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He attributes it to the war feeling, the cautious conserv atism or fear of - change when the condition of the country was fairly prosperous, the ' Trusts - and" other combinations, and the practically unlimited campaign fund which the party managers . had at their dis posal. Theie were other factora, but these were the principal ones. -'He illustrates " the cautious con servatism by noting the fact that the Democratic party gained in the East and in the- cities, and lost in the West and in the country,' the reason for this being that the anti imperialism argument, which had force in the EaBt and in the cities, had little force in the West, where the farmers were influenced by the better prices they have been re ceiving for the past 'few years, prices which are now kept np to some extent by the war in the Phil ippines. They were influenced, too, by the assertions so frequently and positively made that expansion would be instrumental in keeping the open door in China, in opening up to us larger markets there and thus creating a greater demand for the foodstuffs of this country. He doesn't seem to attach much importance to the silver scare and jet that was a mighty factor in the election of McKinley, which will in s great measure account for the sweep of those Statos which some of the Democratic leaders were san guine of carrying. Thisps shown, we think, by the difference in the vote3 cast for Democraticcandidates for Governor in some of these States, aud the votes cast for Bryan, many thousands lesj than those cast for the Gubernatorial candidates. The silver scare did that. But after all the mightiest agency was the corporations, combines and Trusts, which worked in ' ac cord with the party leaders and sup plied their treasury with all the money thoy needed. What amount this was is, of course, as far as out siders are concerned, a matter of speculation. It has been placed all the way from a couple millions to fifteen millions, but even the smaller sum should be, for all necessary and legitimate purposes.sufficiently large, and was considered about large enough before Hanna took charge of J the machine. Being a business man he knew the potency of nioneyand utilized it in his political management in a business-like way. : ; "v In some cases the railroads which were with him and wanted McKin Jey elected carried voters who wanted to get home to vote free of cost, when it was known that they intended to vote the Republican ticket. When free transportation was not given tickets were bought and given to voters, and thus votes enough were secured to decide elec tions in close districts, in Lentz's district, for instance, in Ohio, where he was defeated by fourteen or fif teen votes. ' '. " " The pressure brought to bear by ,8omeof the banks was another fac tor. Mr. Brvan states that he saw 'fetters SPny. organixedinl899, has $90. waj.ooo of stock, and controls about 80 5? I6 tt f, wire Products of the United States. . 'The American Tread Company. pi 12, 000,000, and consolidated 14 large thread companies in New York and New England. ; . "The American Tin Plata nnmnan- organized in 1898, has $50,000,000 of "V?. ' and controls about 8S per cent of the tinplate output. iThe American Window Glass Com pany, organized in 1899, has $17,000. 000 of stock, : and controls about 85 per cent, of the output "The American Writing Paper Com pany, organized in 1899, has $35,000, 000 of stock, and controls over 75 per cent of the output ; "The Continental Tobacco Com pany, organized in 1898, has a capital stock ot $100,000,000, and controls the leading plug tobacco factories of the country. "The Federal Steel Company, or ganized in 1898," has an authorized capital of 1200,000,000, and is a con solidation of several railroad, steam ship and manufacturing companies. ' ' The International Paner ComDanv. organized in 1898, has an authorized capitol of (45,000,000, aod controls 85 per cent of the output of paper for A HOME WEDDING 4 MEETING BP CREC1T021 Marsdn BdliiaT.Es-Uppolated Tnis- 50ETH CAEOUNA LEADS. North Carolina leads all the other Rati tli or n Ktafoa . nnf. nnW in f.Tto number of her textile mills, but also Mis Maie (YCfmnw nnd Mr in- wood' working : tlantsr: The - n.. l, .,1 V 1 1-The first meeliogofcreditora in the Dixie MagazinexMisihei &t Atlanta, J which has-been giving attention to THE (HTTIS-KILOO SUIT.' VSPIRITS TURPENTINE. K. Bryan Plighted Their Troth -.1 newa journals. - "The , National Biscuit Com Dan v. organized in 1898, has a capital of $55, 000,000, and controls 116 plants. The National Salt Company, or ganized in 1899, has 12.000.000 capital, and controls 95 per cent, of the output of salt. - : "The National Tube Company, "or ganized in 1899, has a capital stock of $30,000,000, and controls 90 per cen. of the output "The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company, organized in 1899, has a capital stock of $50,000,000. 