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REPUBLICANS VS. REPUBLI
CANS. Republican Congressional litera
ture will not figure as extensively in
the coming Congressional campaisis
as it has heretofore done for the rea
aon that on nearly every important
question involving national policies
that came before Congress, the Re
publicans were divided and there
were speeches on both' sides by Be
publicans. This is somewhat embar
rassing, and this is the predicament
4a-which Hon. Joseph W. JBabcock,
chairman of the Republican Con
gressional Committee, finds himself
on the eve of the campaign.
lie is reported as saying that dis
tributing the speeches of Congress
men this vear will be a verv small
part of the work done by his com
mittee, which is so remarkable that
it has become the subject of much
comment in political circles in Wash
ington. He tries to create the im
pression that this feature of the cam
paign work is of little importance,
but in commenting upon it the
Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun gives the real reasons
- in the following: !
The spreading abroad of Coogres-
- lioiul ipeecbes as campaign literature
his all along been. regarded by both
Congressional committee as work of
- the greatest importance. From an
educational point of view its value
canon; bo overestimated. In cam
paiga after campaign the Republican
managers have scattered tons of this
material broadcast over the country.
It has been probably the most eu
ZWnz feature of headquarters' work.
But now Mr. Bibcock realises the dif-
fic iliies of the situatiou confronting
hl'.i aad his associate manager.
Vith one legislative proposition af
fecting the situation Mr. Babcock has
been prominently identified.- Mr.
Babcoclc introduced a bill in the last
session of Congress pro ding for a re
duciio i ia the tariff rates on articles
handled by the Steel Trust. There
was a great fight amon? th Republi
cans as to the advisability f enacting
this measure into law. Mr. Babsock
and other Northwestern members
, wanted a reduction ' on the ground
that the conditions warranted tariff
reduction. They argued for it, but
their proposition was knocked out by
thn Ways and Means Committee,
do ni oated by high protectionists.
During the discussion of tbe Philip-
pi ; tariff law Western Republicans
to ".occasion to express their views so
frankly that if the Republican com
- ma;o.) attempted to dessenainate liter
ature defending a high tariff the Dem
ocratic committee could reply by clr
culating speeches delived by the
Northwestern Republicans advocating
reduction, I
On thts subject of Cuban reciprocity
also the Republican cannot afford to
' attempt to educate the masses by send
ing out spe9che. If they did they
would hire to omit remarks delivered
by such eminent party men as James
A. Tawney, of Minnesota; William
Alden Smith, of Michigan, and other
Republicans who opposed the admin
istration. . i
On the subiect of Philippine civil
government benators Spooner, Lodge
and others unon the republican aide
championed the cause of the Adminis
uaj cj tv cio vavvw
Buii iUiis Hoar, of Massachusetts, and
William E. Mason, of Illinois, of their
own party, who denied that tbe He
publican attitude was tenable and
declared that a mistake was being
made. I
The speeches of Senators Hoar and
throughout the country by the Demo-
On the subject of ship subsidies Sena
tors Bpooner and Allisoo. two of the
ablest Republicans in Oongresr, are on
record as having. voted against the Re
publican scheme. The party stood in
most pronounced division upon that
on. I
On nearly every question bearing
upon the issues whici must be of
greatest importance in tbe campaign
me KepuDilcans were so divided that
n indiscriminate: distribution of
speeches by prominent members of the
party in Congress wouia present ar
guments on both sides of the. ontro-
ersy. !
Never within our political eipe
rience have the representatives of
the Republican party been so much
divided, divided on nearly every
question that came before them,
and uncompromisingly divided, too.
Such divisions j would destroy a
Party less thoroughly organized and
controlled than ! the Republican
party is, and that doubtless is one
of the things the " Republicans in
Congress were counting on. They
thought it safe to squabble among
themselves and that however much
they might squabble, with the mag
nificent discipline in their paity
and the fooling they thought they
could do there would be no danger
of the party being seriously hurt.
They remembered, doubtless, how
they a short while before had fought
over the Porto Rlcan tariff bill, how
some of the leading Republican or
gans scored them for their failure to
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do their "plain duty," and how they
got together in the following elec
tion and forgot all all about Porto
Rico and that "plain duty."
They had other issues then to
humbug voters, and they are going
to try to humbug them again by
stealing Democratio Issues and work
ing them as campaign material. It
is a thin device, but the case is des
perate and a thin device Tia better
than none. Of course they will say
that the failure of reciprocity with
Cuba, for which they are much con
demned, was the work of a handful
of "insurgents," and that the ma
jority was really in favor of reci
procity. Mr. Roosevelt goes further
and declares that reciprocity is as
"sure as fate." The Republicans
who were in favor of reciprocity
with Cuba could have had it in
spite of the "insurgents" if they
had been willing to drop the Have
meyer Sugar Trust and presented a
bill that would have embraced re
fined as well as raw sugars, and
thus put all our sugar makers on
the same plane. They would have
gotten Democratio votes enough in
both houses to pass such a measure
as that, and we would now have
reciprocity with Cuba and-American
pledges would have been kept.
