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DOMESTIC TROUBLES OP EUROPEAN ROYALTIES. i 88888888888882388 88S8SSSS8SSSS88SS qwn 8S88888888888S888 88888888888888888 8828888828888888 3335588838388 8388882288888888 S S8883888888888S88. 1 M U a. n s s 4 I S . i s '3S83388S Entered at. tlM Pott Office at ilmtgton, N. c, Second Clan Ma'ter.f . ' at SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. : Thaiotacription price of the "We-ldy Star U aa Single CffylWjPtJia lM......;.... fl 80 M , " S month III"!!!"" 80 owo77TiPo8lIoSo88888 "THIS AMERICAN PERIL" -L Every European country that has any foreign oommerce or any man ufacturing industries that amount to anything is more or less concerned, if not alarmed, at the progress this country is making in her commerce with other nations and in the rapid progress she has made in coming to the front as the first of the manu facturing nations. They fear Amer ican competition in the 'markets of the world and even in their own markets. The nation that shows the most alarm is Germany, and, strange to say, Germany ia the one of all the nations of Europe which has modelled most after Americans and adopted as far as practicable the American methods against which some of her statesmen now protest and against .which they advise retali atory legislation under the pretence of further protecting Germany's threatened or suffering industries. These statesmen and protectionists, impressed, perhaps, with- the claims of the protectionists in this country, that the great progress made in the past decade, especially, and the great accumulation of wealth ar& the result of the protective tariff, take it for granted that this is all so, and that the only way tocombat Ameri can progress and aggressive compe tition ia to fight her with her own . weapon a high protective! tariff. There is a new tariff bill now be fore the Reichstag, drafted mainly with a view to crowding America out of the German market. It has strong supporters, and also strong opponents, men who believe that no measure is too radical which will protect the German manufac turer and producer from outside, especially American competition, which they fear most, while its opponents believe that any measure is too radical which imposes oppres sive burdens on the masses of the German pedpie, and at the same time drives away one of Germany's best customers. One of its supporters and a wild eyed alarmist is Prof. Paache, of the Halle University, who -spent some time in this country in .1899, study ing the industrial situation, and learning what he could about Amer ican methods that brought about this great progress. The presump tion isthat he made copious notes and loaded himself with statistical documents which he is now utiliz ing to scare the . German statesmen into the adoption of the protective measures which he and those for whom he speaks favor. He made a speech in the Beichstag Wednesday aery of alarm, the substance of which is 1hus reported by cable from Berlin: : "During his address he laid before the House masses of figures which set forth the expansion of the American manufactures and of American for eign commerce of recent years and , the enormous accumulation of wealth in the United States. He accompanies his statistics with a philosophical an alysis supporting the idea that Ger man;' most dangerous and most im mediate trade enemy was -the United 8tate. "Peculiarly grave clangers threaten us from America ; against these we must put ourselves in a state of defence. "Dr. Paache was particularly im pressed by the rapid growth of the cot ton goods trade in the United States, which he said now dominated the markets of the world. Referrinsr to the paragraph in President Roosevelt's message to Congress concerning re ciprocity, Dr. Paache said: " 'America makes a feint of adopt ing a policy of more liberal commer cial treaties, but aha ia determined to abandon nothing of her protective sys tem. What would it profit us if we - got a slight reduction of duties which are now absolutely orohibitive? In spite of this, our 'Treaties' say we do not dare to miba nnr riiitina. The Tan kee i has not a trace of such sentimental pontics.'" ? " Dr. Paache had remained longer in this country and studied 'he situation with a view to ac quiring information rather than to forming-conclusions to sustain pre vionsly formed theories, he might have learned some things that, he does not seem to have learned as to the causes of American progress and prosperity which he attributes to the protective tariff system. It may be admitted that this has stimu lated manufacturing industries, as it also did in Germany, but this alone did not and could not have given them and the country the prosperity they have had within the Y WJJ. A A A, 111'. -J - f 1 past r.ew yean, following a period of depression. Good crops -in this country and poor crops abroad' had tries on a firm basis, than all the tariff legislation that has been put pn paper. The American manufac tory rests upon the American granary and on the American cotton Kin.:. : r . - -: There are other factors which seem to have escaped him, one of which is the know-how-to-do-things of the American "captains of indus try," as President Roosevelt calls them, and the forces which they command. They have learned how to do what they undertake