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GRIAT BRITAIN STOLE A
MARCH Off RUSSIA.
While Russia has her hands fall
7n trying to stay the Japs, Great
Britain is making the most of her
friendly" bui armed expedition Into
that great unknown country,Thibet.
Several days ago the cablegrams told
ns that a Thibetan chief ordered the
British troops to leave bat the white
-men declined and this brought on a
battle in which the British played
havoc -with the Yellow Men, by
means of the improved arms and
artilery which the British, took along
to make friends as they go. It was
discovered that the Thibetans were
armed with Russian guns and had
been supplied with Russian am
munition. This showed that Russia
had been monkeying with the Thibe
tans and had armed them againBt
British invasion.
England's purpose is to protect
her Indian frontier and at the same
time to gain important trade conces
sions in Thibet. Another explana
tion of the friendly visit comes to
li,ht in the announcement that ex
eeeiingly rich gold deposits have
been discovered iu this strange land.
Tneir discovery of gold means that
the Brt itih are in Thibet to stay on
a verylong visit. This is where
Great Britain stole a march on
Kuaaia. ,
COTTON GROWING IN ARGEN
TINE. The .Manufacturers' Record, of
March 31t, has this bit of interest
ing information:
Krankl n & H-rrers, of 417 Barto
Jo ii- M ire, Ba-uos Avres, Argentine
R uubi'c, inform Manufacturers'
Record that a new departure Curing
tba ptt yer has been the first ship
ment of raw cottoa erowa In Argen
tout. Oily small quantity was ex
por ed, but a considerable area ii un
der cultivation, and it is estimated
th'i there will b a production of
4,000 or 5,000 in 1904.
It will be seen that Argentina's
cotton crop thia year will amount to
about 200,000 bales of the size and
weight of the average American
bale. It would be interesting to
kn w what the quality of the Ar
geutina cotton is, what the climatic
condition of that region is with
reference to cotton eclture, what
area is adaptable to cotton culture,
and what the yield is per acre. Of
course, all these questions, as well
as that of labor, transportation fac
ilities and mechanical equipment
figure iu the production of cotton,
and it needs to be seen whether tho
coat of cotton culture in Argentina
or aoy other Sonth American or
African region will be such tbat the
regions now being exploited for cot
toa production will sooner or later
compete with the South in furniBh-
. ing tho world with its supply of raw
- co. ton.
We hate to hurt a President's
fe.-liug8, but as Col. Roosevelt has
shown that he is not particular who
tlinea with him, usurps the preroga
tives of Congress, has to have a
iunkey to Introduce him to his
own family, wants a $70,000 stable
for a lot of sore-backed branchos,
and in all manner of ways acts
strenuously and obstrepnously, it
becomes necessary for ns to tell him
tbat we'll give him till the 4th of
next March to look out for some lu
crative position that will hold him
down a while.
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The Columbia State complains
that its suggestion to make Booker
T. Washington Roosevelt's running
mate has received no second from
the Republican press at the North.
Why does the State persist in this
effort to humiliate Dr. Washington
by making him the tail to a Roose
velt kite? Here's where we stand
by the negro, and it is but another
instance of the fact that the "Sonth
it the Negro's best friend."
A lady editor has jumped on the
Augusta Chronicle, but the editor
of that paper says he must "refuse
to take issue with her' Sensible
to the lastl Just let the charming
'creature alone, for yon would make
her wear out all her type in her de-
Muininanon to nave the last world.
Home politicians are probably
mum, because what they stand for
might jump the trolley before it ii
VOL. XXXV.
I. B. AVERY IS DEAD.
City Editor of the Chirlstte Observer Vic-
tlm of Heart Failure.
The announcement of no death
oould bring greater regret to the news
paper fraternity in North Carolina than
that contained in a brief telegram re
ceived by the Stab last night stating
that Mr. I. E. Avery, city editor of the
Charlotte Observer, had just entered
into the Great Beyond. His death oc
curred as the result of heart failure.
Mr. Avery was easily one of the
mostelfted writers of the State press
and his "Idle Comment" column In
the Monday edition of the Observer
had gained for him a national reputa
tion, his bright observations and pun
gent remarks upon everj-day topics
having been copied widely North and
Bouth. .Under Cleveland's adminis
tration he was In the diplomatic ser
vice at a foreign post but for the past
several years, he bad been with tbe
Charlotte Observer and had been In
the front tank of his profession from
tbe very start. His death will be de
plored everywhere.
LEASED TUB NEWBERN THEATRE.
Cowjej Bros., of This City, Acquired Im
proved Mssonic Opera House.
Mr. Ja. n. Cowan, of the firm of
Cowan Bros., this city, is in Newborn
and on yesterday closed a deal by
which the firm leases for a period of
three, with an option of five. years,
the Masonic Opera House in that city,
which will be greatly improved and
enlarged before next season at a cost
of something like $10,000. Messrs.
Cowan Bros, will conduct the theatre
in connection with the Academy of
Music here. Mr. P.. P. Matthews, an
experienced man, has been engaged to
manage the house for the lessees, but
the Messrs. Cowan Bros, will be' In
general control. The leasing of the
bouM. in connection with the Wil
mington Academy will result to the
mutual advantage of the two.
