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Every now and then, when there
is trouble with the choir in a church,
there immediately springs up a
sudden demand for congregational
singing, and we hear a great deal of
the good old times before the days
of church organs. This is senti
mental and has little foundation in
fact to go onexcept the fact that
there was a time when we didn't
have organs and choirs. But that the
music made by a congregation not
musically trained, "when Parson
Jones used to line out the hymn
and Deacon Smith "hist the tune,"
could compare with the music of a
choir of accomplished singers ac
companied by a pipe organ is imagi
nation of the most robust character.
At the banquet, spread by a mod
ern chef, we do not long for th pies
that mother used to make. It is
when there is no cook and inexperi
enced amateurs hare spoiled the
dinner, that our mind travels back
to the fancied good things of our
boyhood days. We forget that in
those days we didn't have the epi
curean taste that makes us so criti
cal now, but had an appetite that
could relish and digest whit-leather
bacon and greens, and any sort of
pudding or pie that could be pro
duced so it was sweet.
So, it is when the choir is out of
gear that we sigh for the congrega-;
tional singing of the good" old days.
We forget that in those good. ' old
days our chief delight was in singing
out ofth5rB1mfco0)E.1rith blueyed
ry, or black-eyed Susan, and that
our. musical knowledge and taste
were about in kindergarten develop
ment. We are not to be understood as
opposing congregational singing.
We are simply standing up for the
' cho.r. We favor both. Let us haye
music by the choir, and the singing
of bymns by the congregation also.
One adds to the appreciation of the
other. Noting the fact that two
PTesbvterlan churches in Toronto
have organized classes for the pur
pose of promoting congregational
singing, the Buffalo Commercial
says:
"This feature of Sunday worship
has fallen more or less into disuse
since the rush of city life has be
oome so much more prevalent than
the calm procedure of village doing
Whether it is because the congrega
tion is ashamed of its singing in
comparison with that of the talent-
and well-naid choir, or whether it
& w
simply has made up its mind to
make the choir do all the singing as
long as it gets all the pay, is pro
blematical. Nobody who goes often
to church, however, will assert that
congregational singing . in city
churches is either hearty or musical
nowadays."
Generally speaking, the foregoing
is true, but a good deal depends on
the encouragement that is given the
congregation to sing by the provi
sion of a plentiful supply of song
books, the familiarity of the songs
elected and the heartiness of the
invitation for all to join in the sing'
ing. The selection of several fa
miliar hymns not hymns familiar
to church choirs, but familiar to
everybody, songs that are popular
in revivals, and that have tune
enough to sing themselves after you
get them started to be led by the
choir and joined in by all the con
gregation, make a pleasant variety
in the musical program.
It will be noted that in the suc
cessful revivals where so much stress
is laid on the congregational singing
there is always the trained choir to
lead the congregation. The best solu
tion of church music is choir and
congregational both. Augusta
Chronicle.
CAN OHE ESCAPE?
One of the most disheartening
things for one who would be an op
timistjoneof the most inexplicable
problems of modern civilization is
met by the reader of the daily pa
pers in the seemingly increasing
number of suicides in all parts of the
country. Almost every day within
the borders of our own State some
nerson decides to make his own
quietus rather than any longer to
irrunt and sweat under this weary
VOL. XXXV.
life. 'Temporarily insane" is the
verdict-of tenest heard, but it does
not satisfy. We know better than
that, as suicidal mania is easy to
recognize. And we see in the great
majority of cases merely the desire
to escape trouble that seems unbear
able.
Somehow it does not seem fair to
the rest of us that these persons
should escape their part of the ills
and responsibilities of life. We
whose fingers are bleeding . from
trying to untangle the coil see an
injustice in this slashing of the Gor-
dian knot. It is too easy. Suppose
we all be Alexanders and solve the
problem with the sword answer the
question by evading it? Every man
has duties and responsibilities and
sorrows laid upon him. Can he es
cape them?
If he can, then the whole system
of things is wrong. It is not pos
sibleit is not In accord with any
idea of . eternal justice that a man
can eat, drink and be merry, ride
roughshod over every law of God
and man, pander to the flesh and
defy his appetite and then evade
the consequences by the speedy
mercy of a bullet.
There is In nature an inexorable
law, which has gone by many names.
It is sometimes called "cause and
effect," sometimes "action and re
action; the ancient Greek called it
"Nemesis" and the ancient Hindu
called it "Karma." And. the Pro
phet of Galilee put the whole truth
into one short sentence "Whatso
ever a man soweth that shall he also
reap." Every deed must react; that
is the justice of nature.
There are few who would deny
this law, being confronted with it.
iiut there are fewer who nave any
realization its significance. We
know that it must be true that it
always works; we know that with
out its working society would be a
lawless mob, man would be an ir
responsible brute, nature herself
would be a hopeleBS jumble and the
very atoms that make up the uni
verse would not hold together.
