body, receiving internal injuries from which he will probably die. His brother is held in custody, awaiting trial. Arrested on Suspicion. . Elias Butler, a young colored man, was arrested Monday afternoon by Policeman M. E. Guy on a warrant from Sumter, S. C, charging him with the robbery of a hotel in that town of a large quantity of jewelry. As the colored excursion train was leaving the S. A. L. passenger depot Monday morning, a gentleman from Sumter pointed out the negro to the police men on duty mere, wno communi cated with Policeman Guy, knowing that he had a warrant for the negro's arrest Policeman Guy arrested the negro near the corner of Seventh and Market streets in the afternoon, placed him in the guard house and imme diately communicated with the Sum ter authorities. . So far no reply has been received, but the negro does not disclaim his identity and says that he has worked at the hotel which was robbed, but is not implicated in any way m tne roDDery. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, i Ltjoas County. 8S- Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will nav the sum of ONE TTTTNTK RHVn DOLLARS for each and every case of uatarrn tnat cannot be cured by the USe OI HALL'S uatarrh cure, i FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me apd subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. ( ) A. W. GLEASON, SEAL. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. oena ior testimonials, Tree. j F. J. CHENEY & CO. .Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c." Hall's Family Pills are the best t The East Carolina Real Estate Agency has excellent facilities for selling farms and-timbered lands. It advertises all property and makes only a nominal charce unless a sale is made. For terms etc., address R. O. urady fie Co., Burgaw, N. C. Read the advertisement of the East uaroiina Keai tfstate Agency in this iRNUA of thtk STAT Tf. nffara tnm ..1. t "J - (VI DCtlQ some very valuable farms. J f . . : GRADED SCHOOL TEACHERS Committees of WHmiigten Township to Aleet Changes by Last Legislature. Superintendent Blair's Re-election Announcement was made yesterday j morning of a session of the New Han- ! over County Board of Education held f Monday, at which the county educa tional fund was apportioned and -boards of trustees elected for the vari ous townships. Star readers doubt less noticed that no reference was made to Wilmington ; township either as to educational fund or trustees. The reason for this was that by an act of the last Legislature the committeemen who previously served so efficiently as members of committees No's. 1 and 2 of Wilmington township were con tinued for the next two years. And under this law the apportionment of funds is made direct kf the committees. Committee No. 1 is composed of Mr. Jas. F. Post, Jr., (chairman), Mr. Edwin Borden and Mr. R. J. Jones. Members of Committee No. 2 are Mr. James H. Cbadbonrn (chairman). Capt W. R. Kenan land Mr. Samuel Northrop. J .The Wilmington township commit tees are composed of representative business men, and ' the schools are flourishing under their supervision. It is very probable that this committee will hold a meeting within the next few days for' the purpose of electing teachers for the Wilmington graded schools. At. this meeting a superintendent will also be elected. It is generally supposed that Mr. Jno. J. Blair will succeed himself in this re sponsible position, as members of the committee say that he gave entire sat isfactiou during the four months of the last session, when he succeeded Prof. M. a S. Noble,, and had the schools under his supervision. STEAMER SESSOMS SOLD. Purchased by M. Moses, of Georgetown, S. C, Yesterday Will be Towed to Destination by Marion. The steamer Frank Sessoms, of seventy-five tons burthen, which has been employed as a freight boat plying between Wilmington and Fayetteville, N. C, by the Cape Fear River Trans portation Company, was sold yester day to Marks Moses, of Georgetown, S. C, the consideration being $3,000, according to the record of the sale seen yesterday at the Custom House. The Sessoms will be used by her new purchaser as a freight boat on the Santee river, and in i charge of Capt Daggett, of Charleston, S. C. The tug Marion, Capt Edgar i). Williams, will tow her down to-day if nothing pre vents. I i The Sessoms was built here in the yearieao ana nas neen on tne river in the capacity stated above since that time. Capt Ward, now of the steamer Buck, i was