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- "UBUIHXD At W I L M I h 6 T Q H,' N. C, AT- $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE eM il 1 8888888888888888 'v-it'i 88888888888888888 4 W SSa8SS33S28SB8S8 88888888888888888 qaoW 8888838328S88888S S2SS28aaR8?8SS qiooK I 8S8838SSS2SSS8SSS 82SSS8S228SS8883S ssasssssssss S88S388S8SS8S88S3 a, 71 3 1 j 1 1 ' s : ; Entered at tin Pom Office It llmtrton, N. C. at Second Cl Mi-ret.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. follow,: ' " - " - That tnllfflnlMi -t l IV. YSruhWlTVBeV I. A BlaRLCoy,! l paid 9100 " SO S months M " M IMPIRIACI580E8HIP. Miguel Nlcadao, a young Filipino student in the Illinois State Nor mal University, at Bloomington, has been reprimanded by the. War Department for writing an article attacking the Friars and the methods of the Catholic church in the Philippines. The article ap pcared in "The Vidette," a student publication at the university, and was widely copied by the Illinois papers. The Rev. Father J. J. Burke, of St. Patrick's church, at Bloomington, objected to the ar ticle and took up tha matter with thd Var Department, with the re su.t that the young Filipino was raed over the coals. The question is not whether the ycuag Filipino was indiscreet and displayed bad taste and lack of jo lament in what he wrote. The queaiion is not whether he deserved a ca liiig down, but millions of peo pie in thia country will wonder w ere the a ar Department or any ot tr department cot the authority t criticise the opinion of an indivl dual. It ia a peraoiial privilege that aiv man in tttis country has to write ap provii g y or critically about any tl . g, fven about the President and tbf government. If there is to be censorship of au individual why not cci'tor8hip of tbe press and the bc-cK writer?' ' e whole thing ia a little cu-rir-u. The Filipino is not a citizen of he United Slates, and yet it loo s akw.rdfora Republic to have jecss, tixagh the War Depart ment evidently views the Filipino stit.ieut in that light. If the Fill pii oia neither a citizen or subject of te United States, what has the War Department got to do with his opinions one way or another? If he is a citizeu of the Philippines, it looks like bis reprimand should have cbuie from the Philippine govern ment. Yet it is claimed that the right of free speech holds sway in the Philippines. If it does, what right would the Philippine authori tiea have to censure one of Its citi zens for writing done in a foreign country ? If tbe War Department were to censure an American writer for a similar offense it would be told to go to Mephlsto. The Filipino can do the same thing, and who could pun lsh'hlm and under what law in a land of free speech ? The fact is that the Filipino can not be punished under the law, and it is nonsense for the United States government to assume to reprimand him, except to please somebody by an act with which it has nothing m re to do than a Billy goat. The nanghty 'Filipino, however, may have a great idea of our boast of free speech, although, if he kr ows it, he could go scot free if he were to gat gay and even write a book on tho same subject for which he 'was called to time by the big War Department. The subject is one which calls for festive feelings instead of serious consideration. It might get seri ous though, if any Government De partment insists on its right to cen sure individuals and the press, and laws are passed authorizing such censorship. That, however, is a far cry. Have we got an imperial censor ship? SQUALLY TIMES IN COLORADO. Ont in Colorado, the abiding place of anarchy and monarchists meth odsand absolutism, the Republican Supreme Court is endeavoring to set aside the Democratic victory for governor There is talk of jailing Democratic kickers by the Republi cans, and Democratic threats of blowing up the State House, assassi ' natlng Gov. Peabody if he attempts to hold the governorship, and all that. . It looks like it is up to Congress to investigate whether Colorado has a Republican form of government, but it is claimed that the Federal government has no power to do so. The South would rather be nnder a landslide with Judge Parker than have a cabin seat on Roosevelt's "General Slocum." VOL. XXXVI. SOME FLITTIHO ROT. A good deal of rot is going the rounds of - the press about the South's declaring its political Inde pendence of the Northern and West ern wings of the party. Of course, it isallnonsence but some Northern papers take it seriously. The time was when the South, was glad to have the Northern De mocracy and independents to come to the resoue, and the badly digest ed editorials which pass current for the real stuff now is no indication that the Southern Democracy as a whole is not grateful for the elbow touch of Northern Democrats,many of whom are more fundamentally Democrats than some of onr South em howlers whose noggins are stuff ed full of socialism and paternal ism while they kon't know It. There