How it works we cannot always
see. lint if there is anv rule to
which we can cling it must be this
one of justice. And if it is a law,
it never fails. - And if it never fails,
nobody can escape it not even by
death. That this Js a profound
mystery : does not alter the", fact.
Theologians of all 83 Lara Invent
ed more or lelri. Ja and f-alty
hells tomettlhst ' difficulty of the
case. Ho man caaaay with author
ity that he knows these things. But
there it is it is coming to you, and
you had better stand it and get it
over with. It will confront yon
again and again until you have sat
isfied it. Yon cannot escape it, so
yon had better take your medicine
when it comes.
You cannot escape the conse
quences of your own actions.
It wouldn't be fair. Indianapolis
Sentinel
The News and Courier says:
"Gen. Miles has gone deeply into
Texas oil. Gen. Cor bin and Mr.
Koosevelt have, long rated him in
the sardine class." Very true. But
the Grand Army of Pensioners of
11.. T 1.1 1 . 1 Ji ..aaitn
re-rated the General and made him
a whale.
The Eev. Dr. Parkhurst is always
haDDV in his choice of words. He
a a af
describes Lije Dowie, the great reve
nue raiser, as a "stinkpot." Lije
will have to be smart to go the Dr.
one better.
It is denied that Boris Sarofoff,
the Macedonian leader, has been
takenoff. The correspondent who
reported him killed was probably a
little "off" when he fled his copy.
A Chicago paper has discovered
that compression of the girl waist is
harmfnl. Of corset is except when
a handsome young fellow encircles
it with his arm.
"What does your wife think of
the decision of the board of arbitra
tion?" "Alaska," replied the Ca
nadian commissioner and let yon
know.
The Maryland and Union Trust
Companies were loaded with indi
gestible securities, and the attack of
acute indigestion was an inevitable
n
result.
The press clipping' bureaus are
running two shifts of hands trying
to keep up with the newspaper com
ment on the Tillman verdict.
Cresceus, the champion trotter,
has & stood, name. It is denvoa
from the Latin verb cresco, which
means to . increase.
Citymak "Did you see'Lunette,
the fifing lady?'" Bural Booster
"I seed her. but I never seed no
flies on her."
If Governor Aycock enters the
Senatorial race hall have to use a
mighty long . pole to get the Sim-
mons.
CURRENT COMMENT.
"Eoosevelt has manifested
great personal interest in the suc
cess of the Republicans in Mary
land. Numerous prominent leaders
have been summoned to the White
House during the past week and
told by the President that it was
imperative that the Democrats be
defeated in Maryland. Evidently
Mr. Koosevelt prefers to have op
position from some other section of
the country. He has been fright
ened at Gorman's shadow. Ar
kansas Democrat,
The most important aspect
of the verdict is the settlement of
an international- question by honest
argument and investigation. Too
much credit cannot be given to Lord
Alverstone for rising above the party
view oi ms own government and
giving Mb decisive vote for what he
was convinced to be the truth. That
is what the tribunal was formed for;
but the impartiality necessary to do
it is so rare that Lord Alverstone's
course is an eminent advance in the
settlement of international disputes.
Pittsourg Dispatch.
As a pendant to the investi
gation of the postal scandals there
has been going on an inquiry by the
department of justice into alleged
official irregularities in the delivery
of garden seeds to the department
of agriculture. Some of these "ir
regularities," to put it mildly, are
said to consist in the substitution of
cheap and worthless seeds for the
more rare and costly varieties, in
some instances the seeds have abso
lutely refused to germinate under
the most careful culture, and in
others they have surprised the gar
dener by yielding plants and flowers
quite different from those described
by the labels. Philadelphia Record,
Ind. Dem.
In a moment of emotion,
some time time ago, the Hon. James
H.Tillman, of South Carolina, killed
an editor. Through the failure of
the officers of the law. to make al
lowances for the exuberance of a
political temperament and a chival
rous heart, Mr. Tillman has been
forced to submit to the indignity of
atrial for murder. Monday this trial
gave occasion to an affecting scene.
The defendant's counsel was set
ting forth the early struggles, the
beautiful character, the spring-lamblike
nature of that much wronged
man. As Mr. Tillman heard the
tale of his own virtues and sorrows,
his tears gushed forth in a freshet.
He wept till his feet were wet.
"Half the women in the court room
wept." Several jurymen sobbed.
Stern and rugged constables blub
bered. These were gracious drops.
No wonder Mr. Tillman wept. Whjr
wasn't a verdict of acquittal ordered?
