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THE EVOLUTION OF MACHINERY
New Orleans Picayune: For months
a stagnation in building has been
one of the industrial features of life
in the city of New York. According
to reports 1,000,000 men have been
idle and $100,000,000 that was to
have been invested in building, has
been unemployed. Mr. W. E. Wal
ling, a building inspector, describes
the situation.
The reason for this stagnation js
the trouble between employers and
employes in tbo building trades
According to the writer mentioned,
who has been writing in the World's
Work for August, the situation is
the outgrowth of conditions that
have been some time in course of de
velopment. The contractors in New
York who do $100,000,000 worth of
building every year were divided,
according to Mr. Walling, into two
rival camps the construction com
panies and the employers' associa
tion of the various trades. "Perhaps
half of the larger buildings of New
York are now erected by half a
dozen big construction companies,
with a labor policy radically differ
ent from that of the other con
tractors. These companies came
into being with the steel struc
turesstores, hotels and office
buildings -of the last decade. Erect
ing only modern structures, which
are equipped and fitted in styles of
luxury and extravagance, their
profits at first were large and they
paid large wages in order to insure
the completion of their work with'
out interference from strikes or
other sources.
Bat, while these favorable con
ditions of labor were in process of
realization and enjoyment, trouble
sprang up between the several labor
organizations themselves. Accord
ing to the authority quoted a dis
pute between the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and the Amalga
mated Association of Carpenters
- tied up half the buildings in the city.
There were other disputes between
TILLMAN ON THE NEQEO QUESTION.
Senator Ben Tillman debated the
negro question with Senator Burton,'
of Wisconsin, at the Monona Lake
assembly a few days ago. As usual,
Tillman was fiery and spoke enter
tainingly to an audience estimated
at 8,000. He declared that the Fif
teenth amendment must be wiped
out. "You could never beye beaten
ns in the four-year war," the Senator
said, "if it had been thought that
the negro was to be put on an eqali
ty with the white man. We'd have
been fighting yet. It was given out
that the object of the war was to
preserve the Union, and had it been
known that its real purpose was to
put the blacks on an equality with
the whites it could never have suc
ceeded." . A dispatch has this to say of Sen
ator Tillman:
He denied the equality . of man.
When Jefferson promulgated the
theory that all men are born free' and
equal, he said, th negro was not con
stitutionally a man. Tba white man
wm made to govern, "and" he added
emphatically, "we intend to do it."
He brought the question directly
home to his audience by proposing: the
organization of a society to promote
the Immigration ; Qf negroes from the
South. "We have over 700,000 ne
groes In South Carolina," he said,
"and about 600,000 white. In Wis
consin you have 6,000 negroes. Take
200,000 of our blacks we'll give you
an extra 100,000 If you want them.
Pat them In your schools with your
children. Put them beside you at your
tables. Put them in your beds, and
see bow you like them. The great
trouble is that the North, secure in its
few negroes, is attempting: to poke its
great, long, Yankee nose into South
ern affairs and dictate to the South
em States what to do with the negro."
In reply to the argument that the
8outh is responsible for. tbe negroes
In this country and must take care of
them. Senator Tillman aald this
amounted to the enforcement of the
old and severe scriptural doctrine that
the sins of the fathers shall be visited
upon tbe children unto the third and
fourth generation.
General Fitzhugh Lee, of Vir
ginia, was in Kansas City, Mo., a
few days ago. Speaking of lynch
ing, he said:
"I don't believe In 1 lynching. No
body believes In lynching. However,
there Is one of the objects attained by
lynching that is seldom consiaerea.
If a man, say a negro, shall assault a
woman, mrhini some very dear rela
tlve of yours, he has got to be killed
or arrested. If this negro Is arrested
after his crime and is brought Into tbe
courtroom, the woman, the one who
has suffered already, is me principal
witness. Bbemust appear, ana per
haps, under the cross-eximinatlon of
lawyers, relate every detail of the
assault, thus subjecting her to humilia
tion to an extreme degree."
Address by Prof. Callett Decided Op
position to Consolidation of Districts
and Establishment of Township
Trustees Reports, Etc.
An enthusiastic and remarkably well
attended meeting 6f the district school
committeemen of the county was held
Saturday morning at the Court House,
with Prof. Washington Catlett, super
intendent of public instruction. The
meeting was held at the suggestion of
the State educational authorities and
proved to be a most pleasant and profit
able innovation, though the idea was
by no means new with Prof. Catlett,
who has always advocated frequent
and general conferences of teachers
and committeemen.
Prof. Catlett called the meeting to
order and expressed regret that cir
cumstances made it impossible for
members of the Board of Education to
accept very cordial Invitations to be
present Bach committeeman in at
tendance was called upon for a brief
explanation of his ideas for the educa
tional advancement of the county and
the needs of his district in particular.
All responded with enthusiasm and
manifested an earnestness that augurs
well for the ensuing scholastic year.
