1 -gg8SSS8888888888S SSSSSSSSSSS8S888S g 388888888888888 VOL. XXXIII. STSSSS88S88S8S88S SSSSSSSSS828388S8 88888858828888888 SS88S888S88888888 n.s "-"ssssssssssaa 8883888888888888 leveiana, aoes not now love him any better than Mr. Bryan does, and therefore it is not partiality tor Cleveland that causes him to take issue with Mr. Bryan, inaoinj which he thna forcibly draws tie distinction between dropping what were once issues and abandoning principle. - u a. The Democratic platforms of and 1900 are as dead . as Democratic platforms of 1860 of 1892. If we are to rrr 1896 the and the a 3. 1 8 3; s i j - s ; ; tbe Poit Offic at ltmtgton, N. C, Second Clan Ma'ter.l SUBSCRIPTION P UCE. The inbcriptloa prlc ol the Werkly BUr 1 m jjlitCoPT 1 yew. porta fwld.. SI 00 " o month! . a. ... '84 Smontbi ..a....... 80 I DISTINCTION WITH FEBJSfUJS.i A DIF- 1 There seems to be a determina tion on tho part of Wm. J. Bryan tnd some of his friends who sup ported him in 1896 anfl. in 1900 to oppose every nWemen looking to harmonizing Democrats who dif fered in one or both of those cam paigns unless they wno took the gold side of the money question con fess that they, erred and ask for giveness. When theyj strike at Cleveland and Hill they strike at every man who called himself a Democrat and followed.! the lead of these men.- If they would close the door on Cleveland, Hill, Whit ney and other Democratic leaders of their calibre, why not close it on all who acted with them in either one or both of the last two elec tions? They would hardly go that far and yet it is to this that their door-closing fulminations logically lead. ! As we understand it, tbe Demo crats who refused to support Wm. J. Bryan on the money f ssue, " and are now seeking to harmonize and co-operate with their former party associates by eliminating that issue as one that is, for the present at least, overshadowed by other issues on which . nearly all Democrats agree, do not ask renunciation of a belief in free, silver; all they ask is limply that that question be per mitted to re3t and be not brought forward as an issue. j la criticising Mr. Cleveland and his speech at the Tiklen club reception, a criticism of which Mr. Cleveland more than the speech was the subject, Mr. Bryan falces the posi tion that a failure to 'reaffirm the platform of 1890 is a desertion of Democratic principles. ' If that be so then every Democratic conven tionrwhich has ever met and adopt ed a platform that dii n't reaffirm the. previous platform and all the previous platforms, deserted Demo cratic principles. In the Louisville Courier-Journal of the 25th inst., there is an article written iu reply to a quotation by Mr. Bryan's Commoner from an ar ticle in the Courier Journal, which Rave a wrong impression because the i.. ii i . . i auu text tvus not given. The quo tation is contained in j;he following extract from the Commoner's article:- "Ia the Courier-Journal Henry Wttersou says: If it be insisted that we turn back for a platform, why not to that of 1893, on which we won our last Presidential battle ?'j A King was once congratulated upon a triumph he bad won in battle after a desperate itruggle in which the larger portion of his army was annihilated 'Another victory i,ke that,' said the King, 'and my Kingdom is Igone.' litis true that in 1892 'we won our lat Presidential ba.t e,' hut when the Democrat recalls the record of the Administration elect ed in 1892, he is impressed with the thought that that was the most expen sive victory that ever came to a politi cal organization." . Upon this Mr. Watterson com ments as follows: - I The wholly agree with Mr. Bryan. But his quotation does Mr. Watterson serious injustice. As torn from its context tt makes Mr. Watterson sug ?aJ? "-enactment of the platform of 1892, when, in reality he proposed uuiuiuK ui w muu i?.ere is what he did say j "To those Democrats who cling to the idea that we are under some obli gation in the interest of consistency to repeat the admitted mistakes of other campaigns, let me say that there is nothing sacred either about platforms or about consistency. Each Presiden tial campaign must stand as each has always stood upon its own bottom. In Public life men must often do as they can rather than as they would; in Practical affairs, both public and PHvate, the rule that circumstances alter cases is above all law. " 1860 the Democratic party split J open. It had two Presl io ri tickets and two; platforms. In je8, it came together! again. Did it ureaoi of re-enacting either of the plat 'ornis of i860 or even reaffirming the Platform of 1864? In 1876 the party tain reunited after another schism, inn greatest of its National Oonven "on asembled in St. Louis and nomi nated the immortal Tilden. Did that convention consider for a moment the Platforms of 1872, or of 18681 Why would we agitate ourselves over the Platforms of 1896 and of 1900, on which Je lost two successive Presidential patties! If it be insisted that we turn S for Platform, why not that of K 0 a n,c we won our last Presl Jent.al battle! The truth is, we should retrace no footsteps, saddle ourselves backs Jjan.vlcap' bnt' taking our beneathntS.the r,e- w noId gather the fi.ilC.f m,-Kround and rekindle iii m f onc blazed there." ' r. Watterson, who once admired ! . v leading tne procession a consider able distance in advance. " ! .