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VOL. XXXIV.
WILMINGTON, N. O.i FRIDAY, : OCTOBER 23, 1903.
NO. 52
Entered at the Peat OflSc at Vilmtgtoa, N. C, ai
Second Clan aUtter.1
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IF THX BE SHOULD BE WAR.
If there should be war between
Japan and Russia, to which of the
combatants would the moraV aid and
the sympathies of the Western
World be given? Would they go
out to Russia or to Japan? To
answer such a question one must
consider not merely the issue that is
immediately involved, but also the
standing of these two nations in the
eyes of all who represent the civil
izlng forces of humanity.
First as to he nature of the
casus lelii. Eusaia has deliberately
chosen to display herself as a break
er of the most solemn pledges. Her
rulers make no concealment of the
fact. The promises to - which her
Ministers have set their seals
are absolutely worthless. Cyn
icism, insolence, and violated faith
are the marks of recent Eussian
policy in its dealings alike with
China, with Great Britain, with the
United States, and with Japan.
China is helpless. Great Britain
and the United States have no such
interests at stake as to justify a
war. But Japan must fight or else
be slowly stifled; and in the last re
sort she is not afraid to fight.
Eight years ago she won the right
to that foothold upon the Asiatic
mainland which is vital to her nat
ural growth, and in the very hour
of victory the harsh order of the
Czar, backed up by France and
Germany, turned her triumph into
failure and . humiliation., - To-day
she sees the author of that suc
cessful plot refusing to with
draw from the great province of
Manchuria, and at the same time,
with' equal disregard of treaties,
menacing the rights which Japan
has for so long a time enjoyed in the
kingdom of Corea. Swiftly and sure
ly, by lying promises and stealthy
craft, the coast of Asia, opposite Ja
pan is being fringed with Eussian
fortresses and dotted with naval sta
tions and huge armed camps. If only
another year goes by Japan is
doomed to be shut out forever from
her one chance to develop and attain
the full measure cl her -greatness.
, On one side is arrayed a nation
struggling for exlstenoe; on the
other a brutal, greedy, unscrupulous
power which does not even make a
faint pretence of appealing to any
thing save might.
: But above and beyond all this,
how do these two nations stand at
the world's judgment bar? Japan,
in our times, has passed out of a
semi-feudal barbarism to the en
lightenment which makes her the
peer and ally of one of the greatest
Christian powers. She has shown
a marvellous capacity for assimi
lating the best of what we West
erners have so slowly and so en
daringly evolved. Japan is a land of
liberal institutions, of ordered (jus
tice, of a rule that is at once wise and
merciful. How stands the case with
Russia? v Her centuries of contact
with the West have .left her still
but superficially affected cosmo
politan to the eve., but Tartar
in her soul, ruthless, savage,
treacherous, and devoid of shame.
And a long reckoning is hers
to pay. The horrors of Poland, the
extinction of Finland, and the bru
talities of the Caucasus are still nn
expiated, as are the nameless cruel
ties which every ostrog in Siberia
has witnessed for uncounted years.
And, last of all, the blood which
ran in the gutters of Kishiuef is
scarcely dried, but still bears wit
ness to a crime that does not stand
alone, and the taint of which rests
on the Czar himself.
No nation, however powerful it
be, can go on through the ages de
fying at once the laws of God and
the elemental instincts of humanity.
WAHTS GERMAN FARMERS
Nearly all commercial enterprises
depend -for success In large measure
upon the population of the territory
to which they cater. This popula
tion must have two characteristics
It must be dense and it must be
thrifty. - .
Railway companies fully appre
ciate this. Many of them make
every effort to induce immigration
to points along their lineB, and they
do not spare expense in advertising.
Thev secure facts relative to the
country they present for considera
tion, and these aura offered in an at
tractive form. Land anct industrial
departments of the railroads espe
cially created to give information
about sections that are traversed,
are conducted, and these depart
ments never lose an' opportunity to.
induce settlers to select homes upon
their lines. . "
The Southern Railway has always
been recognized as a leader in the
A. A - 1- I 1!
movement to promote lmouxnuoiR
M. V. Eichards, its land and indus
trial agent, has been indefatigable.!
He has devised original plana to bring
Southern Railway sections that offer
advantages to the attention of peo
ple in this country and abroad who
meditate changes, and a considera
ble proportion of the new popula
tion of the South is due to the work
of his department.
This may be said of the corre
sponding departments of the Atlan
tio Coast Line and the Seaboard Air
Line, but it is prompted of the
Southern by reason of an enterprise
upon which it has now embarked to
promote immigration of German
farmers. This is a plan well con
ceived, and if it is carried out as
well it must conduce to the advan
tage of the South and the settlers
who, under its, operation, may make
their homes in this section.
