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VOL. XXXIII.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY. 18, 1902
NO. 38
"Admlyi1a(t1nft intUmil 'MI1W
before.
WHEN WE MAY EXPECT IT.;
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Since President Roosevelt's refer
ences in his Tittsburg speech to the
Trusts and -possible new legislation,
there has been rmuch discussion in
the papers as to what that meant,
and its possible effect on the coming
elections. Some of the Republican
organs think it was a master stroke
of Mr. Roosevelt, especially' when
taken in connection with! the alleged
instructions to Mr. Littlefield to
prepare an anti-trust bill for pre
sentation when Congress meets in
December. But this story has al-
ready been discredited by Washing-
ton correspondents, who say that
this bill which Mr. Littlefield was
"requested" to draw up was. drawn
up two months before Congress ad
journed and was hung i. up, as it
were, because- it was not deemed
prudent to bring 'ji forward. If it
had been brought forward it would
hare been killed as dead as an Egyp
tian mummy and then it could not
be utilized as a campaign trick.
- The Philadelphia Press is abont
aa well informed a paper as there is
in the country on the policies and
purposes of the administration, the
relations between its editor-in-chief
and the President giving it excep
tional advantages in this, respect. It
was while Mr. Smith was in the
cabinet regarded as the administra
tion organ and is yet to some extent.
This makes its views on the alleged
movement to regulate the Trusts in
teresting. Judging from the follow
ing editorial it does not seem to at
tach much importance to the al
leged Roosevelt - Knox Littlefield
combine It says:
President Roosevelt'- speech at
Pittsburg continued bis clear and ra
tional campaign for the regulation of
"trusts " a campaign wit ;se plu is
missed by Washington c rretoondenla
who are looking for n. "Roosevelt
pari;" and some new leihlauve nos
trum in a new "Littlefield bill" which
will cure all "trust" ills in a single
application. 1
The great cloud of rumor a to a
brand new anti-trust bill has little sub
taitial foundation. What does ex
ist 1 lomething altogether different
pl':iasa pikestaff, to any man who
has followed President; Roosevelt's
puuiic utterances and the work of At
torney General Knox, j
T'vse new swollen, ! overgrown,
overcapitalized corporations, "trusts,"
have their vils. They are also in
the line of the normal I evolution of
Indus' ry, which has gone from big to
bifcgfr for twn centuries; Regulation
Is pluir.lv ntid-J. What regulations
cai onlv become clear by testing ex
isting law and finding jits effective
ness and its limitations.
Attorney General Knox is applying
this test. There is probably o mem
ber of the Pennsylvania bar who
would not instantly admit that there
is no man in the bar of the country
better fitted to apply this test. By
great good fortune, duo to President
McKjnley's intelligent selection and
President Roosevelt's wise approval
of I'm choice, the country has to-day
dea'i.-g with trusts a lawyer who
knows more about trusts than any
trust lawjer. "I
U. 8. Attorney GenemJ Knox has
brought a comprehensive group of
"trust" suits. The suit against the
Northern Securities Company raises
the issue of the mere owning corpora
tion created by one Stat u hich vio
lates the laws of Another State by buy
ing shares in the corporations of the
latter, and, therefore, the Morgan-Hill
lawyers say, can . bq reached by
neither. .
The "Beet Trust" case oover every
interstate phase of the: informal per
sonal agreement between the individ
uals, firms and corporations. The
"Beef Trust" is not a corporation. It
is not a firm. It is not wen a con
tracted agreement It 1 a group of
firms in these cities who pool under se
ret and often unwritten under
. standings as to purchase prices,
sales and railroad rates and re
bates. Can this sort of thins be
reached! If it can, will any agree
ment between any men in the same
trade be safe or legalt If it cannot be
reached, what laws are needed to pre
vent illict agreements land leave un
touched licit bargaining!
The group of railroad suits at New
Orleans, Memphis and elsewhere in
the Southwest reach most varieties of
railroad agreements and understand
ings as to rates, traffic and allowances
for competition by water and other
wise. The Northern Securities sut is
for the dissolution of the corporation.
The "Beef Trust" cases are part for
conspiracy, part under the anti-trust
law and part unaer tne interstate com
merce act. The railroad cues are
principally under the j last-named act
By the lime these are threshed out
and started on their apneals the law
will be clearer than it is now. No one
knows to-day what can be done by ex
isting law to regulate trusU. When
that is clear it will also be clear, and
not berore, what legislation Is needed.
Legislation before litigation has tested
existing remedies may be popular.
Legislation after litigation has applied
.the test will be effective.
President Roosevelt believes In tbe
181. 0 dona Alln.n. rianarul
, When his litigation has shown
is needthere will be an
This is interesting and seems to
anticipate the non-materializing of
tho anti-trust programme, which has
been so much ' heralded since the
President referred to the trusts - at
the PittBburg celebration, and then
became the central figure in the re
ception given by Mr. Trick, one of
the magnates of the boss Trust of
the country.
