North Carolina Newspapers

t THE weather to-day t ♦ For North Carolina: X t FAIR. | VOL. LI. NO. 130. Leads all Month Carolina .Dailies in Mews and Circulation [MO CONGRESS OPENS HERETPDfIY Delegates and Visitors Pour Into the City. CROWDSWATCHTHEWORK The Grader and Elevator Work Please All the People. ~f EXERCISES IN MEIROPOLITAN HALL G Gvtrncr Aycock Speaks the First Words of Welcome and Fhen a Day of Great Speeches Will Begin. The first day of the “Goo 3 Roads Con gress’’ has beguu. At 11 o’clock this morning in Metro politan Hall in the midst of a great crowd there will be the sound of a gavel and Mayor Powell will say “The Convention will please come to order.” Following this there will be the ex ercises of the day as follows: W EDNESDAY MORNING. Call to order at 11 a. m. by A. M. 1 owell, mayor of Raleigh. Prayer—Rev. A. A. Marshall, D. P. Naming of temporary chairman and m ereiary. Address of welcome in behalf 'of State of North Carolina—His Excellency, Gov. Charles 13. Aycock. Address of welcome in behalf of Wake comiy and city of Raleigh—W. B. Snow. Responses—W. H. Moore, president Na t mal Good Roads Association; M. A. Hays, Southern Railway Good Roads Special Train. !’i rmanent organization. Address—non. Martin Dodge, director, I'ublic Road Inquiries, U. S. Department of Agriculture. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Rcv'.-ivenea at 3 o’clock. Addresses: J 3. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C. —“history of Good Roads in Mecklenburg County. ’ Prof. W. C. Riddick, Agricultural and Mechanical College—“ Economical Roads lor Rural Districts.’’ J. W. Ba iley, editor, of Biblical Re cc r ier-~“Good Roads and Their Relation to Sunday Schools.” T. R. Parker. Hillsboro, X. C.—“ Good Roads and Their Relation to the Farm er.” Gen. W. R. Cox. Edgecombe county “Good Roads and Their Relation to Country Life.” Discussion bn road question—open for five minute speeches. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Session begins at 8 o’clock. Achli ess\-I*rof. J. A. Holies, State Geologist—“ Advantages of Gock Roads." (Illustrated with steropilcon views). Yesterday there were more arrivals in the city, following those who came in on Monday. The hotels are filling up with she arrivals, but there will be room for all in Raleigh, a city which knows how to take care of a big crowd. It is impossible to note all the arri vals in the city yesterday for as they left the depot they were going here and thtre, some to hotels, some to boarding houses, some the guests of friends. Gathered from various sources here are souk of the delegates and visitors to (he city for the Good Roods Congress: Hon S- B- Alexander, Charlotte: State. Senator S. J. Calvert, Jackson; Major T. 1.. Entry, Weldon; Ex-Senator Thomas M. Cheek, Mobane; Editor Henry King, Greenville; Wiley B. Fort, Director of Stale Hospital, Pikeville; Capt, H. R. Cotton, Cottondale; E. L. Daughtridge, State Board of Agriculture and the Leg islature. Rocky Mount; Dr- C. L. Kilie brew and W. T. Braswell. Board County Commissioners, Rocky Mount; T. F. Cherry. Road Superintendent, Rocky Mount; Jno. Burton, Weldon; H W. Burton, Register of Deeds of Johnston, Smithfield; Dr. J. F. Miller, Superinten dent Eastern Hospital. Goldsboro; W. L. Thorpe. Mayor of Rocky Mount; Dr. P. L- Murphy, Superintendent. State Hos pital. Morgantcn; W. H. Shearen. Castle Haynes; J- D. Elliott, Hickory; John L. Worth, Mt. Airy; D- M. Boyd, Maiden; T. V. Elliott, Durham; W. S- Wilkerson, ..n>! J. C. Braswell, Rocky Mount: Geo. L Mardre, Windsor. J- S. Grant, mayor <>- Jackson; A- J. Parker. Wtntou; W- J. Sutton and S. M. King, Elizabethtown; .VHic5~M. Alien, Goldsboro; J. A. Best and Roy Jackson, Louisburg; R. H ticks, Rocky Mount; D. M. MeEachern. Chairman Board of County Commission ers of New Hanover; Arthur B- Wil liams, Chairman Board of County Com missioners of Cumberland; -Mr. S- -A. Lassiter, Johnson: Mr. St. Leon Scull, mayor of Windsor; R. C. Patrick, of Wake; Col- Benehan Cameron, of Stag vine; Eugene Holt, of Burlington; Paul Garrett, cf Weldon; Judge T. N. Hill, of Halifax: Col. D- Worthington. George H. Wainwright and C- B. Ruffin, of Wilson: Judge Wiubourne, Senator George