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jffTISO PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
It was predicted 'when the ciban
. Kill was fnrr.Arl fchrrtrinrVi
KCiprouii.j
House of Representatives that it
lould never go tnrougnme aenate
mi that prediction has been jeri-.
All the efforts to pass it even
iith some modifications, and all the
jforta at compromise hare failed
ind the augar wen have issued their
ultimatum that the only proposition
dej will listen to is a "rebate' on
Cuban 'products imported into .this
country, which practically means
for if rebate is given to
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Cuban products imported into This
etnntry then Cuba would have to
mnt rebate on products of this
country exported to Cuba, bo that
nobody would be the gainer by that
bat everybody interested would be
more or less the loser. T
There are seventeen Republican
Seniors who have formed a league
igiitiit Cuban reciprocity, andjtwo
ore are ready to join them if
necessary. This defeats it unless
the Republican-Senators who'favor
reciprocity join the Democrats; and
tote for the repeal of the different
til duty on refined sugars, and that
they don't want to do. '
It is s.tid President Roosevelt has
firennphope of carrying through
I3chamea3ure a3 he would like to
ee bat will not abandon his efforts
to secure some concessions to Cuba,
is he regards that as a duty, a duty
to ourselves, in the discharge of our
obl'gition to Cuba, aud a duty to
Cuh. In this he is simply follow
ing in the lines marked by his pred
ecessor, who, as in the case of
Porto Rico, held that we had a
"p!in duty" to perform towards
Cuba. The . protected interests
turned the marble heart towards.
McKinley on the "plain duty" to
Porto Rico, just as the protected
interests are turning the cloven foot
onRooaevelt on our "plain duty" to
Cuba. - .
As in the case of Porto Rico when
the representatives of the protected
interests ignored Mr. McKinley and
hi "plain duty" injunctions there
were a good many Kepublican or
fans which protested and scored the
recreant statesmen, so now there
are a good, many of them which are
"coring the violators of our pledges
to Cnba and ignorera of our "plain
inty" at the behest of a handful of
men interested in industries that
might be affected by fair play to
Cuba and the observance of (those
Pledges. One of them is-the Phila
delphia Pms, edited by a member
ofMr- McKinley's cabinet and an
M member of Mr. Roosevelt's- cabi
which enters the following vig
om proteHt and cutting rebuke:
I'lhe measure of reciprocity with
wtan i tojail, as now scent probable,
will be a distinct-blot oh an ! other
'w glorious record and a plain de
uccjof overwhelming publics seutl
ent.
iDftrnoan V . I -
r misunderstanding the public feel
It haa beea made clear through
""J possible channel of expression.
s newspapers ot all sectioas and all
fctlei stand tor Cuban reciprocity
rlln extraordinarr unmimii. , .t -
bk but a public issue of the clearest
tod most commanding character ever
wkessuch exceptional and emphatic
crceoiem yen toe newsnanera of
ltl reciona which are rlim
to
have adverse loteresta anrf
and whom Senators are hostile are for
jib most part In accord with the na
wnal lentimenL Enrv State eonven-
uoa held since the question became
wominent bas apolcen for reciprocity
'.n.lvtxPlici'. terms. The sentiment
ttscouBtry cannot be mistaken. -n
l.1 ' tnu "trong and unequlvo-
the national duty Is so
aT.- '"""ui noaro uicwkdu vj
fs,lP"bllc Wlicy and even self-Inter-Cuh.
nmmercial concessions to
im.!:,- Insisted in the Piatt
Un;. ".o!Dt,htCuba must treat the
n landing on a
differ-
m-ug irom any other
country.
" nacied
rights,
privileges and
"nicit are altogether txcen-
think r'uons oi nations and
Mtm "e Us Peculiar authority and
XSKW Wheo lhe ubn pk-
Jeip 1 ,came lo Washington last
ulct LU er'Und the iPrt of this
plekVed I C ?0"nent practically
Iri.Ar "Self to ffl.e thm inmm.W!il
'wing diseradit it ii.:; ;v;;:r.
last
:'-" iu return. it will ha tn
""""or shall be i lY
oono
. out.-- it " .
tliH j na given no such
me ma
lain. F
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and In the new situation her economic
puuuon im sucn utat ner salvation de
pends on the American market. We
vital link .if we fall now to grant the
commercial concession which Is Indis
pensable to her prosperity. Beyond
that, we add fatuity to faithlessness
we are as blind to our own interest as
to ners. It Is not proposed to arrant
concessions in return. It is to be re
ciprocal. Oar market will give Cuba
prosperity, imd Cuban prosperity will
make an increasing market for Amer
ican products.
