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rUBUSHXD AT 2 VILM IN GTQfl, N. C, J . 00 A YEAR IN ADVANCED . gSSSSSSSSSSfcS&SSS " ! SSSSSS8SSS8SSS88S mww 9 sSSSSSSSSSqSSSSSJXs 8888888888888888S -iqioowi ssaaSS55S22S8BSS8 5 88888888888888888 5 8S888SS888888888S 2 " 8888888828888888 S '--ssssssssaaggg r 82888888288888888 f ( S8883888888888S88 SI v"AV I k"idiO(.ioo-io)o C i s 1 s 5 Sun? us j j : ; - Entered at tha Pott CMGcm at w ilmtgtoa, N. C, i wnw uao marier.i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Th lubacrlptlon price ol tbe Weekly Star Is u Single Copy 1 year, pottage paid 1 00 J"0" Z 60 " Smooth, " " i 80 THE BEAL ISSUE JS TEX ELEC TIOHS The result of the elections that are being held in many of the States will not afford any sure indication of the way the vote will go in 1904. The reason for this is the large lnde pendent vote in many of the North ern States. This vote, as the statis tics of election returns Bhow, is very variable, being cast in one election for the Republicans, in the next for the Democrats, and in a third elec tion split into differing fractions be tween the two. The municipal election in New York, where there is a Tammany. Fasionist campaign on, and the State issaeB brought forward in the differ ent States during the progress of the campaigns will, of course, tend to attract the independent vote toward one party or the other and to gain votes to both sides from party voters. A mistake made by the Demo cratic leaders is in not having de. voted sufficient attention to the tariff issue. It is the only issue upon which the party can hope for victory in 1904. The sooner the people are educated in the knowledge that the tariff is a burden upon the business of this country of a tre mendous weight, the' sooner they will vote to throw it off. The aver age rates of the Dingley act exceed 50 per cent. This law of loot raises prices on both domestio and foreign goods jaat that much. The main argument of the Re publicans was the prosperity argu ment. The same argument will be advanced in 1904. It is the only argument that can be advanced. It ii calculated to appeal to the public. Oar people are a business people. We all work and work hard. Natu rally we want the utmost possible reward for our labor. That is but human nature. Besides, it a duty. Moat men work not selfishly for themselves alone, but for those de pendent on them. Bat what does this Republican prosperity talk amount to? For eighty-four years, from the declara tion of independence until 1860 .this republic existed and prospered beforo the Republican party was formed or put a ticket in the field. What sustained this country during those years which were not lean and barren years, but for the most part years of fatness? It was what sus tains the country now and will sus tain it when the present politi cal parties have gone the way of all political parties without any other existence than upon the dusty pages of ancient records from which v uioiunau gttblltJIB 1110 UiBkOtiai for a history of. the past. The foun dation of American prosperity con lists not in the device of Dingley, the stand-patting of Hanna or the blatant Belf-assertion of Roosevelt. It consists in the matchless indus try of Americans in a country of matchless resources. It is not necessary to dwell upon the resources of America. They are known to the world and acknow- 1 - usugedby it. The books of statiB tics are full of the figures. The in dustry of Americans is well known in a general way, but the figures are not ao readily accessible. Here they Me. Thev tmght to be published broadcast for the information of the people. The force exercised daily by a common dock UWr ttavm Kf r .To a H. Bridge, assistant to Mr. Herbert 8Pencer, the great English scientist n philosopher, in "The Trust "Book." redno.Ad tn what aU foot tons, represents about 325 Measured by this unit, the -wage force used dailv bv the citi :ei of the United States, including ei women and children, so Pt ia our command of me purcai power, amounts to 2,000 ittoni per dav. The average wee. of the Englishman Is 1,400 wni per day; of the French u Dtt the Gorman anmntMncr J '900 foot tons per day; of an ""HQ IPla A r.n J--i 1. . MMM 1UU A.UUBS HUUII , an American ia superior to Hmm, to two Germans, to LW A va " frenchmen and very nearly 1J to an Englishman and a half. wmo these figures are taken Into "deration together with our 80,- VOL. XXXV. 000,000 population, is not our pros perity aocounted for? The tariff is a tax. No people ever got rich by taxing themselves. That's ontgo and expense, not la come and saving. Americals a rich nation not because of but in spite of the tariff tax. Let the Demo crats hammer away on this until the people are convinced and the sense less oppressive burden placed on onr baoks by the machinations of a clique of tariff -bred trust magnates is improved. .