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FACTS VERSUS CLAIMS.
Senator Pritchard started oat on
his campaign determined to claim
everything for the Dingley tariff.
It must not be touched for it has
brought us prosperity and to touch
it will be to invite calamities nntold.
We have shown how little these
claims are supported by the facts,
and in addition have presented ex
tracts from a speech by Representa
tive James H. Pou and from speeches
by Senator Simmons, showing not
only how unfounded, but how ut
terly absurd they are. One of Sena
tor Pritchard's claims is that the la
boring people of the State have been
immensely benefited by this tariff,
and for that reason they ought to
support it and vote to have him re
turned to the Senate, ,bo that he
would be there to help defeat any
effort to revise this great boon to
Korth Carolina. How llittle foun
dation there is for this claim was
shown in the following extract from
a speech delivered by Senator Sim
mons in Salisbury last Thursday
evening: ' !
Tne Republicans claim that the
Dingey tariff has benefited labor in
this State. The report of ! Mr. Varner,
our commissioner of labor for the year
1931, does not sustain this contention.
This report shows that in .fifty-three of
the ninety -seren counties of this State
tbe financial condition of our working
people is poor and that in forty of these
eounlits their condition is not only
poor, but is not improving. An analy
sis of ihU report shows that labor in
tbt agricultural .counties is in better
condition than in the manufacturing
counties'. In the great manufacturing:
co'mlj of Rutherford the financial coo
dn on of our working people is report
ed pror and not improving; in R ick
idrfham poor and not improving; in
Montgomery poor and net itu proving;
in Cumberland poor and not improv
id?; in Forsyth poor and not improv
lu. ; lu Cleveland poor and not im
pr fine; in Lincoln poor and not im
pr ving; in Cabarrus poor and not
itDrvofing. in Mecklenburg poor and
no' 'mproingr in Durham bad and
no improving', in Mitchell, the home
of mics, poor and not Improving.
t mi improved financial condition of
farm labor in this Btato is not due to
tb tariff, because the staple products
of the farm are not protected. But the
un prosperous condition of the opera
tive in the cotton mills of this State
lsdue in a very large measure directly
to .he high and oftentimes prohibitory
ich'dulet of the Dingley tariff. These
prohibitory schedules have brought
d;suter alike upon the mill owner and
mill operatives In this 8tate. By fos
tering monopolistic trusts they have
raised tbe cost of living to these oper
atives, and by excluding foreign im
portations they are closing, and in
many instances have already closed,
the doors of foreign markets to the
surplus products of these, mills, and
have thereby brought about a condi
tion of congestion atd stagnation in
thisindustrv which has made an in
crease to wages impossible
"If the country is aa prosperous as
Republicans tell us it ia. if imperialism
or colonialism, or whatever name you
may (five to our new loreign policy, is
such a great blessing to our cotton
mills and their employes; if the Ding
lev tariff means prosperity to our man
ufacturing industries and their opera
tivs. i:i soon one please tell me why
the c,,uq mills of North Carolina are
mating lo mot ey and the laborers in
these mills am poor and getting no
richer? ' j "
If cotton, corn, wheat, cotton seed,
tobacco, beans, eggs, fish, lumber or
anything else brings a higher price
now than it did at any time before
the Dingley tariff was passed, they
declare it is the tariff that did it, re
gardless of the law of supply and do-
mand. If there is a 'short crop of
cotton and cotton goes to nine or ton
cents, it ia the Dingley tariff that
docs it. If .there is a short crop of
wheat in other countries ancr" the
price in consequence goes up in this
country, it is the tariff that does it.
If there is a half-crop of corn
as there was last year and the price
goes up in consequence, it is the
tarilf that did It. If the slaughter
of our forests makes merchantable
timber scarce, while the increasing
population increases ' the demand
and the price goes up, it is the tariff
that did it. If two big tobacco
trusts begin competing with each
other and tobacco goes up in conse
quence, it is the tariff that did it.
If the high prices demanded by the
Beef Trust for meats increase the
demand for beef for slaughter by
home butchers and consequently
raises the price of cattle, it is the
tariff that did it; and thus all along
the line, utterly ignoring the con
ditions that prevail or the law of
BQPplj and demand. The higher
prices happen to come after the
Dingley tariff, and! therefore it
brought them. That is the conten
tion. It would be just as logical to
contend that the storm brings the
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calm and the. sunshine that follows.
But - they make special claim for
this tariff as the great benefactor of
the laboring man.when as a matter of
fact not one laboring man in a dozen
labors in industries that are.protect-
ea Dy this tariff, and as a rule the
men who do not labor in these get
higher wages : and are better
off than those who do. There may
be exceptions in the . cases of highly
ikllled workmen, but as a rule this
is true.
