I THE FUBLIBUD AT Wl L n I M 6TQM, n. c, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 188888888888888888 .Pon SI aSSgSS8SSgSS 88888S8888888888S 8S8SS888888S88883 SS8SS3$;SS288R8S8 qiuow t 8888SS88SS88S8888 npson S 82888888S8288888S ssssssaasiissss I 88888858838888883 "ssssaagasasss 82885882288888888 """"ssasasssassa af H . 188888888888888888 M U B. V3 intfti: list Kottrtd at th Port Office at w'Umtftoa. N. C. at SacoadClua lUtta.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Th tubtcrlptloa ptlca ol tba Weekly Stat It u follow : SincU Copy 1 yaar, poauf paid ........II 00 " " 8 month. " an " " imoatiu m SENATOR ALLISON ON THE TARIFF. Senator Allison, of Iowa, is one of the oldest, one of the longest in service and one of the most respect ed of the Senators. In point of sincerity and honesty of -purpose he ranks above the average Repub lican statesman, and this makes his deliverances on publio questions, especially those which are largely party questions, worthy of note. He has recently been talking on the tariff question, revision, etc., but he seems to be about as much at sea as any of them. He appears to think that something should be done, but precisely what he does not know nor how to do it if he does know. He is thus quoted: "There are all shades of opinion re garding the tariff." he admits. "Some people want certain schedules of the tariff reduced, while others do not want them touched. For instance, the shoe manufacturers of New England want free hides, while the cattle rais ers of the West believe that it would be disastrous to their industry to more this duty. Some persons believe the duty of $1 a thousand feet on lumber is too high and should be removed, while those engaged in the lumbar industry do not desire any reduction in the present rates. It Is such a broad question that it is impossible for all Interests to agree. It is true that some schedules are too high and ahould be reduced. There is also a difference of opinion in the various sections of the country as to whether the entire tariff should be revised or whether specific schedules should be modified." "Ia my opinion the party will adopt abroad gauge platform. I believe thl it will declare in favor of chang leg the tariff to meet the changed con ditions. That is, if to day a high rate o' tariff is necessary for the protection or a certain industry that high rate will be imposed, but if within a few years the ladustry has thrived so well that a high rate is not necessary to its ex itence tben the duty should be re dn red to meet the changed conditions. 'The party will not depart from its wl known principles of protection. A naximum and minimum tariff is a go I thing if it could be put into oper aiij iin this country. Under such a ia the President would be directed to Impose the low rate of duty on goods earning into this country when a foren nation having a maximum and minimum tariff admitted Ameri can made goods at the minimum rate. "Reciprocity is a beautiful theory, but I am convinced that it cannot be put into practice. The Instant it is proposed to reduce the duty on any given dutiable product by means of a reciprocity treaty the industry affected Immediately objects. Where a num ber of large industries are affected by the proposed reciprocity treaties they exert enough influence to defeat the treaties: "It is impossible to secure the rati fication or reciprocity treaties because of the tremendous pressure brought to bear by the interested industries. The same difficulty applies to the en actment of a maximum and minimum tariff, because such a proposition sure ly would provoke strong opposition." This would be amusing if it were spoken by a less distinguished Sena tor than Mr. Allison, who, as we have remarked, has a reputation for moro sincerity and honesty of pur pose than the average Republican statesman, being looked upon as more of a statesman than partisan, when statesmanship and partisan ship conflict. But in these utterances, while he flounders, there are evi dences of sincerity when, in speaking of the difficulty of securing tariff re vision, he virtually confesses that the representatives in Congress are die tated to and controlled by the bene ficiaries of protection, and again when he admits that the protective system is for the benefit of favored industries and is based essentially on self-Interest. New England, he says, wants free hides because that would give the New England shoe manufacturers . cheaper leather, while the cattle raisers don't want free hides, be cause that would make hides cheaper. The New England manu factum, who wants free hides also wants protection on shoes, while the cattle raisers would doubtless like to see the tariff removed from shoes, at least they would if they thought that would roduce the cost of shoes. That's where the grasping selfish . ness comes in, a selfishness to gratify which the whole American people are taxed, although the shoe "manufacturers and cattle raisers are not one in a thousand of the popu lation. Senator Allison says "the cattle raisers are opposed to freelides." This