It is the purpose of the Southern
to publish an attractive illustrated
pamphlet in German for distribu
tion among Germans in America and
the Fader land. Wherever the road
can learn of a German who desires
to change his place of abode it will
send a pamphlet. With this end in
view the road seeks information
from Germans already located in
the South. From them it would
like to gain knowledge of localities
and their suitability for German
farmers, a class of recognized thrift,
industry and value to a community.
Such information, addressed to the
Land and Industrial Agent of the
Southern at Washington, will help
the cause in which the South is so
much interested. Savannah Neios.
CURRENT COMMENT:
ALL BUT DROWNED.
FATAL SHOT AT TABBOKO.
And now Miss Mae C. Wood
threatens to jiue Senator Piatt for
breach of promise. She is a clerk
in the money order department at
Washington, and is said to be very
attractive. A Washington dispatch
says : "It was learned from a num
ber of sources that Senator Piatt
during the last year called frequent
ly to see' Miss Wood during her
working hours, and was seen with
her not infrequently away from the
department." . Later information
say 8 Miss Wood will not bring the
suit. The conclusion is that the
Senator was deeply "touched" by
Miss Wood's appeals.
The "dry" ana "wets" seem
to have alternate weeks. Last week
the "drys" won signal victories in
Raleigh and Goldsboro. This week
the "wsts" won important victories in
Washington and Marion. And so
it goes. Those who are defeated
should bow to the will of the ma
jority. They can try conclusions
again if they desire two years hence.
Raleigh News and Observer, Dem.
. The most inevitable thing
that can be read on the world's map
lathe coming partition of China.
She is the one great obstruction in
the pathway of a world-encircling
civilization. She is becoming con
stantly a thorn in the flesh of the
progressive nations. . Eussian ag
gression is forcing a verdict In her
case, and perhaps now is as good a
time in history to haye it rendered
finally as can be anticipated. At
lanta uonstitntion.
-The fifty-four lives" lost on
the tracks 61 street car and steam
railway lines within the limits of
Chicago last month form a heavy
tribute which the city pays for its
transportation facilities. It would be
interesting to know if such infor
mation could be gathered just how
many of these lives would have been
saved had well known and perfectly
feasible precautions for safety been
taken. Probably the majority.
Chicago Record-Herald.
There has never been a more
complete and ridiculous failure of a
much-heralded invention than that
of Prof. Langley's so-called airship.
Scores of uneducated mechanics
dependent on their own wits and
means have come nearer making a
successful flying machine than this
professor of the Smithsonian Insti
tute with an appropriation by Con
gress to draw upon. Whoever is re
sponsiblef or .wasting public money
on this visionary scheme deserves a
public reprimand. Indianapolis
Journal.
The class rush is one of the
abuses of our too "strenuous life."
We should beware of a gospel that
makes savages In institutions estab
lished for the training of intelligent,
cultured, educated, law-abiding, and
useful citizens. A mob is nothing
less than a mob, whether it
be encased in lvnching a negro,
"slugging" a laborer or brutally
"joking" with a freshman or sopho
more. And so long as we look with
complacency on the college mob, we
cannot hope to eliminate or suppress
the street mob. Chicago Evening
Post.
The (New York) execution
has caused a noticeable revival of
the demand that capital punishment
be abandoned in New York, and the
arguments pro and con will be
thrashed over again in the public
prints.' But it will serve an end
quite as desirable as the abolition of
the death penalty if it shall serve to
emphasize the fact that juvenile
lawlessness, which is so often toler
ated as merely boyish ebullition of
spirits, is a step, and a long Btep,
too, on the road .which leads inevit
ably to the penitentiary or the gal
lows. It may serve also as a re
minder of the further fact that pun
ishment should follow so close on
crime that tbe natural horror at the
execution of a murderer cannot
wholly overshadow the horror caused
by his crime. uieveiana jrwnn
deahr. MAJ. STEDMAN IN TOWN.
Mr. W. W. Thigpen and Colored
Man Had a Narrow Escape
Yesterday. Afternoon. '
SKIFF CAPSIZED WITH THEM.
la Mld-Stresm They Clasf to Overturned
Boat Uatll Help Reached Them.
Pise Breecta'Loadisg Qan Lost.
(Jnplesssnt Experience. .
Benumbed with the cold and cling
ing for half an hour of more to tbe
bottom of a small skiff which bad cap
sized in the middle of the Cape Fear
river, nearly opposite Northrop's
mill, where the stream is widest, Mn
W. W. Thigpen, chief nfiaeer at the
power lUllon of the O. L. ft P.
