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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department is informed that
the torpedo boat destroyer Hull was de-
livered to the commandant at the navy
yard. League Island. yesterday.
The gun boat Helena has arrived at Cam
ton and the gunboats Ell Cano and Villalo-
bos at Shanghai.
The gunboat Culgoa left New York yes
tsrday for Pensacola.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
ENGLAND WANTS PARCELS POST
Negotiations With This Country Have
Been Reopened,

LONDON, March 19.-Replying to ques-
tion in the house Of commons today, Post
master General Austen Chamberlain said
the post Office had long desired to conclude
a parcel post agreement with the United
States, but had been unable to obtain
American assent. Recently, however, the
United States had proposed reopening the
negotiations and communications on the
subject were now being exchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Fourth-Class Postmasters.

There were thirty-two fourth-class pest
masters appointed today, OF whom thirty
are to fill vacancies created by death OK
resignation and one will take an office mz<la
vacant by the removal of the former post
master at the end of four years service. OF
those appointed the following was for tff-
ginia:
James T. Morton, Ellis, Grayson county,
vice Nettie Pool, resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Personal Mention.

Mr.. c. w. Barnes of Jacksonville Fla,
and Mr.. D. ]. r. Ushikubo OF Japan are at
the Shoreham.
Mr.. C. S. Hood Of Seneca Falls. N. Y, Is
at the Arlington.
Mr.. Theodore Starrett Of New York and
Major George E. Harrison, u. 8. A., are at
the New Willard.
Mr.. Frederick /. Chapman of New York
and Mr.. E. X. Moore Of Philadelphia are
at the Raleigh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Fire Prevention CONGRESS.

The Department of State has received
from Mr.. Henry White. charge d'affaires at
London, notice that the international fire
prevention congress will be held in London
from July to 10, 1903, in connection with
the international fire exhibition. An invita-
ton is extended to the principal public de-
partments of the United States interested In
the subject to be represented at this con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Firemen Get Increase in Paw

GALVESTON. Tex. March 19.-The fire.
men on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
have received an increase Of wages which
will average 12h per cent The firemen
are OF the last OF the employees to ask Tor
an increase. the trainmen, engineers and
switchmen having been granted an ad.
vance some time ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19

for several years at an earlier period OF his
career and rendered excellent service in
connection with various important public
works, including the improvement Of the
Potomac river.
Career Of Col. Hams.
He was born in Philadelphia, and was
graduated from the Military Academy in
1861. He was promoted to be first lieuten-
ant, I'd Artillery, in June of that year, and
served in the Army Of the Potomac until
March, 1868, having been engaged in the
first battle Of Bull Run, siege of Yorktown,
battles Of Williamsburg, Hanover Court
House and Malvern HILL At the last-named
place his battery commander, Capt Benson.
was mortally wounded, and the command
devolyed upon Lieut.. Hams.
This he continued to exercise until the
latter part of September, 1862, when he
was assigned typographical engineer at
the headquarters of the Army of the Po-
tomac.
Subsequently he was chief typographical
engineer CT the center grand division Army
of the Potomac; chief engineer of the 18th
Corps Army of the Tennessee, and chief
engineer Of the Department of the Cuff.
In 1865 he was appointed colonel Of the
10th New Jersey Volunteers.
. Since the Civil War.
Since the civil war Col. Hams has been
engaged on various engineering works,
civil and military. He was appointed col
onel of the Corps of Engineers August 10,
1895, and a member of the Nicaragua canal
commission October 80 1897
He is now stationed at Baltimore as divis-
ion engineer of the southeast division and
has charge of the works for the defense of
Baltimore and the Improvement of the har-
Dor of that city. He is also a member of
the lighthouse board, and frequently comes
to this city to attend the meetings of that
body. He is the ranking colonel in his
corps.
Although not settled. it is possible, in view
of his engineering skill and familiarity with
the isthmian canals that he may be ap-
pointed a member of the Isthmian canal
commission charged with the construction
of the Panama canal in accordance with the
law and the treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
Austria Friendly to the Duello.

