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DZ3TIHY OF OUR SATIOH.
That the United States is on the
eve of momentous times, there need
be no prophet or seer to tell ui about
it. We have expanded tremendous
ly, our progress and prosperity as
tounds the world and we do not
properly realize it ourselves. Since
we lauoehed oat on our imperial
course and landed flat-footed into
tbxF midst of the "world powers,"
there hss alwajs been something
doing:. The fact is, we may as well
observe also, that a people with
our tremendous energy and powers
will always be doing jmething. We
do riot want to lire to see the day
wnen decadence and decay be
"gina, if it ever does, but all
patriotic Americans believed too
firmly in the destiny of their coun
try and in the principle of their
government to contemplate or be
lieve that we will ever topple and
crumble like the once great Roman
empire. Yet Bishop Candler, who
is holding the North Carolina Con
fere uce, Ma E. Church, South, ' now
sitting at Goldsboro, remarked in
hid Thanksgiving sermon on Thurs
day, that "no nation ever rose with
out hardship, and no nation ever
-fell without luxury." The. .Bishop,
however, was'optimistic, and, saying
that the establishment of onr na
tioD was "no accident," he declared
his patriotic faith by remarking that
"God was careful about the extension
and development of our nation be
cause be wanted to make a better
nation than any that existed be
fore." '
We are reminded here, however,
that many nations favored of God
have lost the Almighty's favor and
have been scattered to the fonr
enJsof the earth. We have had
our hardships and there are few
th it cannot say we are a luxurious,
huh toned and extravagant people.
. "Let us not hope that as in the case of
Borne it will be, perhaps paraphrased
more or less: "First, glory, then
wealth, barbarism at last!" Events
are occurring so rapidly that no one
can predict what momentous situa
tion the United States will be. in
from one month to another. Less
than a month ago we were resting
ou one coarse, but suddenly, on the
. 3rd of November when Panama de
clared its ' independence of
-the United States of Colombia,
we find onr great nation plunged
into an affair which has turned the
eves of the world upon us, which
has attracted the attention of all
civilization, and, strange to- say,
'''here is no man's hand to stay
ni." Bight ahead of us lies the
construction of the isthmian
canal that is to cross Pauima from
the Atlantic to the Pacifio and rend
- America in twain. This stupen
dous enterprise not only opens up
prodigious advantages and opportu
.times to America, bnt the. whole
civilized world is concerned di
rectly, and civilization will even
make it to the advantage of Eastern
nations who have not even dreampt
of the thing or even heard the news
of our nation's tremendous move
forward in this world enterprise.
What of the future of onr grand
country? Some Europeans who
tand in wonderment at the expan
Ion of the United 8tates, declare
mat our "career of forcible con
inesfand striving. for world su
Pjemacy means ultimately the over
throw of Democratic-Republican
Kovernment and that the destiny is,
empire at last. If nothing else, we
"iBay that if "all the world's a
"age," the United States is playing
many parts," and the, eyes of the
inverse fastened upon us in our
"". U is said that onr "imperial
in means benevolence and a bet
terment of the world and that in
.w career of conquest we are not
"piy seeking whom we' mayde.
M0J- in this fnTinof?ATi rctoA
hat the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
r Publican paper with a curious
"puenated name) says:
"id th opinion of a
nu Lu'".? "ttardtng any country
Verdi io ioretnaaow we
lo LJ ,W,rit Uit well, there
Ju8t,wh.,VieJUnited States to know
wffil 3udmt to outside world
"kiu nn bnl- m m A i
HQ T T WVUUUUI BUM
1898 'm?Z? ,ino? ttB Spanish .war of
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VOL. XXXV.
to acquire the sjifi of seeiof our selves
otbera see us. The world has be- n
pataloK judgment upon ua with a
oreninew and freedom which Is lutet
ettior, though tUe verdict is not alto
gether flattering, except to the coun
try's pride. But the average Amer
ican believes that tbcP Imperial role
marked out for this country by Its for-t-Ign
friends, as well as iu foreigo
critics, will not be played. The United
8tates hss no desire for world suprem
acy except In enlightenment and be
neficence. It has no mission to exercise
political sway beyond the seas. The
liberties of no people In the world are
eudangered by the growth In our in
fluence and power. Japan, China and
other nations have felt our Influence
In a benign way, the former by being
resurrected and modernized two gen
erations ago, and the latter by being
saved from dismemberment after the
march on Pekin by the allies In 1900.
The career of forcible conquest which
foreign observers are making out for
this republic is very far from the aspi
rations or expectations of its people.
History tells us of the peace of
Borne' the peace which the great em
pire during its days of power forced
on the rest of the world. That part of
the Roman empire1! role, the 'paae
of America, stands a chance of being
played on a larger stage and with
greater resources by the United Slates."
May the good old Democratic
iEgis keep its protecting wings over
ns and we will land safely In the
course in which we are steering.
DIVERSIFY OUR MAHUFACT
TJBZS. The SIA.B has time and again.
along with most newspapers in the
and, endeavored to impress upon
Southern farmers that year in and
year out the best policy in agricul
ture was to diversify their crops.
