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BEST FOB BOTH.
Bishop Turner, colored, of Georgia,
has long been the zealous advocate
of the deportation of the negroes of
the South . as the solution, and the
only solution, of the race problem.
There are among intelligent and
educated negroes some who agree
with him and some who differ from
him, but those who differ from him
ik-io either because they believe it
will be better for the negroes to re
main close to the white man, whose
example and assistance are neces
sary for the elevation and betterment
of the race, or because they do not
believe there is any section of the
world where the negro could be as
advantageously and comfortably lo
cated a3 he is in this. -
Bishop Turner has had his gaze
fixed upon South Africa, as the pros
pective domicile of the race, but the
very poor success which has followed
the efforts of benevolent men to
btablish a negro Eepublic in that
part of the world did not give much
encouragement to Bishop Turner's
scheme. Liberia was a failure, and
while there has been more or less
talk about it, stimulated by the
Bishop's persistent advocacy of emi
gration, it has never seemed to at
tract the negroes of the South,
although several hundred of them
have been enticed to go by
emigration agents who made some
money out of the work they did.
Many of those negroes have man
aged to find their way back, glad to
get back, and have told doleful tales
about what they had to go through
in the negro Eepublic. With the
accounts that have been given of it
there is little disposition among
Southern negroes to venture in that
part of the world and unless there
should be some great change there
probably never will be.
A3 we understand him, Bishop
Turner is not advocating a negro
exodus because of antipathy to the
..white man, but because he believes
that separation of the races will be
best for both the white man and for
the negro. It would surely be the
best for the white man and would be
for the negro if he could find the
right kind of a domicile where he
could work out his destiny without
danger of relapsing into barbarism.
To escape this he would need the
Jtfe3ence of intelligent, educated
negroes to act as guardians or white
men whose counsel and example
would have a restraining, elevating
influence. There is one thing as
sure as the rising and setting of the
sun or the flow and ebb of the tides,
and that is that as long as the
negroes of the South inhabit the
same territory as the white men,
their former masters, they must oc
cupy a subordinate, humble position.
The more thrifty of them may ac
cumulate money and become posses
sors of property which may secure
them more or less consideration and
respect, but they will always be ne
groes, the line will always be drawn
between them and the white man.
Bishop Turner realizes this, as does
every other intelligent, thinking ne
gro, but he having more sense than
a good many others who believe they
can by statute or persistency break
down a barrier erected, by nature, ac
cepts the inevitable" and labors to
make others see it as he does.
He believes the white people of
the South should see it as he does,
too, and encourage the negroes to
look to Africa. He argues that if a
way were opened into Africa millions
f the black race now in America
would follow it and the South would
be rid, without friction, of an ele
went of population now a mere
'dead weight on its political and in
dustrial progress. This is true as
far as the removal of the deadweight
?oeg, but if the way were opened
and the millions followed as the
bishop says they would, wouldn't it
bfrthe most pushing, persevering,
mdustrious and thiiftf that would
to first, leaving the shiftless and
worthless behind, as much or more
f a "dead weight" than ever?
Heretofore the Br shop in advoca
ting an exodus has been handi
capped by the fact that he had his
thoughts centered on South Africa,
which did not present attractions
enough as a land for settlement, but
he may take fresh courage with the
VOL. XXII.
apparent succeas that is being met
with in the culture of cotton ' and
other plants in the German terri
tory in .West Africa, which is said
to much resemble part of the cotton
belt of the South. It
HU1A
that the area adapte4 to the culture
there is about a third larger than
the total cotton area of the South.
If this be true doesn't it present a
field where there is room -for and
might offer welcome to the South
ern negro, who knows , something
about cotton, for that is the kind of
settlers that region wants. We read
something from some enthusiast
few days ago in which he ex
claimed that the success of cotton
culture in West Africa was the
happy solution of the race problem
in the United States, and he crave
Kaiser William credit for it.
Now if Bishop Turner and others
who agree with him could prevail
on Kaiser William to extend an in
vitation to negroes of other countries
to emigrate to Africa, and would
offer them the inducement of free
gift farms of reasonable size, or do
as Russia does with her Siberian
colonists, sell them the land at a
small price and give them plenty of
time to pay for it, and follow Rus
sia's example further bv helping
them to equip their farms with the
necessary implements and stock,
perhaps the Bishop's long advocated
exodus might begin, and be followed
up until the negroes in the South
might be pretty . well thinned out.
By that time there would be plenty
of white people to take their places,
and both white and black, as Bishop
Turner says, might be benefited.
Whether this may come to pass,
no one is prophet enough to foresee,
but if it should it would be an un
looked for and happy solution of the
race problem.
