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SO
MORE "BENEVOLENT ASSIMILA
tion." :.
The work of benevolent asaimila
tion is going on in the Philippines
and some of the Generals are pursu
ing it with ardent zeal. Some time
ago Gen. Bill issued an order,
a swinger, but Gen. Smith has fol
lowed this with one that is red hot.
He says his aim is to "create a burn
ing desire for peace" in the insur
rectos and the natives who sympa
tize with them and give them aid
and comfort, and in the natives who
profess loyalty to the United States,
bat do not give the Americans sub
stantial aid and comfort. This or
derhas just reached. Washington.
The order is one of the longest is
sued by any officer in the Philip-
pies, but the Washington Times
gives the substance of it in the. fol
lowing :
"la dealing with the Datives of all
daises, officers will be guided by the
following principles:
"Every native, whether , in arms or
living ia the pueblos, or barrios will be
regarded and treated aa an enemy un
til he has conclusively ahowo that he
is a friend. This he' cannot do by
mre words or promises, nor by impart
ing information, which, while true, is
old or atale, and of no value; nor can
It be done by aiding us in ways that
do no material harm to the insur
gents. "In abort, the only manner in which
the native caa demonstrate bis loyalty
is by soma positive act or acta that ac
tual I r and positively commit him to
us, thereby severing his relations with
tha i:inur rectos, and producing or
tending to produce distinctly unfriend
y r-litiona with the Insurgents.
' In i word, friendship with the
A' ericuri a the part of auy native
win be measured directly and solely
by !us acts Neither sentiment nor
social reasons of any kind will be per
mitted in e iter into the determination
of Huca friendship.
"It will be regarded as a certainty
' tint all officials of the pueblos and
barrio are likewise officials of Lucbaa
au't his officers, or at least that they
are in actual touch and'sympathy-with
tho insurgent leaders, and - that they
are, in secret, aiding these leaders with
information, supplies, etc, wherever
possible.
"The taking of the oath of allegi
ance by omcials, presidents, vice
presidents, consejeros, principals,
teni-ntes of barrios, or other people of
infl tebce, does not indicate that they
or uy of them have, espoused the
A-i rican cause, since it is a well-es
ta''isbed fact that these people
frequently take the oath of allegiance
witn the direct object, and intent of
enabling the n to be of greater service
to their real friends In the field.
' Neutrality must not be tolerated on
the part of any native.. The time has
now arrived when all natives in this
brigade who are not openly for
us must be regarded as against us. In
short, if not an aetive friend he is an
open enemy.
"The most dangerous class with
whom we have to deal is the wealthy
sympathizer and contributor. He has
much to lost in his opposition and but
little to gain through American su
premacy in these islands. J
"It is expected that officers' will ex
ercise their best endeavors to suppress
and prevent aid being given by the
people of this class, especially by the
native priest. The profession of priest
will no prevent his arrest or proceed
ings against him.
"If the evidence is sufficient they
will be tried by the proper court. If
there is not sufficient evidence to con
vict. the? will be arrested' and con
fined as a military necessity and held
aa prisoners until released by orders
from these headquarters.
1 these islands, as a rule, it is next tolm
1 nossible to secure evidence acaintt men
I of influence, and especially against the
I native priests so long as they are at
I 1 at stv A fiflRAJtvtl In Artrnmanil afailnmai
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will not hesitate, therefore, to arrest
and detain individuals whom they
have good reasons to suspect are aid
ing the insurrection, even when posi
tive evidence is lacking.
"General Smith reminds the officers
that the ordinary native is but the tool
of the leader, and that little attention
should be paid to ordinary offences
against the laws of war that may be
r.nm miMad hv this rlaaa
V guides and the placing of pitfalls and
bam boo traps for the Americans. He
recommends that 0-uidaa bn secured
Mrotn the pudientes or Influential class
f ana says that they shbuld be 'impress
eu irtwiy t,na to numbers sufficient to
accoropnsn the object.'
"l'&at they shall b ih ftnttntur
fer from any ambush or hidden pitfall,
he reminds the officers that 'even
though they may not know any given
trail their facilities for
acquiring
Knowledge tnereoi are unlimited, re
sides ii is quite well established that
tnis ciasa are good parameters and as
such will afford ample protection
against bamboo traDs and similar nit-
falls placed in the trails, if they occupy
tneir proper position with tne com
mand.' .
"He refers to the claims made bv
natives that they are afraid of the in
surgents, and saya that it is quite com
mon for them to make such claims
u say that if they assist the Amer-
iw any information to them
I'Jrl1.1 kied.. General Smith
viuni svs . t
j j u some isolated cases
" w.'rr AUCQ c1m have found
wuu, HMl, wey are very rare indeed.
VOL. XXXIII.
It Is quite certain that in ali cases this
fear may be promptly Removed by an
honest effort on the part of the party
possessing it.