Experience has shown that the man
who sticks solely to cotton or tobao
co, will sooner or later meet the ad
versity that sometimes comes from
either overproduction or some other
depressing causes of low prices.
Time was when the South almost
ruined itself in planting ootton, the
result being that overproduction
made such low prices that in some
years the price which the staple
brought on the market would not
pa; for the production of the crop.
We have observed the same condi
tions as to tobacco, and it is not
necessary to refer in this Instance
to the fact that whereas last
year tobacco growers made money,
the fact is. that this year
prices have been discourgingly
low until very recently, when, for
some reason or other, the prices of
leaf tobacco have advanced. A di
versity of crops will surely pay best
in the long run, and here we will
say that we are glad to see that the
cotton growers are having their in
ning. We say all this to refer now to
the cotton manufacturing condi
tions in the South. Some how or
other manufacturers of cotton goods
have not been able to advance the
price of their manufactured pro
ducts in proportion to the practi
cally high price of cotton. The
consequence is the mills generally
have either not paid expenses or
have done a business that had little
profit in it. We would infer, how
ever, that overproduction is also
tbe trouble with the manufacturer,
judging from the fact that in the
Stab yesterday morning was pub
lished a call for a meeting of South
ern cotton manufacturer, to-be held
in Charlotte, December 8th, for the
purpose of formulating plans to
curtail production.
It has been said that the Southern
people are more or less "one
ideaed," but that must not be in
ferred from the fact that sometimes
we all follow up a good thing until
we run it into the ground. We have
had disasters from overproduction
of cotton, from overproduction of
tobacco, and now we are told that
we are making more coarse cotton
goods than there is a demand for.
Perhaps the South' has been content
to confine herself too closely to the
manufacture-of the coarser lines of
cotton fabrics. Why, therefore, do
not onr manufacturers learn some
thing from the advantages which
a diversity of manufactured cotton
goods would bring them? We are
going too straight forward into one
line of manufacture and from the
present situation it would appear
that we have built enougrh mills to
manufacture coarse grade cotton
goods. We hope, therefore, that
our capitalists and captains of in
dnstry will begin to diversify their
manufactures and build future mills
for the manufacture of the finer
grades of goods. There are many
branches of cotton manufacturers to
which we have given no attention,
and it is time for ns now to investi
gate along these lines and not con
tinue to build mills to add to the
over-production of coarse goods.
We might also diversify our manu
factures otherwise and turn our at
tention to other industries than
cotton mills.
Eecently the London Daily News
referred to. "The American Cotton
Industry," and the article shows
that even the cotton manufacturers
of the New England States, although
they manufacture a diversity of high
grade goods, have not essayed to
make some of the fine fabrics that
come from the English mills. The
Newt speaks rather independently
of American competition, but in
discussing the. matter the English
papers, perhaps from a more or less
sound standpoint, always bring, in
our high protective tariff. " This
from the London paper is therefore
interesting from two view points:
4,Toe truth ?s lht awiar to nrotAe.
tlon tbe American cation tradaia lr
pite of the cotton heino- irtawh "
the premises," and in spite of tbe me
chanical enterprise of tbe employers,
extremely poor and rcsry pl.ot.
i external trada iatrifl nff; itam...
ufactures are of the coarsest type, and
in .nue 01 lis advantages and lis bgb
tariffs, it cannot keep out the flue
goods of Lancashire, which, as we
have shown more than oooe, are flod
lug a large and Increasing market In
ino Dimiea.
Gen. Wood after laving a few
more hundreds of the Moros under,
the. muck, cables that he is going on
up to the mountains where there
are 2,000 more insurgents ' to be
dealt with, and that it will zk four
nve more days to clear them out.
Going after that Moro meat -mar
make that committee on military
affairs at Washington forget what
was that Kathbone said about
Gen. Wood.
A fine success of cattle raising for
the Cuban market has been made in
the Florida lowlands. Eastern
North Carolina has similar lands
and it is about time everybody was
adopting Dr. Winston's suggestion
made in au address in Wilmington
that cattle raising is one of the re
sources open to development in this
section of North Carolina.
J udging from the statement that
so many players got put out of busi
ness in the Carolina-Virginia foot
ball game on Thanksgiving day at
Richmond, "pig skin" was not the
only kind of skin lying around.
President Boosevelt didn't do a
thing to Odell and Piatt, for they
came out of the White House with
white flags flying. Boosevelt must
have divided the "pie" to the satis
faction of all hands.
Who ever it waB that fixed up
that Panama disturbance might be
nduced by the Democrats to get. up
trouble in the Republican depart'
ment during the campaign next
year. -
One of our "exchanges remarks
that "he fell into the hands of a
pretty woman." Gee! that fellow
didn't have any more sense than a
fly ball on a baseball diamond.
President Cleveland's positive de
termination not to be a candidate
for the Presidential nomination, re
lieves the tension. Mr. Bryan,
J W AAV A MS
Perhaps Roosevelt sent for the
expert Monsieur Philippe Bannau
Varilla to fix up that little treaty of
peace between Piatt and Odell.
