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J 7 FIRE IN LOUISVILLE, KY. pit smMa ttu0 PUBLlSmtD AT " WILMINGTQN. N. C, -At- II l -II -& 1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. A7- n ,111 ,M W . II I 11-4 V V JLLd iLl W II A H ! a e rs' 00 we se; ,le dil om rge her !00 ids our we fine stfd var- 5 00, ergr- fl.50 its as 'hree ants, wool Shoe epre we war unu solid adies' lal to $1.50. Spring now many dren's as we i3 and, Svejcy resent OAL, eciaity- :e6t. r St. je 30 t( - A 8888888888888888? - 888S8888S8888S8SS S888888? 288888888" j a?..s:5:.gg&gaa 88888888888888888 8 2 8 8 8 fl8l8l888lH 88SS88SS8SSS888SS -wa ""-aSS5SS88S838S 88888888288888888 ; 8 '""-ssasssgassag I - SS883888888S88888 """'"""""sssasasg L 8 5 a .3 a VOL. XXXII. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1901. NO. 40 (-1H.T,' ) At the Pent Office at tlmtgtoii, N. C, at second ua Maier.l SUBSCRIPTION P.;iCE. the subscription pric ol th "WV ly Btar la toll. Smgle Copy 1 year, poatagt paid. .......81 00 o monuu S months " COTTON IV SOUTH AMERICA. A couplo days ago we published an editorial on our trade in South America compared with the trade of other countries, showing how insig nificant it is in comparison with the icrcrrpgate sales. That was for the to China to do this, and they all at tach a great deal of importance and build much hope on tne "open door in China.; They do not expect to do a large trade in England, Ger many, France or any of the other European countries and hence they look to the East, and have been gaz ing so intently in that direction that they have almost entirely over- ooked.the field nearer to them. They have been like the man who looks across the valley, however in viting it may be; to the mountains beyond, which is a case where "dis tance lends enchantment to the view." ' All the time our manufacturers were exploiting the home market of which they had a practical monop oly and out of which they were making enormous profits, Euro pean manufacturers who had already succeeded in securing a strong foot hold on China, were prospecting in South America and preparing the way for the introduction of their goods there, in which they have succeeded so well that this country cuts a very sorry figure, and an amazingly small one in cotton man ufactures, in which she should lead. The Tribune suggests that the country at large and did not apply to any particular nation, but there I the lower cost of labor in England was embraced in the figures present- I may account for the fact that Eng ed something in which the South is especially interested, although it interests our cotton manufactur ers generally. That is the sale of cotton goods, in the coun tries South of us, in which England sells twelve times as much as we do. and little Switzer land more than we do, although England and Switzerland both have to import their cotton and most of it from this country. Why this is so, is one of the things that some of our Northern contemporaries can't un Jerstand. one of which, the New York Tribune, thus express its sur prise: "One of the most amazing anomalies in present commerce pertains to the cotton trade of South America It may be exnressed chiefly in a few signifi cant figures. In 1900 the United States sold to all its southern neighbors Mexico, Central America and South Americt - cotton goods valued at $3, 605,269. Id the same year Great Brit ain sold to those same countries simi lar l'doJs to the value of $38,007,564, Finally, in that same year the United States sold to Great Britain raw cot ton worth about $100,000,000. "We. are safe in assuming, there fore, that the cotton goods sold by Qivat Britain to the American ' States wer- largely made from cotton frown iu the United 8tates. That is to say, Great Britain buys our cot ton, takes it home to Manchester, makes it Up cloth, ships it to South America and sells it there ten tim-s as freely as we do. We grow cotton in Texas; it is shipped all the way lo England and turned into cloth. thtMi it is shipped back to Mexico and sold. Thus it has travelled eight or nine thousand miles to cross the Bio Grande! And Great Britain, after all tha1 transportation, sells it in Mexico more cheaply than we do, who have ooly a few score miles to carry it in stead of thousands. The same rule holds good from the Bio Grande to Cipe- Horn. In every one of the States we are far outstripped in the cotton goods trade by Great Britain. To the planter who grows the cotton and who takes a superficial view of the case it may not matter whether the raw cotton is sold to Great Britaio and the finished eroods by her to South America, or the raw cotton is worked up in American mills and the cloth sent hence to its final mar ket. But to American manufacturers it does make a vast difference, and thus indirectly it makes a difference to all. Our story in figures is not yet, however, complete. We should add that the average price of British cot ton in South America is 4J cents and of United States cottons 5 cents a yard. That half cent makes all the difference, and enables Great Britain to sell ten times as much as we do It certainly seems that, making all allowances for higher wages in this country, with some thousands of miles of transpor tasion