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"THE POWER TO CONSUME.'
In some respects Secretary Shaw
is the most picturesque member of
this administration. He is original
in the sense that he has views, and
expresses thorn whether or not they
are in harmony .with the views of
his chief, or with his associates in
the cabinet While- Mr. Roosevelt
is assailing trusts and his Attorney
General believes there are bad trusts
that ought to be held down, Mr.
Shaw doesn't think there are any
bad trusts and talks as a defender
of trusts on general principles. The
President and other members of his .
cabinet are in favor, of 'tariff revi
sion, but Secretary Shaw doesn't
see any necessity for that and be
lieves that the Dingley tariff is
about as perfect a piece of work of
that kind fts could be devised. ' '
If it is that then there is, of
course, no use in trying to improve
on it, and if perchance the protec
tion the tariff gives the trusts en
ables them to discriminate against
American consumers in the matter
of prices it would be useless to
try to protect the people by
reducing the tariff, for that would
hurt the individual beneficiaries of
the protection more than it would
the trusts, which are stronger and
and could stand it better, as, for in
stance, when commenting upon the
demand to take the duty off beef
cattle imported from other countries,
he a8k8,"what good would that do?'
Suppose cattle came in by the thou-
iand3 from South America, Canada,
or anywhere else, the Beef Trust
would be on hand to compete with
bidders, would force the independ
ent butchers to pay high prices, and
would thus hold control of the beef
budiucssj as it does now. There
fore, logically, there is no use in
trying to bring the Beef Trust down
by opening the way to competition.
Jle differs entirely from his party
leaders in Iowa, who. have declared
for a reduction of duties where the
duties shelter trusts, and for laws
regulating the trusts, to prevent
them from practicing extortion upon
the people, and virtually declares
that they didn't know anything
about it when they drafted the plat
form with that plank in it. They
denounced evils which did not exist
and demanded remedies which would
be no remedies, to remove the evils
which they denounced, if the evils
existed.
He made a speech in Baltimore a
, fow days ago in which he dilated, as
usual, on the blessings of the pro
tective 8j8tem on the Dingley plan.
lhat part of his speech is thus
quoted in substance: 1
uur Democratic friends are ever
ex'.nirh'ng sympathy v the oppressed
Ux ivcr. Thev have more than once
naadt;
campaign upon tbe naked
The tariff Is a tax.' They
issue:
have always complained most bitterly,
nd sympathized with the plain, com
mjh people most liberally whenever
there has been a surplus of Dublic
revenue. Again and t;ain they have
declared that there should be- no more
revenues collected than are necessary
or the maintenance of the govern
ffien, economically admiuistered.
'lam not surprised that our friends
wonder at tbe apparent ease with
which under a protective policy reve
nnei are provided. The secret is in
tbe consuming capacity of tbe Ameri
cau people, Whenever the product
of American laborer is protected from
competition with cheaper foreign la
bor, the American labor consumes;
and whenever the American laborer
consumer, the American farmer finds
J ready market for the products of his
farm; and 'whenever the American
farmer has a market, bein turn be
cornea a consumer, and the American
puaufacturer also finds a market and
in turn employs labor. And so the
circuit is complete and repeated.
Wgr, food, raimenf, markets, furn
ces ablaze, savings deposited, homes
builded. books purchased, peace, con
tentment, comfort, and happiness, all
of which are embraced In the one term
Prosperity.' "
If successful government meant
taxing the people enormously to
pile money up in the Treasury vaults
Mr. Shaw would be right and the
yatem he lauds be a success, but
what good reason can Secretary
Shaw or any one else give why the
People should be taxed, however
"ghtly, to pile up in the Treasury
faults money which is not needed
there? Unnecessary taxation ia
lcRaiucd robbery. It is more than
Jhat, for big surpluses in the Treas
ury encourage extravagance and
- P'nnder, and make -further high
aon to meet the extrava
gance and plunder necesaary. Of
course people become accustomed to
being fleeced in that wav fust as
they do to corns and rheumatism,
to which they become resigned
when they find that they can't help
themselves but must grin and
bear it. .
There is one utterance in this ex
tract to which we fully subscribe.
that ia where he says "the power to
consume is the secret of our pros
perity." That ia the secret of the
prosperity of all countries, if thero
is any secret about it, but he couples
this with an inference not warranted
by the facts. He would have the
people he addres8ed believe that it ia
the protective tariff which created
the power to consume. We have
had the protective policy with more
or less protection for seventy years
or more, and if protection brings
prosperity and all the concominants
belonging, which Secretary Shaw
inumerates, then we should have
had prosperity all this time.
The logical inference from this
utterance is that the higher the pro
tection the greater the power to
consume, and consequently the
greater the prosperity. Instead of
reducing the tariff, then, as advoca
ted by the tariff reform Republicans
who have taken up the Democratic
slogan of tariff reform, Secretary
Shaw and those who believe with
him, should urge an increaee of the
protective duties, in order that our
prosperity might be increased.
