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The Weather Today: Rain or Snow.’ The News and Observer. VOL. LI. NO. 12,1. —■ ~ ' ' ~ **T*to f j 0 Leads all N orth Carolina Dailies in News and Gironk> SENATE PfISSESTHE DEFICIENCY BILL McCumber Defends Noyes in a Long Speech TILLMAN PUIS IN HIS OAR Department of Justice Arraigned For Failure to Investigate. 4 SLIPSHOD, SLACK-TWISTED BUSINESS” So Tillman Declares Criticising an Amendment to the Dtficirncy Bill. The House Con tinues the Debate on the Oleo margarine Measure. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. s.—Throughout to iler's session the Senate had under con sideration the Urgent Deficiency Appro priation Bill and just before adjourn ment passed it, substantially in the shape in which it was reported to the Senate by the committee. During the early part of the session the case of Judge Arthur H. Noyes, of the district court of Alaska, and Alex McKenzie and others which wa3 brought to the attention of the Senate by Mr. Tillman a day or two ago was discussed. Mr. McCumber (X. D.). delivered an elaborate speech in defense of Judge Noyes and Mr. McKenzie. He paid a hign personal tribute to both men, char acterizing them as men of fine charac ter, eminent ability and sterling integrity, incapable of doing the things with which they had been charged. In the course of his argument he be came involved in a colloquy with Mr. Tillman. . The South Carolina Senator had intimated that he would deliver a speech on the Noyes case, but at the con clusion ot Mr. MeCumber's speech, he contented himself practically with put ting into the Congressional Recoid the decision'of the circuit court of appeals of San Francisco in the cases of con tempt against Noyes and McKenzie. •In a brief speech, Mr. Stewart re viewed the case, taking strong ground against Judge Noyes and his actions in A In ska. During Mr. McCumbcr’s remarks he re ferred to what, to his mind, was appall ing corruption in Alaska. 1 Mr. Tillman (S. C.), interrupted to in quire whether Mr. McCumber did not think he owed it to the Senate to give it ail the facts concerning the “damnable (irruption’’ of certain United States courts, to which he had referred. Mr McCumber replied that he had not accused the members of the San Fran cisco Circuit Court of Appeals of any thin?' worse than prejudice and bias. The conclusions of the court, he said, were based for the most part upon evi dence the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Tillman) would not give the least eredeuee to. He asserted that Mr. Till man had cast serious aspersions upon a nan as honorable as b<* was—a man whoSt the South Carolina Senator might meet outride the chamber end there, if he saw fit. call the vile names he had applied to him. Mr. Tillman declaimed any intention to reflect improperly upon anybody, his remarks, no said, being directed at, the Department of Justice, particularly for not doing its duty fn promptly investi gating and acting upon such a scandal as had developed in this ease, whoever were •he guilty parties. He insisted that either the judges of the circuit court of ae rials of Sail Francisco were guilty of some infamy or the Noves party was. He felt it his duty, as he had some respect for the judiciary cf the United Stales to defend judges who had been arraigned so seriously and tc see that their sid° of the controversy should go into«j{jc rec ord, .jrt mV. Tillman said that lie appeared in 4 i * RESOLUTION INVITING CUBA TO JOIN THE UNION > (By the Associated Press) Washington, D. C., Fob. s—Represen tative Newlandf*. of Nevada, of the Ways and Means Committee, who was the author of the resolution annexing Hawaii today introduced a joint resolu tion Inviting the # Republic of Cuba to become a part of the United States, first as a Territory, and then as a State ot the Union, to Ik; called the State of Cuba; also authorising at. 25 per cent, reduction of duty on the present crop of Cuban su gar, in consideration of Cuba's granting preferential rates to the United States. The resolutions confine the 25 per cent, reduction duties to the period prior to January 1. 