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VOL. XXXIV.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1903.
NO. 38
Tolumo and still decreasing. Two
diiis claiming to aaora relief, were
debated by the last Congress, ' That
proposed by senator Aidricn pro
Tided for an issue of bills on the se
curity of bonds of certain solvent
corporations; while the Fowler bill
proposed ah issue based on general
assets. The advocates of each
measure succeeded in defeating thel
other without accomplishing any
positive results themselves. This
Inability to deal with a problem of
such importance refects no credit on
Congress.
CURRENT COMMENT
INCREASE IN EXPORTS
BALTIMORE ELKS' REUNION.
N.C. NATIONAL GUARD
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
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JUDOS PARKER IN OZOROIA.
Charleston News and Courier:
Judge Parker, of the Supreme
Court of New York, a possible can
didate for the Democratio nomina
tion for President, and if nominated
a dead sure winner according to the
predictions of many of the shrewd
est of the political prophets, made
a very excellent address to the
Georgia Dar Association last week.
hat ho said on the suffrage ques
tion waa to the point. In his opin
ion the United States Supreme
Court will not construe the amend
ments to the constitution so as to
destroy the identity of the States.
That is all that we could ask of
the Supreme Court. The better
judgment of the country is that the
amendments, and -particularly the
fifteenth amendment, should never
have been adopted, that they were
adopted by force and fraud, and
that in the fulness of time, when
the country has recovered its just
mental equilibrium, the amendments
will be construed by the courts, or
be repealed by the people, so that
they will not stand. in the way of a
proper and just settlement for all
time of the race question.
The New York Evening Post takes
" the negro side of every question
touching the suffrage Tights and
citizenship of negroes that is pre
sented. It could not permit Judge
Parker to go to Georgia and speak
to the lawyers of that State without
advising him "to speak a direct and
wholesome word to the people of the
South," on the "leading Dational
issue abridged suffrage, denied
citizenship, refusal of equal treat
ment before the law, ' and the re
crudescence of slavery as affecting
our negro population." Judge Par
ker does not appear to have been in
fluenced in the least by the counsel
of the Post. He will probably be
abused by it because he did not fol
low its suggestions, and it will find,
doubtless in the end that, while
"William Lloyd Garrison was a very
good man In his way in his day,
there is not even one rational cam
paign in his ghost. The substan
tial thing which he and his desper
ately earnest assocites sought to ac-
- compHsh was accomplished when
slavery was abolished, bnt even he
. and they would never have at
tempted to make a white man out of
a negro.
The Macon Telegraph advises the
Evening Post that it is a long Ume
before the next political campaign
will really begin, and that the Geor
gia politicians who greeted Judge
Parker as "our next president"
"will do the same thing, not wick
edly but in good faith and common
politeness when Handy HtarstcomeB,
when Gorham comes, when Dave
Hill comes." That is the way the
Georgia politicians do, and when
the election is held they will all vote
the straight Democratio ticket even
though Grover Cleveland should be
placed at the head of the line. That
is the way Georgia politicians do,
and it is a very good way, we think,
in this part of the country. That
The body of Col. Win. J.' Best,
who died In San Rafael, Cal., on
April Cth, was exhumed in the
cemetery at Caldwell, N. J., Wed
nesday last for the purpose of deter
mining whether poison had caused
death. To the complete astonish
ment of every one connected with
the case, the autopsy on the body
of the Colonel showed that the
body had been opened previously
and the abdominal organs removed,
the cavity being filled with sawdust.
Dr. McKenzle made the incisions
but found that the organs needed
were 'missing. However, the mass
of sawdust which filled the cavity
waa carefully sifted and revealed
some of the viscera, which with
partB of the intestines and the Baw
dust itself, will be sent' to San
Francisco to be analyzed. Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of
"Dr." John D. Woods and Alice
Woods, at .whose house Col. Best
died.
Considering the meek and
lowly manner in which Gov. Cum
ming submitted to having his tariff
plank splintered over his head, the
Republican managers may indulge
in justifiable hopes of sawing off
the vice presidential nomination
onto him. He will evidently stand
anything. Chicago Chronicle, Dem.
The Czar says, "You're an
other," the retort discourteous and
untrue. There is a deal of differ
ence between lynching even a mil
lion negroes for rape and mu.der,
nnjnstifiable as lynching is, and the
Klscheneff massacre, in which many
people were put to death and more
rendered homeless for the offense
of being Jew3. Houston (Texas)
Chronicle.
There aro 25,000 negro
voters in the State of Illinois. If
Senator Hopkins of that State is so
anxious that there shall be black
faces in the hall of the ' House of
Representatives, why does he not
use his Influence to have' colored
Congressmen elected from Illinois?