Talk about protective tariffs cre
ating prosperity Eliminate the
products of the farm, which receive
no material protection, and where
would this boasted prosperity be?
Eliminate the products of the farm,
which we ship to other countries,
and where would our boasted com
merce be? Eliminate the products
of the farm and where would our
manfacturing industries be? All the
protective tariffs that have ever been
concocted could not keep them up
or bring prosperity. The farm is
the basic industry, it is the one upon
which the others depend for pros
perity. When that flourishes all
flourish; when that languishes all
languish. It is the rain and the
sunshine and the industry of the
American farmer which create "the
power to consume" and not the pro
tective tariff.
THE COLORED CONVENTION.
The colored convention which
was called to meet at Raleigh Thurs
day to nominate a state ticket for the
negroes to vote for didn't mate
rialise as to numbers and therefore
it decided that it was best not to
nominate a ticket but to issue an ad
dress to the negro voters of the
State..,
Only ton counties were represent
ed, which they attributed the fact
that they "had to combat the reve
nue doodlers in all section of the
State" and to the difference of opin
ion among the leading negroes as to
the advisability of nominating a ne
gro ticket. Previous to the issuing
of the address the following in
teresting epistle was read, from
Oen. Clarkson, to whom President
Roosevelt has assigned the job
of looking after the Southern
delegates to the Republican conven
tion. The letter is addressed to
Lee Person.
New York, N. Y., Oct. 13. 1902.
Mv Dear Mr. Person: I am glad to
have vour letter. I need no thanks
for what I did in opposing the "jim
crow party" in Alabama and other
Southern States. No self respecting
Republican can tolerate any such at
tempted departure from the cardinal
doctrine of the party. The president
has no sympathy with it, and you may
assure all yoar friends and your wnoie
race that he is as sound on the doc
trine of human rights and manhood
suffrage as lam.
I shall, be glad to hear from you
whenever you have anything to com
municate.
Sincerely yourr,
Jas. S. Claekion.
The object of this letter was to
placate the Southern negroes and
keen them in line for Roosevelt in
case any of them get into the next
National Convention as delegates.
When he says that no "self-respect
ing Republican pan tolerate such an
attflmDted departure." etc., he hits
Senator Pritchard and others who
acted with him in shutting the doors
of the Greensboro Convention a
pretty hard swipe. But the proba
bilities are that Pritchard under
stands that ' this talk is to buncoe
the unsophisticated colored brothers
with the belief that Roosevelt is
with them and against Pritchard
and the other whitewashes.
The address adopted contains the
following advice as to how they
should vote, if they do vote, at the
coming election
rtoanivpA That this convention ad-
viae each colored voter to vote as he
.vn.n. t the anoroaohlne election.
nnt rnFo-nttlnir that Atwater, of Chat
ham, and Meekinr. of Elizabeth City,
thA flat in advocate H6ZtQ dis
f vanRhiaAmAnt and need a rebuke. We
especially ask our people to look well
before they again attempt to put into
power in thls'State a set
of malcon-
tents.
Itis said that a company has pur
chased 80,000 acres of land in Hyde
county, this State, and will engage
in cattle raising on a large scale.
That means lots of beef and hides
from Hyde county.
PRITCHARD AND THE
SERTERS.
In his speeohes when sneaking? of
his success in getting the deserters'
pension bill through Congress, Sena
tor Pntchard tries to make it ap
pear that this bill had the approval
of Senator Simmons and a number
of other Democratic Senators. Sena
tor Simmons has denied this in a
published statement, to which, "how
ever, we have never seen any refer
ence by Senator Pritchard. Senator
Simmons also took the trouble to
write to other .Democratic Senators
who were said to favor Pritchard's
bill and seven of them have declared
their opposition to it. One of them
says: "In the matter of Federal
pensions Southern Senators have
generally not interfered, but left
the matter entirely to the Northern
Senators, feeling that any interfer
ence on their part would be
a - -
misconstrued and their motives at
tacked if not used to inflame the
North." This is the reason, as is
well known, why not only Southern
Senators, but Southern Representa
tives, have had so little to say upon
the pension question. -
In this connection the following
telegram from Murphy, N. C, is in
teresting and suggestive :
Thoi. S. Rolling of Marshall. N. C .
has sent notices to all the postmasters
in Western North Carolina askiner foe
a list of the names of all old soldiers
who have been refused pensions on ac
count of having: served in the Con
federate army. He also asks all those
who deserted the Confederates and
went over to the enemv to write to
him and he will secure United States
pensions for them through the agency
nf Senator Pritchard's bill. So that
six million dollars Senator Pritchard
Is bringing into the State will have to
pay tribute in Marshall I The notices
are posted in many postofflces.
Marshall is Senator Pritchard's
home town, and we are under the
impression that Mr. Rollins is Sena
tor Pritchard's law partner, although
we are not sure of that. Is Senator
Pritchard getting ready to go into
the business of pension attorney
when he is bounced i from the Sen
ate?
During the present year ending
June 30, 'last 9,300,351 pounds of
mail matter found their way to the
Dead Letter Office in Washington,
6,440,000 of these being letters.
