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A POINTER FOB THE. SOUTH
It is the opinion of experts that
while the prices of meats may go
somewhat lower than- they are now,
we have reached the era of high
prices, and that the tendency will
be npwerd rather than downward.
The reason for this is the steadily
decreasing supply of edible animals
while the population of the earth is
steadily increasing. Bnt in discus
cuasions of this kind it is per miss
able to dismiss from consideration
a very considerable portion of the '
human family, at least half of whom
are not meat eaters or eat it in but
small quantities. The Chinese,
the people of India, the natives of
Africa, and of the tropical regions
on both hemispheres eat very little
meat, their main and with many of
them the only food being
vegetables and fruits and, when
near the sea, fish. Bat eliminating
these countries, the meat problem
is becoming a serious one for the
and North America.
In a paper in a recent issue of the
Baltimore Manufacturers Record
Mr. John F. Hobbs, of New York,
an expert on such matters, dis
cusses this subject. From the most
reliable statistics furnished he fig
nres out that all the European
countries combined have 100,000,
000 cattle, 165,000,000 cheep, and
57,000,000 hogs, while 'this country
has 67,000,000 cattle, 62,000,000
sheep and 62000,000 hogs, a much
larger number in proportion to its
population of 76,000,000 than in
E a rope, with its population of 385,
000,000. Figuring on the cattle in
pounds, he shows that this country
has 603 pounds per capita, against
but 186 pounds for Europe. But the
population of Europe is not increas
ing as is the population of this coun
try, for the steady stream of emi
gration tends to keep that down,
while it adds to the increase in this
eeuntry, so that in course of time
the per capita supply will not be any
larger in this country than it is
there, but the probabilities are that
it will grow less in both.
There is but one European count'
ry where there is any prospect of
much increase, and that is in Kus
sia, or rather in Russia's Asiatic
territory, where thtre are vast plains
and abundant pasturage for most of
the year It is on this region that
Europe will have to depend chiefly
for supplies of meat when the sup
plies from this country become in
sufficient. Argentina and Australia
will add their contributions, but in
the meantime our population will
continue to increase, while the num
ber of stock will not only not in
crease in proportion but will proba
bly decrease. Mr. Hobbs shows from
statistics that the number of cattle
in this country per hundred people
was 81 in 1860; 71 in 1880; 84 in
189u:82 inl900, and71 19u2. There
is now he says 1,000,000 fewer cat
tie than there were in 1900.
Very high prices might stimulate
cattle raising and increase the herds
for some years to come, but the
prices will hardly run high enough
to stimulate to extraordinary effort,
so the probabilities are that there
will be no extraordinary movement
in this direction and that there will
be no increase in the relative figures,
but rather a still greater decrease,
for which there are very good and
apparent reasons.
The herds upon which this coun
try depended mainly for its supplies
of beef and the flocks upon which
It depended mainly for mutton were
pastured on the plains of the West
and Southwest, much of these graz
ing lands being government lands
or reservations on which, a practi
cally nominal price was paid for
grazing privileges. , But these lands
are being opened to settlement, are
being taken up, fenced and converted
into farms, so that it will be but a
question of a few years when the
wide ranges will have disappeared,
and there will be an end to the busi
ness of raising cattle as they were
once raised on these plains, in herds
of thousands. There will still be
cattle and sheep raised there,
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ana more bogs than there are
now, bnt it will be a few on the
farm, which in the aggregate will
VOL. XXXIV.
bear no . comparison to the great
numbers that , have been and are
now raised upon those plains.
; In the meantime the population
will continue to increase at the rate
of a million a year or more, and this
will necessarily mean a greater short
age in the meat supply, and instead
of lower, higher prices. This might
be checked somewhat by repealing
the tariff duties on meats and ani
mals for slaughter, but the protec
tionists are not going to do that until
they are driven to it either by the
high price of meats or by popular
clamor which high prices may cause.
All this is a pointer for the
8outh, which will profit immensely
by it if she catohes the point and
gives attention to cattle raising, Bheep
raising and hog raising, for each of
which she has advantages not only
equal " but superior to - the stock
regions of the West. There are in
the Sonth millions of uncultivated
acres which will make splendid
ranges for stock and on which they
could feed for most of the year,
requiring but little feed from other
sources. There could be with sys
tematic attention within a few years
more catte, sheep and hogs raised in
the territory south of the Potomac
and Uhio rivers than there are on
the plains of Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska.
There are millions in this for the
South and fine incomes for the men
who engage in it and follow it up.
TO THE HAGUE.
After much palavering, play and
counter play, in which Minister
Bowen played his hand splendidly
against the other three players, the
Venezuelan dispute goes to The
Hague tribunal, as was first pro
posed by Mr. Bowen, and partially
assented to by the allies.
