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FREE TRADE EOT.
Whenever tariff revision is men
tioned in this country some Dingley
protectionist yells out "free trade."
Tho Morrill tariff, was a protectee
tariff, but the Wilson tariff which
gave more protection than the Mor
rell tariff did, and a little less than
the McKinley tariff,! was a "free
trade" tariff. It was a free trade
tariff because it put wool, hides and
a few other raw materials on the
free hat. So when it is proposed
now to repeal the protective duties
on some manufactures which are
shipped abroad and sold at a lower
price than they are . sold in this
country thoy yell "free trade" and
talk about destroying our manufac
turing industries, although our
manufacturing industries have been
making progress ever since the at-
tention of our people turned in that I
direction. I
U I course more progress has been I
made in tho past quarter of a cen
tury than in tho preceding quarter,
because of the invention of labor-
saving machinery, and the discov
eries of iron, copper, coal and other'
materials usod in or ' in tho making
of onr manufactures, not to speak of
the building of railroads, the estab
lishment of lines of steam and other
vessels on onr lakes, on the seas and
on the rivers, facilitating transpor
tation and reducing the cost. These
have all been factors in .the growth
of onr manufacturing , industries,
mi. '
factors which nave been, in no way
connected with protective tariffs.
Such tariffs may and do stimulate
the establishment of manufactories,
with the prospect of bounties, but
Jfe only way tariffs can make them
prosperous is by levying tribute on
the people to put into the coffers of
thi! protected manufacturers. The
tar ill cannot make I markets for
mauufacturers, but it can Create mo
nopolies which enable the manufac
turer to name their own prices and
thus make an enormons profit on
their products. In that way, and in
that way only, can it make manu
facturing industries prosperous, but
in doing that it makes them prosper
ous at the expense of -the people
who are taxed and plundered for
their benefit.
Hon. D. B. Henderson, of Iowa,
recently declined a renomination to
Congress because he was not in ac
cord with the strong I and growing
sentiment for tariff revision which
has developed within the past couple
of years in his party. 1 In a circular
to nis constituents.nvmg his rea
sons for declining. ! among other
things he said: i .
You cannot kill the trusts by appiy-
piviug free trade without killing our
Own industries. The I foreign trusts
r ahiim? the American trust, and
I d n t belivo that for tbe purpose of
contro liog American trusts we should
ttuk a market for ; f,-.rMrn trusts.
thereby crushing out the industries of
mis country. .
Ue was referring to tho plank in
the State platform which demanded
the repeal of the duties on truBt
controlled articles when the trusts
took advantage of this protection to
practice extorcion and oppress the
American purchaser, but elimina
ting the word "trust," it is simply
a repetition of the stereotyped stuff
that wo have been listening to for
ycara every time tariff revision was
montionod. The very suggestion of
"freo trade" gives them the horrors
a if there were something awful or
trocious in it. j
And yot free trade, when possible
and practicable, is the only fair and
honest trade. Mr. Henderson, Mr.
Roosevelt and many other leading
Republicans are strong advocates of
reciprocity. What is reciprocity but
free trade by mutual agreement?
Apply it generally , and it is -free
trade pure and simple, the very
thing which they profess to abhor
io much.- But when Mr. Hender
ion or others talk about free trade
destroying our industries by : in
jecting into them! "free trade
poison" they talk rot, with which
people are familiar and with which
the majority of the' American peo
ple have become disgusted. In the
ensein which they use the words
mero can be no such thing as free
trade. There might be free trade
m 0. fun. iV! .
. - fcU1DKs as there ii now
Wd M ther was under the Wilson
VOLv XXXIII. WILMINGTON, Nt C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902. - NO. 48
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iann, dm in the sense in which
thej use it there can be no free
trade, and never can be while this
country must have $500,000,000 of
revenue to defray expenses. Every
cent of tariff on an article gives the
American, manufacturers ' of that
article that, much nrotection and
even under the so-called free trade
Wilson tariff the . manufacturer had
44.5 per cent, protection. A tariff
that imposes an average duty like
that has certainly no "free trade
poison" in it, and it ought to give
all the protection. that any reason
able manufacturer should ask, espe
cially when it has been shown and
not only admitted but boasted of by
some of ut manufacturers that they
can manufacture at lower cost than
their European competitors can.
What, then, have they to fear from
free trade in their own market when
they can ship their products across
the sea and. compete with foreign
manufacturers? When they lived
and prospered under ten, fifteen and
twenty per cent, tariffs, they should
most assuredly, with their improved
machinery, more abundant and
cheaper raw material, and better and
cheaper means of transportation, be
able to live and to prosper, if some
of the raw materials they use were
put upon the free list, with the pro
tection that any tariff which woulfd
raise the necessary amount of reve
nue would give them. Where, then,
is the ground or the justification for
this absurd clamor and "free trade"
rot, so often and so persistently re
peated ?
