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SECTIONALISM DEPRECATED.
In his speech at Brockton, Mass.,
a few days ago, SecreUrj Moody
referred to . the demands for free
raw materials by the manufacturers
of New England, and while he
thought some raw materials should
be free it was not practicable to put
them on the free list without at the
the same time reducing the tariff on
articles made out of these materials,
and hence putting raw materials on
the free list would result in a wide
change in the tariff system. ,
In addition to this, he said the
demand for free raw materials is
sectioflal and as such he deprecated
it, holding that .all tariff legislation
should be national in its scope. Bnt
the protective system as it has been
constructed and carried out by the
Bepublican party is essentially sec
tional. There is nothing' national
about it. Southern industries have
always been practically ignored and
received protection only when that
protection was incidental to the
protection given to Northern in
dustries. One section in the North demndss
protection in some industry in which
it is interested and its representa
tives threaten to oppose the bill if
the demands of their constituents
are not granted, and then another
lection does likewise, and so each
section puts in its claims. But it
goes further than that ; the manu
facturer or producer of some com
modity wants protection on that,
although there may bo very few in
his section engaged in the industry.
He gets it, and so do others, and
thus the tariff makers pander not
only to sections to placate them,
but to individuals to placate them
and the tariff becomes both a sec
tional and a class system, which en
tirely ignores the interests and the
welfare of the masses of the people
who are taxed, and heavily taxed,
for the benefit of the few.
A SPLENDID CAMPAIGN.
The campaign just closed in this
State has been a remarkable one
for its thoroughness, the vim with
which it was conducted, the number
of speakers in the field and the
ability shown by many of them. In
this respect the advantage was, of
course, on the side of the Demo
crats who have many able and elo
quent speakers,, while Republican
orators of the higher order are com
paratively few. There are proba
bly not more than a half dozen men
in the party, if so many, who could
Bizeupto the standard of a first'
class public speaker. Senator Pritch-
ard, while he did the best he could,
(and it is said he has improved as a
speaker,) is far from being a capti
vating or persuasive orator, but he
Was fortunate, perhaps, in arrange-
mg that "joint canvass" with Mr.
Craig, for that gave him audiences
that he would never had if he had
canvassed alone. 1
A.8 a rule the Republican candi
dates and their "independent" al
lies either declined invitations to
joint discussions or imposed condi
tions that their opponents declined
to accede to, and hence we had few
joint discussions, but this did
not lessen the interest taken in the
campaign either by the people or
the speakers, for where Democrats
spoke after the campaign had fairly
opened they had large and enthusias
tic audiences, in stilting contrast
to the comparatively empty benches
to which the average Republican or
"independent" talked a, significant
sign of how the people ox JNortn
Carolina stand in this contest.
Much of the credit for this splen
did campaign is doubtless due to
the able management of Chairman
Simmons who not only put the best,
the brightest and most gifted of
Democracy's champions in the field,
but entered it himself and from be
ginning to end did 'brilliant, power
ful and effective speaking. But he
aa only one of many! of whom the
lame may be said who gave their
time and services freely and labored
sealouBly and devotedly for the
triumph ot the party and principles
on w nose success the prospe nty and
uappmess oi the people of North
Carolina depend.
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VOL. XXXIV. WTT.AfTNaTmsr. n. ttptday Nnvmm 7 iqiv
bhortlT kf ter . thfl rl Antra M-inm ft
the battleship Maine, in Havana har-.
bor, some effervescent patriot pro
posed that the children of the coun
try contribute dimes, nickels and
pennies, to build another Maine. He
didnt calculate how manv dimes.
nickels and pennies It would take to
build , a $3,000,000 Or $4,000,000
ship. But the little ones chipped in
until their contributions aggregated
$75,000, which is now on deposit in
At a a . . .
a Cincinnati bans:. As the idea of
building a warship with dimes,
nickels and pennies has been aban
doned, the question now is what to
do with the $75,000.
Russia has plenty of room in
which to distribute her surplus
population. Siberia is large enough
to hold the United States and all
of Europe, except Bussia, and then
have room enough for three or four
States the size of North Carolina.
And jet Russia is land-hungry and
is reaching out for a chunk of
China.
The Houston (Tex.) Chronicle
says it admires "an honest Repub
lican as much as it does an honest
Democrat." It should admire that
kind of a Republican a good deal
more, for he is a good deal scarcer.
Secretary Moody said in a speech
at Pawtucket, R I.; Tuesday, that
"trusts are the paramount issue in
this campaign." Secretary Shaw
says there are no "no issues." This
looks like a divided Cabinet.
Miss Helen Gould does not find
it necessary to get up monkey par
ties, &c, to break the monotony of
existence. She finds exercise and
pleasure in helping in benevolent
and useful work.
