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SUBSCRIPTION PrtlCE.
The Mibtcriptloa pries ol tk Weekly Btef Is M
Single Copy 1 ywgo& paid SI M
WILL HANNA BE IH ITf
The Washington newspaper cor
respondents are devoting considera
ble attention to the question as to
whether President Roosevelt will
have opposition for the nomination
in 1904, and if so who his" opponent
ia most likely to be. The index
finger,as most of them see it, points
to Mark Hanna, although he is not
giving any visible sign, observing
silence but not failing to contra
dict the report that he is In bad
health -and contemplating retiring
from politics. j .
Mr. Roosevelt is in favor of tariff
revision but, to avoid precipitation,
thinks that there should be a tariff
commission appointed to give, the
question a thorough investigation,
and recommend the changes that
should be made. This idea does not
strike some of the Senators and
Represenatives favorably for they re
sent it as entrenching upon their
domain and delegating to others
the work which has heretofore been
done by them .and for which they
feel entirely competent. In com
menting, upon this opposition the
Washington Times says:
To tbe experienced politician there
li a suspicious look In the attitude as
sumed by numerous Republican Sen
ator toward the President's tariff com
mission proposition. It is suspected
that behind the opposition, which now
finds mild and cautious expression,
there Is maturing: a scheme to put the
Republican leadership in 1904 in other
hands than those of Theodore Roose
velt. It was tbe Hon. Mark Hanna, .
for example, if memory is not at fault,
wno in clarion tones commanded the
faithful to "aland pat" when the guns
werehundering all along the line of
battle a month ago, and tbe faint of
heart were inclined to strike their
colors on the tariff question. As an
off tH to this command the President
adannlshed tbe timid souls to be of good
ch- ", as he would come to their relief
w.l i a strong recommendation to Oon
rr m for a tariff commission. In his
nov famous speech at Loeansport,
IoJ , in 8fptember, the President
- pro nued the country that he would
urge 'his upon Congress in strong and
uritjai termr. It is not known that
mtoy of his party leaders in the Sen
ate who are now declaring some of
them publicly and others privately
thil they are opposed to the commis
sion idea and have advised him to
keep the promised recommendation out
of bis message. From this circum
stance it is inferred that they hope be
:n : . - - -. : i u i l :
win write Burrmjc ParKpu in un
message favorable to the commission
idea, and then they will t try to bumili
' ate him before tbe country by defeat
ing the measure. The cabal that suc
cessfully opposed his Cuban reciproci
ty policy at the last session has not
been rebuked by the country for that
set in any notable sense, and it is
argued from this circumstance that the
country will "stand I for" another
"turn down" of the President.
And then It asks jthe question,
"Would Hanna lead?" and answers
it thus:
But the most interesting feature of
th-j whole scheme if there is an actual
Kbetrif, as here set forth revolves
around the position of Senator Hanna.
Ooe of the mos influential Republi
can Senators from tbe ;Wcst a man
who apparently ia on the most cordial
and friendly terms with j the President
said lo a Timet representative yes
terday: "Mark Hanna can beat any
body for President, and if he should
annouace his candidacy now the un
usual spectacle would be presented of
men falling over one - another in
their, wild efforts to deaert the Ad
ministration for tbe Hanna ban
ner." Furthermore, this Senator de
clared the belief that a concerted move
ment has been started in powerful
J carters for the nomination of ex
resident Cleveland as the Demo
cratic candidate. "And," tbe Western
Senator went on to say, "if I were tbe
Republican nominee I would rather
run against any man alive than Gro
wer Cleveland. Hanna is the only man
who could beat him." These declara
tors have been quoted literally.
Whether the Benator meant what he
id or not, may be open to question.
at aS he talked there was an unmis
takable air of earnestness. If bis
Dame should be published a sensation
or huge importance would be created
and, besides, tbe Senator might de
ft? the whole thing. i
Where there is so much smoke
there mast be some fire, ana there
has been considerable : smoke raised
sbout this. There is no question
that by his tariff and trust and reci
procity utterances Mr. Roosevelt has
Alienated some potent powers, which
nave so long shaped legislation and
Public policies that they resent any
movement to act independently of
them or without consulting them.
How little toleration the organs of
tarirt revision have for those who
advocate it u ,h0Wn by the following
extract from one of the publications
? the American Protective Tariff
ue, which the Tims Cftlli a
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graph of a vigorous assault upon
tariff revision:
"A germ of the Baboock-nnmmi..
sion-Foss virus has been carried over
me line rrom Massachusetts into New
Hampshire and another Republican
editor 'has broke out with the revis
ion, reciprocity, and rlp-lt-open idea.
