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WILMINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1903.
NO. 39
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THE REVIVAL OF SECTIONALISM
New Orleans Picayune: Not
many years ago it was believed that
the sectional bitterness between the
Northern and Southern States of
the Union had pretty well died oat,
and it was generally agreed that the
finishing touch had been put to it
when the young men of the North
ern and Southern States volunteer
ed to fight side by side in the war
against Spain. If a million of men
had been called for there would have
been no difficulty in finding volun
teers, and some hundreds of thous
ands of them would have been young
men from the South, sons of Con
federate soldiers. . -
When the Spanish war was over,
President McKinley, who was him
self a veteran of the Civil War
on the Northern side and had set
the pace for the banishing of sec
tionalism and the establishing of
good feeling and harmony between
the North and the South,
seemed never to tire in that
good work, and he came to
be more loved and admired by
the Southern people, whom he vis
ited, than was an? man in the en
tire Republican party, and perhaps
more than was any man in all the
Northern States. ' When that be
loved President was struck down in
the city of Buffalo, in the north
ern State of New York, by the band
of an assassin, there was scarcely
any limit to the grief and indigna
tion, in the Southern States at the
atrocity of the crime; but little
did the people of these States dream
that the bullet of a professed an
archist was going to open again the
union unless by fighting. To-day we
cannot have It, except superficially,
unleMbTpeace.
Let Virginia choose the dead she
wishes to commemorate. If she honors
Lee above all but Washington, let her
place his statute in- the Oapitol. He
was a great and good man, although
he stood by his State instead of the
Union. The - North as well as the
South may take pride in this American
for the purity of his life and his mili
tary genius, although the South as
well as the North does now rejoice
that his cause was lost.
The greatest men of the North,
Grant and Lincoln, were magnaml
mous to the South. They tried to
soothe and heal the wounds from
which she suffered. Lesser men were
not so magnanimous, but essayed to
humiliate still further the ruined
land. Which rf those examples is
the nobler and the wiser for this gen
eration t
If the North condemns the dead
heroes of the South, the South will
make them martyrr, and their pale
shades will do more than the blood of
all their legions ever did to further
and continue the Lost Cause of dis
union. The North granted a com
plete amnesty to Lee living. Shall it
withdraw the amnesty from Lee dead!
The Chicago Tribune is a power in
molding Northern opinion, and in
this case it speaks out bravely and
fairly for what Is right. So long as
sectionalism shall prevail, there will
be no real union of States. The only
bands that hold it together will be
those of force, and force is the weak
est of all ties to keep a nation to
gether. Those persons who are keep
ing alive sectional prejudices for
personal advancement and partisan
purposes are no lovers of their coun
try, and they are plotting against its
best interests. The Tribune gives
wise and patriotic counsel, and it is
good for the Southern people to
know that there are such fair-minded
and honorable And just sentiments
and expressions concerning them
among the leaders of opinion north
of the Ohio River.
MANY PERSONS
BADLY INJURED.
RETTY WEDDING AT ARMOUR I howdy south Carolina coons.
Explosion of a Large Quantity
j of Dynamite and Blasting
Powder in a Magazine.
TWO MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
RUSSIA REJECTS APPEAL.
The State Department at Wash
ington has received a reply from
Russia stating that it neither would
receive nor consider the Jewish pe
tition on the subject of the Kische
neff massacres.
This information came in the form
of a cablegram from Mr. Riddle, the
American charge at St. Petersburg,
to whom was committed the delicate
task of inquiring of the Russian
Government as to its attitude
with respect to the presenta
tion of the petition. It is be
lieved that this will end the mat
ter and that no further steps will'
be taken ' by this Government to
bring the views of the petitioners to
the attention of Russia, although as
yet no consideration has been given
by the President to the course to be
bloody chasm then closed, that had I pursued in the light of Russia's re-
Norfolk & Western Trail Was Passlsg
Whea the Explosloa Occarred Six
teen Persons. Were Woaaded
asd Maay Shocked.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning star.
Roanoke, Va.,! July 18. By the
explosion of a large quantity of dyna
mite and blasting powder, stored ia a
magailne near . Pearlsburg, Giles
county, this afternoon, two men were
killed outright, sixteen were more or
less Injured and about one hundred
others severely ahocked. Wert bound
passenger train No. 1, on the main
line of the Norfolk and Western, was
going at full speed past the magailne
which was located two hundred yards
from the track when the explosion oc
curred. All the windows of the train
were broken and the coaches in other
ways damaged, and not a single per-'
son on the train escaped injury or
shock.
The dead arer James Phillips,
Blair, Va. : George Noel, colored,
EUiston, Vs. The Injured: R. H.
