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COMMERCIALISM R N SING RIOT
ur i v.a .. - . 1 J3 :i
to iiuiu iitu uur agea ui, guiu, Bu
yer, iron, brass,"" etc., and now we
have what might be called the com
mercial age, when commercialism is,
us Ponlteney Bigelowsays, "running
riot," notOBly in this, but in other
, countries. There isn't a leading na
tion on this earth to-day which is
not more or less influenced by the
spirit of grab, and commercialism is
behind that. Where they have the
power they do the grabbing. The
grabbing is not for grab's sake sim
ply, bat becanse it may give some
commercial advantage and prove
commercially profitable.
This country was the last of the
great powers to be carried away by
the lust for grab and gain, but we
are in it'now about as deeply and
apparently as hopelessly 'as any of
them. For a-century we went along
in the even tenor of our way, pro
gressing and growing strong, rich
and powerful without any aggres
sions upon others, without arousiDg
any antagonism or getting into any
tangling alliances. We were content
with acknowledged supremacy in the
Western hemisphere, and did not
aspire to be a "world power" as that
is now defined and understood. But
we were a world power, and recog
niz d as such, without any great
navy or army to assert it, a world
power in the moral sense, which the
nations respected because they knew
that while we did not go out hunting
provocation for disputes, we had the
'courage and resources to maintain
the position we took in the event of
diiT-jrences with other powers or at
tempts at aggression upon upon us,
or upon those of whom we became
the voluntary protectors. We were
world p wer enough to have the na
tions of the t-arth accept and recog
nize the Monroe doctrine, in which
t here was no commercialism, but the
broad spirit of true Republicanism,
which thus deglartd that this hemis
phere was dedicated to freedom and
that no monarch's flag should float
upon it.
In those days the dollar or dollar
pursuing was not, in the estimation
of the men who shaped national
policies, the chief end of man, nor
the prime object in national legisla
tion. The man- was thought more
of than the dollar, and principle was
too much respected to have a price
put upon itr.
;sot so now, for everything is
meanured by the gauge of the dollar
and the question-is asked, as Sena
tor Carter said, when speaking of
the McKinley policy of expansion,
"Will it pay?" If itpays we'll
adopt it; if not, we will txoAt.
The commercialism that stands
upon and succeeds by honest effort
i3 all right. That kind of com
mercialism at one time sent our
ships to the four corners of the
earth and made us the second
maritime nation on the globe, with
out encroaching upon the rights of
a single human being or robbing
any people of a foot of territory.
There was nothing sordid, nothing
disreputable in that. It was honest
lhere was no false pretence, no
hypocrisy in it. A different com
mercialism rules this day, different
in itself and different in its results.
Mr. Poulteney Bigelow may bo some
what extreme in his view of the
effects of this commercialism, but he
i3n't very" wide of the mark when he
, says:
. "Uommerclaush is running Jiot in
toe Uaued States The Yankees are
coining their ideas and energies into
money. Tbe trust builders are, doing
the rest. These money kings neces
sarily exercise a blighting influence
on the morals of public servants: they
create all manner of temptations and
brefdall manner of iobberv.
"In Washington I found cynical
contempt tor trie constitution. Uor
ruptioo Htalfes through the govern
mem. ii uist;racP8 the balls of COn-
press, wmcn are little more than a
brokerage shop for ibtysale of author
ity to fleece the people. Legislators,
aepartment officials and petty public
servants or ait kiuds neglect no op
ynuniiy to turn their official pre
rogatives to profit.
''I learned many specific instances
"l lugrant jobbery, especially in con
"'-non with the Philippine war.
-mere are a thousand officials who
it stealings rangiDg from very
aon t want the struggle to come to an
They would much prefer to see
.uucuniieiy prolonged.
.. resident Hadley, I see, denies
mat he said that, a continuance of
present tendencies would land an m
eror in Washington in twenty-five
VOL. XXXII.
years, I don't see why he should de
sire to deny such a statement We !
would better have an emperor some
one to take a firm stand against the
rising tide of official immorality
than to have rulers who have no in
terest in the government beyond the
outcome of the next election.
"Commercialism running riot,"
or the spirit of grab rampant. Trusts,
combines, corporations robbing the
people, and the men who as legisla
tors and administrators of the law
help them rob the people, robbing
omer neipiess people lor tne com
mercial gain it may bring to us. '
At the bottom of all the pretences
justifying the policy of the so-called
McKinley expansion is commercial
ism. Invariably where this policy is
attempted to be justified and de
fended, we find commercialism figur
ing. It is asserted that it "will
pay," and therefore it is a good thing
to do and we should all be in favor
of it, leaving what should be the
basic question, "is" it right or
wrong?" entirely out of considera
tion. That is a kind of commercial
ism that sacrifices national honor
and national faith and is too dearly
purchased whatever the commercial
ism might bring. That kind of
commercialism not only hurts our
reputation as a "just and upright
people, but it is demoralizing, for it
begets a widespread spirit of greed
that seeks wealth without being
scrupulous as to the means of ac
quiring it, and it demoralizes legis
lators who make the laws and makes
them the agents or the purchased
tools of the interests seeking their
services.