Ia no occasion for the South to further alienate itself from its Northern friends, and, of course, there Is no serious movement along that line, lor the South will keep iti shirt on and await issues that the next four years will bring to the front, calling for its co-operation with similar political sentiment and convictions in the North. That is what we will do, too, flop-doodle editorials to the contrary notwith standing. .The New York World, the New York Times and other Independent and Democratic newspapers In the North are wasting time in serious ly taking note of some of the sore head idlelsms emanating from some Southern newspapers. The South is going ahead with its business and is neither crawfishing, flinching or alarmed. The political hash np to date is settled, and Dixie will wait for the 19C8 developments. All talk of the South's further isolating it self from either the respect or co operation of its friends in the North ia merely flitting rot. Says the sportive 'Washington Post: "It is proposed to organize clubs for the purpose of getting the Democrats together. The Demo crats ought to try to get together once without clubs." Looking up from under the landslide down this way, it looks like a hand-out of spades would meet present emer gencies. The Washington Post remarks: "There is no room in the Demo cratic party for plutocratic Demo crats", says editor Hearst. We wre under the impression that the Democratic .party had more room than anything else just at this time." Let the poor plutocrat stay in, there isn't enough of us left to take anything away from him. A Southern exchange, we forget which one, says? "Vardeman calls Roosevelt a "spasm." Now let's have Roosevelt's opinion of Varde man and close the polls." If a par tisan Congress cuts down Southern representation, lots of Southerners now opposed to the Vardeman edu cational idea will fly to, it in a spirit of retaliation if nothing eles. Recruits for the army and navy must pais a rigid physical examina tion, and It is thus that the best men in the country- are marked for slaughter in case of war. War, therefore, is the worst destroyer of the hnman race. A clergyman in Boston contended in a sermon that divorce is a neces sity. The New York man who paid out $5,000 in lawyer's fees and trial expenses to get a separation considers divorce a luxury of the High Price Shaw order. The South is the Port Arthur of the Democratic party. We will hold the fort for four years and longer, confident that time will add recruits from the Northern and Western States. The Hon. David B. Hill had a right to retire gracefully from politics, but he had no righl to take the Democratic party with him as a spectacular side line. The Republican party's enblem atic animal is an elephant but it ought to be a hog, as that party in several states elected all the con gressmen. It is said that women who" are fond of horse shows are hard to manage at home. We guess it is because it inclines them to take the bit in their teeth. In New Ycrk a girl has been ar rested for begging. Yet Chairman Cortelyou worked both sides of Wall Street and nobody put the coppers onto him. ' It might have been worse. Presi dent Roosevelt might have neglect ed to promise that he would not be a candidate for another term. With the cotton boll weevil work ing the Sonth on one side and Presi dent Roosevelt the other, Dixie is expected to sit np straight. The Republicans appear to be as much divided on the tariff as al leged Democrats. CURRENT COMMENT. Laurler, Roosevelt and Diaz can congratulate each other as the heads pf the Canuck, Yankee and ureaser nations. Houston (Tex.) i-OSf. If the Republicans take their Presidential candidate from a doubt ful State next time, some Southern man will probably be picked. Washington Post. As illustrating the vicissi tudes of politics, it may be recalled that Theodore Roosevelt once ran behind Henry George in New York. New York World. A Chicago paper contends that there are worse poets than Alfred Austin. It is time to let up on Commissioner Ware, since he has resigned. Washington Post. A plot against the Panama government has failed. It it prob ably just a conincidence that the United States has a gunboat at each end of the isthmus. Washington Post. . The "solid South" went as usual, but it will now buokle down to business and go right on putting up mills, building railroads and opening mines. New York Com mercial. - Judge Parker may consistent ly run for office again, in spite of his promise to run but once. He can present all kinds of proof that he did not run the last time. Wash ington Post. , It is a little out of season, but Atlantio Coast Line stocknold ers greatly enjoyed the "water melon" which Farmer Walters cut for them on Tuesday last. Rich mond Times-Dispatch. The President has set the fashion of entertaining labor laud capital at dinner. It is Btrange that no one ever seems to think about giving a dinner to the consumer. Washington Post. , "Jake" Riis, tho