VOL. I. NO, 24.
PllTSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902
PARDONED BY THE KING
The American Naval Officers
Prison at Venice Released.
in
THEIR VERSION OF THE TROUBLE
lwlatd That Thcjr Wrt Not Iutoxl
atrd Whri the lltrbBr IVcorreJ
1'ruUabla t'aari-Mrttal Aflrr I ha
Official ltrporta Ara Kerrivrd ty th
y Wrr.nimrtit orti rr ou Oh tea to
Veak"e.TUe pardon granted by King
A ictor Enuuacael to the officers of the
United States cruiser CbM.-as. v iio
liovi- been impi ironed here, arrived,
and tho prisoner were released with
out delay. ,
in. an interview, the officers wanr'y
' repudiated the reports from Itoir.w tU.it
they vw
under the- intiueuec of wine
H tk time of tiii trouble, ami said
that tiitj contrary, ibey were per
Jeet'y wU'f.
ut'-v.ut Doddridge .said:
"V.lier the accidental upsetting of a
table iu a cafe by luytclf und tt com
ftanou tit 11 o'linii at uiiif, we werv
followed and attacked iiy a mob, mid
fU'O lUlluU'hiMl tvoliO'",, nr,.'!
the scene, I, Willi my open liatid, mo
tioned to. Use crowd to kep off. Tin1
police then kt?iid us, but tin' tiwij con
tinued to be so threatening that our
.l-rothcr officers aiiij a murine who 'bap-
pcned to be on tin' jiij.zi:, ran to oi:r
ri"i Ui. We acted oitiy in eif. defense,
and agaiusl u iargt. l.oMile crowd.
We did not strike toe police. 1 Mam
ies iiiisundeistau.Ubg of the two lait
KU;tge had boiijetUing to 1m with the
u-ouiile. ,
'We have be n allowed to remain to.
irt thcr iu prison, (tut the room in vl-h
we !a Lfcii iDirliu-.! w.inod w.tw
After their Uberafiim.
joiss.'d tlii.'ir li'n, t.Uil Uh;
"t-ll ice.
t.!ii' olj.ci'i-x
V'ahsnpton. I. c". - Serretarr f
Naiy ilooily luVx nwaol tie' ioiioMiti
caolefnam from Captain l'aytou, uf
tiae I'ltieajjo. dated Yeuiee:
"Tarty released on pardoti. from
Kilts, and are ou board "
Nothing fuclx r . te done here i
tii,? caat of He- d-cuetl ullbvm until
the fall invegtisntioi) and report of
Capiain liattoit supply the -.fact.
.Neither the Stale nor tne Navy De
partment U oilieiaily Informed a yet
f what actually' oc-uried at Venice.
In (he UKital nurte any court-martial
im a Htatton Ik ordered by the com
matidim; oillei r tiieie.if- lu this cane
Cai..1yi" t.'ra,' of the Albany- but the
heeretary of the Niny may hiiiiKelf or
tier a trial if the fuel warrant such
11c; ion.
"UNCLE SAM'S"
HOME SOLO.
of tha lllln W Kaniurl W li
mn, of aun, X. II.
Naon. N,, H. The V.'ilson ho'tie
t'.o(. the;' birthplace of the original
'I'nele Sam." has la-en 'old nt aue
tioti for Sl.Vt-i. The purchaser 'was
C.Mi'talu Drrt-a A. 1 jambieU. of Wa.-h-InL'tou!
...
"T tide Sam" was Samuel WI.on, the
(h'cst of twelve childi-cn, born on tills
la'roi. IlUihi the uecontl war with
l-hiiand he and his brother Kdward
Wfiv contraet,)ii for tJovernmetit up-'
I'IIck nt Troy, X. V. It wiiii Ihe Wib
sotiV Idea to label ihelr beef and pork
pnekanea "V.. S ," and a Samuel Wil
on wax trcnerally called "l ucle Sam."
the Army ipilckly fifened to the nup
pliev a "Tiule Sam'x.' This title:
tpilekly wan applied to the Government
and after the war wim used everywhere
in -that ene. Samuel W'lUon died In
Troy ti 1H5I, aed olnhty-elejit year.
The farm wan Hold by ren.ion of the.
death or the last member of the family.
It wax owned by a Wilson for 1-2
year.
Mooor suet
EEDS LONG.
Tha Oath
Aliiilnlatfi ad to H nn a Bacra-
tary of Ilia Navy.
V.'ahiuton. D," C.-Wllllant Henry
. Moody. lint tmccei'detl John I. Lotig as
Seeretary of the Navy. Mr. Moody
'took the oath of ottlee In the private
rixnn of the Secretary of the Navy.
