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There isn't a State, in this Union that has not that right and there isn't one that does not exercise -it when its exercise becomes a matter of expediency. Some of the Xew England states to-day have both educational and property qualifications for voters, others have tax-paying require ments, while all require residence for a stated period as a prerequisite. The ostensible reason for all these, safeguards is to prevent the abuse of the ballot and injury to the com munity that would result, from it, but the real reason was to cut down the vote of the foreign born, against whom in some of the States there was a3 much or more prejudice than there is against the negro voter of the South.", Such restrictions were not intended to flsnrivA all : . w ... -"'6" born residents of the right to votfe, but merely those of them whose votes might be improperly con trolled and in such a way as to do injury to the State or community. Xo one ever questioned the right to enact and to enforce.that kind of legislation, and no one ever found serious fault with it, for every one recogized the right of the State votera, and its right -to protect itself from an undesirable class of voters. This is precisely what the South ern IStates which have restricted suf frage have done, and what North Carolina, Virginia and other States which intend to restrict it will do. They do not propose to deprive ne groes of the ballot "simply because they are negroes, but to deprive of it only those negroes in whose hands it is not safe. ' What sensible persoh who takes a rational, unprejudiced view of this Question can find fault with a State or community for protecting itself from the domination of the unfit by limiting the opportunities of the unfit to do harm? , ' Does a railroad company entrust -the control of its trains and busi ness to men who do not know any thing about the running of trains or of the business . for which trains are run? Does a manufacturing company, where system is necessary, pick up any kind of persons who present themselves and put them to work in their respective department without first ascertaining thing as to their fitness? Does the merchant do tha Btore or the shopman in hi No, indeed. They act on busi ness principles and entrust t their business only to those whom they deem competent and deserving. The experience of thirty years has demonstrated that the negroes in the South as a general thing are not competent to intelligently dis charge the duties of a citizenship which was conferred upon them just as they emerged from slavery, and for which they had not the least fjualification either by training or by association. It didn't take long to . demonstrate that for apparent as it was under the first burlesque elec tions in which they took part it has been demonstrated at every election since. The striking contrast between them and the white voters shows the lack of intelligence which char acterizes them, for while white men '11 Her as to men and measures and , vote accordingly, the negroes, re ' gardless of men and measures, vote solidly as they are told to vote by , , men who pose as their leaders and have influence over them. The white voter mav not be able : to read or write, but he still-can uu aoe3 lorm intelligent opinions becausa ho associates with white . . men who discuss ouestions at issue and he thus becomes informed and capable of forming opinions and voting intelligently, although he VOL. XXXI. may not be able to read. There is not the remotest comparison be tween the illiterate white voter andf the illiterate negro voter. They are as dissimilar as chalk and charcoal. The majority of white voters are property ownera and therefore they are interested in good government, while the - negroes as a mass are not property owners and therefore have not the interest in good government that the white voter has and is the more easily controlled by the tricksters who use him. No one wants to disfranchise the white man, but every 'one who wishes well to his State, and desires good, clean good government does, want to dis franchise the incompetent, vicious and venal negro, who isn't any more fit to exercise suffrage than a billy goat is to run a locomotive. A COLOSSAL BLUNDER. iWe have recently quoted from Northern writers and speakers ex pressions of opinion on the race question in the South, showing that the Northern people are beginning to realize, if they have not already realized, that a colossal blunder was made when suffrage was conferred upon the emancipated slaves. In an address delivered by Dr. A. W. Small, Professor of Sociology in the Chicago University, delivered at Wake Forest College commencement the Raleigh Neios and Observer quotes him as saying: "One week ago at my table in Chi cago there sat aown to dinner with us two Federal soldiers and the chaplain of the University of Chicago. One of the soldiers, after discussing problems in the South, said with emphasis: 'It was the most