Like many of the Northern Repub
licans, Senator Hopkins exercises
himself for the "rights" of the ne
groes in the South, but pays no at
tention to those who reside in his
own section of the country. Sa
vannah News, Dem,
BUCKLEY BOUND OVER TO COURT.
Foreign Shipments Break All
Records for Fiscal Year
Just Ended.
THE PORT OF WILMINGTON.
The Hon. Romulus Z. Linney is
a peach. He was at Catawba court
the past week and revealed while
there his theory as to the cause of
death and how to escape. The New
ton Enterprise quotes him:
Hit theory Is that the lots of vitality
it due to atmospheric pressure and If
we could get high enough in the at
mosphere we would escape death. And
he quoted Lord Bacon at saying that
but for the shape of the eagle' beak,
which cause its death, it would live
forever, because it toart above the
pretture of the atmosphere.
Mr. Linney has jutt returned from
a tlx weeks' ttay on hit Watauga
farm, which it perched on the top of a
mountain 5,500 feet high. He says
while there the vigor and buoyancy
of hit youth returned to him and the
mountain it full of octogenarians.
Men of 80 to 90 years old are clearing;
new grounds and rolling logs and ap
pear to be not more than 40 years old.
New York has some stringent
laws governing the gentler sex. No
lone woman can get a meal in a res
taurant in that city after 9 P. M.j
and furthermore she runs risk of ar
rest if she shows herself on the
street after that: hour., A woman
who later proved her innocence was
recently compelled to spend the
night in jail as a disorderly person
for violating this law.
Hesrisf Before the Msyor is Raleigh Frl
' day Bond Hut at $4,500.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The case of J. C. Blackley, the horse
dealer, who is charged with embezzling
tome 16,000 from a dealer named Mc
Adow, of Agrlcola, Kansas, wat heard
before Mayor Powell yesterday after
noon, with the result that Blackley
waa bound over to court in a bond of
$4,500. which he gave.
The case waa fought hard, by both
aides. Mr. & G. Ryan and Col. J. C.L.
Harris defending Black ley,and Messrs.
Argo & Shaffer appearing on the other
tide.
The charge against Blackley wat that
he sold aeveral car loads of mulea in
Raleigh and other places for McAdow,
and did not turn over the money.
Blackley claims he was McAdow'a
partner, and McAdow claima Black-
ley was merely working for him at an
agent, on a commission on sales. This
was the question argued yesterday,
whether Blackley was McAdow'a agent
orpartner.
There waa another charge against
Blackley by a man named Lyttle, but
thia was noi-prossed.
Flgnres Complied at the Custom Hoise
Show Over Fifteen Millions Against
Elevea Last Year Comparlsoa
With Other CitiesNotes.
The official compilation at the Cus
tom House for the fiscal year ending
June SOth, shows that the foreign ex
ports from Wilmington for 1903-1903
will foot up iu round numbers fifteen
million dollars the largest la the
history of the port. Last year the
foreign exports according' to the same
government figures amounted to only
$11,103,171, so it seems that there is
an Increase of about four million dol
lars thit year.
This showing is very gratifying and
is an unmistakable evidence of the
progress of the city industrially. The
figures, of course, do not include the
Domestic exports which have also
very largely Increased during the year
by reason of the establishment here of
a number of cross tie and pole enter
prise.
The showing undoubtedly places
Wilmington second in the list of great
porta on the entire South Atlantic
coast. Her foreign exports are prob
ably over double the value of those of
Charleston and about the aame or
probably a little larger than Norfolk.
A few days ago reference was made
to Wilmington's immense volume of
business in all lines. The figures now
at to exports and the great increase
in postoffice receipts are sufficient
sign that "Wilmington do move"
and that the city has a great and last
ing future before ir.
STATE TOBACCO EXHIBIT.
KICKED UP A GENERAL ROW.
We see it stated that a New York
syndicate has contracted to take the
first mortgage bonds of the proposed
Raleigh & Pamlico Sound railroad,
amounting to . $1,200,000, bearing 5
per cent, .interest. These bonds
are to be signed by the communities
through which the road runs.
Kansas seems to be in good shape
financially even if she did experi
ence a good-sized flood recently.
She boasts of $92,000,000 in her
banks and a $75,000,000 wheat crop
in her fields, to say nothing of the
immense crop of corn she annually
produces.
The Enfaula (Ala.) Times says:
"Some people claim that they occa
sionally hear a long, low wail from
the White House in the small hours
of the night. It is believed to ;be
due to the Payne in the bowels of
the administration."
Judge Parker will converse on
any public question except his can
didacy for the. Presidency, and the
negro problem, which shows he is
possessed with good horse sense.
