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COLUMBUS, N. G THUKSDaY, APRIL 2, 1903.
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I IRISH LAND BILL
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ieasure Introduced That Will Be
i of Vast Benefit
OPOSES A LARGE MONEY GRANT,
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Irish Secretary Introduces the
Jovernment Land Bill Into British
louse of Commons.
,ondon, By Cable, The Irish Secre
y, Mr. Wyndham, introduced the
s-ernment's long-anticipated Irish
id bill in the House of Commons
dnesday afternoon. It proposes a
rot of $60,000,000 for the purposes
the bill. Tenants are to pay 3 per
at. interest on loans from the gov
ament. Mr. Wyndham said he
Dught the scheme would not involve
er $300,000,000, but that $750,000,000
uld be safely advanced on Irish land.
Ivances to tenants are limited to $2,
) in the congested districts and $5,
0 elsewhere. The bill also provides
at untenanted farms and grazing
ad shallbe sold to neighboring ten
ts and that three commissioners to
known as estate commissioners shall
pervise the sales. The name of the
ree commissioners are Michael Fin
me, secretary to the government's
mgal general and statistical depart
ent; Frederick S. French, one of the
iish land commissioners, and William
Bailey, one of the assistant commis
Dners on the Irish land commission,
ley will be under the general control
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
aey will become effective November
f
t. .
JThe keen interest felt in this new
gislation, which it is hoped will pro
mote peace and contentment in Ire
id, -was shown by the crowded House.
he peers' gallery and the distinguish-
strangers' gallery were filled and
ere has been no such gathering of
Imbers of Parliament since the open-
of the session. In the diplomatic!
llery sat United States Secretary
".nry White, an Interested spectator, j
le alt every Irish- peer listened
Mi. Wyndham's exposition of the
From an early hour this morning,
stone benches from the House of
-inmons entrance to the doors of the
bby, were packed with impatient
Ishmen, among whom were many
Residents. Most of these went away
ithout even seeing the inside of the
gislative chamber, the galleries of
hich were crowded as has not been
e case for many a day. Michael
paviit, the "father" of the Land
League, celebrated his 57th birthday by
e-entering the House for the first time
ince he ceased to be a member, in or
er to hear the Chief Secretary for Ire
and unfold his plans.
For the most part the Liberal mem
bers sat glum, the applause coming
pom the Irish benches. A hush of ex
pectation fell on the assembly as John
eclmond, the Irish leader, rose to
peak. If he refused to countenance
he bill, its death and DerhADs even
the government'3 downfall, was de-
reed. When the galleries of the House
ound him sympathetic and non-com
mittal, a feeling of relief nervaded all
sides. What Sir Henrv Camnbell-
Bannerjnan, the Liberal leader, and the
others said had little effect.. T. W.
Russell, who with others criticised the
details and various omissions in Mr.
Wyandham's plan, wound up with a
guttural and reluctant admission that
"it is a great bill."
The passage of the first reading of
the. bill was followed bv the rush tn
the lobby, where ensued scenes that
might well make the ghost of Parnell
turn in his grave. The tall form of
Lord Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land, could be seen amidst a crowd of
Nationalists, who scarcely a year ago
would rather have suffered anything
than discussed with the official head of
the Irish party any question. Beside
Lord Dudley stood the grizzled little
air Anthony McDonnell, the First Na
tional Assistant Irish Secretary.
