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rtULlSHID AT wLIINGTQNlv N. C, AT 0 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. -jgg888S88888888888 Old ?3S8S8S8888888888 88888888888888888 8S888S88S8288S888 SS88S8S88S888S888 2SSSSSS S IS 3 8 8 fl88S882S88888888 188SS888888888888 t t be Post Office t ilmtgton, N. C., as SUBSCRIPTION P ICE. The lobsctiption price ol the We- ly Bt la at Zk COT vr. poag pjld.. .....si CO 6 months 0 so S mooths THE FRAUD OF THE AQE There never was in cms nor in any other country such a colossal sjsteui of fraud as the pension sys tem, as it has been iramea ana ad ministered by the Republicans, of this country. Extravagance isn't the oril to apply to the expenditures, for they ai'e nothing more nor less Blunder, pure and simple. There no American uv wwum uuer a s-ord of objection to reasonable pen- 3101)3 tor souutTs nuu uau uerveu . T 1 " U 1 1 J ;heir country and while in that service Oecanif uia;iuieu xruiu wounas or otherwise, or who might after wards become incapacitated by age or disease for self support. But when the system degenerates into one of unblushing and wholesale plunder then it is a different matter, Mil wneu me ueueiicianes oi mac Blunder, not satisfied with what . 1 i. 1 1 l 1 i thev are receiving, do not Wmply ssktrat impudently demandmore, then again it becomes entirely a dif ferent matter. - - We all know what a stupendous .hing this pension plunder has be come, but few of us have a full con ception of the proportions of the monstrosity or realize what a stu pendous fraud it is until we see it arrayed in official figures, as it is in the following summary of the last report of the Commissioner of Pen- sons, which. we clip from the Phila- is a friend of the soldier, and deserv ing pensioner: : . ' . Tiiirtv-ix 5 ears alter the close of trie Civil War. and under the admin iilr.tioa of a Commissioner of Pen- Hio:, viio nas oeen denounced as un . . . . i frieadly to pension claimants, there is reordeu the highest number of pen- uoot-rs and the largest money pas - menu. Ihe pensioners of all kinds number 997,735. or virtually one mil lion Of these 736.439 are survivors of theciviFwar, and 228 913 are widows o( soldiers of that conflict, Pending elrrns number 403,569, or which 252, (Ware on account of the civil war 21,000 being "accrud" or original cla ms, and 223,534 being applications lor increase of pensions already grant ei No estimate has been made of the survivors of the domestic strife Jn ad ditioa to the 760.645 wbo draw and who have applied for pension money. lwenty jears ago it was announced that the pension list had reached its highest number, and must thenceforth decline; yet last year's payments (year twine June 30. 1901)reached $138,501, 133 There were added to the list in that j ear 47,792 names, while the loss- asydfalh aDd otherwise numbered 13,586 The first payments (arrears) last year amounted to $9,937, 763. In rtc-ot years the average first payment w oeeu f 1,500. In the one hundred nd eleven years since July 1, 1790, tne Government has paid in pensions 763,350,033, of which $2,666,904,- w nas been paid since July 1, 1865. Before another Presidential election He total will reach three billion dol ine ijumber jf pensioners on tccountof the war with 8pain is 5,604, "horn 2,049 are widows. They re vived last year $1,175,224. The pend t claims on account of that war number 22,532. "That the charges against the Com musioner of Pensions (and especially charge that he has discouraged the "lustmeot of claims under recent are not true is shown by . the unprecedented number of claims al wed last year. Indeed, the largest class of pensioners is that which wines under the act of July 27. 1890, Miollows: 104.834 draw $6 a month: draw $8 a month ; 38,452 draw w a month, and 156.217 draw $12 a w"un. The present Commissioner " ana lo mtet an iinnnraileled de jud for increase's of pension, the ap- ffS'L Ier- , " - ,uv' ii a v lug wcoii- - owmjr to the un expect-1 owinjr to 'are number of pension- ,'. wiia applied for another ex ""patio. Th.; Dhvsicians re that in 100,000 caseB there J "w no reason for an increase. There "also heen a great demand for wid- m. w, 10ns owing to the amend 2' 1900) of the Act of June, uy which a widow with an in s or 250 a year (instead of $96) rjj apply for a pen8i0n. On the .!.! in?re is still the name of. one sur J'"" of . the war of 1812 and 1527 I .s of that war. Of the Mexican ' were are 7.568 neosioned survi- "and 8.109 widow nenslonera. The ineoeeyarly Pension payments dur-; Mcftal,tll6.136.275), and during fifes first term $140,000,137 $560,000,547). When the expenditures of the i!!.eral -Government reached the o''!li dollar mark, instead of apol pzing f0r or trying to exRja-n it ne KepublinanB in r.nn.aaa fl?n.' Ho i V,,0a8ted thftt this was "a bil mwv r country." and didn't do Ming on a small scale. This is the Bi thev have taken of the pen- ineation, and this is the prin- tuple pj,, wnicn they have acted. he fiche: i8 rich and getting r and therefore it can afford . -" buereiore it can anora "Ml out more liberally to the i 4! I 'I1' . li .