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I'.;'?. MM Hi ! ! 1 it 5 r .iid,'??:5i' . f- 1- 't: . i : v . i i t i ' ' : . i'-i v V ' 'I: !' i Mi .I :i.s - u i't:;Mii 11! ' i.i 111 3!.: 1 ' . I it Ii;l mi mm mi t 4. mm mm I f.! - !, : i; ! I- - (LLIAH H. BEBB A BD Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, - - September 28, 1900 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President : WILLIAM J. BRYAN. ofKelirasta. For Vice-President: ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Electors at Large. LE S. OVERMAN, of Rowan. DAN HUGH McLEAN, of Harnett. District Electors. First District: , CHAS. L. ABEBNATHY, of Carteret. Second District: T.C. WOOTEN, of Lenoir. Third District:. HENRY L. COOK, of Cumberland. Fourth District: B. O. BECKWITH, of Wake. Fifth District: WM. A. GUTHRIE, of Durham. Sixth District: W. C. DOWD, of Mecklenburg. . Seventh District: J. R. BLAIR, of Montgomery. Eighth District: WM. S. PEARSON, of Burke. Ninth District: JNO. M. CAMPBELL, of Buncombe. For Congress, Sixth District:, JOHN D. BELLAMY, of New HanoTer. HANNA'S SUBTEEFUQE. , Hanna is trying to explain away - his big break in that Chicago speech when he denied that there are any Trusts in this country. Here is the explanation he 'made of it before he left Cleveland a few days ago for New York: "The speech I made at Chicago on the so-called Trust issue was misquot ed and garbled. What I said was that there were no Trusts in the meaning of the law. When I said that I did not say that there are no combinations of capital, nor did I say that there are no combinations that work injustice to the people. This so-called Trust issue is nothing more than a bugaboo of Bryan's to catch votes. What anti Trust laws have been enacted have been enacted by the Republicans. On the so called Trust issue Bryan is on the defensive. He should tell why ' the Democratic party has never sup ported nor proposed any legislation to regulate the commercial combinations jot the country." . When public men are driven to 'explaining their utterances ,. it is a pretty good sign that they have blundered, and sometimes they make as bad or worse breaks in the explanation than in the speeches ex plained. As is frequently the case, Hanna in this explanation takes refuge behind the reporters, who, he says, have misquoted and garbled his speech, which is a mere subterfuge, because that speech was short and was taken down as uttered and sent out by the Associated Press re porters, who are non-partisans when it comes to reporting and could have had no motive in misquoting what he said and in garbling his speech. Another well known fact is that the Associated Press is rather friendly than hostile to McKinley and, of course, it must be to his Mentor and manager, so that is all rot about his speech being misquoted and garbled. The i fact is that Hanna never thought of making any explanation of this speech until he began to hear from the Republicans about the bad break he made and then he concluded he would make an explanation, just as Roosevelt did after his break in that St. Paul speech. Hanna - adopted Roose yelt's way of getting out of it by al- . leging that what he said was mis quoted and garbled. Hanna didn't say there wasn't a Trust in the United States, bat that he "didn't believe" there was a Trust in the United States. His object in saying he didn't believe there was a Trust was to create the impression that there is not without actually saying 80. He didn't realize at the time he said' this that he was knocking the anti-trust plank in the Philadelphia platform all to pieces and contradicting Ma Kinley's message in which he rec ommended anti-trust legislation, his letter of acceptance in which he sub Btantially re-iterated what he had said in his message, and that he was discrediting Roosevelt's ardent con demnation of Trusts in some of his speeches. That is where he surprised and dumf ounded the Republican spell binders and pnt them in a state of perplexity as to whether they should follow on the line of the President's his letter of acceptance. message. the Philadelphia tplatform, Roose velt's speeches and that anti-trust resolution passed bythe Republican House of Representatives last sest- ion or take their cue from Hanna and say all that talk about Trust is humbue for there are no Trusts. But when Hanna finds himself 'nnrnflrfu. Tin rmihbles to get OUt. He now says he declared there were no i Trusts "in thef meaning of the law." What law? The Sherman law, or some other law? He didn't say that, ' but if ho did, what does it amount ; to? Only this, that the Sherman law cannot reach the Trusts, as At torney General Griggs says it can't, because the Trusts are chartered by the States and the Sherman law cannot interfere with them on that account. WJien the. State under takes to interfere with them they claim that the State has no jurisdic tion becausebhey were chartered in other Stat es, so that there is practi cally no law to reach them. This is about the only dodge