y FCBUSHSD AT . WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A TEAR IN ADVANCE. IesessessssAseasee 1 8883S838S2S8S38SS Vow9 5sss38S58S5SS2S2SS 88888888888888888 mws 2SaS2S3S228SeS3;8 88888888888888888 82888888288888838 88888858328888883 ssssssaMaaaa 8288S882233383888 ' """'-asgassassssa . 88883288888888883 "I a 2 5 Catered l the Poet Oflkc at - Umtgtoa, N. C, at Second Clan KaMer.l SUBSCRIPTION PrtlCE. The subicrlptkm price of the Weekly Star ii u follow: Siocle Copy 1 rear, portage paid , ....11 00 " JmootlM " " 80 " Smoatha " SO WHY NOT LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE ? "Let well enough alone" was a pet phrase of Senator Hanna in the last Presidential campaign. Why, he asked, should the people want to change and try new experiments when the country was prospering and there was work for all and all seemed to be doing well ? It was not Juite true that all were doing well, but Mr. Hanna's way of .'putting it struck the ordinary mind and enough voters took his view of it to eleot Mr. McKinley for the second term. If that was a pertinent interrogatory to put to the voters of the country in 1900 why isn't it quite as pertinent for the negro rights agitators in 1903 ? Thia inquiry is suggested by re marks of two distinguished gentle men, one prominent as a politician, the other as a church dignitary, both speaking on the race question. The first is John S. Wise, formerly of Virginia, now of New York, who is engineering the legal proceedings against the constitutional amend ment of Virginia, and who in that connection has said some very fool ish things. Bat he seems to have cooled down somewhat, and is thus quoted in a recent interview with a .representative of the Washington Times : "The time has come when people are realizing that the question of suffrage Is a mailer for the States to settle among themselves as they see fit and then to ice that the representation of the Stales is based thoroughly upon the number who are permitted to oie." "The negro question is going to aole Itself along? those line-, not by Nortr era Interference, but by a pro cen of evolution there. When tt is understood that negroes there will not be given any show, they will move a-r to States where they do get a q t re deal. Then the Souinern people wi i want them back again and will gr.du.tllT them well enough to hold them there," If the time has como when the people realize all this why is John S. Wise talking himself hoarse over the suffrage laws of Virginia? The right of the States has been recog nized to settle this question in their own way and the only instance where it has been questioned was when some of the Southern States in the interest of good government adopted suffrage laws that reduced the number of negro voters. The concluding sentence in this para graph shows the milk in the cocoa nut, and shows that it isn't the dis franchisement of the negro that they are troubled about, bnt that it is the political gain they would make by having the negro counted out on the basis of representation from the South that interests them. That would be a ten strike for the Republican party, and if it then de pended upon the Republican lead ers these suffrage laws could not be made too drastic, and would never be repealed or modified. If "the negro question is going to settle itself on those lines," why doesn't John S. Wise and his fellow agitators let it go on and settle ? But when he proceeds further, by way of illustration, he departs from he truth and states the case as it does not exist. He virtually asserts that the negro does not get a "fair show" or a "square deal" in the South, when, as a matter of fact, in everything that involves his wel fare, he gets a fairer show and a squsrer deal in the South than ho does in the North. They haveac cumulated over $200,000,000 worth of property in the South, and have had the encouragement and the mor al support, and in many cases the material aid of the white people in doing this. There are fifty thous and negroes . in the State of Texas alone, who own the farms they till. There is not in the whole South a city, town or village in which the negro is denied work because he is a negro He is not denied an opportunity to earn an honest living if be wants to work. That is not the casein the North. In which section, then, has the negro the fairer show, and the squarer deal ? Archbiihop Ireland, of Minnesota, also believes the race question wil. settle itself, but not on the lines that John S. Wiie drawl. Recently while in Washington, he was called upon , by a delegation of negToes representing the negro press of the VOL. XXXIV. country, to expreBS their gratifica tion and to thank him for his stand in behalf of the negro. The press dispatch reporting the incident thus gives in substance what4he Archbishop said in reply: - In responding, he said that to him the Stars and Stripes had no meaning; whatsoever unless they mean the brotherhood of man. The idea of a distinction being made in civil and po litical matters because of race, or lan guage, or color, he declared, is Un American. He urged his callers to have patience, and said that with it the march of civilization and of Chris tianity would result in full recogni tion of their civil and