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THE FEZSipSST AHD THE
TRADX3 TjfrlOtfoV '
The relation of organized labor to
the national Government has been
made the subject of a comprehen
sive investigation recently, accord
ing to Washington dispatches. It
appoars that the Coal-Strike Com
mission, in its report on the trouble
last year in the anthracite regions
of Pennsylvania, laid down thia
principle as the basis of the settle
ment between the coal miners and
the mine owners: "That no per
son" shall be refused employment or
in any way discriminated against on
account of membership or non
membership in any labor organiza
tion." The commission was ap
pointed by President Roosevelt. To
that extent It had a certain official
status, although its acts and rulings
had no binding force upon the par
ties involved in the coal strike, who
voluntarily submitted their differ
ences to it for .adjudication. It is
stated, however, upon what seems to
-be good authority, that President
Roosevelt has decided to give the
commission's findings on the sub
ject of the respective right s of or
ganized and unorganized labor a
much broader application than was
originally intended. . In fine, the
principle that there shall be no dis
crimination against any person on
account of membership or non
membership in any labor organiza
tion is to be the policy of the Fed
eral government in considering ap
plications for employment on gov
ernment work.
This principle is not a new one;
in fact, it is as old as the govern
ment. In a republican form of gov
ernment one man is, theoretically
at least, as good as another, whether
he tie as rich as Crco3us or as poor as
Ltzirns, a captain of industry or a
toiler in the industrial order, a mem
ber of an organization of labor or a
person who has no affiliation with
labor unions. But practice does not
always accord with abstract concep
tions of right and wrong. It would
be easy to show, for instance, that
- a .lozen average citizens, who, as
consumers aro interested in secur
ing alow tariff or the abolition of
all tariff duties would not have the
same status before the Senate Fi
nance Committee as a dozen man
ufacturers interested in retaining
high tariff duties and willing to con
tribute handsomely to political
campaign funds. Government by
party, while best adapted to the
senius of the American people has
its weak points, not the least of
which is that statesmen In power
in order to retain control, will some
times ignore a fundamental principle
for party advantage. It is assumed
that President Roosevelt, in order
ing an. investigation to ascertain
whether, in respect to Federal em
ployment, non-union labor is dis
criminated against, is actuated by
disinterested motives, by a sincere
desire to protect every American
citizen in his right to obtain Gov
ernment employment if he possesses
the necessary qualifications and
tho Government has need of his
service.
Organized labor can present no
valid objections to sucfi an investi
gation, if the principle Is extended
not only to labor unions but to com
binations of all kinds with which
the Government has dealings. As
. an abstract proposition, not even
the most ardent and aggressive
champion of trades unionism will
deny that tho Government has no
moral rieht. in distributing its fa
vors, to make a distinction between
any classes of its citizens. The Gov
ernment ought to be interested, of
course, in everything which makes
for the welfare of the people. Those
toilers who believe that combination
Improves tho condition of the vast
army of labor are entitled to hold
this opinion and to put it into prac
tice. The Government should not
and will not interfere with them in
the exorcise of their right so long as
this right is exercised withont det
riment to other classes of citizens.
Those who do not acquire member
"hip in labor organizations have
the same Btatus. In inch matters
every mad has the right to shape
his own course. It Is not for the
Government to say that because a
man Is or is not a member of a
trades union therefore he has a
stronger claim upon its considera
tion than the person who does not
possess one or the other of these
qualifications. So when President
Roosevelt asserts the principle, as
he is reported to have done recent
ly, that, all things being equal, no
distinction, must be made between
the trades unionist and the non
unionist, he prescribes a sound rule
of action, and one to which organiz
ed labor should'give ready and cheer
ful assent. ' ;
If organized labor will heed the
advice of its best and most disinter
ested friends, it will pursue a con
servative policy in this as in all
other matters. It will not be led
astray by extremists or idealists, who
seem at times to forget that the
American people are eminently sen
sible and practical. A Washington
dispatch published in The Sun yester
day Btated that there is a movement
on, progress to organise the negro
workingmen in the South. It is
well known that the most far-seeing
and discriminating labor leaders da
not approve this plan, and for rea
sons which must be obvions to any
intelligent person. It would be a
grievous mistake for trades unions
to take any step which would de
moralize labor conditions in the
South. Such a policy would cause
labor organizations to be regarded
with suspicion and resentment in a
quarter where there is now little
hostility toward them. Such pro
gress as trades unionists make in
this country, in which they consti
tute, relatively to the whole popu
lation, only a small proportion of
American citizenship, must be
achieved by the exercise of common
sense, by the avoidance of friction
as far as possible with other classes
of citizens, and by a liberal and in
telligent recognition of the right
of all men to equal treatment. If
organized labor pursues this course
it will gratify its friends and dis
appoint its enemies. Baltimore
Sun.
