North Carolina Newspapers

CO il- I f i t: ; .''t n-c"iy .. i- Prpsi lt'nt c rler-in-eh'ef its s navy will to- v ri cf command t:.o Atlantic batt'e- cruUe to the Pa V L. l": ; I' - f U 3 t .-3 ion wi.i i--r.J i fleet on i - As the r irs pass out to sea f . last farewellwill be from Ue I re Ident. - On the deck of the May f v. or he will lead the ships through li e Vir-'nia capes, -then give way to t; . f asrsii.5f Connecticut as the double lire of Sixteen lron-clads set their course to the southward. Thus will br in what the President has plan re.l as the supreme test Of the Amer 1 art rftvy. The announced destina tion cf the fleet is Fan Francisco bay, but w hen and- where the cruise will ultimately end seems us yet an un matured plan for the future. THE PRESIDENT OFF. , Thi dertartlnz . scefte1 from the Trashinarton navy yard was typical if the punctiliousness of naval eti quette.. The Mayflower ; was spick end .span and spotless In white; the 1 -ckles .m their winter garo or. oiue. l.ned the rail, and the cheerless raw riv Mmied to lend itself to an ex- iresslon of their feelings v at being l ft out. of the big trip. .' t-Marines T - trolled the clean-swept dock - and kept. far., back from the gang Piank the hundred or more persons who had rnmn In sea t.ie V resident 'depart. . . Secretary and Mrs.. Metcalf were vilnod over the shin's side a half hour before the .Arrival ot the. President, rVi Wii iwa minutes late. ' - V - A fewt mmutes following; the ar Vi Eomreturv the. bo swn whistle sounded , the .honors to Assis tant Secretary and Mrs. -wewDerry. who also are 'guests of the President, tten followed Rear Admiral ana n a.i Commander and "Mrs, fi. 6 Tn. & White House carriage L'Aym President rame 1 Miss VikAi daaimwU Miss Corlnne Rah Inson and Miss Hagner, Rear Admiral end Mrs. Cwiea rode withthe Pres- i -.. at, a fr5 Roosevelt. ! As the rriflnt - irteooed atooard the flat e t rftmmander-ln-chlef was brok , n out at the main yard, the hawsers were slipped snle Mavflower was under nv m Jut nve mmmep, . . ACICOWLEDGES. GREETING i Th jrsi(ient-as he drove on. fcie wharf - acknowledge! the greeting of the crowd, end as -the yacm -oegan iu vrnnv he riLd his hat from bis place n h main ' deck while three hea vpre tiven from the wharf. ' The Mayflower to.expected td clear the bad places m tne .-oiomo o--rfoi-ir when livelier clitt will (.-..n ,n ..' and Hampton Roads ohod kv- a o'clock In the morning At this 'hour a salute by the entire win h -riven, and the cere monies of the departure begun. These include a reception by the President on the Mayflower of the commanding yi-inon Af the shins of the fleets and ' the departing review. MThe President will not leave tne.Mpwwwr.uu.m the trip, and-ls- expected to reach v, Washington on his return early Tues- : day .morning. - vi''' i.',,.,J. Another and a somewhat livelier Varty deoarted from the, jiavy , yard 'earlier in the day. being members of the naval committee of ;the Senate en,l the House ; of Representatives " who, through the, courtesy Of Assis tant i Secretary NewberryV i , were provided with, the ,Ut S. PDh for the trip to the scene, of the fleet departure. 1 The Dolphin got under wav shortly after U o'clock. Among thoVe on board were Chairman Foss, of the House naval committee: Sen tr.vnerv of Louisiana: , Repre- eentatlves -Cousins, ef- Iowa; Loud, .of Mlchlean; Dawson, of Iowa;. Thom as of Ohio; Roberts.. of Masoadhu etts: Bates, of Pennsylvania; Butler, . rt Eennsvlvania:, Padgett,, of Tern nessee; W. -W. Kitchin. ,of 5 iorth Carolina, and Greg. of Texas. The Dolphin wiil reclr her anchor nire at Hampton. Roads shortly In ad vsnce of the Mayflower. , - FAREWELL PARTINGS TO-DAY. Sunday will e a day of farewell jpartinga at Old Point.- The families t,t many of the officers who go out in the fleet are there and tne last visit eshore bv the ofHcers will be , made Fuhday.-.nlrhtr: On. Monday morning the flag and line officers will go to ' Hie Mayflower to 'be received by the Prpsldent and following thla feature of the pro trremmef of departure he officers wliUreturn to their ships, which at, 10 o'clock will get A' under way. The Haylower fading. Will lay to off the tail of the Horse Shoe and Jt wili.be at V- U point in lower Ches fprake bay that the president will review the ticet as tne ycsei pa ..ntle file procffdlng'at the rate ef 10 knots an hour, led by Rear Ad tniral Lvatis f igship. the Conrtectl- cut. '' ''T - The eiscnal to pet under way will be fnn from the towering j-ftrda of the - hip Connect;, ut shortly before 10 o'clock and the ships, wiil pass out- the Vlrrinia Capes, turn their "x, to t' '? fnith and lay a course o-j-,h t"n pistern end of the West lies to Ti -Iad, the first scheduled v place. ' ' :-.