$ he Wittkh$ Mint.
rUBUSHBD At
..MiuoTflti si r
w I U M i n a i uiif ii. u.,
i vnn iu inviunr
SI.DU A It An Iff rUlrU,UC
Tg88888SS838888888
,jow St aSS238828?855g2
388383888888883
33388838888888888
SSS38S8S888888888
82888888288888888
sssssaaasssass
3338388838888838
S2SSS8S3SSSS8S883
88881888888888888
G
4
11
k)
U
1
:s!:::
i.med at the Foit Office at wumtgton, w. c,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
The tutxeriptioa price ol tbt Weekly Star II
(ollcw: t u nu
o moiKixi vv
taontbt u so
CHICKENS COME HOME TO SOOST
The Roosevelt administration has
ill along been denying reports ol
tenons friction with the new Ee
public of Panama which was born a
year ago last November while
United States marines were stand
ing godfather. The Washington
government wonld havens believe
that everything was getting along
iwimmingly. Events of the past
few days, however, show to the con
trary.
The fact is that as soon as Boose
yelt got his Panama ducks in a row
last Winter he appointed a commis
ilon to take charge of the canal
tone, govern the same and make
(he arrangements for and supervise
the ultimate digging of the canal.
The commission acted as if the
Panama Republic had relinquished
ill lOTereignty over the canal strip
ind pat us in complete control.
Acting upon that- assumption, :
Rooaevelt's commission established
sew porta in order to circumvent
the ports controlled by Panama, es
tablished poatoffices throughout the
canal zone, and actually taxed for
the benefit of the United States
area the lands of the natives and
other holders within the zone.
The Panama government was un
der the impression that her hastily
rtuhed through treaty with us only
wanted us the canal rights and
lef tho absolute sovereignty of the
cial. zone to Panama. Naturally,
therefore, the Panamanos saw at
once that the construction which the
Booievelt administration put upon
the treaty, would pauperize the lit
tit Republic. The new ports estab
lish by the United States would
dtitroy the business of the Panama
pom, for while the United States
would be collecting duties Panama's
porta would have little or none to
collect. The Panama government
ilio contended that the establish
ment of postoffices by the United
States wonld likewise deprive her of
revenues from that sources, and the
taking of the taxes from the people
living iu the zone would make pret'
tj mnch a clean sweep of all that
ft canal zone was supposed to
hold for Panama.
These, and other things, of course,
Jare brought on contentions be
tween the Panama Republic and the
11-powerful canal commission. The
contentions have reached the acnte
foge, and we have no doubt that
the eventa of the past few days will
eat quite a figure in our president-
campaign. It lues in the Pana-
coupe of the administration last
November, and already several De
mocratic campaigners have taken
antage of the opportunity to
how up the hypocricy with which
wo administration acted in this
Hatter.
Every man who is in the posses
"on of all hia faculties will have to
Pee that the Washington Post
wtnp the matter correctly in this
editorial comment on the recent de
velopments: .80 'it appears at last that,notwith
acding the vehement denials bj
"dmlniatration through its rep
jeientatives, there has been very
"nous friction between our govern
and that of Panama. It ap
J. moreover, that the mlaunder
jwding must have reached a
Fjrticnlarlj acute stage to call for
rrwuiment ol a mission to the
ftmus headed by the Secretary of
hotK ADd including committees of
ta Vki -,ei 01 Uomrjess.
;uaOUse8 0f Cnnffreaa Pnmnr.
DA1 w" " VAO Alio Viiif AO Tf
ago. mgh officials of the
that T 'ernent openly declared
il k ? ?ew rePublio had been mis
Z.J fa 88 Promises, and although
.I., ""ements were nromotlv aud
natically challenired in W.h.
their authors did not retract
.j " 'UVIIUiU uvt
tw1nj wa' modify them.
Now,
isT.. I 0 ?urtaer attempt to dis
Ed !, 8 exwtence of a bitter clash,
IdW m8J "adlly. imagine its
2f"ac? bJ considering the
ha alv b 7imedJ the President
that tPKPl,e.d U 0Dl evit
nf the situation is critioal. indeed.
tw8ht th" the establishment of
Clt1nbl,c of Panama was
and ifJ0 Budden to be legitimate,
toleaJl!vn.itful of coincidences
uSnihe.U,lited states free of the
irfc ; complicity. And it
lat on f . unPlea8anJ significant
lfl...?Br'ceswereon hand whn
C. . Iei dco,ation of indepen
uc was proclaimed on hand and
. I ..... - : ,.,, u. , ,,,, ,,, , , , , i . imiwhjiiiiu i nr - r firi - r
.1 . . I I II 1 1 ' 1 1 U ' II J 1 1 1 if II : I - -X-s" f I - A 11:11
r -.in- m w w n . hi i max . y i .v. i a r-er si
: -J-Ii, II JIT H f W -V VI hVT Yv I y V IN. : tb
VOL. XXXVI.
