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THE SOCIALISTIC VOTE. 1
A New Orleans dispatch' pub I
lished Thursday states that after an
tnimated all day debate the Socialis
tic element came yery near captur
ing the Federation of Labor in con-
Ten tion in that city. Since the late
elections the growth of the socialistic
element has beoome a subject of much
comment and has even been made
the text of sermons in the pulpit.
How remarkably rapid this growth
haabeeni8 shown by the following
New York press dispatch to the Bal
timore Stem ' -
Socialism hat increased its national
oifl f-om 126,445 in 1900 to more than
400,000 cast tb1a year, i Official returns
whea tabulated may swell tnia to 500,
000 votea.
In the PreiidentiaJ election of 1893
Socialism made its first bid for national
political support in this country. Its
candidate. Simon Wins', received SI.
164 vote. Four years later Cbarles EL
Matchetr, of New York. waseiven86.
374 votei. Ia the last Presidential elec
tion two Socialist ticket were ia the
field. Debs and Hammon for the Bo
eislist Democracy numbered 88,686
supporters, while the Socialist Labor
candidates, Maloaey and Bern me), re
ceired 39,759.
Ia conservative Massachusetts the
political atudents were astonished a
(er years ago, when the Socialists
cut 3 per cent, of the vote of the
Bute and obtained legal recognition
u a party. Both of the .old parties
nude bids for the support of their
wandering adherents. They - adopted
several or the less radical planks from
ine 8ociiBuc piauorm. This was a
me i bod adopted by Prince Bismarck
to combat soaialiam in Qermany, and
thi Massachusetts result - was the
utne.
A year aro the Socialist vote lo the
Bt State was 10,761. Returns from
191 cities and towns show that the
ne party this time polled 39,105, an
increase of practically 800 per cent.
The leaders confidently predict that
the will elect Socialist Mayors next
spring in a score of Massachusetts
to n. This vastly increased vote was
lir.elr drawn from ' the Bepabl.eans
and iccounta for the decreased Repub
lics majority.
I . Rhode Island the increase in the
Bcc !iit vote is declared to have been
dirr jily responsible for the loss of the
Biaic to the Kepublicap.
Trie Indications in Ww York are
that he Socialists made- their heaviest
tains ia Republican strongholds.
T.e resulU in the Western States
tlo posses a political' importance. In
Milwaukee the vote for Governor was
u follows: Republican, 26,118; Demo-
Catir, 20,762, and Hocialisf, 11,731.
Four of the Socialist candidate for the
Lctfiilature were defeated only by
aarro pluralities. '
Tbe Socialiarrote io Chicago ex
eeedd 12,000, an increase of 400 per
cant. Eight Illinois towna made cor
nkpondiog locreaaea in Socialist
Itrenfflrt. - -
Tbe tame atory come from Indians.
jQhio. too. ahows a similar, increase.
Toe rc -i;t election places Socialism on
th official State ticket there. MJnne-
pilii cait 2.000 Socialist votes and 81
Paul atnut 1,600 The party claims
11,000 ia .he riute. Oovincton, Kj
lb iacrea from 346 jo 1900 to
1,708-1 n the recent election.
Toe ruturcs from Pennsvlvafoia Indi
eat) it has become the banrer State for
Socialist voter. President deorce F.
BVr's pr'ciuct in Reading east 95 So-
eia at voles, aitainal 16 Uat year. Tbe
Socialists carried Cokeville by a heavy.
plurality Lancaster Increased its vote
from 17 to 502: Reading from 193 to
more than 1.000: Williamsport from
ill to 782. Maine cast 8,000 and Texas
twice that number of Socialist votes,
while California more than doubled
iU vote of 1900 for that party..
A corresponding rate of increase
would ive Socialism more than a mil-
lioo votes in 1904
i
uero is nearly a fourfold increase
- in the short snArta 'of two vears.
proof enough that this is an ele
ment which must bo taken into ac
count in future political reckon
logs. A remarkable? thing about is
that the gain is pretty generally
distributed through the,' Eastern,
Middle and Western States, being
more noticeable, of course, in the
manufacturing States and ! cities,
where there is more socialistic ma
terial than in the rural districts. -
Another remarkable thing about
it is that it has found a lodgement
In no Southern Btate, extending no
further South than Covington,
Kj., which is somewhat of a manu
factoring city, where it polled 1,708
Totes in the last election.
Another remarkable thing about
" is that is has , developed sur
prising strength in - Bepublican
itrongholds. which may not be so
nrprislngaftdr all, for these Bepubli
can strongholds are manufacturing
cities where as a" rule heretofore
workmen have beei voting with the
ublican party and for. Eepubli-
ca policies, under? tle impression
tnat tbev. in ftn,mftn with their
cmplovers, wera TAaninc benefit
from those policies. ! A clfange of
sentiment as to those policies had,
uoiieai, much to do with the
move from Eepublicanlam to So-
cxaham, preferring that to joining
ine uemocraUo party, which they
naa oeen fighting before.
i We Tenture to aay that intestlira-
tion would how that the tmlk'of this
Soclaliatio element it composed of
adopted citizens, and that the senti
ment has grown amongst them here
zor tae same reason that it exists
and has grown in Europe, that is
tne wide ohasm that exists between
the toiler and , the man of wealth
there and the gOTernmental faTorit-
ism that makes life easy for one and
ution of large fortunes, with
princely wealth on one side, with
poorly requited labor and" hard
scrimmaging for alivelihood on the
I other, is breeding and nourishing
socialism here as it has done there,
and is training for political actiTities
a factor that may proxe troublesome
if not dangerous. .