Hanna could have made. The laws apply to cor porations or combinations of indi viduals or corporations for the pur pose of securing a . monopoly of the' market to advance the prices. There is no Trust in the and which would not emphatically deny that -it was formed for the purpose of securing a monopoly and raising .prices to suit themselves. This is what Hanna probably meant when he resorted to the thin dodge of saying thero were "nof Trusts in the meaning of the law." The laws apply to a certain thing and the Trusts say they are not that kind of thing and therefore they do not come under "the meaning of the law." But he didn't say there were no "combinations of capital" (he would have been a 'lunatic to have said that) or . that there were no "combinations that work injustice to the people." He simply substi tutes in his gauzy explanation the word combination .for Trust. It is a difference of name, that's all. A skunk by any other name would emit as much offensive odor. There are no Trusts, according to Mark, but he didn't say there are no com binations that do all the things that are charged up to the Trusts and for which the Trusts are execrated and on account of which restraining legislation is demanded by the people. The Democratic platform and all Democratic speakers who discuss the Trust question draw the dis tinction between legitimate combi nations of capital and Trusts and Mark Hanna knew this perfectly well when he made his declaration virtual ly denying the existence of Trusts. What he meant to do and did do was to deny that there are any com binations formed for the purpose of securing a monopoly and advancing prices as a result of that monopoly. That is what he meant 'and that is in keeping with former utterances on that question in which he de fended trusts and pronounced them a benefit instead of an injury to the country. His statement thatf all the anti trust laws were passed -by Republi cans is simply falsehood or igno rance, & we showed when comment ing upon his Chicago speech a few days ago, but like the brazen utter ance which he attempts to explain, and the explanation, it is character istic -of the man with the monu mental cheek. HOW TO SAVE $88,000,000 A TEAR. There is a great deal of talk about militarism, but very few people have a correct idea as to what militarism is now costing this country. This may be gathered from the interest ing facts and figures contained in the following" brief Washington dis patch to the Baltimore Sun: "Prior to March 2. 1899, the regular army consisted of about 25,000 men. The soldiers recruited for the Cuban war were volunteers, and they were mustered out as provided in the act of Congress of April 22, 1898. By the act of March 2, 1899, the regular army was increased to 65,000 and a volun teer army of 35,000 men was authorized for service in the Philippines with the following proviso: inat sucn increased resrular and volunteer force shall continue in ser vice only during the necessity therefor ana not later tnan July l, laui.' "iience, unless there is affirmative legislation by Congress at its session beginning in Decern ber to maintain the increase in the army in whole or in part it will, on the first day of July next, be reduced to 25,000 men. There was appropriated for the army for the present fiscal year $114,000,000. When the army consisted of 25,000 men it required only about $26,000,000 a year iu muuuun iv. "If Mr. McKinley is re-elected Con gress will rightly construe this fact into a demand by the American people ior a large standing army, and the in crease to 100,000 men will be author ized and made permanent If Mr. rryan u eiectea .uongress will con clude that the people are opposed to i large army ana no legislation increas ing it will be passed, and on July 1, 1901, the regular army will resume its former proportions and the expenses of ' a - f ; "a. m j i . . . maintaining it win uxuu aown to the old estimates, a saving ofat least $88,000,000 a year being effected," The intention of the advocates of an increased army is to make the army of 100,000 a permanent thing, and the only plausible reason given for that is that with our . outlying possessions such an army will be come necessary, so that these grabbed possessions will coBt us for the army alone, leaving out the navy, $88,- 000,000 more than our old standing army did. Isn't this paying pretty dearly for the Philippine grab, and won't it take a long time to get it 1 back out of the increased trade they 1 lal,c aD0Tlt tn0se possessions." The way to stop that thing, and to stop it effectively, as the Sun corre respondent remarks, is to relegate McKinley and his crowd. LOOK 1 A STITCH IN XISIK. Bstm vine. Hughea' Tonic new unproved, taste pleasant, taken in early Spring and Fall pre yents CMlla, Dengne and Malarial Fevers. Acts on the liver, tones np the system. Better tnan Qninlne. Guaranteed, try It. At Druggists, eoc ana 11.00 bottles.. ' t HE DIDN'T KHOW. k As a general rule North Carolina hasn't been doing much advertising