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IN THE END IT MEANS FETJDAL
M ISM. '
n discussing the Trust question
t ho discussion has turned mainly
upon the effect the trusts will have
ou .the prices of articles controlled
by t hem, the prices they may charge
far what they sell and the prices
tiny will pay for "what they buy.
The successful Trust, that is, the
one that succeeds in preventing
competition,' will have ' a practical
monopoly of the market not only on
what it sells but on what it buys,
'ior having no competition it can
make its own selling and buying
prices and the man who wants to
bny.wbiatiho Trust has to sell, or
' the man who wants to sell what it
; wants to buy must be governed by
its prices for he can't help himself.
This was the case when there were
numerous Trusts each interested in
ono line of goods, but it is much
mrire the case when these Trusts
consolidate, go under one manage
ment and the management controls
a great many articles. J
.U an illustration, we have the
combination1 known as the United
St:ttoa teel Company, with an alleged
capital of 1,000,000,000. It con
trols about everything in the line of
ironiiml steel manufactures with
iron mines, coal mines, ships to
carry the iron from its mines on the
Likes and railways to transport its
coal to its furnaces and its manu
factures to their destination. Since
then another great combine has been
formed witly-an alleged capital of
Uio,0O0,00t6,, composed of the lead
liig manufactories making agricul
tural machinery reapers, mowers,
thresher, plows, cultivators, etc.,
covering the whole range of farm
r machinery or implements, ouch a
combine as the Steel company can,
.ol course, put its own price upon
it3 manufactures and the buyer
must pay it, because the protective
tariff practically closes our ports
against the manufacturers of other
countries and there can be no com
petition from abroad. This agri
cultural machinery combine can
make its own prices, rand lay trib
ute on every farmer in the country
because the protective tariff gives it
a monopoly, too, and prevents com
petition, even if this machinery
were produced in other countries
It ao happens that this country has
- the prestige and the run on this
kind of work, and the manufactur
ers have not only a good home mar
ket but .i fino and enrowin 2 market
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in other countries;
With a practical monopoly of the
home market before, although there
might have been some competition
between the several manufacturers
which kept prices from becoming
exorbitant, with this combine the
monopoly will be' absolute and i
can make its own prices.
What is true of these two com
binc3 is true of all. The system if
carried, out and made permanent
iiu'ium the control of all the great
manufacturing and productive in
dustrics, by a comparatively small
number of men, and this means more
to the American people than the
matter of prices, which is a very se
iiou3 one, especially to the wage'
earner, who is dependent upon his
'lay's labor for his daily bread.
- It means that these combines will
not only have the power to levy
tribute upon the America people,
out it means that they will have ab
solute control of the wage-earners
eaiployed in the respective indus
Wos controlled bv the. Trusts
now control nearly every in
dustry m ' this country which em
ploys skilled labor and some that do
not, so it might be said that nearly
a,l the labor of the c6untry not em
ployed on the farm, or in non-pro
duntivc callings, is in the employ of
Aru8ta and controlled by them.
A his presents 'a serious problem
the present and the futnre, more
8iou8 for the future than the pres
cit unless the Trusts are scotched
vefore these Trusts were formed
tfl(?rc were manv employers, and if
a workman was dissatisfied with his
Piaoo-of work he could quit and get
wrk somewhere else. . If he failed
to Riv.e satisfaction and was dis
cl)arged he could go to another
Ployer and apply for work.
was not dependent upon ofle
employer and consequently did not
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feel the necessity of keeping in the
the good graces of that on,' and
implicitly obeying orders whether
he liked them or not. With,-but
one employer to give him work his
independence is practically gone and
he must meet the requirements or
lose his job, and that will mean that
he cannot get Another job in that
line of business. He will be black
listed and all the shops in that com
bine will be closed against him. and
all he can do, if he doesn't wish to
steal or starve, will be to tnrn tramp,
hunt some other kind of job or learn
some other kind of business.
Whether this will be the outcome
of Trust organizations remains to be
seen. It will be if the Trust system
becomes permanent and the labor
organizations do not become bo
strong that they may challenge the
Trusts before they become too thor
oughly ramified and too powerful to
oppose; but however this may be"
the tendency of the Trust is to de
grade labor and reduce it eventual
ly to the condition of serfdom. The
first contest with the Steel Trust is
on now. What the future may be
for the workman may depend very
much on the outcome of this con
test. If labor wins it may be treat
ed with respectful consideration; if
the Steel Trust wins its rule will be
imperious, and the men in its em-
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pioy win not aare to express an
opinion if they dare to have one.
ILLINOIS BOXERS.