FARMERS IN SESSION. Pa v For The
Paper You Read !
"AV'
Red Hot After the Tobacco
Trust at the State Con-
vention Friday.
CONCLUSION OF
HUMBERT TRIAL.
it i. is w iL. mnnirrn nmin i
GATHERED AT ROCKY MOUNT. I HflVfi Villi 1)6611 IMAM IDB IIDdMjI STAK Of
one or more years withont pay
ing for It?
AH the Members of the Family
Found Guilty and Sentenced
to Imprisonment.
Qrowers Urxed to Enter Into Competition
With Glint Monopoly by Formiar
Co-operative. Associations To
Boycott Certain Goods.
MADAME HUMBERT'S SPEECH.
Statistics show that the importa
tion of cocaine into America has In
creased more than 400 per cent,
since 1895 and that of morphia and
opium more than 600 per. cent.,
while there is reason to believe that
the medicinal uses of these drugs
lessened rather than increased. This
indicates that the drug evil is rapid
ly growing in this country. -The lot
of the habitual drunkard is a hard
one; but that of the cocaine or mor
phine victim is worse. The time is
not far distant when drastic legisla
tion will be necessary to regulate
the sale of narcotics.
Special Star Telearam.
- Rocky Mouht, N. O., Aug. 21.
TheBtate Farmer' Protective Asso
ciation met here to-day. The crowd
was estimated at between 2,000 and
8,000. It was the moat enthusiastic
gathering ever held in the State. The
tobacco interests all over the State
were represented. Many prominent
speakers made stirring speeches, ad
vising the farmers to hold their to
bacco for better price and - suggesting
that business men and merchants do
not press the farmer to sell their pro
duct. Among the speakers were Hon.
John 8. Cunningham, Bon. J. Bryan
Grimes, Hon. B. H. Bunn, R. W. Pat
terson, Dr. L. L. Nash and many
others. The .farmers were urged to
organize and to fight the trust on
every ground. They were also ad
vised to put their money into tobacco
factories and put buyers on the mar
kets and create competition thus rais
the price of the raw material.
The farmer in this section have al
ready taken considerable stock in a to
bacco factory and propose to build at
an early date. They are determined
to rid themselves of the yoke of op
pression by the trusts.
The blows of the meeting to day
were aimed chiefly at the American
Tobacco Company, which is regarded
as the cause of all the evil of putting
tobacco below the cost of production.
The convention adopted resolutions
authorized in yesterday's papers by
the Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, relative
to farmer holding their tobacco a
long as poisible and by corporations
being formed to receive the farmers' to
bacco and advance some money on the
same, etc It was also urged that
farmers could also operate ware
houses, storage houses, prize houses,
tobacco factories, etc. ; have buyers on
the markets, etc.
But very few trust goods are being
sold now in this section.
WAS THIS MAN JIM LOWERY?
Have you received a bill recently for the; amount of
your indebtedness?
Do you believe in the maxim;,
"The Laborer Is Worthy of His Hire?"
Do you tMnkJtjralr Lto enjpy the benefit derived from
reading a newspaper and then fall or refuse to pay for it P
Send amount due us at once. It will ba a relief to you
and a relief to the owner of the
WEEKLY STAR.
She and Her Husband Each Gel Five
Years Ins Prison The Court Boom
Crowded Many Americans
Present Public Interest.
HOT JIBE FOR MAJ. NEWTON.
WILMINQTON IS ALL RIGHT.
Some of the Democrats say "the
only thing to do is to nominate Cleve
land." But would not Gorman prove
a stronger candidate ? He is one of
the "regulars," and voted for Bryan
in 189C and 1900. Cleveland did not.
The bulk of the Bryan following
could be conciliated if Gorman were
the candidate and would support
him. But neither Bryan nor those
he controls would vote for Cleveland.
Tho London Lancet has given a
few words of advice to the lovers of
coffee. This leading medical journal
of the world does not find the most
popnlar of all drinks harmfnl. As
an after-dinner drink it believes
coffee is distinctly beneficial. Coffee
also is au antidote for alcohol. The
dyspeptic, it says, should not drink
coffee or tea, because both are in
jurious to weak stomachs.
Crostan Killed Near Pembroke Thought
to be Shelby Police Murderer.
