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-PCBUI110 At Wl L M I M GTQfl, n. c, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 888888888888S8S88 atSHSSSSSHSSSSI' MiooH SI 8888S8888S88S83SS f f4 V 4 VI 88888888888888888 """ 2a8SS5SS828SgSS8 88888883888888883 828388SS3828838SS "888888S8828888888 8S88S83S338338383 88333888888888838 mmhmmSSIoi 1 M 5 J & ' Br S j - j ; H A H K w B Entered m the Post Office at ilmtgtoa, N. C, ai Second Clan Ma i er.l SUBSCRIPTION P.ICE. The labecrtpdon pile of the "We-Jj 8tr hit follows: Sialic Copy 1 year, pottaf paid. ,.....,.,...,,,91 00 ' " 6 monthi " 6o ' i monthi " " 80 CLAP TRAP THAT D OESN'T FCOL. Tlio Republican leaders in Con gress, seeing the popular disappoint ment and disgust which their disre gard of promises to the Cubans and cowardly dodging on the tariff ques tion have caused, are trying to hedge and a compromise is talked of based on a 20 per bent, redaction on sugar to cover the crop now on hand and the next crop. The object behind, this so-called compromise is too apparent to de ceive any one. It is simply to pro crastinate on the reciprocity ques tion and stave off action until after the coming Congressional elections, when if the Republicans, in spite of their shameful disregard of prom ises and cowardly pandering to the protected interests which oppose concessions to Cuba, succeed in holding a majority in Congress (hey will postpone action indefinitely and give the campaign contributors indefinite control of the home mar ket on the products' for which con cessions are asked. That's where the cold-blooded politics comes in. We have heretofore quoted some editorials from the New York Tri bune, the leading Republican paper of New York, exposing the fraudu lent pleas of the beet sugar manu facturers, and pleading for the honor of the Republican party and the country that faith with Cuba and with the American people be kept. Those were trenchant and forcible articles, coming from a Republican organ, which would never have so arraigned without good cause the Representatives in Congress of the party for which it speaks, and speaks ably. The New York Herald is Dot a partisan paper. It has no politics, but is as thoroughly non-partisan and independent as any paper in this country. It speaks for that kind of a constituency and here is the way it voices its disgust and the disgust of the honest masses of the American people at the shabby manoeuvring and shame! ul course of the Rapubli can politicians in Congress. Under the caption of "The Republican tarty and the Protective System in Danger" it says "Damn President Roosevelt and the administration ; to Hades with the national honur; cruah the starving Cubans anything rather than risk a decrease in the profit on the product of a single sugar beet handled by the Uxoard combine!" "Thai's the attitude of the Republi cans whose views are formulated in the preamble and resolutions pre sen ted at Tuesday pighVs caucus by Mr. Taylor, of Unio, a leading mem ber of the American Protective Tariff League, and which oppose- any con cessions to Cuba 'because iti nvolves a relaxation of the protective principle.' i "This la nao4 i.nn. mmA T.rl. Republicans are shocked at the thought that they have helped to rear a pro tectionist i) ranxenstein. this monster, which, rather than 'relax the protec tive principle would sacrifice moral principle and national honor and de stroy its own creator. By their blind rapacity the beet sugar men are mak ing such a breach in the Republican ranks and exciting among the people such disgust and Indignation as may overthrow the nartv and mill rlnsn the whole ultra protectionist structure upon their own heads. ' "Surely the present provocation is greater than that which caused the re vulsion of 1892, when General Harri son was defeated and Orover Oleve land was swept into power on a plat form which declared ultra protective duties "a fraud, a robbery of the great mast of the American people for the benefit of the few characterized the tariff of 1830 as "the culminating at rocityof class legislation," and de manded its repeal. The beet men are noisy and aggressive, but few in nam ber, while there are fifteen millions of voters with no interest in sugar profits. dui imouea with a spirit or humanity ana regard for the good name and r mistaken in assuming that the Ameri iayior ana nis associates are i can laruuer is an ass Til t Vl Ai nnAfnna manifesto they sav: 'Thu Ao.,i.n market for over aioo.ooo.ooo worth of sugar annually is rightfully the American farmer s. w e shall encour go no poncy wmcu aeiays the time wnen ne anan come into his own ' Considering that the people are Ut.h sixty million dollars a year on the two mmion tons or imported sugar thev consume in order to profit the growers of domestic cane and beet, the growth or the domestic industry is so slight that it will be some centuries before the amount needed can be coaxed out oi tne nome soil. ''With State bounties for years sup plementing thelenormous federal pro utton, the production of beet sugar is toii,Ski.nflniie'im1 '""Uon of the tuvai eaninm.il a. ., beet induitTT-i3 E?n reduced by a reducti SarSS. !?P?rt. coming VOL. XXXIII. market for $80,000,000 worth of silk annually Imported is rightfully the American farmer's or that the Ameri can marxet tor tea is ngnuullr his. and that a