Co. in the southern section of the city,
and Joe Williams, a negro wood
passer et the tame plant, had a narrow
eicape from drowning Thursday after
noon about 2 o'clock, a
Mr. Thigpen had taken hU gun
and employed the negro to row him
across the jJver to Alligator Creek,
where he proposed to have an after
coon's sport at gunning. When they
had proceeded some distance off shore,
Mr. Thigpen had occasion to shift hi
position la the canoe and in doing so
he capsized the small craft. Both men
pitched Into the rather icy water and
clung to the wreck for dear life,
neither of them daring to turn loose
and swim the long distance to shore,
handicapped as they were with their
hunting clothes on.
They shouted for help and at length
Mr. Jordan Branch, Jr., saw their pre
dicament and. hastened to launch a
boat for their, rescue. Two colored
employes of the Eccleston Lumber
Company John Walters and Zeb
Harriss manned the boat from Ban
ner's shipyard and soon had the men
ashore.
Mr. Thigpen was very nearly ex
hausted when the boat reached him
and was naturally rerj cold. He will
not crave another experience like it.
Besides having; the rather cold plunge
and losing the ' afternoon's sport at
hunting, he lost a fine double"jlIed
breech-loading gun, whlcff""ji to
the bottom when the skiff capsized.
Upon reaching the shore, he hastened
home to provide himself with dry
raiment The negro did likewise.
EMBEZZLED IN THE DISTRICT.
Frank A Brows, Well Knows Citizen, Vic
; tin of Bis Owa Wesnoa. "
j - Special Star Telegram.
Tahbobro, N. & Oct. 17. Mr.
Frank A. Brown, an esteemed citizsn,
employed as a painter In the carrlsge
shops of M. - L. Hussey, was fatally
i shbi about 10 o'clock this morning,
i A colored man working in a black
smith shop down stairs was suddenly
staioied by tbe distinct report of a pis
tol, followed by deep groan, ue
rushed up stairs to find Mr. Brown
mortally wounded and too reeoie to
make any explanation, save "I have
sbot myself." Others were soon on
the' scene but unable to account for
the happening. An English bulldog,
No. 83 hammerleas weapon, was found
on the floor, and an examination of
the wounded man by surgeons In
charge showed that the ball had enter
ed below the ribs and heart and sever
ed the splenic artery, causing almost
Instant death. J4r- Brown was in his
uaual cheerful mood ' when he entered
upon his duties this morning and had
made known his plans for some work
to be taken up Monday. There Is no
cause to believe he intended suicide,
and he is supposed to hare accident
ally shot himself while examining a
pistol which had been carried to tbe
shop for repairs.
DECISION ON THE
ALASKAN BOUNDARY
TRAGEDY IN BUNCOMBE CO.
American Contentions Sustained,
With Exception of Those
of Portland Canal.
VICTORY FOR UNITED STATES.
No 1 merles Citizen Will Lose a Foot of
Land United States Will Get All
. the Waterways to the Rich .
Aliskaa Territory.
DATE OP EXECUTION FIXED.
Story of a Jones Coaaty ffiorder and Re
- capture Bankrupt Case.
Special Star Telegram. '
Baleioh, N. 0., Oot. 17. Govern
or Aycock to day fixed December 1st
as the date for execution of Cyrus
Dixon, a young while man who two
years ago murdered Godfrey Webber
in Jones county. The killing was No
vember 22, 1901, from ambush. Dix
on was convicted in the spring oi ivuz,
aird while the case was on appeal to
the Baoreme Oourt Dixon escaped
from prison, being under sentence of
death. Dixon was last week captured
in Chesterfield, 8. CL, and the former
Mrs. Webber had become his bride
there. The motive that led Dixon to
murder Webber was his love for the
latler's wife. It was said she had first
intended to marry Dixon, but discard
ed him at the behest of others.
Afterwards Webber, an old man
and possessed of some meant, also be
came her suitor. When Webber was
assassinated Dixon was 21 years old;
the woman 20. Webber was twice or
more her age. Webber had warned
Dixon to keep away from his house.
Judge Furnell makes an order in
the bankruptcy case of Joseph H.
Johnson, of Pender county, that Mc
Nair and Pearsall, of Wilmington, be
allowed a $3,800 claim secured by
mortgage.
CANT TAX SALARIES OF JUDQES.
The Augusta Chronicle now talks
about the "incomparable razor-back
hog." Well, we have them here in
North Carolina, and we have the
pine roots and acorns, topped off
with peanuts, which make the razor
back hams the delight of the gour
mand and the epicure.
At 2 o'clock A. M. of the day the
verdict was rendered in the Tillman
case the members of the jury were
reported asleep. When they opened
their eyes they discovered that they
had dreamed that the defendant was
not guilty.
At night the north-east corner oi
Market and Front streets will be
packed with struggling humanity
during the carnival. But the girls
can make their way through the
crowd by a tight squeeze.
Talks Hopefully of His Csndidscy for
Gubernatorial Honors.
Charlotte Chronicle, 14th.