colossal blunder of the North to dump down on our Southern brethern thousands of men wholly un prepared for suffrage.' Each of the men agreed to this statement. Ten years ago such a statement would have been regarded as heresy. . "You understand the conditions here, Henry Cabot Lodge is not dead but he is not the whole North. We cannot give you any lessons in poli tics any longer." ... A colossal blnnder, verily it was, if it wasn't a colossal crime. And the feeling is growing that this is a question for the South to settle, and that the North should keep hands off and let the Southern white men settle it their own way. In an interview with a reporter of the New York Tribune, a leading Republican organ, Mr. John Bar rett, ex-Minister to Siaim, who has recently spent some time in the South, said: , "As to the race problem, I believe that the Northerners should leave that to the Southerners to settle,' and we can count on their doing it better than if we intervene and bring out sectional feeling and distrust. The South to-day is doing all its power to raise the mo ral,' educational and industrial status of the negro, even if it naturally ob jects to his political control. In this connection it can be said that it is the race question alone that keeps the South solid in politics. Otherwise the new material development with all its ramifications would make the South ern States Republican or Democratic according as their interests were best safeguarded," . These are illustrations of the views taken of the race problem by men in the North more or less promi nent, some of whom are closely identified with the Republican party. They are beginning to realize that while it is a problem in the solution of which the whole country is inter ested, the solution should be left to the South, which best understands how-to solve it the most effectually; 1 1 1 1 i i i : a 11, with the, least fric Bt frich' to all. on and with the most justice leveridge, of Indiana, surprise some 01 the rural denizens York a few days ago by them how he can plow. But would be more surprised if they ere to drop into the Senate some time when he has one of his talking fits on, and see how he can eject language. As his own isn't enough for him he has set himself to the task of acquiring the sixty odd lingos in the Philippines. It is said that Rev. Dr. Levy, who did the praying for the Repub lican convention which nominated Fremont forty-four years ago, has been chosen as chaplain for the convention which . will nominate McKinley. As Dr. Levy is now88 years old he should be spared such an ordeal as that. But when Hanna outs up a job for effect , he has no regard or feeling for his victims. We admire the level-headedness of Mfss Elizabeth Smith, of Derby, Conn., with a fortune of $40,000, who although courted by. several fashionable voune men, married a young mechanic in a type-writer manufactory. As dollars take wings sometimes, Miss S. wisely concluded to hitch on to a fellow who would be able to take care of her if her dollars flew away. . A diamond thief was recently ar rested in Leipsic who has stolen more precious stones, and swallowed more than .that old hag in New England had her coffin lined with I , 1 '3 TT L.i He has per r when sne was Duneu. formed in this country and is sup posed to have gotton away with $500,000 worth of jewels. I f II XI I1 i 1 V V . ' - . . I i .. . m -mm m m ? . v -. t . . . .. m -v - . i lhih ill tun. any LruiL uui su NEARING THE END, Notwithstanding the fact that the Boer commissioners in this country keep a stiff upper lip and say that tno uoer retreats .and movements now are in pursuance of plans agreed upon months ago before they left the Transvaal there is little doubt that the power of the Republics is crushed, and that organizad opposi tion is practically at an end. If the Boers had any hope of "being able to hold out they certainly would have made a stand and some effort to de fend their capital, and not leave it to fall into the hands of the enemy without a fight. What they expect to accomplish hy abandoning Pretoria and moving further north is not apparent, for if they are so weak as to be compelled to abandon places which they have been fortifying for emergencies, and which were said to have been ren dered extremely formidable, how can they expect to hold out at other points which they have not been able to 30 fortify? All they can do is to prolong the war by waging a sort of guerilla warfare, but that would be simply a waste of life, for they would be compelled to succumb to superior numbers and resources as they have already been forced to retreat before the superior numbers. They may keep up the fight for some time with the hope, I possibly that England may become entangled with some other power or powers which would force her to withdraw part of her armies from the "Trans vaal and perhaps give the Boers an ally. That's the only motive wo can see in holding out after the fall of Pretoria, but there is not at present much prospect of