v. LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. M, RALEIGH, N". C, SATURDAY.. FEBRUARY 5. 1898. Vol. 1. No; 57. i -I HUD II Officially States Her Position Ancnt Chinese Question. Vf nd Therefore Desires None a Her Hands, a of the Chinese Territory Chief Secre tary for Ireland Makes a'Statement at Leeds No Backdown In England's Poli cy as at First Decided Upon. V --,:ne to The Morning Post, j.rd'.n. Ieb. 4. The Government hr. kt-n its silence, with a view to ai,a j';r the ferment caused by its sup j,c..i hack-down in the matter of T;iii'-n-Wan, although it has not di- vui-.-d anythin to throw light on its tru--position in me. rar .cast. Mr It-raid Balfour: Chief Secretary ,1 T.i .a hpnnpnin to He th firt ... nnib. r of the Government to make a i.ubiir speech since the outbreak, was entrusted by Salisbury to make a state- . ..t .., t ,i0 h.-a 00nin.r 1,1,111 clL " &- Th- following are the principal pas- c.mt s of .Mr. Balfour's speech: uspicions have been "I'ii mors and s v, j. 4. iV. n cuiiHR-y tu cueei tuat Liit; (iov i rn.'.'-nt is flinching from the firm Dusition it had taken on the Chinese question; that it was abandoning prin cijiks t. which it had given public ut terance, and that the brave words of the Ministers were only preparing for sumnuti oi retreat. al can say with confidence that these rumors (which hve even been accept- Hi in quarters where one might have thought more confidence would have IIS SI ANOTER IS W n placed in the wisdom and courage which is objectionable to the insur of H ! -Majesty's advisers) are without gents, and grant additional concessions fuumlation. (Loud cheers.) on many other points, if the insurgents It is not true that the Government h;tv- in the smallest particular depart- .... . t-.l fr ..:n their declared policy in the Far lv iist, or that they h ave, in conse vfq u- n -c of pressure from any other jidv. r -liled any of our just claims. "'.iiiii'.tMations ' which govern that pui.ry hn- been stated clearly to the l-ubik1 V.y more than one Cabinet Min ister, those declarations the Gov-trnni'-nt will adhere." r. r.alt-ur Ie-lared that the Gov- crnm'rit tlid nut desire to possess any th" (Tin. err itory, I except such y v-fctulc tu X11C iui"b jtwou. i - necessary for strat- Madrid, Feb. 4. The newspapers gen i e reason being that erally are very pessimistic in regard to loints as mi;. t-Zirn) I'lifK-S's. they di'l not :i,e to have a second India on their Vrands. To annex t'hu.ese territory would simidy I.,- act tin:: an immense addi tional burd t. v. itiii'ii adxantai--'.. w.vuuu (Ircat rr:t,-;''s treaty rights secure ecju ,!iiy o opportunity for trade, and Silt' Cull I tiftt t'o'tirii irn rwtr. -P ohA - si:n,d . liar-,, of hndr of million of" i ! i : i ; 1 7 i o ri - I C .ntini;ir - .Mr. Halfour said: "So inntr as our treaty rights are pro tecttd. and so long as the Governments inak no iomlitions by which these rk-hts v, .mid l. jeopar dized, so long this ;..v. rnnn nt is entitled to the con f.d. ne- ,,f tiu. nation, and so long (I be-li-'.vf) th. will retain that confidence. C'hcrs.) 1 hop,- the reiblie will realize the ef f'' t of inii.ativnce and premature crit n isle, is-.. nly to embarrass the Minister f i-'M-ei.n A flairs and increase the dif- uetmy of his task . n.-uvd n" .Vi" X ".Jtion that Mr. Olney pursued so conserv- delicate 'nd r iti.-al ehaia ter. and to either af- t:n ma '-ny authorized statements that ai l.ear. Would nM,,rilv nrnrtncP r.t S' mi ih'i .nt- -SU.-m. "th.,,.".- t mi.t . this ,i,,.;, . 'V" "lcif"" as affinnin, nv n,uO 9Tu M 1 h? tinu has rot wt pome for mak- ms; i.ublie statements concerning the "ii iti ins which have taken place, uid uiiuh are still taking place. ui tiir mean time. 1 am sure you wii r st satisfied with the assurance. hu -h I now repeat, that it is not the :ni -ntion cf the .Ministers to recede in ;ny way from the declarations of policy th. y have made.' London Newspapers Not Satisfied With It. :-"nd..n. i-vi,. 4.The Government yr.cuns are not appeased by MBal- "ui -s -spe'-h at Leeds, and again ap Jta! p. Lord Salisbury to take the Na 'in hi to his confidence, and declares y are convinced that good, rather .u,!ii n jrni. will result therefrom. i he Standard evidently fears that the eminent is hedging with different .p.