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t T HI WE4TMBW TO-DAY: ♦ For North Carolina: | FAIR. VOL. LIV NO. 124. Leads all Morth Carolina Dailies in Hews ana O-’culatton THE DECISION IS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA <te The Opinion in the Suit of this State Against North Carolina is Rendered by Justice Brewer. THE COURT IS DIVIDED 4 A w ~ The Chief Justice and Justices White, McKenna and Day Unite in a Dis senting Opinion, Leaving Five Fa vorable to the Contentions of South Dakota. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 1. —North Car olina has lost the South Dakota bond suit. The United States Supreme Court handed down it’s decision today. The opinion is written by Justice Brewer and concurred in by Justices Peckham, Harlan, Brown and Holmes. A dissenting opinion is written by Jus tice White and concurred in by Chief Justice Fuller and Justices McKenna and Dar. It will be seen, therefore, that the court was pretty'equally divided, being 5 to 4. The general belief is that Judge Brown, who heard only the first argument (made last November) gave the deciding vote. Os course, this is only surmise, and is based largely on the fact that he was unable to be on the bench when the ease was argued the second time. Although the State loses the case, the decision is in pne respect a victory for it. The Siate of South Dakota is adjudged entitled to recover $27,400 —amount due on ten bonds of SI,OOO each and the at tached coupons—but the action as to the individual holders of stock, who were rep resented by Butler and Russell, is dis missed. These latter represented some seven hundred thousand dollars. The decision of the court is based on three leading cases: Chisholm vs. Georgia, which was an action of assumpsit; UnitOd States vs. North Carolina, which was an action of debt, and United States vs. Michigan, which was a suit for an ac counting. In the Chisholm case it was decided that a citizen of one State might maintain in the Supreme Court an action against another State. In consequence of that decision the eleventh Amendment was adopted granting to a State immunity from suits by ar. individual, but not, says the decision today, affecting controversies between two cr more Stqtes. The opinion r.s rendered by Justice Brewer, and the decree ol the court war embodied’in the following order. •‘A decree will, therefore, be entered, which after finding the amount due on the bonds and coupons in suit to be 427,- COO, no interest being recoverable', and that the same are Secured by one hundred nhares of stock of the North C.no'ina Rail road Company, belonging to the State of North Carolina, and directs that the said State of North Carolina pay said amounjt to the State of South Dakota and that in default of such payment an order of sab be issued to the marshal of this court, directing him to sell at public auction all the interest of the State o" North Caro lina in and to one hundred shares of the capital stock of the North Carolina Rail road Company, belonging to the State of North Carolina, and directs that the* srid State of North Carolina pay said amount to the State of South Dakota end that in defualt of suca payment an order of sale be issued to the marshal of this court, directing him to at public auction all the interest of the State of North Carolina in and to one hundred shares of the capital took of the North Carolina Railroad Company, such sale to be made at the cas; front elt-or of the Capitol builcir.g in this city, public notice to be given of such sale by advertisements in some daily paper published in the City of Rabrgli. N. C., and also in some daily paper published i:i the City of Washington.” The decision of the court is considered an important one and it marks & new de parture in ordering the sale of property in dispute in cases of failure to satisfy a judgment. Coming to that point. Jus tice Brewer said there was ‘‘no reason rtle doubt of the validity of tne bonds and mortgages in controversy.” nor “ques tion respecting the title of Couth Dakota to the bonds.” He also asserted the juris diction of the court in cases brought by one State against another to enforce prop erty rights. He added: ‘We are confronted with the contention that there is no power in this court to enforce such a judgment, and that such lack cf power is conclusive evidence that, notwithstanding the general language of the Constitution there is an implied ex ception of actions brought to recovei mon ey. The public property held by any municipality, city, county or is ex empt from seizure upon execution be The News and Observer. cause it is held by such corporation, not as a part of its private assets, but us a trustee for public purposes. “There is in tms case a mortgage ol property, and the sale oi that property under a