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111) wwvvvw Aims'' y VOL. XXXV No. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, APRIL 15, 1902. SI. 00 PER YEAR 4 v 4 IV P TELEGRAPHIC STMMARY. Iter. Dr. Talmage died at 9 o'clock last night. The strike on the Southern railwav la declared off The report of a British cabinet crisis is officially denied- A derelict is tighted off Barnegat, : supposed to bo one of the recently J wrecked barges Blow progress is being made in th Investigation of the British army post near New Orleans. Miss Varina Davis is appointed sponsor in general for the next con federate reunion Will It be peace? is the question now agitating the British public. No defin ite news can be had. The census bureau gives out com parative figures as to cotton crop sta tistics for last two years. A picture canvasser Is arrested at Norfolk, supposed to be the man re cently charged with swindling at Lynchburg. W. L- Polk, a prominent insurance man. is founJ murdered in the en trance of a tenement house of Detroit. Robbery -was the motive, Beventy-two hours after the murder of Miss Carrie Jennett. Professor Mil ler is behind the bars of the state's prison on a life1 sentence. In the Waller court-martial the judge advocate makes his speech and the defendant's coun3 i is granted per mission to make a short statement. Governor Aycock appoints J. S. Carr and A B. Stronach special representa tives of the state to attend the funeral of the late General Wade Hampton. Two trains running in double sec ons will take thousands of people from Charleston to Columbia today to at tend the funeral of Senator Hampton. The house passes the senate bill granting a pension of $5,000 a- year to Mrs. McKinley. Mr. Kluttz, of North Carolina strongly advocated the meas ure. It is rumored that the Southern Rail way Company has secured the Louis ville and Nashville railroad and that the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system will pass into its control. David C. Loughlin. of Henderson, known formally in circus life as Cas tello. the rider, had both feet cut off while trying to board a moving train at Hamlet yesterday. In the Frank-Anderson shooting affray In Cleveland, Ohio, Anderson was the newly married man find killed his wife's divorced husband. The court dis charges the defendant Governor Taft denies that there was any effort to suppress the report of Major Gardner, but ay3 before it was given to the public those accused in it should have been given an opportunity to refute the charges. Saved Many a Time. Don't neglect coughs snd colds even if It is spring. Such cases otten result seriously at this season just because people are careless. One Minute Cough Cure will remove a.l danger. Abso lutely safe. Acts at once. Sure cure for croup, grip, bronchitis, and other lEroal "and lung troubles. Postmaster C. O. Dawson, Barr, 111. says it is the very best cough medicine on the mar ket. It has sared many a severe sick Bess." R. R. Bellamy. VIIE FERTILIZER TRUST Days Valuable Phosphate Mines in Tennessee at a Big: lrice. Nashville. Tenn., April 12. A specri from Columbia. Tenn.. says: The Howard and Ridley Phosphate Companies have disposed of their en tire interests to the Charleston (S. C.) Mining and Mineral Company for the um of $425,000. The companies are two of the five largest in the field, and the Immediate possession of the property is to be given. The Charleston Mining and Mineral Company, Is a branch of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Comoa ny. manufacturers of phosphate fertili sers. ""'THE BRITISH ARMY POST. Blow Progress In the Investigation in New Orleans. Now Orleans, April 12. Compara tively little progress was made today in the federal investigation of the alleged British army camp at Calmette. A conference of some length was held be tween Colonel E. II. ' Crowder, and Governor Heard tonight. At the con clusion of the conference Governor Heard said he did not feel at liberty to speak of his interview with Colonel Crowder, except to say that they had discussed the report which he had made to Secretary Hay and that nothing new had developed In the situation. Shot in Ills Les. For sores, burns, bruises, wounds, De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is sure cure. Skin diseases j ield to it at once. Cure piles. Beware of counterfeits. "I suf fered from a sun shot wound In my leg," says A. S. Fuller, English. Ind. "DcWitfs Witch Hazel Salve finally cured me. R. It. Bellamy. A Traveling Blan Stabbed to Death. Memphis. Tenn, April 12. A. T. -Sharpe. a traveling salesman for a De troit firm, was stabbed to death in this aity at 11 o'clock tonight. The tragedy