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WILLIAM H. BBBHAED
Editor and Proxa-letc.
WILMINGTON, N. C
Fbidat, " - - Jply 5, 1901.
SICKLES RAMPAHT.
For two yeara or moro Commis
Bioner of Pensions Evans has been
the target of the pension attorneys,
who have been plotting and work-
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tug w uttT uiui ruiuuveu xrom omce
for the sole reason that he has re
fused to let them ran the office and
take charge of the pension rolls and
of the appropriations for pensions.
These pension attorneys . have suc
ceeded in worming themselves into
v n.:.a ri. 1 j i
wit? vtjbuu Aruiy fuaijsuu WOrKing
np such a feeling against Evans
that numerous resolutions havo
been passed by the. Posts and by
State Encampments demanding liis
removal, but as the reason alleged
was that he exercised too close
scrutiny over applications and was
not as liberal with the pensioners as
he ought to be, it would be some-
HrVlftf am rtaraaainrr f ta Piaor1anf
to remove him for that, for per
forming his duty conscientiously
and according to the law.
Sometime before the' last Presi
dential campaign the Grand Army,
doubtless on account of his influence
with the President, enlisted Gen.
xsamei xu aicxies m tne war upon.
. Evans. That's what is making
tronble now and putting Mr. Mc
Kinley in a rather embarrassing po
sition. Perhaps Gen. Sickles is act
A k ' .
mg m aworney. ior tne pension
sharks, and is therefore trying to
earn his fees, although about a year
or so ago he wrote two letters to Mr.
Evans warmly endorsing his admin
istration of the office and wrote
another to the President highly
commending its administration
i and condemning the efforts then be
ing made to have Commissioner
Evans removed from office. The
two letters Evans has given to the
public, while the other is doubtlessly
on file among the papers in the
White House.
jNotwitnstancung this Sickles is
now making war on Evans, and
threatens that he and the Grand
Army wm maice war upon tne
President if he doesn't yield to
their clamor and demand bv bounc
ing a man against whom the only
charge is that he too scrupulously
adheres to the law in the adminis
tration of his office and in refusing
to add frauds to the forces that are
already raiding the Treasury.
The story telling why Sickles de
serted Evans and, after giving him
such hearty and unrestricted en
dorsement, went over to the enemy,
is yet to be told but whatever the
reason was he joined them before
the last campaign was well on in
the demand for the head of Evans,
or at least for an assurance that he
would not be retained in office after
McKinley's second inauguration
. Being an old soldier and having
influence with the soldiers, Gen.
Sickles had been invited to stump
for McKinley. He took advantage
of this fact, and wrote a letter
to Senator Scott, of West Virginia,
a member of the National Commit
tee, who looked after the assign
menta of special speakers, stating
that there was much dissatisfaction
among the old soldiers and that he
must have some "assurances" to
placate them, and in his letter he
presented the following four de
niands: -
"First. That in the
success Commissioner
event of our
Evans will not
be reappointed.
"Second, That his successor shall
be a person acceptable to the repre
sentatives (to wit, the Pension Com
mittee) of the G. A. K., recently ap
pointed at the Chicago Encampment,
of which I am one.
"Third. That the administration of
the pension laws shall be governed by
the liberal construction always given
to remedial statutes.
"Fourth, That the administration
will favor the creation of a Court of
Pension Appeals, substantially on the
lines indicated in the bill now be
fore Congress, drafted for the Pension
Committee of the G. A. B., and sub
mitted to President McKinley and ap
proved by him." j
The letter was written on Sep
tember 29th,. 1900, and in Septem
ber, and on the same date, Senator
Scott, who had his headquarters in
NNew Yoffc, replied thus:
"My Dkab Gkhkeal: Yours of the
29th to hand and contents noted. Of
course, it would be impossible for me
to say to you that the President would
not appoint, or that he would appoint
tain individuals, out. i can bubi j
that I hardly think Evans win De
continued as uomnuMiuucr, uu
have no doubt that the President and
all of us who are interested in his elec
tion will try to see to it that there is a
Commissioner of Pensions who will
be satisfactory to the old soldiers.
"I think this is all that I could say
on that subject without perhaps em
barrassing the President, and possibly
the committee, but I think you can
take it for granted that things will be
about on the line that you suggest
"With kindest regards, and wishing
you a very pleasant trip, I am,. yours
yery sincerely, "N. B. Scott."
The General on the strength
of this took part in the campaign
and assured the old soldiers and the
pension attorneys that in the event
of McKinley's election Evans would
be bounced and a man more accept
able to them put in charge of the
office. And now they say. faith has
been broken with them, for the eye
aore Evans is still in office, is hold
ing on in spite of them, and Mr.
McKinley shows no disposition to
remove him.
