Weather To-Day: FAIR; WARMER.
von. xlv. 4 no. us.
THE (ML BILL
PASSED
B! THESENATE
One Million Stock at SIOO to
be Issued.
UNCLE SAM GETS 925,000
MARITIME CO. TO CALL IN ALL
SHARES ISSUED.
EXCEPT NICARAGUA’S AND COSTA RICA'S
The Company is Authorized to Contract for
Finishing tie Canal in Six Years at
a Cost not to fxceed
$115,000,000.
Washington, Jan. 21. —The Senate to
day passed the Nicaragua Canal Bill, de
cided to make the Anti-Scalping Bill the
unfinished business, and continued with
out completing the consideration of the
Indian Appropriation Bill. A number of
amendments were made to the Nicara
gua Canal Bill, and there were innumer
able short speeches during the day.
There was, however, no opposition to a
vote when the time came, and a roll cal!
on it developed only six votes in opposi
tion to final passage.
The six votes against the bill were
cast by Senators Bate, Caffery, Cock
rell. Mantle, Martin and Smith.
The Anti-Scalping Bill was taken up
on a vote of 33 to 21, but no effort was
then made to continue its consideration.
The effect of the vote was to give it
the first place on the calendar, but the
understanding is that it w/iall nor hu
pressed in opposition to the Peace Treaty
or the appropriation bills.
The House bill to construct a bridge
across the Savannah river from the
mainland to Hutchinson Island was
passed.
The Nicaragua Canal Bill as it passed
continues the name of the Maritime
Canal Company. It provides for the is
suance of 1,000.000 shares of stock at
SIOO each. The canal company is re
quired to call in all the stock issued ex
cept that held by Nicaragua and Costa
Rican Governments. The company is
also required to redeem and cancel all
bonds and scrip heretofore issued by the
company and to satisfy all cash liab li
lies. To enable the company to comply
with the requirement treasury warrants
to the amount of $5,000,000 are author
ized with a proviso to the effect that
only so much of the amount shall be
paid as shall be required to pay the
actual cash value of the rights, privi
leges, franchises and property at the
time of the payment, the value to be de
termined by commissioners to be ap
pointed by the President. This being
done the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to subscribe for 925,000
shares of the company’s stocks for the
Government of the United States.
The present members of the board of
directors are then to resign and a boon*
of seven is to lie appointed in their stead
consisting of five on behalf of the United
States and one each on behalf of Nica
ragua and Costa Rica. The directors
on behalf of the United States are to be
appointed by the President and confirm
ed by the Senate. No two of them are
to be residents of any one State and no
person who has heretofore been inter
ested in the canal company is to be
appointed to this office. They are also
prohibited from being interested in con
tracts on the canal. Each of the direc
t6rs except the President is to receive
a salary of $5,000 per year and the Pres
ident is to have sfi,ooo. All travelling
expenses are to be paid. Annual reports
are required.
There is a provision against declaring
a dividend except upon the net earnings.
The company is authorized to contract
for the completion of the canal within
six years. The payments are restricted
to $20,000,000 annually. The canal is
to be large enough “for the use of the
largest sea-going vessels at a cost not to
exceed the estimate of the engineers and
not to exceed $115,000,000.”
This amount is made a permanent ap
propriation for the work, to be used as
occasion may require. The bill gives
the Government a lien upon the proper
ty to secure the repayment of the moneys
advanced, and the President is empower
ed to declare forfeiture of the property
to the United States without the neces
sity of judicial or other ascertainments.
Thereafter full title is to rest in the
Government of the United States. The
President is authorized to suspend pay
ments at any time. The President is
also authorized to secure any change in
or modification of the terms of the con
cession either from the concessionaires
or from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. In
ease of failure in such negotiation the
President is empowered to negotiate for
another route across the isthmus. He
is .further requested to open negotiations
for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty or any other treaty found to be
in existence and standing in the way
of the construction of the canal.
The neutrality of the. canal is guaran
teed, but the right to protect it against
the interruptions of business between
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the
United States is reserved.
At 4:30 p. m. the Senate went into
executive session and at 4:42 p. m. ad
journed.
The News and Observer.
SLEEPS Ml mm GAROUNA DAILIES 1 lE*S AND CIGULATIDN.
DIED OF HEMORRHAGIC FEVER.
Gone to New Mexico —Money to Load-
Large Peanut Crop.