occurred In the principal part of town. The only eyewitness, who was seme dis tance from the scene, says that Sharpe and an unknown young man wero hav ing what seemed to be a heated argu ment, when the latter suddenly drew a knife and plunged it Into Sharpe's breast. The heart was pierced, and af ter walking a few steps, Sharpe sank . to the pavement and expired. The po- Mcr are working on the case; far . Try Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets, the best physic. For sale by R. J. Bellamy. RAILWAV RUMORS SEVERAL AFLOAT AS TO SITUA TION IN THE SOUTH. COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS To be Established In a Deal AV here by the Southern Will Become the Head of all the Southern Systems Excepting; the Seaboard Air Line. The Louisville and Nashville Passes Into the Hands of the Form erThe Coast Line and the Plant System to Come Under its Control. Atlanta, Ga., April 1?. The passing of the Louisville and Nashville system into the hands of the Southern railway, as reported In New York, would lea? but two lines of railroad in the south western states the Southern and the Seaboard Air Line. Although it has not been officially announced, it is believed here that the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant sys tem will soon come under the control of the Southern railway and tat the culmination of the deal will be a "com munity of intsiest." The roads con trolled by the Lcuisville and Nashville are the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, the Western and Atlantic. The Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern, the Georgia railroad and several small er lines in Alabama. If the merger as outlined is accom plished the total mileage of the lines believed to have been acquired by the Southern will aggregate 31,349 miles. An interesting feature of the situa tion is the part the state of Georgia may play in the rumored combination. The state own3 the Western and At lantic, which runs from Atlanta to Chattanooga and is leased by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis. The Southern i3 already operating a line between those cities, and the Cen tral of Georgia, which is believed to be under the control of the Southern, has j- a road from . Chattanooga to Griffin, Ga. The effect of the purchase of the Louisville and Nashville by the South ern is said by some to mean that at the expiration of the present lease the state road would be completely bottled up, rendering it merely a local line be tween Atlanta ond Chattanooga. When asked ms opinion on the mat ter. Governor Chandler said: "I do not think there is any danger of the roads bottling up the state road. While railroad combinations are very powerful they cannot cope with the state of Georgia, for if such attempts were made the result would be such drastic legislation in Georgia that the railroads would have to pay more money than they could make on the transaction. 'The railroads may at tempt to depreciate the value of the state road in order to get the state to sell it at a low price, but such an ef fort would also fail. The people of Georgia will protect their interests in the matter and nobody need have any fear on that score." The Atlanta and Westpoint a?d the Western Railroad of Alabama, con stituting a line from Atlanta to Selma, Ala., will also come in under the sup posed merger as both are controlled in directly by the Southern and Louis ville and Nash vide. New York, April 12. As a result of several conferences held today there is a very general conviction that control of the Louisville and Nashville road has passed br will pass to the Southern railway. Representatives of the Louis ville and Nashville and the Southern roads and a member of the Gates fac tion were In consultation early In the day and, later, John W. Gates was closeted for almost an hour with George W. Perkins at the ofitcc of J. P. Mor gan & Co. Neither Mr. Perkin3 nor Mr. Gates would say what passed between tnem; but it was admitted that the Louisville and Nashville situation was discussed in its several points. A most authori- tative report going with the recent course of Louisville and Nashville is substantially as follows: Some time ago Southern railway In terests, alarmed at the increasing strength and prosperity of Louisville and Nashville, made in offer foi a ma jority Interest. The offer was declined?" as report has It, by foreign holders of Louisville and Nashville, who held ihe balance of power. Recently when Louis ville and Nashville Increased Its capital stock by $5-000,000, Mr. Gates and his asoclates saw an opportunity to "squeeze" the insiders by buying Louis ville In the market, and