North Carolina Newspapers

RUSSIANS RETIRE ' FROM UAO YANG. Chance for a Decisive Battle Be tween the Hostile Armies Seems Disappearing. JAPS DELAYED TOO LONO. ... imni niTTVHCDC Tlili IStW DUIVIIMW. ,fl,ocarHoo cf Strike Jgaiiat tbt Beet Tram PlinH-StflkcBfeiken At tacked by Union Mea. V, Tclrapl to the Mornln Btar. jfEW York, An. 10. Following the ultimatum given the packers by tho Amalgamated Beef Cutter and Butchers Workmen of America yes terday, that a general strike would wonlil go into effect to-day, the nr became operative at the time ?i morning. The plant, affected lie those affiliated with the so-called 13eef Trust.!' . " , - Tho first disturbance of the day ocenrred this afternoon. A negro divine a truck loaded with accosted by two of the Itrikcrs who tried to atop him. Policemen dispersed the strikers and the driver continued on his way. A latnr more of tho strikers -ho had been in a saloon near by pect of Impeding; operations, but even tried tO jump OU me nut;, uun u uiuro iiupuiuiut ja tun imuiujauuu DoUccmen again interfered ana the reaching the Associated Press to-night P.01.. rt Si A.i ff w?tliAnk I from an exceptional source that the gtriKors , v- I Japanese once more have delayed too dimcunjr. ,.,. j," lone. Two nunarea Bine-ure.uio w gtinod for the plant of Scwartzchlld i clVM.mM. nravA aftanlrPrl VlV & number of beef workers to-day, and were completely routed. Severarof the strike breakers wore badly beaten and others thoroughly frightened jumped into East river from which they were rescued with difficulty. Police reserves wero summoned but no arrests were raadp. ANOTHER EFFORT TO SETTLE CHICAGO STRIKE. CORPORATION TAXES, ingenious JOSTICB Karopstkia's Army Retreating North ward, Leavlof Oaly a Strosf Bear Qaard to f oatett the Advance -of the Jspsnese. Bt Cable to tho Morning Star. St. Petersburg, Aug. 10. Again the chance of a decisive battle between General Kuropatkin and the com mander of the Japanese armies seem to be disappearing. According to a state ment issued by the general staff to night, rains are again falling oyer a wide area In Manchuria, with the pros- JWK. DAVIS' BENEFICENCE. tin Hbllt Home for Children la Charles low?, W. Vs., sod Offers to Bnlld One in Richmond, Vs. Kt Tclcirrapn to the Hontinx Star. Richmond, Va., Aug. 10. Former Senator Heury G. Davis, of West Vir cioi, Democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency, has renewed bis offer of $10,000 for a children's home in Ricnmond, and it is believed that be d'sirei nn effort made to get ten weilthy men to donate each $1,000, th; Gno institution may be built for outi.it little ones rescued from tbo ilurs and dives. ' St-oator Paris practically started tha work among the poor lUtle ones in this Slate, and bai made an offer before to those who hare joined in the work of rccnt years. lie built a borne at Charleilown, W. Vi . and allows it $1,000 a year from bis private fortune. He wanta to Kina ts It Is In bis own Btate. see Vlr- POPULIST CAHPAIQN. Convention si Lincoln, Heb., to Nominate Candidate -Tom Watson's Speech. By Tuleimpn to tne Morning BUr. Lincoln, Neb , Aug. 10. Thomas E. Wa'.on and Thomas H. Tibbies op.nfd the Populist campaign here this iftcrnoou nhen the convention nn; to nominate candidates. The Oli ver theatre was filled, tbe anti-Parker element predominating strongly. Mr. W4isou said this was tbe first part he h'd taken In pDlitics In eight years, but that tbe fires of Populism still bimid fircely within him. U s speech, which occupied nearly two and a half hours, was an indirect appeal against fusion, and he was fre queatly applauded. Trie Populist convention TOted to v.'ti Watson and Tibbies electors re tariietsof any action taken by tbe Dti.ncrats. Too question of fusion on the Slate tic.pi was then taken up and provoked a i ng and at times a bitter debate. The motion for fusion on tbe State tlckft was adopted. General Kuropatkin has now with drawn the bulk of his army north of Llao Yang, leaving only a strong rear guard Una soutbwest of Liao Yang to contest the advance when it comes. According to. this Information, the Japanese nave about BOO.OOO men in the armies operating against General Kuropatkin, rendering it too hazard ous for him to risk a general engage ment. The general staff has no Information regarding the presence of a large force of Japanese at Palth Huho, a place that cannot be located on available maps. The report agrees, however, with tbe general tenor of the Informa tion by tbe Associated Press and here given that General Kuropatkin Is al ready retiring north of Llao Yang. Falling Back on Shiatsu. Loudon, Aug. 11. A correspondent of the "Daily Mall, who visited Sin muntun, which Is on neutral Chinese territory about thirty miles west of Mukden, cables the following under date of Aug. 10: "There is an enormous garrison at Mukden, reinforcements having ar rived very rapidly. "There are no Japanese nortn 01 the city. A force of some strength lies 25 miles to the south, and there Is another Japanese army five miles east of Liao Yang. "I learn from a reliable source that the main Russian army has fallen back on Ghiutsu." Fighting at Port Arthur. Che Foo. Aug. 10. Admiral Saha of the Chinese imperial navy arrived here to-night from Mlatotao Island. He says the firing: on Monday night was at Port Arthur and was heavy all night long. Further firing, according to the admiral, was heard this after noon. Naval Eofszemeat. Tokio, Aug. 11. The Russian fleet emerged from Port Arthur Wednes day and a severe engagement .with the Japanese fleet lasting all day fol lowed. Tne Japanese torpedo boat destroyers attacked the Russians at night. The result of the engagements is unknown. The Russian battleships Retvizan and Pobleda were seen out side Port Arthur this (Thursday) morning. Kuropitkla's