The two chief topics of the general
discussion were tbe consolidation of
districts, so earnestly advocated by the
Stale Board of. Education, and the
matter of abolishing the district com
mittees and establishing township
trustees In their stead. The meeting
yesterday was decidedly opposed to
either proposition.
Prof. Catlett, who never loses an
opportunity to admonish the people
to take a forward step In education,
made a brief address in which he out
lined the duties of a district commit
teeman and the relation he bears to
the county system. His address was
listened to with much interest and
enthusiasm. The committeemen from
the various districts in the county,
nearly all of whom were present, are
as follows:
District No. 2. It. J. Fergus,Charles
Craig and a W. Bishop.
District No. . R S. liontford, A.
Hewlett and J. W. Costln.
District No. 5. Giles W.Westbrook,
W. H. Stokeley and J. N. Gibbons.
District No. 6. F. J. Dempsey, W.
P. Kerr and David G. Westbrook.
District No.7. Oscar Pearsall, D. F.
Klein, A. E. Blake.
District Nos.8and9. Thos. Burnett,
Jas. T. English and J. A. Biddle.
District No. 10. Samuel Blossom,
W. H. Bhearln and W. M. Hansley.
District No. 11 O. EL Alexander, J.
M. Jarrett and W. F. Price.
DlstrictNo. 12. J. A. Kerr, J. H.
Johnson and M. G. Chadwick.
District No. 13. B. B. Humphreys,
8. T. Ernest and J. RCanady.
District No. 14. J. D. Woody, J.T
Canady and Jas. P. Walton.
District No. 15. David J. Belfert,
Jas. A. Jordan and W. H. Wood.
FINE SHOWINfJ BY COAST USE.
J. Martin Miller, the Washington
unions, and finally the construction I correspondent of the Newark Even
companies that were paying the
highest wages, and were meeting
with acquiescence every demand
made upon them by their men,
found that they were suffering just
the same as were the other contrac
tors and were no more able to make
progress than were the contractors
who had refused the demands of
their men. .
Then all the building contractors
joined in one organization and pro
posed a plan of arbitration. Up to
the present the parties to the con
troversy have failed to come togeth
er, and so one hundred thousand
men are idle and one hundred mil
lion dollars which would be spent In
buildings remains unused. It is
proposed that all the building trades
form a single organization with a
numtrftl hodv to control it. SO that
thfl contractors will not have to deal "till, poured out the beer and gen
with so many different unions, and I erally smashed things in a way that
.1.. A-,et,n non ka I would have done credit to Carrie
vii ucs uiausvin UAMVtWMW wmm -
ing- News, called on Judge Alton B.
Parker, at his home on the Hndson
a few days ago. Miller says :
"The distinguished jurist declared
his Intention of remaining on the
bench and of enjoying his home and
his family as he is to-day. The bench
has attractions for him. The idea of
the Presidential nomination does not
appeal to him."
We have no doubt but that he
would accept ,the nomination if it
were tendered him.
The Morganton Dispatch says :
"Burke county women seem deter
mined that the Watts bill shall not
prove a dead letter. Since J uly 1st
a blockade distillery began business
near the Catawba river, a few miles
below Morganton. One night last
week three determined women raid
ed the establishment, tore out the
reached and dealt with more readily.
Bat the entire stagnation of bus
iness caused by strikes, while pro
ducing great trouble, delay and even
misery, and enormous losses in bus
iness operations and wages, is having
the result of working out its own
remedy. Hand labor will be elimi
nated as much as possible, and ma
chinery will be put in its place. In
building, brick and morter will
largely go out of use, and so will
lumber. Houses will be erected as
now, on steel skeletons.' The exte
rior walls will be made of terra
cotta, while the interiors will be
fitted with papier mache or some
such material. All the parts will
be made in factories by machinery,
and they will be brought together and
set in place by a few men who will be
paid high wages. Every sort of busi
ness has already experienced the
displacing of hand labor by mech
anism, and this is going to be re
alized in a vastly greater degree
than ever before. It will simply
be an evolution liko all other evolu
tions, growing out of conditions.
Up to 1767 all cotton was spun and
woven by hand. A strike in some
of the English mills bronght into
use, through the inventions of Har
greaves, Arkwright, Peel and Cromp
ton the spinning and weaving ma-
Nation.'
Prosperity of the Company and Hesltby
Condition of Business Financial.
Raleigh Post dispatch.
Baltimore, July 31. The statement
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Company for the month of June and
the twelve months ended June 30 was
received in local financial circles to
day. It attracted much attention and
the comment was very favorable. As
an exhibit of the prosperity oi inis
property and as an illustration of the
healthy condition of business in the
South the statement possesses a double
value. The fiscal year just closed was
a most satisfactory one for this com
pany. The details of the -statement
are as follows for the month of June :
Gross Earnings 1903, $1,709,703;
1902, $1,682,432; increase, $117,221.
Operating Expenses and Taxes
1903, $1,006,813; 1902, $1,067,833; de
crease, $61,202.
Net Earnlngs-1903, $793,390; 1902,
$615,149; increase, $178,241.