political rights. He expressed the opinion that there was not in the history of the world an example of similar progress made by any people, of any color and of any race, equal to that made by the colored people in the forty years since Presi dent Lincoln declared them free and Independent. He predicted that what had been accomplished in the last forty years would be quadrupled in the next forty years. It may be incidentally remarked that Archbishop Ireland is a Repub lican in politics, and a warm sup porter of President Roosevelt, as he was of President McKinley, which will account for his pronounced views on the political and civil rights question, as applied to the negro. But when it comes to the "fair show" and "square deal" isn't this a pretty effective answer to Mr. John S. Wise ? Again, we ask, if the negro has done all the Arch bishop says he has (and he certainly has done much) and the prospects are so good for his doing so much better in the future why all this foolish clamor because some of them lose the privilege of voting by our suffrage laws? Why not let him go on doing well, and why not, in the language of the distinguished Mark Hanna, "let well enough alone"? COAL IN LOUISIANA. There is scarcely a week that passes that some new discovery is not made in the wealth-producing resources of the Southern States. Louisiana, rich in many things, has I not been classed as a coal-bearing I State, but recent explorations and testa show that there are in that State immense deposits of a lignite superior in quality to the average bituminouB coal. There is said to be comparatively little sulphur in it, while it leaves little ash and burns with a steady glow like anthracite. This deposit is within seven miles of the Texas and Pacific railroad. In speaking of it the New Orleans State says: In dit cussing the deposit Prof. Smith, who has been conducting the investi gation in the field, expresses the opin ion that there is enough coal in these deposits to supply Louisiana for many years, and that a reasonable estimate of the amount that can be extracted ould be hundreds of millions of tons. Practical miners who have made In vestigations, declare conditions favor able for profitable mining, and every thing seems to point to an early and most profitable development of this newly found source of wealth to the State. One of the remarkable things about this is that, although the ex istence of coal in that section has been known for some time, no effort had ever been made to ex plore or test the extent of it, or the quality or probable quantity of the deposit until a snappy young woman turned her attention to it, secured options on as much land as she cared for, and then had shafts sunk and tests made. Now they sav there are "millions in it" for this young woman, who hustled and did things while men around there with more money to spend than she had killed time in day light and slept at night on what will now prove to be a fortune- maker for others. Instances of this lack of enter prise and go easy indifference are not uncommon in the South and that is one of the reasons why our mineral resources have been so long b;'jlden. Men have walked for gene rations over rich deposits of coal and iron and other minerals and never had the curiosity or enter- terprise to see what might be in them until some outsider came along and took the job out of their hands and reaped the benefit. We have untested coal and iron deposits in our. own State that have been known for a couple genera tions or longer, and are yet await ing development, until some one comes along who appreciates the value of such things. PRITCHARD CASED FOB. Senator Pritchard has at last suc ceeded in securing the appointment as Justice on the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia, a life posi tion with a comfortable salary. This had been foreshowed for some time. As it is the rule to take care of re tiring Senators of the dominant par ty when any way can be found to do it, it was of course expected that something would be found for Mr. Pritchard, who was entitled to some consideration for the hustling he had done for the party, and there fore his friends have not been dis appointed in his case. Politically speaking this is a mat ter of Interest, for the appointment will retire Mr. Pritchard from pout- ical management in North Carolina, bmbWsE' BI natassal Savdl i MIBBBlD and some other hustler will take his place as organizer and machine ma nipulator. Of coarse there will be a lively contest for that, for aside from the national prominence it gives the man it carries with it di rectly or indirectly the control of considerable patronage, as the fel low who wants anything will have to stand in with the boss. It remains to be seen whether the party will gain or lose by the change of managers. In our opinion it will not lose, because while Pritchard had some strong points he had weak points, and played some very thin games when he thought ne was playing clever ones. Chairman Simmons caught him several times and blocked him when he thought he was doing the cutest kind of manipulating. But the retiring of Manager Pritchard means a new deal and that the leaders of the Democratic party will have new men and per haps abler