Report. Et. Petersburg, Aug. 10. Empe Nicholaa has received dispatches from General Kuropatkin, dated Aug. 9, mentioning a few minor reconnols ances, but saying that there has been no particular engsgement on either fronta. On the south the Japanese advance posts are nine miles north of Hal Cheng Daily f usilades occur be tween the Russian and Japanese out posts. General Kuropatkin points out the fact that the Japanese use bullets of different calibre, some with nickel and others with copper coverings, show ing that their reserve men are now in the fighting line. Neiotlatloas Betas ssd esmmlttees A pointed Thought That a Settlement Satisfactory Saa be Reached. By Telega?? w tne Homing star. Chicago, III., Aug. 10. Deter mined efforts are now being made to settle tho stock yards strike by mediation. Negotiations begun early to-day between the Retail Butchers and Grocers' Association and representatives of several labor unions which would undoubtedly become involved In the strike should it be prolonged much longer and re sulted to-night in the appointment of a committee composed of those who attended today's meeting to negotiate with the packers to-morrow and attempt to bring about a joint meeting between the employ ers and the striking nnions. It was the sentiment of all who attended-to-day's conference that should the meeting be arranged between the two opposed interests a settlement satisfactory to both sides could be reached. Meantime, Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, has been summoned to Chicago to see if ho can accomplish something through mediation. Mr. Gompers will arrive here Sunday morning. When the packers were told of the intended visit of the Inter mediary committee to-morrow,all of them declined to make any com ment on what if any success might be expected from the meeting. Under the direction of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who was urged to take the step by a committee composed of labor leaders and sev eral aldermen, an investigation Into the sanitary conditions of the various packing plants where strike breakers are being housed was begun to-day. Several of the plants were visited, but no flagrant violations of the law were found. In two of the plants the ventilation was found to be bad and the sleeping quarters crowded, but tho employers promised to have these defects speedily remedied. The investigation will probably last two or three days, and when it Is finished a report will be made to the Mayor. THINQI PUKED UP AT CITY HALL. New Hanover's Share' of the Valuation on Railroads and Other Property. EXCEEDS A MILLION DOLLARS. STORM IN NEW YORK. VISITED BY BURGLARS. Several Persons Struck by Llghtalog. Other Damage Heavy Rales By Telegraph to the Morning Btar, Xnv Yobk, Ane. 10. During a - heavy thunder storm in this city and vicinity to day, William Hagan, 27 years old, was killed by lightning wmio driving a trnck in .Brooklyn. Tbe force of the stroke knocked him from his seat and his death is thought to have been instantaneous. An un identified boy 18 also said to have been i killed by the lightning in Browneville. Several buildings were atrack, among them St. , John's Evangelical Lutheran church. In Brooklyn lightning also struck tho trolley pole of a Rockaway ave nue Bnrface car and set fire to the car, in which, there were twenty five or thirty passengers.' All the pas gers were stunned for a moment. but recovered in time to leave the car before anyone was seriously burned. The raiu at times was unusually heavy and continues to-night. IOR 00VERSOK OP NEW YORK. Congressmen Francis 8nrton Harrison Pot Foiward as Democratic Candidate. By Telegraph to tbe Morning BUr. Esotjs, N. Y., Aug. lCFrancia Burton Harrison, who represents tho Thirteenth New York - District In Congress, was put forward r to day for the Democratic nomination for (iovernor of New York. His namo was suggested in an informal aiscusaion between New York poli ticians on the ,way to Esopus. It was received so favorably , that some of the Tammany officials predicted that tho names of Mayor George B. cOlellan and former Secretary of war Lamont would be eliminated. Office of Consul General Oowdy la Paris Raided and Robbed. Bt Cable to tbe Xoralns Btar . Paris, Aug. 10. Consul General Gowdy, on arriving at the American consulate to-day found that his pri vate desk had been forced, the woodwork badly smashed, petty cash and postage stamps amounting to several hundred francs abstracted and his papers ransacked. The po lice are making the fullest investi gations. The burglars gave their entire attention to Mr. Gowdy's pri vate office, in which were rather a long desk and a strong safe. The former was partly wrecked, the drawers being forced, the wood work splintered, the papers turn ed ont and letters even being dragged out of their envelopes Luckily, none of the drawers con. talned anything valuable beside a few hnndred francs, the petty cash and the supply of postage stamps, which were carried off. The safe bore traces of violent efforts to force it open w.ith wedges, which however, proved futile. The bur glars also attacked the hinges with a hammer, making deep dents in them. The locks also showed ham mer marks. Mr. Gowdy cannot un derstand how the inevitable noise was not heard by the janitor. The safe contained about 15,000, besides important documents MINERS' TROUBLE. "nlcide Prevented. Tho' S artlioir unpnunrnmAnt lhl a P'r.tU. of uldd hail ben discov ered init-rest many. A run down J"m .,r d -sponde cy invirlably pre-wclosuicid-, and rr.e.b!ng his been lh4 Prevent tbat condition hc!i mtkm aulclde likely. At the fir thoueM of alf destruction take .icc ric lii-.v, r. It bilna- a great tonic nervine will strengthen the nerves I.. bS,,d UP th sratem. It's also a Jat Htomscii, Liver and Kidney res:- tor. Only 60c. Satisfaction guar JJtd by R. B. Bellamy, drug- "'are tlis ;1 of cASTOTlTA. 