President's Bos well, exclaims with reference to the election, "I am so happy that I don't care what happens!" The Nashville Banner says that "the South don't give a d ." The Banner and Mr. Riis -seem to agree to a certain extent. Norfolk Vir ginian Pilot. The Chicago Bar Association is protesting against the appoint ment of Senator Hopkins' son to be a master in chancery of the Federal Court, because he 1b only 26 years old and has just been 'admitted to the bar. The situation is going to become serious if a senator s son is to be deprived of 'special privileges Washington Post. A special to the Washington Post from Parkersburg, W. Va., says that all Democratic negroes of Fairmount have been warned by the Republicans of their own race to leave the city, on pain of being driven out. This interesting bit of news is respectfully referred to the New York Evening Post and the Boston Transcript, with the recom mendation that they demand a con gressional investigation. Secret service men and State officers have been warned to look ont for a band of safe crackers that seem to be headed this way- A num ber of office' in North Carolina in tbe smaller towns have been robbed and the work looks like another or ganized band something like the one broken up a couple of years ago is preparing to go through this part of the country. Special notices have been sent all fourth olass post- offices. Columbia Record. NEQRO COBVlsT DROWNED. Pell Overboard from Boat la Tar River, Plve Miles frost Taiboro. Special Star Telegram. Tabboro, N. C, Nov. 18. While Btandintr in a canoe engaged in assist ing with the removal of a raft of logs from Bell's bridge over Tar river, about fire miles from town, Wil'iam Young, colored, of Hertford, sentenced to the Edgecombe county roada for twelve months, fell overboard and was drowned this mornintr. His bod has not vet been recovered. The prisoner was freed of handcuffs and shackles at the t me of the accident. lolaod Water Way. Columbia Record : "Mr. E.B. Taylor, of this citv. chairman of the commit' tea on inland waterlroute of the cnam- j ber of commerce, left yesterday for a Visit to tbe various cities who -' send delegates to the convention to be held hAM nn December 28tb. The convention will be composed of dele gates from cities and commercial bod ies on the South Atlantic coast 8avannab, Charleston, Georgetown, Wilmington. Newbern. Norfolk and Baltimore are expected to send dele gatlonsfrom their trade bodlee and from their city counclla. Mr. Taylor will visit the entire Southern territory to be benefitted by tbe Improvement, with a view to securing a large attend aoce at the convention." Bad Negro Itevedore. George 8mlth, a bad negro stevedore under the Influence of liquor, wanted to make a "rough bouse" out or. tne compreas yeaterday morning and in consequence of hia ambition to be the "bully" of the aquad in which he was working, he now lies in the common jail of the county awaiting trial In the Superior Court upon commitment oi Justice Fowler charging him with an ' assault with a deadly weapon and car rvlng a concealed weapon. Smith as saulted two of his fellow worsmen at the compress and wound up by bran dishing a pistol In their facea. Con stable Bavage went down to make tne ....t mnA took the revolver off the person of the negro. Mr. Claude E. Fisher, a young man employed at the Cape Fear Ma chine Works, had the small bone In his right leg broken just above the ankle yeaterday morning by a heavy niece of piping falling on the limb. He was sent to bis room at the home of Mr. Yopp. No. 415 Grace street. where he was given medical aid. WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25, RIFLED CIRCUS SAFE. Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' Treas ury Robbed of $30,000 at Tarboro, N. C. - NEQRO "CROOK" ARRESTED. Money Had Beea Reserved to Pay Em ployes Upon Close sf lesson Qnsrd " Under Arrest Isle of Shsws :i Postponed Uatll Later. Special Star Telegram. Tarbobo, N.OL. Not. 19,. 1904. The safe In the ticket wagon of Forepaugh and Bella Bras' circus was robbed of over $30,000 early this morning. Tbe money had been reserved to pay off tbe employes after disbanding to-night. A guard had been placed over the safe bat is said to have left his post after the circus train arrived here tbls morn ing, when it Is thought thesafo was rifled. Warrants were immediately served and about twenty employes of the shows were arrested but all except the guard were discharged because of Insufficient evidence. Detectives have been put on the cat. Tbe management has decided to postpose the sale of the circus until after they have gone into Winter quarter. All of the animals, paraphernalia etc, will be shipped In special trains to Columbus, Ohio, and the hundreds of employes will scatter In various sections. On account of the robbery, the show will not disband before probably next week. Mr. Sells believes the guilty party will be apprehended be fore moving from Tarboro. A