All this is so obvious that it is diffi
cult to understand how fair-minded
men can disregard it Pnblls dnt
political policy and commercial inter
est an concur in enforcing the obliga
tion of recinrocitv with Ciaha. mi
those who defeat it are taking aheavy
This will have about as much
effect on the opponents of reciproci
ty with Cnba as the protests and re
bukes by the more honest of the Re
publican organs had on the men who
combined against and defeated recip
rocity with Porto Rico, in favor of
which. Mr. McKinley hict spoken so
earnestly and appealingly. - It is, as
the Press declares, 'defying public
sentiment," but what do the benefi
ciaries of protection care for public
sentiment, or when have they ever
shown any regard for it, unless they
thought there was policy in so doing,
and that they might gain more by
yielding to public sentiment than
they could by opposingit? They have
been appealed to on this 'line since
the reciprocity question has come
up, and been reminded that they
are running the risk, by defy
ing public sentiment, of hav
ing reciprocity on different dines
and tariff reduction that will
cut much deeper than would be
done now and practically wipe out
all the protection they have, but
these appeals have fallen on men who
are as deaf as bronze statues, whose
eyes will see nothing but the inter
ests they represent. With them
consideration for Cnba or respect
for the obligations we have incurred
mean nothing when put in the
scales against the privileges they en
joy under the Dingley tariff and the
monopoly it gives them of the home
market, which enables .them to
practice extortion on the American
people. Such men never care for
public sentiment. The public is
their soft snap, from which they
squeeze all the profit they consider
it safe to. They are simply privi
leged robbers who have neither
scruples, souls nor conscience when
it becomes a matter of dollars be
tween them and the public. But
what a commentary when the Presi
dent of the United States and the
Republican party are held up and
ordered to take terms irom a
handful of petted, pampered, buc
caneer barons who run the sugar
business,' levy tribute on the
American people, and sneer at
Cuba and those who plead for jus
tice to her.'
"ACUTE DISCONTENT."
Discusjsing the industrial situa
tion the Springfield Republican re
marks that "the working classes are
in quite as aeute state of discontent
as they ever were." Considering the
number of strikes now on in the
country, and the magnitude of some
of them, it wouldn't be out of the
way to say that the "acute state of
discontent" is greater than it ever
was before. And yet this is the
much boasted era of prosperity.
It is asserted by the defenders of
combines, TsEc.. -that the wages of
the workman have been steadily in
creasing and that therefore he is
better off and has less reason to com
plain than he had in the past. This
is nominally true. Wages have ad
vanced, but so have other things,
and other things have advanced more
than wages. The New York Finan
cial Chronicle presents the following
table showing the production per
capita and wages from 1850 to 1900,
which is interesting, and serves to
some extent to account for the
"acute state of discontent," of which
the Springfield Republican speaks
Qross product Avereage
.per wage
wage earner, per person.
1900 13.4&1 938
1890 2,304 445
1880 4 1,865 547
1870. .... 2,060 877
I860 ; .... 1,433 289
1850... 1 065 247
Run through this table and it will
be seen that while wages have in
creased production has increased
more in proportion, and therefore
the workman is not so well paid as he
was years ago. He could buy more
for his wages in the past than he can
now, and therefore was that much
better paid and that much better off.
We know the fact that within the
past few years, while there has been
but a trifling increase in the wages of
some workmen, none in others, and
a reduction in others, the increase in
the cost of living is thirty per cent.
more. There may be "prosperity,"
but the workers who produce it are
iu 1011 - iwi "im "uv
takes an honest view of the situation
1 it. j i...
in the industrial field to account for
the "acute state of discontent."
The Immigration for the month
of May was pretty lively, the num
ber of Immigrants arriving reaching
106,791.
SOBDID AND 8E0TI0NAL.
The Republican leaders, who are
placed in a very embarrassing posi
tion by the opposition to recipro
city with Cuba,v have vainly en
deavored to come to some under
standing to secure - the consent of
the beet sugar manufacturers to
some concessions to Cuba. But the
sugar men are obstinate, refuse to
make any concessions by which the
duty on sugar coming from Cuba
into this country would be lowered.
They claim that their industry is
one of the ''infants" that needs and
is entitled to protection and ;thev
have the cheek to assert that: the
protection is not for them but for
the farmers who grow the beets
which they use. ' They are playing
the old fake on the farmer which
the protectionists have been playing
all along, trying to- make him be
lieve that thev are looking, to his
interests and protecting him, when
as a matter of fact he gets no pro
tection at all, and if he does pays
ten times as much for it as he gets
tmt of it.
In his appeal to the "beet sugar
men in the conference of Repub
lican Senators, held Friday, Senator
Aldrich called their attention to the
fact that they now have 100 per
cent, proteotion, and that with the
proposed' concession to Cuba they
would still have 80 per cent., which
he thought ought to be ample and'
satisfactory to them. But it isn't
satisfactory, and no reduction what
ever will be.
