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THE EOUTH'S GBEAT IHDU8
j TBIAL PAPER.
ay The losses ia the appalling con
flagration in Baltimore were so stu
pendous that many of the serious
individual calamities are only begin
niogto dawn upon us.
' The Star's dispatches covered the
general story of the' great fire, and
It was stated that all of Baltimore's
newspaper establishment's were de
stroyed, but we have just realized
that among the publications to meet
with misfortune was America's
greatest industrial and financial pa
per, the Manufacturer? Record.
The printing establishment of that
journal, to the influence of which
we have often attributed the miracu
lous industrial growth of the South,
went up in ashes, and for that ca
lamity the Stab has a special regret.
It affords us pleasure, however, to
state that the Record will not miss
an issue but will appear this week
as usual. As soon as the Record's
priutiog house was burned, the en
terprising publishers at once made
arrangements to have this week's
issue printed through the co-opera
tion of three of the largest printing
establishments in Philadelphia. This
will be good news throughout the
South where the Record covers a
wi Jer field in financial, industrial,
and business circles than any publi
cation in the United. States.
It is gratifying for the Stab to
state also that the lessons taught by
the fire have caused the publishers
of the Manufacturer? Record to de
cide to erect in Baltimore a build
log for its exclusive use. Mean
while the Record Publishing House
haa closed a contract for two full
Hoars at Holliday and Saratoga
streets, Baltimore, and is putting in
a full equipment of the most mod
ern prcsaes, the lateBt type, etc., so
that operations will be resumed in
Baltimore as soon as possible.
COLONIAL BLOOD PUDDLES.
The cablegrams yesterday tell us
that if China's proclamation of neu
trality during the Russo-Jap war is
observed "it will, of course, pre
vent the use of her (China's) soil by
either Rassian or Japanese troops."
Yet, Corea, a so called independ
ent, sovereign empire, and Man
churia, a province of China, must
be trampled up and bedaubed with
blood by two nations that ought to
scatter each other's carcasses on
their own ground!
The Coreans and the Manchu-
rians have to dodge bullets and
hide out fromralljknd have their
business, industrial and agricultural
pursuits paralyzed for an indefinite
period, while the fighters are butch
ering each other to settle the ques
tion as to which, vampire like, Bhall
feast and suck the life blood out of
Corea and Manchuria.
It is not a battle for liberty but
for trade and spoils, and probably
Corea and Manchuria .are of the
opinion that it is "dog eat dog."
Thus we see that the "colonial
policy" of two so-called civilized na
tions leads them to shed the gore of
men far away from their homes, and
about all the soldiers get out of it is
privation, hunger, disease, suffering,
festering wounds and bloody graves,
We read of the "Dark Ages," but
if the ashes of the people of those
periods could scramble out of earth
at "the witching hour of night,
when .churchyards yawn and Hell
itself breathes, out contagion to
the world," they would hold op their
hands and exclaim:
" 'Tis the damned spot we leftl
but now 'tis hell itself I"
in the Philippines, in the land of
the Boers and throughout Africa,
there are fresh colonial blood pud
dies, and in Corea and Manchuria
there are others.
Russia has a fleet of war vessels
bottled np in the Black; Sea. Tur
key made an agreement with other
powers a number of years ago not
to allow the Black Sea fleet to pass
-through the Dardanelles and Great
Britain would never consent to al
low the Russian ships to come
through. These ships have no way
of skating arross the country, hence
the greedy Japanese will never get
went for breakfast.
VOL. XXXV.
WAROff FOBTUHE TELLEBS.
Under the lawi in New York for
tune tellers, or those who pretend
to tell fortunes, are classed as dis
orderly persona and are punishable
nnder the penal code. '
The New York Globe says there
are about 300 fakin of that descrip
tion in the city and recently a re
porter for that paper has been calK
ing on some of them to have his
fortune told. He had to cough np
the cash, too, but he had lots of
fun, and if he goes to the end of the
rainbow he will find "sky-scrapers"
full of gold, diamonds by the
schooner load, and costly gems of
every description.
Instead of making the fortune
tellers hand out unlimited graft to
keep from being exposed In a bright,
clean newspaper, the reportor parted
with his coin of the realm and gave
the fortune tellers a free' write-up. It
was an entertaining and clevsr ex
posure of a set of unprincipled
swindlers and freebooters, and the
purpose of the Globe was to do a
valuable public service in getting
the law after the vampires.
The result of the Globe's expose
of the methods of the witches and
oracles who have been imposing
upon and fleecing the public is that
a war is to be made on the breed.
A list of the names of the fakirs,
male and female, has been handed
to Police Commissioner McAdoo
and he will assign two plain
clothes men to the work of driv
ing them out of their present
abodes.
The Globe ascertained that there
were several degrees of imposition
practiced on people and that the
classes of fortnne tellers ran all the
way from pestilence breeders to
those who hold forth in luxury.
