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Coming from a man of Senator Bevetridge's exuber ant and optimistic! temperament it-might not have attracted much attention, but from one occupying the position of Secretary of the Treasury and SO closely identified with the Government it traded attention not ronly has at- in this but in other countries. He is, in the language of the street or jingoist "right," an expansionist with a big E, and a flag waver who does not propose to let any of the other fel lows get away with him. He has "inevitable destiny" down fine, and is mapping out a large-sized job for Uncle Samuel. ! Referring to the war between the States he said that the right of a State to secede was at least a debata ble one before the war, and was not decided until Lee's I army surren- dered. It had been decided by the I arbitrament of arms and this coun try waa no longer a mere Union of States, but a nation, which relegated State sovereignty as something ob solete. The only thipg remarkable in this is the admission that the right ot secession was a debatable one, which had never been decided until the appeal to arms, which de cided it in favor of the victor. That is the Republican logic; it is not good logic for force cannot settle a question of principle or of right. All it can settle is the physical power of I the victor to assert and maintain his I position, otherwise the vanquished are always wrong and! the victors al ways right, which is preposterous. But the admission as to the debata bleness of the right of secession dis poses, with those who take his view, of the rot about "rebellion," "trai tors," &c, of which wehave heard bo much and still hear something in the halls of Congress and out of it. It is somewhat late in thejday for admis sions of this kind by representative Republicans, but better late than never. 1 Referring to the war with Spain, he said: "Disguise it as we will, deny it as we may, the element of self-interest was a factor in the equation in 1898. We were masters of our own markets sad were reaching out for new ones. Yet, commercialism, if you please, had touched us, and so it was that our self interest as well as our unselfishness were appealed to. Then we gave no tice to the world that I we proposed to police the street on which we lived, and wa challenged him who doubted our right to step out into the open." This doesn't harmonize well with the "benevolent assimilation" rot which we have so often heard re iterated, but it is more creditable because more truthful and more honest. ' "Disguise it as we will,"self inter est, commercial expansion and ter ritorial grab were and are the in spiration of the policy which kept our army in the Philippines, after the first object in the movement by Dewey's fleet was accomplished. The rest was after thought suggest ed by greed and commercialism. We fell npon a prize and swayed by cupidity resorted to fraudulent pre tences to justify holding it although in so doing we discredited our hon eaty and ignored our traditions. As the logical result of j this departure he said: "The tread of thought and of events has been toward a stronger eentral government If the door set ajar In the spring of 1893 by the unanimous vote of both houses of Congress ever wings wide on its hinges, the United Btates will police not only the street on which it lives, but the entire West era hemisphere, and with It all coun tries and all islands washed by the raolflc. I give not audience to the thought without misgivings, and I mention it only as, the logical se quence of the trend; of our national development." j This is an intimation to the peo ple who at present have govern ments of their own on this hemi sphere as to what they may expect when this Government gets things IT 'hape and'h ready to ab- n ana plant "old glory" " them; not the first time, how- VOL. XXXIII. ever, that this has been fdreshad owed for other Republicans have antedated Mr. Shaw in that horo scope. ! But it is interesting, if not suggestive, as coming from a man so closely identified with the present government and its policies. Speaking of the trend towards centralization of power in the Fed eral Government, he said: "There is now pending in the United States Court a suit begun by a repre tentative of the executive department of this country to enjoin a great cor poration, organized under the laws of a certain State, from owning, holding and voting the capital stock, and con trolling the policy of certain transpor tation companies in a distant portion of the country. Without expressing an opinion as to probable results, it is in teresting to note that the most pro nounced disciples of State sovereignty complain not of this action and utter no criticism than that it should have commenced earlier. Note the demand for national regulation of railways, of telegraph companies, of insurance and of trusts. Note the demand for uni formity in labor laws, divorce laws, in terest and taxation laws. The trend of events and the trend of thought seem to be still towards a stronger and more centralized government." And here is the grandiloquent spreadeaglism with which he closed this remarkable speech: "Gentlemen, we must have the largest merchant