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ELOOUENT ADDRESSES TO
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE
The First Day’s Session of the Good Roads Con=
gress a Great Occasion.
THE HALL WAS PACKED THE ENTIRE DAT
Senator M. C. Butler
cates National Aid.
STATE ASSOCIATION TO BE EFFECTED
Almost All the Speakers Favored the
Use of Convict Labor, and the Dele
gates Applauded the System. The
* / Property Tax Was Also Urged as the
Most Feasible for Good JEtoads.
Today .is the last dgy of the “Good
Hoads Congress,” and there will be three
sessions of the body in Metropolitan
Hall, The practical work of making
fc ood roads still continues on Salisbury
street, and Work will go on till Saturday
afternoon.
THURSDAY MORNING’S SESSION.
The session begins at 10:30 o’clock.
Prayer—Rev- Eugene Daniel, D. D-
Addresses will be delivered as follows:
A • C- McMackin, Raleigh, N. C. —
Raleigh Township Roads and Road Law,
Rev- T. N. Ivey, D. D., Editor Raleigh
Christian Advocate.—Good Roads and
Their Relation to Churches-
Dr. Sehenck, Biltmore, N. C.—Obser
vation o>' Good Roads-
Hon. E. W. Pou, * Smithfleld, N. C
t.ood Roads and Their Relation to the
Postal Service
Dr. George T- Winston, Agricultural
and Mechanical College—The Economy of
Good Roads.
R- W. Richardson, Secretary of Na
tional Good Roads Association —The
Goyd Roads Movement,
Discussion—Open for five-minute
speeches.
Adjournment.
THURSDAY—AFTERNOON SESSION
The afternoon session begins at 3
o’clock.
Addresses will be delivered as follows:
Gen. M. W. Ransom, Clarysburg, N. C
—Good Roads and Their Relation to the
Farmer.
Dr. C. I). Mclver, State Normal Coi-
Ifge—Good Roads and Their Relation to
Schools. t
Dr. B- F. Dixon, Shelby. N- C.—Good
Roads and Their Relation 10 Social Life.
Hou. C. B. Watson. Winston. N- C.~
History of Good Roads in Forsyth
County and the Outlook for the Future-
Short talks and open discussion.
Adjournment.
THRURSDAY—NIGHT SESSION-
The session begins at S o’clock.
Address —Mr- M. O. Eldridge. Bureau
of Road Inquiries. (Illustrated with
stereopticon views).
The night session will prove a srurce !
of pleasure to/ail. The ladies are espe
cially invited.
Th, first day of the Good RoadsiCon- \
vent ion was a huge success in every way. j
The attendance was large, and the en
thusiasm was marked, and the speeches 1
were fine. One feature, not on the pro- ;
twain, was the speech by Senator M. C. ;
butler, of South Carolina, who stopped i
over to attend the convention on nit wnv j
i<> Washington. He stronglv advocated I
appealing to the national government for j
appropriations to aid the people in their!
efforts toward securing better highways. j
It was determined to organize a State
Good Roads Association, and committees ;
were appointed to report, on -hat organi- ;
zation today.
The convention was permanently or- j
ganized with Commissioner of Agriculture !
L. Patterson as chairman and Mr. F. j
T. Ward as secretary.
There Mere three sessions yesterday, j
and at al! of them, the Metropolitan
Opera House Mas filled to overflowing
with the delegates from all over ilu ;
State. ’There was a fair sprinkling of
ladies, too.
At the morning session speeches were
made by Governor Aycoek, Mr. TV. 15.
Snows* .Col. W. H. Moore, President of
the National Good Roads Association, J
and Mr. M. A. Hays, of the Southern
Railway.
The speakers at the afternoon session
were Hon. Martin Dodge, Director Pub- 1
ho Roads Inquiries. U. S. Department of j
Agriculture: Senator M. C. Butler, of
South Carolina: Capt. S. B. Alexander, i
of Charlotte, and Mr. T. B. Parker, of
■ lilisboro.
Gen. W. R. Cox. of Edgecom-m, ad
dressed the convention at the night ses- j
:■lon on "Good Roads and their Rela
tion to Country Life.” He was followed
by Prof.'W, C. Riddick, of the A and M.
College, on “Economical Roads for Rural
Districts.”
Districts," and there were a number of
bright short speeches by a number of
delegates. -
MORNING SESSION.
