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YOUI.-NO.lt.' nTTSBOKO, K. C, FRIDA Y, FEBBUAUY 7, 1902 .asO'lTtn SCHLEY'S APPEAL. The Admiral Shows Cause Why Court Opinion Should Be Sei Aside. aSE IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED Claims That Admiral Dewey' Opin ion Should He Adopted Strong Argument Advanced. The Navy Department has made pub lic Admiral Schley's appeal to the Pres tdent. filed about a week ago. The De partment's Vonnnti;t" will be publish ed in a day or two. Admiral Schley arpeals to the Pres ident as the Chief Executive and com ' mander-la-chief of the arrev and navy "Tested with power. to regulate and tfiwt the acts 4if the svenl execu tive officers thereof," and he esk the President to review the findings of the court. He. asks this on- three rrojais. In rafh ri basing his apical on 'the findings of Admiral Dwey as opposed to the majority ripir. Thes-i three grounds are net out eompn ilottsly in the "petition." .whl.'a tills a'-out eight "printed pages el n parrj.iiiet nud :s signed by -Admiral Sehlev. an by Messrs. RaynPorJtT arTTea?ue. of his counsel. Atta-h! to the r-et.i'on are three exhibits' -A. B and C, each tnade up of copious extrt' is from the testimony taken Lr t!i! ti-'irt of Inf.. I' and Intend", to e?a?irTi the mte-meats of facts made in the ;n!U-:i Iself. In -this latter document the !ir.t ground of appeal is 'the holding or Secretaryjor.g la bia 4n$r semenl -on the, r:trVa find ings that "the An .r-j .-t of tSr court in making no firidirhr. an I rcnd-nlas Ri opinion en thoe f;u st ;i i: Chut of MDimis -and cf 'ordtt f r Ju vlc tory) Is approved inrt'l U-muM with propriety, take n; o'her ,:-i-m evi dence on these questions during the ;n ' qulry bavin? been exclude,) by the court." On this point th petition says that the Secretary cf the Navy was in error in statin- th t th roi'tt exclud ed testimony to s.ht'w tha't. as tie we? aald, Schley, was tin thief "ffixr t the battle of Santiap, was In abmlute command and w.-u du the credit for the victory wh'.eh rs'i'tel In th-i total destruction of iie Spanish ships. On th.s point the petition says: "And your .petitioner,' 'the applicant" before aaid court o f inmlirv nnw flips with th.s' petition an argument, together with a resume of the testimony taken during he irtiiiivy In so far as it re late to the questions as to who was in command tit the battle of Santiago.. In support . the presiding tlli.'er's re port, that be acted' -within ills authority and Jurisdiction. In reporiru bia'op'.n on as hereinbefore sot forth ant Hi1 the majority menibe-s of-'the said court failed In the discharge of a most Ipipor ta.nt duty devolving upon them under the precept livthat they did not' re port their opinion lipon the said ques tion; that It was ,In:umbnt t:pon sir n majority members to consider and de termine the said qu-vtldn for the rea son thai, only by so doing could they determine the propriety rf the conduct of the said v'bley m nr.i l .'jittle, tdnoe it being a fact that he dil assume command of th' American f.rces thcri' in engaged, lis action would In the ah sense of the rig it and. duty r. 1 1 e'o bavo been bmul eer,-;Tnb.A!.l upon the questions of such right nnd-.d-ty and the pjoirlct of I. 'a on l.r-t "in Mo premises the 'Scbl'V w is ensiled, -umler-t he--pre fi1. t i .i -fttm W and an Opinion from :h m.i'o-.'ty iRe;nb.-.-rs i,a weir as from the minority n embers of int. sant court, anay :r pctmoqer re spectfully re.qucsta that the said nr?v. ineut and re.uimo' of testimony (which are attached hereto and mafked 'Kx fclllt A' be considered as a part of this petition and Is the Iwsls for his prayer for n l le f fn IR 6" iwe nif.-icTS ti't'Ofore." the petitioner asks tao President to annul Secretary lngs enaorsernent on this point, and that ho speeiiUilly approve Admiral Pewe' maie.rent declaring that Schley w.ts in command. He says that only In this way can tx act justice be done him under '.he pre cept. ' The second ground relates to thn alleged withdrawal of the squadroi at night from Santlngo llav and the char acter of the bloT. 