- Senator Simmons shows from the
report quoted that the workers in
the unprotected industries ' of the
farm in this State are in a better
condition than the workers in the
so-called piotected industries. A
man with a few acres in tobacco will
make more money in one season
than a workman in one of these pro
tected industries -will in a. whole
year, or than a cotton grower would
on a dozen acres,- and yet they claim
that cotton is protected while the
ordinary tobacco grown is not
close up.
It pays better than cotton, not be
cause of protection, but because
there is a world demand for it and
there is no handicapping tariff to
prevent competition in buying it for
export. The South is a tobacco
growing country as it is a. cotton
growing country, and it is to this
section the tobacco buyers and man
ufacturers look for the larger part of
their supplies, especially of some
kinds of leaf, for which the South
and especially North Carolina is
noted.
This fact, and the further fact
that the acreage planted is not keep
ing pace with the increased demand
for consumption, accounts for the
prices which farmers have recently
received for their tobacco crops.
The tariff has no more to do with it
than it had with causing the Boer
war in South Africa and the in
creased demand for American horses
and mules.'
They point to our cotton mills
and tell us it was the protective tar
iff that built them, brought pros
perity to them, and gave employ
ment to the army of people they
support. But the cotton manufac
turers tell us that last year was
an unprofitable one for them, and
while Senator Pritchard is going
around the State talking about
what protection has done for our
cotton mills Mr. Fries, of Salem,
has been working hard to organize a
consolidation of the mills the reason
given for which is that something
must be done to prevent ruinous
competition or the industry will
suffer beyond repair. Unfortunately
for Mr. Pritchard's claims this comes
when he is making his great
boasts about what the Dingley tar
iff has done for the cotton manufac
turing industry of this State.
These are facts which do not ac
cord with his claims, but he will
go on claiming all the same, claiming
everything in sight for his double
back-action prosperity producer.
MAKING THE PUBLIC FAT.
The Pennsylvania coal barons
have announced an increase of 50
cents a ton on all the anthracite
sold between this time and the first
of January. The increase given for
this is that in consequence of the
condition of some of the mines, the
necessarv repairs, A c, the cost of
getting out coal will be more than
it was before the strike, which may
be soy but this announcement, all
the same,' shows that the coal ba
rons, after holding ont as obstinate
ly as they did for five months and
a half, propose to make the public
foot the cost of that obstinacy. They
could have prevented the strike, or
have ended it within a week if they
had consented to do in the begin
ning what . they did in the end.
They do not propose to spend their
own money, the profits they have
made out of the mines, to repah the
damage done, for what they are
mainly responsible, but coolly
I tax the publio and make every per-
son who uses their coal contribute
to the repair fund.
What this extra 50 cents a ton
Will amount to by the 1st of January
we do not know, but as it is said the
consumption for New York city and
localities supplied from that center
is about 75,000 tons a day, we can
form Bome idea. That would be
37,500 a day, or over a million
dollars a month from that city alone,
a pretty good lump of money for
repairing purposes. But as tne pub
lic is in the grip of the Trust it will
have to ante-up the extra 50 cents a
ton, and may not growl so much
about it in the satisfaction of escap
ing a freeze-out coal famine.
When Mark Hanna was working
to prevent the coal strike he told the
operators that they could grant the
demands of the miners for an in
crease of pay, and recoupe by an in
crease of ten cents a ton on coal, but
the barons were mulish then, wouldn't
listen to any suggestions of conces
sions, and now they are taxing the
coal consumers 50 cents a ton instead
often.
Within six . years our exports of
boots and shoes increased five-fold,
from $1,000,000 worth in
ICQ tn
AUW
$5,000,000 worth In 1901.
JLHE
THEY PROMISE TO BE GOOD.
The Republican campaign speakers
in the North have a somewhat diffi
cult task in steering between the
people who demand tariff revision
and legislation to curb the trusts on
one side and the tariff -protected and
tne trusts on the other. They try
to placate the people by telling them
that the Republican party is in favor
of necessary tarifE revision "when
the time comes," and of calling the
bad trusts down when they can find
a way to do it. The party is in favor
of both when it can be done with
out creating a jar in the industrial
system.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
ia one of the lights and a recognized
spokesmen of the Republican party.
Among his constituents are many
tariff reformers who think it is about
time that the tariff -duty was taken
off hides, leather and other raw
materials which they use. They
are pretty loud spoken in that de
mand, too, so Loud that three Re
publican candidates for Congress
from that State have made this one
of the planks in their platform.
