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L7 n ti tt ir u. s. awisR- qalveston: i 11 i n - ii ii m m m iix n r m. av v avm . - v w rCBLIBSIO At WILMINGTON, N. C, AT $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 8S88&88888888S8S5 VOL. XXXIV. 88882S88SSSSS838S 88888888S8888888S SSSS8SSSSS888S88i "22SSSSS5?52SS82g WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1903. NO. 35 8S8S8S88282888888 8S8888SS8SSS8S8SS 8S8SS882S3888S88S We are told that seven women were carried on the pay rolls of the Washington post-office, as "clean ers." They never worked; there was no work for them to do. There is work there for seven hundred "clean era" now. Bnt they ought to be men who have worked in a fish-scrap fer tilizer factory. JAMES M. M'GOWAN. A Well Known and Highly Re spected Citizen of New Han over Died Saturday. FUNERAL WAS HELD SUNDAY 3SSS M U a. s st 25525888 An exchange ask: "Is there a meaner man living than the one whobnys whiskey with the money earned by his wife?" Oh! yes. It's the fellow who does all that and then goes home and assaults his wife with a beer bottle. Death the Remit of Chronic Bronchitis. Deceased Prominent Secret Order Man and a Justice of the Peace. Passed Away Suddenly. latere J at Second CUn Mat at tel. I SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription pile, of tb. Weekly Btaf ia ai foll.iwt : Singla Copy 1 year, poMag. pali,,,, 00 a rnoatnt " I month! " " NO MID3UMMEB. MADNESS. IfHr. Bryan thinks the Demo cratic party is idiotic enough to go before the country again on a plat form favoring the free and unlimi ted coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; then he must be rapidly drifting into insanity himself. The Morxixg Stab was a staunch supporter of Mr. Bryan in both his presidential campaigns, because he was the nominee (once withont oppo sition) of the Democratic party, and because this paper has never failed to support a regular nominee of the party it represents. Bat1 we have had enough of a can didate who in two consecutive cam paigns has carried the banner of his party to defeat, and who, not satis fied with that, now aspires to the honor of naming the man who must lead the Democratic army in 1904. Mr. Bryan is a man of unques tioned ability and, notwithstanding his waning influence, he is a factor to be reckoned with in making up the platform and ticket for 1904. Buthe should, be satisfied with a candidate who supported him in 1S9G and 1900, and with a platform conservative enough to enlist the co operation of all true Democrats. Such a candidate is Alton B. Par ker, of New York, a Democrat who twice followed Bryan to defeat, and who is known to be a man of judicial and conservative temperament. But even Judge Parker falls short of the standard of the eloquent and loqua cious Nebraakan. Arthur P. Gor man is another "regular" Democrat who supported Mr. Bryan in both hi disastrous campaigns, and who, as a candidate for President, would be acceptable to every conservative Democrat in the country. But Mr. Bryan, not being a conservative De mocrat himself, is opposed to Gor man. But the Democratic party will not recognize Mr. Bryan as its dictator when the national convention meets in 1904. It will nominate a candi date and adopt a platform fairly re presentative of living issnes. "The fear of another anthracite coal strike has happily passed away," says the Philadelphia Press. Thanks, awfully. But that monthly increase of ten cents per ton comes around with the regularity and pertinacity of the bill collector. We are glad to see that the Bank of England has reduced its rate of discount from 3fto 3 per cent. We can now get all the money we want, giving roller stocks and other undi gested securities as collateral.: Isn't it about time now to throw the first shovelful of dirt for an other railroad to South port? Seems that one of those periodical attacks is about due. The white people of Eastern North Carolina are opposed to "com pulsory education," as it is termed. They are paying too much for negro education now. The fashion of thanking Judges for being "upright and impartial" in other words, for doing their duty is becoming awfully common. The News and Courier says siery is going up." the half-hose fad thus early? "ho- What? Has been abandoned It is remarkable that some para grapher has not called the June bride a "June-Sweetener." If we had a public park our people wouldn't have to go to the cemete ries for recreation. REV. E. W. GAMBLE HONORED. Prominent Tarboro Rector Will Leave for Selms, Ala. A Presentation. , Special Star Correspondence. Tabboeo, N. C., June 20. The con gregation of Calvary church, of this Elace, on Wednesday, presented to lev. Mr. E. W. Gamble, their beloved rector, a beautiful candelabra as a token of tbelr love and esteem. Mr. Gamble baa recently accepted a call from the First Episcopal church in Selma, Alabama, and will, in a few week, leave Tarboro. SEVERE HAIL STORMS IN NASH. THE RACE ISSUE IN POLITICS. New Orleans Picayune: The re duction of the representation in Congress of the Southern States, in