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The country may as well be pre pared, however, to see Col. William Jennings Bryan diplomatically called down, if he will let the convention be that easy with him, but simply - mn out on the side traok if nothing will Jo but that. Of the two con tentions the Philadelphia Record says: &i the time for the two great na tional conventions approaches the difference in their conditions are al ready 13 striking as to arrest the atten tion of all obier vers. The Republican delegates will quietly assemble in Ohi ceo to proclaim a programme that bis been crefully prearranged for them tn all respects. There will be no concern about candidates or platform. The only matters not regulated that will occupy the Chicago Convention - are the con Hiding: delegations from Wiicon&in and Delaware. Once more the Addicts faction, having won a preliminary victory, will Insist upon the exclusion of Regular Republicans from the convention and upon the re teaiioo of Addicks as a member of the Na'.ifinilCatnmlttee, In Wisconsin the confl ct between the rival Spooner and LiFollelte factions has become so embittered as to threaten the loss of the Slate's electoral votes and of a seat Id the United States Senate. Ia the Democratic National Conven tion the action will depend on the ma ture del.beratton of the delegates as to th-best interests of the parly and the country. There will be no carefully studied addresses, and tho speeches will bs it the belter for being spontaneous. It may bo confidently predicted thus earlv that the platform will express the sei.'iments of the conservative Democ racy on all questions of national policy. While there is no absolute certainly rs yet upon whom the choice of itiH convention for President will fall, it is certain that William J. Bryan will dictate neither the party poney or the candidate. I. ij true that the candidacy of Judge Alum B. Parker is gaining in strength day by day. The instructions of Mis sitaippl and Arkansas on Wednesday bow thai to far from caualng discour agement or iioubt, the opposition has only iireoRihened the sentiment of the Democracy as to his superior avail ability. VOL. XXXV. READ THE HAHDWEITIHG. Of course the Parker boom is going right along. He will be nomi nated, but will North Carolina know enough to "instruct" and be classed with the originals? Well, there ought to be enough handwriting On the wall by this time to enable the Democratic State con vention to read what is going to happen at St.. Louis oh the 6th of July. The State convention - meets at Greensboro next Thursday. The delegates know that the people want Parker nominated, and the conven- tion ought to adopt Parker resolu tions that will be so unequivocable that the delegates can't run amuck and lop at out at St. Louis. Saya the Concord Tribune: "A North Carolina preacher named Dun- naway married a "runaway " couple the other day, but there is nothing In a name." Go. on away' from here with your foolishness! You are just trying to get us to say that the runaway bride has Dunnaway with her name. We hope that It will never be said of this couple that they have done away with the knot that Dunnaway tied. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904. A GREAT CONVENTION Democrats of North Carolina Will Assemble in Greens boro This Week. BURNINQ OP THE HIGHLANDER. NORTH CAROLINA MASONS. WN) flp BUSINESS. STEDMAN MEN CONFIDENT. He Will Have Plurality en First Ballot and His Nomination Will Come on Second or Third, They Ssy. ' ' ManaierBrosks' Demeanor. The Concord Tribune has set aside a column to be devoted to the interest of the schools of Cabarrus county. That is a good idea, for nothing like publicity will so build up the schools and encourage the teachers in their work. Good pay and good teachers ought, however, to be a part of the "campaign of education." Editor , M. -A. Lowry, of the Mt. Airy News, haa sold out his paper and job office to Editor J. E. Johnson, lately of the Elkin Times. Mr. Lowry has been in the news paper business many years and has given Mt. Airy a clean home paper. We wish Brother Johnson the full est measure of success in his new field. ' Since 1860, the Democratic party has not won in our Presidential elections but twice. We had better look up the two platforms on which we won and ascertain what it was in them that- caught the attention of the people. "We . must teach the girls more about figures," says a college pro fessor. You are simply butting In to bring on more trouble. Their calculations are sufficient now to add a son-in-law to their father's family. . Says the Houston Chronicle: "When you are tempted to shoot Niagara, row up stream." We never miss the target from a safe place on the shore, for whenever we shoot, Niagara falls. A man out in Western North Carolina bought a whole female seminary for $5,000. That was real j cheap if a whole bunch of pretty girls are to be embraced in the transaction. 