duty high enough to permit its production under glass should be imposed. "Neither the American farmer nor any other American can be fooled by such claptrap. They all thoroughly understand the issue. They know that aside from the moral obligation we are under to help Cuba the mass of the American people would profit by the admission of her sugar; that the pro visions and breadstuff s produced by American farmer ana the goods turned out by American factories would be taken in return by the Cubans. Delegates from the British Chambers of Commerce visited the Foreign Of fice on Tuesday last and memorialised Lord Lanadowne to enter a protest at Washington against our Government granting the proposed reciprocity with Cuba. Why f Because in the lan- Suage of the memorial, 'it would un oubtedly put an end to European trade In the islands.' In other words, the United States, which heretofore has had but a fraction of the Cuban market, would get practically the whole of it, aud with stable govern ment and prosperity that, market would expand to vast proportions. "The reduction of 20 per cent pro posed by the Ways and Means Com mittee is too smalL In opposing even slight concession the sugar beet Con gressmen are inviting the annexation of the island, with attendant admis sion of its products free of all duties, and are challenging the defeat of their party and the radical revision, of the whole protective system by the indig nant'and outraged American people. ' We quote this in full because it covers the case so well and comes from a paper which speaks for or against no party because it is a ' party, and speaks for the honest, independent thought of the country which views measures on their merits without any political bias. No, they can't fool the farmers of the country with such clap-trap, and it would be a shameful reflec tion on the intelligence of the average farmer if they could, when not one farmer in a hundred is in terested in growing beets for the beet sugar combination and the other ninety-nine pay enormous tribute to the sugar growers and manufacturers, of which tribute the growers get little if any. Why not also do all they can to keep foreign silk out of this country and foreign teas, as the Herald asks? It is true that we do not pro duce silk or tea enough to supply the home demand, for consumption, but neither do the sugar beet or cane growers. But it has been demonstrated thai both silk and tea can be successfully pro duced in this country and the proba bilities are that enough of both would be produced about as soon as the sugar beet growers will produce beets enough to supply this country with the 2,000,000 tons of sugar now imported, not to speak of the increasing demand with the steadily increasing population. Ten years hence the consumption will in all probability be 3,000,000. A little figuring might give some idea ef that. Sugar has had protection for over twelve years. In these twelve years the beet sugar men have got so far along that they produced last 185,000 tons, which is a fraction over one-eleventh of the quantity imported, and this is the best they could do after twelve years of tariff protection and coddling. If it has taken them eleven years to produce one-eleventh ol the amount im ported it would take them one hun dred and twenty-one years to pro duce the amount at present im ported without any reference to the prospective increase, so that this "infant" will have to be coddled not for ten years, as the beet sugar king, Oxnard, says, but for one hun dred and eleven years. Holding the market for the far mer. What rot, ana what rotten brains the farmers must have who could be fooled with that kind of rot. DOESH'T WAHT TBS TAX PAH). The sheriff of Chatham county is a Republican, who was elected with the aid of Populist votes, and he is a daisy, who has some peculiar ideas of the duties and prerogatives of a sheriff. An effort is being made in that county, as there should be in all the counties of the State, to get the white voters who have not paid their poll tax to do so and thus escape disfranchising themselves. As there must be some one to direct this movement the county Democratic committee, through a representative, asked the sheriff to permit him to make a list of the white men of the county I no iplT of the white Democrats so that they might be informed as to the provisions of the election law requiring the payment of the poll tax as a requisite to voting. The sheriff did not respond affirm atively as might be supposed he would, but refused point blank, and gave as a reason that permitting these names to be copied wonld "give yon fellows the advantage over us." Probably it would, but if this partisan sheriff had the interest of his county and State as much at heart as he has his own and his party's success he would, instead of opposing co-operate in the effort to get delinquent tax payers to pay their taxes. But he assumed that Ms these white men who have not yet paid their taxes are Democrats, which is doubtless true of the most of them, and therefore he wants them to disfranchise themselves, although the State will lose these taxes, which in the aggregate amount to - a - considerable sum. He .would not refuse, however, to m . j , urnish the names of negroes who may not be otherwise disfranchised and can vote if their poll tax' be paid in