Weather To-Day: SNOW.
VO!,. Xl.v. NO. 12,1.
THE EAGAN TRIAL
ENDED :
VERDICT REACHED
The Court Martial Will Not
Make it Public.
PAPEKS GO TO PRESIDENT
WHO WILL INSTRUCT TIIE SEC
RETARY OF WAR.
HE WILL CARRY VERDICT INTO EFFECT
Proceedings of Third Day. Speeches of Mr.
Worthington and Judge Advocate Das
vis. Claim that Eagan Lost
his Mental Balance.
Washington, Jan. 127. —The case of
Commissary General Charles i\ Eagan
is now in the hands of the court mar
tial appointed to try him. Today the
taking of testimony was closed and ar
guments of counsel submitted. The
trial had lasted three days and con
sumed less than eight hours of actual sit
ting. A session behind closed doors of
an hour or so sufficed for the court to
reach a conclusion and embody it in a
report. What the verdict was is al
together a matter of speculation, and
officially at least will not lie made pub
lic by the trial board, military regula
tions requiring that its findings shall
go through prescribed channels and be
kept secret until action be had and pro
mulgated by the proper reviewing au
thorities.
The testimony at the closing of the
session of the court was directed largely
to establishing the fact that the Gen
eral had lost his mental balance as a
result of the charges made against him
by General Miles. His daughter and
her husband told of the General’s chang
ed condition and intimated that they
had great fears that he might at any
time kill his accuser.
Mr. McKee, a life-long friend, stated
that at that time he believed him act
ually insane. The facts in this connec
tion were brought out strongly by Mr.
Worthington in his efforts to show that
General Eagan at times was wholly
irresponsible.
A dramatic incident of the trial today
was the testimony of the General's
daughter in which she described her
father’s appearance on the day he first
read General Miles’ statement. Stand
ing in the door of his house with the
• newspaper containing the evidence in
his hand he had exclaimed wildly: “I
have been crucified by General Miles!”
Mr. Russell A. Algor, the Secretary
of War, was also a witness today. He
said that he recalled a conversation he
had with General Eagan shortly after
General Miles had given his testimony.
General Eagan came into his office in
an excited state of mind and said it
was his wish to prefer charges against
General Miles for what ho had said.
“I told him,” testified Secretary Al
ger, “that under the President’s order
granting immunity to officers who tes
tified before the commission he could not
do so.”
Q. —“Mr. Secretary, did yon receive
any instructions from the President on
this point?”
A. —“He said to me immunity had been
granted to witnesses.”
General Alger was then excused.
Mr. Worthington began the argument
lor the accused, saying that he contend
ed that by the law of this country, civil,
criminal or military, the defendant could
not he called to account for what he
said before the War Investigating Com
mission. lie quoted from a number of
high authorities to show that if the
words spoken were pertinent and ma
terial to the cause in hand and were
not objected to by the tribunal hearing
the same, and were not. malicious in
character the witness' could not be held
answerable.
The remedy, said Mr. Worthington,
lies with the tribunal before which Gen
eral Eagan gave his testimony. If lie
had been told by that commission that
his language was exaggerated and iu
admissable, he would have withdrawn
his words at once, but at this late day
to call him -to account was, said Mr.
Worthington, unfair and unwarranted
A by law.
Counsel then called attention to the
President’s public statement that wit
nesses were given immunity and declar
ed that this guarantee was claimed by
the accused. Under these circumstances
lie believed General Eagan was perfectly
protected against any results such as
had been forced upon him by this court.
He had been accused of being party to
crime, and in his statement to the inves
tigating commission, he had defended
his honor and innocence, as he had a
perfect right to do. but using stronger
language perhaps than he should have
used.
Mr. Worthington next quoted from au
thorities to show that to convict the ac
cused of conduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentleman, the offense must
be such that any brother officer who
should after iiis conviction, take him
by the hand or visit his home, or be on
intimate terms with him would him
self be disgraced t hereby, and render
himself unfit to associate with gentle
men and men of honor. The endorse
ments of several high reviewing officers
in the United States army on the find
infs of courts martial were quoted as
The News and Observer.
