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TOOL MAKERS ON THE TARIFF.
The A merican Macliinist, to get
an expression of views on reciprocity
from the manufacturers of tools,,
recently sent a circular to these
manufacturers asking what they
thought of that portion of Mr. Mc
Kinlov's Buffalo speech relating to
reciprocity, and asking tho specific
-questions: "Do you need a protec
tive tariff in your trade?" "Do
you think the present tariff has a
tendency to retard foreign trade?''
The manufacturers addressed have
establishments in thirteen States,
reaching from Massachusetts to
Iowa and from Maryland to Wis
consin, and carrying on business in
forty diHerent cities,' so that they
represent a wide area and most of
the manufacturing States.
Replies were received form 58, 38
of whom fully endorsed Mr. Mc
Kinley's reference to 'reciprocity, 7
endorsed it with some' qualification
and jjone entirely disapproved it;
34 say they need no tariff, 2 that
they do, 42 say they would rednce
or abolish the tariff on tools and
machinery, 3 would leave it as it is;
31 say it retards foreign trade and 4
that it does not. The majority is
here so large for reciprocity and
tariff reduction that it amounts to
substantial nnanimityJ
'The establishments from which
the replies came represent a capital
of 135,000.000 and employ 22,000
workmen. Divided they stand as
follows: 2 say they need protection,
a mat tney ao not: ovwouia let tne
tariff stand as it is, 42 .would reduoe
or abolish it; 34 believe, the tariff
retards exports, 4 believe that it
does not. j
"These men were not replying on
general principles or on tariff reduc
tion on other things, but were speak
ing for themselves, for the things
they manufacture, and hence their
declarations - should) have some
weight, especially since all of them
hare been advocates of the protec
tive system and at one time believed
or protended to believe, that it was
necessary to put the hiannfactnring
industries of the country on a self-
sustaining basis. TheV have reached
inn tiAi'nr. nnw whnn t.ViAu nra tint.
' only self-sustaining but when thoy
can successfully compete with man
ufacturcrs in the same lines in the
markets of the world,1 and hence 42
jout of these 58 say they do not need
any tariff protection, j
Having reached the point where
they can stand alone; and compete
with foreign wools, and having a
limited home market 1 they feel the
necessity of wider markets abroad
to continue successful, and they are
in favor of lettino down the tariff
bars and making it easier for other
nations to trade with us.
As a matter of fact international
trade is international barter; com
paratively little money changes
hands. The nation buys most from
us as such articles as it needs or
can turn to profitable account, what
we buy most from, on the assump
tlon, of course, that, it can buy as
cheaply from us as it can from others,
and sell to us on as good terms as it
can to others. Nations being simply
aggregations of people, buy and sell
juat as people ao, ouj wuore mej
a i- a - i 1 1.1
can buy the cheapest, all things
being considered,and sell where they
-can sell the dearest. '
Our export business in manufac
tures has made almost phenomenal
progress in the past few years, not
because foreign purchasers had any
partiality for us. and wished to fa
Tor us, but because we supplied
them with as good or better articles
than others did, and at as low or
lower prices. If there had been no
hampering tariff in the way to re
tard trade the probabilities are that
this progress would have been still
greater. Mr. McEinley embraced
this idea in his Buffalo speeoh when
he said that we could not expect to
be sellers always without being buy-
ws. If we were sellers only and not
Buyers there would be little interna
a . ,
uonai iraae, and we would soon
cease to be sellers, for tho people
who bought from us would get tired
of that one-sided way of doing busi
ness and would seek ojhers with
-whom it could do some swapping or
Mi.niig.
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ne conditions are changed and
VOL. XXXIII.
if we would continue - the course on
whioh we have entered and aim
ascommercial supremacy, we must
change onr trade policies to conform
to the changed conditions. We
have become within the past quar
ter of a century ' a manufacturing
nation that acknowledges no equal.
Other nations practically confess
this by the efforts some of them are
making to check or prevent Ameri
cans from competing with their
manufacturers in their own markets
or in their own "sphere of influ
ence," which means sections of the
earth that they have appropriated
for the benefit of their own trade.
There is but one country in the
world that can compare with this
in the variety and abundance of its
resources for manufacturing indus
tries, and that is Russia, with its
broad sweep of territory over to the
Pacific: but with all its surface and
buried resources, Russia lacks the
hustling, ingenious, resourceful men
to turn these resources to account,
as Americans do. That country is
still in its infancy as a manufactur
ing nation, and some of its best
achievements have been the result
of studying American methods and
the utilizing of American labor-
saving machinery. They have much
more to learn before they approxi
mate the lines the Americans have
reached, and by the time they do
the Americanswill have advanced
so much further that they will be
relatively no nearer than they are
now.