8pecial Star Telegram. Greensboro, N. O., June 18. "Greensboro will do its best by the Democratic Btate Convention next week," said a member of the commit tee of arrangements to-night when asked about plans for entertaining the convention. "We are going to lay ourselves out to make it the best en tertained convention in North Caro lina. Nothing will be overlooked that will- contribute to the comfort and happiness of the delegates. The con vention will meet In the Banner Ware house; there will be electric fans, cell ing and desk fans sufficient In number to cool the atmosphere. Iced lemon ade and mineral water and cigars will be provided in abundance. There will be numerous pages to attend to the wants of the delegates. Bands of mu sic will be provided." But while Greensboro is planning large things In the way of entertain ing the convention, It Is losing none of its Interest In the candidacy of Ma jor Stedman. It Is believed here by the conservatives that he will have a plurality on the first ballot and that on the second or third he will be nom inated. His friends, and this means everybody here, are confident that he' will be the next governor. Under the heading "Stedman and the Outlook," the Greensboro .Record of Saturday prints the following: "No one hereabouts can be found who has any doubts about the ultimate triumph of Major Stedman in his can didacy for the office of governor of North Carolina, but if any one could be found and could be induced to visit his headquarters in the Guilford, an other song would be sung. Mr. A. L. Brooks has quit pulling his moustache a sura sign of deen thought and -Airi a broad smile all the while. He v... Vfnt fniw informed of every move made and is confident. Of course the work has been practically done so far as the canvass Is concerned, but what gives Major Btedman's fnends joy is the receipt by every mail of let ters from all parts of the Btate. Many of these tell of conditions favorable to Major Stedman, of which Mr. Brooks had no idea. A summing up of the situation cm the eve of a battle ahows a loyal legion behind Guilford's man, composed of mn who have fought many a political battle and have never faltered and seldom miscalculated their own strength or that of the other aide. They will stand as a solid wall, fight ing shoulder to shoulder to the last ditch in other words, the old guard is behind Major Stedman, men who know the jastlce of their cause and who know from experience that right 111 ..wall "The outlook for uuuioru cwui- SteameraTotal Wreck Columbians Wlil Boy Another at Oner. . The only particulars obtainable yes terday, about the burning of the steamer "Highlander" came in a spe cial to The State from its Georgetown correspondent and is printed in that paper as follows: "The steamer 'Highlander' was de stroyed by fire on the Santee river this afternoon at or near Fawn Hill, about 25 miles by water from Georgetown. The captain and crew arrived here at night by private conveyance too late to telegraph the news. They report the steamer a total wreck. Nothing was saved. "The fire originated from a spark catching the Ughtwood on deck and the efforts of the crew to extinguish the flames proving" unavailing, the boat was run ashore and the crew gotten ashore safely." The State says that at a special meet ing of the Columbia Ohamber-of Com merce Friday the river navigation committee of that body at once took atepa to replace the burned boat with' another of equal carrying capacity. Manager T. D. Love, of Wilmington, will probably own and operate the new boat. It Is stated that the busi ness on the new line had grown by leaps and bounds within the past few weeks and that three or four boats could be operated to Georgetown at a profit. There Is a pile of freight at Georgetown now awaiting shipment to Columbia. AshevMe Place st. Meeting Next Year. Code Commission Awards Contrsct. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh. N. C Jane 16. Tne Grand Commandery, Knights Temp lar, this morning reconsidered the se lection of Charlotte as place of meet ing. next year, and oa recommenda tion of the joint committee from the Commandery and Chapter, they chose Asheville as the nlace and the third Tuesday In June as the time. The Commandery adjourned after the in stallation of officers. - .The Masonic meetings were brought to a close to night by a brilliant Bhrl sera' banquet, there being 150 ban queters. There war also a big Brans wick stew and barbecue at the fair (rounds this afternoon. The North Carolina Code Commis sion to-day awarded the contract for prioting the code to E. M. Uziell, of Raleigh, his bid being $3,104. Governor Aycock commutes to life Imprisonment the death sentence of the negro Powell, InDurham, charged with a capital crime on bis own daugh ter. Judge Cooke and others petition ed, for the commutation. WEDDING AT GRIST, N. C. Mr. N. F. Parker, Furniture Mer chant, Makes Deed of Trust to L. V. Grady, Esq. CREDITORS PAID IN FULL I tatemeat of Assets and