. The Press knows there is not the
remotest probability of. the Little
field bill, or any other anti-trust bill,
being passed at the next session of
Congress, and not much more of its
being offered, and then the reasons
given will be substantially the same
as those given in "its editorial,
namely, that they hadnt found out
exactly what was needed or how to
scotch the ' Trusts. According to
the Press writer, Mr. Knox has en
tered on a group of experiments, to
test whether there is any virtue in
existing laws, or whether we have
been going along for years under the
impression that our statesmen knew
how to draft laws that would have
some vitality in them and at last
discovered that we have been labor
ing under a delusion. But Mr.
Knox is coming to the rescue and,
with his corps of assistants, will test
the laws touching trusts, combines,
etc., and find out whether they have
rents in them through which the
trusts, combines, etc., can drive a
tally-ho coach.
It may be incidentally, remarked,
however, that Mr. Knox didn't
move with remarkable celerity in
these experiments until he was
forced to do so by public sentiment
There isn't a single one of the cases
cited of the Press in which he
moved of his own volition. The
Northern Securities case, to which
reference is made, would never have
been touched by him if it had not
been for the determined action of
the' Governor of Minnesota, who de
clared that this railroad combines
would not be permitted to defy and
nullify the anti-combine laws of
Minnesota. The public knows very
little about the action taken in this
case, but if any has been taken it is
dragging its slow length along, and
will probably continue to drag until
after the Fall elections.
The Beef Trust is no more a
Trust now than it was several years
ago when a Committee of Congress
reported that it was a combine or
ganized to control prices and that it
did control the prices of all cattle
received at the stock- yards in
Chicago, . which it controlled.
Thero had been oomplaint
abont the unreasonable extor
tionate . prices of meats. Did
Mr. Knox with his legal machinery
come to the rescue of the people?
He didn't move a peg until the New
York Herald and other papers got
possession of the evidence, and put
it in his hands, when he could no
longer jremain inactive without sub
jecting himself to the charge of be
ing under the thumb of the Trust.
The papers worked up the case and
supplied the proofs and it is they
and not he who are entitled to any
credit for driving this TruBt to bay.
But even jihat case drags its slow
length along, and may possibly end
in a fizzle if the report be true that
the Big Six company in the Trust
have consolidated after the manner
of the steel plants, which have been
merged into the U. S. Steel Trust.
When all these cases are settled
by due process of law, and we find
out "where we are at," or words to
that effect, - then, according to tne
Press, we may look for something
else but not until then. And that
time is somewhat remote.
' HE HAD GOOD AUTHORITY.
In Senator Pritchard's reply to
THE NEW CLINTON.
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City to Be! Rebuilt at ! Once on a
Larger and More Up-to-date
Scale
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the published intefriew of Senator
Simmons, warning the Democrats of
the State as to the planB of the Re
publicans to carry the State and
send Pritchard back to the Senate,
he substantially asserted that Sena
tor Simmons had only imagined this WORK FOR OUR
or had been imposed upon by some
one who assumed to know a good
deal that he didn't know, in other
words that there was no foundation
whatever for. the charges made.
Senator Simmons has published a
reply to Pritchard's reply, calling at
tention to its evasions and shuffling
and the. failure to touch the kernel
of the matter or to say anything
that might be regarded as an ad
mission that the Republicans accept
the constitutional amendment in
good faith and .will not try to have
it nullified. Regarding the authority.
on which his interview was based
Senator Simmons says: !
"I am not of that credulous and com
placent kind who supinely hug the de
lusive hope that the Republican leaders
in North Carolina have abandoned all
expectation of retaining the negro vote.
If I had entertained any doubt about
Us purpose in this regard, that doubt
would be removed by the evasive char
acter of Senator Pritchard's answer.to
gether with the character of campaign
which the enemies of Democracy are
making North Carolina to day.a ca m
paign so manifestly in harmony with
the plan outlined in the information
nnon which mv interview was based
that no man wno is not Diina can iau
to see.
"I re-assert my confidence in the
accuracy of the information upon
which my interview was based. I re
assert it, first, because my informant
is one of the most prominent men in
the State, respected by all for his
great ability and for his universally
conceded high character, and because
he was known to me to be in a posi
tion which would enable him to se
cure information upon the subject
about which he spoke. Because he
assured me he did not speak from con
jecture, but from knowledge. And
because there was no motive wny no
should mislead me, while there is the
highest motiye for the denial of the
Republican managers. My informant
is a lawver of the highest standing in
his profession, and at the time he
communicated this information . to
me he expressed the opinion
that the . assault upon the amend
ment at the time agreed upon and in
the way agreed upon would be dan
gerous, and that it was my duty as
chairman to warn the people, to the
end that the plot might be thwarted.
"Further, I assert ray confidence in
the correctness of my information upon
the ground that the plan of campaign
already inaugurated by the Republi
cans is along the lines indicated and
that the charge that they would ap
peal to the courts to set aside- the
amendment is in entire accord with all
of their declarations with reference to
that measure openly made in the cam
ni nf 1900. The fact that that as-
iiitwsatohadela'ved until shortly
before the election is in entire keeping
with the cunning for which the lead
ers of that party are noted.
