$Jx Wicclxhi bxv. rUBUSHXD AT 3 WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. ALARMED AT SITUATION. I 888888838888888SS " 8888SS88SSS8S8SSS SS8SSS8888S8888SS ,qiooW 9 saSSS55SSSSSRSSS " 888SSS8S888888888 82S88SS82S2888SS3 888888SS8S8888S8S 82888882888888888 S888SSS88SS883S88 - a w 5 u 8 11 s i : j :iti:; cr M I sicred at th Post Offica at Wilmtgtoa, N.C, ai Second Clan Maner.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 1 ht iubtcriptlon prlca ol tha Weekly Btar It ai Sinrla Com 1 roar, poataga paid 81 00 . oatha " " 00 " I month " 80 LORD SALISBURY'S EARLY STRTJ0QLI8. The death of Lord Salisbury has brought oat some very interesting facta in connection with the states man' early career. We are apt to think of a British nobleman of his position as a favorite of fortnne to whom everything is given by tho more accident of birth and to whom nothing comes as a result of long and persistent effort. And yet Lord Salisbury's early career was as arduous a struggle as that of an American who rises by his own ef forts from the bottom to the top. H e read that he was driven from home by an unsympathetic father because he married tho woman he loved, and being a younger son, he was compelled to earn his own living. He and . his wife, the daughter of a nobleman with out fortune, were at first compell ed to live like humble laboring peo ple. They occupied few rooms, roJo in third-class railway carriages, and practiced rigid economy. Both wrote for newspapers and maga zines. The future statesman and inheritor of a proud title served as a newspaper worker in England and aa a gold digger in Australia. Later he won recognition as a scientist and was elected to a seat in parlia ment as a result of his own effort and ability before the death of his brother made him Viscount Cran- borne and heir to the high titles and vast estates of tho Marqulsate of Salisbury. It is stated that personally Lord Salisbury was painfully shy, and that at his club or in a large party he underwent the "tormentB of the lout." Possibly this was one result of liis early experiences, but we may be sure that those early experiences left a residuum of strength, cour age and force of character that served him throughout life. We wonder if it would not be found upon inquiry that tho strongest members of the Ilouse of Lords were, like Lord Salisbury, younger sons who at one period in their lives were compelled to develop their talents by a struggle against adver sity. Macon Telegraph. THE STEEL TRUST'S STRENGTH. In both financial and industrial circles great interest is felt in the teata of the strength of the United States Steel 1 orporation which are -believed to bo near. Tho reason so much is being said about the affairs of this great trust, the greatest in the world, is that so many people are the owners of the trust's shares. It has been stated that there are as many as CO, 000 people who hold them. One test is the competition with the Erupp works at Essen, Germa ny, for contracts in many parts of the world. It is claimed that re cently this concerns which is a very large one, having many mil lions of capital invested in it, has been successful In getting con tracts for which the United States Steel Corporation was a bidder. If this is the case it means that the steel corporation will have to lower its prices in order to get the busi ness it seeks in other countries. At the head of the Erumpp establish ment is a man who, it is said, was -trained in the Carnegie mills. He has been shrewd enough to secure the services of some of the best men who were trained under Carnegie. Ho has done this by paying them salaries very much greater than they were receiving from the steel corporation. It is stated that in somo instances he doubled the salaries they were getting. What he desired was the methods that made Mr. Carnegie so successful. - The other test is the indication that there is going to be a falling oil in the demand for steel products. It is believed by those who pretend to be competent to judge of such matters that within twelve months there will be a noticeable decline in the demand. This opinion that there will be a decline in the de--mand is based no doubt upon the remarkable liquidation that has been going on in Wall street, and which of course reaches further than that street. People will feel that . they VOL. XXXIV. are not so rich and hence the ten dency to erect new buildings and to build railroads and to do other things requiring steel products will not be so great. But after all this thought may be thrown out by those in the steel corporation's manage- mentwho have always contended, and still contend, that no dividend should be paid on Its common stock until it is clearly demonstrated that the corporation is able to stand the test of hard times. Savannah News. The Charlotte Chronicle reminds us of the fact that Dewey, the bank wrecker, delivered a set speech at the late convention of bankers at Wrightsville Beach, delivering what was classed as a fine effort on "Bank Wrecking." The Chronicle adds: Paradoxical as it may seem, Mr. Dewey spoke of wrecking banks and told his brother bankers how wreckers might be detected and thieving prevented. He evidently failed to instill these ideas into the minds of the officers of his bank. Prof. Hie Haec Hoc, 'principal