Jlr. -Tillman- shoots aa easily, as
heiweepsj:A. lovely man, hut so
impulsive. iViw Tork'SumhRep-
- We are told that the anti-
vagrancy law of Georgia is working
almost a miracle in ridding tne cities
and towns of their shiftless,' idling
negro population, and said one gen
tleman, who has just made a tour
of the State, to the writer: it is
astonishing to see the number of
negroes now at work who former
ly lived by their wits, ofi their
women folk and by burglary
and theft." This is one law that
seems to be enforced to the letter.
officer b quickly, learn the presence
of an idler; he is haled up and, and
giving the usual excuse "can't get
any work," he is told, "We'll give
you work." and then he is promptly
sent to the chain gang for sixty
days. After that he finds no difficulty
in securing work: 11 he can t una it
in the cities he goes out into the
country and eets it. or else he goes
out into the country and gets it, or
else he goes goes to a neighboring
state where his loafine propensity
may be more safely indulged.
Chattanooga limes, vent.
PRESIDENT OP STATE PAIR.
Ashley Horse Elected Plan to Remedy
Scarcity of Farm Labor.
Special Star Telegram.
Baliigh, N. O., Oct. 23. At a meet-
me or tne aona uarouna agricul
tural Society to-night, Ashley Home,
a well known and prosperous farmer
and manufacturer, one of the wealth-
i eat-in tnla section, was eiectea presi
dent of the State fair, to succeed J. A.
LiODfl-. who declined to serve longer.
All other omcers were reelected, a.
committee was appointed to devise
some plan to remedy the growing
scarcity of farm labor. J. A. Bryan
was made cnairman; otners to do
named later. Attendance at the fair
to day is estimated at 20,000.
JOHN SNEEDEN DISCHARGED.
Lick of Efldeoce to Support Embezzle
meat cbarfe-Wlfe Causes Re-arrest.
Special Star Telegram.
Washington, D. O., Oct 23. John
Bneeden, who was brought here from
Wilmington Monday to answer a
charge of embezzlement made against
him by the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, for which he had worked
in 1901, was arraigned in the police
court to-day, but for lack of evidence
against him he was discharged. He
was immediately re arrested, however,
on a warrant sworn out oj aim wiie,
chanting non-support of their children.
m a i
Hearing or this case was postponed
till to-morrow and it is believed it will
be compromised.
Severely Mashed His Foot.
Mr. Edward D. Williams, the popu
lar travelling salesman for the A.
David Company, was the victim or a
very painful accident early last night
which may confine him to his room
for some time. He was moving some
heavy trunks in the store when one of
them dropped on his foot, mashing it
severely. Dr. D. W. Bulluck was
summoned and gave Mr. Williams all
the relief possible, after which he was
sent to his home at Mrs. Kelley's, No
225 Market street.
WILMINGTON, N. C, BftJDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903.
NO CHANGE OF VENDE
.V
Terry WU1 be Tried by Jury oi
His Peers in New Han- :l
" over County. -
FIRST DAY OF NEXT TERM,!
Jadge Brows Readers si Able Oplsloi
Uposj MolioB for Removsl -Superior .
Court Proceedltgs Ssturdsy.
This Week's Calesdsf.
Judge Brown in the Superior Court
Saturday announced that he would I
deny the motion for a change of venue
in the Terry murder case, and that the
same would be set for trial on the first
day of the next term of New Hanover
Superior Court, which will convene t
onThursdsy, November 30th, and con
tinue for one week.. Judge Browri an
nounced hl decision 'shortly before
a recess for the day was taken at 12;30
o'olock, In the following able opinion:
"New Hanover County,
"Superior Court,
State )
vs. October Term. 1903.
S. H. Terry.) ,
"I have considered the motion of
the prisoner to remove this case to an
other county with that care which Us.
importance demands. After carefully
considering all the affidavits filed by
the prisoner and the State, I have con
cluded not to grant the motion and it
is denied.
Long judicial experience has eon?
vlnced me that the fears of prisoners
that they will be injured by public
prejudice is greatly and naturally exag
gerated in the prisoner's mind. Whe4
meo are put in the jury box un
der oath and weighted with the solemn
responsibility of passing on the life
of a fellow man, they are generally
governed by the evidence and not by
alleged public sentiment. In fact
jurors are very loth to convict of-a
capital felony unless the evidence 4
compels them to do so.
"It mast also be borne in mind that
tbe presiding judge has a corrective
power over the verdict of a jury and
can and will always set it aside, es
pecially in such a case as this, unless
the verdict is fully warranted by the
evidence.
''In view of this safeguard throws
around the prisoner's rights in case he
it improperly convicted, I feel I ought
not to impose upon the county of New
Hanover the great expense a removal
would entail, unless I was of the Opia-
iOJLtbat it was necessary to protect tbe
prlaoneOoy "f1.
And imr
i'LwiitS-T7
nexrtr.nA ..r.