Senator Lodge is doing his best to
placate that element and silence it,
also those who demand that some
thing be done to curb the trusts. In
a speech delivered at New Haven,
Conn., a few days ago he discussed
both the tariff and the trusts. The
gist of his speech is thus given:
Referring to trusts he stated that
the Republican party is heartily In fa
vor of such legislation as will not dis
turb the industrial prosperity of the
country, but will at the same time
limit the evils that threaten in great
combinations of capital. To take the
tariff off trust-made articles, he said
will not cure the evils complained of,
because the manfacturers who are not
in the trusts will be injured as well as
those aimed at, and the employes of
the big corporations will be directly
affected when their wages and em
ployment are impaired and endan
gered. The Republican party holds sacred
the principle of protection, and that
tariff revision should be along that
line rather than in the direction of
free trade. The Sherman law covers
the trusts, but, said he, "If further
legislation is needed it should be a re
vision of the Sherman act so as to per
mit of control and a public account
ing, for publicity will cure the evils
more readily than anything else."
This is mere dodging. It pledges
nothing, but makes simply an in
definite promise that the Republican
statesmen will do something some
time in the future when they can
see the way clear to do it without
antagonizing the beneficiaries of
protection or the trusts that are
sheltered by it. They hope thus to
tide the Republican party over the
pending election, when we will hear
no more from the Republican states
men on the tariff and trusts until
the next campaign comes on.
An umbrella hanging on' a fence
in one of the principal thorough
fares of New York remained there
untouched for five hours. A simi
lar experiment was tried in Chicago
and the umbrella disappeared Inside
of half an hour. This supports the
Chicago contention that for a hus
tling town New York can't hold a
candle to' her.
Hon. J. A. Kohl, who is running
for Congress in Ohio, may find in
Senator Bailey a congenial spirit.
He says when he goes to Washing
ton in the capacity of statesman
he will go to the White House recep
tions, but will not go in full dress
suit. He mav go full without the
dress suit.
Governor Aycock, who has spoken
in many western counties, where the
Republican nartv tolls the most
votes, estimates the Democratic ma
jority at the next election at 50,000.
The bigger the better, for the deeper
Pritchard and his crowd are buried
thfl harder it will be for them to
crawl out. ':
Mrs. Rose Apple, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.. is Buing Mr. Apple, from
whom she had been divorced, for
$5,000, money which she says she en
trusted to him. But he says it is his,
that she paid it to him to marry her.
If so, she was paying a pretty big
nriftfl for an Amle that soured on
L . A
her. : ' '
Mr. Patterson, who is posing as
an "independent" ; candidate for
Congress in the 5th district, isn't
dome himself anv credit by assail-
0
ing the record of his opponent
Kitftbln. after backing out Irom a
joint canvass, to which Kitchin in
vited him.
That "horny-handed son of toil,"
Mark Hanna, has either been dele
gated to do it or assumed the task
nf Vin mhncrcri tut working men to
v on b - -
keep them in the Republican lines.
Mark has had considerable expe
rience in this role.
One of the Rothschilds in London
is said to have a collection of ten
thousand fleas, embracing every
vai-iAfv known. That looks like a
small business.
Fiftv cents a ton extra on every
ton of anthracite the coal trust sells
between this and January 1, will
I nnt. aoirorftl millions dOUSIS 1" hue
W w hviviw
coffers of the Trust.
WILMINGTON, N. C," FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1902.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
Night Clerk at Hotel LaFayette,
in Fayetteville, Was Shot -Dead
Yesterday.
EDWARD L. UTLEY IN JAIL.
Homicide Occurred Early ia the Moraine .
Dead Man and Bis Slayer Are Both
from Prominent Families In
quest Held by Coroner.
An atrocious murder was. commit
ted In Fayetteville at 1 o'clock yester
day morning. Frenzied by drink, Ed
ward L. Utley, a guest of the LaFay
ette Hotel, walked down from his
room at that uncanny hour and de
liberately shot to death Night Clerk
T. B. Hollingsworth,' who was stand
ing behind his desk in the office and
who a short time before had befriended
the intoxicated young man by not
having him arrested for unseemly
conduct in the hotel. ! -'
From yesterday afternoon's Fayette
ville Observer the following facts of the
tragedy are abridged: Earlier in the
night young Utley, who is well known
here and who Is from one of the best
families in the State, walked into the
UAE ayette ana urea nis pistol in a
random sort of -way. The clerk sum
moned Officer J. H. Benton, inform
ing him of the young man's actions
Mr Benton asked if Mr. Hollings
worth wanted Utley arrested and the
reply was in the negative, : as perhaps
he would then be quiet. Shortly
afterwards the fatal shots were fired,
after which Utley turned and was as
cending the stairway to his room when
Officer Benton, who had again entered
the hotel, coverediiim with his revol
ver, and commanded him to come
back. Mr. Utley then stepped down
to the floor, j gave up his pistol, and
surrendered, and was taken to jail.
Utley has been drinking hard for
several days and was evidently under
the influence of whiskey when
he committed the terrible deed.
