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WILLIAM H. B1BHABD Sditov Mid Propr!0 WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, - - Arorsi 30, 1901. JjmiVQ OH BABCOCK- The Republican leaders, who have not the remotest idea of letting the tariff question come up for discus sion in Congress if they can pre- Tent it, arc doing all they can to bluff Representatiye Babcock, who says he is going to introduce a . bill to put upon the free list all articles made by trusts, exported and sold in other countries at a lower price . . . l 1 tnan me same aracies we ovi purchasers in this country. He had scarcely announced his purpose when Senator Ilanna, in a publish ed interview, jumped on him and declared that if such a bill were . , passed the steel manufacturers in Canada would be dumping steel into New -England and would ruin our steel makers, although our steel " makers boaat that they can make steel cheaper than it can be made in any other country in the world. Senator Hanna, however, disposed o'f the Babcock movement by pro nouncing it so absurd that it waa not "worthy of serious considera tion." Mr. Ilanna ie very close to Mr. McKinley. Senator Depew, who has just re turned from Europe, had himself interviewed on the question of tariff legislation as it would apply to truatr, and declared that a reduction of duties, orf putting trust made ar ticles on the free list, is just what the European manufacturers are longing for and hope to see, for then, he says, the European manufacturers can dump their surplus on this country just as onr protected manufacturers dump their surplus stocks on Europe. He does not ex plain the particular process by which they could do that when our manufacturers are shipping theii gooda to the countries where these manufacturers operate and are sell ing them for less than the home made articles sell for, and are under selling these Bame manufacturers in the markets of the world where they compete. If our manufacturers can ship goods to the other side of the globe and sell them as low or lower than their European competitors can, why should they fear the competition of these man ufactures in this market when the goods made in Europe must be ship- ' ped across three thousand miles of j ocean? Mr. Depew didn't explain how they would do that. But he wasn't in an explanatory mood, he was simply talking to create a senti ment against the Babcock proposi tion. Mr. Depew, by the way, is another gentleman who stands close to Mr. McKinley, close enough to give him a grand send off for a thirl farm arlfKnnf a nrcillrwini understanding with Mr. McKinley, who was eomewhat embarrassed bj it, for if permitted to go along with- out any word from him" it might strain the cordial relations bet wee n J him and his friend Ilanna, who is -. squinting in the direction of the - White House himself, and expects Mr. McKinley's co-operation in get ting there. "' . 'The next jumper of national rep utation is General Grosvenor, of Ohio, who spent the Summer in Europe and reached home a few .-days ago. He had hardly landed when an interview with him on shipboard by a correspondent of the Philadelphia Pre (an organ of the President, controlled by a member of his Cabinet), who crossed the ocean with him, was published in the -Pre. That there might be no mistakes Gen. Grosvenor wrote the interview him self. The-gist of the pronuncia mento is contained in the first three paragraphs, which read thus: "I read with some interest Mr. Bab cock's letter, written from Marienbad, Austria in a UilnlrM (.I..J -J " " v. mvj iiiduu KUU published in the Prens. I am glad to see that the writer has fled from his tnrmer nnalttnn in rrrri in olianoM in the tariff, but I regret to observe that he has taken up a much more in defensible one. Despite his assurance that he. is a Republican protectionist, It will appear by a careful reading of his paper that he is a free trader upon all important points. He is a theoret ical protectionist, but a practical free trader. "The bill introduced in the Fifty sixth Congress, second session, by Mr. Babcock was intended to place upon the free list all the manufactures of iron and steel coming to this country, . the like of which are made in the United States by a 'trust.' The word ing of the bill said so and left nothing to construction. If enacted into law ft would have admitted in our ports free of duty the products of the great Ger man trusts and those of the trusts of all other countries. Such a law would be impossible of enforcement, for the .reasons which suggest themselves to any intelligent person. "Shortly before Mr. Babcock sailed toKurope in an authentic interview, printed in the Washington and other newspapers, he said that he would in traduce in the House in December a ' bill to place on the free list all the articles coming to us and the like of which are manufactured by any 'trust' In the United States, and all the long Summer since the free trade papers of the United States bare been giving the idea hearty sup port. But now it appears Mr. Bab cock has received new light, and cheerfully abandons bis former posi tion and writes a long letter to show now he has been misunderstood, and o P redefine his position. The pre amble to the new suggestion rehearses that formerly he had adopted the pro tective Idea for the purpose of building up our industries to enable them tn - supply our own wants, but now he says that it has come to pus that some articles, the like of whion we formerly Imported we now can produce and ex port, and he proceeds to propose an act to place all such articles on the free list of our tariff law. The rankest fiee