Weather To-Day: FAIR; VERY COLD. v *»l. Xl.v. no. 134. MUSSING NOW NEAR CALOGCAN Filipinos Re-inforced by Bet ter Drilled 1 roops. BURNING OF SAN ROQUE AMERICANS ARE IMPATIENT OF RESTRAINT. SIGNAL CORPS WORKING DAY AND NIGHT Quiet Petgns a* Manila. fihpinos are Enfrerch mg on the L*f of a'ooctn No Mews of Mom nt is looked for in Several Days. Washington, Fob. 9.—A1l that Gen oral Otis had to report to the War De partment today related to the casualties that have occurred so far among the Am erican troops as the result of the ac tions since Saturday night. Matters in Luzon are now in a state of tempo rary quiet apparently, and one of the oHieials who knows as well as anyone what is going on. said this afternoon that he did not expect to hear of impor tant developments in the Philippines for the next four or five days. Secretary Algor repeated his statement made yes terday to the effect that he had sent no instructions to General Otis, and in an swer to an inquiry as to the projected movement towards a landing at Iloilo, added that if General Miller had been ordered to make a landing the order must have been given by General Otis; for it had not gone from the War Depart ment. The impression prevails, however, that this movement is already under way, and it would not be surprising to hear within the next two days that it had been executed. Admiral t)ewey was heard from this morning to the effect that he had found it necessary to clear out all armed insurgents at a little vil lage which commanded the land ap proaches to his naval station at Ca vite. The action was thoroughly ap proved at the Navy Department. SWARMING LIKE BEES. Manila, Feb. 9.—4:45 p. m. —All is quiet here today. The Filipinos are lying Jow except on the extreme left and right. They are evidently concen trating between Caloocan and Malabon. Judging from appearance, the Filipinos are being reinforced by better drilled men from the northern provinces. In front of Caloocan they are as thick as a swarm of bees. The American troops fed the heat at midday in the open, but they are anx ious to proceed. The soldiers are im patient of restraint while in sight of the enemy. The Filipinos are still entrenching thmselves on the left of Caloocan. Sergeant Major Smith, of the Ten nessee regiment, has been ordered to proceed to the United States by tie next transport as an escort to the re mains of Colonel William C. Smith, of the First Tennessee volunteers, who died of appoplexy during the recent bat tle with the Filipinos. FI LI FINOS FIRE SAN ROQUE. Manila, Feb. 9.—5:50 p. m.—The na tives, fearing the Americans were about to make an attack on or bombard the town of San Roque, set tire to -t today. It is still burning as this dispatch ; s sent, and, as it is composed in the main of bamboo huts, it will probably be to tally destroyed. Telegraph operators are now worth their weight in gold, and the members of the signal corps are working night and day. DEWEY ORDERS THEM OUT. Washington, Fob. 9.—The Navy De partment today received the toPowing dispatch: “Manila., Feb. 5). | “After continued interference and in timidation of our workmen I ordered! armed insurgents to leave San Roque by 9 this morning. They left during the night, a few remaining, who burned the village this morning. It is now occupied by our troops. All quiet. (Signed) “DEWEY.’ 1 Sail Roque is a village on the neck of land connecting Cavite and the mainland of Luzon. WHO ABETS THE FILIPINOS? A Letter Which Declares They Are Secretly Encouraged. Boston, Mass.. Fob. 9. The Globe this afternoon prints a letter received in this city from First Lieutenant Henry Mur ray, Quartermaster of the First South Dakota volunteers of General Otis’ com mand in the Philippines, which says! that as far back as the middle of De cember, Aguiualdo and his followers, were being encouraged and aided by some outside source, and that the open* ing. of hostilities was expected by the. I nited States troops. The letter, which bears the date of December IGth, says, in part: A couple of nights ago wo expected, the insurgents to attack us, hpt it fell through, like many of their throats. Some one is working them up. One can not tell the end. We are ready. The American troops are in no temper to stand any fooling. In Manila, those that ' controlled, do not want to lose power and siuk into obscurity.” The News and Observer LEADS ALL MKIH CAROUIA MILIEB II HER AID CKOUUTNH,/ ALONZAS TROOPS DESERTING. Horrible Atrocities Are Being Commit ted by the Indians. Lima. Peru, Feb. 9.