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PARKER VS. ROOSEVELTISM.
We cun 8co why a Southern man
wonldhave had some little excuse
to edgo over to the Republican party
under the policy of the lamented
McKiuu y. whose highesfbim was to
gccomplh reconciliation between
the scctiou3 and obliterate sectional
ism of every nature. With a policy
like that. McKinley moreover stood
for reciprocity as a means of enlarg
ing the commercial relations of this
country with others, and at the
ame time canalize the tariff, correct
its abu3ea, or judiciously lighten its
burdens where they bore down upen
the people.
With the broad-minded, generous
spirited McKinley, endeavoring-to
he the Prcsi.lcnt of all sections and
all the pecplo of the United States,
ami repreaentint? a financial policy
which man? Southern men approved
while they could not endorse the
financial " propositions of their own
party-we say that a Southern man
might have had some measure of jus
tification for ilopping. However, just
how the flopper can stay flopped, or
just hpw any Southern man, Repub
lican or Democrat, can Tote for
Roosevelt on hls sectional, anti
South platform wo are at a loss to
comprehenl.
Roosevelt with his negro plank,
" made President by an infamous
asaas.sU's bullet the apostle, of
social equality and the evil genius
of Rooseveltism -the strenuous, the
blatant, the disturber of the peace
ful relation of the races, the di
vider, of the sections, the Sandy
Sniffle who stira up strife, the
McphUto who would upset social
and political conditions in the
South: Who with Southern blood
running red in his reins could vote
for Roosevelt and his evil machina
tions? What Southerner could stand
for Roosevelt and his deviltry and
an else that Rooseveltism stand
for
Judge Parker stands for all that
li safe ami for which every South
ern man might have had a leaning
toward McKinley. With a patriot
ism inapproachable, a character
that is supurb, a record that is un
assailable, Parker is wise and able.
Judicially minded and judicially
trained' and experienced, Parker
stands for constitutional govern
ment after the ideal of the founders
of our republic. He stands for every
thing safe Id contrast to Roosevelt
ism. Ho stands for the relief which
the Democratic platform promises
the people. Ho stands for the south!
Kead this contrast between Roose
velt's platform and Judge . Parker's
declaration made long before he was
a Prudential probability:
We rror such Congressional action
u so. li determine whether by special
discrimination the elective franchise In
any 3i,te has been unconstitutionally
llnil ,!, and, if mete Is the case, we
di-msnd that reDreientation in Con-
ttr.-M and in the Electoral Collage shall
p proportionately reduced i.s directed
tJ ih Constitution or the United
8ties -National Republican Plat
form. The Southern people; their courage
and their cona'ancy have newer failed.
Tuej have changed velvet for home'
spun and endured the pinch of honor
able poverty, and are just now begin
ning to reap the reward of their great
kcriticew. I have Implicit faith in
thMr ability to solve rightly and right
eous the difficult problem with
whlcn they are confronted, and I be
lieve it it the duty of their country
man t.t the north to permit them to
olvo those problems unmolested by
irriutiag political Interference from
outside, Alton B. Parker.
Lei the southern man
EMBARRASSMEHT FOR ROOSE
VELT.
When it comes to the South
where he can't get an eleotoral vo'te,
President Roosevelt looses no op
portunity to give the negro cause
to rubber longingly in his direction.
He and Booker Washington' stuck
their hoofs under the same dining
table and he had a negro plank laid
on the Republican platform all to
catch the negro vote which holds
the balance of power in several
Northern States. Nevertheless the
fates have brought it up to Roose
velt at this time to decide between
the negro and organized white
labor.
The administration has another
row with organized labor in Wash
ington. The bricklayers employed
on the War College are on a strike
because Captain Sewell, engineer
officer in charge of the work, hired
a negro bricklayer. He hired him
because he was on the eligible list,
prepared according to Civil Service
rules. The negro had no union
card, therefore the white workmen
refused to work with him, telling
the captain that it was in violation
of their by-laws to work with a non
union man. Sewell suggested that
inasmuch as he could not change
the Constitution of the United
States they might make an end of
the difficulty by changing their by
laws. The nnion bricklayers say
they will take the matter up with
President Roosevelt, .and then
what?
Roosevelt butted in and arbitrated
the Pennsylvania coal strike, but he
got enough of it and recently re
fused to interfere in or arbitrate the
strike of the miners in Colorado.
On the eve of an election he feared
that he might burn his fingers, and
so he washed his hands of the arbi
tration business. However, the
strike of white workingmen em
ployed on a government building,
on account of a non-union negro
laborer, puts it up to Roosevelt, for
the administration has to deal with
the matter. Therefore, Roosevelt
can't ref use to listen . to the appeal
of the white workingmen, but "ow
ing to tho rush ef campaign busi
ness" he can postpone his reply to
them "till after the election." The
vote of the white working men in
the Northern States is in the mix up
with Roosevelt's negro voters, and
now watch Roosevelt amble off onto
the sidetrack. '
MORE CAPTURES
IN THE RED SEA.
WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.
Case.