The Mazton Scotish Chief of yes
terday contains an account of a fatal
shooting by Croatans near Pembroke
last Saturday evening. Sham Bullard,
the man killed, Is said to be none other
than Jim Lowery, who shot and killed
the chief of police of Shelby, N. Q,
about a year ago and for whom large
rewards were offered. Willie Dial,
who shot Bullard, claims the shooting
was accidental, but Coroner Ed. Mae-
Rae, who investigated the killing,
found that it was due to a drunken row
in which the men were engaged. Bul
,lard was shot Saturday and died the
Monday following. The Chuf says:
It Is the ODlnlon of those best ac
quainted with the murdered man that
he is none other than the noted
Lowery, wanted for killing the chief
of police at Shelby a few years ago,
and for whom a reward of $800 has
been offered. The gold filling In the
front tooth correspond, except the fill
ing has been removed. This man,
who is closely connected with the
Lowerys, returned to his neighbor
hood so we are now Informed a few
days after the Shelby killing and was
heavily armed and remained In hiding
for quite a while. This has all been
revealed since the man was shot. He
is said to completely fill the descrip
tion of the Shelby murderer, as given
In the newspapers.''
GHASTLY FIND IB THE RIVER.
Warrenton Guard Captain Suggests In
toxication 61ty Livery Co , of Wil
mington News from Raleigh.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. O., Aug. 22. Captain
Frank R. Wiggins, of Co. H, War
renton, Third Regiment, North Car
olina National Guard, comes out in a
signed card denouncing Major John
Newton, TJ. 8. A., North Carolina
National Guard Inspector, for his crit
icism of that company in his report to
Washington after the inspection.
Among other things he said that "this
is about the poorest 'organization I
ever Inspected." Captain Wiggins
says in his card: "Major Newton, I
am sorry to say, was in no condition
to Inspect the company, being under
the influence of stimulants the whole
time he was here. The first order he
gave after reaching here was for six
bottles of beer and from the way he
looked and acted, his order filled
there was duplicated."
The charter of the 8. P. Cowan
Livery Company, of Wilmington, is
amended by the Secretary of State,
changing the name to the City Livery
Company, W. D. MacMlllan, Jr., pres
ident. Governor Aycock went to Ashevllle
this afternoon to be on hand Monday
to review the First Regiment now in
camp there.
Miss Annie E. Paddison, of Point
Caswell, is one of the eight successful
contestants for North Carolina schol
arships In the Peabody Normal Col
lege at Nashville, Tenn.
The Albemarle High Bchool, of
Elizabeth City, is ehartered, with $50,
000 capital, authorized.
The Executive Committee of Wake
Fortt College In session here to-day
elected Dr. W. A. Rmkln to the chair
of pathology and bacteriology in the
medical department. He was educated
at Davidson College, Johns Hopkins
and the University of Maryland.
Bust-
Rcsldenls at Charlotte Discuss the
nets Revival at This Port.
Charlotte Observer, Hist.
Mr. Ned Sprunt and Mr. Will Walk
er, two prominent citizens of Wil
mington, are spending a short time In
thii city on their return home from a
v'sit to Blowing Rock. '
'You've got a good town here." said
Mr. Bprunt, "but Wilmington has got
a bright future before it, and we are
soon going to leave you behind. Re
cently the old town has taken on all
sorts of new life. The Coast Line is
adding a very handsome addition to
their already large main office build
ing: there. Hundreds of new citizens
hare moved to Wilmington recently,
many of them beine prominent rail
way officials.
"But I tell you we need one thing
that you all have, and that' a nice
suburban settlement like Dilwortb.
Our town was dead a long time and
now that it's taken on life, why there's
not enough homes to accommodate
tbe people."
"How about the beach this sum
mer t" queried the reporter.
"Why, it's just been full. Immense
crowds have been there all summer;
so large, in fact, that the hotel accom
modations were not sufficient to sup
ply the demand.
"Yes, that will all be changed by
another year. Plans have already
been drawn and practically accepted
for a very commodious hotel on tbe
'Hammocks,' and in every way it is
to be a fine structure."
TELEGRAPH OFFI6E TO MOVE.
THREE WHITES TO THE ROADS.
Sir Thomas Lipton is the only
man in the world who could keep
alive the interest in international
yacht racing in contests that have
for fifty years been won by America.
He's a game sport for a fact.
The Body of Negro Deck Hand Recovered
After n Week In the Water.