Very unfortunately,. Mr. M. Mcl.
Matthews, proprietor of the Hotel La
Fayette, was spending the evening
with a friend, and did not return un
til after the deplorable tragedy had
been enacted. Had he been present
it might have been averted.
Mr. Hollingsworth was unmarried,
and the brother of Mr. J. W. Hollings
worth, a leading citizen of Fayette
ville. He was a man of quiet, In of
fensiye manners, and unblemished
character. He had been occupying
the position of night clerk of the hotel
for only a few weeks. The body was
taken to the undertakers at once, and
later was removed to the residence of
Mr. B. G. Hollingsworth, a cousin of
the deceased. The funeral will be
conducted from 8t. John's Episcopal
church Ibis afternoon.
A coroner's jury composed of
Messrs. Geo. A. Overbaugb, J. N.
Pf ior, O. J. Cooper, J. V. McQougan.
J. F. Harrison and Duncan 8haw was
empanelled by Dr. Rose yesterday af
ternoon and after a full Investigation
of the tragedy it rendered a verdict
"That the deceased came to his death
from a pistol shot wound fired by E.
L. Utley.";
The witnesses examined were Simeon
Council, the night porter, Policeman
J. H. Benton, and Mr. J. H. Plum
mer. Council was the only one pres
ent at the time of the shooting, besides
the principals, but his testimony was
somewhat confused. Officer Benton's
testimony was in effect that he was at
the depot and Messrs. T. B. and J. W.
Hollingsworth came there and asked
for him. The dead man said:
"I want vou to go to the hotel and
stay around there and see if you can't
quiet Mr. Utley." We got In a hack
and came down to the hotel. He (Mr.
Theodore Hollingsworth) said Mr. Ut
ley had shot at bim. l asked: "Do you
want me to arrest mm! ' a.na ne sua ;
"No: just stay and keep him quiet"
Mr. Hollingsworth came in and in a
minute or two I roiiowed mm in. i
met Mr. PJummer, Mr. Moore and Mr.
McQueen. I talked to Mr. Plummer.
I spoke to Mr. Utley and we went to
the wash room. Mr. uuey anamyseii
were talking and he went out In front.
I said to Mr. Utley : "I want to go to
the train. Now, you go to your room
and go to bed." I started up the street
and came back, i saw sax. uoiiings-
worth in the door of the hotel, tie
said Mr. Utley had gone on down the
street. I walked on down the street
and met Mr. Utley and we walked
down for a short way and he said he
believed he would go back. I walked
down, crossed over the street and
came back in the street, wnen
I had got in front of the bank the
shooting began and I saw some one
running. I halted mm. l went in
the hotel and saw Mr. Utley going up
the steps, j I halted him i and he came
back and i handed me nis pisioi. as
said: "All right." I took hold ot mm.
We turned around and I saw Mr.
Hollingsworth lying on the noor. i
said: "Ed., you will have to go witn
e " and we went to the marxet
house and I sent Mr. Martin to tne
hotel. Mr. Wicker went to the hotel,
too, and came back and said Mr. Hol
lingsworth was dead, so I carried Mr:
Utley to jail, i saw iomo
firing from across the street. I did
not know who was snooting, -nere
were five or six shots fired. Mr. Utley
said to me that Mr. uoiungwortn
had shot at him first, i aid not see
any pistol near Mr. Hollingsworth.
Mr. utley naa tne pistoi m msuuu
when I took him. I examined Mr.
Utley's pistol In the presence or ur.
McGrougan ana uapi. v uuiw "
found the pistol with six empty shells
in it. j
At th reauest of the members of
the anthracite coal strike commission
and with tbe assent 01 ootn tne open
tors and miners, President Roosevelt
has appointed Carroll D. Wright re
corder of the commission, a member
of that body.
Attn Memnhia Trotting Associa
tion's Fall meeting yesterday another
world's record for stauiona was an
nounced from the judges' stand when
Nervola paced two miles in 4:25 1-4.
rchinqforneqro brute
Oatraxe Upoa White Woman Kear Prloce
A too, la Vlcloily of Ooldsboro, N. C.
Bloodhooads on the Trail.
Special Star Telegram.
Goldsboeo, N. CL; Oct. 23. John
Williams, the negro who last evening
made an attempt to rape Mrs. John
son, the wife of Mr. Hamrick Johnson,
Jr., at her home a mile distant from
Princeton, seems to have made good
his escape. He was trailed by officers
with bloodhounds and an incensed
posse, ' with ' a rope of sufficient size
and strength, a distance of five miles
to a sawdust heap, where all trace of
the brute was lost. .