"It will be noted that Senator Pritch
ard in his answer attempts but two de
nials of the alleged conspiracy and
that both of them are couched in gen
eralities of the most suspicious nature.
In one he denies that the Republicans
have conspired or consulted 'as to the
policy mentioned by Senator Sim
mons.' In the other he denies any
knowledge of the 'proposition refer
red to by Senator Simmons. In the
one instance it is a policy which he
denies, and that is the 'policy' referred
to by me. In the other it is a 'proposi
tion' which he denies, and that is the
nnnitlnn rafArred' to by mo. No
one will contend that this is a specific
or any denial of a purpose to ttack
the amendment No one will contend
that it is an assertion of a purpose to
accept the amendment.
, This settles the question as to the
reliability of Senator Simmons' in
formant, and is much more to the
point than Senator Pritchard's at
tempted denial on the ground that
he hadn't been consulted about it
and therefore there could be no such
move in contemplation.
ARCHITECTS.
VALUATION OP RAILROADS.
AT THE COAST LINE.
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.
Cel. W. A. Johnson and Mr. H E. Bonitz
Keturned from the' Baned City Yes-terdsy-Bothi
Praise the PoBh
of Sampson County People.
The New Clinton, is what the
county seat of old Sampson will soon
be. The people of that; city, while
feeling keenly -the loss j or property
sustained by, last Sunday's conflagra
tion, are no a bit discouraged or dis
mayed. They; have already gone to
work to rebuild their beautiful little
city and in doing so they intend to
make it by far more up-to-date than
before. This well exemplifies the
pluck and push of the Clinton people,
.' Col. W. A. Johnson returned yes-
terday morning from the burned city,
where he has been for the past week at
the bedside! of. his mother. In this
connection it is gratifying to note that
Mrs. Johnson is much I better. His
wife is still in Clinton .
In conversation with a Stab repre
sentative Col- j Johnson said that the
loss was almost $100,000, which was
covered by a meagre insurance of only
about a fifth of that amount 8peaking
of the rebuilding of the place, he says
the people Sare'bending every energy
and intend! to make Clinton by far
better, than jbef ore. Dr. A. M. Lee is
alone to have ! erected ; three large
handsome store buildings, which are
to be constructed according to mod
ern architectural plans. '
Mr. H. El Bonitz, the architect, re
turned lastjnfght from Clinton. He
spent two days there and was kept
busy the entire time figuring on plans
for new buildings, j He was given al
most immediately contracts for plans
for two splendid residences and six
fine stores, j The dwellings and stores
are alike to jbe most ; up-to-date in de
sign and construction and the latter,
several of which will be j three stories
high, are to be fitted' up with hand
some plate glass fronts, i
Mr. Bonitz; speaks glowingly of
the energetic and progressive manner
in which the people of Clinton are go
ing about the rebuilding of their city.
He says they intend to enforce rigidly
the law prohibiting wooden structures
within a certain territory, and this
will, of course, make the buildings
much finer j 'Another sign of push, he
says, is theVact that a bond issue for
the establishment of i water works
plant is already being agitated.
Certified to State Aadltor bj the North
Carolina Corporation Commission.
peoiol Star Telegram. .
Raleigh, N O. j h July 12. The
North Carolina Corporation Commis
sion certified to the State auditor to
day the increased tax valuation of
railroads operating in the State; the
Increases being occasioned by im
provements and extensions during the
vast Tear. The report shows an in
crease from $42,375,651.11, In 1901, to
t,4?3,366.98, giving a total gain of
$150,715.57 The valuation for 1902
is as follows: Atlantic Coast 'Line,
$13,978,440.60; I Southern Railway,
$15,825,677.50: Seaboard Air Line, f s,-
712,728.72; miscellaneous roadr, $3,
966,530.27. Total, f,483,360. VS.
Rate Clerks Coming in Addition
to Freight Claim Corps, Who
Will Arrive To-morrow.
Talk of latenstloasl Complications Over
Possession of a Small Island In
the Pacific Ocean.
THE AUDITOR'S BIQ FORCE.
TRAIN
HAND: KILLED.
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Wreck oo the Atlantic Coast Line Near
Barnwell Thursday Afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon's Florence
Times says; . A serious wreck occur
red on the Atlantic Coast L!ne at Hil
da near Barnwell; ! yesterday after
noon late, in which George Lowering,
a colored train hand, was killed and
Eogineer Cannady slightly hurt.
The wrecking train and crew from
the Florence i' shops) were hurriedly
sent to the scene last night They
have not returned yet. and full par
ticulars of tho wreck are unobtaina
ble. ' . - i ! . M " !
