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ABSTRUSE TAEIFF PROBLEMS.
The Sun has recorded recently
two instances in which United
States customs collectors have dis
played almost supernatural wisdom
in interpreting the Tariff law of this
glorious Republic. In one case a
showman who imported an elephant
was made to pay a duty of 20 per
cent, in order that an "infant in
dustry" in this country might be
protected from tho pauper herds of
Asia and Africa. In the other1 case
the sages who sit at the receipt of
cnatoms decided that no harm would
bo done to an American interest if
our ports were opened to the admis
sion, free of duty, of mammies from
Egypt. Since these abstruse prob
lems in economics were solved, the
officials who levy tribute on imports
have been called upon to settle an
other brain-racking proposition, to
wit whether American snails
should be protected from the compe
tition of their foreign rivals. It is
a pleasure to note that the decision
of tho customs authorities sustains
their reputation for wisdom of the
grainiest and loftiest character. A
dispatch from Louisville, under date
sf Tuesday, says:
"Wild Anlrn.lt" was the classifica
tion ur.der which a bushel of snails
imported from Italy by a Louisville
fruit dealer had to pay duty in the
Custom Home hero. The snaila came
with a b'g shipment of lemons and
were iii a closed basket
When the customs officials found
th-f were intended for the Louisville
dealer's table, they concluded that
du'y was neceasary, but they were at
a loss under what head to put them.
Th customs rules make no' mention
of snails as food, ornaments, pets, or
foe breed loo; purposes, so the officials
tried snakes, without any success.
- The Louisville man said be was will
ing to pay duty on them ss wild ani
on v, so the customs officlale let them
go iv that. When the bucket waa
or- ned and the sun shone In the snails
qu ily came out of their shells to
tt-ti:rt themselves after a confinement
of ahout a month.
The nation will rejoice to learn
that thero is now no prospect that
tho noble snail industry of the
United States will be imperiled by
the free admission of "wild ani
mals" of this class from Italy and
other conntries in which these sav
age creatures abound. While snails
are not mentioned specifically in
the Diagley act, the statesmen who
framed that law suspected that an
effort would be made to import
. large numbers of these dangerous
beasts with the view of domesticat
ing them and driving our own well
tamed animals of the snail tribe out
of business. So they provided that
when any living creature not desig
nated by its proper name in the
cuatoms law should attempt to
break through the tariff wall it
should be classified as a "wild ani
mal" and taxed heavily for the priv
ilege oftnteriog the United States.
In this way the plot of the Italian
exporters has been frustrated and
American snails are assured ample
protection from a threatened inva
sion. Tho more one studies our
Tariff law the more pronounced be
comes his conviction that the men
i who devised Uncle Sam's protective
system were endowed with phenom
enal intellects. As for the sages who
interpret its inspired provisions,
words fail to do justice to their om
niscience.' Nobody but a customs
expert of colossal intellect would
' ever have thought of classifying a
snail as a "wild animal" and thus
thwarting the wicked designs of the
pauper snail producers of the Old
World. Let all loyal protectionists
rejoice that such gifted men are on
guard and that their vigilance is a
guarantee that no American interest
will suffer while the Dingley act is
in operation. Baltimore Sun.
COLOMBIA'S TERMS STATED-
Of coure, it has been understood
all along that the reason tho Colom
bian Congress refused to ratify the
Hay-IIerran treaty was that it
thought it conld get more money for
tho concessions mado the United
States, and not, as asserted 'by its
opponents, that it contained uncon
stitutional provisions.
The bill pending in the Colombian
Congress authorizing President
Marroquin to negotiate anew treaty,
provides for a cash payment of $20,-
wu,wu lor concessions and an an-
VOL. XXXIV.
nnal rental of 1400 with a premium I
of $400,000, an increase in the pre- I
mium of 25 per cent, at the begin
ning of every term tf 100 years being
provided for.
In other words, the demand made
by the Colombian Congress is for a
sum of money and rental just double
that for which the Hay-Herran
treaty provides
There is no probability, of oonrse,
that .President Marroquin will be
able to negotiate a treaty contain
ing snch 'provisions. There are in
telligent men in the Colombian Con
gress, and they ought to know that
the limitd of the sum which . the
United States are willing to pay for
canal concessions is stated In the
Hay-Herran treaty.
It maybe that Piesident Marro
quin will be given power to exercise
his judgment as to the amount of
money Colombia will-accept for the
concessions. It is a matter of no
consequence whether he will or not,
nnless he is given authority to ac
cept the terms of the Hay-Herran
treaty, because it is practically cer
tain that onr Congress will not
agree to the payment of more money
than that treaty calls for.