trader in all the land could ask for nothinr better than this. The test is to be that he can now sell a certain article in a foreign market. When this fact is found to exist the tariff is to be taken off and all the world is to invited to invade our markets with their products." Like Brutus, Gen. Grosvenor, who is also very close' to Mr. McKinley, is an "honorable man" and would resent it as an insult if he were called an untruthful man, and yet his statement, written by himself, on ship board where he had little in terruption and all the time he want ed for reflection, is a deliberate and premeditated misrepresentation of Mr. Babcock's position on the tarui question. He does not propose to have put upon the free list "all ar ticles manufactured by trusts." He has never once said that was his in tention, but to move to put upon the free list all articles of steel or iron, or in which steel ana iron en ter, which are manufactured by the trusts, exported and sold in foreign countries at a lower price than the trusts demand and receive for the same articles when sold in the home market. There is all the difference in the world in these two propositions and Gen. Grosvenor knows it, for Mr. Babcock supports his position by asserting that if the American trusts can manufacture and Bell in other countries in competition with foreign competitors, at as low or lower prices ths.n they can, and at a considerably less price than they demand at home, it is proof con clusive that they have nothing to fear from foreign competition, and, therefore, do not need tariff protec tion, the only result of which is to enable them to extort more money from their home purchasers. That's Mr. Babcock's position and Gen. Grosvenor knew it when he wrote that interview, andyet "honorable" and truthful man as he is he delib erately misrepresents it. He was too anxious to jump on Mr. Babcock, who proposes to jump on the trusts. v The fact is the Republican leaders like Hanna, Depew and Grosvenor realize that there are a good many Republicans who think like Babcock does and they are, therefore, trying to bluff him and hold him down be fore the anti-trust movement be comes too strong to be resisted. PAETISAH IDIOCY. The last issue of the Raleigh Cau casian clips a fool editorial from the Chatham Citizen, a rabid Republi can organ, in which it virtually charges that the recent assaults upon white women by negro brutes in Mecklenburg county were some of the; fruits of Democratic rule in that cotfnty., A man so filled with mean partisan rancor and so lacking in common sense and decency might be excused on the ground of hope less lunacy or total depravity, but the man who does the writing for the Caucasian practically endorses this idiocy and makes it, in connec tion with a dispatch from Newbern stating that the criminal docket for the court then in session "is ex ceedingly heavy, covering all forms of crime," the subject of the follow- ing ridiculous comment: "This is a sample of the news from every quarter or the State? What is the cause of itt But how could any other harvest be expected from the seeds of crime sown by the lawless reign of Red Shirts in the last two campaigns." The Caucasian has dumped upon its confiding dupes a great deal of partisan rot,' hut for downright ma lignity, narrow-minded partisanship, and towering stupidity, this caps the climax. Who commits these crimes, which are so appallingly on the in crease ? Red Shirts? If so, the records don't show it. But the records do show that about nine tenths if not more of them are per petrated by negroes, with whom the editor of the Caucasian has been in political affiliation for several years. How is it about Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and other States, where the Red Shirt is not in it and has not entered upon the stage at all ? Whence comes the deluge of crime in those States, where the devil seems to have taken possession of the black allies of the Caucasian, as he has in this State. If this partisan trifler with com mon sense would turn his attention to trying to reform and lift up his black allies, and cease his stupid rot about Red Shirts, he would be figur ing in a more respectable and per haps more useful role. There is an apple grower in Mis sissippi who isn't mourning over the shortage in the potato crop. He has sold ono-half of his 1,000 acre apple crop for $54,000 cash to Chicago men, who will do their own picking. This loaves him 600 acres for others to nibble at. Forest fires recently in Russia. have, according to a St. Petersburg dispatch, burned a vast area of trees and destroyed several towns. Tho damage is estimated at about eoo,ooo,ooo. It is charged up to "the Jews." They arc preparing to drivo out and murder somo more Jews. r ThsrslsmorsOsUrrbln tills section or ths country than sir ollmr dtosMm pat together, f ad vnllf Urn umt tew ihti wh sappoMd to be noarsbUi, for m arat witiiy f Mr abators pro imnMdtelw:reiNMlsna prssorlbad local rtmsdlM. and br arwUtillrrtflns to curs wits local triaunanVT pronoufioid it Incurable, "nr bum proven Mtorrh to be a conirt tu tlona aiimtif, mni therefore renlree oonatltn tloriftl treatment. Bill's Oetrrh pure, menu- he only josttitqiWYoure on the mwkefc It s token Internally In doM from 10 drops to a teMpoonhil, It into directly on the wooa sna piiHHMia surfsnee pftlie system Tbey offer one hiM1re4 dollars for sn osee It faUSto care, end for circulars and testimonials. Address, r. J. OHXMXY CO Toledo, u WILL FAMING PAY! We have from time to time made mention of successful farmers in this and in other States, who have become rich farming. A short while ago we