K. T. Ilanna, Stdlcitor of the Depiirt
inent. Hdminlalerltiff It. lie then met
the biireau chiefs, other otttccra.of the
Department and the clerks, who at the
name time naid Roodby to Mr.,LonK.
Afterward the naval attaches of for-
dtni embaiodoM nud legations paid their
respects to the new Secretary. Mr.
l.ona left Washinton for his home
In HitiKham, Masti.
Secretary Lout: and Mm, I.oni? called
n the iTcnldeut antl .Mra. Hoosevelt
to nay jjootlby before leaving WashltiK
ton for Massachusetts.
FATAL TEXAS TOftNAOQ.
fltrurk a Town, IvIIIIiik and' Injuria
Many and Uaatraytng rroparty, f
Dallas, Texan. A fpeelnl from 3ran
Imry, Texan, eonlliion the report of
damage caused at Ch n Uoso by a tor
Datttv. One' addltonal tfeuth necurred,
nraklnit a total of eUht. Three of the
flfty-aewti other victims tiro fatally
Itijured.
In lilen R(se thirty-three bulldltiRa
Were totally deimtlisthed. and more than
KM) person are boneless, and destitute
if food or Klielter. Vllclief. partieg, ac
companied by pliytuViam. weut wilt)
iippllen. . .
The ttirnatlo devatatM farm prop
vrty ami crops tmrth cf tl'htn ltoe for
a dlsiauee of live milen, autVfor seveu
tnlkr n-n'h. - v -
MEAT TRADE FALLING OFF
Chicago Pecking Houses Find That,
Their Business Is Pr-ralyzed.
Attributed IU AcltatloB Acaln th
fvt Trmat liirx'ltion In C'U
Valort Uudi Intu MUltotM.
Cbi.to.-pnt? of the largest pm-ken.
ia tl; ljMiii atrlisdmitid!.v on' of
th lest ported fatti'uiu in 1 'ailed
St.its, said: - .
'i'.u.vluf it 'ill vroiti I -vfrr .vw.
It i sini;' i;m,il.vi'.d. In f.acrliujt'
is no liUKtiii-fs nt 'l for tht.r,:u-k;!is
llOI'.vi-s. If tilts ,1tiVi:otl !il foil !1S j
rfliii -i:i!?uiujiii'ii "nitiii:ii. I t'ou'l
kr.urw wlTat will h r-rji. t'criain it i" 1
tba! it th 9!iJ.;aiou t'ontinac il.
wrt is yvt io coin-.""
. Wl:n ifturii Ix jrhi ia coiw in from
the i'itr 'Wot tlic "t 'it rn-dtu-tiun i
fiiui:ij;i.Ui. Willi tii 'juiiMMjiifut Ar-
! i"
iicmou. wjh i fin uu'j me ioio.oo.-
General Manager A. G. I-eoMid
the Union Stock Yard
ompany. .-
j.rc- -I'd lvctvt at t lit' downward turu
I of iHe iwnrUct. Tl)i is the m:t ttnva?
jti!!ii: lr ak tiint oitr. m'arkrt hiif-
fi-ivd iti iiKiutli," h.jid he. "and. occur-
lit.v a it .!.. aiHl-r .miy Kormal p"
i iilii On. tliis time or year, cau Im at
! trl'tnicd milv tu the Mwriiiii otrf-tiU
uient in the ileisTftnd for meat that ha
i restiiti'd fro'n wldecttread ai!at:. t; of
this' T.'.-cf Trtit matter.'
Tire bnxlueaii of tlie packing '''!! -
j r-erni l:ai -alreudy tieen injured !y t;.;e
; limitation pl'ai-ed upon it by the t -j
du -ed dcuiand for meat. It i. how
! ever, within the power of the - pm-kiri-:-j
eotutatiii s to rediieo their force
j to regnlaie their. bu-, m the im
j le.fdiete "lid jirofpeetive ilemands f
: th trade.. It -will, in fact. !i.-eo:r. a
l';'fM;y, In that Vne the paekrr
i will Kttffer moderately by the' liitiita-
tln f hi i busisirx. 'while the farmer
I am! f-eier' f live .'n 1; threii-.'h "
j n ef St.-ues V- ill auffer t,-.-5.)'e:idn
! - bydepreeiation in '
their live rtock'." .
Vj;P'.
o:
m irttt-R Ainu isv tiik rr.fr.
