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8ECKETARY LONG ON THE
FILIPINOS.
Last Thursday, at a Lincoln ban
quet given by the Essex Clab, of
Boston, Secretary Long was the prin
cipal speaker. In the course of his
speech, speaking of the Philippines
and the progress being made in car
rying on the work of "benevolent
assimilation," he said: .
-f Secretary Boot were here he
would siure ynu that the adminis
lriioa la the Pnilippines Is not
failure, but is advancing every day
toward the pacification and goocl gov
erament of those islands. Here the
wie student looks not to the sporadic
incident of a fight here or a riot or
murder there, but to the fact that
schools are established ; that the Amer
ican teacher is in evidence in great
numbers; that courts are established;
"that roads are built; that buaineaa
grnwa. aod that American civilization
is ih-re to slay aod to bless.
"Of course, the cost of internal ad
ministration is borne by the i lands"
rereoues. But why should it not be f
.Aod what could apeak more for their
we fare and for their redemption from
sl'h dependency I
"T lequ-stion of the independence
o' id-so islands, which will one day be
a ubstantal aod vital question. Men
m y make speeches for party effect,
b it mere is do party, there is no com
miuityin the United Slates that for
oi- moment Intends to abandon or
would take the responsibility of aban
djuiug the trust under which we now
are to giro those islands pacification,
the government and civilization which
we ourselves enjoy. I doubt if there
are many intelligent Filipinos who do
not accept this view. '
"This is the work not of a day, but
of a generation. But when the time
comes that the trust is executed and
the ability of self-government is as
sured, thoa the question of their politi
ck status will oe for. the paopla of
th -te ialuds themselves to decide.
W nether they will walk alone and in
dependent, or whether they will walk
hd in hand with us. as Canada
walks with England, they whoever
they ihall then be will decide. And
as Borland respects the wishes of
Canada in this regard, so shall we
then respect and ought to respect the
. Wiahaa f9 t Kk a PhilinnlnAC "
vv iuv wa suv av us At a piuvw.
Secretary Long is a Boston-man,
and he waa talking to a people,
where the anti-expansion sentiment
is very pronounced and where the
policy of '-benevolent assimilation"
with Winchester rifles, torches, &c,
never met with much favor.
Whether this had anything to do
with toning that speech we will not
say, but the concluding paragraph
is such a remarkable ono and. such a
wide departure from the ordinary
benevolent assimilator that it
gives ground for the suspicion, at
least, that the locality in which it
was delivered had a good deal to do
with inspiring it.
About the time this speech was
being delivered another speech had
been delivered in the U. S. Senate,
by one or the senators who repre
sents the State in which Secretary
Long was speaking, and the burden
of that speech, made by Senator
Hoar, was to show that this Gov
ernment was establishing, in fact
had, through its Philippine com
mission, established a despotism
over the people of the Philippines
and that under the edicts of that
commission if a meeting of FiliDi
I nos assembled they could be arrest
1 ed, tried and' punished for treason
1 t . U J J i 1 IL. T-V-.l
t vucj uareu io reau ine declaration
of Independence.
Bat assnmmg that neither the
locality, nor the audience, nor the
oonsiuuency aaaressea, naa any
thing to do with inspiring the
sentiments expressed as to the ulti
mate status of the Philippines, and
I tne opportunity mac wouia . oe
X I 1 1 II . 1 1 T
I given the Filipinos to determine
I that for themselves, and as
i suming that Secretary Long was
V entirely honest and thoroughly
sincere in his utterance, it might be
J Med whether ho was simply speak-
Ing lor himself or by authority
speaking lot the government.. He
said tnat u the Filipiaos, after they
had been sufficiently tutored in the
art of self-government, were to de
cide that they want to go it alone
and govern themselves as an inde
pendent people, independence would
be given them. What authority has
Secretary Long for that declaration?
Has the majority in Congress ever
said so? Has any official document
ever said so? The neaiest approach
ever made to it was the Bacon reso
lution which was adopted by the
Senate but never passed the House,
' and th&tba "tring to it which
practically made it amount to noth
ing If it had passed the House, for it
- :!HtM W EEEjLY
VOL. XXXIII.
simply declared that it was not the
intention of this government to per
manently hold the islands or to make
them a part of the territory of the
United States, but to withdraw from
them as soon as peace and order and
stable government were established,
and this as soon as it could be done
consistent with the interests of the
Filipinos and of the United States.
The conclusion was the string to
this resolution for it permitted the
United States to retain possession
of the Philippines while it might be
to its interest to do so. .
,Bnt if Secretary Long in his ut
terance expressed the sentiments
of the administration of which he
is a member, or of the majority in
Congress by whose authority the
work of " benevolent assimilation "
with Winchester rifles, torches,: des
potic edicts, etc., is being carried
on what objection can they have to
adopting the resolution which Sen
ator Teller proposes as, an amend-,
meat to the Philippine tariff bill?
The resolution is substantially a
reiteration of the Bacon resolution
and declares that it is not the pur
pose of this govornment to perma
nently retain possession of the
islands and that when civil' govern
ments are established and the peo
ple able to administer them so as to
guarantee poace and order and self
rule then the islands shall be turned
over to them, under a protectorate
of this government if they desire it.