of our colored academy, yesterday tele graphed Booker Washington as fol lows: "Please send me the rabbit foot you worked on the Hamlet hotel by means of which yon .and other negroes sat at the - first table while the white folks had to wait. Send it quick as I am going to Hamlet very soon." Ho is anxious ly waiting an answer. Meantime he is practicing eating soup with a fork. Rhamkatte Roaster. Mrs. Henry Klassen, a very poor woman living in Calhoun, Neb., re ceived news this week through some Wheeling, W. Ya., attorneys that half a million dollars had been left to her by a millionaire relative who had just died in the latter city. A diligent search had been made for her, and when found she appeared in a blue gingham apron, bare armB and bare footed. Who knows the joys of that woman's heart? ' A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier relates that at least a dozen negro cooks have re cently left Blackville, S. C, for different points in the North. Well, let them go. Like many- others, they will be glad enough to get back where cotton, corn and sweet pota toes grow. The Durham Sun says: "Greens boro now holds the distinction of having a Jim Crow court house. The new court room has a gallery exclusively for colored people and Joe Reece says they fill it and sweat. Bishop Morrison, Methodist, of Louisville, Ky., defends lynching. He says: "When negroes quit crim inal assaults we will quit lynching, and not before." , The bishop wants negroes exported. Sir Thomas has probably come to the conclusion by this time that the American cup is stationary. Thomas Jefferson Cleveland is "his name, and not Groyer, Jr. LOCAL DOTS. Wm. McD. Evans, Esq., has been appointed a notary public by Gov. A j cock. Mr. W. B. Cooper returned to the city yesterday after spending three weeks with his family at Lincolnton and other points in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Messrs. J. G. Wright & Son, have asked for permission to construct two single-story, frame dwellings for renting purposes on east side of Sixth, between Wooster and Dawson streets'. The September term of Cum berland Superior Court for the trial of criminal caies convened last Monday, Judge H. R. Bryan presiding, and So licitor Lyon representing the Slate. A stone was thrown into a street car at Fourth and Swann streets late Saturday night. Fortunately there were no passengers on the car. The conductor and motorman stopped and made an unsuccessful effort to learn the identity of the miscreant. While members of the family were away attending the funeral of their mother, the residence of Mr. W. N. Huhn, 423 Bouth Fourth street, was entered and rifled by sneak thieves Wednesday morning. Sev eral amounts of money, jewelry, etc., were taken. The steamer "A. J. Johnson," which arrived Saturday from New- kirk's Bridge, and cleared in the after noon for Mill Creek, on Black river. has recently undergone a general overhauling and repainting at Point Caswell. The work was done by Sherman Bros., and the steamer is now in excellent shape for the freight and passenger service. Barfsw Msnufacturlof Co. A. charter has been received for the Burgaw Manufacturing Company general lumber dealers, manufactu rers of crates, buggies, wagons, carts. etc. The capital is $100,000 authorized and 117,500 subscribed. The tncor porators are J. A. Rowe, I. P. John son, R. H. Johnson, H. G. Bowen, R. T. Murray, J. T. Bland, R. J. Walker, W. D. Oroom and others. COTTON YEAR'S CLOSE Receipts for 1902-03 Will Be the Heaviest in the History of the Port of Wilmington. SEASON A RECORD BREAKER. Rash if New Crop at Prevailing Hib Prices Will Begin Early In Septem berNew Crop Staple is Slow Cominf In Comparison. Last Monday marked the closing of the cotton season of 1902-1903 and the opening or the season of 1903-1904. The past crop year has been distin guished by the heaviest receipts in the history of the port by nearly 40,000 bales, a fact which speaks well for Wilmington's enterprising firm of ex porters, Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Bon, who are conceded to be the largest Individual exporting ' firm - on the South Atlantic seaboard. The receipt! for the crop year will be approximately 329,300 bales against 284,773 bales for the year previous. Many had hoped that the figures would reach 350,000 bales and theyjprobably would have, but for the lateness of Jbe present sea son, which is at least two weeks behind last year. Only one bale of new crop cotton has thus far been received, while 8ept. 1st last year, several thousand had come Into sight. The first steamer arrived last year for a foreign cargo as early as Aug. 21st and another came on the 29tb, while this year, from present indications, it will be at least ten days before one of, the big tramps will be swallowing up the fleecy staple by the thousands of bales at the compresses of Messrs. Sprunt & Son. Last year the first bale of new crop cotton was received Aug. 16th from Mr. A. J. McKlnnon, of Maxton, and the first In 1901 was re ceived on Aug. Slat from Clio, S. O. While the present season Is not far be hind that of 1901, it is not nearly so forward as that of 1903. Few reasons have opened, within the memory of local factors, when there was so little new cotton on the market and so little old stock stored n the