THE TARIFF AND PROSPERITY.
The supporters of the protective
tariff system make the broad claim
that the prosperity of this country
is the result of the Dingley tariff,
entirely ignoring everything else. I
The .folly and absurdity of this
claim is shown by the following,
which we clip from an editorial in
the New York Journfl of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin, a non
partisan paper:
No adequate review of the financial
condition of the United States and the
prospects of the country can neglect
tbe evidences of a very increase in the
actual wealth of the United States
during the last few years. To begin
with the foundation of national
wealth, agriculture, the value, com
puted by the Department of Agricul
ture, of corn, wheat and oats in
1899-1901 was $1,214,000,000 more than
id the three years 1894-J5. The aver
se annual increase In the late? three
yar period was $104,000,000. In three
years 1897-9 the cotton crops were
worth $136,000,000 more than in three
years nve years earlier. The cost of
hogs packed in three years ending
last March was $360,000,000 more than
the value in the three years 1895-7.
The census shows an increase in the'
lait decade of 57,176,436 acres of Im
proved and 160,000,000 acres of unim
proved land included in farms: an In
crease of four and a half billion dollars
in the value of farm property; an in
crease of two and a quarter billions.
-or nearly 100 per cent. In the value of
farm production the census year as
compared with the last preceding cen
sus year. In manufactures the census
shows the value of the products was
mora than three and a half bil
lion dollars greater than In 1900 than
in 1890, and the increase in the
total valuation of the country is
estimated at close to thirty billions
or not very much ' less than 60 per
cent., while the total .valuation of the
countrv has very much moreutBan
doubled in twenty- years, in the last
three years the total exports have
been more than a billion and a half
greater than in the three years 1895-7,
and tbe favorable Balances on mer
chandise are greater than the favor
able balances in the earlier three
years by the vaat sum of $.222,000,-
000. In five years the total resources
of National bnks have increased $2,'
303,000,000,-or nearly two-thirds; their
individual deposits, $1,245,000, or a
liitla more than two-thirds; their
stocks, bonds, etc.. $256,000,000, or a
good deal more than double, ana tneir
specie, $165,000,000, or more than two
thirds. The savlugs deposits nave in
creased in five years $860,000,000, or
about 50 per cent.
The prosperity and wealth pro
duced by agriculture they utterly
ignore, when thoy give their tariff
credit for the bountiful crops which
Providence gives the farmers. Take
out the exports of wheat, flour, corn,
- f-
cotton, meats, &c, where would our
foreign trade be, and on which side
wnnld be the balance of trade ? And
yet to hear these high tana cham
pions talk one would think that the
prosperity .of the country depends
solely upon the protected manufac
turers, which themselves depend
upon the products of the farms and
pastures.
But the industries of the farm are
exorbitantly taxed to enrich the op
erators of industries that are depend
ent upon these favored, fostered and
protected Industries. And, strange
to say, thousands of farmers, many of
them intelligent enough to know
better, have been year after year
voting to support a system which
has oeenneeciug mumviumcvuoij,
apparently tinder the impression that
it was benefiting them. But they
tho ota lAAmincr better, and it is
about time. .
Pronhet Totten has come to the
front again to predict that within
the next ninety-nine years the qld
earth will have to wrestle with fam
ines, wars and a lot of other tough
things. Conld he tell ns what
ninety-nine years have ever come and
gone that this terrestrial ball didn't
roll nn acainst a lot of that kind of
thing? - : v
TOBACCO MARKETS.
There is scarcely a town of any
size within a hundred ' miles north
or south of Wilmington that has
not or does not want'a tobacco mar
ket. There - ara tiozana of ' them.
some not more than a year or two
in operation, few of them over ten
years, and they are all growing and
increasing their trade from year to
year, not only adding to their own
importance and prosperity, but to
the prosperity of the country adja
cent. As an illustration of the
movement in that direction, we clip
the following from last week's issue
of the Duplin Journal:
There is a movement on foot to
make Faiaon a tobacco market for next
year which will doubtless be au agree
able surprise to the farmers and some
or toe business men. ' A leadin? mer
chant in town offer to nut . S200
in a warehouse which will be
one-tenth of the cost of buildinr.
with the stock v at 150 per share, there
remains 30 shares to be taken and the
Journal will bs glad to hear from any
one aesinng to make a good invest
ment. There is plenty of good to
tobacco land throughout this section,
and a good live market can be made
here if the community will join hands
with determination and backbone
Duplin county is now producing a
large per cent of products, that are
carried over her border lines, to build
up and support the towns in other,
counties. This is indeed a sad state of
affairs, and why not call a halt now?
we near that to-day. the best tobacco
that is being sold on j all the nearby
markets is grown in Duplin county
and with all other advantages we can
and must have a tobacco warehouse
ready for business in 1903.