'e an.d. the -o!irletv of Commodore Schley's co.iduct in the premises. This was ona of the point i. upon which Admlrnl D?wey specifically dissented. The petition recites the tlnu ings of ".he court, to tuo cfl'e.-j that the flying 'squadron did not withdraw at night, and declares that, by this st vt Dient, the court obviated the necessity of the ftetss opinion as to whether or not a close; ailenuate blockade was ea tabllBhed. and the propriety of Commo dore Sfhie-v's' conduct In the premises. It is decided th.lt. if under -this sneel- llcatlbn, the eiehtli, mote than a ma jority of all the witnesses were. exam ined and about one third of tht wholo period cr ih j Inquiry was consumed in Its consideration, yet, "notwithsMtd Ing the fart.? herein, ret foMh, .all -of Wlihii i't' uion the record of me said cowt. Hit c mcurrhj membe thereof i tve f illed utterly and entirely to dlsehvrfc the moet Important dnt Irepoaud Ri.on them by (he terms pi the said specifications, which duty was to report their opialoa upon the questions of whether or not a closs of adequate blockade of eald harbor to prevent the c-scapejiWbs nemys vessels thera froraSferc established and the proprt etyof Commodore Sjhley's eonduet in the premises. Therefore Admiral Schley asks the. President to annual the .Secre tary's . tndoraement. which makes 'valid the. failure of majority members thereof to report their opinion upoa that pottloa of the said eighth spcclu catloa." And it la alsa' asked that there be substituted therefor Admiral Dewey's holdinn "the blockade cf San tiago was effectlTe." Otherwise, the pe titioner states that he will be without a finding or opinion upon - one of the most important specifications. The third reeit?s that Admiral Dew ey. according to the evidence, held that "passape from Key West.to Clenfuegol was made by the flying stjuadroawith all possible dispatch, havlnjr la Tlew the importance of arriving off Cienfue ros with ! 'srffflclent coal; that the block sde of Ctcnfuegos was effective, that the AduU was permitted to go in to gain Information, and finally that the passage from Cienfuegos to a point off Santiago was made, with as much dispatch as possible, while keeping the squadron a unit." The petition states that this opinion, beng at variance in certain points with the majority opin ion. Is the only one us;iiled by the facta before the 'court -and It'is asked that the Secretary's approval of the majority findings bo set aside and an nulled in each instance where it ii at variance- with Admiral Dewey's opsa- Ion. nnd that' th lattcr's opinion should he approved for tha reasons heretofore set out- in the bill of except t;o:is filed with,, the Ke irttary of the Navy. 1: Is also asked that the President ni!a! that potton of Sfcrtary l;r.g' ni!o:.n:f which '2fs: "As to potns c.-n which the presiding member dif'.crs frini the opinion of the maj ;r;ty of the court, the opinion of the majori ty Is arirove1.' and that in its place he substitute and approve the doclaa tton of A l.nfral Dewey on these points above nfeired to, ciar.ectel with the paBSCf fi.'c.n Key West to Cienfu-cs an t thence ti ?antb.ga. The petition ci n cudes; ' "And your petitlont-f1 niot rpct ftsl'.y states that only bythj. action for which he- prays . in 'tlfTS!tdaticn can cait jUKfice be -done him within the contemplation of the precept., uirier whith the said cmrt sat and wben.e It derived its asJthority." v r.xhihit A 'is an argument and a re sur e of testimony concerning the qu-stlon cf command during the battle of Kartt'aso. It !s stated that the pre cept and instructions directed the court to tisoroiuhly !nque Into all the tir cumstanc s bearing upon Schley's cou tlijft ar 1 ths? subject of the Investiga tion. There foi1" conns hold that It is nn Inecnti'stlMe fact that the court was Au!hor!id to determine the question or coinmard at the- battle of Santiago. The counsel then .take up the question of fact as to whether the court did ac tually entertain and consider, the ques tion cf command and to determine this ro'nt thy submit a great number of ex.