warehouses. There la a doubt f there are 500 bales of old cotton In warehouses in the entire South, a con dition unknown heretofore. This year has seen the sale of several seasons crops which were held by planters able to hold, and the high price has brought out all the old stock. The weather for the past week, and at present, has been ideal for the har vesting of the crop, and reports from the territory contiguous to Wilming ton, where the crop is matured, indi cate that the movement will com mence several days earlier than was expected two weeks ago. This week the small army of cotton buyers whom Messrs. Sprunt & Bon always have in the field will begin to take their stations and from now until after next Christmas the n big Champion and Wilmington compresses, both af which are operated by Messrs. Sprunt & Son, will be the busiest section of Wilmington. The receipts of cotton at the port of Wilmington for the past 14 years have been as follows: Years. Receipts. 1889-90 134,916 1890- 91 189,325 1891- 92 161,510 1892- 93 160,098 1893- 94 189,840 1894- 95 234,621 1895- 96 176,440 1896- 97 234,664 1897- 98 232,273 1898- 99 291,865 1899- 00 282,860 1900- 01 258,661 1901- 02 284,772 1902- 03 282,270 Approximately. It is safely predicted that within less than three weeks the greatest move ment of cotton for export ever known, will be witnessed throughout the Bouth, and the railroads are making preparations to handle the staple that will be rushed to the markets as soon as it is out of the hands of the ginners. This rush will be due to the fact that farmers are being advised to sell as fast as they can ge$ the product from the fields, taking advantage of the prevail ing high prices. They are exerting every effort to get their crops on the market before the slump which may follow the rush of early cotton. CHILD DRABK KEROSENE OIL. Died Three Honrs Later After Series of Terrible Convulsions. From convulsions following the drinking of a Quantity of kerosene oil. George White, the five-year old son of Albert White, colored, 908 North Sec ond street, died in terrible agony Fri day afternoon. While the mother was about her household duties the child was playing on the floor and found a can of oil. He turned the vessel to his mouth and was drinking, strange to say.as if enjoying the draught, when the mother hastened to him and took the can away. The child almost 1m mediately went into convulsions and died three hours lator. Dr. J. H. AI ston, the colored physician, was hasti ly summoned but nothing could be done to check the convulsions from which the boy soon died. Child Ran Over by Wagon. The little 5-year-old daughter of Mr. Louis Bandlin, while playing in the street near her fathers residence, Fourth and Queen streets, was run over by a delivery wagon of the Inde pendent Ice Co. Saturday evening about 6:30 o'clock and severely in jured. Dr. Zachary attended the child and found that while the Injuries are very painful they are not necessarily dangerous. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, QUASI PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. ax Values Being Certified by Commission. Ooldsboro Company Chartered. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. a, Aug. 28. The Cor poration Commission is to-day certify ing to the various towns in the State the aggregates of tax valuation on railroad, streetcar, light and power, and other corporations, as recently issued by-the Commission so that municipal taxes may be estimated therein. In these classes of property, Charlotte leads with $158,378. Others notable come along in the following order: Durham $138,956, Greensboro $134,671, Wilmington $133,299, Fay ettevill $106,498, Raleigh $61,800. - me secretary or state charters the ark Highland Co. of Goldsboro. Senator Simmons, Congressman B. w. jfou. and W. T. Dortch. are the principal incorporators. The capital s a 60,000 authorized and 120.000 sub scribed. SNATCHED LADY'S PURSE. , V Outrageous Act of Negro at Second and Princess Street Lsst Night. A most aggravated case of purse- snatching occurred Saturday night at 9:39 o'clock at the southwest corner of Second and Princess streets. Mrs. J. W. Millis, widow of the late J. W. Miilit, who was jailor of the county for some time, was walking up Prin cess street with Miss Mary Vaughan. They had just passed Mills' stables and were about to cross Second street, when a negro youth apparently 16 or 17 years of age, jumped out of the darkness and snatched Mrs. Millis' purse, breaking the chain on her wrist. Mrs. Millis cried out and several young men In the vieinity gave chase to the negro, after he had gained considerable headway toward Market street. Reaching Market street, the negro ran up to Third and "to Dock street and then dashed into the yard of Gapt Donald MacRae's residence, hat was the last seen of him. Mrs. Millis' purse contained some thing over $18 and naturally she was distressed over the loss of it. She re ported the matter to the police station but as yet no definite clue to the thief has been obtained. DEATH OF A Q00D WOMAN. Mother of Mr. Qeo. W. Cbesnnt, of Wil mington, Died la Sampson Gonnty. A telegram received in the city yes terday morning announced the death of Mrs. Charles Chesnut, at her home near Taylor's Bridge, Sampson county, on Thursday night. Mrs. Chesnut