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.Ml' V J ; -'a PIBLISHKD AT WJ L M I M G T Q N, H. C , . at ", $1.110 A YEAR IH ADVANCE. 188888888888888888 88888888888888888 Miaow 9 1 . 2 88 8888888888811 88888888888888 "22SSSSS5552SSSRg I mow i 8S888888Sll88llfl 888888S88S888888S f. " ! m m. t '& ': V'AV 8288S88888888IHI """"-ssagsssasssa S888S8888888S8888 8 a a n a - . !5SS: "Vs 5 ssis 'a6He u a. .1 t the Peat .Office at llmtgton, N. C, aa Second Clan Mat ler.V SUBSCRIPTION P, ICE. l'hr subscription pric of tha Wa -ly Bter U u SiMle Copy 1 year, pottage paid.,... ......SI 00 3 montht llllliimitn.. on 30 MR. TOWNE OH THE SITUATION. TJiere ha3 been muh. discussion on the course pursued by the recent Domocratic Convention in Ohio in refusing -to re-affirm the national platforms adopted in 1896 and 1900. Of course the Republican -papers consider this as a surrender of the issne of free silver and some Dem ocrats 1 regard it a& a desertion of Democratic principles, but they are both wrong. That was a State Con vention, and it was not called upon to pass upon - the platform adopted by the party in national convention and it therefore did what it thought expedient and avoided the re-affir-niation of the issue on which Dem ocrats are divided. If the conven tion had re-affirmed those platforms Lhi'V could not have made the cam paign upon them because there are otluT issues, upon which public at torn ion is more centered, and the issues of 189G and 1900 would be an 1 ordinate to these. Jlr. Bryan finds fault with the re fusal to re-affirm these platforms, anl yet in the campaign of 1900 he 3iiLordinated the question of free sil ver at 1 0 to 1 to the question of im perialism, although free silver was fin issno in 1890 and expansion was run heard of. His reason for bring ing imperialism to the front and holding free silver in abeyance was, (and it was a good one) that impe rialism was the pressing, immediate iio7tion, and that free silver could wait until the more pressing ques tion was settled. And so now there aii' more pressing questions which ' the people are discussing and which they think of more vital importance tliun the issues of five years ago. Thi3 does not mean that Demo cratic principles are to be aban doned, but it is a recognition of the fant that it is useless to be waging campaigns on issues in which . the people have for the time being at least lost interest. In discussing the action of the convention Mr. Chas. A. Towne. of Minnesota, a free silver Republican, who developed considerable strength in the Kansas City convention as running mate with Bryan, thus in an interview in JNew xork sized up the situation: -"The free silver question is absol utely dead id the West It will not only not be an issue in 1904,. but I do nol believe thatit will be mentioned in the Democratic platform or cam paitMi. Our position on free silver in ItfO and 1900 was misunderstood. We were not demanding mora market and protit for the silver mined, but more money for the country to keep up pru e. tJod, in his wise providence. has provided a vast increase in the supply of gold, and to day there is more money in the country than there would Lave been if the gold supply had remained stationary and the mints bad been opened to the free coinage cf silver. "Ho long as the present condition continues or the supply of gold con tin ues to increase there can be no sue cessful or serious demand for the free coinage of silver. Certainly that de - manu cannot again be made an issue in a national campaign until there is a bit: change in industrial or financial conditions." . This is a sensible statement of the case, coupled with some nonsense. kit people out of eight who voted -wth the Democratic party in 1896 on the silver question didn't care a continental about silver. What they wanted, as Mr. Towne says; was more money, and they thought the free coinage of silver was the way to get it. They, through the judicious and liberal use of Mark Hanna's campaign money, were defeated at the polls, and since then times have improved, there is more money and ne masses of the people therefore r"t regard the free coinage of sil Tfr as a vital matter, and no longer take the interest in it which they M thn. They could not be rallied 10 the polls on that issue, and a bat l'e oii it would simply mean defeat ia advance. 11 opie who take a deeper view UI the Hjlvcr question than simply i means . to buddIv an am ?le Vflumo if money regret that this 8 8o, for they consider it a vital 'Mention regardless of the volume of money in circulation. There ?fe some who hold the monometal J. whether that metal be gold or J'r, i8 dangerous and that the arity of the people from money mK8 ami Shylocks depends on hav two kinds of metallic money, one . M a safeguard to prevent the other r ' n ri V Y -1 YQL. XXXII. s WILMINGTON,v N.. G., FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1901. - , " NO. a9 from being cornered and controlled by a few men. In his comments in the Commoner on the silver plat form Mr. Bryan thus aptly states the case as to the necessity for two money metals. ' "The money question is not yet