revenge for their disfranchisement of the ignorant and shiftless negroes, is going to be one of the planks in the National Republican platform in 1904, if the action of the Ohio State Republican Convention yesterday is to be any criterion. The Ohio Re publicans yesterday adopted, among other matters, the following: "Ohio was the first State with soil forever free from the stain of slavery. Pledged by the great creative ordi nance of 1787 'to the fundamental principles of civil and religious lib erty' and bound thereby to 'forever remain a part of the United States of America,' Ohio was foremost in the war to preserve 'the indestructi ble union of indestructible States,' andradheres firmly to every amend ment which that war wrote into our country's Constitution as binding in honor upon every American citizen. "Therefore we hold fast to the doctrine of equity everywhere in the exercise of the elective franchise, maintaining that justice requires any Stfte excluding any of its citi zens from the ballot to be propor tionately reduced in its representa tion in the Electoral Collego and the lower House of the National Con gress." This policy is a legacy from Presi dent Roosevelt. lie it was who revived the dormant and disused issue of raco equality. It is being taken up by all the political clergy throughout the Northern States, and they will force it on the politicians and people as they did in the period that began with the war in Kansas in the fifties, and culminated in the war of the sixties of the last century. These malignants and fanatics will, if it is possible, drive tho sections to an other war over the race issue. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for July is fully up to its usual high standard. Both the letter-press, and the illustrations are attractive. At $1.00 per year this is one of the cheapest magazines in the conntry. Address, Frank Leslie Publishing House, 141 Fifth Avenue, New York. Entire Destruction of Cotton and Tobacco Crops Reported from Nashville. Special Star Telegram. Tarboro, N. C, June 19. Farmers in the vicinity of Nashville, Nash county, report that they have suffered terrible damage to their crops by a severe hail storm thia afternoon. An entire destruction of the cotton and tobacco crops Is reported in some in stances. Rocky Monot Band Chosen. Oapt. J. Van B. Metts, of Wilming ton, adjutant of the Second Regiment North Carolina National Guard, has named the Rocky Mount Cornet Band as the official band of the regiment and the appointment has been accepted. Until a few months ago, when It dis banded, the Wilmington Becond Regi ment Band waa the official band of the regiment. Clyde to Increase Rates'. It is announced that beginning with the steamer which sails from Wil mington July 4tb, the Clyde Line will advance its freight rates between New York and Wilmington from 15 to 20 per cant. The reason given for the advance in rates Is the increased cost of operation on the line. Mr. McDoaf all's Condition Mr. J, n. McDougall, who waa to severely burned in the explosion at the Wilmington Iron Works, was much better last night at the hospital, though he Is not yet out of danger. He ia perfectly - conscious and looks upon his condition philosophically. It will be weeks before he is out again. Revenue Cntter Service. Senator Simmons la notified that a civil service examination for cadet in the revenue cutter aervlce will be held at Raleigh, Wilmington and Charlotte, July 29tb, 30th and Slit. Applicants must be single, between 18 and 25, and sound physically. Second Crop Berries. Special from Norfolk; "The second crop of strawberries Is ripening here. R. 8. Cromwell, of Norfolk county. Kicked twenty crates of berries from ia fleJ(!s, which he aays are the finest or the season. He aays he never knew this in r ecur this late in the aeaaon before. The vines are two-thirds full of blossoms." License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Miss Minnie 8. Williams and Mr. Fulton W. H. Ben ton, both of Wilmington. The community was saddened and shocked Baturday at the announce ment that Capt. James M. McGowan, a well known citizen and justice of the peace of the county, had passed away at 4:30 A. M. at his home In this city. No. 713 Orange street. Capt. McGowan had been confined to hia home only two dais, but had been suffering much the past several weeks' from asthma, following chronic bron chitis, for the treatment of which he had been under the care of some of the best physicians in the city. About half an hour before his death yester day morning he arose in bed and asked for a drink of water. Before his wife could comply with the request Capt. McGowan sank to his pillow and was dead in a few minutes. His son, Mr. W. A. McGowan, had been with him the night previous until 10 o'clock and believed his father was much im proved. The attack which carried him away was sudden and the family and friends were totally unprepared for the shock. Capt. McGowan was a genial, whole souled, generous man and many an act of kindness will live after him He was devoted to his family