We do not know what the Beet
known as Dowieites believe in, but
they do not seem to be in high favor
in the section of Illinois where they
are the most numerous, although
they attract a good deal of attention
and are greeted with more or less
demonstration wherever they hold
forth. "
A few days ago they had a meet
ing on one of the streets of Evans
ton. It seems . they anticipated a
demonstration of some sort and
brought a guard- with them to pro
tect the men and women partici
pating in the meeting. They were
speedily surrounded by about 1500
Boxers, and when one of the elders
mounted a camp stool to preach, he
was saluted with a shower of eggs
of ancient date, decayed fruit, vege
tables, etc. But the men and women
who accompanied him prayed and
sang while the eggs, fruit and vege
tables added variety to the per
formance. ;
The Boxers began to crowd the
prayers and singers, and fearing "a
riot" the Mayor ordered a fire en
gine out and it played for all it was
worth on that crowd, making a
special target of the Dowieites who,
notwithstanding the drenching, con
tinned to pray and sing. And then
the police came along and arrested
three or four of the principal Dowie
ites, but none of the Boxers.
It does not appear that the Dowie
ites struck anybody or retaliated
in anyway, but the leaders were ar
rested and the preaching elder was
held ion a charge of "inciting a
riot." Here is what the Boxers did
to the prisoners while being escorted
to the station bv the police,' as told
by wire: i
"As the squad of . police with their
prisoners walked down the street to
ward the police station a block away
a portion of the' mob threw stagnant
water upon Piper and three of his
lieutebants bv means of squirt guns
The men were also struck by acids
which burned their clothing. During
this time many eggs struck Piper and
bavin? been drenched with water he
was in a deplorable condition.
"At last the station was reached. A
numbsr of other Dowieites were ar
rested and taken to the court room of
the EvanstOD station. Piper was
charged with disorderly conduct and
inciting a riot. It is probable the others
will be released."
Stagnant water and acids squirted
on prisoners in c narge 01 ponce,
m !
prisoners whose only ofiense was
preaching something the Boxers
didn't like and praying and Binging
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on the streets. Were any of these
acid squirting Boxers arrested ? If so, ,
or if any'at tempt was made to arrest
them or protect these prisoners the
dianatches do not mention it. And
all this waB in a suburb, not of Pe
kin, but of the American city, Chi
cago. ?'t
We think Dowie, who poses in the
role of Elijah, is an arrant fraud
and that his followers are deluded
innocents, but as far as we know
they are not accused of any immoral
or lawless teaching and therefore
ought not be subjected to such
persecution by American Boxers
with theassentand connivance of the
municipal authorities. Such conduct
is more disgraceful to an American
community than the outrages by the
Chinese Boxers were to the Chinese
communities in which they were per
petrated.
The last reports from Shanghai
arc that Prince Tuan, who declined
the invitation td have his head
chopped off, is putting on some war
paint and that the Empress Dowager
is casting goo-goo eyes.at him
There is a chance for some "be
nevolent assimilation" in Hawaii,
The girls are anxious to marry
Americans, and some of them are
rich, too. Here's a chance, boys.
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OBJECT LESSONS FOR THE FAR.
J -HERS.
In urging the importance of di
versified farming in . the South and
the raising of all the food stuffs
needed on the farm, we, have fre
quently referred to the danger of
trusting to - one crop, no matter
what it is, and to the uncertainties
that beset the farmer from the time
he plants to the time sells. This
year we have, by way of illustration,
some striking object lessons bearing
both upon the diversification of
crops and, the J uncertainties
speakof.' -v...
.we
This has been a year of set-backs to
the Southern farmer, because early
m me .season excessive rams re
tarded the growth generally, chok
ing Tip the crops in grass, while in'
some sections they caused floods
which destroyed the crops that were
growing;. .Now the excessive warm
weather and droughts in some sec
tions threaten to injure the crops se
riously. With all this there have
been frequent storms and falls of
hail that did much damage to fruit,
berries, vegetables, &c.
In the West the indications a few
weeks ago were for immense crops
of wheat, corn," oats, hay, &c. The
wheat was barely harvested before
the intense heat came, accompanied
by a drought which has about ruined
the hay and corn crops in a large
area of .the West and Southwest, in
some portions of which the farmers
are now feeding wheat to their
stock for want of corn and oats.
This is the section on which South
ern farmers who import their hay
and corn and meat mainly depend.
This shortage, of course, will run
prices up and the Southern farmer,
with short crops himself, will be
compelled to pay these higher
prices for the stuff he buys. Lucky
is the man who, acting sensibly,
has raised his own supplies and thus
will not suffer from this Western
shortage.
According to a recent decision of
a Minnesota court it is an inalien
able light of a citizen of that com
monwealth or of a sojourner therein
to shoot a gambler who wins his
. money by cheating and refuses to
refund. A Dr. who did that was
acquitted. The effect of this ought
to be to increase the shooting or di
minish the cheating.