For the twelve montns enuea june
30th :
Gross Earnings 1903, $19,676,746;
1902, $17,639,608; Increase, $2,037,078.
Operating Expenses and Taxes
1903, $12,591,697; 1902, $11,654,659; In
crease, $936,938.
Net Earnlngs-1903, $7,085,149 ; 1902,
$5,985,009; Increase, i,iw,iu.
Thirteen Defeodsats FUe Answer to Born-
plaiaf, Involving 40 Acres en
Wrights ville Soaad.' . :" c ": 1
Answer to the complaint in the
famous land suit brought by Mrs.
Mary E. Irving and George Irving for
the possession under, an old grant' of
about 640 acres of land on WrightsviUe
Sound which has remained In the un-
disturbed possession of thirteen defend
ants, including Mr. Pembroke Jones,
for many years, was filed Saturday at.
the Court House and a trial of the case
will come up as toon as possible In the
Superior Court. It is a most ununual
proceeding and an imposing array of
attornevs aoiear on each side. For
the plaintiffs are Messrs. Lewis &
Schulken, W. Dn Mclver, Duffy tie
Koonce, O. D. Koonce. Jackson Grier
and L. .V. tJradyr" The last namedtt
the only attorney from Wilmington.
Counsel for tbe defendants are Messrs.
Bountree & Carr, Davis & Davis,
Bellamy & Bellamy, H. McClammy,
A. J. Marshall, Empie & Empi?, E.
K. Bryan and Luther A. Blue.
The complaint in the suit prays for
judgment that the defendants be de
clared trustees for the plaintiff and
that they be directed to convey the
lands to the plaintiff and be required
to give an account of the rents and
profits and for costs and general relief.
The defendants are: William Blanks,
Luther A. Blue, Mrs. M. Cronly, Owen
Fennell, Mrs. F. G. Pritchard, 8. W.
Sanders, J. F. Gause, Mrs. Lizzie
Toomer, Mrs. Annie E. Bowden, Mrs.
Kate M. Foard.Mrs. Mary B. Kirkham,
Pembroke Jones and E. K. Bryan.
The answer denies the allegation of
the complainant that plaintiffs are en
titled to the lands descriRd; that the
lands in which the defendants are in
possession are not the same as those
described and claimed by plaintiff. All
other material allegations are denied
upon the grounds that the defendants
bave.no knowledge or information
sufficient to form a belief as to the
truth of the allegations, and therefore
deny them.
Mrs. LInie Toomer, through her
attorney, L. A. Blue, Esq., files a sep
arate answer to the complaint.
A "Sixty-Day" Negro,
Jim Spencer, an all-round bad
negro, was arrested for disorderly con
duct by Policeman E. J. Grimsley at
Front and Dock streets about 7 p. m.
Baturday. The negro is a giant physi
cally and used some very incendiary
language, causing a large crowd to
gather. He swore he would not go in
tbe patrol wagon alie when it came
to convey him to the station bouse,
but Officers Grimsley, Marcus Gray
and a few citizens showed him to the
contrary.' When the wagon door
closed on the heels of the long form
the bystanders cheered the officers.
Spencer was plsced in a cell with an
other negro at the station house, but
they soon had to ba separated as tbe
big negro began fighting the smaller
member.
tils Brother Dead.
Dr. J. T. 8chonwald, of this city,
yesterday received a telegram convey
ing to him the sad intelligence that
his brother, Mr. Jack Bchonwald, had
died suddenly In Wilmington, Del.
Mr. Schonwald removed from this city
about 15 years ago and is well remem
bered by many who will regret very
much to learn of his demise. The
funeral and interment will take place
In Wilmington, Del.
Men Who Shot Herbert Ross, Colored,
at NavassaT: Last Spring Msde
;' : Good Bis Escape.
iSouthport Standard.
Sunday morning Jailor B. F. Greer
went to the jail to feed his only prison
er, Calvin Walker, who was confined
awaiting - the Fall term of Superior
Court, y The prisoner was In one of
the ceils in the 'upper story and Mr.
Greer, on going up stairs, found
Walkef Id the cell and everything ap
parently in-order. Soon after Mr.
Greer had handed the prisoner his
breakfast, .Walker requested a bucket
of , fresh water. Mr. Greer readily
consented and went down stairs to the
pump, which fa just outside of the jail
at tbe front : 'After securing the water
Mr. Greer ; went back up -stairs, and
was surprised tot find that his prisoner
was psf sn ibe.celL , He called for the
prisoner, and-just at this juncture
Walker rushed from behind a door In
to adjoining room and made his way
down tbe steps and . out in the street,
Mr. Greer having left the doors un
locked on going upstairs. On reach -fog
the street the prisoner made for
tbe woods, and made good his escape.