Maj. Charles M. Stedman, of
Greensboro, spent last night at the
Buford and left this morning for
Shelby, where he has an appoint
ment to address the Confederate
veterans of Cleveland county to
morrow. A Shelby gentleman who
was in the city to-day said the vet
erans and their friends have made
great preparations for the. event
and that an immense crowd was ex
pected. The poople of Cleveland are very
nroud of their war record, for. out
of a voting population of 1,800, the
county sent 2,400 soldiers to the
civil war. Many of these were in
Maj. Stedman's regiment.
Maj. Stedman is a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of North Carolina, and his
friends talk as if they expected him
to win. When approached by a
Chronicle reporter this morning,
hopefully of the outlook, political
and otherwise, in North Carolina.
He has been touched by the assur
ances of loyal support he has re
ceived from hosts of friends all over
the RtAtfl since his candidacy was
announced and believes he stands a
Wilmington Haa Will be Takes to Wash-
Inrtonv D. 6., this Morainf.
Detective Sergeant T. B. McNamee,
of the Washington Police Department,
arrived In the city yesterday and after
a consultation with Chief of Police
Furlong, of this city, and U. 8. Com
missioner 8. P. Collier, last night
caused tbe arrest of Mr. John B. Bnee
den, a well known young man of this
city, who has resided here at the home
of his father, Mr. Bam Sneeden, since
his return from Washington several
months ago. The charge against Mr.
Bneeden is the embezzlement of an
amount of money, said to be less than
$200, from a Washington firm by
whom he was employed prior to his
return to Wilmington. Mr. Sneeden
readily consented to accompany the
officer back to Washington and those
who know him have confidence in bis
version of the affair that the matter
can be straightened out without fur
ther difficulty when he has a confer
ence and makes a satisfactory explana
tion to his late employer.
Detective McNamee and Mr. Bnee
den will return to Washington this
morning. The latter remained in the
custody of the local police last night,
not caring to bother with the $300
bond required for the night's liberty.
Mr. 8needen's wife resides in Wash
ington. Tbe entire matter will likely
be cleared up at once.
TITLES TO PENDER LANDS.
Supreme Court So Decided la Lenftny
Opinion Delivered Yesterday.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0., Oct 15. In an
elaborate opinion delivered to-day the
Supreme Court rules in the case of
Judge Thon. B. Purnell vs. Sheriff
Page, of wake county, tnai judges oi
tbe United States and State courts and
the exclusive officers of those respec
tive government!, are not liable for
the State tax on incomes, their reason
being chiefly that the power to tax In
cludes the power to destroy, and if a
BUte were allowed to tax a United
Btates officer one dollar it might tax
him to the full amount of his salary
and thus arrest all the measures of
government.
A PLUCKY OPERATOR.
Train
The fellow
who "eats 'em alive"
heads off" will be
or 'bites their mu m wu who are candidates for
here accompanied by that charming ft officat0 which I aspire," said he,
speller who plays on the megapnone
Wllmlofton Attorney Discovered That
many of Them nre Defective.
R. G. Grady, Esq., returned yester
day from Baleigb, where he spent
aeveraldays Investigating a number
of old land grants in the office of the
Secretary of State. He made the re
markable discovery that the titles to
a large par ui wui iv,u txc iu
Holly township, Pender county. Is de
fective. -
It stems lht In 1774-75 thin land
wan dtedad to five parties and wan
later bought back by: the 8tate for
taxes due. Thea l.t.rby act oi me
good chance of receiving the noml-1 Legislature this land with other Btate
nation, n i am ubibbwu vj -uj
nn of the several most excellent
Foiled Attempt of Bandits to Rob
oa the Northern Pacific.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Butte, Most.,OcL 17. Two masked
mounted men to-day rode up to the
little station at Welch's Spur, twenty
miles east of this city, on the North
ern Pacific, and covering the operator
with their revolvers drove him Inside
his office and locked him in. They
turned the signal light so as to stop
the North Coast Limited, which was
due in half an hour. The operator,
w it. T,aw. a boT of 20 years, threat
ened with death if he moved, crawled
on his hands and knees to his telegraph
key and reaching from under the
table wired the operator at Home
stake to tell the engineer not to stop.
as the bandits meant to nom up me
train at Welch's Spur. The train went
through the latter place at forty miles
an hour and the bandits then rode off
A posse took the trail at daylight.
BANK FAILURE.
"Burr-r r-r-rl'
It is safe to say that the junior
Senator , from Indiana was a hot
Beverlage when he knew the result
of the election in Indianapolis.
The jury said Tillman was not
If Itusaia fights, she fights through I guilty; but the fact may be brought
o . .mi at.. 1 1.. v im thafc ''Tifl conscience
a cause that is bad all through. She
fights with all the enlightened sent
, iment of the world against her.