But to keep up this progressive
pace American genius and push
must not be hampered and restrict
ed to its own territory. It must
liave the world for a field and the
stimulus of foreign competition to
spur it to greater effort to reach
the limit of the possible. The way
to do that is to remove the dead
weight, lift the handicap, take off
the brakes, turn on the steam and
let the car of progress bowl on.
With onr unrivalled resources and
the matchless genius of our people,
there is no nation on the earth that
we need fear in the contest for in
dustrial and commercial supremacy.
A FETCHING ABOUKEHT.
In his speech in the Senate Fri
day, in support of the Chinese ex
clusion bill, Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, gave good and sufficient rea
sons why the bill should pass, but
he presented the clincher in con
clusion when he warned his Repub
lican colleagues that failure to pass
it wonld mean the ruin of the Re-
pablican party in the Pacific States.
That wasn't a mere empty threat, for
they have had warnings enough of
that from other sources, and there
fore it may be taken for granted that
a bill sufficiently drastic to placate
the Pacific coast voters will be
passed.
It was fear of the voters that
passed the Geary act in the first in
stance; it was the fear of the voters
that secured its re-enactment ten
years later, when the original act ex
pired, and it will bo the same persua
sive fear of the voters which will on
sure another shut-out of the Chinese
horde.
While the Republican advocates
of this measure do not deserve any
credit for it, and are not sincere in
their professed desire to protect the I
American workman from tne com
petition of coolie labor, they are
doing tho right thing in drawing
the line on this so-called Chinese
"immigration," which would be
bringing the "yellow peril" within
our own doors. There is really.
more occasion for drawing the line
now than there was twenty years
azo. when it was first drawn to
placate the agitators, who were de-
risiveij u a ueu iu oituuiumcio,
under the lead of Denis Kearney,
or ten vears later, when it was
drawn again.
There is more unrest in China
now than there has been at any time
previous to the breaking out of the
Boxer war, in twenty years. With
internal trouble, crowding by other
nations in the rush for territory
grabbing, and the prospects of war,
of which China would be the field.
millions cf Chinamen would get out
if they could, and most of them
would break lor . this country as a
matter of necessity if not of choice.
Australia has drawn the line against
them, Canada proposes to do. the
same, and this country would be
I practically their only refuge. There
are too many floaters in that popu
lation of 350,000,000. We couldn't
Stand the influx, and whether there
be any racial prejudice in it or not,
self preservation and common sense
,p ,
to keep the yellow norae out,
A story is told in Washington
that Senator Hawley, of Conneo
tiout, met a party of young women
sight seeing in the canitol and vol
unteeredto show them the points of
interest. When he got through
one of them slipped a quarter into
his hand. He objected to the reward
and she insisted, taking him for a
janitor , or something of that sort.
Now the question is whether the
joke is on the Senator or on the girl.
: WHERE TEX PZS8I0BS 00.
There has been a good deal of talk
about pension reform, making the
pension roll "a roll of honor," and
all that sort of thing, but when the
reformer bobs up and undertakes to
make it "a roll of honor" he instantly
becomes the target of the "patriots,"
wno are making money out ol tnat
and he goes down or is persuaded to
tender his resignation, (if he holds a
Federal appointment.) If necessary,
they will "promote", him, as it is
proposed to do with Commissioner
Evans, whose absence is preferable
to his presence in the Pension Office.
There are too many millions
involved. in this loot, and too many
directly or indireotly living upon it,
to enoourage any prospect of reform,
and besides this the great bulk of
themoney goes to the States which
have a controlling influence in
national elections. -
Pension figures show that of the
$140,000,000r or more, paid out in
pensions $13,378,371 go .to Penn
sylvania, $15,211,127 to Ohio, $11,
931,376 to New York, $9,757,000 to
Illinois and $10,291,876 to' Indiana,
with proportionately large Bums to
other Northern and Western States.
Out, of the $140,000,000, or more,
there is a little over $5,000,000 paid
to pensioners in the South, who,
with the exception of Northern sol
diers who have settled in the South,
are mainly negroes; so that about
$135,000,000 goes to pensioners in
the ' North and West. . Of course
the South has no reason to expect
pensions, but the South,' all the
same, pays her proportionate part
about one-third of the total
amount.
With all this money going North
there is little prospect of pension
reform, and little attention will be
paid to any protests that come from
this side of the line. There is too
much politics in it for the statemen
on the other side of the line, who
profit by it.
Mrs. Kleiburger, the wife of a
wealthy diamond dealer in Brook
lyn, N. Y., wants to sell her hcuse
to "niggers, shining, greasy-face
niggers." The reason why she wants
to sell is because her neighbors boy
cotted Iier because she associates
with a negro family. She draws the,
line between colored folks and
niggers, and wants for spite to plant,
some niggers among her neighbors
and get even with them for cutting
her. That is in Brooklyn.
At a recent meeting of physicians
in Berlin one of them who delivered
a lecture on the treatment of heart-
wounds, exhibited a man who was
carrying a bullet embedded in nis
heart which he had shot into it him
self with the intent to commit sui
cide. The heart is entirely healed,
performs its regular functions and
doesn't seem to mind the chunk of
lead embedded in it.