-erpts f.oni th official r'ecjrd of the court. These are based qw testimony fe'i" en by many officers. ' Cc!infi arpiscs that the points in -dispute and undic bled by the court are detrimental to the service and to Pchley, and should have been settled. Counsel next take up the question 01 the propriety and justice of lkwey's opinion that Commodore Schley was in atischife command In the battle cf San-' t'aso and Is entitled to the credit of the g!i r'oi:s victory, and quote many cyretpts from the testimony to estab lish the 'correctness of this conclusion. It Is reVtted that Sampson .signalled to "disregard motions commander-in chief," when he started! east ward fh3t morning, thereby conferring command upon Schley. It Is asserted thnt . the New York did not reach the zone of last surremler of th! la.st Spanish shins I until one hour and U minutes after the battle ended, and that at 9:35 on the ir.ornins of July 3, fbe New York was ou! of sight of every ship of the bloclt adinsr squadron but one, making it im possible for her to -communicate. wji any ti tl-.im. Counsel -also cite- Secri ' Seerjr Senate iari-J. j).njt juitat etnent to the .hat Sampson was pnn-ecding toward W honey, . when" th Spanish ships eni.: gi.ti, 'tinder orders' from ' the' De partment to eonf.T with Shafter, and it Is held that these. orders detached h!m tempoiarily from tils command so that Schley was actually In command" at the battle, by virtue bis rank: th-aleenee-f-6anipion;-and byii)n4ai-htiBg--4hu-beiu.enUrfil.y tue of the fact that he. was In ivuihorltv as ieeond In cammard of the Auieilean forocs before Santiago and as senioi line, officer on the spot during every movement of actual battle; could anu did exercise authority and fcommand over : American forces actually en gaged, further argument on this ques tion of command Is to the effect that Coos and Clark, the t'wp ship captains present at the surrender of the Colon, recognired Schley's senorlty, and also that Sampson's older of bAttlo failed entirely as sain as the Spanish squad ron sueceeiei In passing beyond the westernmost extremity of tho American vessels,, '.AH of which. It is submitted ges to p ove conclusively that the In dividual opinion of DeWey was em1-ne-ntky pi i-er a:id wholly Justified by the evidence and the naval regulations. Exhibit 11 .elaborates and 8,iistaips tne statomen.ts biade in the petition re specting the. passage of the Hying louadixm from K-jy West to Clen'ue go'. ... . ' Exhibit C malnta n-i that the major ity of the couit reln e.l nil cjf Fchljy testimony nnd of his witnesses and fays: '"That -If th s teaMmooy was all false, tbey. jShoald have so aanoancsd and If all or any part ,of it was true, tho raid applicant waa eititlod tto the benefit of It find by declining to con elder or pasa upon K they have rte prlved Mm of h t commou law aut con stitutional riehts THE BIDDLE TRAGEDY Coli Mca tie la "V "ttcst Corrib!: Manner. CROWDS STOOD AROUND TEE JAIL Coroner' inquest Develops the Fact That Both the Biddies ' Attempted Suicide. ' ' Butler, Pa., Ppecial. The terrible fate of the Hiddl s was the cole topic ot conversation here feunday and cur ious thsongs of people have been defy ing the storm, hanging about tho jail entrance ,1a vain attempts to g.et In, to see the bodies of the 'dead murderers. A great deal of sympathy for the boys is expre-ssed on all sides, and not a few of the female portion of the crowd ex pressed a desire to see what manner of a man Ed. Diddle was. that he could exert such wonderful influence over the wom.-ui. The Jail doois were closed all day and uo one got la but' thUeWis who attended the autopsy and the corenw's jury. The newspaper report ers were excluded from, the inquest., h it h was held in the jail, and nothing eoncerning-the deliberations could be barncd until late in the afternoon. The tcscimony of all the officers conc jrne l ia the capture wa taken except Kob !;! Ya Vintl.r rv-ilireomn. who la Sick. The tf s-timcuy of Dr. H. 1). Greer, who was 'one of the doctors who attended the lliddbs. and of Sheriff Thomas R. iic.in, was also taken The verdi ,-erdiet ald that Ed. llidu)e his death bV a revolver shut caaie to r.r. d from a 3"-ea:bre revolver by him self, and that Jack Diddle met hid death from a gun-shot wound inflicted by the (fli.