There is a man in Omaha who
owns $400 worth of neckties and he
doesn't run a haberdasher shop
either. But it takes a good many
ties to hold some men down.
A St. Louis man who believes
that "business comes before pleas
ure," disregarded a summons to
Berve on a jury because he had to
get married that day.
It is said the Republicans in Phil
adelphia have about 60,000 fraudu
lent names on the registry lists and
they feel confident of ' being able to
carry the city.'
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE AT WARSAW.
Company Chartered by tho Secretary of
State Yesterday The Incorporator!.
Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh. N. C, Nov. 1. The War
es Tobacco Company, of Warsaw,
was chartered to-day, with $25,000
capital authorized and $1,810 sub
acribed. The business is to establish
tobacco warehouse and promote to
bacco culture in the Warsaw section.
The incorporators are Tbos. B. Pierce,
Li F. Beat, 8. K. illnef. u. B. Hussey,
M. E Hobbs & Bro., P. L. Faiaon, H.
L. 8tevens. J. A. Powell. J. F. Wood-
ard, H. F. Pierce, O. P. liiddleton, J,
P. Wilson. S. A. Strickland. Dr. J.
Norton Johnson, J. H. Fonville and
W. Li. Hill.
NEGRO KILLED NEAR MOUNT OLIVE.
Shot Down by Unknown Parties Thursday
Nlfbt Near His Father's Home.
Special Star Telegram.'
Goldsboro, N. C, -Oct. 1. Jim
Cox, son of Hardy Cox, colored, was
shot last night In front of his father's
home near Mt Olive, by unknown
parties and instantly killed. One shot
penetrated the right eye and another
entered in the centre of his fore
head.
Married Wednesday Afternoon.
At the residence of the bride's
mother. No 220 Church street, Wed
needay afternoon at .5:30 o'clock, a
pretty wedding ceremony witnessed by
manv friends - and relatives joined In
matrimony Miss Ethel Lewis, a popu
lar voting lady of this city, and Mr. U
M Murrin. formerly of Wilmington.
now of Richmond, Va. Rev. Father
C. Dennen officiated and the bride was
attended by Miss Katie Hall, as maid
of honor. Tne groom's best man was
riant. Chsrles 8. Burriss. The bride
was a Hired in a handsomely made
travelling suit. After receiving the
congratulations of friends Mr. and
Mrs. Murrin left for Richmond, whicn
will be their home in the future.
Scanty Sapport for His Wife.
Josenh Farrow, a colored stevedore,
inr r&llure to nrovide suoport for and
hla wif. waa sent to jail
by Justice Fowler yesterday in default
nf tso bond for his appearance to an
swer the charges against him at this
week's term of the superior uouri.
The evidence showed that ne leit nis
wife and child a year ago and aince
that time has contributed only 62
cents per week to their support.
Novel Advertisinf Scheme.
The handsome musical chair offered
k Pavkftp lhA TTurn Ultra Man. tO
readers of his advertisements in the
city paper', was drawn yesterday ai
ternoon by Mrs. 8. V. Bunting, No.
413 Bed Cross street. The box con
taining the names was taken to Pol
yolgt's and the winning slip was
drawn by Miss Lela Mclver, one of
the popular salesladies In the store.
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POLICE WEBE BUSY.
Series of Disturbances That Re-
quired All Their Attention
During the Night.
AN AGED MAN WAS INJURED.
Ao Old Veteran Picked Up on Nntt Street
Unconscious Lei Badly Crashed
Fifhts In Wharf Dance Hail
Now at the Hospital.
One had only to look over the police
blotter at the station house last night
to be convinced that there is Carnival
In the air. ' '
Aside from the Usual dozen Or more
"drunks and down," at 10 :S0 o'clock
the officers were called upon to Inves
tigate two disturbances that came in
quick succession from a danca ball in
the rear of Stern's saloon on Water
street.
Oscar Headatre), a sailor on the
schooner Merom. now in port, was
badly stabbed on the arm by a col
ored woman of whom he' could give
no intelligible account. No sooner
had he been dispatched to the hospital
to be sewed up, than there came an
other call from the same vicinity and
James Sanders was hauled up in the
patrol wagon with two ugly gashes in
his head, inflicted with an iron door
bar in the hands of a negro of whom
he knew nothing more than that his
name waa "Joe." He, too, was sent
to the hospital and his wounds, two
or three inches in length, were
stitched up.
Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning
an A. C. L. watchman 'phoned to the
station that a white man was lyiog in
Nutt street, In front of Vollers &
Hashagen'a office. When he waa
taken to headquarters, it was found
that he was under the influence of
liquor and one of his legs was badly
broken. He was sent at once to the
hospital, also, where he is now lying
in a precarious condition. He was
unable to give his name at the sta
tion. He appears to be about 60 years
of age, and is gray-haired. - The pre
sumption is that he fell in the street
la an intoxicated condition, and that
a heavy vehicle of some kind passed
over his leg.