"Two 'extral freight trains were in
the wreck, which resulted not only in
the loss of one. life and the injuring of.
a good engineer, .but; also in great
damage to the railroad property. Both
trains, It is saia, were Donna ior Au
gusta, Engineer weeiy ana uonaucior
Edgerton in charge of one and Engi
neer Cannady and Conductor Morgan
of the other. Is is reported that Engi
neer Cannady ran into the rear of En
gineer Neely's train, j A bad smash-up
was the result; ! Engineer Cannady's
engine was turned over down a deep
embankment i Lawrence, the train
hand, is said to have been killed in
stantly. I ' i
"Several freight cars were demol
ished by the shock and every one of
the crew was; severely shaken. The
cause of the wreck has not yet been
ascertained." I ' ,i f- j
RESIDENCE ROBBED.
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ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.
Hole Cnt Thronth the Door Panel and
Cock Reached from the Outside. '
Our burglars are getting about as
checkered in their movements as a
chameleon j changing colors. The
latest news is an attempted burglary
of the stor of Mr. Henry Litgev,
southwest csrner of Fifth and Market
streets. The attempt was made Wed
nesday morning! and were the efforts
of persons possessing quite an amount
of patience as a i hole was cut with a
knife in the back door of JLhe store in
order to make an aperture sufficient
for the lock on the inside to be reach
ed. This part of the plau was success
ful to-night, but fortunately the door
possessed a. top bolt, which upset all
calculations and prevented an entrance
being made. The burglars then gave
it up as a bad job" and departed.
The holej was large enough for the
passage of a band and arm and was
cut through j the lower panel. The
door was unlocked in this manner.'
Bnrrlars Made a Rich1 Find Friday Night
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on South Eighth Street.
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Still the burglarious work goes on.
Friday night the residence of Annie
Newcomer, No. 510 I South Eighth
street, was broken into; and robbed
during her absence. The burglars
made quite a rich haul, getting away
with about $60 in money, They ran
sacked trunks,! bureaus, etc., in their
quest for money. An entrance was
effected by forcing open tbe back door
i of the house, i .
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Justice Bornemau yesterday com
mitted a negro, AlexiUcBee, to jail to
await trial at the higher j court for as
sault with a deadly weapon. It seems
that the negro! went put to Greenfield
mill pond Thursday: night to go in
swimming. When he' arrived he
found three white boys already swim
ming around in the pond and for some
reason this incensed him. After curs
ing the boys he drove them away and
as they were going he-fired a pistol at
them. j ' '! I
Escaped From jail. II ' 1
Tho night j of the Fourth, at
Southport, Private W. Odell, ol tne
102 nd company,1 stationed at the fort,
got on a spree and, assaulted several
citizens with! a pistol. He was ar
rested and placed id jail to await trial
at the next term of the Superior Ceurt
of Brunswick icouniy.: Friday night
Odell filed through several bars of his
cell window and escaped. He is still
at large.
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A baby of a Bussian father and
mother, living in Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
was Btruck by lightning while lying
in tbe cradle, and appeared to be
dead. Russian neighbors gathered pendent of the
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ana numeuiy uuk miio kioio j i--r
the yard, then stripped the child,
and put it in the grave and covered
all but the head. It was pouring
down rain, the neighbors stood
around tho grave and prayed, and in
about half an hour the child became
conscious, appeared to suffer little,
and physicians said its prospects of
recovery were good, xne riuasiaua
believe the earth absorbs the elec
tricity from the body.
One of the Georgia editors, whose
early gastronomic trainingwas neg
lected, is in trouble on account of
the bad cooking down there, which
he says is converting the population
into dyspeptics. And Georgia is a
watermelon and the boss peach
State, too. But if he is in trouble
why don't he do his own cooking
or eat his stuff raw and be inde-
cooks and safe from
It'is estimated' that the anthracite
coal strite, now entering its eleventh
week, has cost the mine operators,
miners and the country about $46,-
000,000, which is paying pretty heav
ily for a disagreement that might
have been settled in twenty-four
hours.
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Iron Light Tower: j
The Petersburg. Va., correspondent
of the Richmond Times says: "The
light tower, built by the Petersburg
Iron Works, ! for the United States
government, to be used at the mouth of
thA nan irWr river. North Carolina.
Is being prepared for shipment The
work has been examined by expert
mechanical engineers, who pronounce
it a marvel of architectural metai con
struction, i When finally completed it
will be one of the tallest and best con
structed light towers in tne service.
BAPTIST Y0UNQ PEOPLE.
Keith Company Changes Hands.
The B. F. j Keith I Company yester:
day- changed owners, Messrs. J. N.
Fennell and f F. P. Hunt becoming
the nroDrietors. The style of the new
firm will be! Fennell Sp Hunt The
office will be retained by Mr. Keith in
the establishment in order to afford
him facilities ferj looking after his
cross-tie and shingle business.
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Big Turtle Captured. 1 1 . ! .
The latest capture at Carolina
Beach Is a large seal turtle, weighing
260 pounds, jit was captured on the
beach in front of tho Smallbones cot
tage Wednesday njght by Mr. W. W.
Roberts and party .j ; A hundred eggs
I also resulted from the find.
