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.?.L . "i few ,tt;,!'.i- Hilt B-M - M. I r- - . ' , WILLIAM H. BBENARD IdJtor and Proprietor. Fit DAT, Aug-. 26. 1904. Kationa Democratic Ticket. For President: ALTON a PARKER, of New York. For V ce-PresIdent : HENRY O. DAVIS, of West Virginia. State Democratic Ticket. For Governor: Robxbt B. Glkns. For Lieutenant Governor: . Fbahois D. Winston. Associate Justices of Supreme Court: W. A. Hoke, ' Geobgb H. Bbowh, Jr. State Auditor: B. F. Dixon. State Treasurer: a R. Lacy. Secretary of State: J.' Bryan Grimes. Superintendent of Public Instruction: " J. Y. Jotnib. Commissioner of Labor and Printing: H. B. Vabheb. ' f Corporation Commissioner: - S. L. ROOKBS. Commissioner of Agriculture: ! S. L. PATTERSON. " WB DID NOT BUTT nr. j. . We believed at the time that the i news from Shanghai the other day ! was too much on the yellow order for any American newspaper to fly i off the handle and comment un- ' necessarily about America's butting in. The situation at Shanghai was . critical, but we could not conceive of an American naval commander with so little eumption as to be made the catspaw for the European powers in enforcing the neutrality of China in the war between Japan and Russia. The latest news from Shanghai is that the United States torpedo-boat destroyer Chauncey did not follow the Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer Into port in order to prevent an at tack on the two disabled Russian warships which are repairing their damages at the docks. It turns out that the Channcey's movements had nothing to do with the entrance of the Japanese warship Into Shang hai. Our ship simply followed the Jap vessel In that she might look after American interests. One story had it that the Chauncey took, a position between the Japanese ship and the Russian ships at the dock. This was not true. The Republican jingoes in the United States were ready to hurrah over this supposed brilliant stroke of the Roosevelt administration in China. Later dispatches from Shanghai and Washington, howev er, denied that the United States had butted into the Eastern compli cations. We have eight warships there, and It was doubtless disheart ening news to the jlngolstsjthat they were not startling the world by tak ing the initiative in a matter that Is the least our business. It is enough that Uncle Sam is on thelspot, but the administration wants to get it out of its head that we are there with "the big stick" in any sense of the term. The dis patches state that in diplomatic circles in London on Monday it . was preferred that the Unit ed States take the Initia tive In maintaining the neutrality of China. Russia has violated the neutrality agreements, and Japan has warships at Shanghai to look after her rights In the .matter. China is helpless and if any effort la to be made to compel China's neutrality to be respected by either or both the belligerents, it is the affair of all the powers acting joint ly. However, before the consuls of the power would take the re sponsibility of acting jointly they referred the matter to their re spective governments. The upshot of it will ba that the two Russian ships hich are repair- I lng at Shanghai will have to disarm i and remain In port till the close of : the war. They were not compelled .' to leave port under the time limit of neutrality, and we bellve that any ' court of arbitration will decide, af. ter the war, that the two ships are ? prizes of the Japanese. If they re pair and come out of port, Japan has atthe entrance to the harbor several ships that will make short work of them. THE X1XPHAHT MUST WALK TEX PLAHK. What Is needed in this country Is party which will conduct the gov ernment In the interest of the peo ple, and not exploit it for the emo luments of office and the advantage of party. Most politicians ran for an office for what they can get out of it, and not that the Talue of their ; aerrices will be in the improvement and advancement of popular gov ernment. The people have to decide as to . the class of men and parties who are to be trusted with power, and It Is about time fur t, m to take notice of what the RtuV1u party is in business for. Most any body with two eyes can observe that the average Republican cotisidrra that the pub Uo office is the near cut to the feed trough. That party inculcate that dea by its spoils system, and it Is jtlme for it to go out of business. Voteri oneht to watch ont (or go tiAtwAAn rartiei. Organizations like thti Pnnnllat isartv are only used to draw, away yotes from a big party which it desires to be beaten in the interest of another big party. Little I parties which hare no showing play a triok game In politics. Judge Parker has not been in politics long enough to keep from being annoyed by newspaper ar tides. He is very much annoyed bv reports that he is going on stumping tour to the West. Half the Western towns are applying to I him Jor a date. Among the infant Industries which the Republican party heavily protects is the steeHndustry of the United States. Yet Charles M Schwab says the steel industry oJ the United States can defy and de feat the steel manufacturers of the world. all A Boer colony is to settle at once on 80,000 acres of land in the State Chihuahua, Mexico, corresponding in climate with the Transvaal. It is said that this scheme is what Marion Butler has been figuring in ! to his immense gain. Before the campaign is over Roosevelt will wish that he had . . . a vj never written a boos:, or wiu do convinced that a man who shifts his position on questions is too vul nerable , to poke his head out In a contest for office. 