that occurring in time to do them any good. They have made a gallant and a heroic fight but have gone down be fore overwhelming numbers, as it was generally believed they would in the beginning. THAT TRICK DIDN'T WORK. The defeat by the House of Rep resentatives of the proposed amend ment to the constitution giving Con gress extraordinary power to deal with trusts spoiled a nice trick the Republicans had put up to fool the people and quash the trust discus sion during the Presidential cam paign. The Democrats saw through the trick and checkmated it with little ceremony. The amendment was objection able in itself because it gave Con gress practically unlimited power, but at the same time left the trust question just where it is, because great monopolies find ways of bring ing pressure to bear upon Con gress and of nullifying the very laws that Congress passes. With the Republican party in power such an amendment would be a dead- letter upon the statutes, just as the Sherman anti-trust law has been a dead-letter. With a Democratic President and a Democratic Con gress there would be no need for such an amendment, for we. would then have Representatives who would deal honestly with the people in trust legislation and law officers who would enforce the law. The Democrats who spoke on the pro posed amendment made this plain, and also made it plain wliy they were opposed to this trick sprung at this late day to, fool the people and at the same time keep in with the tru8t8,,which understood the trick. GRAND RALLY IN DUPLIN. Democrats Will Gather at Wallace Amendment Meeting June 8th Sec ond Regiment Band Engaged. In Mr. J. D. Mallard, of -Wallace, an enthusiastic Democrat who is keenly alive to the importance of the adoption of the Amendment franchise, was here yesterday to engage the Second Regi ment Band for a big White Supremacy Rally and Barbecue which the people of Dunlin are arranging to celebrate on Friday, June 8th. Mr. Mallard was successful in secur ing the services of the band for the occasion and he informed the Stab that the good people of his county will make the event one of the greatest in the history of Duplin. Hon. E. J. Justice, Hon. J. Bryan Grimes and other prominent campaign speakers will address the people on the Amend ment and everybody is invited to he nresent and have a eood time. . The ladies are also expected to be in at tendance, and they will be in charge of the big basket picnic to be spread. Mr. D. L. Carlton is chairman of 1 the Democratic Executive Committee ... - m a.. 1 Sf and the following committee witn Mr. Mallard, as chairman, has been named to make all arrangements for the meeting: Jno. W. Boney, D. L. Mc Brvde. W. F. Murphy, W. J. Boney and B. R. Graham. Another Petition. ThmhAn TTinsauls. brother of the convicted murderer in the jail here, iAi in tha citv Saturday with a petition to Goyernor Russell asking, for a commutation of the murderers sentence to life imprisonment It purports to be signed by eleven of the Sampson county jurors who convicted him. WEEEI W ilMlJN UTUJN , JN . U., THE COMPTON SOLD. Wilmington and Little River Transportation Co. Will Operate New Boat. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE. An Excellent Freight and Passenger Ser vice Assured to People of Lower Cape Pear Coast Capt. W. A. Sanders la Charge. The, steamer Compton, which was recently owned by the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company and was subsequently bought by the Atlantic Coast Line Company with the either appurtenances of the old C. F. & X. Y. railroad, has been sold to the ("Wilmington and Little River Trans portation Company, which company already Operates the steamer, Sea bright, and lof which Messrs. Stone, Rourk & Co., of this city, aee agents. For several days it has been known that negotiations for the purchase of this staunch steamboat have been pending, but not until yesterday was a .definite announcement made. The boilers and all machinery were care fully examined by the purchasers, and they will no w expend a neat sum for the complete overhauling of. the boat from stem to stern, and the Stab' learns upon good authority that it will be used on a fast schedule, as a freight and passenger boat to and from Little River, S. C, and intervening points in Brunswick county. One of the points at which it will touch will be Shallotte, if the business there can be made to develop suffi ciently to warrant the service,' which will be first-class in every particular and which' will no doubt be appreciated by the . people of that community. The trip to Little River, S. C, a dis tance of 70 miles, can be made in seven hours and the people of that section, it is learned, will make an endeavor to have the new boat secure the mail contract on a thrice-a-week schedule, which will be inaugurated as sooa as the business will demand. Capt. W. A. Sanders, the popular and clever master of the Sedbright, will be in charge of the new boat, and his thorough knowledge of the coast ing trade and his