is too broad a statement if he means to include the farmers who raise and sell a few cattle, for they don't care a snap of the fingers for VOL. XXXIV. the tariff on hides, which doesn't benefit them in the least, but if he means only the cattle herders on the plains, then they are only a handful compared with the inass of people who are taxed for their bene fit. Some people, he says, think there should not be a tax of $2 a thous in jn lumber, while the lumber mewant that much or more. Here again the many are taxed for the benefit of the few who, as compared with the mass of people taxed, are not a handful. That Is not only a tax for the benefit of an Industry that does not need it, bnt It la a tax that Is bad in policy and is doing in finitely more harm than it could ever do good, for it is offering a bounty on forests destruction when the "aim . of wise statesmanship should be to protect, preserve and perpetuate our forests. Instead of doing this they are doing all they oan by their tariff system of taxation to keep foreign lumber ont, to" give . theumber cutters a monopo ly of the home market which stimu lates to restless cutting down and destruction of our forests,for which the country now pays annual pen alty in floods and droughts, a pen alty which will become greater in the future in proportion to the amount of forest denudation that is done, inestimably more than all the benefit the duties on lumber could be to the lumber men for all time to come. Here we have the strange and in congruous spectacle of Uongress passing acts setting aside public domain as forest preserves, States buying land to add to their forest reservations, other States offering bounties for the. planting of groves of trees, and many, nearly all of the States, designating arbor days and encouraging the planting of trees by the people and the school children; and yet the Republican statesmen invite the destruction of the forests and stimulate the lumberman's axe by practically closing this coun try against lumber from other coun tries. That's where stupidity of a suicidal order surrenders to grasp ing selfishness. These are but a few of the illus trations to show the kind of a tariff we have; but still the Republican statesmen dare not tackle it, for, as Senator Allison confesses, the pro tected interests are too potent to be successfully resisted. ENDORSING ROOSEVELT. The fellows who are running the negro and of the Republican ma chine in the North are doing their work according to the programme. A few days ago there was " a big negro meeting in Brooklyn, N. Y., which wound np with resolutions applauding, the stand that Roose velt has taken on the ''open door to opportunity," and later a meeting was held in Schenectady, N. Y., which wound np by "enthusiastic ally commending the action of President Roosevelt in appointing negroes to office and upholding the rights of colored people' to partake of the fruits of citizenship." That will do to gnll the unsophis ticated colored voter np there and down here, too, bnt suppose some one . had asked the framers and adopters of that resolu tion how many negroes Mr. Roose velt has appointed to office in New York, (where thero are at least 60, 000 negro voters), what would they answer? Or if they were asked how many he or his predecessor, or any of his predecessors, after all the bunco talk about tho equal political rights of the negro, had appointed in any Northern State, what would they an swer ? Thev would simply find themselves with a severe case of lockjaw and be as dumb as the pro verbial oyster. But this kind of rot does well enough to bunco the negro voter and they will continue to dish it out as they have been dishing it ont for years. Even Mr. Roosevelt takes credit to himself for having appointed fewer negroes to office in the South than his predecessor did, and very few in all, a virtual apology for having ap pointed any. Our State Department holds that a naturalized citizen who returns to the country of his origin without ' any intention of returning to this country forfeits his right to the protection of this country. That is right. And so should the native born citizen who accnmulates a pile of dollars, con cludes that this country isn't good enough for him, and takes np his residence in some other country. It is said that more men have died and been buried on the line of the canal on the Isthmus of Panama than on any equal amount ofterri tory in the world, excluding, we suppose, the great cities and their cemeteries. Not a very cheerful bit of information for those who are to be employed In digging that dlteh. 