HOWISON AND HACKETT.
The Howison-Hackett correspon
dence in reference to the opinions
expressed by Admiral Howison on
the Sehley-Sampson dispute, pub
lished yesterday, is unique and
creditable to neither of the writers.
It has been publicly alleged that in
conversation with a reporter of the
Boston Record shortly after the bat
tle at Santiago Admiral Howison
showed himself such a partisan of
Admiral Sampson that grave doubts
arose as to whether he could divest
himself of his partiality "when sit
ting as a judge.
In his letter to Acting Secretary
Hackett, he does not deny having
expressed such opinions but says he
has no recollection of such a gen
tleman as the reporter of the Record
and does not approve of his public
statement attributed to him (Howi
son). This is not a denial of the
alleged fact that he had expressed
the opinions objected to but simply
that he expressed them for publi
cation. He admits having express
ed opinions, and substantial
ly that he had expressed them in
favor of Sampson, for he does not
deny that, but asserts that notwith
standing he could render a verdict
"without partiality," as the law re
quires. He could not have said any
thing else without branding himself
as either a very conscienceless judge
or a very obdurate partisan.
But notwithstanding his three
"personal" paragraphs in the con
clusion of his letter, he admits that
he is glad of the opportunity to sit
as a judge in this case, when he
says: "As it is a case of grave im
portance1 to those concerned and to
the country, I am desirous of giv
ing my little help to clear away the
troubles." He is desirous of giving
his little help," etc., and therefore
he had no idea of retiring voluntari
ly and would have been .very much
disappointed if another had been
named in his place. -
It is not surprising that Admiral
Schley's counsel should be dissatis
fied with this letter of Admiral
HowisOH.
But Hackett's letter in reply is
even worse, and borders on the ri
diculous. It is -less candid for it
takes Howison's letter as a "sub
stantial denial" of the allegations
when it is no such thing, taffies
Howison, and congratulates the
Department on its "good -fortune"
in selecting him as a member of the
court.
In conclusion he says if the letter
were not a "personal" one he would
give it to the Judge Advocate, but
that didn't prevent him from giving
it to the public through the news
papers, without waiting to see if
Admiral Howison "had any objec
tion."
This whole business, we repeat, is
creditable to neither Howison nor
Hackett, the former of whom shows
himself lacking in sense of propri
ety, and unfit to perform the duties
that must devolve upon him, the
latter of whom is not fit to be in a
position where he so exposes his
bias and lack of official decency.
Is this to be another Dreyfus case?
The coming St. Louis show
ought to be a pretty good one. The
managers say they have $17,000,000
in bank and in sight.
NORTH CAROLINA'S POPULA
TI01J.
The following in reference to the
population of North Carolina, as
reported by the last U. S. census,
was sent by the Washington corres
pondent of the Raleigh Post, from
which we clip it:
"Woman is in the majority in North
Carolina according to the figures
given out to-day by the census office.
There are 955,133 of "her'.' while of
the men there 938,677 or 60.4 per cent
female and 49.6 males.
"Raleigh has nearly one thousand
more women than men, the figures
being males 6,362, females 7,273. She
has 5,721 negroes in her borders, of
whom 2,523 are males and 3,198 are
females. Her white population-consists
of 3,616 native white males, 3,904
native white females, 10 foreign born
white males.
"There are 1,263,603 whites and 630,
207 negroes in the State in which are
included 5,687 Indians. Of the whites
of native and foreign birth the male
aggregate 632,155 and the females 631,
448, and of the negroes the males num
ber;306,522 and the females 323,615.
"Of the population of the State the
whites, constitute 66.7 per cent, and
the negroes 33.3."
The disparity in numbers be
tween the sexes seems to be mainly
among the negroesy attributable, we
suppose, to the large number of
men who have gone to other States
to work in the turpentine forests,
&c, and the number of rovers who
come and go and have no fixed hab
itation. With about one negro to
every two white persons, we have
enough, however, for all practicable
purposes.
The St. Paul Press, Republican,
dosen't see why, if 75,000,000 United
States people could get three-cent
sugar and better cigars for less
money, by the annexation of Cuba,
they should be thwarted by less
than a hundred thousand sugar and
tobacco men. Neither do we. But
the 75,000,000 do not pool their
issues and manipulate statesmen
like the sugar and tobacco men do.
Statistics Bhow that while Scot
land's population has nearly doubled
since 1840, Ireland's population has
fallen off about one half. Land
lordism and British discrimination
are what have done the depopulat
ing work for Ireland.
The denizens of Rochester, N.
Y., are puzzled over the case of a
handsome young woman who per
mitted herself to be inveigled into
eloping with "a legless, penniless
old fossil." Perhaps he hypnotized
her.
