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EXCEPTIONS FILED.j MBMkftfcyhpfcs totfce Fiad h<i if te Caart ■■■ 1 1 nrans against tk yhmct. twtoiN'iaayDwkiwTtota FGia» «rn CMtnry to tk* _Waaatogtoa. & C, Spade)—Admiral Whkf. through hie counsel. Wedum *» **■* W Sooretary at Ua Kpajr Ua MB of akaspttoas fa u« me-1 tmMf at Ua fiadlogi at tha court et Nttr aad aka a letter aaklac to bo •Jtowed lo ha beard la eaaatctlea wKh to" ohjarttoaa la ha Had by attorney! far Admiral Soma»na tar Ua ledlvtdeel •Mska at Admiral Dewey. Tbla aw Oaa waa takaa after Mr. ttaraer, A. TMM aad Cartel* Parker, of caaaerl. kad bald a coataMalioa ibroagbovt the *17 with their client. Caerctory Unas •Imam immediately after the receipt of Ua rmameal.atlaa called Judge Adco (•to Lemly aad Ua sotidtor far Ua dapartmaat. Mr. Hamne into coaCer ■*» % eoaehmloa. the Socratary ■•M ht had ao slaUmiat lo mtki re •todlag may aettoa ha mt«bt taka la tha prwalim. He, bower tr, |a dice ted to Mr. Bayaor regardlag Admiral mil io'! protest, tmt that ha would receive a erf tea atanmaal u — dapaetad that teaaaal tar Ad toltol tompaoa woold Ma Uatr ob]« Haas to lha Podia** of Admiral Deauy tone earn, bat It k now stated urn ** *250000 amp set ha ogrre.l be SR. T**r. The Mil Of eaeeptloat JWM to lha approval at tha dndiiw epos Ua groand that tbf oatoloa readarad aad tha report al *“** ■toakp the majority of the «■«**«*■ fa eoadtet with the orcr whafmlaa wkltttl of evidence; aad that to Ptoky at Ua court la Utlr aaM Jptoka have leuorad Us teatkaony el Im jnlltml aad at tbr whole of tba y y^.toOaaaaa. and ill that per «toa af evil tact gj vaa by wtuaaam fat to yivwamaal which waa fhvorablf to Ue mptloaat. eBd have Uas do t™. hki at righto gaaraatasd him y toa kwa ot the ted tad Ua can “Mafko of Ua Pal tad kales." Wat ad Pra Bam Maattag. _1 —«oa. *y Cable.—Dari 1 Uoyd M. P.. la epcaklM la Bkmlag toto town han Wedaaaday alaht. pra d(dieted a araaa naprecedented to that *My atom tha Aator Park rloto. The ttaltolty at Ua aadkwea waea boetlle to la* speaker aad ware enraged hy bis prw-Boer aad aatl-CbamberLala otter totowthttr euUad tho poHct torfiii tho pktkrm. la Ua maaawhlla lha MUtog waa haatgad from Ua oatatde by a mob of atvaral Uoaaaad people. amaahod wJadawe aad tried la •toco Ua dears, which had baaa kir rleaded. They faslladed Uo aodkoca wlU otooeo U rough I be wtadowi. The palka reeervao wart turned out aad •uecMdad la dkperatag Uo au>b *h?r top to! id charges. A aamber at petaoae wera lajurad aad Ua town ball was rampktly wracked. Not a alack aria daw waa left whole. Tba Blrtalaghaa rkt k rnaildarod a carious Iiiastratlon at Ua verted career of Mr. Chum bar tola. Ua Cokatol Secretary. nadu Uprising Feared. Maria. B. C-, Special -Tha steamer Xaaaa Nana, which arrtrad Kara Wed •(•day tram tha OrUat. brlaga these •drier*: The aathorttiea la MsafU evi dently far a rteiac. tor Mullm pap'r* retort that artillery Is bate* placed la **ataa ahowt tha nty, heretofore practl «»r mpratactad escape hy email la tutry gaard detachmeata. Oatiiag |Uaa hare haaq placed la (ha haadaaar Ura at tha department of Saethcn* I —on. aad a pa-boat arm taka ap a paalUoa U tha tapaom at the rear at tha has dpi ultra. Old Tbrt Saattago. too. la hrUthag with gaaa. Two raptd-Sre pat haaa haaa moentad oa tha raat dwadp of CBIU Prtectpa aad tha riser front. A Mall Oatllax has haaa moaat •d^thaJMXalo, Oaaaral ChaXaa’s NaNawa af niaa Crspssy dadalh, Ty gyectaL—TlgaretlTcljr yidhtax the hmrmiq tha aarth aad taa atlas aadar tha aarth haaa been Nttsd dad draxtfrd tor traces of Mlaa Cbrapaay, hat after 17 days wa are ao nearer the treth thaa when aha tret -f—- - go tanka u sMetal m Imbith oty Tanadar aftaraoea. Tha •Maea’a eoaaattias af dra had Jest MMd Ha dally ■aaftag. aad om el • the anmbaea para.ant swt that aaa «f tha wMhirm para sag word that the atm la whUh peat tilth was Maced V , dad amw. thanfi tiit u (*■• Vvj i I 1 m H 1 i .-1 m .. * tAKtY FOt ttCMttL » . North Carolina Negro Oslo a Uoo4 A Washington Special le u» Char lotto Oheorrhr ears: “The Ohio. Ilknoto aad District uf Ootamhto. »mwi bare knocked Bow* tba persimmon. but they will not «et to masticate It. Cheatham loses tba oSce of Recorder at Deads, but It teams certain that Pritchard wiN contlnoa ta control the ittsaUou. Ha he recommended }. C Dancy, cot > lector of tba part at Wilmington, for |<-> place. Pritchard told Ua Pres! dcat that Dancy was aa older of the African Method 1st Episcopal k»a Church, a atroag worker aad apaaker. That ha bad been abroad and waa will fitted fay rtrtwe of a complete edu cation to disc barge Ue duties of the c*ce. A well-known North Carolina Democrat also endorsed Dancy by