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*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY, t ♦ For North Carolina: ♦ | FAIR. | VOL. LII. NO. 14. Leads all North''Carolina Bailies in News and Circulation COGENT ARGUMENT By MR, SIMMONS Speaks in Opposition to the Oleomargarine Bill. NEW, FORCEFUL POINTS The Senator is Cordially Congratulat ed by His Colleagues. POU DELIVERS A SPEECH IN THE HOUSE His Address and the Addresses of Williams ar.d Slight Were Upon the Proposed In vestigation of the Southern Franchise Question. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 31.—During the en tire session of the Senate today the Oleo margarine Bill was under consideration. Three speeches were delivered, two in support of the measure and one against it. Mr. Simmons (N. C.), made an extended argument in opposition to the bill, rein forcing cogently and interestingly points heretofore made against the proposed leg islation and adding some new and force ful arguments. This was Mr. Simmons maiden speech in the Senate and he was cordially congratulated at its conclusion. Mr. Dillingham (Vt.), presented a strong argument in support of the measure in the course of which he vigorously ar raigned the manufacturers of oleomargar ine for imposing, as he said, a fraud upon the people. In supporting the pending bill, Mr. McCumber (N. D.), expressed the belief that the farmers of the country were en titled to the protection afforded by the hill. Incidentally he advocated general pure food legislation. Mr. T,r.dg<\ Chairman of the Commit tee on the Philippines, in reporting the bill temporarily to provide for the ad ministration of the affairs in the civil government of the Philippine Islands said he hoped to call up the measure for consideration at an early date. Mr. Rawlins (Utah), of the same com mittee, offered an amendment to the Phil ippine Government bill, in the nature of a substitute for it. It represents the views of the minority of the commit tee. Bills were passed providing an addi tional \circuit judge in the Seventh Judicial Circuit and to pay $2,515 to mem l»ers of the life saving crew for losses sustained by them in the Galveston hurri cane of September, 1900. The Senate then resumed consideration of the Oleomargarine Bill, and Mr. Sim mons announced he was satisfied that oleomargarine was a healthful and nu tritious article of food and he believed that the manufacturers of oleomargarine had a legal right to color the article provided the coloring matter was not deleterious to the health of the consumer. Mrs Simmons said that the enactment of the bill would destroy many oleomar garine factories and render practically valueless millions of invested capital and it also would affect seriously growers of cotton seed, manufacturers of seed oil, and the large growers of cattle and hogs. Mr. Proctor (Vt.), in charge of the bill, in response to an inquiry of Mr. Clark 1 Wyo.), said it was his purpose to accept ihe amendment offered by Mr. Harris (Kan.), placing a tax of ten cents a round upon adulterated butter and regu lating the manufacture and sale of reno vated and process butter. Mr. MitchelT (Ore.), expressed himself as favorable to the till. Mr. Dillingham insisted that oleomar garine and all other food products ought to be sold for what they actually are. Mr. Dillingham made a particularly sharp arraignment of the manufacturers of oleomargarine and butterine for the fraud, which, he said, they committed u. on the public and he cited many in stances of the practice of fraud. He said that the American oeople were get ting tired of being humbugged in their food products and were demanding the enactment of pure food legislatioff. The Senate then at 4:35. on motion of Mr. Proctor, went into executive session and in five minutes adjourned. Sundry Civil Bill Before the House. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 31.—The House to day entered upon the consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill, complet ing the general debate before the close of the session. Little of the making today was pertinent to the bill! Three speeches by Messrs. Williams (Miss.), Pou (N. C.), and Spight (Miss.), were upon the proposed investigation of the Southern franchise question. Mr. Bell ♦ Colo.), discussed the financial bills be fore the House. Mr. Payne. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, reported ihp Cuban Reciprocity Bill and gave no lice that he would call it un a week from tomorrow. Mr. Cannon, in charge of the Sundry Civil Bill, explained that the measure carried $49,323,896, being $12,455,- 542 less than the estimates and $12,572,- 012 les3 than the current law. He pointed out that last year $41,900,000 of war taxes were removed and this year $70,000,000 were to be removed, making a total re duction of revenues in two years of slll,- HOO.COO. With regard to the project for beauti fying Washington by a vast park scheme to cost ultimately $200,000,000, Mr. Can- The News andObselrver. non said the committee had recommended the policy of having the District of Co lumbia pay half of the cost and of pro ceeding no faster than the District was able to go. The pending bill carried $70,-. 000. Mr. Cannon also adverted to the schemes for completing the capitol build ing according to the original, plans with an extension on the east side and for various other improvements involving an expenditure of over $6,000,000. The com mittee, however, had postponed this ques tion of entering these improvements until Congress could see the result of the re duction of revenues. Mr. Benton (Mo.), expressed the opin ion that $250,000,000 escaped taxation in the District of Columbia. This statement led to some discussion and Mr. Klutiz (N. C.), said it was notorious that mil lionaires were coming to Washington to escape taxation. Mr. Bell (Colo.), taking advantage of the latitude allowed in debate, discussed at some length the growing influence of the Senate and the retrogression of the House as an influence in legislation. He declared that as a delibtraive body the House of Representatives had ceased to exist. It was absolutely controlled now, he said, by a few men and the great est trust in the country today was the legislative trust. Mr. Bell also severely criticised the banking bill, now pending in the House, which he said, proved that the national banks are fair weather institutions and could not stand the stress of financial storms. Mr. Spight (Miss.), and Mr. Pou (N. C.), spoke on the question of the disfranchise ment of the negro in the South. The for mer appealed to the Republicans not to disturb the era of good feeling inaugura ted by the late President McKinley, and the latter, after describing the manner (Continued on Page Five.) DR, PEACOCK RESIGNS • * His Health Failing. Mrs. Lucy Robertson to Succeed Him. (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro, N- March !>t. —Dr. \ Dred Peacock has resigned the presiden cy of Greensboro Female College, in consequence of a partial failure in health. He will be succeeded by lrs. Lucy H. Robertson, at present lady PROFESSOR DRED PEACOCK. principal of the college. The change will lake place at the end of the present term. Dr. Peacock will not sever his connection with the college, he having consented to remain as treasurer and financial manager of the institution. Dr. Peacock has been president of the college for eight years and has brought It to the forefront of female colleges. The institution was never so prosperous as at present. The new president is a woman of strength and culture. She has been in the educational work for twenty-five years and is well fitted for the duties of the new position to which she has been called. TRIED TO POISON HIB FATHER Lazy Negro's Sodgkt Thus to I scape Work. Roanoke Baptist Union (Special to News and Observer.) Scotland Neck, N. C., March 31.—A colored man named Isaac Johnson, who lives near Crowells, in this county, was poisoned by his son soms days ago and narrowly escaped death. The old man had rented some land and the boy had to do some of the work in cultivating it. He got tired of the job and thought he would get out of it by killing his father, so he put Paris green in his coffee. The old man was taken to Enfield, where the physician saved him. The Roanoke Baptist Union was hpld at Hamilton yesterday and the day be fore. A good attendance was reported by those who went from Scotland Neck. Rev. Josiah Crudup, of Washington, N. C., preached in the Baptist church here yesterday morning and evening. His sermons were much appreciated. Fight Over Suffrage Plan Certain. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., March 31.—The con vention spent most of the morning ses sion in deciding that the suffrage mat ter should.not la? considered in commit tee of the whole, but should be taken up immediately in the convention. Every effort to protract discussion over it was defeated, though it was evi dent that there will be a protracted fight over the adoption of the plan agreed upon in the suffrage conference. Chairman Daniel had not completed his explanation of the report when the con vention adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o’clock. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 1. 