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THE CHINESE TREATIES.
New York Tribune: Much de
pend! upon the treaty which ia now
being negotiated between the United
States and China. A somewhat simi
lar treaty has been concluded with
China by Qreat Britain, of which
the ratifications are about to be ex
changed. But some of its terms
are indefinitely expressed, so that
England is looking more to our
treaty than to her own, on account
of the more explicit terms of the
instrument which we are making.
Japan also is regarding it with much
interest, realizing that the success
of the American negotiations will go
far toward regaining for her and
for the world the beneficent results
which she sought to attain from the
treaty of Shimonoseki, and of which
she and the world were deprived by
European interference. It has been
ntimated that the same'influencesl
which were arrayed against Japan
at that time are now seeking to de-
feat America. However that may
be, the ends sought by the pending
treaty are matters of the highest
interest not only to America, but
alBO to all commercial nations doing
business with China.
Apart from the maintenance of
the "open door" and equal privi
leges for all nations, the treaty con
tains two major proposals of a novel
oharacter. One is that all tariff
duties on imports shall be levied in
a lump at the frontier custom
houses. That means the abolition
ofthe likin. What the likin means
may be appreciated by supposing
inch a system to be applied to an
invoice of foreign goods bound for
Chicago. An import duty would be
levied upon the goods on their ar
rival ut the port of New York. An
other tax would be imposed when
they were taken over to Jersey City.
When the train reached Philadel
phia, supposing shipment to be
made in that direction, another im
port would be collected. Another
would be exacted at the Ohio line,
another on crossing into Indiana,
another at the Illinois frontier and
still another, perhaps, on finally
entering the city of Chicago. More
over, each of these inland tariffs
would be lovied not at a rate fixed
and known in advance, but accord
ing to the taate and fancy or the
pecuniary requirements of some
local functionary, often of corrupt
and extortionate proclivities. Such
a system would be regarded as in
tolerable, and would be a hopeless
barrier to foreign trade. The Amer
ican demand is that such a system
shall be abolished ia China. If
China needs the money thus col
lected let her collect it all at the
point of entry of the goods, and let
the rate of duty be fixed and
known, so that merchants will be
able to know in advance what it ia
going to cost to get their goods to
their destination. That demand is
obviously reasonable and just, and
calculated, we believe, to promote
the interests of Chineso consumers
as well as of foreign shippers.
The other demand la for the
opening of additional ports of en
try, or.Vtreaty poris," and espe
cially of two or three in the Man
churian provinces. Forts in that
region - are selected for the reason
that they are nearest to America,
and American trade is greatest with
that part of the empire. Such open
ing of ports would also be for the
good of China as well as of America,
since it would facilitate the intro
duction of foreign goods and tend
to lessen v tho price of them, and
would tend to bring China , more
and moro into touch with thereat
of the world. These considerations
seem to be recognized by the Chi
nese Government, which makes on
lta own account no objection to the
opening of the porta. But it delays
to open them because of some
undefined influences in the
background, which, it says
make it inopportune -for them
to be opened at this time. There
are thoae who declare that those in
flnences are Russian, and they point
to certain apparently authentic in
stances of Russian opposition to far
ther opening of ports In Manchuria.
Such opposition, on Russia's part,
bow ever, if it existed, would have to
VOL. XXXIV.
be regarded as without adequate
foundation. It could scarcely be
because of the difficulty of maintain
ing order in Manchuria during Rus
sia's temporary occupation of those
provinces. For the more the prov
inces are opened up to foreign trade
and intercourse the greater will bo
the influences making for order.
Neither could it be because Russia
meant to take Manchuria for her
own. For, in the first place,
Russia especially disclaims any such
intention; and, in the second place,
she declares that whatever territory
does come under her sovereignty,
is to be opened freely to the world.
The sources of opposition to these
desirable propositions are thus
Involved in some' obscurity.
Whether or not their identi
fy ia- ever determined does not
matter so .much as it does that the?
opposition shall in some way be
overcome, and that a treaty so evi
dently to the advantage of com
merce and conization shall be suc
cessfully concluded.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
The Lodge-Muirhead system of
wireless telegraphy has just been
aunched in commercial form in
England.. The system is based
mainly on the inventions of Sir
Oliver Lodge, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, the apparatus being worked
out by him in conjunction with Dr.
Mmrhead. One of the principal
novelties in the system is the use of
a new form of coherer in the receiv
ing apparatus. A small steel disc is
rapidly rotated with its edge just
above the surface of mercury con-
ained in a small cup. A film of oil
on the mercury separates the latter
rom the polished steel,except when
the film ia momentarily interrupted
by "ooloring" between the steel and
mercury. The rotation of the disk
mmediately "coheres" the contact,
so that no tapping . is necessary.