" 'This myth of so-called fear will
disappear with the first honest effort
of the possessor to suppress the insur
reotion. Officers will furnish protec
tion against all real dangers directed
against those natives who seek protec
tion with their commands, provided
they are friends of the established
Government and to no one else.' "
If an order like this had been is
sued by General Weyler, the
"Butcher," as he was called for less
brutal orders in Cuba, it would have
been denounced as barbarous, and
when General Kitchener issued an
order directing his solders to de
stroy the homes of the ijber farmers
who might happen to lire in" the vi
cinity where the Britj troops were
attacked by Boers or where railroads
were torn up, telegraph wires de
stroyed or other damage done, if
these farmers did not aid in running
down their countrymen, give infor
mation and endeavor to prevent the
damage from being done, we did de
nounce that as savagery, and yet no
order issued by "Butcher" Weyler,
or by the brutal Kitchener, could ap
proach in atrocity this cold-blooded
order by General Smith, who wears
the uniform of this great Republic;
a nation that boasts of its civiliza
tion, enlightenment and liberty.
This order means that the native,
whatever his station in life may be,
must be regarded as an enemy and a
traitor to this country if he does not
become an enemy and a traitor to his
own, and does not degrade his man
hood by betraying his people and his
kindred.
Some time ago the Emperor of
Germany in addressing some army
recruits reminded them that they
were "soldiers, -that they belonged
to the Emperor, and must not hesi
tate if ordered to shoot down father
or brother." This speech was char
acterized as brutal, and yet that is
precisely what the German soldier,
ot any other soldier, for that mat
ter, is" a mere machine, without any
w'll of his own, whose business and
duty it is to obey withont question
ing the commands of his superiors.
The prison and the torch are sup
plementing powder and shot in the
Philippines as agencies for carrying
out "benevolent assimilation," and
for "creating a burning desire for
peace."
In his testimony before the Senate
Philippine committee a few days
ago, uenerai Hughs said that where
they found the natives in a town
sympathising with the insurgents,
they generally burned the town."
That is one of the ways "of creating
a burning desire for peace."
The native must not only pro
fess loyalty to this country but must
domonstrate it by substantial, overt
act so that not only the Americans
may know where to place them but
that their countrymen may also
know it, in other words, to secure
the friendship and toleration of the
United States and to escape being
regarded and treated as an enemy
he must antagonize and incur the
enmity of his countrymen who refuse
to accept American supremacy. This
places the native, no matter how
law abiding or peaceably disposed
he may be, in a worse position and
in more peril than the Filipino
in arms is, for if ho bo overcome
or captured he. must be treated ac
cording to the usages of civilized
warfare. The natural effect of such
a drastic policy would be to drive
every one of them into the ranks of
the insurgents if they had arms,
powder and shot, and it is probable
that is where they would be if they
could.
This is one or the latest illustra
tions of "benevolent assimilation."
They are creating a burning desire
for peace with a vengeance and are
also creating a horrid record for
the future historian who writes up
the Philippine story of shame for
future generations, to gather his
material from.
Dr. Flick, President of the Free
Hospital for Consumptives, in Phila
delphia, says there are between 300,-
000 and 400,000 persons in this coun
try afflicted with this disease, and
that the deaths from it reach 150,-
000 a year. But he contends that
the disease is curable and that if
4100,000,000 could be secured, the
isease could be entirely wiped ont
in fifteen years. He savs the proper
I e
hethod of treatment is "forced feed
ing, plenty of air and exercise."
There is a movement on foot in
China for the emancipation of wo
men. It begins at the foot, too. It
is to abolish the custom of compress
ing the feet of female children.
This movement is heartily seconded
in. New England, whose shoemakers
are contemplating a large demand for
shoes in that conntry if it pans out
all right.
The Charleston Post says the
exhibit of hosiery, colored and
white, and of underwear made by
the Excelsior Mills of Union, S. C,
and the Avalon and Mayo Millsj of
Mayodan, N. C, would be credit
able to any manufacturers in the
world.
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THE TAIL. HOLT. -
In the matter of granting tariff
concessions to Cuba, the Eepublican
leaders in Congress are In the pre-
mcamenc oi the fellow who had the
bear by the taiL They would like
to do something, but they don't
know exactly what to do or how to
do it. On the one side are the peo
ple who demand that this Govern
ment tote Jair with Cuba, and keep
in good faith its expressed and im
plied promises. These people have
votes.- On the other side there are
the sugar men, the tobacco men and
the .tropical fruit men. They have
money. If the Eepublican leaders
ignore the promises expressed and
implied and do not make some sub
stantial tariff concessions to Cuba,
they fear they may lose votes, and if
they do they fear they may - offend
the sugar, tobacco and fruit men,
and lose money for election purposes.
ThiBis what puts them in the per
plexing predicament in which they
find themselves. .