This time it is the editor of the Man
chester VMirror,' a paper founded long
uviuro tuu nepunucan party was born
and which, because of its age and good
record, Is entitled to onr deepest sym-
nauj( uut uui new unease is so ma
gnant that we must use heroic treat
ment and insert the knife to the very
uuo ui sua ulceration, it ia time for
loyal Republicans and stanch protec
tlonlsts to resent to the full the treach
ery that Is going on and relegate these
traitors to the free trade party, where
they belong. It is time for Republi
cans as Republicans and protec
tionists as protectionists to stop talk
ing of ripping open the tariff."
The League is working to scare
the President off from recommend
ing a tariff commission, but if he
does that then the anti-revision
forces will devote their energies to
defeating the recommendation. The
scheme then is if there be no strong
protest against this they will con
clude that the country is not so
much stuck on Theodore Roose
velt and his recommendations, and
then it will be safe to spring the op
position candidate. If Hanna ac
cepts the leadership, the opinion in
Washington is that he can have it.
The question is will Hanna lead or
co-operate in this movement? It is
said that he and President Roose
velt are alienated, and that the only
association between them is such as
ordinary politeness requires when
they meet.' There are no confer
ences between them; the President
does not consult Mr. Hanna and
Mr. Hanna does not call on the
President. He is no longer the pre
siding genius of the White House.
He retired because he realized that
he was no longer to be the presiding
genius. He is under no obligations
to Mr. Roosevelt, and there is no
reason why he should refuse to enter
the race, if his friends, who claim to
be as good Republicans as Theodore
Roosevelt, and as anxious for
the success of the party as
he is, put him to the fore
and insist on his leading in the
race. As he is in no. way commit
ted to Theodore Roosevelt for the
nomination, and he is not averse to
reaping some of the glory that he
has been so instrumental in confer
ring upon others, and for which
Mr. Roosevelt is in a measure indebt
ed to him for the position he now
fills, there is no reason why he
should decline to enter the race
against him. Perhaps Mr. Roose
velt alao realizes this, and natuially
concludes that Mr. Hanna may feel
that he has a perfect right to get
into Mr. Roosevelt's way and that
ho cannot blame him for it.
It would be a remarkable, and a
very remarkable thing if President
RooBevelt were to have, no opposition
for the nomination, and it would be
equally remarkable, should there be
oppositkn,if it doesn't center around
Mark Hanna, who is still as far as
individual influence goes, outside of
patronage, the dominating person
ality in the Republican party.
A SHAM CONCESSION.
The New York Sun is one of the
few Republican organs which has the
courage to say what it thinks on the
trust question, and it never fails to
take a whack at the statesmen, espe
cially the Republican statesmen, who
pose as trust regulators or reformers,
from President Roosevelt down.
Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon
sin, has achieved Borne prominence
as a trnst regulator, and in the Fifty
seventh Congress introdnced a dras
tic amendment to the Constitution,
amplifying the power of Congress to
deal with and regulate trusts. Com
menting upon this the Sun says:
Tbe proposed amendment of Con
gressman Jenkins received the vote of
nearly every Republican representa
tive in the Fifty-seventh Congress, not
with any intention on their part of
putting it through, but as a sham con
cession to supposed publio sentiment
and with a view to effect upon the
then impending Presidential election.
When we say that this was one of the
most cynical and disgraceful exmni
tions of demagogy ever witnessed at
the National Capitol we do not qaes
tion the sincerity of Jtfage Jenkins.
"A sham concession." Of course
it was, and it was generally consid
eredsoatthe time by people who
are familiar with the methods of
Republican politicians and the de
vices they resort to to humbug the
people,- evidences of which can be
found in nearly every Republican
platform adopted these days and in
much of the proposed or enacted
legislation of Congress.
And they are at it yet. All this
talk about repressing trusts that
violate the laws, regulating monopo
lies, revising the tariff, the -action
against the Beef Trust, &c, are
sham concessions that would never
have been, thought of if the people
had not shown so much interest in
these questions and the Republican
leaders did not think inaction or
silence dangerous. The Beef Trust
proceedings have been 'virtually
abandoned, for they have served their
purpose, and now that the Republi
cans have succeeded through their
"sham concessions" in holding Con
gress we will see another illustration
of the sham concession on tariff re
vision and trust curbing. This ia an
age of sham and the Republican
statesmen are past masters in theart.
BELOW COST.
A bill has been filed in the court
of chancery in New Jersey asking
that the Sugar Trust be restrained
from "dealinar in coffea" and from
"selling sugar at less than cost."
It is contended that under its char
ter is has no right to deal in coffee,
but if it got its charter from New
Jersey, as it doubtless did, the prob
abilities are that it can deal in any
thing "in the heavens above, in the
earth below or in the waters nnder
the earth."
The fact that the bill asks the
court to restrain the Sugar Trust
from dealing in coffee shows that
the.bill is the work of an, attorney of
the Arbuckles, who are coffee deal-,
ers, and have also taken a dip in
sngar when bucking up against the
sugar Trust, but this is further
shown by the citation that, as a "re
sult of the fight with the Arbuckles
the Trust is 'selling sugar below
cost,' and has thus dissipated $50,-
000,000 of undivided profits," which
should have gone to stockholders.