1 The Republican party In North Carolina can't slop over in talking about free silver. The State plat forms of that party contain a free silver plank and Senator Pritchard himself was committed to it. .Lesti we forget. Judge Parker's mail is flooded with campaign poetry, music, marches, two-steps, ballads, etc. He certainly deserves to be Presi dent after having to undergo such a bombardment. The bulls seem to be at work again in the cotton market. The advance in prices since Friday has equalled 14 a bale. Somebody must be taking a tip from Sully. We hear of a man who recently contemplated suicide but compro mised by getting married. It is to be hoped that he has made no mis take. CONTEST II VERY CLOSE. Secoad Primary fsr Sheriff la E4f ecombe Ion fy The Vote. Special Star Telegram. Tabbobo, N. O., Aug. 24. As neither of the spirants received a suf ficient number of votes to nominate In the primary August 4th. another primary was held to-day to choose be tween two leaders as candidates for sheriff. The returns from the differ ent townships are late in coming in and the rote is apparently very close. Friends of both Dawson and Jenkins claim a majority of a very few votes. BOTH LEQS MASHED OFF. Colored i. I . L. Flremso Met With Pala tal ice Ideal Last Hlfhi May Die. Frank Flowers, a colored fireman on a shlf tine engine of the A. O. L , 19 or 20 years of age, was run over and both legs were practically mashed off at about the middle of the thighs, last night about 9:30 o'clock on the yards ot the Standard Pole and Tie Company where some cars were being shifted. Full particulars of the accident were not ascertained. The negro was re moved to the James Walker Memorial Hospital upon a hurry call for the ambulance. Both less were amputated but at 1 o'clock this morning the wounded man waa doing very well. Representative Thomas Here. ' Hon. Charles B. Thomas, the dis tinguished young Congressman from the Third District, who has served his people so well as to brook all opposi tion for the office which he holds so long as he wants it, arrived In the city yesterday on his way to Moore's Creek battleground, Pender county. where he will address a large gather ing at a celebration and picnic to be held there to-day. The people may rest asiured that Mr. Thomas will have something good to say and will say It eloquently and earnestly. A large number of Wilmington people will attend the celebration, leaving on the A. & Y. train this morning. To Sos Stsidsrd Oil to. Through Attorneys WIshart & Shaw, of Lumberton, Maek Page by bis next friend, Calvin Page, of Robe son county, has given notice of a suit, presumably for damages, which he will bring against the Standard Oil Company. .As the complaint has not been filed the contentions in the suit are not yet given out. A horse belonging to Mr. Isadora Bear and attached to a buggy ran away on upper Princess street, early yesterday afternoon, partially demolishing the vehicle. The horse was left hitched In front of a residence but he became frightened at something passing, broke loose and ran up the street. $100 Beward, $100. The raiders of this Dnr TT1 Imi nlMunl tn Imid that there la at least one dreaded disease that sclenoe Has been able to rare in all its stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrah Cure Uthn only posture core now known to the medical fre- (enuty. caiarrn . ceinc a eonetinittonal disease, rofnires a constitutional treatment. Ball's Catarrh Core is taken internally, acting; directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thnmbv destroying the foundation ot the disease, and giv ing; the patient strength by building np the con-" stuution and assisting nature in doing it work. The proprietors hare so much faith in its curative powera,that they offer one Handred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Bend for list of testimo nials. Address, r. chbnjsx s w., Toledo, u. Bold bv Druggists, 76c. Hall's Family fills are the best COLOMBIA HYSTEW. Return of Wife of Man Arrested in Newberry Gives a New Turn to the Affair. - THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY. Fact ef Its NeauEstabllihaient Gives Kiss to Variety ef Wild (Jesse lasses by the Sooth Carolina Aathorltlei. Reports Very eeoioilof. The recent murder mystery in Co lumbia, 8. 0.,ln which a way ward young woman, supposed to be from Wilmington, was brutally beaten to death by one of two unknown men, Is still attracting; wide attentIonln the Carolina and a dozen theories have been advanced and as quickly explod ed with no immediate solution of the mystery yet in sight The arrest of a man In Newberry, 8. 