AMornr-tielirl-l 1 ttl'14 It IliirO
tu tlt Klil-iiif,
Kansa City, Mo. I. C. Cruv. Attof-nev-tieneral
of Missouri, ntnl hi" as-
tdstr.nr, K. IV Jeffrie, arrived ia thii i
city from JefTernon City, to rei vl- J
deuce to prove that there i a Tack it;'
lloiKc TrtiNt. Mr. Crow- said: j
"There-ia a Iieef Truxt operating in I
Missouri, and we can crmd It by law !
If the retajl butchers will help ihe
Attoniey-lienrral and myaelf to ;tret
evidence. !
"However, tile butcher? that I met f
here fear the power of the pat-kern, and j
for that renon It Is very tlilticiilt for j
t ie to cot the evldetiee that U needed. "
AMOS J. CUMMINCS DEAD.
i'tirinnniOH, W!il h f'olluwed an Opera
tin ii In Itallltuarr. 'raved, f atal.
, ... ,, ... , !
lbtltlmore, Md. lieprcMentative Amos ;
3. Cummins, of New Vork, died here
in the Ch.nreh Home and .Infirmary, lie
came here from Washington In the
inbblle .of April to undergo an oera
fion. This wax entirely (ui i'e.sfiil and
he was we'll on his: way to recovery,
when he wat attacked with pneumonia.
The end came. peacefully. "
Mr. Cummins, wna' always a lien
oer.'it. and was u member of Tammmfy
Hall II
tlrst wa elecled to Consresa
hi I Wii. lie had been
that body ever .ince,
terms.
A member of i
servluj; eight
CENSUS OFFICE CLEPK DEFAULTS.
Aamit 111 A, on uu An Short 7oo tn j versily tit' A:t:eiica leslgued la the lu
Cuar(iincK of Npcruiatiun. ! teiear of retreuelu ient.
Washington. V, C.-H. A. Itarrtiwi!..
the ilihbursinK clerk of the l't:bed
States Census Office, haa been summar
ily removed in cousctpicuce of tlie dis
covery of. a ahortatre In the accounts of
his otflce. Harrows wan ttubjeeltM to
rlld examlnatlomt by Director Mer
Ham and Chief Clerk M'cCauley, and
he Kve the amount of his discrepancy
as 574IK), ami attributed the trouble
to speculation.
The Government ia amply cecured
from loss by bonds aggregating almost
fJUMHKi. '
CARNEGIE PLANS MORE LIBRARIES
Naw I..t of Twaaty to Which lie Will
la I. ooo.ooo.
rittsburg, Ta. Just before Ids de
parture for Seotlaud. Andrew Carnegie
announced to W. N. l'rew, I'reHident of
the Hoard of Trustees of the Caruegle
luatitute, v hlle lu New York City, tuat
he had cwnpleted a new list of twenty
librarlea which he will give to various
fitted lu the United States.
The latest list of gilts will amount
to -over Sl.tHKi.tKM). 'and the libraries
will be in cities below the third class.
There are no large gifts In the list,
ami the lustltutiomi will range In price
from f UO.tHHi to ?75.ikh
WORLD'S FAIR POSTPONED.
Tit Kxacutlva t'omutltlaa Hat f h,.nKd
tha lat of Kipoaltlon to 190! )
St. Louih, Mo. -The World's Fair hit
bceli postponed till 1001. Virtually
this la tha effect of action taken by the
Kxecutlve Committee of th, LJiulslana
Turchast? ljaiositiou Company. T'itty.
oue dlreelois of the exposition , signed
a telegram to Tivsldent Carter, of Hie
Natjjutl World's Vtlr ComniisSoii, ic
tptesjing him to secure the Introduction
of an amendment to the Sundry Civ. I
hill now, pending In Ihe Sena le provid
ing for the postponement of the exposition.-
There will bo uo cessation cf
roustructlou work. . . .
MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
W ASHINGTON ITM 8.
The IIonRe passed the Ounrjns Prb
lic Kuildiugs hill, currying about fl",
OUO.tKJO. -
Sol Smith KusfiflL comedian. led
In Washington at the age of fiftjr-four
jettrs.
Colotnlda filed charges aalrst-Mr.
Hart, AuHTicaa, Miaitet In Bogota.
The t'nlte- Slates Supreme Court
will adjourn for the lertu Juue
" Lord Kelvin, the distinguished Eap
llsh scieutiHt. was keard iy the- House
CoTiiiuittee 0:1 Coinage, Wciiihlg and
Measures in favor of the bill for the
adoption of the tui'trie system.
rrorisiou was wade by the House
Naval Ctuiiritiert' tor tis new war
KhiiMiaelwIiiig two lO.ctUJ tou bat.k
blii4js. OCR AIMHTKD ISLAM)".