1902. IHE PAYNE BILL IS REPORTEDAJ LAST Twelve Voted For it and Five Against. THE CONCESSION SMALL Remains at Twenty Per Cent Despite Efforts of Democrats. ALL THEIR EFFORTS ARE VOTED DOWN Also Amendments Offered For General Tariff Revision. Two Republicans Vote Against the Measure. These Two Are Tawney and Metcalf. (F:y the Associated Press.) Washington, March 31. —The Ways and Means Committee, b ya vote of 12 to 5, today ordered a favorable report on the Payne bill for 20 per cent tariff conces sion to Cuba and Mr. Payne subse quently reported it to the House. Eight Republicans voted for the bill in the committee. Two Republicans, Tawney, of Minnesota, and Metcalf, of California, voted against it. No amendments on the reciprocity feature were made, but by general consent the United States con tract labor were included with the naturalization and exclusion 'aws us ap plicable to Cuba. A series of Demo cratic amendments for general tariff revision were defeated on strict party votes- Another series of amendments by Mr. McClellan, Democrat, of New York, changing the reciprocity rate to. 50 per cent, 40 per cent, 33 1-3 per cent and 25 jper cent were defeated successively, 2 to 13. An amendment by Mr. Tawney striking out the differential on sugar was ruled 91U by» Chairman Payne as not t’timane, and cn an appeal from the decision of the chair, the latter was sus tained 9 to 6. The final vote in detail was: Yeas—Payne, Daizell, Grosvenor, Rus sell, Steele, McCall, Long and Babcock, Repbulicar.'S; Richardson, Swanson, Mc- Clellan, Democrats—ll. Nays—Tawney and Metcalf, Republi cans; Robertson, Newlands and Cooper, Democrats —5- Although the actual vote was 11 to 5, by general consent Mr. Hopkins, who was absent, was recorded in the affirma tive, making the recorded vote 12 to 5. Today’s meeting was regarded as the culmination of the long struggle over Cuban reciprocity. The full strength of each side was present, except Mr. Hop kins, Republican, of Illinois, who was paired with Air. Swanson, of Virginia. The rst vote was a proposition by Robinson, of Louisiana, to have recipro cal relations with Cuba in immigration and naturalization procedure, so as to permit citizens to pass freely. This wa sdefeated. Another amendment by Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, that the im migration and exclusion laws referred to in the Payne bill should not bar ,United States citizens from Cuba, was similarly defeated. Mr. Gros 9 venor’.? amendment, including the contract labor laws with those of immigration, are to be adopted by Cuba, was agreed to without division and was the only amendment made. This cleared the way for the real test of strength, which was first made on Mr. Tawney’s amendment, making 0182" the general rate on sugar, i. e., taking off the differential. Chairman avne promptly ruled this out of order, as not germane, whereupon Mr. Tawney appealed from the ruling of the chair. On the vote the chair was sustained 9 to 6. Air. Metcalf voted with the other Republicans in support of the chair, making Air. Tawney the only Republican against the ruling. Chairman Payne also ruled out two other amendments by Air- Tawney, one relieving from tax alcohol made from the residue of beets, etc., and another that the Payne reciprocity rate should not begin until December 1, 1902. The Democratic members then began offering amendments. Air. McClellan’s came first, to raise the reciprocity con cession to 50 per cent. Air- Richardses was the only one to join Air. the other Democrats and all Republicans voting against the increased rate, mak ing the vote 2 to -3. Similar adverse votes w r ere given on all of the McClel lan amendments. Air. McClellan then moved to take off the limit of the Payne bill to December 1, 1902, so that reciprocity would con tine indefinitely. This was also defeated 2 to 23. Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, proposed as a now section that Cuba be iuvited to become a part of the United States. This was ruled out as not germane. Mr. Newlands then announced that he would vote against the bill- Mr. Richardson, the ranking Demo crat, offered several amendments in te hal sos his party colleagues, all of them being ruled out, and the ruling sustain ed by strict party votes. These amend ments were: First, for general tariff revision; second, for tariff reduction on American made articles sold more cheaply abroad than in this country; ihirJ, removing duties on the trust made articles; fourth, revision of the iron and steel schedule as proposed by the V..