was n the 75th year of her age and had been in feeble health for some time. While her death was not entirely un expected, it came as a sad blow to the family and hundreds of friends throughout the community in which she lived so long. She was a woman of splendid Christian character and was known far and wide for her hos piulity and deeds of kindness. Among those left to survive her death are Mr. Geo. W. Chesnut, of the firm of Chesnut & Barrentine, this city, and Mr. J. B. Chesnut, one of the eading naval store dealers of Savan- jiab, Ga, RAT CAUSED LOSS OF FINGER. Blood Poisoning Set In from Bite of Pesky Rodent Necessitating Amputation. As the result of a bite by a rat, Mr. Sim Langston, 916 North Fourth street, an employe of the Atlantic Coast Line shops, yesterday had to suffer the amputation of the middle finger of one of his hands. . While re moving a pile of lumber on the rail road yards about a week age, a rat was discovered running along a stick of the timber. Mr. Langston took hold of him and was bitten near the base of the finger. Blood poisoning set in and Mr. Langston went to the James Walker Memorial Hospital where the operation, removing the digit, was performed. Inssne Asylum Crowded. Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court Chas. C. Loughlin yesterday received a letter from Dr. James McKee, super lntendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh, regretting his Inability te receive into the Institution Mrs. Virginia O'Brien, whose sad case was referred to in these columns last week. Dr. McKee says it is impossible to receive the patient owing to the crowded condition of the female de partment of the hospital. However, he writes, that the application will go on file and abide its time. Suit Prom Rowan County. Suit has been entered in New Han over Sunerior Court by E. T. Burriss, guardian of Jesse Burriss against the Linns Mills Company, of Rowan county, asking for $2,000 alleged damages. The complaint will set forth that the Linn Mills Co. installed im nerfect machinery and the living off of a belt caused by the imperfection broke the plaintiff's arm and crippled him for life. Messrs. A. J. Marshal and Bellamy & Bellamy have been employed as counsel for the plaintiff. The case will probably be set for the October term of court Mr. James M. Hall to Wed. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Whltaker an nounce the forthcoming marriage of their niece, Miss Ethel Pierce Sebrell, to Mr. James Malcolm Hall, of this city, on Thursday ovening, Sept. 10th 1009 ml" - 5V- 4t thnlv hnniD In Kll' field, "V Hall in a popular youn ydgglst of this city who has hund or frienda who will be Inter ested In the announcement that he is soon to become a benedict. SPIRITS! TURPENTINE. A 70 pound watermelon, raised by Mr. William Kester. is on exhi bition in Salisnry, says the Sun.q Lnmberton Araus: Mr. J. S. McBae, of Maxton, we hear, made over $1,600 on 9 acres of canto- onpes. Danbury Reporter: A water spout did $400 damage In the neigh borhood of Dennis Wednesday night. Bridges, etc., were washed away; also a brandy distillery, -with au Dusneis ox apples ana pommies. t Monroe Journal: "De day uv corn licker and pistol totln' is done past in dls country," said a darkey wno neara Judge Cook's charge to the grand jury, "I'se done been up an' herd de judge read out de 'pint- ments. The fiastonla Qautie savs the water in Davis mill pond was let off a few days ago and 278 lbs of fish were taken thereform. Of these, 25 were carp which weighed 177 pounds six of the biggest weighing o pounds each. The Atlantic Coast Line Bail- road Co. paid into the State Treas ury last Thursday $59,942.20, the amount of their State and pension taxes under the new tax valuation by the corporation commission. The Coast Line is the second road to pay taxes for this year. Winston Republican: Major T. . Emry has the finest field of corn in the Weldon, N. C, section on the Norwood farm. He has 550 acres which will make between 4,C00 and 5,000 barrels of corn. He also has a large cotton and peanut crop and if no freshet interferes his crop is estimated to be worth $50,000. The Carthage Blade says 'Squire A. J. Lawhon has found a frog that eats chickens. He says that one morning recently at his house a frog was seen to catch and swallow a chicken, and that the frog was cnt open with a hoe soon afterwards and the chicken was found within. Morganton Herald: Sam Lail. of Icard township, met with a horri ble death last Saturday. It is said that he was drinking heavily and while riding on the running gears of his wagon fell into one of the wheels and his head became fastened be tween two spokes. He was dragged or some distance and when found was dead. Charlotte Observer-. John F. Flack, colored, of Darlington, was in town yesterday. He informed the Observer correspondent that he was still in possession of his calf, which was born abont six months ago without tail or eyes, and that it was now for sale. He says it is healthy as any calf and eats all he gives it. A somewhat singular state of affars has arisen at Marshall, where Jndge Jones is holding court. A prisoner contracted a contageous disease and as a consequence the jail has been quarantined. It will be necessary to adjourn conrt in a day or so, as only the bond cases can be