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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
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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
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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.
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in whfoh thev rarelv indulge in the I fn-maA Ar time washis vicious
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"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.
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