Roup, Chrlstlansburg. Vs.; Ira Wil
son, Radford, Va.; J. W. Grover,
Bluefleld, W. Vs.; S. H. Gregor.Tsze
well, Va. ; O. O. Jenkins, general man
ager Bluefield Coal and Coke Co.,
Bluefield, W. Va.; J. C. Jones, Rd
ford, Va. jF. M. McCalsey, Roanoke,
Sherman Hunt, Shellsvill, Va. ; George
Witt, Keystone, W. Va."; W. G. Cal
houn, Belspring, Va. ; E. S. Baird,
Hinton, W. Va. ; P. E. Dupuy, Hln
ton, W. Va. ; Burnett Beid, Bluefield,
W. Vs.; Griff P. Cranes, Radford,
Va.;W. L. Blackwell, BaltviUe, Va.
Philips and Noel were laborers and
their mangled bodied were found near
the wrecked magazine.
A special train with surgeons on
board conveyed the wounded to Blue
field where they were placed in a hos
pital. It is not known what caused
the explosion.
THE LAURINBURQ PISE.
Miss Harriet Love the Bride of Mr. Aagsst
' Trass, ol East Arcadia A Beat .
' ; tllnl Ceremony. "
-', At the' pretty home of the' bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. JL 8. Love, at
Armour, N. 0., on Wednesday even
ing at 8 o'clock, Miss Harriet Love,
an attractive young lady who has
hosts of friends and admirers In Wil
mington, was led to the hymeneal
altar by Mr. August Truss, originally
of Plalnfield, Pa., but now an
esteemed citizen of East Arcadia, a
short distance from Wilmington.
The ceremony was performeiLIn the
presence of a large number of friends
and relative. The decorations were
elaborate and very pretty. It was a
green and white wedding and the
eolor scheme was carried out perfectly.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. A. McFadjen, of Clarkton, and
soon after, the service the happy
eouple left for a wedding tour to Ashe
ville and other mountain resorts.
The bride was charmingly attired
for the wedding in a lovely gown of
white organdie and carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley and
bride's roses. Her ornaments were
diamonds, the groom's present to the
bride having been a beautiful diamond
sunburst.
NOTORIOUS SNEAK THIEF.
Two of Them Leaded la the Station Hoise
for a General Disturbance.
A couple of bold, bad South Oaro-
i Una negroes were lodged In the sta
tion house by Policemen C E. Wood
andE. L. Smith Saturday morning,
John H. Davis and 8imon Lions, who
claim to be brothers, were beating a
woman severely at the house of Ltrry
Lowe, the well known colored man,
at Third and Brunswick streets. Lowe
is an old man and asked Davis to de
sist from his cruelty. The burly ne-
I gro replied with a blow In the old
man's face, and the disturbance by
that lime had gained such proportions
that Policeman Wood was called in.
Davis' brother took his part and Inter
fered with the officer, whereupon both
were arrested with some effort. -Po-I
I ljr?maa Jmlth responded, with tbe.pa
I tro! wagon, but the negroes were so
vicious they had to be carted to the
station bouse one at a time.
- RS. SARAH HOLMES DEAD.
POPE SUFFERING
WITH DEPRESSION.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Doctors Report Indicates the
Wearing Out of the Pon
tiffs Vital Forces.
SPENT A SLEEPLESS NIGHT.
Hotel
for more than the third of a centnry
yarned wide and deep between
Northern and Southern States of
th Union.
15 ut scarcely had the grave closed
over all that was mortal of Presi
dent McKinley, when the bloody
cbasui of sectionalism again began
to open, and to poison with its
baneful emanations the flowers of
pence and good will that had
sprung up and bloomed upon its bor
' ders. With tho accession to place and
power of President McKinley's
' chance successor camo the change,
and its development has not been
slow or halting; It seems .that it
will be one of the main issues in the
next national campaign, and there
fore the gap will be widened instead
of narrowed.
One of the recent expressions of
this growing sectionalism was the
outciy that arose in some quarters
when it was proposed by the people
of Virginia to put in the hall of
.Statues in the Capitol at Washing
ton it marble effigy of General R. E.
"Lee. According to information
furnished to the Chicago Tribune, a
stalwart Republican journal, the
idea of the statue of Lee has given
offense to the Grand Army of the
Republic, and it is now planned to
propose at the next encampment
of thatbodv in San Francisco next
month a resolution .requesting Con
gress to enact that the statue of no
man who ever opposed the Union
shall be permitted a place in Stat
uary Hall.
The Tribune strongly condemns
any such action by the Northern
veterans. It says on the subject:
The Qrand Army should lend no
sanction to such a scheme. If -It does
it will be lending its weight to the
cms against which it fought for the
four bloody fears the cause of dis
union. Such an action on the part of
tbe Grand Army would do much. to
relight tbe tires of sectionalism fires
which until with the last year or two
seemed aboul to go out forever.
