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This t has been advo cated for several years and at last its advocates have succeeded in get ting some action by Congress, ap propriating the proceeds of public lands sold to defray the cost of this irrigation, which means that the Government will bear the expense of this work, of' which shrewd fellows who already own much of the land to be irrigated, or who will own it, will reap the benefit. There is no question as to the fact that much of this land can be reclaimed by supplying it with water, nor is there any question that after being supplied with water, which can be regulated as needed, these lands will become very productive and much more valuable than other lands which depend upon rainfalls, which are uncertain, both as to time and quantity, while the irriga tion ditch can be relied upon in both these respects. Admitting all this why should this Government be called upon to spend millions of dollars on irriga ting lands whioh are not needed 'now, and whioh could be well held in reservation until they will be needed? - There are in the thinly settled sections of the WeBt millions of acres available for the farmer, and so are there in the South. There is room in this section for millions more people and .they are invited to come. Therefore these irrigation schemes areun necessary not only unnecessary but they divert immigration from' sections that are now inviting immigrants, .where they would be comfortable and prosper. There are other reasons why such schemes should not be approved, some of which are presented in the following extract from an address delivered by Mr. Gilbert M. Parker, editor of The Country Gentleman, published in Albany, New York. Discussing farming in the East, the scarcity of labor, &c, after remark ing that the arable publio lands have been nearly all taken np he said: Thii ray of hope is well nigh extin guished by the spectre of national ir rigation at the national eqpense, your expense and mine, which materialized into very solid form in the passage by the last Congreis of the bill appropri ating an unknown number of millions of dollar, the proceeds of all future sale of tbe publio lands, your proper ty and mine, for the purpose of ren dering fruitful by irrigation and then giving away I don't know how many hundreds of milHons of acres of land now arid, thus postponing to the time of oar great-grandchildren, or later, the condition of affairs which shall create a sharp demand, - with constant- It rising prices, for agricultural lands. Unless that bill be repealed, and sim ilar projects defeated for years : to came, we have before us only a second stage in the word of spoliation. , And that is my objtc-.ion to the whole irri gation scheme for increasing the cul tivated area of the United States until such time as the land that ha been bought and . is cultivated by in dividual taxpayers shall come Into such demand, by the growing requirements or our' growing popu . lauon. as to multiply very greatly its present money value. The whole Ir rigation projeot la a project to rob and Impoverish the largest and most use ful element of our American popula tion, for the benefit or the handful of people in the newer States moat of these people themselvea being, direct ly or Indirectly, the beneficiaries of the government that is to say. the beneficiaries of the American people under the operation of that miserable old homestead law and similar out-of- date methods that we -have thought leaaly permitted to perpetuate them selves into a century for the circum stances and conditions of which they have no fitness whatsoever. We have turned, by our Improper appropria tion and reckless squandering, what ought to have been a priceless her! tags for diitant generations to come, into a veritable curie of our own times. Ia developing our agriculture. we are crushing our agriculturists. , Schemers were at the bottom of these irrigation projects and they had pull enough on the " statesmen to get them through. . President Roosevelt favored them because he wants the votes in the next national convention and in the election after wards, if nominated, of the' States which will benefit by "these schemes. If, as we have remarked above, there were a scarcity of land and popu lations, were crowded, there might be tome good reason why the attention of the Government and its aid should bs asked for the reclamation of these arid acres. But this not the J- - v. ' f" . pi- J 4 VOL. XXXW. case for there are still millions upon millions of uncultivated acres- Await- ng plow: not ' to be '; entered, as homesteads it is , true,' but at prices within the reach of nearly, all "of those seeking homes and farms. ; J How much better : it would ' be if the United States would spend the money , that will ;be spent on those irrigation schemes in making the Mississippi river flood proof and hus saving from overflow millions of . acres of the .. most productive j lands along its banks. - Congress haggles over spending a few million annually ; in : that c kind of work, when many millions - are lost by these sweeping,' destrnctivB floods, which could -be effectively guarded against. --'- .