About 51,000 of these letters con
tained money aggregating $48,498,
and 50,974 commercial papers of
different kinds amounting in value
to 11,399,936, from which it seems
that the D. L. O., does a pretty live
business.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, who
who has been sojourning for some
time in Hawaii, relates that some
New England missionaries have been
buncoing the unsophisticated na
tives out of their land by swapping
for it certificates that would entitle
the holders to entrance into heaven.
Such certificates would hardly hold
good at the pearly gates, and neither
should they down in Hawaii.
Capt. Donohue, a New York po
liceman, who had been on the force
for about twenty-three years, on an
average yearly salary of $2,000, man
aged to save $200,000. He died
suddenly a few days ago and they
discovered in his desk about $34,000
in money, jewels, etc., that nobody
knew he had. There is nothing
like being thrifty.
We have it on the authority of a
Philadelphia paper that the Prince
of Siam, who got tired in Washing
ton, went up to Philadelphia to get
a rest. For a good, restful town
Philadelphia is only matched by a
well conducted cemetery.
The New York World publishes a
list of fifteen policemen in that city
whose fortunes range from $60,000
to $300,000, and would like to know
"where they got it." Thus far none
of them have been rushing forward
with that information.
The circulating medium of the
Philippines is being increased by
American and Chinese counterfeit-
ers. uur benevolently assimiiaiea
don't know much about money and
take anything that is offered.
Mark Hanna is ' billed for 24
speeches in two days in Indiana.
There must something the matter
in the Hoosier State when they are
rushing Mark that way.
According to a recent census by
the Chinese Government theie are
still 426.000.000 celestials remain
i
Ooiag Into Slock Raising.
South Washington correspondence,
Pender Chronicle: "Dr. K. J. Powers
of Wilmington, spent a few days here
iat AAk tonkin ir after his farm. Be
xnntamnatAi runninc a stock iarui
" . " . i l m
- - - . ,
I hlDDT several Jersey and Devonshire
JJgg jSgJ forthit purpose. We
short wniie. ana uaa
are p leased to see new industries open
in., tin The wood and cross tie busi
ness is playing out rapidly."
Superior Court for trial of crlm-
i i ...a. :u not convene Monday,
Nov. 3rd the regular time, but ispost-.
poned Dy jungo rj -7-
nesday, the Btb, on account of election
on Tuesday.
WILMINGTON, N . C, FRIDAY OCTOBER 24,
EXPRESSED REGRET.
Departure of Captain Lucas Calls
Forth Resolutions from the
Chamber of Commerce.
SPECIAL MEETING YESTERDAY
Emloent Services to the Port Darin His
Stay In Wilmington Something of
the Klver and Harbor Work
Now Accomplished. .
These was a large attendance yes
terday at noon upon the special meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
called to give expression to the regret
of the business community at the con
templated departure of Capt. E. W
VanCourt Lucas, in charge of the
United States Corps of Engineers at
Willmington. The meeting .was au
unusually representation one, among
those present having been President
James EL Chad ioum, Frst Vice Presi
dent, H. W. Malloy, secretary James
Kyle, Capt. W. R. Kenao, Capt. W.
P. Oldham, Capt. T. O. James. Col.
Walker Taylor, Col. P. W. Kerchner,
Mesrs. Wm. Oalder, W. E. Worth,
C. W. Worth. O. H. Robinson, H. G.
Smallbonep, M. J. Corbetr, M. S. Wil.
lard, H. K. Nasb, Sol. Bear, B. F.
Hall. G. J. Boney, H. O. McQueen,
Gabriel Holmes, Geo. R. French, E.
P. Bailey. R A. Parsley, P. Pearsall,
M. W. Jacob!, and John Frank.
When President Chadbourn called
the meeting - to order Mr. W. E.
Worth arose and said with much feel
ing: "It was with a sense of deep re
gret that your River and Harbor Com
mittee learned of the order of removal
of Capt. Lucas to another sphere of
usefulness, and we deemed it but fit
ting that you should call, Mr. Presi
dent, a special meeting of this Cham
ber to give expression to our appre
ciation of what he has done for us as
an Engineer, and the esteem we have
for him as a man. In behalf of the
River and Harbor Committee, I wish
to offer the following resolution:"
Whereas: The Chamber of Com
merce has learned, with regref, that
Captain E. W. Van. C. Lucas, Corps
of Engineers, has been ordered to an
other post, and that he will depart
from Wilmington at the end of the
current month, it is unanimously re
solved that the thanks of this Cham
ber be tendered Captain Lucas for his
constant personal and official courte
sies, and for his faithful and devoted
service in the great work which . has
been so skilfully projected and sus
tain d by the Corps of Eagineers;
and whiob, with Inadequate financial
support from Congress, has neverthe
less been largely effective in provid
ing for an increased commerce and a
much deeper class of vessels.