Mr. Wyandham, who was heartily
cheered when he arose to speak in the
House, announced at the outset that
tie government thought cash aid was
necessary for the fulfillment of the pro
Posed scheme, but it attached greater
mportance to the credit operation
inan to the cash operation. He then
unfolded the scheme, which provides
"or advances of money for the pur
chase of land by the tenants. The ad
vances will be in the shape of cash and
Dt of stock, but iri order to enable
the cash to be raised a new stock is to
oe floated. It will be called "guaran
teed" 2 per cent stock and will be
redeemable for 30 years. Mr. Wynd
um doubted-if $500,000,000 of the stock
would be needed. It will be issued at
the rate , of $25,000,000 yearly for the
first three years and afterwards possi
bly in larger sums. In addition to. this
the government proposed a free grant
f $60,000,000 to be saised by additions
'. the stock, ;the interest and sinking
: which will be borne: by: the
, ,ury, and the maximum annual
11 c? which will "not exceed- $1,-
rae Against, this charge on. the
) wia Treasury the' Irish government
h,r r,es forthwith to commence re-
in the cost of administration
'ng to $l,50,000 per annum for-
THREE BURNED IN A WRECK
A Fatal Railroad Wreck Occurs Near
Saa Antonio.
San Antonio, Tex., Special. Three
passengers were burned to death and
19 persons were injured in a rear-end
collision,' at Coste station, 20 miles
west of here, on the Southern Pacific
Railroad.at 10 o'clock Friday night.
The dead are: Guadalupe Cantee, Mon
terey, Mexico; Antonio Arisepe Sabi-
nas, Mexico; Manuel Trevino; banoDi
nas, Mexico. The injured are Nabor
Flores, Monterey; W. P. Morrow,
traveling passenger agent Louisville &
Nashville Railroad, San Antonio, two
ribs broken; Mrs. J. Foster, Houston,
Texas, hip dislocated; Robert Harna
han , brake man, San Antonio, arm
broken; Miss A. Kissler, Great Bend,
Pa.; Wm. Dobrowalski, San Antonio;
W. E. Hess, U. S. A., Hospital Corps,
Washington, D. C; John Quinn, en
gineer, bruised and crushed; J. T.
Flowers, New York, back wrenched;
Isaac T. Mann, Brownell, W. Va.,
bruised; R. Honeyman, fireman, shoul
der dislocated; Margaret Fisher, New
Orleans, bruised; Mrs. James! Fisher,
New Oreans, bruises about head; H.
Fores, Gobinas, Mexico, bruised; Mrs.
H. May. Manchester, Mich., scalds on
wrists; Thos. Harper, Chicago, head
hurt, leg bruised; F. M. Coins, St. Paul,
head hurt: Michael Creston, Fort
Worth, arms broken.
The limited crashed into the Eagle
Pass express, which was running as
the first section of the former train
The Pullman, sleeping car and the pri
vate car of General Geronimo Travino,
military commander of the Depart
ment of the State of Nuevo Novel,
Mexico, were splintered and thre
kinsmen of General Trevino were
burned to death before they could be
extricated from the burning cars,
which were ignited by escaping oil
from the tender of the limited engine.
General Trevino is a son-in-law of the
late General Ord, U. S., and wasien
route to San Antonio with a sick; son.
The Lowell Strike.
Lowell, Mass., Special. Acting un
der the law, the State board of arbi
tration and conciliation formally re
quested the mill agents and the Tex
tile Council of this city to submit the
question of a wage increase in the cot
ton mills in the city, to arbitration, to
avoid a strike next Monday. Both
sides have the request under consider
ation."' 'Very ? slight -Hoper 'ho wever,: is
entertained by the citizens of Lowell
that the State board's request will be
granted. The mill agents repeatedly
have expressed their opinions that a
wage increase is impossible and the
textile council having in view last
years' result of a civic board of arbi
tration has said since receiving the re
quest that it did not care to be trap
ped as they say they were last year,
when after a strike was declared off
nothing was done to advance their in
terests. .
flay Be Hanged.
Roanoke, Va., Special. A special
from Bluefield to The Times says:
"Harvey Williams, a burly negro, to
day outraged Mary Jones, the 13-year-old
daughter of a respectable white
miner and left her for dead on the
mountain between Pocahontas, Va.,
and Cooper, W. Va. After regaining
consciousness, the child managed, to
reach her home, where she told what
had happened. The story spread rap
idly and posses went in search of Wil
liams. He was located near Pocahon
tas and taken to Bramwell, where he
was lodged in jail. The jail is being
heavily guarded tonight, but informa
tion from Bramwell points to a lynch
ing and probably a burning before
daylight. Williams' victim will die."