-. . But with the start she has gotten this may be expected, for there is no State more favored in advantages for carrying on this industry, with her mountain border and foothills from and through which flow numer ous streama,f uxnishing inexhaustible and unlimited water power, some of which are being utilized for the transmission of electric rower, thus ninyrfi3n area and enlarging pect of doing sure of carrying the I o,n .-u 6 8 next. Congress In the coming mtnmr, w 4"viU0 operations. elections we must open up a fresh set of books. We must turn oar backs upon all by-gones-on much mayhap that was good on much assuredly that waa Hi in far or of such an align ment upon the liTing issues of the time as shall bring us within close range of the common enemy. This does not in the least imply any abandonment of principle, or convic tion. There are men still living in the Bouth who conscientiously believe the institution of African slavery of divine origin and best for both races. Does such a man sacrifice anything of his conscientious belief , when he admits that the institution of African slavery no longer exists and loyally accepts the amended Constitution of the United States? In like manner, touching in dividual beliefs about questions no longer vital, they should be allowed to sleep, each separate Democrat re serving to himself the right to think as he pleases to think, but making this concession to the general community of Interest If we read Mr. Bryan aright, he is not willing to do this. He insists upon at least such a recurrence to the platforms of 1896 and of 1900, as will keep them ever present in the public mind. This It seems to us is to play directly into the Re publican hand. It is certainly what the Republicans would have us do. If they can by any hook, or crook, escape the frightful record they have made, and are making, they have a safe thing ahead of them. Seeing this clearly, the Democrats of both Indiana and Illinois, pivotal and typical States, did what the next National Demo cratic Convention is sure to do, made platforms of their own suited to the al tered face of the political situation. Why should Mr. Brvan antagonize a policy so obviously essential to a strug gling minority I Why should he make himself unhappy because events have not wholly justified his theories, or realized his dreams t Why should he insist upon the repetition of a series of abstractions upon which the party en countering a dwindling.not an increas ing vote, has lost in succession two Presidential elections, well nigh effac ing itself in all the determinate States! Differing from his brother Demo crats in 1896 on the money issue, Mr. Watterson took no part in the cam paign, but took a trip to Europe. In 1900 he stood with the party, al though the platform of 1896 had been reaffirmed. But it will be re membered that Mr. Bryan, who now declares it a desertion of principle to refuse to make the issues of 1896 the issues of 1904, subordinated what was the leading issue in 1896 and made it subordinate to one which was not an issue in 1896 and was not thought of even as a remote possibil itythe issae of "imperialism." He did not repudiate his allegiance to free sifter, ho simply let it rest be cause the other was the issue on which attention most centered and in which the masses of the people then took the most interest. No one found any fault with Mr. Bryan for that, (although the Republicans taunted him with subordinating sil ver) because the Democrats whowere supporting him thought he was do ing a sensible thing. This is what the dissenting Demo crats of 1896 and 1900, who are now urging harmony, ask, nothing more nor less, not that free silver be re pudiated or renounced, but that it be left to rest and that Democrats take np the issues on which there are no differences among them, the issues on which Democrats can get to gether; that we look to the future and ncjt to the past, and make our fight em living issues, and not on is sues in which Democratic masses have lost interest and with which they couldn't be enthused or roused even with the stimulus of Bryan's magnetic eloquence. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JTJLY 4, 1902. DROWNED NO. 36 IN SD"F. Niece of Madane El Radd,;Fim- ist at Wrighfeville, MetVilh -Tragic Death Yesterday;K CAUGHT IBY THE UNDERTOW. J SENATOR TELLER'S SUBTEE- EUGE. That was not an honest reason which Senator Teller gave in his speech in the Senate, Friday, for his oppositition to reciprocity with Cuba, when he said he would agree to it provided there were a propor tionate reduction on manufactures of steel and other things, s in other words he insists upon general tariff revision before any concessions shall be made to Cuba. That was the first time as farSa we have read, that this position has been taken by any of the opponents of reciprocity with Cuba taken very late in the day . by Senator Teller, who has been one of the spokesmen for the beet sugar men, and is taken simply because he knows that there is not the slightest probability of tariff revision now, and has not