Socialism is not Anarchism, but
it leads to It. Eyery Socialist is not
aQ Anarchist, but eyery Anarchist
began by being a Socialist. Anarchy
is nothing but' Socialism carried to
extremes, Socialism disappointed,
maddened and made desperate as it
were. , ;
The figures given above show a
remarkable growth for two years,
the more remarkable in view of the
much boasted "prosperity," for So
cialism is an evidence of unrest and
an organized protest against the un
equal conditions that prevail, just
as Populism, which grew so rapidly
a few years ago, was an organized
protest against the depressing con
ditions which then prevailed.- With
the passing of these conditions
Populism passed and has practi
cally. disappeared, and so will
Socialism disappear when the con
ditions that foster it disappear. '
While the' present conditions ex
ist, while the laws are so framed as
to look altogether to the interests of
the favored few, to the detriment of
the neglected many, the few be
coming more powerful, more arro
gant and more despotic with their
increase of .power and wealth, we
may look for an increase in the So
cialistic element, and for more ac
tivity and aggressiveness by their
leaders. - . ;
in a country lire tnis such an or
ganization, from -the nature of
things, can never become powerful
enough to .control . in either State
or nation, . for the reason that its
greatest strength will be in the
manufacturing towns while it will
have but little following in the rural
districts or in the agricultural States.
This will make it impossible for it
to become a factor potent enough to
control in State or nation, but this
will not prevent it from becoming a
factor that politicians will consider
and pander to, by incorporating So
cialistic demands into party plat
forms, to catch Socialistic rotes, of
which we have had some evidences
already, one of which is the demand
for government ownership of coal
mines incorporated in the last plat
form of the Democratic party in
New York. In this way the Social
istic element may exercise more in
fluence and wield more power than
it ever could acting as an independ
ent political Organization,
But whether acting in this -way or
as a separate political organization
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its rapid growth makes it a factor
that cannot be ignored.
8UOAR 8H0ULD BE CHEAP.
As a result of export bounties in
Europe and favoring legislation in
this country the sugar-making busi
ness has 'been overdone and the re
sult'" is overstocking ' and falling
prices,- where prices are not kept up
by tax laws The following bearing
unon this subiect we clip from the
Baltimore Sun:
Advanced sheets of consular reports
estimate the beet sugar crop for 1902-3
at from 6,350,000 to 6,850,uuu tons,
which is much leas than for any year
since 1899-1900. Consul piedencn is
nf nninion that the . crop is underesti-
mated and win turn out to oe o,uw,vw
tnm jtddlnir the estimated cane sugar
crop of 8,470,000 tons and old stock of
former years left over, the aggregate
supply is putatll,izu,uuu ions,oraiou
1,000,000 tons in excess of the world's
consumption. , The quantity consumed
in 1901-2 was V,SCV,GB tons ana tua
yearly - increase of consumption is
some six or seven nunorea ww
tons. Consul Mahin, of Nottingham,
flnls th Rnnramntlan or SUfiTSX in ine
United Kingdom to be 91.6 pounds
per inhabitant, against 63.4 pounds in
th nnited States. Germany. Austria
and France oensume very uttie com
paratively, owing to tax laws which
mtlrA thm retail nrice.verv nigh.' In
Austrit, for example,' me price is
from 6' to 8 cents per pound, against
from 4 to 6 cents in England.
With the bounty system pursued
in some of the European countries
the growing of sugar beets was fos
tered and the sugar making indus
trygrew rapidly, but that didn't
give the consumers cneap sugar Be
cause tariff laws practically pre-
I tented the importation from other
I countries, . while export . counties
l enabled the manufacturers to ship
I to other . countries and sell at a
pront, aitnougn xney soia at a pnee
I that they would not sen at nome.
I Tne bounties maae up tne amerence
I and gave them a profit.
J So it has been In this country,
I the tariff on sugar giving our sugar
I makers a practical monopoly tu
home market; enabling - them' , to
make their own prices, keeping- jnat
under . the i price of foreign sugar
with the tariff added. In England,
for instance, sunr dim ha Ynnrht.
. '.Jt n - -J - -r-"
for from four to flTe cents & nonnd.
while in suzar-nroducinsr "countries
the' consumers cannot buy it for
that. . '
With 1,000,000 tons in excess of
the world's demand for consump
tion, sugar should be cheap in this
country and would be if it were not
lor the DrotectWe tariff, which la
perpetuated simplj for the benefit
millions of dollars annually out' of
the plundered American people.
Bishop" Potter, of New York,
went all the way to Duluth, "the
city by the unsalted sea," to lecture
to the denizens on the "Civic Re
sponsibility of Individuals." .ffe
aid it in thirty-five minutes, and
got $150 for his talk. The news
papers thought they didn't get
enough for the money, got . mad
and salted him and his lecture next
day. Then he got mad, gave 'em
back the 1150, and left -Duluth
with no very nigh opinion of that
burg. .