; The fact is that they are playing
this whole business for politics and
our plighted faith, justice to the
Cubans and proper consideration for
the American people who are pay
ing enormous tribute to the sugar
men and other protected interests
are entirely lost sight of.
They have made a half dozen or
more abortive efforts in the' House
Committee on Ways and Means to
come to' some understanding by
which something might be done,
but after all their talk the disposi
tion now seems to be to postpone ac
tion, which is simply a confession of
cowardice, almost as desreputable as
their flagrant disregard of the prom
ises made to the people of Cuba and
of the, United States. But who ever
knew the Republican leaders to re
spect promises, when political con
siderations weJre involved, until they
satisfied themselves what the effect
would be of keeping or of breaking
those promises?
Miss Margaret Caipenter who re
cently died in New Jersey at the
age of 108 years, promised her lover
who died 91 years ago that she
would never marry and she kept her
word, (although she had numerous
offers of marriage in the mean time)
and escaped a lot of bother.
Three dozen chickens and ducks
sent to market in Chicago from some
place in Wisconsin had their craws
crammed with golden pebbles. They
panned out m all 6 ounces. This
will give a boom to fowls from that
region, and perhaps boom the land
they pasture on.
New South Wales has heen short
on rain for the past seven years.
The good people over there have
finally resorted to praying for it.
This country could have spared
them enough from what has fallen
recently to last them for five or six
years to come.
There is a large sized streak of
humor in Prince Henry. When
some one asked him how he liked
America, he replied: "Oh, I am
having the time of my life. . I don't
count for much over there, yon
know. They use me to send to
funerals."
A contemporary propounds the
burning inquiry "can a woman
love two men at one and the same
time?" Why of course. What is
to prevent her from rolling goo-goo
eyes at one fellow and being "a sis
ter" to another fellow?
Richard Butler, a Klondike gold
hunter, had about given up the
hunt in despair, when he struck a
rock in the bottom of a creek which
was stuffed with gold. He got out
in one day $15,000 of the yellow
stuff.
Signora Duse declares that theat
rical life is hell. But that doesn't
prevent people from rushing into it.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Onr Porto Rican possession,
unlike the other islands of the West
Indies, is fortunatly not dependent
on the single crop of sugar. Until
the hurricane of 1899, Porto - Rico
was the leading coffee producing isl
and of the West indies, and it is
predicted that within a few years
coffee rather than sugar will again
be its dominant crop. Macon
Telegraph, Dem. ' '
Representative Grosvenorg
bill to punish and prevent fraud in
in the adulteration of woolen fa
brics is likely to experience the fate
of the Babcock bill to rednce steel
and iron duties. The Committee
of Ways and Means cannot permit
the tariff to be assailed in this insi
dious way by the Ohio sheep growers.
What an agitation the Ghrosvenor bill
would make in the Protectionist
camp! Philadelphia Record, Dem.
The Boston Transcript puts
the case in a sentence when it says
that "a concession of 20 per cent, to
Cuba would be simply acknowledg
ing our obligations without fulfilling
them." In the matter of tariff laws,
however, the Republican party is al
wavs omwsed to fulfilling any obliga
tions except those of staying bought
when bought by the recipients of the
tariff bounties. Louisville Courier
Journal, Dem. .
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WILMINGTON, N. Q., FRIDAY, MARCH U..1902.
GOOD CHANCE TO WIN
Congressman Bellamy Talks of
the Outlook for Democratic
Success in 1904.
THE RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
It Is Making the Coaatry as Desirable as
' the Town Interview With the Ka
lel(b News insV Observer Hill
and Harrison.
Congressman John D. Bellamy, was
in Raleigh on business before the Su
preme C&urW Wednesday, and to a
"News anU OVserver reporter he gave
his views a number of matters of
interest now being considered in Con
gress, as welTas on matters of moment
in the political world.. '
la response to the question "What
measures before Congress are of special
interest to our people at this timer' he
said: - . .
"There ia at present under considera
tion the Postoffice Appropriation Bill,
which has a provision in it taking the
appointment of carriers of rural free
delivery mail from the Superintendent
of Free Delivery under the present sys
tem, and letting out the carrying of
mail on rural routes to the low
est bidders, as in the Star
Route System. This change is
not at all desirable for our Southern
districts aa it will deprive the depart
ment of the very efficient carriers they
now have, and substitute for them a
shiftless set of individuals, who will
take any old mule and for cheapness
carry the mail in any slip-shod way,
which will interfere with the prompt
ness and regularity of the daily mail,
thus destroying the life of the rural
free delivery service. I have become
an ardent advocate of this service.
For the last thirty years there has
risen a disposition in our conntry
people to leave the farms and flock to
the towns. Many allege their reason
ia to get the daily mails and better
school privileges. Now since the edu
cational awakening has come over our
State, we have 'the schools in the
country, and now with rural free de
livery we have the daily mails, thus
making the country as desirable to live
in as in the towns.