They are to be found in evory pre
cinct of the city and they find it not
only easy to gather the hard-earned
cash of the working classes but to
fleece people high up in society.
. Police Commissioner McAdoo, in
taking hold of the complaints
against the fakers, said many poor
people who are hardly able to buy
bread, rake up money to have their
their fortunes told, and as for so
ciety people, many of them believe
implicitly everything the seers tell
them and pay them fabulous sums
for their tommyrot.
It is oad enough for the poor and
ignorant to be fooled by the villain
ous seers, but it is astonishing that
people of wealth and social stand
ing are so feather-headed as to fall
into their traps. If the Globe is the
means of driving the impostors out,
not merely causing them to simply
change their locations, that splen
did newspaper will deserve a bless
ing. At any rate, the exposure will
open the eyes of the public to the
enormity of the swindling opera
tions, and it will probably enlighten
many who would otherwise be
duped.
During a recent gun practice by
the United States cruiser Missouri,
off the Chesapeake capes, a shell
fired from a 12 inch gun fell into the
ocean within a few hundred feet of
vessel fifteen miles distant. It
probably covered the 15 miles in
forty seconds, and its velocity was
so swift that no glass could trace its
course. The Missouri could lay off
Wrightsville and land shells in the
city of Wilmington.
The House naval committee is
generally ' commended in accepting
Admiral Dewey's advice as to the
kinds of new war ships to build for
our navy, lhe appropriation this
year will be 14,000,000, to be used in
the construction of one battleship,
two armored cruisers and two cv'
liers. There is also a propoaitio.
to expend an, additional $82,000,000
for new war ships.
It is reported that Admiral Stark,
commanding the Enssian fleet at
Port Arthur, has been called home
because of the disastrous attack by
the Japanese February 8th-9th. If
the Czar can induce the Mikado to
call the Jap navy home it will be
better than to break it off in poor
Stark. ,
As this is election year and every
North Carolinian will want to vote
for President, members of Congress
and State officers, all who have not
done so already should pay their poll
tax before May 1st. All who do
not pay their poll tax cannot vote,.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
A cablegram states that "Lloyd
has raised rates of insurance against
risk of war between Great Britain
and France from 20 to 30 per cent."
Gee whiz! we didn't know that
France would risk a war with Great
Britain.
Perhaps the Russians have a to
boggan slide for the Japanese rmy
when it goes over into frozen MaX
churia.
The Bnssian air ship Skyhigh
seems to be abont the only one that
has so far escaped a Japanese
torpedo.
BEE
THE VICE CRUSADE.
Compromise Reached in Law and
Order League Cases in Su
perior Court Yesterday.
ILLICIT TRAFFIC TO STOP.
Eight Dcfeadsats Will Pay lost, Vacate
Hooses asd Walk Circumspectly ia
Fatare-is to Reitlsf of Prop
erty for Illegal Purposes.
Upon terms which are regarded as
constituting doubtful victory for
either side, a wholesale compromise
was reached yesterday in the thirty
odd cues being; prosecuted by the
Law and Order League of Wilming
ton, against eight or more keepers of
alleged disorderly asd lllfamed houses
in different 'sections of the city. The
history of the crusade against vice
Inaugurated systematically several
months ago by certain citizens, backed
by a vigorous municipal administra
tion, is well known to readers of the
city papers. Two'convictlons and two
acquittals, with a compromise In an
other, bad bsen secured after days of
closely contested trials and the Supe
rior Court had opened with the trial
of another yesterday morning, when
the strong array of legal counsel on
both aides withdrew for a conference.
The conference lasted an hour or more,
when the attorneys came Into court
again and Solicitor Daffy announced
that an agreement had been reached,
which he thought would meet the ends
of justice without the farther tedious
process of dealing with each cue sep
arately. Those terms were afterwards found
tq meet with Judge Ferguson's appro
val and judgment was entered accord
ingly. Solicitor Duffy, in stating the
terms to the court, said that the con
ference of counsel had resulted in a
proposition on the part of Ltura Kee
tor. Kale Jenkins, Lola Harris, Mattle
Allen, Gusaie Grier, Mamie Sheridan,
EEBe May and Trlxle Johnson to
plead guilty to the charges of keeping
a bawdy house and of retailing with
out license and on 8unday, making a
submission In three cues each, except
as to Gussle Grier. only charged with
retailing; Mattle Allen, selling liquor
on Sunday and without license, and
Laura Keetor, who only pleaded
guilty to keeping a bawdy house, cases
against her for retailing without
license and selling on Sunday
having been nol prossed. There
would then be a prayer for
judgment and the prayer would
ba continued, the defendants to pay
costs in each of the cases at this term
of court It would be understood that
such a disposition of the cases would
be upon condition that the conduct of
the houses and Illicit traffic Is stopped
at once, the prosecution being at
liberty at any time, when complaint Is
made, either before the next term of
court In April or after that time, to
pray the judgment of the court. It
was also stated further that the houses
occupied by the defendants would not
be allowed to be rented for the pur
poses of prostitution. It was stated
hat the grand jury had recommended
that the city authorities should Issue
no further license except to keepers of
bona-flde boarding houses and that
the Superior Court would adopt, the
recommendation. It wu also stated
in concluding the settlement that It
wu recognized as the desire of the
prosecution to put all persons on notice
that If these or other houses are rented
for illicit purposes, such action would
be called to the attention of future
grand juries and the matter vigorously
prosecuted. The announcement to
that effect was to put all people
upon their v guard and in order
that no one might feel that un
due advantage had been taken.