been at any time since this - Congress convened. In all their opposition to. reciprocity the beet sugar men and their ' representatives, never once expressed a willingness to sub mit to a reduction provided the re duction were general. They simply contended that a reduction of the duty on raw sugar would be playing into the hands of the Sugar Trust (which it would be), and whether it would or not such reduction would ruin their infant industry, which still stands in need of protection, and will need it, according to Presi dent Oxnard, for at least ten years, by which time it will be able to standalone. Senator Teller may be in favor of tariff revision, but if .he is he has had abundant time to show it since uongress met, by making some movement in that direction, which would have been a better evidence of sincerity than this eleventh hour declaration, which is a mere subter fuge, and not even a half way re spectable one. Swept Oat Beyond Her Depth While Bath lag With a Number of Excursionists Near Ocean View Hotel-Heroic Recovery of Her Body. Mary J. Foster, 17 years old, a na tive of Eoscoe, 1 New York, and a niece and assistant to Madame EIRado, the palmistj who is spending the Bum mer at Wrlghtsvllle Beach, was drowned while in surf bathing off the Ocean View Hotel vesterdav after noon about 5 o'clock. V Half an hour later the lifeless form of! the unfortunate girl was recover ed 75 yardrup the beach by Mr. W. Q. T. Keen! janitor of the Atlantic Senator Gallinger's recent speech on the Dingley tariff as the great prosperity booster, was intended as a campaign document, mainly for circulation in his State, New Hamp shire. There were not a dozen Sena tors in the chamber when it was read, but that got it into the Con gressional Record. It will eo out under hi3 frank, a double prostitu tion of the Record and of the frank ing privilege. A SPLENDDD SHOWING Figures are always more convinc ing and sometimes - more eloquent than words, which is true as to the figures published in our press dis patches yesterday, taken from the United States census report, show ing the Southa progress in cotton spinning in the past two decades, a progress which we venture to say has never been equalled in any other country in the world. The mere statement that the cap ltal invested in this industry has in creased in twenty years from $20,- 413,414 to 1137,172,561 tells its own story not only of phenomenal growth, but of steady and. solid growth, and this, too, in a section where the business had, practically speaking, to be begun from the ground np, where there were few men who understood it, where the labor had to be taken out of the fields and towns and taught mill work, and where it was confidently predicted that the industry could not succeed for these and other reasons. It is gratifying to North Caro linians that while the South as a whole presents such a splendid ex hibit and some of the Southern States have made remarkable pro gress, North Carolina, with Sonth Carolina, . has forged to the front, with the indications in favor of her The unusual number of sudden deaths in the town Meriden, Conn., leads to the suspicion that there is a suicide club there and there is talk of hunting it up and breaking it up. They may save themselves the trouble, for. if these suspicions be founded, at the rate the deaths are hannenlnz it will soon break itself up." " Nut growing is making so much progress in some of ' the Southern States that a meeting of the South- -- . -m 1 t era JNut urowers' Association nas been called at Macon, Ga., on, the 15th of July to consider matters in which the nut growers are inter ested. Judging from the reports this business seems to be shelling out all right. It isn't considered much of an of fence to steal in China, provided the thief is smart enough to get away with the loot. That Chinese idea seems to have struck in more or less in portions of this country, especially when the stealings are respectably large. Eastern cities are making a great fuss over the soft coal smoke. When they get used to it as many Western and Southern cities have, they will inhale it and swallow it and not make half as much! ado over it as they do now. Nothing like being used to things when you have to. The New York Tribune says the butchers of that city have organized an association, and propose to buy cattle and be independent of the Beef Trust. If there were no dnty on imported cattle they could draw on Canada and carry out the plan, much easier than they can now. Yaoht Club, who saw the body float ing in the; water, quickly divested himself of fall unnecessary clothing and swam bravely; out into the ocean to make the rescue. He was warmly commended for his daring by hun dreds of people on (he beach, who watched the body floating up with the tide. i ' i !" ' i - . The drowning was most probably due to a strong undertow said to have been prevailing at the time. The girl went in the surf with a number of ex cursionists from Goldsboro, who were at the beach. She had freauentlr been warned by her aunt, Madame EIRado, not to go too far and was comparatively close in shore when she was swept out. Mr. M. O. S. Cherry, of Mount Olive, was nearest her just before the