Will Arrive About the First of Next
Month Plant System's Old Clerks
In Charleston Anxious ' About - -Their
Positions.
The Star, of yesterday morning
published aclipping frojn the Savan
nah Nevoa giving the names of nine of
the old members of, the freight claim
department of the Plant System who
are coming to Wilmington - to fill
positions with the Greater Coast Line.
But this doesn't by any means end
the inward flow of clerks for the gen
eral offices here. These freight claim
employes will arrive tomorrow and
will be followed Tuesday by a detach
ment of rate clerks from Savannah
to do duty in the office of Assistant
General Freight Agent Perrin. They
will beMessrs.'E D. Call, E? L Parr,
T. M. Henderson and O. T. Edwards.
The big force of the auditing depart
ment will not arrive until the first of
August It will number about half a
hundred and will include clerks from
offices in several cities. This addition
will make the auditing department of
gigantic proportion.
With addition of the force to come
to-morrow the freight claim depart
ment will possess twenty-one clerks,
outside of Freight Claim Agent A. O.
Kenly and Mr. G. A. Cartwell, who
has been appointed chief clerk.
Now that so many more people will
soon be with us and all of which will
benefit Wilmington, it behooves our
people -to see that they get boarding
houses.
Relative to the retention of Plant
System clerks, yesterday's Charleston
Newa and Courier says:
"Many of the employes of the Plant
System who received orders to remain
in office when that property was con
solidated with the Atlantic Coast Line
on July 1st are anxiously awaiting
news from Wilmington. It is not like
ly that all of the men will remain with
the company, but as no news is good
news they are biding weir time, wun
the hope of holding on permanently.
The work is going on as usual, and
there does not appears to be any special
haste in announcing changes ior tne
minor departments. The appointment
of a general agent for Charleston has
not been made, but this may be set
tled within the next few days Under
the former administration Mr. Roy all
acted as general agent and superin
tendent When he was promoted
Captain Lynch was seat here as dis
trict superintendent, and hereafter the
two offices will not be combined. The
nnast T.inft neonle have snown every
desire to take care of the Plant System
employes wherever this could be done.
It is not possible, however, to retain
all of the old workers in the service,
and the reduction of forces was one of
the natural results of the consolida
tion." Yesterday afternoon's Florence
Times furnishes the following:
"The foree of machinists at the
Florence Atlantic Coast Line shops is
being increased daily. It is said that
all experienced men who have served
their time and leave clear titles behind
them are being taken on application.
On the other hand, it is stated that the
force in the old Plant System shops in
Ravannah is beiner gradually reduced.
In Savannah, tho union scale 01 wages
is 50 cents a day higher than that in
operation here, which was raised some
time ago. This has led some to think
that the Coast Line will to an extent
concentrate the repair work, in the
Florence shopsswhich will call for
the employment of a much larger
number of machinists and possibly
the enlargement of the buildings.
New shops for Florence have been
talked of for a long time. The present
buildings were erected in 75-76 and
it fa nni a matter of time before new
ones will be absolutely necessary. It
is said that plans for the new snops
have already been drawn and are be
ing held in the office of the officials.
When the improvement will be con
summated, however, no one knows.
"The men in the shops here have
long looked for larger, cleaner and
more convenient buildings to carry on
the Coast Line's work. The old build
ings are not in the best condition. At
this time there is said to be more re
pair work on hand than can be attend
ed to by the present force, hence the
taking on of new men.
"The car repair force here is also
being increased. It has nearly tripled
since the consolidation."
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar.
Honolulu, July 8. via Sau Fran
cisco, July 12. It is not unlikely that
International complications may ensue
between the United States and' Japan
as the result of local people taking
possession of Marcus Island, a small
guano Island lying; about 2,800 miles
west of Honolulu and about 1,000
miles southwest of Yokohama." An
expedition is to leave here next week,
under command of Captain A. A.
Rosehill to occupy the island, as Rose
hill was recently granted title to the
island by the United Btates, An
American warship may be necessary
to place Rosehill in possession of the
island.
- About fourteen months ago Captain
Pierce, of the transport Sheridan,
stopped at Marcus Island to adjust his
instruments. With a party he went
ashore. He was met on the beach by
about twenty Japanese, armed with
rifles, who ordered the Americans to
leave the islandlat once. The Jananese
flourished . what purport d to be an
official document from the Japanese
governmept An exploration of the
island disclosed the fact that the Japa
nese evidently were at work obtaining
guano. Captain Fierce made no at
tempt to molest the Japanese. He was
then not aware of Rosehip's claim
Washington, July 12 In 1889
Capt Rosehill, an American citizen,
lodged notice of the discovery by him
of Marcus Island in the Western Pa
cific, and claimed the right to exploit
it for guano. The State Department
is not required to pass upon the suffic
iency of any such claim and simply
receives such notice for record. There
is no such a thing as a fee simple title
for the island; the government merely
affirms the right - of the claimant
take the guano. It is tbe general
opinion that these guano titles are of
extremely doubtful force, and that it
is necessary to maintain title that the
island claimed should be continuously
occupied and exploited for guano by
the claimant which does not appear to
have been the case with Marcus Isl
and. Therefore, if the Japanese are
working the island as reported, it is
improbable that the United States
government will interfere.