The attempted settlement with
out reference to this tribunal might
have succeeded if the allies .had not
put in a claim for preferential con
sideration, which aroused the an
tagonism of France and other na
tions having claims as much entitled
to respect as those of the three 'debt
collectors, and threatened to put
the question in a much worse shape
than it was when the trouble began,
for these three persons found them
selves confronted not only by Ven
ezuela, but by other powers which
had to stand by her to protect their
own interests. This made it necessary
for the allies to take water or take'
the consequences.
The proposition to take the mat
ter out of Minister Bowen's hands
and refer it to President Roosevelt,
while having an appearance of fair
ness, was simply a ruse, a play to
popular sentiment in this country,
which they might have known could
not have been accepted for the
double reason that it would have
been involving this country to some
extent, and because Americans have
claims against Venezuela. He has
therefore done what was proper and
what was expected in declining to I
accede. to that proposition. I
The Hague is the proper place for
it, for there all the powers interest
ed can be heard, and that being
presumably a disinterested and im
partial tribunal will hear all claims,
and decide without prejudice.
Two or three young toughs un
dertook to break up a church meet
ing in Kentucky a few days ago,
but they ran up against a tough
preacher. He expostulated in vain
and then exclaiming, "if I must
fight, the Lord be with me," grabbed
a tree limb, lit into those toughs
and lambed them' until they forgot
what they came for and became as
docile as pet lambs. Then he re
sumed his discourse.
The German ambassador Von
Sternberg is quoted as saying that
Kaiser William has no more idea of
ignoring the Monroe Doctrine by
planting colonies in South America
than he has of colonizing the moon,
which is probably a diplomatic way
of saying that the Kaiser is no luna
tic
The squabble over the Venezuelan
question ia already raising the cry
for a big navy, and commercial
bodies are passing resolutions in
favor of it. The ship subsidy fel
lows will also doubtless take ad
vantage of it to boost their subsidy
schemes.
Silver veins lie around so promis
cuously in Honduras that one can
go out before breakfast and strike
one. Some of the veins carry both
silver and gold. But they do not
enjoy mining half as much as they
do revolutions.
. President Eliot told a lot of news
bovs in Boston, the other day, that
it was a misfortune to be born rich.
But they didn't all agree with him
that it was good to miss a fortune in
that way.
If it comes to a tug of war this
country could muster an army of
11,000,000 men, assuming that all old
enough to bear arms are physically
I able to tote 'em.
CEUMHUSOUP
Would be Collector Crum will not
come up as an issue in this Congress
because his case has been practically
pigeon-holed by a vote of ten to
four in the Senate Committee on
Commerce, ten Senators being
opposed to the consideration of his
case to four who wanted a report
made.
This virtually disposes of theoase
for this Congress, and turns the
matter over to President Roosevelt,
wno can u he sees nt give urum a
recess appointment, and let him
take the. office and draw the salary.
It remains to 'be seen whether, in
view of the fact that this appoint
ment is not approved by some, of the
leading Senators of his party, he
will take the bit in his teeth and
put Crum in. - .!i-vvr
It was thought by some that he
would not be much disappointed if
Crum was turned down, for he made
his play to the negroes by appoint
ing him and the responsibility for
his failure to get in would be put
upon the Republican Senators who
turned him down.
It may be noted in this connec
tion that while Roosevelt is playing
Crum, among the four Sen
ators who were standing by him in
committee was Mr. Banna, who
doesn't propose to let Roosevelt
distance him as the friend of the
negro.
In discussing this question a few
days ago the New York Herald sug
gested an easy way out, which was
that Crum withdraw and thus open
the way lor another and more ac
ceptable appointment. But Crum
didn't see it. Jtie nas nis eye on
the job, and is thinking more about
tnat tfian about ttoosevelt's com
fort.
Jas. J. Hill, President of the
Northern Pacific Railway, says the
removal of the tariff duty on coal
will save his road $4,000 a day. The
removal of the duty from steel rails
would save it several thousands more
a day.
The profit-sharing system adopt
ed by the U. S. Steel Trust seems
to take well with its employes. So
far, 27,633 men have subscribed for
51,125 shares. Of these subscribers
12,170 earn 1800 a year or less.
CURRENT COMMENT
The South Carolina news
papers are beginning to wonder if
the Hon. Jonn Li. McLiannn u an
admirer and supporter of the negro
olicy of the negro administration.
e fear the south Carolina editors
are disposed to make it a trifle em
barrassing lor the eminent leader oi
the Commercial Democracy. Wash
ington Post, 2nd.
The result of the Vermont
election on the Prohibition issue
onght to be satisfactory to both sides,
for local option will give the oppor
tunity to every locality to carry out
its own idea on the subject without
violating the law wholesale by sell
ing at retail under mean disguises,
as has been the case ever since Pro
hibition was adopted on the books
fifty years ago. Brooklyn Uttum,
ven'
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f ' g
of all kinds would cause vegetarian
societies to prosper and expand as
never before in fact, to flourish
like unto green bay trees. But in
some things this is undoubtedly a
perverse generation, and total ab
stainers from flesh food are still
few and far between, except among
infants and invalids. The consump
tion of beefsteaks and chops con
tinues to be enormous. Americans
want hearty meals, even at high
prices. New York Tribune, Hep.