"I believe we can look for much
improvement in the country when
the farmer boys and girls become sat
isfied with their homes, which have
all the advantages of town life."
"Do you think the Democratic
members of Congress feel hopeful of
future party success!"
"I never knew a more hopeful feel
ing to prevail. The Republicans, as
I am reliably, informed by many
members, are very much troubled
and worried over the Philippine ques
tion. In the North and Northwest
their followers are much divided as
to what ought to be done with these
possessions. They are coating many
millions of dollars a month, and
much blood and many lives. - They
are feeling that, they have got on
their hands a problem they don't
know how to solve, unless it be to
adopt the Democratic ideas of giving
them their independence and with
drawing our troops, when they have
secured a suitable government and
given the United States proper treaty
stipulation as to trade relations. This
they don't want to do. Many of their
followers favor it, and hence the di
vision among them and their disti ac
tion. "Again they are divided on the reci
procity question and the reduction of
tariff duties, particularly on goods
produced by trusts. A party of their
followers are clamoring for reduction,
the others under the lead of the sugar
and tobacco trust oppose any reduc
tion. On the Cuban tariff, "as you
will see from the reports of the Re
publican caucus held last night, there
is an indication of a serious split in
their party. TLey are likely to oppose
therecommendatio. -M Mr. Roosevelt,
the President, and reject the plan of
their Ways and Mear.s Committee.
On the other hand, the Democratic
party since the settlement-of the silver
question, is now practically united,
and we expect to capture the next
House of Representatives The pros
pects throughout the onion are fine
and the : Republicans are becomir
much alarmed."
"What do you think of tb oros
pects of Democracy in the canipaign
for the Presidency to succeed rtoose
velt?" "I believe if the Democratic party
will nominate a strong man, of clean
record, who will be acceptable to the
business interests of our nation and at
the same time acceptable to the farm
ing and laboring element of our people,
we will win. We bare lost in the last
few years many of the most substantial
business men of New York, and the
country generally. We have lost many
of the most intelligent men in the
North fresh from college who are thor
oughly imbued with Democratic doc
trine. We lost a great many farmers
and laboring men with comfortable
savings who were afraid of the silver
issue and we must have them back.
New York, New Jersey and Connecti
cut are naturally Democratic and our
natural allies. Let us win them back.
We can do this by declaring for
tariff reduction on trust made
;oods, which are sold cheaper
n Euinpe than they are sold to our
own people, and for such a reduction
on other articles as will not injure our
infant or struggling industries, for
expansion of our trade and commerce
with all the world and for territorial
expansion only on the Western Hem
isphere. "For a more economic and less
wasteful and extravagant administra
tion of the government, and with a
man like David B. Hill, of New York,
for President, and Carter Harrison, of
Illionis, for Vice President, we are
sure to win.
"Hill has the confidence of the busi
ness men of the country. He has the
confidence of the farmers and laborers
of the United States. He is a man of
splendid moral character and habits,
and with him we can go to victory.
How will Hill and Harrison sound for
1904?"
The pool Cotton Thief.
Louis Lavender the negro arrested
Friday night by Chief of Police Fur
long and Sergeant Burnett for whole
sale larceny, is still held at the police
station awaiting identification of the
100 dozen spools of thread.100 packages
of snuff, -candy and other property,
which he is charged : with ' stealing.
His paramour, Janie Williams, with
whom he lived at Ninth and Nixon
streets, was arrested yesterday charged
with receiving the stolen Roods. ' , .
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SHERIFF 0. A. BURNS DEAD, h
Proniieit Citizen of -Canberisad, Well
v ; Kiowa Is New Hanover, Passed
Awsy Yesterday MoraiBf.
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Many friends in' Wilmington heard
with great sorrow yesterday of the
death of 8heriff George Alexander
Burns, of Cumberland county, which
occurred at his home in Fayetteville
at 6:4tr A. M., after a brief illness
with pneumonia.7; Sheriff Burns was
one of the best known men in the
State, and in - Wilmington; where he
has often visited,' he was universally
loved and esteemed.
He was born in Alamance county.
April 1st, 1859, and was therefore in
the 43rd year of his age. In 1866 he
went to Randolph 'county 'and was
reared there. Ia March, 1877, he went
to Fayetteville. When but 18 yean
of'age he fentered politics and has ren
dered excellent service to his party.
He has served his city as a member
of the board of aldermen and made an
excellent record in that body. Feb
ruary 5th. 1883, he married Miss Mary
'E. Ahern, an accomplished and beau
tiful lady of Fayetteville. and that
union was blessed with four bright
boys and two girls.
During the campaign, in 1898, made
on the great issue of "white suprem
acy," deceased received the nomina
tion for sheriff of Cumberland county,
tendered him unanimously. After a
hot and vigorous campaign he was
elected by a good majority. His record
since holding the position needs no
commendation. It has been character
istic of the man up-to-date and always
at the helm. "Duty" was his watch
word, and upon that basis he con
tinued, never swerving, no matter how
difficult or arduous the duty.