That is practially (the protectorate
omitted) what Secretary Long de
clared in his speech, and yet there
is not a handful of Republicans in
either House of Congress who would
so declare by resolution or act that
wonld commit this government
to it.
The only real difference -between
this utterance of Secretary Long
and this resolution of Senator Teller
is that Secretary L ing wants to take
plenty of time, a whole generation,
giving time for the present genera
tion of Filipinos to die out and a
new one to come upon the stage of
action, while Senator Teller wonld
have it done as quickly as possible.
If it be the intention to go on and
force those people to acknowledge
American supremacy, and if they
refuse shoot them down like jack
rabbits, and burn their' homes and
their towns and lay waste their fields
and strew desolation where onoe
there was peace and plenty, and it
may take a generation to teach
those people the beauties of self
rule and modern progress, wouldn't
it be a great deal more sensible
to expedite that work by . au
thoritatively informing them as
to what we propose to do and
that we have no intention of
permanently appropriating their
territory on the plea that we have
bought it? If we are to carry on
for a generation this work of lifting
the brown man up and making a
modernized chap out of him after
so many years of degration, and de
moralizing serfdom, how are we go
ing to be repaid for this self-imposed
and phenomenally unselfish and
self sacrificing task?. The "trust"
we have accepted doesn't call for
any such sacrifice as that, and com
mon sense would suggest that if we
are going to give the Filipino. 8 the
final say so as to what their status
shall be, the sooner we let them
know that and the sooner we put
them to practicing the art of self
government the . better it will be
for us and for. them. There is no
need oi nor sense in taking . a
generation to do what conld have
been done by this time if we had
gone about it in the right way or
that can be done in a little while
now if we go about it in the right
way and are honest in our efforts to
do it, . '
A VICIOUS MEASURE.
The anti-oleomargarine bill which
passed the House of Representatives
Wednesday is a vicious measure, not
what it pretends to be,-but a law
to give the big dairies control of the
butter markets. Under that la
the farmer's wife who sends butter
to market dare not color it, although
it may be pure butter, without
leaving herself liable to prosecution
and punishment.
The law is aimed at Southern cot
ton seed oil, large quantities of
which were consumed in the mann
facture of oleomargarine, butterine,
and other substitutes for butter,
which experts have testified are bet
ter, more palatable and wholesome,
than many of the brands of butter
put upon the market. Butthey were
cheaper and that way the obj action
against them by dairy men.
This bill was generally opposed as
it should have been by Represent
atives from the South and ally and
vigorously bv Hon. John D. Bel-
lamy, -to whose speech against.
the Raleigh Post thus editorially
refers:
"The Oleomargarine bill which if
it aaouia become a law wilt pe sen
ously hurtful to the farmers of the
Boutb, passed the House by a good
msjority. Hon. John D, Bellamy'
speecn against it was one of the most
forceful oi the many that were made
we may use extracts from it. as our
people need information on the sub
ject and the seheme by which they
are made the r'ctlnoa of a very dan
gerous species of claa legislation; the
end whereof no man can tell."
; If it were simply a bill to protect
butter from the competition of coun
terfeits by preventing 'them from
being put upon the market and sold
as butter it would be all right.
Such -things should be sold for what
they; are and . stand upon their
merits, but' when the object is to
drive them out of the market be
cause they are cheaper than butter
and thus force house keepers and
others to - buy butter ' and put' up
with what they can get whatever
the price may be, it is all wrong,
and it is all wrong, too, to strike at
another great industry, in which
the South is largely interested-
cotton seed oil to favor an indus
try of other sections which, has no
more claim to governmental recogni
tion or favor than it has. - It is a
sectional and mischievous measure,
but we do not believe it will pass the
Senate in its present sweeping shape.
ANOTHER COTTON PEST.
The growers of cotton have a good
deal to contend against, generally
speaking. They have army worms,
rust, and a number of other pests,
but they are now confronted by one
whioh threatens to be a very formi
dable one the boll-weevil, an inva
der from the ootton fields of Mexico.
It made its first appearance on the
borders of Texas several years ago,
and while it caused some apprehen
sion then, because its voracious hab
its and destructive power were
known', it was hoped that it might be
confined to a small area and finally
extirpated, but it has taken firm
hold of the soil, and has spread until
it is estimated that it destroyed last
year 800,000 bales of cotton in that
State. .
The question now is can it be ex
tirpated, or how far it may work its
way into the cotton regions of the
South, and where will it stop. It
was hoped that the cold of Winter
might destroy it, but this doesn't
seem to have any effect on.it, for it
comes to time in the Spring and is
ready for business as soon as the
growing ootton reaches the stage for
attack. Bnt it doesn't stop with
the cotton, for when it has destroyed
that it turns its attention to corn,
wheat and other green : things, and
is as destructive on those as on cot
ton. -
It is said that in some districts in
Mexico the attempt to grow cotton
has been abandoned on account of
their ravages, and the prospect of-
raising other things upon whioh the
weevil leefls is uot-noorftgIng,
According to all accounts this Mexi
can interloper promises to be a very
troublesome and costly settler
un-
less the bug experts discover
effective way to settle him.
some
Gov. Taf t says 'every declaration
of sympathy with the Filipinos con
stitutes a great obstacle to the suo
cess of our efforts," and that "any
utterance hostile to the Filipinos
wounds their sensibilities." In that
case all there is left for us to do is to
play mum. The U. S. Senators will
take notice and dry up.
