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THE NEGRO IN JAMAICA AND
TEE UNITED STATES.
In the current number of The
North American Review there ia an
exhaustive and an interestingly pre
sented article on the negro problem
by Mr. Alfred R. Colquohoun, a
distinguished English writer and
traveller. He has travelled the world
over, not simply to travel' and see, as
many do, but to observe and study
the countries he visits and the peo
ple he goes among. He has studied
the negroes of Africa, of tire islands -and
of this country, their relations
to other races, their good points and
their bad points, and the indications
of progress or decline.
He comes as near discussing the
question without bias either way, as
to white or black, as any one we
have read after, and the fact that he
is a foreigner and a neutral may per
haps better qualify him to discuss it
than is the Northern man who views
it either from a sympathetic, sec
tional or partisan standpoint, or the
Southern white men who draws a
line which the negro is not permit
ted to cross and contends that there
is an inherent.eaaential, an ineradic
able, difference between the races
which will make it forever impos
sible for the negro to ascend to the
plane of the white race, a position
in which he has the history of tho
negro race, as far as it has been
written, with him from the begin
ning. Of courso he speaks of the negro
as a race, and does not ignore the
fact that some are endowed with a
finer brain and more intelligence
than others and are capable of very
respectable . attainment. - But even
in the exceptions to the rule it will
be found that there is a noticable
indication' of white blood in many
of those who have risen much above
tho negro level.
It is the difference 'of opinion on
this question of the capabilities of
the race for enlightenment and ad
vancement that forma the basis of
agitation and makes a race problem,
for if it were generally admitted that
the negro is incapable of develop
ment to the extent of becoming an
intelligent voter, who would exercise
his own judment and vote as a man,
not as a machine, there would be
little disposition to contend for his
exercise of the franchise, and then
there would be no ground for agita
tion on that line, the difference of
opinion on this question being the
only ground there is for it now.
In the course of his article, after
speaking at some length on the con
ditions in this conntry, he draws the
following comparison between the
emancipated negroes of Jamaica and
the emancipated and enfranchised
negroes of the South:
Jamaica should be carefully studied
by all who are interested ia the future
of tbe negro. The conditions of life
there were very similar to those in
tbe South in the ante-bellum days.
Since that time there has been no in
dustrial development, and there la
still no white competition; but still
the parallel is sufficiently close to, be
very Instructive. The commercial de-
firesslon of the Weat Indies was un
avorable to the development of the
negro, but in spite of it he has made
strides. In morality, for instance,
there is a remarkable improvement;
crime is comparatively rare and
trivial.
It is no exaggeration to say that a
woman can go from one end of the
island to the other in perfect safety.
In Induatry a great advance has been
made. The roads and public wdrks
are all the fruit of native labor, many
of the foremen and overseers being
alio colored men. In Central America
in developing the coast lands,
the Jamaican negroes are in great re
quest and are practically indispensable
in that region, nor would it be posilble
to construct a transisthmian canal
without them. Large employers of
Janaica laborers, who have expe
perieoce of negroes in the Southern
Btatea, speak of the superior docility
and industry of the former. Finally,
a word of praie must be given to the
West Indian soldier, whose white offi
cer speaks of him with pride and affec
tion. There Is a striking contrast between
tbe status of the negro in Jamaica and
in America. In the former. It is not
only possible, but customary, for the
Governor to entertain any colored
man or standing, and many of the
Government offices are open to them.
The writer can speak from experience
of the capacity and intelligence dis
played by such men. There is no re
striction in cars, theatres or hotels,
and yet there is far less chance of in
solence or intrusiveness on the part of
the negro. On the country roads
every man or woman greets the white
traveller with a bow or curtsey.
Marnin', massa," or "missus," and as
VOL. XXXIV.
Often as not is answered with "Morn
ing, uncle" or "auntie 1"
What Is the reason of this difference
a the relations of the two races? la
the first place, the Jamaican negro la
bors under no sense of Id justice. He
has not been taught to consider. him
self the absolute equal of tbe white
man: but, at the same time, he knows
that he will be treated according to his
deserts if he rises above the level of
his race. Baclal fusion is out of the
question; but on his merits he can
raise himself in the eyes of the world,
both black and white. He respects
himself accordingly, and regards him
self, often with touching naivete, as an
integral and valuable part of the Em
pire. Meet him where you may, he
pats himself on the chest, and says,
with a grin, "British subject, sar 1"
The great panacea suggested for the
evils of the condition of the negro race
is education. It is interesting to note
that in Jamaica education has been,
until quite recently, very defective
and unscientific. Nevertheless, the
Jamaican negro,, while less "up-to-date"
In some ways, is undoubtedly a
better, wiser, more useful man than bis
American brother ; without any "prob
lems" to worry him; advancing slow
ly but surely along the paths of pro
gress towards material prosperity and
spiritual enlightenment. There is no
need to quote statistics in proof of
thir. The phenomenon I have cited
can be observed by the merest globe
trotter. The Important point is the
existence in this , island of a system by
which blacks and whites live together,
enjoying the same privileges, and to
a great extent the same opportunities,
without race fusion, and without race
hatred. The'whites, numerically small.
are and have always been politically
the stronger . (since the reconstrustlou
which was necessary after the first pe
riod of freedom.) In a word, the
white man has ruled and influenced
the black, and because he has done so
openly and legally the negro has not
resented the situation, and because
their relations are clearly defined the
white can afford to treat the negro
with generosity and sympathy.