If this movement had been made
by a stockholder of the Sugar Trust
it would be all right as a movement
to protect the dividends, but it
seems to be simply a contest between
two combines which have been fight
ing each other, the weaker of which
feels the pressure and has applied to
the courts for protection.
We have been told that to kill
competition is not one of the objects
of Trusts. If so why is the Sugar
Trust selling sugar below cost, in
its fight with the Arbuckles, if not
to cripple and prevent competition
by the Arbuckles ? Why does the
Sugar Trust deal in coffee, the spec
iality of the Arbuckles, if not for
the same purpose ? .
But why should the Trust be re
strained from selling sugar below
cost ? Doesn't the public get the
benefit of this low priced sugar, and
should it be deprived of this benefit
because the Arbuckles can't afford
to sell sugar so low and "blow in"
150,000,000 in the fight ?
The logic of all this is that when
one combine competing with an
other sells its products for less than
its competitor can afford to sell
them then the under dog in the
fight will run, yelping into court
and whine for its protection. The
publio has been protesting for some
time that the Trusts sell too high
and unmercifully plunder their vic
tims, but here comes one combine
into court to protest that another
combine sells too low and asks that
it be restrained from doing so. That
is another and an interesting phase
of the Trust question.
London has another sensation in
swell circles. Sir Charles Hartopp
is suing Lady Hartopp, a noted
beauty, for divorce. She charges
him with cruelty, with striking and
beating her, which he stoutly denies,
but, on the contrary, avows that on
one occasion she kicked him on
both shins, and kicked hard. Ac
cording to Sir Charles she is not
only a high roller but a hard kicker.
She was as anxious once for a divorce
as he is now and offered him $100,
000 if he wouldn't make any objec
tion, which he declined.
Miss Helen Gould, who by the
way is a remarkably level-headed
young lady, did the sensible thing
on Thanksgiving day, and instead
of presenting her 50 employes with
turkey, which they would dispatch
in a day and have nothing left but
some bones and a reminiscence, she
gave each one a barrel of kerosene
oil, a large kerosene stove, a barrel
of potatoes, a barrel of flour and a
hundred pounds of bacon.
Mr. Blackburn's bill providing a
State patrol for Georgia, has been
shelved by the Legislature. The
principal objection was that many of
the patrolmen would be more zealous
in the search for fees than for crimi
nals and vagrants. But wouldn't it
be very easy to guard against that
by requiring satisfactory endorse
ments of the men appointed as pa
trols? .
An Atlanta woman says we can
very easily tnrn the tables en the
Northern Republicans if they re
duce our representation in Congress
in proportion to the number of votes
disfranchised by the 1 qualified suf
frage laws. All that need be done,
she says, is for the Southern States
to enfranchise the women. But
how about the black women.
The tariff revisionists in Congress
will not get much comfort out ofj
Uncle Joe Cannon, if he is elected
Speaker, unless he revises his sen
timents. He is "agin" revision.
Tbe New York Subway Railway
Company expects to continue in
business for some time. It has just
lease! the elevated railway for 999
years.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY," DECEMBER 5,
CURRENT COMMENT.
Laws are being passed to
protect most everybody against
Questionable purchases, but "we
don't hear of any being passed to
protect the purchasers against the
very questionable, cash-consuming,
prices of these times Norfolk Ledg
er, Dem.1
' - Sheep raising would pay in
this State, and pay well. There are
millions of acres of cheap lands on
which is grown a fair quality of
grass. On such land sheep could
be raised at a very small cost. As
long, however, as the average
Georgia - legislator is afraid of the
owner of the "yaller dog" the sheep
industry will not flourish in this
State. Savannah News, Dem.
Such a unanimous cry of dis
gust went uBrom the press of the
whole couairy "iwoause oT' Mr.
Roosevelt's recognition of Addicks
in Delaware that v the President is
I making desperate, but-lame efforta
: 1 M .J .
w expicuu away me siguuioauce ox
his course. If he could know the
effect of ! his interference in the Re
publican politics of the Southern
States, he would try to do some
more explaining. Norfolk Land'
mark, Dem.
One British trust, the York
shire Wool Combers' Association,
finds that it has been spending its
$10,000,000 capital recklessly, and
as a result has gone into bank
ruptcy. Buying up independent
concerns at enormous prices does
not always pw, as the managers of
this trust hadi8covered. Its work,
in trying to m.e foreign wool dear
for American buyers will . not lead
many of them to regret its failure.
rhiladelptiia Press, Kep.
THE NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
State
Board of Elect loss Debate Woa
by Richmond.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, November 27.
The State Board of Elections met to
day at noon and elected Governor
Aycock. president; A. J. Fields and
Char. Lee, clerks. The Board took a
recess until tomorrow, when it will
canvass tbe returns from the recent
election-. It wilMake up the Moody
Gudger contest from the Tenth dis
trict first. This is the only contest to
come before them.
