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WHAT CAN CONGRESS DO ABOUT
IT?
Savannah News: The cotton mill
men, it seems, are going to see If
Congress will not undertake to pre
vent corners in cotton. There Is no
doubt of course that Congress can
prohibit the cornering of cotton,
but if it consults the wishes of a
majority of those who are interested
la the cotton crop will it do so?
Of course the mill owners have
suffered greatly this season on ac
count of the high price of cotton.
Many mills have been shut down be
cause cotton goods can't be manu
factured except at a loss. Bat while
tho mill owners may want the deal
ing in cotton futures prohibited, it
is by no means certain that the cot
ton growers would favor such pro
hibition. In the opinion of, per
haps, a majority of them the cotton
future business is a great assistance
to them in getting for their cotton
somewhere near what it is worth.
The cotton growers who held on
to their cotton during the present
season got a very good price for
it a better price than cotton has
brought in many years. The cot
ton growers also believe that the
present high price of spot cotton
are due to the corner that was run
during the past few months in cot
ton. If therefore, Congress should
grant the request of the mill men
for an investigation of the recent
corner in cotton, it might find it
difficult to get the testimony neces
sary to make out a case against
those responsible for the corner.
Of course the cotton speculators
say that it., was possible to run up
the price of cotton as they did for
the reason that the supply wasn't
equal to the demand. Whether or
not this is true will appear prob-
ably when the new crop begins com-
iujin. If the crop of this season
was actually short then the price of
the new crop will be pretty high,
but if it wasn't then the priee will
drop down with great rapidity, par
ticularly if the movement of cotton
to market is rapid.'
Still, it is doubtful if the mill men
will be able to bring enough testimo
ny to the attention of a Cogressional
committee to justify Congress in leg
islating against the cotton corner.
The farmers have more influence
tban the mill men in Washington,
and if they prefer that cotton futnres
shall be sold it is hardly probable
that Congress will take any action
putting a stop to their sale.
It would be a good thing for the
South, however, if the sale of cotton
futures were prohibited. It is a safe
estimate that cotton planters and
others in the South waste many
millions of dollars annually by spec
ulating in these futures. For some
- reason or other the Southerners are
always on the bull side of the market
at the wrong time, and consequently
loso their money. The South would.
be comparatively rich to day if her
people had put no money in cotton
futures since the close of the Civil
War.
BRINGING BACK A FUGITIVE-
, It is said that another effort will
be made shortly to secure the extra
dition from Indiana, for trial in
Kentucky, of ex-Gov. W. 8. Tay
lor, who is charged with complicity
in the plot for the murder of the
slain Gov. Goebel. For three years
Taylor has lived in Indiana, afugi'
' tive from justice, under the protec
tion of Gov. Durbin, who has re
fused all requests to deliver him to
the authorities of Kentucky, though
formal and regular requisition has
been made for him. Gov. Durbin
has lately been highly extolled for
his effort to sustain, the majesty
of the law in connection with the
ljnchings that have occurred in
his State, but his attitude
toward the indicted fugitive, Tay
lor, is not in harmony with his re
cent professions. It is now pnrpos
ed to apply to the United States
Supreme Court for a mandamus to
compel Gov. Durbin to surrender
Tailor to the Kentucky authorities
upon requisition of the Governor of
the State. It has been a matter of
wonderment to us why such a pro
ceeding has not been Instituted long
since.
The Constitution of the United
vol. xxxrv.
States, Article IV, Section 2, says:
"Extradition A person charged in
any State with; treason, felony or
other crime, who shall flee from jus
tice and be found in . another State,
hall, on demand of the executive
authority of the State from which
he fled, be delivered up, to be re
moved to the State having jurisdic
tion of the crime. There is no dis
cretion allowed the executive of the
State la which the fugitive is found.
The accused criminal "shall be de
livered up." This is a provision of
the Federal Constitution and the
Federal authorities must enforce
it. An application to the United
States courts should secure to Ken
tucky in short order - possession
of the former Governor of the State
for the dealing of justice with the
heinous crime charged against him.'
Charleston Post.
THE FLUES Y IS STOCKS.
Baltimore Sun : The semi-panic
of Wednesday in Wall street was
arrested yesterday, big financial in
terests coming to the rescue with
buying orders that caused a rise.
Prices of dividend-payers and gilt-
edged bonds were tempting and
buyers were attracted to the bargain
counter. Liquidation seems to be
the explanation of the slump.
Stocks containing water have fallen
under suspicion and in their fall
they have carried down the more
olid parts of the list. Good and
bad were thrown on the market to
gether and the excessive offerings
depressed prices. The downward
movement seems to be purely a
Wall street affair, no corresponding
depression appearing in the agricul
tural, industrial, transportation or
commercial sphere. Crops are good,
manufacturers are full of business,
the railroads report increased
earnings and trade is very
brisk. Enterprise is unchecked.