Cowper and D. C. Barnes, of Hertford; David Bell, of Halifax; Judge Fred Philips, of Edgecombe. R. H. Sykes, Chapel Hill; P. C. CarltOu Statesville; A. L. McDonald. Rocking -1 iur; Gen. B. S. Royster, Oxford; J. S. Scott. Burlington; R. A. Bryan, Carthage; ■ E. W. Harris, Greensboro; T. B. Brown, Kinston, C. E. Johnson, Winston. VVAKS COUNTY-DELEGATES The following rre the delegates who The News and Observe?. » « will represent Wake county. Many of them are now in the city: Robt, Freeman, Forestville; W. 13. Smith, Wyatt; E. C. Beddiugfleld, Raleigh, R. T. A., No. 1. Dr. L. B. Sorrell, Flint; J. T. Edwaflrds. Raleigh; Lyu 11. Johnson. My at t’s Mill; G. E. Robinson, Eagle Rock: Eli Scarboro, Eagle Rock; G. R. Home, Wakefield; Bryant Harrison, Shotwell; Bryant Smith, Raleigh; A. R. Hodge, Lul: W. S. Thrner, Raleigh, R. T. A., No. 1 N. W. Holden, Wake Forest; P. A. Dunn, Neuse; J. B. Carlile, Wake For est; W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest; Z. V. Peed, Wake Forest; W. B. Wilder, Ral eigh: Dr. S. W. Thompson, Raleigh, R. T. A., No. 1; J. 1). Allen, Raleigh, R. T. A., No. 1; Dan’l Hockaday, Raleigh, R. T. A.. No. 1.; Bt F. Sandling, New Light; Dr. J. A. J. Penny, Vanteen; Calvin T. Mitchell, Hdartville; Wesley Pace, Hick ory Grove; F. L. Hunnicutt, Wakefield; J. M. Whitley, Wakefield Dr. L. E. Young. Rolesville; Dr. W. H. Harris, Wake Forest; A. D. Jenkins, Wake For est: Thos. Johns, Auburn; G. 11. Alford, Holly Springs; J. J. Edwards, New Hill; W. M. YaTes. Apex, R. T. A., No. 1; L. D. Baucom, Morrisville; W. F. Utley. Apex; W. B. Upchurch, Apex; Sam’l Horne. Morrisville; J- R- O’Brien, Beck; W. A. Pugb, Rogers’ Store; J. E. Ballen tine, Sippihaw. An ever increasing crowd watched the work going ahead on Salisbury street yesterday, and today will see the crowd grow larger. The city force of hands was at work, as were the county convicts, upwards of fifty people, going at it with pick for part of the day, this beiug necessary be causeu the ground were frozen hard and plowing was impossible. The three big steam rollers did sente work, the picks flew, the big plows made deep furrows, carts were here and there and work was rushed so that the way might be cleared for the modern grader and elevator. Before this was used work was done by the city steam roller and the rooter plow with a perpendicular blade, which is used to softeu the ground. The plow used between Hargett and Martin streets is a large one, and it took six horses to pull It. The dirt, which as it is excavated, has been hauled in carts and dumped in the lot, known as Edwards’ lot, on Davie street. In the afternoon the elevator and grader got to work. The big plow cut deep into the ground and the endless belt took up the dirt, elevating it and pouting it over into damp carts, which rapidly replaced each other. The crowd had great sport for awhile as the drivers of the carts could not reg ulate their teams, and teams and drivers were at times besprinkled and beshower ed with big loads of dirt. Work with the elevator and excavator front wrich 12 horses are used, 8 pulling, i pushing, will go on today, and every effort will be made to be ready during the day for the wo/k cf macadamizing the street, Those who have not yet seen the ma chinery at work are missing a great deal. It is on Salisbury street, between Mor gan and Martin and is worth a visit. A DUST EXPLOSION Fifteen Men Injured in Mine No. 5 at Bon Air. (By the Associated Press.) Bon Air, Tenn., Feb. 11.—Fifteen men were injured by a dust explosion in the main entry of mine No. J today. All were rescued and all will probably re cover. Five of the miners were seriously burned. \ fi About one hundred men are employed in this mine. When the explosion oc curred all were in the main entrance, which made their immediate rescue pos sible. The explosion resulted from shots fired *io dislodge coal for today’s run. The damage to the mine is extensive. Those most seriously injured are: Win. Baines, Rcseoe Anthony, Herbert Glover, Ezra Cole and Hiram Narburg, colored. The Patrick Trial. (By the Associated Press.) New' York. Feb. 11. —John H. Wallace, paying teller of Swenson and Sons’ bank, was recalled today in the trial