North Carolina Newspapers

yiy it i 1 1 VOL. l.MO.H. ju'rrsisoi n. c; frida v, February -jr. vm il.DJ A YfL? VALET CONFESSES. AMcsishin; Turn In the Now famous Rice M order Trial TILLS PABTICILARS CF Ml'KDEK. Lawyer Patrick Dosed the A ted fill lionclrs.and Finally Cblorotormed ;--". llira Vcath! " New York, Spuria!. A very dram- to point In the trial of Lawyer Albert T. Ittrlrk lor the murder of the Texas millionaire, William Marsh Rbe, was sracbed Thursday afternoon. Chas. F, Jonwth?ralrt. had twa relating the ircumsUncea leading up to tbe some what sudden death of Mr. Illce, in "--A'ltmlr.--TlM!ji.. pulunglng at .once Into the details. b held the attention . ff bis sndieave to ttr end of his re- iUl. Freed of luiaur points his story "In August Patrick gew impatient Mr. Itiee. though ua invalid, was liv ing too long to suit thi lawyer's pur ! . Pa:rJ k sai l he uM come te the boue and MSI him himself if Ueves aary. - He sugared ' chloroform and tone Mid he would get some. .The lira of chloroform as a nn-ann was-suggea-jd by a magazine arti 1. It w de termined on after J .mi talked with a physician wfc a person heart, was affected, a was Mgf Rices. -rn!4'ha nuwl easily killed with 1' and ivu little irate of the drug would he left. Join got a two-ounce vial of It ' by writfug to his brother !n Texay. 3.r-fm then branch-! off into tbe a! lettated plan adopted to weaken the al . legid plan adopted to weaken th al tilsi mwury and iron pill. The puis brought on dehlljtatirr diarrhoea Then, unwittingly, a friend brought Mr. Riee a present 'of banana. Of the tf:i nd man ate nine. The fruit made him exceedingtwy 111, and y the weakening done of mercury were kept ap. Hy Saturday, atw ut the l(?hth day of ttio last IllneM.. Mr. Hire bv flaw !elirotui. This ftfimony brought the eects-:np to S'inday. the day of fleatfh. and th wltn-tg ea!l that dur ing thcae day of Uinr i he kept I'st rlrk Informed of the dt!af'.8 ptrr&inaiUly and by tIe5t?sone. WilUftm Marsh IllreX lul(k death. dwared the wltnc. wain decided on t a conference b -tweMi I'atrick and Jon held Saturday night. Jon- had told Hie lawyer of the arrival" of a draft fr l.5W. I'africk tJd him It wit time to apply the chloroform, now Out the draft had r nn and that l"ap t&un Biker wan coming, or they would sr?e all. Joii'w agreed. Jon here told his irtory of the a-- tt killliif. He made a nme of a tow 1 la the, amatr end of which wait a chloroforin-noaked ponipe. t'reepinjf Into the room where Mr vili lay .!eei4n(. he quickly covnre the aleep er' face with the larne end or the 'cone Jons rushed out of the m:im. In half an hour he came back. He removed the cone.- Mr. Klce was deal. Jnmi wore he telephoned to Patrick the word.: "Mr. Hire Is very 111." the' vjrr-d slfrnal tHnwreii the two of dtath. Jones' story of the end was in cluded by the statement that Patrick' came to the house nd removed, all of Mr. rtit'o's papers.. 'Some time In AiiKwt," Jones In the course of bis narrative, " Pairi.-:: sk(d me if I did nut think Mr. nice. , wo living too I'm for our w-rdfafn. H. tboiiKbt It w.-Kilil be a good thirn; if we' oi:ld put hhn out of the way. He s d if J'dt?ll him wme nlulit when Mr. like t;nn sJcopiu? (fnindly, he'd io:'n ;p find do It. If I would not." "What wan Baid of chloroform?" sLer Attorney 0lorne. Patrick, said that would be an eisy M".y to put Mr, Klce away. An artii ! In a msfiazSne Kave him. th- Idea. K.:''tTK'tlli(iS Vi! Fall! nbout cottinz h'.o.ofonii. ond Patrb k' nalrNBt was - very narti to get: tlvit One ha l to navS nil Porta of ceitWk'ajea before the drtiK- r.t would sell it. 1 told Patrick be xouui leave that to me. I sent mr br'Hhcr $3 and he st rit. tue cUlorf.irm In a four-ounce liottle. Patrl.k sail be bad often wondered about what E'M'U!?. he-.cfT.vt of sMorMMm jxr & person n.lTllcte.1 with heart trouble. I put the -question to !r. Curry, and be w-ld-no little chloroform would be ncj-drd to kill a