There is no sign of such a depres
sion in the productive operations of
the country as was plain between
the years 1893 and 1898. The
phenomenon .we are witnessing
seems to be merely a revaluation
and marking down of stocks and
bonds that were marked up during
the period of '1899-1902. As a rule
they were then marked too high
and present fall, while in some
cases excessive, tends upon the
whole to produce a more solid and
desirable situation. People whose
securities are shrinking week by
week feel poorer and view the liqui
dation with dismay, but if they
hold on they lose nothing. Their
paper wealth is less, it is true, but
their real wealth remains undimin
ished. It Is probably too late now to ac
complish anything noteworthy this
Summer for the accommodation and
convenience of the thousands of
strangers who visit us. But the
foundation may now be laid for
something worthy of the city next
season.
The funny man of the Atlanta
Journal says the half hose fad, so
much talked about in the news
papers, is a reality with the girls
down that way. Well, how does he
know? Of course, the Atlanta au
thorities would not tolerate muddy
streets.
The Baltimore Sun of Thursday
prints a picture of Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. If it is a good likeness, no
"one whd sees it will be surprised
that the General made that ninety
miles on horseback. He looks like
'one of the boys."
It is not probable that any man
who bolted the ticket in 1896 apd
1900 can secure the Democratic
nomination for President next year;
and it is almost a certainty that, if
nominated, he would be defeated.
Besides being an adroit politician
and a campaign manager of rare
skill, Senator Gorman has all the
honesty, ability and conservatism
necessary for the exalted position of
President of the United States.
Anent the army glove scandal, it
Is certain that Congressman Llttauer
was hand in glove with Lyon, the
party of the first part.
By calling Grover Cleveland a
"bunco steerer ' William J. Bryan
is making enemies for himself and
friends for Cleveland.
The producers need not look for
remunerative prices for their tobacco
until the Trust Is smoked out.
From early morn to Dewey eve,
he slipped the bank funds up his
sUeve.
Washington, N. 0., special to
Asheville Citizen: For three quarters
of an hour two brothers named Car
roll fought a third brother and when
a man named Moore interfered for
the weaker side he was cnt and
beaten fearfully. The fight took
place On one of the principal streets
and stab wounds were numerous.
Moore, who Interfered for peace, is
dangerously wounded. ;
REGISTERS ON TRIAL.
Columbus. Superior Court En
gaged in Investigation of
Double Murder.
JURY SELECTED ON FRIDAY
All Dsy to Eaptnel Twelve Mea from
Special Venire of 250-Hlstory of
the Srlme Charged Against the
two Mea Other Notes.
Special Star Correspondence.
Whimyillb!, N. O., Aug. 7. The
trial of H. B. Register and son, Jabel,
for the murder of Jim Staley was call
ed to-day at 10 o'clock at the special
term of Superior Court for criminal
cases only, Judge Moore presiding.
The case has excited great Interest In
Columbus county and elsewhere as
well. The interest was manifested by
the great crowd of people here to-day.
The court room was packed and many
had to stand on the outside. The large
number of witnesses In the case and
the special ventre of 250 men summon
ed nearly filled the room. The day
was very warm and the court room
was extremely so, but Judge Moore
pushes business despite the heat.
The slow and tedious process of get
ting a jury was completed at 7 P. M.
Then the jury was empaneled and
court took; a recess till 9 o'clock to
morrow morning.
.The two Registers on trial at White-
villeare men of some influence and
standing In the county. The elder was
at one time a United States Commis
sioner and hii son was at one time an
assistant postmaster In Columbus.
Tha crime with which they are
charged was committed on the night
of March 29th and ii one of the most
atrocious in the criminal annals of the
Slate. Cross Edmondson and another
white man, who were arrested imme
diately after the murder and who are
still in jail, made a confession impli
cating the Registers and warrants were
at once sworn out for them, but they
disappeared and were then outlawed,
the Governor offering rewards of $200
each, on May 2nd, which led to their
capture June 18th, near Vineland.
It will be remembered that Soles
and Staley lived alone In an isola
ted house and were supposed to be
moonshiners with about $1,000 on the
premises. The men were murdered
and robbed and the house burned
down on their bodies. Edmondson
says In his confession that on Satur
day before the killing he met Jabel
Register at Duvall's stables in White
vllieandhe told him his (Register's)
father wanted to see him at the house.