Dr. Kohnke, of the New Orleans
board of health, says the time to boy-
cot the mosquito is when he is in the
shell. Take time by the forelock,
and do the exterminating before the
mosquito soars out of the incubator
and goes to biting. A small quanti-
ty of oil poured on the pools, etc.,
is a powerful discourager.
Andrew Carnegie has given $250,-
000 to the city of Havana for a pub
lic library on condition that the city
give a lot for the building and guar
antee $25,000 a year for improve
ments and the maintenance of the
library, which the city agrees to do.
The Legislature of Virginia has
granted a charter for a new ship
yard, and is considering another for
a $10,000,000 plant. But the subsidy
boomers say subsidies are necessary
to encourage the ship building busi
ness in this country.
The spokesmen for the meat trust
give two reasons for the recent raise
in the price of beef scarcity of
cattle and short crop of corn. When
put to it they can raise excuses about
aa easy as they can raise prices.
A good many Americans were at
that bull fight in Mexico when the
goaded bull caught the matador on
his horns, tossed him in the air and
killed him. The Americans applaud
ed and yelled bully for the bull.'
That Chicago man who recently
closed a deal for 60,000 barrels of
Kentucky for
I use" seems to have nnbou
his own
unbounded con
fidence in - his absorbing capacity.'
There is no particular reason why
the bibulous San Franciscan should
go long between drinks, when there
is a saloon in that town for every
twenty-two adults, male and female.'
It is 8aid that President Schwab,
of the Steel Trust, will have the
daisiest private railroad car in the
country.' It was built regardless df
1 expense and cost over 1100,000.
WILMINGTON, N.0., FED) AY, APRIL 11, 19021
THE CONSOLIDATION.
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Absorption of Plant System by
Atlantic Coast Line and Its
Probable Effect Here.
WALTERS NOT A QUITTER.
J.
Comment la Savausb, Chsrkstoi Md
Elsewhere Upon tie Biz Deal WIN
mliftoo's Geographical Ativan-
tare as Headquarters. -
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Now that the Atlantic Coast Line
has acquired the Plant svstem of rail
way!, it becomes a question of mo
mentous interest to the people of Wil
mington whether or not any change
will be made in' the general offices.
Nothing is known in regard to this
matter outside official circles, and
even there it is not likely that the
details have been arranged. Viewed
from a practical, eommon-siense stand
point, however, the conclusion la in
evitable that the general offices of the
Plant system will be merged in those
of the Atlantic Coast Line at Wil
mington. Geographically, this city is the ideal
point for the general offices. Already
the Coast Line has magnificent build
ing here and, if not large enough for
the increased business that will surely
follow the absorption of the Plant
lines, they can be enlarged to any ex
tent that may be necessary.
Wilmington, too, is a central paint
on the great Atlantic Coast Line, as
now constituted, and it is among the
probabilities that the capacity of the
shops here and the number of employes
will be largely increased, though there
is no reason to suppose that the shops
at Savannah will be removed. .
With the general offices of the com
bined systems in Wilmington, there
would necessarily be large additions
to the working force in the various de
partments and this, it is likely, would
be followed by numerous promotions
among the present employes and the
appointment of a number of new
clerks.
Taken altogether, the Stab regards
the new alignment as one that will
prove a great and lasting benefit to
Wilmington ; and our people may rely
on Mr. Walters .and his associates to
extend the same fair and generous
treatment that has always been accord
ed them, i
In this connection the annexed ex
tracts giving comments on the situa
tion will be found interesting:
The Charleston News and Courier
ays of the probable changes:
"Radical changes are looked for
when the two roads are consolidated
and with1 the passing away of the
Plant system many officials of that
line will doubtless have to go. With
the present arrangement the general
offices of the Atlantic Coast Line are
in Wilmington, while the Plant sys
tem headquarters are located In Bavan
nah. It in more than likely that the
latter offices will be abolished and all
the business will be handled from the
Wilmington end. with Coast Line
jurisdiction extending over the Florida
roads, it is rather early to ngureon
probable changes, although these are
orettv certain to follow, and many of
the officials are more or less concerned
about results. n
The News and Courier also makes
an effort to fathom the future as fol
lows: "It is the general opinion in railroad
circles that eventually the Pennsyl
vania will buy the entire route from
Washington to Florida, and there are
tome railroad men hereabouts who
believe the consolidation of these two
valuable i properties connecting at
Charleston is the first move in that
direction.'.'
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The Stab takes pleasure in stating
that no such opinion, prevails here.
The Atlantic Coast Line is a buyer,
not a seller, and Harry Walters was
never a "quitter." Well informed men
here think he will now adopt as his
motto: "Westward the star of empire
takes its way."