The compromise outlined by Mr.
Duffy was accepted and the defendants
were Instructed to pay the costs, which
range from f 10 to $85 In each of three
cases against each defendant.
MR. P. ft. K1N0 HiS SMALLPOX.
Well Develeped Case Upon Popular Yooof
Business MaiQsarsatised.
( Mr. Frank B. King, the popular
young junior member of the firm of
Roger Moore's Sons & Co., yesterday
developed a cue of smallpox at his
home. No. 711 Grace street. Mr.
King had been ill several days and
Friday an eruption was noticed on his
face by the physician in attendance.
Dr. W. D. McMillan, county superin
tendent of health, was called in and
the disease was pronounced smallpox.
Gapt Robert Ureen established a
quarantine at the residence and the
patient will remain there. He Is for
tunate in having for a nurse his
father, who bad the disease several
years ago. Young Mr. King was rest
log very well lut night. A night
and a day policeman have been detail
ed to do quarantine duty.
Hasglog VIII Be Public
The gallows for the hanging of Ja-
bel Register, at Whltevllle Thursday
week, has been constructed In the jail
yard there within the put few days.
Contrrry to the exp ctatton of many,
it la said that the execution will be
public a fact which many of the clti
sens of Columbus deplore, Irrespective
of their sympathy for or against the
condemned man.
Claude Leslie, a. young white
man well known In the city, was sent
to jail yesterday for a term of SO days
on the county roads In default of pay
ment of a fine of $5 and costs in the
police court, where he was charged
with bains drunk and down. He owed
back costs aggregating in all $35.80,
3EKLY
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WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
TS EXCEPTIONS OVERRULED.
Corporation Commission Says A. 8. L. Mast
Make Selma Connection A. ft H. 6.
Lease Teachers' Assembly.
Special Star Telegram.'i
Raleigh, N. Q, Feb. IS. The Cor
poration Commission issued an order
to-day, overruling the exceptions of
the Atlantic Coast Line to the order
of the Commission for schedule con
nection of trains of the Cout Line and
Southern Railway at Selma. The or
der overruling the exceptions declares
that facilities given heretofore by the
A.G.L. should not be lessened ; that the
connection furnishes pusengers by
means of the Wuhington branch,
Norfolk and Carolina branch. Ply
mouth branch and Nuhvllle branch,
with train No.185 : that connection with
the Southern at Selma for nearly ten
years should be restored; that, if this
cannot ba done by Gout Line's train
No. S3 arfovmetiy, lhenotheT facul
ties should be furnished by the Coast
Line ;'that this connection has been the
principal outlet for passengers from
Eastern Carolina to Selma and other
Southern Railways points for the last
ten years. Instead of being abandon
ed It should be made prominent; that
this result be accomplished by extend
ing the run of either the Bprlng Hope-
Bock r Mount or Fly mouth-Rocky
Mount train from Rocky Mount to
Selma to connect with the Southern,
or else run an extra train from Rocky
Mount to Beima for this connection.
The terms of proposal to lease the
Atlantle and North Carolina Railroad
as submitted by Captain McBee to
Governor Aycock are for a 99-year
eue 2i per cent, ten years. 3 per
cent, second ten, A per cent, for third
ten. o per cent, for the next twenty
years and 7 per cent for the last forty
years. The road to be extended from
Newborn-to Washington; thence to
Plymouth and connect by steamer on
Albemarle sound with Edenton. This
s believed to mean that the Vander-
bllts are after the road as a connection
for the Norfolk and Southern from
Norfolk. It Is also proposed to extend
the A. & N.O. from Goldsboro to San
ford, connecting there with the Sea
board Air Lrine. Southern, and Atlan
tic Coast Line.
The Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly
decided to day to hold the next ses
sion of the assembly June 8lb. at a
place to be selected at a later meeting
of the committee within the next few
weeks. Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake
Forest, is president of the Assembly.
The uommittee on Uecil Rhodes
Scholarship, in session here to-day,
decided to postpone the examination
of applicants until iiarch9tb, and that
all applications must be in by March
1st. North Carolina is entitled to
only one scholarship.