Bad Mae at a Negro Celebration oa the
Sound Arrested.
Jamea Hooper, colored, of Mason -boro
township waa arretted by Con
stable Savage yesterday and will be
tried in Justice Fowler's court Tues-
day on a multiplicity of charges. Last
week the colored population of Mason
boro were having a big fish fry and
celebration at one of the sound land
ings. Hooper filled himself with a
bad quality of liquor and went in to
terrify the natives. He joined a pro
cession the negroes were having and
armed himself with a murderous
looking club. Jumping out of the
line of march, be lambasted one of the
"proceasioners" In the rear ranks with
the bludgeon and wounded him se
verely. The next sally was at a mule,
being driven to a cart in an opposite
direction. He knocked the animal's
teeth out and indulged in other antics
sufficient to break up the meetin'.
Hooper was committed to jail In de
fault of bond for his appearance at the
preliminary trial.
PETER J0RQENSEN DEAD.
Creditable Presentation at St. Louis Ex
positionConvention at Raleigh.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0., July 9. Th State
convention of tobacco growers, .ware
housemen, dealers and manufacturers
hereto-day appointed a central com
mittee of nine to direct a canvass of
the tobacco people of the State, solicit
ing funds and material for a great
Bute tobacco exhibit at St. Louis.
Sub-committees of four each are to be
appointed by the central committee in
the several tobacco growing counties
to push the work in their respective
localities. - The central committee con
sists of Q, E. Webb. Winston Salem;
J. 8. Cunningham, Person county;
O. L. Joyner, Greenville; Roscoe
Briggs, Wilson; Hoge Irwin, Kinston;
Dr. B. W. Ktigore, Raleigh; P. R.
Penn, Reidsville; J. Spot Taylor,
Stokes county; Albert Kramer, Dur
ham. At least $25,000 is to be raised in ad
dition to material. All will be deliv
ered to Dr. Kllgore at Raleigh as
treasurer and custodian of the mate
rial. HAS A CASE OF SMALLPOX.
North Carollta Win be Well Represented.
Elaborate Arrangements Being Made
for Their Entertainment.
Elks from all over the United States
will gather In countless numbers for
the annual reunion next week in Bal
timore, and the Monumental City is
preparing to entertain royally its dis
tinguished guests upon that occasion.
North Carolina will be well represent
ed and Wilmington will furnish her
full quota of merry antlers. The uni
form of the Carolinians will be white
duck trousers, crimson double-breasted
flannel coats and yachting caps of
flag blue with the lodge numbers em
broidered in white on the front The
Wilmington delegation will leave over
the Atlantic Coast Line Sunday night
in a specialPttllman car, arriving at
Its destination before noon the follow
ing day!
The convention proper will open Tues
day July 21st and continue three days
but the enterprising Baltlmoreans have
arranged a programme of entertain
ment during the entire week, beginn
ing on Monday. The Hotel Committee
reports that between 25,000 and 26,000
have already asked for accommodation
and that the number of visitors may
reach 50,000. The convention sessions
will be presided over by Grand Exalted
Ruler Geo. P. Crook, of Omaha, Neb.
The Baltimore lodge has a reception
committee of 150 member, who will
nei each m d every train. There
mil also be a reception committee of
IkdiFB. Ad elaborate souvenir pro
gramme will give ihe visitors all the
Information they desire about the' city
tod the reunion. Twenty-five bands
are expected to be present and they
will compete for four cash prizes rang
ing from $300 to $1,000. Wednesday tne
great Elks' Parade will take place, six
prizes from $50 to $100 being offered
for the best display by a lodge. At
tight a reception will be given by the
ladies at the Elks' Home.
Thursday the Elks will have a free
outing and crab feast at Tolchester
Bescn, including a 40 mile trip on the
Chesapeake bay. Friday and Satur
day will alao be given over to free ex
cursions and merry-making. The re
union is confidently expected to break
all records in the history of the order.
The electrical displaya and other deco
rations of the ctty will be gorgeous.
Official Order as to Encampment
of Regiments Issued by the
Adjutant General.
THE NEWS AT RALEIGH.
Biok ol Falsoi sod Other Enterprises
Chartered by the Secretary of State.
Sapreme Court Will Convene
. An. 24tb Instead ol 31st.
Special Star Telegram.'
Raixiqh, N. 0., July 11. Adju
tant Gen. B. 8. Royster announces
that the North Carolina National
Guard will encamp this Bummer by
regiments First regiment and Batte
ry. "A", at Ashevllle, Aug. 19-25;
Second regiment, Morehead City, July
22-28. Third regiment, Greensboro,
August 6-12. General orders are is
sued prescribing that each company
must have 75 per cent, membership
In camp. Major F. H. French, Six
teenth Infantry, has been detailed in
structor general and will visit
the' camps. Governor Aycock will
alao review regiments while in camp.
