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The News and Observer.
VOL. LII. NO. 31.
Leads allWoFth Carolina Dailies in News and GLi's' s
A CONSOLIDATION OF
TRANS-ATLANTIC
LIMES
Morgan Consummates a Plan
For This Titanic
Combine,
THE SCHEME ISOUTLINED
The United States Will Dominate the
Merchant Marine of the
World.
GEORGE W, PERKINS TALKS OF THE PLAN
The Capitalization of Company Will be Some
where in the Neighborhood of $150,-
000,000. There Will be an
American Holding Co,
(By the 'Associated Press.)
New York, April 19. —J. P. Morgan, who
is now abroad, has practically consum
mated a plan to combine all the leading
Trans-Atlantic steamship lines. Lon
don dispatches to the Associated Press
announcing the combination were today
confirmed at the Morgan Banking house.
The companies to be consolidated will,
it is understood, include the American
and Red Star Lines, White Star Line,
Dominion Line, Atlantic Transport Line
and the Leyland Line. The two last
named lines have been under Morgan's
control for some time. Probable addi
tions to this list are the Cunard, Wibon
and Holland-American Companies, and
it is understood that a "working agree
ment” will be reached with the other
leading trans-Atlantic Companies, in
cluding the North German Lloyd, Ham
burg-American, General Trans-Atlantic
(Fionch) and Allan and Anchor Lines.
Mr. Morgan has given the matter much
of his time since his arrival on the
other side. In this country the more Im
portant have been in the hands
of Clement A. Griscom, of the American
Line, while Charles Steele, Mr. Morgan’s
partner, in this city has had charge of
the legal preliminaries.
It is yet too early to give the exact
scope of the scheme, but as now outlined
there will be an American holding com
pany into which all the steamship com
panies, which propose to enter the com
pany, to put their stock holdings—"pool
their issues"—in exactly the same way
that (he various concerns that is em
braced in the United States Steel Cor
poration, threw in their holdings, re
ceiving in return stock of the main or
parent company.
Just what the capitalization of the
company will be is not yet known, but it
is not likely to be well in excess of
$150,000,000. This phase of the project
will depend entirely upon the number of
steamship companies taken into the com
bination.
One of the most interesting features
of the plan deals with the subsidy ques
tion. The White Star and Cunard
Lines receive liberal subsidies from the
British Government. These subsidies
would be withheld or abrogated if the
£hips of the lines changed their flag
from theirs to American. Because of
this the ships of the White Star, Cunard
and the Lng:ish subsidized companies
will doubtless continue nominally under
British control.
George W. Perkins, of J. Pierpont Mor
gan & Company, is authority for the
statement that American interests will
dominate the proposed amalgation and
declares that the result will prove not
only a great triumph for Mr. Morgan,
hut will make the United States the
real rulers of the merchant marine of
the world. Mr. Perkins also says that
the plan will be of greatest benefit to
importers and exporters, as well as to
the great railroad interests of this coun
try. Its effect will be felt by shippers
from Maine to California, Mr. Perkins
says, and will also result in a better
understanding between the commercial
interests of this country and Germany.
"It is true," he said, "that Mr. Morgan
will act as syndicate manager in this
combination, just as he brought together
and welded the various interests in the
l nited States Steel Corporation. 'Phis
financial details have been completed to
the extent that all the cash necessary
for the deal has been subscribed. It is
too soon to speak about the directorate,
but let it be borne in mind that control
trol of the company will be held here.”
It is taken as a matter of course, that
the interests now prominent in the vari
ous steamship lines will be taken into
the consolidated directory.
Banking interests identified with the
proposed underwriting syndicate, said
today that the new company would have
a New Jersey charter. They thought
that no very great amount of cash con
tributions would be required from the
underwriting syndicate, but were re
ticent as to how far the owners of the
underlying companies had the option to
take new stock or cash. The Rothschilds
they added, were to be among the under
writers.