The A. & M. College woa the foot
ball game here to-day from Richmond
college by a score of 30 to 5. It was a
splendid game and was witnessed by a
thousand people.
Tbe intercollegiate debate between
Wake Forest and Richmond College
to-night for the Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce loving cup, was won by
Richmond college. Toe debaters'
question was:
"Resolved, That American honor
demands that we grant independence
to the Phillippme Islands." Affirma
tive: Richmond College, J. W. Kin-
chelop, Lane Lacy. Negative: Wake
Forest College, James Koyali, Edwin
J. Sherwood. Judge H. G. Connor,
Chas. F. Meserve and Joseph G. Brown
were the judges. Two thousand peo
ple heard the debate.
senator Simmons' house was enterea
ly a burglar this morning at 6 o'clock.
Trunks and dresser drawers were
rifled. Twenty dollars in money are
missed. The burglar was scared away
by a scream of one of the children.
THE STATE BOARD OP ELECTIONS.
Vote for Conzressmea and Solicitor Can-
vsssed Yesterdsy.
Special Stat Telegram.
Raleigh, N. a, Nov. 28 The
State Board of Elections canvassed the
votes of Congressional districts and
for solicitors to-day. It is not believed
they will finish their work before
Monday. The. official returns show
practically no changes over the vote
published already by the newspapers.
Thomas Settle was present when
the tenth district was canvassed as
counsel for Moody, who contests
Gudgers election on the ground of
fraudulent ballots cast. The official
returns show Gudger's majority to
be 181. In four counties the returns
omitted "Jr." from Gudger's name.
The "E" was omitted from, the returns
of six counties from E. Spencer Black
burn. These were all ordered counted.
The North Carolina Corporation
Commission issued an order to-day
for reports showing the condition of
all State, private and savings banks at
the close of business November 25.
DR. i THOMPSON RESIGNS.
No Loafer Chief Clerk to Collector Dan
csa Csnvses of Stste Vote.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C , Nov. 29. Dr. Cyrus
Thompson, ex-Secretary of State, has
resigned as chief clerk to E. O. Dun
can, Eastern District Collector of In
terual novouuo, tu m&o sunt ww.
and I. H. Deaton Is promoted to fill
the vacancy. Deaton's successor as
subordinate clerk will be announced
Monday. Dr. Thompson's resignation
is because - he prefers to be witn nis
family and look after his farming in
forests In Onslow conntr.
The State Board of Elections will
not complete its work of canvassing
election returns till Monday after
noon. They have gotten only as far
as Perquimans county in a canvass of
the judicial vote. The Board, how
ever, announces the vote for Chief
Justice as follows: Clark, 132,740;
Hill, 70,304. Clark's majority, 62,436.
Other votes for State officers were:
Hnnerintendent of Public Instruction,
Joyner. 135,840: Long, 68,209. Joy-
ner'a maioritv. 67.649. For Corpora
tion Commissioner, Beddingfield,
Democrat, 136,646: Abbott, Republi
can, 69,426. Beddingfleld'a majority,
flB.220.
The Secretary of State charters the
WtbsterPeoples Co., of Siler City,
$5,000 capita), to do a mercantile busi
ness. Fonrteea Road Recruits.
Arthur Jones, colored, was brought
down from Lenoir county last week
to serve a term of two years on the
New Hanover chain gang for assault
with a deadly weapon. He will be
sent out to-morrow with five which
came from Columbus county Friday
and eight sentenced at last week's
term of the court in this city.
THE NICHOLS, S. C, TRAGEDY.
Coroaer's Jary Retorted Verdict Indt-
cstlsg Suicide by Sarvls The Olrl
Claims Secret Msrrlsfe to Boy.
A few days ago reference was made
in these columns to a double tragedy
enacted at Nichols, a C, about 65
miles from Wilmington. The mys
tery surrounding the affair Is partially
cleared up in the following special in
yesterday's Jfetcs and Courier:
Mabios. 8. Q. S Nov. 26. Dr. J. O.
Mace, coroner, held i an Inquest Mon
day night over the body of Dustan H.
Bar is, the young man who la alleged
to nave committed sutolde at Nichols,
this count v. on the afternoon of. that
day. The verdict of, the coroner's
jury was that the deceased came to
nis .death from the effects of a pis
tol shot wound,- self-inflicted. This
exonerates iMiss; Josephine Burns
from the charge of having done the
Shobtiug. T n- ' . .. .
Mjks Burns was present at. the in
quest and testified that Sarvis .was her
husband, having been secretly married
to her in the town of Mullins on the
night of Sept. 22, the night the Rev.