The Bank of Faison was chartered
to-day, with $10,000 capital, B. B.
Witherington and John M. Faison
being among the principal incorpora
tors. A charter ia granted the Clyde Cot
ton Mill, of Newton, capital $100,000;
J. C. Smith, G. A. Warlick and R. B.
Knox, incorporators.
The Faison Ginning and Manufac
turing Co. is chartered, with $5,000
capital, to operate cotton gins and an
oil mill. C. S. Hines, M. McD. Wil
liams are among the incorporators.
Official announcement was made to
day that the Supreme Court will con
vene August SI, instead of August 24,
because, mtwllhsianding the statute
prescribes H e ' fourth Monday In Au
gust," the I' tm "iast Monday in Au
gust " appe is in all court documents,
and thiajear August has five Mon
days; so the -members agree to defer
the meeting.
THE STREET CAR DISORDER.
and
Well
It is said that the steel truBt is
is the way the politicians in all of I clearing $10,000,000 a month, and
the other Southern States do, and a
way which will make it utterly im
possible for the negro, whatever his
educational attainments, to rnle
over the white people of the South.
hopes to do even better than that
if Congress will, only let the tariff
alone.
- 31 THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK-
The total amount of money in
the United States is in round num
bers $2,375,000,000, an increase
during the past year of $126,500,
000. Yet the financial situation is
- not considered wholly satisfactory
by thoughtful bankers and men of
business, says the Columbia State.
They desire a more elastic currency
than that which we have, but Joe
Cannon, who will be next speaker
of the house, is reported as un
favorable to any change. The
United States, in ' spite of what
Mr. Cannon may think, has an
inferior system. , Silver and
greenbacks are fixed in vol
ume. The gold supply depends
rather on the output of the mines
than the needs of business; so that
the only opportunity for a scientific
change in volume Is limited to the
iesae of national bank bills based
upon United States bonds limited in
The Burlington HawJceye says
Iowa Republicans take their tariff
beverages straight. They seem to
think mixed concoctions are dan?
gerous.
Prompt Insurance Payment.
Mr. Sarah Jane McGowan, widow
of the late Capt. James M. McGowan,
yesterday received from Treasurer J.
D. Nutt a check for $3,000, same hav
ing been the amount of insurance
carried in the Endowment Rank,
Knights of Pythias, by her late hus
band. Capt. McGowan died June
20th and the check was dated July
8th, so that for prompt payment thin
record cannot be excelled, settlement
having been made in just 18 days.
In justice Bornemann's court
a.t..i. willitm Armstrong, ebl-
.a h..i Minerva Wright, a colored
woman, arrested for an assault upon
him with a piece of Iron. The woman
was found not guilty and Armstrong
waa aent to iall or the roads for 80
days In default of the payment of $5
and fine for disorderly conduct.
Known Marine Man Died at Hos
pital Yesterday Alternnon.
H. Peter Jorgensen, a native of
Denmark, but for a number of years a
resident of Wilmington and South
port and for a long time mate on the
steamer "Wilmington," died yester
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the U. 8.
Marine Hospital in this city, where he
had been since April for treatment of
tuberculosis. He was 83 years of age
and was very popular in marine cir
cles, where he was well known. The
greater portion of the past three years
he spent in New York, but returned
with bis family here some time ago
and lived with them at No. 118 Market
street. His wife and one child survive
him. The funeral will be conducted
by the Rey. O. W. Kegley, or the
Lutheran church, from the hospital
this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The fol
lowing will act as pall-bearers: Dr.
C. T. Harper, Messrs. H. A. Kure, G.
W. Under, Louis Hanson, J. Hanson,
A. S. Heide, A. O. Neilsen and E. P.
Bailey.
Wilmington Posfmsstership.
Washington correspondence, Char
lotte Observer : "Thos. a. Koinns,
chairman of the Republican 8tate
Executive Committee, arrived in
V'ashington to-day to take up
with the rostomce ana leversi
other Departments appointments
tht mmt ba made soon. Ex-
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson, national
committeeman, is expected here to
morrow to confer with Mr. Rollins
about some of these. It was stated by
Mr. Rollins to-night thai no action
would be taken in the Wilmington
postoffice contest until uecemoer, tne
date the term of office of Miss Darby,
the present postmaster, expires.
Bought Dog and Pony Show.
