The Weather Toaay: RAIN or SNOW. The News and Observer. VOL. LI. NO. 133. Leads all Mopth Carolina Dailies in News and Circulation A MAO DOG’S BITE THREATENS LIVES Two Lads from Statesville at Pasteur Institute. THE RABIES ARE FEARED Statesville Citizens Sent the Bitten Boys to Baltimore. HAS ISSUED CALL TOR ASSISTANCE Mr. J- W. Avent From Wake County is Also at Pasteur Institute Being Treated Because Bitten by a Dog. (Special to Nows and Observer.} Baltimore, Md., Fob. 14.—There arc. two most distressing cases in the Pas. tour Institute liotv, where they are being treated for fear of hydrophobia from a dog’s bite. Tvvo boys from Stai< svillo, X. 0., have readied hero this week for treatment, and their case is considered a severe one. Air. J. W. Avent, of Raleigh, is also at the institute for treatment. Ton it at it is reported that the condi tion of the two boys is critical and that die nfl.ies are threatened. These boys are the two little soii3 of -Mr. Tim Warren and Sydney Patterson, of Statesville, X. C. They were brought here Tuesday aud they had been bitten badly in the face by a supposed rabid d«.g last Sunday. The developments to day indicate that the dog was mau and death from hylrophobia is feared, unless the boy* rally undir the treatment they are undergoing. BITUN AT STATESVILLE. Statesville, X. Feb. 14.—The two lit. tlo Patterson and Warren boys were bit ten by a sup]K>sed rabid dog on Sunday, mid with Mr. Sydney Patterson wen sent j to Baltimore on Tuesday. The cas*. is a distressing one, as the pare nts of tin* children are too poor to have borno the «xpense of the trip and the cost of treat ment at Pasteur Institute. There was needed for this S2S(T, being SIOO apiece for the boys’ treatment and fs'. for travelling expenses, but some money has been contributed and an ap peal to the citiz* ns has b°en made for •he stitn still needed, which will bt con tributed. Information from Baltimore is that the wounds made bv the dog are considered i eve re, but that ?vci y attention will b t > given them. Mr. J. W. Avent, referred to in the telegram. lives near Crabtree Creek, three and a half miles rerth of Raleigh. He was bitten Friday a week ago by a gaunt, starved looking dotr. who fought him lie reel v until Mr. Avent killed him with a slat. The dog bit Mr. Avent on the leg, but only scraped oil a small piece of the skin, 'the wcuud was cau terized by Dr. J. R. Rogers, but out of rl smdar.ee of catition Mr. Avent went to Baltimore to Pas.eur institute for treat ment in a letter o: the 12th Mr. Avent writes from Baltimore that he look the' first treatment on Wednesday of this week, and expected to bo in Baltimore three weeks longer in bis letter he stated that two small boys had reached the in stitute that day ftv.m Statesville and that they had been bitten very badly. THE CRAWFISH ACT WON’T TO Hon W E iftocre Replies to Congressman Moody’s Attack. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, X. C. Feb. 11.—Hon. W. E. Moore says of Congressman Moody’s at tack upon him anl the Demovratii par ty “Moody appears to think his actions at the party caucus al Washington should r.ot ho known or criticized by his con -1 stltuenU, but his crawfish act will not satisfy his; constituents at home.” Confirming the interview Mr. Moore ays, “I would like very much to know v hat M.ij. Moody m-saua by his attempt to magnify his efforts to prevent North Carolina from being made a province by vim reduction of its representation. Can U In- possible that ho is engaged In a , struggle with his own party to keep it; lrom converting the sovereign Slate ol- North Carolina into a province like Porto Itico and the Philippines?'’ A Haywood county Jury y aterdny gave It. if. E. Edwards 5132 damages against the Southern Railway for killing one mule and disabling another. Cullohoo Copper Company has begun mining on properties in Jackson county. SALISBURY VERY LOW. Captain .Salisbury’s mother, wife and child have arrived here, but the patient's -audition is so serious that none of bis closest relatives are permitted tc 3eo him. CBARGEB OF EXTRAVAGANCE Ciay Makes a Vigorous FroteM Against Ad ditional Employes in Ssnato (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 1 i.