The Savannah correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution thus refers to
the feeling at the Plant headquarters:
"Some I consternation among the
Plant system officials and employes
was produced by the information, for
it is not known what the effect will
be. It is believed, however, that po
sitions on the Plant system will be by
no means assured to ineir present
holders, for a consolidation will doubt
less mean a general change and the
decapitation of some of the general
heads of departments. This is com
mon talk among officials and em
nl aw.. "I
In au extended article the Richmond
Times make this reference to the mag
nitude of the deal: '
"This is one of the largest railway
dull tht haa taken nlaceun the coun
try ainca the menrer of the systems of
the Northwest, which has created such
a stir and caused the institution oi
various anita to the courts. By it the
entire railway system of the South
with the Axetntion of such lines as
are controlled by the Seaboard Air
Lines') are nassed under the- control
nf two sTstflms that are working in
nerfeot harmony, the Southern and
the Atlantic Coast Line."
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES.
State of Montsaa Defrauded of Larje
Sams by Contractors.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
ButtbJ Mont . Aprils. Sensational
disclosures were made yesterday in the
suit of 13,000 damages brought by
Collector J. A. Blddell against Con
tractor Charles Suiter and Banker G.
L. Ramsey on a charge of conspiracy.
RhIim nn thA stand, declared tbat the
State had been defrauded of $50,000 by
himself and hisf ei low co ntractors,
Biddell and C. E. Roach, through the
manipulations of J. U. rauison, jm
Bute architect, who committed suicide.
He testified that Paulson induced the
State to allow the plans of the school
of mines: to be changed alter con
tract had teen awarded, so that the
contractors made $17,000. In the same
way they made $35,000 out oi tnree
other BUte buildings.:
THE SOUTH DAKOTA SUIT.
Answer to CenpiaJat Made PokHc Last
. I Night Negre't Iron SksnV
Special Star Telegram. k
Ralegh. N. O.,' April a. Attorney
General Bobt D. Gilmer made public
this evening the answer on the part
of North Carolina In the South Dakota
suit now pending in the Sunreme
Court of the United States, in which
an effort is made to enforce payment
by this SUte of the Western North
Carolina railroad bonds, which the
State proposed .to settle in 1879 at
twenty-five cents on the dollar.. The
principal features of the answer are a
denial that the bonds are valid obliga
tions of the Bute and alleges that com
plainant and assignors. Immediate and
remote, nan notice of the non-com
pliance with the law providing for
their issue and sale and that the
present holders procured the same,
knowing the 8tate , had refused to pay
the principal or interest and charging
that the suit is a scheme concocted
fraudulently to obtain jurisdiction in
the TJ. 8. Court to ' bring about an en
forcement of the collection of all
outstanding- bonds, amounting to
$250,000.
Tom Early, the negro rapist.
Wounded on the train near Edenton
yesterday, was brought to the peni
tentiary to-day by Deputy Boberson.
The negro's wounds amount to noth
ing. The bullets hit his skull, mashed
flat and rolled off his head like peas.
says Deputy Boberson, who was in
the seat by him.
DAMAGE TO TRUCK CROPS.
Track Growers' Joarasl" Ssys Injury by
Cold Is Not More Thai Five Per
Cent. Pail Reports.
Based upon reports from reliable
correspondents at Cnadbourn.Charles-
ton, Grists, Florence, Lake City, Cur
rie, Burgaw, Wallace, Teacbyes, Rose
Hill, Warsaw, Faison, Mt Olive,
Newberu, Norfolk, Southern Pines
and elsewhere throughout this terri
tory, the Carolina Fruit and Truck
Grou'er'ft Journal J of yesterday esti
mates the injury to growing crops by
reason of the recent cold snap at not
more than 5 per cent, of the crop out-
pat. Commenting upon the situation
the Journal says in an exhaustive
review:
"Many apprehended a far greater
lots, and really we had ourselves
feared something more disastrous. It
all goes to show, however, that the
territory of the two Carolines is the
most favored of all other sections for
the profitable growth of strawberries
and early rege tables, and that the
North. East and Middle West must
look to this territory for their supplies
in tnese lines. i
'By this we do not mean that other
sections cannot successfully grow
strawberries and early vegetables once
in a while: but year in and year out
there is absolutely no section tnat can
successfully compete with the two
Caroiinas in point of quality, qaantily.
grade and market value, and all these
elements enter effectually into the
question of the strawberry and vege
table business, with climatic and geo
graphical conditions, transportation
facilities, etc.. added to the above, all
that we have contended for is abun
dantly substantiated."
A. C. L. Ice Noose. :
Florence Times, 5th: "The A. C.
L. is building an ice house for its own
use here, which will have a capacity
of 50 tons. Work began this morn
ins. The house is situated in the abop
yard and will be of brick, witn oounie
walls, separated oy a pacting or cin
dera and sawdust The inside dimen
sions are 14x14 feet. During the win
ter about 15,000 pounds a month are
used, bat the amount is much in ex-
cess or this during tne not monws.