Court and VUdy of the termTNov.
SOth. xi. H. Beown, Jb , J ndge."
The opinion of Judge Brown puts at
rest all the speculation as to the pro
bable county to which the case would
likely be removed and attorneys on
both sides will now goto work earnest
ly in preparation for the trial, which pro
mises to be one of tbe most important
in the criminal annals of the county.
Other Coart Proceeding.
Court met at 10 o'clock Saturday and
of the jurors ordered summoned for the
day, the sheriff returned the following:
W. M. Hayes. Jno. O. Walton, W. F.
Oorbett, M. F. Oroom, W. R. Brown.
K. F. Fales, Q. B. Myers, W. E. Peter,
son, H. L. Hunt, Jas. Miller, T. S
Murrin ; as not found, W. S. Bunting,
Jno. S. Singletary, B. D. Garner, D.
D. George, Ohas. Clemson, Geo. T.
Bhepard, J. W. Hardwlok.
The following cases were disposed of
during Saturday's session:
GabriellaDay vs. Edward B. Day;
judgment for divorce.
W. B. Cooper et aL vs. Columbus
Telephone Co.;' judgment confirming
sale to Jno. H. Gore, Jr., for $3,755
and ordering $125 paid to O. D. Weeks,
receiver, for his services.
Minnie Green Gause vs. Frank T.
Gause; judgment for divorce.
L N. Alderman, by his next friend,
Lola B. Alderman, vs. Atlantic Coast
LineBailroad Co.; death of plaintiff
suggested and on motion of Junius
Davis, Esq , ordered that action abate
aud that the defendant go without
day. The suit was one of damages
brought by plaintiff by reason of in
juries sustained by him as the result
of falling from a ladder in this city
some time ago. It was alleged that
plaintiff lost his reason as a result of
the fall, he having died in the asylum
to which be was sent shortly after the
accident.
The damsge suit of the Ocean View
Co. vs. Mercer & Fhares was con
cluded in the court Saturday, the
. a m m I Cm 3
jury having avara a piainiia asm-
ages in the sum of $12.75.
The jurors summoned for this week
areas follows: utcnaru a.. Burnett,
Samuel Bordeaux, H. A. Milton,
BobL Lee Piver, Geo. T. Pearman,
W. P. McGloughan, John Hill
Brown, F. B Wright, Andrew Neil
Ben, John F. Brogan, G. P. Wil-
loughby, E. B. McGowan, John B.
Han by, J. v. Uuriey, a. a. crown,
Geo. Irving, Otto Banck and B. B.
Humphrey.
Had Systematic Game.
Jim Whitted, the negro sent to jail
Friday upon a charge of obtaining
eggs from the Wilmington Grocery
Co. under the false pretence that he
was sent! for them by Mr. Clayton
Giles, was again tried in tbe Mayor's
court yesterday for working the
"same game" upon Mr. W. J. Mere
dith, the well known produce commis
sion merchant on Princess street. It
developed that the negro had twice
secured eggs from Mr. Meredith osten
sibly for Mr. Giles, and upon one of
the occasions he went so far as to haye
the commission merchant to make him
a bill for same.
AN tYiL NEGRO CONJURER.
Cape Bear Tewwklp Yields to Cowls f
v Jastlce a S&esd "Piace" or "Percy
of Donlalca" estcsV
- Constable !W. B. Savage yesterday
went Jn the country and . arrested
peter,, who itylei himself a conjure
doctor and who) has been giving much
trouble to the colored population In a
rather isolated section of Cape Fear
township, about seven miles from the
city. He was placed in jail for a hear
ing to-morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock
upon a peace warrant sworn out by
Alcena Bead, a respectable colored
woman upon whose place he lived.
By claim of Divine favor, the negro
refused to pay rent for a small one
room shanty in which he lived on the
Island Creek road and his landlady
was forced to come to the city and pro-
lure ejectment papers. "Doctor"
Talley made threats as to what he
would do to the Bead woman if she
dispossessed him of his lair and yester
day she procured the peace warrant
and the ejectment papers simultane
ously. Constable Savage went to eject
Talley and found, he said, "five cart
loads" of trumpery which the ne
gro used in the practice of his
devlish art There were roots 'and
kerbs in queer shapes, old shoes,
notched sticks and the like without
numbe . At the house was a colored
female patient under treatment. She
seemed in mortal terror of the "Doc
tor" and at his bidding she built a tent
outside of tha house and consented to
remain with the effects thrown out
until the con jurer returned. Twoother
colored patients at the house are said
to have recently died under the queer
practitioners, art. He appears to be a
worthy disciple of "Peace," or "Percy
of Dominica," the mulatto recent
ly sentenced to a long term in the peni
tentiary, for causing the death of a
woman whom he persuaded to fast
unto death under his powerful influ
ence over her superstitious nature.