An excange speaking of a com
pliment paid by the German Min
ister in Pekin to an American
officer, in which he referred to the
officer as "an American subject,"
remarks that we have "citizens'
not "subjects" in this country.
But ain't we getting a pretty large
assortment of "subiects with our
new acquisitions? -
A fine deposit of lithographic
stone has been discovered in Ken
tucky. What is used in this coun
try comes from Germany and costs
from forty to fifty cents a pound.
Mr. Leary, of the U. S. Geological
survey, who has inspected this Ken
tucky find, says he would rather
own it than any gold mine he ever
heard of.
As stickers Mr. Dudley G. Wooten,
of the Sixth Congressional district
in Texas, and his friends . take the
cake. He was nominated for Con
gress Wednesday, alter six aays
balloting, on the 4,046th ballot,
which will probably be about as
many votes as he will get on the day
of election.
Public baths are features of every
Japanese town. There are 800 m
Tokib, which are patronized by 300,-
000 people daily. The price charged
is about a cent for grown persons
and less for children. They believe
that water is a good thing for other
purposes than sailing ships, and put
ting out fires.
Eussia is going to put 50,000 sol
diers in Manchuria "to protect her
railroad," and Li Hung Chang has
ordered the withdrawal of all Chi
nese soldiers from Manchuria "to
avoid conflict." Sly old Li. This
is doubtless in accordance with
Ma rlfiftl with Bussia. made some
time ago. . -
It is an ill wind and an ill hot
wave, too, that don't blow some
good. The hot spell in .London
has brought some Londoners to the
conclusion that they will have to use
I in their houses, and also Ameri
can refrigerators.
The Mobile Register wants China
men on our Southern plantations to
show the negroes how to work. Might
not that in the long run he swapping
the devil for a witch?
Last year Canada increased her
minoml ontnut $65,000000. Has
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"McKinley prosperity" been swing
ing around over there, too?
The weather out in Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska has for some
time been torrid and also horrid.
WILMINGTON, N ; 0.,
DISASTROUS FIRE
RAGED AT LAUR1NBURQ
Ten
Stores, a Hotel and a Barber Shop
B'oroed The Total Loss is Estl
' mated at $75,000. v
.Special Star Telegram.
Laurinburg, N. C, July 11. A
disastrous fire raged for two hours.
here this afternoon, and at one time
threatened to wipe out the business
portion of the town. The town ap
pealed to Fayetteville for help, .but
her engine was not in fix. Next,
Charlotte was appealed to, and in a
few minutes she had a fire company
coming as fast as steam could bring
them, but by the time it had reached
Wadesboro it was apparent that we
could control the flames, and they
.were wired accordingly, .
Ten stores, a barber shop and one
hotel lie in ashes, and the owners
i . . '
uave suuerea a net loss oi some
thirty odd thousand dollars, the total
loss being estimated, at seventy five
thousand,. as follows:
M. A. McDougald, $15,000; about
half insured.
it. u. iiee, $m,uuu; a little over one
half insured.
W. D. James, $15,000; about half
insured.
A. A. James, about $2,000; some in
surance.
McDuffie Bros., $2,800; with $1,000
insurance.
J. C. Morgan, $3,000; one half
m-
sured.
J. B. Cowan, $600; with $400
ini
surance.
D. C. McNeill, $2,000; with some
insurance.
Sutherland and Morgan, $800, with
$500 insurance.
W. P. -Evans, colored, manager,
$2,000, with $1,000 insurance.
G. W. Wright, $500, with $200 in
surance.
H. O. Covington, $1,B00; insurance
$1,200.
There are various losses from re
moval of goods, viz: G. D. Evering"
ton, druggist; W. W. Whitehurst,
clothier; W. hi Fields, druggist; J. M.
Taylor, Al 8. tf. Parham, N. Ham
mond, L. A. Monroe. J. D. Wright,
J. C. Mercer and M. Scolnick; all
moved from one-fourth to fourfifths
of their goods, but the fire .did not
reach them. '
The origin of the fire is not known
exactly. Air. Jonn McDougald was
seriously hurt about the dinner hour
in a runaway, and his brother while
going home for dinner, about that
time, found him and assisted him
home and 'phoned an emergency call
for a physician, and also 'phoned his
brother, the only one left in the store
during the dinner hour, to secure the
doctor's immediate attendance and
come himself. He (the brother) hur
riedly shut up the establishment and
put out for home, and in about an
hour the alarm was given by an ex
plosion, as of a lamp. There had been
a glue pot used just before dinner,
but in the excitement of the hre no
one was certain if it had been pat out,
it being heated on a common oil stove.
The principal insurance agent, F.
L. Bundy,' is on his way to California,
and many people do not remember the
amount of insurance they were carry
ing, so it is impossible to ascertain this
now.
DON'T WANT OUTSIDE AID.