--'. :t ' It wi;l be the object" of Read Ad- il l.i, -"3 and the omcers ana men crui irt the wnke or ni aouoie 54,0 -1) n:Iie Joun.ny ell the Informa tio'n the Navy popartment and . the l'-reiiident dwire in sending them to rhovv what some of the needs of the Tnvy are and to emUe tiie authorl i p to provide for them.-' ', Thpre Is nme CU appointment In 4sj fleet that rre-ident Roosevelt will i -,t vi it any of the vecls on Mnn . v i! would find the navy at it3 t. -" - " - ',,i''n the JT n flower Mems Into t'-o ' t tt the anrhorrd fot Ilon-.- r -. ?: r 1 ' t fflr 8 o'clock he r , t ' i fr" a e tv " and t ' f v v .' i f"; r .1 in Us r-f '. A oon as Cro 1 .irifhor, t L i- . i n ior t ; ! ( f o i i )nl -in to V It K . 'em The S:'conJ divisrbn- of the' first uadron, like all the other divisions of the f.-;et, cod. ; 'ts of four vessels. The commander of the division, Rear Admiral William , II.-, Emory, flies his flag from the Georgia. The New Jer sey, the Rhode Island and the ; Vir ginia are his other chips and like the first division they are all of one class. Their displacement, la something Jike 1,000 tons less,- but their engines rate superior, by 3,000 horse-power and their speed is one knot higher. 'Ihe eecond squadron is in' com mander Rear Admiral -C.-M.' Thomas, whose authority in the fleet Is second only, to that of the- commander-in- chief. Admiral Thomas also has com mand of third division made up of the Minnesota (flagship), the Ohio, Missouri and Maine. The latter three are Bister ships, but the Minnesota be longs to the more modern apd heav- ler, Connecticut class. The fourth end iat division has Rear Admiral Charles Sperry, in command, and Is com posed of the Alabam . (flatrshln), the Illinois,; tqe Kearsarge and tne Ken ORDER OF DEPARTURE. . Brier ; and Informal ' Reception to . lrcede Sailing . or Warships Ho i tela Are Crowded ,'Hcyond Their ' Capacity. . . , , Old Point ; Comfort, Va,, Dec. 15. The Pacific-bound Atlantic fleet leaves to-morrow on Its. Journey, through the straits of Magellan en route, as the official order reads, "for the West coast of .the United States." . The President is expected ,to arrive. n Hampton Roads on the Mayflower shortly after e . . on vunims win uo imieu as near that hour, as possible ' with out preceding it, for salutes cannot be fired before $ o'clock under the mavy regulations. .- .... 4 ' From the time the President's yacht casts anchor In the centre of the fleet the events of the departure will move rapidly, Rear Admiral Robley D. isvans, v commanaer-in-cnier or tnis most notable of American peace expe ditions will repair ' oa hoard the May flower and tay his respects to ; the President and will be Immediately fol lowed by the other flag -and command ing officers of the fleet. - The reception will "be brief and more less Informal. As . time .will figure very heavily In thai plans, the matter of precedence In rank, will be waived In - favor of the officers whose launches first happen to reach the Mayflower . gangway . after Admiral Evans has gone on : board The reception and, the Journeys ot the admiral's and captains to and from the Mavflower are expected to occupy up ward, ot an hour and a half. .An hour will be consumed in lifting anchor and rettin shlnii in nosition for the start. Wtoich it is expected,; will be made about 10 o'clock. Two hours later the first of Joe long line or ignung ves hia should have cleared the Virginia capes and turned her course to the southward. The review -bf the passing fleet fcv the President win taae piace near Thimble Shoal vLighthouse, 10 miles down the bay, and'; snouid oa nilM'bv 11:30 .:m.Tl.iV-:'i;' ViU Thmatenin "weather and" ; occasional rain squalls . marked- the . last day Cf, the fleefS, staf Jn port; But to-night . wind from' the west flispeneu the storm; clouds and - the ;M smoking vattihinr were bathed-in moonlight. The view down the long twin line, of the fleet was most impressive. , n occasional searchlight flash or the red end white glow of ; an ardois signal fmm' th Vardftrftt Of i One Of the big fighters added to the picturesque ef-fect.- On shore the' hot els. are crowd ed entirely beyond their capacities by wives, sweetheartsofficials and friends who have come to say good-bye. li.nV nr theKA Will have tO Sit UP throughout th night or lounge as best they cart. , , . , AS EXiANi VIEWS IT.. Daily Xcw supers "Publish Long Storifa on lnraration I'or, Cruise But Refrain i roui conunoui. i 'London. Dec. IS. The daily news papers "are publishing long accounts from tnear.JNew xorit correpjiajiueuui on the preparations for the cruise of Rear Admiral Evans' fleet but refrain from- commenting upon its signin cancer except in the naval columns, In - which experts discuss the advis ability of testing the resisting power of ships to the wear end tear of a ion voyae. Naval officials ;, agree that this, aitnoiign. expensive, is e eirable and also thai the cruise of the American; battleships will 5 afford