The sum and substance of thia is
that the negro of Jamaica is trac
table, reliable and indnstrious, be
cause he has not been fooled nor
demoralized nor spoiled by any
fool nations imbibed from the teach
ings of white men who had a selfish
motive in many cases for so teach
ing, or from the teachings of their
own men who in many cases were
used as tools by the white men who
had use for the negro. Bnt the
conditions in Jamaica and in the
South were entirely different, for
there was no severance of the friend
ly relations between the races when
emancipation came, there were no
politicians to play upon the negro
and fill him with inflated notions of
his importance, or make him be
lieve that he was in every way the
equal of the white man. They
never had any race problem to solve
because the negroes got all they
expected, and as there was no
scramble for office, there was noth
ing in politics to make them fool
away their time on that. Bnt as an
object lesson the negro of the South
would profit by taking as an exem
plar the negro of Jamaica, who,
fortunately for him, was never
thrust out of his sphere by foolish
and wicked legislation, and by fool
ish or unscrupulous leaders, as the
negroes of the South have been.
AS AN UPLIFTEB.
The Topeka, Kansas, Slate Jour
nal editor isn't one of the fellows
who agree with Dr. Parkhurst that
President Roosevelt isjanaccident,"
but on the contrary believes that he
is the whole thing and as an nplif ter
without a peer now or heretofore.
His swing 'round has been an up
lifting tour from the very beginning,
but this seems to have escaped most
people, many of whom saw in it a
tour mainly for the uplifting of the
strenuous tourist, until he struck
Topeka, and left his uplifting im
press upon that community where
all at once it struck the editor of
the Journal who heralded it in the
following, which we present framed
In tbe comments of the New
York Sun, which is a warm ad
mirer (in its characteristic way) of
the distinguished uplifter.
Our philosophical contemporary,
ihe Topeka State-Journal, has made
a really illuminating atudy of the
psychology of Mr. Roosevelt's excur
sion. It would be impertinent to try
to summarize this remarkable essay
on what may be called the new peri
patetic thought. The title is "Tne
President's Uplift:"
"Wherever the President goes his
influence as a man, as well as that of
a beloved President, Is most stimulat
ing and uplifting. Every one of the
thousands of citizens of Topeka who
saw and heard Roosevelt must have
felt the good effects of his presence
exemplified In his words and his ac
tions. His address at the Auditorium
was characteristic of the man, and
along lines he delights to depict. He
spoke of human fellowship; of the
aid one good man may and does
give to his fellow; of work and
love, saying that no man is happy if
he does not work and using the word
love in its broad sense of both desire
and labor for tbe welfare of our fel
lows. He delights to speak of char
acter, which he feels a compound of
many qualities. His spirit is ever
hooef ul and was well stated in his ex-
Dressions: 'I have a neat deal of
faith in the average American citi
en.'
"Every community touched by the
President on his tour, receives from
him aome food from the constant In
fluences that spark from his words
and actions like glints from an emery
wheel. His speech and conduct are
wholesome to tbe extreme, his slm
niinitv nf aneech and sincerity of
thought are pronounced and the up
lift Is Immeasurable."
From time to time men and women
of generous but restricted aim have
made efforts to elevate the stage, the
drama, the standards of athletics, com
mercial life and so on. The elevation
r tha. hni nniintpv la a far grander
and more heroic task, worthy of an
enthusiastic and a strenuous character.
It Is refreshing to think of Mr. Roose
velt radiating good Influence over
thousands of miles, uplifting crowds
of his : fellow citizens and school
children and leaving good In every
town from which his train pulls out.
And in uplifting the country he is
necessarily uplifting himself. By a
beautiful eonsequence,-4n 'doing good
to others he does good to himself.
APPROACHING A CBISIS.
It seems from the latest dis
patches in reference to the situation
inM.ancb.uria that Russia has thrown
off the mask and is preparing for
action, to hold her grip by force,
if the protesting powers appeal to
force. While China will be pushed
forward by the interested powers,
she will be an insignificant factor in
the game, for the real factors on
one Bide will be Great Britain, Japan
and the United United States, al
though poor old China will have to
bear the brunt of the racket.
