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WILLIAM H. BEBHAED Bdltor and ProprtetoT. . Friday, Mat 2, 1903 'THE CRIME 07 8AMAB." Ere this the people of the coun try hare been' thoroughly horrified at the exposures of what the Phila delphia Pressl calls the "Crime of Samar." But; the organs of the party Bhould riot try to shift all the responsibility for this by denounc ing it as a crime and pretending that the war managers at Washing ton didn't know anything about it, for they did know something about it, and approved it by silence if not by endorsement. The following is the latest from the Press on that subject: .) "Gen. Jacob Smith order to 'kill and burn and to make Samar 'a howl . in wilderness' will be promptly de nounced by all; who have a just sense of the good name and honor of the country. That is not enough. It must be made clear in the most unmistak able way that this brutal proceeding Is altogether repugnant to tbe whole spirit and policy of American rule in the Philippines. The wanton order does the greatest possible wrong to a humane Government and people. We are inclined to believe that in its reck less and overwrought terms it does a those who are directly responsible for 1L "The order was not approved by our Government otf known to it. The first knowledge of it came to this country through the trial of Major Waller. It was one of the points of the testimony that such an order had been issued. Secretary Boot in his dispatch to Gen eral Chaffee Bald : 'if such testimony was given and the facts can be estab lished, you will place General Smith on trial by court martial.'- xne urovern ment thus had not known of the order. . much less sanctioned it. As soon as it did learn of it the court martial was di rected. Its skirts are clear. Its re sponsibility is in dealing with the act now tbat it has been brought to light. "The inquiry and prosecution which have been instituted must ba search ing and thorough. Every circum stance and antecedent of the order must be examined. Such an exami nation will possibly show tbat the or . der, shameful as it was, was only ver bal ; that it was given in exaggerated ' language without the intent of literal luiuuuicm, auu uat it iru uui iui- lowed by the sweeping and indiscrimi nate destruction which it seemed to contemplate. It will certainly thow that there was the gravest provoca tion. It is not to be forgotten that but a short time berore our forces bad baen horrified tat the masiacre of Balanglga, wherein fifty of our men, though unarmed and defenceless, were cut to pieces without mercy. That savagery bad been accompanied and followed with the most treacherous and barbarous I atrocities, and our soldiers had suffered Immeasurable hardships and frightful decimation. "But no measure of provocation justifies a proclamation of universal waste and destruction. A campaign to establish our authority and to bring the assailants toi terms was necessary, and the conditions required that the campaign should be of a drastic char acter. All this can be understood. But to order the slaughter of all above ten years of age is monstrous, and though the order stands in form and mu,st meet condign punishment it is difficult to believe that it was executed in fact." j . There will be no dissent from the Press' characterization of Smith's orders as a crime, although it indi rectly endeavors to find extenuation and thus condone the crime by al leging provocation, which, however, it says would not justify such sav agery; but there are few people of or dinary intelligence who have read the reports from the Philippines, and who knew what was being done there who will excuse the War De partment on thk ground that it was ignorant of these orders and barbari ties. This is not true, but assuming that it may be true, how does it come that the War Department is ignorant of orders that had three or four months ago become public property through the press? Gen. Chaffee's proclamation. nnntAininv j 1 instructions to the officers and men nnder his command, was published and commented upon by the press several bionths ago. Gen eral Smith's orders were tele graphed by correspondents, in the Philippines and they were pub lished and commented upon by the press. Gen. Be'jl (who was a gay bird) issued his j proclamation in the latter end of last vear. in which he gave particular instructions as to what his men must do, how they must regard every Filjpino as an enemy until he had proved by open adhesion and b j helping the Amer icans to run down his countrymen that he was a friend. No profes sions of loyalty jmust be taken, for every Filipino was presumed to be deceitful and a liar. Guides were to be impressed they were not to be mere ordinary men in their com munities but prominent and they were to be put in front where they could be the more easily shot in case of being led into traps, etc. No respect was to be shown the cloth of the I priests, who were characterized as; the most danger ous of. mischief makers. The young men of ,the army were di rected to be active and vigilant in the puriBuit ' of Filipinos and in quest of information, in which they must not be overscrupu lous as to the methods employed; in fine they were to make it so hot for the "insurrectoa" as to create a "burning