PARK FOR EXCURSIONISTS.
Uiy Hall Yard Pot to Oosd Purposes
Other Improvements.
Tbe Public Building Committee of
the Board of Aldermen. Aldermen
Murrell, Karr and Yopp, met yester
day afternoon and went over the en
tire City Hall building and yards with
a view to making a number of im
provements. One of these will be
tbe removal of tbe high picket fence
around the yard and replacing the
same with a neat stone fence ;witn
coping. The yard will be converted
into and equipped as a public park for
excursionists, which has been so badly
needed for years.
It is probable tbat the main corridor
of the Hall building will be rekal-
somlned and a number of needed im
provements made upstairs. Tbe ad
vertisement for bids for the extensive
Improvements to the Academy of Mu-
ic will probably be made In a few
days.
COAST LINE'S FINE EsBNINQS.
Remarkable Sbowlsg for February ss Re
ported by Hnjb MacRae & Co. -M
esart. Hugh MacBae A: Co:, bank'
ers and brokers, furnish the following
statement, showing the excellent earn
ings of tbe Atlantic Cosst Line for
February, and also for tbe period from
July 1st to February 29th:
Febv. 1904 1903 Iner'M
Qrtfca Karn1osri....Sl 814 948 SI .634 898 S178 580
OperatlDgBipensea 1.C97 73 1,178 8S1 26.903
neisarniniis in.ra toi.Vii hv.mo
From Jni 1st to rabrnan 91th.
1904 1908 Incr'M
Gross Eftrofnga... .111.318 282 S13,Sao.l7 S698 005
op jrtlDg Expentsa 8 806.S1 8 837.(66 t81 78J
Hot KtrolQica....... 4.92.101 4.1BV.171 iW.OJU
Tuecrease.
.The statement Is all the more re
markable from tbe fact tbat tbe re
turns from 85 other roads wbich have
reported for February show a decrease
of $192,837 in net earnings.
A Besutllnl Specimen.
Mr. T. Donian, superintendent of
Oakdale cemetery, requests us to an
nounce that the magnificent plant,
the Fortune Globule, is in full bloom.
This plant Is at the junction of two of
the cemetery avenues, and it is a most
luxuriant and beautiful specimen. It
stands about 30 feet in height, covers
180 feet square feet of ground, and Is
In flower from top to bottom. Tbe
bloom Is globular in shape and is a
feathery white, rendering the plant
one of the prettiest of tbe botanical
specimens The plant belongs to tbe
mountain laurel family, and Superin
tendent Donian says there Is not an
other of the kind so large, shapely
and beautiful, anywhere in the United
States.
The Dlspessary Issue.
With the recurrence of each month
ly meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
there is a revival of the talk about the
petition of the Anti Saloon League for
a dispensary election before tbe regu
lar State and county election In No-
Tember. From tbe best Information
obtainable yesterday, It appears that
the dispensary advocates will wait
a while looser before beginning the
fight.'
Msrriife in Pender.
A correspondent reports tbat Mr. H
Herrio of Berta, Pender county, and
Miss Annie Smitb, of Keith, N. U.,
were married In Canetuck chapel Fri
day. The ceremony was witnessed
by a number of friends of the populsr
young people. Among the attendants
were a number of friends from Wil
mlngton and Ghadboqrn.
L E. Avery, city editor of tbe Char
lotte 'Observer.' and a well known
newspaper man, died yesterday from
heart-failure, lie was t years oia ana
was rice consul to Shanghai under
MANAGEMENT BAD.
Erstwhile A. & N. C. Receiver
Made Remarkable Disclos
ures in Superior Court.
THE HEARING IN RALEIGH."
Jodie Browa Intimates Thst He Will
Qrsot eostlsnisce Tbat Cosier
esce With tbe Qoveraor Af sis.
Many Motioaa Lodxed.
Special Star Telegram.
Ralegh, N. C, April 2. V. E.
McBee and K. 8. Finch, the alleged
conspirators In the Atlantio & North
Carolina railroad matter, had their
first inning In court to-day and th
proceedings were eharaoterixed by
highly sensational affidavits on their
side of the case. .The testimony of
fered was primarily for the purpose
of quashing the bill of Indictment or
securing a continuance of the trial to
the next term of court, but the affi-
u a vita aiso contained disclosures re
garding the management of thia rail
road, in which the State Is the largest
stockholder-and therefore responsible
for its operation.
Counsel for defendants made four
motions: That the solicitor be ordered
to file a bill of particulars; that the in
dictment be quashed: that the action
be dismissed on the ground tbat the
matter is only cognizable in tbe Fed
eral Court, and tbat the case be con
tinned until the next term, provided
me other motions were not granted.