Death of Capt. Whiteisides.
(Py the Associated Press ) j
New Orleans, April 19.—A private |
telegram from New York announces the
death of Capt. Samuel .T. Whitesides, a
well known capitalist of Savannah, Ga.,
who had large interests in New Orleans,
Alabama and Georgia. He was 11 years
of age and served in the Confederate
army.
TAB HEELS AND SWEET FOTATOEB
North Carolina Leads in the Production of the
Saicharine Boots.
(P.y the Associated Press )
Washington, April 19.—The Census of
fice has issued a report showing that in
3{.95# Ihc total number of farms reporting
Irish potatoes was 2,856,204 with 2,938,-
952 acres and a product of 273,328.307
bushels, valued at $98,387,614.
The total number of farms reporting
sweet potatoes was 1,001,877, with 537,-
447 acres and a product of 42.526,696 bush
els, valued at $19,876,200. The largest
yield was in North Carolina, which had
68,730 acres and a product of 5.781,587
bushels, valued at $2,119,956; Georgia
follows with 70,620 acres and a product
ol' $5,087,671 bushels, valued at $2,354,-
290. The other principal States are Vir
ginia, with 40,681 acres and a product of
4,470,602 bushels, valued at $1,<20.188;
Alabama with 50,865 acres and a product
of 3,457.386 bushels, valued at $1,687,039;
South Carolina with 48,831 acres and a
product of 3,369,957 bushels valued at
$1,538,205; Texas with 43,561 acres and
a product of 3,299,135 bushels, valued at
$1,689,015.
The total number of farms reporting
onions was 244370 with 47,983 acres and
a product of 11,791,121 bushels, valued at
$6,637,625.
Farms reporting vegetables other than
potatoes and onions numbered 3,515,470,
i having 2,115,545 acres and a valuation of
the product of $113,883,553-
POU’S BILL IS PASSED
Believing the A Sc M. College From Payment
For Arms Lost in Fire.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, D. C., April 19.—The
House today passed Representative Pou's
bill to relieve the A. and M. College of
the payment of $937 to the government
on account of the loss of arms belong
ing to the government in the recent fire
at that institution.
Judge Connor, of Wilson, stopped here
today on his way to Baltimore, as did
Hon. C. M. Busbee and wife on their
way home from New York.
OGDENS TO MEET DUKE-
They Wish to Confer With Him About the
Tobacco War
(By the Associated Press.)
London, April 19.—Thomas and W- B.
Ogden, of Ogden, Limited, agents of
the American Tobacco Company, are
passengers on the Cunard Line steamer
Umbria, which sailed from Liverpool
today for New York. The Messrs. Og
den said they were going to meet J. B.
Duke, president of the American To
bacco Company, in connection with the
tobat co war here.
FBEE WILL CHURCH BURNED
Heroic Efforts Save the Town of Dunn From
Destruction.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Dunn, N. C , April 19.—The Free Will
Baptist Church, with the Masonic f-lall
in the second story, here was entirely
destroyed by fire today, caused by a de
fective flue There is no insurance.
The most heroic efforts saved the town
frem destruction.
Col. Pope to be Court Martialed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 19—A general
court martial held by. Col. Pope, U. S. M.
C., has been ordered to Convene at the
Pensacola Navy Yard on the 22nd in
stant for the trial of Capt. Bertram S.
Neumann, of the marine corps, for al
leged irregularities in financial matters,
including reported failure to pay his
debts. The charges have been before
the Navy Department for more than a
year. Capt. Neumann has been de
tached from duty at the Norfolk Navy
Yard and ordered to Pensacola for trial.
Whitney the Editor Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 19.—Word has been
leeched here of the death in St. Au
gustine, Fla., of J. F. W. Whitney, '••di
tor and journalist. Mr. Whitney was
S 3 Sears of age and was born in Dorches
ter, Mass. He was one of the founders
of the Boston Herald and founded and
edited the New York Commercial
Pathfinder. He removed to Florida
many years asro.