and friends, and in the administration of his duties as an active magistrate he always tempered justice with mercy. To the newspaper men, who had occa sion to visit his office in the old Court House daily, he was uniformly courte ous and was always their staunch friend. Some months before his death, knowing that he was rapidly approach ing the three score and ten years al lotted to man, he dictated for hia news paper friends the gist of the following information as to his life : Capt. James Montgomery McGowan, Bon of the late Patrick McGowan and Elizabeth Rideout Andrews Mc Gowan, was born March 7tb, 1838, in the city of Raleigh, N. C. ; was edu coted at Gray's Military Academy, Lovejoy's Military Academy and Bob bin's preparatory school, all of Ra leigh ; afterwards attended Crawley's Military Castle, of Lynchburg, Vs., and returned to Lovejoy's; was In the United States postal service at Ra leigh, Wilson, Portsmouth, Nor folk and Petersburg. Later, went West and engaged in business in Memphis, New Orleans and St. Louis. Entered the Confederate Army April 4th 1861 at Memphis, Tenn., by or ganizing a company which did service In the 15th, 2nd and 21st. regiments, Tennessee Volunteers, which were mustered into the 3rd and 5th Confederate Regulars, in which de ceased was commissioned a second lieutenant; afterwards promoted by Gen. Hardee to captain 1 1803. Hav ing been shot through the thigh, was sent to Fayettevllle, N. C, from Mor ton, Miss., and acted there as assistant quartermaster, assistant commissary sergeant and quartermaster of the Fourth Congressional Diatrict of North Carolina. Upon evacuation of Fayettevllle, went to Richmond and fought from Petersburg to Appomat tox. He was paroled by Drewry Lacy Aprilt9th 1869, after the surrender by Lee to Grant. Capt. McGowan married Miss Sarah J. Brandton, of Smith ville (now South port), July 3rd 1865, and she survives him with an adopted son, Mr. W. A. McGowan; one brother, Mr. P. W. McGowan, of Raleigh, and three sis ters, Mrs. Florence Bragassa, of Ra leigh ; Mrs. Annie M. Casey, of Ports mouth and Mrs. Kate Neil, of Gra ham. Capt. McGowan was town commis aioner of Smithvllle for several years and took an active interest In govern mental affairs there. He removed to Wilmington In 1866 and had been continuously engaged here aince that time. He was a health inspector of the city for several terms, but In late years bad devoted himself exclusively to his duties as a magistrate, enjoying a large clientelage. Capt. McGowan perhaps belonged to more secret orders and good ones than any man in the United States and the spirit of fellowship appeared to have dominated his entire life. He had been a member of Wilming ton Lodge, No. 319, A. F. & M. aince 1865 and connected himself with the Odd Fellows through Manteo Lodge No. 8, 1 O. O. F., of Raleigh, when a young man, later transferring his membership to Wilmington Lodge No. 139, of this city, having served the latter for many yeara as secretary and having been Instrumental in the organization of Orion No. 67, and Hanover Lodge No. 145. He was a Past Grand, Past Grand Prelate and Paat Grand Marshal of Campbell Encamp ment No. 1, 1. O. O. F., this city, and 4 as a representative to the Grand En campment tn 1876 and a representa tive to the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. in 1875, and many other years. He had been a member of Stonewall Lodge No. 1, K. of P. since 1878 ; was a Past Chancellor; Past Representai tive; belonged to the Endowment Rank of the order, and was a member of Suez Temple No. 73, Dramatic Or der, Knights of Khorassan, the' social branch of the K. of P. fraternity. He was a Past Dictator of Carolina Lodge No. 434, Knightaof Honor, and a Past Grand Representative of the same or der; also Past Protector of the Knlghta and Ladies of Honor. He was also a member of Eyota Tribe No. 5, Improved Order of Red Men, and was Chief of Records of the same and a member of the Great Council of the Stat. Lately he joined Jeff Davis Council No. G3, Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was a valued member of the nmr. Capt. McGowan was also a member of Cape Fear Camp of Veterans. The funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 4.30 o'clock at Fifth Street Methodist Church. Pall bearers acted as follows: Honorary, Dr. J. T. Schonwald, Messrs. Marsden Bellamy, John Haar, John H. Gore, Jr., W. M. Gumming and John D. Bellamy; active, Messrs. A. J. Marshall, James Cowan, Jere Holmes, W. B. Savage, T. W. Wood and Dr. C. T. Harper. Capt. McGowan carried life insur ance to the amount of $8,000 in the various orders to which he belonged. Three thousand of the amount is in the Endowment Rank, K. of P. ; $2,000 in the Knights of Honor and . $3,000 in another feature of lodge insurance. AN EXPERT IN VITICULTURE. FURNACE EXPLOSION. SP,RITS & DR. RUSSELL BELLAMY. Through His Instrumentality Manhattan Will Have New Hospital The Donor. The New York Tribune, of Thurs day, contains a column account, in cluding a cut of a new maternity hos pital that is being established at Man hattan