North Carolina Newspapers

444444 44444444444444444 1 THE WEATHER TO-DAY: t T For The State: 4 J Thursday: Fair, colder; + Friday, fair, warmer in in- 4 4 terlor: light to fresli North -4 to Northeast winds. Volume LVI. No. 150. Leads all North Carolina Dailies in News a-A circulation A HUNDRED MILES OF CANNON AROAR Lone Tree Hill Rises Out of a Boiling Night of War Clouds Pierced By the Lightning of Thundering Guns. BATTLE AT THE BRIDGE The Struggle For Possession of This Means of Passage Across the Shak he Continues. A Small Wood Nearby Has Continually Changed Hands, But is Now Definitely Occupied By the Japanese. At Two or Three Oth er Points They Are Reported to Have Been Driven Back. (By the Associated Press.) Sachetun, Manchuria, March 1.—3 p. m.—The Japanese have opened a tremendous fire with field and siege guns against Poutilofif (Lone Tree Hill). Columns of white smoke en velop the hill on two sides. The bom bardment of the right llanlc continues. The artillery fighting continues along the whole front of 100 miles. The eastern detachment near Kon dayu has repulsed the Japanese at tack. The Japanese have been driven in from Tunsilai Pass and from the vicinty of Gauto Pass.* At the bridge over the Shaltho Uiver, a furious struggle continues. A small wood near by has continually changed hands, but is now definitely occupied by the Japanese. It is rumored that a livision of Jap anese on the extreme right is inarch ing north and lias reached Kalama. A Hand to Hand Fight. (By the Associated Press.) Tokio," March 1.—5 p. m. —The headquarters of the Japanese army on the Shakhe River, telegraphing yes terday. says: “The enemy's batteries at Tungyou Mountain and the northern height of Tangchlatun commenced bombarding at four o’clock today. We did not re ply. “Monday night the enemy's field guns at Shupangtzi and heavy guns at "Wenohongpao concentrated their lire on our outposts in the vicinity of the railway bridge. At one o’clock in the morning live companies of infantry advanced on either side of the rail road and surrounded our outposts. Finally part of the enemy charged into our trenches and engaged in a, fierce hand-to-hand fight. Our outposts had repulsed the enemy entirely at three o'clock in the morning. The enemy left sixty dead, some prisoners and some spoils." Dispatches From Kuropntkin. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, March I.—Two brief dispatches from General Kuropatkin, dated February 27th and February 28. confirm the capture of the head of the Shakhe Itiver bridge. Attacks of the Japanese on Gauto Pass were re pulsed February 27 and again Febru ary 2S. The Russian advance guards still hold their position at Zudaza. The shun shooters continue to liarrass the whole Japanese front and caused con siderable alarm by the use of hand grenades at Bandiapu during the night of February 27tli. SHOT FATHER AND DAUGHTER. Atrocious Crime for Which Posses arc Seeking Clarence Mason, a Negro. <By the Assocaitcd Press.» Jacksonville, Fla., March 1. — I Posses that have been searching since! last Sunday for Clarence Mason, a negro who killed Baldwin Marr, a white farmer near here and seriously wound', d his daughter, have traced him to Dutton, near the State line, and it is expected that lie will be captyured soon. Fears of violence have been expressed when the negro shall be taken. He is said to be well armed. The killing was patriculnrly atro cious. The negro called Mr. Marr from the house on the pretext that a horse was sick. When Mr. Marr appeared, the negro shot him. killing him instantly, then shot Miss Marr. Taking the shoes from the dead man he put them on and mounted the I horse and made good his escape. No j motive, excel-, ting robbery lms been suggested for the crime. GOVERNMENT AT JAMESTOWN. A Modified Provision for the Partici liatioii in the E.\ix»sitioji. (By tin- Associated Press.) Washington, March I.