noted the success of a Maryland farmer who began as a farm laborer and now , owns about thirty farms and will have this year J a crop of 100,000 bushels of wheat, 150,000 bushels of corn, in addition to other crops, and owns several hundred head of fine cattle, horses and mules. Yesterday we made mention of a farmer in Georgia who began as a renter after the war and now owns six thousand acres, all bought with the earnings from his farms. The last issue of the Hillaboro Observer speaks of a visit to Occo neechee farm, owned by Col. Julian Carr, and managed by Col. R. S. Abernethy, a self-made man, now about thirty-four years old, who at the age of twenty-one was working for IS a month. He is to-day the owner of one the finest farms in Orange county, is in independent circumstances, and was employed as the manager of Col. Carr's 700 acre farm on account of the success he had achieved on his own. Such instances as these are not rare enough to be curiosities, for there are a good many men in the South, and in North Carolina, who have become rich farming, but they are men who get out of the ruts and farm not only with their hands but with their brains. There is a a good deal in the land, of course, but as the Arkansas poet expresses it, "There is more in the man than in the Ian'." The farmer who understands his business, and has the industry and method to follow it up right, will bring surprising results out of very ordinary land, while the shiftless plodder will soon ruin the best of land and get hungry on it. In Germany the doctors have struck on a new device for feeding iron in disguise to invalids. Carbonate of iron with Bugar is stirred into mush on which heDS are fed, the iron goes into the eggs, and the egg eater takes it in mild,, broken doses without even suspecting it. That may be all right, but they may go on with that kind of hen feeding until the cook will have to use. a cold chiBel to get through the shell of the egg. CURRENT COMMENT. The statement that there is a scarcity of beef is a lie given out to excuse the increase in price contem plated. The Beef Trust is a con cern, like many others, that is pro tected from foreign competition by our tariff, and it is not obliged to make any excuse for its "hair-raising" programme, but it does. Brooklyn Citizen, Devi. The little city of Hnntsville, Ala., is about to secure its tenth cotton mill, which will be a very large and fine one. It will be a pioneer in the South in the lines of shirtings and ginghams, goods that are not yet made to any appreciable amount in this section. Huntsville is fast becoming a leading center of the spinning trade. Cltattanooga Times, Ind. The limit appears to have been reached in building big ships. There is room enough for the mon sters at sea, but there are few ports where they can get enough to the land to be cheaply loaded and un loaded. The increasing draught of steamships of late years has com pelled the expenditure of many millions of dollars in deepening the channels of approach to the harbors and wharves of maritime cities. Philadelphia Record, Dent. - A dispatch from Manila says that the town of Apparri gave Gov ernor Taft the" greatest ovation he has yet received, and that Governor Taft promised Apparri that it should be a port of entry and should receive a large appropriation for the improve ment of its harbor. It does not ap pear, however, whether the ovation was given on account of the promise of an appropriation, or whether the promise' of an appropriation was made on account of the ovation. Charleston News and Courier, Dem. ' Editor Awful Plight. P. M. Higgins, editor of the Seneca (111,) News, was afflicted for years with piles that no doctor or remedy helped until he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He writes that two boxes wholly cured him. It's the surest Pile Cure on earth and the Bett'Salve in the world.' Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by R. It. Bellamy, druggist. t TWO BIQ EXCURSIONS YESTERDAY. Visitors to City asd Bescbes Numbered About One Thousand Ajaln. The .number of excursions which has thus far arrived in Wilmington during the month of August was per haps never before exceeded during a single month in the past. Yesterday two large parties arrived from Wil liamston and Fayetteville over the W. 8c W. and A. 8c Y. railroads, re spectively. Both trains were taken through to Wrigbtsville, but the ex cursionists later came up to 'the city and after enjoying a trip down the river on the steamer Wilmington, left last night, returning to their homes. The party from Wllllamston was In ebarge of Hatch Bros., the veteran managers of Mount Olive, and con sisted of between 500 and 600 persons. The train from Fayetteville consisted of seven coaches which brought about 400 people. There were almost as many more left along the route who could not be accommodated on the train. Killed a' Flee Heck. Mr. H. B. Newbury, Jr., killed a fine buck weighing about 800 pounds near Magnolia Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Newbury was on a stand and the buck eame galloping toward him. Two loads of shot brought him down. COL. ED. S. LATIMER. Passed Away at His Home in WOmmon Yesterday Even ing at Six O'clock. FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON. Meeker of Qoveraor Fowle's Stsff asd Mas Bad Other Military Heaters A Mother, Wife, Twe Dastkters sad Two Brothers Sarvive. CoL Edward Savage Latimer, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Wilmington, died last evening at 6 o'clock at his home, 208 North Third street, after a lingering illness of sev eral months. Only this week CoL Latimer re turned from