LEJUKIU. »ls GAROUHA HUES 1! illS 111 eiKUUffir
showing that the offense must he ex
ceptionally heinous and such as would
unlit the accused for association with
right thinking men.
Counsel then reviewed the statement
made by General Miles and character
ized it as without a parallel in the his
tory of the country. He commented
upon the statement that General Miles
pretended to have known about the so
called beef frauds for three months be
fore he had sprung them upon the
country in his testimony before the
War Investigating Commission. During
that time, said counsel. General Miles
had not communicated the alleged facts
to the responsible officers nor taken any
steps to put a stop to them.
Counsel reviewed at length the tes
timony which had been given tending to
show that General Eagan’s mind was
so seriously affected by the accusations
which had been made against him that
his fslends feared that he would go
out upon the street and shoot General
Miles on sight. He was no longer him
self and no longer could control his
feelings or his actions.
In concluding his address, which lasted
over an hour,* Mr. Worthington made
a strong plea for the accused, assert
ing that through this whole controversy
hi l hail conducted himself as an honest
inan goaded to desperation by the cruel
ami unjust accusations of his superior
officer.
Colonel Davis, the Judge Advocate,
c’osod the argument. He said that he
had no other idea from the beginning
than that all the facts and the whole
truth in this case be brought out. He
sa d that if the accused thought himself
aggrieved by the statement of General
Miles he had a jmsitive and sure remedy.
He had a right to demand a court of
inquiry and he also had the undoubted
remedy of resorting to the civil and
criminal law. But ho saw fit to ignore
all those remedies and to take the mat
ter in his own bauds. He had prepared
with deliberation, a statement, which he
had read before the War Commission,
which was grossly insulting and an
undoubted infraction of the army regula
tions as charged.
On the question of immunity the
judge advocate stated that in all courts
the language, in order to be privileged.'
must be pertinent to the issue, it cannot
be slanderous or in violation of military
regulations. This was the universal
rule. The War Investigating Commis
sion, which had been created by the or-;
dcr of the President was an informal
tribunal, necessarily so by reason of the I
great scope given to its investigation. I
and it was not such a tribunal as could
punish for Contempt. It therefore might
or might not receive any statement
which might he presented. In this case
it had returned the statements to Gen
eral Eagan, declining to receive a paper
of the character presented by the ac
cused. He referred to General Miles’
statement regarding bad beef, and said
that the commanding officers of fourteen
regiments had declared the beef fur
nished. to In* unfit for food. Whatever
the facts this testimony could not bo
ignored. Although General Eagan had.
been criticised, so, he said, had many
other high officers in the army, the
heads of bureaus, and Admirals of the
Navy. All had been more or less severe
ly criticised, but they had continued to
do their duty as men and officers.
Judge Advocate Davis spoke only
about 30 minutes, and as he concluded
at 1:30 o’clock. General Merritt de
clared the court closed and ordered the
rooms to be vacated by all except the
members of the court.
The court was in executive session for
a little over an hour, and in this brief
space of time reached its conclusion, for
it soon became known when the doors
wore re-opened that a verdict had been
reached, or, in military parlance, tin*
court martial had made its findings.
The fact was confirmed by the an
nouncement from tin* Judge Advocate
that the court had adjourned without
day. It can be recalled only to correct
a fault in the proceedings, which is a
rare occurrence.
In the regular order the findings and
proceeding's must be carefully gone over
by Judge Advocate Davis. He thought
it was possible ihis afternoon to con
clude his task to-morrow or Monday.
He will place the papers in the hands of
Judge Advocate General Liehor, whose
duty it will be to make a most careful
examination of every part of the record
and findings with a view to the detection 1
of any irregularities in the forms. I*re- j
suming that he finds all of these things
regular, he will forward the papers to
the Secretary of War with his endorse-,
meat, if he sees fit to add one. and the
latter will act finally “by direction of the
President." according to the form of
practice adopted in Secretary Lamont’s
time. It is proper to state that, it is pos
sible for the papers to pass through the
hands of General Miles at some stage
in the proceedings, he acting also in the
capacity of a reviewing authority, but
this is not a uniform practice, and there
was a notable exception in the Carter
court martial.