But the Sugar TruBt had them in
its grip, and they were afraid to of
fend it,
It wasn't any handful of insur
gents who quashed Mr. Babcock's
anti-trust movement, pigeonholed
his bill for the repeal of the duties
on exported eteel that sold for less
money abroad than at home, and
muzzled him. It wasn't the "insur
gents," it was the loyal majority that
did that. As the Sugar Trust held
the majority in its clutches so the
Steel Trust held the majority in its
grip and Mr. Babcock's . bill was
strangled and he was muazled.
It was not the insurgents who
blocked the movement for tariff re
vision on such articles as it had been
demonstrated can be produced in
this country as cheaply as
in other countries. ' It was the
majority obeying the dictates of
the beneficiaries of protection which
did that, and yet they have the
mammoth cheek to assert that it is
the purpose of the Republican party
to regulate and restrain the trusts,
to establish reciprocity with Cuba
and to revise the protective tariff
along Republican lines when the
opportune time comes and it can be
done undSf Republican auspices
without detriment to established in
dustries or to the business of the
country.
This is the kind of rot they are
going to give voters, and in the
meantime they will exercise extra
ordinary circumspection over the
campaign literature they send out,
and will rely mainly on fakes as sub
stitutes for speeches.
DENOUNCING THE AMENDMENT.
The Republicans of Swain county
held their convention a few days
ago and adopted a platform, of
which the following is one of the
resolutions: ' .
"We denounce the Democratic par-
tv of North Carolina for having dis
franchised 20,000 white men by the in
iquitous tax provisions in the so-called
constitutional amendment."
This shows the animus of the
Swain county Republicans towards
the constitutional amendment, and
it may be taken as an expression of
the sentiment of the machine Re
publicans of the State, who are go
ing overthrow, that amendment if
they can. It also confirms the warn
ing that Senator Simmons sent out
some time ago.
This denouncing resolution is
short but there are some points in
it worthy of note. First, it is an
assumption that 20,000 white men
have been disfranchised by "the
iniquitous tax provisions of the so-
called constitutional amendments
Thisis simply Senator Pntchard's
estimate. As these are his figures it
is likely that the denunciatory reso
lution is also his. But aside from
this, it is an arrant assertion to say
that the amendment disfranchised,
these white men. They disfran
chised themselves by failing to com
ply with the law, which they had
ample time to do and could have
done without feeling, it seriously.
There is not one in ten of them
who could not have paid his poll
tax, and if they didn't it was be
cause they were indifferent about it
and preferred to lose their vote this
year rather than pay the poll tax.
The amendment is no more respon
sible for their disfranchisement than
any other law which prescribes a
penalty for refusing to do something
which is required orjfordoing some
thing which is prohibited. - '
Why didn't they, while they were
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about it, denounce it for disfranchis
ing voters who failed to come up
to the educational qualification?
Isn't that as "iniquitous" as the
poll tax provision? And why didn't
they denounce it for disfranchising
their negro allies who failed to pay
their poll tax? Were they afraid,
out there, to show this much inter
est in the negro, or do they want to
make it appear that the party is a
'white man's party," and that it has
dissolved copartnership with -the
negro? ' But they should not ignore
and go back on the colored contin
gent that way, for they will still
need their votes.
CHILD LABOR IN SOUTHERN
, MILLS.
j There is a good deal of discussion
In Northern papers of child labor in
oonthern mills, some of which may
be honest but most of which is in
spired by the fact that in the most
01 the .Northern milling States, if
not in all of them, there are laws
prohibiting the employment of chil
dren under ten years of age in the
mills, and it is held that employment
of children in Southern mills gives
them an advantage over Northern
mills in the matter of wages and thus
enables them to produce more
cheaply and sell more cheaply than
1. 1 "XT it. . .
tae .piortnern nuns can. This is
the inspiration of a good deal of this
pretended interest in and sympathy
for the children employed in South
ern mills.