good training . for the oitiqcrs , ana The Outlook, a weekly publication, on the other hand returns to the dis. cussion of the political significance of the movement. -In long article it says: "The building up of the States on the Pacific slope, the annexation of Hawaii, the growth of American com merceNn the FarKast. by the pur chase of the Philippines and the Tlse of Japan have reached upon the des tinies of Amerioo with ever increasing Intensity. As a possible tattle ground In the future, It Is no longer the At lantic but the Pacific that, claims American thought. On these grounds and the fact that It woud ; demonptrate the strategic necessity of the Panama' canal, and that It would serve as a warning to Congress that the present forces are not euKlclent to protect the two coast lines, the cruise is held to be defensible, but still "it is impossible to peparate it from the tension that Exists between the United States and Jaran." - . -The plain fact i.V f-iya The Fun day Observer, ."that the cruh'e 13 a political reeomioip.-ance of f-rce in view ot the rii'o cf J-pan. The f.t tears the A merle:: a f..:r to the ra-i.lo a fvmbol of r'nvt-r and tin exfrc t t of t'-. n.Vi'. 1 th-'t it will (in- i' ,r i:. c Co- )U, " l.otel. Dec. 15. 1 There U more talk of orr0f!ltin Cryan among Democrats of all sorts than there has been for years. The Roof evett announcement' has made many of the leaders of thought in. the party believe that . there- is a fair show to win with a man w ho has not been "tried until the people are tired of him.. Governor John A.. Johnson, tha Democratic Goveiror of the Re publican State of Mill esota. attracted so much attention hetc at the recent meeting of the Rivers end Harbors Congress and at a banquet of the Gridiron Club by two speeches he made, that the saying of Colonel Hen ry Watterson, the brilliant editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal, in the summer, to the, effect, thai . he could name a man that could re-unite the partly who did not live east of the AV leghariies nor South of the Potomac and the Ohio. It,devel6ped that Mr". Wailerson had in mind: Johnson, of Minnesota, who became Governor the first time In 1904 by a ulurality -of 7. 800 and two. years later by -72,000. being the only Democrat elected to a state office m Minnesota, having, car ried with him nearly, 100,000 Republi can votes.'"'-yvr-:!'ft'":;-.;. '. ?..: CQEONEL WATTERSON'S MAN. " Recently, when approached by Wil liam Hard, who wrote -" a utiry for "The American Magazine? of ocioher, concerning his "dark - horse," 'Col6riel Watterson said: 'lit you will acquit me of any purpose to set up- for an oracle, or to pique' the public curio,' Ity.; I don't mind j telling yo j thlt It was Governor Johnson that 2 had In mind. Mrs Bryan; you may recoil, had declared In a speech that it- the party could find sr representative 'man who could get more votes than he was llkeiv to xet. It should mike him Its presidential nominee. , Mr- Bryrin's friends were everywhere saying that he did not desire the nomination.' up on these hints I spoke, .1 said that I knew of such a mana Jyed-ln-the wool regulation Democrat , -and, . as both a concession and an answer , to Mr. Bryan's rather proscripUva te- qulrements; I added th.at.he, did, not live either in the despised East -r the nt-glected South; . . J did not lurt his name lor Ithe reafcot that.. In the first-place. I was not undertaking to play. ,War,wh't--I wanted Mr. Bryan to play WrHi and, second, that any suggestion rom Ing from me would be at onee bla balled" byVthat ' very 'considerable 'hut unthinking body .or. extremities ana vlfilorsrles who seem to want to' re duce the Democratic 'party .to Mr. Bryan and themselves. ' " ; That Is about the sum- or r. i propose to make: myself no .rie: than the chorus of the piece If thit. Mr. Bryan, the star: because I realised and still .realise thah" if the . Demo crats are to elect in 1908. Mr. Rrysn and his following must be sausficd Each faction of the Democrats has had Its share of throat-cutting.' the conservatives In 1895 and the radicals tn 1904: If this lr to go on forever, we max as well disband '. the party The conservatives, embracing the in dependent vote, can never -be unitid on Mr. Bryan, v Neither will - the rad icals vote for a candidate - waora Mr Bryan supports only as he- supported Judee ' Parker, having knifod :m ruthlessly in advance. - -"There are myriads "ftf ' Dsmoersts Who are sick and tired of sll thJ. We are, not unfriendly Mr.. : urya.i thouKh we reject some or nu goseeis -and we agree that the campiign of 1904 was In many ways urogi:al. .ve have done with factlonism.