BRILLIANT MARRIAGE AND RE
CEPTION.
Roxobel, N. ('.. Jan. 27.—(Special.)—
Johnson’s Baptist church at Warsaw,
N. on tin* 25th, must have been the
scene of a beautiful occurrence, when
Mr. .John E. Peel led to Hymen's altar
Miss Carrie 15., the beautiful and ac
complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Powell, of Warsaw. Ten o’clock
was the hour for the nuptial oath, which
was with usual grace and impressive
solemnity administered bv Rev. J. \V
Powell, of Rocky Mount, uncle to the
bride.
The couple, in the midst of rice show
ers. left at 11 o'clock via the A\. and
W. railroad for ltoxobel, their future
home, where they were greeted by their
many friends. A reception was given
in honor of the occasion.
Women have a peculiar knack of
! picking out goods that will wash, but
I they usually get children that won't.
BALBIOH. N. 0., SaTUEOAV MORNING-, .JANUARY 28, 18#9.
MR. PLATT URGES
IMMEDIATE
RATIFICATION
American Freedom Would
Bless the Philippines.
NATIVE TYRANT A CURSE
DECIDE WHAT SHALL BE DONE
A FTER RAT I F If ' AT IO N .
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BiLL
Mr. Gormtn Says if Troops are Not Recalled
fnm Tropical CFmes Before Sep'em
> ber Pension Roll Will it crease
Fifiy Thousand Names.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Particular in
terest was manifested in the Senate to
day in a brief speech delivered by Sen
ator T. C. Platt (New York) on the gen
eral subject of expansion. Mr. Platt
took for his text the anti-expansion reso
lution offered by Mr. Vest (Missouri'),
but in the course of his speech merely
touched upon the constitutional question
involved in the proposed declaration.
Mr. Platt took strong grounds for
the ratification of the treaty, holding
there was nothing in the Constitution to
prevent the United States from acquir
ing foreign territory. Continuing he
suid:
“The disorder now existing in the
Philippine Islands, to which Senators
who are opposing the treaty may well
afford to consider how far they are con
tributing, and the unwillingness of tin*
armed natives to -accept American au
thority. does not constitute in my mind
the slightest ground on which to base
a vote against the Paris agreement. On
, the contrary it affords a new reason why
I our action should he the more prompt
' and unanimous. No Senator has had
the hardihood to suggest that we shall
now return these islands to the Smin
ish Government, and no other disjiosition
of them is inconsistent with a vote
to confirm the treaty. Imputations have
been made here upon the purposes of
those who advocate the assumption by
the United States of Philippine sov
ereignty, which can scarcely Is* genuine.
All this talk about forcing our Govern
ment upon an unwilling people, all this
eloquent invocation of the spirit of the
Declaration of Independence is far and
away from any real point that concerns
the Senate in this discussion. No Sen
ator can suppose that there exists an
American statesman who approaches
the consideration of the Philippine prob
lem. with any other than the most be
nevolent intentions concerning the Fili
pinos and their future. Thun* are rea
sons why the natives of these islands af
ter their experience with Spanish mis
rule, should misunderstand the pres
ence at Manila of an American army,
but there is no reason why an Ameri
can Senator should misunderstand it,
apd no justification of his course in
misrepresenting it. He knows that there
is no American in all this broad land
who wishes any other fate to any sin
gle native of the Philippine Islands than
his free enjoyment of a prosperous life.