—The House leaders Unlay decided on a modified provison for government participation in the expos!ton planned to be held in tin,* vienty of Jamestown, Va., and and near the waters of Hampton Roads in 1 !tO7. Speaker Cannon has given the a mended bill right of way in the! House, following the disposal of the General Deficiency bill. The biil provides for an interna- naval, marine and miltury cx The News and Observer. ♦ position; so rthe appointment of five government commissoners to make arrangements for the same, to be ap pointed July 1, next, at salaries of $5,000 each; for the extension of an invitation to foreign countries to par ticipate by sending warships and rep resentatives of their miltary organiza tions. For the official entertainment of those representatives $150,000 is appropriated, $125,000 to be used by I (lie navy and $25,000 by the army. An appropriation of SIOO,OOO is made for the salaries and expenses of the'■commission and for the erection of a monument on Jamestown Island to commemorate the first settlement of English speaking people on this continent, $50,000 is appropriated. The understanding among the House leaders to put the bill through today was subsequently modified on account of difficulty in getting the modified bill in shape to be properly placed before members of the House. The advocates of the measure will not confine their efforts in behalf of the bill to get the modified proposition as a rider on the Sundry Civil Bill in the Senate and in that form getting ac tion by the House. SURVEY OF THE SHALLOTTE. Senator Overman Secures an Amend ment Providing for This. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C., March 1. —Sena- tor Overman and Representative W. W. Kitchin called ot the Navy Depart ment this morning and secured the promise of the department io desig nate -Earle Pendleton Holt, son of, Prof. /J. A. Dolt, of Oak Ridge, to stand tile examination for appoint ment as assistant paymaster of the Marine Corps. This examination will be held in the spring. Senator Overman today secured an amendment to the River and Harbor Biil providing for a survey of Shal lotte river from its mouth to the town of Shallotte, Brunswick county. Senator Overman has been appoint ed a member ot the Senate commit tee to attend the opening of the Lewis and Clarke Exposition at Portland. Oregon. These places are much sought after, as they provide a trip to the exposition with expenses paid. Inauguration rates at the ordinarily moderate indeed hotels are from ten dollars a day up, for board and room. HAD TWO RIBS BROKEN. Mss. R. C. Robinson( of Greensboro, lu a Wreck. (By th»> Associated Press.) Charlottesville, Va., March I.—The two rear sleepers of the Washington and Southwestern Limited, left the track today at Roekfish. Va., twenty three miles south of here on the Vir ginia. Midland division of the South ern Railway. Mrs. R. C. Robinson, of l Greensboro. X. C., has two ribs broken and Conductor M. L. Rust, of Alexan dria, sustained a sprained knee and a bad scalp wound. George W. Vanderbilt, of New York, and Brooke Morgan, Atlanta. Assistant General Passenger Agent of the South ern. were among the passengers. JAMES B. DI KE ILL. Suffering From Blood Poisoning But Condition Not Serious. (By the Associated Press.) New York, March 1. —The condition ! of Jamps B. Duke, president of the I American Tobacco Company, is very ill from blood poisoning, ivas said to be today not at all serious. Mr. Duke lias been confined to his house for several days as a result of an operation for •he removal of a corn. ‘ Gi l FT DAY" AT CHRIST CHURCH Dr. Lloyd, of New York City, Delivers Strong Address. There was a very beautiful service conducted at Christ church yesterday, beginning at 0:30 in the morning and concluding in tin* afternoon at 3 o’clock. The service was called "Quid Day." The Rev. Dr. Arthur Lloyd, of New York city. General Secretary of tin Board of Mission, delivered dur ing the service very strong addresses upon th< "Freeman of the Christian Services.” Dr. Lloyd is a very strong and zealous man for the cause of mis sions. He impressed till who heard him. and his addresses were well re ceived and will do great good in the future. Appointments by President. (By Die Associated Press.) Washington. March I.—The Senate today confirmed the following nomi nations: Jos pit W. .1. Lee. Maryland, con sul general el Panama: Captain Albert S. Snow to be a rear admiral in the no vv. Po.lmusters: North Carolina Francis J. Reed, Blit more; Charles M, Hoover. Thomasvilh . The President today sent to the Senate the following nomination: Postmasters: Nurlli Carolina —Jas- per Z. Waller, Burlington. East point Postoffico Robbed. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., March I.