1903. The provision as to annexation is as follows: That in the meantime the Republic of Cuba is invited to become a part of the United States of America, and her peo ple to become citizens of the United States, with the assurance that Cuba will be entitled at first to a territorial form of government under the Constitu tion and laws of the United States with & the role of a defender of United States courts, when he was recorded as having made a scathing criticism of the Federal judiciary, but he remarked, facetiously, that he would not be doing his duty by bis clients, —the three judges of the San Francisco Court of Appeals whom he had gotten into hot water, if he did not at tempt at least to cool the w'ater a lit tle. The South Carolina Senator continued, saying that the debate had been pre cipitated by nis reading a clipping from a newspaper dispatch printed in a New' \ ork paper, charging Ben Daniels, whom tlie Senate had confirmed at, United States marshal of Arizona, with being entirely unworthy to hold that office. Mr. Tillman’ made some scathing com ments upon the Judiciary committee for passing such nomination favorably. He supposed, he *und, that Senators from the State from which Daniels hailed now would feel called upon to criticize him for introducing this newspaper clipping but he did it simply "to hold up the mir ror that the oth?r side might see them selves as others saw them.” An amendment to the Urgent Deficiency Bill providing $450.Qc2 (Mexican) to re imburse the Philirpine insular funds for small gunboats and ordnance stores turned over to the navy by the military authorities at Manila caused Mr. Tillman to make some inquiries. Mr. Hale replied that the navy had made estimates for the purchase of the vessels and stores cn the recommendation of a board of officers. Mr. Tillman insisted, however, that the record did. not show where Hie vessels eame from and what had been paid for them. “It does not appear from the record." said he. “that the money was honestly expended This whole business ic entirely top slipshod and slack-twisted for an honest government.” It was explained by Mr. Hale that the vessels were small craft acquired prob ably from private parties and had been converted into gunboats. They were be ing used for patrol duty among the is lands. Mr. Ba’con (Ga.), joined Mr. Tillman in ci iticizing the amendment because suf ficiently definite information regarding it l had not been furnished. He urged that I (he item be held up temporarily at least as he was certain Hie insular treasury vas in no immediate need of the money. The amendment was adopted. The bill was then passed and (he Sen ate, after an executive session, ad journed. WILL COME TO A VOTE SATURDAY General Debate on Oleomargarine Bill Con tinues. Washington. D. C., Feb. s.—An agree ment was reached in the House today whereby the Oleomargarine Bill will be brought to a vote after two more days of consideration, one to be devoted to general deate and one to deate under the five minute rule. The deflate then con tinued in desultory fashion without spe cial incident, the speakers being Messrs. Kluttz, (N. (*.); McOleary. (Minn.); Ed dy, (Minn.); and Crowley, (Ills), for. and Messrs- Allen, (Ky.); Scott, (Kas.); Moon, (Tenn.), and Boutelle, (Ills) against the ill. Tomorrow the ill will be laid aside to permit action upon the legislative, executive and judicial appro priation bill which was reported front the Appropriation Committee today. MAY TRAIN AT WASHINGTON The Philadelphia League Team Send Inquiries as to Accommodations. (.Special to News and Observer.) Washington, X. C., Feb. 5. —Letters are in the bauds of people here from Phila delphia asking if we can give accommo dations to the Philadelphia League team to train here. They wished to go to Liucolnton, but Washington was recom mended, and efforts are being made to get the team here. To Bore For Oil in Georgia. (B ythe Associated Press.) Rome, Ga.. Feb, r>.—The Empire Nat ural Gas aDd Oil Company lias been or ganized to bore for oil in Floyd county- Th*- capital stock of the company is $500,000- They secured a. charter in New Jersey. The incorporators represent southern money. a delegate in Congress to represent her people, and that ultimate statehood will be granted when in the judgment of Congress It is advisable to admit Cuba, including such other Went-India Islands belonging to the United States an may be deemed advisable, as a single State in the Union, to be called the State of Cuba.’’ / Mr- Newlands in explanation of his resolution said: “All those who have appeared to voice Cuba’s needs and requirements have in dicated that an invitation to Cuba of aunoxation would be accepted. "Annexation by force would noi be .justified- It must be accomplished, if at all. hy th>' free act of the Cuban peo ple. present Here is no machinery in Cuba by which the popular will can be tested. Tbe Cuban Congress will meet. iJ February, Cuban government will be organized and the- United States will then leave the government and con trol of the islands to its people. Cuba then will be in a position to express her will.’’ RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6. 1902. CRUMPACKFR Oil HIS RESOLUTION An Explanation of Its Nature and Scope, NO FORCE BILL HE SAYS Aims to Investigate Suffrage Question in All States. WOULD HELP SETTLE RACE QUESTION The Disfranchising States Would Suffer a Re duction ot Political Power Till by Edu cation They Could Admit All to the Ballot. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 5.—-Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, author of the resolution in the Republican caucus Mon day night, and to be further considered at a caucus next Monday night, au thorizes the* following statement as the general purpose of the movement, to cor rect any impression that it is in the nature of a force bill: “The resolution submitted to the oueus was designed to secure a full and thor ough investigation of the suffrage ques tion, not only in the South, but in all the States that have imposed material restrictions upon manhood suffrage. There is a general belief that a number of States have disfranchised a large por tion of their citizens; that the colored population, by the operation of State laws, is entirely eliminated as a political question, and yet it, counts in appor tioning representation among the States. It is the general belief that the Southern States have at least thirty-five Repre sentatives in the House and the Electoral College resting upon a fictitious basis. If this be found to he true, in fact and representation be reduced accordingly, as the Constitution imperatively requires, it would go a long way towards settling the race question. Such a method would have none of the characteristics of a forcfTbill. It would require no force for its execution. Disfranchising States would suffer a reduction of political pow er, which they could regain by educating their citizens and admitting them to the privilege of the ballots. The whole ques tion would rest with those States. “The caucus is asked simply to author ize a thorough Investigation of the whole question ihrough a Congressional com mittee specially appointed and equipped for that purpose, and when the facts as they really exist, are laid before Con gress and the country such action may then be takeu as the situation requires. AGREEMENT WITH VEBMILYS By Which the Seaboard Will. Acquire 20 Loco motives and Many Cars (Special to News an Observer ) Wilmington, N. C.. Feb. 5 —An agree ment between Vermilye & Company, of New York, an the Sea boar * Air Line Railway was filed for record here today- Yehnilyo and Company contract to fur nish 200 fiat cars amnufaetured by American Car and Foundry Company, Huntington. West Virginia. 500 venti lated box cars, manufactured by South ern Car and Foundry Company; 10 pas senger and 10 freight engines by Rich mond Locomotive Works, and 10 coaches by Nills Car and Manufacturing Com pany, of Nills. Ohio. The same to cost $831,293, of which *131.293 is payable upon delivery of first equipment and the remainder in forty quarterly payments to be evidenced by notes of SI,OOO each, bearing 4V* per cent, semi-annually. THE DANISH WEBT INDIES. Favorable Report Ordered on the Treaty to Ac quire Them (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. s.—The Senate Com mittee on Foreign Relations today or dered a. favorable report on the treaty to acquire the Danish West ladies. No amendment was made to the treaty in i ommittee. The Poultry Show Booming. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington. X. (’.. Feb. s,—The. poul try and pot stock show which opeued yesterday afternoon has gone beyond the most sanguine expectation of the man agement. both in point of attendance uni variety and quality of exhibit.-. Vl though the doors wen l not thrown open to the public until 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, there were more than 500 visi tors for the day and the indications are ♦ hat til re will he many tinny that num ber today. The "Dispatch.