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THE SACS IOTTJinVEaaAL; "
This is not the only country in
which there is a race question. Tele-.
graphio advices' from China tell
us there is a war brewing there, a
renewal of the Boxer, uprising. The
leaders in this impending war are
raising armies, and these armies
are being disciplined and trained by
officers from other countries. The
Boxer uprising was a race war, as
this will be if the plans of the lead
ers be carried out, a war of the yel
low man against the white man, to
drive the white man out of the yel
low man's country. Religious fan
aticism, hatred of missionaries
figures in it, but these are only, in
cidental. The inspiration is race
antipathy, the dislike if not abso
lute hatred of the white man by the
yellow man.
But there is nothing strange in
that for we, with all out toleration,
are doing by proscriptive legislation
in this country what these Chinese
white-man-haters are trying to do
with arms. They want to keep the
white man oat of their country; we
are, as effectually as we can, do it by
exclusion acts, keeping the yellow
man oat of this country. It is race
aversion in both, and in both based
on the feeling of self preservation.
In time the white man. if given a
free hand would, in spite of her
numbers, dominate China. The
Chinese opponents of the white
man feel that way. In time, if no
bulwarks were raised, the influx of
Asiatics would dominate some sec
tions of this country. The oppo
nents of Chinese immigration feel
that way, and hence the precaution
ttrkeep them out. Race instinct in
both seeking self preservation.
In the Philippines the native yel
low man hates the white man, and
wilt continue to hate him whether
they profess mock admiration 'for
him and allegiance to the flag or
not.
In Haiti the black man, who
rates it, hates the white, man, and
mikes life such a burden to him
that very few will go through the
ordeal of living there, and then
only for a short time. The white
man who is tolerated is looked upon
as a legitimate subject for plunder,
and he is fortunate if he gets away
from that negro-ruled, so-called, re
public with as much as he brought
into it. '
In no country on the earth is
race equality recognized. Where
the yellow man rules he insists on
keeping the white man down or
out; where the black man rules he
insists on keeping the white man
down or out, and where the white
man rules he insists upon keeping
the black man and yellow man down
or out.
In all the forty -five States of this
Union, with the more than genera
tion of suffrage and education of the
negroes, with their opportunities for
self-betterment and elevation, with
all their intercourse and contact
ev
with white people, and the interest
white people have taken in them,
there is not a single State in which
the equality of the raoes is recognized
politically, socially or otherwise, al.
though there is clatter raised in some
sections about drawing the color line
inthebouth.
In South Africa it is becoming a
vital question with the white people
there, as it was with the Boers, who,
surrounded as they were by millions
of negroes, felt the necessity of draw
ingthe line and drawing it tight.
They drew it so tight that the ne
gro dare not walk on the same
sidewalk with a white person
in one of their cities, but had to
take to the street. If a negro at
tempted to assault a white woman
the law was. to shoot him down
without the formality of arrest ' or
trial. Thev felt the necessity of
ar
holding the negro in fear of them
and thev did it. Thev did .it as a
matter of self preservation.
And now the Englishmen reoog
nize the fact that they are. con
-fronted by a race problem, and a
very serious one, too. Secretary
Chamberlain has been studying the
question while sojourning in that
country and as a result we are told
there will be some radical in
novations in dealing " with the
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negro. Englishmen appear to be
taking a . lesson from the 'Boers
and propose to deal with that
problem in pretty , muoh the
same way, by drawing the line taught
Between the races, by keeping , the
negro down,disoountenancing every-
thing that recognizes or borders on
social equality, prohibiting marriage
between the races, and holding the
negro insubordinate and menial po
sition. They feel that this is neces
sary as a measure of self-preserva-tion
for the whites where the negroes
so largely outnumber them. '
Call this race prejudice or what
you will, it is the race instinct that
is found everywhere that two sepa
rate races confront each other. One
must and will dominate and the
stronger will dominate the weaker.'
A JAB AT EOOSXYEXT.
The New York Sun, Republican,'
summing up the acts of commission
and omission .bythe 57th Congress
didn't forget to f jab Mr. Eoosevelt,
which it does in the following ex
tract from a leading editorial:
It strengthened permanently the
power of the Executive branch and
wiaenea ine new 01 Executive ac-
tl Title by creating a new and unnec-'
essary Department, the so-called De
partment of Commerce and Labor. '
It approved after the act the Presi
dent! unconstitutional appointment
of a personally selected court to hear a
cause outside of his jurisdiction; and
thus, Dj the appropriation of money
to psy the Coal Strike Commission, it
voted encouragement to the principle
of one-man government in the United
states or America.
It went far beyond any previous
Congress in perfecting the machinery
by which pork is .silently, swiftly and
selfUsbly hoisted oat of the barrel.