uaaer oraen to nArtviff A
lerence" by Colombia. No one can
explain, upon any theory involving
wuouuo iu tae premises, tbe
iacts that the alleged "rerolution"
Sed ft M of November
3 1903 and thif M.T -
time when the government was rep-
resented by a selfamH!nt.i 4n-
composed of three persons, and when I
mere was not the slightest visible
evidence of popular support or even
popular knowledge of the pretended
upheaval. The patriot fathers,
in fact, were so poverty stricken in
the matter of material that the jun
ta, pressed for time, had to send to
Washington as Panama's diplomatic
representative a gentleman who was
neither a native nor a citlzen-in a
word, It. Bunau.Varilla, a worthy
JTrench gentleman, whose only In
lathe affair lay with the sale
0 Jm f611011 company's rights,pro-
Just here, vi'
Panama's discontent will be discoy
ered. for M. Bnnan.VaHna. h Mian
tng -"-fondly , to : WashJneton--h
reached here within tenV days after
the "revolution" and findino- &
"treat?" already cut and : drind. an
expedited the formaUtieH that th
document was solemnly signed only
two or three hours before the arrival
of a genuine - Panama- committee
which had been hurried hither trt BAA
to Its proper and satisfactory formu
lation. Thls,ln fact,is the genesis of
the Panama complaint. Messrs. Boyd,
Amador, and Arosexnena were duly
authorized to look after the inter
ests of their fellow citizens, but M.
Bunau-Varllla saw to it thititrnAt
which met the views of the United
states government and. the French
company was finally executed before
they Could get here to lnternoae 4
protest or offer a suggestion. It
will transpire, wa think, that this
treaty constitutes the grievance of
real moment. Dr. Morales and Senor
Obaldia both insist that . it . is not
what the Panamanos had been nrom-
lsed er led to expect, and it Is quite
plain that the ill feeling springs
from M. Bunau-Varilla's lightning
like diplomacy.
ui course, it Is a mere Incident in
one sense, for the whole perform
ance was so grotesque and so devoid
of every quality of legitimacy it
would be unreasonable .to expect a
single dignified feature at any stage
of the transaction. To comoreaa
the obvious comment into an aohor-
ism, the episode would makeacomio
opera if It could be rescued from
the realm of tragedy.
The Stab's telegraphic dispatches
yesterday brought news of a report
ed conflict between United States
marines and about two hundred
armed men,
either
Colombians or
Panaijnanos, who disapprove of
the
little Bepubllc. A skirmish in which
several were killed, is reported.
That the Washington government
anticipates trouble, it is only neces
sary to refer to the fact that addi
tional marines have been ordered to
Panama by the War Department at
Washington.' It is stated that they
go to "relieve" the marines already
there, but most likely they go to re
inforce those there. . At any rate
they are needed in Panama and will
be rushed out at once. A press dis
patch from Panama says:
"The news from Washington that
Secretary of War Taf t la to come to
the isthmus next month, accompa
nied by Minister Obaldia and Wil
liam Nelson Cromwell, counsel of
the Panama Canal Company, to ar
range the matters in controversy be
tween - the United States govern
ment and Panama, and the declara
tions of President Boosevelt on the
subject are received with satisfaction
in all circles. . President Amador is
In reoeipt of messages of congratula
tion from all parts of the republic"
7 "Is fiction declining 7" asks a
magazine. No, it is simply reclin
ing on the heaving bosom of the Be
publicans who are using it to make
the country believe that Boosevelt's
corporosity. is going to encumber
the Presidential chain four years
more.
A Phlladelphian is suing for a di
vorce from his wile because sne
cooks the biscuit so hard that he
broke off a front tooth. Her law
yers may as well tell her that she
will run up against a snag If she at
tempts to put up any defence.
liver since those Panama revolu
tionists "rose up as one man," we
have been wondering why the
United forces whioh landed didn't
give them a chance to have more
than a one night stand for their
money.
i Some time since a Big Injun, out
West sent Boosevelt a necklace of
bear claws. There Isn't enough of
them, however, to enable him to
scratch out from; under the Parker
landslide on the 8th of November.
A New Jersey postmaster laments
that when thieves broke into the
office they stole his umbrella. He
needn't worry. President Parker
will pick a dry day when he turns
him out of office.
A cablegram from St. Petersburg
says: '"Gen. Kuropatkln is confi
dent." .Same thing with us Parker
men.
If the truth were known, Boose
velt is banking more on Cortelyou
than he is on hia spellbinders.
For terseness, we are committed
to Grover Cleveland. Littauor, the
iorjc i&epubiican congress;
man, when prosecuted by the gov-
uueus in me giove case, pleaded
cleTelad in writing to Littauer's
Democratio onnonent' iati: Tha
"tatute of limitations never runs
against political dishonesty or the
! betrayal of a public trust wljen the
offender, to secure a vindication,
offers himself for the suffrages of.
the people."
Jacob Eiis, one
of Boosevelt's
his. bioeraphy
boptlicks, says - in
of the President that he is "the
many-sided man." Jakey meant to
be complimentary, of course, but
DeWltt Warner, another writer,
looked at Boosevelt the same way
when he wrote: "Yon can nnota
Boosevelt on every side of every
political question that has arisen in
this country since he was five -years
old," i -
If the Hon. Henry G. Davis can
handle a whilwind campaign over a
1,300 mile course, like he did In
West Virginia, Bepublicans would
take to the low grounds if he should
go after them with a tornado.
