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WILLIAM H.BJBB1BD
Baiter ud Proprietor. '
Fkidat,
Decbkbek 6, 1901
THE PEESIBBHT'S MESSAGE.
People who expected to find some
thing sensational, something of the
Booseveltian .strenuosity type, will
be disappointed because, while it is
void of ambiguity arid sufficiently
forceful, it is so conservative as to
show that the President realized
importance that would naturally at
i tach to his utterances and therefore
weighed well I his words before he
put them into phrases, on paper,
and gave them to the printer.
The message begins with a hap
pily conceived and phrased tribate
to his assassinated predecessor,
coupled with a vigorous denuncia
tion of anarchists and anarchism,
and a recommendation for stringent
measures to ' debar from our shores
these foes of law and order and the
na.aan.era ft n. law en vine the United
" r a
States courts jurisdiction in all cases
where attempts are made on the life
of a President or of his legal suq
AARnnr. in the event of the death or
disability of the President. What
he says as to excluding anarchists
and those of anarchistic principles
or proclivities when known will be
generally approved. .
He next discusses al some length
the prevailing prosperity, the rapid
accumulation of large wealth result
ing in the organization of great in
dustrial combinations, creating com
plex problems that must be handled
with the greatest care and caution.
While admitting that these combi
nations have aroused much antago
nism, much of whicb he says,is un
founded, he also admits that there
have been abuses growing out of this
Accumulation of wealth, but, as
usnal with the defenders of Repub
lican policies, he denies that "the
rich have grown richer and the poor
poorer." He expatiates on the
grand achievements of the "captains
of industry" in the development of
the country deprecates and counsels:
against any measures that in the ef
fort to restrain combinations of
monopolistic tendencies, might be
so ill advised or sweeping as to do
more harm than good, and endanger
the interests of all. He Is so ex
ceedingly conservative on this
point that it is evident that
he does not t favor any attempt
to tackle the trusts in earnest,
if that were contemplated. The
only remedy suggested, which - he
regards as the basis of other reme
1 dies for the combine evil complain
ed of, is "publicity" which might
'prevent stock-watering and that is
about all. As an anti-trust remedy
it would be about as effective as a
Chinese fire cracker .would in blow
ing up a mountain or a cotton twine
in holding a locomotive.
' Referring to what are commonly
called trusts he contends that while
chartered in one State they do busi
ness in many and that holding the
. right to thus do business by virtue
of public franchises they are under
obligations to the public, and, there
fore, the State and Federal govern
ment should both have supervisory
jurisdiction over them, as the latter
has over our national banks, the
former, to regulate them within its
.borders, the latter from an inter
state standpoint. That is right.
As our foreign commerce is now
becoming such an important factor
in our national life he recommends
the establishment of a Department
of Commerce whose special charge
it would be to plan for the expansion
of our commerce, - the securing of
more markets abroad, and keeping a
close watch on the industrial situ
ation in the interest of all capital
ist, employer and wage earner.
He expresses much . interest in
the wage workers, whose welfare is
second only to the (arming interests,
for if these two are well off all will
be well off. He therefore recom
mends that no effort be spared to
promote their prosperity, and as one
step towards this favors the immedi-
1 elusion act, and the strengthening
of it where necessary to make its
enforcement entirely effective.
He favors the eight-hour labor
; for Government employes and in the
interest of labor at large the adopt
ion of legislation in connection with
Inter State Commerce Laws, to aid
the States in the effort to do AWjay
with contract convict labor in com
petition with labor outside of the
penal institutions. He believes in
brotherhoods of labor as conducive
to the good of the laborer when dis
. creetly and wisely managed, with a
due regard to the relations that ex
ist between the employer and the
employed!
As a means to more effectively
keep out' the . objectionable and
dangerous classes of immigrants he,
recommends more stringent immU
tion system abroad, and a more rigid
inspection system at our immigrant
' ports. We should exclude, he says,
not only all persons known to be
anarchists or members of anarchist
societies, but all persons of low
moral tendency or of unsavory repu
tation. Jle rather stretches it when he
ays "Thera is general acquiescence
In oar present tariff system as a na
tional policy." Taking this for
granted a continuance of this policy,
1- ... tm unttA for our con-
iinued prosperity, and therefore be
I
doesn't deem it wise to attempt any
sweeping revision of the tariff, which
might endanger this stability. He
doesn't even hint at revision of any
kind, but favors "reciprocity as the
hand maiden of protection" a bogus
"reciprocity."