and several handlings of the goods in our favor, we should be able to sell in those markets as cheaply as Great Britain does. We ought to be able to Rf-nrl cotton across the KtO lish made cotton goods sell in South America at an average price of 4 cents a yard while American goods sell at 5 cents, which, it remarks, settles the case in favor of the Eng lish manufacturers. If the cost of labor has anything to do with it how does it come that the American manufacturer ships his goods to China and competes not only with the English manufacturer but with the other European manufacturers who ship goods to China? If the American manufacturer can do that in China,' when he has to ship his goods half way around the globe, and some of it over three thousand miles by rail, why can't he do the same in South America, where he has the advantage in distance and ought to have the advantage in the cost of transportation? Difference in price, of course, has a great deal to do with it, but the difference in price is not on account of the cost of labor, for cotton goods can be made as cheaply in this country as they can be in. England. The cause must, therefore, be sought for elsewhere, and it will be found in the protective tariff, which has been a handicap on the American trader and American cot ton manufacturer, and in the lack of method and prominence in intro ducing and pushing our goods in those markets, handicapped as our manufacturers have been by the tariff. If the tariff walls were low ered and -our manufacturers sought that field in earnest they might build up a large, trade in those countries. But they will have to work for it, as European nations have done and are doing. It is not coming to them. GERMANY STRIKES. For the past couple years there has been much talk about retributive tariff enactments by European coun tries to check the progress made by American manufacturers and others in extending their .trade in those countries. There have been numer ous indications of that, as Russia has already increased the duties on American machinery, of which we sold a great deal in that-country. Germany has just completed a new tariff, which strikes directly at this country. This is the view taken of it by Americans in business in Berlin, who point out the large in crease in duties imposed upon ma chinery and other things, the bulk of which was imported f torn this country. The fact is that Germany is under class influence pretty much as the tariff makers in this country were," and the object of this new tariff is to more effectually protect German manufacturers from Ameri can competition, and German agra rians from the American farmer and meat packer. It may do that, but in doing it they will be putting the screws upon the masses of the German peo ple, who will be thus more sub: jected to monopoly and will have to pay dearly for this protection to favored classes, just as the Amer ican people have been forced to pay for the protection given to our favored classes. We may regret this hampering of trade between these two countries, but we cannot consistently find iault with the . German tariff mak ers, who are simply taking their cue from us and trying to protect their favored classes by practically prohibitory tariff enactment just as our own tariff makers have done. But while the favored may profit by it the multitnde, who receive little consideration from the tariff makers, suffer by it. We may now look for other European countries to follow the example of Russia and Ger many. current comment. VETERANS' REUNION. THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT -The United States courts will lose vastly in the respect of the country if they shall take action that will indicate a higher regard for the rights of the billion dollar steel trust than for those of its striking ex employed. But that is just what the Trust is asking them to do. A.tian' ta Journal, Dem. It appears, notwithstanding the disastrous experience of the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, that we are to make another experiment with rein deer in Alaska. Well, as long as we have money to throw at the north pole bird, we should not worry over a measly little 125,000 appropriation for the reindeer. Washngton jfost, Ind. Having talked very freely for American consumption during his recent visit to this country, General .Maximo Gomez is" now fully em ployed in Havana in contradicting the published reports of his sayings, in order to regain and maintain his Standing at home. Here he was an annexationist at least an "ulti mate" annexationist but in Cuba he andJPalma, his Presidential can didate, are for independence now and forever. One of the weaknesses of Gomez is a propensity to talk too much. Philadelphia Telegraph, I Rep. As the time approaches when the people of the United States might reasonably expect to reap commercial and industrial advan tage from free trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines and from recip rocal understanding with - the Cuba, the Sugar Trust is sharpening its fangs in order, if possible, to make the new conditions subsidiary to the purposes of monopoly. The pro posed issue of $15,000,000 in new stock is confessedly for the purpose of shaping the insular sugar trade to the uses of the Trust, and, possi bly, to secure legislation increasing the customs on refined sugar. Phil adelphia Record, Dem. A BOLD SNEAK THIEF. Orders Will be Issued Soon for Encampment at Wrights ville August 14th. SonthBlde Hose Company Won Champion Bbip Reel Race Tribute to Captain McNeill and Mr. VonQlahn. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. VERY LOW RAILROAD RATES Ha e Been Secured and Ma, London, Ad Jutant General of the N. C. Division, ; Thinks Prospects Are Bright. The Annual Meeting. A barefooted boy visited the White House a few days ago who may never leave his "footprints on the sands of time," but he made a deeper impression there than auy of the thousands of distinguished and undistinguished who have crossed the threshold. He walked in, ' sauntered around, and when coming out left the photograph of his bare foot on the copper plate which covers the threshold, lhe darkey whose business it is to keep that plate ciean has not yet suc ceeded in rubbing that impiint out, but the more he" rubs the more dis tinct it becomes. ' ACCUMULATING LAND. A bulletin just issued by the Cen sus Bureau at Washington shows the number of acres of land owned by negroes in Georgia and the in crease from year to year since 1874. In that year they owned N 338,769 acres, the assessed .value of which wttalii.2fi3.902. In 1900 they had increased these holdings to 1,075,073 acres, assessed at $4,274,549. So that they have in a little over twen ty five years increased their holdings thre fold and pay taxes on nearly four times the value they did then. Tkia is interestine in view of the allegations of discrimination against Grande and sell it as cheaply as Great I and oppression of the negro in tne TV -. . m . ZA. IJia I .... i 1 t J.1 oniain aoes atter senaing u i gontij ana ft 8nows 8180 The Tribune seems to think that lhia is hard to understand, but it isn't so very hard. Until within the paat few years, during which so many cotton manufactories haye spring up in the South, the North ern mills had the cotton goods busi- neE3 practically in their own hands Jind found a good market at home for about all they could make. They therefore did not concern themselves touch about markets abroad, and did I not seek markets abroad until the home market hfican to be over- stocked and foreign markets or tem porary suspension of business be- 13 that the netrro is pretty well aatistted with Georgia, andtliat he is progressing and prospefing there. It is an ef fective answerlio the charges to which we. have referred, and it to the credit oi tne ueor negroes that they are mak- ing" SUCn progress m ucwuuus homeowners aud independent, for it must be remembered that these lands'were bought with the savings from their. daily labor, and that shows thrift for their earnings were not large. Georgia is one of the strongest Democratic States in the South, one One of the- latest additions to the milk brigade of Vineland, N. J. is Mrs. Sillman, a rich young wo man who got "tired of society" and concluded she would sample actiye life. Her husband is a Philadel phia merchant, who at her desire, bought a farm near Vineland, She runs a dairy Ihere, superin- tends the farm and delivers the milk from her dairy herself. She isn't aspiring to honors with the German Kaiser, who runs a diary near Ber lin, but she couldn't see why if a German Kaiser could sell milk an American queen can't. The British navy has 119,000 men in active service and 36,000 reserves. That is a pretty large floating army, but it isn't considered large enough in England. The navy has taken men away from the merchant ma rine, which now has 5,000 fewer Englishmen than it had thifty years ago. It depends largely upon sailors from other countries, just as what tli ata is of our merchant marine does. A Michigan man, acting on the principle that an ounce of preven tive is better than a pound of cure, has obtained an injunction against a fascinating neighbor restraining him from making googoo eyes at and alienating the affections of his wife. Maclay, the alleged naval histo rian who has recently achieved some notoriety, is enrolled in the Brook lyn Navy Yard as "a. laborer." Orip Containing Abont $49 Stolen Prom Office of the S. J. Davis Livery Com pany Yesterday Morning. A sneak thief made a good haul at the stables of the S J. Davis Livery Company on Market strret yesterday morning. The haul consisted of a grip sack containing am ng ot&er articles the snug little sum of $40, which Mr. Davis had just received as the revenue from the operation of a wagonette from the station at Wrights- yille to the encampment grounds. No clue to the identity of the thief has been established. Mr. and Mrs. Davis went down to the sound and returning in the car riage to the stables, the grip containing the money was left in a cabinet in the office. 8ome time after arrivina in the city Mr. Davis went to the cabi net to get the grip and deposit the money in his safe. He was both sur prised and non plussed to find the entire outfit gone. The police are working on the case. SENT OVER FOR BURGLARY. 