aaytag that no man In Ua Buts, re gardless of politics, would ragrcc to oar him successful. Unary came hers two or Urea days ago to are If he would bate aay trouble la succusd lag himself la his present position, with a W.QCJ salary, and tonight hit frlooda nay that bo is about to get o position worth a thousand dollars mors. The President Is expected to act >a Ua manor la a day or two end thea a quick decision will be made as to who la to succeed Fancy A. H. 8 toco mb, of Fayetteville, ta prom! neatly mentlor.sd la this connection. Mr. Pritchard has recommcuded the reappointment of Collector Item can and Marnhal Heary Dockery. Din triet Attorney Bernard called oe Pritchard la company with n namhet at fries da. Final dlapoaltlaa will not te made of the eastern district mat ter until about January 10th. Rail road Oomn.lealoiter Abbott la among (boas who called to endorse Bernard for reappointment. Sawell. Populist, from Carthage, la here, and Is oall tc ha aa applicant Iter the district attar neyshlp. "Renalor Simmons baa Introduced a bill appropriating 11.000 to be used In arranging the celebration of Ron aoke Island to commemorate the landing thereon of Ike tret Rogue* settlers la thin country." A Farmer Burned Oat. John lee Query, a well-known farmer of Mecklenburg county, woo Urns at Exact pest office, In Mallard Creok township, wan burned out of house and home Tuesday night. I'a lost hie barn and Its contents of lire stock and forage, and also his residence and all of kla household goods The fire occurred about midnight. The sight eras bitlorly cold and n stiff hrvun waa blowing In tho effort to ears the member* or hie fatally and protect them against the weather, Mr. Query had ao time to devote to earing his such or hcusshold effects. His lues la estimated at fl.MW. Ha had as Insur ance policy of fWO. Senator Stn m las’ BUI. Senator Biramona, baa proposed s biJ appropriating fU.OCO tor the erection of a monument to Virginia Derr, the ■ret white child bora In the Pniloi States, and also appropriating t&d.OM for tbo celebration on Roanoke island N. C., nest summer, of tbe landing July 4. 15*4. of the (ret EnglUhepciklng expedition which according to the jilt, (ret found n footing In the United Btslca. Nominations Confirmed. Washington, Special.—The Senate Wednesday confirmed the folio*log: Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton, to be major general. To be brigadier general*. Col. J. H. Smith, Seventeen th Infantry; Frederick Fnnaton. Kan as*; Col. J. U. Bell. Eighth Cavalry, and Col. Wm H. Btsbee, Thirteenth Infantry. Marion Bruin. United States attorney, southern district of Georgia; B. A A Oder. United States attorney northern district at Ocor gi*: H. C. McDowell, united Mates district lodge western district of Vir ginia Prank L Osborne, of North Carolina, assoc let* Justice of the Coart of Private Land Claims. John M. Barn re. Halted States marshal, soother* district of Georgia, W. H. Johusoa. Unltad States marital, northern district at Georgia. Plead Not Ihdlty. London. By Cable.—Theodore md Laara Jackson (Ana O'Delia Dies da Bar) pleaded not guilty when arraign ed at tbe Old Bailey to ataad trial on thy charges of Immorality. The pris on* le were not defended. Sir Edward Oerwm opened the ease, ebaraeteriog the Jackson a a* a 'belllsk nag.’’ the trial waa adjourned. Carnegie's Grit. Washington. Special —Andrew Car ueffla was la the elly today sad with Secretary Roof leached with the Presi dent at tho Whits House. It Is under stood that the proposed gift at tlO.OsO. •M hr Ur. Carnegie to the government for the MtahHahmaat at a eatverilly of higher learning la this dtp waa dle rnaerd, hut the statement la made to night that the matter la still undevel oped and that tb*r* Is nothing to be said on the SB hi vet far pahlleaUoa. Mr. Carnegie left the city this afternoon. He was halted aa aaytac aa ha wao leaving the White Home that there weald he no trouble sheet the gift— tig ha metier would earns ost ail’ right. 4 HORRIBLE DEATH. raraace Explaiiea Like a SeetMif VfiOM. AWFUL FATE OF NINE WMIVEN. Caagfet aa iba rop of a Faraaca. aad UaaMa to Eitapr, Tbay War* at Oaca Barnad to Oaatb. ) ■ Pittsburg, Pa.. Special.