pernon wh ba.l heart .disease; that It 'was doubtful If ny traces of the pnlmn would remain nf ter death. I told Patrick what l)r Curry bnrl sald.' Secretary Long to Retire. Washington, Rpeeial.Now that the Schley matter has been settled ofti einlly, it is understood that Secretary l-ong feels that he la at liberty to car ry out the project cherished by him In the laRt yeap of President MrKIn ley's administration and retire to pri vate life. However, this Is not expected to ensue at once, for (here l.s no certain knowledge of what may follow In Con gress, notwithstanding a strong belief by (he administration .that-the c Is settled beyond revival.-Therefore, it is understood the change In the, cabi net circle will not take place before tbe adjournment of the present session of 'Congress and perhops not until next fall. " Carriage Factory Wrecked! Vuidosta, 3a., Spec.!al.--Dui'lng'ft ter rttic wind storm here Thursday morn ing, the carriage factory of the Robert-Cranford-Thu'her, Company, was wreck ed. The building fell 15 mlnutffl before the employes were duo ta begin tnelr day's work. The low to (he company Is 10,01)0. No funher damago than bwlo trees nd fonces (leetroyed has been reported. . DEATH CF GEN. TOON. Stat 5uperiUndat of Public In - tructlon Passes Away. ( -Raleigh, Special. The people ner were shocked at the news of the death of Gen. Thomas F. Toon. State Super intendent of Public Instruction, which occurred Wednesday1 tutmlnf after 10 o'clock at his hoace here. ila was thought to tie entirely- well, and thouitb be had not ben lu bis offlc Bltce be Kft Norember 20th to to to northeastern Nurth Carolina. b bad for everal days bef n consulted about business and was In fine spirits Tues day and Wednesday. He felt well at breakfast, but afterwards complained of acut indigestion. A pbyticlau u bent for and v-'ry responded, in a few minutes Gen. Toon aid be felt all right. He (.aid be would ! down a linJu while. The moment be. di l.so hifc face became purpie and death cam like a flash.. The news came like a thunderclap to the Ftate olScUIa, who hastened to his home.. The Council cf Sta' met and adopted the following resolutions: "Ketiolved, That in the dtaiii cfjGen. TJKmas' VentrteSi Too a. la.'&LV r-' tendent of I'ubbc Intruetion.,i(reVilui associates in the Executive Department of the State government, bave lost a wifie and faithful counsellor and friend and the Sta'.s one of her tnoel careful loyal in peaoe. b!s herijit.r'sptriv" at rest and North Carolina mourns tbe loss of a Bul-le eoa. "Kesolred. That we tender the rela titcs of the deceased our deepest eyxn pathy. iu their great affliction. "Resoived, Ttkit a copy of these .rea lutiocs be sent to tbe family tuid aow be seiead uprjn the minutes ot '-las tVuneil of State." Th flags. State and national, on ths cspttol were placed at half-taff, and the building was closed. At 2 oVlotk Just before the Supreme Court fended its business ftr tbe day. Attorney Gen eral Gilmer made otfloial announce ment of the (jwth and the ciur: ad journed as a mark of 'respect. Gen. Ton waa born in Columbus county, June Vi, l4it. He graduated at Wake Forest College in IMii with, very high honors. He enl'.eUd as a private in Company K. Twentieth Heglment, North Carolina Troops, and was a col onel before he was 23 ysars old. He was' la 1S63 appointed under a special a. :t of Congress a temporal y brigjdfer general, and commanded Johnsons Hrlgadc for many months, while John son was recovering from wounds. He1 wo then re-comm!ss!oned as colonel and resumed the command of his old regjment. He was wounded five time He gave your correspondent two bul- icui exiractea rrom him. After the wsr be was q the service of the At lantic Co(ut Line IS years, then took charge of Fair Uluff Academy. In 1867 he married Miss Carrie Smith, who is burled at Fair Uluff. Five children survive him. these being Mrs. Olivia KoVland. of Hrodie, Warren, countv;. Mrs. Mary