Without mentioning those towns
that are in what was called some
years ago the "tobacco belt," Rocky
Mount, .Nashville, Wilson, Golds-
boro, Kinston, Greenville, and New
born have become established mar
kets, some of which handle millions
of pounds in a season, while on the
other, side warehouses have been es-
tablished in Whiteville, Lumberton
and'other towns. whir.rmrfldnimr woll
for the men who have put money in
them, forUhe townB and for the
farmers who grow tobacco.
In all this belt of country the in
dustry of growing tobacco is com
paratively a new one, in any of it
not much more than twenty-five
years old, in much of it not
more than a few years old, and
yet there is probably more tobacco
now produced in this area than
there is in what was originally
called the "gold leaf" belt of North
Carolina. '
Some time ago one of the leading
tobacco handlers of Winston, a city
of 10,000 population, which was
built on tobacco, told the writer of
this article that the best land in
North Carolina for growing fine
tobacco, and that means high priced
tobacco, is on the line of the rail
road between this city and Golds
boro, and he expressed his surprise
that it had not become a tobacco
growing region, and 'that Wilming
ton hid not become one of the
great tobacco markets of the South;
not only a tobacco buyer, but a to
bacco manufacturer. Co-operation
of the business men, and hustling,
can make her both.
A few days ago J.' Pierpont Mor
gan gave 50 cents to a newsboy who
sold him a paper and followed his
cab to give him the .change out of
the half-dollar he threw him when
the boy handed him the paper. J.
P., who was surprised at anybody
giving anything back, refused to
take the change and gave the boy
another half-dollar for dealing
squarely. Just to . think' of such
munificence. That half-dollar would
have bought a whole cigar such as
3. P. burns.
A Virginia man went hunting a
few days ago and killed a bird and
a woman at one shot. He shot at
the bird but not at the woman,
who got scared to death at the re
port of the gum Now they are
k V ll
cromsr to trv him lor Killing ine
woman without trying.
The latest oil gusher turned in is
away up in Alaska, on the Southern
coast. When the drill reached a
depth of 200 feet the oil spouted and
shot up 200 feet. It is of good qual
ity and is valued at $4 a barrel at the
well. The indications are for an
other big oil field.
Ip Western Persia they have
pigmy camel, which stops growing
when it reaches about two feet. It
is white as snow, and the natives
look upon it as something sacred
The snow white little camel is no
joke. ,
An American traveller in Brazil
has discovered a tree that yields a
juice which makes a rubber equal to
the India rubber. And there are
millions of the trees In the forests.
It takes Americans to find things.
A rich American in London
bought the coronet of a viscount
and paid $500 for it. These things
seem to rank in value with the sure
enough Panama hat.
- Harry Lehr is going to
his job as ring manager
give .up
of New
York's 400. This will create a va
canoy for some other freak.
TDE MURDER OF
MRS. PULITZER.
Defectives "Still Searching for
' Hooper Young, Grandson .of
the Mormon Prophet.
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CHARGED WITH THE MURDER.
Woman's Clothing and a Bloody Dirk
Found In a Trunk Shipped by Yoaat
t Cbicsgo-Her Diamond Ear
rings Found io Pawnshop. ;
Br Telegraph to the Horning; star. '
New York, Sept. 20. The energies
of the whole detective force of New
York are now concentrated on the
task of running down Hooper Young,
who is believed to be the murderer of
Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, whose body was
found on Thursday morning in tbe
Morris canal near Jersey City.
After a thorough search of the past
twenty-four hours It is considered
hardly likely that he is still in the
city, but a relentless vigil is kept on
all trains and ferries and bridges,
and on all vessels leaving the
port, to guard against the possibility of
his escape, assuming that he is still in
hidiDg here.
May Have Killed Himself. .
The contingency that Young may
have adopted an avenue xf escape
against which his pursuers have been
powerless to provide was suggested by
a note received by- mail late to-day,
addressed to "Captain Titus, New
York Detective Bureau, S00 Mulberry
street." The envelope contained a
single sneet or rougn brown paper
such as is used in making memoranda
n business offices, on which was writ
ten:" Ssarch in vain. Have killed my
self. H. Young."
The postmark showed that the letter
had been mailed at the general post
office in this city shortly before noon.
From comparison of the handwriting
with several letters written by Young,
the police are disposed to believe that
the communication was written by
him. I
A nother important link in tbe chain
of evidence connecting Young with
the murder was supplied when a dis
patch was received from Chicago stat
ing that the police had opened the
trunk shipped by Young and had
found in it the dead woman's clothing,
memorandum book containing the
name of William Hooper Young and
a pawn ticket showing that a pair of
diamond ear rings had jbeen pledged
at a pawn shop in Park Bow, this
city, on . Wednesday last by a man
who gave the name or "Saner."
Diamond Ear-rings Found.
