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lore the altercation4 began Admiral
Dewey expressed the opinion, offici
ally, and somewhat emphatically,
that the Filipinos were fire time
more competent for self -rule than
the Cubans. I ' He changed his opin
ion somewhat afterwards but not un
til the policy of this. Government
was changed and the policy of grab
entered upon. Senator Bacon found
"I notice in an issue of the South
erner a suggestion that 'Peg Leg1 be
given a warm (?) reception should he
wit this section. I notice farther that
you invite the importation of addi
tional non-cuff rasrans.
"Have you considered carefully the
weight of these susrsrestiona? -
"The last number of The Outlook has
an article 'Ruling Glasses on a Dem
ocracy,' from which I copy:
a no man wno does not know
enough to be trusted with a vote can
Request for Restraining pr-;
der Against Collection.
Yesterday GattisKIIgo Case done
to Jury Raleigh News. -.
APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.
interea at uw Port Office at ilmtgton, N. C, at
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
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SENATOR BACON OIT THE PHIL
IPPINES. . ;
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who
with several Representatives in Con
gress made a trip to the Philippines
and spent some time there, visiting
the most important islands and
cities, mingling with the people
and Studying the situation, present
. a if ' . .
ana prospective, nas oeen giving
his views since his retnrn. With
the exception of the fact that he
speaks from personal observation
and contact, and not on hearsay or
from reading army reports and
newspaper correspondents, there is
nothing in his views that well in
formed readers did not know be
fore, but as the views of a Senator,
based on his personal observation,
they have more than ordinary in
terest. We quote a few extracts
from a somewhat lengthy inter
view, enough to show what this
conservative Senator thinks ofthe
task that confronts the United
States in this work of "benevolent
assimilation" and how it may pan
out:
"Therd are," he said, ' but two ways
in which we can govern the islands.
These are either absolute military rule
on the one hand, or such a liberal gov
ernment as will satisfy the people on
the other; there can be no half-way
busness.
"A for the Filipino people them
selves, l found them distinctly supe
rior to what I had expected. I believe
this would be the conclusion of every
fair mm who was brought in contact
witb them. Since I left Washington I
have been brought in touch with many
brown races and I do not hesitate to
say that I consider the Filipinos equal
to aay aDd superior to moat in point
of character and mental ability. .They
labor under the handicap of a tropical
climate, and, therefore, are not as vig
orous physically or as industrious as
the Cninese or the Japanese, for in
stance, and this must be taken into ac
count in dealing with them, but, as I
have said, I am convinced that they
are the equals of any in point of char
acter and ability.
"There has been no revival of the
business enterprises of the islands such
as I expected to see. That this is the
case--that there has been no return to
' the conditions which existed before the
war was admitted on all sides. Never
theless there has been quite a boom in
Manila on account of the large amount
of money being spent there as the re
suit of American occupation.
"I am convinced that we have vol
untarily undertaken the most difficult
and most expensive problem that has
ever fallen to the United 8tates Gov
eminent; that it will involve avast
amount of labar, expense and trouble
of all kinds before we work It out.
What the end will be no man can telL
"In my opinion, the Philippine
Question must, to a verv great extent
at least, cease to be political in its
character, but it is bound to be for a
lont; time to come to a very serious
business and public question with
which Con areas must deal. I do not
believe that the United States erovern-
ment, or the people of the United
Btates in their private capacities, will
ever set back one-tenth of the money
that has been spent and will have to
be spent in working out the problem,
and I find this the very general opin
the Filipinos a better kind of people I ZS" 08 a Pleasant or a safe neighbor
than he expected, by which we sup
Ppse he means intellectually superior
to what he expected to find, the
superiors in mentality and character
to most of the yellow ,, skinned , peo
ple he had met. Without any ref
erence to a comparison with, the
Cubans Senator Bacon confirms the
estimate that Admiral -Dewey put
upon the Filipinos three years agos
He evidentally does not believe
in the incompetent or semi
savage contention, which was never
advanced until the split came be
tween the Americans and Filipinos,
when it ; became necessary to find
some pretence to justify robbing
them of their country.
Senator Bacon is of the opinion
that we have a long and worrying
task before us to secure complete
control of these islands, control that
would mean pacification, order and
security for life and property. Any
other kind, of control wouldn't be
worth a handful of sand on the sea
shore. . Army officers, some of them of
considerable distinction, anticipated
him in this, for they had previously
expressed similar views.
And he doesn't think, as a money
making scheme, we will ever get our
money back, in an interview a
Congressman and a Republican, of
Colorado, who spent some time in
the islands, from which he returned
a few weeks ago, agrees with him in
this. That could be proved, we
think, with mathematical certainty.
