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Its position on the negro suffrage question gives evidence of its independence, for in that it goes as far as any Southern Democratic paper, and even further than many of them, for it not only holds that the Southern States have a right to regulate the suffrage question in their own way, but goes further and argues that the fifteenth amend ment ought to be repealed and thus take the suffrage question as it ap plies to the negro out of national politics. In a recent issue it devotes a leading editorial to the discussion of this question, which is so inter eating and significant as coming from ooe of the recognized leading papers of the party, and one of the ablest, that we reproduce it in full, because to condense it would be to mar it. Under the caption "Is the Fifteenth Amendment to Be Per manent," it says: The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution will stand, and ought to stand, forever unrepealed: "Neither slaver? nor involuntary servitude, exept a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist In the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." That declaration chiselled upon the tablet of fundamental law one of the two great results of the civil war, next to the preservation of the Union itself the greatest result of that mighty conflict. Slavery will never be re established. Emancipa tion will never be undone. The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment, likewise, is likely al ways to stand as it is. It declares: "All persons born and naturalized In th- United States, and subject to the t' lri'dietion thereof, are citizens of the f.iited States and or the State wherein they reside. No 8tate shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or ImmuDitiesof citizens of the United Stalts; nor shall any Stale deprive any person of life, lib erty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This defines citizenship and guar antees the inseparable rights of citi zenship. It does not confer the suffrage upon all citizens. The de nial of suffrage is not necessarily an abridgement of the rights of citizen ship. Otherwise, the boy of fifteen and the woman of fifty, as persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdic tion thereof, and therefore citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside, would be alike entitled without further legis lation to the ballot. Such was not the intention of the Fourteenth amendment. Such is not its force. The rest of the Fourteenth Amend ment, with the exception of the second section, refers to disability for office on . account of rebellion and to the 'validity of the public debt. The second section, how ever, bears directly upon the firBt section, quoted above. It is: "Representatives shall be apportion ed among the several Stales according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United Btater, Representatives in Con gress, the executive and judicial offi cers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied, to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be re' duced in the proportion which the numbers of said male citizens chall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age In such State." We have italicized one word in this section which shows that the intent of the Coustitution has at no time been to base representation in Con grcas upon the number of citizens actually possessing the suffrage. ror a hundred years the non voting female citizens above twenty one and the non-voting male and icmale citizens under twentv-one "have been represented in the House proportionately with the male yt rs. Even in the days of slavery, D3 Laut clause of the Constitution Wi ich the Fourteenth Amendment superseded, the blacks in servitude, ine negro slaves, male, female and children, counted in the apportion j-eui eacn as three-fifths of a cit izen. , " does not therefore follow that tu tne event of a reorganization oJ inn 8yatem of snffraa. v 1 o J mj wuv AVfVM. VOL. XXXIV. ment, ultimate constitutional prin ciples or public policy would neces sitate a reduction of the basis of re presentation -In States affected by the disfranchisement of the negro; although, of course, in that event the numerical basis of appointment would become the subject of Serious consideration, and the language of the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment would require some re adjustment to accord with new con ditions. - We come now to the brief Fif teenth amendment, which incor porates what the nation is rapidly coming to believe was one of the most ' deplorable mistakes in our history: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to en force this article by appropriate legis lation." The hasty policy which invested the emancipated males of African descent with the full right of suf frage was partly the result of sup posed political expediency, partly of an ignorant overestimate of the pos sibilities of development inherent in the race. The costly experience of more than a third of a century, the 