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THE SENATE SWEPT BY
A FIERCE BLAZE OF ANGER
A Storm of Bitter Vituperation, of Personal Taunt,
of Ugly Charges and of Unmodified
Criticism,
LODCE AND TELLER NEARLY GO TO BLOWS
Wrathful Passage Between'
Tillman and Spooner-
ADMONITION DFUVERED BY THE CHAIR
It Was a Storm From the Philippines
Raised by the Discussion of the Tariff
Bill That Converted the Chamber
For a Time Into a Maelstrom of Pas
sion. The Bill For a Department of
Commerce and Labor Was Passed,
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 28.—A Philippine
storm Avas central in the Senate cham
ber today for nearly three hours but tvas
void of definite results. At times it
looked very serious, and the spectators,
who thronged the galleries, Avatehed it
Avith breathless interest.
Acrimony in Senate debates is not fre
quent, but old Senatori say it has been
years since there has been such a hurri
cane of bitter vituperation, of personal
taunt, of ugly charges and of unmodified
criticism as was witnessed today. Xot
since the discussion of the resolutions
leading up to the Hispano-American War
have any such scenes occurred in the
Senate. Even that debate lacked the per
sonal bitterness manifested at times lo
fay.'
Irritation Avas aroused on both sides
of the chamber and once or tAvice per
sonal encounters between Senators
seemed imminent. Once when Senator
Teller taunted the Republican Senators
by declaring they knew the statements
made in a recent dispatch from Manila
in which General Wheaton Avas repre
sented as criticising the opponents of
tlic Government’s policy in the Philip
pines were true, a half dozen Republi
cans Avero on their lect in an instant.
Keuator Lodge, at whom thnjaunt seem
ed to be aimed particularly, hurriedTy
crossed from his scat in the center of
the Republican side to the main aisle of
the Senate, and vhite to the lips, pas
sionately challenged the statement of
the Colorado isenator and demanded that
he withdraw it. Senator Teller so modi
fied the statement that further hostili
ties at that time were averted.
One o? the sharpest colloquies of ;he
sessions was between Senators Spooner,of
Wisconsin, and Tillman, of South Care
lina. The race problem, involving the
lynching of negroes Avas injected into
the controversy and much feeling was
manifested; Senators in their excite
ment seemed for the moment to have
forgotten the subject of debate. The
chair (Mr. Frye), was able, Avith diffi
culty. to maintain order. When the dis
cussion finally was ended for the day the
chair felt called upon seriously to ad
monish Senators that the rules of the
body had not been observed, and after
reading the rule which had been viola- J
ted he expressed the hope that in the
future Senators would have a care to ob
serve it. Such ap admonition has not
been mn lo by the presiding officer of
the Senate in many years.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILL.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.), ottered a resolution
AYhieh Avas adopted providing that, the
Committee on Printing consider the ex
pediency of printing a special edition of
tin Congressional Record for sale to the
general public at $2 for the long sessions
and SI for the short sessions. He said
that some act/on ought to be taken by
Congress lo insure to the general public
more complete information as to thd do
ings in Congress. Under the present
system, he said, it Avas impossible for
the public to b< v kept informed upon the
work of Congress. It was no reflection,
he said, upon the rows papers of the coun
try to sav that they did not publish full
reports of Congressional proceedings. No
newspaper could afford to present to its
readers more than a brief synopsis of the
proceedings in ilio tAvo branches of Con
gress.
Consideration of the bill to establish
■- Department of Commerce was resumed
the pending amendments being that of
Mr. Pottus providing that the Depart
a rnt of Labor should not be made a part
of the proposed ucav department.
\fter a brief discussion the amendment
vas rejected, ID to 33.
Mr. Bacon then offered an amendment
providing that the name of the new de
partment should be the Department of
Commerce and Labor.
Mr. Nelson in charge of the bill agreed
to the amendment and it Avas adopted.
The bill was then passed without furth
er amendment.
THE TARIFF BILL TAKEN Cl*,
kep up. Mr. Bacon presented joint reso
lutions providing tlmt th<‘ larv restricting
to vessels of th“ United States the trans
portation of passengers and merchua
i
disc, directly or indirectly, from one port
of the United States to another port of
the United States shall not be applicable
tc foreign vessels engaging in trade be
tAveen* the Philippine archipelago and the
United States or between ports in the
Philippine archipelago.