This coherer is said to be absolutely
reliable and of great sensitiveness.
The system also employes an auto
matic interrupter to break up the
Morse dots and dashes as sent by an
ordinary transmitter into a rapid
succession of electric impulses.
Sending and receiving circuits are
closed circuits, connected with the
actual station wires by transformer
coils. This arrangement, which is
widely used, is said to be original
with Lodge, and covered by his pa
tents.
Congressman Thomas, of New
born, was interviewed by a Post re
porter in Washington a few days
ago. Among Other things Mr.Thomas
said: "The trend in our State on
Presidential candidates ia toward
Gorman and Parker," declared Mr.
Thomas, "and I believe one of those
men will be the nominee. We must
have a man who can harmonize the
two factions of the party and also
a man who can carry New York."
It is expensive to call a man a
jackaas in Kansas. Robert Sands,
a Marion county farmer, applied
this word to his neighbor, Bert
Sanders. Sanders sued him for
slander for $2,500 and secured a
verdict of 1400. Sands has appeal
ed the case to the Supreme Court. -
The Atlanta Constitution is of the
opinion that the Mexican married
couple who fought a deadly duel
rather than bother the divorce court
established a precedent which may
greatly simplify the solution of in
tolerable marital felicity.
The Chattanooga Times says it is
graft and spoils politics of the worst
sort that is responsible for the post
office scandals now, just as it was
the same thing that produced the
Star Route frauds. ..Moral: Turn
the raacals out from, top to bottom.
The Washington Post has discov
ered that the official returns Show
that there was a bridegroom for
each of the June brides, even if
they did not attract any attention.
In New York a court has handed
down an opinion that "a man eating
in a quick-lunch restaurant cannot
be required to take off his hat. We'll
bet that judge is an old batchelor.
Mrs. F. F. Adams, Jr., wife of the
president of the Adams Tobacco
Company, was sandbagged by a
woman and robbed of 118,300 while
on train en route to Milwaukee.
Labor seems to command a good
price in Kansas, as judges out there
are sentencing vagrants to work in
the wheat fields at $2.50 per day and
board.
Within the last ten years there
has been a great decrease in the
number of divorces in Prussia, but
we cannot say as much for North
Carolina. -
The United States exported oyer
$6,000,000 worth of boots and shoes
last year. .
It is said that women have got to
wearing men's socks. Wonder If
it's true?
CURRENT COMMENT.
A tit Affnrt tn aTiacV tliA nnii
tal invna.fi om.tinn , Tmnanaa it miaht
hurt the memory of President Mc-
.namey 13 zutiie. Jis memory is
safe. The offenders are alive, and
irniltv thev onffht to ha hurt.
Watertow n Times.. - ,
The Southern people are not
rejoicing because lynchings occur in
the Northbut they would like the
Northern people to be frank and
fair in the discussion of the lynch
ing evil. They don't want the op
problum of the lynching evil saddled
wholly upon them when Northern
people are as quick to resort to the
most barbarous kind of lynching as
tney are. Savannah Hetos, Vem.
There fs a hat trust as well
as a steel trust, or at least there is a
trade agreement among the leading
manufacturers by which the prices
of hats, bonnets and hoods, are put
up about 65 2-3 per cent, above
what an imported article would sell
for.- A hat that - costs - $5 all over
the United Statest retail is match
ed by an equally good article sold in
Canada at $3, and so on and so on.
On all articles of clo thine the rob
bery is stupendous, and the clothing
trade comes next to the steel and
iron in value. Louisville Courier
Journal, Dem.
LATE PYTHIAN CONVENTION.
'Carolina Pythian" Speaks Interestinily
of Bit Meeiloz of KbI.Mb Is Jane.
Vice Chancellor Robertson.
The current number of the "Caro
lina Pythian," of Charlotte, devotes
much apace to an account of the Grand
Lodge K. of P. convention In thia city
in June. On the cover page ia an ex
cellent half tone cut of Maj. Wm. P.
Robertson, the newly elected Grand
Vice Chancellor, and on the editorial
page ia a brief aketch of hla life. In
its account of the Grand Lodge ses
slots the "Pythian" aaya:
"The thirty-third annual conven
tion of the Grand Lodge has passed in
to history. It ia not neceaaary to say
to those fortunate enough to be pre
sent that it waa the largest and most
enthusiastic convention of Pythiana
ever held in tne State. All lodges
were represented except three.
The fame of Meares, Woodward, Tay-
or, Mutt, Robertson, uolden and
othera aa hosts, was, known, but on
this occasion they excelled themselves.
8 yslem characterized every movement,
and all were made to feel at home
from the moment they landed In the
city of Wilmington.