—A little flurry was created in the Senate today over ' •he employment since the beginning or tho session, of a score or more of extra clerks ar.d tueasengera to committee*. I The charges of extravagance made in- ! duced the reference of the whole sub- jeet of clerical employment to a commit tee for investigation and report. The matter was brought up by Mr. Clay (Ga.), who made a vigorous protest against a report from the Committee on Contingent Expenses authorizing udd?- tional employes. He pointed out that during the past thirty days more than twenty extra messengers and clerks had been employed at a salaiy of $1,440 each per year. He had been informed, he said, that nine of 'hese employes were for eoihtr fit tees that had not had a meeting in eight or ten years. The hill creating a permanent census office was under consideration for a time, but was not disposed of finally. An effort to cut down the salary of the Director of the Census was defeated. Af ter the passage of a large number of private pension hills the Senate eulogized the life and character of the late Repre sentative Brosius, of Pennsylvania. HEAVY SNOW IN THE WEST Street Car Traffic Interrupted at Asheville. The Snow Still Falling (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, X. 0,, Feb. 11. —The heaviest snowfall of the winter is now prevailing in the mountains. On tho Murphy branch -of the Southern Railway the snow is re ported eleven Inches deep. Street car traffic here is interrupted. Snow still falling TRADE EXHIBIT CALLED OFF. T \ Because the Order Granting Reduced Railroad Rates is Revoked. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, X. C., Feb. It. —The South eastern Passenger Association having re 'uked the order granting reduced rates to the Trade Exhibit, which was to have been held here next week, the affair has been called off. THE RANSOM IS PAID Delivery of Miss Stone and Companion to Our Agents Expected Hourly. (By the Associated Press.) Constantinople, Feb. 14. —4:15 p. m- I The ransom of Miss Ellen Stone and her companion, Mine. Tsilka, has been paid- The limit of time allowed for the release of the captives has not yet expired, but their delivery to the American agents is expected hourly. REPLY TO SCHLEY’S AFFEAL. . By Middle of Next Week the President May Announce His Conclusion. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Fob. 14.—One of the prin cipal subjects discussed at the Cabinet meeting today was tho reply which the President will make to the appeal of Ad miral Schley. The President has given a good deal of attention to the matter, and it is understood that lu tho course of a few clays, probably by the middle of next week, he will be ready to announce Ids i conclusion. Members of the Cabinet are extremely reticent as to what the Presi dent’s views beyond tile statement that his decision undoubtedly will clear the 1 r.tmoaphere somewhat upon many of the involved questions. ; The Pr< sklent outlined his views on the Schley case by reading the first draft of his decision. Some modifications were made in it today, and in view of the. fact that it is subject to further ami possi bly Important changes in text, members of the Cabinet back their indisposition to discuss it by the a-sertion that It s unsafe at this time to predict what its exact effect will be. It is a long docu ment, and one of its features is the clear and concise presentation of the facts re garding the Santiago light as given the President by the captains engaged in that battle who rwecently were summoned to tho White House to confer with him. The decision if couched In the President's characteristic and vigorous .tone. Mrs. Davis at Jackson (By the Associated Press ) * Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14.—Mrs- Jeffer son Davis, wife, of ex-President of the Confederacy, arrived today. She was es corted by Governor Longino and a legis- | lative committee to the Executive Man- j sion, where she will be the guest of the j State for two days, and will appear be- ; foie the General Assembly tomorrow as- > ternoon to offer for sale “Beauvoir,” the old Davis some Biloxi, for SIO,OOO to be used for a home for indigent Con- I federate veterans. Fire in McAdoo House Kitchen (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, X. €., Feb. 14.