on her own acdount, but since the. adoption of the constitutional amend- ment she is attracting more atten tion in the North than any other Southern State. "How about North Carolina?" has become one of the current inquiries propounded to Wm. J. Bryan occasionally, and perhaps to other speakers. The propounders of this interrogatory seem to think there is something the matter, but this ifr simply because they don't know much, if anything, about North Carolina. A great many of them are in the predicament of the man the Richmond Leader refers to in the following: "A citizen of Richmond, being at the North sometime ago, was chal lenged by a Northern man to a discus sion of the suffrage law in North Car olina. The Richmond man asked him what the law was and the Northern man frankly confessed that he did not know. 'Then I will not discuss it with you,' replied the man from Richmond. 'If you will tell me what the law is I will talk with you about it, but if you do not know anything about the na ture of the law I must decline jour challenge.'" In commenting on this the Leader thinks it strange that not only so many people in the North are igno rant of the conditions in the South, but that so many papers, and some quite intelligent ones, which devote much space to criti cising the South, should be so ut- torlv iomvrfl.Tit. nn thft matters thei discuss. The Leader is over char itable in attributing this to igno rance. A great many people may be as ignorant on the suffrage and other questions as the man the Leader speaks of was but these papers are not. They know better and their criticisms are inspired, by sectional feeling And partisan bias. They criticise and misrepresent North Carolina and. other Southern States simply , because they think it will help the Republican party and that's all the interest they take in the negroes, whom they would not per mit to vote in their own States if they were one tenth as numerous as they are in the South. Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds, la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonio eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. 25c. per bottle. Insist on havine Rob erts. No other "as good." R R. Bellamy, Jos. C. Shepard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. t TEXAS RELIEF FUND. Report of Committee of Ladies Who Were Instrumental in Preparing Clothing for the Galveston Sufferers. A few days after the news reached Wilmington of the terrible storm which swept the coast of Texas, the Star made mention of the very com mendable movement of a party of la dies, under the leadership of Mrs. Roger Moore, towards alleviating the suffering wrought by what is now commonly known as the "Galveston hurricane." M The committee of which Mrs. Moore was a member has now completed a good work and makes acknowledge- jments of the following donations: Mr. W . E. Springer, one bolt shirt ing; Mr. M. Hosenmann, bolt cloth. Through Mrs. Mendelsohn, bolts of shirting, calico, outing, buttons and thread from the following: a. & B. Solomon, Morris Bear & Co., Rhein stein Co., D. Newman & Son and I. M. Bear 5c Jo. Through Mrs. Kobt Tucker, contributions as follows: Mr. C. W. Polvogt, 20 yards goods; Mr. J. Weil, 24 yards goods; Mr. H. M. Foard, material for shirt waists: Mrs. Tucker. 77 garments, of which 60 were made, and material furnished by herself. A collection of $5.35 was taken at Market Street M. E. Church. This was invested in material from which 40 articles were made by "The Earnest Workers" of that church. The names of other contributors and those who made articles were as fol lows: Mrs. Dr. Wood. Mrs. Geo. Penny, Mrs. Munson, Mrs. Mclntyre, Mrs. J as. Ellis, Mrs. Toomer, Miss Bonitz, and sister, Mrs. A. J. Howell, Jr., Mrs. Wm. Howell, Mrs. Frank Covington, Mrs. L. Pennington, Mrs. rowers, Mrs. Woodward, Miss Dora Brown, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Angel, Miss Nora Angel, Mrs. Mcllhenny, Mrs. Wm. Munds. Mrs. Wm. French. Mrs. H. Harriss. Mrs. Sandlin. Mrs. Roberts, Miss Fannie Johnson, Mrs. Vincent, Miss Mary Vincent. Clerks at me uacKet store, Mrs. Chadbourn, Mrs. J. L. Cantwell, Mrs. Jno. Dudley, Miss Janie Dudley, Miss Serena Chad bourn, Mrs. Roger Moore, Miss Kate MCLiaunn. Mrs. Marv Ivon. Miss C. Woodward, Mrs. Prempert, Misd Kate Brown, Miss Alma Bain. Miss -Sue Boone, Mrs. F. H. RusselL Mrs: Geo. Summerell, Mrs. Hopewell, Mrs. Funchess, Mrs. Culver, Miss Fentress, Mrs. Walter Kinesburv. Mrs. Jno. D. Taylor, Mrs. R. H. Beery, Mrs. Dixon Munds, Mrs. C. R. Wil liams, Miss Kate O'Hanlon, Misses West, Mrs. Duffy, Mrs. Bis singer, Mrs. Folger, Mrs. Sharpless, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. S. E. Toon. Mrs. Frank Simmons, Mrs. Thorpe, Miss Sue Meares. Mrs. Casey, Mrs. W. L. Miller, Mrs. Fannie Mitchell, Mrs. W. H. Shaw, Mrs. Mendelsohn and friends, Mrs. McRae, Mrs. John Hed rick, Mrs. Bagley, Mrs. Edward Wooten, Mrs. Louis Belden, Mrs. Mit- tie Moore, Miss Rundlet, Mrs. H. Wilder,Mrs. Boat