of Albert T. Patrick. The recorder would per mit him to tell of a telephone conversa tion with Clias. F. Jones, the valet, the day after Rice’s death. The witness formally identified lit) papers as having been signed by Mr. Rice. Commissioner Lederle succeeded Wal lace on the witness stand and introduced the photographic exhibits in the case. Albert S. Osborn, of Rochester, a hand writing expert, was the next witness. The assistant district attorney submitted to the witness the twm Swenson checks, the 1900 will and the general assignment, and he said he had examined the signa tures to these papers and had compared them with Rice’s admitted signature. The same hand, lie said, did not write the disputed and conceded signatures. At the request of Mr. Osborne, the ex pert told with great technical detail how heu had reached that conclusion. He was still on she stand when court adjourned lor the day. Tke Greene-Gaynors’ Case Called. (By the Associated ITess.) Savannah, Ga., Feb. 11.—In the United States court today before udge Speer, the case of the Government vs. B. D. Greene, John H., Ed. F., and Wm. T. Gaynor, charged with conspiracy, was called. The defendants were present. After the indictment wa.> read exception was taken to tile manner in which the grand jury finding the Indictment was khesen. Marion Emviu, United States District Attorney was not ready to argue the plea, and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morniug at 10 o’clock. Application to do business in this State was received from the Ocean Ac cident and Guarantee Company, of lson don. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FrBRCARY 12. 1902. UNABLE TO REMOVE OFFENDING POSTERS Mayor Has no Authori'y to Act in the Matter. PROMISED A CLEAN SHOW The Fannie Hill Burlesque Co.'s Guar antee to Manager .Rivers. ■ ■ ♦ WHAT COMMON LAW SAYS ON SUBJECT The Owners of the Academy of Music Have Nothine Whatever to do With the Book ing of Shows, According to the Terms of Contract- Mayor Powell was seen yesterday morn ing by a representative of the News and Observer in reference to the indecent | f i.d suggestive posters of the Fannie Hill P-urlesquo Company which are such an I eye sore to Raleigh’s citizens. The mayor ! was asked if he intended taking any steps toward ordering the posters removed. The mayor said that there was no City ordinance that covered the matter, and ! that he therefore could do nothing in the present status of affairs. Asked if he would prohibit the company from giving their show in the city, the mayor said (hat lit would not be Justified in - taking that action under the laws as they stand, and accordingly he would j make no attempt to do so. He then went cn to say that If, on the night of the performance, any complaint should be made to him of indecent or obscene behavior on the part of any of the players of the company, h<* would have the offending party promptly ar rested. Tills, he said, was the extent of his power in the matter. City Attorney Watson agreed with Mr. Powell that there was no law author izing the mayor to take any action such as ordering the offending posters to be taken down, or preventing the company from giving their show here. I The only ordtuance that touches at all upon this subject is Section 2a of Chap ter 2 of the Ordinances of the City of Raleigh, which reads ns follows: “Any person who stall Injure or deface my signboard, sign-post, gas fixture or j gas pipe, water fixture cr water pipe, or 1 any lantern, lamp or lamp post, or the works or machinery of the city of Ral eigh, or who 3hall write, paint, draw, carve or cut any obscene word, letters or device in any public place, or who shall post any bills on any wall, house, or pole or post in a public place without the con sent of the owner and without the con sent of the mayor or chief of police, first obtained in writing, shall be fined SSO or imprisoned 50 days.’ Mr. Joseph G. Brown was seen, and asked if the owners of the Academy of Mi sic hail any control whatever over the booking of performances given there. Mr. Brown said they had not. Mr. Page, he I said, had, previous to his death some ■ two years ago, leased the property for a i term of five yeais to the present proprie tor and manager, Mr. R. C. Rivers. Un der the terms ol the contract, Mr. Page find his heirs were to have nothing what ever to do with the booking of companies or the giving of performances in the Academy of Music. Mr. Browu said the c.wnors never even knew, except from the advertisements and bill boards, what shows were given. Mr. K. C. Rivers stated yesterday that he had booked the show upon the writ ten guarantee from ilm company that they would give a clean show. He showed the News and Observer man the telegram from the business manager of the company, asking: “Can you book for February 13t’n, a clean show?” Upon this understanding Mr. Rivers agreed to take on the company, and says ho tneaqs to hold them up to their contract, fy is determined they shall givo nothing but a dean show in Raleigh. Mr. Rivers said that on two previous occasions this company had asked him to book their show, and both times he had refused to do so, fearing that the loue c-f the performance was not what it should be. He had, he said, only con sented this time upon their written guar antee quoted above, and which he is keep ing in case it may be necessary to use it. The common law on this subject Is in effect as follows: The exhibition in a public piace of any picture, writing or print that is obscene or indecent is in dictable at common law, it being an of fense eoutra bonos mores. This 1» so because it tends to corrupt the morals of youth and make them (mineral and vicious, it. being the desire of the State that its citizens should be moral and virtuous According to this, the parties putting up obscene or indecent pictures, cr display ing in public writing of a corrupting na ture could ba indicted before a justice of the pc are, and bound over t o court for trial. In this ruse, there is only need for tome determined citizen to make for mal complaint against the posters of these bills, and have a Judge and jury decide whether or not they come .vithin the meaning of the common law. May Get to U S. Goait. The ens< of Hawley, Daly and Howard, th- grid brick sw'ndfers. may go to the United States Supreme court. Mr. E. J. Best has applied to Chief Justice Furches tor a writ of error, acting tor Mr. Gil more. of Chicago, counsel tor the three swindlers. Justice Furches soys he will grant the writ as soon as the papers are complete and a bond made out. In the meantime Daly lias given notice in Greensboro of an application to Governor Ayooek for a pardon. He was the one who played the part of an Indian. It developed at the trial that he was the tool of the other two. Mobile’s Carnival Closes. (By the Associated Pres.) Mobile, Ala., Fob. 11.—Today was the last of the Mardi Gras festivities. This afternoon Emperor Felix, on a gorgeous float, viewed his capital city, and there were parades by the Knights of Revelry and comic cow boys. Tonight the Infant Mystics, an order of myths, gave parades aud a ball,, which closed the festivities. In Honor of Bagley. A number of the young men of Spar tanburg, S. C., who enlisted in the Spanish-American War, have organized in a body and named their camp “Worth Bagley Camp,” in honor of the heroic North Carolina Ensign who gave his life for his country. The membership of the camp numbers about thirty, and Fingal C. Black is commander. NOT SO FAVORABLE Theodore Expected to Show no Improvement With in 24 Hours. (By the Associated Press.) Groton, Mas*., Feb. 11.—At 2 o’clock this afternoon Secretary Cortelyou gave the following regarding the condition cf Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. “The symptoms are not quite as fa vorable as this morning. This was an ticipated, as from the nature of the dis ease the patient is not expected to be as well tonight or tomorrow morning as he was this morning.” Mr. Coitelyou added: “We want it distinctly understood that noire of the bulletins should be taken as being encouraging, but as merely favora ble, for the reason that unfavorable bul letins are expected through the next twenty-four hours.” Death of Mr. Oscar Adams. (Special to News and Observer.) Tarboro. N. C, Feb. IL—Mr. Oscar F. Adams died here last niaht In the 83nt year of this age. His remains were