Since the inauguration of Gover
nor Candler, of Georgia, eleven
months ago, $8,575 have been offered
in rewards for escaped criminals. It
got some of them, and Judge Lynch
got some more without offering any
reward.
John. Phillips, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Iowa, is a
self made man. Up to 1884 he
worked for wages as a miner in
Missouri. Then he was made man
ager of a fuel company.
It is said that Mark Hanna will
take the stump in Ohio in October.
At first the stump business went
rather against Mark, but since he
has become a little used to it he
takes to it without compulsion.
The Smiths, of New Jersey, met
in family convention at Peapack,
in that State, a few days ago. There
were five or six thousand of them
there and it wasn't right good meet
ing weather, either.
Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, has
taken the head of one woman post
master and is going with his hatchet
for another. Perhaps he thinks the
women have no business fooling with
males.
When John L. Sullivan, of New
York, heard that Carrie Nation was
coming to see him he played sick.
We don't blame him. He had seen
her pictures in the papers.
The Plow Trust has advanced the
price of plows 10 per cent. It pro
poses to get a part of the wheat sur
plus which the farmers have this
year. - -
REUNION AT HOLLY HILL.
Gathering of Descendants of Duncan Mar
chison, Esq., Guests of Miss Williams.
FayetteviUe Observer 29tti.'
There was a reunion of the descend
ants of Duncan Murchison, Esq., at
HollvHill. near Manchester, yester
dav. The laree company present were
the guests of Miss Fannie Williams, of
Wilmington, wno is spending uw oum
of TTniiv Hill, and Miss Lutie
Murchison. Among those present
were: ,,
n. a t Williams. Mrs. Marcaret
McKay, of Summerville; Miss Fannie
R. Williams, of Wilmington; Miss
Mattie L. Williams, tsev. ana jars.
rk,;i Woifiav Mibbab Kate. Janie and
Nannie Fairley, Misses Liza and May
Williams, Misses marguerite ami
Nannie Holladay Miss Kate Horner,
f riwtnvA Mnafnr James Homer.
VI v.w-, " -
Mn. dan WilliAma. Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Williams, Miss Emmie Belle
Williams, Master John u. y imams,
-r , n t IP "Wn wVi larin Mr.
jr.. ..BUB" UUUS A-' AM.-."-.- ,
Jaines Sprunt Hall, Mr. Robert Lee
Williams, Misses jean,
Vr; uJLko.t, Mr William Fitz-
hugh, Miss Janie McDiarmid and Miss
Roxie Hodges.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,
CURRENT CUMMENT.
The German newsnanefs
keep on boycotting American goods,
and American exports to the Ger
man empire keep on increasing.
From 1870 to 1901 the increase is
xom $42,000,000, to. $191,000,000;
Augusta Chronicle, Dem.
Two facts militate heavilv
against a too rapid increase of the
navy, to wit: The failure to take
proper care of the vessels already in
service, and the inability of the
Navy Department to get men enough
to man new vessels. Philadelphia
Record, Dem.
The Republicans deprived
Washington Citv of the orivilejre of
suffrage because of the large negro
majority, ana tney will have
real problems in Hawaii, Porto Rico,
ouiu ana tne Philippines. Is there
any question how the Republicans
will settle those problems ? Will
they put the negro or the brown
man on top ? Newport News Her
ald, Dem,
The product of sugar from
beets has grown so large as to leave
the cane product verv far behind.
but there is still a big thing in the
cultivation of cane,' particularly in
this latitude, where cane srrows
uxuriantly. The railroad compa
nies that are engaged in providing
homes in the South for settlers will
do well to make large efforts to en
courage sugar cane growing. Mo
bile Register, Dem.
TOO MUCH LYNCH LAW.
Prompt and Speedy Justice the Remedy.
Wilmington, N. C. Aug. 30th, 1901.
Editor Stab,
Dear 8ir:
We hardly take ' up a paper but
what wa see where some one has been
lynched in the United States. .And
they don't confine lynching to just one
crime, but several. I know the aggra
vation is great where some crimes are
committed, , but I certainly think it
would be better for all of us. if people
could be punished by law rather than
by lynching. If our oherilfs would
summon a large number of deputies as
soon as they hear.of such crimes being
committed, arrest the criminal as soon
as possible, and notify the Governor
immediately and let him send a Judge,
convene Court and try the criminal
immediately and if his guilt is estab
lished, have him hung within five days
from time, I am satisfied that this would
be much better than the present
system. I am as anxious to have men,
black or white, punished for crimes as
any person can be, but when we throw
away law and order, and take the law
in our own hands, we are drifting to
ward lawlessness. AH races have more
or less people in them who are on the
lawless order, and tney can only be
held in by the better element mould
ing public opinion in favor of law and
order. What is civilization worth un
less we can have some way to make
people' obey laws. I am writing this
hoping it will put people to thinking,
and do some good in the way of pro
tecting law and order. I think on this
ine all our merchants, and in fact all
our citizens, and especially our most
intelligent citizens, sbould ask tor
their names to be put in the jury box,
and no man claim exemption from
jury duty. We need all our best men
on the juries, and need them on the
Grand Jury as well as on the petit
jury. Many times I think a jury has
gone wrong when .if there had been
one or two men of good business ca
pacity on it, it would nave gone
right.