We have so far expended more than
$250,000,000, td which it would be
safe to add about a million a week
for some time to come, even if there
were no serious outbreaks among the
people. It is generally admitted that
it will be necessary to keep a good
many soldiers there for some years
to come, but no one will venture to
predict how long. All this will
add to the millions already expended
until we will have expended four or
five hundred millions to secure un
disputed possession of this $20,000,-
000 purchase, another name for grab.
Suppose peace were a certainty
within six months and the people
acknowledged freely and in ; good
faith American supremacy, and
went to work to build up their busi
ness how long would it take to pay
back the $300,000,000,- say, expend
ed in the efforts to overcome them
and establish American dominion?
We may get possession of mines,
f orests, and other sources of wealth,
but. the money that would be made
out of these is simply the difference
in the value of what is produced and
the cost of production, but this
profit would go to a few persons
while defraying the" cost of the war
in the islands must be borne by the
masses of the American people, who
will derive no benefit whatever from
it. We might, if we saw fit,
pursue the course that Spain pur
sued, tax the Filipinos to pay the
debt, but they could never do it
and would have about all they could
do to pay the interest, not to speak
The man Who is too ivnnrant tn
choose his own rulers will never be an
easy citizen for any one to rule.
"Has this State made provision as
does the State of Alabama, for the re
clothing of the unlettered citizen with
this right on his establishing his
worthiness to its possession, by good
conduct and honest thrift !
- "Then with this stimulus his reten
tion would be less objectionable, rele
gated as he is to a life of subservi
ency,: only in consideration of his
own betterment and in view of the
peace and well-being of the rural
sections do not hedge those who are
with us, or invite those to come to us
who are at present outside our borders.
You urban people do not want them;
neither is their income desired in the
rural sections.
"If it be asked how can we dispense
with their labor, I answer, by rest, ro
tation, improved implements of hus
bandry, enlisting in new enterprises
which will give more congenial em
ploy ment to the native white and this
will lead to whites from other sections
casting their lots with us."
When "Peg Leg' was operating
In this State several years ago there
was a mighty clamor raised against
him for taking so many laborers out
of the State, and the result was the
passage of laws that finally drove
"Peg" into other pastures. It is
natural that, under the circum
stances when labor was scarce, far
mers should complain, and object to
his carrying away the laborers on
whom they were dependent to make
their crops, but their loss was the
general gain. It was a temporary
embarrassment which in the end did
good. If "Peg iieg" had taken away
a hundred to the one he took the
State would have been the better for
it to-day, because it would have
forced the farmers from raising
those crops for the labor on which
they were dependent on the migra
tory negroes, to raising something
in the growing of which they would
not have been dependent on that
labor, which in the end would have
been a distinct gain to them.
We will be dependent upon negro
labor just so long as we think we
can't get along without it. But we
can get along with much less of it,
and in time without any of it; how
is told in the closing paragraph of
Mr. Battle's sensible communica
tion, which is worthy of serious consideration.
Important Case la Which : Large Mooted
Interests and Constitutionality of
Revenue Act Are Involved. . ,
Able Counsel Employed.
WAR SHIPS IN CONSTRUCTION.
As we are all interested in our
prospective navy which, from the
nature of things, must play a prin
cipal part in any wars that this
country may be called npon to wage,
therefore we publish the following
list of vessels now in process of con
struction: BATTLE SHIPS.
October, 1902
..March, 1903
May, 1903
May, 1904
....July, 1904
....July, 1904
....July 1904
Maine.
Missouri....
Ohio
Virginia....
Nebraska...
Georgia. . . .
New Jersey
Rhode Island July, 1W4
ARMORED CRUISERS. . .
Pennsylvania. . .January, 1904
West Virginia. . . . .February, 1904
California .August. 1904
Colorado January, 1904
Maryland. . .February, 1904
South Dakota. ......... .August, 1904
In addition to these there are also
under construction in various navy
of the principal. From a money
ion of army officers on the islands who I standpoint, the purchase was a bad I ,, armaA nfeAni four
are most familiar with the conditions ! "Xtfon for it has coat more yard8' 1 J I ' I I
there and with the material resources I speculation, for it has cost more monitors twenty-five torpedo boat
than ten times ine purcnase pnue
to securelrecognition of that" $20,
000,000 trade.
If they want a plan to get out of
a nasty job without crawfishing -or
acknowledgment of failure they will
find it in the Philippine plank of
the Democratic platform of 1900,
which reads as follows:
The Democratic platform of 1900
not only presented a pian ior n
permanent eettiement oi tne rainy
of the country.
