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There has been a good deal of discussion of this monster steel combine, by par tisan, non-partisan, and non-politi- Cil journals, and a good deal of speculation as to what the outcome will be. One of the latter class, which has devoted close attention to the Trust question and closer to this consolidation of steel Trusts, pub lishes a lengthy but conservative ed itorial in a recent issue, in which, after speaking of the Trusts gener ally and thir organizations, thus points out some of , the problems the Trusts will have ttf face. We quote from the New York journal 6f Com merce and Commercial Bulletin: "Henceforth, however, the iuves tors ta tnese new enterprises will nave to face a sei of problems which thy have so far ignored in a p rit of iais s-z f aire optimism Taose neglected factors are, from every poiat of view, vary serious matters, which neither th- trusta" nor tbe public can afford to lave to their own drift. Taat, we tali o ity will at least prove to be 'the seuti'nent of th American people. "Let us brtt-flr glance at a few of theie imperfectly considered problem And, first, the capitalization of the trust," At the close of 1910 their nnmmal cipital consis-ed of $680 000, 000 iii b iad. $1 250.000 000 of prefer red stock and $3,796 000,000 in com m a 8l-ck, the latter comprising 5i p r ceat. of the total capitalizttioa. Wailst nearly th wnole of the bonds and the preferred shares maybe con ceded, to have rpisented the posi tiv values coutttued in the merged corporations, probabty nine tenths of th-i c m noa shares have nothing be hind them beyond such transient B ma a ts as com pensatioa to "promoters. " t d- vvill. past profits without any gutranty of their continuance, and bonuses (over and above the true value of the properties amalgamated) to induce co operation in the "deals." Tnisec mtnou shares have brought no accessions of capital or property to the consolidations; they may serve, as counters in gambling speculations, or as shams to bolster up false confidence among the uninitiated, but by no true or proper use of Jaaguage can they be design -ted as "capital stock " In narlv all cases they are a worthless fiction. - "Our railroad experience illustrates the ouic tme or this sort of noancr inir. Asa .general rule, until within q uti recent years, our railroads have been built almost exclusively on the proceed i of bonds, whilst the common stock, to an qual amount, has been issued without any substantial equiva ient, thrj consequence being tht, for thirty to forty years, those corpora tions have bad to contend against crippled credit and from two thirds to three-fourths of them have had to nisi throuzb bankruptcy, with ruin ous loss to investors. What is the capitalization of the "trusts" but an attemDt to repeat in our industrial system'the stock watering from which our railroad svstam has sutured so much discreditable wreckage? 'It car rie a damning stigma upon the whole morale of the "trust movement ' that it shou'd have been built upon such a vicioils finan cial bisis: and equally it casts an omi nous shadow upon th future status. of our industrial securities. Had the sys Um been fortified by a sound capitali zation, it would bave appealed to the conservative spirit of the investing public; based, as it is, upon a grossly sp -culative capitalization, it sacrifices tue most essential prerequisite to pub lie confidence, and seriously vitiates our svstem of industrial credit. - "Tne tru8t'88tm strikes so directly at so many established interests that it seems inevitable mat it win nave to en c mnter an unsparing public hostility and there are ways of attack which the consolidations will and it very aimcull to defeat For instance.a reconstruction of tbn tariff upon a revenue basis would overthrow the arunciai dssis oi com mercial values established by pro tective duties and the ' trusts" would have to compete with the cheapest markets in the world ; in which case what would become of the mechan ism for controlling prices on which these institutions are so largely de- I pending? The perpetuation of the present tariff is wholly dependent on ( public opinion, and there is no mis taking the signs that popular senti ment is fast oming to the conclusion that, for the United States, protective A havA iln.J. An V.n; wiAHtv uoavw- uvuu nuti il B. If to this conviction is added the pop ular motive of depriving the "trusts" of the support of the protective policy, there is nothing more probable within the range of federal politics than that )the next election will be run upon the issue of an anti trust tariff. At this p int, therefore, the "trust" system stands seriously exposed to ceeck, if "Another of the most vital props of the 'trust' system is afforded by the patent laws. In themselves those laws constitute a monopoly, which by cer tain accommodatans to legal formal' ities can be made almost perpetual. True, these privileges are available to private persons as well as to consoli VOL. XXXII. dated corporations; but it is neverthe less a fact that there are tew trusts which do not largely owe their mo nopolistic power to their ownership of patents. Oar patent system is full of wrongs and inequalities which cry aloud for remedy, and yet