Captain Bradshaw, of the steamer
"City of FayettevIIle," which arrived
Saturday morning, reports the finding
of the body of Robert Webb, a colored
deck band who was drowned from the
steamer as she was proceeding to Fay
AttAvilla about ten days ago. The
negro was asleep on a barrel on the
lower deck and presumably tumbled
Into the river In attempting to turn
over in his semi-conscious state. The
drowning was reported in these col
umns at the time.
The body had caught in some bushes
overhanging the river near Kelly's
Cove when discovered Friday night as
the steamer was coming down to Wil
mington. It was In a Daaiy decom
posed state and was discovered by the
odor arisine from It. CapL Bradshaw
The recent speech of the Hon. I reported the finding of the body to the
Mayor's Court Yesterday Excursloalsta
Who "Slept It 011" Near the River.
Superintendent Bhearin, of the con
vict squad, Saturday conveyed to the
stockade at Castle HaynesPat Brewer,
Tom Branch and Jordan Mclver, all
white and each sentenced to the roads
for 30 days in default of a fine of $20
Branch and Mclver were tried by the
mayor Saturday for being drunk and
down in an alley and Brewer was
fined the day before for disorderly
conduct at his father's house.
Frank Graves, colored, paid a fine
of $5 and cost for being drunk and
down and two white excursionists who
became top-heavy at the foot of Uhes
nut street and alarmed the policeman
On that beat by their loud snoring
Friday night, were let off with the
coats.' One of the number when
aroused by Policeman Frank George
was leaning partly off the wharf and
would have tumbled' into the river,
had he turned over in his sleep.
MR. NEWTON ALDERMAN DEAD.
Postal WL'l Occupy Front Street Stand
Near The Ortoa October 1st
One of the many removals that
October 1st will bring about will be a
transferd of.headquarters of the Postal
Telegraph Co., in this city, from Its
present location, No. 15 Princess
street, to the apartments recently va
cated by the People's Bavlngs Bank
and now occupied by Mr. J. E.
O'Donnell as headquarters, for the
National Cash Register Co. Mr. Jno.
E. Wood, the enterprising manager of
the Postal in this city, has had in con
templation for some time the removal
to a Front street location but not un
til now has he had an opportunity of
securing the place he wanted.
The new office will be remodled to
suit and will be made longer by the
removal of the partition, which now
divides the first floor of the building.
It will be a thoroughly up-to-date
office in every respect.
Negro Surrendered Himself.
About the 16th of last April the city
papers conalned an account of an af
fray in "Brooklyn" in which James
Jones, colored, peeled the hide off
Harvey Brown's head with a gun bar
rel, Inflicting a wound that was
thought at first to have been fatal.
Jones was uncertain of the conse
quences also and fled to the country.
Recently he was advised that Brown
had recovered and Saturday he sub
mitted to Justice Fowler and was
bound over to the higher court in the
sum of $50 which he gave.
The mammoth thefts in the In
dian Department are called "ir
regularities;" but they seem to have
been going on with remarkable
regularity for many years.
.The Salisbury Sun wishes to
know if we ever had a Bill as chief
executive. Oh! yes. We had a
Bill Holden in the long ago.
David Bennett Hill shows conclu
sively that he considers our Presi
dent a spectacular fraud.
It is almost certain that the Pres
idential candidate who receives the
electoral vote of New York will be
elected. '
The indications are very strong
that Sir Thomas will have to stick
to his tea cups.
During a severe electrical storm
at Rockingham last week, lightning
struck the "new Methodist ohurch
there, of which Rev. Jno. H. Hall,
formerly of this city, is pastor, and
also struck the Academy building, In
the name vicinity. The extent of the
damage could not be learned.
coroner of Bladen county at Elizabeth-
town and that official gave orders for
the burial.
Held for Federal Court.
FayettevIIle Observer: "Anthony
Ray, the 71st desperado and outlaw,
and his wife, Elisabeth, who are in
iall awaiting trial on several charges,
one for being leaders of outlaws, were
taken before United States Commls
lnnn Mnrrlsev this morning, and
tried on charges of selling whiskey.
Th m both bound over to the
Federal Court, and were returned to
jail."- ,
Mrs. T. J. Keenan writes tho
Stab of an Interesting coin collection
which she has. Five 1798 pennies
form a part of the collection, with
others o! the time of King George the
Third.
PasBed Away In Raleigh Thursday Inter
ment Near Atkinson, N. C. ,
Friends in this section of Eastern
North Carolina, where be was well
known and highly esteemed, will re
gret to learn of tbe death of Mr. New
ton Alderman, which occurred at
Raleigh Thursday in the 50th year of
his age.