ones to confront. It is said that the newly discover ed minerial radium will give light and heat continuously for years, and perhaps without limit, without any loss of energy. As it is self luminous and self heating the question that puzzles scientists is to tell how that is. The light and heat power is astonishing,. A pinch of it will il luminate a large room, and it is said that a pound of it in a glass jar, plac ed ma room would soon burn every one in that room to death. But as it coats $1,000,000 a pound there is little likelihood of much of it being used soon. A citizen of Tamaqua, Pa., died a lew days ago at the age oi et j years, who although blind for forty- five years, managed to run a store, buy and sell goods, and attend to business much better than some men with two good eyes. He could , count money like an expert and said that he had no difficulty in telling the denominations of bills, which he could do by his sense of touch. A British Antartic exploring ex pedition has gone a hundred miles further south than any previous explorers had done, and discovered land with high mountain ranges on it. Of course they planted a flag and now John Bull will claim the South Pole. f A railroad engine in Mississippi recently collided with a bundle of a Memphis newspaper and was thrown' from the track. It isn't safe for even a' locomotive to tackle a robust newspaper. The clergymen of this country cannot be charged with pursuing the dollar and working for pay, when the average salary they receive is not more than $500 a year. One of the St. Louis judges has set a commendable judicial example by - ordering that children be ex cluded from the court rooms when divorce cases are tried. It may be some relief to the fel low who is afraid of snakes to learn that out of the 165 different kinds in this country only 20 are " veno mous. Usually the swallow is satisfied with travelling about sixty miles an hour, but when in a hurry it is said it can clip off 1284 miles. Mr. Chamberlain made seventy set speeches while he was in South Africa, but the same people didn't have to listen to all of them. The ancestors of the American goat were foreigners, and emigrated from the highlands of Asia. CURRENT COMMENT. An exchange calls the senior Senator from Sonth Carolina "the Unspeakable Tillman," but it oc curs to ns that there Is nothing so bad that he finds it unutterable. If the product of his thought were really "unspeakable" It would be a creat blessinsr to the South. Nor- folk Ledger, Bern. The Southern negroes are being swindled by members of their own race witn preparations ior tax ing the kink out of their hair and turning taeir bkmu wuiku. suiiweeu the politicians and the fake medi cine swindlers the negro is having a hard time of it. Washington Post, Ind. Senator Spooner's declara tion, in his new biographical sketch in tne uongreasionai Aireutvry, mi President Mckinley offered mm two portfolios of the cabinet, has stirred Senator W. B. Allison to make known the fact that he has been offered and refused the Secre tarvship of the Treasury no less than three times and tne secretary of State once. Garfield, Harrison and McKinley each invited the Iowa Senator to a seat in his cabinet, but the Westerner preferred the Senate to cabinet cares. Savannah News, Dem. Jamea 8. Harland. attorney general of Porto Rico, yesterday called on the President and tendered nia resigna tion, to take effect April 30th. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903. GRAND JURY'S REPORT Sensational Statements by Com mittee As to Condition of Convict Camp. THE PLACE UNINHABITABLE? Retnraed Saturday to Jodie Peebles, Presiding Over the Saperlor Court. As Interview With tie County Soperlntesdent of Health. Bather sensational statements con cerning the sanitary condition of the sleeping quarters of the county con- vlcts at Castle Haynea are embraced in the report of the grand jury for the term of New Hanover Superior Court. just ended. It is stated that the bed clothing of the prisoners Is In a dirty, filthy condition and is filled with vermin ; that the place is not fit for human habitation. The recommenda tion is made that the clothing now in use be burned and that separate apart ments be provided for the races. The report concludes with a reference to the mere formal manner in which grand jury reports are usually re ceived and asks for more careful con sideration of their recommendations in the future. The report Is as follows: Eon. R B. Peebles, Judge Fifth Ju dicial District : Bib: Your grand jury begs to re port that we have carefully investiga ted all matters coming before us. We have made six presentments, returned 43 true bills, and returned three for lack of witnesses. . A committee from this grand jury was annointea to visit tne various county institutions, and make the fol lowing report : "We found buildings at tne .convict camp in fair repair, tne xitcnen ana dining room in good condition, but the place in which tne prisoners are confined as night we found to be very filthy and not fit for human habita tion. The bed clothing we found to be dirty, damp and filled with vermin. The white prisoners sleep in the same apartments with the negroes. The uounty Home is in gooa condi tion in every