It may be noted in this connec
tion what a little figure cane sugar
cuts in this controversy. The cane
growers and cane sugar makers
are interested as well and as much
so as the beet growers and the beet
sugar manufacturers, and yet they
are apparently lost sight of, and
the fight is waged by the beet sugar
men. It is these that are blocking
the way and that such earnest efforts
are being made to placate.
it so nappens that the beet sugar
industry is a Northern one while
the cane sugar industry is a South
ern one and that with the Republi
can tariff makers and reciprocity
promoters makes all the difference
in the world. The few States in the
North and the West in which beef
sugar factories have been established
are Republican States and that is
why they are allowed to dictate, and
why the Republican statesmen are
so anxious to placate them, so that
sectionalism figures in this as it has
in all Republican tariff legislation.
If Southern industries only were in
volved reciprocity would be run
through with scarcely the formality
of a debate.
It is said that King Edward has
decided to pardon Mrs. Maybrick,
who has been for a number of years
in prison under life sentence, on a
charge of having poisoned her hus
band. Mrs. Maybrick was a Mobile
girl who married Mr. Maybrick, a
wealthy man, but much older than
she. The evidence upon which she
was convicted was altogether circum
stantial and not very strong at that.
During the life of Queen Victoria
many efforts were made to secure
her pardon, but Victoria was im
movable.
As "music hath charms to soothe
the savage breast," so haa the low,
soft, sweet voice of a woman. A
rich man recently called up the
"hello" girl in the central office in
San Francisco. Her sweet, gentle
tones charmed his ear, he sought
her acquaintance, and finding the
young lady in accord with her dulcet
tones he went to courting right away.
Result, marriage, resignation of the
"hello" job, and now they are going
on a bridal jaunt to Yurnp.
There is trouble in the Thirty-
fifth Assembly district of New York.
One candidate denounced his com
petitor as a "schwerfaelliger denker,"
and his friends are up in arms and
denounce the other fellow as a slan
derer who carries ice water instead
of blood in his veins. And the war
has just begun.
Englishmen are not only the
champion'beef eaters of Europe but
also -the champion butter eaters.
They get away with 13 pounds per
capita, while the Germans content
themselves with 8, the French with
4 and the Russians with 2. But the
Russians make up on tallow and
petroleum. j
'
The Scotland Yard detectives
have been imitating the Russian
police, who discover conspiracies
when time hangs heavy on their
hands. This may account for the
discovery of the conspiracy to break
up the coronation show by 1 assassi
nating King Edward.
England will not buy any cattle
from Louisiana to stock: the .Boer
farms. This is to spite Louisiana
because her Governor objected to
that "recruiting station.' When she
gets in another war she may need
some more moles and then Louisiana
can get even., ' ' !
WILMmGTONv N. .v FRIDAY JUNE 27; 1902.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL
GOVERNMENT BILL.
Debated in the House of Repre
sentatives Alj : Day and -jAgainaVNightl
;
MILITARY- ACADEMY BILL.
Action of Honse Conferees In Af reelnf to
the Increase In Number of Cadets at
West Point Sharply Criticised
bj Hsy oiyirflnln. ,K
Bv TMegrapti to this Hornnut star. -
WASHwaTOir, June 21. Debate
upon the Philippine Civil Government
bill lagged in the House to-day. There
were seven speakers Messrs. Reeves of
Illinois andBromwell of Ohio for the
bill, and Messrs. Mjaddoz of Georgia,
Dinsmore of Arkansas and Thayer of
Massachusetts against it. Mr. McClel-
lan of New York, ia son of the late
George B, McGlellaa.delivered a short
but eloquent defence of the army. Ear
lier in the day the conference reports
on the Military Academy and Sundry
Civil appropriation bills were fidopted.
Air. tUv or Virginia. Mr. Clayton
of Alabama and Mr. Mann of Illinois,
criticised the action :of the House con
ferees in agreeing to the increase-in
the number of cadets at West Point
nroDoeed dt the Senate. Mr. Mann
said that recently the number of the
cadets had increased one hundred: The
increased membership of the House
would sun further increase the cadets
thirty, and now it was proposed to in
crease that number still more. He did
not believe we should legislate in the
direction of a great increase in the
standing army. I
Mr. Ulayton called attention to the
fact that the army, which cost annually
$215,000,000 before the Spanish war.no w
costs annually $125,000,000.
Mr. Hull and Mr. Parker, of New
Jersey, defended the conference re
port, arguing tnatj the increase was
necessary in order properly to officer
the army. ;
mtne discussion or the i" huippuie
bill Mr. Reeves contrasted the condi
tion of the Filipinos under the Spanish
regime with their condition now, and
with what It might be expected to be
in the future. He nfeed a wealth of sta
tistics to show that our great market in
the future must be Jn the Orient, and
that our position at .the gateway of the
East would be of Immeasurable advan
tage to us. )
Mr. Maddox of Georgia who follow
ed Mr. Reeves, opposed the bilL The
question of whether we were to per
manently retain t&e Philippines, he
said, would be ultimately decided not
by Congress, but - by the American
people. 1
"God was with us during the war
with Spain." he continued, "but when
we entered into the peace negotiations
the devil stepped 10, and he has been
running things ever since."