Pritchard For the Bench.
Washington, Special. Chief Justice
Bingham, of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court, retired Friday, his
resignation to take effect April 30th.
Associate Justice Henry H. Clabaugh
was promoted to be Chief Justice and
ex-Senator J. C. Pritchard was ap
pointed Associate Justice, the appoint
ment to become effective with Justice
Bingham's retirement.. The salary of
Justice Pritchard is $6,000 a year for
life. He will qualify May 1st. The ap
pointment was urged by Senators,
Representatives and leading . lawyers
and citizens of the District and gives
universal satisfaction.
First Response From Richmond.
Washington, Special. The first re
sponse to the offer of the Secretary of
the Treasury to refund 3 and 4 per
cent, bonds in 2 per cent, consols, was
received Friday. Two national banks
in Richmond, Va., announced their
readiness to exchange $380,000 under
the Secretary's offer.
News By Wire.
Mrs. Alice Burdick, widow of Edwin
L. Burdick, testified at the the inquest
in Buffalo that she had no knowledge
as to who killed her husband.
The trial of Ernest Haywood,at Ral
eigh, N. C, was postponed to July 13,
after he had made a sensational affi
davit.' ; ' ; , v j -,
A' sale of the late Anthony J. Ante
lo's art collection began in Philadel
phia. , - '
- The testimony was concluded and
argument begun in the' case , of Elmer
Cdllins, charged with wife murder, at
Georgetown, Delaware..
. A $15,000,000 meat packing combine
I was formed In Chicago,
STORM ON COAST.
High Water and Heavy Winds Sweep
- Carolina Coast
MATE OF WRECKED BOAT DROWNED
Heavy Damage At flany Coast Point?
Strewing the Shore With Wreckage.-
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Wilmington, Special. The northeast
storm predicted by the Weather Bureau
reached Its greatest intensity along the
coast between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday
morning, accompanied and followed
by a deluge of rain, which, with high
tides, inundated much of the low-lands
throughout this section.. The water
came above the street level along the
city docks, and Eagle's Island, across
the river was practically submerged,
however, without damage except to the
turnpike of the Brunswick Bridge and
Ferry Company, which crosses it. Fur
ther up, in the lowlands between the
Northeast and Cape Fear rivers the
waters of the two streams met across
the tracks of the Atlantic & Yadkin
Railroad and undermined the ties for a
distance of about 100 yards. An out
going local freight train at 45.30 this
morning ran into the washout and
four cars were derailed after the en
gine had passed over safely. No one
was injured and the track will be
cleared by morning. The Fayetteville
passenger train was sent around by
Chadbourne and Elrod.
In the city the damage was of no
consequence. The wind reached a
maximum velocity of 46 miles. Damage
to shipping along the coast must have
been heavy and reports are . already
coming in. The schooner John H, But
rick, Captin C. W. Sprague, which
sailed from Wilmington Saturday
morning, for New York, with a cargo
of something over 500,000 feet of lum
ber, consigned by the Cape Fear Lum
ber Company,-of this city, went ashore
on Frying Pan Shoals during the
night and was pounded literally to
pieces, causing, a total loss. E. H.
Sprague, 28 years old, of Tremont, Me.,
a brother of the captain and first mate
of the vessel, was washed overboard at
4 a. m., and drowned. The captain and
crew of 70, including the captain's
wife and son, were rescued at 8.30 next
morning by the Wilmington tug Alex
ander Jonea and were brought to .Wil-.
mington In the evening. Mrs. Sprague
is suffering fromjiervous prostration.
