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'.' . ' ; ' : . . .r. .' : 1 THE WEATHER. MASS MEETING TONIGHT Unsettled and warmer un-: dav; Monday partly cloudy; moderate to brisk east to south winds. . .1 The men of all Wilmington congregations are , cordially In vited to attend the 'mass meet ing at the Academy ; of Music tonight 7:30 o'clock. - j ' . -f . ' 1 V Vi F.OUNDEjjSl .1 4 I '..V., VOL. LXXXV NO. 130. WILIESX3rTO 20, 1910. WHOLE NUMBED 13,223.. TELLS OF ti!ES III ALASKA PRlSOfl FOR jlHIEF HOPE FOR SENATOR-TILLMAN ,r ;v; Information About the Mines and Gug Qenhein-Morgan! ' Alaskan . Syndi- ' , cate . Surprises Senate Com-- '; ' ,ii:'i;''mitteeBlftfVWitneiii' ' Lupo and Seven ;ltalia,n;'Cohfederates j jpound Guilty of Making' Spurious -1 V .' :. Coin - Are Given;. Long '; ; ? j Terms. '-. ' - - ' Condition Little More Encouraging Yesterday and Physicians Be- . " V lieve He Has Chance for - Recovery Symptoms. " GLAVIS RELIEVED i: AT THE IHQUIRY ?v TAFT III ADDRESS iSiSo CAR PENS' STRIKE 1 CAUSE RIDI , . . tt..:-: . Directed His Remarks to Wo men in the District of Columbia. THINK THEY . SHOULD MOVE Spoke to Audience of , Young Women. President' Views "on This Sub jectAttended . a Me morial Meeting. , Washington, Feb. 19. In an address before an immense audience of young women at the George. Washington. Me niorial meeting this afternoon Presi dent Taft thought it was foolish, for women to want to vole In the District of Columbia. ' V " The meeting was held to emphasize the project for building an immense memorial hall named after the first President and Senators Lodge and Burton and Justice ' Harlan,' of the Su preme Court,' also made addresses. V The President -endorsed the project and ventured the opinion, that If . pri vate generosity would. not be sufficient for its building' Congress might be tried, but the President seemed not to- be specially hopeful when he mention ed Congress. He did remark, howev er, that if a- hall were built, he hoped it would be large enough to hold the inaugural ball and strong enough to withstand the blizzard which ras likely to go with it, having reference to the storm of March 4th last When the President referred to the suffragettes a titter went over the au dience. He said In reference to them:. 'i know there are some who live In this city and think that in some way or other it has a local quality; that they being free. born , American citi zens ought to have an opportunity : to vote. 1 don't sympathize , with that feeling at all. ; If they want to vote they ought to move over to Maryland, or Cincinnati; or to : some other, good place. They ought to understand, that . itrfng- in- Washington' they lire en joying a privilege which Is furnished to them at the expense of the entire nation, and that they are living in the Capital city which Is under the care, control and direction of all the. people of the United States through their rep resentatives in the House and that subservient : body, the Senate of .the United State3." ' : ' ' . WRECK AT ABERDEEN. Four Injured In Collision on Yards There Last Night. , Raleigh. N. C, Feb. 19. Four , per sona were, injured in a head on colli sion at Aberdeen tonight at 8 o'clock between No. 43, of the Seaboard Air Line,, and the Pinehurst train of the Abenleen and Ashboro Railway. None of the wounded is seriously injured. The injured are: t Benjamin F. Koonce, Raleigh, engineer on the Sea board, fractured wrist and dislocation radius, superficial wound chin Geo'rg? B. .Riddle of Raleigh.: rigfit shoulder injured In fall;. Mrs. F. Tilton, of Madr ison Square Garden New York, slighc. ly bruised back of head. W:' A: Giles, of Birmingham,- Ala., ' two ' fingers smashed. -' . . : -ff ; V.; r: The collision occurred onv the yard at Aberdeen. V The A. & A. train wa3 shifting a Pullman ' car into position; when the Seaboard train "bound south, came in on fast speed and crashed into the A. & A.-train. The engine of the latter was driven clear througa tlie baggage car bf its train the tender resting high in the" air. - Fortunately there were no pbssengers- on this train. The engineer and fireman both jumped and escaped without injury. TAMPA'S BIG OCCASION. Germans Arrive by ! Train Load Bank Presidents Going. ' Tampa. Fla., Feb. 19. Two thou sand representative German 'citizen of the South Atlantic States, will as semble here tomorrow for. the fifth annual Saengerfest of, the South At lantic League of German Societies. i ne 'saengerfest will be In session tnree dava Tnnle-hf eneMil . train-' bearing delegates from various cltiee dinved here. Oa Thursday there will 'e a gathering of -Southern bank presidents to hear speeches on ths changes in banking : and monetary Ihws. Two hundred bank presidents, ie)resenting every" Southern State, have accepted invitations, to attend AVashington. Feb. , 19.