Minister Bowen is talking
back at the allies, who are making
demands upon Venezuela, just as
bravely as Castro himself might de
claim, bnt with much more impres
sive style, and with a backing of
some large account. Mr. Bowen is
speaking for Venezuela, but he has
the power of the United States in
his hands. The allies will hearken
unto him and say, as Isaac said of
old: "The voice is Jacob's voice,
but the hands are the hands of
Jfisau." And thev will take more
heed therefore. Charleston Post,
Ind.
UTLBY'S ESCAPE AND SURRENDER.
Jailor Pnte Reinstated Chante of Cells.
Application for Prisoner's Ball.
Regarding the UUey escape and re
turn the Fayetteville Observer of yes
terday afternoon says:
"Jailor Pale has been reinstated by
Sheriff Marsh and returned to day
from his country home, where he has
been since his suspension. He says he
rill keep all the doors or the jail
locked hereafter.
"Sheriff Marsh, who was so de
lighted over Utlev's return, allowed
him to occupy his old cell, but since the
prisoner's declaration that he can get
out despite the doors and locks, Sheriff
Marsh has had one of the cells in the
steel cage on the third floor prepared
and the prisoner was placed in it tnls
afternoon. It is much smaller and
not so desirable as the .one on the
second floor, but it is considered abso
lutely safe.
"One of the many subjects discussed
by the publie on the Utley escapade is
what effect bis escape and subsequent
surrender will have on his application
for bail, pending the Bupreme Court
anneal, notice or which was sriven at
the trial after sentence, and which
Judge Oooke promised to consider and
hear argument on later. Judge Oooke
was to have Heard the attorneys on
both sides and eiven his decision at
Lumberton, where he is holding court
thin week, but this Was, of course, frus
trated br Utlev's escape. Meantime
the appeal . proceedings will be prose
cuted." .
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13,
THIRD LIQUOR BILL.
Compromise Measure Introduced
ia Legislature Yesterday
by Mr. Murphy.
TO BE CONSIDERED LATER.
Said last It May Supplant Watts aad
London Bills In the General Assem
bly Local Option the Stronf
Peatnre Clilmed lor It. -
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0., February 6. Mur
phy, of Rowan, has introduced In the
House and had referred . to, the - Com
mittee on Propositions and Griev
ances a "Whiskey Bill," embodying
many features of both the JVattn jand
London bil, how' pending, but in a
much less drastic form, which,' indi
cations are now, will come much
nearer meeting the approval of a ma
jority in both branches of the Legis
lature than any other bill yet intro
duced. While providing for counties or lo
calities to adopt prohibition, dispen
sary or saloons, they are left to a vote
of the people as is also the question of
confining distilleries to incorporated
towns, it being provided that counties
vote on this question.
Ample election machinery is pro
vided for any county to vote on manu
facturing, salooni or dispensary. A
tax of from $4 to $16 per month is to
ba paid by distillers in counties where
distilleries are allowed, the tax to be
scaled according to the capacity of the
distillery.
Baleioh, N. C, Feb. 6. In the
Senate to-day more than an hour was
devoted to discussing the Justice
"whistle bill,", requiring railroads to
ring bells and blow whistles until
noticed when trains are approaching
and nedestrians are on the track. The
railroad people declare the result of
such a bill would be to greatly impede
fast travel, forcing trains which are
now under control to mucn loss oi
time. The opposition succeeded in
having the bill re-referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Notable bills passed were : To amend
the charter of Jacksonville, Onslow
county; to incorporate Abbottsburg,
Bladen countv : to incorporate ttiaaen-
boro, Bladen county; to provide for
restoring estates of cured inebriates:
to orohibit manufacture and sale or
liauor in Harnett county.
London's bill to make insuring the
lives of infants unlawful was tabled.
Got. Aycock sent a message to the
8enate with the special report from
President Venable. of the Btate Uni
versity, urging the nect siity or a spe
cial $35,000 appropriation for perma
nent improTements.
Important bills introduced in the
Hoiue:
Williams, to give luslicea of the
peace jurisdiction in cases for carrying
concealed weapons.
Abell. to amend the law, so as to
per jilt persons trarelnng In the In
torebi of education to use free passes.
Foy, to Improve public roads.
Among the bills passed were:
To exempt train dispatchers from
iurv duty.
To allow sale ot out court nouse
property of New Hanover county.
To prevent the manufacture and
sale of liauor in Robeson county.
To eliminate the oatn m primary
elections, except in cases of challenge.
