The News and Observer.
VOL. XXX VIII. NO.
TTKIE
NO DECISION REACHED
TUB COM MITTIF or Tit K SOUTH
ERN'S t MPLOYESSTILL IN
co> ferkncf.
BUT THIRE'WILI BE NO STRIKE.
The Matter Will Pr©hHl»ljr be d
Tc-Dav— Pritchard Hasn Bill in Re
tard f© the Trial ot Revenue CitM**
Which He 1 »»tnk* M ill run»e a Sen
•atiaa—fie llS'* Not Definitely Dec -
ed Whet He Will Introduce It—Mr.
Ferga-aa’si Appointment.
SpecUl f the New* anil Observer.
WaHSINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 15.
The eovmnttee of forty representing
the employes of the Southern Railroad
Company in their demands forarestora
tiou of wages under the schedule of 1891,
are still here and do not expect to get
away before to morrow.
They are siiil considering the refusal
of Third Vice President Baldwin to
comply with their request. Secret ses
sions *f the c remittee are in progress,
and bo information is forthcoming for
the newspapers. A conference began
at 10:5i o'sloek. Mr. Baldwin did not
confer with the committee this morning,
althoagh it is known that their was an
exchange <>f messag l s bet ween the South
ern headqu irters and the corurnitt«*e.
It has been reported here today that a
strike was being organized, but Presi
dent Moore-, of the committee, wrhen
questioned by a reporter to-day, said
there w*s nothing to give out to the
newspapers only he w ish* d to reiterate
the stat<m oit made by him yesterday
“that if reports were being circulated of
n strike beiag organized on the system,
they were not authorised by tho com
mittnr.”
Pritchard line i« Dill.
Benak»r Piit*hard has no bill that he
will introduce this session o? Congress,
but early m the next he will introduce a
bill, whish will cause considerable de
bate in I nth houses, so he says
The object of this act will be to give
jurisdiction to the Revenue Com.nis
nionara for all minor offenses. Mr.
Pritahani said, in an interview shortly
after taking his seat, that he was it)
favor a/ “modifying tho iuternal re\e
nue lawhe also spoke then of hisde
aire to have the jurisdiction of minor
offenias xiven to the Commissioners,
thn* (aa ha put it) “saving hundreds o?
dollars in running down each petty
offender.”
- Mr. Pritchard thinks it possible that
he may introduce this bill during the re
mainisg weeks of Congress. He seems
to be very anxious that, th's bill nay be
an early reality and thinks it will be an
easy thing to get it through.
Mr. Pritchard’s first bill introduced in
the S©*ate was a repetition of a bid
which benator Vance had introduced.
It haa been referred to the proper com
miltaa and an early report is expected.
Wiasten’s Public Building.
It was expected that the Winston Sa
lem Biblie Building bill would come up
iu the Boase yesterday but it was only
aant over from the Senate and referred
to the Committee on Public Buildings
and Groauds, of which Mr. Bankhead,
of Alabama, is chairman. Mr. Benjamin
P. Grady is the member of the commit
tee from Morth Carolina and it is expect
cd that throagh his work in the commit
tee a» early report will be made
Hr. Bankhead said this mowing:
“The bill will he ieported to the House
on Friday or Saturday next and if unan
imous consent can bo obtained by st me
North Carolina tuentbr, it is prohibit)
it will #ome up. 1 '
A similar bill which carried with it
only s7s,tot passed the House some
lime ago. bnt Seuator Ransom has sue
ocmfally passed the Senate with this
bill, which is doubly acceptable to the
people of Winston-Salem, and which has
the neat *nm of $150,000 attached to
its s rings. Mr. Bower is of
the opinion that it will pass
the House, bnt several of tho other
Southern members think it very im
probable.
Mr. r<-reason's Appoiatm* n».
Tour correspondent ctdled to-day on
ane ot the ex instructors at the Naval
Academy, who was there two \earsof
the f#ur which Mr. Homer Ferguson
spent there. He said in regard to Mr
Fergus*«n: “N vc■ iu my whole experi
etia* as as instractor, as an officer or as
a student i» the navy, have l ever nut
fcheeqatl fMr Fergus >n. Disappoint
meut ia net through political influence, 1
am sere, lor nothing was ne -led in his
Cijie. Ha deceived the appointm* nt to
assist*!!? aa-al constructor, and the
Prcnidvut had evidently been shown this
by the navd records. Mr Ferguson
graduated in the t L-ss of '9l and sto<Hi
St-oond **■ - w.v who had an average
one-tw a tic» • ve his own. Ho was
sent with th-* three aboard to study naval
eanstrna? a , and there outclassed his
former leader.