Mr. Bacon explained that this resolu
tion Avas an extract from the pending
Philippine Tariff Bill and was introduced
for the purpose of relieving commerce of
the difficulties presented under present
conditions.
Mr. Lodge answered that he did not
think the resolution would advance mat
ters at all by passing on it now as other
features of the bill were equally impor
tant.
In a brief discussion of the proposition
of Mr. Bacon, Mr. Spooner (Wis.), ad
verted to a statement made by the Geor
gia Senator a feAV days ago indicating
that a formal order had been issued by
the Secretary of War practically sus
pending the navigation Ihavs in respect
to the participation of foreign vessels in
the trade between the United States and
the Philippines. He said an investiga
tion of the subject showed that no such
order had been issued. The fact was.
he said, that, a ship containing a cargo
of vegetables for the troops in the
islands had been permitted to clear from
San Francisco because it was most im
portant that these supplies should go
forAvard promptly
“I feel Sure,” lie added, -that the Sen
ator from Georgia, would have done the
same thing had he been Secretary of the
Treasury.”
Mr. Bacon expressed his gratification
that ro general order suspending the
navigation laws has been issued.
Mr. Lodge objected to the immediate
consideration of the joint resolution of
fered by Mr. Bacon and it went over.
Referring to a recent criticism of Gen
eral Wesley Merritt, formerly command
er of the Department of the East, for
some statements he Avas reported to have
made in a public speech. Mr. Foraker
presented a letter from General Merritt
denying emphatically that he. ever had
said the Constitution Avas an antiquated
document and ought to be abolished.
TILLMAN AND SPOONER AT WAR.
Mr. Spooner and Mr. Tillman, the latter
asked Mr. Spooner to say explicitly
Avhether the Philippine islands were a
part of the United States.
‘I recommend,” replied .Mr. Spooner,
“that the Sena(, >r read the decisions of
the Supreme Court.”
"I have read seme of those decisions.”
Mr- Tillman said, “but with four judges
on one side and four on the other and
the fifth wabbling, I could not make much
out of them.”
“Whatever may bo said about their de
cisions." replied Mr. Spooner, “I don't
think that the justices of the Supreme
Court aaill be very sensitive ns to the
Senator's criticism.”
Mr. Tillman—“Oh! Not ail.”
Mr. Spooner—"The Supreme Court set
tled one thing and that is that there is a
distinction betAveen the United States and
territory belonging to the United States.”
hile Mr. Spoor.er Avas- proceeding with
his speech, he Avas interrupted by Mr.
Tillman and in an instant a sensational
colloquy was in progress.
Mr. Tillman inquired:
“M ill the Senator allow me to ask him
if tlky Platt amendment had been d‘>-
featen by debate until the end of the
session would that side have had cour
age .' o have gone forward in its philan
trophy. humanity. Christianity and liber
ty and all that kind of thing and called
an extra session?"
THE RACE QUESTION INJECTED.
Mr. Spooner—“We have courage enough
on this side to do anything on earth.”
gl'O."
Mr. Spooner—“We have not courage
• nough to lynch colored men or depriAe
them of their rights."
Mr. Tillman—" Does the Senator desire
to discuss the race question here? He
seems to have left the proposition which
he started on to throve a personal fling:
at me. I am ready to meet him here,
in isconsin. or any Avhere else on the
race question.”
Mr. Spooner—“Wherever the Senator is
willing to meet me on that question or
any other, he aa'Ul find me there, so far
as that is concerned. The Senator ad
drcsaed to me an observation rather of
fensive in its character."
Mr. Tillman—“lt certainly had no allu
sion to lynching.”
Mr. Spooner—"No."
Mr. Tillman— “And the Senator under
stands very well that I come from a
section of country where lynchings for
a given crime and for a good many other
crimes are A’crv prevalent. Noa\- does the
Senator wish to lea A-e the Philippine
proposition in which he is dealing with a
colored people in a most infamous and
damnabb .in< ; hypocritical way and gp
South :::•■! hdl.l them up as examples
th..< * :ir<* acting in a similar way; I
nucr. the colored people here at home.
Are avc tc. have two rules of conduct in
regard to the colored people, one in the
Philippines by which we butcher them
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 2!). 1902.
and shoot Christianity into them and an
other in the South Avhere we are not al
lowed to protect our wives and children?”
Mr. Spooner—“lf eve had the same rule
for the colored people in the Philiopines
as the Senator refers to in the South
God help the colored man in the Philip
pines.”