The Durham Sun Is authority ior
the statement that Mr. Emmett Levy,
the popular cigar salesman, has pur
chased at a cost . of $18,000 a first-class
dog and pony show one of the best
in the world. Frank Wilson, of Dur
ham, will be In the nana, ana mo
managers expect to reach Durham
sometime In October with their ag
gregation. .The first performance will
be in Duluth, Minn., this month.
Yonsg Trnvelling Wan Arrived Yesterday
from Florence With the Disease.
W. A. Turner, a young white man
who has been engaged In canvassing
for Mr. John Spillman, the well
known dealer in enlarged pictures In
thia city, was discovered by the health
authorities last night with a well de
veloped case of smallpox In the pustu
lar atage. He arrived on the train
yeaterday afternoon from Florence,
8. C, and feeling unwell, he went to
the office of a local physician who dis
covered that he waa afflicted with the
dlaease. Dr. C. T. Harper, city sup
erintendent of health, was at once
notified and the young man waa taken
in charge and thoroughly examined.
Chief Quarantine Officer Robert Green
removed him to the smallpox hospital
to the northeast of the city and placed
him In charge of a nurse after mid
night this morning. The young man
has only a mild case of the disease and
Dr. Harper says there is no danger of
an epidemic by reason of contacts.
STOLE MONEY AND BAQQAQE CHECK.
One ol Poor Defendaata Paid Fine
Osve Bood The Others.
Jno. Tharpe, one of the young white
men fined for having raised distur
bance on a street car at Ninth and
Princess streets one night last week,
yesterday paid his fine of $10 and gave
bond in the sum of $100 with Mr. J.
O. Walton as surety for his appearance
in Justice Fowler's court later to an
swer the charge of an assault, with his
three companions, upon Conductor
Walker. The trial will be held as
soon as Williams and Davis have
completed 30-day sentences on the
roads for disorderly conduct. O. 0.
Grant, the fourth member of the
party Implicated in the trouble. Is still
held at the police atatlon pending his
arrangements to pay the fine lmpoaed
upon him for disorderly conduct and
to make up bond for hie appearance
with the three others before Justice
Fowler, to whom the eases were re
moved by Mayor Springer.
Big Catch of Spanish Mackerel.
' The sharpie "Virgia May," Capt.
Wells, waa chartered yesterday by a
party of guests at the Seashore Hotel,
Wrighlsville Beach, and a fine after
noon's sport at fishing waa enjoyed.
The party was composed of Messrs. J.
L. Irby, of South Carolina; R. F.
Heltman and W. L. Harkey, of Lex
ington, N. C, and J. D. Proctor, of
Lumberton, who made the record
catch of 8panlah mackerel during the
mmmm Avl 1 1 1
season, xney lannea sui remarzaoiy
fine fellows and were congratulated
upon the success of their outing when
they returned to the hotel.
A Warm Excursion,
, Fayetteville Observer 10th : "When
the Bennettaville excursion passed here
last night about 11 o'clock on its re
turn from Wrlghtsville, things.began
to get exciting in aeveral of the cars,
and the passengers found something
to relieve their ennui in the several
fights beginning to brew, in which
pistols and knives were brought into
evidence. The result of the 'fighting
liquor' has not yet been learned."
Lexington special to Charlotte
Observer: Within the last few days
there has been two unsuccessful at
tempts to commit suicide in this
county, namely: Grant Motsinger,
of Bethany, who ate some concen
trated lye, and Westley Fonts, who
l drank an ounce of laudanum. Mot-
singer consumed nearly a box of lye
before he was discovered. His mouth
and threat were badly burned, but
it did not prove fatal. He is 30
years old and an excellent citizen,
being of a highly respected lamiiy.
Fonts, on Sunday afternoon, drank
nearly an ounce of laudanum, and
not until an elapse of five hours did
the doctor, who was summoned from
here, arrive. But by the skilful
work of several hours he regained
consciousness and is now on the
road to recovery.
HMwMsas-ssnanaawHMMH.
GREENE AND QAYN0R CASE.
Application for Lesve to Appeal to be
Argued Before Privy Conocll of Eng.
By Telegrapn to tne Horning star.
Washington, July 11. The pub
lished report from London to the
effect that Mr. MacMaster.or Montreal,
one of the leading lawyers of the
Canadian bar, will represent the
United States before the Privy Ooun-
i cil of England, on the application for
leave to. appeal from the decision oi
Justice Caron, of Quebec, in the
Greene and Gaynor caae, is confirmed
here. Mr. MacMaater will appear be
fore the Privy Council some time dur
ing the present month and probably
will associate with himself English
counsel of distinguished ability for the
! argument In the case.
A LEQAL BATLLE.
Corley Stokes Arrested by Police Upon
That Chsrje Trial Tuesday.