8 pan of a whole generation, has demonstrated the tremendous dou ble mistake, The South has long known it; the North ia fast learning it. rT m a m m - However iar tne direful conse quences of this error of national judgment in 1869 and 1S70 may be successfully avoided In the twentieth century by local expedients in eva sion of the spirit; if not of the letter, of the Fifteenth Amendment, the probability remains that sooner or ater the country will have to face squarely the question of its repeal. remaps tne sooner the better for the dignity of the instrument that now exhibits as a fundamental prin ciple of the American system a theo ry of suffrage impossible of practi cable application with safety to the vital interests of the States chiefly concerned. When even the Supreme Court of the United States, this very week, in the case of the clash of the Alabama Constitution with - the Fifteenth Amendment, declines to interfere and dismisses the appeal for the enforcement of the negro's right to the nnrestricted franchise, the time cannot be far off when American common sense will be ready to go fearlessly to the root of the matter. While this article does not seem to have been written in defence of the qualified suffrage laws adopted in the Southern States, but simply discusses the Amendments and their propriety or usefulness, it is one of the strongest articles in defence of qualified suffrage as it applies to the negro that we have ever seen and a most striking and significant one coming, as we nave remarked, rom one of the leading, and one of the ablest Republican papers in the country. As this amendment reads it is vague and ambiguous, and therefore may always be a subject of misun derstanding, of misconstruction and of discussion, the vague part . of it being not in what may be done but in the intention, which may be admitted or denied, the disfranchise ment being accomplished by open declaration or by evasion. With this amendment fully known thous ands of negroes have been disfran chised in several of the Southern States, and yet, while it has been asserted that they were disfran chised because they were negroes, no asserter has been able to prove that. The question of intention comes in and none but the men who framed these laws would be a competent witness as to what the intention was. The intention can not hold to nullify the act be cause in every State which has adopted these laws some negroes. and in some of them a good many, can and do vote. Therefore the color interdict does not apply and the 15th amendment amounts to nothing. An amendment which amounts to nothing and can only result in con fusing s and irritating discussion should be repealed, and if it were the negro would fare no worse in the matter of suffrage than he does now and the country as a whole would fare much better. One of the best informed cattle men in Kansas City says the reason given by the beef packers for the recent advance in prices, "scarcity of cattle," is. a fraud, for there are more fat cattle- coming into that market now than at any time within two years. They are, he says, putting up the price simply "because they can." It is said that Jbidison has per fected his machine for separating gold from other materials, thus making it practicable to work with profit "low grade" ores that wouldn't pay with other methods Practical tests show that it extracts 98 pei cent, of the gold and is sim ple and easily worked. Away back there 2,200 years be fore the Christian era they had a divorce law in Assyria, where," If the wife was wasteful, foolish or what she shonld not be, her husband conld , "put her away," send her adrift, and not pay her any alimony either. - Iff THE GRIP OF THE BEEF TRTJ8T. As far as practical results go the question might be asked what has Attorney General Knox's proceed- ngs against the Beef Trust amounted to ? He and his assist ants have been quite active, have done a good deal of work, made a good many arguments, and have secured-court injunctions, but the Beef Trnst goes right along and at tends to business in its own way, makes prices to suit itself and rakes in the profits, as nsnal. Within the past week or so there has been a material advance in the price of meats, the excuse for which is the scarcity of beef," which is said to be a mere pretence, there being more beef cattle for sale in Kansas City and other stock markets than at any other time before in two years. But the prices have gone np. They were high before, so high that people with ordinary earnings had to deny themselves choice meats, but they are higher now. Some of the Chicago papers are congratulating themselves on the moderate prices there, where porter house steak can be bought at from 16 to 18 cents a pound, mutton chops at 14 cents, chickens at 1C cents, and other meats in propor tion. This is cheerful information to the $1 or $1.50 day man who has a family to feed. He might be able to give them a pic nic on meat once a week any way. The prices in New York. city for the same qualities of beef are from 25 to 26 