Two British Ships and a German
Steamer Seized by Russian
- Volunteer Cruisers;
RUSSIA HAS ISSUED ORDERS
Thai No More Merchantmen Shall be
Stopped la the Red Sea British
Raise Question of 1 Stains ol
KbssIsi Irnlsecs.
JUDGE PARKER SPEAKS.
Judge Parker and the Hon. Henry
O. Davia met at Rosemount last
Wednesday. They had never met
before, and it is a pleasure to record
that the occasion was seized by J udge
Parker to again break his silence.
The Stau makes room for a ver
batim report of his speech. After
conferring with Mr. Davis for four
hours, the next President said:
"Senator Davis audi have agreed
that the notifications shall take place
in our respective States."
That is what Judge Parker said.
That's all.
Here's hoping that Parker and
Davis will meet at Washington on
the 4th of next March.
We learn from the Philadelphia
Record that George B. cortelyou,
President Roosevelt's personally se
lected chairman of the Republican
national committee, was in Phila
delphia the past week, looking for
one or more experts in political
finance to "fry the fat" out of the
manufacturers of Philadelphia and
eastern Pennsylvania., He con
ferred for nearly an hour with -a
committee of the Manufacturers'
Club, in their club house. Of course,
Corty knows whose bread is butter
ed hw t.nn nrotective tariff, and he
w J - I -
was after a. small portion of what
the Republican party took from the
people and gave the manufacturers.
On Wednesday a Connecticut man
was sent to jail for six months and
fined $100 for flogging his wife with
a three-stranded whip. His excuse
for whipping her was that she let
his house get full of flics, it's a
wonder he had not accused her of
being a little fly herself.
By Cable to toe Mornta Star.
Londok July 23, 1:16 P.M. Count
Benckendorff, the Russian ambassa
dor, haa received official notification
from BL Petersburg reporting the cap
ture ol two more British ships in the
Bed Sea and Instructions from bis
government to notlf jDreat Britain
that ' the same procedure will be fol
lowed as In the caae of the Malacca;
namely, the vessels will be taken to a
neutral port for examination by the
consuls of the two nations concerned.
- The effect of the additional seizures
upon the British government has been
to Intensify Its determination to settle
the status of the volunteer fleet ves
sels. It Is understood that the dispatch
of the British cruiser Venus to the Bed
Sea and a number of torpedo boats to
Port Said, is an earnest of the govern
ment's intention to protect British
commerce. No warlike instructions
have been given the commanders, but
the Venus will closely watch the pro
cedure of the volunteer fleet vessels.
Some diplomatic circles regard this as
being In the nature of a threat to Rus
sia, but the Russian diplomats In Lon
don express no cmcern.
Kossla Issues Orders.
St. Petersburg, July 28, 3:15. P.
M. Ihe Associated Press is able to
announce that Russia has notified
Great Britain that orders have been
Issued to the Russian cruisers in the
Red Sea not to arrest any more mer
chantmen, and It has been agreed be
tween the two powers that if pending
the reeeipt of thess orders by the cap
tains of the St Petersburg and the
Smolensk any other ships should be
stopped and held as prizes these acts
shall be regarded as not having taken
place and the ships concerned at once
released.
Although it was authoritatively
atated yesterday that the Malacca had
already reached Buda Bay, It now
transpires that when the Malacca sanea
from Port Said ahe was bound for
-Algiers. Unless orders are delivered
to her on the way she will find upon
arrival there an order to proceed im
mediately to Buda Bay, where, under
the agreement reached between Great
Britain and Russia, an examination of
her cargo will be made by the Russian
and the British consuls.
The apparent delay In the delivery
of the orders to the captains of the 8t.
Petersburg and the Smolensk explains
the seizure of the Scandla and the
AxdOT. - - : - -
Great Britain having formally raised
the question of the atatua of the tit.
Petersburg and the Bmolensk, the for
eign office has cabled a meeting oi
leading officials of the admiralty to
consider the subject. This conference
Is now in progress. The decision will
be submitted to the Emperor for ratification.
Oermau Steamer Seised,
Suez, July 23 The steamer Scandia,
In charge of a Russian prize crew, has
entered the canal. , .
Hamburg, July 23. The officials
of the Hamburg-American Line de
that the seizure of their steamer
Scandla by the Russians Is Inexplica
ble. The company has made the fol
lowing statement: ,
"The capture of the Scandla ap
pears to be Inexplicable. Her mani
fests show that no war material In any
form for Japan was on board. The
Hamburg-American Company at the
beginning of the war instructed Its
representatives to make it their spe
cial duty not to accept contraband for
transmission.
"The Hamburg-American Company
has asked the foreign office to initiate
the stens necessary to clear up this
disagreeable incident." m
Bkelih. July 23. The foreign office
is without official Information of the
seizure, of the Scandla, the only tele
gram received up to the present time
being a telegram from the Hamburg
American Company stating the facts
and appealing for assistance. The
foreign office thereupon cabled to the
German consul at Port Bald for jan
authentic version of the capture and Is
awaiting bis answer before making
representations at St. Petersburg. The
officials discuss the case with an
wMnt ittftmnt to keen cool, but they
betray deep-seated indignation at Rus
sia's course. Germany has no war
ships in the Red Sea. and the question
of sending vessels mere nu no. j
been considered,but the officials plain
ly Intimate that this question-must
arise unless Russia speedily orders the
captains of her volunteer fleet steam
ers to cease molesting German ship-
P-The officials refer to tha energetle
language of the German press as fully
justifiable. The seizure of the Scandla
is regarded as being so excessively un
reasonable that the government offi
cials try to assume that the captain of
the Russian ship exceeded his instruc
tions and that Russia will make speedy
amends. , - ' .
