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mm WILLIAM HiBSEHABD Editor and Proprietor. Fkiday, - - November 8, 1901. A POIICY OF INACTION. -s Among the questions that will come up before Congress will be the currency question and tariff revis . ion, and the Republican leaders are going to try to dodge both. The principal matter is the currency, ' which, according to Secretary Gage and the bankers, is to retire the greenbacks $346,000,000 in round numbers and . replace them with bank notes, if replaced at all. They wouldn't, if they decided to retire them, dare refuse to replace them with some other kind of notes, and these would, as a matter of course, be national bank notes. This woud be just to the hand of the bankers who would then have con trol of all the nanar enrrencv. which would practically mean control of the bulk of the currency, for it is these with the silver certificates which constitute the bulk of that, the gold certificates being used but little in ordinary business transac tions. The bankers, with Secretary Gage in the lead, view this question from tneir standpoint ana do not give a thought to the politics there is in it, while the politicians view it mainly from the standpoint of politics, and therefore the bankers will not find it so easy to marshal them against the greenback. How difficult this may be is foreshadowed in the fol lowing which we clip from a letter of the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, who says There probably never was a time in the history of the Republican nartv when, possessing an easy majority in both houses of Congress and the con trol of the executive branch of the Government, there was so general a disposition to believe that the interests or the party could best be served by doing nothing. That is emphatically tne conviction oi ne party leaders in the Senate, and the men who have a. i e . . ii w mosi innuence in me House are con- a j .1 i i . poucy oi inacuon. Beneatn tne con ndent expressions in regard to the unbroken unity of the party that have fallen from members of Congress lately visiting the White House, there is an uneasy ieeiing that subjects likely to breed party discord are be coming unpleasantly prominent in public discussion. "Among these it may be as weli to recognize tne ract tnat the currency question does not figure. So far as can be discovered, the programme out iinea Dy secretary Uage finds surpris ingly little support in his own rartv The 'blood-stained greenback' has not lost its power as a figure of Republican rneionc, ana mere is a general dispo anion to assume that, in definitely making the gold standard the law of tne land, and providing for the con. vertibility of all forms of our currency, tne representatives of the party have done as much as can possibly be ex pectected of them. They have no inten tion of giving to the other side the op- purkuuiijr ui taunting me party with ouuoorYiDuco to me oansing in terests, and no argument touching the essential unsoundness of any system of Government paper money will weign against the fact that there is no general or imperative public rfnmanrt ior relieving the treasury of the func tion or a bank issue. Congress has always lagged behind the public senti ment of the country in regard to the reiorm or tne currency, and it will re . . ---.-. J J a . . . Hiro a kuuu ueai more tnan tne apr provalof a bankers' convention, or the support of a few chambers of com merce, to convince Congress that there ia any present necessity for moving in wo uirecuon indicated ny the fcJecre tary of the Treasury." in discussing Secretary Gage's speech before the Bankers' meeting sometime ago, and the action of the bankers in endorsing the re marks on the desirability of retiring me greenbacks, we expressed the opinion that it would be a verv dif ficult undertaking to persuade Con-1 gress to tackle the greenback how-1 ever mnch it might commit itself to tne gold standard and trample on silver. They might, perhaps, find some Republican Congressmen from the rock-ribbed Republican States of the East and Center who might be willing to do that, but they would nnd very few from the West who would. When it comes to making a choice, and a choice be came necessary, the average Con gressman would, aa between the bankers and the voters, play in with the voters every time, and the voters don't want the greenbacks retired. They have never asked for it ana no political platform of any party has over declared for it. Ignoring the "blood-stained" rhe- toric and all that kind of thing, the I Congressman who is asked to heln I freeze the greenback out can very I plausibly ask: Why? What's the matter with the greenback? Isn't it doing its business right along as good money, performing all the functions of money and the equal of gold all over the land? Do not the people prefer it to metallic money, gold or silver? All this be ing so, what's the matter with it, and why do you wantHo freeze it out? There is no danger of its be coming an "endless chain," because you have guarded against that' by instructing the Treasury to lock up every one presented for redemption and forbidding re-issuing them un 1a :. l J nr. ina ui Gwuaugv lui vviu. ft Uvll you did that yon took a twist on the "endless chain." Why, then, when the greenbacks are doing full duty as money in every sense, and there is no danger of their being A 4.V.. rp.w. ... -1 J out gold, should we make war on it .and deprive the people of some of the best currency they ever had, .currency