—By aa ti pi 0*1 oc of gas la lb* Bobo furnace nf Joaaa 4 Laugh!In. near Brady gtraal, IMi city, at 1:30 o'clock Tharsday morning, also men wwr* barard to daatk. tbrc* Injured to badly that they an not expected to lire and two other* , da age root ly kart. The damage to tb* plant will, amount to |3t,0M. The ex plosion occurred la owe ot the big blast furnaces The men were at work at the top of the (unmet over IK) (tat from tha ground. Qas, which had accomu I sled la the toraacs. exploded sad tons ot molten metal and stag were thrown over the unfortunate man on the lop of the structure All the men ■ad* a rued for tha elevator, hot tt had gone down and there was aa re cap*. Tho Jump meant certain death and to remain on tho platform wag last aa certain doom. Tons of molten metal aad slag fell upon tha men aad burned nine of them to death. Their bodies fell to tha roof of the mill. tC V4. below, every bon* broken and aa aareeognlsable man of human gesh. Ordinarily only three men work oa top of tho fornaca. bwt during the morning at about «:1B o'clock, oa* ot tho heavy Iron wagon* aaad la takin* up tba ore to tha top of the furnace got stuck la the lop of tha structure sad the three men sent for amlstsnce. A few men went up, but they could sot move th* wagon aad more want oy, uutn the number reached 14. fl ws* while they were trying to gel -he wagon released that th* fatal axplosloa took place All the maw at work o* top of tha furnaces were Slavs aad Pule*. Eye witnesses aay that it was th* most horrible sight they aver srlbitas ■d. They aay that whan th* explosion took place there was owe great load re port aad the heavens were Illuminated with a sheet of Itame showing th* man oa top of th* furaage running about, gesticulating wildly. Th* damn and hot metal looked like a volcano la ac tion. Five of the men were blown ott the top of the furnace and strange ss It may seam these men are Che one* that are still living. Tho others hung 09 the railing, some oa tha outside, other* oa the laslde. until their cloth ing was burned oC. Two of th* rlctlms hanging on the outside held oa, and re mained tenaciously clinging to the rail lag until their hagera war* 'burned off. They thea fall to tho roof of the mill, dead. Seven of the victims wart found dead on tho platform of tha cupolt. These were completely denuded of clothes by th* dames and their bodies were beraed slmoet to a crisp. Hard Weather and Coal Famlac. CVi -130 Special.—Chicago la staling a rnal lanilnc In the face aad 15 de grees below sero la predicted by tbe Wwalker Rureas within 24 hours. Th4 savers weather aad the Bocde through, out the the coal mining dlstrlcta have tied up rallrosda to such an extent that rh.pment Is almost Impossible sad rail roads are canAarallng coal aa fast na ! It arrlrer hare. At midnight a number of teal dealers who bad been canvasi lag the situation In the city report* J that there was not above 00 hours' coal vupply. No Coal al St. Loal*. El. Loala. SpeelaL—8t- Louis rheas a shortage cl coal which not only ton bnilea luflerlsg for tboae whose supply la small, tut which may result In a general ilo-up of tbs Transit Oita pany’i strset tat llnaa. Unexpected sero weather. slippery pavement* that make baullog ezcaodlogly dtlUout ty. Ire Pore and low water that have tied up tha terries, combined with ‘Ub-r d'PtruUiee of transportation, have tv ought the aspply of real tar belj v tbe regent demands of tha marks:. First Bishop ol PkllyylnH. Boston, Bpeetsl.—Bov Dr. Charles Drent. of Sc Stephen's church, la this city .was roosoerstsd the firs*, bishop df tha Episcopal church in tha Philip pines. The conaecrstor was Bishop Doans of Albany, and tha co-cosarrra. >ors Blshrope laimri. at Maxsa chaastta, aad Satterlaa. of Washington Tbe ceremony took place la Emmanuel ehnreh. Hast Speak Spanish. Mexico City. Special.—'Tha govern ment has Paally laansd tha long con templated order that all railroad SJU ployos la contact with tha public shall bs this to speak ggsaiah la sock a maaoer aa to ha able to deal directly with tbe passesgsra and public Is gen eral. This order wilt principally after: Putbaaa ear employee It Is elalaasd that maay sent denis at laU bava bars das to tbe laabiUty of Ira! amt a to apeak Spaaleh. eaealag a mlataklsg of organ. The order takes elect oa Saturday. Itallm My PommA. Carrollton. Oa-. Special.—1The head lee* body of 9 neta auppoaed to ha tl at •A ft of. Chandler, a etbool teacher uta Ward ta ltd eousty, Oa.. art* foael beaeatb a mm of ruck, at Oak Laral. Clabarao roaaty. Ala. It waa la lut October I bat Prof. Chaodler dMppaar ad. He tired la Uw Braaah, Polk roaaty, Oa.. aad taapht achoot Jut orar the Altbaaa Use la Cleburae coast/. Ho wao onoa artm ooaia atoacy Ja bit pochat aad the mu day dtaappaaird. Tbo ratlrt rootaaalty waa around orar bta dMappaoraaeo, tottarlap be bad baaa foully dealt with. The coat try waa aoarrbed. bat da ataa era* •fotnd. A fa raiai by the uai of Kalpbt baa bar* arrrated oa auapMoa •ad eoiaOttad to loll. War OfTca Hopeful l-oadoa. Sy Cable—Tb« Ajacolatad Pren laaraa that U* War odu haa cm late peMoalaa of a etpfear Mo vraai ra-parttap to bare baas east by tie Soar liaaiilut. Dotsray. atat it that la araM aot bold sot bepa ■'..1 Ittlsf. haaardlap to (ha aor| attest of The TIums at Pretoria km honored to ha 40 mHm earth. -. t at Klirbadnrp. with about four i.bd.rd Ma. The War ota la tah> .op a mate bjpifal rfow af the war tbaa It baa lakes at aay prartaae Ursa. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL New Bibrpsttsa TIM Am Rnrtchteg On FiymM Secttaa. A Raters Needed. At the met leg of the Chamber id ot Commerce ot KaoxrtUe. Tees., Mayer A O. HsUhnll. aa chairmen ot a committee ea Industrial education, presented aa elaborate report shoving the need at Just Jbat sort at educa tion la tba. South. He urged recogal tloo ot the tact that it la last aa honor able to develop a coal mine aa to be a congressman. Just as Import sat to construct and operate a instils mill aa In be a senator, last as lofty to Mid a railroad and open the riches ot a new section sa In bold a JodkUry position. Bat be recognised that pub lic opinion mast be brought up 10 a recognition at those facto no aa to Impress upon legislative bodies tbs necessity for pro riding the proper port at edecetlo*—es education which should touch the rising generation ot the South that U Is lust as digs!(ltd lust as honorable and Inst sa socially elevating to be an Inventor, a machln. 1st. a manufacturer, a Pa Sager of s coal mine, n developer of n marble quarry or a builder of a railroad sa to follow one at the learned profs* slous. Mayor Hetskell pointed lo the Work being done already by the Uni versity ot Tennessee, and expressed a bops that Its toluene* would gradu ally spread until the whole State should favor nrsoticaUy the never In dustrial training/ It Is |nst eoeh speeches aa that of Mayor HelkeU which oagbl to do ef feettve work tor tke South. He (poke as a practical man dealing with a prsc Ual problem. Hte words, as well •• the words of othars on the same line, should be given practical support, and the beet way ot getting this la for In dividuals who la their owa success recognise the advantages of Industry to set the example of liberality on Uie Part of legislatures acting for the peo ple of the 8tato by liberality oa thvli owa part toward Isstituttoaa already endeavoring against tremendous odds to meet the Increasing demapds of Southern youth. Textile Notes. The directors of the Love Manufac turing Co., sad the Rasters tfnaalac tortng Co., both of HeoUvIlle. Ala., art to meet to provide for the doubling of tbelr respective plants The reecat meeting at which thin extension was determined upon waa mentioned la thlx column. Lows Company haa fiM.004 capital and Eastern has fM.OOft. Both plants were completed recently. Messrs. C N. McLean and John K. McMarty ot New Tort, who purchased the Buena Vista (Va ) Woolen Mill! several months ago. hare that plant la full operation now The mill had pre viously been Idle for some time. It bar a capacity of lOSd yards of doth per day. and sixty operatives are tmploynd. Product la mainly cushion doth for vehleloa. The MaUila A Dirt* Co., of Chatta nooga. Tens., (tads the demand for Its ribbed hosiery so lnrraoalng that a doubling of productive capacity haa brew decided upon. Preparation! are now being made to erect a new build ing and add the necessary machinery Thu companytdhwspltallacd at KO.SOO and now operataa ninety knitting ma chines. The committee recently mentioned at Investigating aa to the establishment of a cotton factory at Brcahaju. Texas, haa mad* Its report. It la recommended that a $110,000 company be organised to build for 600* spindles sod l.V) looms. Messrs. D. C. dlddlngs. Jr.. F. W. Wood and R. A. Schuerenfaerg com post the commutes. Meters. A. P. MMhOO, H. H. Kirkpat rick. 8. C. Williams. B H. Bachman. A. 8. N. nobaoa. M. 8. Elsen and John D. Cox hare Incorporated the Jones boro iTean ) Tara M1IU, with capital stock of $36,000. This U an established plant ot 3 J00 sptndtes. and Mr. Mathes It manager. The eostt aale of the Plrmont (8. C.) Mills held last weak, resulted In the disposal of tbs property to OoL Joseph Walker for $7f.000.The purchase la om of the Uigaat stockhoMera la the com pany. Operations are now being con tinued. Toeapaa Hills Co., ot Tacapao. a. C., haa In view extensive enlargements to Its print-cloeh mill. A meeting of the directors was held last week to consider these improvements. The mill st prseeat haa 3g,SM spindles and 770 loo ana. Kinston (N. C.) Cotton Ullla haa •led amendment to Its charter allow ing aa lesance of fM.fpt worth of pre ferred alack to pay additional mi eh leery aad for ope rating capital. Elisabeth City <M. 01 Cotton Mills U conalderiag the resnsnptlon of sight work, which