desire for peace." - This was the substance of Gen. Bell's or ders which, were published by the press in this (country and com mented upon. And yet the War De partment didnH known anything about it. Howj little truth there is In this plea of ignorance is shown by the following letter of the Washing ton correspondent of the New York ZTwaW, writtenj last Sunday: "Major General Chaffee's responsi bility for tbe harsh character given to the war In Samar has been further em nhoc?zei hr the facts obtained to-day General Chaffee sent to the War Department copies of instruc tions be issued, which were directly or tacitly approvea oy me veparimeoi, nniitical oDoonents of the administra tion and friends of the army officer eek to transfer the responsibility .to the shoulders of Secretary Boot. One officer suggested to -day that an endless chain seems to bave been sianea. ma jor L. W. T. Waller, of tho Marine vorps, recently cuurruim uwi auu ed the responsibility for his conduct to General Smith. General Smith's line of defence indicates that he proposes to show that he acted under instruc tions, and General Chaffee. haying bad his policy approved, has no reason. It is said, to fear that he will be officially criticised by the Secretary of War. "On the War Department copy of the letter of instructions to General Hughes regarding the character of warfare which should be waged by General Smith In Samar, extracts irom which were published this morning, General Chaffee wrote an indorse ment in which he made suggestions regarding the transfer of troops of his command in order to control the situa tion in Samar. 'Cable answer of Ap proved,' he wrote, 'will be under stood, and my action to reinforce Hughes taken accordingly.' "It was stated to-day that after read in? General Chaffee's letter and in dorsement formal approval of his action, as he requested, was given by the War Department. "The drastic campaign which Gen eral Smith conducted in Samar has a counterpart in that carried on by Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell in the provinces of Laguna and Batan gas. In one of his reports General Soil st&tos "For the next six days all station commanders will be employed hunt ing insurgents and their hidden food supplies wnnin ineir reapecuvo juris dictions. Population of each town will be turned out. and all transporta tion that can be found impressed to bring into Government storehouses all food that is found, if it be possible to transport it. If not it will be de stroyed. 'I am now assembling in the neigh' borhood of 2,500 men, who will be used in columns of about nity men each.' I take so large a command for the purpose of thoroughly searching each ravine, valley and mountain pea it for insurgents and for food, expecting to destroy everything I find outside of towns. All able bodied men will be killed or captured. Old men, women and children will be sent to towns. This movement begins January 1, by which time I hope to have nearly all the food supplies in the towns. "These people need a thrashing to teach them some good common sense, and they should have it for the good or all concerned, Sixto Lopez is now interested in peace because I have in jail all the male members of his fami ly found In my jurisdiction and have seized his house and steamer, the Parisima COncepcion, for use of the government." "General Bell furnished General Chaffee, and the latter the War De partment, with copies of his reports and instructions. The results of the campaign were effective so far as forc ing the surrender of the insurgents was concerned, ueneral Malvar, the insur gent leader, and his followers recently surrendering. Upon being advised of the surrender the President, through Secretary Boot, sent a cable message to General Chaffee congratulating Gen eral Bell on the success of his military operations." Gen. Chaffee approved of Gen Bell's drastic measures to shoot or capture every Filipino, to strip the country of food, to corrall the wo men and children, to burn the houses, fire the towns, make a howl ing wilderness where his soldiers went, and "create a burning desire for peace" by burning the houses of the people. He approved it, sent hit report to Washington where lt- was approved and Bell was compli mented for the effectiveness with which he did his savage work. And that was last December. Doesn't this dispose of the plea of ignorance put up in behalf of the War Depart ment? Should the officers who did this kind of barbaric work be condemned and made scapegoats to shield those in authority over them, who knew what they were doing and not only assented but congratulated them up on their success? The plea will not do, for even a plea of ignorance is discreditable to and inexcusable in the War Department which should keep itself informed as to what our armies are doing and as to the proc- amations and orders issued bv the officers who act nnder it. One of the wonders of Saluda county, S. C, is a negro who can neither read nor write, who goes into trances, quotes texts from the scriptures, and preaches first rate sermons. He does this frequently, and when he wakes up doesn't know anything about it. His family phy sician vouches for this. He is a puzzle to the doctors, several of whom have been studying him, but own up