Ourley Stokes, colored, was arreated
yeaterday morning by Policeman W.
J. Howard on a warrant charging him
with the larcenr of 813 in cash and a
baggage check from a colored man
with whom he lives in the northern
section of the city. The Wife of the
colored man heard some one in her
room late at night and she called her
husband but he did not wake. The
following morning the man awoke to
find that his trouser pockets had been
rifled of two pocket-books containing
the amount named and the baggage
check, which was for a piece of bag
gage at ihe A. C. L. station. ' .
Married Yeaterday 'Boralng.
Miss Emma E. Lord, the attractive
voung daughter of Mr. James Lord,
and Mr. Herbert H. Jordan, a popular
young man of this city, were quietly
married at 10:30 o'clock yesterday
morning at the residence of the officiat
ing minister. Rev. O. W. Trawick,
Third, between Church and Castle
streets. Mr. Jordan is apopular mem
ber of the Boys' Brigade of America,
now in camp at South port, and he and
Mrs. Jordan received a very cordial
telegram from thejgroom's comrades
asking them to come to the encamp
ment to spend their honeymoon.
A two-story annex is being
built to the front of Hemen way School.
Ice Factory Again Snnnlog.
The Inaependent ice factory resum
ed operation Saturday morning at 10
o'clock after the Friday afternoon fire
and before night waa running up to
Its full capacity. The repairs to the
machinery were made by the Wil
mington Iron Works under the per
sonal supervision of its manager, Mr.
E. P. Bailey.
First Lawyer -Well, I've just
made a fortune. Second Lawyer
Whose was it? Life.
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The Southern nnd U& N. Rsilwsys Con
testing for Ssme Right ol Wsy.
bt XaleffrftDb to tne Horning Btar.
Knoxtillk, Tknn., July 11. A
closely contested legal battle was
fought in the circuit court to-day by
the Southern and Louisville 8c Nash
ville railways. The roads are con
testing for the aame ngnt or way
In South Knoxville, and each road has
secured several injunctions. All the
testimony in the shape or depositions
has been given. J. B. Keeble, of Nash
yllle, Tenn., made the opening argu
ment for the Louisville and Nashville,
speaking for two hours. The case
will be continuea juonaay. ah me
prominent officials of the Southern,
including President Samuel Spencer
left thia afternoon.
POSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION.
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Pestmsster General Payne States That
the End Is in Sight.
bv Teiecrapn to tne Horning star.
Washington, July 1L Postmas
ter General Payne to-day stated that
the end of the postoffice Investigation
is in sight. "I am unable," he said.
'to fix any particular aate wnenwe
investigation will be completed, but
matters nave progressed to me extent
where I can see an enu to tne xaoon-
ous work,"
Mr. Fayne said that tne incident oi
Mr. Madden'a publication of a com
munication reflecting on other officials
in connection with charges against the
registry contract, may be regarded as
closed. The postmaster general added
that the inspectors had not yet report
ed on the investigation oi tne mani
fold contract question. J
Kate Nellie savs she wouldn't
. marry the best man going, Minnie
Probably not, alter he onoe saw ner.
-Chelsea vazette.
Three hundred teachers are at
tending the summer school at the
A. & M. College at Raleigh.
The $20,000 20-year 5 per cent,
bonds of Wake county, issued to
refund the floating debt of the
county, were sold to Seasongood &
Myers, of Cincinnati, for (21,310,
which is a premium of 11,310.
Major T. L. Emery has sold
the famous Weldon fair grounds to
Gen. Matt. W. Ransom, the consid
eration being 17,500. The grounds
will be pnt in fine condition and a
big fair will be held there this fall.
Three new buildidgs will be erect
ed for the Thomasvills Baptist
Orphanage the present year. These
are already provided for. This en
ables the orphanage to care for 400
children instead of 260, the number
now present.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Mr. John Henry Savage, who lives
near Hobgood, sent a stalk of corn
to this office a few days ago that
measured eight feet and four inches.
It was said that he had twelve acres
in such corn, with the stalks two
feet apart.
Fire at Newborn Wednesday
night destroyed eight tenement
houses, Mitchell's livery Btables,
Scott's livery stables, prize houses
and. a tobacco warehouse. The
Jojirnvl newspaper office waa en
dangered but by heroic work on the
part of the firemen it was saved.
The damage will reach 150,000.
Wilson Times: Captain Ven
able is making a success raising
truck. He has Bold this season
$1300.00 worth of lettuce, shipped
150 crates of fine tomatoes, for which
he realized a good price, and this
morning brought to market a dozen
cantaloupes, the first of the season
to this place.
Clinton Democrat: Tobacco
curing is now going on at a lively
rate in this section. Mr. James D.