Late this afternoon the revenue cut
ter Tuscarora towed into Southport
the Standard Oil bark Conemaugh,
bound from Philadelphia to Port Ar
thur, Tex. She was in tow of the tank
steamship Winifred, but broke loose a
few miles east of Frying Pan Shoals in
the storm, went adrift and was picked
up by the cutter. The Winifred is be
lieved to have gone ashore, but noth
ing had been heard from her tonight,
and the Norwegian bark Bvodefolket.
from Mussel Bay, arrivecthis evening,
but have not yet reached dock. The
New York steamer, due;to leave last
Saturday, did not clear until 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
Fight at Sea.
Norfolk, Special. Captian Caruth
ers, of the British steamship Induna,
from Pensacola for Grimsby, which
put in here- for coal, reports a mutiny
aboard his vessel which resulted in one
of the mutineers getting shot by 'a-
mate. While at Pensacola 11 mem
bers of the Induna's crew refused to
work. Captain Caruthers had- them
put in jail until the vessel was ready-
to sail, when they were brought aboard
and in the presence of the British Con
sul, refused to work. The Consul or
dered the men put in irons. There was
not room enough in the Induna .3 brig
for all of them, as two men were put
aboard the British steamship Nith,
which is now in this port. Four were
placed aboard another vessel aild five
were kept on the Induna, whicn then
put to sea. Shortly after she sailed
from Pensacola the mutineers broke
out of the brig, and armed with bars
of iron, attacked the captain and crew
a number of whom were Pensacola ne
groes who were shipped to take the
mutineers' places. It was then that
the mate fired on the prisoners, wound
ing one of them in the leg. The others
cowed by this display of firearms, were
replaced in rons. All will be. taken to
England for trial. . .
High Tides at Charleston.
Charleston, S. C, Special. Abnor
mally high tides prevailed here Sun
day on account of heavy-winds. The
lightship Relief, in Cooper ; river, drag
ged h6r anchor, and went aground on
Drum Island, about the city, where she
stuck fast. The German bark Weis
inger was blown from her anchorage
and collided with the wharf, but suf
fered little damage. ,
A Registration Surprise. -
Cincinnati, O.,' Special. The regis
tration here for the election April 6,
which closed Saturday night paused a
sensation in political circles. The ad
ditional registration yesterday was
9,428 and today 8,141, making a total
of ' 17,569, the largest addition to the
lists ever known for a municipal elec
tion. It is stated that during the con
tention' between the so-called John R.
McLean and Tom L. Johnson factions,
last autumn; more than 10,000 Demo
crats did not register and that they are
registered now so. as to support Mr. In
galla, the fusion candidate for. mayor.
SHOT IN HIS OWN HOME
Another Fatal Tragedy With a
Bad
Termination.
New York, Special Filled with
jealous ganger at finding another man
being entertained by his wife, Wm. J.
Peppier, of East Onehundred and Nin
eteenth street, threw ther visitor out
intoihe hall, fought him from the third
floor ; to the front door of the apartment-house
in which he lived, his wife'
screaming and weeping at their heels,
and - was then shot " dead by the man
whom he thought had wronged him.
Tits man was Wm. Earl Dobson, a
cashier in a stock-broker's office. He
fled,f and - the police have sent ' out a
general alarm for him. Peppier was
about 36 years old and a clerk. He had
not been married long;. A policeman;
summoned by the cries of the other
tenants of the house, who were alarm
ed by the shooting, rushed into the
building and in the hall stumbled over
the dead body of Peppier ,on which
his Wife was lying unconscious. Pep-,
pier had been shot in -the side, the
bullet passing clear through the body.
er being revived, Mrs. Peppier
saiclu that she l and Dobson were to
gether when her husband returned un
expectedly from work and a fight fol
lowed, resulting in Dobson Jbeipg
thrown from the-room and, being pur
sued down stairs by her husband. In
the lower hall the men clinched again
and Dobson fired one shot. After that
the woman remembered nothing, for
she; fainted. Dobson is said to be a
married man with a wife and two chil
dren living somewhere in North Caro
ling
,tpbson until recently was an expert
accountant' in the office of the South-
eni' Railway Company, in Washing
ton."--. .