1V A n teW secure. T at 4 ielltohave igust. Ahont the hardest labor he has per- in whfoh thev rarelv indulge in the I fn-maA Ar time washis vicious . . f-. l.l I - ... I "e a necessity, tfelore tne douiq- formality 0f putting a Republican attftck on Admirai Schley miiis became competitors ior tne i tioket jn the field, and, therefore. " vne murvu-iu """" i taaa fiomrea are pretty conciuoi.e i . . . , a rifmi.i ...:. , ' . I 7 : n I threat iSend. J-.ansas, i piuu -., wnere tne marset was iu uu- -.-oof that the negroes nave notmug i -- - '.,.. nwlT,tw made ueisiaaaing aua reuuw the South, and tnat tney wbb uum- fUroali taken to ?u.o. to p..ren.,ver,toot- Zl to U .protected ''Stto breS . wnich they used to do, but tnis i factor. We will venture theremarK ' not bo easily done now, because th t investigation will'show that the l)ey can't denei..! on the Southern I .n thnae lands have -i - t i negruus nuv - VJUlirHLlIl W1LI1 bUDIU. tUl I -.iH TY1 Tl r M 1,1 111 mreuuiug n - i Mil b ivaovou political meetings and whooping it up for the bosses. tVio mi'll orronnd. made into vuv "7 and offered for sale at six p. m. The Southern Pacific Railway management showed its appreciation l"neg of " a r.P.i 1 il . XT.4-..-.n I - I'luiib Wilt) II tno ilumuBiu "'Mb can'. T..TI fV,. nuAn th LVhern mills are not now the mas- I or r.ha ;4.. .:.. ii ......a I . -- -n-n I..,-. """a""" tucy wui,D n nf ii,. QArrififlB Of J. A. XUluiwio, lH(l inafno,! nf nU-. .....- .3 Amn 4n T-o. I - 'lurW mukmur manager of the Jfacinc system, w i the output of their mills they recentiy resigned, by putting him on -v-vp miming ana Been. loreigu reta to (lisnnao nf -Aa. ftrnv oin- rot tU at home. Consequently they P'KtOothi.r Mr. Capers of S. C, some time ago appointed U. S. district attor ney, and supposed to be a "Demo crat," scorns being classed as a Re publican assistant and declares that he is a Btraighout Republican. Preliminary Hearing of Negro Who E n tered Residence of Mr. Geo. R. French. Mack Taylor, the' negro who was caught Wednesday night as he was emerging from the residence of Mr. George R French, which be had bur glarized, was given a preliminary hearing in the municipal court yestei day mornine, and sent to jail for the higher court in default of $250 justi fied bond for his appearance. The ne gro confessed the burglary and talked of his deed in a matter of fact way and there seems little doubt of a convic tion of burglary in the first degree when the case comes to final trial. There has been no pne sleeping in the house since the departure of Mr. and Mrs French for Europe early in the Summer, else an action would 'lie against the negro for burglary in the first-degree, which is a capital offence. Eddie Corner, a negro implicated by Taylor at the time of his arrest, was subsequently taken into custody by the police but at the hearing yesterday mornine. Taylor refused to testify against him and he was released. Charged With Serious Crime. Mary Jane Holden, colored, ap- peared at Justice Fowler's office yes terday for a warrant for Pet Willis, also colored, chargine him with crim inal assault upon her twelve year-old stepdaughter, Lilly Holden. She al leged that the crime was committed two weeks ago and that on Friday Willis beat the girl unmercifully be cause she informed her parents of the crime. Willis also appeared in Justice Fowler's court and denied the charges. The crime is alleged to have been com mitted in Brunswick county. Captured Escaped Convict. Superintendent N. F. Taylor, of the Berkely t ounty. South Carolina, chain gang, arrived inhe city yesterday and with the assistance oO118 Wilmington police, arrested Pete Bennett alias Henry Shepard, colored, an escapeu oonvict servine a two year's term. The neero was employed at Worth's ice factory and Superintendent Taylor -left in the afternoon, returning with the negro to South Carolina. ; The encampment of the Confeder ate Veterans of the Stats at Wrights ville beach just after the evscuation of Camp Aycnck by the State Guard is nowre-iinty and fully a -thousand of the gallant old soldiers aro expected to he with the people of Wilmington and Wrightsville on this occasion. : The present plan is to have the veterans' encampment begin on Wednesday afternoon, August 14th, and end on Saturday morning, the 17th, though there is a possibility that the time may be extended to make the outing ten days. Capt. James I. Metts, commander of Cape Fear Camp No. 254, U. C V , of this city, and a member with Capt. W. R. Kenan and Dr. J. E. MaU'ews, of the local committee of arrangements, yesterday received a letter from Maj. H. A. London, of Pittsboro, adjutant general of the N. C. Division Confeder ate Veterans, in which he stated that practically all arrangements had been made for the outing for the soldiers, which some days ago appeared very improbable. Maj.London has succeed ed in securing from all the rail roads in the State a rate of one ce.it a mile for veterans, their families aud all others, who desire to attend. Tickets will be bold on the 12th, -13th and 14th of August, with final limit August 24th, one continuous passage. Maj. London says that to guard against impostors he will require every person applying for accommoda tions in the tents to show a certificate from his Camp Commander or from the Clerk of the Court in countits iu which there is no camp, certifying