Scotland, N. C., Jan. 21.—(Special.)—
Yesterday at the Gray Lumber Co.’s
mills near Neal on the Roanoke river,
Mr. T. J. Gwaltney, foreman for the
company, died of hemorrhagic fever. He
was forty years old and leaves a wife
and five children. He was the only white
man who remained in the swamps all
the summer. The others moved away
from the river during the summer and
so escaped the malaria.
This week two of our young men,
Messrs. John B. Gray and Victor John
son, left New Mexico, where they
have gone to try their fortunes amongst
strangers.
Miss Nellie Pemberton, teacher of
music in Vine Hill Female Academy
here, was called to her home in Tennes
see some days ago by the illness of her
father. News lias come from her that
her father died about the time she left
Scotland Neck.
One whose profession puts him in close
touch with men who have money, re
marked to your correspondent that there
is more money to lend in the count \v
than he has known before in some
t ime.
Large quantities of peanuts are being
brought to this market now. The pres
ent prices make it look like the peanut
crop wil be large this year. The tobacco
crop will be greatly increased over first
year.
Most of the comments heard concern
ing tile work ofc the Legislature thus
far are favorable.
STORE BREAKERS AT OXFORD.
Oxford. N. C., Jan. 21.—(Special.)—
This morning it was discovered that
burglars last night entered the store
of Paris Bros, by wrenching off the
heavy iron bars at the back window and
taking SIOO worth of jewelry. They
also broke the large plate glass window
of the Klondike store and took from
there about S2OO worth of clothing and
jewelry. They stole a horse and buggy ,
from Judge Graham and a horse from
Mrs. Horner.
THE TROUBLE AT SAMOA
the; ACUTE STAGE BELIEvED NOW TO
HAVE PASSED. ,
. I
t is Understood Germany Wili not Approve Any
Act of Her Consul Vio'ative of Trealy
of Berlin.
Washington, Jan. 21—It can be stated
authoritatively that if the published re
ports of the events at Ai ia are true
that the acts of the Gentian Consul,
Rose and of the President of the Muni
cipal Council, Raffel, were not the result
of instructions from the German Govern
ment. and so far as those acts were
violative of the treaty of Berlin, it is
not believed at .the State Department,
that they will receive the approval of the
Gcrma n Govern men t.
Assuming that the trouble at Apia has
passed the acute stage, and that it will
be adjudged satisfactorily by such mea
sures as are required, there will remain
for treatment in the immediate future
the treaty relations of the three powers
relative to Samoa. The condition pre
cedent to any action looking to amend
ment of the treaty of Berlin, or its abro
gation, is that its provisions must lx?
lived up to meanwhile; upou that point
our Government is settled, and the Brit
ish Government can be reckoned upou
to take the same view.
As much turns on ‘he accurate state
ment of the facts in this case, the fol
lowing may be accepted tu-s the official
German view of the situation as sen*
here from Berlin:
“The old Mataafa was overwhelming
ly re-elected, the vote being six to one.
But the Chief Justice a milled the Ma
taafa election and confirmed that of the
opposing candidate, Malietoa Taints, a
son of Malietoa. (Latter thought to
refer to the old King, but the dispatch
does not disclose.) Oil January Ist a
short fight occurred between the two
parties which ended with the rtiglit of
Tamis, his party and Tamasese. They
went on board a British man-of-war.
No foreign property was injured. The
three consuls, American. British and
German, declared Mataafa's party as
the Provisional Government, until the
arrival of instructions from the powers.
The Chief Justice also took refuge on
board the British man-oj-war, which
caused the Samoan Government to de
clare lilt, functions temporarily suspend
ed. His office was closed temporarily
by a proclamation.’’
The foregoing, it will be seen, presents
important differences to the vi nv so far
accepted. In particular ir presents the
view that the three consuls—German.
American and British—acted together
in establishing a Mataafa provisional
Government: that the Samoan Govern
ment. and not the German Consul, de
posed the Chief Justice, and that the
office of the Chief Justice was closed by
a proclamation from the Samoan Govern
ment. It also states that the three Con
suls are acting together, pending instruc
tions from the powers.
At the several large Embassies most
directly interested the opinion is quite
positively expressed that the situation
does not have a warlike aspect. It was
pointed on' by one official that the
probable course would bo either a repu
diation by Germany of tin* action of
her Consul, or else a move to have the
tripartite agreement changed so as to
permit a more expeditious management
of Samoan affairs.