to do in the easiest, quickest, best and cheap est possible way and they build ma chinery whioh does the work of hu man hands .apparently withi almost human intelligence. ' This machin ery, in such universal use, is a mighty factor in the unparalleled progress of this - country. One of our steel men, saw in Krupp's es tablishment, in Dr. Paache's coun try, over a hundred men employed in moving a piece of- steel casting, which in one of our - steel plants' would . be more quickly moved by a man and a boy with the aid of auto matic machinery. . Dr. Paache does not seem to have taken the machin ery in. ;. Railroads ara a potent factor in development and progress and in encouraging production both of raw material and manufactures. Cheap transportation is always an item in competition, and cheap and rapid transportation are potent agencies in building up internal and external commerce. When Sir Christopher Furness, of England, one of Eng land's great shipbuilders, was in this country recently studying up busi ness, he was forcibly struck with the matchless management of our rail roads in contiast with the manage ment of railroads in Great Britain. Here he saw one locomotive drawing trains of loaded cars which it would require two or three English loco motives to draw, and then he under stood why it is that railroad charges are comparatively , so low in this country and how it is that the farm ers in North Dakota can pnt wheat in London and compete with the wheat growers 01 JSuropean coun tries. Dr. Paache failed to make a note of this, in fact he failed to make notes of lots of things that he might have seen, which would have opened his eyes and changed his views somewhat, and also persuaded him that this country can stand a tariff war much better than Germany can. 8H0WIHQ HIS HAHD. Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, followed up Mr. Moody's resolution, to which we referred Satnrday, by introducing his bill for the reapportionment of Bepresenta tives, and a change of the method of apportionment from population, as heretofore, to the vote cast. The object, of course, is to reduce South ern representation, as shown, if the purpose had not been admitted and well known. It fixes the number of Represen tatives at 372, apd increases the rep resentation from . the Northern States while it decreases the repre sentation from the Southern States, The alleged reason for this de crease is the disfranchisement of ne groes in some of the Southern States, and the suppression of negro votes, even where there are no disfranchis ing acts; but why doesn't Mr. Crum packer, if he be honest, and is not playing a partisan game, propose to reduce the representation of- those Northern and Western States which restrict suffrage, or where elections are carried bv fraud, intimidation and other unlawful methods? The State of Pennsylvania, for in stance, is a good Republican state, but the elections in that . btate are notoriously corrupt, so much so that in the last election there was a union of anti-machine citizens to try to overthrow the bosses, but the com bine failed and the same old crowd runs Pennsylvania. By its methods .ho nnnonents of the machine are practically disfranchised in -that Rfafft for their votes might as wen - ... i be thrown into the Susquehanna. In his own State of Indiana there are estimated to be about 30,000 negro voters. Do the Republicans of that State ever nominate a negro for officers?, nominate any one the negroes ask for? Not much. They are as completely ignored as if they were not in existence. They have simply the privilege of voting for some one the white bosses put up and are thus practically disfran- .Mniui. Thi ballot for them is a UUMVM' mere farce. . T?noaoi Rfttrft aavs the way to get rich is to "maice your uu - i2 L thousand as soon as you cau and then invest it wisely. When you have made your first million or two keep on investing it wisely and you stand a pretty good chance of getting rich, provided you Ann't indulge m too much extrava gance. it TUJS APPALACHIAN FARE. Conosman Brownlow; ofTen- nessee, has introduced ; bill in the a Southern, national park, whlctfwiH contain afltrip Of the; mountainous section of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia," and wiU embrace i about . ten million aores - This scheme has been under con sideration for Borne time and is warmly and strongly advocated by Secretary of Agriculture, Wilson, as a means of forest preservation on the watersheds' which snnnlv tha .j. v stream's -V having their source on either side of the Appalachian range of mountains. It is an ideal location for a nation al park, with Borne of the grandest scenery on the continent,' in a de lightful climate, with the addition of being centrally located, and easy of access to tourists of this and other countries. Some of the property is still held by the. States, which will cede it to the Federal Government, and some is. held by individuals, most of whom, we presume, would be willing to dispose of it to the Government at a nominal price as, being mountainous and of little value for agricultural or pasturing purposes, it is of little use and brings no profit to them, save for the timber that might be cut at points where transportation was practica ble. As a forest reservation it will prove of much