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THE RECIPKOCITY RUSE.
There is little doubt in the minds
of those who keep up with the trend
of political movements that Mr. Mc
Kinley has taken up reciprocity
.as :t ruse to placate'the sentiment for
tariff reduction and at the same time
play into the hands of those who
still want protection for "infant in
dustries." The kind of reciprocity
which Mr. McKinley has in view
would suit them very well, as it
would reduce the tariff on imports
which diJ not come; into competition
"with" them, while retaining it on im
ports which do. ,
Hence Mark Hanna is in favor of
the kind of reciprocity which Mr.
McKinley : has iri view because it
might be safely asserted that under
such reciprocity there i would
be but little encouragement
given to English and German
attvl manufactures which might
come into competition with Ameri
ran steel plants which, according to
Mr. Hanna, still need protection,
although they are shipping their
work all over the world and success
fully competing with both England
anil Germany. , It isn't England
and tier many -that Mr. Hanna is
afnai'l of but our neighbor, Canada,
where it is proposed to establish
some "extensive steel plants. It
wouM never do, he says, to remove
the duty from steel and let Canada
dump its steel in the New England
States anil ruin our own steel busi
ness, k will be pretty safe to say
that j. when they come to talk of
, re' ipror ity with Canada or Ger
- many or any other steel producing
(.country that steel manufactures
will lie left out.
Some time ago Gen. Kasson, of
, Iowa, wtt3 commissioned to negoti
ate reciprocity treaties, and agreed
on one with France. When it was
found that.it provided for a small
reduction on knit goods and some
other things that might find sale in
.this country the treaty was pigeon
holed in the Senate and Gen. Kas
- sou got so mad that he threw up
his job, although it was a well pay
ing job and a sinecure since the
Senate wouldn't take time to dis
cuss these treaties. He thought
the knit good3 makers ought to. be
Batisfledjwith the 50 per cent, pro
tection the treaty which he nego-tieted-still
left them, after the 15
per cent.jeduction which he made.
Hiit the reciprocity scheme is im
practicable because it cannot be
raade to apply equitably and fairly
to ,ill nations and would, in practice,
discriminate against some, and
some of our best customers, too.
The principal thing' we import from
Germany and Russia is beet sugar.
When it is proposed to admit
this-on such easy terms as would
bring German and Russian sugar
info active competition with Ameri
can 3ugar how soon we would hear
from the Sugar Trust, the beet
. sugar and cane sugar makers of
this country. But if there wasn't
any howl raised on that account,
what would.,other nations which we
trade with sav to admitting, on
easy terms, the principal exports of
tnose countries, while showin? no
i, - i
consideration to their principal ex
port. 1
I We agree with Germany, or Rus
sia for instance, to admit their
Bi'!ar at a reduced rate on condition
that they open their markets wider to
American grain, meats, &c. England
fhi.ph throws her gajies open to
American .grain, meats, etc., could
Very properly take exception to that"
as 'liseriminating against her ins favor
Of these other two countries, to se
cure ;i little advantage for some of
Mr products, which go into English
Ports free of 'duty. England might
and would be justified in demanding
(that she be treated with as much
ponaideration as other nations,
especially in view of the fact that
(8he does more business with us than
U the o,ther European nations com
bined. j U we talked. of reciprocity with
; Argentina we couldn't chow any fa-
Tors to Argentine wool without dis
j 0r'ttnnatuigagain8t Australian wool.
M1 we should talk reciprocity to
kra.il, coffee is about the only thing
i tiat we could attach much impor-
knee to and that in olroaw ftn tlio
tree list.
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Granting that
the reciprocity
VOL. XXXII.
scheme is honest (which it is not) it
is from the nature of things imprac
ticable, because it discriminates
against some nations, and these the
most liberally disposed, and is
against the comity which should ex
ist between friendly, progressive na
tions, lint it it were practicable
there is not enough in it to justify
the spending of much thought or
time on it, or offering it as a substi
tute lor tariff reform, which is the
only effective way to meet the pro
blem that now confronts our states
men, to treat all nations impartially
and equably, and leave no ground
for any to complain. It is tariff re
duction and not reciprocity fakes
that the American people are de
manding; -
HOW IT KEPT ITS PLEDGE.
.Ex-benator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, is one of the very, few
Republican statesmen who, out of
the large number who professed to
be bimetallisms, has .adhered to his
professions. They are all gold
monometalhsts now. The ques
tion as to who was the author of
the phrase "we pledge ourselves to
promote" in the financial plank of
the platform of 1896 has been in
doubt, several statesmen claim
ig me credit tor the concep
tion of that grand fraud. Mr.
