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BARCELONA TREMBLES
WITH SHOCK OF BATTLE
i
Swarming Mobs Cut Down by the Artillery Planted
in the Plaza and Sweeping the Streets.
RUMORS OF SOI) KILLED A Jib WOUNDED
A Portion of the City Wreck
ed by Blazing Shells.
FIGHTING AT TASRASSA AND SABAOEII
Reinforcements of Troops Pouring In.
Incendiary Posters Threaten to Meet
Mausers With Dynamite. Anarchists
the Supposed Leaders in the Inc ip*
ient Revolution. Railroads Suspend
Service and Ships Leave the Harbor.
Trades Unions Declare For Strikers
(By the Associated Press.)
Barcelona, Feb. 20. —The strikers today
murdered three workmen who wished to
resume work. The proprietor of a bakery
who raised, the price of bread was also
killed.
It Is hourly becoming more apparent
that anarchists are the prime movers In
the incipient revolution. The markets
are without provisions and the strikers
arc preventing the slaughter ol animals.
Additional reinforcements cf troops are
at riving here.
A mob stormed the arsenal at Sabadell,
not far from Barcelona, and secured for
ty rifles but they were subsequently re
covered by the troops.
Fresh fighting between the troops and
rioters has occurred at Tarrassa and
Sabfldell.
.dost of the ships in the harbor have
been forced to leave without discharging
their cargoes.
inceudiary posters have appeared here
which threaten the orderly classes with
terrible reprisals, saying that dynamite
will bo used to offset the Mausers of the
troops.
The strikers are looting numerous shops
and private houses.
The best known anarchists have disap
peared and the authorities are hunting
for thorn.
The railroad officials have announced
the suspension of service on the lines
owing to the resolute attacks which the
rioters have made on the trains.
Trades unions throughout Spain have
declared their adhesion to the cause o'
the Barcelona strikers.
The foreign consuls here held a meet
ing this afternoon.
A Battle in the Streets.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 20.—A message to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from Barce
lona via Perpignan, France, says a stereo
battle has been fought between the troops
and the rioters in the suburbs of Barce
lona, known as Sano.
Before the engagement the cavalry and
Infantry had been posted in the most
cangerous points end a Acid battery had
Veen located on the plaza from which ad
vantageous point, ihe guards could sweep
the streets. When the final clash with
•he troops oecurr. d, continues the dis
patch. ;ho artillery was brought into ac
tion and raked street after street. The
rioters engaged the batteries at close
tango but were finally driven out. It is
rumcr ’i! that 500 icrsons were killed and
wounded on both e>:des The entire neigh
borhood was wrecked by the shells. The
ruins caught fire end this completed the
dest ruction.
Further fighting is reported at Mataro,
fifteen miles from Barcelona, where a
nunntity of arms have been discovered.
Fighting is also reported at Tortoea and I
Tarragona, respectively, too and 50 miles!
•outbwest, of Barcelona.
Roosevelt Names Postmasters.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20. —The President to
day scat the following nominations to the
.Senate •
Postmasters: Georgia. Mitchell G. Hall,
Cordele: F. J. Alleu, East Point; Vir
ginia, N. Clifford Nichols, Leesburg; C.
T. Hoitzman, Luray; William L. Mustard,
Pocahontas; Alabama, Frank F. Crowe,
Montevallo, Andrew J. Prince. Pratt Citv;
Florida. Ebon U. Trask, Plaut City; John
W. Garwood, Montieello; Mississippi,
nette Simpson, Pass Christian; Aaron M.
Storer. Kosciusko; Tennessee, A. M.
Hughes, Columbia.
The Bank Is Fine Bhape.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C.. Feb. 20.-—W. R.
Henry, National Bank Examiner, is hero i
looking ever the books of the First Na- j
ttonal. He reports the be.uk in good con- I
dition.
A visitor from Hyde county says the
snowfall was only two inches there and
disappeared in oue day.
Br. Ira M. Hardy, fortnerlv of Rich- )
tnond, Va., is practicing medicine here.
Parties here say that the Philadelphia
baseball league team will almost surely
practice at this place. S. T. Nicholson,
owner of the ball grounds, gave the use
of the grounds free and special hotel
rates. If they come there will be two
full teams, a Philadelphia newspaper
man and an Associated Press correspond
ent.
