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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.
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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.
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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.
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