1 1.. I' J tJ. II . M . 1 i us mho toii nave niways eougni Jslot Commutes Appelated to Consider and Report on a War, e Scale. Bt Telegraph to the Homing Btar. Knoiville, Tens., Aug. 10. The propositions of both miners and operators in the joint wage scale con ference of the United Mine workers, district number 19,were made publio to-day. .The operators ask for a re duction of 15 por ct.in the mine rate.a fifteen per cent, reduction for day labor and a ten per cent, reduction for "dead work." General conditions must remain the same as heretofore and grievances of individuals must be considered by the scale commis sion. The miners ask that the present contract be renewed, with some changes.! A ioint committee of thirteen leading operators and as many lead ing miners was appointed to-day to take up the question of agreeing on a scale and to report to-morrow. The meeting to day was harmonious. Swsla Not Qailly of asmbliof Negro Get Thirty Days Other Arrests. There was no evidence to support the charge of gambling against "Toney" Swain in the police court yesterday, and he was discharged. Special Policeman B. L. Bouse testi fied that he heard the rattle of dice and heard the players making bets of five cents, but tbat he saw no money. Swain said that no betting was go ing on. John Whltled, the old negro who recently served a term on tbe roads for obtaining eges and other country produce from several commission merchants on the wharf, making the false pretence that he had been sent for them by some person of responsi bility, was up for drunkenness for the 'ateenth time. The Mayor gave him SO days straight. ',. James F. Holobaugb, a one-legged white man found begging at Front and Princess streets yesterday, was arrested for vagrancy, but he mani fested an earnest disposition to "move on" and was permitted to do so. John Wilson, another white man, was ar rested at Water and Market streets for drunkenness and disorder yester day afternoon. He will be given a hearing before the Mayor at noon to day. aBaainBp4Bnapnia Hole From Bsyor Irrlofdsle. Policeman William Sheehan, of Wrightsvllle Beach, yesterday arrest ed James Wesley Wllklns, colored, upon a charge of the larceny, of a razor and other articles from the trunk of Mr. J. A. Arrlngdale, mayor of Wrightsvllle. Wllklns was em ployed as butler at the cottage of Mayor Arrlngdale on the beach and the temptation about the house was too much for his natural Inclination to enrich himself at somebody else's expense The negro confessed the larceny to Policeman Sheehan and was brought up to Wilmington and lodged in jail for preliminary trial be fore Justice Fowler to-morrow at 10 o'clock, Mr. Arrlngdale being out of the city at present. Two Sesbord Excursions. An excursion of about 400 people reached tbe city yesterday from Bal- eigh and Intermediate points oyer the Seaboard Air Line. A laree portion of tbe excursionists were colored. The excursionists will remain In the citv until thin evenlne at 6 o'clock. Another two-day excursion over the Seabosrd from Butherfordton, Char lotte and Intermediate points will reach here this afternoon. Kan Over by Ice Wagon. Samuel Nixon, colored, 19 years of age, was run over by one of the heavy Ice wagons of Mesars. W. E. Worth & Co., on Second, between Walnut and Bed Orois street,yesterday morn log. Nixon was taken to the hospital where Drs. Akerman and Caldwell dressed the Injury. The negro's ankle Is bruised and sprained, but the wounds are not serious. Slight Increases la Some, Falling Off In Others, While Several Remain the Same Flgares Given la Taba Istloi-Ketarned Yesterdsy. Tre Beglsler of Deeds yesterday re ceived from Hon. H. O. Brown, clerk of the North Carolina Corporation Commission, a certified copy of the tax valuation placed to New Hanover's credit upon the railroad and other quasi-public corporations operating in the county. The valuation is upon the tangible property of the several corporations and their rolling stock and, all other physical property of a tangible nature. The total valuation this year is $1,044, 05.70 aaralnst $1, 059,409.39 originally assessed last year. However, from last year's valuation $10,500 was subsequently deducted, the same bating been assessed erro neously against the Diamond Steam boat and Wrecking Co. Tbe assess ments againit the Seaboard Air Line, New Hanover Transit Co., O. B., li ft P. Co., and the Clarendon Water Works Co. remain the same as last year, while the amount against the Atlantic Coast Line is reduced about $3,000; the Pullman and Southern Express companies are increased slightly; the Western Union Is re duced about $500; tbe Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Co. is reduced from $700 to $450; the Portner Brewing Co. Is reduced from $4,870 to $3,255 and the Wilmington Towing and Con struction Co., with an assessment of $10,000, Is added. Flynn & Com pany and the Merchants' and farmers' Steamboat Co. are not aent down this year. The figures received yesterday to be placed on the tax books are as follows: Atlantic Coast Line. .....$ 747,151 22 Seaboard Air Line 7,S41 61 Pullman Car Company.. 1,307 23 Southern Express Co. . . . . 3,901 71 Western Union Telegraph 6,998 95 New Hanover Transit Co. 6,700 00 Consolidated K., L. & P. 188,500 00 Clarendon Water Works. 10,000 00 Brunswick B. & F. Co. . . 450 00 Portner Brewing Co. . . 3,255 00 Wil. Tow. & Const. Co. . 