Mr. Maddox questioned Secretary
Root's figures as to the cost ef the, war
in the Philippines.) ...
At the evening . session Messrs.
Palmer, Republican, of Pennsylvania,
and Currier, Republican, ' of 1 New
Hampshire, spoke for the Philippine
bill, and Messrs. Ooory, Democrat, of
Massachusetts. Snodrrass. Democrat.
of Tennesse, and Greene, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, against it r
The House adjourned at 10:30
DKNTAL
SOCIETY
ADJOURNS.
Officers Elected for joining Year Wake
County Primaries. '
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Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. p., June 21. The
North Carolina Dental Society ad
journed to meet next year in Winston.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, J. H. Benton. Newborn; First
Vice President, J. R. Osborne,
Shelby; Second Vice President,
L. d. James, ;ttreenvuie; secre
tary. J. Martin (Fleming, Raleigh;
Treasurer, R. M. Murrell, Burlington;
Essayist F. Li.uunt, Asbevllle. a. u.
Jones, of Winston, was 'elected dele
gate to the National Association oi
Dental Examiners.
The Wake county primaries were
held to-day, but were very poorly at-
are in from very few country precincts.
In Raleigh, Brown and Connor are
right evenly divided and very few
wards give expression as to unier jus
tice. About two-thirds of those ex
pressing preference are for Clark.
WELL KNOWN BLADEN MAN DEAD.
Mr. J. R. Sinf letary Died Thnrsdsy Nljht.
Clarkton Male Academy.
Special Star Correspondence.
Clarkton, N. p., June 20. Mr. J.
R. Singletary, a, prominent business
man of this county, died at the home
of his parents near here last night.
Mr. Singletary was well known in
business circles throughout this sec
tion. For several years he was book
keeper for Mr. O. Li. Clark, of this
place, and for the past two years was
a stockholder and manager of the Bla
denboro Mercantile Co., of Bladen-
boro. He was taken with fever about
two weeks ago. .He was a single man
and in the prime of life.
Work is progressing rapidly on me
new buildings for the Clarkton Male
Institute. Everything is promising
for the opening next session, j
Eotlae Wrecked at Florence. l
Florence Times, 20th j "One of the
big ten-wheel Baldwin engines, known
as copper-heads, j was badly damaged
in an accident at, the transfer, freight
yards yesterday afternoon, and is in
the shops for repairs. It seems that as
a section of the; through freight 209
was entering the; yards a shifting en
gine pushed some cars beyond the
'clear' post on an adjoining track, the
cars crashing into the side of tbe
freight engine. .Half the cab was torn
awav, the air pump was knocked off
and other damage was done, both to
tbe engine and a ear or two. : No one
was hurt. Mr. Temple was, on the
wrecked engine." . ; I
Teschey's Made Early Shipments.
Referring (to Mr. Banman's report of
the strawberry shipments the past sea
son, Mr. B. F.lFussell writes that
Teachey'n shipped one full crate on
April 19th and several piece crates be
fore that time, some as early as April
16th. I !
souTHPORrs olowous fourth. I
Wilmington's Mayir and Board of Aider
. men and Others Invited Oration.
1 Special Star Telegram.
. , , . , g
committee on entertainment for the
celebration to be held here July 4th
has extended an Invitation to the fol
lowing persons to be present upon
that - occasion as guests of bu r olty :
Mayor Waddell and members of the
Board of Aldermen -of Wilmington;
President of the Chamber -of Com
ber of Commerce; Hon. Jno. D. Bel-
lamp, member of Congress; and rep
resentatives of. the Stab, Messenger 1
and Dispatch. ' ! i
The oration will be delivered by
Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell and the
features of entertainment ; will be
many and varied, including boat
racing, athletic sports, musid, etc , etc.
RATE INSURANCE WARFARE
HAS BEGUN IN iTHE STATE.
Ghsrlottc Loan end Trust Company Severs
Connection With S E Tariff Associa
tlon Sticks to Independents.
Charlotte Observer ; 21st.)
The real warfare bet ween the Sou th
eastern Tariff Association and the in
dependent insurance companies of
Greensboro began in this city yester
day morning when the. Southern Real
Estate, Loan & Trust Company was
told that it must refuse to handle the
business of the Greensboro companies
or give up the companies that belong
to the. association. The Trust Com
pany announced at 11 o'cloeMhrough
Mr. P. M. Brown, its; president, that,
it would continue to. represent the
I Greensboro companies, and thereupon
severed its connection with, the South
eastern .Tariff Association, j
The ght has long; been brewing.