Mr. Alderman was born and reared
in New Hanover county In that por
tion which is now Pender, where he
followed the occupation of farming
successfully for several years. He
married Miss Lola Robblns, daughter
of Dr. A. Hamilton Bobbins, of
Brunswick county,' who with five
children survive him. He was a
highly respected citizen, a kind hus
band and father, a sincere friend and
faithful Christian. The interment
took place at his native home near
Atkinson.
Brunswick's New Jail.
Boutbport Standard: "A special
meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners was held on Tuesday after
noon for the purpose of selecting a
plan for the erection of the new jail
building, which has been under con
sideration by the Commissioners for
some time. The plan as submitted by
Mr. T. T. Allard, who was employed
by the Board at their last meeting to
draw no a nian and specifications,
was accepted. The Board then author
ized the chairman to advertise for pro
posals for the building."
A. 6. L. Machinists.
Savannah News: "The machinists of
the Atlantie Coast Line are seeking to
secure a uniform scale of wages and
one conference has already been held
with General Manager Kenly at Wil
mington. The delegation will have
another conference at Wilmington
next week. - A representative of the
men In the- shops here attended the
meeting. Some of the machinists are
now paid $3, while others receive $3.25
a day. Ten hours is considered a day's
work. Tbe machinists want a uniiorm
scale of $3.25. There are about twenty
men in the shops here, but the men on
the entire system are interested."
Jumped Off tire Car.
When he realized that a friend of
his had been left at the beach, an ex
cursionist returning from Wrights
ville late Saturday afternoon jumped
from a rapidly moving suburban car
.nd sustained a fracture of several
bones In one of his hands. He came
up to the city soon after the accident
and had the broken member set by a
physician. The name of the excur
sionist could not be learned.
Suicide Near Cronly.
Near Cronly Friday morning about
7 o'clock John Bhulton, an old white
man. committed suicide by cutting his
throat from ear to ear. A correspond
ent writes that Bhulton was unbalanc
ed. The weapon used was a pocket
knife.
By Telegraph to tho Morning Star.
Paris, Aug. 22. All the members
of the Humbert family were found
guilty to-day. The foreman of tbe
jury announced that the verdict was
affirmative, concerning the questions
of falsification and swindling, and ne
gative upon the subsidiary questions.
The verdict considers extenuating con
ditions. The court sentenced Madame Hum
bert and her husband each to five
years imprisonment and to a fine of
100 francs.
Emile Daurignac was sentenced to
two years imprisonment, !
Romain Daurlgnao was sentenced to
three years imprisonment.
Madame) and M. Humbert will un
dergo solitary confinement during
their term of imprisonment
The expectation that to-day would
brine the conclusion of the Humbert
trial renewed the intense public Inter
est in the case. The court room was
again crowded. Among the throng
were a number of American lawyers
and tourists, who secured favored
places through the efforts of the
United States embassy.
The prisoners maintained the same
outward aspect of calm.
Mm Humbert walked in haue-htilv
and surveyed the crowd with a scorn
ful air. .Dr. Floquet, who examined
tbe prisoner before she came into
court, found her to be in good health
and showing no signs of nervous
break down under the strain of the
culmination of the trial.
Advocate Hesse addressed the court
at length in defence of Romain Dau
rignac, after which Mme. Humbert
arose, amid an Intense hush through
out the court room, to make her
nromised development. She seemed
to be laboring under a great effort
and paused after her first emphatic
statement that the Crawfords and the
millions existed. Then she began
formally :
"Gentlemen of the Jury : When I
wanted the address of Mr. Crawford,
he answered: 'You cannot know me.
I am not called Crawford. I am not
known by that name.'
" Then what name,' I asked. He
replied: 'My fortune was made dur
ing the war of 1870 by re-investments
of renter, which were then very low,
and a large quantity was bought
here.'"
Madame Humbert paused again,
lengthily, and then continued :
"His name is Regnier, the interme
diary between Marshal Bazalne and
the Germans. I had already transact
ed business with one Regnier, who ap
peared to me to be a mysterious per
sonage, and who said to me: 'Be
careful, madame, not to confuse me
with the notorious Regnier.'
"That is how I suddenly learned
Crawford's name. I never told my
husband. I swear on my daughter's
head. This is the first time he hears
the name."
Addressing the presiding judge,
Madame Humbert went on, exclaim
ing: "What I say is true. The Crawfords
exist, the fortune exists, and I, Mad
ame Humbert, will bring actions
against the Crawfords."