VIENNA. March 19.-The war minister
has forbidden all officers to Join the anti
dueling league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
The Presidents Western Trip.


trip continue to take up the time Of a num-
Der OF western senator's, who are endeayor-
Ing to arrange to have stops made to suit
their own plans or the desires Of enthusiast
tic constituents. There is some pickering
ana squabbling in numerous localities, and
the senators are endeavoring to arrange
tnese as well as possible. : Among those
VINO saw the President and Secretary Loeb
today were Senator's Burton and Long Of
Kansas, Bard and Perkins Of California.
Hepburn of Idaho, Hansbrongh. North Da-
kota; Kittredge of South Dakota.
The senatorial callers, atSthe white House
during the day were numerous. Many
OF the senators made farewell calls, as
they intend to get out Of the scity without
delay after the adjournment OF the Senate.
Those with the President were Senators
Burrows, Overman. Foster, Alger. Bever-
idge and Spooner. The wisconsin senator
presented Maj. Frank w. Oakley, formerly
United States marshal Of Wisconsin and
now clerk of the Unitesf. States court at
Madison.
Representative G. W. Smith of Illinois
presented a friend. Gen.=B. f. Tracey Of
New York paid visit to the President.
Senator Hanna Has Talk.
Senator Hanna had conference with the
President about some southern appoint
ments. AS chairman. of the republican ma
tfonal committee Senator Hanna finds that
occasionally he cannot avoid seeing the
President as to southern positions although
It has for some time been recognized that
Gen. j. 8. Clarkson of New York was the
Presidents representative as to southern
positions.
Representative Richardson of Tennessee
and Representative BurtonSof Ohio saw the
President. f
Catholic Dignitartes Call.
Bishop conaty and DIR. Daugherty Of
Georgetown College called on the President
today. but declined to discuss the purpose
Of their call Dr. conaty made similar
visit recently. Cardinal Gibbons was at
the White House yesterday, stating that
the President had sent for him. 1t is sup
posed that q matter of interest to the
Catholic Church Is pending at the White
House and is being discussed with the
President. az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-19
An ad. in The Star Is q

salesman calling at thirty
five thousand homes every
day and being given courte-
Gus consideration in the
parlor or library.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
THAT DAY HAS PASSED.
arleston News and Courier.

1t is a very remarkable thing that
whenever the saloon keepers or the
gamblers are attacked they always
threaten reprisal. That day, however, Is
over in this country. The public is more
intelligent than it used to be, and the
business men know very well that every
dollar which is spent in whiskey drinking
and gambling is a dollar that might
otherwise have gone into the ordinary
channels of trade. We know that some
very good men are engaged in the manu-
facture and sale of wines and liquors.
and a number of gamblers might be
named who do good deeds to the poor.
but they would be better men, so far as
the general community is concerned, if
they were engaged in what are known as
legitimate occupations, and not occupa
tions which by general consent are al
ways under surveillance.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
SHOULD A PREACHER MARRY d.
VORCED PEOPLl?

An Episcopal clergyman in Mississippi.
Rev. Quincy Ewing, has accepted a call
to Birmingham church. Bishop Beck
with objects to Mr.. Ewing's coming into
his diocese because he performed the
marriage ceremony of minister who was
divorced, and whose wife is still living.
The vestry Of the Birmingham church re
sent the action of Bishop Beckwith, say
ing that the matter had been looked into
by Bishop Thompson who did not disap-
prove Mr. Ewing's action, and are stand
ing by their newly chosen rector. The
telegraphic account says that the affair
has stirred up much feeling in Episcopa.
Ian circles
Independent of the merits of, this case.
it will have the effect of directing the
attention of thoughtful men to the pre-
valence OF divorce and of raising as a
live question the old question whethe.
a minister ought to perform the marriage
ceremony for divorced people. In most
of the churches the ministers have not
hesitated to perform the ceremony. but
Catholic preachers have not done so in
any case, and very few cases are recorded
where Episcopalian clergymen have mar
RED divorced parties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
A Terror of the Night.
Especial to News and Observer