taken to Washington, N. C., this afternoon for interment. The funeral services will be held in the morning at the M. E. church. Mr. Adams was formerly of Washington, but the latter part of his life was spent here with his daughter, Miss Rose Clams, whose devotion to her aged par ent was worthy of the highest conunen datlon and something beautiful to be hold. Dr. Meadows’Funeral. The body of the late Dr. J. S. Mead ows; was tak?n from Dunn to Louisburg yesierdav and th« funeral held in the afternoon. There survives him a devo ted wife, nine children, Mrs. R. T. Car lyle, Misses Tucora and Ruth Meadows and Messrs. Sam. Ben, W. A., Claude, Owen and Boyd Meadows. Gcaiio Works Btr-.ed. (By the Associated Press.) New Orleans, Feb, 11.—The Standard Guano and Chemical Companies factory here was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at $77,200. BURNED TODEATH Fate of Will Craddock a Sea board Brakeman, A Collision of Freighty Near Foreslville Brings Flemes and a Dreadful , Drah. A col lot,ion between two freight trains on the Seaboard Air Line yesterday morning resulted in one death, one man injured, a caboose and a coach burned, and ?hi track town up. The accident which brought death with it took place a little after one o’clock near Forestville, within 300 yards of the depot, just’ beyond the curve. The accident was a rear end collison. No. 12. the freight for Richmond had left N. use 30 minutes and was pulling into Forestville when ii stalled, the traiu be ing too heavy for the engine. The flagman was sent back, but h.;I mst gone the distance between two telc ginrh poles, whtn the extra came around the curve. The engine st.uok the calicose and jammed it. forward on a passenger coach which was beiug carried. The two splintered together, and were scon on fire from the stove.- in the caboose. The flames burned fiercely, and there was no chance to rescue Will Craddock, a brakeman, who was either in the ca boose or c'>ach. He was burned to death, euly the charred bones being found after the lire. Geo. Logan, 'another train hand, was bruised about the head and hands. You never realize how r dearly you have paid for your whistle until you try to Sill it. THIS IS TYRANNY, ASSERTS MR, HOAR He Stirs up Senator Platt of Connecticut. AND THEN WINDS HIM UP A Spirited Debate Over the General Philippine Question. SENATOR HOAR QUOTES GOVERNOR TAFT The Filipino People Want Independence Yet Are' For bidden to Express Their Sen timents. Light on Treason Law Passed bv Commission. <By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Feb- 11.—A stirring debate on the general Philipplhe ques tion was precipitated iu the Senate late today, the prneipal participants being Mr. Platt, of Connecticut!, and Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts- Mr. Teller, of Colorado, had concluded for the day his argument asainst the eu i actment of the pending Philippine Tar iff Bill. In response to some statements he had made, Mr. Platt directed the Sen ate’s attention to the situation iu the Is lands as he viewed it, maintaining that great progress was being made by the government In subduing (he insurrection. Mr- Hoar ridiculed the statements of Mr. Platt and in a facetious vein advert ed to the efforts of the American gov ernment to control the Filipino people. | The remarks of the Massachusetts Senator aroused Mr. Platt, who deliv ered a notable speech, in the course of which, he referred to Mr. Hoar in pretty sharp terms. His speech was listened to by Senators on both sides of the cham ber with profound attention. Jn his reply Mr. Hoar delivered an iu- ' eisive criticism of the action of the Phil ippine commission, declaring that he had been taught to judge men rather by their actions than by their words and by his standard he could not judge the Philip pine commissioners with any degree of favor. I Early in the day the Seuate assed a joint resolution submitting a constitu tional amendment changing the time of Presidential inaugurations and the ter mination and commencement of Con- , gross from the 4th of March to the last . Thursday of April ! Senator Teller in his speech declared the so-called enactments of the Philip pine commission were a