If Congress forbade Virginia to
nlace Lee's statue in the Capitol, is it
not aure that Virginia would then de
cide to leave the pedestal vacant? And
would not the other Southern States
also nominate famous Confederates,
and on being refused leave their
pedestals vacant? And would not
those empty places do more than their
statues . could ever do , to prer
serve the fame of the heroes of the
Lost (Jauitl Would not a Statuary
Hall but half filled with sUtues be a
perpetual token that the North and
South will not unite iu heart so long
as the North treats the South like an
enemy conquered instead of a friend
rt-coucilrd.
The waver of the bloody shirt is not
what he wishes to be considered an
ultra patriot. On the contrary, be la
au enemy to his country. Tbe allegi
ance of Americans is to the United
Btales not to tbe North and not to
the South. Ia 1861 we could not have
sponge to the American inquiry.
The reply that Russia would make
to all suggestions on the subject of
the Kischeneff massacre was fore
casted some weeks ago in an autho
rized statement when the public was
definitely informed that Russia re
garded the affair an internal matter
as to which she in the exercise of
her own sovereignty most refuse to
receive suggestions from any other
Government or outside source.
Arkansas is the .scene of a strenu
ous battle for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor, which in that
State is equivalent to election. The
four leading candidates are Gover
nor Jefferson Davis, who seeks re
election, State Senator Manning,
Judge Wood and Jndge A. P. Van
dewater. From present indications
the bitterness engendered by the
struggle between Governor Davis
and a faction of the Legislature
will characterize the entire cam
paign. It will be remembered that
an attempt was made to impeach
the Governor, who has already been
in office six years, two as Attorney
General and four as Governor. His
enemies are bitter and persistent,
and Judge Vandewater, in his pub
lic speeches, is attacking Governor
Davis vigorously, delaring,that the
people want the entire Davis admin
istration wiped out. From the way
the contest has opened, it appears
that the people of Arkansas are to
have a lively time for the next
couple of months.
Morrsv, Three Stores aad Resi
dence Totally Destrsyed.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
LAURINBURQ, July 10. A very de
structive fire visited our town this
morning at 3 o'o'ock, totally destroy
ing the Hotel Morgan, three stores lo
cated In the hotel block and the resi
dence of W. L. Fields. The stores
were occupied by J. O. Morgan, J. H.
McDuffie and J. W. Mason, respec
tively. . J. C. Morgan is the greatest
loser, being the owner of the hotel
property Including the three store
rooms.
The fire was discovered in the rear
of the Fields residence and is supposed
to bave been of Incendiary origin . xne
total estimated loss Is $22,500 partially
(not half) covered by Insurance.
a Straiie Dlssppearance.
Conwav. 8. C Herald: "Some
time during the Spring J. J. Sarvls,
a young son of Mr. M. F. Sarvis, who
Uvea near Bocks ville, disappeared
from home, and bis family have not
heard of him since. A day or two be
fore he left he spoke to his father
about wanting to go to Wilmington.
N. O., but his father persuaded him not
to do so, as he would not be likelyto
find work there, being acquainted
with no one. Mr. Sarvis has made
efforts to locate him, having gone to
Wilmington and spent some time
there, but bis inquiries have, so far,
resulted In his hearing nothing what
ever of bis whereabouts, Any infor
mation that may be sent to his parents
will no uiuwu aivtfrwiMww.
Clsreace Crawford la Limbo for Lsrcesy
Committed Three Yesrs Afo.
Clarence Crawford, colored, who
has several aliases, was bound over to
Superior Court by Justice Fowler Sat
urday in default or $100 bond to
answer the charge of the larceny of a
watch from Mr. Jno. H.Sweeney at
the Clarendon Water Works pump
ing statloa in 1930. The watch waisold
to a negro and subsequently traded to a
Mr. Wallace at the Hilton Lumber mill,
who produced tbe property ia court
and assisted Mr. Sweeney in making
out tbe case against Crawford, who
has an unenviable reputation in the
community as a sneak thief. He cun
ningly said he did not steal the watch
but traded for it with Dan Shines the
negro who was cut to death last Feb
ruary by the Thomas boys, now serv
ing a term in the penitentiary for tbe
crime.
Crawford may also be charged later
with breaking into tbe office of tbe
Hilton Lumber Co., and stealing a
watch from Mr. Jere Hand.
Wife a! Well Kaowa Citlsea ol CeaaclTs
Statloa Died Here Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Holmes, wife of Mr.
A. G. Holme, a prominent citizen of
Council's 8taiion, N. O , died at 2:30
o'clock Saturday morning at the resi
drnce or Mr. Harrison King, 414 Wal
nut street. Mrs. Holmes had been in
failing health for some time and she
came to the beach with the hope that
ttm change would do her good. 8he
did not improve, however, and being
removed to the city she rapidly de
clined until death claimed her.
Mrs. Holmes was 42 years of age
and leaves a husband and eight chil
dren to mourn their loss, The re
mains were taken Saturday afternoon
on the 8. A. L. train to Council's,
where the funeral was conducted by
the Rev. S. J. Porter.