The New York Herald wants to
know what the President is waiting
for; why he doesn't proceed with
negotiations for constructing the
canal on the Nicaragua route. Onr
understanding is that the time
which Colombia has for ratifying
the treaty does not expire until
Sept. 22. That being the case, it is
not probable that the President will
take steps for the adoption of the
Nicaragua route until after that
time. Besides, in a matter of snch
importance it is probable that he
prefers to have the advice of the
leading men in Congress, notwith
standing the fact that he has au
thority to negotiate for the Nica
ragua route and to proceed with the
construction of the canal on that
route.
The canal question is one of great
importance to the South. It is be
lieved that the constructing of an
isthmian canal will have the effect
of greatly increasing the prosperity
of the Southern States, particularly
the South Atlanta and Gulf ports.
Savannah News. -
Dr. Depew has written to the Sun
a letter about his alleged expression
of a wish for the battering down
of poor old Beirut. "The incident
has added to the gayety of nations,"
he writes, "and I am quite willing
to be the sacrificial instrument for
such enjoyment. Now, however.
that it is closed, I rise to remark
that I never said anything of tho
kind." "
With cotton selling at lli cents
per pound, eggs at 30 cents per
dozen, hams at 16 to 18 cents per
pound, sweet potatoes . at $1.00 per
bushel, and so on, the farmer has
no right to kick. These being the
prices that prevail in Wilmington.
The Monroe Enquirer is in favor
of applying the lash to young
thieves. It says "one good whip
ping is worth a whole year in a re
formatory." And the Enquirer is
right in making this declaration.
Washington Post: With a record
of 50,000 killed, 150,000 in hiding,
and several hundred villages burned
by the Turks, the Bulgarians are
almost up to the point of losing their
temper and declaring war.
A blacksmith from Knoxville is
conducting a religious meeting in
Cartersville, Ga., and the headline
artist of the Atlanta Journal speaks
of the easy manner in which he can
rivet attention. ,
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky,
is also for the reaffirmation of the
Kansas City and Chicago platforms.
Those platforms are badly decayed,
Senator, and therefore dangerons to
stand upon.
Clark Howell has come out for
Gorman for President. How is Clark
getting along with that vice-presi
dential bee which has been buzzing
of late in the Constitution office?
It is' said that Dunferline, Scot
land, the town to which Andrew
Carnegie has given $2,500 a week,
is embarrassed by its riches and is
at a loss how to spend its Income.
If the country is so prosperous
and happy the Columbia Stale does
not understand why there are so
many strikes and lockouts.
It cost the defenders of the enp
$600,000 to defeat the Shamrock, it
is said.
Fayette vllle's Mall Delivery.
Fayetteviile Observer, 11th: "The
promised inspector having arrived,
work began to-day on the enlarge
ment of the poatoffice building. The
work should be completed within
thirty days. Meanwhile all the other
arrangements to establish the free
city delivery will be made, ao that
the service will promptly begin No
vember 1st. The present building
will be extended twentv-five feet in
depth." .
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n A DfJIYT A I THIC E 1 1 1
LAliu Y Ah 1 111 J FALL
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics Are Debating
the Question.
COMMITTEES BEING NAMED.
Enterprising Lodges Preparing to Give
Elaborate Entertainment of Some
Character and Street Fair Idea
Is Reasonably Popular. '
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A Carnival this Fall I
Once again the voice of the sque
dunck may be heard in the' land and
the battle of confetti may rage with
ita old-time fury along the streets of
Wilmington's carnival town. On yes
terday it was learned that the enter
prising, lodges of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics In this
city were debating strongly In their
councils the question of giving an
other street fair here or something of
a less pretentious nature in the way
of a bazaar or one night entertain
ment of an elaborate and highly
enjoyable character some time in
the near future. The two coun
cils of 'the order in Wilmington
are very strong and their membership
is nothing if not enthusiastic. Borne
time ago they came into much promi
nence by their patriotic action in pre
senting handsome flags with appropri
ate ceremonies' to two of the leading
public schools of the city and those
who had occasion to observe the exer
cises upon that occasion are confident
that the "Juniors" can take care of
Ihemielves handsomely in any other
similar undertaking.
George Washington Council has
taken the initiative in the carnival or
bazaar idea and Friday night appointed
a committee to confer with another to
be appointed this week by Jeff Davis
Council. The joint committee will
hold a conference as soon aa practicable
and decide whether to give a carnival
or bazaar, many deeming the last
named to be perhaps the safest
and almost equally aa profitable.
The committee from George Wash
ington Council is composed of
Dr. J. D. Webster, Dr. M. H.
P. Clark, Messrs. C. L. Spencer and
O. R. Anderson and the one from Jeff
Davia Council will be just aa strong.
Many of the "Juniors" contend that
the present season will be the best yet
for a carnival." The country ia
prosperous aa it never waa before and
a street fair would be sure to attract a
great number of visitors, The Lay ton
Carnival Co. which waa here last sea
son has asked for another date in Wil
mington and Manager W. S. Layton
writes that he has an aggregation of
shows and free acta thia year that will
eclipse anything ever seen at a carni
val in the State. The company opens
the season in a few weeks at Ports,
mouth, Va., and Mr. Layton expresses
a great desire to come here again. If
the terms as to guarantee, etc, are
favorable, it ia learned that the
"Juniors" may close a trade with him.