As a result we have class legisla
tion, favoring combines , and schem
ers who study plans for enriching
themselves at the expense of others
through the legislation which they
inspire, dictate or buy. as an illus
tration, we have class-favoring tariff
legislation, the expansion policy,
which is for the benefit of the men
who seek concessions and find fields
for investment in the territory ap
propriated, and we have bounty and
subsidy schemes to put millions in
the pockets of a few men under
pretence of helping oar commerce
along.. And the result of all this is
that the people are plundered for
the few, and the few combined and
acting together, drawn together by
the cohesive power of the dollar,
role the many with despotic power,
and exact tribute that would revolu
tionize a kingdom. Verily, "com
mercialism is runningriot."
HOT SETTLED YET.
j
There are some people who fancy
that taking the oath of allegiance by
Aguinaldo, and his apparently - sin-
core efforts to brine peace to the
Philippines will settle the problem.
But this, even if Aguinaldo's influ
ence should bring about the laying
down of arms, will not be all, for
there are other new and troublsome
questions to be : solved, after the
shooting ceases. The .Washington
Post is an expansion paper, it holds
that we are in the Philippines and
and are thereto stay; that we can't
get out of their honorably if we
would, but it. dosen t take tne rosy
view of the future that some of the
rainbow chasers do, on which it
thus comments:
The Post is not disposed to minimize
any factor which may tend to that
haDDV consummation, tsui is mere
reallv anv ground on which to base
tho belief that we are close up to any
"satisfactory solution of the Pnilip-
uiuM problem t agumaiao was ine
leader of one faction, comprising but
a small minority of the total popula
tion of the Philippine and Sum is
lands. It is conceded by .all author
ities that the world presents no more
difficult governmental problem or
Droblrms than we took off the
incapable hands of Spain in acquir
ing sovereignty of that archipelago.
We bave and we shall bold that sov
ereignitv. It has cost us great sac
rifii e of life and treasure, and it will
cootiuue that draft on our resources
even if entire pacification is effected
in the immediate future. But if we
were willing or desirous to withdraw
after so great a sacrifice, there is no
honorable exit. We must stay. There
fore it is best to face the facts of the
situation and not run tbe risk of bitter
r1im tin intment bv accenting Aguin
aldo't, proclamation lor more - man us
. - r
value. It will doubtless bave a favor
able influence upon some of his fol
lowers, but it were vain to hope that
it will usher in an era of good feeling
toward the United States among all
the ten millions of the most heteroge
neous aud antagonistic races, tribes,
and religions that exist anywhere on
earth.
''Aguinaldo has not decided what
relations must exist between tbe Phil
mnines and tne unuea states, ana
that, we imagine, has much to do with
the "solution of . tbe Fmlippine prob
lem." Our nag is there; our authority
is there; but is the Constitution in its
entirety there? Tnat is "the para
mount Issue," as tbe Hepublie will
probably admit. The administration
aod Congress are acting on the as
sumption that this question admits
onlv of a negative answer. They
know, and we all know, that millions
of the Filipinos are as unfit to govern
themselves as are our Sioux and Co
manche Indians. Bat, supposing the
Supreme Court should say that the
Filipinos, one and all, are under the
Constitution and cannot be denied any
of its guarantees? Tnat is what all
Democrats and many Republicans,
including statesmen and jurists, ex
pect the court to say. But lr sucn a
decision as that breaks in upon the
programme of the legislative and ex
ecutive departments of our govern
ment where will that "early and
satifactory solution" find itself?
"Tbe problem of the friars nas not
been settled; only put off for a time. It
is as full of difficulty as any question
our government has ever been called
unon to consider. We are bound by
treaty to respect and defend the title of
the friars to the immense landed estates
they acauired under Spanish rule We
cannot send the friars baek without
bringing on the most aaDguinarv
strife. We are in no condition to buv
meir lands. This is one of tbe troubles
that we have in store, and it will soon
demand settlement.
"There is no doubt that in takine the
Philippines we got a gold brick of
huge dimensions. But we got it sure
and fast enough. It is ours and we
must make th best of it. Our true
policy is to face all tbe difficulties of
tbe situation frankly, with so excess
of t-ither pessimism or optimism. Tbe
past of this republic affords assurance
(bat we shall not fail in anv honest at
tempt to do our duty."
Is there no honorable way out?