Mr. Fergu-on h is, ever since his ap
poiutment to the Naval Academy, been
a credit ta his State by the high rank he
t*iok with th ae of riper years in the
▲aademv, aud especially abroad study
ing. He is a s uof Mr. W. B Forgo
son, as Asheville, instead of cx Solicitor
O. S Ferguson, an reported yesterday.
The jwaitia* which he has been ap
ih/.b ed pay? $-0,0(0.
» » »
L r gden, C’etk of the Fed
t*ral «. * < a! Greensboro, who has been
h< re far »<*» ral da vs, in regard to some
dvitf* aof h : s office, left last night for
North Cat Tua
H*n. K*-rr Craige Third
Postm »-ter General has completely re
gained his health and has spent several
hours in bis office each day this week.
* * *
Crt Saturday night. Senator Murphy,
of New York,’ will give a dinner to Sena
tor Rans *m. Th * Ne v York Junior
Senator is famous for his tine dinners.
* * 5$
Charles McKesson, of Morganton, who
has b*>eu here several days in consult,*
tion wth the Internal Revenue officials
left last night for his home.
m * *
'The post office appropriation bill which
passed the Senate today was precisely
ms Mr. Henderson reported it to the
House.
* * *
Representative Lockhart's certificate
has been received by the clerk of the
House.
Mr Duncan, Private Secretary to Sen
ator Pritchard, is much better to-day.
Geo. B. McLeod, sheriff of Roberson
county is here.
LET RANNUM BE THE MAN.
A Petition Urging His *ppointnient to
Succeed Minister Giay.
Washington. D 0., Feb. 15.—1 tis
rumored about tho Capital this after
noon that the President will be urged to
appoint Senator Ransom to Ire minister
to Mexico t * succeed thellato Minister
Gray, of Indiana, whoso death was ao
nounced this morning. Mr Ransom’s
t* rin of office as a Senator expires with
this Congress, and it is said that the
President would bo glad to tender him
this appointment.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The talk about
the nomination of Mr. Ransom to be
minister to Mexico to fill the place m»de
vacant by the death of the late Minister
Gray, resulted this afternoon in the circa
Intion of a petition to the President ask
ing him to nominate Mr. Ransom to that
place. The petition was signed by every
Dem *cr \tic Senator present and when
the Senate adjourned, there were about
twenty-five signatures to the petition.
The remainder of the Democratic Sena
tors will sign the petition to morrow and
it will then be sent to the President.
NO FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
The Defeat ©f Two Banking Bills and
a Bond Bill Ends nil Hope.
Washington, D. 0., Ft-b. 15.—There
will be no further financial legislation
attempted by the House at this session.
The defeat of two bankiug bills and one
bond bill in quick succession satisfies tbe
Democratic loaders that a majority of
tbe House canuot be brought to the sup
port of any measure.
There was some talk in the House to
day that some measure of financial relief
might be engrafted on the general defi
cieney appropriation bill when it is taken
up in the Senate, but it is not deftni ely
known if this attempt will lie seriously
made.
The members of tho House are now
looking forward with impatience to ad
journment, and the Committee on Rul* s
is constantly importuned for special or
ders for certain important bills that
have not yet received consideration by
the House, bnt which it. is believed can
be rnihod through the Senate if they can
reach that body during the last week of
the session. One of these is the uaval
reorganisation bill, aud another is the
Nicaragua Canal bill.
All talk of an extra session has ended,
and it is believed that when Congress
adjourns on the 4th of March next, it
will not be asked to convene again until
the regular meeting day in December.
GONE FOR PAR IS UNKNOWN.
A Cashier Cl©**eß the Hank’s Doors
•ad Skips.
Lexington, Va., Feb 15 —C. M. Nig
gatt, cashier of the Bauk of Lexington,
has departed for parts unknown. The
bank’s doors were closed this morning by
the directors, j>endiug an investigation
of the bank’s affairs.