While Judge Brown, after hearlne
tbe affidavits and arsrument. stated
that he would take tbe first three mo
tions under advisement until Monday.
ne stated tbat If be did not quash tbe
bill, he would certainly grant the con
tinuance. Of the sensational affidavits read.the
Qrst was by W. W. Clark and It set
forth all the facts with reference to
the alleged agreement between the
counsel for the defence and Governor
Aycock to drop the prosecution of
Finch and McBee, provided the re
ceivership suit as brought on would
be abandoned on preliminary hearing
before Chief Justice Walter Clark. It
recited W. S. O'B. Robinson's conver
satlon with Governor Aycock and
Judge Robinson's assertion that the
Governor told him: "You can tell
your associates anything you want to
about the agreement and I'll "back
you."
The affidavit of Captain McBee for
merly receiver of the railroad under
the order of the Federal court, was
read and It proved a warm document.
After stating the necessity for a con
tinuance to secure witnesses, u stated
some of the allegations he desired to
prove Among the number were that
the railroad under the present State
management was not earning sufficient
revenue to pay a dividend, maintain
the road bed or provide the necessary
equipment; that the road is being "run
largely as a political machine;" tbat
employes are fostered on the road to pay
political obligations; tbat contracts for
supplies are made at extravagant
prices, and numerous free passes are
given in defiance of law. For serving
on the proxy committee, 84 annual
passes are Issued. 14 of these to persons
not even stockholders. Capt. McBee
further sets out tbat 34 prominent poll
tieians (only eight of wbom live on
tbe line of tbe road) are given passes
as attorneys and names them in his
affidavit. He further desires to prove
tbat the contract for oil was made with
the National Oil Company at excessive
figures and a representative of tbe oil
company was given a pass over me
railroad as travelling representative.
He states he can prove that an excess
lve contract was jade with Bryan
Ives to furnish wood for the road and
tbe railroad loaned Ives the money to
equip his plant. Among other charges
are: That 11 agents are abort in their
accounts: much freight Is bauled with
out being billed; the road had earned
more under receivership management
than under present control: tbe pres
ent management is detrimental to
stockholders; that certain receipts are
misspent or diverted as In the esse of
the Morehead Hotel, which he charged
lost $8,000 laat season; that prominent
men and their families boarded,
wined and dined at the hotel free of
charge; tbat the value of stock ad
vanced when tbe receiver was ap
pointed.
Allusions to the bench warrant ap
peared in Capt. McBae's second affi
davit. In this sworn statement be
aald that while acting as receiver un
der orders of the Federal Court, he wss
arrested in Newborn and brought to
Raleigh and taken before Chief Jus
use Clark. His only counsel present
was subeceaed as witness; his appllca
tion for time was denied; his motion
to waive examination was refused,
and he was bound over to court under
bond; that when he was approached
by Judge Robinson and asked to va
cate the receivership provided tbe
conspiracy prosecution was dropped,
be refused to ao so unuer any sucu
conditions. Counsel for Pinch then
refused to confer further and with
drew Finch's bill Sof complaint, leav
log tbe receivership unsupported ana ii
had to be abandoned. "Tbe agreement
to settle and sign a decree In the
United States Circuit Court was made
and signed and presented to the United
States Circuit court .under tne direct
duress of criminal prosecution," says
the affidavit, and tbe bench warrant
was sworn out by the Attorney Gsa
eral and issued and served for the sole
nurnose of obstructing tbe action of
tbe United Btates Circuit Court, fore
insr a withdrawal of the suit then pend
lug, absolving tne receiversnip unuer
duress and forcibly taking the proper-
tv of the Atlantie and North Carolina
Railroad out of the hands of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court and returning
It to the president and directors of the
road.
The court room was crowded during
the hearing. Attorneys for McBee
and Finch were Areo & Shaffer. Capt.
W. H. Dav. Mr. W. W. Olark. of
Newborn, and Messrs. F. H. Busbee
& Son. The prosecution was repre
sented by Solicitor Armistead Jones
and Attorney General Gilmer.
Mr. J. M. Lee, of South Wash
lngton, Saturday forwarded to tbe
Stab two ripe strawberries from the
fields of Mr. W. J. Garris, of South
Washington the first of the season.
Fay your poll tax before May
1st, or you cannot vote in the State
and Presldentialelectionstobeheld
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WILMINGTON, Nr O.,:
:sp,?,TS turpentine; ;;
"Mr. BH. Boddie. a highly
esteemed farmer, living in Nash
county, was unhitching his hone
from the plow at the noon hour
when he suddenly reeled and fell to
the ground, dying instantly. 4
W. T. Kennedy, a well known
young white man, sentenced At
JUnBton to eighteen months on the
connty roads for assault, and whose
counsel gave notice of appeal, was
placed in jail on Friday and will begin-his
sentence on the road, hating
abandoned the appeal.
The Soldiers' Home at Raleigh
is entirely full, and forty applica
tions are on file. State Auditor
Dixon says that if the Legislature
will give. $5,000 additional, forty
more veterans can be provided for.
There are now 125, and the appro
priation is barely enough to main
tain them. .
Mrs. W. J. Tyson, of Fayette-
ville, is at Raleigh, asking the Gov
ernor to pardon her husband, who is
Herring a ten years' sentence in the
penitentiary. He represented to the
insnrance company that she was
dead, collected the insurance money
and married another woman. It is
the third time she has thus appealed
lor mercy.