Turning to the jury again, Madame
Humbert said:
"Gentlemen, I will not say any
more. It is enough to tell you that
the fortune exists, and that I never
cheated any one. Now you have the
whole Humbert case and the whole
Crawford case."
j Madame Humbert continued, making
a ramblinsr, indefinite statement, criti
cising M. Valle, the minister of justice,
in connection with the Cattani case,
asserting her truthfulness and declar
ing that when acquitted her creditors
would be able to find her. She would
do her duty, ahe said, and If any one
offered her money Bbe wouia snow
him the door. She concluded: "I
have full, complete confidence, and
now I await my fate."
A prolonged movement among tne
spectators followed the statement
which caused a general feeling of dis;
appointment, owing to the inconclu
sive nature Qf Madame Humbert's
declarations. ,
Maitre Labor), addressing the jury
said:
"Now you have the secret of Madame
Humbert. She has told you the same
as she tolai me."
Counsel, continuing, read a sketch
of Regnier, stating that Regnier acted
as the intermediary between Prince
Bismarck and Marshal Bazalne.
Maitre Laborl said he had been un
able to learn what eventually became
of Regnier. After being condemned to
death by court martial Regnier disap
peared.
Counsel concluded with an eloquent
plea to the jury not to condemn the
prisoners, which aroused loud ap
plause. The President of the court then sub
mitted the case to the jury.
Madame Humbert's mention of
Regnier, introduced an entirely unex
pected name, one which had been al
most entirely forgotten, although It
was that of a notorious figure in the
latter days of the Franco-Prussian
war. The Liberie printed the follow
ing sketch of the man :
"Regnier waa first heard of in con
nection with the revolution of 1848, in
which he played a doubtful part. In
September, 1870, the Empress Eugenie,
then at Hastings, England, entrusted
him with a mission to Prince Bis
marck. Regnier later went to Metz,
introduced himself to Marshal Bazalne
and urged on Baatalne that ,the war
should have ended after the battle of
Sedan, and that his army, which was
useless at Metz, ought to maintain or
der In the interior. Bazaine thereupon
accepted the idea of treating with the
Germans.
"Regnier's object was simply to in
duce Bazaine to capitulation without
ntiinr anv difficulties. The surren
der of Metz followed. Regnier's com
plicity was proved in 187 when Reg
nier, during his absence was tried and
condemned by a court-martial held in
Paris. - He died in England in 1886."
The verdict was reached after the
jury bad beon out four and a half
hours. When the verdict was pro
nounced, Therese and Frederic Hum
bert, weeping, embraced each other.
Therese Humbert seemed to be hope
ful until the last, maintaining that the
jury was certain to bring in a verdict
or acquittal. Even alter condemna
tion her emotion was only momentary.
8ho soon resumed her self possession.
Turning to the military guard, she in
dicated her readiness to go back to the
ceils of the Conclergerie prison.
The sentence came as tne culmina
tion of a day of sensational interest.
The chief event preceding the verdict
was the dramatic revelations which
Therese Humbert had so long prom
ised, in which ahe brought forward the
mysterious name of Reenter as the
real Crawford. The court and specta
tors listened to the recital with an
amazement amounting to stupefaction.
Although Therese did not indicate
where Regnier's millionslcame, it was
indicated apparently part of the plan
to create the impression that Regnier
bad received a vast sum for inducing
Marahal Baazine to surrender Metiv
Tbe Inconclusive character of the rev
elations was shown by the fact that the
court did not take the slightest judicial
cognizance of them and immediately
submitted the case to the jury. The
jury ' likewise treated the revelation as
a subterfuge.
HORRIBLE MURDER
OF A Y0UNQ GIRL.
Ex-Premier of England Passed Peace
fully Away Last Evening.
Br Cabl to the Uornlnt Star.
Loudon, Aug. 22. Lord Salisbury
died peacefully at 9:05 o'clock to-night
During the past forty-eight hours the
end was seen to be inevitable, the great
frame of England's ex-premier beine
sustained only by the constant use of
oxygen. Even the administration
of oxygen " failed of effect as the
evening advanced, and soon after
the shadows 'had crept ud from
tbe valley aud enshrouded the dull
red walls of Hatfield House, the dis
tinguished statesman, making the last
effort of his life, turned slightly tc
wards his favorite daughter, Lady
Gwendoline Cecil, who was kneeling
beside him, and then quietly breathed
his last.
Viscount Oranborne, who now as
sumes the title of Marquis of Balis
bury, immediately notified King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, the Prince
and Princess of Wales and others.