there need be do difficulty in devising a law which, while adequately compensat ing the inventor, would make the in vention available for common use upon common conditions. A reform ing Congress, bant up in establishing r restoring equality, of opportunity in every department of human effort, would find no reform more welcome to the people at large than one that expunged monopoly Irom our patent system. Here s another of the trust strongholds to which public opinion and reform politics may be expected to direct assault from this time for ward. - ' "Beyond these points of exposure connected with the trust movement, there is the more insidious and less demonstrative popular conviction that, through all the larger movements of capital, a strong obligarcbical ten dency has set in as an element un friendly to popular institutions. A sub consciousness of this tendency is beginning to pervade all classes, affect ' tng the upper and lower in very con flicting directions, No public move ment has so directly encouraged this sentiment as the past and current crea tion of the trust coosoliduions, and for that reason those institutions most '-xpect to encounter the popular u p cions as to the aggressive tendencies of wealth. It is an unweiome duty to call attention to these drifts of the tames; but it is to be feared they are 4erious realities, and it is best for all interests that the tendencies should b openly recognized in their infancy apd when guidance can be most effectively apolied. This differently expressed means that, in the opinion of this able con servative journal there are storms brewing for the Trusts, but for the combinations of Trusts in particular. This does not dome with the air of prophesy for we have had the indi cations, the rumblings already in the utterances of Republican Con gressmen who have heretofore been the friends of or apologists for the Cruats, for many of . them have not hesitated to declare in favor of re pealing all protective duties on articles controlled by Trusts, which if done would bring the tariff with in the Democratic requirements of 'a tariff for revenue only" and we would havj the unique spectacle of the It publican party with the great ideal protectionist in thePresidental chair, turning its back on its prog eny, the Trusts, and taking its pos ition on the once denounced Demo- cratic platform. If they begin on this line, (and thev can't verv well help it now after having gone so far) the logical result will be thai the whole protec tive svstem will cro to pieces. The abolition of the protective duties as demanded in Democratic platforms was denounced by the Eepublican protectionists as free trade so that we may expect to see the free trade rlpnnnnr-Ars anddenlv become 'free traders. . But this will not mean free trade, and these Eepublican protectionists knew this when they declared that removal of the protective duties mant free trade, for while this government needs as much rev enne as it does now and will need in the future the tariff duties that supply the revenue or any con siderable part of it must necessarily give as much incidental protection as any American industry will have need of if there need of any. But the Trust question has been brought to the front by this steel consolida tion and they must meet it, whether thev will or not. and the Trusts must face the problems. KITCHENER'S IRON HAND. We have had numerous reports of British brutality in South Africa. These reports have been denied, as might have been expected, and a strict censorship is exercised to pre vent the facts from being given to the world. Bnt they do get out h tha medium of letters of soldiers to friends, the same way that we learn much as to the situa tion in the Philippines, where the military censorship suppresses what it is not deemed well for the public to know. ' - " . A few days ago a proclamation was issued by Gen. DeWet, in which He denounced the atrocities perpe trated by the British soldiers, giv ing" them notice that he would re taliate, but on men and not on wo men and children, who would be safe from their avenging hands. Tbjs proclamation and these re ports are substantiated by letters from soldiers, extracts from one of which are produced in a recent number of the London Truth, de scribing the march of one of the British columns in the country north of Belfast: "During the trek our progress was like the old time forays in the high lands of Scotlaad two centuries ago We moved on from valley to valley, lifting cattle and sheep, burning, loot ing, and turning out the women and children to sit and weep in despair be side the ruins of their once beautiful farmsteads. It was the first touch of Kitchener's iron hand a terrible thing to witness. We burned a track about six miles wide through these fertile alleys. The column left a trail of fir ? and smoke behind it that could be seen at Belfast.' ". Describing the sack of Dullstrom, he says: "Nobody who was there will eyer forget that day's work. About 7 o'clock in the morning our force seized the town after a little fUbt. The. Boers went into the surrounding hills, and there was nobody in the town except .1 HE women and children. It was a very Eretty place, nestling in a valley. The ousea and lovely flower gatden, and the roses