Is there anything to prevent us from
recognizing the independence of
those islands after the people have
agreed to refund to ua the money
paid for them and to indemnify us
for the money expended in "estab
lishing law and order and stable
government?" They iave expressed
a willingness to do that, and there
is no reason why we cannot deal with
the Filipinos as we propose to deal
with Cuba. The fact that we bought
the islands does not make it incum
bent to hold on to them forever,
whatever it may cost. .
THE CIGARETTB AS A CIV
ILIZER. Some people are not aware of- the
part the cigarette is playing as a
oivilizer in pagan lands. The part
it is playing in China was thus told
by a missionary in a discourse in
Charlotte a few days ago:
"Almost every day I hear people
speak of civilizing China. The Chi
nese ao no want our civilization and I
doubt much whether they need it, at
least some parts of it
'On some of the streets in China I
have seen them selling Duke's cigar
ettes, made in Durham, N. O , each
package containing the picture of a
nude woman, and the natives say that
that is tbe way women dress in
America."
We sympathize with the good mis
sionary who undertakes to convert
people who are as much wedded to
their own beliefs as the Chinese are,
especially when he has to combat not
only paganism but the demoraliza
tion caused by these seductive, bru
talizing cigarettes. It is bad enough
in itself, without the nude accom
paniment, and both together must
give the average Chinaman a unique
conception of this land of Christian
civilization.
From force of habit a Connecticut
woman went through her husband's
pock ets, but found nothing but a
little dynamite cartridge. She
didn't know what it was, got to
fooling with it and came out minus
several fingers. She-jumped on
her husband for putting up a job
on her, but he protested his inno
cence, declaring that the cartridge
must have been in the pocket of
the coat when he bought it, (a sort
of prize package) and then she
jumped on the man who sold the
coat with a suit for damages.
It is said that eight out of the
ten men who have been ki Mr. Mc-
Kinley's cabinets began life as poor
boys, but two of them having been
well enough off to get collegiate edu
cations. So did Mr. McKinley, for
that matter, start life a poor boy.
He shucked corn and did chores on
his father's little farm.
John Belder, of Mahony, Pa.,
has a freak and he isn't sure
whether it is a chicken or a cat. It
has a head like a cat, four legs and
two well formed wings. It was
hatched out by the old hen and
came in with her brood of chickens.
Pshaw. It's a cat whose ancestors
had been feeding on chickens.
An Oklahoma postmaster who
wanted to go "bar" hunting notified
the Department that the office would
be "shet" for several days. They
might "fire" him if they wanted to,
but he gave them a "pinter" that
he was the only man around there
that could 'rede or rite."
Dr. Gatlin, the gun man, who
migrated from North Carolina, in
early life, is working on an auto
mobile plow. He expects to rele
gate the mule. Imagine the colored
sovereign navigating an automobile
plow.
The experiment of importing ne
groes into Hawaii is a failure. The
majority of the negroes are no good.
They don't like work, they don't like
the. natives and the natives don't
like them.
The late Collis P. Huntington
scrimmaged until he accumulated
$20,000,000, and now his heirs are
scrimmaging in the courts over his
will.
The Chicago Telphone Company
is worried by thieves cutting and
stealing their wire. They haven't
got to stealing the posts yet.
It is said that Archbishop Ireland
is so familiar with the Bible that he
can in an instant put his finger on
any passage he wants.
WILMINGTON, N. C,
DEATH AT MAXTON.
Dr. Daniel B. McNeill, of Bruns
wick County, Passed Away
Wednesday Night. ,
He Never Recovered Prom Aa Attack of
, Pneumonia Experienced Early in
January at Raleigh A Native
of Richmond County.
Dr. Daniel Benjamin McNeill, one
one of tbe best and most favorably
known citizens of Brunswick and
three times elected representative to
the General Assembly from that
county, died Wednesday night at the
home of his nephew, Dr. D. D. Mo
Bride, of Maxton, N. C, after an ill
ness with pneumonia and complica
tions since about the first of January.
The news came hi -a telegram from
Maxton early yesterday morning to
Mr. R. V. Leonard and brought
genuine sorrow to the many friends
in this city.
Dr. McNeill became very ill within
a few days after he went to Raleigh to
attend the last session of the General
Assembly and remained for some time
in the Rex Hospital of that city.
When the Legislature adjourned, he
was taken to the home of his nephew
at Maxton, where he lingered for
many weeks until the end came Wed
nesday night as related.
Dr. McNeill's home is at Lock"
wood's Folly and probably no man in
Brunswick county was morehighly es
teemed than he. His life was one of
charity and abounding in good deeds.
He was never married but is sur
vived by a brother and sister, Dr. J.
A. McNeill and Mrs. W. H. Phillips,
of Shallotte. He was a cousin of the
Hon. Franklin McNeill, Chairman of
the Corporation Commission,' and late
of this city.