more value to pos terity than all the money that could be gotten out of it would be to the present generation- There was a strike in a New Jer sey copper mine .the other day all on account of a woman. When cut ting into a new vein the miners struck the petrified body of a woman, possibly one ' of the original inhabi tants; they were struck with terror, threw down their picks, &c, and struck for the top ground, and no inducement could get them to go down and confront that petrified woman again. An Austrian professor has be queathed $15,000 to a museum on condition that it put up in air-tight cases his personal traps and pre serve them for 200 years, so that the sight-seers of those days may see how a professor of this day got himself up and lived. But where may the museum and the professor's traps be then? It is said that a German chemist has discovered a process of making steel harder than any other steel ever made, and for 50 per cent. less. It is so hard that it will cut other steel like ordinary steel cuts wood. we have seen mention or. a number of similar discoveries in this country but they appear to have been lost. Congressman Babcock, of Wis consin, says he is determined to make a fight against the trusts and expects a good deal of support on the Republican side of the House. They already call him the "Trust Smasher," but it seems to us that this is somewhat too previous. A Lynn, Mass., man in his will bequeathed $1,500 to a man who had loaned him $10 some years be fore. Whether this was a case of remorse of conscience or of gratitude is not stated, bnt whatever it was there was $1,490 worth of it to the $10 man. A Rochester, N. T., woman who got tired carrying the name of Damn jumped into a river and drowned her self. It seems to us that she might have found some other way i ex tinguishing a name like that with out using so much water. The Portland, Oregon, Woman's Club has followed the example of the St. Paul. Minnesota, club and drawn the line on admitting or affll iating in national conventions with colored females. There will be little done in Con gress before the Christmas holidays but skirmishing and pulse-feeling, They will not get down to work till thev have filled up on turkey and other stuffing. -1 There are about 30,000 negro voters in Indiana which may go far in accounting for statesman 'Crum packer's objections to the laws in the South which restrict negro snSrage. Mr. Wti, the Chinese Minister at Washington, continues to chm against the Chinese exclusion act. - 0 ' But Mr. Wu is tackling too big a thing for a Celestial of his size. Secretary Wilson says tea cul ture in South Carolina has brought a profit of from $30 to $40 an acre to the r growers, which beats cotton all hollow. Senator Hanna is said to have been one of the financial backers of the Gathman big gun. But the Gath man gun went back on Hanna. EIINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY; "DECEMBER 13, DR. WALW. DARRISS. teemed Citizen Died Sud denly Saturday Night. HIS DEATH MOURNED BY ALL Went Home from His Office as Usual Satnrday Afternoon, Bat ia Few r Honrs Wis; Cold io Datn ' The Funeral Monday. -:p!. The city of Wilmington seldom; has occasion to mourn the loss Of a more distinguished citizen than that which came ' in - the sudden death of Dr. William White Harriss at the resi dence ,of his : daughter, Mrs. W. L. Harlow, No. 314 Chesnut street, Sat urday night at 8:30 o'clock. The news of the death, though oc curring at night, spread quickly over the 'city and was a pronounced shock to hundreds of friends and" acquaint ances, who on the afternoon previous had seen him upon the streets and at his office in -his accustomed buoyant spirits and in apparent good health. : Dr. Harriss for the past several days had been unwell and had been suffering much from indigestion', but few of his friends knew of it, as he was always wont to look upon the bright side of life and seldom complained. He left his office on Princess street as usual about 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon and came down on Front street to do some 1 shopping before going to his home as usual, about an hour later. After completing his purchases he joined his little grand-son, Meares Harriss, and went with him up Mark et as far as Third street, where the boy left. his grand-father to go to his father's home on Fifth street, Dr. Harriss, in the meantime going up Third to Chesnut street and thence to his daughter's home on Chesnut be tween Third and Fourth streets. Upon arriving at home he complained of feeling unwell and his evening meal was sent to him in his daughter's room. urs. Harlow became a trine uneasy about her father's condition and went to see Dr. Storm to inquire if anything could be done to relieve him of the abject feeling which was unusual with him. She returned to her home and going to the room to provide some medicine for her father, she found him very ill and as he went to the side of the bed to rest, he fell into a deep unconsciousness and life was almost extinct in a few seconds. Dr. Harriss, before his death, was the oldest living native-born male citi zen of the city. He was born in Wil mington Jan. 13th, 1824, and was, therefore, in the 78th year of his age. He had resided here practically all his life, and was perhaps better known and