About the same hour the call came
from Nutt street, Policeman M. O.
Gray bad to quell a small-sized riot
between negroes in an alley across
from Front street market house. A
young colored man named Nathan
Walker was brought out with an ugly
wound in his head. Another negrj,
whose identity Walker would not dis
close, struck him in the forehead with
an empty beer bottle, inflicting an
ugly gaab, In which particles of glass
were sticking when he was taken out
to the hospital.
DEATH OP MRS. RICHARD W. GRAY.
Yoonz Woman Mncb Loved and Admired
Here Died In Charlotte.
.Friends in the city learned yester
day through the medium of a private
telegram of the sad death of Mrs.
Richard W. Gray, at the home of her
mother, Mrs. W. O. Maffitt, in Char
lotte, where she and Mr. Gray had
been visiting for some time.
The death was peculiarly a sad one,
and brought sorrow to the hearts of
many friends made In Wilmington
during her short residency here. She
was married on the 12th of last Feb
ruary to Mr. Gray, who is assistant
observer in the local Weather Bureau
at Wilmington. Mrs. Gray came to
Wilmington an entire stranger, but
by her many personal charms and
even disposition she drew to herself
very many and strong friends. She
was a member of the First Presby
terian Church, this city, and her
sweet Christian character was an in
spiration to those with whom she was
associated in ties of church fellow
ship. The young husband has the sincer
est sympathy of the community In
his deep bereavement.
QREAT RUN FOR HIS MONEY.
Diavolo, Left la Jacksonville, Took A. C
L Speclsl to Waycross.
The Savannah News of yesterday
has the following:
The Atlantic Coast Line gave Dia
volo, the loop the looper of the Fore-
paugh & Sells Circus, a great run for
his money yesterday. It cost Diavolo
$175, but he gave that up gladly to
aot from Jacksonville to Wavcross in
time to ride in the afternoon perform-
Diavolo got left at Jacksonville. He
was in great distress until lniormea
that he could secure a special to take
him to Waycross. As speedily as
nnaaihla a train was made up, consist
ing of an engine, a baggage car and a
coach. Then uiavoio, as ine soie pas
ftr.cer. started out.
It is 75 miles from Jacksonville to
WavRross. The train ate up that dis
lance in 77 minutes. Jacksonville
..a left At 12:12 P. M. At 1:39 P. M
the train stopped at Waycross. Two
stops had been made, so tnas tne time
was reduced to leas man a mus a mm
ute.
Lumber Mill Fire at Newbera.
The Trent Lumber Mills, owned by
Thompson Bros., of Philadelphia, was
entirely consumed by fire at Newborn
Friday night with 250,000 feet oi
lumber. The loss is estimated at $20,
000, with no Insurance.
Morton Fuller the negro who waa
..tnri vMa tnr BluaMor his fellow
cart driver with a knife at the Angola
mill, was sent to jail by the Mayor
yesterday in default of $25 bond for
bis appearance in the Superior Court
this week.
COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING.
Movements of Vessels Harbor Master's
Report for the MonthReceipts :
" and Exports of Cotton.
German steamer Linland, having
finished., discharging her cargo of
pyrites, was cleared yesterday by
Heide & Co., for Savannah, Ga. -
British steamer. Lobelia, 1,913 tons,
Capt. Watson, arrived yesterday from
Huelva, Spain, to Heide & Co., with
cargo of fertilizer material for the Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
The British steamer Stag, discharge
ing a cargo at Charleston, will arrive
early this week and receive a cargo of
veneering tiller for the Acme Tea
Chest Co., of which Mr. Will L. Mill
er Is manager. .
The receipts of cotton and naval
stores at the port of Wilmington dur
ing the month of October are printed
in tabulated form in the commercial
columns of the Stas this morning.
Cotton receipts fell behind those of
last year by a little less than 4,000
bales. There was an increase in re
ceipts of all naval stores except tar.
The British steamer Osborne, Capt.
R?ttie, cleared yesterday for Liverpool
with the largest cargo of cotton of the
season, tthe carried 14,607 bales val
ued at $632,000, consigned by Messrs.
Sprunt & Son. The exports for the
month of Octoberwere 84,724 bales.
The receipts, 86,251 bales against 90,
102 same month last year.
The October report of Capt. Edgar
D. Williams, harbor master, shows
arrival of vessels of 90 tons and over
at the port of Wilmington during the
month as follows: American, 12
steamers, 12,244 tons; 16 schooners,
10,020 tons. Total vessels, 28, Total
tonnage, 22,264. Foreign, 11 steam
ers; 19,868 tons; one barque 635 tons;
one schooner 782 tons. Total vessels,
13. Total tonnage, 21,285. The grand
total vessels was 41 with a combined
tonnage of 43,549. The report com
pares very favorably with that for Oc
tober last year.