In politics he was always a Demo
crat; as a man he was generous to a
fault, and as a friend he was true as
steel. He was a member of the K. of
P. order, and in religion a Catholic;
loyal to his church and State. In ad
dition to his duties as sheriff he con
ducted a large livery business, and was
all in all one of Cumberland's most
progressive citizens.
ARRESTED FOR STORE BREAKING.
Nerro Wanted at Wallace is Held Here
by WUmlsftoa Police.
Wo. Leonard, a colored train hand
on the Seaboard Air Line, was arrest
ed by Policeman C. K. Wood yester
day morning on the charge of -having
broken Into the store of Yelverton
Brothers, at Wallace, N. C, on the
night of Feb. 14th, and of having
stolen therefrom about $300 worth of
jewelry aad other goods. -
Chief Furlong received advices from
Wallace some time ago of the store
breaking and has since been on the
look-out for the negro, who is a bright
mulatto, medium build, and has a
dark moustache. Yesterday he was
found by Policeman Wood and was
arrested on a warrant forwarded Chief
Furlong from Wallace. The fact of
Leonard's arrest was telegraphed to
Wallace and an officer will likely
arrive for him to-day. x
The negro has been running on a
freight train between Wilmington and
Charlotte. Yesterday afternoon he
was taken from the cell at the police
station and vaccinated by Dr. W. D.
McMillan.
Sad Death of a Young Lady.
Information came to the city yester
day ot the sad and untimely death at
Camden, 8. C, the same morning, of
Miss Susie Haile, niece of Mrs. Wm.
H. Sprunt, of this city, and a young
lady of charming personality and rare
graoe. She had several times visited
Wilmington and was known to many
young people here, who were drawn
to her in ties of warmest friendship.
To them the news of her death ia es
pecially sad. Miss Haile had been ill
for several weeks and although her
death was not unexpected. It was a
very aad blow, for she had just enter
ed upon young womanhood and had
every promise of a bright and useful
life.
The Clock aad the Tramp.
John Murphy, the white tramp
caifght Friday night in the act of steal
ing a clock from the residence of Mr.
N. Jacobi, Third and Grace streets, was
arraigned in the police court yesterday
and sent over to jail for the Superior
Court in default of $100 bond. Murphy
says he came here from Savannah, Ga.,
and the reason he was impudent to the
Third street residents was on account
of his hanger and that they would not
feed him. As for the small matter"
of the clock, he said a man met him in
the yard and made him a present of
the time-piece. Capt. Williams, who
made the arrest, told another story,
however, which appealed rather more
strongly to the mayor.
Mammoth Oyster Shells.
Speaking of oysters, the bivalve
editor of the Stab was shown a few
daya ago by Mr. Thos. E. Davis, of
this city, a couple of ossified shells
taken from a marl bed in the Trent
river. 20 miles above Newborn, that
indicate that the pre-hiatoric oyster
must have been a power in his day.
The larger of the shells measured 13
inches in length and five inches in
width. The two weighed six pounds
and seven ounces. They were pre
sented to Mr. Davis last Spring by his
cousin, Mr. Herbert Willis, of New
born, and certainly indicate that the
oyster race is dwindling in "physique."
Governor McSweeney, of South
Carolina, yesterday ordered a special
term of court to try the negro rapist,
Julius Gibbs, at Florence.
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DR. CICERO TATE HAWES.
His Death Occurred la DepliaConaty Yes
terday Moraloj Prominent Dentist .
; ; sad Citizen ot Wilmlnftoi. , V
The sad, though not unexpect
ed news or the . death of Dr.
Cicero Tate Hawes at the home
of his ' father, Mr. W, B. Hawes,
eight miles from Rose Hill, in Duplin
county, reached the city yesterday and
was received with . universal regret by
hundredsof friends. ;
Dr. Hawes passed away at 11 o'clock
as the result of the terrible complica
tions of - pneumonia .,and smallpox,'
which were spoken of in these columns
yesterday; It is supposed the funeral
will be conducted at his home today.
Deceased was about 27 years of age
and was born and reared in Duplin
His early education was received in
the schools of his county, but when he
reached manhood be entered the At
lanta Dental . College and graduated
from that institution with distinction.
He first practiced hia profession in
Duplin and Pender counties and later at
Whiteville with! Dr.W. Ross Davis. In
1899 he came j to Wilmington and
opened a dental office in1 the Masonic
Temple. By industry, skill and de
votion to duty he quickly built up a
large practice here, and was begin
ning to enjoy the fruits of his 'efforts
when he was cut down in the midst
of life. He was popular in Wilming
ton, and was the model of a Christian
young man. He manifested a lively
interest in the spiritual and athletic
doings of the Y. M. C. A., and that
organization is deprived in his death
of a most valuable member. He aUo
was active in the young people's so
cieties of the First Baptist Church, to
which he transferred his membership
soon after coming to the city. Dr.