wright, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. P. Heinsberger, Mrs. P. B. Man ning, Mrs. C. P. Bolles, Mrs. Banner man, Mrs. Daisy Sapp, Miss Roth well, Mrs. Peoples, Mrs. Oscar Fillyaw, Mrs. M. Willard, Miss Mary Cantwell, Mrs. W. R. French, Mrs. Warrock, Miss Bettie Price, Mrs. Lossie Myers, Miss Bagg, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. Emily Payne, Mrs. Sam Bear, Mrs. G. R. Casey. The amount of $2.12 was contributed by Misses Annie Brothers, Lucile Smith, Sallie Ballinger, Lola Owens, Josie ' Owens, children from Market Street Church Sunday School. We have tried to keep a correct list of all donors. If we have failed, it is owing to the confusion that necessar ily prevailed at times. : The people have responded generously; seven tightly packed barrels have been ship ped, in which were packed 830 articles. BdUor'a Awfsl Plight. F. M. Higgins, Editor Seneca (Ills.) News, was afflicted for years with Piles that no doctor or remedy helped until he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He writes two boxes wholly cured him. It's the surest Pile cure on earth and the best salve in- the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by B. R. Bellamy, druggist. t DEMOCRATIC CLDBS. I The Meeting of State Association at Raleigh Yesterday Was Well Attended. - OFFICERS WERE ELECTED. Geo L. Peschan and L. V. Grady Chosen Delegates to Indianapolis Conven tion F. H. Stedman Named oo Executive Committee. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. 0., September 26. The State Convention of Democratic Clubs met here today. There were about one hundred delegates present,7 representing clubs in the following counties: Alexander. Lincoln, Chat ham, Cabarrus, Chowan, Franklin, Bertie, New Hanover, Vance Hali fax, Rowan, Wake, Harnett, Nash, Craven, Cleveland, Greene, Catawba, Durham, Charlotte, Lenoir, Anson, Wayne, Wilson and Forsyth. The convention was called to order by Francis D. Winston, who so suc cessfully organized the White Supre macy Clubs in the last campaign. Officers forthe State Association of Democratic Clubs were elected as fol lows: Pesident, Francis D. Winston, of Bertie county; secretary. Elisha B. Lewis, of Lenoir county. Vice presi dents were elected as follows: First districCB. B. Winborne, of Chowan; Second district, W. R. Allen, of Wayne; Third district, W. E. Mur chison, of Cumberland; Fourth dis trict, A. K. Smith, of Johnston; Fifth district, H. A. Foushee, of Durham; Sixth district, Cameron Morrison, of Rockingham; Seventh district, W. P. Huff ham, of CaUwba; Eighth dis trict, R. N. Hayckett, of Wilkes; Ninth district. Thos. A. Jones, of Buncombe. Delegates to the National Conven tion at Indianapolis, Ind., next week, were named as follows: J. R. Leigh, of Pasoquotank; Donnell Gilliam, of Edgecombe; C. E. Foy, of Craven; C, F. Lumsden, of Wake; M. E. McCofin, of Durham: Geo. L. Peschau, of New Hanover; J. P. Cook, of Cabarrus; E. Y. Webb, of Cleveland; Louis M. Bourne, of Buncombe. At large, John S. Cunningham, of Person, and R. A. Dauehton, of Alleghany. Al ternates chosen were: D. C. Barnes, of Hertford; W. A. Dunn, of Halifax; A. A. McKeithan, of Cumberland; J. H. Bridgers, of Henderson;7 J. N. Wilson, of Guilford; H. Clarkson, of Mecklenburg: A. H. Boydan, of Rowan; H. L. Green, of Wilkes, and W. W. Zachary, ofMadison. At large, L. V. Grady, pf New HaTiover, and W. G. Lamb, of Martin. ' Five members of the Executive Committee were appointed by the chairman, as follows: H. A. London, of Chatham jfW.-R. Allen, of Wayne; EL A. Foushee, of Durham; W. B. Snow, of Raleigh ; F. H. Stedman, of New Hanover. On motion a rising vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Winston for his able and efficient work in organizing White Supremacy clubs during the last campaign. To night the Kaleigh clubs held a grand rally at which speeches were de livered by Lee S. Overman and D. H. McLean, electors at large, and B. C. Beckwith, district elector. Snpreme Court. The Supreme Court to-day adopted a rule requiring of students two years' study of law before getting license.and adding to the course of study "Shars- wood's Legal Ethics." To night, at the Baptist Female Uni versity, Dr. Norwood Carroll, of this city, and Dr. Delia Dixon; resident physician of the University, were mar ried. Dr. Dixon is a sister of Rev. Thomas Dixon and Rev. A. C. Dixon, of BrooklynN. Y. When others fail, take Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tokio. It cures chills, fevers, malaria and general bad health. 25c. A red cross on the label assures you of the pure, high-class material that maxes koberts a suc cess. Don't take a substitute. R. R. Bellamy, Jos. C. Shepard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. THIRD DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS. Campaign to Be Conducted by Elector Cook and Congressman Thomas. Mr. H. L. Cook, Democratic nomi nee for Presidential Elector for the Third Congressional District, will ad dress his fellow-citizens on the issues of the oampaign at the following times and places: Bladen County-Elizabethtows, Mon day, October 1st. At the above appointment Hon. C. R. Thomas, nominee for Congress, will speak:. Jones' County Pollocksville, Tues day, October 9th : Trenton. Tuesday (night), 9th. at 18.15 o'clock; Haskin's Chapel, Wednesday, 10th; Kbodes' Store. Thursday. 