1 v DISCUSSIHQ ITS EFFECT. Men interested in combines out side of railroads, are discussing the effect the recent desclsion of the U. S. court of appeals in the North Western railroad merger case may have on other combines. As we read it it is practically a decision against all combines, the forming of which has the effect of destroying competition by absorbing or otherwise controlling competitive plants. The decision referred to is based on the essential fact that such combination is inspired by this in tention and is therefore in restraint of trade, -which brings it within the province of the Sherman act, and f that be the basis of the decision in the merger case, then it as forcibly applies to all mergers or consoli da- ions, and community of operation and management the result of which would be to strangle or otherwise prevent competition. Of course the combinations would contend that this was not the inten- ion of the merging, but the Court of Appeals in its decision took the view that this is the cardinal motive n such combinations, and that there conld be no other motive, whatever the professed intentions might be, and it was doubtless right in. taking that view of it. As illustrations take the Beef Trust, the Steel Trust, the Sugar Trust, the Oil Trust. Having ab sorbed by purchase or otherwise plants in their respective lines they have secured a monopoly, absolnte- y control the market and can and do make their own prices without ear of opposition or competition, and as a result make enormous profits and declare princely dividends, the annual -income of some of the prin cipal stockholders being greater than the income of the leading monarchs of Europe. Of course this is the re sult of monopolistic tribute upon the American people, who are de prived of the benefit of competition by such combines "in restraint of trade." If Prof. Jerome Dowd, formerly of this State, were to make his ap pearance in the Philadelphia Record office with blood in his eye and a big club, no one would blame him. In oommenting upon an address re cently delivered by him before the Wisconsin Legislature, the Record refers to him as "an educated ne- Kro." Johann Most, the New York Anarchist, was discharged from prison a few days ago. He was sen tenced for twelve months, but got two months knocked off for good behavior. Now if Johann continues to behave properly he may keep ont of prison. The Missouri preacher, who is fighting the cigarette by furnishing smokers with clean corn cob pipes and good smoking tobacco, ia going about it in a practical way, but the probabilities are that he will get tired of it and that it will end in smoke. Mrs. Washington T. Booker, was "guest of honor" at a meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs at Dorchester, Mass., a few days ago. But when will she be the guest of honor at the tables of some of these white sisters? A New York plumber, who found $18,000 under a house, and was re warded with one dollar by the own ers of the house, probably didn't forget the find and the reward when he figured np his bill. Last year Andrew Carnigie gave to libraries, &c, 130,000,000. It is estimated that since he began giv ing he has given nearly $100,000,- 000. But he still has enough to live comfortably. The fact that there are nearly twice as many divorced women in this country as men is accounted for on the ground that many of the men marry again, while many of the wo men do not repeat.. It is said that foreigners living in this conntry send annually to relatives abroad $10,000,000. The Irish Bend more than any other na tionality for they never forget "the old folkB at home." General Alford, of Dallas, Texas, still wears the Confederate gray, and so does Maj. Reubin Wilson, of this State. But they both laid aside their shooting things some time ago Since it has been learned that Mr. Roosevelt was alsoa sheriff once, we will probably hear less from Repub lican organs about "Sheriff" Cleve land. 'Mrs. King, of Texas, owns 1,300, 000 acres of land, upon which pas ture 65,000 head of cattle, all hers, and she is a widow, too. The Mad Mullah has been getting some more thrashing. This ought to make Mad madder. IE WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1903. GRAND JURY REPORT. Charges of Unsanitary Condition of County Convict Camp Are Reiterated. INTERESTING STATEMENTS. Coastj Authorities Are Wllllsg for Physl- claas to Determine Mooted Qsestioo. Several RecommeadatloasAre Msde Is System Right? Rather sensational and altogether nterestlng statements are contained in the report of the grand jury to the present term of New Hanover Superior Court, which was. made public Satur day! T Charges of an unsanitary 'con dition at the convict camp are re- terated from the preceding week and members of the jury make some in teresting admissions in connection therewith which give emphasis to their convictions expressed in the re port. The county authorities still maintain that they have the best sani tary camp in the State or South and are willing to leave tne matter to a board of any number of physicians in the city. It is not known as yet what action, if any, will be taken. The re port is as follows: The Honorable B. B. Peebles, Judge Presiding: Sib We the the grand jury beg to make the following report: Oat of 15 presentments we have found 11 true bills and four not true, but have had great difficulty in getting the witnesses and will be glad u tne court will pro cure a more prompt attendance. We inspected tne uourt uouse bulld og and found it In satisfactory condi tion, with