JJobson was arrested tonight in the
apartments of friends living on West
Ons Hundred and Eleventh street. He
took his arrest very calmly and re
fused to make any statement. At the
police station he said- he had a wife
and two children in Washington. He
wasJocked up.
Seven Mills Shut Down.
Lowell, Mass., . Special. Organized
textile .labor., showed its strength in
t!s :shut-down: ;ofthe seven - largest
ccuon mnis nere, ana not content
with this, the Textile Council, the
delegate body of the local unions,
considered tne aavisaDUity of com
pelling an even wider application of
the shut-down ordered, by bringing
about-a strike in the Lawrence Hos
iery Works. The hosiery mill was
exempted from the strike order last
week, the Knitters' Union being per
mitted to remain neutral, as it had
shown that it had no ' grievance either
in wages or time schedule. The coun
cil did not find the proposition well
received and the outlook is not
favorable for a strike of the knitters.
This incident was the chief one of the
day. . Operatives wore their best
clothes and promenaded the streets,
no smoke came from the tall mill
chimneys and there was an absence
of the hum of industry which marks
a rushing, bustling New England mill
city. No trouble of any kind occurred
at the mill gates, through which some
operatives passed at different times,
and nothing occurred on the streets
or meeting places of the strikers to
bring forth criticism.
Under Heavy Bail.
Newark N. J., SpeciaL A. J.. Cas-
satt, president of the : Pennsylvania
road; John D. Crimmins, E. B. Gaddis,
Dr. Leslie D. Ward and J. R. Shanlgy,
directors of the North Jersey Street
Railway Company, and! E. F. C.
Young, president; David Young, vice
president- and general manager;
Arthur W. Pratt, roadmaster ; Charles
M. Shipman, general superintendent,
and James Smith, division superin
tendent, appeared in the Court of Ses
sions here. They were present to
answer to the indictment for man
slaughter in connection with the
trolley car wreck of February 19,
which resulted in death of 9 children.
Each was placed under $2,000 bail,
which was furnished. No date was set
for the. trial.
Visit to Tuskeegee. -
: Tuskeegce. Ala., .Special. A party
of delegates returning from the re
cent convention of the Woman's Na
tional Suffragists, in New Orleans, in
cluding Susan B. Anthony, spent a day
visiting the Tuskeegee Normal and in
dustrial Institute. Exercises were spe
cially, held for the visitors. Speeches
were delivered by Susan B. Anthony
and others. v'
Training" Ship Goes to Norfolk.
Washington, Special. Action has
been taken by the Navy Department
to check the spread of diphtheria
which" has developed on the training
ship at Norfolk. All suspects will be
moved at once from the ship and quar
tered in tents and the sick will be
-. ..
icared for at the Naval Hospital '- at
Norfolk. A telegram was received at
the Department today, stating that no
new cases had developed in the last 24
hours. Up to today, one. death and five
cases have been 'recorded. It is said at
the Department that the authorities at
Norfolk "have the .disease well in
hand, .
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS,
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
The Sunny South. j
The convention of the National Wo
man's Suffrage Association came to a
close Wednesday night in New Orleans.-
The next convention will be;
held in Washington. ; j 1
A Charleston, W. VaJ dispatch says:
"The grand jury's report on the min
ers' riot exonerates the United States
deputy marshals. The report criticises
the newspapers. It is a lengthy docu
ment. - 5 V
Owing to freight congestion it Is re
ported that fires will be put out in
2,000 or more coke ovens- in the New
River field, in West Virginia, as it is
impossible to secure cars for trans
portation of products. ; , '
. ' , - -
Commander Erwin Schaeder, naval
attache of the Imperial German em
bassy, in Washington, has been order
ed to Newport News, Va., to arrange
for the docking of the German warship
Gazelle, which will arrive there In ; a
few days from Venezuela, waters.
It Is announced that the Souther
Railway is to extensively enlarge its
shops at Nashville, ,Tenn., already one
of the largest railroad shops in the
South. The enlargement is presumably
for the purpose of .building locomotives
for use on the .Southern. No definite
plans have been given out officially.
