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v : ' 1 I? ; ? v. i v ! i.l C - I J MfS 1!-. t ,! 1 ', -. : J-11 .l.rarr -: i i rt vat i ' t:.n iV i .I era i'ie I'rwi.'iit: i:e- i- .-.- t::o iv : IV--rant Km i even r .! A.: ,-;,i ant Co ,..tx C i'fn Jiiht Hcfore t I , rture 1 -re Lieut Makes IX o . . !i, I' !.Jt I .is a Word of ConJl ... (. '-co nd ,cU Wish lor AIL CM Point Comfort, Va., Dec. 16. tixteen hard-hitting, t eteel , belted . American ' battleships, gun-bristling and ' burly of 'girth, r but sparkling w hite in their immaculate ; dressing of peace, sailed away to-day under . thedaxzling sun of a cloudless win ter sky on their famous twin sea expedition of 14,000 miles along for elgn shores and, changing climes to the 'west coast of the United States, President Roosevelt, on the .bridge of Ala " cruiser-yacnt, tne iviaynower, , personally led the magnificent four , mile ; line of. fighting -vessel during the . first stage or tneir journey, , From the anchorage ';- ground In , Hampton Roads to the I. Horse Shoe fcend of Chesapeake Bay his eagle crested flae- of blue pointed the way to the navy's new home at the Golden Gate. - Then, when the wide reaches of the sea' were . visible throUKh the wide swung : capes - o Virginia, he turned aside and coming to anchorage revie wed the passing pageant i The boom of saluting cannon , marked 'the departure of the Meet, presenting to the people who watched a spectacle they will never , forget and to the world-at-large' the reality of the trimmest,, most thoroughly ' equipped ' assemblage ; of first-class battleships "ever gathered in . com , a.aaa ; j. y ; - .v .,- . - - . - ? There was not a ship in the line old enough to nave smeiled the pow der ; of Manila - or .. Santiago stories written scarce 10 . years ago in the history of nations. All were modern of design-and armament. TttA thrill tfc hntiHful ' toiartn . picture was felt until the last wind blown spiral of smoke was lost on . the horizon.; "'." -,. H RECEPTION. ON MAYFLOWER. r The sailing of the" fleet was pre ; ceded by a reception on the quarter aecic of the Maynower, which short , ly " after ,S - o'clock this morning . steamed into the centre of the an warmly greeted the fotfr rear ad ' mirals and the' sixteen commanding cmcers or the fleet as they climbed , si ii Liisi iiiH Hixriiiuirn vunrwuw nr r n a v yacoi. He naa ft word or confidence ' The tasplrtn aight of ' the vessels t gaily dressed at -anchor and waiting me word te-go-put tne-rrresident in ; rare? good spirits. -While the May BoweriwM-eomlng; into position and waiting for the reception to hegln. ine treeiaent paced rapidly up and down the decks,, anxieus ;to obtain . a viewof the great double squadron t from i every .. possible vantage point - -. "Did you ever see r-Hiuch a fleet? And auch a day? ; Isn't it magnlfl centt;. Oughtn't we ,Mi,toJfee proud!" exciaimea : tne resident in the midst of th.- reception, to the higher r offlcers he eent for the coxswain or tne xouislana s 'w launch ami tnrough i. hirrt , despatched a special message of greetlna-1 to that-s shin's crew. 4 when the surprised and em - barrassed coxswain, Seaman William enanaier, nad been presented to Mrs. Roosevelt aa well as to the Prest. riant n4 ha Jk atnl. . a a. - his launch", the President -.V said to jnose aoout mm: "I tell you our eh ustea men are everything, ThPv perfectly bullv and the art nn tn everythlnrvrequired of them, t Thia js inaeea a great fleet and a great . " 'mVilni ' WI9iniltirerBM4 Admiral Evans, commandeNin-chief of the departing fleet,waa the first of "the fla'fllMr'tO''ii'ilped over the aiae or toe Mayflower. He hurried to where the President stood waltinr aiM bringing his rights hand to aaluatln - poBiuon paia nu tormai resneets and gave his personal assurance that the ahips of his command were ready, for - their trip to the other aide of the hem isphere. President Roosevelt acknowl edged the saluate with lifted hat and . accepted the formal words of greet ing as stiffly as' they were ; uttered Then,'wlth the brief ceremony ended, foe grasped Admiral Evans' hand and gave it the. heartiest of shakes. The two conversed together Informally for a, moment or two until other arriving and flag and commanding officers set the reception into full awing. when leave and get the fleet under way the tt'resioent ronowea mm to tne gang- : way and then called him' aside for ,. nearly five minutes of earnest consul . tation. v vv h.y:?";'i 3-'-" ,1a parting' with the officers of the feet, President Roosevelt was wholly iQiuriuiti auu io nun iibu voraiai hand clasp, a grasp of the uniformed shoulder and a hearty "good-bye, old fellow, and good luck.' . ff'resldent Roosevelt's party on the Mayflower Included .Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Secretary of the Navy and Mra Metcalf, th Assistant Secretary of thels'avy and Mra New berry, Rear Admiral W. H. Brown non, chief of the Bureau of Naviga tion, and Mrs. Brownson; . Rear Ad miral and Mrs.7 Cowlea, anj Lieuten ant Commander and Mrs. irnms. . . ; The naval despatch 'boat Dolphin, with a party ef Congressmen on iboarcl el.o participated In the review. ,wTie last .good-byes had been said, !f e President's last wishes of good ick had been uttered. 