foreclosure may sat.sty ‘.he plaintiffs claim. If that should be the re sult there would be no necessity for a per sonal judgment against the State. Tnat i the State is a necessary party to the : foi cclosure of the mortgage was settled ; by Christian vs. Atlantic and North Caro , li.na Railroad Company. Equity is satis fied by a decree for a foreclosure alid sale of the mortgaged property, leaving the question of a judgment over for any deficiency, to be determined when, it ever, it arises. And surely if, as we have often held, this court has jurisdiction ot an action by one State against another to recover a tract of land, there would seem to be no doubt of the jurisdiction of one to render a decree for the sale of personal property.” The bonds were presented to South Da kota for the aid of the State University and with the end in view oi prevailing upon that State to bring an original ac tion in the Supreme Court, which action has now proved successful. Theie are : about $250,000 worth of other bonds out standing. In the dissenting opinion, which is a very lengthy and exhaustive decision of the whole question, two reasons are as signed for dissent from the opinion of the court. 1. —The absolute want of power in the court to render a decree between the two States on the cause of action sued on. 2- —The want oi power to render the de cree which is now directed to be entered, because of the absence of essential parties whose presence would oust jurisdiction and the impoteney to grant any relief what ever in the absence of such parties. The decision of the court was the sub ject of much comment today on the part of North Carolina Senators and Repre sentatives- Though the individual holders cf stock lose and only the State of South Dakota is adjudged entitled to recover, all recognize in this an invitation for other gifts and sales of stock to States, and hence further litigation. The opinion was freely expressed, therefore, that it would be the part of wisdom for the North Caro lina authorities to at once begin negotia tions looking to final settlement with hold ers of-all outstanding bonds of this sort. Though these amount to some seven hun dred thousand dollars, it is known that they can be compromised for much less. * * * Though North Carolina has in the present Congress twelve persons elected to represent her, there are five others ! who are natives of the State, as follows: I Senator Joseph Roswell Hawley, (Uep.), of Connecticut. He was born at Stcwartsville, Richmond county, October 31, 1526. Speaker ol the House Joseph G. Can non, (Rep.), of Illinois. He was born at Guilford, May.7, 18SG. Joseph Moore Dixon, (Rep.), represen tative at large from Montana- He was born at Snow Camp, July 31, 18G7. Francis Emanuel Shober, (Dem.). rep resentative from the 17th New lork District. He was born at Salisbury, Oc tober 24, 1860. Representative Rice Alexander Pierce, of Tennessee, received his law education in North Carolina (under Judge Coing land, of Halifax), but i# not a native oi the State. All <of North Carolina’s delegation of 12—two Senators and ten Representatives —are natives of the State, except Rep resentative Edward William Pou, of the Raleigh District, who was born at Tus kegee, Alabama, September 9, 1863. Two of them were born in Rowan county— Senator Overman and Representative Kluttz. When there is added Represen tative Shober, of New York, who also claims Rowan as his native place, that good county has three sons in the pres ent Congress. The United States Geological Survey, acting in eo-operation with the Depart ment of Agriculture of the State of North Carolina, has just published a map of the Kenly quadrangle in that State. Parts of Wilson, Wayne, Jbhnston and Nash counties are included in the quad rangle, which has an approximate area of 245 square miles. The sheet is important, as it shows the rii-e from the coastal plain on the east to the Piedmont plateau. The At lantic Coast Line Railroad, which skirts this plateau, .crosses the quadrangle 'diagonally, passing through the towns of Lueama and Kenly. The country is generally low and swampy, the elevation ranging from 100 feet above sea'level in several places to 294 feet near Connor. The soil of this region is sandy and is adapted to the cultivation of tobacco and cotton. Cotton has been grown here extensively for a number of years, but th e tobacco industry, which has develop ed very rapidly in the last few years, is comparatively young. The map may be procured for the sum of 5 cents on application to the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. RALEIGH, NORTE CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, EKB. 2, 1»< 4 C., to the Hon. J. A. Holmes, State Geologist, Chapel Hill, N. C., or to the Hon. S. D. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. FRED L. MERRITT. Thirty Dead Bodies in the Desetit. (Special to Washington Post.) Los Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 1. —Thirty- dead bodies of men who have perished on the Nevada desert from thirst and hunger, have been found' by a party surveying for the Don Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway. The majority of these bodies are those of laborers and tramps, who, poorly provided with and water, sought in this way to each California. The desert is eighty miles wide, and in the center is a well more than 125 feet deep known as “Dead Man’s Well.’’ It had been bored to furnish water for people who insisted on crossing the desert in adequately provided- The water found, however, was salt ami crazed those who drank of it. Many of the dead bodies were found near this well. Bill to Provide Large Exits. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Feb- I.—The House of Delegates today passed a bill requiring theatres, halls and other places of public gathering to provide suitable and sufficient means of exit for use in case of alarm of audiences within such places, and a bill imposing a license tax of S2OO on Gypsies and other strolling companies. II higherTlight July and May Pass Mark Made Twenty-nine Years Ago. (By the Associated Pres 3.) New York, Feb. I.—The speculation in the cotton market carried May- and July eottoii options above seventeen cents a pound on the local market today for the first time in twenty-nine years. Cotton has not passed 17 cents a pound in New York since 1875, when it went to 17 1-8. It touched 18% in 1874, 21% in 1873 and 27% in the year of wild specula tion, 1872, when the cr *p, as against 4,347,- 000 bales in the previous season, when the South was blockaded, was $l9O per pound in 1364. , The rise on today's market was scored in spite of heavier receipts and the fail ure of Southern spot markets (save New Orleans) to advance. There wag the same wild and overbur dened market here as on Saturday. Brok ers despaired of executing their orders according to book. There was intense con fusion and an enormous volume of trad ing. The market opened excited and higher. I Notwithstanding the sensational advances of Saturday Liverpool again cabled high er prices than expected, and the opening here "’as strong at an advance of 6@20 points, carrying July through the 17 cent mark and making new high records for the season. Following the call the mar ket advanced still further, though in a somewhat irregular fashion. Notwithstanding the heavier receipts indicated for tomorrow, the market af ter reacting to within a few- paints of the opening figures, was rallied again chiefly as a result of aggressive buying by New Orleans, and was soon selling at a level still higher than that of the early morn ing. March in the late trading sold at 17.04, May at 17.46, and July- at 17.55, a net gain of 65 to 70 points and an advance since last Friday’s closing of nearly a cent and a half a pound. Trading was active on the second advance, including continued buying for the account of spot people, who were believed to be covering hedges, and for public accounts. The close was firm at nearly the best with the more active months 47 to 82 points higher. OF UNSOUND WIND. A Board of Five Doctors Say This of A. W. Rivenbark. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 1. —A. W. Riv enbark, confined in the county jail here upon verdict of a commission of lunacy yesterday a week ago, must remain under the authorities of the law, habeas corpus proceedings instituted Saturday having failed him this afternoon before Judge Ferguson, to whom the unfortunate man addressed a letter which Avas construed by the court as a lawful petition for the writ by which lie hoped to gain his lib erty. Judge Ferguson’s decision to continue the man in custody Avas upon receipt of an opinion from a board of five physi cians appointed as experts to examine into the case. They- declared the patient of unsound mind, but upon their recommendation lie avill be given the Avidest latitude possible. Later it was stated under favorable con ditions he might be allowed to visit his old home in Duplin county-. As no place can be found for him in the State institu tion at Raleigh, he will be made comfor table in a few days at the county home. It is said that combined with others, one cause of the unfortunate man’s mental condition AA*as the excessive use of bromu seltzer. For Sanford and Windsor Offices. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. I.