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PUBLISH BD AT- WILMINGTON. N. C.; AT " jl.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. " S888888SS888888S8 : 8SS8SS38SS8SSSSS3 . s-g88S88S888Ssii : 8SSSSS88888SSSSsi """ws ""sgssgsssssasgsgs , 8S888g8gS8288888? 8S8888S88S88888S SXSSSS8SS888888S8 " r 8888888888888388 : f ! r o a a - (J tn i 3 o? ot i.tcred t the Port Office at Vilmtgton, N. C. a Second Clan Matter.l , SUBSCRIPTION P.7.ICE. The labscriptlon price of the WrUj Btar U u .ollows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid ,1 00 ' Omonthi eo Smooth " " so A REBUKE AND A TRIBUTE , The Washington Post was op posed to Bryan in 189C, and is op posed co him now, bnt it is an hon est opposition that does not obscure it 3 vision nor make it withhold tri bute to" his Stirling worth and bril liant endowments as a leader of men. But it does not believe that humor is ono of his gifts, and while warn ing him against it, couples the warn ing or rebuke with a glowing tri bute, thus: - "Mr. Bryan should carefully avoid tlia mistake of trying: to be humorous. Humor is not in his line. ;He takes things seriously. He is a strong; man, a leader, so profoundly convinced of thn virtue of his mission as to verge upon fanaticism. His mental and in tellectual processes are fervent. His ideals are high. His attitude is on of grave intensity. He nurses large am bitions for his fellow-men. Had he lived some hundreds of years ago, he would have been Peter the Hermit's coadjutor and equal. But humor is not his forte. It is much beyond the reach of his apprehension as is pocket picking or astrology. ' We have noted, on more than one occasion in the immediate past, what seemed attempts by Mr. Bryan to be whimsical add frivolous. The experi ence iraveus honest pain. We do not wint to laugh at Mr. Bryan. We be lieve that in this age of mountebanks and weaklings and buccaneers he is one, man of thoroughly sincere con vie- tinn2 on1 i AvmirvK t rr iiMf-f-.l C V. m. pose, no matter how misguided or how wise his aspirations. But he should keep within his limitations: In the speech he delivered at Indianapolis he showed to splendid advantage. There he was upon his own ground, master of tire situation, powerful, persuasive, intrenched ; in eloquence and logic, a figure of dignity and force. To our miod that impressive deliverance has not been wholly answered yet. Per haps it never will be. This, however, is another question. What we wish to y is that Mr. Bryan had better keep within the territory which he has explored and in which he appears to such admirable purpose. It is not given to all men indeed. it is given to very few to possess the humorous insight or the gift of grace ful pleasantry. Mr. Bryan is not one of these. He is an earnest and a po tent quantity in affairs, but his eyes are fixed upon the mountain top, and he sees not the pretty and the blithe some things that fringe his path. He jokes with difficulty to himself and with sorrow to his audiences. In Bry an, the reformer, the pioneer, the pro pagandist, there is much to admire and approve. Bryan as a R;goletto makes the judicious grieve." Te do not know exactly what the P'il refers to in this, perhaps to Mr. Bryan's remarks on the return of the gold Democrats who had left the party in 1896. It is a fact that some of the gold organs, which are glu l of an opportunity to jab a knife into Brvan. are making mnch of this pleasantly, and aro using it to keep up'the feeling against Bryan. They take his humor seriously, make much ado over it, misconstrue ami distort it. They are perhaps oversensitive and therefore quick to take ; offence when none is in tended.' But for that reason Bryan speaking for himself or others speak ing for him, should be guarded, in tneir utterances, even 01 tne "nu merous kind. TR.UST OBJECT LESSONS. There is Scarcely a day that we are not furnished with obiect lessons showing how the "beneficient" trusts operate, how they reach out and put their damns on the manufacturer, the farmer and the consumer of the articles they control. Here, are two more. The first is from the Charleston News and (-'(wrier showing how the Cotton ivaddinp-Trust, to which we have r ' heretofore referred, crushes out en terprises and extorts from con- sunier3: 'Th! Cotton Waddinc Trust, which recently strangled two independent "iis in uolumbus and unauanooga, ys the Birmingham Age-Herald, tias&(lvanced nricesof wadding from 4( l''ro per cent." .It adds: "To day wadding mill cannot be started and "Jjmtained in the South, because the wdaeious enough to wreck ' an inde- VIA -.If 1 "ueru enterprise, fcjucn muis wuuia r-uiiwvio UUUC1 UUIili.l " 'wtices in everv Southern cotton man- U'acturine State, because they take 4f9m other mills 'waste' and convert u mio batting. If the House of Kep- "-acnutiooo DhnnU ha i lamnrtffltifl inn Herald trusts a special investiea- me specially vicious anu tub "adding Trust will be made. It has "usued without difficulty a factory in Umbus. fl anri nt in ChatU- 0(p, and all the facts concerning its o ; and history would be brought i'he next is from the Chadbourn 'y-i'jcr, showing how the Can ning Trust puts the screws on the growers, thus: thel8 Peack growers, who have had oldest crop for years, are furious VOL. XXXI. against the trusts and the Republicans " tsiuwu tu uiutii meir powers. The profit to day on a basket of peaches is not more than one or two cents. The -canning trust has put the screws on and refuses to take less than entire car loads at starvation prices." Bat these are institutions which Mark Hanna calls "beneficent," and which his party encourages and fos ters by iegislation that would not be tolerated in any other civilized country on the globe, when the rec ord of their merciless extortion and oppression had been so often ex posed. RAYNER ON THE SCARE. Four years ago Isador Rayner, of Maryland, .opposed the election-of Wm. J. Bryan, but, like ex-Secretary of State Richard Olney, ex- Postmaster General Wilson, Hon. Carl Schurz, Hon. Bonrke (Joekran, and scores of other eminent men Democrats and Republicans he is for him now. In a published inter view in the Baltimore Sun he gives 'his reasons for supporting Bryan, and incidentally refers to the money and panic scares resorted to by Sec retary Gage and others: "Every intelligent man will do big own thinking and voting. .Beyond any question of party loyalty my con victions lead me straight in one direc tion. I am unalterably opposed to the ruinous policy of the' Republican party. . In my humble judgment the money question is one that pales into insignifi cance compared with this mighty con flict for the preservation of the Re public that is now on hand. I have not changed my mind upon the finan cial issue at all,, but the Democratic party will not be terrorized or driven to its dungeon by a shadow that has no substance behind it. I do not be lieve in the probability of a panic. You will permit me to say that it does not follow that because there is a decline in speculative securities that have no intrinsic value that the prosperity of the people at large will be affected. I do not belieye that the gambling dens or Wail street-are an indicator of national prosperity. Good investments recover from a panic much quicker than they do from a gradual liquidation, and those investments that are worthless ought to succumb. 'It is all idle talk about a Demo cratic Secretary of the Treasury forc mg the Government to a silver basis. It does not lie within the power of the Treasury Department to bring about such a result. It has been shown by experience that this Government has the inherent power at present to keep the metals upon a parity and every sil ver dollar is worth a gold dollar and will continue to be worth it until Con gress passes a free coinage law, and of that there is not the slightest or re motest danger." "I notice that some of the financial i'ournals are prophesying that if the )emocratic party succeeds American securities will be thrown upon, us from the European markets. If they are, they will all be taken up witn eager hands. The money question gives me no concern whatever, and if it did I am frank to say I would yield the point and would feel as some one else felt upon a similar occasion, that I prefer my country to a debenture pond, and the stability of its institutions to the stability of its exchequer." We respectfully commend this to the serious consideration of such Democratic papers in the South as refuse to support Bryan because the Kansas City platform reiterates the demand for the free coinage of silver and to these so-called McKcKinley Democrats who find this an alleged pretext for voting for McKinley. There are several ways of lying, and some of the Republican organs are adepts in all of them. Here is a sample of lying by indirection taken from the New York Tribune, which says: "In his present speeches Bryan lays no stress on his purpose when he is President to pack the Supreme Court, thus providing a body to render decisions to Populist ordej." When did Bryan ever ex press such a purpose ? Never; and the Tribune knows it. Miss Jewett the Boston. anti- lynching crank, has" invaded Vir ginia, but she didnt bring those six negroes, with her. She suddenly dropped in on a conference in one of the colored churches, where she wanted to make a harangue, but they had too much sense to let her. She retired to the street, made her speech and concluded the perfor mance with a big negro handshak ing. There is a vacancy in some asylum waiting for her. - The peopie of Paterson, N. J. , are interested in keeping up the lo comotive works there which are about to be closed, some say because of dis agreement of the men who run them, and others because they have be come rich enougHJ and want to quit business. These' works have paid in wages to employes since their estab lishment $56,000,000. Republican papers complain that while there is great and growing de mand for American coal in Europe we have no ships to carry it. And yet Republican statesmen who are stnek on subsidies refuse to repeal the laws which prevent Americans from buying ships abroad and sail ing them under the American flag. A new Gnathman gun, just com- nleted at Redington, Pa., is forty four feet long, weighs 594 tons, and will throw a 2,000 pound projectile with a velocity of 1,800 feet a fee ond. .. FIRE IN WASHINGTON Tbe Loss Estimated at Over One Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand Dollars. IT BROKE OUT ABOUT 1 P. Ai. Raged Until 5 O'clock List of Sufferers. Fire Departments at Greenville and Rocky Mount Wired for . Help. Many Persons