He knows that close in the wake of
American rule there would come to the
Filipinos a liberty that they have never
known and a far greater liberty than
they could ever have under the arrogant
rule of a native dictator. He knows,
moreover, that it would be self-rule, the
rule of the islanders to tin* full extent
of their capacity in that direction, and
that each successive American President
would welcome the time when he could
recommend new leases of self-govern
ment to an advancing and improving peo
ple. The Filipinos may not know these
things yet, but every American .Senator
knows them and puts himself and ! ; s
country in a false position when, by
; attributing the spirit of conquest and
aggression to those whose policy lias res
cued the Filipinos ’ from Spain and
would now rescue them from native
tyrants, he encourages them to doubt
the generous sentiment of our people. I
do not say that these considerations are
absolutely conclusive of our right and
duty to assume the direct and exclusive
government of the Philippines, for we
have our own interests to think about,
but certainly they forbid the use on
this floor of any arguments which tends
to imperil the safety of our troops at
Manila or which adds one whit to the
J emharnssmeut of the Administration in
j the trying situation by which it is oon
j fronted.
j “Mr. President, I do not know and I
! don’t think any one else can know just
what ought to he done with the Philip
pine Islands beyond this that we ought
as instantly as possible to complete
t he withdrawal of their sovereignty from
the k'ngdom of Spain and that wo-ought
ourse’ves to assume its obligations and
prudently to discharge them until we
have had full opportunity in our councils
to determine their best disposition.
This is all that the Treaty of Paris pro
poses or imposes. It is all that the Ad
ministration has at any time suggested,
it is no more than a safe and conserva
tive policy advises. It is no less than
our public obligations require. It is a
plain, clear, positive duty. It is one of
those duties that are not to be got rid
of by evasion nor even by denial. It
j would remain after you had rejected the
treaty. It lies in the nature of the sit
uation. Your army, your navy and
( flag are at Manila. You eau add to their
. dangers if you will. But these duties
I
abide and the will of the nation must j
be done.”
Before Mr. Platt's speech Mr. Mason
tills.), asked unanimous consent for a
vote on his resolution declaring it t«
he the policy of the United States no:
to attempt to govern the people of any
. ether nation, next Fliilay at 1 o’clock.
Mr. Carter (Mont.), objected.
A like request Was made by Mr.
Hoar with respect to his resolution de
claring that the Philippines ought to be
free anil independent.
Mr. Carter again entered an objection, i
expressing at the same time his regret
at what he regarded his duty in entering !
the objection.
Mr. Carter, understood, he said, that
the resolution pending in the Senate on
expansion had been presented as
texts upon which Senators would base
remarks. He thought it proper that the
several resolutions lie on the table until
late in the session in order that all who
so desired might submit remarks upon
them.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. Sullivan (Miss.), who asked that
it lie on the table:
“That the ratification of the Trending
treaty with Spain shall in no wise de
termine the policy to be pursued by the
United States in regard to the Philip
pines nor shall it commit this Govern
ment to a colonial policy: nor is it intend
ed to embarrass the establishment of
a stable independent Government by the
people of those isles when conditions
make such proceeding hopeful of suc
cessful and desirable results.”
Under the arrangement concluded last
evening consideration of the Pension
Appropriation Bill was resumed, Mr.
Gorman (Maryland) desiring to submit
some remarks upon it.
After calling attention to the large
amount carried by the measures—about
$145,000,000 —Mr. Gorman said that
notwithstanding the fact that 17 per
cent of our soldiers who had been find
were still engaged in the war with Spain
in tropical countries, were suffering from
illness that would make them proper
applicants for pensions, no provisions
had been made in the pending measure
for this increase in the pension bill.
At this point Mr. Gorman was inter
rupted by Mr. Hale, (Maine) who said
that he bad been informed by a promi
nent officer of the army that if our
troops were not recalled from Cuba be
fore June or July at latest the entire
arnry on the island would be down with
illness.
Continuing, Mr. Gorman said that the
war with Spain would swell the pension
roll by at least fifty thousand names,
if, (he troops were net recalled, from the
tropical dime by tvii 'first of next Sep
tember.
“Within three years from this date.”
said Mr. Gorman, in conclusion, “the
pension roll will amount to Jtios oao ono
a year. If you add to that the cost of
maintaining your army (a thousand
dollars a man) the American republic
will in the year 15)00 expend more for
its arn y and pensioners than any other
nation on the face of the earth. That
is a fact which the American people
will have to face -and they ought to
kuow, in advance, what is coming to
them, if the schemes and projects that
are being forced upon us are carried
out.”