the exception of a lot of sand and shavings lying in the attic, and the lightning rod on the'north- west corner which is twisted or broken. We recommend the sand and shavings be removed and the lightning rod re paired. We also went over tne WL The water closet is not in good order, one of the pipes haying burst. It should be mended speedily. Some lice were seen crawling about tne ceils, out having regard to the number of prison ers just now coming and going from there, the condition is pernaps as cleanly as can be expected. We next looxea at . tne convicts working on the Wrightsville road. The cage bad an untidy, nnswept and unclean appearance. We were told the blankets are full of vermin: In deed so bad was the description that not one of us had courage to step into the cage and handle them. They are never cnanged, but are sometimes washed, and nsed again. The convicts may remain warned or unwasoea as they choose; indeed some of them only bathe at intervals of a month or so. The cooking apparatus, food and preparation of meals appeared excel lent, and tbe dining sued clean 'and convenient. We would recomend that two sets of blankets be in use and that the clean sets be used while the dirty lots are being purified; also that the men be compelled to thoroughly wasn once a weesr. say on Saturday nigbt. We noticed a large tub so there can be no difficulty about cleanliness. Also that every convict on first being taken in charge be given a bath. Tne road work is being wen done. but the road engine if not attended to will soon be in a bad fix. It has a crack in the boiler sheet from which steam and water issue In great force. In this case the old adage "a stitch in time" may well apply. Tne County Home we round .in fairly good order and nicely kept. Sufficient attention seems to be given to the bed clothing, which tbe keeper says is changed once a week. There is a white man. presumably a sailor. who will not or cannot speak. He has been silent for six weeks, and la either shamming or dementedt We recommend that be be sent to the asy lum, where the truth will soon be as certained. In one room of the color' ed ward we saw .two heaps of filthy rags, which should be burnea. We now turned to tne uastie Haynes stockade, where we saw sixty or more prisoners, atom tneir ap pearance they have sufficient food, and the discipline seems good. We examined the dinners set out for them. The food was plain and wholesome. We found that great license is per mitted the negroes in the way of talk ing, jumping, boxing, playing cards and otherwise enjoying themselves, especially on Sundays, we think a more stringent discipline as to keep ing silent should be enforced. We also recommend strongly that a sepa rate ward be provided for the white nrisoners. We regret to have to state that, though the beds and beddings other- crawling over the blankets, and. we are sorry to say that on our way home we were obliged to stop the carriage, take off our coats and Pick out vermin We, therefore, urge that whenever a prisoner enters the camp he be thor oughly cleansed, divested of his rags and clothed in a prison suit. His own clothes can be fumigated and returned to him on leaving. This filthinesr of ome negroes is a strong reason for the whites being separated. We think that the system of farming out the ipoor and the convicts to the lowest bidder at so much per head is bad. In both cases there Is the natural desire to make as much as possible out of them. In the case of the poor, the tendency is to curtail their fare and comforts, and in that of the convicts, to render stockade life attractive that imprisonment has little deterrent effect Each poor house inmate and each stockade criminal means so much income. We would therefore suggest that the poor and the prisoners be placed in charge of competent and trustworthy superintendents, each at a fixed salary; that the contracts for their provisions be let by advertise ment to the lowest bidders and that the superintendents be responsible for their respective charges to tne autnori- ties. J no. a. 4UELOH, Foreman Pire at Clarktoo. The tobacco warehouse at Glarkton was totally destroyed by fire which was discovered at 12 o'clock Friday nleht. The origin Is unknown. The total loss is also unknown but there was no Insurance. The warehouse will be rebuilt at once, it Is saldr for this season's business. Whiteville Superior Court convened this week. Judge E. W. Cooke, Jr., presiding. ELEVEN CONVICTS PROW CRAVEN. Demonstration o! Cheap Bslldiaf of New Hsaover Hljhwsys Six Yesrs. .Deputy Bherlffs W. B. Cox, M. O. Williams and A. L Bryan arrived Saturday from Newborn, bringing to the New Hanover chain gang, eleven convicts sentenced at last week's term of Craven SuperlorOourt by Judge Fer guson to terms aggregating six years. It may be sail in passing that New Hanover pays the expanse of bringing the convicts to Wilmington only and gets their six years labor in this in stance for 117.05 and cost of their keeping cheaper than if the prisoners were sent out from our own courts. Those brought down by the Newborn