—Fire broke out in tlie kitchen at the McAdoo House shortly before four o’clock this morning, aud but for the prompt and vigorous work would have resulted disastrously. Tit firemen confined the blaze to the kitchen autl soon had it under control. Break fast was served oc time, tho fii< no* se riously interfering with the service of tho hotel. Entertained at Asheville, (By tho Associated Frees.) Ashwille. X. Feb. 14.—The Business ucu'.- League f Cincinnati «a route to ("huifizston, si. C.. were entertained here inlay as gu-sta of the Vanderbilts. The party wre taken for a drive over the j fiitmere estate. Tho visitors left this 1 ufternoiis for Charleston. » KALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 13. 1902. 10 LOYAL IY 111 THE NATIVE SOLDIERS Taft Couldn’t Trust Ihem Under Native Officers. WOULD UNDER OUR OWN An Army of 15,000 Americans May Soon be Sufficient. WHEN ALL THE PROVINCES ARE PACIFIED Under Existing Law the People Are Not at Liberty to Advocate an Independent or a Separate Form of Government. (By tho Associated Press ) Washington, D. C., Feb. 14.—Governor Taft, of the Philippines, today continued his statement before the Senate Com mittee on the Philippines, concerning the conditions in that archipelago with tho intention of discussing the degree of tranquility in the pacified province#, which, he said, included all tho province except Tabayas, Samar and Batangas. Senator Lodge asked as to the means ■ used for maintaining tranquility. The j reply Involved a review of the legal sys tem of the islands at present as under the military government, and also uucler the Spanish rule. Governor Taft said that in June of last j year the commission had passed an act organizing a system of judiciary for the entire archipelago, creating a Supreme Court of seven justices and creating fourteen districts. There is no provis ion for a Jury, nor would a jury system be feasible, because, said the witness, the people are too ignorant to Uit on. s jury. j Senator Culberson asked whether there is any part of the archipelago the control of which could be trusted to na tive troops and the witness replied that he did not think it wculd be advisable. ”1 should not like to have the responsi bility of recommending such a course,” j ho said. j Senator Burrow*: "Do you mean to ! say that the attachment of the natives J for America is so slender that it would not be safe to entrust the control of any section to native troops with native of ficers?” Governor Taft: "The presence of ana tive regiment under the control of na tive officers would, in my opinion, give rite to Importunities to the commander to lead the tribes kite, ladronism or in surrection and would therefore he un wise.” “Mo wwould it be with native troops under American officers?” | “I have not N the slightest doubt that with American officers the native troops would be entirely loyal.” j Senator Culberson questioned the wit ness as to the necessity of keeping as ■ many as 30,000 American troops in the is | lands and the latter replied th.it Captain Allen estimates that with all the prov inces pacified 15,000 American troop's would be sufficient. For himself he thought it would bo desirable to continue small detachments of troops at convenient points all over the islands for the pur pose of preventing disorder and violence and .silting as a moral restraint. Senator Lodge stated that the Secretary of War had informed him that when the present general orders are carried Into effect there will be left In the islands 1,125 offi cers and 26 234 enlisted men. Shaking of the general condition of the pacified provinces Governor Tuft 4ahl that in all those provinces the people aro , going about their usual avocations. In ! ‘me province net a hostile shot had been I fired for two years. Senator Culberson—"ls it true that un der existing law they are not at liberty j to advocate an independent or a separate j form of govt rnment ?” ”Xo, they are not.” "Are the American troop* in the islands i being used,” Senator Burrows inquired, i "to prevent the people from rising for in | dependence or to preserve order?" | "They are not used at all,” replied the J witness, "and a-.: we regard the situation i * hey are not necessary. Their presence 'for the preservation of order was ciigl nally required but is uot now the case j and they are being withdrawn and the. civil constabulary substituted.” TO PL&Y OUR UNIVERSITY The Cornell Baseball Team Will Cress Bats With Her April 5 (By the Associated Press.) Ithaca, N r . Y.. Fob. 11.