But assuming that the protests
on this line are honest, the South
ern mill men are not as responsible
for it as these papers assume for
efforts at reform in this matter
have been thwarted, not by South
ern men but by others who are oper
ating mills in the South or have
money invested in them. In com
menting upon an editorial, in the
Philadelphia Bulletin on this sub
ject the Washington Post ' thus
shows where the responsibility lies:
- It seems impossible to induce the
press of the North to touch the one
phase of this horrid business that
should be especially interesting to the
people 01 that section. Southern law
makers would have been leu neglect
ful of their duty in this regard if New
England capitalists, who own many
of the mills and are part owners of
others, had not exerted their Influence
to prevent legislation. There has been
no other slavery in this country half
so cruel as this wholesale destruction
of children. The averaee life of those
victims of an atrocious rapacity is less
tnan rour years, it would be less
cruel for a State to have children oain-
lessly put to death than it is to permit
them to be ground to death by this
fearful process.
But when, under pressure of the
most enlightened Southern sentiment
and in response to the petitions of the
best men and women in the South, a
legislative committee decides to report
a bill excluding little children from
factory toil, agents of New England
capitalists appear on the scene and the
righteous movement ends. When
these facts are stated over the signa
tures of clergymen and other promi
nent citizens of a Southern State as
the basis of an appeal to the New Eng
land conscience, the papers of that
section, with few if any exceptions.
ignore that appeal, and the pulpit is
equally careful to avoid offending
those solid men who are adding to
their ample resources the profits of this
infamous traffic.
This is a statement of fact which
has appeared time and again in
print and still the papers up there
which are so ready to lecture and
condemn the South seem to be en
tirely ignorant of it, or to ignore it
if they know it.
Rev. L. G. Jordan, colored, who
has just returned from a tour of in
spection in South Africa, has come
to the conclusion that the United
States is the best country for the
negro, and he is about right. A
good many negroes who have emi
grated have reached the same con
clusion, and got back as soon as
they could.
It has been discovered that the
Great Sphynx of Egypt is rapidly
crumbling to pieces. And now
what will the world do when the G.
S. is gone? But what has got into
the old thing to be rapidly crumb
litis now after weathering it for
6,500 years?
Some of the New York papers say
1, .m i. o--!-x ft
mas "mewpors Qvvivy u- wuuh
It may be corrupt, but with the
prominence with which dogs, donk
eys, monkeys, &c, figure in it, it is
also stupid, and in the estimation of
some neoDle that is a good deal
worse.
Some of the European gentlemen
who TiavA been annroached on the
subject of the Czar's anti-trust con
ference think that he might have
shown his good faith by first tackl
in or some of the truats which run
things in Russia.
According to the census reports
there were in Georgia in 1900 only
eight establishments for canning
fruits and vegetables, an Increase
of four in ten years. And Georgia
is a fruit State, too.
It is reported that Russell Sage,
of New York, has recently bought
60,000 acres of long-leaf pine in
Mississippi. He probably paid
about fifty cents an acre for it.
A mastodon has been unearthered
in' Texas with jaws eight feet long.
This eeta away with some of. the
Texas statesmen.
Perhaps it wasn't so much news
paper articles as the threat of Till
man's pitchfork .that made alc-
Laurin throw up that prospctive job.
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY; AUGUST 1, 1902.
JODPLCONVENTIOH
i
Held Yesterday Afternoon at the
Court House and a Soljc
1 itor Nominated. ' j
SPLENDID SELECTION MADE;
1
Rodolph' Duffy, Esq., Was fcnomiasted
by Acclamation-Tile Execnive Com
mittee ElectedSeveral Pine 4
Speeches Were Made. '"'
The Judicial Convention for this, the
Fifth District, waa held at 1 the Court
House yesterday afternoon, and Ro
dolph puffy, Esq., was renominated
solicitor by acclamation.
The convention was called to order
shortly jafter 3 -o'clock by Henry
Grady, Esq., ot Sampson county, who
was elected as temporary chairman in
the absence of H. E. Faison, Esq. of
Sampson county. Frank Thompson,
Esq. , of Onslow county, was made
secretary.; 1 f
On motion of W. J. Bellamy, Esq.,
of New; Hanover county, Mr. Grady
was made permanent chairman.
On motion of B. G. Empie, Esq!,
of New". Hanover 'county,the commit
tees on 'credential?, resolutions, etc..
were dispensed with. J 1
A roll call pf the counties compris
ing the First District showed Onslow
Pender,1 Sampson and New Hanover
represented, and. Duplin and Lsnoii
not represented. , U
Aside from the election of an execu
tive committee, the chair announce!
that the only business would be the
nomination of a solicitor.