'The Standard . Rope and Twine Company, organized November 8, 1826 (five days after the election), consoli dated 22 large cordage mills and fixed the capital stock at $12,000,000. "The Union Bag and Paper Com pany, organized in 1899, has a capital stock of $27,000,000, and controls 90 per cent, of the paper bag business. - "The United States Envelope Com pany, organized in 1898, has a capital stock of $5,000,000, and controls 90 per cent of the output of commercial en- "The United States Cast Iron and Pipe Company, organized in 1899, has .an authorized capital of $30,000,000, and controls the principal cast iron pipe factories." These are all Trusts formed within the past four years and are but a few of the hundreds that have been formed, but these few repre sent an aggregate capital of $917, 500,000, and every one of them the creature of Republican policies. It goes without saying that they were anxious to see these policies perpet uated, and there would be nothing unreasonable in the supposition that they contributed liberally to the Re publican campaign- fund. ; u Mr. McKiiJev said in his Phila delphia Union 'League speech that there was no fear, for the Republic, that this is and will continue to be ."a" government of the people, for the people, by the people," but in view of part that the Trusts and other com bines now take in our elections and the potent influence they and their money have wouldn't it. be nearer the .truth if for "people" in the quotation from that speech the word Trusts was substituted? We have reached the Trust era of Govern ment with Hanna as chief director. this subject,reporta that in addition to 500 saw mills, 85 , shingle mills and 182 planing mills, sash, "door and blind factories there are 63 fac tories making furniture, : chairs, show cases, &c, 36 carriage, wagon and agricultural 7 implement : i fac tories, 25 for making boxes, crates, &c, a total " of 306 wood working establishments-, employing i' Bkilled labor. There f are-1 in; addition' 'to these several plants' which turn Out large quantities of axe and , pick handles, ' spokes, rims, &c, and several for the manufacture of bob bins. :'j-r s'h.:t:. The writer of this, who is not as old as Noah Raby, remembers very well the time when there was not a single one of these manufactories in the State, with the exception of a wagon factory near Salem. The pioneer wood worker of the State, who started the first spoke and handle factory in it, at Greensboro in 1866, Captain Snow, is now a resident of High Point, where he has established several plants for the manufacture of furniture and other things. The plants are con stantly increasing, and if the in crease increases as it has in the past few years it will not be long before North Carolina will lead not only the Southern States, but all the States in the number of them, and probably1: in the amount of work turned out. V " . There is no comparison between the amount of money made by manufacturing ., this lumber in stead of shipping it in the rough, in - addition to which it keeps money at home and gives em ployment to much skilled labor,' and helps others as well. These are called small industries, but in the aggregate they are great and every one of them has growing capacity practically unlimited. AT. THE ALTAR OF HYMEN.' The Marrlsge Was One of the Prettiest That Hss Occurred Io Wilmington : This Season Witnessed by a. ' - Large Namber of Friends." .:; Massachusetts makes a pretty good showing in the longevity col umn. Among the deaths recorded last year there were twenty-one per sons who had reached the age of 100 years or more, of whom eight were born in Ireland and seven in , Massa chusetts. Sixteen were women, and three of these had spent their cen tury or-more " in single blessedness. Nathan Wells, who died in Wash ington a few days ago aged 10T years, said he managed to keep well and prolong his years witn this lor- mula: "Say your prayers; keep cheer ful; eat heartily and take a batn daily." He was the champion globe trotter, having made the trip around twenty-nine times. KOBE TROOPS NEEDED. While apparently having better luck in South Africa than our war wagers have had in the Philippines, the British are far from being ont of the wilderness yet, for after having taken it for granted that the war was ended thd - discovery is now made that they will need fifty thou sand more troops to keep the saucy Boers within bounds, i This increase of troops means a good many more pounds sterUng and-that hurts prob ably about as much as the addi tional men do, for men are held nrettv cheap by the men who are running that South African racket, and have roped the government into it. An assistant of Marconi, the elec trician, says Marconi has solved the problem of extending the sound waves, and by Christmas of next year we can have wireless telegraphy with Europe. . That would wind up the ocean cables. Wm. Rhodes, a brother-in-law of ex-Governor Pattison, of Pennsyl vania, and once very wealthy, is in the Tombs in New York, charged with petty larceny. When some men begin to roll down hill they go clear to the bottom. The English torpedo boat chaser, the Viper, splits water at a speed of 43 miles an hour. A big ship equipped with similar