cents a pound, for mutton chops 25 cents a pound, other meats in proportion. Coarser grades are Bomewhat lower. This is not quite such a cheerful showing for the New York $1 or $1.50 a day men, with a family to feed. He might give them a feast on meat perhaps once in two weeks. In view of all this, the . inquiry as to what the injunctions, &c, amount to is quite natural. CANADIAN PROSPERITY. A short while ago we commented on the progress and prosperity in Canada, on the north, -and Mexico on the south, as border object les- soub. The following, which we clip from the Baltimore Sun, though brief, gives some idea of Canadian progress and prosperity within the past few years:. A recent consular report dwells upon the extraordinary business ac tivity in Canada at the present time. In the last six years its volume of trade has increased 98 per cent., against our 43 percent, and England's 25 per cent. Its foreign trade per citizen is $77 a year, while ours is but $31. In 1895 its foreign trade was but S2JJ4,- 430.000: In 1903 it was $423,910,000. Kevenue rose in the period indicated from $36,618,000 to $58,052,000. Bur. pluses have taken the place of deficits. For June next the surplus is estimat ed at $13,850,000. Bank deposits since 1895 have grown from $182,688,000 to $366,782,000. The Dominion, accord ingly, hums with industry and new enterprisee are numerous. All this prosperity is good for us, since we sold Canada last year $114,744,000 worth of goods, against $53,539,000 worth in 1996. Here is an increase in the volume of trade of 96 per cent, compared with 48 per cent, in this country, or twice as much. What, then, becomes of the claim that our prosperity, which is considered phenomenal, is the result of the Dingley tariff, when our neighbor, with a tariff the pro tective features of which bear no comparison to the protection in the Dingley tariff , shows nearly 50 per cent, more increase in the volume of trade than we do ? Were it not for the fact that trade with this country is handicapped by the high tariff the probabilities are that Canada's vol ume of trade would have been still larger. But isn't this an object lesson, showing what push, perseverance and energy can do without govern. mental coddling, and at the same time a flat contradiction of the claims made for protection in this country by the defenders of the Dingley tariff ? When Dr. Lvman Abbott was speaking on "Negro and Man hood Suffrage," at the closing exer cises of Hampton Normal School a few day ago by a slip of the tongue he said "let suffrage come first and then manhood." His attention was- called to his slip when he thus cor rected it. "The mistake I have just made is the one we all made forty years ago, when the negro was given suffrage before" demonstrating his manhood." The Kansas people keep coming np against trouble. The Legislature had hardly passed the law prohibit ing the eating of snakes, lizards,! rats, polecats, scorpions, tarantulas, &c, when the Beef Trnst ran np the price of meat. If,as reported,that baking powder trnst sells $3,500,000 worth of pow der in Missouri every year, it ought to be able to blow in some $1,000 bills in the Legislature. When England came to figure it up sh) found that her racket with the BoWb, which was going to be a few months affair, cost her in money $1,085,000,000. WILMINGTON, N. 0., THE CONDITION GOOD Situation at County Convict Camp Investigated by- the State Board of Charities. EXAMINATION ON SATURDAY. Resolt Decidedly la Favor of the Author- itles la Charge Locsl Visitors Re ported Result to Qoveraor, Who Desired tbe Pacts la 6ise. - Pursuant to request of the Governor and the State Board of Pablio Chari ties, Messrs. A. G. Hanklns, R. M. Wescottstnd J. T. Kerr, constituting three of the four members of the local board of visitors of the State organi zation for New Hanover county Sat urday made an investigation of : the sanitary condition and management of the convict camp at Castle Haynes, which has figured pretty extensively of late, in grand -jury reports to the Superior Court The investigation was made in view of the reports named and it will be gratifying to the public at large and to the authorities especially to know that the result of the Investigation was decidedly in favor of the opinion that the conditions were excellent for au institution of that-kind. The gentlemen named above, anxi ous to ascertain the true conditions, went out to the camp Saturday morn- and spent from 11 A. M. until after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, going over the premises and asking such questions as would throw any light upon the situation. Their report of the tenor stated was mailed to Governor Aycock and the secretary of the State Board of Public Charities Saturday evening. Uhairman Hankins, when asked for an outline or the report forwarded, aid : We thoroughly examined the camp and found it in fair condition. The bedding and sleeping apartments of the prisoners, we scrutinized closely and found them reasonably clean and entirely clear of vermin." We were present when the men were brought in for their meal. They seemed to have plenty of wholesome food and were satisfied. The superin tendent stated that only one or two of the leaders in the recent break had been punished. 