If it comes to a clash Russia could,
with the soldiers she already has
within striking distance, and those
she could put in the field within a
few weeks, have an army on the
march which could squelch China
before her backers could come to
the rescue. She has been pre
paring for this for the past three
or four years, and she has been fool
ing the other powers by pretending
that she didn't mean to do anything
that would affect any interests they
may have in China. They seem to
have been buncoed by these repre
sentations and now some of them
charge Russia with deliberately "ly
ing" to them.
But in the event of a clash will it
be China, backed by Great Britain,
Japan and the United Stages, against
Russia lone-handed ? . Where will
Germany and France be ? Neutral ?
Kaiser William is quoted as saying
that he isn't interested in the Man
churian business to the extent of
taking an active part in it, which
simply means that there is a secret
understanding between him and the
Czar, while Russia and France have
an alliance that may bring her
into the rumpus before it pro
gresses far, and the upshot may
be, if the clash does come, that be
fore it progresses far we may find
Great Britain, Japan, the United
States and China on one side, and
on the other Russia, Germany and
France, and then we would have a
Titanic struggle, all about trade
in China, which would make China's
trade a very costly business.
This would be practically a world
war, the desire to avoid which may
lead to some sort of a diplomatic
patch-up. But Russia will hold her
grip on Manchuria.
A Morris town, N. J., woman, who
had a husband who wasn't over fond
of work, found herself a grass
widow about eleven months ago,
when he lit out for new pastures,
the only word he left being that he
would never come back until he
could bring a turkey with him. A
few days ago a dressed turkey came
by express from Sister's Lake, in
Michigan, accompanied by a note
telling her that he had met "Uncle
George" and for her to come right
on and bring the kids with her. She
didn't see the wherewith with which
to do that, but when she came to
fix up that turkey for a roast she
found it already stuffed, with a wad
of bank bills, one of hubby's little
jokes. She and the kids ate the
turkey and are presumably by this
time at Sister's Lake, Mich.
Mr. Barton, of Washington, has
spells of dreaming, and the dreams
that he dreams in these spells al
ways come true, like the Chicago
woman with a bad eye who "never
wished a wish that didn't come
true." Mr. Barton dreamed that
the Galveston catastrophe was go
ing to happen, he dreamed that Mc
Kinley was going to be assassinated,
and he has dreamed other things
that have materialized. His latest
dream is that Roosevelt in the race
for the Presidency will be distanced
by a Democrat from New York. He
has dreamed who the Democrat 1b,
too, bnt won't tell.
Some time ago a Chicago archi
tect declared that the steel struc
tures in that city were being destroy
ed by an insect that bored into the
steel; and since, a committee of ar
chitects in New York says that if a
steel frame building be placed on a
cement foundation, resting on work
or upon cement piling and covered
with paint, it will last forever.
That is as long as any reasonable
person should expect it to last.
- -It is said that old maids are few
and far between in Armenia, for the
reason that If a girl isn't engaged by
the time she reaches seventeen years
she is forced to fast three days, and
then for twenty-four hours '.is fed
on salt fish and are not allowed any
thing to quench her thirst. They
consider almost any kind of a fellow
preferable to a salting like that.
A negro mob in Delaware attack
ed a circus, man who had been a
soldier in the Philippines and didn't
discover their mistake nntil four of
them were laid out dead with bullets
in them.
WILMINGTON, N. C.,
STRAWBERRY CROP.
Volume of Shipments This Sea
son Are Much in Advance
of Last Year.
SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES.
Carolina Fralt andTrnck drawers' Jonr
nal Gives a QeaersI View of the Situ
ation Proipect for Vefetabie
Predoctioa asd Prices.
Shipping Muter H. T. Bauman, of
East Carolina Truck and Fruit Grow
ers' Association, advises the "Carolina
Fruit and Truck Growers' Journal,"
from 8outh Rocky Mount, that the
strawberry movement' In refrigerator
cars .this season, opto and Including
May 8th, has been as follows: From
the W. & W. Railroad, 685 cars; from
W., C. & A. . Railroad, Chadbourn
section, 598 cars; Florence, Lake City
and Latta, S. C, section, 85 cars; A. &
Y. Railroad, 9 cars, or a total of 1,837
cars, against 1,173 cars for the entire
movement last year.
Commenting upon these figures the
Journal in its issue of to-morrow will
editorially say;
"In addition to this it is safe to sty
that the W. & W. R. B. will Bhip all
through next week and some more or
less shipments will go forward during
the same time from points on the other
divisions, sufficient to run the number
of cars by the Fruit Growers' Express
movement up to 1,500 at least. Ship
ments in fact will likely continue from
different points In this territory up to
the 25th. The express shipments also
shor a good, healthy Increase in
volume this year-over last, though not
quite so much as the increase by the
refrigerator line or Fruit Growers'
Express. Mr. Buckner, the new sup
erintendent for this territory, reports
a very satisfactory season's operations
for the Southern Express Company,
however. Although the first shipment
of berries did not yield such returns as
the growers had confidently looked
forward to, nevertheless the season
has been much longer than usual, and
the total amount of business will be
so largely in excess of last year that
it is safe to say that fully as much
money will be distributed down here
among the. growers as a whole for the
1903 crop as was received by them last
year. Of course the profits will not
be so great to the producers, but
where they have lost in one way they
have in part made good the loss other
wise. With anything like good
prices for the vegetable and potato
crops, the growers will again be In the
saddle."