"A review by our Kiver and Har
bor Commit.ee of the River and Har
bor, and fortification work in the vi
cinity of Wilmington, N. C , under
Captain Liucas' direction since uarca
1899, shows that, on the Cape Fear
Riyer below Wilmington, the least
depth through the ten shoals between
Wilmington and Soutbport has been
Increased from la to 20 feet at mean
low water, for at least a width of 148
feet To complete the project these
dredged cuts must be widened to 270
feet The channel across tne oar nas
been incresed in width from 180 feet
to 100 feet for a depth of 20 ft. or more
mean low water. The least depth in
the center of this bar. channel is now
21 feet, and the depth has been main
tained remarkably well for over a year
past while the suction dredge has
been absent from me aisirici. uwing
to the failure of the proposed River
and Harbor bill of 1901, the plant had
to be laid up for over a year, and
there was a consequent shoaling in
some of the dredged cuts, but the two
dredges are now at .work on the worst
shoals and are rapidly restoring tne
entire channel to its best previous con
dition.
It is to be rezretted that the appro
priation in the last River and Harbor
bill, for lower uape u ear river, so
small it will probably be Impossible
for two years to do any work toward
widening the 20 foot channel beyond
its nresent minimum of 148 feet. Fur
ther progress toward completion of
the nroiect will have to await Con
gressional action.
"On the river aoove wumingion
a TTPI1
a radical cnange nas own mauo.
and the old project contemplating a
low water depth, of about two feet
between Wilmington and Fayetteville
has been superseded by a new project
to obtain an eight-foot channel be
tween Wilmington and Fayetteville
all the year round: Although but
.50.000 of the estimated cost of
$1,850,000 has been so far appropriated
fnr this work-. Congressional sanction
has been obtained for the project and
f ta enmnletion will depend upon the
rapidity with whlcn necessary iunas
are appropriated.
"At Fort Caswell the fortifications
in Ann Mia of construction in 1899 have
been completed and added to, ana
thom is ; no reasonable doubt of -the
Ahilitv of the fort to stop the entrance
nf anv shin that can navigate the
channel. .
"TH n tiffed with our citv and its
people by seven years' residence and
by social ties wmcn nave orouencu
his personal influence, this soldier and
gentleman will be greatly missed by
nffiftlal and nersonal friends, and es
pecially by our Committee on River
and Harbor -Improvements, with
whom he has been inumaieiy; asso
ciated in this work, whose xinaiy
wishes will follow him to nis iuiure
home ia Memphis.
"Resolved, further. That a copy of
AAA rnnnlntinns. indicative of our ap
preciation of the work of the Engineer
uorna. ana oi our esteem iur
Lucas, be sent to the Chief of Engl
neers at Washington.
Mr. Boney moved the adoption of
the resolutions, and the motion was
seconded by Captain Kenan, where
upon the president asked If there were
any remarks. Several spoke regret
fully of the Intended departure of
Captain Lucas. Mr. Calder asked if
there was any enori ro retain ju.jur
Lucas in his present position, and if
It was possible to bring anything to
hAa tn that end. He was very sure
that the Chamber and the whole com
munity would be glad to make such
an effort, and most glad if it should
prove successful.
Mr. Worth replied that the com
mittee discussed that question to some
extent with Captain Lucas and final
ly came to the conclusion that it
would be possibly, best not to make
that effort. He also explained that
Captaia Lucas had a printed order of
removal,; and on account of the army
regulations they deemed it best, un
der the circumstances, not to make
any attempt to do so. The orders.
when onta published, are very rarely
changed J
Mr. HiK. Nash, of Paterson, U own
ing & CJ., asked to express his per
sonal appreciation of the work by
Msj. Lucas here. He bad much in
terest injhe depth of water, for his
company! shipments have depended
upon waJer enough to get vessels here.
Since Vajor. Lucas came it has had
an increase each year, and now any
vessel Reeded here can come. He said
that hehad intended to offer a resolu
tion thai Major Lucas .be kept here,
but he vottld simply say that we all
regret that be has to leave us and en
dorse al the Committee has said.
Mr. a. G. Smallbonet, superintend
ent of he Clyde Steamship Co., said:
"No onb will regret more than 1 do
that Mq.- Lucas is to leave us. I have
been associated with him both as Su-
perintffident of the Clyde Steamship
Co. an! individually from the time he
has beAn here. From the first he was
always willing to furnish us with
hart, blue prints, and also took the
trouble to noury us 01 any cnange in
the channel, which he was not com
pelled to do, knd while I regret very
much indeed inat nets obliged to leave
up, still he leaves tne river ana bar m
such shape that his successor will have
no trouble, except to follow up the
lines he has lpd out."
Mr. H. W. tfalloy, president of the
Navassa Guaao Co. and first vice
president of tie Chamber, asked to
specially endorse the resolutions, and
8y to Capt. lucas that whila we so
much regret his leaving us, we trust
ha will retain nis- interest in us and
that he will hive a delightful home iu
Memphis. H also said that he fur
ther hoped that within four years the
army wouia permit nis maaing nis
home here again.;
The resolution was then unanlmous
y adopted with feeling, and President
Chadbourn . arked Maj. Lucas, who
was present by invitation, if he would.
make the Chamber a short statement
of what had been done during his ad
ministration and what is hoped to be
accomplished ia ij the future years.