Dr. McNeill was born at Rocking -
ham, Richmond county, N. C, in the
year 1852. He lost his parents when
quite young and was raised by his
uncle, Dr. McBride, of Maxton, N. C
Hss early education was received in
the academic schools of Rockingham
and Robeson county. Dr. McNeill
chose medicine for a profession and
bent every energy to this end. His
first medical learning was secured at
Edenboro Medical College, a chartered
institution i at that time under the
presidency
McLean. '
of his uncle. Dr. Hector
After graduating at this
he began practicing, but
institution
afterwards
attended lectures at the
South Carolina
Charleston, a C.
Medical College,
Although not re
quired to do so, Dr. McNeill went
before the State Board of North Caro
lina in 1883, and passed a creditable ex
amination, though he had been en
gaged in practice before that time.
While attending strictly to the duties
of his profession. Dr. McNeill always
took a lively interest in governmental
and political affairs and was alligned
with the Democratic party until bis
death. His clientelage in Brunswick
county, to which he removed when a
young man,, was large and he num
bered his friends by the hundreds.
In 1885 his party called upon him to
represent it in the General Assembly,
which he did with signal ability and
usefulness. For years he was Chairman
of his county Democratic Executive
Committee and held various positions
of that character and responsibility.
He took an active interest in the pro
ceedings of the Legislatures of 1886
and 1899, but upon returning in
1901, bis illness with pneumonia
confined him to his room during
the entire session. In the legis
lature of 1899 he was chairman
of the Committee on Institutions for
the Insane and was a member of sev-
eral other important committees of that
body During the session just ended,
he was also chairman of one or more
committees and a member of several,
but was prevented from an active dis
charge of his duties upon the same by
his critical illness.
The news of Dr. McNeill's death was
telegraphed to South port by Messrs.
Brooks & Taylor yesterday morning
and the Court House there was
promptly closed and suitably draped
out of respect to the distinguished citi
zen and representative.
Th'e Southport Standard of yester -
day in speaking of the death says:
"So passes away Bunswick county's
member of the House of Representa
tives, a man loved and esteemed by
his countrymen, a sturdy character, a
worthy man."
THE DICKINSON PROPERTY.
Mr. H. A. Knre Has Purchased Buildings
and is Tearing Them Away.
Mr. Hans A. Kure has bought the
handsome Dickinson dwelling on the
lot recently purchased by the Mur-
chison National Bank and Contractor
D. Hanna vesterdav began tearing it
away for him, preparatory to the erec
tion of the handsome banking house
by the Murchison people.
The 8tab learns that Mr. Kure will
sell much of the material in the splen
did residence and will use the re
mainder in the building of a hand
some residence for himself on a lot
which he has recently purchased on
Nun between Third and Fourth
streets. .
Will Return to Fayettevllle.
The Rev. W. H. Tomlins, of Fay
etteville. who has served veryaccept
ably as temporary rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, of this city, during
the past month, will leave tomorrow
morning, returning to his home. The
Rev. Mr. Tomlins has made many
friends in Wilmington during his
short stay here, and all of them will
bid him a regretful farewelL
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901.
M'MULLENMILLER LUMBER CO.
Mammoth Plant Doing Tremendous Bnsi
esa at Bowden's, Dnplla County.
Mr. Leroy B. Rogers, of the D. L.
Gore Company, who returned this
week from a trip up the Wilmington
and Weldon railroad, had occasion
while away to go over the extensive
plant of the McMullen-Miller Lumber
Company at Bowden's, N. C , estab
ushed a little less than two years ago.
Mr. Rogers says the plant is easily
the best adapted and most up to date
in the South Atlantic States. From
SCO to 400 men find employment there
and from seventy-five to one hundred
thousand feet of timber are cut per day.
The shipments average from five to
ten cars per , ay and the establishment
of the mill at that point has done
wonders for the surrounding country.
Practically a new town has been made
of Bowden's and the A. C. L. station
has been moved nearer to the mill for
convenience sake.
The company operates a large sup
ply store and a hotel in connection
with the extensive plant and every
thing is as systematic as a government
department office. Mr. W. H. Mc
Mullen, of Minneapolis, Minn., is the
clever and attentive manager and
treasurer of the company, and is a
man of wonderful executive and busi
ness ability.
The company is now constructing a
railroad from . Bowden's to Newton
Grove, a distance of about 17 miles,
and this is now practically completed.
It is laid with substantial ir,on and a
regular locomotive is run over the
track.
THE ANTI'GtMBLlMO LAW.
Mayor Waddeil Swore Policemen List
Night to Enforce Its Provisions.