B. G. Empie, Esq., of New Hanover,
placed Rodolpb, Duffy, Esq., in nomi-
nation, and in doing so ably eulogized
the man and the lawyer. He spoke of
Mr. Duffy's fearless and earnest work
as solicitor; that he had known him
since 1884, and that he knew him to
admire him more as the years past. He
characterized him as an able repre
sentative of Democracy and an able
exponent of the law,1 and, in closing,
said that New Hanover county stood
united as a man In favor of the renomi-
nation.t i i '
W. Jj. Bellamy, Esq., of New Han
over, seconded the nomination in a few
handsome remarks, j
Frank Thompson, Eiq.,of Onslow, al
so seconded the nomination and spoke
of Mr. Duffy's zealous and courageous
work as solicitor. As a native of the
same county as the nominee he grate
fully referred to the time, four years
ago, when New Hanover county had
helped Onslow to nominate Mr. Duffy
for the first time. I .
After'these three speeches Mr. Duffy
was declared, by the convention nomi
nated 6y acclamation.
Mr. Duffy was called upon for -a
speech, and the chair appointed Bruce
Williams,' Esq:, of Pender, and B. G
Empie, Esq., of New, Hanover to es
cort him to the platform.
Mr. Drfffy, who is a fluent speaker,
spoke for about fifteen minutes. First,
he expressed his great appreciation for
the kinds words of his friends and for
the nomination, and then went on to
recall the time, four,years ago, when
the white people of North Carolina
made such a : grand and glorious fight
for liberty and Stale. He implored
the members' of the convention not to
get careless in their support of Demo
cracy or take things for granted, but
to stand as a unit to stand together
to work together, to vote together.
Every candidate,' he said, should sub
ordinate himself to the party and
remember that no man can ever get
above the people, i In conclusion he
called ; to mind the great suffering
New Hanover county had endured
under negro rule, and said that no
community ' had ever acted more
nobly, j ; . : i'
The executive committee for the en
suing term was elected, as follows:
B. G, Ernie, New Hanover; Frank
Thompson, Onslow; H. E. Faison,
Sampson; Bruce Williams, Pender;
Hampton D. Williams, Duplin, and
Y. W. Ormond, Lenoir.
Upon adjournment, the executive
committee held a session long enough
to re-elect H. E. Faison, Esq., who had
arrived in the meantime, chairman,
and Frank Thompson, Esq., secretary.
Onslow had an exceedingly large
delegation present to see its noble son
re-nominated. It included Messrs.
Frank .Thompson, E. M. Koonce, F.
W. HargetL B. L. Kellum, J. D. Cos-
tin, U. D. Murrell, M. M. Capps, G.H.
Simmons, T.j B. Henderson, I. E,
Ketchum, F. W. Hargett, Jr., and I.
N.Sanders.!
Other delegates present were H. E.
Faison, EsqJ, Henry Grady, Esq., and
W. Jr; Beaman, Esq., of Sampson;
Brace Williams, Esq., of Pender, aad
B. G. Empie, Esq., jW. J. Bellamy,
Esq.. John D. Bellamy. Jr., Esq., and
T. W. Davis, Esq., of New Hanover.
A Postmaster Arrested.
F. Q. Henderson, postmaster at Bel
grade,: Onslow county, principal or the
Belgrade High School, president of the
Belgrade Stock Co, and editor of the
Belgrade Courier, has been arrested
at the instance of a postoffice inspec
tor, charged with being short in his ac
counts to the amount of 11.000. Com
missioner 0. B. Hilli of Newborn, re
ceived bond in the sum of $1,000 for
Henderson's anoearance at the next
term of the Federal Court.
Bound Over to Court.1
J". WJ Hoyt, the alleged swindler,
who was captured here for the Kin-
ston authorities a few days on a charge
of swindling-, has been held for the
higher court in the sum'of $100 for ob
talnins; money under false pretences.
It Is learned that other charges of a
similar character will be preferred.
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I 1 A
MARRIAGE INTERRUPTED.
Parental Objection Played Havoc With
Work of Cnpld--Abdoctiofl Chsried
, What might have been : an Interest
ing gretnagreen affair was nipped in
the bud by the police yesterday.
; John Odom, a; young white man
weu known In tbe city and now en
gaged as a huckster at Front street
Market, wooed and won an attractive
young girl,! Annie Potter, aged 15,
who lives with an elder sister and
works at tbe Delgado mill. - News of
the intended marriage reached the
prospective mother-in-law, who lives
twelve miles from : Wilmington
on the W.jO;&iAi railroad, and as
the couple, happy in anticipation of
the nuptial event; were arranging for
the ceremony, the mother of the girl
arrived on the scene and by advice in-
yoked the aid of the police. Of course
the age of the girl was the grounds for
legal interference and the pros
pective groom" also : found trou
ble when i he went to get license.
The girl remained true to ber lover
and .disappeared "from her . sister's
home when her mother appeared upon
the scene, j j -1 j
A warrant was sworn out for
Odom, charging him with abduction
anu ne witn tne gin were
brought down to the City Hall where
a compromise was effected by which
Odom was released and the mother
and girl were seen safely on the after
noon train: for home by Policemen B.
a. King, s ine prospective groom re
mains resolute in his purpose to marry
the girl and it is said he left on the
same train with mother and child.