propelling ap- T " . . Mnrf mratus could cross the Atlantic in According w ue - m . ftll Thir will be hava h nil hx uuio arms no idea the Boers still is nno men. men who have of surrendering while they have guns to shootand can get ammuni tion to charge them. - That they are mvinv the British much trouble and that they are not lack ing in Spirit and determination is shown by the rrequency auu uu ness of.tlieir attacks and the way hus- done yet. ays Tt ia aaA that the feud between the Rockefeller brothers has become so bitter that they wUl not attend same churoh; If they keep on at that rate, they may both find them selves in the Bame helL A Boston . restaurant man has much on the weakness of tho Boers, when at A the wrong tactics rflsorted to terrorizing where from bank officials written they failed to conquer in the regular dn,; s.nrr rt war of war. it was a muuw, loan monev for the time being but criminal blunder, m the beginning. - m i vaao nTi and the DinnaerwK &uv" $2,259,070. The bulK oi xne eato goes, on the death of a sister who survives him, to found a hospital m in Boston for incurables. promising accommodation in case of of Republican success. Of course the object in this was to influence Totes for McKinley and doubtless it, in a good many cases, 'succeeded. And with all this came the potent power of .the Trusts, with the people they employed ahel the money they contributed to the Republican cam paign fund. Some of these Trusts we thus enumerated by Mr. Bryan: "The American Agricultural Ohemi- on. 1 jn it Great Britain win come " with little gain and no glory. All there is of glory in it belongs to the intrepid, heroic fighters for mde- pendence. ' It is said that Mrs. Lease is going to sue her husband for divorce on the ground of abandonment and non-support.. Did : she expect him V ll nn his little old arug bu, The looming savage so far report ed, not excepting the boss Boxers, is that Cattlesburg, Ky., fiend who killed his two-year-old step-daughter by forcing a hot poker down her throat. . ;- - - ' ' ' The cabbage growers of Michigan have entered into a c6mbineand the nrice from U to $14 a ton. Even the cabbage-head fellows are catching on to the xtobi piau. n affncnimrat viusi-. ku k i- , .1. cl Company, organized in 1899; has and pirute around the country www - Kuiaonzea capital ui tviv,v.u"v,v' 1 and innt.n. 00 A k larirMt fertuu I ner t , vunui, &u j uw " r-i IDS' rnnnnana i Ik. unntn. ' "The American Hide ana ijeamer , ew York ncwns, Company, organized in 1889; has an r out and finds that uthorized capital of $35,000,000, and has been figuring out fortunes ag- wtrois about 7 per cent, of the upper American ladies with fortunes ag leather output of the country. eirating $205,253,000 have married "The American Linteed Oil Com- ln-Europe; That much Poy. organized in 1898; has a capital titled chaps in nrope. . tocic of iS3.io.Qoo. and controls over . AnAT onsht to buy a big siacs 01 tit ' Jl tl umum' l." a per cent 01 me nnieeu uu. iivw Uei of the United SUte. titles. Brooklyn, N. Y., is going to have the biggest hotel in the world, a 23 gtory shack with 1,600 Tooms, and apartments to acwmm families. .- ,- vr T)bs was also disappointed . , . " ii.hm.' He was count- in ma ujuon"."" - ing on 20,000 votes in Indiana and got 2,374. Added to the list of beautiful wed- i dings that have been celebrated in Wilmington this season is i that ot Miss Maie Isabella O'Connor to Mr. Egbert ; Kedar Bryan,, which ; took; place at 5 o'clock on the 28th ult, at the residence of the bride's parents, Major and Mrs. D. O'Connor, No. 110 Prinees street. All that is combined in elegance and artistic taste was evi dent in the appointments of the wed ding, the decorations being unusually effective in pink and blue. Wild ami lax in sprays, festoons and garlands formed the background of green used in all parts of the house to bring out in snowy whiteness the chrysanthe mums, pink carnations . and rose3, forming the floral adornment. An aisle was formed of blue ribbons and pink carnationa from -the f root of the house to the drawing room and the bridal party passed through it, the bride and groom standing under a canopy of smilax, beneath which was suspended a wedding bell of carna tions. At the aDDointed hour the double chorus, composed of Mrs. W. L. Latta, .Mrs. Joseph H Watters, so pranos; Mrs. E. G. Woody, Mrs. Bur kholder, contraltos t Messrs. C. H. Cooper, Rabt C. Banks, tenors; A. S. and Herbert Holdeu, bassos, with Mr. Alfred Yopp, accompanist, sang the chorus from the "Bride Maiden" and then rendered the chorus from Lohen grin, to which the ; bridal party en tered. During the ceremony the at tendants, forming a double half circle about the bride and groom, presented a beautiful picture, They were : Miss Burriedeli Gower, of Washington, D. .0., maid of honor; Miss Alice Reilly, first bridesmaid; Misses Ana I bel Brazelton, of Tennessee; Nessie Cotchett, ;ida Brown and Tallulah DeRo&set. Mr, Will BryaD, the groom's brother, was. best man, and the groomsmen were : Messrs. Henry G. MacParlane, Jas. ReUly, Chas. C. Chadbourn, Frank