Prior to the receipt of this dispatch
a central office detective had found a
pair of ear-rings pledged in the same
Dawn shop and under the same name.
The ear-rings were shown to-night to
Joseph Pulitzer, who at once identi
fied them as the pair worn by his wife
when she left their room on Tuesday
night. i
Captain Titus received a dispatch
from Superintendent O'Neil, of Chi
cago, saying that he had snipped tne
trunk to New xorr, and that it con
tained in addition to the articles pre
viously mentioned some articles of
male attire and a dirk knife smeared
with blood.
The Mormon Elders.
An interview was obtained to-day
with three of the Mormon elders, who
are occupying part of the apartments
used by Young. They are Clarence
Snow, Lawrence Taylor and J. Lt.
Woods. They are all young men and
gave evidences of having passed a
restless night Mr. Taylor, acting as
spokesman of the party, said:
"The enemies of the Mormon cnurcn
accuse its members or practicing tne
blood atonement. There Is nothing in
it. and this crime could not have been
committed through any ideas of Mor-
mouism that this Young may have
possessed . He was outside of our
church, and we wanted nothing to do
with him."
In connection with the "blood
atonement" note found in the apart
ment, Taylor insisted that it had
nothing to do with the Mormon
church. I
Cantain Titus, of the detective bu
reau, empnaucauy aeciarea to-uay
that the motive for tne muruer was
robbery. ' He says tbe diamond ear
rings which Mrs. Pulitzer wore were
valued at $180.
HOTEL LITHIA BLAZED
NEAR WILKESB0R0, N. C.
Fire in Which Number of Wilmlngtonlaas
Lost Tbeir Valuables Heavy Loss
to Owners Little Insurance.
The Winston Journal of yesterday
morning has the following special in
in regard to the burning of the hotel
Lithia. near Wiikesboro, N. C, at
which a number of prominent Wil
mington ! people were guests as noted
in Friday's Stae:
Wilkksboro. Sent. 18. A disas
trous Are last night entirely destroyed
Hotel Lithis, at the popular resort on
Brushy Ml., six miles from here. The
blaze was discovered about ten o'clock
but the building was doomed then and
heroic efforts were necessary to save
some of the guests. Trunks and loose
packages belonging to the visitors were
generally saved, but many articles of
clothinsr i and -jewelry were lost. The
HnfMinvr nia thn nrnnnrtv of J. E.
Finlv. but the lessee. W. A. Sydhor,
owned the furniture which was valued
at $500. Mr. Finley's loss will exceed
tS.000: he had insurance for e&uw.
There is a considerable mystery in tbe
origin of the fire as the flames were
first seen when they burst through the
roof in a part of the house distant from
any nre.j -
$4,500 FOR AN EQQ1NQ.
Former Popalist Solicitor Got That Amount
from Seaboard Air Line.
A special to the News and Observer
says:
Caethage, N. at Sept 19. In the
case of H. F. Sea well against the Sea
board Air Line Railroad, a verdict
was rendered to-day, Seawell being
awarded four thousand five hundred
"Saawell is now a Republican candi
it tnr indre. While he was Popu
list nominee for Lieutenant Governor
he was pelted with stale eggs at tne
station in Shelby. He claims that he
hnnM have been nrotected by the
railroad, but charges that instead of
this the denot agent was ambng his
assailants. He asked for $30,000."
RECONCILIATION INr
CUMBERLAND RANKS"
Correspondent Writes His Impressions of
the Convention at FayeiteviUe on ,
Wednesday-Love Feast Affair.
Special Star Telegram.
PAYETTHrVILLE, N. O.,' Sept 17.
The spirited but ' friendly contest for
the organization and control of the
Democratic '.County Convention yes
terday between the prohibition Demo
crats and the anti-prohibition Demo
crats resulted in an overwhelming
victory for the former, which the latter
accepted gracefully. The test of the
relative strength of the two factions
was the vote upon the adoption of the
majority report of the Committee on
Credentials, which! resulted in a vote
of 185 for and S3 against adoption.
For chairman of the Convention, the
majority faction presented the name
of Hon. Geo. M. Eos, while the mi
nority presented Mr. J. H. Mvrover.
2he matter was decided In Committee,
and Mr. Bose was unanimously chosen
ror permanent chairman, having been
called to preside temporarily over the
convention by Hon. EL L. Cook,
chairman of the County Executive
Committtee.
Both Messrs. Cook and Bose made
ringiug speeches, which were cheered
to the echo. Interest centered chiefly
upon the nomination for Sheriff, for
which office five candidates were in-
nomnation, to-wit:: W. 8. Cook,
(present Incumbent), W. D. Gaster
and J. O. Thomson, of Cross Creek:
J. C. Adauos, of Carvers Creek: and
W. H. Marsh, of Grays Creek. Sheriff
Cook led the vote on every ballot save
the last, when all the other candidates
dropped out of the race' except Marsh
aid Cook, this ballot resulting as fol
lows: Cook. Ill, Marsh, 119. Mr.