"The outlook Is favorable for a good
cantaloupe and melon crop, while
blackberries have already began to
move, and the crop this year will be
about up to the average for this variety
of fruit in this section. The potato
crop is improving very much as me
season wears on under better weather
conditions, and the same may be said of
beans, cucumbers, squashes, beets and
cauliflower. Many potato farmers.
realizing that the crop has been cut
short in the Savannah and Charleston
sections below us and likewise in the
Eastern 8hore and tidewater sections
of Virginia above ui.as well as through
out the great potato producing districts
of the West and middle West, have
been engaged several days now In the
work of replanting potato fields, all of
which will come along a little later.
In fact, it would teem from present in
dications that the Irish potato crop in
North Carolina will be about tbe
largest In any part of the country, and
is expected to yield the growers some
very handsome returns. Huckleber
ries will be coming on a little later,
also, although the crop this year will
be very much short of last year, we
should say as much as 25 to S3 per
cent. There will be a good many
huckleberries, however, as the first re
ports of damage by frost were some
what exaggerated."
ONLY ONE STATE BANK EXAMINES.
Jno. O. Ellloftoo.of Smithlleld, Appointed.
Col. Pearsalt's Brother Dead.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, May 7. The North
Carolina Corporation Commission to
day appointed Jno. O. Ellington, of
Smithfield, State Bank Examiner, un
der the new act reducing the number
of examiners from five to one. The
change was made by the Legislature
in accordance with the resolution
adopted by tbe State Bankers1 Associa
tion. A telegram received to-day from
Moultrie, Ga., brought news of the
death of Matt. J. Pearsall, brother of
Ool. P M. Pearsall, private secretary
to Governor Aycock. He was 80
years old and was recently appointed
solicitor by Governor Tyrrell, of Geor
gia. The remains will be carried to
Morganton for interment
The Executive Committee of the
State Colored Firemen's Association
have decided not to hold a tournament
this year. Tbe convention will be at
Warrenton, August 18.
Msjor Newton Will Inspect,
Ool. T. H. Bain, of Goldsboro, In
spector General of the North Car
olina National Guard, was in Ra
leigh last week, and told Ool. Alfred
Williams that Major Lundeen, who
was to have made the inspection for
the government, had been detailed on
other duties, and would be succeeded
by. Major John Newton, of the Six
teenth Infantry, now stationed at Fort
McPherson, Georgia. The Inspection
was to have begun this week,-together
with the annual State Inspection, but
it may be that Major Newton's duties
will conflict so that It will have to be
postponed. He will be in Raleigh in
a few days to confer as to details.
License was issued yesterday
for the marriage of Miss. Mamie Oraig,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Craig,
and Henry Fergus, both of Mason
boro township..
FRIDAY, t MAY 15, i903.
RETURNED FROJH BIQ POW WOW.
Wilmington Representatives Back front
Great Condi of Bed Ilea.
Past Gnat Sachem W. H. Lane,
Capt J. M. McGowan, Mr. E. P. H.
Stranck and Mr. J. AT Dean have re
turned from Washington, N, O.,
where they attended theuGreat Coun
cil, Improved Order of Red Men.
They all report a delightful time and
speak In, loudest praise of the hospi
tality of the people of Washington.
The next Great Council meeting will
be in Charlotte.
Wilmington representatives were
well hOadred with offices, Mr. Btrunck
having been chosen Gnat Keeper of
Wampum, Mr. Dean having been
made Great Guard of the Wigwam
and Captain McGowan having been
appointed on a number of the leading
standing committees. Mr. Lane at
the meeting retired from a year's ser
vice In the highest office in the gift
of the Great Council.
Other officers elected were as fol
lows: (XT, Buckham, GreaTBachem,
Washington j,N. O.; A. Buns, Great
Senior Sagamore, Charlotte; Geo. L.
Tonnoffski, Great Junior Sagamore,
Raleigh; W. B. Goodwin, Great Chief
of Records, Elizabeth City; B. W.
Wayler, Great Sannap, Washington,
N. Q; Wesley Williams, Great Mlshl
newa, Elizabeth City; E. A. Coward,
Great Guard, of the Forest, Spray.
MILLIONS IN INSURANCE.
Wllmlstioa Led All Cities ia Claims Paid
Oaring 1902 The Picons. .
The Insurance Press, of New York,
has recently issued a table of valuable
statistics in regard to life Insurance in
the United 8tates. That part of the
report relating to this State shows that
policy noiaers ana oenenciaries or an
kinds in North Carolina received in
1902, $1,603,749.