Walker had cut out two of the iron
burs of the cell and when Mr. Greer
went oat for tbe water he slipped out
of the bole and hid behind a door in
aa adjoining room, and made a dash
for liberty at the opportune time. Tbe
escape had been fully planned by
Walker, as Mr. Greer Informs us that
be rushed down tbe steps fter Wal-.
ker wbeu he made his dash for liberty,
acd reached him just In lime to kick
a bundle and an iron bar from under
his arm. This disclosed the fact tbat
tbe prisoner had armed himself with
aa iron bar and some- rations for his
contemplated trip, and with Intentions
to do harm to Mr. Greer if it became
nee as isry to m ake his escape.
Walker had been in jail aince April
2nd, last. He was sent here from Na
vassa to await trial In tbe Superior
Court for shooting Herbert Boss in the
right leg with a shot gun, from which
ifjury Ross had to have hia leg ampu
tated. This was the second attempt of
Walker to escape from jail, the first
one being discovered in time to pre
vent his escape.
RAILROAD MERGER
CASE DECISION
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
By Judge Lochren in the U.S.
Circuit Court at S. Paul,
Minnesota
IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS.
ease of the State of Minnesota Against
the Northern Secnrltles Company,
the Great Northern nnd North
ern Pacific Railway.
THE BIO PICNIC AT ROOK'S.
It
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THE WILHINQTUN RIFLE GUARDS.
Senator Gorman of Maryland is
the choice of the Georgia Legisla
ture for President. A poll of the
members a few days ago resulted as
follows: 8onate For Gorman, 20;
Parker, 7; Hill, 3; Shepard, 2;
Bryan, 4. House For Gorman,
68; Parker, 18; Hill, 18; Shepard, C;
Bryan, 20; Hearst, 5; Tom L. John
son, 5. Several members in each
branch; of the assembly did not
vote
Walter B. Condon, an elevator con
ductor in a C hicago down-town
store, has just fallen heir to $350,
000. He left home some years ago
to "make a name for himself, and
had not been heard from until a few
days ago. He has experienced many
ups and downs, however.
PEANUT CROP IS SHORT.
Wet
We have heard of only one lucky
Individual who came out victorious
i In the late bear deal. That was E.
R. Thomas, a young banker, who is
said to be richer by 13,000,000.
That Wall street man who in
dulged rather freely In those "undi
gested securities" last week is now
experiencing Keene pain in conse-
qnence.
Weather nnd Scarcity of Labor.
The Market at Petersburg.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Petersburg, -Va., July 30. Re
ports from the farmers In the peanut
districts seem to indicate that the crop
this year will be exceedingly short
The acreage planted was not hr excess
of that of last year, and the prevailing
wet weather in many localities has
rendered it Impossible for the farmers
to keep their crop free from grass
with the existing scarcity of labor.
Mtnv farmers are compelled to pay a
Hniiar a dsv and board for labor to
wMd the eroD. and even at this un
usually high price it is impossible in
some places to get help. Children
nine and ten years oi age are ouen
paid prices in excess of those paid men
two or mree years sgw.
The stock on band in retersourg as
present is about 1&.000 bags, a smaller
amount than has been on band at this
time of the year for many seasons.
The prices are firm at 90 cents, with
ev ry indication that these prices will
be increased before the coming crop is
ready for tbe market.
Savannah News: "Judson G.
Brinson, who is under bond for $10,
000 to appear at tbe next term of the
United States court for trial for smug
gling cigars, was granted permission
yesterday by United States Attorney
Leaken.to go to Wilmington, N. 0.,
to see his children." -
As the Wilmington Rifle Guards,
composed of tbe youth and flower or
this town, was initiated Msy 15 tb,
i 1861, in the duties of soldiers at Forts
Caswell and Fisher, and subsequently
rendered such valiant service in the
army oi JNorinera Virginia, pmiuk
through many, many, hard fought
battles under old Stonewall, Cols. R.
H. Cowan, McDowell, Purdie and
Barry, itis earnestly desired to have a
j re-union of that Company, and as
many as possible to assemble at a on
Fisher Aug. lztn wun me gaiiam om
Confederate heroes who defended tbe
fort in the heaviest naval battle the
world ever saw, to commemorate mat
event and to talk over the events of
their camp life at old Camp Starvation
on a high bluff near old man Newton's
bouse, and about a mue irom toe
Elace where Fort Fisher was being
uilt, when tbe company was sent to
guard and watch the coast
JAUS9 X. JUJEXTC.
ASSAULTED BY NEGROES.
Was a Splendid Success More
Five Handred Were Present
Special Star Correspondence.
Rook's Station, N. C,v July 29.
This evening Capt. W. H. Ward is
wearing a broad smile, and well he
may, after bis great success with the
picnic and dance, for to him and his
great energy is due one of the most I
successful entertainments ever held in i
the county, assisted by his able com
mittee, composed of J. F. Simpson,
Lee Woodcock, Jas. H. Colvlo, G. F.
Lucar.Jr., J. H. Woodcock and James
Montague.