reached. Among the important cases that must go over are two in which the defendants are charged with murder, for. in the language of a court officer, it is impossible to mete out justice to men who are shielded by quarantine regulation. Durham special to the Raleigh Pest: Near thin city Will Stray horn, a white boy, is at death's door as a result of a moaquito sting. The insect stung him on the little finger last Saturday and a few days ago blood poison set in. It was decided that the amputation of his arm was necessary, but In the meantime the patient became so 111 that the operation could not be performed. His friends and the physicians who are attending him have little hope of saving his life. Fayetteville special to (Raleigh News and Observer: Alex. Rig gins, a young negro, 19 years old was fatally injured at the Ashley Bailey Silk Mill this morning at 7 o'clock, and died three hours later. The accident occurred in mill No. 2, on the third floor, where Biggins worked as a loom fixer, shortly alter work began. Biggins was In the tower on the third floor oiling tne machinery, when he was caught in the shafting, and, before tne machi nery conld be stopped, ne was whirled around until ne was norriDiy mangled. . Greensboro Telegram: There s a man with a tender heart keeping store near the First Presbyterian church. Night before last he could not go to sleep for thinking of the pitiful condition of some chickens which he left in his store, ne got nn at 12 o'clock and went to the re lief of those chickens. He opened his back door and pulled the coops out into the fresh air. He refreshed the chickens with water as well as air. As he had twenty or thirty stolen a short while before he didn't think it safe to leave the chickens alone, no he sat nn with them. Yes terday morning he bought material and made ta large enclosure big enough to hold all his chickens and give them plenty of room, and also proof against chicken tmevea. A Raleigh dispatch says: A verv singular accident, and one which narrowly missed being fatal, occurred yesterday afternoon in Swift creek township, near this city. A preacher rode up to the house of Mr. George Ford and left his horse unhitched in the yard. The horse went to the well, one of the kind haying two buckets and a Dullev. Un the edge ol tne curD was a bucket full of water. This the horse shoved back into the well. Mrs. Ford was standing near the well and as the bucket fell sprang forward and seized the chain, to stoD the bucket. In a second she was drawn headforemost into the woll, which is 25 feet deep and in which there is 10 feetol water, xne walls being of rough stone, her hus band and the nreacher hurried to her rescue. She was conscious and when they let some lines down to her, seized them and was drawn up. Her head was cut and bruised by the stones. 1903. THE TROUBLES IN MACEDONIA. Insurrection Spreading and the Situation Growing Worse With Each Day. MORE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. The Turkish Government Notified Tbst It Will be Held to Strict Account' ability for Lawless Acts To wards American Citizens. By Cable to the Horniog Star. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 29. The DnevniJe publishes - a report that one section of the town of Adrianople Is in ashes aod that three other sections aro burning. The Inhabitants are panic stricken and the authorities have lost all control. The Turks are committing wholesale massacres. An unsuccessful attempt was made, the Dnevnik'a ad vices add, to blow up the west-bound Orient express between Usunkistri and Tchernkeskia. Only the- locomotive, however, was derailed. A telegram from Leron says the railroad station at Ekshi was blown up, a number of offi -cials being killed; the rails were torn up for a distance of 150 metres. The Insurgents have blown up the light-bouse at Vasiliko, and now occu py all the principal points along the Black Bea coast. The birracks at De- metiks. near Adrianople. have been blown up and the garrison killed, Four mouaana m Damans are puiaging me villages in the districts or Ukrlda and Krushevo. The latter district has been deserted by the population, who have joined the insurgents in the moun tains. The Turkish forces In the fron tier districts have been largely in creased. Reports from Constantinople say the seven hundred medical and veterinary students and army cadets have been given their diplomas and commissions without having passed the usual ex aminations and have been drafted into the Third army corps. To Protect Americans. Washington, Aug. 29. The State Department to day received a cable gram from Minister Leishman in which he stated that advices from the American consuls at Harpoot and Beirut were to the effect that while the Americans in those places are in dan ger of suffering "from an uprising at any time the situation was not at the time of sending the dispatches as grave as earlier reports would Indicate. Mr. Leishman has been instructed to no tify, the Turkish government tbat it must keep the peace and that it will be held to a strict accountability fcr any lawless acts toward American citizens. The Navy Department has received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Cot ton, saving that the Brooklyn and Ban Francisco will sail from Genoa for Beirut Sunday. They have been