Sam Jones lectured in that town. It
was understood that ' the marriage was
to be kept a secret until Christmas, but
in some way the young lady's family
heard of ii and, insisted that ;t be
publicly acknowledged by Srvis. Mon
day afternoou she went to ee Sarvis
at his office in the Atlantic Ooat Line
depo, in which Sarvis occupied the
position of telegraph operator to beg
him to acknowledge tbe marriage. She
told Sarvis ber family were Indignant
and would insist upon his. recognizing
her as his wife. She 1 told him her
brother was determined that the mar
riage must be at once - publicly ac
knowledged and .that he had armed
himself to enforce his demands. To
show Sarvis how: terribly in earnest
her ' brother was she showed him a
pistol which her brother had recently
procured. This pistol she had taken
out of her brother's trunk to keep him
from using it. She says Sarvis refused
to acknowledge the marriage, but. on
the contrary, told her that the alleged
marriage was a mock one; that the
man who. performed the ceremony was
not a magistrate, ) as he had assured
her, and that there was no legal
marriage between them. The conver
sation continued for; some time and,
failing to .induce him to acknowledge
her as his wife, she rose to leave.
As she was sbout to leave Sarvis re
marked to her that she ought not to be
going about with a pistol in her hands,
and asked her to give, him the weapon.
This she did, whereupon he fired at
her and then tnrned j the pistol upon
himself shooting himself through tbe
neck. When shot she reeled a little
distance before falling. This is sub
stantially her account of the affair.
A TINY INFANT ABANDONED.
Child la Basket Found at Door of Fonrtb
Street Resldeace Night Before Last.
Returned to Its Mother.
A tiny female infant, wrapped in
swaddling clothes and carefully laid
in a basket, was found at the front
door of CapL Harvey C. Twining'
residence. 515 North Fourth street,
night before last. .Yesterday morning
Chief of Police Furlong made an in
vestigation of the abandonment of the
child and traeed knowledge of the
affair to an old colored woman call
ing herself Madame Hall, who lives
near the Walker J Memorial Hospital
and who is reputed to practice witch
CJaft. Further investigation at the house
of the old woman i disclosed the fact
that the child had been spirited away
from the hospital a short time - before
it was found at the Fourth street resi
dence, with the consent of its young
mother, wbo refuses : to disclose her
name and begs that the child be given
a comfortable home and that she be
allowed to go unmolested. The young
woman is described as being under 21
years of age, pretty and of a refined
appearance. In regard to the aban
donment of the child, she would only
say that tbe basket was left at Capt.
Twihing's house by mistake.
The identity of the young woman
remains a mystery so far as she would
consent for the newspapers or the pub
lic to be Informed. 1
LOCAL SHIPPINQ IN NOVEMBER
Harbor Msster's Report Shows Increase
Over Same Months in Ponner Years.
si
The monthly report of Capt. Edgar
D. Williams, harbor master, shows ar
rivals of vessels of 90 tons and over
during November as follows:
- American 12 steamers, 12,714 tons;
2 bargee,- 2,539 tons; 11 schooners,
4.863 tons. Total vessels, 25. Total
tonnage, 20,116. j I
Foreign 7 steamers, 14,004 tons; 3
barques. 1.257 tons: 3 schooners, 860
tons. : Total vessels, 12; total tonnage,
16,121. !
The grand' total' number of vessels
is 37 with, a combined tonnsge of 86,
237, which. is a decided; increase In
shipping over November last year
when only 24 vessels entered with a
combined tonnage ot 22,282. The re
port for the month this year is even
more favorable when compared with
November two years ago.
Reward for Loog and Faltbfal Service
For and in consideration of her long
and faithful servicer, covering a period
of more than twenty! years, the Wil
mington and Coast Turnpike Company
has transferred to Mrs; Mary C. Wright
for the period of her natural life, the
"third toll house" property of the late
company on Wrightsville Sound. By
terms of the deed,! upon the death of
Mrs. Wright the property Will pass into
the possession of Mr. Frank Herbst.
Died in Peoosylvinla
Mrs. A. G. Yoigt yesterday received
the sad intelligence that her brother
had died in Germantown, Pa. Ac
companied by Dr,j Yoigt, she will
leave this evening? to attend the fun
eral.
1902.
AN IRON SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
Robbers Entered Store at Jeaesboro, N. C ,
Night Before Last aad Made a Big
Hsol Bloodboaads.
Special Star Correspondeiioe.
Jonksbobo. N. O.,' Nov. 27. This
morning at 6;30 o'clock while the lo
cal freight train was at work at the
depot, Conductor McCullough went
up street to buy some eggs. He found
ail the stores closed for Thanksgiving
except that of Watson & Gregory. He
found their door cracked and he push
ed it open, thinking some one was on
the Inside, but found that he was mis
taken. About that time he saw Mr.
Watson, of the firm, coming down
the street and asked if "he left his
store open last night." Mr. Watson
replied "No" and upon investigation
it was found that the place had been
broken open and the iron safe blown
all to pieces Everything of value in
the safe was taken, amounting to be
tween $3,000 and $4,000, and includ
ing twff one-thousand dollar worth
Carolina bonds.
Bloodhounds were placed on track
of the robbers and the trail followed to
Sanford, where it Ms presumed they
took the train bound North; probably
a work train which left early in the
morning.