A WINDSIORM IN THE SOUTH.
Trees and Fences Leveled and a Carriage Fac
tory Wrecked.
(By the Associated Press.)
Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 20.—During a ter
rific windstorm here today the carnage
afetory of the Roberts Cranford Dasher
Company was wrecked- The building
feteen minutes before the employes were
due to begin their day’s work. The
loss to the company Is SIO,OOO. No fur
ther damage, than shade trees and fences
destroyed has been reported-
Boats Break Loose.
(By the Associated Press.)
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 20. —Tike windstorm
which visited Mobile last night at one
time reafehed a velocity of forty-five
miles an hour, blowing down trees and
fences and prostrating telegraph wires.
A number of boats were broken from
their moorings and were swept out into
the river but were only slightly dam
aged.
Miles of Fences Leveled.
(By the Associated Press.)
Opelika. Ala., Feb. 20- —A severe
windstorm, accompanied by heavy rain,
passed over this section last night. Many
trees were blown down and miles of
fences levelled. There was no los3 of
life.
LEE TURNER SURRENDERS-
Contention That He is a Tennesseean Should
Not be Taken to Kentucky
(By the Associated Press.)
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 20.—Lee Turner,
proprietor of the “quarterhouse” saloon
near Mlddlesboro, Ky., which was burned
last week, during the fight between offi
cers and mountaineers, in which five men
were killed, gave himself up to Marshal
Moseley at LaFayette, and was brought
to /this city today. W. A. Owens, of
Tazewell, anil Jerry Jarnigan, of Middles
toro, met them here, and as rewards
have been offered for Turner's arrest,
they at once began negotiations with
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, con
tending that Turner is a citizen of Ten
nessee. has committed no offense and
should not: be taken back to Kentucky,
where it is claimed his life would be in
danger. Turner disclaims any part in
the battle with the officers last week.
PEOF. W H- BAOBDALE.
Friends Will Advocate His Appointment to
Succeed General Toon
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensville, X. Feb. 20.—Friends of
Prof. W. H. Ragsdale, of Greenville, will
advocate his apointment as State Sup
erintendent of Education, to succeed
General Toou. Professor Ragsdale grad
uated at Wake Forest in the close of
1880, and taught school continuously for
twenty-two years. For twelve years ho
was principal of Greenville Male Acade
my, and county superintendent or Pitt
county for ten years. He was president
of the teachers assembly in 1899, and for
years has been in active touch with the
educational leaders and forces in the
State.
LITTLE CHILD HOBBIBLY BURNED
Four Year Old Daughter of Col N. Glenn Wil
liams Will Die From the Burns.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Williams, N. C., Feb. 20.—The four
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.
Glenn Williams was burned so severely
yesterday that death is sure to follow.
Her clothes caught, fire from the stove,
and before her mother could extinguish
the names the child was burned beyond
hope of recovery. Dr. D. M. Dalton was
summoned from Winston. He relieved
the child’s suffering, but said death was
certain. There is deep and tender s.vtn- '
pathy for Mr. aud Mrs. Williams. The
mother is almost heart-broken. The child
is very bright and attractive. #
ON AN INDUSTRIAL EASIS
The Conference at Tuskegee Says That Upon
This the Negro Nutt Build.
w (By the Associated Prase.)
Turltegee, Ala., Fob. 20.—The Tuskegee
negro conforence in session here, is the
largest and most successful gathering la
the history of the movement, both as re
gards the number of negro farmers here
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 21. 1902.
and prominent educators from all parts
of the South. George Foster Peabody,
the New York millionaire and philan
thropist, is also in attendance.
The conference today adopted declara
tions in which it states that ownership
and proper cultivation of the soils; free
dom from mortgaging lands; crops aud
stock raising for food supplies at home;
keeping out of the large cities, North
and South; prompt and willing payment
of all taxes; keeping out of the courts;
avoiding all forms of extravgance; kf ey
ing the young people off the streets and
from public lounging places; starting a
bank account; holding farmers institutes
and agricultural fairs, are the founda
tion and growth of the negro race. The
strengthening of the public is
also advocated.