0., for the mur der of the woman.upon the supposition that the deceased wai his wife and not from Wilmington at all, was told of In these columns a few days ago. The news of his subiequent identifica tion by a woman taken by the officers from Columbia was also noted, but It now seems that the whole story has been thrown down by the retun of the woman supposed to have been murdered by the Newberry man ' and that he will be released even before a habeas corpus proceeding brought in his behalf is heard to-day. In an article in yesterday afternoon's Colum bia paper Is the following, which will be read with taterest: "There are no new developments In the Maud Allen mystery to day. The tort- yesterday In regard to the woman being a daughter of Richard Allen, of Bath, B. U., has taken a new turn. "Richard Allen tajs that his daugh ter, Lula Allen, ie now at nil home at Bath, near Augusta, and Is alive and well. A long distance telephone con versation was had with Richard Allen, who is at his home In Bath, yesterday afternoon. He stated positively that Lula Allen was the daughter who had married Butler Holt In Newberry and had left!hlm after a very few days. Be says she returned to his home at an early hour yesterday moraine. after an absence of some three months, which he says she spent in Columbia. "Allen's statement fits in very well with a letter from Bath received in Newberry yesterday. In thla letter it was stated that Lula Allen had not been at her father's home at Bath for some five or six weeks, and that the last heard from her was from Colum bia, where It was supposed she was li vinsj. , "Enrineer Graham, of the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens road, went to the jail last night on the arrival of bis train in Newberry to see if he could Identify Holt and Martin as the two men who srot on hie train tn Columbia at 5 o'clock on the afternoon the mur der was committed in Columbia. He stated after a long look at the two men that he did not recognize either of them as one of the men in question." The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier sent the following to Charleston Tuesday night : "A report reached here that the father of Maud, alias Lula Allen, had telephoned to Newberry that bis daughter had reached Bath, hla home. Tbie ttory seems weak, because at 2 o'clock this afternoon the father of the Allen girl telephoned Chief Daly for a deseription of the girl, and wanted to know all about the case, and how he could identify the girl supposed to be his daughter, and if his daughter. Holt's wife, had returned home, he would hardly have telephoned as he did hours after her alleged return home. Chief Daly invited the father to come to Columbia." TRAP SHOOT IN RALEIGH. Mcformlck, ! Charlotte, Woi the Medal. Wilson Maa's High Score. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. a, Aug. 24 In the shoot of the North Carolina Trap Shooters' Association here to-day the Interest centered In the Individual State championship. . There were 35 entries, the prize being a medal. On ly eiaht men finlahstrl IwMnu In th first squad shooting, George L. Lyon, A TV 1 war . m vi isarnam, ana u. x. mcuormiCK. OI Charlotte, broke 49 out of a possible ou targets. On the ahootlno nfT nf thla tin. Vrw. mick won with 24 out of a possible 25, Lyon missing two birds. George Ly on won tha imitsur htirh mvmnvm tnr the two days of the tournament, break- ing low out oi 3uu on tne nrst and it on the second day. XL H Ktllntfl nf 0?1lann nn tha amateur hlsrh average for second day. Drcaungioo. iuiiette broke 47 out of 50 In the championship match, and this mid A fill tfttal naMMtntaiMi 0.1 tnr to-day, which was the best record for A t J doiu aays. HURRY f ALL FOR CYPRESS. Lumber for Balldlog Great Paoama gtnal Will Revive Industry Here. In view of the mammoth propor tions to which the lumber industry has grown in this section, the follow ing telegram from Washington, D. Q, will bcTread with Interest: Washington. D. C Ausr. 18. A hurry call for 3,000,000 feet of lumber, mostly cypress, has been received by Secretary Murpby of the Panama Canal commission from the isthmus. Besides the lumber, 40,000 pieces of piling have been asked for, with the request that the shipment be expedi ted. This Is the second order for lum ber for the canal. The purchasing rent for the commission is now In ew Orleans supervising the shipment of 1,500,000 feet of yellow pine to the Isthmus., The lumber Is to be used In repairing old and new buildings, and the piling Is for canal construction. Three plain drunks constituted the grists of yesterday's grinding by the Mayor in the police court. Two of the defendants came on the Clinton excursion Tuesday and the third was an Inoffensive countryman. They were each let off with the costs. Mr. H. E. Newbury in send ing a notice a few days ago of the annual reunion of Co. B, First Bat talion of Heavy