10,000 00 TotaU.. $1,044,605 70 The above valuations are exclusive of much other property upon which the corporations pay tax to both the State at d county. Upon the whole, however, the figures above are not J it.. Ilui.aul.l individual who complains because of his own personal taxes and tbe reput ed immunity of corporations will have food for re flection in the above table A dispatch from Willlamston on Tuesday says: Yesterday morn ing about 9 o'clock Ulifi Bland, an elderly white man, was shot by Will Smallwood, a young buck negro. For some time some one had been stealing fish from Cliff Bland's nets. Yesterday morning he went out to watch his nets with a view of catch ing the thief. He found that his nets had just been robbed and he rowed rapidly down the creek and soon overtook Will Smallwood with fish in his canoe. He rowed along side Smallwood's canoe and a fight ensued. Smallwood drew a revolver and emptied its five bullets at Bland, two of them going in his mouth from the right side and lodging in his neck on the left, and another in his arm. Both canoes were capsized in the scuffle and both men were dumped into the creek. After they got out on land Smallwood went off to get a pole to finish killing his man, but while he was away Bland slinned off and got away from him. The fight occurred on Sweetwater creek, about two and a half miles from town. Bland was bo badly wounded that it took him all day to get back to town. His condition Is now very serious, though it is thought he will live. Smallwood is still at large. The officers are doing their best to find and arreBt him. ; ; Olglnal "Mary Eaetou, -tand t p." A girl of twenty nrose, and the Judge asked: ' - i "Have yen anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon you?" "Only that I am Innocent" ' ; Then' .Jndge Lester proceeded to sentence her for two years to the- state prison for receiving stolen goods, the articles being a few old pieces of silver of no very .great value. Tbe girl had never offended before, and witnesses testified to her good character, but she coald not or would not explain bow the sHyer came into her possession. There was nothing for her but conviction and nothing for the judge but to pass sentence. As she stood before him there was tbe serene look of a martyr on her face, and the judge said mentJU-' lyv "The assurance of criminals and tha appearances they can assume are marvelous." The girl was led away, and ttt judge left his office, fighting a cigar, he trolled home. On the way he stopped at Sandiver'S, his Jeweler, to get his watch, that bad been left for repairs, and while looking over the wares .remembered that the anniver sary of bis marriage would come off Is about a week. He had decided on, a brooch for. a present on i)xo occasion, and went over to where these articles were displayed. While looking ovef them a young man at his side divided with him the attention of .the sales man. The Judge left the store without making a selection. -.Tie next evening while sitting In his UbSry before dinner there was a ring at the doorbell, and a note came in from Sandiver announcing that the day before he hod got In a new lot of brooches and begging that the judge would examine some that he had sent by the bearer. The Judge read the note several times. Surely Sandiver was anxious to sell bis goods; he had never sent samples to his house before. Compe ' tit Ion seemed to be driving the drum Imers of reputable firms Into people. homes. However, he had a little tune before dinner and would look at the brooches. The salesman was brought in and produced articles that the Judge had seen in Sandlver's cases the day 1 Jl A kAnMin nAvn AHAO llnA ftT iXUOSe UO UOXl Btrcu uuu muucu wud ur fered at a third of the value put on it when ho had first seen It. "You are mistaken in the price of this," said the Judge. "It is worth more money." "Perhaps 1 am," replied the poles man, "but it is ft rule of our bouse never to go back on a price once giv en,". The judge took the brooch and held It under, the gaslight There were Jewels-in it that sparkled beautifully. "I will take this one," he said, "but, mind, if you are mistaken in the price and will notify me within a few days we will call the sale off." ' "The price is correct," Bald the sales man "that is, to you and the sale wil stand so far 69 we are concerned." The brooch was Jeft and Ihe sales man departed. A few days later, during a recess of the court, an inspector of police step ped up to the judge and asked him if a man purporting to be from San dlver's had called on him with some Jewelry to sell. "TW," replied the Judge, "and X bpugnt a brooch." "Then, your honor," replied he in spector, smiling, "you are n receiver of stolen goods. The man wa9 an Im postor." ' " impossible! He presented a note wrjtten on Sandlver's letter head and brought Jewels that I had seen in San dlver's cases." 'Tlease speak lower. Judge," said the inspector. "This is & very embarrass ing case. The man has 'done' the po lice derjartment Sandiver and you. Ho came to me and offered to ork for nothing till he bad proved his skill. I didn't employ him. bQt he stayed about headquarters long enough to steal some of our letter beads; On one of these he forged a letter Introducing him to Sandiver, stating that he was on tho track erf some of. their stolen goods and if they wouid mark some brooches and permit him to take them out for sale he waa quite sure be could recover a large amount pf their prop erty, The singular part of it Is that he returned all the articles except the one sold you." "Captain," said the Judge, "you are right in not letting the world know of this trick. Come o mv bouse after 5 o'clock, and we will talk it over." VThon the Inspector called he carried with him a letter he had received, which bo handed to the Judge to read: Captain Judge Lester recently sen tAncAd n. slrl. Mar? Easton. to whom I am engaged to ba married, to state prison for receiving stolen gooaa. i aeiennrowj show HIS OJVEr ? :- , GOOD ACT -'Original , - Everybody said that John Gaunt" s name fitted him admirably, not so much that he was a thin man, but that he. was such a plain one. As for his modesty, it was of tho first water. There was but one occasion when he got the better of it, and that was when he presumed to ask Cornelia Wads worth, a girl very much younger than he, to marry him. Her reply to his proposition was that she would Vot marry a man a quarter of a century, older than herself. Upon receiving this reply John's victory over his modesty was turned into a rout . Yes," be said, "I'm too old for you; altogether too old. Besides, I'm not such a man . as such a girl as you ought to marry. You are always do ing good, while I don't remember In all my life having performed but one good act" i "What was tbat?" asked Cornelia. "Years ngo when I lived in a lawless community and it was neces sary to elect a sheriff of my county, 4.1. 