Black well, his pis tor, spoke of his
death yesterday as a personal loss.
Dr. Hawes was also prominent in
the secret order world of Wilming
ton, and was a member of Cpe Fear
Lodge No. 2, L O. O. F. ; Carolina
Council No. 1876, Royal Arcanum,
and Jefferson Lodge No. 61, K. of P.
He leaves to mourn their loss, be
sides an aged father and mother, four
brothers and two sisters. Of the
brothers and sisters, Mrs. Ash Mur
ray, of Burgaw: Mr. Walter Hawes,
of Georgia, and Mr. Charlie Hawes,
of Rose Hill, are grown. Two other
brothers and one sister are small.
CORPORAL ASA Q MURRAY.
Information Wanted by Col. W. L. De
Rosset as to His- Nearest Relatives. '
Editor Stab: Capt. Geo. E. Al
bee, U. 8. A.., retired, of New Haven,
Conn., kindly sends me a most inter
esting paper, being the warrant to Asa
G. Murray, as Corporal of Co. K.,
Third N. O. Infantry, signed by myself
as Colonel, and countersigned by Jno.
E. S. VanBokkelin, Acting Adjutant
It is Captain Albee's desire that this
be placed in the hands of the next of
kin of Corporal Murray, who was
killed at Sharnsburg. Sept. 17th, 1862.
and I will be obliged for any informa
tion as to his family, that 1 may carry
out the captain's wishes.
The paper was found in a
well filled haversack lying on the
field or (second Manassas, on
August 12tb. 1862. near the body"
of a dead Confederate. Who that was
is not known, as the Third N. C. Infy.
was not known on that field until the
close of th e battle. It is very probable
that Corporal Murray was robbed of
his haversack by one of his comrades.
Capt. Albee says that it was a most
grateful find for him, as Jackson had.
a few days before taken all the sup
plies of the Federals, as their men
were left without rations. The paper
was sent soon thereafter to the Cap
tain's home and forgotten, and only
came to light quite lately.
Wm. L DeRosskt.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
General Debate On the Bill in tbe House
Closed Vote May be Taken Monday.
bt Telegraph to the Mornlns star.
Washington, March 8. The House
to-day closed the general debate upon
the bill to classify the rural free deliv
ery service and place the carriers under
the contract system. It is expected the
vote will be tak-n Monday.
Mr. Simms, of Tennessee, rose to a
question of privilege in connection
with the adoption of the conference
report on the permanent Census bill.
He contended that the statement of the
conferees with reference to section live,
which originally placed all the em
ployes of the bureau at the time of the
nassasre of the act under the protection
of the civil service, has "misled and
deceived" the House.
The Speaker held that as the whole
subject had been disposed of no ques
tion of privilege Was presented.
IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Large Quantities of Ammunition Found In
a Boer Mif szlne by the British.
bv Oanle to the Morning Star.
London, March 8. Lord Kitchener,
in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated to
day, reports the discovery of a Boer
magazine in a cave northeastward of
Rietz, Orange River Colony, contain
ing 810,000 rounds of rifle ammunition,
hundreds or shells and fuses, 800
pounds of powder, a Maxim gun.
helios, field teiegrspns ana quantities
of stores. Thirty-five Boers have been
captured in the same neighborhood
since March 4th. The magazine was
discovered by Canadian scouts.
CHINA'S REBELLION..
Members of the Triad Secret Society
Have Joined the Insurgents.
By Cable to the Mormng Star.
Hong Kong, March 8. The Kang
Si rebels have reached Kai Chou, a
town eighty miles from the Kwon
Cham Yuan. They surprised the lo
cal msndarians, overpowered the gar
rison and released the prisoners, who
joined In the rebellion.
It is reported that the members of
the Triad Secret Society have joined
the rebels and are looting and burning
villages.
NO. 20
CANNING INDUSTRY;
The Factory of Mr. George T.
Johnson Will ,be Operated
by Baltimore Concern.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR LEASE.
President Fait, of the Wm. Fait Company,
Tslks EacoBraflngjy of the Prospect.
Will Use Tomatoes Exclusively :
at First Strawberries.
Mr. William Fait, president of the
Wm. Fait Company, Boston and
Patuxent streets, Baltimore, Md.,
spent several days here the past week
and has . about completed arrange
ments for a lease the coming season of
Mr. George T. Johnson's extensive
canning factory about two miles from
the city on the Castle Haynea' road.
. Mr. Fait was a guest at The Or ton
while in the city and left last night,
returning home. He will, however,
come here again in a few weeks and
wiil then conclude all arrangements
for operating the factory if conditions
as to growing crops are at all favorable.