'The first movement waa for the
Seashore Hotel, on Wrightaville
Beach, where all viaitora had head
quarters during the convention. Man
ager Hlnton made tne stay of every
visitor a pleasure and delight. Ibe
weather waa perfect. With auch im
pressions it ia no wonder Wrighta
ville la fast becoming one of the moat
popular coaat resorts in America. The
trolley ride of nine miles from Wil
mington ia delightfully bracing and
appetizing.
"Tne convention waa called to or
der by Grand Chancellor Scott on
Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the
elegant new castle on Front street.
w w w w w
"Having brought the convention to
the noon hour, Bro. J. D. Nutt, of the
Entertainment Committee, came for
ward and extended an Invitation to all
to follow him and he would endeavor
to satisfy the cravinga-of the inner
man. Tne arrangement waa indeed
unique, and Bra Nutt and hla com
mittee cannot be too highly praised
for lta conception. The smiling facea
and fair handa that ao gracefully
aerved cauaed the gastric juicea of the
moat connrmed dyspeptics to start
afreab, if one could judge from the
rapid flight of aoup. ham. chicken
aalad, coffee, milk and cream. The
genial Taylor, the proud king of the
judiciary, waa there in spotless linen,
and bandied dlanes with the eaae 01 a
veteran. The pleaaurea of thia day
were repeated on Thursday, at the
conclusion of which the ever-ready
Barnard waa called for and gracefully
thanked the fair ladies in the name of
the Grand Lodge for their splendid
entertainment, and heartily did all
echo hla beautiful sentiment to wo
men everywhere bleaaed, devoutly
adored."
LOCAL DOTS.
Fayetteville Observer, 3d : "A
train consisting of 14 cars of peaches
passed through here yesterday for
V. Vntlr f.Atn flanvnl. " Tft wtta
making tf prd.breaklng time, as all
tralna we' . sidetracked for It"
The crazy negro who created
some excitement by his violence
in "Brooklyn" Thursday morning,
proved to be Alex. MePheraon, oi
Leland, Brunswick county.- Chlef
Furlong will send the man to South
port to-day.
Bryant Jones, colored, who
some time ago, while firing a pistol at
random In "Brooklyn," accidentally
shot another negro through the arm,
waa fined $10 In the police court yea-
terday for ahootlng a pistol in the city
limits. In default of the fine he went
to the roada for 30 daya.
Of the 1,000 dog badges order
ed by the City Clerk and Treaaurer
for thia year's crop of canines, only
29 remain unaold. The remnant atock
will be sold at "bargain day" prices,
which are the same as usual, $1 for
males; $3 for females.
Anna Palmer, an insane colored
woman, of Georgetown, S. O. waa be
fore a commission of lunacy yester
day, and the Clerk of the Superier
Court will write Governor Hey ward,
of South Carolina, to provide for her
being .returned to that State as early
aapoaaible.
Carolina Pythian : "The death
of Bro. J. M. McGowan, of Wilming
ton, juat at the close of the Grand
Lodge, was strikingly sad. The good
old. brother waa present at the ceremo
nial session of the D. O. K. K. on
Wedneaday night and expreaaed him
self aa feeling unwell. He had long
been in harness; always loyal, always
faithful. Peace to his ashes."
WILMINGTON, N. 0.,
AN ADDRESS ON
THE RACE PROBLEM
Adopted by the Afro-American
Council in Session at
Louisville, Ky.
TO THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
Relations Between the Whitea and
I Blacks Mob Violence The Grime
atalait Women Disfranchise
meatAddress to Nerroes, ;
; BY TalesraDn to tne Horning star. N
: Louisville, Ky., July 3. The
closings day -of ' the "Afro-American
council waa marked chiefly by the
presentation of resolution embodying
an addreaa to tha. country at large on
the race problem. After ita adoption
the convention adjourned alne die.
The addreaa In part, ia aa follows;
"We recognize with pleasure' the
friendly relation that haa existed be
tween the beat people of the white race
and our own, and we alncerely dealre
that npthing may be permitted to mar
this relation. We are confident that
no one who n'otea carefully theaigna
of the timea can fall to discover that
Influences are at work in nearly every
part of the land to accomplish this
very end. Who can fail to aee that
the negro ia being .held up to public
gaze aa the most objectionable and un
desirable citizen that treads American
soil f The ignorant, vicious, criminal
classes are pointed to as the types and
products of the race, rather than those
who are the output of the negroes'
best endeavors for race development
and uplift. We declare thia atage of
measurement to be unfair to any peo
ple. X
"Aa to mob violence it ia gratifying
to note that for the paat year or two
the number of victims shows a de
cided decrease, and while all these
were not members of our race, the
vast majority waa. Notwithstanding
this fact, we ahould not feel called
upon to discuss the matter at thia
time were it not that while the num
ber of victims ia decreaaing, the
variety of provocationa which lead up
to this act of violence ia growing more
and more insignificant and numerous.