Respectfully,
D. L. Gore.
BAD NEGRO ESCAPED.
Dog His Way Oat of the City Prison On
Friday Afternoon.
Isaac Jones, the bad negro from
Navassa who was captured a few
nights ago after an exciting chase
through the business section of the
city, made his escape from the city
guard, house Friday afternoon be
tween 5 and 6 o'clock by digging his
way through a brick floor under a
door leading from the corridor of the
prison to the band room at the south
western corner of the building. The
police kept the matter of the negro's
escape very quiet for the time being
with a hope of recapturing him, but
thus far all efforts in that direction
have been in vain
New Silk Mill for Fayetleville.
Favetteville Observer: "We learn
on excellent authority that the ABhley
Bailey Company, of Paterson, New
Jersey, the great silk manufacturers,
who are now operating a large mill in
this city, employing between three and
four hundred - negroes, will shortly
commence the erection of anotner and
larger factory near the present mill.
It is said that tne material nas aireaay
been contracted for."
TO MOVE THE CROPS.
Shipments of Money South and West
Heavier This Season Than Usual.
By Telegrapn to tne Morning Star.
Washington, August 31. The ship
ments of money from the treasury to
the South and West for the movement
nt r.rnns have been much heavier this
season than ever before. Treasurer
Roberts said to-day that at the close ot
August, 1899, there had been trans-
frraA tn t.h sirh-treaBuries at Chicago.
New Orleans and St. Louis the sum of
12,118,500. At the close of the aame
month in 1890 the total was t3,4uu,uuu,
and at thft lnsA nt business at the trea
sury to-day the total was $7,250,000, of
whicn JNew ur leans nas received
K9.K nnn Thn r.iirrncv is shinned, as a
rule, one-fourth in silver certificates
up to $5, one-fourtn in unnea oiaies
notes of the denomination oi tiu ana
fhn FAmaindnr in cold certificates.
Gold coin is not in demand for crop
moving purposes.
AA'ral th1av vAatavrlav acknowl
a1 vast tViA vAnmnt ef Atin R Afire tar V
Hackett's communication, enclosing a
nvv of Raqi Admiral TTnwiSOIl'S let
ter made public yesterday. It is very
nrobable if Secretary Long reaches
Washington before the court con-
AHmival nhlA-v's nnunsel wil
vouw, . " " - j
communicate with him in regard to
Admiral Howison's eligibility as a
mamhnit nf thn nnnrt of inauirV. and
endeavor to settle the matter before
the tribunal meets. .
THE COTTON SEASON.
Old Crop Year Closed Yesterday
and the New Will Begin
To-morrow.
RECEIPTS AT' WILMINGTON.
Owing to Shortness of Production There
is a Falling Off of About 24,000
Bales First Tramp Steamer
Arrived Yesterday.
The cotton crop Syear for 1900-1901
closed yesterday and the new season
begins tc-morrow.
The receipts at the port of Wilming
ton for the past . fiscal year were
258,554 bales against 282,360 in the
year immediately preceding. It is seen,
therefore, that there ts a faring off In
the number of Dales handled here by
nearly 24.000, but this does not indicate
a decrease in the cotton business of the
city. The crop for the season just
ended was a very short one and doubt-
tss con pa-ed with the production in
Wilmington's territory. The port has
received a larger percentage of the
yield in the" country contiguous than
on the year previous when there was
a more abundant production.
The domestic exports for the year
ended yesterday were 36,020 bales
while the foreign shipments amounted
to 223,705 bales. The correspond
ing figures for the year previous are
14,550 bales and 274,710 bales.
The opening of the cotton season in
Wilmington means a rejuvenation . of
business in all lines and it is always
hailed with delight by everybody. The
first new crop cotton of the year came
in yesterday from over the W., C. &
A. railroad. The shipments amounted
to ten bales, but from now on they will
be on the steady increase and the com
presses in the city will present a live
ly scene. Everybody concedes that
the crop will be very short again this
year, but there will be enough of
the fleecy staple on the market in at
few days to convince the general pub
lic that not all tbe production has
been cut off. Last September when
the season opened cotton was quoted
at 9 cents for middling and this year
September 1st, finds the quotations on
a basis of 8 cents.