Maj. Lucas said in part:
When I cane here in 1899, the
present project for the Cape Fear
River, to obtain ; a channel twenty
feet deep at meat j low water and two
hundred and serenty feet wide, had
been adopted aid was in process of
execution. At Uat time some of the
shoals had been dredged to the full ex
tent, but the entire channel had not
been cut, and it bis been a pleasure to
me, interested as l am in ine growtn
of this place, to have gotten a clear
twenty feet cut all the way to the sea.
You now have a channel practically
one hundred and fifteen feet wide and
twenty feet deep at low water.
"The deterioration that nas occurred
on account of the! failure of the pro
posed River and Earbor bill of 1901
has resulted in the formation of shoals
which are now beisg removed, and in
the course of the next few months the
channel will be restored to its best pre
vious condition.
I am sorry to say that the appro
priation made at the last session of
Congress is not sufficiently large to
enable our office to go ahead and
widen the channel to its proposed
maximum of two hundred and seventy
feet; that will have to wait for future
appropriations. r
In the gale of October, 1899, there
was so mucn damage aone 10 new
Inlet Dam and its' extension running
down two miles to Smith's Island, that
a erood deal of money must be spent to
restore it to its former condition, and
it will be necessary also to restore the
dyke at Snow's Marsh. In addition
some measures will have to be taken
to prevent any further cutting away
of the beach at Bald Head ; the chan
nel there must be; held in its present
position. So our care must be to bold
what we have, but that can be aone
with the nresent appropriation. The
completion of the 'project depends on
the appropriation in tne next iver
and Harbor bill.
do far as the future of this place is
concerned. I am very optimistic, and
always have been. 1 believe the har
bor at Southport well adapted for ex
nortinsr. and I believe the river banks
between here and Southport can be
utilized for ship-yards, foundries,
and manufactories and I expect to
live to see such a condition of affaire,
and to see a harbor extending from
Wilmington' to Southport. The com
pletion of the railroad over the moun
tains win put tms country in toucn
with the iron, coal and food producing
country of the west and northwest.
and will make Wilmington tne nrst
exporting point from the nortb, free
of ice all tbe year ! around. With an
all the year around harbor, it seems to
me that when you eet your own rates
and don't have them quoted via Nor
folk, you will be in a position to go
ahead, and Wilmington will begin to
realize its possibilities.
"I am sorry that I cannot stay here
and heln work it out, because I feel
that this is my home."
Concerning a possible effort to have
the order revoked, Uapt. Liucas statea
that this is his j fifteenth order to
chance stations in about fifteen years.
an average of about one a year. As
he has spent nearly seven years in Wil
mington he feels that the War De
partment has shown him more than
reasonable consideration, especially
as the order sending him here in 1899
was made with the knowledge that it
would be most agreeable to him. He
therefore feels that he has no right to
complain. ! - .' I;
He also referred to his keen sense of
personal loss in leaving this city,
which he had come to regard as a
home, and expressed his appreciation
of tbe hearty support which the Cham
ber of Commerce ; had always given
him in his work.
Concerning his successor. Capt.
Winslow, he stated that the Chamber
would find him an efficient and able
officer, in whose hands tbe interests of
the port could be placed with all confi
dence. Capt Winslow graduated
first in the West Point class of 1889,
and has a fine record. It will be of in
terest to know that he 1b a veteran of
the Santiago campaign and was one of
the first of that expedition to land on
Cuban shores.
In conclusion. Capt Lucas stated
that while he was about to sever his
official connection with Wilmington,
his personal ties could never be broken,
and that he expected to Bpend next
Christmas here and visit the city as
often hereafter as possible.
Upon conclusion of Capt. Lucas' re
marks the President stated that he
thought it no more than proper that
the Chamber should adjourn, so that
each member intent have an opportu
nity of personally bidding farewell to
Maj. Lucas, which was done.
A letter received at Jackson, Miss.,
states positively that President Roose
velt has not abandoned his idea of
coming to Mississippi this Fall, and
that he expects to be the guest of Gov.
Liongtno before Congress meets.
1902.
Chartered to Do Business la Wilmington.
Negro Convention at Raleigh Issued
Address-Independents ia Wake. -
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0.. Oct 16. A char
ter was granted to-day to the Sterling
Manufacturing Company, of Wil
mington; capital $50,000 authorized;
$10,000 subscribed. The incorporators
and shares of stock taken by each are:
J. Walter Williamson, 30 "shares;
Clayton Giles, Jr., 30 shares; J. D.
Bellamy, 5 shares. The articles stipu
late the authority to manufacture, buy
and sell all kinds of clothes made of
cotton, silk, linen, jute and other
fibres and laundry, finish and bleach
said products.