-etations that can be placed upon Us 'i-'i iared policy. BILL OF SEPARATION GRANTED T Two of the Italian Royal Blood Who Had Been "Separated" for Years, E" Cable to The Morning Post. Home. Feb. 4. The bill of separation has ben granted severing the marital 'Watk.ns of Count' Philip Folchi and Princess. Elvira, the daughter of Don -3-os. pretender to the Spanish thrpne. k" the terms of the separation Prin K:ira receives 300 francs a month. . Th Princess eloped with the Count "vember, 1896, a.t which time she as publicly disowned by her father. ENGLISHMEN KLONDYKE BOUND cnadian Pacific's Newly Purchased Ship Tarter" Will Transport Them. TelegraDh to The Moraine Post. Nmthampton, Feb. 4. The steam ' d) Tartar," recently purchased by 1 Canadian Pacific Railroad Com f " for service between Vancouver y rt Wrangell. at the mouth of the ton, n river, will sail from this port w 4 1 i '..t HOW. JvlS take on 300 Englishmen, des- t '::,J fr'the K Klondike, together with a quantity of stores, telegraphic etc. fable IMPORTANT CUBAN DESPATCHES Detailing Matters of interest and Cabled to to 'The Post Early This Morning. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Havana, Feb. 4. A despatch from Matanzas says the American cruiser "Montgomery" entered that port yes terday, anchoring at noon near the Spanish fort of San Severino, which an swered the cruiser's salute by the usual 21-gun salute. The son of the Spanish General Luque continues in a ve"ry desperate condition from the wound he received a few days I cj crr in an pnrai'Pmpnt with incn ro-on t c in Santiago de Cuba province. Today his right leg was amputated. . Henry v . 'rami, who soys he is an American citizen and captain of artil lery in the American army, and who was an officer in the Cuban army un- dervGareia, arrived at Havana today He surrendered to the Spanish a few days ago in Santiago de" Cuba. This morning he called on the acting Governor General, Gonzalez Parrado, and held a long conference with him, Secretary General Congosto acting as interpreter. from the American consulate to get to JNew York, having in gold in a belt with him. He intends to sail for New York tomorrow. Rptwppn Tlnnifltn and Ran Virpntp. in Santiago de Cuba province, a train has been blown up by a dynamite bomb Placed on the track by insurgents. Cars were destroyed, tour Kpanisn soldiers killed and sixteen wounded. After that a strong force of insurgents had an en gagement near Bonlato with the Span- ish detachment which came to rescue the train The Spamsn official report says that a battalion of Cataluna captured at Loma Coma, Santa Clara province, 75, 000 cartridges which belonged to the in surgents. Mean to Achieve Their Independence. By CabIe to The Morning Post. London, Feb. 4. The Havana corre gpondent of the Times claims to have the highest authority for stating that tRe Government is willing to reconsider the clauses of the autonomy measure ask tor them. The correspondent confirms the state- mPnts rpe-nrdin? the uncomnromisine . - " 7. . . . , . " attitude or the insurgent leaders, wno, i i a i I ne says, win not accept any scneme ot autonomy, however liberal it may be They are determined to achieve their independence or die in the attempt AUTONOMY A FAILURE. Fifteen Thousand More Spanish Soldiers to be Sent to Cuba Shortly. the situation in Cuba. ! The impressions they gather are un favorable to the success of autonomy, ana tneir expectations are tnai mere will be great difficulty in the paeifica- tion of the island. It is- reported that 15,000 additional troops .will shortly be despatched to rnhn Washington, Feb. 4. Important in formation ' as to the success of the Spanish schemes for autonomy in Cuba has been! received here. Mr. Atkins, of I Boston, .who is the most prominent American grower of sugar on the island, has written to Consul General Lee expressing the opinion that auton- omy is a failure, and that there is no immediate prospect of peace. Mr. Atkins has hitherto been an en thusiastic believer in the success of the Spanish policy. It is due largely to his representations to the last 'administra- ML- WTJ " . "V T'L I tl i"?"". l,resseu VV1L" l"eiva,uc