The convention was caled to order by j
Mayor A. M. Powell.
After the opening invocation, which I
was made by Rev. J. K. Howell, of
The News and Observer
Rocky Mount, the mayor called Mr. S.
L. Patterson, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, to the platform to servo as tem
porary chairman.
Mr. Patterson in a few words intro
duced Governor Ay cock.
The Governor extended a hearty wel
ctme to the delegates in behalf of the
State of North Carolina. Ho then briefly
enumerated the various interests af
fected by the condition of roads, and
spoke of the strength of our State lying
in the devotion and steadfastness of her
people, and of her weakness lying in her
isolation. This isolation was what had
caused North Carolina to fall behind in
the march of industry.
Speaking of how the road question is
linked with that of public education, the
Governor said: “We have promised to
educate all the children of North Caro
lina. In order to do that, we must have
good roads, so that the children cau get
to the schools in the country districts.”
The Governor s address was one of his
most characteristic brief, pithy, timely
utterances.
At this juncture Chairman Patterson
requested Mr. Josephus Daniels to act as
secretary of the meeting, and all the
members of the press present to act as
assistant secretaries.
Mr. Patterson then introduced Mr. TV.
B. Snow. Mho delivered an address of
welcome in behalf of Wake County and
they City of Raleigh.
Mr. Snow said that as the represen
tative of the mayor, vested with all the
authority, of that office, he threw open
to their widest limits the gates of Die
city, ami granted complete immunity from
the consequences of any ordinary infringe
ment of the city regulations. But if the
mayor should nevertheless disregard his
r
HON. SYDENHAM B. ALEXANDER
Father of the Good Hoads Movement in
North Carolina.
, authority and inflict sentence upon a dele-
I gate, the speaker, as representative of
! the Board of County Commissioners,
j would see to it that the offender should
! not serve upon the roads or go to the
workhouse. (Laughter). ,
”1 am proud to say,” went on Mr.
Snow, “that our Wake county roads do
| not need the services of any of you gen
tlemen present.” (Laughter).
Mr. Snow went on to say that this
good roads movement marked the begin
ning of a new era. the upbuilding of our
State from the thraldom of mud aud
mire: it. was a renaissance of commer
cial activity. He spoke of the two great
factors in this upbuilding, education and
good roads, and closed his remarks with
the following invitation:
“As the guests of the city of Raleigh
and tlie county of Wake, yen shall have
every comfort and courtesy. The Board
o County Commissioners invites you to
visit the roads of the county, and car
riages will be furnished to as many of
you as desire to do so.”
COL MOORE’S SPEECH.
Col. W. 11. Moore, President of the Na
tional Good Roads Association, was next
introduced:
He said he Mas glad to see sc many
present, aud doubly glad to see so many
delegates from other counties of the
State. To show the interest that was be
ing manifested in this movement in North
Cirolina, the speaker said he had a tele
gram in his pocket from Senator M. C.
Butler, of South Carolina, saying that
ho would stop over here on his way to
Washington, and address the meeting.
Col. Moore then paid a hum!acme tri
bute to Governor Aycock, saying that he
was exceedingly proud to he ou a plat
form with an executive Mho was attract
ing as much attention in the: Northern
States just now as any man now before
the people, ou account of his interest In
Good Roads and Education. He spoke
ot a conversation h* had had ihe day
before with Covernor Montague, of Vir
ginia, in which Governor Montague ex
pressed a desire to see Governor Aycock’s
proclamation, saying he had noticed that
cur Governor was coupling together the
two propositions of Education and Good
Roads, and that he was going to do the
same.
“This movement,” vent on Col. Moore,
“is not spasmodic: this increment is ex
tending to the far South, to the Pacific
ctast, as far North as Puluth. 1
"The questions you will consider in
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. FrRRUARY 13. 1902.
your halls when you come to elect your
candidates will be those that touch you
and your homes, and what interest is
more vital to you than this question of
good roads?”
The speaker gave a practical ilustration
of the effect of roads upon school work.
“You are not going to have good schools
unless you have good roads,” said he.
’Tile proposition that confronts us is
how we are going to get the money for
cur roads.”