Chandler was so anxious to know
that he offered a reward of $100 to
the author, -when there was no
longer doubt as to who he was. It
seems that Senator Foraker'made
the discovery by finding the orig
inal draft st the resolution, which
contained the phrase interlined in
pencil, in the handwriting of Sen
ator . Lodge. Therefore he sent
the Senator his check for $100, ac-
companiea py tne iouowine re
marks:
iiy reason or tne nremises vou
should without hesitancy accept the
iuu as righliully your money. All
wise men know that McKinley and
Hobart would not have been elected
if the platform had not, while declar
ing opposition to the free coinage of
silver except as the result of an inter
national agreement, also declared that
the Republican party favored such an
international agreement if it could be
secu red. If McKinley and Hobart had
not been elected in 1896, Mr. McKinley
would not have been re-elected in 1900.
''Therefore, those six words were of
priceless value, and I trust that when
all the facts are known my humble
offering of $100 will be supplemented
by such generous donations, not only
from many members of the Republi
can party, but as well from Democrats
who have so much trembled at every
prospect of the election of Mr. Bryan.
as to adequately recognize the saga
city and courage which led you not;
merely to conceive, but to actually
insert into the platform of 1896 con
cerning bimetallism the words 'which
we pledge ourselves to promote.'
. "That immortal declaration twice
made Mr. McKinley President, and
the fidelity with which the pledge has
been fulfilled the world knows.
We publish this as coming from a
Republican - statesman because it
shows the fraud perpetrated on the
people, which is in keeping, however,
with the record of the Republican
platform makers, who never regard
pledges when there is a reason, or it
may be to their interest, to ignore
them. Bad faith is one of their
characteristics.
Some time ago a man in Texas
forged papers and got a fellow who
was in for a life sentence pardoned
out of the penitentiary. He got
$10,000 for the job. But when the
forgery . was discovered the judge
turned the tables on him by order
ing his arrest, trying him ' and sen
tencing him to serve out the unex
pired term of the pardoned convict.
Appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court, but it sustained the legality
of the sentence.
Bees do not always show discrim
inating: judgment in establishing
their plants. Mrs. Senator Carter
has taken several hundred pounds
of honey from between the joists
in her house in Washington, w,hich
the bees utilized for.ahive, when
I thev might iust as well have depos-
I Weft thmr (tweets in some noor ner-
son's house, who would have fully
appreciated them and welcomed the
bees, instead of trying to drive them
away, as Mrs. Carter is doing.
It is said that Gen. Ballington
Booth, commander-in-chief of the
Volunteers of America, an organ
ization similar to the Salvation
Army, has bought a tract of land,
between 15,000 and 20,000 cres, in
the cotton section of Georgia upon
which he proposes to locate a col
ony-to help people in cities who
can't make a living. He will erect
a large cotton factory upon it.
And now comes a . Nebraska
woman who declares that she, too,
has never been kissed. This cor
roborates the assertion that we have
heretofore made that there are
some mighty ugly women out therf .
The Augusta Chronicle ventures
the remark that "Senator McLaurin
seems. to have a hazy' idea of party
fealty." He has no more idea of
party fealty than a June bug has of
geology.
FLEXIBLE SANDSTONE.
We find in some of our State ex-!
changes the following clipped from
the Boston Youth's Companion:
A recent reference in the Coma
pamon to the flexible sandstone
which comes from the nuniab nromnts
a New Hampshire reader to call at
tention to some specimens of this
mineralogical curiosity which he dos
sesses, but which came from the vicU
mty of i Charlotte, N. O., instead of
from India. One is a slab nearly two
feet long, an inch thick and four in
ches wide, and like the specimens de
scribed in the Companion, . bends un
der its own weight, and when . sun
ported only at the ends, sags percep
tibly in the center."
The slab which this gentleman
has did not come from the vicinity
of Charlotte, but from Stokes coun
ty, the only county in North Caro
lina or, as far aa known, in the Uni
ted States, where that kind of stone
is found, and there it is found in only
one locality. For a long time the
location of the deposit was kept
a- secret known ohlv to old Jack
Chamberlain, a unique specimen of
humanity, who made what little
change he had use for by selling
to people who came his way pieces
of this stone, one or two inches wide
and six or eight inches long, catch-
ing rattle snakes for people who fan.
cied,that kind of pets and guiding
people through the hills up there.
The discovery of this deposit was
made by a Mr. Dewey, a cousin of
Admiral Dewey, who before the war
spent several years in that section
exploring for minerals. When war
became imminent he left for home,
but before going showed Jack this
deposit, and told him he could make
some money by selling specimens as
curiosities, but -pledged him to
secrecy and Jack kept the pledge
until he became satisfied that Mr.