'We personally made one or two suggestions about extending some of the tables where the convicts took their meals, but did not embody any trivial matters of that kind in our report. Such things usually amount to nothing and when included in reports are apt to be magnified." STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Members Named by Qoveraor Satnrdsy. Klostoa Compsny locorporsted. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, May 2. Gov. Ay- cock to-day appointed W. J. Peele, of Raleigh; Dr. J. D. Huffham, of Warsaw; Prof. R. D. W. Connor, of Wilmington, and Mr. F. A. Sondley, Asnevuie, as tne worm uaroiina His torical Commission, an act for the es tablishment of which was passed by the recent General Assembly. The commission is especially for the pur pose of gathering data of State historic value and encouraging re search on the part of the people. They have authority to spend S50U per year in their work, especially that of put ting data of value in permanent form. The Yellow Pine Manufacturing Co , ofKinston, was chartered this morning with $5,000 capital paid in and $50,000 authorized. The incor porators are Zadock Edwards, P. A." Harper and U. 11. for. Carnival people are pouring into Raleigh on every train now for the great street fair and merchants festi val which opens Monday, continuing to May 9 lb. Booths are in course of construction all along Favettevllle and adjacent streets and practically all the business bouses are proiuseiy decorated. Prospects are bright for a i rousing big carnival. The railroads give a one fare for the round trip from all parts of the State and big crowds are expected. NORTH CAROLINA CODE COMMISSION. Jadre T. B. Womsck Elected Chairman. Hall and Livermore Lumber Co, Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O., May L The North Carolina Code Commission organized to-day by electing Judge T. B. Womack chairman. The other mem bers are Col. W. B. Rodman, of Washington, and Prof. N. Y. Galley, of Wake Forest They decided not to elect a clerk for some months yet. The commissioners will work for the present separately at their own homes. Tne Uall & Livermore Lumber Company, of Red 8nrings. was char tered to-day with S50.000 capital authorized and $10,000 subscribed. K. W. Livermore and Geo. EL Hall, Jr., are the principal incorporators. PROP. S. D. COLE REINSTATED. His Appeal to State Board of Education from Cumberland Avslled Him Mach. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh. May 2. The State Board of Education to-day reinstated Prof. S. D. Cole as superintendent of public schools of Cumberland county, the case having come on appeal from the Cumberland Board or Education. which declared Prof. Cole's office va cant because of neglect and carelessness of Cole in the discharge of the duties of his office. The State Board finds that while Prof. Cole has been careless, It was not criminally or wilfully so. and removal from office Is too serious and far-reaching to be resorted to except in the most serious offences. - Postmaster General Payne said yes terday that it would reauire at least a month lo bring the , investigation oi affairs of the Poatoffice Department to a close. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1903. RECENT C0U1MBUS R- Maa Arrested la Whltevllle Jsil Makes Cooftssloi Implicating Two Other White Mei -Reward Offered. Crew EdmondsonT white, in the Co lumbus county jail, charged with the murder of Jesse 8ole. white, and Jim Staley, colored, ten miles from Whlte yllle, on the night of March 29th, has made a confession, implicating two other white men, H. B. Register and his son, Jabel, who have left for parts unknown. It will be remembered that Soles and the negro lived alone in an isolated house and were supposed to be moon shiners, with about $1,000 on the premises. The 'men were murdered and robled on the night of March 29th and the house burned down on their bodies..; Edmondson says on Saturday before the killing he met Jabel Register at DuvaU's stable and he told him his (Register's) father wanted to see himat the house. "Register's falber.H. B.Beg- ister,to!d Edmondson he had a scheme to make money easy and wanted help; the way to get the money was to rob Staley who had at least $1,000. Reg ister said "kill him if he flickers; he's only a nigger and the people want to get rid of him anyway." Edmondson said he got H. B. Register's gun; Jabel took his and they all went down in the vicinity of Boles' house; lay around until Sunday night when they went up to the house and Jabel shot them through the window and went in the house. Edmondson said he did not know Jabel had set the house on fire until they had gone some distance, after the robbery. WILMINGTON COMPANIES CHARTERED. Stose sad Coostrnctlon and tbe Stsodsrd Sopply Coopsoies A Hardware Co. Special Star Telegram, Raleigh, N. C, April 