-ers In the dls'iiarga ot their lawful duty, fnder the instructions -ui Coroner Johnlones, an autopsy was h-'td on b:,th theUlddles Sunday raorr. Ing. The evidrnce secured by th-; au topsy bear.s cit the statements that thi men Intended- tu kill themselves rathei than 1c- tak.ia aliv(5 and -that !vl. slc,-roe-ded in his a. tempt, while Jack fa:5 lii. though -Ws life, was forfeit ed. I'. lirieker gave "(he following statement after the autopsy: 'vlavk B'.ddle was the wor-t slsott f the two men, although be was In better coudi Li..n than Ed. when the men were brought to the Jail on i-'riday nlsht. He had two gun-shot wounds .on th i rieht side lu the region of the liver. the bullets passing up and around the body aryl doing no damage. Theie were removed on Saturday. A bullet wound wa.- found iq the roof of the mou;h. but It was slight and wtuld not have caused his death. This wound was in flicted by himself with the evident In tention of killing himself.' His Tight arm , was ''shattered by five bullet wounds, The wound that caused 'his death was made by a 41.75 calibre bul let that passed through the crest of the !J!:um. on the right side, and passed back through the. kidney. " lnr all Jack suffered from nine wounds but excepting the one that penetrated the kidney,, none 'of tlieni would have been fatal. Ed's suffering from his wounds waji Intent?. One wound was made by Ed himself, the powder marks being vlsib!eon the skin. Death was caused by hemorrh age, and tho man suffered untold agon ies to the last breath. In. the. opinion of the doctors who hold the autopsyv, there is no doubt that he killed him self. Tee" pastors in ' nearly all of the churches In Butler took occasion Sun day to rc-:er to the sensational capture Friday of Mrs. Kate Soffcl and Joha and Ed. Uidjle, who died In the county Jail Saturday 'nlgly. Rev. Father Walsh,. revtbr of SL Paul s Roman Catholic church, who ministered to the Biddies In" their dying boors, spoke twhing ly of them to the members of his par ish, In both masses. He touched brief ly on their statements given out and Mid it -was for every person, to decide for themselves 'as to the Innocence or guilt of the men. When, seen at his residence, In the afternoon, ' Fathic Walsh said: "Besideji the statements riven cut by the BKldie boys f o th- nelvspape'rs and cUIcers-oT TWTrerc5SD, ty, both El and Jack Diddle made con tcssldns to me. Thir confession a were full and complete In every particular and they will never he revealed. Tho poor boys died like doss, literally rid el lee with bullets and some one shou'd be held responsible for inhuman nc- helplcss, unarmed and unable to make the slightest defense or resistance." Rev. Samuel Cronln Welt, of St. Marie s kvangcllcnl Lutheran church, ciiticlsed sevtrly the woman whom he held responsible for. the whole affair. He-said:- 'The Biddies und Mrs. Soffel made a vala fligbt .fTom Justice and retribu.'lon. swifily came upon them. The blindness and Infatuation of this woman In leaving her beloved husband and helpless little children'' for a gint of. desperadoes' Is the wxst criminal act thus far in Hie hisuryjjf the twea tlcVh century." Orcat Fire In NVatcb ity. ' : Waterbury, Conn , Special, The most disastrous lire In. the hltory pj .Waterbury" broke out in the heart' bi tho city, shortly before 6:30 Sunda evening, and at midnight was not un dor. control. A large section of the busljyasj'ai't of the city has alrea W been wip7d out. In the high Win 1 pre vailing there Is little hope ojsavln;, what still stands in that part of the business"-, .section south - of Exchange Place. The nre originated in thp rpj holstery. department of the Held an Hughes Dry Goods Com) irr and th store, as well as many adjoining build lugs,-are' smouldering cinders. Th property damago will be over $2.0W. 000.