The first tramp steamship for a cargo
of cotton for the foreign trade came in
yesterday. She is the Torgorm and
will perhaps take the first cargo from
a South Atlantic port. She is now at
quarantine down the Cape Fear, but
will likely come up to the city to-day
or tc-morrow.
TAX COMPUTATION COMPLETE.
Books of County Will be Turned Over to
Sheriff Early This Week.
Mr. T. O. Bunting and assistants,
who have been engaged the past two
weeks or more in computing the tax
books of the county for the current
year, yesterday completed their task
and turned over the books to the
County Commissioners for examina
tion this week. The usual abstracts
were also made out and forwarded to
the State Auditor.
No figures as to increase of valua
tion or the total property value could
be secured yesterday from the Regis
ter of Deeds and none will be forth
coming until the books are passed
upon by the Commissioners. It is learn
ed, however, that the increase is about
one and a half million dollars in
round numbers.
The amounts will be in the hands of
the sheriff for - collection early this
week.
HARBOR MASTER'S REPORT.
Arrival of American and Foreign Vessels
During Month of August.
The report of Capt. Edgar D. Wil
liams, harbor master, shows arrival of
vessels of 90 tons and over as follows
during the month of August
American 9 steamships, 11,509
tons ; I barge, 1,740 tons ; 3 schooners,
805 tons. Total vessels, 13; total ton
nage 14,054.
Foreign 2 steamships, 3,898 tons;
1 barque 724 tons. Total vessels 3.
Total tonnage, 4,623.
The grand total of vessels is 16;
grand total tonnage, 18,676
The report compares very favorably
with that for the same month last
year.
Boy Kicked by Male.
David, the 7-year-old son of Mr. Sol
J. Jones, who lives in East Wilming
ton, was- severely injured late Friday
afternoon by being kicked by a mule
attacked to a cart and driven
along a road near which the boy was
playing. One of the little fellow's legs
was broken by the kick of the mule,
and before the driver could stop the
animal the cart passed over the boy's
body, severely bruising one of his
hips. Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy is attend
ing the wounded lad
Died at Hahira. Ga
Mrs. Alex. S. Holden received the
sad news bv teleeranh yesterday of the
death of her little neice, Blanche
Owens, aged four years, which occurs
red at the home of her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Owens. Hahira. Ga. The
death was very sudden, but no pariic
ulars have yet been received.
C. D. Weeks, Esq., has been
appointed general agent and local at
torney for the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company, of Balti
more, with offices in the Smith build
ing. -
1901.
COTTON CROP OUTLOOK.
The Prospect Less Favorable to a Large
Yield Than Was Generally Accepted
.a Month Ago.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New Orleans, Aug. 3L In con
nection with ita regular review of the
movement and conditions in the cot
ton trade, the New Orleans Tirade
Index to-morrow will say concerning
the crop of the commercial year just
opening:
"The new crop is commencing to
move in the western districts and first
bales have been numerous in all sec
tions. The prospects of the crop are
upon the whole less favorable to a
arge yield than was generally accent
ed a month ago. Some improvement
in condition was made during the first
days of August, but -latterly com
plaints of damage by the continued
drought in central and north central
Texas have been frequent. In view of
the facts shown in the rain table, com
piled from government records, it
may be questioned whether these com
plaints are in all Cases well founded.
That some points have suffered is
plain, but the moisture recorded while
not heavy has been too generally dis
tributed to make an absolute failure
probable. In the East the complaint
has been from the reverse cause. Too
much rain causing rust and shedding,
reducing it is said, a previously fair
?rospect to a very different promise,
he section tributary to New Orleans
has apparently fared better than other
portions of the belt Ita crop is in good
condition.
Galveston's Receipts.
Galveston. Texas, August 31.
The Galveston News' trade edition,, of
September 1st, places the Texas cotton
crop for the season just closed at 3,
508,286 bales; an increase of 1,085,612
bales over the previous year. Galves
ton s cotton receipts for the season
were 2,177,983 bales; an increase of
467,720 bales over the previous season.
CENSUS BUREAU BULLETIN.
Giving Number of Persons of School, Mi
litia and Voting Ages In North
Carolina In 1900.
By Telegraph to tne Momma star.
Washington, Aug. 3L The Census
Bureau to-day issued a bulletin giving
the number of persons of school, mili
tia and voting ages in North Carolina
in the census year 1900. In North
Carolina persons of school age are prac
tically all of native birth, the foreign
born element of this class constituting
only one-tenth of one per cent, of the
whole number in the State.