The girl was found at the home of
Mr. Ben J-jane; on Church between
Sixth and Seventh street, where the
police were ' first 'refused admission
with the mother; but where she was
found a second time in hiding.
QEORQIA
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SOLDIER
INJURED.
Attempted to Jump from Movlar Excursion
Train at Wrifhtsville Friday.
In attempting to jump from Hatch
Bros.' excursion train at Wrightaville
Friday afternoon while the cars were
in rapid motion, Private E. B. Lester,
Uo. K, Fifth Georgia Regiment, was
caught between the moving train and
the platform of the sound station and
severely bruised about the limbj and
body. His knee struck one of the
wheels of, tbe moving train and was
laid open.; I '
Private Lester and a number of
soldier companions boarded the train
on the beach, thinking a stop would
be made at the1 sound. When the
sound was reached and there was no
sign of a ' halt, the soldiers jumped,
Private Lester having attempted to
get on the station, platform. He saved
himself from being crushed under the
wheels by hanging on to the train and
being dragged some distance. The in
jured man was taken on a stretcher to
the "Hammocks, "? where his wounds
were dressed by the camp physicians.
He was gived a berth on a Pullman
attached to the train upon which the
regiment I left ';for home yesterday
afternoon
DIED IN PENDER COUNTY.
Mrs. Sophia A. Dew Passed Awsy at Her
Home' la Caaetack.
Special StqrtCorre8pondence.
Ccbbie; N. C, July 23. Mrs. So
phia A. Dew, a most estimable wo
man, passed away at her residence, on
July Z2d. at Oanetuck. Pender coun
ty. Mrs. "Dew was 75 years of age, a
consistent member of the Baptist
church and a woman of remarkable
energy and business qualifications.
For some years she pas been an in
valid, receiving without stint the lov
ing care of her sons and daughters.
On yesterday ber soul took its
flight from earth, and to-day they ten
derly laid heri away under the oaks
beside the husband or her youth. tm
leaves to mourn her loss many friends
and her children. Messrs. J. W., J. A.
and M. O. Dew; Mies Pinkie Dew and
Mrs. F. P. Flynn.
Solicitor Rodolpb-Daffy.
Raleigh ews and Observer: "The
unanimous renomination of Hon. Ro
dolph Duffy, of Onslow, for solicitor,
is a fitting honor- to one of the State's
best men. i As a leader of the mi-
noritr in the House in 1895 and 1897,
as member of the State Platform Com
mittee in the last - three State conven
tions, as solicitor, as campaigner, Mr.
Duffy has shown ability of a high or
der and done the party great service.
He is a! Democrats of Democrats
and his devotion to the principles
of the party. I in, which he is thor-
ouebly indoctrinated, is as pro
nounced as his courage is unques
tioned: If all public offices were tilled
by men i so capable, so honest, so
manly. North Carolina would be an
ideally governed State."
SeVenty-Blrst Township.
TekKfall, N. 0., July 25, 1902.
Editor' Stas: In reply to Major
Hale's article in a recent issue of the
Fayetteville Observer, in regard to the
primary of Bay's precinct, 7ist town
ship, Cumberland county, I desire to
say that I was one of three Brown men
that narticlnated in that primary, xne
vote of the nrimarv was Brown 3,
Bellamy 1 6, Hale 8. Major Hale's
friends worked hard to bring out their
vote, with the result stated. There were
fully 50 men within a radius of 2 miles
of the voting precinct that would have
voted for 'Bellamy naa mey neen
there, and if necessary, their names
can be produced. Had there been a
motion to endorse a canuiaaie ior
Gonffress at our nrimary, tbe three
who voted ror . urown wouia nave
voted for Bellamy in order to give
him a majority. There Is no doubt
but what Bellamy would have re
ceived' the endorsement of our town-
shin, had anv endorsement been
made. Beine an Old scnooi mate oi
c r. . .. -
Major Hale, and an old fellow soldier,
I am sorrv that his political course
has;made it impossible ior me 10 sup
nnrt him for the nomination for Con-
mas. thousrh if nominated, I will
ote for him. I I D. B. GnxiS.
lr:-..'-T t- ' - .
IN LIMBO AT LAST.
Bogus Check Giver Captnred ia Virginia
and Will be Sent Back to Char
lotte for Trial.
Our bogus check giver has at last
about run his reckless and swindling
course, as the following clipping from
yesterday's Charlotte Observer will
show:'
"U. w. rrltchard. the young man
who registered in Charlotte from Jack
son, fiiss., last Saturday, and who,
through his claim to relationship with
Senator rritchard and the aid of a
forged bank book, succeeded in dis
tributing a number of worthless
checks about Charlotte, is In limbo.