Some papers are lamenting the
apathy of the voters during the
campaign. 'Taint apathy. It is
settled conviction that Boosevelt
must take his clothes and go.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The voters will probably de-
monstrate in a few weeks that! a
boss and a big slush fund do not
constitute a majority. Washington
Post.
"Civilization," says Judge
Parker, "is a growth, not a dia
giuse." How does this compare
with the altitudinous Booseveltlan
platitudes? Philadelphia Record.
The Treasury receipts ' for
October are about 12,000,000 less
than the expenditures. It is not a
deficit, however, but just an over
draft, until after election. Wash
ington Post.
As commander-in-chief of
the army, Mr. Boosevelt may find it
difficult to deal with that -white sol
dier who took a negress as his wife
as easily as did General Grant and
the surgeon general- Baltimore
Sun.
The Cabinet meeting on Tues
day considered at some length a plan
for adiustlnz the differences --which
Minister Barrett says ao bvul
between the United State and the
Panama republic. Washington
Post.
"Withdrawal of the United
States postoffices from the canal
zone" is one of Panama's demands.
Panama should learn that ho matter
how the Constitution may loiter, the
postoffice always follows the flag.
Washington Post.
. If the people vote right the
wild boar's head with a glass eye
will come down from the White
House wall and the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution
will be hung up in its stead.
Houston Chronicle. ' .
- The white wives of the Fort
Mott (N. J.) garrison must wait un
til after election to learn whether
the negro wife of a white soldier is
their social equal, probably on the
ground that the voting may change
the complexion of the situation.
Baltimore Sun.
Elihu Boot declares that the
country cannot tell what policies
the Democrats, If victorious, will
adopt, but he falls to add that the
action of the Bepublicans will be
governed only by Mr. Boosevelt s
sweet will, and that the big trusts
are assured and satisfied what that
"will" is with rezard to them.
Philadelphia Becord.
The following from the
Cleveland Plalndealer mizht be
studied to advantage by the bishops
having jurisdiction over "marrying
parsons in some of the Tennessee
and Carolina towns bordering on
this old Commonwealth: "And
while the general conference is at it,
why can't they say a thing or two
about the marrying parson who
unites runaway couples of tender
aze, instead of sending them back to
. f m m m M - 1S
their toys, and ail xor a paury zeer
Richmond Times Dispatch.
. The Presbyterian Synod of
South Carolina has voted In favor of
the removal of the Theological Bern
inarv to Atlanta and its consollda
tion with Clarksville University into
a Presbyterian college. As to the
latter institution the question as to
its removal has been takenlnto the
courts, and eyery legal effort will be
made to prevent it. Should those
efforts succeed the Atlanta plan
would fall, without considering
other conditions which might bring
abont the same result. Atlanta bud
scribed on paper 1250,000, payable
in a vear. If the time limit does
not interfere we imagine the church
will want to see the cash before the
consolidation is made, presuming
that finally legal obstacles to mov
ing Clarksville University are over
come. Columbia Becord.
Mr. ala'a Enterprise.
Charlotte Chronicle: '-Several flays
ago the Chronicle stated that another
cotton mill would be troilt' in Greens
boro, to be eauiuDed with 10,000 or 15,-
OOO BDlttOies. it nas Deen learneu mute
that the nromoter of this new enter-
nrlda la Mr. A. L. Bain, a well Known
and practical mill man, who has made
his home inGreensboro since giving up
the Buperinrtendency of the Delgado
Mills in Wilmington."
Big Brother: Now, Willie, you
must give me the larger half of the
annle. beoause mama says we musn t
be greedy. Harper's Bazar.
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28,
YOUNG TAKES APPEAL
Judge Moore in Superior Court
Imposes Heavy Penalty v
in Both Cases.
DAMAGE SUIT ON TRIA
Graham Murray vs. City of WUmlsf toi
c Belsi Heard Yesterday Nefro Sea-
tesced to Ose Yesr Usder Cea
vlctloa at Last Term.
In the Superior Court Saturday
morning, before taking up any other
matter, Judge Moore rendered his decis
ion iu the contempt rule against P. W.
Young, finding the defendant guilty
and impodng a penalty of ISO and
cost. Judge Moore also Imposed a
sentence of 80 days upon the same
defendant in the cate of assault and
battery In. Which Young was found
guilty earlier In the week. The circum
stances surrounding both cases' are
already too famllltr to the public.
From the judgment of the court in
each case defendant's counsel took an
appeal to the Bupreme Court and gave
bond for his appearance at the April,
1905, term of the lower court by which
time the questions will have been
finally passed upon. Judge Moore in
announcing his decision In the cases
yesterday said that he htd thoroughly
examined the authorities cited by both
sides and was of the opinion that the
defendant Is guilty. He then dictated
the following entry for the Clerk's,
docket:
State vs. Paul W. Young, A. & B.
Appeal from Mayor. It Is adjudged
that that the defendant, Paul W.