Cuban iicnjrts for eyen moallis
er.ilel jAauar.tr 31' a Mounted to $1-0, jl,
IW.; eSiKJrts, 2;.'J7C.riO.- '
The liody of Senoia Candelaria 1'al
n:a. the mother ;f the Piesideiit-eli'ct
j of Cuba, was b'tried at Dayaiuo.
j tinevarra. ,wbo. sutreeded Lueban as
j leader lu Saliiar, was taken by the ex
j pditiou under Ceueral V. 1). tJraut.
j at MoIl)kai; Hawaii. who was allowed
to remain In Jail until bo 111 that tioth
iiii touiti ie lom.r to ave bis ihe, -n
si;lti-d in the removal of l'r. Hrchard
j Oliver a resident physician -and
i fiirreil t!ie re8li.-n.it Ion of Xunerintcu;!-
,., iOViioi!
j Major Waller and Lieutenant Pay.
! of the marine co ";. who were trlwl
I Ly court-martial at Manila oa the.
! clctrce tf cxce-Hlng nativesi of the lb
Sand of Saiuar without tiial, wcrs ac
tiit ieL '
P1MKSTIC.
Htvrti'es L Unix, the
; M. Ilnru'es L' lb lis, the Trerch lep.
i turer. told'the siu.'.euts at Cl.kas.') I tii-
ve:ity that Dfv j f1 -, win u-iie was
partloneil, wrote a co..f-!.)oa of jruilt.
i No l!t5:-.e, an Itila.i, wan buried nt
J Omaha. NVi., w'T.h --thes fitted for
' but !j Pot tttitl cold riina :. His f k-itdn
J-fcai.l iiiey wcte la t;.nbi as to which
, kpil-it laud he we it.
Sut.f-ct)Hfu tci't cf Professor Rectn
flb A. Fessi iidcu's systerj of wireless
IMi'i'rapliy were uado tiu Uoanoke Isl
and, N. C.
ITitrs'ars aecureil T0: from the afe
cf ItMUd & Wubbeu'ii sUie at St. Taul,
Minn.
A revolver duel in n pamWing- ha'l
nt KH'jihc, Texas, resulted in -the death
of '"Sheeny" Ilai-rit).-
A jump from n thiril-stiry window
cmh'il tlie life of Mrs. Maiiha'A. Ten
l. II, at Itahlmiire. !d. .
Government ot'lcials at Boise, Idaho,
were- inveKtij:at:ug Sirrvcycr-lleiieral
I Terra u it.
I. The jury tryim; Walter X. Itianiiik
j for Kteiiliuir Ud.ihh) from the niut at
j San Tiiiueiiico, Cul., failed to agree.
The farmers of Arkansas IsxueJ an
sppcal for anitarice.
The steamer- Trlthjof was chartered
to tike uu auxiliary party to the Arie
tic regie!) to titid Kxplor.er IJaldwIt:.
Naval Cadet Cobttrn; tried I7 court
martial at Annapolis, Md for manias
false statemeuttt, was nei.uittod. ,
Vofitmaater Chavh s Me!;rhan, of Cg
du. .Utah, was declared JftliX) short
la his a'eeof.ats.
The b ilh-ra on t'.ie tccbrat John An-'
Wiro i,uwn uu as the tmr lav 1 1
Vovvlown--Creek. I.omr Island. John
D-iiincily. a fireman, was blown to
ijnecea
lUtit.
uud three otho;3 were badly
fievcti proTessorg of the Catholic Uni-
Rose Nagle was found gcilty of niur
j iter l:i tlie t rst degree for killirg her
! hi sb.uid af their home, la Kast l'rovl-
dciiee, 11. I.. In Novemer.
Tlie Rev. Dr. Alexander 11. Vinton
was consecrated ltishop of the Protest
out Upisopal dioceso of Western Mas
sachusetts. The Indiana Republican Convention
uamed the State ticket. -
Miss Marie Ellse Ross, of Brooklyn,
wiis married In Chicago to James O.
Harden, whom she first met on a par
lor car coming Kast frjm Sau Fran
cisco. ' '
Chief Justice Rlodgetf, of New
Hampshire, resigned, hht resignation to
take effect on July 1, and Judge Frauk
Parsons was appelated Chief Jus-,
tice tn ula place.
Aroused by the murder of Peter Fa
f nskt, at Chicago, 2KXI cltliens, mostly
Polish-Americans, organised n vlgl
llaiice committee to tlrlve out the crim
inal eleiUent . "
Experiments In R.uinoke, N. C, dem
onstrated the UHity of the Fessendeu
Mooresyster.v of w'irelesa telegraphy
for Weather Bureau purposes.