Liabilities War rant That Assumption Retires from Business Upon Recommends tion of His Physician. NEQRO SLAPPED A CHILD. Restsarsnt Employe ia Coart for Agfra vated Ofleoce Wss Fined Heavily. Frank Davis, a middle-aged colored man, who says he is employed at En nett's restaurant near Fiont and Dock streets, was arraigned In Justice Fow ler's court yesterday, charged with the aggravated offence of slapping the little four-vear-old son of Mrs. Minnie King. The negro was given choice of paying f 10 fine and costs, aggregating $14.85, or going to the roada for 30 days. The evidence showed that the child was playing on the sidewalk about noon, when the negro passed with a bucket of water, going to the restau rant. The boy innocently poxea n:s finger in the bucket and the negro slapped him on the cheek several times. The child ran home screaming. Mr. C. T. Oroom, an uncle of the tot, upon learning what was the matter with the child, Immediately went out and visited summary punishment up on Davis. Mr. Croom was before Jus tice Fowler noon a charge of an as sault, but in view of the great provo cation he was discharged. - Big Potato Crop. The Mount Olive Tribune this week ays the Irish potato crop this season has far exceeded the expectation of the truckers,, being about 5.0 per cent, lar r than anv nrevious year. The Trib- Miss P. P. Eakins and Mr. 0. B. Savaf e Married Wednesday Evening. Special Star Correspondence. Grist, N. 0., June 15. At 7 o'clock this evening Mr. G. B. 8avage, of Ivanhoe, and Miss E. F. Eakins were united in marrlaee at Harmony Bap tist church by Rev. J. A. Smith, of Wilmington. In front of the pulpit, in the presence of many friends and relatives, the handsome young couple made their solemn vow, the inspiring strains of the wedding march being beautifully rendered by Bliss Jennie Glddings, of Clinton, N. O. The maid of honor was Miss Berta Herring; best man, Mr. J. N. Herring. Other at tendants were Mr. O. S. Corbett and Miss Annie Parker. Mr. N. V. Wells and Miss Rosa Herring, Mr. Lee Eakins and Miss Mary Ward, Mr. Jackson Eakins and Miss Annie Stringfield. The ushers were Messrs. R. V. Eakins, K. R. Curtis and A. T. Mitchell. COMBINATION OF RAILROADS. date is bright, and what is more Inter-1 une Mys that up to Wednesday after eating It grows nngnier oy tno roco.i of letters in every mall wholly unex pected." . EARLY TRAIN ON SEABOARD. THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN ZOO. Millionaire captains of industry must be an awfully greedy and ava ricious lot to keep on . demanding protection. The venal Republican party, subservient to and pampered by the crowd that wants the earth, give? them all the protection they want. A tariff is passed, the masses foot tho bill, and yet they manifest a deaire to continue to be bled by perpetuating the Republican party In power. ' Under the policy of the monstrous Republican party that takes from all the people for the benefit of a few of the people, there is no won der that the few amass millions as slick as 'grease while the toiling maa3es can barely meet expenses after a whole year's hard labor. Astonishment is expressed that some men can make money so easily while the astonished ones work hard to come out even. The secret is to Ret under the protection wing of the Kepublican party that takes away from him who has little and adds to him who has much. This is what wu call fleecing tho people, and in deed it looks like they would get - tired of furnishing the fleece for the fleecers. Roosevelt and his accomplices blow about their going to "stand pat." The goose that lays the golden egg ought to know enough to refuse to be patted any longer. A writer says: "After all, men make their living with their hands." No, not all. The tongue work of the politician aeems to beat the band-made living all to pieces. Two hearts wfth but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as The man fools 'round till He one; gets caught, won. And she's the one that's Courage without prudence gets in the way of danger. Prudence with courage outflanks danger and gets the best of it. CURRENT COMMENT. Doable Dally Service Between Wilmington and Charlotte Is Promised leen. The Charlotte Observer of yester day haa the following Item of interest: "An Observer reporter learned yester day that the Seaboard Railway is con templating and probably already has decided to put on another first-class nmnnnirer train between Charlotte and Wilmington to accommodate the heavy Bummer travel caused by the nnAnfnir of the coast resorts. By the addition of a new train, the present service will be doubled. The present passenger train between Charlotte and Wilmington leaves Charlotte at 5 A. M., larrivlng at Wil mington at 12:25. Returning, it leaves Wilmington at 3:15 o'clock P. M., ar i.in hare at 11 P. M. The new train will leave Charlotte at 4 or 5 o'clock P. M., arriving at Wilmington at 11 o'clock at night Returning it will leave Wilmington at 5 o'clock In the morning and