Finally, the Fifty-seventh Conrress
blocked or at least arrested the efforts
of the President to set a-golng a move
ment in the direction of State socialism
through Federal mastery over business
within the States. This movement ap
pealed to the same passions In and out
of Congress as had been cultivated by
tbe long line of popullstle and socialistic
agitators down to William J. Bryan.
It had been checked successfully for the
time by the reserve sanity of the nation,
represented In the person of William
McKin ley; checked, the whole world
knows, to the enormous advantage
or tne country's Industrial and com
mercial interests. In the face of ex
perience and in the midst of unpar
alleled prosperity, the movement in a
augntly different form was revived
on the stump by the successor of Mr.
McKicley and the legatee of bis poli
cies. That the Fifty-seventh Con
gress, wherein Mr. Roosevelt found
so much sympathy and expected such
energetic co-operation, should hare
been almost unconsciously and in
spite of a large part of itself the agent
of his repression and the. reviser of
his programme, is not the lesst inter
esting olrcamstance In the history of
this somewhat remarkable legislature.
The Sun has had no use for Roose
velt ever since he started out on his
trust-curbing campaign, and lias
never let an opportunity escape it to
swipe him. - This, perhaps, is one
of the reasons why it has practically
taken the white side of the race
question. But these are simply the
preliminary swipes to those which
the Sun will deliver when the con
test begins for the Presidential nom
ination.
WHAT 13 THE MATTER t
George W. Graham, of Charlotte,
who has been examining the report
of the State Treasurer, gives some
of the results in the following,
written to The Oiserver : "
"A few days since, when examining
tbe report of the Bute Treasurer to
Governor Aycock, for the year 1901
and 1903, 1 was surprised to find that
just one-half of the ninety-six coun
ties in North Carolina, forty-eight in
all, received more money from the
Btate than they contributed to iU sun
port. In other words, one-ball or
the commonwealth Is a financial bur
den to the other.
"Mr surprise was greatly Increased
when I read that the grand old county
of Cumberland, whose inhabiUnts are
among tbe most patriotic citizens or
North Carolina, headed the list of
State beneficiaries.
"Accordlngno the Treasurers report
Cumberland coanty pays In taxes to
tbe Slate $10,112.87, and receives from
its Treasury $17,045 83, leaving a deficit
for that county of $Q,933.lff. no doubt
this this fact will be a great surprise
to the readers of the Observer who
consider GumberUnd county one of
the prosperous sections of North Car
olina.. -
"Next to Cumberland come Duplin
countv with a deficit of $8,011.03. Then
Ashe with a defioit of $5,703.01. Then
Burke, $5,686.62. Then Wilkes, $5,
478 90. Then Anson, $5,109.65, and in
diminishing proportion on down to
Gates vounty, with tbe small deficit of
only $985, until by this report it ap
pears that forty-eight counties, on an
average, receive $2,632,83 annually
more than they pay the State.
"Are these deflclU due to the pov
erty of these communities or to the
carelessness of the assessors who value
prooertr for Uzatlon In these counties!
Or what is the matter! And what is
the remedy! Tbe Treasurers report
certainly preienU a strange sUte of
affairs in North Carolina."
One half the counties in the State
draw more from the State than they
pay in, or, in other words, practi-
oally live npon the other i half.
Well may Mr. Graham ask, "What is
the matter?" There is'something
wrong in this, radically wrong, and
a wrong that ought to be righted. It
is not a creditable showing for these
49 out of 97 counties, and is gross
injustice to the others. ,
A New York doctor has ? agreed
to pay a fellow $500 for his skull,
the payments to be made in month
ly installments. . But suppose after
the fellow has gotten into the doctor
on the installment plan he jumps
tha barcrain and refuses to deliver
his skull how will the doctor, re
cover? ".; "'-'
8 O'CLOCK BILL DIED.
Early Closing ol Saloons in the
State Tabooed by the
. Senate Yesterday; :
BOND ISSUE ONLY $300,000.
Eslirziig Powers of New Haaover Com
missioners Trlamph of Christian
Scientists Salary lacressed.
Republics! Resolatlons.
Special Star TekgrarnJl '
Raleigh, N. O.. . March The
Senate this morning passed the House
bill to incorporate the Roanoke Island
Celebration Co. and to promote the es
tablishment of scientific investigation
and instruction In commemoration of
Sir Walter Raleigh and his efforts to
colonise America. A clause appro
priating $60,000 when $250,O0(V are
raised from other sources-was dissi-.
naed - : - .".
Among the bills passed were: To
Incorporate the Perpetual Insurance
Co., of North Carolina; to incorpor
ate the North Carolina and Tennessee
Railroad Co.; the Revenue Bill on
third reading; to pay Mrs. Ellen Dan
iel and W. W. Faucett $550 damage
to farm leased to the SUte. ,
A bill to enable the Department of
Agriculture to build and equip a $50.-
000 Agricultural building at the A. &
M. College out of the proceeds of the
sale of fertilizer tags passed, with the
amendment that the credit of the Bute
be in no way pledged for the building
and only the surplus of the Agricult
ure Department be used, after the
buildings cow under , way are com
pleted.