Mr. Fait says the factory, if operated
by his company, will can tomatoes
exclusively the first season but that he
has no doubt ot extending the busi
ness into other lines if the first year
proves a success. He will have every
arrangement, he says, for using the
product of at least 125 acres of toma
toes, if the truckers in this section will
plant and cultivate them.
The season for canning tomatoes, he
says, will begin about July 1st, and
close about September 1st. and during
that time the factory will be in posi
tion to pay remunerative prices for
the fruit Next year, if the experi
ment with tomatoes is a success, straw
berry canning will be undertaken
about May 1st, until the tomato crop
is ready in July. T
Mr. Fait says the factory here is ex
cellently equipped and has a capacity
of about 15,000 cans per day. The
field is a great one for the canning in
dustry and all that is needed is the
co-operation of the growers in fur
nishing the raw products.
Messrs. Bellamy & Bellamy are
attorneys for the Wm. Fait Company
in their plans for this section and can
give all information as to their relia
bility. . In Baltimore the company
owns and operates a tremendous fac
tory on the river front and are lead
ing packers in that city of hermetically
sealed oysters, fruits, vegetables, etc.
Mr. Fait, while here, attended the
lecture of Dr. Winston to the boards
of trade at the Y. M. C. A. and was
much interested in his talk along
industrial lines and especially that
portion of it which dealt with the de
sirability of the East for canning. He
had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Win
ston and conversing with him upon
the subject of the possibilities of this
section.
ISTHMIAN CANAL PROJECT.
The Concessions Obtained by the Marl
. time Canal Co. From Governments
of Nlcsrsjns and Costa Rica.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Washington, March a Thomas B.
Atkins, secretary of the Maritime
Canal Company, was examined at
considerable length before the Senate
Committee dn Isthmian Canals to-day
regarding the concessions which had
been made to that company. He said
that the company had paid the Nicar-
aguan government 135,000 . ror lands
along the right of way, it having 60,
000 acres in one grant It still asserts
right to this land and looks to the
United States for protection of its
rights and interests. He said the
company could not do anything with
out the assistance of the United States.
The Nicaraguan concessions had been
cancelled by the Nicaraguan govern
ment, and the company had protested
the cancellation. There never had
been any cancellations of the con
cessions and franchises which the
maritime company had obtained from
Costa Rica, and these concessions
were exclusive. The canal could not
be constructed or operated without
these concessions in Costa Rica. He
was asked what would be the effect
if the United States should acquire a
concession from Costa Rica along the
same route, and replied that it would
be a violation of the company's con
cession; but added that the company,
while asserting its right to the con
cession, would not do so obstructive
ly so ss to prevent the United States
from constructing the canal. He men
tioned $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 as the
value of the claims of the company.
A SYMPATHETIC RECEPTION.
A Representative of the Boers.Called Upon
Secretary Hay and Told of tbe Suf
fering of Reconcentrndos.
"'" K '
By Telegraph to the MorftterjBtar. .
Washington, March 8. Dr. Hein
rich Muller, one of the European di
plomats of the Orange Free State,
called upon Secretary Hay at the State
Department to-day and had a half
hour's interview with him. As in the
case of the other representatives. Dr.
Muller was received upon the distinct
understanding that he came in a pri
vate capacity and not as a diplomatic
representative. Unlike the preceding
callers, he did not address himself to
the subject of intervention or media
tion, nor did he broach the question
of the mule shipments to South Africa.'
His sole concern was with the concen
tration camps in South Africa. He
told the secretary a pitiful tale of the
sufferings and frightful mortality
among the reconcentrados, the death
rate among the children in the camps
running as bighaa 50 per cent, ac
cording to his statement
Secretary Hay gave his caller a
sympathetic reception,' but was unable
to make any promise that the United
States government would change the
attitude toward the subject that it has
consistently assumed.
Durham EeraldiDi H.: Hicks,
of University Button, told the reporter
that the negro who broke into W. M.
Stroud's store and then shot Mr. Stone, '
who was assisting in his arrest near
Hillsboro. was now. In jalL At the .
trial he confessed to being the man '
who entered the store, , r
Greenville Reflector: B. F.
Patrick and J. Q. Smith have pur
chased a gasoline boat to run between '"
Greenville and Washington. The boat -is
30 feet long by : 7 feet , wide, has
a capacity for twenty-five passengers
and will make a speed of seven miles
an hour, v y .j;.--1; -
' Winston Sentinek Monroe Gov ,
ington, colored, aged about twenty -years,
was shot and killed Thursday
morning in the room occupied by a. -negro
girl named Hattie Ecklea. Ac-, -cording
to .the story told by the girl '
Covington " shot himself accidentally. ' .'
The neighbors,' however, believe that
Arthur Keen, a negro of about 15
years, who escaped from the county
roads about one month ago, fired the
fatal shot.