EDUCATIONAL CONPEKENCE.
In Session la Qreeosboro Usder Aasplces
of the SUte Association.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
QRBsaraBOBO. N. C. April 5. An
educational conference, whose practi
cal results, as planned, means much
for the cause of education throughout
this State and the entire South, is
in session here under the auspices
of the SUte Association for the
Improvement of Publio Schools,
assisted bv the Southern Education
hoard. Governor Avcock. State Su
rarintendent of Schools Joyner. and
Dr. Charles Mclver. constitute the
executive committee of the associa
tinn. The organization of women
with a view of improvement of rural
school houses and grounds and the for
matlon of a society for the building of
better school houses in rural districts
are contemrjiaieo. xne Key note oi
all the speeches to-day waa the idea
that it is time the educationally
stronger communities of the South
begin to help tne rural aisincis im
prove the school facilities.
TAKEN FOR A STRIKER.
Norfolk Police Officer Shot Tbrovgh an
Uafortnoate Mlsnnderstaadlai.
By TeMcrapa to tne Hornlna Btar.
Norfolk, Va., April 5. Through an
unfortunate misunderstanding Police
Officer Solomon Spratt lies painfully
wounded at SL Vincent's hospital.
while Officer Powers has a bullet hole
through his hat The officers were
out in citizens' clothes to protect the
property of the Norfolk Railway and
Iitohtinff Gompanv from strikers.
While making their rounds, they ob
served a man lying in a wagon. This
nroved to be special officer. Wil
liana Blount Each regarded the other
as a strikers and the shooting ensued.
BILLS BEFORE THE. SENATE.
PhlllDnlae Goverameat BUI to Be Made
mw
the Uaforalsbed Bnslaess.
By Tategrapn to the Homing Btar.
" Washington, April 5. The Repub
lican steering committee - of the Senate
to day decided to recommend that the
bill providing a form of government
for the Philippine archipelago should
ha made the unfinished business.
which is the place of preference on the
Ranata calendar after the disposal of
the Chinese Exclusion bill, and that
the' Nicaragua Canal ahould be next
assigned to that position.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
It Will Meet la Greensboro Anfflst 2Itt.
: Seawall's Schooner. Salt.
Special Star Telegram ; ;
BaLEiaH, N. C, April 5. The
8tate Republican Executive Commit
tee at Greensboro to-day Issued a call
for the State Convention to meet at
Greensboro, August 81st The com
mittee stood ? to 6 between Greensboro
and Raleigh. - i. .
Judge Furnell rendered an opinion
to day in the salvage suit against the
schooner Thoe., L. James, stranded
near Bogue Inlet. October Slat. 1S88.
The vessel is owned by Mr. Arthur
Seawell, the Vice-Presidential candi
date. ' Judge Purnell holds the ten
men rendered salvage service and are
entitled to a thousand dollars each and
$160 each additional, for saving the
cargo tnrown overboard.
A Bold, Bad Msn.
While investigating - the robbery of
Mr. Herbert 8mith, of Duplin county.
last week, City Detective Robert Green
shadowed for a week or" more a man
whom he Is certain was Frank Duncan,
a murderer, who is wanted at Birming-
nam, Aia., and lor whom $500 re
ward if offered. . The mau left
the city only a few hours before
Capt Green received photographs
which would have warranted his mak
ing the arrest He advises people of
the State to look out for the man, who
Is professedly an expert safe-blower.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lexington Dispatch: It is ru
mored here that certain men of means
are contemplating the erection ot a
cotton seed oil mill in Lexington. The
movement as yet has assumed no defi
nite shape, but the outlook is encour
aging and it is believed by those chiefly
interested that the plant will be erected.
Rocky Mount Spokesman: The
Planters' Bank has recently increased
its capital stock from $25,000 to $10,-
000. r-Tho American Tobacco
Company are making arrangements
to double their plant in Rocky Mount.
They will put in more machinery, and
are thinking of moving the wooden
building and putting up one of brick.
Concord Times: Mr. John
A. Sims, deputy collector for this
district last week seized five govern
ment distilleries, three in Rowan and
two in Cabarrus. The two seized in
Cabarrus were those of Milas and
Lawson Misenheimer, and were the
only distilleries in this county. Several
barrels or whiskey were taken and
shipped to Salisbury. Mr. Sims had a
guard to watch all night in the Gold
Hill depot. Besides the' above, one
blockade distillery was destroyed
last week. -
Belgrade Courier: Just over
the line in Duplin county lives Prince
Grady, a negro. His second finger is
81 Inches long; from his second finger
to his wrist is c inches; bis arms are
S feet long and his legs are 3 feet and
11 inches. From hut hips to the crown
of his head is 28 inches and "from the
bottom of foot to his knee is 3 feet and
4 inches. The sole of his foot meas
ures 14 inches and he reachea up from
feet into the air 6 feet and 3 inches aod
is still cominjr, being only 17 years of
g.