Fuller, and Miss hobble Toon, of Lumlerton; ,-T. F. . Toon, -Of Atlanta, Oa., and 11: U. Toon, of Lynch burg, S. C. Itoth of the latter are in the railroad service. He leave two broth ers. Archie Toon and Abraham Toon, of Wbiteyllle. and a half-brother. Don ald McCrarken, of Whiteville. He rep resented Columbus county in the lower House of the' Legislature and KoIhm m and Columbus in the Senate. In l.v.tl be married Mrs. It. C. Ward, who survives him. He made l.umbcrton his home ;in1 devoted himself to teaching and fdrm ing.'Wtth hlc nomination for the office of State Superintendent and bin career therein all are familiar: He wis n likable 'man. In all roKe-w an,i ,i. i voted to his work and tt the bet in-! terests of North CaroKnn If t ..a, ... I known .where Ti will l, huKln it -i. f ' l'"' " '. IV .1. l . . ucaire mai ne riihii lie nurieii here. Three m on ths ago General Toon left here to go with Governor Aycock in r.n educational trlpto the northeastern countries. He told his assistsnf. Capt. r'ucKeii, inat ne ureaucq the trip anil wished lie could get out of going. Ho was restless and seemed to fear trouble He paid afterwards he dvik cold al Wilmington, while sitting in a draft after speaking. At n meeting held In the executive 'office the following resolution wai unanimously adopted: "llesolved. That the Governor and bis Council respect fully request that the remains of Gen eral Tooii be laid In state In the rotun da of the capltol pending the arrange ments for funarel. obsequies." A fur ther resolution was adopted requestine the Governor to communicate the ac tion of the Council through Capt. John Duckett to relatives. The body will ii,( lie in statu, as Mrs. Toon desires that It nil a In nt (he house until the gen eral's children nnive. Liberals Condemn Surrender. London, By Cable. At. thev annual meeting of the general committee ol the National Uberal Federation held at Leicester, after considerable debate, n resolution was passed condemning the policy of .insisting on the uncondi tional surrender of the Boers In South Africa! nkVntlng (he future eoui'uit nunt and security of South Africa Could only be secured by regular pence, on broad, generous' lines;'- - welcoming the impetus lrd Rosebery has given to, this policy asd calling on all Libera! members of the llous-of Commons to support the Liberal leader. Sir Henry Canipbell-Bsnnevnian, .in his advocacy of th policy, - UPHOLDS VERDICT President Sustains findings of Tbe .Naval Court of Icqui-y. EE CRITICISES BQTil ALMI2ALS. Caasures Schley For HI -Retrotrada Movement" and Sampson For Be lag Absent. WashlnEton. 'SDecial. The men arandum of the" President upoa the appeal of Admiral Schley from the ver dict U tte court of inquiry to'exaailae into bis conduct during the Spai.ish Ainerican war, was fcivcu 10 tuc pitaa Wednesday, it , "I have 'received th a;jH al of Ad miral ikhley and the a:.fcwtr UW-relo from the Navy lepai tnnuu i have ex amined both w ith tae uUiibiit t art, a vsll as the preceJitg appeal to the Secretary Of the Navy, i have nad through -all the u-stiuiony takt'n beiore the court and the staietueuui. of the couakti for Admirals ampauu and bchiey, have eiaiui&ed all ute 'official Santiago naval caaiiga .copies of the logbooks and signal books, and the testimony before tbe Court of Claims, and have also personally bad, before me-the four surviving captain; of the two admirals, which were ac tively engagea at eauuago. "It appears that tbe court of in quiry was unanimous in its findings of (act and unanimous in its expressions of opinion on mot of its findings of fact 'No appeal is male to me from the verdict o ftbe court on tbete points where it was uuanlmous. I rave, bow aver, gone carefully over the evidence on these points also. I am satisfied that on the whole the court did sub stantial Justice. It should have specifi cally condemned the failure to enforce an efficient night blockade at Santiago while Admiral Schley was in com mand. On the other hand. I, feel thai there is a reasonable doubt whether be did. not move bis squadron with sufficient expedition from port to port. fr i. . i .... i . f n .. 