More than two months ago the Tariff
Association announced that owing to
excessive leases it would advance in
surance rates on a majority of risks
3 per cent. j f
in discussing the matter with an
Observer reporter yesterday one of the
officers or the Southern Real Estate,
Loan & Trust Company said :
"The fight that bas begun here will
be kept up and waged : against the
Greensboro companies in ' other parts
of the country. The various policy
holders in the Greensboro companies
have already signed an agreement to
stand by the companies in case war
comes. They have signed , a contract
to retain the insurance .which they
now hold and not to accept orders
that will cripple the Greensboro com
panies." i !
SCHOOL OP OERttAN CARP.
They Were Caniht in Abundance from City
Docks Yesterday Some Theories.
Numbers of German . carp were
caught with hook and line along
the river front yesterday! morning.
some of them measuring from 12 to 18
inches in length and selling readily
at 10 cents each. Heretofore the few
fishermen who delighted to sit around
the docks down town! and indulge in
their favorite pastime were rewarded
only by landing an occasional cat-fish,
hence the news that good big carp
were biting in the! various docks
brought large numbers of amateur
anglers to the river front, with more
or less success. It is estimated . that
about 300 fine carp were caught during
the day and the veteran piscatorialists
up-street were "put to it to explain
the phenomenon. Some said the catch
was due to a stock of small carp placed
in the river years ago, but the most
plausible theory and one advanced by
Mr. John J. Fowler was that the sup
ply Is from some valuable fish pond
in the up-country, which wasjprobably
broken by the recent heavy rains.
Some of the more ardent devotees of
the rod and line are asking: "Will
they bite to-day?" j ' j
- i r -. "
They Stoned a Chinaman.
The antipathy of a Chinaman for a
negro is proverbial. Friday night
Walter Guion and Alex Holmes, col
ored youths, persisted in standing at
the window of Lum Parmele Hee,
who runs a laundry on Market near
Second street The presence of the
negroes irritated the Chinaman about
his "washee wasb.ee." and he drove
them away. The colored i boys retali
ated by throwing stones at the irate
son of the Orient, whereupon he had
them arrested. In the police court
yesterday there was a babel of negro
and Chinese tongue, out of-which
Mayor Waddell Interpreted enough to
order that the tormentors of Lum
Parmele Hee and E., Wing, his part-;
ner, be required to pay the costs and
their fathers to administer a sound
thrashing. John Davisj for disor
derly conduct on Seventh street, was
fined $5 and costs, .i
Federal Prisoners Want Holiday.
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Eight men sentenced to jail for six
ty days in the United States Court
have petitioned Judge Thos. P.. Pur
nell to give them j a holiday on the
Fourth of July. These men are in
the Columbus count v i ail at White-
ville and their communication was re
ceived by Marshal H.. i O. Dockery
Fridav nlrht The petition sets
forth that the Fourth of July was in
tended for all the: citizens and they
want their freedom on that day so that
they may properly join in the celebra"
tion. The paper concludes with this
sentence, "We hears that there is to
be a Republican speaking then and we
is all good Republicans.' j
Lieutenant Colonel Clifford
LeOonte Anderson, of Atlanta, com
missioned this week by the Governor,
will be in command ol the Fifth regi
ment, infantry, Georgia State Troops,
at Wrightaville next month.
THEY WILL KNOWMUNE 30TH.
Plant System -Employes nt MIdntrht ef
Thst Day Will Stay With the .
L - Coast Line. , .
Savannah News, Zlst
Ten days from to-day the formal
transfer of the Plant Railway. System
to the Atlantic Coast Line will have
been made 'and the several ' hundred
employes of the Plant System will
know whether they are to hold their
places ? under the consolidation. At
the meeting of the Atlantic Coast Line
directors ia Richmond this week, the
following resolution was adopted:
That it is hereby . declared that the
employes of the oavannah, Florida
and Western Railway who are in em
ployment at midnight on the SOth day
of June, 1902, will be employes of the
Atlantic Coast LAne Railroad Com
pany when it assumes the operation
of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway.
This action was id accord with the
statement given out by Vice President
waiters and' printed last Monday.
Whatever changes are to be made.
therefore, will be made during next
week or on the . Monday following,
which is the last dav of the month.
Some of the leading officials of the
riant System have been notified that
they will be retained in the consolida
tion and others do not know where
they are to land. Some of the offices
positions will, .of course, be
abolished and others will be created.
Lumber Operations In Pender.