Newton Enterprise: Mr. Lee
M. Seizer one day last week shipped
500 rabbit skins in one bunch. They
were pressed in a cotton press and
went off in the shape of a bale of cot
ton. It was the first bale of rabbit
skins ever shipped from Newton.
alai. Joseph Blackburn, of Lancom
county was found dead in his shop
last Thursday. He waa subject to
heart disease, and it is supposed that
he died in one of these attacks. He
was a noted wagon maker and a major
of militia. He was about 68 years of
age.
Sanford Express: From all in
dications the farmers will plant for as
big cotton crop this year as they did
last This is probably due. to the
present high price of cotton. Two
white men engaged in a dispute .here
Saturday over twenty cents. They
agreed to diyest themselves of any
deadly weapons tbat they might have
and settle the trouble in a regular old
fist and skull fight They laid off their
coats and went at each other like
tigers. One succeeded in carrying off
a mouth full of the other's cheek, this
being the only damage done except to
their pockets. They were carried be
fore the Mayor and made to pay a fine
and costs.
Wadesboro Messenger-InteUi-
gencer: Shortly after noon Thurs
day the dead body of Mr. Daniel Mc
Laurin was found in a room of his
house, about three miles from Liles-
ville. Mr. McLaarin lived alone and
was waited on by Bennett Ingram, an
old colored man. Ingram says that
Mr. McLaurin ate a hearty breakfast
Thursday morning and appeared to
be as well as usual. un Friday
morning Mr. James High, who lived
on Captain McLaughlin's place in
Lilesville township, fell dead between
the shandies of his plow while bed
ding land in a field. There were
several other parties piougning in tne
same field, but when they reached the
stricken man he was apparently stone
dead. The residence of Capt w.
I. Everett of Rockingham, was de
stroyed by fire late Wednesday after
noon. It was a handsome house, and
the loss is estimated at $7,000; Insur
ance, $3,000.
PIQHTINQ IN THE TRANSVAAL.'
The EBiscemeat Near Hart's River-Heavy
Losses of the British.
Br Cable to tbe Horning Btar
Pretoria, Friday, April 5. The
British losses in the engagement In
the neighborhood of Hart's river in
the southeastern extremity of the
Trail rraal. March 81. were three offi
cers and twenty-four men killed and
sixteen officers and 131 men wounded.
The Boers admit that they lost 137
men killed or wounded. The action
occurred at Doornbalt farm, a few
miles south of the scene of General
Delarey'a defeat of General Methuen.
The Boers, who were commanded by
Generals Kemp and Potgieter, attack
ed with great determination, but the
Canadian contingent which was the
last to arrive in south Ainca irom
Canada, and two squadrons of yeo
manry under cot uooxson ana tne
artillery and mounted rifles under
CoL Kelr, presentea sucn a sioui iront
that the burghers were finally forced to
retreat
The casualty list shows that the
Second Canadian:mounted riles bad
four officers wounded, nine men kill
ed and forty men wounded. - -.
NO. 24
BASEBALL SCDEDDLE.
How- the Teams WfllOne Up
for the Pecaant - Race in
North Carolina.
SEASON OPENS ON MAY 5TH.
Nice Qimes Will Comoiesce tbe Series
on the ' Rome " Diamond Then a'
; Merry War Until the First of
September Other Notes.
The schedule'committee of the State
Baseball League yesterday completed
its labors in Raleigh and announces
the following series:
May S, 6, 7 Raleigh at Wilmington,
Charlotte at Durham, Greensboro at
Newborn.
May 8, 9, 10 Charlotte at Newborn,
Greensboro at Wilmington, Durham
at Raleigh.
May 12. IS, 14 Newborn at Dor
ham, Charlotte at Wilmington,
Greensboro at Raleigh.'
May 15, 16, 17 Wilmington at Dur
ham, Raleigh at Charlotte, Newborn
at Greensboro.
May 19, 20, 21 Durham at New
bsrn, Raleigh at Greensboro, Wil
mington at Charlotte.
May 22. 23, 24 Durham at Wil
mington, Newbern at Raleigb.Greens
boro at Chariot' e. .
May 26, 27, 28 Wilmington at
Newbern, Greensboro at Durham,
Charlotte at Raleigh.
May 29, 30, 31 Newbern at Wil
mington. Raleigh at Charlotte, Char
lotte at Greensboro.
June 2, 3, 4-rDurham at Greens
boro, Wilmington at Raleigh, Newbern
at Charlotte.
June 5, 6. 7 Raleigh at Newbern,
Wilmington at Greensboro, Durham
at Charlotte.
June 9, 10, 11 Raleigh at Wilming
ton, Charlotte at Durham, Greensboro
at Newbern.
June 12, 13, 14 Charlotte at New
bern, Greensboro at Wilmington, Dur
ham at Raleigh.