-.y.o ' , I This is an illustration ' of how politics gets away' with statesman ship and sound policy. u The States which", would 'be benefited , by pro tection .from ' these .floods ;do not figure aa factors in Republican con ventions, nor -give xiepu&uoan mar yoritTes.in elections, v?: t - - MiuEoosiYiirs sTTOPijra The New York wn has taken a great deal of interest in President Roosevelt ever since he started out last Spring on his anti-trust swing round. As he now has in contem plation a -more . extended swing, whioh will include the far Pacific States, the ' Sun is prompted to show its paternal interest and re marks as follows; ' v Mr. Roosevelt's projected campaign for the 8prlng months covers sixty-six days and twenty-two 8tates. Deducting the sixteen days assigned to the Yellowstone , National Park for rest, recreation, and communion with nature In her visible forma, there remain fifty days of incessant travel and oratory. This la the most ambit ious programme ever arranged by a Presidential candidate for a President ial nomination. The itinerary already arranged pro vide for stops and speeches at one hundred and thirty-four cities and towns. Allowing for unforseen ex tensions of "the tour, side trips, and the usual - proportion of informal re marks at way stations, it is probable that the total output will be not fewer than two hundred different speeches to different audiences. No man " less energetic than Mr. Roosevelt would ever dream of such an undertaking. The mere thought of it would drive to nervous prostration a candidate less frankly confident of the endurance of his physical and In tellectual powers under any . strain whatsoever. . . "We beg to suggest that a most nro- fitable theme for at least the major part of the two hundred speeches can be found in the general line of thought started by the President's letter on race suicide. The subject is always Inter esting, always practical, and particu- ly so la the less densely populated parts of the Union. ' It possesses, moreover, the Inestima ble advantage of permitting earnest exposition and discussion without stir ring the passions that menace the sta bility or business conditions ana tne industrial and commercial prosperity of the United States of America. If, as a French writer who has heard Mr Roosevelt says, his speeches are veritable struggles, a combination of "conversation, po litical harangue and preaching," Mr. Roosevelt has a large sized job laid ont fo himself, but he will doubtless be equal to the task, for he is. physically robust and men tally strenuous. But if he will ac cept and act upon the kindly sug gestion of the tfun he will get through much easier and acquit himself with quite as much glory. FIRI5Q ;KH TJP. A few nights ago there was a big meeting in Philadelphia which after some strenuous speeches adopted resolutions calling upon "the lovers of liberty and constitutional govern ment" to stand by "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." The object of the meeting was to protest against disfranchisement of negroes in the South "on account of their color," and against criticising and ridiculing President Roosevelt for "not regarding color in appoint ments to office." The dispatch does not tell us whether this was a meet ing Of negroes, or a mix, but it was presided over by Hon. Ghaa. Emory Smith, ex-Postmaster General, who unlimbered his oratorical artillery and fired away. . . Mr. Smith is one of Mr. Eooie velt's boomers and proposes toiave the negroes of his State solid for hi man, which accounts for his con spicnous appearance and his activity on this occasion.- He seems to have hit the nail this time for the dispatch tells us that "whenever, the Presi dent's name was mentioned the audi ence broke forth in loud applause." "Equal right! to" all and special privileges to none" isn't a principle that the Repnblican party lives np to as to white citiiens much leu when white and black conflict. When has ' the . Republican party " ever in practice put the negro in the North on the same -plain with the white man?. There are negroes in North, thousands of them, -many of them intelligent and educated. As a mass they vote the Republican ticket, but how many of them have everheld offices of trust by election or appointment? Instances of that kind are almost as rare as white black -bird. ' When i they ' want to recognize a negro officially they come South, to Democratic States, 1 H i - Tr"rMrr i - to do iCand then they have the gall to talk about not " "regarding color in appointment to1' office." ' What monumental ' ' frauds, and what monumental innocents the negroes who are duped by them. - ' ' . .- . . r Some of the .papers are 'jibing the police oi Buffalo for not having solved the Bur dick murder mystery before this. But they are' not as much to blame for that as for the coast; that they ' had ' the killer spotted,and the unfounded accusa tions made against people whom everybody now thinks entirely in nocent. .. .V- ;' .s.