Dewey was not coming back. Several
years ago the property fell into the
hands of a citizen of High Point
who has taken out a good deal of
the stone and sent it to towns in the
State for sale. It was probably one
of these slabs that the gentleman
referred to in the Youth's Companion
has. For a stone it is a rare curios
ity, for it will not only bend and
rattle when' shaken, but it will
stretch. The quarry from which
is taken is not far from Danbury.
CURRENT COMMENT.
New Orleans' health reports
show that the past five months in
that city have had a death rate 20
per cent, less than a like length of
time in the year preceding, due, it
is claimed, to greater attention paid
to cleaning the city and to inspec
tion of the milk supply. Mobile
Register. Dem.
Bv accepting the Piatt
amendment, it is officially observed
in Washington, "the Uubans have
demonstrated their good faith in
the United States." A counter dem
onstration in this country appears
to be in order. Charleston Neios
and Courier. Dem.
We do not observe any demur
on the part of very high tariff organs
consequent upon the refusal or
President McKinley to be a candi
date for a third term. Mr. McKinley
seems disposed to be a Moses to his
party. Having led it into the pro
tective wilderness far enough to see
the error of his ways, he now seeks
to lead it out. But there are zealots
who want to stay in the wilderness
indefinitely. Philadelphia Record,
Dem.
The new Holland submarine
boat Fulton carries five torpedoes,
and if she can do one-half what is
said of her, she would be a very ef
fective aid in an attacK on an
enemy's fleet. It is claimed she can
travel fifty miles under water in
about seven hours, and 5J.5UU miles
on the surface without renewing her
gasolene or other stores. Submarine
boats are not new, but none have
yet rendered any service in time of
war. arooKiyn uinzen, uem.
REMARKABLY PAST RUN.
Fortyelgbt Miles In Forty-six Minutes Is
Record Made by Engineer Parmer.
Florence Correspondence News and
Courier.
A very remarkably fast run, with a
regular scheduled passenger train, was
made one night last week by Engineer
Farmer, on the Coast Line between
this place and Charleston. It was the
best ever made over that division by a
regular scheduled passenger train.
The run was on train No. 35, the
south-bound West Indian fast mail,
leaving Florence at 2.50 o'clock A. M.
The run from Florence to Lane's,
forty-eight and a half miles, was made
stop of five minutes for water and
station was made. From Lane's to
Ashley Junction, a distance of forty
eight miles, the run was made in fifty
two minutes, which included a stop
for the drawbridge at Santee River
nt twn minutes. a stop at
Ten-mile Hill for water, three
minutes, and a slow down for
Meade's Crossing, which cut off at
least one minute of runnjng time,
thus bringing the actual running time
down from Lane's to Ashley Junction,
forty-eitht miles, in forty six minutes.
From the Junction into Charleston it
required fifteen minutes, as the com
pany will not allow trains to run it in
less time. The actual running time be
tween Florence and Ashley Junction
was, therefore, made, ninety-six and
a half miles, in ninety-four minutes.
It must be remembered, however this
train pulled five of the heaviest cars
used for the system and cannot be pit
ted against the "Pythian flyer" record
made by Engineer Corrie in 1893, as
that train only carried four cars, none
of them being compared to size of
those pulled by Engineer Farmer.
WILMINGTON, N. C.,
N. C. STATE GUARD.
The Annual Encampment of the
Troops to be Held This Year
at Wrightsville.
BY ORDER OF GOV. AYCOCK.
Seaside Park, or Latimer's drove, Se
lectedAn Ideal Spot Troops Will
Go Into Camp by Regiments,
for Ten Days Each.
At last the question of where the
encampment of the North Carolina
State Guard will be held this year
has been settled, and Wrightsville
has been recommended as the "gat
den spot," and this recommendation
of the committee will, of course, be
approved by the Governor.
The following special telegram was
received by the Stab last, night 'from
its Raleigh correspondent:
Raleigh, N. C, June 15. The com
mittee appointed by the Governor to
examine sites for the proposed en
campment this Summer met this after
noon and agreed upon a report, the
substance of it being as follows: They
recommended Latimer Grove, at
Wrightsville, as most suitable and
available. The encampment will be
by regiments. They recommended
that the Second regiment go into camp
from July 10th to 19th; the Third
regiment, from July 20th to 30th ; the
First regiment, from July 31st to Au
gust 10th. Governor Aycock will
issue an order in accordance with the
recommendation of the committee.
The committee adopted a resolution
thanking Mrs. Poisson for so kindly
and generously tendering the property
for use by the State Guard.
Of course the encampment will
mean a big thing for Wilmington,
both socially and financially, and
will bring hundreds of visitors to the
city.