Charitable —The woman who doesn't
put her thoughts of other women into
words.
RALEIOR, SUiNDAY MORNING, JANUARY ‘JL\ 1899.
THE BILL 10 FIX
THE
GOLD STANDARD
Favorable Report Ordered by
Strict Party Vote,
THE STANDARD OF VALUE
ALL CONTRACTS REGULATED BY
THE GOLD DOLLAR.
THE GREENBACKS WILL BE RETIRED
Ten Years Hence they will no Lorg,r be Legal
Tender. No Silver Dollars to be Coin
ed Save from the Bullion in
the Treasury.
Washington, Jan. 21.—The House
Coinage, Weights and Measures Com
mittee today by a strict party vote or
dered a favorable report on the substi
tute for Representative Hill’s bill to fix
the standard of value in the United
States and for other purposes.
Th bill provides in substance that the
standard of value in the United States
shall be the gold dollar, that all con
tracts existing and in the future shall
be computed in reference to that stand
ard, that there shall he established in
the Treasury a department of issue and
redemption, that the greenbacks shall bo
retired and upon retirement that gold
bills shall be substituted therefor.
No silver dollars are to be hereafter
coined except from bullion in the treas
ury, the Secretary of the Treasury in
bis discretion to coin silver into subsi
diary coin as public urgency demands
and tin- recoinage of old. worn, nnctir
reut. subsidiary coin without special ap
propriation therefor; such coinage of bul
lion to be concurrent with the retirement
of treasury notes the,same as if -oined
into silveiv «Jo ayyl the crtldag, ,«£
suc h subsidiary coin not to be limited"To
$50,000,000.
There is to be a separation of treas
ury aeouuts between issue and financial
transactions; a gold reserve of outstand
ing notes and treasury notes is to be'
maintained; also five per cent gold re
serve of tlie agregate silver dollars: a
comon fend for the redemption of all
notes. The retirement of the green
backs is for the first five years an
amount equal to the increase of nation
tional bank notes issued subsequent to
the taking effect of the act; twenty per
cent to be retired amially during the
next five years and greenbacks to erase
to be legal tender at the ml of 10 yars.
Gold and currency certificates to be
cancelled as paid and not reissued: no
national bank notes under $lO, and no
silver certificates over $5 are to be is
sued.
The tax on national banks is to be
changed from the circulation to one
tentli of one per cent on capital, surplus
and undivided profits.
The bill repeals all existing restric
tions on the withdrawal and Ksu? r.f
national bank notes at will; banks may
issue notes to full value of bonds de
posited. Nn‘.i >na 1 banks wdU a capital
of $25,000 and in cities of 3.000 popula
tion may be established: branch banks
may be provided under regulations of the
comptroller of the currency.
CHEMICALS WERE FOUND.
The Government Chemist Analyzes the
Fluid Left By Dr. Italy.
Washington. Jan. 21. —Prof. F. W.
Clarke, chemist of the United States
Geological Survey, to-day reported to
the war investigting commission that his
test of the powder furnished by Surgeon
Daly as being the residuum from the
boiling down of a portion of the con
demned beef on the Panama, disclosed
the presence of both bone and salicylic
acids. Prof. Clarke took tin- witness
stand and was closely examined. He
said the powder was of a brownish col
or.' while pure borax is white, but did
not explain the difference.
Witness said he could say nothing of
the origin of the materials tested, nor
could lie Mate the probable amount c.'
these chemical agents used that would
be extracted in making tea from tin
beef without more material and longer
time. Large quantities of such chemi
cals for preservatives, however, he said
would he unnecessary and would be an
expensive waste. Tile boric acid, in
said. imparts no odor whatever to meat.
The salicylic acid also, lie said, was
odorless, and he could not say whether
it forms any compounds with the flesh
of cattle that would product- odor.
"Would it not be probable,” he was
asked, “that meat kept for a time, vary
ing from one to twelve weeks in cold
storage, covered by cheese cloth would
be affected by the substance in the
cheese cloth?”
"I should think so.” was the reply.
"Is it possible to get both these agents
present?”
“Yes, sir. We found that in the ma
terial submitted purporting to be a meat
extract.”
“It does not necessarily follow, then,”
suggested General Beaver, “that the
product you examined came from beef
lea ?”
“No. 1 think not. 1 did not inquire
into its origin.”
General Beaver read from Surgeon
Daly’s report on the beef on the Pana
ma. procured at Ponce, saying some of
it “tasted like decompose x boric acid.”