Officers are as follows, all but the two last named being "colored: run Hadley, affray, two months; Unas. Bryant, abandonment, twa j months; Isaac Waters, larceny, six months; Sam Leary, larceny, twelve months; Herbert Hicks, affray, four months; Derry Eborn, larceny, twelve months; Willie Griffin, larceny, six months; Mordy Thomas, larceny, six months; O. H. Strickland, f. and a., four months; Tho. Bright, larceny, six months. DEATH OP DR. J. C. HENRY. PsBBed Away la Wilmington March 31st. Nstlve of New Hsaover. Southport Standard. Dr. J. O. Henry, one of the oldest citizens of Town Creek, died in Wil mington at the home of Mr. J. F. Justice, his son-in-law, on March Slst. He had gone to Wilmington a week before his death to spend a few days. He had been In feeble health lor years, but was not thought to be much worse than usual until a few days be fore bis death. He was confined to his bed about three days and was thought to be better the day he died. He died while eating dinner. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure. Dr. Henry was born In New Han over county in tne year lozu. lie lived in his native county until grown. He had lived in various places, but in 1B75 ne moved to Town Creek and lived there the rest of his life. He practiced medicine until he became too feeble. By his sympathy and kindness he endeared himself to many. His nearest neighbors loved him best. He will be missed, even if he had become unable for regular work of any kind. THAT BAD NAVASSA NEGRO. Assailsat of Herbert Rots Had to Be Shot to Be Csplored. Southport Standard, 9th. Calvin Walker, colored, was brought here from Navassa on Tuesday last by C. Miller and Bam Benjamin, two col ored men who were deputized to bring him here, and lodged in jil to await the next term of Superior Court, six months hence. On the night of March 31st Walker and Herbert Bosr, colored; both la borers at the Navassa Guano Works, became involved in a difficulty and Walker was driven from the yards. He left, but in a short time returned with a shot gun and shot Herbert Koss ia the right leg, which resulted in the wounded man having to have bis leg amputated. Walker then made his escape. Tne next day several men were out hunting Walker, and shot at him, placing several shot In his face and back, but did not succeed in cap turing him until two days later. The preliminary trial was before Justice F. M. Moore. Another Postofflce Entered. was broken open a second time within the put six months on last Friday night. Several articles were taken from the building and the combina tion was knocked off the safe, but it was not opened. Monday a negro was captured in the woods near Little River with a pair of shoes which were identified as stolen from the building. The negro also carried rations in a bucket sufficient to last him for a week or more. The prisoner was taken to Conway, S. C, this week and lodged In jail. Death of Mr. John W. Swlnson. Mr. John William Swlnson, a high ly respected citizen of Msgnolia town ship, Duplin county, died at his home, about one mile from Magnolia, Satur day morning, aged 79 years. He leaves, besides his widow, one sister, Mrs. M. E. Stanland, of this city, and four children three sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Mr. J. H. Swinson, resides on Grace street, this city. His sister and children left Sat urday to attend the funeral, which took place Sunday at 10 A. M., at the family burying ground, near Magno lia. LOCAL DOTS. Mr. A. J. Robbins is building a large sharpie at Southport for the coasting trade. She Is now nearing completion. William Brown, a young negro charged with stealing goods from the Coast Line, was bound over to Su perior Court yesterday by the Mayor and went to jail in default of $50 bond. A cornet band has been- organ ized at Delgado with L. Lassiter band master; J. A. Daan secretary and treasurer, and Walter Woods captain. The instruments have already arrived and practices have begun. The Greensboro Telegram 'js now a morning instead of an alter- noon publication and is growing brighter and better every day. Mr. R. W. Haywood, formerly of Wil mington, is sole owner and editor of the paper Yesterday j in looking over some papers of his father, the late lamented Capt. John Cowan, Mr. Robert H. Cowan found one of the tickets formerly nsed on the old "Sea Side Railroad" the . system of horse cars run in wiiminrton perhaps so years agov It is a curiosity. A FATAL ACCIDENT, Robert Qlisson, Young Carpenter, Fatally Injured at Wilming ton Tobacco Warehouse. STRUCK BY FALLING TIMBER. His Skull Fractnred aid Death EasaeJ Twelve Hoars Later Aa Operation Cosldn't Save Him Remains Were Takea to Atkinson. ' Mr. Robert GUstoa, aged 2 years, a remarkably bright young man and a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Glisson, of Point Caswell, N. C, died Friday night at 8:60 o'clock at the James Walker Memorial Hospital as the result of a compound "fraftture of the skull sus tained Friday morning at 9 o'clock in an accident at the building of the Wilmington tobacco ..warehouse, Twelfth and Brunswick streets, where he was employed as a carpenter by Contractor W. E. Glenn. Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy and Dr. Jos. Akerman performed an operation early In the afternoon but it was seen then that the young man's life was only a ques tion of a few hours. The skull was horribly crushed and there were other bruises on other parts of the body. Glisson with about a dozen other men was engaged in putting one of the massive trusses In place upon which to rest the rafters of the heavy roof. In some way the derrick in use gave way or there was a slip and the big beam of timber, can taining nearly a thousand feet, fell fourteen feet, striking the young man on the shoulder and jamming his head against a heavy post and later throwing him to the thick floor with terrific force. .The other workmen about the timbar grasped the situation and ran out of the way. Glisson was conscious at the hospital and talked some with his brother, Mr. D. Glisson, who keeps a grocery atore at 507 Taylor street, but no hope for his recovery was even then entertained. Mr. Glisson had lived in Wilming ton six or seven years and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His father and mother came yesterday in response to a telegram in time to see their son before he died. The -deceased leaves four brothers, one of whom is Mr. D. Glisson, of Wilmington, and five sisters. Mrs. W. McD. Evans and Mrs. A. M. Pate, of this city, are aunts of the deceased. The remains were taken on the A. & Y. train Saturday morning to Atkin bod, N. C, for interment. AN ENTIRE FAMILY POISONED. Strssge Case That Comes from Marios, S. C Wilmlottoo Relstlves. The family of Mr. E. H. Gasque, a leading citizen of Marlon, SL 0., and three servants employed in the house hold were poisoned last Monday either in the food which they ate for dinner or by soma vanilla extract used in the preparation of the same. Mr. Gasque, seven members of the family and tbe three servants were taken violently ill early Monday night within less than an hour. Phy sicians were quickly summoned and it was not until Thursday that all were regarded out of danger. It was a ter rible ordeal through which the family passed and it was fesred that one or more fatalities would result. Mr. Gasque is father of Capt. Ghas. W. Gasque, a popular A. O. L. conductor running between Wilmington and Charleston, and Mrs. Harvey C. Twining, of this city. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT. Ner.ro Fell Thronih Screen nt Fertilizer Factory and Died nt Hospital, Frank Matteway, colored, aged about SO years, died early Saturday morning at the James Walker Memo rial Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an accident at Powers Sf Gibbs' fertilizer factory up the river Thursday. While about his work the negro fell a distance of about 20 feet through a screen and received Internal disarrangements. The man was given every attention by his employers but his death was inevitable from the na ture of the wounds. The remains were interred in the colored cemetery Saturday. PRITGHARD'S SUCCESSOR. Thos. S. Rollins Elected Chairman of State Republican Executive Committee. By Telegraph to tbe Morning' Star. KALEIGB, N. April 9. A spe cial from Greensboro, N. 0., says: At a meeting of the committee to night, Thomas S. Rollins was unani mously elected chairman of the State Republican Executive Committee, to succeed ex-Senator Pritchard, resign ed. He Is a son-in-law of the latter. The committee, after long delibera tion, recommended ex-Judge Robin son, of Goldsboro. as member from North Carolina of the national com mittee. SOLD INTO SERVITUDE. Brace Marcum, Member of a Well Known Fnmily In Kentocky. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Chicago, April It, A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Jackson, Ky., says: Bruce Marcum has been sold into servitude for six months under the vagrancy law. Marcum had such a refutation for idleness and abhorance of work that the highest bid was only $6.50. The bid was made by William Griffith, who must provide for him for the time he is in servitude. Marcum ia 27 years old and a member of a well known family. United States Court Commissioner James' B. Marcum ia 1 his ancle. NO. 25 T spirits turpentine. Lumberton Robesonian:' Mr. W. F. Steel, or Rockingham, who is well acquainted with several secUons of Robeson, and with Its resources. says that we have the best county in the State and one of which there will ba more marked progress within the coming year than any other county in tbe State. Salisbury Sun: Mr. Richard Sparnell has one hen with thirty-seven chickens. Last week Mr. Sparnell had two hens setting, but one of them died about two davs before the ersrs hatched. They were then put under the remain ing hen, with the result that when she came off she had thirty-seven little chicks, all of which are thriving. Raleigh News and .Observer: Policeman J. W. Robertson, who was shot by the negro. James Bruce, in Henderson on Thursday nleht. died at Rex Hospital Friday night. A negro named John Brackett was