which the Government may never be called upon to redeem an$ jrhich costs it nothing bat the expense of printing? It is a non-toterest bearing note.redeemable at the option of the Government, and in any kind of "lawful money," which meant either silver or cold, until the Re publicans in Congress made war on silver and declared for the gold standard. The- only security or nlfldce behind this money is the credit of the Government and th faith of the people in that Govern ment. The greenback is the Gov ernment's note, based on its credit, and it is the people's money, which they will not discredit, and hence it is honored on every counter in the land and in every business transac tion. No wonder, then, that the aver age Congressman, even if there were no politics in the case, could not be persuaded to turn against a currency of that kind, which the people have used for nearly forty years, and never disowned, although the money-lenders, who found it in their way, have made repeated at tempts to discredit it and retire it from circulation. The leaders of the Republican party are already confronted by a perplexing problem of tariff revision, for which they will endeavor to substitute reciprocity, have no idea' of taking the chances of incurring popular opposition by fighting the greenback at the behest of the money-lenders, who although they have dollars which may be useful in campaigns, have not votes enough to decide elections. It is pretty safe to say that when it comes to facing the greenback the policy they will pursue will be the policy of inaction. SOME DISCRETION. In his speech Wednesday in de fence of Admiral Schley, Mr. Par ker addressing the court said, "The court will agree with me, I think, in my statement that a com mander-in-chief is vested with some discretion; that he is entitled to ex ercise it, and that it is his duty to exercise it," There ought to be no question as to that anywhere. A commander-in-chief is presumed to be compe tent, and ,to be a man of good judg ment, capable of deciding in emer gencies what to do. Being on the ground, pr on the water, as in the case of Admiral Schley, he ought to know better about the situation and what to do than those at a distance who' must depend on others for their information. Admiral Schley ex ercised his discretion, and accom plished what he was sent for, name ly, the cornering and destruction of the Spanish fleet. It is alleged that in doing this in his own way, with the best lights before him, when important information had been withheld by the Navy De partment, by Admiral Sampson and by subordinates who were sent out to gather information that would be of service to him in the work as signed to him he violated orders. If that violation was of a character worthy of notice, why did not the Navy Department, or his superior in command Admiral Sampson catk I i o !.... . - him to nnt? A.m w vM1" BeM,e c- Be,,My Vesterday Became did, in the exercise of his discretion, - -fcj-MM ' 'ill ig una u iin violate orders, which he denies, his superiors were derelict in condoning the offence by their silence, and in not calling him to account for it. lhe presiding judges doubtless saw tbe point of Mr. Parker's state ment, especially Admiral Dewey, who in a crucial hour didn't hesitate to exercise that discretion, when he took the risk of involving ns with another power by cutting the Ma nila cable, which -made it impossible or tne war managers at Washington, to ""erfere with his plans. He ex erci8ea discretion several times . afterwards in calling meddlesome. German commanders to taw. Dewey knew what he was doing. and so did Schley; Dewey did what he started in to do, and so did Schley, but there was no one to claim the honor that Dewey had won, while there was some one to claim the honor that Schlev liu won. There was no Sampson with his faction at Manila, but there was at Santiago. Gen. Botha has responded to Kitchener's proclamation warning the Boers to lay down their arms at the peril of being shot or banished by issuing a counter proclamation declaring Kitchener and his soldiers outlaws and ordering every Boer in the two Republics or in Cape Colony to shoot every armed Englishman on sight. He proposes to play Kitch ener's "bag" eame. The Technological School of At lanta, which has 500 scholars en rolled, turned out seventeen gradu ates a few days ago, bright fellows, wen equipped for their adopted callings. The receipts of the New York City post office for October were over the $1,000,000 mark. The j lively political campaign helped that uusiness. . . fiTATE of Ohio, Cut of Tolsdo. I' V U 2t I Frank 3. Ohinxt mVM natu th v.. lor partner of tbe firm of s .t r-u- a TvT doing badness in the City of Toledo. Cteant? ftna State aforesaid- and that said arm d&v tbe gam of ONE hundeucd doliJlbs breach and every case of OJlXakkh that cannot be cared bvthe aseotHijx'sCAiAKRHOtrRs. , j FBANK J. OHKNK&. K 8 worn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of Deeember, a. d. lsqsT . A. W. OUEA.80V, j SKiX j- Notary jhtllic. . E all's catarrh Core la taken internally, and sots directly on tbe blood and muoous orfaoes ot tbe system. Bend for teetimonlals, free. F.J. OHENXT & OOh Toledo, O. Sold by Drnggtete, 75c BaU'sFatbiUr Pills are the bwt t TUESDAY'S XtSCTIOKS. There is nothing in Tuesday's elections which calls for special le- mark, as they resulted about as anticipated by people who give any attention to political movements, with the exception, perhaps, of New York city, which the