Register's father, H. B. Register, told
Edmondson he had a scheme to make
money easy and wanted help; the way
to get the money was to rob Staley
who had at least $1,000. Register said
"kill him. If he flickers; he's only a
nigger and the people want to get rid
of him anyway." Edmondson said he
got n. B. Register's gun; Jabel took
his and they all went down tn the vi
cinity of Soles' house, about ten miles
from White vllle; laid around until
Sunday night when they went np to
the house and Jabel shot them through
the window; then going In the house
and robbing the bodies. Edmondson
said he did not know Jabel had set the
house on fire until tbey bad gone some
distance.
WnrrHYlLLE, N. C, August 8.
The evidence for the State In the
Register case yesterday developed the
commission of one of the most atro
clous murders In the history of the
county. Whether the defendants will
be fixed with the crime is
another story. Mr. Bellamy, Mr.
Bernard, Mr. McRackan and Mr.
Tucker are guarding strenuously
the interests of the defendants
while Solicitor Lyon, CoL McLean
and Messrs. Lewis & Schulken are
fighting manfully for the conviction
of the men.
The court met yesterday morning at
9:30 o'clock with another tremendous
crowd In attendance. A recess was
taken from 1:30 to 2:80 P. M. and
final recess in the afternoon at 4:30
o'clock until Monday morning. Al
though a dozen or more witnesses
were introduced yesterday, the State
will likely not rest its case before
Monday at noon. It will take a day
or two after that time to get In all the
testimony for the defendants.
Cross Edmondson, whose confession
implicated the Registers and led to
their arrest, was the star witness for
the Btate yesterday. ' He went on the
stand after two others had been In
troduced In the morning and did
not complete his story of the murder
until the afternoon. He was subject
ed to a rigid cross examination by at
torneys for the defendants. A synop-
sis of his evidence Is to ther effect that
he went to Vineland on Saturday be
fore the murder about 2 o'clock; went
to Maultsby's store to get some crates
then to the postoffice; some one call
ed him and saw Jabel Register, who
said his (Register's) father told him If
he saw Edmondson anywhere to tel
him to come up to the house, he
wanted to see him; went with Jabel to
Formy Duvall's stables. H. B. Regis
tar was there doctoring a sick horse
asked witness what he was going to do
that night; told witness that he want
ed him to stay at his house and help
doctor the horse; told Register he was
going to the depot to attend to some
business; Register said come back and
let's have some fun; went back
and Jabel and I went to the lot
Jabel said "stay here and I will go
to the house after the old man.'
H. B. Register came out with lantern
there were two guns and canned goods
lying on a tow-sack. HV-B. Register
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, AUGUST? 1903.
asked me if I didn't want to make some
money; said I didn't object; told me
he knew a darkey staying with Jesse
Boles that had between $1,000 and $2,000
kept on his person. He wanted Jabel
and I to hold him up and shoot him if
necessary ; said Jesse Soles and Staley
were wanted for selling liquor,; and
the officers wanted a moonshine still
broken up but were afraid to go down
there. H. B. Register talked on and
we took tbe guns and canned goods
and went to the Lewis place; crossed
fifteen or twenty little bridges
came to a footpath; slept there all
night and went down the road
and found a still in running shape;
drank some beer; Jabel said let's make
a fire; 150 yards from the still In the
woods we laid down and I went to
sleep; waked up and found Jabel gone;
he came back' with, a quart of "low
wines;" ate some potted ham and
crackers and remained .there- until
dark ; came .back to still,, drank some
more beer and went to Jesse Soles'; I
never saw Soles at his house; we saw
a keg lying out; I kicked it and it was
full of corn liquor; filled a pickle jar
with liquor and stopped the bung with
my handkerchief;. Jabel bid the keg
20 or 30 steps away by a dead pine;
aid that we would carry Jim Edwards
some of it and that we would get sup
per and go home; we got by where
he said Soles lived; said perhaps Ed
wards was at Soles' .and we turned
back to Soles' house; I put my gun at
the well and leaned over the well;
Jabel walked up and fired twice in the
window; I heard some chairs and hol
lering when gun fired and a shot from
behind the house. I got scared, ran
and hid under av pile of rails, leaving
Jabel at the house; Jabel called me
from the house and I finally answered ;
he called again and I went up; he had
a couple of guns and called for mine;
I got it; asked me what I ran for; told
him I was scared ; told me he had a
notion to shoot my d d brains out;
we went about four miles and I saw a
light; It grew brighter and I asked
him what it meant; he wouldn't tell
me at first, but finally said he sup
possed it was "papa and Jesse Soles
making a settlement;" I wanted to
rest; it was cold and we stopped at a
school house. Jabel said Orren Toon
lived right up there and we went to
the colored man's house; had him to
build a fire, ate some of the canned
goods' and staid all night; left next
morning, waded across a branch and
went home the way Jabel told me to go.