Cook moved to make the nomination
of Mr. Marsh unanimous, which was
done amid loud cheering. Mr. Marsh.
who is a prohibitioaist, divided the.
prohibition vote with Col-Cook, and
also received the solid vote of the antl
probibitionistv' which secured him the
nomination. Much interest was mani
fested in the nomination : for Senator.
Mr. J. D. McNeill, present incumbent,
was placed before the convention. Tbe
only other candidate was Mr. James
M. Lamb. The result of the ballot as
announced by the chairman was Mc-
Neiu, 54; Ldtmb, 176, and upon mo
tion of Mr. McNeill Mr. Lamb's nomi
nation was made unanimous.
We print only that portion of the
report of our Fayetteville correspond
ent of the county convention as was
not fully anticipated by our special
telegram of yesterday. Editor Star
ALL ENJOYING GOOD TIMES.
Retail Merchants and Dealers Say They
Can't Complain at Fall Business.
Retail merchants tell reporters that
business has improved wonderfully iu
the last few weeks. The starting up
of the compresses,: the cotton seed oil
mill, the river work, the cross tie in
dustry and the coal and wood busi
ness have all had a tendency to fill tbe
coffers of the retailers; especially on
these big Saturday nights. The in
crease in the Coast Line service, shops
and offices, has also had a wonder
fully good effect on the retail trade
and still better things may be looked
for this Fall. I
Dry goods, clothing and gents' fur
nishing dealers have done remarkably
well and they say they say they never
saw business pick up more briskly
than this Fall. Boots and shoes have
also held up remarkably during the
Summer and many of the shop
keepers, by judicious, systematic ad
vertising, have escaped much of the
dull season, so they tell us.
Country produce and truck of all
kinds are finding ready sale at remu
nerative prices and the hucksters,
butchers and market stall keepers
good-naturedly reply to inquiries:
'Can't complain, thank you!" They
have all done well and the approach
ing Winter appears'to have still better
things in store for them.
ENGINES CRASHED AT FLORENCE.
Columbia Excursionists Had an Exciting
Experience on Friday Night.
Florence Times, 20th.
The excursion train from Wilming
ton, returning to Columbia last night,
was wrecked at the passenger station
here and a number of people, vari
ously estimated at from twenty to six
ty, were Injured more or less.'
The nrsi section nau aiscnareeu us
passengers at tne station ana side
tracked on to the main line used by
the freieht in eoiag to the yard. It had
been there but a few moments when
the Fayetteville freight came round
tbe curve at a lively gait, and the en
gines crashed together. The freight
being tbe lightest, one or tne wood-
burners, mounted the mogul that was
pulling the excursion train and toppled
off into tneiditcn. '
The coaches on the excursion train
were not In juredi but ihe passengers,
many of whom were standing in the
aisles and sitting on the arms of the
seats, wera thrown down, bruised and
cut and hurt In various ways, but
were more frightened than hurt. The
hurt and frightened passengers were
crowded into the waiting . rooms and
dining hallj where their wounds were
looked after by Drs. Evans, Gregg and
Hicks. The panic having subsided.
the excursion train was made up again
and went on to Columbia with the
wounded, tbe physicians accompany
ing It. ! r
Engineer Bowser, or the excursion
train, and Engineer Tom Bissett, of
the freight had narrow escapes. Mr.
Bissett is laid up with several gashes on
his head and other bruises. Mr. Bower
was not hurt so badly and was out
this morning. He was on the engine
at the time the collision occurred and
his feelings may be better imagined
than described, i Engineer Bissett is
said to have jumped, but to have been
caught under the wreckage ' and to
have crawled out after the accident
His escape was marvellous. -
Mr. J. W. , Norwood, one of the
wealthiest and most successful bankers
in North Carolina, yesterday 'made
announcement of the severance of his
connection 'as stockholder, director
and yice president of the Atlantic Na
tional Bank, of this city.
ROBKSOVS INDEPENDENT PARTY.
Nineteen Persons Participated in Lumber
ton Township Convention.
Special Star Telegram
Lumberton.' N. 0., Sept. 20. Pur
suant to call the "Independent Citi
zen's" party .met here .this afternoon in
toweship convention to appoint dele
gates to the County Convention on
the 23rd. When ex-Clerk of the Court
S. A Edmund?, populist, called the
meeting io order, after waiting forty
five miautes over time, there were
just nineteen people in the Court
House, including Democrats, Bepubli
canp, Populists and boys, although
the meeting had been advertised two
or three weeks. Two or three dissatis
fied Democrats who took part in the
recent Democratic primary were pres
ent and participated. The enthusiasm
was reserved until later.