fleet ever kissed by ocean breezes, and these carriers of international commerce must be built of American material, in American yards by American labor. They are to be manned by American sailors, burn American coal, or more prob ably oil, and they are to float the Stars and Stripes. Whether this be ac complished .through government aid or by American patriotism and Ameri can capital and American energy lean not say. Whether this consummation shall be contributed to by statesmen or achieved by financiers is imma terial compared with the importance of the thing itself. American wealth, plus Hawaii, which is ours, plus the Philippines, which are ours, plus the Isthmian canal, which we will surely construct, plus a merchant marine, which we will surely build, transfers the sovereignty of the Pacific ocean from the Union Jack to the Stars and Stripes." All this, Mr. Shaw says, is the logical result of the trend of events, and much of it its centralization, its paternalism, the subordination of principle and precedent to com mercialism and greed are the logi cal result of Republicanism, which h&a converted this Republic from a union of co-equal sovereign States into a despotism of the majority. whose gauge of right is might, where the power to do justifies the doing. AVOID EST ANGLING ALLIANCES In discussing labor organizations in the South, especially in the mill ing industry, we have taken the po sition that whatever the organiza tions in this section may be they should act independently .and keep ai00f from similar organizations in the North, and under no eonsidera. ions to put themselves under the control of the so-called national or ganizations. There have recently been strikes in some of the mills South of us, concerning which we quote the following dispatch from Columbia, under date of the 1st inst., in support of the position we have taken "Prospects for the settlement of the strike and lockout affecting cotton mills in Horse Creek Valley. S. ' C. and Augusta, Ga., are much better to night than at any time since tne trou ble began. The national organization has failed to keen its promise to aid the strike to the extent of 82 per week. It has given $500 instead of $9,000 so far due. Commissaries have been opened and the strikers are being given some provisions. The single operatives who are boarding are kicking. A meeting of mill men officials and a committee from the operatives is in session and a settlement is hoped for to-morrow, We do not know what the griev ances of these strikers were or what thegrounds for the lockout were,but this doesn't matter. These) strikers were encouraged to strike by prom ises of support from the National organization, which promises were not kept and as a result the strikers, who could not holdout, were forced to succumb and probably lost instead of gained by the strike. Thev certainly lost the time they were idle and that amounted to something to those people, who were dependent upon their daily earnings. If it had not been for. the encouragement given them by the National organi zation and the promises of support , the differences with their employers woma, no aoubt, nave been ami cably arranged and there would have i s ... been no strike, no hard feelings and no loss of time. This should be a lesson to our Southern mill workers to keep aloof from entangling al liances. Governor Crane, of Massachu setts, has just distributed medals to all the survivors in that State who responded to Lincoln's first call for troops when the un- pleasantness began between the North and the South. He should also present medals to the surviv ing negroes in the South who later went in to fill Massachusett quota's in subsequent calls. Our Congressmen are preparing to deluge their constituents with a flood of eloquence and information. It is said there are now in stock in Washington 300,000,000 copies of speeches to be sent out as campaign literature. nn-rirtr-! PBITCHAED PERFORMS, Senator Pritchard in his , speech on the Philippine bill : Friday con tended that the opponents of that bill should not lag in the atrocities perpetrated by American soldiers, for they had nothing whatever to do with the case and were totally irrele vant, and right on the heels of this assertion he launched out in to a trade on politics in North Carolina, in timidation by red shirts, etc., etc What did all that have to do with civil government in the Philippines about which Pritchard started to talk. ' He reminds us of the self-made doctor who wasn't much as a pre scriber in a general way but had studied up on 'em and was "h 11 on fits." When he had to treat a case that was too much for him he 'threw the patient into . fits" 'and then he was at homeland knew just what to do. So with the statesman from Madison. When he tackles a question that is too much for him he takes a whack at North Carolina politics and then he is at home. All he has to do is to draw upon his vocabulary, regardless of facts or logic, and relieve himself. In his remarks Saturday he was neither truthful nor logical. He as serted that "red shirts" rode all over the State to intimidate voters, which is not true. Outside of a few counties in the State, bordering on South Carolina (from which