Edmondson also told of a conspira
cy the uegisiers naa maae against
Toon and said he bad been given a
gun and told to kill him, lest he would
tell what he knew. Tbe witness told
a very straight story and was corrobor
ated by several others. The guns hid
by tbe men in tbe woods, one of them
taken from Soles' house, were found
by Toon when they had been hid
presumably where the men went to
the negro's house. Toon returned the
weapons to them.
Nelson Toon and wife testified that
these two men went to their house
about midnight and staid till morning.
They had three guns. They went off
toward Whlteville.
Bradlay Herring saw Jabel and
Cross with three guns going toward
Whlteville along a very dull, woods
road early Monday morning. A little
nearer Whlteville David Baldwin saw
Jabel by himself coming out of the
woods without a gun.
Upon the convening of court yester
day morning the State had 22 witnesses
In all sworn. John Manning the first
said he was at Jesse Soles' house Sun
day at 4. P. M. on the eve of the
tragedy. He left Coleman Smith and
his son there with Jesse Soles and the
negro Jim Staley. There was some
liquor about That was the last time
the men were seen alive.
W. A. J. Soles, brother of Jesse
Soles, said he saw a light about the
size of a torchlight in direction of Jesse
Soles' house about midnight and again
about 4 o'clock in the morning. About
daybreak he sent his son to see what
was the matter and found tbe house
was burned. Then he himself went
and found charred bodies of two men
lying in front of the fireplace. He
recognized one of them as Jesse Soles
by bis keys which dropped dawn by
his side where his pocket wis. He
knew the keys. There was one very
old key the barn key one of his
father's old keys. He recognized Jim
Staley by the buttons he wore In. his
shirt.
E. D. Richardson testified as to the
purchase of the canned goods by U.
B. Register; Lee Formey Duvall, as to
the presence of the two men at the
stables, and David Baldwin, Bradley
Herring, Joshua Smith and Forney
Richardson as to facts corroborating
the story of Edmondson.
WRECK ON A LUMBER ROAD.
Locomotive Toraed Over oa Colored En
fiaeer, Killing Him Near Tarboro.
Special Star Telegram,)
Taebobo, N. O., Aug. 8. Joe
Savage, a colored engineer on the
Eureka Lumber Company's road, near
Fountain, was crushed to death under
bis engine yesterday afternoon while
returning from a water station on tbe
East Carolina road to the junction.
The engineer had gone out over the
latter road to get water and acquired
a speed of nearly a mile per minute,
which he could not undertake oyer the
narrow rails of the track. The engine
after jumping the track and running
two hundred feet, left the roadway,
struck a stump and turned over, catch
ing the engineer under it. Three others
In the cab escaped Injury by jumping.
"Bill" Crawford, colored, was
locked up yesterday for violation of
the sanitary laws of the city. His
was the first arrest in two days. The
chronic offenders evidently do not
like the song of "$10 or SO days"
which Mayor Springer discourses at
the daily matinees at the City Hall.
THE KENANSV1LLE REUNION.
Doplla Cosfederates Had a Jolly Gather.
ill ThursdaySpeeches ky -CoL T.
: S. Keaaa aad J, O. Cany Esq.
t Brigadier General James I. Metis,
of the Third N. O. Division, United
Confederate Veterans, returned Fri
day evening from Kenansville,
where on Thursday he attended the
annual reunion of Wm. J. Houston
Camp, U. a V., of Duplin. Capt
Metta said there was a large crowd
tn attendance and the exercises were
moat interesting. CapL L. T. Hicks,
commander of the camp, was master
of ceremonies, and following a num
ber of enthusiastic speeches the crowd
repaired to "the oaks," where an old
time, bountiful basket pio-nic was en
joyed." ,r ; ' , -.
:Cor. 'Tboaf 8. Kenan, of Ra
leigb, was one of the principal
speakers, . and earnestly urged his
hearers to a more careful preservation
of our Confederate history. Another
of the principal speakers was J.O.
Crr, Esq ., of this city, a loyal son of
Duplin, who has done much toward
the upbuilding of his county. Mr.
Crr spoke upon tbe life of Stonewall
Jackson and the Confederate Soldier.
His address was eloquent, pleasing,
and abounded in matters of great his
torical interest.
Capt. Metta modestly confessed that
upon the conclusion of the exercises
h yielded to calls for him to sing
I'm a Jolly Old Rebel" and it's dol
lars to doughnuts that he literally
"orought down the picnic" with his
rf edition of that favorite air.
BLACK RIVER INSTITUTE.
Oraid Educations! Rally Near Ivaahoe
Yesterday Address by Dr. Wells.
Special Star Correspondence.