Wilmington leads all cities and
towns in the amonnt received, which
It $159,740, while Raleigh received
$56,201. Durham, $54,000: Winston,
$12,077; Charlotte, 641,532; Greens
boro, $41,380; Asheville, $38,006;
Lumberton, $35,000; Elizabeth Oity,
$34,000; Hendersonville, $31,886; Fay
ettevllle, $27,840; Newborn, $26,000;
Edenton, $26,697; Washington, $23,
080; Salisbury, $22,000; Oolbsboro,
$21,000; Gastonia, $14,000; Sanford,
$13,000; Rockingham, 13,890; Chapel
Hill. $13,243; Nashville, $11,000;
Wadesboro, $12,000.
The largest individual claim paid
in the State during the year was upon
the life of the late Preston L. Brldgers,
of Wilmington $85,893.
LIGHT INFANTRY SE HI-CENTENfll AL.
Pleasant Ontlng at Lake Waccasaaw oi
the 20th of Msy Special Trail.
The general arrangement commit
tee, consisting of Capt A. P. Adrian
and Messrs. Geo. P. James, Roger
Moore, J. McRee Hatch and Thos. Or
reil. have great plans perfected for the
semi-centennial celebration of the
Wilmington Light Infantry at Lake
Waccamaw on May 20th. For the oc
casion a special train will leave the
city over the Atlantic Coast Line at
8:30 A. M. with plenty of accommo
dation for all who desire to attend.
Returning to Wilmington, the train
will leave the lake at 6 P. M. The
fare for the round trip will be
only $1.
The amusements on the grounds
will be a target shoot, a base ball
game, tennis, tournament and other
athletic exercises. Every friend of
the Light Infantry is cordially in
vited. Missing Prom Home.
Mrs. Ellis Scott, wife of Mr. E.
Scott, living at Long Creek, Pender
county, 10 miles from Wilmington,
left home last Wednesday morning
and has not been seen since by any of
her family. She was seen by several
persons coming 'in the direction .of
Wilmington and information as to her
whereabouts is being sought here.
She is 37 yean of age and weighs
about 175 pounds. No reason la known
for her leaving home. She was with
out money and had nothing with her
but the clothing she wore. She was
dressed In a calico frock and wore a
black sailor bat. She has several
children. Mr. Scott came to Wil
mington yesterday in search of his
wife, but could learn nothing as to her
whereabouts.
Big Lumber Plant Sold.
Mrs. Preston I Bridgen, who own
ed a majority of the stock, has sold
the extensive plant of the Bridgert
McKelthan Lumber Company, at
Lumber, S. a, to Mr. Ernest Wil
liams, of .Lynchburg, Va., and a Mr.
Barr, of Norfolk, wealthy and ex
perienced mill men who will continue
the bullae. Mr. R. W. MeKelthan,
the minority stockholder in the mill,
will continue as vice president and
general manager.
Ran Awsy Prom Home.
Newborn Journal: MA young fe
male, who ran away from her parents
at Wilmington some time ago and
who haa been livine here in disrepute
since, was found by her mother with
the assistance of tbe pouce, anaww
be taken back to Wilmington to-day.
The mother appeared to be a very re
spectable woman and was sadly
grieved at tbe conduct or her daugh
ter."
Newborn Journal: "Rev. and
Mrs. a W. Kegley left for Wilming
ton yesterday morning when they
will make their future home, Mr.
Kegley being the pastor jaf SL Mat
thew's Lutheran chutch In that city.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
One Dead and Several Injured as
the Result of a Terrible Ac
cident Down the River
ON A GOVERNMENT TUG.
Engineer J. Astasias Dicksey Scalded to
Death Two Firemen and a Cook
Also Badly Burned Patients
la Marine Hospital Here.
One dead and thne others more or
leas, injured one perhaps fatally is
the result of a fearful boiler explosion
on the government tug Cynthia, ten
miles below the city, nearly opposite
Carolina Beach pier, Friday after
noon at twenty minutes before 2
O'clock. The dead man is Engineer
J. Augustus Dicksey, son of Wil
mington's esteemed citizen, Capt. P.
T. Dicksey, and the injured Are Fire
men John Warno, white, original
ly of SampsOh county, F. W. Jack
son, colored, of Soutbport, and Cook
Ambrose Lovlnier, of 604 South
Front street, this city.
The Cynthia at the time of the ac
cident was engaged in towing mud
scows from the government dredge
AJax, which has been at work some
time on the upper reach of Lilliput
shoals, in the .Cape Fear river, about
the location-given above. The tug
was returning to the dredge for an
other scow and when about one thou-,
sand yards away the boiler blew open
through the crown sheet, without a
moment's notice. Engineer Dicksey
was in the engine room, separated
from the boiler by a partition, but he
was literally burned alive by the
lami.