Search for the robbers is still being
made and it ia hoped they will be cap
tured. This is the second time the
store has been broken open in the past
two years. Suspicion points to a
straoge person who hss been here for
several days. He was of heavy weight,
tail, about 175 pound?, light moustache
and red face. He wore overalls.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lumberton Rolesonian: The
cotton mill is in receipt of some new
machinery, which is being installed at
once. Since it opened it has been a
most successful enternrise and for
several weeks there has been consider
able local demand for stock.
Salisbury Sun: The first snow
of the season here fell Thursday after
noon and for a while it seemed as
though the elements were in for a
long continued and blinding storm.
Tbe snow ceased falling in a short
while, however, and the ground was
not covered.
Smithfield Herald: Mr. M. P.
Lissiter of Elevation township farms
for a profit. He raised this year sev
enteen bales of cotton on thirteen
acres. On three acres of this land he
raised six thousand pounds of seed
cotton. He broke his land ten inches
deep and run his rows four feet apart.
tie put In the rows a small quantity
of stable manure and six hundred
pounds of fertilizer per acre. He used
one hundred pounds cerealite as a top
manuring about July 1st.
Fayetteville Observer: Mrs.
Mary McDuffie died on Wednesday
night, aged 72 years, at the residence
on Uld street of ber son. Mr. John
McDuffie' A number of counter
feit silver dollars were passed by two
strangera in the city Thursday. One
merchant on Person street found four
of them in his possession when he
went to make a deposit at the bank
this morning. He remembers well
how he got the dollars, and gave a
good description or the swindlers to
Chief of Police Flowers this morning.
One was dark and tall, and the other,
short and blond. They were white,
and had the appearance of farm hands.
A thorough search of the city was
made for them to day, but no trace of
them could be had.
Newton Enterprise: Mr. M. M.
Cline has cribbed this year 2,640 bush
els of corn, end says he has the pretti
est wheat he ever saw at this time of
the year. We have in the office
now a radian tnat is a raaisn. it
weighs 12 pounds, is 18 inches long
and 23 inches in circumference.
Mr. John Sherrill brought us the top
of a cotton stalk Saturday that was
full of white blossoms. This has been
a most remarkable fall. Good cotton
could have been made on the wheat
fields after harvest this year.
About a hundred people went to the
depot last Thursday night to see Presi
dent Roosevelt pass. The train stopped
about five minutes and the President
made a little speech. Some of the boys
guyed him a little about his bear hunt,
but he took it in good humor.
Wilson Times: Thursday just
after services, while the people were
at home enjoying their Thanksgiving
dinner, a negro entered the vestry
room of the Methodist church and at
tempted to force the desk drawer, open
which contained $30, the Thanksgiv
ing offering. He had cut the drawer
with a pocket knife and scarred it con
siderably, but his efforts were futile.
He was a stranger, wearing a light suit
of clothes, so says an old negro who
was passing at the time and saw him
leave the church by the back door.
Rufus Barnes who forged Mr. J.
T. Rentfrow's name to checks and pre
sented them to W. p. ttay and J. T.
Williams, of Wilson, in order to have
them cashed, and who was tried and
put nnder bond for appearance at the
next term of court, has again been
guilty of the same offence. A few
days ago he presented a check to the
Smithfield bank drawn in his favor by
W. P. Anderson, one of the proprietors
of the Farmers warehouse in Wilson.
The money was paid by tbe bank, but
soon after the check was found to be
forged and Barnes is now in the Smith-
field jail
ACCIDENT ON THE TEXAS.
One of the Hjdrsallc Cylinders Cracked
While at Target Practice.
By TelezraDH to tne Moral nz star.
Washington, Nov. 29. A report
from Captain Swinburne, commander
of the Texas, touching the accident on
board the vessel yesterday while st
target practice off the Virginia capes,
states that one of the hydraulic cylin
ders which returns the gun to battery
was cracked because It had been left
filled with water when the gun' was
discharged. The ordnance officers ex
pect that this will not delay the ship
long, they having a spare cylinder on
board.
Justice Fitzgerald in the Supreme
Court of New York.has granted a writ
calling for a review by tne supreme
Court of the evidence on which Fire
Chief Croker was dismissed from office
by Commissioner Bturgis. The justice
also granted a stay restraining the
chief's removal-' from office pending
the court proceedings.
NO. 6
COURT'S DECISION IN
VIRGINIA TEST CASE.
Sails Dismissed on the Qroaad That the
Conrt Had No Jarlsdlction An Ap
pesl Will Be Tskev,
By Telegraph to tne Morning Btar.
Richmokp.Va.; Nov. 29. The argu
ment in the proceedings' of Mr. John 8.
Wise to invalidate the new Virginia
constitution was resumed in the U. S.