threatening a scarcity in the stock. To what extent the Gates faction succeeded is still a matter of conjecture, but it Is not doubted that they were in a position to swing a large block of stock either way. Conditions seemed ripe for an attempt to gain, control of Louisville and Nash ville and Southern railway Interests, as represented by Morgan & Co.. autho rized, the Moore Brothers to acquire as much of the stock as possible in the open market, with the understanding that this stock would be taken over by the Southern road. Banking interests in which the Moores are especially prominent have been heavy buyers cf Louisville and Nashville, and one bank in panic alar Is said to have called loans this week so as to accumulate the money for Its purchases of Louisville stock. Wall street believes that some sort of a "community of Interests" deal between Rock Island and the Southern railway will follow the change in Louisville and Nashville ownership. The Evening Po3t, discussing the sit uation In Louisville and Nashville says: "All indications seem to point to the fact that the control of the Louisville and Nashville railway is now so held that It can be turned over to the Rock Island railway. The matter had not been de termined at the close of business today, and facts are as. lacking as they have been since the excitement in Louisville and Nashville shares began some days ago. Opinion In Wall street Is in a nebulous condition as to who now con trols the company. There appears to be good foundation for opinion that Mr. Gates may now be in a position, by throwing his stock one way or the other, to decide what interest shall hereafter control Louisville and Nash ville. Not much doubt 13 felt that the Moore interests will secure his proxies or the stock he holds." Louisville. Ky., Apill 12. Nothing definite could be learned here today of the deal whereby the Southern railway is reported to have obtained control of the Louisville and Nashville road. The officials of the latter line refuse to say anything on 1he subject. First Vic President Walker Hlnes, of the Louis ville and Nashville, when shown the statement sent out by the Associated Press from New York, said he had no knowledge of the matter. COTTOX STATISTICS Preliminary Report on the Crop of 1901 by the Census Bureau. Washington, 1). C, April 12. The census bureau has issued a preliml- nary report on the cotton crop of 1)01. in commercial Dales gross weignt, as returned by the cotton ginner. shew ing an aggregate crop of 9,9b2.9S2 bales. This is 533,166 hales less than the 1900 crop. The 1900 crop, expressed in 5)0 pound bales, was 10,123,027 or loss than the number of commercial bales, the gross average bale weitnt being 4S3 pounrts. The office has rot completed tho com pilation of the number of uout.d and the computation of the average baie weight for the crop of 1901, but using 4S2 pounds, the following are the figures of the crop of IfOl, together with those for 1900. respectively. In commercial bales by states and territories: Ala bama, 1,162,739 and 1,061,678; Arkansas. 736.740 and 828.85'; Florida, 57.19S and 55,698; Georgia, 1,401,815 and 1,270.19?; Indian Territory, 280,175 and 288,111; Kansas, 170 and 151; Kentucky, 140 and 133; Louisiana 858,661 and 714.0;.":: Mississippi, 1,015,968; Missouri, 27.9C and 27,980; North Carolina, 454.354 and 509,431 r Oklahoma, 149,415 and 116,875; South Carolina, 730.603 and 730.732: Tennessee, 209.1S6 and 227.601; Tex-is 2,590,704 and 3,536,506; Virginia, 13,809 and 11833. WADE HAMPTON'S FUNERAL Special Representatives From This State Appointed to Attend. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C., April 12. The gover nor appoints General Julian S Carr, of Durham; and Major A. B. Stronacn, of Raleigh, spec.al representatives ot North Carolina at the funeial of Gen eral Wade Hampton at Columbia. Both start tonight for Columbia. The special train bringing Governor Aycock and pa-ty from the Charles ton exposition arrived here 6:30 o'clock tonight. The Raleigh Light Infantry escorted the governor to the mansion. At Cheraw a large party of citizens assembled wh-n the governor's train arrived. Associate Justice Mclv-sr. of the South Carolina supreme court, came abroad ana miioduced Governor Aycock, who made a happy five-minute speech. MANGLKD BY A TRAIN Man Loaes Doth Feet While Try intr to Doard a Moving Train. Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C.r April 12. At Hamlet this afternoon David C. Loughlin. of Henderson, while intoxicated, made a dash at a train bringing Governor Ay cock and other state officials and a battalion of troops here. v He thought the train was leaving, whereas It was only dropping out some cars. He fell between two cars and both feet were cut oft. Loughlin was for many years noted as a rider in circuses under the name of Castello. He has for fifteen years been a barkeeper at Henderson. His wife was also widely known as an equestrienne. Three years ago his brother was killed by a train. Lough lin said that hl3 injury was due to his own carelessness and to drink. ; TACT'S DEFENCE OF POLICY OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. MAJOR GARDNER'S REPORT Sot Suppressed, bat Only Withheld for investigation and Opportunity for Those Charged With Wrong doing; to Ilepfy Before Being 31a de Public The Governor Defends the m. W mm , . u a mvmm V mm m mm m. m w w ecu tins a Aewipaper Under the Se dition Law. Cincinnati. O., April 12. The Times Star today publishes the following: . Governor General Taft of the Philip pines was today, shown a copy of a let ter written by Rev. David Phllipson, published this morning. After reading Dr. Phlllpson's letter. Governor Taft said: "Dr. Phllipson assumed that the, pros ecution of the editor of Freedom is bas ed on a criticism of the policy adopted by the commission. In this I knew that he Is entirely In error. The prose cution of The Freedom, as may per haps be gathered from the dispatches and as I know from previous history, is for charging that the members of the commission or some of them, with out naming any one, enjoy what is vul garly known as a "graft", that Is tho t they corruptly received money for heir action as commissioners. Prosecution has been begun, it is said, under the sedition law, against the editor of The Freedom, in which he will have a full opportunity to show as a defense that such corruption exists, ft it does ex ist. The action is begun under tr.e sedition law because it could not be prosecuted successfully under the libel law. Under a law of libel a charge that a public body or that a member of a public body is guilty of corruption is not a charge upon which a suit by any particular member, not named, can be founded. "Under the sedition law a charg of that kind against a governmental brJy can be prosecuted and the defendant given an opportunity to show that It Is true. It does not aid the discussion, nor is it material whether it be called sedition or criminal libel or les ma jeste. The question presented is sim ply whether a newspaper shall be per mitted day after day to charge the highest governmental body In the land as corruptly using their power to make money, without any opportunity to nny member of the body, or the body a.3 a whole, to take action by a suit, before a.-uifJwrt regularly -constituted, to pun ish such malicious missatements, if they are malicious, or to give the per son making them the opportunity of showing that they are true. "The Freedom is a newspaper which has devoted its columns always to the denunciation of the Filipinos, to hold ing them up to the scorn of Americans; ndrnofflo xxltVi Infancittr turn in UUtUVUKO 1, 1111 IllbtllOlkJ lUlillU over of the government from the civil to the military and advocates the utmost severity of measures again:-, the FillDlnos. It attacks the commis sion daily, for appointing Filipinoa to office. It seeks to stir up American prejudices against the Filipinos, and, on the other hand, its unjust attacks upon Filipinos have a tendency to de stroy the confidence of Filipinos In .he friendly interest of Americans. "The second, referred to by Dr. Phil- ipson is the Tayabas report of Major Gardner as civil governor of that pro vince. Dr. Philipson says that the re port was suppressed by the govern mental authorities. How suppressed? The facts are that in testifying before the commission I volunteered without suggestion from the commission to pre sent to It certain reports to rebut t!ie charge that there was no tranquility in nrovinpps snlrl tn Yo nariflpd anrl v admitted to be in a state of insurrec tion. There was no obligation on my part, therefore, to present any report in regard to Tayabas, for I was not asked to do so. Before the time when I presented the reports. I had submitted the Tayabas report to the secretay of war for investigation. "The Tayabas report needs investiga tion before It shall be accepted. Major Gardner as governor of Tayabas. was called upon for a report as to the con ditions in Tayabas. and in this Tewr he gives his opinion as to the charac ter of warfare carried on in Batangas, Laguna and Samar, wholly outside of Tayabas. and the general attitude of the highest military authorities toward the civil government of the islands. to which he could have only the same general information that any one in Manila could have