It is not an unusual thing to read of
negroea being lynched for impudence,
reiusing to obey, striking a white
man, etc. Now we aubmit that
lynching for any cause ia de-
atructive of .any law, ia demoral
izing, but to aubject persona accused
of even guilty of such trivial
offences to unlawful puniahment and
death, Is to make the negro the mark
ed man of the nation ; for him to Buffer
violence for auch causes will event
ually involve many of our beat peo
ple. In aome aectiona of the country,
it meana death for a negro to attempt
to protect the females of hia family.
We ask In all sincerity : 'Ia this
American? Ia it right?' Such actions
Indicate a tendency to anarchy, and
anarchy for the negro will terminate
in anarchy for all men.
"The number of those of oar race
who are now accused of the nameless
crime against women is so small, com
pared with the whole number, that it
ia scarcely, necessary to discuss thia aa
a distinct outcome. Yet we make no
plea for only men who may be proved
guilty of this crime. Our plea la for
law and for the protection of the in
nocent. "It ia now dearly evident'tbat the
purpose of thoae who first started oa
tenaibly to disfranchise the Ignorant
negro baa been broadened and
atrengtbened. Their purpose now in
cludes almost all negroes. In certain
of the States this result has already
been achieved and thousands of qual
ified men are denied positively and
absolutely the right to vote. In such
States taxation without representation
prevalla aa truly aa ever it did when
England held control over the Amer
ican colonies. We make no objection
to the disfranchisement of the ignor
ant negro, provided, the same claaaea
of the other race are similarly dealt
with. Our contention la not for apo
dal but equal privileges. "
J. C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn.,
in an address, said: "What the ne
groes want to do in this country, Is to
make friends with the people. Pass
ing lawa will not bring about the de
aired reault. I would feel better away
from home if I knew that 1 had the re
spect of my neighbors who were will
ing to protect my family during my
absence, than I would with an army
a thousand miles away willing to
fight for my rights. These young
men who come from Boston with their
high notiona of life, with their blood
thirsty speeches, would make it better
by visiting the South, knowing some
thing of the condition of their people
and preaching to them a gospel of
peace."
Antl.Saloon Leaf oe.
The Wilmington And - Saloon
League met last night In the library
of the Y. M. a A., Mr. W. EL Sprunt
presiding in the absence of President
Philander Pearsall, and Mr. W. R
Cooper present as secretary. There
was a very general discussion of local
affairs, but no action was taken. The
idea of the establishment of a weekly
temperance paper waa discussed at
aome length by John Gano Marshall,
Rev. J. B. Marshall, B. P. Thomp
son, late of Chadbourn, Rev. J. A.
Smith and otherr, but nothing defi
nite was arrived at. A committee
composed of Messrs. B. F. Hall, W.
B. Cooper, Jno. Gano Marshall, W.
H. Sprunt and J. T. Gordon, was ap
pointed' to canvass the situation
thoroughly and ascertain the probable
support of such an enterprise and the
territory that may be likely interested.
Attacked bj Vicious Cow.
Mr. J. D. Sldbury Thursday received
word of a aerloua Injury which bef el
his brother, Mr. V. Sidbnry, of Holly
Bldge, on Wedneaday. Mr. Bidbury
was attacked by a vicious cow, which
gored the thick part of hia thigh
through and through. The injured man
is doing very well, but Is suffering
much pain.
By deed filed for record yes
terday, A. M. Waddell, Jr.. and wife
transferred to Oscar H. Wright, for
$1,750, house and lot on west side of
Second, between Nun and Church
streets, 116x60 feet in size.
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1903.
( WAS IT PROPERLY ADMINISTERED?
Oalk ly Clerk ef Police Ceart Declared
- Invalid ky Jattlce Fowler.
John Henry Keel, alias "Hanna'a
Ban," the half-witted colored boy who
turned State's evidence in the police
oourt agalnsthalf a dozen other ne
groes caught gambling in "Dross
Neck" and bound over to the Su
perior Court by Mayor Springer, was
arraigned for perjury in Justice Fow
ler's court yesterday at the Instance
of Frank James, one of the number
implicated, who subsequently proved
Jiimself not "among those present"
when the house was raided. Herbert
McClammy, Euq.r represented the
prosecuting witness, but Keel, alias
Hanna'a Bon," .escaped on a techni
cality. . . , ;
Sergeant Ward, clerk of tbV munic
ipal court, waa the first witness and
testified that the oath at the major's
court waa administered ' to Keel by
him. Asked It the oath waa admin
istered by him in hla capacity aa a
magistrate, Sergeant. Ward replied
that it was not; that he administered
the oath as clerk of the mayor's court.