We are in the Philippines but in
our opinion eight out of ten of the
statesmen wbo have been advocating
and supporting the expansion policy
would be glad to find some way out
if they could do it without an ap
parent admission of a blunder after
all their talk of holding on and an
acknowledgement that they had un
dertaken a task too difficult of
accomplishment. But having gone
in with a grand flourish apparently
under the impression that cowing or
subduing the little yellow men
would be a short and easy job, they
donotliketo admit a failure. If
it wasn't for that, and some good
way could be deviBed for getting out
without throwing the onus of fail
ure on them they would, 7 in our
opinion, gladly get out and be con
tent with coaling stations and rest
ing places for our Bhips over which
this country by cession, would have
jurisdiction. That's all we need
and that is all we ever should have
claimed.
There are some points in this ex
tract from Senator Bacon's inter
view which are worthv of note. It
has been contended that the Fili
pinos are an unintelligent, incom
petent mob of ismoramuses who
could not be entrusted with sell-
government leBt thev would get to
butchering each other. -
There are ignoranmuses enough
and savages, too, in the Islands.
There is no doubt about that. Bnt
there are a good many people who
do not belong to either of these
destroyers and seven submarine
boats, with recommendations by Sec
retary Long for three more battle
ships and two more armed, cruisers.
While he admits that these are going
to cost a great deal of money, he ar
gues that if judiciously expended it
will.be a good investment, and it
doubtless willy for if we are to have
a navy, and the conditions now make
that necessary, we must have ships
pine question, but it presented the only I that will be equal if not superior to
complete plan that has been offered to begt gnipg o other nations, for
f ha American people. It reads as lol-I . . . r . Vi.
there is no sense in puttm imonui
ships on the sea to cope with float
the American people.
OW81
and denounce the
Philippine policy of the present Ad
ministration, i It has involved me re
public in unnecessary war, sacrificed
the lives of many of our noblest sons
and placed the viniiea dw,p"
ly known ano appmuuc j J
the world as the champion of freedom,
in the false and
position of crushing with military
fcrce the efforts of our Jormer
allies to acnieve iioerj
government The Fiiipioos cannot be
citizens without endangering our civ
ilization; they cannot oeauBjwjw
out imperilling ourformol T govern-
ment, and as we are no
render our civilization or to 'convert
the republic into an "PlM,we. f
an immediate declaration of 'the na
tion's purpose to give tno .
first, a stable iorm oi
eeond. independence; and, third, pro
Ection'from outside interfenee. such
m has been given for nearly a century
to the Republics of Central and South
America.' " -'
This would solve the question
and bring peace to the Filipinos,
and save this country's consistency
and honor at the same time.
Sir Thomas Lipton says he is
willing to try a third trip on that
cup.
ing fortresses. If we are to be the
world power that our statesmen are
now proclaiming us, we must be in
a position to assert that power if
need be or if questioned. But when
so much money is to be expended
there is much temptation and op
portunity for swindling,, and this
must be watchfully guarded against.
Judge Gary, one of the organizers
of the billion dollar Steel Trust,
says trusts are local affairs, with
which Congress has nothing to do.
But a trust authorized by the laws
of New! Jersey, which operates all
pVer the country has a pretty long
reach for a local affair.
A Newport, Ky., spiritualist has
been holding seance correspondence
with the late Li Hung Chang, who
reports that he is in. paradise, where
presumably he is wearing . nis pea-
cock feathers, we expect mat is
another lie.
An application, which may become
famous in court circles in the State
and one which would be far reaching
in its consequences, if allowed, was
denied by Judge Oliver H. Allen In
the Superior Court yesterday, where;
upon -an appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court.
The case is entitled "Jno. 8. Arm
strong, ' W.. E. Worth, J. W. Nor
wood, H. O. McQueen, J. V. Grainger,
N. B. Rankin, Geo. R. French and
W. . A. French, trading as Geo. R.
French '& Son, Andrew Moreland,-J.
A. Springer, August O. Schuster,
Richard Bradley, M.- J. Corbett, T.
M. Emerson, V. B. Zoeller and F. W.
Dick ? against Frank H. Btedman,
sheriff of New , Hanover county,
North Carolina, and the City of Wil
mington." The plaintiffs are all well
known bank stock owners of the city,
and the motion is for a restraining
order upon the sheriff and city
authorities against their collecting
the tax on plaintiffs' bank stock with
out deducting from it the indebted
ness of individual shareholders, as is
allowed to other money interests as
set forth in -the , complaint. The
validity of the entire revenue act is
attacked, and the outcome will be
watched with interest.
, Ex-Judge E. K. Bryan Is retained
as counsel for the plaintiffs and in the
complaint it is set forth in substance
that on the first Monday in June the
Board of County Commissioners and
the City of Wilmington, acting under
the Revenue Law of 1901, levied and
assessed taxes against all the real and
personal property of the plaintiffs and
that the plaintiffs are informed and
believe that the said Revenue Law was
not passed by the Legislature in a con
stitutional manner, in that it was not
read the three several times on three
several days, etc, as required; that the
sheriff of the county and officers of
the city of Wilmington are threaten
ing to levy upon their property and
enforce collection of the alleged ille
gally assessed taxes; that the plaintiffs
have stood ready and willing to pay
the taxes as assessed for 1900 and that
defendants have declined to' accept
same.