More Rosalia Cruisers.
Promlsent Rilelfh" Man's Queer
Other State Capital News - -
Sfpecial Star .Correspondeiice. . ,
Raleigh, N. C, July 23. Mr. G.
Rosenthal, secretary-treasurer of the
Julnala cotton mills, of Alamance
county, was found in an unconscious
condition in his office here this after
noon and little hops la entertained for
his recovery. Conditions pointed
strongly to suicide but his friends
resent such a charge vigorously. The
office door was locked, the windows
down and a gas tube was fitted over
the gas light jet and run down on the
desk. Several claim that when the
office was opened there were strong
fumes of gaa. There is no known rea
son for suicide and -the theory Is not
credited generally. Mr. Rosenthal is
a nrominent Mason, beine secretary C
the Oxford Orphanage Board of Trus-
taes. - ills physicians to night pro
nouncs him cut of danger.
The Elk Mountain Cotton Mill Co.,
of Asheville, was chartered this morn
in with 150.000 capital for the tot-
pose of operating a cotton mill at that
place. , The Incorporators Include J.
A. Burrougb, Gay Green, Charles A.
Webb, Theo. P. Davidson and W. B.
North rOD.
The Bank of Qlbson.Bcotland coun
ty, is authorized to begin business at
once with $18,000 capital. There are
about a hundred subscribers to stock,
notable among whom are W. B. Ad
ams and V. O. Caldwell.
Raleigh's colored population la in a
tremendous stir over the bringing of
serious criminal charges against Me v.
W. E. Walker, paitor of the 8 L Paul's
African Methodist Episcopal church,
one of the largest colored churches in
the Boutb. Warrants have been Issued
for his arrest and it is understood that
he has left the city for parts unknown.
He Is charged with betraying the fif
teen year old daughter of one of the
most respected colored citizens, Mau
rice Watts, who was not only a mem
ber of Walker's church but wa
brother Mason And Odd Fellow In
negro fraternities here. Walker
married man with a large family.
youkq rascals on turnpike.
field Up White Boy aid Fired at Him
- ' When He Left Them.
Three negro youths, ranging in age
from 11 ii 16 years, boldly attempted
to hold up B. C. Bornemann, a white
lad who was riding from his home in
the country to Wilmington on a bicy
cle, due mile beyond Delgado, on the
turnpike, yesterday morning about
10 :S0 o'clock. They appeared to have
no object In holdlng-up the boy save
giving vent to their natural Inclina
tion to do something criminal. The
young negroes, according to the con
fession of one of them, saw the boy
coming down the turnpike and pro
posed to "hold hands across the road'
and stop him for meanness. If the
boy did anything, said one of the
young rascals, they would knock him
in the head. The white boy rode up
to the negroes, but instead of trying
to : stop him, . they only yelled
at him: to let them ride. Young
Bornemann replied that he was
lo a hurry, whereupon one of-' the
negroes cried, "shoot him P Another
of the boys drew a 22 pistol and fired
at the lad, who says he heard the ball
whistle by his bead and lodge in a
tree on the roadside.
Arriving at Delgado, the white boy
reported the occurrence and Mr.
Walter Williamson, secretary of the
cotton mill, quickly organized a posse
and went in search of the negroes.
They were found skulkiug in the
wood and two or them KHJn Tay
lor and Walter Shaw were captured.
The third member of the party of
young highwaymen ran and made
good his escape. The two captives
were taken to Delgado and Mrr Wil
liamson found the pistol which had
been used on the person of
Shaw. He telephoned for Constable
Savage and the two boye were lodged
InjiJL v
SIX ROUND BOOT
IN PHILADELPHIA.
MARRIED NEAR WILLACD, N. C.
the
Fitzsimmons and O'Brien Fought
at the Baseball Grounds
Before 6,000 People;
WAS HOT WHILE IT LASTED.
No Decision Rendered Under the Law.
Both Men Bleedist Profusely at the
Close of the Boot Mssy Wo
men among Spectators.
W1LH1NQTONS
FOREIGN EXPORTS.
CAPT. Y. P. PORTER DEAD.
Iaflaeotlal Citizen ol Bladea County Passed
A way la Wilmlflftoi Yesterdsy.
CapL Y. P. Porter, a leading citizen
of Bladen county and formerly an
employe of the 8. A. L. Railway Com
pany, died Thursday afternoon at 1:15
o'clock at the sanitarium of Dr. D.
W. Bulluck, in this city, where he had
been under treatment since last Fri
day. Captain Porter was 51 years of
age, and had been in feeble health for.
some time. Mrs. Porter and her sister,
Mrs. Smith, and son, Mr. J. E. Porter,
were with the sick man when he died.