There was a small attendance upon'
the negro convention called for to
night to name a State ticket against
the white Republicans. It was decided
in view of the verv small registration
of negroes tbe Stale over, not to name
a ticket. An address was Issued to
voters, advising them to vote as they
please but above all, not to vote for
white Republican bosses and remem
ber that Atwater. of Chatham, and
Meekens, of Elizabeth City, first ad
vised the disfranchisement of the
negro and need a rebuke. The address
begs the President not to cut off any
more negro postmasters or other
officers in the State along the line
of Pritchard's vain effort to establish
a lily white party. It also asks him to
please leave at least Postmaster Vlck at
Wilson, to prove that members of the
race are capable to hold office. The
address crows over the fact, as they
say after the Republican Convention
at Greensboro turned out negro dele
gates, only four malcontent Democrats
came over to the lily white party. An
Executive Committee from Congres
sional districts and members at laree
were named to direct the movement in
the future.
A statement was issued from the
Governor's office to-day showing that
205 applications for pardon had been
made to Gov Aycock.who has granted
56 pardons --iiid eight commutations,
leaving 150 refused, or unacted upon.
An Independent Democratic county
ticket is announced to-night. It is not
expected that it will cut much of a
figure at the polls.
A CANDY MANUFACTORY
Carolina Company Is Arranging to Begin
a New and Important Industry.
A decidedly new and important lit
tle enterprise established in Wilming
ton to which no reference has been
made in the newspaper?, is a candy
manufactory on an extensive scale, to
be opentd in a few days by the Caro
lina Candy Company.
Mr. Jssse Ives, of Florence, 8. C.
is the moving spirit in the new indus
try and his company has leased for a
term the last end of the second floor of
the building occupied by M. F. Groom
& Co., at northeast corner of Water
and .Princess streets. The apart
ments are now being placed in firsl-
class condition by carpenters and
painters and the steps leading to same
are being substantially repaired.
The company will make a first-
class line of goods and will cater to
not only the local wholesale trade
but to the trade in all this territory.
Competent men will be in -charge and
there is no reason why the enterprise
should not supply the "long felt want
that has long been unsupplied."
Heating System for Coaches.
A steam heating system for coaches
detached from the engines under the
passenger shed at the Front street sta
tion of the Atlantic Coast Line in this
city, is being installed. The steam is
conveyed to the shed by means of a 2
inch pipe, underground, from a sta
tionary engine in the shops, and
thence to the coaches by means of a
hose pipe. The engines attached to the
coaches usually supply the steam, but
oft times the engine is detained in the
round house until just before leaving
time and therefore passengers hereto
fore have had a cold reception upon
boarding the cars. Now this is obvi
ated. The pipe also supplies steam to
private coaches, which frequently re
main under the shed all night.
Sad Death at Ivanhoe.
News was received in the city last
night of the death yesterday morning
at the family home at Ivanhoe, N. 0.,
of Mrs. Haywood Corbetr, a most esti
mable young woman, who was
a daughter of Dr. William B.
Murphy, of Tomahawk. Mrs. Corbett
bad been suffering some time with ty
phoid fever and Dr. W. J. Love, of
this city, went up yesterday morning
to assist in her treatment, but arrived
too late. She leaves a devoted hus
band and. a little daughter, who have
tbe sympathy or the community in
their sad bereavement
Died of Diphtheria.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Rhode, of Masonboro, will deeply
sympathize with them in the death of
their little 6-year-old daughter, Etta
Lee, which occurred Friday night,
after a painful suffering with diph
theria at the home of Mr. Rhodes'
father in this city. No. 120 Castle
street. The remains were taken to
Masonboro yesterday for interment.
Big Hani of Mullets.
Messrs. Walton & Canady, the well
known fishermen at Ocean View,
made a remarkable haul of mullets on
Friday. In a single haul of their
seine they caught 900 barrels or 9,000
pounds and in bringing the seine in
they had to let many go to keep from
injuring their outfit. The mullet catch
the past week has been remarkably
line.
Mr. Meares Declines Nomination.
Iredell Meares, Esq., of New Han
over county, who was nominated by
the Citizen's Mass Convention for the
Senate, has declined to accept the
nomination. The Southport Stand
ard learns that another man will be
placed on the ticket at an early date,
and the Star learns that Mr. R. M.
Wescott of thiB city, will be the man.-
At least that is tbe talk on the streets
in Wilmington.
BIG FIRE IN THE
CITY OF ALBANY.
Many Thrillinz Escapes from
Death and One Fireman
Was Killed.
IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
A Dance Wis In Progress on the Top
Floor at the Burning Building Sev
eral Women Were Burned, Bat
All Were Rescued,
By Telegraph to tbe Mornlnn Btar '
Albany, N. Y., Oct 18. The most
destructive fire that has visited Al
bany in a number of years broke out
shortly before 11 o'clock to-night In
the Tower and Brooks Company's
Boston store, one of the largest dry
goods stores in the heart of the busi
ness district For a time the entire
dry goods section was threatened, and
only by the most heroic efforts on the
part of the firemen were the flames
practically confined to the building in
which they started. There were many
thrilling escapes from death and one
fireman was killed and a number were
injured. Thomas Ward, pipeman of
Hnglne Uompany No. 1, slipped from
the top, of a ladder and fell thirty feet,
breaking his neck.