PATENT QUNS SHELL EJECTOR.
JL -
Mr. P. P. White, Inventor of First Class
; ) Device, Which Promises Him Wesltb.
Mr. if. P. White, the well known
inventor of Shallotte, N. C, who
claims as a product of his genius the
well known "White Patent Axle,"
being manufactured extenahely in the
North, ' was here yesterday. Mr.
r5v"rhasXt affl'd from Wasb-
I rTr-be obtained
t to five
A&d-geat;
ISfnved shell ejec-
tor for breech loading shot guns,
rifls, etc.; Tbe latter Is an exceeding
ly Ingenious article and promises to
revolutionise gun-making. Its useful
ness is questioned by no gunner, who
has been in tbe field and had to resort
to the old-faahloned ram-rod contriv
ance with which to extricate a lodged
shell.
The device was conceived In the in
ventlve mind of Mr. Whiter gome time
ago while gunning for marsh hens,
near his place in Brunswick. The
frequency with which shells lodged in
the gun barrel and the time required
to extricate them, greatly diminished
the number of birds he would have
been able to bag, so he at once set to
work upon a remedy, which his attor
neys in Washington assure him he has
In the new device.
WHITE LAKE TIB ft LUMBER CO.
Certificate of Incorporation for New WIN
solBftoa Enterprise Received Here,.
A certificate of Incorporation for
the White Lake Tie and Lumber Co.,
recently chartered by the Secretary
of State, was received bj the clerk of
the Superior Court yesterday. The
principal office of the company will
ba in Wilmington, but by a vote of
two-thirds of the directors it may be
changed to any other point. The cor
poration proposes to purchase, hold
and sell lands, timber, tier, poles and
other property; to manufacture lum
ber, staves, pole, ties and shingles;
to conduct a general store; to con
struct and operate tram roads, and to
carry on and conduct a general pole,
tie, shingle, wood and wood-product
business and other business incident
thereto.
The authorized capital stock is $50,'
000, .divided into BOO shares of $100
each, of which amount $2,700 is sub
scribed as follows: Richard a Wight,
Richmond, Va., 25 shares; W. A. and
W. Q. Whitehead, of Wilmington,
one share each.
NEQRO FEMALE THIEP.
Viola Edwards Held for Hither fioort
Yesterdsy la Two Conrts for Larceny.
Viola Edwards, the colored female
shop-lifter whom Detective Green and
the police arrested this week at her
home in SL James' avenue, was before
the Mayor for trial on two counts of
larcenv veaterday at noon. Bhe was
represented by Woodus Kellum, Esq.,
and upon the one charge of burglariz
ing the apartments of Mr. B. W. Wal
lace, she was bound over to Superior
Court In the sum of $100. On the see-.
ond count of having stolen a silk skirt
and other articles from the Paris Mil
linery store, she made an affidavit of
removal, through ber counsel, and
tbe cue was transferred to Justice of
the Peace W. H. Yopp, who gave her
hMrinv at the City Hall at 6:30
o'clock and also required a $100 bond
for the Sunerlor Court, in default of
which she will be sent over to jail.
Dr. F. H. Bussell returned
last night frrm a trip to New York.
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BLOODY BATTLE
WITH BURGLARS.
Men Alleged to Have Robbed
Bank at Burtton, Kan
I sas, Captured.
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AFTER DETERMINED CHASE.
Ooe of the Men Severely Wounded In the
Plf hi Stolen Wosey Recovered,
With Robbers' Tools Amonst ;
Stolen Not Koowa.
Bj Telegraph to ttie Horning .Star.
UUKBTOH, KAS., Oct. 23. Alter a
determined chase and a bloody battle
the men who are alleged to have loot
ed the bank at this point have been
captured on an island in the Arkansas
river. -
The men give their names as James
Bell, George Olson, E. H. Johnson,
Thomas White and Frank Harwood.
Johnson is badly wounded, being shot
inthe head, breaBt, arms and legs.
They declare they were never in
Burrtos, but W. L. Daily, a merchant
of Burrton, identifies them as the men
who came Into his store Thursday eve
ning. Tbe all. ged bandits had only
$18 in their possession when searched.
The stolen money was recovered
this afternoon, together with the rob
bers' safe-cracking tools, in the brush
on the island where tbe men were cap
tured. The find was turned over to
the bank officials, who refuse to dis
close, the amount of monev.
AN EMBEZZLER ARRESTED.
John B. Brown, Former Cashier of the
Bank of New Holland, Ohio, Who Qot
Awsy With $103,000.
By Telegraph to the Horning BUr.
San Fbancisoo, Oct. 84. John B.