affable manners will make the new line a prosperous one from the very start. Members of the Wilmington and Little River Trans portation Company have abundant confidence in the future of the coun try to which ity proposes to fur nish such an excellent freight and passenger service, -and it was with this end in view that the new boat was purchased. The Compton was built in 1889 at Wilmington, Del., for the C. F. & Y. Y. railroad at a cost of about 120,000. She was used until a little more than a year ago in transferring passenger, baggage, mail, express, etc., from Point Peter to the depot on this side of the river. She is built of iron, has a tonnage of 107, and is 83i feet in length, with a breadth of 24 feet Her depth is eight feet, and she is admir ably adapted to the coasting freight and passenger traffic. The ; saloons and all equipments are the best that money can buy, and with the com plete repairs that will be made by the new owners she will, indeed, be a THE TRUST AMENDMENT. One of the Best Speeches Made Was by Representative Kltchln. .' Special Star Telegram. Washington, D. C, June 1. Dur ing the discussion of the trust amend ment at the session of Congress held last evening, Representative Kit chin, who secured the floor, delivered one of the best speeches of the evening. Owing to the brief time allotted Mr. Kitchin he was forced to cut out a great part of his speech. He declared that the Democratic party had always opposed trusts, while on the other hand the Republican party was the mother of trusts from which she secured her vast campaign- funds. He dwelt at some length on the attitude of Repub lican platforms which he said had always contained . a plank opposing trusts up to 1896. He said that in 1896 the party was forced to eliminate the trust question at the dictation of Mark Hanna in order to secure cam paign funds to be used in a corrupt manner. Mr. Kitchin has shown him self all tnrougn tne session to be an abfe debater and for a new member has few equals on the Democratic side of tne chamber. . Representative Small to day intro duced a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the estate of Samuel T. Carrow. orWashingtoa, N. C, $3,596 for quartermaster and com missary stores lurmsnea tne unneu States eovernment. Kenresentative Klutlz expects to leave for Buffalo after the adjourn ment of Congress to attend the annual convention of the Knights of Jionor. 'Northeast River Improvement. . The government stump puller Gen eral El G. Wriaht. which has been engaged in removing obstructons from the channel of the Northeast river for the past six weeks or more is in port for supplies, etc. She will return to her "work early this week. She is in charge of Capt. Dicksey and is said to be doine some good work. Northeast river is an inviting stream for steam boatmen and it is hoped the7 improve- now going on- will remove all hin drance in operating a regular steam' Wt schedule to points along the course. . The Seashore Hotel at Wrights- ville Beach was opened to guests-last Saturday. " , Jb KJJD AY, JUNE 8, 1900. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. Wake Forest and St Mary's The Qrad-nates-Improvements to Be Made at Wake Forest by Trustees. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, May SLWake Forest College commencement exer cises ended to day, with the graduation of thirty young men. Never in the history of the College ha so good a report of the progress of the institution been made by the board of trustees. The board has decided to make the following improvements: 1st. Repair the central building, the oldest of the present college buildings; the repairs will be in the central part of the building. A year from now the wings , will, be improved. Also, Jhe Wingate memorial building will be improved and lighted by gas. 2d. Krect a model gymnasium build ing and fit up a modern gymnasium. Five thousand dollars has been appro priated for the building and a commic tee was appointed to have the work done. 3rd; Chair of 'pedagogy established and Prof. C. C. Crittenden, superin tendent of Concord graded schools, elected to take charge of it. Prof. Crittenden is a graduate of Richmond College and Johns Hopkins Univer sity. 4th. Chair of pharmacy established. The selection of instructor is left with the executive committee. A course of pharmacy will have been arranged by the beginning of the Fall session. 5th. Chair of medicine also created ; instruction to begin with the Fall term of 1901. 6th. Assistant professor of law will be chosen before the beginning of the Fall term. His selection is in the hands of the executive committee. 