Demo cratic managers claimed they would carry, which they didn't. That wasn't a revolt, however, against the Democratic party, but against Tammany rnle, which was charged with all sorts of short comings and malpractices, in which there was, doubtless, a good deal of truth. They result may, perhaps, be a good thing for New York, for while it is a reouice to tne aeieacea it is a warning to the victorious. i With the exception of Maryland, which has been carried by the Dem ocrats, the other States in the North are Republican States, and although it was an off year, and the vote light the Republicans held their own, and in Ohio, according to their claims, more than held their own. The inference from this is that the Republicans are so firmly en trenched on the other side of the line that it will take something more potent than anything that has yet happened to dislodge them, and that unless they make some great blunder to arouse popular opposition they lean count pretty confidently on a solid North at the next Presidential election. They may squabble but they have a habit of getting to gether when it comes to voting. KOBE BENEVOLENT ASSIMILA- TION. Our civil and military authorities in the Philippines have adopted the policy of terrorizing to make the yellow people over there who object to American -rule be good and be have themselves. Manila dispatches published yesterday inform us that the treason act framed by the com mission was adopted, and this is fol lowed up by the announcement that Gen. Smith had deported the wife of the Filipino Gen. Lukban, and that a lieutenant in command of scouts, who had some brushes with the insurgents, had killed a lot of them and burned 125 houses. That's an illustration of the be nevolent assimilation that is being put in practice over there. Shoot ing men who are in arms' is war, but burning houses, when nothing is to be accomplished by that save terrorizing the inhabitants, which iB doubtless the object, is vandalio barbarism, for which there is no de- M i -a- ience or palliation, it is worse than savagery, because it is done by L 1 ,- , men acting unaer autnonty oi a civilized Government. We con demned less savagery by Weyler in Cuba, and by Kitchener in South Airica, tne iormer oi whom our war managers for the Philippines have surpassed and the latter of whom they seem to be imitating. A MARRIAGE IN BRUNSWICK. Bride of Mr. Paul Venters, of Onslow. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at 'Oroverly," the country, home in Brunswick, of the bride's parents, Mr. ana Airs. Oeorge EL Bellamy, their daughter. Miss Bessie C. Bellamy, was quietly married in a pretty wed ding ceremony, performed by Kev. Mr. Browning, to Mr. S. r i t r ui v enters, a prosperous young planter and-business man of Onslow county. The house was tastefully decor ated for the event, and the wedding scene was a beautiful one. The bride attractively gownea in gray taffeta silk, with velvet and all over- lace trimmings. 8he carried a large bouquet of white chrysanthemums. The groom wore conventional black. uu wh accompanied ior tne cere mony by Messrs. Usher Sandlin and Wm. Sanders. Many beautiful pres ents were received. The bride and groom will reside in the future at Richlands, Onslow county. Boried At Uland. N. C. Ir. James S. Williams, of Leland, urunswick county, was killed last Monday in the yards of the Southern Railway in Columbia, 8. CM where he was employed in repairing a freight r. n.e was unaer me car wnen a shifting engine coupled on to a string of cars and Mr. Williams was run over before be could get from under the car. Both legs were cut off midway between the knees and hips. and Mr. Williams died before reaching the hospital. Congaree Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which deceased was a member, prepared the remains for burial, and sent two representatives to Leland with the body for burial. The remains were also accompanied homn by Mr. Luther J. Williams, a brother of the deceased. The young man is survived by his father, mother, two brothers and three sisters. Throws From A Bufgy. A transfer wagon of the 8. P. Cowan Livery Company ran into a buggy in which Mr. 8. H. Fishblate was driving down Market street yes terday morning and the genial ex mayor was thrown violently to the treet, head foremost He received a severe bruise over the left eye and his nose was also injured to some extent. The buggy was broken. Mr. T. Jj. Ruth, of Spray, N. C, was in the city yesterday to look after, the publication of boo of which he is author and copyright t is entitled "My Own Life as an Qutcaat Husband" and has for its foundation a suit now-pending in Chatham Supe rior Court which 1 entitled "Ruth against Bath," - THECODNCILHANGING Governor Aycock Replies to Sag gestion of His Responsibility for Negro's Death. PARDON, NOT COMMUTATION That Should Have Been Asked if the Prisoner Was Not Guilty Supreme Court Dei:i8ionsProcUioatioa for Thanksgiving. Raleigh, N. O., Nov. 5. Governor Aycock to-day issued a statement in reply to Father Marion, the Catholic priest, who officiated at Louis Coun cil's execution in Fayetteville and dramatically declared , the negro's in nocence despite tne uovernor s war rant to the contrary. Governor Ay cock says he is in do wise responsible for the execution of Council. The jury found him guilty, the judge sen tenced mm to death. He granted several respites for complete investi gation. Continuing, the Governor said: "l sent for Mrs. West to visit me, and cross-examined her