Captain Porter married Miss E. Francla
Edwards, and ahe with five daughters
and six sons survive him. He was a
man of noble impulses, and his loss to
the county will be heavily felt.
Stole From Ihsaty Car.
Green Smith, negro, was arraigned
in the Mayor's court yesterday on the
double charge of larceny and carrying
a concealed weapon in the form of.
metal knucks. He went to jail for the
Superior Court in default of bond of
$50 in each case. Smith entered a
shinty car on the A. O. L. yards here
and stole therefrom a hat, two razors,
pipe, sblrtt, trousera and other articles
belonging to dpt. O. T. Nelson, in
charge of the car, and Mr. Watts, one
of the foremen. The negro sold part
of the articles and left others in the
store of F. G. Punke, on the wharf.
A brother of 8mith came forward with
a lady's gold watch which he said
Green had sold him the night before
for 20c. The watch is at the police
station awaiting identification by the
owner.
Two fllihwarmcB Arrested.
Frank Andrews and EL Blocker, the
latter an old offender, were arrested
laat night by Policemen E. R. Chad
wick and E. J. Grimsley on a' charge
of highway robbery. It is alleged that
while an excursionist was on his way
to the Carolina Central depot about
7:16 o'clock last night in, order to
catch bis train at 8:30 o'clock, he was
held up by the negroes and robbed.
The officers have pretty good evidence
against the negroes, the nature of
which was not given out last night
More Thai Twice These of Norfolk ao
Nine Times Those ef Chatlestos.
A short time ago seme Custom
Houat statistics were given in these
columns and a comparison of Wil
mington's foreign exports for the
fiscal year then ended was made with
those of Char let too and Norfolk. The
actual figures as to Norfolk and
Charleston were not then available,
and it was stated that our exports
were twice those of Norfolk and four
times those of Charleston. The offi
cial figures were received during the
past week from the Bureau of Stat
istics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, and the value of foreign
exports from the three porta named
for the fiscal year ended July 1st are
given as follows:
Charleston $ 2,330,675
Norfolk 9,011,791
Wilmington. 19,085,221
It will, therefore, be seen that our
foreign exports during the last fiscal
year were morathan twicejtboM "of
Norfolk and about nine times those of
Charleston. The showing Is one of
which every Wilmingtonian may feel
proud.
ACCIDENT TO R. McKE&ZIE.
LOCAL DOTS.
The dispensary agitation was
too much for the usual week-end
offenders Saturday night and 16 ar
rests had been made up to 2 o'clock
Sunday morning.
A big picnic was given Satur
day at Hampstead,. Pender county.
Parlies who came through the place
on the train reported an Immense
crowd In attendance.
Mary Barnhill, colored, and
Nathan Jenkins, also colored, engaged
In an affray In the alley opposite the
market house yesitidy morning and
were not too late for the police court
Capitalist Interested In Wllmiotton Eater
prise Is jured Near Cayettevlllf.
The Fayetteville Observer of yester
day afternoon haa the following with
reference to an accident which befel.
Mr. Malcolm McEenzie, of New York,
who is interested in the establishment
of the new wood-working plant in
Wllmlneton. near the creosote works
In the southern part of the city:
"Mr. Malcolm McKenzle, of New
York, general manager of the Weed
Distilling Company in Seventy-First,
was brought to the Hlghsmith hospital
last night with a broken leg.
"Mr. McKenzle was driving a spir
ited horse near the company's plant
yesterday morning when the horse
shied and threw Mr. McKenzle vio
lently to the ground. He was bruised
In several places and badly shaken up,
bat the most serious Injury was a
severe double-fracture of the right leg
just above the ankle."
Arrested a Bad Negro.
Constable Savage got hold of a bad
negro yeaterday, who may be wanted
elsewhere upon a very serious charge.
He Is Jackson Brown, 'a negro. em
ployed by the Cspe Fear Lumber Co.
In this city. Browa assaulted a negro
named Blmon Allen with a beer Dot'
tie, and Allen procured a warrant from
Justice Bornemann, charging hlm
wlth an assault with a deadly weapon.
When Constable Bavage brought him
into court Allen told the authorities'
that Brown was wanted at West
brooir, Bladen county, for knocking a
man la -the head, and that he bad
clubbed another man in the head at
Clarkton, from the effect of which the
Injured man had died. Brown was
committed to jll In default of $300
justified bond until the Bladen au
thorities can be heard from.
Col. Wm. Jennings Bryan's Com
moner, under date of July 22nd,
look upon I was reoeived by the Star yeBteraay
the liopnbllcan plank and upon the I His reorganiiation plan for 1908 is
i'arker declaration, and thn 1t hla I headed "Democracy Must Move
At noon. The Barnhill woman was
Hamburg, July 23. It is said that I . en 30 a.a iQ u on her past record
nami ou his heart and ask himself
how he Bhould vote.
Lot every man north or south who
lovea tho republic and wishes to end
sectional strife, make a conscien
tious choice between Rooseveltism
ttnd tho judicial candidate of the
democracy.
Forward." It surely is moving.
Fall in line, Colonel, and catch up
with the prooesslon.
the Nortn uerman i-ioyB in"'r s . T.n mid ts nd costs.
t- i U.U. fkauaa Trt fffllr. 1 - -
Hamburg-American liners recently
purchased by Russia have left Llbau,
on the Baltic, under sealed orders,
fully armed and equipped as cruisers.
Prtai.lont Roosevelt's gasbag is
ominously out of commission these
laja. I'robably his friends have in
Jucert hioi to hitch it up for fear
ne would put his foot in it. It re
'lirca stoic courage to curb a pas-
"lonalo fondness like Roosevelt has
-'or posing and being hoard. If the
festraint is self-imposed, we an
nounce right hrrethat we are com
rnltto,l to Teddy for a good slice of
l&o Carnegie hero fund.
We are glad to see that Col. R. P.
Chew will probably be nominated
for Congress by the Democratic con
vention, which meets at Grafton,
Va., Augnst 2. He Is a good man
and is able to Chew the rag with any
old pot licker politician that the Re
publicans trot out.
The latest English fad is to dis
continue the custom of opening
letters at the breakfast' table, as
they contain germs that anight get
mixed with the food. Thla will now
afford us an excuse to even reject
the food for reflection contained in
some of our letters.
Ed. Brewer Leaves Town.
Ed. Brewer, the unfortunate young
white man, addicted to drink beyond
reclaim, who was picked up drunk
and down Friday afternoon, was
before the Mayor yeaterday. He
begged piteoualy not to be sent to the
roads and the Mayor saw that his
physical condition was such that a
sentence to the roads would be useless.
He promised to leave town before sun
down, if jUdgment upon him were
suspended, and the Mayor gave him
Mtinfea of leaving or going to the
county jail for 80 days. The young
man left in the early afternoon.
Rev. J. Knox Mon gomery.of Char
lotte, N. Q, has accepted the presi
dency or Muskingum College, at New
Concord, O., and will assume bis
duties September 20th.
William Armstrong, the negro
In jail charged with the larceny, at
different times, of two other bicycles,
was given preliminary trial again in
the Mayor's court yesterday for steal
ing a third wheel belonging to a son
of Mr. E. G. Policy.. Armstrong had
another $50 added to his bond and
went back to jail.
The two men who engaged In
an affray at the speaking Friday night,
submitted in the police court yester
day at noon and were each fined $5
and costs. One of the two a saloon
man elapped the other in the face be
cause he was drinking and aareo 10
BDeak to some ladies whom he did not
know and who were
Waddell's address.
His Pinters Cot Off.
John Biggs, a young white man
employed in the ear department of the
Atlantic Coast Line, got his right
hand caught under the knife of a
joining machine in the shops early
yeaterday afternoon and was so se
verely injured that all four or the fin
gers had to be amputated at the James
Walker Memorial Hospital to which
he was taken soon after the accident.
The unfortunate young man Is about
18 years of age and lives with his
parents on Harnett street As soon as
he recovers from the operation, young
Mr. Biggs will be sent to the ACL.
Relief Hospital at Rocky Mount.
By Telegraph to ine morning Star.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 23. Jack
O'Brien and Bob Fitzsimmons to- day
fought the fastest six round bout ever
witnessed in this city between men of
their weight
. Bound 1. Fitzsimmons led with his
iefr, but missed and as O'Brien ducked
he landed aright on the neck. O'Brien
landed a light left on FitzsimmonV
face and the men 'inched. Fitzsim
mons landed a light right on O'Brien's
wind and the latter drew the blood
from Fltziimmona' mouth. Jack again
landed a left to . Fitz's nose and got
away without a return. O'Brien then
knocked the akin off Fltziimmona'
nose wun a llgut upper cat ana arew
the blood in a stream from his mouth.
Fitzsimmons missed a ferocious right,
and O'Brien In attempting to getaway
fell to the floor. O'Brien had all the
best of the round.
Bound 2. Both feinted and Fi'.zilm
mons missed two lefts, but landed a
third on O'Brien's jaw, and as the lat
ter rushed in Fitzslmmona drove h's
right to stomach. O'Brien landed a
hard right and left to Fitzsimmons'
jaw, bringing the blood again. Fitz
simmons was unable to land with suc
cess on O'Brien up to this time. O'Brien
cut Fitzsimmons' left eye with a short
right and a moment later caught him
full In the mouth. O'Brien's foot work
was marveilous and Fitzsimmons was
badly wifcded. Bob landed a hard
right to the stomach as the bell sound
ed, which was the most damaging
blow that O'Brien had yet received.
Bound 3. The men danced about
the ring and then Fitzsimmons misied
a bard right for the jw. He landed
a light left on O'Brien's stomach and
the latter drove a atrtight left to Fitz's
mouth, again atarting the blood.
Fitzsimmons landed a hard left on
O'Brien's wind which made the latter
flinch. O'Brien missed a left to the
face and the jnen clinched. Fitzslm
moos tried a richt for the wind, but
was short, and O'Brien countered with
a hard right to the face. In an ex
change of blows Bob landed a hard
left on O'Brien's chin, and Jack
brought his left flush on Fitzsimmons'
iaw. The men were clinched at the
ball.
Bound 1. O'Brien was the first to
lead, but missed a left for Fitzsimmons.-
Bob led with his left and the
men clinched. Fitzsimmons tried a
hard right and as he came in O'Brien
uppercut him a left O'Brien then
landed three blows without . a return.
Fitzsimmons landed rlbt On 4twfc
wind and the latter ran away. Alert
to the face again started the- blood
from Fitzsimmons' mouth. Jack
landed a lfeht left on the damaged
mouth and the referee had to separate
them. Fitzsimmons misted a left for
the face and O'Brien landed a hard
left uppercut. Fitzsimmons' brought
the blood from O'Brien's mouth with
a straight cut, but missed a hard right
as the men were sent to their corners.
Round 5. Fitzsimmons missed a left
for tha face and O'Brien countered
with a right to the jaw. Fitzsimmons
misted another left and the men had
to bs separated by the referee. O'Brien
landed a light one and Fitzsimmons
drove a hard one to O'Brien's wind,
repeating the blow a second later.
O'Brien sent a light right to the face
and as the men came together O'Brien
drove a hard right to Fitzsimmons'
wind. They were sparring for wind.
Fitzsimmons landed a light blow on
O'Brien's wind and then sent a left to
the jaw and a right on the wind,
which caused O'Brien to slip to the
floor. As O'Brien got to his feet the
gong sounded.
Bound 6. Fitzsimmons led with a
left but missed. He landed the same
blow a second later and then drove a
left to the wind which took some of
the steam out of O'Brien. Fitzslm
mona opned a cut over Jack's left
eye. and then drove his right
to the wind, u rtnen lanaea ngai
and left to the face, but his blows
lacked power. Fitzsimmons landed a
right to the jsw and O'Brien countered
with a left to Flis simmons' damaged
mouth. Both men were bleeding pro
fusely. O'Brien slipped to the floor
In attempting to get away from Fitz
simmons' right Fitzsimmons landed
a light left to the wind and Jack coun
tered with a left to the mouth. The
men were clinched as the gong sound
ed. As the men walked to their cor
ners O'Brien's left eye had a nasty
gash over it and Fitzsimmons' left eye
was .almost closed. While Fitzsim
mons sat in his corner, his wife, who
had been watching the fight from the
ringside, walked up the steps and
planted a kiss upon her husband's
swollen lips. -
When the gong announced the close
of the fight, both men were on their
feet but both bore the marks of the
gruelling fight they had just gone
through. Fitzsimmoea' lips were twice
their normal size and his left eye was
also cut snd swollen.
While O'Brien landed the greater
number of blows Ihey did not do so
mneh dimste as those landed -by
Fitzslmmona and the latter was fresher
at the close of the fight. There was
not a clean knock down during the
bout, but three times OBrien went to
the floor, twice In endeavoring to get
away from Fitzsimmons and the third
time partly from Fitzsimmons' right
which landed on O'Brien's neck, and
partly through the latter's feet getting
tins-tad. The fiht was held on the
National League baseball grounds, the
ring being pitched directly between
the pitcher's box and the grand stand,
immediately over the home plate. It
was the first open air contest ever
given In this civy and the novelty of
the affir are a crowd of about 6,000
persons.
Miss Cora I. Wlrrs, of Vllolagtos,
- Bride of Mr. J. A. Stanford.
Special Star Correspondence
Wiixabd, N. O., July 21. On Tues
day, July 19 tb, at the residence of Mr.
II. Wells, in the presence of a select
number of friends and relatives, Mr.
J. A. Stanford, of Willard, and Miss
Cora I. Wiggs, of Wilmington, were
united In the solemn bands of matri
mony, Rev. J. A. Smith performing
the ceremony which made them man
and wife. Tha attendants were Henry
J. Veaeh and Miss Annie Wells, O.
V. Hall and Miss Alice Johnson. The
bride was given away by her brother,
H. McD. Wiggs, of Charleston, . S. O.
The young couple start out upon the
journey of life with the best of wishes
from a host of friends.
The bride is a popular young lady
of Wilmington, and is a daughter of
Ospt and Mrs. J. O. Wiggs, of that
city. The groom is a popular young
employe of the Atlantic Coast Line,
In charge of the office of the company
at Willard.
wtllTE SCHOOL SUPERINIEHOENT.
One Given Charieof Foar Colored Normsl
Colleges la North Carolina.
Special atar.Telegram.
Raleigh. N.O., July 23. The Slate
Board of Education has decided to put
a white superintendent over the four
negro State Normal schools at Fay
etteville, E izsbeth City, Franklinton
and Winston-Salem and has appointed
Prof. Charles L. Coon,' formerly- su
perintendent of the Salisbury public
schools, to that poaition. They declare
their purpose to be to better direct the
normals In training their teachers and
bring them Into a uniform system. It
la declared that the normals must be
made more effective or be abolished
altogether.
MARSHAL OP STATE FAIP.
Mr. J. P. Taylor, of Washlstov, N.
Accepts Parker-Glenn Slab.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. O., July 22. J. F.
Tayloe, of Washington, accepts the
chief marshalshlp or the State- Fair
here in October. He is a young man
of prominence In social and political
circles, treasurer of his county and a
delegate to the Democratic National
Convention.
The first Parker-Glenn club in the
Btate was organized here to-night with
two hundred members. W. B. Jones
is president and Jno. C. Drewry Is
treasurer.
THREE MEN SHOT.
One Killed, Another May Die sod the
Third Sllihtly Wounded la a Row
oa Third Avenue, New York.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NewYoek, July 23. One man Is
ded.: another may die anda third
man has a slieht bullet wound as a re
sult of a row over a woman in Third
avenue early to-day. Herman Miller,
who la under arrest, according to the
police has confessed that he shot the
men to avenge an Insult to
his woman companion, Mary Whalen,
who is held by the police as a witness.
The dead man Is John Martin, a
driver. Dennis Heally, a blacksmith.
and Frank O'Brien, who were wound
ed, are at the hospital. All the. par
tiea to the affair were residents of the
upper essi siue. According io me
story told the police the Whalen wo
man encountered Martin, Healy,
O'Brien and a man named Kempsey
near 18th street early to-day
and after passing a few words
with them, Miller appeared suddenly
and began firing with a revolver.
Three of the four men fell. Miller
told the police the woman told, him
that four men had insulted her and
struck her over the head with a beer
can. He went out to avenge her and
finding the four men ho says he
"pumped them full of lead."
TAVtHAfiiY HALL.
' The Seaboard Air Line is ma
king preparations to replace theo
pound rails with 6Q pound raHfif on
its track between DnrhamABfl Hen
derson. The roadbed also will be
Improved.
During a heavy storm late
Thursday evening Mr. Murray Ay
cock, a farmer living near Fremont,
had the misfortune to lose his barn
and stables, which were struck by
lightning and totally destroyed. Tho
lightning - also struck one of Mr.
Ay cock's; horses, killing him in
stantly. The storm was a severe onr- .
and did considerable damage to the
crops. r
. Avery destructive hail storm., .
visited Goose Creek township, Union " :
county, Thursday evening, extend
ing also into Sandy Ridge, destroy
ing- the entire cotton crop in its
path, which covered an area of about "
two miles wide and twelve miles -long.
; Cotton being the principal
money crop of farmers in that dis
trict, the result of the storm leaves r
some of - them in almost destitute
circumstances.
A very sensational trial took place
Friday at Friendship.Duplln county,
about twelve miles from Mt. Olive,
before Justices Shines, Bowden and
Hicks. One of the most prominent -
society and business men of Falson
was accused by a handsome young
-woman of Duplin with an unmen
tionable crime committed near her
home Thursday afternoon. The
Joung man denied that a crime had
een committed. In the investiga
tion before the magistrates the
young lady was the sole witness. .
The nefendant was discharged.
At a large and enthusiastic
meeting held in the opera house at .
Greensboro Wednesday night, a.
"Law and Order League" was or
ganized. While the meeting was
presided over and called by the ac
tive managers of the prohibition
campaign just closed, a great many
who opposed prohibition were pres
ent, and joined in the proceedings,
giving voice to a deBire to see the
law honestly carried out.' Over a
thousand dollars was raised at the
meeting to constitute a fund for the
enforcement of law and order. The
officers of the league are: President,
A. W. McAllister; Vice President,
J. O. Murchison; Secretary and
Treasurer," T. C. Hoyle; Executive ,
committee, O. H. Ireland, J. M.
Hendrix, A. M. Scales, C. A. Bray,
Wm. Love and C. W. Jennings.
Raleigh News and Observer,
July 22: RuBsell Eaton, colored,
who lives in the country about two
miles from- Wake Forest, was
brought to Wake county jail yester
day morning by Deputy Sheriff N.
P. Mangum and locked up on the
capital charge of criminal assault on .'
his own daughter, Josie Eaton, six
teen yeaiB of age. The assault is
alleged to have been committed on
Tuesday last at the home of the de
fendant, and the prosecuting wit
nesses are Eaton's wife and the
daughter who is said .to have been
outraged. Eaton has once or twice
been in the toils for selling liquor
without licence, but so far as is
known the present is tho first se
rious charge that has been brought
against him. Eaton was seen yes
terday in the jail and talked freely
and in a tone expressive of a man
suffering from a gross miscarriage
at joatico. He, denieathfi chaxge In
toto, claiming that the sum and
substance of the offence was a whip-
ping which he administered to his.
daughter on Tuesday.
A dispatch from Durham on
Friday says: Louis Ruffin, a negro,
40 years of age, was brought hero
from Hlllsboro this afternoon for
Direct Conference Between Judfe Patker
asd Murphy to Settle Differeoces.
By Telegraph to the Morning; Star.
New York, July 23. Friends of
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, say that the political under
standing to be brought about between
Tammany Hall and Judge Parker will
be through a direct conference be
tween the Judge and Mr Murphy.