Denied a New Trial.
(By the Associated Press )
Norfolk, Va„ April 19.-J. w. Jenkins
convicted of obstructing the streets and
attempting to wreck a car of the Nor
folk Railway and Light Company during
the recent strike, and who was given
two years in the penitentiary, was to
day denied a new trial. The will
be carried to the Court of Appeals. Jen
kins is now in jail.
Elks Will Build $25,000 Auditorium.
(.Special to the News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., April 19.—The
h,st shiire of stock was taken tonight
for a $25,000 auditorium to be erected
bore under the auspices of the Winston
Elk lodge. Besides an opera house, the
Elks will have a home in the building.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 20. 1902.
THE VIRGINIANS
BUT TO VICTORY
Carolinians Again Lower the
Blue and White.
AN IMMENSE CROWD OUT
For Five Innings Carolina Led the
Running.
THEN BEGAN A SEE-SAW GAME
Darkness Closed This in the Fighth Inning
With the Score Nine to Seven in
Favor of the University
of Virginia.
Carolina met a second defeat yester
day afternoon when met by Virginia in
Raleigh-
The teams from the two State Univer
sities struggled for supremacy for two
and a half hours and darkness came
with the gold and navy of Virginia flut
tering in triumph.
The score stood nine for Virginia and
seven for Carolina, the game being
ealkd on account of approaching dark
ness at the end of Carolina’s half, it
being recognized that further play was
impossible.
A great crowd witnessed the contest
and it was a brilliant scene at the ball
grounds. The blue and white of the
University of North Carolina predomi
nated, though Virginia’s gold and navy
was in evidence. The ladies were out
in large numbers, and the students from
the female colleges added beauty to the
scene, their many hueel dresses, bright
faces and waving ribbons making a
pictures fair to look upon. The crowd 1
has been estimated at from fifteen hun
dred to two thousand, and in this were
bin delegations from adjoining towns.
Chapel Hill alone sending about 250
rcople-
No game has had more handsome en
couragement. The ladies, the girls, the
boys, the men, a majority of them, were
adorned with badges and ribbons, while
banners, parasols and streamers dis
played the rival colors. A number of
traps and carriages were decorated in
the Carolina colors.
There was one great mairing feature
of the game, and that was the crowd
that would press over the lines, without
the least regard for the ladies and the
occupants of the seats. The manage
ment of this feature of the Kamo was ex
tremely bad, as many people had no
chance to see the game, the ladies suf
fering especially.
As a result of this free scramble and
the use of megaphones * there was a
sharp encounter between two belligerent
visitors, and their faces were smeared
with blood- In the scramble of over
two hundred people about them several
blc-ws Were exchanged, the crowding on
th ball ground in the seventh inning de
laying the playing. It was not a pleas
ant sight.
The game began at twenty minutes
past four instead of 3:30.. as the bags
for the bases had been left in the city.
The game was a slow one and lacked
ginger to it Carolina led for five in
nings, with no specially exciting inci
dents. but the interest grew as Virginia
steadily advanced, overtook, fell back
and finally triumphed. After the fifth
inning the excitement was intense, and
the crowd pushed forward in its eager
ness.
M ith Carr at the bat Carolina began
the gam c and he went to first on balls,
amidst, cheers- Graham singled in left
and both men advanced on Donnelly’s
sacrifice. Holt, hit by the ball, fill'd
the bases. Sm at hers drove the ball to
third, but Mason fumbled, and Carr
scored, while Smathers reached first.
With the bases still full Cheshire fanned
but Cocke took his base on balls, let
ting Graham walk home, Wilcox
fanned and retired the side.
Virginia did nothing in its half, only
three men getting to bat. Carolina, in
its second, scored two runs again- Wil
cox fanned, and Carr did the same, nut
reached second a* the catcher dropped
the ball and threw wild over first. Gra
ham reached first on Connell’s error, and
Donnelly, on Pitcher Craeraft’s fmble,
reached first, while Carr scored. On a
v,'lid pitch Graham c.-yne home and Holt
was presented with a walk to first and
stole second. Smathers flew to rhor.t
and Cheshire went out, Copnell to Yar
borough.