Young be Imprisoned In tbe common
jail of New Hanover county for the
term of 30 days and that he be assign
ed to the Commissioners of said coun
ty to be worked on the public roads of
said county, according to law during
the term of bis Imprisonment. Motion
by defendant for new trial on account
of errors alleged to have occurred dur
ing the trial and to be assigned In
statement of cue on appeal. Motion
denied and defendant excepts and In
open court appeals to the Supreme
CourL Notice of appeal waived. Un
dertaking on appeal fixed at 135. Un
dertaking for appearance of defendant
at the next April term fixed at f S50.
'This amount is deposited In money In
lieu of bond. By consent SO days al
lowed for statement of case on appeal
and Solicitor allowed 80 days there
after to file counter statement of case
on appeal. "
In the contempt rule the entry is
merely made thai iha defendant la
attached for contempt and fin
wiioieuyun ' an appeal as laaen, me
. i . . t .V
bond, etc, being covered In the other
case. Col. Waddell and Herbert Mc
Clammy, Esqs., counsel for the de
fendant, appeal to tbe 8upreme Court
in the contempt rule on the ground
that their client is not guilty, because
the common law that would have pos
sibly sustained the prosecution has
been repealed by statute, and there
being no statutory grounds In cases of
this particular kind, tbe defendant Is
not a subject of contempt. (2) Even
though he were guilty of contempt,
this kind of contempt would have
been applicable to civil cases and not
to criminal cues, another reason
being that the defendant purged him
self of contempt by his affidavit and he
is the sole trier of what was la his
mind as to the matter. .
In the appeal In the assault and bat
tery case, defendant s counsel contend
that there Is no express authority un
der the statute giving the 'Superior
Court the power to put a defendant
on the roads for simple assault, but
that the statute under the New Han
over Boad Law gives the court tbe au
thority to put a defendant in jail and
authorizes the Board of County Com
misssloners to work him on tbe roads.
provided, the Board of County Com
missioners makes application to
the court for peraone convicted
for tbe purpose of using them on the
road; and their being no express ap
plication at this or previous terms, the
judgment In that event would be void.
Defendant's counsel also took an ap
peal upon the exception! during the
trial at to the admissibility of certain
evidence and also upon the exception
as to the qualification of a juror.
The esses raise some fine and far-
reaching points of law that both sides
are onxious to have passed - upon by
the Supreme Court.
Rsutine Proceeding.
Court met as usual at 9:80 o'clock
Saturday morning and the sheriff re
turned the talesmen ordered summon
ed for the day whh ie exception of
B. B. Humphrey, T. XL Turrentlne, J.
H. Hancock, Onas. H. SchuUcen,
Wm. T. Bhepard, Wm. G. Hill, 8. A.
Rogers and J. K. Westbrook, who
were not found. Messrs. A. B. Guy
ton, J. H. Burrlss and Eugene Poezolt
were excused by the eoUrL
Jackson Brown, the negro found
not guilty of perjury after court took
a recess Friday, but who had been
found guilty of an assault with
a deadly weapon at the last term
of court, judgment'havlng been re
served pending trial of tbe perjury
case, was sentenced by Judge Moore
yesterday to one year on the roads,
tlvll Docket Reached.
Tbe civil docket having been reach
ed, the following cases were. continued
by consent: John Brown vs. Mrs.
Eliftbelh Yollers; Murchiaon Nation
al Bank vs. Dunn Oil Mills Co., a T.
Pope et al., A. E. Alderman et al., W.
F. Pearson et al., and A. H. 81ocomb
vs. C. C.B.R Co.
Counsel for plaintiff were fully con
fident of an immediate trial of tbe
Mortle L. Creech suit for damages
against tbe Wii t.iogua ro ton Mills,
bu'upsn the (r.vl from B!egh of
Iredell Metres, Esq., leading counsel
for the; defendant, a motion was
lodged for a continuation and same
was granted upon .affidavit of. Mr.
Me ares that one of his na! impor
tant wltnenses, Bupsrlntecdent O. M.
Cooke, Jr.,' waa anient. Mr. Cooke
arrived In tbe city during the early
afternoon, but the case had been con
tinued In the meantime.
The Creech suit having been con
tinued, that of Graham Murray, by his
next friend and father. EL M. Murray,
against the City of Wilmington and
Dr. 0,1. Harper, city superintendent
of health, waa called. The case la one
in which the plaintiff aaka $5,000 dam
ages for his alleged wrongful removal
and quarantine by the superintendent
of health, the child's health having
been permanently Injured by tbe said
wrongful removal. The alleged wrong
ful act on the part of the city health
department occurred when the boy
was only tlx years old, on. or about
July 8th, 1901, while he was suffering
with "diphtheria. The plaintiff Is rep
resented by. ex-Judge E. K. Bryan
and L. V. Grady, Esq., while City At
torney Wm. J. Bellamy appears
for both defendants and Herbert
McClammy, 'Eta., appears for Dr.
Harper. At the outset yesterday
Oily Attorney Bellamy lodged a mo
tion to dismiss on the ground that tbe
city it not liable for tbe acta of IU
officers or . agents when exercising
governmental functions, relying upon
the Supreme Court decision in tbe cate
ofMcIlhenny vs. City of Wllmlng
tor, which went up from this county
in 1899. Judge Moore tald be would
reserve hit decision upon the motion
poiil after the plaintiff bad introduced
his testimony.