—The Senate today in executive session confirmed the follow ing nominations: Postmasters—North Carolina: Samuel M. Jcr.es, Sanford; William P. King. Windsor. FABIUS FEARS “OLD RELIABLE" He Secures Delay in Par ker Damage Suit. ADVERTISES FOR US State Treasurer Lacy Summoned Only Fifteen Minutes Before Train f Time Is Declared to Be the Witness Whose Testi mony Was Neces sary. A great many men went to Goldsboro as witnesses yesterday- morning. Just as many came back yesterday af ternoon Avithout having sworn there was a ‘‘rotten tics” wreck. These Avitnesscs went from Raleigh to Goldsboro to tes tify for Mr. 11. B. Parker, Jr., Avho is suing the Southern Railway for $25,000 damages for injuries received in the ‘‘rot ten ties” wreck which occurred near Ral eigh last May. They Avere ready to testify- but the “Fabian” policy of delay, presented most touchingly to the court by Fafcius JL Busbee, cf Raleigh, he being one of the Southern Railway's law force, kipt them from doing so, and the case was con tinued untd the 18th of April. The folks who rode to Goldsboro and back yesterday tell hoAv Fabius naJ to take tAvo flights of oratory, coupled with devout prayers for u little more time be fore he succeeded in getting Judge Geo. H. Brown to listen to his siren song. In the first attempt, Av'nich was specious and which reflected upon the ability of a jury composed of Wayne county citizens to think for themselves and do justice, the pleader for the Southern Railway upset himself. Fabius had read the News and Observer of Sunday as does a very lnrg part of all North Carolinians and lu* had sen a true acemlr-r of the cause of the “rotten ties” wreck. Knowing that in telligent people everyAvhere read the News and Observer he judged, and judged right ly too, that the article had boon read in Goldsboro. So Fabius lifted up his voice in Avail ing sounds, and swung bis armssnbout, end told Judge BroAvn Avirh a Avoe be gone face abopt the article in the News and Observer and lioav it was going to do harm to the defence of the good little Southern RaiLvay. He implored that as this was certainly so, that Judge BroAvn ought to continue the case. Again, in this plea, Fait us pays un conscious tribute td the “Oi l Reliable.” In Wake county and all this section he declares that it has a big influence, and now he goes fioAvn to Wayne county and again says it is a paper of big influence. ;(nd Sn these declarations Fabius ia right, but it is an influence on the side cf right, and justice and truth. It un masks special pleadings and it has a habit of speaking from the record Avhere grasping and domineering corporations seek to ride rough shod over the peo ple. But Judge Brown set his face against Fabius. He held that the publication of an account of a wreck Avas not going to control the people of Wayne county, and Fabius Avas told to go on with the casi and make the best of it lie could against the suit of Mr. H. B. Parker. Then Fabius plead again, and this tune : t Avas that the chief witness for the de fence was not in Goldsboro. Ho said that this was Mr. B. R. Lacy, the State Treas urer, who Avould testify that the wreck was by no fault of the Southern R.iil- Avay and that eA-erything Avas as safe as the Rock of Gibraltar where Southern Railway engine Avheels turned. And finally this pleading Avon and Judg Brown, trusting to Fabius, >n his state ment that Mr. Lacy was.a mat: rial and important witness, AVithout Avhoin ihe Southern Railway Avculd bo placed at a great disadvantage, continued the case till the next term of Wayne County Su perior court. And in a very short tune after the adjournment cf cou t for the term Mr. B. R. Lacy stepped on the trn'n in Goldsboro. And ‘Svhy Avas” he not there before, and “hOAA" come” that the Fabius of tlia Southern Railway found cut after the cose had been called that Mr. Lacj A\as bis chief reliance. The facts are that late Hhich cqhap. , last Aveek Mr. Lacy Avas given most in formation lrom Mr. Busbee tnat ho Avould not be called as a Avitncss in the case at aTI. But !o and behold! At fifteen minutes before train time yesterday morning, or at 10:15 a. m. Mr. Lacy Avas subpoenaed la go to Goldsboro, and he Aver.t. He rushed things to do it. He got in a hack and the driver urged bis panting steeds to the depot. Thus Mr. Lacy Avas on the Avay, and a telegram from him to Lis brother-in-law in Goldsboro told him he was coming. This telegram Avas not delivered till after court adjourned. WHAT LACY WOULD HAVE SWORN TO Anu Avliat Avould Mr. Lacy ha-e testified to if he had been in Goldsboro and if he had been put on the stand? Here is substantially what his evidence Avould have been: That there were p'enty of rotten cross ties on the railroad nca. the place of the disaster, but that in his opinion the im mediate cause of the Avrcck was the run ning of a short, light train by a heavy Jumbo Mogul or King engine, fit only for long and heavy freight trains The evidence of Mr. Lacy would have been in effect to convict the Southern Railway of criminal negligence in not pro- j Aiding an engine of the right weight for j the train