Early in the day, from all parts of
this and adjoining counties, a steady
stream of buggies, loaded down with
the youth and beauty or the country,
drove down to the Woodcock mill, an
Ideal spot for a picnic. On the arrival
Of IBS morning train from Wilming
ton some fifty or sixty of Wilming
ton's fair daughters and noble sons
were landed at the station, where con
veyances were on band to transport
them to the scene of festivities, where
they joined their country friends. In
a short time the Italian band struck
the warning note that soon had the
Gne pavilion filled with those who
touched fantastic toe to the queen's
taste until the committee announced
that dinner was ready. And such a
dinner will long be remembered by
all present An Immense table had
been constructed in the beautiful oak
grove, where the bountiful supply of
good things was placed and dispensed
by fair hands. For good things and
good cooking commend me to the
housekeepers of Caswell township.
After a bountiful feast some returned
to the pavilion, while here and there
could be seen couples sitting quietly
engaged in a love chat in some se
cluded spot as though tbe world was
all their own. There was on the
ground and for sale at moderate
prices iced refreshments of various
kinds.
A. Wilmington photographer was on
hand and was kept quite busy most of
the time. There is one thing our entire
community wish to thank Capt Ward
and the committee for, and that is the
splendid order maintained. It had
been generally understood that there
would be no drinking of liquor toler
ated on the ground.
A conservative estimate of the num
ber present is five hundred. As there
is no better place in Pender county
for a picnic, we hope to see them kept
up at this place every year.
SPECTATOR.
WAR DEPARTMENT SCANDAL.
Hearlsg Given by Secretary Root to Parties
Interested In tbe Glove Contract
Wife of Parmer In Iredell Murdered Lady
at Rocky Monnt Found Unconscious.
By Telefljrspb to tbe Horning Stsr.
Charlotte, N. C, August 1. Near
Rocky Mount, N. O., to-day, Mrs.
Pass Long was assaulted In her home
by an unknown negro. She was
alone at the time, her husband being
absent She was found unconscious
after the negro had fled. The people
of the community are doing their ut
most to capture the criminal.
When Adolphus Beaver, a young
farmer of Iredell county, returned to
his home from Statesville yesterday
he could not find his wife. The neigh
bors were alarmed and the body of the
woman was found In a well. The coro
ner's investigation showed that she
had been assaulted and murdered.
Suspicion points to a negro named
Welford Roseboro, who has not been
caught
In the Mayor's court Satur
day Willie Griffin, colored, was fined
$10 for being drunk and down. Kinney
Johnson and his wife, Fannie John
son, for a domestic row, were also ar
raigned; the wife having been fined $5
and cost, and the "hen-pecked" hus
I band, haying been let off with the
cost
a leieKraon to tne Morning star.
Washington, Aug. 1. Secretary
Root to-day gave a hearing to Edward
Lauterback and John G. Milburn, at
torneys representing ' Congressman
Lucius N. Llttauer, the glove manu
facturer, whose Kloves were furnlsbed
the War Department through the con
tractor, B R. Lyon. Judge Advocate
General Davis had prepsred an opin
ion upon the report of Colonel Gar
lington, which was presented to the
secretary at the time the hearing took
place.
Secretary Root says that he has not
yet read the testimony nor the opinion
of Judge Advocate General Davis.
Representative Llttauer came to Wash
ington with his attorneys, but did not
go to tbe War Department
By leiezrapb to tne Horning Btr
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 1. Judge
Lochren to-day, in tbe United States
Circuit Court, handed down his de
cision in the case of the Slate of Min
nesota against the Northern Securities
Company, the Great Northern Rail
way Company, tbe Northern Pacific
Railway Company, . and James J.
Hill, as president of tbe Northern
Securities Company, and individ
ually, in which he sustained
the contentions of the defend
ants and dismissed the bill of com
plaint of the State. He finds that the
Northern Securities Company has not
violated the State laws forbidding the
consolidation of parallel and compe
ting lines of railway, through its
ownership of the stock of the Great
Northern 'and Northern Pacific rail
ways. He refuses the injunction
asked by tbe State of Minnesota to re
strain the Securities Company from
voting tbe stock of the two railway
companies or either of them.
This decision affects the results of
the Federal government's victory in
the circuit court in no way whatever.
The Federal suit Involved the same
defendants and the same general state
of facts, but was based on a totally
different contention of law.
The Federal suit In which the Secu
rities Company was'.beaten was a prose
cution for violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law passed by the Federal
Congress.
The State suit, in which the Securi
ties Company wins, was based on alle
gations that the defendants violated
acts of the Minnesota Legislature, for
bidding the consolidation of parallel
and comoetinsr lines of railway.
In epitomizing his decision, Judge
Lochren said:
"It is held that it will be for the in
terest of the Northern Securities Com
pany to restrain trade by suppressing
competition between these two rail
road companies, and that by coercing
or persuading the two boards of direc
tors, whom it has tbe power to elect,
it will certainly cause tbem to com
mit highly penal offences by entering
into combinations, contracts and ar
rangements in restraint of trade, in
violation of the anti-trust act, and
hence the Northern Securities Com
pany is already guilty of these offences
tbat have never been committed or
thought of by its officers or promoters.
so far as appears, and it must be sup
pressed and destroyed.