Berry Howard, who was tried for
heom illclty lu the murder of Uovcruor
(loebel. at. Ftauk fort, lvj, was ac-Quitted.-
rORKlGN.
General Count Corlolano rcttf a ffl
Sau Martino. the Italian Miulster of
Wap, resigned.
J. Bruce Ismay. cf the White Star
Line, denied that fiat company had
been sold to the shipping syndicate.
The notorious Algerian brigand Bit
baud, charged with- a treat number of
murders,, was arrested.
The Dominloti Uovernner't will re
duce the royalty ca gold miued in the
Yukon district.
The chances, for Iwwtnnt Govern
ment measures tchig passed at this
session of Tailiatuetit in yuglaad were
FOR blX NEW -WARSHIPS
The Karal Appropriation Bill Ea
' ported to the House.
It IToTidea For Tvi 16,OU0-'lpa Battle,
liip and Two 1,50IWToii Armcrei
Cratavra of tha Vlr.t Cluaa.
V'a?hHis;tou, t. C The naval pro
gram for Hx-ti, as preft-utod In tha
Naval Appropriation bill and accom
panying repoit, was filed by Chairman
i0!., of the House Natal Committee.
The total number of vcss-elj of our
Nary, built end bulMis,- is ICS, and
the total '.o.-x will be 2.'ij.u,'J0i.i. The
j'eport add:
"Our liuval prowess.. lies clrjo.H en
tirely in our 'ijjUiea baf.Usu.pt.. ci.:,';:t
.ui'more-Jt. .vrtjisers. ed rA"i;i-iy-ui;e- pro.
tected :i'UiM'tS. Ti.e refj Oa.- ;ij!i-s
woulj cut but little .jigojv. iu -p.! mr,l
war. ships of tliti.liaubj liac practi
ti.ily alone tb-tcrtuicu the naval
Ufivugtb of a natitu.
"'Of 'sill the couu;r:es, Germany has
been building fa.u-.--t. Her program,
tobe completed in 1O0S, poj-sil'iy ia
y.xK, .will sH"e her ihiny-ci-jht battle
tiilps, loura-. n. lar;o cruisers, thiivy
eifjjt mal!er cruisers and ninety-sis
torpedo boats. x
"Tiie committee v recommend that
the' Trejiiiit m have constructed two
lirsf-class baitleships 'carrying the
heavier armor and most powerful
ordnance, upon ihe trial displacement of
about Hi.OiHj tons, and to have the high
est practicable Kpeed and great radius
of action, and to cost, exclusive of ar
mor and armament, i:ot exceeding SJ.--'l.ti
each: two brst-elass armon-d.
cruisers of about U.SuO tons trial dis
placement, to cost, exclusive of armor
and armament, not exceeding Si.'ioU,
ts.ui each, and two gunboat ui about
J H ions ti-ial displaeemcu-.
'''The compK't.e com vi ill approxiiuate
!:::.! HUH)!). The-e b:it:'.ekMr.a ftn.I
crr.vrs will la' I:T2t.-r liian any herero-T'ore-
Muhorized ly Cougr- ss.'and tlie
'phrSs.jvc.tiun--r..ied by the Board of
CoE!rt;e(j(,u have already cscited the
favorable coti.mcai t-C the naval an-
toorities i.-broad."
Trovi.-b a is matle for an im rea e of
the. tiiiisied l'jrce of the Navy by
u:-b() men.
The bill earras f7",fi.7J.:;!(',, Mhieh is
lightly below the appropriatiou made
last ye,;-. For armor and uruiament
tii' bill provide for .'.i;IiiHI.ikh). This
Is c-onsiiieraidy above the estimate, ow
ing to the'rapidity with which the ar-mor-makers
aro turning out their prod
ucts. The Naval Academy receives $.'00,0X)
to tarry uu the. plan of -.improvement.
The committee falls attention to the
h'ck of otllcers rtillicleut to oilicer the
new ships, and 5'M additional cadets n't
the Academy are provided for, 125
each year for the next four years.
Kadi Senator, member, and delegate
of the House oi Representatives Is to
lave tiie appointment of o:ie, and tlie
IVesident tweury-four.
FLYir.C LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP.
Tha Dotlxr Explml.-, Killlni; thr Kiielueer
and l'lreniiin tirar IJover, N. J.