“Now.” be asked, “if there is not any
perceptible taste in boric acid, would
its list- in any quantity in meat impart
any such taste?”
“I should say not,” answered the wit
ness.
“Then we have disposed of that?”
commented General Beaver.
Witness said lie knew of no such thing
its decomposed boric acid, and that from
a scientific point of view the expression
was meaningless: that boric acid in such
quantities as likely would be used, would
leave no taste in the mouth of an in
dividual as had been testified to yester
day by Surgeon Daly.
“Would the treatment of boric or
salicylic acid make any difference in the
odor or stench from decayed beef?” in
terrupted ex-Governor Woodbury.
“That would take actual experiment,”
was the reply, “there might be some
•slightly different product of putrefac
tion.”
Asked as to the effect on health of
using beef injected with the boric acid,
witness said it would be relatively harm
less. but that tlie use of salicylic acid
would be different, aw was prohibited by
most European countries. The use of
the boric acid on meat furnished troops
in his opinion, would be of very little
importance from a health view, but the
salicylic acid would be objectionable.
The effect of the preservatives, he said,
was to make tin* meat keep longer. If
the meat were kept twenty-four hours
after leaving the refrigerator, the chemi
cals might retard putrefaction.
"If the boric acid were used in the
meat would it impart, as has been testi
fied to. a taste so bitter, nauseous and
unpalatable as to make it unfit for use?”
witness was asked, and he replied:
“No. sir.”
Paymasters Henry G. Colbert and
Thomas 11. Hicks. U. S. N., also testi
fied. The former told of large purchases
of beef he had made for the navy from
the same firm which supplied the army.
He said the meat gave general satisfac
tion.
When asked if there were any evi
dences of chemicals being used, he an
swered in the negative.
BILL FOR AN ARMY POST
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PRITCHARD
INTO THE SENATE.
PosMo be Within 10 Mites of Raleigh. The
Eill Carries SIOO,OOO Appropriation
fir Us Fs'ab islvwni.
Washington. I>. C.. Jan. 21. —(Special.)
—North Carolina items in the River and
Harbor Bill, are as. follows: North
east (Cape Fear) river. $2,000: Cape
Fear river, (above Wilmington) $2,50u;
Cape Fear river (at and below Wilming)
ton). $150,000.
Senator Pritchard today introduced a
bill for tin- establishment of a military
post at Raleigh. Under its terms not
loss than 040 acres, nor more than 2,000
acres, to bo selected within ten miles of
Raleigh, the site to be approved by (be
Commanding General of the army. The
bill carries an appropriation of SIOO,OOO
for the purpose.
The Senator believes 'here is an ex
cellent chance of securing the establish
ment of the best.
A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.
Much Cotton Left in the Fields —Sur-
veys for New Cotton Mill—New Flour
Mill—Siuall-Pox Scare.
Weldon. N. C.. Jan. 21.—(Special.)—
Dotley Wilkins, colored, was arrested
here charged with breaking into the
store of A. L. Stain-back and stealing
over SIOO worth of jewelry. Wilkins con
fessed his guilt, and is now in jail. He
also confessed -that lie was ring-leader in
various other robberies which have re
cently occurred here. He is only about
fifteen years old, yet he lias been in
jail for stealing before, and Is thoroughly
bad.
It is surprising to note how much cot
ten there is remaining in the field un
picked. Many of the fields in this sec
tion look as it’ they have not been picked
at all.
The merchants here are much inter
ested in the meeting recently held by
Raleigh merchants looking to a repeal
of the purchase tax.
Surveys are being made for the new
cotton mill here, and it is expected that
work will begin before February Ist.
Tlie new flour mill will be started up
here next week. This mill will put up
seventy-five barrels per day.
The small-pox scare has taken posses
sion of some sections of Northampton
county. It is thought, however, that tin
ease reported there is not a genuine ease
of small-pox at all.
NEW ENTERPRISE IN TYRRELL.
Columbia, N. Jan. 21.—(Special.)—
The Bra lining Manufacturing Company
has purchased, a six-acre mill site in
Columbia and will move one of then
large mil is heretofore at Edenton and
erect it here. Tlie same company is
preparing to enlarge the draws in the
county bridges spanning the Scupper
nong river to accommodate the increase
in traffic occasioned by their extensive
operations on the Seuppernong river.