Prostrated. Speeial Star Telegram. Washington, N. C: Sept. 13. Washington is in ashes. From Water street, beginning at the oyster factory up the street a distance of two hundred yards, or near to the Crystal Ice Com pany's factory, and from the corner of Water street up Market street to Main street, bur town lies in itains; never surpassed in our town's history since the Civil War, and the property loss far exceeds that of the war, when our town was burned by the Yankees, the loss being approximated at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and upon a careful examination it is presumed the loss will far exceed these figures The fire originated in Brabble's res taurant about one o'clock, caused from a defective stove flue, and in a few minutes the building was a total loss and the fire had spread to all adjacent buildings. estimates of Losses. The following is an approximate es timate of the loss at this time, 9 p.m.: O. B. Wynne, bar, $1,000; W. Far row's bar, $1,000-, J. S. Farren & Co., oyster canning factory, $30,000; W.A. Bridges' barber shop, $100; W. T. Far row, tenement house, $2,000; E. S. Hoyt, building, $800; L. E. Kidd, gro cery, $1,700 Bonilz's grocery, $500; M. F. Watson, restaurant, $50; J. W. Mayo's fish house, $800; J. M. Gaskill, fish house, $1,200; Fulford fish house, $500; John Harris, sail maker, $700; E. K. Willis, wholesale grocer, building and stock, $10,000; Washington mar ket liouse, $6,000; Washington Light nfantry armory, damaged $300; E. Peterson, wholesale grocer, building, $5,600, slock, $25,000; Dr. Willis, wholesale grocer, $6,000; W. B. Rod man, building, $1,000; C. H. Sterling, fish house; $1,000; A. H. Latham, gro cer, $1,500; H. Jewell, $1,200 on stock; John .Chesnut, bar, $1,000; W. B. Rodman, law office and library, $3,000; Dr. J. C. Rodman, building, library and instruments, $3,500; McBergeon, grocer, $3,000; Miss M. Hi B. Rodman, damage to dwelling, $500? Mrs. Christine Jarvis, residence and furniture, $3,000 ; Spencer Bros., building and stock, $30,000; C. M. Little, building and stock, $3,500; W. B. Windley, build ing, $500; W. Bailey, stock, $500; Charles Warren, colored, $200; H. W. Hollowell, building and stock, $1,500; E. Peterson & Co., building and stock, $300; T. M. Willard, stock, $350; T. F. Brown, building occupied by colored tenants, $500; M. J. Wright, buildings, $2,500; M. J. Wright, stock, $3,000; C. P. Smith, stock, $2,800; several restaurants on Water street, owned by Wright, Brabble, Stilley and Swindell, valued about $200. These are approximate estimates; some of our most conservative men saying that the loss will exceed two hundred thousand dollars. The Telephone exchange is damaged to a very considerable extent; Mana ger Bell says it is impossible to esti mate their losses. 'The Fulford Hard ware Company, Brown Drug Com pany and xnomas' Bargain Jiouse were considerably damaged by water. Greenville Sent Assistance. All citizens of the town, both white and colored, did valiant service. The fire raged from one fifteen to five o'clock. Many were prostrated by tbe excessive ESftt, we having had no rain for several weeks. Mavor Sluddart wired the fire de partments of Greenville and Rscky Mount for assistance, as the whole town was at one time in danger. The Greenville fire company is now on the scene, and the fire is under control The promptness of our sister towns in responding to the can oi tne mayor for assistance will ever be remem bered. J. L. YORK BOUND OVER. Preliminary Examination at Fayettevllle of a Promoter Well Known Here. Fayetteville Observer, 15tK The trial of J. L. York, charged with fraudulent use of the mails, which yesterday morning promised to be such a lencthv one. came to an end nuiteunexDectedlv about six o'clock, and resulted in his being bound over to the Federal court. The prosecution only introduced two Witnesses, the postoffice Inspector and Mr. G. G. Fishburne. assistant secre tary of the Sumter. S. CE, Cotton Oil Company, the former for the purpose of showing that York sent and re ceived letters, and the latter to testify to the fact that his eompany had shipped York oil upon certain repre sentations. Mr. Fishburne put in evi Mr. York's letter ordering the goods, under the name of the National Manufacturing uompany oi x aytskuj villn. The defense offered no evidence, and. After some consideration, Com missioner Morrisey bound York over tr thn Federal court, increasing his from $1,000 to $1,500. This the anmiaed failed to give and he was placed In jail. mam The numerous friends in Wil mington of Sheriff George B. McLeod will regret to read the following from the Lumberton Bobesonian: "Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod has been obliged to return to the hospital at Baltimore on account of inconveniences from the wounds he received from a runaway some time aeo. We wish him a speedy recovery and return." WEEKLY WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, - ... i.i. REGULATORS AT WADESB0R0 Community Rids Itself of Objectionable , Characters They AH Left, Some Without Due Notice. Wadesborq Messenger Intelligencer. The regulators took in the town Monday night and, as a result, we are now minus the society of several indi viduals whose absence, it is generally thought, will be a blessing, as their presence was a