After a short debate the bill was pass
ed, and at 2:07 the Senate went into
executive session.
At 4:50 p. m. the Senate resumed
business in legislative session, tin* order
of business being eulogies of the late
Representative Cook, of Illinois.
Addresses were delivered bv Mr. Ctil
lom (Illinois): Mr. Mason (Iowa): Mr.
Wellington (Maryland) and Mr. Mason
(Illinois). At the conclusion of the eu
logies the Senate at 5:15 n. m. as a
further mark of respect adjourned.
■AGUINALDO’S DENIAL.
He Sent No Telegram Uurging His Peo
ple to Fight Americans.
Agoiicilio authorized the following
statement today concerning a published
report that the Government had inter
cepted dispatches from him to Agninnldo
in which he advised that the Filipinos
light for their independence and that
now was the time to act:
“The statement is absolutely false and
is calculated to excite feeling and ani
mosity in this country and to prejudice
the Philippine cause. No such telegram
has ever been sent by me. and for that
reason no such telegram could have been
intercepted. The falsity of the state
ment is shown by the fact that 1 have
cabled my Government to continue the
same friendship which was born on the
battlefield against Spain. Tin* Philip
pine people have no wish and no pur
pose to fight against the Americans un
less they are driven to it. Their only
desire is to strengthen the bonds now
existing."
Other members of the Filipino Junta,
who were present when Agoneillo made
this statement, concurred in what he
said and emphasized the latter’s declara
tion that all his advices hail been to
ward an avoidance of a rupture.
Agoneillo also expressed the positive
opinion that the cable report that tin*
Filipino Congress had authorized a
declaration of war was not correct, as
In* says the Filipino people do not want
a conflict with the Americans and will
dn everything possible to avoid it.
SMALL-POX SPREADING.
(Special to Reflector.)
Tarboro. N. <’.. Jail. 2(5.—-Twenty-one
new eases of small-pox were reported in
six miles of this town this morning.
To-day Tarboro quarantined against
Norfolk. For the last few days people
have been vaccinated by the score apd
there is talk of making vaccination com
pulsory.
Mr. William Howard, father of our
lawyer, Mr. W. O. Howard, died night
before last at his home a few miles
from here, of small-pox.
The new telephone company that re
cently put in an exchange here, has sold
its plant to the old Tarboro company,
ami both will hereafter lie operated un
der one management.
MAIMS
ARE STILL
ASQURCEOF WORRY
Made the Special Order for
Tuesday Noon.
CHOPPING UP “DE ATE”
A BILL TO CHANGE TWO CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
TROUBLECOME PATCH OF WILKES COUNTY
It Loves not Wilkes tut the Heart of Wilkes Still
Goes Out to it. Exp cted to Prove a
Fruitful Source Source of Oratory
in the Senate To day.
A bill that is giving the Senate no lit
tle trouble is the one revising, amending
and consolidating the insanity laws of
the State. The bill has been reported
from committee some three or four
times anil brought up in the Senate
equally as often and each time it has
retreated in the face of a fire of amend
ments that lias sent it to the printer
for repairs. This not because of any
hostility to the bill but because it is
a very difficult matter with present fa
cilities to provide for the proper care
of the State’s insane.
The points of the bill that have been
most attacked is the provision to care
for the dangerous insane at the peniten
tiary and the provision to admit ine
briates. The bill was brought up yester
day and these provisions roused so
much opposition that it was deemed best
by those in charge of the bill to allow
it to go over and it was made the
special order for Tuesday, the 31st, at
noon.
In the discussion yesterday Senator
Brown declared that unless it could be
shown that the effect of the lull would
not be to put the insane in the peniten
tiary he should oppose it to the end.
Senator Justice thought tnat after the
bill was carefully considered it would
be found not to do this. He had been
ippestd to it at first but had changed
his opinion after going over it with
more care. He believed it the best
solution of the difficulty.
Senator Travis thought that when
convicts became insane they should
be amitted to the asylums as other
insane persons are and not in the guise
of convicts. He was opposed to ad
mitting inebriates to the asylums there
by crowding out the insane.