- r1 !" It hannens that I have hnr wn Governor Johnson for many years, fnd have watched his career with merest, He is a most exceptional man, both. in character end ability; a steady-going, level-headed man." who ' thinks first and acts afterward; a man who does thine worth dolne: nothing vision ary or fantastical about nlm. . He is a tvDlcali an American in nis person alltv. in his working method and In his mental processes and perspectives as may ; be found among swe -ncn Droireny or tne Bcoicn-irisn to wmcn the country owes so much, being of Scandinavian origin nex a rter tne Scotch-Irish,'. high up in the . racial honor roll, whence we have drawn so manv Tif our statesmen and soldiers. That means that he could not fail "to prove, as he has already , proven, great vote-getter. He has not been mixed up in any racuon ngnting. lie comes from the right quarter. Even as Xilncoln emerged from obscurity to take the helm, it seems to' me that this man might, so like Lincoln In his simplicity and modesty, as .well an h' hard, Uphill, antceaeni experience. HAVE BEGUN i JOHNSON) EOOTt. Among the prominent newspaper men of the country who heard C5ov ernor Johnson at the Rivers and liar bora Consrre?.? and - at the GrW!fon Club wer Cd.-W. R. Nelson, of T Kansas CI' ; lar, and. Mr. Charles II Grasty, of . Baltimore News, and they were pleased witn him tha they are promoting a .boom for h for the Democraac nomination. Governor Johnson's' parens came to ..this country in the 60's and settled near gt. 'Peter's Minn., where tne u ther worked at ths blacksmith s traa until'h. became an Inebriate and had to be confined. At the age of 14 tn f c ond son. John, became the heal of the family and assumed the duty p- I labored to earn a living for his moth er and the rest of her children.. Hi first position: was' that of a clerk In a dm? store, where no wasnea i m; - - an i. mixed soft drinks, 'r Later l.e 1 -came time-keeper for a railroad c n s:ructor."i:i. rpare.moments. were !?- voted ta re;i ling good and vam - books end eJ-.icstirg hi.nself t 1 foull undor the circurri. .--- t. t t;e c ' Sl'he w.i'i a i r-f i -inv f. f I purr-'' ' ' i :i v ' ' 1 i -:t!"ri. ! , ,'. .', 1 .--I hitu. ro:r Ii.llf-T I V if S't litO niaJe .ia ' r f : . 151.C U J ; : . ! s or- reopie ! well thnt 1; to 72,0 0 0 J 1. y verier J . ' 'n has met every nnd mala "i Mm as It came. r.u ri- cn to Ml emergencies - and red the eroblcuis of State like a trained hand. Thosa who know him y that he has common sense and Is f.-jr' in . dealing .with - l is .fellow, man. his rcucir.; r::::0CRATiC. "In matters of national politics Johnson is in favor of a revision of the tariff," wrote, Hard. "He Is op posed to national ownership . of rail roads till every expedient of control and regulation has been tried and found waning, and he is In favor of havinsr State governments -manage their internal afUIrs so actively ' and so successfully that Federal Intrusion will not be necessary. He looks upon concentrations of. wealthy Just as upon centralization of . politics, with ' con-1 cern."- v..V.-;-v.'v.. !.' ''fy:r: Although he did more Chan any oth er man to give a two-cent passenger rate to his State It is: said mat -air. James Hill, of the Great Northern,-Is very fond , of him. He has convinced friend and foe, not only of hla per sonal honesty, but ot his fairness and kindliness; ;He' treats "the 'people ' of his State as neighbors. i , Governor " Johnson Is a public speaker of the Bret rank. His speeches delivered here attracted more atten tion thatf those of any other man have done In years. . He is forceful, mag netic and eloquent!: He drives hard at a point and his language Is clear and concise. As he speaks one gets closer to "him 'and understands him. Hp , speak,, Cpm ' th,e.' heart and wins his hearers to hint as friends. . : .WILL GIVE BRYAN A RACE. Johnson-Is fjut 44 years old; Is tall thin and wiry, almost gaunt. . i with light brown hair,' deep .blue eyes and a strong face, that bears lines that, come, from toll. He may be a factor in flhe next r Democratic "convention. The people of the West Jove and ad mire hlm-.V- Republicans who' voted for Roosevelt would vote for. him against any mait that; will be put out, His plain, simple, . direct way ' ot doing things makes him a man of great pop. ularity with all classes. He is one of the people and ' loves his neighbors, whether they be of high or low de .gr.ee. ' His name Is .before the public and he may give Mr. Bryan a race for the nomination. - Of course North Carolina - cannot enter Into 'any ' sort : of contest ; now, ror rt win te recaiie.1 mat uryan was endorsed by the last State convention, but other-Southern States are. not In the same boat I have round ' no en thusiasm for, Bryan nor any for Gray, of Delaware, ut every, man from the kockv Mountain eiates anows wov eraor Johnson and thinks wellr ot him. He has proven ihjmaelf , thet?fyeatest vote-gettet In-he country. ; ! ;The. people, or. Wrth, Carolina m hear more of Gov. John A. Johnson. CAPTAiy POW'Sk, STOKt. Master of the HI-Fated