A 94-year old citizen of Mount
Holly, N. J., jabbed his digits into
the-eyes of an 84-year old boy just
because the boy accused him of vot
ing the Democratic ticket at the last
election. . But a man who at the age
of 94 .would vote the Republican
ticket must be one of those hopeless
incorrigible8 who would do almost
anything in the way of gouging.
Mr. A. J. Glasgow, of Millers-
burg, Pa., who' pursued the avoca
tion of Bible seller and Sunday
school organizer in the day time and
horse-thief in the night time, was
found guilty in eleyen charges and
was sentenced to five years and nine
months in jail and a fine of $1,400;
so that he wasn't doing such a fine
business after all. I
A trolley car recently, spun from
Cleveland to Toledo, a distance of
120 miles, in 190 minutes, pretty
swilt travelling: but trolley cars
have been run in Germany at one
hundred jniles an hour. That speed,
they say over there, is entirely prac
ticable as a steady thing. The only
question is to make it safe. They
are working on that now.
Washington dispatches say there
is little probability of anything be
ing done at the coming session ' of
congress in the way of establishing
reciprocity with Cuba. They will
keep on fooling with this thing un
til Cuba may conclude that she can
get along without reciprocity.
The Federation of Labor, at its
session in Mew urieana, -xuesaay,
did a proper and sensible thing by
voting down that resolution pen
sioning "naturalized" citizens,
workmen, who had reached sixty-
five years of age, and had earned
less than $1,000 a year.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia,
expresses the opinion that both the
. Bepublican and Democratic national
conventions will be held in St. Louis
in 1904. That's Louisiana Purchase
Exposition year, and the President
makers will take advantage of the
opportunity to see the big show.
That New " York preacher who
scored the women of his congrega
tion who wear drop-stitch colored
stockings put his foot in it, as it
were. The women objected to his
fooling with their stockings, got
mad, and he lost his job. ;
" aasasawMiasiBasasBaMwaasMaaasssasa
The list of members of the next
House of Bepresentatives, prepared
by the journal clerk of the House,
shows 208 Republicans and 178 Juem
ocrats, which gives the Bepublicans
a majority enough for all practical
purposes. . ' . ; ' "
Mr. Wu Ting Pang didn't take his
wife with him when he left Wash
ington. He let her remain to rest a
week, or so. Cute chap., lie nad
twenty-six big trunks with a lot of
boxes of his own to look after.
The American- - hen lays eggs
enonch to girdle the earth at the
equator twelve times if laid end to
end, and yet she is not doing; any
extraordinary cackling over it. J '
NORTH CAROLINA' CROP REPORT.
Yield and Quality of State Products Com
psred With aa Aversxe.
Special Star TdegramA "
BixnaH. N. CLNov. 22. The Btate
Department of Agriculture issued to
day the following November crop re
port based on reports from correspon
dents in every township: i xieia or
cotton, compsred - with ' an average
croo. 86. Yield of cotton, compared
.uh iMi vear. 102. Yield of tobacco,
compared with an average, 87. Quslity
nt r.havrt. compared with an average,
100. Yield of corn,' compared with an
averaee. 90. Yield of peanuts, com
ith " in avertse: 91. xield
sweet poUtoes, compared with an aver
" vi.i nt iMt no ta toes, com-
i5!l-iwn aTeraffe. 98. Yield of
cow pfias, compared with an average,
85. i
WILMINGTON; N. C, FKtpAY, NOVEMBER 28,
TOBACCO WABEIIODSE
Meeting of Board of Directors of
New Conpany Hed Yester-;
. day Afternoon.--
W. B. WORTff," PRESIDENT.
Geo. 0. tiariord Ctassea Vice Presldeit
ad Jsmes iTyle.V Secretary aid
Tresinrer--TBe CsplUI Stock
iWHI Be Increued. '
At a meeting of the Board of -Dlreo-.
ton of ; the Wilmington Tobacco
Warehouse Company, held yesterdsy
afternoon at 8:30 o'clock la the
rooms' of the - Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. W. E." Worth - was
chosen" president of the comnanv:
Mr. Gfeorre O. Gaylord, vice presi
dent, and Mf. James Kyle, secretary
and treasurer.'
Mr.' Gaylord presided at the meet
ing and other members of the Board
pre sen t were Messrs. W B. Cooper,1
Jos. H, Wattew, 8. P." McNair, B. B.
Stone. Frank Andrews and M. W. Ja
cob?. Mr. James Kyle was also pres
ent as secretary.' Mr. W. r E " Worth
was out of the city and Mr. H. L.
Vollers -was unavoidably detained
elsewhere, forbidding a full : attend
ance. ' ' " -
It was ascertained at the meet
ing that already; there is more
than $10,000 of the stock subscribed,
but while only thit amount is requir
ed to begin business upon according to
terms of the resolution at Thursday's
meeting of the stockholders, it was
deemed expedient' to increase the
amount to $15,000, the maximum cap
ital stock advised by the stockholders.
In order to secure further sub
scriptions to the stock Messrs. Jos.