ar rested Friday morning, charged with the hold-no and robbery of Mi Campbell Wednesday oa Swannanoa Drive. Brackett said that at one stage oi tne cnase tne oioounounds were so cicse on him that he had to climb a tree. Newton Enterprise: The New ton Cotton Mill store shipped a car. load of sweet potatoes last week to tbe Uastern markets and they also have another car ready for shipment The raising oi potatoes is quite a profitable business in Catawba county. The opinion Monday of people from different parts of the county was that tbe cold weather of Saturday and Sun day did not do much damage, though several persons from the western part of the county said that most of the peaches were killed. The peaches in newion were not nurt ana this was the case in most parts'of the county. it is not oenevea tnet the wheat was injured. There was considerable ice Sunday morning. Gastonia Gazette : The Lorav nm was visitea late Wednesday after noon by a genuine mad dog. which created no little excitement and caused much trouble. Grover Soratt. a six year old boy, was bitten on the hand. ana several dogs in the neighborhood were aiso victims oi the rabm canine. The police made an effort to find the dog at once but failed, and It was sup- posea tne aog baa gone to the country. it reappeareo, however, early yester day morning at the Modena, biting several aogstnere ana at the Avon. From the Avod It passed on to the Trenton, and Mr. Ed Tuttle, the Tren ton's book keeper, got his gun and started in pursuit of the animal. He was joined by Mr Harvey Bradley and they succeeded in killing the dog at the farm of Mr, Caleb Spencer, some distance west or town. Chief I, N. Alexander and Policeman Wiley Car roll were successful in putting out of the way all the dogs which had been bitten. Greensboro Record: While W. I Allgood, a government storekeeper at Shore's distillery In Yadkin, was on the stand Thursday testifying for the government, he was asked by the at torney for the defence if he and a deputy collector were not in collusion for the purpose of trapping the dis tiller, then under indictment. Allgood refused to testify on the ground that it would incriminate him. Thinking it over judge Boyd had a bench war rant issued for him Thursday after noon, but it was returned not executed this morning. The storekeeper could not be found, whereupon Judge Boyd made a "few remarks" in open court and what he said left the impression that It was his idea that Allgood was no good and what he will do for him If found will be a plenty. It was whis pered around that the revenue men had spirited the witness away, know ing what he would catch if he re mained. A. whole bunch of bother Is accumulating for somebody. FORT MOULTRIE. Ghsnf e of Nsme of the Military Reserva tion on Sullivan's Islsnd. By Telegrapn to tne Morning Btar. Charleston, S. 0., April 11. Senator Tillman has written to Dr. JSdward McGrady, the historian, en closing a letter from Secretary of v v su aauuia Atw stsiuvuuvi&inj maasajfj sjusj name of the military reservation on Sullivan's Island, recently known as AAcllB MMlHll V?Wf antiAlinAlnm rhaf tttaft "Fort Uetty." has been changed to "Fort Moultrie," in honor of Major General Moultrie of the Continental army. The South Carolina Historical Society, the Sons of the Revolution and Daughters of the Revolution of a j m . a . arc mis city naa entrustea senator xui man with a petition and protest against the change to Fort Uetty and asking that the name Fort Moultrie be re stored. AT BRUNSWICK, OA. Contrncts Let for Bnlldlor an Immense Iron and Steel Plant, si Taiegrapn to tne Morning star. Baltimore, April 11. Ex-Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, in an Interview printed here, says the Mo hawk Valley Steel Company, of which he is vice president, has let contracts for the building of an immense iron and steel plant at Brunswick, Ua., to cost $10,000,000. The president of the Mohawk Steel Company isu. T. U in stead, of New York. Ex-Senator Mc- Ltaurln has been elected president of the Brunswick and Birmingham Construc tion company which is closely identi fied with the Mohawk Steel Company. Money I Are you indebted to THE WEEKLY STAR? If so, when you receive a bill for your subscription send us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news paper bill is as much en titled to your considera tion as is a bin for gro ceries. ' nsssmuni i BtPolMnii Pershisi's Efxht ATh the Mores-Oae Hundred Killed Eleven Americans Woanded Cannons Captnred. By oattie to tne Mornlna atar. Manila, April 11. The investment of Bacolod, island of Mindanao, which was captured by Capt. Pershing's forces after a fight in which a hun dred Moros were killed, occupied three days. The final assault wan msde at noon Wednesday. Desperato flghUag took place inside the forts. Seven cannon were captured; eleven Americans were wounded, a fe r of them seriously. It is probable that all the Americans will recover. The column approached Bacolod early on Monday and found four forts, which had been a year nnder construction, flying battle flags. The moras aia