ui i juuhmcuu ident McKinley i assumed office, and urred that Spain be given an oppor tunity to show what could be done, to restore peace to the islarid before the anptjal meeting at Madison Square Gar United States took any steps toward den s with the thirty-four members intervention. W hat he says now, there- fore, is likely to have : considerable weight. His letters to Consul General Lee are almost! despondent in tone. nn Some of his plantations have been burned by the insurgents, and he is convinced that the insurrection is far from being under control. FATAL ERROR OF MRS- S0R6 Who Did This Murder, She Failing; to Make a Man's Track In the Snow. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Buffalo, N. Y., "Febi li 4. Farmer Michael Sorg, who lived two miles from Lancaster, Erie county, w . . , j, . A,.,i b' masked men at 4 o cloc as murdered clock this morn ing, while asleep in his jibed with his wife and year-old baby. ; It was easy for the murderer to effect an entrance, for the Sorgs were careless in the matter of fastening doors and windows, and Mrs. Sorg thinks the back door was left unlocked. oK-n A -xV.llr ffii nnened her eves I and saw a man standing beside the bed with an uplifted axe. He wore a piece of cloth over his face. As she stirred, the murderer swung the axe and the blade sank into Sorg's head. ! ! The murderer fled, and Mrs. Sorg aroused the neighborhood, Michael Roguski, a Pole, who had comDlained bitterly that Sorg had cheated him in the purchase of a cow, was arrested this afternoon on sus picion. There is little or no evidence against him. It is remarked that the first Persons to appear on the scene were unable to find any footprints in the snow to in dicate where the murderer entered "the house or what course he parting. This kas served to cast Mrs. Sorg. took in de- suspicion on Jap. Fleet Manoeuverlng In Chinese Waters By Telegraph to The Morning Post, Yokohama, Feb. 4. A Japanese fleet is manoeuvering in" this vicinity, pre-J paring for a cruise in Chinese waters, it is generally believed. BRflDSTREET DUN'S REPORTS Condition of Country for Past Week is Reviewed. TONE OF COTTON GOODS SHU Slightly Improved, If.There is Any change at All Actual Payments Through Clear ing Houses in January Made a Remark able Showing Spot Cotton Unchanged, But Receipts Continue to Gtow Larger. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. New York, Feb. 4. Bradstreet's to morrow willsay: "The tone of the cot- ton goods situation is, if anything, im- proved. Southern buyers are coming into St. Louis more numerously than usual at this date. "At the South trade is reported as improved at several important centers and the total of January business is said to have been above the average. ''The light freeze did little damage to -Florida truck farming interests. Steadiness in prices has been the fea- ture of the week. "Bank totals for January, in a total for 72 cities, aggregate $5,974,000,000, a gain of 1-6 of 1 per cent, over December, 1897; of 33.7 per cent, over January of last year; of 37 per cent over January, 1895, and of nearly 48 per cent, over January, 1894. "Money is relatively easier here thanlmen. in London." New York, Feb. 4,-Dun's Review to- morrow will say: The actual pay- ments through the clearing houses in January made a remarkable showing, being much larger than in any previous month: 36.3 per cent, larger than for the same month last year and 7.1 per cent. larger than in 1892. "The failures in January were small er than in any previous year of which there is record, and probably smaller than in any other January since isxi. orpv,Q .