Stedman, T. Morgan Turren Une, and Dr. J. S. Spicer, of Golds boro. ' ' The beautiful ceremony was per formed by Rev. Father O. Dennen, and the bride's father, Msj D. O'Con nor gave her away. , The bride's dres3 was of white crepe dechene -ver taffeta and trimmed with duchesse ' ca. The bridal veil was ad justed v. : i - orange blossoms and a clus ter pin of diamonds, k gift of the groom. The flowers were, appropriately, lilies of the valley and bride's roses. Miss Gower, the maid of honor, wore a becoming gown in applique over light blue taffeta. Shi carried a bouquet of pink La France roses. The first two bridesmaids wore effec tive toilets of blue organdie over blue taffeta, with pink trimmings, and the second two were as appropriately gowned in pink organdie orer pink taffeta with trimmings of blue. Their bouquets were of pink and blue carna tions, respectively. . The hair orna ments were blue ribbons and rhine stones. The groomsmen were in conr entional evening dress. The bride's mother. Mrs. D. O'Con nor, wore lavender brocaded trimmed with duches8e lace. After the csremony an elegant re ception was given, at which several hundred guests were entertained., xne bride and groom received congratula tions in the drawing room. The brides -maides were assisted in receiving by the following young lady friends of the bride: Misses Edith Bolles, Alice Smallbones, Kate Harlow, Maggie Price, Mary Monk, Lucy Wootten and Mrs. Joe Bunting. Tn the dininsr room where the supper was . .. served, . the decora tions were of blue and pink. The bride's table had over it a cloth of white damask satin. From the chandelier to the four corners of the table were draped pink ribbOnsiaught in with bunches of carnations. The centerpiece was a chrystai canaeia bra and had; its pink waxen ta pers shaded with blue covers. Pink carnations in tall vases ad ded beauty and fragrance to the gen. eral effect and the bon-bons were in oink. The guest cards were artistically decorated and in the bride's cake were the usual souvenirs the ring, the thimble and the bodkin drawn for by the bride's maids. The bride's pres ents were exquisite and extrava gant. - . . The bride and groom left on the A. O. L. train at 7 tfclock for the North where they "will spend two weeks, after which they -vrill be at home at the Orton. The bride. Miss O'Connor, is one of Wilmington's most accomplished and charming young women. ne is -mm only daughter of Maj. and Mrs. v. O'Connor. The groom is a very popu lar young man and one of the leading lawyers at the Wilmington bar. Among the out of-town attendants upon the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Horace P. Springer, of Washington, D. O , and Mr. John O'Connor, of Joliet, HL, a cousin of the bride. ' matter of H. L'Fennell, bankrupt, was "held yesterday afternoon at 3 O'clock in'the XJ: S. court Toom, Re feree Samuel H.- MacRae, of Fayette Vilfe; presiding. ;.: ' '.' ; ' '. -The usual routine business incident to such proceedings was conducted and Marsden Bellamy, Jr., Esq., was appointed trustee. He will give bond, aka pjiieuioa oftbe ajsats after tak- ng an inventory of same, and dispose oftbe property to the best advantage and interest of the creditors. The liabilities in, the bankruptcy are $16,744 while the -assets are given ia the petition at $9,319.67. The stock in trade is valued at $7,000.: ? v There were a number of attorneys in attendance upon the meeting., in eluding Herbert-MeOlanway, ? Esqat torney for the bankrupt It required several hours for- the transaction of the business. Referee MacRae is still ia the city and attended to a number of matters of detail in the case at The Orton last night. - Jury Awarded Defesdaat $20,000 Usmages. : Motion to Set Aside tad Appeal. Special Star Telearam. -Oxfobd, N. C; Dec" L At 2 o'clock this afternoon after being Cut two and one half Jiours, the jury in the Gattis-Kilgo slander Suit brought in a verdicTin favor of Mr. Gattia on every issue and awarded him- twenty thousand dollars damages. - : ; The defendant made a motion to set ihe verdict aside on the ground that the amount was excessive. ; Judge Hoke overruled this motion and de fendants gave notice of an appeal, t WILWINQTON LEADS IN POPULATION. MR. QR AD Y LOCATES HERE. He Will Practice Uwith Office in the - Old Conrt Boose. R G. Grady, Esq., one of the lead ing attorneys of the Ponder county bar and one of the most prominent citizens of Burgaw, has removed to Wilmington and will begin the prac tice of his profession in this city. He has offices in the old -Court House in the apartments up-stairs, formerly occupied as headquarters of the Dem ocratic County Executive Committee. ' Mr. Grady is a young man of great promise and as chairman of the Dem ocratic Committee of his county in the last campaign led his hosts to victory upon the State ticket for the first time since the war, giving it a majority of over 1,000. Mr. Grady will not altogether abandon his practice at Burgaw but. will spend the first Monday in each month at his old home and will devote more time to his business there when necessary. She Still