A deed of trust was filed to-day in the
county clerk’s office for $30,000 for the
benefit of his sureties, Ho was bonded
for sßo,oo©, which is deemed sufficient
to cover all losses, if any.
Syndicate Gold Deposits.
New Yori, Feb 15.-Hiring, Magonn
and Company have deposited $350,000
gold in the sub treasury on syndicate ac
count. Total sire' February 11th, $5,
505.000. The following hanks have keu
named as depositories for gold under the
bond deal: The National City Bank, the
National Bank of Commerce and the
F rst National Bink. Uis possible that
the Chase National will also be named.
Ambassador EuMis 111.
Mentone, Feb 15.—Mr. J B. Eustis,
U. 8. Ambassador to France, is ill at this ,
place. When ho journeyed south from
Paris a week ago, iu cousequence of the
illness of his daughter, he ought a
severe cold, and after his arrival here he
was attacked with inflammation of tie
lungs. Tbe doctors declared his comb
tion grave for several days, but to-day
he is pronounced better.
Determined to Kill lUui-etf'.
Austin, Tex . Feb. 15 This morning
Maury Mcyoroommittee suicide by shoot
ing himself four time atter which he
jumped from tbe fourth story window of
the Avenue Hotel. He lived a short
time after he jumped, an 1 stated that he :
was a Russian J« w, and that his father j
was living in Russ a. His first attempt- j
ed to suffocate h m elf as the gas was
turned on in his r <>m, -and &V the win
dows, doors aud transoms were covered
wi h s ,c* ta and poll w eases.
RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY '6. '895.
THE POST-OFFICE BILL
IFTER THREE DAY’S DlSt rS
-BION ir PASSES TIIE
SEN ATE.
PASSED WITHOUT AMENDMENTS.
A Final Effort was Made to Reduce
the * ompeiifHtion of Railroad t om*
panie* for the I'se ot Postal C ars
bat the Senate was Against It—Con
siderable Discus-ion bat «o Action
on t lie Agricultural Bill—House
Taritl Amendments Reported.
Washington, D. C , Fob 15. —The
last steps were taken in the Senate to
il iy iu the disposition of the Post office
appropriation bill, which had been under
consideration every day since Monday.
A tiual effort was made on the part of
the committee on appropriations tore
duce the compensation of the railroad
comp mies for the use of the postal cars,
in tho shape of an amendment offered by
Mr. Blaekburu to cut down the appro
priation of $i 25,090 to the extent ot 10
per ceut and the Senate decided again*!
i;—yeas, 19; nays, 39.
It had previously negatived a similar
proposition which had come over from
yesterday, and which applied only to
the fast mail service from Springfield,
Mass., to Atlanta and New Orleans, the
vote on that proposition being —yeas 18,
nays 81.
Then an effort was , made by Mr.
Brice, of Ohio, to have the $196 000,
which is appropaiated for this last ser
vice, divided with a similar fast line in
the West, from Ohio to Texas and Flor
ida, but t is met with no more favor
thau tbe others, and was l«id on the
table by a vote of 83 to 23. And then
'the bill was passed.
The agricultural bill followed and had
not been finally acted on when the Sen
ate adjour ed at 5:55.
There was considerable discussion over
an amendment reported from the Com
mittee on Appropriations for a modifi
cation of the law relating to the inspec
tion of cattle and mea'B tor exportation,
and Mr. Platt, (Rep.), of Connecticut,
opposed any change in the law that
looked to the propitiation of Germany.
This amendment aud others relating
to irrigation, plants, seeds, etc., went
over to be further discussed and ae*ed
on to-morrow.
The House bill to abolish the differen
tial duties on sugar v as reported -‘avo. -
ably and without amendment from the
Finance Committee and was placed on,
the calendar with a resolution offered by
Mr Aldrich to recommit it with instruc
tions looking to the re-enactment of the
reciprocity and sugar bounty provisions
of tho McKinley act, and to the re
imposition of a duty on wool.
Senator Butler made a speech in advo
cacy of the Pooling bill, but. made no
effort to have the bill brought before the
Senate.
Senator Coke reported a resolution,
which was agreed 10, to establish an ex
perimental fish station on tho coast of
Florida.