compendium of ! tyrrany and infamy. Mr. Foraker said that the sedition and I treason laws enacted for the Philippines were almost identical with those of Ten nessee. Mr- Hoar interrupted to ask if the or- ' der of General Otis directing forced sub mission was not itself an act of war. | j Mr, Teller answered that ten years afio j it would have been so considered, where j upon Mr. Hoar declared that the Fill j pinos could not be charged with opening j hostilities when the United States had, j by General Otis’ order, issued a formal ' act of war long before. Mr. Teller expressed the opinion that the Filipinos never would consent to our control of the islands. I “Is the Senator entirely certain," in j terjected Mr. Platt, (Conn.), "that a ma jority of the Christian people of the is lands do not consent to our govern- , merit?" \ I Mr. Toller replied that if he could trust the information which had como to him, i not one-tenth of the people wanted the United States Government in the islands. Mr. Hoar suggested that an order was said to have been issued by the Philip- • pine Commission prohibiting the reading or the Deelaraton of Independence at a Fourth of July celebration in Manila, and ho inquired if that was not incon sistent with the statements of the ma jority. j Promising to discuss that and other points later, Mr. Teller yielded the floor for the day. Mr. Platt, (Conn.) replying to some 1 statements made by Mr. Teller, pointed out that the American Array in the Philippines had teen reduced from 70,000 . to less than 40,000. He thought it very | strange that the American force could be reduced if all the Filipinos were strug gling against American control. ‘‘We ought to consider facts,” he urged. “We ought to take things as they are ! and not things as they may be conjured tip. We are getting along reasonably well in those islands. Peace will come to them and a government will ba es : tabliehed there in which the Filipinos themselves will have a lfrge part, and ; which will prove to be a blessing to ihem.” He pointed out that elections were beiug lirld in the islands to choose municipal officers and - in those elections i all the people had a part, j At the iustance of Mr. Gallinger, (X. } H.) the Senate agreed to a conference !ou a pcDsiou bill. Senators Gallinger. i Pritchard and Turner being named as J conferees on the part of the Senate. - Mr. Hoar ridiculed the elections to 1 which Mi. Platt had referred, declaring that under the sedition laws enacted by I the Philippine Commission it was a j penitentiary offense for anybody In the islands to advocate a poltica.l electon or political policy. He referred (g n ( , facetious vein to the schools established , • in the islands by the American authori ties asserting that in not one of them could the declaration of independence be road and no patriotic speech delivered In safety. Mr. Hoar’s remarks called forth a vig orous utterance from Mr. Platt, who said that the American people would regret to note the “sneers” of the Senator from , Massachusetts at the efforts of the gov ernment to educate the children of the Philippines. Mr. Platt paid a high tribute to Gov ernor Taft and his assistants on the Philippine Commissou. That commission bad presented, he said, remarkable evidence of the prog ress toward peace and toward a happy solution of the situation there. Civil government had been established iu 34 provinces and that Government was be ing operated to the satisfaction of the people. Mr. Hoar interrupted to inquire if Mr. Platt thought the Filipinos would have adopted the treason laws enacted by the Philippine Comission had it been sub mitted to them. The. Connecticut Senator replied that he could not say, but Connecticut had a law which the people of that. State never found inconsistent with tlielr rights and liberties. He read the law, which proved to to not dissimilar to that which had been enacted iu the Philippines. He pointed out as one of the beneficent re sults of A mere an occupation of the Philippines that schools had been estab lished iu the islands, and that nearly one thousand teachers had gone to the archipelago to educate the Filipino chil dren. Prior to the arrival of these