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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. v Mil VMU 1 VU VMW 1 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. . . : : i 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. i NO. 34 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 - , n . 1 A -1 C1L J L - moxley urea nis- phkm, dutjuu Beat 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. V :.. 1:4 JTVf !2 up i .'.I Pirn .Ii 12'K-I mm man mm 51 lit vn f! I:4 m i m iS mm 1 II in ;,',;v: ;ir v 'I. it, ' , v -(it II'-. A 11 i1-. r ' )' It. I. ' t :l -f '. ft "i ' . ' .... '