Holds Her Place as "Metropolis ' f the State." J A Washington special to the Char lotte Observer of yesterday sajs:" "v "Much disappointment was expefi enced when the census returns from North Carolina were made public to day, ia that they did not give the pop ulation by cities separately, bat.incor porated the population of the cites in the county in which they were located. It was explaioeJ that the population by cities will be given later in a com prehensive bulletin, which will be is sued in a month or sooner. No city in North Carolina, it is offi cially announced, has a population of 25,000. Wilmington : stands first and its a close race between Charlotte and Raleigh for second place. : - Our Population. - Attention of the Raleigh News and Observer is called to the fact that New Hanover county is accredited by the Census Bureau with a population of 25,785 and not 24,026 as printed in Thursday's News and Observer. . The last named figures are those of the census of 1890. Assuming from the relative population ' in city and county in the census of the last thirty years, that the present population out side the city of Wilmington is 3,750; then the number of inhabitants in the city proper now is 22,035, which as stated in Washington correspondence of recent date, continues to lead the cities of the State. New Steamship Line. Charleston special to Columbia State: "The fleet of four steamers of the South Carolina Steamship Com pany were sold to-day to Mark Moses, of Georgetown, for $17,500. The steamers will be delivered to their new owner in 30 days. Moses intends to organize a stock company in George town to operate a steamboat service be tween Charleston, Georgetown and Wilmington. The fleet of the Caro lina company will be reinforced by other steamers, yet to be purchased. Mr. Moses is certain of the success of . m, , ill 1. tnn,TDiui. .xne Bew iiao wiu w operated . in " the - interest and the mutual benefit of the three ports. The steamers purchased included the Planter, which has often visited this port; also the Merchant, John M. Cole and Eutaw. Mr. Moses, will it is learned, operate these vessels not only from Georgetown and Cnarleston but also from the landings on the Santee and Pee Dee rivers. He will take nossession of them within the next thirty days.! Sheriif Stedmao's Appointments. Sheriff electFrankH. Stedman, who will go into office Monday, has ap pointed Mr. James H. Taylor, Jr. his chief deputy for office work; Capt R. M. Capps, jailor, and Mr. W Harvey Cox, deputy. The other appointments of deputies will be announced later. The creditors of Mr. B. J. Sunderlin, of Clarkton, at the ad journed meeting yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at The Orton, compro mised their claims at 25 cents on the dollar. PROM POISONED BEER. Harbor Master's Report. The report of !capt. Edgar D. Wil liams, Harbor Master, shows arrivals of vessels of 90 tons and over at the port of Wilmington during the month of November, as follows : Foreign Steamships, 3; tonnage, 4,186; barques, 2; tonnage, 1,024; schooners. 2: tonnage. 237. Total vessels, 7; total tonnage, 5,447. American Steamships, 4; tonnage, 5,040; brigs, 1; tonnage, 299; barges, 2; tonnage, 2,138; schooners, 8; ton nag, '2,284. Total vessels, 15; total tonnage, 9.76L ' Grand Totals Vessels, 22; tonnage, 15,208. . Elks Msy Produce Play. It is rumored that the Elks will give a theatrical entertainment very soon. It will probably be given jointly with the St. Cecilia Circle, a ladies' organi zation of St James' Church. The play that is being talked of is a popu lar comedy that the amateur Thes pians of the city are already familiar with and that they can produce on short notice. It is likely that the play will be produced in the course of three or four weeks. Epidemic in Manchester, Eng. Nearly Seventy Deaths 1,000 Patients. ' By Cable to the Morning Star. London, Dec. 1. The beer poison ing epidemic at Manchester, which has so worked up the north of England, has now spread to London. The county council announces it is taking active measures to protect me com munity. Many samples of glucose used by breweries have been found to con tain arsenic. - " . In Manchester and Liverpool dis tricts there are already over a thou sand patients and there have been nearly seventy deaths due to a partic ularly. bad lot or giucese suppuea w favorite local brewers. A physician suggests that the mys tery in the Maybrick case might have been solved had the facts now made public in regard to arsenic in beer been known at the time of the trial. INJUNCTION GRANTED. The majority of Hon. John D. Bellamy for Congress in this district ia 11,756 and not 1,756 as erroneously ivmnrted in yesterday's Associated Press dispatch from Raleigh. Sport at Orton Plantation. , Col. K. M. Murchison came up yes terday from -Orton plantation where be had a week of fine sport. On Fri day, he killed 35 large mallards and bagged other game. Col. Murohison has recently added to his kennel two magnificent fox and deer hounds a special order from England which were brought over on the British steamship Oahlands, which arrived in port last week. CoL Murchison will return to Orton this week. Property to be Traasf erred. It is learned that on ' next Saturday week the property of the Elks, now in the hands of the Elks Company, will be transferred to the Wilmington Lodge of Elks. A charter will be obtained for the latter organization which will in all respects take the place of the Elks Company. The old corporation will become defunct as soon as the new one ia started and all the transfers are duly made. Mortuary Report. The Report of Dr. Charles T. Har per, city, superintendent of health, shows that during November there were 66 deathsln Wilmington; 25 of white people and 31 of colored people. There were 41 births? 