had. "Before a report thus written should be givn to the public it was. I submit, entirely fair that he. as governor should be called upon to make specifications and that those charged with the serious offenses should be given an opportuni ty to reply." I Iffesleet Means Dansrer. Don't neglect biliousness and constipa tion. Your health will suffer perman ently if you do. DeWItfs TJttle Early Risers cure such cases. Thp best pills. They never gripe or cause nausea. R. R. Bellamy. DEATH OP DR. TALMAGE. This Noted Dfrlne Pae Awy. Pnneral Arrangement. Washington. D. C, April 12. Rev. T. DeWItt Talmage, the noted Presby terian divine, died at i o'clock tonight at his residence In this city. It has been evident for tome days that there was no hope of recovery and the attending physicians sj Informed the family. The patient gradually grev weaker until life passed awty so quiet ly that even the members of the fami ly, all of whom were watching at the bedside, hardly knew tlat he had gone. The immediate cause of death was in flammation of the brain. Dr. Talmage was In poor health when he starter away from Washington for Mexico for a vacation and rest six weeks ago. He was then suffering from Influenza and serious catarrhal condi tions. Since his return to Washington some time ago he had been quite 111. Untl. Thursday, however, fears for his death were not entertained. The last rational words uttered by Dr. Talmage were on the day preceding the marriage of his daughter, when he said: "Of course I know vou Maud.' Since then he has been unconscious. At Dr. Talmage's bedside, beside his wife, were the members of his family Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, of Chica go; Mrs. warren u. omitn, or iirooK- lyn; Mrs. Daniel Mangum, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen E- Donnan, of Richmond; Mrs. Clarence Wycoff and Miss Tal mage, of Washington. While arrangements for the funeral have not been finally completed, the family have about decided to have the remains taken to the Church of the Covenant here on Tuesday, where ser vices will be held. The body will then be carried to Brooklyn where Interment will be made In the family plot in Greenwood cemetery, probably on Wed nesday. MILLER IN THE PENITENTIARY Qniek Sentence Following Confe etl Murder of Mint Carrie Jennett. Detroit, Mich., April 12. At midnight tonight, seventy -two hours after Pro fessor Jos. M. Miller murdered M'.s Carrie M. Jennett with a hatchet, he was in Jackson prison, sentenced to spend the rest of his life there at hard labor. He wa3 arraigned in the re corder's court this morning on the charge of murder. His attorney, who was appointed by the court, raised the question as to Miller's sanity, and the judge immediately appointed a com mittee of three alientists consisting or Drs. Emerson, Hitchcock and Kennedy, to examine Miller. His plea .was withheld pending their examination. After a careful examiiv tion the physicians came into court this afternoon and announced mat they agreed that there were symptoms of- insanity in the defendant. Miller was then ordered to plead and the confessed murderer said in a low voice "guilty." Evidence was then introduced to prove the death of Miss Jennett. In sentencing Miller, Judge Murphy called him a demon and said that he considered that the sentence he was about to impose on him was Inade quate to his horrible crime. Mrs. Miller, who has been an invalid for several years. Is prostrated at her home and is in a dangerous condition. She at first refused to believe her hus band guilty, even after he had con fessed,' but as the truth gradually forced itself on her, she collapsed. SOUTH CAUOLINA MOLItNS. The Whole Stnte to Par Tribute to the Memory of Wnde Hampton. Charleston. S. C. April 12. Tomor row morning's trains on two railroads in two sections will carry thousands ; of people from Charleston to Columbia to attend the funeral of General Wade Hampton. Delegations will be present In Co lumbia from vonfederate camps and Daughters of the Confederacy, and from the Charleston Light Dragoons and Washington Light Infantry, two historic companies which served un der General Hampton during the war. The Light Infantry will carry the his toric Eutaw flag, under which General Wade Hampton, of the Revolution, fought, and all the Charlestonians will carry elaborate Coral wreaths and em blems. Charleston Is in mourning for Gen eral Hampton. The confederate home, the newspaper offices and many public and private buildings are draped fn black, while every flag in the city Is flying at half mast. A memorial meeting was held at the exposition auditorium this afternoon and a monster memorial meeting of