Brown, for thirteen years cashier of
the Union Bank, of Now Holland,
Ohio, is undar arrest here on a charge
of embezzlement. He disappeared from
tbe bank August 8th last, and upon an
investigation of his accounts it was
round he was S103.000 short in his
cash. He was subsequently indicted
on four charges of. felony and a close
search has been made for him in all
directions, until finally he was located
here and arrested.
According to his own account.
Brown has had a hard time of it
in his wanderings to and fro in
an effort to evade justice. He
went to Mexico, but failed 'to find
work there and started for Honolulu,
bat bad no better success though in his
attempt to get employment He
travelled under an auumed name.IL
the time but profe6" ohave forgot
ten the number 01 aliases he had.
-Since his here tried to- obtain
work, - even as a laborer, but failed.
All the money be had lert be says was
stolen from him
John B. Brown first went to New
Holland-from Cincinnati fifteen years
ago. He stood high in society and
business circles, was treasurer of the
Masonic Temple Association, clerk of
the school board and of the Demo
cratic county executive committee
and a member of the church choir.
THE SHIPBUILDING TRUST.
Recommendations la the Report of the Re
ceiver of tbe Company. -by
xeiecraDb to. tne Horning Bur
New York, Oct. 24. The World to
morrow will say that the report of ex-
Senator James Smith, Jr., receiver oH
the United States Shipbuilding Com
pany, to Judge Kirkpatrick, will be
filed Monday in the United States Cir
cuit Court at Trenton, N. J. It will
recommend, says IbtWorld, that a suit
be brought to nullify and have de
clared void and Illegal the $10,000,000
bond Issue held by Charles M. Schwab,
and through which be controls the
company.. It will recommend that a
receiver be appointed for the Betnie
hem Steel Company, tbe corporation
which Schwab and J. P. Morgan &
Company sold to the United States
Shipbuilding Company,
LANQLEY'S AIRSHIP.
Report oa Recent Experiments to be Snb
mitted to the Army Board.
By Telegraph to the Horning 8 tar.
Washington, Oct. 24. A meeting
of tbe Army Board of Fortification
and Ordnance, of which General Gil
lespie is president, will be held in this
city on November 5th, - and it is ex
pec ted that a report will be submitted
by Professor Langley on the sub
ject of the recent experiments
witn bis flying machine near
Wldewater, Va. A report on the
same subject also is expected from
Major M. M. Macomb, artillery corps.
who made observations or tne tests of
the machine by direction of the board,
whose Interest in the matter war due
to the fact that it had made an allot
ment of $50,000 to defray the costs of
the experiments. It Is understood that
the matter is to be again considered
by the board with a view to making
a further allotment for another test.
FIRE AT ASHEVILLE.
The Andltoriam and a Residence Burned
Loss Abont $50,000.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Ashkviixb, N. C, Oct. 24. The re
cently completed Asheville audito
rium, valued at (40,000, was burned
early to-day. Besides the auditorium,
the residence or Mrs. w. a. reniana
valued at $10,000, was also destroyed.
The properties were insured for $20,
000. A theatrical company which
played at the auditorium last night
lost its scenery and baggage.
Aa Antiane Chair.
Mrs. R. F. Hamme, of this city,
was yesterday the recipient and the
heir of a chair nearly three hundred
years old originally owned by the
Stone family of England and helred
by the late Governor David Stone, of
North Carolina. The chair is of
Santo Domineo mahogany, colonial
in dealsm. hand made, mortised andJ
doved. It is held in high esteem by
relic collectors because of its associa
tion with some of tbe early hiatory
makers of North Carolina and Virginia.
NO. 1
rHB PAN-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS.
Resolutions Adopted Refsrdlsg the Ro
mis Catholics The Divorce Qnes
tion A Missionary Hectlag.
By Telegraph to the Morning BUr.
Washington, Oct. 24. After the
reading of addresses at the morning
sesdon of the Pan-American Confer
ence of Bishops by Bishop Potter of
New York and Bishop Coadjutor Vin
cent of Southern Ohio, on "th Incul
cation of political and commercial
morality and the maintenance of the
high ideals," resolutions were adonted
"that it be commended to all biahoos
and other clergy first to familiarise
themselves with the great political
acd economic questions which to day
in all lands are dividing men; and
then to point out how their solution
cau be found not so much in organi
zation or legislation as In the applica
tion to daily life of the principles and
the example of Jesus Christ"
Resolutions were also adopted re
garding the attitude of the Episcopal
Church toward the churches subject
to the Roman obedience, providing
that the former should in its conten
tion for its rights contend always with
"unlimited charity to the Koman
Catholic clergy and people, rather In
the spirit oi maintenance, defence and
proof than of controversy and at
tach" The resolutions also uree that
Episcopalians marrying Boman Cath
olics should not promise that their
children ahould be brought up Roman-
sis.