About 1,000 men are employed in the
shops. ;
Joe Barrett and Herman Miller,
light-weights, both of Baltimore, went
on before the Savannah Athletic Club
Wednesday night for twenty rouds
for a decision under straight Queens
bury rules. In the fourth round Bar-
rett fell to the floor In apparent agony
and claimed a foul. -i The referee re
fused to allow It, and counted him
outl Physicians examined Barrett and
declared he found no evidence of a
foul blow.
At The National Capital. -
Secretary Hay has delivered to Sig-
nor Mayor Desplanez, the Italian am
bassador, an .order on the United
States Treasury for $o,000, the , sum
appropriated by Congress as indem
nity .to the heirs ot Giovanni and Vin-
cenzo Serio, Italian subjects who were
killed at Erwin, Miss.,: July 11, 1901.
and to .Salyatore Liberto, .who was in
jured at the same time. .
The Treasury Department gaye no
tice that on Mondays and Thursdays
until further ; notice offers would be
received at the bureau of the mint for
the sale to the government of silver
bullion to be used in coining pesos
under the Philllppine coinage act ap
proved March 2, 1903. No offers of less
than. 5,000 ounces will be entertained.
The Department will-purchase $2,000,-
000 worth of silver bullion for coin
age into pesos.
At The Norths
St. Joseph, Mo., Special. The heav
iest snow storm of 1 the year began
here Sunday and railway traffic is
greatly impeded. Telegraph and tele
phone wires are crippled. The tern
perature has been falling slowly. The
snow covers the northern part of the
State to a denth of from 6 to 12
inches.
The American Tobacco Company
has declared the regular quarterly div
idend of 2 per cent on preferred and
a dividend of 3 per cent, on its com
mon stock. This is an increase of 1-2
per cent on the 'latter issue.
From Across The Sea.
The second court of the season was
told at Buckingham Palce, London.
The anniversary of Louis Kossuth's
death was marked by students' riots
In Budapest.
Senators who will vote- on the rati
fication of the canal treaty were elect
ed in Colombia. j -
The North German ' Gazette, of Ber
lin, says the Reichstag elections will
take place June 16. J
Joseph Chamberlain, receiving an
addtess from the city of ,London,
spoke of the Boers in a conciliatory
manner. . : ! '
The Toronto, Ont, opera house was
burned Wednesday The loss is $150,-
000. The fire is supposed to have ori
ginated from electric wires in the box
office. Sullivan, Harris & Woods lost
all their scenery and customs. They
place their loss at $10,000 to $I2,0Q0.
' Miscellaneous natters.
New evidence is being unearthed in
the Burdick murder case to put the
crime on the late Arthur R. PennelL
In a collision between the Fall
Rivers steamers Plymouth and City
of Taunton on Long Island sound six
persons were killed. . '
Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs
argued for the Northern ; Securities
Hnmnanv in the anti-mercer case in
St Louis.
Harrison Wrotten j testified at the
trial of Elmer Collins, at Laurel, DeL,
that he heard a man in CoUins'v house
threaten murder the night before the
crime was committed. , :
! The monitor FVVrida ha I a pucccss
ful trial trip, exceeding her speed re
quirement of 11. 1-2 knots an hour.
New breaks in the levees are re
ported from the lower part of the Mis
sissippi river.
TREATY IS RATIFIED
The Cuban Senate Accepts Withaat 1
Argument
ADOPTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS
Approved By the Senate By a Vot
of la to 9 The Question of a Tim
Limit Dispensed With.
Havana, -By Cable. The treaty cf k
reciprocity between Cuba and : th .
United States as amended by the Sen-v
ate of the United States,, was ap- ,
proved at 8 o'clock Saturday night, la
tho Cuban Senate, by a vote of , 12 to
). This approval is absolute end i3 V
not hampered by any conditions," tho '
questionable time limit having bee
dispensed with through the receipts
of the cable message from Secretary;
Hay, in which" it was posfti vely : de
clared that President Roosevelt would
call a special session of Congress.