curse. . The first person waited on was one W. S. CaldwelL Caldwell is a very tall negro, and is known as the "big 'un." He has been lying around Wadesboro for quite awhile, but has had no visible means of support He was taken to the depot comparatively early in the night and told he must eaveand that if he came back it would not be healthy for him. In stead of leaving Caldwell, as soon as the regulators were out -of sight, slip ped back up town- and 'went to tbe house of a negro woman who lives about a mile from town on the Mor- ven road. The regulators found this out and captured him again. On their way back to town Caldwell was taken down and given 26 licks with a leath er strap. "They say" there is not much danger of his coming in Wades boro again. The next one who was told to move was a negro girl known as "Bell," who has been living here .three or four months. She moved. A mulatto guitar picker, a stranger here, was then waited On and the riot act read to him. He has not been seen since. - Paul Moses, col., of Darlington, S. , was sought' for but eluded the regulators. They got so close on his trail, however, that he look leg bail and left his shoes and hat-behind. He was found Tuesday morning and notified that lie must leave town on the afternoon train. He left. Dell Little, Lyd Lindsey and Wat ratt, all well known characters of the town, were also waited on and given their walking papers. A number of others, who were not invited to leave, hav. we understand. taken the hint and have not waited for that ceremony. PENITENTIARY A BURDEN. Again Badly in Need of Funds-Treasurer Worth Refuses Assistance Aid for Galveston Sufferers. Special Star Telegram. RaleighN. C, September 13. At a meeting of citizens late this after noon nearly three hundred dollars was raised for the Galveston sufferers and a committee was appointed to so- icit contributions to-morrow. " The penitentiary, which has so long been a burden on the taxpayers of the State, is again badly in need of funds. This morning the management tried to get from the State Treasurer's office $35,000, but Treasurer Worth declined to let them have it. He says the peni tentiary drew $55,400 from, the State Treasury last year, which the Legisla ture provided for as a loan, but that( none of it has ever been paid back, and instead demand has been made for the $50,000 appropriated for this year. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by W. E. Jones, a dry goods merchant here. His liabilities are $22,000, and his assets about' $6,000. Another bankruptcy petition filed to day was by D. D. Blue, of Aberdeen. His liabilities are only $975. NORTH CAROLINA HAY. Mr. Keith Has Some Bales of Fine Forage from His Farm. A Stab reporter was shown yester day about twenty-five bales of the finest hay seen on this market for some time. It was North Carolina grown, having been brought tothe city by Mr. B. F. Keith from his farm at Keith, N. C, and emphasizes the fact that North Carolina farmers might well and profitably turn their attention to farming of this kind. The hay is the ordinary crab grass which will grow anywhere without fertilizer, Mr. Keith had this year about thirty acres in grass and will gather from the farm, even after the drought, about two tons to the acre. This year he raised a considerable amount for, the market and will grow 'it more exten sively next year. He has improved machinery fpr mowing and baling the hay and puts up a bale equal to, if not superior to the forage that is shipped here. The hay with very little work can be made to yield from $35 to $50 per acre. Dr. C. M. Payne Dead. Mr. Charles Payne, of Washington, N. C.j who has been here on a visit to his cousin, Mr. H. G. Fennell, was called home last night by a telegram con vevine the very sad news of the death of his father, Rev. C. M. Payne D. u. Dr. Payne's death, was very sudden, as his son was reading a posta card from him saying that he was well when the telegram was delivered. Dr. Payne was pastor of St. Andrew's Church for ten years, from 1874 to 1884, and was much beloved by his congregation and others who knew Mm. After he left Wilmington he went to Concord, and from there he moved to Washington, where' he was pastor of the Presbyterian church at the tima of his death One Result of the Drought General complaint comes from per sons in the city and country from the drying up of wells incident to the long continued drought, which everybody hones is now broken. Well diggers have been busy during the past two weeks and those who drive pump wells have also had their hands full. In some localities near Wilmington the situation is said to have become serious. Steam engines stationed on land have also been "hard to satisfy" in the matter of water. KINSAULS IS REPRIEVED: Has Been Given Two More Weeks to Live. Intercession of a Methodist Min ister In His Behalf. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, September 13. Governor Russell has reprieved Archie Kinsauls, the Sampson county murderer who was to have been exe cuted to morrow, until Friday, Sep tember 28th. This action was taken because of Kinsauls' condition result ing from attempted suicide last Fri day, when he was to have been hanged. His neck is still in bad condition, and he is said to be trying to starve himself to death to preventVdisgrace and the horror of perishing on the gallows. Governor Russell has been flooded with petitions in this case and last evening Revr H. E.Tripp, the detho- dist minister from Clinton, was here beseeching for further reprieve for the condemned man. Kinsauls' wife is exerting every ef fort in behalf of the life of her hus band. She has personally worked up a petition for commutance in Wil mington. Rev. Mr. Tripp brought with him to Raleigh a letter from Dr. A. M. Lee, Kinsauls' physician, stating that the condemned man' Is now in a very feeble condition. His throat is very sore and it will be several days before the wound will heaLpfi. He further stated that he would ask, if not incon sistent with the Governor's own idea, that the execution be stayed long enough for the wound to heal. Governor Russell also to day post poned the execution of Drayton Med- in, a white man, until " Friday, Octo ber 19th. Medlin was tried in Dallas, Gaston county, for the murder of Superintendent Brown, of a cotton mill in which Medlin worked. He was found, guilty and sentenced to be hanged at Dallas. Bis execution has been postponed because of urgent peti tions to the Governor to give time to examine properly prayers for com mutance of Medlin's sentence to life imprisonment. NEGRO DROWNED THIS MORNING. Colored Fireman on Steam Tug Navassa Pell Overboard from Wharf. A negro fireman on the steam tug Navassa, aged about 35 years, and whose first name is "Louis," fell over board this morning at 2 o'clock from a flat tied up at the foot of Princess street and was drowned in a- few minutes. The negro had been . drinking dur ing the night and lay down on the wharf at the foot of Princess street and slept during the rain which followed. At the hour named Policeman Grims- ey discovered him asleep and woke him up and finding him sober ordered him to go aboard the tug which was tied up at the wharf just across the partition enclosing the Produce Exchange build ing. The negro stepped on a flat to draw himself around the partition, when he slipped and fell overboard. Being stupified by his sleep and mis calculating a step, he fell overboard between the flats and quickly sank. Policeman Grimsley extended to him a stick, but the negro went under the prow of one of the flats before he could catch to it His body had not been recovered early this morning. PASSED SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION. Dr. R. J. Price Will Receive Appointment as Regular Army Surgeon. Dr. Richard J. Price, who stood an examiatnion ten days ago before the U. S. Board of Medical Examiners at Fortress Monroe, Va., for an appoint ment as surgeon in the regular army, has received notification from Sur geon-General Sternberg that be had passed a successful examination and his name would be placed on file. He will receive his appointment in regu lar turn, and it is indefinite as to the time he will be called out. Dr. Price has numerous friends who will be de lighted to know of his success, but will regret to see him leave Wilmington It is probable that he will send in his resignation as Coroner to the Board of County Commissioners within the next few days, so that when he re ceives orders from Washington.he will be ready to leave without any delay. MR. WALTERS' ART PURCHASES. He Bays Many Japanese Ivories at the Paris Exposition. Baltimbre Sun, 15th. Advices from Paris state that Mr. Henry Walters, who has been visiting the Paris Exposition, has been a heavy purchaser of Japanese carved ivories. Visitors to the Exposition were much impressed with the rare beauty of these ivories and they attracted much atten tionfomart lovers. They were re garded as among the most extraordin ary works of art on exhibition, being works of the greatest Japanese artists. The extent of Mr. Walters' purchases, with-their aualitv. will form an im portant addition to the collection of Oriental works of art now at the Wal ters gallery in this city. Mr. Walters is expected to return to Baltimore about October 1. A. C. L. Notes. Rocky Mount Argonaut : "The A. C. L. has just received six large en gines to run on this section of the road. These engines are the largest ever run on this road and are the most modern invention. They will be used Jirincipally to carry the fast heavy reights. 'The new railroad shops building at South Rocky Mount is nearing com pletion. The new building is along side tbe old machine shops, and: of about the same size, built of brick. This is not the only improvement go ing on at South Rocky Mount : we will give the full account later." Star 1900. A FOUL MURDER. An Aged Negro Inmate of the County Home Killed Fri day Afternoon. HIS HEAD BADLY MUTILATED. Went to Smith's Creek to Dig Bait and His Assassin Used tbe Hoe in Ac complishing Dastardly Crime. The Coroner's Inquest. A. D. Pristelle, colored, an inmate of the county home, was foully and most brutally murdered late Friday afternoon on the W. and W. railroad at the foot of the embankment near the north abutment of the trestle over Smith's Creek, and the body was not found until yesterday morning, when the engineer on passenger train No 41, which arrives in Wilmington at 9.20 o'clock, saw it lying there and reported t as soon as he arrived in the city. The crime was one of the most atro cious ever committed ia tbe county and every effort will