Resolution of respect to the late
Congressman Moody.
When bills IS, 14 and 15 were re
ported favorably in the Senate Thurs
day Senator Marshall. (Ben.), in each
presented a minority report, xnese
are the bills affecting the county gov
em men t of Sampson county, provld
in? for four additional county com'
missioners to be named by this Gen
eral Assembly, dividing the office of
sheriff and treasurer and naming a
treasurer by this Legislature and pro
Tiding for the future election of these
officers by magistrates to be named by
the General Assembly.
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7. The Sen
ate Committee on Propositions and
Grievances considered the London
Anti-Saloon bill this morning, and af
ter a warm executive session, referred
it to a sub-committee, composed of
Vann, Beasley and Brown, to be re
modelled and reported back next
Thursday. The vote for references
was a tie. Chairman Vann break
ing the tie, with a vote to refer. There
is to be an entire remodelling or tne
bill. This is believed to be the fatal
side-tracking for the bill, as the Mur
pby and Watts bills will surely be en
acted before it is reported irom com
miltee.
A great flood of local bills engaged
the attention of both branches of the
Legislature to-day. The Senate tabled
a bill to regulate the practice of opti
cians. A bill prescribing the duties
and liabilities to inn-keepers and board
ing house keepers was made the special
order for next Wednesday. It limits
the liability to $100. except where the
guest gives notice of the value of
the property. Hotel keepers are not
required to take jewels or other valua
bles for safe keeping in excess of $600.
Hotel keepers, however, are liable for
the full value if the loss ia due to their
negligence.
The Tarboro dispensary bill was
ratified. The Senate passed a bill to
prevent the shipping of liquor in Ro
beson county.
To amend section 1.274 of the Code
applying to Brunswick and other
counties.
Notable bills introduced :
By Reinbardt, to amend Chapter
333, Laws of 1901, to provide widows
of Confederate soldiers with pensions.
By Glenn to abolish the Board of
Examiners of State institutions.
Reinhardt's bill to allow railroad
companies to file petitions as to the
rate of speed in passing through towns
where speed is regulated by ordl
nances.
Noteworthy bills Introduced in ithe
House to-day :
Blount, to estabish and enlarge rural
school libraries. -Drewry,
relating to the in vest! ga
tion of fires.
Morton, in reference to oaths of
sheriffs.
King to require registration of books
sold in tne mate. -
i Important bills passed were:
To facilitate and stimulate improve
ment in public roads.
. To Incorporate Raleigh and East
ern Railroad Co.
To ratify, and confirm and approve
the charter of the Carolina-Tennessee
Southern Railway.
DTLEY SURRENDERED
Escaped Murderer of Cumberland
County Returned to Fay
r. etteville Yesterday.
ACCOMPANIED BY A FARMER.
Qnve Himself Up io Mr. J. H. McQlrf.
Who Ssys Be Will Take None of the
Rewsrd Prisoner Tells of His
Escape from the Jail.
The community wan none the lets
surprised three days ago when it was
announced that Ed. Utley, under a 20
ye w sentence for murder, had escaped
from jail at Fayetteville than it was
yesterday at noon when it was flashed
oyer the wires, from Cumberland that
uo uui . i oiurucu uu quieuy giTGn
himself up. It was known that he
had almost any amount of money at
his command and that he had strong
and influential friends who would
perhaps view the situation that a
banishment for life from bis. home for
one of his circumstances would be al
most an equivalent punishment to the
20 years to which he was sentenced to
the penitentiary and would there
fore let him go. Utley had other
surprises in store for the public, how
ever, and before the authorities had
hardly recovered from their astonish
ment at his disappearance, he was
calmly sitting in the sheriff's office,
telling the story of his escape. He re
turned on the Bennettsville train at
11 o'clock yesterday morning in com
pany with Mr. J. H. McGirt, a farmer
living near Wakulla, Robeson county,
to whom he had given himself up.
Utley exonerates Jailor Pate and all
others of complicity in his escape and
McGirt says he will not touch a cent
of the $1,000 reward, placed by the
State, county and Sheriff Marsh upon
the liberty of the young man.
The following account of the sur
render of Utley is taken from yester
day afternoon's Favetteviile Observer:
The first the officials knew of Utley's
surrender was when he walked into
the Sheriff's office by himself and held
out bis hand to Col. Oook and bade
him good morning. - nr. John Holmes,
who is acting jailor, was the only other
person in the office. Both Col. Cook
and he were so astounded that it took
them some time to recover their
breath. Sheriff Marsh and Deputy
8heriff Monahan were, at that moment,
looking for a clue to the escaped pris
oner, and did not return for an hour
arterwards. Their surprise may well
be imagined when they heard that
Utley was back in his cell.
