4444444444444444444444 * ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY, t For North Carolina: ♦ FAIR. | ♦♦♦♦*♦♦***♦♦♦♦ 44444444 VOL. LI I. NO. 45. Leads all Morth Carolina Bailies in lews and Gradation PHILIPPINE STOHM CENTRAUNSENATE A Fiery Discussion Rages for Four Hours, BEVERIDGE TSPS CLOUDS And Lightnings Flash From Carmack and Rawlins. A SCATHING CRITICISM BY TURNER Hoar Urges That the Philippine Committee Should Call Some Prominent Filipinos Before it to Testifiy in Their Own Behalf. (Bv the Associated Press A Washington, I). C., May 6. —For almost four hours today a fiery discussion of the I hilipg lne situation raged in the Senate. It was started by Mr. Beveridge, of In diana, who made some sharp strictures on the members of the opposition, be cause, as ho said, they persisted in tell ing in their speeches only one side of the .‘lory. / While he admitted that some outrages had been committed by American suld iers in the Philippines it was true, too, that unparalleled kindness had been ; hown by the American trooprx to Flli i in*' prisoners and Filipino wounded. Food and medicine, he said, had been shared with them; and they had been mu cored on the battlefield and care I for tenderly in the hospital. While saying that the omission to tell this side of the story by the Democrats was unin trntional, he suggested that it was un fair to make an arraignment of tin* American soldier and not tell both sides. Mr. Carmack and Mr. Rawlins warmly r, sented any imputation of unfairness. Mr. Rawlins declared I that no partisan ii . fives had actuated the opponents es the ,i:<>sent Philippffce.s police but that they were moved 'only by partiotism and love of country. Mr. Turner, of Washington, delivered e scathing criticism of the methods prac lic, d by the military authorities in the i hilippincs, dwelling particularly upon the alleged order of General Smith, whom he denounced as a monster in human form, lie urged the Philippine Commis ; < n to turn all the light possible on the Philippine question to the end that the I eople might be fully informed on the situation. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, briefly defended the action cf the Philippine I'ummu: ion say!::,- ihat already it had tarnish'd much valuable information. Hi urged that t’ t committee, in all jus tire. should ea!i some prominent Fili pinos to test if 1 , in their own behalf. During Mr. Beveridge’s remarks Mr. Hoar (Mass.', inquired if it was a fact, Ptoved by testimony, that American sol diers had t riured Filipinos un*;l thev had c< til •<• 1 to the commission *of crime? Mr. idge said it had been prove! that the water cure had been adminis t* red Tn th< dreadful G’ffnrne case. By the in .. -,o:i of the Filipinos to whom the water cure had been given, it was bat lied that O’Herne had been burned to death owr a slow fire. 'Was inis murder proved by any other t 1 mony than that given in tha testi m ny of tin tortured Filipinos’’ inquired Mr. Hoar. "Not that I know of.” replied Mr. Bev- II f ige. “But that evidence was condu cive.” "The conduit of American soldiers in the Philippines.” suggested Mr. Carmack iTenu ), ‘‘was uniformly kind wherever it was permitted to be so In cases win re it was otherwise they were driven to the cruelties by their superior offi ri rs.” Mr. Beveridge said he was glad at this late date to h“ar an apology for attacks n ado upon the American soldiers. Mr. Carmack said that he made no apologies for any statement ho.had made. Mr. Beveridge inquired if Mr. Carmack could mention more than a single in ■ lance where an officer had ordered the administration of torture to a Filipino. Mr. Carmack replied that h® had not referred to any special order but that tin general orders of Generals Bell an 1 cb.iit.e indicated that in the opinion of those officers the American troops wore treating the Filipinos too kindly. Mr. Beveridge ridiculed this answer of Mr. Carmack, declaring that when he asked him a direct question he replied in a diaphanous way of the orders of Pell and chaffee. The Senate, he said, had heard one apology yesterday, biauti fill and long delayed and now it had heard another. He insisted that th mi nority Senators should confine thotn s. Ives to the record as made and in con i • etion with the instances of cruelty, which all by that merely r?gretted, they should in justice show that the Filipino prisoners had received the same food, thi sane medicines and had boon at ti nd< d in the