Virginia (scored once in its second.
Walker singled, Connell went out from
Cocke to Wilcox on first, while Walker
went to third, scoring as Tate Mason
retired from Holt to Wilcox again cov
ering first. Yarboro went out, pitcher
to first. In the third inning Carolina
die! nothing and repeated this in the
fourth and fifth. In the third Virginia
received a goose egg, but scored in the
fourth. \\ alker had three strikes called
on him, Cor.nett walked, Tate Mason
fltw to left field. Connett stole second.
John Mason hit to third and Connett
scored. Yarborough retired the side,
from Smathers to Holt.
In the fifth Virginia took another
score- Cracraft flew to centra. Pollard
was hit by t’rb' ball and Dole second,
while Cocke flew to Carr. Nalle reached
first on Smather 8 fumble, while PulJard
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scored, but Nalle was caught trying to
steel second. Wilcox to Cocke.
Carolina began its sixth with Wilcox,
J., up. The ball beat him to first, but
Yarborough let it get p in the air and
he was safe. Carr flew out to first and
Graham did the same in right field-
Donnelly singled in left and liolt fol
lowed with a hit. in the same pasture,
letting dn Wilcox. Smathers dropped a
flay back of short, bt Connett did
pretty work and caught it.
Then came the fireworks, for Virginia
took three runs in its half. Cheshire
dropped Walker’s fly and the big fellow
went to third. Connett never saw first
and late Mason fanned. John Mfison
lifted a three bagger over centre and
Walker scored- The ball hit Yarbor
ough and Cracraft, the pitcher, did the
unexpected. He lifted th e ball over in
centre and the two men on liases
scored on the throw home, the pitcher
stopping the bail on its way to the
catcher. Pollard went to first on the
pitchers’ error and Cocke went ot from
second to first.
In its half of the seventh Carolina
made a 3purt and gained the lead agaafn
by scoring two runs, but Virginia turned
the tables in its half by making it
three, th P score being now nine against
seven in its favor.
Darkness was coming on and Carolina
began the eighth, but it did no good, as
it was three up and thro down. The
agony was over, as there was no chance
to play the ninth.
The cheers that came were not so
led as if Carolina had won, but there
were cheers for Virginia, the victors
once a"a in.
THE TABULATED SCORE
VIRGINIA. AB. R. H. A. PO. E.
Pollard, c. f 3 1 0 2 0 0
Cocke, r. f 4 0 1 2 0 0
Nalle, 2b 4 0 0 3 2 1
Walker, 1. f 3 3 1 3 0 0
Connett, s. s 3 2 I 2 4 1
Mason-Tate, 3b. ..4 0 0 0 0 1
Mason, Jno., c 4 2 3 2 11
Yarborough, lb 3 11 9 0 1
Cracraft., p 4 0 11 l l
Total 32 9 8 24 8 9
CAROLINA. ABl R. H. A, PO* E.
Carr, s. s 5 2 1 2 3 1
Graham, c. f 5* 2 2 1 0 0
Donnelly, 1. f 5 o 1 0 0 1
Holt, lb 2 0 1 9 0 0
,‘jfmothers, 3b 5 0 0 1 2 1
Cheshire, r. f. .. .. 4 1 0 0 0 1
Cocke, 2b 4 11 3 2 1
Wilcox, G., c 3 0 0 3 1 0
Wilcox, J., p 4 1 0 2 3 1
Total 37 7 6 *2O 11 6
♦Cracraft out for Yarborough’s inter
ference.
Summary. R. H. E.
Virginia 0101 1 3 3 x—9 8 9
Carolina.. 220001 2 o—7 6 6
Present From Chapel Hill.