7th. Professor Brewer, who has been spending a year In special work at Cornell, and Professor Paschall, who has been a year at Chicago University have both returned and will resume their duties next session. St. Mary's school commencement was held to-day. There were twelve graduates. ACQUIRED VALUABLE LOTS. he Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany Has Purchased Real Estate on Front Street. From deeds recorded yesterday at the Court House it became publicly known that the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company had purchased of Mr. James Madden and Col. John Wilder Atkinson the valuable tracts of Front street real estate next south ad joining the A. C. L. general offices on the west side of the street. The lots purchased of Mr. Madden run along Front street 100 feet and back into the block 86 feet and 6 inches. Upon them are situated the Victor House, a two-story brick building, and the residence now occupied by Mr. Madden. The stipulation for this prop erty was $15,500. The lot purchased from Col. Atkin son has a frontage of 29 feet and runs back in the block 89 feet. Upon it is situated a dwelling house. The stipu- ation was' $3,000. . In view of the recent consolidation of the various railway systems of the Coast Line and the establishment of headquarters here for the greater sys tem, it is said that additional general office buildings will be erected here for extra clerical force, which will mean much for Wilmington and her indus trial growth. It is learned that the property own ers wno nave sola to tne a. u. 1j. win not be required to vacate until July. HAVE AWARDED CONTRACTS. Thad F. Tyler and Wilmington Iron Works Will Pot in Baths. The contracts for putting in the new system of baths in the Young Men's Christian Association building have been awarded. Mr. Thad F. Tyler received the contract to erect the dressing rooms and the Wilmington Iron Works will put in the baths and other fixtures. The work on them will begin within the next few days and when completed will be a valu able acquisition to the'Y. M. C. A. equipment. The total cost will be several hundred dollars. - ABANDONED INFANT. Left at a Hotel In Fayetteville by a Yonng White Woman. Special Star Telegram. Fayetteville, N. C, June 2. A young white woman came up from Wilmington this morning and to-night left on the fast mail, leaving an infant about three weeks old at the Davis Hotel. She seemed to be a very intel ligent, well raised young woman. Can't tell why she acted so, as she gave them not the least warning of her actions. She claimed to be a Mrs. Harris. The Southport Railroad. The Southport Standard of this week says that the Board of Aldermen of that town granted Mr. C. N. Wire, of Philadelphia, vice president of the company which has been chartered to extend a line of railway from South port to Wilmington, the privilege of a right of way through several streets of the town for the tracks of the pro- nosed line. The grant was made upon condition that the "company be gin work within one year from date and have the road completed and con nected with one or more roads at Wil mington within one year after begin ning the work." TAR PRITCHARD'S RESOLUTION. Committee's Substitute Favorsblv Re. Bf " ported and Placed on the Calendar. Merely to Affect N. C. Election, - Special Star Telegram. Washington, D. C, June 2. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections yesterday had under consid eration Senator Pritchard's resolution declaring exclusion from the privilege of the franchise because of race to be unconstitutional. The committee de cided to recommend the adoption of a substitute directing the committed to nvestigate whether such exclusion is antagonistic to the constitution. The substitute passed the committee by a party vote and was later reported to the Senate, being placed upon the cal endar. Prominent Democratic members of the Hous9, when asked about the resolu tion, all seemed to think that the reso- ution itself would have no effect. That it was reported favorablymerely to please Senators Butler and Pfilch ard and to have an effect on the com; ing North Carolina election. Representative Bellamy to day in troduced a bill authorizing the pay ment of $1,160 to the estate of Wash ington Miller, New Hanover county, N. C., for stores and supplies seized by the Federal troops. Representative Small to day intro duced a bill appropriating $10,500 for the heirs of Wm. J. Ellison, of Beau fort, N. C, in payment for cotton ap propriated by U. S. military forces during the civil war. Representative Thomas to-day intro duced a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Thomas Gaskill, of North Carolina, $1,500 for damage to property by the Union army. Representative Kluttz left for Salis bury to-night. FRUIT GROWERS' EXPRESS. Mr. C. W. Woodward, Division Agent, Has Gone to Augusta, Qa. Mr. C. W. Woodward, agent for this division of the Fruit Growers' Express Company, left yesterday afternoon for Augusta, to handle the peach, canta- oupe and vegetable crop from that section. However, the clerical work of the division will be done from the Wilmington office. The strawberry season now is about over and the work is being wound up as rapidly as possible preparatory to shipments of vegetables, which are. coming oh the market now in considerable quantities. More beans are being shipped from