in the presence or tne council of State; sent Judge Womack, a conservative, care ful man, to Fayetteville to investigate the crime and the facts; have exhaust ed every means to ascertain Coun- cil'sfeuilt or inhocence, and am to day firmly convinced of his guilt know crood citizens doubt his guilt, a. i. a ii ii j out unaer tne constitution 1 am bound to act under my convictions, not theirs. "I regret the remarks of Father Marion, as no doubt he does now. It was unfortunate that he suggested I was responsible for the death of an in nocent man.' If Council was innocent the jury should have said so. Father Marion and those closest the prisoner should have asked pardon and n6t commutation to life imprisonment, as they did. If Father Marion was cer tain of Council's innocence, as he de clared at the execution, he was dere lict in his duty not to ask for pardon; for to imprison a man for life, for an offence he did not commit, is little less grave than his execution. "The law of this State against the crime for which Council was executed will always be enforced; and the law against lynching likewise will be en forced. There is no occasion for the execution of law by people in mobs. The people are strong enough in their organized capacity to punish crime and I shall not be deterred by adverse criticism from letting tbe law take its course when I believe the prisoner guilty." Sspreme Court The Supreme Court to-day handed down the following oniniona of in terest in Eastern North Carolina, viz Kmgbt vs. Hatfield, from Moore, affirmed; Rayner vs. Railroad, from Cumberland, affirmed; McDoug'ald vs. jiumoerton, irom Kooeson, error; Carter vs. Lumber Co.. from New Hanover, error; Carter vs. Railroad, from Columbus, affirmed. Thanksgiving Day. Governor Aycock to-night issued proclamation designating Thursday, Nov. 28th, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer and urging the people to assemble on that day and thank God for manifold mercies, and ask protec tion and guidance in the future, and give to the needy, and especially widows and orphans. The preamble says: "In this year, when the nation was startled by the death of its Presi dent at the hands of an assassin. He has given us strength to continue our form of government without friction or danger and thereby made incum bent upon us ever to turn towards Him in the hours of trial, and those who turn to Him always find strength. Tl . MB .a m it is neeaiui, inererore, and proper that we set aside at least one day in the year in which to express eratitude to Him for past favors ancfin yoke His aid for the future ISTHMIAN CANAL PROJECT. Tbe Panama Company Offers to Sell Oat to the United States Government. Terms Not Disclosed. Bv Telegraph to the Horning: Star. Washington, November 6. Presi dent Hutin, of the Panama Canal Company,finally has submitted to Ad miral Walker, tbe head of the isth mian canal commission, a proposition on behalf of his company for the acqui sition of all its rights by the United States government. The Panama company has. been restrained up to this moment from submittintr a direct proposition owing to a clause in the concession which it holds from the government of Colombia, which pre scribes forfeiture of the concession as a penalty for the making of an ef fort by . the company to transfer its rights to another government. The company's agents, therefore, have been oblitred to act with extreme caution in making overtures, but in some way the Colombian government has been induced to wink at this tech nical violation of the concessions. Its terma are not yet disclosed, and it is probable that they will be withheld until the Isthmian canal commission publishes its report. It is understood, however, that they are considerably more favorable to this government than were the fisrures mada. to the President three years ago. It Circle the Globe. The fame of Bucklen's Arnica 8alve as the best in the world extends round the earth. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers. Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Pile cure. 25 cents a box at R. R. BELLAMT'E. dm or nt n.n Customer "gee here, waiter, fOUnd a. hilt inn in fhim a... n Waiter "Ym that. -... .. j . ,. ' ' -"--" y nng.' PhUaddphig Record. 9or OTer Piny Temra MB8. WlNSLOW'B SOOmnra Rvrttp ham oeen used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers tar tha. ..KiMx... while tee thine with ..- It ... . r. . " iOTiec success. f'?1? chUd, soften the gums, l$ " Pai; cures wind colic! is me oest remAdv fn fW,ij r?liieye th poor little sufferer immediately. SolcTbv dmiE fJ and m for Winslow's Soothing Syrau J?? no other Mnjd r?1? THE COTTON CROP CONDITION Nelll's Estimate Not Coostensaced by New York Correspondent His Failare8 io Years Past as Estimator Special Star Telegram, New York, Nov. Tho advance inthecotten market which resulted from a general acceptance by con sumers of the idea that the crop would be a comparatively small one, has been interrupted and to some ex tent effaced by a series of crop esti mates emenatingfrom English author ities, which have again led the Euro pean spinner into a belief that he has the Southern cotton planter at his mercy andean buy his necessary sup ply of cotton this year at his own price. Mr. Buston, of Liverpool; Mr. Landauer, of Liverpool, and lastly Mr. Henry Neill, an Englisman resi dent in New Orleans, have dur ing the past two weeks publish ed estimates of the crop ranging from 10,750,007 to 11,250,000, the last being Mr. Nelll's estimate