ALMOST LYNCHED NEAR TROY.
SUBURBAN CAR EQUIPMENT.
New Jersey has developed a new
species of mosquito, said to be ten
times more vicious than any hereto
fore known. The Insect is small
er than the standard size, but has
three wings instead of two. It is
said that the new arrival does not
sound notes of warning but stabs
silently and swiftly. Has New
Jersey been awarded the contract
for supplying pests for the whole
country?'
Wllmloitoa Alllrstor.
Norfolk Landmark: "The happy
alligator family In Lafayette Park, re
ceived into its exclusive society yes
terday a tar heel 'gator which was born
near Wilmington, N. C. The dona
tion was made to the Zoo by Captain
E. L. Hart, a conductor of the Atlan
tic Coast Line. The saurian is about
three years old, and is considered a
well developed and well behaved alli
gator. He was well received by the
Zoo alligators, and was assignea a
corner in the alligator pond, in which
hn m sun himself as much as he
pleases."
Matrimonial Mill.
Justice Bornemann performed in
rapid succession two marriage cere
monies in his office in the old Court
House building yesterday. Both
cou pies were colored. Peter Williams
was sent his way rejoicing at 3 o'clock
with Louisa Hall as his "blushing"
bride, and at 3:15 James Green, 55
years of age, who admitted having
extended his courtship over a period of
ten years, led to tbe nymeneai anar
Lucy Bobbins, many years the groom's
junior.
Additloasl Motive Power aad Air Brakes.
Will Estsbllsh Machlae Shops.
Tbe Winter ear of the suburban line
appeared on the street yesterday, after
having been ' out of commission a few
days during which an expert from Mil
waukee installed between the trucks an
up-to-date system of air brakes and a
pneumatic whistle to replace the gong
in giving alarms. The freight car of
the same line has been similarly fitted
up. An additional motor has also been
installed under the Winter car, giv
ing It 200 horse power, or about double
that or the ordinary cars, making it
available for handling trailers.
In this connection it may be noted
that the O. R., I. & P. Co. will in
the future operate its own macbine
shops, which will be located at the
station at Ninth and Orange streets.
A building of sufficient dimensions is
now being constructed there and will
be equipped with the latest machinery,
such as lathes, forges, etc.
TOBACCO FROM LITTLE RIVER, S. C.
Bat Officers Maasied to Keep the Metro
from the New York Mob.
Special to BaWotor Eon .
Troy, N. Y., July 17. The town or
Whitehall. Washington county, is in
a ferment over an assault commuted
by a ' negro on a 16-year-old white
girl. Only the removal of tbe prisoner
to tbe county jsll at Salem to day pre
vented a lynching.
Peter Qillett, aged 28 years, who
reaidesin Keesville, attacked Ethel
Chapman, of Whitehall, who was
picking berries near that town, it is
charged, assaulted her and escaped to
the woods. He was speedily captur
ed, however, and brought before Po
lice Justice Davis.
A mob gathered and was preparing
to lynch the man, when the officers
smuggled Glllet to Salem.
NEQROES DRIVEN OUT.
Strlaglaf Vires for a Lear Dlitaace Tele
afeoac Line la Madlaoa Coaaty, N. C.
v TsucraDb to tbe Homing star
' Ashkvillk, N. 0., July 18. Fifty
negroes in the employ of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, engaged In building the long
distance line through tbe Boggett sec
tion of Madison county, west - of this
place, werere driven out of that sec
tion yesterday by the mountaineers.
A delegation of heavily armed citizens
Tisited tbe camp or tbe negroes ana
commanded that they leave the coun
try. The negroes did not wait a sec
ond command, but began a retreat
down the mountain at once, when a
volley of fifty or more shots were
fired to Impress the unwritten law of
the mountaineers.
LYNCHED BY NEQROES.
Oood Cooslf smcst to Wilmliftoa Ware
boose by tbe Steamer "Sanders"
Aboard the steamer "danders,"
which arrived Friday afternoon,
were consignments of 12 hogsheads or
fine leaf tobacco from parties in and
near Little River, S. C, to the Wil
mington Tobacco Warehouse Co. The
hogsheads contain 500 pounds each
and is the first ever shipped from that
territory, the culture of the leaf hav
ing been started there this year by
reason of the encouragement given in
the establishment or a market at Wil
mington. '
Mr. W. H. Stone, Jr., who came
up on the steamer. Informs the 8tar
that about 100 acres are planted in the
neighborhood of Little River and that
all tl.e crop will come to Wilmington
as long as prices are as good here as
elsewhere. Friday's consignments
atone amounted to over 6,000 pounds
and the crop is just beginning to be
cured. Each day brings fresh assur
ances of the success of tbe Wilming
ton market the very first year.