Moore, of South' Clinton, oured a
barn last week, as did also Mr. W.
J. Weeks, of Halls. Mr. Weeks
brought us a sample of his cure last
Saturday. It appeared to us to be
well cured and the tobacco of a fine
texture.
The Shelby Star says the barn
of Mr. Berry Barrett, near New
Prospect church, Cleveland county,
was struck by lightning and burned
Sunday evening. Two horses ana a
milch cow were burned in the sta
bles and the barn contained 90
bushels of wheat and much other
provender, all of which was burned.
Oxford Ledger: Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wllliford, of the Berea
section, had three sons born to them
a few days ago, two weighing six
pounds each and one weighing six
and a half pounds. At last accounts
the children were doing well. The
three children above mentioned
make their number twenty in twen
ty years, including living and dead.
They have lost three little ones and
have seventeen.
Duplin Record : Mr. Jesse Al
britton, of Calypso, shipped from
five acres of beans 1,000 bushels.
This is the largest yield we have
heard of. Mr. Geo. Albritton is an
other champion trucker. He ship
ped this season 1,100 barrels of pota
toes. Mr. Frank Bell, of Pop
lar Grove, canght 27 large rats In his
barn one day last week and after the
big haul he caught 18 more at differ
ent times, making a total of 45.
These were all caught In a hollow
log which Mr. Bell placed in the barn
for that purpose. The rats were all
of the largest kind.
Reidsville Review: George
Gant, a young labor agent, is lan
guishing, in jail at Wentworth.
Gant, who represents tne iiue
Ridge Iron Mines, of Blue Ridge
Spring, went to Madison one day
last week in search of laborers.
When he stepped from the Norfolk
and Western train he pulled a vici
ous revolver and began pumping hot
lead into a nearby inoSenslve coach.
He was arrested and locked up in
the calaboose, from which he escap
ed by cutting a hole through the
floor and tunnelling his way out.
He was recaptured-during the night
and carried to the Wentworth jail.
The Charlotte News says that
the whiskey distillers who have been
put out of business by the Watts
law are getting desperate. One of
the best known distillers of western
North Carolina even went ov er into
South Carolina to see if he could
set up his rum factory over there.
He has returned a wiser but sadder
man. His petition was turned down
by the State board of control, be
cause these gentlemen feared that
ere long every distiller doing busi
ness in North Carolina, to say noth
ing of those just closed out, would
flock to the Palmetto State.
Lexington Dispatch: In Salis
bury Thursday W. A. Cable, the
freight conductor charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon upon
his wife, besides brutally maltreat
ing her, was placed under a 1300
bond for his appearance at court and
$25 to answer to the charge of car
rying a concealed weapon. The in
tense feeling against Cable was
manifest at the trial. He failed to
give bond and is in jail and the rail
road company has discharged him.
Mrs. Cable has brought suit for di
vorce and has gone to her old home
at Chatham, Va.
Statesville Landmark: A Ra
leigh correspondent stated recently
thai the convicts in tne state prison
worked only eight hours a day. A
writer in the Charlotte Observer, over
the signature of "Raleigh Citizen,"
says the convicts work eleven and a
half hours a day and also have to
work on Saturday afternoons and at
times on Sundays. The bill of fare,
he says, is: Breakfast, three half-raw
biscuits, two small slices of cold
bacon, a enp of coffee and a pan of
grease that tastes like cotton seed
oil; only five minutes In which to
eat breakfast; dinner, a slice of
bacon and a pan of peas, with pot
liquor for dessert; supper, corn bread
and pot liquor. On the whole this
correspondent insists that the con
victs are very badly treated.
One of the Exhibits at the St. Uals Ex-
position Corner-stone Laid With
Imposing Ceremonies.
bv Tatagrann to tno Kornina star.
St. Louis, July 1L A plot of
ground consisting of ten acres, located
upon a hill at. the World's Fair
grounds, was formally dedicated late
to-day as the site for the replica of the
City of Jerusalem, one of the distinct ;
exhibits of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.
Tbe dedication waa conducted by
about fifty natives from Jerusalem
and fully 10,000 people witnessed the
ceremonies.
Madame Lydla M. Von Flnklesteln
Mount Ford, a native of Jerusalem,
presided at the laying; of the corner
stone, and as the ceremonies proceed
ed In Hebrew and Arable, she Inter
preted in English. The fifty par
ticipating natives of Palestine wore
Oriental costumes. A large and mag
nificently embroidered tent from
Egypt sheltered the participants and
when all waa ready ten patriarchs,
representing the ten tribes of Israel,
issued forth, each bearing a long scroll
containing the Mosaic laws.