\hA cock bill; fth, for free wood pulp used to make printing paper. The final vote was then taken on re porting the Payne bill. This closed the struggle and Mr. Payne announced to his colleagues that the reciprocity bill would be called up one week from to morrow. Chairman Payne reported the bill to the House later in the day. His report explains the depressed condition of the Cuban sugar industry, due to the world s cverproductio nos sugar, and says: “This condition threatens grave dis aster to this, the principal industrial product of Cuba. It is irue that labor n Cuba is, and for the past three months has been, fully employed at fair w a ires, that there has been no famine or distress. But all the evidence re ceived points to the conclusion that the financial crisis threatened involves the most serious consequences. Mecklenburg will Hold Primaries. (Special to News and Observer.) ! Charlotte, N. C., March 31.—The Dem ocratic Executive Committee of Meck lenburg decided by vote to hold a pri mary election as provided by the last Legislature. The resignation of J. P. Caldwell as a member of the committee was presented and accepted. The Dumb Boys Defeated (Special to News and Observer.) Newton. N. C., March 31.—Catawba College defeated the deaf and dumb boys of Morganton here on Saturday by a score of 23 to 3. Batteries- Catawba, Pugh and Rome; Morganton, Crutchfield and Ramsey. OOLF TOURNAMENT OPENS Croker’s Sons Among Contestants. Negro Shot and Instantly Killed (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., March 31.—About forty golfers have entered the big golf tourna ment which opens tomorrow. The con testants areMrom the North and South. Among them are F. and I). Croker, sons of Richard Croker, of New York; Julius Seis< 1, of Charlotte, and E. I. Frost, of Salisbury. The tournament will last for eight days. Homer Walker, a negro, was shot and instantly killed here yesterday by another negro named Miller. Miller is in custody. News has been received here to the ef | feet that Robt. Ogden, the New York mil j lionaire, will stop at Asheville next month ! during his trip through the South, to see the methods of education. The party which includes eighty-three wealthy m°n, will travel in n special train. Md. Og den’s idea is to show wealthy friends what is being done in the way of education in the South with the hope that he may induce them to contribute largely to the South’s educational interes and progress. Mrs. Thomas Johnson, of this place, died in Hot Springs, Ark., yesterday after an illness of four days. Fifty dogs wore killed by police last week. Col. Averill is here from Charleston in the interest of North Carolina’s week. Mrs. Richard Croker and Miss Croker are in the city. THE FLOOD2IS SUBSIDING- And Tennessee Industries Halted by the Bains Have Resumed Operations (B the Associated Press.) Chattanooga, Tenn.. March 31. —The Tennessee River is still risying, but the fall is expected to begin tomorrow. All tributaries above are falling. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad is still blocked by wash outs between Murfreesboro and Tulla homa. All other railroads have resumed regular schedules. Tesla mines, near Petros, are closed until the damage done by the flood can be repaired. The Petros bridge of the Harriman and Northeastern Railroad and another bridge below here were lost. The flood did about SIOO,OOO damage in Morgan county exclusive of that at Petros. At Wolk Creek a stranger named Brown, whose Christian name cannot be learned, was drowned Friday morning. The body was recovered and buried Sunday. At Harriman the flood in the river has subsided and six of the twelve industries that were invaded by the high water re sumed operations today. The aggregate damage is now placed at $75,000. All the homeless families have been provided for. The Harriman and Northeastern Rail road lest its bridge and is negotiating with the Southern Railroad to come into the city over the Southern’s tracks. Thirteen houses were washed away at Oakdale and other points. Thirty-five families at Oakdale are destitute and twenty-five other families arc in need of assistance. SPECIAL WEATHER FORECAST Storm Warnings For the Atlantic Coast and Frost Warnings For the South (Special to News and Observer.) WASHINGTON, I). C., MARCH 31. STORM WARNINGS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM HAT TER AS TO EASTPORT AND FROST WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. INCLUDING EXTREME NORTH FLORIDA. CASTER HELD ON SUSPICION. Supposed to be Implicated in the Murder of Mr. Kit Lawßon. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C., March 31.—A white man named Carter, is being held on suspicion j by Duplin county authorities as being im- , plicated in the murder of Kit Lawson, a; prominent citizen of Smith’s township, 1 that county. Lawson was murdered one • night last week, being shot from the dark Mgh a window while sitting con- ! ig with a gentleman in his home. [ GOVERNMENT FOR THE PHILIPPINES A Favorable Report on the Bill Ordered. THE SUBS!ITUTE KILLED The Weapon a Strict Party Vote by the Republicans. THE BILL PROVIDES FOR A CENSUS It Also Extends the Commission’s Authority. The Coinage Law Provides For a Sil ver Dollar That Shall be Legal Tender There. (Tty the Associated Press.) Washington. March Sl.