THE NEWS IN RALEIGH.
North Carolioa Ice Association Baptist
Ualfcrslty Mortf sge CasceUcd.
Special Star Correspondeiice.
Ralegh, N. C, Feb. 11. The
North Carolina Ice Association held
ts annual meeting in this city lut
night and elected E. R. Conger, of
Edenton, president; W. E. Thompson,
of Greensboro, vice president, and
William Dunn, of Newborn, secre
tary and treasurer. Rocky Mount
was selected as the next place of
meeting. W. E. Worth, of Wilming
ton, is a member and ex-president of
the Association.
The case of Btate vs. Patterson.
from Durham, Involving the question
of the application of the "anti-jag"
aw to all prohibition and dispensary
territory in the 8tate, wu argued be
fore the Supreme Court to-day. Attor
ney General Gilmer, H. A. Forshee
and R. E. Boon appearing for the
SUte and ex-Judge R. W. Winston
and H. E. Bryan, of Durham, for the
defendant.
A mortgage of $31,000 against the
Baptist Female University here was
cancelled yesterday.tbe entire am ount
having been paid off, so that the lnsu
tutlon is now entirely out of debt.
Universal 011 & FertlKxei Co.
Mr. W. E. Worth, general manager
of the Universal Oil & Fertilizer Co.,
has been granted a permit by the dty
to construct the buildings of the plant
of his oompany on the blocx bounded
by Hall, Moore, Dickinson and Ander
son streets, which is near the tobacco
warehouse site. The bulldingrIll be
a three-story frame, metal-roof struc
ture, 67x47 feet In size, with brick and
metal roof engine and boiler room at
tached, an eight-Inch brick wall being
between. The oil is to be extracted by
theEdson naptha process and tanks
containing the naptha are to be placed
underground, 100 feet from any build
ing. Cargo ol Perarlsi Qnsno.
The Charleston News and Courier
notes the arrival in that city of the
steamer "Borade" with a cargo of
5,000 tons of genuine Peruvian guano
for interior shipment The steamer
"Ouzco" arrived there some time ago
with a similar cargo. Within a few
days a guano steamer from Peru will
arrive at Wilmlnrton for the Smith
Davis Oompany, of mis city, which Is
the pioneer in reviving the Peruvian
guano trade in this section. The conc-
nanv already has a large number of
orders for interior shipment and ex
pects to build upablg trade in that
favorite fertilizing material.
Raleigh Playhouse Lesse.
J. Bherwood Upcburcb bu succeed
ed E. H. Baker as Icsiee of the Metro
politan Opera House in Raleigh, the
last named going to St Louis as prl
vate secretary to Prof. J. A. Holmes,
In charge of the N. a Exhibit at the
Exposition. It was stated that Mr. a
A. Bcbloss, of Wilmington, wu be
hind the deal but Mr. Unchurch said
that was Incorrect The house rents
for $850 per year.
The neero Randall Pittman,
who, on Saturday, Feb. 6th, killed
his sweetheart and then shot her
sister because the first-named re
fused to marry him, was arrested
near Scotland Neck a few davs ago
bv Stephen Purvis, white, and Bud
Hanson, a negro, at whose house
Pittman had stopped. A reward of
$100 had been offered for Pittman
arrest.
A. C. L. TRAINS CRASH
Frightful Collision of Extra and
Local Freights Near Pee
Dee, S. C , Saturday.
ENGINEER TAYLOR KILLED.
Six, Others Here or Less isiared asl
Trick Plied With Wreckage, Block
. lag Traffic Maiy Bears Dead
- Mai fron WOalaitea.
Two Atlantic Coast Line freight
trains, One of them an extra from
Wilmington, bound south, and the
other a local, going north from Flor
ence to Fayetteville, were in head-on
collision at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon, two miles south, of Pee Dee
jcMc&m and only a short distance
beyond the south end of the long
trestle over Pee Dee river at that
point Engineer Bruce Taylor, 88
years old, of Wilmington, ia charge
of the extra, bound south, was almost
Instantly killed bis; fireman, John
Hay, white, of Florence, B. C, wu bad
ly injured, and five others were more
or leu seriously hurt. Both engines
and five cars were almost completely
demolished while a number of others
suffered to some extent The track
was blocked until 8 o'clock 8unday
morning and trains to and from the
north were run by Darlington, Ben
netisvllle, Maxton and Parkton over
the old a 8. & N. and O. F. & Y. V.
roads, until the line wu cleared.
The wreck occurred on the fill at the
foot of Winona bill on Pee Dee trestle.
Eoglneer Taylor's train wu extra No.