Sheriff Believes the Chase Is Nearing an
End Posse Still la Pursuit of
the Desperado. ; "
W ralacrasn to the mornina star ?
RaVKNSDaUB, Washn., July 12.
Harry Tracey, the hunted outlaw,
probably is in the country between
Covington, Fran kiln, and Ravensdale.
At present guards are out as fares
Fra-kllnon the east and. along the
Northern Pacific track. A strong
posse is leaving for Auburn, Tracey
is wounded. Sheriff Cudihee says
there is no question that he is nearly
used up. ' The sheriff believes that the
chase is nearing an end; He says the
utmost vigilance will be used and it
will be Impossible for the outlaw to get
out of King county on any railroad
train, consequently, he must walk
and as the roads are wet drenched and
every farm house Is so well covered
that a vlalt would do reportea witnia
a few hours, it seems to him that be
fore many hours the man hunt will be
ever. Tracey was last seen on Green
river about two miles southwest of
Black Diamond last night, by Frank
Pautoto, a rancher. The convict
passed in front of Pautoto's house and a
short distance beyond took to the
brush. Pautoto was so frightened that
he passed the night at the house of
another rancher. Twenty or thirty
guards with bloodhounds have started
for Pautoto's house.
MAY LEAD TO A DUEL.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
A War of Words at a Public Speaking In
South Carolina Between Congressman
Latimer and Ex-Oov. Evans.
h Telegraph to tbe Morninsr Btar.
Charleston, S. 0., July 12. At
the campaign meeting of the six can
didates for the United States Senate
at St. George.Colleton county, to-day,
there was a war of words which may
lead to a duel between Congressman
A. O. Latimer and ex-Governor John
Garv Evana. two rival canidates. Mr.
Latimer in his speech said that Mr.
Evans once had been his friend. He
was interrupted by Mr. Evans who
said that Latimer "betrayed me like a
dog."
Latimer, in retaliation, brought up
a story about an alleged $15,000 bond
deal, circulated during Mr. Evans' ad
ministration as governor.
Mr. Evans -said in reply: "I de
nounce the man who repeats that ru
mor as a liar."
The two men started toward each
other, and there would have Cbeen an
ugly scrap then and there had not
Sheriff Owens rushed in between
them, insisting that the court room
was no place for duels. To this Mr.
Latimer agreed, and Mr. Evans re
marked there was plenty of room out
side and plenty of time in the future.
Smithfield Herald: Mr. Junius
A. Massengill was here last Saturday
and gave us some facts in regard to
the wheat cron in his neighborhood.
He made 72 bushels on acres,using
cotton seed under the wheat with ni
trate of soda as a top dressing. Mr.
Phillip Lee raised raised 127 bushels on
4K acres, with barnyard manure and
nitrate of soda. Mr. F. P. Wood raised
103H bushels on 4& acres, with no ma
nure except nitrate of soda. Mr. John
S.Wood raised 42 bushels on 1 acres,
with cotton seed and nitrate of soda.
Wilson 'Times'. Hon. F. A.
Woodard has indicted Mr. J. E.
Crutchfield, editor of tbe Rocky
Mount spokesman, for libel, because
of a publication is his paper of issue of
July 4th, calling mm non. s reaerics
Annanias Woodard, and saying that
promises he made with reference to
to the division of the vote between
Cook and Battle were deliberately
broken. Mr. Crutchfield's hearing
was set for Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at Wilson, but later he decided
to waive examination and gave
bond for his appearance at court.
A negro named John Weaver,
residing on Sheriff Farmer's place east
of Wilson, was struck by lightning at
sunset Tusday. He had come from
the field because 01 tne approacmng
He into tne stable ana
RACE TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS.
Fish in the streams of Southeast
Louisiana are being killed by the
thousand by the flow of salt water
from the Gulf into the streams which
are very low in consequence of pro
tracted drought. The quantity of
dead fish is so great that the odor
from the decaying bodies has be
come exceedingly offensive for miles
arnTind- Ana there is fear that it
may result in a pestilence. This is
the first time on record when the
waters of the Gulf have played such
a prank as this.
There was a great deal of disap
fmPTit at Binghampton, New
York, last Sunday when a consider
able number of people met in that
town to await the end of the world
which was scheduled for that day.
But there was a hitch in the pro-
programme.
An Ohio farmer who Jiad been
taking honey from -his nives ior
twenty-five years without making
apologies or , getting stttng, was
stung a few days ago nearly to death.
Perhaps he wore a Panama hat, and
the bees didn't recognize him.
Knox.
what law
Uncle Rusaell Sage is becoming
somewhat absent minded. He
j owns a big block of the U. S. Steel
stock, voted for the conversion of
some of the stock into bonds and
then joined other stockholders in a
salt to prevent it.