—The Senate Committee on the Philippines today completed consideration of the bill pre scribing a torn) of government for the Philippine Islands and authorised Sena tor Ledge to report it to the Senate af ter voting down the Democratic substi tute by a party vote. The amendment providing for census of the population of the islands is as follows: “That whenever the existing insur rection in the Philippine Islands shall have ceased and a condition of general and complete peace shall have been es tablished therein and the fact shall be certified to the President by the Phil ippine Commission, the President upon being satisfied thereof shall order a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken, such census in its enquiries re lating to the population shall take and make so far as practicable full retort for all the inhabitants, of name, age, sex, race or trite, whether native or fereign born, literacy in Spanish, na tive dialect or language, or T. English, school attendance and ownership of homes and such information separately for each island, each province and mu nicipality. or other civil division, need ful to inform the resident and Congress concerning the capacity, fitness and readiness of all tie people of the Phil ippine Islands and of particular islands, provinces and municipalities and other civil divisions, for the establishment and maintenance in the Philippine is lands or certain cf them of a permanent popular representative government.” After the completion of the census the Philippine Commission is required to report fully to the President and to Congress their ‘‘recommendations based on such census and upon the operation of the local government provided for, whether or not all or certain of the Phil ippine Islands are capable, nt and ready tor the establishment of a permanent, popular representative government.” Ihe Philippine Commission is con tinued in effect and there is nc. further hint than that above quoted of a pos sible clian?o- The following provision is made for the extension of the commis sion’s authority: “That the Philippine Commission meantime are hereby au thorised and directed i ntheir discre tion to continue to establish additional municipal and provincial governments in the Philippine Islands with popular representative government so far and so fast as communities in such civil di visions are capable, fit and ready for the same, the qualification of electors in elections in municipalities and prov inces to be the same as now' provided by law for electors in municipal elections: and said Philippine Comnsission when* ever they find other male inhabitants of lawful ag° in such municipalities and provinces capable, fit and ready for such extension shall include Ihe same among the electors, with the purpose of gradu ally extending to municipalities and provinces permanent, popular lcpro sentative government.” After authorizing the Philippine Gov ernment to establish a mint at Manila and extending the coinage lav s of the United States so far as applicable to the islands the following is inserted as a section: That the said Phillippine Government is authorized to coin a silver dollar which shall contain four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver, and the stand ard of said silver coins shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy, and the allov shall be of copper. And upon the said silver dollar there shall be devices and inscrip tions to be prescribed by the Government of the Philippine Islands with the appro val of the Secretary of War of the Uni ted States, which devices and inscriptions shall express or symbolize the sover eignty of the. United States and that it is a coin of the Philippine Islands, together with the denomination of the coin ex pressed in English, Filipino and Chinese characters and the date of its coinage. "That any owner cf silver bullion may deposit llie same at the mint in the Phil ippine Islands, to be coined as herein before provided. Silver bullion brought to the mint of the Philippine Islands for coinage shall be received and coined by the proper officers for the benefit of the depositor: provided, that it shall be law ful to refuse at the mint any deposit of less than one hundred dollars and also any bullion so base a= to be unsuitable for the operations of the mint; ar.d pro vided also, that when gold is combined with said bullion in such small propor tion that it cannot be separated advan- - tageously no allowance shall be made sot such gold to the depositor.” The silver dollar is made a legal