Greensboro Record: This young
man JBaskervule, of the state uni
versity, must be a real wonder in
the field of chemistry, Without
knowing anything conclusive about
tbe merit of his achievements, one
can guess that be is a remarkable
man from the fact that in a single
newspaper item we find that he is to
deliver lectures before Columbian
University and the Cosmos Club of
Washington, D. C, and the Chem
ists' Club of New York city. Dr.
Baskerville appears to. have found a
line of work that he enjoys and to
be following it with zest and perse
verence.- That is the sort of man
who succeeds in these times.
North Carolina won the sev
enth annual inter-collegiate debate
from the University of Georgia on
Friday night at the University of
North Carolina. The query was
discuBSedas follows: "Resolved, That
labor unions are inimical to onr in
dustrial development." North
Carolina was represented by Mr.
Isaac C. Wright, of Clinton, and
Mz. A. Hall Johnston, of Ashevllle,
while the University of Georgia was
represented by Messrs. A. Golucke
and w. w. Patterson, both oi
Athens, Qa- The debate was one
of the most tcho'arly ever heard in
Chapel Hill, it was Greek against
Greek.
Uastoma Gazette: if or years
and years past there has been talk
of tin deposits near Kings Moun
tain. This talk appears at last to
have amounted to something more
than hopes spoken aloud. It has
been demonstrated that tin is there
there in valuable deposits; and we
believe it must be there in paying
quantities, else interested land-hold
ers would cot be refusing $100,000
offers for fractional interests. This
vein of tin ore is said to stretcti a
distance of forty miles from the
western part of Gaston county to
Gaff ney City in South Carolina. It
is gratifying to know that Gaston
holds a generous share oi these rich
deposits. About half of the car
load of ore sent to England last Fall
was taken from the farm ox Mr.
John E. Jones three miles from
Bessemer City.
At Raloigh on Friday the ne
gro wiu Adams was convicted oi
murder in the first degree, and
sentenced to be hanged on Tuesday,
May 24. The counsel assigned by
the conrt to defend Adams gave no
tice of appeal to the Supreme Court,
so that the banging cannot take
place on the day set. The crime
with which Adams stands convicted
is the killing of a colored woman
named Mary Bridgers and her little
daughter in St. Matthew s township,
on January 22nd. Another child, a
boy about three years old, was
nearly killed, bnt recovered. No
motive could be found for tbe crime
other than robbery, for there were a
few dollars in the house of the
murdered woman, who lived only a
short distance from the murderer.
The killing was done one afternoon
while the woman s - husband was
away from home, having gone to
Raleigh. The evidence was entirely
circumstantial, consisting of testi
mony for the most part of persons
who had recognized Adams' foot
prints where they were traced fol
lowing those oi the woman running
from the house to the cotton patch,
and also those who had seen the
man acting in a suspicious manner,
Greensboro Record April 1: A
long standing quarrel between
father and son terminated rather
seriously early yesterday morning at
Benaia. when harles Rich danger
ouslv shot his father, David Rich,
with a double-barrel shotgun, the
whole charge of one barrel entering
the upper part cf the right leg and
also breaking the knee-cap. The
wound is very dangerous as the
main blood veins had been severed,
and many of the shot had lodged in
the fleshy part, cannot be reached
and may cause blood poison. A
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Charles Rich, and Deputy Sheriffs
Crutchfield and Weatherly went
down to place him under arrest.
When they arrived he had left and
they returned empty handed. The
boy came to Greensboro several days
aeo to enlist in the army and ex
tracted to make application at the
local recruiting station, but for
some reason or other did not do so,
but returned to his home. David
Rich is a well known painter, hav
ing been emplayed by E. D. Golden
for many years. From what the
officers said it would seem that there
ia a good in extenuation of the boy's
shootinsr his father. It seems that
the father told the boy to leave.
The boy then picked up the only
thing he wanted to carry away his
gun and started off. The father
followed him and threatened to kill
him. The boy then took aim at his
fothers leg with the result as men
tloned above.
V- 4V II ZP MBllBii of Dollars Dimaje Oryit Sa(
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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904.
in the senate and house.
Postofflce Approprlsllea Bill Sidetracked
In toe taste for Debate Peesloa
SUIs Passed by tbe Beise.
By Telefpaph to tbe Xorninx BUr.
WASHiKQToar, April 3. Mr. Ward
occupied the greater part of the day in
the Senate with a speech on the Gib
Son bill, to repeal most of the exisll eg
land laws. He took sharp Issue with
tbe contentions of GIbaonv contending
that the laws were beneficient, and in
the main honestly administered, and
urging that there was no demand for
repeal.
The Pdstoffice Appropriation bill
was completely side-tracked for the
day.
tar. Mallory concluded his speech
on the old age disability penslon'order
2! the secretary of tbe interior, lie
said the order ia a usurpation of legis
lative authority and unjustified. He
delared that there bad not been any
evidence to justify the original ruling
that TV years la evidence or jotal In
ability, nor anything in the present
ease that would show that 62 years is
evidence of half disability.
The Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
House of Representatives.
Three hundred and nineteen pen
s:on bills were passed by the House to
day In two hours. Another hour was
devoted to rapid fire legislation by
usanlmous consent, in which a large
number of bridge bills and other mat
tersot minor importance weredispoaed
o At the expiration of thia time.
Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, who bad
threatened to stop the proceedings by
a point of "no quorum" when tne
pension legislation was finished, in
sisted on the point and as there were
few members present, the Bouse aa
journed.
A bill passed to authorize the hold
ing: of a regular term of the district
court of the United States for the west
ern district of Virginia at Big Stone
Gap; granting the State of Texas the
right to place statutes in statuary bail
of Sam Houston and 8tephen F. Aus
tin.
I He bULLY FAILURE.
Olfer of Settleoseat Made by the Sea
peaded Firm.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NaTW YORK, April2. A meetingof
the creditors of D. J. Sully & Co., to
consider the latest offer of a settle
ment made by the suspended firm may
be held as earl as next Monday. The
committee representing the creditors
has been boldlnsr dally conferences
with receivers Taft and Miller, at
Sully's offices, and it waa stated to-day
that they probably will have enough
Information to enable them to make
a statement to the creditors generally.
early next week. If thia la so. Super
intendent King, of tbe Cotton Ex
change, will be asked to call a meet-
Ins? on Monday or Tuesday afternoon.
At that meeting-the committee will
make a resort. -and it is probable tbat
the meeting will determine whether it
would be wise to aacaat the latest oner
made by Bully.
MB. SPRUSTS MUNIFKENl GIFT.
Cestral Baptist Iharcb.Col passes Resole
tloa of Tbssks tor Noblo Qeaeroslty.
The Central Bapllat church, colored,
of this city, at its regular monthly
meeting on March 31st, adopted the
following resolutions:
"We would be very ungrateful did
we not kindly appreciate the rare fa
vor, recently bestowed upon us by the
moat munificent Mr. W. H. Sprunt,
in presenting the sum of len thousand
dollars to be used in making com
fortable the sick and unfortunate
ones of our race, by restoring them
(as far as possible) to health and bap-
Din ess: therefore, belt
Kesolvea. That we. tbe mem Dei a oi
Central Baptist church, tender to the
r .mm a n rl tinhl. h.l.TMrl MP
tiorunt our heartfelt thanks tor tne
eift.
Kesoivea runner. That we not only
tender our thanks, but that we show
ourselves wortbv of tbe erand favor.
Be It also resolved, that a copy or these
resolutions be spread upon the face of
the minutes of this church, and that a
cony or toem ne tent to Mr. w. u.
Bprunt,
KKV. P. D. HEHDEBSON, fStOr.
J. M. Whittsd. Church Clerk.
Market Street Paving.
The . Market street paving having
been completed. City Attorney Bella
my on yesterday furnished tbe city
engineer with a computation of the
coat to each property owner along
that thoroughfare, between Second
and Fourth streets. The statement
gives tbe number of lineal feet for
wbich each property owner is liable, tbe
rate being $3.94 per lineal foot for
each. In a very short time now it Is
expected tbat work will begin on the
paving of Second street, between Mar
ket and Princess.
Another Fisher Reuoioo.
It is learned that Rev. J. A. Smith
and other Fort Fiaher veterans are
already moving for another reunion
on the historio spot where so many
brave North Carolinians gave up their
lives for tbe Lost Cause. The reunion
i this year will probably be in July or
early in August
The steamer Sarah Louise,
owned by Messrs. R. P. and E. E.
Williams, had a serious accident, to
befall her Thursday while en route
to Newborn from Port Barnwell, a
place about - nineteen miles from
Newbern. While the boat was
under way the bottom blow pipe
burst or the blow' cock at the rear
end of the boiler blew out. Two
deck hands were scalded to death.
One of them lived for three hours,
while the other was so badly burn
ed that he jumped overboard and
was drowned. Jb lreman wm. iove
lneer was burned on his right
shoulder but not seriously.
Two nersons were killed and a
doien others injured in a collison be
tween an express tram ana iragni
train on the Pennsylvania railroad
1 near Pottstown Pa.
THE SITUATION IN "
THE FAR EAST.
Japanese May Have to Fight
'Odds of 2 to 1 and Collision
May Be at Yalu River.
VIEWS OF JAPS' COMMANDER.
Rasilsos Plsoslsg to Pat 350,000 MM ia
the Field Have SoppIIes ia Abusd-
asce-Loiflicaltles la Way of
Japaaese Advssce.
- B? Telegraph to tne Hornlnx Btax.
Chicago, April 2. A special cable
from a Ohlcsgo "Daily News" staff
correspondent from Tokio says :
Field Marshal Yamagata, who, after
the emperor, is first in command of
the Japanese forces and wss the orig
inal organizer of the Japanese army,
said to-day that the Japanese may
have to fight odds of two to one, and
that tbe clash may come at the Yalu
river. The Marshal said :
"Russian troops have been coming
south for a long time and it Is evident
tnat a conflict must result. As mat
ters have turned out. it would have
been better if the war had occurred
when the Russians first occupied
Manchuria, because ever since they
nave been strengthening their posi
tions in that province. Our states
men, however, wished to preserve
peace as long as possible. It is dun
cult to ssy where the first big land
battle will take place. The Russians
seem to be in force between Llao Yang
and Kaiplng on the Kanchurla rail
road. They may cross the mountains
and possibly meet us at the xalu.