Iuramentados like Senator Car
mack keep the United States Sen
ate from relaxing into a lot of "grave
and reverend seniors."
NORTH CAROLINA ENIERPRISES.
two Compaoles chartered by Secretary
of State Yesterday.
Special Star Telegram.
Rauhob, N. 0., Not. 25. The Sec
retary of State charters the Hursaw
Live Stock Co., of Rockingham, with
capital of $25,000: Incorporators, T.
O. Leak. W. OL Leak and others. A
charter was also granted to theTudent
Fisheries Co., with principal office In
Raleiffh. It baa authority to buy and
operate fisheries In the waters of East
Carolina. 11. G. Perkins, P. V. Hew
lett and W. 8. Jacobs, of New Jersey,
are the incorporators. Capital, $10,000.
Colambas Tclcphaae Co.
The stockholders of - the Columbus
Telephone Company, who were repre
sented by Jno. EL Gore, Jr., Eq.
when he bid In the property at public
auctlon'some time ago, met yesterday
morning in the office of Bussell &
Gore for the purpose of reorganiza
tion.' Mr. J. W. Harrelson, of Clar
endon, N. C presided and Mr. Louie
Goodman, of this city, acted as see
retary. The following Board of
Directors was chosen : Mr. E. A.
Perry, of Ghadbourn; Dr. D. L Wat-
on. of Soutbport, and Messrs. W. H.
Oooner. B. F. Keith and 8 P. Craig,
of this city. The directors will meet
Wednesday and elect all the officers or
the new company.
Wedding at Qodwle, N. C.
Friends in the city and elsewhere
are receiving handsomely engraved
invitations, bearing the following an
nouncement: "Mr. and Mrs. J.
Alexandra Wade request the honor
of your presence at the marriage of
their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to
Mr. Walter Council Viclr, on tnear-
ternoon of December tbe sixteenth,
nineteen hundred and three, at three
o'clock, Presbyterian church, Godwin,
-North Carolina. At home after ue
cember tbe twenty-fifth, Council,
North Carolina.
William Nowland, a negro
deck hand, employed by Capt. J. a.
Williams, of the tug 'Navassa," was
Injured at tbe McEachern fire across
the river last week and was sent by
Cant. Williams to the Marine Hos
pital. He is now on tbe road Jo re
WILMINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4,
THE N.X. CONFERENCE!
Morning, Afternoon and : Night
Sessions VVere Held at
Goldsboro Saturday. :
AT HENDERSON NEXT YEAR.
say Reports Heard sod Qaestloas Called.
Jtnmor That Grace bbnrch Will Qet '
Promiseat Yosnc Member of
Cosfereace Proceedlsis
Special Star Correspondence.
Goldsboro, N. a, Nov. 28. Tbe
North Carolina Conference rounded
out a busy day's work here with both
afternoon and night sessions to-day.
a.i a:au o cioca tne uonrereBC ws
called to order by Rev. Dr. E. A. Yates,
of Durham- Devotional exercises Were
conducted by Rev. N. E. Coltrane.
Rev. F. L. Church presented a fine
report on Tempsrance and the same
as adopted.
Rev. D. EL Blaek presented the re
port on Bible Cause and it was dis
cussed ably by Dr. Betts, Dr. Kilgo
and Rev. G. A. Oglesby.
Mr. W. B. Cooper, of Wilmington,
presented the report of the Sunday
School Board and It was adopted.
Henderson, N. O., was decided upon
as the next place of meeting. Another
Invitation was extended by Rev. B..O.
Beaman, of Trinity Uburcb, Durham,
but the Conference decided to to go to
Henderson.
A committee of three from the
Weatern North Carolina Conference
asked that the North Carolina Con
ference appoint a similar committee to
confer with the trustees of Trinity
College relative to the matter of sp
pointing a separate board of trustees
forOd Trinity College. The matter
was laid on the table.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
At 7:80 o'clock to-night Conference
m-t and tbe work of the Church Ex
tension Board was diicussed by Rev.
1). H. Tuttle, of Klnston.
Toe appointments will not be an
nounced by the Bishop before Monday
and certainly not before Monday after
noon. There is a well defined rumor
bere that one of the prominent young
members of Conference will be sent to
Grace etiurch of Wilmington to suc
ceed Rev J N. Cole, whose four years'
faithful service there has expired.
THE H0RKI9Q SESSION.
Goldsboro, N. C, Nov. 38. The
fourth day'a session of conference was
opened with Bishop Catdler in tbe
chair. Rev. M. T. Plyler.of Louisburg,
conducted devotional services.. The
jjurnal of yesterday's session was read
and approved. Gen. Julian 8. Carr,
of tbe'Durbam district, was recognized
as a iay delegate, as alternate, in place
of J W. Featherstone.
The name of J. A. Lee was called.
He gave his report, his character was
passed and his name was referred to
the committee on conference relation
ship for theauperaauated relationship.