For a second cause of action the
plaintiffs say that they were on June
1st, share holders in either the Atlan
tic or Murchison national or the two
savings banks of the city, and that on
the first Monday in June the county
and city authorities required them to
list all the shares of stock held by
them in all ' banks without allowing
them to make any deductions ' from
shares on account of debts due and
owing by them, in violation of the
law.
For a third cause plaintiffs allege
that June the 1st the city and county
authorities by virtue of the Revenue
Act required them to list their shares
with no deduction for. debts, contrary
to Section 27 of the Revenue Law;
that there is about $275,000 invested
in capital stock of private banks, and
in loans by note and mortgages
on real estate about $10,000,000
invested and that about $4,000,000
was listed against money on hand for
1900. and about $21,000,000 in solvent
credits, upon all of which property
there was allowed deductions for sol
vent credits and that the stock of State
and National Banks will not exceed
$15,000,000; that the County Commiss
sioners in allowing -plaintiffs no de
ductions on account of their indebted
ness thus unjustly discriminated
against them and that the tax levied,
against them is at a greater rate than
that assessed against other moneyed
' capital, which was employed in com
petition. Judge Allen denied the application
in the following opinion from which
an appeal was taken :
"This cause coming on to be heard
upon the complaint filed herein,
which is exhibtited to the undersigned
as an affidavit, and it appearing to the
court that the plaintiffs seek to restrain
the sheriff of New Hanover county
and the city of Wilmington from col
lecting certain taxes upon the grounds
(1) that they are required to list their
shares of bank stock without being
allowed to deduct from said shares
debts due and owing by them and (2)
that the Revenue law was not passed
in accordance with the provisions
of the constitution, and it appearing
to the Court that the requirements
complained of are neither unreason
able, unjust or against conscience,
and being of opinion that the courts
of the State should not interfere by
injunction with the collection of taxes,
which are necessary for the subsistence
of the government when it would tend
to serious and grave consequences,
therefore without passing upon the
legal questions involved, it is consid
ered that the said application for a re
straining order be and the same is re
fused. . O. H. ALLEN,
v "Judge 5th Judicial District"
County Attorney W. B. - McKoy,
Messrs. Rountreedc Oarr and City At
torney Bellamy represent the defend
ants and will fight the case in the Su
preme Court, before which time it can
be heard practically all the taxes for
the current fiscal year will have been
collected.
Special Star Telegram.
' Raleigh, N, C, Nov. 80. C. O.
Lyon, of Elizabethtown, was to-day
appointed to succeed the late CL M.
McLean as solicitor of the Seventh
Judicial District. Mr. Lyon was unan
imously endorsed among others by the
Democratic bar of Fayetteville.
Messrs. Burrell, Walker & Cansler,
of Charlotte, are to appear instead of
the Attorney General in the railroad
taxation case of Ward vs. The Cor
poration Commission, which- comes
up on appeal in the Supreme Court
next week. - Attorney General Gil
mer has been very ill for several
weeks. -
Watauga Hall, at the A. & M. Col
lege, which was destroyed by fire last
midnight, is a j total ' loss of $IB.0G0.
About sixty boys lost all their belong
ings. Twenty-five have gonerhome;
others are provided' with temporary
quarters. There' was $6,000 insurance.
- The Gattis-Kilgo case was given to
the jury at Oxford to-night. The jury
was out still at 11 P., M. They teem
in doubt of evidence of malice on the
part of defendants in making the pub
lications. .
POULTRY SHOW IN JANUARY.
Fanciers of the State Being Interested.
Lesson In Incubation.
The first four days in January have
been decided upon as the time for - the
poultry and pet stock fair to be given
in this city by the -Wilmington
Poultry and Live Stock Association.
The City Hall will most probably be
the place.
An enthusiastic meeting of the ar
rangement committee, consisting of
Messrs. S-J. Davis, Jno. C. Boesch
and Frank L. Huggins, was held Fri
day nignt with the Association as a
body, and plans were enthusiastically
discussed. A feature of the show will
be the hatching of chickens and other
fowls by incubator, and a number of
dealers have been invited to exhibit
their machines on this occasion. It is
proposed to make it an educational
exhibit, and the fanciers of the State
are receiving letters asking their co
operation. An extract from one of
many letters says: "A lively interest
in fancy poultry is being awakened
among our people, and we believe a
large part of the birds sent for exhi
bition can be sold. If not sold, birds-
will be returned to you at our ex
pense."
Coldest November la Years.