Mr. Tillman— ‘ God help him in the
Philippines. Now you have already butch
ered in three years' time as many as the
Spaniards did in three centuries.”
Mr. Spooner—“lt is one thing to kill
men with arms in their hands against
a Government and against the flag. It
ds another thing to burn them.”
Mr. Tillman—“ You burned them in
Kansas, sir.'*
Mr. Spooner—"Wherever it is done it is
an outrageous crime.”
TOO MUCH TO ENDURE.
Mr. Tillman —"Oh, it is a very' easy
thing for a man who has not come in
contact with them in close quarters to
theorize and sentimentalize as to what
other people ought to do."
Mr.’ Tillman aaus admonished by the
President pro tem that he must not
interrupt a Senatoi without first obtain
ing lea\-e, to which he replied that he
was “taunted in a Avay that no white
man from South Carolina can submit
to.”
After a little colloquy Mr. Tillman
said:
“Now I know that for a farmer like
m? to discuss the legal points Avith a
giant in the lacv like the Senator from
Wisconsin is a temerity that would lay
me over to the accusation of that old
doggerel that ‘fools rush in Avhere angels
fear to tread’ and I am foo! enough to
ask him when he quoted the Constitution
a moment ago in regard to the power of
Congress in dealing with territory and
other property aid he include men as
other property whose liberty and lives
and all rights are to be jeopardized or
to be destroyed in this country, and
whether they are properly, whether peo
ple are property? You bought them at
$2 a head it Is true, but did you intend
♦
DELIRIOUS AND STARVING
THEY ATE RAW DOG FLESH
1
Horrible Suffering of American Marines Who Took
Part in an Expedition Into the Interior
of Samar.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila, Jan. 28.—General Chaffee cur
tailed his trip and returned here this
morning. He says he found the condi
tions satisfactory everywhere, except at
Samar, where continuous rain, during the
past two months has retarded the cam
paign, especially against such an elusive
enemy.
The condition of C&ptain David D.
Porter's marines, Avho took part in the
expedition into the interior of Samar,
is much worse than previously described.
They suffered fearful hardships and Avere
Avithout food for several days. The na
tives Avho accompanied the marines
claimed they were unable to distinguish
the edible roots, which the marines did
not believe. The anger of the marines
against the natives is intense. None of
the latter returned with flic marines.
The marines suffered so acutely from
starvation that they ate, raw, the flesh
of two dogs.
When Captain Porter and the first
three of his men staggered into camp,
they Avert* delirious and difficulty was
♦
to give them their liberty as avc pro
opse. or do you propose to hold them un
der the bayonet, under carpet-bag gov
ernment more damnable than you put
on us in 1868?”
“That is the old question," replied Mr.
Spooner “the power to occupy inhabited
t< rritory involves the power I suppose to
change the allegiance. We acquired
Louisiana. No one ever pretended that
tr«cn and women Avert bought aud sold
in that transaction.”
TIME TO APOLOGIZE TO WEYLER.
Mr. Teller (Col.), offered (he following
amendment to the pending bill as a sep
arate section:
“Be it further enacted, that the Con
stitution and all laAvs of the United
States which are locally inapplicable
shall haA'c the same force and effect
within the said Philippine archipelago as
elsewhere Avithin the United States. 1 ’
Mr. Teller declared that the outrages
and tortures committed in the Philip
pines by t!)c Spaniards had been in
n-eased siree the advent of ihe \meri
cans. There was not a square mile of
territory in the islands, he said, outside
of Manila. Avhere an American could walk
Avithout. the protection of bayonets. Mr.
Teller said that a private letter had been
received in Washington in which an army
officer was quoted as saying Avith respect
to tho establishment of concentration
camps, “If this business is to continue f
a\Ul have to apologize to Weyler.”
Another officer avhs quo: 1 as a filing,
“the time lias coin/ when I'm ready to
apologize to him i oav."
Military Appropriations Bill Ready.
(By tin- Asociated Press.)
Washington. Jan. 28. —The Military Ap
propriation Bill tuts been practically com
pleted by the House Committee on Mili
tary Affairs and Chairman Hull will re
port it as soon as he returns from a
trip to lowa, which he is about to take.
The bill carries approximately $91,000,000.
Avhich is about 510.000.0D0 below th • esti
mate and about. $26,000,000 below the ap
propriations of last year.