1 - , ; "GET UNDER WAT." Suddenly the. signal yards of. Connecticut flashed the meafage; "Get under way Immediately, the fol- lowing the motions of the flagship." Orders volleyed from each vessel's rldge( Ther were conveyed by Warn ing bells to the engine rooms, through the. musical notes of half a score of iiufeiea Dressing lines were hauled In end as they tumbled to the deck the ships were robbe of gala attire. With the departure of the fleet of ficers the Mayflower proceeded to get under way almost at once,, so M to take her place at the heed of the for- mldaoie column and lead theswav to ...m.wio cuuai lighthouse, 10 miles out in the Chesa- peaKo our., (fia we -.Maynower re- treated down the warship lano each vewel she passed manned the rail with Mue Jackets, all of whom stood at at- tentlon. 1 . . The Connecticut, head of the col- vmn, and tt other ships of the first ivblon, the Kan:aR the Vermont and I.n'-!- "-, were tbe (irt ti l r ....... 4 t 4- : - f . ! It ( f 1 i I t.) i . 'I. t 1 1 ' t t:.r:r ,ior eL.il,,. and ,were I'ci; .::i t i. liata of t ; s:.r. ' .1. When at last all 18 s'.:'rs were in position, in fciEgio cola ran, ."natural order and distance," 400 yards apart, the engine room Indicators, far down in the depths of the steel protected decks, showed "full speed ahead," for the purposes of this cruise full speed means-an easy pace of 10 knots an hour. .. , - . ; ' The .-President's : yacht was well down the bay. - -t -'f-t-.- The President's yacht wa. well down - the bay when the ' battleship column began sto moye Coming to anchor near the "Tail of the Horse Shoe," the" Mayflower again let go her anchors end stood by to review the Pacific-bound parade. v , ,. CONNECTICUT LEADS LINE. ; There jwas little time to wait-be- tore tne wiae-girtnea hull or tne Connectlcutt glimmering white, saow ej on tne quarter rail. With Admtraj Evans on the alter bridge, high above the main "Jeck, with the uion Jack at the stem and a spotless new Amer ican flag fluttering from the flagtaff sented a picture which fajrly grilled those who saw her. - " f The. President lifted hla hat -and the spontaneous cheer he voiced wae quickly taken upv b others In hla pany.r ; nom v hla position on, tne waynower s nridxe t.ie President Jiaa an untnterrupred .view of the entire pageant ' Abreast ; the : presidential yacm tne Connecticut began nej se ries of salutes. -: - ' -U.. v-V::-rs';: .s" Following in the wake of the Con nectlcutt and saluting- in their turn. with bands playing, drums ' ruffling and guns booming the Kansas, the Vermont and the Louisiana-steamed by the Mayflower. . These four ships are as nearly alike as the naval art chltecta and builders could make fthem. v; "They rconstltuted the ; first division, first squadrbn of the fleet. . ?' Van hundred yards astern" of the Louisiana came the Georgia, flying the flag of. Rear Admiral . William . H. , Emory and leading the four ships of tne second divisions first squadron. The details of salute with the passing of the second division were the same as those set , -by the Connecticut and followed by- all the other ships as they came. .-- -: After the Georgia came the ' Kew Jersey, the 'Rhode Island, : and the Virginia. - " , . - '" y The ' passing of the ltfjlnlaf'com pleted the first squadr6n under the command of .Admiral Evans. ; Next came the eight ships of the second squadron, divided Into 'the third and fourth divisions of the fleet of four ships each. ,t The big Minnesota, with Rear Admiral cM. xnontas on tne brljge, led the squadron-.' Following her. came . tbe Ohio, the Missouri and thealne; ; " SPERRT'S SQUADRON. v , vThev-fourth" ,;clasa of battleships.! looklnr backward - is American naval history- waa found towlay. In the Ala-1 Dama ana Illinois, tne two leading ships m, the fourth division,, second, Buutiuroii, r ; amiri BDerry at flag flew . at "the main truck of the .I ., . , . J , ? T v : , . v hive a speed of more than, 17 khota and are ranked as first- class battle-M'Biliv snips in everyining, except uaio ot construction. - ' Ju - rlJ ( -j t- - The fifth and last class or snips represented In the parade of the Pa cific-bound fleet were tne jtearsarge and the Kentucky; the latter bringing un the rear of the line. The two ships were launched in '1898, about the, time of-, the Spanjsh-Amerlcan When the echoes of the saluting cannon of the Kentucky had died fcway'-across thai, waters, the Con necticut; at. the head of the column four miles away, had almost reached he: capes and . the hlstpry-maklng Journey ha1 berun in earnest. Tne wait ns- neet nreparea eany to welcome the President gnd'later hlA him adle. i : Lon before the : first gray shadows of the- breaking.; day s'anted through the open aatewav or the caoes, ' the red and .white Ar Jo' lanterns on mastheada Were flashing sfrnul from divisional' flagshlnii, i THOUSANDS .WITNESS DEPARf . it- ;'x:v;';i.:URE. -;s The 01I Point shores 4nd the ram parts of historic, old Fortress : Mon roe were lined with thousands of per sons a tne neet lifted anchor and set sail. Othef thousands' were gathered aboard excursion : crafts of all . de ecrlptions. . In the crowd wera gath erea tne wives, sisters aid . sweet hearts of officers and enlisted men; all reeung tn common Impuwe of min gled admiration for" the vast marine nlcture unfolded before them and the heart burnings of a long parting from relatives .ana rrienas. AViien the flagship Connectlcutt swept bv ? the pier. he band assemMeJ on the qnar- deck-ehould play "Ti Girl I Left KAhtnA ,Mn.'' find ' tliAn mn nd