time. - What right has that ' partisan sheriff to refuse, to let citizens of the county look at1 his books, for the purpose specified when' the request is made respectfully and in order? With what consistency can he do it when he would go to the trouble of copying his lists for his own parti sans? It seems to us there ought to be some way of calling the sheriff to taw, for donbtless his example will be followed by other Republi can sheriffs. . . LYIHQ ON BOTH SIDES. The following is said to be an ex ract from a proclamation recently issued by . a Filipino commander, under the inspiring heading "Now is the time to strike:'' "The United BUtes is in the midst of a bloody civil war. The coal miners in Pennsylvania have risen against the government, and at Chicago a great battle was fonght, in which 1,600 reg ular soldiers were killed. An army of anti-imperialists is besieging Washing ton. Roosevelt will be deposed and Dr. Bryan proclaimed president by the uemocrats on alarch 4 next." Who this Filipino commander is we do not know, or whether this is a genuine document or only a joke by some American wag, but assuming it to be genuine doesn't it present an object lesson that might be studied with some profit by those who wonld deal sensibiy and right with the Fili pinos ? If the man who made it be man of ordinary intelligence he knew better than he wrote, and was lying deliberately to deceive his people. But how about the intelli gence of the. people who could be imposed upon with such stuff as that after their three years' experi ence with the Americans? If they could be spurred to resistance by such an appeal, when could they be considered ".pacified," or when might not some addle-brain arouse them to resistance after they were seemingly pacified? Such a people are simply too ignorant to realize when hey are whipped. But assuming again that it is true, are not our authorities in Washington and in the Philippines doing virtually the same thing, offi cially lying for that is what jt is to deceive the American people? They don't do it in the bungling, ridiculous way this Filipino com mander does, but they do it all the same. Haven't we been officially assured numerous times that the war was over, the Filipinos pacified and, with few exceptions, eager to accept American supremacy, and proclaim allegiance to this country? And yet after three years there is sporadic fighting at numerous points, and within ten miles of Manila. The Fili pino commander is not the only humbugger and liar; but he has more excuse than our authorities, who are expected to tell the truth, but studiously avoid it. A bill introduced in the Virginia Senate which provides for the em ployment of penitentiary convicts in road building, has been reported favorably by the Special Joint Com mittee on Public Roads. It also authorizes the courts to sen tence to labor on the roads "aH vagrants and convicted criminals confined in county jails." A county or city may hire them out to an other county or city if it 'does not wish to work them itself. A New York court has decided that Tom Edison was not the inven- of the moving pictures, but simply improver on previous processes. This involves a lot of royalty. The Edison Company sued another com pany for breach of patent. Each had spent about $40,000 in fighting the case and will spend some more, as the case will be carried to the U. S. Supreme Court. If Edison did not invent the moving picture he put life in it. General Hughes is a sympathetic sort of a fellow. He said in his tes timony before the Senate committee that he always felt when he was at tacking the Filipinos as if he was attacking children and. felt sorry that he had todo it. . How sorry he must have felt, then, when his sol diers burned down the towns of Fili pinos who harbored "inaurreotors" or gave them aid and comfort. Railroad travelling is not extraor lUUIUll IUUUUVIU iu UU. lVUUUJl but much more so than in Europe. Our roads kill one passenger in 2,267,000 carried. In Germany the proportion is one in 16,700,000 and in Great Britain one in 9,000,000. The employes killed on our roads in 1901 were 2.550, and injured, 89,640. WD.MINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902. A WOHAIfDROWKED. Dead Body; of Emma ' Thocrsca. White, Was Pound Floating ' io the River. --V;' AN : INQUEST BY CORONER. Thosikt That She Hid Beea fa the Tester : for Thirty Days The tirom- ' ' staaces of tke Death Ui ' kaows) to the Jary. It was a ghastly find that was made Saturday afternoon about S o'clock by Engineer Bell, of the steamer Compton. which was tied up at her wharf, near Market street dock. ,f He was standing on the lower deck bf the boat when floating down -the river came the dead body of a white woman, which was afterwards identi fied as that of Emma Thompson, a dissolute character of the city, aged about SO years,- who figured frequently in the police court and who has served several terms in the , county work house. The body was floating with the tide, face nearly downward, and in almost natural ' position. It was made fast with ropes between the steamer and the wharf and was not identified until some time later, when Coroner C. D. Bell arrived and had it drawn up on the wharf. In the mean time a curious crowd had gathered aqd a report that the body of an un known white woman had been found spread