Goldsboro, n. c., Oct. 15.-The colored
population living in the vicinity of the
big ditch are much wrought up over tie
report that bear has been seen in that
neighborhood at night. On either side of
the Elm street crossing of the big ditch
there are corn fields in which the bear
is reported to make his appearance every
night 1t is not known exactly what It
is that has given the negroes such a
fright, but it is evident that some kind
of an animal has been seen proving
through the corn fields in that locality
for several nights.
Esquire Hugh Humphrey, of the magls-
terial force of this city, performed the
marriage ceremony yesterday for a Wayne
county man who was taking unto himself
a wife for the fourth time. The BRIDE and
groom were AZ years old each and their
names are Troy Howell and Mary Ann
Norris
Mr.. K. B. Smith. of Pikevllle, was in
tie city yesterday for the purpose of get
ting legal advice on the question OF calling
an election on prohibition IN his town at
an early day. Pikeville is just nine miles
from this city and after prohibition goes
into effect here on the first OF January
this will be the nearest place In which
liquor will be sold 1t is the purpose OF
the prohibitionsts to run Whlskey out Oh
Pikeville so that that town can not DC
charged with furnishing Thiskey rol
Goldsboro
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
AN ANNUAL REUNION
Board ofManagers Take Steps
to Effect This.
Residents of The State Invited 10 Become Stock
holders in the Reunion Association
companV.
Especial to News and Observer


Greensboro, N. c., Oct 15.-It has been
the intention of the promoters of the
present reunion to make the event a Stat
affair and to hold reunion each year
Now that the first reunion is over and
proved such a wonderful success the Board
of Managers have decided to take steps
at once towards carrying out their plans.
They met at the Benbow Hotel last night
and passed the following resolutions:
Whereas, it was planned in the origi
nal conception of the North Carolina Re
union that the same should be made perm
anent and that there should be an an
nual reunion at such time and place as
the North Carolina Reunion Company
might from year to year determine, and
Whereas it has been strongly urged by
the non-residents attending the North
Carolina Reunion this year at Greensboro,
~ c., and also by letters from numerous
non-reldents who were unable to be
present that the organization known and
chartered as the North Carolina Reunlon
Association Company should be completed
and that the necessary steps should be
taken at once for a permanent annual
Reunion to be held in Greensboro, Moth
Carolina, and
Whereas, it has been further urged by
visiting residents that Greensboro ts
the most central and accessible point, both
for the nonresident and the resident,
and that after each annual reunion special!
excursion rates may be obtained each
year for the various points in the State
and
Whereas, new and other additional fea
lures have been suggested and urged TO
make each succeeding reunion more
pleasant and more successful, therefore
be it
Resolved, by the Board of Managers
of the North Carolina Reunion Association
Company that there shall be held at
Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1854, an
other reunion under the auspices OF the
North Carolina Reunion Association COM
pany ard annually thereafter and that
special or excursion rates be arranged
for the remainder of the week by which
visiting non-residents will be enabled to
visit the various points in the State and
that the whole of said week shall here
after be known as the North Carolina
old Home Week for all Nonresident North
Carolinians.
THAT it is the purpose of the present
management to make this annual reunion
State affair and to this end every resi-
dent of the State is invited to join in
this patriotic effort by becoming a stock
holder in the said North Carolina Reunion
Association Company.
Charles d. McIver, chairman; R. r.
King, j. w. Fry, j. A. IOdell, Caesar Cone.
George S. Bradshaw, Board of Managers;
Robert d. Douglass, Secretary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE CONFERRED

The Supreme Court of North Carolina
decided yesterday that if a man happens
to be a Judge he is entitled to exemption
from the taxation imposed upon common
to put on gowns and wigs. make their
tenure one for life, double their salaries,
and cut wide gulf between judges and or
binary folks. If it is right or lawful to re-
ouire to lawyer or doctor to pay tax on
his 81 200 income and exempt a judge on
his SIS 900 income, it is a species of special
privilege, having no warrant in reason
and is rank official favoritism and plain
injustice.
AS long as judges continue the law to
exempt themselves from tax imposed
upon all others, they will be using their
high office, consciously or unconsciously,
to grant a special privilege to a class, re-
pugnant to the spirit of our laws. OF
ton of other judges in other States who
have twisted the law to exempt them
selves and others who draw public salaries
from paying their just share of the ex-
penses of government. But, we submit,
that the proper way to construe the law
is by justice and not to be governed by
presidents based upon the monarchical
conception of office. This decision of put
ting the office-holder above the man is as
bad and is based upon the same funda-
mental error that makes Hoke VS.. Hen
derson repugnant to the spirit of the
American Republic.
The income tax law applies equally to
all persons, private and official, and the
decision annulling that tax as to officials,
is equivalent to declaring that we have
an official class among us above the laws
and exempted from taxation. That is
class privilege which would not have been
tolerated by the men who believed in the
declaration, equal rights to all and
special privileges to none
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
FOUR CHAINED T0aETHRR.
Prisoners From Sampson on the Way to the
Penitentiary
Especial to News and observer.)