Of course the ever green subject of
whether a carnival pays or not, will
be sprung by the public, but in the end
the great majority with a little en
couragement, will aay "let 'er come."
Ownership of a Child.
Preston Curtis, colored, of Fayelte
ville, was committed to jail by Con
stable Savage Saturday upon the
charge of having drawn a knife on
Wm. H. Howe, a well known colored
stevedore of thia cltv. It was in de
fault of bond that Curtis went to jail.
The assault occurred on the steamer
"City of Fayetteviile" while ahe waa
tied up at her wharf at foot of CheSnut
street Baturday morning and the
trouble grew out of the care of a child
which yeara ago Ourtla gave to Howe
to raise. The girl recently reached
the age of 13 or 14 yeara and Curtis
came down to fake her home. The
eirl objected to leaving Howe and
when taken away ahe came back to his
house. Curtis, it is said, waa enraged
with Howe on account of a suspicion
that he had encouraged the girl to re
turn to Wilmington. The two .men
met on the boat Saturday where the
disturbance occurred. Curtis will be
given preliminary trial in Justice
Fowler's court Wednesday at noon
when the boat crew will be here again
as witnesses.
Mayor Geo. E. Hood to Wed.
Invitationa reading aa follows were
received bv friends in the city last
night: "Mr. Ernest B. Flowers re
quests the honor of your presence at
the masriage of his sister, Annie, to
Mr. George E. Hood, on Wednesday
evening, September twenty -third.
Nineteen hundred and three, at six
thirty o'clock, Methodist church,
Mount Olive, North Carolina."
Syrian Chased a Negro.
Geo. Jenkins, colored, is locked up
at the police atatlon, charged with the.
larceny of a pair of ahoea from Joan
Simon, a Syrian merchant on South
Front street. The Syrian detected the
theft and chased the negro to Second
and Dawson streets where Policeman
M. A. Jonea arrested him.
Rockingham AnqloSaxon : Dr.
J. H. Williamson, of Wolfe Pit
township, relates 'how, after living
for, welt we won't say how many
years without iignimng roas on
his house, he at last decided to have
some put up. Tbe lightning roa
man hadn't more than got down off
the roof when a storm cane up and
one of the rods was struck. The
doctor is perplexed to- know wheth
er the rods attracted the lightning
or saved his house.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,
PROGRESS OP SOUTHERN PORTS.
Gradual Drift ot Exports to Seats Atlantic
eoast Points WUmugtoa
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says editorially:
"The growing importance of South
ern porta ia strikingly displayed by ex
port figures, these showing a reduc
tion in the value of goods shipped
through North Atlantic cities -and an
increase in those going out from porta
further South. The figures of the
fiscal year just ended, compared with
those of the fiscal year 1901, presented
by the Department of Commerce: and
Labor, show a reduction for Boston of
$66,000,000 in exports ; New York a re
duction of $24,000,000; Baltimore a re
duction of $35,000,000; Newport News
a reduction of $7,000, OOO.and Norfolk a
reduction of nearly $2,000,000. Moving
down the coast toward the South, how
ever, and still comparing the figures
of 1902 with thoae of 1901, Savannah
ahowaan Increase in exportation, of
about 8,000,000 ; -Wilmington, N. O ,
over $3,000,600; Galveston an increase
of $3,000,000; Mobile an increase of
$1,000,000, and New Orleans a decrease
of $3,000,000. These figures indicate
that the products of the South are
aeeklng a more natural and d rect out
let, and with the steady growth of
manufacturing in thia section we
may look for a continuance of the ex
pansion in Southern exports as Indi
cated by the above figures."
BEFORE CORPORATION COMMISSION.
Matter ot Freight Transfer at Proctorville.
Two Companies Chartered.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 1?. Mr. H.
M. Emerson, Traffic Manager, and Mr.
W. N. Boyall,General Superintendent,
of the Atlantic Coast Line, were before
the Corporation Commission to-day in
the matter of freight rates and transfer
of freight at Proctorville, between the
Atlantic Coast Line and the Carolina
and Northern railroad. The questions
were taken under advisement by the
Commission.
The King Drug Company, of Fay
etteville. was chartered to-day, with
$25,000 capital authorized and $12,000
sub cribed by R. B. King, Q. B. Pat
terson, J. F. Arm field and others.
The Hargrove Chemical Company,
of Wilson, is chartered, with $125,000
capital authorized. It will wholesale
and retail drugs, and especially manu
facture Hargrove's Iodoform vapor.
MAJ. CHAS. M. ST ED MAN'S CANDIDACY.