.The prisoner was seen in his cell this
afternoon by an Observer reporter, and
talked freely of his escape, with the
stamp of truthfulness on every word
he always had a reputation for
strict jteracity. He said, in substance;
worrjea over we iriaj, impatient
with the , restraint of jail life, I
felt like I had to get out. This
Intention once formed, I at once put
it into execution. At twelve o clock,
Friday night, I opened my cell door
and walked out I did not use a saw,
file or keys on the locks. I will not
say how I got the padlocks off, but I
got them off myself. I then went and
pulled the boards off from under the
steps, returned with them to my cell
and wrapped them up In a blanket to
resemble a human form. I waited
about half an hour and then crawled
through the hole under the steps and
lowered myself to the floor beneath
with a blanket. Then, ascending the
steps, I went out of the outer door on
the second floor and descended to the
ground by the outside steps. I went
out of the small wicket gate in the
fence.
When outside the prison bounds, I
was dszed by tne eiecmo lights and
addled by the novelty of the situation.
For sometime l wandered about with
out getting my bearings. In fact, I
was lost for awhile. When I finally
located the surroundings, the one
o'clock train, which I Intended to
board, but without any definite pur
pose in view except to go, go, had gone
by. I then took a main road leading
In a southerly direction from town
and walked till daylight, when I sat
down on a log in a swamp about six
miles from Fayetteville. It waa rain
ing and I got wet and cold. I spent
the day in this swamp, and at night
started off again. My movements from
Tuesday night, I would rather not tell
about.
Thursday morning, about noon. I
came upon Mr. McGirt'a house, and
went up and approached Mr. Hcttlrt
with an off er to buy a hoise. After
some negotiations, I bought one with
a saddle and bridle for 160. Liearlng
the horse and telling Mr. McGirt I
would be back in the evening for it, I
went into the woods, built a fire and
went to sleep.
When I woke up I got to thinking
of the awkward position I had proba
bly put 8herlff Marsh and the other
officials in, and of the uncomfortable
position of being a fugitive, and I de
cided to give myself up. So I went back
to Mr. McGlrt's at 7 o'clock, and, tell
ing him who I was, I gave him a pis
tol I had and a considerable sum of
money (enough he said to take him
all over the world) and told him I
surrendered. -1 took supper with him
and went to bed. He treated me most
kindly.
Neither Mr. Pate nor any of the
officials had any knowledge of my
escape, nor did they have any reason
to think that I contemplated escape.
When asked if any of the prisoners
in the jail had any knowledge of his
escape, he said he refused to say.
He said that the lock he took off his
cell he carried away with him, and the
locks found on the door next morning
he took from the adjoining vacant cell
and locked the top one, but the bottom
one would not snap together. He said
that he got away by a method that no
bloodhounds could hare tracked him.
Hutsff Damsie Suit.
The financial part of the Hutaff
damage suit compromise in the Su
perior Court was settled yesterday.
Each of the three legal firms for the
plaintiff received $600 for their ser
vices and the remainder of the $4,000
after about $300 cost was settled, went
to Mr. Hutaff.
The new charter of Greens
boro reduces the number of Aldermen
from twelve to six and provides that
each shall receive a salary of t$200 per
year. Frequently during the past
twenty-nve years the HTAB nas advo
cated a somewhat similar plan for
Wilmington. .,
1903.
YOUNG NEGRO KILLED
Fouud oa the Street This Morn
ing by Police and Died at
the Hospital.
GENERAL GAMBLING FRACAS.
Dsn Shines Lost His Life InCnlo Boney's
"Bshcb," Where n Game of Cards'
Was Presnmnbfy In Progress,
Brnoswlck, Near Ninth St.
As the result of an indiscriminate
fight among negroes in what the deni
sens of the place choose to call "Cato
Boney's ranch," on Brunswick be
tween Eighth and Ninth streets, Daniel
8hlnes, a young negro of Wilming
ton, was killed last' night about 12
o'clock. .- The nature of the wounds
which caused the death of young
Shines will not be known until an au
topsy is performed this morning by
Dr. O. D. Ball, the coroner.
The particulars or the row in Cato
Boney's place were not ascertainable
last night. Only one eye witness to
the affair was captured by the police
and he refuses to talk beyond giving
the names of others who were in the
"ranch" at the time. The first intima
tion the authorities had of the diffi
culty was a message to the police sta
tion at 12:30 o'clock this morning, say
ing that a negro was lying under a
shed on Bladen, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, and that he appeared
to be gasping for breath as if he was
dying. Hall Officer J. A. Martin and
Janitor Reviile quickly hooked up the
patrol wagon and rushed to the aid of
the injured man He was taken to
the Hospititl and three minutes after
he was laid on the operating table, he
was dead. Ia a crowd which had col
lected about the wounded negro
on Bladen street, Officer Martin found
Dave Anderson, colored, who appear
ed to know something of the difficulty
in which Shines was injured. Ander
son works at the Powers & Gibbs fac
tory up the river and he was forthwith
arrested.