through the instrumentality of Dr. Russell Bellamy, a native of Wil mington and a son of the esteemed Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy, of this city. The hospital is a gift of a patient of Dr. Russell Bellamy, and one condi tion of the philanthropy was that the giver's name be not revealed. The Tribune says : "The scope of its work, as planned by the board of governors and Dr. Russell Bellamy, the well known sur geon and physician, who has been the moving spirit in bringing it about, and whose ideas have been adopted, contemplates a training school for nurses, students and physicians who wish to study the peculiar, complicat ed cases to be found in the tenement house districts. Situated on a plot 100 by 100 feet, at No. 327 to 333 East Six teenth street near First ave., overlook ing the entrance to the new Blackwell's Island Bridge, the building, plain and spotlessly white, will offer a striking contrast to the dingy tenements which will surround it, and this feature of absolute cleanliness will be carried out in all of the construction and fur nishing. Dr. Russell Bellamy has been for several years the surgeon cf Squadron A and a member of the leaching force of New York Univer aity. He is now a member of the faculty of Cornell University. "For more than a year Dr. Bellamy has given much of his time to the study of hospital construction in this country and Europe, in preparing for this institution. The building will be a four story structure, rectangular, and of simple design. The foundation will be of stone and polished granite." POPULAR YOUSQ RAILROAD MAN. Mr. Hasnann, of Department of Agrlcnl fare, Thinks Possibility of Qrspe Col lure Orest ia This Section. Mr. Geo. O. Husmann, an expert in viticulture of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, arrived in the city yes terday on official business. Viticul ture is the science of raising grapes and the manufacture of: products therefrom and Mr. Husmann came to Wilmington from Southern Pines, Weldon and other points In the State wsere experiments by the government have been conducted. He aays the Department has been experimenting on North Carolina soil with 280 Eu ropean varieties and finds that 20 of them can be raised profitably In this section. It waa the purpose of his visit to the points named to ascertain if it is worth while for the govern ment to continue its experiments. Mr. Husmann is an enthusiastic ad mUrer of the famous North Carolina scuppernoBg add expressed -- surprise that people do not regard it more seri ously as a money crop. He aays from Wilmington, extending back into the State and more especially in the sandy region, there are 500,000 acres of land thit could be made to yield millions to the people if they would- i.nly engage in scuppernong culture. Heretofore people in the Immediate B'dion of Wilmington have had the excuse that there was no market for the scuppernong in large quantities, but that excuse will be no longer va lid. Messrs. Sol Beard: Co., of this city, with whom Mr. Husmann con ferred yesterday, informs the Stab that beginning this season they will buy all the acuppernong and other grapes that are brought to them, pay ing good prices for the same. Messrs. Bear & Co. have established a winery in connection with their business on Market street, and propose to enlarge it from time To time as they can get the grapes for its consumption. The industry promises to be an important one tor Wilmington and the sur rounding territory. Mr. J. H. McDougall, Head Moul der at the Wilmington Iron Works,Severely Injured. WAS BLOWN TO THE ROOF. Travelling Auditor Jsmes Sinclair Receives Important Promotion to 2od Division. Mr. James Sinclair, one of the pop ular and efficient travelling auditors of the Atlantic Coast Line with head quarters in this city, has received a deserved recognition of his faithful services and natural business ability In promotion last week to the office of timber purchasing agent and tie in inspector of the entire second division of the magnificent system of railways which he has served so well in the past. The promotion becomes effect ive July 1st, and Mr. Sinclair will re port to General Purchasing Agent F. H. Fechtlg, of this city. While Mr. Sinclair's friends will re joice with him in his advancement in the railroad world, they will never theless regret to know that his duties will necessitate the removal of himself and Mrs. Sinclair to Waycross, Ga., where will be Mr. Sinclair's head quarters. However, they will not re move permanently to Waycross be fore September 1st. TRAMPS SET FIRE TO CAR. Columbus Oatlaws Captured. H. B. Register and aon, Jabel Reg ister, the white men of Columbus county, implicated by confession of Cross Edmondson iu the horrible murder, on the night of March 29tb, of Jessie Sole, white, and Jim Btaley, colored, in their home te miles from Whiteyille, in the lame county, are now languishing behiud prison bars in Columbus jai, and their captors, Messrs. E. H. Cook ami William Hall, and a third man named Register, are laying claim to a reward of $200 each