Colored persons of school age con
stitute 34.9 per cent, of the whole
number of persons of school age and
compromise chiefly persons of neero
descent.
Males of voting age are substanti
ally all of 'native birth, only six-
tenths of one per cent, of the whole
number being of foreign birth.
Among males of voting age, as a
whole, there is a considerable propor
tion of illiterates, the percentage
being 29.4. This somewhat large per-.
centage is due principally to the pres
ence among males of voting age of a
large number of illiterate persons of
negro descent.
The fagures are as follows : Children
of school age, 753,826, of whom 450
are foreign born, 263,044 colored, 377,-
611 males and 376,215 females. Males
of militia age 326,202, of whom 1,346
are foreign born and 99,626 colored.
Males of voting age 417,578, of whom
2,530 are foreign born and 128,315 col
ored. A SENSATIONAL TURN.
Members of Posses Abandoning the Search
for tbe Murderer of Miss Mary Hen
' derson io Missouri.
By Telegraph to the Morning itar.
Kansas City, Mo., August 31.
Tbe hunt for "Bossie" Francis, the al
leged murderer of Miss Mary Hender
son at Columbus has shifted to Stras-
burg, west of Holden. Every foot of
country around that town is being
scoured. At noon it was believed the
posse was close to the fugitive. The
killing of Miss Henderson took a sen
sational turn this afternoon when the
chase was practically given up. The
bloodhounds refused to take the scent
and it was hinted broadly that the fu
gitive had made good his escape by
the aid of white persons. A special
from Strasburg saysr
"Many original members of the
posses have given up in disgust and
have discarded their guns, saying they
regret the search ever was begun.
There are dozens of men in Johnson
county who believe that Francis was
paid to murder Miss Henderson by
white persons who' wanted to get her
out of the way. As the case stands
now it is believed that Francis, if
captured, will be tortured for the pur
pose of making him tell - what he
knows."
SHAMROCK THE SECOND.
Speed Trial Over a Measured Course The
Results Considered Favorable by
Sir Thomas Llpton.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
New Yoek, Aug. 31. The sixth trial
spin of Shamrock II. to-day, thanks
to a stiff breeze from-the southwest,
developed into a speed trial over a
measured course, the results of which
are considered favorable by Sir Thomas
Linton and his friends.
Sir Thomas said yesterday that when
Mr. Jameson arrived he would be in
absolute charge of the yacht. He was
on board the Shamrock to-day and in
charge every minute of her trial.
indfirincr from the masterly way m
which she was handled. Instead of
going out to sea, he had the yacht sent
twice up and down the main ship
channel, from the southwest sprit to
Staten Island and back, almost every
mile of which is marked by govern
ment buoys, with the result that by
simple calculations it was found the
vacht had travelled over certain por
tions of the course at the rate of four
teen knots an hour. Sir Thomas Lip
ton, guaging her speed by that of the
Erin, claims half a knot more. Per
haDS he was right; at any rate the
yacht could have carried more sail
than she did, and so may be able later
on to make good his assertion.
NO. 45
VICTORY FOR TBE
STEEL STRIKERS.
Closed Down One of the Plants
of the Carnegie Steel
People.
EEFORTS TO COMPROMISE.
Conference Between President Schwab of
the Steel Corporation and a Labor
Leader Result Not Known.
More Men Seeking Work.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning star.
Pittsburg, Aug. 31. The steel
strikers are claiming to-night the big
gest victory since the fight began, in
the closing down of the open hearth
department of the Duquesn iron
works. Amalgamated- people claim
that the open hearth men have struck
ana the entire plant will have to
close down when the men fail to re
turn Monday night for work. The
Carnegie steel people make light of
the matter, and say the close down of
the open hearth department to-day
was merely the usual Saturday after
noon close, and maintain that the men
will be on hand for work tMonday. as
heretofore, and no stoppage will re
Bult They claim the trouble
at the plant Friday night has
been exaggerated very much; that
instead of a large number of men
having quit work, only a few boys
were escorted from tne mills by police
men and the places of the ejected were
nlled at once.
Until to-morrow night it will not be
known certainly which side is right in
its contention the Amalgamated
people claim to be able to tie up the
plant, and the steel company say they
will resume without any material in
convenience.
Reported Conference.,
Aside from this incident, the report
ed conference by long distance tele
phone between Schwab, of the steel
corporation, and Simon Burns, presi
dent of the Window Glass Workers
Association, was the only other hap
pening to cause comment. It seems
that the two gentlemen really com
municated with each other by phone,
but what the subject or result was is
not known. Mr. Burns is mysteriously
silent and says he can say nothing
just yet.
it is learned from another source
that during the extended wire conver
sation, Mr. Schwab told Mr. Burns
that he would not consent to meet any
representatives of the Amalgamated
Association until all the mills of tbe
United States Steel Corporation thrown
idle by the order of President T. J.