- Houston Texas) Chronicle. IMMIGRANTS FOR THE SOUTH. Says the Atlanta Journal: The Southern States have at no time been a favorite resort for foreign immigrants. They have preferred the great cities of the North , and East; and, more recently, the North west. Of late, however, the tide, of im migration seems to be turning Southward. . About ten davs ago the port of New Orleans received within six days 2,134 immigrant's from Southern Italy. The new-comers have al ready taken up their abode in the agricultural regions of Louisiana, where, it is said, more than 17,000 Italians are now domiciled. These immigrants are, as a rule, of the better class, and are said to make excellent farm workers; WjU'egaro this movement as a healthy indication. We do not look for the objectionable features that have characterized the settling of Italians and other immigrants in the North. These features are trace able mainly to the congestion of the immigrants in the great cities. . The Italian is naturally an agriculturalist and modern city life does not agree with him. nor does he agree with with it. In those parts of the North where the Italian immigrant has be come a farm laborer, the situation is most satisfactory. In the South, the newcomers will go mainly to the farms. The cities will absorb but a small proportion. The problem of farm labor which becoming a con siderable one, owing to the gradual failnre of the negroes to adequately fill the needs of agricultdre in the South will thus be greatly simpli fied, and the wealth of the section will he vastly increased. Dr. John S. Bassett, a professor in Trinity College, this State, re gards Booker Washington the great est man, save Robert E. Lee, the South has - produced in a hun dred years, and so states in the "South Atlantio Quarterly." An examination should at once be made as to Bassett's sanity. Twelve penniless Southern ne- groes landed in JNew xorK tnis a a H a week from Siberia, West Africa, where they have been experiment ing in cotton culture with the view to future colonization of that coun trv. The experiment proved a failure. Mr. John H. Clarke, who was the Democratic candidate for United States Senator in Ohio, filed a state ment showing that he spent 15,195. Though he suffered defeat, he had Mark Hanna pretty badly scared at one time. True the farmer gets a better price for his produce, but he is corn- polled to pay at least a third more than formerly for everything he buvs : so he is not so much better off, after all. Raleigh Post: The Detroit Jour- nal sympathetically remarks that all Tom Johnson had left by the elec tion is "one second-hand circus tent and a strong smell of gasoline." Dowie has made seventy-nine con verts after three weeks work in New York. One of them has just been arrested for stealing an overcoat and pocketbook, says the Dnrham Sun. A county court judge out in Win- consin has decided that injuries in flicted by bedbugs in a hotel do not entitle the victim to accident insur- anna, bnt that he mav recover dam- aces from the pronrieter. Thar now. m Delegate Kalanianaole, of Hawaii, a nephew of the ex-Queen of Hawaii, will take his seat in Congress at the extra session to convene to-morrow. His name will no doubt cause many a printer to nse "cuss" words. It is said that more votes were cast in the city of Greater New York last Tuesday than were polled rn anyone of the 38 States which held elections last year. New York Is a whopper, surely. Tammany'n chief is said to have greatly replenished his dough bag by betting on the recent election in New York, A man In Gaorria got even with via tnAthar.in-lAw bv marrying her. -J i li 11 II A A RUNAWAY ENGINE. Narrow Escape of .Big Fire De partment Machine, the Driver and Team. RAN DOWN PRINCESS STREET. Parting of collar en One Horse aid Dis arraogemeol of Lines Endangered Life and Property Herelc El forts of Bystanders. Bat for the exerelae of rare presence of mind on the part of the driver and the performance of an heroic act by Mr. Ned Grafton, of the American Telephone 8c Telegraph Go's, brancn dffice in this city, the big Silsby en gine of Fire Engine Company No. 1, Fourth and Princess streets, the . two heavy draft horses attached to the ponderous machine which weighs over 5,000 pounds, and Driver Ernest Bur- ris, would have plunged into the river with terrible consequences at Princess street dock Saturday night just before 7 o'clock. None the less heroic was the act of Mr. . Charlie Gordon, who previously, at Front and Princess streetr, attempted to check the frenzied horses a?, from under control, they dashed down the thoroughfare to wbat seemed Imminent destruction. A runaway fire engine, with smoke pouring from its funnel and leaving In Its. wake a path of red hot coals, and lumbering at a terrific rate down the sharp in cline of a well paved street, while big horses with distended nostrils jerked it to and fro, is not the sight one sees on the streets every day, but last night it was the Intensely exciting cause for the shudder of hundreds of people who witnessed the spectacle from the crowded sidewalks on Prln cess ttreeta from Fourth to the river. An alarm was sent in to the depart ment from box 17, Fifth and Nixon streets, at 6:50 o'clock. The hose reel wagon at Fourth street