Solicitor Brooks, His Msnsger, Says That
tbe Prospects Are Bright.
' "Mr. Aubrey L. Brooks, of Greens
boro, solicitor of the Fifth District,
and the manager of the Gubernato
rial nomination campaign of Major O.
M. Stedman, who has been in Ra
leigh this week," saya the Raleigh News
and Observer, "speaks most enthusias
tically and confidently of his expecta
tion of seeing Maj. Stedman nomina
ted by the Democracy of North Caro
lina for Governor.
"He saya that Maj. Stedman ia very
much encouraged by the many ex
pressions of support that come to him
from friends in different sections of the
State. Mr. Brooks saya that every
body recognizes Maj. Stedman'a ni
nes for the position, and that hla
kindliness of manner and thorough
courtesy are everywhere recognized.
'His thorough devotion to tbe beat
interests and traditions of the State,'
said Mr. Brooks, 'ought to, and I be
lieve will, make him an accsptable
candidate to the ' Democracy of the
at. to
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
Well Knows Business Man of Niagara Falls,
S. D., Arrested on Serious Charge.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Niagara Falls. S. D.. Sept 12.
Chief of Police Maloney, of this city,
to-nisht made an attempt on tbe life
of W. H. Davey, a well known bus!
ness man, who ia locked up on a
charge of attempted assault on Elsie
Christie. Lizzie Sacht and other little
girls between eight and thirteen years
of age.
It was onlv to-night that Chief Ma
loney learned that an attempt bad been
made bv the man to assault hla own
daughter. Maloney had Davey brought
from hia cell and when hla daughter
Identified him, Maloney drew hla re
volver and endeavored to shoot him
down. A nollce sergeant jumped on
him in the nick of time and disarmed
the chief.
Thia afternoon Judge Horn fixed
Davev'a bail at 5.000. "But I would
advise vou. Davey to waive examina
tion and so atraight to jail," said the
court. "The oolice cannot be respon
slble for your personal safety if you
remain at large. I would not be sur
prised if you were shot by the parents
of some of these children u you con
tlnue to walk the streets."
LANQLEY'S AIRSHIP.
Another Accident Prevented Its Launch
ing Yesterday Afternoon.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. .
Wide Water, Va, Sept 12.-A
launching of the Langley aerodrome
waa prevented this afternoon by an
other accident to the port propeller.
While the motor was balng teated by
Professor Manley with the machine
on the superstructure, the propeller
broke in two. Little damage waa done
to the machine and Professor Manley
escaped injury. The tests were at once
discontinued. Most of the party left
for Washington on the tug Key to
anend Sunday. Next week the work
will bo resumed.
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
Result of a Dispute Between Two Negroes
Over a Bale ot Cotton.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Charleston, Sept 12. Two negroes
named Swinton. living in the same
house at Byrscuse, Darlington, 8. C
had a dispute over a bale of cotton.
The elder of the two cut his brother
with a knife and waa hit In return
with a weight The matter was sup
posed to be eettled. but yeaterday
morning the younger brother drew a.
nfatol. fired five times and killed the
elder brother Instantly. The mur
derer la still at large.
SPIRITS TERPENTINE.
J. E. Arnold, of Long Town,
has sold $600 worth of tan bark,
says the Elkin Times.
The aldermen of Raleigh have
decided that officers of the city must
pay their debts or lose their jobs.
Tarboro Southerner: Nearly
fifty bales of cotton were sold here
yesterday. It 4s evident that the
farmers are selling as rapidly as they
can get the cotton ready.
Raleigh News and Olserver:
Cant. Charles Price, of Salisbury,
will now be able to live on Easy
street. His fees in the Stanly and
Wilkes county bond suits aggregate
the comfortable snm of $35,000.
Charles E. Man gum, of Dan
ville, has sued the Southern Railway
in Raleigh for $20,000 damages, He
was struck by a baggage truck at
the depot there July 4th and perma
nently injured. r
A young man named Lon Ro-
Sers was killed by lightning at his
ome, ten miles east of Greensboro,
Wednesday night. He was sitting
in front of the fireplace when light
ning struck the chimney, tearing it
to pieces and killing him instantly.
A serious accident occurred
yesterday morning at the mill of the
Buchanan Lumber Company on the
Tnckasee river. The mill boiler ex
ploded and two men were instantly
killed. Part of the mill building
was also demolished. The names of
the men ceuld not be learned.
Miss Nannie Newsome, the
young Kowan woman wno severely
flogged Rick Roseman a few days
ago, submitted before a magistrate
in Salisbury Wednesday ana paid
the costs in the case, saying, how
ever, that she "didn't half get sat
isfaction." George Warford, a white man,
has been arrested and jailed at
Lexington, charged with attempting
to wreck a local passenger train.