The declaration further says:
“We must not overlook the fact that
we depend largely for our living u|>on
the cbmmon occupations that are aqout
our doors, domestic, mechanical and agri
sultural. Since, at present, especially
in the South, the ocupations are open to
us we would give careful attention to
fitting our youth for these callings. We
would advise the teaching of agriculture
in the public schools.
“In the promotion of every needed gbod
we pledge our most hearty co-opera tjion
with our white friends, North and South.”
Pennsylvaoiaus go to Charleston,
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—A number |of
Pennsylvania commissioners to the Char
leston exposition left the city today oyer
the Pennsylvania Railroad for Charles
ton where, tomorrow or Saturday, ticy
will receive the Pennsylvania building
from the contractors.
A STBRYjF MURDFR
Jones Gives the Details of the
Killing of William
Rice,
(By the Associated Press-)
New York, Feb, 20- —A very dramatic
part in the trial of Lawyer Albert T.
Patrick for the murder of the Texa3
millionaire, William Marsh Rice, was
reached this afternoon. Charles >\
Jones, the valet, had been relating th_>
circumstances leading up to the some
what sudden death of Mr. Rice in Sep
tember. Then plunging at ouce into the
details he held the attention of his audi
ence to the end of this recital.
Freed of minor points, his story fol
lows:
“In August lMtrick grew impatient.
Mr- Rice, though an invalid, was living
too long to suit the lawyer’s purposes
Patrick said he would come to the house
and kill him himself if necessary. He
suggested chloroform and Jones said he
wouM get some. The idea of chloroform
as a means was suggested by a magazine
article. It was determined on after
Jones talked with a physician, who said
a person whose heart was affected, as
was Mr. Rice’s, could be most easily
killed with it, and that little trace of
the drug would be left. Jones got a two
ounce vial of it by writing* to his brother
in Texas.”
I Jones then branched off into the al
leged plan adopted to weaken the al
ready sick man. This was by giving
him mercury and iron pills. The bills
brought on debilitating diarrhoea. Then
unwittingly a friend brought Mr. Rice
a present of bananas. Os these the oi l
man ate nine- The fruit made him ex
ceedingly ill and yet the weakening
I doses of mercury were kept up- By Sat
urday, being about the eighth day of
the last illness, Mr. Rice became deli
rious. This testimony brought the
J events up to Sunday, the day of death.
] and the witness had said that during
these ten daVu of illness he had kept
Patrick informed of the details person
ally and by' telephone.
William Marsh Rico's uiek death, de
clared the witness, was decided at a
conference between Patrick and Jones
held Saturday night. Jones had told
the lawyer of the arrival of a draft for
$25,000. Patrick told him it was time to
apply the chloroform uow that the draft
had come and Captain Baker was com
ing, or they would lose all. Jones
agreed.
Jones here told his story of the actual
killing. He made a cone out of a towel,
the small end of which was a chloro
form soaked sponge. Going into the
room where Mr. Rice lay' sleeping he
uickly covered the sleeper’s face with
the largo end of the cone. Jones rushed
out of the room- In half an hour he
came back- He removed the cone- Mr.
Rice was dead. Jones swore he tele
phoned to Patrick the words: “Mr.
Rice is very' ill,” the agreed signal be
tween the two of death. Jones’ story of
the end was concluded by the statement
that Patrick came to the house and re
moved all of Mr. Rico s papers,
A Medal Asked For Pickett
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tßy the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20. —Representative
Lamb, of Virginia, presented to the Presi
dent today a request from the Virginia
delegation in Congress that the uarne of
Captain George E. Pickett be included
m the list of persons recommended for
medals of honor for gallant and meritor
ous conduct. Captain Pickett is a pay
master in the regular army, aud was in
charge of a detail of soldiers carrying
money to pay off the troops in the
Philippines. The detail was attacked by
Filipinos, and under command of Captain
Pickett it defeated the enemy.
THE LAWS A U R
TAKEN FROM SPAIN
People Outraged by Enforc
ing Sedition Statutes
A NEW TONGUE Os POWER
Mr. Patterson ot Colorado Holds the
Senate’s Attention.