we usually have large delegations of imported negro voters), there wasn't a red shirt organization in the State, and Pritchard knows it. If they ever intimidated anybody it was tho shirt that did it and not the wearers, for, as Senator Sim mons asserted, there was no record of these organizations hav ing ever committed or been charged with any outrage. Tho "sand cure," which Pritch ard invented and aired on this oc casion, was illogical and idiotic, for even if true, if the man he refers to had been taken from his house, his face held in the sand (that's what he calls the "sand cure") and beaten to make him vote the Dem ocratic ticket, that was but one case, and one of the funda mental rules in logic is that you cannot argue from particulars to generals. That's what he did and tried to make it appear that the case of this man (if true) was common and the "sand' cure" one of the methods of intimi dation pursued by the Democrats. He couldn't point to another simi lar case to save his life nor could he assert on his veracity as a man that the "sand cure" was administered to this man to "make him vote the Democratic ticket." The man might have said that, - but then he might have been stealing somebody's chickens or committing some other devilment. It is not an uncommon thing amongst those who are sum marily dealt with for particular or general cussedness in election times to play therolo of political martyrs. And these are the kind of fellows that statesmen of Pritchard's build and calibre try to make capital out of. The Norfolk Landmark tries to scare us from our inclination to wooden pavements by warning us that every block of - such pavement would be the camping ground of 70, 000,000,000,000,000 bacteria, more or less. Pshaw! That doesn't make us afraid. We have stuff down here for plugging the pores in the wood so that a moderate-sized family of bac teria couldn't find lodging room in a square acre of it; It is said that the Washington war managers will bade uenerai Chaffee in his war on the Moros, be cause they leel that withdrawing our troops would look like backing I one, wnicn wouia give a backset to American prestige. Better send Gen. Smith down there with some m' ie silver dollars. A is said that J. Pierpont Morgan raked in $12,500,000 by his job in merging the Atlantic steamship lines. So far, as reported, his merg ing business, all told, has brought him $172,500,000. He could afford to invest in another $50,000 bible and pay the tariff duties on the or namental gems on it; too. Senator Clarke, worth $123,000, 000, of Montana, peddled clocks before he dabbled in mines, and Col. Cody hunted buffaloes to feed railroad laborers before be went into the "Wild West" show business. That's how Bill got the Buffalo handle to his name, i New Mexico is running in a rough row of stumps. Her sheep are dying on the ranges, because of drought, and the grasshoppers are eating up the crops. A snake was killed in Rome, Ga., a few days ago which was nine feet long and fourteen inches in circum ference,and the snake season hasn't fairly opened yet. Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C., SLUMP IN THE STOCK MARKET. Sixty Banks Said to Be More Than a Million - Stock Manipulation. Out by TOTAL LOSSES ARB IMMENSE. Warrants Alleged to Have Been Issued for the Arrest of Oae or More Per- j ysons by Operators Who Claim- ! ed to Have Been Fleeced. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, May 3. The slump in the stock market, affecting what is known on "the street" as the Webb- Meyer stocks, was followed up late to-; day by a story that warrants had been issued for the arrest of one or more persons in this connection. The story was that the order of arrest was issued upon an , affidavit made by a Wall street operator, who claimed to have be?n fleeced, and further affidavits by members and employes of various firms who alleged they knew the secrets of the deaL It was further said that from informa tion placed In the hands of P. M. Brown, an attorney, it was alleged that sixty banks in different parts of the country are out more than $1,000, 000 by stock manipulations and the total loss at stake is placed at from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. It was asserted that Judge Geige rich, of the Supreme Court, bad issued the warrants. He could not be found to verify the statement until late to night when he said: "Bo far as I can remember, the statements which have been made are true, and the quotation of the affidavit is correct, though it must be remem bered that I have a great many papers to deal with in the course of an hour, and without having them at hand cannot be too certain as to what they contain, j "I remember an order of arrest was issued in j a civil action upon various affidavits charging false and fraudu lent representations as to the value of a certain stock or stocks. It was charged in one of the allegations of the complainant to use the language of the affidavit, that 'wash sales' had been made which gave a fictitious value to the stock. The order of arrest was only for; one man, although I had signed four. Lawyer Brown, however, only wanted one man arrested and that was because it was feared that he would get