—(Via Galveston. Tex.) —According to advices just received here from the seat of hostilities in Bo j livia. President Alonza, during the re | cent siege of La Paz, the nominal capi tal, shot five of the leading Federalists, or insurgents. On his return to Oruro, south of La Paz. which has been his headquarters during tin* war, he had only fifteen hundred troops, not half i the number with which he laid siege to the capital, many having deserted to j the revolutionary movement. Well authenticated reports have been received of horrible deeds committed by the Indians in the country between Co rocoro, north of Ururo and the latter place. The range of the mercury in the north ern part of the orange belt of Florida is now from twenty-six to thirty-four degrees. Only the young spring growth on the trees was injured. Truckers have suffered some loss. Peach and plum crops in Georgia have been cut off at least a third. TELLER EWART HiS FI S ST IMPRESSION OF HIM HAD BEEN FAVORABLE. He Now Thinks Him Unfv fora Place cn the Bench, The Case May Close To day. Washington. Feb. 9. —The Senate con tinued the consideration of the nomina tion of H. G. Ewart to be Judge of the Western District of North Carolina in executive session today, but no action was taken. Senators Spooner and Teller of the Judiciary Committee spoke in op position to confirmation and Senator Lindsay of the same committee in sup port of the nomination. Senator Lind say said there were mitigating circum stances in connection with all the trans actions charged against Mr. Ewart and that no wrong intent had been proved against him. Senator Teller said bis first impressions had been favorable to. Mr. Ewart because the latter, like him self. had broken away from his party to vote against the force bill, but after hearing the charges against hint, he agreed with Senator Spooner, that the man’s record was such as to unfit hirn for a position on the bench. It is thought the case may be settled tomorrow. THE CHANCES SLIM. Speaking of the matter, yesterday’s Washington Post says: “Without going into the details of the transactions alleged against Judge Ewart as proving his unfitness for the judicial office, it can be stated that they related to borrowing SSOO from a widow named Jones after he bad had the military rec ord of her husband corrected by u spe cial act when he was in Congress, it be ing alleged that the money was never repaid; that he had sold public docu ments secured by him as a Congressman; that he had acted in what is known as the Denver case in a manner unbecom ing a Judge while on the State bench, and that his conduct in connection with certain notes in an Asheville bank-was also vpen to question. Senators Hoar and Spooner went at some length into the details of these cases, speaking with vigor and severity, and emphasizing the necessity of a judiciary above reproach, but it is expected that when the dis cussion is resumed in secret session to day, some defense will be offered. “The chances now are that the nomi nation will be rejected, although if the majority of the Democrats in the Sen ate vote affirmatively, as is possible be cause of Mr. Ewart’s opposition to the force Dill when in Congress, there are enough Republicans supporting him to secure confirmation. Senator Hanna is greatly interested in the case on account of Judge Ewart’s devotion to the Mc- Kinley cause before the meeting of the National Convention of 1896, and Sena tor Pritchard is also laboring industrious ly in Judge Ewart's behalf.” FIRE IN THE CITADEL. The Fort at Halifax Burning—Vaults Filled With Explosives. Halifax, N. K., Feb. 9.—Fire has just been discovered in the Citadel. Its ex tent is not definitely known. Clouds of smoke overhang the city. A general alarm has been running on the city fire service, and soldiers have been piped out and are at work with the city depart ment. The fort is difficult of access to the fire service, being over 150 feet above the sea. Great quantities of explosives are stored there, but are in underground vaults. Later: —At three o’clock, the fire was under coat! il. CHILE MAY RESENT THIS. Valparaiso, Feb. 9. —A dispatch re ceived today from Bolivia says that a thousand Indians recently surrounded the Coroeoro mining works, which is the property of Chilians, and ransacked all the houses. The manager of the works, his wife and an official tried to make their es cape. On the refusal of the Indians to accept their offer of $3,000 to spare their lives, the manager shot his wife and the official and then committed suicide. The incident is likely to cause difficulty be tween the Bolivian and Chilian Govern ments. The Ladies of Sr. Luke’s Circle of King's Daughters are moving for a permanent home for the aged, infirm and incurable old women. Their appeal will .appear in these columns Sunday. RA.LRIBH, N. C., FLMDAY MORNING, FfcISRUARY 10 I^9. CAHNOH SOUNDS THE WARNING He is Against Extravagant Appropriations. HE ROUSES THE HOUSE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Wv ASS THIS SESSION. NOR IWILL THE NICARAGUA CA'AL B LL 'o Dec!Mr. Cannon, wfio that Great Projec’s Shou'd be Accompanied Wiih Legislation Providing the Means to Pay for the Same. Washington, Feb. 9.—Chairman Can non. of the Appropriation Committee of the House, in the course of the general debate on the Sundry Civil Bill, today sounded a note of warning against ex travagant appropriations ami practically served notice that neither the Ship Sub sidy Bill nor the Nicaragua Canal Bil e;i!d be passed at this session. Al though he specifically disclaimed speak ing for anyone but himself, the state ments he made, coming from the chair man of the Appropriations Committee, caused great interest. Mr. Cannon made a general statement ol’ the reve nues and expenditures for the present fiscal year, increasing Secretary Gage’s estimate of the deficiency in the revenue from $112,000,000 to $159,000,000, ex clusive of the $20,000,000 to be paid to Spain under the provisions of the treaty of Paris. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio; Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, and Mr. W. A. Smith, of Michigan, although they did not enter into any lengthy dis cussion. took issue with Mr. Cannon, but he maintained that our revenues might be sufficient to meet our expen ditures for the next two years if no new lines of expenditure were entered upon. He indicated that i* would be a close margin and that new expenditures might mean a bond issue. The cash balance in the Treasury Feb ruary Ist, including the $100,000,000 gold reserve, was $274,000,000. Two hundred million of that had been put Into the revenues by the War loan. De ducting the monthly estimated deficiency for the next five months there would, he said, be in the Treasury. July Ist. $208,000,000. This was a conservative estimate. There would be. therefore, $108,000,000 to meet the ordinary ex penses of the Government on that date. These figures, he continued, took no ac count of the sinking fund. To care for it would require $53,000,000 additional The Secretary of the Treasury estimated the expenditures for the next fiscal year exclusive of the sinking fund. Mr. Can non said, at $041,000,000 and the rove tines at $010,000,000, or a deficiency of $31,000,000. Yet, Mr. Cannon continued, Secretary Gage could not possibly have foreseen in his estimates for 1900 the changed conditions which followed the negotia tion of the pence treaty, the expenditures which necessarily follow our occupation of the Philippines and the obligations which we assumed 'in the peace treaty to discharge the claims against Spain, which claims' he understood, already reached $25,000,000. Neither did the Secretary's estimate, he said, take into consideration the increase of the navy it is estimated only for the ordinary maintainance of the navy. But the Na val Committee would report in its bill provision for from twelve to fifteen new battleships and cruisers. He did not complain. It was a logical sequence. The army must also be increased, ll was. therefore, the part of wisdom and common prudence to fully realize the condition which confronted us. With these enormous expenditures upon us, said Mr. Cannon, we must plant our footsteps with care and see that no dollar goes out of the Treasury except for an efficient public service. “Do you take into account your esti mate,” interrupted Mr. Dockery (Dem.. Mo.), “the Hanua-Payne subsidy bill?” Mr. Cannon replied that he did not include in his calculation of a deficiency of $159,000,1)00 either the legislation for an efficient merchant marine, or the con struction of the Nicaragua Canal, lie favored the regeneration of the merchant marine (Republican applause) and the construction of the Nicaragua Canal (Republican applause). “But,” he add ed with great-emphasis, “I am not will ing to enter upon either of these vast enterprises until we have given them full and proper consideration and until we have provided the revenue to meet these expenditures. I insist that there shall go hand in hand with legislation for these projects the legislation ueees sary to provide the revenue for their cost.” “Does the gentleman mean,” interrupt I ed Mr. Carmack (Dem.. Tenu.), "tha owing to the responsibilities we tin.'* assumed abroad we must spend less money at home?” Mr. Cannon replied that nothing he had said could be distorted into such a statement. But be gave it as bis opin ion that the United States would never again spend less than was spent in the year prior to the war with Spain. He did not stand in his place seeking to cripple an efficient public service for a great and growing population, but he was op posed to entering upon new lines of ex penditure until “there had been full con sideration and real debate and not then unless there was already on the statute books revenue legislation to meet tlie* expenditures.” Mr. Cannon proceeded to point out that all the time for the re maining three weeks of the session would lie occupied and that there would be no time to give these measures the intelligent and proper consideration they should have. The whole house was aroused by this statement. Mr. W. A. Smith, (Rep., Mich.), with some display of heat, insisted that the canal should be constructed even if pos terity had to be mortgaged to do so. Bui Mr. Cannon replied that he could not be swept off bis feet. Immature, ill considered legislation now, he declared, might embarrass the great work in the future rather than advance it. Mr. Smith protested against foreclos ure of opportunity to act upon the bill, but Mr. Cannon reiterated his state ment as to the impossibility of doing it justice in the time remaining, said Mr. Smith, “even if we have to is