were in bloom. "The Boers drove in our outposts on the flnk and began sniping the guns, and amid the row of the cannonade and the crackle of rifle fire the sacking of the place began. Firsfthere was an ominous bluish haze over the town, and then the . smoke rolled up in volumes that could be seen for fifty miles away. The Boers on the hills seemed paralyzed by the sight, and stopped shooting. The town was very quiet, save for the roaring and craokle of the . flames. On . the steps of the steps of the church a group of women and children were . huddled. The women's faces were, very' white, but some some of them had spots of red on either cheek and their eyes were blsz ing. The trorpi were - systematically looklag the place over, , and as they srot auite throusru ' with each house they burned it. As 1 stood looking, a woman turnd to me and pathetically excaimed: 'Oh. bow can. you be so cruel?' I sympathized with her, and explained mai it was an oraer ana had to be obeyed. - But,, all the snvr, it-wasaa intensely sad aight ta ae the little homes burning and the rose bushes withering up in the pretty gardens, and the pathetic groups of homeless and distressed women and little children weeping in abject mis ery and despiir among the smokiug ruins as we rode away." "War is hell," as it has been said, but this is hell intensified, and yet England claims to be a Christian, highly civilized conntry, which a few years was shocked at the atroci ties perpetrated by the Turks on the Armenians; but the atrocities committed by the Turks were mild compared with this ruthless revelry , of wild, wanton brutality and de vastation. SUtJAR FROM CORN. We read several years -ago about experiments made by a corn cultiva tor somewhere in the North, (we have . forgotten where), which proved, according to him, that sugar could be profitably produced from the corn stalk. He published the results of his experiments, the percentage of sugar from a given amount of stalks and claimed that he would secure better results with further tests. We are reminded of this by a re cent publication in the Macon, Ga., Telegraph on the authority of Capt. D. G. Purse, of Savannah, who for several years-has taken an interest in this subject, and has worked in conjunction with several scientists. He claims that the problem has been solved of making sugar for commer cial purposes, from corn stalks, that it can be produced for about one cent a pound, and that experiments show that the oorn stalk yields ' a higher per centage of saccharine matter than the , Louisiana cane.' And what gives color to the statement is that be and others interested have the capital and propose ' to put up in Georgia a plant, which will be fol lowed by others. The formula for making the sugar is not given to the public, for we suppose there is something in that which the com pany desires to retain for itself, and profit by, but we are told that the cultivation of the corn will cost no more than it does now, although the method will be somewhat differ ent. Some of the advantages to accrue from this discovery are thus stated in an editorial in the Tele graph: "The corn is not to supplant sugar . . 1 . . TT . t cane, but is o supplement it. usuauy the cane crop in Liouisiana, tor in stance, is consumed in three momhs. and the mills lay idle for nine months in the year.- Tne new product comes in when the old is exhausted. A mill in South Georgia, for instance, could run during the Winter montns on sugar cane product. After this crop is exhausted, the muls couia lay in, as it were, for repairs until the 15th of May, when the first crop of corn comes in. r$y successive pianvioga as to time the mills can run on the corn product until frost, when the can comes in again. 8o that in the sted of running a sugar mill three months in the year by utilizing the corn it will run nine months in the year. "lests bave been made from corn grown in Thomas, Lowndes, Chatham and Effingham counties, and in several counties in South Carolina. These test have shown that the juice from the corn grown under certain condi lions or by a certain method produces two per cent, more of sucrose than the Louisiana sugar cane. ' . "The result of these experiments have never before been made publie further developments will be looked forward to with great interest." If this be all that is claimed for it, the sugar problem as to this coun try will.be solved, and there need. be no more 1 talk of bounties lor beets,, nor piotection ior our ; Bugar growers, for we can produce sugar enough to sweeten the universe. Thos. W. Lawson, of Boston, who has more money than he can con veniently spend, has offered the town of Scituate $60,000 if it will change its name to Lawson. Scit uate is about $60,000 in debt, but it is bo stuck . on its . name that it de clines the offer. If we lived, in a ... - . l a. a. town with a name use inas wo would vote to change it to Lawson or almost anything else for forty cents. j ' ' Some men have the luck of run ning np against disappointment in nearly everything they undertake. A prisoner in a Newark, N. J., jail decided to hang himself, and had made all the necessary arrangements, but when he swung off the rope broke, and he fell on the brick floor, fractured his skull and died from it. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901. CURRENT COMMENT. I A dispatch from Eas Jibuti Bays the King of Gojam has been poisoned. This is badenough, bnt it might have been worse, ttajam is probably one of those kmgdoms where the people1 do not have to put on clothes when they go into mourn ing. Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem. . . y The controversy between our Government and that of Eussia over the tax on beet sugar may have far-reaching consequences. If we recede from our position with refer ence to Eussia, we may have to face a demand from Germany and France for a similar concession, while should we fail to convince Eussia that she is wrong, we stand to lose a large amount of trade as well as to lay the basis perhaps for a continental sys tem of protection against American lm ports. Brooklyn Citizen, . Dem. Daring the past, fiscal, yea the imports of sugar into the United States amounted to 4,951,152 tons.' I Of this. 1,730,457, tons were dutiable at an average rate of 73 per cent, on the value. The total value of the dutiable sugars was $77,929,745, and the custom house revenues from it amounted to $57,417,772. But the American people ' paid a tax equivalent to the duty on all the sugar dutiable and free, foreign and domestic that they consumed. What did not go into the Treasury was poured into the cotters of the Sugar Trust. Philadelphia Record, Dem. WILMINGTON BURGLAR ARRESTED IN NORFOLK. Mysterious Robberies Solved by Negro's Arrest Yesterday Capt. Qreen and Mr. Honnett Identify Him. Special Star Telegram. Norfolk. Va., Feb 23. The arrest by Norfolk detectives of George Nasb alias Julius Culley, ajoegro, turns out to be the most important capture of the season. Nasb, it appears, is a most notorious thief with a penchant for je velry, and that he operated success fully at Wilmington, is shown by the recovery of a small stock found on the negro's person. Nash had not long been in Norfolk when he was ar rested as a suspicious character. When searched at police headquarters he had concealed in various pockets thirty watcbes, besides . numerous gold cuff buttons, lockets and other jewelry. The local police communicated with various cities and learned that the stolen property belonged to Mr. Geo. Honnet, a jeweler, of No. 13 North Front street, Wilmington, whose es tablishment was recently burglarised. Mr. Honnet arrived here to day accompanied by Capt. Robert Green, of the Wilmington detective depart ment. Mr. Honnet identified the property found on the negro as his and also recoznized in Nash the man who had acted suspiciously around his store before the robbery was com mitted. Capt. Green took charge of the prisoner and to morrow with Mr. Honnet will leave for Wilmington where the negro will have a hearing in the police court. The Wilmington police say they have direct evidence against Nash and bis onviction seems to be a foregone conclusion. A LEGISLATIVE BLUNDER. BUI Passed Both Branches of the Assem bly Making North Carolina a Pro h bition State. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Feb 23 The dis covery was made to night that a bill has pissed both branches of the Gen era Assembly making North Carolina a Prohibition 8tate, except that liquors can be manufactured and sold in incor pirated to wns in Buncombe county. A mistake in phraseology makes the law apjlytojthe whole State, and grants tbe privilege to manufacture and sell only to towns in Buncombe. Toe discovery created a consternation among mem bers and is the most talked of feature of the day. It is ' not effective within thirty days, and immediate steps will be taken to enact a bill correcting the ' law. Messages of Condolence. Mr. W. F. Ribertson. Keeper of Records and Seals of Claredon Lodge, No. 2. K. of P., of this city, and Su preme Master of Exchequer T. D. Meares, o' Wilmington, yesterday telegraphed' messages of condolences to Mr. John Wood, of Rileigh, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, K. of P. of the State, up n the announce ment of the drowning of his brother, nnt. William Ward, master of the -. steamer Rio de Janeiro, which went Fridav. while entering the "Golden Gate" at San Francisco, par ticularsof which were printed in the telegraphic columns of the Star yes terday. Lstest Apportionment Bill. The latest apportionment bill before the Legislature is by Representative Duls, of Mecklenburg, and composes the 8ixth district of the counties of New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Rich mond, Scotland and Anson. Meck lenburg and Union go to the Seventn and Pender goes along with Craven, Cartaret, Jones, Onslow, Bladen, Samnson. Dunlin. Wayne and Lenoir to the Third district The author of the bill claims that this will give nine Democratic districts with one doubt- fuL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Articles of Impeachment Pre sented by the House to ' the Senate. COURT TO ORGANIZE MONDAY Proceedings la the Two Hovses Bills Introduced and Bills . That Passed Final Rcadlog-E. K. Bryan Appointed Criminal Judge S8peoial Star Telearam. ' -Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 21. The bill to revise, amend and con - solidate the charter of Wilmingtop. passed final reading in the House. Other important