same hospitals by the same nur a s as the American soldiers. In the course of a reply to some of th*- comments made by Mr. Beveridge Mr Rawlins (Utah), discussed at length ’»ii' case of the murder of Sergeant o’Herne and said that the impression he had gotten from the testimony was that th. Filipinos had been induced to make if. confession suggested t> them by the administration of the water cure. Mr. 1 : \lijvs said outrages in the Philippines w. re dar, not to the soldiers themselves, but to the highest military authorities In The News and Observe ’ the islands. The responsibility for them indeed was to be placed properly at the door of the administration officials here in Washington. ‘‘Until recently,” said lie, ‘‘l had thought that these things were sporadic and isolated but I have been forced to the belief that they but a part of the general plan of campaign.” Mr. Rawlins said one victim was tied down by American troops and sugar was placed upon his head to attract the voracious ants, common in those islands, and forced to give information. He de clared too, that women and innocent children had been put to death ruthless ly by American troops. Mr. Turner (Wash.), referred to the speech of Mr. Lodge, saying his purpose would be to supplement that speech end to drive home the conclusion that it is unwise, unpatriotic, cruel and inhuman to attempt in view of the facts to make the Philippines a permanent part of the territory of the United States. He then criticised the refusal of th® Senate Committee on the Philippines to summon Aguinnldo, Mabini, Major Gardener and others. He would feel constrained, he said, if the present meth ods of ihe Philippines committee are con tinued in declining to summon certain witnesses to declare that it does not want the truth but that this is determ ined to strangle out the truth as our armies under the compulsion of superior authority are strangling liberty in the Philippines. We ought, he declared, in justice to our people, to abandon the design to permanently hold the islands while we may do so without too great a loss of prestige and reputation. If any Senator, said Mr. Turner, had conceived at the time the treaty with Spain was pending that it would lead us into war with the Filipinos would that treaty have received a single vote? Mr. Turner rest rred to the order of General Jacob H. Smith and said that it remained for the American soldier, the highest type of civilization, in a quarrel not having the single element of religious difference, prosecuted upon professedly humanitarian grounds, to raise his name to the height, of bloody infamy. He characterized Oeneial Smith as “a monster in human form,’ who had devoted an entire province to a merci less extermination. Mr. Turner referred to a special dis patch which appeared in the Washington Pest of today under date line of Lynn. Mass., and which on the authority of Rev. W. H. Walker told of the execution of 1,000 Filipino prisoners by a battalion of American troops because there was not sufficient food for them. Mr. Turner said he did not vouch for the trutnfulncss of the story hut felt that it ought to be investigated.^ Mr. Lodge replied that he would in vestigate the matter although he felt it was utterly without foundation. In conclusion Mr. Turner said he “felt, keenly the perfidy involved in our con duct in the Philippines. No more un just war ever has been waged than that which we are waging against those people.” The government, be declared, •had been driven hv reckless men into a fight which the United States had no right to make. “Lust of dominion,” said Mr. Turner, “greed of conquest, overruled the sober judgment of the American officials and drove us into this war.” Another Congressman Dead. (P.y the Associated Press.) Washington, May 6.—The House today adjourned immediately after the read’ng of the journal out of respect to the mem ory of Representative J. S. Salmon, of New Jersey, who died suddenly of apoplexy this morning at his home in New Jersey. 