The crime with which the negro is
charged is a most revolting one. The
brute who attempted the crime Is a
strajage negro who had been working
in the neighborhood for about three
months. His first name is John. He
went to the home of the lady Wednes
day fternoon while her husband was
off at work; and while there was no
one in the house with her but her ten
months' old baby, j
The negro made improper proposals,
which were resented, and he then re
sorted lo force. ' In the scuffle he had
torn tbe lady's clothes from her body
and dragged her into the yard, where
he had begun to choke her, when Mr.
John Daniel Edwards came down the
road with a team and a load of wood.
The negro broke and ran across the
field to the woods: and has not been
seen since. j !
When Mr. Edwards came up to the
house he learned of the particulars of
the assault from Mrs. Johnson. Mr.
Edwards went on to town, where he
told the news. Searching parties were
soon organized and the woods are be
ing hunted everywhere.
NEGRO NOT THE RIGHT MAN.
Wsyoe Coonty Retistratlon Satisfactory.
Not Assailsnt of Mrs. Johnson.
Special Star Telegram.'
Goldsboeo, N. C, October 25.-
The negro arrested at Clinton to-day
on suspicion of being John Williams,
who made the assault on Mrs. John
son, was to-night released.
Secretary Parker of the Wayne
County Democratic) Executive Com
mittee, advises me that registration for
the county Is very satisfactory, and
predicts the election of the county and
legislative tickets by 1,500 majority.
NEW WILMINGTON ENTERPRISE.
Crescent Lumber Company Chartered.
Society for Protection of Wild Birds.
Special Star Telegram. I
Raleigh, N. C, Oct 25. The Sec
retary of State charters the Crescent
Lumber Co., of Wilmington, with a
capital of $30,000. The incorporators
are M. T. Keen, 95 shares; W. H.
Morrow, 10 shares, and Jno. Morrow,
85 snares.
A charter is also issued to the Audu
bon Society of North Carolina, J. Y
Joyner, superintendent of public in
struction, T. Gilbert Pearson and
Z. V. Taylor are the incorporators.
The principal office is in Greensboro.
The purpose of tne society is to pro
mote the people's appreciation for the
value of song and insectivorous birds to '
man and the commonwealth: to en
courage parents and teachers to in
struct their children on the subject; to
educate a public sentiment for the pro
tection of wild birds and their eggs.
No capital stock is given.
THERE WILL BE NO PEANUT TRUST.
As In the Case of Former Attempts the
Plsn to Combine Palls Through.
Special to Richmond Times.
Suffolk, Va., October 22. There
will be no peanut trust, no combina
tion, no community of trusts, no any
thing during this season. That was
determined upon this afternoon at a
meeting In Norfolk, at which were
renresented some of the largest clean
era from every town in the Virginia
belt Not only did to-day's plans fall
through like all the rest of them at
tempted this Fall, but those present
agreed that they would not even con
sider any further proposition unless
the cash came at the same time.
There was a great divergence of opin
ion as to the scope of the combine, and
there never seemed to be a chance for
agreement 1 New York capitalists
looked for did not appear at the meet
ing.
Notwithstanding some cleaners con
tend consolidation would mean a big
net increase of profits, the combine
plans are now finally abandoned, tney
say. '
Mr. VanValkenburg Married.
Friends in the city have received an
nouncement of the marriage at St
Paul. Minn., on Oct 22nd, of Miss
Jane Celestine McMahan to Mr. Fran
ces Markell VanValkenburg, who was
here four years ago, 1 temporarily, as
operator for the Associated Press. Mr.
VanValkenburg has recently been
transferred to Washington, D. C,
where he is employed in the main
office of the Southern District of the
A. P. permanently. Many friends
made by Mr, VanValkenburg while in
Wilmington congratulate him upon
the two-fold preferment.
THE COLORED VOTE.
Registration Returns Indicate That It Will
Not Amount to 5,000.
Bv Telegratb to tne HornuuBtar?
Charlotte, N. 0., October 25.
The registration books for the first
election in North Carolina under the
constitutional amendment for the dis
franchisement of illiterate negroes
closed to night Under former laws
the colored vote in North Carolina waa
about 90,000. If the returns so far re
ceived from registration can.be re
garded as a basis for the entire State,
the total colored vote at the next elec
tion will not amount to 5,000.
SODTHPORT RAILWAY
Lines and Rumors of Lines Be
lieved to Be in the Imme
diate Prospect.
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
The Piatt Heirs Receive $5,700 for Deep
Water Terminal Big 0eed of Trust
Piled by Another Company That
Will Bolld is Brunswick.
Yesterday - mention was made in
these columns that condemnation pro
ceedings had been instituted before
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Brunswick county to gain possession
of certain property in Soutbport from
the Piatt heirs for tbe Soutbport, Wil
mington and Durham Railroad Co.,
one of the several corporations char
tered recently for the purpose of build
ing a line of railway from Wilmington
to Bouthport, and ultimately to the
coal fields of Virginis.