that he is too much for them. An amateur hypnotist in an Illi nois village succeeded splendidly in hypnotizing a family of seven per sonsfather, mother and five chil dren. But when it came to the de hypnotizing act he was not so clever. At the end of four days he succeed ed with two of the children, and at last accounts the villagers were stand ing guard around the house to pre vent his escape nntil he had brought the others to. It is said that General Miles would ike to go as the military representa tive of this Government to the King Edward coronation show. Miles is built for parade. He loomed up con spicuously at the "Queen's jubilee," and was pronounced by the Queen one of the handsomest fellows in the layout. Beware of Ointments for Ca tarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury win surely destroy the sense of ameu and. completely derange the whole sys tem when entering; it through the mucous sur faces. Such articles should neyer .be used ex cept on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good yon can possibly derive from thnm. Ra.na Catarrh Dure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acting; directly upon the blood and mucous su Traces of the system. In buying: Hall's Catarrh Core be sure yon get the genuine. It Is taken Internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials tree. noia oy LimsgiBw. price ioo. per Hau's Family mis are the best. SMALL INDUSTRIES. The New Orleans Picayune calls attention to the fact that the British Government has recently contracted for the delivery of 10,000 nairs oars to be made of Louisiana ash, and notes another fact, that "all the leading navies use oars made from this ash." It is not stated with whom this contract was made where the oars are to Tbe made, but the Picayune remarks that it is some what strange that while the aeh Louisiana is in such great demand for oars verv few are made in that State, even many of those used by the boatmen down there being im ported, although made from Louis iana ash. This leads our concern porary to express the opinion that there is a very good opening for profitable business of that kind that State. in The fact that the ash of Louisiana is cut and shipped elsewhere to be manufactured into oars to meet foreign demands and even the de mands of the Bection from which the wood comes is somewhat re markable, but Louisiana is not ex ceptional in this respect, for there is not a Southern State which is not lacking in this, which does not supply the raw material and then buy the manufactured product of those raw materials, when they they could be made at home, things which do not require a large amount of capital, but which would pay if attention were given to them and they were followed up with indus try and good methods. There are scores of articles in common and universal use which we import, every one of which could be made in any Southern town. The fol lowing reference to small industries by the Picayune is as applicable to any Southern State as to Louisiana "It is in the encouragement of small factories devoted to the manufacture of miner articles that this State is very backward, yet these industries, by giving employment to many laoorers, as well as skilled mechanics, and con suming raw material produced right at home, do much in the way or Duna ine un their immediate neighborhoods. Many small industries are probably more benencal to the community man a few large ones." We have had abundant illustra tion of the truth of this in the growth of a number of our North Carolina towns, notably High Point, which inside of twenty years has grown from an insignificant village to a flourishing town of six thou sand inhabitants, all the result of the establishment of one "small in dustry," out of which more than thirty-five have sprung. THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN. In discussing the comparative il literacy in the Northern and South ern States, including the whole pop ulation, and the comparative illiter acy including only the white population, Northern journals, as a rule, do not make sufficient allow ance for the difference in the condi tions, iior for tho heavy burden the white people of the South have to bear. Dr. Josiah H. Fenniman, of the University of Pennsylvania, seems to comprehend this better than is generally the case by North ern discoursers on this subject. In speaking recently of the educational problem in the South he said: "It is the education of the white man that is the real problem, and, to a certain extent, it is greatly to the credit of the 8outh that this should be so, for it is the giving of a large pro portion of the available taxes almost wholly by white men to the suDnortof schools for negroes that has actually deprived the white population of schools they so much need. The Southern white man is paying for the education of the negro by depriving himself and his children to do it." This is a true statement. Every year since the war the Southern States have spent millions of dollars for the support of public schools. In 1900 they spent over $14,000,000. Nine-tenths of this tax is paid by the white people, and yet it is divided equally per capita between the races For every dollar the white schools re ceive the colored schools receive an