sue bonds and mortgage the future.” "It is well enough to talk -glittering generalities in an after dinner speech,’ retorted Mr. Cannon, “but when we en ter upon practical legislation wo must dot our ‘ i’s and cross our t's.” "The canal bill cannot properly be considered during the next three weeks. When you or anybody else can tell what “I favor the construction of the canal,” the cost of this enterprise will be,” said he turning angrily upon Mr. Smith, “and tell me when we can get title to the ter ritory and arrange the means to pay for the canal I’ll join hands With you.” "In view of the deficiencies in the rev enues which the gentleman has pointed out,” interposed Mr. Lewis. (Dem., Washington), "does he anticipate an early issue of bonds?” “We can support the navy, army and perform our duties here and jn our out lying possessions out of the present rev enues this year and next,” replied Mr. Cannon frankly, “but if we are to ac complish that we must see to it that no great appropriations go through in the immediate future. If you take on great blocks of expenditure you must issue bonds.” “Can there be a reduction in the war taxes?” asKed Mr. Sims, (Dem., Tenn.), “Not during the next two years.” “In your estimates have you included any revenue from Porto Rico or the Philippines?” asked Mr. Dockery. • ‘ 1 have not.” Mr. ('untunes- speech was in every way a notable one, and doubtless will furnish the text for a good deal of discussion during the remainder of the session. At its conclusion Mr. Mcßae, (Dem., Ark.), and Mr. Miers. (Dem., Ind.)„ spoke earnestly in favor of the imme diate necessity fiv retrenchment, and Mr. Talbert, (Dem.. K. C.), in opposition to the Ship Subsidy Bill. During the early part of the session bills were passed: To permit Homesteaders in Florida, driven from their homes by the storm of September, 1898, to return within one year and perfect titles to their home steads. To remove the existing disability of ox-Con federates which prevent them from sitting on Federal, petit and grand juries. (This was the last of the politi cal disabilities of ex-Coftfederates to be removed.) For the relief of certain tobacconists of Lynchburg, Vo. The bills providing for public buildings at Altoona, Pa., and Blair City, Neb., wen* passed, and the House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Sher man, of New York, in the chair.) and took up the consideration of the Sundry Civil Ap| iropriation bill. At 5 o'clock the committee rose and the House adjourned. THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Washington, Feb. 9.—Throughout its session today the Senate had under con sideration the legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill. A lively debate was precipitated over the appro priation for the support of the offices of the supervising architect of Treas ury, and that official was criticized for the delay in the construction of public buildings throughout the United stales. (Continued on Sixth Page.) A LETTER FROM HOBSON CHAPEL HILL IS A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN HIS HOME. Wrib s from Jipm to Exprpss his Regrets to Or. Alderman for his Inabili y to Address the Students. Chapel Hill. N. C., Feb. 9.—(Special.) —Friends of Dr. John Manning will be glad to learn that bis condition is much improved tonight. Prof. Collier Cobb, who has boon con fined to bis bed several days, is convales cent. The following letter from Lieutenant' Richmond Pearson Ilobson to Dr. Al derman is in reply to an invitation to Lieut. Hobson to address the students at the University during the* month of Jan uary. The letter was written at sea and mailed at a port in Japan: Edwin A. Alderman, Esq., President of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. ('.: i My Dear Doctor Alderman: Your let ter of the sth inst. reached me after forwarding, and I had hoped till the last that I might be able to wire you of my acceptance of its cordial Invitation to address the students of Chapel Hill, but the pressing exigencies of duty inter fered. Acceptance at a future date, af ter my return, would give me pleasure. Tor there* is no pi net? of jiroiitor interest to me than Chapel Hill. The name is a household word in my home, and I have grown up with the hope of making a pilgrimage, as it were, to the shrine of my forefathers. Fully appreciating the sentiments expressed in your letter, I am. sincerely yours, RICHMOND PEARSON HOBSON. JfS, M, RUFFIR TRIES SUICIDE Formerly Manager of Rocky Mount Cot on Mills. >LASHEO HIS WRISTS NOW IN A HOSPITAL AT NEW ORLEANS. US CONDITION CONSIDERED CRITICAi Mr. Ruffin Had Been Fuss ring Nervom Prostration Pup to Overwork He Said he » ai no Fam ly And Was Tired of Living. New Orleans, La., Feb. 9. —J. M. Ruffin, of Rocky Mount, N. C., today attempted to commit suicide on a sleeper on the Louisville and Nashville train by slashing his wrists. When the train arrived here Ruffin was,taken to the hospital. He is in a serious condition, owing to the loss of blood, but was able to speak. He said he was the superintendent of a cotton mill in