delayed by coaling. The order for them to proceed to Beirut has not been changed. Acting Secretary Darling to-day sent a cablegram to Hear Admiral Uotton, informing him that Vice Consul Mag- elssen had not been killed but had been fired upon. This was done to an prise the commanding officer of the squadron of the true situation at Beirut. The comer Alexander to-day was reported, at Malta on her way to Manila with coal for tne Asiatic sta tion. She will next report at Said, and if the exigency is then necessary she will be held to supply tne cruisers of the European squadron with coal. Conditions Unsafe. Secretary of State Hay returned to his desk in the State Department to day. Mr. Hay said that while upris ings in the Turkish dominions were more or less chronic, the present state of affairs assumes the proportions of an Insurrection of considerable mag nitude. He would not disclose the text of the cablegram received last night from Minister Leishman, .but said that the minister's advices were that the erroneous report of the assas slnation of Mr. Magelssen was due to the use of the wrong code number and not to any error In translation. The information given in the cable gram was that the governor called at the consulate and offered prompt ac tion and would make every effort to find out and punish the would-be as sassin. Mr. Leishman further advised the secretary teat several of the con sulates have reported to their govern ments that the condition of the city of Beirut at the present moment is un safe. Minister Lelshman's Report. Oyster Bay, N. Y.i August 29. It developed to-day tbat the cable gram from Minister Leishman, at Constantinople, transmitted late last nieht to President Roosevelt, con tained, in addition to a statement ot the incorrectness of the announced as sassination of Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut, an Important report upon the situation in the uttoman empire, Minister Leishman takes a serious view of the condition of affairs in Turkey. Practically the entire dominion of the Sultan Is in a state of unrest and in some parts the existing turbulence is eaulvalent to Insurrection. Minister Leishman apprehends seri ous trouble and indicates his belief tbat American Interests and American lives are in peril on account of the fa naticism of the Mussulman population. The minister's report confirmed in formation received by President Roose velt and Secretary Hay from unofficial sources. For these reasons it was de cided by the President that Admiral Cotton's sauadron should proceed to Turkish waters in accordance with his original orders, notwithstanding the inaccuracy of the report of the assault on Consul Magelssen. in any event that was regarded by this government onlv as an incident. The fact that the assault upon the consul was not at tended by a fatal result simply modi fies the action of the United States by removing one serious phase of a situa' tion that otherwise may become in tolerable very soon. It has not. been decided definitely whether or not Admiral Cotton's squadron will rendezvous at Beirut as originally ordered. The destina tion of the vessels will be determined by the developments of the Turkish situation. The V. S. Warships. I4n-a. Italy. Aug. 29. The U. 8. minWt iMiAhiaa left here to-dav hnnnd tnr TUifrat. She wta sainted by the Italian warships whose crews wished her good luck. The Brooklyn and San Francisco arrived to-day and are oeing miiy equipped to leave here Sunday morn ing. NO. 45 POWERS FOUND GUILTY AND PUNISHMENT DEATH. Third Trial of the Ei-Secretary of State for Complicity In the Murder of Gov. William Qoebel, of Kentucky. . tij Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 29. The third trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers for complicity in the murder of Governor William Qoebel, in January, 1900, closed shortly be fore noon to-day with a verdict im toting the extreme penalty of hang ing for the distinguished prisoner who has been in the penitentiary for three years on life sentence. The verdict of the jury, "guilty and the punishment of death," was reported into court at 11:20 to-day. Several hundred per sons crowded the court room when the verdict was read and the most intense silence prevailed. The jury was poll ed and each man declared the verdict of guilty to be his finding. Powers sal unmoved while his attorneys ask ed for time to make a motion for a new trial. A rthur Qoebel, the brother of the victim, and prominent merchant at Cincinnati, who has spent his time and fortune for over three years in the prosecution of those accused of being in a conspiracy to kill his brother, broke down from the strain upon hearing the verdict. Powers has been convicted twice before, this being the third trial In which the jury brought in verdict of guilty against him. On bis previous trials, be escaped with a sentence of life imprisonment. as the evidence was not sumciently strong against him to lead the jury to infllctlthe extreme penalty. All three of the trials were held at Georgetown and In each of them he had the assis tance of the most able lawyers who could be procured. The last trial was distinguished by the fact that Powers addressed the jury in his own behalf and in a long review of the case showed himself to be a very competent attorney, while