16 of white in fants and 25 of colored infants. - To Prevent Ssle of Florida Central aod Peninsula Road (or Tsxes. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Pknsaoola, Fla., December L In the United States Court to-day Judge Swayne granted an injunction against State Comptroller Reynolds and the sheriff of Leon county, restraining them from selling at public outcry on Monday next the Florida Central and Peninsula railroad. . The corporation's property had been levied on and advertised for sale for taxes due the State for the years 1879, 1880 and 1881. amounting to $96,000. The State officials have been endeavor ing for some time to collect back taxes and the levying and advertising for sale of the road and property is the outcome of a refusal of settlement on the part of the railroad. The road is a brancn oi tne Beauoara &u uno. FIRE AT FULTON, KY. - t- Weldon, News: The peniten tiary authorities say that the crop of cotton on the 8tate farms will be 300 more bales than. were expected. 'The crop is much: better; than last; year, when on more than double the prea-. eht acreage only 2,200 bales were pro duced, Four hundred and ten bales were produced ' this season on 440 acres on the Caledonia farm No. 2. Seventeen thousand bushels of pea nuts were produced on' that - farm ; also twice -as much corn as it will need. . , "7. : V - ;4 r Columbus Newsi-' "Died, Hear Applewhite, this countv. November 23d, 1900, Mrs. Sarah . Alford, wife of Sam Alford, aged 90 years and two months. She was one- of the oldest citizens in that section of the county. Andrew Bright, in default of a 200.000 bond., was sent tO jail Mon day by H. B. Register, J. P., to await trial at the next term of the . Superior court. The charge brought against him was that of larceny. Bright hav ing stolen $110.0a from Buck White- head.'-'-: '-ir:vt -"i ,?f! Chatham Record: Mr. Oliver Lambe, of Baldwin township, diedon last Thursday from paralysis, aged 83 years." He was one of Chatham s most prominent citizens. Quite a number of Northern hunters are here enjiying their favorite sport of shoot ing partridges. Most of them pay the taxes on the farms, whereon they hunt. A twelve-year-old son of Mr. Lonny Mims, of Cape Fear town ship, was hunting some days ago and his dog began barking at a hole in the ground, in which were caught a mink, twoturtles and two bullfrogs. Clinton Democrat: We regret to learn of the. death of Mr. Hart Butler; a respected citizen of Hall's township, which occurred at bis home of heart disease on last Saturday.. On last Sunday nrorning just after breakfast Mr. W. L. Boyette was sitting on the porch at the home of his father, Mr. Jno. A. Boyette, near Warsaw, when he saw a strange animal playing with a flock of goats near the house. Further investigation showed that the animal was a large wild deer. Mr. Boyette called to his father to bring his rifie which was done, but the deer scented danger before the gun arrived and escaped into the woods. Smithfield Herald: Mr. Wm. Henry Lassiter, of Elevation town ship, planted six acres in tobacco this year. He sold his entire crop on the floor of the Banner Warehouse for $1,106.18, an average of $184.36 per acre. An oraer nas oeen piaeeu for the auxiliary machinery for the Smithfied Cotton Mills. This consists in a 250-horse power Corliss engine, three 100 horse power boilers, a com plete system of fire protection, the latest improved system of heating and electric lighting apparatus and sewersge. All this machinery will bo installed during January; The mill will be ready to begin operations about March 1st, 1901. The Durham Herald: About 10 o'clock Monday night Miss Nora Las sater of West Durham, attempted sui cide by jnmping into the reservoir of the Erwfn mill company. Three men Messrs. J. C. Clayton, W. D. Roy ster. and Q. W. Christopher happen ed to be passing the reservoir when she attempted to take her life and res- Cure Cl ttr just ia tua ui uuio Insanity, it is said, was the cause of her rash act She has been subject to fits for a number of years some five or six and recently her affliction has been growing. Her mind began to jail some months ago and it is now said that she is almost hopelessly in sane. Washington Gazette-Messenger: Dr. Abbott, of Vandemere, states that Pamlico county will have a railway connection with the outside world. The canital is already secured and the