The soldier boys will find the site
selected at Wrightsville an ideal camp
ground, and will also find plenty of
gay features at the beach. Then,
again, they will get an opportunity
of seeing some good fast base ball, as
follows:
The Second regiment will have an
opportunity to witness games at Wil
mington with Norfolk July 11th, 12th
and 13th; with Newport News July
IStb, 16th and 17th, and with Raleigh
July 18th and 19th. The Third regi
ment, games with Raleigh July 20tb,
and Newport News July 29th and
30th. The First regiment, games with
Newport News July 81st, and Rich
mond August 1st, 2d and 3d.
SNEED COMPANY CHARTERED
Incorporation Papers Received and Filed
With the Clerk of the Superior
Court Yesterday.
The State has chartered the Sneed
Company, of this city, which, as set
forth in the papers of incorporation,
will carry on in Wilmington a whole
sale and retail furniture business, in
cluding the manufacture of such ar
ticles as may be deemed necessary to
aid and assist in the conducting of
such business, and the carrying on of
a crockery and general merchandise
business. The papers of incorpora
tion were filed at the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court yesterday,
being transmitted from Raleigh.
The capital authorized is $7,000, rep
resenting seventy shares, at the face
value of $100 per share, and is held by
Mr. I. E. Sneed, Emmett H. Sneed, A.
C. Sneed and C. D. Phares, all of this
city.
The lease of life given the company
is thirty years.
WILMINQTON CAPITAL INTERESTED.
la Proposed Railway Line From Wades,
boro to Winston Ample Capital.
Raleigh Neics and Observer.
An important corporation was char
tered yesterday in the office of the Sec
retary of State. It is the Winston &
Wadesboro Railroad Company, and
the road is to extend from Wadesboro
to Winston, a distance of ninety miles,
passing through the counties of An
son, Stanley, Montgomery, Davidson
and Forsyth.
The caDital stock is to be $500,000,
with liberty to increase to one million
dollars. Of this $15,500 has been sub
scribed. The incorporators are well
known business men of North and
South Carolina, and among them are
such men as Thomas Wilson, of Cades,
8. C. ; Wm. E. Huger, R. G. Rhett,
E. H. Pringle, F. Q. O'Neill, Francis
J. Pelzer, Frank K Taylor, Samuel
Lapham, Jas. S. Murdoch, A. F. C.
Cramer, R. Maxwell Anderson, W,
B. Wilson, R M- Wallace, E. W.
Wynne, Wm. M. Bird, Henry F.
Welch, C. Wulbern and Geo. H. Mof
fett. of Charleston: Wm. Calder, Jno,
S. Armstrong and Jas. H. Chadbourn,
of Wilmington; John McSween, of
Timmonsville; Jno. J. Loughery, of
Sumter, S. O. ; P. A. Willcox and F.
L. Willcox, of Florence, 8. C.
These names represent, men wno
control a great deal of capital, and it
looks as if the road would be built.
Mr. Hay wood to Starta Bank.
Mr. Fabius J. Haywood, Jr., who
for some time prior to the consolida
tion, was assistant cashier of the At
lantic National Bank of this city, has
gone to Charlotte to organize a
savings institution. Charlotte has no
savings bank ' at present and the
location is an ideal one for Mr. Hay
wood and his enterprise.
The "Secretary of the Navy has ap
proved plans for a ehapel at the Naval
Academy to cost $400,000. The build
ing will have the dimensions of a cath
edral and will be in keeping with the
other fine buildings now. under con
struction there.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1901.
CRIMINAL COURT OF
NEW HANOVER COUNTY.
Held Its Last Session and Went Ont of
Existence Yesterday The Docket
Was Soon Cleared.
The Criminal Court of New Han
over county- went out of existence
yesterday morning and in its place in
the future will be extra terms of the
Superior Court. These extra terms,
according to the last legislative en
actment, will be held solely for the
trial of criminal actions, though mo
tions in civil actions can be heard.
These extra terms will be inaugurated
in all districts in the Bute the eighth
of next month. At the term here His
Honor Judge Oliver EL Allen will
preside. Terms -for holding of court
for the trial of criminal cases will be
held this year July 8th, August 12tb,
November 4th and 25tb, and for the
hearing of civil actions October 8tb.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
Judge Bryan, with all court officials
in attendance, convened court and
after a very short session adjourned
sine die.
While court was in session
Mrs. Mary Williams came into
court and, through her counsel, sub
mitted in four cases of selling liquor
on Sunday and without license. She
also withdrew an appeal made in an
other case of similar character.
Judge Bryan, in view of the fact
that the defendant promised "good
behavior," suspended judgment upon
payment of costs in the former cases
and reduced the fine in the latter to
$20,
Solicitor Duffy is still in the city,
resting on his oars, as his next court
will be the inaugural one here next
month.