Ivakhok, N. 0., Aug. 6. The
grounds of the historic old Black River
church at Ivanhoe were the scene of
an enjoyable picnic and educational
rally to-day. The morning train
brought a number of people from
Wilmington, Currie and Atkinson.
Others came with teams unUl nearly
400 people were in attendance. A
bountiful dinner was served under the
shade of the moss-covered oaks. The
Board of Trustees of the Presbyter lal
Bchool met at 11:30 and organized by
electing Dr. G. F. Lucas, of Currie, as
cnairnian ana nr. a. J. w. Anders,
of Ivanhoe. secretary and treasurer.
The name of "Black River Institute"
was selected.
Rev. V. H. Starbuck, A. B., was
selected as plnclpal of the school and
signified his acceptance. Miss Susie
L. Lacy, of Lewlaburg , W. Vs. ; wss
elected as assistant and Miss Flora
McE. Gibson, of Rockbridge Baths,
Va, was selected as music teacher.
We have every reason to believe that
these will accept
At 2 P. M. tbe people gathered in
the church and after brief opening
exercises listened to a very impressive
address from Rev. Dr. J, M. Wells, of
Wilmington, who presented tbe
Twentieth uentury Uause and appeal
ed to citizens for subscriptions run
ning throughthree years. Over $400
were raised. The ladies were very
successful la selling refreshments,
realizing nearly $30. All seemed
pleased with the occasion. Tbe insti
tute term opens on Tuesday, Septem
ber Z3nd.
POXES ATTAIK1NQ PEOPLE.
New Species of the Reynard Type la
Federal Polat Township.
Sly and cunning are the adjectives
used by writers of the fables and juve
nile story books to describe the char
acteriatlcs of the ordinary fox, but
those terms do not apply to a new
species of the animal just discovered
In Federal Point township, thiscoun
ty. Usually a person begins a story
about foxes or fish with an apology,
but this is unnecessary In the present
case, the report coming from Register
of Deeds W. H. Biddle, who lives in
the section where the new Reynard
type Is founJ, and who Is not given to
the vain imaginings of the ordinary
hunter or fisherman.
Mr. Biddle says that within the past
ten days In the Federal Point section
eleven foxes have been killed in the
act of attacking people. Some instances
are reported In which the animals ac
tually came into houses and "ran at"
children, who were forced to seek re
fuge from threatened attack. 8everal
have been killed under houses and
one or two are . reported as having
been clubbed to death by pedestrians
along the roadside.
The only theory ad ranee 4 In ex
planation of the extraordinary conduct
of the animals Is that they are affected
with hydrophobia, being of the feline
tribe. That solution of the phenomena
appears very plausible,
Tbe Holt Mill Merier.
The Fayettevllle Observer yesterday
copied what the Charlotte Chronicle
had to say, of the Holt mill merger:
"We were informed at the office ol
the Holt Mills in this city to-day tha
the above article Is entirely Incorrect;
that there has been no meeting In
Wilmington on tbe subject of a mer
ger of the Holt Mills, and that these
mills have agreed to join tbe southern
Textile Company, of which Mr. W. L.
Holt, the recognized bead or the uoit
Mills, is a director, and which is com
posed of the mills In North Uarollna
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi
and Tennessee."
The Qeorf ia Frail Crop
Savannah News: "The movement
of fruit from Georgia for the present
season in about over, although there
are still a good many watermelons to
be carried, and the fizures are likely
to be swelled, in this particular, to a
considerable extent. The crops have
not been anything like last year, and
; it might be said that there was just
half a crop or peaches, ana mue more
than half a crop of cantaloupes. The
watermelon figures are now far behind
the reports of 1902, but these are ex
pected to come up considerably. Pine
apples alone show a decided Increase
over last year, and are fully three
1 times as lare as ia lSfcu."
EXPERIMENT WITH
LANQLEY'S AIRSHIP.
Flew for Distance of Five or Six
Hundred Yards and Plunged
Into the River.
MACHINE WAS RECOVERED.
Bat Was Considerably Damared Expert
meat Claimed to be Entirely Success -fat-Photographs
Were Secured ,
of the Machine in Flight.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Widewatkh, Va., Aug. a A part
ly successful -experiment with the fif
teen foot Langley airship was made
this, morning from the house boat in
the Potomac river off this point The
sarodorme started well in a straight
line south with a Telocity of seventy
feet per second, and flew for a distance
variously estimated at from four to
six hundred yards. Some deflection
in tbe wings soon after the launching
caused her to take a downward coursp,
wnicn sne tonowea rapidly and wai
impelled into the water under the full
power of her engine. There was suf
ficient steam generated for a rapid
ntght or a bait or three-quarters of a
mile. Under the full pressure of this
force the machine struck, the water,
and a moment more had disappeared
from view. The machine was recov
ered. It was considerably injured.