points along the W. and W. road than any other vegetable; The Fruit Growers' Express are handling from six to eight cars daily frjom the section around Goldsboro, and large quanti ties are also being shipped from Wash ington and Newbern. VV INDIA FAMINE FUND. Other contributions were yesterday received for the India Famine Fund, making the aggregate amount thus far received $28.71. The Star is asked by a public spirited citizen to suggest that the churches take up collection for this worthy benefit at some of the meetings this week. It is a noticeable fact that the only church that has done such a meritorious thin? thus far in the city is a colored church at which a very creditable sum was received. The fund received by the Stab to this date is as follows: Previously acknowledged . .$25.31 Cash 1.00 Contributed "By a Friend 25 Cash .55 Through Epworth League, Jun ior Department, Grace M. E. Church: Ernest Bulluck $1.00 Jennie Corbett .25 Myra Davis 05 Florence Jackson .10 Annie Casey. 20 Total. $28.71 Committed for Larceny. William Thomas and Thomas Wells, two colored youths, were arraigned in Justice Fowler's court yesterday morn ing charged with the larceny of two pistols and a banjo from the residence of Mrs. T. H. Southerland, on Post office avenue. Wells had been em ployed about the house and the evi dence was sufficient to admit of prob able cause. He was committed for the Criminal Court in default of $50 bond, and Thomas was discharged. Will Return Pictures. Mr. R. P. Paddison, of Point Cas well, writes the Stab as follows: "It was due to the notice you made through the Daily Stab that the fraud 'Thomas', who collected pictures through this country was arrested and convicted. 1 nave securea me pic tures he collected from this section and if you will kindly state the fact in your columns the parties can get them by applying to me." Mr. Henry Waiters' Yacht. A Bneciai telesrram from New Lon don, Conn., to the New York Times, dated May 21st, says: "A cablegram was received here to-day from " Capt. Brand, master of Henry Walters' yacht, Narada, announcing the safe arrival of the vessel at Southampton to-day with all well." Died at Warsaw. Friends of Mr. J. L. Jordan, who clerks at the store of Mr. M.F. Croom, corner of Water and Princess streets, will sympathize with him in the loss of his little son,- aged eight months, whose death occurred at Warsaw Sat urday morning. In response to a tel egram Mr.; Jordan left immediately for his home. NO. 33 HOUSE PASSED ANTITRUST BILL. To Make the Sherman Act More Effective in Prosecution of Trusts and Combines. ONLY ONE VOTE AGAINST IT. Senate Passed the Measure Providing for Extradition of Persons Committing Certain Crimes in Cuba-Ap propriatlon Bills Passed. By Telegrapn to the Morning Star. Washington, June 2. After an extended debate the Senate to-day pass ed the bill providing for the extradi tion, of persons who have commited certain crimes in Cuba, fro the United States to the island. As amended the bill provides that the alleged criminal shall be punished under the laws of Cuba as administered by Cuban courts. The last of the appropriation bills, the General Deficiency, was passed al so, the emergency River and Harbor bill, providing for numerous surveys and for other public work. Mr. Clay, Georgia, and Mr. Stewart, Nevada, addressed the Senate a length on the questions involved in the gov erment of our insular possessions. Soon after the Senate convened to day a concurrent resolution was adopted providing for the printing of sixteen thousand sets of messages and papers of the Presidents; 10,000 sets to be sold at the actual cost of publication and 6,000 sets to be placed at the dis posal of the Senate and House. Senator Morgan, chairman of the Committee on Inter-Oceanic Canals, made a request that the so called Hep burn Nicaragua Canal bill be made the special order for consideration at 2 P. M. on Monday, December 10th, the second Monday of the next session. His request was agreed to. The substitute proposed by the Sen ate Judiciary Committee for the House bill providing for the extradi tion of allegeu criminals from the United States to Cuba was called up by Senator Fairbanks, Indiana. Senator Stewart proposed to strike out a provision of the proposed law that the judge "shall be satisfied that proper provision exists for securing to the accused a speedy and fair trial for such offence where he will be in formed of the nature and cause of the accusation and be confronted with the witnesses against him and have com pulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and have the assistance of counsel for his defence. Senator Tillman said it seemed to him that when an American accepted an appointment in Cuba and then broke the law and brought disgrace upon his country at the same lime, he ought to take the consequences as they mignt be meted out to mm by tne laws of the country where he had com mitted his crimr. 