ten der in the Philippines. There is a furth er requirement that the depositor or bul lion to be coined shall to pay one cent for each piece coined. Author ity is given for the coin at San Fran cisco at the request of the Philippine Government, of the silver dollars author ized by the act, but it is required that the silver coined at the San Francisco mint shall have been produced in the United States. * | Silver certificates of not less than $lO in denomination are authorized. # Authority also is given for the coinage of a subsidiary Philippine coinage con sisting of half dollars and of twenty cent and ten cent pieces. This coinage is to be conducted under the authority of the Philippine Government with the approval of the Secretary of War or the United States and there is a provision that the dollars and subsidiary coins issued un der Spanish authority may be recoined into subsidiary coins by the Philippine Government without consulting the Sec retary of War. Minor coins of one half cent and of one cent in copper and of five cehts in nickel are also authorized. ‘Provision is made for the mintage of the subsidiary coinage at any mint in the United States. Existing provisions in force in the islands making any form of money legal tender are repealed after December .‘list, 1905. Twin City Club Gives aßeceptioD. (Special to News and Observer.) Winston-Salem. N. C., March 31.—The Twin City Clubs Easter reception to night was a most delightful social event. It was one of the most successful ever given by the club. LEHIGH IS NOT IN II North Carolinians Defeat Her by Score of Fourteen to Five. (Special to New and Observer.) Winston-Salem, N. C., March 31.—The North Carolina University team de feated Lehigh here this afternoon in baseball, the score being 14 to 5. A large crowd witnessed the contest, facing a cold northwest wind, which was de cidedly disagreeable to players and spec tators. North Carolina made two runs in the first inning, two in the third, one in the fourth, three in the sixth, three in the eighth and three in the ninth. Lehigh scored one in the fourth inning, twm in the fifth and two in the seventh. Batteries: North Carolina, McDonald and Council: Lehigh, Taylor and Lilley. Umpire, Capt. Judgins. The two teams play at Chapel Hill to morrow. Business Men’s Social Club. (Special to News and Observer.) Henderson, N. C., March 31.—A Busi ness Men’s Social Club has just been or ganized here. It was chartered as The Roanoke Club. The officers are: Presi dent, Mr. Henry Macy; Vice-President, Mr. Robert Lassiter; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Henry T. Powell. Board of Governors—Messrs. W. A. Hunt, Samuel Watkins, Jas. H. Brodie, W. L. Parker and L. L. Parham. Fifty names have already been en rolled and a large amount subscribed to ward the building. A movement is on foot to organize an Aerie of Eagles, a fraternal, beneficial and social order in Henderson and a dis pensation has been issued for that ob ject. At a meeting held after the morning service Sunday in the Presbyterian church, a call was extended to Rev. James A. Henderlite to succeed Rev. A. Shaw as pastor. Prominent Citizen Bead, (Special to the News and Observer.) Statesville, N. C\, March 31.—Mr. W. P. Turner, a prominent citizen of States ville, died at his home here yesterday of dropsy. He was about 57 years old and has long been a leading business man of Statesville. Hotel Iredell is undergoing repairs and the Statesville Inn is to receive lai ge additions soon, which will greatly increase the capacity of these two popu lar houses. Messrs. Powell and Arm field are men who make things move. Bank of Selma Opens Today. (Special to News and Observer.) Selma, N. C., March 31.—The Bank of Selma, will open its doors for business tomorrow morning, April Ist, temporarily doing business in the Selma Manufactur ing Company’s store until the new bank building is completed/ which will only be a few weeks, all the brick work be ing already done. Easter is being fittingly observed here, the most of the school students are at tending a picnic a few miles out of town. A Sad Heme Going. (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point. N. C., March 31—Mr. Knight, cashier at the depot here, was taken to his home at Farmsville, Va. He has consumption and the hemorrhages he has had the past few days made l.lm so weak that he was helpless. His wife and children accompanied hint home. While here they boarded with Mrs. J. Ingram. He was well liked here. v i ♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ >♦♦♦♦»♦+» ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY ♦ ♦ For Raloigh: | Fair; Colder. | ♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ PRICE FIVE CENTS FEARFUL EXPLOSION IN MINI Fourteen Dead Bodies Re covered Two Miners Fatally Injured. Ten Missing. (By the Associated Press.) CHATTANOOGA, TENN., MARCH 31. AN EXPLOSION OF GAS GENERATED BY COAL DUST OCCURRED IN THE NELSON MINE OF THE DAYTON COAL AND IRON COMPANY AT DAYTON, TENN., TO-DAY. FOURTEEN DEAD BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED, TWO MINERS ARE FATALLY INJURED, TEN MISSING. SEVENTY-FIVE MEN WERE IN THE MINE. WILCOX’S CABE GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT IN AUGUST There Will Probably b 9 Affidavits Presented Telling of the Demonstration While Mr. Aydlett Was Speaking. (Special to News and Observer.) Suffolk, Va., March 31.