made public to day. In this connection, it is inter esting to refer to the previous esti mates made by Mr. Neill. Two years ago, he estimated the crop at 11,000, 000 bales. It turned out to be about 9,400,000. Last year he estimated it at first at 9,750,000 and later at 9,650,000. It turned out to be .10,500,000. Many are of the opinion that his record for correctness will not be improved by the estimate made public to-day. I do not recall at the moment Mr. Neill's estimate further back than the years mentioned, but it would no doubt be interesting also to make a comparison between his figures and thosexof the actual outturn during the entire period ne a as oeen oeiore tne public as a cro estimator. His opinion and those of other gentlemen referred to are. a . iar can oe learned, simply tne exp sion of limited personal observation. Tney do not profess to be at least a tabulated result of any exhaustive investigation. As against them, the government report of condition of the third of October was the lowest, with one exception, on record, and the New York Journal of Commerce, which this year has been most painstaking in its investigations, last week published some 939 replies to an inquiry as to tbe size of the crop, which, after allowing about 8 per cent, for excessive pes simism on the part of the observers, indicate a crop of 9,600,000 bales. As far as I can see, there is nothing either in the ascertained facts of the situa tion or the cijop movement up to date, to justify a belief in a large crop, and as has been previously the case, the Southern producers of cotton are not likely to be stampeded into selling by big crop estimates made by those whose interest is obviously on the side of lower price. Theodore H. Prick. ONE OF HERRMANN'S TRICKS. A Bit ot "Mld Reading" by the Fa mom Maglelaji. The late Alexander Herrmann always went fixed for an impromptu exhibition," said a theatrical press agent who was once associated with the famous ma gician, "and in the early part of his ca reer he would go to extraordinary pains to 'lay his fences' long in advance for startling effects. In that way he was frequently able to do things that seemed next door to supernatural, and the result was no end of valuable advertising. In later years, when he became celebrated and systematic booming was no longer necessary, the old man, as we used to call him, would often refer to these exploits and laugh heartily over the mystification they had occasioned. "On one occasion, to gve you an illus tration of his patience ind forethought, he was in a popular bar a Pittsburg and chanced to notice a bankbook lying on a desk behind the cigar counter. The cover bore a printed number1 which was in plain sight, and when he got outside Herrmann quietly made a memorandum of it In his notebook, together with the address of the place. There was not more than one chance in a hundred that the information would ever be of any service to him, and he simply filed it away, so to speak, for possible future reference. "Well, fully six months afterward. when he was playing a return date in the city, he piloted a party of friends one day info this identical bar. alrd the Drom-ietor. I-who was present, was called up and in troduced. All hands sat down at a table to have a bottle of wine, and, as usual, Herrmann was urged to give an example of his skill. He performed several neat tricks, and, remarking that he would wind up with a little exhibition of mind reading, asked the cafe proprietor to think of some number that could after ward be verified. 'Take the number of your bankbook,' he suggested, 'if you re- memDer wnat it is.' "I don't recall it off hand, but I can easily find out,' said the barman, and going over to his safe he un locked an inside compartment and nri- ately inspected the book. 'All right.' he said when he returned to the table; 'I an thinking of the number now. Herrmann took aim bv the hand. looked him in the eyes in his peculiarly impressive fashion and said, 'The num ber is 129,068.' That's right,' gasped the cafe proprietor in an awPKtrnrk vnin He was absolutely stupefied with amaze ment, and so, for that matter, were the omers m tne party. The fact that the book had been locked in the safe and the apparent impossibility of Herrmann knowing anything about it in advnhro made the feat seem almost mi.npnimis: It is talked about In the tin ns a tt tlil a day." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Thinks Florid la All Rlffbt. The business par excellence for Flori da today is stock raising, and in no othf- er portion of our broad country can 1 De carried on so successfully or so cheaply as here. We can raise some forage crop twelve months in the year, and our new velvet bean and cassava fed together make a balanced ration that, fed to the longest norned, wild eyed, slabsided steer that ever Baw the ranee, will in seventv days make as toothsome a sirloin as Armour sends from Kansas City. This is a ract, not a theory. The velvet bean will grow and flourish on land that won't sprout a cowpea, and cassava will yield from five to eight tons per acre. There Is no state where so easy a liv ing can be made or where the soil will respond more cheerfully than this when gently coaxed, concludes a corre spondent In Home and Farm. No man is fit to win who has not sat down alone to think and who has not come forth with purpose in his eye, with white cheek, set lips and clinched palms, able to say, "I am resolved." Bulwer. Well Seasoned red hickory weighs 52.37 pounds to the cubic foot. i Blown to Atoms. The old idea that the body some times needs a powerful, drastic, pur gative pill has been exploded, for Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are per fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous mat ter, cleanse the system and absolutely cure Constipation and Sick Headache. Only 25 cents at R R. Bku-Amt's drag store. t Bean tlie Signature The Kind too Have Always Bought STATE ELECTIONS ( HELD TUESDAY. Democrats Carried Maryland ana neia ineir uwn in nther States. TAMMANY HALL DEFEATED. Seth Low, FhsIod Candidate for Mayor of Greater New York, and Other Candidates oa tbe Fusion City Ticket Were Elected. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, November 5. Seth Low, former President of Columbia University, and four years ago the Citizans' Union candidate for the first mayor of Greater New York was elected (6 day the second mayor of Qreater New York by a plurality ranging anywhere from 30, 000 to 40,000, defeating Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn, the Democratic nominee. The campaign was an ex citing one, and the vote, though some what less than that of the presidential election of four years ago, was the largest ever polled in a municipal con test in this country. - In addition to the canvas for mayor, public interest largely centered in the the nomination by the Fusionists of William Travers Jerome for district attorney, and Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck, by the Democrats, for justice of the supreme court, who were voted ior only in the territory contained in w York countv. Returns received up to 11 P. M. indicated that Jerome nacr been elected by a comfortable plurality, and that Mayor Van Wyck bad been defeated, the latter running behind his ticket from 15,000 to 20. 000. Returns also indicate the complete triumph of the Greater New York Fu sion ticket, Charles Vincent Fornes, the nominee of the Citizens'Union and the Republicans for president of the Board of Aldermen, defeating Geo. Van Hoesen, the Democratic nominee. B. M Grant, for the past four years Dem ocratic president -of the borough of Brooklyn, now the Fusionist nominee for comptroller, has also defeated W. W. Ladd, Jr., Democrat. Richard Croker. at 8:45 o'clock to night conceded the election of Seth Low, Fusion candidate for mayor, but Mr. Croker was not willing at that time to give up the county ticket He aaid he was much disappointed at the Brookiyn vote, as he had expected Mr. Shepard to make a good showing there, it being his home borough. New Yoek, Nov. 6, 1,A. M. With the election of Seth Low as mayor, Charles V. Fornes as president of the board of aldermen, and Edward M. Grout as comptroller, the Fusionist triumph in Greater New York appears nearly complete. The latest returns indicate that the Fusion ists have elected Jacob A. Cantor president of the Borough of Manhattan, J. Bid ward Swanstrom president of the Borough of Brooklyn, and George Cromwell president of the Borouch of Richmond. The Democrats have elected Jos. Cassidy in Queens and Louis F. Hoffen in Bronx. The office of sheriff of the county ticket in New York county is still claimed by both parties, John T. Oakley, Democrat, running ahead of William J. O'Brien, Fusionist. It may require the official count to de cide the result. Returns so far as received from dif ferent sections of New York State in dicate that the lower house of tbe State Legislature wiTl be composed of assemblymen grouped as follows: Re publicans, 84; Democrats, 45: Fusion ists. 21. Ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 5. With the exception of this county, where tbe result is attributed to tbe Liquor uea:ue ana j.iioournes popularity, the Republicans have made gains on the returns received up to 9:30, at which hour the Republicans claimed a plurality in Ohio much greater than two years ago, when Nash's plurality was 49 ,023. This will make the Leg islature surely Republican in both branches. Virfinla. Richmond, Va., Nov. 5. Although in the election to-day the Democrats polled only about 75 per cent, of their vote, the result surpassed their most sanguine expectations. The negroes took little interest in the contest, and the indications are now that the Dem ocratic majority for the State ticket will be more that 25,000. The Democratic majority on joint ballot in the Legislature will be Over whelming. On the legislative ticket the Democrats made gains in the southwest, where they feared they Richmond, Va., Nov. 6. Returns up to 1 o'clock this morning sustain last night's dispatches that tbe Demo crats have gained a sweeping victory, elected their 8tate ticket by some 25, 000 majority and a big majority in the General Assembly. The Republicans made their greatest gains in the val ley, where there were Democratic fac tional tickets. Kentucky. Loujsyilijb, Nov. 5. The Courier Journal claims the Democrats will have increased majorities in both bouses of the next General Assembly, which will elect a successor to United States Senator Deboe. ! The returns from the State so far re ceived by the Courier-Journal show the Democrats have gained five mem bers of the lower house and one mem ber of the Senate of the General As sembly. Maryland. Baitimobe, Nov. 5. Fully 75 per cent, of the registered vote had been cast at 1 o'clock, with indications that the Democrats had made such gains in the city and State as to insure the elec tion of their ticket. While there is some doubt as to the result in the