away." Justice Geigerich said in conclusion that he was not able to positively say who the man was ror wnom tne war rant called. Mr. Moore, of the firm of Offenbach & Moore.'which was asked yesterday to take up certain collateral on which loans had been made, said to-day: "We have made arrangements which are perfectly satisfactory to all Ex change firms, and as no deliveries are made to-day we expect to be able to make arrangements by Monday which will be equally satisfactory to the curb brokers. ; Our troubles arose chiefly through the stringency in tie money market and were in connection with taking up of stock being delivered to us. I cannot put an estimate on the amount of money of which we found ourselves short yesterday, or what we are at present in need of, and I prefer not to say anything concerning the sources from which we expect to get help." President Keppler, of the Stock Ex change, said there was nothing new in the matter this morning and that he hoped all the difficulties of the firm would be satisfactorily arranged. The market securities on the stock exchange and on the "curb" opened heavy and weak to-da Confidence was restored in a 7-asure, how ever, by the absence o any railure or other news of an alarming character and the general market rallied considerable before the end of the first hour, j The statement that the flurries in what were known as Webb-Meyer se curities was precipitated by the refusal of the Uanover National Bank to grant a loan to Dr. Webb was denied by President Woodward of that bank to-day, who said the bank had never had any financial relations with Dr. Webb. Mr. Woodward said he did not know Dr. Webb. When asked about the affairs of Offenbach & Moore, the Hanover Bank officials said they; could make no statement at this time. . Transactions in the Webb and Meyer stocks on the "curb" were extremely light, j Pranks at a Saw Mill. , Mr. Henry D. Burkheimer, railway mail clerk on the Newborn road, who arrived yesterday, told of a moat un usual occurrence yesterday morning at the saw mill of Mr. T. R. Kerr, of Jacksonville, N. C. A fly wheel on the engine of the mill flew off while rapidly In motion and a piece of it was thrpwn a quarter of a mile into the top $of Mrs. Jacob Giles' house. The big piece of iron crashed through the roof and down through one of the rooms in which Mrs. Giles was about her household duties. No one was hurt except a negro at the mill, who was slightly injured by flying debris. Atlanta to Wrirhtsville. Atlanta Constitution: ."The Sea board Air Line will during the coming summer; run excursions to Wrigbts viile, N, O. The excursions run to this noint last summer were so popu lar and proved so successful that the officials have determined to make them permanent. It is quite proba ble that several will be run during the summer. - f Msjor Coker Stricken "Msjor J. L. Coker was taken very suddenly and very seriously with ap pendicitis at his home in uartsvuie vMterd4v. A nrivata ear was hastily ordered from the uoast line ana aiiacn ed to train 32 here last night, in which he was taken to Richmond, where he will be treated In the hospital. Flor ence Times. ' Subscribers who receive bills for subscriptions due the Stab are re minded; that it is not fair to expect a publisher to supply them with news for nothing. Many, however, seem to think otherwise. As noon as a bill In received a prompt remittance should be made, j - FRIDAY, MAX 9, 1902. SHAD TO REPLENISH THE CAPE FEAR RIVER SUPPLY. Splendid Place for flevernment Hatchery Neir Hilton One Million of Young ; Pish Were Turned Loose. . i - The one million young shad for de posit in the Cape Feau river arrived at 6:35 o'clock last evening, In charge of Attache Williamson, on a special car attached to the incoming Northern train. At the station Mr. Williamson was met by ! Messrs. Ed Taylor, J. B. . Falea J.- A. .: Nixon, . E. H. Freeman, J.-M. Holmes-and W.-H. Yopp, all prominently connected with the fish industry here, and the young fish were taken to the river at Hilton Park and liberated at 7:30 o'clock. The tem perature of the water was 75 degrees J apd Mr. Williamson thinks the con ditions were in every way favorable. The fish turned loose were only five days old, but were as lively as crickets and shot into the. water as if in every way pleased with the home of their adoption. . They-j were raised by the government at the U. S. hatchery in Edenton and Mr. Williamson ap peared very appreciative of the co-operation the local dealers gave him here. Usually, he says, 'the work has to be done by him unassisted. . A million of the young shad were turned loose by Mr. Williamson at8ix Buns, on Black river, last Tuesday and the same number, were placed in the Neuse river at Kinston Friday. Mr." Williamson says there is a splendid location here for a fish hatchery and the; government would do weU to locate one. near Wilming ton. The local dealers will call the matter of the establishment of a hatchery here to; Hon. Jno. D. Bel lamy and see what can be done in the matter. j The Finest Ever Seen The finest collection of strawberries that ever fe'l under the eyes of the horse editor were brought in byCapt W. H. Pemberton, the genial Coast Line conductor, j