negro charged with stealing money from another negro was arrested and committed to jail this morning. L.rge denominations of money and arlous toilet articles were found on hia person. He Is evidently a "crook". The following Associated Presa tele gram was received last night: Norfolk, Va , Nov. 19. The pay wagon of Forepaugh & Bells Brothers' circus was robbed of $30,000 this morn ing at Tarboro, N. O. Every effort Is being made by the circus people and the limited police authorities of the town to apprehend the robbers and several arrests have been made, but no trace of the missing fortune hss yet been found. The circus wsa playing in Green ville, N. C, yesterday and arrived In Tarboro this morning in three sections over the Atlantic Coast Line. The Grst aeclion arrived at 12:30, the sec ond at 1 o'clock and the third at S o'clock. Tbe pay-wagon had been broken into and robbed during transit or shortly after it arrived at Tarboro. The robbery was discovered shortly after 5 o'clock in the morning and efforts were at once made to capture the thieves. Every man connected with the ahow was searched and put under surveillance. Several were locked up on suspicion and some of these, seven or eight, have been re leased. Police Chief Walter Johnson, of Tarboro. la a conversation over tele phone with the Associated Press cor respondent to night says: "We have no due to tbe robbers, but suspect the deed was done by some one connected with the show who is familiar with the manner the cash was handled and who had made their plans complete before undertak to get tbe money." Loss Reported la Colaabns. Coltjmbvs, 0., Nov. 19. A tele gram received this afternoon by Mrs. LwIo Bella, of Columbus, confirms the story of the robbery of tbe Fore paugh Sells circus at Tarboro, N. 0. The amount secured by the robbers who held up the ticket w? gon was $30,000. No detaila of the robbery are given In the telegram. Mrs. Bells la tbe wife of Lswla Bells, one of the owners of tbe ahow, and the message received by her asked that arrange ments be made through a Columbus bank to provide money to pay off the rmpioves of the circus, which closes u.o season at Tarboro to-night. The Urge amouct of money secured by tbe robbers is accounted for by the fact that the receipts bad been held for several days to pay off the men. Reported in Wilmlogtoo. The first information of the robbery reached Wilmington yesterday In a telegram to Cnlef of Police Furlong, asking him to look out for tbe rob ber, should be come this way. The telegram is as follows: Tabbobo. N. C, Nov. 19, 1904. Chief of Police. Wilmingtont N. C: Forepaugh 6c Bella ticket wagon robbed thia A. M. of $35,000 In cur rency by unknown parties. Liberal reward offered for capture of parties and recovery of money. DAN . LiEHON. Forepaugh & Sells. Chief Furlong and Oapt. Robert Green, city detective, are on the look out for suspicious characters, but last night had met with no success. Many Wilmington people were disposed to treat the story at first as a hoax, but from the press telegrams received last nght, the affair looka like anything else but a hoax. $2,500 Reward Offered. Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 19. A special from Tarboro ssys $3,500 re ward Is offered for the apprebenalon of tbe peraou or persona who robbed the Forepaugh Bells' pay wagon. Yesterday afternoon's Fayette ville Observer: "The 'City of Fay ettevUle' is still tied up at her wharf, and there la much apeculatlon as to who the receiver will appoint as local agent for the beat, or whether she will remain tied u 3 for aome time longer." COAT OFF AFTER OFFICER. Two Sailors Fount ia Pros! of Post' office ssd a Third, Wbo laterfered, Waa Placfced Himself. Pulling off his coat, throwing It on tha sidewalk and declaring himself the best man on this side of the broad Atlantic, John Dwyer, a discharged sailor from the British steamer "Fern- field," now loading cotton at the com press here, mad a vicious attack upon Policeman T. M. Evans last night about It o'clock in front of the post office. The sailor' wrath, kindled by an unreasonable amount of mean liquor, had been fanned into a flame wbep he saw the officer arrest two of tfis shipmates who had just engaged ls-a lively fisticuff on the same promi nent thoroughfare and who made good their escape as 1 the result of tbe third man's interference. The officer had been engaged for some v time in watching a party of eight or tw ol the sailor men, who were eVntly taking aU the advan UgVoTaifcdfrday .night shore leave. He watched not in vain, for very soon the ranks of the party opened and re vealed two of the men in about as lively a fisticuff as one generally sees. Mr. Evans ran Into the bunch as apeedily as possible and arrested the two belli gerents. Then it was Dwyer divested himself of his outer raiment, proclaim ed his pugilistic qualities and went In $o help his ship mates. He butted the officer with all the might he could command, tookofthoid his