Senator Stanbaok thought more time
should he taken to consider the bill.
A number of amendments were sent
up and ordered printed for the conve
nience of the Senators.
The matter of swapping counties in
the Seventh and Eighth Congressional
districts was begun by the introduction
of Senator Fields’ bill to repeal the law
of 1897 which placed Gaston and Cleve
land counties in the Seventh, and Yad
kin ami Davie in the Eighth Congres
sional district. No petitions for either
of the latter counties were presented
from Democratic Congressmen, actual
or prospective.
NEW BILLS REFERRED.
S. 15. 317, Senator Ward: To arneuel
chapter .'5.’52 of the Laws of 185)7, as to
the sale of liquor at Creswell. To Com
mittee on Propositions and Grievances.
S. 15. 318. Senator Ward: To prohibit
the sale of liquor within three miles of
ißebabeih church Washington county.
To Committee on Propositions and
Grievances.
S. 15. 319, Senator Glenn, by request:
To amend chapter 113, Public Laws of
1897, to consolidate colored school dis
tricts Nos. 15) and 20 in Wilson county.
To Judiciary committee.
S. B. 320, Senator Glenn: To protect
the Fries Electric plant in Forsyth
county. To Judiciary committee.
S. 15. 321. Senator Glenn: To enable
the town of Salem to establish a wrrk
hotfte. To Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns.
S. B. 322. Senator .James, by request:
To amend section 3,800 of the Code as
to the government of cities. To Com
mittee on Counties. Cities and Towns.
S. B. 323. Senator Campbell, by re
quest: To protect the fish in tiie streams
of Wilkes county.
'S. B. 324. Senator Collie: To incor
porate the Home Circle and Ai l Asso
ciation. To Cbmmitte on Insurance.
S. B. 325, Senator Robinson, by re
quest: A resolution in favor of F M.
White, contestee from tne Fmir.eenth
district. To Committee on Claims.
S. B. 320, Senator Fields: To repeal
chapter 307. Public Laws of 185)7. which
placed Gaston anil Cleveland in the
Seventh and Yadkin and Davie in tiie
Eighth Congressional district. To Com
mittee on Propositions and Grievances.
S. B. 327. Senator Coolie: To amend
chapter 444. Public Laws of 1889, as to
goods obtained under false pretences.
To Judiciary committer.
BILLS PASSED.
S. B. 132: To amend (h-* charter of
the city of Winston.
S. B. 241: To authorize Rutherford
county to levy a special tax to pay
indebtedness.
8, B. 247: To amend chapter 15b Pub
lic Laws of 1891, relating to tarpont no
orchards, Montgomery, Robeson, Moore,
Richmond, Brunswick cunities excepted.
S. B. 2t*»2: To authorize the commis
sioners of Forsyth countv :•> levy a
special tax to pay off imlebfednoss.
S. 15. 204: To compel the county com
missioners of Wilkes to issue license
after the citizens of Wilkesboro have
given a majority vote for liquor li
cense.
S. B. 2(54: For the protection of crops
in certain sections of Craven county.
S,- B. 209: To re-enact and amend
chapter 327 of the Laws of 1893, its to
the Thomasville Bank.
8. 15. 281: To require ail practitioners
of medicine to have either a diploma
from a medical college or a license from
the State Board of Medicine.
S. 15. 25)0, 11. B. 208: To amend chap
ter 484 of the Laws of 1897, by re
pealing section 2 thereof.
To amend section 2.075) of the Code
ly striking out “within his county’’ in
line twenty.
To establish the office of county treas
urer for Surry county.
S. B. 329, 11. B. 45(5: To extend the
charter of the Fairfield Canal and
Turnpike Company.
S. B. 294: To repeal chapter 13 of
the Public* Laws of 1895. to change the
name of the town of Woolsey to
Ramoth.
PASSED SECOND READING.
S. 15. 3,14. 11. B. 314: To repeal chap
ter 112, of the Public Laws of 1895, and
chai ter 172, of the Public Laws of 1897,
establishing new townships in Surry
county.
PETITIONS O FEE RED.