H. -Waiters and & P.' McNair were
delegated to solicit business north .of
Market and West of Third street;
Messrs. M. W. Jscabl andB. B. Stone,
to s ollcit south of Market and west of
Third street; Messrs. G. O. Gaylord,
H. L. Vollers and D. McEachern were
requested to push the matter in the
other sections of the city; Mr. Frank
Andrews was asked to secure stock
holders in the country and Mr. W. B.
Cooper . was given any territory . in
which he desired to work.
The present plan Is to build one
warehouse, one prize house, a stem-
mery and the necessary stables and
camp houses. Of course, these will be
added to from time to lime as the
market develops. A committee ap
pointed at Thu'sday's meeting of the
stockholders is now at work, inspect
ing sites for tbe buildings.
The Directors adjourned yesterday
afternoon to meet next" Thursday af
ternoon at 3:30. o'clock- in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce. At
that meeting the soliciting committees
hope to , report that the maximum
amonnt of the paid-in capital stock has
been subscribed.
MARCONI WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Little ProbsblUty of Estsbligbmeat ol
Ststlos Here Unless for Sske of
Coanectlos The Coodltloss.
Mr. Daniel Eelly, representing the
Marconi, Wireless Telegraph Com
pany, whose arrival and the purpose
of his visit has been noted in these
columns, spent yesterday in confer
ence with local business men relative
to the establishment of a station of
his company here or at the mouth of
I the Cape Fear river. It is not
thought' that much' encouragement
was given to tbe project, but Mr.
Kelly will report his investigations
here to the head officials of his com
pany, and whatever is decided in the
matter will be announced? in due
time.
It is not generally thought by ship
ping men4hat a station of the'wireless
system will pay here,, on Wilmington
business,, but the connection may be
regarded as an advantageous one on
the circuit extending north and south.
Mr. Eelly will remain In the city to
day, but will probably leave to-morrow
for Norfolk, Newport News and Balti
more. He Is an exceedingly clever
centleman and the shipping men of
the port were glad to confer with him,
even though they could give him little
encouragement as to tbe paying quali
ties of the investment proposed to be
made here.
LEATHER TRUST ENTERS THE STATE.
Will Establish Tanneries la Several Conn-
ties Raleigh Tobacco Market.
J ' Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0.. Nov. 20. The
United jStatea Leather Company, of
New Jersey, domesticated to-day by
navlng S500 to the State and $500 to
Swain eonntv. where the principal
nffir in thu Htata will M. Tne tax is
nn nna hundred and twenty-five mil
lions, paid in, capital. The great
lMthev trust nronoses to establish a
number of extensive, tanneries in tne
Btate. notably at Bryson City.
Julius Baker, a white farmer, was
trank Yrr a flonthern tram at the Jray-
etteville street crossing here to-day and
i a. .- TT s mIWImm AW
seriously nuri. w " .
the (rack and paid no aeniion u tuo
The Oak City Warehouse and Invest
ment flnmnin of Kaleiffh. WSJ Char-
tared ta-daT witn iw.ww capital m
win hnfid a new tobacco- warehouse.
two prizejhouses and ; a stemmery. It
will nmmota in evert way possible the
development of the Balelgh tobacco
market. U. H. caroee IB one m too
principal stockholders and president.
Fireman- J. M. Eason, colored, of
RnfPolk-. Vs.. was killed in an accident
nn tbe Oarolina railroad near Edenton,
N. O. ; An engine . whicn ; was oeing
tested Jumped the track, ; : killing
nmn tad Mrlonalv inlurinfi? the en
gineer and J. E. Bowen a Norfolk.Va.,
contractor.- - s
BLADEN LYNCHINQ EPISODE.
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Pan Story of the Affair .Which Created
I ' Mocb Interest is WCmloitos Mr.
Siailetsry's Warier "
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1 s Special Star Correspondence.!
I Clabktobt, N.; a,; Nov. 21. We
were very sorry to see' la your . paper
yesterday an erroneous report: of. a
lynching at 'BIadenboron Tuesday
night. . There was no lynching. The
(circumstances are as follows: . On
Monday nleht about 10 o'clock a nartv
oi a a oxen or more unznown men went
to the home of Mr. Aytch 8ingletary,
.who lives four miles southwest of Bla-
denboro, called him to the door and
shot him. There were a good many
shots fired, but only one shot hit the
mark, that ; going directly Into Mr.
SlngleUiyY' right eye, which necessi
tated its removal, : The operation was
performed by a apeciallstlnWilmlDg.
ton. This snefifalist, writes: -"Opera
tion a ' successv bair not found. - It
went straight through the. eve.' one-
eighth of an Inch internal to optio
nerve; so ball went In on a dead level
and ranged obl'quely inward slightly."
ine provocation which caused the
trouble was that Mrl Singletary bad
some neiehbors' bogs shut up "It was
the fourth time he had shut . them up,
but the first time he had exacted pay
oerore ine bogs should be taken away.
Now the owners of the' hoes are men
of bad character and are supposed to
have headed the crowd which did the
shooting. So on Tuesday night a pose
of twenty-seven men with warrants
for these men went to their homes to
arrest them, but found that they had
Just left their beds and were supposed
to oe m "iiig swamp.'