—Manager J. A. Kinney, of the Cornell baseball team, to day announced tho schedule of the games ofr the y t >ar. it includes the following: April ?—damson College, at Chum on, S. C.. April 4 —Furman University at Green ville, S. C. April ,j —l nivrfrsity nf North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, X. C. total Bank Clearings. (By ihe Associated Frees.) New Vork, Feb. 14.— Total bank clear ings week ending February 13, * 1.925,- 1021,662. decrease 1.-l per cent; outside ; New York $700,550,546. increase 6.2 per I coni. "ELUHKEYISM" TO FOBEICH COUNTRIES A Target For Hot Shot From Mr. Wheeler. THE AIR GETS FEVERISH Bonttll, Grosveoor and Other Republi cans Take Him to Task. WHEELER IS ESPECIALLY SEVERE ON HAY The Disgraceful Sycophancy of the Republic's Rppresentatives to Great Britair, He Declarer, Makes Us a Laughing Stock to All Europe. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 14. —The monotony of a private pension day in the House was enlivened today by a very sensational ncnciation of what h* denominated "fiunkeylsm” to foreign countries, tries. He took the recent statements emanat ing fiom continental cabinets regarding the attitude of Great Britain during the Spanish War as a text for a wholesale attack upon the (rand of our recent dip j lomncy. In the course of his remarks Ihe severely scored Secretary Hay and declared that !f Lord Pauncefote had sought, as was alleged, to circumvent us during the war of 1898 ihc t-oouer he was shipped across the seas the better. He also took occasion to criticise the President for his reported intention to send 1)1r daughter to the coronation of King Edward and to protest against tho* official reception of Prince Henry. His speech aroused the Kouso to a high pitch of excitement and elicited from Mr. Bout el l (Ills.), a spirited defense cf j Secretary Hay whom he eulogized in high j terms. Several other members of the I Republican side took a hand and later In the afternoon Mr. Grosvenor (O.), In a twenty minute spe-c-oh took Mr. Wheeler to task for his "inopportune protest” and I rehearsed the history of tho* visit of the i 1 finite of Wales to this country in iB6O and his reception by President Buch anan. A PITIABLE SPECTACLE. Mi. Wheeler said: "Until the inauguration of the Presi dent in 1897 there never was any divis ion of sentiment upon one great question and that was the splendid isolation of the republic and its fixed determination to hold aloof from all entangling alliances with foreign powers. Less than five I years ago the most sacred trad it lona of the republic wera disregarded.* For tho first time wo witnessed a President of the United States egged on by a pitiable ' flunkey In tho Stale Department, stretch- In his arms across the water to embrace the historic enemies of the American peo ple? From that good hour until now we have made ourselves a laughing stock at every court in Europe because of our flunkevisin, and Uno disgraceful syco phancy of tho representatives of the re public at the feet of Great Britain, aud now when ii servos the purpose of some other great nation, the pitiable spectacle is presented not only to the liberty-lov ing people of the republic, but to the world that we have been hugging to our or sow. during tho last five years a na tion that has systematically and per sistently attempted to destroy the liber ties of the American people since the battle of Ycrktown. "It is being heralded abroad that in 1898 when we were seeking to strike the °hac«)es of serfdom from off the heels of Cuba, that nation was then secretly in our own capital attempting to form a coalition of the great powers of the j world to prevent that interposition. 