1 . 4. ,1 JU -uu.ji.aUim...,u.u, miral bchley action on tbo point where, it seems to me be most gravely rred;; his 'retrograde movement when be abandoned 1 the blockade, and hla iliKotiPiiienc cf orders and mite I Statement oi tacts in relation meieio. It should be remembered, however, that the majority of these actioms which the court censures occurred live weeks or more before ths fight Itself; and it certainly seems that if Admiral Schley's actions : were cen surable he shoulj not have been left as secodd in command under Admiral Sampson. His offenses were in effect condoned when be was not called to account for them. Admiral Sampson, after tbe fight In an official letter to the Department, alluded for the first time to' Admiral Schley's reprcsensibla conduct six weeks previously. If Ad- mtral Schley was guilty of rcprehensi- ble conduct of a kind which called for such notice, froni .Admiral Sampson, then Admiral Sampson ought, not to have left him as senior officer of the blockading squadron on the Zt of July, when he, . .(.Sampson i , steamei away on bis proper errand of com munication w-ith General Shafter. "We can. therefore, for' our, present purposes dismiss consideration of so much of the appeal as related to any thing except the battle. As regards this, the point raited .in the appeal is between Admiral Pair.pson and A1 mlrnl Schley, as to which was In com mand, ami as to which was entitled to the credit, if either of then) was really entitled to any unusual-and pre eminent rreuu oy ny special ranw lion oi genius, sum. una e-ourage. i i.e-j court e-ould have considered both of ,n,'so 1"eKtlons. but ius a matter of fact It unanimously excluded evidence offered upon them, and through Its president announced lis refusal to hear Admiral Sampson's side at all; and. in vlew'of such exclusion the ma-. Jorlty of the court acted with entire propriety in not expressing anv opin- (on on theae polnta. The matter has. -. howeveLJecn ralsedby the president of the court. Mrutl ver. It Is the point upon which Admiral Schlev in his ap peal lavs rnost stress, "and which he especially nsks me to consider. I haw therefore earefnllv investigated this matter also, and have informed myself upon it from (be best sources ef Information at my command,' "Tbe appeal ot Aonnrar etcniey to me Is not, as to this, the chief-point be raises, really an appital from the detclsion of the court of inquiry. Fives stxtdis of the appeal is devoted to this question of command and credit; that is, to matter which the court of In qulry dU not consider. It is in effect an appeal from the action of President McKlnley three vicars ago, when- ho .sent In the recommendations for pro motion wiin mo Santiago squadron; basing these recommendations upon his estimate of the credit to which the officers werv respectively entitled. What 1 have to docl.lo, therefore, is .whether or not President McKiuloy did In just too i the matter. This neces sarily involve s u comparison of -the uc tions of the different commanders en gaged. The exhaustive official reports of the action leave, little to bo brougi.t out anew; but ns the question of Ad miral Sampson's right to be considered In chief command, which" was deter mined lt bin favor by President Mc-j Klnb-y, and later by the : Court of CminiM. has never hitherto leen o:ll clally raised, I deemed It best to sev curo statements "of the conimnndors of the, five ships (other than ttje Brook lyn and New ".York, th? flagships e.f the two admirals) which were actively cnimgcd In tho fight." The President thoa quotca from a ' '.' '' "4 - ...', -. gj '...,, magazine' article written by the late Admlrtil Philip and tbe statement by ... 