out ,.,1?ritlcs- Kery es8ion of Congress mil have todeal with it Republicans declare that it is dead but they keep working at it At the last session of Congress they tried to make the silver dollar redeemable -in gold and when that Is accomplished they will try to limit the legal tender qualities of the dollar. The gold standard will not be complete until gold is the only legal tender money and bank notes the only paper money. Then our supply of primary money will be controlled by foreign financiers, and our supply of credit money by domestic finan ciers. . The gold men will not be satisfied until they make Bilver redeemable in gold and that will completely de monetize it and put it on a par with paper promises to pay. Then a combination of the leading gold miners and bankers of the world could corner.-the- gold, supply and have the nations of the earth and the people of the earth in their . power They have got along pretty far in tjiat direction now. Before the Transvaal war broke out.there was a movement on foot in London to form a gold miners' Trust, the object of which was to ultimately control the principal mines in South Africa, in this and in other countries, hus curtail the output and volume, coined which would give them more mastery of the volume of money This wouldn't be a very difficult feat to accomplish in these days of stu pendous organization and consoli dation. This would defeat that ?wise providence of God" which Mr. Towne nonsensically asserts, "has provided a vast increase in the sup- piy oi goia." some people nave a disposition to ' attribute everything to Providence from the killing of a mule by lightning to the sinking of a war ship by a more powerful or better managed war ship. It is eith er a stretch of piety or a lack of sense that mixes Providence up with the pursuit of gold or the carnage of battle. Mr. Towne might probably argue from his -standpoint the Providence which has provided this vast increase of gold is a gold standard Providence and doesn't ap prove of free silver at 16 to 1, or any other ratio. It may be incidentally remarked that Mr. Towne is in the oiU business now in Texas and is giving . more attention to that than to either politics or Prov idence. THROWING TIMBER AWAY. . A correspondent of the Raleigh News and Observer, writing from Western North Carolina, and speak ing of the lack of appreciation of the value of our timber lands, says he was a witness to a transaction where a tract of 40,000 acres of heavily timbered land was sold to a Northern timber company for $80,- 000, two dollars an acre. We sup pose this was the tract in Burke county, the of sale of which mention was made some time ago. The temp tation in this case, as stated by the correspondent, was a big pile of money to people who were short on money and long on land, but the fact is ' that in such t ran sac tions it is only the money that is looked at and the real value of the property sold or given away which would be nearer the truth is. rarely taken into consideration. There probably isn't an acre of these 40, 000 that doesn't contain a tree that is worth-more than the price paid for the acre. These Western lum ber men knew they had a good thing when they made this purchase, and they will of course make a good deal of money ont of it, will cut the tim ber to suit themselves, entirely re gardless of the damage they may do the land in the' cutting unless they intend to offer it for farms after they, have cut the timber they want from it, in which event they may not entirely strip it. We refer to this because such transactions are of such common oc currence, and because splendid tracts of timber lands are so pften sold for a mere, song, when the owners of them could have turned them to so much , better ac count by holding or by cutting the merchantable timber themselves. The gentlemen who run the dead letter office in Washington are very much alive when their curiosity is excited. A few -weeks ago a young ladv in Statesville mailed a dollar ar bill to some one but forgot in direct ing the letter to write the name of town or State, so the letter naturally wound up in the d. 1. office. There it was opened to see if there were any valuables. They found the dol lar bill but only the .signature "Daisy." Here was a pouer. Who in the mischief was "Daisy." The woods are full of daisies down here. But she happened to mention in her letter the name of a lady neighbor, and to her the d. 1. scribe wrote, stating the facts, and the presump tion is that by this time Daisy has Bill back.