AGPINiol W ANCNS anu CDSCi NNA'j
Goldsboro N. c., Oct 15.-Sheriff Turn
er and Deputy Sheriff Matthews, of Samp-
son county, were in the city today with
four white prisoners whom they were
taking to the pententiary for a term of
eight years. The men whose names are
John Stobbs, Golaster Long. Charles Pore,
and James Arnett, were convicted of con
spiracy at the recent term of Sampson
court. They We're supposed to be en-
gagged in illicit distilling An old man by
the name of Howard, living in the same
neighborhood, for some reason, threatened
to expose the distillery and all four of the
men mentioned above went to the home
of Howard and took him out and gave HIM
an unmercful whipping They then told
the old man that if he. did not leave the
neighborhood they were going to kill him
The old man had the crowd arrested and
put in Jail. The sheriff had all four of
the men chained together.
The colored Baptist Association is in
session in this city and every incoming
train has been loaded with delegates. The
train from the South at noon had two
carloads of delegates The second-class
white passengers had to occupy seats in
the ffrst-class cars.
The Southern Railway is erecting an
iron or steel bridge oyer Little River,
near this city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
Spirit of the Press.
HUMAN LIFE CHEAP.
Wilmington Messenger.


A shooting affair at Statesville SatuI-
day night shows on what slight provoca-
ton men who are in the habit of carrying
pistols will use them. One man on that
occasion was seriously wounded in the
foot by a pistol ball intended for another
The man who did the shooting claimed
that the one shot at had run against him
and when reproved had cussed him. This
was enough in the opinion of this pistol
toter to justify him in drawing his weap
on and to begin firing. He fired three shots
at his man, only one taking effect and
that in the foot of by-stander. The
ball was caused to range downward by
the pistol being kicked down by person
standing nearby, else it might have reach
ed some vital spot in the man wounded,
and there would have been another mur-
dert trial.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
THE COLLEGE 7. n. C. A.
Series of Conferences Plannsd---Representa-
tivss of II Colleges to Meet.
Especial to News and Observer

lSpeclai to News ana observer
Chapel Hill. n. c.. Oct 15-The stud
ents deuaI tment of the State Executive
Committee of the Young Mems Christian
Association is inaugurating series OF
grand conferences for the representatives
of student Young Mems Christian Assc-
Citations in the various sections of the
Carolnas. The first of these gatherings
will be held at Chapel Hill, October 2rd
to 25th
Associations at the following institu-
tions will be represented: Guilford College.
Oak Ridge Institute, Sharpe's Institute.
Whitsett Institute, Elon College, william
Bingham School Trinity Park High
School. Trinity College, A. and M Col
lege. Wake Forest College and the Uni
versty of North Carolina.
About one hundred delegates are ex-
pected The delegates will reach Chapel
Hill Friday, on the evening train and
will return to their colleges Monday morn
ing
The program includes addresses by
profound thinkers, among them being
President F. p Venable, Prof Plato Dur
ham, w S. Weatherford, New York City;
e. G. Wilson, Washington, ID. c.; j. t.
Hubbard, Richmond Va, and others.
Committees have been appointed by the
local association for work IN the interest
of the conference and the members of the
University Association will look after tae
minute details in entertaining those COL
lege men in order that our visiting friends
may feel that the association here and
the University as whole have succeeded
in making the conference the most pleas
ant that has been held in the State.
The 15Oth meeting of the Elisha Mitchell
Scientific Society was held in the even
ing in Person Hall. The following papers
were presented. The Use of the Victor
Diagram in Electrical Engineering" by
Mr.. j. E. Latta; Tanning, by DR..
Charles Baskerville, and "A Study in Col
ors," by Prof. H. V. Howell.
After the reading of these papers a
business meeting was held, and the fol-
lowing officers elected: President, DR..
Baskerville; vice-president, Mr.. Latta:
secretary, DR.. A. S. Wheeler.
A committee consisting OF Profs. Gore,
Coker and Wheeler, was appointed to ar
range for the next annual meeting of the
North Carolina Academy of Science,
which is to be held with the University
early in November.
Mr.. Frank Milburn. the well known
architect, is here on business concerning
the Y. NJ. c. A. building.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16