At the time the fire .broke out a
dance was in progress in a ball on the
top floor of the burning building. Es
cape to the street was cut off by the
fast spreading flames and twenty-five
young men and women were lifted
out of the front windows and helped
over adjoining roofs. The shrieks of
hysterical women created much ex
citement, but cool headed firemen and
spectators soon carried them to a place
of safety. Several women were burn
ed, but none were seriously hurt
The structure was once the residence
of former Governor William L.
Marcy, and was one of the historical
spots in Albany.
it was two hours before the flames
were pronounced under control. It
is impossible to secure any of the losses
to-night
Fire at Nazareth, Pa,
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A QiflAW T a Hit 1Q TPW a liAalaM
mills 01 Henry Kraemer and the resi
dence of John Unangst, at Nazareth,
near here, were destroyed by fire to
night several other houses were
slightly damaged. The loss will
amount to $100,000.
LEE S. OVERMAN IN LENOIR.
Concluded Eastern Canvass There Yester
day Local Political Situation.
Special Star Telegram.
LaGrahge, N. C, Oct. 18. Lee S.
Overman closed his campaign of the
East here this afternoon and left to
night for Salisbury, his home, where
he goes to register and to spend a day
with his family. Next week Mr. Over
man resumes his campaign, speaking
at Raidsvllle Tuesday, 21st, Yancey-
ville, Z2d, Koxboro, 23d. The speech
here to day was superb, a fitting
climax to his eastern tour. It is the
opinion of those who have heard him
that his efforts have been fruitful of
much good to the party and there is
no disguising the fact that Overman
has grown and is growing in favor
with the people, many of whom speak
of htm as "our next senator."
The county candidates also met here
to-day by appointment and announced
their candidacy. Mr. D. W. Wood,
who but recently became Independ
ent, took advantage of the occasion
and announced himself a candidate
(at a convention held in LaGrange on
the 13th Inst.) for the Legislature,
The candidates preceding Mr. Wood,
in their announcement, were each the
recipient or applause as they conclud
ed, but Mr. Wood stepped .from the
wagon amid absolute silence. Follow
ing this, Mr. Shade Wooten, the reg
ular Democratic nominee, mounted
the stand, and in announcing his can
didacy propounded a few questions to
Mr. Wood that proved quite embar
rassing to that gentleman.
Mr. Wooten stated if he was elected
he would support for the United States
Senate the gentleman selected as In
dicated by the vote of the primary
held in his county and pressing Wood
to know if he would do the same, was
toia oy wood that "lie would do in
that matter as he had done this (nam
ing his candidacy) do as he pleased."
rressed for reply. Wood said he ex
pected to be elected by Democrats;
that "he did not expect or want a Re
publican to vote for him." C, J. R.
POLITICS IN OLD ROBESON.
Glenn Spoke There Yesterday Few Ne
groes Being Registered.
Special Star Telegram.
Lumberton, N. 0., Oct 18th. Hon.
R. B. Glenn filled his appointment
here to-day drawing a good crowd.
He spoke two hours discussing 8tate
and National Issues. He is a favorite
witn our people ana his speech was
said by many to iiave been the best
ever delivered here. He did not fail to
pay bis compliment to the Independent
crowd. The second negro to make
I application registered to-day. the first
one failing. The news-from the coun
ty is most encouraging, the Indepen-
aents are steaauy losing ground. -
Presbyterial School.
Dr. A. D. McClure and Elder B. G.
Worth, of this city, and Rev. D. P.
McGeachy, of Burgaw, appointed at
the recent session of Wilmington
Presbytery to visit Teachey's and Wal-
lace to investigate their offers for es
tablishing a female school at one of
these places, visited those towns yes
terday. Wallace offers a building
worth $1,000 and a cash subscription.
i Teachey's offers a building worth $2,-
000 and a cash subscription, also to
turn over a school equipped with
I teachers, which has 100 pupils.
Invitations have been issued for the
celebration by the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania of the sequi-centennlal
anniversary of the initiation of Gen
eral George Washington into the Ma
sonic fraternity, an event which took
place In the lodge at Fredericksburg,
va., onnovemper n, ioz.
Salisbury Mri: The assay of
fice at the Union Copper Mine was
burned s to the ground Wednesday
night a 'phone message to tbe Sun
stater. It ia not known how the fire
originated. The loss cannot be ascer
tained, although it is known that an
thft effects in the building were d
stroyed.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The negro Republican convention of
the Second Congressional district met
Thursday at Weldon and nominated
Sam Vick, postmaster at Wilson, for
Congress. H. F. Cheatham and Geo.
H.-White made strong speeches against
the "Independent" movement in the
State, which they said had a tendency
to crush their race, xney aia not
speak of Pritchard in very compli
mentary terms. .
Newborn Journal: Dr. F. W.