station was out and cone up Fourth street In an instant. The big engine was not a second behind. Driver Burris jumped on the high seat and Engineer Russell having touched off the Inflammable material In the furnaee, jumped upon the low step at the rear. The big doors of the station flew open and oat dashed the engine. At the tarn In the driveway the collar on the "right-hand'1 horse parted and the harness with the reins dropped off, leaving only the one horse under partial control. Instead of turn ing up Fourth street, the horses one of them absolutely free and running by Instinct wheeled down Princess atreet. Engineer Russell shouted to the driver that he had mistaken the alarm, but the driver had made no mis take; he was simply powerless to con trol the animali, who ran like fiends to keep ahead of the big engine, as Its momentum Increased with every foot down the grade on the hard pavement. At Front and Princess, streets Mr. Gordon saw Driver Barris' awful pre dicament and threw himself in front of the horses, but he was powerless to check the runaway,, especially as the steeper grade from Front street to the river was approached. Engineer Russell jumped, for he saw noth ing but destruction ahead. Driver Burris tugged manfully at the reins and remained at his poet. Mr. Grafton contemplated the ap proach to the river and dashing anead of the honea, caught one of them by the bridle and changed his course up waier sireet wan me as sistance of the driver, who pat his weight against the single rein, just as the wheels of the enslne reached the brink of the dock. The horses ran up on the aldewalk near the B. F. Mitch ell Oo's. office and stopped. Not a piece of machinery was Injured and the animals bowed their heads meekly as if they had reached "the fire" and were ready for the apparatus to begin work. The real fire was at tne residence or ex Policeman B. G. Holmes, 1117 North Third street, where a spark from a chimney caused a damage of about f 5. CONVICTED OP MURDER IN DUPLIN. Georre Daniels' Pless ol inssnity ana Self-Defence Availed Him Nsmht. Spectal Star Correspondence. KehjlHSTille, N. 0., Nov. 7. The case of State vs. Geo. Daniels, for the murder of Will Maxwell, was called at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Out of a special ventre of 135 and the regular jury twelve men were selected by noon. The aeienaam interposes two nleas insanity and self-defence. The State introduced Rafus Biroud, who' saw the shooUne, the coroner nd a faw other witnesses and rested in less than two hoars. The defendant introduced a large number or charac ter witnesses and proof of nis insanity, And went on the stand in his own be half. The evidence was closed ny Thursday at A o'clock, and counsel besran the argument, which was con cluded bv the dinner hour Friday. Judge G. H. Brown began charging tha iupT About B:3U u rmay aiiernoon. The charge was brief and to the point; In fact, was considered an able and fair exposition or tne jaw. Alter leATinff the Question of insanity to the jury the court charged in sub stance, that if they passed this ques tion, that if the jury believed the de fendant's own statement on tne stana he was guilty of murder In the first degree. The jury took the case about 4 P. M. and returnea a veroici oi guuty of murder in the first degree at 5:46. Hnlieitnv Dnffv and Carlton & Wil liams rniwsanted the state ana te- tini At. Besslev the defendant The verdict is approved by the public An Anneal was taken after Daniels was sentenced to hang Jan. IStb, 1904. - Livery Man-Rubber tires?" TTTirlA TTIram "None; when i m Free Press. WILMINGTON; N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1903. SNEPD COMPANY, BANKRUPT. Certain Creditors Ask That Receivership be Set Aside Reference. J. Roneblatt, Baltimore: Williams- port Furniture Company, Williams port, Pa.; Sutbpen & Meyer, New York and the Bernstein Manufae facturlng Co., of Philadelphia who are creditors of the Bneed Furniture Company, of this city, to the amount of 1518.73. have filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court here, through their attorneys, Messrs. Russell & Gore, a petition asking that the Sneed Company be adjudged a bankrupt. The papers were filed last Thursday and a meeting of creditors is appointed to be held with Referee- & P. Collier, in this city, on November 11th. ' The Bneed Company recently went into the hands of a receiver by order of the State Court, and A. J. Marshall, Esq., was appointed to take charge of the stock and dispose of it for the ben efit of the company's creditors. Mr. uarsnaii aid so and tne stock was re cently sold to Poore 8c Co., of Jackson ville, Fla. An effort is now. made to throw the matter Into the United States Court, and the former action In the receivership maybe set aside and a trustee appointed to wind up the af fairs of the defendant in bankruptcy proceedings. DRUNKEN NEQRO SHOP-LIFTER. 