-l i -.v.. . - - Mr.' J. Whlttaker Wright the Lon don 'promoter" arrested on his ar rival at INew York, is an English man ..born', in this . country, or .an American born in England, we dont know, which. He says . it is a mis take about the! .stockholders in his concern being buncoed out of $100,' 000,000; it was only $20,000,000. Hon. Groyer Cleveland rises tj remark that the scribe who quoted him as saying that he is out of poli tics took unwarranted liberties with the language, for he didn't say any thing of the kind. As he is only 66 he does not feel old enough yet te go on the retired list. L . V'. "The floor" of the Pacifio ocean is somewhat broken. Between, San Francisco and Honolulu it is rongh, with valleys 30,000 feet deep. Then there are level plains about 18,000 feet deep. Between Honolulu and Manila there are chains of mount ains. : " ' ;v-; An agent of the . Barnum , and Bailey show found in the suburbs of Paris a fellow eight feet two inches tall, who weighs 502 pounds and wears shoes twenty-four lrfbheslong. He has just arrived at New York to go into the show business. A Pottsville, Pa., judge has de cided that fellow can be a rioter without throwing rocks,' knocking people on the head, &c All it Is necessary to do la to "Hurrah!" He doesn't think freedom of speech means freedom of hollo. Eugene Sandow -wants 2,000 damages from a New Zeland . news paper because it said that, in a how altercation with a lion, he treated the lion too roughly and didn't give him a show to get away. The State of Missouri is putting on airs now. The other day she paid up the remainder of her bond ed indebtedness, $487,000, and felt so good over it she incernated the bonds with imposing ceremonies. A West Virginia judge has decid ed that the head of a . negro when used as a catapult is "a dangerous and deadly weapon." With an able bodied darkey behind it, it is not a nice thing to stand before. Forty-three different languages are spoken in Uhlcago, and yet there are times when a fellow can't find language in the dictionaries of any of them for 'expressing himself just as he wants 1. The collector ic taxes in New York city has on his books $40,000,- 000 worth of property on which taxes have not been paid, and ex pects to have a , big sale some - of -these days. t Sir Thomas LIpton professes con fidence in the ability of Shamrock III to lift that cup and take it back to England. He felt confident that Shamrock I and II could do it. But they did't. Herr Jentsch, German Inspector of Post, says a telephone between Berlin and New York is possible. It is merely a matter of money. . CURRENT COMMENT. -"Many wealthy men who have lately visited Cuba say It is a paradise." A wonderful change in a short time truly. It used tabe described as exactly the opposite. Richmond Ifews-JJeader, JJenu - j "It certainly would be a bad thing," says the Chicago Chroni cle, "if all the negroes in the coun try were massed in one political party." At least one "bad thing," it maybe remarked then, is upon us with both feet Negroes are almost as scarce in the Democratic party as they are in the Republican Cabinets, Congresses,- Legislatures and other vii- m t m m a l pauiio puoibiuua ux auuui sou pivui. Charleston "News ' and Courier, Dem, - " ; - Senator Lodge says we are "competent to deal with all colonial Jnestlons." Why, then, are the ilipinos starving while Congress ap plies no antidote?. Is it neoeasary to have a. bigger majority? , Could our small majority have stopped any doctor who really desired to cure the patient ? In view of the antagonism between faith and practice, will the Senator from Massachusetts tell us how these questions shall be met in ther- future. JacfoonviUo i Timet' Union, Dmu ' : :-; vi',-...f;;.-,- A - .y;i "iflV? ,? WILMINGTON N. 0., FRIBAY, MARCH 27,y 1903. ADMITTED TOi BAIIi. Heariflg of Evidence Before Judge Brown Relating to Tragedy f "at Ttrboro, N. BOND WAS FIXED AT $10,000. Dr. Bsker SarfYmdered Hlaself aal Vcs Served Witt Beach Warraaf Testh j ' flioay of Prosecstloi luA De- 7 1 fesce Varies Very Utile. Tabbobo, N. a, March JO. Dr. M. Baker surrendered himself- this morninK upon his return to town and a few hours ? later waa;' before Jodre Brown on a bench warrant ehargiag him with felonious killing.