a sanitarium in Balti more, where he was under treatment of some of the most skilled physicians in the country, but all in vain. He gradually grew worse after his arrival at home and bis death came not wholly unexpected, bnt as a shock to bis family and numerous friends here and elsewhere. CoL Latimer was born in Wilming ton on September 25th, 1857, and was therefore in the forty -fourth year of his age. His parents were the lste Mr. Zebulon Latimer and Mrs. Eliza beth Savage Latimer, the latter now' surviving him. His father died at an advanced age in the year 188L Col. Latimer's early education was received from the Rev. Daniel MorreUe, a well known instructor in his day. Later, he entered the Columbia Law School and graduated from that institution in 1879. Soon after graduation he en tered the law firm of Stedman & Lati mer, which was composed of Major Chas. M. Stedman and a brother, Mr. William Latimer. This was in the year 1881. Un June 1st of tne year preceding, he was married in Hills- bo ro, N. C, to Miss Anna Giles Huske. She, with two charming young daughters, , Miss Anabel, aged 16 years, and Miss Elizabeth, aged 13 years, survive him and are tenderly sympathized with by hundreds of friends. He is also survived by two brothers, Mr.,Henry Gv Latimer, of Auburn, N. Y., and Mr. Wm. Lati mer, of this city. CoL Latimer was possessed of a genial and kind disposnion; generous to a ifault; reserved in manner, and cherishing a very high sense of honor. All who knew him were his friends and few men have lived and died in Wilmington with a more amiable char acter than was his. For the past few years he has not been actively engaged on account of his impaired health. He always bad a decided inclination to the military and was a colonel upon the staff of Governor Fowle. He had been a member of the Wilmington Light In fantry and of the Wilmington Divis ion, Naval Reserves. At one time be was paymaster of the local division of the Reserves. In all of the organ izations he was deservedly popular for his generous spirit and manly bearing. He served for one term as a member. of the Board of Aldermen from the Fourth ward, a colleague of ex-Mayor Jno. J. Fowler. During a major por tion of his life, he was a member of the Cape Fear Club, this city, the Carolina Yacht Club. Wrightaville Beach; the Racquet Club, of New York; Chi Phi Fraternity at Colum bia College, and perhaps other social organizations. He was also identified with several secret orders, among them being Orient Lodge of Masons, Planta- genetCommandery, Knight Templars, the 8hriners, Clarendon Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Eyota Tribe No. 5, Improved Order of Red Men. Col. Latimer was the largest share holder until a short time ago, in the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad and was its Traffic Manager for several terms. In all his business dealings he waa fair, generous and honest. The funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock from St. James' Episcopal church and the in terment will be in Oakdale cemetery. CAPTURED WOULD-BE BUROLAR. Officer Prank Qeorfe Arrested John Wil liams Entering Store of a Syrian. Policeman Frank George made an opportune capture of a would be burg lar Tuesday night. His name is John Williams, colored, and in the munic ipal court yesterday morning he was held for the Superior Court in ths sum of $100, failing to give which he went over to the county jail. Just before midnight A. W. Waddell and G. W. Hayes, colored flatmen on the river, discovered some one trying to enter the store of a Syrian next to Mr. Lamb's place on corner of Princess and Water streets. One of the men immediately left in search of a police man and found Officer George, who proceeded very quietly to the store and caught Williams as he had just broken a glass in the door and was going through the opening. The, negro of fered very little if any resistance and was locked up at the City Hall. Voluntary Bankruptcy. A. R. Wilson, postmaster and merchant at Dunn, N. C, yesterday filed in the United States Court here a petition In voluntary bankruptcy. The Instrument was entered by his attorneys, McLean & Clifford, and the assets are given as $935; liabilities $6,008.00. Among the creditors are Mr. IV N. Sweet, of Wilmington, $78.05, and the Cape FearManufactu lng Company, of Wilmington, $52.15. The Superior Courts. A number of Wilmington attorneys are attending Duplin Superior Court at Eenansville this week. Next Mon day Pender Superior Court begins at Burgaw. Brunswick's term of the court will not be convened until Sept 23rd. Loos: ! A Stitch In Tlm Saves nine, flnsnes Tonic new Improved taste pleasant, tafcen In early Boring ana Fall prevents ChUB, Dengue end Malarial Fevers! Ijmjw on ine uver, tones hp tne system. Better than Quinine. Guaranteed, try ltU Dras! gists, soo and f 1.00 bottles. ' Kl AN INTERESTING R0MOR States 1 hst Mr. Hesry M. Raglef Will Meke Large favestauat at Wrights TlIlePrepesH Trefley Use. A travelling eonreepondent of the Raleigh News and Observer in writing to that paper Sunday say s : . "It was rumored on the streets to day that Mr. Henry V Flagler, the ,n :ii;itiia nil ma 0-n ate. had St- cured options on desirable property at W rigntSVUie SOU wuum oroti m uwm on the island, and one on the bay front, expending about a half million V .k- m-itv Tt waa also atated that Mr. Flagler was behind the proposed electric railway movement connecting Wilmington with the beach. Tne rumor niu coupteu wiw it the statement that Mr. Flagler had for some time had an eye on the yantageous location, having had a ntative anend some- time look ing over the