that he is a veteran who served and retired from the service honorably. A general order covering these facts will be issued in a few days and an effort will be made to have a very large attendance. Veterans are notified to carry or buy their own provisions and they may rent cots from the furniture houses in Wil mington. The railroad rate is the same as that given to companies in the 8tate Guard. The First Regiment of the State Guard will go out of camp on Wed nesday morning, 14th inst., and it is proposed to have the veterans come in on the afternoon of the same day. Major London in a recent letter to the press says in connection with the encampment: "The tents will accommodate near ly one thousand persons and there will be cooking stoves sufficient for that number. The veterans must furnish their own rations, which tbey can either carry with them or pre- Eare at the encampment. It would e well for each camp, or delega tion from each county, to form messes. Each tent is eight feet square and has a plank floor and two blankets. If cots are desired they must be rented for the occasion. Thoee veterans desiring bet ter accommodations can get them at the hotels and boarding houses. At this reunion the annual election of Division and Brigade commanders will be held by the duly accredited del egates from the U. C. V. camps which have paid their dues in full. A num ber of camps have not paid and their attention is called to this with the hope that they will promptly pay up." The firemen's tournament in Char lotte closed with Inter-8tate contests yesterday. . . On Thursday the most exciting event was the race for the Champion ship Reel Belt and itf was won by the Southside Hose Company of Greens boro; time 50 seconds. This is the third year in succession that this team has won the belt, and according to the rules under which it is raced for, it becomes their property for all time. The records made by other competing teams in this race were : Concord 56 2 5 and .pepcer 514 5. Chief Schnibben, nt Wilmington, was' onFoTthe judges "for these contests A Greensboroieam was the only one that entered for the junior reel race and won first and sec ond prizes of $25 and $10 respectively ; time 24 2 5 seconds. The hand and grab reel races took place.in the afternoon. In the hand race. Spencer No 2. did not make the plug; Concord No. 1, did not make the nozzle; Durham No. 2, made it 33 3-5 seconds ; Charlotte 30 seconds ; Tarboro, 34 and Greensboro Southside 30 2 5. Charlotte took first prize ; Greensboro, second. In the grab reel races Spencer took fir.t prize, $100, and Tarboro second, $50. The records were : Spencer, 21; Durham, 22 2 5; Charlotte, 22 4-5; Concord. 24 1 5; Tarboro, 22 1-5, and Greensboro, 23 1-5. In its notes of the tournament the Charlotte Observer has this pleasing reference to gentlemen well known in Wilmington : President Jas. D. McNeill is very popular with all the firemen. Thev are very fond of him as is evident from the great respect they nave ior his every wish or word. When the time came to elect officers Wednesday night he was put in nomination by. several men at once, - and, regardless of the fact that he protested vigorously on the ground that he had already been seven times elected to the posi tion and thought that some one else should have it, he was re-elected by the unanimous vote, enthusiastically given, of the conven tion. He was cheered heartily and liberally as he rose to thank his fel lowmen for the honor. He takes great interest in the work of the asso ciation and knows the names of all the men who attend the annual meetings. In Mr. W. C. VonGlahn, of Wil mington, as secretary of the associa tion, President McNeill has a fine as sistant. Ha is industrious, amiable and courteous. Two Men Burned to Death Trying to Res cue Women tad Children Several Other Lives Were Lost. Bv Telegraph to Uta Morning Bt&r. Louisville, Ky., July 28. A fire early this morning destroyed the property of the Bagley-Graham Pho tographic Supply. Company. Max Belovitch, a cigar maker, and Po liceman Jameu Purden were burn ed to death iu an effort to rescue women and children who occu pied rr: uih above the supply store. Shortly before midnight a terrific ex plosion awoke everybody in the neigh borhood and among the nrst to reach theatrt'ft before the building, on Jef ferson' street, near Fourth and adjoin ing tl e offices of the Associated Press, hwu Max Beiovucn.- a cigar maker. living across the street Hardly had tim first . explosion . died away oeiore he had dashed up the side stairs in an swer to a woman's screams, adoui I the time he reached the second floor he must have fallen, for when picked np, only a few moments afterward, his right side was burned to a crisp. Police officer James Purden was louna on the third floor suffocated and seven firemen were taken from the ruins. some of whom will probably die. At 1 o'clock it is reported that six or Fayettevijle New Era : Mr. Alex. Mason reports theN storm of Thursday afternoon as having reached almost cyclonic proportions in Car ver's Creek township. Large trees were uprooted, while many smaller ones were twisted off above the ground. Fremont Rural Visitor: A great deal is said of the crops, and they are aaid