This enterprise means a great deal to
the business elements of Columbia.
Tyrrell county ships tons of fresh pork
to the Northern markets every week,
and the fresh pork supply of Norfolk
and vicinity is derived from the Scup
pernong river.
There are now four Mormon elders la
boring in Tyrrell county.
WAB THREATENED
AfiAIN
IB PHILIPPINES
Fortifications at Iloilo Now
Completed.
OTHER NOW IN PROGRESS
VI SAYAN PRESIDENT DEFIES
M’KINLEY’S AUTHORITY.
FALSE RUMORS OF AT T ACK ON MANILA
An Excitable Filipino Lieutenant Almost Precip
itates a f onflict with Americans by his
Disregard of Pickets. Hostility
of Filipino Presi.
Manila, Jan. 15th, via Ilong Kong.
Jan. 21.—Private advices received here
from Iloilo differ materially from the
official reports. They say the rebels
have completed their fortifications there,
and that they are now fortifying Gui
naras Island. The American forces are
still on board the transports Newport,
Arizona and Pennsylvania, wheh are
anchored close to Guinaras Island. The
rebel authorities at Iloilo, it is added,
have granted permission to land unarm
ed, parties, not exceeding five in number,
if accompanied by a native officer. The
offer, however, was declined, but the
rebels subsequently permitted officers; to
land, furnishing them with an escort.
President Lopez, of the Yisavan Fed
eration has replied to President Mc-
Kinley’s proclamation of the ninth. He
claims that the revolutionary Govern
ment antedates the Paris treaty by over
two years. Me also says he lias never
been officially notified of tlie existence
of the treaty and that, therefore, he dc
dines to recognize American authority
and refuses to allow Americans to dis
embark in force without express ord r.-
frorii the (Government »« Mpiolos.
General Miller, the commander of the
American expedition replied that the
Americans cannot recognize the Presi
dent's authority because the Filipino
Republic is not recognized by the pow
ers. He also expressed regret at the de
termination of the Filipinos to resist
just claims.
The United States gunboat Petrel and
the Spanish gunboat El Cano are near
Hod .
Tlie natives at the fort mistook tln-
United States cruiser Baltimore’s meal
pennant for a challenge and have hoisted
a red rag on the fort thrice daily, lower
ing it simultaneously with the Balti
more’s pennant.
The United States transport Indiana
has gone to Iloilo with dispatches to
General Miller from General Otis and
coal for the expedition.
The British second class cruiser Bon
aventure and the German second class
cruiser Irene have returned here.
Both the Iloilo banks have sent their
treasure here.
The American and Filipino commis
sioners are reported to have conferred
at the Filipino club with unsatisfactory
results. The natives allege that they
must have official recognition before dis
cussing the question of a protectorate.
Another conference is believed to have
been arranged for to-morrow night, but
the officials here decline to confirm or
deny this statement.
Coasting steamers which have arrived
here report that the natives are fortify
ing Falbayog and the Island of Samar,
refusing to allow Americans to land
there. The garrison consists of a thou
sand men armed with spears and holos.
They have only six rifles.
Owing to persistent rumors of a con
templated attack upon Manila on Sat
urday and Sunday, the American troops
were confined to their quarters, all tin
guards were doubled and. as a measure
of precaution, foreign flags were dis
played on the business and private
houses everywhere, as on the day of the
entry of the Americans into the city.
The Eseolla. the usually busy thorough
fare, was deserted on Saturday night.
ALMOST A BATTLE.
Manila, a.Jn .13. —Via Ilong Ivong,
Jan. 21. —The Americans and Filipinos
were probably nearer a conflict this af
ternoon than at any time since the oc
cupation. Fortunately the matter was
amicably adjusted. A Filipino Lieuten
ant. imagining that his men had been in
sulted by some American troops, march
ed a company of forty armed natives to
the line of the Americans, and the sen
tries, forty in number, back of the Mon
tana regiment. in obedience to orders
were compelled to retire to the outpost
in order to avoid trouble. As the Fili
pino disobeyed the command to halt, de
ployed in the cam-brake and assumed
a determined, threatening attitude, Lieu
tenant Jansen, who was in command of
the post, telegraphed to the brigade
headquarters and General Otis person
ally investigated the matter. The Fili
pino Lieutenant was most excited, ami
General Otis insisted upon interviewing
his superior officer. Consequently the
Filipino Captain was summoned and he
was also found to be excited. As a
result of the conference, he admitted
that the Filipino Lieutenant had exceed
ed his authority. His men were drawn
in line, saluted. courtesies were ex
changed. and the Filipinos retired.