Artillery, at Burgaw, gave the date at Sept. 22nd, when It should hays be. n 3tpt. 15. b. He asks that tha correction be niad. Quotation for tar on the local naval stores market jis'trdsy went baek to $1.70 per barrel. Spirits tur pentine adyanced to steady at 52c during the day. CONSTABLE RECOVERED EUYILE, Small Colored Bey Stole Wheel from Firs Esflse Stitloa st Wfbt. Constable Savage yesterday placedjra jail the thief and restored to the owner a bicycle which was stolen from Fire men R. F. Thompson, at. Engine Co. No. 1, Fourth and Princess streets, night before last. The wheel was taken from inside the engine house, near the door, and was not missed by Mr. Thompson until yesterday morn ing. He got word that a small colored boy had been seen taking a wheel answering the description of the stolen one Into his aunt's house In the alley at the resr of the W. L. L armory. A warrant was secured from Justice Fowler and Constable Bavsge' entered the house on a search for the stolen property. The wheel was found cov ered up under some bags and other eloth In the house and sixteen-year-old Walter Hayes, colored, was pulled from under a bed where he bad been in hiding. Members of the household pretended to know nothing of the presence of the wheel In the house and not to know who brought It there until Constable "Took" threatened to carry the "whole shoolln' match" down If they didn't open up with the Infor mation. IN H030R OP CAPT. McNEILL His, Native City Prepsrisx te Wctctaft Return of Their "Fire Chief." The people or ffayettevilie are pre paring to give Capt. James D, McNeill a royal welcome upon his return from tat. Liouis, where on Tuesday he was elected president of the National Fire men's Association, a position of honor to which a good salary Is attached. Mayor C. B. McMillan and the Board of Aldermen of Fayetteville yesterday issued the following proclamation In anticipation of the welcome far OapL McNeill: "Whxbkab, our distinguished towns man and fellow-citizen. Hon. Jaa. D. McNeill, was on yesterday at 8tLouis elected as president of the National Firemen's Association, we deem it but proper that a mass meeting of the citizens be held In the City Hall at 6 o'clock this afternoon to make ar rangements for a reception to be ten dered him on his return, thus showing our appreciation or the honor conrerred by the National Firemen's Association upon one of our citizens." COTTON MILL FOR FAYETTEVILLE. New Enterprise Sooa to bs Laaichei ' There A Trolley System. Fayetteville Observer, tSrd. H. L. Cook, Kiq., acting on instruc tions from Mr.Wm.Ooleman, of Whit mire, S.C., yesterday closed the option that Mr. Coleman has bad on the Pearce'a Vineyard property, and bad it transferred to Mr. Coleman 397 acres, owned by Mr. J. M. Goddard, and 9734' acres owned by Mr. J. O. Jackson, forming what is known as the Pearce's vineyard property, situa ted less than two miles from town on the main line ef Jibe Atlantic Coast Line railroad. We learn that Mr.Coleman has made all arrangements for the erection of the factory at an early date, and has contracted with the Cape Fear Power Company for 800 electric horse power. wneu wis mm is completed a trol ley line will be run from Fayetteville to the three big mills of the Hope Mills Manufacturing Company, taking in en routelthe Holt-Morgan mill, Tolar- usrt Holt mill, the Lakeview mill and the Coleman mill. There ought to ba and will be great rejoicing In Fayette- vnii over this splendid news. THE STATESB0RO HORROR. Pastor el Hodres Family Foraerlr of lumber Bridie, V. 6 The Deed. Rev. J. A. Smith, of this city, is In receipt of a letter from Rey. T. J. Cobb, formerly of Lumber Bridge, this 8tate, but now pastor of several churches in and near Btatesboro, Ga. The writer glyes a vivid account of the recent race troubles there. Rey. Mr. Cobb saw the people, take the mnrderers of the Hodges family from the military at the Court House and visited the scene of their burning on The Hodges.husband and wife, wertfft members of Rev. Mr. Cobb's church, Mr. Hodges having been baptised by Mr, Cobb a short time ago. They were among Btatesboro's best people. Mr. Hodges was clerk, deacon and treasurer of one of Mr. Cobb's churohes. The negroes thought Mr. Hodges had money and they called him out and killed him at his gate. Then his wife ran out with a lamp In her hand and set It on the gate post. The negroes ran her In the house, knocked her down, returned to Mr. Hodges and cut his throat, came back In the house and cut the wife's throat and killed the 'nine-year-old child. Then the bodies were piled In one room, bedclothes were plied on them and the house wss fired. The little children of the family were burned alive. Btatesville Landmark: It is evident that the drug stores In Fay etteville, a dry town, supply In a measure at least the place of the abolished saloons. The Fayetteville correspondent of the Charlotte Ob server tells that in an investigation before a magistrate in that town a few days ago it was shown that from November 23, 1903, to May 1,1904, less than six