“ Wilmington’s enter prising afternoon daily, has purchased a lot cn Market street in th* down-town section -'ind will shortly begin the erec tion of a thoroughly ur-to-date news paper building. The eight building and loan associations in Wilmington, all strictly “hoiut” cou rt -rps. have done good business during the past year. * A telegram received here yesterday fiam the clerk states that owing to the smallpox situation in Duplin county the Superior court lor that county will not meet on February 10th. but liaa been in- definitely postponed. The health author ities have gotten the smallpox epidemic under good control and do not wish to take the risk attendant upon a term of court when people meet from every sec tion of the county. Resolutions were adopted at a meet ing of the Produce Exchange managers yesterday memoi ializing Congress to make the river and harbor appropria tion more adequate for the lower Cape Fear improvement. FOR TEMPERANCE WORK Delegates From Many Religious Deuomina tions Meet Here Today. This morning at 11 o'clock there will be an important meeting of the temper ance workers of the State in the trus tees room ot the Raney Library. This meeting is the result of resolu tions adopted and committees appointed by the various religious denominations of the Stats at their last State meetings. The purpose of the meeting is to ar range plans to organize the temperance roiccs of the State, to disseminate and propagate temperance information and to enter upon a regular campaign of edu ce t ion along temperance lines. Tl»e meeting wilt not be a large one as each denomination sends but one dele gate. It will be a working body which is to blaze the way. The meeting will be called to order by Mr. John Oates, of Fayetteville, editor of the North Caro lina Baptist. i It is said that the plan of the "Anti- Saloon League," which is being used in , Virginia so successfully, may be adopt ed for work in this State. TRIP THROUGH PALESTINE. Rev J. T. Betts Will Lecture Tonight on the Bobject of Temperance (By the Associated Press ) Washington. I). C., Feb. s—President and Mrs Roosevelt and the party who will accompany them to the Charleston Exposition will leave here for the South next Monday night in a special train over the Southern Railway. The train will reach Summerville, S. C.. on Tues day afternoon. Tuesday night will b< spent at the Pine Forest Jnn, Summer ville, as the guest of Captain Wagener. President cf the Exposition. The party will inspect the farms nearby. Wednes day tbe party will go to Charleston. At night a banquet will be given the Presi dent and party at the Charleston Hotel. The return journey will be begun Thurs day, February 13, and the train Vill reach Washington Friday morning- In the Presidents’ party will be Secretaries Wilson and Hitchcock, Attorney General Knox and Postmaster General Payne , and the ladies qf the families » _ _ VIGOROUS SPEECH BY KLUTTZ ; The Stork Wings Its Way to the Home of R e • presentative Pou (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C-, Feb. 5. —Represen- tative Kluttz delivered a vigorous ten minute speech today in favor of the tax on oleomargarine. His speech has been much complimented. I . Representative Pou lias received a tel ! egram announcing the arrival of a. 11 tie; | daughter at his home in Smith field. He will go home in a day or two to see her. Representative W. W. Kitchin is sick Harry Stubbs, of Martin, is expected to arrive tonight from Virginia. Hobson Anxious to be Eetired. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 5. —It is expected that an effort will be made to secure legislative authorization for the retire ment from the naval service of Con structor Hobson- Captain Hobson is now in Washington and is desirous of retir ing, basing his application on the bad state of his eyes resulting from expos ure in working on Spanish ships after the late war. | It, is believed that the Navy Depart ment will approve of such legislation if its opinion is called for by Congress. Dr Stanley Goes to New York. (Special to News and Observer.) Suffolk, Va.. t Feb. s.—Rev, W, W. Staley, president of Elon College, has gone to New York to see Mr, Frank A. Palmer, the wealthy banker, who agreed to give $20,000 endowment to Elon College when its other friends bad raised $12,000. That amount having been raised Dr. Staley . has gone to sec Mr. Palmer at bis re ■ quest. Mr. Palmer, who is 90 years old and \ery wealthy, takes deep interest in Elon College. Cannot Establish the Orphanage Now. (Special to News and Observer ) Winston-Salem, X- C-, Fob. 5.