Col. Moore spoke of the history of the
present Good Roads Association. Tlit
movement started, he said, in Kansas
City, Mo., where a State convention was
held. In 1895 an Inter-State convention
was called at St. Louis, where fourteen
States were represented. Then in 1897
another Inter-State convention was
called, at which twenty-one states were
represented. Then appropriations were
asked for from Congress. In 189 S came
the Spanish War, and only SB,OuO was
appropriated. Another convention was
called in 1900 in Chicago, and there were
thirty-nine States and two Territories
represented. There was organized the
National Good Roads Association.
(At this point General Butler entered,
and was escorted to tin- platform amid
applause.)
In that convention at Chicago, Con
gress was memorialized to appropriate
$150,000 for the establishment of the Bu
reau of Read Inquiries.
In 1900, McKinley mentioned this in
his message to Congress, but only $20,-
000 was appropriated.
Then when it was seen that sufficient
HON. S. L. PATTERSON
Temporary’ and Permanent President of
The Good Hoads Convention.
money was not forthcoming, they got
permission to operate the Good Roads
Train in order to bring the matter before
ihe people. ■
Col. Moore then spoke of the amount
of space that had been given the move
ment in the great metropolitan papers,
and paid a high compliment to the press
of our city, saying, “I think that your
j papers deserve as much credit as those
in any place we have visited.” He dwelt
upon the public spirit and interest shown
ir. the editorials.
He spoke of the International Good
Reads Congress at Buffalo, and how it
was interrupted by the awful calamity
which took away President McKinley.
Brief reference Mas made to the trip
cf the train through the South, starting
in North Carol ma, at Winston-Salem,
then visiting Tennessee, Alabama, Geor
gia, and now coming back iulo North
Carolina, and the speaker said he was
glad to sec Mr. P. H. Hanes, of Win
> ton, among live delegates.
Coming to ihe purposes of the work,
Col. Moore said:
“We arc leading up to a great National
Convention in, Ihe Southern States, i
know of no place more fitting for such
a gathering than Charlottesville, because
there lie the boats ot Thomas Jefferson.
“We are going to try to build that
three miles of road back of Monticello.
We nre going to ask the Governors of
all ihe States to be present. We are
going South and ask General Wheeler or
General Gordon to come. We are goiug
to the Pacific coast and ask Perkins, of
California. We are going to Nebraska
and ask Wm. J. Bryan. - Wo are going to
ask James J. Hill, the great railroad
king, aud David R. Francis. We are go
ing to ask somebody in Boston, per
haps Richard L. Alder. We are going to
New York and ask Senator Depew or
some one else.
“We want to bring North, South, East
and West to the tomb of Jefferson, to
meet each other there on other lines
than political. We are asking the press,
the illustrated paper, to he there, to.”
Col. Moore then said he wanted this
congiY-ss,to organize a State Association.
He suggested that a road engineer or
Highway Commissioner be appointed in
order to create a system in every part
cf the State.
“Why is there a tax in some coun
ties and in others none?” he asked.
There should be a tax in every' county.
“It all ought to be on land.” said Col.
I*. G. Skinner, from the audience.
“I don’t agree to that,” said Col.
Moore. "Part of it ought to be paid by
the corporations and railroads. I say to |
you that the corporations and railroads 1
are perfectly willing to help you, and the
cities benefit as much from good roads
as the county, while the farmers are not j
always able to pay taxes for roads; aud
some corporations omq uo laud.”
Col. Skinner said that by land he meant
all real estate, whether in th# city or
country.
Col. Moore suggested as a very com
mon sense plan of raising money ihe is
suing cf 39-year bonds. Another plan
wi.iild he to call on the State for help.
Mo -sat hnsetts did this in 1892. It Mas
biiurly fought but the splendid results
are seen today. According to this plan, j
ihe Stat- paid one-third, the county one
third aud the farmers whose land abut
(Coatinued on Fifth Page.)
PATTERSON ASKS
MORE PUBLICITY
Star Chamber Methods in
Philippine Inquiry.
STRONG DENIAL BY LODGE
Accurate Reports by 1 hree Press As
sociations, He Say 8.
*"
HOUSE PASSES THE OLEOM WGARiNE BILL
Also the First Bill For the Payment of Claims
of United Slates Citizens Arising
Out of the Spanish
War,
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D- C., Fe. 12.—With the
exception of a sharp clash between Mr.