After a short executive session, the
Senate, at 5:50 adjourned till to-morrow.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
The Naval A pproprialiou Bill Tukcn
■ p and Discussed.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 15.-The
House met to day at 11 o'clock and after
the passage of a few private bills, the
Naval Appropriation Bill for the year
ending June 80, 1>96, was then taken
up in committee of the whole, after hav
ing been on the calendar three weeks, its
friends having expected every week
within that period to ask its considera
tion
Tne c#nteut*of the bill were explained
by Mr. Talbott, (Dem.) Maryland. The
total amount carried was $31,807,023,
the estimates originally made were $30,-
992 006.
By agreement, general debate was or
dered to be closed at 2 o'clock to morrow.
Tho discussion to day was devoted to
the paragraph providing for the increase
of the navy by tbe construction of three
battle ship* and nine torpedo boats.
This was advocated by Messrs. Pendle
ton, (Deni ) of Wrest Virginia; Dolliver,
(Rip.) of Iowa; Money, (Dem )of Mis
sissippi; Wt clock. (Dem) of Michigan,
aud Myer, (Dem ) of Louisiana; aud op
posed by Mes rs. Sampson, (Pop) or
jiansas; :;d Everett, (Dem )of Massa
chusetts
A c- nfvre . ee v- a* ordered on the Sen
ate amet dmenfs to the House joint reso
lution exfeuding for this year ouly from
March 1 to April 15, the time within
which inc me tax returns be made.
At k o’clock, under the rules, the
Home took a recess until the evening
-essiou for the consideration of private
pension bills.
About sixty members were present at
<he evening session. A dozen private
jiension bill* were laid aside with t'avor
sible recommendations, aud at H):20 p.
m. the c* minittee arose aud the House
adjourned.
THE NEWBERN FAIR.
Exhibits nr© Arriving a»ul it N* 111 be
the Rest Ever Held.
i*t>ecia! to tax© News and Observer
Newbern, N. 0., Feb. 15
Car loads of exhibits for the E ist Car
diua Fait are arriving. Sixty-five en
tries tor the rac* shave been made. The
track is in elegant condition, it was
never so good before. Tne rac ■» prom
ise to tic the best ever seen in North Car
olina.
All departments arc expected to t or
pass all previous exhibitions.
VfIMSt ER Git \VB FI XER VL.
lli> Hod* Embalmed and Now Lying
in State in Mexico.
City of Mexico, Fbh. 15 Tlmbody
of the U'e Isaac Posey Gray, United
States Minister to Mexico, was * mhalmed
last night at the American Hospital,
where he died, atid was removed at 1,
o’clock this afternoon to the United
States legation. Americans crowd* d the
rooms to pay their lust respects.
A guard of hminr from the twenty
fi-gt, rerraent was placed at tho legation
bv the War Minister. The <• lors were
draped, and »s the body was carried in
they were lowered, and the band played
a funeral march.
The bodv was placed on a temporary
bier, with a splendid wreath of
camelias, sent by Mrs. President Diaz
at the foot. Four sentries w-ere
placed in the room with the coffin and
others stood guard on *he stairs and out
aide. E. C. Butler, charge de affaires,
**ill kept watch until nrdnighf, when
L’enbnant Dwyer, military attache, will
take his plaee.
Minister Mari seal and his wife and the
German, French and Britreh ministers
called during the day.
President Diaz also called in person at
8 o'clock
To morrow rooming the entire diplo
matic corps and th*' whole garrison, to
get her w ith President Diaz, w ill ac
company the body to the central station,
where it will he placed on a north hour d
train. President Diaz has ordered that
all flags on the public buildings he kept
at half mast until the body crosses the
border.
Minister Mari seal has written to Mr
Butler expressing the deep regret of the
government and asking him to communi
cate th** game to the United States gov
ernment.
The regret here is universal, a* Minis
ter Gray was highly respected by all
who had bf n in contact with him.
VOTE ON THE ROND BILL.
Plate* Being Prepared for Printing
the Nexv 4 Percent. Rond*.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.—Analysis
of the vote upon the gold bond bili in
the House yesterday shows that the sever
al parties were div ided as follows:
Democrats: For the bill, 89; against,
94; majority against, 5.
Republicans: For the bill, 31; against,
63; majority against, 82.