He was captured yesterday in Char
lottesville, Va. During the afternoon
the chief, or police of that town tele
graphed to a bank here to know if
rntcnard s account was good. A re
ply was at once sent that it was very
bad. Then another telegram came to
Chief of Police Irwin stating that
Pritchard had been arrested there for
passing worthless checks and askinsr
If he was wanted ' in Charlotte. A
consultation of some of Pritchard's
Charlotte friends was held and a tele
gram was sent to Charlottesville offi
cials to lock him up, pending the nec
essary proceedings to have him
brought to Charlotte. ' It is supposed
that he attempted to play the same
game in Charlottesville that he did
bere but that it was blocked by the
prompt use of the telegraph between
the bank there and the bank here.
Steps will be instituted without' delay
to have frltchard brought to Char
lotte for trial."
RIVER IMPROVEMENT
IS NOW UNDER WAY.
New Appropriation Belnr Available, Beats
In Government Service Are Being
Pat ia Order for Work.
The government appropriation this
year for the improvement of the Cape
Fear river and . tributaries is already
beginning to bear fruit and the people
generally are rejoiced that the work is
begun again even on a limited sale.
The stump puller General Wright,
Capt. P. T. Dicksey,- went up North
east river Friday and got down to
work yesterday removing obstructions
in the channel near Groom's bridge.
The dredge Ajax, and the numerous
government scows are also being over
hauled, after laying up nearly two
years, preparatory to the commence
ment of work on the lower Cape Fear
in a few days. Capt. Daniel Bender
will be master of the Ajax. The over
hauling of the vessels is being done in
the government yards in this city.
It is thought that the splendid new
tug Richard CasweU, purchased short
ly before the cessation of work two
years ago, will also be In commission
very soon.
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COMES P0R PHILLIPS TO-DAY.
Petersburg Chief of Police Will Arrive
This Morning Farther Particulars
Chief of Police Ragland, of Peters
burg, Vs., is expected in the city this
morning for the young man, Geo. W.
Phillips, jrhose arrest in Wilmington
Friday midnight was noted in the Stab
yesterday.
The Petersburg correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch writing to that
paper before the arrest, says:
"The young tnan, George W. Phil
lips, who. it is alleeed. robbed Mrs.
Jessie P. Lambert of $50 in money and
$75 worth of jewelry and then ned
from the city on Wednesday, has not
yet been apprehended. It was thought
that he went from bere to Kichmond,
but it is now believed that he bought a
ticket through to Chicago, and that he
is now beyond the jurisdiction of this
State.
It is now asserted by Mr. E. H.
Plummer, a furniture Instalment mer
chant, by whom Phillips had been
employed as salesman for several
months.' that in tne matter or couec
tions and secret sale, Phillips has vic
timized him to the amount of $100 or
more. Strenuous efforts will be made
to locate the young man and bring
him to justice.
Valoable Trucking Lands.
By deed filed for record yesterday
J. F. Mason and wife transferred to
Lewis J. Mason and wife, tract of
land on the north side of the Plank
road, two miles east of Wilmington,
in Harnett township, beginning at the
northeast corner of the "Old Wooten
Place," containing 8 acrer, more or
less, consideration $700. By another
deed Lewis B. .Mason and wife trans
ferred to Lewis J. Mason for $75, tract
of land containing about 4 acres on
Middle Sound, adjoining a tract owned
by Charles Waltons.
Wife Died ia Meantime.
James Batson. an old colored man
lately a resident of Federal Point
township, was lodged in jail yesterday
by Constable Sheehan on a warrant
sworn out several months ago charg
ing him with abandonment. Batson
left his wife and went to Pender coun
ty but was arrested upon his return to
this county on the old charge. After
he had been placed in jail, it develop
ed that his wife, who had preferred
the charge, died last Monday. This
fact nuts an interestinz phase on the
case, which will be heard Monday.
The Canteen Didn't Pay.
The canteen established by the Fifth
Georgia Regiment at Camp Terrell,
where beer, cigars, cigarettes and soft
drinks were dispensed to the soldiers
in the late encampment, was not a
financial succesr, so it is said. This
fact shows the sobriety of the Georgia
troops. Usually when drinks are not
so convenient there is much drunken
ness and disorder on the part of some
of the militiamen, but Camp Terrell
was an exception. The canteen didn't
pay expenses.
NO. 40
A FINE LOVING COP.
Presented Yesterday to Con
gressman Bellamy by U. S.
Revenue Cutter Of ficers.
ABLE WORK APPRECIATED.