I am compelled to reject the doc
trine that any person can ba held to
have committed, or to be purposing
and about to commit, a highly penal
offence, merely because it can be
shown that his pecuniary interests
will be thereby advanced, and that he
has the power either directly by him
self, or indirectly through persuasion
or coercion of his agents to compass
the commission of the offence. Decree
will be entered dismissing the bill."
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 1. Gov
ern or Van ; San t said concerning the
decision of the court in the Northern
Securities case:
"I do not feel the leBt discouraged
by the decision of the court this morn
ing. It simply means that the case
will have to be finally decided by the
court of last resort The State will
immediately appeal, and every effort
will be made by its attorney general
and his able associates to protect the
Interest of the people. The fight is
going to continue until our laws are
vindicated and upheld."
Washington, August 1. Mr. Day,
assistant to the attorney general, was
asked what effect the decision of Judge
Lochren in the suit of the State of
Minnesota against the Northern Secu
rities Company would have on the
case of the United States against this
company. He replied:
"It can have no effect whatever. The
case of the United States against the
Securities Company was brought un
der the Sherman anti trust law, charg
ing a violation of its provisions, and it
was decided by four United States cir
cuit judges, in a unanimous opinion,
that the Northern Securities Company
was in a conrpiracy in restraint of In
terstate commerce, and therefore un
lawful. This case was not brought
under the Sherman anti trust law or
any other Federal statute. It is a suit
of the 8tate of Minnesota for an alleged
violation of its constitution and laws,
and the decision of District Judge
Lochren in such a case could in no
way effect the result reached by the
four circuit judges in the former case.'
- Pittsboro Record: - A hen was
found in the middle of a bale of
cotton that was opened at the fac
tory at Bynum last week. It had
been pressed into as small a space
as any fowl could be.
- Hickory Mercury : Mr. L C.
Turner, a popular farmer who lftps
near Houck's chapel, dropped dead
last Saturday. He had hitched up
hia buggy to come to town, and
while in the yard dropped and died
at once from heart trouble.
The Norfolk Virqinian-Pilol
says a white man named Bryant,
who arrived in Portsmouth on Wed
nesday on an exonrsion" train from
North Carolina, claims to have
fallen among crooks and relieved of
$380. ...
Gastonia Gazette: A sow owned
by J. T. Fisher, of Battleboro,
N. C, produced this year to the
value of 1220. Her first litter of
pigs sold lor 973;. the next was
killed, makinsr 1.020 Bounds, worth
$102, and a third litter of nine was
sold for $45.
The Newborn Journal ;says
an epidemic of typhoid fever is
raging on the north side of Nense
river, in Craven county. Many
families are stricken and fn some
cases not enongh are well In a set
tlement to care for the sick ones.
Aberdeen Telegram : Mr,
Abram Everitt, one of the oldest
men in the county, and one of onr
best citizens, was in town the other
day. Mr. Everitt is 94 years old
and says he has voted the Demo
cratic ticket for more than 70 years,
and always voted for the nominees
of the party.
J. W. B. CollinB tells the
Greensboro Record he will leave
next Tuesday morning for London
to close a deal with a British firm
for Collins' Electric Fruit Canning
Process, the consideration being
$20,000. The process is Mr. Collins
own discovery and 1 f he Is not dis
appointed he is in a fair way to reap
a good sized chunk of luck.
Newborn Journal: Mr. John
Thomas gave ns some tomatoes yes
terday that would capture the prize
at any vegetable show. There were
five specimens of the Ponderosa va
riety, and all were snspendedjon one
Btem. The bunch weighed five
pounds, the largest one weighing
considerably more than a pound.
The search for the desperado
Harvey Logan inthe North Carolina
mountains is abandoned. Marshal
Millikin says he feels sure Logan
has left that section and gone to
some one of the large cities as the
best hiding place. Fourteen deputy
marshals and a Chicago detective
have been in the search, which in
volved many hardships, in one of
the wildest parts of the country.
Some of the officers were from Ten
nessee. Kenanavllle correspondent
Dnplin Journal: We regret to
chronicle the death of Capt. John
A. Bryan, one of Duplin's staunch
est citizens, which occurred at his
home near here, on last Thursday.
He was about 80 years of age and
had been confined to his bed for
many months. He represented
Dnplin one term in the State Sen
ate, and has always shown himself a
model and uprignt man. He was
one of the best farmers in the
county, and was one of the best in
formed men in the State on all agri
cultural subjects.
Murphy Scout: A sad acci
dental death occurred on Peachtree
last Tuesday. Greely Panther and
another man were on top of a load
f rye, going down hill, when the
mnles started to run. It seems
they both jumped, the man landing
safely, but Panther's feet got
tangled in the lines, and he was
thrown under the heavily loaded
wagon, both wheels passing over
and crushing his head into a jelly.
When his friend reached his side
life was extinct. The deplorable
accident cast a pall of gloom over
that community.
lac Charles nnd tbe Princes Entertained
oi Brooklyn by Resr Admiral 6ot
ton InteKstlsf and Cordial.
By Cable to th Morales 8tftr,
Lisbon, Aug. 1. King Charles, In
the uniform of an admiral, the Prince
Boya), Luise Phillpe, the young
Prince Don Manuel and Premier "
Bideiro at 8 o'clock to-dsy embarked at
the naval dock ysrd on tho river
Tagus for their visit to the American
squadron. They were accompanied by
tbe dignitaries of the royal' palace
and the officials of the ministry of
marine. Every honor was accorded
to the royal and state barges, as tbey
moved out of the river, both the
American and Portuguese men-of-war,
which were gaily dressed for the occa
sion, firing salutes. As the barges
neared the fiagshipBrooklyn, the band
aboard played the national anthem of
Portugal. The royal personages were
received at the head of the ladder by
Admiral Cotton, who was surrounded
by his chief and staff, the command
ers of the other ships, and United
States Minister Bryan. Files of sail
ors manned the gangway.
The King and his entourage made a
tour of the Brooklyn. The King made
a complete examination of the equip
ment, guns and armor of the ship, bis
conversation on this subject with Ad
miral Cotton being very interesting .
and cordial. The . visit ended after a
luncheon on board the Brooklyn.
Admiral Cotton, In his remarks at tba ;.
luncheon, said ha desired to thank his
majesty for the honor ofhis visit, and
that he desired to profit by the occasion
to express bis great appreciation oi the
amiability and extreme cordiality of
tbe reception tendered to tbe squad
ron, not only by the King, but by all
the;people of Lisbon as well. He
proposed a toast to the King, Queen
and the royal family of Portugal. The
King, in replying, said he con
gratulated himself that he had
had the opportunity to visit
the American squadron. The cor
dial manner in which he had been
received put upon him a pleasant ob
ligation, that of thanking President
Roosevelt for the pleasure he felt at
having made the acquaintance of Ad -mlral
Cotton. He would, therefore,
he declared, send a telegram to Presi
dent Roosevelt, In which he would
also thank him for the proof of Ameri
can good will shown by the visit or
the sauadron.
The King proposed a toast to Presi
dent Roosevelt, as first magistrate of
the United Btatet, saying that to drink
to President Roosevelt was to drink
to tbe prosperity of that most power
ful nation. The announcement by the
King that he would send a cablegram
to President Roosevelt was greeted
with cheers.
The cruiser Chicago sailed for New
York at 6.50 o'clock this evening.
JETT AND WHITE TRIAL
A Brother el Mar cam, the Murdered Man,
Corroborated His Sister, Mrs. John
sonOther Evidences, Etc.
By Telegraph o the Morning Btar.
Ctnthiana, Ky., Aug. 1. In the
trial of Jett and White for the murder
of J. B. Marcum to-day, Edward Mar-
cum, a brotner oi tne ueceasea, cor
roborated his sister, Mrs. Johnson, in
her statement about putting armed
men near Marcum's house in a rock
quarry and also concerning tbe recep
tion of threats by his brother and his
keeping in his bouse for at least a
year before bis death on account of
these threats.
Galloway Strong testified that he
asked While to drink with him before
the shooting and White said he "was
looking for a man to come out." Both
witnesses located botb Jett ana wniie
at the court house before the shooting
and in a crowd of people after the
shooting.
Nanoy Blanton and John Blanton
corroborated Freeman as to Jett's
whereabouts on the night of the kill
ing. John Blanton, Selden Bach and
Mitt Laura Rawlins testified that
Captain Ewen was In the door
of the court house' Immediately
before the shooting. Freeman testi
fied thit Jett and White came to bin
house for whiskey on the night of the
killing and said: "A dog had been
killed and that was Marcum."
Ooodloe Combs, one of the witness
es for the prosecution in the Jett and
White case, now on trial, died here
to-day of appendicitis. He was one of
the most expert rifle and pistol shots
In the mountains of eastern Kentucky.
He was sentenced for Ufa for killing
Wm. Rose at Clay City, but wis par
doned after serving some years.
P0ST0FFICE DEPARTMENT.
His
CALIFORNIA CONVICTS.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
THE EVANSVILLE RIOT.
Coroner's .Verdict in tbe Case of Ten Per
sons Who Were Killed.
Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
EVANSVILLE, IND., August L CorO-
ner Willing returned his verdict to
dayjn the cases of the ten persons who
were killed In the recent riot, ue
found that they came to their .death
from rifle balls fired by some unknown
nsrsons. His renort said : -
... . i i f
l nnd tne aeceasea came w mcir
deaths by reason of gunshot wounds
inflicted by rifles in the hands of un
known persons. 1 turtner una tnat
the said wounds were Inflicted during
a riotous attack on the county jail and
militia defending the same, on tne otn
day of July, 1903. After taking the
depositions of sixty-six persona who
wnm nresant at tne lime oi ine nut. a :
am unable to say wha fired the shots."