Circuit Court here this morning. Chief
Justice Fuller sitting with Judge Wad-
dill. Attorney General Anderson
spoke for the Commonwealth, address
ing himself largely to the point raised
by complainants that the Slate was
barred from restricting the suffrage as
it had done by the reconstruction acts.
He was followed by James Haves, col
ored, of counsel for complainants, who
maoe a strong piea ror the rights of his
race. This afternoon the court dis
missed both suits, on the ground that
it bad no jurisdiction, the actions be
ing against the State. An appeal will
betaken. AH the questions of the
Chief Justice indicated that virtually
every contention raised by complain
ants had been passed upon adversely
oy tne supreme uourt.
Opinions of the Court.
The decree of the Circuit Court of
the United States in the proceeding to
test the Virginia constitution, as an
nounced by Chief Justice Fuller, is as
follows';
"Application for prohibition, pro
hibiting defendants from canvassing
returns -of the election held November
4th, 1902, for Representatives in Con
gress, or proceeding to act on the
same, and for preliminary order sus
pending proceedings on the part of the
State board of canvassers. The rule
heretofore entered herein is discharg
ed, and preliminary order denied.
Th1 tnr want nf -iiii!arfit1rin ThA
tlon already acquired ; nor does it ap
pear that there is no other remedy.
"The proceeding, In effect. Is against
the commonwealth, which is not in
any view an indispensable party, and
cannot be made such; and the matter
being political cannot be disposed of
in such a proceeding."
Judge Waddill, who sat with the
chief justice, concurred in the decree,
but delivered an opinion of his own,
as follows:
"Believing, under the decisions of
the courts of the United States, by
which this court is and should be gov
erned, that neither of the actions now
before the court can be maintained, I
for that reason concur in the result
arrived at by the chief justice, dis
missing the same, and may herearter
file a brief memorandum in writing
embodying my views. -
"it is, in frankness, due, however.
that I should say that while I believe
that this is the law, as settled by de
cisions, it does not entirely embody
my personal views as to what the law
ought to be. I can but believe that as
to rights arising under and guaranteed
to the citizen by the constitution and
laws of the United 8tates, injuriously
affecting one hundred thousand
people, whether respecting their prop
erty or their personal or political
rights, and particularly the two latter
classes, that they ought to be given a
day in court,afforded an opportunity
for a run and speedy hearing, and to
that end. that technicalities, forms and
ceremonies should, in large measure.
be dispensed with, speedy justice
afforded, and the rights of the respec
tive parties litigant ascertained."
Certificates to CongressmeD.
The State Board of Canvassers met
immediately after the adjournment of
the United States court this afternoon,
and awarded certificates to the ten
congressmen recently elected, includ
ing Campbell Slemp, Republican, in
the Ninth district, whose majority
was found on final canvass of the
vote to be 218. A certificate was also
Issued to Carter Glass, elected in the
Sixth district to filled the unexpired
term of the late Peter J. Oley.
BURGLARS AT EN0REE, S. C.
Safe in Office of a Manufacturing Com
psny Dynamited and $3,000 Tsken.
Postofflce Also Robbed.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Btar.
Charlotte, N. 0., Nov. 27. A
special to the Obsevrer from Spartan
burg, S. C, says:
Burglars dynamited the safe In the
office of the Enoree Manufacturing
Company, at Enoree, twenty-five
miles southeast of here, at an early
hour this morning, securing $3,000 in
cash. In addition the safe in the post
office, which was in the same build
ing, was also opened and $300 in
Stamps and money secured. . The mill
authorities offer a reward of $500 for
the arrest of the men, who were evi
dently professionals in their line.
Bloodhounds were telegraphed for this
morning and are now on the trail of
the burglars. Sheriff Vernon, of
Spartanburg, went to the scene to-day.
A message received at 4 o'clock this
afternoon states that no capture had
yet been made. Besides money a large
number of valuable papers were taken
from the mill company's safe. Offi
cers in all sections are urged to be
on the lookout for suspicious charac
ters. "I'm so glad to see you," she
exclaimed. "Have you been in New
York long!" "No. 1 still have a dol
lar and a half left." Chicago Record'
Herald.
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Attacked the Jail at Irontoa, Bat the
Sheriff aad RIs Deputies Prevented
the Proposed Lyichlsf.
By TelesraDb to tbe Momma Btar.
Isoinoir, O., Nov. 29. Shortly be
fore 3 o'clock this morning a mob at
tempted to take William Glasco, the
assailant of Mary Maloney from the
county jail, but was prevented by the
sheriff and a force of special depu
ties. The mob was forming for an at
tack when Glasco was spirited away
In a carriage. It is believed he was
taken in a round-about way to the
Portsmouth jail.
Glasco admitted assaulting Miss Ma
loney and said is was done in revenge
for her brother striking him. The girl
is in a serious condition. Glasco
knocked her down by a blow on the
head but fledwhen her screams brought
help. He was traced by bloodhounds. -
A mob assembled last night and se
lected fifty men as leaders in a general
movement on the armory and jail.