Dover, N. J. By tile explosion of Its
boiler, a-mile east of this place, liiulne
'.ill, hauling the Hat kcitstowu mail
Vim I a on toe Lackawanna 'Railroad,
was demolished, and is. engineer und
fireman killed. The victims are; En
gineer George Trimmer, of Washiii!;
fon, N. J.; Fireman Joseph May berry,
or Toft Murray, N. J. The aeoi.jent oc
cm-red near tiie car simps of the. road.
Just as thi'i train was approaching tiie
shops, the boiler of the engine exploded
with a tremendous uolse, and the en
gine turned a complete somersault,
going backward a distance of tit'ty
feet. The train consisted of three
coaches aud a combination car. The
lirst two coaches were derailed and
fell over Oil their sides. '
In the first coach were three passen
gers, none of whom was hurt. There
jivere twenty passengers. 'in. the -second
ifoacli, Including a' number of women.
UU of them were taken out safely, some
iof them being takeu through the win
dows of tho car. A few were scratched
mid bruised, but none seriously hurt.
The third conch was derailed, but not
upset, and the last coach did not leave
-the rails. There were about seventy
live passengers oujhe train.
Coroner Hagen Impaneled a Jury of
six men nml vleweil th renin lim of Ihn
. . .. . .. . . k ..
cagiueer amj nremaii. u.rt miner, mo
dead engineer, was sixty-three years
old. Besides his -"wife he leaves" four
married daughters. Fireman May
Wrry Mas about thirty years old. Hf
leaves a wife and two children.
MURDERED A CHURCH TRUSTEE.
Alan W ho Kept HI IIt Oa In Churil
lleaanted a llNtiat ta Itemove It.
Hazletou, Pa.-Mlchael Cherko. aged
thirty-eight years, was murdered about
1(K) feet from tho Greek Catholic
Church at Freelahd during the pro
gress of 'the Greek Easter, services.
George Smith Is" under arrest charged
with having committed the crime.
It Is alleged that Smith, upon enter-:
lug the church, failed to remove Ids
hat,-nud wtleu requested to do so by
Cherko, one of the trustees, drew a
black Jack and assaulted Cherko."' Tho
latter tan out at the door, followed by
Smith. Cherko had not gone far when
Smith, drawing a revolver, shot' hint
through the. back, death being Instan
taneous. Friends of the dead man overpowered
Smith and took him to the station
house.. The services came to an nbrupt
termination amid great excitement
Crtliunle MUinilua Ui Wiuuil.. ,
Libraries offered Savannah, G., and
Southbrldge, Mas., by Audrew Caiuu
gle havo leea declined. ... .'-
NOXTU CAROLINA FOLITICS.
A Lively Tilt Between Senators Sim
mon and P it -lard.
A livtly debate was precipitated in
the Senate Friday by MY. Priti hard, rf
N'on.h Carolina, by ne rcninrSi he
made on politics and political nsethc.'.S
in that State, iu the course of a dia".:-'
sion or the Philippine bill. He main
tained that the pending measure dt.it
simply with the administrative feuturjs
cf the I-ailipp'tne and iusietcd' that,
charges made a,ss:nst ' the Anscrbn
an- tlat lort.jrcs and takr'.tI.-5-j
vvtre pct iced ;a the Islands wer'not
! relevant to the discussion. He raid 'thft
j If the charges wet true, the tru'i'y
j oufcht to be puaitbed severcl. ati-1. ur.
i dmXtr-dly would -bo. lie so:petJ th.u
t'sonte of the' nietbods etriployid ,by"'t!:o
i opponents of t.ii.3,.,liill ,In taia --e,"r.trr
t ought' to herefot med, and tol-i -f v. ku
; ia tailed the "Kind cure" iu North C- -iclina,
the victim havirg his f.-e m.-.'.i-j
ed into the sand to etlfie, isi.-, cr-.e vvi:';-:
j he was being heutea to Ir.C.midat-! Vim
j politically. This drew .the fie of Mr.
i Simmons, of North Can-Has. wan i.e
! clart.-d that he never fce&rct of si'ch a
j practice'. The debato thus started coy-
ereo a wjtie range-or subjsH-ts roaeera
Ing North Caroiica -politics.
Mr. Tritchard declared that a ma--'
jorit--- of the people cf North Carolina
and of the South were in -favor of th '
proposition or the majority of the Phil
ippine committee and he quoted The
Charlotte Observer as a leading Hem- ,
i ocratic paper of the South, ia stip&ort
j of the retention of the Philippine.
"Does not the Senator know," inter-
i
, rupt"d Mr. Simmons, "th'tt ih" Chur-
; lotte Observer opptsfd the eiet.-tioa of
Win. J. Bryan to the presidency?"