Mr. Carey, President of the Na
tional (Beet) Sugar Manufacturing
Company, of Colorado, threatens
that if Congress make concessions
to Cuban sugar, the Republican
campaign managers need not expect
any more of his "sugar." Remarks
like that have some effect.
It ie said that 2,000,000 frogs are
slaughtered annually in this country
for epicures who are fond of that
kind of diet. And there is not
frog ranch in North Carolina, al
though in some portions of the
State the frog grows spontaneously.
Gov. Taft says the American mule
wonld be a good thing to send to the
Philippines. Is he looking to the
mule to help solve the problem over
there ? The mule generally gets in
his work if you give him half
chancfi.
A young athlete in New xork is
just recovering from a case of abroken
neck. This is the third case of that
kind reported in this country, and
we have not read of their mending
broken necks in any other country,
A St. Louis teacher of Spanish
has been find $28 for kissing his
pupils, but as the number of .pupils
or the number of kisses is not stated
we are left in ignorance of the St
Louis valuation of a Spanish kiss.
The Sultan of Turkey has con
demoed his brother-in-law to death.
He. hasn't yet mustered up grit
enough to tackle his mother-in-law
Texas is going to put her con
victs to work raising beets on a 25,
000 acre patch. That beats all the
Lother beet patches so far reported.
Gov. Taft says the Filipino women
are better than the men, in whioh
respect the Filipino women are just
like the women of other countries
WILMINGTON, Ni; 0.; Ffilt)AY, FEBRUARY 21,
GREEN SVAilP CASE:
'till Text of Judze' PurnelTs de
cree in the Recent Hear- 1
''0 ing at Raleigh. ; Zf
WAS A LENQ1HY DOCUMENT.
Masy Floe taints ut Law lavolve
4 sad
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IMaVlo: 178:081 Acres of Laid
Brasswick sad Celambfls CenV
. tics Affected Attorneys.
A few daya ago the Stab printed in
ta Raleigh i correspondence ue sub-H
stance of Judge PurneliV rulings in
the, famous "Green ; Swamp" base, in
volving the title to about 170,00 acres
of land in Brunswick and Columbus
counties. Yesterday' the fall text of
the decree was received in the office
of Deputy Clerk W. H. 8hiw, of the'
United States Court, -in tnircity : ' The
case is in the Circuit Cotrt of the
Eastern District of North Carolina and
a entitled "Tba New Jersey and North
Carolina Lumber Co. vs. Tie Gardner
-Lacy Lumber Coc, et al It was
argued by Messrs. Meares&Ruark for
the plaintiff, and Hon. Jno. D. Bel-
amy and George Rountree, Esq , for
the defendants. The full text of the
decree is as follows: '
Plaintiff filed its bill fa equity
against numerous defendants and a
restraining order was granted, return
able on the rule day in February,
1903. The bill alleges complainant is a
corporation created and existing un
der the laws of New Jersey. That
the Gardner-Lacy Co. s a corporation
chartered and existing under the laws
of South Carolina, having a place of
business in Brunswick county. North
Carolina, and that the numerals othr
defendants are citizens o' North Caro
ina. That the Bute of North Caroli
na, in 1795, granted to Benjamin Row-
ell, 8tepben Williams and William
Collins, certain lands in North Caro-
ina, and complainant is the owner in
fee, seized and in possession of the
lands described id said grants, muni
menta of title, surveys and acta of the
Legislature are set out at length. That
complainant has for 80 years had pos
session of said land, except some small
tracts (which are not described) mov-
ng trespassers therefrom, paving tax
es thereon, etc. That defendants
have filed entries on parts of said land.
trespassed thereon; cut timber, which
is the ebief value of the lands to plain
tiff irrepararable damage and depre
cation of complainants interest.
That to - establish ' complainant's
rights would involve it in- m
multiplicity or suits, endless litigation.
delay and irreparable damage, and it
aeeks this remedy to establish its title.
remove all clouds and enjoin trespsss-
ers in one action. Tnat while com
plainant is informed as to the location
of its own lines and boundaries.
(which are not set out in the bill but
appear in the grants and p'ota attached)
end the fact of defendant's and others
tresspassing and committing acta of
spoliation within its boundaries, it has
been unable to ascertain the particular
grants and deeds, if any, under which
defendants pretend to lustily -and oe
fend, defendants in equity and "good
conscience sbou Id require to disclose.
fully and completely, tne grants, en'
tries, claims or deeds under which
they . claim . the right to trespass
upon the said lands, cutting and
removing timber therefrom and
defendants cannot show any superior
title to complainant That said lands
are assessed for taxes in complainant's
name at 161.000. Then follows the
nravers for relief.
A. temporary restraining oraer waa
granted, returnable on the rule day in
February. 1902. The subpoena, bill and
restraining order were returned, served
on 58 of the defendants, naming them
where the questions involved were
heard counsel appearing on both
aides.