- Ai. . The evidence In brief was that Mon day morning; Baker passed Bass at the post office door; eomlng out betwat aalxed by Bass, who began striking him Trith his fist over: the head; Baker broke away and as he retreated en deavored to raw a phtol; as pur sued ..closely Iby Bass, who was at- temptlnr to seize the pistol; caught Baker by the back of the coat, which was pulled off, Baker retreating rap idly and 'reaching1 for- weapon ai Baas closed on him. Outsiders eloaed on Bass. By this time -.Baker's pistol was ouL .Bass seized it as was dis charged, defleotinr the balL- Bass was then pulled back and the pistol in -Baker's hand was thrust Into Bass' abdo men and fired. . -. ' The testimony, offered by the prose oulion, and defence .vary .but little. The prosecution claims as Bass was held, Baker advanced and shot The defence sets up that Baker all the time was attempting to escape. : - The prosecution, to show malice, proved a declaration of Baker, immediately af ter the shooting, that he "Had to put two Into him." : As the matter before the Judge was solely upon a question of ball, the ease was not gone fully into. ' The prose cution did. not Insist upon murder in the first degree. This left the Judge simply to determine its amount, which wis fixed at $10,000, and was promptly given.'". . V ". - According to all the witnesses and the ante-mortem statement of Baas, not a word was spoken by either. In terest throughout the town and county is intense, and la many sections it is bitter to a degree. Sentiment is di vided. : - ' . CLABKT0N MALE ACADEMY. laterestlsg Programaw Observed by Mets aas Otkcr Siaaeats Prliay Eveaiag. Special Star Telegram. Olabktov, N. CL, March 31. The darkton Male Institute; "one of the most flourishing schools in Eastern North Carolina, presented the follow ing programme Friday evening to a large audience: 1. Reveille. - - 3. Doll Reception, Primary Depart ment. 8. Doll Drill. Primary Department 4. Instrumental Duet, "Jolly Little Players," Misses Rose and Anne Neal Clara-. ' " - - " Mlsi Amanda Olark. ... 8. Recitation. Cadet Roy Lyon. 7. Instrumental Solo, "The Lively atiU," Kiss Ktnei mark. . 8. I nitra mental Duet, Impromptu. Miss Ruth Pearsail and Cadet a 8. Clark. - 8. Scarf Drill. Girls. 10. Instrumental Trio, Festival March, Misses Rose Olark, Anne Neal Olark. Kate Sinaletary. 1L IntrumenUl Solo, a) "The Joy ful Wanderer," (2),'Drolleries,w Miss Janie Clark.- - 1$. Tramp Chorus, Cadets. 13. Specialties. .' 14. Camp Scenea. IB. Tattoo. 18. Tops. ' 3 The school since the establishment by . Wilmington Pieabytery In 1093 has made rapid and substantial pro- gwts. , S WARRANTS FOR SCHOOL PUEfDS. Sccosd $188,888 Appropriated by Leglala (art AnMrtlaacd ! Varlatfi Caaafies. Special Star Telegram. - Raxeiob, N. C March 18. War rants were Issued to day by the Super intendent of Public Instruction to the treasurers of seventy-one counties for their apportionments from the second $100,000 for four-months school terms. The amounts asked by all counties were sealed so the aggregate Is $99,749.93, Instead of $141,169.25. Some amounts to Eastern counties are: Brunswick, $1,575 ; Cumberland, $3,032.99 ; Pender, $508.40; Bladen, $3.74.15; Onslow, 8SS0; Sampson, $1,469; Robeson, $710; Richmond, $199; Duplin $1,817. Press Association Comlag. The executive committee of the North Carolina Press Association met in Greensboro Friday afternoon and selected Wrlghtsville as the place for holding the next annual meeting Of the Association. The date will be an nounced later. The following attend ed the meeting: W. P., Marshall, of the Gastonla Gaze f e, president of the association; J. B. Sherrill, of the Con cord Times,, secretary and treasurer; H. B. Yarner, of the Lexington Dis patch, and J. J. Farrlss, of. the High Point Enterprise, , The Qreater Coast Lias. The Florence Times announces that the A. O. L. has purchased the South ern Florida railroad, extending about 400 miles to Punta Gorda. Fla., and tapping a fine fruit and tourist hotel section. S The Florida Southern; road had been operated in connection with' the old Plant System, but was not a portion of that road. xKA' lr". : "?0BBED A'JPJ .?N Beiliesce. Later Occupies ey- DaBritx Catlar, EiqDsasxed lo Exteat ; ef ibaat$288. The house lately occupied by Du- BruU Cuiltr. Eiq ; 509 Nan street, was ransacked Saturday night just before U o'clock; and set on fire In a bed room on the second floor. The building 'was entered through a window on the west side," which was 'found open when the firemen reached tbje scene In responsp to an alarm from ,box 48, Which was sent in by Mr. J. EL Bharp, who lives : next door.. The how 'was furnished bAndMmely.butTiadjbeen unoccupied since Mr. .Outlar left .the city aereral months ago.' The damage to the build ing and contents will amount to about Mr. Sharp, who sent , in .the alarm. said he was preparing to retire for the night and heard noise. In the uaoceii- pied building: He looked'out and sa the. blast through a window. He at oaee rushed out to the box and In pass ing r the house, heard some one run across the yard. He said the residence had been entered several times lately and Saturday morning a curtain to one of the" windows which -had re mained down for some time bad been pulled away during the night. '. There is no clue to the Identity of the per son or persons who set fire to the build- iing.