citizens Is to be called by the mayor of Charleston after the funeraL- Dispatches from all over the state indicate an enormous attendance at the funeral and that the honors to .Gen eral Hampton will . exceed anything ever seen In the state since the death of Calhoun. New millinery, arriving daily at The C. W. Polvogt Co. . PEACE. IN SIGHT THE DEDUCTION FROM THE VA RIOUS RUMORS. A HASTY CABINET MEETING To Vmmm IpoH Qoeatlon of 3Iakts Pnblle the BulKt lie Co re the Ost eon e of the Neg-otiattoaa In 9oat Afriea are Known The Term m Which the nera Will Affre to at Peae Ther lo not Demand Atav lute ladepen.leaee. London. Arril 12. "Peace is within measurably distance." !.... urobably sums up the present crop of rumor?, conjecture and deductions which hua Lone by the ears. Is it rMce? meets the eyes in flaring posters of afternoon newspapers, and the question is echoed throughout the United Kingdom. It is announced that the ministers at today's cabinet meeting, which lasted an hour, discussed a communication from Lord Kitchener. While Lord Kitchener's mt-ssage may have been of vital Importance, the As sociated Press has good reasons to be lieve that the sudden summoning of the cabinet members was due to a desire to decide whether the printing of the budget could be postponed until the Klerksdopp negotiations are settled one way or the other. Whatever the proposals of the chan cellor of the exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, may be, they are bound to Le greeted hy storms of criticism from various quarters. Peace will not modiry the crying need of additional revenue, but it would take off the sting from the additional taxa tion, which is bound to raise a protest from every Industry affected. In the national jubilation over the end of the war these individual protest would be lost to sight. It will be no surprise that the budget presentation ence more has been tostponed and If this does not take place parliamentary circles will regard it is one of the best omens that the government is assured of a successful termination of th Klerksdorp trouble. The Neof Edenburgh, whose editor i in close touch with Mr. Kruger, de dares on the highest authority that the Boers are prepared to accept the con ditions. They will not make absolute Independence a cardinal feature if they can come to a satisfactory agreement as to the future in the national govern ment. The banishment and confiscation of property proclamation must be can celled, and confiscated property must- be restored to its owners with remuner ation for stock and property destroyc f or taken by the Brlti3h. There must 1 full recognition of state debts contra - ed before and after hostilities began uul up to the date of the annexation procla mation issued by Lord Roberts; amnesty for the Cape rebels; the re lease of all political prisoners; a date fixed when all prisoners of war will tx returned to South Africa; the ofTicerH of one or two friendly jow trs to b accepted to superintend tne carrying out the terms of j-oaec. Of these, the cardinal point anl the hardest for Great Britoin to concede ix the granting of amnesty to the Cap rebels. While there is no leason to believe that this is not a semi-orTiclal summary of the Boers' demands, there - also Ik reason to think they may be modified. How strongly the government shares that hope may be Judged from the fact that the London polite officials today were ordered to keep c.peci.il!y large forces on duty until further notice, to avoid any repetition of "Mafeklng" which It is feared, might ensue should the concession of prace be announced. One of the curious features of the present negotiations I that five of the Boer representatives secured a legal training at the English bar. FItANK-ANDKHSON HOMICIDE. Andemon Dlaelinrffed on Ground of elf Defease. Cleveland. O., April 12. Judge Ken nedy, of the central police court, today discharged Cha. Anderson, who yes terday ishot and killed William Frank in South Euclid, a suburb. After a brief bearing the court said It was a clear case of self-defense. It was shown that And.-rson did not shoot un til he had been assaulted and that Frank had frequently threatened . to kill him. Twenty-four hours before the, shooting, Anderton married the di vorced wife of Frank. Anderson re cently came here from Alnsley. a sub urb of Birmingham. Ala. .Three Lad lea Drowned Quitman. Miss. April 12. While at tempting to cross the Chickasaw rirer on a flat boat at De Soto, near this place. Mrs. W. T. Baynes and two daughters Vere drowned and Mrs. Baynes' brother. Charles Falling; met a like fate, while trying to save them. Everybody get ready for Render's Bargain wieek next week. " 5