A MOVE m PEACE
British Government Consid
ers Holland’s Offer to Aid
in Stopping War,
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 28.—The Government lead
er, A. J. Balfour, announced in the House
of Commons today, that no oA'ertures for
peace had been received from any au
thorized to speak in behalf of the Boers.
A communication was. however, received
late on Saturday last, from the Dutch
Government Avhich was noAv under con
sideration. Mr Balfour hoped shortly
to lay the communication and the reply
to it before the House.
The Government of Holland has of
fered in the most friendly terms to help
in bringing about peace in South Africa.
In a communication to the British Gov
ernment, the Dutch Government sug
gests that it might be permitted to act
as a sort of diplomatic, agent for the
Boer delegates. The Government. hoAV
ever, expressly disavows any attempt at
Intervention and docs not mention any
terms.
It was learned by a representative of
the Associated Press that the British
Government infers that it would not
have been approached unless the Dutch
authorities were convinced that the Boer
delegates now in Europe were willing
to accept th'* cardinal points of the Brit
ish peace terms so frequently announced
in Parliament.
Lord LansdoAvr.c, the Foreign Secre
tary. replied in friendly terms to the
Netherlands’ proposal, but instituted in
quiries in order to ascertain what points
the powers delegated to Mr. Kruger and
the other Boer representatives in Europe
to act in behalf of the burghers in the
field. Great doubt is expressed at the
experienced in ascertaining the aa here
abouts of their companions.
Williams, of the First infantry, headed
the relief expedition in the face of a tor
rential rain storm which flooded the
rivers. He succeeded in reaching the re
maining ten men. who would otherwise
have certainly perished. He found them
all delirious. Two of the men Avere dis
covered, in the branches of trees, barking
like dogs. Some of tlx* marines are so
ill that they are not likely to recover.
General Chaffee has endeavored to ob
tain full details of the trip of the ma
rines. but Captain Porter is not yet able
to lucidly explain matters.
The expedition into the interior of
Samar led by Captain David D. Porter,
of the Marine Corps, numbered 3(5 men.
It had been absent-two iveeks. The ma
rines had been provided ivith rations for
only five days. On January 21. Captain
Porter and 2(5 members of his party
reached th«* coast of the Island of Samar.
The other ten men Avere missing and
little hope of their safety was enter
tained.
♦
Foreign Office here as to Avhether any
negotiations carried on by the Boer dele,
gates through the Dutch Government or
other channels avi 11 prove effectual. If
satisfactory guarantees in this respect
can be secured, negotiations Aviil be be
gun immediately. This doubt in regard
to the authority of Mr. Kruger and others
to speak for the fighting burghers is
perceptible in the statement Mr. Bal
four made in the House of Commons to
day.
MINORITY REPORT CRITICISED
Many Admit That Statements of This Report on
Tariff Bill Are Correct.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila. Jan. 28. —The criticism of the
Senate Minority Report on the .Philip
pine:!’ Tariff Bill has been general, both
In public and private here, though many
people admit the statements made in the
report are correct.
General Wheaton’s vigorous criticisms
referred entirely to Professor Schur
man's speech at Boston, though he holds
the professor in high personal esteem.
The statement that a person who made
such remarks here as those credited to
the professor during his Boston speech.
Avould be sent to jail, referred merely to
the recent sedition la aa - .
The Color Line in Women s Clubs,
(By the Associated Press, i
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 28.—The Executive
Board of ihe General Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs has requested that a com
mittee be appointed from Georgia and
one from Massachusetts to meet Wed
nesday next in New York city to dis
cuss the question of admitting clubs
composed of negro women to the Federa
tion.
The committee will consist of three
cub women from both States. Mrs. A. O.
Granger, of Carter aville. president of
the Georgia Federation is ex-officio
member of the committee, and today ap
pointed Mrs. L. Lindsay Johnson, of
Rome, Ga., as the second member.
Mrs. Granger, Mrs. Johnson aud the
other member to bp Jbhosen will leave
Monday for New York. Mrs. Granger
said:
“We have strong hopes of this matter
being settled to the entire satisfaction
of the Georgia club women. We have had
a great many'encouraging signs from all
portions of the country, even Massachu
setts which point to this harmonious
end.”
FAVOE A GOVERNMENT CABLE-
House Committee on Commerce Vote lor a Line
Across the Pacific.