LOCAL DOTS.
The police made sixteen
arrests during the past week.
The Star is informed that an
exclusively wholesale drug house will
be established in Wilmington within
the next thirty days.
Mr. E. T. Wade, of this city,
tells the Stab that, he has a barred
Plymouth Rock hen that has beaten
the record; with a brood of young
cbicks, she laid two eggs last Tuesday.
The Duplin Journal, a breezy,
well edited weekly published at Fai
l-son, made its debut last week, ibe
Star extends a hearty welcome and a
sincere wish for a long and prosperous
life.
, Dr. Dunlop Thompson, who
recently graduated in medicine, has
formed a copartnership with Dr. R. G.
Rozier at.Lumberton. He is a brother
of Mr. Jos. E. Thompson, of the Star
staff.
A. C. L.'s New Building.
The new building of the A. C. L. on
North Front street, recently com
pleted, is now occupied by officers of
the Company. ' President Warren G.
Elliot, Treasurer James F. Post,
Superintendent Jno. F. Divine and
Superintendent of Motive Power R.
E. Smith, have offices on the second
floor. The entire third floor will
be occupied by the auditing depart
meat, while the roadway department
will occupy a large part of the first
floor.
That Hot Ice Question.
The ice question is still hot in Wil
mington, as paradoxical as this may
seem. There were no new transpira
tions yesterday, save for many ru
mors relative to the establishment of
new factories. One gentleman vouches
for the information that a prominent
business man of this city stands ready
to invest $50,000 in a plant. Dame
Rumor says there are three move
ments afoot to establish plants.
Greatly Damaged Crops.
Mr. B. O. Stone returned to the
city yesterday from a pleasant visit to
Little River, S. C. He tells us of a
severe rain and wind storm that visit
ed that section Thursday and lasted
forty eight hours, greatly damaging
the crops. Mr. Stone's father, Mr.
W. H. Stone, owner of a large plan ta
tion, had his corn crop almost ruined.
A Runaway Con pie.
Fayetteville Observer: A young
couple who had run away from their
homes arrived in the city to day, got
the marriage license from the register
of deeds, and were married in the
waiting room of tbe A. O. L. passenger
depot at noon, by Rev. D. N. McLean,
before a large assembly of curious
people. They were Mr. J. H. Bonam,
age 23, of Wilmington, and Miss Mary
E. Chadwick, age 18, of Bennettsvllle.
They left on the train for a wedding
trip north.
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPYARD.
Over Seven Hundred Men Laid Off On Ac
count of the Strike.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning 6 tar.
Newport News, Va., June 15.
Over seven hundred men were laid
off to-day by the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
Unless the striking machinists return
to work Monday, or unless enough
machinists report to carry on the work
which has been held up by the strike,
the shipyard will close down.
General Superintendent W. A. Post
in an interview relative to the com
pany's attitude, states that arbitration
will not be considered as the yard has
nothing to arbitrate. He expresses
sorrow at being obliged to take the
step which will throw nearly seven
thousand men out of work, but ex
plains that it is necessary in the face
of the attitude of the strikers. Just
how long the yards will remain closed,
he said, will depend on the strikers.
WILLARD TAX LISTING LAW.
Action Taken by Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce Appeal for Special Ses
sion of Legislature.
Special Star Telegram.'
Faykttkville, N. C, June 14.
The following important resolution
has just passed the Fayetteville Cham
ber of Commerce :
. "Whereas, we are informed by tax
list experts, and ourselves believe, that
the existing JWillard tax listing law is
impracticable, incapable of execution,
unjust, promotive of perjury and of
interminable litigation, unprecedent
edly inquisitorial, and unconstitutional
in spirit if not in letter,
"Resolved, That the several Cham
bers of Commerce in North Carolina
be requested to cooperate with us in
an immediate appeal to the Governor
lo cail a special session of the Legis
lature to amend the said act, or to take
such other action as may relieve the
present unfortunate situation." .
P. R. Rose, Secretary.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Alamance Gleaner: The little
five year-old son of Mr. Washington
Torrell, at Haw River Monday after
noon was playing with matches, it is
learned, and set his clothes on fire. His
clothes were burned entirely off and
after three hours agonizing pain the
child died.
.Carthage Blade: Col. A. H.
McNeill has in his office some very
pretty samples of brown stone. They
are of three or four shades of color
and would greatly attract people who
desire brown stone property or any
one indeed who knows the value of
fine and beautiful as well as durable
stone for building material.
Tarboro Southerner: The mos
quitoes are more numerous than ever
known here in years and they are as
troublesome as numerous. A gentle
man yesterday attempted to go squir
rel hunting. He arrived at a mul
berry tree, where the -squirrels were,
but the mosquitoes attacked him in
such numbers and so viciously that his
whole attention was taken up in fight
ing the pests.
Sanford Express: An election
was held here last Monday to decide
the question -of issuing fifteen thous
and dollars in bonds to extend and
complete the Sanford water works.
Out of a total registration of two
hundred and twenty three the total
vote for bonds was one hundred and
eighty-three. Only one vote was cast
against the measure. A number of
our citizens who voted against bonds
last year voted for them Monday.
Wadesboro Messenqer-Intelli-gencer:
Wheat is not turning out as
well as hoped for some time ago. Oats
are good. The farmers of this sec
tion are blue, and they certainly have
a cause to be, for the M. & I. has never
known a time when the prospect of
their realizing a profit on their labor
was less propitious. Everything, it
would seem, bas conspired against
them. To begin witb, fertilizers, of
which more than usual have been used
this year, were higher than last year.
On the heels of this the high price of
cotton caused every negro, who could
procure an ox and get some one to
-furnish him, to go to raising the fleecy
staple on his own hook. This latter
condition has had a disastrous effect
on labor, for it has often been demon
strated that the average negro will do
little work for wages as long as he can
go to the time merchant and procure
supplies on the security of a crop yet
to be made.
Newton Enterprise: The farm
ers sav the nights are too cool for
cotton. It is very slow in starting to
grow. There will be no June cotton
blooms in this county. The last few
years the first blooms have been re
ported the 20th to 30th of June.
The reapers are being heard on every
side this week. Almost all of the
wheat is ripe and thousands of bushels
will be harvested before Saturday
night. The crop is not as good as
usual on account of the unfavorable
weather which we had during the
the spring. Dan Abernethy, a
young man raised by Mr. Perry Fry
near Newton returned from the Phil
ippines last Saturdays He has been
gone about two years and belonged to
the 42nd regiment which reached San
Francisco June 1st to be mustered out
of the service. He was in several of
the biggest battles of the war and saw
some severe campaigning. He has had
enough of the Philippines. He says
this "colony" of ours may be a pretty
good place for rich people, but a poor
man has no show there. Common
laborers get only 10 cents a day for
their work.
GRAND STAND COLLAPSED.
Twenty-five Persons Injured at the An
nual Field Day Sports of Chicago
Normal Schools.
By Telegrapb to tbe Morning Btar.
Chicago, June 15. A temporary
grand stand at Sixty eighth street and
Stewart avenue, built for the purpose
of accomodating an audience to wit
ness the annual field day sports of the
Chicago Normal schools, collapsed
to-day. Twenty-five persons, mostly
women and children, were injured.
Several were hurt seriously, but it is
thought none will die.
The stand, which was five hundred
feet loner and seven tiers high, was
crowded.The programme of the day was
fairly under way when on account of
the general stamping of feet in recog
nition of a meritorious athletic ac
complishment, the supports gave way,
precipitating the spectators a short dis
tance to the ground. Several hundred
Eersons were buried under the tim
618 The field events came to an abrupt
ending and the participants joined in
the work of rescue. The injured were
removed to the Normal - School near
bv. which was converted into a tem
porary hospital, with a score of physi
cians and surgeons in attendance.
The statement of the associated
banks for the week ending to-day
shows: Loans, $900,943,900; increase
$13,344,800. Deposits, $984,104,800 in
crease, $12,075,500. Circulation, $30,
904,400; increase, $29,000. Legal ten
ders. f77.677.400: increase $335,800
Specie, $177,153,400; decrease $1,856,-
300. Reserve, $8d4,b3U,7ihj; aecrease
"$1,540,500.
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ONLY ONE BODY
HAS BEEN FOUND.
After More Than Twenty-four
Hours' Search in the Ferry
Boat Northfield.
SIX PERSONS STILL MISSING.
Impossible to Tell How Many Persons
Were Drowned Half a Dozen Horses
and Wagons Taken Ont of the
Sunken Boat.
By Telegraph to tbe Mornlnit star
New York, June 15 After more
than twenty-four hours search for;
dead bodies in the Staten Island ferry
boat Northfield, after her collision
with the'- Jersey Central ferry boat
Mauch Chunk on Friday evening,
only one was found. How many
other fatalities resulted from the ac
cident is a mystery. Six persons are
still reported to be missing. The man
found was J ere V. Wright, note tel
ler of the Oriental Bank, of this city.
The missing are: .
General Charles G. Bartlett,65 years
old, of Hart Park, Livingston, 8. I. ;
General Bartlett has been librarian of
the Criminal Court building. He left
his office at 4.30 o'clock Friday after
noon with his sister-in law, placed her
on a car, and then went to a store in
Nassau street. Was expected home at
7 o'clock, but did not get there.