—A prominent member of the State Coun- Icil says the Junior Order of American j Mechanics will not establish an orphan ’ age in North Carolina for some time at ’least. He say<* it cannot be done with out the State Council withdrawing its support from the national orphanage,, I and that is not feasile. j National Good Roads Association (By the Associated Press.) j Charleston. S. C.. Feb. 5. —The conven tion of the National Good Roads Asso- I elation, which was to have opened today i has been postponed until tomorrow, ow ing to the absence of President Moore. , The convention will open tomorrow at I the exposition auitorium. Delegates are ' here from several istraDS States i Lazard Freres have added $500,000 to their engagement of gold for shipment to Europe today. DEADLY EXPLOSION OFGAS FROMSEWERj A Family Annihilated in an' Instant- FIVE BODItS RECOVERED _______________ The Building Was Blown Into Kind ling Wo ;d. ELEVEN PtOPLE SAID 10 HAVE PERISHED The Exp'csion Occured in the Bast msnt of a Ten Story Frame Building. Six Bodies Are Supposed to be Still in the Building. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Feb, s.—By an explosion of | sewer gas in the basement of a ten-story frame building at 37G Twenty-second j street, this evening, a number of people, J the total said to be eleven, lost their j lives and the building was blown into I kiudling wood. By 8:45 p. m., five bodies had been recovered from the ruins. They were all of one family. Not a member of the family escaped. The bodies recovered are those of: OTTO TROSTLK, proprietor of Meat Market at 376 Twenty-second street. MRS. OTTO TROSTLE. OTTO TROSTLE, JR. MINNIE TROSTLE. ANNIE TROSTLE. Persons who claimed to know assert that there were at least six more people in Trestle's meat market when the ex plosion occurred. THE WOOTEN ABANDONED- The Schooner is Ashore and Waterlogged at Diamond Shoals (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk. Va., Feb- 5. —The four-mast ed schooner Orlando V. Wooten, ashore a t Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras, has been abandoned by the Merritt and | Chapman Tug, being found to be water logged. < The crew of the captain and eight men were rescued by the Hatteras life sav ing crew when the Wooten grounded several days ago. The Wooten was bound from Savannah to Baltimore load ed with lumber. Dynamite Ship Driven From Harbor (By tbe Associated Press.) Norfolk. Va-. Feb. 5-—The Norwegian steamer Daggery. Captain Sovensen, which stranded on Gull Shoals, N- C., last week, and was later towed to Nor folk by the Luckenbachs. has teen tow - ed out of the harbor here by an order of the commissioners, instigated by a letter from the mayor. The vessel had 1,500 cases of dynamite in her hold, with raidroad iron and coal. Her ottom is damaged and merchants protested on the ground that her pres ence damaged the city. She is anchored in Hampton Roads and the dynamite is being unloaded. To Represent Washington. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, N. C., Feb. 5. —The Town Commissioners met and passed the fol lowing laws: That all hogs shall be car ried out of town from the first of May m the first of October. This was done as a, precautionary measure against di sease- The dow tax was raised- Mr. Stephen C. Bragaw, the. County Superintendent of Schools, was appoint ed by the commissioners to represent the town of Washington at the Good Roads Convention In Raleigh. Merchant Tailors Name Officers. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 5. —The Merchant Tailors National Exchange devoted today REPORT ON THE BILL FOR THE APPALACHIAN PARK * (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. s.—Senator Pritchard from the Committee on Forest Reserva tions today presented a written report on the bill appropriating $5,000,000 tor th«* creation of a National forest reserve in the South Appalachian region as au thorized by the committee several days ago. Tbo report urg*? the establishment ot the reserve for the protection of the timber and the conservation of the waters of the laud embraced within its proposed area, placing the damage done by floods arising in that area in the year 1901 at $15,000,000. It la claimed that th° land to be included can be purchased ior from *2 to $3 per acre. One point made in support of the bill is that in the Southern Appalachian mountains there is a greater variety of PR T CE FIVE CENTS. to the nomination of officers. It is gen erally believed that Cincinnati will get the next convention- F. W- Maynard, of Nashua. X. H-, W. W. Dixon, of Philadelphia and Albert Matthews, of Chicago, were nominated for the presidency, and J. T. HelberfeAr, of Washington, I). C., and W. B. Stewart of Pittsburg, for the vice-presidency. The convention decided