He asks "the attention of the
Senate to the reciprocity treaties
laid before it" by his predecessor,
but he doesn't take any further
interest in them than this mere men
tion. Without saying subsidy he com-
mits himself to the ship subsidy
business on general principles, call
ing attention to the discreditable
showing made by what there is
of an American merchant marine,
dilates on the great value of a mer
chant marine as a commerce,
builder, etc , and intimates that as
other commercial nations with which
we must compete have subsidized
ships we must do likewise if we expect
to have a merohant marine to cope
with them and therefore recommends
that "our Government shonld take
such action as will remedy these in
equalities," which means vote sub
sidies. He congratulates the country on
the establishment of the gold stan
dard, which he thinks is permanent
ly fixed, speaks of the good done by
the Interstate Commerce Act and
believes it should be so broadened
as to give the commission more
power to guard the interests of
shippers and the public
He commends the work of the
Agricultural Department which has
done much to develop agriculture
and promote the interests of the
farmer, and is doing a great work in
its efforts for forest persevation and
for the restoration of denuded
forests. The forests he calls "our.
natural reservoirs."
In connection with this he recom
mends "a water storage system" in
the arid regions for the reclama
tion of the so-called arid lands,
which may thus be made fertile and
valuable.
He speaks of the progress made
in Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii
under wise American' guidance.
Referring to Hawaii he does not
favor large landed ownerships, but
subdivision of land as is done by this
Government with the publio do
main, giving many an opportunity
to become laud owners and the
tillers of their own farms.
Porto Rico, he says, is prospering
as it never did before, and he be
lieves we should show a friendly in
terest in Cuba by materially reduc
ing the tariff on Cuban imports to
facilitate . commercial intercourse
between that island and this coun
try, and thus benefit ourselves and
help Cuba, our protege, along in
her efforts to build herself up.
Speaking of the Philippines he
says "we have a larger problem
there," but a problem which he
.thinks can be successfully worked
out in time, with patience, perse
verance and pluck, and worked out
to the advantage of all parties in
terested. The irreconcilables must
be dealt with firmly, vigorously and
with a hand strong enough to smite
if smiting be necessary, while the
peaceably and well disposed should
be considerately and kindly treated
with a view to ultimate self-rule,
which should come when they have
so far advanced as to become com
petent for self-rule. Too much
haste in . granting 1 self-rule, he
thinks, would do more harm than
good by entrusting to inexperienced
hands responsibilities too weighty,
with danger of consequent failure
and disaster.
He wants a Pacific cable and wants
it without any unnecessary delay. If
we can't make satisfactory arrange
ments with some private company,
then the Government should pro
ceed to construct one on its own ac
count. He commends an isthmian canal
as an enterprise of inestimable im
portance and value to the American
people. He believes it should be be
gun and completed as rapidly as
practicable, and therefore he con
gratulates the Congress that with,
the abrogation of the Bulwer-Clay-ton
treaty and the substitution of an
other, there is now no treaty obstacle
in the way. -
He follows" this with some remarks
on the Monroe Doctrine, which he
defined as simply a declaration in the
interest of peace and harmony, and,
if properly construed, a preventive
of possible entanglements between
this and other countries having busi
ness intercourse with the countries
South of us. There is nothing in
that doctrine, he asserts, by virtue
of which we claim any special rights
in those countries not enjoyed by
other countries, nor anything t$
prevent other countries, in case of
misunderstanding and mistreatment,
from asserting their rights and de
manding satisfaction, the limit be
ing drawn tmly on the acquisition of
territory forcibly or by concession,
or by Governmental colonization,
neither of which this Government
could permit without annulling that
doctrine, to which we must rigidly
adhere, with a due consideration for
others. '
Coupled with this he makes a
plea for a strong navy, strong
enough to assert , and defend our
rights and protect our interests
where these interests may be threat
ened.
Believing that the navy must be
our main arm for defence he doesn't
think ft necessary to increase our
army beyond its present size at this
time, lot believes that , systematic
effort should be made to increase the
efficiency and value of offioera and
rank and file, and to this end he de
clares that positions and promotions
in the army should come from capa
city and merit and not from favorit
ism. As an incentive to the contin
ued service of the trained and effi
cient soldier, he thinks it might be
well to increase the pay of the sol
dier who re-enlists to correspond
with the increased value of the vet
eran soldier.
He believes in the merit system in
making Government appointments
and in civil service rales, in fact as
well as in name, and would like -to
see the merit system extended.'