will about doable Its pro duction of yarns, now »f,#0e pounds per week. The equipment la tUN spinning aad iWQ twisting spindles, etc. It la stated that a min for the mane faetnre of eottoa deal we wfll be built at Pell City, Ala., by Meal Inventors. A pleat of each extent aa to employ 7M operatives aad eoaaaase It.Ote balsa of cotton aamsaity la eontewptated Lavoata (On I Ootton Mill* state that It haa so peasant letaatloa of donbllag Its tfdo sptsdle piaal. a Map thai bad been maored aa to be undertaken. This mill ben been runaiag only Ms weeks starting at boos as It waa com Tupelo (Mint.) Cotton Mill baa bookad aa order Is faralth fM.MO yards ot heavy drilling far shipment to China. This plant waa oomplotad a few months ago. aad operates Mi spindles, with 1M Mom. T%« MlasMth Wine of cwlatlo. N. C., prrrkiaaly aaadaaM. muHinf arodaotloa tkta waafc. itarttaa IM •ylnaJac »4 MM twlctlaa aytaflca oa tko yratactloa of two-yUy yaraa, tram Bcyytlaa eottoa. Tko oroetloa of MtM-ywi factory Is talka4 of at CartarartUa. da. MR. SMITH GOES OUT i If it Irakli PrcsMeat tasmtfr Official Fully. POSTMASTER GENERAL RESIGNS. Htvy C. Piyir, •! WUonili, WDI Saccaa* t1i»—ftr. Smttll IgRnam jMiraallMt. Washington. D. C.. Special.—ohaa. ■mory Bmtth, of Philadelphia, has tcadered to the Prcetdcal has reali sation aa Postmaster asnaral. to take affect early next month, and Henry C. Payne, of Wieconalo, rice chairmaa of tka Republican national committee. kaa accepted the tender ot the offoa. to which kn will be nominated Immediately after tka holi day raceaa. Mr. Smith has agreed to remain notU January llth. If neoea cceeary, bat will retirn Immediately (hereafter to Philadelphia to rcenme the tdltorthlp of The Philadelphia Pram. Tkla change la the cabinet was aanoaneed at today* eeealoa ot the cabinet. All of the members of tbo oablaeC expressed their profound re gret and Ue President paid a very Iro preeelve trtbote to the service* and psraonallly of the red ring member of hie official family. Mr. Smith flrvt aanouacad to tka Preaidant tka latter pan of Iasi month that be bad decided to return to bis editorial dattea At that time tka Presi dent urged him to reaiatn. On Satur day afternoon laat Mr. Smltb tendered to the President tba following latter of resignation. "Washington. D. 0-. Dec. It, 1*01. "My Dear Mr. Preeideat: Fallowing my verbal communication of same line ago, I bag to tender my resignation of the OSes of Postmaster General, to taka effect at yoar early convenience on tba appointment and qualification of my succemor. This step la taken to fulfillment of a plan mag since form ad, for purely perianal reasons, the ex ecution of whleh baa beeea delayed un til It etrald be carried out without am barraaslng yoar declared policy and until Department measures la which I am deeply lateranted could be eatlafac torlly advanced end ajuurod. "In laying down tbs trust committed to my baade t waat to thank you moat sincerely tor the ooafldenee yon have reposed la m*. and tor the great pleas ere I have foned In an association which has deepened my eaiaam for yoe personally and my admiration for the spirit and alms of your administration. With my beet wtsam that you may hare the Largest measure of sure sen I remain. Faithfully youri. “CH. BMOBY SMITH. ro tut riwMl Ur. Smith delayed the formal tender nntll the President had chosen hit ■nrreeeor. Ur. Payn* In now at hla horn* la Wlaoonaln. Hla name will go Into tha I!easts for confirmation tbt ■rat weak of January H* la usecl-cd to be ready to take charge of the of fice by the middle of Beat month al the latest. It la stated that no other changes la '.lu* cabinet are at preecnt eontem plated. Ur. Smith has been Poetmaeter (lea era) since trro teat succeeding James A. Gary, of Karylaad, virtually at i outset of the npauaS war. la aa In tervlaw he (poke aa follow* about hit action: "As Indicated In my resigna tion this Mep has beta take* In con formity with n plan formed many months ago. I communicated my per pace to the President lest month with tbs accompanying statement that 1 wished to consult hl« convenience as to the time when I should go out. The President was eiceedlady gracious and strongly urged me stay, bet finally accepted my reasons as conclusive of my duty to myself Uy relations with the Prealdent hove been of the mor cordlel character, end have strength ened aa we have worked together. We have been In thorough ecoorl la aU matters of policy. 