club and oth erwise hampered the officer, compell ing the release of the two original fighters,' who scampered off into the darkness, very much sobered up by the presence of the officer. Dwyer was made to put on his coat and he was sent up to the police station where a charge of interfering with an officer was lodged against him. He will be tried by the Mayor to-morrow morn ing. Tbe officer blew his whistle for assistance during the encounter bvit those who came were too late. Bnroed, 102 Years Old. Fayetteville Observer: . "Old Aunt Polly McNeill was perhaps fatally burn ed at her little home in the rear of the Dobbin Hoase, on upper Hay street, Wednesday night. She was building a fire, when the flames caught her cloth ing, and before her screams attracted the attention of neighbors she was so badly burned that the physicians say she cannot live. Aunt Polly was born in 1802, and has been in the McNeill family almost all of her life. She was a servant of Rev. James McNeill, colonel of the Fifth N. C. caval y, and who was killed near Petersburg just before the war ended." Mr. Tom Moore to Wed. Invitations reading a follows have been received by friends in tbls city: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jerome Stock ard invite you to the marriage of their daughter Leila to Mr. Tom Moore, Wednesday afternoon, December the seventh, nineteen hundred and four, at 3 o'clock, 701 Halifax street, Ra lelgb, North Carolina." Miss Stock ard waa formerly connected with the Wilmington graded schools and Mr. Moore, a native af Fayetteville, Is a popular young employee of the At lantic Coast Line in this city. Br. J. J. ihepsrd Desd. Mr. J. J. Bhepard, formerly a mer chant of this city but latterly of Dar lington. B. C. died at his home in Darlington Thursday night of Bright's disease, aged 61 years. The remains were brought to Wilmington yester day afternoon accompanied by mem bers of tbe family and Mr. R. E. Dean, a friend. The funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon by Rsv. J. P. King and the remains were laid to rest in Oakdale. Mrs. W. J. Reaves Is a daughter of the deceased. Psyetteville Bosdholders Fayetteville Observer: "Some of our citizens, who hold a portion of the bonds issued by the Fayetteville and "Wilming. ton Steamboat Company, riled a petition in the Federal Court at Raleigh on Tues day asking to be allowed to intervene and defend the libels aeainst the "City of Fayetteville." Judge Purnell made an order granting the same, allowing the petitioners ten days to file their answer. Messrs.' N. A. Sinclair, Robinson & Shaw and R. H. Dye represent the bond. holders." Jailed for Palse Pretence. Henry Clark, colored, was placed In jtU yesterday but subsequently gave $50 bond to appear in Justice Fowler's court Tuesday at 2 o'clock and anawer a charge of false pretence brought by Mr. J. D. BIdbury, who alleges that Clark contracted to dip turpentine for him on Island Creek, received hia money in advance and then refuaed to work. -Herbert McClammy, Eiq., ap pears for tbe prosecution. Will Wed at Maxtoo. Invitations reading as follows have been received In the city: "Mr. and Mrs. Edward McRae request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their-, daughter Annie Lane to Mr. Rufus M. Williams on Wednesday af ternoon, November the thirtieth nine teen hundred and four at five o'clock. Presbyterian church Maxton, North Carolina." A special from Kinston says: 'At the September term of Superior Court, Judge Fred Moore, presiding, charged the grand jury explicitly about the presentment of persons tor non-llstment of taxes. Two hundred delinquents are indicted for this offence." Raleigh is suffering from the operations of a false fire alarm fiend for whom the police iare making a Idlllgect search. Star. 1904. BROKE ROBESON JAIL Wholesale Delivery of Prisoners at Lumbertoo, N. C, Early Yesterday Morning. SENTENCED TO BE HUNG. White Mao Qillly of Criminal AbssdIi sad Execution Dsy Set for Jssnsry. Three Escapes Retarsed to the Jail hy Sheriff McLeod. Special Star Correspondence LmBKBTOK, Nov. 19. There waa a jail delivery here last night by which aeven prisoners made their escape. Tbe escape waa effected by cutting bars from the windows, and making ropes of blanket!. A small saw was used, bat how It waa procured la a myatery. ' Court has been in session ail the week and six of the escaped ne groes had been sentenced to the roada for terms ranging from six to eighteen months. As soon as the escape was discovered Sheriff McLeod and Deputy Barker lost no time In pursuing them. Three of them one for the peniten tiary and two for the road have been captured, and the remaining' four are being pursued. Sheriff VxLeod has offered a reward of $35 for eoh one of them. C. E. Hayes, a white man, has been convicted of rape, and waa to-day sen tenced to be hanged on January 18tb. Judge Ward has already won the admiration of all who had occasion to attend court. Worda of praise are heard on all side. sy Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. 