The House passed the Mil to enlarge
the slock law territory la Cross Creek
township, Cumberland county; for re
lief of the institutions for deaf, dumb
and blind; to esUblish graded schools
in Clinton: to amend the charter of
Wilson : to incorporate the North Car
olina and Tennessee Railroad Go. ; to
esUblish stock law in Daplin county.
RiLiiaH, N. OL, March 5.--The
House, to the surprise of every one,
to-day passed on the second reading
the bill introduced' by Alexander, of
Mecklenburg, to require all bar
rooms in the - SUte to close at 8
o'clock. There Is said to be little
chance of IU passing the Senate. .
Bills were also passed to authorize
and direct the issuance of $300,000
ten-year bonds, and to borrow $100,-
000 from the Bute library fund to pay
the deficit in the school fund; to regu
late the sale of salt, fish, meal, flour
and other food stuffs by requiring the
correct weight to be branded on all
fiickages; to amend tha law regulat
ng the militia and SUte Guard to
conform to the Disk law; to consoli
date the seven colored normal schools
into three, and empower the SUte
Board of .Education to say where
thev shall be located. The House ad
journed to 4:80 o'clock.
Daring the afternoon session or the
House, tha Senate bill to regulate
hours of labor in factories and to pro
hibit the working of children under
twelve years of age came up. Daugh
ton moved to Uble it. The motion
was lost. 85 to 6. and the bill passed
second and third readings and was or
dered enrolled for ratification.
Other bills passed during the after
noon were to authorize and empower
Judges of the Supreme Court to grant
relief to clerks in certain cases; to re
esUblish the office of coanty Treasurer
of Sampson county; to regulate the
registering of lien bonds. A great
number of local bills were passed.
The Senate at the night session pass
ed the House bill to allow, two years
abandonment prior to Jan. 1st, 1903,
as grounds for divorce, divorcees to
remarry after fire years. There was
a protracted argument led by H. A.
London against, ana.Don uiiuam and
J. A. Brown for the bill. It passed,
29 to 27.
Other House bills that passed the
Senate were: To Improve the high
ways of Robeson county; to allow
Wilmington to vote on accepting tbe
Carnegie library; to enlarge the
stock law territory in Cross Creek
township, Cumberland county; 'to
amend the charter of Cumberland
Lodge, Knights of Pythias; to prevent
overcharges and other abuses by rail
roads. -
The Senate passed Well bom's bill to
allow railroads to Issue free passes to-
Confederate veterans with an amend
ment that it apply only to veterans
receiving free passes (! )
The general appropriations Dill was
passed as It came from the committee
after a protracted argument Glenn,
of Greensboro, made a fight for an In
crease from $125,000 to $135,000 for
the Western HosplUl for the .Insane at
Morganton but it was voted down.
The general school bill Pissed as it
came from the House without amend
ment.' The appropriations are: School
for Deaf Mates. $42,600 regular and
$5,000 special; schools for white blind
and for negro deal mutes ana ouna.
$60,000 regular and $10,000 special;
Btate Hospital for Raleigh, $75,000
regular and $12,000 special; Western
HosdIUL 1125.000 regular and $4,760
sDecial: criminal insane, regular and
$2,400 special ; SUte University. $37,500
regular and $7,5W special; uuuownee
m.h Oithiuil t9 Don Mfmlav and t9. fW)
special; SUte Normal and Industrial
College, $40,000 regular and $7,000
special; Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Raleigh, siu.uw regular ana
$10,000 from the Agricultural Depart
ment revenues, said Board of Agricul
tare to also provide out or tne lertuizer
tax a fund not over $12,000 annually
to complete, buildings and $68,788 ap
propriated out of the treasury to pay
tbedebt now existing; and after the
passage of this act the scholarships of
the colleee are limited to one to each
member of the. House of RepresenU-
tives and no more. Tne colored & cc
M. at Greensboro gets $7,500 regular.
Baleioh, N. O., March 7. During
the afternoon session of the Senate
to day the bill regulating saloons, re
quiring them to close at 8 P. M eame
up, having passed the House. The
committee reported unfavorably, but
Senators London and Pharr presented
a minority report and urged the bill
It was tabled, the vote being 23 to 15.
The Senate earlier In the day re
scinded its amendment to the bond
Issue bill, making tbe Issue $500,000,
Instead of $300,000; so that it will be
enrolled and ratified, specifying $300,
000 as the limit of the amount and 4
ner cent, the maximum amount of
interest, the bonds to run ten years.