Observer Geo. W. Felger, in charge
of the local Weather Bureau, says that
the month jnst closed, with its almost
constant low temperature, wa the
coldest November since the establish
ment of the station. The average
temperature for the month, 49, is 6
degrees below the normal and 3 de
grees below the average of the coldest
November heretofore 1878 and 1880.
On only five days was the temperature
above the average and on 12 days it
ranged from 7 to 17 'below. The ab
normal character of the month is best
illustrated by the fact that the tem
perature fell below the freezing point
on eight days, which is six above the
average and exactly equal to the total
number during the previous eight Novembers.
FIRE AT THE A. & At. COLLEGE
COURT ADJOURNED.
Watauf a Hall Completely Destroyed.
Fifty Students Lost All Their Effects
; and Will Have to Retnrn Home. ! ,
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BvTelegraDb to the Kornlns Btar. . .
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 29. At 11:25
o'clock, to-night the Watauga Hall,
one of the buildings of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College,' " which
served for dining room, kitchen and
dormitory for fifty students, was dis
covered to be on fire. ' " ' i
At 11:30 Raleigh's fire department
was. asked for assistance and respond-1
ed promptly. The water supply was
limited, the college being out of .the
city, and but for a favorable wind the
entire college would have been de
stroyed. The Watauga alone was de
stroyed, entailing a loss of $10,000; in
surance $6,000. " '
Fifty students occupying the build
ing lost all of their effects, and as the
college has nor vacant rooms In . the
main dormitory, will have to return to
their homes. - - ' -r
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SOLICITOR C. M. M'LEAN DEAD, -
Last Term for the Present Year i
" Expired . Last Midnight
1 ' ; by Limitation.
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
It Recommends'. More, Adequate Provis
ions in Jail for the Insane Msf Is-
trates Should Have Jurisdiction.
Proceedings Yesterday.
The remains of Dr. K. W.Tate,
who died at Chadbourn, were brought
through Wilmington and sent to Ash
ton Saturday for. burial.
Through Line to Atlanta.
Atlanta Constitution: "By a recent
change of schedule made by the At
lantic Coast Line, - Atlanta gains
another through route to Wilmington,
while the time is reduced to fourteen
and one-half hours, quite a consider
able reduction, f Heretofore, it has
been impossible to go to Wilmington
via Augusta without laying over all
night at some , point. The changes
made by the Atlantic Coast Line give
close connection at all junctions and
allow the trip to be made almost en
tirely by daylight Train leaving At
lanta at 7:55 A. M. makes direct con
nection with the Coast Line at Augus
ta, arriving at Florence at 7:20 P. M.
Leave Florence at 8:15 P. M., arriving
in Wilmington at 11:80 P. M. (east
ern time)." V
Handsome Confederate Calendars.
The Stab has with compliments of
Mrs. William Robert Vawter, of
Richmond, Va., chairman of the U.
D. 0. Committee, one of the handsome
souvenir Confederate calendars being
published under the auspices of the
Daughters of the Confederacy and sold
for the benefit of the Jefferson Davis
monument fund. They are for the year
1902. handsomely printed and well
worth the small price asked. Copies
may be secured by applying to Miss
Mary F. Meares, of this city..
New Steamer Highlander.
The new river steamboat High
lander, recently built in this city by
Mr. T. D. Love, general manager of
the Merchants' and Farmers' Steam
boat Co., left Thanksgiving night at 7
o'clock on her initial trip to Fayette'
ville, Capt. Jeff Bradahaw in com
mand. The Highlander is a model of
neatness and convenience. -She is
built to carry freight and passengers
and is a valuable acquisition to the
Wilmington-Fayetteville line of stern
wheelers.
Accident to Buoy Tender.
A special, to the Stab last night
from Southport says: "The United
States buoy tender Wistaria, while
replacing beacons ',nt Bald Head to
day, met with an accident in having
a hole punched through her bottom
by a snag. The vessel is lying easy
and will probably be floated without
serious damages.
Died Thanksgiving Afternoon in Saolta-
rlum In Fayetteville The Puneral. :
Special Star Correspondence.
Fayetteville, N. C, Nov. 28.
Hon. O. M. McLean, of Bladen, so
licitor of the Seventh Judicial dis
tricted in theMarsh-Highsmith Sani
tarium here to-day of erysipelas. Few
people knew that he was ill and his
death came as a great surprise. The
remains were sent by the steamer
Hurt to Elizabethtown, accompanied
by a committee composed of Mayor
W. S. Cook, D. H. Ray, EL L. Cook
and E. R. MacKethan.
Mr. McLean leaves a wife, wbo was
Miss Mary Bizzell, daughter of Dr.
Bizzell, of Elizabethtown, but no
children. There are several brothers
and sisters to mourn their loss.
Skeletons Exhumed.