Mr. Singletary is a man of fine
character, a law-abiding citizen and is
respected by every one. He is an in
dependent, one-horse farmer, and has
a large family. The coward which did
the shooting left the following note on
Mr, B.-'s fence: v
'Mr. Bingletary you had better put
np your fence as soon as you can and
li we nave to come alter any-more
hogs, you will find: yourself in hell
some morning." t
The whole community a very much
aroused. It is the most cowardly and
dastardly deed ever committed in that
part of the county.
Tne present stock law was made an
issue in the lite campaign and carried
in the county by oyer 600 majority.
In that immediate community, how
ever, the most of the people opposed
it, Mr. 8ingletary being one of the
minority who voted the Democratic
ticket which was for the present law.
very respectfully.
) Leslie B. Evans,
a. u. WOOTKN.
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NO LYNCHING IN BLADEN.
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Reported Stunmsry Paslshmeat Visited
Upon Dsvls sod Son Is Iscorrect
; Mr. Slsiletsry Dolflf Well.
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There was much inquiry in the city
yesterday for developments In the
matter of the supposed, lynching of
Ed Davis and his son, near Bladen
boro, in JtJJaden county. - it now ap
pears from advices from Eliaabethto wn
andClarktbn that Davis and his son
met with no foul, play andi. disap
peared from home to avoid" arrest.
The causes wtich led up to the shoot
ing and tbe subsequent mysterious dis
appearance of the man and his son
were reviewed at 1 length fa these
columns yesterday morning.
A telegram to the Btab from a thor
oughly reliable source at Clarkton
last evening says: "Beporta of-the
lynching of Ed Davis and his son are
untrue. Both are at large. Much ex
citement." i
Mr. Singletary, the gentleman who
was shot and lost his right eye by the
wound, spent a yery quiet day at the
hospital here and Is believed to be out
of danger. I He will possibly be able
to return' home this :week.
OncHoseit Mat. f . :j"
Eighteen' years ago Mr. Martin
O'Brien, of this city, loaned to a man
.named Patrick Buckley five dollars in
cash. Soon after1 receiving the loan,
Buckley went .North to look for more
lucrative employment. Years passed
and Mr. O'Brien heard nothing of the
man whom he had befriended in time
of his distress, but yesterday morning
as Mr. O'Brien opened his mail at the
postoffice, there was a surprise in store
for him. ' In a letter from Mr. Buckley
to Mr. O'Brien was a money order for
five dollars, payment of a debt con
tracted nearly, twenty years, before.
The case is a very extraordinary one.
Tronble With a Negro.,
Mr. John Kare, foreman of a gang
of laborers employed in laying4 the
conduits for the; underground system
of telephone wires, had trouble, yes
terday afternoon 1 with an unruly
negro named uorsey ueorge. xne
negro made at MrKure with an axe,
when . the foreman wrested it from
his hands and was giving him a good
drubbing until both were arrested by
Special Policeman 'C. T. Oroom.sThe
charge is engaging: in an affray, p
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An Extraordinary Petato . - ,
Mr. M. H. Kelly, proprietor of the
Opera-House Bar, Second and Princess
streets, had a most extraordinary po
tato on exhibition: at his place. ,, It Is
yery large, . weighing about fife
pounds, and viewed from any side its
formation is after the likeness of some
animal in the . natural kingdom. , The
big potato was presented to Mr. Kelly
by a friend.
Weston IV dales Dead. - I
Bsr. - Weston B. 'I Gales, 1 the well
known evangelist, died at Montreat,
N: 0., Thursday night at 70 o'clock.
He was a native of Balelgh and the
remains were taken there for inter
ment yesterday. , I Mr, . Gale ranked
high in the evangelistic world and
conducted hundreds of - revivals
throughout this and other States.
1902.
FIRE AT COAST UNBJPIM M!
SerfoUSXonflagratiOfl Early This
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.Property ; Los3; )
IN STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE.
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Flames dritlssted There Prom Usksswa
Soorce "sad (Jotted the Passesier . :
I - BolldlBr Spread to the Shed : :
ad Wss Uocootrollable, . 7 .
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-Fire wbieh broke-out shortly after
1 o'clock this morning in the Atlantic
Coast Line building at the west end
of the Front" Street passenger shed,
almost completely gutted the structure
and damaged property to an extent
tbat will require several days to deter-1
mine. . t . . '
In the building were the A. O. L.
ticket offices and waiting rooms for
passengers, the office and warehouse
of General Storekeeper P. U. Walsh
and the general offices of Mr. F. H.
Fechtig, Purchasing Agent of the sys-
ttm. --
The fire - originated from an un
known source' in- the warerooms of
Mr. Walab, the general storekeeper.
Smoke was disoovered issuing; from
the building by . several employes on
the yards and an alarm was sent in to
the department from box 24, under
the passenger shed. 'The fire was one
of the most ' stubborn the men have
ever had to contend with. The first
two stories of the building were of
brick and - the superalructure, which
formed : the . third :. story, - in which
were: located the -ticket .offices.
waiting - rooms and Mr. Fechtig's
offices, were. of wood. For a long time
no bless could ; be seen and dense
clouds of smoke poured in unbroken
streams from every window and from
under the eaves of the roof. Jn Mr.