347 and left Wilmington early Satur
day morning, being drawn by one of
the big Baldwin engines, recently pur
chased by the Coast Line. The local
reicht wu No. 10, in charge of Engi
neer Mclaughlin, and was going
north. The extra had no orders over
the local and should have looked out
for it, registering for orders or waiting
at Pee Dee. The mistake wu fatal and
both trains came together at full
speed, the extra meeting the lo
cal at the curve iust beyond the
river. Eoglneer McLaughlin, of the
ocal, saw the extra approaching
and jumped la time to escape with
only a few bruises. Engineer Taylor
could not see ahead of him the dis
tance of more than five telegraph poles
and met death in his cab. The other
Injured, most of whom are colored and
from Florence, are:
Joshua Nichols, train band on extra,
right leg and shoulder bruised.
Arthur Branch, left band bruised
and right ankle sprained.
Daa Poe, slight bruises on right
shoolderr
John Hay, firemen on extra, slight
scalp wound; arm bruised and back
strained.
Alonzo Moravan, trainman on local,
back and legs Injured from jumping.
The little engine, drawing the local
freight wu totally wrecked while the
big Baldwin escaped with less damage.
Two cars on the local were splintered;
three on the extra were badly damaged
while several others suffered by having
the bumpers jerked out Wreck trains
from both Wilmington and Florence
were Immediately dispatched to the
scene. On the latter a corps of physi
cians were sent and everything pos
sible was done for the injured men.
The Florence train arrived at the
wreck at 8:30 o'clock and a large force
of hands were engaged Saturday night
removing the debris and clearing the
track.
It was expected that all trains on the
W., O. &A. between Wilmington and
Pee Dee would have to be annulled.
The main line trains were also de
layed several .hours as the rails are
very light on the old 0. 8. & N. road
and small engines will have to be sub
stituted for the large ones in bringing
the coaches around.
The local freight from Florence wu
six hours late and that Is assigned u
the reason the extra train conductor
and engineer overlooked the wait at
Pee Dee. Eoglneer Taylor is well and
favorably known In Wilmington.
His home is on Castle, between Second
and Third streets, and he leaves a wife
and two little daughters, aged two and
five years, respectively. His father,
Mr. Henry Taylor, has been an em
ploye of the A. C L machine shops
in this city for many years. The young
engineer was formerly employed on
the Beacoast railroad, but had lately
been In the A. C L. shops here and
running as an extra engineer. He
wu a member, of Wilmington Lodge
of Odd Fellows and the Muonlc fra
ternity.
Sister Lucas and Betsie Mills,
colored women of bad repute, were
committed to J all for the roads by Jus
tioe Bornemann yesterday. Onewu
found guilty of simple assault and the
other couldn't pay the costs in a frlvo
lous prosecution she brought against
John Williams, colored.
Winston's Weekly: We no long
er make pilgrimages to the holy
land in search of a Saviours tomb.
We build ironclad cruisers to do our
searching. We no longer allow
miracles to stop the sun of progress.
We no longer repeat fairy tales to
our children. We instruct them in
the value of dividends. There is no
place At our firesides for the wan
dering minstrel. We feed Lazarus,
only after he sawed the wood. Sui
cide has become the only refuge of
the weak. Like King Richard, we
are born with teeth. We not only
economize our resources, but our
very language and thoughts. Con
crete "slang" has taken the place of
ornate expression. Wo are even
considering the proposition to make
religion dividend p) mg.
QT AR
1904.
RIVENB1RK TO THE HOSPITAL.
Usfortssale Mai Removed from Jail for
Treatment li Plessssl Qsarters.
Growing weaker, both physically
and mentally, according to the physi
cians In attendance, A. W. Rlvenbark
was yesterday transferred from his
unpleasant surroundings in the county
ail to the James Walker Memorial
Hospital. The history of Mr. Riven
bark's sad case is known to readers of
this paper. Upon the court's denial of
writ of habeu corpus about a week
ago, he wu placed under the care of
Dr. W. D. McMillan, countv superin
tendent of health,' and yesterday Dr.
McMillan thought best to transfer him
to some place where he would more
readily respond to medical treatment
He Is said to be affected with cirrhosis
of the liver and to have vomited blood
recently. The unfortunate man has
many friends In Wilmington who hope
for his recovery under the changed
conditions that will necessarily follow-
bis transfer to the hospital.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Chief Dickens, of Wilson, has
brousrht back from Rnffnllr. Lnnin
Cattle, alias Henry James, a negro
wanted tor the murder of an aged
citizen of this State.
Durham Herald: We lived in
theeut in the days when the Re
publicans were supposed to play
dirty politics, but they did not have
tne gang nere sunned a little bit.
The Sallshnrv Xun. Rtftfna fliof.
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the Bowan Distilling Comnanvbas
been chartered with a capital of
$25,000. The nomnAnv will nnonta
a rectifying and wholesale whiskey
nouse ac sausDury.
A former Saliabnrian hn la
now living in Charlotte, raked off.