The Pender Chronicle says: "The
logging industry, in central and up
per Holly Township, seems to be gain
ing considerable proportions, just . at
this time. The Hilton Lumber Co.,
under the , super vision of Mr. Clint
Mallard, is building a tramroad from
Fishing Creek, up through the lands
of Mr. R. T. Williams. -to the Asher
Greek and Bear Garden sections,
where they own very large timber in
terests. The Angola Lumber Co.. un
der the supervision of Mr. Britton, is
building a tramway, from a' point on
Shelter River, a little above Shaken.
through the landi of Mr. L. W. Mc-
Koy, up Shaken Creek to the Great
Juniper Swamp and other parts of the
country, where they own large bodies
of timbered lands."
Remarkable Yield of Corn.
Mr. W. J. Northam, who lives near
Wilmington and indulges in agricul
ture to a small extent for both pleasure
and nrofiL has a remarkable field of
corn near his place. The corn is
bearing well and the stalks, in their
effort to be as fruitful as possible, are
even maturing ears in their tassels, in
addition to those on the stalk in their
ordinary place. Those who know say
it is a remarkably good year for corn
in this icinity.
At the Wilmisfton Shops.
Florence Times: "Mr. Geo. W.
Matthews, of the Coast Line car shops
in Wilmington, is in the city for a few
davs. He sa? s there is plenty of work
on hand in the car department to keep
the force busy some time. Nine new
express cars of the 'dummy end' pat
tern have just been compietea ana me
men have been Dut on repair work.
Good nrocrress is being made in the
buildine of box cars. An order for
about 800 was received some time
go." , ,
Two Schooners Cleared.
Schooner O. M. Brainerd cleared
yesterday with cargo from the Chad
bourn Lumber Co., consigned tovPort-
de-Paix, Haiti, and the schooner Geo.
E. Dudley cleared for New York with
earffb of oiling consigned by W. J.
McDiarmid.
CATTLE RAISING.
Chlcaro Packers Propose to Develop the
Industry In Southern States.
By Telegraph to (he Morning Btar.
Chicago, June 21. Plans that were
first taken into consideration about a
year ago have been developed in the
last few months to the point where
some oi the arrest pacung esiaDiun
. a . a i a
menta in Chicago Have begun ex peri
menu on what may prove a revolu
tion of the cattle industry of this coun
try, says the Inter-Ocean. The project
involves the settlement of several hun
dred thousand acres of what is at pres
ent nearly valueless land in northern
and northwestern Fioriua ana souin-
ern Alabama, the cultivation on a
large scale of the cassava root, and its
use in feeding cattle and hogs. If the
nlan fullv deTelovs tne soutnern
States will become the centre of the
cattle raising industry.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
President Roosevelt Determined to Secure
It If Possible.
bt Telegraph to the Mornlna Btar. '
Washington. June 21. The Presi
dent to-day discussed the Cuban reci
procity question with several members
of Congress. His callers included
Senators Allison, Foraker, Proctor and
Knvrridffe and Kenresentauve Liong
of Kansas. They called at different
times, but all touched apon the success
nt rhihan recinrocitv. Trom a source
close to the President it is learned
that he still is firm for reciprocity. If
this cannot be accomplished by a oiu
he will attempt to secure it by a
treaty. This treaty may be sent-to
the Senate soon or the President may
r.all an extra session of the Senate for
the middle of - Summer or for Novem
ber. He is determined to secure re
ciprocity for Cuba if .possible.
BUCKR0B BEACH HOTEL.
A Fire That Caused Little DAtnije-P
Happily Averted.
B j Telegraph to the Mornlna star.
Newport News, Va., June 21.
Flames, originating from a defective
flue, burst from the kitchen of the
Buckroe Beach Hotel, at Buckroe
Reach, tn-niirht. while 800 people were
witnessing a performance by the Bos
ton Ideal Opera Company, In the Rex
Casino Theatre, adjoining. The cool
nnaa of the hotel emnloves reassured
th 800 -meats in the hotel and the
crowd in the theatre, averting a panic.
The damage loan is less that $w.
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COAL MINERS IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
No Acts of Violence by Strikers
But the Military Are Still
Waiting Orders.
DAY IN POCAHONTAS.
Expected That Many of tbe Men Whs
jHave Remained nt Work Will Now
Go Oat Prominent Strike
Leaders Arrested.
bt TeiecraDit to tne Hornuur Btar.
Roanoke, Va , June 21. To-day is
the first general pay day of the miners
in tbe Pocahontas coal fields since the
strike began, and there is some' con
jecture as to the effect it will have up
on the situation. According to ad
vices received by. the Norfolk and
Western railway, no more men quit
work yesterday and the output of coal
was greater than on any previous day.