' BRUNSWICK COUNTY CONVENTION.
Nominations Made Thursday at Lock
wood's Folly Strong Ticket.
j Special Star Correspondence.
!8ouTHPORT. N. C, 8eptl 19 .The,
Brunswick County Democratic Con
vention at Lock wood's Folly yesterday
mida the following nominations: For
Register of Deed,- Geo. M. McKeithan
of To it a Creek ; House of Representa
tives, W. H. Phillips, of Shallotte:
Sheriff, Peter Rourk, of Shallotte;
Treasurer. A. 8idney Kirbv. of Orton :
Coroner, J. W. Tharp, of Shallotte;
Clerk of Superior Court, JW. Rob-
erson, of Lock wood's Folly; Surveyor,
Mr. Edward?, of Waccamaw.
Toe convention passed off without
auy display Of feeling in reference to
the diferent factions although there
was a spirit -1 flht over the nomina
t on for Register of Deeds. .
WILMINGTON COnPANY CHARTERED;
White Mao Fatally Ioared Negro Struck
by a Locomotive. '
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N." C, Sept 19. John
Richardson, a young white man, died
ic the hospital to-day from injuries
sustained while running a cotton gin
tms morning, tus arm was torn olt.
Isaiah Simpson, colored, was struck
by a locomotive on the 8eaboard Air
Line, near this citv. this morn inc.
His head was badly injured, but he is
alive to-night. His injuries probably
are ratal.
TheC. C. Covington Company, of
Wilmington, was chartered to-day to
manufacture and deal In sugars,
syrups, glucose, molasses, sorghum,
etc , anu oy-products. The incorpo
rators are O. C. Covington, E. P.
Covington and L. K. Covington.
Capital stock, $25,000.
The Christian Soldier.
The Christian Soldier is the title of
a religious newspaper recently estab
lished here by Revs. J. A, Smith and
Judson L. Yipperman. both well
known Baptist ministers of abil
ity and influence. It is published
weekly at $1.00 per year, and Under
its present management is destined to
become a strong factor in the develop
ment of a stronger religious sentiment
in this section. The Stab wishes this
new enterprise all manner of success.
People's Saving Bank.
Attention of tbe public is called to
the very excellent showing made in
another column by the People's
Saving Bank, of this city. Organized
only a little more than two years ago,
: it ha.s deposits of nearly $375,000 and
assets of over $400,000. No bank in
North Carolina of the same age -can
make a better exhibit. The report is
condensed from one made to the Cor
poration Commission.
SHOW TRAIN WRECKED.
Two Persons Killed and Twenty-six
In-
Jured, All Bnt Four Seriously.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Choctaw, O. T., Sept 20. An east
bound Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
railroad freight train ran into the rear
of the Sells-Downes show train early
to-day. Two sleeping cars of the show
train were completely demolished and
many of its occupants were pinioned
beneath the wreckage. Two persons
were killed and twenty-six were, in
jured, all but four seriously. All of
tbe casualties were on the show train.
The show train was standing on the
main track when the accident occurred.
The freight engine was not damaged
badly and the freight crew was un
hurt. -
The ahow people blame the freight
engineer for the accident and became so
demonstrative that he ned. After the
excitement had died down the freight
engineer returned. He declared that
tbe lights on the show train were out
and that he was unable to see it in the
raufcand darkness.
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THE PRESIDENT
IN CINCINNATI.
Discussed the Trust Question
Before an Audience of Over
Eight Thousand.
A SENSATIONAL EPISODE.
Fire Broke Out in tbe Bolldlnr and
Alarmed the Crowd Panic Happily
Averted Only a Slight later
ruptlon of Programme.
Br Telegraph to tne morning star. -
Cincinnati, September 20. The un
usually successful celebration attend
ing President Roosevelt's visit here
came very near being marred to
night with a panic th.t would
have caused a countless loss of
life. It . is - estimated that there
were over eight thousand people
packed into the auditorium when the
President began , speaking. At the
same time the auioining Exposition
halls were crowded with people view
ing the exhibits, as they were unable
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to gain aumuianco in me music nau.
After the President had been speaking
about fifteen minutes there was a great
commotion in Mechanical hall, adja
cent to Music hall on the north. The
sparks from an electric wire had set a
curtain on fire and the fire department
had been called to the scene. The po
lice and attendants of the Ex-
Eosition soon - put out the fire,
ut they had much more trouble
in controlling the alarmed crowd and
it was with great difficulty that Cap
tain J. B Foraker, son of the Senator,
and one of the officers of tbe day.
headed off the fire department from
rushing Into the building. Happily,
one of the bands struck up and those
who left the auditorium were supposed
to be going out to stop the band rather
than to head'off a panic Very few in
the auditorium where the President
was speaking knew anything about
the incident, and the President suffered
only a slight interruption without
knowing what caused it. The aisles of
the auditorium and all of the standing
room about the exits were packed with
people, as well as the great balcony
and the gallery. Had there been a
cry of fire, or any knowledge of what
was going on among those in the audi
torium, the fatal results could not be
estimated. The information regard
ing the incident in the adjoining hall
was carefully kept until after the hall
was cleared and even then it caused a
shudderfhg sensation about the
grounds and throughout the city.