'This is the third consecu tive legislative day on which the House has paid a similar tribute of respect to one o fits deceased members. Among those designated to attend the funeral of Mr. Salmon was Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina. In the Sen ate Messrs. Foster, of Louisiana, and Bacon, of Georgia, were named as mem bers of the committee to attend the funeral- I FIRED WITHOUT ORDERS Chalice Reports the Killing of the 35 Escaping Moros (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 0. —The War Depart ment this evening received the following cablegram: “Manila. “A ljutant, General. Washington: “General George \V. Davis reports Saturday 1 p. m. May 3rd. prisoners that had been disarmed: sitting on open hill top and surrounded by strong guard, at a concerted signal, sprang to their feet and rushed down, the hill. Several en deavor* d to 3 —0 8 ft The Southern League. Atlanta 0; Birmingham 8. Little Rock 7; Memphis 2. Shreveport-New Orleans game post poned on account of rain. Chattanooga 2; Nashville 5. PLANS FOR PEABODY PARK President, Melver Delighted With Those Ac cepted. (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C„ 6.-The Exe cutive Committee of the Normal and In dustrial College held a meeting last night and after an examination of the plans and .specifications for beautifying and arranging Peabody Park, submitted by Manning & Sons, landscape archi tecs from Boston, they were adopted, and the work will begin at once. George Foster Poabdy donated slft.ftftd for the park. Manning Bros., eminent artists of Boston, had in their employ a young lady stenographer from the Nor mal, and becoming interested in its work and history, they offered to furnish them plans and specifications free of cash. President Melver is delighted with them and predicts the most beautiful campus in the South. Another important move was made last night. It was determined to begin work on the new students hall at the college soon after com m or. < * Ync nt. The plans submitted by Blounelt and Gates archi tects of this city were adopted. The hall will cost *20,000, and the corner stone will be laid May 2t)th, as a part of the ceremonies. State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner left for Wilkes county, where he speaks at Boomer school commencement totorrow. Mrs. Laura McMarray, a sister of the late Samuel H. Wiley, died at James town last night, of pneumonia. She was a leading member of the Presbyterian church, and a strong and impessive chaacter. She had been sick only a week, was 72 years old, and it was her first sickness. Judge Neal sentenced five convicted defendants to the public roads this morn ing for from six months to five years. Among the crimes were burglary, in cash, and larceny. Miscreants here continue to destroy young shade trees, despite a standing re ward of *25 for their apprehension. Five tramps, winging their flight North, were jailed for vagrancy here today. DFftfU OF SIMPSON Thu Admiral’s Life Closed in Washington Yester day Afternoon. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 6. —Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, retired, died at Ins home in this city at 5 o’clock this af ternoon. The immediate cause of death was a severe cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in a semi-conscious state for several days and this forenoon suffered a severe cerebral hemmorrhage. At the bedside when the Admiral breathed his last were Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Lieut. Cluverins, the Admiral’s married daugh ter; Admiral Sampson’s two young sons, Ralph and Harold Sampson; Dr. Dixon, the attending physician, and nurses and attendants. Mrs. Sampson has broken down under the severe strain, and was quite ill all during the day. But for the critical condition of the Admiral she would have been confined to her bed. University Commence ment Seimon. (Special to News and Observer.) Chapel Hill, N. <’., May 6. —The bacca laureate sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr. O. E. Brown, member of the faculty of the theological department of Vander bilt University. He is one of the ablest of Southern Methodist preachers. The President’s Appointees. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May C.