bills passed: To establish graded schools' and electric 'fights at Eockingham ;' to establish a stock law in portions of Pamlico; to establish a dispensary at Eoxboro; to repeal section 1090 of the Code and re enact the same. This bill originated in the Senate and is intended to grant amn sty to election officers arrested for violation of law during the August and November elections, and provides that the Attorney General and other counsel, employed by the State, shall defend such officers arraigned in Fed eral courts. The bill to place the insurance com missiooer on the same footing as other State officers, and increase the appro priation for clerical help, was discussed at length and re referred to the Appro priations Committee. Judge Connor , for the Committee on Rules, returned protests by Repub lican members against the increase in the Governor's salary and the impeach ment resolution! Both were spread on the journal. A bill passed providing for a Board of State examiners for State institu tions, with an amendment that one member be of the opposite political party. The amendment was by Mast, of Wilkes, and was strongly advocated by Willard, who procured its adop tion. Bills parsed final reading: To au thorize Johnston county to work con victs on roads: for benefit of the office of clerk of court of Scotland county ; to incorporate the South port, Wil mington and Durham Railroad Com pany; to incorporate the Oroatan Development Company; substitute bill to amend sub section 4, chapter 501, Code, reference to liens of judg ments against owners of homesteads. Bill to impose a license tax upon dealers in pistols, etc., came up on the calendar and was referred to the Finance Committee. BiJJo iucorporate the State's Prison was referred to the Committee on Penal Institutions. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. The following important bills passed final reading in the Senate: To auth orize the Council of State to award contracts for State printing; Sen ate bill regarding judgments on homestead and .suspending the statute of limitation as to all judgments; to allow Hyde county to levy a special tax; to incorporate tho New River Valley Railroad Co. A bill to revise the general corpor ation law passed second reading on roll call. The ballot was 34 ayes, 18 noes. An amendment was adopted striking out clauses to provide for "Merger of corporations" and the right of, one corporation to lease its property and franchise to another corporation. The Senate concurred in the House amendments to bills incorporating the Richmond Savings Bank' and East L'imberton. Mr. Foy introduced a bill to repeal the charter of Point Caswell. The principal feature of the House proceedings was the passage of the bill to protect and promote the oyster industry; An amendment to this bill by Nicholson to allow a rebate of one cent per bushel instead of half a cent was voted down. Thompson, of Onslow, said the committee opposed rebates, but agreed to one half cent. The spirit of compromise met object ions from Nicholson. It was not right to make a man who dug oysters out of a bed pay a tax and give it to canners and packers. We have now the best oyster law ever' iormulateo, u the House stands, by the bill and does not adopt the amendment. There are already over six thousand dollars un paid claims on the oyster board, due to defects in the law and the faulty ad ministration of it. Other bills passed : To incorporate the Marion and Northwestern Co.; to in corporate East Lumberton ; to author ize Mecklenburg county to issue bonds for road improvements; to amend the charter of the Lumberton and Lumber River Company; to exempt tram and narrow gauge roads whose principal business is transportation of logs, from the penalty in section 1717 of the Code, carrying freight forlarmers; to amend the law regarding the Board of Health this changes the term of office of the county physician from one to two years, creates a county sanitary com mittee composed of two physicians and the county commissioners and changes the term of members of the Board of Health from four to six years. Raleigh, N. Q, Feb. 23. Specific articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Furches and Associate Justice Douglas were adopted by the House to-day and conveyed to the Senate by the whole body of Representatives at 2:15 o'clock. The Senate received the House standing. Judge Allen, spokes man of the Representatives, addressed the 8enate. He said: "The House of Representatives has adopted articles of impeachment against David M. Furches, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Robert M. Douglas, Associate Justice. We now present to the Senate articles of impeachment and ask the Senate to take action thereon." The Sergeant-at-Arms formally, and after (he manner of a court crier, called for silence to hear the articles read by the clerk. There are five articles, constituting fifteen pages of typewritten matter. Upon conclusion of the reading the president of the Senate said- " ' "Mr. Speaker, Managers and Gen tlemen of the House of Represents tives: The Senate will take proper action on the articles of impeachment as required by law, of which due notice will be given the -House of Representatives." Judge Allen replied that the man agers