I v'That Is true," replied Mr. Pritchard.
I "but the papT opposed him purely on
; the Issue, of free silver.'
i In response t). another question
I Mr. Simmons, Mr. Prltehard al-l
Kuew or noiio;'' in the Soma - K--t!ui)-
! I!' an or D -fhocrat -who v, as-la fe.or
! of "iniperialisn.." but he asserted :.,t?.t
j a- majority of "the bu.-.r. -s.; mm cf the
: S.'mth were in favor c? cxpausioa'.
He said that a.licprb!ii an' vot r--r w-its
'tJiken' from his home at trljiht an 1
: beaten. Ms face being crushed iato tlx
j sand' to stifte bis cries.
J Mr. Simmo.as d'x-lared tli.it uii3 wjs
! the first time' he 'ever had heard of the
J "sand cure." I!e said he did not believe
the .statement of the witness quoted by
I Sir. Pritchard and insisted that if 'it
were time, the eand cure was not ad
ministered for political purp les. He
said that for six years he had been the
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee of North Carolina, and . he
had never known of any cast s of out
rage and violence for political pur
poses. -Mr.
Pritchard Inquired if-it were not
a fact that organized bands of "red
! shins'; rode over the State of North
j Carolina for the purpose of. ttrroizlug
j Republican voters?
"That organization," (the red alii; u),
! replied Mr. .Simmons, "never had for
j iu object any bellicose or belligerent;
i purpose toward any part of tlie voters
of North Carolina. It i3 merely an or
! ionization for the purport of pi ore ef
fectually organising the. voters of the
State."
Mr. Pritchard discussed at cons! br
able length the suh'raee on .lit ion s and
political situation in North Carolina, in
the course of Which he sUJ that in the
so-called '-'black belt" of the State Mr.
Bryan had a majority of ti.ouo at the
lust presidential election. "Either the
colored voters were cheated out of
their votes," said he, "or they voted
the Democratic ticket. I don't say
which." Ho recited what he denounced
as "outrages" that had been perpe
trated, he declared, by the Democrats
of North Carolina, upon Republican
Voters, bnt he said he. did not think a
majority of the Democrats of the State
approval of such outrages. He did not
think, therefore, that the Isolated cases
of outrages and torture in the Philip
pines should be cited as arguments
against the Republican pojlcy In the
Islands. He expressed the hope that the
punishment of offenders against the
articles of war would be swift and sure
as he believed it would be.
Mr. Simmons replied to some of the
suggestions made by Mr. Pritchard as
to North Carolina polities, In the course
of which he justified the "white people.
In protecting themselves against irre
sponsible majorities."
"Doe's my colleague say," inquired
Mr. Pritchard, "that the red shirts did
not ride through the Stats and terror
ize voters?"
"I state," declared Mr. Simmons,
"upon my authority as a Senator and
as chairman of tlie Democratic, execu
tive committee that the stories of out
rages committed by red shirts tiro ab
solutely and utterly without founda
tion, I know of no outrage that can be
traced to that organization. Except for
polticai purposes the organization of
so-called red shirts never has been
charged with being an unlawful and
violent organization." He stated that
not a single red shirt ever had been
arraigned for a violation of law.
Prltehard read a table indicating
that -Mr. Bryan lr:)d received a heavy
majority In the "black belt" of North
Carolina, "and yet," said be, "the Re
publican party is charged with helnj
the negro party." He said it was im
possible to jllflcuss any subject In
North Carolina without having the
qu 'stion. of negro domination Injected.
He declared the situation would bo ri
diculously, absurcd if It were not s se
rious, Af. an Instance of the political
methods employed in North Caroline,
Mi'- I'Vt it;i;l-.ui.iUd Uc.it an oati.-t-s.iry
of ntC Democratic party' in tlu
State had approached Mm." promislni:
that if he LV.L.uard) would have ca
tered a rwi prosequi In certain tasc
of flectiiin frauds ihe proceeding of
Impeachment cf Republican judges by
the Democratic ifiidatu?"'ould be
dropped. "It was proclaimed boldly in
North 'Carolina," aid he, "that these
judges, were to be impeached in order
to g?t a Democratic bench to pass upon,
tlie 'grandfather clause" of the new eon
Ktitutipn." -
lri' Pritchard --Indignantly cltvdined
the prop-rsititm and said that, subse
quently, brave and patriotic members
of the legislature Democrats and Re
publicansby their votes had prevent
j ed the unjust Jmpea.hment of the
i judges,. 1 -
j la reply, Mr. Simmons asserted that
the maa who approaches Mr. Pritchard
J with ihe proposition to. drop the iia
' peach meat proceedings, was- cot in t he
! reumiest way an tmiisaary cf the'Dem
1 oi-ratlc party.. He bad repudiated the
t ha:;,y publicly and he bad said so. in
i fK&ianatios'of the neV State constiiu
! tiou he. said that while it permitted
educated t:e?i oes to vot it was adopi.ed
i "e,prchsiy for the purpose of excluding
( the( votes of Irrcsj'iie.ibl'e jiegrjts. In
.; thy adoption of that constitution we
I w,-'ra movfid by a hig desire to perpjet
l.uate the Anglo-Saxon eivilizatioa iu
i North Carolina." ,
LABOR WORLD. f
, TLr. e thousand union plasterers hattf
been )oot.-e,t oii't ii) Yyrt: City.