1 have formed tha highest mtlmate of hie lofty end pa triotic standard of administration and It has been a great pleasure to eo op erate with Mm. Uy resignation hu been delayed beyond my original par pose for two reasons, SIMS nan uu aoilsed—first, to consult the Presi dent's wishes end to sot embarrass his policy aa to bis cabinet, and. second to carry forward Department policies lp which I am greatly tut eras tad, to a point where their success Is assured. Uy sueoMsor, Mr. Payne, Is a man who by ability and experience and knowl edge of public affairs, It admirably fit ted for the place aad I am glad to sur render tbs treat to such exeellwat has da. I return to active Jours alum with e feeling of great satlsfaeUon." Conference Arranged. Boeooe Ayres, via Galveston, Boer! a] —II is asserted here that Chill will not reject the modi ■cations to the original Chinese note suggested by Argentine, bet that she will make certain ehjeo tloas thereto which will reader neces sary farther conferences and discus sions. H la conceded, however, that even these objections from Chill set forth that country’s sincere desire to effect a peaceful settlement of the troeble. Tbs Dtarlo peb!lakes a Ms gram from Valparaiso to tha affect that Chill baa eacceedad la non chid lag ne gotiations for the purchase of the Rus sian battleship ReUvIstaa. A ItiWy l»co«fonM. '.DoMoa, BgodaL—Tha Incorporation of tka World Uatoa of GkrTaUaa Ea ***»or aa*ar tka lam of Maaaacko aatta waa agraa* at Iko qaartarty mart lag at tka boar* of traataaa or tbr tJalta* Boasaty. Ca*ar tka lacorporv tloo, Bar. Prank K. OUrk. D. D.. waa rhaaaa pram tut; J winia Baar. arnrr tary, an* Waa. Bhav, traaaarar. Af thr mating to*ay. Baa ratary Baar. of tko Haifa* Bom my. rtyorta* a fatal of *1, M» aodatlaa with a fatal — baraklp at I t**AM. Mtaa Wartara MkM. MatftaoarlUa. Kf aparttl -Tha Wabatar aaaatjr «raal ptrj. ta team ai Dlioa, ratwaak tetltfata aaaiaat iaaa D. Wool. praallaat at tka CiHa4 Mtaa Warm at Aaarta at tka twatr-tklM UatrVt mttrataa karaakp. ala prill a I. ut W B. P.ian#»f, a ■ ■akii at tka Mlalal haarl. 4wpu tkaa u aotaarta Patera tka teat ter atMal aala Tka latlauaaata ara a malt at aa ini noaa at tka teata iianwil wttk tka attaak aa4a at ha PmUa« Mtaa Vr aaloa aaa *ra vaaka ara TREATY IS RATIFIES. Tbe daBeta Confirms tha May PaaatrioU Canal Airaaiarat TUB HOUSE. Tenth Day—Tha Uoeae held a aaa •loo uf bet thirty aalautaa daratloa. No important legislation waa aoterad op on. Eleventh Day.—At the cloaa of the session tha committee designat'd by tha two boosts of Con grass appointed to laelta Secretary Hay to deliver an addraM In honor of tbs memory o( tha lata President McKinley, called upon Secratary and • soured bla coaaeat to parform this service. No time for the cerrmotty era* ltd The House adjourn'd without accomptlablag ear thing. Twelfth Day—Tbe bill to provide temporary revenues for tbe Philippine Inlands was debated la tbs House It •as the debate session and waa con ducted easily aad without display ot tamper. 8everal lively exchange* and ea Impassioned (peach by Mr. DeAr moed. of Missouri. wbo he* fuel r» turned (ram e trip to the Philippines. In opposition to tha retention of the Island*, wan the features. Mr. Payne, tbs door leader of the majority, opened Uia debate on hla aide. Owing to the le dt*position ot Mr. Klcbardaon, the duty of opening for the minority devolved upon Mr Swaasoa, of Virginia Thirteenth Day.--Before tha House adjourned over tbe holiday reran a special order was made for tha conald. •ratios ot the Nlcarauguan Canal bill beginning on Tuoaday. January 7, aad to continue until tha bill la dlspcuod of. tbs order, oof. however, to interfere with rrrenae or appropriation bills Tbe tenaloe of the House was brief, the major portion of the time being occu pled by Mr. DeArmoad, of Missouri, in making a prraoual explanation regard ing reports circulated la hla district ol the extension of the rural free dalle ery. SENATE. Tenth Day.—The day waa spent lo discussion of the Hay Poumctfote treaty. The Seaata adjourned at 4.30 P- at. Eleventh Day.—The Benate ratified the Hay-Pauocefote canal treaty by the decisive vote of 72 to 4. The vote was reached a low minutes before & o'clock, after almost five hours' die ruaalon behind closed doors. There were do sensational Incidents during the entire time. The debate waa con fined not exclusively to a dtscnaalon of tha merits of the agreement, but the policy of lla provision. The prin cipal speech was made by Senator Tallar In opposition to the treaty and ha eras followed In rapid aurcsael.m by 12 or It other Senators, who spoke briefly either for or against the mo ttos to ratify. The vote on the raUfl cation of the treaty waa as follow*: Yeas: Aldrich. Allison. Bard. Hate, Berry. Beveridge. Burnham. Borrow* Burton. Carmack, Clapp. Clark, ot Montana; Clark, of Wyoming; Clay. Cockrell, Culloni. Deboa. De4trick. Dil