quickly over the city and served to create great interest The condition of the body, Coroner Bell says, seems to indicate that it had been in the water for at least a month. The woman lived in a small house with others of her character in an alley near Fourth and Castle streets and was frequently seen along the wharf. Her disappearance about a month ago from her associates caused no alarm and she appeared to be even an outcast in the disreputable locality In whieh she lived. It is not known how the unfortunate woman came to her death. The suicide theory is ad vanced. The body was very well pre served and there appeared no indica tions of foul play. Dr. Bell immediately empanelled a jury consisting of H. L. Kidd, J. O. Greye, R J. Jones, Cornelius Holder, C L. Lander and Robert TL King. After a view of the remains and their identification by Mamie Garfield and Carrie Fisher, two colored women. the jury returned a verdict that "de ceased came to her death by drown ing, date unknown." The body was turned ofeto the county undertaker for burial . THE GOVERNOR AND PARTY. Details of Tkelr Trip to Coarlestoa Expo- sltloq Larte Crowd Expected. Col. Walker, Taylor, Maj. W. F. Robertson land Ma j. O H. White, of Governor Aycock'a staff, yesterday re ceived from the Ajutant General copies of the general order in reference to the Charleston Exposition trip and also details ot the journey and visit to the Exposition city. The Governor will leave Raleigh Tuesday morning, April 8th, at 9 o'clock over the 8. A. L , and he is very anxious to have his entire staff accompany him on the trip or join him in Charleston. He has conclu ded not to use the private car tendered him by the Seaboard on account of the limited space it contains for the accom modation ;of passengers, and he will travel on the special train to be run by the S. A. L. for the benefit of the public generally. This train will be made up of baggage cars, day coaches and Pullmans and is expected to reach Charleston about 5 o'clock in the af ternoon. I Adjutant General Royster says he Is in correspondence with the Charleston and SL John hotels with reference to accommodation for the party and the rate will be $4 per day. The one lected as i headquarters will be an nounced later. He says it is important to ascertain as early as possible how many of the staff, their families and friends will go with the Governor from Raleigh. The staff will travel in fatigne uniform, taking their full dress for ceremonial occasionsj The Governor will leave Charleston Saturday, April 12th, in time to reach Raleigh by 10 P. M. t Petition ia Bankruptcy. B. F. McLean, Esq., and Messrs. Patterson & McOormick, of Maxton, and R. E. Lee, Esq., of Lumberton, attorneys for certain creditors of J.W. Hall, general merchant, of Red Springs, N. C, yesterday filed a peti tion in the U. 8. Court here asking that Mr. Hall be adjudged a bankrupt. Order was issued to show cause on the creditors'; petition on March 31st at Wilmington. The petitioning credi tors are E. Q Dewett & Co., Kingan & Co., J J A. Horner & Co., Hadley Smith Co., Pearl Roller Mills, Ballard & Ballard Co. and others. The papers were brought down by Attorney Xee, of Lumberton. t ... Steamboat Masters. CaoL W. W. Skinner, the well know river steamboat captain, has become master of the A. J. Johnson, and cleared her for the initial trip up Black river Saturday afternoon. Oapt Irving Robinson, who has hosts of friends all over the Cape Fear section, has become master of the I gteamer Driver, andeft Friday even nr for a trio to Favetteville. The I Hurt didn't return to Fayetteville nn 1 til yesterday afternoon. A SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. Cemaltteenea mad SesMeits ef Caactack TewBsbla, Pesder Ceasty, Qivlag - .f Mach Atteatloa to Edacatloa. - A large number of the residents of Caaetuck township, Pender county. have become very much interested in educational matters and iare exerting every influence to educate their child ren This section of Pender county lies between the Cape Fear and Black rivers about 20 miles above Wilming ton, and was up to 1873 a part of New Hanover county. Its residents are descendants of the sturdy colonial sef tiers, and are connected with many bt the old Cape Fear families, whose members distinguished themselves in the Revolution. For several yeanpaat the schools of that section have been almost aban doned, and in School District : No. 3 for the last three years there has been no school at all. Last Summer a committee consisting of Wm. N. Anderson, M. F. Huffham and A. L. Pridgen were selected, and they at once proceeded, to build a neat frame school house large enough to accommodate 60 children, which is now known as the "Rose Hill" school house. They then secured the services of Miss M. E. Alexander, of this county, as teacher, who opened the school last October with a roll of 30 pupils. After conducting a five months' ses sion the school closed last Friday. The closing exercises consisted of reci tations by the children, and were at tended by a large gathering of the people of the township and a few from the city. Friday night the chil dren decorated the school house and gave a complimentary candy party to their teacher, who appears to have won the entire confidence of the chil dren as well as the parents. The school committee also met at