(MM v i . i i KnlAiara mi . , n uumer tnej neea as sistance or not, while sometimts they are in receipt of salaries or in comes amply sufficient to support mem comxortably and even in lux ury. There are in the United States Senate several whivUWOj who draw their pensions regularly, while there are many pensioners employed in the departments in Washington and in the Govern ment service, elsewhere, who are on the ' pension roll.-. We know Of one who formrlv , -J VM. in this State, where no one had ever discovered that there was anything the matter with him, who obtained a good position in the Gov ernment printing office, and shortly after he got there, got upon the pension roll, was allowed arrears running back about twenty years, amounting in the aggregate to enough , to build him a nice cozy home in that city. If he be alive he donbtless holds his grip oh his job and continues to draw his pension from "a grateful country." At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, of this year, this Government had paid out in pensions $138,531, 583, just $100,531,483 more than Gen. Garfield when in Congress de clared the pensions would ever amount to and over $100,000.- , f 000 more than General Grant thought they would ever amount to. When the expenditures were only one-fifth as large as there are now he warned Congress against that kind of extravagance, and to check it had the courage to veto some private pension bills, for doing which afterwards the pension Attorneys and Republican politicians Jumped upon Grover Cleveland and denoun ced him as an enemy of the old soldier. As stupendous as these expendi tures are and as apparent as . the fraud in so many of them is, there is no prospect and little hope of re form. It is useless for Represen tatives or Senators from this side of the line to plead or argue for re form, and for that reason they do not waste their labor in the hopeless task, while no Representative or Senator on the other side of the line would dare to attack it for fear it might cost him his job. Some. of them don't like it, but they are too timid or too timeserving to tackle it, and what is more they never will, unless the pension agents and their allies become so aggressive or in satiable as to arouse popular indig nation against further plunder. If there were less politics in pensions there would be fewer pensions, and if pensioners didn't have votes there would be fewer pensioners. When the politicians say these pensions are an expression of the gratitude of the country to the soldiers who res ponded to its call, they perpetrate a fraud as arrant as the pension sys tem is monstrous. SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE. Last week there was on trial in Greensboro a case of somewhat unsavory character. Before enter ing upon the case Judge Shaw or dered that if there were any youths under sixteen years of age in the court room they retire. There were about a half dozen present who re tired. We commend this action of Judge Shaw as one worthy of the atten tion of all our judges when divorce, scandal, or other cases of that character are to be tried. Such cases always abound more or less in filthy, demoralizing testimony not fit for any youth to listen to and that a pure-minded adult would not care to listen to. As molasses attracts flies or carrion buzzards, these cases always attract a cer tain class of people, of both colors, including young people who don't know better or are predis posed to immorality. Of course it is needless to say that the stories t.nM on anch occasions have a de- morftlizlns influence on these young min(jg and therefore the judge who remits their presence is practical- r . - mu- y encouraging aepravnj. xmo doubtle88 the view that Judge Shaw took of it, and it is a view that all our judges should take of it. They might witn propriety wiu benefit to the public go even further and, if practicable, find some way to abate the nuisance of loafers, principally negroes, who when filthy testimony is expected, crowd the court rooms, when they ought to be at work. The estimates in Washington are that the farmers of this country will realize about $175,000,000 from the wheat and flour which they will amort to Europe this year. The es- t.imated average price tnej nm wWt is 75 cents a bushel, which deducting the cost of transportation va farmer G6 cents a bushel. There are in Nebraska 3,924 miles of irrigation canals, which cost $4, 773.084 and irrigate 1,698,831 acres. Although some of these, -canals cost over a thousand dollars a mile it has j pyer vuuudbuu been a paying investment WHEAT GSOWnrO IH CUHBEB LAKD COUNTY. . In Friday's Stab we published an editorial on wheat growing in Meck lenburg county. The yield therein mentioned would be considered not only good, but remarkably good, in the best wheat growing States in the Union. Cumberland county is fur ther eastward than Mecklenburg, with a soil somewhat different, but there, too, wheat culture is attract ing considerable attention and is making encouraging progress. It is not exactly a new industry, but is a 0ivt oi an mausray mat had been permitted to languish. in a communication to the July Agricultural Bulletin, Capt. James D. McNeil, says the reason