$18,000 on cotton a short while
since. He went in when the rise
first started and sold onfc at the
highest price before the drop.
Durham Herald: If the State
received dollar for dollar for those
bonds in railroad stock, and the
stock is now worth something like
$1.70, it appears to its that we are
ahead of the game anway it turns.
Raleitrh 7J"nma nnit. ffltaamar.
Hog and Eominv will nav. At the
big sale of Berkshire pigs at Bilt
more there was a brisk demand, the
Sigs bringing from $75 to $100.
'hink of one hog sale in North
Carolina brinsrinsr In $12,000. Geonre
is doing a good work in improving
the sort of hogs grown in North
Carolina.
A dispatch from Cartharge
says that Louis McNeill, arrested
on a capias from Harnett county,
for carrying concealed weapons, is
thought to be the negro who as
saulted Mrs. Duncan Cole, of Wil
lanow, on December 21st. The ne
gro is held pending developments.
Washington Gazette-Messenqer:
Mr. Samuel C. Williams. Transter's
creek section, is the champion hog
raiser. On Monday of last week he
killed a hog which weighed 526
pounds. He was six feet and
six Inches girth and seven
feet eight inches long and would
have been three years old in March.
There is no loneeranvdoubt that
black lead being found in Alexander.
Mr. It li. Matheaon has discovered
a vein on his property south of town,
and brought in a fine specimen last
week weighing ten and one-half
pounds. If this mineral is properly
worked it will become one of the
many valuable resources of our
country Taylor sville Scout.
Judge Frank I. Osborne, of
Charlotte, who was in Washington
a few days ago, was a college mate
of John Sharp Williams, the leader
of the minority in the House, at the
University of Virginia. The two
had a pleasant chat, reviewing boy
hood days. Mr. Williams recalled
that Judge Osborne voted to give
him the debater's medal-in the Jef
ferson Society. "And you won it,"
was the comment of the Tar Heel
judge.
Major Wallace,
formerly worked in
arrested at Newbcrn
a negro who
hunston, was
and taken to
Kinston. He is charged with burn
ing the Carolina warehouse and
other property in the tobacco see
tion of the city of Kinston. The
fires were believed to be incendiary
at the time, and the insurance com
panies offered liberal rewards for
the apprehension of the guilty par
ties. The clored detective who had
the arrest made had been quietly
working up the case for some time.
Greensboro Telegram : "The
prospects for a large movement of
fertilizers this Spring are very
bright," said Commissioner of Agri
culture S. L. Patterson last night,
who was here on his way from Ra
leigh to Winston-Salem. The ex
ceptional movement of fertilizers is
believed to be a sign that there will
be much cotton planted in North
Carolina this year. The price of
that staple is so attractive that many
people are tempted to become cotton
growers.
Greensboro Telegram: When
the attorneys for the Greensboro
Ice and Coal Company appealed to
the Corporation Commission to get
relief from an embargo laid by the
southern they said they were open
ing up a far reaching question.
And so they were, for what do we
find now but the Southern's lawyers
actually claiming that the Corpora
tion Commission' is an unconstitu
tional body. Wonder why the
Southern has been so long finding
this out!
Salisbury Sun, Feb. 12: Mr,
L. L. Cranford is still striking it
rich on his' farm near Salisbury. It
will be recalled that several weeks
ago he found gold in considerable
quantity on his farm and Bince that
time several propositions have been
made him by parties who desire to
sink shafts on the place. He has
not yet made any deal. Yesterday
Mr. Cranford found some more very
valuable ore, specimens of which he
brought to Salisbury last night.
NO. 17
TDE ACADEMY LEASE.
Messrs. Cowan Brothers Pro
prietors of Wilmimgton Play
house Five More Years.
BIOS OPENED YESTERDAY.
Decision to Make Improveaeits Results
lif' Almost Denbliof Reatal Three
Proposals of More Thai $1,200.
award Recomaeided.
Messrs. Cowan Brothers, the present
managers, were the successful bidders
for the five-year lease of the Academy
of Music upon the opening of sealed
proposals by the Public Building Com
mittee of the Board of Aldermen yes
terday at noon. There were only two
other bidders, vis: Messrs. 8. A.
EcMosf, manager of the houses in
Greensboro, Charlotte and other cities
In the Slate, and Mr. Thcs, H. Wright
formerly treasurer of the theatre here
when Mr. Schloss was the lessee.
Messrs. Cowan Bros, bid $1,401.54;
Mr. Schloss, f 1,801, and Mr. Wright
$1,205. Chairman Z, K. Murrell
and Aldermen Walter 1 Yopp and
J. A. Karr, of the committee.
wiri present for the opening of the
bids and at once agreed unanimously
upon an award to the Messrs. Cowan.
There were no protests by the other
bidders u all the proposals were in
strict accordance with the specifica
tions as outlined in the official adver
tisement The decision of the com
mittee to make the award to Cowan
Bros, will meet with general favor by
the public They are young men of
energy, perseverance and wide expe
rience in the theatrical profession.