Hughes and Dr. R. S. Primrose went
to Kin ston seeking information from
the health authorities there as to the
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reason 01 that place quarantining
against Newborn. In connection with
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this visit the local health board neia a
meeting last evening when a state
ment of the Newborn smallpox status
was given. This report was mailed .
last night to the Klnston health au
thorities. There was no suspected case
here yeaterday.some thought to be sus
pects proving upon doctor's examina
tion to be no smallpox. -
Greensboro Telegram: The North
Carolina expert granite quarry opener.
Mr. O. C. Wvatt. is now at work blast
ing open the largest quarry In North
Carolina near York Institute (in Alex
ander county). When the piece is
broken loose it will be forty feet high,
300 feet wide and about 400 feet long.
All in one solid block. It will be
worked un into monuments. Mr.Wy-
att opened up the Bristol, Tenn., Mar
ble Company's quarry, lie has dis
covered a process known only to him
self which he will have patented later.
- Chatham Record: We regret
to announce the death of our venera,.
ble county-man. Rev. John W. Hatch.
He died very suddenly at his home, ,
about three miles from this place, on
last Thursday afternoon, in the eighty-fourth
year of his age. He had
been in his usual health, and, as was
his custom every afternoon, he went
to his room on last Thursday to lie
down awhile. When supper was
ready he did not appear, and he was
found dead on his bed, lying as If he
was sweetly sleeping. An old.
colored man In New Hope township,
named Willis Byrd, has registered as
a voted because he was voter be
fore 1835, when free negroes
were disfranchised. We doubt if there
is another such voter in the State. H e
will be ninety years old in December .
and is respected by all his white neigh
bors. Sanford Express: It now looks
as if very few negroes will be able to
vote in Moore county this year. Many
of them have attempted to register and
railed, in some precinct not a single
negro has registered. We understand
that some of the white Republicans
are "bushwhacking" among them and
urging them to go and demand that
they may be permitted to register.
Messrs. S, P, Himball and W. F.
Edwards, of Lemon Springs, were in
town Monday and left for Richmond,
Va., to sell their crop of tobacco.
Their tobacco crop was good this year
and they expect to get good prices for
it Other farmers in this county and
section raised more tobacco this year
than they have in severalllyears past.
FRIES' MERGER OF COTTON MILLS.
Meeting of Committee In Philadelphia Yes
terday Pronoonced a Success.
Special Star Telegram. .
Philadelphia, , Pa., Oct 17. The
report that the Fries merger of South
ern cotton mills has collapsed, is offi
cially pronounced untrue. On the
contrary a decidedly larger number of
spindles was represented at the Greens
boro, N. 0., meeting on the tenth than
was expected. The official report
shows. 363.000 spindles passed and
finally accepted. The committee ad
journed to meet a fortnight hence to
complete arrangements for taking
over 3,000,000 more spindles. .The
Fries merger is an assured success.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
Yesterday Afternoon at Several Places In
Oeorgla and Tennessee.
u? Teleiiratm to tbe Horning Btar.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct 18.
A distinct earthquake shock, accom
panied by a muddled ' rumbling like
distant thunder, was felt here this
afternoon at 5 o'clock. Tbe shock was
of several seconds duration and shook
houses perceptibly in the city and
suburbs. Dishes and windows were
rattled and many people rushed from
their homes in fright.
At LaFayette, Ga., large vases were
thrown violently from the mantel in
one residence. On the streets the
shock was felt, the earth seeming to
upheave under tbe feet of the pedes
trians. Reports of shocks at the same
time have been received from Trion, '
Ga.; Sewanee, Tenn., Mont Eagle.
-Tenn., Tracey City, Tenn., and other
towns in Tennessee-and ueorgia. .
MURDERED HIS FATHER.
Charge Brought Against a Prominent Mer
chant of Scott County, Va.
BY Telegrapn to tbe Morning Btar.
Middlesboeo, Ky., October 18.
John Wilmore, a prominent merchant
in Scott county, Va., has been arrested -
on a charge of having murdered his
rather several years ago. The elder
Wilmore disappeared and the son said
his father had gone to Mexico, and
later be told of his death in that coun
try. The elder Wilmore, previous to
his disappearance, willed all his prop
erty to his son, who was to come into
possession of the father's estate at the
old man's death. The father's bones
were found under John Wilmore's
store laat week.
DAVID B. HILL.
Stands by His Plank Favoring Government
Ownership of Coal Mines.
By veiecrapb to tne Horning star.
Ithaca, N. Y., Oct 18. Speaking
here to-night, former Senator David B.
Hill, referring to the coal strike situaj
tion and to the plank in the Demo
cratic State platform favoring govern
ment ownership of the coal mines
saia :
"I am not here to take back one
word of this coal plank, but I am here
to stand by It, and I do stand by It,
because it is the only way of settling"
this question permanentlv. I am not
here to say when it will be necessary
or best for the srovernment to an art.
but I am here to stand by this plank."
The Treasury Denartment haa de
cided to anticipate the interest on gov-
cramem oonus aue November 1st, and
on Monday checks for the payment of
inis interest, amounting to $3,233,000,
win dq mauea to oonanoiaers.