Negro Man Who Asssolted a Negro Wo.
rasa Nesr Lake B a tier, FIs.
bv Timxd& to tue storauut BUr
LlKB BUTLER? Fla., July 18. A
negro tramp named Adams, who as
saulted a negro woman near this
place a day or so ago, was captured
last night by a mob of negroes and
lynched in Santa Fa swamp. His
body was cut Into shreds by tbe mob
and severely disfigured. The lynch
ing was carried out by negroes entirely.
4
Lexington special to the Ra
leigh News and Observer'. Jno. D.
Raker, a painter and at one time a
policeman of Lexington, has gone
astray. He has abandoned his wife
and four little children ana gone ou
with another man's wife, Mrs.
Koonce, of rather unsavory reputa
tion, but good looking. Raker is
thirty-five yeors old and the woman
abont thirty. A mean feature in
tbe case is that Raker took his wife's
money, some $70, all of his own,
borrowed what he could before he
skipped and left here with some
thing like $400, leaving all bills un
paid and his wile nothing.
The Governor of Texas has issued
an official proclamation offering a
reward of $50,000 to " any person
who will devise or discover a practi
cal method -for eradicating, the cot
ton boll weevil. The reward is to
be paid out of the State treasury.
Dr. Stiles, of "mosquito-destroyer"
fame, should now try his hand on
the weeviL
Typewriters can be manufactured
now at the rate of one a minute, but
the trusts hold them at the old price.
Lost Off Coney Island.
Capt. A. L. DeRosset, or this city,
last night received a telegram convey
ing the said intelligence that his
brother-in-law, Mr. Edwin H. Low,
hA hAn lost in a storns aboard his
yacht off Coney Island. The tele
gram was from Mrs. Low, dated at the
Ati.niln Yacht Club, and gave no
narttculars. Mr. Low resided in Wil
mington during the war and has since
visited here. His many friends hope
that he may yet safely arrive.
Sontbport Railroad Promoters.
Messrs. O. N. Wire and A. J. Fahn-
estock, of Philadelphia, and Mr. F.
8. Pussey, of Germantown, Pa.,
who are Interested in the com
pany chartered last week to build a
railroad to Southport and the Bouth
Carolina line, came up yesterday and
left last night for their homes.
Mr. Puuey, of the party, is a civil
engineer, and all have been engaged in
making certain surveys for the torn
pany. -'. . t':".;.V".r
LIQUOR LICENSE REGULATIONS.
Committee Ready With Its Report to the
Board of Aldermen No Chasf es.
Thft Ordinance Committee of the
Board or Aldermen, composed of
Messrs. Walter P. Gafford, chairman;
W. H. Yopp and 8. Behrends, met
Friday-afternoon with City Attorney
William J. Bellamy and formulated
rules for the regulation of the liquor
traffic in Wilmington, pursuant to in
structions of the Board at its last meet
In sr.
A set of rules was adopted and will
be reported to the regular August
meeting of the counci', unless sooner
called for. The ordinance embodying
the rules has been approved as to legal
form by City Attorney Bellamy and
are practically the same, except as to
wording, as those adopted at the meet'
ing at which licenses were granted
and which were subsequently declared
Inoperative. ' No hours are prescribed
as to opening or closing of saloons.
ftasppsCaiiil 1
eePniUlliiii
Pslafol 'Struggles for Breath Isolated
from All Save Doctors aad Attend
v aats Dropped Off Into Sleep
Early This Mornleg.
. By Cable td the Hornlna Btar. .
.Bomb, July. 18. Deprived of rest
the Pope spent the day Which has just
ended with a serious depression' The
doctors reported a feeble but rapid
pulse, which was generally taken to
indicate the wearing out of the pa
tient's forces. The favorable, symp
toms recorded in the morning or the
lowering of the pleureotic liquid was
sufficiently maintained to relieve the
Bontlff of his painful struggles for
breatb, which lately has been so fre
quent. The doctors fear that the
gradual sinking is due to general con
ditions rather thst to the necessity for
another operation which seemed so
imminent on Thursday. The sleep
less nirfat wss succeeded by a day dur
ing which the Pope seemed to lsck
any desire to vary the medical routine
by receiving visits irom cardinals or
others. Both morning and afternoon
he remained Isolated from all save the
doctors and attendants. The nourish
ment which the Pontiff took at first
somewhat encouraged his entourage,
but the condition of the patient this
evening pointed to tbe fact that it bad
not bad any beneficial effect. 'What ia
now most hoped for is that tbe Pope
may be enabled to secure much need
ed rest.
.-. Evidences of Sympathy.
Amoc? the many evidences of con
tinued sympathy with tbe Pontiff in
his illness, showing' that bis fight for
life is watched by the hie heat and low
est, was the arrival at the Vaticat to
day of a case of mineral waters sent by
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austris, to
the Pope. Their peculiar medicinal
properties, it is asserted, may relieve
the secretionary disorders of the Pon
tiff, which the doctors but recently
have announced.