Information given by a boy named
Crotts, who claimed that Warford
forced him to assist in placing rocks
on the track, led to Warford's ar
rest. Louisburg special : It is now
said that Ben Mitchell, the negro
poisoner shot by Jailor High to pre
vent his escaping, will recover. The
bloodhounds could not strike tne
trail of the two prisoners who es
caped, and they are still at large.
But for Will Duke and Irvin King,
two Federal prisoners, who went to
Jailor High s assistance, tne jai
might have been seriously hurt.
Burlington News: Mr. O. W.
Bright, of New York city, gave a
watermelon feast at his hunting
lodge near Whitsettlast week. A
prize of $20 was offered to the man
who conld eat tbe most watermelon
and a second prize of $10 for the
second best. The former was won
by Mr. W. H. Holton, who ate four
large ones the latter was won by
Mr. J. Waltz, who ate three ana
started on the fourth. About a
hundred people attended and a gen
eral good time was enjoyed. We
understand the doctors were having
a busy day soon after.
A Newborn special says: Ex-
Policeman Breckenndge Dixon,
commonly known as "Breck" Dixon,
. 11 ? J. XT "XT' ? IVif. .fAV.
leu into tll xiuuao iiiei tuu axuex-
noon and was drowned. He was on
the tng Mattamuskeet, of which he
was captain, ana passengers on tne
Bteamer Ocracoke, which was pass
ing at the time, say that Dixon
simply walked out or. Ms cabin ana
directly overboara. ms crew wenti,
to the rescue, but before they conld
reach him he had sunk for the third
time. It is probable that the waves
from the Ocracoke prevented him
from swimming until the crew
reached him. He leaves a wife and
four children.
A special from Greensboro
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Bay a: Mr. J. u. uiemmons, it n
always been claimed by his friends,
was the discoverer 01 teiegrapny,
and communicated his discovery to
Morse, who perfected the principle
and claimed it as his own, Mr.
Clemmons was reared in Lexington,
Davidson county, and it was gen
erally supposed that he was dead
long ago. Yesterday Mr. W. A.
Watson, of this city, received a long
and interesting letter from xnr.
Clemmons, saying that he . was in
excellent health and was coming to
the reunion of non-resident North
Carolinians, to be held here Octo
ber 12-13.
North Wilkesboro Hustler:
There is a great deal of excitement
in the neighborhood oi Artnur
Forester's over the appearance of a
wild bear. It was seen a few days
ago by a son of John Brooks, who
i i
was nunung squirreia. iwus
Brooks says when he first saw the
animal it was about twenty-five
yards from him. He attempted to
shoot it, but his gun hnng fire and
he took to his heels. Mr. forester
says that since the rain he has seen
its tracks in the bottom. We pre
snme that his bearship has taken
advantage of the turnpike and left
the wUds of the Blue Ridge he is
probably on an investigating tour.
AsheYille Citizen: W. W. Mor-
. --m 4v 1 11 . m.
gan, alias uranx uixeai, me. man
who is accused of attempting to
swindle lawyers by falsely repre
aentincr that a friend was Injured in
a railroad accident and wished to
come here to bring suit, was ar
raigned in police conrt yesterday.
Locke Craig and lotus m.. .dou-tub
were summoned as witnesses against
him, and these gentlemen told the
court of Morgan's methods. Mor
gan was held to conrt in $400 bond,
which ha. conld not give. He re
tained Eugene Way to represent
him and did not make any state
ment. The officers expect that
Winston will ask for Morgan to be
tried there on the charge of ob
taining $50 from Lindsey Patter
son with his story, and if bo the
prisoner will be sent there.
The Postoffice Department is ad
vised of the arrest of John B. Jones,
late postmaster at Theo, Ga., on the
I charge of making false poatoffice re
turns.
1903.
EXPLOSION ON TOE
CRUISER OLYMPI A.
Killed Two Men, Injured Sev
eral Others and Set Fire
to the Ship.
CREATED GREAT EXCITEMENT
Explosion tbe Direct Result of the Theft of
a Barrel of Alcohol by a Party of
Sailors The Master-at-Arms
of the Vessel Is MUsIng.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Norfolk, Va., Sept 12. The ex
plosion of a barrel of alcohol on the
superstructure decaf of the cruiser
blympia, in dry dock, at the Norfolk
navy yard to-night, killed two men,
ssverely injured several others and
set fire to tbe ship. The master-at-arma
of the vessel is missing.
The dead: Corporal Yerkes, U.S.
Marine Corps; a white seaman, un
known. The damage by fire was confined to
the deck of the vessel and embraced
only the canvas awnings and their
fixtures. The decks, however, were
slightly injured.
Immediately after the explosion fire
quarters were sounded and the crew,
the navy fire department and a de
tachment of marines under Uaptaln
Boots, soon quelled what looked to be
a very dangerous blaze.
The explosion was, according to re
ports from eye witnesses, the direct
result of the theft of a barrel of grain
alcohol, containing fifty-six gallons,
by a party of sailors. This barrel was,
it is said, taken from one of the store
houses of the yard and removed to the
dock near the Olympia. There It was
broached.