Resolutions were adopted recom
mending a more kindly attitude to
ward the other Protestant bodies with
a view to possible union with them.
The conference did not take a vote
on the proposed resolution relating to
the divorce question, and action on
that aubject was postponed.
arter various resolutions of thanks.
the conference adjourned to meet
again at the call of tne Primate of all
Canada.
A missionary meeting attended by
aix thousand people was the feature of
the afternoon. Prolonged cheering
greeted tbe two Canadian bishops who
in their addresses referred to the one
ness of the Anglo-Saxon race and of
the increasing friendliness of the
United Stater, Canada and Great
Britain.
To-morrow President Roosevelt will
deliver an address at an open-air ser
vice.
MONTANA COPPER MINES.
An Uneipected Move in the Sitnatloa Thst
May Result In a Qeneral Resump
tion of Work.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 24. An un
expected move was made in the
Amalgamated . Conner aituation to-
day whan nropoiition waa made by
tne Miners- union o ionn jocuincu,
vice president bf the United Copper
Company, and his associates . con
nected with the Montana ure rur-
cbaaing Company, to purchase their
stock in the Boston and Montana
Company. The union would tben
dismiss tbe proceedings against the
Boston and Montana Company, to
the end that there would be a general
resumption of the Amalgamated
mines, smelters and various other
plants throughout the State of Mon
tana.
United States Benator Clark and A.
J. Davis, acting In behalf of the Flrat
National Bank, and John V. Kyan,
president of the Daily Bank and Trust
Company, join in a communication to
the Miners' Union, under date of Oc
tober 24th, offering to furnlah the or
ganization sufficient money to pur
chase the stock.
Members of the Miners' Union figure
that the purchase of tbe MacGinnis-Forester-Tamn
stock will set at rest
all tha talk of a shut down for an in
definite period. The shares they hold
in the companies were the cause of the
general suspension of work In the
Amalgamated mines, Judge Uhancey's
injunction order having the effect of
preventing tbe latter company from
voting their stock of the Boston and
Montana Comoany and the Parrott
Company.
AMERICANS IN CUBA.
Fool Play Alleged In the 6ase of Maa
Found Desd in a Police Prison at
Puerto Principe.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Havana, Cuba, October 24. Ameri
can residents at Puerto Principe have
telegraphed United States Minister
Bquiers regarding the alleged murder
of an American named Murray, who
kept a hotel in that city, which was re
ported by tbe local papers as having
taken place Sunday. According to the
papers. Murray waa found dead in a
cell at police headquarters. In the same
cell was confined a negro who had in
bis possession a knite and who was
reported to be mad. No blood was
found in the cell, but certain cir
cumstances roused a suspicion of
foul play in the minds of the Amer
icans, and they appointed a lawyer to
assist them In making an investiga
tion. They now complain to Minister
Bquiers that the lawyer whom they
employed was not allowed to take any
action in the matter, and they ask
that the American residents be pro
tected. The minister replied that they
would be protected, and asked also
that he be furnished with full details
of the tragedy. He had previously
asked the Minister of State and Jus
tice Zaloo to make an investigation of
the affair.
YELLOW FEVER BULLETIN.
Record of New Bases ssd Deaths at Saa
Antonio and Laredo,
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
San Aktonio, Texas, Oct. 24. Dr.
Tabor, State health officer In charge of
the fever situation in Ban Antonio,
announced to-day that he hoped to be
able to raise the quarantine against
the city inside of ten days. The offi
cial bulletin Issued to-day shows: New
cases, 2; deaths, 1. Total cases, 11;
total deaths, 4. The death was that of
of a Mexican.
i Laredo, Texas, Oct. 24. The offi
cial yellow fever bulletin Issued to
night is as follows: New cases, 13;
deaths, 1. Total number of cases to
date, 522; total Ceatos to date, 43.
THE POSTAL JNVESTfGATION.
Qeocral Bilstsv's Official Report la the
Hands, of PresidentWill be Made
Pabllc as Sooa as) Practicable.
By Telegraph to tb Morning BUr.,
Washington,. OcC 24. Postmaster
General Payne delivered to President
Roosevelt to-day the report of Fourth ;
Assistant Postmaster General Brislow -on
the postal investigation. ?. "
Postmaster General Pay no remain
ed with tbe . President . only a few
minutes. As he left the executive
offices ha said la response to inqui
ries: .
: "Yes, the Bristow report at last has
been placed In the hands of the Presi
dent. Of course, we did not consider
tt at this - meeting,' . but probably later
we shall take It up In part Attorney
General Knox will be present when
we consider it" . -
The report is very long. It contains
110,000 words, about eighty col
umns la an ordinary paper. In
addition to tha -report, , proper,
there are five hundred . exhibits,
all of which are referred to la tho re
ort The average length of the ex
iblts Is five typewritten pages or
about two thousand words. The ex
hibits eon tain, therefore, about one
million words. - Published in tha form
of the ordinary government docu
ment the exhibits alone would make
two thousand printed . pages.