her mas ier umu a Tew mouths ago when she was sent to 1 Fayetteville to undergo repairs. She arrived here yes terday preparatory to her trip to Georgetown. j The principal owners of the steamer are Messrs. D. McEachern, and R. M. Nimocks, of Wilmington, Mayor W, S. Cook. Capt W. A. Robeson, Col, A. H. Slocumb and Mr. Jno. Thorn son, of Fayetteville. j VIOLATION OF POSTAL LAWS. J. L. Anders, Postmaster at Pecan, Bla den County, Fully Exonerated at the Hearing Yesterday Morniog. The preliminary investigation of the charges against Postmaster J. L. An ders, of Pecan, Bladen county, was held yesterday afternoon before United States Commissioner S. P. Collier, in the Federal Court ! buildine. Mr. Anders, who is a young man of more than U3ual intelligence, and a son of Mr., Brown Anders, one of the most sttbstantial farmers of Bladen, was fully exonerated and his bond of $200 relieved. The charge preferred against him by the government was the violation of chapter 259, volume 20. of the "U. S. &tatutes at Large," which specifies that no postmaster entrusted with the sale or custody of postage stamps shall use or dispose of them j in payment of debts or purchase of merchandise. Hon. John D. Bellamy was counsel for tho defendant in the action, and Mr. S. P. Collier, Jr., was ate nographer. Messrs. Charles Keen, collector for A. D. Brown; John Meier, of the Dia mond Baloon; Will Bonitz, clerk at the Bonitz Hotel and Dr. W. H Green testified as to having received stamps in payment of bills from Mr, Anders, but it was shown conclusively that "the stamps so disposed of were not those entrusted to him by the gov ernment as postmaster, but that as pro pnetor of a large nursery and seed farm they were received by him such from numerous mail order cus tomers in different sections of the country. He produced in court number of these mail orders and showed that by persistent advertising through several well known agencies his nurserv and seer hnsinMa hait grown to large proportions and that on some davs as manv as a hundred letters were received by him ( in single day. i Mr. R. M. Wescott and Mf M. C. Benson testified as to his excellent character, and upon conclusion of the testimony, Commissioner Collier took the case under advisement until 4 o'clock in the afternoon at which time he rendered a decision fully ex onerating him and releasing his iatner as bondsman for his appear- ance. Proof of the pudding Ilea in the eating of it Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies In the taking of It COST NOTHING If it falls to cure- 25 cents per bottle If it nires. Sold etrlotiy on its merits by J ROBERT R. BELLAMY, marsuy Wholesale ana Retail Druggist. WILL SOON ELECT CUBANS DEMAND INDEPENDENCE. Gomez's Address at a Demon, stration in His Honor in Havana. LOCAL PRESS PRAISES it. aa a fa! ' n . most oi l nose f resent at ineetin? w o " vie Negroes Higher Class of Natives in Favor of Annexation Yellow Fever Situation in Havana. By Cable to the Mornlnir Star. Havana, July 12. At a raeetin held last evening in the Payret theatre after the street demonstration and pa rade in his honor. Juan Gualhpi.( ,w wvf Gomez was himself the principal speaker. In the course of a long ad dress, dealing with the reasons for be ginning the war againstSpaiD, hesaid: "I am now, as I always have separatist; and I still demand the sen aration tnat X asked lor before the w?r not only separation from Spain, but from any and all nations. People only begin a revolution when it is absolute- iy necessary to me and progress. If a superior force deters them before their object is attained there is merely question Of delay. umi. 1 a! -Ml ? ine revolution win inevitably re turn. Nations, like stars, have thtir seasons of eclipse; but, following their orbits, they emerge and accomplish their final destiny. The destiny of Cuba is only independence TfiV basic ideas of the revolution were nonis- tery, and therefore a synopsis now- which would really remind us of uat suffering and of incidents ouly to be recalled with horror, is unnecessary. Still we would return to those direfui days if it had to be. Honor is as much a necessity in national life as is food in the life of the individual, and it ought to be insured, if possible, even though the attempt may result iii catastrophe and death. "Such disasters we can avoid by p r feet unison, by raisins: our voices i,. declare that this country is oursaui that we want it for ourselves, by fof- ' getting our eumities, by obliterati;lr