"Bridges and roads of Anju have
been destroyed by the Russian troops,
and therefore tbe Japanese advance
will be difficult. No doubt if tbe Bus
slana destroy ihe Manchurian railroad
it may not be difficult to repair It for
the use of th Japanese troops: but the
difficulty is to reach the railroad. Five
months ago the Russian generals
planned to put 350,000 men in the
field. They must have contemplated
supplying them with ammunition and
rood.
Two rivers that emptv into the
Arctic sea run near Lake Baikal. They
are navigable In Bummer and can be
used for transportation. The Russians
In this way need not rely entirely on
the railroad. Lirge supples of Amer
ican flour have been going to Vladi
vostok for years and we must expect
to meet a well equipped and well
nourished army of 850.000. It is a
difficult matter to fight a nation with
3.000,000 soldiers. We have to lay
our plans very carefully.
"There Is no doubt that thejuouacks
ill worry the Japanese army, which
was originally intended for home de
fence in the mountainous country,
and is mainly composed ot Infantry.
We must work with the material we
poaaess. .When tbe Japanese arm v la
compared with other armies - It must
be remembered tbat it only has been
lately organized. I had no small share
In Its organization, and therefore I see
Its faults and try to improve It, but
never find tbat it reaches my Ideal."
RnsslBss at Wijs.
Skotti.. April 2.- It Is reported here
that two thousand Russians troops, in
cluding uossacks and infantrymen,
are entrenched about the gate on the
southside of WJja.
A pack train carry loe specie to tbe
American gold miaas at Unsan, which
had been held up by tbe authorities
south of Anju, has been released and
permitted to proceed. The mining
company does not anticipate any fur
ther difficulty In its transportation op
erations, v
Lake Baikal Railroad.
Irkutsk, April 2. The railroad
across Like Baikal has ceased opera
tions in consequence of the breaking
up of tbe Ice. and ia being removed.
Its assistance to the government in
transportation of supplies has been in
calculable, as an indication ofMts
service, It Is stated that between March
2d and March 28tb, there passed over
it 1,693 freight cars, 673 troop carr, 25
ordinary passenger coaches, carrying
officers, and sixty-five engines. The
cost of the undertaking was 1350,000.
Russisn Llse of Commaoicatlon.
St. Petersburg. Anril 2. Genera
Lievaakoff, director of military com
munications of the general etaff. in an
interview, gives Interesting facts about
tbe Russian line of communication!.
He says:
Tbe transport o! troops over the Si
berian and Manchurian railroads
worked without a hitch, except for a
six hour stoppage caused by a collis
ion. Men, guns and ammunition,
equipment and provisions have gone
forward with clock work regularity.
The sketches of scenes along the route
appearing in English newspapers are
ludicrous. The pictures of encounters
with Chinese bandits along the line.
with broken rails, tangles of telegraph
wires, prostrate poles and Cossacks
galloping with what look like minia
ture search lights, all belong to the
realm of fancy. I do not know of a
single interruption by bandits. The
protection of the line is assured by
more practical, though perhsps less
poetic means than depicted in
tbe illustrated papers. For ex
ample, take the ease of ar
mored trains. We discussed the
subject and decided against them.
The conditions -did not call for them.
The line runs through territory held
by our troops. There may be a few
robber bands, but there are no Ja
panese, at least at present. The only
things of the kind Introduced are ar
mored cabs for the engine drivers, to
protect them from .stray bullets.
There will be oifficulty over the im
pending stoppsge of the ice railroad
across Lake Baikal. The lake gener
ally Is free from Ice about the middle
of May, but long before that time tbe
Ice-breakers will have opened a chan
nel and the ferries will ba running reg
ularly.
Quiet at Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, April 2. All is
quiet hers and there is no change in
the situation. The weather Is warmer
and the sick and woundtl are making
good progress toward recovery.
The Japanese who ee killed in
the last attack upon this place were
burled to-day In the Chinese cemetery
outside the town, with military
honors.
It Is hoped it will be possible to
raise the Japanese firesblps which
were sunk in the attempt to block the
harbor.
Tokio, April 2. The Navy Depart
ment no information concerning
the reposed Japanese attack on Port
Arthur Mirch 80-31, and the officials
doubt that a general attack occurred.
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It was added that It was possible that a
lew Jananeae cruisers are in the vfc-
1 all of Port Arthur, and that there
may have been an exchange of shots
with the Russians, but it Is certain that
tne main Japanese fleet was not en
gaged at the time referred to.
IN FIFTEEN
FATHOMS
Copyright. 1903. by C. B. LeWla.
Wo had gone to Bird island, in the
Arabian sea, in the trading .brig Hope
Jo fish for pearl oysters. One day as
we were dragging the bottom in fifteen
fathoms we -came, across what we. be
lieved to a sunken bulk. Tbe spot
was about Vivree miles off the island.
Pur divers could not descend to such a
depth to make an inspection, and after
two days spent in preparing tackle we
sailed the brig out and anchored her
near the spot.