There will be no dealing with any of
the men who have been repreaentlng
Judge Parker's interests before and
since the national convention. The
recognition which the Tammany or
ganization is to nave in tne coming
State convention or in the selection of
a candidate for governor -will be set
tled, it is said, by Messrs. Parker and
Murphy personally and not by repre
sentatives of these men. The Tam
many leaders recognize In Judge
Parker as good a politician as any of
his friends, and the belief Is expressed
that an amicable understanding will
be reached when the Judge and the
Tammany leader confer, and that the
programme agreed upon will be for
the best Interests of the party in the
State.
CR.ZEO BY JEALOSY.
Va,
listening to Col.
Bache Your wife seems to be a
woman of rare intelligence. I m
sure her mind is on something high
er than fine dresses. Benne It is.
She Is at present planning how to
get me to buy her a Ml fall hat.
inclnnatl Commercial-Tribune. .
New Bask at Lumbertou.
The First National Bank of Lumber-
IlL .
ton was organized Tburaaay wun a
capital atouk of $25,000. The officers
are: R. C. Lawrence, president; T.
L. -Northrop, yice president; H. M.
McAllister, cashlir. The directors are
A. LL McLi'Od, J. W. ware, v. xr.
Barker, T. L. Northrop, J. A. McAl
lister, R O. Lawrence . and Thomas
Qresbam.- IMr br Win o,ru mr
business 8 p ruber l& . .
At Raleiirh on Friday a char
ter was issued to the Raeford Power
and Manufacturing Company of
Raeford, Cumberland oounty. ine
capital is $200,000 authorised and
$15,000 subscribed oy .
Lochlln, T. B. Upchurcn, w. J.
Upchuroh and John Blue. Among
the most notable powers mentioned
in the articles of agreement are the
development of water power ana sine
operation of cotton mills.
Farmer lo Priecess Aase County,
Brutslly Murdered His Wife
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Norfolk, Va., July 23. Frank
Satterthlte, a Princess Ann county
farmer, crazed by jealousy, attacked
his wife with a monkey 'wrench last
night and battered her skull Into a
pulp. After committing the brutal
murder Salterthite picked up their
two-year old baby from Its cradle and
fitd. tie carried tne cnua several
hundred yards and threw tt Into a
neighbor's yard. The police authori
ties of numerous cities have been
asked io arrest tne fuettiv. At last
reports be was stiil at large.
A Parker and Glenn Club, with
. .a
over 75 members, was organized
I Thursday night at Washington, N.
(J. Un the same mgnt a yance
Parker and Glenn Club was organ
ized at Henderson Vance county.
It starts with 75 members and the
purpose is to enroll every Democrat
In Vance county.
safe-keeping and to prevent lynch
ing. He is charged with entering
the home of Mrs. Katie Latta and
attempting criminal assault this
morning about 2 o'clock. His ar
rest caused much feeling, and in or
der to prevent lychlng he was
brought here by Deputy Sheriff
Hughes. This morning about 2
o'clock Mrs. Latta, who lives in ihe
heart of town, heard some one in
her room. The person oame to her
bed and placed his hands upon her
person. She thought it was her son,
who walks in his sleep, and grab
bed him by the hand and called him. -She
then found that it was a very
large hand with the thnmb missing.
Her screams aroused her son, eigh
teen years old, who rushed to her
room, ine intruder jenocxea mm
down in making his escape. Ruffin
worked for Mrs. Latta and the fact
that his thumb was gone led to his
arrest. He could not account for
his whereabouts and it was proyen
that he said yesterday that he was
glad some person had left the home .
of Mrs. Latta as the scoundrel had
been in his way. Examination was
waived and tho prisoner rushed nero
for safe keeping. Ruffin is a bad
character. He was but recently re
leased from the penitentiary for
shooting his brother-in-law and se
riously wounding him. He has been
on the road several timeB.
A dispatch' from Reidsvllle,
Rockingham county on Friday,
says: Citizens of the Ashland sec-
tion had a novel experience in kill
ing a big black bear found passing
across the bottoms of the Bnshnell
Slantatlon, about noon, by Alfred
ones a colored tenanton the place.
A number of men, notified by him, -came
with their dogs and their guns
and soon struck the track, and sev-.
eral of the hunters got within close
range by 2 o'clock. Five or sir loads
were fired into the bear before he
apparently noticed any of tbem.
Firing continued for several hours
with slight effect, and several fierce
fights between the dogs and the bear
occurred. Late in the afternoon
after considerable dodging in a
thiok swamp he climbed a large
tree. Several shots were fired at
him from below, and he went out on
a limb, which was so small it broke.
When he fell Mr. Ed Harrill was at
at very close range and got a good
aim at a point just about the heart,
which ended the conflict. Mr.
Summers, who sent for his wagon,
carried the bear to the nearest
sdales and found that it weighed
267 pounds. Several days ago a re
port was sent out from one of the
nearby counties that bear was
seen and some sportsmen were asaeu
to go. out from Greensboro and
land him. It is supposed that this
is the same-one as no one had ever
before clatsaed to nave seen a bear
In this section.
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