'If we cannot obtain for a man a fair trial in Cuba," said Senator Ba con, "it is our own fault, as we have full control there, and we cannot escape responsibility for it." It was manifest, ne said, that the J udiciary Committee did not approve of the re tention of the provision in the bill. Senator Bacon referred to the alleged conspiracy of Capt. Carter with Gay nor and Green at Savannah, Ga., whereby, he said, the government was swindled out of about $2,000,000. He said Gaynor and Green were the men who had committed the offence, while Captain Carter was in prison. A Fed eral judge in New York had refused recently to extradite Gaynor . and Green to Georgia for trial and they were free now.' He cited this instance, he said, to indicate a fear that a ma jority of criminals, at which the pend ing bill was aimed, might escape. In opposing the amendment, Sen ator Caffery said : "I don't think we ought to be swept off our feet in con sidering a general statute like this by the speculations of Mr. Neely. His action has shocked the entire Amer ican public, but it behooves the Sen ate not to eliminate a provision like this which guarantees to every Amer ican in Cuba a fair and impartial trial." Senator Fairbanks said he was will ing to accept the amendment. The proviso was stricken out 46 to 10 and the bill passed without divi sion. At 5.25 P. M. the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. Only one vote was cast in the House to-day against the Littlefield Anti trust bill to amend the Sherman Act of 1890 to make it more effective in the prosecution of trusts and combinations, their agents, officers or attorneys. Mr. Mann, (Illinois) Republican, cast the negative vote. The Trill, according to the statements of Republican leaders, goes to the limit of the authority of Congress under the constitution. Ail the Democratic minority amendments except one were defeated. That was an amendment declaring that nothing in the act should be construed to ap ply to trades unions or labor organiza tions, which was adopted by a vote of 260 to 8. Mr. Ray, New York, in charge of the bill, raised a point of order against it, but was overruled by the speaner. All except eight Republicans, Messrs. Aldrich of Alabama, Allen and Little field of Maine, Bailey, Long and Cald erhead of Kansas, and Cannon and Hltt of Illinois, voted for it The bill amends the Sherman Anti trust law so as to declare every con tract or combination in the form of a trust a conspiracy- in restraint of commerce among the States or with foreign nations illegal, and every party . i 1 a a: :u to sucn contract or conmmauon gumy of a crime punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 and by imprison ment not less than six months nor more than two years. It provides that any person injured by a violation of the provisions of the law may recover three-fold damages. The definition of "person" and "persons" in the present law is enlarged so as to include the agents, officers or attorneys of corpo rations. For purposes of commerce it declares illegal all corporations, asso ciations formed or carrying-on busi ness for purposes declared illegal by the common law; provides that they may be perpetually en jomed from car rying on inter-state commerce and forbids them the use of the United States mails. It provides for the pro duction of persona and papers; con fers jurisdiction upon the United States Circuit and District Courts for the trial of cases under it and authorizes any person, firm, corporation or asso ciation to begin and. prosecute pro ceedings under it. Before proceeding to the considera- T tion of the anti trust bill, nder the special order the House . isposed of some routine business. The Senate amendments to the Sun dry Civil bill were disagreed to and the bill was sent to conference. I The anti trust bill was then taken up, and thirty minutes general debate on each aide wai had, after which the bill was read under the five minute rule. . ' The minority 'amendment authoriz ing the President to place on the free -list articles in which he is satisfied there is a combination in restraint of trade, was lost-4l22 to 133. i The vote on final passage was 273 to 1, and the announcement of it was cheered to the echo. -! At 5.80 P. M. the House adjourned until Monday. ! i I SPIRITS TURPENTINE. 1 - 1 i ,1 1 Colnmbnal- 7ic' MV T. T Yates, a well-to-do and highly re spected farmer, lof Grists, died at his home on the 28th ult. ! Mount Olive Advertiser: Mr. John R, Smith is the proud owner of a rose bush that produces roses of sev eral colors. On a single twig could be found roses of a deep red, pink and a pure white. The ready made boquets attracted no little attention from lovers of flowers. J Sanford Express'. Mr. A. W. Huntley liberated 1,140 pigeons here early last Sunday morning for three Baltimore clubs.! Eleven hundred left upon their retujrn to Baltimore at once. About forty remained here for. some time befote they took their departure.