Upon an examination of the record
it appears Mrs N. J. Schulken,
one of the defendants, filed an answer
Jan. 31st, in which she denies the title
of complainant to parts of the land re
ferred to, set out ner muniments or
title thereto and raises issues of fact
which constitute an apparently good
defence at law. A court of equity can
not try these issues. In short, sets up
defences unon an apparently Brood
legal title which must be tried by a
jury on the law side of the docket To
a rule to show, cause, she makes no
snecifio answer, but her answer is con
sidered in this connection, having been
filed before the return day. On the
return day the Gardner-Lacy Com-
cany answered with many affidavits
and demurred ore tenus to the bill
This defendant claims to be the owner
in fee of certain tracts, the "Bur
nett Little" tract. 80 acres, the "Elijah
Little'' tract, the "Nathan Little"
tract, the "Formey DuvalP tract,
the "Narlow and Williams" tract, the
"damuel Evans" tract, 100 acres, and
the "Noah Williams" tract, 100 acres.
of which it (and those under whom it
claims) had for more than seven years
been in open, notorious continuous
and exclusive possession under color
title. It claims the timber interest on
all these lands, baa established a lum
bering camo and constructed a tram
way with iron rails, engine and log
ging outfit, five or six miles long, and
prepared timber for market in ways
described, someiraf ied.some cut down,
other trees belted preparatory to being
felled. On the same day, being the
return day. this defendant demurred
to the bilL which demurrer will be
more properly considered on the hear
ing on the next rule day. uiner ae
fendants do not answer the rale and
the bill may for the present be taken
pro confeaso as to them. At the hear
ing many questions will doubtless be
presented which it would be prema
ture to consider now and which the
court has no intention or disposition
to even consider at this time. The
only question for consideration at this
time is, snail tne restraining oraer oe
continued to the hearinef
It is only when complainant in his
bill alleges a Joint liability or commu
nitv of interest that the answer of one
defendant will enure to the benefit of
other defendants. (Bates Fed. Eq. pro.
830. and authorities cited.) Here there
seems to ba no eommnnitv. butacreat
diversity of interest on the part of the
defendants, diverse defences, hence the
defences set no by Mrs. Scnnlken ana
the Gardner-Lacy .Company do not ef
feet the other defendants, except in so
far as other defendants are connected
with such defeoces. As to other de
fendants, the bill is taken pro oonfesso
and the injunction continued to the
nearinsr. .
Mrs. N. J. Schulken traverses the
title of comnlainant. denies all allega
tions of trespasa, alleges she is not
and has not out timbers, and seta up
an apparent good title in herself. Is
sues are thus raised which must be
tried by a jury on the law side of the
docket - 8ne is in possession of a part
Of the land, claiming title thereto and
her right to retain such possession
must be tried in an action or issues
formulated In the form of an. action
ejeetment..." .'. r-;
; This cannot be done oa the ecmitT
aide of the docket. As against her the
bin does not set up such equities as
entitle complainant to Injunctive. re
lief, unless such action of ejectment is
commenced at onoe, as soon as his de
fence is disclosed, and nnleas proper
steps to this end are taken within ten
days, the restraining order will be
vacated .as to the defendant. N. J.
Schulken. This order is entered on
th examination of the record ex rruro
motor. t ,
Ooe the nrinc'oal objects of the bill
as said in Dick V. Forakrr. 155 TJ 8 ,
405-415, and Holland V. Chilion,
110 U . 6 15. being to . remove clouds
on and quiet title, has served its pur
pose ana accomplished its end as to
that part of the land claimed by the
Gardner-Lacy Company, which dis
closes an apparently eood title with
the boundaries of the land claimed by
toe defendant. - Defendant discloses
its muniments of title, also tbat it has
timbers in different stages of piepar
ation for market and great loss will
oe aunarea it tne same is not pre
pared for commerce witbio a reason
able time. Timber belted prepar
atory to being felled, or - tbat cut, on
ground or in the water if left standing,
lying or floating and not utilized
when in proper condition becomes
worthless for commercial purposes.
to effect this end bv-injunction
would b -inequitable' and serve the
contrary or the primary object of a
court of conscience and equity, a loss
to all parties concerned. This the
court will not do. It is not equity.
The defendant sets up an apparently
good title, it nas erected its works at
considerable expense, evidently in
good faith, depending on its title. To
tie up the enterprise by injunction
after these disclosures would smack of
oppression, not equity. Complainant
baa its rights. Defendants also naa
rights. The court will preserve both.
The traversed allegations will be tried
by a jury, the usual questions of
ej-ctments, is the complainant, the
owner and entitled to the possession of
the land, the boundaries of which are
known, etc. In the meantime if com
plainant ahows its good faith by
taking steps to test its claim, the inter
est of the parlies as they appear will
ba protected and preserved. The tests
should be made in a reasonable time.
Under the circumstances, the law's de
lay would be an injustice. A conaid
eratlon of the questions of law and
equity discussed on the hearing has
been purposely avoided. lest their con-
aid erat ion at this time should, when
the contentions, rights and equities of
the parties are more fully disclosed.
embarrassed the parties of the court
y a premature consideration or dis
cussion. The final hearing will prob
ably be had within the next 60 days
when these questions can more intelli
gently be considered and determined.