city, there seems to be but little in the coun ties, all advices indicating a Demo cratic victory in tbe doubtful districts. The Republicans are inclined to con cede Democratic success in two of the three legislative districts in Baltimore city and the indications point to a Democratic majority in the Legisla ture, which means tthe re election of Mr. Gorman as United States Senator. Scattering returns from 15 out of S21 election districts in Baltimore citv show a marked decrease in the vote of 1899 and indicate that not more than sixty per cent of tbe vote has been cast The Democrats are holding their own and have probably carried the city by about 3,000 majority. Returns at hand up to 11 o'clock show a tremendous falling off in tbe vote, both in the city and the counties, and indicate that the Democrats have been victorious in both city and State, although it is impossible to give any figures because of the meagre returns. It seems highly probable that no more than 75,000 votes have been polled in Baltimore as against 110,000 cast two years ago at the municipal elections. Chairman GoldsborouKh, of the Re publican State Central Committee, still claims to have elected bis ticket and asserts that the Republicans will have a majority on joint ballot in the General Assembly,- while Chairman Vi.rdiver, of the Democratic commit u-f, makes a like claim for his party. At one o'clock this morning less than half the returns from the city are in. One hundred voting precincts give turnng. Democrat, for comptroller, 11,090; Piatt, Republican, 13488. The first legislative district of Baltimore city, with 69 precincts missing, gives the leading Republican candidate 3,722 votes, while the leading Den ocratic candidate has 3,804.. The others range from 3,604 to 3,799, and the delegation is about evenly divided between the two parties as indicated by the returns now in. The second district is probably Demo cratic wbile the third is almost surely Republican. ' The figures from the counties come 4n very slowly. New Jersey. , Newark, November 5. The early returns received from all points in the State indicate that Murphy, Republi can, for Governor, has been elected, and that the election is now simply a matter of plurality. The returns thus far received indicate that Murphy will have a larger plurality in tbe State than Voorhees did three years ago. The Republicans claim the State by 10,000. U HUNG CHANG IS DEAD. Tbe Death of be Chinese Statesman Ex pected to Cause a Change in the Mancbnrisn Situation By Cable to the moi nuut etar. Pekin, Nov. 7. Li Hnng Chang died at 11 o'clock this morning. The burial clothes have already been put on. The court yard of the Yamen is filled with life size paper horses and chairs, with coolie bearers, which his friends are sending in accordance with Chinese custom, to be buried in order to carry his soul to heaven. WASHmGToii, Nov. 6. The death of Li Hune Chancr will not. it in h. lieved here, affect the execution of the undertakings imposed upon China in the protocol. A change in the Manchurian situa tion is expected, however, and tbe 'United. States has a very considerable interest in tne outcome of that matter. Li Hung Chang is regarded here as strongly pro Russian, and it is pos sible that his death, and thecominc into power in China, as the director of foreign affairs, of another prince less friendly to Russia, might hasten the day when Russia must relax her hold upon Manchuria and allow the country to be opened up to the commerce of the world. WOMAN MURDERED. Found uead at Atlanta White Man Ar rested Charged With Crime. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6. Nora Brit tain, a young white woman,' was found dead in bedat a house on South For syth street this morning. A small hole in the temple, evidently made with a sharp but rough instrument proved mat iub womau naa oeen murdered T T Ti t o. j. varroii. a news acrent runninc between Atlanta and Brunswick, was arrested to-night charged with the crime. Carroll denies that he was implicated in the murder, but admits that last night in an argument with the woman he "put a piece of coal against her face, scratching it,", but mai ne am not injure ner. FLAVORED VINEGARS. Bow to Prepare These Aromatl Kitchen Adjuncts. , The difference between pilatable and Unpalatable food is oftei. enough a jaere question of seasonings. Nor is the barrenness of the market or of the garden an excuse for flavorless food. When mint, for instance, is plentiful, a few cents will buy a quantity of the fresh green leaves. Put them in a glass preserving Jar and fill up the Jar with good ciger vinegar. The mint market may then rise or fall without cutting short -your supply. Few people who enjoy a salad of to matoes know bow vastly they are im proved by the addition of a little thyme. This may be added In the form of the powdered leaves spread on the tomatoes and allowed to stand In the icebox for . a few hours, or if fresh ' thyme leaves are to be obtained they may be thrown into a preserving bottle, covered with vinegar and allowed to stand for a few weeks. After the aroma has Wen taken up by the vinegar it is best to strain it off. For the purpose of keeping the aromatic vinegar old beer bottles the kind that have attached rubber tipped corks, are very good. , It is now considered an accomplish ment either for a man or woman to be able to make a good salad. The: follow ing recipe will give a flavored vinegar which will insure a good salad on short notice, even in remote mountain