--Southern athletes figured prominently among the winnera here' tonight in the Fel rrHl indoor meet, conducted by the ashington Young Men's Christian AssociaMpn. An effort was made by W C. Pall, of Pennsylvania, Intercol legiate champion and record holder to fieate a new indoor record in a one nule handicap but failed the race be n won by JG Stecker.cbf Wash inston Y. M.5C..A. In 4 minutes 25 ad 2 5 seconds. ' Silk sale at Rehder's, Fourth Street "nuge Monday. Washington, C Feb. 19. For , a : few hours today' the Senate Committee on Territories furnished an attraction in . the way of developments relative to Alaska coal lands which ' fairly en titled it to rival in interest in the Bat linger-Pinchot Investigation! ' , t Manager-Stephen Birch, of -ihe Guggenheim- Mofgan. ' Alaska syndicate was the witness and for a . short time he reeled off ; figures concerning toe value of the .coal In the Cunningham and other Alaska ' coal and copper mines- that were - quite calculated to cause the heads of the; members of. the committee to swim. Placing the tonnage in the Cunningham mines at fifty millions, he said that the coal could! ' probably be taken out so as to net a profit of $25,000,000. ' ' This statement taken 1 in connection with . the fact that the. syndicate had agreed to ; pay only $250,C00 for half of : the property .aroused much inter est, .'..-' - " V. " '- Mr. Birch placed the probable :oul put . of the entire ; Bering river coal district -of which the Cunningham group is a part; at 500,000,000 tons with a net value of $200,000,000 and a gross value of $900,000,000. V v But there . was another portion , of Mr, Birch's testimony which attract ed even more attention than that" re lating to coal mines. It had reference to his efforts to extend the holdings' of the Alaska mines and , copper in the Bonanza 'group of 'topper mines, before it was acquired by the Guggen. helmer-Morgan syndicate.- . . Responding to question' from 'Senf tor Frazier, Mr. Edrch said that soma of the land now- embraced in that group had been ' located by himsejf through the use of his own name anJ the" nams of other stockholders of the company. . ; ; . " "Did the company furnish the money to",' pay for the ' claims?" asked Mr Frazier.- , : '. Mr. Birch i responded ': that It had done so and mentioned some of. the stockholders, whose names had been so used.. ' : . ' .,, -:-;-' "They' were mere dummies wev. they not?', asked, the Tennessee' Sen ater. ,-. - No.4 indeed." responded the wil oe&sCi, wthey., were . Jnterei ted . in th property: I located' a claim -myself. ' was tnera an unaersianuips wn:i the company that these claims should be turned : over T' .Mr. Frazier; asted -"There , was no such understand -lng.V was: the reply;; "I was there as manager and I went ahead and made the' locations to protect the company." Testifying concerning the Gueger-helm-Morgan options on the Cunning ham mines, Mr. Birch said that it covered only a half Interest, the Cun ningham people retaining the remain der. The syndicate had agreed, he said, to pay $250,000 and. to furnish transportation.'. The company was f be capitalized for $5,000. He esn mated that it would cost $1.75 per toi to mine the coal and was- of opinion that it could be marketed at a profit of 50 cents per ton. "He denied emphatically that th syndicate had used any influence to have the patents to the mines issued. 