The colored fireman, Jack
son, was below deck aft and was next
worst injured. He is scalded all
over the tody and. will probably die,
according to reports last night from
the Marine Hospital, to which he was
sent upon being brought to the city.
The other fireman, John Warren,
white, was seated on the rail, opposite
the boiler room, when the explosion
came and he, too, is badly scalded
about the face and cheat, but is in no
danger. He is also at the Marine
Hospital, where he was reported as
doing very, well last night.
Cook Lovlnier was . passing the
boiler room door, opposite Fireman
Warren, when the accident occurred
and both the men wen blown over
board. Mr. Lovlnier is at his home on
South Front street, and is being
at-
tendend by Dr. Wright Hall. Hei is
badly scadled on the face, neck, hands
arms and from the knees down. A
reporter of the Stab visited the injund
man at his home Friday afternoon
and received a graphic account of the
accident. Mr. Lovlnier said the men
had not the least intimation that any
thing was wrong, when they heard a
gnat bursting of steam. He was in
the water before he recognized what
had happened and clung to a hatch that
had also been blown overboard.
Fireman Warren swam back to the
tug and was pulled aboard by Capt.
Jesse D. Price, who was in command
and escaped unicjured by being in the
pilot home. Three other members of
the crew. Mate Jno. W. Foreman,
and Deck Hands Ohas. Fullwood, of
Southport, and Alfred Millinor, of
Wilmington, were forward and also
escaped. Mr. Invinier, clinging to
the hatch, was rescued by Capt D. S.
Bender, Jr., and crew of the dredge
Ajax, who came to his assistance In a
yawl boat. The. dredge also blew a
distress signal and Capt. Price and un
injured members of his crew worked
heroically to get the engineer and
firemen on deck and made all as com
fortable as possible under the circum
stances. A pilot on the tug Alexander Jones,
which was passing at some distance,
saw tbe accident and Capt L. J. Pep
per, in command, made all possible
haste to get to the assistance of the
disabled craft The engineer, then in
a dying condition, was put aboard the
tug with the other injured men and
a record trip was made to the govern
ment yards In this city. Engi
neer Dicksey died a few minutes
after Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy had
reached the scene and before he could
be removed from the boat. The Ma
rine Hospital ambulance responded Jo
a hurry call and the two firemen were
hastened to that institution. Oook
Lovlnier was taken to his home only a
few blocks distant.
Impressive funeral services, attended
by many friends and fellow lodgemen
of the deceased, were conducted at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon over the
remains of the late Jesse Augustus
Dicksey, from the residence of the
family 109 Castle street, the Rev. O.
P. Paul, pastor of Southside Baptist
church, officiating. The tragic cir
cumstances of Engineer Dlcksey'a
death on the tug Cynthia Friday
afternoon, combined with the popu
larity or the deceased young, man
to make the service a very interesting
and impressive one.
Cape Fear Lodge of Odd Fellows
and Jeff Davis Council, Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, of
which order the deceased was a valued
member, assembled at their respective
halls and attended the services in
a body. Live Oak Camp No. 6,
Woodmen of the JWorld, of which
young Mr. uicasey was - also a
member, sent a committee to repre
sent the order, composed of Messn.
Jno. E. Wood, Jno. J. Fowler, Benj.
Bell, James H. Burruss and Kelly W.
Jewell, the two last named having
acted as pall-bearers. The other pall'
bearers were from Oape Fear Lodge,
L O. O. F. and Jeff Davis Council,
Jr., O. U. A. M., Messrs. B. E. Phelps,
Wilbur Dosher and David K. LeGwin
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having represented the first named
and Ctpt. Jestee D. Price, John Enos
and B. R. King . having represented
the Jr. O.TJ. A. M.
Each of the orders to which the young
man belonged tent exquisite floral
designs. Those from other friends
were also exceptionally fine and wen
numerous.
The remains were laid to rest In
Bellevue cemetery with Odd Fellow
honon, the service having been carried
out by Col. Walker Taylor and Mr.
W. L. Smith.
BIQ LUMBER CONSOLIDATION.
Wifey Htrker & Co. and Camp Interests
United la Olaat Corporation.
A Norfolk,' Va., dispatch contains
the following, which will be read with
interest by the lumber trade through
out this section:
There has been a consolidation of
the bis pine firms of Wiley. Harker
and Company, of New York. Peters
burg and Norfolk, and the Camp Com
pany, of Franklin. Va.. the new firm
being known as the Wiley, Harker
and Camp Company. These large
concerns manufactun North Carolina
pine and success! ul consummation of
the deal means much to the North
Carolina pine Interests. Wiley,
Harker and Camp Company will
handle upwards jof two hundred
million (200,000,000) feet per annum,
with headquarters at New York
and branch offices at Boston, Mass.,
Philadelphia, Pa , Baltimore, Md..