(ntmv.f K,r Kor,V.QO K.idL I oiatc":c"1- Uia"L"M Wi u , , naco rrttrcin -f V i c? -n-iilr chAurc Q ciimHc. I "V?,.. IT." "TIZI'Im ing gain in most oi tne uepariments ui manufacture and trade. "No failures at all appear in woollen there is only an insignificant aggre- ate compared with failures ot previous years. "Meanwhile, the money market is as confident as ever. I "Gold does not come from Europe in very large amounts, only oecause Dank-j ers find it worth while to lend AmerU I can money abroad, and commercial bal-I ances are heavily in favor of the United States, as heretofore. - - - The spot price of cotton remains nnnKancrail Vii 1 fanf rorolnt cs continue larger than during the-same week of 1895, after the heaviest crop ever known, checks speculative opera tions for an advance. "There are many orders for women's shoes, and fom the South especially much larger than last year. "There is a much better demand for cotton goods since the general stoppage of works at the East, but there is no in- dication as yet of material gain as re- spects unsold stocks on hand. "The railway earnings show an m crease for January, ; as far as reported, of 16.1 per cent, over last year, and 7.8 per cent, as compared with 1892. 'The failures for the week were 33o against 331 last year." MR. L. BANKS HOLT. Elected as Vice-President National Pet Stock Association at New York Meeting. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. New York, i i Feb. 4. The National sociation held its second Pet Stock A Dr4sent. A permanent examination was adapted and plans were discussed for the holding of a pet stock show soon this city. This ticket was nominated officers for the year, the election to take! place later: President, H. B. Sav age, of Texas: vice-president, L. Banks Holt of North Carolina: secretary, Jos. Lawrence, of Massachusetts; treasurer, H&ntfy Hencqn, of New York. WINSTON' S PUBLIC BUILDING. Bill Appropriating $150,000 for Same to be Introduced in Congt ess Today- Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Winston-Salem," N. C, Feb. 4. Dis- trict Attorney Holton returned from Washington today. I says a bill will be introduced in both branches of Congress (probably tomorrow, asking for an appropriation of $150,000 for a I public building for Winston, the largest internal revenue in the Western revenue paying town I HiotrtflT fcutnc here are sanguine of se curing this yery small appropriation. all tie circumstances considered, and thei cjnly wonder is that it has not long ago been made. Nine Killed by Bal lroad Accident. Cable to The Morning Post, By Edinburgh. SFeb. 4. The Dassenger mar4ockf came into a collision today with a freight; train at Barassie, a small intermediate station. The cars of the passenger train were derailed and wrecked. Nine persons were killed and maly injured Later Particulars of Wednesday's Earth- quake. By ; Cable to The Morning Post. Constantinople, Feb. 4. Further par ticulars of the earthquake at Balikesr, Asia Minor, Wednesday, were. received today. The town is practically in ruins. All of 'he mosques, prison buildings and other public structures and a majority of the dwelling houses are levelled to the ground. flSGREflT RAILROAD SCHEME What Contractor Says About Road Into Yukon Countrv. w 10 BUILD 150 MILES iN 120 DAYS Expect to Get Through Between 250.000 to 300.000 Tons of Supplies, and Will Carry Over 150,000 Venturers Into the Yukon -This Year Three Surveying Parties Now Out. By Telegraph to the Morning Post. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 4. Mr. D. D. Mann, of McKenzie, who has accepted a contract to build the Stickeen-Teslin Railway, has arrived here from the East. l He says no time will be lost in the beginning of the work, and that the I first party of workmen will start in a I few days. It-will consist of ISO men and 60 teams land they will , make a sleigh road I through to Teslin lake. I , Camps will be established along this Iroad at twenty-five-mile intervals, and I accommodations maintained for ' travel - - - , -. , , - - . ers and horses. Three engineering par- Ities will be pug to work at once. As soon as the line is laid out 1,000 I more men will be sent forward, who will, start the work of grading. The party to be sent out will consist of lOOo ? "We expect to tret through on timp " said Mr, Mann if wi k ' v. , r'. I lulu6 consmerea, one or tne great- est railroad feats ever accomplished. We expect to put through between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of supplies this year. It is a low calculation to say tViQ thaya r.-tl1 4- rn (wa i mtic win uc auuui, iuu.uuu veiiLur- n or iKi-f-k V i- "XT'. -. 1- ; . xuivvn una yvni. Withmit- Vi5a iv r,,l1 v. ; .,w..ww.v 1111.) x vau A lr VVUUIU KJC 11111 possible to get supplies through, and many would die, and many more would! .,,ffn, fn-m O ! . m x 1 llu,u pwvauun.