Friends are positive he was on the
ferry boat.
Juan Aboy Benitez, 25 years old,
single, of Richmond, 8. I.
A. G. Clarke, Brooklyn ; is believed
to have gone to Staten Island to keep
an engagement. Has not returned
home.
Charles Dickinson, of Egbert ave
nur, West New Brighton.
Imhof, commissary sergeant, U. ti.
A., of Governor's Island.
Beaumont Stevens, of Newdorp.
Divers went through the ferry boat
to day but found only the body of Mr.
Wright. It is impossible to tell wheth
er any other persons were drowned
and their bodies washed out into the
river. Mr. Wright's body was found
floating against the ceiling of the
women's cabin.
Half a dozen horses and wagons
were taken out of the sunken vessel
during the night and day by wrecking
crews, aided by divers.
The boat was partly broken up by
the tide, but she will be raised to mor
row or Monday and it is said can be
repaired.
The captain was placed under bond '
of $2,500. The Jersey Central Ferry
Company has nothing to say about
the Accident, but the Staten Island
Rapid Transit Company which owns
the Northfield had an investigation
and exonerated from blame all its
officials and employes. The Central
Railroad authorities are investigating,
as are the police.
ALABAMA'S CONVENTION.
Ordinance Introduced Proposing Regula
tion of Woman Suffrage.
By Telegraph to tne Moraine Btar.
Montgomsry, Ala., June 15. An
ordinance proposing the regulation of
woman's suffrage was introduced in
the Constitutional Convention here
to day by Mr. Craig, of Dallas county.
The resolution, which caused consid
erable debate, provides that all women
who are permitted to vote must be
over twenty years of age; must be
able to read and write ;; the husband
must pay $5 in taxes or must have
earned $300 the vear preceding. If
single, the woman must pay $5 in
taxes or have earned $300 the year
preceding. Divorced women, except
ing those granted a decree on the
ground of adultery, cannot vote.
Under the rules the resolution was
referred to the committee on suffrage
and elections.
POSTER ASSASSINATION.
Situation Unchanged Negroes Still la
Jail and Heavily Ouarded.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Btar.
Shreveport, La., June 15. The
situation here to-night with regard to
the Foster assassination is unchanged.
There were many reports current
to-dav that the negro. Prince Edwards,
had been seen in several places in the
last two days, but up to to-night the
pursuing officers have made no ar
rest. The twelve negroes under arrest
for complicity in the killing remain in
jail, heavily guarded, and it is be
lieved there is no danger of violence.
The town is quiet and the Sheriff of
Bossier Parish says he apprehends no
further trouble.
Governor Heard to-day offered a
reward of $250 for the capture of
Edwards. This makes $750 offered for
the apprehension of the fugitive.
BRITISH AND BOERS.
Kitchener Reports Severe Fighting
With
Casualties On Both Sides.
By Cable to tbe Morning Star.
London, June 15. Lord Kitchener
reports to the War Office from Pre
toria as follows:
"During the march from Vrede,
General Elliot's column engaged De-
wet near Reitz, June 6th. After severe
fighting they captured seventy-one
loaded wagons, forty five prisoners,
fifty-eight rifles, ten thousand rounds
of ammunition and four thousand
catle. The Boers left seventeen killed
and three wounded. Our casualties
were three officers and seventeen men
killed and one officer and twenty-four
ten wounded."
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
Three Convicts Escaped From the Virginia
Penitentiary But Were Recaptured.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
Richmond, Va., June 15. While
Governor Tyler was on a visit to- the
penitentiary farm to-day three, con
victs seizad the rifles of their guards
and made a break for liberty. They
were pursued by guards and a "trusty,"
H. Q. Bailey, who was serving a year
for manslaughter. Bailey captured
One or mem anu was paruuueu ujr iuq
Governor on the spot. The other two
fugitives were captured later with the
assistance of bloodhounds. v
Scarcely Possible to Have ltOrganlzed
! Before February Wood's Order
Concerning Marriages.
By Telesrapn to toe Morntnsr Btar.
Washington, June, 15 .It is :
learned that when the Cuban
mission was in Washington, the dele
gates informed Secretary Root that
they did not think it would be possi
ble to have the Cuban government
organized before February first, lowing
to the fact that certain procedures
must be had under their new constitu
tion. The opinion is expressed at the
War Department that there will be
little or no difficulty - in affecting a
change from American military con
trol to Cuban civil control. The civil
service which General Wood has or
ganized is largely composed of Cubans,
and it is believed that the new govern -ment
will utilize this machinery.