- MAJ. RUN. Kisioretf n Qreessboro That He May Be Qaberaaforlal Caadldate Hext Tlmel " A special to yesterday's Charlotte Ob- server from Greensboro says: . ' "The announcement in the Waah- ington' special in this mornina'a 06- server that Ool. John S. Ounlngham will shortly announce his eahdidacy for Oovernor of North Oarolina occa sioned no surprise among Democratic politicians here, who have known for some time that the Person county to- oaceo planter soil nad bis eye on tne governorship.' In the : preliminary campaign of 1900 he was supported by a few Guilford county men, and it is probable tnat some of tnem will again support him, uialess another distin guished citizen of the fifth district should become a candidate for Gov ernor. It has been quietly rumored for some time that -Maj. Charles M. Btedmaa, of this city, might be in the race, although no word or action of ms baa eonnrmed the rumor. Mat Btedman has a number of friends who have felt, ever since be was defeated for the nomination by Judge Fowle in 1888, that he should be elected Gov ernor of North Carolina. No man who could enter the race would hare more loyal or earnest friends than Maj. Btedman.''- THE COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Retalar MostUy MecUag Hext Sstarday. latcrestisf Pregrasiaie Arranged. The regular monthly meeting of the Teachers' Association of New Han over will be held in the Cape Fear Aetdemy building - on Saturday, March 38th, at 10 o'clock A. M. The programme Is as follows : "What Shall a Child Read t"-MIss L. B. Moore. H . - "How to Teach Llteratare,,-MIu P. D. Thome. '. i - , "What Should Be the Relation Be tween the Teacher and the Commu nity r-Mr. E C. Herring. ! The schools are n earing the end of their session, "and it la hoped that all teachers will attend this meeting. J All friends of education are also Invited to be present i - So aie Tracklsxlfcms. From the Duplin Journal of this week the following items of interest to truckers- are taken: 'Mr. J. O. Miller shipped the first asparagus of the season on Monday, March 16th. The cabbage have recovered from the eold they took two weeks ago and are looking fine ' now. - - ' Our onion shippers still have the boards at the warehouses this : week, a A the air is full of garlic The first onions were shipped just one week ago by Mr. George Cooper and sold at $3.80 a crate. Mrr F. " Gibbons West- brook, manager of the Armour ice houses, has filled the lee houses of this company from Mount Olive to Wallace and left for Ohadbourn Tuesday to fill i the ice house there. So far about 2,600 tons of Ice have been stored away." Justice Was Blind. " v Southport Standard: 'Some mis creant stole Judge 0. M. Cooke's eye i glasses on Monday night last from the Judge's desk on which he had left them. We think this was a ease of monumental gall. Judge Cooke said he was surprised that some one should try to 'steal the eyes or tne court.' " . ! TIED TO A STAKE. School Boys Attempt to Cremate a Child . r- at Fladlsy, Ohio, v B r Telegrapa to tne Morning am. Toledo. - O.. March 2L A Bee special from Findlay, O., says: ; ; On his way home from school 8-year old Clarence HummelL son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hummell, of East Front street, was captured - by nve scnooi mates, forced to accompany them down the. .- Blanchard - river, outside the city limits, and there in a secluded snot was tied to a slake, r reparations for his cremation 'were being made when the littlelfellow's cries attracted tne attention of - men wno were em- nioTed in the vicinity of the Findlay hvdrauile press brick works and he was rescued Pvltnem. xounr aum mail's captors bad witnessed the pro duction of "Tracey The Outlaw," and In talking it over made plans for the capture and burning at tne stake. The rasaointmentof WX." Harris, as postmaster at Charleston, 8. CL, has been decided on bv tne rreauenb- nr. iiams failed of connrmauon at tne last session of the Senate.: . 'iu'"- C M. STEDMAN MAY': mmm GOYERMOB ' COIIIKQ. Patriotic" Exercises Under Au spices of ' Jtmior Order ; of ; a i American, Mechanics. r PRESENTATION OF FLAGS Ualoa aad Heseaway Sckoels el Wit- " oiarten Whl Be' fieiorei ey Jtf ; r Davis . and Qeorfe Washlartoe J-3 Coaacus-eemsilttees Etc.', 'ft Governor Charles B. Aycock will i be a visitor to the city on Wednesday, April 22ad,and will deliver an address, most r probably in the . Academy "of Music, On that evening. ' The occasion will be the formal presentation of handsome silk . flags and ; Bibles to Union and Hemeaway public schools of v this city by the s local councils of the Junior Order of United Amer ican Mechanics, which have had such a step under consideration for 'a' long lime. . - Governor Aycock's acceptance of the invitation to deliver an address upon the occasion was "received last nUht by WilliamJ J. Bellamy, Esq.; chairman of the joint committee from Jeff Davis and from George Wash ington councils, appointed to make the purchases and arrange for appro priate ceremonies upon the presenta tion. . -The acceptance will be hailed with delight by the patriotic "Juniors" of Wilmington, who will make of the event a red letter day in the educa tional life of the city. The flags are very . handsome silk ones,, of large size, and the Bibles are expensive editions, designed especially for school use. " The ceremonies upon the occasion will consist of an opening address by Chairman Bellamy, of the committee, and then the formal presentation will be made on behalf of the order by State Councillor Geo. E. Hood, mayor of Goldsboro, N. C The response will be by some prominent local citizen Identified with the educational move ment In Wilmington. . Governor Aycock's address will fol- ow with concluding exercises, consist ing of the singing of National airs and the benediction. The committee in charge from the two Councils consists of f William J. Bellamy, Esq., chairman; Messrs. R. CL DeRosset, J. H. Swlnson, Mariden Bellamy, Jr., & H. Fiahblate and Jno. E. Wood. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfield Herald: The Smith- field tobacco market will close for the season on April 1st. The sales for this season nave more than doubled last season's four million pounds being sold. Lanrinburg Exchange: Mr. Hugh Livingston had the misfortune to lose bis barn, stables, and two out houses Monday night by fire. All of his plow gear, together with 800 bush els of corn and some rough feed were consumed. Salisbury Sun: Wheat is said by the farmers to be loosing better now than for many years. With no unfavorable weather conditions . for the next month Rowan will produce a larger wheat crop than for ten years. Cats are also doing well. Henderson Gold Leaf: An other addition Is to be made to the Henderson cotton mills. - The con tracts have already been let and the work commenced. - This is the third time the mills have been enlarged. The new addition will be 56x79 feet main building, with an "L" 86x78. The capacity of the mill will be In creased 83 per cent by the new addi tion. -- Sanford Express: Duke is the name of the new cotton mill Tillage on the banks of the Cape Fear in Har nett county. The Dukes, of Durham, who are navinsr the mm duul nave about 100 factory houses in course of erection." This new cotton mill town was Incorporated by the last Legisla ture. Mr. Bradshaw and his force expect to reach Jonesboro this week grading the line of the Atlantic 8c Western. They will then have finished the worst of the grading. The section between Jonesboro and LUllng- ton Is practically level and there will be little grading to do. The road will probably be In operation by the first of the coming year. Monroe Enquirer: , . Several weeks ago a man went through sec tions of this county selling a remedy whioh he claimed would all but make a man immortal. He sold about an ounce of his stuff for $3 and gave the purchaser a certificate that clothing to the amount of $8 or $10 would be sent to his - address immediately. Htranee to say there were unite number of purchasers, but up to date none of the purchasers of this medi cine hare received any clothing. Ernest! Roberts (shot and killed Uriah Robertson, in Robertson's home, a little over a year ago. Roberta was tried for murder and was acquitted. Last Monday Roberts was sentenced for six months on the chain gang for carrying a concealed weapon the night tbe homicide was committed. Free dom for ahootine a man down In his own home; six months at hard labor. for carrying a pistoL Which is the greater crime, : carrying a pistol in a pocket or using that pistol to shoot a man 'to death ! The courts have an swered. - : DROWNED IN COLLISION. Tsf Bost Sask aad Five Mea of the Crew Lost Their Uves ; BTTalaKrap&touenorniiucBtar. . ; - Philadelphia, March XL Five men of the crew of the tug Pilot, of this city, were drowned in a collision between 'the tug and the steamship Wlnnlfred in the Delaware river, off Marcus's Hook, Pa late last night xne remaining tnree memoers or me crew were saved.- ' - ? The 'Wlnnlfred was -towing the barge Oonemaugh from Port Arthur. Texas, to this city, and became fog bound in the Delaware bay on Thurs day. The tug Pilot had towed the ! Oonemaugh and guided - the Wlnnl fred from the anchorage and was pull ing in hawser when the steamer crash- i ed. into ner :: amiosnip witn temno force. The tog soon tank. The Win nfred was uninjured. ' 1 NO;22 PRESIDENT CASTRO 1 . HAS RESIGNED. I Said te Be the Retail of a Secret A ere? mest With Venf zaeUa Leaders-HIs Brether to Sscceed Eun. . By Telegrapb to the Morning etar. . -Cabaoas, March 81,-r-PreaIdent Cas tro has resigned. He placed his re signation of the presidency of the Re public of Venezuela' In the hands of the president of - Congress, after read ing the presidential message to-day. Washhtqton. March U.A-The first information received by : Secretary Hay of President Cr . " !s resignation was given him S a . Associated Press dispatch snnhtracing the fact He would not discuss the matter, how ever, beyond stating thatr news wse unexpected.::-,i:viibr!rV : Herbert; W. Bowen, Venezuela's plenipotentiary here, likewise had not been informed -until -shown the dis patch. . . Until .. officially advised, he said; he would be unable to give ex pression to 'any views on tne subject. a tom an autnontauve quarter,- now- ever, it was learned tnat tnis move on the part of President Castro has Jong been contemplated. Representations were made to him several months ago by the leaders of Venezuela that his resignation would have the effect of enabling the people of that country to present a solid front to the world in the matters in controversy with the several powers.