, And, worst of all, she fights while
thousands upon thousands of her
own subjects are praying for disas
ter and disgrace to smite her armies
and destroy the bulwarks of her
sceptered despotism. New York
Commercial Advertiser
hnm to him that " 'lis conscience
makes cowards of ns all."
Give your moth-balled clothing an
airing tb-day. The carnival stunts
willbegin to-morrow. .
It will be prudent to leave yonr
high hats at home during the cane
rushes. .
"The last shaU be first" does not
PPlj to W. R. Hearst. .
To be pelted with -conf ettf is all
; right if It is thrown by a pretty girl.
"I will have the satisiacuon oi
knowing that no man ever ran
against more splendid gentlemen
an oyal Democrats.
wmie in me city,
was called on by a number of his
friends in Charlotte. He will be in
this city again. to-morrow evening on
his return to lireensDoro.
WOMEN ASSAULTED.
A Lynching Not Unlikely at Paris,
Ky.,Last Night.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Paws, Ky., Oct. 17. Luther Mc
Coy, a negro farm hand, attempted to
n it.- .Tames Mernaugh and
Miss Nellie Herlck, two prominent
women of this city, so
wan arrested and is is not xuMMj
u- im Um. IvnrhAd tO-nlffht. GOT.
Beckham baa been requested to order
out the militia to protect the prisoner
from a mob.
lands, especially swamp lands, passed
into the possession of tbe Btate Board
of Education. However, In the mean
time parties went In on the lands and
settled asthey would on ordinary
State lands, obtaining grants for it
from the Secretary of State.
Of course many of these will hold
by right of possession. But in the
past ten or fifteen years 20,000 or 25,
ooo acres have been taken up by
various parties and grants for it pro
cured from the Secretary of Btate in
stead of from the State Board of Edu
cation, to whom it really belonged.
Spring Hope Bank Roblery.
pt ap - Dannehueh. a white black
smith, of Rocky Mount, has been ar
rested as one of tbe men who made an
attempt to blow the safe In the bank
of Spring Hope last week. The man
Tisdalo, of Spring Hope, says Donne
hiigh is the guard yrho bound and
sagged him when he approached the
bank to learn the cause of the troubled
Donnehugh says he can establish an
alibi. :
The International oi Mexico City,
With Branches.
asffltWM Inter
national Bank and Trust Company of
America, W. H. Hunt, president,
with branches in New York,San Fran
cisco, and points throughout Mexico,
.iimh ita Hnnn to-dav in voluntary
liquidation and posted a notice to that
eft ecL This institution nas aaveruseu
that it has a paid-up gold capital of
$1,850,000 and deposits of about $1,
500,000 silver. The canse of the fail
ure )s said to be overtendlng.
President Hunt arrived from New
York to-night and later a statement
was issued, saying H was
to close the doors of the bank, It is
hoped only temporarily, and that the
prospects are that the depositors will
not lose a cent .
B Cable to the Horning Star.
London, Oct.' 17. The Alaskan
Boundary Commission to-day reached
an agreement whereby all the Ameri
can contentions are sustained, with
the exception of those In relation -to
the Portland canal, which "Canada
wins. All that now remains to be
done is for the commissioners to affix
their signatures to the decision and
complete the map which will ac
company it. On the map will be
marked the boundary line definitely
fixing the division of American and
British territory, on such a basis that
no American citizen will lose a foot of
land he already believed he held,
while the United States will get all the
waterways to tbe rich Alaskan terri
tory, with the exception of the Port
land canal, which gives Canada the
one outlet she so much needed.
The long standing dispute was only
settled after a week of keen, trying,
secret deliberation between tbe arbi
trators. -'Even up to noon to-day there
was an acute possibility that a dis
agreement might result and the whole
proceedings fall to the ground. Lord
Alverstone, though openly inclined to
Dolieye In the justice of the American
argument, that the United Btates was
entitled to the heads of inlets, as con
tained in question five, held out that
Canada had established her case in
questions two and three, dealing with
the Portland canal.
After luncheon, Benator Long, Sec
retary Root and Fartuner agreed to
cede those points and to start the
American boundary line from the
head of the Portland canal, thus giv
ing the Canadians that channel and
some small islands, on which there
are only a few disused store-houses.
This accomplished, the majority of
the tribunal agreed to fix with this
exception the entire boundary as out
lined, in the American esse. Whether
Messrs. Ay les worth and Jette, the
Canadian commissioners, will refuse
to sign the decision and make it
unanimous is not yet known, but it
will not affect the validity of the
agreement if a minority report is sub
mitted. By Monday afternoon it is
hoped that everything will be ready
for signature, though the actual mark
ing of the line on the map which
shall forever determine the respective
territories will occupy some time.