6sptnred In Rather Unnsnsl Manner Last Might At Police Station. An unknown negro shop-lifter, who was too drunk to tell his name to the police, Is locked up at the police sta tion for preliminary trial Monday. Early last night Mr. J. R. Moore was passing on the south side or Market street, when he saw a negro emerge from Taylor's Bazaar, or a store In that vicinity, with an arm full of dry goods novelties. The negro accident ally dropped a number of the articles and Mr. Moore called to him to stop. Although very drunk, the negro in stinctively ran. Mr. Moore, however, soon caught bim and turned him over to Policeman N. N. King, on corner of 8econd and Market streets. The negro was drunk; there was no feigning, and he was sent up to the police station with the goods, which wait identification. There are a ladv'n work basket, a purse, several hand bags and other articles. NEW COTTON OIL MILL? Rumors of an Importsst Enterprise Soon to he Established Here. The Stab learns with some degree of authority that in the very near future, Wilmington can boast of an other new and large industrial plant. comparing favorably with- ths largest . of those already here. It could not be ascertained yesterday who was' behind tho new company which will launch the eater prlss, but it Is hinted that it will be another cotton seed oil mill and will be located on the railroad tracks, near the site of the present mill of the North Carolina Cotton Oil Company. Academy to be Reinllt. A correipandent of the Star writes from Atkinson, N. a, that the Excel sior Academy, .which was burned Thursday night, will be rebuilt at once. However, the loss by the fire will be great, as forty boarding pupils will be scattered to other Institutions. Until the burned building is replaced Mr. J. J. Payseur, wife of the princi pal, and Miss Mitchell will condnct the primar v school and music classes re spectively. Connection nt Qoldsboro. The travelling public will be pleased to know that hereafter the morning train from Greensboro and Raleigh on the Southern will connect at Golds- boro with the Atlantic Coast Line train from Rooky Mount, due in Wilming ton at 10 :10 A. M. The Atlantic Coast Line Is to be thanked for the change. Train No. 41 will leave Rocky Mount 40 minutes earlier and will wait at Goldsboro 60 minutes. Passengers will be get breakfast af Goldsboro. Once Rezlster of Deeds. Pender Chronicle : 'Old man Geo. W. Bordeaux, a worthy colored man from the Long Creek section, was ad mitted last Monday to the County Home. Years ago he was Register of Deeds of New Hanover county, and owned good property in Pender, but it seems misfortune has overtaken him. H ia a relict of the well known Isaac Lamb and Moses Bordeaux estates, and was generally of good character, we know of an Instance In Pender Where land for life was gicn by a former owner to needy slaves who helped to make the property, ana it is saa now that old man George has no friends when he most needs them." FayettevlIIe Water Works. Yesterday afternoon's FayettevlIIe Observer: "Yesterday afternoon In Superior Court the case of the City of FayettevlIIe vs. the FayettevlIIe Water Works Company came up be fore Judge Brvan: and. after argu ment on both aides, on motion of Hon. G. M. Rose, of counsel for de fendant company, - an order was cranted for the removal of the case to the e eaerai uourt, tne papers to do filed in the office of the clerk at Ra leigh by December 7th." Castle Hsyaes' Perry. Pender Chronicle: "The County Commissioners of Pender and New Hanover counties are to have a joint meetinsr in the near future to con sider the matter of maintaining a free ferry across the North East river at Castle Haynes. JWe hope the ferry ZXSSZ rtnClt will be kept up. connecting our eoun- -in be of untold benefit to our coun uapno snu pin w uiww h vh. PAYING CONTRACT. Streets and Wharves Committee Opened New Bids Yesterday for Extensive Work. THE AWAlfo FOR DRAINAGE. W. E. Glenn Csptnres the Contract for 1450 Proposals for Paving Still Under Coaslderatloa-Soae Lit tle Irreifllaritles. Bids for the paving of Market street from Second to Fourth and the laying of an extensive drainare svatem on the same thoroughfare between the river and Fourth street were open ed by the Streets and Wharves Com mittee of the Board of Aldermen at the Major's office yesterday. There were present at the opening of the proposals, Mayor Springer and Alder men W. EL Yopp -and Jno. H. 8 weeney, ' composing , th .committee; City Engineer S.T. Adams, Capt. W. EL Northrop, Jr., clerk of the Board of Audit aad Finance, Superintendent of Btreets Woolard and Mr. B. F. King, Jr., of Roger Moore's Sons & Co , and CapL E. G. Parmele, the two last named representing the bid ders. For the drainage there were three bidders but the contract was award ed to W. E. Glenn for 13.250. The other bidders were Roger Moore, $3,500 and E. G. Parmele $3,700. The pipe has already been or dered for the drainage and will be on the ground within 30 days. The work is required to be completed within 60 days after arrival of the material. Reference has been made several timea as to the details of the plans for the drainage. For the paving contract there were only two bids and each was irregular. The bidders