- , '- ' -' .ft- - SESluX'S M E AT 1V02FCLL Many Narrow Escapes and Heavy Property Loss.' . Norfolk. Special- A heap of smok ing ruins Is all that remains of tha Atlantic Hotel the massive Columbia office building which adjoined tho hotel, the Albemarle fiats and a block of stores in the center of thecity. The conflagration, one of the greatest la the history of Norfolk, broke out sho.-tljr before 2 o'clock Friday, morn ing, and Vh'en finally subdued over half a million dollars' .worth 'of prop erty had been destroyed. The loss ia taid to be fully covered by insurance. The flames, started in the Columbia, which is the largest but one of Noixtbn the Demicratic side folk's office buildings. It was a struc ture six stories hlga.a.nd. was ...built ia H92 by Davis Do wenberg, its owner. The fire was first discovered at 1:63 o'clock in the tuoi n.ng and . short ly afterward over 1,000 gallons of whiskey- stored In th-e basement oi the building exploded with eriific fore, tearing out the front walk The fife men were driven back by the explos ion and before they could get a stream of water on "the flames the ciuire building was afire. Hardly 15 r.:in t .- later the north wall, which was over loo feet high, foil In, completely" an nihilating the home of the , Virginia Club, which adjoins the buildng on the north. " From the outset it was evident tjiat tne immense Aiiantiu iiuui vus uvi,ie pj. .1. Hull DaviilKon. its nwnrT. r(-t- cnnallv mn,t tho i-(i!itHt- r.f the roon.Vi ami - aiflpd Jiv- his asiRt9.tiis.' aniiiscd ' pvery guest in tht building. To thjs iij debate for a time was very s:Mt.cd. due the fact, that so far as kuov.n noJThe Secretary of War was jco;e,i ?s. lives were lost, altliou;h about . o'.'O sayJng that no pre?a censors up mo-.v people were asleep in the hotel wh"ra"lexisted in the Philippines a:td a le t -the alarm was sounded. Th ,i;ttb; .from General -jreery. the cblef s'gn-1 armv.of half dressed men cud women Wffieor of the army, was presented ! refugees from the flames elbowed , W- p veniiee. of Indiana-maUia-; their ' way through the crowd t streets. In their bands they carried such small belon:ins its they were able to 'save in their li ght. The names soon spread to the live-story AK? iuarle apa'rtment hcuf-e.' opposite the Virginia Club which was quickly ie etroyed, and then to t.'-.c eutire block faring the Atlantic. and' running from Plume o Main streets. Within nn hour this block was nr.uib'il.ite.1. ' The origin of the lire is pot know!-. 'The blaze was firtt discovered in Drown's 'cafe which occupies half cf the Columbia building, by a police man who Immediately sent In the alarm. The whiskey which exploded was in this cafe. All the Atlantic Hotel guests escaped, though, J. O. Keady, of Brooklyn. N. Y had a close call. The.Watt, Bettew and Clay build ing wa saved, although the stock was saturated by water. In the Atlantic Hotel building wero the ticket otTi ces of the Southern, 'Baltimore and Ohio, and Norfolk and Western; Rail ways. The offices of Nottingham and Wrennr wood and Coal dealers: the Equitable life Assurance Company; Dodson's drus, store, Vermillion's liquor store, and Sclomonsky's tailor ),rl$" establishment. In .the r Columbia building were the cafes of C. R. Brown and. Neddes; the others of T); I.owen berg, tho owner; and of numerous real estate firms, lawyers, physicians, architects and contractors. In the block destrovel with tho Albemarle were . Johnston's china store; -Caroy and Dean, tailors: Hatch and Dean, furnishers; Motto, Dewitt and Co., brokers; Stenhon"on - arid Taylor, brokers; the' Norfolk nnd Western ' freight department, and the office of theN Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line. i The loss will approximate $910,000, possibly half covered by Insurance. The buildings burned were: 'Atlantic Hotel, for which, with. Its site. C. M. Uandolbh. who Is associated with R. Lancaster, recently paid $110,000. Co lnmbia iniildlng. which cast $:,0 OdO. Everything in the building's offices was destroyed; loss over, $100,000. Albemarle apartment house, owned bv George I.. Alps, .