The House bill changing the bank-
in a- - laws of . the SUte . so the
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1903.
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WILMINGTON'S NEW TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
As the Structure Will Appear When Completed on Company's Site
Old Seacoast
Secretary of SUte, ' Instead of
theState Treasurer, may charter
SUte banks, passed and was order
ed enrolled for ratification. -
8enator Justice attempted to call
from committee the House bill making
a statutory law of damage for mental
anguish as applied to telegraph com
panies, saying that it was too meri
torious a bill to be allowed to die in
committee, but his motion was voted
down by a big msjority.
An ImporUnt bill passed by the Sen
ate was to amend the Code so as to
change the oath prescribed for sheriffs.
The bill to regulate tbe practice oi
medicine by requiring all to sUnd ex
aminations before the SUte Medical
Examiners, which was fought so vig
orously by the Christian Scientists,
was referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee, which action Is considered 1U cer
tain death. It was earlier in the day
before the House, where it passed with
an amendment that it should not ap
ply to persons practicing spiritual
healing. Ueference to committee in
tbe Senate was by a vote of 15 to 16.
The conference committee reported
an agreement that an amendment to
the Machinery act be accepted and the
report was adopted.
Tbe House bill to appropruu fiw
for repairs to the CroaUn Normal
School in Robeson county passed.
The House concurred In the amend
ments to the bill authorising the SUte
Treasurer to borrow $100,000 from the
SUte Literary fund to meet deficit in
the nubile school fund. The bill was
ordered enrolled for ratification.
The Senate bill appropriating. $500
to restore and preserve the Richard
Caswell monument at Klnston passed;
also tne House Dill appointing county
boards of education.
Murphy introduced a bill to Increase
tbe salary of Superintendent of Public
Instruction from $1,500 to $2,500. It
passed with amendment that the
salary be $2,000 effective at the ex
piration of the present term. Ltater
the bill passed the Senate.
Raleiqk, March 8. The Senate was
In session until after midnight this
morning. Although the regular ses
sion of the General Assembly expired
at 12 o'clock, a short session of both
houses will be held Monday at 9
oclock. It is agreed that both will
adjourn an hour and a half later.
The House at night passed theip-
propriations bill as It came from the;
Benate except that the provision its
made that the $10,000 appropriation for
the first year to the A. tc M. College
be from the SUte. treasury instead of
the Agricultural Department.
Among the general bills passed were
to allow Lenoir. Onslow and Jones to
build an Improved road from Kinston
to Jacksonville, Onslow county; to
regulate enrollment of bills and abol
ish tbe engrossing department; to ap
propriate $300,000 for public schools;
to abolish the board of examiners of
State Institutions.
The Senate passed the bill providing
stenographers -for Judges of the Su
preme Court at $1,000 a ye.sr. It Ubled
the bill to make mental anguish a law
statutory. It also refused to eoncur In
tbe House amendment to the appro
priations bill is to the payment of the
first annual appropriation of $10,000
to the A. & M. College out of the
treasury instead of the Agricultural
Department A long debate' on the
subject was had and the college was
charged with having undue advantage
over other SUte . schools. President
Winston was charged with undue
lobbying on tbe floor .of both houses.
The Senate discussed the matter
until 12:30 to-day, finally appoint
ing a conference committee to try
to adjust the matter Monday.
A pleasing feature In the House was
when Bryan, of Wilkes, took the
Speaker's desk, and Benbow.of Yadkin,
In ben all or the Ke publican members,
presented a resolution of appreciation
for uniform courtesy.
Some other bills passed were: Reso
lution concerning the improvement of
the upper Cape Fear river; to appoint
members of county boards of education
in the SUte; amendment to text book
commission law providing $500 fine on
publishers for not having a sufficient
number of depositories and keeping
them supplied with books; to increase
the nower of commissioners of riew
Hanover so they may grant liquor
licenses to resort hotels for six months ;
to consolidate and govern the colored
normal schools of the SUte, reducing
the number to Ubree. The bill was
amended- by striking oat the word
"consolidate," but leaving the BUM
Board of Education to decide which
three are to receive aid. '
. Following bills passed the Senate
and were sent to the House: To pro
tect flowers on plazas of Wilmington ;
to prevent false measuring of liquids;
to incorporate the town of - Myrtle, in
Brunswick.
During the afternoon session of the
House the following bills passed: To
amend the Code as to sale of liquor on
Sunday; to Uncorpora to the Piedmont
Central Railroad; to incorporate tha
Railroad Tracks in Northeast Section
Reidsville. Yancey ville & Burlington
Railroad; to prevent.' discrimination
among directors of SUte institutions;
to amend the law regarding contagious
diseases of children.
THE HAYWOOD TRIAL IN RlLEIQH.