CHASE AFTER CHICKEN THIEP.
Mr. S. .W. Sebrell Clave a Nerxo a Run
for His Fowls Saturday Night.
Mr. S. W. Sebrell, No. 214 South
Second street, gave a negro a lively
chase for his chickens Saturday night
at 9 o'clook. Mr. Sebrell was in his
residence and heard a squall from his
fowls iri the back yard. He went out
and met a negro with three of his
finest chickens. The negro ran and
Mr. Sebrell chased him to the corner
of Second and Dock streets. There
he recovered the stolen property and
also had a good hold on the negro but
he wrested away, leaving his coat in
Mr. Sebrell's bands. - Later the negro
was overtaken again by Mr. Sebrell
and a policeman, but a second time he
made his escape.
MR. J. E. HATCH PAINFULLY HURT.
Fell Over an Obstruction at Second and
Market Streets Saturday Night.
Mr. J. E. Hatch, the well known
painter,was painfully injured Saturday
night about 10 o'clock by falling over
one of the iron tent pins that was
driven at Second and Market streets for
the erection of the riding gallery for
the Carnival.
The pin had been driven into the
street after nightfall and Mr. Hatch
was coming down town in a hurry on
a business mission. His foot caught
over the obstruction and he was thrown
violently, face foremost, to the rough
cobble stones. One of I his teeth was
knocked out; another cut its way
through his under lip and his face and
hands were badly contused. He was
taken into Shepard's drug store, where
Dr. J. C. iShepard, Jr., dressed his
wounds. Later he was sent to his
home. . !
Patent Applied For.
A fond father, of this city, made an
investment yesterday which created
no end of .merriment in the family.
His little son, who was sick and quite
irritable, asked him to buy a goat.
Straightway a small animal of that
specie, and of the male persuasion,
was purchased and sent to the house,
and the child was delighted. Soor,
however, capricornus showed an in
clination to have some fuB. He stood
up on his bind legs, arched his neck
and made one or two "passes" at his
new ovner. But the mother of the
little boy intervened and asked pater
familias what .must be done. He
told her that she must make a pad to
go on Billy's frontispiece. When he
went to dinner he was surprised to
find the goat decorated with the con
trivance he had suggested, and so
proud waa he of his wife's inventive
genius that he has applied for a patent
Schooner Attached.
Under an execution issued for the
Murchison National Bank, yesterday,
Sheriff Stedman attached the;schooner
Frank W. McCullouah to settle a
civil matter between the bank and the
vessel's owners, Messrs. H. B. Haven
&Co., of; New York. Later Capt.
Brink, master of the schooner, secured
Messrs. Russell Gore as counsel
and bond in- the sum of $500 was
promptly given. The vessel was there
upon released.
Biz Fire at Marion, S. C.
The Planters' Hotel, Holliday &
Sons' livery stables and a number o
.mall buildings on the north sideo
the railroad at Marlon, S. C, were
humed Thuradav night, causing a loss
of about $15,000. The fire originated
in th store room of the hotel. H-OIU
day & Sons were pretty well insured.
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BOUGHT UNKNOWfT FACTORY.
Palmetto Company, of Philadelphia, Will
Sooa Establish New aad Import .
ant Indsstry Here. '
By deed filed filed for record Satur
day William Kraft and wife, of New
York, for a consideration of $1 and
other valuable consideration, trans
ferred to. the Palmetto Company, of
Philadelphia, the property In Cape
Fear township on Smith's Creek,
called the "Unknown Factory," and
the same being a pari of the Sans.
Saaci farm. The deed ' also carries
with ft all the machinery, boats, flats,
office furniture, etc., used In the ope
ration of the factory and an easeway
connecting with the W. &. W. rail
road, near the two-mile post.
The Palmetto Company recently sent
a representative here, who inspected
the property and conferred with a com
mittee from the Chamber of Com-
connection herewith of a, large fibre
plant. The company will bring pal
metto here from Florida and manu
facture it into material for mattresses,
etc., etc. Should it develop all its pro
moters hope for, the enterprise will
soon grow into one of the most im
portant in the city. S
It Is presumed that operation of the
plant by the. new company will be
commenced very shortly.
ALL THE WAY FROM MISSOURI.
Qallant Confederate Came to Renew His
Friendship With Former Comrades,
Capt. Z. H. Lowdermilk, a gallant
Confederate soldier,' formerly of Ran
dolph county, Si. C, i now of Joplin
Mo., has been spending a; few days in
Wilmington "this week on a visit to
his old comrades,; Capt James I.