-valued at about $23.000;-the Johnston China Com pan v occunied the rrounl floor qnd losi $10,000. Building nwno'i bv C. W. Pfim. valued at $12 0ro. Mottu. De. wltt and Company, bankers nnd lirrik t'r's" occupied WcT floorsi)f Tht 'trult-fr-tn and lost valuable paners, Building .owned bv Mrs. Sarar AUoMind. occu pied bv Stppbcn:'0!i and Tavlor. rr;l CKtnte nnd'other tenants, loss $i(l,ft0H; bulldlnes occupied bv Hatch nnd Dern. men's-fnrnlFhln-ra, JfiOOO; L. Tt. Carey, merchant tailor. J10 000; L. G. Blve. ilniist. nnd th-rce buildings on Plume street. In the rear of the Vir ginia Club, $20,000. , - Wcrk rf V'rglnla Convention. RIcbmond. Special. The constitu tional conVentlon did a- good lay's work Friday,. The chalfnan announce I the appointment of Messrs. Watson and Meredith as additional members of th.e committee of final revision. The re port of the committee' qn agriculture was adopted with- some additions, the most slgnl'fleart being that making the Commissioner of Agriculture elected by the people and fixing the term 6f fircs. at four. years. Another was that striking o'-t the. a 1 litlonal members of the board of agriculture and 'leaving-it constituted ns at present, except that the president of the Virginia Polytech nic Institute shall be a member of it,;.,'- MPMary A "rrorict'o?t. 1 Wsshlnrfon. R';e'!al.-rT!;o military appropriation bil h is been practically completed by the hour. commlttea oa military affairs ml Chairman Hull will report It ns soon as he returns from a t-ln to Iow.wilcl,i he Is abo-it to fsVe. The bill carries arprftxmately 581 000.000. which Is about $10,000,000, below the estimates and about $2G,0Oi),. 000 -below, the appropriation last year IN CONGRESS. Detailed Doings of Our National Law makers. Thirtieth Day. -There was no ses sion of the Houe, It bavin? takn an adjournment till Wednesday. ' Thirty-first Day -There was no ousi ness to present to the Ho.ise Wednes day and it adjourned after being - in session 25 minutes. Mr. Hopkins, of 11 Hnobj, reported the permanent census bill, and'fcave notice that he wauM call It up Thursday. Jlr. Maddn.x, of Geor gia, protested that the .Utile '.was too short for members To familiarize them selves with the measure. A revues, tj make the oleomarVarlne bill a special order for next Monday was objected to Thirty-third. Dayr-The House passed the bill for thc,jreatlon of prm.v"nt. Censtu Durean. The fileai's of the Civil Sc-rrlce law who were opposed to making the firr.ploycs of the bureau eligible for transfer or retention 'e e overwhelmlrgly defeated. By the te: ins of the bill the .permar.ent organization Will succeed th - prcfent tempo.a y tc- aanizatfan - Julv 1 -19P2. aed all rm - ganiiatlon July: l.-lat1' and a.l em ployes op the rolls upon the date of the passage Of the ad will become eligiii'e for transfier to o'.ber deyartm n:s w i e-, tentlon in the permanent orj:i.zatiou. ' i SENATE. Thlrty-sbeotid Day For -an hour t'e Senate -had under discussion the qi-s-Hfin ether a eerisri-shin of nr"?s d'3 patches exist, in Manila. While no ! FUfh S.n?aes were enacted Cs w w :- the ness'-d duKag Tuesday's sesi on ritairmr-nt officially that tl rre was no cr-nabrship of . press disia irs at: ,1 trial "the press is entirely ft tile contrary, It was contcn-de.! by oripositiiin that a press 'cnnrahip cx'iyt in the Philijipinea and ih:tt i-o CO f - e oficvtry news dispatch filed with tn cable compaiiji tvcaH filed with the .ti li tany authorities. That.' it was main tained, toost'.tuted a virtual censor-.-.hlh. Mr. Cullom, chairman of the rorrmi tre on foreign relations.- iliiivfie I an e:xtpnded-speeih on the history cf ti e reciprocity negotiation.?.. Mr. Cuiioai maintained that the Dingley a.