Thomas W. Lawson Tens' Tale of His Terrible Hxpenenoes Hugtitown, Deo. IS. Captain Dow, of the WTscked schooner Thomas W. Lawson, to-day -told a terrible stoty of his experiences after being washed from thevessel K When ' ha found that his ship was: driving' upon i: the rocks and nothing more could be done; he distributed lite belts and gave the order-to t'.ie men to save themselves If thev could; He advised 'them to climb into the rigging, which they did butt the vessel soon broke up. He himself had twoi hours of awful sus pense while; struggling in the boiling sea, before h was thrown upon the rocks., where hevwas found; then an other two hours of 1 scrambling and crawling before he reached a place or safety where he . found Engineer Rowe. r " Tha two men- crouched under the rocks, with heavy seas breaking over them, and In danger every moment of being, washed away. . i i Both the men were more dead Dan alive, when"rescued.V--v. .-,-;: . The wreck of the Lawion has. oc casioned some newspaper discussion on the advisability of buildln such enormous v vessels ' ' Although . the papers grant that she had safely weathered the -dangerous Atlantic passage, they believe that owing, to this disaster -no more ' such many masted. schooners -ars likely ; to - be built, - . ' . " SURVIVORS Ox SIUPWIIECK. CIvde IJnor Mohican. Ijands Eleven Men in Chsrlcston Rrscned lom 8 lKonpr Which Foundered at Sea. Charleston, S. C 'Dee." : IS. The Clyde line trelghter Mohican,, arriving to-hight from New Tork, brought in Captain Marshall; and crew of ,10 men from s .the schooner : Augustus Welt, which foundered at sea yester diymornlng.' The Welt, which Is a noonef ..of l,i00 tons register, left C irtatet, N. J., ' Decemiber 6th, with a cargo of ''fertilizer materials for t avannah. ; Friday night and Satur t v morning tieavy southeast - galfs re met off Cape Lookout end the f hooner sprung a leek. Steam and 1 mi pumps became choked with the c.Sft from cargo and at 10 . m. Sat urday tbe cai- .Un and crew took to email boats and lay astern until 4 p. m. The schooner's decks, were then swih and he was settling, when the Mohican came slong and picked uf the men. The derelict which may bUH be afloat, Is directly. In the track of -coasters. -;; : :-'-''1'1:. f.Tlong Etoriris" 0.1 the rVcnrli Coast, Tarls, Dec. 1S. The cruiser ls!y 1.M been driven e shore at L'Orlei.t and the three-master Padou went to risers on the rocks at Glarrltx, di- rcttly la t front of the hotels, the cn -opne neing wunessoa oy mou siinJi. Including- Premier Campbell 1 '.nncrman. lyur of the crew wore A number of fl.shlrig orflfts were I." x 1 t I.i the-rnr.'.in channel and the r?i - drove, the shipping. -. to t-he f ' : t i I f r tt Vs'- It virtually s tof pe 1 A; .yo-rrf-.ich service and t i liiiT LA r.rctisrnA, f r Llver- --tr'' 1 hfr de;-...rtitre until 1. : if .1. . 4 . 1 1 i Year . ... rul ' i ' 1 y r.roi- t l.i ly I'-o A .U-ns . i. Con"-. ' rcr ' -i t-oi'.ie I.. . i tl! J3.t llCUV. i:lCK-laUV, ' '. .as'..'ngton, Doc. 15. Immigration t i Arnorica durlng; the year ended June C'th, 1-07,. was vastly greater than In any rtfvious year of the history of the United States. ' This fact, with all i s Interesting and Important . details, is placed in strong ligrht In the annual r. - ort of Frank 'P. Sargent, commis si -jfier general of immigration . and naturalization, which was made public to-day. Of this great flood of immi grants. Commissioner Sargent says: "An army of l,llS3,2i9 souls, they have come, drawn hither by the free institu tions and the marvelous prosperity of our country the chance here afforded every honest toller to gain a livelihood by the sweat of his brow or the exer cise of his Intelligence surpassing in numbers : the record - ot all ; preceding years." - iO- j''.'t, W;S '--Q-v'"' '-'i-i j , FIGURES FOR THE TEAR. ' The immigration of thi year 190f ex ceeded that for 1906, by 1M.614 and that for the Year 1905 by 258.850. or an in- ffi-ease over ; the year 1908 more than 17 per cent and over-the year isira. of more than 35 per cent., uuring mo fiscal year 1908, 12.432 alien were re jected at bur ports; during the past fiscal vear.r 1S.164 an - Increase ot hence the total number of those who have soueht admission In 1907, vuyi, 2S9.41J, exceeds the number who apt nlied In 1908. via 1.113.167. by 185, 3546. Commissioner Sargent says it is- of articular slanlflcance that many lm mis-ran ta landed at ports In the South during the past , year, and he refers especially to a jmrty of 473, Belgians excellent ;i types l ot I immigrants re ceived at j Charleston, a. v. naving been induced, to go there by the State authorities. The increase - of Immi gration to the South, the commissioner directlv connected with the growing- desire or tne eouinern Dtie to draw: within, their boundaries a number of the better class ot imml rrnnri. I ; beln considered by ' prao-. tlcaliy all of the leading men of that ortinn that '' the t uture . development and welfare f the. douth Mepend upon Its ability to receive and aDsorn a r liable laboring and farming element. AT SOUTHERN PORTS. . Rtrlkina-' increases are also shown at New Orleans, Galvesm and, Hono- lnltl . ' .... - The tide of Immigration rrom soma nt the fountries , is Indicated by the following figures: Austna-nungary 838,452, increase 73,314; Bulgaria, Servie and Montenegro n,3i, ncrwo France : 9.731. Increase 345r German it. r.ir 37 8f7. increase 243: Greece 36, rso Increase 17.091: - Italy,-, Including BlcUy and eardinli 283,731, Increase 1 12. tn- rt.icilin F.mnlrt and FHwand 258, in' 4nr.aM 4S.K8: Turkey 20,767, in urease .11.257;. England M.637, increase 7,146; Ireland J.mu,, aecre "t land 19.740. increase 3,874; China m decrease 583;. Japan fwo, ncrease w onf. D.iii.h xfnrth America. 19.918.. in crease 14,855; West Indies 16,689, in Interest ' naturally" attaches to the proportionately large immigration from japan. INFLUX OR JAPANESE ' whii h exclusion laws have ren .r.ticaiiv nil the Immigration rim , china, ths Immigration .from Japan, although t reUtlvely not great, J has trebled in tne past yew., ,.iu increnjid is significant:, too, because jt comes in the face of - regulations auoptea oy tne raentu with the assent, which if was suppos ed, would curtail the immigration of Japanese to this country " very mate rially. Commissioner Sargent pre sents -excrepts ifrom official reports made to his bureau by inspectors sent , ui.t and r-nnn.lA. to StUdV the situation with special rererence w uiv coming ot Japanese - to , America through those countries. The re ports show that thousands of Japan ese landed In Mexico during the past year and ultimately gained admission, surreptitiously, lntov this country. Once in the United . States, it was impos sible to locate them,v except In the nnit InntAnceS. 1 ' ' -' .' c The total amount or money Droutm i. t-, onntrtr hv srrivlna aliens . . . . , sR K9 in. or an .average of almost 120 er person. tint the is. 084 aliens wno were turn ed back 'during the year, 1,484 ;were contract laborers. 80 per cent. less than In the preceding year. , THE NEW ACT. . ' Tn a discussion of the new imml aratlon act Commissioner bargent strongly urges that advantage be tak en ot a provision it contains for call n n internauonai conierence on immlzratlon and emigration, - In his oninlon now Is the time to ct - He : 'Thr ha never been, a .;. period when -all the principal countries of the world were so deepiy interested in the sublect. Several of the lead- In European countries have recently eliner passea wr inn uauicu in ....... Legislatures immigration laws, some of which are modeled practically, af- ter our own. Some of the govern ments are taking notice with the Idea of adopting measures 10 tnscoursg-e the immigration of their cltisens or tn induce their return; others are so licitous lestUhelr subjects should for ret their allegiance; and altogether .K.r. .hoiiid be no dlfllculty In Rnnealinz to this, awakened general inttrest with the object of accom r-nchin some International srranKe- .n nd understanding that wil' work for the general good."; . The commissioner points out furth ither ihrouith such an Inter national conference or through amendments to our : laws, adequate provision should be mads for the Is suance of proper passports to per sona" who "are coming to America. By thi mean, such ortanlaatlnns as the t'larir Hand Society" could not tain s foothold here, because the past-port would hve to hear the record of ths c"n ' Tt would do much, too, -'the r omlfioner believes, to put an em t the "wilte nlve tramc , POME 'RECOMMEND ATION3, Anion? the r'mmndatlons made ly romiaiHiioner frgent are the fol- Ti. it marine 'hoprttal tttr,:'o:s be .i'. '-".1 at the pi'lnt'lrai lor' ot ,i.:;tion abroad t- -t,ifiine t.i:fi-re they start f-ir Amerl- 1 l- L..J Tl. t 1 i!;rn-!on stations b erect--n, 1'hiladelphia and i:al- e,l at I: timore. CriXION IN M"V COUNTY CASI rcrso Co!i't cf F Dnth Carolina Al lt the Cs.r oiin County lileotlon l l'rowt-d riiorrvi lTOccctllnss AftcrwarN Wi. l ' -h " Itcnuvty lVr An . rtT Tl. t :;ay I'e Done -Delicate i:v!ulcd by the Court. Observer Bureau, - 1422 Main Street. ' - Columbia,' S. C, Dec. 15. The Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Calhonn .county inlunction case to-day. .' The Plain tiffs asked that the defendant eection commissioners be enjoined irom noia lng the election set for next Tuesday to determine the question of forming the new county. ; Many delicate and serious points were raised, most oi which are avoiaea an me aecimoii, which dismisses the peUtlon for in junction and allows the election to proceed. The constitutionality or vno new county act was attacked on the ground that itconflicts