Pittsburg, Pa., Norfolk, Va, and
Petersburg, Va. This corporation will
sell the entire products of Camp Man
ufacturing Company's mills, at Frank
lin county, Vs., Arringdale, Va , De-
Witt Va.. and Norfolk, va. Also the
entire outputs of Cane Fear Lumber
Company, Angola Lumber Company
and Northrop mills at Wilmington, N.
C, the output of McKenney planing
mill, McKenney, Va., and Tunis Lum
ber Company, JN or roik, va. The tim
ber holdings in Virginia and North
Carolina are held in very few hands,
not over ten (10) concerns controlling
at least 80 to 90 per cent of the entire
output The following are the officen
of the Wiley, Harker and Camp Com
pany: Hi. M. wney, president; it. J.
Camp, vice-president; John Harker,
treasurer, and Charles T. Stran, sec
retary. Mr. A. B. Morgan, of Peters
burg, Va., Is manager of the Norfolk
and Petersburg offices of the company.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Kinston Free Press : Cabbage
are going from here in large ship
ments new, carload consignments
leaving here in every day. With a
little rain and favorable conditions
the height will be reached about the
middle of next week.
Smithfield Herald: In digging
up and old stump on the land ot
Jno. Game, Esq., in Boon Hill
township one day this week, Chas.
G&me unearthed six Spanish coins
bearing the dates of 1783 and 1792.
A thorough search has failed to
show np any more wealth.
Siler City Messenger: Mr. T.
L. Chisholm, of Sanford, has a cow
that he owned for 1000 days. She
has given them 2000 gallons milk,
which, at 30c. per gallon, is $600.
Cost of cow $50; cost of feed $150.
Balance in his favor $400,' and a
cow worth $75. Net profit $475.
Sanford Express : Farmers say
hands are scarce, as they are em
ployed at the saw mills and on the
railroads. The scarcity of hands in
this connty and section was partially
caused by many of the negroes going
to the coal fields of West Virginia
daring the past few months. They
get" more for their work than the
farmers can afford to pay them.
Salisbury Sun: Mr. Richard
Eames, Jr., manager of the Salis
bury Copper Company, went down
to their property yesterday and be
gun work developing the mine from
the bottom of the 16-foot shaft. He
brought back some of the finest
specimens of copper ore ever seen in
Salisbury, ranging in value irom 20
per cent, to 50 per cent, in copper
and from $2 to $6 per ton in gold.
Whlteville News: We heard of
one man near Cerro Gordo who had
already sold six hundred dollars
worth of strawberries off of one and
three-quarter acres and will get
nearly one hundred crates more.
The farmers around Ularkton
are going into tne cucumper busi
ness. A pickling factory will be
put np there and they are guaran
teed fifty cents per bushel for their
cucumbers that are not more than
three and one half inches long.
Some tell us that they can raise
from three to four hundred bushels
per acre.
Washington Progres: Mr. Ed.
J. Rose, the carnival high diver, met
with a most serious accident on
Thursday afternoon last. He had
a new ladder, 80 feet high. It was
made ready and he ascended. When
he reached the top one of the guy
ropes gave away. He discovered it,
and made a most wonderful descent
of about fifty feet, when the ladder
broke beneath him, precipitating
him to the stone pavement below, a
distance of about thirty feet. Mia
4ef t ankle was completely shattered,
and the right one dislocated. Jfive
physicians dressed and set the frac
tures. He has Bunered intense pain,
and it is thought that the left ankle
will have to be amputated. The
ladder was 11 by 3 inches, of white
pine, and the rungs were of brash
oak. The wonder is how he escaped
death.
DR. T. D. BRATT0NS RESIGNATION.
Will be Presented te the Trustees ot St.
Mary's Last of May Regret.
Special Star telegram.
Raleigh, N. a, May 9. It is an
nounced to-day that the resignation of
Dr. T. D. Bratton, as rector in charge
of St Mary's School, will be presented
to the trustees at their annual meeting
the last week In May and his successor
will be elected at the same time. Deep
ngret is felt hen at the loss of Dr.
Bratton, who resigns to accept the
bishopric of Mississippi.
Special Star Correspondenoe.
Raleigh, N. a, May 9. The Ham
let lee Co. filed a certificate to-day
with the Secretary of State for the In
crease of the capital stock of the com
pany' from $10,000 to $25,000. Mr.
Charles E. Johnson, of Raleigh, ia
president of the company.
A charter was issued to-day for the
Incorporation of the Neuse Loan and
Trust Co., of 8mithfield; capital $10,
000. ' Jno. CL Ellington, the newly ap
pointed State Bank Examiner, is one
of the largest stockholders, the othen
being F. S. Ragsdale and N. M. Law
rence. -
Raleigh's great K. of P. street fair
and merchants' carnival, In progress
during the past week, closed to-night
most auspiciously. The merry-making
for tbe closing day began at 10 o'clock
and waxed in uproar and din until
midnight, when it closed midst a great
battle of confetti and the most deafen
ing roar of horns, squeduhks and all
manner of noise-making devices. The
carnival has been quite a success and
the people, unlike those in most
other places when carnivals have been
held, seem pleased with It. The
KnighiSLOf Pythias will realize a neat
sum from their venture. Many advo
cates of the annual repetition of tbe
carnival an in evidence. TheGaskill-Mundy-Levit
Co. haa certainly given
good attractions and seem to be high
toned show people.