Another proclamation, purporting to be
issued by an Amt-riean and signed “W.
T.” appeared on Friday and appealed in
broken English to brother Americans
and comrades to let the Filipinos alone
and that “if their officers compelled
them to fire to please fire in the air
pretend to favor annexation,” and alleged
This proclamation also appealed to
Americans to disregard Filipinos "who
pretend to favor annexation,“and alleged
that the “American agitation to hold the
islands is fostered by a few officers who
are making money thereby.”
The proclamation concluded with para
phrasing the Monroe Doctrine in the
words "the Philippines for the Filipi
nos.”
A native dentist here, named Arovelo.
has been arrested. He denies the au
thorship of the document but admits
connection with it. Other arrests are
probable. He was twice imprisoned by
the Spaniards for treason. He was
formerly an aide to Aguinablo, and bis
arrest caused consternation among the-
Filipinos.
The native paper Independence, which
is now published at Malolos was unusu
ally vindictive to-day. Commenting
upon the situation it says:
“The Americans are trying all the time
to excite the Filipinos to commence hos
tilities. in the meantime, tricking the
natives for the purpose of gaining time
necessary for bringing out reinforce
ments.”
The paper adds:
“The proclamation which was sup
pressed. for which Arvelo was arrested,
appears to have hit the nail on the head.
The Filipinos need fear nothing. The
American soldiers are completely de
moralized. They are unwilling to fight
a free people who are only demanding
their rights.”
The idea of possible deception is prob
ably more general than the authorities
know. A Filipino officer said to the cor
respondent that it was ridiculous for the
Americans to think that the Filipinos be
lieve they are bringing more troops and
warships here to establish a protectorate
over a country for which $20,000,000 has
been paid.
The Malolos Government is inflexible,
and Aguinablo’s determined stand seems
1o have temporarily welded all factious
together.
TOBRINGHOMEGUR DEAD
THOSE WHO FELL OR DIED OF DISEASE
AFOUND SANTIAGO.
The Transport Roumanian Wi : l Now go to
New York to be Fitted Out for
This Purscse.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21.—Word was
received by Colonel Bellinger yesterday
that the transport Roumanian would not
come back to Savannah from her present
trip to Ma.tanzas. Instead she is to go
to New York. There she will be equip
ped as a transport for the cietfd. Making
with her a large force of undertakers
and helpers and a large supply of cof
fins and other supplies for the dead, the
Roumanian will go to Santiago. There
the bodies of the American soldiers who
died from fever or who fell in the bat
iks that preceded the capitulation of the
city, will be disinterred and prepared for
removal on the transport to their homes
in this country. There were many hun
dreds who died from disease or wounds
or were shot dead in the struggles .be
tween the contending forces. The work
of removing and preparing the bodies
will take some time. The Roumanian
is a large vessel and can bring all of the
heroic dead back to their country. The
vessel, it is understood, will go to New
York from Santiago, the bodies being
distributed from there to the relatives
and friends of the dead throughout the
country.
Some reception that will indicate tin
sentiments of the country toward those
who fell in Cuba will, no doubt, be ar
ranged for at the port of entry.
DEATH ON SUNSET LIMITED.
A Fin-man’s Failure to Close Swith Re
sults in Two Deaths.
New Orleans. La., Jan. 21.—An acci
dent to the Southern Pacific’s “Su w-t
Limited” fast trans-continental train be
tween New Orleans and San Francisco
occurred at Laooste, 2(? miles west of
Santonin Friday morning, and was
caused by the fireman of the light en
gine failing to close the switch into
which his engine had retired to give* ike
main track to the famous train. Tie
“ Sunset Limited” had reduced its speed
as it neared the meeting point and was
moving at a 12-mile rate when it ran in
to the open switch, colliding with the
light engine on the siding. The latter
was almost demolished and exploded,
killing its engineer and fatally scalding
the fireman of the Limited, besides badly
injuring its own fireman. ' t
FAMILIES IN HOT BATTLE.
It Goes on for Hours and Several are
Killed and Wounded.
Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 21. —Yesterday,
on the line betweu Lee comity. Va., and
Hancock county. Tenn.. a section re
mote from the telegraph, a battle oc
curred between twenty members of the
Eddy family of Virginia and the Ram
sey family of Tennessee.