arrive same morning. here at 11 the A writer asks derisively: "What becomes of all those awfully smart " childrect?" Tho smart girls grow up sweet and pretty, and cutely scoop us in with their matrimonial nets. The smart boys grow up shrewd and Boll ts gold bricks in various forms, get our small change by working a ball under a shell, or knock on the back door and are fed If Roosevelt will only keep High Price Shaw on the stump what more can we ask 2 Philadelphia Record. Between his fireworks of rhetoric and his firecrackers of thought the Nebraska statesman seems to be a verible Fourth of July unto himself. Judge. Notwithstanding the fact that the Carnegie hero fund is now in wnrVintr order, thev have actually & New York man who has been beating the gas meter during a long period of years. Indianapolis Morning Star. The resolution adopted yes terday by the Confederate veterans atNashille, frvoring the establish ment at Richmond of a Home for needy Confederate women, was an initiative worthy of an early con summation. Nortollc ruouo uea ger. - There is some talk of Judge to St. Louis to be present during the period of the Democratic national convention, but nothing is more unlikely. After declining for months to give the least indication of a candidacy for the nomination, he will scarcely make an open bid for it at the rouna up. Charleston Post. - The Republican National convention will be a very tame affair. The President has decided who shall be the nominees, what the platform shall contain, who the chairman shall be and all the rest nf tha business an ordinarily inde- Amnsement at Carolina Beach. The managers of the Carolina Beach Amusement Company have added a new feature to its many attractions of the season. ; At the ompany'n club house, a punching bsg, boxing gloves, bowling alleys, and all sorts of train ing apparatus can be had for the bene flt nt thnse confined long hours In offices and various other confining positions, who really need exercise to sustain health and happiness. This will no doubt be greatly appreciated by those who are familiar with the . a benefits derived by sucn ana tne suc cess of tbe company's energetic en deavor to give the public of Wilming ton what it needs is assured Free swings have been erected for ladies ad children. The shooting gallery U in constant us.e and will be the acene of many contests with both rifle and revolver. In all, this season promises well to eclipse all previous seasons at this favorite resort. noon it was estimated that 135 sona cirs, cr 25,000 barrels of potatoes had been shipped from Mount Olive, and there were about 10,000 barrels yet to be shipped. The price thus far has av eraged $2.30 per barrel, bringing to the truckers' there about $125,000. Die dfrom His Injuries. Archie McNeill, an 18-year old te- gro, who was wjureu at mo Guano plant up the river a few days go, died Thursday at the James Walk er Memorial Hospital. McNeill was enraged In pushing a dump car loaded with fertilizer material on tresue work in the factory, and fell from the elevation, the car falling on him. He had a compound fracture of the thigh and a broken arm. His deatb, how ever, was due to concusalon of the brain. Two thousand Backs of salt in one ot the 8. A. L. warehouses on the river front wete tumbled Into the river by the giving way of a section of the flooring Friday morning. One thou sand of the sacks had been recovered yesterday from five feet of water. The losa in aalt will be about $400; damage to the warehouse about $200. Said to Embrsce Rock Island-Frisco Sys tem, Seaboard Air Line, Pere Mar quette and the C , H. & D. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Detroit, Mich., June 18. The "Tribune" to-morrow will point to seven names of men belonging to the syndicate which recently purchased the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, as evidence of the gradual development of a combination, em-hr.clno- the Rack Island-Frisco sys- tm. tha Seaboard Air Line, tbe Pere Marquette and the Cincinnati, Hamil ton & Dayton. The seven men are: Frederick H. Prince, president of the Pere Mar cmette; Eugene Zlmmermann, vice presiaent 01 tne uincinnaii, naamiwu and Dayton; Henry Clay Pierce, director of tbe 'Frisco and of the Sea board Air Line ; V. W. xoung, oirec tor of tbe Frisco; George H. Norman, chairman of the Pere Marquette; Thomas F. Ryan, director of the Pere Marquette, of tbe fcjeaboara air Line and of the Hocking Valley, and Thomas H. West, director of the Pere Marquette. The Tribune points out the vast territory reached by these roads which have become so closely amuaiea, ana says that while an actual merger would take much lime, a muiuai un derstanding and community of inter ests seem to have b?en consummated. The Rack Island already owns the 'Frisco and the Seaboard Air Line. COURT MARTIAL Mr.W. H. Molina had a bicycle stolen from him yesterday evening. He ssnt a boy up to Rocky Point to look out for the machine and very oon came