By Senator Ward: A petition from
the citizens of Plymouth for the reten
tion of (lie colored normal school. To
Committee on Education.
By Senator Ward: A petition from
the e-it zens of Washington county as
to the sale of liquor. To Committee on
lTofos tions and Grievances.
By Senator Mclntyre: A petition
from the citizens of Robeson county as
to local option. To . Committee on
Propositions and Grievances.
By Senator .Tones: A petition from
merchants of Johnston county for the
repeal of the Merchant’s Purchase Tax.
To the Finance committee.
By Senator Robinson: A petition
from the doctors of medicine of Clin
ton for the repeal of the tax on doc
tors of medicine. To Finance commit
tee.
By Senator Lowe: A petition for a
substitute for section 3,113 of the Code.
Filed with bill.
By Senator Kerley: A petition for a
substitute for section 3,113 of the Code.
Filed with bill.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
11. B. 138, S. B. 139: To authorize
the treasurer of Haywood county to
pay money from the school fund. Fa
vorably.
S. B. 299: To authorize the payment
of school teachers in Halifax county.
Favorably.
S. B. 188, 11. 15. 135: For the relief
of Sarah McLeary, a colored school
teacher. Favorably. ,
S. B. 273: To protect cattle from
splenetic fever and other diseases. Fa
vorably.
S. B. 314, 11. B. 31(5: To repeal chap
ter 112, Laws of 1895, and chapter 172,
Laws of 1897, which established three
new townships in Surry county. Favor
ably.
S. B. 212: To incorporate the town
of Mt. Gilead in Montgomery county.
Favorlbaly.
S. 15. 298: To authorize Greensboro
to issue bonds for public improvements.
S. 15. 308: To amend the clutter of
Gastonia. Substitute reported.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
11. B. 348, S. B. 315: To amend the
charter of the town of Graham. To
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns.
H. B. 372, S. B. 310: To confer the
powers of police on deputy sheriffs at
Haw River.
11. B. 580, S. 15. 328: To amend chap
ter 159, Laws of 1897, as to Marsh
ville.
11. B. 7. S. B. 330: r l'o provide for
the domestication of foreign corpora
tions. To Committee on Corporations.
11. B. 218, S. B. 231: To repeal sec
tion 1,333 of the Code. To Judiciary
committee.
S. B. 32, 11. It. 228: To prohibit
hunting on lands in Wilkes county with
out permission of owner. To Commit
tee on Propositions anil Grievances.
11. 15. 251. S. B. 5133: To amend chap
ter 200, Private Laws of 1893, as to
Carolina Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany. To Judiciary committee.
S. 15. .‘534, 11. B. 254: To revise the
jury list of New Hanover county. To
Judiciary committee.
11. B. 175. S. B. 335: To prohibit
hunting in Gaston and Cleveland coun
ties without permission of the owners
of land. To Committe on Propositions
and Grievances.
11. B. 298, S. 15. 33(5: To amend the
charter of Framklinton. To Committee
on Counties, Cities and Towns.
11. B. 217. S. 15. 337: To amend chap
ter 52. Laws of 1873. To Judiciary com
mittee.
11. 15. 1(53, S. B. 3,35: To amend chap
ter 235, Public Laws of 1897, as to
dispensary at Fayetteville. To Judi
ciary committee.
S. B. 339, 11. B. 313: Tc amend chap
ter 108. Public Laws of 1895, as to cot
ton weigher at Mooresville.
11. B. 57(5. S. B. 340: To provide for
the appointment of justices of the peace
in Hyde county. To Committe on Jus
tices of the Peace.
11. B. 322. S. B. 341: To amend chap
ter <ls, Public Laws of 1895. as to barb
win* fences in certain counties. To
J udiciary com rnittee.
11. 15. 158. S. B. 342: To prevent dis
eases among hogs and geese in Gates
county. To Committee on Public
Health.
H. B. 333. S. B. 343: To incorporate
the Mercantile Company. To Commit
tee on Corporations.
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THIRD EDITION!
PRICE F / JENTB.