-The statement ' was made that the reiianatlon is the result or a secret agreement with tne leaders referred to that President Castro should temporarily relinquish his office ' pending the adjustment of the matters which Minister Bowen has in hand. It was Intimated by the Asso ciated Press informant 'that while Pre sident Castro nominally gives up his officer: it is his Intention to keep it witnln tne family by an arrangement to make Castro s brother vice presi dent, so that he would succeed to the presidency. It is the belief here, based on information which has been up to now kept Inviolate, that the present plan is to allow rresident uasuo to re main out of office for a short time and then re-elect him at the next election. CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. Discussed at a Conference ef the State Department Fresh Complications Were Developed. . Bv ZeieaTaM to tbe Koroma Star. Washihqton, March SL The de fects In the Cuban treaty, indicated in yesterday's press dispatches, were dis cussed atthe State Department to day by Secretary Hay and -a number of senators, including Chairman Oul ion of the Benate Committee on For eign Relations. There was nodlspo sition to minimise the extent of the complications, and in fact fresh ones were developed during the conference. It was pointed out by one senator that tne provision, "this treaty shall not take effect until the name shall have been approved by the Congress," re quired such action not only on the part of our own congress, but by the Cuban Congress aa well, and this it would perhaps be difficult to secure. for the opposition is much stronger in the Cuban lower house than in the Senate. - Some of the senators who called, bluntly stated that the treaty won la surely be. defeated lilt again came before the United States Con gress. The officials of the State De partment have not yet given up hope of being able to straighten out the tangle, but it appears more probable to-day than ever that anew treaty will be required. PRESIDENT MITCHELL'S VIEWS The Mlae Workers' Chief Is Pleased With " the Decision of the Aathraclte Cost ' , Strike Cemnissloa. 8r Teiesranii to tne nornins star. Detroit,' Mich , March 2L "The decision of the anthracite coal strike commission Is on the whole a decided victory for the miners and I am pleased with It," said President John Mitchell of the United Mino Workers of Amer ica, in an interview to-night with an Associated rreaa reuretenuuve. "lne anthracite r miners of Pennsylvania have reason to be much pleased with the commission's awards and I am sure they are." he said. "Xbe most important feature oi tne awards," he continued, "is of course the increase of ten per cent given the miners. This will result in an annual increase in ' the wacea of the 140,000 anthracite miners of Pennsyl vania of $6,000,000. The siiding;icaie provided by the commission la very satisfactory, inasmuch as the . mini mum of $4.60 per ton is fixed. With White ash eoal at $5.80 per ton at tide water, the increase provided in the sliding scale will be equivalent to twenty per cent, more on the miners' waees."--" - President Mitchell was asked if he was disappointed because the commis sion did not recognize the union for- mallv. and he renlied that ha was not because the decision of the commission and its award were In themselvea recognition of the power and influence of the United Mine Workers. . Are you Indebted toTHE 7EEKLY STAR? If so, I o . I f Wh6B JfOU reCelVO a bill for your subscription gsnd us the amount you ows. : Remernber. that a news paper bill Is as mucb en titled to your consider tlsa as Is a bill for fjro- oooQOOOoooeeooooo$o a?CTV llll ITU I iVJ: HLiTT itiiuiin anir . AND ITSW0MN3. I' ... ... vi.,i r'-r 0rfaatzc4 KHltla Qlyea, UetU Jaaiary 21st, IKS, te Adopt Orisalzatloa eaJ ' ; - Dliclpllse el the Recalar Amy. v BrieaTaitoUenornlwBtar. -WASHinaTON, March SL Realizing that every city, town and hamlet In the United States has a vital Interest in the working of the new militia law to which he has given much study, Secr-tary Root to-day ordered to be made publio tne report which the War -College Board, at his request, has pre pared explaining and commenting -upon the various provisions of the. aw. ineir proper interpretation and the beet means for putting them Into operation."' " . ' ' - ' ' under tne Jaw tne orgaxea militia are given until January 81at 1908, to adopt "the organization, armament and discipline of the regular and volunteer armies,'? .and within that time the organized militia is expected to conform as ranldlv aa practicable to the standard. It is provided, how ever, that on that date the standard must be realized and thereafter becomes a requirement. : " "The law makes no provision." . says the report, "for the coercion of any State or territory which may re- fate to conform, but In case of a de claration to that effect the Secretary of War may ignore it in the allotment of the annual appropriation.'