were Roger Moore and E. G. Parmele, the last named being the lowest. Each of the two offered the Georgia vitrified brick or block, but submitted no samples as the material had previously been tested by the com mittee. Mr. Moore accompanied his bid by a certified check for 1500 as re quired In the call, but Capt. Parmele did not Those slight Irregularities left the committee In doubt as to what to do and no definite action will be taken until another meeting on Wednesday night of this week. The committee is very desirous of award ing the contract without the delay In cident to calling for new bids again, if It can be avoided. EX8ELSI0R AG4DEMY BURNED. Atkinson School Balldlsf In Ashes Rev. J. J. Pay scar, Principal. Special Star Correspondence. Atkinson, N. OL, Nov. 6. The Ex celsior Academy building here was burned uownlast night, with every thing In it, causing a loss of about $1,500. The "girls' home" was saved by hard work. The burning at the academy Is a terrible loss to the com munity and to Rev. J. J. Payseur, its principal Ninety-eight students are out of school as a result of the fire. YOUNQ FLAQMAN KILLED. Crnshed While Coupling Cnrsof Freight Train Near Raleigh Ycsterdsy. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 7. Ernest F. King, aged 34, a white flagman, was killed at Millbrook this morning by cars running back on him while he was coupling a caboose In front of an engine. He lived In Raleigh and leaves a young wife. The Carnival at Monroe. The Monroe Enquirer nays: "The street carnival has come and gone and everybody is glad of it The continual spelling of the spellers, the constant going around of the merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel, and the sights or the dirty tents on the streets got to be tiresomely monotonous. The people were glad to see the carnival go. xne carnival folks were glad to go, for it is an open secret that they did not get rich here. The fire company received about $100 as Its part of the proceeds. We must say for the carnival people that they were an orderly, well be haved lot." Congressman Patterson's Secretary. Yesterday's FayettevlIIe Observer: 'Mr. L. B. Hale, city editor of the Ob server, leaves to night for Washington City, where he will spend the Winter as secretary of Hon. G. B. Patterson, member of Congress for this district." DISASTROUS FIRE. Destroyed One of the Finest Orchid Sol- lections in the World. By Telegraph to the Homing Star. 8t. Louis, Nov. 7. A loss that can not be estimated on a monetary basis was caused bv fire which to-day de stroyed one of tbe finest orchid collec tions tn the world, besides otner val uable and rare plants In the Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Gardens. In this city. Four hot houses were ruined by the fire, which originated in an over heated furnace nine in tne oouer room. Several of the plants destroy ed are said to be the only ones of their kind in the world. YOUNQ MURDERER. EIeven-YesrOld Boy Uses Shotgun With Deadly Effect By Telegraph to the MonOng .Star. Taunton, Mass., Nov. 7. Peter Clark, the 11-year-old son of Thomas W. mark, was shot and Instantly kill- Ad bv Walter E. Bassett. 11 yearn old, late tnis aiternoon. xne oaaseti vuj -. . . - 1 waa-arrnated on theTeharffB Ol mur- i der. Tbe dots had Quarrelled ana into the houee and - 1 got nisramer a snotgun wmou ubmu- v- -- j SPIRITS TURPENTINE. John A. Bates, "of Surry coun ty, is in jail in Virginia charged with postomce robbing. Fourteen thousand people saw Barnum & Bailey's circus in Greens- j boro Thursday afternoon, it is said. The Biltmore estate was leased this week to E. B. Moore for $200, 000. This does not include the Bilt more house and the tract of 10,000 acres on which Biltmore house is situated. Newton Enterprise: Mr. B. B. McLurd, the lumber man, will start twenty wagons next week to hauling lumber to Newton. He has sold Mr. Rabb 500,000 feet of oak and expects to have it all delivered by tha first of January. Stanley Enterprise: We Tiave nevdr seen finer corn grown than is to be seen on many farms east of Albemarle. Most of the wheat land in the county was planted in corn after the wheat crop was gathered, and good crops are the result. The Record tells that a stranger bought a glass of beer on credit in a Greensboro saloon six years ago and the other day foundHihe man to whom he owed the nickel and paid him. The saloon man had in the meantime gone into other business. Kinston Free Press: Mr. W. T. Hart, who lives near Kinston, announces another fine yield of sweet potatoes. He raised some 250 bushels of fine yams from about three-quarters of an acre of land. The sweet potato slips were set just alter he dug lriBh potatoes with out further preparation of the ground. , Swansboro correspondent New- bern Journal: Masters Frank and Cannon Pretty man went squirrel hunting two days last week and they bagged 28 squirrels, several wild ducks, one or two blue herons and we don't know how many scoggins and other kinds of birds, about fifty, we guess. - Goldsboro Arms: Mr. Richard Best, who works on