Metts, of this city, and Dr. E. Porter,
of Ro.ky Point. Capt. Lowdermilk
was formerly ; second f lieutenant and
afterwards captain of Co. H., Third
North Carolina Infantry, and was,
therefore. Intimately associated with
many of the brave sons of New Han
over in the Civil War. He came here
especially to renew his friendship with
them and shake hands with them once
more. Capt. Lowdermilk was wound
ed first at 8harpsburg in the head
and later at Ohancellorsville while in
command of his company. His last
wound was a ball through the body
from one side to the other and its a
miracle that he was not killed.' He is
still true to tbeoause and wears every
day the regulation gray.
Capt Lowdermilk spent one day
with Dr. Porter, at Rockv Point : then.
accompanied to Wilmington by Dr.
Porter, he was the guest for a day of
Capt. Metts. who entertained his com
rades with a trip to the sound and to
the beach. Capt. Lowdermilk is now
near Washington, N. O , visiting oth
ers of his old comrades at Pantego.
SPiKITS TURPENTINE.
Greensboro ! Telegram : The
trade of Greensboro 'is spreading to
all parts of the earth, as is shown by
the fact that the well known Johnson
and Watson shoe factory, of this city,
has received an order for shoes from
Frankfort, Germany.
Pender ' Chronicle: According
to the returns from various registrars
throughout the county, the registra
tion in Pender county this year is as
full as could be desired 1,328 white
and 54 black. A majority of the
negroes who registered this year in
this county registered under the
grandfather clause. :
Greensboro Record: When the
ordinary man walks through the mill
at Proximity he comes out thinking it
is a large mill, and it is beyond ques
tion, but it is not so large as White
Oak Mills, to be built a mile or more
northeast of Proximity, work is pro
gressing on it and enough is done to
show what a mammoth affair it is
oingtohe. It will be over twice as
arge as Proximity and the largest mill
in the South. S i
Sanford Express: Very few
white men in Sanford: township failed
to register for the coming election.
One hundred and seventy registered
in the East precinct, four of which
were negroes, and one nunarea ana
forty-four in the West, only three of
these being negroes. Only seven ne
groes will be able to vote in this town
ship in this election. Some few white
Republicans failed to register.
Monroe Enquirer: Mr. D. A.
Maunev. of Norta Monroe, reports
that from three vines he has grown
938 pounds of pumpkins, the largest
weighing 85 pounds. Mr. T. H.
Simpson's distillery, near Goodman's
post office, near the TJiion and Anson
line, in Anson county, was aynamnea
Friday night.' Dynamite was put be
tween the mill stones and was touched
off, breaking the stones into frag-
ments.
Kinston Free Press: A remark
ably hard-headed hog was killed yes
terday by Braxton & Dunn's butcher.
A 38-calibre pistol ball was fired into
the hog's head, which did not stagger
him, and it had to be killed by sticking
a knife into it's throat, when it was
found that the bullet, though landed
fftlrlv. made no impression on the
hog's skul), and was perfectly fiat
itself. The skull was twice the thick
ness of ordinary hog skulls and ex
ceedingly hard.
Greenville Eeflector: Wednes
day evening about 8:30 the bar room
of Marshall Starker, on Fifth street,
was the scene of a desperate- pistol
duel, between J. W. Allen, Jr., a far-
i .i .i .
mer Jiving; itvuut mrcc uinco urwu
town, and H. 8. Hardy, who was em-
nloved in the tobacco business by B.K.
Par ham. Both men were under the
influence of liquor, and as a result of
the fight Hardy is lying at his home
on Ninth street la a critical conamon,
with several bullet holes In his body.
One shot took effect over the right
collar bone, one entered the left breast
just below the heart, one enierea me
left arm above the elbow, making a
flesh wound: while one shot hit him
in the abdomen and one entered from
the rear near the end of the spinal
column. There are two holes in the
back, one of which la thought to mark
thA o-rit nf thu hnl let fired at his
breast, Examination made by the
physicians shows that Hardy was
struck bv six balls, two of which en
tered from the rear. It is thought
he has a fair chance to recover.
CONTINUATION OF
MOUNEUX TRIAL.
Cross-Examiaation of the Pris
oner Finished Shortly After
Its Resumption.
IT ENDED RATHER ABRUPTLY.
Molineax Made Good Impression His
Father Patted Him on the Shoulder
- and Said "Qood Boy" Hand
writing Experts Testify.
" By Teiegrapn to pie i nomine star.
New York, Nov. 1. The cross-examination
of Roland B. Molineux by
Assistant District Attorney Osborne,
which was resumed at the opening of
court to-day, was finished within a
few minutes after its resumption. - Mr.
Osborne's first question to-day was,
"Did not Mr. Barnett pay your wife
attention?" "Not at all," was the re
ply. "Did you not so testify at the In
quest?" Molineux's reply to this was
that Barnett had paid attention to Miss
Cheaeborough in the spring and au
tumn of 1898 before she became Mrs.