0., Nov. 19. Seven prisoners escaped from the county jail at Lumberton early thia morning bv cutting the bars of the cage in which they were confined, and the bars of tha other window with a saw. Tbey then tore up a blanket and let themselves down to the ground. Six were negroes and one a white boy. Three have been captured and dill getit search Is being made for the oth ers. Court was in session at the time of tbe escape. E. O. Hayes, white, was to day con victed at Lumberton of a criminal as sault on the person of Mlaa Mary In- man, eighteen years old. He was sen tenced to hang on January 18th. ATTACHED BY MOSQUITOES. French Steamship Arrived st Not folk With Olllcers asd Crew Disabled. bt Teieerapn to me Morning star. Norfolk, Ya., Nov. 19. The French stesmihip Provlccla arrived here to-day from Sabine Pass, Texas, for Hamburg, with Captain Courtade d sabled, ber first male so ill be was sent to a hospital, and several of her crew Buffering severely on account of an encounter with a buge swarm of mosquitoes which settled upon the Provlscias while the ship was In the Oulf of Mexico. ' Captain Oourtade's right arm la uaeless and Mate Vine- contelle. In addition to hundreds of mosoulto bites is suffering from a bronchial disorder. Tbe crew of the ship fought the Inaecta for hours with smoke and .Improvised fans, and al most every man on the boat has a swollen face and lacerated arms. TOM WATSOS STILL TAIKIK0. Proposes to Caapalfa Actively Dm lot the Next Poor Years. Br Telearapa to tbe Morulas star. Maoon, Ga , Nov. 19. Thomas E. Watson, defeated candidate of the People's Parly for President, spoke to day at his home, Thomson, Georgia, He said that be proposed to campaign actively during tbe next four years, and declared a "fight to the finish," Mr. Watson- made bitter attacks on Thomas Taggart and Patrick McCar- ren. He ridiculed Judge Parker at length, declaring that tbe Democratic candidates' campaign had begun and closed with a telegram. Mr. Watson prophesied that tbe Popullsta would organize tbe farmers of tbe South and West, and ultimate ly sweep tbe country. G0L02AD0 ELECTION. Three Election Officers Eloed sad Sen feaeed to Jafl at Dcaver. Bv Telegraph, to the Morn lug star. Dehveb, Colo., Nov. 19. Thomas Shoperdson, Peter Miller and Michael Dowd, election officers, were to-day ad iud ared euiltv bv the Supreme Court or substituting nauota ana swearing in an election clerk wrong rullv at the recent election. Bheperd son and Miller were fined $1,000 each and aentenced to jail for one year. Dowd was fined $350 and aentenced to 1all for alxtv davt. The lights were extlnrmlshed at the polling place where the men were omcera arter tne polls cloaed and during this period, it is alleged, the Dauots were cnangeu. The Gns B. Hill stock compa ny has been organized at Statesvllle backed bv local capital. Mr. Hill went there some weeks ago and trained local talent for the presenta tion of Marjorie, and since then he has been organizing this company, It will be composed 01 u people, eight of whom have already been engaged and one expected the first of next week. Rehearsals will begin this week and the company expects to begin a three-nights engagement the 28th instant at tbe Statesvllle Opera House. From Statesvllle they will go to Asheville and other points South. It is said they will carry about a carload of scenery. The city of Kiel was In holiday attire yesterday In honor of Emperor Wil liam, who waa present at tbe swearing in of naval recruits and the launching of a battleship which was christened "Deutscbland." Chancellor Von Hue- low In a speech emphasized the fact that the increase in the strength of the German fleet did not mean a chal lenge to any one. NO. 5 SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - Durham Herald: The leaders got together all right, but the voters were allowed to scatter.. Salisbury Sun : By the way, it's I . .s a good time aiso to do giaa mat Governor Aycock wasn't put on that Presidential ticket. Josiah Landia, a farmer resid ing near Fulp, in Forsyth county, was found dead in the woods near hia home Tuesday afternoon. Ex cessive drinking and exposure are given as the causes of his death. uovernor Charles B. Aycock went to Statesvllle Saturday, where he delivered an educational address. This will be abaoutely the laBt speech for education while he is Governor of North Carolina, so Gov. Aycock informs the Raleigh fost. Charlotte Chronicle : Why not give the Chinaman a little encour agement about social equality, equal educational advantages, the open door of hope and other, sentimentali ties? Why thrust everything upon tbe colored brother? 