During the morning the Pontiff re
mained comparatively quiet, getting
some sleep and seeing no one except
the doctors and his immediate attend
ants. An Italian proverb says: "When
the patient does not get worse he im
proves very much," but with tbe
Pope, arter the two last weeks' expert
ence.every body has renounced making
any predictions. .
The heat is beginning to increase.
The shutters ot the Pope's bed room
window are almost closed, the window
is open and the curtains are drawn
back. It is reported that steps will be
taken to install an electric fan in the
room.
The Next Conclave.
A number of cardinals, and esp -dally
-their friends, utilized the pro
longed illness of the Pope to test the
feeling .which will prevail at tbe next
conclave. The task Is a difficult one,
as it is claimed that the cardinals
never had a chance to show their met
tle under Pope Leo, important ques
tions being deputed to commissions
composed of a few cardinals, after
having practically been settled by the
papal secretary of state. The Philip
pine affairs which were inquired into
by only five cardinals, are frequently
quoted as an instance of the foregoing
complaint. Much diversity of opin
ion and much uncertainty regarding
the candidates still exists. However,
the most probable candidates remain
more or less those whose names have
been mentioned since the Pope first
became ill. To Cardinal Golti, prefect
of propaganda, tbe objection is made
that as he belongs to a religious order
his election might, in view of recent
events, be considered a challenge to
France.
Against the chances of Cardinal
Rampolla, the papal secretary of state,
it Is urged that Austria will try to ex
erclse her right of veto, as France
would in the case of Cardinal Serafino
Yannutelll, who is considered to be
tbe candidate or the Triple Alliance.
Cardinal Svampa, archbishop or
Bologna, has been dropped, because
since his last stroke or paralysis he
speaks with some difficulty. Cardinal
Ferrari, archbishop or Milan, is not
favored for the apparently trivial rea
son that he has a motor car, which is
not considered dignified in the prince
of the church. Cardinal Agliardi,
bishop of Albano, Is regarded as too
democratic. Therefore, unless Cardi
nal Gotti, who has always been the
most favored candidate, succeeds in
overcoming the objection to him, it is
likely that some one now unmen
tloned will be elected to succeed Pope
Leo.' The cardinals themselves, naturally,-
maintain the greatest reserve,
though they all more or less repeat as
though in the nature of a password
that the next Pope must be one com
bining tbe piety of Pius with the in
telligence of LeoXHI.
Paris, July 18. The Paris edition
of tbe Herald publishes a dispatch
from Rome saying that members of
the papal .court intend to have his
Holiness informed of the presence in
Europe or Cardinal Gibbons, when
Pope Leo will surely summon the
cardinal to Rome in order to have a
last conversation with him concern
ing Catholicism in the United States.
KANSAS' WHEAT CROP
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So Lsrge That Rallrosds Haven't Eoongh
4 Cars to Move It.
tj Telegrapb to tbe Morninn Btar.
Topkka, Kas., July 18. On the eve
of marketing the great wheat crop of
Kansas, a serious car famine exists.
Gyrus Anderson, secretary of the
board or railway commissioners, sua
to day that the wheat crop is so large
it will require all available freight cars
to haul the nrst installment or it to
market He says the railroads do not
own enough cars to handle the crop.
Tom 8harkey, the famous Irish
heavy weight, and Tom Jenkins, oi
Cleveland, ine present cnampion
heavy weight, signed for a wrestling
match for the championship of the
world, to take place at the Carnival
Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.
7. Tbe matoh to be to a nnisn, nest
i two falls of three catch- as catch can.
Justice Samuel Lumpkin, of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, died in
Washington, ua. mnoay nignc
The Newborn Journal says the
river is the lowest it has been for
years. The steamer Nense was fast
aground.
The returns to date indicate
that the average valuation of prop
erty throughout the State has been
advanced at least 25 per cent.
The State auditor says that 26
sheriffs have yet failed to settle last
year's taxes in full. The officials
will make things lively for these
slow sheriffs.
" L. It. Lumsford..a drummer
of Knoxville, Tenn., accidentally
shot himself through the head Wed
nesday morning at Knapp's Mills,
N C. His condition is serious;
It is said that a new town is to
be started at Thaggard'a Mill, thrqo
and one hall miles north of Juake
view, - and to connect with ''Lake
view and the Seaboard Air Line by
electric road.
; Thomas K. Bruner says it is
now an assured fact that North
Carolina will have ar grand display
of apples at the St. Louis exposi
tion, $1,000 having been raised for
this special purpose.
The report of the State Board
of Health on smallpox for June
shows its presence in twenty coun
ties, with eighteen cases in Bun-
come, fourteen in Durham, forty
fivo in Guilford, two in Mecklen
burg, one in New Hanover and
twenty-six in Wake.
-Enfield Ledaer: We heard
last week of a gentleman living in
Enfield who dng up one hill of Irish
potatoes and got 120 potatoes. If
this can be beaten in Halifax or any
other county we would like to know
it. This sounds fishy but neverthe
less it is said to be true on good au
thority. Catawba County News: Col.
D. A. Lowe, of Lowesville, is in
town. The Colonel came up to hear
the Davidson trial and will be hear
for eeveral days. He is the only man
we have ever heard of who has
grown three sets of teeth. Several
years ago while at Lowesville the
Colonel showed us two bright new
ones peeping through the gums.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer:
Mr. T. C. Shannon, of Mon
roe, who has a large stock pasture
in White Store township, this county,
has lost eleven head of fine beef
cattle within the past week. Dr.
Watt Ashcraft, of Monroe, we learn,
pronounces this disease of which the
cattle have died Texas fever. The
eleven head were worth $1,500.
Hickory Mercury: There seems
to be some fatality among horses
in this section. While the trouble
seems to be first one thing and then
another, yet the fatality is charged
to the very warm weather. About
a dozen in this section have died
and some of them very suddenly.
The cases, as well as the real causes,
seem to baffle the skill of the veteri
nary surgeons.
5 ' Asheville Citizen: It is rather
A VAtnflv1e Fl "fttf f VlOT! fit TP A A tf fVlA
tm apmm astasia a w anuv j.h w w w
leading -ministers in Atlanta Dr.
Chas. W. Byrd, of the First Metho
dist; Dr. John E. White, of the
Second Baptist, and Dr. Len G.
Broughton, of the Tabernacle -are
all North Carolinians, born within
twenty miles of each other. Rah
for the "Old North State l'
Charlotte Observer: Mr. E. M.
Armfield, of High Point, and Mr.
M. L. Jones, of Montgomery coun
ty, who are the principal owners of
the Iola gold mines in Montgomery
county, arrived in the city yester
day morning, bringing with them
seventy-two pounds of crude gold,
worth $13,260. This amount rep
resented the output of the mines for
the past seven weeks.
Lincoln Journal: Rev. Walter
H. Robinson, died at Warreqton,
Va., July 2d. He will be remem
bered by many Confederate veterans
as captain and ordnance officer on
the staff of General Pettigrew, and
was severely wounded at Gettysburg
on July 1st, 1863, while acting with
the Eleventh regiment of North
Carolina troops. After recovering
from his wounds he served with
Mosby until the end of the war; then
entered the ministry of the Presby
terian church.
Asheville Gazette : Annie May
Parish, 11 years old, was killed near
Crowder's Mountain, Gaston county,
Tuesday, by a falling shaft in a cot
ton mill there. The water wheel of
the mill got out of repair Monday
night and a man was put to work
repairing it. After the repairs were
supposed to have been perfected the
water was again turned on. The
belt lapped, however, and the heavy
shaft was jerked down, striking the
girl on the head, iler skuu was
crushed and she died within an
hour.
A Norfolk special says: K. W.
Riggins, a highly esteemed young
man of Bertie county, N. C, em
ployed by the Southern Candy Com-
Eany, of this city, was killed and
is body horribly mangled by a
Berkley street car last night while
the unfortunate young man was on
his way to Norfolk Jn one of the
wagons of the company for whom he
was employed. The horse was also
ki'.led. Mr. Biggins was married 18
days ago to a charming young lady
in Elizabeth City, N. C.
Kinston special to Raleigh
News-Observer: A man more or
less the worse for liquor got off the
"shoofly" train this morning and
asked to be directed to a doctor,
stating that he had been shot in the
leg. Dr. Hargrove dressed the
wound,which proved to be a bad flesh
wound in the calf of the leg, from
which the man had lost a good deal
of Wood. The man said that he
was sitting between two men on the
"shoofly" when just beyond Boston
they became engaged in a row, and
one of the men whipped out a pistol
and started to shoot the other, and
that hef (the wounded man) inter-
fered and Jcnocicea we pistoi aowu.
The pistol went off and he received
the ball In his leg. The man who
did the shooting jumped from the
train and took to the woods. ,
Considerable Dansjf!esalted Panic oa
aa Excursus "Steamer-Heavy Rsla.
fall la tbe Coal Regions.
i sv lelccraDh to the Morning star.
Philadelphia, July 18. A storm
of unusual severity visited this section
to-night and considerable damage re- , v ;
suited, especially in the suburbs of
the city, and in the farming districts.
The wind attained a velocity of 41
miles an hour. Only one fatality has
been reported thus far Edward
Brlcker, a six-year old boy of Hunt
ingdon, Pa., was drowned in the .
swollen waters .of a small rivulet
which flows through tbe town.
Navigation on the Delaware river
below this city was difficult and dan-
gerous, and a panlo occurred on
the excursion steamer Thomas -Clyde.