for the House would await the action of the Senate, and thereupon the Representatives retired. The Senate adopted a resolution by Mrx, London that the Senate or ganize as a court of impeachment at 12:30 P. M. Monday,' receive the arti cles of impeachment, and thereafter summons be served on the accused judges to answer at the bar of the court at some date then specified The rules for impeachment were presented by Mr. Arrington, and action was de ferred to Monday. A joint resolution to employ a court stenographer was introduced by Mr. Arrington. Bills passed final reading in the Senate: To incorporate the Eastern Insurance Company; to incorporate the Bank of Dunn; to protect trade and commerce from conspiracy of monopoly (known as the Ward anti trust bill,) substitute by committee adopted; to empower the Governor to appoint a board of internal improve ment; resolution asking the board of agriculture to make exhibits at Buffa lo, Charleston and St Louis; to pro tect deer and fish in- Bladen and Co lumbus counties; bill regulating pen sions and providing pensions to sol diers who became disabled or diseased since the war given $72 to the first class, $60 to the second,' $48 to the third, and $30 to the fout-th class pen sioners; also provides tbe general State funds be drawn upon for $200, 000 tasupplement the pension fund from a special levy if necessary. Bills introduced : ' By McNeill, to re peal the Cumberland county dispen sary law. By Travis, to authorize the Secretary of State to return insurance companies charters filed under the Craig law. In the House of Representatives nearly the entire session was spent in Committee of the Wholie, considering articles of impeachment.'; Bills passed : to incorporate the At lantic and Western Railroad Co. ; to put the office of insurance commis sioner upon equal footing with other State officers and to increase tbe appropriation for clerical help from $1,000 to $1,500. y Bills introduced: By McCullocb, to appoint justices of the peace for Bla den county. By Haye?, to allow Chatham county to. levy a special tax. By Thompson, to appoint justices of the peace for Onslow county t to amend the oyster law relative to Onslow county. By Lawrence, to allow may ors of towns to perform marriage cere monies. The resignation of Augustus Moore, Judge of the Eastern District Criminal Court, was accepted by Governor Aycock to day and E. K. Bryan, of Wilmington, was appointed in his stead. The term of office expires June 30th, 1901. THE EXPORTS OP COTTON. Over $11,000,000 la the Fleecy Staple Shipped from Here This Season. The British steamship Dora, which cleared yesterday from .the compresses of Alexander Sprunt & Son for Liver pool with a cargo of 5,744 bales of cotton, valued at $28;),000, is the twenty-fourth cargo of the fleecy staple that has been exported from Wilming ton this season. For the same period during last season twenty-seven car goes were exported but the vessels in the main were of smaller tonnage and consequently did not carry such heavy freights. The value of the exports of cotton in the seventy-four vessels this year. was $11,304,996; while the value of that carried in the twenty seven ves sels last season was, only $9,074,436, which, of course, is accounted for by the high prices of the staple ruling during a greater portion or this seas on. In the month of October 19C0, alone, the foreign exports of cotton from Wilmington were valued at over $5,000,000. There is now only one of the big tramp steamships here for a cargo. Senator Simmons in Washington. A Washington special to the Ral eigh Post says that Senator elect Sim mons has engaged apartments at the Yarnum, in New Jersey avenue, and will arrive there Friday, March 1st He will be in a nest of Democrats, among them Congressman DeArmond, of Missouri, Jones, of Virginia, Small, of North Carolina, McDowell, of Ohio McLain, of Mississippi, McCullocb, of Arkansas, Ryan, of Pennsylvania, Sims, of Tennessee, and Zeigler, of Pennsylvania. The Rev, Edfar Carpenter Norfolk Landmark: "The Rev. Edgar Carpenter, having deslined calls from St Paul's Church, Wil mington, N. , C, as well as from a church in ' Washington, D. C, the congregation of All Saints Church, Park View, has taken the initiatory step toward establishing All Saints' as an independent church, separate from Trinity Church, from which it started. This matter will, it is said, be consid ered by the council of the Diocese of Southern Virginia at its meeting in May next' NO. 18 NEW BOTTLING ESTABLISHMENT. Contract Let Yesterday for tbe Building to Be Completed by April 1st. Contractor W. E. Glenn, of Char lotte, was yesterday awarded the con tract for the erection of a building for the new bottling works soon to be established here by the Joseph Schliiz Brewing Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., mention of which was made in these columns a few days ago. The building will be of brick,- three stories in height and will cost about $3,000. It is estimated that the machinery, which will arrive in about three weeks, will cost about $4,000, and the size of the buildiog will be 261 by 40 feet in size. The location, as previ ously stated in these columns, will be back of the office of W. A, White head & Son, between Water street and the