It seems that Corporal Tanner
gave the business away by publicly
charging a violation of faith, and
asserting that pledges had been
given to General Sickles. When
Scott attention was called to thiB,
and to what .Gen. Sickles had to
about it, he dodged by saying that
ne am not remember what he had
promised Sickles,- and would not.
either affirm or deny that he had
promised that Evans would not be
re-appointed, ' but if he had such
promise was not made bv authority
of the President. This made Sickles
mad and he therefore gave th
Senator Scott's letter as above. The
General says this letter was hia
authority for giving the assurances
he did to the army posts which he
talked to, and complains that it
puts him m the position of having
deceived the veterans to secure their
Totes for. McKinley.
He follows this" up with a state
ment in which he says the President
was cognizant of this letter of Sena
tor Scott, that he had talked with
him about Evans, and that McKin
ley assured him that Evans would
not be reappointed, and went so far
as to give him, confidentially, the
name of the man he had selected as
his successor. v
On June 17 he mailed a letter to
the President calling his attention to
the embarrassing position in -which
he. (Sickles) was placed by the re
tention of .Evans and reminding him
of the promises made, to him by
Mr. McKinley on the 11th of
March when he (Sickles) ... and a
delegation of veterans called at the
White House to congratulate him
on his re-election. He has not re
ceived a reply to this letter yet, and
when he does if there are any de
nial8 in it he says he will produce
the evidence to substantiate what he
says, and" to convict somebody of
gross deception. He winds up by
remarking that if Evans be not
removed and that promptly there
will be "music," but if he be "the
band will not play."
However this thing goes it puts
Mr. McKinley in a very uncomfort
able position, for if he does not re
move Evans he will incur the de
nunciation of the G. A. K., and if
he does on their claim, on the
charges they make against him, he
will justly bring upon himself the
condemnation of everybody, except
the pension attorneys and their
clients.
A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIF
FERENCE. Ex-Senator Pugh, of Alabama, is
a McKinley expansionist, not be
cause that kind of expansion Is right
but because "we have expanded."
While in Washington recently he
called on the President and told
him that he approved of his insu
lar policy. In an interview af ter
wards he is thus quoted:
"I was opposed to the war, and I did
not approve of the acquisition of Porto
Rico or the Philippines, but now- that
we have them I don't believe we ought
to relinquish our sovereignty over
them. Congress will govern the is
lands as territories. This may be called
imperialism, but it is an imperialism
where the people are the sovereign.
I an opposed to ever admitting the
insular territories to statehood."
This is the talk of a man who has
no fixed principles, and goes with the
crowd that is on top. We haven't
expanded any more now than we had
when Senator Pugh was opposed to
expansion. He is simply on the
same plane with the man who op
poses looting a bank but the looting
having been done approves it and
takes his part of the loot. He op
posed it as a .matter of principle,
and of policy, - and both of these
are just as strong now as they were
then.
"We may call this imperialism,"
he says, "but it ia the imperialism of
the people." What people? The
people representing the Eepublican
party; simply the imperialism, or the
despotism of a mnltitude instead of
one man or a few. The despotism
of the multitude .when wielded over
others is not a whit better or more
to be defended than the despotism of
one or a few.
At the close of the war between
the States there were some Repub
lican statesmen who advocated
keeping the seceding States out of
the Union and governing them as
territories, just as Mr. Pugh now
proposes to govern the insular pos
sessions. They passed laws putting-
the Southern States on pro
bation and forced them to accept
negro suffrage and other things re
pulsive to them. Did Mr. Pugh
endorse that? logically he should
have endorsed it, for the reasons he
gives for his views on the insular
question were just as applicable after
the failure of the Confederacy and
the Federal power had "expanded"
over the South.
Such talk might be expected from
men like Foraker or Beveridge, but
-from a Southern man, posing as a
representative of his section, who
has any respect for consistency or
the principles of a lifetime, it is
simply contemptible. '
And now the Indians are in it. It
is said that the biggest oil gusher
yet struck is on the lands of the
Crpek Nation', Indian Territory.
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MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
City Board of Audit and Finance
Was in Session Yester
day Afternoon.
THE TAX ORDINANCE ADOPTED
Proceedings -of Meeting Were Not Ex
tended, But Are Iateasely Interest
. r fog Several Aldermsnlc : Ex
peadltnres Disapproved.
-Tbe City Board of Audit and Pi
nance met yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, all members having been
present except Mr. Jesse Wilder.
Ciy Clerk and Treasurer King was
present at the request of the Public
Building Committee of the Board of
Aldermen and explained tbe award-
iu ui me contracts ior tne various
improvements at the City Hall, which
work is being urged by the Aider
mauic body. Alderman Parker was
also present and urged concurrence
in . the action of the Aldermen in
awarding; the contract for the exten
sion of water pipes into Fifth street
ward.