Lodge and Mr. Patterson over the ad
mission of representatives from the
press to the investigation which the
Philippine Committee is conducting
ihe discussion of the Philip
pine Tariff Bill in the Senate today was
quiet. The Colorado Senator de
sired that all newspaper men be admitt
ed to the committee hearings, declaring
that as now conducted, they were of a
star chamber character. He said his re
collection was that Mr- Lodge had suff
-1 gested that the hearings be entirely ae-*
eret. This drew the lire of the Massa
chusetts Senator, who indignantly denied
that he had suggested anything of the
kind. He insisted that the reports made
of the hearings by the three press asso
ciations were accurate and fair to both
sides ol’ the controversy,
A communication flora the Secretary
of War transmitting a memorial of the
Federal party of the Philippine Islands
in support of American rule in the is
lands called from Mr. Patterson the
statement that the federal party had
obtained its control in the Philippines
by promising to the Filipinos that they
would be admitted ultimately to State
hood in the United States.
Mr. Teller occupied the attention of
the Senate during the g’reater part of
today’s session and has not yet con
cluded his speech. , j
in response to some statements made I
during the debate of yesterday. Mr. Tel
ler asserted that the prominent com
manders' of the American army did not
agree with the conclusions reached by
the members of the Philippine Commis
sion as to their reconciliation of the peo- j
pie of Philippines. He mentioned among
others the name of General Chaffee.
Mr. Proctor (Vt.), Interrupted to say
that today he had received a letter from
General Chaffee in the course cf which
he expressed his views upon the situation
in t.he islands. The latter was dated
at Manila on December 27, 1901. General
Chaffee said;
“I may say to you that we are pro
gressing very well in stamping out the
insurrection and in the course of two or
three months we will have the situation
well in hand.”
General Chaffee /believed that In a
short time the. Filipinos would become
tired of the struggle and\they certainly
would get tired before the American army
did.
Mr. Hoar suggested there was a dif
ference between the stamping out of the
insurrection and ihe reconciling of the
Filipinos to American control.
FILIPINOS TORTURED TO DEATH.
Mr. Teller quoted newspaper aud mag
azine articles to show that cruelties and
tortures wore applied to Filipino insur
gents with a view to forcing them to re
veal the hiding places of their rifles. The
particular torture upon which the Colo
rado Senator dwelt was the water cure.
On the authority of one writer, Mr. Tel
ler sail! that of 160 Filipinos to whom the
water cure had bten applied all but 26
had died from its effects.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.), suggested that it
might be proper to charge the American
army with these cruelties. The tortures
were practiced, he thought, principally by
the Macabebe scouts (natives) and per
haps by some of the more vicious ele
ments of the army who were afforded op
portunity by the presence of the army
in the Philippines to carry into effect
their vicious instincts.
Mr. Tillman interrupted Mr. Teller to
inquire of Mr. Lodge, Chairman of the
Committee on Philippines, whether it was
true as had been charged in some news
papers, that that committee was conduct
ing its investigation of the Philippine
question in a sort of star chamber* man- I
ner, special representatives of the press
being excluded from the hearings.
Mr. Lodge replied with some vehement-*
that that was ; n idle story; that repre
sentatives of three press associations
were admitted to the investigations and
that fair reports were being sect to all
the newspapers of the country. It had
been decided by the committee not to
admit all newspaper men to the hearings !
because the committee room Mas totally ,
inadequate for the accommodation of )h. j
public.
Mr. Tillman insisted that the reports
sent out were garbled and colored.
“That is not true iu my Judgment,” ,
said Mr. Lodge. “That is simply a charge
that al! three of these great news as- ,
sociations sent cut garbled and colored
reports.”
In response to an Inquiry Mr. Lodge
said the committee had been as diligent S
as possible iu the conduct of its Inves-
I rigation and witnesses would be heard as
rapidly as was practicable.
Mr. Patterson said that when the Phil
ippine Commission had the matter of the
hearings under consideration, it was his
recollection that the chairman, (Mr.
Lodge), had suggested that no members
of the press at all be admitted to the
hearings.
"I never such a suggestion,
I never,” interjected Mr. Lodge, warmly,
“and I object to such statements as that
made by the Senator.”
“Notwithstanding,” continued Mr. Pat
terson, “I reiterate my statement.”
“I ask the Snator,” interrupted Mr.
Lodge, “if he reiterates the statement
that I suggested the press be excluded.”
“That is my recollection,” replied Mr.
Patterson.
“Well,”' protested Mr. Lodge, “I have
denied that statement that's emphatic.
Mr- Hoar raised the point of order
that committee discussions were not
proper subjects of comment in the Sen
ate, and the pont was sustained.