road will run from Vandemere to Newbern, Washington or Vanceboro. As soon a definite route is determined upon the work of consrncting it will begio. A friend called at our office this morning and asked us to deny the statement that not a Populist vote was cast in ; ; Beaufort county at the - recent election, and reminds us that Bobbie Lane, pf Aurora, was on deck that day and cast his ballot for Barker and Donnelly. Alamance Gleaner: Many of the union mill operatives are leaving the countv and coins' to fcjoutn uaroiina. Georgia and other points. More than one hundred will leave here and as many from Haw River and Burling ton, each, we are informed. -Among them are a : great many excellent people who prefer to go elsewhere rather than surrender rights and privi leges which they, as citizens, deem their own and should enjoy. Near Mr. John W. Bason's, three or four miles east of Haw River, Monday afternoon, George Foust .went to the home of Earl Wat line ton. both col ored, and got into some sort of trouble which resulted in the latter throwing an axe at the former. The blade of the axe hit Foust on the head and split his skull so that his brain could be seen. Dr. Knight sewed up the wound but entertained no hopes of the negro's recovery, but at last accounts he was still alive. Watlingtonis in jail. Treaty Sfcaed Coaveytaf to the United V: States Government tie Necessary j ;K4 Bljlits fftWlexes,r J?i,BvTefleaTrap WASHUfaTON. Dee.Lr-6ecretary ?c NO -6 I Hay this morning, for the government of the ynited States, and benor vorea, r the Nicaraguan minuter, for his own government, signed a treaty whereby Q the latter government concedes to the government of the United States the : necessary rights and privileges within, her bestowal for the construction-'of the Nicaraguan oanaL ;v. -v-.'r?.'' This action is taken in anticipation, p Ot' congressional' action " upon4 thej; pending Nicaraguan bill and tha ... Hay Pauncef ote treaty. - Pending she;' submission of the document to - the Senate, which body must ratify ;, the agreement, the terms will not - be i made ; public : It . is under? stood, however, that generally Nica ragua' grants to the United States-': government the exclusive right 1 to " construct and ..operate - the canal be-, j: tweeh the Atlantic and Paeifio across Nicaragua, including the free use of the San Juan river, and of Lake Mary : ague as part of the water course. Nicr aragua is also to rid herself of any out- standing treaties that would tend in any way to abridge - the privileges to ; be acquired by the United States. v It is understood also that Nicaragua con-' cedes to the United States full author-;' ity to police .the canal. Nicaragua is to receive in compensation a certain amount of the securities of the canal - construction company, ana aunuuga ? it is not possible now to learn the1 figure set down in the treaty, it is be lieved to approximate $5,000,000. Agreement With Costa Rica. The State Department has already entered- into an agreement Son similar lines with the republic of Costa . Rica. This was because Costa Rica has established a claim to the right bank of the San Juan river, which must of necessity form about a third of the length of the canal, should the Nicara guan route be selected and be con structed on the lines which will be suggested by the Walker commission. An understanding has been arrived at by the United States of Colombia covering the same rights and privileges for the Panama route as are conveyed by Nicaragua and Uoata Kica m jne case of the Nicaragua route. So the. State Department has cleared the way for such action as Congress may care to take in the case of either of the canal routes which have been found feasible. B0ERS IN THE TRANSVAAL; Larse Number of Families Propose Eml- ' grating to the United States la- V ' dacements Offered. , By Telegraph to ttoe Morning Star. New York, December 2. Last June an interview with Mr. Reitz, Trans vaal Secretary of State, was cabled to this city, in which the secretary said that the Boers would fight for their liberty as long as there was any hope of gaining it. They would never sur render to Great Britain or become a part of the British Empire. Sooner than do that most of the hardy thrifty Boer farmers would emigrate with their families to the United States. The publication of this interview in the New York WorW brought soon" taneous expressions from the Gov ernors of several States, including Arkansas, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, who "called attention to the millions of acres of unoccupied public lands in the States which were still open under the homestead laws to -v actuaL set tlers, who could obtain 160-acre farms free immediately upon their arrival nn daclarinfr their intention to become citizens of the United States. Five years' occupancy of the lands and -actual cultivation' thereof only was required to complete the titles. - Since receiving the dispatch from Consul Hollis through the State De partment, the officers of western rail ways, owning land grants,.have been asked what special advantages if any