to be cut short In this vicinity tobacco is good. Corn and cotton are late, but the cotton weed is fine, and the corn crop, if it does not rain any more until Christmas, in worth double the crop made last year. : Kinston Free Press: Corn and meal are selling higher in Kinston -now than for many years in the past A two-bushel sack of corn meal now sells, at wholesale price, for $1.60. Meal is retailed in the stores at 25 cents A peck. The cause of this is the drought HYes wef6 i08t in the fire, but in the western States. I this cannot be verified at this hour. Lumberton Argus: Mr. Frank I Several are reported missing and may H. Wishart carries off the belt for the I be in the ruins. The fire spread with KANSAS REDEEMED. Steady Rain Palling in All Parts of the State Farmers Purchasing Quan . titles of Seed. late snake story. On last Wednesday morning he found lying at the base of his pigeon house a chicken snake which measured six feet and eight inches and large around in proportion. The snake had swallowed a full grown pigeon. The mystry is how did the snake get the pigeon from the house, which is elevated on a post about six feet above the ground. Wade8boro Messenger-Intelli-aencer: There has been great improve- menl in cotton, in spots, in the last two weeks. On clay lands, where it was possible to properly cultivate the weed, it is very growty and is fruiting fast. But the trouble is there are so many acres where it has been impossi ble to do this, and so many, other acres, on sandv and flat soils, that have been abandoned altogether, that the outlook for the county as a whole is very gloomy. The M. & I. 'a esti mate of the crop in Anson is that there will not be over 50 per cent, of a full crop, nor more than 70 per cent, of the cron of last vear. Corn is almost a complete failure. We doubt if more th -n 25 per cent of an average crop will be made. Danbury . Reporter: The gen eral yield of wheat is very disappoint ing to the farmers. While probably a fourth more of the oereal had been sown than in the preceding year, the crop is thought to hardly exceed that of last year. Mr. A. H. Joyce returned last Friday from a visit of several days among relatives at Mt. Airy. He gives quite a discouraging report of crop conditions in the south" ern part of Stokes. He says he made it a point while enroute home on the train to observe the crops on both sides of the railroad and especially along the rich bottoms of Town Fork. From Mt Airy to Germanton Mr. Joyce estimates that not over three f mirths of the usual average of corn and tobacco will be realized, while from the last mentioned town to Wal nut Cove the usual crop will be de creased at least three fourths. This is the result of the heavy rains recently which Bent the Fork on a rampage all over tne ncn DOiioms, .rrewivauiy ruining the fine growth of corn and tobacco. such rapidity that even the fire fighters were non plussed. When the first crash came there was nothing but smoke, but in a moment af terwards the place was a veritable fire trap from floor to roof. The loss is about $50,000, insurance unknown. ANOTHER STEEL COMBINE. Embracing the Principal Plants Engaged in Making Steel Castings, Princi pally for Railroads. Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. Chicago, July 27. Another steel combination embracing the principal plants engaged in making steel castings is to be formed. The nucleus of the consolidation is the American Steel Casting Company, of Chester, Pa. ' It is probable that Daniel Egan will be chosen president, with headquar ters at New York or Philadelphia. The companies in the combine make many steel castings for railroads and it is said there will be a great saving to consumers in the number of pat terns used. At the present time there are about one hundred different styles of car couplers complying with the re quirements of the Master Car Builders Association and the Interstate Com mission. A movement will be made to ''stan dardize" by adopting three or four standard patterns and thus avoid the necessitv of a railroad carrying stocks for so many styles of couplers. The steel casting companies own some of the principal patterns ana win reiusa to make couplers for those outside the combine. SENATOR JOHN L. M'LAURIN DEATH OP BRIGHT YOUNG LADY. Mny Open Confectionery Store. It is learned that Mr. W. T. Farriss, son of Mr. W. J. Farriss, who former ly -nndueted the Palace Bakery in their honor roll with $1,000 a month pay till the end of the year and af ter that $500 a month as long as he lives. - ij0rrn labor is becoming scarce xn ... rft .nd who ia now visiting here, the rural districts of Georgia, and came with a view of opening uothr oxi.