- 'Y UU WW THE FUHDAMEHTAL KtlH- . CIPLES. '- Judge Day's address before the Bar Association ; of Ohio has at tracted much attention' on account of the positions occupied by him as secretary of State, as chairman of the commission which negotiated the Paris Treaty, and his presuma bly cloBe relations to the President. There is one portion of the address referring to our acquisitions from Spain which has attracted specia1 attention. It reads thus : "We must never lose aitrht nf tVin fundamental principles of our Gov ernment This obligation is all th more binding now that a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has made the Government and dispo sition of the islands nracticnllv policy to be determined by the Ameri can people. By those who contend that this Government should carry out faith fully its pledges expressed, or im plied this is construed to mean that this Government is not-to retain permanent possession . of those islands, but is to govern them in ac cordance with : its best iudsrment a until the time comes to "dispose of them" in accordance with our "fun damental principles." This is in line with the McEnerv reso- lntion adopted by the Senate, which declared that it was not the purpose to incorporate the- people of the Philippines into our citizenship or to retain permanent possession of those islands, which were to be turn ed loose as soon as that could be done consistently with the interests of the people of the islands and of the United States. Whether this is what Judge Day meant is, of course, only a matter of inference, but this is a reasonable construction of his language. The expansion organs protest agamst this construction, and igno ring the McEnery resolution con tend that the flag once raised must continue to wave and must never come down, that once having taken possession of territory, regardless of the methods, we must continue to hold it forever, whether it prove burdensome or hot. But they are inconsistent ' and absurd in this, for one of the main arguments on which they base our -right to hold the Phil ippines is that this is a sovereign nation and has the right to exercise all the powers of any other sovereign nation. One of the rights ofsover eignty claimed and exercised by other sovereign nations is to dispose of territory when in their judgment that is advisable and consequently they do that, bv sale, treaty and otherwise, so that this Government, if it cannot dispose of the Philip pines, cannot exercise the sovereign power that other nations exercise. Having gotten possession of the elephant we must hold on to him whether we like it or not. That is nonsense to say the least of it. President Shaffer, of the Amal gamated Association, who is con ducting the strike of the iron and steel workers, is a Self-made, educa ted man. As a boy he worked in the mills and studied, went through the Western University of Pennsylvania, became a Methodist minister and had charge of churches for six . m mm M 1 vears. when on the advice 01 nis physicians he returned to work in rolling mills to save his health. He is a man of bright mind and a good scholar, both in the living and dead languages. He was chosen Presi dent of - the Association in 1896. He is between 50 and 55 vears of age. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, says no honest man in his right senses would want to be Mavor of that city in its present condition. It isn't easy to decide, in view of the fact that Carter is serving his third term and willing for a fourth, whether this is a reflection on his sanity or honesty. j There is a-pecan tree in Georgia grown from a nut picked up in Texas in 1858, which has since it came in hfiftrinir been yielding from nve to eight bushels of nuts every year. And yet the people around there have not taken the hint and planted pecans. Secretary Hay receives a good many cipher dispatches. But he received a letter the other day which consisted mainly of ciphers. It was from a Frenchman in France asking for a donation of $1,000,000 to set him un in business. At last accounts it had not been sent. The Louisville Courier-Journal wants to know if the Republicans will stand up like men and accept their share of the responsibility for short crops. Not much. .They draw the line on short crops. Horse stock value has risen in the West so much that they' hang f el- iavi nnv rnr KtAAiinc norses. -o- . . . A IV " W W " " o few vears ago horses were so cheap out there that they esxaoiisneu sausage shop to thin them out. SEKLY THE EXCESSIVE RAINS All Sections Renorted Floods Yesterday and Great Dam age to Crops. C C. TRAIN WAS DELAYED. Two Wash-outs Near CronTv Made a Fonr Hoars Late A Very Heavy Pall In Wilmington Early Yes terday Mornllf. From al Isectionsaf the country con tiguous to Wilmington there came re ports yesterday of heavy downpours of ram within the past few days. It is conjectured by many that . irreparable damage has been done to crops and that unless there is a cessation of the great fall, the record-breaking freshets in all streams earlier in the season will be repeated ' " -', At Wilmington for the twentv-four nours ending yesterday 1 morning . at 8 o'clock the rainfall was 1.6? inches and the news from the Cane Fear river at Fayettoville was that the wa ter was over 31 feet and still rising. - The heaviest rains appear to have' fallen at points up the Carolina Cen tral railroad. At Lumberton, Lum ber river is out of its banks and many cottages in the low lands across the bridge are up to their steps in water. the occupants going from their houses to dry land in boats. The floods of Friday night extended all the way down the Carolina Cen tral from Lumberton to Wilmington. Just below Cronlv there were two washouts