- 1 i Monroe Enquirer : Mrs. Mar tha Parker, of B lford township, died on Sunday, May 27th. after an illness of only three days. She was -eighty-five years old. Mr. ' Julian Tarleton, wife of Mr. Raymond Tarle ton, of New 8alem township, died suddenly on Msjy 24th. She te a hearty supper and soon after com plained of swimming of the head: She lay down and in a few seconds was dead. ; - i Raleigh Pisf: Mr. Beauregard J. Arendell returned yesterday from Robeson county, where he has- been m charge of the convicts at work on the extension of the Aberdeen & Rock fish Railroad. The convicts at work there, fifty-five in number, have been taken to the Caledonia farms to assist in harvesting the grain crops. As soon as the grain crops are harvested the convicts will be taken , back to complete the extension of the railroad. Since January ten miles of railroad have been built i The track now ex tends from Duodarick, in Robeson county, to Hope Mills, in Cumberland . county. I , j' Fayetteville Observer: We ; regret that we have to announce that . the negro who committed the outrage in Flea Hill township, has succeeded ' in making his escape. Information came to the city last evening that a strange negro had been seen entering a swamp near the scene of the out rage; that the neighbors had formed a cordon of watchers around the swamp, and that help was wanted. At day- , dreak near 50 mn, armed with shot , guns, rifles and j pistols, invaded the Bwamp and began to "beat the bushes" in the effort to i find the miscreant. M Any one who knows anything about the swamps on the east side can appre ciate the difficulty of the undertaking In such a tangle of reeds, briars, slime and mire the advantage is entirely' with the one in hiding. The searchers found the remnants of the camp-fire where the negrd had cooked his food injhe swamp, and his tracks where he had left the swamp and gone into a a collard patch' the evening before, but they could not get a glimpse of the fugitive after six hours searching. The colored people, neighbors of this young couple, rendered every assist ance in their pojwer to the law officers in attempting bq track and find the fu gitive and in giting information that would lead to his discovery. The Sheriff does nola believe that any of them have aided in his escape. GREATER SEABOARD SYSTEM. Pinal Act in the orapletlon of the Oreat Work Gold pike Driven by Little Son of Pi sident Williams. ByTelegrap to the Morning star. Richmond, a., June 2. Amid great enthusias and in the presence of an immense .crowd and accompa- nied bv the boo of cannon and music of several bands, the final act in the completion of jthe Greater Seaboard system took place here this afternoon. . The returning trains from Tampa with the distinguished guests of the road, arrived only a few minutes late, and as they entered the city the Howitzers fired a salute. Immediately on the disembarkation, Master John Skelton Williams, the three-year-old . son of President Williams, drove the -; gold spike; the blows of his silver hammer signalling to every station of ' the system that the great work the South has been so much interested in . was accomplished. In the crowd jat the station was Gov- ernor Tyler, members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Mayer, who had been escorted there by the Richmond Light Infantry Blues and other mili tary organizations. The spike was of the regulation size and after the ceremony of driving it was over the v isitors were driven i to the capitol square, where speeches were made by Governor Tyler, Z. L. , Morris, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Ma ror Taylor gand Gene ral Joe Wheeler. . To night;the Celebrations closed with a banquet at the Jefferson, which ' was the most elaborate in all of its ap-. pomtments ever given here, The dec- " orations were j superb. The color scheme was white and red, A feature in the floral decorations was a map of the Seaboard system, the water being . ivy, the land in white carnations, ' and the track in pink -carnations, .with the stations marked by red flowers. The guests were composed of distinguished financiers, railroad and public men from all ove? Ijhe country. " . - YOUNG GIRL MURDERED. Found Dead in tie Woods Near Her Home. Negroes Suspected. ' By Telegraph to the If onunn Star. Mobile, AlL, June 2. Miss Win ners tein, thirteen years of age, was found dead in the woods near Beau vern, Miss., this evening at 5 o'clock. She had been J outraged and killed. The locality is two miles from BiloxL Two negroes are "suspected of the crime.. One was captured on ' the Louisville and Nashville train at Bay St Louis and will be taken to Biloxi on the train tof night and will reach there at 10 o'clock. Several parties of men are searching for the other sus pect and are taking up all the negroes they can find. I The weekly the following bank statement shows changes: Surplus re- serve, increasa $1,310,950; loans. In crease $7,347,600; specie, increase $3, 518,900; legal fenders, increase (628, 100; deposits, increase $11,344,200 ;cir- now hold $201123,275 in excess of the legal requirenients.