department, and we commend Mr. Chadwick for the care he has shown in providing comforts for the unfortunate ones in his care. The jail we found to be clean and well kept; the feed good, wholesome and sufficient. About 35 prisoners are now confined in the building. The Court House is In good order and repair. We recommend tnat tne convict camp be thoroughly cleaned and dis infected and the bedding now in use which cannot be made fit for use, be burned and new bedding supplied; that the superintendent of the convict camp be required to keep sufficient force detailed to keep tne quarters in a clean, healthy condition, and that a a partition be run across the sleeping quarters so as to separate the white and aolored convicts. We also recommend that frames be put In holes that were cut in the wall on the north and west aides of the court house and windows be fitted in them; that shelves be ar ranged in the northwest room in the basement of this building and the books containing the county records which are worth saving, be placed thereon and cared for. and to destroy those found to be of no value. We call attention to the fact that some of these recommendations were made by the grand jury of the July 1902 term of this court and seem to have been ignored. We are of the opinion that the grand jury's reports have been mere matters of form so rar as the effect is concerned. Oar labors have been impeded by not being able to get witnesses before . . a us and we recommena tnat magis trates be more caretnl and explicit in inatnictinar State witnesses in all cases comioe before them in which defend ants are bound over to this court, to anoear promptly. Respectfully sub mltted, The Grand Jubt. a. w. f hick, f oreman. C. B. Hall, Secretary. Chairman McEachern, of the Board of County Commissioners, was out of the city last night and, therefore, could not be interviewed In regard to the matters touched upon as to the convict camp. He was communicated with by telephone, however, but as he had not seen the report he could make no comorenensive siaiemem. o.s iu 1 t L the sanitary condition of the quarters he referred to Dr. W. D. McMillan, the county physician, who visits the camp twice a week, or oftener, as oc casion requires. Dr. McMillan said that of course the cleanliness would not compare with that of The Orton or Waldorf Astoria, but he could guarantee that the sanl tary condition of the quarters is as good as that of any county or State in the South. As an evidence of this there has been but one case of chills during the month of March. This would be possible only under the best sanitary conditions. Last Fall the per centaee of sickness was about -five; since that time the average has been between two and three per cent. When the State was in charge of the same camp the per cent, of sickness was nearly 20 and that was urged as a cause for abandonment The class of convicts who go on a county squad are from the lowest strata of society and therefore it is Impossible to keep a strictly clean place for them to In habit. Dr. McMillan said there was no odor in the camp and , he was surprised at the report. The quar ters are scoured with bi chloride of mercury twice a week and the bed clothing and interior of the building is sprayed with a formaldehyde prepa ration each day after the convicts are sent to work. As for a separation of the races, the State did not require it at Castle Haynes and besides white and colored prisoners are now given Quarters on either side of the building. This cuts down guard expenses and while the prisoners are under one roof, there is some separation In their being assigned to different portions of the 51,.. The inspection of the convict quar- ura an not hr the entire grand jury. but bv a committee composed of MA.ara Ondf rev Hart. J. F. Sellars, T. N. Justice and one other juror whose name could not be learned. FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Apparent Conflict la Two acts Re. ulating Tlme of Holding Saperlor Courts. Agreement br'Judfes. Inasmuch as there appears to be some conflict between the act recently passed by the General Assembly, changing the times for holding Supe rior. Courts in this district, and the original law upon the subject enacted at the- 190i session, Judge Geo. H. Brown, Jr.,-and Judge Robert B. Peebles, who have been assigned to ride the Spring and Fall circuits, have consented to the following construc tion of the law which will be read with interest by all interested In court af fairs in this district: "Whkbkas,- There is some am biguity in the Act of General Assem bly of 1903 entitled an Act to fix and regulate the times for holding the So- Eerior Courts for the Fifth Judicial istriot, and some apparent conflict between the evident purpose of that actand the act of 1901, relating to said district, after consultation 'with at torneys and considering the matter ourselves we have concluded that all the terms for the Superior Court for 5th district are fixed by and designa ted in the Act or 1903 which is in ef fect from and after March 30tb, 1903. No other regular terms of the Superior (Joan can b lawfully Leld except those specified in the Act. "Geo. H. Bbown, Jr., "Judge assigned by law to ride the Fall circuit, 1903, Fifth