Question 7 wss called; tbe name or
J. W. Bradley was called, gave his re
port and he was advanced to tbe class
of fourth year. -
Qieation 13: "wnat traveling
preachers are elected Elders I" and
tbe names of Preston Dewitt Wood
all. Rufua Rhodes Grant. James T.
Biabford, William T Jones and F. E.
O xon remain in tbe class ot lourtn
vears.
Edwin H. Welah, a. m. norm, JO
ieiih Francis Bivins, Jesae L Cun-
inf tim and James A. Daily passed
the examination of character, and
naving been approved, were elected to
elders.
Question 10 was called, viz : "What
loeal preschers are elected deacons I"
E. Marion Hoyle, Leslie B. Howard,
Wm. ft. Green, of Durham district:
John William Bryan, of Newborn dis
trict; Robert B Clark, of Warrenton
district, having been recommended by
their resyeetlve "district conferences,
were elecied to Deacon's orders.
Rer J W. Jenkins announced tbe
girt of $1,000 from Gsorve M. Lindsay
of Snow Hill, N C, to the Orphanage.
Rev. A. F. Wilklns,D. D., agent lo
raise a large fund to provide aid for
tbe worn out preachers of the M E.
Church South, addressed the confer
ence in behalf of his board and raised
in cash and subscription about $8,000.
Qiiea'ion 1 was recalled, vis: "Who
are Admitted on Trial t" L. E. Sawyer,
of Newbern district, was admitted on
trial.
Mrs. Luev EL Robertson, president
of Greenaboro Female College, was
introduced and spoke In the Interest
of tbe college.
Dr. T. H. LswTthe agent of tbe
Amerioan Bible Society, spoke to the
conference in behalf of the society.
Rev. L. 8 Massey. la behalf of the
Boaril of Education, presented and
read tbe Board's report and it was
adopleJ.
Bev. U. U uavis presentea tne re
port on church property and it was
adopted.
Question 20 was tailed, vis: "Are
all the Preachers Blameless in their
Life and Official Administration !"
Q. F. Bmitb, G. T. Adams,
J.O.Guthrie, M. M. McTarland, G.
B. B arllDg Or. W. Fisher, JN. Jfi. UOl-
. XT T D..k.lt T ET OKam Iff
irvue, xi. JLi dwiuui v. u. uuvin .
T. Plyler, A. L. Armond, W. EL
Puckett. A. McOulleo, J. P. Pegram
andJ. W. Jenkins Character passed
and they made reports.
On motion or ur. ur. u .u. tjwinaen
it was ordered that when Conference
adjourned that It be to meet on Sun
day at 8:30 o'clock to have memorial
aervicea On motion of Presiding Elder
W. 8. Rone an afternoon session, be
ginning at 8:30 o'clock, was ordered.
Announcements for Sanday Ser
vices : Methodist St. Paul, love feast
at 9:30 o'clock, conducted by Revs. B.
A. Willis, W. & Rone; 11 A. M.,
Bishop Warren A. Candler; 8:80, Me
modal service; 7:80 A. F. Watkins, D.
D. - St. John's 11 o'clock, Rev. E. O.
Glenn ; 7:30 J. H. 8bore.
EUptist Ifirat church. 11 A. M, J.
A. Hornaday; 7:30 Dr. John O. Kllgo;
Second cburcb, 11 o'clock, N. E. Ool
trana; 7:80 P. M., Rev. E. Pope.
Presbyterian First cburob, 11 A.
U.. Rev. T. A. Smoot; 7:80, Dr. J. EL
Scroggs. -a '
Holiness Tabernacle 11 A. M., u.
O. Geddie; 7:80, D. EL Tattle.
A.M. E. Cnureh 11 A. M., Rev.
W. H. Klrtoe,
NEGRO KILLED AT NAVASSA.
Alex Qslsce AccldeatsUy Sbet by ion
. paalesi Named QsaieNew la Ke w
Hssover Jail f irresdered.
Alex. Gause, ' young negro who
has worked at different times at the
compresses and fertiliser factories In
and near Wilmington, on ThanJrjgy- 1
ing arternoon, shot and Instantly kill
ed Alex. Quince, a young negro of
I this city, at Navassa station. Gause
claims that the shooting was accidental
and yesterday afternoon he gave him
self up to Mr. Francis M Moore, a
magistrate of Ptcenlx, N. C. Mr.
Moore brought Gause to Wilmington!
late yesterday afternoon and he is now
In jail bere until the Brunswick
county authorities can send for him.
The negro has a wife and two chil
dren at. Navassa and saysljaince and
other-young negroes were over there
Thanksgiving afternoon handling a
pistol nesr the railroad station. Gause
asked to see the pistol and in exam
ining it, he unwittingly pulled the
trigger and tbe 38 ball ploughed Itself
almost from side to side of Qalnce.
The, wounded negro fell between two
piles of cross ties and died almost in
stantly. Gause dropped the pistol and
in bis fright be ran. He staid all night
at home and gave himself up to Mr.
Moore yesterday morning.