Their present lease expires June 1st
The theatre is at present leased for
something like $850 and the increase
Is by reason of the fact that the city
has agreed to expend $4,000, or so
much thereof as 1 needed, in decided
improvements to the house. Including
the Installation of a modern heating
plant before next season. Among the
otter Improvements will be ceiling
the house and changing the prosce
nium, boxes etc. All the work will
be completed not later than Sept 15th.
1904.
MADE A FULL CONFESSION.
Metre Who assaulted Mrs. Shields asd
Her Child irrested asd Pot la Virf lals
State Prison for Safe Keeplsg.
By Telegraph to the Morning1 Star.
Boasoke, Va., Feb. 18. Henry
Williams, colored, who wu arrested
at North Fork, W. Va., Tuesday, on
suspicion of having committed a mur
derous assault and outrage on Mrs.
George L. Shields and her three-year
old daughter, in her home here on the
80th of January, made a full confes
sion of the crime to William G. Bald
win, president of the railway special
agents' association of the United States
and Canada, In the BInefield, West
Va., jail, to-day. Williams gave up
two watches and some clothing stolen
from the Shields home. He was placed
on a special train and rushed through
to Richmond under a heavy guard.
The train passed Roanoke at S o'clock
this afternoon, travelling at a speed of
forty miles an hour, and Williams
will be placed In the State peniten
tiary for safe-keeping, the intense
feeling being such that the au
thorities are satisfied it would be
unwise to bring him here at this time.
Williams entered the Shields residence
In the heart of the city at noon and
brutally assaulted Mrs. Shields and
her daughter with a razor and hatchet
leaving both for dead. Mrs. Bhields
was found tucked in a closet with ber
throat cut from ear to ear and her
skull fractured in several places. Re
wards aggregating $3,000 were offered
for the capture of the negro. The local
military coooptnies were kept under
arms for more than a week after the
crime was committed. Beveral ne
groes who have expressed themselves
In Incendiary language concerning
the case have been driven out of
Roanoke.
COMMITTED SUU1DE.
Vni. J. Leap, Aged Millionaire Brewer
ol St. Lonls, Mo.
By Tdegrapn to ine nomine Star.
St. Lotus, February 18. Wm. J.
Lemp, president of the Lsmp Brew
ing Company, committed suicide to
day at his residence, S3S3 South 13th
street, by - shooting . himself In the
right temple with a revolver. He died
an hour after firing the fatal shot
Growing depression over the death of
his favorite son, Fred Lemp, three
years ago, and the loss of Frederick
Pabst of Milwaukee, a life long
friend, Is believed to have been the
cause or the rash act
Mr. Lemp. who wu 68 years old.
and a native of Germany.lhu lived In
St Louis for forty-eight years. He
stood high in business and social
circles and was reputed to be a million
aire.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Jodie S. T. Morgai asd His Brother Shot
Down ii Klnislaad, Atk. ' ,
By Telegraph to the Homing Btar. -
Camden, Ark., Feb. 13. J. D.
Knight, a livery man of Kingsland,
hu been lodged In jail here on a
charge of killing Judge S. T. Morgan.
of Cleveland county, and Henry Mor
gan, bis brother, at Ktntslaod. to day.
During a difficulty between Knight
and a competitor named Knicker
bocker, the latter, it Is alleged, drew
a knife and cut at Knight. Knight
fled, and on turning a corner almost
ran Into the . Morgan brothers on
whom he opened fire with a revolver.
killing both. Knight claims he
thought the Morgans Intended inter
ceptinehlm
Public sentimrnt ia much inflamed
at Kingsland and Knight was brought
nere for safe-keeping. .. ;
The State Bank of Pittsbnrg, Pa.,
a small institution, capitalized : at
$50,000, was closed yesterday by or-,
der of the State banking depart
ment. Albert L. Taber, of Phila
delphia, State bank examiner,ls tem
porarily in charge.
Preclasuttoi Issued ty the Esisofatv
Every Precsotlsi Will be Takei lot
Protection el Psrelrseis.
' By Cable to the Xomlnx Star. ' "
Washington, Feb. 1$. Sir Chan-
lung Liang Cheng, the Chinese min
ister here, called at the State Depart-
ment to-day and formally notified
Secretary Hay that the Emperor of
China had Issued a proclamation of
neutrality.
The minister's cablegram contain? .-
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miHi luiuruiauoa was in imuu
this proclamation the Emperor had il
the strongest terms enjoined apon the
viceroys and the governors of the pro
vinces to aaopt every precaution for
protection rof foreign life and ores-
erty In their respective territories. Tbr
mlnlatA fn1a that thM la r.w .
danger to be apprehended of attacks .
upon foreigners In China, in view of
the strong language of the proclama
tion and its speedy distribution.