AGAINST STAR CHAMBER METH
ODS.
Mr- Patterson then made an argument
in support of opening the committee
j hearings in the Philippines investigation
to all tile members of the press. By such
an arrangement, he said, the country
would receive every phase and color of
the investigation. He agreed with the
complaining newspapers that the com
mittee was conducting in a sense as a
star chamber hearing.
A communication was received from
the Secretary of War transmitting to the
Senate a memorial from leaders of the
Federal party in the Philippines in sup
port of American rule in the islands.
Mr. Hoar disclaiming any desire to
precipitate a debate a tthis time, re
marked sarcastically that the memorial
was “a pretty good commentary” on the
statute of the Philippine Commission,
which prohibited the promulgation by
any society of any political opinion or
policy. He said it appeared lawful un
der the acts of the commission to make
public political opinions when three
members of the Philippine Commission
were members of the society, provided
the publication be accompanied by an
expression or “marvelous admiration”
for the commission itself
“ They tell us,” he remarked in con
clusion, that the Filipinos do not want
independence when it is made a peniten
tiary offense to express any reslr(> for
independence.
Mr. Patterson thought the Senate
ought to understand the special siguifi- j
cance of the document presented by the :
, Federal party.
I “The Federal party has met whatever
success it has achieved, he asserted, un- l
der a declaration that it stands for the |
Statehood of the islands in the American
j Union-
I "He insisted that if the Republican
leaders should say that it was not their
intention to give the Philippines State
hood, the Filipinos Mho were not advo
cating American control would desert
them as rats leaving a sinking ship.”)
( After an executive session the Senate
. adjourned.
OLEOMARGARINE BILL PASSED
Bill Passed Paying For Supplies Taken From
Loyal Citizsns During Civil War
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 12. —The House to
day passed the Oleomargarine Bill, which
has been under consideration in that
body during the last ten days. There
i Mas no division on the final passage, the
j real test of strength having been made
: upon the motion to recommit, which was
defeated by a majority of 34, the vote
standing 12 to 118. The provision to
require thd inspection and bounding of
renovated butler, which was adopted in
committee of the whole yesterday, was
retained today on aye and no -Jote.
As finally passed the bill is somewhat
modified from the form in which it was
reported from the Committee on Agricul
ture. It makes oleomargarine or imita-
I tion butter or cheese transported into any
State or Territory for use, sale or con
sumption therein subject to the laws
, of such State or Territory, notwithstand
ing that it ruay be introduced in original
packages and imposes a tax of 10 cents
per pound on oleomargarine made in imi
( j tatiou of “butter of any shade of yellow,”
; but when not made in such imitation the
tax is reduced to one-fourth of one cent
per pound. The second section is intend
j ed to prevent dealers, hotel proprietors,
restaurant and boarding house keepers
from coloring the uncolored article by
making any person who colors the product
and then furnishes it, to others
a manufacturer within the meaning of
the act. Penalties for violation of the
act are a fine of not less than S3O nor
more than S3OO, and imprisonment of not,
less than thirty days nor more than six
months.
War claims occupied the attention of
the House after the passage of the
Oleomargarine Bill, and the day was |
made notable by the passage of the first
[bill for the payments of claims of United
States citizen's arising out of the Spanish
war. It carried something over $55,000
tor the payment of 202 claims for prop
erty taken within the United States for
the use of the army. Au omnibus bill
carrying claims aggregating $2,111,352 for
stores and supplies taken from loyal
citizens during the Civil War was also;
passed. These claims were allowed
j under the provisions of the Bowman act,
and the bill was identical with oue pass
:ed by the House at the last session. Two
(other bills which have been before Con
gress for twenty-eight years to refer cer- j
| min claimus for additional compensa
tion by the builders of certain monitors
during the Civil War to the Court of
; Claims were likewise passed.
Friday is Saint Valentine's day and the
stores here have a liberal supply on
! hand. i
I- - j
TWENTY ONE ABE INJURED.
A Wreck ou the Erie Road Caused by Spread
ing Bails
(By the Associated Proas.)
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 12.—Train No. 10,
on the Erie road, leaving Cleveland at
1 p. m., for New York, was M r recked be
tween Mahoning and Phalanx, Ohio, about
forty miles from this city this afternoon.