five'ly earn the strains of "AuU Lan 8vne,'. followed in turn by the "Star RnnnrlAd . Tlonnp r i There was not a hlth In nv f th ttp.ilsr:. ' of the i, well-planned pro gramme. To-night the sixteen shins' of the m8sivs , fleet continuing in, single order and steaming at the uniform soeed of 10 ' knots an hour are wn down the coast towrJ the treacher ous waters of ' Hatteraf".' -Ths Awt a of their' journey wilt brln them to THnirtiM on Chrlstmax Eve an there amid A'n hnt of the troolcs, th4 Christmas celebrations will be held.'' ' - K . ts , , ' Hundred .of, good-hv telewrsmn were flahej in the nhins by wireless eiegrapn as inev lert the roadstead. "Ph President, after the .review at the ""rue snoe wa comoieti'd. rsturne tn WfhlnironiMhe Mayflower weUh1n "'chor tr the trto Bp -ie otomT shortly after" noon. The fleet: rot fnder wav 1iit sfter 10 o'clock an- ,,t-ii two hours later had cleared me cape. - , . , WTPle Mcsngr Vrmti Fleet. Charleston, S. C, Dec, 18.-The De Forest and the navy yard stations (wireless) picked up the battleship fle-t at o'clock: to-night The Connecti cut operator was sending to New York And : t He niAflMflo-e n -fait n read' as follows: - " .': " 0n board Connecticut, 8 evening: 40 mit. ' neaaing soutn, southeast. Speed knots. In four columns abreast." l!) jhe message was . longer, but; the operators could not get anything fur- ther. A manage conveying grectlnsrs and an Invitation to come in on thfir return, ulsned bv Mavor T.hen . the hands of the operators, and ail right they were signaling to gt the 'Connecticut. The fleet H 'exri cie l t-i fn t'i p.vt Tre- div, h"t so fr o-'f m ij i . ,j ,y; , ,i t I ::;;! ti::..; .iTe ist, t mi-lit of Jr. Tay's Srstl,' : liosolatjon I i cf t!;e 1 A. . - 5 of tiiei 3 IX rks - I;ascd 'on lnvrst;:U'Uu I.-ne iios.e Sea- of V.'Hv; t I sion Very Short nn.l L4ttle l.a 'uos TransacttHi V.'"l Adjourn Saturday lor Holiday Oklahoma Senators Draw Ixe For Tcruis, the Wind Senator Gettiiij" the Short One Washington, Dec.; 16. A speech by Senator Tillman. flUed with denuncia tion of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Department of Justice, of financiers and "captains of Industry," was , the chief subject of Interest In the Senate to-day. : pis re marks ; were based on his resolutions directing an investigation by the com. mittee oh finance" of the 'recent bond Issues fcy the Treasury Department and of the issuance of clearing house certificates : throughout - the country. MR. TILLMAJI'S SPEECH. "I must confess I have not studied finance very much' from the books,"' began Mr, Tillman V apologetically, "my own labors in that direction hav ing been confined to my' own . expen aes." i j, i'Hi-HrS'n-'-' ' Mr. Tillman eald he did not know whether the criticism of the chair man of the " House committee on banking and currency (Mr Fowler) had caused the . ucretary , of : the Treasury to halt in the issuance of "bonds, but a change of plan eeemed to have been made and he had not been able to learn how much of the proposed bond issue had been put out He expressed the opinion that . the Secretary had violated -jthe spirit of the law - If he had not "violated the law lteeltfHf ? r-'tC i ?'ttf.;we are not' tn the midst of e, panic; we are in the midst of a chill produced by the danger of a panic," declared Mr. Tillman; . "The Treasury," he said, "has dump ed its money In Wall Street, and the country has praised the patriotism of J. Plerpont Morgan Hn ialdlng - the country to get a grip 'on itself and not let everybody, go crasy and pre cipitate further loss and horrors on the country.": iM: ,v' '' "&''-.---'. :::J -'; Speaking' of k . published Inter view .with the President ; by ' Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha, In which- the President Is alleged to have said that If he was responsible for the panic, he was glad of it as It had brought to view the rotten - conditions of , the country's finance; he 'said: ' "I fear that Mr. Dahlman Is in imminent danger of joining the Ana nias Club. Perhaps somebody herei .win use- the telephone and find out euoui inac. - - - . .WHO eTRUOK f "BILLY ' PATTER , , SONT" . ' ; 1 He : said that- he would not worry about the- panto' but' he found so- many facts connecting the Treasury Denartment. vn th Rennte mS the House of nnreeniativea Mh wall Street thaf. h w nhlfMrf i J tecognize""them?5 Tspeclally""as"the mec, me coiuqn planter anar tne j said . he wanted 4xt know' wlio struck PnMwnii."-i,:ii'-j. . .s He snoke of ' the manner In which the financial stringency ha operated. "AndJ? he added, "the, President says m b proua of i cannot believe he said It He has said many things lacking; discretion, .but I; do- not be lieve he Is so callous aa to feel any pleasure tn the condition of- paralysis which confronts us. , I believe he Is a patriot, though . he has perhaps sjiown ;it .-badly;at tlmes)rJ?;;:t.;v,-;i:'. . The Senator held aloft a banking: house certificate,, and in loud voice called ; upon ' the Senate to look at it '';.M:M&;iyv "Hhere is a specimen," he' declared, VLook Mke-what you call Confeder ate money ehln plaster and yet they are Issued by national bank Look at it. . I am going to have it engraved if it can be. done without destroying it and put in the Congres sional Record. ' But I don't propose to have it destroyed and -lose a dol lar Just to enlighten yon on ths cur-! rency.w .V: x.:t He wanted only good greenbacks and In raspmg tones, epeaklrdg of the hecesslty of money, he said: .'