personalities, by drawiug a lim through the terrible past and by dev,.t ing ourselves to the future. - "We should give thanks to the Americans whose progress and power inspire our admiration, but this does not mean that we should resig i ourselves to a tutilage to be exercised over us. Let us make the same state ment to the United States that the American colonies made to England when they declared in 1775 that tho Americans owned North America." The entire speech was in this spirit. The local press praises it to day as "the most important occurrence since January 1st. Most of those present at the meeting were negroes aud many of the banners borne in the pro cession showed the legend of "Inde pendence or Death." Yellow Fever Cases. . The total number of cases of yelluw fever in Havana this year is seven- i i i Li l. - :.. teen, luciuuiug mreo uruugut ucre iu ships. The total number of deaths for the year from yellow fever is, seven. General Ludlow and Major Davis do not claim perfect immunity for the department, but they both believe that everything practicable has been done to ward off the disease,' and that, too, with a very consider able amount of success. Want Annexation. Washington Julv 12. Brigadier General Rosser, who has just reached Washington from Cuba, called at th White House to-day. General Rosser has been mustered out and is on his way home to Virginia. When asked about Cuban affairs, he said : "Many things are moving alon smoothly, but there is almost univer sal complaint about the enforcement of the tariff rules and laws at Havana The trouble, of course, is that military men have not been trained iu these matters. The different- officials fix different duties on goods." When asked about the sentiment for annexation. General Rosser said: "Every man on this island with a dol lar's worth of property never wants to see the United States flag pulled down. They know it means anarchy, chaos and oppression." SPIRITS TURPENTINE Statesville1 Landmark: Deputy Collectors J. J. Britt and C. F. Blay lock captured a moonshine outfit re cently near Polycarp, Alexander county. The outfit consisted of a bar rel of whiskey, the still, cap aud worm, all the property of J. M. Stire wait, who was also caught in the act of moving the still. j Greenville Reflector: Coroner C. O'H. Laughinghouse has received a letter from the Governor's private secretary, advising him that the Guv ernor had offered a reward of $200 for the capture of Robert Moore, colored, one of the murderers of Constable Elisha Bryan, of Bethel.. ' Moore was one of the assailants of Constable Bryan, who made his escape. The other three are in jail. Raleigh News and Observer: Jesse Cox, a white man who" escaped from the penitentary some days ago, was shot near LaGrange while resist ing arrest late Monday afternoon. Cox went out to a store three miles from there where wine is sold, where i i i t .1 t, i ne ana nis jarotner jonn oecame m toxicated, and in a general drunken row cut two men, inflicting serious wounds. . Early Monday morning a company of six men went out from LaGrange to arrest Cox and his brother. The company was led by Mr. Tobe Rouse. A number of shots were exchanged and Mr. Rouse was slightly wounded. Jesse Cox had the contents of a double-barrel shot gun emptied into his body, receiving inter nal in juries from which he will pro bably die. His brother islield in cus tody, awaiting trial. Wilkesboro Chronicle: Mr. D. E. Smoak has invented what he calls the "Jacket Can Filler" and it is the best we ever saw for filling cans with berries, fruit, etc. He will ap ply for a patent. Revenue offi cers Sheek and Bryan "suspended' a distillery in the roaring section Thurs day. They say it was a blockade cou cern to which the "greasies" had not been assigned at any time. Press Pruitt was found in the distillery and the officers brought him to town charging him with being ; proprietor, distiller and store keeper and guager all in one person. He was bound over and gave bond for his appearance at court. This is neither a snake tale" nor a frog tale, but a combination tale of the two Last week, down near Washingtou Lonsford's, on Hin" tington Creek, some of the b ys dis covered a snake iu" the act of swal lowing a large frog. They waited tm the snake swallowed the frog. They men jcmea tne snake ana neipca.- rn msi.b- lUa analre. AS the f roe freed itself from the mouth of the snake, it jumped four or foot Mflrh and nnr tn fhn brierS five at iivelygait. - r