in the railroad track and the Carolina Central train, due here yes terday at noon, had to ba kept at Cronly nearly four hours until the needed repairs were made. One of the washouts was at the first trestle this side of Cronly. Passengers who came in on the belated train said that the rains were very heavy and that farm ers all along the line of railroad were very gloomy at the prospects for a crop. UptheW. &W. railroad the rains have also been excessive. A corres pondent writing yesterday from Kenans ville says: "The farmers are not feeling at1 all jubilant over crop prospects. Tne water courses are higher than for the past thirty-five years. Truck crops around Wilmington have also suffered much from the rain. Growers say the melon and cantaloupe crop is practically a failure on account of two much ram. AN INTERESTING, WAR RELIC. Extra Edition of Old Wilmington Journal QivioS News of Civil War. Prof. Washington Catlett New Hanover's clever county superinten dent of public instruction, yesterday showed a Stab reporter an interesting relic of Civil War times". It is an ex tra edition of the old Wilmington Journal, published April 17th,' 1861, and was found among the papers of the late Col. T. C. Mcllhenny. The issue was gotten out at 10 o'clock at night to announce startling news re garding the impending struggle be tween the States. The first note in the paper is a call to arms from the Secre tary of War and significant replies from Kentucky and North Carolina. Governor McGoffin, of Kentucky, said: "My State will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subjugating her sister Southern 8tates." Governor Jno. W. Ellis of North Carolina said in reply to the call : "Tour dispatch is received and if genuine, which its extraordinary character leads me to doubt, I will say that I would regard the sending of troops as a violation of the Constitution and a gross usurpa tion of power. I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You can get no troops from North Carolina." Prof. Catlett thinks he will donate the interesting relic to the Daughters of the Confederacy. Wilmington Boys In Trouble. This week's issue of the Wadesboro Messenqer and Intelligencer publishes an account of the arrest and sentence to the chain gang of four young boys from Wilmington. Their names are John Marine, Robert Bland, Amos Matheson and Willie Rising and the charce uoon which they went- over for 15 days each was the robbery of the house of a farmer near wades boro. The boys were led into the mischief by a man from Graham, N. C, and provisions were stolen. They said they were working in a cotton mill at Bennettsville, S. C, and were on their way to Concord, N. C, where they had been promised better wages; that they got hungry nd had to have something to eat In view of .the cr- cumstances the warrant was amended tn forcible trescass and hence the Blight sentence. General Manager's Private Car. The new private car of General MinaMr Jno. K. Kenlv. of tne At lantic Coast Line, was completed in the company's shops in this city yes terday and rolled out upon the tracks. It is No. 302 and one of the hand somest ever turned out here or in any other shops, for that matter. Tnere "are a few more finishing touches to be added and then the "new palace on wheels" will go into service. Governor Breton McMillin, of Ten nessee positively asserts that he will not be a candidate for a third term as Onmmor. It is understood that tne .Governor will be a candidate tosuc- nnitM Hiaies nsnatur Bate in 1505. i NEQRQ MURDERER hfre. . : : i - i. - . in John Wallace Was . Brought Yesterday by Chief Freeman, of Ooldsbore A Squabble Over Reward. . Chief A. B. Freeman, of Goldsboro, arrived in the city yesterday morning, bringing with him the negro murderer John Wallace, notice of whose cap ture was printed in these columns yes terday. The negro was promptly identified as the man "wanted and. was turned over to Sheriff Stedman and placed in jail for trial at the August term of court Wallace confesses his identity and talks with unconcern of. the crime be , has committed but sets up a plea of self defence. He has told con flicting stories, however, of the man ner in which he was justified in the killing. One of his versions of the selfsdefence plea is that Dudley threatened him on the Saturday pre ceding the shooting, that he armed himself for an expected atuct from Dudley ; that on Monday, Dudley made Btill further threats against him and that when he was accosted by Dudley, he fired the shots. Another version is that without provocation Dudley iet upon him with a scantling and while retreating he was forced to shcot his victim. The coroner's jury, however, ren dered a verdict Tuesday and placed the murder upon Wallace. Beveral eye witnesses were examined, who testified point blank that there was no self defence in the killing whatever. Capt. J. P. Cutts, who first made the discovery of Wallace, stated that a negro on his train, soon after leav ing Teachey's, told him that the negro lor whom tne reward was offered wa in an empty box car. As soon as an opportunity offered itself, he closed the car door, keeping