-'You will have to go to the bone yard --If you can't get lt". As between the. "shin f plasUrs," In the form of clearing house certifi cates and greenbacks, he eald he would prefer greenbacks baaed on railroad and other stocks and bonds, although they were, in his, opinion, filled with water, ' "He was." he said, "dally In receipt of letters from people who think they know all about the ourrency and have schemes for currency reform. "But I don't ; even read ' them,'. ' he said. . 4 - BONDS NOT SOLD TO HIGHEST ' BIDDIERS, - , . - ,"It iiad-been alleged." he eald, that the . bonds recently Issued had jnot "been sold to the highest bidders and he read , a newspaper copy of a letter by Mr. flchram, of New York. saying he had bid 1108 1-2 ca $50. 000 of the', bonds, but had not received any of them, although they had been sold as low as 1102. 'The committee on finance," he added, "could find out whether tnat is true." , . 'The , . .comptrollers - of the currency," , .i he - , ealdi' " '"are so complacent . and .' polite while t)hey are -...-? in .office that ; al most every one of them has gradu ated Into the presidency of a bank." -"The official about the, President," he said, f go out to Join tbe kings of finance. The v; President gurus- on the-light. i Why don't he turn on the handcuffs when he finds . somebody stealing? " He goes to the country and makes speeches and destroys the confidence Of the people, but-we do not find him putting anybody in pris on.', - . - ; He referred to resolution he had introduced In the Senate a year ago for an inquiry into the failure of the hank of which John R. Walsh, of Chicago, was the president, but year and' a half tad ' gone ,by before - the trial han beirun. "As Walsh Is under trial." he said, "he would not comment fur ther on that subject. He had on Saturday telegraphed the "district at torney In Newt York, asking about recent bank failures, but that ofilclnl had replied that he coul 1 not give out the Information regarding the jn vestlsration that Is being made. "I Expected to be put off," declare the Senator., "That seems to-be -the policy of the Department of Justice ar.d th Tffnnjry Peprtrtrrent." Mr. Ti iit-fn r--v.1 he or,v Intend- I ,' j t , L ; t ! ' -U . ra!' i t i (ir ) n t ; i i Vhea It t'.xo-S1, : i. 'he would a. : i Introduced a refo. a c ingressional lnves csse of the present icy and calling on t:.d t.. ,f.nanclal strin committee mi ..ii.ee of the Senate to ' recommend the mensnrwa for fhe 1m mediate relief of the country. In the absence of Senator Aldrlch, chairman or the committee on finance, the reso lution was allowed to go over. number of othiar bills were introduced. The Senate adjourned at 8:15 p. m, TWENTY; MINUTES' SESSION, . The House session Was limited to 3 minutes and little business was trans acted.; - The epeiker announced the appointment of the committee on ap proprlatlons. " The House adjourned until Thursday.- Both houses agreed to adjourn on Saturday for the Christ mas "holidays, the recess to continue until January 6th. Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, was to-day eworn In as president pro tern or the Senate, continuing ms ser, vtces Jn that office. .The two Senators from Oklahoma were sworn into office to-day, Senator Money presented the credentials of Robt L; Owen- and : Senator 1 Cuber- son those of Thomas P. Gore, the blind Senator. They were escorted to the Vice president s desk, Senator Gore walking slowly byt : the aid . of : his cane and leaning on the arm of the Texas Sena. tor. ; After , the oath was administered to Senator: Gore he was conducted. to the desk and having hla pen properly placed on the book ' before him. he signed his hame to the constitution. The terms of the two Senators were then drawn by lot 'Senator Owen secured the six-year term and Senator aore .the two-year, term, V.W:J ;r.; ADmTIONS ' TO COMMITTEES, Immediately : after ; ; convening the House agreed to a resolution increas ing the membership of various commit tees one or; twq, members. . The ways and means committee Is increased to 19: banking and currency- to 19; coin age.; weights and . measures ,. to 18 rivers and harbors- to 20; - merchant marine and -fisheries to 19; foreign affairs to 19: miUtary affairs to 19 naval affairs to 19: public lands to 19; Indian affairs to 19: puhile buildings and grounds to 17; District of Coiuro bla to 19. ' Among the bills Introduced ; In the House to-day-were the, following: Bv Mr. Clark, of Florida, prohibiting common carriers of passengers from limitlpg the time for the use or inter state tickets: -wovming lor a trans Florida ship canal from the Atlantic to the Gulf : by Mr. Hale, of Tennessee; bestowing a flat pension of $30 on every veteran - Who served 0 days in , the civil war; by Mr. Ferris, of Oklahoma, making two cents for an adult " and one cent for a child the maximum ritl- nmiI rate, ner ml charaeabie for inter state ' ttckeUr by i Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, 4 designed to,' - admit fl, to American registry roreign -nonim-w eia nr td in domestic trade; by Mr. Richardson, v of - Alabama, . 