AT A FOOTBALL OAfllE. aBBBSBBMsaSBBBSBBBBk Three Persois KHIed Outright snd 12S Isjored-rMay of the Utter Win ; . " si.00 A TEAR in udmhce. '- j ! : ' v : - JVao-, i V -v os-a E-Ki' . r; S '' -r. ' ' :'v ::: 8888SS88883888388 88888888888888888 2288SS95S8SSSC8X 88888838888S88888 iqinojn S- 88888838288888888, 88838SffS8S8888838 8288eS82S8SS8888? .8883883888388888 i a n S 3: i s i J? a) U a, tl J 2 : SS33Sg3 kntered t the Pott Offtt at i ilmtgtoa, N. C, u Second Clan Ma 'ei.l SUBSCRIPTION P.ICE. fbr fubscrlptloa ptlct ol tht War idy Btar li u (olluWI! ' Single Copy 1 year, poautt paid 00 u " iomum - ..... imoutlu M 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. mi .... 1 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. ; ' -V- 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. - 44 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.'.' i - 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.

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