lingham. DolUser. Dubois. Fairbanks. Purakrr Foster, of Louisiana; Foster, of Washington: Frye. Oalllnger. Ocm Me. Glbaon.Han* two ugh. Harris llaw lay, HettfdH. Hoar. Jones of Ar kansas; Kean. Keans. MHtredge. Lodge. McComaa. McCnmber. Mo Eoary. McLaurin. of Mississippi: Mo Leurlo. of South Carolina; UeMlllao. Mania. Mason. Mitchell Money. Mor gas. Nelson. Penrose. Perkins, .Halt, at Oouscllcut; Platt, of New York: Pritchard. Proctor. Q oar lea, Hcolt. Simmons Blmon. Spooner. Taltaforr i Turner. Vest. Warren. Wellington. Wetmore—7*. Nays: Baron. Blackburn. Citlhcreon, Mallory. Teller. Tillman—4. Ballsy paired with Depaw anl El kina: Rawlins paired with Hanna rnd Bewail Those who did not role and for wham no pairs were announced are: Daniel. Jones of Nevada; Pal tar eon and Quay Twelfth Day—While the Benate wni la executive session Senator Morgan mads aa effort to have the ResnU ipske hla blit authorising the aofloUI tioo ot a right ot way for the proposed Isthmian canal across Coats Rlra and Nicaragua, the special order fur 1 o'clock Wednesday, but the Senate do dined to msko the order. Some Sena tors expressed tha opinion that all general leglatatiom should be postponed until after tha holidays owing to the absence of a number of Senator* out It waa suggested that Mr. Morgan might. If be so desired, move to taka up the bill. He Indicated a purpose to pursue this course. Bens tor Morgen outlined the present attitude of Nicaragua and Coats Rico saying that those two governments bed laxt year entered Into agreemeste with the United State* to sign treaties greeting right of emy whenever the United States should be prepared lo construct ths canal but that ths gov ernment of tha United States did not feel that farther negotiations eoald be consomme ted until Congress should lake steps looking to the construction of the easel. On this acrount he cnasld ared It Important to secure action oa the right ot way bill befor* the ad journment for the holidays. The open session of tbs Beasts eras very brief. Thirteenth Day.—In the Imiti IV bill temporarily to provide revenue tot the Philippine Islands, whleh waa pamnd by the House of Rapresentatlrea yesterday, waa referred to the com mitt** on the Philippine* Attar a abort exarutivo soaoion, the Beasts adjourned to January 4. 1P0A Mtmn. O. C. Carmichael, B. B. Ben nett aad 8. C. Oliver of Dothaa. Ul, ere eadeevorlng In orgualne a IMO.AOd atoey com pen 7 for the erect Ion of a cot toe mill They propoee a pleat at 19 000 iptadlee aa4 *00 loose to maeofaetnre print clothe. The eh area are to he di vided lata <190 each. It par ceat to he paid eaah tad ( per coat for ala teen moo the " ! The Ceadaotor Wee aa Ertra. Patacngrri on a Brooklyn bridge trol ley car were greatly treated the other day at the aatlca of their conductor, who bad been an old tailor aad waa going through eoene Urange perform mere on the rear platform to ahow that hr wetn'i alt landlubber yrt. although be had been ringing np fare* for arv rral yearn The rejuvenated tailor Mid. "I ‘ad a 5n« rdd time. Voling ropea when I 'ad i berth on the three-obyaaO-yarder Stanhope. I take* on a 'alytrd like ■htt." hr continued, grabbing the trng Ity rope and palling until the motor man rang for power Bedard he waa brough with Mi enhibitlou of prowaaa be brake had been need aa a mpaiaii. ■he rear teat aa a forward dark, and ihe fender at a long boat twang from ta dartre Jut* then the Brortkfya <gd ft foe bridge »at reached and the waa teamed htt rote at ordinary enudec or ““——- | tome young man Ml la lore end aoaw jump la with bath ket SCHLEY’S OBJECTION To the Fladiiff of the Court Before Which Ms faded Was lemifealed COUNSEL TO FILE A STATEHENT Deatroyer of Spaalab Sqaatroa WMI N«< Taaioly Sakai It to Ibe Official Declaration That Ha la a Cowart. Wahluglos. Special—Admiral Schley was |a consultation Monday with hla counsel, Hon. laador Raynor and Mr. M. A. Teague, also Gee Felix Aguue, of Baltimore, and Congressmen Dchlrrn ft Maryland. After the conftroace Admiral Schley asked Mr. Teague to make the following atatnment: "We hare been In coaraltalloa aa to what farther (tape shall be lakes Nothing definite has been determined upon eo law aa drtl or criminal action of any kind against Mutiny and hie sponsors la concerned. MecWy'a rlalm that tbe findings of tha court are e via dloatlon for klmralf end his book la ab solutely spurious There are no less than half a iloecn lastancea In the hook le which, sees if he were to ac cept the findings of the court aid In corporals them la the' volume end change It to suit the findings the book woold still be criminal libel." Mr. Teague during the afternoon presented