At the armory they demanded the
keys of Captain Thompson, who was
in charge of the militia, so that they
could secure the man. On being re
fused they opened fire with revolvers
and Captain Thompson narrowly es
caped. When the mob found It could
do nothinpr at the armory it moved on
the jail. The sheriff refused the de
mand for the keys. Then the mob
moved off. to secure battering rams,
with which to break into the jail, and
the sheriff at once spirited the prisoner
away out of the rear of the jail and
escaped. All is comparatively quiet
to-night.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT.
To Hold Up and Rob a Train at ladepeod
eoce, Mo. A Brakeman Shot
by the Robbers.
us Telegraph to the Moraine: Btar.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26. Two
men made an unsuccessful attempt to ,
hold up the east bound Chicago and
Alton passenger train which left here
for St. Louis at 9 o'clock to-nleht, at
the Alton station at Independence, a
secluded spot in the eastern suburbs of
that town. The train had stopped at
the station and the two men, armed
with rincs, boarded the rear end of
the train there. As the train was
pulline out at, 10 o'clock the men
covered a brakeman with their rifles
and commanded . him to throw
p his hands. The brakeman refused
to obey and one of the bandits shot
him in the .leg. The report of
the firing was heard by other train
men, who hurried to the rear end of
the train. The two robbers were evi
dently disconcerted by the turn events
had taken and becoming frightened at
the approach of the trainmen leaped
from the train before it had gained
much headway. The work of the
bandits was very crude, and they evi
dently were amateurs in train robbing.
They were not masked and the In
jured brakeman was able to give the
police a good description of them.
Officers are scouring the country with
every prospect of capturing the rob
bers.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Mrs. Hattle L. Whltten Arrested In Dei
ter, Me. Accused of Poisoning
Her Two Children.
bv Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Dexter, Me., Nov. 29. Mrs. Hattie
L. Whltten, whose husband died two
years ago, her 11-year old daughter
Fannie last September, and her 9-year
old daughter Jennie yesterday, was
arrested to-day on the specific charee
of having poisoned the second child.
Both the little srirls were Insured, the
elder for $85 and the younger for $56.
The arrest followed the holdlne of
an autopsy on the body of the second
child immediately after the funeral to
day. The physicians discovered strong
evidence of arsenic and strychnine,
and when this was reported to the
county attorney a coronerVjury was
empanneiied. xne jury found a
verdict to the effect that death was due
to poisoning administered by the girl's
mother.
The body of the firffc child was ex
humed and an autopsy held, but the
result was not made public. The death
certificates give the cause; of Fannie's
death as meningitis and that of Jen
nie's as heart-failure.
WARM WIRELETS.
Four men were killed, three fatally
and five seriously Injured by an ex
plosion of gas in the Luke Fidler col
liery at Shamoken, Pa., yesterday. ,
James Johnson, general manager of
the Mexican International railroad,
has resigned, after nineteen years of
service. He has been with the road
from its inception.
Fire yesterday morning practically
destroyed the stock and business house
of M. L. Boss and Company, whole
sale grocers, Knoxvllle, Tenn. Lou.
$100, 000 covered by insurance.
The funeral of Colonel Thomas P.
Ochiltree was held in New York yes
terday. A solemn requiem mass was
celebrated at the Church of the Pau
list Fathers and the body was placed
in a vault at Calvary cemetery.
An Electrical Union Workers' strike
is imminent in Asheville, N. C, and
according to present indications will
go into effect Monday. The union is
demanding $1.50 per day for new line
men and $2.00 per day for old line
men. The quarantine department of Can
ada has ordered that owinsr to the out
break of foot and mouth disease In the
United States all cattle entering Can
ada from the Eastern States shall be
cleaned and thoroughly disinfected at
the border.
The statement of the associated
banks for five days shows: Loans in
creased $11,608,800; deposits, increas
ed $8JL20,700; circulation, increased
$95,100; legal tenders, increased
$356,800; specie, decrease $2,067,800;
surplus reserve, decreased $3,743,675.
At Providence, B. I., yesterday
Henry Crotchford, an Itinerant negro
banjo player, shot and killed Elsie
Lewis, colored; probably fatally
wounded Mabel Nixon, colored, and
then fired a shot Into his own brain,
dying instantly. Jealousy is said to.
have teen the motive for the tragedy.
At Cullman, Ala., Charlie King,
aired sixteen years, 'shot and almost
instantly killed his father. It Is said
the elder King came home intoxicated
and gave his wife a severe beating.
Young King then secured a double
barrelled shot-gun and emptied both
barrels into his father's head.
In the case in the Chesterfield, Va.,
circuit court of Hawks, colored, against
the Atlantic Coast Line, for not being
permitted to go into the car for col
ored people, under the Jim Crow law,
a verdict was rendered in favor of the
railroad, It being shown that Hawks in
appearance is a full blooded white
man, and that he did not inform the
conductor that he is colored.
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