other dollar. If the white' tax-pav ers looked only after their own, and devoted ,all the money they pay to the support of their own schools, etting the negroes look out for themselves or go without schools, what a different showing might be made when comparison was insti tuted between white illiteracy in the South and in the North. Yet the white tax-payers of the South do not complain, although they get no credit for this. But the Southern white man is, as Dr. Penniman says, and has been ever since the war, paying for the education of the ne gro by depriving himself and his childrento do it." HARBOR MASTER'S REPORT. Vessels That Arrived at Wilmington Dor- Inf the Month of April. The report of the Harbor Master for April shows arrivals of vessels of 90 tons and over daring .the month as follows: AniArifian 8 ntAameMna tn ion AVgWW tons; 1 barque, 677 tons; 12 schooners, 3,640 tons. Total vessels, 21; total tonnage, i,oo. Foreign 2 steamships, 8,265 tons; 3 barques, 1,765 tons. Total vessels, 5; total tonnage, 5,030. Grand Total Vessels. 26. Tonnxr 19,667. 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 la received a prompt remittance should be made. . MERGER COMPLETED. Produce i xchange and Chamber of Commerce Consolidated Under Latter's Charter. MEETING HELD YESTERDAY. Matter Was Discussed by the Exchange and the Plan Adopted Details Left : With the Board of Managers ' The Final Meeting To-day. So far as the Produce Exchange -is concerned the plan of consolidation of that body with the Chamber of Com merce along the lines recently laid out by a joint committee is in effect Final adoption' of the plan was had at a special meeting of the Exchange at 11:30 A. M. yesterday and upon motion of Mr. Chas. H. Robinson, the Board of Managers was instructed to arrange the details of the consolida tion. The plan was adopted by the Chamber of Commerce last week. The merger will be under the name and charter of the Chamber of Commerce and in turn for the concession in this particular, the Produce Exchange will retain its management and machinery. President C. W. Worth called the meeting to order yesterday and those in attendance were Col. Jno. L. Cant- well, secretary and treasurer, Messrs. C. H. Robinson, W. B. Cooper, L. B. Rogers, W. R. Kenan, P. Pearsall, no. Frank, H. G. Smallbones, Walker Taylor, T. O. James, Wm. Oalder, C. O. Brown, J. A. Taylor, J. A. Arringdale, 8. P. McNatr and Jno. T. Rankin. After a statement of the object of the meetinir. the proceedings of the Board of Managers of the Exchange of date April 28th were read by . the sec retary. The basis of consolidation as there recorded was discussed by Messrs, Robinson, Smallbones, Arringdale, Worth, Walker Taylor, J. A. Taylor and others. Uoon motion of Mr. Robinson the proceedings of the Board were concur red in and the Exchange voted unan- imouslv to consolidate on the basis proposed. Details upon the part of the Cham ber of Commece will be arranged at a special meeting of that body, which has been called for this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. At this meeting the pres ent 'officers of the Chamber will likely resign and the officers of the Produce Exchange will probably take charge. STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS ARE INCREASING DAILY. Prices Somewhat on the Decline-Specials from Northern Authorities Official I Statement of Distribution. i The movement of the strawberry crops ia still all the talk in transport tion circles and' large shipments of the fruit are going forward each day. Yes terday the Southern Express Company sent out another special train of six cars on the W. & W. road and 1,300 crates .were handled. The A. & Y. shipments amounted to only 350 crate. No report was received from points on the W. O. & A. road. In addition to those ahipmenta Tory much larger quantities were sent to the markets in refrigerator cars. The local freight on theW. - &W. yesterday went out in two sections while refrigerator ship ments on the two other roads were correspondingly large. Regarding prices, the following specal telegrams were received by the Stab last night i New York, April 30. Strawberries to-day are quoted: Fancy, 25 cents; choice, 1820 cents. Peas, $2.75 per bushel basket. Lettuce, $1.251.75 per basket. The market is very ac tive. J. &G. LlPPMAN, Wholesale Produce Commission Mer chants. Baltimore, Md., April 30. Berries to-day, 1623 cents. Lettuce, $1 per basket and $12.50 per barrel. Peas, $L251.50 per bushel basket These prices are from actual sales. : 8TERuua & Franklin, Wholesale Produce Commission Mer chants, 27 East Pratt street. Official Sniping Report. From the very comprehensive bul letin sent out daily from Bouth Rocky Mount by Mr. H. T. Bauman, business agent of the East Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers' Association, it is seen that on Tuesday the shipments of berries from this section amounted to 19 refrigerator car loads of 300 crates each; while the Southern Express ship ments were 1,062 crates. The shipments were distributed as follows: ' Befrlfrerator BvEinress. f ssiiaAiicifl. uars. Orates. New York . 9 Newark, N. J. .... . 11 285 113 140 25 25 4 77 83 10 13 5 1 Philadelphia ;. 3 Baltimore 1 Washington '. 1 Wilmington, Del.. .. Chester, Pa........ .. Richmond, Va Boston 2 Providence .. Springfield 1 Pittsburg, Pa ... 1 Erie. Pa.. .. Virginia Points.... ... Willjamsport, Pa.. 1 Total. 19 1,062 Rev. C. B. Paul Here. Rev. C. B. Paul, pastor-elect of Southside Baptist church, arrived in the city yesterday to take up his resi dence. .On next Friday night there will be a reception tendered him at the church, corner Fifth and W coster streets. The members of the congre gation and all. friends of the church are invited to attend. Mr. Paul is at present with Mr. J. 8. Canady, 121 South Front street Withdraws From the Rice. Mr. John McLaurin yesterday with drew1 from the race for Register of Deeds in the coming primary and asks his constituents to support the present incumbent, Mr. W. H. Biddle. The BAt Prescription, for malaria. Chills and Fevers is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It ia aimnlT iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure,; no pay. race. BOc. sa tuth FIERCE FOREST FIRE NEAR CASTLE HAYNES. Bars and Stable Building, Cord Wood, Fencing and Much Valuable Timber Were Destroyed Yesterdsy. A fierce forest fire, carrying destruc tion in its path, was raging all day yesterday and a part of last night in the vicinity iof Castle Haynes. About 1,000 acres of land had been burned over early last night and at 10 o'clock the flames, fanned by a stiff breeze, were spreading In a southerly and easterly direction. The barn and stables of Mr. T. J. Lar kins, near the station, were burned in the afternoon together with a quantity of corn and fodder, a few chickens and a number of farming implements. Mr. Larkin's live stock were saved with difficulty. The Baptist church at Castle Haynes came near burning in the path of the fire but was saved by residents in the neighborhood.1 Mr. Sam Blossom owned the Lir kins stables and other out-buildings that were turned, and he also lost a mile of good fence, a number of new rails and a number of cords of wood, to say nothing of much standing tim ber. It is impossible to make any near approach to a correct estimate of the loss. j The fire started about 10 A. M. on the Hermitage tract and was blown into the forest from some "new ground heaps" that were burning on the east side of the railroad track. It was burn ing between! the station and ferry and going in thej Island Creek neighbor hood last night. A FEW FACTS ABOUT PYTHIANS Why the Entertainment Toesdsy Night Should Be Liberally Patronized. Every mother of a Knight of Pythias; every father of a Knight; every son and every daughter of a Pythian or any one else who is or is not akin to the K. of P.'s are urged to provide themselves with a ticket for the concert to be given by the ladies next Tuesday evening for the benefit of a fund which will be used in fur nishing the pew Pythian Castle Hall in the Murchison National Bank build in. 1 When one considers the amount of good the Pythian order has done in Wilmington he or she should not hesi tate about lending a helping hand to this commendable undertaking. Since 1888 the Endowment Rank has paid to widows and orphans $69,000 and for sick and funeral benefits $17,500 has been paid. The order is "still doing business at the same old stand." A few of the death claims in recent years: G. W. Mitchell and E. Karls- berg, $1,000 each; Jas. W. King, J. M. Ward, R. J.j Strickland, N. Hullen, M. G. Oldenbuttel, G. G. Lewis, Gib son Regis:er, N. G. McGIrt, O. M. Harriss and C. A. J. Dumalandt, $2,000 ' each; E. T. Coehill, H. F. Lucas, Harry Webb, John E. Nie meyer, J. D.jMunds, R. Neighar, John Haar, 8r . M. Bear, H. Hutaff, H. O. Prempert, W. i 8. Warrock, J. M. Bowden. Fj C. Miller and Peter Brown, $3,000 each; Col. Thos. W. Strange, $5,000. LOCAL DOTS. During April 19 marriage li censes were granted to white and 10 to colored couples. Cotton on the local market yesterday advanced to 9J cents for middling. Receipts, 337 bales. One hundred arrests were made by the police during April. The defendants Were 45 white and 55 colored. i Announcement is made of the forthcoming j marriage to-day of of Miss Lizzie. Rebecca Bell, of Wil mington, to Mr. James F. Tripp, of Shallotte, Brunswick county, N. C. Mr. James G. Covington, a prominent citizen of Monroe, died Tuesday morning of Bright dis ease. Mr. i Covington had twice been elected i Mayor of Monroe and was once a prominent candidate for Congress in this district The two Richmond morning papers are nagging each other because some of the Dispatch people own lota of stock in the Seaboard Air Line, while some of the Times folk own "dead loads" of the same stuff in the Southern Railway and the Richmond Locomotive Works. Why in thunder are they not congratulating . each other f - MARRIED LAST NIQHT. Miss Mary E. Beery Became the Bride of Mr. Wm. J. Toomer The Ceremony. In the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives Miss Mary E. Beery was united in marriage to Mr. Wm. J. Toomer last night at 9 o'clock at the home of Capt W. L. Beery, No. 401 Market street The service was beautifully performed by Rev. Fred erick H. T. Horsfleld, rector of Saint James' parish. The parlors of the home in which the wedding took place were artistically decorated and the af fair was a mosthappy one in every re spect, i : The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. John H. Beery, and she was attended by h6r little neice. Miss Minnie Louise Beery, as flower girl. Mr. Toomer was accompanied by his best man, Mr. M. Cronly. A number of very handsome wedding presents were received.' Mr. and Mrs. Toomer will reside at No. 119 South Fifth street A Fireman' Close Gall. I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked witn pain," writes u. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman 4 of Burlineton. Ia. "I was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters, and after taking it I felt as well as I ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run-down people always gain new lie. strength ana vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction enar- anteed by R. R. Bellamy, druggist Price 50 cents, ; t removes from the soil large quantities of Potash. The fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or the land will lose its pro ducing power. Read carefully our book on crop sent rtt. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. mm FAYETTEVILLE SECURES DISTRICT CONVENTION. Congressional Executive Committee De cided tbe Matter Yesterday-Will Be Held on Wednesday, Aug. 20th. fThe Executive Committee of the Sixth Congressional District met yes terday at 1 P. M. in Fayetteyille and called the convention to meet in that city on Wednesday Aug, 20th. Present at the Committee meeting were C. O Lyon, (chairman), of Bladen; Geo. H Hall, Robeson; J. M. Davis, Harnett H. C. Moffitt, Columbus; W. B. Mc Koy, New Hanover, and H. L Cook. Cumberland. There was a close contest between Fayetteville and Red Springs for the convention, the first vote having been a tie. Then Mr. Davis, of Harnett changed his vote to Fayetteville and the result was four to six in favor of that city. JAMES SPRUNT INSTITU1E. Commencement Exercises of Elaborate Nature Came to a Close Yesterdsy. Dr. A. D. McClure and J. O. Carr, Esq., returned yesterday from Ken ansville where they attended the James Sprunt Institute commence ment. The exercises this year were highly creditable and the commencement a signal success in every particular. A large crowd heard the annual sermon by Dr. McClure to the gradu ating class Sunday morning and Monday evening the annual concert was enjoyed by everybody. . There, was keen disappointment Tuesday morning that Hon. Chas. H. Thomas could not be present to deliver the annual literary address, but the large gathering of students and their friends enjoyed a delightful basket dinner on the grounds and closed the commencement in a befitting and very happy manner. Congressman Thomas was detained at Washington on ac count of an important hearing before the committee on appropriation with reference to public buildings at Goldsboro and other points in Mr. Thomas' district. TO LOOK OUT FOR GROWERS. Mr. Bauman, Business Agent for Truckers' Association, Off for Rocky Mount. Mr. H. T. Bauman, the clever ship ping agent of the East Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers'- Association, left last evening for Rocky Mount, where he will look after the interest of the growers during the berry season. Mr. Bauman's province ia to see that all cars are properly iced and moved on time from that great centre. He also keeps himself in touch with every point in the strawberry belt and ad vises shippers by telegraph and other wise as to distribution of their ship ments, guarding against the serious consequences incident to heavy arri vals on a glutted market. Mr. Bauman is a man of all the "push" in the world, and he is pe culiarly fitted by experience for the important position which he holds. The success of strawberry growing in this section is due much to his service and counsel in the way of advising shipments and looking after other business details. Married Last Evening. Dr. W. T. Smith, a prominent young dentist of this city, 'left yesterday morning for Clinton, where last even ing at 8 o'clock he wedded Miss Emma Underwood, of that city. Dr. Smith and bride are expected in the city to day. They will reside at corner of Fourth and Grace streets. Say He Was Tortured. "I suffered such nain from corns I could hardly walk," writes H. Robin son, of Hillsborough, III , "but Buck- len's Arnica Salve completely cured them." Acts like magic on Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Sores, Scalds, Burns, Boils and Ulcers. 'Perfect healer of Skin Diseases and Piles. Cure guar anteed by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. race Z3 cents. t WIRE-TAPPERS. Said to Have Fleeced the Louisville Pool Rooms of $1,500 - uv Telegraph to tbe Moraine star. Louisville. Ky.. April 30. Two Loiusville DOOl room DroDrietnra and the local police are convinced that the rooms here to-day lost $1,500 to wire tappers, and were prevented from losing many times that amount by the refusal of the rooms to play the game any longer. Two strangers ASiih Vial n TTlt. V tf r1A I a 1 fourth race at San! Francisco, at odds 7 to 1 in tha bettinor And tho ialA..k announced "Flush of Gold" the winner, whereas he finished fourth. One room lost $700 and the other touu. "I note." said the editor, "that you SDeak Of Nam & mnni ncr h! hand through his long, flowing locks." "Yes," answered the author. "There is nothing remarkable In that" "How ao