why wheat growing in that countv was t iBuwuiuiy aoanaonea ; was on . ac count of the introduction of patent roller flour and the failure of the home, mills to give the farm ers a high grade of flour from their own wheat. Before that a good deal of wheat was produced in Cum berland and surrounding counties. Realizing this, and being anxious to encourage wheat culture, he ad vertised that if the farmers would sow wheat he would erect an up-to-date roller mill. Many of them took him at his word. In that year, he says, not mdre than 200 bushels of wheat was harvested in the county. Next year, 1898, he ground in his mill, of wheat grown in Cum berland and surrounding counties, 6,000 bushels; in 1898, 12,000; in 1900, 15,000, and this year expects to grind not less than 20,000 bushels. He says that much of this wheat, when growing, stoed shoulder high on a man. What the yield per acre acre was he does not state, but he says it will compare favorably with yields in any other section of the State, although the crop was much damaged by too much wet weather. It is not likely that Captain Mc Neill's mill ground all the wheat in that section, but the figures he gives, Bhowing what his mill did, in cate the interest the farmers' are taking in wheat culture and the gratifying progress they are making. The Ducktowh, Tenn;, copper plants' which employ 3,000 hands and represent an investment of $5,000,000 were temporarily closed by injunctions gotten out by' farm ers in their neighborhood who con tended that the fumes destroyed their crops.' After hearing by the court the injunctions were dissolved. The fumes do injure crops within their reach, but this difficulty has been overcome by some copper plants which have devices for carrying the fumes under ground and reap a profit from the by-products saved. W. H. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the proud owner Of a St. Bernard dog which Bwam into the surf atAs bury Park a few days ago and saved a drowning man before the life guard could reach him. When the brave dog reached him, the exhausted man had just strength enough left to. throw his arm around his neck, when the dog bore him into shal low water. Thousands of people witnessed the rescue and gave the dog an ovation. Sheep raising is becoming an im portant industry in Florida. One farmer has a flock of 15,000, and another who began a few years ago with a dozen now has a flock of a thousand. We take it from this that the dog and "varmint" population is not as large in Florida as in some of the other Southern States. Ex-Congressman Finnerty, of Chi cago, figures out that there are in this country 25,000,000 people of Irish blood, from 15,000,000 to 20, 000,000 of whom are the descendants of those who emigrated since 1845. Mr. Finnerty is one of them. A Paris newspaper has come to the conclusion from the tendency of events in this country, that the Monroe doctrine should now be in terpreted not "America for the Americans," but "America for the United States. A contemporary volunteers the information "why Pennsylvania is rotten." Easy enough. It has been so long under Republican manipula tion that there isn't Democratic salt enough in the State to Baye it. Perhaps if ex-Senator Chandler hadn't heard there was an "insect" in Evans' "Log," he would not taye explored it as thoroughly as ne aia. They haa a cracking game of base I vn of "Farmftrshnrc. Indiana, last Wednesday. It jended by one oi tne lilavers cracking the umpire's skull authorized to state that the Fayette players cracking m r Company of this players cra with a bat. As the Star employs no trav- -elling agents, bills are sent direct to subscribers. These bills should re ceive prompt attention. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1901. tYNCBING IN ANSON. Coroner's Jury Returned Verdict in the Lynching of Negro, Luther Hough. DETAILS OF HORRIBLE CRIME. Most Revolting Perhaps in Annals of the State No Troth in Report That the Body Was Burned His Posi tive Identification. fSoeeial Star Tel, 1 Wadesboeo, N. C. Augusf 22 The last incident in the horribie . trail of events involving the perhaps ftal assault upon Miss Lena Keith, and the 8wift visitation of punishment upon ner assailant lutte Mough, was closed to-day with the coroner's investigation of the bullet riddled body of the later. It was reported at this place late last night that after being'Iynched. Houghs body was consigned to the flames. Thi was incorrect, as his mangled form was still swinging to the limb this mora ing. Mr. E F. Fenton, the coroner, with a jury, held an inquest over his body this morning. The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that . "Hough died from strangulation at the hands of parties unknown." Thes condition of the unfortunate young lady is horrible to contemplate. Parts of her bead are almost beaten into a pulp. The negro assaulted her with a large home made oak chair, The chair was broken to nieces, scat tered over the floor and the heavy oak posts were splintered. The posts were covered with hair and blood, and the walls of the room were spattered with blood. An old knife, with a broken blade beside, covered with blood and