the followlog letter to Secre tary Long: "Washington. Dee. 1* "SV I have the honor to most re spectfully request that you withhold your approval from the Radioga of tha court of Inquiry recently held at the navy yard la this cliy of Washington of which Admiral George Dewey was president. until such time as I may have aa opportastty to Ills a statement of objections thereto, and I therefore reqaeet that you do aot dissolve the raurt until ad Ion shall have been tak en on such objections. "Very respectfully. • W. 8. ftOHIATY "Rear Admiral V. 8. N. "laador Rayaer, Counsel for the Ap pllrant Before Bald Court of Inquiry. "To the Hon. Berrelary of tbe Navy " .Mr. Teague asked the Secretary to Indicate hla probable nctfUD IU the premises. The Secretary replied that the request would be panted and hla action la tha ladings and the dissolu tion of the court srlthheld until the oh lections were received and ho bat hat an opportunity to consider theta. H* stated that he would communicate with Admiral 8chley In writing and asked bow long a time counsel desired In present their ohlsrttotu. Mr. Taigas replied that they would be ready for preaentatlou by Thursday or Friday or this week. nt win except ui toe anniippi court," it Id Mr. Teague "and make a demand that tbs majority opinion bn d I say pro rad by tba Secretary at con trary to Iba nvldanrn and thn pcrllnrnt facts in Iba rasa, which Urn coart baa not considered nor acted upon." While Mr. Teague would not ear that such artiou would he taken ha pointed out Uta fact that they could appeal from tho Secretary's action to tha President of tha llnltnd States, tuon tJVHJMS ftp #01 ui Jim acknowledged, in a format lettar. tUe receipt of tho request from Admiral Schley lor permission to file a bill ot object Vo aa. The Secretary* reiponi* araa brief and It grentrd the requiw: and allowed until Friday next In which In submit the bill. Admiral Schley haa been relieved from further duty In connection ertih the Court of Inqti'vy. Admiral Dewey, president of the court, waa asked for a statement aa to the extant to which h* endoraed the Sndlnga of the mtjor. fty. "1 have not a word to say," ho replied, "aot a word." Labor and Capital Conference. Now York. Special.—Brought togeth er by the good office* of tha NalUmal Clril Federation, leading reprewenu liven of labor sad capital met here Monday (o dlarusa plana lo mlnlmlxt wage and Industrial dlsputaa. Aiding than with count*] were several prom inent students of economics and landing figure* la the religious world and the opening session won notable for a number of strtklng expression* and comments upon tha problem faced by tha aonfereea Negro Claw Day Orator. Cambridge. Mass.. Special.—The earn tor cbm at Harvard haa chosen R. C. Bruce, of Indianapolis, aa ebaa dav orator. Bruce Is one of the few col ored men la the collage. Tbs Hancock Salta For Manila. Tha transport Hancock sailed at noon Monday from San Francisco for Maalb. Seth Low Takas the Oath. New York, SpeMnl—Seth Low took the oath of office aa mayor of Maw York la tha Supreme Court Monday Mr, Low will aaaama office at noon oa January I. Mayor-elect In* announ ced tha following appolnUneota: Cotn mlanioaer of water aapply, gap and •feeirtalty. J. Hampden Dougherty. In fepeadeat Democrat and Cltlaaaa' Un loa, of Brooklyn; bridge eoamalaaloa *r . Ouetay Lfadanthal, Independent Democrat and Otraaa- Americas Ite fora DolOa; clrtl service eommlaa.oo. Wlllla Ogdan. Alaiaader T. Manon. \Y. A. Parise aad Coraeihra Vanderbilt. W spa bl lease. aad W N. Dykmaa. Then dart Daata aad Nalsoa A. Spencer, I| • fepmdaat Democrats. ■ ■ e Ra' ObftaclM Removed. Wasblagtoa. Special—Ae a result of- tha aaaellatloaa that have been in paoffraaa between Secretary Hay anJ. Mr. Ibrnn, tha Danish minister, the laat obstacles of n beta ace to Ihn pre pnreitoo of tba treaty of case ton whereby tbe United flu tee will be eotae poaaeaead of tba Danish Want Indian lataade bare been removed. Tba decision of tba Saprsaa Court la the Insular cases has mode easier the preparation of the treaty oa anUr factory Ihma It la said Bfll Agetnet Anarch lets Wasblagtoa. Spatial—Chairman Ray of tbs Hamas committee oa lailelary. hat a profiled ibe special committee to draft aa aaU-eaarehy measure aa teUwws: Ray. of Hew York; 'JamUn*. of Wlaroaala; Overstreet. of Iadlaaa; LMUsffeld. of Males. Republicans, aad Leaks ae of Texas; Elliott of Swath Carolina. Smith, af Kmtachy. nam Ihff. of Oeorgle Benin era la Tha ape rlal committee atfl man* after tha hall days aad la tha meeatlaee tha fhair mn will twirodane a maaaara shirk aUl be tba haala af rommltlaa erfUni.
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