—The President to day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Alexander O. Brodie, governor of Ari zona. Postmaster: Georgia—Henry Blun, Jr., Savannah. General Chaffee has cabled the War Department that he has rescinded the order for the establishment of recon struction camps in Laguna and Batangas provinces, the only provinces in the Philippines where the system has been practiced. MORE RAIN NEEDED IN MANY COUNTIES Past Week Generally Favor able For Crop Growth. WORK GOES ON ACTIVELY East of the Rockies the Rainfall Gen « erally Ample. GOOD STANDS Os FARLY PLANTED COTTON % That Planted Later is Coming up Irregularly. Outside of North Carolina and Kentucky Tobacco Plants Are Plentiful and Healthy. The Weekly Crop Bulletin for North Carolina, issued by the climate and crop service of the Weather Bureau Depart ment, says of the week ending May ath: In spite of one drawback, lack of suf ficient moisture in many counties, the past week was reported as generally very favorable for farm work and the growth of crops. Many correspondents cay that it was ‘‘an ideal week” or “weather all that could be desired.” Work proceeded actively every day and a great deal was accomplished- Tito temperature during the week averaged about 5 degrees above normal daily, and the maxima occurred generally on May 3rd, when above 9ft degrees was reported in central Nortli Carolina. The amount of sunshine was abundant. The rainfall was Regularly distributed, and, while very beneficial showers occurred on tw r o or three days during the week in many counties,in others no rain fell.and drought is now beginning to be felt. The coun ties needing rain most lire, in the east: Brunswick, Pitt, Greene, Washington, and Gates: in the central portion: Ala mance, Forsyth, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph anil Stokes; and in the west: Rutherfoid, Davie. Iredell, Rowan and Caswell. Over most of the State warm, gentle rains are needed to bring up cot ton and corn and enable the transplant ing of tobacco. Vegetation, however, made rapid progress, and even in the extreme west, forests are nearly fully clothed in green. Planting cotton is now’ well advanced and will be completed within a week or so: early planted has come up nicely, and chopping to stands is underway: late planted needs moisture for germina tion; it is quite apparent that the acre age in cotton wiU be diminished, and that in corn largely increased. Planting corn is now underway in low lands; a good stand of corn has been secured, and some is being cultivated the first time: young corn is suffering for lack of rain in the southeast portion. Cut or bud worms have killed some young corn. Farmers are busy transplanting tobacco, but cannot make much headway without generous rains; plants arc growing very rapidly, and many farm ers prefer to set out anil water, which is slow work; transplanting tobacco must be considered as somewhat behind on account of the drought. Wheat on rich land has improved, and in south portion is heading, as arc winter oats and rye: rain is needed for the cereals; without it the straw is likely to be very short- TriTr-k crops are doing very well; the shipment of peas has begun, and beans are in bloom: the strawberry crop is a little shorter than the average, but ship ments are now going forward in large quantities. Irish potatoes are being in jured almost everywhere by potato bugs. Clover is rady to cut, and pas tures are flourishing. Some kinds of ap ple trees failed to bloom, especially east of the mountains and in the northwest portion of the State, but elsewhere, and particularly in the bxtreme western counties, the outlook for apples as well as most other kinds cf frluit is very bright, as the trees are loaded with fruit. Melons are up, and a large crop of watermelons is probable. Rainfall for the week fin inches): Chr.pel Hill .50, Floral College 1-75. Soapstone Mount .59, Morion -50, Settle .05, Greensboro, .62, Lumberton .84, New Bern .48, Weldor. 1.32, Raleigh .58, Charlotte .10. National Crop Report, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 6 —The Weather Bureau’s weekly summary of crop con ditions is as follows: Nearly the entire country east of the Rocky Mountains has experienced a week of highly favorable temperature conditions and the central valleys, lake regions. Middle Atlantic States and portions of Texas and Oklahoma have received generally ample but in places unevenly distributed rainfall. Exces sive rains have retarded farm work in northern New England and the north ern portion of the spring wheat region, while the Central and Eastern Gulf States and portions of the South At lantic coast are in need cf rain. Except in portions of lowa and Mis souri, where corn planting has been in terfered with by heavy rains, their terfered with by heavy rains, their States of central valleys and the early planted is generally germinating well, in the Southern States corn lias made avorable progress, though needing rain in portions of the eastern Gulf district. A very general improvement in the condition of winter wheat is reported from the central valleys, Lake region and Middle Atlantic States. The crop, hovvver, has suffered in portions of Ne graska, Kansas and Texas, and in the last named State has failed so rapidly in sections that some will be plowed up for other crops. Oats have made very favorable pro gress except in Nebraska, Texas, por tions of Missouri and Alabama. The crop is ripening in the Southern States, harvesting having begun in South Caro lina. v Good sTands of the early planted cot ton are gnerally reported but the later planted, especially in the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt, if. coming up irregularly. Planting is nearly finished in the northern portions of the belt and the early planted is in good state of cultivation. Some re planting has been necessitated in Texas by high wind and drifting soil. Except in North Carolina and Ken tucky tobacco ~f>lants, though late, are plentiful and healthy and are generally improved. Transplanting in Florida and North Carolina lias been delayed on account of lack of “seasons. ’ The prospect for pearlies in the Ohio valley is not promising, but elsewhere the outlook is very favorable, although dropping is reported from South Caro lina and Georgia. The reports respect ing other fruits are generally encour aging. THE ATLANTIC HOTEL SOLD. Ihe Atlantic and North Carolina Bailroad Company Buys It. (Special to the News and Observer.) New Bern, N. C.. May 6. —The At lantic Hotel, Morehoad City, is now the property of the Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad Company. The deal was closed today. The purchase price was seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, a three years lease at two thousand five hundred dollars per year being guaran teed the purchaser in the transaction. A. N. Perkins, of Greensboro, is the les see- The season opening June stli bids fair to be a prosperous one. The direc tors of th railroad are being congratu lated on the purchase. Many improve ments are promised within the next two years. Among these is a sea wall for bathers anil to serve a* a protection against storm. A large number of shade trees, shrubbery and flowers will also be set out. Given the proper encourage ment the directors will make their pur chase a resort more inviting than now exists on the Atlantic ocean. BRET HARTE IS DEAD Ihe Noted American Author Passes Away in England. (By the Associated Press.) London, May 6.—F. Bret Ilorte, the American author, died here last night. He was Dorn at Albany, N. Y’.. on Au gust 25, 1893. Mr. Harte died suddenly at the Red House, Camberley, near Aldershot, from hcftiorrhane caused by an affection of the throat. Mr. Harte had been suffer ing from swelled tonsils since Decem ber last but he did net consider the at tack to be serious. A week ago he wont to visit friends at Camberley and was present at lunch, as usual, yesterday. He suddenly became ill in the afternoon anil died in a few hours. His end was peaceful. A WRECK NEAR OLD FORT. First Delegates to Baptist Convention First Special Train En Route. to the News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., May (»•—A wreck in which ten heavy freight cars were de railed occurred this morning on tha Asheville division of the Southern, one mile west of Old Fort. The train was bound from Spencer to Asheville. No one was hurt as far as is known here. All west bound trains were delayed. Forty thousand dollars of the fifty thousand necessary lo build the pro posed Central Methodist Church has beer, subscribed and building will be begun about the first of June. The first delegates anil officers of the Baptist Convention came in yesterday and included two prominent men, Dr. Chas. E. Taylor, president of Wake Forest College, and Dr. B. W. Spilman, of Nashville, field secretary of the Sun day School Beard- It was reported this morning that in stead of seven special trains there will be eleven. The rst is expected tonivht. The County Commissioners held a meeting this afternoon to decide upon l>lans for new home for county pool*. Asheville Typographical Union, will extend invitation to the International Union to holif th next meeting here. LAUKINBUEOf VOTES BONDS i Thirty Thcnsand Dollars For Water and Elec tric Lights (Special to the News and Observer.) Taiurinburir, N. C., May 6. —The elec tion for issuing thirty thousand dollars in bonds for water and electric lights passed off quietly today with two-thirds majority for water and almost unani mous for lights. * w Wine is an enemy to the buyer and a friend to the seller. ♦♦♦4 ♦♦+♦♦♦♦4 *-44444 44>4 ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY. 4 ♦ For Raleigh: ♦ Fair. | ?by 4 '44444444-44 4444444444 PRICE FIVE CENTS UNANIMOUS FOR JUSTICE CLARK Chatham Democrats Meet in Convention. ENDORSE HIM FOR JUDGE Old Democratic Doctrine of Renonin ating Good Men. FOR THIS THE CONVENTION STANDS For Ass r ciate Justice Judge Connor Receives 63 Votes, Judge Brown 11. Votes For Brown and Bedoingfield For Corporat ion Commissioner. (Special to the News and Observer.) Pitt shorn, N. C., May (5. —'The Demo crats of Chatham held their county con vection today and every preselnet was fully represented. Thp utmost harmony prevailed. The committee, on resolu tions, through their chairman, lion. H. A. London, reported the following reso lutions, which were adopted: Itesolved, Ist, That we heartily en dorse the administration of our State government under the wise leadership of our distinguished Governor, Hon «. has. B. Aycoek; and we point with especial pride and pleasure to the fact that every public school In North'Carolina is now taught a term of four months- Liul. That we add an amendment to our constitution by which all our public schools may continue to have the four months and also allow the levy of a special tax by either race on its prop erty and polls for the exclusive benefit, of the schools of the race paying such tax. Jrd. That we favor the Slate Conven tion relegating the Senatorial nomination to each county and authorizing every county and Senatorial district conven tion to take such action as it may deem best for expressing its choice for United States Senator. 4th. That we believe in the old Demo cratic doctrine and party usage of re nominating any officer who has accepta bly filled his first term and therefore we heartily favor the nomination of Hon- Ed ward W. Pou, Hon. Walter H. Neal and Hon. I,- D. Robinson, who have most satisfactorily discharged the du lics ot their respective offices and the delegates appointed by this convention are hereby instructed to vote for their nomination. Py a unanimous vote Hon. Walter Clark was endorsed for Chief Justice. For Associate Justice Judge H. G. Con nor received 62 votes and Judge Brown 11 votes. There were no instructions for the other justices- For Corporation Commissioner H- C. Brown re ceived 57 votes and Beddingfleld 19 votes. Hon. R. 11. Hayes was elected chairman, vice C’apt. W. 1.,. London, who declined a second election, tinder Mr- Hayes’ wise leadership Chatham will roll up a Democratic victory in November. H. & B Beer’s Market Detter. (Speial to the News and Observer.) New Orlecans, La-, May G.—Notwith standing early Liverpool advices were more favorable than expected the im provement was lost when our market opened, consequently prices here de clined 5 to G points on old crop months and 3 on new. Immediately after, how ever, fresh buying came in causing an advance of 35 to 27 on old crop months and 13 to 19 on new. Realizing near the close occasioned easiness, making the net gain 14 io 1G on summer positions ai d S to 10 on new crop months. There was nothing new in the situation to su- , pel induce the sharp advance. The weekly wather report was favorable: the receipts continue fairly liberal and there is almost ar. entire absence of de mand for spots. Nevertheless shorts covered freely on a narow market and meeting w ith no sellers forced the* mar ket up quickly upon themselves. Our market is relatively the highest in the world, therefore we sugest that oar friends who have spots should ship their cotton here, as they can dispose of it more' advantageously than else where. We also thing it advisable to not trade in the summer months on either side unless one is prpared to either re ceive or deliver the actual spot cotton. Sentinmte continues Very bullish, hut the future course of values on crop months will he regulated by receipts and the new influence by weather condi tions. H. & R. BEER. LITTLETON 18 DEMOCRATIC. The Town Government Wholly so For the First Time in Year». A (Special to the News and Observer.) Littleton, N. C., May G.—T. O. Itod well, Democratic candidate for mayor, was elected Monday by a good majority. The entire Democratic ticket was elect ed. The election was hotly contested, but passed off quietly. For the first time hi many years the town government will ho entirely under Democratic control. 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