While excavating for the laying of
sewerage pipe on the east side of
Fourth between ' Market and Dock
streets yesterday morning, workmen
unearthed two skeletons of bodies ap
parently buried years ago at a depth of
about five feet in the ground.. The
skeletons were remarkably .well pre
served and appeared to have been of
the negro race. The teeth were plainly
evident and were picked from the
skull by those who desired them for
souvenirs of the find. Last week, while
excavations were being made on
Fourth between Dock and Orange
streets, other skeletons were exhumed.
Big Fire at Boardman, N. C.
The company store and offices of the.
Butters' Lumber Company at Board
man, N. C, were totally destroyed by
fire Monday night, entailing a loss of
about $20,000, which is almost fully
covered by insurance with the agency
of Col. Walker Taylor, of this city.
The fire loss also included the stock of
goods in the store, which was large..
The origin of the fire was in the sleep
ing apartments of a clerk in the store
and the flames gained such headway
that very little, if anything, could be
saved.
Remarkable Find of Rosin.
Mr. O. J. Tatum, of Kerr, N. C, in
digging for a mill site last week struck
at a depth of seventeen feet from the
surface, in a strata of blue marl, a
piece of rosin about three by four in
ches in size. Mr. Tatum, who has
made tons of rosin, knows it is rosin
and would like to have some one tell
him how that chunk got into the
ground.
Clyde Steamer Movements.
On account of the severe storms
along the North Atlantic coast last
week, there will be no regular trip of
the Clyde steamer to Wilmington this
week. TheXilyde steamer Algonquin,
on her way from New York to
Charleston, will, however, stop at this
port and leave freight on Tuesday as
usual.
A NOTED FORGER.
S. E. Murphy, With Many Aliases, in Jail
at Eufaula, Ala.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 80. S.
E. Murphy, said to be a noted forger,
is in jail at Eufaula, Ala. He Is speci
fically charged with having forged a
check on the American JNational BanK,
of Kansas City, Mo. By request of
the Metropolitan police bureau of
Washington, the Montgomery police
department has been on the lookout
for Murphy several days.
It is said Murphy has been going by
the name of J. Thornton, alias Comp
ton, alias J. B. Hamilton, alias J. T.
Douglass, and that he is wanted in
various parts of the country on differ
ent charges. '
The police claim that- Murphy has
posed as a preacher in Georgia and
Virginia, and that he conducted a
church revival in Remington, Va., in
September and October.
A MISER ROBBED.
.: The last term of the Superior; Court
of New Hanover for the . present year
expired last midnight by limitation,
after disposition by a number of un
important cases during the day. Judge
Allen and Solicitor Duffy will leave
to-day for Kenansville to hold Duplin
Superior Court, after which they will
go to Pender county. Judge Allen
there finishing up his circuit of this
district .. It is with reluctance that the
attorneys the Wilmington bar and
the public at large give him -vp" for thfr
present, as he has made a most favor
able impression by his fair and impar
tial rulings and his uniform courtesy
to all who have occasion to visit a
court over which he is presiding. - He
will go from this to the Raleigh dis
trict and Judge E. W. Timberlake, of
Lojjisburg, will - come here for the
term opening January 6th.
The following proceedings appear
from the court docket yesterday :
J. H. Waiters, assault 'with deadly
weapon; verdict, guilty of simple as
sault; thirty days on roads. Not
guilty as to same defendant for carry
ing concealed weapons.
' Henry Green, false pretence, called
and failed; judgment nisi; instanter
capias ordered'and issued.
Henry Purdie, assault with deadly
weapon ; guilty of simple assault, and
case continued; bond fixed at $25,
Martha Clark, larceny of goods from
H. W. Konig; plead guilty of larceny
and receiving; sentenced to county
jail for four months with privilege to
County Commissioners to hire out to
pay costs.
Oscar Millis, forgery ; 4 months in
jail with privilege to hire out to . pay
costs.
Joe Lee, assault with dead;
nol prossed with leave.
In view of the fact that attorneys for
the defence began investigation as to
legality of the grand jury whioh re
turned a true bill againBt Hector Mc
Lauchlin andE. Tiner, charged with
burglary in the first degree, Solicitor
Duffy disregarded the old bill and sent
down a new one to be passed upon.
The alleged irregularity was that Mr.
Samuel Blossom, a grand juror at the
time, had a suit pending in court The
grand jury at this term failed to re
turn a true bill as to Tiner and he was
released yesterday from jail. The case
of McLauchlin was continued until
the next term. The attorneys for the
defence are C D. Weeks and R. G.
Grady, Esqs.
Report of the Grand Jury.
The grand jury finished its work
yesterday morning and was discharg
ed with thanks by Judge Allen, after
having returned the following report
of its deliberations during the week:
To The Honorable O. H. Allen, Judge
Superior Court:
We, your grand jury, have endeav
ored to carry out your instructions.