A sacrificial lamb brought from
Egypt for the purpose was led fortb.
Salt was sprinkled over the particip
ants and unleavened bread was dis
tributed; The corner-stone waa laid with a
ceremony that occupied thirty min
utes. It was then sprinkled with
oil, salt and incense, and waa to have
been sprinkled with blood from the
slaughtered lamb but popular feeling
being against the slaying of the lamb,
the motions of killing were gone
through with and the lamb was not
killed. It is estimated that the erec
tion of Jerusalem will cost $1,400,000.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Proposed by Plerpont Morgan nnd Others.
To be Eitsbllshed in Washington.
The Corcoran Gallery.
b i elearann to tne Morning Btr
Washington, July 11. The Post
to-morrow will say that the Harriet
Lane Johnson bequest of pictures and
other art objects will not be accepted
by the Corcoran Art Gallery, but that
It may form part of a proposed na
tional gallery of art. Regarding the
proposed national gallery the Post
will say that the board of trustees
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
and aeveral other patrons and lovers
of art In thia city, New York, Boston
and other centres have planned to go
before Congress at Its next session and
ask for an appropriation ior tne estao
llshment of a national gallery of art.
The bill, according to the Post, will be
Introduced in the House by a member
from New York, who will himself
give for the maintenance of the gal
lery a sum In excess of $1,000,000.
The Post will say .that within the
paat week, J, Pierpont Morgan haa
held several conferences with a
prominent citizen of Washington and
an officer of the Corcoran gallery look
ing to the transfer of his entire collec
tion or pictures and other works of art
to the proposed national gallery. Mr.
Moagan made no stipulation, save that
the national gallery should be located
In Washington, and it is said he de
sires to contribute the money neces
sary to build one wing to be known by
his name.
ANOTHER MURDERMYSTERY
IN NEW YORK CITY.
Police Investigating the Death o! Cass.
W. Roxbnry, Supposed to Have Been
Held Up nnd Robbed.
bv Teieftrapb to tne Morning Btar
New Yoek, July 11. The police
are investigating the death of Charles
W. Rsxbury, a tea expert. Roxbury
died of a fracture of the skull and other
injuries, and the belief Is that he was
held up and robbed. Although he ar
rived home soon after 10 o'clock last
night lu a battered condition and ling
ered until early to-day, he gave no
sign to show who his assailants were
or where he had been attacked. An
examination or his clothing showed
that his watch waa gone and the chain
snapped off In the middle. The watch
pocket was also torn. A big wallet In
which he was known to have carried a
large amount of money contained
only nine cents. The straw bat he
wore was smashed in at the front,
where he had received the blow that
fractured his skull. The police traced
blood apots on Jerome avenue and
thence on River avenue to 162d atreet,
but have found no further clue. Resi
dents of the vicinity claim that thugs
Infest the neighborhood and that there
is inadequate police protection. '
THE KISHINEFP MASSACRE.
Russian Government Moved to Vigorous
Action In Punishing Those Held Re
sponsibleHundreds on Trial.
Br Cable to tbe Momma star.
Washington, Juy 11. Informa
tion of an entirely reliable character,
concerning the Klschineff massacre,
haa reached here. From advlcea re
ceived to-day it appeara that the pro
tests which arose In the United States
and many other civilized countries
against the-murderous attackaupon
the Jews in Klschineff laat Spring haa
not been without practical effect. This
Information states that the Kuasian
government has bean moved to vigor
ous action In the matter of investiga
ting and punishing those who were
responsible for the Klschineff massacre.
Eight hundred arrests have been
made and aa aresult of tbe preliminary
examination S50 persons have been re
manded for trial in the lower courts.
Four hundred and fifty cases have
been sent to the court of appeals of
which 63 are Indictments for manslaughter.
P0R THE WORLD'S TROPHY.
Americans Bent the Best Shots of Europe,
South Africn nnd Csoada.
bv Cable to tba Morning star.
BisucT, England, July 1L Ameri
ca to-day recaptured the Palm trophy.
Her team scored an aggregate of 1,870
out of a possible 1,850 andleat allthe
best shots of Kurope, houm Ainoa,
Australia and Canada, congregated
f thit flrat tlmn on English SOil tO
compete for the world's premier shoot
ing trophy, ureal amain wh movy"'
with 1,555. vviin tne eawp"uu
800 yards range, at which i the United
Kingdom beat them by three points,
the American team ""',(:
perlorlty over all comers. The otter
t. a ... m.rt Australia 1.801,
Norway 124L France 1.-
Natal 1,899,
230. .
The weather condlUons were favor
able, though the heat was terrlfle. The
shooting of the.. American team in
notably quicker man inntwi tu
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