He pays his respects to the Indian,
the red ward of the nation, by ex
pressing the opinion that the time
has arrived when the tribal system
can be abandoned and the Indian go
on his individuality as other people
do, .in other words, having the prop
erty they own and are entitled to,
they shonld look out for themselves
without the paternal care of the
government. ".".:
He devotes short paragraphs to
commending the St. Louis and
Charleston Expositions, to the Pan
American Convention in Mexico,
the work of the Postal Department,
what we have accomplished in
China, favors making the Census of
fice a permanent government bureau,
and concludes with a reference to
the death of Queen Victoria and
the Empress Dowager of Germany,
with devout thanks to the Almighty
that we are at peace with the nations
of mankind, with the firm intention
that our policy shall be such as to
continue unbroken these interna
tional relations of mutual respect and
good will. -'
It is gratifying and perhaps sig
nificant that, in view af attempts on
the other side of the line to renew
sectional agitation, he makes no re
ference whatever to the South, the
only allusion of this kind being
where he expresses gratification at
the thoioughly restored union and
united country.
The shipyards on the lakes are
full of work, and it is said they
have within the past few months
made contracts for vessels carrying
an aggregate of 3,000,000 tonnage,
equivalent to sixty 5,000-ton steam
ers. The money expended will
amount to $60,000,000.
It is said that the use of cocaine
is becoming so general among the
negroes in some sections of the
South, especially in prohibition
counties, that many of them are
becoming useless as plantation
workers. They use it as a substi
tute for other booze stuff.
Last Sunday was "Bnller . Sun
day" in London. They had large
processions of workmen who oheered
for Buller, and one of them carried
a life-size bust of Buller. The po
lice made a raid on the procession
and in the melee the bust was
busted.
President Roosevelt is quoted as
saying that he has had more gra
tuitous advice within the past month
than any man in the world, and
"most of it has been bad." Consid
ering the sources that most of this
advice came from there is no doubt
of that.
A Man dispatch says General
Chaffee wants to have Aguinaldo
sent to America, as he suspects him
of plotting and carrying on secret
correspondence with enemies of this
country. "
CURRENT COMMENT.
General Kitchener is captur
ing 100 Boers a week. As there
are said to be 10,000 in the field two
more years will be reauired to com
plete the job. Atlanta Journal,
uem.
A Westerner who knows
what he is talking about is advising
young men m the overcrowded East
to "go South." There's a great op
portunity in the South for quick,
active, energetic young men with
some capital and ability enough to
know how to use it properly. The
South is no place, however, for
young men who don't know how to
worj. we don't need any young
men for street corner adornment.
Chattanooga Times, Ind.
Because angel heads are
carved on the capitals and bases of
the columns of a pulpit imported
for a Brooklyn church, the cus
toms appraisers have admitted
those parts of the pulpit free of
duty as "works of art,'' while the
pillars they adorn must pay duty as
the work' of artisans. Hereafter,
of course, careful church author
ities will have angel heads carved
on all pulpit columns ordered from
abroad. Meanwhile they can en
joy studying the remarkable vaga
ries of a high protective tariff law
and the men who interpret it.
New York Herald, Ind.
The German sugar refiners
have not formed a trust; oh, no; far
from it. A trust is a thing to be
shunned, in any language. They
have entered into a "community of
interest" agreement to control home
production and regulate prices, but
out thatis merely a "kartell" and
not a "trust," according to Privy
Councillor Goldberger. This moves
the Boston Traveller to suggest that
the American combinations of capi
tal may find it convenient to adopt
the German word. There is -something
dignified and high sounding
about "kartell" that "trust" lacks.
It is possible that those who now
pour out the vials of their wrath
against the trusts would be as meek
as lambs in the contemplation of
kartells, Savannah Jfewt, Dem
MUM
THEN. CONFERENCE
Methodists of Eastern Half of
the State Are in Session at
" Fayetteville.
REV. T. J. OATHS' NAME.
Nothing Against Hini Cxcept Law Snlt
Complications Abridged Report of
Proceedings froaTthe Fayette
vllle Observer.
From the Fayetteville Observer's
excellent report of the N. C Methodist
Conference at Fayetteville yesterday,
the Stab condenses the following:
- The 65th meeting of the North Caro
lina Conference M. E. Church, South,
convened in annual session this morn
ing at 9:30 at the Hay 8treet Methodist
church, Bishop Hargrove presiding.
The religious exercises were conducted
by the Bishop who read a part of the
20th chapter of Matthew and led in a
fervent prayer. Toe conference joined
heartily in singing the hymn:
"And are we yet alive
1 And tee each other's face."
Rev. W. L. Cnnninghim, the secg
retary of the last eonfernce,called the
roll and a Urge number of preachers
and lay delegates . answered to their
names.
Rev. Wj L Cunninghim was elect
ed secretary, and Revs. N. H. D Wil
son and Y T. Simmons were elected
assistant and recording secretaries,
respectively; The hour of meeting
was fixed at 9:40 .A. M. and adjourn
ment at 1 P.M. .
A Committee on the Sabbath Obser
vance and one to look into the matter
of the liquor traffic were ordered by
the conference.