with the con- utitution ana contraaicis useir in v- pressly stipulating that all qualified electors within the territpry may vote and Mhen-forbidding plaintiffs from Voting in this case by the fact that while they reside Inside the proposed new ; county theld polling , precincts are lav Orangeburg county, , " t This ': attack, the opinion rransiy admit brinas ud serious euuation but avoids the nolnt by sayinr that certiorari proceedings after the elec tion will furnish ample remedy for anv wrona- that may be done. The injunction was also asitea on the ground that there were no proper ly registered electors In the proposed new county, because In five different respects the law as to registration naa not been obeyed. . This raises a grave fluestion J which tne itepuDiicans . a over the State are watching with treat interest The court refuses to consider this ground as it points out that it is useless to y pass upon . a threatened wrona1 when a remedy will exist in certiorari. - The point Is of treat Importance, because, it there are no . properly registered : voters there, there are none in the State. There Is evidently a long legal bat tie ahead of Calhoun county it It is voted in next Tuesday and the mai cations are that the election will go that way. Then the Supreme Court will be asked to pass upon the erious questions raised. , HEBREWS DEATH SUSPICTOUS. Two df VlcOm's Race Held by Police of Philadelphia to Await invmiga Philadelphia. Dec. 15. Pending an InvestlRation into the death of Robert Abrams a young Hebrew, at the homa of his sweetheart in -the soutnern sec tion Ot the city, Abraham ' Brosslov, A-cantor in the Ahaveth Israel 8rna- jtogue, and Levin Pressman, were held bv the coroner here-to-aay as "ma terlal Witnesses in a homicide case." A brum, who was a baker, was pay ing, court : to Bessie, the 17-year-old daughter of Pressman in whose house he was found dead tn Thursday, After the death, members of the fam lly Including Brosslov, moved out to Of tha house. They reported the cass to a Policeman, saying a Drams nsa died ' suddenly.: -.When the 'coroner's nhvxlcian went to examine the body he found that tne young man uiea oi ti mmhra ef the '. family told conflicting stories, Jressman said 5 he found Abrams' boays lying on tne noor when ha came down stairs on Thurs n Munim ni latter he said he found the body hangmg to a aoor i police offlclals believe tnat Aorsma was TRYING TO KEEP SOBER. nrlMins Proirresses Toward ; Dry Sunday go ar as to vicwe.ww Front Doors or me Baiouns. 'New Orleans, Dec, IS. To secure an alcoho ic' drins; in wew uneans to-day Identification of some eort was very generally necessary. Those who could orofluce satiaractory proor as to intentions were admitted past a lnon doora many of which . were otherwise securely locked, some sa loons closed, ; entirely, and ror tne first time In several years the city saloons UM completely the wide open look which has come to te inougni of as a sequence of the seml-trop'.cal climate. ' To-dav's- strict observance was caused by an order of Police Jnspec tor Whltaker to hU men to make ar rests ..whenever they saw Vloatlons. The effect ot the order has been very enrailv to ston carousing or any sort and especially to induce exbrletjr among .the large negro population. Bulgaria Washes Its Hands of Out Isi Petersburg, Dec. IS. the Bui garian government has sent note to Russia in answer o me recent repre iontations made by the Russian mm later at Sofia with reference to ihe activity of Bulgarlatt bands in Mace donla. The note aenies mat tne re dents of the principality are partlcl patlng In fchese activities and states that Bulgaria reposes entire trust In the powers to Introduce adequate re forms in Macedonia, t- . Bula-arla launches a counter com nlalnt axalnst the Greek bands com nosed of Cretans, which, It declares, is carrying on a, propaganda ot nre and sword. The statistics of the month of October show that 288 per ions were murdered. The Anniversary of Whltiicr's P.Irth lucsuay. Amesbury, Mass., Deo. IS Tha one r nf jrcer....t c f t .3 '3 o that country hundrerth annivewary of the birth of John Creenleaf -Whlttler will be ob served Tuesday with fiMng commem orative "services and will bo attended by many notable people from all parts of JSew England. As the home -of the Quaker poet fof 68 of the 83 years of h! life, Amesbury Ins cbhn to tha r!.;ht to lead in the cel. ir - i of the Cfntcnnary ot hU l.'rt r. cm. wlthntandirt he wa born in tha nc-ir-by city of Haverhill " - , VWo hi Cv-rv. f-uu -' Cot-Vran, Cia., 13. 0:. r-f th most ai-:u.trou t.rr- f;.i 1 . -ir this - .e -,- (ii'.-urT'-'-t tl:'t v !; the I'-l "f -.r '" i " J. J. TyUr V.M ?:v .-1 u:- 'i : - . ptork f r t s ( t' '-fl t !:') v. 1 : i V I 'l . 1 ; i.-t; I" -i 1. I I. I 'i . i. i.i .... t i : t ft: t:. I 1 . t t t .'