you know that Nero had long hair?" "Mv dear air. aren't von ih that Nero was one of the most eele- oratea fiddlers of hisday?" Pcw7u'no ton Star. FEELING CONTINUES WARM IN SENATE. The Discussion Precipitated by a Resolution Offered by Pat terson of Colorado. ON THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION. Chart e Made Tbat Majority of Committee Was Endeavoring to Suppress Pacts and Information Denied by Re publicans Tbe House. Br Teiegrapn to tue Horntnz star. Washington, April 30. A resolu tion offered in the Senate tc-day by Senator Patterson, Colorado, directing the Secretary of War to order by cable Major Gardener, now in the Philip pines, to come immediately to Wash ington to appear before the Philippine Committee, precipitated a warm a dis cussion. The debate continued for about two hours, considerable feeling being manifested on both sides of the chamber. The charge was made by the minority that the majority of the committee was endeavoring to sup- Sress facts and information. This was enied by the chairman of the commit tee, Senator Lodge, who said that any such action would be inconceivably stupid. The resolution finally went over until to-morrow. The bill for the purchase of the Rose bud reservation in South Dakota and the Sundry Civil bill were considered, but no action was taken upon them. During the discussion on the Patter son resolution, Senator Tillman indi cated his belief that information was being "smothered," and he demanded to know from Senator Lodge whether he proposed "to, dragoon the Senate into a vote upon this measure!" Sena tor Lodge replied, laughingly, that he wished he could dragoon the 8enate into a vote upon tbe measure, but Ben tor Tillman knew he could do nothing of the kind. He believed it would be preposterous for the Senate to wait upon a single witness. "Of course," said Senator Tillman. "everything can go along leisurely if the Philippine Committee is to smother information. ' Senator Allison pointed out that no body objected to the testimony of Major Gardener. His regiment would leave the Philippines soon. He inti mated that Major Gardener was par ticularly anxious to be a witness, and personally he was not in favor of decorating him by ordering him by cablegram to come to this country in advance of his regiment If one wit ness were to be called from the Phil ippines he thought it would be neces sary to summon others. It might be necessary to get the views of the other thirty odd provincial governors, which he suggested might be as valuable as those of Major Gardener. He was strongly opposed to calling Major Gardener home by cable. In support of the resolution Mr. Carmack, Tennessee, declared that the report made by Major Gardener was so startling and important that the Secretary of War had endeavored to keep it from the Senate and from the American people. He insisted tbat unless the proposed resolutions were adopted, Major Gardener surely would not get to Washington before Congress adjourned. Senator Culberson. Texas, explained that the minority of the Philippine committee especially desired Major Gardener's testimony, because his statements had been challenged by Gov. Taft and Gen. MacArthur. After making a brief review of the work of the Philippine committee, Senator Lodge, the, chairman, said that Major Gardener ought to appear before the committee. Personally, he desired to hear his testimony before Congress adjourned, but if Major ttardener was to be called by cable he probably would want to calf the other thirty provincial governors. He sug gested, sarca8tically,that Major Garde ner was a particularly important wit ness because he seemed to agree in some respects with the minority. If the testimony of one provincial gov ernor was desirable, that of the thirty odd others probably would be. "lias the senator suggested," inter rupted Mr. Patterson, "that the other governors be called." "I make the suggestion now." re torted Senator Lodge. Senator Patterson said the minoritv bad objected to the calling of no wit nesses and was indeed willing that any witnesses should be summoned if they will throw any light upon the situa tion. Continuing, Mr. Lodge said that tha minority or the committee had sug gested that Aguinaldo, 8ixto Lopez, Mabini and some prisoners of war of the island of Guam, H. M. Bray, an agent of the Filipino junta at Hong Kong, and two Associated Press cor. respondents Mr. Collins at Pekin and Mr. Martin in Venezuela be called as witnesses. The committee had decided not to call them for various reasons. The committee thought that the testimony of Filipino prisoners was not desirable; Bray was a British subject and the two corre spondents were inaccessible. Admiral Dewey and General An derson, he said, would appear as wit nesses and the list of witnesses was of sufficient length to occupy the com mittee until the adjournment of Con gress. Mr. Carmack said Maior Gardener had made a grave accusation against military conduct in his province and be believed the accusation demanded investigation. He insisted, however, that the majority of the committee was not eager to get information. He then sent to the clerk's desk to have read a brief of the statement which Mr. Atkinson- expected to have made to the committee. Senator Lodge objected to the read ing of tbe statement by the clerk un less he were permitted to conclude an observation which he had begun while Mr. Carmack had the floor. When Mr. Carmack said he would read the statement himself, Mr. Lodge interrupted to say that he had nn desire to force the Senator to read the unei. 