(By the Asociated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 28. —By a vote of S
to 7 the House Committee; on Commerce
today decided in favor of Government
construction operation and maintenance
of a Pacific cable and ordered a favorable
report on the bill of Representative
Corliss, of Michigan, providing the de
tails of such a government undertaking.
The bill provides for a Government
cable from the coast of California to
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands via
Midway and the Island of Guam, or by
whatever route the President may con
sider most practicable. The cost is fixed
at not to exceed $10,000,000, of which
$300,000 is made immediately available.
The Avork of construction is entrusted to
the Army and Navy Departments, and
after .the cable is laid its operation is
under the control of the Postmaster
General, Secretary of War and Secretary
of the Navy.
Provision is made for Government mes
sages and also for private messages at a
rate not exceeding 23 cents a word to
Hawaii, and 30 cents a word to Manila.
Surrender of Major Lob.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Manila, Jan. 28.—Major Lot and three
Filipino lieutenants with ten rifles, three
rrA'clvers and twenty-four bolos, surren
dered to Major Anderson, of the Sixth
cavalry, yesterday at Lipa, province of
Ba tan gas. Lot was brought in sick on
a litter. He Avas cordially hated at Lipa
where hfe looted $33,000 worth of Jewelry
from prominent families.
A party of- insurgents, led by two
renegade Americans, recently entertain
ed Alangulang ih Leyte province, claim
ing they Avcre constabulary but not yet
uniformed. The imposters were taken to
police headquarters and were royally
entertained by the native sergeant in
charge. At a given signal the renegades
and insurgents fell on the police, ivho,
though outnumbered more than two to'
one, fought desperately and drove off
their assailants after a hard handhmTcp
i heir assailants after a hand to hand
fight. in which bolos were the chief
weapons. The police lost tAvo men killed
and had one man wounded. The insur
gents left one man dead.
Admiral Schley Leaves Chicago.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago. Jan. 28—Admiral Schley loft
Chicago today after three days \isit.
As his private car rolled out of the
Dearborn station on the Monon road for
Louisville, the cheers of hundreds of
citizens echoed through the big train
shed. For twenty minutes before the
train started the admiral held a hand
shaking levee on thu rear platform of
teh car.
President Monger, of the Hamilton
Club, escorted the city’s guest to the
station. Before he left the admiral said:
“I have had a most delightful visit.
1 shall always carry offoctlonate remem
brance of the cordiality and hospitable
welcome I have recei\-cd from the peo
ple of Chicago.”
Getting Ready For the Raleigh Cele
bration.
(Sjtccia! to the News and Observer.)
Elizabeth City, N. C-, Jan. 28 Mr.
Robert Calhoun, of Manteo, and Mr. E.
11. Daniels, of Wanchese, spent Saturday
and today here on business. Mr. Calhoun
states that the preparation are rapidly
advancing in Manteo for the Raleigh
celebrations next spring. The hotel
proprietors and boarding house keepers
are adding as extensively to their ac
commodations as possible, and many peo
ple are buying stock in the company
that will control it. SeA’eral of our
business men will have places of business
at. Manteo during the celebration.
Court Declares Chanler Bare.
(By the Associated Press )
Richmond, Va.. Jan. 28.—A Louise
Court House special says a decree has
been entered in the Circuit court of that
county regarding the mentality of John
Armstrong Chanler..the divorced hus
band of Amelie Rives, in which Chanler
is decided to be sane. The court decrees
that there is no further use for a com
mitter. either for Chanlor's person or
property, and gives him possession of his
Virginia estates. The next step Avill be,
it is understood, to recover Chanlor’s
Now York property.
Chaffee Says There is no Friction.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Jan. 28.—At the Cabinet
meeting today Secretary Root read a
Private letter from General Chaffee,
which denied the reports oi friction be
tween the military and civil authorities
in the Philippines and gave a very en
couraging resume of the situation.
Huger Assumes Control Feb 1.
(By the Associated Press.)
vv asbington. Jan. 28. —ft is announced
•hat, effective February 1. F. K. Huger is
appointed superintendent of the Charles
ton division of the Southern Railway
a tec A. Gordon Jones appointed superin
tendent of the Washington division with
office at Charlottesvillo Va.
I’RICE FIVE CENTS.
NAMES FOB USE IN
THE STATE RECORDS
Secured by Passage of Mr.
Simmons’ Bill.
SPEAKS FOR THE MEASURE
And is Given Careful Attention by
His Colleagues.