The trial was then entered upon, the
following jury haying been empanell
ed: J. W. M. Ahrens,E. H. Bowdoln,
Daniel H. Penton, C. M. Murrln, Z.
E. Melton, W. E. Beaton, W. D.
Rhodes, L J. Bear, I. J. Bternberger,
R. O. Orrell, Melvln Home and R. A.
Burnett. The evidence in the ease la
being taken in shorthand by Miss
Stella Bhrler, court stenographer,
and an appeal will likely be ta
ken ' to the Supreme Court in
any event The plaintiff yesterday
Introduced R. M. Murray, father of
tbe child; Dr. L. tL Loye, the attend
ing physician at the lime of the alleged
wrongful removal of the patient; Dr.
T. 8. Burbank, as a medical expert,
and Mrs. R. M. Murray, mother of tbe
plaintiff. Mrs. Murray had completed
her testimony when court adjourned
at 5:30 o'clock until 9:80 A. M. to
morrow. The defendant will also In
troduce expert medical testimony by
Dra. Geo. Gt. Thomas, W. J. H. Bel
lamy and perhaps other. It It ex
pected that tbe cate will be completed
JAsBlfl&rOW JnimeTor a calling of the
Penny damage suit, which If not
reached some time Monday, will have
to go over to the next term under the
rule of the bar.
Isvesttxstcd Isttlsf Affair.
Mayor Springer In the police court
yesterday Investigated the cutting af-.
fair which occurred in he vicinity of
Eighth and Castle streets almost sim
ultaneously with the shooting of a
negro in front of the Mariae Hospital
one night about three weeks ago, John
Odom and Mark Johnson, both white,
having been the victims of tbe cut
ting. Johnson was In a dangerous
condition for ten days or more after
the affair and was not until yesterday
able to be at the trial. On the night
of the cutting Odom and Johnson
were both drinking and said that John
Mitchell assaulted them. Later John
son Implicated a negro named Dave
White and both of the colored men
were promptly arrested. At the trial
yesterday neither of the men would
swear that either of the negroes cut
them, consequently both were dis
charged.
Isstractlos Is Nsrslsg.
Miss LawrantoB. a graduate of the
Washington Training School, Wash
ington City, has been engaged by the
Chapel of the Good Bhepherd at an
instructive viaiting nurse. Her duties
are to give instructions in nursing the
tick who d not with to go to the hot
pltals. This it the first work of this
kind that has ever been attempted
here. Bhe has been In the city but
two weeks, and the phytlclana speak
in the highest terms of her capability.
Her visits are not confined to mem
bera of tbe Chapel, but the will re
spond to any physician's call when
request Is made through the Chapel.
No charge is made for .these visits.
Miss La wr anion Is prepared to answer
any questions regarding the ventila
tion of the tick room, the preparing of
food and the administering of medi
cines. Thief loot at lontbport.
The many friends of Miss Kate
Stewart will read ihe following with
interest: ' "There was considerable
commotion on laat Saturday night in
the vicinity of the twamp garden be
longing to Miss Kate Stewart, occa
aioned by tbe explosion of a gun In the
face of tome uninvited callers who
were making liberal drafta upon her
grape vinea. From the violent lung
exercise and the haaty flight of the
marauders, who were Identified as be
lna- white and or familiar figures, and
who left a bloody handkerchief be
hind, we conclude that the amell of
gunpowder is exceedingly distasteful
to their olfactory nerves, and a won
derful argument that they are very
much needed at home."
Wlsstoa's Jppolstmest cascelled.
The appointment of Hon. Francis D.
Winston to speak in Wilmington on
the night of Nov. 2nd has been dropped
from tbe list given by Chairman Sim
mons to the candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. He wil!, however, speak
at Wallace on that day and pass
through Wilmington at night on his
way to. fill several appointments In
Robeson county. -
' - i
1904.
BILL IN EQUITY IS FILED.
Boadbelder of Somkera Saw Mill and
Limber Co., at KJoisdaie, N. C,
Asks for Removal of Receiver.
Messrs. Iredell Meares, of Wilming
ton, and B. E. Lee, of Lumberton, at
torneys for Bobsrt L. Forrest, of
Philadelphia, in behalf of himself and
others coming in and making them
selves parties, have filed a bill la
equity In the Circuit Court of the Uni
ted Stales, in this city, against the
Southern 8aw Mill and Lumber Co.,
of Ktngsdale, Robeson county, N.CX,
W. J. Edwards, receiver. ' The Union
Trust Company and W. J. Edwardr,
aaking the court (1) that a ncaiver
may be Immediately appointed for
said company and that W. J. Edwards
be removed and required to deliver
over all properties,- books and ac
counts which he may now have in his
possession to aald receiver. (2) For
the appointment of a special master...
(8) For an Injunction, and such other
orders at the complainants may be en
titled to. (4) For an accounting by
W. J. -Edwards, receiver, and (5) for
coats and such other relief at the com
plainant may be entitled to. Tbe de
fendants are required to answer on
the "return day" here the first Mon
day In December.
The Southern Saw Mill and Lumber
Co. is situated on tbe Use of the Car
olina Northern Railroad, extending
from Lumberton to Marlon, 8. O., and
its affairs have been In the hands of
Receiver W. J. Edwards since Jan.