Shaffer are put in operation again by
the former employes of the corpo
ration returning to their work. He
told Mr. Burns, it is said, that the
striking members of the Amal
gamated Association are no longer
employes of the United States Steel
Corporation. Hence there is no reason
why he should meet any representa
tive of the Association, But if they
voluntarily re-enter the employment
of the corporation, it is said, Mr.
Schwab is willing to listen to any
grievance they may desire to lay be
fore him with reference to their work
and wages. And it is further intima
ted that he will consent to allow these
grievances to be submitted by the offi
cers of their union.
Talk -of Settlement.
Mr. Burns called on Mr. Shaffer this
afternoon. He refused to state what
passed at the conference, but he is
hopeful that President Schwab will ac
cord him an interview to discuss terms
of the strike settlement.
The feature of the proposal which
it is said impresses the president of the
steel combine, is putting the men back
to work at once, and then adjusting
any differences.
The steel corporation to-day con
tinued to add to its number of men at
work in several of the plants that have
resumed since the strike began, but
the Amalgamated people insist that
the additions are of no value and that
the strike situation remains without
change.
Neither side to the controversy ex
pects much to develop until after
Labor Day, outside of the Duquesne
probabilities. After Monday, however
it is probably decided and effective
moves will be made by each.
Something Decisive.
It learned to-night, from reliable
authority, in spite of the great secrecy
maintained by Messrs. Burns and
Shaffer .concerning the telephonic
conversation between President
Schwab and President Burns, that
something decisise may result. It is
said President Schwab declined to
haye any conference with President
T. J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
Association, on the ground that he no
longer represents any of the men em
ployed by the corporation, all union
men having left the employ of the
company. If the steel workers are
then to go to work at once,
and the mills resume operations
in full, the whole matter is said to as
sume a different aspect and a decision
between the officials of the Trust and
Amalgamated officials can take place.
Immediately after this conversation
Mr. Burns went to President Shaffer
and urged him to call a meeting
of the executive board of the
organization at once, so that the
men could be ordered to work at the
earliest moment possible. It is under
stood that this order will ba issued not
later than Tuesday and would have
been issued before then had it been
possible to get the executive commit
tee of the organization together.
ABSCONDING BOOK-KEEPER.
Arrested in Baltimore, Charged With
Embezzlement.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Baltimore, Aug.3L Chief of Police
Joseph J. Adkins, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
arrived here to day, bearing a requisi
tion, signed by Governor Benton Mc
Millin of that State, for Robert Dun
can, aged fifty years, who is wanted
on the charge of the' embezzlement
of $2,500 from the Southern Brass and
Iron Company.
Duncan was arrested and committed
to the custody of the chief of police,
wno left with his prisoner ror knox
ville. The alleged embezzlement was com
mitted in July. 1900, after which Dun
can and his family left the State. The
authorities have been searching for
him ever since, and finally located him
here. Duncan was bookkeeper for the
firm.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lnmberton Roiesonian: Sheriff
George B. McLeod, who la in Maxton
on business this week, informs us that
the cotton crop of that section is esti
mated at 60 per cent -
Henderson Gold Leaf: One of
th most remarkable stalks of tobacco
that we have heard of is the- property
of Mr. M. S. Duke, of Gillburg. It is 7
feet 3 inches high, 5 feet 5 inches
across, and has 34 leaves on it.
High Point Enterprise: Mr. S.
T. Barker has at his home an arm
chair which is, perhaps, about as old as
any piece of furniture in the county.
It belonged to 'Squire Green Morgan's
wife's trandfather, who lived near
Deep River many years ago. It must
be 150 years old.
Newborn Journal: A letter re
ceived from Messic, Pamlico county,
say that the horse epidemic has broken
out again in that section. There were
about eight days when no horses were
taken but six new cases are reported
and It is considered that that means
just twenty more horses lost
Charlotte News: Charlie Mc
Duffie, colored, mortally wounded in
the head. Sam Alexander, colored,
shot in the arm. Not serious. The
above fatalities tell the story ol a
night's raid on a watermelon patch on
the old Hunter place, about five miles
from Charlotte. - Mr. J. 8. Crenshaw
was the gentleman who did the shoot
ing and a double barrelled shotgun
loaded with buckshot was the weapon.