Molineux.
The defendant was in the Ibest of
humor. When Mr. usoorne asked
him if be gave his wife an engage
ment ring at the time of his engage
ment and bis answer was not to the
prosecutor's satisfaction, he said,
smilingly : "I can tell you better than
you can drag it out of me."
"L don't wish to drag It out of you."
said Mr. Osborne.
Molineux then said he bought an
engagement ring on November 18th,
1898. Yesterday he testified that he
and Miss Ghese'jorough became en
gaged in September, 1898.
At (Jhristmas, 1897, he gave her a
Mizpah" tiog; and when he became
engaged in September 1898, he wished
to buy her an engagement ring but did
not do so until November.
A letter to Miss Saddle Sheffier. in
which Molineux spoke of his engage
ment and forthcoming marriage as a
romance," and said also that it was
sudden, was then identified and ad
mitted in evidence.
Mr. Osborne ceased his examination
rather abruptly after several questions
as to the prisoner's connection with
various medical associations. As
Molineux resumed his teat behind his
lawyers, Rev. Lindsay Parker, of
Brooklyn, shook bands with him, and
his father, General Molineux, patted
him affectionately on the shoulder and
said, "Good boy." .
Mr. Black called Max Gumnel. a
handwriting expert, as his first wit
ness after Molineux. Mr. Gump?l
told of his qualifications as an expert.
He said he had studied handwriting
more than thirty years and had testi
fied In many important cases, among
others the Riegand-Becker forgery;
the Sharon will case, the Sarah Al-
ibea mil controversy in California,
and the Thrice will case in New York.
He - declared that the conceded
and disputed writings were not writ
ten by the same hand. Mr. Gumnel
said it was bis belief that the address
on the poison package was in the
natural hand of the writer and that
its cramped appearance was due to its
having been written after the package
was made up.
On cross-examination Mr. Gumpel
said he would expect the sender of a
poison package to disguise his hand
writing. He knew of no case in which
a person had sent poison to any one
with trying to conceal his identity.
Mr. Osborne got the witness to
say that the "U" and "C" in "Oiub,"
written by Molineux. had many char
acteristics in common with the ad
dress on the poison package wrapper.
tie found also shading in the top of
the letter "0"in Cornish on the wrap
per and like shadings in the "O" of the
word "Ulub" in various of the conced
ed writings.
Dr. David Ewell, a handwriting ex
pert, was the next witness. He said
be had made careful studies or the dis
puted and conceded writings and was
convinced they had not been done by
the same band.
Dr. Ewell was still on the stand
hen court was adjourned until
Wednesday next.
KILLED BY HIS MOTHER.
Thirteen-Year Old Boy Mistaken for a
Barfjar.
By Teiegrapn to the Morning star.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 1. Mrs. W.
S. McLaine, of Covington, Va., last
night shot to death her son William,
thirteen years of age, whom she mis-,
took for a thief trying to get into her
house. Late in the night Mrs. Mc
Laine heard some one moving around
the outside of the house. She called
repeatedly to whoever it was, demand
ing an answer, but the noise only con
tinued, with no word from the person
she thought a robber. Mrs- McLaine,
fearing that she was about to be at
tacked, secured a shotgun and fired
Into the darkness from a window.
There was the sound of a body falling
at the front door. She opened the
door and was greeted by the stare of
the eves of her son dead.
William was in a Halloween dis
guise, and had just returned from a
frolic with some of his young friends.
He was evidently playing a joke on
his mother by refusing to answer her
calls.
THIRTY-TWO WERE INJURED
Collapse of a Grand Stand it a Football
Qame In Chicago.
By Telenraon to tne Horning Star.
Chicago, Nov. 1. With a crash
that could be heard for blocks, one
of the temporary grand stands erected
for the Wisconsin-Michigan football
game collapsed this afternoon, carry
ing down fully 1,000 people. Thirty
two people were injured, out none of
them fatally.
The stand which collapsed was one
of three that had been brought from
Wisconsin by the Wisconsin team.
and. although not entirely finished
when the game began, had been in
spected by the 'city building depart
ment and pronounced safe.
- The City of Georgetown, a four-mast
ed schooner, built for Georgetown,
8. 0.. parties, was launched at Bath.
Me., yesterday. The vessel registers
559 tons gross.
SAYS NEXT HOUSE
WILL BE DEMOCRATIC.
.Chslrmsn drifts of the Democratic Con
gressional Committee Predicts Miv
Jorily of Not Less than Twenty.
cy Teiosraoh to the Horning star.