the report that the bicycle had been recovered. He saja there are several other stolen wheels there and parties who bavi lost their ma chines within the las; ten days would do well to Investigate. To Try Llenf. Hojan of the Marine Corps at Annapolis, Md. - By Telegraph to th Horning Star. Wsahiuqtqk, June 18. Second Lieutenant Reginald R. Hogan, U. 8. M. CL, stationed of Annapolis, la to be court-martlalled for a recent escapade at Annapolis. According to a report made to the Navy Department, Lieut, TTnrn while returnine to his quar ters from an entertainment, with some other4officers, about midnight, took a party of sailors to task for alleged failure to salute him properly on the street. When a negro who was pass ing said that the sailors hadn't done anything wrong, Lieut. Hogan knock ed him down. He was arrested by tbe local police after a struggle. Acting on these reports, the secreta . nt tha navv haa ordered a court- martial to convene at the naval acade my, Annapolis, on Thursday next, for the trial of Lieut. Hogan on charges of Idlsorderly conduct, Intoxication and resisting arrest by the civil authorities. For the purpose of winding up his business and making full settlement with his merchandise creditors, Mr. N. F. Parker, wholesale and retail furniture dealer at No. 306 North Frent street, on yesterday made a deed of trust to L. V. Grady, Eiq., trustee, who will dispose of the stock and other assets and otherwise close up the business as may be deemed best and for the interest of all concerned. The deed of trust was filed early yes terday afternoon at the Court House and seta forth' that whereas Mr, -k i m - . v T m. "C rarxer, ny reason or sicxness, is uu-1 era able further to conduct the business and his physicians have advised him to retire from business in order to re gain his health, and that whereas he is Indebted to various and sundry cred ltors, is amply solvent and able to pay his debts from his assets and desires to pay the same in full, by an equitable and just distribution of bis stock of goods among the cred itors of his mercantile business, he conveys to u. v. urady, trustee, an the goods, wares, merchandise, etc , in his store at No. 206 North Front street and In the warehouse on Second, between Market and Princess streets, together with horses, wagons, etc, be longing to sId business, to be sold at either public or private sale as may be deemed beat, retaining clerk hire, attor ney's fees and all other expenses, and then distributing to all the creditors whose debts have arisen out of or con cerning the business, any and all moneys derived from the sale of the property pro rata, according to their respective claims. In dividends from time to time as the funds may admit until tbe whole of the amounts due the creditors shall be paid in full. Af ter the payment of all the debts in full, the residue is to be paid to Mr. Parker. In a schedule prepared by Mr. Par ker. it is shown that the asseta amount to about $9,236 and the liabilities $1,250, leaving a sur plus of nearly $5,000. Only about $1,000 of the assets are In debts to the business, nearly the whole amount being in the stock of new fur niture, perhaps the finest in the Btate. Mr. Grady, the trustee, will retain Mr. F. G. Dosher in charge of the store and will dispose of the stock at Trus tee's sale as rapidly as possible. Mr. Parker requires of the trustee a bond of $10,000 to secure both himself and his creditors, the same having been given yesterday afternoon. M'. Parker's health has been failing rapidly for 18 months and his physi cians said that his retirement from business was Imperative. After a three months illness last April he was forced to go to the mountains for two months, but he improved little and again became ill in December, being confined to his home for two months. He reluctantly gives up business, but hopes after regaining his health to re sume. His many friends hope thtt his improvement will be rapid and that the disposition of the stock may in every way be satisfactory. Mr. Par ker will spend the Summer at South-port. Revolt Against Rnssia Postered cse Likely Jflfve the Trans-Slberlsi Br Cable to TBrmornlns Bmbk. Government or Tomsk, NO, I Btjssza, June 18. The agitation among the Mongols, inhabiting tbe Altai region Is increasing over the alleged appearance of the God Airo', who they believe will deliver them from a foreign yoke and create an Independent kingdom. The Mongols are gathering In thousand" In answer to the summons of mi. who are proclaiming themselves to be the apostles of the God Alrol. These? men are Inspiring awe among tbe4 ignorant nomads by means of an alleged miracle carried out with the aid of electrical and pryrotechnlcal devices. These so called apostles preach the reclncarnation of the God Alrol and pretend to carry from him messages to the people, saying that he haa not been happy since he left them two hundred years ago, coincident with the date of the Russian occupa tion of the