It is therefore considered, ordered
and adjudged that as to the Gardner-
Lacy Lumber Co.. the restraining or-
dsr heretofore granted, be and the
same is hereby modified and dissolved
on the said Gardner Lacy Company's
entering into bond in the sum of $10,-
000 conditioned that it shall, if so re
quired, by order of this court account
to complainant and pay for such tim
bers as it shsll cut and use from the
lands claimed by or which it shall be
adjodfcd by the ourthe We w Jersey
and 4. U. Land and Lumber uo. was
and is the owner and entitled to the
possession. 8aid restraining order is
continued in full force and effect as to
land claimed by complainant and not
Included within the boundaries of the
land to which the Gardner-Lacy Co..
claims title. -
It is further ordered that unless the
N. J. and N. O. Land and Lumber Co.
shall within 20 days from the entering
of this order formulste issnea and take
steps to have its title to said land,
claimed by the Gardner-Lacy Co.,
tried by. a jury, the said restraining
order heretofore granted herein, shall
and the same is hereby vacated and
dissolved and this cause is held for
further orders.
Thos R. Pttbnsll,
U. & Judge, Etc.
Dated Feb. 11th, 1902.
NEW FAYETTEVILL6 STEAMBOAT.
Work Oa the Compsey's Wharf Boats
That Plied the Cspe Fear.
The work of constructing a wharf
for the Fayette ville and Wilmington
Steamboat Company will begin in
about two weeks. The wharf wUl be
on the river front, as it will be impossi
ble to dredge out" the proposed basin in
time to receive the boats, though the
basin idea will not be abandoned and
will be eventually completed. The on-
cine, which will be used in the hoist
ing and lowering of freight to and
from the steamers at any stage of water
will be here within two weeks ana will
be used in the construction of. the
wharf.
From the wharf a standard gauge
track will be run to the company's
property on Donaldson street, where
rill be situated the distributing ware-
bouse. At the wharf, a large receiv
ing warehouse will - be situated. A
dummy steam engine of 45-horse pow
er, with passenger and freight cars.
rill be run between the two ware
houses.
The steamer Qitv of Favetteviue.
rhe rtiul Kas - r0 rka nsAnAsaii si n a aaari 1 1
uw a a mm wati vi uv iivrvvu aiaiva n its
maintain a regular scaedule ana will
stop at all the principal landings.
in speaking of the proposed new
steamer and its luxurious appoint
ments, a gentleman remarked to us
yesterday, that about 1835 two mag
nificent boats. TheSvrav and The Scot
tish Chief, were put on the Cape
Fear, between Fayettevdle and Wil
mington, but they were too long to
make the bends in the river with any
degree of success, . and they soon re
turned to New York, where they ran
along the Long Island coast and were
CO q sidered One boats even up there.
The Hurt is now the only one of the
fine boats of the old times running on
the river. She has been running be
tween Fayetteville and Wilmington!
for the past 40 years.
Miss Miller to be Married.
Friends in the city have received in
vitations from Mr. and Mrs. Gideon
Leander Miller; of Winston, N. C, to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Eva May, to Mr. T. Wirt Jackson, of
Oxford, N. C. The ceremony will be
perlormed Thursday afternoon, Feb.
27th. at 4:30 o'clock, in Centenary
Methodist Episcopal church, Winston.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson will be at home
after March 6th at Oxford. Miss Miller
has many friends In Wilmington,
where she has often visited.c
;i902.u
"WILMINGTON DAY."
Friday, April lUb, Has Been Ap
pointed by Mayor A. M.
WaddeU,of IhisCity. o
during "Carolina week.
Movement Oa Foot for the Lecal Military
to Alices' Letter From Cel Heap
hill, of the Depsrtneat ef Pre
notion sod Pabllcfty.
Friday, April 11th, will be "Wil
mington Day" at the Charleston Ex
position.
Tne appointment or that date was
made yeaterday by Mayor A. U. Wad-
deli in response to a request made by
CoL J. Q. Hemphill, manager of the
Department of Promotion and Pub
licity, and. Mayor Waddell through
the press requests aU who can possi
bly do so to visit Charleston on "Wil
mington Day."
Col. Hemphill's letter, to Mayor
Waddell is as follows:
CHARLlsTOJr. 8. a. Feb. 14. 1902.
The Mayor of Wilmington, Wilming
ton, zv. v. .
Dkab Sis: The week beginning
April 7th and ending April 14th has
ben designated as North Carolina
Week at the Exposition at Charleston,
at the request of Governor Avcock of
your State. ; The people of Charlotte
have selected Wednesday, April 9th,
as Charlotte Day at the Exposition,
and I shall be greatly obliged if you
will make Friday. Aoril 11th. Wil
mington Day at the Exposition, upon
which occasion we hone sincerely that
you and the members of your Coun
cil and all the people of Wilmington
will be here to make the event one of
the most interesting and successful of
the entire Exposition period. Please
inform me at once of your wishes in
the matter, and oblige. Yours, very
sincerely, JO. Hemphill,
Manager Department Promotion and
Publicity.