The Cap a Handsome Gold Lined Silver
One and Stands Fifteen Inches High
on a" Polished Black Walnut
- Pedestal Presentation, -
As a token of tneir appreciation of
earnest and able work In their behalf
the officers of the United States Reve
nue Cutter Service yesterday present
ed to congressman John D. Bellamy
of this district, a magnificent ' loving
cup. It was shipped from New York
city, with an enclosed card containing
the names ot a special committee,
Captain John W. Collins and Captain
O. F. Shoemaker. The latter, officer
is well remembered here.
The cup Is of sterling silver and ia
gold lined. It is mounted on a hand
some highly polished black walnut
pedestal and alone it is ten Inches high;
mounted on the pedestal it reaches
about 15 inches in height. It has
three beautifully chased handles.
Upon one side of the cup appears Con
gressman Bellamys initials prettily en
graved, and on another appears the
following appropriate inscription:
"Presented to Hon. John D. Bel
lamy, Member of Congress from North
Carolina, By the Officers of the United
States Revenue - Cutter Service as
a Slight Token of Friendship and
of their Admiration of His Able and
Disinterested Efforts in their Behalf."
The efforts referred to were in con
nection with a bill passed by the present
Congress for the benefit of the officers
of the United States Revenue Cutter
service. The bill had been pending
for several years and its final passage
caused great rejoicing among the offi
cers interested. The estimate placed
upon Congressman Bellamy's effort in
behalf of the bill is shown in the hand
some manner- in which he has been
remembered.
Congressman Bellamy strongly ad
vocated the bill and was instrumental
in bringing it to a successful Issue.
The bill greatly benefits the
cutter service in many ways.
Under the bill there is a retirement
age and longevity pay, something that
did not exist before. Now, the officers
are retired at the age of 64, when be
fore they had to grow almost decrepid
in the service and even then merely be
placed on waiting orders. The lon
gevity play is also another important
factor, as at the expiration of every
five years of service the officers get
additional pay. Also, under the bill
the officers now possess a relative
rank. These are only three features
of the many which the bill contains
and each of which acts directly to the
benefit of the officers ot the cutter
service.
The Educational Rally.
Prof. Washington Catlett, county
superintendent of public instruction,
says there is increased interest in the
educational rally to be held at Black's
Landing, Middle Sound, on Aug. 13th.
Prof. E.. W. Sikes, of Wake Forest
College, will be the special speaker.
The meeting is under the auspices of
the State Board of Education and fol
lowing the speaking will be a basket
pic-nic and fish fry. The public will
be cordially welcomed.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Yonng Woman Died In the Arms of Her
Companion, a Former Yale Student.
Br TelecraDn to the Horolna- Btar.
New Haves, Conn., July 26. Etta
Maycook swallowed carbolic acid at a
hotel in Bran ford last night and died
in the arms of her companion, Alfred
Austell, of Atlanta, Ga., a former
Yale student, with whom she had been
friendly for about a year. She was 20
years old and an orphan. This Sum
mer she had been mucn in tne com
nanv of Austell, it is said, and it was
knowing that they must separate that
la supposed to have led to her suicide.
Austell had planned to leave next
Monday on his automobile for At
lanta, Ga. He was graduated in June
from the' Yale law school.
A man named West has been
arrested at Mopimi, Mexico, State of
Durango, for complicity In the ex
press robbery on Tuesday nignr, on
the . Mexican Central railroad, near
Bermejtllo. It ia stated that he has
made a fun confession, implicating
two others who he says got away
with all the money secured from the
looted train.
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1 Murfreesboro Index: :. Mrs. W. .
D. Deanes showed us a mammoth
tomato a few days ago, which waa
raised in her garden. It was abqut
five Inches in diameter and weighed
between two and three pounds,
t Rocky Mount Spokesman: F.
W. Cromer, a white man, was arrested
here this week for soliciting iusurance
without license and refusing to give
proper receipts where - he col
lected money. In default of bond he
was sent to Nashville jail. He claimed "
to be from Virginia, and that he was '
working, for the Industrial Aid Asso '
ciation of Georgia. His -work was
principally among the colored people
i Sanford Express: While on the
road last 8unday afternoon, between
Jonesboro and Lemon Springs, Bob ,
Rowlins and Dave Thompson, colored,
Sot into a row over a woman, when
hompson shot Rowlins three times, -killing
him almost instantly. The
murderer made his escape. Mr.
A. A. Harrington, who lives near
this place, ia 82 years of age,, and has
had but nineteen birthdays. He was
born on the 29th of February. 1820.
According to his birthdays he will be
20 years of age in 1904.
Fayetteville Observer: As Mr.
J. D. Williams was on his way home
Thursday night about 9 o'clock, some
one stepped out from behind a tree
between the residences of Mr. H. R.