for the prisoners, offered by Governor Ay cock, and a supplemental reward offered by the county in which the crime occurred, I- The eider uegiaier was captured Tuesday of last week, and Friday morning the aon waa captured by the aame men at his father's home at Vineland, a short distance from Whitevllle. Later in the day, R. A. Rockwell, son-in-law of H. B. Register, was also arrested and placed in jail for harboring Jabel, the charge being accessory after the fact. Donald McRsckan, Esq., of Whitevllle, and probably two Wil mington attorneys have been retained as counsel for the men. The elder Register-waa given pre liminary trial before 8. B. Lumsden, Esq., Friday and committed to jail in default of bond in the sum of $10, 000. The other men will likely be given a hearing next week. PERCY JONES MURDER TRIAL. Molten Metal, Dropped Into Cold Water by Accident, Caused Great Dstnsge Thurs day Moralor Fire Depart meat Wss Called Out. Mr. Jno. H. McDougall, head moulder in the foundry or the Wi' mlngton Iron Works, on South Front atreet, and a well known citizen of Wilmington, was severely injured Thuraday morning about 10:30 o'clock as the result of an explosion of a blast furnace at which he was at work with a kettle of molten brass. His face, arms and hands are badly Bcalded and his left leg ia broken just above the ankle. He aho received several bruises on the body and may be in jured internally. He was taken as quickly as,-, possible to the James Walker Memorial Hospital and was reported from there at last accounts as resting very easily. Mr. McDougall was at work over the furnace with a kettle of molten brass, which he was about to remove. The vessel accidentally tilted and the metal at white heat poured into some cold water just under the furnace, caus ing an explosion which completely wrecked the blast and blew Mr. Mc Dougall some distance into the air. His leg was broken by the fall upon a mass of wreckage, a part of the low roof of the foundry having been car ried away. That the man escaped with bis life is nothing short of a mir acle. The explosion was with a loud report and hundred? of people hurried to the scene. Mr. McUougallg son and two colored men, Jerry Crandell and wes8 ucutuaD, were at work in the room, but saw the vessel tut in time to jump out of the foundry room and save themselves. Mr. McDou gall was wrapped in blankets and given temporary surgical attention by Drs. D. W. BuUuck and W. E. Storm, who made the sufferer as com fortable as possible until he could reach the hospital. A fire in the roof of the building followed the explosion and the Depart ment was called out to extinguish it in response to an alarm from fcox Mr. McDougall is superintesfteat erf Brooklyn Baptist Bunday school and a man of fine character. His friends hope for his early recovery. He was formerly employed in the A. O. L, shops and is a man well skilled in his profession. His wife was called to Columbia, 8. C, a few days ago on account of the death of her brother. Mr. Reckling, but will come at once to be with her hutband. The plank on which Mr. McDougall was standing at the time of the explo sion is said to have been blown through the roof and is now on top of the build ing. LIGHTNING AND DYNAMITE. Shifting Engine Hostled It to the City and Department Was Called Out. Tramps, who had crawled into a re frigerator car of the C. F. T. Co. on the A. O. L. tracks just outside the city limits, set fire to their temporary abode last night about 11 o'clock and the presence of mind of an engineer on a shifting engine, which happened to be passing, probably saved from destruction a string of other cars which were attached to it and banked up all around it. The shifting engine got the car out and brought It ablaze down to Ninth and Hanover atreets and an alarm was sent to the depart ment from box 19. Upon the arrival of the firemen and apparatus the flames were extinguished with a lesi of not more than $250. One end and the top of the car was burned off. Ooncord Tribune: A horrible crime was committed in Ashe county Sunday when Crick Davis cut two men and his wife to pieces with an axe. Alfred Barker and son, Levi, of Virginia, were spending the night with Davis. Hardly had they retired when Mrs. Davis heard a noise, and on looking towards where the Barkers were sleeping, Baw her husband with the axe, cutting the Barkers to pieces. She sprang out of bed and tried to keep her husband from killing the old man, Alfred, and immediately Davis gave her two blows that Bent her to the floor. Levi had been killed by the first blow, that had split hiajhead half open as clean as one splits a hog's head in slaughtering. Alfred had been savedlapparently by Mrs. Davis, a he had time to crawl ont of the bed and into a field of rye, close by. Nevertheless, he was bleeding like a hog and will die, having received the axe up to the hilt in his stomach and having his right arm cut off. Mrs. Davis will die. The murderer has been jailed. He is thought to be crazy. 