Praise Service and Patriotic Exercises at
thi Convention In Providence.
By Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Pbovidsnok,! R.' I., July 12. To
day's convention exercises of the Bap
tist Young Peoples' Union of America
began with a praise service, followed
by a patriotic exercise wnicn arouseu
unusual enthusiasm. In the presence
of nearly three thousand people Rev.
Dr. Wilkins, of Gloucester, Mass., read
the roll, and one by one the standard
of each State, in the hands of a spe
cially selected bearer, accompanied bj
a speaker; was advanced to the plat
form. While each banner was held
aloft in answer to questions ny ui,
Wilkins She speaker responaeu.
scribing the young peoples
his State. I '
de-
work in
MR. CHAS. O. LATTA.
The smallest steamer th at eyer
started to cross the ocean left New
York last Wednesday. She is a 38-
boat, manned by the captain and his
. t
16-year-old son, ana anven 03
newly invented kerosene engine.
Physician Ssy tils Chance for Recovery
i is One In Ten, ;
bv Telegrapb to tbe Homing Btar.
Nicw Yon July .13. Charles G.
Latta, the cotton merchant of Raleigh,
N. C, who wan injured Friday by
u.. vnrwvd down' bv an electric
car on Broadway is in a very serious
condition in the Hudson street , hos-
pital, where tne physicians
chance of recovery is one in ten. Mrs-
Latta sustained a iractureasKuu. j-u.
wife arrived in the city to-night
ACCIDENTAL DR0WN1N0.
1-4 r-
David F. Kronacher, Assistant Paymaster
on Receiving Ship Franklin.
bv Teiecrapn to tne Horning Btar.
Norfolk, Va.. July 13. David F.
Kronacher, assistant paymaster in the
navy, stationed on! the receiving ship
Franklin, was drowned off Ocean
View to-night'at 11 o'clock while en
route to the launch Madge In a small
boat accompanied , by Lizzie aowaru
mA Tm tTnhn two tenderloin wo
men. The women i were rescued with
great difficulty by fishermen, who put
off from shore in a skiff, Kronacher's
body has not been recovered."
. The party left Norfolk early In the
evening on the Madge and came
ashore at Ocean View in the tender,
capsizing near shore and almost drown
ing a third woman, Ruby James. Bhe
was sent to wortoix, ana wwu
ing to the launch, the tender.capsized
and Kronacher never camp
surface. His body la being
for. v. si . i i
1 '
'The mercnants! in Porto Rico are
.i..meii t sdviftM from France iore-
.. . . ...
shadowing the possible imposition ui
prohibitive : tariff f on 1 .rwio -coffee;
The Chamber of Commerce at
San Juan has cawea- wmmbihib
I urging that action be taken In the mat-
ter, as France is tne omjj lwku
ket open
i growers.
Death of Dr. Ward.
The many friends in the city of Dr.
E. W. Ward will bear with deep sor
row that he is no more. He died
Thursday morning at his home in Pol
locksville. His remains were taken to
his old family cemetery on New River,
where he was buried Saturday at 10
o'clock. He was sixty-four years
old.
6 1T1W11V I
stnrm. nut his mule
went in the garden to get a watermel
on. He returned to the yard and was
eating the melon when a terrible
bolt of lightning struck him on the
hflftd. tearing the crown of his hat and
leaving a streak down the side of his
body, maktng a hole in the ground at
his feet. It killed him instantly.
Sanford Express'. Mrs. Hattie
Buchanan, who died at her home near
Poplar Springs on June 30th, was 94
years of age. She was (he mother of
eleven children, the grand mother of
thirty children and the great-grand-mnthnr
of ninetv children. 'An
old negro, Madison Womack, who
lives about three miles east of here,
put leaves under his house last Satur
day and struck fire to them to destroy
the fleas, when the house caught and
burned down. There is a lawsuit
Twnrlincr in this county which in
volves almost the entire town
of Aberdeen. This suit has been
instituted by the Bethune heirs.
There is a large' number of the
Bethune heirs, and they live in differ-;
ent parts of this and other Southern
States. The defendants are the proper
ty owners of Aberdeen. The plaintiffs
claim that the land which they are
contending for. was the widow Be
thiiYiA'M undar a grant and that it was.
upon her death, erroneously divided
among the heirs of her husband In
stead of the Bethune children. This
was about forty1 years ago.
Fayetteville Observer-. Only one
attempt at robbery Thursday night
was reported to the police this morn
ing. They made an attempt at the
residence of Mrs. Jane Pemberton,
but were discovered by Mr. Emmet
Pemberton,' who sleeps there In the
absence of Mrs. Pemberton, and made
a speedy departure with several bullets
fxiu.ino tham. A neculiar BC-
cident happened at Mr. C. J. Ahearn'n
residence Thursday night where a
number of little folks had congre
gated. In the midst of the play
Master Robert Holland picked up a
blank cartridge pistol and, pointing it
t mtlA Miss Inez Dunree. fired. The
Reports Concerning the Disturbances In
Salloe County Alleged to Have Been
Grossly Exaggerated. r
bv Telesrapb to tne Momma star.