Thereupon Justice Fowler held that
the oath waa not legally administered
and Keel waa discharged. The in
validity of the oath as declared by
Justice Fowler may have the effect to
aet at naught the evidence againat the
five negroea In jail for gambling, un
less the court overrules the justice.
POLICE MADE MANY ARRESTS
Number Daring Jane Waa 121 The
Roads Got 16.
The monthly report of Chief of
Police Furlong, compiled yesterday
for him by Sergeant Ward, clerk of
the municipal count, sbowa that dur
ing June, the first full month under
the new administration, 131 arrests
were made, 45 of the defendants hav
ing been white and 70 colored. The
list does not indude those brought be
fore the Mayor for non-payment of
license tax. In June, 1903, the num
ber of arrests was only 98.
From the arrests during June, thia
year, 16 defendants were aenteaced to
the roada; aggregate of terms, 400
days; 14 went to the. Superior Court
under aggregate bond of $1,025. The
report ia a highly creditable one. The
collection of fines and pound fees will
also show a heavy increase.
Isjared ia a Runaway.
In jumping from an ice cart to which
a runaway horse was attached yester
day about 1 o'clock at Sixth and Camp
bell streets, Mr. W. 8. Wlshart, of the
Independent lee Co., was thrown ao
violently to the ground that he had to
be sent to the hoepital. The negro
driver jumped off the cart and man
fully held on to the lines until the
runaway team waa atopped at Sixth
and Bed Cross atreeta. The only dam
age to the cart, which waa heavily
laden with ice, waa broken ahafta and
single tree. .
West Polst Cadefshlp.
The Fayetteville Observer of yester
day afternoon has the following to
say of Mr. William Owen, who passed
through the city yesterday en route to
West Point: "Mr. Thoa. McNeill, of
Lumberton, who received the appoint
ment to the cadetnMp" at West Point
recently, decided not to accept it, and
Congressman G. B. Patterson has ap
pointed Mr. William. Owen of this
city. Mr. Owen has gone to West
Point to prepare for the very rigid ex
amination be will have to stand. He
Is a bright boy, and we trust he will
be able to paaa-alrlght."
Special Term For Colombss.
The commissioners of Columbus
county have asked Governor Aycock
to call a special term of court to be
held at Wbitevllle July 87th for the
trial of the Registers charged with
murder and several other prisoners
held upon grave- charges. There are
now in the jail at Whlteville between
15 and 20 prisoners, . only three of
which number- are negroea a fact
pointing to a condition generally de
plored by tho good people of that
county.
First Tobscco From Brunswick.
Messrs. Stanlffnd & Hewette, of
Bhallotte, Brunawiek county, sent the
flsst new toipaceo of the 'season to the
Wilmington tobacco warehouse July
let. -.The tobacco la a good "sand
lug" and points to a yery fine grade of
bright leaf higher up on the stalk. The
Wilmington warehouse is now ready
to receive and store all consignments
and will have Its opening sale July
22nd. A large aale la expected and
everybody la cordially invited to be
preaent on that occasion.
Health Inspector Dischsrced.
Health Officer K. W. Hewlett, who
has been at the detention hospital the
paat 21 daya with amallpox, waa re
leased yesterday. He aaya hla ex
perience waa a rough one but that he
is glad to be conscloua of the fact that
he will be immune from the diaeaae in
the future. Hla first official act after
being discharged was to raise a quaran
tine and fumigate a house at 111 South
Tenth street where a colored patient
had scarlet fever.
Reveaue Chances.
Fayetteville Observer 3rd: Mr. 8.
M. King, who succeeded Mr. W. J.
Sutton as Bevenue Collector of this
the 7th Division, and who was suc
ceeded as postmaster at Elizabethtown,
Bladen county, by Mr. Sutton, Is now
out of a job, on account of the reduc
tion of the revenue force in the State,
which haa been also rediatricted. This
diviaion is now No. 6, with J. P. H.
Adams, of Raleigh, in charge, and
composed of the following counties:
Wake, Johnson, Oumtarland, Blades,
Sampson, Duplin and New Hmover.
fi'th-jl r, ilia ViJ
nn
SEVERE STORMS
VISITED TEXAS.
Flooding the City of Gainesville
and Sweeping Over Fine
Farming Land.
THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.
Considerable Damsge to Properly at
Qalsesvlile asd Other Towns Rail
roads the Heaviest Snlferers.
eiondbsrit la Other Part
Bv TeiearaDb to tne Momma star.
Dallas, Tsxas, July 3. The heavi
est rain storm that has visited the
Trinity and Bed river valleys in yeara
prevailed last night and "early thia
morning, aweeping over many acrea
of fine farming land and flooding the
city of Galneavllle. The streets of
that city were under from two to four
feet of water throughout ithe early
hours of to-day but the water receded
during the afternoon and to-night all
danger is past. While Gainesville
and other towns suffered considerable
property loss, the heaviest burden will
fall upon the railroads. Many wash
outs occurred and in a few places the
tracks were undermined from the
heavy downpour.