1 ltJ 1 III to - Col. J. S. Carr, who has been ill with malarial fever at his coun try home, Occoneechee farm, was in Durham on Tuesday. This makes his second trip to Durham since he has been convalescent. While weak, he is getting along very nicely and hones to be entirely restored to health again. He returned to his country home on the afternoon train. , For Over otixtj Years Mrs. Winslow's 8oo thine Syrup has ' been used for over 60 years by mil lions of mothers ror their children while teething, with perfect success. Ill soothes the child, softens the gums, aleaysall pain, cures wind colic, ana is the best remedy for Diarrheas. It will relieve the poor utile sufferer immedi ately. Sold by Drueglsts In every part or the worio. xweniy-nve con is bottle. Be aure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Boothlng Syrup," and take no other klcd. Five convicts, four of them servinsr lone term sentences for serious crimes, escaped late Tues day afternoon from the squad in which they they 'were working on the Balelgh and Pamlico Sound Railroad beyond Neuse river, near Raleigh. Theescape was welljplanned and executed. As the squad of con victs were being marched along the' road to their quarters after their daj'a work, they passed a crowd of women and children, Seeing the opportunity in this circumstance the five convicts named suddenly broke ranks and ran directly at the women they had just passed on the road, keeping between them and the guns of the guards, who were afraid to shoot. Up to a late hour Tues day night none of the prisoners had been'-captured. They were'as follows: Will Breese.of Pitt county, serving a term of twenty-five years for murder In the second degree, was received at the penitentiary on Uctober lutn, 1903. Bud Brown, of Montgomery, sentenced to twelve months for man slaughter, was received October 5, 1903. Dallas Weaver, of Yadkin, a white man, aged 22,;ls 6 feet 1 Inch in height, and was serving a sen tence of four years for larceny. He was received at the prison February 24th of this year. George ttraay, of Davidson, is a ginger cake color ed negro, who was serving a six year sentence for attempted rape. Good In Freeman, of Anson, is a black ne gro, 20 years of age, 5 feet 5 Inches high, who was serving a thirty years sentence for murder in the second degree. He was received at the pen itentiary September 24, 1990. The Death Venaltr. A little thing sometimes results in deaib. Thus a mere scratch, insig nificant cuts or nunv bolls have paid the death penalty. It Is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best salve on earth and will Srevent fatalities when Burns, 8ore, fleers and Piles threatens. Only 25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t ipw the. juage mat ne couia reauiiy m induced to commit toe same crime, u be a crime. Qn the day he eentencea Mary Easton I followed him to Sandlver's. saw him examine brooches and then laid my scheme. The honest Intent of my act Is established by the fact that I Imme diately returned through a confederate all the jewels except the one sold to Judge Lester, and the money for that Is at your Service. Yours truly, CHESTER HASKELL. No. South Fifth street. After - reading the note the Judge looked np with a singular expression. "Captain," he said, "notify the at torney who defended Mary paston that If he will draw up an application to the governor for a pardon t will alga It" The Inspector left the Judge, to muse over the many defects of Justice. "Mary," said her jover the evening after her liberation, "for heaven's sake give up protecting that scapegrace 'brother of yours. I could never get you off this way again." MIRIAM BOONE. the people, realizing that the sheriff was likely to be killed most any day by some desperado, cast about for the man who could best be spared and pitched upon me. I bad a good deal of trouble and some narrow escapes from horse thieves and such like and was nearly killed two or three times, " "One day a murder was committed on. a farm lymg out in a sparsely set tled region, ana I was sent to arrest a man who was strongly suspected of the murder. He wasn't a murderous looking man at all, but a peaceable farmer with a wife and two little chil dren, lie was very much surprised, but made no resistance, leaving bis terror stricken, wife and going with me without the least resistance. In deed, ho said he would rather not live at all than live, with sucb an imputa tion resting upon him. I took him to tbo county seat and lodged him in Jail, "There were some suspicious circum stances that pointed to him as the murderer, but he was such a respecta ble appearing man and told his story so honestly that he was acquitted. "There was a man in those parts I always believed he owed the accused some grudge who declared that it he wasn't hanged by tho county the Job would be done by n committee. The day the trial came to a conclusion I learned that this fellow was in town and on effort would be made to lynch the prleouer ns soon as he was made -free. Bo instead of turning him out J took hlni to my house. That