—Two r.ob-J RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1905. bers of the postofflee safo at East polnt, a suburb of Atlanta, today, se cured $1,500 worth of stamps and S2O in money and made good their escape. In tlicir haste to get away th<» robbers scattered stamps along the road as far as Fort McPherson. THE MYSTIC SIIRINEItS. Regular Spring Session of the Order in Two Carolfnas at Charlotte. (Special to News and Observer.) Charlotte, N. C., March 1. —The reg ular spring session of the Mistie Shl in ers of the two Carolinas was held here tonight in the Masonic Temple. The most distinguished visitors in the party are Imperial Potentate George L. Brown, of Buffalo, and Imperial Re corder B. W. Rowell, of Boston. They are here on an official visitation and are being entertained at theMahufac turer Club as guests of Oasis Temple. A band of about twenty-five candidates from North and South Carolina were given a ourney through the desert, taking the shrine degree. At the close of the ceremonial session a banquet was served in honor of the visiting Masons. Among the visiting shrine is here for the session are: C. P. Suggs, H. B. Gleason, Raleigh; 11. W. Hargis, Mon roe: J. 11. Philips. C. A. Jenkins. Win ston. Others came in on the evening trains. The members from Charleston, Co lumbia and other points in South Car olina came in on a private Pullman ca r. The keys cf the city have been turned over to the visitors and they are being splendidly entertained by the local numbers of the shrine.. THE LAST GREAT SUPPLY MEASURE House Passes General Deficiency Bill. SWAYNE TRIAL ECHO The Senate Passes Three Supply Bills Calling For Appropriations of Over Thirty-Five Million Dollars, A Second Night Session is Held. (By the Associated Press.) Washington March 1. —The House tonight passed the General Deficiency bill, the last of the great supply measures to be acted upon during this Congress. The total amount carried Is $31,224,07;*. The temper of the House regarding the Swaync impeachment verdict was shown when amendments were at tached to the bill restricting the $lO a day limit expenses of United States judges so that, expenditures above $5 a day shall he certified upon proper vouchers, with the further proviso that in case a judge presents a false claim for expenses he shall be fined not less than SIOO and Imprisoned for not less than ten days. Mr. Maynard (Va.) offered an amendment increasing the salary of the President to $75,000 per annum, and that of tli vice-president to $15.- 000 per annum and providing upon re tirement of the President a salary of $25,000 per annum, but a point of or der against it by Mr. Baker (N. Y.) was sustained by the Chair. An amendment by Mr. Sherman (N. Y.) to appropriate $190,000 for mile age of Senators, members and dele gates for attending the second session, provoked much discussion. It was opposed by Mr. Underwood (Ala.) upon the ground of illegality and be cause the House would be put in an improper attitude. After Messrs. Littlefield (Me.), De- Armond (Mo.), and Gudger (N. c.), had spoken in opposition, the amend ment was adopted. When the mileage amendment *to the General Deficiency Bill was re ported to the House Mr. Underwood (Ala.) demanded a separate vote. The amendment on division was agreed to. 63 to 46. Mr. Underwood demanded the yeas and nays, but Mr. die men way meantime insisted that there was no quorum and the roll ac cordinlgly was called, the vote being taken on the amendment at the same time. By a vote of 90 to 80 the amend ment was agreed to amid applause. It required over an hour to secure a quorum, the vote remaining practical ly a tie through the call and swaying first to one side and the.n the other. The most intense interest prevailed. The advocates aud opponents of the proposition wow.: very active on Ihe 11 nor of the House and out, in the lob bies securing votes. Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) protested in a..question 1o the speaker as to whether a member had the right to lobby among his col leagues. "Ask the chair something easy," re sponded the speaker amid thunderous applause. Mr. Gaines did not further pursue his inquiry. The bill then was passed aud the House adjourned until 12 o'clock to morrow. SURELY BILLS IN SENATE. Bi-Monthly Report--, on the Cottou Crop Are ‘Black Eyed." (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March I.