the negro an unwilling .prisoner on the inside. When the train reached Goldsboro, Chief Freeman and Officer Den mark were informed of the contents- of the car and they soon brought the negro out Upon the arrival of Chief Freeman here yesterday, he immediately made a demand for the reward and so did Capt Cutts. They were unable to make a satisfactory division of the sum and so Chairman McEachern, of the Board of County Commissioners, refused to make a payment to either party until they could satisfactorily settle it between themselves as to the division. Chief Freeman wants an equal division of the money between himself, the officer who assisted him and Capt. Cutts. Capt. Cutts wants an equal division of the amount all round, including the negro laborer, who informed him of the presence of the murderer on his train. Chief Freeman secured a receipt for the prisoner from Sheriff Stedman and returned home last night, with the purpose of contesting the matter in the courts unless the reward is paid soon. EXECUTION AQAIN DEFERRED. Louis Council Respited by the Governor ' Until Augnst 12th Next. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh. N. C, July 19. A third respite is granted Louis Council, under sentence to be hanged in Fayetteville July 22nd, for an outrage upon Mrs. West. This time August 12th is fixed as the date, but the indications are that he will not hang at all. Sheriff Burns made affidavit to the Governor to day that Mrs. West told him before Council's arrest that she knew Coun cil and he was not the man who out raged her. The. respite was granted to day to allow time to investigate the new phase of the case. DEATH OF MR. A. J. HILL. Well Known Citizen of Wilmington Passed Away Last Evening After Short Ill nessThe Funeral To-dsy. The Star chronicles with a feeling of sorrow this morning the death of Mr. Arthur J. Hill, one of Wilming ton's most favorably and widely known citizens. His death occurred last evening about 7:30 o'clock at his home in this city after an illness of only three days with stomach trouble. Mr. Hill was born at Shell Castle, Chatham county, near Pittsboro, in Sentcmber. 18S5. His father was Arthur J. Hill and his mother, Ann Sophia Waddell, both belonging to well known and prominent families of the State. During the late civil war he served with fidelity the Lost Cause as a member of Capt. R. M. Mc- Intyre's .company of cavalry. Mr. Jesse Wilder now living here was a lieutenant in the same company. In the year 1876 he was married to Miss Bettie Wheeler, of Salisbury, but soon after the marriage she died, leaving one son. Charles W. Hill, who now resides here and survives both parents. Mr. Hill is also survived by a sister, Miss Kate Hill, who resides on Grace between Second and Third streets. STORM IN GEORGIA Wind, Rain and Hail Several Persons Shocked by Lightning. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Columbus, Ga., July 20 A strong rain, wind and nail storm passea over Columbus this afternoon. A heavy dead wall on the old Georgia house lot was blown down, .completely de molishing three stores adjoining. Bill ing's plumbing shop, Hamm's bakery and a vacant store were crusnea. two ladies and a little boy were in the bakery, and one of them was badly hurt Several persons were shocked by Ughtning. TAR wedding at warsaw. Miss Lena Hussey Became the Bride of Mr J. D. Mallard On Wednesday Evening Beautiful Service. - - Special Star Correspondence. Wabsaw, N. C, July 18. In" a beautiful church wedding at the Bap tist church on Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock, Mr. J. D. Mallard, of Wallace and Miss Lena, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. Hussey of Warsaw were united in marriage by the Rev. A. I, tfetts. of Warsaw, assisted bv Rev. R. M. Williams of Wallace. The maids of honor were Misses Carrie and Louise Hussey, sisters of the bride. The best man was Mr. J. D. Shaylor of Jacksonville, Fla. - Tne bride entered the church on the arm of her brother, Mr. W. G. Hussey, wno gave ner away. ; xne attendants were as follows: Miss Dais v Johnson. of Warsaw, with Mr. J. S. Burnett, of Wilmington, Miss Margaret Robinson, of Wallace; with Mr. E. A. Hussey, of Washington ; D. C. ; Miss Carrie Todd, of Charlotte, with Mr. J. H. Newbury of Magnolia; Miss Emma Aaron of Mt. Olive, with Mr. G. H. Robinson of Wallace; Miss Grace Hussey of Atlanta, tia , with Mr. K. J.Hill of Warsaw;- Miss Eva Hussey - of Warsaw; with Mr. DeLeon Mid- dleton of Magnolia: Miss Nell John&on, of Warsaw, with Mr. J. F. Barkley, of Wallace; . Miss Stella Middleton, of Warsaw, with Mr. N. Hussey, of Charlotte; Miss Addie Cox, of Catherine Lake, with Mr. N. F. Shine, of Kernansville ; Miss Margaret Davis, of Wilmington, with Mr. ir. J. Heath, of Dunn: Miss Mary Henry Mallard, of Wallace, with Mr. E. Hussey, of Wilmington. Miss Ozello Underwood, of Warsaw. beautifully played the wedding march. Tne bride was attired m white Bilk en train trimmed in point de sprit lace ; the tulle veil was caught with Lillies of the Valley. The maids of honor wore light blue French mulle with satin ribbon trimmings, and carried