river, on the. property of the Atlantic. Coast Line, : . -c - Contractor- Glenn will begin work on the buildiog to morrow,, and has obligated himself to have it com pleted by April 1st. The Wilmington agents of the omnany will be Messrs. W. H. Pyke & Co., the firm being composed of Mr. W. H. Pyke, a well known business man of Southport. and a gentleman in Wilmington, whose name the Star is not at lib erty to disclose. We. J. Bellamy, Esq , has been re tained as attorney for the corporation. r. A. M. Hoffstadt, p cial agent of the company, who has been here look ing after the establishment of the plant, left yesterday afternoon for Columbia to look after sales to the South Carolina dispensary. DEATH OP MRS. REBECCA A. GORE. Died Yesterday Afternoon of Pneumonia at Home ut Her Son In Wilmiogton. . Tbe Stab chronicles with regret this morninx the death of Mrs. Rebecca A. Gore, which occurred yesterday after noon about 5 o'clock at the residence of hes son, Mr. Thos. J. Gore, Second street between Church and Castle, after an illness of three weeks with pneumonia. Mrs. Gore was a native of Brunswick county but had resided for the past ten years or more with her children in this city. She was 69 years and one week of age and was beloved by all who knew her for her kind ways and amiable disposi tion. Tbe surviving members of the family, who have the sincerest sym pathy of friends, are Messrs. Thos. J. Gore, C. D. Gore, and Mrs. Amanda D. Davis, all of Wilmington. The funeral and interment will take place to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the family burying ground in Brunswick county. Recrolts for U. S. Army. First Lieutenant John E. Cusack. Fifth Cavalry, U. 8. A., in charge of the recruiting station at Goldsboro, arrived in the city yesterday morning in company with Dr. Thomas Hill, medical examiner for the station, and examined the nine applicants for posi tions in the army recently secured by Corporal Ricks in Wilmington. Oat of eight applicants examined yester day, only one, W. B. Ennett, came up to all the requirements, but others may have an additional examination at Goldsboro later, lit they so desire. Lieut Cusack and Dr. Hill left last night returning to Goldsboro. Towed To FayettevIIIe. The steamer A. P. Hurt, which cleared in the snow storm yesterday afternoon for the return trip to Fay- etteville, had in tow the disabled steam er E. A. Hawes, which sunk at her wharf here several weeks ago. She was towed to Fayetteville for repairs, the company having decided that it was cheapest to have the work done there. Presented With Storm Caps. The motormen and conductors of the Wilmington Street Rail Company are very much indebted.to the Fishblate Clothing Company for splendid storm fur caps presented to each mem ber of the force yesterday. The street car employes suffer much from cold weather and such kindnesses are highly appreciated. MRS. CARRIE NATION Threatens to Soe the County for Dam ages for Keeping Her In Jail at Topeka, Kansas. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Topeka, Kans., February 25. Mrs. Carrie E. Nation threatens to sue this oeunty for damages for keeping her in jail in Topeka. She said to-day: "If am not re leased immediately I will sue. The public knows, the officers of the law know, that I am confined illegally. Personally, I prefer to stay in jail. I .need rest. I desire quiet for .a little rhile. It is pleasant where I am, but I will not permit that the county shall confine me in j u on a charge of violat ing the law. I shall sue the county for heavy damages. On February 26th I am billed for a lecture and about the same time I am to edit a paper in Peoria. III. For the money that has been promised me for these services 1 shall sue the county.'! Several per sons, among them her brother, have offered to provide bail, but this Mrs. Nation refuses. The weekly statement of the Asso ciated banks shows: loans taii,BUU, 900: decrease $2,822,100. Deposits $1. 009 186,900; decrease $2,142,100 Circu lation, $31,225 000; increase W.4W). Legal tenders $73,890,100; increase $1. 418 800. Specie, $192 953,300; decrease $260,100. Reserve, inorease $1,694,225. Surplus bank reserves in excess of the legal requirements of February 16, f 14,546,675. Wilson Times: Last Thursday a week ago,' Mr. Raymond O. Thorne; of Old Fields, was found dead in his bed. He was in good health and spirits on Wednesday despite his 74 J ears, and so it was supposed that be ied of heart failure. Eocky Mount Argonaut: Capt. J. H. Baker died at his home Wednes day of heart disease; aged 63 years. Compulsory vaccination is being en forced in-Rockv Mount and the whole of Edgecombe. Only one case of small pox has been reported near town, ana the house is under quarantine. Carthage Blade: Last Tues day, Mr. Man ess of Ritters township, killed a large young eagle near Island Ford. It measured from tip to tip 7 feet and its claws were three inches long. Tbe eagle had killed a gouse and was feasting on ita,prey when it " suddenly rose in flight and was shot in mid air by Mr. Maness. Sanford Express: There is talk of a cotton factory being built at Pine Bluff, this county. Mr. John T. Patrick is interested in tba pre posed . enteiprise. The building will be four stories high. An electric light