teachers in the islands, ho said, private I soldiers from the American army had been detailed as teachers iu many ot the schools. Again this effort of the Ameri can Government to educate and elevate the people of the Philippines, the Senator from Massachusetts, he said, aws direct ing "his sneers and his denunciations.” Mr. Platt then read the treason law re ferred to by Mr Hoar to show that it was directed against the formation of secret societies, the purpose of which, in whole or in part, was the promotion of sedition, rebellion aud treason, i It was a statute, he said, aimed at se cret. plotting, such plotting as at time nearby resulted in inducing, in the city of Manila, a massacre of our troops and friends- It did not prevent, he declared, the reading of the declaration of inde pendence in the schools of the islands or the utterance of patriotic addresses. It i prevented simply plotting in the dark. | Mr. Hoar replied to Mr. Platt’s discus sion of the treason law. He manitained that the Conneeticutt Senator had not quoted accurately the statute. l>ecause he had omitted a portion of it, which he asserted, sustained the position he (Hoar) had taken and the statements .■had made. “It would have filled man kind with horror,” said he, “if this Con necticut! statute, or if our statute of treason of 1790 had been enacted in 161, or any time thereafter, and put in force against Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky Missour.” j Referring to the elections held in the Philippines, upon which Mr, Platt had dwelt, Mr. Hoar said: I “I call his attention to the fact that ! these elections were held under a law which sent every man who is in favor of one side of the question which he says was settled by them to peuitentiary for : saving so- Am I incorrect now?” Mr Platt; “No, the Senator is infall-* ible.” (Laughter.) Tn conclusion Mr. Hoar sayp “1 have learned to judge men, oven the greatest and the best men, not by what they say, but what they do, and when Governor Taft says that the Fili pino people want independence and says at the same time nobody shall express i that desire above his breath, I distrust the opinion and look for evidence of the fact. When he says that people are en ! joying American freedom, when he pro mulgates a law which at the same time makes it a penitentiary offense to read the eeJaration of Independence on the j Fourth of July, I confess I am very lit tle impressed by his judgment and very profoundly impressed by his edict.” Tho Seuate then adjourned. THE OPPOSITION GROWS The Oleamargariue Bill Will be Fut on Its Final Passage Today. Washington, I). C., Feb. 11.—The vot ing on amendments to the Oleomargarine ; Bill iu the House today indicatd a con ' uiderable change of sentiment since last Congress, when the bill had 106 majority, j Opposition to the measure has gained strength. While the passage of the bill is not endangered, it is not. likely that the majority tomorrow, when the final ( vote is taken, will exceed thirty, j Tliie opposlion today was stroug enough in committee of the whole to adopt two important amendments, one providing that nothing in the act should be con strued to prevent the manufacture nn<l sale of oleomargarine iu any State for consumption entirely within Buch State and the other to provide for the importa tion and branding of renovated and press butter. The amendment was especially obnoxious to the frieuds of tho measure and when the bill was reported to the House a separate vote was demanded on it. The vote was pending when the House adjourned. Although the amendment commanded a majority' of twenty in committee of the I whole, where no record is made, it is not | unlikely that tho action of the commit- I tee will be reversed tomorrow when I members aro obliged to go on record. ' Several committee amendments adopted today changed the phraseology of the bill, the most important being that mak ing the ten cent tax to oleomargarine made in imitation of butter “of any shade of yellow.” Considerable feeling , was injected into the proceedings to . ward the close of the session l THE WEATHER TO-DAY ♦ ♦ For RaleigH: l Fair and Cold. J ¥ ¥ ¥***¥*¥+¥+*+ »»4♦»♦»♦♦♦ PRICE FIVE CENTS SHVED FROM DEATH II THOSE ICY SEAS Story by the Capitain of the • Burned Schooner, IMPRISONtD BY THE ICE { The last £oat Swept Away and Hope Dyinj. THE CLIFFORD CAVSE F 0 THEIR RESCUE The Burned Schooner Was the Mary Graham From Norfolk. She Was Fired by the Captain When She Was Sinking. (By the Associated Press.) ( New York, Feb. 11.