FIRED ON KEEPER OP 0R0UNDS.
Negro Lad Shot at Mr. D. E. Costle, Bnt
Woasded a Colored Boy Arrested
While being driven off the premises
of the Cape Fear Golf Club, beyond
Delgado, upon which he was tres
passing by hunting, yesterday after
noon about S,o'ciock, Henry Brown, a
nrgro lad cf some 15 or 18 years of
age, nred upon Mr. u. K. (jostlo,
keeper of the grounds, and would
hsve killed him had not the load of
shot from tbe gun flew wide of tbe
young negro's aim. As it was, a few
of the shot meant for Mr. Cos tin took
effect in the head of V. Wheeler, a
youog negro, 13 or 13 years of
eg-, who was employed as a caddie by
some of tbe players on the links.
Mr. Costin pursued Brown and took
the gun from him, but the boy made
good his escape. Mr. Costin at once
earns to tbe city, procured a warrant
from Justice Fowler and placed it in
the bands of Constable Savage who
started at once for the golf links and
found the bey at Tenth and Market
streets. He was made a pris
oner and brought to jail where he will
remain until be can be given prelimi
nary trial to-monow. The wounded
negro boy was sent to the hospital,
but hia Injuries were only slight and
be was. allowed to return home."
LUMBER MILL ACCDIDENTS.
White Men Isjsred ThsskigiTlsgst Cape
Pesr asd PKtsbarg Pleats.
While engaged at work at the Cape
Fear lumber mill about noon Thanks
giving dsy. Joseph, D. Millican, a
young white man who lives at 703
North Fifth street, slipped into a pit
containing revolving knives for cut
ting up slabs for the furnace. His
heel was sliced off and r he was thrown
violently to the floor, receiving several
bruises. He was sent at once to the
James Walker Memorial Hospital.
At nearly tbe same hour at the Pitts
burg lumber mill, up tbe river, Henry
E. Larrabee, a white employe of the
company, fell from the top of a baild
ingand suffered a dislocation of the
knee and an ugly scalp wound. He
was brought down to the city on the
tug 'Rosa" and was also sent to
the hospital. .
NEQRO SLASHED A SYRIAN.
William SInos Cat by Bsd Negro Nesr
Water asd Prlecess Streets.
William Simon, a half-witted young
8yrian, who used to figure In the
courts frequently, was badly slashed
across the right thigh early last nigbt
by ' Virgil ' Brown, a half-drunken
negro with whom be engsged in an
altercation on Water street, between
Market and Princess. Bimon was
tent to the hospital in the ambulance
and the negro was arrested by Police
Sergeant Burnett and sent up to the
station in the patrol wagon. The
Syrian's wound is not serious. The
gash in his thigh is about 8 Inches
long and half an inch deep. Dr.
Akerman at the hospital took three or
four stitches in It and at last accounts
Simon was doing very well.
m .
The Poultry Show.
Two weeks more and the Wllming
ton public will have an opportunity of
seeing one of the largest poultry
shows ever held in tbe State. Entries
are beginning to come In from all over
the South. Thev include entries of all
breeds of poultry the world over. Pe
stock will also be shown In abundance.
making it a display of its kind rarely
equalled. The Wilmington Associa
tion has gone to great expense to make
the show tbe grandest in its history
and will present a show that Is deserv
lngof a large patronage. The show
will open at noon Monday, Dec. lath,
and continue one entire week. A
special rate of one and one-third fare
has been made for out-of-town people
who wish to attend the exhibition.
Charlotte Observer: Our Raleigh
correspondent reports a Wakeoounty
farmer as having already gathered
90 hales of ootton on 80 acres, with
the prospect of five more, and as
having picked fifteen hales of
given variety from ten acres. These
jieldf may have been duplicated
somewhere in the State this year but
! we have seen no such records.
1903.
AFFECTING SCENE .
IN THE PRISON.
The Mother of One of the Young
Chicago Bandits Visits
Him in Jail.
WILL BE TRIED QUICKLY.
Five fadlctoesfs for Warder Were Poasd
Af sisst Yea Dele, Poor agslsst Na
derneler, Poor if sisst ffisrx -and
One Agaist Roeski.
By Telegraph to the Homing star.
CHICAGO. Nov. 28. -Indictments were
voted by the grand jury to-day egainat
Harvey Van Dein, Peter Neld
ermeier and Emil Roeaki, the three
young bandits who were arrested yes
terday at the olose of a spectacular
man-bunt in Indiana. An indictment
was also voted against Gustavo Marx,
who murdered Officer Qulnn and wss
with tbe others in tbe majority of their
crimes.
Against Van Dein indictments were
voted charging him with complicity
in five' murders; against Neidermeier
indictments in connection with four
murders, and against Marx indict
ments for four murders. Roeski will
stand trial for one murder.
No cognizance-can be taken in Illi
nois of the murder of Brakeman L. J.
Sovea in Indiana Friday, nor of the
shooting of Detectives Driscoll and
Zimmer in Indiana.