In conformity to the requirements
of the Aycock anti-gambling law
passed by the Legislature, just ad
journed, Mayor Waddeil last night as
the night force reported for duty and
the day force came up for relief, ad
ministered to each member of the Wil
mington police force the following
oath :
"I solemnly swear that I bave made
diligent inquiry and have exercised
constant'- watchfulness to discover
whether any keeper of a house of en
tertainment or house wherein liquors
ar9 retailed, has knowingly suffered
any game at which money or property
or anything of value is bet, whether in
stake or not, to be paid in such house
or any part of the premises occupied
therewith, or has furnished the persons
so betting, either on said premises or
otherwise, with drink or other things
for their comfort or subsistence during
the time of playing, and that I have
truly reported to the Mayor or Chief
of Police whether such offences have
been committed and all of the facts
within my knowledge, or of which I
have information relative thereto."
Mayor Waddeil, after administer
ing the oath, explained the new law
now in force and informed them that
the oath as above would be adminis
tered each week hereafter and they
would be rigidly questioned as to the
existence of any of the misdemeanors
set forth in the law. This oath, he
said, would be administered either by
himself or by Chief Furlong.
All the members of the force took
the oath last evening, but were not
subjected to the questioning that will
come later.
D7. BLACK WELL WILL REMAIN.
Definite Decision As to Newport
News
Call Announced Last Night.
At the prayer meeting service at the
First Baptist Church last night, the
Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell, pastor
of the congregation, announced defi
nitely that he would remain in Wil
mington and that his declination of
the call to the Newport News church
had been forwarded.
This will be good news, though half
way expected for the past week, to Dr.
Black well's numerous friends in Wil
mington and in the State, where he is
deservedly such a decided favorite.
Graduated With Honorable Mention.
The Baltimore Medical College,'
which is a member of the Medical
Association of Colleges, which de
mands, a four years' term of its stu
dents, on the 23rd inst, out of 108
applicants, graduated 97. Among
the graduates was Dr. T. V. Moore,
son of Mr. F. M. Moore, of Bruns
wick county. Seven of the graduates
received honorable mention, and of
these Dr. Moore stood first. Some
time ago, a college mate of Dr. Moore
was heard to say that he was a very
apt and diligent student, and surpass
ed any member of his class in the
special field of anatomy. To be deep
ly grounded in anatomy, one ? must
necessarily possess a fine memory and
it is pleasant to see Brunswick forging
to the front with her bright and splen
didly equipped young men.
Seashore Hotel Improvements.
Contractor F. A. Applegate expects
to complete the new annex to the
Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach
within about ten days. The weather-
boarding is now all on and the parti
tions in.' The painters have already
commenced work, and by the opening
of the season Manager Hinton will
have one of the prettiest and most
commodious retreats on the South At
lantic Coast Besides tne hotel build
ing the grounds are being greatly im
proved and other houses on the hotel
property put In nrst class oraer.
The hearing of the petition of
certain creditors to have Mr. W. H.
Carr, of Red Springs, N. 0., adjudged
a bankrupt was continued from u riaay,
April 25th to May 7th.
Star
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Mount Olive 'Advertiser: At
the graded school election in Enfield
218 votes were cast for the school and
only three votes against the same.
Carthage Blade: We -are in
formed that the peach crop about
Southern Pines bids fair to be heavy
this year. This means a great deal for
that vicinity.
Columbus Netos: Will Bardin,
colored, of Fair Bluff, was found dead
in the woods one mile 'east of Fair
Bluff, near Mr. Ras Meare's residence,
on Tuesday morning last We were
unable to learn further particulars.
Salisbury Sun; Mr. J. Henry
Goodman showed us yesterday a col
lection of twelve eggs laid by a large
Plymouth Rock hen belonging to Mr.
Jack Goodman, of Cleveland. None
of the eggs were larger than a par
tridge egg and the dozen of them only
weighed five ounces.
Goldsboro Headlight : Court
came to a close Saturday evening after,
disposing of some sixty criminal cases
and about a dozen civil actions. It is
noteworthy that in so rr-any criminal
cases, not a single convict ?as sent to
the penitentiary. Those b6 could not
pay fines and costs were sentenced to
road service.
Tarboro Southerner: Mr. Webb,
a switchman on the (shifting engine.
waa caught Friday morning between a
car and the cotton yard platform. Sev
eral times his body was turned and
probably some ribs broken, but this
could not be ascertained, as he was
taken to the depot, where he was soon
carried to Rocky Mount to tbe A. C L.
hospital there.
Elizabeth City Ucono?mst: Mrs.
E F. Whitson. relict of Rev. Samuel
Whitson, deceased, departed this life
on Tuesday, April 23rd, in the 69th
year of her age. To all who knew
Mr. Thomas, his death by paralysis,
on Friday, fell as a bereavement, and
he was one of our oldest and best
citizens and everybody esteemed and
loved him. He was in his 75th year
and all the Judications of health
promised him many years of robust
and active life. Hardy Gaskins,
sentenced to be hanged at the last
Superior Court for burglary, has had
his sentence commuted to life impris
onment by Governor Aycock in the
penitentiary.