Walsh's office there was a quantity
of oil, waste and 'many documents,
while in Mr. Fechtig's offices there
were large quantities of . paper, sta
tionery and office supplies. For more
man an nour alter the firemen ar
rived there was no sign of a blaze.
About 2:30 o'clock, however, the
entire interior of the building shot
upward in a light flame. Passenger
cars and a number of private cars un
der the shed were pulled up the tracks
as the -shed was at that hour consid
ered doomed. Three lines of hose were
kept continuously on the building,
but apparently with little effect.
It was after 3 o'clock this morning
before the fire was gotten under con
trol. Tne firemen succeeded in con
fining the flames to the building in
which they originated, but the three-
story structure is well nigh a complete
wreck. The cabinet in the ticket office
and a number of records were saved be
fore the top of the building collapsed.
There was a fortunate change of the
wind as the fire reached its height
about 2:30 P. M and to this and val
iant work by the firemen is perhaps
due the fact that the passenger shed at
the station did not catch.
Owing to the peculiar construction
of the building it was a very difficult
fire to subdue. The firemen did well
and accomplished great work.
As before stated, it will perhaps re
quire several days to arrive at any
thing like an estimate of the loss, but
it will go up into the thousands. It is
thought that the Coast Line was par
tially if not fully protected by insur
ance, but the burning of the offices
will cause great inconvenience.
Seaboard Schedule Change. . v
Effective to-day there will be a
slight change in the schedule of the
passenger train on the Seaboard Air
Line entering Wilmington. The train
which formerly arrived from Char
lotte at 12 :05 P.M. will hereafter reach
here at 12:30 P. M. and, departing, the
same train will leave at 3:20 P. M.i
Instead of 3:05 P. M. as heretofore.
A DARINQ ROBBERY.
Two MaU Sacks Contsinlsf $10,000 Taken
; ; Prom a Mall Wagon.
By Teiegrapn to tne Kornlns star.
Chicago, Nov. 22. The Chicago
postoffice -was the victim to-night of
one of the moat daring robberies that
has ever, been perpetrated in this city.
Ten thousand dollars is tne amount
believed to have been secured by the
robber, who made his escape without
leaving any clew to his identity. Two
mail sacks containing the money
which bad just been picked up
from two of the down town sub-sta
tions were ; left in an unprotected
wagon, in front of the Masonic Temple,
while the mall carrier went Into the
building to gather mail that had ac
cumulated there. The carrier was
gone but a moment and when he re
turned his hone and wagon had dis
appeared. , While the carrier was in
the building, the robber, who evident
ly had been -waiting his opportunity
jumped into the rig and drove away.
Tne street was iuu oi people at . tne
time, but no one seems to have no
ticed the thief. . Wo trace of the robber
has been secured. Both the mail bags
wore full of registered letters. -
: NEW YORK HORSE SHOW.
Exhibition Ended Last Hlfht Two Ez-
cltinf Ihcldeats.
- By Tetearoia to tne Horning star. '
New York, ; Nov. 22. The horse
show, ended to-night, after the most
successful exhibition in its nistory.
Two exciting incidents occurred dur
ing the day. In one. S. W. StillweU.
manager of Dr. Ueward Webb's stock
farm at Bheibourne, v t. , while ex
hibiting an entry of Dr. Webb'i
daughter, Miss F. E, Webb, in a sad
dle class, stopped a runaway none
whose rider had lost control, and in
the other, a coachman was , thrown
from a runabout, but pluckily re
tained his hold 'of the reins and
brought his horse to a standstill.
NO. 5
Laurinburg-7 JSxcJianaei
We
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MruSfu- he v hiI1I I
hear that Mr. JWesvUle Quick.
the
hunting one night last week.
Kinston - Free -Press: Crvus
Dixon, the . murderer - who 'escaped
from Trenton jail some time ago, has
been seen in the pocostn near the scene
of his crime. A man was going through
the swamps and stumbled upon him,
whereupon Dixon covered him with a
Kn and ordered him to leave. - He
Washington Gazetted A farmer
tells us he is now engaged in nicking
a crop of cotton that would not have
matured but for the mild weather
that has been prevalent - this month,
and while he was in Norfolk last
week he was informed the truckers, if
no frost come within ten days, would
be shipping strawberries and a second
crop of beans. . . - : . .
Monroe Enquirer: From sam
ples sent to this offieewe judge that
the velvet bean crop in this county is
fine. -,A number of . farmers in 'this
county planted velvet beans, as an ex
perimental crop, last Spring. The
vines are fine and are full of beans,
but tbe beans will not mature in this
climate: Even in this exceptionally
late Fall the indications are that frost
will kill the beans. , , ..
Smithfield Herald: ' A mobca-
sln snake was killed near here this
week tbat measured 7J inches in cir
cumference and 67 inches in length.