-t could not II m limit the treaty-making power or time n which the Pres.. dent shall the! l . , creit a speewi aevoteu almost entirety 1 tp a discussion of the parr his State ! took in the war for the Independence of th tColonics. Incidentally h? referred (H-casionally to the pending bill, dial ing mdrals. as he said, for the beneh! of the majrrity that they might be ap plied to' the prevent trouble In t?fe Philippines and to th's Govr-rnmeut's treatment of the Filipinos. The litddles irp: i-. tf. .Pittsburg, Special Edward B'd !' In; Jail, dying, and his broker r; tiled with buchshot and In precar 'ocS ,' ir. dltion. and Mrs. ePter K. So"l jy ni In the hospital with a bullet wa- n t i; the breast, is the sequel of th" ?'i;-i' tional escape tif the Bid He" b-o -c ; from the Allegheny county by ti". assistance of, Mrs. Warden S.5'.-Tw'-story of the close of the B d 1' .! 1 - V which came at 7:13 Friday a.'icino ui Is a thrilling one, ' ; Prince1 rienry. L avis, Berlin, By Cable. Admiral .Henry of. Prussia, left hero morning for Kiel. Andrcv D. Pclnr :t!:n lu Wlii the. I'nitcd States ambassador, can.' to tho railroad station to bid farcwel to tho Prime who will pru'.-ablv- nd" return to Berlin before' sajling for fn United States. Mr. Whiy tol l Prince Henry that the city of ChattanooT desired to present him an album 01 views. The Prince sail he would be delighted to accept the album. - Robbed the Mall. Savannah, Ga , Special. J. C. Legree. colored, mayor and assistant po.nniast er of Burroughs, Ga., a olored settle ment, was arrrsted by PostctTije In spector Lewis on a-eharg of robblns the, mails. A decoy letter w;i sen; through t''.e offie'e containing nvv.iev.; The letter and the marked vu'ney we-e found on Iegree'.s person. Iegc' way a sort of pooh-bah of the viili-e. 'hom ing almcst every crfTlce in It. He-c'al:ii-ed that he was only retaining the lev because the postage on-it-vraa ipsuiH clent. " - v 1 - Peace In S 'u-fh fr . 'Loudon, By Cable. The Brit'srr re ply to the note In re?a;(d Ao l?'iigji about peace' ia" South' Aftca-, wai'fl'A patched Friday to The Hascie. I'he.cia tents of the note are bent- st'rM'y r.e cret, as tbsflrst -publication of the t'c.vi Is intended to Up.. made In Parliaiveu . Moaday, February 3. Great - brltilu'i reply Is not in the nature of direct uep; stive, though Uis not unlikely that ) will have that efteot-. WhIH Ixjrd L-n-downs probably will leay a laapbc V for further susgest'ons. he tioi bt tl ability of ths Doer delegates to ccatr : their fsliow eountrymeo. . - make treaties. . . -' I Fleming, tbe Convent ioa's president. fhlrty-thlrd Dsy-The clay's ses.ion p)afed a c.h,;(.k for t!ld la!fPr amount In ofthe Senate was entirely vedd of C:e th(J tands of ...r. S. A. Iblleman. treas tumultuous scenes with character.!- -1 rurcr a tfce college. Mr. Palmer will be thfc sessions of the past tare days. A!- pr0m ptly notified, and his contributb a U4 the. Philippine tariff measure was j v.iu follow. thU8 pUdng Elon Coli. v tak. n up at 2 o'clock Mr. Til. man d I;-, oa a ioM financial basis. TA21IEELl.UMASy. Items of 5tate News Gleaned Frt j . ' 'AS1 5i.ciions. ' Chatlotle, N. C. ' Special. Hojsk Cavanatsgh, who has "ust completed Trip i through toe. Sow h"witfng Hut child ' labor- problem for a Cincinnati .papor, in un Interview wita a local pai-pe.- aays: "1 have heard much of the child ta bor problem, but 1 never believed half until T made a per.-onal inyestigati'oau 1 find the conditions worse than de- ' scribed." la speakirg of Columbia, S? . C, He said: In a Columbia mill work ing about 1,500 employees there. ware ! too children under twelve years of age. In another cotton mill community, out of six to eight' thusand peop'e, includ ing children, there were only 129 Its school. In most Instances these. pcopl live In Die company's houses, burn the company's wood, eat th company" groceries: in otcer words oetons to in coqipaay and soul." i . - - Two of the most forcible picture I have taken." said Mr. Cavanaugh, r ferringfl to his camera, "were' taken light he.re in Charlotte. One of them depicts a child about six yiara of age at work in a cotton mill and the oth-r a man weighing 25 pounds carrying dinner to his children. 