An Excbssge el Courts Between Jadf.es
Brysa asd Justice.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, March 5. Judge
Michael H. Justice, of the Fourteenth
Judicial district, has agreed to ex
change courts with Judge W. D.
Bryan, whereby Judge Justice will
hold the March term of Wake Superior
Court, when it is supposed the trial of
Ernest Hay wood for killing Ludlow
Skinner will be held.
The court convenes March 23rd and
one of Haywood's counsel said to-day
he didn't know whether the ease
would come to trial then or not. He
expressed doubt about it Judge
Bryan could not hear the case for the
reason that he is an uncle of Mrs.
Skinner, wife of the deceased.
HE IS AN OLD OFFENDER.
Charles Taylor Said to Have RepaUtloa
Far sad Wide for Larcesy.
Special Star Correspondence.
UuRBic, N. O., siarch I see
from to-day'sSTlB that Charles Tay
lor was sent to jail until Superior
Court by the Mayor of your city for
the larceny of some ducks. If he is
the Charles Taylor from Pender coun
tv. he has been stealing? poultry for a
number of years in this part of the
country. He carried them to Wil
mington at night and sold them In the
early morning. He was sent to the
Stete penitentiary from this county for
three years for stealing chickens from
Mr. Stephen Sherman, near Point
Caswell.
WILL CUT WOOD AND MAKE BRISK,
Arthur Bishop Arrive! Yesterday at the
Pealteatlary Te Serve Five Years.
Special Star Telegram.
Ralegh, N. C, March 4. Sheriff
Wallace arrived to-day with Arthur
Lw Bishop, of Petersburg, Va., and
committed him to the penitentiary to
serve his five-year sentence for killing
Thomas J. Wilson in Charlotte on the
night of Dee. 9tb. He will be kept in
the main prison and has been assigned
to do-various kinds of work about the
prison, including cutting wood and
making briek.
ANTI-DISPENSARY AT TARB0R0.
Election There Yesterday Was Very Close.
EiXkteea Chafleszes..
Special Star Telegram.'
Tabbobo, N. Q, March 6. The
anti-dispensary forces won to-day's
election by a msjority of twenty-one.
If eighteen challenges made by the
dispensary forces are allowed tbe ma
jority will still be three In favor of
thoantis. Perfect order prevailed.
DR. JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER SHEPARD.
Rensias Laid to Rest Satarday Moralng.
1 Impressive Funeral Service. .
Attended by a-larga assemblsge of
friends, relatives and comrades of Cape
Fear Camp, United Confederate Vete
rans of which he was a devoted mem
ber, the funeral of tbe late Dr. Joseph
O. Shepard was impressively conduct
ed Saturday morning at 10O o'clock
from Grace M. E. church, the pastor,
Rev. J. N. Cole, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Dr. James Oarmiehael, chap
plain of the TJ. a V. Camp. The
floral tributes were many and very
handsome. The remains were tenderly
laid to rest in Oakdale. V
The pall-bearers were as follows:
Honorary Drs. W. J: Lote, D. W.
Bulluck, W. D. McMillan and CapL
George W. Hugglns: active Drs. A.
H. Harris, F. H. Russell, W. a Gal
loway. W. E. Storm, and Messrs. J. B.
Hoggins and 8. J. Davis.- .
Among the relatives from a distance
who came to attend the funeral were
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Foy, Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Foy. of 8cott's Hill; Mr. J. W.
Foy, of Raleigh; Mr. R. K. Bryan, of
Scott's Hill; Mr. Henry Foy, of Wins
ton, and Mr. George 8. Shepard, oi
Topsail Bound. .
Bevr J. J.'PajseuTj-formerly o:
Wilmington, who is mow conducting
a very nourishing school at Atkinson
render county, u in the city on
business and pleasure visit. C
at Intersection of W. & W. and
of the City.
Klfflsg Nesr Wallsce, N. C.
Wednesday night about 10 o'clock,
near Wallsce, Mr. Robert Rivenbark,
son of Mr. J. T. Rivenbark, postmas
ter at Wallace, was shot and killed by
Dan Teacher, a middled-aeed man
who lives in the community. Young
Rivenbark, who is about 25 years of
age, went to some negro .houses near
the town to get some hands to work
on the followiog day. Teachey is
said to have been at one of the houses
and fired upon Rivenbark without
provocation.
Saopsos Resldeice Burned.
Mr. J. R. McPhail, a prominent
naval store and cotton merchant of
Sampson county, who was in the
city Friday, received a telegram In
forming him of the destruction of his
residence 13 miles from Clinton, on
the Little Goharrie river, Thursday
night Mr. McPhail had a small in
surance on his furniture, part of which
was saved, bat the residence, valued
at $3,000 and upon which there was no
insurance, was completely destroyed.
Prisoners From Pesder.