drowning and to him she called for help, but just as he reached her, a breaker took the girl away from Him and that was the last seen of her alive. When the body was taken front the ; surf, both Mr. Keen and Mr. Walton, janitor of the Caro lina YachtClub, did all in their power to revive the girl and were assisted by several visiting physicians at Wrlgbts vllle. Later Dr j O. D. Bell, Dr. W J. H. Bellamy and Dr. L. H. Love went down front the city, but it was too late to do anything further. The re- mains were brought up to Wilmirg ton on the j.0 o'clock train last night and taken to 109 Dock 'street, whete Madame Eljttdo and the girl had live! for the past 13 months, before golnj to the beach to open their palmistri stands. Madame ! EIRado had a teni near Ocean View hotel and her niect who was drowned, had j another neai the Seashore Hotel. Mr. Holdea to Travel, j Mr. A. Si Holden has returned home after an absence of five : weeks doing some special work in South Carolina. He has accepted the position of the first Southern representatives of the Lindner Shoe Co., of Carlisle, Pa., manufacturer of fine shoes. He will travel Nortji Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, E?orida, Alabama, Mississip pi, and Louisiana. The firm has branch offices in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Wasnington, D. C, and London, Eng. ' ; ; ' rw . r i nl a- . ! inc sisr was worrcci. f As some'doubt seems ;to exist as to whether the Democratic convention of Robesou county instructed for or indorsed Mr. Patterson for Congress, it may be well to mention the fact that the report of the proceedings as tele graphed to! the Star was absolutely correct. Tjie convention indorsed, but j did not instruct. Will Not Ester the Army j Rev. J. f. Payseur, former pastor of Brooklyn Baptist Church, has decided not to enter the United States army service and has become principal of the Excelsior Literary and Industrial BRUNSWICK DEMOCRATS . IN COUNTY1 CONVENTION. THE PAYETTEVILLE PRIMARY. Cross Solid for Clark, Brows and Connor and for Bellamy for Congress-Delegates to the District Meeting-. The Brunswick County! Democratic Convention was held at Lockwood's Folly yesterday. - H ! In consequence of the. crowded condition of our columns we can give only an abbreviated report. Mr. M. C. Guthrie was permanent chairman and Mr. John Henry Mints, secretary. 1 ' J , ; Delegates were appointed to the State, Congressional, .' Judicial and Senatorial conventions, j The following offered by Dr, T. V. Moore, was unanimously adopted: Whereas. We have watched with care and approval the course of our present . distinguished Representative in Congress; and, being deeply im pressed with the wisdom of retaining in the public , service one who has Sroven his ability i and ; usefulness herefore, . i I - tietoivea. That the Democrats of Brunswick county, through their rep resentatives In convention assembled, hereby indorse the Hon. John D. Bel lamy for renomination. And the dele gates appointed to represent Brunswick county in the convention to be held at Fayetteville, August 20thare instruct ed to cast the vote of thitf county for him as a unit. The convention also instructed foa Clark for Chief Justice, ' Brown and Connor for Associate Justices, Bed dingfleld for j Corporation Commis sioner andj George H. .Bellamy for Senator from the 11th district. Among those in attendance from other counties were Hon. John D. Bellamy and Mr. -Jos. A. r Brown, can didates for Congress. After the regu lar proceedings were concluded,1 Mr. Bellnmy was! invited to ; address the convention. He made a short speech, thanking the delegats for their unan imous support., ' Iji I The convention for the nomination of county officers will bei held later, most probably in Southport. FIRE THIS MORNING. Stock of Z. V. Croon & Co., 110 North " Water Streef, Damsged About $1,001. Pally Covered by Insurance. ' ' ! - - BBHBSBBSi At 1 :10 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the rear of the wholesale and retail grocery store of Z. VCroom &C6., No. 110 North Water street. An alarm was sent in to the de partment froni box! : 41, ! Market and Water streets,? and the central station was notified by telephone from the MORNING OTAK omce. I The fire started . In some hay and rubbish In the. rear of the store from an unknown cause. It is roughly estima ted that the damage to the stock will exceed $1,000; insurance 13.700. The building belonged to Mr. F. G. Punke, and is damaged several hun dred dollars. r I The stock of Mrj Peter McQueen, Jr., wholesale grocer, next door on the south, was slightly j damaged by (moke. j - "H DEATH bP A j YOUNG MAN. Creek .Township Voted on State - and Other Officers. Special Star Correspondence. . Fatettxville, June 28. Pursuant to aall issued by the County Execu tive Committee. Democratic precinct meetings were held in the four voting precincts of Cross Creek township (Fayette vUle) at 8:30 o'clock last night In the first precinct, no prima ry; was demanded, and ten delegates to the County Convention were elected. The delegates were uninstructed. . ; In the second precinct a primary was demanded, and held, which resulted in the following vote: For Chief Justice, Clark, 15; Justice, 11. , Associate Jus tice H. G. Connor, 25; Piatt D.Walk er, 8L G. H. Brown, 5. For Con gress E. J. Hale. 9: John D. Bellamy. 