The whole train left the tracks and ran
on for twenty car lengths, finally top
pling over in a ditch. Twenty-one-per
sons are reported injured, but no fatali
ties occurred. The train consisted of a
buffet car, two sleeper, chair car, coach,
baggage and express. The wrecked train
is one of the finest on the Erie road and
it is vestlbuled.
The cause of the wreck is said to be
spreading rails. Most of the injured
were in the coach next to the last, that
being the private car of Joseph Ram
say, president of the Wabash Railroad.
Mr. Ramsay had an emergency car with
him and he did heroic M r ork in assist
ing the injured. His car did not topple
over, but the car in front did.
TUTEN ARRESTED FOB MURDER
Charged With Killing Young Caton Near
Durham’s Creek.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C., Feb. 12.—Officers
! have arrived here with Stephen B. Tuteu,
who is held charged with the murder of
young Cal on, near Durham’s Creek.
Bargains tor Botel Nicholson.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C., Feb. 12.—8. F. Nunn,
late of the Brigg's house, Wilson, has
bargained for the Hotel Nicholson, this
city, and is expected to take charge of
it March Ist.
TRAGLDY IN A HOTEL
Conductor Salisbury Shot by
a Negro Waiter at the
Glen Rock.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 12.—Conductor J.
H. Salisbury, of the Southern railway,
| mas shot by a negro waiter at the Glen
j Koek Hotel early today. The wbunded
I man is lying in a semi-conscious eoudi- j
j tion at the Missioy Hospital.
There are conflicting stories as to the i
cause of the shooting. The head waiter {
at the Glenn Rock £ays Salisbury struck $
the negro because breakfast was not as
ordered and drew a pistol, he negro
wrenched the gun from hand
and fired four shots, only one taking
effect.
Salisbuy was removed to the hospital,
where surgeons operated for the removal
of the bail, but the attempt was aban
doned, because of grave danger to the j
patient, he bullet penetrated the abdo- j
mlnal cavity and lodged in the tissue of
the back.
His assailant. Press Dillard, came here j
one month a,vo from Spartanburg. He
was a res ted and jailed in default of one
thousand dollars hail. Captain Salisbury
is one of the best known railway men on
the Southern system, lie has a regular
run between Salisbury and Knoxville. He
is also a member of the Masonic and Elks <
lodges of Asheville.
A FULLER REPORT.
Asheville, N, C.. Feb. 12.—\t breakfast
this morning in Glen Rock Hotel, J. H.
Salisbury, conductor on the Knoxville
branch of ahe Southern railroad, was shot
and mortally wounded zjf a negro waiter.
It seems that at an early hour this
morning the Mailers had come in and
taken seats aound the stove in'the office,
contrary to ihe rules of the hotel. An
old gentleman, a guest of the hotel, Mas
standing bv the stove, there being no
seat for him. Conductor Salisbury came
in and ordered one of the negroes to get
up and give him a seat. The negro gave [
him an insolent reply and the conductor j
smote him with his open hand on the |
jaM\ knoekiug the negro from the chair. ;
The old gentleman then took the seat.
At the breakfast table Salisbury hap
pened to sit at a table. Mailed on by the j
same negro. He ordered his breakfast,
but the negro ouly MvnUto the stove aud J
sulked. Salisbury called the head j
and said: “That nigger won’t bring my j
breakfast. I slapped him just now and
I guess he is Mailing For me to slap him j
again.”
| The negro rushed up and said, “Yes;
you did strike me,” and as Salisbury rose j
fired four shots In quick succession, one j
■ taking effect in the abdomen. ■** I
Salisbury was taken to the hospital, j
where is reported to be in a dying J
condition. The negro was lodged in jail. I
Ou the preliminary trial the negro j
stated that Salisbury drew a pistol on j
him and that he wrenched It away and |
shot him. The other waiters testified j
that the negro was twelve or fifteen feet j
away when the shots were tired. This
was told me by the head waiter, who was
au eye witness! He says he did not see
the pistol, but heard the reports and saw
Salisbury fall.
The railroad men are fur/bus. A large j
crowd Is gathering around the jail, and J
it is whispered that a good rope ia'on
hand. The jail is a strong one, and it is
not believed that the crowd will be large
enough to force an entrance.
Salisbury lived at Morristown. His
mother and wife arrived at the Clen
Hock tonight, but have not been allowed \
to see him.