.June 16, 17, 18 Newbern at Dur
ham.Charlotte at Wilmington, Greens
boro at Raleigh.
June 19, 20, 21 Wilmington at Dur
ham, Raleigh at Charlotte, Newbern
at Greensboro.
June 23, 24, 25 Durham at New
bern, Raleigh at Greensboro, Wilming
ton at Charlotte.
June 26, 27, 28 Durham at Wil
mington, Newbern at Raleigh, Greens
boro at Cbarlottee.
June SO and July 1, 2 Wilmington
at Newbern, Greensboro at Durham,
Charlotte at Raleigh.
July 3, 4, 5 Newbern at Wilming
ton, Raleigh at Durham, Charlotte at
Greensboro, (Durham at Raleigh af
ternoon of July 4th, Raleigh at Dur
ham, morning.)
July 7, 8, 9 Durham at Greens
boro, Wilmington at Raleigh, New
bern at Charlotte.
J uly 10, 11, 12 Raleigh at Newbern,
Wilmington at Greensboro, Durham
at Charlotte.
July 14, 15, 16 Raleigh at Wil
mington, Charlotte at Durham,
Greensboro at Newbern.
July 17, 18, 19 Charlotte at Ne
bern, . Greensboro at Wllmingto
Durham at Raleigh.
July 21, 22, 23 Newbern at Dui
ham, Charlotte at Wilmington,
Greensboro at Raleigh.
July 24, 25,26 Wilmington at Dur
ham, Raleigh at Charlotte, Newbern
at Greensboro.
July 28, 29, 80 Durham "at New
bern, Raleigh at Greensboro, Wil
mington at Charlotte.
July 31 and Aug. 1, 2 Durham at
Wilmington, Newbern at Raleigh,
Greensboro at Charlotte.
August 4, 5, 6 Wilmington at New
bern, Greensboro at Durham, Char
lotte at Raleigh.
August 7, 8, 9 Newbern at Wil
mington, Raleigh at Durham, Char
lotte at Greensboro.
August 11, 12, 13 Durham at
Greensboro, Wilmington at Raleigh,
Newbern at Charlotte.
August 14, 15, 16-Raleigh at New
bern, Wilmington at Greensboro, Dur
ham at Charlotte.
August 18, 19, 20 Raleigh at Wil
mington, Charlotte at Durham,Greens
boro at Newbern.
August 21, 22, 24 Charlotte at New
bern, Greensboro at Wilmington,
Durham at Raleigh.
August 25, 26, 27 Newbern at Dur
ham,Charlotte at Wilmington, Greens
boro at Raleigh.
August 28, 29, 30 Wilmington at
Durham, Raleigh at Charlotte, New
bern at Greensboro.
ENGLISH ROPE MAKERS.
Protest Afaiist U. S. Tariff Reflations
Cosceraioi Manila Hemp.
Br Oable to the morning our.
London, April 5. The English
rope-makers will shortly submit a po
tion to the foreign office protesting
against the action of Congress in abol
ishing the export duty on manila hemp
shipped direct to the United States but
enforcing the tax on hemp ahipped to
other countries. ; This discrimination.
the English rope-makers say, entails
on them an extra cost of thirty shill
ings per ton, leaving them on a "most
unequal footing as competitors with
the United BUtes.
THE FINANCIAL BILL.
Favorable Report Ordered ea the Measure
Framed by Republicans
By Tategrapn to tne Harnlng Btar. ,
Washington, April 5. The House
Committee on Banking and Currency,
by a vote on party lines, to-day order
ed a favorable report on the financial
bill framed by the Republican mem
bers of the committee and introduced
br Chairman Fowler, "to maintain
the gold standard, provide an elastic
currency, equalize the rates of inter
est - throughout the country, and
further amend the national banking
laws." '-', : '
PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES.
Special Embassy from the United States
- to the Coronation of Klsg Edward.
By Telegram to tna Morning star.
. Washington, "April 5. It is said
tbat Congress will not be asked for an
appropriation to defray the expenses
of the United States' 'special embassy
to the coronation ot King Edward.
These expenses will be defrayed by the
civilians ox tne party out oi weir own
pockets, while the army and navy at
taches will tie ordered to ixmaon in
the course of duty, and thus will have
to depend upon their ordinary mileage.
. afrOahto tocMlloriiiMBtar.
GlasoowY April 5. The struggle of
the' great' crowds which' gathered at
Ibrox Park to-day to witness ; the last
International Association football eon
test, between England and Scotland,
caused the collapse of a portion of one
of the spectators' terraces, resulting In
the death of three persons and tbe in
jury of 125 Others.
When the game began 70,000 spec
tators were on the ground and an im
mense crowd had gathered on the out- -side.