THE LENIOR POSTMASTERSHIP MATTER
The Nomination of Seehorn Taken Fnm the
Calendar and Referred B’ck to the
Committee. Prof. Holmes in
Washington.
(Special to Neva and Observer.)
Washington, D. C.» Jan. 28. —Today
Senator Simmons secured the passage of
his bill to transfer the records of the
censuses from 1790 to 1890 inclusive
from the Interior Department to the
Census Office, tho latter having become
an Independent bureau since the taking
of the eleventh census, and to allow any
State to secure copies of any of said
records upon reimbursing the depart
ment for the cost of the same.
Senator Simmon’s purpose in this bill
avus to secure the thirty thousand names
of heads of families in the census of 1790
in North Carolina for use in the State
records noAV being compiled by Judge
Walter Clark.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, and
other Senators Avere disposed to oppose
the bill, but Senator Simmons made a
short, clear statement, explaining the
bill and it passed without objection- It
was the first time our Senator has spoken
in open session and he Avas given
careful attention by his colleagues.
The nomination of Seehorn Black
burn's candidate, to be postmaster at Le
noir has been taken from the calendar
of the Senate and referred back to the
committee- It is understood that this
Avas done on motion of Senator Simmons,
Avho moA’ed in the matter at the instance
of certain gentlemen of Lenoijr. aa*lio de
sire to be heard before Seehorn is con
firmed.
Prof. Holmes is here, returning from
St. Louis, where he has been In connec
tion Avith Important Avork he is doing
for the St„ Louis Exposition, lie ssaa
several Senators in the interest of the
Appalachian Park. He is making an ar
rangement to be in Raleigh at the Good
Roads Congress on the 12th and Rsth of
February.
Judge A. C- Avery is here to confer
Avith the Attorney General concerning
the case of the Eastern Band of Chero
kee Indians against the Thomas estate.
ODD FELLOWS BANQUET
Cross Creek Lodge Enjoys a Feast of Season
and Flow of Soul
(Special to News and Observer.)
Fayetteville, N. C.. Jan. 28. —Cross
v Creek Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.. whose
/membership numbers 230, gave a banquet
here tonight. W. D. Gaster was master
of ceremonlucs. The folloAving toasts
were responded to: “Secret Orders from
Standpoint of an Outsider,” Major E. J.
Hale; “Secret Orders from the Stand
point of an Insider,” Henry L. Cook:
“The Good of the Order,” Major J. It.
Williams: “Cross Creek Lodge No. 4.”
H. R. Horn; “Odd Fellowship in its Care
for its Orphans,” B. C. Gorham; “The
Influence for Good of Secret Orders In the
Community,” Col. W. S. Cook; “Benevo
lence as inculcated by Odd Fellowship,”
Col. W. C. Troy; “The Lessons of their
Promotions of Cowl Morals,” C. I). Gil
more; "The Goat and the Amusing Fea
tures of the Order.” W. B. Malloy; “Hie
Order from the Standpoint of a Lawyer,"
N. A. Sinclair: "The Diversion, aud Re
creation Afforded the Man of Business
at Meeting of Lodge," E. It. McKelthan;
“The Three Links, Frlenship, Love,
Truth,” Col. J. H. My rover. The re
sponses were ail of a high order and the
occasion Avas greatly enjoyed.
j Dangerous to Navigation.
(By the Associated Press.)
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 28. —Captain F. A.
Young of the Clyde .steamship Kan
Marcos, reports from Brunswick:
“Passed within one hundred feet of a
vessel bottom up about 200 feet long at 1
a. m. Sunday. January 26th in latitude
33.33 north, longtitude 78.03 Avost, IT!
miles northeast by east from Frying Pan
Lightship. Right, in the track of coast
wise steamers and very dangerous.”
New Orleans Street Railway Co.
(By the Associated Press.)
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 28.—The New Or
leans Railway Company, capital $3,000,-
000 to operate and construct street rail-
Vays, was incorporated here today. In
corporators: Walter It. 11. Hardmgham,
Charles F. Gohnnan, Malcolm N. Butler,
Henry B. Pogfon. all of Jersey City.
To Investigate the Philippine Quest ion
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Jan. 28.—Senator Lodge's
resolution authorizing the Committee on
Philippines to make an investigation of
the Philippines question, and for that
purpose to sit during the sessions of the
Senate, was adopted by the Senate today.