11. A. HAFPEU
Editor Stevens of the New Befn Jour
nal, has purchased a fine property near
Black Mountain. The estate comprising
fifty acres, will be finely improved. -
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JIM AGAINST THIS,
SAID THE EMPEROR
Germany Opposed Interven
tion by the Powers-
NOTE FROM VON HOLLEBEN
He Declared the British Ambassador
the Prime Mover.
WORKING IN THE INFERESTUF SPAIN
The Text of the Collective Telegram as Sub*
mitted by the British Ambassador For
Communication to the Great
Powers of Europe.
(By the Aaociated Press.) *
Berlin, Feb. 12. —The Official Relcsan
zeiger, this evening published the\ fol
lowing:
"Iu order to definitely clear the ques
tion, so far as it afSeets Germany in re
gard to the attitude of the powers in the
spring of 1898, relative to the idea of
intervention in the Spanish-American
conflict we publish two documents, which
follows. The first is dated Berlin, April
15, 189 S, and is addressed to the Emperor
by Count von Buelow, then Secretary of
State. Count von Buelow transmits to
the Emperor a telegram from von Holle
ben, dated Washington, as follows:
“The British Ambassador today tO'-'c
the initiative, in a very remarkable man
ner, in a new collective step of tho rep
| resentativas of the great powers here.
; We suppose the Queen Regent made rep
resentations to the Queen of England.
I The six representatives, at tho request
of the British ambassador are tele
graphing to their Governments in the
sense which follows:
“ 'ln view of the attitude of Congress,
no hope of peace oau any longer be en
tertained, and the general opinion
that the powers also would havg, no ob
jection to war. A'goiwh basflT for fresh
negotiations appears afforded by
the note of the Spanish Minister, April
10. If this view is shared by the gov
ernments it seems advisable to dispel the
i erroneous notion here that armed inter
j veution in Cuba meets with the support
|of the civilized world. (The President, in
his message of December, said it \va3
only iu that case that he desired inter
vention.) The representatives of tho
powers here think in these circumstances
that the great powers might direct the
attention of the American Government
to the Spanish note of April 10, and
might declare that Intervention did not
appear to them to be justified. This,
declaration might take the form of a
collective note from the powers to the
| representative of the United States,
“ ‘Such a document would produce a
| greater impression and the representa
tives of the powers here would not then
incur the risk of appearing only to re
peat their first step, which the President,
in liis latest message, has not even de
signed to mention. In the event of an
identical note being decided upon, it
would be advisable to publish it imme
diately iu order that the cvilzed world,
to whose authorty che appeal is made,
may be absolved from reproach in ap
proving of this attack.’
"Dr. Von Hbllenbeu’s address follows:
“ * Personally, I regard this demon
stration somewhat coldly.’
“And to,this concluding sentence of tho
Ambasador,. the Emperor appended the
following marginal note:
“ T regard it as completely futile and
purposeless and therefore preudicial. I
am agaiust this step.’
"Dr. Von Holleben also subsequently
forwarded the text of the collective tele
gram as originally submitted by the. Brit
| ish Ambasador to the other foreign rep
resentatives for communication to their
governments. The text of this docunfeat
follows:
“ ‘The attitude of Congress and the
resolution of the House of Representa
tives passed yesterday by a large ma
jority leave bu( little hope of peace, and
it is popularly believed that the warlike
measures advocated have the approval of
the great powers. The memorandum of
the Spanish Minister, delivered on Sun
day, appears to me and my colleagues to
remove all legitimate cause for war.
If that view should be shared by the
great powers the time lias arrived to»
remove the erroneous impression which
prevails that the armed Intervention of
the United Slates in Cuba commands, in *
the wods of ihe message, 'the support and
approval of the civilized world.’ It is.
suggested by tne foreign representative?*
that this might be done by a collective
expression from the great powers of tho
hope that the United States Government
will give favorable consideration to tb<\
memorandum of the Spanish Minister, of
April 10, as offering a reasonable basis
for an amicable solution, aud as remov
ing any grounds for hostile intervention,
which may have previously existed.' “
The Norfolk Peanut Market,
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 12.—Peanuts dull;
fancy 2 to 3»*; strictly prime 3c.; prime
2% to i\. Spanish 72*6.
A definite puderstanding has bean
reached by ths River and Harbor Cc
mittee that the River aud Harbor Ail!
now approaching completion shall bo
kept down to about s6o,<Mtf,ooo.