ENEMItS RISE OP
TO
FIGHT ARI BILL
Opposition Among Republi
cans Grows Strong
HULL WILL REDUCE MEN
AN ARMY OF SIXTY THOUSAND
NOW ASKED.
PRESIDENT 10 ADD MEN IF NECESSARY
Mr Johnson Declares he Will Fight this Ma*
chirer; Which is Being Forged to Car
ry Out a Colonial Pol cy, to
the Biit*r End.
Washington. Jan. 27.—The opposition
to the army re-organization bill on the
Republican side of the House has Im*-
come so strong that to-day Chairman
Hull, after Mr. Henderson, of lowa,
one of the floor leaders of the majority,
had threatened to vote to recommit the
bill, decided it would be wise in order to
insure its passage to abandon the idea
of providing directly for a regular army
of 100,000 men. lie announced ou the
floor that the committee would offer
amendments to reduce the number of
enlisted men to about 09,000. but lodge
in the President’s discretion the author
ity to increase the army to a maximum
of 100.000. These amendments have
been prepared. They provide that tiie
President may, in his discretion, enlist
only 00 men in the infantry companies
and 00 in the cavalry troops. By the
terms of the bill there are to be thirty
infantry .regiments of ten companies
each, with a strength of 145 men and
12 regiments of cavalry of 10 troops
each, with a strength of lOU men. This
discretion, if the President would exer
cise it would reduce the number of en
listed men about 31,000. and practically
leave intact the organization provided
for jn the bill, so far as officers are
concerned. How fur the proposed modi
fications will allay the opposition re
mains to be seen.
Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, also took a
prominent part in the fight to-day after
the general debate closed, declaring that
the purposes of tin* Dill was to have an
army of 109.009 either by direct author
ity or the exercises of the President’s
discretion and he declared his purpose to
tight to the bitter enil the machinery
which was being forged for a colonial
system.
Mr. Henderson, in the course of the
debate declared his belief is the unwis
dom of annexing the Philippines.
Mr. Johnson said the vital mistake
was made when the President instruct
ed tlu* Peace Commissioners to demand
the cession of the Philippines.
The whole debate to-day was spirited,
and so intense was tin* struggle when the
Dill was taken up for the amendment
under the five Infinite rule that the first
section had not been completed
when the House at 5 o’clock adjourned.
PRITCHARD’S AMENDMENT
Looking to Cave of Confederates’ Graves
Introduced in the Senate.
Washington. Jan. 27.—(Special.)—
Senator Pritchard today introduced in
the Senate his amendment to the ap
propriation bill which is designed to be
the tirst step toward carrying out the
suggestions of the President for Hie
care of the Confederate graves. This
amendment provides for an appropria
tion for the preliminary work. It is
as follows: To enable the Secretary of
War to make a thorough examination
and report to Congress as to the num
ber of Confederate cemeteries in tin*
United States and the location thereof,
and the number of Confederate soldiers
buried in other than Confederate ceme
teries and the location of such cemeter
ies with tlic view to ascertain the best
method of caring for the Confederate
cemeteries and alsa for removal where
practicable or desirable of Confederate
dead from private cemeteries to Confed
erate cemeteries, the sum of $19,000.
As the amendment explains on ils
face, it provides simply for paving the
way for the work. This is probably all
that will be done by this Congress, but
after the information has been ascer
tained it is fully expected that the work
will go on and that the graves, especially
in distinctive Confederate cemeteries,
will be cared for.
NEGRO WHITE CAPS.
They Fire Six Shots at An Unoffending
Negro.
Cedar Rock. N. C., Jan. 27. —(Special.)
—Solomon Hoiemau, a negro of good
reputation, living on Mr. W. B. Cou
pedge’s farm near here, was called to
his door ion Saturday night and seized
by four men. claiming to be officers of
the law and carried to a fence near his
house, where be grew suspicious and
jerked away from them. As ho ran off
his assailants tired six shots after him,
two taking effect. His wife gave the
alarm, and the would-be murderers fled.
Dr. Edwards, a prominent Nash comi
ty physician, found it to he a critical
ea st*.
All the parties are colored, but there
ps much indignation over the affair.