DOES TAFT MISREPRESENT FILIPINOS
Patt-.rson Dots Not Hesitate to Say He Thinks
| So. He Attacks Authority of the Philip
pine Commission to Enact
Sedition Laws.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—With the excep
' tion of a few minutes given to routine
business, the Senate today devoted its
entire session to the Philippine ques
tion.
Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, one of the
minority members of the Pkilippiua
Committee, delivered his first extended
’ Speech la the Senate and was given a
most attentive and careful hearing. He
discussed principally the sedition altvs
enacted by the Philippine Commission,
■vigoiously attacking the authority of
the commission to enact and enforce
such laws. He maintained that Con
gress alone had the power to put in
'fore, s enactments of that character. Ha
I compared information furnished by the
iexecutive, departments of the govern
jment with some statements of Governor
Tuft in his testimony before the Philip
pine Committee with respect to the
capabilities of the Philippine people and
declared with some heat his belief that
Governor Taft misrepresented the true
situation in the islands for motives un
known.
! Mr- Patterson declared that only four
of the fifteen acts of the Philippine
Commission relating to conspiracy
against the United States had any re
semblance to the statutes of the United
States- The remainder, he held, were
taken bodily from the statutes of Spain
as enacted by the Spanish Cortes. He
declared, after analyzing the enactment»,
that no greater outrage could be in
flicted upon a people than the enforce
ment of the sedition laws enacted by
the Philippine Commission- Acts more
tyrannical, more unconstitutional and
more inimical to the interest of the peo
ple, he asserted, never were enacted and
they ought to be repealed immediately
by act of Congress.
Mr. Patterson maintained that, under
the enactments of the Philippine Com
mission, any person found- distributing
the, Congressional Record containing
speeches of any member of the minor
ity upon the Philippine question, would
be liable to fine and imprisonment. He
denounced such a condition as unwar
ranted and extraordinary and without
any constitutional authority. He de
clared that the sedition laws enacted by
the Congress in 1798 were a beacon light
of liberty and independence as compared
with the laws enacted by the Philippine
Commission, fie said that Governor
Taft had explained that in instances
where the death penalty was indicted
under the law the cases had to be taken
to the Supreme Court, but in all cases
of line and imprisonment no such appeal
was permissible.
Discussing the testimony of Governor
Taft before the Philippine Commission.
Mr. Patterson said that seldom had a
j people been held up to greater con
tumely and scoru than had been applied
to the Filipinos by Judge Taft, “who
temporarily at least, is their ruler.”
Governor Taft declared, he said, that
no people in the islands were fit for jury
duty, because the body of the people was
“either corrupt or open to corruption '
The Colorado Senator was of the opinion
that Governor Taft was not frank with
j the ommittee and he believed that the
American authorities were afraid to
trust jury duty with the Filipinos iest
the right of imprisonment thereby
should be taken out of the hands of the
commission's officials- He felt that the
Filipinos had been maligned and slan
dered and he took issue with Governor
Taft and with other defamerß of the
Filipinos upon that point and quoted
documents to substantiate his position.
I In conclusion, Mr- Patterson referred
to the fact that 6,000,009 of the people
of the islauds were Christians. “But,"
said he, “they are not Protestant Chris
tians. Senators may smile,” he con
tinued, ‘‘but I have it in my mind that
{ if the 6,000,000 of Filipino Christians
} had learned their Christianity in the
isanctuaries of the Methodist, Presbyte
rian or Baptist churches and were as
well founded in the cardinal principles
of Christianity as they are today, there
would be such an uprising of the Metho
dist. Preebyteriau and Baptist denomi
nations at the cruel, unconstitutional
and relentless treatment of their people
in the Philippines that few menjbc:*3 of
the Congress supporting that policy
would face their wrath. But the Fili
pinos are not Protestant Christians.'’
Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, presented
a legal and constitutional argument iu
support of this Government’s acrion in
the Philippine archipelago and sharply
j criticised Mr. Patterson for injecting
into the controversy the question of
sectarianism.
Mr. Nelson maintained that the right
of a trial by jury was not necessarily a
constitutional right.
Mr. McCumber, of North Dakota,
urged that Congress should not bind the
future now by a declaration of a definite
policy regarding the Philippines as It
was desirable that all possible informa
tion should be in hand before a perma
nent policy was determined upon.
The Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock
tomorrow.
WORK ON THE INDIAN BILL-
Assault on the Practice of Educating Indians
iu Eastern Schools
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 29.—The House spent
the day working on the Indian Appropria
tion Bill. Forty-two of the' sixty-two
pages were disposed of. Several amend
ments were adopted, none however of
much moment. The appropriation for pre
liminary work on the reservoir for the
Gila River Valley Went out on a point of
order. Mr. Smith (Ariz.), offered an
amendment to strike out the appropria
tion for the Carlisle School anil 11 became
ihe text for a general onslaught upon
the practice of educating Indians in East
ern schools. But the amendment was
defeated.
Just before the close of the
session Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.), made an
attack upon the superintendent of the
school at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., who, he
said, was charged with permitting the
debauching of Indian girls. Mr. Sherman,
chairman of the Indian committee, prom
ised to make an investigation at the In
. 'lian Office tomorrow.
SHOT DEAfsIR BED
A Young Woman Ki led by
Her Lover Who 1 hen
Shoots Hims°if
(By the Associated Press.)
1 Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—Confined to her
bod with a badly injured ankle, the re
sult of a fall last week. Miss Gertrude
Gothie, aged 22 years, was shot dead
today by her lover, George Sutton, aged
19 years, who, with his mother, had
ccme to the young womau’s home in
West Philadelphia to pay a visit- Still
standing beside the bed, Sutton cent a
bullet into his own breast, hut his at
tempt to end his own life was defeated
by hospital physicians, who say he will
recover.
The young couple had been friends
for years, but differences in religion,
youthfulness and parental objections
prevented them from becoming married.
Today Sutton and his mother visited the
girl’s home and were shown to her room
by her mother, leaving the lovers alone.
A few minutes later several shots
were hoard. The two mothers hastened
to Miss Gertrude’s room, where they
found the girl lying dead in bed with a
bullet hole over her heart and another
through the right hand- Sutton left the
house, immediately after the shooting
and fell from exhaustion from his own
bullet wound a block from the airl a
home. He is now in the hospital.
NORRIS CUTS HIB THROAT
An Old Negro Found in the Snow Nearly
Frozen.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greenville, X. C., Feb. 20. —Redding
Norris, a white man of this county, com
mitted suicide by cutting
his throat with a knife.
An old colored man was found nearly
frozen this morning in the snow near
one of the tobacco factories. He was
carried inside the factory and placed near
the boiler to thaw out. HiS condition is
improving, but he i 3 yet unconscious.
This afternoon two boys, Lee Shelburn
and Frank Skinner, were out hunting
when Shelburn aeidentally shot Skinner
in the leg -with a small rifle. The wound
is deep but not serious.
! South’s Need of a £ub Treasury.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—The need of a
Sub-Treasury in the South was presented
to the Ways and Means Committee today
by Mayor Myers and a delegation of busi
ness men from Savannah who asked for
the establishment of such a treasury
branch at that city. It was stated that
such it branch would be of material aid
in financial dealings in the South, par-c
ticularly at the time when the cotton
crop and other Southern staples are be
ing moved.
Bill to Treat Filipinos as Cabans.
(Ev the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—Senator Bacon
today gave notice of his intention to offer
an amendment to the Philippine Tariff
Bill declaring it to be the intention of
the United States, when order lie re
stored in the Philippine Islands, to allow
the formation of a government for and |
by the Philippine people, and to guaran
tee to them the same degree of liberty
and Independence that this country has
pledged to the Cuban people.
Corsicma Oil fr ills Burned.
ißy the Associated 7-*re>»B.)
Corsicana, Texas ,Feb. 20.—The Corsi
cana Cpttoa Oil Mills, one of the largest
in tbt State, was destroyed by fire last
night icgether with six freight cars on
the Cottou Belt. Railroad tracks. The loss
is estimated at $123,000, fully covered by
insurance.
{j '< lr l IICE FIVE CENTS.
ON TO CHARLESTON
Merger of Mills and Carolina
and Northern Roads.
Conference in Raleigh Yesterday Looking lo
Connecting Raleigh With Marion, S. C.