Wilson News'. There is no clue
to the identity of the murderer who '
shot and killed Jas. Ellis last Tuesday
evening. Yesterday Capt. Massey with ' .
his blood hounds visited the scene but
no track could be found. Ellis wss
shot with a shot gun loaded with No.
4 shot The load took effect in his
neck and head. He went home after
being shot and undressed himself, bq '
died early the next morning. .
Fayetteville Observer'. Lovedy
Smith, the colored . woman- who
was so terribly burned Wednes
day afternoon while attempting to ex
tinguish a fire in her yard on Chat
ham street, died Thursday night after
intense suffering. The Execu
tive Committee of the Fayetteville
Normal and graded School, for whites,
met Friday morning and decided to
close tho school to-day for an indefi
nite period, or until the dispute be ,
tween the Trustees and the County
Board of Education is settled by the
courts. The Trustes declare that there
are no more funds with which to run
the school, and that they were com
pelled to discontinue it.
Tarboro Southerner: Tuesday
afternoon, while returning home near
Saratoga, Wilson county, J. O. Ellis,
a well-to-do farmer, was shot from am- -bush
with No. 4 shot A farmer work
ing not far off did not hear the shots,
but soon saw Mr. Ellis drive by with
his head bleeding. Thinking that he
had probably had a fight, he gave na
further attention to him. Later, Mr.
Ellis was found at his gate in his bugk
gy unconscious. Medical aid was call
ed in, but consciousness was never re
stored and he died the next morning,
without being able to furnish any clue
to the assassin. Why he was shot is
only conjectural ; some holding that it
was to rob, and others ascribe malice.
Where the shooting took place were
empty shells.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer
: Mr. Joel Gulledge died at his
home at Morven Wednesday night of
heart disease. About three weeks ago
Mr. Gulledge came near dying of
heart trouble, but rallied and had got
ten so he could attend to his affairs. .
Wednesday night he suffered another
and died in a few minutes after being
seized. Mr. Gulledge was 64 years of
age, and was a good citizen.'. The
store of Mr. S. E. Hatcher, at Liles
ville. was broken into Monday night
and 7 in money and several pairs of
pants stolen therefrom. The thief en
tered the store by prizing open the
front door. H. H. Smith was
convicted in ' the Superior Court at
Rockingham Tuesday of the larceny
of a fountain pen. Wednesday he
was tried for stealing two spools, of
thread and acquitted. There are sev
eral other charges of larceny against
him yet to be tried. Up to last night
he had not been sentenced. Two
years ago Smith was editor of the
Morven Enterprise, but did not long
publish the paper.
CONTROVERSY OVER
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
The President Has in No Way Chanted
. His Attitude-Talk ol Special Mes
ssf e to Congress On the Subject.
By Telegraph to the Wonting Star.
Washington, March 8. Speaker
Henderson and Chairman Payne, of
the Ways and Means Committee, and
Senator Allison,- member of the Fi
nance Committee, called at the White
House to-day, presumably in relation
to the pending controversy over
Cuban reciprocity.
There was the most positive declina
tion to discuss the purposes of the
calL It was said, however, that the
President had in no way changed his
attitude favorable to reciprocity, in
this connection there were renewed
intimations of a special message which
would clearly set forth the President's
views on the subject '
The Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee . favor
able to Cuban reciprocity have held
long conferences to perfect their or
ganization for carrying forward the
contest In -connection with these
conferences the belief has gained
ground that there would be a special
message, if it proved to be necessary.
There was renewed talk or compro
mise to-day, one report being that
twelve per cent, reciprocity might be
substituted for twenty per cent Both
sides, however, denied tbe twelve
per cent compromise story.
The plan oi having a committee to
visit Cuba and investigate the needs
for reciprocity was revived during
the day and was discussed as a possi
ble solution, although there was no
indication that those in authority
were ready to accept the plan.
ALMOST A DISASTER.
British Warships of the Channel Squad
ron Narrowly Escape Collision.
By cable to tna Morning star
Queenstown, March 8. During
the trip of the Channel squadron
from Berehaven to this port the battle
ship Oamperdown, which sunk the
battleahipY ictoria in the Mediterranean
June 22nd, 1893, twice narrowly
escaped sending the battleship Empress
i of India to the bottom. -
There was a dense fog during the
whole trip. Soon after starting the
Camperdown steamed within a few
feet of her sister bamesnip ana
only skilful manoeuvring prevented a
collision. Again, when off Kinsale,
the Camperdown was almost in collis
ion with the Empress of India, when
shouts of "for God's
sake reverse,'
averted a dssaster.
Mitchel Miseleh. in jail on tbe
charge of murder, and George Taylor
and Isaac Woodaey, wanted for small
offences, broke jail at Uutiedge, Tenn.,
last night ; When the jailor went to
feed the men they overpowered him,
took hia pistol, locked him In a cell
and departed.
A dispatch from Washington says
the President has signed the Philip
pine Tariff bill.