1 1 . ..... . A : i Taylor and Commander Wainwright and review s the damajte to the BpanttiU ship by tlw (runs of the American flct and continues: "From the statements of the cap tains above, from the official reports, and from the testimony .before th court of Inquiry, the fight tan be plotted wttb absolute certainty la its Important outline, though thefe is conflict as to minor pOinta. When the four Spanish cruisers came out of the b arbor the New Tork bad left tuer posi tion in in ciockading line 40 or 45 mlnutaa before. She bad hoisted tbe signal Tls regard tbe movements - of the commander Ic-cbief." but had not hoisted the signal to the second In fcommand to take chojfge. which. as appeal' by the signal book, was some times but not always-used when the command was transferred. As soon as the engagement began the New York, turned and steamed back hoisting a; signal to close tn, which , however, none of the squadron saw. She was in plain sight, and not vary much farther from the easternmost blockad ing ships than the latter were from the Brooklyn, which was the westernmost of the line. As soon as the Spanish shine appeared the five big Aruricn llockaders started toward them la ac tordauce with the standing-' orders of l-dmlral Sampson. After this lirst iioe each 'acted purely ou bis cwj. nitiatire. 'For some minutes the Spanish and" American vessels stead ly appioacbed one another, aiid the Iribtiiig was at the hottest. Then the il ready damaged Spanish i.hip.4 turned io tbe westward, while at tbe anie -inin'tho uesifrn most American ves ttd, the HriKiklyn, which was nearest Uie Sjiantfch line, turned tu the east sard, makiitg a loop or three-quarter .'irele, at the end of which she agaiu leaded westward, farther off from ind farther behind the Spanish ves W'ls than before-the loop had begun, JUl fatlll a-lca.i 01 ikU ol tilt, j.lilrxicuM 'Cftseis, aanougu laitbcr ouUiue. itio lexas, the next ship to the ilrooklyu, Jltlier Wiia ur touccivtd berseii io Lo )ui iu'kucu jeopardy by tus lirouklyu a :um toward tier t.ai she backed nc-r :ugnes, coming ua..o.st or quite to a luudotil); ho i but both tbe uresoa, ind the Iowa, wn.ch were origiuiiUy1 io the, eastward cf her, passed her. in J it was isouie lici-- aitc-c hiu agum la; ted bctiue she" regained iier loim- ' n posiuou relatively to tbe Spau.bu . u.b .t.u Th(J Slani8h vS8t.ls aad Lfra! htt,aoi out ,n t.ululJlu lor lht j ,c.bl tto CoIon , of ,n- aUlerg .Md graauailv torgiIls ahead of them without suiiering much damage. rhtt foP.l!. h.mt uhi.-h had tot j 4owc, tnem out of tbw harbor wera . A(,sLr,,VtH, t,v tha nre of ,h, nour. ti-OHt of tin. Anierirn iitrr vessels and af the .(Jlouctjiier, which headed straight. in for them, paylngno more heed to their quick-fire guns than to the heavy artillery of the forts, to which she waa alaq exposed. . "In the running flght which followed until the Teresa, . Oquendo and .Vis '.aya were destroyed, the Indiana gradually dropped behind, although ihe continued to Are until the lat d the three vessels went ashore. The Brooklyn was ahead of any of tbe j otlu,r Amerlcan vessels on a course outside theirs; she was nearly broad ide on to the Spaniards. The Oregon, '.owa sjid Texas were all close together and actively engaged throughout this running flcht. The Brooklyn 'and Ore gon, .followed at some distance by the Texas, then continued in the chase of the Colon, which wnt nearly thirty miles farther before (ihe also went ; ahore. During, this chase of the Colon ltwir u-no ir: itii 1 1 v-, nn fiirtitintr. .. j -These' are' tbo facta as sot forth ,. ,n Kta,eWnf of the can- tains, and ebs-'where in their ntTicial reports and. testimony. They leave ns room for doubt i,n any important point. ,' The question of command Is It) -,hIs rfts noralnaj. anii technical. Ad- ,,, , Sainton's shin, tbe New York was seen at the outset of the lU'ht from all the other ships ox(cpt tiio Brooklyn. Four of these five shin cap