Rev. J. H. Hall asked that Messrs.
Bumpass, Tuttle and Cole be appoint
ed a committee to consider the interest
of Fifth Street Church, Wilmington.
The committee as above mentioned
was ordered.
Revs. P. ELWisner, D. D., secretary
of Church Extension ; J. J. Tigert, D.
I)., Book Editor and W. L. Lambeth,
Mission Secretary, were introduced to
the conference.
Rev. John R Brooks, of the West
ern North Carolina Conference, was
introduced to the conference.
Rev. Dr T. N Ivy. editor of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate, was per
mitted, at the suggestion of Dr. Gibbs,
to make his report as editor of the
church organ. The report was a most
excellent showing ana indicated that
the outlook for this periodical was
promising. The report waa referred
to the proper committee.
Doctor Tigert, the Book Editor, ad
dressed the conference on the neces
sity of a wide circulation of the best
literature for the good of the church.
He made a plea for the best of books
and periodicals and declared that tbe
Methodist Church had made it pos
sible for its constituency to have that
which is good.
- It was ordered that the matter of
Fifth 8treet church, Wilmington, be
made special order - for 11 o'clock to
morrow. . Statistical secretaries were
announced as follows : W. F. Craven,
W. C. Merritt. E. W. Fox and R. EL
Broom.,
When the name of T. J Gattis was
called Presiding Elder Gibbs said:
"There is nothing against brother
Gattis except complications involved
in his law suit against Dr. Kileo and
others, which suit is still pending in
the courts. With this explanation -and
in accordance with the action of
this inference one and two years ago,
I suggest that his character pass for
the present."
Several substitutes were offered, but
the conference adopted Dr. Gibbs's
suggestion, and the name of Mr. Gat
tis goes over for the present Tbe
characters of M. C. Thomas, J. H.
Page, W. S. Davis were passed and
referred for the superannuated relation.
The characters of G. S. Oglesby and
B. B. Holder were also passed. They
go on the effective list
The names of M. O. Hunt and Solo
mon Pool, preachers who have died,
were referred to the Committee on
Memoirs.
Rev. J. J. Tigert, preached this
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and Rev. W.
H. Pegram read a paper to night be
fore The Conference Historical 8ociety,
in which a history of Trinity College
was given.
The meeting at Hay street church
Tuesday night was under the auspices
of the Historical Society of the Confer
ence. The religious exercises were
by Rev. A. D. Betts, one of the oldest
members of the conference and in
perfect health spiritually and phys
ically, carrying with him at alUimes
the spirit of rejoicing.
Rev. N. H. D. Wilson announced
that at the last conference preparation
for this night's services had been ad
vised that it gave him pleasure to in
troduce Mr. James M. Lamb, of Fay
etteville, who read a most .interesting
"Sketch of the History of Methodism
in -Fayetteville," from 1808 to 1901.
The Observer reporter is informed that
the sketch will be given that paper to
be published in full.
Qattls-Kilgo Case.
The jury in the Gattis-Ki go case at
Oxford Saturday midnight brought in
a verdict awarding plaintiff $15,000
against Dr. Kilgo and B. N. Duke, W.
R. Odell being adjudged free from
malice in his connection with the con
troversy. All the issues with the
Odell exception were answered yes.
The defendants appealed. Bond to Btay
execution in the amount of twenty
thousand dollars was fixed by the
judge. Two jurors were in favor of
a verdict for $50,000, one for $35,000,
one for $25,000,' one tdr $20,000, four
for $15,000, one for $10,000, one for
$1.00 and one for five cents. The aver
age was $20,800, and the $15,000 ver
dict was taken as a compromise.' The
delay on the third count was that the
jury stood ten to two and finally the
two agreed.
Bsptist&lo Winston.
Clerical and lay delegates represent
ing the 160,000 Baptists of North
Carolina are attending the annual
State convention of the denomination,
which commenced its sessions at Win
ston yesterday with Dr. R. M. Marsh,
of Oxford, presiding. Special interest
attaches to the present meeting, as ef
forts will be made to . complete the
$100,000 'twentieth century fund for
the benefit of tbe Female University
of Raleigh and Wake Forest College.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOO AX. APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach tbe seat of the disease. Catarrh la a blood
or constitutional disease, and la ordur to cure It
yon must take Internal remedies. Hall's Ca
tarrh Core Is taken internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Care is not a quack medloloe. It was
prescribed by on s of the best phy lctans In this
country for years, and Is a regular prescription,
it is composed ot the best tonics known, com
bined with he best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on tbe mucous surracetu -be perfect
combination or the two Ingredients is what pro
daces snob wonderful reeaits In caring Catarrh.
Bend for testimonials kee.
V. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
Bold by Prnggtets, price 780. c '
HaU'sfan Pllisars the best t
Only Remedy Used in
To cure nervous prostration is
GELE
COMPOUND.
Nervous prostration kills more people in Amer'
ica every week than all, the Infectious
in a year. Statistician or uonaon meatcat u oxwr.
Nervous prostration, taken in time, is absolutely-,
permanently cured by Paine's celery compound.
There are thousands of physicians' statements to this
effect It is the only prepared remedy used in such
eases in tbe hospitals. .
Havana, Cuba, Nov. 17. Mrs. Lola Montalvo,
who was Miss Barton's assistant, and is now nurse of the SuccorimrHpspital
In Guanabacoa and wife of Mr. H. J. Montalvo, Warden of the City Prison in
Havanahas made this statement:
"Paine's celery compound has been used at the Guanabacoa Hospital as
many as five years with great success. Many women were scarcely able to
move; there were others with a very weak nervous system A hundred in
stances could be given of our patients who have been completely cured by
using this wonderful Paine's celery compound. One bottle cured a Miss Acus
tina Aguero, who had heart disease. She was old and her age was against her.
Other medicines had failed. May the Lord bless those individuals who brought
it before the market and public" 1 -.- . - . ' "
FATAL FIRE NEAR BEAUFORT
Wobsb and Child Killed-Aaothcr Child Ex
pected to Die Hosbiod sod Father
ia a Serious Condition.
Special Star Telegram.
Bkautort, N. C, December 2. At
Cedar Island, forty miles east of Beau
fort, Saturday night, Mr. James
Daniels, who was sleeping up-stairs in
his house, was aroused by -stifling
fames of. smoke. He rushed down
stairs, aroused his wife, and
carried her and one child from the
burning dwelling. He returned for
another child, and his wife realising
that therewere two children asleep in
the house, in her frensy rushed back
into the burning building;, and when
neighbors arrived on the scene they
found Mrs. Daniels and one child
burned to a crisp, another child ex?
pec ted to die momentarily, and Mr.
Daniels injured, and his mental con
dition such that it is impossible to get
particulars from him. His condition
is considered very serious. The cause
of the fire is unknown.
PROM GREAT LAKES TO SEABOARD.
Reported Railroad Project that Wonld
Mack Benefit City of Wilmington.
Tbe reported railroad project, that
the Seaboard Air Line was planning
to arrange a combination of roads, de
signing to provide a short line from
the Great Lakes to the Atlantic sea
board, and that the acquisition of tbe
Virginia & Southwestern road was a
part of the plan, is of especial signifi
cance to Wilmington, the proposed
terminal.
A correspondent writing from Ashe
ville to the Raleigh Post says that the
proposed trunk line would extend
from the coal fields about Johnson
City, Tenn., either through Asheville
or Marion, reaching the coast in this
city. The correspondent says:
"It is stated on good authority that
Mr. Carter, former president of the
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co., has
negotiated for or purchased a large
amount of coast frontage at or near
Wilmington, to be used for coal and
mineral wharves Should this trunk
line be formed it will penetrate one of
the richest mineral, coal, and timber
districts in the country, the product of
which can be rushed via a short route
to the Atlantic seaboard and there
cargoed for foreign markets.
"Instead of passing as do other rail
road lines, up and down the two great
valleys or slopes on eithnr side of the
Appalachian range of mountains, this
line, if matured, would plough direct
ly across all of them, wineing through
gorges and defiles, connecting the
Ohio Valley with the Carolina coast.''
THEY ROBBED A STORE.
Frifhteaed Negroes Ran' Off and Left
the Booty Stolen.
Between midnight and one o'clock
yesterday morning the grocery store
of Mr. W. J. Reaves, Second and
Castle streets, was broken into from
tbe rear by thieves and about $50
worth of merchandise stolen. The
goods were subsequently, recovered by
reason of the opportune appearance on
the scene about the time they were
being carried off of Motorman Wm.
Jones, of the Street Railway, who
was returning home about the hour
stated. Mr. Jones joame upon the three
men as they were hurrying off with
all they could carry in sacks. On
Second between Church and Castle
streets they stopped for a moment as
if to rest, and discovering the presence
of Mr. Jones as he opened his gate to
go to his home, they became fright
ened and ran off, leaving the goods
upon the ground.
The case was reported to Constable
Wm. Sheeban, who recognized the
goods and restored them to the store.
The thieves have not been captured.
Sewerage Contractor Arrested.
Chief of Police Furlong yesterday
about noon caused the arrest of Super
intendent E. F. gitson, of tbe sewer
age contracting firm, who is charged
with allowing his men to make exca
vations on both aides of the street at
Fifth and Walnut in violation of the
special ordinance restraining the work,
passed at the October meeting of the
Aldermen. The excavations were for
man holes at the corner indicated. The
hearing will be before Mayor pro tern.