1 Stste Asks for Conviction of Only One Msn for Mnrder In First Degree. By Telegrapn to tbe Morning star. Raleigh, N. U., June 20. A spe cial from Wilson, N. O., says the work of securing a jury for the trial of the men charged with tbe murder of Percy Jones, the insurance agent, took up the most of the time of the court yesterday, the panel being complete at 7:80 last night. At the morning session Solicitor G (1. Dan iels stated that the 8tate would tbk for the conviction of Gil L. Ward only. on the charge of murder tn the first degree, while Whitley, Rich, Allen and Morgan would be tried for mur der in the second degree. On this de fendants' counsel moved for a continu ance, but Judge Shaw denied tbe mo tion and ordered that the case should proceed. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Explosion Near a Mining Town In Ohio. Six Men Killed and Many Injured. Property Damaged. hv Telecrapb to tbe Morning star. Cambridge, O., June 20. Light ning struck a hut stored with 3,000 pounds of dynamite at the new mines now being opened near Senecaville, twelve miles from here, to-day dur ing a storm, killing six men and in juring a score of others, besides ruin- lag the mine shaft and breaking near ly all the windows In Senecaville, a mining town or 300 people, hair a mile from the mine. The men killed were carpenters and others engaged In opening the mines and building the shafting. When the storm came up the men took refuge in John Saltz gaber's barn, some distance from the mine. Suddenly a blinding flash came and in an Instant the barn was demolished and the men scattered over a radius of a hundred feet, More than a score of men were bleed ing from injuries sustained from heavy rocks torn up from the earth and from the timbers from the black smith shoo. The dead are: William Manoney, Samuel Uartup, uusseu Hartup, Robert Wilson, Hiram Wil son and Hayes Hutchison. Among the injured are Richard Davis, the two sons of Richard Pasiford, Burton Burton. John Green. William Nel son, James Lowery, John Shear and Uharlea Kead. U. S. Qrant, Jr., Will Not Object to Run ning on a Ticket With Roosevelt. leiegrapb to Uie Horning Star Sah Diego, Cal., June 20. U. 8. Grant, Jr., when asked whether It Is to be considered that he is a candidate for the Vice Presidency on a ticket with Mr. Roosevelt, said : "I have not announced myaelf as a candidate for the Vice Presidential nomination, but 1 have known that some of my friends have entertained the feeling that the position ought to come to this coast ana mat i was probably fcs available a candidate for it as any other citizen of the aeclion. Mr. Roosevelt cannot carry the great West without the assistance of a West ern name and I think be will favor some Western man." SAW MILL BURNED. The reports sent abroad recently in regard to the Sultan of Turkey are absolutely without foundation. Every thing Is quiet at Constantinople. newspapers Cannot J k Pill on Money I Lsrre Plant Near Geneva, Ala The Lois Estimated at $125,000. By Teibgrapn to tna Morning Btr Geneva, Ala., June 20. The en tire saw mill plant and four dry kilns, own and operated by the Barry Lum ber Company, at Opp, thirty miles west of hftr, was burned last night. A mi. lion feet of lumber, several cars, and three dwellings near the plant were also destroyed. The loss is $125,- 000, with very little luiuranc-. Are you indebted toTHE 3 WEEKLY STAR? If SO, when you receive a bill:: for your subscription send J us the amount you owe. ' Ram o mho i that a naurc. paper bill is as much en$ Ammu m - Jt. iiiieu 10 your consiuera-$ tionasis a bill for gro-g t cedes. eoet)eooooeeoo4 E. E. Caldwell, a young mer chant of Gastonia, who was under indictment for retailing liquor, com mitted suicide by shooting himself with a gun. Three big cotton mills are being built in Charlotte this week. Four hundred and sixty workmen are em ployed in the construction of these new mills, says the Observer. Charlotte Netos: Mr. James E. Stenhouse, for many years one of the leading merchants of Charlotte, died at his home in the Ramah sec tion of this county last night. Rutherfordton special to Ral eigh Post: It has just been learned that Van Bradley, a farmer at Island Jford, waa drowned several days ago while attempting to save his cows from the same fate. Chatham Record: For the first time in many years a bale of cotton was sold here last Tnesday for twelve and a half cents a pound. It was the first bale sold here for some time at any price, and attracted much at tention an the Btreets. Greensboro Record: Bob Ellis, a colored man, who appears to be about 26 or 23 years of age, sent a bullet into his brain this afternoon and died a few hours afterwards. He had been drinking heavily for several days. Newton Enterprise: Dr. J. D. Mundy, of Denver, died last Thurs dag after a lingerfng illness. He was a man of great worth and in fluence and will be sorely missed by people of both eastern Lincoln and and Catawba counties. Durham Herald: Caught al most in the very act of robbing the United States mail and a few min utes later making a full confession of his crime against the government, George Atwater, a negro employee: in the Durham postoffice, is in jail under bond of $1,000. Weldon News: A few days ago a prominent farmer of Halifax county was seen plowing cotton with his overcoat on, while his wife and children were sitting by a blazing tire in the house, and in the middle of June. This iB no fish or Bnake story. - Duplin Journal: The truckers of Calypso are making large ship ments of potatoes. The yield in that ti a eking belt (for that's what it is), has been very good this season. In some instances 60 barrels per acre have been shipped. Mr. J. A. Shine ship ped the first cucumbers on Thurs day, June 11th, which sold at $2.75 a basket. Kinston Free Press: Institute township, this county, claims the championship for heavy weights among young folks. Miss lyndai, of that township, at 11 J years of age, weighs 250 pounds. in the mental anguish suit tried in the Superior Court here yesterday, the jury after being out the afternoon and last night, returned a verdict for $500 for the plaintiff against the Western Union Telegraph Com pany. Wade8boro Messenger-Intelli' gencer: Mr. w. u. itose sola yester day 7f acres of land, west of town, to Mr. J. H. Wooley, of Cherry- ville. Consideration $629.69. Tnesday Mr. B. G. Covington's family horse was brutally killed by Franklin Collins, a young white man who recently came here, he said, from Moore county. Vester, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr, W. A. Hancock, of this place, and Mrs. Lou Williams, a widow 23 years of age, of South Wadesboro, were married last Friday night at the home of Mrs. Turner, in South Wadesboro. Raleigh correspondent: Sena tor Ward, of Plymouth, who is here, brings news of a terrible affair at the home of Mr. Whit Harrison, near that town. Two little boys went from the field to the house and one of them looked for something to eat. - He fonnd it on top of a cupboard and taking a chair got in the latter to reach the food. As he got in the chair his brother took a gun and told him if he did not get down he wonld shoot him, and in an instant fired, the wound proving fatal. The boy who was killed was aged 10. His slater was 12. Asheville Citizen: Will Land re th, tho fourteen-year old boy who was burned by. a live wire on the 9th at Spruce and Wood fin streets, had both arms amputated yesterday afternoon at the Mission Hospital. He was thought to be doing nicely up until Tuesday night, when he became worse. Wednesday morn ing he was found to have lockjaw. The boy had climbed a cherry tree to get cherrieB and in a spirit of bravado reached ont to catch hold of two. electric wires. His play mates warned him not to do this, but he said he was not afraid to take both wires in his hands at once. He did so and instantly hung shrieking from the wires. He fell to the ground with both hands burnt and both thumbs gone. The boy has since died. Salem special to News and Ob' server: An unsuccessful attempt was made this morning by an un known negro to criminally assault Miss Jennie Robertson, the grown daughter of one of Salem's best citizens. Owing to the absence of her father and brothers Miss Robertson drove the cows to the pasture, half a mile from the house. She was fastening the gate to the pasture, when a negro man appeared and called upon her to stop. Miss Rob ertson began running and her would be assailant followed her until he came in sight of some honses. He then ran behind a tree. Miss Rob ertson hurried home and related her unpleasant experience to her mother, who at once Beized her husband's shot gun and, accompanied by her daughter, went after the guilty party. They searched the woods into which he ran, hut they were unable to find him. Officers with blood hounds have been ont all afternoon, but they failed to catch the negro. This is the second attempt within a month near this city. raoreoears' Made by Attorney Oeneral Knox to Secure the Release of the Vessel to the Government. By Telearapa to tbe MornlnK Btar. Washington, June 20. Attorney General Knox had prepared to-day stipulation In the nature of a bond which will be filed with Judge Grin nan, of the chancery court of Rich mond, practically covering the gov ernment's interest In the Galveston. This stipulation, or bond, it is assumed will more than cover the elaims of the creditors against the Trigg company for work done and material used on the ship. After the stipulation is filed it is believed that Judge Grlnnan will immediately release the ship to the government. - It was learned at the Navy Depart ment to-day that far greater Interests are involved in the decision of the question of the possessors of the cruisers Galveston and Chattanooga than are represented by the actual cash value of those boats. It Is re garded as absolutely essential at this stage to establish a sound prece dent and determine the question of title to war vessels under con struction ia order to protect the gov ernment's Interest In the ownershin of at least a dosen ships, including bat tleships worth nearly five million dollars each. Similar action will be taken in the case of the Chattanooga building at