The impression has gone abroad that
under the terms of the will of the late
Philo S. Bennett, his executor. William
Jennings Bryan, has $250,OO0 to distribute
to educational institutions. This is error.
Among the public requests the will pro-
vides that $4,000 be divided among twcn-
ty-five colleges or universities. by William
j. Bryan and $4,000 is given to Mr.. Bry-
an to aid needy students, while a similar
amount is to be distributed by Mrs. Bry-
an among deserving students in female
colleges
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16

Connecticut is running South Dakota a
race for first place in granting divorces.
Sixty-one per cent. of the new business
before the October term of the Superior
Court of Connecticut is divorce litiga-
ton. At the end of the Superior Court
term last summer. the divorce cases on
tho docket represented 45 per cent OF
the business. If we keep on letting down
the bars in North Carolina, we may yet
sink low enough to be in the same clas,
as Connecticut and South Dakota,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
THEY MUST STOP IT.

The time was in North Carolina that
a person could safely sell liquor in some
sections of the State without license. feel
ing pretty sure that his lawyer could Sc
cure this record on the court dockets:
Judgment suspended on payment of
COSTS That time has passed and men
who violate the law must answer for it.
A special from Gates county brings the
news that Judge Council has sent a
white man to the roads for two years for
selling whiskey without license. Other
judges are imposing proper sentences for
the same offense These judgments should
be made known far and near so that
men who are engaged in this unlawful
business may see that it is to their in
tcrest to stop it before they are convicted
and punished.
Public sentiment is with Judge Council
and other judges who are enforcing this
law. The people are rulers. When they
write it in the law that liquor shall not
be sold in given place, they expect to
see all the officers of the law enforce
that as we'll as all other statutes. The
two things that have done most to re-
tard education and progress in North
Carolina are the running of ''hell-kettles"
in out of the way places in the country.
where they debauched whole neighbor-
hoods, and the illegal traffic in whiskey.
The law permits neither and if the men
chosen to execute the law perform their
sworn duty, the law can be generally, If
not perfectly, enforced.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
WAS IMPORTED.
Rocky Mount Motor.N

X As result of the recent agitation <
!. of Postmaster Robbins having too =
!. many of his family as employees in :.
X the postoffice here, Mr. R. l.. Ray, X
!. of Marshal, is now. ensconced as <
K register clerk taking the place of 4
!. Mr.. Logan Robbins, who will go to :.
! school in a short while to a business <
:. college. 1t would appear, considering =
X that Mr.. Ray comes from Marshal, !.
:. the home of Senator Pritchard, that :.
\ State Chairman Rollins named the ).
:. new clerk. 1t is the first case of !.
:. which we ever heard that an outsider :.
:. was given such a position. But MI. x
!. Ray presents right prepossessing K
!. appearance and since there were no <
i local white Republicans to fill the \
\ job, we suppose Mr.. Ray will do. <
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-16
A MORNING TONIC.
(Lord Chesterfeld.)

At the same time that you carefully
decline the friendship of knaves and fools,
there is no occasion to make either o.
them your enemies, wantonly and unpro-
voked; they are numerous bodies. and l
would choose rather secure neutrality,
than alliance or war, with either OF
them You may be a declared enemy of
their vices and follies, without beirg
marked out by them as personal one.
Their enmity is the next dangerous thing
to their friendship.