27; J. A. Brown, 2. The chairman was instructed to appoint eleven delegates to the county convention, who should represent the vote of the precinct as cast - la the third precinct, no meeting was held on account of inclement weather. The meeting was adjourned till next Tuesday night In the fourth precinct, a demand was made for a primary, to vote on the various Congressional and State can didates. Chrlrman James D. McNeill refused to recognize; the Democratic plan of organization as laid down by the State Executive Committee as to primaries for the several candidates, stating that Cumberland county was not governed by the State Plan of Or ganization, but by a precedent made by the County Executive Committee several years ago, and that a majority ruled. Upon motion for the election of delegates to the County Convention and a motion to table that motion, the vote to table that motion was lost by a vote of 33 to 86, which was a test vote showing the sentiment of the precinct as to Maj. Hale's candidacy for Con gress. Had a primary been allowed, it is safe to say Bellamy would have received 26 of the 68.voteslpresent. A protest was entered and an appeal taken to the County Convention, from the decision refusing to allow a pri mary after demand. Those- demand ing a primary say the refusal to allow it is contrary to the State Plan of Party Organization, and results in suppressing the sentiments of a large and respectable minority of Demo cratic voters. The fourth is the home precinct of Msjor Hale and Chairman J. D. McNeill. For Chief Justice, Clark received 35 votes and Justice 16 votes. Connor and Brown were unan imously endorsed for Associate Justices. WAKE COUNTY CONVENTION. A LIVELY DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Morgan Wants to Know Status of American Stockholders in Panama Canal. HANNA OPPOSED THE INQUIRY Itesented the Insinostloa That a Lobby ': Was In Washington to Adrocate the Panama Rente Bill Relating to Tobacco Passed. Academy at Atkinson, N. O. Rev. Mr. Payseur proposes to make the school a hgh class preparatory insti tution in every respect Passenger Depot Damaged. Florence Times 28th; Passengers on the southbound fast mail. "35." this morning told of a very severe electri cal storm that occurred at Wilson, N. O.. last night The coast aUtne pas senger denot was fired; by lightning and considerably damaged. It was not totally destroyed, however. Tne uoasi Line freight depot at Jamesville was burned Thursday ntgut. l i It is warm enough now to rnaat beefsteak on the roof. but. un fortunately beetsteak is even higher than the roof. Mr. Alexander Kerr, of Cape Pear Town. ship, Died Saturday Morning. Many friends in the city and county of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kerr, of Acorn Branch, will' sympathize with them deeply in the loss of their son, Alex ander McD.' Eer, aged 20 years, whose death occurred of typhoid fever at 7 o'clock Saturday morning at the James Walker Memorial Hospital. Young Mr. Kerr was well known and highly esteemed in a wide circle of ac quaintances in Wilmington, where he was employed in. the office of Mr. E. Borden, superintendent of the Atlan tic Coast Line. He was energetic and of a congenial, happy nature. He was a member of Wilmington Division, Naval Reserves, and in his memory the armory of the company was draped yesterday. A. detachment of Reserves attended the funeral at 11 o'clock last Sunday jat the home of his par ents at Acorn Branch, j The deceased young man is survived besides the parents by one brother, Colon E. Kerr, and three sisters, Misses Etta, Lilly and Lottie Kerr. They have the sincerest sympathy of many friends in th?r loss, j A TEXAS TORN A DO. Pos for Renomlnatlov Antl-ClsrK Element Held Aloof Allen for Jodge. Special Star Telegram.' Raleigh, N. C, June 28. The Wake Democratic Convention to-day instructed its delegates to the fourth congressional district convention for Edward W. Pou'a re-nomination, and adopted a resolution that the county vote on associate justice in the State Convention be divided equally between Connor and Brown and cast solidly for Clark for Chief Justice. The anti Clark element had no representation whatever in delegations to to-day's convention. They did not attend tbe recent primaries and therefore made no protest on the convention floor. W. R. Allen of Wayne was endorsed for Su perior Court Judge and Armistead Jones for solicitor this district The convention instructed forBeddingfield for CorporationCommissionerand J.Y. Joyner for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The county executive committee calls nrimarv for county officers July 26th and the convention for August 2nd. A TERRIFIC STORM AT WASHINGTON, N. C. - ... Teeth are valuable in Russia. A judge recently gave a woman a ver dict for $50000 against a railroad, because she lost five cident. - teeth in anac- That 14-year-old .Mooresville, N. C. girl who married a 70-year-old lover, was probably short on grand pas. " - . . ; ' i, i - rt i Money ! J I - i A 1 Several Persons Killed and Many Injured, Crops