yesterday evening. The berries were sent by Mr. J. A. Harmon, postmaster and a prominent merchant of Currle, N. 0., and were raised by Mr. T. T. Lackey, of Currie. A dozen of them Would almost make a quart and they were fine in proportion as to quality. i Screw Plate Thief. - Daniel Pierce, who stole a screw plate from I the Slocomb Cooperage Works and was jeleverly trapped by the police Friday; night, was bound over to the Superior Court by Mayor Waddell yesterday under bond of $100, failing to give which he went to jail. Among the recent graduates in medicine at the University of Mary land b Mr. J. R. Paddison, Jr., son of Mr. J. R. Paddison, formerly of Pender county, but for a number of years past a resident of Mt Airy. FIGHTING IN MINDANAO. Moro Fort Captured by American Forces After a Hard FIcktMaay Casusltles Reported by den. Dsvis. Br Cable to the Horning star Manila, May ( 3. General Davis,' in command of the American forces in the island of Mindanao, cables that his ultimatum has not been answered, that his messenger has not returned and that the American outposts were fired upon this morning. The troops ad vanced and shelled Moro Fort, but did not capture it until the infantry reach ed the ditch. This fort was strong and well defended by 800 men. Fort Panda Padto was then surrounded and heavily shelled. Heavy firing continued as the dis patch was sent Gen. Davis also reports that Lieu tenant Henry S. Wagner, of the 14th infantry, has been seriously wounded; that two other officers were slightly wounded' and that twenty enlisted men were wounded.' i This is the substance bf a brief cable message from the field. , Minister Powell at Santo Domingo having reported to the State Depart ment that the revolutionary move ment led by the "vice president had as sumed serious proportions, the Cincin nati, now at Norfolk, has been ordered to be ready to sail for there to-day to protect American Interests. While attemntinsr to cross the tracks of the Southern railway in a buggie near Brookyille, Miss., Miss Addle Mc Leod, daughter of a prominent plant er, was-run over and instantly killed by a passenger train. A warrant has been lssed for the arrest of the engi neer of the train. : Money ! Are you indebted to THE WEEKLY j STAR ? If 80, J when you receive a bill f for your subscription send S us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news-1 paper bill Is as much en- 4 titled to your eonsidera- tionasfs a bill for grr cedes, u 1 II I n m lmmim iinnnt ! liUiiupuuuiu uuuiiui i Bb Ppblistifiil lfitliiiDt THE NEWS PROM RALEIQH. Wssalogton Hospital and Salem Pnrnitare Compsnles Chartered Delegates. - SpecidTStdr Telegram. . Raleigh, May 2. The 8. R; Fowle Memorial Hospital Company, of Washington, N. a, is chartered to es tablish and maintain a hospital. The Salem Parlor Furniture Company is also chartered, with $100,000 capital. Governor Aycock appoints W. S. Chad wick, Beaufort; W. B. Blades, Newbern. and B. F. Montague. Ral eigh, special delegates o represent the State at the Charleston Exposition upon the occasion of the West Indian Days, May 16th and 17th. The jury in the case of the Raleigh Hosiery Mill vs. Seaboard Air Line for damages by the alleged burning of the mill by sparks from an engine render ed a verdict to-day declaring the rail road not liable. At the annual debate and oratorical contest of the Pullen Literary Society of the A. and M. College to-night, W. M. Bogart was awarded the debater's medal and O. Max Gardner the ora tor's medal. Query for debate was: "Resolved, That the passage of a ship subsidy bill would be to the best inter est of the farmers and manufacturers of our country." The negative won, the judges voting two to one. Affirma tive debaters, E. C. Bagwell, H.-M. Hunter. Negative, W. M. Bogart, H. Simpson. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Rocky Mount Spokesman: The farmers in this section are in high glee. The weather for several days past has been unusuly favorable for farm work and the crops of all kinds are starting off well. Raleigh News and Observer: Mr. J. L. Booth, of Lemon Springs, was held up Friday and robbed of all the money he had on his person by a masked man, just in the edge of town while on his way home. There is no clue to the identity of the robber. Goldsboro Argus: The sudden death of Mr. O. H. Darden occurred during last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thos. I. Sutton, where he was making his home. He had a slight attack of heart disease yesterday, but no alarm was felt by the family untU he failed to rise at his usual early hour this morning. He was found dead in his bed when the family enter ed his room. He was 72 years of age. Carthage Blade: Mr. M. Ray, who is pay master for Mr. W. W. Mills at his lumber plants in Mont gomery county is missing and hun dreds of men are hunting . for him or his body. It is expected that he is murdered and a negro who threatened him a ahort time ago is in jail waiting developments. Mr. Ray paid a medi cal bill for this negro' and it incensed the negro because Ray withheld the amount of the bill paid. The negro said that he would have the money if he had to kill Ray. Mr. Ray was last seen on the road from the mill at Vestal on his