A large falling off in the number of
cars loaded is looked for to-day by the
mine owners, and this loss may not be
regained for several days. Pay day
always has a demoralizing effect on
the miners. It is expected that many
of the men who have remain
ed at work now will .- be in
duced by the strike agitators to
go out. On the other hand, many of
the strikers are without funds and it is
thought, may return to the operations
next week. No acts of violence have
been reported, and it is thought that
the sheriffs of the different counties.
with the aid of their deputies and the
railroad and mine guards, will be able
to control the situation without the aid
of the militia.. The Roanoke compa
nies are still on waiting orders. It is
said that other military companies are
also under waiting orders.
Mother. Jones Arrested.
Clabksburg. W. Va.. June 21.
"Mother" Jones, Thomas -Haggerty,
William Morgan, Bernard Rice. Geo.
Baron, Andrew Lascavash and Wil
liam Blakeley, of the United Mine
Workers, from different parts of the
country, who were arrested here last
night, were taken to Parkersburg by
four deputy marshals and lodged in
jail. The miners have leased a plot
of ground at Clarksburg for the pur
pose of holding meetings, and will
make the arrest their defence. The ar
rest was made under an injunction is
sued a few days ago by Judge Jackson
Jones, of the United States Court. The
amount of their bail has not been
fixed, but tbe mon were provided with
sufficient funds to secure their own re
lease. This is tbe first time that
"Mother" Jones has been arrested, al
though she has been served with innu
merable injunctions.
Blxjkfikld. W. Va.. June 21. To
day being pay day, andjt half holiday.
tne loading or coai was oeiow mat oi
yesterday. The strikers expect a great
many of the men who were paid off
to-day will not return to work. A
march is scheduled for to-morrow.
which will form at Bark's Garden and
go down the North Fork to Elkhorn,
where a big meeting is scheduled to
take place. Union men from all parts
of the field will attend. The operators
claim that more men will return to
work Monday. The miners are quiet
and it is reported that a great many are
leaving the field.
Decide to Remain Firm.
Charleston, W. Va , June 21.
The operators of the. Kanawha field
held a meeting here to-day and dis
cussed the strike situation and decided
to remain firm. No proposition from
the miners was before them. Some
what of a sensation was caused in the
ranks of the strikers today when it
was learned that O. UAyers, of Cleve
land, representing Ohio mines, was
here employing men to go to unio to
work. Seventy-five men left to-day and
one hundred are expeciea to leave
Montgomery to-morrow.
An Exciting Demonstration.
Shenandoah, Pa., 'June 2L There
was an exciting demonstration in tbe
vicinity of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company's four collieries at Lost
Creek, two miles from here, this after
noon. A mob oi aooui'euu men ana
boys gathered at the place, threw
stones, roughly handled sevsral non
union men and clubbed a coal and
iron policeman. The sheriff of Schuyl
kill county finally dispersed the
crowd, without further violence. The
crowd was attracted by tne importa
tion of new men to take the places of
old workmen.
MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP.
James Qallasher Shot to Death at His
Home in Iowa.
bt Telegraph to tbe Marninz Btar.
Des Moines, Ia., June 2L-The
home of James Gallagher, at River
Junction, was visited by unknown
parties last night Gallagher was mur
dered while he was asleep. The as
sassin reached over two children who
were sleeping with Mr. and Mrs.
Gallagher, placed the weapon at
Gallagher's ear and fired. Mrs. Gal
lagher was chloroiormed ana wnen
she awakened the murderer had gone.
Bloodhounds will be placed on the
trail.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Goldaboro Argus: The " big - ;
ditch has gone dry and shade trees
around town are dying every day for .
lack of rain.. The oldest inhabitant, so .
It is said, does not remember when the
ted of the big ditch was dry before.
Yesterday morning there was only a
small stream running and before night
it had ceased altogether.
Maxton Scottish Chief: County
Coroner Ed McRae was called Tues- .
day to hold inquest over the remains
of Arthur Mc Arthur, the 14 year old
son of Fortune McAfthur, colored,
who lives near Prospect Church, in
the Croatan settlement, some eight
miles east of Maxton. A jury was
empaneled, and after an investigation -rendered
a verdict that the boy came
to bis death by a blow from a club in
flicted by Walter Stackhouse, aged
16, also colored. Stackhouse was con
veyed to jail at Lumber ton by Deputy -Sheriff
T. L. Smith Wednesday:
. Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Saturday morning Mr. Sam Medford,
son of Mr. Calvin Medford, who lives
in Roseneath township, went to a
neighbor's and left as if he were going
back home. He never returned home
and his absence was a mystery to his
family until this morning, when he
was found dead at the hack of the .
field. When he left home he carried
a double barrel gun and when found
his head was partially blown off, one
barrel of the gun empty and the other
sprung and the gun lying across his
body. It ia not known whether it was .
an accident or whether it was suicide.
He had been heard to threaten his own
life-about a love affair.
Sanford Express : There are
now eighteen Mormon missionaries in
in North Carolina. They are not as
active in this country as they were a
few years ago. They had a church
near Cameron some years ago of some
thirty or forty members, but it bas
about died out. It is an ill wind
that blows no one good. Capt W.