VonGlahn at 11 o'clock this morning.
Harbor Master's Report
The harbor master's report for the
month of November shows arrivals of
2i vessels at the port of Wilmington
31 American, S foreign. The Ameri
can vessels were nine steamships, 11,
849 tons; one barque, 675 tons; one
brig, 196 tons; one barge, 1,600 tons;
nine schooners, , 2,663 tons. Total,
6,882 tons. The' three foreign vessels
were steamships of 5,450 tons, making
total tonnage of all Teasels, 19,383.
Hospitals
j Jill i )
diseases am ll j
SPLENDID CLYDE LINE STEAMER.
Algonquin In Port Yesterday on Her Way
' to Chsrleston ind Jacksonville.
The Clyde steamship Algonquin,
one of the firfest of the splendid line
of steamers operated by Messrs. Wm.
P. Clyde & Co., arrived in port yes
terday at 11:15 o'clock on her way
from Boston to Charleston and Jack
sonville. The Algonquin came by Wil
mington in place of the regular trips
of one of the other steamers regularly
on this line, and after discharging her
cargo, proceeded to her destination
last evening.
8he is in command of Captain L K.
Chichester, an uncle of Captain W. O.
Chichester, of the Oneida, and ia one
of the cleverest steamer masters that
ever came this way. He was formerly
on the Geo. W. Clyde, when she came
regularly to this port.
The Algonquin was built in 1890 by
Cramp, and is 3,258 net tons with dis
placement of 3,833 tons. Her length
is 376 feet, beam 43 feet and depth of
hold 19 feet. She is lighted by her
own electric plant and has elegant
dining saloons and state rooms. About
100 passengers were aboard of her
yesterday on their way to the Charles
ton Exposition and to Jacksonville.
Brnaswlck Citizen Dead.
News was received in the city yes
terday afternoon of the death the same
morning at 11 o'clock of Mr. W. J.
Kelly, of Winnabow, Brunswick
county, N. C. He died of an attack
of hemorrhagic fever which came upon
him Saturday. He was in the 38th
year of his age and leaves to mourn
their loss a wife and three children.
Deceased was well known in Wil
mington, and the news of his demise
was received, here with since rest re'
gret by many friends. The funeral
will take place at S o'clock this after
noon with interment in the family
burying ground near the- family
home.
North Caroliia Rivers and Harbors
The following appropriations for
river and harbor improvement in
.North Carolina are included in the es
timates for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1903: For Black River $3,000;
For contining improvements' in Cape
Fear River $306,000: Contentnea
Creek $43,500; Fishing Creek $4,000;
Neuse River $4,000; New River $3,000;
Northeast River $3,000; Pomlico and
Tar Rivers $30,000; Town Creek $1,
000; Trent River $3,000; New River at
Beaufort $3,500; Waccamaw River
$9,500; Beaufort harbor $1,500: Eden-
ton Bay $6,000
Bad Sooth Carolina Negro.
Chief of Police Furlong yesterday
took in his keeping on a warrant from
Sheriff T. & Burch, of Florence, 8.
O., Wm. Alston, colored, who con
fessed, after his arrest, to his identity
as the negro wanted in Florence for a
murderous assault Saturday night,
Oct 11th, upon Elliott Mclntire, also
colored. The negro was arrested while
painting a house! on Campbell between
Fourth and Fifth streets, and will be
returned to Florence for trial to-day.
MISSINQ MISS CROPSEY.
Jas Wilcox, Charged With Abducting the
Qirf, Held for the Qrand Jory. '
By Telegraph to the Morning star. ,
Elizabeth City, N. C, Dec 3.
The preliminary hearing in the case
of Jamea Wilcox, charged with , the
abduction of Nellie Cropsey, was held
to day. The court house was crowd
ed. - The hearing was before Mayor
Wilson and four justices, and lasted
over four hours. Wilcox was held in
$1,000 bail for action by the grand
ury on the charge of abduction. Bail
tas not been furnished and Wilcox is
in custody of the sheriff. E. F. Ayde
lett appeared for the defendant and
made an eloquent speech. The prose
cution was represented by J. Hey
wood Sawyer, P. H. Williams and R.
W. Turner. Few witnesses were exr
amined. Among them were W. H.
Cropsey, father 'of tne missing girl,
and Miss Oilie Oropssy. Divers will
make an exploration of the river bot
tom for the body of the missing girl.
Cam Rheumatism and. ' Catarrh
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BONDS-ARE SOUND.
Supreme Court Yesterday Decided
Case Involving New Hanover
Certificates for Roads.