the plantation of Mr. A. T. Uzzell in the lower part of the county, was brought to this city last night and placed in the Golds boro Hospital. He was feeding a cotton gin yesterday afternoon when he got his right arm caught in the gin. Mia band and arm were terribly lacerated by the gin saws. Gastonia News: W. M. Glenn, of South Point, reports a small in fant on his plantation. It is a col ored child and was born .Friday, it. ia the child of Wesley Wilson, col ored. The child weighed one and a half pounds, including the weight of four garments. Its face can be covered with a silver dollar. The infant is in good health and bids fair to live. Statesville Mascot: Mr. John Teeter died Monday at his home, near' Providence, in Coddle Creek township, from injuries received by a mule rearing up and falling back wards upon him. The deceased was about 55 years of age and leaves an invalid wife and Beveral children to mourn his loss. On Tuesday be fore he had received a life insu rance policy on his life for $1,500. A Charlotte special says: The unknown man shot in York county Monday while resisting arrest on a charge of safe-cracking at Forest City, a. C., died last night. Before his death he stated his name was F. H. Calvert, and gave a Baltimore address for the shipment of his body. It is said that $225 in bills were found sewed up in his clothes and that some of the money was identified as having been taken from the Forest City safe. Greensboro correspondent of Charlotte Observer: Albert Lassi ter, a well-dressed and nice looking young man, son of Dr. Lassiter, who lives near Apex, Wake county, was a guest at the Hotel Humnes last night and before retiring he not only blew out the gas but took the Welchback mantle and globe off in order to blow it out. Htrwaked up thitr morning badly nauseated. The transom being down, allowed the gas to escape and saved his life A8heville News-Gazette: In Federal Court this morning Jndge Boyd, in charging the grand jury referred to the subject of labor unions and strikes, and his remarks on this subject were listened to with a great deal ol interest. Judge Boyd said that a body of men had the right under the constitution to organize themselves into unions or federations for the purpose of de manding certain hours or wages. but that when they tried to keep another man or other men from working longer hours or for less money they were guilty of a con splracy and were indictable in the Federal Courts. He declared that this was inimical to the right of peace and the pursuit of happiness which the Federal constitution guarantees to every citizen. BOSTON NEGROES. Issue an Address Cesssriog Booker T. Wnshlngton. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star, Boston, Mass., Nov. 7. At a mass meeting of the negro citizens held here to-night an address to the public was issued. In which Booker T. Wash ington was censured as a mischievous teacher and short-sighted leader, and the recommendation was made that "the colbred voters of the North, the better to advance their cause, should detach themselves henceforth from the control of both great political parties which divide the country, to organize themselves in every State into an independent body of voters, and to wield the ballot In their hands with an eye single to the preservation of the rights conferred on them and their brethren in the South by the 14th and 15th amend ments." Archibald H. G drake, former min ister to Haytl, presided at the meet ing, and among tbe ruesta were Gran ville Martin and w. Monroe Trotter. who wererentjy .-tenc to jfor y - NO. 3 BRYAN IS MADE EXECUTOR. Ol the Will ef Pblle S Bennett Bond Fixed at 1358,000 Mrs. Bennett's Counsel Protested. By Telegraph to tha Morning Star. Nkw Haven, CosnI, Nov. 7. In tha Probate Court to-day William J Br ;an was admitted to act as executor of the will of Philo 8. Bennett, an ob jection to him made by Mrs. Bennett's counsel being overruled. The amonnt or tbe bond was fixed at 1350.000. Counsel on both sides Indicate that an a ppaal win be taken. Judge Stoddard, Urs. Burnett s counsel, protested ag&inst Mr. Bryan as executor. .He said: "Your honor has decided that that sealed letter is not a part of the . will. we snail insist on the performance of his duty as executor If Mr. Bryan Is to act as such. But if there Is any linger- ng suspicion that be intends to take an appeal it is not right that he ahall qualify also as executor. He cannot serve two masters In this matter. If he intends to uphold the law as your honor has spoken it In your decision. it will be contrary to the law to un dertake to destroy that will. I should not thick that he would want to feel that his duty ar. trustee might Influ ence him against his duty as executor. I again protest against the qualification of Wm. J. Bryan as executor." Mr. Newton contended that Mr. Bryan'a duty as executor In no way conflicted with his other duty under the will. Judge Cleveland ruled that he had no discretion In the matter, and had no right to prevent Mr. Bryan from qualifying as executor. ijater Mr. Jtsrjan