; Being unable to obtain admit
tance, the crowd broke down some of
the bars and swarmed upon the field,
whereupon the police charged and
drove the intruders back upon the ter
races and seats. 'The railings dividing
the crowds were broken and the peo-
Jile were thrown over each other. - In
he frantic struggle towards, the exits
tbe pressure toward the upper portion
of the westerly terrace was so great
that a hundred feet of the highest part
of the structure collapsed under the
weight of the crowd driven upon it
precipitating the mass of people to the
ground, aixty feet below. The injured
were piled in .heaps, wedged in with
broken wood.
The on-lookers hesitated to approaoh
the dangling structure at first but
finally began to utilize portions of the
broken barriers as stretchers. A nun-'
dred of the most seriously injured
were -carried to the pavilion and to
spaces in the rear of the stands. A
majority of the victims are Buffering
from broken ribs and fractured limbs,
while some sustained internal in
juries. -
Those most severely hurt were later
removed in ambulances to infirmaries.
8Ix of the injured are not likely to re
cover. A few persons were thrown down
and trampled upon in trying to escape
from the crush when' the police
charged, but most of the vlotlms sus
tained their in juries in the fall of the
terrace.
Up to midnight five deaths had been
reported as the result of the accident
while In the cases of twenty other vic
tims all hope ot recovery had been'
abandoned. It is now believed that
the final collapse was caused more dl- -rectly
by the efforts of those nearest
the first break than by the additional
weight of those who rushed upon the
stand from below. The -terrace,
although supported by iron girders, .
swayed and cracked ominously under
the movements of its frantic oecu-
Eants. The fall of the portion is one
undred feet long, thirty feet wide
and contained twelve tiers of seats.
The injured in many cases were lying
five deep and it is marvelous tbat there
were not more fatallities.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE
By the Grand Jary lavestliatlBf Official
Corruption and Bribery la the City
of St. Loals, Mlssoarl.
B Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
St. Loots, April 5. Most sensation
al charges are made by the grand jury
which haa been investigating bribery
and official corruption in the munici
pal assembly, in its final report to-day
to Judge O'Neill Ryan in the Criminal
Court
The report declares that the people
of St Louis have but a vague concep
tion of the extent to which corruption
and venality have for the past ten
years existed among its sworn officers
and public servants. It finds the true
condition of affairs almost too appalling
for belief. A tribute is paid to Joseph
W. Folk, the circuit attorney, under
whose leadership the investigation is
being made.
The report says, in part:
"From the evidence before us, it
appears that an official of the city gov
ernment boasted of the fact that he had
made $25,000 a year out of his official
position, which paid a legitimate sal
ary of but $300 a year. Another offi
cial, according to evidence before us,
agreed with one interest to do an offi
cial .act for $75,000, and afterward,
from the opposing interests, accepted
the sum of $100,000 for doing the very
opposite of tbat which he agreed to do
for $75,000. One legislator received in
cash at his own residence the sum of
$50,000 for his vote on a pending
measure. This waa retained by him
for a few daya and then returned in
the hope of receiving a larger sum.
The measure waa enacted and the
member after much delay, was finally
compelled to accept aa,ooo.
"The evidence shows us that there
are in this city men of seeming great
respectability, directors in large cor
porations and prominent in business
and social circles, who have not hesi
tated to put up money to bribe through
the Assembly measures in which they
were interested. When called before
our body some have added tbe crime
of perjury and only escape consequent
ignominy because' their evidence
would not be admissible in the trial
courts."
No names are mentioned in connec
tion with these charges of fraud. The
Sand jury suggests that members of
e House of Delegates should here
after be chosen by the city at large.
The payment of liberal salaries to these
officials is advocated in order that
honest men can afford to serve.
JEPFRIES-P1TZSIMMONS.
Little Dooftt That the Plfbt Caa Be Palled
Oil la Charleston.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
Charleston, April 5. J. O. Jau-
don, representing the Southern Ath
letlo Club, which haa bid for the Fitz-
simmons-Jeffries fight returned to
day from New York. Concerning
Jeffries' demand that the forfeit be in
creased from $5,000 to $10,000, and to
cover the assurance of pulling off the
contest Jaudon said he would at
once consult ma attorney : ana secure
frpm the State authorities a statement
of their attitude towards the proposed
fight If assured . there would be no
interference, he says he will meet the
demands of the champion and ar
range to close the engagement for
i Charleston. ; Jaudon haa no-doubt the
fight can be pulled off. .
AN OYSTER COMBINE.
The Object is Said to Be to Protect Prices
. and prevent Cnttlsf.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Boston, Mass., April 5. A move
ment is on foot to form a oyster com
bine. A delegation of dealers from
Norfolk, Va., haa been in this city the
past week to interest some Boston men
who nave nouaes in nonoia: a incom
bination in that city. '
One of the dealers, having house
in Norfolk, says the proposed com
bine was similar to the national man
Company which was started In this
city a year or two ago. VThe object
of the new combination." he said, "ia
to protectlprioes ana prevent cuuing.