Planted Throat h an Open Draw Fireman
Killed and Engl Seriously In
Jared Live Stock Drowned.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar.
Plattsbubq, N. Y., Aug. 1. One
of the worst freight wrecks in years
In Northern New York occurred at
Coopersville, on the Delaware and
Hudson railroad, today, -when a
freight train plunged at full speed
through an open draw, killing the
fireman, Ed. craw, ana serious ly in
juring Homer Elliott, the engineer,
botn ol wniie nan, x. xne draw
bridge spanning the Chasey river, at
Coopersville, was being closed after
having been opened to allow a steam
yacht to pass through when the
freight train came in sight. Before
the draw could be completely closed
the engine crashed into it, throwing
the drawbridge into the river, bottom
upwards. Eight of the twelve cars
that plunged Into the river were load
ed with live stock, and the bellowlng
of dying animals could be heard for
miles. It will take three days or more
before the wreck can be cleared up
and a temporary bridge erected.
A Battle With the Fnfltives Three ol
the Sheriffs Posse Killed.
By Telegraph to Ue Morning Star.
Plaoeryille, Cal., Aug. 1.
Special messengers report that a fight
took place late this afternoon between
the sheriff's posse aided by the Placer
vlllo militia, and the escsped convicts.
Two militiamen are reported wound
ed, and two convicts were either
wounded or .captured. The scene of
the fight was uear Grand Victory
mine, three miles from here.
Sacramento, Aug. 1. The chief
clerk of the Folsom prison has phoned
that three of tbe sheriff's posse were
killed and that two convicts are
thousrht to ha been wnnnded. , It la
stated that preparations are being
made to set fire to the Grand Victory
mine in which the convicts have taken
refuge. '
Disss Bosqult, the son of Bherlff
Bosqult, is said to be among the slain,
and a message by telephone says his
body was found along tbe roadside.
Militiaman Dill was shot through the
body and Is not expected to recover.
The greatest anxiety prevails here con
cerning the safety of the soldiers. It
is known that six of them went into the
brush after the convicts and the only
trace of them was the wounded man
Dill, who was unable to give any clue
concerning his companions. The con
victs are believed to have taken refuge
in the Grand Victory mine and there
is talk of setting fire to it and driv
ing out the criminals. Additional
forces are being hurried to the mine.
Another account of the battle reached
Bainard F. Smith, chief clerk of the
Folsom prison. He was notified that
three of the attacking party were killed
and that it wan presumed two of the
convicts were badly wounded.
Fcstoiasfer Qenersl Pnyne Resumed
Official Duties Mnchen Files De
murrers to Indictments.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Aug. 1. Postmaster
General Payne resumed his official
duties at the department to-day. The
postmaster general shows that his trip
has greatly benefitted him, and ho
says be eels very much improved.
A son of John T. Cupper, the mayor
of Lock Haven, Pa. .telephoned United
States District Attorney Beach to day
that Cupper would come to this city to
surrender In court Monday.
Counsel for Aug. W. Macben to-day
filed In the criminal court of the dis
trict a demurrer to the former indict
ments of Macben. It alleges that every
oount in the indictments Is fatally de
fective in that it fails to show that Ma-
0hn was an officer of the government
at .the time the offences alleged were
committed.
.' Macben withdrew his plea of not
guilty.
The demurrer to the indictment of
bribery against Dlllei B. and Samuel
A. Groff, in connection with Macben,
also was .filed. Like Machen. rtbe
Groff brothers withdrew the plea of .
not guilty and say that every count -of
the Indictment Is defective. The
demurrer contends that the indict
ment does not In a legal manner
charge the defendants with the com
mission or any onence agamst we
United States, and that It does not
charge any act which is a crime or
misdemeanor unaer mnj jw
United States. . . '
CUBAN UPRISING.
The postoffice safe at Mocks ville,
near Salisbury, N. C, was burglarized
yesterday and $590 dollars In stamps
and t85 in money secured. Nitro
glycerine was used to blow open the
safe. The robbers escaped but the offi
cers believe they are in the country,
not far from MockSTUie.
The Sunreme Court of Mexico has
handed down a decision affirming the
decision of a New York court that Mian
Emma Mencada, adopted daughter or
Manuel A. Mencada is of sound mind.
This decision will result in turning
over to her a large fortune of whlcn
Consul' General Navarro, of Mexico,
and Frederick Frnceo Mencada, of
New York, have bee u acting as aa-
ministrator.
Minister Iqulers Ssys It Has No Poandn-tloalnPuct.
Bf Cable to Hit Morning Star.
Washington, Aug. 1. A cable-
gram has been receivea at uw
Department from United States Min
I ister 8quierf, at Havana, stating ; in
substance that tbe reporis oi wamwu
rebellion in Santiago province, based
on unsausnea aemiuai iur w
by veterans of the war wun
have no foundation in fact,
has been no overt act committed ana
dissatisfaction has been expressed Dj
only a few people.
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