'Interested? Of course we are." he said, "but we have not tried to in fluence the government.' , , Iu emphatic terms Mr. Birch ;tienied that the syndicate had ever employed a lobbyist to represent it in Washing ton and he made-the denial specific aa to Governor; Hoggatt.Delegate Wick- ersham and Major Ricnardson oi wp Army, i who has been stationfed in tho territory,:, many years in charge of road work, t He said that after he left the bench and before he was.elected to Congress Judge wjcKersnam naa made application a to be employed . as ftttornev.br the syndicate, but, that his application had hot been favor ably acted upon. ':' THE NICARAGUA WARFARE. Steamer is Bombarded But Escapes. Conditions In the CoOntry. San Juan del Sur, Feb. 19. General Chamorro according 'to the latest aa vices, with a large body of Insurgents is within a short distance or Managua His column this, morning -bombarded the steamer Managua near San Fran cisco del KJarnlcero on the lake about 25 "miles northeast o f Managua city, The steamer escaped without damage Mounted scouts sent out from Tipi tapa. are watching Chamorro's move ments closely. - It is reported that the Madriz government' will be. transferr ed to Leon in case Chamorro forces the lines, at Tipltapa, ' An .engagement at that place Is certain to take place I trlthln Iho tiPTt 24 hours. It aDDearS as if Managua would be, captured by Chamorro without much fighting. Dispatches received here at first de clared .' that' General Mena command ing the Insurgents, had Deen oeieatea iri the fiehtlnK . around Fort .Vicente, but later despatches indicate that this news was false. '.rThe ; fighting still continues' within a short distance of Acoyapa.' ' ' '-, . r . . ; . ' ' After three days ; hard ngntm around St. Vicente, Santo .Tomas ana within a' short distance of Acoyapa, the revolutionists under Generals. Lu is Mena, Matutity and Zeiedon were defeated by General Vesquez. This is according to official advices received f ros Vasquez, , who ' also reported ! th death of ColonelTHata, the uommman. The first two-days of fighting were completely In favor of the revolution lsts. but 1,000 reserves, who wereop- portunely brought up, gave a decisive victory , to - the forces of the govern Anti-Negro Agitation Renew' 'arid Troops ' Patrol 1 7 ' the City;; MORE OUTBREAKS ARE FEARED The Deputies Deny That They Killed Alexander , Halliday Mrs. Malo ney' Has Another Encounter With a Negro. Cairo, III., Feb. 19 Statements by four negro deputy- sheriffs today. to'S. coroner's jury that they fired several shots each Thursday night when Alex ander Halliday ' was killed with leatt ng a mob attack oa the county jail resulted tonight - In a renewal of, ant' negro ' agitation.; The situation - in acute and 300 militia men began pa trolling- the Streets -tonight-"in antici pation "of demonstrations against' the negroes or attacks on; their property. Cairo is virtually nnder martial law, although Adjutant General - Dickson sayS .the civil authorities will remain in control unless there is a new out-" break. ..'"' J . - The - coroner's inquest resolved it self in 'a general quiz by .the jurors, who tried to learn which one of the deputies fired - the steel jackeied bul- The negro deputies admitted firing ndiscriminately into the crowd with shot guns and revolvers but none -of them -would admit, having used a fl fie, with which it is said Halliday was killed. ' ' . : -,. Thejnvestigation was adjourned un til Monday. - ' ' . : V "v :The? "negro deputies who fired ; oti thembb are said to be marked' men now that their names have" become public. The killing of one white mar. and .the'wounding of several others by negroes,-although legally deputized has brought out protests" from, even those opposed to the mob. , . , , r y (Sherln; . Neias testmed at tne in quest that he used negro deputies b tTrashtcoruld hoi find.-.his 'regular deputies nor the local - militia com pany officers, nor white men who would answer his call for help. Tears ran down the sheriff's cheeks as he., told ct his frantic efforts to find men to assist him in . protecting his prisoners, George Jackson, Chas Hudson, Henry ..Douglas and I. A. Head are the negro deputies, who ad mltted firing into the mob. They tes tified that the leaders of the mob wore gunny . sacks over their heads with holes cut through for the eyes. , Mrs. Rose Maloney, whose pocket bocfif was snatched by John Pratt, tho negro the ; mob was after Thursday night, had A second encounter with a negro today. She lost a diamond brooch and laier heard that a negro had found.it. ! ;SIu v.ent. to his home and rivcovere. the jirw,el. The negro 1h.-i3td that he did not intend to steal it." '. - - .. ' - Diavring :i revolver f:om her muff Mrs.."- Maloney placed the muzle against the negro's stomach and said !You knew, it was mine when yo found it didn't you? Say you did quick or I'll shoot," . . The negro quickly, admitted. that ho had recognized thfl . brooch - and Mrs. Maloney, apparently satisfied, went home. ' . ';.".:-.