Populists; Against the bill, 10; for the
bill tone
Secretary Carlisle lias given orders to
the chief of the Bureau of Engraving
and Print * t to proceed at oneoto brush
up the old plates and prepare new ones
for the printing of the four per cent,
bonds sold under the contingent agree
ment with the Morgan-Belmont syndi
ea f e. Tbe old plates cont-iin the text of
the law und*-r which the four per cent,
bonds are issued. The new plate will
contain the terms under which the four
per cent, bonds on a 3 3 4 per cent in
ter, st are issued and the surface print
ing will be put on Ihe face of the four
per cent, bouds run off from the old
plates, requiring each bond to he run
through the press twice or more.
PETITION THIRTY MlluES LONG.
A Great Convocation of White Rib
boner* at Washington.
Washington, D. C m Feb. 15.—The
opening meeting preliminary to the great
convocation of White liibboners from all
over the United States at Convention
hall to-night, when the thirty mile long
polyglot temperance petition will
be * presented. took place this
morning at the Metropolitan M.E Church.
Mrs M. E. Griffiith, president of tho
District of Columbia W. C. T. U., wel
comed the visiting white nbboners and
Mrs. 0. C. Hoffman, of Missouri, record
ing secretary of the National W. U. T
U , responded.
Mrs. Katharine Lente Stevenson, of
Chicago, took charge of the meeting and
an address wes delivered by Rev. Dr.
Lunn, of England. The convocation is
preliminary to the meeting of the
Women’s Council here next week.
Negro Hoy Hanged.
Kansas City, Mo:, Feb. 15 —Phillip
Martin, the negro boy who killed Eli
Ewell the night of July 8, 1893, was
hanged at tbe county j ii! this morning
Mar?in ?w.,ki 630 from a troubled
sleep H>Uup »n his bed, refused
break, tr.vi sp 'nt th<* time moaning I
and in pr: v<*r. 11* w* 11 blindfolded
to the scaffold, and was .o we L. rr-m |
terror that it vas n< cesiarv to ..Ivio-t j
carry him O ' the gal!'v *hn kept re j
peat ing, “five mercy," ‘Have mercy.’’j
Tbe trap was sprung at fi:ls o’clock aud
Martin’s neck was broken oy the fall.
llonght by the Atlantic Coast Lin*.
Charleston, S. O , Feb. 15—The
Charleston. Sumter and Northern Rail
road wassold at Sumter to-day for $450,- j
000. Col W. G. Elliott, being the bidder.
Col Eliot is President of the Whhuing
ton and Weldon Road and it is generally
known that the purchaser represented
the Atlantic Coast Line system.
Fite at Greensboro.
_______
New*, a I Ulisorv,
Greensboro, N. 0.. Feb. 15.
Tbe residence of Mr. O. W. Monroe,
on King street, was destroyed by fire j
last night at 11:80 o’clock. The depart- s
meut responded promptly and soon had j
the fire under control.
Fourteen Killed and Fight Injured.
Vienna, Feb 15.—An explosion of
ire damp occur ed last night in the
Queen Ixmise mine, at Sealorize, S-’e-ia.
killing four! en persons and Injuring
eight.
QUEEN LIL ON TRIAL
BEFORE A MILITARY COMMIS
SION ON A CH %RG E OF
TREASON.
THE EX-QUEEN S STATEMENT.
It xvhHead on the Lust Day ot the
Week «nd Declared that the ln*nr«
lection was Absolutely Without her
Knowledge or Assistance—She no*
that had -he Known of the C'oirvpir
acy it Would n*»t llhtc Received her
Sanction— F.videice in the Case.
Honolulu, Feb. 8, via. San Francisco,
Feb. 15.—The trial of the ex Queen upon
i the charge of mi-prision of treason be
fore a military commission began on the
morning of the sth ii stant, over two
hundred spectators lieiug present.
Nothing distinguished the entrance o f
; the Q teen or the proceedings from those
of any other accused person. Hera*t>ect
was depressed and her face seemed ex
pr» ssionlcs*. She seetue I to listen in
tentiy to the reading of the charges, and
at its close wiped her eyes. Her coun
sel, Neumann, made a series of objec
tionstothe jurisdiction of thecommis
sion aud to trial by its members. All
these were ov< rruled.
The charges and specifications were
read, the accused being permitted to re
main seated. Neumann then asked for
a postponement tor another day before*
pleadu g to the charges, as he bail not
ua<T time to formulate objec ions to them.