country. They warn the Mongols to abstain from wearing white or red clothing, these being Rus sian national colors, and to wear only blue and yellow, national colors of the Japanese, urge them to worship the sun and moon, which are the gods of Japan, and especially the overgod Burham, who Is the only true god of the gods. Reports from Irkutsk say that dis content amour the Mongol and Kal muck tribes Is rife, owing to the f (reaching of the new prophets, who ti s said have been discovered to be Japanese who have passed the Winter in caves In the moun tain fastnesses. The seriousness of th aUuatinn Itaa in the fact The capital stock of the Farm-1 that the tribes in which the revolt Is s' Cotton Oil Company of Wilson I fostered Inhabit both sides of the Trans SPIRITS TURPENTINE. The Statesville Cotton, Mills has declared its usual semi-annual dividend of 1 per cent. - Messrs. S. J. Smitherman and J. P. Baldwin are constructing a tannery at Troy, Montgomery county. The Fnlton Manufacturing Company, Mount Airy, has been chartered to manufacture lumber, furniture and tobacco boxes. The Lenoir Woodworking Com pany has been chartered with $20, 000 capital, to manufacture furni ture and building material. The Blanche Hosiery Mill, at Chapel Hill has added 20 knitting machines to its plant. It already operated twenty machines. The Eno Cotton Mills, at Hillsboro, has given an order for 300 additional tons and ia errctlng an additional building to be used as a dye house. Durham Herald: What puzzles us is how the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad managed to main tain a lobby at Raleigh and the city papers did not find it out. SUICIDE IN JACKSONVILLE. Postal Clerk Poisoned. Railway Mall Clerk Luther McNeill, who arrived on tbe Charleston train uia last nleht. was very ill from the Miss Jessie Gregory, a cultured and accomplished young laayoi Halifax, N. C, has been leis a ior tune by a Miss Miles, of Philadel phia, estimated to be between $130,- 000 ana iou,uuu. jxub wwji in company with her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Clark, several years ago took a trip to the Old World and in Paris met Miss Miles, a ineuu ship sprang up between the two, which lasted up to the death of Miss Miles. The result is tne oe- At Raleigh, on Thursday, Gov. Aycock commuted to life impris onment the death sentence of Albert Powell, the Durham negro accused of criminally assaulting his own daughter. The petition to the Gov ernor waB signed by Jndge Chas. M. Cooke, who tried the case, the coun ty commissioners, and many good citizens of Durham. It ia Baid that since the trial some new evidence has heen procured which shows a conspiracy on the part of Powell's family to get rid of him. He was tn Viava Vmnn handed on June 30. His record is a criminal one and had much to do with the conviction. It in rAnnrtarl that when the death sen tence was pronounced, Powell's daughter laughed and joked about it with negroes sitting near ner. Prominent Attorney of Chicago Cols His Throat With a Razor Had Lost $10,000 Speculating In Stocks. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Jaoksobttlle, Fla., June 17. Charles S. McCoy, a prominent attor ney with offices in the Atwood build ing, Chicago, committed suicide this morning, by cutting his throat with a razor In a bath tub at a hotel here. McOoy, it Is said, In the last few days, had lost $10,000 by speculating In stocks on Wall street, through a inofti firm. He was In Jacksonville, looking after a suit of John L. Davis against the Seminole Hard Rock Phos phate Company. To Judge Challen, who was associated with him In the case, he left a letter saying: "niirtnp these months the demon of speculation has had me in Its grip and I am as powerless to resist it as any drunkard his dram or gambler his game. Tne course i am isjuqk tuu idered the wise one. Please do what is needful. Communicate with Mrs. McCoy,9116L-ngwood, Chicago." Oa the drrsser in the room at tee hotel wrre found several letters, to gether wUh the following that he had written: "Clock just struck 5 A.M. In a few minutes more I'll be ready, if I have the courage. 7:45 i am a cow ard after all. 10:05-StIU resisting O, God, have mercy; the way of the transgressor Is hard and tbe wage of sin is death 1" t . . , The bed was undisturbed, showing that the man had not slept any during the night. McOoy was said to be a man of exemplary habits. aVaatv Are you the queBt which leaves Miss Gregory all I man from . Mr. Sodder's to fix the - -ri- vc!i fA,tnna with the 6X- I n:-n,9 Tlia Plnmhftr: Yes. r,r sn nnn lfift to charity I ;,. . ua , n cost vou $50. Mr. Ja nmnortv hrinfrinff in an annual J TTnn salmon- what? Whv. he hasn't I - u,m tn nnit while there is yet affLti of eating some ice cream shortly Income of from $3,000 to $4,000 to geen tho job: he doesn't know how for him to stand upon. Kvl. t r,I hi. tra I much I want done. The Plumber: enceB muitiply that he is presently Charlotte Observer: The ci mnker would do well tO take warning while there is yet time by the smart girl wives which Bcooped us in with I pendent convention usually trans ineir little nets. ' This is no ioke. I acts. uoiumoia neeora. h.rnra his train left the South it- rU vealerdav afternoon. Poatal niark Gregory, of the Wadesboro and Florence run, accompanied the sick man to Wilmington where he was met at the station by Poa'.master Wallace nd Dr. D. W. Bulluck. Mr. McNeill . ,...h better when be reached J1 mm here, though be had been laid up for moat of the trip from Charleston. "Yes," Baid the artist, "I drew this sketch of the scene of the accident in-less than an hour. "Not all the details, sureiy, ex claimed his admirer.