A BRUTAL MURDER.
W. P. Creech Shot to Death by Spsln
Kelly Nesr Camden, S. C.
By Teiegrapa to tne Mornina star.
Charleston, S. 0., May 7. About
nine miles from Camden yesterday,
Spain Kelly met W. F. Creech In tbe
road, riding in a buggy with a friend.
Without a word of warning Kelly
stopped his horse, levelled his gun and
fired. Creech, who was wounded,
raised up and begged his as
sailant not to kill him,, but
Kelly fired again. A passer-by
took the wounded man Into his
buggy and rode rapidly away. Kelly
took his horse out of the buggy,
mounted him and pursued the flying
vehicle for about three miles, when he
overtook Creech and fired upon him
with gun and pistol eight times, kill
ing him despite his pleas for meny.
Creech was a Tennesseean. The
trouble, it is said, was about Kelly's
sister.
TRAGEDY AT PITTSBURG, PA.
J. P. Kanf z Shot His Wife Probably Fatally
and Tben Killed J. E. Wahn, of
Whom He Was Jealonr.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar
Pittsburg, Pa., May 9. J. F.
Kuntz put two bullets into the body
ot his wife, from the effects of which
she may die, and then shot to death J.
E. Walsh, a wealthy contractor of
this city, of whom he was jealous.
Since the death of Mrs. Walsh, six or
eight months ago, Mrs. Kuntz has
been employed as Air. Walsh's house
keeper. To-night Walsh and Mrs.
Kuntz were walking down the street
together and Kunts coming up
behind tbe couple put a bullet in
Walah. Mrs. Kuntz tried to escape
and Kunts fired at her, the shot
bringing the woman to the ground.
Walsh had been prostrated by the bul
let that struck him and Kuntz put three
more bullets into him to make his
work sure. He then turned his atten
tion to his wife and shot her a second
time. Walsh was dead when picked
up and Mrs. Kuntz was taken to a hos
pital, where the physicians say she can
hardly recover.
Kuntz was arrested on the soot by
tbe citizens, who were attracted by the
shootiog. He will make no statement,
but It is believed that divorce proceed
ings instituted by his wife precipitated
the trouble.
STRtNDED ON 06RAC0KE.
Portafnese Bsrqne With 240 Emifraats
oa board bound for New Bedford.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Raleigh. May 9. A special from
Beaufort, N. Q, says: The Portuguese
bark Vera Cruz, from Cape Verde is
lands, bound for New Bedford, is
stranded on Ocracoke bar, about two
hundred yards from the beach. Her
cargo consists of thirty tons of whale
oil and some bone. She carries two
hundred and forty emigrants, mostly
women, all Portuguese, bound for New
Bedford. The station house enw at
Portsmouth have rescued sixty passen
gers and landed them at Portsmouth
where they win be taken care or. The
crew will save the balance of the pas
sengers and cnw. The vessel is in a
very dangerous position. The wind is
strong from the northeast and the sea
Is very heavy-
TRAINS IN COLLISION.
Five Persons Killed asd Several Others
Were Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Syracuse, N. Y., May 9. A special
to the Post'Standard from Malone
says:
A terrible head-on collision occurred
at Nelson Lake, on the Mohawk and
Malone railroad, this afternoon. Two
passenger trains, travelling at a high
rate, dashed into eacn otner ana nve
persons an reported dead and several
Injured.
The scene of the wreck Is about fifty
miles from Utlcs, on the main line be
tween U uca and Montreal. The disas
ter occurred on a curve and the loco
motives and mail cart were badly
wrecked. The mall compartments are
n ported to be in splinters and the loads
of mall are buried In the debris.
QR0VER CLEVELAND
Will Not be a Candidate for Nomlnntloa
for tbe Presidency.
By Telegraph to the Morn lug star.
Madiion, Wis., May 9. Grover
Cleveland, twice president of the
United States, will not be a candidate
for nomination to the presidency be
fore the Democratic National Conven
tion. This is the .opinion stated by
William F. Vilas, former senator
from Wisconsin, postmaster general
and later secretary of the Interior In
Cleveland's cabinet and one of the clos
est political and penonal friends the
ex-President has in the country. Sena
tor Vilas has recently visited the
Cleveland home in Princeton and
passed several days in the company of
the ex-President He hat also re
cently corresponded with Cleveland,
bnt neither the visit nor letter received
disclose any purpose on Mr. Cleve
land's part to be a candidate.