more highly esteemed than any man in Wilmington. His character istic good humor, his genial disposi tion, his high sense of honor and un swerving devotion to his conception of the right, had endeared him to a very large number of people of all classes and conditions. He was charitable to a fault, generous in bis views and uniformly courteous to all. None knew him but to love him and admire the many traits of manly character that were peculiarly his own. Dr. Harriss was a member of one of the oldest' and most distinguished families of this section, and leaves a very large number of relatives to whom the sympathy of the com munity is extended in this, their hour of great bereavement. Of the imme diate family there are now surviving, three sisters, Mrs. Dr. John D. Bellamy, Mrs. A. J. Howell and Miss Mary Harriss, of Wilmington, and five sons and daughters, Mr. George N. Harriss and Mrs. W. L. Harlow, of this city: Mr. Thos. B. Harriss, of Savannah,, Ga.; Mr. W. W. Harriss, Jr., of Gainesville, Fla., and Mr. Jno. B. Harriss, of Havana, Cuba. The lamented Mr. George Harriss, who died about two years ago, was brother of the deceased and was inti mately associated with him in business for many years. Dr; Harriss' wife, to whom he was married in 1848, was Miss Caroline M. Brown, who preceded him to the grave about eight years ago. Dr. Harriss received his early edu cation at the then celebrated Colton School of Favetteville. N. G, where he was prepared for college. -He en tered the University of North Carolina and graduated from that ; institution with the degree of A. B., in 1842. Before his death he was the oldest living alumnus of that institution and had been since the death of the late Dr. A. J. DeBosset about five years ago. After his gradua tion he returned to Wilmington and read medicine with the late Dr. J. D. Bellamy, but afterwards graduated with distinction from the celebrated Jefferson Medical College, Philadel phia, Pa. Later he pursued post graduate studies ' in medicine . at the famous Bellevue institution in New York. After completing his education Dr. Harriss came to Wilmington and practiced for a number of years until about 1858. when he became a mem ber of the firm of Harriss & Howell, composed of the late George Harriss, Dr. Harriss and Mr.. A. J. Howell. The shipping industry of Wilmington was then at its zenith and the firm had the principal ship brokers' offices in the city. A large wholesale commis sion business was also conducted. When the war4 came, Dr. Harriss cast his lot with the Confederacy and enlisted as a surgeon in the O. S. A. serving with great ' distinction and efficiency until the close of the conflict. ; ' -. ;': ' For several years after the war he remained a member of the firm of Harriss & Howell and was one of the foremost t business men ' of the' city. During this period he - served one, or more terms as president of the Wil li Chamber of Oommerce and was closely identified: with other or ganizations designed for the upbuild ing of the town and community. : Closing - his connection with ; the firm of Harriss & Howell, Dr. Harriss engaged in the drag business in 1874 xn corner of Front and Market streets in the store now occupied by Mr. R. B. Bellamy. Subsequently and until ihe time of his death, deceased had been engaged in the insurance' business and mercantile pursuits. ; While in -the insurance business, he was for many years president of the" Local Board of Underwriters. Later he was an acting Justice of the- Peace and was for a number of years chairman of I the Board of Justices of New Hanover county. : , ; - . " - i Dr. Harris was a devoted member of the Masonic fraternity and was per haps the oldest' living Mason , in Wil mington. He was connected with St. J ohn's Lodge No. 1 and was oae of the most valued -membei-of. that braich of the order. He was also a member and officer of the Boyal Arcanum aad American Legion of Honor. In the latter order he was one of a few mem bers in Wilmington who, on account of reverses to the fraternity, remained with it until the difficulty had : been tided over. Dr. Harriss bad been for many years a communicant of St. . James' church and was one of the most de voted and attentive members! of 'the parish. In his church and private life he was almost without a peer.; None will bear of his death but to regard it as a personal loss and a blow to the community. The funeral was conducted Monday morning at 11 o'clock from St. James' churcb, thence to Oakdale. - POULTRY SHOW IN JANUARY. Enthusiastic Meeting of Association Last Night Lively Competition. The poultry snow to.be given in this city the first four dajs in Janu ary, bv the Wilmington r: Live Stock and Ponltry Association was the sub ject of enthusiastic discussion at the regular weekly conference by the or ganization with the arrangement com mittee last night. The show will be given in the City Hall and many fanciers . local and from a distance have already signified their in intention of having exhibits. The competition will be lively and for all entries there will be first, second and third prizes. Special prizes of 45. for the cock receiving the highest score; fa for the best hen of any breed and $5 for the best trio of any breed, have also been ffered. The exhibits will be in the hands of a competent judge and the