—Jim Wilcox’s fate will be with North Carolina’s five Supren e Court judges about August. The defense lawyers will present an able plea to save the young man’s life. Aside from exceptions taken during the trial there will probably be presented affidavits tell ing of the demonstration on the part of citizens while Lawyer Aydlett was mak ing the final speech. Though many persons at a distance can not understand how conviction was had on the evidence presented, most Eliza beth City citizens thiuk it was a righteous verdict. District Attorney Ward, who led the prosecution so ably, said today in part: “Notice of the appeal has been served on me and the case will probably be heard in the Supreme Court August next. I am of the opinion Wilcox cannot get a new trial in the Supreme court. However, no one can tell about that.” Public sentiment has not changed any as to the verdict and guilt of Wilcox. Hester’s Cotton Statement. (By the Associated Press.) New Orleans, La., March 31.—Secretary Hester’s statement of the world’s visible supply of cotton shows the toal visible to be 4,208,228 bales, against 4,315,151 last week and 3,988,420 last year. Os this the toal of American cotton is 3,013,228 bales, against 3,197,151 bales last week and 2,950,420 bales last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 1,105,000, against 1,118,000 and 1,038,000. Os the world’s visible supply there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 2,239,000 bales, against 1,891,000 bales last year; in Egypt 231,000 bale®, against 184,000 Ist year; in India 602,000 bales, against 538,000, and in the United States 1,130,000 bales against 1.375,000. Secretary Hester’s weekly statement shows a decrease in the movement or cotton into sight for the 28 days of March of 11,000, an increase over the same period year befo're last of 45,000. The movement since September Ist shows receipts at all United States ports 6,896,278 bales, against 6,370,602 bales last year; overland across the Mississip pi. Ohio and Potomaq Rivers to Northern mills and Canada 942,573 bales, against 940,763; interior stocks in excess of those hedd at the close of the commer cial year 967,696 bales, against 511,952; Southern mill takings 1,135,000 bales, against 995,759. The total movement for the 209 days trom September Ist to date is 9,241,547 bales, against 8,819,076 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 92,667, against 133,110 bales last year, making the total thus far for the season 5,557,178 bales, against 4,935,965 last year, an increase of 622.213. Stocks at the Seaboard and the twenty nine leading Southern interior centres have decreased during the week 49,651! bales, against a decrease during the cor responding period last season of 72.443 and are now 248,860 smaller than at this date in 1901. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thtus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 9,601,234 bales, against 8,941,610 for the same period last year. Baseball Yesterday. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Vu., March 31.—The game of baseball between the University of Penn sylvania and Richmond College teams re sulted as follows: Richmond College ..0 0010001 I—3 7 2 Pennsylvania 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 x—B 8 6 Bateries: White and Kerfoot; Delvin, Marshall and Kaufman and Corriss. The game was played in a high wind. At Durham, N. C. —Davidson, 6; Trin ity, 2. Charlottesville, Va., March 31.—Univer sity of Virginia, 2; Yale,, 2. Ten inning game. Washington, March 31.—Georgetown, 6; Princeton, 6. At Atlanta, Ga.—Hobart College 8; Georgia School College of Technology, 4. Guilford Defeats Madison (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., March 31.—Guilford College defeated Madison High School on the grounds of the former in an xcitlng game of ball this afternoon, the score standing 7 to 4. The features of the game were Lambeth’s batting, the bat tery work of Walters, and Tucker's all round playijft on second base.
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