North Carolina and that he was coming here to the carnival; he had no family and was tired of living. He had $1,420 in cash on his person and a check and other valuables aggregating $21,000. Mr. James 11. Ruffin is well known here. He is a son of ex-Chief Justice Ruffin, of tin* Supremo Court of- North Carolina, and is one of the most promi nent and competent mill managers in the State. His name is mentioned in the Vance Textile bill, which has just passed its s cond reading in the House, as one of the directors. lie resigned his position as superinten dent of the Rocky Mount Cotton Mills some months ago. having previously, in September last, left the place b cause heratened with nervous prostration due to over-work. Since then he lias been travelling. Mr. Ruffin is possesses! of considerable means, and no reason can be imagined for his attempt to take his life .beyond the fact that he was in ill health and doubtless suffering from despondency. WILL IMPEACH NORWOOD. The Vote on Committee Was 12 foi And 5 Against. The House Judiciary Committee yes terday afternoon decidud to recommenu the impeachment of Judge Norwood. A resolution to this effect was adopted by a vote of 12 to 5. Those voting in the negative wen Messrs. Winston, Rountree, McLean. Mclntosh and Leatlurwood. A sub-committee—composed of Judge Allen, Mr. Foushee and Mr. Robinson— was appointed to prepare a resolution to be presented to the House this morn ing. , The resolution, as drafted last night, sets forth that the committee finds as ,*. matter of law - that Judge Norwood is liable to impeachment, and it find further from the evidence that lib Conduct deserves impeachment. On this report the House must tak< action. If it adopts the report, and i is certain that it will, a committee will be appointed to present articles of im peachment to the Senate, which tin constitution makes the court for tin trial of impeachments. It takes the • concurrence of two thirds of the Senators to impeach, and the judgment shall not extend be yond removal from, and disqualifica tion to hold office in this State. The last, if indeed not the only, judgi impeach in this State was Judge Jones. The charge against him. as against Judge Norwood, was drunken ness. COMMISSION DISSOLVED. Its Report in the Hands of the Presi dent. Washington, Feb. 9.—The report of the War Investigating Commission is now in the hands of the President. Its scope was indicated last night. The re port points out that while there were many attacks made in the public prints, the witnesses failed to substantiate them General Miles is blamed for allowing such beef as he described to be issued ti tin* army and for not More promptly call ing attention to its quality. Reference is made to his not testifying under oath Nothing is said of Eagan. * One of the commissioners in an interview states that "We started out with the assumption that the conduct of the war was all right, and then we went ahead to hqa* and call witnesses who said it was not.” The commission is now dissolved. HENRY’S NEW CABINET. San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. 9. —Gov- ernor General Henry has appointed Francisco Acuna. Idependent Liberal now Attorney of the Supreme Court, to be Secretary of State; Dr Coll, Liberal, has been appointed Secretary of Finance, and Federico Degetan. Radical, lias been appointed Secretary of the Interior. The Liberals are dissatisfied with Gen oral Henrv’s change of policy. Munoz Rivera announces his intention of going to Washington soon in order to “secure lelief from tin* oppressive mili tarism.'’ which he says “will estrange! the Porto Ricans from the United I States. ' * A SAD JOURNEY. The Body of Mrs. Davis Was Taken Home Yesterday. Tin* body of Mrs. Claude Davis, wife] of Representative Davis, was placed i on tin* morning Southern train yesterday to be taken home for interment. Mr. i Davis, although suffering with the grip, accompanied the remains, taking along the little child of only five months of age which has blessed their union. Rep resentatives B. B. Nicholson, of Beau fort county, and W. 11. Carroll, of Alamance, appointed by the House, bore Mr. Davis company on his sad jour ney. Mr. Napolean Spencer, a friend, also went along. The body was accompanied to the union depot by Mrs. Winston, wife of Representative Winston, Mrs. Craig, wife of Representative Locke Craig, and other ladies, besides a number of the members of the General Assembly, The floral tributes were numerous and beau tiful. The following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: Representatives Julian, of Rowan: Williams, of Dare; Abbott, of Currituck; Winston, of Bertie; Craig, of Buncombe; Thompson, of Onslow, and Senators Ward and Miller. CORNISH-ADAMS CASE H S. CORNISH’SIX(MINAHON CONSUMtS I HE nßsi DAY. r Mrs. Molinenx \sould he called to tes-f tify. After the adjournment District) Attorney Gardiner expressed dissatisfac- 1 tion of Cornish’s evasion of questions and said: ' “The fact that Cornish gave Mrs. Adams the poison is in evidence, and it behooves him to clear his own skirts. Under the law his admission of giving *he poison makes it possible to secure his indictment for murder. Whether or not this will be done remains, of course, at the discretion of this office.” THIRD EDITION, PRICE FTV K CKNTs. 