said to the court: "So far as acting as executor Is con cerned, 1 was asked to act by the tes tator, and as I have said publicly I feel I ought to do It unless the court appoints some one who Is Interested in carrying out tbe will instead of at tempting to defeat it." MAINE ORDERED TO COLON. Not Because There Is Any Particular Ne cessity for, the Presescs There of , the Big Battleship. Bj Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, Nov. 7. The battle ship Maine has been ordered to Colon. She has sailed from Martha's Vine yard, where she has been engaged In target practice, for Hampton Roads, where she will coal and proceed to her destination. It Is stated at the Navy Department that the sadden dispatch of the Maine to Colon is not because there Is any particular necessity for the presence there of the big battleship. The navy, it Is stated, Is deficient In squadron movements and the navigation bureau desires to remedy this deficiency wherever practicable. The Maine, it Is further said, ' has . been at the navy yards during a good part of the past year and the cruise to the isihmua will be beneficial to discipline. ir the trouble at tbe isthmus is over before, the Maine arrives there she may be diverted to Culebra where Ad miral Barker's North Atlantic squad ron will be engaged In practice about Cnristmas time. Admiral Coghlan. who sails from Washington to-morrow morning with Consul General Gudgerlfor Colon, haa decided to retain the Mayflower as his nagship while at uoion until tbe ar rival of his permanent flagship, the Olympls, which should follow him from Norfolk In about one month. A GUNNING TRAQEDY. ThlrteenYenr0ld Boy Shoots Two of His Compsnions One Fstslly Result of n Qasrrel. " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Mononoahela, Pa., jmov. 7. En raged over a name applied to him, Earl Flory, a 13 year old boy, shot and killed James Murphy, aged 13 years, and severely wounded John John son, aged 11 years. The tragedy occurred late this evening at Sinery Hill, where the three boys reside. Florv is in jail here to-night and John son was brought here to the Memorial hospital. 'The three boys for some time have been boon companions - and to-day were out hunting. The only gun in tbe party was owned by Flory, who allowed the others to share In the shooting from time to time. A dispute arose as to whose turn it was to use the gun and Flory settled the question by taking It himself, whereupon Murphy said: "Your old gun is no good. It's like you, you dirty pup." The words were scarcely out of Murphy's mouth when Flory fired at him, point blank. The charge took effect in Murphy's abdomen, almost disembowelling him. Johnson was severely wounded about the lower part of the body by part of the charge which went by Murphy. is SM Mn GREAT TIMBER SUIT. Involving Land In Nontann Valued nt $2,000,000. By Telegraph to.tae Morning Star. Butte, Mont., Nov. 7. The great timber auit brought by the United States against Senator W. A. Clark, involving timber land in the Bitter Creek valley, western Montana, to the value of 12,000,000, waa settled to-day by Judge Knowles, of the United States District Court, in favor of the defend ant. W. A. Clark. Judge Knowles finds that defendant was guiltless of irregular purchase of lands and Inno cent of the illegal registration of the same, ' If such irregularities existed. Ia his decision Judge Knowles criti cises tbe testimony of witness Griswold for the government, whose reputation the 'decision saya Is none of the best and whom many other witnesses testified had approached them in be half of the government. The case is the moat famous timberland action ever tried in the West. The reading of the testimony consumed forty days. Girl in the Grandstand "Isn't that a cruel game? Do you think it's fair for a dozen men to pile themselves on top of the poor fellow that haa the ball?" Her Escort "No: there oughtn't to be more than eleven of them, Chicaqo .Tribune. anyway." May be Appointed by 4Npe Pius at Mon fsy'n Consistory Archbishop Ire .' Isnd or Archbishop Rysu. Bt Cable to tks learning Star. Romb, Nov. 7. On the eve of Mod' day's consistory a rumor Is la circula tion here that in addition to. appoint ments of Monslgnor Merry del Yal and OilVgari to tb6crdinalste, which It. Is - already known will ba madr, other cardiaala will be named. Tb rumor has it that the new cardinal I will be Americans ; that is thev wils belong to the American continent Tbe prevailing opinion ia that one will be from tbe United States and another from BraslI, the latter country having recently again asked that she be given I a cardinal. , The situation as regards a new American cardinal stands as fol lows: After Pope Pius was elected be re ceived in audience a high American grelatr, who bafore leaving the United tates bad dined with the President. The latter had often been urged to maaifeat to tbe Vatican a preference for the appointment of another Amer ican cardinal, and he had always an swered that the constitution of the United States forbade aueh initiative on account of