11th. Onslow County Richlands, Friday, October 12th; Snead's Ferry, Saturday, 13th; Uross Roads. Monday. 15th. Duplin County Chinquepin, Tues day, October 16th; Wallace, Wednes day, 17th; Rose mil, Thursday, 18th- Good News from Mr. Carr. in a letter to Mr. G. J. coney yes terday, Miss' E.' Coffin, the trained nurse attending J. O. Carr, Esq., dur ing his sickness at his old home at Xenia, N. C, writes that he is now much improved. Dr. F. H. Arthur, the attending physician, says that Mr. Carr has already passed the critical stage in his illness and will be well and able to be up in a very short time. He now has no symptoms of typhoid fever, though his fever was, on the day which Miss Coffin wrote, 103 3-5, This, however, Dr. Arthur intimated is likely to leave him at once and then he will rapidly recover. That TUrobblng Headache Would quickly leave you. if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thou sands of sufferers have proved their m&tcaiess merit for Kick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood uu surong nerves ana buildup your uciuta. aasy to tase. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, Drug- JURV mvwa. McKoy Cases Against the C. C. R, Termiasted Yesterday's Sessk of the Superior Court. The hearina- of the second case brought at this term of the New Han- j over Superior Courtly Lloyd O. Mc Koy against the Carolina Central Rail road Company for damages sustained by. him in theburning over of his lands by a fire alleged to have origi nated from a spark emitted by a loco motive of the defendant company, oc cupiedanother entire day's session yesterday and last night after remain ing out about three and a half hours tbo jury at 10.80 o'clock awarded him $35 out of 4he $850 damages alleged in the complaint. Court convened yesterday morning at 9 o'clock and disposed of an unin teresting divorce case. The McKoy suit was then taken up, and owing to the length of same, a recess was taken at 1 o'clock until 3 o'clock in the af ternoon, when it was resumed. The testimony was all in by 4 o'clock and three hours was consumed in argu ment by counsel Messrs. McClammy and Rountree for the plaintiff and Iredell Meares, Esq , for the defend ant. Judge Moore charged the jury and the court then took a recess until 9 o'clock this morning. The verdict was; received by CoL Jno. D. Taylor. Clerk of the Superior Court, at the hour named and the -jury which was composed of the following gentle- men, was discharged for the night: J. P. Walton, H. Rehder, T.B. Old ham, L. L. Bland, J. S. Russ, J. S. Canady, J. D. Brown, E. N. Penny, G. H. Hutaff, J. W. Strickland, Geo. H. Grant and Leon Gore.. Sweet Potatoes for Europe. Mr. D. M. Nesbit, a special represen tative of the Agricultural Department at Washington, arrived yesterday to confer with representatives of the East Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers' Association with reference to the ship ment of sweet potatoes to foreign countries. It is believed by the Aeri cultural Department that in view of the fact that sweet potatoes are grown nowhere else in Europe save a few of inferior quality on the Mediteranean coast that the foreign commerce of ine umiea states can be much in creased in this particular. The propo sition of Mr. Nesbit to the truck growers of this section a famous sweet potato belt has in it much to interest those with progressive ideas. He has already secured a shipment from the east coast of Virginia, and hopes to secure one from this section Attempted To Break Jail. Dick Wilson, a half -demented negro, who was arrested yesterday afternoon at Front and Dock streets by Police man E. J. Grimsly for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, last night shortly before 12 o'clock made an an successful attempt to break out of the station house. Several of the iron oars securing the locks to the negro cells were broken in his attempt to get an implement with which to break out His plans were foiled by night Janitor Dew who discovered his game and acting under orders of the captain placed him in a cell instead of allow ing him the liberties of the corridor. His Head Was Crashed. A gentleman who arrived in the city yesterday morning told of the death of Ei Quinn. who was killed Monday afternoon at Mt. Olive by a wagon wheel running over his head, ingniiuiiy crushing it. uumn was employed by Mr. John Bell to haul logs to his saw mill. Monday after noon he was standing on the tongue of a heavily loaded wagon when he lost his balance and fell, and one of the wheels passed over his head. He lived only fifteen minutes after the accident occurred. His home was at Bear Creek, Duplin county. His Name Dropped. A Greensboro special dated Monday