and using an engine that in vited disaster. As a matter of fact the Southern Rail- Avay did not really Avant Mr. Lacy in Goldsboro dor for him to testify, but the subpeona was probably served fit teen minutes before train time merely to obtain a continuance of the case. To show that this is the fact the testi mony that Mr. Lacy Avould have given is conclusive evidence. When a subpoena Avas served upon him at 10:15 yesterday morning lie Avas greatly surprised, and he had a right to be surprised after the information Avhich had come straight to him that he Avould not be needed. * It would not have surprised anybody in Goldsboro to haA'e seen the “delay” coun sel of the Southern Railway, AVho.se song yesterday was “manana,” exhibit in court the notice issued by the Southern Rail way offering SSOO reward for the arrest of “the party or parties Avho placed a spike or other obstruction on the road” by Avhich the train at Walnut Creek avc.s derailed. That A\-as a colossal larce, and everybody except those on the Southern Railv/ay pay-rolls laugher at it. And in the court room and out of the ccurt room in Goldsboro yesterday the people laughed at the dire distress ol Fabius and “winked the other eye” Avher. they talked about it. Such are the meth ods of the Southern Railway to postpone litigation and to edge as far away as possible from the time Avhen it must face a jury of good and true North Caro linians and have facts, cold, hard, true facts laid before them. MEN OF THE FIELD Yeomanry of the East in Council. Enthusiasm Defies Weather. (Special to News and Observer.) Elizabeth City, N. C., Feb. I.—An en thusiastic agricultural meeting Avas held here today. Inclement AA’eather had little effect on the attendance, Avhich Avas large and represented all parts of the State- Great interest was manifested and the meeting consumed the entire day. Hon. B. W. Kilgore, State chemist, spoke in the morning on the question or soil improvement. He offered some .val uable .suggestions which Avere Weil re ceived. Mr. W- L. Cohocn. editor of the “Tar Heel,” of this ciy, foiloAA T ed Mr. Kilgore with a forceful speech on behalf of good roads, in which he advocated a chain gang, by which the State prisoners 'could be used to advantage. Resolutions ap pointing a committee Avere adopted. In the afternoon Mr. C. B. Williams discuss ed varieties of corn and cotton and the improvements by seed selection. Mr. Tail Butler, State veterinarian, fol lowed him on the question of common dis eases of farm animals. Other questions Avere discussed among Avhich was the farm labor problem. The meeting was quite a success. »■*'»■!' ♦ I l RALEIGH WOMAN LNSANE. ? i | | Anna Stevens Jackson Placed in | 1 an Asylum at Rome. t X T Y (By the Associated Press.) 4 Rome, Feb. 1. —Anna SteA'ens 4 Jackson, of Raleigh, N. C., Avho, on Y January 15, after escaping from a X A house of detention, was found on j ❖ the railroad track, three miles out from Rome, has been placed in an % X asylum for the instate, p: nding in- X ❖ quiries, which are being made in ♦ ihe United States concerning her Y i identity. * ♦ 4*4* 4*4*444* 4*4*4 *4*4* 4* HiS VICTIMS STILL ALIVE. Over Twelve Hundred Dollars on the Head of this Negro. (By the Associated Press.) JRoanoke, Va., Feb. 1-—The . city council today offered a reward of SI,OOO for the capture of tlie negro who, on last Satur day assaulted Mrs. George J. Shields and her little daughter, with a razor and hatchet in their home and left them for dead. Citizens have added $250 to the Council’s reward, and this will be increased by the State. It is said two suspicious ne groes have been arrested at Bluefield, W. Va., and another at Portsmouth. Ohio, cut it is not known here that there is ar.y evidence against them. The military companies are still being held in their armory subject to furthpv orders from the mayor. The negro's victims are alive. —— ar Assignment at D'jnn. (Special to News and Observer.) Dunn., N. C., Feb. I.—The Dunn Hard ware and Furniture Company have as signed, Mr. H, C. McNeil being made trustee. The nominal assets are about $11,000; the real assets are estimated to be about $7,000. The liabilities are about SIO,OOO. Guy Rope Broke. Big Gun Fell. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., Feb. I.—A guy rope at tached to the gear or a derrick, being used in hoisting one of the monitor Arkan sas’ big guns aboard her. broke today and sent the gun crashing upon the deck of tne monitor. In its descent it damaged the ship’s bridge to a considerable extent £.nd knocked a laborer unconscious. DIETRICH ASKS • INVESTIGATION The Senate Then Appoints a Committee. MORGAN ASKS LIGHT He Demands That the Bulls’ Eye of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations be Turned Upon the Panama Revo lution. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. I.