—During the ; (Continued on age Six.) A BORGIA’S HAND STRUCK AND SHE DIED . “I Have Been Poisoned/’ Said Mrs. Leland Stanford. HER FUTILE FLIGHT Once Before, in San Francisco, the Hand of Her Secret Foe Placed the Deadly Draught at Her Lips, and With Shattered Health She Fled to Escape the Doom That Threatened. -But Across the Seas, in Far-Off Hon olulu, It Followed and Struck Her Down. (By tile Associated Press.) Honolulu, March I.—Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, of San Francisco, widow of the United States Senator Leland Stanford, died at 11:40 o’clock last night .at the Moana Hotel here. Suspicous circumstances surround the death of Mrs. Stanford. She was taken ill at 11 o’clock and said: "I have been poisoned.” Her last words were: "This s a horrible death to die.” Mrs. Stanford came here from San Francisco on the Korea, February 21. In conversation with Mrs. Henry High ton. of San Francisco, who is now here, Mrs Stanford said that an attempt had beer, made to poison her in that city, aiiU 1 that this was her reason for sailng on the Korea, It was Mrs. Stanford’s belief, according to Mrs. Highton, that enough poison had been used to kill twenty persons, ( Before retinig last night Mrs. Stan ford took a dose of bicarbonate of soda, which she purchased at San Francisco. It is reported that the soda contained strycliininc, but this report cannot be verified. Dr. F. H. Humphris, who attended Mrs. Stan ford, is making an examination of the contents of the bottle, which had not been touched since Mrs. Stanford left San Francisco. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Stanford went to a. picnic. She ate heartily. On returning to the hotel she took no dinner and retired shortly after ten o’clock. At 11 o’clock a guest ofthe hotel who occupied an adjoining room, heard Mrs. Stanford groaning, and running to the room, found her lying on the lloor. She had evidently tried to summon help. At the time of Mrs. Stanford's death there were present Miss Berner, her secretary, and her maid. May Wilson. Both are pros trated. In accordance with local law, a coroner’s jurv was immediately sum moned and viewed the remains which wore later taken to an undertakers to await an autopsy. Mrs. Henry Highton told the As sociated Press correspondent that Mrs. Stanford said to her shortly after ar riving here: "The reason 1 left San Francisco was because an attempt had been made op my life —an attempt to pois on me and enough poison was used to kill twenty persons.” "Mrs. Stanford seemed to greatly affected." said Mrs. Highton, "I sought to disabuse her mind of the idea, as l feared it might, be only a delusion, but Mrs. Stanford talked so rationally about the attempt on her life that r do now hold the be lief that it was a mere fancy of hers, i was very uneasy after this talk with Mrs. Stanford and wrote to mutual friends in San Francisco about the matter. They told me they feared such attempts had been made, no names, however, being mentioned." L)r. Humphris made the following statement to the Associated Press: "When T was called in I found Mrs. Stanford in convulsions, and applied tile quickest remedies but. it was not possible to save her life. Mrs. Suin-i ford said to me: “ ‘Doctor. 1 have been poisoned.’ “Mrs. Stanford’s condition seemed to indicate strychnine poisoning. Be-! tween convulsions, her mind was un usually active, and she said ‘This is| the second time they have tried it. | They tried it last January and I came here to avoid another attempt.’ "I tasted the contents of the bottle."! continued Dr. Humphris. Before mak ing an analysis I am unable to swear that it contained strychnine, but I am perfectly positive" that it does con tain strychnine." First Attempt on Her Life. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Gal., March 1. —On the 18th of last month it was reported that an attempt had been made to murder Mrs, Stanford by means of poison placed in a bottle of mineral water at h« r home on California street in tilts city. It was stated that she had taken three drinks of the deadly mixture but the poison had been used in such large quantities (bat it served as its own emetic. Mrs. Stanford was taken violently ill and medical aid was summoned. The con tents of her stomach and the water remaining in the bottle were analyzed and sufficient strychnine to have killed three persons was found. Mrs. Stan ford lint drank of the water on Jan uary 11, and from that time her health declined. Although the story of the attempt to poison her was posi tively denied persistent rumors re garding the matter wore revived. An official of the Morse Detective Agency who investigated the first at tempt-by poison on the life of Mrs. Stanford, stated that there was some foundation for the belief that she had been poisoned prior to her departure for Honolulu. Beyond that statement, however, he would give no particu lars. Mount ford S. Wilson, Mrs. Stan ford’s personal attorney, said that in hi sopinion and in the opinion of Charles G. Lathrop. Mrs. Stanford’s brother, Mrs. Stanford died a natural death. Mr. Wilson said Mrs. Stanford had been in poor health for some time and probably died from heart failure, apoplexy or some similar trouble. An autopsy on the remains of Mrs. Stanford was performed thiOs after noon. The physician who conducted the autopsy said that the cause of death was tetanus of the respiratory organs, but that he cannot state how the tetanua was brought about until after an examination of the contents of the stomach. No inquest will be held until High Sheriff Henry receives the report of the chemists. This report will proba bly be received tomorrow. ll'Mik At Metallic. (Special to News and Observer.) Mebane, N. G., March 1.- —The Com mercial and Farmers Bank, lately es tablished here, has a most promising future. It has been put in operation by Mr. J. B. Mason, lately the success ful cashier of a Durham bank. The capital is SS,OOO, raised with ease, as $20,000 could easily have been sc oured. HALL OT RECORDS AGAIN DEFEATED Unalterable Opposition to Bond Issue. TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL Site and Buildings at Spray. Valued at $20,000. Offered to the State For This School With the Con dition That the Legislature Authorize $5,000 a Year. The Senate yesterday passed an unusually large number of bills, most ly coming" from the House, and of a local nature. The vagrancy bill was passed after a brief discussion with but one dissenting vote. The Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate pension bill reducing the amount of Confederate pensions from $300,000 to $275,000. There was lit- opposition to the amendment. , A message from the Governor was 1 received containing a proposition .sub mitted to him Tuesday in regard to a tract of land at Spray Rocking ham county, which some gentlemen desire to donate to the State, with the condition that a school of Tech nology be established upon it. The bill providing for the erection of a Hall of Records caused a lengthv and breezy debate. The provision for a bond issue of SIOO,OOO was the issue and the fight was precipitated by the amendment of Mr. Zollicoffer abolish ing the bond issue section, and sub stituting a section authorizing that $75,000 be taken from the receipts of the Insurance Department, half of that amount in 1905, and the remainder in 1906. The amendment was finally voted down and on the third reading tile bill failed l>v a vote of 15 to 22. The joint resolution relative to the Jamestown Exposition, carrying $50,- 000. appropriation, caused consider able debate, and was re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. There was present at the Senate ses sion yesterday a delegation from the Legislature of Tennessee for the pur pose of observing and enquiring into as well as studying the North Carolina methods of legislation. The courtesies of the lloor and privileges of the mem bers were extended to the delegation. The Legislature will today consider, probably, jointly, the election of trus- ] lees for the Slate University. SEN ATE—FORTH Y-MNTI l DAY. The Senate convened at 11:30j o’clock. Lieutenant Governor Winston j presiding, arid prayer was made by! Senator Jones, of Johnston, New Bills. New bills were introduced as fol- j lows: By Flier: T<> change the boundary! lines of Middle Fork township, Forsyth county. Calendar. By Sinclair: To change the time for holding tin* Superior courts of Cumberland county. Calendar. By Em pie: To protect fish in Black river. New Hanover county. CaJenda r. By Eller: To exempt members of tire companies from jury service. Judiciary. L‘.y