L. l.Via Fayetteville and Lbmbjrtcn.
There is a probability of a merger o's
the Raleigh and Cape Fear Railroad, now
running from Raleigh to Fuquay Springs,
with the Carolina and Northern now run
ring from Marion, S. C., to Lumberton —
cr if not a merger, an extension of each
to form a connection.
Yesterday there was a conference here
between Mr. J. A. Mills, president of the
Raleigh and Cape Fear, and Mr. E. K.
Proctor, Jr., representing the Carolina
and Northern. None of the parties de
sired to talk for publication. It may bo
that these, roads will not merge or have
any connection, but it looks like it will
work out this way:
Mr. Mills has recently arranged to
place bond* to extend his road further
South. It it believed that he is going to
Fayetteville via Lillington, though it is
pro bib It that he has not himself yet de
termined upon the destination. One thing
Is determined on: a.Southern extension.
The Oaioiina and Northern are getting
ready to extend their road Northward,
and the Manufacturer's Record says that
tney will build north to Fayetteville and
southeast to Charleston. What 'more
natural than that they should build north
to Fayetteville as Mr. Mills builds south
to Fayetteville, making traffic arrange
ments, if there is no closer alliance? The
Carolina and Northern is also planning
to extend their road from Marion, S. C.,
to Charleston, $. C. It they do tlas, and
Mr. Mills builds to Fayetteville, there is
a direct line from Charleston to Raleigh
—a consummation to lie devoutly wished.
DIRECIS THE CASE CLOSED.
Roosevelt's Note to Long Regarding the Sch
ley Case
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—Secretary Long,
referring to th President's statement on
the appeal of Admiral Schley, said to
day:
“J have no comment to make on the
President's ruling on the appeal of Ad
miral Schley except to express my ap
preciation of its thorough, conscientious,
straightforward character. It is, of
course, gratifying that the Navy Depart
ment is sustained. The decision will be
read as no other document would be,
and I .believe will direct public opinion
and tend to close the whole matter.”
Secretary Long has received the fol
lowing personal note from the White
House, announcing the President’s action
in the case of Admiral Schley:
White House, Washington, Feb. 19, 1902.
My Dear Sir: The President requests
me to state that after a full and most
.careful consideration <jf the appeal of
Admiral Schley and of the answer ad
mitted thereto by the Navy Department
through you, he has made the enclosed
memorandum on the case, which he di
rects shall be filed terewith, and the
case treated as closed.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.
Secretary to te President.
Members of ihe Maryland delegation
in Congress were in consultation today
regarding the latest phrase of the Schley
case, but reached no conclusion as to
whether aDy move will be or can be
made.
death of a student.
Arthur Warren Harrison Dies at the Univer
sity of Spinal Meningitis.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Chapel Hill, N. C., Feb. 20.—Arthur
Warren Harrison, of Plymouth, Washing
ton county, N. C., after an illness of two
weeks, died last night in the infirmary
of spinal meningitis. Mr. Harrison was
first taken sick with pneumonia and had
practicaly recovered when meningitis set
In. Mr. Harrison war born February 7th, •
1878, living a few days over hi 3 twenty
fourth birth-day. He enterd the Univer
sity last tall and registered as an op
tional student. During these few past
mouths he made a splendid record. The
University greatly deplores liis untimely
death.
A OREAT CANAL SCHEME
Richardson s Bill to Connect the Mississippi
With St. Mary’s River in Georgia.
(13y the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—Representative
Richardson, of Alabama, today introduced
a bill for the construction of a canal
connecting the Mississippi River with the
St. Mary’s River in Georgia byway of
the land-locked waters of the coast of >
Louisiana, .Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida, and a canal from St. George’s
Sound, Fla., togt. Mary’s Riv cr , Ga.
Rayner Declines to Comment.
(By the Associated Press.)
Baltimore, Feb. 20,-lsidoi R*yn<*r,
counsel for Rear Admiral Settle \ left for
Washington this morning. He declined
to comment upon Pres'deiu Roosevtlt’a
decision in the matter of Admiral Schley’s
appeal from the fin tint.' ts th« Court of
Inquiry.
Schley Returns to Wathicgton.
(By the Associated Pres§.)
Washington, Feb. 20.—Admiral rad Mrs.
Schley returned to the city tonight from
their trip to New Ytvk city and Albany*