—The .schooner which waa buimed to the water’s edge off a point near Cape May, last night, was the Mary Graham from Norfolk to New York, and the crew reached here safely this afternoon- They were picked up by uhe schooner J. C. Clifford, Capt. F- 11. Medley and five men composing the crew of tho Graham. She was a two master which left Norfolk, Va., three weeks ago yesterday with 157.000 feet of pifffe lumber, consigned to a Now York firm. From Captain Medley the follow ing facts were gathered: About 5:30 last Saturday morning the schooner was caught in the ice which was coming out of the Delaware River, and the captain fearful that he tL'ould. ho crushed or blown ashore, dropped both anchors, bein at that time eight and a half miles northwest of Cape May, in eight fathoms of water. The schooner was leaking and the crew at the pumps. They suffered terribly from the cold and the bauds of Mate Clias. Anderson and Sailer Gus Bunson were frost-bitten. Plenty of hot coffee reduced the men’s suffering considerable Heavy seas were nh'eakiny^-cVer tho vessel and the carried away- Boon afterwards both masts went by the board- Falling over the side of the schooner the masts carried away tho only boat. This left* the crew helpless and their only hope of safety lay in be ing picked up by a passage ship. The schooner was one mass o-f ice from bow to stern by this time and to add to the petii the captain found that she waa I in danger of sinking, being an old ves sel. To lighten her the captain had about 20,000 feet of lumber thrown over* 1 board- ' * 1 Despite all efforts the schooner was settling rapidly when the J. C. Clifford, also a lumber-laden schooner hove In sight. This was about nine o’clock yes terday morning. I The Clifford las to about one hundred yards from the Graham and sent a boat , with a mate and three sailers to rescue j the crew. On account of the iee the small boat had ereat difficulty iu forcing its way through the water, and the mate had about given up hope of reaching the •sinking schooner when a sudden change in the wind made a passageway through the ice through which the hardy crew rowed to the Graham. ! Seeing that there was no chance of saving the vessel Capt. Medley set fire to it beforo entering the Clifford’s boat. In explaining this actiou he slid that the vessel was ovdr thirty years old and her hull was in such bad condition ho knew' she would soon sink- The Graham was 196 tons and wns owned by leh Greenleaf-Johnsou Lum ber Company, of Berkley, Near Norfolk, Virginia- TEOUaaNuS ACdLMM BEX A Ball at New* Orleans Ends the Carnival in That City (By the Associated Press.) New' Orleaus, Fpb. 11.—Beautiful Carnl ' val weather today contributed to tho success of the Mardi Gras in the cele bration of the 30th anniversary of Rex. Quotations from literature were lllus tatid by twenty-one effective floats iu the pageant. Rex impersonated by M. J. i Sanders, a prominent steamship agent of • New Orleans, rode in a gorgeous car at the head of his pageant aud was greeted by thousand#. The annual ball aud reception of the Uiug was held tonight. The night program included the annual pageant of the Krowe J of Comus, the oldest of the mystic so cieties, and a hall which ends the earni -1 val. | T|te Senatorial Question. To the Editor: With regard to submit ting the Senatorial question to the State i Couveution. I am neither in favor of that method, nor the one resorted to iu No vember, 1900. My plan is to first elect a Democratic Legislature and then it will j be an easy matter to elect a Democratic Senator. W r e can not afford to Imperil our chances of success by becoming em broiled In war among ourselves, for If we do we arc but inviting the terrible disaster that befell us iu 1894, and we all know what that was. No. let us meet, but for God’s sake let us noi inveut trouble. a T. L. | 1 tanners' Elk, February li.