It is tbe intention of State's Attor
ney Deneen to bring tbe men to trial
as quickly as possible.
VanLtein'a mother called on him at
the police station to-day. The meet-
og was affecting.
"We've cot mothers like otter peo
ple, haven't we?" wss what VanDein
said to Neidermeier before Chief cf
olice O'Neill last night.
This moraing VanDein'a mother
read the rt mark in a newspaper and
wasted no time in going to see "her
Mrs. Van Dein aaid; "You haveV
sinned, Harvey, and you must suffer.
cut remember, you are not beyond re
demption, and your mother is suffer-
ng with you."
For a few seconds tbe prisoner sat
as if dazed. Then he caught sight of a
smaller and more girlish figure stand
ing beside his mother, and he arose
asd walked toward the door of his
cell.
Mrs. Van Dein. speaking between
her sobs. said. "Ob. my son I my son 1'
8he put her arms through tbe bars and
put her hands upon the, prisoner's
shoulder. Then Mamie Donne, Van
Dein's sweetheart, stepped forward
and shook hands with the prisoner.
Attnis point VanDein displayed bis
first sign of emotion. Tears appeared
in bis eyes and the sirl was quick to
see them.
"Please don't, Harvey." she said.
Mrs. Van Dein again nut her arms
through the bars toward her son.
Inspector bavin, who had been warn
ed that an attempt might be msde to
pass firearms to tbe prisoner, caught
tbe grief-stricken mother by the
shoulders and gently drew her back.
"We cannot allow you to touch the
prisoner any more," said the Inspec
tor. At this point VanDein stepped
close to the bars and with a scow
peered into the dimly lighted corridor
at a dozen or more detectives and spec
tators who had been pasted into the
cell room.
Her sobs broke out anew and every
one who was near was affected by
the scene. Two young women who
had been passed into the.cell room with
Mrs. VanDein and Miss Dunne began
to sob and Inspector Lavin motioned
that the Interview mutt end.
"We will come again. Harvey."
said Mrs. VanDein, as she left the cell
room.
The prisoner did not answer bis
mother's farewell sentence. He stood
leaning against tbe bars with his head
sunk in his bands until the police be
gan to question hlm.when he resumed
his usual indifferent demeanor.
It was said at the police station that
there la a strong possibility of what is
known as a "sc.nold marriage." the
belief was expressed by the detectives
who have worked with the case that
Miss Dunne is willing and anxious to
marry VanDein before he stands trial
for the series of crimes In which he
has participated.
LE4SE A & N. C. R41LR0&D.
Compssy Chsrtered Yesterdsj for Thst
Parpose Smithfleld Cotton Mills.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 27. The At
lantic Railroad Company was chsr
tered to-day, with $350,000 capital.
The authority is specified to build a
road from Qoidsboro through Wayne,
Johnston and Wake counties to a
point at or near Raleigh. The object
stated on the best authority la to be a
lease of the A. & N. (J. from Grolda-
boro to Morehead and extend to Ra
leigh to connect and have a commu
nity of interests with the Seaboard Air
Line. The directors are T. A. Ureen,
O'Berry, G. A. Norwood, Jr., Golds
boro: J. A. Mills and W. W. Mills, of
Raleigh. It is understood that W. Wj
Mills will be elected president. The
company will submit a proposition to
the A. cc N. O. stockholders at New
bern December 8th for a lease of that
road.
The Smithfleld Cotton Mill Com
pany is authorised by tbe Secretary of
BUte to issue 30,000 preferred stock.
Msbel Psige Isjnred.
The following special from Dan
vllle. Vs., to the Charlotte Obterver
of yesterday will be read with interest
by hundreds of friends of the popular
actress in this city where her company
will appear shortly after Christmas:
"Mable Paige, an actress, who is at
the Academy, this week, was shot In
her arm last nigbt by a blank load, be
tween tbe acts. The charge of powder
and the wai entered' her left arm, and
inflicted a painful wound. It was
necessary to have the wound dressed
before the curtain went up, though the
delay was very short"
-While walking on the tracks of the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleaton
railroad yesterday evening near Coal
Bluff, Pa., their home Minnie and
Eveline Tuompson, sgtd 19 and 16
years respectively, were struck by a
train and instantly killed.
NO. 6
SPIRITS TURPENTINP.
A rich gold mine and a cooner
mine that produces the highest
grade of copper have been opened
near Virgilina, Stanly county.
At Henrietta on Thursday. Mr.
Arthur Williams, a young man aged
1? years, was killed by the running.
away oi a team which he was driving-
- Asheboro Courier: The Ashe-
boro -Chair Company has been
granted a charter. The capital stook
subscribed is $15,000, with au
thority to increase to $50,000. The
com Dan V will munnfactor Morh
grade chairs, as well as cheaper
cnairs.
Fayetteville " Observer: Ex-
Sheriff James A. Johnson died at
his home in Harnett countv last
Saturday in the 89th year of his
age. He was Harnett's first sheriff
after the formation of the county
in 1855. After January the
first the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company will install all-
day service in the exchange on Sun
day and all public holidays. In
other words, it will open on the first
of January and close the last day of
uecemoer. mis change will cer
tainly be appreciated.