It was three days before we got , the
breeze from the tight Quarter, but
when it came we threw over our drag
and sailed over the wreck. The grap
nels caught her, and the ropes and
chains stood the strain. We plied sail
on the bclg, but for ten minutes she
hen red and tugged and was held fast
Something had to give as the breeza
freshened, and, to our great joy, the
hulk was pulled out of her sandy bed
and towed along the bottom behind US.
We got her into thirty feet of water
and within two cable's length of the
beach and anchored her. The pearl.
divers then went down to make an ex
amination. They reported her to be
the hulk of an Arabian dhow which
must have been In collision with an
other craft, as she was staved in on
the port quarter.
What we wanted to get our find.od
the beach was a breeze from the north
west. It came after nearly a week of
waiting, and the combined efforts of
wind, current and tide brought the
old hulk in at high water. She waa
one of the most curious sights a sailor
ever clapped eyes on. From stem to
stern she was a solid mass of shells.
She was about ninety feet long, and
when we came to dig down to the
wood we found it almost as hard as
Iron. She had been rigged with two
masts, the stumps of wbich stood up
eight feet high. A few feet "of bul
warks remained on cither bow, but the
rest of the deck bad been swept clean.
Our grapnels had caught In the hole
which sunk her, else they would not
have caught at all owing to the solid
layer of shells.
If we had been supplied with powder
we should have blown her up, but as
we had none we had to do some hard
work with pick and shovel. Tbe in
terior seemed to be a solid cake of
mud and sand, but we did not remove
much of it until we had cleared , the
outside. After she had lain in the hot
sun for three or four days she began
to dry out, and the work of digging off
the shells was much easier. There
were six separate and distinct layers
on her deck, and mixed with the bot
tom one we found three Arabian
swords, two or three ancient muskets
and a couple of axes.
The divers had given it as their opin
ion that she had been run Into, but
when wc came to make a closer In
spection of the holes In her quarter we
concluded that she had been struck by,
a shell fired from some man-of-war.
It had sent her to the bottom as quick
as if she had been run Into by a thou
sand ton ship. During the week we
were freeing tbe hulk from her shell
armor a close watch waa kept on
the beach, and we picked up coins to
the value of about $500, American
money. Some of these were Arabian
and some Persian.
When we had entirely cleared the
decks we found thocraft had only one
hatchway, and that was amidships.
We enlarged this ami then rigged up a
windlass and bucket to empty her as
dirt is taken from a well. Every buck
etful was careiully inspected as soon
as dumped, but wc found nothing more
valuable than shells until well down to
her keel. We couldn't make out what
sort of cargo she carried until the shov
els began to throw out human bones
along with the sand. With the bones
came iron shackles and other outfit-
tings of a slaver, and by and by we got
down far enough to find that she had
been fitted for a false deck and thus
enabled to carry a double tier of slaves
In a hold only six feet deep. We dug
out of her old bones enough to account
for at least fifty persons, and a sur
geon who afterward examined some of
iliem said they belonged to men and
women of the negro race. In the fore
castle we found nothing except a cou
ple of gun barrels and two earthen
bowls, but In the cabin we had better
luck.
In the last dirt wo took out we found
coins to the value of $600. These were
scattered about on the floor. Many had
worked out and come ashore, and
many were doubtless buried in the
sands beyond recovery. We found a
number of muskets and swords In the
cabin, but as no bones were found
there or in the forecastle we argued
that the crew must have got away In a
small boat.
Six months later when we told our
story at Cape Town we were referred
to history to prove that the dhow had
been fired on and sunk by H. M. S.
Sovereign while forming one of the
fleet to suppress tbe slave trade. The
dhow had loaded part of a cargo of
laves on the Mozambique coast when
driven off and pursued by the man-of-
war. The chase lasted three or four
days, and the dhow bad finally thought
to escape by running among the Is
lands. When she went down her crew
escaped to Bird Island and were after
ward taken off by a native craft.
M. QUAD
The Lonsdale Company's cotton
mills at Lonsdale, Berkeley and Ash-
ton. R. L. were shut down yesterday.
Until further notice they will be ope
rated five days each week. They em
ploy 8,000 bands, r The new schedule
is adopted because of the condition or
tbe cotton market.
Mrs. Oeorge J. Gould is 111 at her
home in, New Y rk city, recovering
from the effects of an operation for ap
pendicitis', which waa performed last
Wednesday. Her condition Is said to
be favorable.
. s By Telegrapn to u moraine Star,. .
Cincinnati, April 2. Floods in '
Northwestern and Central Ohio to-day
broke all previous records, but special
dispatches this afternoon indicate that
the waters sre receding, especially
along the Miami valley. High wibds
still render the situation serious around
tbat part of the Grand reservoir th-t
extends in Auglalse county, while tb
same winds have removed the greater
part of the reservoir banka In Mercer
county. The damage froan Findley
south through Troy, Plqua and oth'r
points as lar as new Hamilton is
estimated at two million dollars Four
Uvea have been lost, A. O. McAdew
of Ottawa. Frank Warnecke. of Ra.
lelda, Ralph Edleman, of bcrantoa,
and Fred Heiner, of Dunkirk. Twenty '
towns are without natural gas. Several
cities are without power for water'
works, light or trolley cars. Celine.--
Bt. Mary's and other towns in Mercer
and Auglalse counties have suffered
great damage, but no loss of life has ,
been reported. There Is, however,
still great apprehension there on ac
count of the reservoir waters being
dashed by the great winds.
la lodlaos.