30. The Wilmington Stone and Contracting Company was chartered to-day with $20,000 capital authorized and $6,000 subscribed, by W. H. Griffin, of New- bern; 8. P. Adams and H. E. Bonitt, of Wilmington each of whom has 20 shares. The company will manu facture artificial building stone and do general contracting, building, etc. Tbe Standard Supply Company, or Wilmington, was also chartered, with $30,000 capital subscribed, the business spectned being to manufacture ail kinds of . machinery, electrical appli ances, metal products, tools, mill sup plies, etc. The incorporators and in terest of each are H. A. Burr. 240 shares, Fred a Burr, 10 shares; Theo dore 8. Jackson, of New York, SO shares. There was also a charter to the Mc Allister Hardware Company, of Lum- berton. capital $8,000- subscribed and $25,000 authorized. The incorporators are J. A. McAllister, W. F. McAllis ter, J. McAllister, of Lumberton, and uugn McLi McAllister, of unariotte. FUNERAL OF MRS. W. W. BLAIR. Remslns of a Mach Beloved Womai Laid to Rest la Oakdite. The remains of the late Mrs. W. W. Blair arrived via the 8eaboard Air Line from Gainesville, Ga., Saturday at 12:45 P. M. and were taken to the family residence, corner of Third and Red Cross streets. Accompanying the remains were the sorely bereaved hus band and children, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bell, of Gainsville, and Mrs. G. W. Merrill, of Cedar Rapids, I a., Mrs. R. Cotter and daughters, sister and Misses, respectively, of Mr. Blair, ar rived in the morning from Cedar Rapids. The funeral services over the re mains were conducted in the presence of a large assemblage of friends in the First Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph. D. The floral tributes were many and very beauti ful, attesting the very high esteem In which Mrs. Blair was held In Wil mlngton. The interment was in Oakdale ceme tery, the following friends of the family having acted as pall bearers Messrs. U. M. Robinson, John R. Turrentlne, Jr. C. A. Healy, B. O. Stone. W. A. Caldwell and Walter Daggett. SPONSOR AT NEW ORLEANS REUNION. Brigadier General J. I. Metis, Commnndlng Third Brigade, Appoints Miss Lamb. Bigadler General Jamas I. Metts, commanding the Third Brigade, N. C Division, United Confederate Veter ans, hss appointed Miss Louise Mayo Lamb, sponsor for the New Orleans reunion. Miss Lamb has named the following young ladies to act as maids of honor: Miss Eliza D. Metts, of Wil mington ; Miss Sophia Martin, of Eden- ton; Miss Clara C. Capehart, of Avon; Miss' Bessie Morgan, of Shawboro; Mias Bailie D. Cotton, of Bruce; Mias Anna Crawford, of Williamston, and Miss Jane Meares, of Wilmington. Left for Ashevillr, N. C. Mr. Preston G. White, the popular and clever young telegraph operator in the brokerage office of Messrs. A. B. Baxter & Co., this city, left Satur day afternoon for AaheviUe, N. C, to accept a similar position to the one here with the same firm. Mrs. White will join her husband In about two weeks. Their departure will be greatly regretted by many friends. . Shad for the Cape Fear: - Fayetteville Observer 1st: "Mr. L. J. Oopeland, of the U. 8. Fish Com mission, arrived here yesterday after noon with five hundred thousand young white shad from the Edenton, N. O. hatcheries, and turned them loose In the Cape Fear at the wharf of the Cape Fear and People's Transpor tation Comnany. Last week he placed nine hundred thoas"d in the Caps Fear at Wilmington." nn DISORDERLY NEGROES One Was Brought Tumbling Down an Embankment by Police man's Bullet. ANOTHER SHOT IN THE HEAD. Policeman Frank, George Wilted "Fes tive Bird," Who Was Shooting In tbe Street-Fell Down Railroad Orsde and Broke a Thlg h. One negro at least who seems to have deemed it his privilege to carry a pistol and indulge in all manner of rioting In the streets on a Saturday night has come to grief. He bears the picturesque name of Willie Watson and is laid up at the James Walker Memorial Hoapltal with a bullet wound In his thigh and another leg broken as the result of a hop skip and a jump over the railroad embankment at Ninth'a&d Bladen1 streets.' where be hoped to elude two angry police men at whom he had just snapped his pocket fowling piece. Watson, with several other negroes, was making things dangerous for pedestrians about 11:30 o'clock Satur day night In vicinity named. He had just fired off his pistol in the street and Policeman X. F. Hugglns had just caught him in the act and had laid hands upon him. to arrest him. The negro was violent and jerked Icsse. Policeman Frank George had seen the predicament of his fellow officer and came to Mr. Hoggins' as sistance. The negro didn't like the ap pearance of Officer George, for he is a mortal terror to-'the colored population. As s eon as he was loose and Mr. George came on him he began snap pi uk iiis pisvui at me omcer out u 1 L! 1 L . 1 r 1 . 