The end of the distinguished states
man was a peaceful one, without tbe
liffhtflst evidence of vain. When
death became imminent the attending
physician summoned they waiting
members of the family who gathered
at the bedside and took farewell of tbe
dying man, who, however, waa un
conscious of their presence.
Within a few minutes of the death .
a brief announcement was handed to
the newspaper men and simultaneous
ly the death knell from the tower
of the church of which the Rev. Lord
William Cecil, a nephew of Lord
Salisbury Is pastor, told the people of
the little village of Hatfield that the
long struggle was over.
AUSTRIA BACKS RUSSIA.
Her Body Found in a Stable at Halifax,
N. C Negro Suspected of Crime Ar
rested Lynching Expected.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Raleigh, N. C.Aug. 20. A special
from Halifax says:
This evening between seven and
eight o'clock the murdered form of
Miss Mary Jenkins, thirteen years old,
was found in the stable on the lot of
Captain Griffin, her grandfather. Her
throat was cut from ear to ear, and the
body was tied up in a bag. The girl's
grandmother had been looking for her,
and going to the stable found it lock
ed. She put Miss Mary's little sister
throuch an opening in the door and
she stumbled over the body in the
bag.
A negro wbo is employed at the
hotel and also by Captain Griffin is
suspected of the crime. When search
ed he was found to have the keys of
the stable in his pocket, a bloody
knife, blood on his hands and some
brains on bis clothes. He is now un
der guard of a large number of citi
zens, as well as deputies and con
stable, awaltine the arrival of blood
hounds from Weldon, to be used to
track him from the stable. The whole
town is thoroughly aroused and
crowds of men have come in from
Weldon armed with rifles. It is not
thought the negro, whose name is
Manna Ponton, will live to see dayf
light.
Negro Lynched.
Later in the night a crowd gather
ed and securing the negro hanged
him to a tree and riddled his body
with bullets. The negro after the
noose had been tied around his neck
confessed to the murder of the little
child and to having criminally assault
ed her.
After disposing of the negro the
crowd, which had made no attempt at
concealment, dispersed without any
further disorder.
LEPERS IN PORTO RICO.
Settlement of the Monostlr Incident the
Cut's Affair.
By Cable to the Morning 8 tar.
CONSTAHTINOPLE, Aug. 21. The
AustftfHungarlan embassy is verbally
supporting- Russia's latest demands re
garding the administration of the
Macedonian vilayets. The embassy
officials take the position that Russia's
naval demonstration waa the outcome
of the murder of M. Rostkovski, the
Russian consul at Monastlr, a settle
ment of which incident is entirely
Russia's affair.
By order of the Sultan a vessel sail
ed for India to-day, taking a telegraph
operator, and it is stated that a large
quantity of provisions of various kinds
was sent by the Sultan for the use of
the crews of the vessels forming the
Russian squadron.
The Turkish government is sending
flour for the relief of the sufferers at
Krushevo.
The Servian charge d'affaires haa
called attention of the Porte to tbe
danger of the withdrawal of the troops
from Upper Albania, thus leaving the
Servians of old Servia exposed to the
persecution of the Albanians.
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
aud
A Horrible and Dangerous State of Affairs
in the Harbor of San Juan.
By Cable to the Morning star.
San Juan. Aug. 22. Acting Gov
ernor Hartsell has suspended Dr.
Nater, superintendent cf the leper
colony, and Jose Aldrlch, his assis
tant, on tbe strength of a report of
Acting Director of Charities Goenaga,
revealing a horrible and dangerous
state of affairs at the entrance of Ban
Juan harbor. According to this re
port, chickens and pigs raised by lepers
had been freely sold in the city, and
goats, rabbits, poultry and dogs had
been herded in the patient's quarters,
in indescribable filth.
Intercourse between the leper colony
and the mainland has been permitted.
All the regulations were violated.
Aldrich has also been arrested on the
criminal charge oK transporting
chickens from the leper colony and
has been fined $50. The acting gov
ernor has ordered all animals in the
lener colony to be killed to-day and
has declared that he will probe the
scandal to the bottom.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
Two Persons Killed, Four Fatally
About Thirty Seriously Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chkhalub, Wash., Aug. 22. -An
excursion train on the Northern Pa
cific, consisting of an engine and seven
coaches, en route to the Elks' clam
bake at Olympls, was wrecked about
11 o'clock this morning two miles
south of here. Two persons were
killed, four fatally injured and
about thirty seriously hurt. All
were Portland people. The train
was running at a good rate of speed,
when tbe rails spread, throwing the
engine down an embankment 40 feet
deep. Three coaches piled on totue
engine, aud to add horror to the
scene Jthe boiler of the engine ex
ploded, throwing scalding water and
steam for many , yards around.