says that Orange Presbytery at a called meeting held there in the afternoon granted the request of Rev. Hay Wat son Smith that his name be dropped from the roll of licentiates of the Presbytery. A resolution was adopt ed expressing sincere regret at parting with Mr. Smith and invoking God's blessing upon him. It is understood that Mr. Smith,-who is well known here as a former supply for the first Presbyterian church, will connect himself with the . Congregationa! church Syrufo'Figs Acrfe3J32iiy andJhmptfy: Cleanses the System Gently nd Effectually when bilious or costive. resents in the most acxreptableonn tiie JcLratire principles of pJants Jen own to act most ' Lenelciaify: TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANF'D. BY CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCa SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVIU.E.KY. NEW YORK. .Y for sate by druggists - price SOt per bottt. WILHINOTON CENSUS No More Bulletins for Towns With Less Than 25,000 Inhabitants. RULING OF THE DEPARTMENT Inference is That Wilmington is Below the Mark Indicated Above No North Carolina City Can Touch It. Some Past Figures. The Chief of the Population Division of the Census Bureau has positively declined to furnish to any one data concerning the twelfth or 1900 census so far as it pertains to towns and cities of less than 25,000 inhabitants accord ing to the count recently made. The reason is that such procedure would seriously retard the compilation of the census by States, which the office pro poses to do alphabetically. According to announcements already given out. which it is understood are all that will be made just yet, it appears that no North Carolina city has a place on the list of cities of 25,000 inhabitants and more, and as the Charlotte Observer complacently remarks the Old North State "will come along with the job lot yet to' be given out.'' The are lots of Wilmington people, however, who have dollars to dough nuts that a carefully made police census would easily place Wilmington dangerously near, if not over the mark indicating the limit made by the Census Bureau to the giving out , of statistics. From the year 1870 to 1880 Wilming ton scored nearly ZZ per cent, gain in population and from 1880 to 1890, an approximate gain of 20 per cent. Is it too much to suppose that with the increased manufacturing interests in the city and the changing of the order of things in general, that Wil mington has not in the last ten years made again of 25 per cent f If she has. then Wilmington is entitled to a place among the list of citirs already given out. The following figures are the au thentic reports of the census of Wil mington for the past thirty years: Census of 1870 White population, 5,526 ; negro, 7,920. Total, 13,446. Census of 1880 White population, 6,888; negro, 10,462. Total, 17,350. Census of 1890 Male population, 9,287; female, 10,769. Native born in habitants, 19,544; foreign, 512. White population, 8,731; negro, 11,324; Chi nese, 1. Total, 20,056. It therefore appears from the figures of 1890 that if an increase- of 25 per cent had been scored, Wilmington would have a place among the "dis tinguished cities." How's This 7 We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh thai cannot be cored by Dull'a notnFih Hum F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. we, me anaersignea. nave Known F. J. u Ho ney ior tne last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all bnalnesa tranfuurtinnft. and financially able to carry out any obligation West & Trcax. Wholesale DrnsiriBts. Tnlmln. r Waldino, Kinnxm & Mabtin, wholesale Drug arts ts. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of we system, race, sc. per Dome, sola Dy ail arugKusu). xBHumonuus rree. Hall's Family Pills are the best t Civil Service Examination. Mr.- Fred . Wannamaker, special Civil Service examiner, conducted an examination in the United State Court room yesterday for two stenographers and typewriters, one messenger, one penitentiary guard, and one interna revenue clerk. All the applications were for positions in Washington, Mr. Wannamaker remarked to a Stab reporter that there is a big demand for male stenographers and typewriters, and good positions are always open to good men in that line of work. He left yesterday afternoon for Char leston, where he will hold an examine tion. Gone to Mexico. Mr. Richard uradley, who was until recently with the Murchison National Bank,- left Sunday after noon for Banimichi,- Mexico, to accept a position in the gold fields there. The place where he will be lo cated is 130 miles from Hermisella, the nearest town of any importance. He will stop over in Savannah for a few days before proceeding on his trip. Mr. Bradley has many friends here who very much regret his departure, but wish for him abundant success in his new undertaking. Came After Prisoner. Sheriff S G. Wooten, of Bladen county, and one deputy, arrived yes terday for C. R. Freeman, a young man charged with the murder of Charles