THE -NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
Wataoga Hall at A. & M. College to be Re
- ballt Sspreme Conrt Cases Coo-,
tinned South Dakota Versos
North Carolina.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec 4. The Su
preme Court to-day handed, down an
opinion in the case of the Commis
sioners of New Hanover vs. DeRosset,
from New Hanover. The ruling is
that an error, was committed in the
trial by the lower court
The only other case of any import
ance in which an opinion was ren
dered is that of State vs. Howard,
from Guilford. This ia the famous
"gold brick case from Greensboro."
The opinion affirms the trial by the
lower court and is against the defen
dants. The case of Jackson vs. Corporation
Commission was continued at the re
quest of the Corporation Commission
and Attorney General. This is Sena
tor Ward's famous suit to compel the
-Corporation Commission to increase
tbe railroad taxes from forty-eight
million to one hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars.
The State Board of Agriculture de
cided to-night to rebuild Watauga
Hall at the A. & M. College at once,
and will decide to-morrow on plans.
It is probable that it will erect two
buildings, one for dormitories exclu
sively and the other for dining room
and kitchen. It is probable that the
walls of the burned building will be
used for the dormitory.
J. M. Wright, marshal of the United
States Supreme Court, to-day sub
poenaed Governor Aycock and Attor
ney General Gilmer to appear in the
court at Washington, March 2nd, to
answer the complaint of South Da
kota in the suit recently instituted to
enforce the payment of certain second
mortgage bonds issued by the State in
1868 for the Western North Carolina
railroad.
Mr. M. Green blot, of Lumber
ton, who recently went into bank
ruptcy, was in the city yesterday. He
says that many of the amounts found
in his schedule of liabilities as present
ed to the - court in the bankruptcy
papers were of ten year's . standing.
The claims against him of recent date
are only about one-third of the total
liabilities, the other debts having been
contracted when he was in business
with others.
Mr.' Henry Clemmous, of
Brunswick county, and Mrs. Lillie
Sasser, of this city, were quietly
married at Phoenix, on the Seaboard
Air Line, Tuesday afternoon, F. M.
Moore, Esq., officiating.
The Fruit Growers' Express
will erect a large icing station after the
holidays at Mount Olive, the centre of
the trucking industry on the W. & W.
railroad.
Stepped Into Live Coals.
"When a child I burned my foot
frightfully," writes W. EL Eads, of
Jonesville, Va., "which caused hor
rible leg sores for thirty years, but
Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly -cured
me after everything else failed." In
fallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Sores,
Bruises and Piles. Sold by R, R.
Bellamy, druggist Only 25a t
A DUEL WAS FOUQHT.
Outcome of the Trouble Between Queen
Wilbelmlaa and Her Husband.
By Gable to tbe Horning- star. ;
Amsterdam, December 4. In spite'
of official denials, investigations show
there is substantial foundation for the
story of a duel having been fought be
tween Prince Henry of the Nether
lands, husband of Queen Wilhelmina,
and Major Van Tets, the Queen's aide-de-camp.
It appears that at a dinner
at Het Loo, her majesty was hurt by
some inattention on tne, part or
the Prinoe, and spoke to him
sharply. Prince Henry retorted of
fensively, whereupon Major Van Tets!
made a remark regarding the impro
priety of the Prince Consort's con
duct. A quarrel followed between
the aide-de-camp and the Prince, who
had been drinking freely, and a duel
with swords was fought after dinner.
Van Tets was wounded.
Tarboro Southerner: More defi
nite reports concerning the killing of
Wm. Henry Pratt by Wm. Whitehead
puts a more serious aspect upon
Whitehead's fatal act of last Sunday.
Willie HarriBs, who witnesse s the
homicide, says that Pratt was standing
in the door when Whitehead told him
to take bis head out of the door, or he
would shoot out of him, at the
same time pulling a pistol out of his
pocket and firing. Pratt fell forward
on his face. Whitehead 'asked him if
he was hurt, to which Pratt responded
yes. Pratt was struck in the neck, the
ball cutting the jugular vein, and be
bled to death. Mary Whitehead, the
mother of tbe slayer, says that the two
men were the best of friends, but that
her son is not bright. John Harriss
says he saw tbem Saturday night; that
he came from Pinetops with them, and
up to 11 o'clock when he left they were
perfectly friendly. Dr. S. N. Harrell,
the coroner. Monday held an inauest.
The jury found a verdict in accordance
with the facts given above and the cor
oner committed Whitehead to jail.
Charlotte New: IWArlvTTnoTi
a negro lineman for the Bell Telephone
Company, was shot and it is thought
l.l.ll - 1 . w sv
latauy wounuea xuesaay afternoon.