A large force of laborers are now
engaged in building the railroad from
Wilson's Mills out to the iron mine,
two miles distant Active operations
will begin as soon as the track is com
pleted, as the washery has been ready
to run for some time. -,
' Littleton Reporter: : Beporta
from tobacco growers are discourag
ing. They report decline in prices on
all the lower grades of tobacco. The
nigh prices prevailing-prior to the
consolidation of the two big tobacco
companies are no more.' This is as we
expected when the consolidation was
effected. Let our farmers prepare a
small crop of tobacco for the next sea
son and greatly reduce the supply,
and thereby enhance its value.
Weldon News: Civil Engineer
Hayes, of Petersburg; has been en
gaged for the past few days In making
surveys with a view of widening the
canal of the Roanoke Navigation and
Water Power Company. Lost week
Hon J. D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
principal owner of the water power,
was here conferring with Major. J. W.
Wilson, president of the company, and
at this conference the matter of im
proving the water power was discussed
and engineers were put to work to as
certain tne probable cost of tbe same.
The deepening and widening of the
canal will mean a great deal for Wel
don, as it wilt give us a water power
second to none in the State and it is
reasonable to suppose that thialmoroT-
Ing of the water power is to be made in
order that some large new manufac
turing enterprise msy be started here.
Wilson Times: . Wilson sold
over 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco last
week. The . business men of
Lucama voted . to establish a sasb.
door and blind factory at their place
ana they will commence business as
soon as fs,ouu is subscribed. At a
meeting last Week several shares were
taken at 1 50 a share. Mr. W G.
Baits' saw mill was burned near Elm
City, yesterday, a week ago. Mr.
Jerome bo wen, chief of police, ar
rested Nathan Adams last Saturday
night in that place and brought to
Wilson on Sunday. He was tried
here Wednesday before 'Squire Wood
and bound over to court. Adams is a
negro, and has had trouble with Mr.
Batts and was heard to remark that
his "saw mill property would not do
him any good."
Concord Tribune: The mills
of the Cannon Mfg.. Co. shut down
this evening on account ol having no
coal to ran on. The Cannon bleachery
was closed aown this morning ana the
other mills close this . evening. How
long this will be for cannot be said.
The company has coal ordered and coal
on the way to. Concord, but none on
hands. It takes several car loads of
coal a day to fire the engines at these
mm. The Uabarrus mill will not
close to-day, it having coal enough to
run tut uonday evenln sr. The Qibson
mill wilt not have to close before Tues
day. To close down all of these mills
would mean a very heavy loss to the
company and work a hardship on the
numoerous employes. For these rea
sons It is to be hoped that the shut
down will not last but a few days.
FEDERATION OP LABOR.
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Officers Re-Elected Boston Chosen
as
. the Next Piece of Meetlsg.
- aw Xaieeraph to the Morning star.
NewOrleaks.Nov. 22. The Amer
ican Federation or Liabor to-day re
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, Samuel Gompers; First Vice
President; James Duncan: Second
Vice President, John Mitchell; Third
Vice President, James O'Oonnell:
Fourth Vice President, Max Morris;
JWth vice President. Thomas J. Kldd:
Sixth Vice President, Dennis A. Hayes ;
Treasurer, John B. ljennon ; secretary,
jJTank Morrison. . .
Fraternal delegates to the next labor
convention of Great Britain, Max S.
uayes, and u&rtin Lit wier : Fraternal
delegate to Canada, John Coleman.
JFiace of next convention, Boston.
REJ0IGISQ AT PANAMA.
Demonstration Over the Slrnlnr el the
. ; Treaty of Beace.
BX Cable to the Kornlns Btar. -
Panama, Not. 22. The signing of a
treaty of peace by Minister of State
Perdomo and General Herrera was
celebrated here by a . demonstration
which began yesterday evening and
lasted throughout the night While
firing a cannon at the fort this morn
ing in honor of the event three soldiers
were killed and two wounded by a
premature explosion. -,v
CANNON, OP ILLINOIS, : i
Expresses Gratification at the Speaker-
.I,: .V-J: -ship SItSStloS. -
WASHEiaTOHy Nov.- 23. Bepresen-
tative Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois,
a candidate for Speaker of the House
of Bepresentatives. arrived here to
night to remain, for the session. V He
expressed considerable gratification
over the speakership situation. ; Ills
I fl tires give him a-total of 113 votes
! already declared and pledgedf against j
i iuo votes required.: -
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" QUATEMiXl Citt, Nor. 2LWm.r
A. Filzgerald, of Grand Bapldi, Mich.,
was shot and killed to-day by W. O.
Hunter, Jr son of the United States
minister. ; Hunter fired the shots from u
' Kentucky, secretary of the.United
BUtet legation here, standing by with h
away with their 'revolvers in hand.
They were arrested, but are now at :
liberty. Minister Hunter claiming im
munity for them. - It is asserted that -j'
Fitzgerald had' no chance to defend
himself and tbat he was an inoffensive
man. The lives ox the Hunters and
that of Bailey are-threatened by in-,,
dignant Americans..
WA8Hi5OT0ir, Not.' 22. The state
Department to-day received . feports.
from Dr. Hunter, minister at Guate-;-:
mala City and Consular General Me-'
Nally, at the same place, regarding J
the cose of ttodrrey uunter, J r , ana s
Secretary Bailey, of the American le
gation there, who were parties to the :
shooting affray resulting im the death i
or wro. mugeraia yesieraay. . air. 4-;
McNally's dispatch gives the affair the
aspect of a shocking and cold blooded,
murder, making it appear- that . Secre-v
tary Bailey was a. party to the crime,,
holding up Fitzgerald with a revolver
in front while Hunter shot the man :
from behind. .-. v - - . 1 : -y.