Among those present from the Univer
sity were:
Faculty Mr. E. K. Graham, Dr. Archi
bald Henderson, Prof. Howell and Prof.
Banard
Stuelents: R. S. Stewart, R. R. Wil
liams, A. Kerley, Graham Andrews. Gas
ton Galloway, Walter Wood, Himes, Dis
soway, Barnes, Benj. Bell, R. S. Hutchin
son, Fisher, DeLaney, Herring, Scott,
Jonas, Cheshire, Orr, Lassiter, Gulick,
Rowe, Howell, Martin, Geo. Wilcox, H.
Melver, O. Mclver, Jno. Henderson. Oli
ver, Moore, Irwin, H. Irwin, Long, Fred
Pritchard, Green Lloyd, Stone, Nixon,
Cooley, Frost, Whitehead, Sawyer, Nich
ols, Ballard, Best, Hooks, Skinner, Hanes,
Lemly, Dangerfield, Woodruff, Ramsey,
Duncan, B. B. Williams. Jarvis, Gallo
way, Rowe, Emmerson, and others.
TWO FINE BALL GAMES.
Played at Wake Forest Between Wake Forest
and Oak Ridge
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Wake Forest. N. C-, April 18. —Yester-
day evening Wake Forest defeated Oak
Ridge Institute in one of the most ex
citing games ever played on the dia
mond here. At the end of the ninth in
ning the score stood two to two and
nothing was done in the tenth. In the
eleventh, however, the home team
scored five runs, making the score 7 to
2 in favor of Wake Forest. Dunn, for
Wake Forest, pitched superb ball, hav
ing perfect control and yielding only
four .scattered hits. Oak Ridge scored
only in the first inning on errors. The
features of the game were running
catches made by Sams and Suggs and
a home run by Dunn.
This morning Wake Forest again de
feated Oak Ridg? by a score of 1 to 1.
Hcbgood and Suggs pitched fine ball,
each yielding only live hits, bur. Suggs
failed to receive the proper support at
the critical points of the game. The
feature of the game was a beautiful
running catch by Harris, robbing Suggs
of a hit and catching a man off first
base.
Catawba Defeats Lenoir.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Newton. N. C., April 19.—Catawba Col
lege's second nire played the second nine
of Lenoir College, Hickory, N. C., Fri
day evening, April 18th, on tho grounds
of Lenoir College. The score was 14 to
3 in favor of Catawba College.
National League Games.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
• Boston, Mass., April 19. —Eight thous
and people witnessed the afternoon con
gest between the Boston and Brooklyn
National League teams, and saw Boston
score a victory after three successive
defeats at the hands of the Brooklyn
team. Attendance 8,000.
Score: R. H. E.
Boston 00000131 —5 12 2
Brooklyn 0001 0 2 0 0 o—3 9 3
Batteries: Willis and Kittridge; Me-
Mackin and Farrell. Umpire, Brown.
Time 1:54.
(Second Game.) R. H. E.
Boston .. ..0 00 0 000 00 0 o—l .8 2
Brooklyn ...0 100000 000 0 0 o—3 It 3
Batteries: Pittinger and Kittridge;
McCann and Ahearn. Time 2:24. Um
pire, Brown. Attendance 5,000.
St. Louis, Mo., April 19. —Eleven errors
by the St. Louis team and consistent
'hitting by the Pittsburgs, gave the sec
ond game of the series to the victors.
Score: R. H. E.
Pittsburg 2202 00 0 1 3—lo 13 4
St. Louis 002100 100— 4 911
Batteries; Chesbro and O’Connor;
Popp and Ryan. Time 1:50. Umpire,
Cantillion. Attendance 10,000.
New York, April 19.—Philadelphia de
feated New York at the Polo Grounds
today, making it two straight in re
venge for the victory gained over them
by the New Yorks last Thursday.
Sc ore: R. H. E.