District. "R. B. Peebles. Judge assigned to ride Spring circuit lyua, jnitn iHstrict." The act passed at the 1903 session is as follows: An act to fix and regulate the times for holding the Superior Courts for the Fifth Judicial District : The General Assembly of North Caro una do enact: Section 1 That the Superior Courts in the several . counties of the Fifth Judicial District shall be opened and held at the times set forth hereinafter, to wit: Jtfew Hanover County. Sixth Mon day before the first Monday in March, one week; fifth Monday before the first Monday in March, two weeks; fourth Monday after the first Monday in March, one week: fifth Monday after the first Monday in March, two weeks; twelfth. Monday after the first Monday in March, one week; sixteenth Mon day after the first Monday in March, one week; third Monday after the first Monday in September, one week; sixth Monday after the first Monday in September, two weeks; twelfth Mon day after the first Monday in Septem ber, one week. Pender County Eighth Monday be fore the first Monday in March, one week ; first Monday before the first Monday in March, one week ; first Mon day in September, one week. Duplin Uounty Seventh Monday before the first Monday in March, one week; first Monday after the first Mon day in March, one week ; first Monday Deiore me nrst Mondy in September, one week; eighth Monday after the first Monday in September, two weeks. Onslow County Seventh Monday after the first Monday in March, one week; thirteenth Monday after the first Monday in September, two weeks, first Monday m March, two weeks; fourth Monday after the first Monday ia September, for two weeke. Sampson Uounty Third Monday ba fore the first Monday in March, for two weeks; eigntn Monday after tne Lenoir Uounty Second Monday after the first Monday In March, two weeks; fourteenth Monday after the first Monday in March, two weeks; first Monday after the first Monday in September, two weeks; tenth Monday after the first Monday In September, two weeks. Sec. 2 That all terms of said courts within said district established by Chapters 28 and 29 of the Public Laws of 1901, in conflict with this act, are hereby abolished and all process now returnable to said terms of court abol ished by this act shall ba returnable to the next succeeding term within said county. Sec. 3 That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 4 That this act shall be in force and effect from and after the 30th day of March. 1903. in tne uenerai Assembly read tnree times and ratified this, the 6th day of March, 1903. Mr; Bellamy To Leave. Mr. "Jack" Bellamy, one of Wil mington's most popular young men in both social and business life, will leave to-morrow night for Lynchburg, Va., to take a position with the American Tobacco Co. Mr. Bellamy's departure will be a distinctive loss to Wilming ton, where he has hundreds and hun dreds of friend?, who wish for him continued success. He-has been pro minently identified with the banking interests of the city for a number of years and resigns the position of in dividual book-keeper at the Murchison National Bank to go to Lynchburg. Negro Shot Another. John Williams, a negro who came down on a wood flat which, is an chored in Princess street dock, was shot in the right shoulder by Harmon Storey, a young mulatto drayman. yesterday about noon. Williams re ceived only a flesh wound, which was dressed by Dr. W. E. Storm. From what could be learned the negroes had a previous difficulty. Storey walked no to Williams: asked him what he had been lying on him for; drew his ran and fired. Storey escape d and has not been captured. An Unnmal Accident. A young negro boy who was driving an unruly cow on Princess, between Fourth and Fifth streets, yesterday afternoon had the misfortune to get h!s thumb tangled la the rope in such an unusual way that it was almost mashed off. Dr. C. T. Harper dressed the wound and found it necessary to amputate the first joint of the thumb. License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Miss Victoria Har- rell, daughter oT Mr. Q. H. Hsrrell, of Delgado, to Mr. D. Sanderr, of Har- I nett township and a aon of Mr., and Mrs. Frank H. Sanders, of Bangor, Me. vw i 17 ii i . ii w y r w V II 1 II II I P r-..- MANY TO TBI ROADS. Ten Defendants Sentenced to More Than Twenty Years Within Ten Minutes. SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED. It Was After Midnight Sunday Moralug Whea Jodf e Peebles Completed RIs Work Burglary- Case Con sained Much Time. Within less time than it takes to write the story Judge Peebles, presid ing in the Buperior Court, last Saturday night sentenced ten defendants to terms aggregating 20 years and 9 months on the public roads of New Hanover county. The defendants had been tried during the past week of court but for one reason or another Judge Peebles deferred passing sen tence upon them. Saturday - the Rock Springs burglary ease consumed much more time than was anticipated and a night session had to be held. The court was busy with the burglary case until nearly midnight, when the term expired by limitation. Just bsfore the clock struck twelve and as the jury ia the burglary case was re tiring, Judge Peebles calmly cast his eye over the prisoner's dock and