the residence of Committeeman A. L. Pridgen, and on account of the re markable progress the children had made under Miss Alexander's instruc tion passed a unanimous vote of thanks to her for the faith fuh and dili gent service she had rendered. It Is gratifying to know that the residents of this district are taking such marked interest fn education, and the action of the Canetuck peo ple in this particular should be imi tated by all the rural districts of the SUte. . Miss Alexander is a daughter of Commissioner W. F. Alexander, of this county. LOCAL DOTS. The only strawberries now on the New York market are from Flor ida. Quotations range from 38 to SO cents per quart for "fancy" and 10 to 35 cents for "poor to good." Wilmington Division, Naval Reserves, will carry a well drilled sig nal corps to Charleston next month. A. A. Hergenrother, quartermaster of the first class, has the -corps in charge and the men are showing up well un der their training. The two military companies of Reidsville are indignant over the report that encampment funds will be used to defray expenses of the pro- Visional regiment to Charleston and. members tay it may result in the dis banding of both organizations. Subscribers who receive bills for subscriptions due the Stab are re minded that it is not fair to expect a publisher to supply them with news for nothing. Many, however, seem to think otherwise. As soon as a bill is reoeiyed a prompt remittance should, be made. Smallpox la Sampgos. Sampson Democrat, 12th: "Not a case of smallpox in Clinton, and only one case in the entire county at this writing. This one case is one of the old cases, and is of a light form. The house where this case is has been un der quarantine aince it first appeared, but it will be raised very shortly. It has been raised from all other houses and the patients told, to go scot free. Now remember, there ia only one case in the county and this one about well. and not a case in town." .Will of Mrs. M. C. Mebaae. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. 14: "The will of the late Mrs. Martha O. Mebane was admitted to probate in the Corpor ation Court yesterday. The will, which is dated November 20, 1900, bequeaths a Hamilton avenue house to her son, Charles P. Mebane, and a house and lot on Botetourt street to her daughter, Mrs. Anna M. Fullwood. All personal property is to be divided between the two. Free of incum brances the estate is valued at $4,000." Accepts the Call. Rev. C. B. Paul, of Bwansboro, N. 0., has notified the congregation of Southride Baptist church that he will accept the call recently extended to him and that he will arrive to assume his new work on the first Sunday in May. Rev. Mr. Paul is a married man and has one child. He will, of course, remove bis family to the city to reside. Some Fiie Aiparsxtu. ., The "agricultural editor" was shown yesterday a stalk of asparagus, ten inches long, from the fine farm of County Commissioner W. F. Alex ander in Harnett township. It is or the famous "Palmetto" variety and Is raised by Mr. Alexander this year at. ' least three weeks "ahead of the sea son." It is about time for the County Democratic Executive Committee or New Hanover to meet and take up the question of poll-tax delinquents. u f 1 1 " vy .rV:f. II Y. A SENTENCE COMMUTED. i Seataeni Kallway Attorney ia Loaf Salt - Allowed to Pay Flae aad Go. . $eeal Star TdecpnamJ Ralegh, - N. C, March 15. Govt ernor Aycock to-day commuted the ! sentence of A. J. Gorham and R. A. Ramsey , from twenty days im prisonment and $50 fine to pay ment or the fine. Gorham is the young attorney, who as coun sel for the Southern . Railway in the B. F. Long damage suit at States- vuie was declared by Judge Brown in contempt of court for allowing a juror to aleep in his room. Among the reasons for commutation the Gover nor says, Gorham's acquittal by the jury of charge of embracery amounts vo nnaing no corrupt purpose in uor ham's action.- . . ... REV. DR. JARVIS bUXTON DEAD. Father of Mrs., Jos. H. McRee, of sslsfloa PantrsI Yesier 4a j. Rev. Jarvir Buxton, D, D , died at 8:45 o'clock Tuesday, evening, at his home in Asheville. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at Trinity Episcopal church by the rector, Rev. McNeely DuBoee. All the members of the immediate family of Dr. Buxton J. O. Buxton, of Winston: Mrs. Jos. EL McRee, of Wilmington; Mrs. Kane, of Philadel phia; Miss Lilly Buxton, of New York, and Misses Mary and Fannie Buxton, of Asheville, his son and daughters were with him at the time of his death. ;. Dr. Buxton was for forty years rec tor or Trinity church, (several years ago he resigned to become rector of the church at Lenoir. About a year ago he retired from the active work of the ministry, ne had passed his 83rd year. Dr. Buxton was one of the oldest Episcopal mfnisters in the 8tate. He was born near Washington, N. O. He was the first Episcopal missionary to Western North Carolina, and built many of the chapels through the country. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfleld Herald: One hun dred and ninety-one bales of cotton were partially burned on the platform at Selma Thursday afternoon. The cotton was fired by sparks from pass ing trains. Kinston Gazette: About fifteen Mormon elders left Kinston Friday morning for various points aloug the A. & N. O., between here and New born. They have mapped out a vigor ous campaign, for this year and are de termined to make telling results by the next assembling of conference. Newton Enterprise: Capt. J, W. Pope, of Newton, and Mr. Hart, of Morganton have the contract for laying the broad gauge tract from Hickory to Lenoir. Work is progress ing rapidly. It is expected to have this E art of the broad -gauging completed y May 1st The time for completing the whole line has been extended from July 1st to January 1st. Dnrham Herald: At Hillsboro court this week Yenia Trice, mother of Van Fuller, the barn burner, was given a long term in the penitentiary for being an accomplice or her son. It was she who was first suspected and arrested. She gave the officers mfor mation that connected her son with the burning, When her trial came up she was found guilty, or rather she plead guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to twenty years in the pen! tentiary. Fayetteville - Observer: Mr. 'David Evans, a well' known farmer, died last night at 13 o'clock at his home in Gray's Creek township, aged 71 years. He was sick a week with bronchal pneumonia. Mr. Evans was a Confederate veteran and respected bv those who knew him. The factory of the Cumberland Manufact uring Company for the manufacture of overalls, eta. which has been shut down since Mr. Bldgwood resigned the management to go Birmingham, Ala., will start up Monday under a new organization. Greenville Reflector: Mr. D. O. Davenoort. who lives a few miles from town, had some experience with a bull Monday that he will not soon forget He went out in a lot where the animal was tied with a small rope, intending to take him away to work. The bull made a rush at Mr. Daven port breaking the rope. He threw Mr. Davenport several feet in the air. and when he fell to the ground the bull rushed on him again. He grabbed the animal bv the horns, and as he lay on the ground held the bull's head until help could reach him. One of Mr. Davenport's ribs was broken in the encounter. Greensboro Record: A gentle man from the eastern part of the 8tate called on Dr. Baum yesterday and told him that he had been troubled with his ear for many years; that he had an idea that something was in it, but that a nnmber of nhvsicians had examined it and saifrhe was wrong. At times he suffered greatly from it and wanted hfm to examine him. Dr. Baum makes a specialty of the eye, ear and throat and ha made the examination asked. finding and removing what is known as a ground beetle bug. The patient aid he remembered distinctly that one dav he was reading when something flew in his ear, but he at first thought ft did not remain, but flew away, Soon after this he experienced trouble. This, he says, was 25 years ago. Raleigh News and Observer: The postoffice at Madison, Rocking ham eountv. was entered and burg larlxed Wednesday night by unknown naniee. Two hundred dollars in cash was secured. The authorities will get bloodhounds and make an effort to catch the guilty parties. Mr. J. 8. Fnlffhnm. who. several - weeks ago. had stolen from his house a set of sil ver ware, was fortunate in having his property restored to him yesterday by a colored man, who found it under the Hillabora bridce. where the thief doubtless threw it aa soon as he saw it would be impossible to dispose of it without detection. The set consisted of thirtv-iir nieces, and was complete when found, with the exception of one knife, which probably dropped out of the plush case as it was thrown away. The case saved the silver irom injury. . The letter of resignation of First Assistant Postmaster General Johnson give as reasons for resignation ms health and personal affairs. President Roosevelt accepted the - resignation with regret " TV I ..: :sll V i .'I NO. 21 1 DIFFERENCES ON THE SUBSIDY BILL -Z' t." RepubliciiTi Senators Take Eiwp- Hons to Some Provisions of the Measure, t WILL OFFER AMENDMENTS. Seaator Berry, Represeatlaf the Miser it; of the Senate Cemtttee, Presented . ; - Their Report ia Opposltloa to the Ship Subsidy Bill. By xoiesrasb to tbe Horning Bur. -Washington, March 15. Differ ences of opinion on the Republican Side appeared in the Senate debate on the Ship Subsidy billto-davi, Senator A4lieocvo?Iowa,- Wdieilthat M was not quite satisfied with the meas ure as it stands now and gave notice of amendments he proposed to offer to it limiting ,the time of its operation and limiting,1 also, the amount of money annually to, be paid from the treasury on account oT.it He -was followed by 8enator.t3pooner, of Wis consin, who took exception to some provisions of the measure. He was not at all certain that the bill would accomplish the great results which its advocates claimed for it and be urged that before its enactment into law definite information upon that point ought to be furnished to Con gress. ' ; He did not care to vote for a measure making an appropriation that not only would not accomplish defi nite results, but which might be simply a largess to ship owners. He gave notice of an amendment whieh he proposed to offer providing that the bill might be amended or repealed by Congress without however, im pairing any contract made under its provisions. 