It is very probable that Wilmington
will send a large number of visitors to
Charleston upon the day named, and
already there is a movement to have
the Naval Reserves and Wilmington
Light Infantry attend in uniform. The
railroad schedules are admirable for
the public, and the rates axe thorough
ly satisfactory.
In this - connection the following
from the Charleston Evening Post
will be read with interest: .
"The battalion of Naval Reserves
of North Carolina are now arranging
for a trip to the Exposition, which
will be taken during the month of
April. Commander H. M. Chase ex
pects to bring a large number of men.
and during their stay in Charleston
they will be entertained by. the La
favette Artillery and the Chicora
Rifles, of the South Carolina Naval
Reserves."
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
PRuMOTINQ RURAL SCHOOLS.
CeotrsI Campslf a Committee Organized lo
Ralclfb Yesterdsy Local Taxation
for Educational Institutions.
Will Call 0a Preacher.
Special Star Telegram,
Ralxiqh, N. C Feb. 13. The
Central Campaign Committee for pro
moting public education in North
Carolina organized here to day, head'
ed by Governor Aycock, Superinlen
dent of Public Instruction T. F. Toon,
Dr. Charles D. Mclver and forty odd
of- the moat prominent educators,
superintendents of schools, college
presidents and others. The three
gentlemen named above constitute the
Executive Committee. There will be
a vigorous campaign for the promotion
of rural schools. They Issued lengthy
addresses to the people, urging the
overshadowing necessity of universal
education and urging, among other
things, . local taxation for public
schools. They call on all clergymen
in the state to preach one sermon a
year on education in North Corolina,
BUILD1NQ NEW STEAMBOAT.
Another Use to be Established Between
WnalBrtoa and Sasltotte.
The Iredell correspondent of the
Southport Standard, writes:
Mr. Editor, as we have no railroads
through this part of Brunswick, we
should speak up for steamboats. The
writer returned last week from a trip
to Shallotte, and was most agreeably
surprised to see a new steamboat being
built by Mr. IT. I. White. I am not
acquainted with the boat business nor
models, but there seems to have been
the very best care taken in the Selec
tion Of material and workmanship for
this steamer. Mr. White informed
me that this boat is to make two trips
a week from Shallotte to Wilmington.
Her carrying capacity will be about
twenty-five tons, after the machinery
is placed. I. was also informed tbat
Mr. White expects to form a stock
company in the near future. I think
this enterprise will add greatly to the
upbuilding of the little town of Shal
lotte, ana snouia oe ntgniy appreciated
by the people of Snaiiotte and sur
rounding country.
Foasd Dead la Bed.
Mr. Thompson, an aged citixenof
New Hanover, was' found dead in bed
at his home near the third tollhouse
on the shell road yesterday morning.
Dr. C. D. BelL the coroner, went down
and viewed the body, but as death was
from natural causes no inquest was
ana -
necessary. . The funeral services ana
interment will take place to-day.
Accident at Hamlet.
A railroad engine near Hamlet
jumped tire track on the Seaboard Air
Line yesterday morning about 9
o'clock and was pretty badly smashed
up. 1 Eogineer Ed Vaughn, of Fay
etteville, was hurt,bnt it is not known
hpw seriously. -
NO. 17
THE VALUE OP EXPERIENCE.
Long rears la Congress OW Steading
and Inflneoce. .
Washington Correspondent
of the I
Raleigh Post
' There is one fact. Quite apparent in
the houses of Congress, which baa been
long understood by a number of the
8tates. but lost sight of by others, and
that is, that length of service is all im
portant. In obtaining, a standing in
those bodies. In - the system of the
arrangement of the committees, (and
nearly all work of necessity is done in
the committee rooms) seniority of ser
vice is the requirement and the rule in
awarding the committee appointments.
No member is considered of much
weight or wields any degree of influ
ence, unless be has seen long service,
and under the present complicated
rules, it takes many years to compre
hend them, and to become a successful
legislator. ' - - -
In the House of Representatives the
men who moved opinion are not the
men of four, six or eight years ser
vice, but those of ten or more years of
service, it takes years to .make a
statesman, and it is wisdom to heed
this truism, - .. -.-
Mr Richardson, the Democratic lead
er, is serving his ninth term, or 18
years in Congress. Mr. Henderson,
the Republican speaker, is serving his
eleventh term, or 22 years, while the
following constitute the length I of
service of the chairmen of the more
important committee :
Mr. Cannon, Illinois, Appropria
tions Committee 28 years.
Mr. Payne. New York. Ways and
Means Committee 20 years.
Mr. Hepburn. Iowa. Interstate and
Foreign Commerce 16 years.
Mr. Hill. Illinois. Foreign Affairs
Committee, 23 years.:
Mr. Steele, Indiana, Manufacturers
Committee, 16 years.
Mr. Grosvenor, Uhio, Merchant Ma
rine Committee, 18 years.
Mr. Wads worth, New York, Agri
cultural Committee, 16 years.
Mr. Hopkins, Illinois, Census Com
mittee. 18 years.