way to another of the mills. Tarboro Southerner: With one or two deputies to report Sheriff Har ris estimates the number of whites who have not paid their poll tax by May 1st at 120 to 125, and the colored five times greater. Of the whites, it is believed that 40 per cent, or more have moved away. No. two town ship is the only one in the county that has not a single delinquent. Several others have from two to six. Of ihe colored delinquents it is purely guess work as to the number of votes that will be affected, but it is not probable that the number will exceed 60, a large number considering the total of those who possess the educational qualifi cations. Wadesboro Messenqer-Intelli' gencer: Mr. Frank M. Little, who is spendings some time in the country, has a piece of a 38 calibere bullet that was split in two pieces by coming in contact with a negro's skull. The bul let was accidentally fired from an un loaded (?) pistol which two colored boys on Mr. J. B. Ingranas' plantation, in Lilesville township, were "fooling" with. The bullet hit one of the boys over the left eye and split in two pieces. One of the pieces penetrated the skull, but the piece Mr. Little has glanced and followed the skull for two and a half inches and was cut out by Dr. Kerr, of Lilesville. The boy. strange to say, did not seem to suffer any ill effects from the wound. 'Kinston Free Press: The Free Press of Wednesday published a rumor that Carter, who is in jail at Kenans- ville charged with the murder of Pete Lawson, had confessed and implicated Mrs. Lawson. Yesterday the rumor was the talk of the streets and as usual was amplified and enlarged by each retailer, until the story finally was that Mrs. Lawson had hired Carter to murder her husband, and that she had gone to Goldsboro and hired one of the leading lawyers to defend her. Th Free Press made every effort to verify the rumor from local informa tion and failing telegraphed Sheriff Middleton. His reply was received too late for publication yesterday. He says that the report is utterly false, Carter has made no confession what ever. Lumberton Rolesonian: As nearly as can be estimated at present there are not more than two hundred Democrats in the county who have not paid their poll tax. The total num ber of those who have not paid, it is thought will approximate eight hun dred. We don't know what the show ing of other counties will be, but Robeson is, at any rate, safe, as usual The latest curiosity of tne nsn order of which we have heard waa caught by some members of Mr. i. S. Wishart's trestle force at Buck Swamp last week. It was a blackfish about two feet long which had only one eye. The left eye was perfect and properly located, but there was no right eve nor was there any indication that the fish was ever possessed of more than one eve. Such cases may not be uncommon, but this is the first instance of the kind of which we have heard in this section. STORM IN IOWA. V Serious In the Vicinity of Dewar, Bnt Ex tent of Damage Not Known. By Telegrapb to the Horning Btar. Omaha, Nib., May 3. Reports re ceived here indicate that a most se rious storm of lightning, wind and rain, reaching from Walterloo to Oelwein, Io wa,struck that section at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The extent of the damage is not yet known, but it is learned that it was the most serious in the vicinity of Dewar, ten miles from Waterloo. At that point all telegraph and tele phone wires were blown down. The extent of other damage is not known, but it is feared the storm took on tor nado proportions at some points. NO. 28 I THE REPUBLICANS CDANGE TACTICS. Engaged in a Spirited Debate With Democrats Yesterday in the Senate. ON PHILIPPINES QUESTION. Senator Rawlins Sharply Attacked Army Methods When It Was Announced ta Be Inprsctlcsble for Msjor v - Osrdener to Testify. By Telearapo to tne Horning star. v. Washington, May 3. Discussion of the Philippines question became heated in the Senate to day. "Thus far the minority party has had a clear field in the debate, the policy of the majority being to .permit the criticism of the Democratic members of the body to proceed without interruption. To day it - was different. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, Senator Lodge, of,Massachusetls, and Senator Foraker, of Ohio, became aroused. They spoke hotly, almost unrestrainedly. The result waa one of the most spirited de bates that yet has occurred on the Phil ippines question. While the debate took a wide range it revolvod around the resolution calling for Major Cornelius Gardener, in thesiPhilippine to appear as soon as possible before the Philip pine committee as a witness. A cable gram from General Chaffee was read by Senator Lodge saying that it was impracticable for Gardener to leave the islands at present as he was an es sential figure in a committee which was investigating the conditions of the province of which he was provincial governo. The reading of the cablegram called out a sharp attack upon army methods by Senator Rawlins, of Utah, who in sisted that Gardener ought ' to come to Washington immediately. In the course of his remarks, Senator Rawl ins made some severe strictures upon General Chaffee, Senator Rawlins, of Utah, said it was evident that Major Gardener thought the investigation to be made of his charges was in unfriendly hands. He said the bias of General Chaffee, as shown in his cablegram to the War Department was manifest That cablegram indicated that Major Gardener was reluctant to submit himself to an Investigation by officers who had been the subject of his criti cisms. He sympathized - with the motives of the Washington officials that the charges should be fully invest igated; but he held that some tribunal ought to be selected to make the in vestigation without possibility of the charge of partiality. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, said the observations of Senator Rawlins were quite characteristic of the action of the Democrats in the course ot this debate. He had read carefully the telegram from General Chaffee and had discovered nothing indicating a bias on his part ''The Senator from TJtab,"continued Senator Spooner, "seems to be blinded with suspicion of the army and of al most everybody charged with any re sponsibility in the Philippines." It seemed to him that there was a too great willingness on the part of the minority to impeach the whole Amer ican army. He denied emphatically that the officers constituting the board of inquiry were those who had served in the province of which Major Garde ner was governor. "In the Senate of the United States of all places," said he, "the effort ought not to be made to besmirch the reputation and the honor of the army. Outrages, probably, had been commit ted in isolated instances in the Phil ippines. He condoned no outrages of any kind. The charges officially made of such outrages would be in vestigated thoroughly and undoubted ly the guilty would be punished." The complaint of the minority seem ed to be, said he, that the Secretary of War had not given Major Gardener's charges immediately upon their recep tion to the Associated Press for wide dissemination. He was interrupted by Senator Car mack, of Tennessee; who said the com plaint was that the charges had not been furnished to the Philippine com mittee. "That is," said Mr. Spooner," that they had not been made public" "We have heard nothing from the minority," declared Benator Spooner, "except suppression, suppression, sup pression, and yet every possible effort is being made by the department to ascertain the facts and to punish the guilty." Senator Lodge said it was perfectly monstrous to bring Major Gardener here and allow him to. make his ac cusations in a committee room of the Senate when the officers against whom he makes them are thousands of miles away in the Philippines. He added that he considered it incompe tent to disolve a military board of in quiry by a resolution of the Senate. With this latter remark Senator Mor gan said he agreed. Replying to the Republican Sena tors, Senator Rawlins said he did not want to besmirch the army, but he did want a full inquiry to develop the flruiltv and have them nunished while the innocent may be exonerated. He said the minority were "met with ob jections and obstruction." "I call the senator from Utah to order," said Senator Lodge. "No senator has a right, to charge any other senator with obstruction." " Senator Rawlins referred to the case of Private Riley, and quoted the Sec retary of War as saying in connection with it that private soldiers are inclin ed to "draw the long bow" in writing home of occurrences in the Philippines which he said was itself a reflection on the army. Contrary to the secretary's statement he said, the charges of . the privates had been sustained. Senator Lodge The Riley case is the only one that has been sustained. Senator Rawlins The Riley case is the only one that has been fully in vestigated. Without replying, Mr. Lodge gave notice of a speech next Monday. After some further discussion the' Senate without action on the resolu tion adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Amos J. Cum mings. House of Representatives. The death of Representative Amos J. Oummingi, of New York, in Balti more last night, caused general regret and sorrow in the House to-day. Above the hall the flag fluttered at half-mast and on the floor the old fa miliar desk on the center aisle near the front row which Mr. Oummings oocu Eled for so many years, was draped in lack and covered with a profusion of purple orchids and spring flowers. - Mr. Payne, floor leader of the ma jority, announced Mr. Cummings death and offered resolutions providing for a funeral service in the House on Sunday. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, 'and the Speaker announced th irmniritmnnt of & dammlttea tn if tend the funeral: u;io I no opwnr, mm iunner mark of respect, declared the House adjourned. GREAT RACFAT MORRIS PARK The Metropolitan Handlcsp and a Parse of $8,970 Won by Arsenel in a Field of Twenty Horses. ' eMssssssBMsa' By Telegrapb to the Morning Btar. New York, May 2. Out of a field . of twenty horses at the first eighth of a mile of the Metropolitan handicap at Morris Park to-day raced Arsenel, son of the famous sprinter Lamp lighter, to a lead which he held to the wire and victory, with Its reward of $8,970. He was desperately pressed by Herbert Carbunch, Chilton and' Smoke, and finished under whip and spur, vigorously plied by Johnny Daly, with scarce strength enough to have gone another dozen leaps at the killing pace of the race. It was a sterling race, fairly started, gamely contested for every inch of the mile and spectacularly finished. Twenty to . one was laid against Arsenel and his splendid victory was a popular one. Jocke Daly was paraded in front of the grand stand perched nigh on the shoulders of a trio of admirers and Arthur Featherstone, owner of the victor, was enthusiastically congrat ulated by his friends. Thirty thousand people were on the grounds. The Kentucky Derby. Lousvjxle, Ky., May 3. To the cheers of thousands Alan-A-Dale, the son of Halma, the latter himself win ner of the '95 Derby," this after noon passed under the wine . of the twenty-eighth Kentucky Derby. The outpouring of the people, such as always characterizes a Ken tucky derby, was one of the features of to-day's big event The society of the entire State was represented. Gov. Beckham and bis staff were in attendance, as were pub lic officials from adjoining States. TO BE FINANCED BY JNO. D. ROCKEFELLER. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s Designs In the German Potssh Fields Will Require Capital of $50,000,000. Bs Cable to the Morning Btar. Berlin, May 8. John D. Rocke feller. It is understood, is behind the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com- Sany's designs on the German potash elds. While Messrs S. T. Morgan, D D. Crenshaw and O. Sputsbury are the only Americans taking part in the conferences which are being held daily at the Hotel Bristol with the members of the German Potash syndi cate. Peter B. Bradley and 8. F. Gib bons, representing Rockefeller, are? at the same hotel, waiting for the out come of the negotiations and prepared to finance the project Mr. Bradley in behalf oi himseii ana Mr. Gibbons, firmly denies that they are here for any such purpose, but the potash syndicate people of Stassfurt have been so informed. - Messrs. Crenshaw and Sputsbury, when they approached the heads of the syndicate several weeks ago, were repelled.- After the Americans had ac quired . options on several outside works, indicating a serious purpose to break into the industry, the members of the syndicate invited them to come to Stassfurt again. Mr. Morgan wired Thursday to the syndicate members, saying that if they wanted to see him they must come to Berlin. Two members of the syndi cate appeared yesterday and had a long talk with. him. The indications are that the syndicate can be broken up at the termination of the present agree ment in 1905. The ownership of the syndicate is widely distributed and buying control of the properties is likely to require months, and capital exceeding 150,000,000. The only thing which may cause the Americana' with drawal from the attempt, is that some of the properties operated by the syn dicate belong to the Prussian treasury, which Is also the owner of large un worked properties. The Americans must secure a lease of these for long terms if they wish to dominate the Industry. SILVER SERVICE FOR SCHLEY. Msde el Spsnlsh Cola Takes from the Crlstobsl Colon at Suntiafo To Be Presented on Wednesday. By Telegrapb to tne Morning Btar, , .Baltimore, Md., May 3. A mag nificent silver service, made from sil ver coins taken from the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, is to be pre sented to Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley by bis friends In Maryland and Washington. It has been com pleted, and is on exhibition in the show window of the manufacturers in this city. The service consists of -one center piece, one soup tureen and ladle, four vegetable dishes, with cover, one gravy boat and ladle, one roast nlatter. one game platter, one fish' platter and nineteen dessert plates. Upon each piece is engraved Admiral Schley's initials in mono gram and each bears this inscrip tion: "Made of Spanish silver taken from the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, destroyed in the naval battle off Santiago de Cuba July 3, 1899." The weight of the coins used was about 1,500 ounces, and at the present price of silver represents a value of 1600, but nearly six times that amount was required to purchase the coin from the government. The presentation of the. service will be made next Wednesday at the home of Theodore Marburg, in this' city, who with former Postmaster General Jas. A. Gary and Ives Cobb, of Wash ington, comprise the commission in charge of its manufacture. A SLUQGINQ MATCH. The Bout Between Marvea Hart and Kid Carter, of Brooklyn. By Telegrapb to tne Morning Btar. V W W A ' AiOUISVUAE, jhly., may o. aim eight and a half rounds of terrtnc fighting, Marvin Hart, of Louisville, knocked out "Kid" Carter, of Brook lyn, before the Southern Athletic Club to-night The bout was a slug ging match, up to the sixth round, but the pace had been so swift that during the last four rounds both men were staggering around the ring, hardly able to stand, and neither seemed to land an effec tive blow. It was merely a contest of endurance and the knockout blow, a I left to the jaw. was given when Hart himself seemed almost ready to f alL .V !