Ship-keeper Daly, on board the
Olympia, detected tbe odor of the
spirit and summoned the ship's master-
at-arms. & search led to the discovery
of the barre', which was taken aboan
the Olympia and placed on the hurri
cane deck. With the exception of a
small quantity, which had been con
sumed by the thieves, it was intact
The incident created a great amount
of excitement and in the furor tbe
guilty sailors escaped the partiea sent
to arrest them. While this was going
on Yerkes and unknown sailor went
to the barrel with the intention, it is
reported, of securing a drink, and one
of them struck a match. The explosion
waa instantaneous and both men were
enveloped in the flamlag liquid. They
perished before a hand could be raised
to save them. .
The ship at once caught fire and the
blaze for a while was stubborn, but
was finally extinguished. A search
around the ship revealed two marine
caps in the bottom of the dry dock, to
gether with the ship's parrot Polly
was blown, in her cage, off the ship
by the force of the explosion, but was
uninjured.
A later report from Portsmouth
atatea that a boat waa sighted pulling
away from the Olympia'a vicinity Im
mediately before the explosion and
the suspicion is held that the master-at-arms
was foully dealt with by some
outside party to whom the sailora who
aold the alcohol were to dispose of the
loot The ship's . company waa as
sembled, and the master-of-arms failed
to respond to his name. It is said
positively he waa not on the ahlp at
the time of the explosion, but' was
near the end of a dock searching for
the alcohol thieves.
No one was admitted to the navy
yard and all accounts of the explosion
and attendant circumstances were se
cured from outside sources. The in
jured are said to number from four to
seven.
STORM IN THE QULP.
Northeast Gale With Low Pressure Pre
valllog at Tampa, Pla.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Washington, September 12. The
Weather Bureau to-night Issued the
following :
The Southern storm Is probably cen
tral near the Gulf coast of Southern
Florids. but Its exact location cannot
dbe etermined. aa telegraphic commu
nication haa been interrupted since
Baturdav morning, when a north
east gale with low pressure was pre
vailing at Tampa.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept 12. The
storm has passed to the west of Jack
sonville. Newa from south Florida
Is meagre, owing to the fact that all
the wlrea are down. The atorm passed
across the southern part of the penin
aula from southeast to northwest,
doing a considerable amount" of dam
age to tbe orange crop.
-FIVE LIVES LOST
In a Collision Between a Steam Yacht and
a Naptha Launch.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Charlevoix, Mich., Sept 12. Five
men, all of East Jordan, were drowned
in Pine Lake thia evening In a colll
alon between the steam yacht Pilgrim
and a naptha launch. The occupants
of the small boat ware thrown into the
water and although the yacht laid to
and began a search for the drowning
men, only eight out of the thirteen
were saved.
According to a report the naptha
launch showed no lights until just be
fore it was struck by the Pilgrim.
Captain Lee, of the Pilgrim, waa then
soclose upon the little craft that to
avoid a collision was impossible. The
launch waa struck on the aide and im
mediately sank while the Pilgrim
suffered considerable damage to
prow.
her
TROUBLES AT TIFL1S.
Seven
Persons Killed sod Twenty-seven
Others Wounded.
By Cable to the Homing Star.
Tiflis. Russian, Trans-Caucasia.
Sept. 12. Seven persons were killed
and twenty-seven wounded in an en
counter between several thousand Ar
menians and the police and troops
which occurred yesterday at an Ar
menian church near Elizabethpole.
Thn Armenians proposed to re
sist the execution . of tne law ana
refused to heed the remonstrances of
the police. Stones and other missiles
a a . uHaJ
wfirA thrown ana troops were caucu
out, the arrival of which incensed the
mob. The soldiers fired and dispersed
the mob.
NO. 47
LAUNCHING ARMORED
CRUISER MARYLAND.
A Slight Accident More Than Tea Thou
sand People Attended Miss Jennie
Scott Waters the Sponsor.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Newport News, Sept- 12.
Tbe United States 15,000 ton armored
cruiser Maryland waa launched at the
yard of the Newport News Shipbuild
ing Company to-day. An accident at
tended the launching, marring but
lltlia, however, the success of the
evrnv
Tne intensity of' the sun's rays
caused the melting of the tallow with
which the waya were greased and the
big keel instead of gliding evenly
down to the water clung to her cradle.
When ahe was finally aped upon her
way the warahlp dipped her stern
heavily.
The launching waa in a measure
abortive but the ship was ao skilfully
handled by the experts in charge of
the work that no injury waa sustained
by the Maryland. The cruiser will
probably be safejy afloat in the morn
ing. More than 10,000 people witnessed
the launching which took place at 1:27
o'clock In the afternoon. The chris
tening party, led by President Calvin
Borcutt, of the Newport News Ship
building and Drydock Company.made
its way to the christening, stand, as
cending amid salvoa of enthusiastic
applause.