North Carolina Will Take Care of Her
OwnLyBchlngs..
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, July 13. Gover
nor Aycock to-day gave out a state
ment to the effect that hereafter when
lvnchines occur in this State he will
offer rewards of $400 for each member
of the lynching party: This statement
was elicited by the reception of a no
tice from the International Council of
the World that this society would
offer $500 reward for the members of
the recent lynching parties at Smith-
field and LaGrange. The Governor
says North Carolina will take care' of
her own lynchiogs, but that he is
determined to break it up.. He calls
on the press and people to co operate
in its suppression and declares those
who commit crimes which give rise to
lynchings shall receive speedy legal
justice at the rope's end.
THE NEED OF REST.
EnKllsh i'.-L-eiulist Say a Americana
Lack Power of Repose.
Trofessor Eustace H. Miles, formerly
lecturer at Cambridge university, Eng
land, and the head authority on athletics
in- that institution, contributed to The
Saturday Evening Post' a leading article
on "Fallacies About Trainine." In the
course of it ho writes:
"A serious evil in the modern training
svstem is the . constant tension of the
nerves And muscles. At Cambridge I
used to watch my athletic pupils, and
none of them seemed to have acquired
the power of repose. Thy were always
on the stretch. When f.bo time came
near, for instance, for the university boat
race or the football match tne tension
reached an extreme, and the men seemed
quite unable to be at their ease.
"It is strange that while the trainers
npmetuallv teach their men to exercise
they nev.er teach them to rest. The whole
of nature seems to work on the principle
of alternations: first work, then rest.
We see it in day and night, in breathing
out and breathing in. I need not give
other instances, many of which can be
found in one of Emerson's essays. What
I wish to insist on here ia that while we
teach men to exert themselves and to
strive and to tie themselves up into knots
we seldom or never teach them to relax
thAmsplves. to be at rest and to undo
thpir nerves and muscles.
"It is Americans especially wh need to
relax, to smooth themselves out and, for
example, to let their arms and hands
hni limn and heavy. If the business
man were to give up only three minutes
MPh flnv to standinz with his Knees Dent
and with his arms and hands hanging
down quite loose and limp and with, a
onntontPd smile on his. face and with his
mind as empty as possible, the difference
In his state: of feeling during me aay
would be almost beyond behef."
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1901.
LOCAL DOTS.
Sandy McKinnon, the kan ta
pe king of Msxton, began shipping
melons to the northern markets July
8th. A fortune to you, Old sport.
1 1 - Communications, even . when
otherwise acceptable, receive no at
tention in the Star office unless ac
companied with a responsible name.
,
The second annual grand re
union of the Lutherans of the State
will take place August 1st . in 'the
Lutheran Chapel grove near China
Qroye, -N. C. - An interesting pro
gramme is being arranged.
The Bank of Maxton, which
began business last September, has
declared a dividend of four per cent.
for the six months ending June 30th,
besides placing a handsome amount
to the credit of its surplus fund.
i i .-, wnyiHe xJiMtk. a oituu ui tnis
city has been engaged , to furnish
music for . the annual picnic at Six
florks, .Pender county. A pavilion is
being erected on the grounds and
dancing will be in progress during the
entire day.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Judge Oliver H. Allen left yes
terday afternoon for Jacksonville to
bold the Onslow Superior Court.
- Sergeant Jno. E. Piatt, TJ. S.
A., who has been with Uncle Sam's
soldiers in the Philippines, got home
yesterday via San Francisco where he
was receetly mustered out. Sergeant
Piatt is on a visit to his parents Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Piatt, 609 Grace
street.
Mr. Wm. H. Holmes, of Aber
deen, Mississippi, is here on a visit to
menas ana relatives. Although a
resident of Mississippi for thirty-three
years, Mr. Holmes was born on
Wrighlsville Sound. His' early fife
was spent in Sampson county. .
Lieutenant Johnson, son of
Mr. "Jack" Johnson, a prominent citi
zen of Winnabow, Brunswick county,
reached home last evening from the
Philippines via 8an Francisco, where
he was recently mustered out of the
U. S. A. service. He was cordially re
ceived.
YOUiSQ MAN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Reported Tbat Henry Kermon Shot Hint'
self in a Rage at Phoenix
News has reached the city of an ex
traordinary attempt at -suicide day
before yesterday by Henry Kermon,
or rncemx, Brunswick county, a
young man about 21 years of age who
formerly resided in Wilmington,
Kermon has been residing with his
father for the past two or three
months on a farm near Phcenix Thurs
day morning he had a fight with one
of his brothers, so the story goes, and
he received the worst of it. As soon as
it was over, he went to the house of a
neighbor about half a mile distant, and
borrowed a cartridge for an empty
pistol which he carried As he was a
short distance from his home, re
turning, members of the family
heard a pistol shot and a cry of
"murder" from " the young man,
They went to him and found that, os
tensibly in his rage, he had shot him
self in the breast, the ball passing just
above his heart and wounding him
perhaps fatally. Dr. Moore, of Phce
nix, was summoned and he pro
nounced his recovery extremely doubt
ful.