The Finance Board refused concur
rence in either award upon the
grounds stated in its communication
read at Monday's meeting of the Al
dermen. The Finance Board contem
plates that there will be a shortage of
about $3,200 in the matter of the new
income tax, which revenue is taken
away from the city and county by the
new Revenue Act Then, also it is
set forth by the Board that
the balance to the new fiscal
year is about $20,000 short of
the preceding year and expenditures
should be guarded zealously. Then,
too, as the cream of the back - tax col
lections has been already turned' into
the city treasury, it is anticipated that
there will naturally be a falling off
in this particular.
Msj C. H. White was ordered paid
at the rate of $25 per month for about
six weeks' service as municipal court
clerk. Bills of Belden & Howie and
Chestnut & Barren tine were also or
dered paid. The allowance of the
Aldermen of $7.50 to Grace Davis,
colored, for injuries received by fall
ing on a sidewalk, washed out by
recent rains, was disapproved- Action
was postponed on the matter of in
crease of salary of W. T. Pickett, time
keeper for the street laborers. Alder
man Johnson was, present and urged
the increase.
The bond of City Attorney Bellamy
for the collection of back taxes in
the sum of $5,000 with Dr. W. J. H.
Bellamy and Messrs. W. E. Springer,
John D. Bellamy and Herbert Mc-
Clammy, was approved. The matter
of contract was left open for a revis
ion.
The tax ordinance as adopted by the
Aldermen was approved, with the ex
ception of the property tax rate hav
ing been made $1.65 instead of $1.75
The action was unanimous with the
exception! of Mr. W. A. Riacb, who
voted nay.
The chairman was instructed to call
the attention of 'the public to the fact
that all claims against and all con
tracts with the city are not valid un
less approved by the Board of Audit
and Finance.
Bill in favor of the Cowan Livery
Company for the new police patrol
wagon ($225) and harness ($70) was
disallowed on the ground of excessive
charge."
The usual bills for current expenses
were audited and approved..
CONDITION OP CROPS.
A General Improvement in - Cotton Iodi
cated In the Eastern District.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Washisqton, July 2. The Weather
Bureau's weekly report of general
crop conditions is as follows;
In the districts east of the Rocky
Mountains, the week ending July 1st
has been intensely not wttn devastat
ing winds in Texas and the States of
the Lower Missouri valley and middle
Rocky mountain slope. East of the
Mississipdi river, the excessive heat
nas so iar causeu no serious injury,
but in portions of the Ohio valley,
Tennessee and the Central Gulf States
rain is much needed.
' Cotton is now tn general need of
rain in the central' portions of the cot
ton belt, but is standing the drought
very well. In portions or southern
Texas the rainfall has been ample.
but the crop in that State is generally
in need of rain. A general improve
ment is indicated in the eastern dis
tricts, but the condition of the crop in
Georgia and South Carolina is still
unpromising, although cultivation in
these states has made favorable pro
gress, mmm
Odd Fellow Installation.
Cape Fear Lodge No. 2, 1. O. O. F.,
last night installed officers for the en
suing term as follows: J. F. Stan
land, 8. P. G. ; George Darden, N. G. ;
David K. LeGwin, V. G.; J. T. Riley,
secretary; Wm. Goodman, treasurer;
P. Heinsberger, Jr., warden; W. G.
A." Oiersen, conductor; A. W. Allen,
chaplain; L. L. Boon, R. S to N. G.;
M. Bellamy, Jr., L. 8. to N. G. ; A. F.
Gibson, R. 8. to V. G. ; H. & Mc
Girt, L. 8. to V. G., Frank Lafella,
R.8. 8.; J. D. Mote, L. 8. 8.; L. L.
Corbett, L G. ; W. G. T. Keen, O. G.
The installing .officers were District
Deputy Grand Master 8. Behrends,
assisted by Past Grands W. H. Yopp,
J. N. Jacobi, W. W. ,Topp, J. W.
Hawkinsrw. G. T. Keen.
About the Encampment,
Mr. F. A. Applegate was yesterday
awarded thecontract for the encamp
ment buildings at Wrightsville and he
will begin work at once, as the lumber
was shipped down yesterday and Mr.
Perry is making great progress clear
ing on the grounds. There will be
three mess halls and twelve kitchens.
The old pavilion will be used for offU
cers' headquarters.
' The report of the harbor mas
ter shows arrivals pf 28 vessels of 90
tons and over at this port during the
mouth of June. Of these, 9 were
steamships, were barques and 12 were
schooners.
THE PBfdDUCE EXCHANGE.
Stsadlng Committees Appointed by Presi
dent Pearsall Managers Held Regn- : .