months, one drug store had filled 1,861 physicians' prescrip tions for brandy, whiskey, beer. etc., "averaging perhaps a quart each." This was -from one drug store. Reports from five others were presented, but the amount sold by the five Is not stated; neither Is there any estimate of the amount Bold without the formality of & physlolan's prescription. Ba or Bitter Wlclkt. "Two physicians had a lona and stubborn fight with an abceaa-on my right lung," writes J. F. Hughes, of uurom, v., . too gaye me up. Everybody thought my time bad come. At a last resort, I tried Dr. King's New Dlreoyery for Consump tion. The benefit I received was strik tug, and I was on my feet In a few days. Now I haye entirely regained my health." It conquers all Coughs, Colds, and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by R. R. Bellamy, drug gist Price 60c and $ 1.0X Trial bot tles free. QUIET AFTERNOON -WEDDING. -.. - . '.,' :;; "r" '" ,--"jy.t '": Misa Blaacs Elmere Chsdwlck ta lAttrsc live Yeasi Bride ef Mr. Robert B. -' Cowaa Left for Newbers. Hundreds of friends In Wilmington and elsewhere throughout the State will be interested in ihe announce ment that Mlis Blanche Elmore Chad wick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Obadwlck, and Mr. Robert H. Cowan, of this city, were married yes terday afternoon at 1 :80 o'clock. Con forming to the wishes of -both the bride and groom, the wedding was very quiet and occurred at the resi dence of the Rey. R. B. John, the officiating minister, on Grace street Only relatives and a few very Inti mate friends were in attendance. The ceremony was yery pretty and lm presslye, and following the service, Mr. and Mrs. Cowan received the happiest congratulations ot friends. The bride was attired in a handsome tailor-made travelling suit of blue, while the groom wore the conven tional black. . Following the earemony and Infor mal reception to friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cowan left on the afternoon train for Newbernwhere Mr. Cowan will at tend to some theatrical business, leav lngjatex, for Morehead City to spend tatir honeymoon. 4JEhbride is a charming young wo man of Wilmington, much admired In a wide circle of friends. The groom Is a son of the late Capt John Cowan and was a lieutenant in Company K, of the Volunteer Army, In the Span isb-American war. He is of the firm of Cowan Brothers, theatrical mana gera and proprietors here and at New born, and Is held in the very highest esteem. Mr. and Mrs. Cowan's friends will be delighted to know that they will make their home in Wll mlngton upon their return from New born In about ten days. REMAINS SENT TO CHARLOTTE. Wilnilsf tea Frleads ef Late Col. Hamilton f, Jeaes De Hla Hosor Fa serai. - Accompanied by Dr. R. J. Brevard, a life-long friend, and Mr. H. C Jones, Jr., a son of the deceased, the remains of the late Col. Hamilton OL Jones, whose death occurred in this city Tuesday afternoon, were taken on the 8:20 P. VL Seaboard Air Line train yesterday to Charlotte, N. a, hla home, for interment The cas ket had rested In Bt. James Epis copal church since the evening before. and when the hour had arrived for the funeral procession to more to the station a number of friends were pres ent to pay a last sad mark of respect to the distinguished scholar and citi zen. The Wilmington Bar Associa- tlon sent a loyely floral tribute in the design of a harp, while a number of other emblems were laid upon the cas ket by Individual friends of Col. Jones and members of the family. The fu neral services will be conducted from St Peters' Episcopal church In Char lotto to-day. The pall-bearers from the church to the station yesterday were all from the ranks or the legal proresston as follows: Honorary, Messrs. Marsden Bellamy, Eugene 8. Martin and Ju nius Davis; active, Hon. John D. Bellamy, Messrs. S. M. Empie, Iredell Mearee, Cameron F. MeRae, William J. Bellamy and John D. Bellamy. PERSONAL PARAQRAPHS. Miss Sallle Bryan, of Atlanta, is visiting In the dty. Mr. R. L. Brldger, of Bladen bopo, was here yesterday. Dr. W. H. Crowell, of Burgaw, spent yesterday In the city. i - Miss Lena Femberton, of Fay etteville, is visiting In tbe city. Miss Gertrude Bryan, of Scott's Hill, Is visiting relatives in the city. Dr. D. I. Watson, of South port, has returned from a visit to Ma rion, 8. a " .Jr. Jno. F. Garrell have gone to Western North Carolina to spend some time. Mrs. B. A. Gore and Miss Julia Gore haye returned from Southport where they spent spme time. Mrs. Thad. Smith, of Florence, B. O., Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mlddleton, No. 21s Harnett street. Miss Ruby Elvers Wiggs, of this dty, and Miss Katie McRae, of Rocky Mount, are visiting In Colum bus, Ga. Among the Wilmington boys now spending their vacation here Is Mr. W. P. Oldham, Jr., of the South ern Railway In Washington, D. O. Mr. Price Fnrpless of South- port, is In the city securing labor for one of the big construction contracts which be hss In an adjoining county. Among last evening's arrivals