He had to be counsel for most of the
prisoners, nearly air the other lawyers
being under arrest or else taking testi
mony from the prisoners.
Ihe case was continued till the next
forenoon.
The American aud British represents
lives were present as usual, also a large
number of officials and naval officers in
plain clothes.
The Second Day.
Second Day, February sth It was
learned from eight to nine o’clock the
previous morning the ex Queen had been
visited by Captain Robert Parker of the
police and subjected by him to a trying
solicitation to make a full confession of
her knowledge aud of what part she
took in the late rebellion. He thought
such an open avowal might secure the
release of many of her partisans now in
prison. He labored without success.
The ex Queen maintained that she was
innocent cf the whole afiair and laid the
blame for uprising upon Samuel
Nowlein. He bad planned the whole
business without consulting her at all.
She became much excited and declare d
that the authorities had agreed that she
i%>uld not be molested by any person
except Neumann and Wilson speaking
to her on these matters. Parker appears
to have acted ou his own responsibility
in the interest of many prisoners.
Neumann began by objecting on the
ground that no older convening a trnli
tary commission had been served on the
prisoner. Msjor Potter testified that a
copy of such an order was with the
papers served. Neumann then repeated
ihe same objections to the jurisdiction of
the commission which he had made in
all his former cases, namely: that no act
of war now exist* d justifying such a
commission; that such tribunal could try
only military offenses and that mis
prison or treason were offences against
the statute law and could only be tried
by a jury in a civil court.
Declined to Fiend.
Mrs. Dominis, through her counsel,
then declined to plead to the thirteen
specifications and charges. The c? urt
directed a plea of uot guilty to be en
tend.
The first witness was Charles Ciaik,
who bad been two years a retainer at
Washington palace. On tho night of
January 3rd over thirty armed guards
were there. Their arms were dug up
out of the yard between 6 and 7 p m.
They had been buried there l ist year
when a report arose that Vfsfohington
palace was to be searched. Tw o watches
were set of sixteen or sevi ntecn men
each. Wit ness was informed by Nowlein
that a movement was to be made at 1 a.
ra that night and was ordered by him to
hold Washington palace against all
c ultra. Bombs were to b r.u*r j ugaiist
any attacking force. At r.:c!n:gbt tbe
aims were reburied, as Nowlein had
come and told them the mown eot vr is
off. Oil Sunday, the Ch. N- - .Ltbi cr
t red him to get ready as th .eo; merit!
was to be made at t> a. m. Mon ..lay. The ;
arms were t*gam dug up, uad the men i
arm* d. Witut&a met th* accused at 7
o'clock Sunday evening, ai d told her of
the expected movement. She replied
that Nowlein had told her, and •.fie
hoped it would be a success. That night
he saw the government soldiers assem
bling and told the accused. She raid she
was *orry.
The bombs wtre then exhibited in
court. Witness stated that iron bomb*
were brought to Washington palace the
Sunday before New Year’s by Nowlein.
Tbosecoud wituess was Jacob Kaauwai,
who has been two years a retainer at
Washington palace. On Friday morning,
January 4th, the accused asked him
what the news wases !a.ri night. He
told her the business had been unsuc
cessful. The following Sunday Bight the
guns ere distributed to the guard#
aga*
Her Private Secretary Testifies.
William Kaae, the ex Queen’s private j
secretary, repeated his former testimony !
as having engrossed eleven commissions j
for the accused. As he finished each
one she looked it over and signed it. JIo
also copied a form of constitution for
the monarchy not long before he copied !
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
tbe commissions, near the end of Decern
N r last, lie gave the eonatiti ti a to
Nowlein. On the night of Janaary 8
he saw fl irty or forty aimed men g»ard
ing Washington palace, lie understood
arm* were to be landed »t Kakaak* to
| re store' thomonarchv under Liltuokalatd.
j She v*ld him the commissions were de
• roved the morning after the tr<>n9l*at
Waikaiki. He help d the official*«*ar«k
; for them the morning atter she was ar
rested.
Samuel Nowlein took the stand IU
repeated his former testimony of plan
ning and executing the uprising. Rs
had a conversation with the t x Qumb
| Lef<>re starting aNvut the uprising at
Kakaako. He told her he would do
| something that night which lie would
explain later ou. After learning Friday
| morning that arms hud been landed be
yottd Diamond Head, he told tbe Quean
i about it. She said she was sorry it had
not eotne off
Gross examined, the witness declared
j that he did not after New Year’s tell the
! Queen anything about tho time, place ot
j manner of the uprising.