his eloquence in pleading for his life as tounded those who had watched blm carefully in the past trials of the case. Powers had nothing to say regard ing the verdict except to express his surprise that such a result could be reached from the evidence presented and to announce that he would take an anneal and continue the case to the last resort. When Powers secured his former new trials a majority of those on the appellate court were Re- Eublicans, but it Is now composed of lemocratic judges. The former trial of Powers were before Judge James EL Oantrillof this city, but he was barred from sitting this time and Gov ernor Bsckham appointed Judge Rob- bins. Special Judge Robbins this after noon formally overruled a motion for the granting of a new trial to Powers. He. then passed the sentence of death upon him. After a declaration of the prisoner: "I am not guilty. Judge," the court fixed November 25th next as the day for the execution. The at torneys for the defendant secured the granting of an appeal for the case to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and if unsuccessful they may try to get the United States Supreme Court to take it under consideration. Powers was the coolest man in the court room when the verdict was read and the sentence pronounced against him. He was im mediately removed to the Scott coun ty jail to be held there pending the ap peal of his case. A YOUTHFUL POISONER. Thirteen.Year-Old Boy at Norfolk Oave His Slep-Mother Strychnine With Fatal Effect He Confessed. By Telegraph to tho Morning Star. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 29. John H Dey, a 13-year old white boy, has con. fessed that he put strychnine in a glass of water and gave it to his step mother Monday, when she asked him to pre pare a dose of salts for her at break fast Mrs. Dey died an hour after drinking the poison. The boy declares he intended the poison for his step aunt, Miss Marsula Simpson, who had been visiting the Dey house, ills rela tives say he threatened Miss Simpson the day previous, saying if she did not stop living on his i father something would happen to her. Both Mrs. Dey and her sister were in the habit of tak ing salts each morning and the boy in tended the" poison for the litter, but when his step-mother started to drink it, he let her do so, and explains that "it had been In the glass so long he did not think it would hurt." After seeing her drink it he went out and played. The matter has been brought to the attention of Mayor Rlddick by the boy's father and the youthful poisoner may be sent to a reformatory. Mayor Biddick to-night turned young John Dey over to the police authorities and the charge of murder is entered against him. SAWED THEIR WAY OUT. Five Military Prleooers Confined In Case ments at Portress Monroe. By Telegraph to tne Morning BUr. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 28. By saw ing the heavy steel bars that kept them from liberty, swimming a wide moat and darting through Old Point Comfort and Hampton, five long term military prisoners who had been confined in the 'water-battery case ments of Fortress Monroe, last night made their escape, and up to this time have not been recaptured. One of the men was in solitary confinement oc cupying a casement to himself. The other four were together in another casement. Tney sawed their way out, then cut through the rollers on the heavy iron door of the solitary case ment, .which allowed the door to be pushed open far enough for the man to squeeze through. The five then crawled through a window overlook ing the moat, swam across the stretch of water and escaped. Their terms ranged from three years up. Salisbury Sun: The farmers tt Northern Rowan are delighted over the crop prospects this year. I Mr. Henderson A. Fisher, Mr. J. A. Hudson and Mr. W. T. Bost. of the South River neighborhood, de clare that the com is better in their respective neighborhoods than it has been in the past 10 years. In some sections of this county almost all crops have been a failure, but such cases are the exception and not a i rule. Hastenlnc to Washington for a Conference With Secretary Hay Regardiaf Dis patch of Wsrshlps to Turkey. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. r Bayville, L.I., Aug. 29. Alarmed at the critical condition of American Turkish relations, Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister to the United Stater, is hastening to Washington for a con ference with Secretary Hay. The min ister hurriedly left his Summer lega tion here to-night for Washington, and because of the gravity of the situ ation it is the minister's Intention to ask Secretary Hay to forego the custo mary formalities and receive him Im mediately. The conference will prob ably occur at Mr. Hay's house to morrow afternoon. Dispatch of the American warships to Turkish waters Is a source of great anxiety to the minister. Although confident himself that the Washington government's intention in the action was to protect American citizens, he fears it may have the opposite effect, and render more difficult the efforts of ' the Ottoman government to afford pro tection to foreigners. The appearance of the European squadron off Beirut will, It Is pointed out, be taken by the revolutionist! as evidence of the Washington government's sympathy