boquets of carnations and ferns. The bride s maids were gowned in white French nainsook and carried shower boquets. The groomsmen were in full evening dress. The happy couple left on the 8:43 tram for Asheville, N. C. They will be at home at Wallace, N. C, after august linn. A. Novel Damage Suit. A novel suit for damages has just been instituted in Onslow county. The plaintiff in the action is C. C. Morton, administrator of the estate of the late Mrs. Pelletier, of Jacksonville, N. O, and the defendant is the Western Union Telegraph Company. The com plaint filed yesterday asks for $10,000, damage for the alleged negligence of the defendant company in .failing to deliver a message to Dr. Primrose, of Newborn, who was summoned to the bedside of Mrs. Pelletier in her last ill ness. The Western Union is repre sented by Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, of this city, and the plaintiff by Messrs. Duffy & Eoonce, of Jacksonville, and A. Mclver, Esq. , of Lenoir county. It is set forth in the. complaint that the life of the plaintiff's testator might have been saved had the message been properly delivered. mmmX FORTY MILLION DOLLARS To be Divided Among Heirs of One Joslah Tyson, Late of Qeorgia. By Telegraph to the Mernlne star. Atlanta, Ga., July 18. An Aus tralian fortune of $40,000,000 is to be divided among the heirs of the late Josiah Tyson, residing in Georgia and Alabama. The hrm of Hoke (smith and H. C. Peeples have communicated with the proper, authorities at Mel bourne and have learned that the in formation of the inheritance received here is correct. The Georgia heirs are Henry F. Tyson, Mrs. M. D. Tyson, James B. Tyson, L. J. Tatum, W. H. Thompson. Mrs. Ellen Fuller and J. S.Tyson. All of these live in Troup county, in the neighborhood of La- Grange. Tne Alabama neirs are Jno. S. Tyson, Wesley Wade Gordon, Mrs. Lodie Tyson Mrs. A. rJ. Mob ley, Mrs. N. E. Baker, Mrs. N. J. Brown, Mrs. F. W. Tyson and Mrs. Emma Hamer. The majority of these persons live in Chambers county. ICE FACTORY BLOWN UP. Elizabeth City Plant Demolished -One Man Killed Loss $10,001. By Telegraph to the MornlnK Star. Elizabeth City, N. O, July 20. Defective ammonia boilers at the ice factory of the Crystal Ice and Coal Company exploded - this morning, completely demolishing the plant One fireman was killed and another seriously injured, both colored. Su perintendent Dunston and Foreman Brown made a miraculous escape. Huge parts of the the tank passed through the office completely destroy ing it while the superintendent was at his desk. The shock was severe and shattered window panes three blocks awav. It was felt all over the city. There is fear of an ice famine. The fish industry will suffer. The com pany will rebuild immediately. $10,000. SIBERIAN CROPS. Loss Reported to be a Total Failure as Result of Drought. Bv Cable to the moidwk star. London. July 20. A dispatch to the Evening Standard from Odessa, says that according to the reports of special agents the Siberian crops ap pear to be nearly a total failure as a result of the two months drought The Russian minister of ways and commu nications is making active provision for the transnortation of food, grain and other supplies from the south. All local authorities have been instructed to take instant measures for obviating the horrors of the famine threatened for next winter. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS. A General Strike Involving More Than Fifty Thousand Men and Women. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. NewYoek, July 20. Members of the executive board of the United Garment Workers met to-night and ordered a oreneral strike. The strike will involve more than fifty thousand men and women and goes into effect to-morrow. HOT WEATHER IN WESTERN STATES. Distressing Conditions in the Drought Stricken Sections ' of the Country. TEMPERATURE 100 DEGREES. Mortality Among Feeble Old Persons and Young Children ' Unusually Large. Prayers for Rain Will be Offered in Many Churches To-day. By Teiegrapn to tne Momma at. Kansas Citt, July 20. For thirty- one successive days the temperature in Kansas City has risen above 90 de grees each afternoon. On most of these days the temperature has reached or exceeded 100 degrees and during the past twelve days the 100 degree mark has been reached regularly. The high point to day was 102 degrees. The mortality among feeble old per sons and young children has been un usually large. The same conditions of heat prevailed over all the drought stricken section of southwest Kansas and Missouri, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Practically no rain has fallen in this section during the twen ty four hours, though few local show ers, being trivia). For the 24 hours continued hot weather is expected. Prayers for rain wur be offered in nearly all churches in Missouri and Kansas, in the former State in keepine with the Governor's proclamation. In some churches in this city special services will be held. LaCrosse, Wis , July 20 To-day's temperature of 103 degrees broke all previous records in the history of the local weather bureau. Thermometers in many