'some of then uB3er twelve. years of sr I find that rf; the v cm vr ccn 'rations, sixteen years and ut'Jcr, the proprrtion of Illi teracy is about ninety per cent." Grec nfboro.' N. C. .Special. Mr. M. H. Dooley, chief law aent .of the Foitthern Railway, la here for the pur pose of Ina'tuting libel suit against tho Charlotte Observer and, .the Raleigh Nj-ws and Observer. The suits 'result from the publication by those papen of matter co:nt rule 'x th recent alleged scandal during the ptfgr-s cf a dam see fuit against the Southern Railway l:i the Superior Court' of Randolph, county. The. c -niplalnt. has nbt yet l er-n filed..! but it i.i undefstcod that the nnirutit of darea.p-es will be placed at h ch fl?ur. s. Tho su s will be brought in the federal Coii.t. Mr. Dooley has employe-J Bynum & Bynuru to repre sent him. . Elon College, Special. E!on Colllege is out of -tlrbt.- This Institution is ths property, of .iie Christian d?aomna tio'j. 'Some time ago, Mr. F. A, Palm er, a retired banker. of New York etfty, cfcred to donate to the college $20,0i . raise $,2(j((0 ai,Jillonal. Tho work h , , D : eve'II eublli'!!. Him !eieiuay .vi r. r, 11. An examination of the lot shovf that-as few cs 10 per rent will be save.! fcoui some barrels while in others 9.V t-er cect r.re still satin I. Ho e-mploye-I r, fo ce of hands and went through the. whole lot, having them rubbed thor oughly and wrapped up. nicely, H hopes to keep a good variety . for ths exhibit during North Carolina week He c.ttributis the bad .condition to the defective cold storage, which he says i also' nothing extjo at Charleston.' Miss Mlutile tise, a most estimable young lady of JSoldsboro,. met with a.' honilie' (leathTrrt the banks cf th Neuse , River, S.-.turday afternoon While waiting for her brother to ea h's dinner, which he and her sister in-law bad brought, io him, the log on which she wns sitting began' rolling down the bnbk, catching her 'skirt end .(trapping her under, crushing !vi life out l i neiihits weight. Theccnd of "Raleigh's burglar sc.-.re eettiiS not to be yet- The latest repo-ts of -experiences with these unwelcou'i' prowlers come fro mthe residence ot r. W..H. CwaPnev oii South S11I1- ;ury street, nnd. that or Mrs. nae.ej, ccrncr Blount and Pe-ace streets. Goldsbaro. N. C.'. Special. The cacr of Mr." Kich-'. d Johnston, who brok-. h:.-! aim ft'. Laflrim0. while allihtltin fmni the t'ain las: Fehrunry, sn-1 wh ;ls suln:t the Atlantic and North Caroli na RailrvKid for. 10.(!0'J... canni un In ti. -Supetlar 'Court here. this morning. Mt. Airy. V. C., Special. GarfieW Atkins and pud Marshall ' white boys, wh le in a field near tho home of At-' kin's father, became engaged -In a con troversy aud Marshall shot aid In sbintlv killed Atkin3, the entire load of shot entering his heart and lungs. " "Mean ecm liquor' was tne cause ot it all. jerry Atkins, father of on ol the boys, is a liquor seller In that com munity, und the boy3i loaded up with the stun bcfoie they left the bouse. . It Is said that several partloa tsour Mailcn, N. C, are entering bofftu mouutaia land claims In Burke, Alex-, nn'dtr and Cnldwell; -coiintics. , Thr scheme lids fair to rival the Aaiot-' Oven Cherry Tico an 1 other swindles' anless 'checked tu ttnie. ' , . f Durham," N. C. Special.Pur8uan ; to a tall hy tbe.inayor, M. E. McCown. i a meeting of the I card of aldermen of -rurham .and titize nsLwas held tonight to tajje funic action in regard to meia ori.iltiing CeMijjK i s t-i make an appro .pttation for-a p'ubltc. building for the, citvThc' fyllotii-u' umrrittetr was an. pointed to ! ail In the-.!-- fiwor i scetiie the f.a'ae of the blU:N . "NL. Duke. J.;i.!re J . W. V'im t-iin, NV jT- i Ck'ITilii. ' ..'i:t and. . W. A.. ,Krwin. 1 - This eomiflittre'. or inott tf thf-m. J pert to go to Wa-fc rvton ahd csu their best-endcavo:ct 3 in tcuair, ox uif measure', .. " r' ' Vr. C. H.' Fitl 's. an are t nd well .tiown,t-Ulrn. Clel vfrv-s-H-n1y t bis home a tfort l 'stance north -of this slty this morulna. .
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 7, 1902, edition 1
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