--.'' "' . WOULD IMPRISON. PACKER.S. - Prosecutor Garven Not, Satisfied With ..Fines Conspiracy Charged. New York, Feb. 19. Prosecutor Garven, Njf Jersey City; said tonight that if indictments are handed down by; the Hudson county grand jury against the directors pf the National Packing Company he will not be satis fied with fines but will move for Im prisonment in case of convictiori. The extreme penalty for conspiracy in re- siraim 01 iraue unueraue ew jmaey law is three years' imprisonment' and $1,000 fine. . The grand jury which yesterday di rected -Prosecutor Garvan to draw up the form of an indictment against the National Packing Company and its di rectors did. not meet today, its next session being set for Wednesday of next week, when It' is expected that such Infdictments as are found will be returned . JO'o-f-" -. Prosecutor Garvan had little. to, add today; to - his .'statement regarding the grand . jury's . discoveries which : led to the" indictment vote, v He', understood the vote to be based on testimony pre sented to 1 the alleged effect that for mal action had been taken by the com pany to hold back ,food products In storage until marekt prices should, ad vance to the , company's ' own figures. This, ;if substantiated, -he . declared; would be considered ground for. an in dictment . for : conspiracy, 4n - restraint of trade.. ' -V-.." 'New Orleans. Feb. 19. Johnny Cou lon, ' bantam weight champion, was given ' the decision : pver Kenrick, who claims the same title in England, at the en'd of their 10 round bout tonight at the Royal Athletic Club. 1 Coulon was ? clearly the better man, but he found the Englishman, a hard propo sition, and !!' efforts to send' his op-; ponent down foi: the count were with .putjisuccess' "J. ) '.;t.-,; A'V:;' ' - $1.50 yard wide taffeta, silks fop $1.17 at Rehder's, U Fourth Street Bridget Monday, l y '. l ' ? ' :NewrYorK '"eb. ; 19. Lupo"' "The Wolf,' ocalled chief of the blackharid in jAmerica; Giusseppe Morrello,' chief of the Sicilian counterfeiters' in . this country, and : six. of .them confederates were f oun'd guilty this ' afternoon of making spurious money and were sen- enced tonight to hard labor In the Fed- eral prison at .Atlanta, VGa:, for terms varying , from iar years .and $1,000 to thirty years and $1,000. : The accumu lated sentences and fines aggregate 150 years and. $7,300. v - " 'lyjj., L.upo, who is under sentence Of 30 years for murder in Italy, wept copiously-during his counsel's plea for; mercy land had to be supported when led from. the. room after ' sentence. . Caliccpio collapsed in the ar?is of two marshals, sobbing "not just! Jiot justly .4 ; i ; -" - Morello fainted nd 'went' into con vulsions.. AIL the dthers. -sobbed biter ly, -The sentences 4re as follows:. Ignado. L,upo, 30 years , and . $1,000 fine; G iuseppc Morrello, .25 years and $1,000. , Guiueseppe Palermo 1-8 years and t $1,000; Giovanni CaHcchio ; 17 years and $600; Vincenzo - Giglio 15 years and ; $1,000; '.Salvatofd Cina . 15 years, and $l,00p; Nicolo Sylvestro 15 years and 51,000; Antonio Oecacla 15 years and $1,000. ' . ; ; - ; ' The judge, in pronouncing sen tenee, declared that the. evils of Italian crimi nality In this country must be stamped out.' , - V . - . ' SenbfenA. was pronounced on only two of six counts charged In the in dictments and suspended in the oth ers..; x ' '"'.'. .: ' . Lupo, Morello and the others con victed today, are eight of the .ganjr of 17; nine of whom .fere arre'sted last November and are $ow awaiting trial. It is charged tnat they floated nearly $500,000 worth of '.counterfeit' bills which they eddied at 2d cents on the dollar, v Their plant j was on a farm near Highlands on jhe Hudson. Comi- to, printer for the gang, turned state s evidence and probabiywill be placed on trial separately. U has been freely predicted . that If treed, . ills lire wiu pay for the evidence he gave. BRIBE : TO LEGISLATOR v Statement In Virginia .Assembly Caus- Richmond, Va., .; Feb. 19. The Elli son divorce bilLt which has been strenuously opposed, as in the view of many, making dlvoree more easy in Vlrglnia, was stricken from the ' calen dar in the House of Delegates today after an-impassioned debate by a vote of 53 to 16. -It had passed the Senate. In connection with this bill a sensa tional statement was made, by a mem ber of the House, Mri Johnson, of Rus sell county; that he had been offered $400 to vote for the bill, f - , - The incident aroused great indigna tion. Later, it