Another story of the shooting is that
young Kermon some time ago deserted
from the Revenue Cutter Algonquin
upon which he had enlisted as a sea
man and hearing of the arrest of a fel
low deserter in Wilmington, he hit
upon the plan of killtrg himself rath
er than returning aboard the vessel.
Both stories, however, lacke confirma
tion, though it is known that he made
an attempt at self destruction.
HOTEL BURNED.
No Lives Lost The Damage Estimated at
Aboot $90,000.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Butte, Mont., July 13. At 2:40
this morning a still-alarm was turned
in from the Butte hotel, a four story
structure on Broadway. When the
firemen reached the scene the build
ing was enveloped in smoke, which
appeared to pour from every open
window. The firemen were unable
to locate the blaze for some thirty
minutes and the greatest confusion
prevailed. A number of guests on the
lower floors succeeding in groping
their way down stairs in the smoke
and escaping with nothing but their
night clothes. Scores of others
were rescued from tne upper
windows. where the panic-stricken
guests shrieked for succor and threat
ened to mmn to the sidewalk below.
At 4 o'clock the hre was completely
under control and the management
state that to the best of their knowl
edge all the guests have been account
ed for.
The interior of the hotel, which for
manv vears has been the leading hos-
telrv of Butte, is completely guttea.
and Hugh Wilson, the lessee of the
building, estimates bis loss at $90,000.
The hotel guests lost a quantity of per
sonal effects.
QEORQIA DAY.
Two Exhibits of Especial Note at the Pan
American Exposition.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 13. Georgia
Day at the Pan-American exposition
opened warm and bright. Georgia
has two exhibits of especial note: one
in the agricultural building, where
the entire ranee of products of the
State is shown, every variety having
been raisu on one 25 acre farm, ine
other is one of the most comprehen
sive exhibits in the mine's building,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-
Wilson Times : Last Monday
the little grandson of Mr. Wm. Taylor
found in his grandfather's horse lot, a
youne alligator about one foot long.
Not being used to such, young Taylor
killed the reptile and then sought his
grandfather to come and see what it
was. Many guesses have been hazarded
as to where this young alligator came
from.
Concord Tribune: Thursday
.Dr. R S. Young was called to am
putate Mr. William Plott's thumb
that had been mashed at the Cannon
mills, and while the operation was go
ing on water.was up set on a case of
eighteen needles. These were placed
onr a piece of paper and put in the sun
to dry to prevent them from rusting,
when a goat came along and ate
needles, paper and all. , This morning
from all appearances the goat does not
need the medicineman.
Fayetteville Observer: The crop
news from different parts of Cumber
land county and other districts of the
upper Cape Fear section are not fa
vorable as to corn and cotton. June
was a bad month for both, and it has
been impossible to recover lost ground.
A citizen of Fayetteville informed the
uoserver reporter yesterday tbat in a
long ride in the countrv, going and re
turning by different roads, he passed
many farms, on all of which the out
look was discouraging.
Durham Herald: Two cents
was the cause of a murder in Person
county late Wednesday afternoon.
From the best information obtainable
yesterday it seems that two negro
boys, about 12 and 14, years of age
and first cousins, had some words
about two cents and the youDger one
lost his life. The murdered boy was
found close to the track of the Nor
folk & Western road last Wednesday
afternoon in a dying condition. He
did not recover consciousness and died
a short while after being found. There
was a wound on the side of the head
and other small wound on his shoul-,
der, both apparently having been
made with a small stick, lllood was
running from his ears.
cantor d -Express: urops are
very small for the time of year and
the prospects are anything but en
couraging. Mr. Hugh Jackson,
of Gilbert, was in town Saturday and
told the Express that the chinch bug
had made its appearance in his sec
tion. This insect is very destructive
to corn and other grain crops.
There seems to be an epidemic of mad
dogs in some sections of the county.
A number of dogs supposed to have
been suffering frm hydrophobia have
been killed during the past few days,,
but not until after some of them bad
bitten other dogs. Major W. C.
Petty says nothing will be done for
the present in the way of extending
his road to Greensboro, as rails are so
high. Four months ago 40-pound
rails were worth 124 a ton ; now they
are $35. He says the Trust put up the
price.
Tarboro Southerner : Super
intendent Mann, of the penitentiary.
sys there are now 840 convicts, The
female convicts are to be employed in
the laundry, in making clothes for the
convicts and in the prison gardeD,
which is a large and fine one. Hog
cholera has been prevalent in the sec
tion of the county near Epworth,
Adrian Harper is reported to have
lost about thirty hogs. Several of his
neighbors have lost heavily from this
epidemic Tuesday night those
who observed the eastern and south
eastern heavens beheld a grand sight.