'I understand." retorted Mr. nr- mack. "The Senator simnlv desired to be a little disagreeable." upon the suggestion of Senator CARTRIDGES IN from22 to .50 loaded With, either Black or Smokeless" Powder always give entire satisfaction. 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Made by Standard Oil Company Spooner, Senator Lodge withdrew hi objection and the clerk read a part o' the statement, the remainder bei in ordered printed in the Record without reading. House of Representatives. The House to-day passed the Aer cultural appropriation bill and entered upon the consideration of the Distric of Columbia appropriation bill, u,, last but two of the regular supph measures. By the terms of a special rule adopted before the district bill was taken up it will be in order to at tach a rider to it to make operative the existing personal tax law or the dis trict which has been a dead letter for twenty years. Chairman Cannon estimated that there was $100,000,000 of untaxed per sonal property in Washington. The Goldfogle resolution, calling upon tbe Secretary of State for information as to whether American citizens of Jewish faith were excludedfrom Russia, wss adopted. GEN. SMITH'S INSTRUCTIONS. Was Not Instructed from Washington The War Department's Reply to the House Resolution of Inquiry. t: Xelesraua to trie Mortiinn Btar. Washington, April 30. It is said at the War Department that its answer to the resolution proposed by the Mili tary Affairs Committee of the House as to the nature of the instructions sent to General Jacob EL Smith from Washington for his guidance in the 8amar campaign, will be very brief. According to the officials no orders on this Bubject were sent lo General Smith from Washington and the officer acted entirely under the In structions of his immediate superior. General Chaffee. It also is declared tbat Genera Chaffee was not instruct ed from Washington as to the kind of warfare to be waged in Samar. The nearest step in that direction was the rc-publicalion as a guide for the army of general order No. 100, the department taking this means of. calling attention to the fact that the order was still id force. If the court martial which is now trying General Smith accepts the view that this order ' is in as fuli effect now as when it was promulgated in the days of the civil war, then it is predicted here at the department that General Smith will rely for acquittal upon article 30 of that order, which authorizes a sus pension of all rules of civilized war fare and retaliation where the enemy acts in ar similar manner. ' THE APPAIR AT VENICE. Captain Dayton's Report to the Navy De- parttnent at Washington. uy ToienraDb to the Merning utar. Washington, April 30. Secretary Long has received the following cable- o-ram frnm Hantnin rtiilnn -f cruiser Chicago, dated Venice, yester day, in answer to the department's in quiry: "Dodridge, Wynne, Ledbetter, Kress And onn marina nirAetnl r-; ' cipal charge-resisting police. Serious under Italian law. flnntAncAs Wwnm four months, ten days. Remainder, inree montns eacn. nave not yet their full statement or a rsnnrl frnm xnnvt but applied for. Resisting arrest largely due to pressing in of crowd and not understanding language. Ap peai maae 10 ttome. The State Department has begun the exercise of its good offices in the interest of the officers of tho nhfono-n 8ecretarv Hav has rnmmnniratAH hv cable with Mr, Meyer, the United iTl a a 1 - . . . oiaies amoasssaor, on this subject and gooa results are nopea tor. Venice, April 80. Tho officers of the Chicago are confined in the com mon prison of St. Mark. They are all together in one room. i AN IMPROMPTU DUEL One Man Killed Almost Instantly Tbe Other Said to Be Dying. By TeleErapn to tne Horning Btar. Wayoross, Ga., April 30. Dr. J. M. Spence has information that his cousin, James Spence, was killed in an impromtu duel at Pine Bloom, with a log contractor named Smith. The two men had quarrelled some time ago. This morning they met at Pine Bloom and each pulled a revolver and began shooting. Young Spence was ahot in the neck and died alxost in-, stantly. Smith received one or more bullets through the stomach and is re ported to-night to be dying. Spence was prominently connected in this State. Smith is a native, of North Carolina, and is connected with a large lumber company. " Worth. It's Weight In Gold," say sufferers from catarrh, of Ely's Cream Balm. A trial size costs 10 cents. Full size 50 cents. Sold by druggists or mailed by Bly Bros., 66 Warren Street, New York. Albert Lea, Minn., March 21, 1901. Messrs. Ely Bros.: I suffered from a severe cold in the head, and was about dead from want of sleep. I used your Cream Balm and woke up with a clear head and cold almost gone. I would not take five dollars for my bottle of Cream Balm if I could not get another. 8. K. Lansdale. t 1 Si B E-R s A L L , O A Ul B 94 n t. H n SJa-l , . C. SHEPABD, Jb., Wilmington,
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