camps. A quart of vinegar, one dozen tarragon leaves, half a lemon peel, three heads of garlic from which the skin has been removed, half a green pepper. Let it Btand for ten days and strain, using In heavy dressing in the proportion of three parts oil to one of vinegar. Equal parts of summer savory, thyme, sage and mint will give a vinegar a table spoonful of which be added to thicken ed sauces to be used with roasts. Raleigh Post: In the Pnat Sunday morning the following special from Weldon appeared: "James Scoggin, who was here in charge of iU I I 1 ... . -ub uruKeo-necE norse at tne lair, was shot in the small of the back last night near town, and it is feared that his wound may prove fatal. He came here from Petersburg but I formerly lived in Warren county. There is a mystery about the affair ifhich re mains to be solved." Last night it was learned tbat the the wounded man was dead. Further information was obtained by the Post which may throw some light on the mystery involved in the affair. A white man, a nephew of Hon. S. L. Patterson, of this city, and a colored man, were driving in a buggy through the country, and when near the Weldon fair grounds on Fri day night were held up by two un known men, one of whom caught the bridle of the horse they were driving. Tbe white man had the reins and and when the unknown men halted them the negro, who had a gun closed at hand, drew it and commenced fir ing. The highwaymen ran and dis appeared. It is not unlikely that the special quoted above and the death of the man shot is the sequel to the at tempted hold-up. The American Sugar Refining Com? pany has reduced refined sugars ten points to meet the reduction made last week by Arbuckle Brothers. j LEADER" V V SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTGUN SHELLS fSf- .i , 8t8n?.ts n the country because they are so accurate, nnirorm and reliable. All the world's championships and records have been won and made by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you'll shoot well. USED BY THE BEST SHOTS. SOLD EVERYWHERE 1 WW o4i HESIYI i light M idbrll- flvA", odor. sold JiY W-5r- WARM WIRfcLETS. An east bound Norfolk and Western f r .Rhlrtram WM "raked near Shaw ville, Va., while going twenty-five miles an hour. Fifteen loaded coal noio BuiMBueu anu an tramp was killed. unknown Ffiret Richlands, Ga., yesterday destroyed the greater portion of the business section of the place. The loss is estimated at $49,850 with a 8ma amount of insurance. A dispatch from Admiral Caillard received in Paris last night,announces that his squadron is still lying before the island of Mitylene. No landing has SnnTS. 6d A hea7y 8ea was The Standard Oil Company has de clared a dividend of eight dollars per share, payable Deaember 16, making $JS per share for the calendar vear which is the same amount as" last year. J. J. Allen, a prominent merchant at Sarepta, La., was shot and wound ed by a man named Baker. Joe Sykes- ?n.tn.eiTil"Iaw of Allen' tben shot and killed Eaker. Allen's wounds are noi dangerous. - Complete unofficial returns from every district of Greater New York give Seth Low, Fusion candidate for Mayor, 294,992, And Edward M. 8hep ard, Democratic candidate, 265,128 making Low's plurality 29,864. The New York and Carribbean" Steamship Company, of New York city, is incorporated with a capital of 125,000 to operate a line of steamships between New York city, Boston, Phil adelphia, Baltimore, Newport News New Orleans and the principal ports of Porto Rico. Tommy Feltz, of Brooklyn, and Joe Hurst, of New York, to Ant nr l, the Savannah Athletic Club last nigbf for a 25 round mill. It lasted four rounds. Hurst was so badly out classed ' and took the count so often that Referee Zeigler stopped the bout and. awarded it to Feltz. wmciai ana unomciai returns of yes terday's election in Virginia do not change the figures already given, ex cept to increase the Democratic ma jority on the ticket. It will probabl v run to 80,000. The Republicans gail. two Senators and eight members of the House, but leaving both branches overwhelmingly Democratic. The police of St. Louis have incus tody a man and a woman suspected of complicity in the robbery of an ex press car on the Great Northern Rail road, near Wagner, Mont., July 3rd last, when the safe was blowb open and a consignment of unsigned not.s for tbe National Bank of Helena. Mont, amounting to between $50,000 and $100,000 was stolen. OHIO'S ELECTION. Repobllcan Majority Oo Joint Ballot for U. S. Senator is Thirty-five. By TeiegraDb to tbe Hornlne star. . Columbus, November 6. Late to njight Chairman Disk, of the Republi can State Committee, had the returns from eighty-six counties in Ohio, with only two missing, and the two missing counties were estimated from the news paper reports with the followinir re sults: Sixty-two counties have Repub lican pluralities, actrrecatinc 90 Rfu Twenty-six counties have Democratic pluralities aggregating 23,179. making the plurality of Nash over Kilbourne ror governor 67,661, and approximat mg 80,000 plurality for other candi dates on the Republican State ticket. The Republicans elected sixty-eight representatives and the Democrats forty two. The State senate stands ' twenty-one Republicans and twelve Democrats. The Republican majority on joint ballot for United States Sen ator is thirty-five. FEDEKAL COURT DECISION. Orders Sale of About 150,000 Acres of LsbiJ la Dare County, N. C. By Telegraph to the Morning star. 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