Mr. JOS. F. Shannon. th hnarl linam.n
did the shooting and he will claim that
ns aciea ln.seii-aerenee.
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A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
A School Boy Eight Years Old Stabbed
to Death by a Schoolmate Aged
Eleven Years.
; By Telegrapn to tne Morning star.
Cincinnati, Dec. 4. The shocking
scene of a school boy, eight years old,
stabbed to death by a school mate,
aged eleven, was witnessed on the
streets of Newport, Ky., at noon to
day. Joseph Creelman, the victim,
had a quarrel in the school room with
Eddie Armines, and when on their way
home the quarrel was renewed. A
third boy taking the part of Creelman,
threw a piece of brick which struok
Armines'on the hand. At that mo
ment Creelman ran up to him, and
was stabbed. He soon fell, and in
fifteen minutes was dead. Tbe Ar
mines boy walked rapidly away, car
rying the pocket-knife in' his hand.
He went to the fire engine house,
where bis uncle is captain, and threw
the knife into an outhouse, but said
nothing about the murder until the
news of the lad's death. His uncle
then promptly surrendered him to the
police to whom tbe boy told bis story
of the crime. .
"Creelman missed his readnig les
son and was sent to the foot of the
class. The teacher made him sit at
the blackboard and I lausrbed at him.
When school was out he cursed me. I
started for the engine house, and
Piummer threw a brick at me and
Creelman ran cp and grabbed me by
the arms. I did not think the brick
was thrown at me until it hit me on
the hand. .Then I stuck tbe knife out
easy and heard his coat rip."
Both boys belong to excellent fam?
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
Three Men Shot-Ooe Killed Difficulty
Caused by an Alleted dross Insult
to a Young Lady.
By Telegraph to the Mornlnar star.
Richmond, V a., December 3. A
spec al from Fredericksburg says that
a terrible tragedy was enacted in
Westmoreland county last night. One
man was killed and two others were
seriously, if not mortally wounded.
The dead man is William P. Taylor.
Jr., and the wou'nded are J. O. Stiff
and Willie Hefiin.
From information now at band it
appears that Taylor being informed of
tan alleged gross insult offered by Her
bert Marks to his cousin, Miss Rose
Taylor, endeavored to have the matter
amicably settled. Failing to do so,
he, in company with Stiff, Htflin,
George V. Thompson and, a Mr.
Douglass, visited the Marks house.
On arriving there they found the
house barricaded and when they tried
to open a door, Marks' suddenly began
shooting from a window. Taylor was
shot through the heart and died in
stantly. Stiff was shot through the
neck and Hefiin in .the stomach.
Marks surrendered to the authorities.
All the parties to the unfortunate
affair are prominent socially. ;.
The party sought Marks to tar and
feather him. He is from New York,
and left for his home to-night, after -being
exonerated by the coroner's
jury. The wounded men were taken
to : Washington, D. C. Taylor was
from Westmoreland.
HAZINQ A CADET.
I Rough Trestjment o! a Student at the Uni
versity at Harrimso, Tenn.
ByTelegraph to tbe Moraine star.
Knoxyille, Tenn, December 4.
A special to the Journal and Tribune
from Harriman, Tenn., says four mem
bers of the American Temperance
University entered the rooms of Cadet
Lester and ordered him to dress and -go
with them. Upon his refusal he
was bound and gagged and carried to
a secluded spot in the woods near by,
tied to a tree and whipped. This done
they ret urned with him to the dormi
tory, placed him under a hydrant,
turned on the water and left him.
According to Lester's story he must
have been there two hours when a
student who came to eet water found .
him half frozen and in a Semi consci
ous condition. '
Lester will proceed against his as
sailants in the State courts, who it is
alleged are Cadets B. A. Bryan, who
lives at Georgetown Delaware; W.
I. Clark, Baltimore, Md. ; W. F.
Amos, Atltonah, Tenn.; J. G. Bis
hop, Dayton, Tenn.
TRUE BILLS FOUND,
Agalost the Alleged Murderers cf the
( Two Mootgomerys.
By Telegraph to tbe Merning Btar, .
Oxford, Miss., Dec. 4. The) Fed
eral grand jury has found a true bill
against Will Mathis, Orlando Lester,
Whit Owens, Will Jackson, George
Jackson and Mrs. Will Mathis for the
murder of the two Montgomerya,
United States deputy marshals,' on
Nov. 16th.
The six men have been jointly in
dicted for murder of the officers, but
will be tried only on the charge of
murdering one of the , Montgomerya.
This is done in order to leave the State
court untrammeled in its trial of the
parties for the murder and, conspiracy
to murder the two. The case will go
to trial the latter part of the week.
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