The matter was terminated yesterday
at 8outhport when a board of apprais
ers consisting of Messrs. M. O. Guthrie,
K B. Stevens and William Weeks
awarded to the owners of the property
$5,700 for the plat which consists of 88
acres on the river front at deep water
point.
Maj W. A. Guthrie, of Durham, ap
peared for the railroad company, which
is understood to be backed by the Sea
baard Air Line, and Messrs. Junius
Davis, John H. Gore, Jr., and Robert
W. Davis appeared for the property
owners.
Another important development in
the Soutbport railway situation yes
terday and one which sent town lots
sky high in our enterprising little
neighbor c!ij at the mouth of the
Cape Fear, was the filing with the
Register of Deeds, of Brunswick, of a
deed of trust from the Cape Fear Ter
minal Railroad Company to the Lin-
coin Savings and Trust Company, of
Philadelphia, to secure a bond is
sue of $800,000. The deed is upon the
franchise?, roads to be built by the
company, etc. It is said that this
company will also build a line of rail'
way through Brunswick to Clarkton
and will develop the trucking indus
try along the line.
LOCAL DOTS.
Rev. E. O. Watson, pastor of
Bethel Methodist church, at Charles
ton, will be in Wilmington next Sun
day to deliver an address to men at
the Y. M. C. A. He will speak in the
afternoon. -
The next meeting of the
Board of Pharmacy .for the exami
nation of applicants for license to
practice pharmacy and for general
business will be held in Raleigh No
vember lltb, 1902, at 9 o'clock A. M.
At this meeting it will be the duty of
the Board to Investigate all complaints
of disregard, non-compliance or viola
tion of the pharmacy law.
Southport Standard: "His
Bouthport friends were sorry to hear
of the sad death of Mr. R. C. Gold
smith, who was drowned near Balti
more on October 10th. Mr. Gold
smith was a private in the army, and
was stationed at Fort Caswell until
about six months ago. He was married
to Miss Ida Swann, of Southport, the
past Summer."
Duplin Journal: "Uapt. jaB.
H. Pierce, who has been the faithful
section master for the A. C. L. at this
place, has accepted a position in the
railway yards at Wilmington, and left
Tuesday to enter upon his duties,
Capt. Pierce has been a good and use
ful citizen of Faison and has many
friends who will regret his leaving
but at the same time they will be glad
to know he will be put in line of pro
motion with his company."
Prisoners From Onslow.
Sheriff D. J. Sanders, of Onslow
county, arrived yesterday bringing to
the New Hanover chain gang two
colored prisoners, sentenced at this
week's term of court at Jacksonville.
One of them is Dave Foy, two years
for false pretence; the other, Isaiah
Simmons, four months for larceny.
Peanut Crop Short.
The Pender Chronicle ot this week
says: "xne larmers are now ousuy
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engaged throughout the county in
harvesting the peanut crop. The pea
nut crop of this year does not ap
proach its customary abundance m
the county, being reported as short by
more than two-thirds."
CAPTURED IN MONTANA.
The Supposed Robber of tbe Northern
Pacific Railroad Train.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Btar. '
Buite, Mont, Oct 25-A special from
Missoual says that a special train has
just arrived with a prisoner whom the
posse captured in the wild country
near tsonita, and wno is Deiievea to oe
the lone robber who held up the
Northern Pacific fast limited yesterday
morning.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
Battle Between Colombian Cruiser Bogota
and Insurgent Ounboat-Padiila. i;
By Cable to the Morning Btar.
Managua, Nicaragua, Oct 25.
For several hours to-day cannon firing
was heard at sea, between Corlnto and
Brito, Nicaragua, and according to
rumors current here a battle was be
ing fought between the Columbian
cruiser Bogota and the insurgent gun
boat Padilla.
NO. 1
spirits turpentine.
- Troy Examiner: Mr. Clark
Hannah visited his home place.
in Randolph county, last week; He
reports the corn crop along the road a
good average; the cotton crop about
the same, and oats, for this time of the
year, the best he has ever seen .
Shelby Aurora: Matters politi
cally are getting in great shape . The
question of a majority has lost interest
to the Democracy; the question is,
how much majority do you want,
fifty, sixty or -seventy -five thousand?
It is hard to tell; it may run along
way over the latter figure, at least
enough to leave Pritchard and Black
burn at home.
Alamance Gleaner: Mr. W. S.
Dixon, of Melville township, had an
unique exhibit at the fair last week.
It consisted of a collection of scalps
and claws taken from 54 hawks and
owls killed by Mr. Dixon. He in
formed us that the largest hawk killed
Dy him measured four and one-half
feet from tip to tip. There were two
or three others who made exhibits of
the same kind, but he had a larger
one than all the -others put together.