'And lot the poor Indian. How lonesome he is nowadays for a little sympathy. Charlotte Observer, Nov 19: It is interesting to note that the two new cars just received by the 4C's were made by the Southern Car Company, at High Point. They make a fine appearance, are slightly wider than the old cars and have new faculties which appear to be very commendable. It is gratifying that the Charlotte company and the High roint concern should have made this deal. - Application has been made for a charter for a new knitting mill, to be established in Salem by some of the towns leading business men. Work on a building for the new concern which will be erected near the old ice house has already begun. This new mill is to be organized with a capitol stock of $20,000. It will manufacture all kinds of yarn goods including both hosiery and under wear. Catawba County News: Mr. M. M. Cline was in Newton last week, and in a conversation said he gener ally eschewed the raising of cotton, but this year he thought he would try his hand. The following was the result: Five bales of cotton.weighing 510, 532, 544, 428 and 413 pounds, and 800 pounds of seed cotton not ginned. Mr., Cline said that housed 400 pounds of fertilizer to the acre, and that his cotton opened two weeks ahead of others in his section. A dispatch from Asheville on Thursday says: ABheville officers have been notified to look ont for andjarrest of Mrs. Maria Justice, who is alleged to have forged and cashed a cheeck at Waynesville last Friday to the amount of $200. The woman is said to have forged the check on the bank of Waynesville and secured the money from a firm of that place. The forgery was not discovered un til the check was paid yesterday. Mrs. Jnstice is well known here and was in Asheville Tuesday, but has since left. Raleigh PosK Nov. 18: There are 95 Confederate veterans in the Soldiers Home here and not one of the number is confined to his room by sickness. This announcement, when it is remembered that the veterans range in age from 56 to 96 years and Borne of them came to the Home invalids, is both unusual and gratifying. Every one of the in mates is able to go to tne dining room at each meal. This speaks volumes for thexyigor of the vete rans and the excellent management of the Home by Superintendent Brooks. Statesvllle Landmark: Dr. T. E. Anderson was hailed by an old colored citizen a few days ago, who has a child that is subject to fits. "Doctor, is you got any of dat rope what dey hung dat nigger wid las' fall?" anxiously queried the old darkey. Dr. ; Anderson was not wearing any of that particular rope, nor did he happen to know where any might be procured, but he was curious to know to what purpose the darkey wanted to put it, and it developed that that particular rope had the peculiar property of curing fits, could a piece of it be tied around the child's neck. - Washington correspondence of Raleigh PoBt: A North Carolinian will have charge 01 tbe inauguration ceremonies, when Mr. Roosevelt is inducted into office, March 4th next. Charles C. Glover, president of the Riggs National Bank, of this city, is the man whom the President and Chairman Cortelyou have selected far the honor. Mr. Glover was born in Macon county, N. C, fifty-eight years ago, and came to Washington when he was only eight years old.1 He is president of the leading and wealthiest bank in Washington, which is considered one of the fore most financial institutions In Amer ica. He is also one of the most suc cessful and useful citizens of the national capital. His selection as chairman of the inaugural commit tee is a very popular one. A dispatch from Newbern on Friday says: A wreck occurred on the Atlantio & North Carolina Rail? road this morning to the second section of Forepaugh & Sells Bro's. clrcuB, which left here at midnight en route to Greenville. The wreck occurred at Hvman's Siding, six miles from this city, and the cause is not clearly known, but it is thought to have been due either to the track spreading at the switch or a heavily laden car breaking in tne middle. Two cars were derailed, but no person nor any of the ani mals were hurt. The road was blocked for 10 honrs and it was nearly noon to day before the last section eould leave this city. The show was billed for Greenville to day, but owing to the accident they were compelled to cancel the date. The cirous will close the season at Taiboro Saturday, where It will be sold at auction to settle npthe es tate of the late Sells' brothers. A HOMICID Mm Poasd Dead la ii At mobile Be- llertd to Dave Ben Shit fcy Bj Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Chicago, Nov. 19. Shot dead In an automobile by bank robbers, whose plot the victim of the tragedy had dis covered and whose plans ho had frus trated, la one explanation of the mys terious death or Wm. Bate, a chauf feur whose corpse and machine wr- found on a lonely road this mornir v. The theory was advanced by Bit ' employer after an investigation of tne circumstances'. The idea is that the men who hired tbe automobile wen bank robbers and contemplated a raid on a bank in some small town. The automobile and the corose wem discovered by a farmer. The rnachii ? waa banked upon one aide of th road and the wheels