Washington, November 1. Chair
man J. M. Griggs, of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, Issued the
following final statement: -
The next House, of Representatives
will have a Democratic majority of
not less than twenty. How many
more than this we shall have can only
be determined after the counting of
the votes polled on Tuesday next It
depends largely, as every election
does, on the weather and otber condi
tions which cannot be forecasted. The
Republican leaders have been until re
cently complaining of apathy. For the
last day or two for political purposes
they are claiming that they have over
come this to a large extent, and
are faint-heartedly predicting success.
Reports to us do not Indicate that thla
is true. Republicans everywhere ap
pear listless and even careless of re
sults. We. find that our Democratic
friends are wide-awake and alert in
every district In the United States
where there is a fight.
"It Is well to understand that the
last apportionment bill was so drawn
as to add nineteen Republicans and
ten Democrats to the house a Repub
lican advantage of nine In addition to
their present majority. The Legisla
tures of the Republican States, where
possible to do so. have outrageously
gerrymandered congressional districts
and many Kepunucan districts by
what they consider safe majorities.
This Is notably the case in Illinois
and New York; but these States have
had a habit of playing havoc with
political gerrymanders in the past,
and we believe that this Is a year in
which there will be a repetition of
this. We are not depending on this,
however, for our majority named
above. Even if these States go as
they were gerrymandered to go. we
shall have a Democratic House by a
safe working majority."
COAL STRIKE ARBITRATORS.
Decided to Adjourn Next Tborsdsy Until
Friday, Nov. I4tb, When Taking
of Testimony Will Befln.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Star.
Bobanton, Pa., Nov. 1. The arbi
tration commission, which is engaged
n settling the differences existing be
tween the anthracite coal operators
and the mine workers, decided to-day
on their tour of the Wyoming Valley,
to adjourn next Thursday until Fri
day, Novemer 14tb, when the taking
of testimony will begin in this city.
The first four days of next week
will be taken up in inspecting
thymines and mining towns from
Hazelton South to the end of the
Rehigh coal fields. All of this territory
is in districts No. 7 and 9 of the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America, and is
under the jurisdiction of President
Thomas Duffy and John Fahv of the
Union, who will accompany the com
mission. Uhair. way said the object
n taking a recess of one week was for
the purpose of giving both sides suffi
cient time to prepare their cases, and
also to give the members of the com
mission an opportunity to examine the
issues. It is the intention to have the
miners who are considered the plain
tiffs submit their case first
The sixty-seven Individual ooerators
will be given an opportunity to be
heard as well as all the larger coal
companies.
The miners will take up consider
able time presenting their side of the
case.
The L question of making a pre
liminary report on some of the issues
involved, such as the increase of
wages, a shorter work day, and the
weighing of coal at the mouth of the
mines, has not yet been officially taken
up by the commission, and it is not
definitely known to-night that It will
be considered by the commissioners.
FATHER CHAS. M0HR.
Will Be Consecrated Abbot of St. Leo's
Abbey on Thsnksglvlaz Dsy.
- Bv Teiegrapn to the Horning Btar.
Charlotte, N. O., Nov. 1. Right
Rev. Bishop Haid. of the Catholie
Monaatery at Belmont, was to-day offi
cially notified of the confirmation by
tne trope or Father unaries juohr as first
abbot of St. Leo's Abbey in Florida.
lie win be soiemlny consecrated by
Bishop Haid on Thanksgiving day at
Saint Mary's College, Belmont. Saint
Aieo's Uouege was established by the
Belmont Abbey in 1893. It has also
charge of the Oatholio church in the
Isle of Pines near Cuba.
Religion should be the bread
vt itfp-wiiiuu ucuicm aown irom tne
high heaven of our most consecrated
purpose and :our most passionate de
sire. And, when it is this, it shall be
not for our own hunger only, but we
shall pass it on. "like bread at sacra
ment," to others who are Hungering
for God. John White (Jnaqmck.
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FAILURE OF A GRAIN
EXPORTING FIRM
The Ondendahl Cossmissloi Company of
New Orlesns AHexed Forgeries of
; Over $150,000 the Close. -'
By TelefiTar touts Monona Btar: '
, New Obxxaxs, Nov. 1. President
P. J. Ondendahl, of the Odendahl
Commission Company, limited, one of
tne largest grain exporting firms in
the United Stater, has iuued the
following circular to the grain trade:
4 'We regret very much to have to
advise you that our firm la forced into
liquidation and will not be able to pay
its liabilities. , You will spare us the
necessity of making further explana-.
tions, they are painful.
"Our business has been very profit
able and large, but the profits have
been diverted into other channels not
through any fault of the writer." -
To-day's circular follows a widely
circulated report of- alleged forgeries
amounting to between 1150,000 and
$175,000, and at the present time the
following banks are Known to hold
the company's, paper In ap
proximately these amounts: Oom
poir Nationale, Escompe de Paris,
$70,000; Hibbernia Bank and Trus
Company. $50,000; Louisiana Nation
al Bank, $15,000; Commercial Nation-,
al Bank, $4,500.