Philadelphia 1000 14 0 0 o—6 6 4
New York 2000 11 0 0 o—4 11 7
Batteries: Salisbury, Vorhees and
Dooin; McGee, Thielman and Yeager.
Time 2:00. Umpire, O’Day. Attendance
12.000.
Cincinnati. Ohio, April 19.—Chicago
scored the third consecutive victory over
Cincinnati today through Ewing’s wild
ness in giving bases on balls.
Score: R. H. E.
Cincinnati 2000 11 0 0 I—s 10 2
Chicago 00050 10 0 3—9 5 5
Batteries: Ewing and Bergen; Gard
ner, Rhoads, Kling and Chance. Time
2:15. Umpire, Emslie. Attendance 1,500.
THE VETERANS EN ROUTE.
The North Carolina Train Passes Through
Mobile Toward Dallas
(Special to News and Observer.)
Mobile, Ala., April 19.—The North Car
olina veteran train, consisting of twelve
coaches earing three hundred and 'fifty
veterans, passed her e three hours late.
All well and happy.
The International in the Combine,
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Fa., April 19.—The an
nouncement that the International Navi
gation Company had entered the steam
ship combination of which J. F. Morgan
is the head, was officially confirmed to
day at the office of President Clement
A. Griscom, by Howard Puzy, private
secretary to Mr. Griscom.
“All we can say," declared Mr. Puzy,
"is that Mr. Morgan’s proposition was
satisfactory to us and we accepted it.”
The new comb.nation, Mr. Puzy said,
will be operated under the direction of
Mr. Morgan and each company in tho
combine will be represented on the board
of directors.
A special act of Congress. Mr. Puzy
explained, would be necessary to permit
a foreign built vessel to sail under the
American flag, but, be said, there is noth
ing to prevent an American company from
owning a controlling interest in a for
eign company. in consequence vessels
affected by the combination will -ail un
der their respective flags but will be con
trolld by America capital.
Efforts to Reorganize the Union,
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va.-, April 19.—There is a
movement on foot to reorganize the
street car men’s union of Norfolk. The
old organization went to pieces during
the strike with the Norfolk Railway and
Light Company. The new organization
will be headed by strike leader S. H.
Kelly. The purpose of the reorganiza
tion is said to be to mluoa the mm
who deserted the union to again join,
and an earnest *effoxt is being made to
capture the imported men who are now
in the employ of the Street railway com
pany. It is generally understood that if
the union is successfully reorganized an
effort will be male to equip the cars of
the company.
Bocas Del Toro Surrendered.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 19.—The Navy De
partment has received the following
cablegram from Commander MeCrea, of
the gunboat Machias, dated Colon,
April 19th:
"Bocas del Toro, Colombia, has sur
rendered. No injury to American citi
zens or interests. Making arrangements
to withdraw forces this evening. Will
sail for Aspinwall Sunday.”
Queen Wilhelmina's Illness,
(By the Associated Press. )
The Hague, April 19. —A dispatch re
ceived from Castle Loo tonight says the
normal course of Queen Wilhelmina’s
malady has not been interrupted and her
condition is fairly satisfactory. Her Maj
esty has taken some liquid nourishment.
To Confer With Boers in the Field.
(By the Associated Press.)
Pretoria, April 19.—The Boer delegates
left here at 9 o'clock last night for
various destinations to confer with the
burghers in the field.
To Bridge the Chattahoochee.
(P.y the Associated Press.)
Washington. April 19. —The House
today piassed a bill for (he construction
of a bridge aeross the Chattahoochee
river at Columbus, Ga.
Interests representing the American
Cotton Oil Company, the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical Company and the Plant
ers Compress Company, were in confer
ence in Ne w York yesterday. No state
ment as to the purpose of the confer
ence was given out, but it was said that
an official announcement would be made
soon.
HIICE FIVE CENTS.
TIE APPROPRIATION
TOR FORTS IRQ GUNS
The Bill Was Passed by the
House Yesterday.