At last week's term of Pender Su
perior Court, Judge Peebles sentenced
number of prisoners to terms on
the New Hanover chain gang, one of
them to five years. ' Among the num
ber were: John WilUams. assault
with deadly weapon. 12 months : James
Williams, perjury, five years; Coun
cil Kelly, assault, 13 months.
Moved to Indiaa Territory.
Mr. Jno. a Harriss, a native Wil-
mingtonian, has removed to the Indian
Territory and will make that his home
in the future. In a letter, postmarked
Hugo, LT., to a friend in this city,
Mr. Harriss announces his safe arri
val. He says he has sUked off a claim
and is camping oat. Indians are as
plentiful there, he says, as negroes are
in Wilmington.
Mr. Keith Coming Arsis. .
Collector of Customs B. F. Keith,
of this city, has received a letter from
his "namesake," Mr. a F. Keith, the
noted Boston theatrical manager.
sutingthat he would leave Jackson
ville, Fls., with his party on board the
Courier and will' arrive in Wilming
ton the last of this week.
JUDGE BOYD'S DECISION
Oa Bond Issue of Headersoa County la Aid
oi the S. & A. Railroad.
Br Teiesraon to tno nomine star.,
Ralegh, N. C, March 7. A special
from Greensboro, N. 0., says:
In the ease of the Travellers' Insu
rance Company against the Commis
sioners of Henderson county, Judge
Boyd, sitting In the TJ. S. Circuit
Court to-day, announced the decision
in favor of the plaintiffs. This is the
suit brought to test the validity of one
hundred thousand dollars of bonds
issued by Henderson coanty in aid of
the Spartanbursr and Asheville rail
road. The payment of these bonds
was resisted on the ground that they
were not lerally issued. Judge Boyd
upholds the-legality of the bonds end
decides that the county is liable. '
DESPERADd KILLED.
Shot by Officers While Reslstiag Arrest
at Phoenix City, Qa.
bv Tettgrapn to tne xornias Star.
Columbcs, Ga.,-March 7. Charles
Passmoore, a negro , desperado, was
shot and killed by Marshal Campbell
of Phoenix City to-day. Passmoore
was a member of a gang of thieves
And when tha officers . attempted to ar
rest him. he resisted and assaulted
Campbell, who shot him down. Gar
field Thomas, a leader of the gang, was
arrested in Phoenix City last night,
citizens havinc; been : forced to assist
the officers in securing - the negro.
Thomas Is wanted in Buena Vista,
Ga., on a charge of assault -with in
tent to murder.
HsTH BIRTHDAY.
felelrited ly Mrs. MyrtaOi Keith it Her
Heme, Meatomery,AIa.3 4 .
r avnieoraimutbeltoraincBtai'. . .
" MoHTGOsnnET, Ala.., March 7. Mrs.
Myrsalla Keith to day celebrated her
116th birthday with ! religious 'services
at her home. - Mrs. Keith was born in
South Carolina, but has been living
in Alabama since a-; child. 1ihe - has
li ved in three centuries and has vivid
recollections of incidents' before the
War of 1813.-; Though in ill health for
six years her faculties are not in the
least impaired. She is the mother of
thirteen children. - . : : v .
NO. 20
HORRIBLE CRIME .
AT CORDOVA, AU.
the Story of the Midnight As
sault Upon Mr. Dickerson
:. and His Wife.
IDENTIFIED HER ASSAILANT.
The Woman Died from Her lajarles Last
Nlrht la HosplUl at Blnnlaiksm,
Her Bubiod UbcosjcIoui With
: His Skall Fractared.
av Tslazraph to tne Horning star.
BiKUsaHau, Ala., March 7. -Mrs.
J. O. Dickerson, who was outraged by
a negro at Cordova, Ala., Weknesday,
died in the hospiUl here to-night. Be
fore death tbe woman recovered con
sciousness sufficiently to identify her
assailant, Henry Walker. The negro
was brought to Birmingham and teken
ifore Mrs. Dickerson at the Infirmary.
Mrs. Dickerson raised - her bandagod
hand, and pointing at tbe negro, said:
"That Is the man."
- "I did not do it; I am not the man,"
said the negro in a voice that betrayed
fear. . -
"Yes, you are," repeated Mrs. Dick
erson,"look at the print of my hand on
your shirt."
On the negro's shirt, just above the
pocket, was the print of bloody fingers.
Addressing the negro : again, she
said :
"I prayed you to spare me and you
would not do it."
The story of the midnight assault
upon Mr. Dickerson and his wife was
related by Mrs. Dickerson as follows:
"I was aroused during the night by
hearing some one walking In the room
and at the same time Mr. Dickerson
was awakened and raised up in bed.
As he did so the intruder struck him
on the head with a hatchet, knocking
him back on the bed.