com pany was recently organized there, and are n"W constructing a lighting plant . One of tbe most prosperous enter prises in 8anford is the veneering fac tory. They work a good number of hands and can readily dispose or au the material they can turn out The hands are required to work some at night HiUYooro Observer: A dastard ly attempt was made to burn the busi ness portion of our town either Satur day or Sunday night The fiend poured oil through the cracks and on the door of an unoccupied store house belonging to Messrs. James webh, , Jr., & Bro., in front of the court house," struck a match and set the Diner on fire and put it through cat hole in the door. Tbe door showed signs of having been on fire, and why the fire did not make any more bead- way, will probably, never be known. Smithfield Courier: The com missioners or omunneia nave naa several deep wells bored in different. parts of the town. Dt. (x. j. ttobin-, son, Mr. J M tteatty and others nave bad wells bored at their homes. Great good has already been done for the health of .the town by these wells. The farmers of this county are busily engaged in' preparing for another crop. Much plowing has been done in some sections. Wo think there will be no decrease in the tobacco acreage, and as far as we learn there will not be much difference in the acreage in cotton from last year. Mount Airy News: The most shocking and heart rendingaffair that has occurred in this vicinity in many vears, took place at the Mount Airy Granite Purries Wednesday morning at the residence of Mr. Cleve Ham. The little six year old daughter was left alone in the house by its mother. who had gone to see one of her neighbors, and, on her return, found her child envtl p?d in flames and screaming for heip. But it was too late ! Tbe gre had done its work, tne flesh was already drepp ng from its arms. It lived in awful aony twenty four hours. . ! ir rr . . rpu grippe, lagrippe, take your choice as to spelling, has this county in its clutches. Hardly a . family in the county has escaped the miserable dis ease, schools nave closed, business has been checked and everything has almost surrendered to the epidemic. Mr. Frank Winchester, who lives near Price's Mill, in Sandy Ridge township, lost his house by fire last Saturday morning a while before day. when the accupants or the house awoke it was too late to save any of the furnishing of tbe house. Mr. J. Gay, a Mexican war veteran, died at bis home in " Buford township last Sunday, February 17th. He was about seventy five years old. . He haft been demented for a number or years. It is said that a love affair with a Mex ican lady was the . cause of the old man's mental derangement, but more likely the cause of the failure of his mind was a wound he received in the war in which he made a good soldier. PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION Calling a Special Session of tbe Senate for Executive Purposes to Convene on March 4th. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, February 23. The President to-day issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Senate for executive purposes, immediately upon the dissolution of the present Congaess, March 4th. The text of the proclamation is as follows: "Whereas, publio Interest requires that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next to 'receive such com munications as may be made oy tne Executive. "Now. therefore, I, William Mc- Kinley, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary oc casion it quires the Senate of the Uni- tea BMies to convene at ia capitoi m the city of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at 12 o'clock, at rhicb alt persons wno anau at mat time be entitled to act as- members of that body are hereby required to take notice. "Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington, the 23rn day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun dred and one, and of the independence of the Uoited States the one hundred and twenty-fifth. WILLIAM MO boITIJ&Y. THE REUNION AT MEMPHIS. President McKInley's Reply to to Invita tion from Confederate Veterans of Forest's Command By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis, Tknn., Feb. 23. Recent- Iv there was published from Lieut T. W. Allen, Collierville, Tenn., a com munication in which he suggested that one thousand or more of Forest's Vet eran Cayalry be organised and mount- - ed in-order to participate m mere union of Confederate veterans to take place in Memphis next May. Mr. Allen, who was a member of General Forest's command during the war, sent the article to President McKin ley, writing him a few lines urging him to come to Memphis on the occa sion of the re union, and received the following reply: . "Executive Mansion, Washington, D. 0, Feb. 18, 1901 My : Dear Bir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant and to thank you in the President's behalf for your kindness in calling attention to I the matter of which you write. . "It is, of course. Impossible to say so far in advance whether the President's duties will admit of his being away from Washington at the time you men tion, but I assure you that your cour teous letter is much appreciated. . "Very truly yours, Geobgb B. Cortkltoxt, 'Secretary to the Prest.