On account of the recent term held,
have had little business before us and
many of these cases of a very trivial
nature. Wn feel that these should be
settled in the magistrate courts with
out prosecution by and bo much cost
to the county. 1
We have had 20 bills of indictment
presented to us, 17 of which we found
to be true and 3 not true bills.
We wish to thank your Honor for
kindness and courtesy shown, for im
partality in presiding and dispatch of
business. -
We visited the jail, which we found
to be well kept, clean and well heated.
We find that there is no provision for
the care of unfortunate insane and as
the State institutions are so crowded
that often it is necessary to confine
them here for months before admis
sion can be had. We feel that duty and
humanity demand ' that provision be
made for their care while so detained.
From experience had in the last few
months, we learn that these unfortu-
nates have inflicted much injury to
themselves . on account of improper
facilities for their care. A pitiful ex
ample of this having been presented to
us in the case of Willy Flowers, whom
we found in jail. We are informed
that there have been three similar
cases in the last six months. We re
commend that two padded cells be
built in the jail for care of detained
insane. Respectfully submitted.
M. M. Pabkeb, Foreman.
StatesviHe Landmark: Mr. C.
M. Summers, ' of ; Bethany township,
planted three-fourths of a bushel of
potatoes and gathered 85 .bushels A
number of the potatoes welded two
pounos.;. , . '
Salisbury Sun: ' Mr. O. F.
Langley, of the firm De Vinney &
Lacgley, has just come into the pos
session of a legacy of $40,000. Mr.
Langley's uncle died in Virginia about v
two weeks ago and left his entire es- f ;
tate valued at $40 000 to his nephew,
Mr. Langley.
- Stanly Enterprise: " More r
frnit tlWM ham hxan H.linMH in . '
Btanlv countv this snaann than a
before. If no bad luck overtakes them
and the seasons "hu" Stanly will come J
to the front as a fruit growing county
within the next ten years. -
Monroe Enquirer: Mr. C. Da-,
vis, who lives in Marahville township, ; v
UU UUtU Ul UW aruiB unjIDU MM XUCSHv
day afternoon. He was at work on a I
telephone line and fell from a pole.
Both arms were .broken ' about half -
way oeiween me wrist ana eioow.
Elizabeth City Carolinian. Ex
Sheriff Murden, of this county, - is .
dead. Ho was in the city Thursday. ,
attending to a real estate litigation r
whinh hfttiad in thnnnnrta. -Thn abba ,
was decided against him and upon his -return
home to his farm near the city, '
while in a despondent mood, he fell
the victim, of a paralytic stroke, dying
Saturday. He left $4,000 in insurance,
all of which was assigned to secure
existing debts. ' . V '-
geneer: Mr. J. D Rushing, who lives
on the Duncan McGregor place in Gul--ledge
township, attempted to commit
suicide bv cutting- his throat with a v
pocket knife a few days ago. , Mr. Ma-v.l
rkm43mtthw a neighbor, was Standing
near him at thelimeand-eaugaJitsv
hand before be could do himself any.
harm. Mr. Rushing had been unwell
for some time, and in addition to this
the poor crops had made it impossible
for him to pay nls debts, xnese two
facts caused him to temporarily loose
his mind, and it was while In this con
dition that the attempt to take his own .
life was made.; ,: .
Asheville Citizen: Conductor
J. F. Lowe, of the Southern railway,
had a remarkable experience in Sun- -day's
wind storm on Black Mountain
and a consequent accident to his train
while crossing the mountain at an
early hour Sunday morning. The'
train, a heavy freight, was ascending,
the mountain during the heaviest
le when three ' box cars were
blown off the track and rolled down
the mountain -tot a distance of
fifty feet The trucks of the over
turned cars, however, remained on
. 1 . 1 . X 1 . l A
tne iraca ana were sent nw w vm ,
Fort It is said that large pieces of
timber were flying through the air,
suvs sviog a ca aaa w uvn nwiv suev. w mm
down. .
- Raleigh News and Observer:
A new clue has developed h the Nel
lie Cropsey disappearance mystery,
which indicates that she may have
been abducted. ,New York detectives
are now worflng on the case. The
girlVfamsr-dheres to his belief that
is alive, ue thinks that James
Filcox. who last saw his daughter on
the night of her disappearance, knows
her whereabouts. Coroner E.
MacRae, of Robeson county, was
called to Floral College Thursday
morning to hold an inquest over the
body of a negro woman found near
there Wednesday. She was the daugh
ter of a negro named Wash Ferguson,
and was to have been married in a few
days. The presumption seems to be
that it is a case of murder a rejected
suitor in a fit of iealously doing the
work. - m mm "
TWENTY LIVES WERE LOST
MISSING MISS CROPSEY.