Chason, who was shot in the head through a window at night. Freeman was brought here on the Fourth of July for safe keeping. The officers left with their prisoner yester day afternoon at So'clock on the Carolin Central Railroad. Cement for the Fort. The schooner Mecosta, 242 tons, Capt. Strout, arrived yesterday morn ing at Fort Caswell from New York with a cargo or cement for the im provement under way there. After discharging the schooner will likely proceed to Wilmington for a cargo out.' She is consigned to Messrs. George Harriss, Son & Co. Wood's Seed. Messrs. T. W. Wood & Sons, seeds men, of Richmond, Va., ' who have a large and growing trade in this sec tion of the State, have been awarded a gold medal on their exhibit of seeds at the Paris Exposition. This testimo nial of the excellence of thef products is a valuable one. County chairmen of Democratic Executive Committees are again re minded that jlonday is the day for the meeting at county- seats of their com mittees to appoint poll holders for the Senatorial primaries, November 6 th. The appointees, of course, are to be men of good moral character and so far as is possible, men, of different S references as to the numerous candi ates before the primary. SCHOONER ENTERPRISE SUNK f Ran Into by New York Steamer Down s the River Tuesday Night Narrow Escape of the Crew The little two masted schooner Enterprise, 34 tons, in charge of Capt. Guilford Styron and owned by Capt. R W. Gibson, was run into by the Clyde steamer Saginaw while the steamer was passing out for her Georgetown trip Tuesday night and as a result of the collision the smaller vessel was cut almost in twain and sunk. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock just below the "dram tree" down the river, and Capt. Styron and crew of three white men, all of Bruns wick county, had a narrow escape from serious injury. The little schooner was laden with about 40,000 shingles and was bound for Wilmington. The vessel and cargo are practically a total loss." Capt. Styron is unable to account for the accident unless those on the Saginaw failed to notice him as he was coming up. He says he had all his lights burning and was making all possible haste to get out of the chan nel. It was high tide and there, was little wind. When the collision came the crew on the wrecked boat saved themselves by jumping, except Jno. W. Dixon, mate on the boat, who was caught in the cabin. With the aid of axes and other implements he was at length extricated. One or more of the men on the little schooner were picked up by yawl boats of the Saginaw and the others were picked up by the steamer SeabrigM, Capt. Jno. L. Price, which was coming up from her regular trip to Shallotte. Yesterday Capt. Price towed the wreck from down the - river to Skin ner's ship yard. The schooner Enterprise was built at Wilmington in 1898, She is 66 feet long, 19 feet in breadth and 5 feet in depth. She is one of a number which Capt. Gibson operated between Wilmington and points down the river in his extensive shingle business. N. C. SUPREME COURT. Forty-seven Applicants to Practice. Law. New Republican Paper to Start. fpeciol Star Telegram. Raleigh, September. 24. Forty seven applicants for license to practice law were examined to-day by the Su preme Court. Two of the applicants are negroes. The examination was written and was held in the Senate chamber. Sixty-three questions were asked. The names of those who passed will be announced in about a week. It is announced that a new Republi can weekly paper will be started here this Fall. It will not fight the amend ment, but will seek to reorganize the Republican party on new lines. WEATHER AND CROPS. Cotton Damaged by Heavy Rains in North ern and Central Texas Weather Bureau's Report. By TelesraDb to the Morning Star. Washington," September 25. The Weather Bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions says : Heavy rains in central and northern Texas, Arkansas, the Dakotas, Minne sota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan, interrupted farm work and caused in Jury to crops, the principal damage in the Dakotas and Minnesota being that done to grain in shock, while in Texas and Oklahoma cotton suffered most. Drought continues in the upper Ohio valley, portions of Missouri and the Middle Atlantic States.and rains would prove beneficial in Florida and por tions of Alabama. In the central and eastern districts of the cotton belt cotton picking has progressed rapidly, generally under very favorable weather conditions, and is nearing completion in some sections. In central and northern Texas the heavy rains of the latter part of the week caused much damage by beating out open cotton, but . in the southern portion picking progressed rapidly un der favorable conditions. The weather for the past week has been highly favorable for curing to bacco, the bulk of which crop has been housed. RUSSIANS IN CHINA. Killing Indiscriminately Men, Women and Children Horrible Atrocities. . iBy.Cable to the Horning