1903. Robert L. Forrest, the "orator"
or plaintiff in tbe present bill of equity
la the owner of $34,000 of the $150,000
bonds issued by the company in June
1901 and holds In trust about $30,500
of bonds held by other persons. He
Is dissatisfied with the present recelv-
rt hip and prays the court for a re
moval of tbe present receiver and the
appointment of another receiver and
special master, an accounting by Mr.
Edwards, etc., at Indicated above.
The bill filed by Mr. Mearea and Mr.
Ler, solicitors for the complainant.
covers 22 printed pages and recites at
length the career of the saw-mill com
pany and makes many allegations as
to the Inefficiency of the present re
ceivership. The litigation following
the bill promises to be extended.
TILLMAN WANTS TO PREACH.
Slayer of Qoszsles Said fo Dave Admitted
Maklsc Application fo Coaferesce.
Sfrecial to Charlotte Observer.
Koanoke, Va., Oct. 19. Bev.
C P. Currie, a native of Sonth Car
4ltna, now a resident of Missouri,
where he is a local Methodist
preacher, and who Is In this city as
sisting Bev. J. C. Brown, a West
ern evangelist, in a revival at
Greene Memorial M. E. church, has
received a letter from ex-Lieutenant
Governor James H. Tillman, of
8outh Carolina, the slaver of Editor
N. G. Gonzales, stating that he has
made application to join the Metho
dist Conference and expects to enter
the ministry of that church. Mr.
Cume is a relative of Tillman.
DARINO HOLD-UP.
Fsymsster With $2,000 to Pty Employes
Held Up by Hlfhwsymeo.
Bi Telegraph to tne nomine BUr.
New York, Oct. 23. A daring hold
up was attempted to-day In Astoria,
Long Island. Samuel Durham, pay
master for tbe Astoria Light, Heat
and Power Company, on his way
to Biker's Beach with $3,000 to pay off
the men employed there, was stopped
by three highwaymen. The driver of
the cab, Leroy Williams, was fired at
by the robbers and dangerously
wounded In the head and right arm.
Aa soon at the attack began Durham
jumped out of the cab and while he
ahouted for help boldly attacked the
highwaymen, who on seeing other
men approaching fled.
DYNAMITE BOMB.
Attempt Upon Lite of Spanish Minister of
Agriculture at Barceloss.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
Barcelona, Oct, 20. What is be
lleved to have been an attempt upon
the life of MInlater of Agriculture and
Commerce Bala Ear. occurred to-day.
A dynamite bomb was exploded In
the street while crowds were welcom
ing tbe minister who had come here
to preside at a meeting of tbe Chamber
of Commerce. No one was injured.
but the buildings in the vicinity of tbe
scene of tbe explosion were damaged
and tbe crowdt were thrown Into a
panic. 8everal arreatt were made.
flUKRUQE AND DIVORCE.
The Issue Still Unsettled In tbe Eplicepal
Qeneral Convention.
By Telegraph o the Homing Starl
Boston, Mass., Oct. 23. At the
close of the fifteenth day of the Epis
copal General Convention, the House
of Bishops and the House of Deputies
were still at variance on the question
of marriage and divorce. Tbe Issue
will be taken before the latter body
next week for the third time during
tbe convention, the bishops baying
declined to accept without amendment
the compromise measure adopted by
the deputies on Thursday.
DEPAULTINQ SASHIEK
Lost
Abost $35,000 Is Cblcsct Backet
Sbeps aad Gave Himself Up.
By Telegraph to Um Morning 8tar.
Ttjllahoma, Tens., Oct 23. Allen
Parker, defaulting cashier of the First
National Bank, gave himself up to
day. He tays he lost about $35,000 of
the bank's money vln Chicago bucket
thODS.
Parker, in addition to his banking
duties, was deputy revenue collector
tor the Tullaboma dtstnet. lie ban
died large auma of money, and an ex
amlner In now going over the govern
ment book.
- . I
NO. 1
A SAFE MAJORITY
FORJUDGE PARKER
Democratic Managers Estimate
Votes Enough to Wio and
Seventeen to Spare.
THE PLAN OP THE CAMPAIGN.
Tboroath Organization asd a Still Hast
Independent Vote of tbe Coastry .
is WIthBemocrstIc Candidate.
Harmony Everywhere.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Oct. 20. The Brooklyn
Eagle, Democratic, In a lengthy re
view of the political alluation, says: ,
"That Parked will have 258 elec
toral votea lathe electoral. college is
the real belief of the Democratio man
sgers a belief 'which is more than a
hope Indeed a conviction. Thin fact
is asserted advisedly, though Its pub
lication will excite their anger.
Whether wisely or contrary, the
Democratio policy throughout the
whole campaign has been that of
still bunt.
The campaign has been
upon the 'lines which
conducted
Samuel J. Tilden, nearly thirty years
ago, pursued with such astonishing
success. Confidence has been with
held from everybody, even with the
committee headquarters, while the
work of thorough organisation has
been persistently followed. No elalma
have been made. There has been, In
deed, no attempt to arouse tbe local
workers by promises of success and
the blare of brass nanus, un the con
trary, It hat been impressed upon
them that the road to success lay
through constant work In organize
tlon.