The majority of the commissioners
left the Foreign Office hurriedly this
afternoon in order to catch trains for
week-end visits to the country. Noth
ing had occurred which would lead
the few onlookers even to suspect that
the dispute had reached its practical
end. The commissioners themselves
are still bound to secrecy until the de
cision Is actually rendered, and prac
tically few others were really aware
how great a degree of success had at
tended the efforts of the American
members of the tribunal.
Washington, Oct 17. The Asso
ciated Press dispatch from London an
nouncing the decision of the Alaskan
Boundary Commission was the first in
timation received by the State Depart
ment that the commission had reach
ed an agreement. State Department
officials say that the decision shows a
distinct victory for the TJnited States.
It is their opinion that the effect of tbe
decision regarding the Portland
canal merely gives to Canada tbe
possession of Pearse Island, a
small island in the Portland canal
and of no special importance.- This
detail of the controversy is admitted
by Btate Department officials to have
been open to argument on both sides.
Pearse Island Is at the mouth of the
canal. The latter Is divided into two
canals by the Island, and Canada form
erly had undisputed use of the easiern
channel. Under the present decision
Canada will have the use of the west
ern channel.
Ottawa, Out., Oct. 17. The Ca
nadian government haa not yet re
ceived official notification of the
decision of the Alaska Boundary Com
mission. If the decision Is as
reported, namely, that the Port
land canal is to remain in Canadian
territory, there is a feeling in official
circles that the Dominion has not much
to be thankful for. Canada, In holding
the Portland canal, retains Wales and
the Pearse Islands, whleh overlook
Port Sympson, the proposed terminus
of the Grand Trunk Pacific It would
be inconvenient to have lost these
islands, but as they were clearly
marked on Vancouver's map as being
In Canada it is difficult to see how thin
could have been done. North of Port
BympsoD, Canada will have no harbor
ine Yukon gold field.
Dr. J. V. Jay, a Well Known Fbjilclss
Murdered His Three Children-Had
Been Drinking Heavily.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. -?
Raleigh, N. 0., Oct 17. A spe
cial from Asheville, N. C, to the News
and Observer says:
1 Cne of the most terrible crimes ever
committed In North Carolina occurred
this morning when Dr. J. V. Jay, 'a
well known physician of Buncombe
county, living at Barnard svllle,' twen
ty miles north of Asheville, . killed
with a claw-hammer his three chil
dren, aged two, four and six years.
The news of the tragedy was received
here by telephone this morning. It is
said that Jay had been drinking heavi
ly for nearly two weeks, and last night
ran his wife away from home. Mrs.
Jay returned this morning and was in
the act of preparing breakfast when
her husband attacked her again and
ran her out of the house. She started
for a neighbor's to get help and left
her children crying ' on the porch.
While the mother was gone Jay killed
all three of the children with a claw
hammer. Mrs. Jay soon returned
with several men. but the man had
done his work and tbe lifeless bodies
were found lying on the porch. After
committing the deed Jay went into the
house and attempted to set it on fire,
but the men who returned with Mrs.'
Jay rushed in and overpowered him
and extinguished the flames. Jay
was then bound, band and foot, and
Bheriff Reed notified. The sheriff
with Deputy Wells went to tbe scene
of the trsgedy and after a drive of
forty miles returned late this after
noon with.. Jay sitting between two
officers. ,
Jay, when asked to-night if he did
not know that he was killing his chil
dren, said that he knew he was, but
that he just could not stop; that he
loved his children and knew he was
going to kill them. Jay evidently ex
pects to be hanged, for he told Bheriff
Reed that he -had enough money to
keep his wife from suffering. He says
that he is sorry he committed the crime
but that it cannot be helped and there
is no use to grieve over it.
After the tragedy the man wrote to
his wife saying: "I have committed an
awful crime; will you forgive I" To
this Mrs. Jay replied, "I forgive you
and hope to meet you in heaven."
Cofjcernicc Trans - continental
Business Originating at South
eastern Points.
fsnasnanssanssi ' j
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Louisville, Ky.; Oct. 17. After
having been in session for a week, rate
men representing all the transconti
nental linen and part of the nouthern
and southeastern road, reached a con-'
dltional agreement concerning trans
continental business originating at
southeastern points. The problem with
which the rate men had to deal was
this:
About six months ago the transcon
tinental lines quit making a combina
tion one-bill rale on freight originating
at southeastern points and travelling
weat by way of New Orleans. Manu
facturers In North Carolina, for In
stance, were compelled to take a local
rate to New Orleans, where the eon- -signment
was re-billed to its destina
tion west of tbe Mississippi. The local
rate plus the rate from New Orleans ,
on to destination proved to be almost
nrnhihitlTe to southeastern manufact
urers, asjtbe combination one-bill rate
was still maintained on freight that
passed through the St Louis and Chi
cago gateways and applied to freight
originating near Louisville, and points'
north of that city. The conflict of in
terests between the local and trans
continental lines operating by Bt.