Gastonia News: Rev. W. H.
L. McLaurin, of Mt. Holly, who!
asked for his release from the West
ern North Carolina Conference at
High Point recently, was here yes
terday. Mr. McLaurin was trying
to sell his horse and buggy and
other property with a view of mov
ing to Goldsboro In a few days. He
will pastor of the Holiness taber
nacle at Goldsboro and be asso
ciated with Rev. A. B. Grumpier in
the publication of the Advocate, the
Holiness publication in this State.
Mr. McLaurin has been thinking
lor two years of leaving the Meth
odist ministry and going into the
ministry. of the Holiness church.
tie says now he is free from the
rod of ecclesiastical rule.
One of the porters of Clemfa
uotei, at ureensboro, had occasion
to go up stairs late Thursday after
noon, and noticed that two white
men who had taken dinner at the
hotel were moving around rather
suspiciously. Unknown to them, he
watched and found that they were
robbing the rooms right and left,
taking from the dressers any porta
ble article of value they could make
way with. Before he could give the
alarm the men had completed their
robberies and walked down stairs.
One ot the men was arrested at the
hotel before any of the stolen arti
cles could be disposed of. The other
was arrested an hour afterwards
with stolen goods on his person.
Both men refused to. give their
names, uneof them registered at
Clegga asT. H. Williamson, of High
rant.
A Special from Boston. Mass..
in the Charlotte Observer of Nov.
36th, says: A Rome, Italy, cable
to-day says that a woman, who gave
her name as Stevens, and said she
was a native of North Carolina, was
found nearly dead by a peasant
while the latter was passing through
the forest near Capua after the re
cent severe storm. The peasant did
not understand English, but seeing
that she needed care, Becured assist
ance. The woman said she was 34
years old, and had determined to
try her fortune in Italy. She had
arrived in Naples from North Caro
lina with but $6 and immediately
began an unsuccessful quest for em
ployment, wandering into the for
est she was overtaken by the storm
and would have died of exposure
Due iortne arrival of the peasant.
Charlotte Observer: Up to this
time Mr. Roosevelt clearly has the
call on the Republican nomination
next year, but there is undoubtedly
considerable opposition to him in
his own party, and surface indica
tions are that H is increasing. The
efforts of Senator Hanna to prevent
hia friends pushing him for the
presidency have not wholly availed,
and it is alleged that a good deal of
Hanna literature is being circulated
throughout the country. At a meet
ing of a Rennblioan club in Cleve
land, O., Tuesday night, one of
the speakers said the presidential
atmosphere .was not clear and that
Roosevelt was not the choice of a
good part of the country. The same
idea was expressed bv other sneakers.
and when Attorney General Emer
son was called on for a 'speech,
"Why beat about the bush," said
he, "and make out those veiled sug
gestions? Why not come out
squarely and say what you mean? I
tell you, gentlemen, that Hanna is
the choice of the majority of the
people for President' The au
dience yelled uproariously the
spealcer had struck a popular chord.
"The financial interests and the
South," he continued, "are for
Hanna. They will control the con
vention, and they cannot be headed
off from their purpose to nominate
uanna."
Convicted of Marder.
In Cumberland Superior Court
Thanksgiving day Robert Munn,
Charged with the murder of Isaiah Ray
at Godwin several months ago, was
found guilty by a jury and yesterday
be was sentenced by Judge Bryan to
be hanged on January th. Defen
dsnt's counsel Messrs. T. H. Button
and J. W. Bolton, took an appeal to
the-Supreme Court. Munn claimed
as a justification for the shooting Im
proper relations by Ray with his
(Munn's) sister.
December Westher.
The following . data relative to the
weather in December, covering a
period of S3 yearr, have been com
piled from the records In the Wilming
ton bureau. The mean temperature
was 48 degrees. The lowest during
the 83 years was 10 degrees on Dec.
80th, 1880. The highest was 79 degrees
on the 24th of the year previous. The
greatest precipitation was 7.18 inches)
la 1877.
ITER
tEE ONCE MORE.
Refused to be IslervIewed-WIU Seek te
Vladlcate Himself Before the .
ASaCrlcsi People,
By Telegraph to tne Homing Star. -Lxavknwobth.-Kas.,
Nov. 88. A
few minutes before 4 o'clock this
mornifg Oberlin M. Carter, ex cap
tain of eiineen, walked out of fb
Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, '.
a free man. At the gates he was met
by his uncle, L D. Carter, and imme- -diately
driven in a hack to the union
depot in-this rity. This last move
ment was a ruse to throw the news
paper men, whom be wished above all
things to avoid, off the track. At the
anion station he was met- by a repre
sentative of the Associated Press and '
while Carter still staunchly refused to
be interviewed as to his plans for tbe
future be said: . .
"I will catoh the Missouri Pacific
train out of here at 5.14 o'clock to
Kansas City and there after breakfast
will take the fast Santa Fe direct to
Chicago. I wish to spend Sunday
with my mother, who is over anxious
to tee me."