? Regarding the pbysloal condition of officers and enlisted men of the organ- zed militia on presentation for muster into the service of the United States, the board recommends efcat the Seere tary of War "prescribe for recruits in the organized militia at the time . of their enlistment, the physical recruit- ng standard adopted for the regular army, except as to the age limit, or suitable and uniform modification thereof.'' TENTS FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS Seat by lbs War Deparlmest la Keiposss to Appllcatloss from Qoveraors el : Arkaasas aad TcBBessee. ' BviaMerapatoCboMornucattr. Washington, March 2L Secretary Root to-day received telegrams from the Governors of Tennessee and Ar kansas in response , to his telegraphic inquiry for information as to the needs of the people of those States in the matter of tents, elo., in consequence of the river floods. Governor Frssler. of Tennessee, tele graphed from Nashville aa follows:-' "rieaseseud at once nve hundred tents to Memphis, consigned to Mayor J. J. Williams. City of Memphis will pay for transportation and see that they are returned after use." ; , Governor Davis. oL Arkansas, tele graphed from Little Rock as follows: "Tbe flood condition along the Mis sissippi river In our State is distress ing. We have no tents In armory nor for distribution. , Please forward by first express one hundred tents to Judge Derrick, Marianne, Ark., for use of flood sufferers. X pledge the honor of the State that the same will be carefully cared for and when no longer needed will ' be sent free of charge to Jefferson ville, lnd. fiease rush tents, as the demand Is pressing." no time waa lost complying witn these requests for assistance. Colonel Patton, acting for the quartermaster general, immediately telegraphed in structions to the quartermaster in charee of the depots at St Louis ahd- Jefferson ville, lnd., to send with the utmost . dispatch 480 common tents and 20 hospital tents to Memphis, and uu common tents and 10 hospital tents to Marianne, Ark. SUICIDE AT SOUTHERN PINES. Mrs. Geo. A. Jobasos, of Rochester, N. H., Shot Herself With a Pistol. Br Telegraph to the Horning star. Raleigh, N. a,' March L A spe cial from Southern Pines, N. O., says: ' -Mrs. George A. Johnson. - of Ro chester, N. EL, after returning to her home from a dance at the Southern Pines hotel last night remarked to her husband: r - - - ,. "Oh, I wish I were dead." Know ing that she was suffering with hys teric spells Mr. Johnson paid, alight attention to her remark, but In a few minutes she got out - of bed and went Into an adjoining room, - looking ' the door. Mr. Johnson was startled at the report of. a pistol and -after sum moning a neighbor forced the door open, to find his wife eold In death and a pistol clutched tightly in her right hand. So far there Is no cause assigned for the rash act Mr. John son will leave to-night, taking with him the remains of his wife to Ihelr Northern home. . . . ' ' ' aawi " ' ' ' ' - ' ! STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED. ' The Nomas la Collliloa With a Collier la a Fog Off Fire Islaad-.! - , By Tetograph to the Morning Star. Fall Rites, Mass., March 81. The. Windsor Line freight steamer -Norman, Captain Chase, bound from Philadelphia for Fall Elver and Provi dence, came into port to-day with a thirty-foot hole in the starboard quar ter and with several members of her crew missing. Tbe missing men had leaped aboard the four-masted collier John B. Manning, bound In ballast for Baltimore, when she collided with the Norman last Thursday night during the fog. about forty miles soutlr of Fire Island. Besides knocking , the hole in the steamer's side, the schoon er's bowsprit carried away her masts and swept tbe officers' quarters over board. The Manning was not dam aged beyond the destruction of her headwords. . . . . - , CHARGED WITH K1DNAPPISK1. Cttlzeas ef Coots CoustjrAta,, IsdJctts la. 7 -j U. S. leatt ai eimlsfhasl . BTTWeeTaphtotkexornlnaBtar. ' Biiucihqhax, ALA.', March ' SL Robert M. Franklin, William L, Jar ney. L. A. Grogan, Jesse London and John MeDanleL all of Good water. Coosa county, were brought to , the United States court in this city to-day under indictment charging them with kidnapping Madison Davis, a negro, and selling hist to Elijah Turner, who Is alleged to have charge of lime works near Caleb, Ala. It Is alleged by Davis that there are twenty -seven other negroes confined In a stockade at Calds and kept there in : Involun tary servitude. The men on trial are prominent citizens of- Goodwater, Jesse London being : a justice of the peace and Grogan a balUftV The others are merchants. Davis claims that he was kidnapped in July by the parties named in the indictment and sold by them to Turner. u i .V ; ""BBaVBBBBWsnaiBwa Miss Hope "What 'Is the way to retain one's friends r ..Mr. Sage "Don't glvr e away.'-' - Kansas Cfitu Journal v - s iltr hi.$!ti-i - r