Ihdiahapoub. Ibd., April 2. Alarm
prevailed here to-day because of the
continued rise of White river and
Pogus Run, the baek waters of which
again flooded the water works pump
ing station and crippled street railway
traffic. To-night the waters are re
ceding and no further apprehension Is
felt. Dispatches from all towns In
Northern and Central Indiana say
the high waters are receding, and it is
believed tbat the danger is past. But
Marlon or"Johnstown" hss been prac
tically destroyed and will have to be
rebuilt.
Two men arrived at Vincennes In a
boat to day and asked for relief for
Ruisellville, where they say neatly
every house is submerged and people
are without provisions except meal.
A ferry boat manned by twenty-five
men arrived from Blllett and bought
provisions, which were taken to the
isolated town. They told of great snf-'
ferlng because of the scarcity ot food. '
COLOJlBIt THREAT ENISQ.
May Resort to Arms If Her Appeals for
Jastlce Fall.
By Telegraph to tne Horning Star.
Paris, April 2. Jorg Holguln, fi
nancial agent of Colombia, who wss
one of the parties Instigating the recent
suit against the Panama Canal Com
pany, said In the course- of an Inter
view to-day:
"We intend to appeal, and if that
fails we will apply to the Court of
Cassation. Finally, if all the French
courts refuse us justice, Colombia will
publish a manifesto to the world, ex
plaining tbat she is the victim of odi
ous spoliation wnicn compels ner to
resort to arms. The American squad
rons at Colon and Panama now pre
vent Colombia from debarking troops
concentrated at Barren quilla, but
sooner-or later these squadrons will
be -withdrawn, and then tbe Colom
bian forces will invade the rebel re
public of Panama and make war."
ARKANSAS COSVENTI0NS.
Three Coaatles (attract for Hearst as
Nomloee for Presldest.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Little Rook, Ark., April 2.
Democratic county conventions were
held in the seventy-five counties of
Arkansas to-day for the purpose of
electing delesrates to the8tate conven
tion, which will be held In Hot Springs
June 14. Carroll, Clay and Green
counties instructed for William R.
Hearst for the presidential nomina
tion. Crawford county Instructed its
delegates for D. R. Francis, of Mis
souri, for the presidency. No other
expressions on the question were re
corded. PARKER DELEQATES.
Uesested at the Assembly District Cos-
vcbIIob of Westchester, N. Y.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Mount Eisoo, N. Y., April. 2.
Thirty out of sixty-three delegates for
Parker were uns sated at the Demo
cratic Assembly district convention for
the third Assembly district of West
chester county, held here to-day, and
J. J. SinnoU, Dr. Michael 8hean and
J. F. Martin were elected delegates to
the State convention without instruc
tions. Parker delegatea bolted and
held a rump convention at which
Francis Larkin, Matthew Clune and
Tbad Green were chosen as delegates
to tbe State convention.
FIRE AT LlflLe ROCK.
Properly Destroyed Vetoed at .$75,000.
Half Covered by Insaraocr.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Little i Rook, Ark , April 2. Fire
to-nlght destroyed property, on Mail
street valued at $75,000. The heaviest
losers are the Stalnbsok Brown Com
pany, dealers in wallpaper, paints,
eta, and the Watson estate, owners of
the brick building occupied by the
SUlnback Brown Company. Tbe com
bined losses are $75,000.
Tbe fire originated in the third story
of the building occupied by the Stain
back Brown Company. Tbe losses are
about half covered by Insurance.
NEW YORK BANKS.
Itateaeat of llearlog House Averages for
the Past Week.
Ur Telegraph to the Morning Star. . ,
Nirw York, April 2. The state
ment of averages of the clearing house .
banks of this city for the week shows:
Loans $1,022,707,100; Increase $14,843,- '
400. Deposits $1,009,859,400; Increase
$20,700,900. Circulation $86,889,000;
decrease $56,000. Legal tenders $71,- '
707.800: decrease $201,600. Bpecie,
$223,390,100; increase $5,663,000. Re
serve $390,097, ou; increase eo.aoi,
400. Reserve required $67,'242,S50;
Increase $5,175,225. Surplus $27,
755,050; Increase $286,175. ' Ex-TJ. 8.
I deposits $41,781,900; increase $2,826,-
000.
. The Wilmington Stab copies
the editorials of the News and Ob- -server
and the Charlotte Newt on-
"Let the Law Take Its Course" in
the MoBee-Flnch conspiracy case.
and adds a few sensible paragraphs
about the matter and about the Got- .
ernor that will be approved by the '
thoughtful and unbridled people of -North
Carolina, from Murphy to
Manteo. Raleigh News and Obser-
! TOT.
wvea aown by the people.
i Cleveland's last administration.
In No? ember next. "
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