with their cause and thus arouse them to renewed atrocities. Until he receives instructions from Constantinople Chekib Bey will not request the Washington government to withdraw the squadron, but he will call Secretary Hay's attention to the delicate situation in Turkey, hoping that the State Department may do something to relieve the embarrass ment cf the Porte. No word has reached the min ister of the attack jyn the American deputy consul at Beirut, and he has been without official advices concern ing events in Tuskey for more than a week. He hopes to find instructions in Washington, upon which will de pend largely the scope of his confer ence with Secretary Hay. There is a possibility that the Washington gov ernment may be of service to the Sul tan in solving his international diffi culties, and it is this as well as the local troubles at Beirut which is call ing Chekib Bey to Washington. When the Associated Press repre sentative called at the. modest little cottage at Bayville to-day where the minister has established Bummer head quarters, the diplomat had just read in the morning papers of the mistake In Minister Leishman's message, and was evidently greatly relieved. He talked freely of the present situation and did not conceal the fact that he thought the outlook bad. "Have you any idea what motive inspired the attack on Mr. Magelssen t" Oheblk Bey was asked, lb "Despite the reports to the contrary," he replied, "and the efforts of the Eu ropean powers to have it otherwise, I believe the affair was without political significance and that the attack was made by a personal enemy of your vice consul. The unfortunate part of it is, however, that coming at this time, the revolutionists will attempt to profit by the occurrence and it is this which renders the situation grave." "Do you think your government re alizes the seriousness of purpose with which the squadron goes to Beirut!" My government would be unwilling to believe that any but the bast rela tions exist between it and the United States Of course the worst may come and relations be broken off, but I do not think so. I am hoping all the other way." "You ask me about the massacres in Turkey. These unfortunately occur.. But do they not occur in Christian landst No one would be so foolish as to hold your government responsible every time a negro is lynched. Your government deplores these outrages, but it cannot always prevent them. So does Turkey deplore the massacres and we are doing all In our power to pre vent them. Chekib Bey said the Sultan had ac ceded to the American demands and would carry out his promises. He re ferred to the missionary question and said: " vVe have allowed the missionaries great liberties and with what resultt I am advised that certain missionaries when they go to Turkey are constant ly arousing the Armenians against the Moslems. They even talk to the Ar menians about exterminating us. Is not that inciting the Armenian subjects to rebellion?" "Suppose I should establish in Washington a school for negroes, and my teachers should tell the negroes attending tbat school that they ought not to submit to lynching and should rebel. Do you think I would remain in this country long or that my school would flourish t This ts a side of the question that is not often heard. But we have the missionaries and my gov ernment earnestly strives to protect them. It is merely justice, however, that when the missionary comes to Turkey he should confine himself to the religious and intellectual training of his pupils, and not endeavor to make them dissatisfied with their pres ent form of government I am sure you oannot expect us to encourage the undermining of our government SIX'MASTED SGHO0NER. The First Ever BnlltWsi Successfully Launched at Quincy, Mass. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Quinoy, Mass., Aug. 29. Wm. L. Douglass, the first steel, six-masted schooner ever built, was successfully launched to-day from the yards of the Fore River Ship and Engine Compa ny. The launching was witnessed by thousands. The Douglas is 806 feet on the water line and has a displacement equal to 7.700 tons. Bhe was de signed by o. a. urowninsmeid. tier six masts and the bowsprit are all of steel, only the top-masts being of wood, and she will carry 86,000 square feet of canvas. The vessel was built for coastwise transportation and will be engage in the coal carrying trade. IS A TOTAL LOSS. , Barqnentlne Jas. H. Hamlea Ashore Near Caps Lookout, N. 6. By Telegraph to tho Morning Star. Noefolk, Va., Aug. 29. The Amer ican barqnentlne Jas. H. Hamlen, of Portland, Me., which went ashore on Diamond shoals, near Cape Lookout N. O., last night is a total loss. The Merritt & Chapman's wrecking tug Rescue will endeavor to save a por tion of the cargo of lumber. The crew were saved by the life savers. The Hamlen was bound from Jack sonville to New York, and cleared from the Florida port August 20th. The wrecked Jarquentine was built in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, In 1889. She - was 672 gross and ovi nei kuuhw, and her dimensions were, length 154.6, breadth 83.2 and depth 9.8 feet. "Wouldn't this jar youl" said the neach to the plum, as they were toted into the preserve factory. Pittsburg Dispatch. . 7

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