Cabbondale, III , July 12. The .
indignation felt in 8aline county over
the odium brought by the race troubles
at Eldorado has found vent In a series
of resolutions passed ' by the' board of
supervisors. After alleging that the
reports concerning the disturbances
had been greatly exaggerated and that
the reports bad led to a correspon
dence between the sheriff and the Gov
ernor, in which, the latter had not been
fully informed of the exact conditions
and had in an open letter criticised
and censured the sheriff for failure to
do his duty, the board adopted a reso- ,
lution expressing full confidence in
the integrity and honor of Samuel
Barter, and that under all conditions
he would do his duty as an officer,
judged by a record of seven years as
Saline county's sheriff.
Assistant Adjutant General Ewarts
was relieved from further duty to-day
and ordered to report to Springfield
and the situation left In charge of
Lieutenant Cooper, of Mount Vernon.
The. entire matter will be sifted by
the grand jury and the report will be
awaited with interest
AFFAIRS ON THE ISTHMUS.
U. S. Steamer Ranger Ordered to Chirlqul
to Protect American Interests.
, bj Telegraph to tbe Horning Btar
Panama, Colombia, July 12. Act- .
ing on orders from Washington, the
United States special service steamer
Ranger, now here, sails at 6 P. M. to
day for Chiriqui, to protect American
Interests there. It Is reported that
General Herrera, the revolutionary
commander, has decreed that all pro
duce is the property of his government
whether belonging to natives or
foreigners.
United States Consul H. A. Gudger
goes with the Ranger to make the
necessary inquiries. Mr. Gudger will
also take some important papers
which General Salazar, the Governor
of Panama, 'is sending to General
Herrera. It is presumed that they in
clude proposals. There is no doubt
that Herrera will be placed In posses-.
sion of the true 'version of the recent
disaster to the Liberal arms and that
he will be convinced of the futility
of further bloodshed. So soon as the
Isthmus is pacified the general elec
tions will take place and Congress will
meet and decide the canal question.
ORDERED. TO NICARAGUA.
1 U. S. Qnnboat Marietta Directed to Pro
ceed to Oreytown.
By Telegraph to tbe Mornina Btar. .
Washington, July 12. Secretary
of the Navy Moody to-day cabled or
ders to Commander Rodgers, of the
a a t 1. L al A. Ua.
stol hannlned to have a cartridge.ln nl "?riei."now ""ff: f
ft ind .0 close was the muzzle to the I tien, directing tnai vessel to procoeu w
T . , . . 11 J 1 IDlna
little girl s cneeg.tnai roe ww uanw
to the
searched
Are you indebted to THE I
WEEKLY STAR? If SO, I
when you receive a bill:
for your 8UDScnpuun scum
" a .....i tiAii A1UA - -
lis me amount yuu uno. y
uaif in th flesh, which was also bad'
ly burned by the powder. It proved a
very painful, but not serious injury.
A physician was summoned and the
wad extracted. The; Caps Fear
.Mil Wnrthnm r&ilwav will in a few
? I daya award the contract for extending
Z I its road southward from Angler, Har
nett county, to Fayetteville. 11 win
make important connections there,
and a further extension, southward is
spoken of as by no means improbable.
The statement of the Associated
Banks for the week ending yesterday
shows: Loans, $906,776,200; decrease,
$1,107,000. Deposits, $942,198,200; de-
crease. S16.4,duu. uircuisuun,
Remember, that a news- g SSiSH
to Porto -Rican coffee
a
if
kill no mnnh An-
nja ioi uiu is 00 ""."
:itlad to your consiaera-
tionas is a bill for gro
ceries. . t
v 1
ders, $77,269,200 i increase, oaa.
400. Specie, $170,507,200; decrease,
$1,970,200. Reserve $247,776,400; In
crease, $1,960,200. Beam Wind.
$235,848,690; decrease, $4,112,375.
Surplus, $12,226,900; increase, $2,
142,175. "
Bluefields and Grey town, Nicaragua,
and report the situation at those points
by cable ; then to sail for Colon, on the
Isthmus of Panama, to relieve the
gunboat Machias. Orders also were
cabled to Commander McCrea, of the
Machias, directing him to proceed to
Cape Haytien when relieved by the
MavtAtttA. -
The dispatch of the Marietta to Nica
ragua is a result of reports to the State
Department which indicate a state of
unrest at the points named, and tbe
officials deemed it advisable that the -gunboat
should stop at the two towns
on her voyage to the isthmus and look
into the situation. ,
His Wife's -Mother (in a terri
ble flutter. Ob. dear; oh, my I That
heavy Louis XIV. clock up stairs 1 has
just fallen off the wall with a terrible
Mah an thA nrr snot where I stood
but a moment before 1 tier iauga wr
Husband . (absentmindeaj - aiwy
said that clock was too , slow.
King. "