were blocked with a timber to keep the car from rolling down an incline Into a ditch. There waa a bullet wound in the back -of Bates' head and his body was hang lng over tbe aide of the automobile. That Bate did not commit suicide. but was shot down by an assassin ia Indicated by tha finding of an emnt.v cartridge shell in the tongue of tro 1 automobile. Two letters found on the person tl the dead man offered a suggestion that Bate's death might have been the result of a love affair. One of tin letters read: "Dear Bate: I understand that von have won the love of Bertha, and I presume that you have no fdrthsr u. forme. I hope my future love will be successful. Of course, it Is pretty hard on me, but I will ler the matter drop and say no more. With love, ROSBL. .y Tha circumstances surrounding tho I death of Bate were made morepuzallng to-night by the report that a woman was In the automobile a abort time before Bate is believed to have, been killed. John Beller, a farmer, gave ' this information to the police late to night Seller said he could hear voices in a vehement dispute, among them that of a woman. -MOTOR CAR ACCIDENTS. Chsalfenr lor Abbs Held, the Actress, Arrested by the Police 0! Oreater New York. By Telegraph to the Horning star. New York, Nov. 19. Through the arrest of George Msck, chauffeur for Anna Held, the actresv, the myatery surrounding the two motor car acci dents ia Pelham parkway Friday morning, in one of which Jacob Cle mons was thrown from his wagon and almost killed, has been clear ed. Clemons waa found by the aide of the road wrapped up In a blan ket. He had been atruck by Ann Hold's motor car, according to the fiollce, and waa found later by the re let party aent out to bring home tho persons who were in the wrecked mo tor car belonging to Mrs. Ellis, of this city. Msck waa arrested at his home here to day. He said that he had been at a dinner to chauffeurs at Lareh mont, and was hurrying to Manhattan with a single woman passenger whose identity he refused to divulge. He admitted, tbe police say, that he was speeding the machine at the rate of forty miles an hour, and that when near the Morris Park race track: he struck something, but In the dark ness could not see what tho object was and continued on his way. N4M PATTERIWS TRIAL. A Poll Jury Selected and the Court Ad JoorBedlJatll Monday. Bt Telegraph to tbe Mornuur Star. New York, Nov. 19. Further de lays in tbe trial of Nan Patterson, the show girl who Is charged with causing the death of Caesar Young, a wealthy horseman, was indicated In rumors which were prevalent around the Criminal Court building to-day. A full jiry had been selected when court adjourned last night and It waa thought that tbe real work of tbe trial would be begun promptly Monday morning. To-day, however, a atory became cur rent that several changes would be made In the jury before the case would proceed. Elwood Hendricks, the foreman.aaked the court yesterday to excuse him from duty on the ground that a member of hia family was seriously tlL It waa aaid that several other jurors also had asked to be dismissed for private reas ons. These requeata will be conaider ed by the court when tbe t rial la re sumed Monday. FIRE AT EUPAUL. ALA. Business Black Destroyed Losses Eatl msted at Aboot $110,000. By Telegraph to toe Morning Star. Etjfaula, Ala., Nov. 19. The en tire Harding block In Eufaula's busi ness center was totally destroyed by fire to-night. The flsmea originated In the Pecree Furniture Company building. With almost Incredible ra pidity they spread and in the course of a few minutes tbe entire block was a seething mass of flames. The fire department responded quickly to a general alarm, but It was quickly seen that it waa Impossible (o save more than a small structure at the lower end of the block. The losses are esti mated at about $110,000. Half of thia sum is said to be covered by Insu rance, j TWELVE BEN ARRESTED. Charted With Interfering With Hone stesders ea U. S. Lsnjls. By Telegraph to the Morning star. , Jacksoh, Miss, Nov. 19. Twelve white men accused of beiog white cappers and interfering; with home steaders on United States lands were brought here to-day by a United Btates deputy marshal under Indict ments found bv tbe Federal grand jury. The men were placed! under $2,000 bondeaeh for their appearance at the next term of court. Tbe grand jury returned eighteen Indictments for alleged unlawful lnterfarence with United Btates homesteaders. SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED, Plrs Dtulff a Performance at aa Opera Bobss la Westbrook, -wo. BV Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Wkstbrook, Mb., Nov. 19. Fire broke out during a performance at Spelr's Opera House to-night, and be fore It could be controlled the build lng was gutted, Tbe flames shut off escape bj way of the main entrance. butanexltwasiouno at me rear ior the 300 people present. Beveral peo ple were injured, but none thought dangerously. It Is