said "I must be sentencing some of these defendants before Sun day morning. " They were all colored and a few of them had fallen asleep on the railing. They received a rude awakening, however; as Judge Peebles commenced turning the leaves of his docket rapidly and meting out pun- nishment in one, two, three and five year dose. The sentences were im posed and at 12:10 o'clock Sunday morn ing Sheriff Stedman, by instruction, adjourned the court sine die. The sentences are as follows: James Garfield, carrying concealed weapon; 6 months on roadsjbeginning March 23rd 1903. James Garfield, larceny and break ing into house of O. H. Gaikins, color ed, S years on roads beginning July 1903. James Garfield, larceny from house of Jacob Wood ; one year on roads from July 20th 1906. Henry Reynolds knd William Evans, larceny of jslly from W. A. Farriss; three years as to Reynolds and 12 months as to Evans. Walter Lucas, carrying concealed weapons; fine of 35 stricken out and defendant sentenced to 6 months on roads. William Davis, assault with deadly weapon; judgment of $5 fine stricken out and defendant given six months on the roads. Henry Payne, carrying concealed weapons; 6 months on roads. Charles Fowler, assault with deadly weapon; fine of 5 cents and costs stricken out; 3 months on roads. Charles Sinclair and Walter Wil liams, larceny; five years each on pub lic roads. The charge is larceny from cars of the A. C. L. at Castle Haynes. Henry Moore, assault with deadly weapon; change of sentence from 6 months on roads to payment of cost stricken out and original judgment of 6 months ordered enforced. Hunch Hullen, larceny; appeal withdrawn and sentence changed from four to three years on roads. The above sentences are exclusive of othera passed as the cases were tried during the week. A number of de fendants, owing to the shortness of the term, will have to remain in jail until another court is held. THE TREATY WITH CUBA. Ratifications Will Be Exchanged at Once by Cable Bnt Three Dsys Remain of the Time Limit. By Teiezrasn to tne Horning Btar. Washington, March 28. Secretary Hay, when apprised of the action of the Cuban Senate in ratifying the reciprocity treaty, expressed his grati fication. During the last three days Secretary Hay has been in active cable communication with Minister Bquiers nd no doubt the action of the Senate committee in receding from its position was influenced more or less thereby. But three days remain of the time limit within which ratifications can be exchanged. Secretary Hay said, how ever, that as soon as official notifica tion is given by cable of the mailing of the necessary documents tne raunca- tiona can be -exchanged at once with out waiting for their receipt. Secretary Hay added that in his mes sages to Minister Bquiers he gave the -positive assurance tnat tne rresiaent would call an extra session 01 uongress in the Fall. The time was not stated but the secretary said Congress would be convened sufficiently in advance of the regular session to assure its action on the treaty as required by the Sen ate amendment before December 31st. WOODEN-DISH COMBINE. A Combination of Nearly All the Manu facturers In the Country. By Telegrapb to the Morning Btar. Norfolk, Va., March 28. Repre sentatives from eight States met here to-day and formed a combine of al most all the wooden-dish manufac turers in the country. The States represented at the meeting were Vir ginia, Hortn uarouna, Delaware, jxew Jersey, New York, Vermont and Ohio. The meeting was the outcome of the Drellmlnary conference held a few days ago' in New York and was pri marily to regulate prices, out at tne same time several plans which are ex pected to result in the trade better ment were adopted, uy to-aay s pro ceedings, M. B. Belden, of New York, a .wealthy manufacturer, was put at the head of the combine. The plants represented at the meet ing have an annual output, it ia said, of more than one hundred million pieces a year. NO. 23 NEWS FR0M RALpiQH. Stale Veterlnnry Board Appointed Erf lot Case from Moore Conaty Ucea tlates to Practice Pharmacy. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, March 20. Gov. A j cock to-day announced the appoint ment of the North Carolina Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners' aa fol lows: Dr. B. L. Griffin, of Concord: Dr. Tait Butter, of Raleigh; Dr. W. a McMakin, Dr. Thomas B. Carroll, of Wilmington, Dr. J. W. Petty, of Greensboro. In the Supreme Court to day the case of 8eawell vs. Carolina Central Railroad from Moore county, was ar gued on '.appeal. This is the casein which H. F. Seawall was awarded $4, 600 for being egged at Shelby during the 1900 campaign when be was a can didate for Lieutenant Governor on the Republican ticket The egging was on railroad property and among the first and last eggs thrown were by railroad employer, hence the suit. Argument was by Douglass & Siuimr, U. L. Spenoe and' W. J. Adams for plaintiff; Shepherd and W. E. Murchison for the railroad. It will be several weeks before the court passes on the case. The appeal was on numerous excep tions, notably a demurrer that there was not sufficient evidence for the casMtogo to the jury; that Seawell was not a passenger and there was a lac of evidence of participation of railroad employes in the egging. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfield Herald: Neuse river has been higher here than for many years and the county bridge near Wil son's Mill is reported washed away. Newton Enterprise: The far mers are delighted with wheat pros pects. It is out of danger of fly and Is growing by leaps snd bounds. The fields present a most attractive ap pearance. The only danger now is a severe freese. Gastonia Gazette: The Arling ton, one of Gastonia's most flourish ing cotton mills, is to increase its num ber of spindles from 7,300 to 10,000 and to make other improvements, the aggregate cost of which will be 130, 000. This mill, began operation Jan uary 1st. 1901, with 6.300 spindles. Statesville Mascot: Reports from all over the county unite in say ing that the prospects for a fine wheat crop are unusually bright. There is a large acreage seeded to wheat in Iredell, the stand is good and if the season continues favorable a high average yield will be harvested. Sanf ord Express: Many of the distillers are making arrangements to move from the country to the towns. There are already three at Hamlet, and three at Hoffman and two more are going to the latter place. It is said that several more will go to Ham let, The moonshiners will no doubt continue to do business in the country. Littleton Reporter: Quantities of Western hay, grain, and meat are sold and hauled from here daily. This ia a misfortune to the buyer only. The grower, the merchant, the rail roads, get their pay, while the buyer only has the satisfaction of knowing he either has or will have to work hard for the money with which those articles, which should be grown here, are paid. Roanoke Beacon: The body of Cain Waters, who mysteriously dis appeared from this town Dec. 24, and who it was feared bad been the victim of foul play, was found in the river near Loan's mill last Saturday. Cor oner Lucas -summone d a jury and held an inquest. Several witnesses were examined and an examination of the body was made by Dr. W. H. Ward, but no evidence was secured to show that Waters had been murdered, and the jury returned a verdict that the cause of death was unknown. Greensboro Record: Now that the weather is again favorable, a small army of workmen is busily engaged at the new White Oak Cotton Mill. The foundation of the spinning mill is about completed and that of the weav ing mill is well under way. Few people have an adequate idea of the immensity of this plant, which is to rank with the biggest cotton mills in the country. The weaving mill, which will be one story in height, with a basement, w 11 be about 900 feet in length. The spinning mill be 600 feet long and two stories high. It will also have a basement. The two build ings will cover eleven acres of ground. SAN MIGUEL DIED FIGHTING. The Last Unreconciled Filipino Leader Killed In Fridsy's Flint Near Marl qoloa Fifty Insurgents Killed. By cable to tne Horning Btar. Makila, March 28. Thejreport that Ban Miguel, the Filipino leader, was killed in Friday's fight near Marl quina, is confirmed. His body has been identified and delivered to his relatives for buria'. San Miguel, with his bodyguard consisting of thirty men, abandoned the tort at Mariquina and attempted to escape, but the Macabebe scouts surrounded the party, mortally wound ed San Miguel and killed six of his bodyguard. After he fell San Miguel emptied his revolver among the Mac abebes and died fighting. San Miguel was the last unreconciled Filipino in surgent. He failed to attain promi nence during the insurrection. The bodies of the insurgents killed in the fighting at Mariquina, to the number of about fifty, were taken to Caloocan to-day and were surrendered to the relatives of the dead. Lieuten ant Reese and the other wounded scouts will recover. COAST DEFENSES. Purposed Improvement lavolvisf an Ex penditure of Several Million Dollars. By nugrapb to the Horning Btar. Washthqton, March 28. Lieuten ant General Miles, General Orozler, chief of ordnance, and General Ran dolph, chief of artillery, will visit Pen saeola, Fla., probably next week, for the purpose 01 inspecting tne system 01 control and direction of artillery fire installed by Major General Whistler of the artillery corps, with a view in case of its success to the extension of the system to other harbors, involv ing a nnaaihla exnendlture of several million dollars in the improvement of coast defences. Factories Serve Notice i Suspension of Work Indefinite Period. bi Telegraph to tne Horning star. . Lowell, Mass., March 28. In pre ference to fighting the Textile Unions of Lowell the agents of seven big cot ton mills to-day ordered an entire sus pension of work for an Indefinite period. Two days ago these agents officially announced that a canvass of the field showed that upwards of 80 per cent, were non-nnlon and were opposed to a strike. This sentiment changed yes- -terday and when a second canvass was taken, off the loom fixers, mule-spinners, carders, nappers, weavers and beamersy this morning, it was seen that the Textile Council was able to fulfil Its threat and strike in the mills Monday. Without delay notices of sT shut down, to take effect at once, were posted on the gates, -and as piece hands