night I was awakened by a h.ui. tiering on my door, and, taking my gun, I raised the sash of an upper window and asked what was wanted. I saw a dozen men below and knew well enough without asking what they had come for. When they told me 1 parleyed with them, having sent one of my deputies I had kept In the house on purpose to some of the best men in town notifying them to come and help. I held the lynchers till they saw persons hurry ing from different directions. Then they tried to batter down my door. tiipt couldn't do this very easily, for . . j 1 always kept bars ready ana naa slipped them in place. Seeing that I had baffled them, their leader 6hot at me, giving ntc a wound of which I bear the scar today. Then the party, seeing my men gathering In large numbers, made off for re-enrorcements. "A horse and buggy was got out of tbe barn. and. though wounded, I drove my man away under cover of the dark ness. You see, I couldn't -let any one else do it, as I was sheriff. No one ever knew where I took the man, but no one ever saw him In that region again. I went out and got his family and carried them to where I had taken him. The reason why 1 mention this work as a good act is because his wife told me it was. There was a little girl in the family that I carried in my arms. She looked at me kind of queer and when I went away gave me a hug that I've never forgotten." rnrnolin listened to this brief nar rative with a constantly growing Inter est When it was finished her shining eyes were fixed on- John Gaunt, her lips were parted, her breath came quick. "What was the name of the man you saved?" she asked. "Harlow William Harlow." Miss Wadsworth continued to gaze upon John Gaunt with an expression that, had he not been a stupid fellow, would have set his heart bounding. "You see," he continued, "that you're right not to take a man for a husband who, besides being much too old for you, never did but one good net in his life, and I have always considered that to be nothing more than any one would have done under the circumstances." "I think any good and brave man would have done it," replied Cornelia. "Jest so," said John, easily convinced from her words that even what he had peen told by the wife of the man he had saved was purely emotional. "But sometimes," the girl went on, "being good and brave even in the line of duty counts for a great deal. The World is full of heroes and heroines, but they don't always meet with a merited reward. You saved n maa's life, and in savins his life you saved his wife and children from a terrible blow and lives of misery." "I never happened to think of it in that light," said John. "Heaven sometimes sends us a re ward for doing a good act loug after It has been done. You wish the love of a woman. I will be that woman. I am the little girl who hugged you. My fnther changed his nnrae after his trouble. I am Cornelia Harlow." And for the second lime In her life she hugged her fatlierV preserver. ei.iza it Airmen. BETTER THAW fQBATOTrV t ! , - Tbe Secret of 0e Clever Uwrr'i Uavarylag Saeeeaa. ' One of the most common defects of a recently admitted lawyer is a striv ing for oratorical display. A success ful older practitioner endeavors, on the other hand, to give the Jury a heart toj heart talk. The ways of an eagle, laj the air, of a serpent upon a rock, of a ship in the midst of the sea and of a man with a maid are as A B O com pared with the methods usually pur-; sued by the twelve good men and true It seems a trifle odd at first that at. dozen individuals who separately are, shrewd, sharp business men should; collectively be guilty of the most ah surd performances, but the fact must be reckoned on nevertheless. ' A story is told of two farmers wh(J were returning home, one of then! from Jury duty in a neighboring towiv "Lawyer Smith is a great orator," sahf one "a perfect 'Daniel Webster. My how I bated to decide against him in the three cases he trled'' "How about Lawyer Jones, who was on the other side.?" "Oh, shucks! Why of course he. wins, all his cased. I heard every one of. 'em, and they were the simplest things', He Just explained things to the Jury. He didn't haveto do any hard ta.lking at all. You couldn't help but agree with him." Success. commercial; WILMINGTON MARKET. (Qnotefl officially at the closing by the Chamber of Commerce j BTAR OFFICE, August 10. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 53Ue per gallon. Bales after hours at lt bid. ROSIN Market steady at 13.25 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.70 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at 13.25 per barrel for hard, $3.75 for dip, $4.00 for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin nothing doing; tar firm a $L65; crude turpentine firm at $1.75, 8.003.25. BBOmPTB. Spirits turpentine. Rosin -. . Crude turpentine. ueceipts same day last year 59 casks spirits turpentine, 54 barrels rosin, 325 barrels tar, 147 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. Market nominal. Same day last year, nothing doing. Receipts 3 bales; same day last year, . 43 174 84 1S8 Galileo's Caustic Ilomor. In a biography of Galileo some sto ries are told of the caustic humor of that bold Investigator. Lot-trio Sarsl,-a- writer on science, having said that the Babylonians used to cook eggs bi . . I If .1 . . 1 F i .111 Z" 1 wmrung ucm in- a suns, uauieo iv piled: "Tho cause of such an effect is very remote from that to which it -is attributed, and to find the true cause f shall reason thus: If an effect does not Jfollow with us which followed with others at another time It is because in our experiments something Is want ing which was the cause of the former success, and if only one thing is want ing to us that one thing is the true cause. Now Ave have eggs and slings and strong men to whirl them, and yet they will not become cooked; nay, if they were hot at first they moro quick ly become cold, and since nothing Is Wanting to us but to be Kabylonlans It follows that being Babylonians is the true cause why the eggs became cook ed and not to the friction of tho air, which is what I wish to prove." (Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Producs - oomnusBlon Merchants, prices representing tboee paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Mercaanto 1 OOUKTBY PEODUOK. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, $L80; extra prime, $1.35; fan cy, $1.40, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, $1.05 ; extra prime, $1.07J( ; fancy, $1.10. Spanish, CORN Firm; 6065e per bushel for white. r - N. O. BACON Steady; hams 13 15c per pound; shoulders, 12c; sides, 13c EGGS Dull at 1516c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 85 40c; springs, 1320c. TURKEYS Firm at 12tf(ai3c for live. BEESWAX Firm at 2526c. TALLOW Firm at 56ic per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 90 $1.00 per bushel. BEEF CATTLE Firm at 24c per pound. MARINE. Shorthand ,O0O Years Aero. It is no doubt a surprise to most to learn that shorthand was known and practiced 2,000 years ago. Manlllus, a contemporary of Crcsar and Cicero, Virgil and Horace, asserts that some system of reporting very similar to. our shorthand was in Vogue in hto days. Writing those words under the' Influence of Virgo and Mercury, he says they are In shorthand skilled, where little marks comprise WhoTe words, a sentence In a single letter lies. And while the willing hand its aid affords, Prevents the tongue to fix the falling words. It Is certainly a novel conception that Cicero's grand orations were commit ted to paper with as much skill as our modern stenographers boast. A Story of nosslnl. In "Gossip From Tarls During the Second Empire" A. B. N. Teat, the author, tells a story of Kosslnl, who was much dogged by the lion hunters t "Once a Russian lady outstripped tho limits even of Rossini's patience and, having watched his daily promenade during several days, sent n message to his house expressive of her desire to be received by him. Tbe reply to this strange communication was: 'I do nothing for nothing. If tho lady brings me a fine bunch of asparagus she will be -elcome, and she can take a view of bo at her leisure. Then, pointing to his waist, which had at tained a somewhat nldermanlc rotund ity, he added, The lady may even walk round mo if she pleases but 1 must have my asparagus. ARRIVED. Clyde steamer Carib, Chichester, Georgetown, SO, HQ Smallbones. Steamer Duplin, Berry, Chlnquepln, to master. 8tmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette rille, B M King. Stmr A J Johnson, Bornemann, Clear Bud, W J Meredith. Clyde steamer Navahoe, Devereux, New York, II Q Smallbones. Stmr City of Fayetteville, RobeBon, rayettevllie, J no BMctcacnern. CLEARED. Clyde steamer Carib, Chichester, New York, H G Smallbones. Steamer Duplin, Berry, Chlnquepin, to master. Stmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette ville, S M King. Stmr A J Johnson, Bornemann, Clear Run, W J Meredith. Stmr City of Fayetteville, Robeson, Fayetteville, Jno S McEachern. Clyde steamer Navahoe, Devereux, Georgetown, SO, HG Smallbones. PRODUCE MARKETS. The winter season should witness the development of the social side of farm life as much as possible. We have a great regard for the country debating school and singing school and tbat sort of informal visiting back and forth between neighbors which always shows them at their best From the way Senator Elkins is fighting his father in-law, . you would think Henry G. Davis was his mothcr-iu law. Baltimore Sun. Northern grown, & second crop, straw berries made their appearance in some of the markets during early October and found a ready market at 40 cents a Quart. A second crop of raspberries waa also reported from some localities. These were freak Drodnctejtthe result (.peculiar weat&efci The one argument which the great intellect of the mighty Root has been able to find against the Democratic ticket is that if Presi dent Parker should die, Vice Presi dent Davis, being an old man, might also die, leaving some unknown Dem ocrat in the line of presidential suc cession. At any rate, it would not i be Gas Addlcks, nor would it be the present postmaster general, boss Payne, who is now in tne una oi succession. Louisville Courier-Journal. J. J. Holloway, chairman of the SUte committee, of the Georgia Pop- : nllst party, has issued a call for a con vention to be Mia in Atlanta oeptcui- bemt. Real Oyster Feathers. A woman I know has a house maid who makes up in devotion to fashion what she misses of respect to tho mother tongue. She came home with an amazing hat the other day and showed it with pride. "It didn't cost so much, either," she said. ''The bare hat was $2, and the rest was $3. Yon see, it's trimmed with real oyster feathers. Washington Pggt COTTON MARKETS. Bt fslsaTaob to tna Bfonuna star BKW TOBX. Aug. I0.