1 failed to fir. Then the officer drew his pistol and as the negro rose upon the top of the embankment ho fired The negro tumbled down by the rail road track, a distance of about 25 feet. and very soon he was to the police pa trol on his way to the hospital for re pairs. Hall Officer J. A. Martin and others, who carried the negro to the hospital, found the pistol on the ground where Watson had fallen. At the hospital Dr. Akerman, the surgeon in charge, found that tbe ball had entered the negro's thigh in the fleshy part from behind, going all the way through and coming out at the front. His other thigh was also broken as the result of the fall down the embankment. Watson Is 86 or 27 years of age and was drink ing when arrested. He will probably be laid up for several weeks as the result of his injuries. In the same crowd with Watson, Policeman Wood arrested John Cooper, another young negro, upon whom was found metal knucks. About 1 o'clock Sunday morning at Fourth and Taylor streets there was another gang of disorderly negroes with firearms. They were shooting indiscriminately in the streets, but none of them was arrested.. Charles Hines, one of the number, - was ac dentally shot in the top of the head and was taken to the hospital by the police. He says a "friend" shot him accidentally. He has a scalp wound on top of the head which amounts to nothing. TEMPERATURES OF SEA WATER. Surf at Wrlihtavllle as Qood in Winter ns Maine Cosst In Summer. The Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company has obtained from the Chief of the United States Weather Bureau and from tbe De partment of Hydrography of the United States Geological Survey accu rate information ln regard to sea water temperatures at certain impor tant points along the coast, during the Summer and Winter months. The Weather Bureau figures show the mean, temperatures, in July, at Portland, Me., to run from 88.2 F. to. 61.2 F.; at Boston, from 6L9 F. to 67.2 F. ; in New York City, from 76.1 F. to 74.2 F. In June the water off the coast of Maine runs from 45 F. to 47 F. The temperatures off the" North Carolina coast, taken at Cape Hatieras are. In May 66.2 F., ln August 78 F., and in November 69.8 F. This shows that the temperature of the sea water off Wrlghtsvllle Beach is much higher In May than Is the temperature of the water along the coast of Maine ln July and August. It Is learned that on the coast or Maine, in midsummer, the turf bath ing is considered fairly good at a tem perature or 64 F.. and jnat at eu f. the water is considered mild and pleas ant It will be seen, therefore, by comparison, that the temperature of the water at Wrightsville Beach in May has 6 degrees advantage in point of temperature, over that of the Maine 1 resorts in midsummer, and it is a fair conclusion that those who enjoy surf bathing off the coast of Maine ln Bum mer would be equally Jpleased'with a surf bath on Wrightsville Beach on any pleasant Winter day. TROUBLE WITH SALVADOR. Government Refuses to Pay Award of Ar bitration la Favor of an American. By Cable to the nornuuc star. Washington, May 2. The State Department has been advised by Min ister Merry that the Salvadorean Con gress has refused to pay the award of the arbitration in tne case oi ei xnun- fo, an American corporation, which secured a judgment of more than $500,000 against Salvador on account of the vitiation oi its irancniae. moreover, Mr. Merry adds, the Congress has ad journed. The incident is likely to prove annoying to tne state Depart ment, which dislikes extremely to be placed ln the attitude of coercing no tiny a State as Salvador, wniie reeling bound by larger interests to uphold the principle of arbitration and defend the award of the body which sat in Washington under the presidency of Sir ilenry Strong. NO. 28 EXPLOSION IN A r TORPEDO FACTORY. Three Persons Killed and Twesly-elrht Others Injured, Some of Them Fatal lyThe Buildings Demolished. Bv Telegraph to tne Homing star. Cleveland, O., May 2. An explo sion that caused death and destruction occarred in the plant of the Thor Man ufacturing Company, located at No. 647 Orange street, this afternoon. Thus far three people are dead, while twenty-eight others are lying at hospitals, some fatally and others more or less seriously injured. The dead are Mrs, Maurice Cohen, aged 40, died on the way to hospital; Solomon Cohen, aged 12 years, died at nospitai ; uarry uiuechmand, aged 15 years, sick from typhoid fever, died as a result of the schock. The Thor Manufacturing Comnanv la engaged in the manufacture of toy torpedo canes and explosives. The company was In the midst of Its busi est season. A large stock of material was on nanu. axtra ginn were being employed. -The force of the explosion w iremndous and windows within a radius of a quarter of a mile were broken. In the house on Orange street, next to the factory, lived Maurice Cohen, with his wife and eight children. With the collapse of the house simul taneously with the explosion, tbe wo man and four children were caught in the railing partition and all were crush ed. They were taken out unonscious. Mrs. Cohen died on the way to the hospital. In the house directly in the rear were Mrs. Barney Quass and two boys. All three were