were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. William son, Miss Ruth Williamson, and Mu ter Horace Williamson, of Florence, 8. a Pender Chronicle: "Miss Kate Carroll, one of Wilmington's most charming young ladles, Is visiting her friend, Mrs. D. W. Ramsey, this week." Mr. E. G. King has resigned his position In the A. O. L. auditor's office and will leave to-day for Ban- ford, Fla., to engage In truck farming. His family will join him the latter part of Beptember. Master B. A. Brand, Jr., ar rived In the city yesterday evening and is a permanent guest at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brand, No. 218 South Third street, to whom friends are extending congrat ulations. The friends of Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky Point, will, without his knowledge, present his name at the primaries for election as Senator for Pender -and Daplin counties. Dr. Porter is now visiting his son In Brook lyn, N. Y. o BaarstU Bignatin of S3 TOH. X A - m Kind You Haw Always Bonght HO DISPATCHES FROM PORT ARTHUR Absence of Advices Leads to the Belief That Very Important Events Are Impending. MYSTERIOUS RUSSIA CRUISER. DUabllsf ef the Raislsa Battleship Sevss topsi Rosslsa Parts Nest Port Ar thur Beabsracd and Slleaced by Two Japsoese Ships. Bt Cable to the Morning Star. Lohdon, Aug. 25. The absence of dlsoatchee of any kind from the Far East this morning leads to the belief, expressed editorially In the London newspapers, that Important events are Impending. The mystery regarding the move ments of the Russian cruiser which re cently overhauled the British steamer Comedian is still unsolved. In a dispatch to the Central News from Copenhagen, it Is declared that the large steamer flying the Rusalan flag which passed through the Great Belt yesterday, bound south, as re ported in. a dispatch from Nyborg. Denmark, is the Russian volunteer steamer Smolensk. The Cape Town correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" understands that strict orders have been issued that Russian cruisers are not to be al lowed to coal in Cape Colonial porta without previous rererence to bead quartera. - 8t. Petkbsbtko, Aug. 24. So far as can be ascertained no further news of tbe fighting before the beleagured fortress has been received except that contained in reports from foreign sources. These latter are conflicting. some of them representing that the Japanese assault has become exhausted. and others claiming that tbe Japanese have captured Etseshan foriTbelonging to tbe western line of defences. If this position has been taken and occu pied, it is realized that unless the Jap anese are at once dislodged tbe chain of forts will be breached, and tbe post tlon of Port Arthur rendered critical. The report, however, is considered as requiring confirmation. Reports that General Europatkln is about to make an Important move continue to be circulated, but the character of the move is not hinted at. The reports rrom the front agree that the rains have ceased, that the roads are drying and a resumption of military activity is expected. Since his retirement from Slmochen and the Yantis pass it la estimated that more than thirty thousand reinforce ments bave reached General Kuropat kin. Battleship Ulsibltd. Tokio. Aug. 24, 9 A. M. Farther details of the disabling of the Raistan battleablp Sevastopol have been re celved here. It seems that on Tues day afternoon, while engaged In shell lng the Japanese land forces from i position outside of Port Arthur, the battleship struck a mine end was dis abled by tbe explosion. She was towed Into Port Arthur. Tbe Jap nese battleablp Asahi was detsiled to watch the Sevastopol. Her commander reports that tbe Russian battleship emerged from Port Arthur Tuesday morning and co operated with certain Russian batteries in bombarding Jap anese forces on shore. This firing had been kept up for several hours when the Sevastopol suddenly struck a submerged mine. The explosion cauaed her to list heavily to starboard. and at the same time the lurched for ward, almost burying her bow under water. 8he was towed back into Port Arthur by a tue. Admiral Kataoka reports tbat the Japanese cruisers Nlsshln and Kasuga fired upon the Russian forts on Tues day. They discovered that the Rue slans were shelling the Japanese land iXorces from a position near LungtslnUz. The Iflsshln and tbe Kasuga steamed in close to land, and after a short bom bardment silenced the Russian guns. London, Aug. 25. The correspond ent or the Times at Shanghai, in a dispatch dated August 24,! 11:85 P. M , says that orders from Emperor Klcho laa haye been conveyed to Captain Reltenstein, commanding forthwith to disarm the cruiser Askold and the tor pedo boat destroyer Groxovoi, and that "the flags on both vessels were lowered at 7 o'clock to-night" SERIOUS TROLLEY ACCIDENT. Thlrty-iive Persons lsared la a Collision of oars About a Dozen People Had Frsctnred Limbs. W Telegraph to tbe Horning Sur. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 24. Ful ly S5 persons were Injured in a trolley wreck on the Rochester and Eastern railway, near Pittaford to-day. About a dcisn people had fractured limbs and were t eriously bruised, and the remainder suffered minor injuries, most of which were caused by broken glass. A train of two cara bound from Canandaigua to Rochester collided with a single car running east. The former waa late and according to the statement of tbe officers of the compa ny ran past the siding where it waa to have met the car from Rochester. The trains met on a sharp curve. A line man in the employ of the road was at work near the scene of the accident and saw the cars approaching. He flagged the eistbound train and it had nearly slopped when siruea oy me other, running at a good- speed. All three of the cars were full of paisen gew. ILUMP IN WHEAT. Break (snied by a Rath to Sell on tbe Part ot Loofs. BT-Sefegrapli to tbe Horning Bttr. New Yobk, Aug. 24. The public's vision of big profits in the New York wheat market was disturbed to-day by one oi the moat serious aecunes ine market has had In weeks, amounting to over four cents a bushel here and 7ic In Minneapolis. The break was caused apparently by a rush to sell on the part of longs who were overloaded. The market con stantly met fresh stop lots sailing or ders until at tie close it was little short of demoralized and at the low point of the day. December sold at 108V against USX last night repre senting about 8J from the top price o f the session. -Raleigh Post: Mr. C. C. Wheeler, the Confederate veteran from near Creedmoor, Granville county, who was brought to Rex Hospital several davs ago Buttering from an old wound received in the famous charge at Gettysburg, - was operated upon yesterday morning. iiis leg was amputated and he was reported yesterday evening to be getting along nicety. VICTIM OF THE BLACK HAND. Yonsr Maa knot te Death is His Father's Restsirsat Altered to Hsve Dis closed Secrets Tbe larderer. By Telegraph to tn Aornlnx Star . New York. August 24. Salvatore Bossoto, 18 years of age, was shot to death In his father's restaurant In Park street by Carl Rossell, 85 years of age, to-day, because lie had disclosed to tbe police secrets of the "Black Hand." The father was knocked down aod choked Into Insensibility by the slay er, who then ran down the street, fol lowed by a great mob. Italians to the number of one thousand later attacked the Elisabeth street police station, hurled miaales at the police and pris oner, hurting two detectives and one policeman. They, would have torn the murderer limb from limb had it not been for the arrival of the reserve police from two station houses who were forced to use clubs and fists and threatened to shoot According to the police the murder was deliberately planned by an organ ized gang. Bossoto is an enemy of these orfanlzfld vane's, end hla nn inherited the father'a opposition to the lawless element or their countrymen when not studying music young Bassota helnnil ahnnt Dim Mitinniii Several weeks ago he learned that the muraerous gang about Mulberry Bend had planned to rob a number of miners who were coming through New York and who had engaged board in the lodging bouse oyer the Bossoto res tauran'. Young Bossoto went to the police and asked protection for the men, and soon an Italian detective bad arrested twelve suspicious charac tors, who were held until the miners had taken a ahlp for their homes. unce out oi jail, it is said the gang aeierminea upon uoisoto s death. Early to-dav Roaaatl entered thm mm. taurant, and when approached by the elder Bossoto said be wanted nothlnr. LAS Bossoto WSS about to close the place he asked Rossatl to leave. The latter became inaolent and refused. Young Bossoto, who wss in the kitchen, heard his father and the man Inanargament and came out The instant he saw young Bossoto, Roasati took a pistol from his pocket, levelled it at the youth and fired. Tbe bullet struck the boy between the eyes and he fell, dying Instantly. Roisatl then. according to the police, struck the elder Bossoto with his fist, knocking mm aown, ana aurtea to run, but was captured before he had gone two block. On Sunday tbe Boaiotos found on their door the "Bride nf Dpalh " a cabalistic sign of the Sicilians, which is aaia to do a tnreat or death. SITUATION MORE SERIOUS. Cbiosse Foretfa Office Hss Qivea the Rssilsa Wsrships at Shssthsl Poor More Days to Wake Repairs, . By Cable to the Horning Star. Washington, Aug. 24. The Stale Department has been advised that tbe Chinese foreign office has extended the time for repairs on Russian ships la Shanghai to noon of Auguat 28. Shanghai. Aug. 24. In view of thi fact tbat the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs has given the Russian warships now here four days in which to make repairs the situation is be lie Ted to have become more serious. Parish Aug. 24 There is reason to believe that a decision is about to be taken providing for the voluntary dls armament of the Russian cruiser As kold and the torpedo boat destroyer urozovoi, now at Shanghai, and the Russian cruiser Dlans, at