-Ootton wu nnUtat iokka. net recelots bales; rron reoelott S33 bales: stock 84,758 Dales. .... ... . Spot cotton closed quiet t mioaung upland! t0.6Sc; middling gulf 10 90c; lulRflhllM. rintinn fntnrAa market eioseo nwwj : inM.it in 11 Rmtember 0.95. Octo ber 9 78. November 9.73, December 9.76. January 9.77, jrewruarj ., March 9.83, April n.oo, wj .oo. Innocent by Accident. A Btory is told of a Pennsylvania judge who once had a number of Irishmen before "him in one of the interior counties, indicted for riot on the canal. All their names were mclucled in one indictment, and tho jury found them all guilty, though W of them, Pat Murphy, clearly proved an alibi. They were all brought into court to be sentenced, and Pat was directed to stand -np with the others. Pat protested ve hemently and reminded the Judge that it was clearly proved on the trial that he waa at the time sick In bed and at a considerable distance from the scene of the riot. "Stand up, Pat," said the judge, "stand up. You're just as guilty as any of them. You know you would have been there if you could I" Settled. Husband (reading from Scott) "Not one woman in twenty marries tho first love." How was it in your L case, my dear ? Wife liow was u in your caser Husband You must make the first confession. Don't answer like a parrot by asking me the same question. Wife We,ll, here's the honest truth. If you married your first love, I married my first. If you didn't, I didn't. tmmtm FOREIGN MARKETS. By Cable to the Morning BUr. t.ivirpool Auc. 10. Cotton: Spot, limited demand ; prices easler,six points lower; American middling lair o.zoa; good middling 6.14d; middling 6.02d; fnw mfMiiita iS-fiBd crood ordinary 5.8d; ordinary 5.40d. Tne saies oi the day were 6,000 bales, of which 500 bales were for speculation ana export and included 4,400 bales American. Receipts 8,000 bales, including 2,300 bales American. . . , Futures opened easier ana ciosea middling iz o cis dv TeietrraDa to the Hornlnc Btar. Niw Yob, Aug. 10. Flour was Inactive but firmly held. Rye flour firm. Wheat-Spot steady; No. 2 red v nominal. Options closed Xlc net lower: September closed $1 04; De cember closed $1 03: May closed $1 03 X, Corn Spot easy ; No.3 58 c Options closed at a partial Mo net ad vance ; September closed 68Jfc ; Decem ber closed 56c. Oats Spot dull; ... mixed,2632 tbi, 4143c. Pork barely steady ; short clear $13 5015 50.' Tal low quiet. Rice quiet. Molasses firm. Butter steady: Bute dairy, common to extra 1217c ; creamery.common to extra 1317 J4C uneese steady ; tnaw, full cream, small colored fair to good 7tf7. Eggs firmly held at prices: Bute, f enniylvanla and nearby extras 2526c; Southern 1518c. Peanuts steady: fancy hand-nicked 6Mc; other domestic 8X6Xc Cabbages dull; Long Island per barrel crate, 2550c: per hundred $1 C02 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 1220. Potatoes Market was quoted steady: Long Island, In bulk, per 180 &s, $1 50 1 75 i Jersey and Southern fl 87 1 62: Southern sweets $2 O02 75. Sugar Raw firm ; fair refining 3 11-16 ; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 s-MOijfe; : mo lasses sugar 8 7-16c; refined sugar firm. Cotton seed oil was steady, with a fair trade: Prime crude, f. o. b. mills 2222Kc; prime summer yellow 27Ji28c; off summer yellow nomi nal; prime white 82c;prime winter yel- . low 82c. Chicago, III, Aug. 10. Builish',en thuslasm succumbed to conservatism In the wheat pit to day. September wheat at the close showed a loss of Ic. Corn is down a bhade. uats made a gain of half a cant. Provisions -are off 21 to 25c. CHICAGO. Aug. 10. Uash prices: Flour Market essy. Wheat No. 2 spring $1 071 08; No. S spring 94c $105; No.8 red $1 01J1 03c. Corn . No.3 63Xc; No. 2 jellow 55tfc. Oats , No. 2 82tfe; No. 2 white 8536; No. . 8 white 33XS4c. we-no.1 f i 72c Mess pork, per bfcL, $12 12 12 15. Lard, per 100 fbs, $6 606 62. Short rib sides, loose, quoted $7 50 7 62. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, no report Short clear sides, boxsd, $8 00 8 25. Whiskey Basis of high wines, $128. . The leading futures ranged s lol lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2Beptember, old, 1 031 03H, 1 03. 1 01, 1 02Xc;do. new, 1 0ltfi uix, i u, i w. i i December 1 00H1 00. 1 00. 99V. 99100; May 1 01l 01,102, 1 00 JM1 01. Corn No. 2 August 62 s September 62K53, 54J, 52, 63tfc; n.P.mhr !9WCft49K. 60M. 49k. 50V. Oats No. 2 September 83X33tf , 84, 83X, 83Xe ; December 84tf, S4X, 34 84V84X: May 86. 86)17.86. 86fT. MesspoTk, per bbl September $18 80, 13 87, 12 12, 12 15; October $12 35, 13 43. 12 20, 12 23. Lard, per 100 lbs September $6 75, 6 77, 6 65, 6 67; Octo ber 16 8Z. 0 BO. O 40, D II. onun riu, mi!! AmnHiMn middllnc Iff O t K tRA . Anmt anA RAntAmbfiV 5.60d; September and October 5.40d;lper 100 fts-Septomber $7 63, 7 65, 7 57, October ana.wovemDer 0.02a; wovem-170; ucuwrti o. . w a.nA n mm tar s.29d: December and January 6.35; January ana reo--inarv B.25d: February and March 5.35d; ttarch ana April &.zoa. NEW YORK.COFFEK FUTURES. Hw York. Aug.llO. Coffee Spot nirt etAftdv: No. 7 Invoice c; mua NAVAL STORES MARKETS. I firm; Oordora 9K105c. The market RAMI. 9 1 unto Mfanrvwiw. futures onened firm at an advance of 510 points on lunnor ? "Why did you tell me that gentleman waa a fine golf player?" I never saw any one f ooale so much in my lite." "I didn't say he wag a fine play sr." weui yon sam u w a good one." "So he is. He's a minister." unicago ews. 8f reiegrapn to Morning: Btar. aw Yoat Aug. 10. Bosln stetdv. Spirits turpentine steady. rniiHi.KRTOS. Au. 9. Spirits Wr- Entlne firm at 53e; sales casks, tlnfiim; sales barrels; A, B, C $3 303 35; D, $3 253 SO; E, $3 80 9 RK, W ta SB: a. $3 40: H. $2 60; L $310;K, $3 85; M, $3 65; N, $3 80; W O, $4 15; w w, vj. 3 vi.B, Aug.10. 8plrlt turpen tine was firm at 53Xe; receipts 481 casks ; sales 205 casks; export 100 casks. Rosin was firm; receipts 2,167 hri: mIm 8.951 barrels; exports 3.450 barrel.: A, B, O, $2 80; D, $3 85; E, $3 40 i V $3 45; Q, $3 50. H, $3 70; ? $8 353 80; K. $3 65; M. $3 85; N. $4 00; W G. $4 85; W W 4 60. lng by Europet u intereHi and commis- ' i slon house encourwemnnts. The I market finally closed steady, witn a net advance of 510 points. Sales 3, 500 bags. Richmond M. Pearson, American i minister to Persia, who has been in this country on leave 01 absence lor several weeks, called on President 1 Roosevelt yesterday and later con ferred with the officials of the State Department regarding anairs per taining to his position. He expects to sail in about a month after pay ing a brief visit to nis nome m lAsheville. 'V- V 1- .... V: