t THE WEATHER TO-DAY, | ♦ For North Carolina: X J FAIR. | VOL. LII. NO. 33. Leads all Worth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Ciroulation THE CONVENTION OF VETERANS OPENS AT DALLAS Over 125,000 Visitors Gath er at the Great Reunion * - THE AUDITORIUM PACKED Over Eight Thousand People Assemble to Hear Gordon’s Speech. THE ARRIVAL OF MUSTAPHA BEN SELIM Memorial Services Are Held in Memory of Jefferson Davis. The United Sons of Veterans Will Hold Their , Convention Today. (By the Associated Press.) Pallas, Texas, April 22. —With the Con federate Reunion officially twelve hours cld and unofficially considerably old, it is estimated tonight that there are 125,- 000 visitors in Dallas. From early this morning until late tonight the streets were thronged and it is said by men in a position to make close calculations that there were 80,000 visitors at the camp in th efair grounds alone. “The crowd is too large to command,” said Cel. Slaughter to an Associated Perssr representative today. Thousands who have no right to do so are sleeping at the camp and eating at the mess tables. Some of the old veterans had to fight for their places but they seemed to be as capable of a tussle as they were years ago. We will have affairs better in hand tomorrow. An additional influx of visitors is ex pected tomorrow', the attraction being the Kaliph’s parade. Tonight the younger element and many of the veterans rounded out the day’s pleasures with a ball at the camp. The function was given by the sons of vet erans and an immense crowd—too great for comfort —were present. While thousands of visitors did not leave the business section of the city, Camp Johnston, two miles distant where the opening exercises were held, was crowded to the limit. Delegation after delegation from the four corners of the country reported mv' wr.3 assigned to di visions in the v:u. it/ of tents. The great mesr. shed, seating 12,000, was open at 10 o’clock. An army of cooks and waiters worked like beavers while the veterans, with a hunger born of a night in the open, did their best to keep the cooks busy. The convention was compelled to open with General Cordon, the commander-in chief, absent. , Hon. Jo] n M. Allen, the orator of the •lay, v.; not pres nt when the convention began. Governor Sayers and Hon. G. B. Gerald however, appeared at the last moment anfTwero vociferously cheered. Among those on the stage were Judge John M Reagan, the only surviving mem ber of he Davis’ Cabinet; W. L. Cabell, Gen. Stephen D. Dee, of New Orleans - Col. i> e Crandall, who was on “Stone wall - Jackson’s staff; Miss Lucy Lee Hill, of Chicago, the sponsor in chief, and Miss Virginia Paddock, of Fort Worth, T< xasc, the chief maid of honor. When the convention opened the vet erans, many of them comparing the bounteous plenty of their breakfasts with the starvation they were often called upon to endure the war, were in high humor. The building, seating 8,000 people, was filled to the topmost row soon after the convention was called to order by General K. M. Van Zant, pres ident of the Texas Re-union Association. From pillar and post hung bunting and flags and pictures of old Confederate chieftians. The crowds were composed net alone of veterans, but of their son 3 and wives and daughters. Maids of hon or and sponsors, some, notably those from Louisiana, in brass buttons and Confederate gray, but the majority in cool white, lent an air of ornamentation to the scene. Following the opening of the meeting by Gen. Van Zandt Chaplain Young, of Texas, delivered a touching invocation. General Joseph D. Sayers, on behalf of the State of Texas, then welcomed th" visitors to the State. He was fol lowed by Fen E. Cabell, mayor of Dal las, v. ho gave the veterans the freedom of the city- G. B. Gerald- of Waco, welcomed the visitors to Texas. At 1:15 p. m., a Commander-in-Chief, Gordon, arrived. The manner of his en trance into th-- vast auditorium was dra matic. General Van Zandt had an nounced that the hoped for presence of General Gordon had been abandoned and the meeting had been turned over to General S. D. Lee. commander of the army of the Tennessee. General Lee was in the middle of his speech when a numbr of voics and stamping feet were from the middle of the hall. The roar grew to thunderous proportions. and above ’ U 1 ~ 1 ">*«gie word “Gor . ’ \* r- h era ns rose •b r “1 will s Lee, when t The News and Observer. to the platform. “Our beloved com mander san ray to you words that will please you more than those of any other man” “It was no fault of mine,” said Gen eral Gordon, when the applause had "subsided, “but I was twenty hours late. Bay be vou boys can remember a time when I was not late ” General Gordon’s speech was as fol lows: Governor, Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of Committees and My Fellow Country men of Texas: How shall I tell you what we think of Texas, of her great hearted people, her broad prairies and still broader hospi tality? I -but poorly express the thought of these veterans when I say that wheth er we look at her geographically, his torically or sentimentally, Texas is about the biggest thing we ever saw. She cah raise cattle enough on her wild lands to furnish all the canned beef for the armies of Uncle Sam, John Bull and the German Empire, and still have fertile lands enough left, if planted in the fleecy staple, to make more bales of cotton than are now produced by America and Egypt combined; or, if planted in grain crops, to feed every man, woman and child in the Union. With such a territory—almost equal to that of the original thirteen States which threw off the yoke of bondage and wrenched freedom from the greatest of empires—this great commonwealth holds today within its borders a population devoted to those same imperishable principles—a population which, if the oc (Continued on Page Five.) THE GREAT RALLY AT FAYETTEVILLE The Educational and Road Conventions Speeches by ihe Governor 2nd Members cf His Party, County Good Roads Associa tion Organiz’d. Fayetteville, N. C., April 22.—This is a veritable gala day in out usually quiet little city. The whole community, includ ing both sexes and all shades of color, creed and politics seem determined to do fitting honor to our distinguished guests —the beloved Governor and tile honorable gentlemen who accompany him. The educational convention, which was held at the Armory, was brilliantly and conspicuously successful. The Rood roads meeting was convened at the sam e hour, but adjournment was then taken to hear Governor Aycock in the cause of education- The audience was composed largely of ladies. Standing room was a premium and the enthusiasm was unbounded. The convention was eal’ed to order by Mr. McNeill. Maj. E. J. Hale pre ssed. and the Revered Mr- Hughes of fered prayer. Then after the singing of 'he Old North State by the audience, the chairman introduced the Governor, who held the delighted attention ot the audience with an address which consum ed more than an hour. / Tonight the Governor is speaking to the colored people at. the church. ’1 he good roads convention was well attended this afternoon A county asso ciation was organized, of which J. D. McNeill was made president; J. H. Cur rie.. vice-president, J. M. Lamb, secre tary and H. W. Lilly, treasurer- Strong and pertinent speeches were made by Messrs. Winston, Patterson and Alexander. The impression made in favor of good roads was excellent. Tonight Dr. Winston and Superintend ent Joyner addressed a large audience pX the court house on industrial education. The reception last nigh: was admirably arranged and splendidly carried out. The spacious narlors of Hotel LaFeyette pre sented a> gay scene from 8:30 to 11 o’clock, while the public reception was'in prog ress anl the excellent music by Rums ber’s orchestra was greatly enjoyed. The Governor and his party were assisted in receiving by the following ladies and gentlemen, selected as representative of Fayetteville society; Senator anC North Carolina’’ i —: J Y. loaner RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 23. 1902. SHOOTERS ROUT DEEP WATER FORCE I Trinity and Wake Forest in a Fierce Contest. THIRTEEN WAS HOODOO Deep Water Men Fan Air For This Unlucky Number. UNIVERSITY STRIKES A BAD STREAK She Bites the Dust Before Richmond College While the Sorebacks Sing the Sorg of “five to Four and We Are It.” Is thirteen an unlucky number? Yesterday tht Deep Water boys from Wake Fortst College found it so. But the Shouters from Trinity College had the handle of the thirteen. It was a baseball contest that raged for one hour and fifty minutes at the Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon, and every onslaught only cinched the victory for the Shouters. When the smoke of battle cleared away the Deep Wattr squad found that “noth ing doing - ’ was their share and that the Shouters had looted everything in sight. Their banner bore upon it the figure 8, while the symbol upon their opponents standard was naught but 0. To see the conflict there came other Shouters and well wishers from Durham, while Deep Water hosts poured into the city from Wake Forest. To urge on the opposing bands rival colors flaunted as oriflames of war beneath which beauteous maidens with bewitching eyes urged their favored knights to do or die. And some did and some died, while some lived to charge valiantly from bag to bag and flounder midst dust and dirt triumphant upon the slab called “Home.” The battle was full of vim and fire for awhile but as the sun dipped into the west the ardor of thue Deep Water forces cooled and the chargers of the Shouters grew mor e terrific. The battle raged fiercest where one Shouter, Yclept Bradsher. was at work. He hurled with terrific speed and tanta lizing curve the ball at the Deep Water men, and despite all efforts thirteen of these merely prodded holes in the rair. Hobgood, of the other camp, had four Shouters to similarly perform. Both squads were gallant champions and looked muscular and strong, they handled their weapons well, and the ad herents of the Deep Water contingent hoped against hope as the battle proceed ed, but hope passed and defeat came. Nine Deep Water men were used up in the first three innings, with no result. In the first engagement the Shouters performed as follows: Puryear fanned, Giles drove the ball to first and was out, Woot hit past first and a carriage wheel stopped the ball. He saw second unoc cupied and moved on. A wild throw of Dunn sent the ball afield end Wooten scored. Smith flew to Harris in left. Six Shouters bit the dust in the next two engagements, and after Mull, of the Deep Waters, had reached first on an error of Heath, hid next three associates died on the road to first. In the fourth Shouter Giles, was hit by the hall and Wooten got to first on an error of Edwards, but Giles was caught napping at third. With Howard up a wild throw’ let in Wooten. In the fifth and six there was “nothing doing” for the Deep Water forces, and this was the same in the next three in nings. In the ninth came the first two hits for them, Mull and Sams getting thtse, but never seeing the home plate. In the fifth, sixth and seventh the Shouters lapded two runs each, a total of six. A three-bagger by Giles, and singles by Smith and Hobgood doing part of the business, thtse being aided by the errors made by the opposing forcts. In the eighth three fiys put them out. of the spasms for good, as they did not need their ninth. The mtre mention of a result of 8 against 0 looks like a contest without any snap to it, but this was not so. Tt was an exciting contest and there was excellent work done by both forces. A diagram of the result of the battle is appended to this veracious chronicle, that he who reads may see the part each contestant took in the eventful contest. Trinity A.B R. H. P.O. A. E. Puryear, c. f-, 3 2 1 3 0 0 Giles, r. f 3 1110 0 Wooten. 1. f., 4 2 11 0 1 Smith, lb 4 118 0 0 Howard, 2b., 3 1 2 1 5 0 Elliott, 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 Heath, s. s 3 1 0 0 0 1 Chadwick, c., 4 0 0 13 2 0 Bradsher, p, 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total 31 8 7 21 8 2 Wake Forest. A.B. R. H. P.O- A. E- Mull, c. f.,... 4 0 1 0 0 .0 Harris, r. f \... 4 0 0 3 0 1 Sams 3b 4 0 11 0 1 Hobgood, p., 4 0 0 0 1 0 Dunn, lb 2 0 0 7 0 2 Cadell, c 3 0 0 0 2 0 Dowd, s. s 3 0 0 0 1 0 Pate. 1. f 3 0 0 1 0 0 Edwards, 2b., .... 3 0 0 6 3 2 Total 30 0* 2 *23 7 6 "Wooten out, hit by batted ball. •More; R H E Tt rr.f! v | fl 0 l 2 2 ? i *- -8 7 1 W K. F r. »t ft o a '■ ;■ r. Summer; - .. ’ i-r Trtoß) ? Bases stolen, Trinity 4. Three base hit, Giles. Double play, Edwards. Struck out, by Hobgood, 4; by Bradsher, 13. Hit by pitched ball, by Hobgood 2. Bases on balls, off Hobgood, 2; off Trin ity, 1. Wild pi|ch, Hobgood, 1. First base on errors, Wake Forest, 2; Trinity, 5. Umpire, Robt. Winston, of Franklin ton. Attendance 500, Time 1:50 min utes. RICHMOND COLLEGE WINS She Defeat! Carolina by a Bcore of Five to Fonr. (Special to News and Observer.) (’hapel Hill, N. C„ April 22.—The Richmond College tearrt defeated the University team of North Carolina here today by a score of 5 to 4. Score: R II E Carolina 0 0000040 o—4 7 6 Richmond Col. .0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 x—s 10 3 Batteries: Carolina, McDonald, Sween ey, Wilcox and Council; Richmond, White and Kearfoot. Danville Defeats Horner. (Special »to the News and Observer.) Oxford, N. C., April 22. —The most in teresting and exciting game of ball of the season was played at Horner Park yesterday between the teams of the Danville Military Institute and the Hor ner Military School. The first seven in nings the Horner boys had made every run, but in this inning the Danville team made seven runs. The fecore stood 8 to 7 in favor of the visiting team. Horner Turns the Tables. (Special to News and Observer.) Oxford, N. C„ April 22.—The baseball team of Danville Military Institute and Horner School played a fine g<*me of ball here today, the score being 3 to 2 in favor of the Horner boys. Batteries: Danville, Holt and Foust; Horner, Connor and Lanier. A Game at Chocowinity. (Special to News and Observer ) Chocowinity, N. C., April 22.—The first game of baseball ,was played here today. A nine from Washington played the Trinity Military School boys. Wash ington won by a score of 17 to 8. Dud ley, of Trinity, made the only two good catches of the game. Batteries: Washington, Bragavv and Whitney: Trinity School. Spivey and Long. Umpire, Nixon. National League Games. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Aprill 22—The Pitts burgh club opened the season before the largest crowd ever assembled to see a tall game in this city, won the first game and set the lovers of the game wild with their brilliant plays. Preceding the game the champions hauled the pennant to the top of the staff in centerfleld, while the band play ed the Star Dangled Banner, and at the instant the beautiful streamer unfurled, the large crowd broke forth into a round of cheers, teoting of horns and ringing of bells. , Score: R H E Pittsburg .. ..0 0 0 0 0211 x—l 13 1 Cincinnati .. ..0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 o—3 8 1 Batteries: Leever and Zimmer; Stiin mel and Bergen. Time 1:40. Umpire, Cantillon. Attendance 13,750. Philadelphia, April 22.—There was an eliment of luck in Philadelphia’s vic tory over Brooklyn today. Kitson pitch ed his first game this season. He al lowed two bases on balls and hit one man in the first innning, which with two singles gave the locals three runs and the game. Score: R H E Brooklyn 00001 0 00 o—l 9 2 Philadelphia ..3 00 0 00 0 Lx—t 3 4 Batteries: Kitson and Ahern; Felix and Jacklitsch- T/me 1:30. Umpire, Brown Attendance 2,579. New York, April 22. —Timely hitting on the part of the Boston men and the inability of the New Yorks to solve the pitching of Willis was responsible for New York's defeat today. Score: R H E Boston 000202021—7 11 2 New York 0 0000200 I—3 7 0 Batteries: Willis and Kittridge; Sparks and Yeager. Time 1:40. Um pire, O’Day. Attendance 6,500. Other Games. At Columbia —South Carolina College 9; urrnan University 0. SMALL APPEARS FOR HIS BILL It is to Pension Disabled Life Saving Service Men, (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C-, April 22.—Repre sentative Small today appeared before the House Committee on Commerce in the interest of his bill to pension dis abled life service men. It is doubtful about the passage of this bill. Representatives Bellamy, Claude Kitchin, Ivluttz and Small, who had been at home, have returned. Representative Thomas has gone home. He will return Friday morning. Representatives Bellamy and Small return confident of their renornination Mr. Thomas is also sanguine. Representatives Kluttz, Claude TCilch ■-r ave no opposition for re a man who knows when louth shut. t ( WOULD ESTABLISH A FOOL OLIGARCHY Rawlins on the Philippines Government Bill. A POTENT COMMISSION It Holds in the Philippines Autocratic Powers. RiVER AND HARBOR BILL HITS A SNAG The House Disagrees to the Senate Amendments and the Measure Got-s to Conference, Military Academy Bill Passed by the House. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., April 22.—Formal discussion of the bill temporarily to pro vide a government for the Philippine Is lands was begun in the Senate today, Mr. Rawlins, of Utah, the leading minor ity member of the Philippine Committee, opening the debate with a speech in op position to the measure. He denounced the bill as an unwarranted imposition upon the Filipinos, declaring that it would establish one of the foulest oligarchies in the history of the world. He main tained that the Philippine Commission was given too great power by the bill and asserted that under its provisions the islands would be exploited for pri vate gain. He will conclude his remarks tomorrow’. While he was speaking two efforts w r ere made to maintain a quorum, the second resulting in a lively tilt among several Senators, Mr. Scott, West Virginia, inti mating that no argument that could be made upon the subject would influence any Senator. “We seem to have arrived at that point in our history, ’ said Mr. Rawlins, “where there are those who affect to be lieve that it is sedition to think and trea son to talk. ‘For God's sake, let us keep silent until the war is over,’ exclaims a peripathetic hero and graduate from the Philippines who w’ants to make free speech treason and to cart us aw’ay to the gallows, although he might give the Senator from Massachusetts the benefit of clergy on account of his sympathy for a ‘super-heated conscience.’ All, if we are to believe him, with the approval of the President of the United States. •“Congress no longer has to declare war. An Otis or a Chaffee are prepared to attend to this any day in the week. A few days ago a message came to us that Malvar, the last of the insurreetos, had surrendered. The next day it was announced that General Chaffee had de clared a new war and had dispatched an army to wage it against two millions of people in the islaud of Mindanao. But mud is to be the word so long as there is any disturbance anywhere within our borders or in any one of the more than thousand islands beyond the seas. “This bill strikes its roots into and derives its support from that excrescence upon the army appropriation bill of 1901, known as the Spooner amendment. The qualification of the absolute power there in conferred, adopted at the instance of the Senator from Massachusetts, by this bill is eliminated. “All property lights in the islands and the fate of their inhabitants are turned ever to the control and disposition of the commission, without any qualification of importance. “The commission may declare war and r. ake peace; raise armies and provide navies: regulate commerce with all sorts of discriminations etw’een islands and ports; levy taxes without limit and with out uniformity. It may coin money and regulate the value thereof; and may es tablish religion and punish those who do not conform to its tenets. It may de stroy free speech and punish as an act of sedition the publication of the truth in regard to their administration. It can establish an equisition, devise and applv methods of excruciating torture, compelling persons to be witnesses against themselves and disclose informa tion which the commission may desire to extort It may practice any or all of ihe acts of tyranny which history has disclosed or genius maj devise. “It is useless to say that this power will not be abused. It will not be in vited to some instances in the history of our relations with the islands showing the extent to which our representatives have gone in acts of perfidy, injustice, op pression and cruelty.” Tiie House Proceedings. (By the Associated Press ) Washington, D. C., April 22. —The House today by & vote of 76 to 72 re jected claims attached to the Omnibus Claims Bill by the Senate, aggregating $1,800,000 amd on the basis of that action ron-concurred in the whole Senate amendment (the various items having been ruled to constitute a single amend ment) and sent the bill to conference. The bulk of the claims stricken cut were those known as the findings of the Sclfridge Board- The motion to strike out was made by Mr. Underwood, Ala., who raid the Selfridge claims had been fairly considered and repeatedly ic jected by '’engross. Mr. Cannon, Illi nois .took the same view. Ihe Military Academy Appropriation Bill was passed today after the limit of cost of the improv ements at West Point had been reduced from six and half to five and one half millions and the amount of the appropriation in the bill from three to two millions. The London dock charge bill was call ed up under call of committees, out was not disposed of- The Senate amendments to the River and Harbor Bill were disagreed to and the bill was sent to conference. Messrs. Burton, Ohio; Reeves, Illinois, and Les ter, Georgia, were appointed conferees. A CALL ON THE PRESIDENT. Negroes Ask Him to Snpport the Crumpacker Resolution (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 22.—A committee of negroes, composed of ex-Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana; Bishop A. Grant, of Indiana; E. W. Lampton, of Mississippi, and W. McKinley, of South Carolina, called on the President today and asked his support of the Crumpacker resolution and the bill introduced by Representative Irwin providing for the appointment of a commission to investi gate the condition of the negro. They declined to discuss the details of the in terview, but said it was a very satisfac tory one. The News of Washington. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, N. C., April 22.—Judge Jones, of the Fifteenth Judicial disltict, left yesterday to hold court at Plymouth. Congressman John IT. Small is attending court at Plymouth. He will return to Washington after court. S. R. Fowle & Son are putting up an enormous storage warehouse along the water front. Mr. Chas. E. Harding, who was former ly clerk in the register’s office but who is now located at Aurora, has announced his candidacy for the position of clerk of the court for Beaufort county. Mr. Harding ran for this position last elec tion, but t was defeated by a v.ry close vote. Miss Mattie Wiswall has resigned her position in the Washington Graded Schools to take effect at once. Joe Keys, the negro confined with smallpox, is at the pest house tonight. Tht re is little danger of its spreading further. ft FftVlir WEEK Ploughing and Chopping Cot ton in Texas, Winter Wheat is in Less Promising Condition Than Last Week. Corn Planting Makes * Slc-w Progress. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., April 22.—The Weather Bureau’s weekly summary of crop conditions is as follows: The week ending April 21 was warmer than the average than, the average in the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain regions, in the Missouri Valley and ihe northern districts to the eastward was too coni in the middle Atlantic and Southern States and decidedly dry over the greater part of the central vallies and middle Atlantic States- The latter part of the week was marked by abnor mally high temperatures in Kansas and Nebraska intensifying the drought con ditions in those States. The general weather conditions were very favorable for farming operations in nearly all parts of the country. The progress of corn planting has been rather slow, except in Missouri cud the Southern States, this work being about finished’ in the central and the west Gulf districts. Winter wheat has continued to make slew growth, and on the whole is in iess promising Condition >in the principal winter wheat States of the central val leys than at the clo.-e of the previous week. Moisture and milder tempera tures ere generally needed for this crop throughout these districts and also in the middle Atlantic States. mm*- In the Missouri and Central Mississ ippi Valley States oats are making slow growth and are much in need of raid and warm weather. In the Southern States a very general improvement is indi cated. Very good progress has been made in cotton planting except in portions of Tennessee, the Carclinas and Florida and planting is nearing completion over the Southern portion of the cotton bell. Over most of Texas cotton is uj> to satisfactory stands and plowing and chopping are well under way. In Maryland and Tennessee tobacco plants are doing well, but in Virginia, the Carolina and Kentucky they are small and in places irregular. Some transplanting has been done in South Carolina. JUDOE A M MOORE FATALLY ILL It 'is Bolioyed He Can Survive Only a Few Hours (Special to News and Observer.) Greenville. N. C., April 22—Ex-Judge Augustus M. Moore is dying. He can not possibly, it is thought, live through the night. Judge Moore was appointed to the bench by Governor Russell and served only a short period, resigning on account of poor health. He held a Fed eral position during the adminiseration of President Harrison in the State of Washington- STHE WEATHER TO-DAY.