Kliiabethport, and it is therefore probable that no further de lays will be encountered in the com pletion of the Galveston and the Chattanooga, while any show of force or duress on the part ot the national government would be avoided. It Is fully expected that similar action to that about to be taken in the case of these two cruisers will be necessary in the case of some much larger warship now on The stocks. Portlier Complications. KIOHMOND, Va., June 20. In the matter of creditors asking that the William R. Trigg Shipbuilding Com pany be adjudged a bankrupt, Judge Waddill rendered a decision to-day that the appointment of a receiver by the chancery court of the city of Rich mond, December 22, 190?, which was the act of bankruptcy complained of In the petition, could not be taken ad vantage of under the amendment of February 3rd, 1903. Judge Waddill holds that the amend ment of February Eth, 1903, is not re troactive and could not extend to the appointment of a receiver prior to February 5, 1903, as was the case in the appointment of a receiver for tbe Trigg company. It is thought probable that this decision may further com plicate the situation in respect of tbe cruiser Galveston. APPLICATION MADE FOR A RECEIVER. For the U. S. Csst Iron Pipe and Foundry Compaoy-IncorporBted Three Years ago With Capital ol $30,000,000. By Telegraph to tbe Moralna Btar. Trenton, N. J., June 20. Applica tion was made in the court of chancery to-day by Andrew H. McNeal, of Bur lington, N. J., for the appointment of a receiver for the United States Oast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, which has fourteen plants at different points throughout tbe United States, one of which is located at Burlington. Other plants are located at Buffalo, Cleveland. Columbus, O., Scottsdale, Pa., and In Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama. The company was incorporated about three years ago with an authorized capital of $30, 000,000, to make cast-iron pipe and foundry work. McNeal. in hia bill of complaint. charges extravaganceaand misman agement ia the operation of the busi ness of the company. He further charges that the company has been operated more with a regard for the exploiting of the company's stock in the ttock market than for the practical utiLzAiion of the company's works; that from Its organization in the Spring of 1901 the company's management was dominated by General Samuel Thomas, whose principal occupation, McNeal aays, was that of a promoter of companies and exploiter of stocks. McNeal further charges that since the Spring of 1900 the company was domi nated by Ita president, George B. Hayes, whose associates, he alleges, were financiers and exploiters of stocks. It is averred that the plant at Buffalo ia operated with a loss of 400, 000 and that plants at West Superior, Bridgeport, South Pittsburg and New port were dismantled and rendered useless, and that all of these plants were acquired at excessive prioes. It Is also charged that for the purpose of exploiting stock statements to the pub lic were published showing nearly $1,000,000 surplus, which McNeal claims are not true. AN OUTLAW KILLED. Jsmes McKlnney, the Lsat of tbe Mod tana Jail Breakers. Bi Telegraph to the Morning Btar Glasgow, Mont., June 20. News has reaehed this city that James Mc Klnney, the last of the Glasgow) fugi tives, was shot to death after he had made an ineffectual attempt to kill Miss Darnell who had discovered the outlaw hiding in her father's ice house. Noticing that things were not exactly right at the ice house, Miss Darnell called for her father. Mc Klnney saw them coming and at tempted to use his rifle. Tbe mecha niam of the srun aluek and before he could get It in working order Darnell grabbed another rifle and shot tbe out law, who died three hours later. Mc Kinney ia the third one of the four prisoners who participated in a general break from the Glasgow jail on June 6th to meet violent deaths, and their escape has cost five lives Jack Wil liams and Charles Hill, officers and William Hardee, James uciunney and Jack Brown, the , latter being lynched in this city on Thursday night. REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION. At Nyborf, Denmark, la Honor of tbe Navy of the United Slates. Br Cable to the Morn.na tr. Copenhagen, June 20. When the United 8tates European squadron stopped at Nyborg.Denmark, to-day, a remarkable demonstration in honor of the United States navy occurred. The occasion was the funeral of a negro boy who belonged to one of the ships of the squadron and who committed suicide by jumping overboard on the previous day. Eighty officers and men, headed by a band, were landed at Nyborg with the body, whereupon all the flags of the town were half masted. The funeral was attended by representatives of the Danish military and civil authorities and by the foreign consuls who deposited flowers on the coffin, which was draped with the Danish and American colors. ii "1 'I J i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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