the complete separation of church and State, but he was net unwilling to charge the prelate to say confidentially to the Pope that the conferring of the red hat upon Arch bishop Ireland would please a ma jority of the people of the United States, even non-Catholics. Oontem-, poraneously, a higher prelate, who' was in Home and was being consulted I by the Pope on the best candidate for the purple, excluded the name of Archbishop Ireland because of the dissension alleged to be always go lng on over him, and supported In stead Archbishop Uyan as a pious. sealous and generous ecclesiastic, whose name would encounter no op position and would be well accepted oy tne wnoie hierarchy. -Since tha Vatican haa received ar guments In favor of and opposing both Archbishops Ireland and Ryan, those opposed to the latter aaving that his nomination would merely mean that of the archbishop of a certain dio cese where a cardinal la less needed,' Cardinal Gibbons being near, while the appointment of Archbishop Ire land, besides giving the United States a cardinal la the West, would add a member to the sacred college who would not be merely an archbishop but a man of commanding Influence and ; prestige throughout the United 8tates. Thus tbe question lies with the Pope, and it is considered very doubtful if it will have a solution even I at the first consistory of 1904. COTTON CROP STATISTICS. Census Bnresn's Report on Amount ot Cotton Ginned Up to October 18th. Comparative Statement. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Washington, Nov. 7. A bulletin Issued by the census bureau today on the cotton ginned from the growth of the present year up to October 18, places the amount at 3,839,627 com mercial bales, as against 5,935,872 bales ginned up to the me date last year. The complete returns on production for 1903 showed that 53.5 percent, of the total crop had been ginned prior to October 18 of that year, bat tbe per centageofthe ginnage prior to Octo ber 18 of this year cannot be known until tha final report for the year Is made. Meantime, two other reports will be submitted, on November 18ih and December 13th. The statistics for the present year were collected by 631 local agents, who found that 27,733 ginneries had been operated prior to October 18tb, while to the correspond ing date last year 29,814 ginneries had been operated. The only comment made In the bulletin on the falling off of thia year's production Is the follow ing: "In comparing the statistics of the two years due allowance muat be made for the different conditions of the two seasons. The following figures show the pro duction ginned in the various States for the present year up to October 18th: Alabama, 446,103; Arkansas, 129, 833; Florida, 23,436; Georgia, 619,644; Indian Territory, 66,823; Kentucky, 211; Louisiana, 241,100; Mississippi, 479,108; Missouri, 8,027 North. Caro lina, 233,635; Oklahoma, 40,636; 8outh Carolina, 414,709 r Tennessee, 69,748; Texas, 1,065,229; Virginis, 2,511. COLORADO COAL MINES. Strike Throughout Entire District Ex pected Mondsy Troops Ordered to be In Rendlness to Take Field. Bt Telegraph to the MornlnglBtar. Pueblo, Cor.., Nov. 7. The mines owned by the Colorado Fuel aud Iron Company, In Fremont county, are closed to-night, as the result of an or der given by local officials of tbe com pany, to the effect that all tools be longing to the miners must be out of the mines by noon or be locked In In definitely. The mines at uockvaie, urooKsiae, Fremont and the Magnet properties are deserted. Morgan Williams, manager of the Williams mines, has announced that he will sign the scale demanded by miners Monday morning. These mines, so far as known, will be the only ones -operated. It la conceded that tbe closing of the Colorado Fuel and Iron mines Is in anticipation of a strike throughout tbe entire district Monday, which now appears Inevita ble. Notices signed - by President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America have been posted at all the mines calling upon the men to cease work Monday. Orders have been issued to every organization of the Colorado National Guard, not now in Cripple Creek, to be in readiness to tske the field. It Is presumed the troops are to be held in readiness to proceed to coai camps where miners srill go on strike next Monday. FIRE AT OLATHF, KS. Hotel, Opera House nnd Other Buildings Burned Loss $200,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 7. The Grande block, a four-story brick build ing in Olathe, Kan., twenty miles southwest of here, was totally destroy ed by fire to-night. The building oc cupied a half block In the principal atreet of Olathe, and in it were the Grange Opera auditorium, the urange Hotel, a large general store and of fices. A'play was in progress when the fire started and a panic was narrowly I averted when tbe alarm wan given, as a large crowd waa witnessing tne per formance. It is believed that no one wss hurt; however. At a late hour the fire bad been placed under control by a Kansas City fire company. Tbe loss In estimated at $300,000.