hair was found at the scene of the assault. The negro endeavored to cut her throat with the knife, but it was too dull. The flesh and skin were torn for several inches on each side of the neck. She was stab bed upon the head with the knife, and the blow broke the blade. When the negro was arrested, he had changed clothing. He was made to undress and blood was found on his body and different parts of his cloth ing. His pursuers went into the yard and there found evidence which con firmed the tale. A shirt was found on a line that had just been washed, and hung up to dry. The shirt was clotted with blood about the neck and shoul ders. He was made to place on his bloody clothing and carried to the young lady. She recognized him and begged that he be taken from her sight. Previous to the arrest of Hough she had regained conscious ness and told thai her as-auant was Hough. These facts together with the fact that he was trailed to his door with hounds and bis subsequent con fession which was entirely similar to the statement made by Miss Keith placed the judgment of identity upon his head beyond a doubt. When swung to the limb, thou eh his hands were untied, he made not a struggle and said not a word during the prepara tions. He made no motions, but flinched when the first balls pierced his body. Before he was lynched the crowd went to the scene of his horrible deed to observe the situation. They found the lady's pillows in pools of blood and her scattered clothing that had been torn from her body, With haste preparations were made and Hough was dispatched. In words of the Messenger and Intelligencer "We do not feel it in our hearts to condemn those who avenged this ter rible crime committed at their very doors KILLED BY RAILROAD ENGINE. Young Lady Met Instant Death Before the Eyes of Her Father. Special Star Telegram. Chadbourn, N. C, August 22. While attempting to cross the railroad track in front oi a moving train at Howards, S. C, to-night, Miss Dolly Howard, daughter of an influential citizen of that town, was struck by the encrine and instantly killed. Her father, stricken with horror, was an eye witness to the tragedy. Howards is a small station on the Conway branch of the Atlantic Coast Line in Horry county. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Cottage of Mill Operative at Tarboro, N. C, Struck Yesterday Afternoon. Special Star Telegram. Tarboro, N. C, Aug. 24. During a severe electrical storm this afternoon lightning struck the residence of Charlie Friar, a mill operatlue in the Wb. instantlv killing his niRter. aaed twenty-five. Other occu pants were severely shocked. Telephone Line to Sampson. Speaking of the proposed telephone line from Wilmington to points in Sampson county the Democrat of this week says : "Wilmington business men are Haank intarested. as at present they are cut off from the rest of the world en far as telenhone communication goes. It is expected that they will hnild a line from Wilmington to (Jar- land, if Clinton will build one from niinton to In cold. There is already aline between Garland and Ingold." Epileptic Negro Fell Overboard, A South Carolina negro standing on the edge of ?arket dock yesterday morning had an epileptic fit and fell overboard. He was rescued by Mr. Henry Newman, who happened to be standing near. . The negro was sent to the Hospitalr where he subsequently came to his senseB and went on his way rejoicing. Fayetteville Oil Mills Sold. Favetteville Observer: "We are city has been sold to the Southern Cotton Oil 'Company, a branch of the VirginiaiCarolina Chemical Company. Mr. James ri. w imams wui w ed as manager, Mr. N. B. Alexander as superintendent, and Mr. C. H. Mc Lauchlin as bookkeeper." INCENDIARISM IN BRUNSWICK. People of One Section Terrorized by At tempts of a Very Bold Firebog. . Within the past two weeks, fifteen separate and distinct attempts have been made to burn the residence and farm houses of Mr. A. B. Drew, a pros perous planter of Brunswick county. None of the attempts, however, has been successful though the people in that section are terrorized by the know ledge of such a fire bug in their midst, as all the attempts have been in day light and several of them while the property of Mr. Drew was being guarded. A neighbor of the Drew family was arrested this week at the instance of the guards but proved an alibi in a magistrate's court and was released, notwithstanding damaging evidencb from the protectors of the property, who gave chase after an at tempt to burn the barn on th- planta tion. Since the trial still another at tempt haa be-n made to burn buiidmt8 on the ilace. At the trinl Robert Ruark, Esq., of this c.ty prosecuted a, ' 1 1 i . . . . iue case ana local attorneys ai oou in port, ihe county seat, appeared for the defendant. THE ELKS' FAIR AND CARNIVAL. Committees Continue Their Active Work. List of Attractions. Beyond the shadow of a doubt the prospect for the Elks' fair and carnival in October is exceedingly bright. The committees spent another busy day yesterday and results will come from their efforts in an appreciable way this week. Already applications are being made by outside merchants for space for the display of their wares in booths and several local merchants have got in the procession in a similar manner. In this connection it is not unwell to give the list of attractions already booked. They are as follows : Ferari's trained animal show, Crystal Maze, Electra, the flying lady, Edison's Zozoscope, Streets of All Nations, Trip to the Moon, Japanese TEeatre.Ferris Wheel, the original wild girl, German village, dog and pony show, Roscoe, the snake eater, bicycle live wire act, troupe of Japanese acrobats, slide for life, troupe of barrel jumpers, contortionists, Bar ry Bros, in specialty, balloon ascension and monkey parachute descent. Each one of these is a separate and distinct feature in itself and will fill the streets. TWO YOUNG MEN INJURED. Hart Near Weldon While Working Their Way Home on Freight Train. C. T. Croom and Henry Styron, two young men well known in Wil mington, were severely injured a few miles above Weldon yesterday morn ing while working their way bacic on a freight train from Norfolk, where they went last Tuesday on an excur sion. The young men were on the top of a box car and young Styron started to climb on the steps at the side of the car. It was as the train was crossing the Roanoke river and m TTT1 . upon reaching Wilmington on last night's train, he said he fell a distance of fifty-five feet into his height in wa ter. Croom was lying on top of the car and when he heard Styron fall he raised up and the tip of his nose was knocked off by the top of the bridge. Styron has an injured hip and other bruises. Croom s principal- injuries are on his face. Suit Against Western Union. -A civil Buit for damages against the Western Union Telegraph Company I in the sum of $50 was called in Justice Fowler's court yesterday but was con tinued until the same hour next Tues day. The plaintiff is Mr. W. L. Webb, who lives on Mr. W. E. Springer's farm in East Wilmington, and he has retained L. V. Grady, Esq., as his counsel. Mr. Webb alleges that several months ago he was at Burgaw, N. C, and a mule belonging to him was sick. He teleghraped for Dr. Car roll, the veterinary surgeon, in care of Mr. W. E. Springer, and the mes sage was not delivered until Monday following its arrival on the Saturday previous. The animal did not die but Mr. Webb says he was permanently injured and for this he asks damages in the sum of $50. New Cape Fear Light Station Work on the new Cape Fear light station on Bald Head Island is pro gressing satisfactorily. Yesterday eight car loads of ton timber and pil ing were taken down on lighters, and other material will go forward this week. The work of building the rail road across the island, a distance of four miles, is nearing completion. About, a hundred laborers have been employed in the light house construc tion for some time. TWO MEN SHOT. In an Attempt by White Miners to Drive Negroes from Work. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Knoxyille, Tenn., Aug. 24. De tails reached the city to day of an at tempt to drive negroes from work on the property of the Elk Valley Mine Company, located ten miles from Jellico: The company is building a branch railroad from "the Southern railway to its mines, having imported negroes for the work. A party of white men went to the negroes' camp last night and ordered them to leave. A shooting affray resulted. The dead body of James Hatfield, white, was found with a bullet hole through his head. Winfield Hatfield, a brother of Jim,;was fatally shot. A letter was found on James Hatfield, giving the plans of the raid. The company's property is being guarded by deputy sheriffs. HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT. Dr. Thos. R. Little, oi Philadelphia, Will Take Charge of the. James Walker Memorial Institution. . Dr. Thomas R. Little, now resident physician of the Presbvterian Hospi tal, Philadelphia, Pa., has been elect ed to and has signified his acceptance1 of the superin tendency of the James Walker Memorial Hospital of this city . Dr. Little is expected to arrive here and assume charge of the institution about September 1st. He is said to be eminently qualified for the position and the Board of Managers is satisfied that no mistake has been made in the choice. Dr. Little is a native of Little's Mill, Richmond county, N. C. andsis 27 years of age. He graduated" from the University of North Carolina in 1895, and took a preparatory course in med icine at that well known iustitution. Afterwards he took a complete course in medicine at the University of Penn sylvania, graduating in 1900. Since December last year be has been one of the resident physicians at the Presby terian Hospital. THE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Dwelling House in Fifth Ward Destroyed. Other Buildings iojured. The fire department responded to an alarm from box 52 at 3 :09 o'clock yes terday afternoon. It was on account of the burning of a small residence, No. 709 South Sixth street, belonging to Mr. W. K. Bell and occupied by Robert W. Merritt, yard foreman at the Wilmington Street Railway power house. The blaze originated from a defective flue and the building was a total loss, though most of the contents were removed. The house was in sured for $300 with J. H. Boatwright & Son. An adjoining dwelling, No. 707 South Sixth street, also owned by Mr. Bell and occupied by Policeman William Harriss, was damaged ' to some extent. It was likewise insured for $300 with Messrs. Boatwright & Son. Another building adjoining at No. 711 South Sixth street, owned and oc cupied by Jacob Leonard, colored, was damaged about $125. ' The build ing was insured with Dr. W. W. Harriss for $300 and contents in the same agency for $50. HON. JAMES TERRY LeQRAND. Died Early Wednesday Morning at His Home in Richmond County. -Rockingham, N. C, Aug. 22. Hon. James T. LeGrand died Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock, after an illness of eight months. He returned to Rock ingham last Friday from Buffalo Lithia Springs, where he bad been for several weeks in search of health. The malady, Bright's disease, had gotten such a hold on his system that nothing would check its course. He died peacefully sur rounded by his wife and children. Mr. LeGrand was among the most prominent lawyers in this section of North Carolina. He was a native of Richmond county, and in 1877 moved to Rockingham for the practice of his profession. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1874 and 1875, and was a candidate for the con stitutional convention in 1875. In 1889 be was again elected to the State Senate. Several times in the past ten years his name has been before con ventions for the Congressional nomi nation from this (the Sixth) district. He was strongly supported for this position four years ago, bur failed of nomination. A TEXAS FIGHT. One Man Shot and Killed Poor Men Wounded Two Fatally. Br TAlegTapn to me Moraine Btar. Nagodoches, Texas, Aug. 24. In a fight at a party near here Sam Scott was shot and instantly killed; Hammond Scott, his brother, will die as a result of knife wounds, and B. W. Beard was shot in the stomach and can hardly recover. His brother was wounded in the leg and foot, and Jas per McDaniel was shot in the hip and may lose his leg. The three last named were attendants on a party which was given at Beard's homeland had nothing to do with the fight. The Scotts and a neighbor, Barker, were the principals, there being an old grudge between them. YELLOW FEVER EXPERIMENTS. Another Death Resulting from the Bite of an Infected Mosquito. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Havana, Aug. 24. The third death from vellow fever resulting from the bite of a mosquito, occurred at half past six o'clock this evening. The victim was Miss Clara Masa, of New jersey, whose death occurred on the seventh day after she was taken ill. Of the six persons bitten by mosqui tos recently in the course of the yel low fever commission's experiments, three have died and the doctors say the other three are suffering from light at tacks of the disease. Miss Masa was a nurse at Las Aamias and wished to be come immune. SIX BURGLARS Broke Into a Bank at Petersburg, Iod and Stole $250 in pasb. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Petersburg, Ind., Aug. 24. Early to-day six burglars broke into the Cit izens Bank here and stole about $250 in cash. Two men discovered the burglars at work and when they at tempted to sound the alarm they were confronted with loaded revolvers in the bands of two men who stood guard, while two others were doing the work inside. The burglars broke into a car house, secured tools and broke into the bank. Nitre-glycerine was used for wrecking - the safe. The robbers escaped with their booty- NO. 44 MARRIED YESTERDAY. Miss Mary Lilly Kenan Became the Bride of Mr. Henry Morrison Flagler. QUIET BUT VERY ELABORATE. It Took Place at Kenansvllle in the Pres ence of Ooly Relatives and Intimate . Friends Left for Bridal Tour North on Special Train. The marriage of Miss Mary Lily Kenan, daughter of Capt and Mrs. W. R. Kenan, of this city, to Mr. Henry Morrison Flagler, the well known Florida capitalist, railroad owner and Standard Oil magnate, took place Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the old Kenan homestead, Kenansville, N. C, in the presence of a few intimate friends of the bride and groom and members of the immediate Ketiau family. Prior td the wedding no facts were given out for publication, noe even the essential points to an authoritative announcement of the forthcoming event, and the general impression prevailed that the ceremony would be performed at noon, but such was not the case, as indicated above. Mr. Flagler, accompanied by bis at torney, Mr. Ashley, of New York, spent Friday night in the city, the guest of Mr. W. A. Dick, and Satur day morning at 7 o'clock, with Mr. Ashley and a number of his friends from Wilmington, Mr. Flagler left on his private car for Warsaw, N. C, from which point members of the party went over to Kenansville by private conveyance. The party on the special train consisted of Mr. Flagler and bis attorney, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dick, Capt. and Mrs. E. W. Van C. Lucas and Miss Hannah Bolles. In a separate coach were members of Hollowbush's Orchestra, who went to furnish music for the event. The train, consisted of an engine, one combination baggage and passenger coach and Mr. Flagler' car. It was in charge of Capt Jno. Walker, the veteran A. C. L. conductor, and the distance of fifty-five miles between Wilmington and Warsaw, was tra versed in exactly sixty minutes. Of course, at the splendid Kenan home, where the ceremony occurred there wereother guests. The bride, accompanied by her father, a sister, Miss Sarah Kenan, and brother, Mr. W. R. Kenan, Jr., went up to Kenans ville Friday morning and Mrs. Kenan, the bride's mother, and another sister, Mrs. J. Clisby Wise of Macon, Ga , have been at the home for several days. Mr. Henry Walters arrived at Warsaw in bis private car yesterday morning, and Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge, the officiating clergyman, ar rived Friday evening. The old home of the Kenan family, where the ceremony was performed, was beautifully decorated with bam boo and a wealth of white roses, artis tically arranged by Mr. C. F. W. Rehder, the well known lecal florist Except to invited guests and the number of these was very limited there was no admission to the home during the ceremony, and press rep resentatives were given only the sim ple announcement of the marriage after it had occurred. The wedding breakfast was served at 11 o'clock, immediately after the ceremony by Dr. Hoge, Miss Kenan's former pas tor, and Mr. and Mrs. Flagler left at once in a carriage for Warsaw, where they boarded Mr. Flagler's car, at tached to another special train, which connected with the through train for the Norih at Rocky Mount last night. The bride and groom will go at once to Mamaroneck, N. Y., and spend some time at Mr. Flagler's pala tial residence there. The ceremony proper is said to have been very simple but exquisitely beau tiful. The wedding marches were softly played by Hollowbush's Orches tra and the ceremony was spoken with much feeling and impressiveness by Dr. Hoge. The groom was attired in a handsome black Prince Albert coat with light trousers. The bride was dressed in a becoming gown of white and was very beautiful. She carried an exquisite bouquet of carnations and her jewels were costly and brilliant. Fabulous stories of gifts to the bride and to wedding guests by the groom have been circulated, but it is believed that none of tbem is authen tic. One of the stories has it that the bride was presented with a certified check for a million dollars and two million dollars in government bonds. The wedding gifts are said, however, to have been costly and very numer ous. Hundreds of telegrams of con gratulations were received, and even after the car left Warsaw others were received and forwarded. A special to Uhe New York World from Newport, dated August 22d, is as follows: "Mrs. Pembroke Jones just before her grand entertainment to-night, sent a telegram and a substantial present to her closest friend, Miss Kenan, of Wilmington, North Carolina, who is to be married to H. M. Flagler on Saturday. Mr. Jones also sent a tele gram of congratulations as did several other cottagers." Of the j?arty which went up to the wedding yesterday morning the fol lowing returned last evening : Mr. and Mrs. Dick and Miss Hannah Bolles. Capt Kenan and Rev. Dr. PeytonH. Hoge also came down on the same train. Dr. Hoge will preach to his old congregation at the First Presby terian church in .this city to day. Two excursions for Richmond, Ya. left Monday SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Favetteville New Era: As an indication of thrift among our farmers . and faith in the present crop prospects, there could be no better evidence than the frequent sales of country corn and home made bacon, both' of which are being hauled here in large quantities even this distance from hog killing time. ' " -- -; Win8ton'5SsnltneZ: O. R. Craw-, son, of Wadesboro, was one of Win ston's visitors tc-day Mr. Crawson was asked about the proposed railroad from' Wadesboro to Winston-Salem. He said his people were confident that the road would be built Hw added that over half of the stock has been -subscribed and the gentleman at the head of ihe movea.ent is now in Eu rope in the interest of the road, it is said ' Smithfield Herald: The past few days have been record brcakem on the Smithfield tobacco market Tli daily sales have been from 40,000 u 60,000 pounds. . Msster Lee Tur lington, who is raising chickens this year, owns a hen with very peculiar ideas. A few days ago this eccentric hen made a nest, and getting three apples together, at once proceedad to sit on them. This reminds us of Mr. John Ives' turkey gobbler that per sisted in sitting on tomatoes a year or two ago. Wadesboro Messcnger-IntelU-cer: Mr. Jas. W. Marsh died at his home in Marshville Tuesday after noon, aged about 48 years. Mr. Marsh had been in declining health for near ly two years. - Ten days ago our estimate of the cotton crop in this county was 70 per cent, of a full crop. Now we have no idea that more than 50 per cent-of a normal crop wilt bs made, the heavy and continuous rams of the past two weeks have greatly damaged cotton, The weed is begin ning to turn yellow and is shedoing badly. Iu the sand it will take from five to fifteen acres to make a bail. The weed on clay lands, in many places, is very rank, but, as a rule, is not well fruited. Raleigh News and Observer: Joe Williams is dying in Reidsville from a bullet wound received at the hands of Dave Fon ville this afternoon. Williams was nursing Fonville, who was injured recently by a train. Tho latter was handling a pistol, not know ing that it was loaded. The pistol went off, the ball taking effect in Williams' head. Both men were colored. The case against Gay Bryant and seventy-seven others charged with tearing down and burn-. ing a 8antificationist Church- in Cher okee county came up for trial at the recent term of court at Murphy. Of the seventy-eight defendants, seven teen failed to appear; the indictment against eleven of them was nol pross; ed; fifty stood trial and were adjudged not guilty by the jury. Newborn Journal: The whole of Friday's session of Craven coun ty Superior Court was occupied in, the trial of Lewis Humphrey in the Dover assault case. The State closed its case early in the morning session, and the defense consumed the rest of the day. Judge Allen made his charge and gave the case to the jury shortly before six o'clock. The jury considered the case for several hours and about 11 o'clock they sent word that an agreement had been reached, and upon being polled declared a verdict of "not guilty." The jury took a poll after retiring to their room and discussing the question, and it was found that nine were for acquit tal and three for conviction upon the second charge. The three held out for some time, but finally agreed to ren der a verdict in accordance with the opinion of the majority. Asheville Citizen: About 11:30 . Wednesday night Jailer Jamison was awakened by a voicd calling that they had a prisoner to lock up. Jailer Jami son went out with his lantern, keys and gun, and saw crowds of negroes coming from all around the jail, and' he at once saw that they were after Miller who was jailed yesterday. There had been considerable talk of a lynch ing all day among the negroes and they had gathered for the purpose. Mr. Jamison at once fired at the crowd, and without a bit of hesitation or parley the entire crowd turned and fled precipitiously, over the fences and any way to get away. Portions of clothing adorn the fences to-day. as a testimonial of the hurried departure of the wouid be mob. Sheriff Lee was called to the scene and arrived very quickly but saw only a few retreating forms. There is still a great deal of excitment, especially since the latter, tragedy but lynching is not to be men tioned now. A fatal tragedy oc curred Wednesday evening in "Brack ett town," as the negro settlement between Asheville and. Kenil worth is called. Charlie Patton, as he is called in the proceedings, or Charlie Hudson, which is his proper name, a young white boy, Walter Champion, a colored man, and Joe Freeman, a little colored boy, about 14 years old, came to town early in the evening and the older boys bought some liquor. Free man was with them as he was going to stay with Hudson that night. They went to Turner's restaurant on North Main street, where Eugene Davis, also colored worked, and asked for him. They were told tnat he had gone home, and then they returned to Brackett town on the car. They called Davis out telling him they were going to the lynching. They then started down the road together, with Hudson and Free mon in the rear. Suddenly two shots were fired and Davis fell dead. When the officers arrived, Davis was lying with a big 45 calibre Colt's revolver at his side. The ether boys said he had taken the revolver away from Cham pion, who was carrying it, and killed himself. The otht r three were held, and this morning the coroner sum moned a jury, and the case was in vestigated. The verdict of the coroner's jury was "that Eugene Davis came to his death by a pistol shot fired from the hands of Walter Champion, aided and abetted by Charlie Patton, alias Hudson. TROUBLE IN COTTON MILLS. The Operatives Refuse to Make Up for the Time Lost In Celebrating : Labor Day. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 24. Trouble has occurred between the - operatives and officials in the W. B. Smith Wha- ley mills comprising the Richland, Granby, Capital City and Olympia mills which employ some three thou sand onerfttivAB. An order was nosted in the mills to the effect that ' all em- Sloyes would be required to work six ours over time to-night and next Sat urday in order to make up for the time lost on labor day which will be ob served as a holiday. v The order further stated that all re fusing to make up the time would be suspended for one week. Between three hundred and four hundred oper atives refused to return to work after noon to-day. The Union met to-night and advised the men to return to work Monday morning and if they were not allowed to work the Union would then take tfction. The first bale of sea island cotton for this season was received in Savan nah Friday. The cotton was not sold. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 30, 1901, edition 1
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