Nearly every one in the first coach
was injured, most of them having
their legs or arms broken.
OERMAN IMPERIAL FINANCES.
Caused to Inhale Oas by Their Mother,
Who Attempted Suicide.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22. Two
children were killed by illuminating
gas early to-day and three other per
sons are in a hospital in a serious con
dition from the same cause. The dead
children are Clara and Betha Roder.
Their mother and two other children
are in a dangerous condition.
Mrs. Roder later said she bad at
tempted to murder her children and
commit suicide. She locked herself
and children in a room and turned on
the gas, but before all were dead the,
husband reached home. The woman
gave as a reason for the attempted
murder of her children and her self
destruction that her husband, who Is a
textile striker, was without money
and that the family, who were with
out food, would have been forced to
vacate their home to-day.
HOMICIDE AT PUNTA OORDA.
Baron Von Stengel Appointed Secretary of
Treasury Von Thielman Retired.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Berlin, Aug. 22. It Is announced
that Baron Von Stengal, the Bava
rian plenipotentiary in the Bundes
ratb, has been appointed secretary of
the treasury, in succession to Baron
Yon Thielman, who has resigned,
owing to the difficulties connected
with carrying out the reforms in the
imperial finances.
Von Thielman'a retirement appears
to have been due to his lack of Inge
nuity in finding fresh sources of re
venue and ways to economize. His
usual expedient was to place a fresh
loan. In order to balance the budget.
Imperial threes rose fractionally to
day, which was attributed by some
newspapers to Von Thielman'a leav
ing the finance ministry. His budget
statement, in which -he said he be
lieved it would be necessary to lay an
Imperial tax on beer, now the prerog
ative of the various States, was badly
received.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
I The Sunday Lesgne of Pensscola Demands
Rigid Eaforcement of Laws.
By Telegraph to the Morning BUr.
Pensaoola, Fla., August 22. The
Sunday League to-day sent letters to
the sheriff and mayor demanding a
rigid enforcement of the Sabbath ob
servance laws, which had become grad
ually relaxed since their temporary
enforcement a few months ago. The
mayor replied that the laws were Bute
I statutes and that he had no authority
for their enforcement The sheriff re
fused to do anything In the matter un
less those who called for the enforce
ment of the laws would swear out war
rants for the arrest of the offenders.
SOLDIERS' HOME.
E. E. Williams Shot and Killed by E. B.
Polk Both Prominent Men.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
FUNTA GOBDA, FLA., Aug. 22.
This morning at 3 o'clock E. E. Wil
liams was shot and killed by E. B.
Polk. Both were prominent men.
Deputy Marshal- Nick Langford at
tempted to arrest Marlon J. Walker,
who was intoxicated ana resisted
arrest. E. E. Williams, who was
I assisting the deputy marshal, struck
Walker with a club, when Polk, who
was with Walker, shot him through
the right breast. Polk was arrested
and locked up in jalL
Deer In Brunswick.
Southport Standard : "Mr. Jas. H.
Thompson killed a fine four snag buck
while out hunting with a party last
week. The deer weighed 140 pounds
net. Deer seem to be very numerous
this season, as Capt T. M. Savage tells
us that he and a party of gentlemen
saw thirteen In 01 day last week In
the vtcinitj of Cti;. T. M. Thompson's
I place."
I BUI Filed to Annul Contract for Building
Near Johnson City.
' By Teleiroh to Ue Morning Star.
Chattahooga, Tenn., Aug. 22.
In the United States Circuit Court to
day the National Home for disabled
soldiers filed a bill against J. u. r ar
I rlsh, a contractor, seeking to annul
I his contract Ifor building the hos-
pltal group of buuaings at me moun
tain Branch, near Johnson City, Tenn.
The bill also seeks to enjoin Parrlsh
! from disregarding the notice of annul
ment, which was served August 15th.
Tha r round of annulment alleged
is that he failed to prosecute the work
diligently. Judge Clark issued a re
straining order and set the hearing for
September 14th.
Gerald You remember that
you bet me a Has on the election?
Geraldine Yes, but I understand
that an official count will bo requir
ed to decide the result. - Gerald
Well, IH pay the bet now, and If it
turns out later that I have won you
can pay me back. Brooklyn Life.