What appeared to be a huge, rapidly
moving star was first seen, brilliantly
white and as large as a hat As it
swept in a southerly direction it grew
in size and brilliancy, till it disap
peared below the horizon as large as
an average door. Those who beheld
it say thst the heavens were lit up and
the whole night was bright.
Wadesboro Messenaer-Intelli-
gencz: Iast Sunday Jess sturdivant,
a j oung colored man wno lives near
Polkton, was visiting at the home of
the mother of Cole Biles, who lives on
Mr. M. A. Polk's place, also near Polk
ton. Jess was "flying around" Cole's
sister and was on familiar terms with
the family. He asked Cole to hand
him a drink of water, and when she
did so he took a mouthful and delib
erately spit it in her face. Cole then
seized the dipper and filled it and re
tahated by dashing its contents on
him. This greatly enraged Jess and
he immediately drew his pistol and
shot the woman, the ball taking effect
in the fleshy part of her thigh, inflict"
ing a painful, though not serious,
wound. Sturdivant was arrested
Tuesday and brought to Wadesboro,
and was released by Esq. I. H. Horton
on a $1q0 justified bond for his appear
ance before him Monday morning.
Ealeigh News and Observer:
The principal case tried in Wake Su
perior Court Wednesday was that
against W. Jt Tyson, a white man, on
a charge of deserting his wife and five
children, collecting insurance money
on forged proof of his wife's death and
committing bigamy. Tyson came to
Raleigh from Fayetteville. He is a
native of Cumberland county, having
been born near Mope Mills, where his
people now live. Jle is a carpenter,
and a few months ago left Raleigh,
where he was at work, to attend his
wife's funeral, as he said, in Fayette
ville. Returning to Raleigh he took
out letters of administration on his
wife's estate and collected the insur
ance which she carried on her life,
though in -reality she was not dead.
On March 14th, of this year, Tyson
married Lizzie Powell, of East Raleigh,
In a few days Tyson and wife went
to Virginia and shortly after the insur
ance company had a letter from the
woman they supposed dead, it was
from Mrs. Tyson No. 1 at Fayetteville.
She asked about her insurance, saying
that she understood that her husband
had collected the money and had mar
ried another woman. Upon investiga
tion the proofs which Tyson had fur
nished the company were found to be
forgeries, even tolthe! signature of the
justice of the peace at Hope Mills, and
tbat the statement about Tyson s nav-
ing married again was correct Tyson
was thereupon arrested in Virginia and
brought to Ralegh, and his trial Wed
nesday resulted in a verdict of guilty
and his being sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary. In the other cases
against him charging him with
false pretence, forgery. perjury
and conspiracy he submitted and
judgment was thereupon suspended.
The statement of the associated
banks for the week ended yesterday
shows: Loans, $868,485,400; decrease
$21,001,500. Deposits, $947,594,100; de
crease, $17,691,000. Circulation, $30,-
629,500: increase, $50, uuu. Legal ten
ders, $77,395,200; increase, $726,500.
Specie, $172,313,700; increase, f 3,448,
600. Reserve, $249,707,900; increase,
$3,175,100. . Reserve required $236,
898,525: decrease, $4,422,750. Surplus
$12,809,375 ; decrease, $7,597,850.
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NO. 38
POLISH STUDENTS
NOW ON TRIAL.
Charged With Belonging to Se-
cret Political Societies at
German Universities.
NO SENSATIONAL FEATURES.
American 'Telephone System to be Estab
lished la Berlin Detective Sentenced
to Penitentiary Vessels to be
Subjected to Examination.
By Cable to the Morning Star. -
Berlin, July 13. In the complete
absence of other political interests this
week, the great trial of the thirteen
Polish students, charged with belong
ing to secret political societies at vari
ous German universities, organized to
promote the national apirations of Po
land, attracts much attention. The ex
amination of the accused students has
not, up to the present lime, developed
any sensational features. They all de
ny the charges of participation, know
ingly,' in illegal societies. The most
sensational feature of this trial, so far,
has been the throwing up of their
briefs by the leading lawyers for the
defence, protesting against the rigid
limitations prescribed for them by the
court. In connection with the Posen
trial, the German newspapers print
information concerning the Polish na
tional fund at Rapperschwyl, Switzer
land, which was collected chiefly
among American-Poles. This- fund
now amounts to about $46,000, and
continues to grow rapidly. The news
papers, referring to the matter, say :
"The purpose of this fund, as stated
by the Polish managing committee is
that it be used at a given moment,
with all its power, in support of politi
cal action." .