—ln the Senate to day Air. Dietrich, of Nebraska, made a re quest for an investigation into the charges upon which he was recently tried by a Federal court in his own State, and the Senate granted the request, the President pro-tempore, appointing a committee con sisting of Messrs. Hoar. Platt, of Connec ticut, Spooner, Cockrell, and Pcttus, to make the inquiry. Air. Tillman (S. C.), suggested that the investigation should be conducted by the Committee on Privileges and Elections. He said the charges affected the integ rity and honor of the Senator from Ne braska and his right to sit in the Senate. On objection by Mr. Burrows, Chair man of the committee, to that reference, the resolution offered by Mr. Dietrich was adopted. Air. Tillman's resolution instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to send to the Senate information in regard to the ap pointment of William D. Crum as col lector of the port of Charleston, S. C., was laid before the Senate. Mr. Tillman said he believed he had all the information needed, which could be given by Secretary Shaw T and he asked to have printed in the Record, and as a document the Communication from the Secretary of War in regard to rece«s ap pointments. He said the information contained in that communication had a direct bearing on the Crum case. The order was made as requested. The remainder of the day w r as devoted to an argument by Mr. Alorgan in sup port of the resolution introduced by Air- Stone directing the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to make on investiga tion into the Panama revolution. Air. Alorgan again criticised the con duct of As. Bunau-Varilla in connection with the revolt and spoke of the treaty as a concession to the commercial spirit of the age. The present Alln?3ter from Panama was held up by Air. Alorgan in a most unen viable light. He read extracts from ut terances by AI. Bunau-Varilla to support his accusations against that gentleman. The attendance in the Senate was at this time very slim, there being only three Democratic Senators present, and they were engaged in conversation. Notwith standing this circumstance, after reading one of these excerpts Air. Alorgan said: “I'll read it again to this side of the chamber which is %o much interested in what I have to say.” Air. Morgan traced the connection ot M. Banau-Varilla with the Panama revo lution and declared that after his own shewing Bunau-Varilla should be pro nounced persona non grata in the United Stales. He asserted that if a member of Congress were guilty of such conduct as Nunau-Varilla had geen guilty of he would be made the subject of “condign, punishment.’’ "About this treaty," ho w r ent on, ‘there is an atmosphere of degradation against which the people revolt.” Air. Alorgan closed with a reference to his lonj; advocacy of an isthmian canal, and to the attitude of the South towards tb; canal project, saying that section was still “unmoved by mercenary temptation." He proceeded: “The people of the South will pity and forgive, but will not forget such as can find excuse in their fears of upstart despo tism for the acceptance of gifts that aie stained with fraud hnd are gathered from the wreck of the Constitution, the sta 1 utes enacted by Congress and the laws of nations. We cannot if w r e would, con vince those who live, or those who will live, that it is honorable or just or rea sonable to assist any man who may be President in the violation of the Constitu tion or the laws of the land. We cannot mark down the people of the South to the figure in commercial politics that ac cepts a favoor of any party, or auy man, as the price of its support of men who disregard laws and trample the rights of the weak under foot, or of measures that are w’rong, and dishonorable. We have never been robbers or faith breakers and we will not lend ou assistance to thore who are.” The Senate adjourned until tomorrow. WE'D HAVE GOT THE CANAL And Got it With Honor But for Impet uous Haste, Says Thayer. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. I.—The proceedings in the House today were enlivened by a spirited discussion of the Panama question. Air. Thayer (Dem. Mass.) declared the course of this government in Panama to have been contrary to the provisions of the treaty with New Granada. Mr. Grosvenor (Rep. Ohio), made a vig orous defense of theadministration, and said the brightest star that shines in the pathway of the candidate of the Republi- t TM* WGMTUIrV TO-. ♦ Far Raleigh l FAIR. j PRICK FIVK CENTS. can party is his course in the Panama Canal question. He advised the Democrats to keep away from Panama as an issue. While a bill proposing relief to an indi vidual from the operations of the act re strictign ownership of lands in the territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens was under consideration Mr. Hepbur asked the nmi nority if they had changed front on this question, and why they were now willing to support exemptions from the opera tions of that act in view of the attitude they assumed at the time of its enact ment. Mr. Bartlett (Ga.), asked Air. Hepburn if the legislation in question was not passed when they, had the Cleve land brand of Democracy rather than the Bryan brand, as Mr- Hepburn had sug gested, whereupon Air. Hepburn advised the Democrats to return to the Cleveland brand. Air. Pou, (N. C.), suggested to Mr. Hepburn that the Republican party by their votes sent Populists to the House from the South at the time to which Mr. Hepburn referred. “Oh, no! replied Mr. Hepburn. “It was the Kansas variety of Populists, the, Nebraska variety, the W. J. Bryan tribe cf Populists that did this." Mr. Thayer criticised the action of the President in the Panama matter as hasty and concluded: “We want the canal and we shall have it, but we.do not want it to the detriment of our good name, which is above all price, and we would have had it without the possibility of criticism of our conduct in procuring it, had impetuous haste waived upon calm judgment and conserv ative action." The House today had under considera tion the diplomatic and consular appro priation bill, which W3s pending when the House adjourned until tomorrow. A HEi TRAGEDY Silent, Brave, She Toiled for Self and Child. At Last the Destroyer Took Her. Left by the Husband to the Care and Support of Kind Strangers. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 1. —Mrs. J. E. Henderson died hero today of consump tion and will be buried from the Catholic church tomorrow. She came to Greens boro from Kentucky four years ago with a small girl child. She was an intelligent, modest, brave little woman. For some time after coming here she seemed to have the means of a modest support, sent by her husband, w'ho she said was a trav- • elling man- After awhile it became evi dent that she was in distress for the ne cessaries of life. Pier health was very frail, and kind benevolence in a delicate way provided a room and sustenance for her and the little girl. Later, her health improving, she was able to support herself by work in the shoe factory. But her disease continuing to make inroads, some months ago she had to give this up. and the Ladies’ Aid Society, with other kind hearts, saw that her passage to the grave was made as little tough as possible. Mrs. Henderson’s husban, those who know, say, occasionally came to see her, but always came at night, left in the darkness, and was never made acquainted with any one here, or so far as is known, ever seen by any one. The wife was always refined and gen tle, and even those whose continual and constant charity entitled them to know* something of him, and his unpardonable failure to provide for his wife and child, respected her secret, and sought not to learn what she forbore to communicate the mystery and the sadness and calamity w hich had come into her life. CURRITUCK SOUND FROZEN OVER. Farmer's Institute—Rather Poor Sea son for Game. Good for Fishing. (Special to News and Observer.) Currituck, C. H., N. C., Feb. I.—ls the weather had not been so disagreeable we are sure that hundreds of people would have been here in attendance at the Farmers’ Institute. Notwithstanding the very bad weather several were here and showed great interest in the subjects ably discussed by the State Chemist, Dr. B. W. Kilgore. Air. C. B. Williams and Dr. Ta>t Butler, the State Veterinarian. Those gentlemen made a fme impression on cur people, not only the- farmers but all who heard them. It is a source ot regret that the weather was so that our farmers, especially as a whole, could not be here to hear them. The people in our county, especially on the farms along Currituck Sound and its bays and tributaries, did exceedingly well last year in trucking, the Irish and sweet potatoes being the principal crop and infermatien such as gained today will bn of great value to them. Currituck Sound, has been frozen over twice this winter with the ice hard enough to walk across it. That is some thing that does not often occur. During a freeze like those the game, such as duck, geese and swan get quite poor, but it does not take long for them to get back to their normal condition. This sea son for game has been rather a poor one. but the fishermen, as a rule, have done exceedingly well. Our people did exceedingly well farm ing last year and are looking to this coming season with much interest. Mahonoy City, Pa., Feb. I.—By an ex plosion of powder in a mine cage, five dockmen were killed while being hoisted to the surface.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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