. Washington Progress: From last
reports we learn that 329 horses had
died in Hyde county up to the middle
of last week and the disease had not
abated. This is distressing. We still
hold to our former views in believing
that the cause is largely, due to the
mosquitoes. In the lower portion of
this county, where the mosquitoes
were bad, horses are dying and the dis
ease is less where tbe mosquitoes
were fewer. The disease is confined to
the mosquito belt almost entirely. .
Salisbury Sun: Julius Ellis and
James Caldwell, both negroes, were
arrested at Cleveland yesterday after
noon and are in jail here to-day to
await court next week on the charge of .
assault with intent to rob. Mr. John
Thomas Barber, postmaster at Barber's
Junction, was returning to his home
through a cut near the junction yes
terday afternoon, when the two men
halted him. One of them had a knife
in his hand, while the other assumed
a threatening attitude. Mr. Barber told
them that he had no moneys and they
then demanded tobacco. - He jumped
from the cut and ran. When he had
secured help he went in search of the
negroes and succeeded, in capturing
them. ,
Raleigh News ami Observer:
It is now certain that Thomas Rogers,
the white man charged with rape at
Wilton, was taken from the constable
by his friends to keep him from going
to jail. It is also believed here that
the officer was willing to this, if in
deed he did not enter into a conspiracy .
to secure Koers' release, and there is
strong talk here of the prosecution of
Constable Blackley and all those who
can be discovered as having part in
the affair. The Governor's declara
tion of his purpose to offer a reward
for them has been generally com
mended. Senator H. S. Ward, of
Plymouth, who was in 'the city yester
day, tells of a magnificent gift to his
town. It is $5,000 for an cademy
building, and is given by Dr. John
Hampton, now of Pennsylvania, a
native of Plymouth. He removed to
Pennsylvania after the war and
amassed a large fortune.
Franklinton -correspondent
Raleigh News and Observer: Thos. 8.
Rogers, who was under commitment
to Oxford jail for assault on Miss Har
ris, near Wilton, was Tuesday night
taken by masked and armed men from
Constable Blackley and two guards
who bad him in charge, and spirited
away, no one knows where. It had
been reported that a party was coming
from Oxford supposedly for the pur
pose of lynching Rogers, and Blackley
was hiding in the low grounds near
with him when his hiding place was
discovered with the above result. It is
supposed that the deed was done by
Rogers' friends who spread the Oxford
lynching story as a blind to get the
officer with his prisoner away from
Wilton. Constable Frank Blackley,
who had Rogers in charge, was his
avowed friend and one of the wit-,
ndsses summoned for him on the pre
liminary trial. Though he was not put
on the stand he made no secret of his
sympathy for the defendant. Before
the trial Blackley allowed Hogers, who
was in his custody, the greatest liberty.
even allowing him to ride about over
the country, attend church and call on
a young lady to whom be is said to be
engaged, After the trial Blackley ex.
pressed great regret at its outcome.
THREATENED RACE CONFLICT.
Result of a Murderous Assault On a White
Man by a Negro in Bath Connty,
Virginia.
bv Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Richmond, Va,, Aug. 31. A spe
cial.from Hot Springs, Bath county,
this State, says:
William A. Dudley, an overseer,
was assaulted and perhaps fatally
wounded by a negro named Allen
Franklin to day. The assailant fled
after his crime, and when a party
started after him over the mountains,
the negroes in town armed themselves
and started after the fugitive's pur
suers. So threatening was the conduct
of the colored people that it was ne
cessary to organize a sheriff's posse to
follow in the wake of the riotous ne
groes. At one time it looked as if a
serious race conflict was im
minent, but later in the day the negro
band was halted, arrested and dis
armed. '
The fugitive is still at large, and no
more trouble is apprehended. Precau
tions are being taken against lynch
ing, in the event of the fugitive's
arrest.
CENSUS BUREAU RETURNS.
The Population of North Carolina is
1,893,810.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Aug. 29. According
to a bulletin issued by the census
bureau to-day, North Carolina's total
population is 1,893,810. There are
938,677 males and 955,133 females, the
percentage being 49.6 males to 50.4
females. In that State there are only
4,492 foreign born people, or a per
centage of only one-fifth of one per
iunt Thn spa hrkwairA 9.(Vt
colored people, of whom 624,569 are
negroes. Of the remaining colored
people, 5,687 are Indians and 51 Chi
nese. The percentage of the colored
population in that State is S3.3.
The statement of the Associated
Banks for the week ending yesterday
shows: Loans $895,186,600, increase
$7,349,200; deposits $928,121,900, de
crease. $27,700; circulation $30,097,
400; increase $1,089,000; legal tenders
$77,159,000, decrease $99,900; specie
$175,791,400, decrease $6,135,200; re
serve $253,950,400, decrease $6,236,100.