The official publication of those who
have in hand the collection of this
fund says the only institution openly
working for the independence of Po
land is "The National Fund "
Other developments of the past week
indicate further Polish activity. Bes
sides the decision of the German au
thorities to prosecute sixty Polish stu
dents at Thorn, in West Prussia,
charged also with being connected
with Polish political organizations, the
Polish voters in the By elections at
Duisburg, on the Rhine, refused to
support the centrist candidate until a
pledge were given to support the idea
of holding Polish religious services ev
try Sunday in the Catholic church.
The German customs' omcials ex
perimented for a week- with the
American automatic ' telephone sys
tern in Berlin, and have decided per
manently to establish this system.
Felix Wemgarter, the composer has
finished his musical drama called
'Orestes." The first production of
the play will occur in Leipsig next
Winter. v
Detective Schiller was sentenced to
day at Konilz to two and one-half
years in the penitentiary, having been
found guilty of inducing witnesses to
commit perjury in the case against
Moritz Levy in September, 1900, in
connection with the case of the boy
who was killed at Eonitz. Schiller
fostered the belief that he had fallen
a victim to the Jewish rites. Owing
to the existence of the bubonic p'lague
at Constantinople the quarantine
officer at Bremerhaven has announced
that all vessels from the Bosphorus,
the sea of Marmora and ports of the
Black anclEzean seas, will be sub
jected to sanitary examination.
PRIZE MONEY AWARDED.
Sum Arising From Capture of the British
Steamer Adula During Spanish-American
War to be Distributed.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Mount Airy, Ga July 13. Judge
Speer, of the U. S. Circurt Court, to
day handed down his decree, distri
buting the prize money arising from the
capture of the British steamship Adula
during the Spanish war. Judge Speer
considerably reduced the allowance
for the officers of the court made by
the master to whom the question had
been referred and has ordered that
the sum of $40,000 paid into the
treasury of the United States be dis
tributed as prize money. The Adula
was owned by the Atlas steamship
Company and was chartered to a span
iard, Don Jose Solis. The capture was
made by the Marblehead, Commander
McCalla, while the Adula was at
tempting to run the bk)ckade at Guan-
tanamo bay during the pamsh war.
the amount realized on the stip.
ulation given by the owners for
the Adula was $50,000 and -this
sum, less the costs and expense
of keeeping the ship, expense of
litigation, insurance, losses from sal
vage and the like, was distributed.
one-half to the United States and one-
half to the officers and enlisted men
of the navy entitled to the prize
money.
The Adula was the only neutral
ship condemned during the war and
the decision of Judge Speer was
twice reviewed by the Supreme Court
and once by the President and in all
respects affirmed. The case has been
in court three years. It is the first
prize case tried in Georgia since the
war of 1812.
SCHOONER MABEL JORDAN
Towed Into Port of Norfolk, Vs., In a DIs
abled Condition.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Norfolk, Va., July 13. The big
four-masted schooner Mabel Jordan,
Captain Clark, from Turk's Island, on
July 4th, for Philadelphia, with a load
of salt, was towed into port to day
leaking, with pumps disabled and
masts bare of canvass.
The Jordan was caught just off Hat
teras Wednesday night in a terrific
gale, which was central at the dreaded
cape, and Capt. Clark says that the
wind blew fully fifty-five miles an
hour, with a heavy sea.
The salt cargo clogged the pumps,
the wind stripped the masts and the
schooner was left at the mercy of the
waves and wind until the storm
abated. Her master states that he fears
for some craft not so staunch as the
Jordan which were closer in shore
when the storm came up. So far no
disasters have been reported.
His Divorced Wife Sails for England With
Her Three Children to Escape
Service of Writ.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '
New York, July 13. Attorneys for
Dan. R. Hanna, of Cleveland, a son of
8enator Hanna, obtained from Justice
Mc Adam in the Supreme Court to day,
a writ of habeas coroui. returnable
Monday, commanding Marv Harring
ton Hanna to produce in court her
three children. Mr. Hanna, in his pe
tition, says that the children were re
strained of their liberty by their moth
er on the pretence that she has a right
to their custody, and that he, the falh
er, has been illegally deprived of their
charge. A detective was sent to the
Hotel Savoy to serve the writ
Mr. Hanna accompanied the detec
tive to the Hotel Savoy. When he
arrived there he was told that Mrs.
Hanna had sailed . with her children
on tne steamer Menominee, which
cleared the bar bound for London at
10:15 this morning. rThe manager of
the Hotel Savoy said Mrs. Hanna
left. the hotel between 7 and 8 o'clock
this morning.