' As soon as Shines died at the Hos
pital, Dr. Jos. Akerman, surgeon in
charge, made no further examination
of the negro's wounds and notified the
coroner. Dr. Bell telephoned Dr.
Akerman that he would go out to the
hospital early this mornihg, perform
an autopsy and hold an inquest. Dr.
Akerman found a superficial wound
on the negro's neck as if he had been
shot, but he felt satisfied that another
wound would be found that caused
the death. The nature of the latter
will not be known until the autopsy Is
held. It is said that the negro was
also shot In the back.. ... ,w - .. , ,
Anderson gave the names of six or
seven negroes that were in the "ranch"
where 8hinea was injured and Police
Captain Williams and a squad of offi
cers were out rounding them
up all night Anderson said a
general fight ensued in the
place, which is supposed to be a gam
bling joint, and that he saw Dan
Shines "fall back." Then he was
dragged to the street by some one and
later he was dragged a block or more
to the shed under which he was found.
The police have been unable to get
any deeper Into the affair than that
Shines was from a good colored
family, and early last night his father
was told that bis son wss at Cato's
"ranch." He is reported to have said
that he told his son to keep away from
that dive, and he hoped he would get
killed among the crowd of associates
he found there. The dead negro is
about 25 years of age.
HIS SKULL WAS CRUSHED
Pearls! Accident to Pender County Parmer
Wednesdsy Moralus Msy Die.
While engaged in logging for the
Acme Tea Chest Co. up the Cape Fear
river Wednesday morning, Mr. J. M.
Marshall, of Berta, Pender county, re
ceived a severe blow on the head from
the lever pole of a log wagon, which
resulted in the fracture of his skull.
The wounded man was taken on an
improvised stretcher to his home,
where at last accounts he was not ex
pected to live. Mr. Marshal, with a
number, of laborers, was engaged in
hoisting a mammoth gum log on the
wagon and the lever iu some way flew
back and dealt him a severe blow,
squarely on the head. He fell lifeless
and at first It was thought he had been
killed instantly.
Mr. Will L. Miller, manager of the
Acme Tea Chest Co. in Wilmington,
was notified of the accident Mr. Mar
shall Is a brother of Mrs. Thad Smith,
of this city, whose husband is em
ployed at the Atlantic Coast Line
shops. He has a wife and one child,
and is a well known citizen of Pender
county.
Carnival at Fayetteville.
Cumberland Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, yesterday closed a contract
with the Hatch-Adams Carnival Com
pany to furnish the attractions for a
gala week to be held at Fayetteville.
March 30th to April 4th. The man
agement is safeguarding itself from the
very start from immoral shows and a
big "week of it" they expect to have.
Approaching Marriage.
Mrs. O. C. Saner has mailed hand
somely engraved Invitations to friends
announcing the approaching marriage
of her daughter, Miss Annie . May, to
Mr. James Thomas Lanier, Wednesday
evening, Feb. 18th, at 6 o'clock, No.
319 North Seventh street, this city.
Both are popular young people of Wil
mington and have many friends who
will be interested in the announce
ment
NO. 16
CONTEST IN SENATE.
Mountain Republican, Arrived in
Raleigh, Claims Election
by Three Votes.
LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW.
W. P. Qafford and Woodus Kellam, of
Wilmlsftoo, Among the Number.
Thirty-five Oat of Forty-six.
University Trustees.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. a, Feb. 7. W. M.
Buckner, of the Thirty-sixth Senato
rial district, composed of the counties
of Madison, Mitchell and Yancy, ar
rived to-day and served notice on
Senator Griffith that he will contest
his seat.. The election was held Jan
uary 20th to elect a successor to Sena
tor Wilson, who was killed by his
brother, Buckner claims that two
Mitchell county precincts were not
counted before Griffith was given his
certificate of election. These give
him a majority of three ballots over
Griffith. Under the law Griffith has
thirty days to answer and in that time
the assembly will adjourn.
This is the only contest in this
Legislature.
Governor Aycock to-day sent a spe
cial message to the Senate, giving the
names of thirty retiring members of
the Board of Trustees to be filled by
the Legislature. Among them are
Geo. Rountree, of Wilmington; also
W. H. Chadbourn, of Wilmington,
and Warren G. Elliott, of Wilming
ton, on account of resignation.
The Supreme Court to-day an
nounced tne successful applicants for
license to practice law, who stood the
examination Monday. Thirty-five
were successful out of a class of forty-
six.
Among those receiving licenses
were: Frank M. Wooten, Pitt; Jona
than Peele, Scotland; Jas. A. Lock
hart, Jr., Anson; Nathan Lunsford, Jr.,
Person; Jas. L. Woodall, Johnston;
Jas. B. Gibson, Scotland; Sylvester
B. McLean, Robeson; Jno. V. Smith,
Robeson; Henry M. London, Chat
ham; Walter P. Gafford, New Han
over; Woodus Kellum, New Hanover ;
Eugene D. Davis, Cumberland :Thos.