be made to bring the guilty parly before tha bar of jus tice. The murdered'negro was 99 years' of age and had been an inmate of the county home for nearly two years. He left the home about 4 o'clock in the afternoon with a hoe. bucket and his stick, to dig bait for fishing. That was the last time he, was seen alive by the other inmates of the home. He was found in a pool of blood near a telegraph pole with his face downward. His head was horribly mutilated by a blunt instrument. He had several deep gashes around his left ear, and a half dozen similar wounds on different parts of his head. His arms were bruised and it seemed that that was caused by trying, to defend himself against the death dealing blows which were being laid upon his head. About twenty feet distant, on the edge of the stream was, found his hoe, which was undoubtedljy used by his assassin and bad been thrown into the creek at high tide to conceal it. Several deep inden tures were made on the pole, behind which he must have tried to ward off the blows. . Coroner Price was notified and after his arrival upon the scene of the crime had the body removed to the county home, where an inquest was held yes terday afternoon. The jury was com posed of W. P. Oldham (foreman), T. A. Watson, C. H. Daniels, W. H. McEachern, T. W. Clawson and Ed. : Wilson Manning, Jr. Eight witnesses were examined, but the testimony of the majority of them was immaterial. Mr. G. H. Hutaff, who has a farm nearby, testified that while he was in his field Friday afternoon about a half mile from the spot where Pristelle was killed, he heard several cries of "murder" at the top of a man's voice and a little later the same cry was re peated twice, but in a lower voice. Several other witnesses testified to the' same things, but they said it is not un common for boys swimming in the creek to make such fuss, so no inves tigation was made. : The inmates from the home who were examined all agreed in their tes timony that deceased left there about 4 o'clock in the afternoon to dig bait at the creek, as he often did, and when he failed to return that night nothing strange was thought of it. He left. The evidence of one witness may lead to a definite clue to the guilty party, but it was not sufficient to war rant the arrest of the person under sus picion. ' The jury did not arrive at a verdict, so they adjourned, to meet Monday morning at 9 o'clock in the Court House, when some additional light may be thrown on the case. -THE STATE FAIR. Chief Marshal Appointed Opening of the Democratic Campaign. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Sept 15. W. T. Old, cashier of the First National Bank, Elizabeth City, has been ap pointed chief marshal of the State Fair and has accepted. Arrangements were made to-night for opening of the Democratic cam paign here on Thursday night, Sep tember 27. A number of distinguished speakers have been invited, and the occasion will be a rally of local Bryan clubs. The new building of the First Pres byterian church here will be dedicated tomorrow. Land Submerged. - A section of earth, probably about fifty feet square, on the west side of Point Peter across the river, where sand ballast is dumped from vessels entering this port, submerged yester day and carried with it into the river a dummy carriage, track and stationary engine, which is used in bringing bal last from vessels and dischaging it at a convenient distance from the water's edge. It was something of a phenome non and created much interest among rivermen. who aftewards witnessed the scene of the landslide. The engine sank out of sight into the water bu will ukely be recovered. Wreck Yesterday Morning. ; Passenger train No. 35 on the At lantie Coast Line met with an acci dent early yesterday morning at Rob bins, S. C, near Augusta, but no seri ous damage was sustained. The sleep ing car was the only one that left the track and the only passenger hurt was Mr. S. P. Adams, of Wilmington, who had an arm and a leg bruised, but his injuries were only slight The ac cident is supposed to have been caused try a detective track. The road was cleared in a few hours. NO. 47 UNITED STATES COURT. Jurors Drawn from the Several Counties In the District to Serve During the October Term. The following jurors' have been dravn to serve during the term of the United States District and Federal Court, which will be convened at Wil mington October 29th : New Hanover County Thomas A. Watson, R. A. Kingsbury, George W. Huggins, R. C. Orrell, G. W. Wood cock, Thomas Quinlivan, B. F. Penny, Dan EL Penton, T. C. Mcllhenny, Sr. Sampson County K. J. Ingram, W. B. Stewart, John R. Register, J. L. Autrey, Jesse M. Jackson. Pender County Louis Alderman, J. D. Hocutt, Frank Enniss, Loftin Colvin. Richmond County John A. Mc Gregor, A. J. Cassady, J. A. McNeill , WMis Smith. Bladen County John C. Monroe, R. C. Daniel, G4be Powell, W. N. Campbell, James Robeson. Duplin County Robert E. Moore, Guilford Farrior, John C. McMillan, L. M. Cooper. Brunswick County Robert King, Joseph W. Peadrick, A. M. Williams, F. M. Moore. Robeson County Eli Phillips, Dun can Regan, A.B. Lowrey, A. H. Currie, J. S. Oliver. Columbus County J. D. Maultsby, Minus Meares, J. R. Taylor, J. B. Brinkley, Millard F. Owen. Cumberland County Travis Bed sole, A. J. Deal, W. H. Tomlinson, John