The President's Speech.
The crowds in the buildings and
grounds of the festival to night were
like those of the afternoon. The Presi
dent was greeted with loud cheering
as his carriage approached the en
trance, and when he was escorted into
the auditorium the demonstrations
continued for some time. After being
welcomed officially by Mayor Julius
Fleishman and introduced, he was
greeted - with such a demonstration
that the bands broke in to secure or
der. After thanking Mayor Fleishman
and the officers of the festival for their
courtesies and the audience for its
hearty greeting, the President es
pecially requested attention, as he
proposed as the chief executive
of all the people without regard to
party to make an argument on a seri
ous question. Silence then prevailed
until the first mention of the trusts,
when the applause broke out and con
tinued at frequent intervals. When
speaking about holding corporations to
the same responsibility as individuals,
he was interrupted by a demonstration
of approval. There was another marked
demonstration when he advocated such
a constitutional amendment as would
give national control of such corpora
tions as had outcrown the jurisdiction
of the States. The President said In
cnnfllnainTt
"I. personally, feel that ultimately
the nation will have to assume the re
sponsibility of regulating these very
large corporations which no an inter
state business.
The States must combine to meet
the problem caused by the great com
binations of capital: and the easiest
way for the States to combine is by ac
tion through the national government
I am well aware- that the process of
constitutional amendment is necessa
rily a alow one, and Into which
our people are reluctant to enter,
save for the best reasons; but I am con
fident that in this instance the reasons
exist. I am also aware that there will
be difficulty In framing an amendment
which will meet the object or tne case
and vet which will secure the neces
sary support. The very fact that there
must be delay in securing tne auoption
of such an amendment insures full
discussion, and calm consideration on
the whole subject and will prevent
ut ill-considered action.
"Without the adoption or a consti
tutional amendment my belief is that
a good deal can be done by law. Such
legislation, whether obtainable now or
obtainable only arter a constitutional
amendment), should provide for a rea
sonable suprvision, the most prominent
feature of which at first should be
publicity: that is the making public
both to the governmental autnormes
and to the people attiarge, the essen
tial facts, in which the public in con
cerned.
"Moreover, the mere fact of the
publication would cure some very
grave evils, for the light of day in a
deterrent to wrong-doing, l advocate
action which the President only can
advise, and which he has no power in
himself to take, under our present
legislative and constitutional limita
tions, the national executive can
work onlv between narrow lines in
tbe field of action concerning great
corporations.- Between those lines, I
assure vou tnat exact ana even-nanaea
justice will be dealt and is being dealt
to all men, without regard to per
sons."
INDEPENDENTS IN WAKE.
Split and Left Republicans la Charge, Who
Nominated Part County Ticket.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh. N. C, September 2
The Independent County Convention
split to-day, on a motion to endorse
the Democratic candidates for judicial
offices, Legislature and Congress. The
meeting broke nn after tabling the
motion, but the Republicans remained
and nominated candidates for register
of deeds and county commissioners.
Rev. Eugene Daniel, v. v., pastor oi
the trirst Presbyterian unurcn, an
noiincea that he will resign to-morrow.
to accept a call to.Olditone Church,
' Lewisburg, va. - , . ; ?v
Rocky Mount Motor: The
banks of Rocky Mount paid out In
cashing tobacco checks on Thursday
and Friday last $40,000, and this is no
unusual thing to do.
Tarboro Southerner: .Some
farmers claim that cotton seed tbiB
year will be light; that 10 per cent. o
more have no kernels. , If they are
correct cotton should . more than ,
"third" itself.
Durham Sun: Three of the
men who signed the call for the Inde
pendent mass meeting, to be held on
Saturday, September 20th, In the court '
house, at noon, have not paid their "
taxes for last year.
- Dunn Banner: Last week was '
a good one for tobacco. It came from
far and near to our - market. . ; trices
were good and the farmers were well
pleased. There were 177,951 pounds
sold on this market, " "
- Greensboro Telegram: Deputy
Sheriff J. L. Parish returned to High
Point last night after having brought
to the city J. N. Watson, a colored
Holiness preacher, who is to be taken
to Trov for trial for bigamy. Watson ,
is charged with having two wives, one
at High Point and one in Montgomery
county."
Kinston News: Calvin Clements
has been sent to jail in default of bond.