. Create Two N .v t 'King Oscar's 1't. 1 Ouht Events 'of :.. : tcrcst Mhlch Are on T. . . The departure of the fit ft t." ships for the Pacific, t'.ie r. Secretary of AVar Ta;t from 1. cey around the world, the r of . both houses . of Con jr. . , u opment "in the Goldfleld, Nev r labor troubles, the annual mcf:.', v - : the National', Civic Federation, t trial at Berlin of Maximilien liar : , the ' German Editor who Is cliarr 1 Ith having, criminally libeled Count Kuno von Moltke, a contiinuatlon ct the hearing In the Druce perjury ca?i In London and the funeral of the lnt King Oscar, of Sweden, are among th important matters that ' will . occur y public attention this week. . The fleet under command of Rcsi r Admiral Evans will sail from Hamp ton Roads Monday. - , - ' - .CONGRESS TO QUIT SOON. Both ' houses of Congress will ad journ , Thursday of Friday for the Christmas holidays, and in -the mean-. time little business will be done be yond the appointment of committees. Senator Tillman -will; probably make his ' long promised rpeech on the fi nancial situation on Monday, but it Is not believed that his address will pre- Ipttate a general discussion of finan cial affairs, as the present disposition Is to pstpone that subject until after the holidays.1 S? The committee on banking ano currency win continue Its labors, but not with the hope of having any report . to ; make to th a House until after tha holidays. Secretary of War Taft, who went to Manila to open .the first Philippine Parliament, and t'n . continued on a trip around the 'world, probably will reach New Tork next Thursday. It i expected that .he will leave at opm for Washinjton. Mr. Taft and hi party are passengers on the steamer President Grant, : ILLINOIS CENTRAL FIGHT. The annual meeting of the Illinois Central Railroad, at which It is ex pected the .contest . between the.tw. factions of , directors and ctockholders headed . respectively by etuyvesant Fish and E. H, Harrlman, may be de cided Is scheduled to take place at Chicago next Wednesday. . The meeting of the National Clvia Federation to to be held n New Tork City on Monday And Tuesday. : Th general subjects will foe "Protect'.r - the people's savings." and "The pre vention of strikes and lockouts." A new caadldata i of speed honor in Che .battleships In the United tat i navy will be given a try out nei Thursday. She Is the battleship N? v Hampshire, Tvhlch was built at Can den, N. J., by the New Tork :.'? building Company. The ehlp Is bei - - prepared for' the "trial at the Leagu e Island navy yard, . A campaign to promote the up building of the shipping interests ot the country will began at Cleveland. O., next Saturday at a convention called : by the Merchants' Marine League, of that city. r' TOO NEW. CARDINALS. A secret papat consistory : will bt held at the Vatican December 14th. when -Mgr. Pletro Gasparrl, secretary of extraordinary affairs, Mgr. Lucon. Archbishop of Rhelms, and Mgr. An- drleu, archbtehi)p Of Marseilles, will be appointed " cardinals. On Decem ber" 19th a public consistory will be held whei the red hat will be impos ed oh Cardinal Rlnaldlnl, former i' al nuncio to .Spain, and Cardinal Agulrre, archbtehop : ot -'Burgers Spain, who were raised tothe carli nalate at Lhe consistory held I.: t April. - - - The funeral of King Oscar of Pwel- en, who dld December Sth, will t held .Thursday..... IAD TAILOR RUNS AMUCK. A Columbus, O..' Hunsarian Kills O i Woman, Serionsly Wounds An other and Takes His Own Life. Columbus, O'. ' Dec. 15. Ot'. Schmtgler, a Hungarian tailor, to-c? shot and probably fatally wound t Mrs.' Caroline Webster,, and serious!? wounded Miss Myrtle Spence and the killed himself.. - The tragedy occurre l at the home of Mrs. Webster, a gro cera wife, from whom Schmigler re;.t ed s room. He had been out of em ployment for some time and y despondent. It Is said that Schmigler was In! t- ot ..Ilk Mini Knnncn BHil thit ww.u " . . 1 ... . ...... .. . -. - - - - - - advances had been repulsed. J weosier. was . coming out . oi , . Spence's room when Schmigler at her from his own room. If I lieved that he m!.Nwk Mri. . for Miss Ppence th f : -t out. Miss Fnenca rus-het lri.'" t' " ' way. and Kchniiskr fired at 1 r. bullet going thrcmrh her r-- lodging in he breast, t -"tin. r ; ran back Into "hi.- room, wi- r ; a bullet Into his briin. : ? . will recover. Lawyer Ifummcl Near I New Tori!, Doe. 15 At Hummel, the lawyer who is f t sentence in I'.lack well's l.-l it. l ! tlnry for conspiracy:. In cd;. with the Do,;"-:' irsij d.vo- . r near death fnn kidney cordlnst to pi-i ii phv-' Mats sni.l to-tl y tint ILn dltion ai t'l. li that b i ! die at any moment, llu:.;-. tence on I' lack well's Isian 1 within a few weeks. Cu!;m livara, Pee. -i 1 ( 1 i I vin.-s at . .i f v.-r n i i?. 13. C F t 1 1 t ) 1 l r- ! . i i . :'!fmrr f 15. 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