The Ondendahl Commission Com
pany has done an enormous grain ex
porting business and for' years has
heen in the habit of borrowing larga
sums from tea days to a month on un
indorsed notes secured bybills of laden
warehouse receipts and blanket insur
ance policies. It is alleged that ad
vantage has been taken of the high '
credit of the firm to borrow immense
sums from banks on forged bills of
lading and warehouse receipts, and
that this has been the cause of the
failure.
E'J. Ondendahl. president of the
company was formerly president of
the new Orleans Board of Trade, and
s one of the best known business men
n the South. The company bought
extensively In Kansas City, St Louis,
Chicago and other cities.
No warrant has been issued for the
arrest of the official alleged to be re
sponsible for the failure of the firm
and her. Is reported to have left the
city.
LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Negro Bnrned By a Mob for the Murder
of Two Men.
By Teiegrapn to tne Morning Btar.
Memphis, Tekn., Nov. 1. A special
.0 the Scimeter from Sardis, Miss.,
says:
Reports brought to this place from
Darling, Miss., are to the effect that
mob or 4.0U0 persons last night
burned a negro for the murder
of two men named Jackson and Bo
Belle. Just before he was burned the
negro confessed to the crime and im
plicated a white man who lives near
Bridgeport. A posse was formed at
once and the white man was cap
tured. He is in custody near the
scene of the tragedy and prabably
win do lyncnea.
Liater. it was learned that the two
white men were released, an alibi hav-
ng been proven by each man. No
further trouble is expected to-night
INNES AND HIS BAND C0MINQ.
Concert In the Academy of Music Next
Saturday Evening His Talents.
Innes and his band wilk appear for
one concert at the Academy next Sat
urday night. Apart from his musical
talents, Innes is an Interesting man.
tie Is a good, writer and something of
an original philosopher, in a recant
article he said he thought very few
people understood the mission of mu
sic in the world. He said he had
talked with few people who had learn
ed that musio described the whole field
of human action, energy and ambition
just as truly as current literature.
That the one whose imagination is
most stirred . by music is the one who
understands music best. He asserts
that to an ear attuned there is a story
of love, peace or war, wind or wave.
n every piece of good musio. The
one who can read it he holds to be the
best critic, even though he may not
know one note from another. AH the
great music writers, he believed, would
nave been great authors if their
thoughts had turned to literature in
stead of music.
Accompanying the band areJTrancea
Boyden, soprano; Bohumir Kyrl, the
Bohemian cornetist, and Filippl Se
vasta, the Italian harp virtuoso.
DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED.
Contributions to the Catherine Kennedy
Home for October, 1902.
Mrs. B. F. Hall, fish, fruit, vege
tables; Mrs. Wilder, potatoes, onions;
Mrs. Andrews, pears: Mrs. W. G.
Wright, bread; Friend, six packages;
St Andrew's Aid Society, Ice cream;
air. j. a. Montgomery, oysters.
bananas: Ladiea Bt James' church.
bread, crackers; Independent Ice Co.,
ice daily; Worth Co., ice daily; Mr.
uintze, oeer weexiy.
Monthly meeting will be held Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Home.
TWINKLINGS.
The charity of this world covers
a multitude of sinners that don't care ..
.ii... MTcnng. Mix-
change.
"I intend to come and see vour
wife this afternoon. I haven't been
able to sooner." "Thank 'ee klndlv.
miss. It'll be like a bottle o' physio '
to her VPnnch.
"This," explained the superin-x
tendent of the hospital for Infants, "la
the colic ward. "An," mused the -visitor.
"Cramped quarters, eh!"
Judge.
"Josh bet Zeke that he could
stay under water two minutes." "Did
Josh win!" 14Yepl" "Where Is he
now !" "Under thar yet" Washing
ton Star.
We are reminded that normal
conditions are returning by the fact
that burglars in Toronto who stole
jewel cases made no attempt to rifle
the coal bin. Toronto Mail. .
Of the j legislature Brothe
Dickey remarks: "Bless God, we
don't git done breakin' de ole laws
w'en here dey comes, makin' new .
ones I" Atlanta Constitution.
Visitor "So you've been out
to see your cousins In the country,
this summer !" Little Nelly-"Yes;
mama says they aren't stylish enough
to come and see us." Puck.
She They say that he fairly
worships the ground she walks on.
He That's saying a great deal, when
you consider what a golf fiend she if.
Browning's Magazine.
Bobby "I know why they
call the trusts 'infant Industries'
pop!" Father "Why,, my sonf
Bobby "'Cause they waut to grab
everything in sight, just like our
baby." Puck.