places showed 110. Serious prostrations are reported. Milwaukee. Wis . July 20. To day's temperature was the hottest ever recorded in July in Milwaukee. The government thermometer showed 102. Lincoln, Neb., July 20. The max imum temperature for the day was 102 and for five hours it was 100. A high hot wind from the south blew steadily, blighting corn probably more than any day since the drought began. Chicago, July 20. Ninety-seven in the shade and 108 to 110 in the sun, were the temperatures in this city to day- SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Red Springs Record: Capt. J. T. Denney and John Angus Currie of Uromartie, nearly 5 miles, from nere nave 25 acres in melons, some weieh ing 40 pounds we are informed and began shipping July 9. Winston Sentinel: 'Sauire P. T. Lehman is bragging on his Mexican beans. The seed were sent to him by his son, John Lehman, who has been a resident of Mexico for several years. Tne beans are about two feet long. oamord Mixpress: mere is talk of a trolly line being built from irinenurst to Car tn age. A corps of engineers have made a survey from Sanford to Carthage with a view, it is said, of building a railroad between the two places with Salisbury as the probable terminus. Lumberton Rolesonian: We chronicle with regret the death of Mrs. Solomon H. Crump, which occurred Thursday. She had been sick for a long while, and for several days past there has been little hope of her re covery. 'Disastrous rains are re ported in various sections of the upper part of the county. Many mills have been damaged and crops have suffered seriously. Wilkesboro Chronicle'. We re gret to learn that Partee Carson acci dentally shot and killed Frank Hol land at Campbell, Alexander county, at William's pin factory on the 12th. Carson was looking at a small rifle, twenty two calibre when it was acci dentally discharged, the ball taking effect near the heart of Holland, kill ing him instantly. He was a. young man just about grown. Wilson News: M. B. Wilton is badly wanted in this State. He is said to be in Virginia, and the Deputy Sherilt of Guilford has gone after him. He married a Miss Wilson, of Greens boro, some time ago, and soon left the town. It afterwards became known that he bad another wife in Charlotte, and from the returns received to date it appears that he has four living wives. He has been going under an alias in Virginia, calling himsetfby bis last wife's name, Wilson. High Point Enterprise: Mr. R. L. White, of Freeman's Mills, has brought us a specimen of iron ore found on his place. It is of good quality and it is there in abundance, w. ti. Kagan, cnairman ttoara of County Commissioners, has com pleted a report .of our manufactories. The work was done for the Commis sioner of Labor, who is preparing an exhaustive report or these enterprises in the State. Mr. Ragan says that there are 38 businesses using machinery in High Point. - Salisbury Sun: Mrs. D. S. Brown who lives near Woodside, had an experience this morning which was unnleasant in the extreme. Mrs. Brown had arizen and picked up the dough which she had made up yester day evening for to-day's bread. . As she nut her hand under the cloth cover- ins- the doueh she felt something move and was horified on examination to see a king snake coiled up in the doutrh. Her screams immediately at tracted the attention of Mr. Brown, who despatched the snake. It had crept under the cloth some time dur ing the night CROPS IN ALABAMA. Cotton Two or Three Weeks Late, But in Healthy Condition. bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Montgomery, Ala., July 20. From 500 replies received the State Agricul tural Denartmemt gives out the fol lowing renortof crons in Alabama: Cotton is at least two or three weeks late; the weed is small but in a healthy condition. With eood weather tne staple should average three fourths of a full crop. At Tuscumbia. Alabama, an in coming uouthern passenger train struck a wagon containing Sy. Rice, colored, a farmer, and his two daughters, killing the three and den molishing the wagon. EXCITING SCENE IN ALABAMA CONVENTION. Over Disposal of 'Resolution Protesting Against Free Passes Being Accepted by Any State Officer. By Telegraph to tt Morninit Star. Montgomery, Ala., July 20. An exciting scene occurred to day in the ' constitutional convention over the dis posal of a resolution protesting against free passes being accepted by any State officer. Former Governor Jones pro--" tested against the tabling of the reso- lution and appealed from the decision of the "chair. President Knox ordered Mr. Jones to take his seat until the question could be stated. The former . governor refused and asked if his ap peal was going to be put. : Chairman Knox again ordered hint to bis chair, but Mr. Jones refused and the president directed the sergeant at arms to seat the governor. Mr. Jones said there was no necessity for an seat. The chair insisted on his being seated, however, and amid great ex citement directed the sergeant at arms to remove Mr. Jones from the hall. Mr. Jones passionately exclaimed: "If any one attempts it. it will be done over my dead body." The disorder in the hall became gen eral. Mr. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, -loud ly insisted that the sergeant-atarms should do his duty. "Suppose you come over and doit," shouted Mr. Jones. The chair again directed the former governor's removal, but the governor resisted and exclaimed: I have a right to know if the chair will put my appeal." . Chairman Kuox stated : "The chair will put your appeal." Mr. Jones sat down and the chair began to otale the question. He was interrupted by Mr. Jones, and -the. chair once more directed the sergeant 1 at-arms to execute the order. As the sergeant -at-arms approached. Mr. Jones drew a small pocket-knife. but did jiot open it, and soon returned it to his pocket Mr. Jones said: "If the chair will keep its temper ." President Knox interrupted : "It is not the chair who is out of temper." Mr. Jones then sat down, the chair put the appeal and was overwhelm ingly sustained. ' Mutual explanations-followed and good feeling was restored. f FIGHT WITH MOONSHINERS. Seven Revenue Officers Ambushed One Killed, Another Badly Wounded. One Moonshiner Shot. By Teleicraph to the Morning Star. Nashville, Tenn., July 20. Seven revenue officers were ambushed early today supposedly by moonshiners, about six miles from Monterey, in Put nam county. One man was killed and one badly wounded. A posse of six, led by Deputy Col lector Bell, was creeping along a steep hillside above an illicit still when they received orders to throw up their' hands. They had barely located the speaker forty feet below them, when a deadly volley from eight guns was !oured upon them. ' Deputy Marshal homas Price was instantly killed and Posseman C. Mackey was badly wounded. The officers returned the fire, but- the moonshiners made the place so hot that Collector Bell and the survivors retired and carried Mackey with them. One moonshiner was heard moaning and calling to his followers he had been mortally wound ed. Collector Bell has gathered anoth er posse and started out to recover the body of Price. Washington. July 20. Commis sioner Yerkes, of the internal reyenue bureau, has received a telegram from Collector D. A. Nunn, at Nashville, Tenn., informing him of the attack. He has telegraphed the collector di recting that everything possible be done to recover the body of Marshal Price and to capture and punish the moonshiners. CLAIMED TO BE BANNA'S SON. Professional Crook Arrested Charged With Assaulting a Detective. By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. Washington, July 20. A man who claimed to be Senator Hanna's Bon, but who is thought to be a professional crook from another city and wanted at Detroit and St Louis, was arrested . this afternoon charged with assaulting a detective with intent to kill. At two local jewelry stores he introduced him self as Senator Hanna's son and se lected jewelry valued at $1,050. which he ordered sent to Senator Hanna's residence in this city. His actions created suspicion and detectives were summoned. As they closed ;n on tne man the latter attempted to shoot De tective Muller, but another detective struck the pistol to the ground. At police heaquarters he gave his name as John Doe. His various aliases are" thought to be J. Pierpont Morgan, William J. Letup, Jr., son of the millionaire beer manufacturer of St. Louis; August Goebel, Jr., son of the millionaire beer manufacturer of De-. troit," and a son of Senator Hanna. It is said he is known in St. Louis as Lewis C. McDowell. At the station he made a confession to Detective Muller. He admitted that he was wanted on the charge of confidence work in St Louis. STRIKING MACHINISTS. Iron Works Company In Cleveland Ap plies for an Injunction. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Cleveland, O., July 20. The Va riety Iron Works Company to day ap plied to the Common Pleas Court for an injunction against the striking ma chinists. ' It averred that the strikers have distributed circulars and posters warning all men to stay away from the plant and intimidated workmen who desired to wora; tnatpicsets nave been placed about the plant and the business of the company interfered with. Reading, PA.,July20. The strikers held another meeting to-day lasting two hours. The announcement was made that Superintendent Prince was willing only to see committees of boiler makers, blacksmiths and their helpers. This was rejected, and the strike goes on. The non-union men wno were brought here are still in the .locomo tive shops but are not working. Bcranton. Pa.. July 20 The machinists' strike is off in Scranton. At a special meeting this afternoon the action of last night was recon sidered and a motion . to return to work on Monday morning passed unanimously. The statement of the Associated Banks for the week ending to-day shows: Loans, $356,198,500; decrease. $12,268,900. Deposits, $939,143,300; de crease, $8,448,800. Circulation, 3U, 710,100; increase, $8000. Legal ten ders, $78,313,900; increase $918,700. Specie, $177,501,800; increase $5,189,- 100. Keserves, fZS5,io,7uo; increase, $6,107,800.
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