Statesville Mascot: Tuesday
morning Neal Bharpe, who lives in
west Statesville and works in the Kin-
caid Furniture factory, concluded
that riding was cheaper than walking
so he tried to get on an east-bound
freight to ride to the station; unfor
tunately he slipped and in some
way bis right foot was caught under
the car wheeL Tbe result, is minus
his big toe on the right foot After
the accident happened, he cooly pick
ed up his toe, put it Into bis pocket
and walked home. Later he came
down street and Dr. H. F. Long
dressed his foot. He will have to rest
for several days as a result of his
"foolishness, as he termed It.
Louisburg Times: The cam
paign in . Franklin county is now
drawing to a close. The white people
have registered well, and with a full
vote we predict that the Democratic
legislative and county tickets will be
elected by majorities ranging from
900 to 1,200. The "White Lilies"
had a caucus here last Monday before
Judge Timberlake left for Raleigh.and
tne "dicky bird" says that they decided
that none of their county candidates
had any show whatever of election,
and that from now on all efforts should
be turned toward the election of the
legislative ticket This is a last des
perate effort to assist Pritchard to get
back to the Senate.
Winston Republican: In round
numbers, for two weeks, something
like $260,354.42 were paid out to the
farmers tributary to the Winston mar
ket for leaf tobacco. Our wood
working plants, furniture and chair
factories are shipping goods by the car
load. These branches of our industry
are growing rapidly. The news
comes from the country that corn
shucks this Fall are very thick and
bees are taking extra precaution in
stopping of cracks in the gums said to
be unfailing signs of a severe Winter.
- A calf with its heart in its throat
is a Forsyth county production. As a
freak of nature it puzzles the doctors.
The calf, the litter of blind pigs, and
Prof. Urouch's family of rattlesnakes
are doing honors this week at Greens
boro's Fair.
IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY.
Monument Unveiled lo Unknown Confed
erate Deadest Philadelphia.
By Telegrapb to tne Horning Btar.
Richmond, Va., October 25. This
afternoon there was unveiled in Hol
lywood cemetery the monument to
the 224 unknown Confederate dead
buried in the National cemetery at
Philadelphia, which was made under
a commission from the Dabney tt
Maury Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy of Philadelphia, but was
not permitted to be erected over the
graves of those whose deeds it com
memorates.
The monument was unveiled by
Miss Dabney Maury Halsey, who was
escorted to the -stand by Hon. John
Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, and
Attorney General Anderson of this
State. The principal speakers were
Mr. Cadwallader, General Fitzhugh
Lee and Dr. Thomas Nelson Page.
Those having charge of the unveiling
ceremonies were escorted to the ceme
tery by the Seventieth regiment,
Richmond Blues and a detachment of
the Howitzers. The occasion was a
most imposing one.
COTTON MILL MERQER.
Committee on the Fries Plan Have
Not
Concluded Their Labors.
By Telegrapb to tbe Horning star.
Raleish, N. 0., Oct. 25. It was
nearly midnight when the valuation
and acceptance committee of the Fries
cotton mill merger plan concluded the
three sessions held to-day. The com
mittee varied its place of meeting and
to-night met at the home of Mr. U. G.
Latta, one of the members. The do-
tails of the work being done by tbe
committee Involve extensive exami
nation of papers and estimates, but
headway is being made. After the
meeting to-night the committee au
thorized the statement that of the 140
mills being considered, forty had been
accepted in the merger and these forty
have in operation four hundred thou
sand spindles. The committee declines
to give the names of any of these
millsv The sessions will be continued
in this city next week and will be re
sumed on Monday. The committee
says that it is impossible to state when
they will complete their labors.
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PROFESSOR KOCH '
ONfTUBERCULOSIS.
Combatted Theory of Transmission
of
Animal Tuberculosa to Man at Ia
ternatlonal Convention In Berlin.
. By cable to the Morning Btar. '
Beblut, Oct 25. The sensation
Of -
to-day's session of the Inter-national
Tuberculosis Convention came toward
the end of the sitting in tbe form of a
paper by Prof. Koch, in which he
maintained all his former positions re
garding the non-transferability of
animal tuberculosis to man. ' Taking
up the alleged proofs that human
beings may be infected with1 bovine
tuberculosis through skin lesions,
Prof. Koch admitted that cases of tu-'
berculosis do occur among butchers
and other persons who handle ani
mals, but he asserted that the per
centage from the sufferings of the dis
ease among others is equally as nigh
as among the handlers of meat.
"If," said the professor, "Infection
Is so frequent through milk, positive
?roof ot this ought to be obtainable.
Then poisoned meat is eaten in a com
munity widespread effects follow.