Badly Damaged. By Xelestapn to the Mornlnst Star. Dallas, TpxA8,'Juno28. A torna do which struck a Bohemian settle ment near here has killed several per sons and injured many others. Many houses were blown to nieces and the crops were laid waste. Several ne groes are also reported killed. Bkckville, Texas, June 28. It is reported that Frank Dickson was killed and his wife and two children fatally injured by a storm near here to-day. A heavy rain accompanied by high Tina did mucn aamage to crops, blew down fences and unroofed many houses. i : Jf ! STORM IN! TENNESSEE. Tng J. L. Patterson Wrecked in the Qsle and All on Board Drowned Five Persons Lost Their Lives By Teleerapn to tne morning Star. Charlotte, N. C, June 28. A special Jto the Observer, from Wash ington, N. C.,says: With a fearful burst of thunder and lightning, one of the hardest electric storms ever known here struck Wash ington last night The average ve locity of the wind was about 15 miles an hour, though it came in flaws as hard as fifty. The tug J. L. Patter son, belonging to the Kugler Lumber Comnanv. was towing two schooners. run by E. EL Moore, the fish dealer here, and when the squall struck, the wind turned the boat on her side and the pilot house was entirely torn away, carrying with it two persons. Five were on tbe boat All were drowned. The dead: William J. Womble, captain ; Henry Davenport engineer; Dick Walters, fireman; John Cherry, cook; Allan Moore, the son of E: B. Moore. The latter was in the pilothouse which, was carried off by 'the wind and waves. The United States buoy tender Violet was in peril, but it took on two submarine divers and went to the scene of the disaster. Several tugs are assisting in the recovery of the bodies. RACE RIOT AT LANQLEY, S. C Ten White Men and Six or Seven Negroes Shot and Cat Two Negroes After wards Lynched by Mob. A Farmer and Two of His Children Killed by Lightning: By Telesrapbto Monona Bear. CHATTAirooaatiTEimM June 28. A fnr Vlllir SUbSCrlntiOn Send X I high wind storm Ithis afternoon serf T . r I J.n,.!. 1 tha fAlAnhnne ex change in this city. Several of the -flail Ol ..it .mmsImi af Remember that a news- g SS&S1 n anar uiu is, as iiiuuh oh- :: i w"i Are you Indebted toTHE WEEKLY STAR? If SO, when! you receive a bills: Med Mo your consldera - m H A tlon as IS a Dill for gru-g ceries.- - I AtRimnon. fla.. south of ChiCka- minM Park, the Ihifirh: wind was fol- h m. iwmarlribla electric Storm. during which J. W. Bively, a farmer, and two of bin children were struck by lightning and killed. By Teiegrapn f tne nerning star. Augusta, Ga., June 28. At mid night a telephone special from Lang ley, 8. C, announced the shooting by a mob of armed men of two wounded negroes in the calaboose there. There was a riot between white and negro passengers on a Southern Bail way train at Langley about 7 o'clock this evening, in wnicn pisiois anu knives were freely used. Ten white men were shot and cut more or less seriously, and six or seven negroes. .All of the wounded white men were residents of Langley and vicinity. Only two of the negroes were captured at Langley one, named Collins, was dangerouly cut about the head and neck. Another, named Wyatt Holes, was cut on the neck but not seriously. The news of the riot spread through the country and crowds rapidly gathered in the little factory town. Before midnight they broke into the calaboose and shot the two wounded negroes to death. ... , ey TeletrraDn to tne Morning Bt&r. Washington, June 28. A lively debate was precipitated in the Senate to-day over a resolution of Mr. Mor gan, of Alabama, authorizing the Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals to investigate the status of American stockholders of the Panama Canal Company with a view of protecting them in the French courts. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin,' Benator Hanna, of Ohio, and Benator Mitchell, of Oregon, antagonized the resolution, maintainig that it was a matter with which the United States had nothing to do. Senator Morgan warmly ad vocated the proposition, but it finally went over to the calendar without ac tion. Senator DeBoe and Senator Black burn, of Kentucky, engaged, in an in teresting, but good natured discussion of Kentucky politics, in the course of which the former alleged that the rea son why Governor Taylor did not re turn to Kentucky and stand . trial as an accessory to the murder of Gov ernor Goebel was that the courts were corrupt and $100,000 reward offered for the apprehension of the murderer of Goebel had been used to corrupt the courts and bribe witnesses. This Mr. Blackburn emphatically denied, and declared ne was so , tnorougnly con vinced of Taylor's guilt that he would be willing to submit the case to any judge and jury in the Union. After Benator Morgan had explained his resolution, Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, vigorously opposed the adoption, declaring that it was with out precedent, entirely mischievous and obstructive of the action of Con gress. Senator Morgan insisted upon his resolution. He wanted to know and would know whether or not the lobby that had been hanging about Congress so thick that it might be cut with a knife had been receiving