G. McMicbael, Mecklenburg, Robert
L. Godwin, Harnett; Tola D. Maness,
Union; Pritchard B. Carlton, Duplin;
Amos P. Spell, Cumberland.
Heretofore the court nas not.taaen in
to consideration defects in spelling or
handwriting, but will do so hereafter
It thinks an applicant for law license
as a part qualification should at least be
able to spell words ordinarily In legal
use and write a legible hand.
Geo. Lane, of Wake, is the only
negro out of six to receive license. .
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
- BichmoL xHeadliaMx We saw,
last Friday, 23 wagons at the depot
loaded with co&$ seed. H. O. Wat
son has shippek?6ver 100,000 bushels
his season.
Lumberton Argus: We reget
to hear of the death of Mr. J. Fletcher
Bridgers, of Elrod which occurred
Tuesday. Mr. Bridgers was about
seventy-five years of age.
Louisburg Times: The drop in
the price of tobacco, in consequence of
the combination of the two tobacco
trusts, will no doubt cause our tobacco
farmers to reduce their crop this year.
Wilson Newsi. The case of the
State against Mr. J. D. Farrior for
homicide was this Thursday morning
finally disposed of. On account of
representations made by the prosecu
tion that under all the circumstances
connected with the case they could not
hope for a verdict of conviction. The
State entered a nolle prosequi.
Lincoln Journal: Grounds are
being cleared near the Seaboard depot
for building a cotton mill. This en
terprise is being promoted by Mr. J.
A. Abernethy, one of the former own
ers of the Lincoln Cotton Mills, and a
mill man of experience. This mill
will operate about 10,000 spindles, and
will turn out a fine grade of yarn.
Pender Chronicle: Informa
tion has reached us of an exceeding
aad death that occurred near Willard,
this county on last Saturday. The
little twelve-year-old daughter of Mr.
Major English was in the field playing
near a burning pine stump, when her
clothing . became ignited. He. father
heard the cries of the little girl and
ran to her rescue, but before he could
reach her, the little girl's entire cloth
ing was burned from her person, leav
ing her body burned and charred in a
horrible manner. Mr. English carried
the little girl to the- family residence,
where she received every attention
that her parents and a skilled physi
cian could bestow. Iu spite of their
efforts in her behalf, she died on Sat
urday evening about nine o'clock.
Newborn Journat: Ad Harris,
an employe in the siwmill of the Pine
Lumber Company, which is located at
Hawkside, met with a terrible accident
Thursday morning, while engaged in
attempting to adjust the thumbscrew
on some part of the machinery. His
clothing caught in the belting and not
being able to extricate himself he waa
carried around the shafting .at the rate
of at least 100 revolutions a minute
and it is asserted that the unfortunate
man must have been carried around
the shafting for fully one minute if
not longer. The shafting was close to
the ground and as he waa carried
around in a forward motion his head,
chest and legs were brought into con
tact with the ground, producing fear
ful injuries. In spite of all these in
juries he retained his consciousness
until put under the influence of an
anesthetic in this city Thursday night
The doctors consider the case very
serious but not altogether hopeless.
SOUTH CAROLINA HOMICIDE.
A Track Parmer Shot and Killed by a
Maf istrate ia Colleton County.
By TaiesraDB to tna Morning star.
Charleston, S. 0., February 7.
Henry W. Blitch, a truck farmer of
Meggets, Collet" county, was shot
and. instantly fc.jd there yesterday
afternoon by Magistrate Behling.
There had been some dispute between
them about a land transaction. Beh
ling advanced toward Blitch with a
shot-gun. Both men were armed, but
the magistrate was quicker with his
weapon, and nred twioe, a ioaa oi
buekshdt ripping Blitch's heart Beh-
ling nurrendereddo the sheriff of Col
I leton county.
An Important Development la the Vene
znelaa SItnatlonDid News to Bowen,
Hnvlni Lesked Oat at Caracas.
-f Teiagrapa to tne Monuns Btar.
Washington, Feb. 7. Disclosure of
a secret alliance between Germany
and Italy constituted the most impor
tant development in the Venezuelan
situation to night This fact h&s been
made known to the British ambassa-.
dor, and it will put all of the negotia
tors more closely on their guard in
drafting the protocols which they hope
to submit to Minister Bowen during
the next few days. The German
Italian alliance was old new to Mr. .
Bowen, the fact having leaked out
in Caracas before he left there.
Generally speaking the allance is in -tended
to secure to Italy the aame
treatment in the allies' settlement
with Venezuela aa that received by
Germany and Great Britain. Mr.