Mr. Grow, Pennsylvania, Education
Committee. 80 years.
Mr. Sherman, new York, Indian
Affairs Committee. 14 years.
Mr. Loud. California, Postoffice
Committee. 14 years. .
Mr. Smith, Illinois, Fnvat9 Land
Claims Committee. 14 years.
Mr. Bay, Mew xork, judiciary uom
miitee. 12 years.
And of4 the other committees the
chairmen will average about ten years,
or five terms of service.
In the House, on the Democratic
side, the principal leaders of debate
are Mr. Richardson, (Tenn ), 18 years;
Mr. Williams. (Miss). 10 years; Mr.
DeArmond. (Mo ). 12 years; Mr. Mc-
Rae. (Ark.). 18 years; Mr. Williams,
(111.) 10 years; Mr. Clark, (Mo.), 8
years, and Mr Underwood 8 years;
while the silent men wno wieia me
e-reatest influence are such men as Mr,
Bankhead, 16 years: Mr. Elliott of the
Charleston. S. C. District, 14 years
Mr. Lester, of Savannah, Ga., 14
years; Mr. Livingston, Atlanta, 12
years, and Mr. Cummings, of New
York. 12 years.
On the Republican side the leaders
of debate are all members who have
seen Jong service extending over many
years, such as uaizeii, (.renn.j, 10
years; Bingham, (fenn.), Z4 years;
Grosvenor. (Ohio), 18 years; Hep
burn. (Iowa). 16 years, and, last but
aot least. Speaker Henderson, (Iowa),
22 years.
Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Iowa. Illinois and New ' York early
comprehended the importance of keep
ing their men long in service, while of
the Southern States, Virginia, Tennes
see, Mississippi, Georgia and South
Carolina, and possibly Texas ' seem
aione to have grasped the situation
and profited by it
It is self evident, therefore that no
State can have her representatives to
achieve a national reputation, unless
such State selects good men, of ability,
character and application, and when
it secures them once send them back
continuously ; and then only will they
have trusted public servants, wno win
become useful public men and states
men ornaments to their State and
nation.'
It is the blindest folly to allow a
rood representative, when once se
cured to retire alter one, two or tnree
terms of service. As the government
grows its administration becomes
more complicated, and the greater be
comes the necessity for experienced
legislators. If an industrious, sober,
able renreaentative is onoe selected, ex-
nerienee and onnortunitv will brine
him to the front It is said that there
are many very able, well educated.
ambitious men in Congress today
comparatively unknown. ; They only
lack opportunity, and this comes after
long service or from good committee
assignments. Out of a membership of
857 members of the 66th . and 57th
Cooeresses about 225 have served
three terms or more.
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Darlsad's Riding Acsdemy Destroyed aad
aa Apartment House Dsmsged.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
New York, Feb. 15. The building
on central far west occupied xor
many years as Durland's Riding Acad
emy, was destroyed and its neighbor.
the Poiilon apartment bouse, slightly
damaged, to-day by fire that threat
ened for a time to prove more destruc
tive. The first firemen to attack the
burning vuilding were caught in a
"back draught" and several were
badlv hurt Robert Manning was
seriously injured. The old academy
waa built fifteen years ago by Boston
capitalists at a coat of 1100,000. it was
being converted into a hippodrome.
The chief damage to the Poiilon was
to the roof of the building. Its hun
dreds of tenants fled from their apart
ments when the heat began to crack
the windows.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Miss Mamie McKane Burned to Death la
Charlotte Telephone Exchange.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
; CHAXXiOTTX, N. 0., February 15.
Screaming in agony ' and .with her
clothing ablaze from bead to foot,
Miss Mamie McKane, night operator
of the Charlotte Telephone Exchange,
ran frantically about the room of the
exchange on the third floor of a build
ing In this city at 8:45 o'clock this
morning, then dashed out the door
and fled ' down the three flights of
stairs to the street She was met at
the bottom of the stairs by parties
attracted by her screams who rolled
her in the snow and extinguished the
nre. She died a few hours, later, tier
dress had become ignited from the
stove in the office.'
-SPIRITS, TURPENTINE.1
i "-Spokesman: Rooky Mount has
a popular and longtime res dent who
during the Civil War ran the blockade
out of Wilmington twenty-eight times.
Later he and a companion toured the
great west 'along Fxeemont'a famous
rout and it was for a long time re
ported tbat the Islands had captured
ana caipea - mem.
Mount Airy Wews: "The Ban
ner Chair Company, of this place, has
done a fine business from the start
and now that they have an istablished
traue tueir sales will soon be increased
toauch an extent that thev will be
compelled before a great while to erect
inai mg lactory, we mentioned last
'LV' The prospect for wheat
tun jor ta nut Terj promising at WIS
time, especially in the Mount Airy sec-
uon. xi la ramer eany lo judge, but
indications point to a slim crop Id
Surry. A great deal of wheat sown
last iraii . failed to sprout did net
come up.
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Winston Sentinel: A telephone
messao-e to the Sentinel this morning
irom x aaamviiie reported that Green-
oury, uyers, wno was. brutally as
saulted on Monday night near Cross
Koads, by bis- cousin, Alexander'
Myers, was still alive, though be was
unconscious, and the attending physi
cian has no idea that he will recover.