tans have testified tliafhey .regarded him as present and In command. He signaled 'Close In' to the tlee't' as soon ns' , the first Spanish shlj) appeared but bis signal was. notSeen bv any American vessel. He was actually un der fire from the forts, anil himself fired a couple of -bhots, af (ho 4-Iose oi the action with tho torpedo boats, in addition to signaling tho Indiana Just at the close' of the action. Hut during the action not a single order from hit.n was received by any of the ships that were actively engaged. - "Admiral Schley at the outset ol the actjon hoisted tho two signals rI 'Clear ship' and 'Close in,' which was simply carrying out the standing or tiers of Admiral Sampson as to what Should be done 'If the enemy's shipl attempted to break. .out of tho harbor Fntil after the close eif the; first Pen tion of .the; fight at the mouth of tht harbor, and until after he had tuad his loop and the Spanish ships went fleeing to tho westward, not nnotbei American thlp noticed a signal from him. When tho western pursuit , had b gun the Oregon, find the Oregon only, noticed and repeated one of bis slgnali of command. ''be captain of tho Ore gon then regarded him ns in com mand. ...but did not in any shape or wav execute any movement or any action of any kind whatsoever In nccordanc with any orcle'r from him. ' - "in short, the question as to wbbb of, tho two awn) Admiral Sampson oi Admiral Scbl'ey, w us lit. tho time lu command, la f merely ' nominal- char acter. Technically Sampson com. muuded the fleet, and Schley, aa usual, tho western division. Tbo actual fact i the important fact, is that after tlA battle was Joined not a helm wai glutted, -not a gun was fired; not -a pound of steam, was put on in the i n glne reoia abroad any ship aetivelj engaged, in obedience to tho order ol cither SampKen or Schley, ,savo os tbelr own two vessels, rt was a cap tain's fight "Therefore the credit to which eacfc of the two is entitled rests ou matter apart from the claim of uorminai command over the squadron; for -t far as the actual fight was concerned neither one nor tbe other In fact ex erclsed any command. Sampson - was hardly more than technically in th fight. His reap claim for credit upo his work as commander-in-chief; upoi the excellency of the blockade; upoi the preparedness of the squadron; upon the-arrangement of the shipt head-on In a 'seml-cirlce around vlh harbor; and the standing orders it accordance with which they instantlj moved to the attack of the Spaniard! when the latter appeared. For all thes things the credit -is his. "Admiral Schley Is rightly entitled as is Captain Cook to the crelit ol what the Brooklyn did In the fight. Oi Ih whole she did well; but 1 agn with the unanimous finding of tin three admirals who composed tin court of Inquiry as to the loop.' It seriously marred the Brooklyn's other wise excellent record, being in facl the one gravv mistake mado by any American ship that day. Had th Ilrooklyu turned to the westward, thai la, la the' same direction that th Spanish ships wre goaig, insuii oi In tbe contrary direction, she weuk undoubtedly have been in more 'dan gerous proximity' to them. But v' would have been more dangerous Tor them as well as for her! This kind ol danger must not be too uicelj weighed by those wtioe trade it ll to dare greatly for the honor of tht flag. Moreover the' danger was cor tainly twt as great, as that whir h. it thn rlf-(cini miiment menaced Wain rright's fraglls craft as he drove for w ard against vthe, foe. It was not : my Judgment as. great as the dangei to which the Texas was exposed bj the turn as actually made. It ccflair.lt caused bo'.h the Brtxiklyn ind th Texas -niaterialry to lose position com pared to the fleeing Spanish vessels But after the loop had once been takec Admiral Schley hidled tbe Hrooklvi manfully and well. Sho and the Or pon were henceforth and headmost tho Anvcrfcan vessels though the Iowa certainly, and seemingly the Texas also did as much iu hamnierini to a standstill tb Viscaya. Oqueudo and Teresa while the Indiana did al. her eastward position - and chipped' ,, Mnr r.i..r, i .i... i, . i the Colon the Brooklyn and Oregor hare the credit between them. "I'nder such circumstances It seems trr.me that the recommendations, of Priidnt MeKtwler.