Star. London, September 27. The Times prints correspondence from Niu Chwang declaring that the Russians have killed indiscriminately between fifteen hundred and two thousand Boxers and Chinese civilians, men, women and children, both inside and outside the walls. The correspondent adds that from all sides comes reports of the violation of women, and that the Russians are carrying out a policy of destruction of property and the ex termination of the people in Kai Chau. Nearly all the villages have been burned and the inhabitants killed. For some days, the correspondent declares, the soldiery and Cossacks have been allowed to do what they like, and he thinks the annexation of Manchuria is intended. DEATH OF GEN. PALMER In 1896 He Was Presidential Candidate of the Gold Democrats. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Springfield, III., Sept. 25. Gen. John M. Palmer, ex-Senator from Il linois, died at his home in this city at 8 A. M. Heart failure was the direct cause of Gen. Palmer's death. He had been in ill health for more than two years. . John M. Palmer was born in Ken tucky, Sept. 13, 1817. From 1869 to 1873 he served as Republican governor of Illinois. Later he became a Demo crat and in 1891 was elected to the United States Senate. In 1896 Gen. 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CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF G0EBEL Jim Howard Pound Guilty Jury Gave Him the Death Penalty Motion for a New Trial. By Telegraph to the Herntng star. j Frankfort, Ex., Sept. 26 James B. Howard, who has bean on trial for the past ten days, charged with beinjr a principal in the assassination of William Goebel, was found guilty in day, the jury fixing his punishment at death, Thefact that the jury had delib erated all of yesterday afternoon without reaching a verdict led to t!m belief that it was hopelessly divided, and this fact made the verdict a shod; to Howard and those who hoped fur his ultimate acquittal. Howard did not lose his composure when the verdict calling for the ex treme penalty of the law was read u the crowded court room. He glanced at his attorneys who sat beside him and smiled, but said nothing. After the jury had been discharged Howard was taken to the jail and here for the first time he betrayed emotion. He called for a pen and paper and wrote, a long letter to his wife, during which tears coursed down his cheeks He was joined later by his attorneys, who spent a good part of the day . in con ference with him in regard to the mo tion for a new trial, which will be filed to-morrow, and other matters in con nection with the case. W. EL Culton, who is under indict ment as an accessory to the GoeW-l murder and who gave damaging evi dence against Howard and CalH Powers, was released on bail this, af ternoon and his case was continued until the January term. His bond was fixed at $10,000, and his brot) r in-law, E. E. Hogg, of Owsley county, and J. F. Halcomb and John Johnson, of Jackson county, became his-sure ties. Howard and his friends are very bitter in their denunciation of wit nesses, who it is charged werain the conspiracy to murder Goebel and Win have since been manufacturing testi mony against others in order to obtain immunity for themselves. "Jim" Howard, as he is common iy known in the mountains, is a strik iogly handsome man, 44 years of age, and would be one of the last to be pointed out by a stranger as the man on trial. He had the record, however, of being the leader of the Howard White faction in the Baker-Howard feud in Clay county in which numer ous lives were taken. He killed Geo. ' Baker and was suspected of the assas sination of Tom Baker, who was killed after the same fashion as the Goebel murder, and Howard's friends believe that these facts had very much to do with the making of the verdict sen tencing him to the gallows. TIDE TURN NSfO BRYAN. Gorman Believes the Democratic Chances Are Growing-Men of Moderate For tune Want to Return to Party. Special to the Baltimore Sun. Washington, Sept. 25. Former Senator Arthur P. Gorman, who was in Washington to-day( thinks the political tide is now setting stroDgly in Mr. Bryan's direction. "I do not believe either party has made a canvass which would warrant a conclusion as to the probable result of the election," he said. "It is sev eral weeks before the election, and campaigns run more or less in waves. There is a drift a very decided drift in favor of the Democrats, which justifies the hope that Bryan will be elected. Political -conditions seem much as they were in '92." "Is it your opinion that the Gold Democrats are generally supporting the ticket?" was asked. "The men who are politicians, or naturally partymen, and the moder ate men that is, those of moderate wealth are back in the party sup porting the ticket. The smaller num ber of men Of great wealth who are at the head of some great corpora tions and moneyed institutions are not generally coming to the support of Mr. Bryan. 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