appeared from, a per sonal explanation made by Mr. John son that a client of his. who was sepa rated from his wife, had requested that he vote for the bill and .said that he would pay $400 to him as his law yer if under the proposed measure he could secure an absolute divorce. ' The alleged bribe thus appeared to be merely a transaction between lawyer and client and the. excitement ended. THEATRE HORROR. Alarming Reports -Reach a Johnstown, '' i Pa.;vFrom Patten.cr; . Johnstown. Pa.. 5 Feb. 19. Several children are reported" burned. to death in a fire -which destroyed the; Grand Theatre at Patten in the northern part of the county tonight. Adults caught in - a crush at the exits were injured and children were trampled upon in the scramble for safety. ' , . V ' RIGID RULES FOR BASEBAL L. National League , Opposes Syndicate - and Changes Constitution. - - New York, Feb. . 19. A : sparsely at tended meeting of directors - of the National League cf baseball clubs put itself on record tonight as opposed to syndicate baseball and 1 made some minor: changes in the constitution of the league OUTLINES. . A 8trike of street car men in Phila delphia yesterday resulted in much disorder in the city last . night. Cars were attacked -and two were destroy ed -President Taft In , an address yesterday : expressed his- views as to suffrage in the - District of Columbia Anti-negro agitation was renewed at : Cairo, 111. - when the four ; negro deputies made statements of . the re cent riot and the city was placed' un der martiariaw: Lupo, the black- ihand chief in America, and six, of his confederates, were found guilty, yes terday of making spurious money and given long terms in prison--There was marked Improvement in the con dition of Senator Bl R. Tillman yes terday and : he recovered sufficiently last night to write his name- Some of the foremost representatives.,-of grain interests in the country are In Washington attending the hearing on the - anti-option bills New York markets: Money On cail nominal, time loans very soft and dull. Spot cotton Closed quiet," .30 points lower, middling uplands : 14.50,1 middling ; gulf v : 14.75. Flour quiet- .and without quotable Chan ere. Whsat J SDOt firm. No. 2 red 1.30 bid elevator domeSstld and noml- uai i.u.u. tuioau LOiu ojhji jty, BLtJJtXll- er ,71 ; bid and No. 4, 68 1-2 elevator. Oats spot - steady,, . mixed , nominal. Rosin, firm" Turpentine tine quiet Threatening Scenes Result I ; in Night of Unrest in -! 'y Philadelphia. ' -' TURBULENT CROWDS GATHER Crowds Forced to Abandon Cars and . Two Are Burned Police and ' : I Firemen Protect Property, ; 4 ; v Cause of Action. '', v -Philadelphia; Feb. 19. Coming sud denly when least expected a strike was declared against; the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company by the Amal gamated Association ."of . street and electric, railway employes at 1 o'clock this afternoon and tonight the police men and firemen were busy . handling turbulent crowds in several sections of the' city. ; ' 'v ;.- . . 'pTwo cars were burned, a score "of ;ars were attacked, forcing .' their crews to abandon them and: numerous arrests were. made. Except in the cen tral part of the city street car service was r almost at a standstill tonight. Cars running- through the central sec tions weic heavily protected. "" k ; ' The most serious, disturbances were in: Kensington, Philadelphia's great mill district in the northeastern part of the city. Two cars in (different parts of that district were .attacked by boys and strike sympathizers, compel ling" the' crews" to. abandon the cars. The cars were wrecked and both were then set on fire. The cars were dam aged beyond repair. r ' Great crowds collected in the vicini ty of the burned cars and for a tlm it was feared a riot would follow. Thf firemen, however, . were ordered to turn their hose on, the crowd and the mob quickly: scattered." " :i , ; Along Kensington avenue ; lumber and other obstructions were piled oh the tracks, . ; . ; - '.'J''.: t The traction Comoany withdrew 'all itVcars 'in.'that section ;ton!ght,-. 