Friday morning he spoke to her of the
failure of the undertaking. She said
she had heard of it He told the Queen
| nothing of a new plan of uprising from
; Waikiki. Attorney General W O Staith
j testified that the uprising was entirely
j unexpected. The first intimation was
i towards niuht on Sunday that arms had
been landed at Bertlemanns. Oulyvagie
j rumors had been previously re eeived
| Men were out in every direction, but
; nothing definite could Im learned. Noth
I ing could be seeu of auy vessel,
The Fuse for Defense.
The government dosed its oam at t
! a. ra.
Neuman for the accused, them «alh*u
I twelve well known resideuts of liono
lulu, all of but one of whom testified of an
acquaintance of Charles Clark. They
testified that bis reputation for truth
was bad and that they would not be
lieve him under oath if it was for his tu
terest to lie.
On the Bth the court requested sever*i
passages in the ex-Queen’s statement to
j be stricken out before it could be ad
j rnitted to the record.
Mr. Neumann sjxike for an hour, main
taiuing that »he evidence failed to prove
; that the accused had any knowledge
whatever of the uprising
Judge-Advocate Kiuuoy responded sot
forty five minutes, treating with deris
ion the possibility of her iguorams with
tho c inspirator Nowlein, living under
her roof, and official documents passing
back and forth between her and Giitiek
relating to the establishment of the new
government at the very time when Was
napolo was prewired to land the Arm'
anil tbe insurrection was ripe.
The trial closed at 2:30 p. m.
The Ex*Quecu’s Siatemoat,
Ou the last day of the trial a long
statement, written by the ex Queen, was
read in court. Iu it she said:
‘ The movement undertaken by the
Ilawaiians last month was absolutely
commenced without my know ledge, sana
tion or aMiistaueo, directly or indirectly
ami this fact is, in truth, well kuown to
those who took part in it.
“I received no information from any
one in regard to which men were, or
which were not to be procured, nor ©f
any mi n who were induced, or to be in
duced to join in any such uprising. I
do not know why this information should
have been withheld from me unless it
was with a view to my personal safety or
as a precautionary measure. It would
not have received my sanction, and I
can assure the gentlemen of this com
mission, that had I known of any such
intention I would have dissuaded the
promoters from such a venture. Bnt I
will add that had I known their secrets
they would have been mine and would
have been inviolatclv preserved,”
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
It llm* Hc« n Fulling iu New Orleu**
for Eighteen Hours.
New Orleans. Feb. 15. The snow
fell steadily yesterday for eighteen hours
measuring exactly eight inches accord
in* to the report given out by Captain
Kerkam, chief of the Weather Bu r eau
here. A* 9p. m an appreciable amount
is again falling and it would not la; snr
prising if there were seve<al more inches
added to New Orleans’ greatest snow by
to-morrow morning.
Must Furious Ever Sicn.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 15.— The most
furious snow storm ever seen here, la;
gan early this morning, and at mid
night is still raging The ground is now
covered to a depth of nine inches, seven
inch©* representing t ( day’s fall. Streot
car liues suspended traffic early in the
aft* riaon. The Consolidated Itoad will
be c!< sed until rain or suu in* Its the
KIl W
<’<*lgc*t Ever Experienced*
Birmingham. Ala., Feb 15 A special
to the Age Hera’d from De»op li* - , Ala.
sajic
“Four to five inches «>f snow hn* fallen
h<*rn t© day and b'.st night and ff is still
falling. We have had »he severest cold
weather fir ihe pant ten days that ha*
been experienced hire for many years.”
l apr* cedt ctl« *1 in Florida,
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 15—Sdow
was gemral throughout western asd
northern Florida last night. In Wash
ingto* County the ground is covered*tc
a depth of six inches, a situation nnprt
c* den ted in Florida weather records.
f irst Train in Fixlit Day*.
Rsabinc, Pa., Feb. 15. —A passengei
train from Wilmington, Del., over the
Wilmington .and Northern liailroad,
came through to day. This is the first
Dais to arrive over that road in eight
days. The road is now clear and riairu*
are ranutog on schedule time