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.
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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
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years old, the boy who shot and killed
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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
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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.
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"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
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Washington. Feb. 4. The debate of
hin on thp lonrtor aiaiitf
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ed at Friday night's meeting and re-
commended for nassaei. tnthpr
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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-
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; t.rSed SSSSt re-
rt to the authoHtie- thi kw tV
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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
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