Empie: To protect game in New Hanover county. Calendar. By Empie: To re-establish self government in New Hanover county. Galenda r. By Empie: To protect game in Brunswick county. Calendar. By Eller: To change the Eleventh and Thirtieth Judicial districts. Judi cial Districts. By Long, of Person: To establish a dispensary at Koxboro. Proposi tions and Grievances. By Taylor: To prevent the felling AGREE TO SETTLE SCHAFER BONDS Holders Accept Counter Proposition of Twenty- Five Per Cent and Interest From Date Including Coupons. of timber and throwing dead bodies in Brush Creek, Alleglianey county. Calendar. By Webb: • To fix the salaries of the officers of Buncombe county. Calendar. By Odell: To limit the poll tax. Calendar. By Sinclair: To empower the County Commissioners to fix the place of the execution of criminals. Judicary. By Sinclair: To empower a suc ceeding guardian to foreclose a mort gage. J udlciarv. By Scales: To change the time for holding the courts of the Ninth Dis trict. Judiciary Districts. By Taylor: To change the bound ary lines of Mitchell and Watauga counties. Calendar. Third Readings. The following bills passed their filial reading except where otherwise indicated: H. B. To incorporate the town of Hot Springs. 11. B. To allow the county of Yad kin to issue bonds. H. B. To authorize the Southern Carolina Railway Company to con struct one or more lines in the coun ties of Tyrrell and Hyde. H. B. To make a portion of Paw lico county stock law territory. H. B. To authorize tho commis sioners of Gaston county to issue bonds to pay the debt for buildng a court house. H. IJ. To regulate the working of public roads in Alleghany county. H. B. To provide additional regu- for working the roads of Clayton township, Johnston*county. H. B. To incorporate the Raleigh & Southport Railway Company. The Senate concurred in the House amendment to the bill regulating the feetivo deeds, curing defective orders. The Senate concurred hi tho House aemndment to the bill regulating the killing of game in Buncombe county. H. B. To focilllate road improve ment in Wake county. This bill had considerable opposition before the Senate Committee and an amend ment was passed with the bill. S. B. To assess the lands of Beaver Dam and other lands in Cumberland county, for the purpose of construct ing canals. S. B. To prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor within one mile of the Methodist church of Palmyra, Halifax county. 11. B. Relative to the Polk county road law. H. B. Relative to the town of Leicstor; the bill repeals the charter of the town. H. B. To regulate the fees of the treasurer of Martin county. H. B. Relative to the disburse ment of the public school funds of Wake county. H. B. To incorporate the Womble Hook and Ladder Company of Ral eigh. N. C. H. B. To amend the charter of the Littleton Fenlale College. Delegation From Tennessee. / Mr. Mason, of Northampton, an nounced that there was present a Report of tlu* Committee. Raleigh, X. March 1, 1005. To the Honorable the Grneral Assembly of Xorth Carolina: Client lemon:—Tile committee to whom was referred the neuter of the South Dakota judgment ami the Schafer Immicls to the end that they tnijtht carefully consider the sumo and make some recommendation to the General Assembly, do now respectfully make the following report: 1. That tiie Governor of the State, with the approval of tin? council of State, l>e direeted to settle the South Dakota judgment in the manner deemetl by them liest to protect the State’s interest. 2. After a careful consideration of the I»omled indebtedness known as the Schafer Brothers bonds, l>eing 2la bonds of the par value of $1,000.00 eucli. with interest on the same for twenty-nine years, and after consultation with the attorneys of said bond holder.