The battle lasted several hours, dur
ing which a number of men on both
sides were killed and wounded. A quar
rel of long standing resulted in the tight,
particulars of which are not at pres
ent obtainable.
A apartments have been secured at the
Kbitt House for the Eagan court, mar
tial, which is expected to begin its see
sious there next Wednesday.
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A NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY
OF THE WAR.
WRITTEN BY [NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS
The Sketches Have Been Collected and Edited
by Walter Clark. 11 quent
Speeches in the He us a
Yesterday.
“Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.”
If was with these words, from Kip
ling's Recessional, that Mr. 11. C. Wall,
of Richmond county, yesterday closed
one of the most eloquent speeches that
has been beau) in the House during this
session of the General Assembly.
He was pleading for the publication,
by the State, of a history of North Car
olina's soldiers in the Civil War.
Straight as an Indian and vigorous as
a man of twenty summers, stood this
gray-haired veteran of many a hard
fought battle—asking a perpetuation of
the deeds of his comrades during that
terrible four years of civil strife. His
words were eloquent, his sentiments
were lofty, his argument convincing.
Time and again his speech was inter
rupted by applause from his fellow
members, while fair-faced women smiled
approval from the crowded gallery.
No less generous was the applause
that greeted (’apt. Caraway, of Lenoir,
during the delivery of h:s speech—filled
as it was with lofty sentiment and pa
triotic utterance.
The debn'o was brought to a fitting
(lose by Mr. Dan Hugh Mi Lend, of
Harnett. Though his speech was short—
consisting of hardly a dozen sentences—
he lias never uttered anything more
truly beautiful, more entirely approp
riate. He hoped his rising to say a word
would not be construed into an appre
hension on his part that this bill would
not pass. He knew it would pass—with
out a word from him, without a word
from anybody.
“We would dishonor ourselves, dis
honor the State, if we failed to pass
it. The dead and living soldier in that
memorable strife we cannot dishonor.
They have glory enough, hewn out with
their own hands. It is the perpetuation
of this record that is asked by this
bill.
“The youth of the future will read
it with pride. They will find recorded
there the dees of their fathers. We need
a Southern history of this conflict, for
I had rather the stars be blotted from
the skies than that any son of a Con
federate veteran should Over think his
father had worn a traitor's uniform."
Referring to Senator Butler’s bill to
pension Confederate soldiers by the
Unltr.<l States government, Mr. McLean
said:
“This man does not represent the ge
nius and sentiment of the South—the
soldier who has written his name in
imperishable letters on the scroll of
fame. No wonder they have spurned
it and trampled it under foot. They
ask no alms, they ask only simple jus
tice.”
The sketches, Air. Wall said, had been
written by a survivor of each command
and collected and edited by Justice "Wal
ter Clark, of North Carolina. He bad
secured sketches of about three-fourths
of the 70 regiments sent into the war
by North Carolina.
“It has been a great work, a hard
work, but it has been a labor of love,
and be will continue to bend his energies
to this task until the whole story of
North Carolina's devotion to the cause
of the South is told. North Carolina is
great in peace, but she is greatest in
war. Never lias she seemed so great as
when she sent her 125.000 soldiers to
the front to follow the Stars and Bars.
“If you had seen the Fifth North
Carolina regiment ns I saw it, dash to
the charge of Williamsburg on the
memorable stli of April, 1802—if you
had seen North Carolina’s soldiers there
following the leadership of the gallant
Duncan Macßae. his plume waving al-
Avays where the tight was the thickest,
you, too. would have said the Old North
State had cause to lie proud of her boys
in gray.
"This. sir. is an important bill. It is a
measure intended to record forever and
preserve to posterity the heroism of
their forefathers.
“Another Legislature, with no unstint
ed band and with commendable generosi
ty, has erected yonder monument. Let
us erect this monument. Tt takes but a
paltry sum to do it, but this record will
be more enduring than yonder.
“I congratulate my brothers on the re
cent utterance of the President that all
the country should scatter flowers on
tht' grans of the Confederate dead. It
is the death blow to sectionalism. For
those utterances, I thank President Mc-
Kinley. but I beg to be excused. Let
us care for our own dead. Let them
care for theirs. As f,,r the living, let
us be brothers. The idea of asking for
pensions, though, is preposterous ami
I’m glad to see that the Confederate vet.
erans all over the State, and the entire
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Yesterday.