Bowen has made it plain both to the -British
ambassador and to the German
minister Baron Speck von Sternberg,
that he cannot affix his signature to
any protocols they may present to him
which are not substantially of the
same character as those to be submitted
to the Italian ambassador, Bignor
Mayor dea Planches. All three of
the first set of protocols to be signed,
which will contain the conditions pre
cedent to the raising of the blockade
and the provisions for referring the .
Iuestion of preferential treatment to
he Hague for decision, have been re
ceived at the British and German em
bassies, Their contents are not known
to Mr. Bowen, nor have the allies' rep
resentatives here been acquainted as
yet with the details of each others' con
ventions. A number of important con
ferences have occurred throughout the
day at the British embassy In an effort .
to reach an agreement upon the proto
cols. Sstisfactlon In London.
LONDON, February 7. The an
nouncement from Washington that
the Venezuela protocols are in course
of preparation, confirming the hope
ful views of the situation expressed
here, has created great satisfaction.'
During the latter part of the week offi
cial circles here evinced quiet confi
dence that in spite of alarming reports
a settlement was In sight There have
been private expressions of intense ir
ritation at Minister Bowen's alleged
breach of etiquette, but these have
never been allowed to interfere with
the determination voiced by both the
British and the German diplomats to
secure a termination of the difficulty
through any feasible channel.
Ambassador Herbert's strictures
found sympathetic support in Down
ing street and apparently formed the
subject of exchanges of messages be
tween Berlin, London And Rome,
whence the representatives of those
powers at Washington were instruct
ed to present a united front and pre
vent the recurrence of the publication
of news of the nature of which he had
complained.
Beyond some comparatively slight
deliberations over the wording of the
protocols, no further trouble is ex
pected here, where the raising of the
blockade will be regarded with almost
as much relief as it will in Venezuela.
AFFAIRS IN SAN DOMINGO.
Public Meeting Held to Consider Demands
of the United States for Settlement
of the Clyde Claims.
B r Oable to tne Horning Mar.
San Domingo, Republic of Banto
Domingo. Feb. 7. A public meeting
has been held under the auspices of
the Dominican government to con
sider the demands of the United States
made through Minister Powell for a
settlement of the Clyde Line and Ros
claims. The meeting declared that the
United States should not interfere in
these cases and that the Clyde line and
Kos should settle their differences with
the Dominican government in the
courts here. It was decided to send
thetuinister of finance, Senor Emillano
Tejera, to Washington, to announce
this decision to the government of the
United States. Meanwhile, Mr. Pow
ell continues to demand a aettlement
of the claims, refuses to accept the
terms proposed," and has announced
that he will not Bubmit to any further
delay. It ia asserted here that the Do
minican government is seeking to
evade by all possible meana a settle
ment of the American claims.
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Two Men Killed and a Number of Others
Isjnred, Two Perhaps Fatally.
By Toiezrapn to tht Morning star.
Terse Haute, Ind., Feb. 7. In a
head-on collision to-day between a pas
senger train and an extra train on the
Vandalia, two miles east of Terre
Haute, Ind., two men were killed,
two others so injured that they are
expected to die, and a dozen passengers
more or less hurt The dead were En
gineer Zullen and Fireman Alchoss,
both of Effingham, 111., both of the
passenger train. The seriously hurt
were F. Kelly, express messenger, who
was hurt Internally, and Chas. McKee,
of Marshall. II L. bruised about the
chest and head, and badly hurt None
of the passengers were seriously hurt
All were taken to Terre Haute. Both
engines were demolished and the bag
gage car was overturned.
THE KILLINQ OP GONZALES.
Notice Given That Tillman Will Make
Application for Release on Ball.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
Charleston, S. C, Feb. 7. Congressman-elect
George W. Croft of
Aiken, Tillman's partner, and P. H.
Nelson, a leading criminal lawyer of
Columbia, attorneys for the accused,
will ask next Thursday that James EL
Tillman, charged with the killing of
Editor N. G. Gonzales, be released on
ball. They nerved notice of their in-'
tended action on Attorney General
Gunter and Solicitor Thurman this
afternoon. A bearing upon the writ
waa granted to be held on Thursday
by Chief Justice Pope at his residence
in Newberry to-day. The proceedings
will probably be held In Newberry
court house.
LYN6HINQ IN QE0RQIA.
Neiro Who Mortslly Wounded Sheriff
Crawford Taken from Jail by Citizens.
87 Telegrapn to tna Horning star.
Wrightsyille, Ga , Feb. 7. Lee
Hall, colored, who shot and mortally
wounded Sheriff D. A. Crawford, of
(Johnson county, last Wednesday
night was taken from tne county jau
hereto-day and lynched.
Hall was captured yesteruay
brought here and jailed. Threats were
made early in the night but Jthe
excitement somewhat abated. Soon
this morning, however, a mob forced
the jail officials to deliver the prisoner,
whom they carried a few miles from
town and hanged. Sheriff Crawford
is reported to-day to be barely aHye.
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