not wait to be attacked, but fired a volley, which wounded two Americans, Captain Pershing then decided to bombard the fortiflcationr, and McNalr and 0811678 batteries took ud positions and shelled the forta and works until Wednesday morning, the infantry and cavalry supporUng the attack. Many of the Moros left the' forts on Monday and Tuesday nights and escaped in boats on the lake. The assault on Wednesday was carefully prepared. The column car ried forward a bamboo bridge' on which the troops crossed the moat. under fire, and afterwards scaled tho walls. .The fighting Inside the forts, was most 'ilesperate. Seventy dead Moros were found inside the walls and forty wereu killed Inside the trenches. The whereabouts of the Sultan of Bacolod is not known. He Is be lieved to have escaped Monday night. A TRAGEDY AT LITTLE ROCK. Youor Woman Shot by a Man Who After wards Committed Suicide. et Telegraph to tbe Horning star. Little Rook, Abe., April 11. This afternoon," on the sidewalk in front of Christ's church, at Fifth and Scott streets, in this city. Will Alex ander, S3 years of age,- shot and se riously wounded Miss Irba T. Young, a handsome young woman who la employed as a milliner. Alexander, after firing two shots at Miss Young, put the pistol's muule to his left tem ple and sent a bullet through his brain. It Is thought Miss Young will recover. Alexander, who is the son of Dr. W. G. B. Alexander, of Carlisle, Ark.. recently returned from the Philippine islands, where he was a private in the alth United States volunteers. Al exander and Miss Young, it is said. were sweethearts when children. Miss Young was married to another man and Alexander to another woman. Miss Young had been granted a' divorce and her maiden name bad been re stored to her by order of the court. IN A NEW YORK THEATRE. Panic Averted In a Crowded Home by the Prompt Action of a Fireman. bt Telegraph to tne Morning Btar. New York, April 11. What might have been a serious accident In Keith's 14th street theatre was averted to night by the prompt action of a fire man. The blowing out or a ruse in the motor operating a moving picture machine caused sparks to Ignite the celluloid films. The machine box and the drapery covering it were set ablaze. Cries of "fire" were raised and a panic in the theatre seemed Imminent, when a fireman, regularly stationed in the building, ran from behind the scenes through an underground pas si ge to the front of the house. Then be ascended rapidly to the balcony and after calling to the people to keep their seats, turned a hose on the blszlng box and drapery and extin guished the fire. The action arrested the attention of those who had begun what seemed a panio stricken rush to the exits. When the fireman an- nou : ced the danger was passed, the performance was resumed, all but about two hundred persons re maining In or returning to their seats. THE STRIKE IN HOLLAND. Situation More Threatening Martial Law - May be Proclaimed. By Cable to tbe Morning Btar. Amsterdam, April 11. The dis agreement between the strikers and the Workmen's Defence Committee has resulted in the situation of affairs becoming more threatening. Further and more stringent military precau tions have been taken. Extra troops have been summoned here, and at the least sign of an outbreak martial law will be declared. The Hague. April 11. At an ur gent altting of the first chamber of The Netherlands Parliament to-day, the anti-strike bills, previously adopted by the second chamber, were passed unanimously. Queen Wllhemlna sanc tioned the anti-strike bins, wnicn forthwith became effective. The militia remains under arms and is guarding the railroads. NORTH ATLANTIS FLEET. Ordered to Norfolk, Where II VIII be Re viewed by Admiral Dewey. By Telegraph to tna Morning Btar. Washington, April 11. Orders were to-day sent to Rear Admiral HIgginson, commanding the North Atlantic fleet at Pensacola, to remain there several days pending the arrival of several carloads of provisions. He will be joined there early next week by Rear Admiral Coghlan with the Caribbean ;aea division, and the fleet will proceed to norroik, where it win be reviewed by Admiral Dewey. Admiral Coghlan has already left Puerto Oortez. SEPARATE SCHOOLS. , Decision of the Supreme Court of Kansas la a esse from Topcka. By Teiearapn to us Konuns Btar. Topeka, Kas., April It The Su preme Court to-day decided that the Topeka Board of Education can main tain separate schools for white and negro children and can compel the negro children to attend the negro school. - A colored man had taken his son to the white school and the pnpii waa refused admittance, llandamua proceedings were then brought against the board to compel them to ad mit the negro. "The Sultan of Turkey," said Mrs. Henpeck, after taking tnxw glance at the Item to be sure that she bad made no mistake, "has seventy- eight wives." "I wonder" the aaa faced little man answered, as he looked far away and sighed, 'If there's it Easter in the Turkish. calendar r Chicago Record-Herald. V

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