Newborn Journal: An unus
ually large sturgeon for these waters
was brought in yesterday by two
colored fishermen. Bill Anderson and
G. R. Nelson. The huge fish was 8
feet long and weighed about 350
pounds. It was sold to Fernie Gaskill
& Co. This huge fish was caught
down the Neuse, near Slocum's Creek,
in a sturgeon net The fish was got
ten into the small boat after hard
work, by means of a boat book in the
fish's gills. Tne roe is much the most
valuable part of the sturgeon and it
was estimated that this one would
furnish a keg of roe weighing 60
pounds. Roe is used in making caviar
a dish now much in demand in this
country and a staple article of food in
Kussia.
Raleigh Hews and Observer:
J. C. Moser & Co., of Harrisburg,
Pa., Tuesday bought the rich gold
mine recently discovered near Troy.
N. C, on the lands of Currie and
Jones, for $24,000 The output of
this mine last week, working five
hands and two Chilian mills, was six
and a ha f pouods of gold in amal-
gum, ranted at f4U. ine expenses
for the week were $30, leaving a net
profit of 1810. Vance Pearson,
an employe of the Laura Glenn cot
ton mills, was killed at Shelby Tues
day evening.' He was working in the
race cleaning out the water wheel
When some one turned on the water,
which hurled him against the wheel.
causing death instantly. The turning
on of tbe water on a man under a
wheel while at work seems to have
been a culpable piece of negligence.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli
gencer: Jenny Kirby, wife of Kit
Kir by i colored, of Lilesville township,
was the victim of a fatal accident Tues
day afternoon. The woman's husband
was running the engine at tbe mill of
Mr. B. F. Covington, of Lilesville
township, on the day in question, and
she carried his dinner to him. After
giving him the dinner she started to
return home, and while stepping
across the shafting from the engine to
tbe mill her dress was caught bv it,
and she was jerked down, whirled
over and over and instantly killed, her
neck being broken. John Lilly
Ingram, colored, who lives at isiscoe,
Montgomery county, shot and killed
his wife Monday morning. The couple
had a fuss, and the wife, to escape the
fury of her husband, ran into the
house and closed the door. The man
fired at her through the door with a
double barrel shotgun, and the load of
large shot took effect in her groin.
The woman bled to death in a short
time. Ingram has not been arrested.
Both the negroes were from the Pow-
elton neighborhood, in Richmond
county.
ARRESTED IN MACON.
Man Suspected of Being One of the South'
ern Express Car Robbers.
Bv Teieurapn to tne Morning' Btar.
Maoom, Ga., April 27. A man has
been arrested here under the name of
Frank Fairfax, who is strongly sus
pected of being one of the men who
robbed the Southern Express car on
the Central train between this city
and Gordon on Thursday night Fair
fax, who has given several other
names, was arrested on a charge of
stealing an umbrella, and is held in
the city barracks under $300 bond on
that charge. Just what evidence mere
is against the man the police decline
at this time to state, but they regard
the case against him as practically
conclusive. Important developments
in the case which may lead to the ar
rest of the other robber are expected
at any time.
COMPANY ORGANIZED.
To Control Output of Poplar and
White
Pine Lumber In the South.
By Telegraph to tbe Moraine Btar.
Columbus, O., April 27. The W.
M. Bitter Lumber Company, which
it is claimed will controLthe output of
poplar lumber and fifty per cent of
the output of white pine in the South,
was organized here to-day with a capi
tal of $1,000,000. The company will
control 200,000 acres of timber lands
and will absorb the following plants:
Panther Hardwood Lumber Com
pany, and W. M. Ritter's operations
in McDowell county, West Virginia;
the Knox Creek Lumber Company,
operating largely in Buchanan county.
West Virginia, Pike county, Ken
tucky and Mingo county. West Vir-.
ginia, and the Ritter Lumber Com-
Kny, which is operating in white pine
Mitchell, Burke and Caldwell coun
ties, North Carolina.
NO. 27
BAVE COMPLETED
THEIR LABORS.
The Cuban Commissioners Took
Leave of the President in
Washington Yesterday.
FINAL AND DECISIVE TALK.
President Tells Them He Can Do Nothing
for Cuba On Economic Lines Until
Political Questions Are Settled.
Cohans Pavorablylmpressed.
By Telegraph to tbe Moral nK star.
Washington, April 27. The
Cuban delegation completed its labors
in Washington to day. In the morn
ing tbe delegates met Secretary Root
who escorted them to the White
House, where they had a final and
decisive talk with the President Then
they paid visits of courtesy to each of
the officials whom they have met, and
finally they started for New York at
11 o'clock to-night homeward bound.
They will sail for Havana Wednes
day. The proceedings at the White
House were interesting and impor
tant.