badly injured and taken to hospitals. There were ten girls, four boys and one man in the uskury when the explosion occurred. All of these -got out except Florence Lipster. The names were subdued by the firemen, as there was nothing left of the factory but a pile of de bris. ' The nre ngntera at once commenced the work of digging in the ruins for the imprisoned. First they found Arbur Conway, badly cut; then they discovered Willard Cole, terribly lacerated and his right arm broken. He broke away from the firemen who were carrying him and rushed back to the ruins, crying "Florence, Florence." From this the firemen knew that at least one other person was buried, and dragging Cole away from the debris resumed their feverish search. In a short time they came upon the un conscious form of Florence Lipster. She was pinned under a great weight of debris and was awfully bruised and cisfigured. A falling timber had entirely torn away one side of her face. The pecuniary loss sustained by the torpedo company will not exceed $10,000. For two blocks pedestrians were thrown to the ground by the force of the detonation and scores of persons sustained minor injuries in this way. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Tarboro Southerner: Tho fer tilizer factory which the F. S. Boys- ter Fertilizer Co. will erect near their oil mills, will be at least twice the capacity of the present factory. Newborn Journal: The largest shipment of cabbage so far this season was made Friday night on the steamer Neuse. There were about 2,000 crates, most of which were consigned to Baltimore. There was also a large shipment of peas. Hamlet Outlook: Trav Morri son, a desperado and fugitive from Richmond -.county, went over to Midendof, S. C, last Tuesday and shot and killed Bill Jackson, an other North Carolina negro. Mor rison is yet at large with a Win chester rifle, Bwearing eternal yen- gance against the officers of the law. Salisbury Truth'Index: Oliver Hays, a young negro, is not as much stuck on base ball as he was. While engaged in playing a game early in the week a bat slipped from the hand of another boy and struck Hays on the head, fracturing his skull. While his injury is regarded as quite serious, it is believed that he will recover. Concord Tribune: Alfred Tarl- ton, son of Sam Tarlton, of No. 4 township, is dead from an overdose of laudanum. This is at least the only cause for the dose of the drug. Young Tarlton was suffering with toothache and had been using laudanum to relive it. When he went to bed Thursday night he had the bottle of laudanum. The family later found ithat there was some thing serious the matter and sum moned a physician. Before . the doctor arrived, however, yonng Tarlton died. CONFEDERATE REUNIOS. Arrangements for the Entertainment of the Veterans at New Orleans. Br TeleBrapb to the Morning Btar. New Orleans, (May 2. Arrange ments for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans are progressing rapidly. Money for the reunion fund is coming in more freely and the whole $100,000 will be raised before the reunion begins. The committee ln charge of the listing of rooms will make a thorough canvas or the city and list every room obtainable. A number of people are offering to en tertain veterans free. The social fea tures will be more extensive than ever before. General Gordon's sponsor will be Miss Ethel Tillman Heard, of Auburn; Ala., and the maids of honor Miss Louisiana Gibson, of Lexington, Ky., a niece of the late General Ran-i. dall Lee Gibson, of Louisiana, and Miss Anna Castleman, of this city. FIREMAN KILLED. Train Wreck on the N. k W. Railrond. Engineer Brnlsed. By Telegrapn to the Horning Btar. Roanoke, Va., May 2. South bound passenger train No. S, on the ! Shenandoah Valley division of the Norfolk and -Western railway, ran into an open switch at Shenandoah to day and crashed into the rear end of a coal tram standing on tne siding. i Fireman AL Williams.of Hagerstown. Md., received injuries from which he died two nours later, xne engineer or the passenger train wan bruised.' Be yond a severe shaking up, none of 1 the passengers was injured. TO ROME Welcomed on Arrival by King Victor Emmannel The Pops Much Pleased at Emperor's Coming Visit. bt cable to the Horning Star. Rome, May 2. Emperor William on his arrival here to-day was wel corned at the station by King Victor Emmanuel, the. Duke of Genoa and other notable persons. It was raining heavily here this morning, thus bitterly disappointing the Romans, who had been hoping for fine weather in which to welcome the German Emperor to this city. The arrangements mane ror tne re ception of Emperor William, were identical with those made ror.weieom-. ing King Edward. There were the same decorations and a similar display of troops. Emneror William Is a neat fayorile . with the Romans, of all classes,-owing to the tact of the house of Honenzol- lern regarding Italian national suscep tibilities, and, therefore, remarkably large and srood-natured crowds rath- ered along the route followed by the Emperor, in spite of