The War Department has received
copies of an order issued by General
Wood, compiling the various orders
now in force governing marriages in
Cuba. The order sets forth the cere
monies, requirements and formalities
to be observed in both civil and re
ligious marriages. The Cuban law
contains provision for the old custom
of reading the bans, though this may
be sometimes dispensed with. The
marriage fee is limited to one dollar.
United States currency. The final
clause of General Wood's order re
peals all sections of former Cuban
laws in regard to marriage which
conflict with the present order..
BRANCHES OF Y. M. C. A. WORK
Interesting Topics Discussed at tbe Inter
national Jubilee Convention Tbe
Yoang Woman's Association.
By Telegrapb to tne Mornine Btar.
Boston, June 15. While many
branches of Y. M. C. A. work were
discussed at" yesterday's meeting of
the International Jubilee Convention,
the programme to day involved topics
more particularly bearing on the
problem directly involving young
men. Several well known speakers
presented subjects at the forenoon ses
sion. '
In presenting the subject, "The need
of a more aggressive warfare against
the forces which are destroying young
men," Rev. Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New
York, threw a strong light on many
aspects of modern life suggested by the
topic and emphasized the importance
of individual work to prevent threat
ened destruction.
The speaker specified as destroying
forces a lack of the sense of God ; an
indifference to the Bible as a moral
and religious authority; a doubt of its
divine origin, often expressed, but
more frequently implied in disparaging
allusions umpurity in its various forms ;
the drink habit; gambling in social
life and the spirit of it in business
life. (
Following Dr. Buckley's address the
convention held a brief business ses
sion. Miss Harriet Taylor, of Chicago,
secretary of the American committee
of Young Woman's Ubristian Associ
ations, was introduced. She said that
tbe organization, now entering on its
15th year, was doing wonderfully
helpful work for the young women
who are to preside over American
homes.
Walter C. Douglas presented the
topic, "The Jubilee Fund, its import
ance and relation to the future of the
work."
. Robert E. Speer, of New York city,
addressed tbe convention, on tbe need
of an overwhelming sense of Christ in
our work. Mr. Speer said the code in
religion was nothing but that a man
who believed in Christ should carry
Him into his daily life and manifest
Him in thought and action.
U. S. TRANSPORT INGALLS.
So Far as Known tbe Accident Caused
the Death of One Man and Injury
of Thirty Men.
By Telegrapb to tbe Morning Btar.
New York, June 15. Pending in
vestigation by the Federal authorities,
John N. Robins, of the J. N. Robins
Company.refuses to make a statement
concerning the sinking of tbe United
States transport Ingalls in the Erie
basin yesterday. So far as known the
accident caused the death of one man
and the injury of more than, thirty
others. Tbe greater number of those
injured are in Seney hospital. Brook
lvn. where it was said to day that sev
eral were in a serious condition. Those
in charge at the dock do not think
that there are any dead in the basin,
although the fear was expressed in
some quarters that the workmen
might have gone to the bottom when
the transport turned over.
W. D. Dickey, general manager of
the Robins dry dock, stated that after
a special roll call and a searching in
vestigation among the company's
workmen, he felt safe in saying that
the death of Martin Anderson would
turn out to be the only fatality con
nected with the capsizing of the In
galls.
When the Ingalls struck the side of
the dock she lay with her smokestack
on almost an even line with the
ground, but since then sufficient water
has been pumped in to right her con
siderably. Portions of the deck are
severely crushed and it is feared.that
a number of her steel plates have been
started. The general damage, how
ever, is reported to be considerably
less than at first supposed.
AN IMPROMPTU DUEL.
Between Uncle and Nephew at Swains
boro, Qa.One Man Killed.
By Telegrapb to tbe Morning Btar.
Swainsboro, Ga., June 15. John
Stroud and Thomas Moxley, uncle
and nephew, respectively, also broth
ers-in-law, fought an impromptu duel
near here yesterday afternoon, as a re
sult of which Moxley is dead. Stroud
approached Moxtey for circulating
false stories about mm. xne quarrei
grew bitter. Moxley drew a pistol and
Stroud reached; behind a stump and
got a double-barrelled snot gun. as
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load of shot into his chest. Stroud has
surrendered to the authorities.
LABOR DISORDERS RENEWED.
Strikers Join Forces at St. Petersburg
Riots Suppressed by Military.
By Telegrapb to itne Morning Btar.
London, June 15. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg . announces that the
labor disorders there have been re
newed. Strikers from the Baltic navy
yards, the dispatch says, joined forces
with tbe men from tne uvozaiinana
works, and attacked the latter yester
day with such ferocity that (the
military were obliged to use tneir
arms to suppress the rioters.
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