completed their work they were told to leave. When speed went down at noon fully 17,000 operatives had been forced into idle ness. The length of the shut-down is problematical, but It ia likely to last many weeks, as the unions have been , promised financial support from the United Textile Workers of America, the National Mule Spinners' Associa tion, the American Federation of La bor, and from the local trades and la bor councils, composed of forty-five unions. Agent W. S. South worth, of the Maasachussetta Manufacturers' Asso ciation, says that if the mill people think that the shut-down will be over In fortnight they are greatly mistaken It will last, he says, until the agents are positively told that all the opera -tives want to work, and when this time comes the agents will consider the matter of resumptions. President Oonroy, of the Textile Council, who stands as the strike leader, says: "Tho action of the milt agents sim plifies matters. They have simply an ticipated us. If they had not declared a shut-down we would haye tied them up any way, and they know it. This makes it easy for us to handle them. I can't say what will happen. There may be trouble any way." The shut-down will affect primarily the 16,000 and more operatives. In a month many hundreds of operatives In small Industries supplying mate rial to the big mills wlllljoin the army of the unemployed, and the longer the enforced idleness the greater the paralysis of industry here. A DESPERATE BATTLE WITH THREE ROBBERS. One of the Qanj Was Killed, Another Wounded and Captured and the Third Made His Eecspe. bj lelegrann to tne Horning Btar. Cleveland, March 28. A desperate battle was fought to-day between three robbers on one side and officers and citizens on the other, at Bedford, a suburb, resulting in the death of one of the robbers and the wounding and capture or another. Many shots were exchanged before the fleeing men were finally brought to earth. Very late last night three masked men entered the town of Garrettsville, tweniy-five miles east of Cleveland, seized the night policeman and bound and gagged him. The officer was then marched to the post office, where he was compelled to witness an attempt to blow .open the safe by the ma rauders. They finally, after working some time, gave up the job without securing anything of value. They then entered the store of F. E. George, where they secured a small sum of money. Later, they stole a horse and buggy and drove to Ravenna, where they boarded a Cleveland and Pitts burg freight train for Cleveland. Meantime the authorities had been aroused at both Revenna and Gar-. rettsville. Telegrams were sent to Bedford, and when the train arrived thero a number of deputy sheriffs and a posse of citizens were on hand, arm ed with guns and revolvers. The three burglars jumped from the train aa it drew up to the station. They imme diately drew their revolvers and a run ning fight began. Finally one of the pursued men droppsdfto the ground dead. A second was so badly wound ed that hefileft a trail of blood in his footsteps and soon threw up his in hands surrender. The third 'escaped. Subsequently the captured robber was taken to the office of United States Marshal Chandler where he gave his name as James Bradley, 23 years old, of St. Louis, Mo. He asserted that he did not know the name of the robber ahot toldeath or of the one who escaped. NEGRO ESCAPED LYNCHING. Harvey Williams, Who Criminally As saulted a Young White Qlrl Near Bramwell, Vs. Jail Torn Up. bv Telegrapb to tne Horning Btar. Bluefields, W. Va., March 28. Harvey Williams, a negro miner, had a narrow escape from summary death last night On a lonely atrip of road that leads across the mountains from Pocahontas to Coopers, he criminally assaulted the 13-year old daughter of a Mr. Jones yesterday. The little girl with great effort managed to reach her home, where she gave the alarm. A searching party soon captured her assailant and placed him in jail. At night hundreds of people assembled in the little town of Bramwell, bent on lynching Williams, but the officers in citizens' clothes took him away unob served to Princeton. About midnight the crowd made an onslaught on the Bramwell jail and it was practically torn to pieces. Finding that the negro had been spirited away tneir anger wan unbounded and hundreds of pis tol shots were fired into the air and. the mob otherwise showed its disgust at having been foiled. safe crackers. . Robbed the PoitoIIIce at McSall, S. C , of - Cash nnd Stamps. bv Telegraph to tne Morning Btar. Charlotte, N. 0., March 28. A I special to the Observer from Laurin burg, N. 0., says: Safe crackers robbed the postofflce at McOall, 8. O., last night and se cured about $1,000 in cash and stamps. A telephone message from McCall. states that a couple of blood hounds from the penitentiary at Columbia are I giving hot pursuit, Th atAmnt of averages of the clearing house banks of New York for theweeklshows: Loans f".20p decrease $6,948,200. DepOsiU $894,360, 000, decrease $6,423,400. OlrculaUon $43,900,800. increase $37,300. Wf tenders $65,184,4W, increase w"r 900. Specie $lC3,l,K00,decrease $131.- 000. Reserve $W9,8,w, mcrwa $1,494,900. 7 S ; v A

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