1 have a respect for the present occupant of the White House, I frankly avow; I think he Is too honest to be palatable to the average Republican partisan. A little quixotic, ii is true, hasty-ti mport'd, full-blooded and not exactly desirable to many of our citizens; and I indulge the hope that that lingering element of Americanism will induce hint at the first opportunity tc boot out ‘.hat man in the State Department who. in my judgment, has brought us to this humiliating con dition. AID TO GREAT BRITAIN. "England, a friend of the United States? I would to God she were, but what a spectacle have we presented in order to be able to boast *ha: we have tin* friend ship of Great Britain and have become a world power. Never before in the his tory »f the republic has there been a struggle for freedom on the part of any j-eople, that representatives in this cham ber did nut hasten to-declare that we re garded with solicitude the endeavors aud efforts of a people to obtain their own liberty. For more tl.au four years we have witnessed Great Britain maintain ing military stations inside the borders of the republic. \Ve have even her agents going up and down this country enlist tug men aud buying materials of war. "Afraid of shocking the delicate sensi bilities cf Groat "Britain wanting to be a world power, wanting to inaugurate titis new system of diplomacy iu cf.urtry’ 1 want the people of the Uni ted States to understand distinctly who is responsible for the deep humilia tion and disgrace ‘Jiat hav* been brought to the American .atopic. The Republican, patty has sanetlut'd and dees sanction! the attitude not only of this, but of the previous admiulst.ratlou in its con duct of -our foreign affairs. We have swung further away from demo cratic traditions, from republican ideas und from republican principles in the last live years than In the previous hundred years. Things are now accepted as a matter of course that -would have tested the patriotism and shocked* the Intelli gence of our fore lathers beyond indur ance, all growing out of this striving to lock arms with the great European pow ers and become a world power, to foster this new idea of diplomacy, sitting quiet ly by and allowing a representative of one great -power to assemble in his resi dence In the Capital of the Republic the representatives of every other great uatiou, and make the cold-blooded and deliberate demand or request that they join with him in a determination arbi trarly and with force to prevent the American people from accomplishing what they hud determined to accomplish. It may be well enough to treat the repre sentatives of foreign powers with courtesy and consideration. I do declare that if the publication in the press is true, this man Pauncefote ought to be ordered to - take the first ship to cross the waters. We want no such man in the republic. If he comes here to represent his Gov ernment, well and good, but if he comes here to hatch conspiracies, to attempt to force Lis wishes and his ideas upon the American people, the sooner we aro rid . of him the be tter it will be. A DIG AT ROOSEVELT. "And, another thing, Mr. Chairman, I am only restrained from discussion of what 1 regard as the most unfortunate Incident by the ordinary amenities which should obtain between one gentleman and another, I allude to the fact of the op portunity seized by the chief citizen of the repubic to send a member of his family across the water for the purpose of participating In tlio coronation of a (Continued on Page Second.) TOWN JN FLAMES Twenty-Five Buildings at South Mills Swept Away By Fire. (By the Associated Press.) Elizabeth City. N. C., Fob. 14.A lamp explosion in the house of Wiley Taylor, colored, today caused a lire at South Mills, fourteen miles north of here, which swept the main business and resi dential portions of the town- The lire raged for four hours before iit was uotten under control. Thenty-flve buildings were destroyed* The loss is estimated at $40,000; insurance $15,000. There was no loss of life. Hester's Cotton Statement. (By *he Associated Press ) New Orleans, La., Feb. 14.—Secrotary Hester’s weekly cotton statement issued today shows for the fourteen days of February a decrease under lust year of 10,000 aud a decrease under the same j period year before last of 114,000. For the 107 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of jth same days last year, 353,000, apd ahead of the same days year before lust | of 043.000. The amount brought iuto sight during i the past week has been 108,439 bales against 167,975 for the same seven days last year and 222.260 year before lust. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to by 6,145,849 against 5,614,073 last year; over land across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern mills and Canada 776,356 against 865,353 last year; Interior stocks in excess of those held at I the close of the commercial year 420,949 ' against 622,352 and Southern mill-takings 917,000 against 803,522 last year. The total movement since September |l, is 8,260,154 against 7,907,600 last yoar and 7,316,732 year before last j Foreign exports for the week have been 184,533 against 90,813 last year, making th total thus far for the season 4,843,086 against 4,147,495 last year. Secretary Heater’s statement of tha world’s visible supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 4,- 454,168, against 4,451,718 last week and j 4,095,821 last. year. Os this the total of American cotton is 2,509,168 bales,> against 3,541,718 bales last week and 3,168,821 last year anil of nil other kinds including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 915.000, against 910,000 last week and 927,000 last year. Os the world’s visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Kuroi>e 2,364,000, against 1,811,000 last year; in Egypt 217,- 000, against 186,000 last year; In India 432.000, against 455,000 und in the United States 1,112,000, against 1,644,000 last year. The total takings of American mill**. North and South and Camida thus far for the season have been 2,305,410, as&inst 2,269,034 last season. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading Southern interior centres have decreased during the week 71,209 bales against a decrease during the correspond ing period last season of 25.027. Ineluding stocks left over at ports and interior towus from the last crop aud the number of bales brought iuto sight thus far for the crop the supply to dat'* is 8,619,841, against 8,030,131 for the same period last ycqr. Fire Feeds on 1,400 Bales of Cotton. (By tho Associated Press.) Jefferson. Texas, Feb. 14.—Rivee’ cot ton arehcvisc, containing 1,400 baler, of I cotton in.l 2 Hr.tcrs, burned lost night. LASS $60,000. | iIRICE FIVK CENTS. ELOQUENT ORATORS ST WAKE FOREST Greeted by a Most Brilliant Audience. SOCIETIES’ ANNIVERSARY Phi’s and Eu’s Meet in the Arena of Debate. TWO STRONG ORATIONS APPLAUDED Subject of Debate Was Resolved -That Labor Organizations in America and England Have Been More Beneficial Than Itjurious. j(Staft Correspondence.) Wake Forest, X. 0., Feb. 14. —The neg ative won in the debate this afternoon aud a groat crowd heard two excellent orations by Messrs.’ \Y. A. Dunn and A. J. Bethea. j Wake Forest College was thronged yes terday afternoon and last night. Within its halls were gathered ntuny visitors, and the ?cenp was one that inspires. The occasion was the sixty-seventh anniversary tel eh cat ion of the Fhiloma thesian and Euzelian Societies. This an nual event draws great crowds and yes terday saw even a greater attendance than usual. The debate between representatives of the two societies began at two o’clock. This was presid -.1 over by Mr. Freder ick Q. Barbee, with Mr. li. F. Stafford us secretary. The query of the debate was: "Resolved •--That Labor Organizations in America ;m-J England have been more Beneficial than Injurious.” For the Phi's the de bater on the affirmative was Mr. Delos W. Sorrell, while Mr. James Royall vas ou the affirmative for the Eu’s. The negative side of the debate was conduct ed by Mr. Oscar P. Dickinson for tho Phi's and Mr. Charles M. Beach for the Hu’s. ■ The marshals for the afternoon and ! night managed tho occasion admirably. | For the Bit's these were Messrs. James C. Little, chief; U>hn C. Cuddell, William C. ISl'cns. while the Phi society was rep resented by Tlobe.T H. Bums, chief; Ben jamin W. Parham and William E. Mid-t dleton. In the evening cane the erations. The hall was crowded and the interest was great. The Eu orator was Mr. William \lbien Dunn, the Phi being represented oy Mr. Andrew Jackson Bethea. MR. DUNN’S ORATION. Tin- subject ol Mr. Dunn’s oration waa “Backward Glances, Present Tenets and Future Possibilities." He spoke iu part as follows: j "The history of the past is behind U 3. The experience of the present Is with us. The future, that visionary and unexplored space is before us. It is not my purpose to take up the pessimistic cry of (he I calamity howlers who mistake ‘the mur * mur of their little for the great wave that echoes round the world,’ but to look with, an unprejudiced eye upon the past, th