A DULL DAY IN CONGRESS
Weeks, One of the Republican Insur
gents, is Frank.
THEY WANTED, HE SAYS, TO KILLTHE BILL
\
The Senate Passes a Bill Authorizing a Bridge
Over the Neuse at Kmston. River and
Harbor Bill Up on
Monday.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., April 19.—After tho
turulent scene of yesterday marking the
passage of the revised Cuban Reciprocity
Bill, the House settled down to routine
business today. An opportunity/ was
found, however, for the two elements in
the recent struggle to give expression to
their feelings. This occurred while tho
Fortification Appropriation Bill was 'un
der consideration. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio),
one of the Ways and Means leaders, said
that the amendment which the opponents
of the Ways and Means Committee had
engrafted upon the Payne Bill not only
wiped out the differential on sugar but
also did aivay with the countervailing
duty of the Dingley law. Mr. Weeks
(Mich.), made a spirited rejoinder, in be
half of those who opposed the Ways and
Means Committee. He frankly conceded
that the motives of the opposition had
been to kill the Reciprocity Bill.
The Fortification Appropriation Bill
was passed and the conference report
on the Legislative Appropriation Bill
agreed to.
In the Upper House.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 19. —Little business
of national importance was transacted
by the Senate today. Numerous meas
ures of minor character and nearly
sixty private pension bills were passed.
At 3 o’clock eulogies were pronounced
upon the life and character of James
Kyle, late a Senator from Souih Dakota.
The Senate agreed to a conference
asked for by the House on the Chinese
Exclusion Bill. The chair (Mr. Frye)
said that he felt bound to appoint con
ferees who would represent the majority
sentiment of the Senate. He named
Messrs. Platt (Conn.), Dillingham (Vt.)
and Clay (Ga.)
The bill passed yesterday by the
House providing for reciprocal relations
with Cuba was received by the Senate
and referred to the Committee on Rela
tions with Cuba.
Mr. Frye gave notice that on Monday
next immediately after routine business,
he would call uj the River and Harbor
Bill for consideration.
Bills were passed appropriating $15,000
foj- the establishment of a fish cultural
station in Florida; to authorize the
construction of a bridge across the
Nouse River at Kinston. N. C.; au
thorizing the construction of a bridge
across tho Emory River, in Tennessee,
by the Tennessee Central Railway; au
thorizing the National Terminal Com
pany to construct a bridge across the
Cumberland River, in Davidson county;
authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Chattanoochoe River between
Columbus, Ga., and Eufaula, Ala., or in
Columbus, Ga.
NAVAL BASE AT POET ROYAL
The Buildings There Will Not be Sold on the
Bemoval to Charleston.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., April 19.—The Navy
Department places the total value of the
buildings at the naval establishments at
Port Royal, S. C., at $949,000, of which
a little more than half is the appraised
value of the dock. It was contemplated
to use the buildings which would he
vacated by the transfer of the naval
property to the new naval station at
Charleston, S. C., for training purposes.
Objections were raised to this by some
of the bureau chiefs and a board was
appointed to investigate. This board was
not unanimous in its findings and the
report was forwarded to Rear Admiral
Taylor, who will succeed Admiral Crown
irshiold as Chief of the Bureau of Navi
gation, who headed the former board
which report'd upon the transfer of tho
naval station from Port Royal to Char
leston. He finds no objection to retain
ing some of the shops in commission
at Port Roval until the Charleston sta
tion i« far enough advanced to do some
of the work, and he also approves of
utilizing two buildings at Port Royal for
the receipt of recruits until the Charles
ton naval station is ready to do so. As
the hoard on torpedo boat bases has roe—
ojnmended the establishment of a base
at Port Royal and the Bureau of Equip
nent has a coaling station there, the
Navy Department does not deem it well
to sell its property there.
C. A. Seley has resigned as mechanical
engineer of the Norfolk and Western
Railway to accept the same service with
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
with offices in Chicago.