"I sprang out of the '.bed with my
baby in my arms and the negro hit
me with the hatchet, at the same time
jerking the baby from my arms and
throwing it across the room upon the
floor. At this moment Mr. Dicker
son seemed to oome to himself slight
ly and half arose and the negro turn
ed on him and dealt him another
heavy blow with the hatchet, knock
ing him down.
"Then he turned on me, striking
me several times. I resisted the best
I could and my . hands and arms were
badly cut by the hatchet. Finally the
negro overpowered me and dragged me
into an adjoining room where his ter
rible purpose was accomplished. He
then hit me over the head with a heavy
revolver and left me for dead."
Mrs. Dickerson sustained several
fractures of the skull. Her husband
also had several fractures and has
never fully recovered consciousness.
There is great excitement at Cor
dova. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Fayetteville Oiserver: A char
ter was granted yesterday to the At
lantic Bhingle Cooperage & Veneer
Company of Fayetteville, A. XL Bio
comb and others stockholders, paid
upcapiUl $15,000 with leave to in
crease to $100,000.
-Weldon News: Sherifl J. A.
House, who was here Bunday on his
way to court, brought down a lemon
which grew in his yard that just rele
gates to the shade anything we have
ever seen in the lemon line before. It
weighs 29 ounces and would furnish
emonade for an entire picnic party.
Greensboro Telegram: Charles
Mobley, the young white man, who
was arrested yesterday afternoon
charged with breaking into several
houses at Biler City, was Uken to Biler
City this afternoon by Mr. W. &
Cooper, of that place. Mobley is said
to have broken into two or three
houses at different times and to have
stolen several watches, a gun or two,
and several pair of shoes. Part of the
articles stolen by him have been re
covered. . Ooldsboro Argus: E. B. Lewis,
who claims to hall from Georgia; Is
the name of the man who struck town
about three days ago and obtained
money from a number of grocerymen
by pretending to be a represenUtive of
the A. & N. O. R. R. He had a hear
ing before Justice J. E. Peterson this
morning and was sent to jail . in de
fault of a $300 bond. Only three of
his accusers appeared at tbe trial. The
exact number of his victims is not
known, as there are several who are
ashamed to admit that they were so
easily duped.
Charlotte dispatch of Friday in
Raleigh New and Observer: George
King, JulU King and Lula King, all
colored,' were committed to jail to
day charged with the murder of Lula
King's infant The three defendanta
are father, mother and daughter. The
evidence before the coroner's jury
was. that George King, the grand
father of the infant, killed the child
by knocking its head against the side
of the house. Lula King, the mother,
recently graduated from Scotia Semi
nary, at Concord. It Is supposed that
the grandfather of the- child com
mitted the deed in order to hide his
daughter's shame. The verdict of the
coroner's jury is that all three are
jointly guilty of the heinous crime.
Sanford Express'. It is said there
are 4,000 tourists at Southern Pines
and Pinehurst this season. Chat
ham is a great egg as well as rabbit
county. -The Messenger say that Mr.
WB. Cooper, of Slier City, shipped
the other, day three thousand dozen
eggs at one shipment. This makes
over twelve thousand dozen eggs ship
ped from Slier City since the first of
last January. Mr. Henry Petty,
of the Petty Fruit .Growing and Can
ning Company, was in town tho first of
the week. Me tells the . Express that
the frost has killed about one-fifth of
his peaches, but that there are more
than enough left to make a big crop.
Mr. Petty expecte to put out about 80
acres in strawberries, blackberries and
dewberries this season. He will then
have about 60 acres In berries, and 200
in fruit of all kinds. This is one of
the largest fruit farms in the Bute.
Dr. Worth at AtUasoav:
Atkinson correspondence of Pender
Chronicle:. VDr. George Worth,; of
Wilmington, a medical missionary;
wno nas spent five years in umna,
came ud to Atkinson Saturday and
on Bunday spoke very interestingly
to a good crowd at Caswell church of
the methods and needs of his work In
China. . This is the first of a series of
Ulks which Dr.-. Worth has - been
aaked to made at each., church In WU
mington Presbytery. V
eottapse e! Shsd at Montreal When ;
People Had Qaihered Attracted ly :A
the Boroisx of Steamer. ? ; v? 1
- bv Tsisgtaut to tne suraus Btar.--x -MontreaIi,
Qua,, March 7. The
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation -Company's
magnificent steamer Mon
treal, in course of construction, Iras
burned to the water's edge to-night A
huge crowd was .attracted by the con
flagration and several hundred per-V
sons found their way to the roof of an "
Allan line shed,whichunable to stand
the weight, collapsed, roof and people
going down on a- crowd In tbe shed.
Two persons were killed and fully
seventy-five were injured, some of
whom will it is thought die.