- "ah crowd, for instance." "01 it's easy to draw a crowd wnen you ami sketching." -Philadelphia rress. mUa not; hut he tola me now much to do. Catholic Standard and Times. T will never rive in," cried the hero.as he struggled desperately with the villain, "tfut you may rive out." sarcastically chuckled the I latter. Princeton Tiger. to be shut out of the ordinary ave nues of business, the latest coming from Rock Hill, S. C, where the directors of the Union National Bank have adopted a -.resolution that no person who smokes cigarettes can find employment In that institution. Better quit, young man, or you will find soon that nobody wants you, has been increased from $23,500 to $47,000, and will operate a fertilizer factory in connection with its oil mill and ginnery. The Standard Mirror Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., will remove its manufactory to High Point, one of North Carolina's progressive furni ture manufacturing townB. The company is now erecting a factory building 48 by 200 feet. Newton Enterprise, June 17th: Down in Texas they are already picking, ginning and selling new cotton. If the boll weevil don't wake up, the cotton bears will de vour the Southern farmers. Think of picking cotton off the same stalks from June till Novemberl Up this way the squares are barely coming n Bight. ' Monroe Enquirer: On general principles the deportation of miners from Colorado ss wrong. If a man has violated law, punish him where he commits his crime, but do not Bend him off to some other place. We fraquently hear sentences in court rooms which amount to ban ishment of the criminal. A sentence which forces the criminal to leave the town, oounty or State should never be imposed. the North Carolina delegation to the Republican national conven tion left Raleigh Saturday afternoon for Chicago in a special Pullman car over the Southern Railway. Post master C. T. Bailey and United States District Attorney Harry Skin ner were in the party. All the dele crates from eastern Carolina went to Raleigh as their starting point. Two negro delegates go from North Car olina. It is said that there will be 70 negro delegates from different Southern States. At their reunion at Nashville yesterday a resolution of the Con federate veterans to modernize the famous Southern song, "Dixie," was fought by Gen. Cabell, of Texas, who contends for old Dixie or no Dixie. As a matter of fact Dixie is a nonsensical jumble of -words set to a Bunerb tune, bnt it is not to be ex- pected that the old veterans will ever consent to have a line of it changed, and they ought to have their way about it. Favetteville Observer: Our Con- fresiman has just been notified by the 'ostoffice Department that his re quests in regard to fifteen additional K. F. D. routes for thlB district have been complied with. The new routes inclue one from Hope Mills and one from Raeford, in this coun ty. Few congressmen have ever had such a large number of the routes giuen to thi3 district at one time. Mr. Patterson haa made requests for about 35 more routes, covering every county in the district, and these will soon be acted on. A revival is in progress at the BaDtist church in Spencer, the preaching being done by Rev. J. M. Stanford, of Yadkin county. A singular fact is that Mr. Stanford is a brother of the Rev. A. L. Stan ford, pastor of the Methodist church at Leakeville, N. C, and that he has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church in the same place, bringing about the unusual condition of two brothers, who are very much alike in personal appearance and mannerisms, serving as pastors of different denominations In the same town Charlotte Chronicle: The Chronicle's local columns yester day carried the news that another artartment house is to be built in Charlotte. From the number of residences built and owned by peo ple in Charlotte more than in any other town of similar slie in the country, probably one might think that everybody here was supplied with a home, bnt the real estate men tell a different story. The de partment house idea has come to be Very popular, and the demand for apartments and flats is increas ing constantly. Winston-Salem Sentinel: The question of who is the richest man in North Carolina having been raised by the