show will be open from 8 a. m., until perhaps as late as 11 o'clock each night. Mr. Jos. A. Isley, proprietor of the Oak Crest Poultry Farm, Burlington, N. C. has written the committee that he will be present with some fine birds. GREAT PALLS MANUFACTURING CO. MIU Will Be Improved by Mr. Gore Its Probable Superintendent. The Bockihgham Anglo Saxon of this week has the following in refer ence to the recent purchase by . r. D. L. Gore, of this city, of a cotton mill in that vicinity: Mr. John H. Gore, attorney, of Wil mington, son of Mr. D. L. Gore, pur chaser of Great Falls, was in Rocking ham last Friday and Saturday, inves tigating title to the property, prepara tory to paying the purchase money. Mr. D. L. Gore will probably be up some time during the -week. They in tend to begin at once the work of im proving the plant. Among other im provements an auxiliary steam plant will be installed. Mr. Claud Gone, son of Mr. D. L. Gore, and an expert mill man. will be its superintendent. We hear that Mr. J. L. Gore may make this his home if his investment proves satisfactory. CHARGED WITH HORSE STEALING. Conple Detained at Wilson Rearrested on Complaint from Harley, Ga. By Telegraph to tbe Hornlns star. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. - 5. A special from Wilson. N. C, says: The man and woman detained here under the belief that they were Miss Nellie Cropsey and . companion, have been discharged from custody, on in formation from Elizabeth City. N. O. that the woman held could not be the missing girl. The principal difference in the description of Miss Cropsey and the woman detained was the arrange ment of teeth. Miss Cropsey disap peared two weeks ago. Charlotte. N. C. December 6. A SDecial to the Observer from Wilson. N. C. says that the man and woman were re-arrested on the charge of horse stealing. The charge was made by J. A. Battle, of uariey, tta. The couple will be held at Wilson until an officer arrives from uariey. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Was Refused Room at Three Hotels hi Sprlnrf ield, Mass. Br Tetegrapb to tbe HerninK star. Springfield, Mass., December 6. Booker T. Washington was refused a room at three Springfield hotels last night. He finally secured accommo dations at the Russell Hotel. The in cident has resulted in considerable comment; the hotels which turned the famous negro educator away are the leading houses of the city. The pro prietors slauned to-day that washing- ton naa been rerusea accommodation because there were no vacant rooms. "If Washington was turned away it was because the hotels were crowded," said the clerk oanother hotel. Clerks on duty in other hotels- last night say they had rooms at their disposal at the time at which Washington arrived in Springfield. v An effort is being made to suppress the story, Washington, who is now in Boston, haying requested that nothing be printed of the matter. 1901. GATTIS' NAME AGAIN Before Methodist Conference at Fayetteville a Second Time Yesterday Morning. PROCEEDINGS IN . DETAIL. Mr. W.E. Sprinter, of Wlltnlorton, Elected a Delegate Bishop Hargrove Made ? : a Characteristic Address to the . t Body--Afternoon Session. The Fayettevile Observer contains the following report of the fourth day's. session of the North Carolina Confer ence in that city yesterday : Conference met at 9:30 this morning, Bishop Hargrove in the chair. Devo tional exercises conducted by 'Rev. L. E. Thompson . Minutes of yesterday's session were read and approved. , . f Bev. F. E. Dixon was announced as a transfer from the ' Pacific Confer ence., ' . ' .o;;-. .... Bev. RJ F. Bumpass was ' placed - on committee of second year andC. C. uuaru. - ... Tyrv.j- - 2., I A memorial In tho aM.Sm,iHi-uuy w o,vw ibis year. ence was read byiKev. If. B. Watao in regard to having question asked in the conferences as jto how many copies of the Organ are in circulation. . On motion of B, B. Hall the cre dentials of D. A.Futtrell were restored. Some time ago he surrendered these and withdrew from the ministry and membership of the churcb, but recently he joined the church again and has been doing acceptable work as supply. Kev. J. a. Underwood, presiding elder of the Warrenton district, an nounced that during the past year Rev. 0. Ryder, who was appointed to Scotland Neck station at the last ses sion of the conference, had gotten into trouble and bad surrendered his ere dentials and withdrawn - from the ministry and .membership of the church. ' Bev. T. H. Law, D. D , the agent of the American Bible Society, was in troduced to the conference and ad dressed tbe body in behalf of the in terest he represents. xne vote whereby the name oi t. j. Gattis was not referred to the Com mittee on Conference Relations, on motion of W. S. Roan, was reconsid ered. Mr. Boan then moved the ref erence of the name to the superan nuated relations. -; Messrs. Roan. Cole and Nash made earnest speeches, filled with the spirit of brotherly kindness. in support of the motion. Dr. Yates also made one of the best of talks, say ing that, although Mr. Gattis has de clared he could not get justice, we will show him that he is mistaken. The name of T. J. Gattis was then referred. Dr. Gibbs moved that the Bishop be instructed to draw a draft on Dr. Moore, treasurer of trustees, for $90 in favor of the joint Board