Iar Monthly Meeting Yesterday.
At the monthly meeting of the Board
of Managers of the Produce Exchange
held .yesterday. President Pearsall
made public announcement of the
standing committees for the year as
follows, the same having been ap
proved: 6 j1'-. ..; v -v.
Finance-H. W. MaUoy, W. B.
Cooper, J. L. Cantwell.
Law (including internal revenue)
Wm. Calder, J. A. Taylor.
Information and Statistics W H.
Sprunt, G. J. Boney, W. R. Kenan.
Marine H. G. Bmailbones, M. J.
Heyer, J. A. Arringdale. r
Cotton Classification B. F. Hall,
D. L. Gore, H. C. McQueen.
Manufactures R. W. Hicks, J. H.
Chadbougn, Jr., T. D. Meares, H. W.
MaUoy.
Railroad Transportation O. W.
Worth, 8. P. McNair. G. J. Boney, J.
T. King, H. L. Vollers.
Membership Walker Taylor, J. H.
Watters, W. R Barksdale.
Telegraphic Reports M. J. Corbett,
Jno. Frank, O. O. Brown, R. H.
Pickett. r:
Southport Shipping A. H. Brenner,
A. 8. Heide, D. McEachern.
Inspection O. H. King, L. B.
Rogers.
Naval Stores Quotations C. H. Rob
lnson, J. T. Rankin, M. J. Heyer, H.
K. Nash. .
Cotton Quotations Wm. Calder,
8. P. McNair, D. L. Gore, J. F. Mc
Nair. - ' - - -
Forestry J. H. Chadbourn, Jr., J.
A. Arringdale. James Sprunt.
The arbitration committee has al
ready been elected by the board.
President Pearsall supplemented
his announcement by the statement
that a committee on forestry had been
added and emphasized the necessity of
same. Members of all committees
were urged to perform actively their
duties and work for the interests of
the Exchange. Thanks was extended
to the recent special committee, which
added so materially to the membership
of the organization. Prospective new
members are asked to visit the rooms
of the Exchange and investigate for
themselves the great benefit to be de
rived from a connection with the in
stitution. Mr. D. L. Gore, delegate to the re
cent Southern Industrial Convention
at Philadelphia, made an interesting
report of the proceedings. On motion
the thanks of the board were extended
to-him and the report was placed on
file.
The communication from the Man
chester (Eng.) Cotton Association with
reference to damaged country cotton
was referred to the president of the
exchange and it was recommended that
a reply to the Manchester Association
be prepared and forwarded.
DANCING BY THE SEASHORE.
Delightful Oerman Last Night at Seashore
Hotel by L' Elite Cotillon CInb.
A delightful german was given last
night by L'Elite Cotillon Club in the
ball room of the Seashore Hotel at
Wrightsville Beach. The german was
led by Mr. Piatt Davis, and about
thirty couples participated. Among
those dancing were:
Joseph Armstrong with Miss Julia
Parsley; Horace Emerson with Miss
Ida Brown ; Wm. Emerson with Miss
Amy Harlow; T. D. Meares with Miss
Nellie McMillan; Wm. McK. Bellamy
with Miss Mardita Elliott; 8. C. Potts,
Jr., with Miss Conrad, of Baltimore;
Wm. Walker with Miss Louise Bel
lamy; Preston Cumming, Jr., with
Miss Bessie Burruss; Burke Bridgers
with Miss Anabel Latimer; Harry
West with Miss Bessie Gore; Louis
Hatch with Miss Rena Johnson; Geo.
Parsley with Miss Beulah Armstrong;
Chris. Pierce with Miss Nellie Faison,
of Washington ; Wm. Peck with Miss
Jennie Williams; EmmettCrow with
Miss Mary Short; Frank Harriss with
Miss Lucy Bridgers; E. S. Nash with
Miss Isabel Rountree; Pierre Holmes
with Miss Barbara Staton, of Norfolk;
Ed. Bailey with Miss Virginia Bailey;
H. B. Short, Jr., with Miss Mary
Black; Milton Calder with Miss Nellie
Hamilton, of 'Richmond; Reston Ste
venson with Miss Mildred Davis; Har
grove Taylor with Miss Mary Wig
gins; Robert Calder with Miss Eliza
beth Elliott; Wm. Walters with Miss
Margaret Bridgers; Eugene LeGrand
with Miss Laura Clark, and Jack Bell
with Miss Emma Northrop.
The dancers returned to the city at
12 o'clock midnight by special train
over the Seacoast railway. Hollow
bush's Orchestra furnished the music
for the occasion.
Saloon ia Bankrnptcy.
Messrs. Bellamy & Peschau, attor
neys for certain Wilmington creditors.
yesterday filed a petition in the U. 8.
Court askine that J. E. Hinnant, pro
prietor of the Diamond Saloon on
Front street, be adjudged an involun
tary bankrupt The aggregate amount
of the claims is about $500, as follows:
I. B. Rhodes, $45; Sol. Bear & Co.,
$65; J. 8.R Hinnant. $240; William J.
Bellamy, $60; George Harold, $25;
H.J. Gerken, $15; C. O. Alexander,
$65. July 6th is the date asked for the
hearing by Referee S. H. MacRae
Mr. William J. Bellamy is coun
sel for the defendant, who is as
well and favorably known as any
saloon man in the city, and his attor
ney says that an investigation shows
that his liabilities are about $1,800,
assets $1,200, most of the latter being
mortgaged to Strauss, Gunst & Co.,
and others. v
9f llllojis Glyen Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be' generous to
the needy and suifenng. The propn-
atmi of fh Kinir'a New Diaooverv for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten minion inai doi
tiaa nt thl orvn&t mAdiAinAf and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abso
lutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse
ness and all diseases of the nroat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
if rll nn R R Rkix.ajtv. DruffcrisL
.nif Mt 10a trial bottle 'Regular
size 50c. and $1. Every bottle guaran-
teed, or price reiunuea. ?
THE Cft Y HOSPITAL MANAGERS.
Regular Monthly ; Meeting Yesterday AN
tersoon Snperiatesdent's Report
The Board of Managers of the City
Hospital met 'yesterday afternoon at
the Court House, Chairman McEach
ern presiding and all members in at
tendance. , - ''
Tbe usual monthly report of the
conduct of the institution was read
and approved. It shows among other
interesting statistics that during June
53 patients were located at the instit
tion, of which number 28 remained
over from jthe preceding month.
Seven patients died during June and
twenty-eight were discharged, and 18
were left remaining July 1st
The expenses of the hospital were
$694.55 against $631.04 receipts, mak
ing a difference of $63.51. Of the re
ceipts $168.48 was realized from pay
patients and $45.90 from prescriptions.
The rest was from the city and coun
ty's appropriations.
Suit for Damages. ' -
Archie Waters, administrator, yes
terday entered suit in the Superior
Court of Pender county, against the
Angola Lumber Company. -He alleges
as a cause of action that his intestate,
Louis Waters, colored, was killed on
May 10th, while in the employment of
said company; that his death was due
to the negligence of the overseer of
said company in permitting a tree to
be cut down upon him. The plaintiff
claims damages in the sum of $5,000.
R. G. Grady, Esq., is counsel for
plaintiff.
Coming from Manila.
Mr. John E. Piatt, a former Wil
mington boy and a brother of Lieut
W. P. Piatt, now of Fortress Monroe,
is expected home in a few days from
Manila, where he has been enlisted in
the service of Uncle Sam as a member
of the Forty-first Regiment His regi
ment was mustered out yesterday in
San Francisco and his numerous
friends here will greet him cordially.
Lieut Piatt is also expected home
about the time of his brother's arrival
here.
Red Men Elected Chiefs,
Cherokee Tribe No. 9, Improved
Order of Red Men, has elected officers
as follows for the ensuing term;
Sachem W. J. Jordan.
Senior Sagamore J. B. Coley.
Junior Sagamore J. E. Smith.
Prophet J. Warren
Keeper of Records, J. E. Walton
and Keeper of Wampum, W. H. Lane
were elected last Hunting Moon.
These with appointive officers will be
installed on July 11th.
Accidentally Shot
Mr. Henry Suggs, of Delgado, who
was recently married, was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded 8unday after
noon by his young wife, who was toy
ing -with a pistol which she did not
know was loaded. The ball struck the
young man on the right side of the
head, knocked one of his eyes from its
socket and lodged in. the frontal bone
above the nose. The young woman is
almost overcome by grief at the sad
accident
Reward for Murderer.
As will be seen from an advertise
ment in another column, the County
Commissioners of Brunswick have
supplemented the reward of $200 re
cently offered jointly by Cape Fear
Lodge of Odd Fellows and the
Navassa Guano Company for the
arrest of the murderer or murderers of
the late Capt Price at Meares' Bluff.
The Brunswick Authorities offer $200,
which makes the total reward $400. '
CAPTURED BY CHINESE.
Five Men Engaged In Looting n Town
PIfty Miles From Pekln.
By Cable to the Hornlne star.
Pkkin, July 1 Five men calling
themselves Americans were captured
by Chinese troops in a town fifty miles
from Pekin, and were to-day turned
oyer to Major E. B. Robertson, com
mander of the United States legation
guard here. The men were armed, and
demanded five thousand taels from tbe
keeper of a pawn shop and got five
hundred. They filled five carts with
plunder and then began shooting, not
knowinsr that tbe town was occupied
by one hundred Chinese troops. The
United States legation was notihed and
the Quintette were brought in. All
parts of Pekin occupied by the British
for police purposes were turned over
to-day to the Chinese authorities. The
foreign ministers will meet July 6a.
NO ONE INJURED.
Collision of Trains On the S. A. L. Near
Portsmouth, Ylrglnra. V
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.
Norfolk, Va , July 2. The Atlanta
snectal over the S. A. L., just after
leaving Portsmouth last night for the
South, crashed into a train of the
Norfolk and Portsmouth belt line
which was standing on the S. A. L.
crossing. One car of the belt line was
smashed up and the passenger engine
was badly damaged. Fortunately the
car was empty and the engineer and
fireman of the engine jumped. No
one was injured.
$200,100 FIRE.
Hoosac Tunnel Docks, Charlestown, Mass ,
With Merchandise Destroyed.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Boston, July L A fire which for
an hour threatened to do great dam
age, broke out on Pier 5 of Hoosac
Tunnel docks, in Charlestown to-day
The pier which is the Boston terminus
of the Warren Line Steamshin Com
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were consumed. The loss is placed at
$200,000.
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REGARDS STRIKE AS WON.
Statement of President O'Connell of the
Ioterostiooal Association of Ma
chinistsFinancial Aid.
ny ToiegraDt U the UornioK Btar.
Washington, July 2 President
O'Connell of the International Associ
ation of Machinists said to-day that he
regarded the machinists strike as prac
tically won. "Even if an order should
be issued at this time directing all men
out to return to work on the old' ba
sis." he said, "the nine hour day
would be won. Conunuiug, he said :
'The movement has been attended
with every success and in many re
spects is the most remarkable struggle
on record. There are now only eight
thousand men out and agreements are
being signed every day reducing this
number.
"It has not been a strike. It has
simply been a cessation of work. A
strike in the mind of the public means
riot and bloodshed. The machinists
have had none of this. It is true
there have been one or two cases of
assaults, but these are liable to occur
at any time and cannot be chargeable
to tne machinists."
The first financial aid to be received
by the machinists since their strike
began was accepted by President
O'Connell today, in the form of a
check for $5,000 from the American
Federation of Labor.
A LODGING HOUSE FIRE.
Two Persoas Killed and a Score of Others
lojared at Butte, Mont Property
Loss About 14,000.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Btjttk, Mont., July 2 Two dead,
two severely if not fatally injured,
and a score more or less hurt, is the
result of a fire which broke at the
Pullman lodging house here . early
this morning. A. number of men were
experimenting with a gasoline lamp
in a saloon on the lower floor of the
lodging house when the lamp explod
ed, scattering flames in all directions.
The building was of wood and before
the fire department arrived the flames
had eaten through the lower floor and
were spreading to the upper stories.
The lodging house contained about
a hundred guests, none of whom were
able to save anything except what they
wore. Most of them escaped by jump
ing from the first and third story
windows. A number were carried out
unconscious by the firemen, but so far
as known all will recover. The prop
erty loss is about $4,000 with no in
surance. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Alleged Frauds In Connection With the
Endowment Rank of tbe Order.
hv Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 3. At the
special meeting of the Supreme
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in Chicago
next week, it is understood a report
will be made exposing persons alleged
to have been implicated in a deal by
which a former Illinois insurance
commissioner received from a man
ager of the K. of P. Endowment
Rank $3,500 for a "clearance card,"
and a letter of recommendation from
the rank. TJ. B. Hunt, secretary of
State, who is a supreme representative
in the order, will attend the meeting of
the Supreme Lodge and will ask for an
investigation and indictment of the
offenders, if there is evidence to war
rant such action. The story is that
the $3,5QO .bought a report showing
that an investigation had been made
and that the affairs had been found
satisfactory.
Later the Illinois and Connecticut
Insurance authorities began an inves
tigation of the rank. This is not yet
reported.
LORD RUSSELL ARRAIQNED.
Taken Into Custody at the Honse of Lords
On Chart e of Bigamy.
By Cable to the Morning Star
London, July 2. Earl Russell ac
companied by the ( ountess (Mrs.
Somerville) drove to the House of
Lords this afternoon and appeared at
the bar. He was formally taken into
custody, on the charge of bigamy, by
the Black Rod, General Sir Michael
Biddulph.
Earl Russell made many obeisances
in advancing to the bar. Formerly it
was the custom to approach the bar in
a crawling position, on hands and feet,
but this has been modified. On reach
ing the bar Lord Russell sank on his
knees and remained there till the Lord
High Chancellor, Lord Halsbury, told
him to rise. When asked if he had any
application to make, Earl Russell re
quested that the trial be postponed be
yond July 18th, in order to enable him
to prepare his defence His applica
tion will be heard July 4th. The Earl
was released on bail. The proceedings
were private.
COAST ARTILLERY.
One Million Dollars to be Expended by the
Government fdr Quarters.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. -
Washington, July 2. The quarter
master's department of the army has
completed arrangements for the ex
penditure of one million dollars for
quarters and barracks for men of the
coast artillery. These buildings are
to be erected at fortifications that have
already been constructed or are now
in course of construction. The build
ings are to be - constructed at Fort
Howard, Baltimore Fort Washington
on the Potomac river near Washing
ton ; -Fort Monroe, Va. ; Fort Caswell,
N. C. ; Sullivan's Island Charleston,
S. O. ; Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala.
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FIRE RAGED IN
HDNTiNQTONW.VA.
Flames Started in Adelphi Hotel
and Gained Great Headway
" ' Before Discovered. -
HOTEL, FILLtD WITH GUESTS.
No Water and Eaglne Out of Repairs.
Flames Spread Rapidly Many Resi
dences and Otter Buildings De
stroyed Uss $200,0007
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. -.
Huntington, W. Va , July 2.-A
fire raged in the heart of this city from,
11 o'clock this morning till 5 o'clock
this evening, resulting in' a loss of
$200,000. The flames started in the
Adelphi Hotel from an electric wire
on the fifth floor and bad gained great
headway before being discovered. The
hotel was crowded with guests, many
of whom were women. Of these a
number fainted when the alarm of
fire rang out through the halls and it
was with great difficulty that they
were removed from the building.
Many attempted to leap from win
dows, but were prevented from doing
so.
There was not a gallon of water in
the city reservoirs when the fire start
ed and all of the engines in the city
were out of repair. The flames spread
rapidly and soon half dozen resi
dences were on fire. The brick annex
to the Adelphi Hotel, on the other
side of the square, also caught fire and
was destroyed. This, as well as the
hotel proper, was handsomely fur
nished. All is a total loss, together
with a livery stable and a number of
private offices, fruit stores, barber
shops and dozens of smaller structures.
The fire engines that were sent to
the scene- from surrounding towns
soon broke down and the flames
spread rapidly and unhiadered.
Prostrations among the firemen
were numerous, but none will result
fatally. C. W. Yost, of Catlettsburg,
was struck by a falling wall and his
skull fractured. He is in a serious
condition.
ANOTHER GREAT COMBINE.
Organization to Control the Bituminous
Coal Output of the United
States.
By Telegraph to the Morning Stir.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 1. The
Leader to-morrow will say:
Before the first of September all of
the big companies producing bitumi
nous coal will have been gathered
into one organization, similar to the
United States Steel Corporation. The
capitalization will be enormous, prob
ably second only to that of the big
steel.
From what can be learned work
upon the big coal trust has been un
der wajr for a greater length of time
than any of the other industrial com-'
binations.
J. P. Morgan, the advocate of coal
ition, first started in with his coal
combinations three years ago, making
the first movements along the line of
controlling the products of the Ohio
and West Virginia fields. At that
time he obtained complete control of
the mining property in Hocking and
Shawnee valley s -
The proceedings in the present com -bination
are similar to those displayed
in the formation of the steel trust. The
aim of it all is to effect one complete
monopoly of the bituminous produc
tion in the territory east of the Missis
sippi and north of the Ohio and
Potomac To the accomplishment of
this Mr. Morgan is said to have given
himself without reserve and wiil take
it up as soon as he returns from
Europe.
VIRGINIA LYNCHING.
Negro Taken From Jail at Lawrencevllle
and Hanged by a Mob.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar
Richmond, Va., July 1. Joe Wal
ton, a negro, who was arrested several
days ago for attempting a criminal
assault on Miss Kate Clarke, daughter
of Mr. J. H. Clarke, residing near
Triplett, in Brunswick county, was,
Sunday night, taken quietly out of the
jail- at Lawrenceville by a band of
about fifty to seventy-five men and
hanged to the county bridge, four
miies from town.
The mob rode quietly into town
about midnight, just as the night train
for Danville passed. Pickets were
thrown out and several men went to
Jailor Mitchell's house and made him
give up the jail keys. The crowd
then went to the jail, took Walton
out, conveyed him to the place se
lected for the execution and swung
him off. The mob then dispersed.
VIRGINIA'S CONVENTION.
A Franchise Proposition Excludes Ne-
groes From Holding Office.
By Telegraph to the Herning Btar.
-Richmond, Va., July 2. The con
stitutional convention was in session
just thirty-five minutes to-day. The
attendance of members was larger
than on yesterday; that of spectators
smaller.