Saigon. Advices received here from Baleon show, contrary to previous announce ments, that the Diana Is in a very bad condition, soe has one urge hole In her hull below the water line. Her injuries will take weeks to repair. This would have permitted an extension of her sojourn In a neutral port beyond the twenty-four hours which expired yesterday, but It Is foreseen that the repairs would entail a stay at Saigon and that it is possible that questions affecting the neutrality of the port would be likely to arise, and therefore Russia is disposed to disarm tbe Diana, which thereafter will remain at Saigon during the war. JUD0E PABKER Worklsf on His Letter of Acceptance of the Nsmlastloa His Visitors. B Telegrapb to the Horning Star. Esoprjs, N. Y., Aug. 21. Judge Parker to-day worked on bis letter of acceptance of the nomination, which will be made' public probably about September 13th or 15tb. The letter will be printed In Kingston and it is expected the proof will be ready about Septembers. Howard Taylor, of New York, who was one of the organizers of the Par ker Constitution club, spent the after noon with Juda-e Parker to-day. dis cussing plans for the enlargement of tbe scope of tbe club. It Is expected that as the result of the conference the club will take an advanced position in the national campaign. PAYMASTER ROBBED. Held Up by Foar Masked Men and Five Theosssd Dollars Takeo. Bt Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. Patkeson, N.J.,Aug.24. Four men maaked held up the paymaster of the O'Rourke Construction Company, a Mr.' White, on the R dge road near here to-day, and robbed him of $5,000. The paymaster, accompanied by two other men, was on his way to tbe office of the company, driving in a buggy, when four men. one an American. maiked completely, and three Italians wesrlng blue goggles, came out or the woods. Tbe American shot the horse. Tbe robbers covered the three occu pants cf the buggy with guas and get away with the bag of money which was in the bottom of tbe buggy. Chairman Tagarart has received a telegram from M. G. Wetmore, of St. Louts, saying tbat William J. 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The city su thorltles are to make a second effoi t to settle the stock yards strike. At meeting of the city council to night a resolution was passed empowering Mayor Harrison to appoint a commit tee of eleven aldermen who , are to make it their business to bring about a settlement ' Invitations were at once sent to tho leaders of the strikers and to represen tatives of tbe employers, Inrltine them to meet the members or thn committee to-morrow morning. Presi dent Donnelly, ot the Butcher.' Union, will be before the committee at 10 o'clock and In the Invitation sent to the packers they were asked to appear one hour later. Judge Brentano to day issued an In junction restraining the city of Chi cago from Interfering with the lodging of non-union employes 1A the packing houses In the stock yards. The city will appeal. Annie Clark, a forewoman for Nel son Morris & Company, was attacked by girl pickets while riding on a atreet car. A lively fight followed, In which hatpins were the wespons used. Miss Clark was severely injured, and was removed to her home by the poller. She recognized several of her assail ants and secured warranta for their arreat The packers resumed the importa tion of strike-breakers on a large scale to-day. A special train ot seven ear loads arrived over the Erie. Two car loads of strike breakers were brought In under heavy police guard over the Monon road. Thomas Stoker, buslnesa agent ot the Pork Seller Men's Union, an nounced to-day that the non-union Greeks from the Armour plant had been Initiated Into the union, after which they returned to the stock yards enclosure, promising to lead out 1,500 other non-union Greeks. The Greek clergy and Greek buslnesa Interes t are reported as making every effort to Influence the 1,500 to leave because or the strikers' action in declaring boy cots agalnal Greek houses by way of repriaal. Fifty colored women atrike-breallers left tbe stock yards today, proclaim ing that they had deserted the pack ers. Superintendent W. C. FarriB, of Nelson Morris & Compsny, how ever, asserted tbat the work of tbe women bad been unsatisfactory aod tbat they had been diacharged. STABLES BURNED IN RALEIQtf. Fire In Two Blocks of City Hall Live Stock Borneo. Special Star Correspondence. I Raleigh, Aug. 24. The stables of Ge?. M. Harden, two blocks from tbe city hall, were destroyed at 5 o'clock this morning by fire. Nothing was saved. Thirteen horses, three mules and numerous vehicles were burned. Fortunately, Mr. Harden is north with his race horses, so they escaped. Hen ry Harden, who aleepa in the stable, had barely time to eicape, bringing bin clothes In bis hands. The loss Is about $8,000, with practically no iasuranc-, save $1,000. Nine of the horses wcrn owned by men In tbe city. In addition to the stable, the adjoining warehouse of W. A. Myatt was gutted. 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