premises. For the truth fulness of the rumor I cannot Touch, but it is hoped the rumor is true, for with this interest 01a nnjjniBuio :n --..ira in 11 hni rl ! and her splendid advantages will spread over the country not only as a Summer re sort, but as a Winter resort as welL A Mosquito Story. The champion heavy weight mos quito story of the season comes from Onslow county. It is told by a gen tleman of this city who is 'just back from a trip over .there. He ssys that recently a mule in that section of country was bitten by a rattlesnake and the animal taken to the swamp apparently dead. The ubiquitous mos quito soon discovered the body, the word was passed around among the mosquito family and they collected there in teeming millions. They drew all the blood from the animal which was so impregnated with the poison of the snake that one by one the winged pests dropped dead from the body and when a large portion of the blood had been extracted, the mule got up and returned to his owner's farm house. Where the body lay to make the story complete an inch of dead mos quitos as found on the ground. It is a mosquito story, with the accent upon the story. DIED AT DAVIDSON, N. C. Death of Former Wilmington Lsdy Mob day Wife of Col. W. J. Msrtln Statesville Landmark, 27th. "Mrs. L. C. Martin, wife of the late Col. W. J. Martin, of the faculty of Davidson College, died suddenly at her home at Davidson yesterday af ternoon. She bad been in failing health for some time but the news of her death was a surprise. "Mrs. Martin was a daughter of the late Miles Costin, of Wilmington, and a siater of the late Mrs. Dr. Wood, of Statesville. She was probably 60 years old. Her husband. Col. Martin, died several years ago. Four children, two sons and two daughters, survive. They are Mr. Miles C. Martin, of Texas; Dr. W. J. Martin, of the faculty of Davidson College, and Misses Mary and Lucy Martin of Davidson." Mrs. Martin is survived by two sis ters in this city, the only remaining members of a family of eight. They are Mrs. S. E. Toon, mother of Wil mington's esteemed townsmen Messrs. W. P. and Luther Toon, and Mrs. Isabel Robinson. SUICIDE AT J0NESB0R0. Cotton Mill Secretary and Treasurer Shot Himself Through the Heart (Special Star Correspondence. Jojtesboro, N. C, Aug. 26. This town was thrown into a fever of ex citement this morning about 8 o'clock when announcement was made of the suicide of Mr. L. Acree, secretary and treasurer of the Jonesboro Cotton Mills. Mr. Acree has been in ill health for some time and this is assigned as a reason of his rash act He was just back from a Richmond, Va., hospital where he went "for treatment, and was found this morning seated in his of fice chair with a bullet through his heart. A pistol lay near him. The ball penetrated the heart and entire body, odging in the wall of the office oppo site him Mr. Acree came originally from Danville, Va , but had been a resident of Jonesboro for 15 years. He was held in very high esteem by all acquaintances. COLORED MERCHANT IN TROUBLE. Trial Near Kerr, Sampson County, for the Lsrceny of Turpentine, Special Star Correspondence. Kkbr, N. C , Aug. 27. At a trial near Kerr last evening before Justice W. W. Newkirk, Lsrk Newton, color ed, was tried for the larceny of a lot of turpentine belonging to Mr. J. W. 8. Robinson and W. H. Murphy, a colored merchant, was thought to be accessory to the crime. Both were re quired to give bond for their appear? ance at the Fall term of Superior Court in this county, and in default of bail they were sent to jail in Clinton, N. C. PIRST BALE, NEW CROP COTTON. Sold at Nine and a. Quarter Cents Per I Pound st Morven Yesterdsy. Special Star Telegram. -Morven, N. C, Aug. 27. Morven received the first bale of new cotton in the State to day. Was sold by Mr. Pres ton Ratcliffe, weighed 589 pounds, and waa sold for nine and a quarter cents. The first bale in the State has hither to been sold at Morven or Wadesboro, but more frequently at Morven. The cot to u graded atrict middling. Purify the Blood Ry taking the old reMable Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.); cures ulcers, scrofula, eczema, pimples, itching skin, aching bones, boils, carbuncles. If you are all run down take B. B. B. It will give life, vitality and strength to the blood. B. B. B. makes the blood purn and rich. Druggist $1. Trial treatment free, by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. t CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bniight Bears the Signature of GOVERNOR AYCOCK ON LYNCHINOS. Mack DistBTkei oa 'Acceaal PTeseai Cosdltkms-Newspspers Are Blamed. Special SXar Correspondence. Raleigh, N. a, Aug. 26. Gover nor Ay cock said to-day that he is ac tually afraid to take np a newspaper every morning for fear he will see ac counts of lynchings.. The situation is, he ssys, simply- appalling and he don't know what to do. The crime for which lynching is administered, seems to be increasing at an alarming rate. He saj s the offerings of rewards for the lynch-, ers is of no avail, and even if some party or parties should be reported there is no grand jury to be found that will. find a true bill, or petit jury that wiH'convict. The Governor charges-the newspa pers with being largely responsible for the lynchings, in that the action of the lynchers is invariably endorsed by them and the statement made that nothing else wss to be expected.- He also takes the position that the lynch ings lend to increase the crime of rape in tlmt the disregard of the law by lynchers who are generally of the bet ter class of people infuses the lower element with a disregard for it which manifests itself in -the commission of the nameless crime. He says be is powerless to put down either the lynching or the rape, and don't believe conditions can be Changed until a pub lic seuiutent is created which will put a slop to lynching. Mr. R E. L. Bunch who has been very critically ill of typhoid fever for the past two weeks, is now considered out of danger and is slowly i a. prov ing His life was repeatedly dispaired of. He is being cared for in the home of his father-in-law, Col. F. A. Oidp CARRIE NATION IN NEW YORK Interview With Police Commissioner Mnr-pby-Called at John L. Solll van's Ssloon By Telegraph to tne Horning star -NB3V York, August 28. Mrs. Carrie Nation arrived in this city to day. She had an interview with Police Commis sioner Murphy, during which he told her that she would be arrested if she violated the law in this city. Mrs. Nation alao called at John L. Sulli van's saloon to see the ex-pugilist in reference to a statement he was al leged to have made to the effect that he would "throw her into the sewer." Sullivan sent down word that he was ill, but made an appointment to meet her next Monday. She then went to see Archbishop Corrigan, but he wss out of town. When Mrs. Nation entered police headquarters she was shown at once to Commissioner Murphy's room. In openi-g her interview with the com missioner she said she had called on him for an account of his stewardship, and asked if he. did not think New York was an awful wicked place: The commissioner re plied in the negative, and Mrs. Nation repeated the question as an assertion, whereupon Mr. Murphy requested her to slop, saying he would not discuss the matter with her. She continued, however, to ply the commissioner with questions concerning drinking places, all of which he refused to an swer. Mrs. Nation said she had come here to do the city some good. ' You don't know what you are talking about," said Commissioner Murpby. "Go back to Kansas and stay there. If you want to do some thing, why don't you do it for your husband?" "I have no husband now," said Mrs. Nation. "I suppose you know ail about that matter." "Ob, yes," said Commissioner Mur Ehy. "T congratulate Mr. Nation, le ought to be a happy man now." "Why don't you ant to discuss Sunday saloons?" asked Mrs. Nation, and the commissioner replied, an grily: "Because I don't want to I want to sit here and be lectured." "What,, do you mean to say that you wont'discuss good morals in New York? Don't you want to talk about the closing up of these hell holes and murder shops? Do you think I am crazy?" "Yes, I do," responded Murphy. -"Mrs. Nation then addressed Mr. Murpby as "Father," which term the commissioner warmly resented. But the Kansas reformer persisted. "Father, don't you think a little 'hatchetation' would be good for New York?" "If you violate the laws, I'll have you locked up," Mr. Murphy warned her. Commissioner Murphy finally ter minated the interview by beckoning to his secretary, who escorted Mrs. Na tion from the room. Before leaving town Mrs. Nation said she would re turn 8unday and visit the ' 'Tender loin" and "see everything that was open." WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Improvement In Condition of Late Corn. Cotton Bsckwsrd sod In Poor Condi tion In Texas By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, August 27. The Bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions is as follows: The weather conditions of the week ending August 26. b, 1901, have been generally favorable, except in the Middle and South Ailaia c and East Gulf States and Teunese-, where in nearly all these sections havy rains have damaged crops and interfered with work, and in some, districts washed lands and caused inunda tions. Drought conditions still pre vail in portions of Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas; in the last named State becoming serious in localities. Continued improvement in the con dition of late corn is generally report ed from the principal corn growing States. In the States of the Ohio valley, the prospects for late corn are decidedly improved ; in some sections fields previously reported beyond re covery will be reclaimed aud the indi cations are that the prospective yield Will be largely increased. The weather of the past week has been generally unfavorable for cotton. Complaints of sbeddin? and rusting, are general throughout the entire cot ton belt, except in Missouri aud Okla homa, but in Oklahoma the crop has been somewhat damaged by hot dry weather; some favorable reports, are, however, received from Tennes see, Arkansas and Louisiana. Cotton is backward and in poor condition in Texas, although the late has improved where rain fell; it is rpring quite rapidly in portions of Gu rgia and Alabama, and picking U m progress in those States as well as m many localities in the western portion of the cotton region. Bear Admiral Sampson is again a sick man, according to a dispatch from Park Haven. He is quite ill, al though he is gaining strength. He sees no visitors, however, and has held no consultation on the Schley court of inquiry. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE DELAWARE The Excursion Steamboat City of Trenton Blown Up , and Burned.- SEVERAL PERSONS PERISHED. Fear Passengers Missing asd Over a Score Are Injsred, Two Fatally After tbe Boiler Exploded the Best Took Fire aad Raa Agroand. bt Tetesrapn to tbe Bfornins sur Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 28. While the steamboat City of Tren ton, of the Wilmington Steamboat Company, was on her way from this, city to Trenton, N. J., this afternoon her port boiler exploded, killing seven persons and injuring over a score of others. Four passengers are missing, but as many sustained slight injuries it is thought the missing may be among those who did not find it necessary to go to the hospital. The dead are: J. D. Chew, assistant ei gineer; Miss Elizabeth Green, Phil adt-lphia; two firemen, names un known; one deck hand, name un known; two passengers, names un known. Missing: Mrs. John Matthews, Phil adelphia; Mrs. Matilda Cross, Phila delphia; two children w no were seen to jump overboard; Injured: Scalded or burned Tbresa Bhein, Philadelphia, fatally r Louis Panchoick, Philadelphia, fa tally;..!. S. Smith, Camden, N, J.; Mrs. Barrett, Camden, N. J.; Mrs. Anna Hoover, Camden, N. J. ; Cece lia Magrogan, Philadelphia; Henry Magrogan, Philadelphia; 8. E. Kep art, Philadelphia; Alice Matthews, Philadelphia; Mrs. C. E. Smith, Phil adelphia; Bessie Brown, Philadelphia; Ed-, a VanSchack, Philadelphia; Jean etteReid, Philadelphia; L miss Rob inson, Camden, N. J. ; Wiison Mecke, Philadelphia; W. C. Mersbrun, Mor risville. Pa. ; J. W. Hastiugs, Phila delphia; White Lansing, Trenton, N. J ; F. A. Delacey, Philadelphia; Mrs. F. A. Delacey, Philadelphia: Mrs. Caiminade. Philadelphia; MissCaimi nade, Philadelphia; Albert Lee, Phila delphia. - Boat on Fire. After the explosion the boat took fire and ran aground. To-night she lies a wrecked and blackened hulk in the marshes opposite Torresdale, six teen miles above this city. Her hold is filled with water, and it is feared more of her passengers and crew may be found in the bottom of the boat when the water is pumped out. A boat belonging to police depart ment is anchored a short distance from the stranded excursion steamer, pump ing the water from the ill-fated yeseL The City of Trenton makes daily trips between Philadelphia and Tren tou. She left the company's wharf at 1 :45 o'clock this afternoon, fifteen minutes behind her schedule time. Her passenger list was lighter than usual and she carried very little freight. The vessel was in charge of Capt W. A. WorrelL The other offi cers were Edward Curry, pilot; J. W. Vanderveer, mate; Edward Murphy, chit-f engineer: J. D. Chew, assistant engineer, and Clayton Bey bold, purser. There were about twelve fire men and deck hands aboard. Nothing of moment occurred until the boat reached Torresdale. Here the steam pipe connecting with the port boiler burst with a loud report. It was followed by another explosion and this time the port boiler was rent in twain. Scalding steam and water poured into the cabin and sections of the woodwork of the boat were torn away by the force of the explosion. A Fearful Scene. Those of the passengers who were notjseamed and scarred by the scalding steam and boiling water, were struck by the flying portions of the splintered cabin. Legs and arms .were broken and faces and bodies scalded. The screams of the injured could be heard on shore and the cries of those who leaped and were blown into the river were heart-rending. So great was the force of the explo sion that a piano in the upper draw ing room of the boat was hurled many feet away from the boat into the river. This proved a fortunate circumstance, for many of the injured passengers. Thrown into the water, scalded and otherwise injured so that they were rendered helpless, they clung to the piano which had fallen into the shal low water until rescued, When the explosion occurred Mate Vanderveer and Pilot Curry were in the pilot house. Both were hurled with terrific force from the little en closure, and the wheel on the star baard side refused to work, while that on the port side, for some unaccounU able reason, began revolving with lightning-like rapidity. As a result the rudder turned the bow of the boat towards the shore and she quickly ran aground, fastening herself in tbe mud. Some Were Rescued. By this time the vessel had caught fire and those of the passengers who were still aboard mm Rnmmill tn leap for their lives. Fortunately the water was not more than four feet deep and many of the victims of the. disaster were ablA tn Some, however, who were too serious ly injured to help themselves, were rescued by members of the boat clubs whose houses line the river front nt this point. The captain and crew of the boat conducted themselves as heroes. They rendt red all the assistance possible to the injured and Captain Worrell was the last man to leave the boat All of the seriously injured were hastily con vevad tn thn hrwnitnl at tha hnn,. nf correction at Holmesburg, about three ;i i m mues oeiow xorresaaie. Assistance Rendered. Aa Bonn is nnuiHla vnwl' voo cant ir this city for the police boats Samuel H. imuunuge ana iiawm . stuart, ana thn ATYlftrfAniv nisna rf HnitAva Tnn - - J r ewwa9 xuv two police boats rendered effective service in exunguisnmg me names and in relieving the injured. unier Engineer murphy, who was on ported to the officials in this city to night that the boiler which AYnlmtari carried only 150 pounds of steam. murpny, a long wim an ouer, had just left the boiler room hn tha nin. sion occurred and both are positive mat me Doner did not carry the limit of steam allowed by law. Murphy wb Bugnuy id j urea ana tne ouer, Bryson, was not scratched. The assis tant engineer, Chew, and a fireman, who were off watch and were on deck, were killed. The boilers of the City of Trenton VDNCuUHSiriZDS "NEW RIVAL" FACTORY,: LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS outshoot all other blacklpowderTshellsTbecause they are male better and loaded by exact machinerywith the standard brands If powder, shot and wadding. Try them and you will be convinced. ALL REPUTABLE DEALERS KEEP THEM were in'pectf d in t.,. u . inspectors snd itood ahTd ml of963poutd. lotte d Tc,fl! time of the explosion., tr,e ANOTHER WOMAN MURDERED Miss Mary Henderson Aesaalted and Killed bye Nerre Near Colnmbo;, Mo. Posses In Parsnit. Bv Tetegraph to the Mornlnz etar Columbus, Mo., Aug. 28.-iLss Mary Henderson, aged forty, was saulted and killed last evening bv William Francis, colored, at the farn, house of her brother-in-law, Charles JL?14, J1? hefe' Fran.c's fled but hundreds of men are scouring t enfire country and his capture ard death are considered almost certain Miss Henderson resided with hp Hyatts on the farm near Columbus i, the heart of the richest agricu;u district in the State. Last evenine tr" Hyatts drove to tbe home of frintj for a brief visit. Francis, who' had been a trusted employe on the p'ace fo several years, was left to his own dt' vices. . Shortly after sunset he enipfm the farm bouse for his eveniigmtj) Miss Henderson prepared it and wa about to call the negro, when h BteDDed into tha kitchen snrt ott' , - i , Bnataea the defenceless woman. 8he screamed loudly and long for help, but none was at hand. The negro was driven finally by her desperate resistance t0 the yard in the rear of the hous?. but in the end she was overpowered ' When the Hyatts returned Miss Hen derson was found lying near the hous with a bullet hole above the left ear The only horse remaining on the place bad also been killed in his stall, ev dently to hinder pursuit. Mks Hen d Arson is said tn havo. ,11,,;. 1 "'iica iUDP enough to inform her "relatives of her assailant. This announcement removfd ail doubts from the citizsns here, an-i ia.f a dozen posses were immediately formed. Every inch of territory iu the county is now being scored. . A suspect is under arrest at Inde pendence and another is being pursutj near Sedalia. It is practical lv certain that Francis, if captured, will be burned at the stake. Not Yet Csptured.' Kansas City, Mo , Aug. 2i ' bo sie" Francis, the negro who outraged and murdered Miss Mary Henderson of Columbus, Mo.last night has not yet been captured, but five hundred men are scouring the woods tonight it. the vicinity of the crime, and it is said Francis cannot possibly escape. It is not known whether he fled on horse back or on foot, but the pursuit was begun so soon after the discovery of the crime that every outlet from the country was closed promptly. Francis has always lived about Columbus, knows every foot of territory there about, and is likely to hide in the bush than to flee to a strange district. Thf volunteers will hunt all night and wii! be relieved by others tc-morrow. Bloodhounds were sought last nighi, butwerejnot obtainable while the trail was fresh, Francis will undoubtedly be lynched if caught, but burning n the stake is not advocated, cor have innocent negroes been injured or threatened. Bud Francis, brother of the murderer, took to the woods after the discovery of the crime. He was seen today near Centerview, and when caught will be strung up, tnei. bers of the posse say, and compelled to say what he knows of his brother s whereabouts. POSTOFFICE ROBBED The Thieves Attempted to Set Fire to the Boildiof, Bat Failed. By Telegrapn to tbe Moraine Star. iRwraviLLK, Qa., Aug. 28. Thieves broke into the postoffice at Mystic, a small station on the Tifton & North eastern railroad, last night, rifled tht cash drawer and stole two money or der books. When they left they at tempted to set fire to the building by taking the chimney from a lamp and setting the dames against a pile of pa pers. The papers were packed tight and when the postmaster opened the office early this morning they were smoldering,' but had not broken into flames. There is no clue -to the iden tity of the thieves. NORTH CAROLINA'S SHARE. TbC Apportionment of tbe Militia Appro . prlatlon to the Southern States. By Telegraph to tne Morning star. -Washington, Aug. 28. The ap portionment of the militia appropria tion to the Southern States is as fol lows : Alabama, $23,366; Arkansas, $16, 993; Florida, 8,496; Georgia," $27,011; Kentucky, $27,614; Louisiana, $10,993; Maryland, $16,993; Mississippi, 119, 117; Missouri, $36,111; North Caro lina, $23,366; South Carolina, 119, 117; Tennessee, $25,490; Texas, $31, 862; Virginia, $25,490. FRtlQHT TRAIN WRECKED. Engineer Killed and Fireman snd a . Trainman Isjured. By Telegraph to tne Morning 8 tar Marietta, Ga., Aug. 28. A trestle on the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern railroad, near Ellijay, Ga., gave way last night as a freight train was pass ing over it The engine of the train turned completely over, killing En gineer Ben Smith and injuring per haps fatally Fireman King and a train man. Kinston Free Press: Thomas Brown, colored, says he was held up and robbed at the Briery last night about 12 o'clock. He said two colored men jumped on him and beat him un mercifully, took all the money he had, $1.25, and skipped. Brown presented a pitiful appearance as he -walked into town this morning. His clothes were torn and he-was cut in half a dozen places. Omcs or D. "H. Hardt, Sec. of State, t AUSTIN, TBX., NOV. 21. 19C0. splsnaid remedy and aid for my teething emi dren. When my oldest boy a teeming cniia. every succeeding day warned us that we ww'0 InevltaDly lose blm. I happened upon TF.Eo- uwu.t as, vua vueev uaj vu uo s omui"" - ity. hftVA OrtncrtaritLlvr Want It an1 naaii it ain P. A Wll'U my cniiaren, ana have taken great pieasui " sounding its pralses-to all mothers of young children. I found it Invaluable even after tne teething period was passed MRS D. A. HARDY. n
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