'exempting engineer f officers nflt for -field service from riding", jests. -. NEWTOX BURGLARS CAUGHT, a,.,: M;-- Tw White Men s iTariea ; Snspects , aiid Confess to Burglarixlng store- jv Hunger Their Plea Two egroes Will Answer For similar unease. Special' to- The:Obseryer,';,;HSft:?K:-iVi ; i.Newtoh,: Dec. J T-To-day about 11 o'clock" two " white men were brought to Jail here, who ;ave proved .to ne the parties who last night broke Into to store of Fowler and McD&nlel, near the depot and stole a lot of provls- tons, rney are young mou uuui vmh nlil and1 aive their names as J. W, Wood and Henry Carlisle, of Bal timore, n They aay , they ? nave tneeB away from home seven days and be ing nearfly starved Is the reason they broke Into '-the store.''.? iV After the discovery of the burglary fhi moraine- Messrs. .' Dan; sMlaen- helmer and Bob Slgmon, thinking the car ties mlarht have gone to Hickory, .boarded No.' II for that place. On the way the train overtook two menwno (had bee walking up the track and passed them. : Thinking1 perhaps tnese might be the parties wanted, Messrs, Mlsenlfelmef C and Slgmon ! left the train, at the: flag: station Oyama, and walked back, down the tnack. Meet ing the tramps they at once covered them w-ltih their revolvers and made them surrender.. Some of the stolen goods were found upon the men and nin aeknowiedred breaking Into the ' - ...--.-r , . store. in the meantime pan.es , seen two jitrange . men, early In the morning, leave tne earn oi roiy -Ree, noar Conover, so the sheriff was 'vhoned for. and It was quite a party, therefore, which escorted the nrKnnera to tail. wtoere .? they - will await the next term of-court In Feb ruary, iv 1 ' . Mr. Wait t. Alley also brought to Jail this 'morning two negroes named Rherrlii. who are guilty of breaking Into Mr. Alley's store last -week. One of the men was arrestee, ai once on imnirion: ut a there was very little against him he wa released on bond. Later ' the second negro was found with some of the stolen goods In his possession : and when . arrestea, as knowledged Xhat he and the first ne gro had done the stealing. : ' Miss Katherlne Holler, ttaughtef of Mr. Ab, Holler, of Catfish, died here this mot nlng from an attack of pneu monia, aged about 5 years. The fu neral will Uke lilace to-morrow at Bethel church near her Old home. Mr. Robert IL Rowe, ft member of the senior class at the University, re turned home Saturday night to spend the holidays. Mrs. R.' B.. Knox has gone to her old home in Ashe county to attend the marrlage of her broth er, Mf, W; tt Worth, and Miss Maude Allen.t:?-?:.'; FRLSCO DIS3IISSI2j 8tTTS. At Conference of State and Railroad OiHe?Jls Frisco System , Agrees to Accept ame Coudltloiw Under Wlilrh Seaboard Js Working. !; Birmingham, Ala., Dec. " H.--At a conference here to-day. between Gov ernor B. B- Comer and Railroad Com missioner W. D. Nesbltt and General Agent A, P. Ltghtner and Counsel E. K. Campbell, of the 'Frisco system, the railroad agreed to dismiss its sulu against the state, put In the statutory rates and accept the same goneril conditions as the,. Seaboard Is now working undtr except that the 'Frisco Is placed la the second class. The ereement means that the Frsco will maintain 2 1-S cent pasrener rates and wll bo allowed to charge IS pe?r rent. More t"r frciKhts than roads In the first ! such as the LiuNvlHe ' :'. ".v:: - c .1 t.'J c-t.-j rf c.-rt. - i" .-; iur 't ' . i i. . -nat.ir C. ;ion Uirei ; ation of O '' il'J X. V4. XILLTIAN'S SO COXi'IXlT.IZ). The South Cftrol' .ian strides' Ilcavi'y t Koo.-evclt, t'ortclyou and ' to Wall Street Ga?? Talks of tlic South's 'S:.iniu Plasters" and Pays One He Exhibits SliouKt To lTlnud In Congressional :, Rsoin-d J Scnator OTernan (Sets on Jiullcinry Com- hilttee as Was Expected -Ho-nrescn taUve Pou May Make tho Ways and .Means Committee and Sir. Webb ' th-3 Jndidnry Overman A' k l or 1500,000 -or BulUUngs at Wilniliis ton Tar Heels Visiting In Wash ington. BY H. K " C" BRYANT. Observer Bureau. Congress Hall Hotel, . Washington, Dec. Is". , Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of South Carolina, , made . here to-day what Is eald to have been his best speech In the Senate. He spoke for nearly two hours on his resolution, offered several days ago. . ,"I came not to give light 1 but to seek It"' was among the first things he said. "I am not a member of the finance committee, nor have I much knowledge of great financial affairs. The most financiering that I ever did was to try to meet my obligations," declared the South Carolinian : as he looked about the Republican side of the - chamber, for Senator r , Aldrlch chairman of the committee . on fi nance.' 'Three f months ago' :: there were signs of a brewing stornv but the masses of the people were prosper ous and In the South the great rail road men said , that they could not furnish cars for the business. The Republicans told : us . of ho w , haypy everybody was and i how plentiful money had become and what a grand country they had made us. Suddenly there , came a collapse on . Wall Street and a feeling of distrust spreal over the land. I was away down in Texas when the first ; clouds came. . But now, they say,, we are over It' If we are not in the midst of a panic, we are In a chill produced by the fear of one. , - s - "Everywhere they eald all would be well If confidence could be restored. Secretary of the Treasury ? Cortelyou ran to New York and emptied - the money of the Treasury the money collected for taxes Into the lap ; of Wall Street Morgan, you all ' well know, called on the President and