Senor Capote acted as spokesman
for the delegation. He thanked the
President for the many courtesies
shown them, which they accepted as
an expression of good will to the
Cuban people. He invited the Pres
ident to visit Cuba, to see for himself
the conditions in theiisland and learn
from contact with inhabitants of the
love and affection which the Cubans
have for the United States and their
appreciation of what had been done
for them by this government in their
struggle for freedom.
Senor Uapote asked the President to
do something for the Cubans upon an
economic line, especially in the matter
of reciprocal trade relations. He said
that it was especially desirable to have
something of this kind done before the
next crop was harvested in order that
tbe Uubans might realize the ad van
tages to them of closer political and
economic relations with the United
States.
In reply, the President said it was
impossible to settle economic questions
until tne political questions were dis
posed of. He told the delegates to first
form their government and then they
would oe in a position to enter into
negotiations with tbe United States as
to trade relations.
Senor Capote responded that some
thing ought to be done while the Cuban
government was forming. He thought
that while the United States was exer
cising control there might be arrangements-perfected
similar to those under
contemplation by the Secretary of War
in 1898, when, the government first
passed under control or the United
States. He told the President that the
Cnban republic did not wish to be
born in poverty and rags, and if it
could not be wealthy it would at least
prefer to have something with which
to support itself and to have its people
in prosperous conditions immediately
before them.
Tne President again reverted to the
fact that under the present conditions,
as the Secretary of War bad advised
them, he did not see how it was possi
ble to settle any economic questions
before the Cuban government was
formed. He would . appoint commis
sioners immediately a government was
organized, to negotiate with similar
commissioners from the Cuban govern
ment for reciprocal trade relations, and
he believed that the United States
would be ready to deal in a man
ner which would be beneficial to both
countries. He thanked the delegation
for an invitation to visit the island and
told them to assure the Cuban people
of bis friendly interest in them and his
desire to see them contented and pros
perous. ?
Senor Uapote, speaking to Secretary
Root, expressed the hope that in the
interviews that had been held he had
said nothing, in his earnestness of ar
gument which was in any way offen
sive. The secretary replied that on
the contrary he highly appreciated
the arguments of Benor Capote, and
his knowledge of the questions had in
creased his admiration and respect for
the legal abilities and keenness of the
Cuban people.
Tbe delegates then shook hands
with the President and departed.
Ueneral Uapote later said to an As
sociated Press reporter: "We have
concluded our business here. We
have had two interviews with the
President and four with the - Sec
retary of War, during which all
matters that we came here to dis
cuss have naa tne luiiest ana
most minute consideration. We
came to consider tbe relations be
tween Cuba and the United States,
and these, both political and econom
ical, have had the most careful atten
tion. We return to Cuba and will de
liver to the constitutional convention
all tbe information we have obtained
information which is highly important
and interesting."
General Capote spoke in high terms
of Secretary Root He said that the
questions were of national importance
and that the conferences were con
ducted with the care that the serious
matters under consideration demand
ed. General Wood also left to-night for
Florida, whence he will sail on a gov
ernment vessel for Cuba. Mrs. Wood,
who came on with the governor gen
eral to visit her sister, who was for
merly Miss Condit Smith, whom she
had not seen since the latter's experi
ence in Pekin during the seige there,
returned with her husband. General
Wood had an hour's talk with the
President to-day before bis departure.
He did not care to speak for publica
tion of his opinion of the result of the
visit of the Cuban commission. There
has been a mutual understanding be
tween the parties to the conferences
that have been held that no specific
statement as to results should be given
out on either side in advance of the
commission's report to the constitu
tional convention. There are many
political jealousies among the Cubans
at home and General Wood said that
anything made public at this time
might be liable to misconstruction and
lead to friction. General Wood, how
ever, does not hesitate to state that the
Cubans have been impressed with the
treatment they have received and the
attentions shown them and to say
that undoubtedly they return with a
more correct understanding of the
meaning of the terms of the Piatt
amendment and of the sincere desire
of the American government to put
Cuba on her feet as an independent
government than they had before.
Eighteen miners were killed by an
explosion of fire damp in a coal mine
at Hornu, Belgium, and seven were
injured.
Count Coranlier, Who Shot and Killed
His Wife, Was Acquitted by a
Paris Jury.
By Cable to tbe Morning star.
Pabis, April 27. Count Cornulier,
after two day's trial for the murder of
his wife, November 17th, by shooting
her three times as she was leaving the
house of a lawyer, M. Leroux, an ad
mirer of the countess before her mar
riage, was acquitted to-night amidst
the applause of those in court ' The
count made a speech, in which he
thanked the jurors in the name of his
three children.
The Countess Coriulier was a woman
of unusual beauty and thirtyone
years of age. She was a daughter of
Count Vianney "and married Count
Charles Cornulier, who is forty-three
years of age, fourteen years ago. The
eldest of their-three children is thir
teen years old. The marriage proved
unhappy and on the advice of her
father the countess separated from
her husband about four years ago.