- we emlnentLv oper, and that so far as Admiral Sampson and Schley were concerned it S'obld have been unjust for him to have made other recommendations. Personally I feel that in view of Cap tain Clark's long voyage In the Oregon nd the condition in which he brought her to the scene of service, as well as Ihe way in which he actually managed ier before and during the fight, it would have been well to have given i!m the same advancement that waa tiven . Walnwrlght. But waiving this, t is evident that Walnwrlght was en iitled to receive more than any of Ihe flier commanders; and that ,. it was uet .to Admiral Sampson that htf ihould receive a greater advanc e in lumbers than Admiral Schley there was nothing dope In the battle that warranted any unusual reward for ei ther. In short, as regards Admirals Sampson and Schley, 1 find that Presi l"nt McKlnley did substantial justice, nd that there would be no warrant for reversing his action. "Both .Admiral Sampson' and Ad iiiral Schley are now on the retired list. In concluding their report tbo iK-iiibers of the court of inquiry. Ad miral Dewey 'Benham ;.:'. 1 Knmsay, tinlte in stating that they recommend Miat no' further action be bad' in' the matter. With this recommendation I most heartily con. -nr. Them is no. ex tus'e wliarever from- either side for any further agitation of this unhappy con troversy. To beep It alive would mer'.dy do. damage to tho navy and to tha ountry." . ' ' , kriuftvr Ally Come. i), -,i--ri;r: it-,- cable.-It. - Is said in tu-er eire-Us jhat if. Messrs. Wlltnarans 'Mid -W.cM.cLi.,. after Investigating the "tiuipi n in- the. I'ni.ted States, advise S'.r. KruRi r tii it a todV e.f tin? I'nited St.?ti. would be beneficial to the Boer cause. lh.-' Ile-cr "President w-IU over ccni'i. bis aversion' to a long trip and fiVid"i"!rtke-t?u Journey. Mr.- Kruger.ls in excellent physical condition, and his physicians advise him that he cf-uld's ifely go f.-j America at the prop-r..-Tse-.i. Messrt. Wolmarans and Wessels will spend a raouth In tha Fulled tStares. i . . - ' . "'..' Government For Philippines. Washington, Special. Senator B e'on gave notice of his intention" to offe? an amendment to the PhlHppino tariff bill, declaring It to be the inten tion of the United .States when order shalY'be restored in tlio Philippines, to allow tbe format-ion of a government for and by the Philippine people and to ftiuirruifee to them the same liberty rind imio.pc ridctice that this country has plalgcd to the Cuban- people.,-' Dentists in Atlniita. Atlanta,, Special.The Southern branch of the National Dental Associa tion met here la annual convention. The attendance. Is large. During the day a number of papers of interest to tho profession were read and the pres ident's address was listened to. Officers will be elected Friday. "''' , . - HAD A FREE FIGHT U Tillman cnJ McLau in Come to Blows - la the Senate Chamber, , BOTH SUSPENDED FOR CONTEMPT. Sensational Development In the Old Controversy Between the Senior nd Junior Senator From S. C Washington. Spoei:. Washing ton's birthday was ai'&naliaed Sa the I'mted Stat"S Senate by a "11 fight. . The two Senators fro.n Souiu Caro lina wrt-e the active participants in the affray. Mr. Tiliniaur iu t-iio course of a rpeech upon ths Philippine tariff, made serious reflections up u: the honor of bU colleague,' M". .Mcl.aurii. In. brief he charged that Mr. M. i.iurln's vote in supiirt of t"he ratification of the treaty of Paiis ba,i 'been cast through the air of iiutrojcr influences. His 'stat men: was developed in a colli.Mjuy