presently the Treasury felt the tiecest sity iOf Issuing bonds. Two classes were to be Issued and they called for bids. : There has beer! considerable delay In saying who got these bonds. , what 1 1 - wish to : ascertain ; is whether or not the Secretary, of the Treasury had any authority by law to issue the bonds. - I want some of the wise financiers or lawyers of the Sen ate to answer . this question for me: There, Is, a feeling abroad rn the .land that If the letter of the law was not disobeyed tha spirit, was. There fore, i askv Did ' Cortelyou comply witn tne law? . v. "The Republicans have abused the Democrats for issuing bonds in . the time of peace to v put gold In - th Treasury but here they have issued bonds when the Treasury Is full of I have letter from j everywhere asking about this panlo and these bonds, ; and J ; some correspondents charge unfairness and others worse I am a farmer and want to know if is nas oeen a one in tne proper way.' Mr. Tillman read the President's letter to Cortelyou, upholding the is suance of the bonds, and then com mented on an alleged Interview with Dahlman, the cowboy mayor, of Omaha, who called On the President last, week and reported what he said, which was to the effect that .he. Dahl man, could tell the boys in Nebraska that If he, Roosevelt had exposed the rottenness of Wall Street by bringing on the panlo he was glad to accept the1 responsibility. The .. Senator de clared that he did not believe that Mi. Roosevelt had s said it. ; He could not Jmaglne that the President could rejoice over the troubles that had come to farmers, manufacturers, laborers and others on account of the panic. ;:i.-:i..V:'',-st-'tV:.: "But," he. continued, "we do want to know, who struck Billy Patterson, who hurt the business of the country. The South and, West were more pros perous inan ever joeiore. . , RAKES WALL STREET MEN. Senator, Tillman was not quite - at himself until he began to picture men on Wall Street running here and there, selling greenback money at. a prem ium. ,::.;--'i':-;;K' v. w.'.r.. ;-;-?k, i'v-;. Why. if a .Bottthern : man w had money In a New York- bank he could not get It out. but when he insisted on having cash to meet the demands at home he was told that It could be bought In the market by paying v a premium t a hundred," said the speaker. ' . "Money Is the blood of trade. The buccaneers or .wan street wouia wnis per to Washington and asked for de posits fof their banks there. The cap tains of industry - were blowing ( air DUuDies. vvno neipea tnem i . ,.?; Mr Tillman told of the condltrons throughout the, South several weeks ago when national hanks issued certi fies tea, clearing house certificates, 7 or shin Blasters.' as ne caned ; them. Some man In Aehevllle had sent him one and he exhibited It and declared that it should be printed In the Con gressional Record. NO PUT-TJP WITH "SHIN -PLAS-TEBS."; 'Yes,' they nave local currency dowft South," hie said. "It will not float far from home. We want dollars that will pass in South Carolina, in Wash ington, In Maine, everywhere in this great country of ours, s 1 Greenback Is good enough for me. ,1 nave become accustomed ,to it e The. people won't put up with the "shin plasters" , Ion g. If a man' blood goes wrong, it will not be a great while until he it taken to the bone yard. . So it Is with a country when its money, becomes bad. We don't like your "shin plaster" We want teal money for our cotton. There never was a time, until this panic, that cotton would not bring gold. Now we cannot get greenbacks for It." ' Mr. THlman told the story of water ed tockt, declaring, V among,', other things, that stocks Issued did not go to Improvements but to fatten Ihe pocket of the Wall Street captains, "I will ask. Was the Iru lawful? Was the method lawful?" ; said he. "Why does not Mr. Roosevelt when he turn on the light that hurts, turn on the handcuffs, find the guilty and punish them? Have we not tho laws? Thn enforce them. V "I have awked you some questions. Answer them t fur lel.nre.". On -'sccount ef the " annonncempnt i..:t Tllhr.aa woutj .1., .,k t -day tSe gillcrlcg were well f.lzi vii'j, riHIIAFS 1113 LLSZ r ca anj women when he co:;.nU'acel. 'J hree-f ourths of the tijairs on tie I.cpublican side were empty, bat be fore the speech had progressed far mo; t of them were occupied and every body gave the South Carolina man a respectful hearing. Mr. Tillman has quieted down and makes a bold, clear cut, -able speech. He spoke , to ,. the point this afternoon and did not, rant. Ills voice carried s well and bis sen tences were well formed. 