of Finance. The motion was carried. Question 20. "Are all the preachers blameless in their lives and official ad ministration," was resumed: B. A. Bruton. J. G. Johnson. A. D. Betts, C. W. Bobinson, N. E. Coltrane, H. E. Tripp, L. H. Joyner. A. P. Tyer and T. J. Daily passed examination of character and mde their reports. I At this juncture of the proceedings Bishop Hargrove made a speech to the conference in' which he strongly in sisted that the preachers should not be careless about giving attention to all the organizations of the church and especially those societies supervised by the women of the church, tie also insisted that the church should devise means to take proper care of the for eign element that is coming into dif ferent parts of the 1 territory embraced in certain Southern Methodist Confer ences. The speech was listened to with much interest by the preachers. Drs. Li. Li. Nash and A. . if. Tyer spoke of difficulty in the way of or ganizing Woman's Home Mission So cieties in this conference. Bishop Har grove urged therhecessity of support ing this institution of the church. Kev. J. N. Uole submitted tne report of the committee on trial in the case of R. J. Moorman.- This report stated that Mr. Moorman had taken stimu lants upon his physician's advice and the'committee found that the charge of immorality was not sustained. J. ifi. underwood made a motion mat Mr. Moorman's case be referred to the committee on conference relations and it was bo referred. The next business before the con ference was the election, of delegates to the general . conference. The tellers were . instructed to retire from the room to count the ballots. The conference is entitled to four cler ical and four lay delegates. On the first lay ballot, J. G. Brown was elect ed and on the second W. E. Springer and J. H. Southgate were elected. The first clerical ballot resulted in the election of J. CJ Kilgo, who re ceived 88 of the 184 votes cast. At this writing the balloting is still going on. ' . ' ' ' The call of the 20th question was re sumed and concluded, the characters of the preachers on the Washington, Warrenton and Elizabeth City dis tricts being passed , and their reports submitted. - There was an afternoon session pre sided over by Rev. Dr. E. A. Yates. CASE OP MISS EASTWICK. Tbe American Girl Imprisoned In England for Raising a Stock Certificate. By cable to the Morning Btar. Washington, Dec 7. The legal officers of the State Department -are looking into an application made by the family of Miss Eastwick, the un fortunate! American girl confined in London after conviction of having, raised a stock certificate. The pur pose of the applicants is to have the department appeal to the British For eign Office in Miss Eastwick's - be half. r - 5 ' They have presented an overwhelm ing mass of testimony to show that the girl has in the past been sub ject to fits of derangement, ren dering her irresponsible,, and it is asserted that she is at present in that condition. ' The State Depart ment will transmit these papers to the United States embassy at London with instructions to do all that can properly be done in behalf of the prisoner. ,- ' . ' -:iv.r.;"i'Jr,v.. In the Italian Senate yesterday Ba-i ron Fava gave notice of his intention to. interpellate' the foreign office re garding the present status of the ques tion, pending , between the govern ment of Italy and the United States government, arising from the lynch ing of two Italians at Erwin, Miss., in July last and how it proposed to settle the affair. NO. 7 ?ALE,aH NEWS BUDaET- New Herniation of the Board of Af rlcnl. tare Concernlof Cotton Seed Meal. Wake ForesMriaity Debate. i Sfpecial Star Telegram.. ' Raleigh, N. C , Dec. 6. The Board of Agriculture decided to-day to put cottonseed meal, used 'as fertilizer, under the same rules as' other , fertil izers; that is a tax of twenty cents per ton to be imposed for the purpose of inspection and examination. - This rule is not to apply to cotton seed meal sold to manufacturers from which ' to make fertilizers. Cotton seed meal fertilizer will have to be tagged, show ing; weight, ammonia or nitrogen, and manufacturer. In order, . to . protect purchasers of cotton seed meal against adulteration, the Board will now re quire all cotton seed meal sold in the State for feed to be branded; that con taintag eight per cent or more of am monia will be standard first grade and all which contains less, second grade. The official tag must be attached to each sack, . giving weight, , whether first or second grade, the amount of nitrogen or ammonia and the name of the manufacturer. The tsx and regu lations will be effective' on and. after January 1st next. ,: The Agricultural Department budget a. ma 1 1 m nnA 1 a. Wake Forest.won the debate with Trinity students to-nlght-isf the con test for the Raleigh Camhetpf Com merce loving cup. This college' has won three out of five annual debates. The question was: "Resolved, That North Carolina should adopt compul sory education for her public schools." SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Wilson Times: Mr. J. C. Mor ris informs us that Mr. Bud Newsome was coming from the branch on Thanksgiving day when he saw a covey of partridges under'the edge of a log. He reached around after a lightwood knot to throw at