The two men were drinking and a row
resulted in Green bury striking Alex
ander a severe blow on the head with
a gun. -k Both parties are - married.
Offlciers have not been able to fiod the
man who made the assault The mes
sage from Yadkin ville states that Will
Martin, who shot Will Kelly, 'at,
Huntsville, was reported to have been
seen in the county last Saturday.
Concord Standard: PreBB Dil
lon," anegro waiter at Gleu Rook -
Hotel, Ashevllle, shot and it is be
lieved mortally wounded Mr. J. H.
Salisbury, a conductor on the Western
road, Wednesday morning. The negro
had taken an old gentleman's seat a
while beforehand waa , slow to give it
up, when Mr. Salisbury, in defence of
age, slapped the negro. At the break
fast table he drew his pistol and ahot
Salisbury four times, one ball entering
the abdomen and lodging in the spine.
B&ucn indignation la felt and Dillon's
life depends on being well guarded.
Mr. Correll. the express man.
showed the writer a chicken rooster
Wednesday evening that has two
horns of about one inch in length.
They are on each side of the comb and
extend nearly as high as the comb.
They look natural as if an essential
part of bis fowl pbys:que.
r- Fayetteville Observer : . Mr.
Matthew Bryne. father of Mr.
John A. Byrne, superintendent
of the Fayetteville Ootton Mills, died
about 11 o'clock to-day at the home
of his son on Russell street in the 78lh
year of his age. Mr. F. R. Rose,
secretary of the chamber of commerce,
is in correspondence with some
wealthyZNorthern men, who are seek
ing a desirable situation in North
Carolina for the cultivation ! of the
Rassian mulberry and the establish
ment of the silkworm industry. These
parties express themselves aa already
apprised of the advantages offered by
the climate and soil of this section.
and ask that their projected enterprise
be lata betore the ohnmber of com
merce, and that any other information
accessible be forwarded to them. The
cultivation of the silk-worm has been
attempted in' Fayetteville. as an ama
teur experiment, and it was found con
clusively . tbat it could made a suc
cess.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
IN NEW YORK-CITY.
Young Man Found Dying In a Hotel In
the Lower Part of the City A Hand
some Qlrl Arrested.
Bt Telegraph to tne Momma etr.
'NEW Tobk, Feb. 15. Walter 8.
Brooks, a young commission mer
chant of this city, was found dying
in a room in the Glen Island Hotel,
West and Cortlandt streets, last night,
and after his death, several hours
later in a hospital, the police were
notified and took in charge Florence
Burns, a handsome Brooklyn girl,
with whom Brooks had for some time
been keeping company. She will prob
ably be arraigned in court to-morrow
morning.
A negro bell boy Identified the girl
s the one who came to the hotel
with Brooks; but Miss Burns denies
she was the person, and declares that
she met Brooks at his place of busi
ness early Friday evening, leaving
bim at 6:80 o'clock to go to her home,
in Brooklyn. Certain it U, however,
that Brooks and some young woman
went to the Glen Island early Friday
evening, registering as J. Wilson
and wife."
It was midnight when the bell boy
smelled gas in one of the hallways. ;
Brooka' room was broken into and he
waa found lying across the bed un
conscious, and gas was pouring from
the burners. Dr. Hweeney was sum
moned and noticed what he thought
was a simple cut on the back of the
head. Later he discovered it was a
bullet wound, and Brooks' removal to
a hospital followed."
The girl was arrested at her Brook
lyn home. ' At the police station ahe
did not flinch at the examination
through which she was put maintain
ing she did not spend the night with
Brooks. The bell . boy, however,
licked her out from three women
ined up before him asthe one who
had been at the hotel.
. . Dr. Sweeney and the police put
aside the theory of self murder because
there was no powder mark around the
spot where the bullet entered the bead
of Brooks. Counsel has been engaged
by the girl's father who is Fred.
Burns, well known in sporting circles
aa the announcer at big sporting
events. Brooka' father is a composi
tor, and friends of the family aay the
young man was infatuated with the
girl and that ih family was using
every endeavor to have the Intimacy
cease. Brooks was 20 years old and
known as an amateur athlete.
EARTHQUAKE AT SHAMAKA.
Three Hundred Bodies of Victims Tsken
Out of the Ruins of the City The
' Qaakes Continue.
pv Oawe to the Morning Star.
Tims, Russia Transcaucasia,
Feb. 15. Two hundred bodies of vic
tims of the earthquake which destroy
ed the town of Shamaka had been re
covered up to last evening. It ap
pears certain that several hundred
bodies are buried in the fissures and
debris caused by the shocks. The
quakes continue at intervals and the
work of excavating in searcn m mm
victims proceeds with difficulty.
Among the dead are many women
who at the time of the principal shock
were congregated in the various bath
houses.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. The
latest news received here from Shama
ka confirms the appalling character
of the earthquake at that place and
adds that three hundred corpses have '
already been taken out of the ruins.
The piles of wreckage are so vast that
the search is necessarily alow. Moat
of the victims were mussulmans. The
I survivors are encamped outside the
I ruins of the city.