J. Tally, superintendent of the Cum
nock coal mines, tells CoL Olds that
the strike of coal miners in other coal
fields is proving a bonanza for the
Cumnock mines. They have more
orders on file than can be filled for
months to come with the mine going
at full capacity. One. hundred addi
tional miners were telegraphed for
Friday.
Fayetteville Observer: Major
B. R. Huske has received word from
the United.States Patent Office that he
has been granted a patent for his Vege
table Harvester. It is a simple but in
genious machine, principally for the
cutting of lettuee. It is in the shape -of
a pitchfork, with a blade about two
inches above tbe tines and a guard rail
to hold the plant after it is cut Major
Huse has one in use now which he
constructed himself out of a pitchfork
more than a year ago, and it proved
of such value that he decided to pat
ent it. J. EL McNeill, charged
with an assault on Mary Fisher, of
Rockfish, is again in jail, and his
accuser is again free. It would take
a "Philadelphia lawyer" to unravel
the various ups and down in this case.
McNeill was first arrested, charged
with criminal assault on the woman.
The magistrate at Hope Mill discharg
ed McNeill and put the costs on the
accuser, A new warrant was sworn
out against McNeill and he was placed
In jail and Mary Fisher discharged.
Then the woman was arrested and the
man discharged, and vice versa four
times in the past several days. As it
stands this afternoon the woman is in
jail and the man is free. During the
course of this play the husband of the '
woman also got in jail once or twice,
on a charge of inciting false prosecu
tion, but he is at liberty now.
Charlotte News: The cases in
the Federal Court against the cherry
tree men have been settled at last as
far as the court here is concerned. All
of the three principal defendants have
submitted to at least one charge.
Judge Boyd announced yesterday
afternoon that the defendants would
be required to raise the sum of $10,000,
to be paid to the clerk of the court.
Col. H. C. Cowles, of Statesville, the
money to be used in settling with the
agents who were caught in the swindle.
The law firm of Justice & McBrayer
are required to return the $1,800 fee
which they collected from C. D.
Wilkie and on account of which a true
bill was returned against these par
ties by the grand jury, saying that
they were partners in the cherry tree
company by reason of haying collected
the fee. The other defendants, G. W.
Rollins. O. C. Watkins. M. C. Padgett
and O. F. Greer, who are to contribute
to the $10,000 to be raised, will not be
punished further. The judge an
nounced that if the above amount were
raised, no defendant would be sent to
the penitentiary, but the court as it
may see fit may send to jail for short
terms such of the defendants as it may
see proper to imprison. Final sentence
will be pronounced in Greensboro at
the October term of the Federal Court
The costs in the case, $2,000, will also
be paid by the defendants.
BATTLE WITH A DESPERADO.
Town Marshall tn Jefferson, Iowo, Killed
by Horace Shlpmsn-The Lntter
Riddled With Bullets. .
By Telegraph to the Mornlna Btar.
Jefferson, Iowa., June 21. One
of the worst shooting affairs ever wit
nessed in this part of Iowa, took
place early to-day, resulting from an
attempt to arrest Horace Shipman on
a peace warrant
For some breach of the peace last .
evening a warrant was sworn out for
Shipman and placed in the hands of
Marshal John Bwearden. for service.
Dr. G. H. Grimmell, Shipman's family .
physician, went ahead of the marshal
to attempt to have Shipman surrender
peaceably. Shipman agreed to the
proposition, but when Bwearden and'
Deputy Sheriff Fred Kendall appeared '
at t the door he warned them jiot to
come in under penalty of death.
Bwearden, undaunted, started to pull
his revolver for the purpose of enter
ing and Shipman fired a load of shot,
striking the marshal in the lower part
of the body, killing him instantly. Dr.
Grimmell and the deputy beat a re
treat, leaving the body of the marshal
on the porch.
Sheriff Anderson immediately went
to the scene of the shooting, depu- -tising
a hundred citizens to assist
him. Hundreds of people gathered
near Shipman's home and for three'
hours watched the battle. Five hun
dred shots were poured into the
large two-story house. Shipman reply
ing from windows, cellar-way
and door. The fire company was call
ed out and James May volunteered to
Sut a hose in the cellar and drown
hipman out. May accomplished his
work, but Shipman fired upon him
from the cellar, causing him to re
treat --.,. .
About 11 o'clock Shipman appeared
at a window and fifty shots were fired
at him. It then became quiet inside
and Shipman's body was found on
the floor full of bullets.
Only a' high wind from a direction
that would have carried the flames to
town prevented the buildings from
I being fired
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At (he Democratic convention in
Louisville; Ky., yesterday, Bwager
Sherley, of Louisville, was nominated
for Congress from tbe Fifth district