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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 " C7 a 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 ' - " - - - JtMg- i.f-.'-if.y.'y , .... " ,. - I hv ipr,,,: H-H:W WAU. ' U ' U ' - U V i' B:!,Vi Li) VOL. XXXII. 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- 1 Ml I 1 - 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 r O - 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. . : ' .- ... - I 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 UAAMWAM 47 - ' "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. 1 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.