or was to receive a part of the $40, 000,000 to be paid for the Panama canal property. Things of that kind, he said, had occurred in diplomacy since the treaty was .made. Largesse, stipends and bribes were paid to-day to men who conducted great negotia tions. He desired to be assured that the United States had not been scan dalized in any respect Senator Hanna opposed the resolu tion, saying that the people had ac cepted tne verdict or uongreas upon the canal and were satisfied. He re sented the insinuation that a lobby was here to advocate the Panama route and to induce congressmen to vote against their convictions and in clinations. He protested against such an Insinuation and declared that he never had known of such a lobby, and he challenged Senator Morgan to pro duce proof of his charge. Senator Aldrich called up a bill re lating to tobacco passed by the Senate, and moved to agree to an amendment of the House providing that no pack ages of manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes shall have attached to them any representation or promise of a ticket or chance in any lottery or any Immoral picture, The amendment was agreed to, thus passing the bill. House of Representatives. When the House adjourned to-night the General Deficiency bill and one item in the Naval Appropriation bill werejall that remained in dispute be tween the two houses so far as the ap propriation bills are concerned. The conference report on the District of Columbia bill was adopted and it.now goes thelPresident for his signature. Earlier in the day the House decided the contest election case of Horton vs. Butler, from the 12th Missouri district, by declaring the seat vacant By a strict party vote of 100 to 136, Mr. Butler, who is a Democrat was de clared not entitled to the seat Mr. Butler made a vigorous speech of an hour in defence of his right to the seat The Dick militia bill waa made a con tinuing order, not to interfere with conference reports. Mr. Foss, chairman of the Com mittee on Naval Affairs, called up the conference report on the Naval Appro priation bill. It was adopted 116 to 74. This left but one item in dispute between the two houses, the provision for new ships. The Senate disagreed to the proviso attached by the House requiring that three ships provided for in the bill (one battleship, one cruiser and one gunboat) should be built in the government yards. Mr. Foss moved to recede and con cur in the Senate amendment with an amendment requlring;that the secre tary of the navy should build at least one ship in a government yard, and provided, further, that the secretary of the navy should have authority if he did not obtain reasonable bids, to have all the ships built in government yards. Mr. Foss told the House that the conferees found that the Senate absolutely declined to accept the House provision in its original form, but he said that the amendment he offered contained substantially the same pro vision, except that the secretary was only required to build one ship in the governmept yard. Mr. Kitchin, of North Carolina, urged the House to stand by its origi nal action and insist that a battleship, a cruiser and a gunboat should be built in government yards. If the amend ment prevailed, ne said, tne secretary of the navy would build only a gun boat at a government yarn. Mr. Foskmotion was lost 81 to 87. The House then insisted upon its dis agreement to the Senate amendment to strike out the provision and the bill was sent back to conference. Messrs. Foss, of Illinois; Taylor, of Ohio, and Meyer of Louisiana were appointed conferees. Sanford Express: Small grain is now being trashed. The yield is poor. Crops are looking splendid , and the prospects are as fine as could -be wished, h ' L&uAnbxug Exchange: We hear general complaint from the farmers on account of cotton lice. Some say that the damage has already been consid erable from this cause. , Davison Dispatch: The homing pigeons liberated here on the 10th inst. by the depot agent, C. W. Trice, broke the record for the last flying pigeon. A letter from Philadelphia to Caot. Trice says that of the 1700 pigeons, nearly every one reached Philadelphia in about 6 hours. The distance is 400 miles and the birds traveled at the rate of 1716 pards per minute. The letter furthsr says this isths best record ever made from this point. Richmond Beactlight: From every section we hear of good crops, especially the cotton crop. In some sections which have suffered from the dry weather crops are somewhat later, but since the rains have came they have taken on new life and promise well. Yes, crops are good and have been made with less expense than -usual, and nobody "got in the grass." If seasons hold out Richmond far mers will not be corn buyers next year. Smithfield Herald: A meeting was held Monday, June 23rd. to es tablish a knitttng Mill at Wilson's Mills. It was decided to make the capi tal stock ten thousand dollars. More than half the amount was subscrib ed. The rains of the past week have greatly improved the crop con ditions in this county. The outlook for a good crop was perhaps never brighter at this season. The census report shows that Johnston ranks fifth among the counties of North