There was no loss of life from the
torrent. A north-bound Banta Fe pas
senger train ran into a washout last
night eight miles south of Gainesville
and Engineer M. B. Boyce was killed.
jno one else was injured.
At midnight last night the situation
at Gainesville was considered most
alarming. East of the round house In
the section known as "Gander Flat,"
hundreds of people were in great dis
tress, and for a time it looked as if
they could not be rescued. All were
gotten out in safety, however, and
moved to a higher part of town.
Reports from the southwestern part
of Texas, where disastrous cloudbursts
prevailed yesterday, state that the loss
of life will probably reach fifteen. All
of the victlma were Mexicans. The
waters are reported to be falling and
all danger ia over.
Insane Colored Man.
An insane colored man, stark-naked
and very violent, created much ex
citement in an alley leading from
Sixth, between Bladen and Harnett
streets, yesterday morning. He was
taken in custody by Policeman I. F.
Huggins and is being held at the sta
tion house, pending an examination
for his entrance into one of the State
hospitals.
Petition for Bankruptcy.
Fayetteville Observer, 3rd : "A pe
tition, through creditors' attorneys,
Messrs. Oates & Nimocks, has been
filed in the United States Court at
Wilmington asking that Messrs. A.
8. Maultaby & Brother be adjudged
bankrupts. Messrs. N. A. Sinclair and
EL L. Cook are In Wllmineton to-day
in the interest of Maultsby & Bro."
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Closing Seision Teaching of Agriculture
In the Schools Discussed.
B r TeiegraDb. to tne Morning Bttr.
ASHByiLLE, N. 0., July 3. The
closing aeaslon of the Southern Edu
cational Association waa held to-day.
Dr. W. H. Lawson read a paper on
"Teaching of Agriculture in the
Schools," and advocated the establish
ment of agricultural schools between
the grade of common schools and col
leges. G. Victor Campbell also dis
cussed the teaching of agriculture in
the schoola. Dr. Thomas Hume, of
the University of North Carolina, dis
cussed "Child Study and Sunday
echool Work."
MRS. PHARES ACQUITTED.
Woman on Trial at Mount Holly, N. J.,
for Murdering Her Husband.
By TeiearaDb to tne Morninff star.
Mount Holly, N. J., July 3. Mrs,
Annie R. Phares who has been on
trial here this week charged with the
murder of her husband, Albert Phares,
by poisoning, waa acquitted by the
jury late thia evening. She did not
seem aurpriaed at the verdict and took
it calmly when Judge Garrison said:
"The prisoner is discharged." She
clasped the hands of Eckard P. Budd,
her counsel, and said: "I thank you
ever so much." , . N
When court convened to-day Pros
ecutor Atkinson made hlsxlosing ar
gument and he was followed by Judge
Morrison. Tbe court's charge was an
Impartial one, though he told the jury
that the testiiwmy of Garfield Taylor,
Mrs. Phares' paramour, should be
thrown out entirely because it was
absolutely unreliable. The jury took
only one ballot.
It is possible that a few belated
June brides may assert themselves
in July.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Grand Secretary Woodall has
received applications for new lodges
of Odd fellows at WeaverviUe,
Burnsville and Jamestown.
Dunn Guide: One of the fac
tories in town received orders one
morning this week in one mail
amounting to $33,000. All the
factories are crowded with orders
and three months behind on many
large orders.
Goldsboro Argus: Hogs are
dying in great numbers in our neigh
borhood and the prospects are favor
able for meat to be high again this
fall. We have heard of several
farmers who lost every one they had,
since they gave them in for taxes.
Magnolia cor. Clinton Demo
crat: Mr. Thomas Fryar, a highly
respected citizen, . died Monday
afternoon after an illness of two
weeks, aged about 74 years. ' Burial
at the cemetery Thursday morning,
Rev. Dr. Hufharn, of Warsaw, con
ducting tho services.
Clarkton Express: John New
ell, one of our most highly respected
colored men and bast farmers, had a
little less than two acres in strawber
ries the past season that turned him
out 1418.40. He considers that at
least $200 of this is clear profit,
above the coat of cultivation, fer
tilizer, picking and all:
Duplin Journal: Duplin coun
ty Confederate veterans will hold
their annual reunion on Thursday,
August 6th, at Kenansville. Every
body get ready for a gala day and
give the "Old Boys in Grey" still
on this - side a good time. Their's
was a glorious cause which mem
bers should annually be brightened
by such reunions that coming gen
erations may know the chivalry and
neroism 01 their lolk. Barbecue,
brass band and a big speech will be
the order of the day.