them when he found that he had a rabbit by the leg. He threw the rabbit at the birds and killed six of them. Rocky Mount Spokesman : Last Wednesday night between 13 and 1 o'clock Mr. 8. J. Scammel was burn ed out of a home. Tbe origin of the fire is unknown. When discovered the house .was under flames and Mr. Scammel, with his family, barely had time "to escape with their lives. A few articles of furniture were dragged out, but by far the greater part was lost. , Smithfield Herald: A peculiar case was tried here this week in which the defendant, - a colored gentleman from Cleveland township, swore out a warrant against himself for an offense and pleading guilty was sent to the roads four months. It seems that this "coon" had hae some trouble over in the State of Harnett and rather than go to the Harnett jail he swore out the warrant against himself with above results. Carthage Blade: While on his wagon and passing the place of D. A. Shields a few days ago Bev. King dis covered a large hawk with a chicken by the road, near enough for Mr. Kiag to strike it .with a small switch with which he was driving. The hawk, be fore being struck, fell upon its back and showed fight with its claws. In tbe fight which ensued Mr. King whipped the hawk to death with his driving switch. The hawk was very large, measuring three feet and 7 inches from tip to tip of his wings. Charlotte News: Mr. J. Ed ward Curry, of Gastonia, met an un timely death Thursday afternoon. He and Mr. George Jenkins, of Gastonia, were out hunting near the city. Mr. Curry attempted to jump a ditch when the gun discharged, the entlire load entering the leg between the knee and thigh.- The large artery in the leg was completely severed and the excessive loss of blood and the great shock from the wound proved too much for Mr. Ucrry's feeble con dition. He died about an hour after the acident. Sanf or d Express: Mr. J. Van Lindley was in Raleigh the other day and told the Post that he had, during the past season sold from his orchards, embracing about fifty acres at South ern Pines, peaches and berries to the amount of $7,000 A few days ago he was notified by his manager there that there had been gathered from the same orchard lands over four bun area ousneis oi peas and over one hundred tons, of excllent peavine and crab grass hay. Uommissioner of Ag riculture Patterson says that is far ahead of anything reported . to him In the way of farming thisyear. Raleigh News and ' Observer Seven years ago some gentlemen came from Whaleyville, Va., and organized in Halifax county the Enfield Lumber Company. They built a railroad from Halifax across the county by King Wood into Nash county, and have been making heavy shipments of tim ber to their mills in ' Whaleyville, They have sawed no lumber at Scot land Neck, but have shipped all their timber in logs. They, have shipped more than one hundred million feet of timber. Their pay rolls have averaged $3,000 per month, and. so they have paid out to local laborers about a quarter of a million dollars. - The gentleman who have managed the business have gone to Greenville, where they will do a like business, Raleigh News and Observer: Mr. E. L. Daughtridge, of Edge combe, is perhaps the champion far mer of thp State this year. He has 300 acres in cotton, and will make a bale to the acre. "I don't know that I will make 800 bales," said Mr. naugntridge in ms modest way yes terday," but I will make fully 290 bales." ; "I believe when the re sult is known it will be found that North Carolina has not made half a cotton crop," said Mr. Jno. R. Morris. the well known travelling man, who has covered the cotton section of the State. "In the northeastern section of the State the cotton crop is fairly good, but from Goldsboro to Wil mington tbe people are in want. The strawberry season will, however, im prove meir conaiuou. LYNCHINQ IN LOUISIANA. Negro Desperado Hanged, by a Mob at Lake Charles? . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Lakbs Chabuqs, La,., Dec 7. Saul Poydras, a negro, who cut chief Dep uty Sheriff Richard and wife seriously Thursday night, was lynched here this morning. Poydras was arrested at Welsh and ' the officers were about to lodge him in the parish; prison when a mob , overpowered -; the guard, took charge of Poydras and hanged him to an electric light pole. . r Holland 'f Scandal May Have Grave Polit ical Consequences for Europe The . " , Scandal la Hesse. V ? i - V. By Cable to the Morning star London, Dec. 7. The domestic In felicities of , European royalties' have never come so prominently before the" public as have today the difficulties of Queen Wilhelmina of The. Nether lands, the dramatic circumstances of ' which form one of the chief topics of conversation. The romantic halo sur rounding the .young Queen and the keen interest taken in her marrisge only help to accentuate public curiosi- " ty and sympathy. .Moreover, it is re- ( alized that Holland's scandal may ' have grave political consequences for Europe, and hence its developments -are followed, closely by statesmen. While those best fitted to judge in- ' cline to the belief that it will all blow : over for - tbe present, there are grave ,. -apprehensions for the future. -. From a personal point of .view Eng.'' land is more deeply concerned 1 in the r" scandal going on