Louis and Chicago and those operat
ing by New Orleans proved a difficult
proposition, especially an it wan claim
ed by tbe northern local roads that the
New Orleans one-bill rate cut into
their business. Under an agreement
made thirteen years ago the one-bill
rate by wayTof New Orleans, SL Louis
and Chicago, was made as nearly uni
form as possible.
None of the parties interested would
announce -the basis of the agreement,
but It was learned that a new uniform
one-bill rate governing freight by way
of New Orleans, Chicago and St.
Louis had been decided upon. It jras
further learn id that the new rate as
far as southeastern-business Is concern
ed will be less than the present two
bill rate, but higher than the old one
bllhrate. The amount of the advance
could not be learned.
Another meeting will be held at
Atlanta before the end of October, at
which it Is expected that the remaining
Southern roads not represented at the
Louisville meeting will agree to the
new rate. Pending that time south
eastern shipments by way of New Or
leans will be billed at the present
rate. -
COLLISION OF FERRY BOATS.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
A Work Train and a Qravel Train la Col
lision Fonrteen Laborers Killed and
About Forty Others Injured.
By Telegraph to tbe Homing Star.
Teknton, N. J., Oct 17. Fifteen
persons were killed and anout tony
more Injured in a collision which oc
curred to day on the Belvidere divi
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad,
hear Washington crossing. The per
sons killed were laborers, who were
on a work train and were on their
way to work at Washington crossing
to repair washouts along the road.
Fourteen bodies have been taken from
the wreck and one more - body in
known to be under the debris. Only
two or three of those who are Injured
will be permanently maimed.
As soon as the collision occurred a
special train was sent from Trenton
with a corps of physicians, and the
dead and injured were brought to this
city. The Injured were taken to St.
Francis' hospital. The dead men, with
one or two executions, are Italian
laborers who resided in this city, the
others being colored men. Their
bodies were taken to the morgue for
identification.
The train bearing the men who were
killed and Injured was made up of
four cars, two coaches in which the
men were riding and two flat cars in
the rear. The. train stopped near
Washington crossing to receive orders
respecting the passing of the regular
passenger train. While the train was
standing on tbe track it was run into
from the rear bya gravel train. The
two flat cars telescoped the two
coaches. There were about 180 men
in the two cars. As soon as the acci
dent happened the Italians became
frantic and made an attempt to do bod
ily harm to the crew of the gravel
train. Word was sent to Trenton for
police assistance, but the men were
finally quieted by the foremen.
The railroad authorities here are re
ticent as to how the accident occurred,
but it Is believed that the gravel train
either failed to aee any adverse algnal
or that the flagman of the first train
failed to go back a sufficient distance.
EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA.
Lives of Thousands of People En
dangered at San Francisco
in a Dense Fog.
SsasMRSBBsaasa
By Telegraph to the Horning Star .
Bah Feanoisoo, Gal., Oct. 17.
Endangering the lives of thousands
of passengers, the Southern Pacific
ferry steamer Newark crashed Into the
ferry steamer Oakland In the middle
of the day during a dense fog. The
Newark struck the Oakland aft the
paddlebox, tearing a hole in her side,
but fortunately not damaging her ma
chinery. The Newark came out of
the wreck with her rails carried away
at the bows. The deck near the apron
was cut deeply by the Oakland's side.
On the Oakland the excitement was
greater than on the Newark. The
force of the blow was such that the
boat listed at least twenty degrees.
After this lunge to starboard, the Oak
land recovered, but rolled to port
when the Newark backed her engines
and got clear. As the Oakland rock
ed on the water after the crash the
crowd on the lower and upper decks
rushed back and forth In a frenzy of
fear. Women .fell in fainting fits or
went into hysterics on the injured
steamer. On the upper deck several
women rushed to the rail to lesp over
board but were held back by tbe men.
Racks containing cork jackets were
torn down through the whole length
of the Oakland's lower deck. On the
Newark the passengers were more
easily restrained, that vessel not feel
ing the force of the collision as much
as the Oakland. Fortunately, tbe offi
cers of the steamers remained cool and
while the captains and tne puoif, at
their posts in the wheel bouses extri
cated the boats from their positions,
the -mates and deck hands with pres
ence of mind went about urging and
persuading the crowd that there was
no real danger. It was found to be
almost impossible to restrain the more
excited persons, who let their fears
run away with them. During had
half hour that followed the crew had
to stand ready, fearing that any mo
ment some foolish passenger might
try to leap Into the water. .
Despite the fog, so dense the pilots
could scarcely see the flag-poles, both
boats finally reacnea tneir sups
thin side of tbe bay.
WENTZ STILL MISSING
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LATE ADVICES FROM BEIRUT.
Recent Outbreak Against Chris
tiansMoslems Elated and
Scoff at Intervention.