'This amendment would be a notice, be said, that the subsidy would not be a safe foundation upon which to build largely. Earlier ia the day Senator Teller or Colorado made a speech in opposition to the measure, and was followed by Senator ElUns of West Virginia with a brief address in support of ital though the West Virginia Senator admitted that he would much prefer the adop tion of the policy of discriminating duties. Senator Bacon or Georgia gave no tice of an amendment which he pro posed to offer to the Subsidy bill, pro viding that no contract under the bill shall be binding upon the government until it shall have been submitted to and approved by Congress. In the course ot some remarks in support of the amendment. Senator Ba con urged that the Postmaster General ought not to be made responsible for the making of mail contracts, it was such a delegation of authority by Con gress as he did not think would be ap proved bv the American people. Discussing briefly the general pur poses of the bill. Senator Bacon said that the word "subsidy" had no terrors for him. If a bill to provide increased compensation for mail lines between this country and South America, ror instance, were pending before the Sen ate, he would support it He was op posed, however, to bonuses, the effect of which would be to give compensa tion to those who did not need it - Senator Bacon had inserted in his remarks a table showing the exports of American products from the port of Boston for ten months the object being to show that the bulk of those products was carried in slow vessels. much in vessels under 1,000 tons bur den. These vessels, he contended, would receive little or no subsidy. Similar tables were presented for the ports of Savannah, Galveston and Mother places. Senator Bacon asserted. therefore, that the subsidy would go to a few favored large class mail steam ships which will not carry the com merce of the country. Senator Mallory presented an amend ment to the Ship Subsidy bill depriv ing all vessels from the benefits of the act whose owners have been within the past year parties to "any agree ment or understanding of any kind with any person or corporation, the purpose of which agreement has been to control ocean freight rates, or to control or prevent competition in the transportation or the products or the United States to foreign countries, or the transportation of the products of foreign countries to the United States." Minority Report on Subsidy Bill. Senator Berry, representing the mi noritv of the Senate Uommittee on Commerce, to-day presented their re port in opposition to the pending Ship Subsidy bill. Most of the points have been covered in speeches in the senate. The minority deny the accuracy of both the predictions and the facta in the maioritv report. They urge that the bill is wrong in irinciple and declare that it will utter v fail in the accomplishment of its prof eased objects. They also say that while It is .not so complicated as the Subsidy bill of the Fifty-sixth Con gress, it is injsome respects even more objectionable. The minority continue: The bill nroooses to tax tne wnoie people to the extent of several mill ions for the benefit of one single in dustry. Besides, the statistics of the last two years prove that the ship building industry does not need such necial assistance, but it is rapidly in- creasinir under natural conditions." They criticise the features ortne diu which carries the subsidy for foreign mails and say: The highest rate or subsidy is given to twenty knot vessels, while the fast ocean mails are really carried bv twenty-three and twenty-four knot vessels. The mail compensation to the slow American vessels, already too high, is msde immensely higher by this dUL We pay more for weekly service than England pays for semi weekly service by much faster ships than oars." - They further urge that the bill makes no Dro vision against a shipping trust " and claim that it encourages a combination leading to such a trust Tnev also sav: "The lines might also merge with foreign lines to control freight and passenger rates. Thereby our subsidy would be aiding the foreign partners of our subsidized vessels." The renort closes by saying : - "We know that there are hundreds and thousands of industries in our country doing a losing business, but we deny that Congress, for this reason, can go into the publio treasury and save them from bankruptcy." House of Represcatatires. The House devoted to-day to private pension bills, passing 22 bills and clearing the calendar. This is the largest number of pension bills ever passed by the House at one session. . '. Earlier in the day a resolution was adopted caUlng-nipda Vie. Wat Depart' mantfor inforoatioa .wncerniag the government transport service between . ' Baa Franeiseo'and .theiPhillDnines. Thia was a substitute for the resolution Introduced " by Mr: 'Richardson of -Tennessee. Mr. Richardson remark- ed that if Obngreas got the facts rela tire to-4betrensport service, he be-. : lieved ,the country .would, receive a ,,- fhantr nf vftrv lntamstlnir i-nrf1nr Lter in the day, Mr. Minor of Wisconsin, rising w m question oi per sonal privilege, denounced a publish ed statement that he had changed his Attitude on the Cuban. reciprocity and ship subsidy questions in return for a favor from the Speaker. Speaker ' Henderson also stated that there was not a shadow of truth in the article. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING OF WALTER S. BROOKS. Flereace Barss Arrsirsed la (be Court of Special Session Testimony , ot Mrs. Brooks. ' - r -,- By TelesraDb to tba Homing star. -New. York. March,. 15. Florence Burns was arraigned in the court of Special Sessions before Justice Mayer to-day in the continuation of the case against her on the charge of shooting Walter S. Brooks,. In the Glen Island Hotel several weeks ago. Mrs. Thomas W. Brooks,' mother of the dead man, who was called to testify, said : - ."Florence Burns said Mr. .Brooks was a criminals because he would not let Walter marry her. She also said : 'If he does not marry me I will shoot him and I will shoot to kill I' I an swered that if she shot him I would shoot her, and then I asked her: Why don't you kill yourself 1' " airs. Brooks said she heard many . conversations between her : son and Florence Burns. The latter on one occasion taunted the young man with ' being a kid, because he said be did not wish to marry as he would .then be obliged to leave the home of " his parents. Mrs. Brooks was shown and asked to identify the watch her son had with him when he was killed. At sight of the watch Mrs. Brooks swayed in her chair and would have fallen to the floor if a friend had not hurried to her aid. She was carried from the room in a faint. Mrs. Brooks returned to the stand when she had recovered. She -was shown a comb found In the room where Brooks was shot, and she said it was one she had seen Florence Burns wear. "On the last day Florence Burns was in our house," said the witness, "on December lath, in the morning, Florence told me that ahe had been home on the previous evening to look for her father's pistol to shoot Walter. She said she had been looking for it in her father's bureau drawer without being able to find it" Pouceman Uolby testined to what transpired on February 15th, when he went to the Burns' house to arrest the accused girL Miss Burns told him she saw Walter at his office at 6:30 on the night that he died, and that she arrived home at about 7:30. Colby told of a search of Florence Burns' room at her parents' home and ' said that he bad found a black shirt and jacket suit such as the woman who went with Brooks to the hotel on the night of the murder is said to have worn. Colby Identified the comb found in the room in the Glen Island hotel. An adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock next Tuesday. THE CR0PSEY MUKDER. Coroner Pearlo! Continued His Testimony. Dr. J. E. Wood the Next Witness. . - By Telegraph to tba Morning star. Elizabeth City, N. C, March 15. Coroner Fearing to-day continued his testimony in the case of James Wilcox, charged with the murder of Miss Nel lie Cropey. tie expressed the opin ion that the blow on the head caused concussion of the brain and death. Dr: J. E. Wood. Miss Cropsey's physician, was the next witness. He told of the autopsy and said no pho tograph or token of friendship was found. Wilcox claimed that he re turned Miss Cropsey't picture on the night of her disappearance. At the afternoon session ur. wooa fave evidence corroborative .or ur. 'earing's 4estimony. Two members of the coroner's jury testined that no picture was found on the dead girl. The trial will be resumed Monday. JEFPR1ES-FITZSIMM0NS. Battle for the Heavy Weight Champion ship to Tske Pisco la Msy. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , New York, March 15. Bids for the JefL'ries-Fitziimmons battle for the heavy-weight championship of the world, which is to take place about the 15th of next May, were opened here to-day in the presence of Fitz- simmons. Jeffries. is in California. There were three offers from the Yosemite, San Francisco and Twen tieth Century Clubs, all of San Fran cisco. The Yosemite offered 661 per cent of the gross receipts, the San Francisco 70 per cent, and the Twen tieth Century 80 per cent All or these clubs stated that they were ready to post forfeits. Fitzsim mons said he would like to talk with Jeffries by telegraph concerning the bida and an arrangement was made for him to do so. .. ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH. The Crampacker Resolution to be Re ported to noise of Represeatstlves.., vi Telegram to toe noram Btar. Washington, March 15. Speaker Henderson and his lieutenants of the House have decided, to report the Crampacker resolution for the. ap pointment by the Speaker of a com mittee or thirteen to investigate tne election laws of the Southern States and to determine whether the right of suffrage is abridged contrary to the provisions of the constitution. The resolution gives the committee the power to summon witnesses and send for persons and papers. The uom mittee on Rules will be called to gether next week to formally report this resolution. FLOODS IN GEORGIA. Washouts Interfere With Traffic On the Soothers Railway System. " " By Telegram to the Morning star. Brotswick, Ga., March 15. Wash--outs on the Southern Railway, 'just above Everett City, Ga.,have pre vented the arrival of trains and mails . Over that system since yesterday. It is reported here that the town of Everett City Itself is . threatened, as the waters of the lower Altamaha are rising rapidly. The Southern is bring ing its trains In over the Plant -system by way of Jessup and Waycross.. : j .
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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