While awaiting his train, tbe ex-
army omcer convertea ireeiy on a
large number of subjects, but always
skillfully avoided the introduction of
any thing in regard to his conviction
or his plans for the futnre. He spoke
at length about tbe prison, but even
then turned the talk from himself to
generalities. .. ... ,.
in regard to nimseiine merely saiu:
"I am feeling as well as could be ex
nected under the circumstances. De
prived to the extent I was of exercise,
I could not hope to be better situated. '
Tho captain looked much older than
when be entered tbe prison nearly
four years ago, but showed no trace
of ill health.
It was thought last night that an
offioer of tbe Department of Justice
might be at the prison gates tore
arrest Carter on an old indictment.
but such was not the case. Wbea he
decided to leave the gates were thrown
open to him, and he pissed out of tbe
prison walls for the first time since ne
was brought into court uereauring n s
attempt to obtain a release by an act
of habeas corpus. He was attired just
as he was on his arrival at the place of
his incarceration.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 38. The
train bearing Oberlin M. Carter ar
rived in Kansas City at 6:80 this
morning. The ex-officer and his little
party immediately transferred to the
regular east bound Banta Fe train
which started for Uhloago at 7 :S5. But
little attention was paid to the party,
whlcb made every effort to avoid no
tice. Breakfast was eaten on the train
after it left Krnsas City. The train is
due in Chicago at 8 :85 to-night.
During bis short stop here, ex-
Captain Carter talked Interestingly.
"As to my future," said Captain
Carter, "I really have no plans. I
must wait first to vindicate myseu De
fore tho American people.'i
THE FISHBUTE CLOTMNQ COMPANY.
Jadf e Pnrsell Dismisses Petition to De
clare the Corporation Bsskropt.
Special Star Telegram.
Rahiqh, N. G, Nov. 28. Judge
Purnell to day dismissed, at the cost of
petitioning creditors, the petition of the
International Shirt and Collar Corn-
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any and others for the Flshblate
hothine Oomnsnv. of Wilmington, to
be declared a bankrupt. The Judge
declares the International Shirt and
Collar Company has not a provable
claim, having received just payment
within the time limit and not volunta
rily aurrendered. Also, that creditors
in the amount required by the act are
not united in Instituting the petition.
The order says farther that tbe court
must act on tbe record and nothing in
tbe petition is presented asking leave
to amend the original petition to eon-
form to the law; that the court cannot
try hypothetical cases. "This is not a
moot court, but sits under the law to
try bona fide causes actually existing :
and iciiularly instituted between par
ties to questions raised and presented
in the court," sajs the judge, "a seem
ing effort on the part of petitioning
creditors to fish out an opinion upon a
hypothetical case cannot avail."
ROBESON'S JAIL QUESTION.
Hesrlsg Before Jodie Bryao la Fsjette
vllle Yesterday To Sspreme Court.
Yesterday's Fayetteville Observer:
"There are a number of prominent
people from Robeson county In the
city to day, to attend the hearing, be
fore Judge Bryan, of the aotlon for an
injunction, brought by Messrs. W. F.
Williams and B. B. Branch, of Red
Springs township, against the Board
of Commissioners of Robeson county,
to restrain them from building an ad
dition to the county jail at Lumber
ton. After bearing all the evidence,
the Judge dismissed tbe case, at
the cost of the plaintiffs, who there
upon tcok an appeal to the Supreme
Court. '
"Messrs. N. A. Sinclair and Robin
son & Shaw appeared for the plain
tiffs, and Messrs. Mclntyre & Law
rence and A. W. McLean, of Lum-
ton. appeared for the Commissioners.
This case has been agitating Robeson
county for the past year."
LOSS $50,000.;
Persssdlos, Pis., Narrowly Escapes a
" Destructive Fire.
By Telegraph to the Horning; Btar.
Firkaitdisa, Fla., Nov. 28. The
McNalr mill, with all the lumber
stored In the mill yard, one of the
Seaboard Air Line warehouses, two
box cars and a lot of lumber belong
ing to the traction company, were
burned here early to-night. A great
deal of the track in the railroad yard
was ruined. The damage Is esti
mated at $50,000. The property burn
ed was only partially Insured. At
one time It looked as if the entire
water front with shipping would be
destroyed. There was a large quan
tity of lumber and naval stores on the
wharves, and had the fire not been
stopped before reaching them nothing
could haved the business part of the
city. - . .
FIRE IS NEW ORLEANS.
The Plant of the Natloaal Biscuit Cotv
pasy Destroyed.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
New Obxmans, Nov. 38. Fire In
the heart of the business manufactur
ing district to-day completely destroy
ed the plant of the National Biscuit
Company at South Peters and Howard
avenue and damaged considerably a
number of surrounding warehouse and
other property. The plant covered a
square and there was an unusually
heavy stock on band. Tbe loss to the
Biscuit company and surrounding pro-
Brty la roughly estimated at between
,0OU nj 1338,000.
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