U. S. consul General skinner Making Fi
nal Preparations The Purpose of
His Mission.
J?Ta.teJh"Ycrrttu Diates
Consul General Sklnner.of Marseilles,
who arrived at Havre on LaTourralne
last night, is now in Paris making final
preparations for the United Btates gov
ernment's expedition to Abyssinia. He
expects to start for Marseilles in about
a week. One of the ships of the United
Rtatea Euronean sauadron win take
AN OHIO MAN.
After
ehaked Hla Wife to Destb In Bed
Qaerrelllor All Nlrht. -
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Dattow. O.. October 17. With no
excuse to offer other than that they had
spent the night quarrelling Charles
H. Welffenbacb, well connected In
Dayton, choked his wife to death in
bed at 5 o'clock tnia morning, k
instrument but his hands. - He then
tried to sleep, but a nan now. mm
vnM and nrenared and ate his own
breakfast. During the morning he
went to the tobacco warehouse, where
be is employed as a foreman, and gave
Instructions for the days wore
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""!; h.nnarters. I will that you return at once town- purposes o; - s K-? .oironrlated for tbe
Tlld the";tory of hi. crWe and atantlnople in order to be the recipient g?w 1
of imperial tayors.
By Cable to the Moraine; Star.
Beirut, Sykia, Oct 14. The ap
parent indifferences of the European
powers to the recent outbreak of Mo
hammedan fanaticism here bas deepi
impressed the Christians. The Mos
lems, on the other hand, are elated
and scoff at the idea of European in
tervention. The attack on the Chris
tians was planned weeks before the ar
rival of tbe American warsnips ai on
rut. The then governor, Keichid Bey,
telegraphed the details to Constantino
ple and asked for instructions. None
berlaln, which, was handed to him on
telegram siarned oy tne euiun s cum-
the Ylldia Ktosxwas apparent irum
of non-interference was approved at
however, reached him. That his policy
the eve of his departure after his dis
missal from the governorship on the
of the United States. The
telegram follows:
"Your excellency's fidelity being
well established in the eyes of hla
most sacred majesty, the Kallpb, you
id ot allow yourself to be in the
least affected by the fact of your dls
mlssaL It is nis msjeaty's Imperial
Mr. Skinner's party to Jibuti!, rne
irmnrh vnvernment has sr ranted au
thority for a guard of twenty United
Btates marines to land on and cross the
French Somali coast. Thence, Mr.
Skinner and his party with the marines
will proceed with a caravan to the
Abyssinian capital, Adisab Ieda.
Mr. Bklnner said to-day to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press:
"Our mission Is three-fold, including
opening diplomatic relations, the pre
sentation to Emperor Menelucof an
Invitation to visit the St. Louis Expo
sition, and to make scientific in
vestigations in -behalf of the Ag
ricultural Department. Naturally,
I am most hopeful of obtaining infor
mation which will stimulate American
exports and extend our commerce in
a field where already there is consid
erable American trade. " -
We are selling Abyssinia large quan
tles of cotton goods and are buying
rtt aklna. hides, earnets. WOOL ClVit
and ivory. Abyssinia heretofore, has
been cut off from the outside world,
but French enterprise recently con
structed a railroad and opened com
merce to the coast. . . ' '"
"I have been Informed by the-Abys-
alnian Prima MlbUier IlST that the SD1-
neror f ulW appreciates the aims and
Reward of $5,000 Offered for Recovery of
His Body, Dead or Alive.
By Telegraph to theJHornlng Star.
Beistol,1Tkiw.,-OcL 17. A special
to the Herald ltom-Bft Stone Gap',
Va., says: Though every foot of the
country between here and Norton
has been scoured by searching parties
V&SWbSSZ PhlladdphiaTwho
disappeared Wednesday afternoon
(Mm th mountains near Anpalachia.
through whioh he wss riding en route '
to the home of Charles Wax, his em
ploye, at Tlpps. Here practically all
of the miners in Wise county are to
night searching the woods, and some
have gone into the Btate Of Kentucky.
D. B. Wenta, brother of the missing
man, was with a posse all day and only
returned late to night. .
Kirs. Wenlx said to day that none
ti,. i.mii, hfiHeved that Mr. Wenta
had been murdered, ut were of the
opinion that he was being held for
ransom by some of the mountaineers.
A reward of 15,000 bas been offered for
tbe recovery of his body, dead or
alive.
REGISTRATION IN NEW YORK.
The Total for the Four Days
Amounts to 629,935.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. Oct. 17.-The registra
tion in the last day In Greater New
York wan 138,039, a total for the rour
days of 629,933. The total registra
tion lor the precfing "it
was: 1900, 0,778i iiwl
190M83.0SL
Secretary Moody haa approved the
estimate for tbe support of the navy
for the next fiscal year, as reeom-
h th nhtefa of bareSUf,
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