The Jananese minister. Mr. Taka
hira, also called at the SUte Depart
ment. He bore with him a telegram
dated to-day and reading u follows:
"His Majesty, the Emperor, havlne
been greatly affected to learn of the
great conflagration which recently oc
curred In Baltimore, commands me to
convey to the President this expression
of deep condolence and sympathy with
tne peopie or mat city."
Win be Respected by Jipao.
Paris. Feb. 13. The Japanese Le
gation here to-day gave out the text of
a 1fkTltHw attla himmim fm TVtlrln
defining Japan's attitude towards th
neutrality or China. It savs China
should observe strict neutrality and
lays down the following principles:
jrirst. The belligerents are morally
bound to reduce to a minimum the
area of war. To this end the war ope
rations should be geographically lim
ited. Second. The number of belligerent
powers should be reduced as much as
possible, and the war should be con
fined to Japan and Russia, in order to
prevent a general conflagration.
Third. It Is of the utmost import
ance that order be preserved through
out the Interior of China and at the
treaty ports. Therefore, Japan hu
Instructed her minister at Pekln to
urge upon Prince Ohlng that China
scrupulously observe neutrality, main
tain order, and. rerraln from furnish
ing supplies to the belligerents. China
should also keep sufficient garrisons at
Shan-Hai-Kwab, and other strategic
points to prevent a breach of neutrali
ty and see that all territory except
Manchuria is free from war operations.
"Under Inn fontn iv nnnditinna
Japan will respect China's neutrality."
A DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH.
All the Eoropesi Powers Join the Wash
loftoo QoTersoent la Urileg Russia
asd Jspso to Respect NeotrslHy.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Washington, Feb. 18. Secretary
Hay hu added another to his long list
of diplomatic triumphs and the United
States is once more enabled by his
diplomacy to head the nations in aeon
current effort topreserve the integrity
of China. - Mr. Hay's note of February
10th to Russia and Japan, urging them
to confine hostilities within u small an
area u possible and to respect the neu
trality ana .administrative entity oi
China, will be accepted by Russia u
well as by Japan, and all the nations
will join the Wuhington government
in inviting the combatants to agree to
the proposition.
M. Jusserand, the French ambassa
dor, called upon Secretary Hay at his
resldeaoe to day, officially, to Inform
him of France's acceptance and Infer
ential It la known that Russia's ac
qulesence will be communicated very
soon. At the Russian embassy to-nlght
no Intimation had been received of
the government's probable answer
to Secretary Hay's note, but
Count Oassinl, the Russian am
bassador, will inform Secretary
Hay as soon as St Petersburg sdvlses
him. The London government It Is
expected will not be inclined further
to inquire as to the details of the
proposition. It hu been known for
several days that England adhered to
the principle.
The formal acceptance of the other
towers it is expected will follow rap -dly,
but the success of the proposition
is assured by the decision of Russia
and Japan to agree to It
DENMARK, PREPARING
Army Reserves Ordered la Readiness for
Moblllzstlon Wlthlo Twelre Hoars.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 16.
The British government has inquired
if the Danish government Is prepared
to defend Denmark'a neutrality, es
pecially the Important sea routes. Den
mark replied In effect: "We will de
fend ourselves."-
The construction placed on thlsia
qulry here Is that Great Britain appre
ciates the danger of Russia occupy
ing Danish fortresses in the ent of
complications between Great B.ltaln'
and Russia over the Far Eutern ques
tion. In consequence of the possibility of
such an outcome, the Danish War De
partment has ordered the army, re
serves to be ready for mobilizing
throughout Denmark within twelve
hours. All the regimental offices are
open day and night
SAN 0OMINQO.
Americas Property Interests Snlfeclni as
a Result ef laiarrectloa.
By Telegraph to the Homing Btat. ,
. Washington, Feb. 13. Minister
Powell hu cabled the Btate Depart
ment that American property interests
as a result of the insurrection. - This
Is true of the property near the city of
San Domingo and la the lines of the
revolution. The patience of the State
Department Is being severely- tested
by these reports and some action may
betaken In the near future.
Baleigh Post: In case war, is
prolonged we may expect wheat In
iniB country to reacn very mgn
draw upon Russia very heavily for
their wheat. Russia would of oourse
hold on to her supply for her own
use and this would force the coun
tries named to depend entirely upon
the United States and Argentina,
and the demand then-would be far
greater than the supply. Japan
also would draw heavily upon us.
Wheat is tied up between the dollar
posts to stay; consumers in this
country will be fortunate if they do
not have to pay much more before
August.
"You can't vot unless you pay
yoor m1 tax, utiou " 1 Bes, yu
sink Au's gwi'ie pay two dollabs an'
a halt foh a vote dot Ah nevuh got
mo den a dollar toV-HQu$ton rost.