Last year she was given a decree by
which she obtained possession of her
children. The count, discovered that
the countess frequently visit
ed M. Leroux, who is said to have
actea as the legal adviser of the
countess. The count. November 17th,
secreted himself on the stairway of M.
Leroux'8 home, after having ascer
tained that his wife had en
tered the house, and when
she descended the stairs, with
out a word, he fired at her three
times with a revolver, each shot taking
effect. She died in an ambulance
without regaining consciousness. The
count surrendered himself to the
police, saying: "I did it. I am her
husband."
He was the first to give aid to his
wife after she fell, and asked that a
priest be sent for.
AUSTRIA AND MEXICO.
The International Estrangement Between
. the Two Countries Brought to
An End.
By Telegraph to tne Marnlna Btar.
Washington, April 27. A complete
reapproachment between the govern
ments of Austria and Mexico has been
brought about, and as a result each
country is about to send a minister to
the other. This terminates an inter
national estrangement dating from the
days when young Maximilian of Aus
tria sought to gain a foothold in Mex
ico and lost bis life in the adventure.
Ever since then Austria and Mexico
have suspended all intercourse with
each other, commercially and politi
cally. Recently, however, friendly
overtures have been made to terminate
the estrangement between them, by
which the old relations of friendship
will be resumed. A bill has passed
the Mexican congress reciting the fact
of a reapproachment.and providing for
a minister to Austria at a salary of
$15,000 annually. Austria will take
similar action by sending a minister to
Mexico, and this will close the long
and historic separation.
FIGHTING IN CHINA.
Imperial Troops Attacked by Qerman and
French Forces and Forced to Re
tire The Losses.
By Cable to the Morninn Btar.
Berlin, April 27. The Cologne
Gazette's Pekin correspondent says
the headquarters staff has received in
formation that a German mounted
force which proceeded beyond Kalgan
found the country quiet No garri
sons were encountered. The Germans
only saw Chinese police.
London, April 27. A Reuter dis
patch, from Pekin, says the headquar
ters staff has received a telegram from
a British officer accompanying - the
FrancoGerman expedition, to the
effect that April 23rd the Germans
crossed into Shan-Si, through the Kuk
Nau and Chang Cben Liu passes, in
pursuit of the retiring Chinese, whom
they followed eighteen miles, fighting
a sharp action. The French troops
remained in occupation of the passes.
The Germans returned April 25th and
the French banded over the passes
to them and returned to their pre
vious outposts. The Germans are said"
to have had four men killed and five
officers and eighty men wounded. The
Chinese loss is not known.
COACH OVERTURNED.
All the Occupants Injured and One In a
Critical Condition.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 27.
Joseph E. Widener, aged 30 years, son
of P. A. B. Widener, the traction
magnate, was badly injured to-day by '
the overturning of a coach on which
he and a number of friends were ;rid
ing. Mr. Widener's skull was frac
tured, and he is now in a hospital in a
critical condition. The party, consist
ing of ten of the wealthiest and best
known . young men in the city,
started from the Bellevue hotel
to Pine Run farm, the country
seat of H. B. McKean at Pen Lyn,
a suburb of this city. In turning
a street corner at 15th and Spring
Garden streets, one of the wheels of
the coach caught in the car track and
the vehicle capsized. The entire party
was thrown violently to the ground
and Mr. Widener's head struck tbe
pavement Harrison K. Caner, who
was driving, had his left leg badly in
jured and was otherwise hurt The
others in the party, all of whom; were
more or less bruised were: Edward
Brooke, H. B. McKean, William L.
Elkins, Jr., Edward Browning, Wil
liam E. Caner and E. Rittenhouse
Miller.
A REAL TRAGEDY.
Student Killed in the Closing Exercises of
a School at Burnsville, N. C.
By Teiegxapa to tne Morning Btar.
Chattanooga, Tenn., A special
from Burnsville, N. C, says:
While playing the tragedy "Last
Upon the World," in the closing ex
ercises of the Stanley McCormick
High School, at Burnsville last night,
a real tragedy waa enacted when R.
N. Mclnturf, one of the students, was
shot and killed by Raccus Bailey, a
student, both representing characters
in the play. When it became neces
sary for Bailey in his ' role to defend
himself with a revolver against a
drawn knife in the hands of Mcln
turf. he used by mistake a loaded pis
tol instead of the one with blanks.
and in the presence of several hun
dred people Mclnturf waa shot dead
on the stage. The boys were room ¬
mates and special mends.
The amount of the alleged shortage
of W. W. Lee, book keeper of the
First National bank, Nashville, Tenn.,
who disappeared last July and waa
subsequently arrested, is said to be
i $23,076.