-:-.. Htotoa. this in-I .nr,riwti'nnrv store and bakery in Wil mington. He has not yet however, secured a location for the same. :, .fliof Southern oiabe, m" " i comecuuucrjr - ..jmiAtinn' eluded. The negroes are and flocking to the towns. Miss Estelle May Mose Passed Peacefully Away at Her Home Last Night. It is a source of genuine sorrow for the Star to chronicle again this morn ing the death of another of Wilming ton's bright and most promising young people Miss Estelle May Muse, aiic.li tr of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Muse, which occurred last night at the family home, Seventh, between Ches nut and Mulberry streets, after an ill ness of three weeks with typhoid fever. Miss Muse was a young lady of very great promise, just entering into a beautiful young womanhood. Her age was sixteen years, two months and nine days, and her friends in the city were, numbered by the hundreds. She was active in the work of the First Baptist Church, and in many private and public enter tainments her talent as a musician was largely sought. The blow, is an ex ceedingly sad one to the devoted par ents and a brother, Master Willie Muse, to all of whom the sympathy of the community is poured out w AFFORDS SOME RELIEF. General Rains Over Part of Western Mis souri and Kansas. By Telegraph to the Horning star. Kansas Citt, Mo., July 27. Gen eral rains which have fallen over the greater part of Western Missouri and Kansas in the past twenty-four hours have given this portion of the South west temporary relief from the drought . . .. i Good rains are also reported wuuK the Memphis railroad, as far south as Arkansas and as far east as the Mis sissippi river. Rain fell at different points all day to.day and is still com ing down to-night Frederick Well house, the largest apple grower in TTanaaa ia anthoritv for the statement that apples in that State will almost make a full crop. Peaches, grapes and latA vnrint.Aa of fruit will make an average crop, it ia bedfeVed, if condi tions continue favorable. Oats and Tftatoft(Lin Kansas at least were be yond help two weeks before the rains cameu By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Topkka., Kansas, July 27. Kansas has been redeemed from the ravages of the drought The rain which started in numerous portions of the State last night has been continued during the dav and reports received here say that the rain is still falling in several places in the State. Every thing points to a rainy spell, which will be of in esti mable value to Kansas. 1 A dispatch from Scandia says that rain has fallen throughout the north of the 8tate to day, with prospects for a further downpour to-night La Crosse reports that Rush county is to-night having a heavy rain and that grass and stock water is abundant. I- In Osage county rain has been fall ing a good part of the aiiernoon, wua prospects of heavier rain to-night About two inches of rain has fallen here to-day, and from the forecast's report a downfall will come to-night Scott county reports ram mis even ing. Here the Buffalo grass ranges are excellent and there is plenty of focxL for stock Bain that fell in Crowell county will insure a one-fourth crop of corn. ac- cording to a dispatch from Winfleld. The rain was most general in the eastern part of the State, which need ed it most. The sale of garden seed in the State to-day has been phenomenal. Farm ers purchased large quantities of tur nip, sorghum and rye seed to plant for forage. Many farmers have expressed their intention to plant large fields in turnips. These will make good pas ture until late in the season and can be used for stock feed during the winter. Ruled Out of the Democratic Party by the State Executive Committee of South Carolina. OHIO DEMOCRATS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia. S C. July 25. The State Executive Committee late to' night adopted a resolution ruling Senator McLaurin out of the Demo cratic party. The action was totally unexpected. Senator Tillman supported the reso lution which was unexpectedly offered an n substitute for a resolution over which there had been much debate, presenting the oath to be taken by candidates for Congress in the ap proaching election to fill the vacancy caused bv the death of Congressman Stokes of the Seventh district The rules proposed in that resolution were plainly intended to cover me sena torial election next year, xne reso lution follows: "Whereas, The Hon. John. L. Mc Laurin, Junior Senator, elected to represent the State of South Carolina in the National Congress, has by his affiliations and votes in' that body, ignored the national Democratic - plat form, thereby misrepresenting his State and his Democratic constituency who elected him; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the sense and con viction of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee is that Senator J. L. McLaurin, fr&m the standpoint of honesty and self-respect, should tender his unqualified resignation immedi ately." The resolution was auoptea oy a vote of twenty-five to five. Gen. Sherwood Refuses to be Candidate for Governor On an Independent Ticket. By Teiegrapn to tne Horning Btar Cleveland, O., July 27. A com mittee, which included George A. Groot and others prominently identi fied with the Bryan wing of the Dem ocratic party in Ohio, to-day called upon General Isaac Li. Sherwood in - .. .a X J 1 il . this city with tne request tnai no per mit his name to go before the Bryan convention to be held at Columbus, July 31, as a candidate for governor on an independent ticket. General Sherwood is understood to have declined the honor, saying that he was not in sympathy with the movement and would not under any circumstances accept the nomination. $20,000 STOLEN. During Payment of Troops Supposed to be the Work of. Soldiers. By Cable to the aotning star. Manila, July 27. During the pay ment of the troops at Santa Cruz yes terday, $20,000 was stolen from the guard house. The robbery is supposed to have been the work otoldiers. It appears that Major Canby, who was paying the troops in the Laguna dis trict, left the sate in tne guara nuuso and that while it was there the thieves succeeded in abstracting its contents. General Chaffee has sent tne cniei Ma nila detectives to Santa Uruz to inves tigate the affair. Major Canby has telegraphed to Manila from Santa Cruz that only one paymaster's box, con taining $700, is missing. ATTACKED BY BOERS MURDER WILL OUT. SHAMROCK II. SAILED. Remains Found of a Man Who Disap peared Thirty-three Years Ago. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Pana, 111., July 27. John Russell, a farmer living near Tower Hill, sud denly and mysteriously disappeared thirty-three years ago and until to day no trace of him ever has been found. The skeleton of a man found beneath the.floor of a house which was tvn down to-dav. has been identified as that of the man who vanished a generation ago. Trinkets found with the bones made the identification complete. Several wealthy residents are under arrest for alleged connec tion with the affair. The circumstances of his disappear ance are said to be that he went to Shelbyville and drew $800 from the bank with which to pay for some land. He was last seen some miles from his home and his horse returned home riderless the following day from which time no clew was found nil to day. LYNCHING THREATENED. Negro Held In Jail at Lincoln, Nebraska, for Murder. By Telegraph to the Herning Btar. Lincoln, Neb., July 27. Threats of mob violence have been made against Frank Marshall, a negro who is held in jail here on the charge of shooting his sister and murdering their niece a week ago. The sister died to day as a result of her wounds and Jailor sorter receivea a wwiuur dj telephone to look out for a mob to it.ht. The authorities have taken pre cautions, although they claim not to regard the threat seriously. The Challenger Started Yesterday On Her Yoyage Across the Atlantic to New York. Bv Cable to the Horning Btar. Gotjrook, July 27. The Shamrock II., accompanied by the Erin, sailed at 10 SO o'clock this morning for New York. Great enthusiasm was dis played as the challenger departed. Captain Sycamore desired to go out under canvas and he was favored with a light easterly wind, sufficient to keep the flags streaming in the direction the vachts had to sail. The challe nger cut a strange figure with her stunted spars and scanty canvas as she lay ready to start. At 10 o'clock Sir Thomas J-dp ton and Mr. Watson, the yacht's de signer, boarded her, and a few minutes later the challenger's moorings were slipped, her head sails broken out and the Shamrock II. started on her voy . m i aire across tne Atlantic, xne nouses and piers along the shores at Gourock erected the yacht's departure with a great outburst oi cneering, again ana again renewed. Hats and handker chiefs were waved, guns saluted and steam whistles and alriens shrieked. Sir Thomas Lipton remained aboard the challenger until she was off uum braes, when he returned on a tug. The statement of the Associated RtiV for the week ending to day shows. Loans 867.652.400,- increase $11,454,900; deposits $942,938,500, in crease $3,793,200: circulation $30,- RS7 Kfo decrease $72,600; legal ten ders $70,943,000, increase $1,628,100; specie $178,9Zi,zuu, increase i,ia,' 400: reserves $258,863,200. increase $3,047,500. British Detachment Driven Out of ore- mersdorp, With Loss. By Cable to the Horning Btar. London, July 27. Telegraphing from Pretoria, under date of July 26th, Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office as follows: "A detachment or Steinaker's norse, occunvinsr Bremersdorp, was forced to evacuate July 24th by a superior force of Boers, probably tne commanaoa from Amsterdam and Pietretie. lhe detachment fought its way to Lem- bobo, a distance of sixteen mlies.ioaing about ten killed or wounded and a few missing. TRAIN WRECKED. Engineer Killed and Fireman and Two Passengers Injured. By Telegraph to the Horning Btar. Knoxville, Tenn., July 27. A westbound passenger train on the Southern railway from Salisbury, N. C. to Chattanooga, was wrecked to day at Marshall, N. C. Engineer Kob- ert Li. Watson or tnis city w and Fireman William Austin, colored. fatally hurt Two passengers were injured, but it is said no soriuuBijr. Baggage, mail and express cars and combination baggage and smoker left the track. DROUGHT BROKEN. Cotton Sec Heavy Rains In Part of the tion of Texas. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Dallas, Texas, July 27. The drought has been broken by heavy rains in approximately twenty per cent of the-cotton growing districts. These rains have fallen reguiariy ior the last four .days, over the extreme northern and southern parts of the cotton belt Eighty per cent, of cot ton lands in the large central district, located Inside this circle, have received only local and scattering snowers. 3 v
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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