"Proceeding upon the assumption
that the Independent vote of the couna
try was with the Democratic candl
date an assumption in which they
were luttined by tbe plain manliesta
tions they have hammered at the
building up of the organization thai
eight years of continuous defeat had
laid on the ground, and have sought
tbe laat vote In each minor civil dlvlt
Ion thej believed they were entl
tied to.
"These policies, though the mana
gers are yet maintaining alienee, it is
their belief, based on the proofs of re
turns, have been attended with a suc
cess that has more than justified their
labors and expenditures.
"The Eagle has been placed in pos
session of the inner facts upon which
the Democratio belief in 258 votes for
Parker In the electoral college is
based, and here sett them forth,
whether It pleases toe ieaaers or not.
"As a matter of fact, more than 258
votes are honed for. Wisconsin, It It
held. It quite likely to cast Itt electoral
vote for Parker, and there are even
hopes of the State of Washington.
Here- far tbe list counted on by .the
Democratic managers: New Jersey
2. New York 39, Connecticut 7. Dela
ware S. Maryland 8, Weat Virginia 7,
ndiaaa 15, Montana 5, Colorado 5,
daho 8, Wyoming 8 ; total 105.
"One hundred and fifty-one votes
of the Southern States are conceded
by the Republicans to Parker. Add
these to 105 and the result is 256, a
majority of 17 for Parker In the col-
ege."
The Democratio claim, tbe Eagle
aayt, is that New Jersey will go Demo
cratic by 17,000. The independent
vote In the State, they claim, is known
to be 90 per cent, for Parker. As to
New York: Biate, the claim It that
Parker will carry It by 80.000 plu
rality and 60,000 for Herrlck.although
there are enthusiasts who claim tbe
State for Herrlck by 100,000.
"With the exception of two coun
ties" the Eagle says, "the Bute from
a Democratic standpoint it in excellent
ahape. These counties are Onondaga
and West Chester, in the one ,wu
plurality for Boosevelt, and In tbe
other 2,500 is conceded. The condition
n these counties is due wholly to local
Democratic divisions Elsewhere
everything la toarmouy. The gold
Democrats are in line and enthuaiastlo
everywhere else. What there was of
silver alienation tat passed away and
it nowhere troubling. Old leaders
like Smith M. Weed in Clinton, and
A. Maxwell in Genesee, who have not
been active in twelve years, are at
work. The drift of independents is
markedly toward Parker. The Demo
crats have the beat organization they
have had In twelve years."
The secret figures of tbe stage man
agers are 85,000 plurality for Roosevelt
above the Harlem river and 115,000
plurality for Parker below it, making
the plurality of 80,000 for Parker. An
examination of the conditlona thows
that at least thia Is not rainbow chaa
Ing. Tbe gold Democrats are In line
to a man, as is also the great prepond
erance or the independent vote.
The other States in tbe table claimed
for Parker are West Virginia by 7.-
500, Connecticut by 6,000, Deleware
by 1,500, Maryland by 14,000, Indiana
by 15,000, Colorado, Montana, Idaho
and Wyoming, with la electoral votes.
are all claimed to be for Parker by
small but safe pluralities.
IN WEST VIRQINIA.
Wm. J. Bryas Addressed a Lsrc e Political
Meeting at Charlestows.
My Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Chablxstown, W. Va., Oct 22.
An ovation waa tendered William J.
Bryan here to-night. Many, people
came on special trains from all parts
of the Kanawha and adjoining coun
ties, making one of the largest political
meetings ever held In this city. Bryan
waa escorted to the speakera' stand by
the Cornwell Club, an organization of
500 young men arrayed In white uni
forms. He spoke for nearly two hours
and la the course of his address
touched nearly every lasue of the na
tional campaign. Colonel Bryan left
to-nignt tor wneeung.
WinB ton Sale m-Sentlnel: There
can be no question of the fact that
the Bepublicans of Forsyth county
are making a desperate effort to elect
at least one or two of their candi
dates at the approaching election;
Bealizlng that there is no hope for
their ticket as a whole, they are con
centrating their efforts with a view
to putting their strongest candidates
In office and are making a frantic
attempt to gain votes for those of
their men who are known especially
as "good fellows." v It is needless to
say that such a scheme will not succeed.
Oxford ledger: Mr. 8. H.
tterwhlter one of the ohamnlon
bacco .growers of the . Creedmoor
tioafwas on the ' Oxford market
day and sold a load of tobacco
at the -Banner Warehouse. He
made the boys go, down in their
pockets and captured the following
splendid prices: $45, 25, 234 15,
let, I0i, 13i, 12, ICi and 7.30.
Baloigh Times: It's saving a
good deal - when the Bepublicans
declare the Democrats unfit to rule
the country, when the trnth is, not
enough white men have voted tbo
Bepublican ticket any one year1 in
the laat forty to elect a Bepublioan
President, i. If Mr. Boosevelt is
elected this year it must be done by
the negroes in Ohio, Indiana. New
Jersey, West Virginia and Mary
land. If the negro vote in those
States were deducted Mr. Parker
wonld be elected without a doubt.