Mr. Braxton, of Augusta, offered a
franchise proposition, calling for $100
property qualification, taxes to be paid
six months prior to voting, and a poll
tax of $3; an educational qualification
and excluding negroes less than three
quarters white blood from holding
any office except that of colored school
teachers. Votiog by ballot is pre
scribed. Parties desiring to vote on
mattrrs affecting local taxation shall
own $100 property in the town, dis
trict or county affected by such vote.
STORM IN KENTUCKY.
Several Persons Reported Killed and Crops
Badly Dsmaged.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Mi ddlksboro, Ky., July 2. Half
a dozen small farm houses and many
large barns were destroyed Isst night
by a storm of great violence which
swept through Cumberland Gap. in
Powell's Valley. Several persons are
said to have been killed, but only one
name, that of Perry Smith, has been
reported. Crops were badly damaged.
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Two hundred bushels of P J
tatoes remove eighty poundl
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soil. Unless this quantitx
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We havo books telling about
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, GERMAN KALI WORKsf
93 Nassau, St.,
New York.
NO DEVELOPMENTS IN
STEEL WORKERS' STRIKE!
' j
Belief Oenersl That the Resl Test Wil
not neirin unui ine uose oi .
Hot Weather.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Pittsburg. Pa.. July 20. The seo
ond day of the strike of the sheet stee'
and steel hoop workers of the Ami
gamated Association opened withoi
interesting or exciting features. 1
was evident that neither side antic
pa ted early developments, as thej
was no unusual activity about tl
combine offices and tbe utmost quit
prevailed at the headquarters of tl
workers. As President Shaffer f
marked, the conditions of the psesec
strike were peculiar and
results were expected for
n
ten
lays i..
two weeks. By that time
the
mafiu-
facturers having all necessary repairs
at tneir mills completed, would be
anxious to resume operations. The
struggle would then begiu in earnest.
vThe belief is quite general, however,
that the real test will not come until
the close of the hot weather and the
general resumption of business in the !
early Fall, and in the meantime it is'
thought that the conflicting interests
will see their way clear to recede from
their present positions. That Presi-;
dent Shaffer, of the Amalgamated;
Association, is preparing for the rainy!
day which may come if the strike is -prolonged
indefinitely, is evident from '
the circular sent to the association
lodges today. The circular directs i
the lodges to levy assessments upon
their members, the money to be used
for the relief of such members of the !
association as might be out of work.
The money collected by these assess )
ments of the lodges will be for- ;
warded to Pittsburg, where it will, be :
placed in the general fund of the asso
ciation. The latter has for years been
creating a strike fund, systematically
and methodically. This fund is said
now to amount to between $200,000
and $300,000. The combine officials
do not appear to be worrying over the
situation and say they do not recognize
a condition of a strike as yet Some
of the officers intimate that there may
be a renewal of negotiations at any
time and a settlement t effected . In
outside circles the belief us growing
that the strike will be called pff before
it gets fairly well under way.
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.
State Institution at Buffalo Insolvent sod
Closed Its Doors.
By Teiesrrapn to tne Morning star.
Buffalo. Julv 2. The Nia
bank, a State institution, has closed -
its doors. The following notice was
posted on the doors signed by Slate
closed and taken possession of this
bank."
The Niagara bank was organized
September 15, 1891. It has a capital
of $100,000. Tbe bank superintendent
was seen in tbe Niagara bank and
asked why the bank was closed.
He said: "I have closed this bank
because I think it insolvent. The
main reason for the failure is the fail
ure of the City National Bank. This
bank is insolvent to an extent not yet
ready to be announced but I do not
deem It safe to permit this one to con- -tinue
business any longer. As to
whether this bank has been in trouble
heretofore I have nothing to say."
Newton EnterpriseiTho wheat
cradle has almost become a relic oFlhe
past in this county. There have been
more binders sold in Newton this year
than ever before. They are being used
in fields, which a few years ago, were
considered altogether too rough.
Wheat was damaged considerably bv
the heavy rains last week. The great"
est damage was done to the standing
wheat. It was blown down and
covered with mud. Some of the farm -ers
saved their crop by hitching five
horses to - their reapers and driving
through mud half way up to the hub.
The farmers around Newton
are having great trouble with their
crops. The last two weeks have been
spent in the harvest field. During
this time the rain has brought forth a
great deal of grass. Now, after the
harvest and rains are over, it is almost
impossible to secure hands to work the
crops. This is the most critical time of
the year and if hands are not soon
found, the crops will be ruined.
Capt. J. R. Gaither will resume work
at his gold mine east of Newton next
week. This is one of the richest mines
in western North Carolina. He showed
us a few days ago two oyster cans full
or ore tnat nad been broken up in
small pieces with a hammer, that fair
ly glittered with the yellow matal. '
There is about $500 worth of gold in
the two cans.
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