No time has been - fixed yet for the
publication of the reportl but it will be
given to the public as soon as practi
cable. President Roosevelt will go
over it very carefully and when he
makes It public Is likely to supplement
It with some comments of his own.
As indicated by Postmaster General
Payne, the President will eonslder it
together with the postmaster 'general
and Attorney General Knox. They
will begin that work Immediately.
THE MACEDONIAN TROUBLF.
Scheme of tbe Powers for Amelioration.
Austria and Russia to Have Control
of Provinces for Two Yesrs.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Cokstantiso'ple, Oct. 24. The
scheme of the powers for the amelior
ation of affairs in Macedonia was sub
mitted to the Porte yesterday. It has
for its guiding principle, control of
and surveillance over all branches of
the administration of the disturbed
provinces by Austria and Russia for a
period of two years.
The proposals are for the appoint
ment of one Austrian and one Rus
sian to be attached to the staff of
Hilmi Pasha, the inspector general,
whose duties will bo to exercise con
trol over all the acts of the provincial
authorities. A European general
in the Turkish service is to be ap
pointed to command Jhe gendarmle.
j? uriner important proposals, wnicn
will be bitterly opposed by the Sultan,
provide for the establishment of com
mercial autonomy and the rectification
of the present communis! boundaries,
with the view to the creation of
spheres, Bulgarian, Albanian, Ser
vian, etc., that shall be more homo
geneous in nationality and religion.
Other points of tbe scheme deal with
the relief of refugees, the rebuilding
of villvges, schools and churches, the
disbandment of the irregular troops
and the prohibition of the employment
of the Bashi Bazouka. Opposition to
the wholae acheme is expected on the
of the Porte, but the Austrian, and
part Russian ambassadors demand-tb.
adoption of the plan with the least pos
sible delay. N
IN THE HANDS OP A RECElVEtt.
The Lake Street Elevated Railroad Com
psoy of Chlcsjo Capitalized at
Ten Million Dollars.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, Oct. 24. The Lake Street
Elevated Railroad Company, capital-
zed at $10,000,000, was placed in the
bands of a receiver this afternoon, in
pursuance to a resolution passed by
the board of directors asking for the
appointment. The order was entered
in tbe uook county mrcuit uourt De
fore Judge Tuthill, who appointed the
Equitable Trust Company receiver for
all the property of the company. In
the bill, which was filed by James
Bolton and Daniel F. Orllly. stock
holders In the company, It is alleged
that the company is hopelessly insol
vent and that this condition had re
sulted "from the reckless extrava
gance and fraudulent conduct of
Chas. T. Yerkes and his associates
and the management of Clarence A.
Knight, as his representative."
The complainants runner aeciare
that the purpose of Mr. Yerkes and
his associates Is to "wreck and destroy
the said road, with the view of ac
quiring the same at a sacrifice and
thereby eliminating and cutting on
the rie-hts of other stockholders."
Yerkes and his associates, It is averred.
control a majority or the stock or the
company and have the power to con
tinue their hold thereon through tne
election and retention of a board of
directors subservient to their wishes.
When seen to-night, President
Knight ridiculed tbe charges made in
the petition for the receivership.
THE CASE OP BEAVERS.
Two Decisions Annonsced la the
U.S.
District Coart la New York.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.
New York, Oct. 24. Two decisions
in the case of George W. Beavers, the
indicted postal officIal, were handed
down to-day by Judge Holt, in the
United States District court, in one,
the application of Beavers to have
U. S. District Attorney Youngs. o
Brooklyn, and Miss Amy Wren, his
stenographer, punished for disobeying
a subpoena or uommissioner uitch-
cock, is denied.
The application for a writ of habeas
corpus and certiorari asked in behalf
of Beavers on the second - charge
against him based on the Washington
indictment Is granted and the arrest la
vacated. Tbe judge holds that a sec
ond arrest made on the Washington
indictment when Beavers was already
In court on the Brooklyn indictment
was Illegal.
THIRTEEN ESCAPED.
Prisoners Confined la the Cossty Jail at
Washlsrtoa, N. 0.
By Telegraph to theJMomtng'.Btar.
Raleigh, N. 0., Oct. 24. A special
from Washington, N. O., says:
-Thirteen prisoners confined In the
jail here escaped before daylight this
morning by cutting; their way through
the brick wall in the rear of the build
ing. Among those who escaped waa
James White, a negro, indicted for
murder. Eight other prisoners were
left in the jU).
." There is strong evidence that friends
on tbe outside furnished the prisoners
with Vv to unlock th cell. None