The boat, which 'car
ried nearly one thousand people, .
attempted to effect a landing at Wood- -. -
land Beach, but was prevented by the
high wind and rou?h water. One of
the sldewheels caught up a floating
log. The noise of the log revolving
around the paddle box frightened the
excursionists. They rushed to one
aide and the ateamer listed so badly
that her main deck was awash. Scores
of women fainted ' and great exolte- '
J M.V -warn -. mivj .va.j
filled with the panic-stricken excur
sionists. Relieved of its burden' the
boat righted itself. The passengers
were prevailed upon to return to tbe
boat and they were brought safely
back to their home towns. The steam
er was sent to Camden for repairs.
! Tbe storm was particularly heavy
in the coal regions. Allot the small
streams In the Schuylkill valley are
reatly swollen and at Pottsvllle rain
fallen continuously tor twenty-
four hours. At Mabanov City the 8.
Nicholas and Maple Hill collieries
were rendered idle by the high water.
The tracks of the Schuylkill Traction
Company at GUberton are washed
out. At Reading, nearly 2i Inches of
rain roll. The water was nearly knee
deep in some of the streets.
MANSHURIAN QUESTION.
Rastla Hss Not Yet Selected the Ports to
be Opened to Other Powers.
By Cable to tbe Morning star.
St. Petersburg, July 18. The
foreign office states that the Manchur
lan question has not yet reached a
stage justifying a formal statement at
this time. It -points out that the
pourparlers are continuing, and that
the ports to be opened have not been
selected nor the details arranged.
Nothing has yet appeared in any
Russian paper on either of these
questions.
At the first giance the above appears
to contradict the official announce
ment made in Washington Thursday
of the receipt of China's "promise to
open several ports in Manchuria to the
world's trade and Russia's formal as
surance" of her assent. This, however,
Is not the case. The Washington dis
patch did not say that the negotiations
had been concluded or that the ports
had been specified.
It is. gathered, said the dispatch,
"from the communications received
(at Washington) that they (the ports
to be opened) areMoukden and Ta
TungKao." LaNQLEY'S AIR SHIP.
Temporary Interruption of Plans Ceased
by a Gale on tbe Potomac.
Bv Telegrapb to tns Morning star.
Widkwateb,Va., July 18. Beaten
for hours by a strong southeast gale.
Professor Langley's house boat, con
taining his air ship, slipped her moor
ings this morning and travelled two
miles up the Potomac. Watchers on
the Virginia shore expected to see her
driven up tbe mouth of Ohappawamlc
creefr, just below Quantico, but an
anchorage was found In shoal water
before the gale had abated. The ves
sel dragged with her one of tbe two
buoys between which she was first
anchored. She remained in ber new
position through the morning, but It
is believed that Professor Langley will
have her towed back. He Is said to
have been on board during the drift
ing. A temporary interruption of the
plans was the chief damage.
AT MONTEVIDEO, MINN.
YoBBg
Woman Assaalted, aad Bratally
Treated by a Negro,
er TsieeraDn to tns Momma But.
Mootevidko, Minn., July 18. Helen
Olsen, aged 35, a pretty daughter of
Tom Olsen, was assaulted early ibis
morning by a man supposed to be a
negro, and although alive at noon she
will die.
Early to-day Miss Olsen and a girl
friend staying with her were awakened
by a man who demanded their valu
ables. He then dragged Miss Olsen
down stairs, where he struck her on
the forehead with an axe or hatchet.
Her girl friend had been ordered to
remain in bed and not move, but on
hearing a noise down stairs she
stepped out of a window to the roof.
The Intruder fired a shot at her as he
fled. Her screams aroused the neigh
bors and a search was at occe begun
for the murderer. There is great ex
citement and fears are expressed that
the man will be lynched.
NEW YORK BANKS.
Statement ol Clearing Hoose Aferar.es for
T the Past Week.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Horning star
New York, July 19. The state
ment of averages of the clearing
house banks of this city for the week
shows: -
t.. oa701K.koo. decrease 92.-
KitTkon. dfints tS95.8O8.100, in
crease $3,084,800; drculatUur $13,
908,900, decrease t $1,800; legal ten
den $76,217,100, Increase $l,M,90p;
specie $160,863,400, increase $4,190,
800; reserve $337,080,500, Increase
$6,036,200; reserve required $223,802,
025, increase $766,800; surplus $13,
278,475, increase $5,270,000; ex-U. B.
deposits $23,595,675, Increase $5,268,
575. m m
PALL RIVER MILLS.
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Wa.It Hi CnrtaUiflS ProdflCtlOB Will
More Extensive Next Month.
Bv Tsiesrapb to tne Momma star.
Pall Rivr, Mass., July 18. A
number of the Pall River mills will be
closed next weeki but the number of
ui. .f-w win not be as great as
about seven thousand operatives nave
been out of work, but next weak not
over five thousand willbs-rown jouL ;
Next month a more extent re curtail
ment is expected. . "j.
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