Home and Mr. MeD. Robinson, on
Green street, and commanded him to
hold up his hands. : He did so, and
the man, after scrutinizing his face
turned around and made off without
further comment Mr. Williams was
armed, but was so taken by surprise
that he did not draw his weapon. He
did not recognise the man, and can
give but a meagre description of him,
though he thinks he was tall and slim
and possibly a mulatto.
Washington Oazette'Messenger:
By 'phono from Idalia we learn that
Alex. Tuteo, arrested several days
ago, charged with being connected
with the assassination of John Caton,
and the negro held as a witness against
him, will arrive on the steamer to be
committed to jail. It is to be hoped
the arrest of these parties will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the party
or parties connected with this, the
foulest murder ever oommitted in
Beaufort county. The tax list
of the town of , Washington and
township shows a remarkable state of
affairs in one particular, as far as tbe
colored race is concerned. In a com
parison of the total valuation of fire
arms given in for taxation with farm
ing implements, shows about the ratio
to each other in favor of firearms as
ten dollass is to four. In other words,
the sum total of the books shows,
whenever the negroes have given In
tan dollars worth of farming imple
ments, while the negroes have in
vested ten dollars of their hard earn
ings in firearms, they have only in
vested four dollars in farming imple
ments. It was nothing unusual for a
negro to admit he was the owner of
from two to five pistols. There is food
for thought in the above statement,
and it shows the still further necessity
of a more rigid enforcement of the
law against carrying concealed
weapons.
CONTINUED HAIN IN TEXAS.
The Flood Situation More Serious.
Trains Tledup Washouts Resi
dences Under Water.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Btax.
Dallas, Tex., July 26. The flood
situation in Texas has not improved
any to day, and in some districts has
become more serious. In the western
part of the State particularly the rain
oontinues to fall, and there is little -prospect
of an early resumption of
railroad traffic. Nearly all trains ar
riving in Dallas to-day were late, and
trains on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas are reported tied-up at Hills
boro. There are several washouts on the
Texas Central, and no trains have
gone further west than Whitney on
that road. The Cotton Belt is cut off
from Gatesville by a washout at Leon
river, It is feared the bridge there
will be washed out.
At Waco the Brazos is up thirty
one feet, and lacks three feet of being
the highest ever known. In East
Waco merchants are moving their
goods out.
The M., K. & T. bridge is washed
out at Hillsboro and fifty feet of the
main line of that road on the Dallas
branch is undermined. Several resi
dences are under water, and skiffs
have gone to the rescue of the dwel
lers. Bia Springs, Texas, July 26. The
water is falling very slowly. Since 10
o'clock this morning it has been fall
ing at the rate of one inch per hour.
At that rate it will take the water about
three days to run out. All' the rail
road property and some of the busi
ness houses and residences are still
underwater at various depths. The
warehouses of the Matthews Walcott
Company and J. & W. Fisher were
flooded and the losses will be heavy.
The total damage will amount to over
$200,000.
OUTLAWS CAPTURED.
After a Battle With Officers la Oklahoma.
Hones aad Onus Confiscated;
By Telegrapn to tne Morning Star
Guthrie, Okla., July 26. Anoth
er battle between outlaws and officers
has been fought and Charles Johnson,
for whom President Diaz of Mexico
nfpAMul a lavnra Mara.nl hu been Cln-
tured. A numbes-of outlaws were
captured with Johnson and their horses
and guns have been .confiscated.
Sheriff James Johnson and Deputy
Bheriff Smith surprised the men in a
i pasture where they had a large bunch
of stolen animals. After a short ex
change of shots the men surrendered
and were token to Anadarko.
LYNCtilNd IN WEST VIRCJINIA.
Report That Five Negroes Have Been
Killed Action by the Governor.
. Bv Telegrapn to the Morning Btax.
Charleston, W. Va., July 26.
Attorney General Freer received a
telegram to-night from Gov. White,
iwho Is at Mountain Lake Park, Md.,
instructing him to go to Elkins, at
once, to take criminal action against
members of the mob engaged in lynch-
.. . mu . .
lna mere receuuy. xuo Koictnur
i considers the conditions serious. A
report is current here that five ne
groes were killed. The attorney gen
eral left for Elkins to-night There
will be no term of court in that coun
ty until October, but the attorney gen
eral will order a special term and a
special grand jury and will take up
the prosecution in person.
The electric and ice plant of Wm.
Currie & Sonr, Key West, Fla., ex-
Eloded yesterday. Three boilers
urst, demolishing tbe entire building.
Pieces of the boilers were thrown ten
blocks away. Many citizens were
I slightly hurt by tbe bricks and pieces
or iron. .