'COURT iOSIFT biff senium Appointed by the President, Will Open the Fifteenth. WILL BE A UN QUE COURT INVESTIGATING A STATE QF AFFAIRS. j GENERAL MILES NOT THE iUBJECT • ! * It is Directed to Submit an Opinion on the Fac f s it M iy find Together With hecom mendationsas to furth er Acion. Washington, Feb. 9.—The President has appointed a court of inquiry to ex -1 amine into the charges touching the meat furnished the American army during the war with Spain and other matters involv ed in the charges made by General Miles against the administration of war affairs. The court will consist of Major Gen eral James F. Wade, U. 8. V., Brigadier General George B. Davis, U. S. V., Col onel George L. Gillespie, Corps of En gineers, 11. 8. A.; Lieutenant Colonel George B. Davis, Deputy Judge Advo vace General. The order for the Court of inquiry, which was issued by the Sec retary of War, says: “The court is hereby directed to inves tigate certain allegations of the Major General commanding the army in re spect to the unfitness for issue of cer tain articles of food furnished by the Sub sistence Department to the troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and I’orto Rico. In addition to its find ings of fact, the court will submit an opinion upon the merits of the case, to gether with such recommendations as to further proceedings as may seem to be warranted by the facts developed in the | course of the inquiry.” I The court will convene in this city on i the 15th instant. I General Miles, when seen, had noth ' ing to say respecting the appointment of the court, lie has been accumulating a large amount of evidence along the lines of the inquiry, but he has not chos en any counsel, and a large part, of his evidence has been already transmitted to the War Investigating Commission. This court of inquiry, it is said by persons versed in military jurisprudence will be unique in that it will be direct ed in its investigations against a state j of affairs and not against a person, for although General Milos is named as the j author of certain allegations in the for mal order, it is these allegations and not General Miles that is the subject of in quiry. The only regulation in the army manual bearing on courts of inquiry pro vides that they may be appointed to inquire into any allegation against, or the conduct of an officer or an enlisted man, but nothing is said about an in quiry into a state of things. It is to be assumed, of course, that the President has thoroughly satisfied himself as to the legality ot this order before issuing it. The court lias no power to compel tes timony of civilian witnesses. The court, should it find that General Miles' charges are not sufficiently estab lished. may express an opinion as to what course should be pursued toward him. Inasmuch as the court of inquiry will have to take up the whole subject of the meats furnished to the army and ascer tain the exact state of this meat as it left the packer's hands as well, as look ; into the preliminary operations of slaughtering, packing and canning and refrigerating, a good deal of time proba bly will be consumed in the inquiry. It may be necessary also to call personally before the court all of the officers cited in. criticism of the meat by General Miles, numbering between sixty and seventy, in which case a good (leal of expense will be incurred and still more time consumed. The Administration takes the position that these charges against the character of the meat supply shall be thoroughly sifted, and if wrong has been done that it shall he corrected. WHY NOT AT RALEIGH? ('apt. N. W. West Makes a Practical Suggestion Along a New Line. Talking yesterday with a reporter, (’apt. N. W. West said: “The other day four commercial travellers had called on me within two hours all selling refrigerators. These travelling men represented manufactur ers of refrigerators in New Hampshire, Michigan, Indiana and Vermont —none within twelve hundred miles of this place. Now think of it! The wood used is principally pine, ash and oak. The prices paid for these woods, 1 under stand, is almost if not. quite double what the wood cost here in Raleigh. Again labor here is, I should say, fully one third. if not one-half, less. The iron lining is all . bought. I should [think, in New York, the cheapest place. And therefore could be put down here just as cheap as the others get it. Again, these refrigerators are sold in the entire South and Mexico. I saw huie travelling man from Peru. Indiana, who had been out since last September setting refrigerators South —selling them in tiie large towns by car loud lots. We havl* the freights largely to our advant age Vihinpimr South, and all other advant- should a plant be established here for tpe manufacture of refrigerators. I don’t think there is a manufacturer of refrigerators in the South.” A