'the compahy""deClaring that'lOiad '.men tai run them, but 'had no desire to cause trouble . vest Philadelphia, the Southern fsection of the citv. Germantown and other parts of Philadelphia: also re- ported attacks on cars, forcing trolley men and - passengers to seek safety. Many persons were struck by missiles, but no One was seriously hurt. : ' . ;: Today's strike is. the second Inaugu rated by the trolley men within a year. The leaders of the union claim that the trouble was started by the com pany, but the corporation comes hack with the reply that 'the strike was a prearranged affair on the part of the union. ' : Since the threatened .. strike of a month ago, a committee from the un- tion and President Charies O. Krue- ger. of the company, had been endea voring to reach ah agreement to take the plate of the one made . after 'the strike of last Summer and which ex pires on June 1st. The men in ; the proposed agreements asked for an in crease in wages and among other things -wanted to bind the company to not recognize any other union' but -the Amalgamated Association. The union .leaders charged : that a rival organization, known as the. Unit ed Car Men's Association had been put in the field to defeat the efforts being made by the Amalgamated As sociation for better working .; condi tions..1', i'-;4'3-Tf-' .'-' The company" declined to recognize the Amalgamated- Association', exclu sively, but stated 1 that its men were free to belong to any . union they wantea to.'.--7.;: ' -v -:-u:V 1. -, jf The break iri the negotiations canre on Thursday and last night and today about 200 men were dismissed for "the good of the service." . -v-; .- This aroused theMndlgnatlon or the men and they began turning in their cars about 1 o'clock. The news of the : desertions quickly reached union headquarters, with the result that; a strike order was instantly issued. v . r It was after 2 o'clock when the cur tailment of the service became more uncertain as the -hours passed. ' ; The ; greatest difficulty was exper ienced from 5 to 7,0 cioctc wnen mou sands of people from stores and oth er places found. It impossible to get a foot hold on, the cars" and -they were conmelled to walk. The moment the fact that a utrjke had been called -reached 'the hall the police placed plans in operation. J Sev eral 4roops of mounted police were as sembled in the city halt court yard and squads Of police and firemen were assigned- to each , of the 19 barns in the city. v Policemen and firemen were also put on the, cars; to protect men who desired 'to -remain at. work Mayor Reyburtt remained at city hall throughout the afternoon and ev ening. "My duty is to protect the in terests of . the public.'" he said said, "and I will do that to the best of my ability. I must see that order is pre served at all ' hazards. 1 1 will " also make an effort to see that . the riding public is accommodated.' f i Berlin Feb.- l9.-;ount . Udo Von Stolberg Wernigerode. president of the Reichstag,' died this kevenlnr after an ... : . - ' . ...L Jii . Illness, :oi : one. muuiu. ueaiu ui rectly . due to pneumonia: j : : t ' i : 27-inch" $1.00 Satin Foulard Silks ' at 65c at Rehder's Monday .i, ' Washington, Teh. 19 The condi tion of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who is critically ill with paralysis and' asphasia, is a lit tle more .'encouraging , today. While his case , continues : to he extremely grave, his' chances for recovery are said, by. the attending physicians, to be better than even. , '. . ', ' .This 'gleam of hope, born of the fact that the vital , organs of the Senator not directly affected by the stroke of. paralysis are performing their, 1 func tions admirably, has given the Southr erher's relatives and friends the great est encouragement they have received in the past 48 hours. '.,' - ; vDr. J. W. Babcock,who has been Mr. Tillman's personal physician- for the past 19 years, reached. Washington early today with Dr. E. F. Pickford," the Senator's Washington physician. Dr. Babcock is superintendent of -the South Carolina State hospital for the insahe, and on account of his intimate acquaintance ' with - Mr. Tillman, is thoroughly conversant with his physi cal condition and habits of life. He will remain in Washington In consul tation with, Dr. Pickford until the pres ent; crisis has passed which will be several days at least. y v While there has been no change in the . paralysis and asphasia,-no com plications have developed in the Sen ator's case and. his temperature, pulse and respiration are normal. His heart is responding to its functions splen didly and no disorder pf the kidneys has- arisen. He swallows liquids with out difficulty-and is conscious. Today he recognized those, about him. Includ ing Dr.