Charlotte Observer: News of an
assault that occurred in a remote
section of Union county a day or
two ago reached Charlotte yesterday.
An unknown negro man outraged
and critically wounded Mrs. Lizzie
Wentz, an aged white woman, who
lives in a house alone. Mrs. Wentz
has often been advised by friends to
move nearer town, but she always
resisted their entreaties and rested
content in the belief of her perfect
safety. After committing the crime
the negro demanded all the money
that Mrs. Wentz had and she turned
over to him her savings to keep from
oeiug Jtiuea at once, xne negro
tnen disappeared.
Asheville Citizen: Rev. Dr.
Thomas E. Skinner, one of the old
est and best known Baptist minis
ters in the State, is critically ill' at
Jackson springs, his attack of bron
chitls having developed into pneu
monia. All honor to Palmer
Davis, the negro boatman who saved
a whole family from drowning at
Beaufort. The Joseph family, from
Kinston, were in bathing, when one
of the children went beyond its
depth and the whole family rushed
to save it. Not one of them could
swim, and being in water over their
heads, they were just going down for
tne last time, when ir aimer Davis
jumped in and pulled them out.
Lexington Dispatch: It is re
ported that some five or. six Lexing
ton gentlemen are losers to the ex
tent of several thousand dollars by
playing the wrong side of Wall
street market in cotton futures last
week. One man alone is Bald to
have lost $3,300, while the other
losses range from $400 to $1,200.
Clay Owen, the llyear old son
of James Owen, of Fairmont, this
county, died Friday of last week as
a result from eating plums. One
day last week the boy ate a large
amount of this fruit, swallowing a
number of seeds with it. He was
taken ill on Wednesday and suffer
ed great agony until death occurred
early Friday morning.
Greensboro special to Raleigh
Netos-Observer : W. E. Shargreen, I
who was a local collector here for
Collier's Weekly and publications of
the University Publishing Company,
of Washington, D. C, was instantly
killed here by a train on the South
ern .Railway shifting yards near the
old C..F. and Y. V., depot at eleven
o'clock to-day. He was crossing the
tracks, and seeing a shifting engine
approaching, stepped from that
track on to another, when a train
which was being made up, was
backing from an opposite direction.
He was knocked down by the box
car, falling under the bumpers and
was completely disembowelled,
though not otherwise disfigured or
mangled.
Rocky Mount Motor: Milton
Johnson, colored, killed one of the
largest snakes we have seen for
some time on Monday. He was fish
ing in a small pond near his home,
about two miles from Rocky Mount,
when he saw what he thought was a
black log in the water. Later he
saw it move and then jump. Then
he saw it was a huge water mocca
sin. He secured a pole and attacked
the snake with all his might. After
a fight of more than thirty minutes
he succeeded in dispatching his
snakeship. From actual measure
ment the snake proved to be five
feet long and ten inches around the
largest part of its body. Johnson
found tllat the reptile had swallowed
two large bull frogs, which were
alive when released from the snake.
Monroe Journal: A darkey
on the place of Mr. Ellison Fonder
burk lost 40 young chickens' one
night last week. Messrs. G. W.
and Frank Montgomery went over
with their dogs and caught four
big minks in a rock pile near the ne
gro's barn. The next night Mr. C.
A. Montgomery lost 25 chickens
and the same young men went over
and killed three minks in five min
utes. Mr. U. T. Tadlock of
Buf ord reports that his son did some
big work last week in killing hawks
and snakes. He caught two In a
steel trap, shot one and killed two
with a stick, thus laying out a whole
family of the chicken eaters. Six
teen snakes also fell before his arm,
the largest one seven and a half feet
long and sixteen inches around.
NCHEDr. r
IN union county;
ffed With Crlmlaally Assaaltlaf a
White Woasi Afcd (4-Takea froas
Officers aad Half ed by a Mo. .
By Talesrata to tta Horning Star.
Ghaelottb, a, July S. John
Osborne, the negro charged with
criminally assaulting Mrs.' Llnle
Wentz, a white woman aged 64 years.
In Union county, Bunday night, paid
the penalty with hia life last nigbt.
He was taken from the officers who
were conveying him to tbe Union
county jaU and lynched at apoiu
about two miles from Indian Trail, a
station on the Carolina Central rail
road. The lynching party was com
posed of several hundred people and
tne two men who bad cnarge or ine
prisoner were veaally overpowered.
Osborne had received . a preliminary
hearing during the afternoon and waa
committed' to jail to await the next
term of Union county Superior Oouri.
It ia said that the negro made a full
confession of the crime before he was
lynched. .