The surveyor of construction
of the Etowah cotton mills has ar
rived at Greensboro from South Car
olina, and Is busy collecting a force
of workmen to begin at onoe the
construction of the mill building.
The Thomas Lumber Co,, of Greens
boro, on Friday morning signed a
contract to furnish 1,197,000 feet of
lumber, to be delivered, two car
loads a day, nntll all is furnished.
The brick have already been made.
The contractors agree to have the
mill building complete by February
lst-1905, ana are to : oe-paia- tne
sum ol $250,000. The equipment
of the mill and construction of the
necessary residences for employes,
will take another quarter ci a mil
lion dollars.
On Friday the Hon. R. B.
Glenn made a strong campaign
speech to 400 citizens at Jackson
ville, OnBlow county. As the speaker,
with his strong and convincing
power, explained fully the tariff
question, proving the Bepublicans
responsible for the superfluous high
tax on the necessaries-of life, while
it was low on luxuries, he was greet
ed by loud and frequent applause;
His description of the kind of pro
tection he believed in was that while
treating capital fairly he would see
to It as governor that the smallest
industry and humblest citizen should
have protection. He also spoke
strongly on the other issues: On
Friday night he made a powerful
speech at Klnston.
Oxford Ledger: There has
nothing ever been seen In this sec
tion like the ginning outfit of the
Parham Ginning Co. located in Ox
ford. It is a model of ingenuity
and rapidity, and in every particu
lar a modern ginning plant, with
pneumatic elevators, . seed carriers,
condensers, a revolving twin press
and steam power, having a capacity
of 25 or 30 bales a day. After un
loading the seed cotton the driver
clucks his team a few feet further
ahead andcatches the load of seed,
a few feet further and the finished
bale drops into' the wagon. A few
days ago a farmer brought a load of
cotton to the gin and in just 28
minntes from the time he arrived a
500 pound bale dropped into his
wagon. '
Scotland Neck Commonwealth: .
Mr. W. Lr Stalling, one of the
prosperous farmers of Edgecomb
county, says he thinks farmers have
made a mistake In paying so much
for picking cotton, and that they
have shown themselves too anxious
for piokers. They have sent wagons
to haul pickers to and from the cot
ton fields and have somewhat spoiled .
the laborers. Mr. Stallings said he
had plenty of cotton to be picked .
and if the hands will come to the
fields he will be glad to pay them
for, their work, bnt otherwise they
can let It alone. Dr. Jx. Leggett at
Hobgood Is interested, in farming
besides attending to his large prac
tice. He says it is next to Impossible
to get' hands to pick cotton. A
large part of his cotton crop was
still untouched last week.
Dr. J. A. MoKelway has Instruct
ed his attorneys in Charlotte to
bring suit for damages against The
Observer Publishing Company un
less ample apology is made xor an
article that appeared In the Char
lotte Observer several rdays ago con
cerning charges preferred against
JUoaeiway. it seems that tuertrou-
ble Is ail with the Observer's Pine
ville correspondent wno, in report
ing the proceedings ol Mecklenburg
Presbytery said "serious chargea '
had been brought against Dr. Mo-
iielway, when in really they were
not serious and were brought by Dr.
Dubose, one of the foreign mission
ary secretaries who had seen fit to
disagree with Dr. Mc.tt.el way on ac
count of a certain editorial publish
ed in the Presbyterian Standard of
which Dr. McKelwayia Editor. The
correspondent used the term "seri
ous charges" not knowing the real
ministerial import of such terms
Mr. J. P. Caldwell, editor of the
Observer has received a message
from Dr. MoKelway dated New
York stating that unless ample cor
rection and retraction waf made he
had notified his Charlotte attorneys
to bring suit for libel. 1 As to the
position the Observer will . take in
the matter, Mr. Caldwell says his
paper will stand pat and Dr. MoKel
way may crack his whip.
QE0RQIA H0MIIIDE.
Mayer ol the Town of Lovett Ibot aad
tilled a White Mat.
? By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Dublin, Ga., Oct. 22. L. G. Bar
ron, white, waa tbot and , killed this
afternoon at Lovett, Laurent county,
Georgia, by N. A. Thompson, mayor
of that town. It it aald that Barron
had been threatening all the year to
kill Thompson and attempted to draw
a pistol when be was shot by Thomp
son. Yesterday, it Is iaid, Birron was
at Lovett very disorderly, the killing
to-day i growing out of that affair.
Thompson was formerly connected
with the Central and WrlghiavUJeand
the Tennlile railroads and stands well
vrlth those who know him. . Fall par
Honiara of the killing are not known.
At Augusta, Ga., Uat n tM, a drun
ken negro named John Job tbot and
killed another negro and .uniitd the
brakeman on the outgoing 8outhern
railway train for Columbia, 8. O. Tbe
body of tbe dead negro was put off at
Granlut .lie, 8. C, where Joa waa
placed under arrest.
The schooner Willi' Frank. Captain
William L. Taylor, frou Hampton.
Va., for Bristol, R L, 'ih a cargo of
lumber, went ashore yesterday of Lit
tle Egg Harbor, N. J.
t