The machine was taken to the house
boat where extensive repairs will have
to be made before another test can be
pulled off. -
At a eiven sienal the model wis
dispatched on its voyage. The launch
ing car was pulled back to the leeward
of the superstructure and sent forward
on Its track at a rapid velocity. When
the windward end was reached the
machine ahot forth. A-better launch
ing could not have been desired. The
Smithsonian scientists believed that
the highest hopes were about to be
realized, but after tbe first few seconds
of flight the wirfgs were deflected and
the flying machine went downward
until her course was ended on the bot
tom of the Potomac. She was travel
ling at a rate of about forty miles an
hour.
When the machine was raised from
the water a workman attempted to
cover it with a clotb, but for a long
time was unsuccessful. Its mechan
ism and dimensions were plainly seen
rrom the press boat, twenty feet away.
It was equipped with four wines.
two on each side, about four by six
feet, made of the finest oil silk and
held upon delicate wooden rods. The
wings were shaped like a tent. The
body consisted of an intricate arrange
ment of fine steel rods with cylinders,
motor and boilers carefully balanced.
Between the two sets of wings were
situated th propellers, two in number,
equipped with two blades. The steer
ing gesr was situated at the rear and
was constructed from material like the
wings. The motor is supposed to gen
erate something In excess of two horse
power. Several photographs were se
cured of the machine in flight. The
wind against which it flew was about
four miles an hour.
Chief Assistant Manlev. of the
Langley expedition, made tbe follow
ing statement:
"The experiment was entirely suc
cessful. Ail the data which this ma
chine was designed to furnish was ob
tained. The equilibrium was perfect.
the power adequate and the support
ing surface ample. No accident Oc
curred. Some of the wood work of
the wings and rudder was slightly
damaged by the grappling hooks used
In taking the w.-odrome from the
water, but no essential parts were In
jured. Were another test desired thin
afternoon the same machine could be
used. I have nothing further to say
at present I shall make a full report
of the test to Secretary Lans-ley."
soon after the house boat was closed
and the party went to Washington on
a tug. Before leaving both the large
ana small launching carriages were
removed from the superstructure.
PREVENTED LYNCHING.
Negroes Hurriedly Tried and Convicted lor
Attempted Assault.
By Telegraph to the Homing 8 tar.
- Henderson, Texas, Aug. 8. This
afternoon shortly after the conviction
of Strong, a negro named Emanuel
Thompson was brought in from Mount
Enterprise, where he had attempted to
assault a Miss Sparks. He was hur
rled-to the court house, an indictment
was returned and the trial proceeded
with at once. The jury returned
verdict of guilty and fixed tbe penalty
at 99 years' imprisonment. He will be
taken to the penitentiary to-morrow.
Isham Strong, the negro surren
dered Friday night by a mob at Hen
derson, Texas, which had taken him
from officers for the purpose of lynch
ing, was placed on trial yesterday for
attempted criminal assault. He plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to impri
sonment for 99 years. He was taken
to the penitentiary in the afternoon.
Vardaman men now admit that a
second primary will be necessary to
settle the governorship of Mississippi.
The best estimate obtainable give
vardaman 126 votes to 108 for Urltz;
necessary to a choice 134.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
The bursting of a soda water
bottle In Charlotte last Thursday
put out an eye lot Meacham Short,
of that place.
Joe Morrow was sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary
Wednesday by Judge Heal, at Shel-
oy, zor an attempted assault on an
8-year-old girl.
Greensboro Record: If let
alone the Southern Railway will set-
ie tne race problem. It killed three
negroes yesterday and has been keep
ing up the lick right along for some
time.
Lexington Dispatch: The Dis
patch has reliable informaiion that
there are two government distilleries
n operation at Advance, Davie
county, and that seven are being
run in Yadkin county.
Mr. J. E. Catlin. of Greens
boro, a widely known insurance ad
juster, died suddenly at his home in
ureensboro Wednesday night... It
is thought that he took some deadly
medicine through mistake, as he
was Been up town in the early part
vi mi) niKatmms usual gooa neaun
.a i t i i i hi
and high spirits.
Salisbury Sun: It may be true
bat the Watts bill will cause block
ade stills to multiply but np to date
the blockader has had a pretty hard
row. The rate at- which stills are
being chopped up does not offer
much encouragement to the ntahu
facturer of Bowpaw.
Stanly Enterprise: One day
recently a negro boy of 14 was cut
by Jonah Caudle so seriously that
the boy's life is despaired of. The
deed was committed at a wheat
threshing at Caudle's home. It is
said that Caudle had been drinking
and tbat the negro boy laughed at
him because he staggered. Caudle
has not yet been apprehended.