Carolina in the production of cotton and third in tne yield of sweet pototoes. Since the statistics were obtained in the sum mer of 1900, our county has made wonderful progress in both its agri cultural and industrial conditions. Danbury Reporter: The Irish potato crop In this section is . exceed ingly short The blackberry crop is said to be a kind of failure. Battle snakes are quite plentiful. The to bacco crop in most sections of the county will-be exceedingly short This is owing to the great scarcity of plants, on account of the dry weath er, Mr! J. A. Hill, of Brown Mt, the airship man, has raised his com pany and the flying machine will be constructed at onoe. Mr. J. Spot Taylor's big plantation near. Danbury produced about 40,000 pounds of tobac co last year, averaging 25 cents per pound. The last of tbe crop was mar keted this week, some of it bringing 50 cents per pound. Besides this, big , quantities of grain and other products were raised on the farm. Gastonia News: W. P. Ed wards, of near Stanley, tells of a cow -owned by Bufus Friday, a colored man, that gives six pints of milk at a time, but has never had a calf. The darkey bought the cow two years ago and she was expected to find a calf but did not, so he went to milking and the amount of milk has increased and they have milk and butter every day. Mr. Barnett, of Bethel, says chinch bugs have appeared in large numbers on his farm and are doing much damage. This has been a corn buying year in Bethel and the bugs may make the farmers have to buy next year. Mr. Barnett says this is the poorest wheat year he ever saw. He drilled sixteen acres, using a ton and a half of guano and making 120 dozen bundles, which will make about 40 bushels of wheat WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION A FACT. Instruments Installed by Prof. R. A Pes senden Along tbe Const Nesr Cape Hatteras and Roanoke Islsnd. '- TTllljMM atornlna Btar. Norfolk, Va., June 28. Wireless telephone communication is a fact. Instruments invented by Professor R. A. Fessenden have been installed in homes along the coast near Cape Hat teras and Roanoke Island, and for a distance of fourteen miles the ticks from the wireless telegraph instru ments can be heard over the telephone. Another strange feature in connec tion with the experiments is the ability to hear messages ' being sent over one line through instruments con nected with another line at some dis tance from the wire over which tho message is being sent The experiments are being conduct- -ed between Frisco and Buxton, N. C, and instruments have been placed In .. the house '.of Mr. J. Davis, of Buxton, with a wire to Creeds Hill life saving station. It has no connection with the government wire at that point, but messages over the government wire can be heard over the private line. A. J. Fulcher, of Frisco, has a wire run ning from his home to the same life saving station, but it also has no con nection with the government wire, neither Is it connected with the wire from Mr, Davis' house. The extremi ties of tbe two wires at the station are over twelve feet apart, nevertheless messages that are sent over, either of them, or over the government wire, can be easily heard over any of the other two wires; ticks from the wire less telegraph Instruments over four teen miles away are also plainly audi ble. SHIPMENTS OP PURE SILVER. The statement of the Associated Banks for the week ending yesterday shows: -Loans, $823,871,800; increase, $4,856,700. Deposits, $955,82900; in crease, $4,376,600. Circulation, $31, 456,000; increase, $105,900. Legal ten ders, $78,301,200; increase, $1,697,- suu. Specie. ai73.634.60U: increase, $331,800. Reserve $251,935,700; In crease, $3,039,380. From New Jersey to Mexican Government Mint in the City of Mexico. by Telegraph to tne Horning star. Labedo, Texas, June 28. Large shipments of pure silver in barn have been made through this city everyday since last Saturday. It is from New Jersey and going to the Mexican gov- ' erment mint in tne uuy oi jnexico. Yesterday 119 bars were shipped through yesterday, making a total of 161 bars since Saturday. The average weight of the is bars 75 pounds, so the total number of pounds is 46,200 These ore shipments will pay no extra duty. The Mexican government, it is understood, some time since granted the American Smelting and Refining Company the right to import five million ounces silver bullion that had been exported from Mexico. This bullion will be coined free of charge in the government mints and under the ruling rate of exchange will per mit of a large pront Near West Norfolk, Va., yesterday, Constable F. Adams shot and killed Albert Jackson, a negro, for whom he had a warrant charging theft. Jack son, when overtaken advanced upon Adams, with a drawn xnue. xne om eer fired four shots from a revolver, , all of which took effect A head-on collision between two heavily loaded ears on the Hudson di vision of the Marlboro (Mass.) street railway yesterday resulted in the death of Motorman John A. Harris and injuries to about forty passengers, several of whom were taken to hos pitals. .,4 !i .Hi: ' sir i si: 't!i --! CI ti i ' .f" -1:

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