Minister Hunter's statement . ls .
a very flat comraaicuon oi wns
report He says that his son Godfrey: -and
Secretary Bailey, while sitting on
a bench in a public parr, were attaciw
ed by Fitzgerald, who struck Hunter
and snapped a pistol, whicn sausa to,
explode. Hunter thereupon shot and
killed him. The existence or a con
spiracy between members of the Amer-
lean colony, including uonsui uenerai
McNally. is charged by ur, uunter. ;
It Is said here that a bitter personal -
feud has existed for several years be-j
tween Dr. Hunter and Mr. McNally.
The State Department will . wait to
hear from the Guatemalan govern
ment before taking action in the mat
ter. '
THE DAVENPORT HOLD-UP.
Five Masked Men Stopped the Train,
. Dynamited the Express Car tad
Sobbed the Ssfe.
- m. -
ay Telegraph to tne orninsBtar.
Cbioaoo, Not. 22. General Mana-
ger O. A. Goodnow, of the Bock Island ,
road, towlsy gave out the following
statement of the Davenport hold up: J '
"Our No. 11, leaving Chicago at .
6.03 P. M. yesterday for Fort Worth,
Texas, via Kansas City, was stopped
about a mile and a half west of West .
Davenport by a man displaying a red
light, using a switch lamp taken from"
the west switch of the yard in the vi
cinity for that purpose. v
'Five men compelled tbe engineer
and fireman to cut off the mail and
baggsfe cars and run the two cars "
farther west about one mile. The en- -
gineer and fireman-were then com
pelled at the point of revolvers to go
to the ' express car and . open the
door. - The baggsge man and express
man were taken from the cars to the
engine and three men Lief t to guard
them and the engineer and fireman,
while two blew open the Chicago safe -of
the United States Express Company
in tbe express ear. - . :
"All the contents of the safe were
taken, the roof and side of tbe baggage "
and express car were badly damaged, '
about fifteen feet of the roof being en-J
tirely blown off. The train was de
tained two hours and ten minutes.
'The men engaged in this robbery
all wore masks, dark , clothes and ;
slouch hats and kept "In the dark as
much as possible, so from tbat cause,
and owing to the excitement, our em
ployes are unable to give any descrip
tion of the men except that one was a
very tall, slim, raw-boned man, possi
bly six feet tall, and three medium
sized men. , : : .
Davbtoport. Ia . Not. 22. The offi
cers in charge of the bloodhounds re
ported to-night that they had succeed- -
ed in picking up a trail and were roi- '
lowing the supposed tracks of the five
robbers. The hounds took a scent.
now being followed, near the scene of
tbe robbery. They went to a farm
from which a wagon was stolen and
then .traced the rig to Jamestown. The
dogs were then taken to Blue Grass
where they again took the scent and :
were working north at last reports. .
The police here have arrested Bichard
E. Bidley. and , Luther G. Hay ward.
strangers, on suspicion.' -
COTTON MILL MERGER
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED.
Committee Has Finally Passed Upon All ,
Properties Of fered-Qver a Hundred .
' Plants Taken In
by Telegraph to tbe Mornina Btar. -.
Gbkkksbobo, N. a, Nov. 22. The
cotton mill merger committee practi--
cally completed- its work here' last
night, having finally passed upon all
properties offered them, and there will -
oe another meeting herein about three
weeks to pass upon properties that were
accepted In every respect, except that -soma
formalities, such as affixing seal,
eta, - to papers submitted had been ,
omitted.;'. ...-, . ,r., ... ,
At this adjournment meeting, new .
options, which are constantly coming
In, will be examined and passed upon
by the committee. , &. leading mem
ber of the commit tee gives the lnfor- '
matlon that over a hundred ' Plants
have so far been accepted; and that .
several, which are all right, except
for defects in preparation above al-
luded to," will upon supplying these -defects
- be admitted. He also says
that while not a single "rattlo-tran"
plant was seriously considered there .
were many rejected, whose physical
and financial condition was all right,
but-the price asked was considered
too high. Many of these may also be
Included in the merger at the next
meeting upon the amendment of op
tion prices. "S
"The merger plan is now an acoom- ,
pllshed fact? said he. "In every in
stance, we nave allowed Just about
the price for each they would have
brought if new. The papers hare been
forwarded to the underwriters In New
York, or will be in a few day, and
the incorporation articles will be
taken out in New Jersey in the course .
of a few oayn.V:' t ,;, - .. '
After aeyeral months negotiatlonn
the Austrian and Hungarian iron and
steel t industries ha ve r suoceeded In
forming a gigantic combination, com
prising twenty-three separate estab-'
Ilshments, tbe capital of which aggre
gates $70,000,000.
, Chief Justice Fuller will sit, as re
quested, with Judge Waddlll, in the
cases designed to test the constitution
ality of the JlrginU election law 7 .,
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