The purport of this assurance was ;
transmitted to the Senate by Presi-.
lent Palma and read at the beginning
Df the session, an understanding hav
ing been reached previously , I with
Senators Bustamente, Capote and
Dolz, composing the majority of the
foreign relations committee with the
objectionable condition in the report
being eliminated. This was done by
ne offering of amendments, by other
administration Senators substituting ,
he uncon ditional adoption ' ; of the
amendments to the treaty by the Sen
ate. ' . . V',.J' ; -
The final action was delayed for a
loag time by the discussion of an
amendment offered by Senators San .
guilly, Tamayo and Redo, requiring
the public to pass upon the treaty .
This was voted down, 5 to 1,5.
An amendment to substitute for-the
eqmmittee's report was then offered
by Senators Frias, Monteagudo -and
Betancourt. This approved aiid rati
fied all the amendments of the Senate
at Washington and recommended
that the Cuban executive take -action
conducive to obtaining effective re
ciprocity as soon as possible. ;To thla ;
substitute was added the f ollowlg:
"This recommendation 'must not be
taken as an amendment or a. modifi
cation of the treaty." "
Senator Bustamente announced
th eir satisfaction at tho outcome, Tho
chief contention of v the committco
was the action of the American Con
gress. r
Senator Sanguill7, in a long and
impassioned speech against the rati
fication of the treaty, impressively
pictured the gradual absorption of
Cuba by the United State, ; in which.
he said the present action was one
step. He argued that it was disgrace
ful for Cuba to be a party to such a
scheme. Senator Bustamente, in a
brief and able final speech, .cited
various incidents of -istory to show
that neither weak or wicked nations
trake commercial treaties, and. pre-.
dieted with certainty the results in
this case. The vote was taken' se par-.-a
tely in each section of the substi
tute report The vote on the uncon
ditional ratification of .the treaty was
12 to 9; on the recommendation , to
the executive it was 11 to 9.
The present session of the Senate
then adjourned. The ratification will
be exchanged by cable.
Strike Fatalities.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. A great
3trike riot, accompanied by much
bloodshed has occurred at the town ,
of Slatousk, in the government of
Oodfa. Twenty-eight persons were
killed and 50 others were wounded.
The strike started in the State Iron
Works, where 500 men walked out,
demanding the release of three of
their comrades who had been. ar- K
rested. The governor- of the province,
who went to inquire into the affair; .
was mobbed as he was entering the'
bouse of the manager of the : works.
The rioters stormed the house and ;
smashed in the doors and windows.
The mayor, with a force of : gendar
mes and a detachment of troops, then
arrived on the scene and ordered. the,
rioters to disperse. The latter, how
ever, stood their ground and 4 the
mayor was wounded by a revolvers
shot. The gendarmes and troops' inL
mediately replied with firings volleys
at the mob and killed or wounded 7&
men.
Safe Robbers at Work.
Gibson, Special. Safe-blowers visit
ed the town of McColl, Marlboro coun- '
ty, S. C, Saturday night, entered the-
postoffice and with : nitro-glycerine
blew open tha safe and obtained' $850.
A portion of the money - belonged to
several lacal depositors, but the-majority
was postoffice funds. There is
no clue, but officers with ploodhounds.
are pursuing different traUs. , ; -
News In Parafaphs.'
The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria white
out riding with her husband and son.
Prince' Adelbert, was4thrown from her
horse and. her arm vks broken.
The Conservative majority in the
Chertzy division : of Si;rey at a' by
election was cut abouthalrand the re
sult was considered !,blow to'the Gov-
J -ernment.
: Peace has been ratified and proclaici
ed in Uruguay. ... - .
t The text of the Irish Land .bill
'given out. i; il,'. r .
V John W. Gate" John Skelton 5TU.
Hams and others testified before tiO
Interstate Commerce Commission I
New York concerning the Louisvilla
and Nashville deal and other matter r.