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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. -
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The Democratic platforms of
and 1900 are as dead . as
Democratic platforms of 1860
of 1892. If we are to rrr
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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
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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.
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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. ' ; ; '
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inc sisr was worrcci.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. " - . . ;
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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
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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.
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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.
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