- xu gei re- licif i m r 4- V w ifMill 4-L. l" 1" "l ""um ai- L" uuveH1'ln mem more man tne construction of the road would cost it. "We will build 150 miles in 120 days. 'Were people allowed to perish for want of means to get supplies to them, it would give Canada a set-back that she would never get over. "We have also to establish a route by steamboats and otherwise to Daw- son City, for which we. get an addi- tional grant." ' ' . - L c Mift V ftR MlhP Kin unnc , . tN.VOY OF MINE NO MORE -.il-. -i, ':!i''i'-i:rV"'-s'" Hour. - - I .., By Telegraph to The Morning Post; ... Washington, Feb. 4.-The President sent in the nomination of Ethan A. tiitcncocK, or missoun (.now ii;nvoy ex traordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to Russia), to be Ambassador Ex traordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia, to the Senate today. . ... The nomination of Minister Hitch cock to be Ambassador was pursuant to the law authorizing the raising of the rank when another nation should take similar action. . . ., , .A cablegram was received by the State Departement on Wednesday indi cating the intention of the Russian Government tp raise the rank of-their representative he,re to that of Ambas sador, and this" Government responded promptly with the action taken today. Ambassador Hitchcock, under his new title, will be entitled to call on the Czar and receive visits from him. "CUT DOWN THE ACREAGEI" That Is the Farmers' Slogan Which Seems Now About to be Obeyed. By Telegraph to The Morning Post, New York, Feb. 4. A letter from Au- gusta, Ga., states: "The farmers are saying but little in 1 regard to the acreage through the Southern press. , But you will see a great reduction in the acreage after it is compared with the last season's. Very feAV mules are being sold, and guano sales will be cut almost in half. Farmers will not be able to. get sup plies on the present basis of cotton, and they have little or no supplies on hand. They are calling on factors and mer chants and going home with empty v"'i crnn c Only the best element of the planters will Ve gVklo tn tret snnnlies with which I to start a crop, and they will have to wait until late in the spring for the same, and then in limited amount. Many of the better class of farmers I have planted considerable' wheat and oats this winter, in sections never be- fore utilized for this purpose. VJUfLIlCF IIlitllUllL.lUlCl .u..u.a..e- . I S.UUU1US uuwu men lau.., the small demand for fertilizers. Prices have been red uctnl consldera- bly under those of last season, and still they fail to move. KLONDIKE IS UP TO PAR. According to the Statements Made In This Man's Letter. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. New York, Feb. 4. Robert Reading,! of Allendale, N. J., formerly Superin tendent of Edwin Gould's match fac tory at Passaic, N. J., who started for the Klondike gold fields last summer, i and arrived at Dawson. City in Ojwe amwpw SnWtSU.H, h. filed hi. .V" . account of the outlook in the diggings, ne says the traffic in tne claims is something marvellous, and that the oenness oi me country m picu 22S1 -h.aee?? teei ino t,. - i . , . . -1 eycci, exj lar as maiiera 4i wmv der his notice before going in. - He saw S2.000.000 in nuetrets ana oust uggets ana aust at one store, and says that the talk in "city" is that no less than Zo.uou,- 000 will be sent out during the next open season. FIRST ASST. POSTAL ASTER GEN. Spent Yesterday In Winston and for First Time witnessed Tobacco Manufacturing. Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Winston-Salem, N.' C.. Feb. 4. First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath and his brother, F. S. Heath; of Hamilton, Ohio, spent the day in Wins ton. In an interview they said they came here to look after some private business, but declined to say what kind it was. They went through one of Winston's largest tobacco factories and saw how the weed is manipulated from start to finish. This was the first time they ever saw a chewing tobacco factory in operation. ine visitors left tonight for Washing- ton Judge Wilson, Ex-Legislator. Dead. Special Despatch to The Morning