Frank Keslah and Luke Hortoa
were deputized to take the priaoner 10
Monroe and lodge him in jail. After
they had travelled about two miles of
the -distance, and when tbey were in
the midst of a body of dense wood
land, they were halted by a mob, who
pulled the negro from the buggy and
made Kezlah and Horton drive on.
The negro was not secured without a
struggle. Keslah fired one shot at the
mob berors be was disarmed. Tne mob
lost no time in tlelng a rope around
the negro's neck and hanging him to
thelimb of a tree near the road side.
When the dead body dangling at tbe
end of a rope, was examined this
morning, not the sin ot a bullet hole
waa found, and it ia auppoaed that the
mob dispersed immediately after hang
ing the negro.
John Osborne, the lynched negro,
waa about 24 yeara old. He bore a
bad reputation and had been accuaed
of committing criminal assaulta pre
vious to the commission of the crime
for which he was lynched. Mrs.
Wentz is in a critical condition. There
Is no excitement in the neighborhood.
PETITION IN BEHALF
OF RUSSIAN JEWS.
The Czar Alone Can Decide Whether It
Will be Received ProbsbllKy That
It Will be Rejected.
bv Telegraph 10 tbe Mornlns star.
Bt. Petersburg, July 8. Presi
dent Rooseyelt'a decision to forward
to the Russian government the peti
tion in behalf of the Russian Jews Is
not published here. The Foreign
Office has made the following state
ment: "The Czar aloae can decide whether
the petition will be) received, but
Alexander III would never have re
ceived such a petition. The petition
from the Guild Hall, called by the
Lord Mayor of London in 1891, was
returned through the Foreign Office
as being inconvenient. The Foreign
Office hopes the Americans will not
invite such a slight; they would re
sent an anti-lynching petition. The
Foreign Office has no special Inter
est in the question except a desire that
international relations remain un
harmed, since the matter is purely
domestic and belongs to another min
isterial department."
In an article which in official circles
is declared to be Inspired, the Novoe
Vremya combats the claim of free
access to Russian territory.
The Nove Vremya declares that if
all American citizens were admitted to
Russia, "it would not belong before
thousands of Jews who have left Rua
aia for varloua reaaona would return
to Russia In the guiae of American
citizens, just aa they are doing in
Rou mania, Bulgaria and Turkey. If
Russia acceded to the United Statea'
wlahea ahe could not refuse to grant
similar privileges in the case of other
countries and would soon undergo a
perfect invasion of foreign Jews."
The Novoe Vremya also refers to the
United States, restricting immigration
and concludes.
"While Russia in no way asaumea
the rlfcut of criticising the internal
measures of the United States she on
the other hand will not tolerate the
least interference in her private affaire
on the part of Americana."
THE RICHMOND STRIKE.
Cars Ranalsf on All Llaea No Disorder.
Strikers Still RenUTT Finn Shot
Plred at a Car Last Mfbt.
By Telegrapn to the Horning Star.
Richmond, Va., July 3. There
were no-developments in the street
railway strike situation to-day or to
night. Oars Were run regularly on all
city and suburban lines, and nothing
approaching disorder has been report
ed from any quarter.
Cars were also run to-day over the
whole extent of ihe inter-urban
Richmond-Petersburg line, for the
first time since the strike began, and
no car was molested in any way. The
company claims to be overwhelmed
with applications for positions, and to
have ample force to run all of its ears.
The strikers, however, remain firm In
their attitude. At least one militia
man still rides on each car, and pas-'
senger travel is Increasing, having
been given a considerable Impetus by
the prevailing torrid weather.
Late to-night a ahot waa fired at a
car on Venable street and struck the
belt of the militia man riding on the
car, glanced, and fell into the lap of an
old negro woman passenger. The shot
was apparently from an air-gun. The
person who fired it waa not discovered. .
The first fatality of the street car
strike occurred this morning when
Charles K. Graham, a. striking motor
man, died from a merciless and awful
slashing at the hands of W.H.Lowery,
another striker. Graham was literally
cut to pieces, and he lost so much
blood before surgeons could be brought
to him that he never regained con
sciousness after being taken to the
city hospital.
The attack on him was due to a
rumor alleged to have been started by
him that two of the strikers were try
ing target their positions back; He
leaves a wife and three children. .- -
The coroner'B jury held the oaae to
be one of justifiable homicide.
Asheboro Courier: The fourteen-year-old
son of Mr. Steven
Davis, of Montgomery county, was
killed by lightning Monday evening.
The boy was standing near a window
when the bolt of lightning came
through, broke the glass and killed
him instantly. Mr. Davis lives about
one mile from Steeds.
Barnes ''When I was young
my mother always used to sing me
to sleep." Shedd"Yes, women
are good at that sort of thing; but
it takes the father's voice to wake a
fellow up in tbe morning." Boston
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