the depressing weather. Germans and Italians frater nized for the occasion and "Hoob, hoch, hoob ln for the German Emperor waa heard in the streets instead of the UMItMlf UH1I.UI UlUlWtl TT UIVU 1UIVI no recently been shouted for the British King. Peonle recollected that when King Victor Emmanuel II died Emperor Frederick (the German crown prince) came to Rome and appeared on a bal cony of the palace holding in his arms tne present King or itaiy. then ranee of Naples. The Rev. Dr. Nevio. rector of the American church, entertained a num ber of American guests, and the French and Spanish ambassadors on a stand which be had erected about the middle of the Via Vazionale. The French, Spanish and American flags were en twined about the stand and the chimes of tbe church played German and Italian royal anthems. The rope is much pleased at the solemnity and importance with which Emperor William regards his coming visit to the Vatican. His holiness will present the Emperor with a mosaic of the Roman forum and mosaic of the Fountain of Trevi and the Oastello Saint Angelo, both after his holiness, own designs. KINQ EDWARD IN FRANCE. Witnessed Mnnoeuvres of 14,000 Troops at Vlncennes A Mnrtlal Panorsmn , of Imposing Proportions. By Cable to the Morning star. Paeis, May 2. King Edward this morning witnessed the manoeuvres of 14,000 picked French troops on the parade ground at Vlncennes. It was a martial panorama of imposing pro portions, resembling as near as pos sible the conditions of warfare, the troops being uniformed and accoutred for actual field service. The king drove to Vlncennes in an open state coach, accompanied by President Loubet, the cabinet minis ters and officers of the army and navy. The escort consisted of a regiment, of culrraslers. As the equipage entered the field of manoeuvres, batteries of field guns, in a deafening roar, fired a royal sa lute. King Edward drove along the line ot troops while fanfares of trumpets were sounded, standards were dipped and bands played "God Save the King." A graphic climax to the review was a furious charge of a whole brigade of cavalry. It was a blood-stirring sight as the solid line or horsemen swept straight toward the king's tribune, the cavalrymen yelling and brandishing their sabers, and terminating witn an abrupt halt in unbroken column im mediately in front of the tribune. The king rose and bowed mo ac knowledgements of the salutes of tbe commanders, and addressed words of congratulation to President Loubet on the splendid discipline and appearance of the troops. Later King Edward was driven to the hotel DeVille, where he was wel comed as the guest of the munici pality. SITUATION IN SALONICA. Fifty Persons Killed or Wounded on Both Sides by the Bomb Throwing Turks Hold Bulgaria Responsible. By Cable to the m ornlna star. Constantinople, May 2. The act ing German, consul at Salonlca had a narrow escape at the time of the dy namite outrage which destroyed the Ottoman bank there. He was at an adjoining club, which was wrecked bv tbe explosion or the bom bt. xne consul extricated himself from the de bris and was only slightly iniured. The German charge d'affaires nere has made vigorous representations to the Porte on the subject, and If also i holding the government responsible for the damage done to the German school at Salonlca. The consuls at Solonlca report that fifty persons were killed or wounded on both sides as a result of the bomb- throwing, including three Germans and four Italians wounded and one Swiss killed. Turkish official circles are Inclined to advocate inflicting a sharpesson on Bulgaria, which is considered to be responsible for the outrage, but they fear the powers would not permit It xnere nave been no disturbances at Salonlca since April 30th. STRIK1NQ CARPENTERS. More Than 1,000 Men Ia Building Trades Idle In Philadelphia. Br Telegraph to tbe if omina Btar. Philadelphia, May 2. Indications to-day are that the carpenters' strike in this city will be widely extended by Monday. Officials of the Brotherhood of Carpenters have notifies all subordi nate unions ln this jurisdiction that no member win be allowed to wore ror any Philadelphia contractor until such contractor has agreed. to the Philadelphia demand for fifty cents an hour. All the unions In .the building trades have come to the assistance of the carpenters' and holsung engineerr unlons. It is said that more than eight thousand men in the building trades are idle. M i TOWN UNSAFE. The Remaining Peak of Tnrtle Mountain Said to be' Creeping Slowly. bt Cable to tns Morning star. f St. Patl, May 2. A special dispatch from Frank, N. W. T., says citizens .of Frank are leaving the town, as Engineer MoHenry. or tne Canadian Pacific, has stated that remaining peak of the mountain creeping slowly. At a mats meeting last night Premier Haultain stated that the town was unsafe. The Cana dian Pacific la providing special trains for those wno desire to remove. Tue railroad itself Is moving its rouingp stock, and everything Is being done to ! -avert if possible another calamity. "V, 1