Later it was learned that state
rooms on the Campania bad been
engaged for Mrs. Hanna. A reporter
who went to the steamer found that
the Baroness de Polland, a friend of
Mrs. Hanna, was on board, but no in
formation could be obtained as to
Mrs. Hanna. Mr. Hanna went to the
Campania and entered into a consulta
tion with the Baroness At this time a
stateroom engaged by Mrs. Hanna was
locked and it was thought that Mrs.
Hanna was inside. The door to the
state room was guarded by one of the
ship's crew, who would not permit
any one to approach it
Mr. Hanna was in consultation with
the . Baroness de Pbllahd for more
than an hour. He refused to be inter
viewed. After he had left the Baron
ess was asked if Mrs. Hanna was on
the ship and replied: Tif she is I
don't know it." She was then asked
if Mrs. Hanna had sailed on the Atlan
tic transport liner Menominee and te
plied: "If Mrs. Hanna has left Amer
ica at this time she must have sailed
on the Menominee."
A man who said he knew Mrs. '
Hanna by sight, said he saw her-in a
state room on the Campania with her
three children. A detective corrob
orated this statement. Mrs. Hanna's
baggage went on the Campania. The
ship sailed shortly after 2 o'clock.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Statement Issued by the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics Large Gains
in Both.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8Ur.
Washington, July 13. The state
ment of the imports and exports of
the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 30th, 1901, was completed
by the treasury bureau . of statistics
to day. It-shows that the total imports
of the year were $822,756,533, total
exports $1,487656,544, and the excess
of exports over imports $664,900,011.
The imports are $27,184,651 below those
of last year, and the exports are $93,
173,462 above those of last year. The
excess of exports over imports exceeds
that of last year by $120,358,113, and is
$49,467,335 greater than the highest
record ever before .made, that
of 1898. Under the new relations with
Hawaii and Porto Rico, the commerce
with those islands is no longer in
cluded in the regular statement of for
eign commerce of the united States.
Had they been so included, as has
been the case in former years, the
total exports would have exceeded
$1,500,000,000, as the exports to those
islands during the year have aggre
gated about $25,000,000,000. During
the year ended June 30th, 1901, the
exports of domestic products were . as
follows:
Breadstuff s $267,487,239. increase as
compared with the year 1900,of $14,033,
000; cattle and hoes $36,537,062, in
crease $7,500,000; provisions $179, 875,
250; increase $11,000,000; cotton $313,
283,578 increase $71,500,000; mineral
oils $69,905,689, decrease $4,000,000.
The annual statement of the imports
and exports of the United States for
the year ended June 30th, 1901, Bhows
as f oUowb :
Merchandise, imports $822,756,533,
of which $339,487,153 was free of duty,
increase on dutiable merchandise
$565,062; merchandise, exports $1,
460,352,266, increase $89,588,695; gold
imports $64,571,852. increase $19,298, -668;
gold exports $53,229,520. increase
$4,962,761; silver imports $36,384,041,
increase $1,127,739 ; silver exports $54,
285,180, decrease $2,427,095.
ASKED , TO RESIGN.
John A. Hlnsey, Imperial Prince of the
Knights of Khorassan.
By Telegraph to the Merning Star.
Chicago, July 13. John. A. Hinsey,
who, as a result of an investigation of
the affairs of the endowment rank of
the Knights of Pythias, recently was
permitted to resign from the board of
control, was again under fire here to
day. Officers of the Knights of Khor-
assen, the pleasure-seeking branch of
the order, of which Hinsey was im
perial prince, held a secret session at
which it was - decided to ask him to
resign. It was also decided to call for
an examination of the books.
Although Hinsey was a prime
mover in founding this branch of the
Knights of Pythias, he was not al
lowed to attend the meeting to-day.
"PAT" CROWE.
The Alleged Kidnapper Pays an Old Debt
Due a Lawyer.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star
8t. Joseph, Mo., July 13. State
Senator A. W. Brewster to day re
ceived a draft for $250, sent to him by
'Pat" Crowe from Johannesburg,
South Africa, to pay an attorney fee
Crowe had been owing a number of
years.
Crowe's name has been connected
by allegation with the kidnapping in
Omaha, of the young son of Edward
Cudahy. the packer, who paid a ran
som of $25,000 in gold to recover his
boy. Several years ago Crowe was
under arrest in St Joseph on the
charge of train robbery. He employed
Brewster to defend mm. xne cnarge
war finallv dismissed, as the case was
not a strong one.
TEXAS ELECTION.
Dudley Wooten Elected to the U. S. House
of Representatives.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar.
Dallas, Texas, 13. The election
in the Sixth Congressional district, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Judge R. E. Burke, was held to
day. The candidates were Dudley
Wooten, of Dallas, Democrat and
Philip Lindsley, gold Democrat,
nominated by the Republicans. The
returns to night from 47 precincts in
the district give Wooten 4,574 and
Lindsley 1,232. Wooten is undoubt
; edly elected.