Post. N. C, Feb. 4. Judge a centenarian In n p-p Wilson, ner.rlv and who represented this f Forsyth co?nty in tne Legislature, session of xttu, uicu ucex.i inia piace luuay, aged 90 years. SWALLPOX IN. THE SOUTH Is Gieatiy Increasing in Sevetal States. North Carolina Incluked, By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 4. Reports received today show that the smallpox lAiLllZi 7 ;u a , ...Jdisrearaul. of the. ordinary amenitlea vixKiima iu slCLU lit una OCUHOIl it issttmateja.thaljthere are-1,000 cases In Northern Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina" South Kentucky and Virginia. . -TSfEJ"6" 1 number there being fully 250. The disease has appeared at Troy, n ? iartsen, AiaDama. ana Linin? dutrirta FnQt Tdnno0eM Dr. Albright, the chairman of the btate noara or Health, announces that wholesale vaccination is the only tmng; tnatcan prevent a general spread or tne disease in ail the ais - tricts anecteo. a"e' 'hlch the Senate ease has not appeared, vigorous meas- ures to prevent infection are being IdKctl. ...... fnilUlirU 1 1 J I 1 II. 1.- 1111 I . - - - - - ' - "eariy Every Time A caiirornia Murderer Just entrapped Into a Confession. .u i x, " lclc6,'u ""s vac. San Francisco. Feb. 4. A Suisan Uneeial savs that Frank Belew has , v- !" " iebSluu poisuneu ms uromer Louis and his sister Susie at Dixon, Soloano county. The victims suffered horribly, and Frank sat by their bedside and was apparently a most -sincere mourner. The coroner's Jury investigated the case, and though it was clear that J strychinine had been put in the tea, they couia get no evidence to jusuryhn his distrirt - --We' hurt -been disinherited and had T ' shown extreme (bitterness over loss of WhL.Wt?n-ff of- fleers contrived to have witnesses hear iseiew aamu inat ne pm ine poisoning. He was soon, to leave for the Klondyke 1 "V t A. J. 1 A JJ A. V . f t regions, "avuig sum ms xiare in ine e-tat.e hl5 receiyed at the death uj. uiuuici ttiiu oisLCi, wi- ctiiuiiici brother. KILLED BY COAL FUA1ES. The Three Children of a Modoc Man Asphyx ' lated by Charcoal. By Cable to The Morning Post. Toronto, Ont., Feb. 4. Caretaker Milligan, of the Model School at Ma doclost his three children by asphyx iation this morning. The dead are: JOHN MILLIGAN, aged 21. LEE -.-LIGAN, aged 15. ETHEL BAKER, aged 12. They were asphyziated by the fumes of charcoal. It has been Milligan s habit to carry live coal from the school furnace in the evenings and place them in an old stove in one of the bed- rooms of his house. No pipe connected the stove ajid chimney, and of course the fumes lln- gered in the house. wnen jviniigan suDsuiuiea cnarcoai for live coals, which he did this morn - "e lums qmuMj- ".u snna nameil His wife was also badly affected by the fumes, and will probably die. INDIFFERENT TO THE LAST. How a Berlin, Ont., Boy Murderer Passed In His Checks. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Tnrnntn TToh 1 Tim Allfsnn 17 ' " , . . ..... years old, the boy who shot and killed I , . y-x . x , i I J . I pirs. vrr in August iasi, was uaugm Tierlin. Ont.. todav. When he awoke at 6 o'clock this morning the Jailer asked him if he wanted anything. Allison replied, cav. vou neoDle aDDear to be getting ttled ovef this thing." Before he mounted the scaffold, (the lower part of which , was enclosed to I (Jill fill 11 lO UtTCLI.fl DU UKgmi l.u W J nanueu una y Jy "I am sorry for my crime. I aid 1 1 1 out of 111-wilL I hope those whom 1 1 injured will I forgive me. and that no one will throw this up to my people. My sentence is just, ana i nope uoa wui have mercy upon me. He was indifferent to the last. COTTON MILLS FOR CHICAGO? Enaulrlna Englishmen Say Humidity Is All RiBht, But Decline to Recommeod Their I ti By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Chicago, I1L, Feb. 4.-Four English- rrT, fmn, AfAnchester have been testing mvu V- - - - past three weeks, to determ ne whether . wuw.u f rnr fanrioa. rant the spinning of , cotton iaDncs. Thv leTT rnr fiUKUtuu hcuuvbui , a k1o their denarture said "v , . , I AiZJ?.l.ttt Aether ther iney ueuiuw iv..Brzzi ZZ- xney aecuu w "-r"7 t7 wouia recomm na i. -7 miiis "uc - - laws wouia greauy ...i. sii am pro Against Resolution and Its Contemptuous Language TO RESIGN From the Senate-He Protests Against Such Usurpation of Ungranted Power by Ken.