A. D. Boon, John T. McKoy. Jurors are required to attend on Tuesday, October 30th, at 10 A. M. BACK FROM NEW YORK. Ex-Mayor Fishblate Brings Good News for Democrats Bryan's Chances Good. Ex-mayor S. H. Fishblate returned yesterday from a ten days trip to New York, Baltimore and other cities North. While away Mr. Fishblate combined recreation with business, and inciden tally picked up many interesting bits of news about national politics. He says that he met many leading Demo cratic politicians and other well in formed people who seemed to think that during the past two weeks Bryan has gained considerable strength and thatif hisvote winning campaign keeps up to the present standard until elec tion, he would be overwhelmingly elected. In New York, Mr,. Fishblate says, Bryan received his worst set back in the aeieat tor the Gubernatorial nomina tion of Coler by Croker at the State Democratic Convention at Saratoga last week. The masses of the people wanted uoier, he says, but the ma chine politicians wanted his defeat. Many people are disgusted with the proceedings and will not support the State or National ticket It is asserted by prominent Democrats. Mr. Fish blate says, that Croker has a deal with Piatt by which he is to control city politics and patronage while Piatt will take the State. If Croker would have allowed Coler's nomination there would have been no doubt about New York's roing Democratic and for Bryan, they say, and even as it is, leading Democrats are predicting Bryan's success without the aid of New York. Gov. Russell's Residence. Carpenters have begun work on the handsome residence which Governor Russell will build across the river on his plantation in Brunswick county. The building will be of wood after a favored architectural design and will be two stories in height, handsomely painted. The contractors hope to com - plete the building in two or three months. NEGRO LYNCHED. Criminally Assaulted a White Woman in Nelson County, Va. Bv Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Richmond, Va., Sept 15. Yester day, near Arrington, Nelson county, a negro criminally assaulted Miss El len Bosworth, a school teacher of that county. The assault was made in the woods not far from the victim's home, and the negro left her for dead, having choked her into insensibility. The negro was arrested, taken before a magistrate and confined. He was then started for the county seat under guard, but was taken from the guard by a mob and hanged to the limb of a tree. NO COAL FAMINE PROBABLE. President Olyphant Discusses the Output and Reserve Now on Hand. New Yoek, Sept 14. R. M. Oly phant, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, said to day that, at a conservative estimate, 4,900,000 tons of coal were taken out of the mines in August The average output he added. was between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 tons, so it appears was nearly 1,000,000 tons in excess of the average monthly yield. In addition to this, of course, there will be the output for half the month of September, which will prob ably be nearly 3,000,000 toss, as the mines have been worked to their great est capacity, owing to the fear of a strike. NORFOLK'S POPULATION. Census Figures Show an Increase of 1 1,753 or 33.70 Per Cent. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Washington, Sept 15. The popu lation of the city of Norfolk, Va., as officially announced to-day is 46,624, against 34,871, in 1890. The figures show for the city, as a whole, an in crease in population of 11,753, or 33.70 per cent, from 1890 to 1900. The pop ulation in 1880 was 2L966, showing an increase of 12,905, or 58.75 per cent from 1880 to 1890. Lynchburg's fund for Galveston has reached nearly zsoo. it will be for warded Monday afternoon by which time time it is probable the amount Will be $i,ooo. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Mount Airy News: The dry weather has greatly Iniured late cab bage and cat off much, of the crop. The prices have been higher on this, . account . v:. ,.U vv. Greenville Reflector: Died at his home in Pitt county, N. C, on the , night of the 10th of September, 1900," Willis R. Whichard. He was born at the same place March 16th, 1833. He . lived and died at the same homestead. Mount Olive Advertiser: Only . a small amount of stock remains to be subscribed to complete the capital of the bank. For the last ten days. the farmers have been devoting their energies to picking and selling their cotton. All other business has been relegated to the rear. Lumberton Arqus: 'The Lum berton Cotton Mill project is movine right along. The company has pur chased of Mr. Robert Lewis ninety one acres of land about a mile east of town, on the Carolina Central rail road. The contract will immediately be let for brick. - Maxton Scottish Chief: Capt. Archie McNair who has just returned from a two weeks travel through Rich mond, Scotland, Robeson. Columbus and several counties in upper South Carolina, says he has been traveling through this same territory for thirty . years and in all that time he has never seen such short cotton and corn crops. -not more than naif a crop of either can be harvested. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli gencer: While returning home from making a professional call, a few nights ago, Dr. J. E. Hart, of Gulledge township, was shot at by a -' person concealed in some, bushes on the side of the road. Dr. Hart was not hit and the would-beassassin ran off. The many friends of Mr. J. B. Burch, of White Store, who was so desperately cut last week by Van Chamber s, colored, will be glad to learn that his wounds will not prove fatal, as was at first thought would be tne case, unamoers was hotly pur sued after the cutting, and his arrest was very nearly effected at one time. but he managed to elude his pursuers and has not yet been apprehended. - The Messenaer-Intelhaencer has made deligent inquiry of a number of tne pest and mose trust conservative farmers, representing all sections of the county, as the conditions of rhe cotton crop, and we are satisfied from wnat tney tell us, and from our own observation, that the crop is from 40 to 45 per cent less than that of last year, which was itself a short crop. These are some good judges who "say tnat not more tnan so per cent, of an average crop will be made. Lexington Dispatch: :, Mr. J. W. Lambeth, of Thomasville, says that he raised 605 bushels of wheat on twenty acres of land this year. Hon. Wm. A. Bailey, of Advance. . Davie county, has just' threshed his entire wheat crop, amounting to' 6,459 busnels, and heads the list in this sec tion this season so far as heard from. -Messrs. L. W. Elliott and son made 3,588 bushels of wheat on their farm, which is located one and half miles south of Thomasville, this year. Mr. W. H. Elliott was in to see us one day last week and tells us that on 47 acres they raised 1.315 bushels at a cost of 28i cents per bushel and that the actual cost of planting, reap ing and housing the entire crop of three thousand five hundred and eighty-eight bushels was i than 30 cents per bushels. - Parties in Lexinsrton Mondav re- gorted a remarkable find of Mr. Ben ' nider about ten days ago. While out plowing on the old Jack Finch iarm, in uonrad Jtiui township, sir.. Snider unearthed a bar of metal weigh ing something like fifteen pounds. He didn't know what it was, but carried it home and threw it aside. Later a neighbor was examining it and offered him $50.00 for the bar: Snider refused the offer and it is now said the bar is gold land is worth at least $4,000. Various theories are advanced as to how the gold came to be buried in the f round. One is that a negro, named red Payne who worked in the old Conrad Hill mine years ago, stole the bar and buried it A few days after the theft he was taken sick and died without divulging the secret as to the whereabouts of his buried treasure. THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ' I 1. Gen. French Occupied Barbonton With Slight Opposition. Bv Cable to tne Morning Star. London, September 15. Lord Roberts reports to the War Office, under date of Machadodorp, Septem ber 14th, as follows: "French occupied Barborton yester day with the cavalry which he took across the mountains. He met slight opposition, the enemy being com pletely surprised. Twenty-three offi cers and fifty-nine men who were prisoners were released, and forty three locomotives and other rolling stock were captured. The former will relieve us of great difficulty, as we had to put up with a few rickety en gines. "French reports that he has suffi cient supplies for three weeks for his force and for a week for his horses. One hundred Boers with Mauser rifles and a quantity of ammunition were captured. There are large quanties of cattle and sheep in the country, which is good news. "French intercepted large convoys. showing that Barborton was used as a depot of supplies for the Boers in tne south and southeast The bulk of French's force is still thirty-five miles behind the cavalry, owing to the diffi culty of getting the wagons over the pass leading to Barborton." LiOBENZO, Mahqttes, September 15. Boers who arrived here yesterday evening , aver that the burghers are fighting among themselves at Hels pruit and are looting and burning buildings. t' FORTIFICATIONS AT GALVESTON. Board of Engineers Appointed to Examine and Report on Their Condition. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Washington, September 15. Withy a view to the restoration of the fortifi cations in the harbor of Galveston, if , such a thing is possible, General Wil son, chief of engineers, this morning organized a board of engineer officers, consisting of Col. Henry M. Roberts, stationed at New York; Maj. Henry M. Adams, stationed at New Orleans; Capt C. S. Riche, stationed at Galves ton, and Capt Edgar Jad win, stationed at New York, to meet at Galveston at the call of the senior officer, about the 20th of October. The board is instruc ted to make a careful and critical ex amination of the jetties and fortifica-, tions of Galveston," and to report to the chief of engineers what action is necessary for the!repair and the restoS ration of the fortifications and harbor works. The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus re serve, decrease f 5,Z2U,U75 : loans, in- . crease $7,022,600: specie, decrease $2, 691,100; legal tenders, decrease $2,263, - 100; deposits, decrease fi.oo3,50U; cir culation, increase $372,000. The banks now hold $20,836,175 in excess of the requirements or tne m per cent. rule. -I I 5! i ! Li if. II 9 : i i I'll t 1 II; if