-, the committee unanimously agreed to recommend the following: , tH The State is to pay the bond holders $892 per bond, which is less than par value, and amounts to $215,801. This is $117,216 less than the principal and interest of the 212 bonds, $179,136 less than the first proposition sug gested by tin* lK>ml holders to the Governor. $86,130 less than the first written proitosition made by the bond ladders, printed in the newspaper as a letter to the Governor, and $20,130 less than the ultimatum that they of fered at the first meeting of this committee. The $215,801 recommended by the committee, end accepted by the bond holders, is based (though less) on the stttleinent of 1879. allowing 25 cents on the dollar and interest for twenty-four months, with interest on the deferred coupons, this being in strict accord with the settlement of 1879 ami the Democratic platform. Wo l»elievc this settlement is both honest and just, and we therefore recommend that the General Assembly accept and approve it. Respectfully submitted, jSSßiSfrf v * C! ZOLIirOFI KK, - ! ! .L BRYAN ("lIIMKS, d. f. dixon. mmammmm .V Y.'jOVXKK. ’ \ delegation from the State Legislator of Tennessee to inquire into and stud? the North Carolina methods in cor tain legislation. Mr. Mason move that the courtesies of the lloor be ex tended to the delegation. The mo tion carried unanimously by a Haiti, vote. Resumption of Calendar. S. B. Relative to drawing of grant juries of Henderson county. S. B. To provide for the apopint merit of court stenographers ot Franklin county. S. V. To prelect de<T in certain portions of Bladen county. (Continued on Pago Three.) ♦ THE WEATHER $)-DAY: J + For The Cllys { THURSDAY, FAIR. i AAA AAAAaaaaaa Price Five Cents. TOTAL IS $243,000 This Includes Both the Bonds Held By Surviving Partner of Schafer Broth ers and the South Dakota Judgment. Bill to Be Presented and Will Doubt less Go Through Legislature Author izing New issue. General Assembly Must Hold Over Until Next Monday at Least. The joint committee of the Senate ami House appointed to act with the* Governor towards recommending a settlement of the South Dakota, and Schafer Brothers bonds, yesterday af ternoon reached an agreement with the attorneys for Schafer Brothers by \v ii.wii me iciiate avjll pay to the hold ers of the 24 2 bonds, an amount equal to the proposition of compromise of 25 per cent, made by the legislature of 1870, with interest on such per centage of face value and interest on the coupons on said bonds unco’- lected. This amount, in figures, is $215.86 In addition, the committee recon mends the payment of the South Di kota judgment on the ten bonds c which suit was brought In the Unite States Supreme Court, the amount < this judgment and interest being $27 400. So that the entire sum conterhplattf in the compromise and settlement . $243,264. There was general satisfaction ex pressed yesterday when the terms o the agreement by the committee be came known, as the amount teuderc* was smaller than it was supposed th* attorneys for the Schafer Brothers would agree to accept. As stated yesterday. Mr. Ttieuud and Mr. Busbee in their letter to the com mittee, announced ir. most positive terms that their offer made on Mon day, and which was followed by a counter proposition from the commit tee of $ 138,000, was their ultimatum and that they would go no deeper into the negotiations. Despite these statements however, tiie committee held another meeting yesterday morning at which the terms which were finally agreed upon were proposed. Mr. iticaud, who had staled his intention of leaving on Tues day night, laid decided to remain over until yesterday morning and the prop osition of the committee was doubt less communicated to him. He start ed for the train hut was held over at the Just moment for the final deliber ations. Telegraphic communication with Mr. Schafer in New York was established, Messrs, lticaud and Bus bee were authorized to accept the terms tendered by the Stale through its committee, and at another moot ing held at five o’clock yesterday af ternoon the following report of the committee and those acting in their advice was drawn up and signed: As was stated* yesterday the bill /liieh wili incorporate the recommen lations of the committee must b»* a oil cull and passed in mch House >n three separate days. It provides or the issuance of sufficient Slate our per cent bonds to cover the two terns of the South Dakota. Judgment >bligation and the Schafer Brothers’ ■ettlcment. The term of the bonus vas left blank by the committee to be nserted at the pleasure of tilt; House. Having been introduced last night, the bill has passed its first reading in the House, will be put upon 1 t.a second today, and Ha third on Friday. It will then go to tip' Senate and have ils first reading in that body on Friday (Continued on Page Five.)