in Hesse, ' where one: of Queen ' Victoria's grand daughters is on the verge of separation from her husband. Tnis youthful marriage the Grand Duchess of Hesse was only eighteen . when she exchanged her British for - a Continental title has proved to-be one of the most unsatisfactory among all the Royal matches, .. . and - the " climax it is ' believed 'would have been reach- , ed ere this had it not been for the late . Queen Victoria's-imperious in fluence. The Duke of Edinburg's other daughter,', the Crown Princess " ofJRoumania, according to common report, also leads a none too happy, marital existence, though recent ru mors of an open rupture are met with strenuous official deniaL However, no one in England would be surprised -to hear that she is figuring fn a role similar to that of her sister, the Grand , Duchess of Hesse. ' FEDERAL AND"5TATE vJ.- COURTS IN CONFLICT. Judge Speer Oversets the Stste Laws of . Qeorfja Tbe Matter of a Receiver- ship the Trouble. nv Telegraph to tbe Morning Star, . Macon, Ga., Dec 7. Federal and State courts came into Sharp conflict today over a - receivership. Judge Speer of the former had demanded that Keceiver t. J. uarung, appointed by Judge Felton of the latter, should turn over all property in his hands an such receiver to the United States marshal. Limit of time for so doing was fixed at 10 o'clock to-day. Carl-. ing's attorney came into court and . asked to be heard on a petition of re vision and review. He was instantly . asked if Oarling had obeyed the court's mandate. The reply was that he had not. Whereupon Judge Speer imme diately ordered Carling's arrest in contempt and further directed that he be taken and confined in the jail at Savannih. Carling's attorneys were thunderstruck. They abandoned fur ther argument and went into consul tation in view of the intimated imme diate execution of the order. Before they had concluded. Judge Speer an nounc d that the execution would be delayed ten days, in ordsr that Carl- ing's attorneys might have a;hanpe to go before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. - Uarung is one of tbe most prominent men in ueorgia ana nas national prominence as a mason and knight of pythias. This is the third time in ten days that Judge 8peer has overset State laws. - THE WESTMORELAND TRAQEDY . ' Herbert Marx in Washington With Friends Last Thursday. By Telegrapb to tne Morning Star. - ' WASHiNGTON.December 7. Herbert Marx, the yodng man who shot and killed two men and mortally wounded a third, near Oak Grove, Va.. last Tuesday night, and who is reported to have disappeared since the shooting,, passed Thursday and Friday quietly in Washington with his friends. Friday eveniog he left the city, saying that he was going to his home in Brooklyn. While here Marx called upon Representative W. H. Jones, from the (joneresstonai district in Virginia where the tragedy occurred, . and related the circumstances of the shooting, which differed very little if at all from the accounts already pub lished. New York, December 7. Win. B. Marx, brother of Herbert Marx, said to-day that he did not know the pres ent whereabouts of tbe young lawyer who shot three men in Virginia in de fending himself from attack. "He is not in New York or Brooklyn," de clared Wtt B. Marx. "He is in the country, but not in Virginia. He is' recuperating from the shock of his ex perience. He was very much upset a few days ago, but is much better now. "When my brother is well be will return to his home in Brooklyn. How soon that will be I cannot telL I have not heard from him to-day, and do not know exactly where he is." TRANSPORT SHERIDAN. Arrived at San Francisco Alter an Ad- .venturous Voyage from Manila. By Telegrapb to tne Morning star San Francisco, Dec. 7. After many exciting adventures in Oriental waters, . having narrowly escaped foundering. the transport Sheridan is safe in port. i With several Congressmen on board and a large number of sick and dis charged soldiers, the Sheridan left Manila fifty one days ago, bound for San Francisco. She had been at sea ' but a few days when she ran into a typhoon that all but sank her. The fury of the storm was terrific. When it abated the Sheridan tried to make headway but the engi neers reported to Captain Pierce that , the machinery was disabled. The transport drifted for a time with the currents of the sea, and almost went ashore on tbe Japanese coast. On October 10th she reached Nagasaki, much the worse for wear, and waa put in drydock. After being thoroughly repaired tbe Sheridan left Nagasaki and made the run to this port in seven-, teen days and five hours. EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED. A Fireman Killed and an Engineer Seri ously Injured. By Telegrapb to tbe Morning star. Portland, O., iDec. 7. The Cali fornia Express train on the Southern) Pacific which left San Francisco yes terday morning and was due in this city at 7 p. m., was wrecked five nun dred feet south of tbe depot at Salem early this evening. Fireman Silas ' Fish, of Portland, was killed; and Engineer W.' W. White seriously in jured. Engineer White was caught under the wreck and held there an hour before being released, but his injuries are not considered fatal. No one else on the train waa injured. (.- ; - f
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