-Babcock, who, said, "The Sen ator even smiled when I cracked a few South Carolina jokes.". . The doctors believed Mr. Tillman himself felt encouraged - . today and they based their hope of .his -ultimate recovery upon the absence of further unfavorable symptoms, vlf his present condition : can 'be maintained a few daysV longer, it is' said he will have a good chance - in his fight for life, f He may recover from the paralysis and regain the use of limb; but, it is said, asnbasia will likely leave him Jth e sadd est Jtoken j of. hi?- mness It i i 3 auatibi,. jiiipubbiuie . ior;. nini 10 articu late at the present time, and It is fear ed that the power of Bpeech may nev er fully' return. ' If this be the case his forceful "tongue: will never" again find its echo" in the hall of Congress. The Senator is now surrounded by his entire immediately family.- Henry C, and Sallie May Tillman,, his son and daughter, reached the bedside of their father, early today from Green wood, S. C." His wife, their eldest son, Benjamin K. Tillman, Jr.,-and two daughters, Lona and Sophia, have been with him since the inception of his illness. - Messages of sympathy Continue to pour in upon his family and since the seriousness of his condition became generally known his apartments have been besieged by inquiries, delivered in person, by telegraph' and telephone denoting the admiration and high re gard in which the ill Senator is popu larly held. Following a second consultation of the day, ; Doctors : Babcock and . Pick- ford at 8 o'clock : tonight Issued the following bulletin: - " - Senator Tillman has not lost any ground during the day. -' Temperature 9.6; pulse, 74; respiration, 18: The character of his ' heart's action is : ex cellent - He is. fully ' conscious . and writes ' with his left ' hand. -Bodily functions normal. Outlook more en couraging than 24 hours ago." J - '-.' Se&atov Tillman ; surprised his phy- siciahs tAnight wheii they held " con sultation over his condition with ' a demonstration 4 of " ambidexteroiisness that was regarded as most encourag ing..- :" U':;V;-,.; -v.; - - - . ,To test the consciousness of the Senator, who .lay speechless and par alyzed on his jight side, Dr. Babcock placed lead pencil "in the patient's left hand 'arid asked: "Senator can you write your name."i Dr. Pickford he.ld , a sheet of paper at Senator Tillman's left side and the stricken man responded' to the ques Son ' immediately slowly transcribing 5'Ben R. Tillman", on the paper. . The signature was legible and ; Senator Tillman smiled as the doctors faces beamed ; with encouragement - - t .The ability of the 'Senator to com prehend and to respond to queriea gave the. doctors much hope for this will heof great- value to them; In the treatment of his affliction. ' ,' Dr. Babcock afters the consultation stated ! that the Senator was resting as comfortably as could be expecte 1 and .that, there would be no further consultation nntil tomorrow morning unless there 'were unexpected. 'devel opments in, tae patent's condition: missing Naval tug Life Bubys Vyhich May be Froni Tug .: i-'-'.: Nina. ' - y Philadelphia, Feb. 19. A life buoy marked with four, letters which may have been from the missing United States ; naval , tug Nina was i sighted drifting at sea by the bark Good News, now In .port; from Jacksonville. Capt. Frlcksen, : of. the bank, says that on February 11th,,- latitude 33.59 N. long itude 76.22 west, he passed consider able wreckage among which was th buoy. The captain did not know the Nina was missing and . did not ! make a close inspection . of the buoy. -v. Rajah linens, all t the hew . Spring 1 shades, 25o at Behaers &ondj - Attorney Hoyt Testifies About CoaJ - Lands Be fore Committee. ' ' T WILL TAKE STAND Announcement Will be- Made by For mer Forester Before ' Case is ; . Ended Progress'of the' In- ' ; . vestigation. s- - Washington, Feb. 19. The case for ' the prosecution In the Ballinger-PJn- , chot inquiry has practically ; closed. V,: h en the committee adjourned this af-. ernoon unUl Friday next, Mr. Brandels ; stated that there was some corrobora-" . tive evidence yet to .be produced, and V that Gilford . pinchot probably . ? would want to make a statement before he could announce that his case was end--ed. Mr. Pinchot was. to have taken the 1 ; stand this afternoon, but-could not be, ' found during the luncheon recess. ' . ' 'The day's proceedings began with the unexpected announcement that the '? cross-examination . of Louis R. Glavis was ended. Henry M. Hoyt attorney for Porto Rico, was called to the stand -to corroborate that portion of Glavs testimony in which he told of seeking the advice of ,Mr Hoyt in i Washington ;' .' in May 1909, after First Assistant Sec- ' r retary of the Interior Pierce had ren- i - dered an opinion which Glavis thought ' ' would permit the Cunningham claims , ' in Alaska tb go o patent- Mr. Hoyt 1 told of how deeply worried . Glavis; seemed to be at this time and said that - - erore going to Attorney General Wick- . ersham.he and Glavis had discussed. , he advisability of taking the matter uu - directly with the President., Mr. Hoyt . also testified to the good character of ' Glavis, saying, he had known him for a -number of years and that he had told, the Attorney General" that Glavis was ; an honorable upright young man. - " - ine oniy other phase of the caso to ; which Mr. Hoyt directed his testimony. ' had to no with, the Wilson coal land ney. for the United States Glavis testi fied, that he had heard that the name of R. A. Balingerraa attbrney for some a ' of the Wilson claimants had been left out of the court record by stipulation , i of counsel. Mr. Hoyt said it was at ' , his personal suggestion t. and without M the knowledge of Mr. Ballinger, that the stipulation had been entered into. As a matter of fact however, Mr. Bal- '1.' lingers name did appear 15. or 2fr times : In the testimony given- Mr. Hoyt said a search had been made for the alleged escrow agreement which Mr. Ballin- ger is said by Glavis to have drawn up and which according to Glavis consti tuted aJ criminal act but that It could not be found, and only evidence as to. Its existence was an Informal state ment by one of the, witnesses who at-. , the trial denied the existence of. such an agreement :' ' 1 The remainder of the day was taken ' up with the introduction of documen-" tary evidence by Mrr Brandeis, .who read such extracts as he considered of peculiar interest to the committee. " These consisted largely of references vr in the agents' reports to conversations or .interviews with Mr, Ballinger, as, -commissioner of the land office, on the subject of the Alaskan coal claims. This was done, attorneys , said to show ": hat Mr. Ballinger had been actively in-'' '., erested in these cases before he left , he land office and acted as( attorney for some of the claimants. 'He also , read from4 a ; statement' by H. " H.. Schwartz, chief .of the field service, hat It wras at Mr. .Ballinger's direction in January 1908, that the Cunningham , claims were ordered to be "clear listed . for patent Thi3 order was withdrawn ,', after Glavis had been notified and had'.. protested. Mr. Brandies accompanied ? the introduction of the documents with a sort of summing up " statement in which he said it was claimed Mr. Bal linger had acted on a favorable report by Special Agent Love. He then read -a letter from Love to Commissioners Dennett of the land;' office in whicch i Love denied that his .report of August ' 2, 1907, favored the clear listing of the claims. This report, he said, suggested I t?rn o If Tirn trY nrodrtimlv. ho h fl d rppnm. v. mended clear listing. . ' ; L- SOUTHERN TEXTILES. . 1 " . ' ; - . -Child Labor Condition - Discussed ' ir ' Meets Next in Augusta. "7 Columbia, S. C, Feb. 19. A. S. Win. ': s!ow a well ' known mill ' superlnten-V' dent of this Statespoke to" the Textile Association tonight, scored - the writ ers on child labor conditions who at-' : tempt to draw unreal pictures of con- 'J dltions in, Southern textile ' plants.' ( The subject of his paper was the "Ben efits and Opportunities of Southern Mill Life." ; :. :'"V.?-r;-'.-'::'...--v : The speaker dre'w strong compari sons between life on a small farm and life in a modern cotton mill. ' i. ' He dealt with the lack of modern conveniences,1 educational facilities hi the past and those of the present He ' also discussed at length the financial improvement which the people had se- , cured by going to work; In the cotton ? mills.' v ' 'V;- ' ''-' 'i 1 v; . Over 300 delegates from all sections " of the South attended the, sessions to day.- The next session of the assocla- . tion will be held in Augusta In July.- ; Rajah linens, ' all the new Spring , , ... 4 ' u, " 5 r- ;. . ' - A - 1 -1.. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 20, 1910, edition 1
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