George L. Malpass. son of J. L.
Malpaaa. of Currie, Pender county,
was drowned in Moore's creek. He
was out hunting squirrels and when
returning home undertook to swim
the creek with his gun strapped on
his back. The weight of his clothes
and the gun exhausted him and he
was drowned. The young man was
acorn ib years of age and was a
good swimmer.
Asheville Citizen: The Wilkes
boro court on Tuesday decided that
twelve-year old Mary Davis, who
three weeks ago ran away with
twenty-four-year-old Rolnelia Mas
teroizi and was married to him in
Binghamton, N. Y., was married
to him legally. Masterozzi, who
has been held for abdnction. was
discharged and the girl restored to
him. Notwithstanding the parents
protests she went home with him.
Duplin Journal: Saturday af
ternoon lightning struck inside of
Mr. J. D. Oates' house in Samp
son,- but did little damage. Tho
bolt came down the chimney and
tore on pieces of the mantel. Une
piece of wood fell against a child's
head and cut a small gash. A dog
was under the house near the chim
ney base, and was killed instantly.
It was a narrow escaps for Mr. Uates
and family.
Newborn Journal: In the
neighborhood of Frescott's post
office, Beaufort county, the bears
have been annoying the farmers by
frequent attacks on their hogs.
Sunday evening, a bear family
raided the nerd of Mr. Irving .Bon
ner, and carried off what they want
ed. Monday morning Mr. Bonner
aroused a number of his neighbors
and they started in pursuit of the
marauders. After beating . the
brush for some time three bears were
discovered, two had taken to trees,
while the other one, the mother
bear, had crouched near by to pro
tecther offspring. Then the fun
began. After practicing their
markmanship on the head of bruin,
a fatal shot was fired by one of the
crowd of hunters and the hog eater
stretched herself out in a last strug
gie. une cub was Killed, the other
one was captured alive. The she
bear was quite a large specimen and
the cnbs were well on towards
grown.
TERRIBLE KANSAS TORNADO,
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Two Persoos Killed and Sixty Others In-
jnredHundreds of Houses Destroyed
and Other Dsmages Done.
tiy Telegraph to the Horning Star,
Pittsburg, Eans., Aug. 8. A tor
nado passed through the thickly popu
lated mining district north and east of
Pittsburg to-day, destroying hundreds
of houses, mine tipples and buildings
of every description, levelling, to a
mass of wreckage a larare portion of
every camp between the Devlin-Miller
shart, north or irrontenae ana the
Morgan shaft, on the State line, and
converting Into ruin a strip of thickly
populated territory eight miles long
and two miles wide. At least two
persons were killed and fully sixty
were injured In the storm. The dead:
Michael Muller, at Nelson ; Mrs. An
tone Sarto, at Camp No. 17.
The tornado swept across the coun
try from the northwest and did dam
age in all of the mining camps which
are thickly clustered In that section of
the country. The destruction began
at the Devlin-Miller camp, known an
Millerton, and from there southeast
through camps 17 and 81, Nelson.
Midway, Nile, Cornell, Litchfield and
the other camps great damage was
done.
Most of the buildings destroyed were
the humble homes of the miners and
in most cases belonged to the coal
companies.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Wrecked a Number of Buildings la the
City of Pblllpopolls.
Bs Cable to tho Momlnc Star.
Philipopolis (Capital of Roumb-
ua, Bulgabia), August 8. A dyna
mite exnlnttan rvmniM4l tn-dav which
wA1ral a nnmlaa nt hnlMlnaa In thm
most thickly populated section of the
city. Up to the present, portions of
the remains of three persons hare
It is stated that the explosion was
the result of tbe police surprising a
nana or Macedonian revolutionists,
who In their conf usiuu dropped their
D?mbs.
Mnst be Settled by Those Hlfher
In Aslbsrlty.
By Telegraph to the Horning BUr.
Bar Habbob, Mb., Aug. a Lying
at anchor in this harbor and and off
the Lamolne coaling station to-night
ar the fleets of Rear Admiral Barker
and Bear Admiral Sands, which np to
to-day were engaged in mlmie combat. .
The white squadron, as It wan called,
and which acted an the enemy, was
discovered at 4 o'clock this morning
when racing full speed through the
fog for Winter 'Harbor, on the easter
ly side Qf Frenchman's Bay. The
Oljmpla, flying the flag of Rear Ad
miral Ooghlan, was about ten miles
outside Baker's Island when the fog
rolled seaward and wan the first to
sight the Texas, the flagship of the
white squadron. Following the
Texas were the Indiana and
Massachusetts. Tbe Olympla. Iby
wireless telegraphy, informed the flar-
hip of the defending squadron, the .