to exhibit at St- Louis and voted down a motion to have the National Exchange issue fash ion plates. DESPERATE CONVICT BHOT Armed With a Knife He Made a I Fierce Tight For I iberty. (Special to News and Observer.) Bakersvllle, N. C-. Feb. 5. — M. C. Davis, a white convict, at the stockade, just be low Bakersville, was shot and Instantly killed by one of the State guards. Davis was one of the long /term men, thirty vears being his sentence for the killing of Odell. s Satrday morning, when Major J. H. Mclver, gave the command for the guards to move out their respective squads for thej day’s work on the Ohio River and Charleston Railroad Davis refused to go and swore that he would die first, where upon the Major told one of the yard con victs to bring Davis to the commissary, where he and Davis would talk over th" affair in a more satisfactory manner, and not. drag the movement of the various squads, which were then ready to move. The negro whom Major Mclver told to go inside the stockade building and bring Davis, did as he was told. When be ap proached Davis he took told of him, and as he did so DaVis threw his arms around the negro and, slipping a knife from up liFis sleeve cut the negro so deep that his lung projected from the open wound. Then Davis ran out of the building into the stockade yard, cutting and slashing with hi-s knife as he fled. Then he began to throw rocks. He hacked his way up to the big gate of the stockade, which he opened with one hand, while he sed the knife in the other to keep the men away. As he rushed through the gate Major Mclver commanded the guard to fire. The guard told Davis to halt. Davis stopped but for an instant. Theu he ran up the river toward the armory and Major Mclver'a quarters, where be j hoped to arm himself. Fire! said Major i Mclver, and a guard who had come from j the farms with the convicts fired, Ibivis | fell, his hean niereed by buckshot, which passed entirely through his body. Davis was a young fellow who could not bear to be “bossel,’’ as he called it,. It was this that led him to prison stripes and finally to his grave. It is said that last Friday night he swore that he would kill ex-Sheriff Z. T. Phillips’ son. who was the railroad boss over him, be cause young Phillips told him that un less he did not idle so much he would be obliged to report him to the Major for punishment. [ At the postoffice in Bakersville. Sat ; urday night, was found a Bible sent to | Davis from South Carolina, from which i State Davis came to North Carolina. It i« said as u cotton mill operative had this Bible reached poor Davis one day earlier, who knows but what the result might have been different. BASE BALL LEAGUE. North Carolina Will Have Ball th* Coming Beaton Theer will be baseball this season in the State. Last night, the State league was or ganized with five clubs represented. These were flaleigh, Charlotte, Newbem, Durham and Wilmington by proxy. The season is to begin on May stli., and last till Laor Day. Five per cent of gross : receipts of each game go into a sinking ; fund. Perrin Busee, of Raleigh, was j elected president; C. L. Stevens, of New* ! hern, vice-president, and Irvin Jones, of Raleigh, secretary and treasurer. The sixth club is to come from Win ston or Greensboro. For Postmaster at Reidsville, / (By the Associated Press.) j Washington. Feb. s.—The President | today nominated J. F. Wray to be. post* I master at Reidsville, N. C. ! Senator McMillan has Introduced a , bill directing the Attorney General to j bring suit to determine the l onstitution : ality of the retrocession of that portion !of the origitial District of Columbia j which was ceded to the United States * by the State of Virginia. hardwood trees and greater remains of the primeval forests than in any other territory of like site in the Eastern States. The contentions also is made that it has the highest and largest moun tains cast of the Mississippi. the heav iest rainfall on the continent except along tho Northern Pacific coast, and that con sequently the washing away of the soils of tho region can only l#e prevented by keeping them covered with forests. “Tho absence from this region of lakes and gravely soils such as abound iu th‘- Northern States, and these serve to store the ruins and give, uniformity to the iTow of streams," tbe report con tinues. “render: the perpetuation of those Southern forests absolutely neces sary for the protection of both the aoila Hud the streams.”
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