The sponsor, Miss Jennie Scott
Waters, of Baltimore, waa the. cyno
sure of all eyes, and the simple elegance
of her handsome gown, the quiet dig
nity of her carriage, and her refine
ment and attractiveness provoked the
spontaneous admiration oi the on
lookers. In her band ahe carried
a handsome bouquet. The ceremo
nies were brief and aimple.
"I christen thee, Maryland," ex
claimed the fair sponsor, breaking a
bottle of champagne aa the ship started
down the ways.
The christening party then boarded
a Norfolk and Washington ship and
proceeded to the Chamberlain Hotel,
at Old Point Comfort, where an elabo
rate post-launching luncheon was
held.
Governor Smith, of Maryland, and
his staff, accompanied by a party of
nearly 200 Mary landers, attended the
launching. Tbe Maryland naval re
serves, under command of Command
er Edwin Greer, came from Baltimore
on the naval reserve vessel Sylvia to
participate in the ceremonies. Three
steamers, the Augusta, the Tenneasee
and the State steamer Governor
Thomas, brought the Maryland party.
Governor A. J. Montague and a
lare party from Richmond were pres
ent as the guests of the shipbuilding
company.
The cruiser Maryland ia 602 feet on
the load waterlline;extreme breadth 69
Meet 6i inches; trial displacement 13,-
860 tons; mean draft at trial displace
ment 24 feet one inch.
The Maryland's armament will con
sist of four 8-inch guns, mounted in
pairs In two electrically controlled
balanced turrets, one forward
and one aft on tbe main deck;
four six-inch guna; on the gun
deck a main broadside battery of ten
six-inch guns, five on each aide; on the
main deck forward and aft will also be
located the eighteen S-Inch guns of the
secondary battery.
Protection will be furnished by
armor consisting of the water line
belt Above thia for a length of 200
feet the armor will be five inches of
uniform thickness extending from the
top of the water line deck to the main
deck. The engines will be of the
cylindrical triple expansion type.
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Man Killed at the State Pair Qronnds In
Milwaukee in a PIve Mile Race
Against Time.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 12. Frank
Day, formerly of California, but of
late living in Detroit, was killed in an
automobile accident at the State fair
grounds late thia afternoon while
driving Barney Oldfield's record
breaking machine in a five mile race
against time. Day had covered juat
about four miles of the distance when
upon reaching the head of the home
stretch the powerful machine swerved,
ran into the fence and toppled over.
As the machine upset Day received a
terrific knock on the back of the head
which rendered him unconscious, and
he lay on the track without moving a
muscle. Tbe prostrate form waa quick
ly . removed and medical aid sum
moned, but the Injured man died In
fifteen minutes after be waa atruck.
He did not regain consciousness. The
accident was witnessed by three thou
sand persons, among whom were many
women. Several of the men fainted.
The automobile was running at about
a mile a minute when the accident oc
curred. The machine is a total wreck.
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Three Persona Were Killed and a Number
of Others Injured.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept 12. A
special excursion train on' the Chica
go, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
railroad ran In a washout at Kempton,
Wis , early thia morning. Three pas
sengers were killed and a number of
others hurt, none seriously.
The train was a popular excursion
from different points In Northern
Wisconsin and was bound for Duluth.
There had been a terrific rain atorm
raging all during tbe night and the
engineer bad ordera to proceed alowly
and carefully. The train was running
at a speed of about four miles an hour
when tbe sort place in tnetracxwaa
struck. The engine passed over it
safely, but the tender, baggage car and
three coaches were derailed.
$20,000 MISSINQ
Prom the Treasury of the Catholic Props
gauds Ia Rome.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
Rohe, Sept 12. The Tribuna says
in its issue of to-day:
"It Is Insistently rumored that the
discovery waa made recently that a
sum of money waa missing from the
treasury of the Propaganda. Pope.
Hua ordered that an inquiry inia me
matter be made by Cardinal Delia
olpe, prefect of economy of tbe rro-
pagands, who, according to tne re
porta, fouud f 20,000 to bis aliasing."
CTRA SESSION OF C0NQRESS
According to Present Plans It VIII Meet
oa November 9th Idea of ai 0c
tober Session Abandoned.
By Telegraph to tlie Homing Star.
Otbter Bat, N. Y., Sept 12.
After mature consideration and con
sultation, in neraon and by mall with
members of both the Senate and the ,
House of Representatives, president -Roosevelt
haa abandoned the sugges
tion that Congress be called Into ex
traordinary session In October.