* ♦ For Raleigh: ♦ J Fair and Warm. | ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ PRICE FIVE CENTS MOROS MEET OUR TROOPS [H BATTLE Red Flags Flutter Defiance From Their Villeges ORDER FROM ROOSEVELT General Davis Told to Withdraw from Mindanao. HE FEARS LOSS OF AMERICAN PRESTIGE Part of His Troops With Whom the Moros Fought Beyond the Reach of the Tele graph. Roosevelt Seeks to Avoid War. (By the Associated Press.) Manila, April 22- —Two engagements have been fought between the American troops and the Moros of the island of Mindanao during tihe last twenty-four hours. Moore, of the Twenty-seventh Infantry, wtyile out with a small party hunting for water, was fired upon at long range. Lieut. Col. Frank D. Bald win with a battalion of troops and a mountain gun, went to the assistance of Moore’s party and drove off the Moros, who lost seven men- The firing was at eleven hundred yards ranee. The Moro villages were flying red. flags, meaning that they intended to fight to the uttermost. Later Sultan Pualo and a fore© of na tives attempted to re-occupy the ground gained by the Americans; hut, the Morois were forcibly dispersed. Datto Ganassl has sent a delegation to the American commander, tendering the absolute submission of the men un der his control. Blgadie Geneal Davis, in command at Zambouanga, Island of Mindanao, has acknowledged the receipts from Wash ington of instructions to withdraw his troops from Mindanao, but he urges, that owing to the present slate of af fairs, the w ithdrawal of the troops will result in the absolute loss of American prestige among the Moros in Mindanao. His orders, however, are explicit, Lieut- Col. Baldwin and his fences are beyond the reach of telegraphic communications from Washington. The Expedition Delayed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington,’ D. C., April 22.—The War Department has instructed General Chaffee to delay the departure of the proposed expedition into Mindanao until after the receipt of further directions from Washington. The Presdent dec,res to exhaust all other means of effeetng the capture of the Mores, who murdered Amercan solders, before dspatchng an armed expedton for that purpose- Mean whle, however, that porton of General T>avs’s command wlioh was selected for the journey wil stll be held n readiness and all preparations up to the poiut of actual departure will be made. TO TRY GENERAL SMITH The Court Martial Will Convene on Thursday For Thu Purpose. (By the Associated Press.) Manila, April 22.—8 y orders from Washington martial ordered to try Ocn. Jacob H. Smith, who was in command of the United States troops on tne Island of Samar, on the charge of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline, has been dissolved. The members of the court Avhicli will try Gen. Smith wall be named at Washing ton. Washington, April 22.—Gen. Corbin stated that there was no significance in the order except that it permits the President to review the proceedings of the court and will avoid any legal en tanglements that might have arisen if the order of Gen. Chaffee naming the court had been allowed to stand. An or der was issued today convening the court, the members being named as se lected by Gen. Chaffee. The court will meet Thursday. MR FRIES IN NEW YORK. Goes in the Interest of Proposed Cotton Mill Combination. (Special to News .and Observer-) i Winston-Salem, N- <*., April 22. —Mr- J 11. K. Fries, the promoter of the plan to M consolidate many of the cotton mills in I the South, is in New York. He left yea- ■ tenday and it is understood that his mb- 1 sion is to confer with capitalists who i arc interested in the rrH+pasjed combina- / tion. M — M Is Thin Man thlg Incendiary? / (Special to New aj ?nd Observer.) Thomasvillc, N. Cl April 22.-It is be lieved that in Raymond Edmondson, the barber arrested there yesterday and put under a s3OObbo n d, the authorities have secured the ivian responsible for at least one of the fifres in Thomasville— that of last Friday flight. The evidence against Edmonson, f however, is largely circumstantial. m Os had things, »our own had temper should head the ffist.