bet wet u him and Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin. Mr. Tillman at first declined to mention r.aiuea, but ythea the Wisconsin Senator reminded hitn that he owed it to himself, to the Sen ate' and. to the country "to name tho man." Mr. Tillman indicated that he leinrr-J tu Carolina. Little imagining that hla words were l.lxely to be prohetie, Mr. Spoontr remarked, sentenilously; "'t.. will leave the Senator to fighf that out with his eotleague.' Mr. MeUuirin was not In the cham ber at the time, being engaged in com mittee work; 'but lie waa sent for and ' I appeared Just as Mr. Tillman concluded his speech. Pale as ashes, Mr. Mctaurin rose to address the S- tiate. speaking to a ques- ; tion of persomil 'privilege. He reviewed Mi- Till...an- . ..,, t..,. l.lAflv anit than V , , . . , , u. dencunced the statement made by b colleague as "a wilful and deliberate lie.' Se'arcely badthe words fallen from his lips wnem Mr. Tillman, sitting a few seats from. him. w ith Mr.-Teller of Colorado between them, sprang at him. Mr. MeLaurin,-who had half turned towards Mr. Tillman, met him half way. and in an instant the two Sena tors, having swept Mr. Teller aside, were engaged in a rough and tumble fist fight. Mr. Melnrln received a heavy blow ou the forehead, whlk. Mr. Tillman got a bad punch on the nose., which brought blood. Assistant Sergeaut-at-Arm.s . Layton Strang over desks to reach and separ ate the combatants and himself re calved several blows. He got between them finally and by main strength wrenched them apart. Senators Warren of .Vyoming anil Scott of West Virginia, two of the most powerful men in the Senate, leaped to hi.s assistance arid, pinioning the arms 3f th belligerent Senators, forced them, into their s-ats. Intense excitement prevailed In tht Senate and in the galleries, which wefe.J irr-ngca with people who had been at tr; d by the spirited debate. Every body was on his feet. Not. a word, how ever, was spoken. Senators stood aoont the chumbi r, for the mordent quite helpless apd pale to the lips. Finally order wa restored partially, and in -the midst of intese excitement the Senate went into secret legislative ses sion. For two hours the Senate discussed the event b-hlnd closed doors. 'When the doors w,cre reopened it was mqdt known that both of tho South 'Caro lina Senators by unanimous vote had been declared to be in contempt of the Senate. They were permitted, by a vote of the Senate, to make apologies to the Senate. The statements wer listened to by both the Senators and tho pec-pie m the galleries with breath le.'s interest. - - Senator. Tillman left the capltol when eidjou'ninient was taken for re cess and did not return for the night session. Senator4McLaurln was in the chamber about 8 o'clock, but left early. Neither Senator, when seen at his homo, would make a statement. The Pope's Anniversary. Rome, By Cable. The Pope Thurs day entered on the twenty-fifth year of his pontificate. Although the main celebration of ths jubilea is postponed until March 3rd, when tha combined festival. of the Jubilee and coronation will ha observed. The day was marked by the singing of a te deum in St Peter's, and other observances,, :Tha font iff was (he-recipient of congratu iatlons from all sides. Arrival of Prince Henry. ..New York, .Spociai.--Prince Henrj of Prussia, . tepresentatlve of : bl brother, the Emperor, of Germany, at .the launching" of ' the hitter's Amerl eanbiiilt Aiu-ht, reached New York Sunday, un l was cordially welcomed as a guest of "the' nation. The land cat teries that - guard the antcr harbp. fired salutes of 21 gnus; tho rifles l u f in cuii me Mumirai ussem'.HcJ In his honor re-echoed the' sentiment; there were verbal greetings from t!w representatives 'of President Roose veil, the army, the navy and the city ef.Xow York, and a "great crowd J4ed tbo way in the, city to see th German sailors and the Prince of Go many.