The extraordinary session, which be
announced many montha ago would
beheld this rail, will be called, ac
cording to present plana, to meet on
November 9th, .which waa the date
tentatively fixed some time ago. It 1
not expected that the formal call for a.
session will be issued until- after the
President shall have returned to Wash
ington. Notwithstanding a suggestion of an
October session ot Congress came from
prominent aenatora who warmly advo-
cated its adoption, the proposition was
not received with favor by membera
of Congreaa generally. The idea of a
aeaalon in October waa opposed, par
ticularly, because it would oblige aen
atora and representatives to leave their
States and districts in the midst of a
campaign which to many of them and
their party was of vital importance.
No definite agreement yet baa been
reached as to the character of the
financial legislation which may be
enacted at the approaching aeaalon of
Congreaa. Indeed, it la not certain
that an agreement can be reached be
tween the two branchea of Congreaa
whereby any special leglalation can be
enacted. It may be that a aolutlon of
the problem, which la alike complex
and perplexing, will be reached before
the convention of the extraordinary
session, but even that is by no means
assured.
FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTERS
Postmaster Qeneral Payne Declares His
Policy Is Making Appolnlments-The
6aase of Miss Todd's Removal.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. '
Washington, September 12. Post
master General Payne to-day 'made a
statement regarding hia policy in the
appointment of fourth class postmas
ters, with particular reference to the
recent removal of Miss Todd, the post
master at Greenwood, Del., in which
he saya there la no rule governing the
tenure of fourth claaa postmasters, ex
cept an Informal one that they ahould
not be removed until they bad aerved
four yeara. He says the appointments
are political and not governed by civil
service rules. He says :
"Ana rkf Ik. vn 1 Aa oAvwitln. ttlA
action as to postmasters is, that a post
master shall not allow his office to be
made . the headquarters of a political
party, or a faction of a political party;
nor ahall he bs aggressively active in
stirring up factional quarrels, political
or otherwise. Miss Todd, who waa
removed from the office at Green
wood, allowed her office to be in ef
fect the headquarters-of and her fami
ly and herself to be (he most active
factors ia a factional political quarrel
Inside the Republican party. Thia ahe
virtually admitted in her interview
with me, and according to the rule re
ferred to above it waa sufficient cause
for her removal."
i ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Tfcfe Vatican's Participation a Question Un
; der Consideration In Rome.
, ' By Cable to the Horning Star.
Rome, Sept. 12. The Vatlcan'a par
ticipation inAhe St. Louis Exposition
waa among questions which it was
first thought of reserving for the new
papal aecrelary of atate, but as tbe
appointment ia' delayed, Monsignor
Merry Del Val, acting secretary of
atate, will take tbe matter In hand.
The two principal points submitted to
him are, which high ecclesiastical
dignitaries shall represent the Vatican
at St Louis, and which are the best
artistic, historic or literary objects that
the Holy See may exhibit It is ex
pected at Rome that a delegate from
tbe exposition, with full powers to
continue the present negotiations, will
be sent here. The Vatican haa been
assured that when all detaila of lta par
ticipation are arranged Secretary Hay
will send It an invitation, exactly on
the aame baaia aa those sent to the
European powers.
RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA. .
Wants to Postpone Evacuation of Oae of
the Frontier Provinces.
By Cable to the Homing Star.
Washington, Sept 12, Russia has
requested permission of China to post-
pone her evacuation of one of the
frontierlprovlnces for until general
evacuation of Manchuria, Minister
Conger cablea the Btate Department
this fact, and the matter has been re
ferred to Secretary Hay at the secreta
ry's Bummer home in New Hampshire
for consideration.
The Washington government baa
received satisfactory assurances from
the Bt Peteraburg authoritiea
that the general evacuation of Man
churia will occur on October 8th. If
for some reasons, purely local to. the
province in question, Russia 'should
request permission to postpone the
withdrawal oi ner troops irom n
particular province for several montha
it is said to be for China to say whether
the request ahall be granted.
Thia requeat, in the opinion of Btate
department officials, does not indicate
that Russia intends to break her
pledge to tbe powers.
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ROBBINQ THE MAILS.
Railway Mail Blerk oa the Southern Ar
rested at Danville.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Charlotte, N. C, Bept 12. A
special to the Observer from Danville,
Va., says:
W. a Bowles, ran way mau cierx
on the Washington and Greensboro
division of the Southern Railway, waa
arrested last night, charged with rob
bing the malL Marked money, which
bad been aent through the malls aa
decoys, was found in Bowles' pockets.
He refused to give any information aa
to how he came to bs in posaeaaion of
the money. He was remanded to jail
in default of bond. Bowles is a mar
ried- man. His wife and seven cnn
dren reside in Washington.
Th .kAntinv tournament at Sea
Girt closed yeaterday after Lieutenant
K.V. Casey.. 71st regiment, New
York, had won the military champion-
1 - r . S-iA A. taa aAAtilsia
ship or the unnea .owwayj aw..-
i a9 tr. nnaaihia sio. He captured
the title by finlahing in the lead in the
President roatcb, together with a gold
medal and $50 in cash.
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