Howls It that no general infection
follows the eating of tuberculosis meat
or the drinking of milk from a tuber
culosis cow? Experts assert that large
; amounts of tuberculosis meats are con
sumed dally, and that not only the
flesh, but even tuberculosis organs are
made use of for food, yet no widespread
infection follows. In view of the quan
tity of tuberculosis meat eaten and tne
rarity of intestinal tuberculosis . the
question must be asked why a general
infection is not more frequent If
tuberculosis meat is apparently so
harmless, why is it not the same with
milk ? People think that boiled milk
is harmless, but boiling does not exter
minate tubercular bacilli, and steriliz
ing milk impairs its quality. Why is
it that the public is so nervous about
milk, but yet will eat butter, in which
bacilli are equally nutured, without
hesitation! The fact is, that most
people have eaten tubercular bacilli.
Why Is not tbe infection widespread!"
Professor Koch declared that only
two cases of alleged general infection
were knswn to him, and these two
were not proved. He did not affirm,
he said, that the transmission of tuber
culosis from animal to man was im
possible, but that cases of the kind
were extremely rare, if they did occur.
"if measures are taken to combat
animal tuberculosis," went on Pro
fessor Koch, "they must be on eco
nomic not sanitary grounds. In order
to combat the disease we must find the
root of the evil, establish better dwell
ings and workshops, avoid over-crowding
and isolate persons who are af
fected with tuberculer bacilli. This
is the only way to meet the, enemy.
Experience with other infections
proves that tuberculosis can be. suc
cessfully combatted."
M. Nocard, a well known French
veterinary authority, spoke in oppo-
I sition to Professor Koch's views.
AT THE COAL MINES.
! A Further Increase in Production Addl-
tlonal Collieries Resume Work.
The Onards Dismissed.
By Telegrann to tne Morning: Btar.
Wilkksbareb, Pa,, Oct 25. To
day saw a further increase of coal pro
duction in the anthracite coal region.
The estimated output Is 120,000 tons.
The increase came mostly from col
lieries which have been in operation
since Thursday and which are in good
condition. The largest . outnut came
from the mines of the - Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western and the
Delaware and Hudson. Reports re
ceived show that fourteen collieries
were started up to-day. Four of these
were in the Schuylkill region and the
balance in the Lackawanna and Wyo
ming regions. The number of men
and boys at work to-day is placed at
91,000.
By Monday it is believed 90 per -cent,
of tbe mines will be In operation.
All the collieries where water has not
accummulated in large quantities are
now in shape to receive the full work
ing force.
President Mitchell was busy to-day
getting ready for his trip to Washing
ton.
Nearly all of the coal and iron po
licemen who were hired by the coal
companies when the strike began have
been paid off and dismissed.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Policeman at Augusta Qa., Kills His Wife
and Himself Divorce Proceedings
by the Wife the Cause.
by lelecraDn to tbe Horning Btar. .
Augusta, Ga., Oct 25. Despondent
over divorce proceedings instituted
against him yesterday, Charlea H.
i Walker, a policeman, shot and killed
hla wife at the bome of her mother-in-law
to-day and then sent a bullet into
his own brain, dying instantly.
After filing tbe application for di
vorce Mrs. Walker returned .to her
husband's mother's home. Walker's
beat led by the house and while on
duty tc-day he passed by and called
for his wife. 8he met bim at the door
and they conversed for a few moments,
when suddenly Walker drew his re
volver and fired four shots at his wife.
all taking effect. Walker then placed
the gun to his head, the bullet enter
ing his brain. When witnesses
reached them both were dead.
In Walker's pockets was found a
letter containing the single sentence:
"At the mercy of Tiberius." .
DESPERADO ARRESTED.
Found on Board the Receiving Ship Prank
lio at Norfolk.
Br Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
Norfolk,' Va., Oct. 25. Police De
tectives Snowden and Heppel to-day ar
rested on board the U.S. ship Franklin,
Dominlco Rico, alias Michael Rose,
an Italian, rated as carpenter's
mate, on the charge of bur
glary and murder of a detective
in Brooklyn last June. The Nor
folk authorities were instructed to
look out for the man by the Brook
lyn Detective Bureau and located
him on the Franklin, where he waa
known as Michael Rose, having en
listed in Philadelphia July 15th under
that name. The Navy Department
ordered Rico, in double Irons, turned
I over to the civil authorities.
THE OEORQIA RAILROAD.
Settled Differences With Engineers
and
Firemen of the Road.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Augusta, Ga., Oct 25. A settle
ment has been reached in regard to
the alleged differences of the engi-
neers of the Georgia Railroad with
the officials of that road. The came
agreement has been secured by the
firemen. The railroad management
agreed to adopt the mileage system of
I pay and also conceded the request of
the men in the, manner of choqsug
I men for special work. The discharged
engineers have been reinstated.