He was tried on a charge or manslaugh
ter before Mayor Webb on Thursday -
morning. It is claimed that he was
careless in handling the pistol that was -discharged
and caused the death of
Thompson. It is further claimed that
he unlawfully pointed the weapon at
Thompson and another man in the
rVoom, It is said that new evidence
will be produced showing tnallce, anq
intent pn the part of Clements. - '
Greensboro Record: , Mrs. Jno.
W. Stafford, who created such a sen
sation in Greensboro last July by de- .
sertiug her husband and children and v
.elopiug with J. Ernest Hardin, head :
bookkeeper at the revolution Mint,
returned to the city Wednesday night.
A reporter, bearing tnat she was in
town, called on her at the boarding
house where she Is stopping and asked
her for a statement. She replied that
she came here on account of the sick
ness of her little 13-year-old son, Lee,
who is suffering with malaria; that she
went to her husband's home at lievo-
lution Mills last niarht to see the boy,
and spent some time there.' When ,
asked how her husband greeted her.
she said: "Very cordially."
Monroe Enquirer: We learn
lhat a number of farmers In thin sec
tion contemplate growing tobacco
next year. Those who know say that
Union county has a splendid noil for
tobacco growing. In many fields
cotton Is all about open and if the fine
weather continues the -great bulk or
the cotton crop will be gathered by.
the 1st of October. Rev. Goodman
Lanev. who lived about eight miles
west of here, was found hanging by a
rope from a joist in his barn loft this
morning, Mr. Laney was a batchlor
and lived alone. He had not been
well for some time and had been very
despondent, but his most intimate
friends had no idea that he entertained
a thought of self-destruction.
This has been a year in which insects
have done great iniury to crops. The
chinch bugs have destroyed thousands
of bushels of corn in the county and the
army worm, a little worm about the
size of a caterpillar and able to eat its
own weight of green stuff in fifteen
minutes by the clock, has made its ap- -pearance
in different sections of the
county, doing considerable damage.
NEGRO CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Placed in the State Penitentiary at Co
lumbia, S. C, to Prevent Lynching.
Crime Committed Near Aiken.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Columbians. 0., Sept. 20. Thin
afternoon a negro, 8am Williams,
was brought by deputies from the
Aiken jail and placed in the peniten
tiary here for safe, keeping by order of
the Governor, who, had been advised
by the sheriff of the . imminent danger
of lynching during the night.
Some time ago a negro broke
into the kitchen of a house oc
cupied by a Miss Clark, in Vaucluse,
and assaulted her. une iurnisnea an
accurate description of the man and
he was identified by many as Bam
Williams, a strange negro who had
been loafing around the town for some -
time A posse was-organlzed and tne
search kept up for some days, but In
vain. About two weeks alter wis
crime three negroes again broke into
Miss Clark's home and demanded
supper, bhe wasterrineu. especially
as she tnougnt sne recognizeu ner as
sailant as one of the party. On the
pretext of obtaining some sugar, she
slipped into another room and out to a
neighboring house and gave the
alarm.
No trace of the negro, however, was
ever discovered. Liaat xuesuay wu
liams.the negro answering the descrip
tion given by Miss Clark, was found in
an unoccupied house which he had
broken into near Vauclus. He wan
taken by surprise and captured with
out effort. When captured he was
dressed in blue overalls, red shirt and
a pair of odd ahoes, the same costume
he was described as wearing when the
crime was committed. The odd shoes
were particularly noticed, as these pe
culiar tracks were found outside of
Miss Clark's house the morning after.
The people were wrought up and had
he remained in Aiken n wouia aimon
certainly have been lynched.
. - AN ILLINOIS TRAGEDY.
Harry 0. Williams Killed His Two-Year
Old Soa and Himself.
ByXeiegTapntowesiornuuiBtar. - '
Springfield, III., Sept. 20. Harry
O. Williams, agent for the Franklin
Life Insurance Company, this after
noon abducted hit two-year old son
Glen from its mother, at Auburn, 111.,
and when pursued by officers, got out-,
of his buggy, placed the child In the
road and blew out its brains, ana tnen
killed himself. Williams became dis
solute last Spring and his wife being
111 was taken - home by her father,
J. A. Harney. Williams appeared at
the Harney residence this atternoon
and asked his wife to take the child
and go away with him. She
refused, when he threatened the wife's
life and took tbe cmia by rorce. , B&isn
Lena Harney, his sister-in-law, caught
the horse's reins and tried to prevent
his leaving, but he struck her with a
whip, and as she still persisted he
drew a revolver and compelled her to
let go the reins. He then drove away.
Officers were called, and when Wil
liams saw them approaching, he com
mitted the double murder. Williams
was ahort in hi accounts with the
Insurance company, and frequently
had quarrelled with nil wife. "
If we Are going to get salvation.
we have got to get it upon God's terms,
and not upon our own; and that is
why I fear that a good many people
will not get it simply because they
can't have their own way about it.
II L, Moody. : , -