- tucky Legislature, and Touches up that Body on the Language. "Dlsregardful of the Ordinary Amenities of Life," Used. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. I -w,, -i. i . . . . . '. "L":" l--e"lor. 'na 7 ""ue ,enBin' Pecn n ine ben- I '-t"Mt icbuiuuuu ui the free silver majority in the Ken tucky Legislature demanding his resig nation. The preamble to the resolution call him "one William Lindsay," and de nounces him for his hostile attitude towards silver. "It is,couched,, he said, "in language of life. . "It is demanded that I shall surrender ray place in order to create a vacancy and make room nere for Political views in harmony with rtmA An. I tne authors and supporters of such resolution. . "t protest against such usurpation of ungranted powers." His term of office was fixed by the Constitution, and could not be abro- ated bv the action of th nh.rW r " 'Zr' 1 6""c omiur wnuimy buhb in contemptuous terms or the Kentucky went Into executive session to consider le Hawaiian treaty. T.ITTT.P nnVP TXT tut-. tmrtoc I , w iiuutsc Washington. Feb. 4. The debate of hin on thp lonrtor aiaiitf I -i , vcvv VIWIU ed at Friday night's meeting and re- commended for nassaei. tnthpr hV. oT v - - iTVi--i y"iJl?.' P84 C itJZL "k T i"TJ F H.r1V- 3 u""l- The result of It all w hfl n,.fl f eInteen Drlvate nension bllla and: Lthpr nrivnt hnia Mr Hnnkpr nt Kw vrV 11T,0 . the truth of the report recently tub- Hshed that in connection with th nostofflce fieht at Jametnwn. h m- a. corruDt comnact with a rival rnn Gl SaSf thSoir .tV "ZZ."!??.! 'rT ie cuiiBiueranon in ine aeai was ll,VVi to nls rival to withdraw. ' - n!MltttSiS: i"illr.L,:J??f.Silon.r ov' Mn Terry, of Arkapsas, said (amid Democratic applause), that government ownership of railroads was better than raiiroad ownership of the government. Mr. Ba ev. of Texan, tonk nrrftRtnn tn deny that any one on his side of the chamber favored government owner ship. Battleshlp Maine to Be Withdrawn From Havana. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington. Feb. 4. The battleship "Maine" will be withdrawn from Ha vana harbor in a few days. It was intended to allow her to re main there until February 15th, when she was to have set sail for New Or leans to participate in the Mardl Gras celebration. . Tint a a tVio nfflfar on1 .rm. n -a 1inrter the nioe re.H.tiAn shIpboard, and as Havana harbor la very unneaithy, her departure will not be delayed until the original day set. Secretary Long said today that It was the intention to send a small cruiser to take tne ftiace of the "Maine." The "Detroit" and the "Marblehead" are tne oniy BmaI1 cruiser8 now ftva, abie f0r that duty, and one of them will be selected. N. Y. CAPITALISTS BUNCOED By Englishman In City Mexico Who Sold Them a Mine Which Never Existed. By Telegraph to The Morning: Post. City of Mexico, Feb. 4. A few weeks ago an Englishman, giving the name of Frederick Graham, arrived here In com , v , . 7. pany with two New York capitalists, whom he had Interested In what he claimed was a great phosphate mine in the State of Oaxaca. Graham Induced the two' New York ,.it .i.w . tZ?Z? 1" ".1iin a"cbank h ere to b e used a. iufShmH Purchase Qa tn lnreot the mine on1 .,1- " . y-" ' U JZ 'r Z,. IZ " " 71,. . . " ; t.rSed SSSSt re- rt to the authoHtie- thi kw tV -: lcia vuftjvrwu a iiv j vvuiu UvV iinii even the semblance of a phosphate mine in oaxaca. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS MtvotsmiiBuMlmtJmmAiLmA9. sociation makes a Report. Dy Telegraph to The Morning Post Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 4. The receirer of the Southern Bulldinr and T a.- J150 000 on hand and declaring a divi dend of 10 per cent, The association was one of the lare. .. .. . ... . . national associations in the United ..ockholder. In twenty- one Diaies. They went Into the hands of receivers about a year aeo. when there 7 Z panic among bulldine and loan M7i. loM on account of The rnn.tn,M.nn Rlinrpmft r-n zzrtzr, cVJirVl" ASKING l '('A i 2 ' A (I i 1 'if ' .i - iv j t if X 'i I. 1 1

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