would be offered to the Boer immi grants if they came. Prompt responses were received, among others from the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and St. Louis and San Francisco, and from the Northern Pacific railway. The railway officers offer to transport over their lines free or cnargetne jooer immigrants and their families' and household goods, if they shall come here as a result of their message to the State Department. ' ; - In connection with this movement, third assistant Secretary of St: Thomas W. Gridler, has sent to this city a copy of the following dis patch: - r--i: "Lourenzo Marques, South jrfri&x. November 27, 1900. To the Secretary of State, Washington. Please advise New York World that a number of; Boer families here, maximum six nun-, dred men, one hundred and fifty women, contemplate emigration to the United States, and ask the New York World if offer of . homestead farms mentioned in said newspaper telegram to President Kruger, sent my care,' June 1st, 1900, still holds good. "Also inquire what further assist ance can be given these people. Pass age provided here. " . (8igned.) Hollis, U. S. Consul." A CORNER IN EQ0S. Swift A BEAUTY CONTEST. Twenty Business Houses Burned Losses Estimated at $250,000. By Telegrapn to the Morning star. Fulton, Ky., Dec L Twenty business houses were burned here to day. The aggregate losses are esti mated at $250,000. Boyd . Reed was fatally hurt in jumping from a third- story window. - - - It is believed the fire was started by burglars, who, owing to lack of fire apparatus, were - able to loot half a dozen houses. The buildings destroyed included the Kirk dry goods house, the Opera House, Postoffice and the Meadows hotel. Two Selections Msde from Thousands of Photographs Before the Committee. By Telezrapn to the Morning Star. New York, December L The fa mous pan-American beauty contest closed to-day and the awards were made. This was a competition held f or the nuroose of selecting the two most beautiful women in America, blonde and brunette, to typify North and South America on the official em blem of the pan-American exposition in Buffalo in 1901. A committee, of ten, of which Senator Cbauncey M. Depew was chairman, selected from thousands of photographs sent to New York, Miss Maude Coleman Wood, of Charlottesville, Va., to represent North America, and Miss. Mixine El liott, (Mrs. N. C. Goodwin) brunette, to represent South America. RICHMOND PEARSON H0BS0N SITUATION AT TAMPA. Jfo Disorder Among the Strikers The Conditions Still Strained. By Telegraph to Che Mornimt star. . Tampa, Fla., -December 1. All of the striking union men received their strike . benefits this afternoon, and a large sum of money was distributed in this -way. Married men received $7 and the single $5 each a week. . There is to-night no apparent dis order nor any more signs than usual. The strikers are as yet following the suggestions of their leaders to remain quiet, though the general conditions are as strained as ever. 1 At Hospital In New York City, Threatened With Typhoid Fever. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Dec. 1. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, U. 8. N., was this afternoon taken from the Army and Navy Club to the Presby terian hospital. He is threatened with tvphoid fever. Lieutenant Hobson was taken in at wasningion inree flays ago. He immediately came to (his city and put up at the Army and Haw- Club. - Last night he became orse and a physician who was called in stayed with, him all night. - To day It was aeciaea w iaxe mm w me nos pital. .jri-'sM'.' Engineered in Chicago by Armour, and Other Large Packers. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. CHiOAQO.bec. 1. Tho Times Herald to-morrow will say: "A corner has been made on eggs. The price is now nineteen cents, a ' dozen and how high it will go no one but the men who are engineering the deal can telL The men, Armour, Swift and other packers and dealers, who control the corner, have already : made about half a million dollars and their profits have only begun. The deal is of such proportions ; that it makes the Phillips corner on corn ., seem insignificant. The deal has, been engineered by the packers, . Armour and Swift, who are the larg-, est owners of refrigerator cars in the country, and who nave facilities , for handling eggs to better advantage than regular dealers. There is also in the combination the Western Cold Storage Company, the Monarch Re frigerator Company, Purcell & link- ham and C. EL Weaver & Company, : all of Chicago; Haskell & Bosworth, of Beatrice, Nebraska, who buy at 150 stations in the country, are also heavily ' interested. : - ; CHINESE ALARMED. Reports That Allies Meditate ss Expedl ; v tloa Into the Yangtse Valley. , i By Cable to the Morning Star . Shanghai, December . !. Chinese officials here are alarmed at the reports that the allies, meditate an expedition intothe Yangtse valleyi and there is renewed activity an the defences. Mu nitions of war, including jauu-pouna , gun-cotton mines, have been sent from ' Shanghai to Kiang Yen forts. ' ;