Charlotte Chronicle, which claims that one of Its citizens "can show two million for every one million that tiny other man in the State can abow," an opportunity is afforded the several towns haying millionaires to trot out their men and make comparisons. Durham could produce a few of greater wealth, if common reports be true. Certainly they haye given evidence of really having fortunes running into the seven figures by their mag nificent gilts to educational, reli gious and other charitable Institu tions. One of them is reputed; to, be worth $10,000,000 or more. Wint ston-Salem, too, may in all modeBty boast of one or two men that are in the Charlotte millionaires class, if not ahead of him. Blberian railroad and number many thousands of potential fanatics, and that should any serious uprising oc cur it might interfere materially with railroad communication. PERD1CARIS AND VARLEY. Arrangements Msdo for Release of the Ssptlves and Payment to the Bandits , of the Ransom Money. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, June 18. Agcable gram received at the State Department from Consul General Gummere, at Tangier, In confirming the press report that the Bultan has agreed to all of Ralull'a terms, adds that the money ransom, $55,000, was to bs paid over to-day. Mr. Gummere expressed grave doubt as to the advisability of making this payment before Perdlcarla and Yarley were actually released and safely returned to Tangier. In his cablegram, the consul general states that Raisull's negotiator return ed to Tangier last night and reported that the terms bad been accepted and the money as well as the prisoners must be immediately turned over to Ralsull at Taradant, where he is now located, and the captives will be re leased. Mr. Gummere and the British min ister both objected to this plan, on the ground that they placed everything In Raisull's hands 'and they bad no as surances that he would, carry out his engagement after he got hold of the money. Therefore they had sent a special courier to Ralsull, suggesting that the exchange be effected through the sheriff of Wszan who has a power ful Influence over Ralsull. The an swer Is expected to-morrow. JEFFRIES-MONROE MATCH Postponed to the Lsst Week in Aufust Next $5,000 Onsrantee. Bj Telegraph to tbe Horning Btar. San Francisco, Gal. .June 18. The Jeffries-Munroe match has teen post poned to the last week in August. Manager Coffrolk, of the Yosemile Club, and Harry Pollock, manager for Munroe, were to-day at Hargln Springs, Jeffries' training place, and had an Interview with tbe champion. Jeffries declared his ability and willing; nets to meet Munroe on June 80th, but -Ooffroth, after consulting with the surgeon who was In attendance, has decided that it would bs the wiser course to allow the big pugilist more time to recover from his Injury. Manager Pollock was agreeable to the long postponement, provided that h had enmrt aiiiurance that the match would be carried out. He stipulated that Jeffries should post $5,000 by next Monday night guaranteeing his appearance in the ring late in August Jeffries agreed to post the $5,000. L0NQ ISLAND RACEI. The $20,000 Tidal Stakes Captured by Ort Wells, Beating the Favorite. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar . New York, June 18. Amid the rousing cheer of 85,000 persons, John A. Drake's Ort Wells eaallv csp'ured the $20,000 tidal stakes at Sneepshead Bay to day. Hlldebrand had the naount , on the Drake horse and handled mm In perfect style. James R. Keeneo Delhi, the favorite In the betting, fin ished second. The time, 2:06, Is a new record for the stake. Odom sent Delhi to the front at the llf tins? of the barrier, followed by Ort Wells and St. Valentine. In the run down the back ntretcb, Delhi was lead ing by two lengths. Rounding the far turn Hlldebrand let Ort Wells have his head and he steadily closed the gap that separated him from Delhi. Soon he was on even terms with the favor ite and as the two swung Into the tretch Ort Wells drew away and won easily by three lengths. Hlldebrand. rode former winners. VESSELS IN COLLISION. Schooner Emily H. Naylor sod British Bs'-ae Ejeria. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Yore, June 18. -Tbe schoon er Emily H Naylor, of Philadelphia, which sailed fr oi here yetrdy for Virginia, atd ii - Hrl iah Oara JJena, from Santa Cruz, Cuba, for this port, were in c3Hisionariy io aay on utdK Branch. Tue schooner broke her maln-booui ar.d pari of her rail and split her main sH and was obliged to return to port. The bark, which ar rived later in me aay, reponeu m.. she had her jib boom damaged. aod cat head Kwoter Ahl yes, Death is im partial. It seeks out th poor man and the rich man alike. Wiseman Not exactly alike. In the latter case - it is usually accompanied by report ers. Catholic otanaaru anu iuu. She's not to be trusted," said the gossip. "Why noW" "lioia her all about the scandal, ana sue Sromised not to mention it, ldn't.-Chicago Post. i t V'