CHI-
One of His Strong Boxes Broken Open
and $1,500 in Cash Taken.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Gbeehwood, S. C, Nov. 80. News
has just reached here of a robbery
which occurred on Thursday near
Hibler in this county. John Drennan,
a miser, left his house for a few hours
and on his return found one of his
strong boxes broken open and $1,500
in cash, besides many valuable papers,
mortgage titles to real estate, eta.
missing, usd tne roooer looKea - a
little further they could have stolen
at least $4,000 more. The old man was
known to have money hidden about
his premises but had never been
molested. He was advised often to
deposit his money in a bank but he
always refused. There is no clue.
Large Rewards Will be Offered by
sens of Elizabeth City.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning star.
Elizabeth City, N. C, Nov. 80.
The mysterious, disappearance of Ella
Cropsey is still baffling the authorities.
The latter on Monday will offer a re
ward of $100 for the recovery of her
body, and $200 for evidence sufficient
to convict her abductors. Governor
Aycock will offer a similar reward,
and a mass meeting of citizens to
morrow will subscribe another sum.
The missing girl is reported 4o have
been Been driving with a man an South
Mills, Camden county, and also at
Plymouth, but neither report has yet
ueeu BUOBtanuaiea.
NEQRO MURDERER.
Two Ferry Boats at San Francisco In Col
lision in i Dense Fog Most of
the Passengers Rescued.
, Bv Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
San Fbanoisoo, Nov. 80. The fer- I
r boats Sausalito and San Rafael
collided to night in a dense fog, and
the San Rafael sank in between ten
and fifteen minutes. It is thought
that not more than twenty persons
were drowned, although the San Ra
fael carried between 150 and 200 pas
sengers. The Sausalito was not seri
ously injured and after rescuing all
the passengers on the San Rafael that
she could, she proceeded to San Fran
cisco under her own steam. jThe .boats
belonged to the San Francisco and
North Pacific railway. They plied be
tween San Francisco and Sausalito,
across the bay in Marin county. '
The San Rafael left San Francisco
at 6 d.5 with between 150 and 200 pas
sengers. There had been a dense
fog on the bay all day, anT towards
evening it seemed to thicken. Captain
McKen'zie, of the San Rafael sent his
ship along under a slow bell, He.was
somewhere near Alcatraz island when
the Sausalito, coming from Sau
salito to San Francisco, crash
ed into her. There were then
but few passengers on the Sausalito
but they were badly frightened, and
for a few moments it looked as if both
ships were going down. When it was
seen that the Sausalito was not badly .
injured, she stood by the San Rafael,
and officers, crew and passengers en
gaged in the rescue of the unfortunate
passengers of the sinking vessel.' Both
ships are side-wheelers and ordinarily
carry many hundred passengers. For
tonately, this was the Winter season
and the last trip, so there were not so
many passengers as usual.
Marin county, from Sausalito to San
Rafael, a few miles, is lined with
the glomes of wealthy people. Dur
ing the Summer the ferry boat traffic
is very heavy,, but in the Winter it
lightens and there are comparatively
few people who travel on the boats
during the Winter season.
The news of the disaster did not
reach the city until nearly 9 o'clock
and the news spread with great rapidity
and great excitement prevailed.
Never has the fog been thicker In
San Francisco and on the bay than to
night It was a day and night of
anxiety. To-night it was almost im
possible to see a boat's length.
ILL-MATED COUPLE.
WIN
Caught Hiding in a Swamp Thought He
Has Been Lynched.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Columbus, Miss., Nov. 30. The
negro murderer of Marshal, Dismukes,
of Artesia, was caught to-day hiding
in the swamp on the bank of the Tom-
blgbee river, ue . was held to await
the arrival of all of the posse. Tele
graph messages were sent to surround
ing towns nouiying menus oi tne de
ceased where togather and it is thought
here that the negro has certainly been
lynched. ' '
Grave Differences Between Queea
, helmlna and Her Husband.
By cable to the Morning Btar
Amsterdam, November 30. Grave
reports continue to be circulated re
garding the differences between Queen
Wilhelmina and her husband, Prince
Henry. The story, however, that a
duel resulting therefrom has been
fought, and that the Queen's aide-de-
camp, Major Van Tot; was wounded,
is absolutely; denied by - Major Van
Tot's brother, who says the aide-decamp
la suffering from peritonitis.
, At the theatre the olograph pictures
of the Queen are tumultously cheered
nightly, while those of Prince Henry
are loudly hissed.
The boiler in the saw mill of W. H.
Brever at New Decatur, Ala., explod
ed, killing Lloyd Garth, the engineer,
a man named Walter Johnson, and
two negroes, one of them being tha
fireman. "
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