5 GENERAL HITCHCOCK DEPOSED. ." It la said here to-night that General Hitchcock, of the Poatoiflce Depart ment who has been handing out the patronage in tae South for three years, has been deposed to the extent that he will , not give out any more political jt-ps. If this Is true, it la evident that the President does not like the organi sation work that has been going on in the South. Some interesting develop ments may follow. - These two have yelled for Roosevelt and a third term and slyly worked with enemies or tne administration mav see worse times, The situation does not' Improve for the Southern Republicans. The talk of a man to oppose Bryan is becoming more plentiful ; and : louder. Judge Gray, of Delaware, and Governor Joan A. Johnson, of Minnesota, are the men talked of here. It begins to look as If the Nebraskan would have serious op position.; New York political ' clans are getting together and, they are not for Bryan.. - -vw-:- -V - -SENATE COMMITTEES COMPLETE. ., The Senate committee appointments are now complete and Senator Over man. as was anticipated, become a member of the Judiciary committee, for. which position Senator Culberson recommended him. . This is an impor tant assignment and no other North Carolinian has held It but Vance," Sen ator Overman's other committees are: Claims, fisheries, forest reservations and protection of game, military af fairs, public buildings and pensions. Senator Simmons did not ask for any new appointments, ; being1 a member of the Culberson steering committee, a political organisation.; His commit tees are: Foatofflces, agriculture ana forestry, coast defenses; commerce, Cuban relations, District of Colum bia, to examine the several branches of the civil service. inter-oceanlc ca nals and public buildings and grounds, It is believed that Representative E. .W. Pou, Of the fourth North Caro lina district will be put on the ways and means committee of the House, and Representative E. Y. Webb, of the ninth, on the Judiciary. : If these genUemen land, they will deserve the congratulations of their: constituents, for they are considered ' two of the very best committees. The announce ments will be made Thursday v m ; BILLS BY OVERMAN. Senator: Overman Introduced . bill to-day asking for 1500,000 for a pub llo building, a customs house and a court house for Wilmlngton.v:A ;; sec ond bill provides for a .fish hatchery in the western section of thai State. RepresentaUve Robert N- Page has se cured a R. F. D, route from Spies, Moore county.--. 1, . . "'Mr. IPage has Just 1 returned , "from Baltimore, whefe h went to have an ODeration nerformed on his son, Ron ert , bv a nerve specialist. The son who Is' but If veers old. fell, last summer and cut his arm on a bottle, As a result of the injury received he was about to lose the use of his hand. The operation. It Is believed, will save the hand and arm." - - The followlngtnamed , Tar Heels were here to-day: Prof.' J. ..B. Car- lvle. of Wake Forest: Cameron Mor rlson. of Chaflotte; John Cameron, of Rockingham, and . Herman ana .eig mond Wallace, of Ptatesvllle. All the' .noatofflce appointments made so far by the President for North Carolina have been reported fa vorable bv Senator Simmons except tJouglas," at Greensboro, Meeklna,. at Elisabeth City. 1 and Edwards, ) at Frankllnton. The appointment of Rob erta at Marshall has gone through af ter some little trouble. Spence, of Charlottes went. In to-daytso.,c did Joyce, of Retdsvllle, and, others. - : INACCURACY IK, ESTUMTE. Representative Heflln, of '.Alatsxma, Introduce Reeoiutlon . Charging Secretary of Agriculture With In accuracv In - Fstimatlng Cofwn Crop Claims Estimate Is . Too lligh. ,. , , Washington, Dec. W.A resolution charging the Secretary of Agriculture with inaccuracy in estimating ' the year's cotton crop, and calling on him to furnish to congress "the figures of the United States for 1907" was intro duced in the House to-day by1 Mr. Hefiln.' of Alabama.-.'.-.T -i;-'::'? In explaining the purpose of the resolution Mr. Heflln said: r 'By December 1805, according to the government report, there had been gin. ned 1,890,000 hales of cotton, and there remained to be ginned of that year's crop according 'to the; government's final report 1,885,000 hales, now, when the government rsport shows only t. 838,000 bales ginned by December v 190T aM,00O bales less than was ginned by December 1st. 19051- want to know. and ; the cotton producing section of this country wants to know, by wnat method of reasoning the Secretary of Agriculture retches the conclusion that there remain to be ginned of this year's crop 3.840,000 bales. This estimate by the secretary or Asgricuiture nas cost the producer several million dollars al ready. The facts do not warrant his estimate. V No such . crop has been made. 1 If we are going to have d and helv on kovernment reports ss to the cotton crop, we must Insist that those in aumoruy ou wmr t;.a information, and not upon sugges tions from any other sources I - "The nassage of my resolution win accomplish that end and it will reveal to the eountry In time to help te cot ton producer obtain a fair price for the remainder of thhuyesr's small crop that the Secretary of Agriculture Is entirely wrong and mistaken In hla es timate of the cotton crop for 1907., i - Hummel year. Death's Door. ' New" York, - Deo. 1 Dr. ' Mats, house physician of the hospital on Bleckwell's Island, to-night gave out a statement concerning the critical condition of Abraham Hummel, , the disbarred New York lawyer who Is serving a sentence of one year for conspiracy in connection .with the Dodge-Morse divorce case, Dr. Mats said he thoucht that his patient; would live through the nl.M, Medical . . Collese Asoelation 51,ets, New Orleans, Dec. - 1C Wlth IS medical schools ' represented, the Southern Association of Medical Col leges held its twentieth anmil cna ventlon here to-di y. A committee was appointed tj invc .t !; it ,- tha ad visability of dero;ind!r-jt a f.vir-ycsr high school tour?" ai n i;i!.:icntt.n for "entrytf .?;:: - r. - t' i-It-ccs. : AL ij a . . .1 TV.LLTE I Nearly Oiso V ; in Mine I v, ... i ; Fourteen li-iwi, is 1 Twelve EJ l, .,Vl covered ut of I;. t k . ably Number Sixty e. - , Explosion Is Unknown I 1 : ed to Have Resulted IY, 1 ; Flylnjr Timber Blown l i Destroys Building Nearby. Heat Follows Explosion i:: 1 .work of Rescuers. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. nAix i early tonight from .yoland In ., that about 60 men met death bv t explosion In the mines of the Tel . Coal & Coke Company at that j . this morning. The work of recove -Is very ; slow and while hundreds r ' miners from the adjacent ml-' -camps v are preesnt to assist it 1 i thought that aU of the dead cannot 1. gotten ; out before to-morrow, . On!v 12 bodies had been recovered up to O Clock. ' ' - 1 !' The explosion occurrtd about "'10:31 o clock this morning 'and so far its cause has not been made known. , than 100 men went into the mine this morplng and this accounts for the, fact that the loss - of . life was 1 no t heavier, . v The mine, has in the past has been pronounced free from gas by the - State mine ; inspertors : and it is supposed that the txoloslon was caus ed by dust Atnoon it was imoossib'n itto venture even near tbe mouth of th mine so not was ths sir that was rush. Ing out. . ' 1 -1 ., - TERRIFIO EXPLOSION. , , , The explosion was below the right subentry. The mines go down something like 1.S0O feet k There . was a terrlflo explosion, the force was seen outside, dust and timber being blown out an great quantities destroying some small buildings, nearby and also land ing on the depot some little distance away. '4 There was a terrific heat Im mediately after the explosion. Officials of the company -were on j the ; scene immediately, and took, steps to start a rescue party to get to the men on the Inside. The fans were started up and other methods taken to eliminate the bad air. Within an haur 14 men had crawled from the mine..: Several of these men were badly burned. - . to! ana mine is but a few miles from Virginia City, where fc similar explo sion occurred abont two years ago. It being killed at that time, v Yoland is 80, miles south of Birmingham Mineral Railroad. The Yoland. Coal - ft Coke Company is ? headed by Dr.; Q. B. Crowe,? of Birmingham. Between 125 and 150 men are given employment In the No. I mine.-.; Being Monday morn ing the large crowd did not go Into the mines.- ' , - v " - The Yoland mines were among the model collieries of the Birmingham district Non-union men 1 were - work ed exclusively but everything possible had been done to insure the content ment ef employes with their conditions. The village is located on a beautiful hill and houses are all painted white with green trimmings, giving It an air tot ' plcturesqueness, of ' healthfulness, unusual In mining camps. ', The work of rescue has beerf ex tremely slow because . of the debris in the mines ' and the large crowds of women,' children and elght-seers at the opening. The explosion is now known to : have -occurred . In either the fifth or sixth right en trances. All of the bodies have been recovered ' from these , entries and some of , them '' were so - horribly mutilated that identification is al- most impossible. . - LIST OF RECOVERED. ; The list of dead, recovered and Identified at 10 o'clock to-night was as follows: . - White: , , ; - ROBERT ARNOLD, general m!ne foreman. t VtlhL, TOWE.' TOM NEWELL. ' ' ,.,'" A. B. OUREDLET. SAM 'WRIGHT. . - '":, ;. , W. R. STOVES. , 1 -J- -NEIL RIDER, engineer. 1 CHARLEY SATTERFIELD JOE MADISON. ? , i JOHN TUCKER. , . , m JONES. , t , s- 1 VANTHONY STOVES , Colored: - SAM WATSON. . NAT HUMPHREY. J ROLAND JACKSON. P. FRANKLIN. - , , . PINK COLUNS. . .. ,,'.,. SAM BUDS. , " " , JIM SMITH. . ' According to Sunerlntenden t r Huckabee, the exnlaslon ws nn. doubtedly due to "windy" shots. Mr. Huckabee had Just made a tour of inspection and had congratu lated some of the men on the con dition of their rooms. He left h mine only a few, minutes before the explosion, . , . Parties of miners from Ahemr, Bearles. Davis Creek and Brookwood1 Bws reaay 10 netp in the re covery of those who are frit , . tombed, l ; Thirty-Five Bodies Covered. Birmingham, Ala.. Deo. lit a message from Yoland e at midnight says S I bodies have been takes from the mines and that the rescuers be. neve between SV and 40 are hii i the lower entrances. . DUEL LV STREET." Edwfnrd Bragj and IVrnier S rnt -.r MiarborougH Pull Off Dellfnrati'y- J'lanned Duel nrasr Kllle 1 r l tyiarborough Wounded. .uret,' MIhs.7 Dec. ' l s. a "'iur- rately-planned and ' stnsational ,: occurred in the main street of La-.' ; to-day In which Edward Erag killed' and B. W. eharborouih. fm,. er-State Senator. wa wounded. ' rne two had a quarrel over a big ness matter, during which In -r i4 eald to have advised Sharborou 1 t'y go and get', his ; run. ,. Sharborou 1 wnt to a nearby store and pun ! . .. ed a shotgun and shells,- while i:- -waited. ( When gharborough re peared Bragg opened fire, hltth1 r r ntn three tlmea wltou danefrc- -Wounding him.' Sharborou ?h in ; of the bullets advanced until so that Brapg solaed .the musrta c" shotsrua. After a tussel for p' of this , weapon Sharboro-; .-, h ending the due! by -nortally wo Ing Bragg. 'A small bay spectator -slightly wound1. 1. . Two rrot-iiiic f A. VaUo 'i, Ci fty end v ;nhi ! j cf i v .aot in r.!.i''j f roi 4. Tv 1 ,. u . e?,h f ". nt!v d.e, 1 ,;. 1 t j 1 V.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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