Kearsarge, or tbe discovery or tbe ,
enemy's fleet and the message was re
peated from ship to ship by this sys
tem, unUl it reached the last vessel on
tbe patrol line off Oape Ann. Within
a few minutes all were headed at full
speed for the spot where the enemy
had been sighted.
The Kearsarge was off Mount Desert
Rock some twenty, miles distant from
the Olympla and at once started for
the enemy, followed by the battleships
Illinois, and Alabama, which formed
the reserve fleet. Within an hour tbe
Kearsarge ran up with the Texas, a
few shots were fired from the flagship's
secondary battery and the search prob
lem was at an end.
According to the claims of the
"enemv" or Admiral Bands' fleet, tbe
Olympia was so near them when the
fog rolled away and disclosed their
presence that under the rules of the
combat the Olympla was overpowered
and- should have surrendered.
but those on tbe Olympla say
that they had more speed than
any ship ' In Admiral Bands' fleet,
and could have run away. This ques
tion isstlll in dispute among the naval
officers and must be settled by those
higher In authority.
The problem worked out during
these manoeuvres has demonstrated
many valuable things to naval offi
cers. It is believed it has shown the
efficiency of the wireless telegraphy
system and as a result the whole
scheme of coast signal stations and
methods of the interchange of infor
mation at sea will be revolutionized.
LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Nefro Desperado, Who Had Shot tbe
Jailor at Hattlesbnrr, Taken Ont
and flanf ed by a Mob.
Bj Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Hattiesburq, Miss., Aug. 8. A
negro, Amos Jones, was hanged by a
mob here to-night for shooting and
mortally wounding Jailor M. M. Sex.
ton. Jones and another negro (McBl
roy), prisoners, seized Sexton, intend
lng to break from the jail. McKlroy
threw Sexton down and two white
Jouths, also prisoner!, and Jones shot'
Im, inflicting three wounds, believed
to be fatal. A deputy and others over
powered three of the prisoners, but
McBlroy escaped and has not been
caught. A crowd gathered and de
cided to lynch Jones. The fire brigade
was asked to disperse tbe mob but
refused. The mob tied the sheriff.
broke down the door of the jail, and
brought the negro out, a rope was
tied around his neck, and he was
dragged to Gordon Creek ' bridge,
where he was hanged to a telegraph
Eole and pistol bullets were fired Into
is body. It is thought he was dead
before he was hanged.
The Governor sent an order to the
local militia, to protect the negro, but
it was not received until after tbe
lynching.
while the mob was threatening to
lynch the white prisoners also the
sheriff . put them on a train for Jack
son. GEN. MILES RETIRES.
Lieut. Qea. Young Assumes Sammssd of
the Army by Order of President.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Washington, Aug. 8. At 12 o'clock
to-night, Lieut. General Young Issued
an order In accordance with the order
of the President, assuming command
of the army of the United States. Pre
viously, General Young had taken the
oath of office in the War Department.
At 10:30, under an order Issued by
Adjutant General Corbln, the officers
of the army In Washington, including
also those at FortMyer, Virginia, as
sembled at the army headquarters and
paid their respects to the retiring lieu
tenant general. Nelson A. Miles. .Gen-.
eral Miles appeared in an undress coat
with no emblems showing his rank.
The officers were presented to General
Ulles by General (Jorbin and also were
presented to General Young.
The clerks in the office of General
Miles presented him with a handsome
silver loving cup and a large vase of
flowers. General Young today re
ceived a large basket of flowers sent
.by Mrs. uoosevelt.
A RACE WAR FEARED
Mob Dynamited and Wrecked a Negro Wo
msa's Rouse ia Oklahoma SIrjr.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Oklahoma, City, Okla., Aug. 8.
A mob early to-day dynamited a house
In Orchard Park, which was being
erected for a negro woman. The
house was wrecked and the explosion
shocked that portion of the city.
The whites in Orchard Park have
warned the negroes to leave, but they
have refused. The negroes have arm
ed, themselves and declare they will
protect their property at any cost.
Some negroes have stocked their
homes with arms and ammunition ana
a race war is feared.
THE C0LIMA VOLCANO
Continues la a State of Violent Activity.
Earthquake Shocks.
By Telegraph to the Morning BUr.
Ttjxpan, Mkzioo, Aug. 8. The CO-
lima volcano continues In a violent
state of activity. The eruption yester
day was the moat aerere that has been
known. Great clouds of smoke poured
from the crater, bat no ashes fell.
Earthquake shocks extending along
the coast as far south as the isthmus
are reported. At some points the shocks
were oscillatory, while at others they
were of a trepidatory character, Tary
lng greatly in Intensity and duration.
No damages or casualties are reported.
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