Robert Howard, the celebrated labor
leader.. Of Fall River. Mass.. is dead.
Labor organizers are .at work-Su Ore
goB. Tlie general-conditions of labor
are good.
The number of trade unions In St.'
Joseph. Mo., has almost doubled iu the
past three mouths.
The (sympathetic strike of the tn
firemen has spread in Chicago to the
tugboat captains and engineers. ;
Building contractors of Y'ountTRtown.
'duo. have jet'use.i the VigiiMiour tlav.
mil v workmeu d; elded to strike.
IVwtl, r workers hi Kaiisnt? have se
cured an :.!i!:iial contiatt wbh an In
creased sv ale of ivn?i's and a provision .
for the !',N0 of a union label.
Ice deliverers of '"licagrf are rettt
less a;cl threaten, u-j a strike over
griey a niics fiiiertaiued against their
eiujdov ( rs...
The et-ivtary of ihe Clerks' Nation-'
al I'uion fepoiis .131 local, unions,
twelve of which were added during the
past month. Unions were formed in
California, Ohio, Nova Scotia and Illi
nois. ' -
Un'on organizations in East St. Louis,
111., have increased their membership
over I'm per oelit. during the past sir
months, and substantial gains In wa;es
have beeb gt anted to many of the
tratles. ...... ...
The Bartenders' Association of
Great el' New York, recently organized,
has for one of Its objects the disciplin
ing of all members who drink behind
the bar. None but liien known to be
or abstemious habits may Join the
union.
The Slate Board of Public, Lands
and Buildings In Nebraska has closet!
a ihrce.years' contract with a broom
and ilusfer company for convict labor
at the Stale penitentiary. Tho com
pany will pay foriy-rlve cents per day
'for the use of each man.
NEWSY CLEANINCS.
Mississippi has no game laws. '
The Granite Trusi will purchase the
six quarries of Wisconsin.
The Spanish war veterans will meet
In Detroit, Mich., in September.
Kansas City (Mo.) horse and mnlo
trade last year amouuted to jfti&.OOO,
t ft). i .- . i
The quarterly target practice of the.,.
North Atlantic Squadron cost. 17S,00U
for ammunition. .
There has arrh-eJ lu Paris a man
named Hassan, All. He is seven feet
six Inches In height.
"Thi Kalser is actively engaged in
creating a demand 'for potatoes to help
Vis farmer subject. '
Paris Is to spend $.".0,000 in telephone
connections between the different po
lice stations ami headquarters. .
Experts predict lhat L.W.IMM) visitors
may be expected, to : appear. In the :
streets of Loudon during corouatjon
Week. ' .
Vesuvius has taken to emitting vn
poj saturated with hydrochloric acid,
which, falling as "train," has done grave
damage to vegetation.
Acctirdftig to Cousui-'Generai Barlow
Mexico Is u bad place for a young in
experienced man without ample funds
'in any Hue he chooses to follow.
. The woolen ns well as the silk .In
.dustry of France and tho hosiery In .
ditstry. In Germatt ate said to be1 suf
fering Severely from Amerleiiu coiupc
tltion. .
Rec 'nt storms have done much dam
age to the beautiful South Carolina
monument on tho-Chiokaniahgn battle-
Held, but it is not beyond repair. The
monument consists of a large bronze
palmetto tree on a marble base. --
A new giant geyser of Rotoinahann.
N. Z.. Is attracting attention." A uuisa
of boiling water half an acre In extent
rises lu a great dome, from which a
column of water and stones rises to UOU
"feet,, while Immense columns of steam
ascend as far us' can be seen.
A Type.-f " .
Tho man who speaks of "my law
yer" la generally the one .who aska
him a question casually when they-are
tiding down towu iu a street car lu the-'
hope- of eeUins legal tulvlce without"-"
having to pay for U., Nvw , York
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