Tne tire broke out about 8 o'clock
In the after part of the vessel on the
main deck. How It started no one
knows, but within ' a few momente
from the time the watchman first de
tected It the boat was a mass of flames
from stem to stern. The civic fire de
partment responded quickly, but con
siderable delay ensued in getting the
water turned on, it being necessary to
bring . the hose a considerable , dls
Unoe . or else chop holes through
the Ice. By the time the brigade
was 'able to get In full ; working
order practically nothing remained
but to extinguish the embers. The
conflagration attracted an immense
crowd, and It was in the eager quest ,
for a point of vantage that resort was
had to tbe shed of the Allan Line
alongside. -The building in question
was out a fllmslly constructed affair,
originally built so that it could be re
moved from the wharf during the
winter months. : When a large num
ber of people clambered on the roof,
attention was drawn to the danger and
the police bad just begun ordering
those on the roof off when the collapse
came.
- There was not much of a crash and ;
it was not until the screams of those
who went down with the building and
were held pinioned by the timbers
rent the air that the big crowd knew
that the accident occurred. Ambu
lances were called from all the hospi
tal, but it was fully two hours before
the last of the victims bad been car
ried away. Two dead bodies were re -.
covered, those of a man and boy,
neither of whom up to this hour, mid
night, had been Identified.
The boat and engines cost $350,000,
and fully $75,000 had already been
spent by the company on her uncom
pleted fittings. There was an insu
rance of $350,000 pn the boat.
U. S. CRUISER CHATTAN00QA.
New Wsrshlp Lansched at EUzsbethport,
N. J., la the Presence of Three
Thoosand Spectators.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
New Yobe, March 7. In the pre
sence of 3,000 specUtors, including
officials of the BUte of Tennessee, the
city of OhatUnooga, the city of New
York, and many naval officers, the
United SUtes cruiser OhatUnooga was
launched to-day at the ship yards of
the United SUtes Shipbuilding Com
pany, at Elizabethport. N. J. With
flying colors the warship slid graceful
ly down the ways and took the water
amid a tumult of cheers and deafen
ing whistle blaste from yachU and
other vessels orowded with specUtors.
The Chattanooga was christened by
the young daughter of the mayor of
OhatUnoogs. Lillian Chambllss, Who
broke a bottle of champagne against
the prow with the words, "I christen
thee, good ship, in honor of OhatU
nooga. .
The Chattanooga Is a sheathed
cruiser. The sheathing is of Georgia
pine. Her length over all U 808 feet
six inches and 292 feet on load water
line. The extreme breadth Is 44 feet,
draught, 15 feet nine inches and dis
placement 5,200 tons. There are four
steel decks and a deep cofferdam is
built completely around the ship in
the region of the water line.
: The armament of the OhatUnooga
consists of ten five-inch quick firing
guns on the main deck and four on
each broadside of the gun deck. The
secondary battery consists of eight
six pounder rapIcLfire guns, two one-
pounaers, with four machine guns
and one field gun for landing pur
poses. There are two powerful search lights
on the flying bridge and the vessel Is
to have a wireless telegraphy equip
ment -
COMMISSION HOUSE FAILURE.
Firm of Dresser ft Co , Hew York Clly.
abilities Amoost to About $1,250,
- 000 aid Assets $758,00$.
Br Telegraph to tno Horning Btar.
New York, March 7. D. LeRoy
Dresser and Charles Reias, doing bus
iness as commission merchants under
the firm name of Dresser '& Co., 15
Greene street, made an assignment to
day for the benefit of creditors, to
Charles 8. McKenzie. Mr. Dresser
was until a few days ago President of
the Trust Company of the Republic
A mercantile agency estimated the
pecuniary strength of the firm at from
$300,000 to $300,000.
There are no preferences. Attor
neys for thessignee said that the lia
bilities, as nearly as they can be ap
proximated, amount to about $1,260,
000, and that about half of this In
debtedness is secured. The nominal
asseU, as far as can. be estimated in the
absence of a sUtoment. aocordlnc to
the attorneys, are about $750,000, and
consist of cash, aceounU receivable
and equities in merchandise. The
creditors will be called together as
soon as possible and a settlement of
fered to them in the hope of being
able to re-establish the firm of Dresser
8c Company la busue
THE BURDISK MURDER.
Police No Nearer a Solotlos of the Myf
teryA False Move.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Buffalo. N. Y., March 7. In their
eagerness to solve the mystery sur
rounding the assassination of Edwin
L. Burdlek, the police to day made a
false move. They Immediately re
traced their steps when It was found
that the district attorney considered
their case to be too flimsy.
Marion . W. Hutchinson, a young
woman formerly employed in Bur
dick's office, wu taken to police head
quarters by detectives at an early hour.
Sho waa not under arrest, the polios
say; her attorney says she was. After
being detained for five hours she was
released because the police could find
absolutely nothing against her.
The result of the day's work brings
the authorities no nearer a solution of
the mystery than they were one week
I ago.
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