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The : Mossing Post RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY -25, 1900. SIXTEEN PAGES. Vol.V No. 78. i z : - 1 r THE POST'S OWN WIRE A Notable Event in Journal ism in the South. THE NEWS AT FIRST HAND Dozen Paper In . th If Tim" a ion n try Have Leased Wires hole Ilie ational Capital-Senator -a- - from IMlIrr Ilrtiirn rrom mo uu , cmnif nt on .fir. Glenn's Testimony ll(.ei:'"r,(a,f IIj JOHN BOYLE. Feb. 24. Special. The I,.-: roininences with this , r.'-fivo its news service over !.-r:s:::-' ; ,r. :i "'t 1,11 HlVU At history of Raleigh's fa- liKit ueserves more tuuu Hi:--". j.aper iu the entire South, Ki, Grande to the Potomac ..: r'roni t Atlantic ocean to I ippi river, has such wire v. t'a. -initios as from this day on. l-rnin;' INw will enjoy. It Iu- Mital of. the Old North U iiisiani it'uni nun ii"- v-jju- :!; o: nation, and through it-s for .:. .i: V. .!o:ne::e news so excellently .,; ,vl !y ;he Luff an News. Bureau, .'v v ;v. in touch with the capi all the principal European na , - .in 1 Ji' j i 'J.-ipal cities of the old : ;:; 'new worl.l. Under the present ::.in.t au nt Pretoria, iu the Trans-.-.rii i- a. rurther in a news sense i:i ( iiarloite iu oM Mecklenburg. , i . w York and Washington: no -r t'.iaii our own .State eapltol "'-. ' e 111 -r i-iir a lensed wire from V :: . - n. Tlie Post not only en j, '-ilit'fs that no other newspaper :: r'i,- uih possesses, but it secures : that less than" twelve of the j :-.-- newspapers in this country Here in Washington such i; . i;tau papers as the New York :u. I ; rnal. World. Herald and Tril r . ! i.ii-ago TriV.une and Times-ller-. 1 s;. Louis liepnblic- and Globe ':... rat and a few other papers have t: r !fiial leased wires, but now 1 Mornra? Post is on' u""parwith. ?:-:n in its service and feels .that it is in c.x'l newspaper eompany. Its ser- mark a new era inr Southern .:;r:i;il:ni. !Notr From tbe National Capital. r .n':-wuian Bellamy today sue evKl in jwsaiinir Tflirou.h a bill to v y.7A' Frank Hitch to construct i::t maintain a bridge across Fishing within tihe boundary lines of F !!: county. It nas already r i t:i,. uaie. ani oniy neeiis tne a 's sizaarure to beeo-me a law. I i , i. -eive that in a few days. Sti.i'. i- lint Ivr 'has returned froui tihe an. I was in the Semite today. He ! Mr. It. B. Ulenn's testimony i t - Kvarr case in rebuttal had not - :i any tsti'iuoity submitted as to ii -'-v harzes ;v?aint .Tuilg-e Bwart. ' I tiia. tiie sab-oom'iiittee. Senators i) :! anil T Vitus. wuM submit their ai.;-r- rprt t tlie full judiciary v :e n 'xr Monday. '!! it. ,r Pritehard is so busv.in at- up m the Clark, case. leiug .!..: or me -'.--- aua:nt committee hear in? the Montana mil- that h; seldom has time to n t ie i p '-l Senate. U. p.. S euart. a letter carrier in the 'i.r. posroMice. has leen ro- ':' I r'r. ;n sc. m to SSoO per annum. Prir.-hnrd has introduced a the Senate to rxmsion Isabel hMis v.hi ,ial Mary Oates; jrlso a pay riiaries W. Johnson 1,400 i':';:er:y destroyed during the War; i !:il r correct the miHtarv nc- ! i i Ii. M. Bovd. -Mr. IV t-veridse, wife of the senator Iport would swamp him. Excellent " in.l. HKi. is rejo.rteil as serTously discipline preV M' A' :,'V'I'''- - Jany emergencv,' 1 K. A. Sm-vth. f!. -T. TTarrLs ! A. Smyth, C. J. Harris. ! M. I. it. Iii",rl ami n.itnr K' vlo o ' n nitiec of the Inihistrial Com- M i KSSOU TO JACOBIM. ""Ill Said to R Mated for liiffh Ec--leitlMtlral Honors. i.-.ne ne .uarcn o to when it a.ppeired that the took "HV.:.!;)' iJl.llltl'l-jl ft.in.l!t,rj ; .-. -.IK I . . . . : " ; " ' Mt ,!UCi shaft must snap the rudder unless ... . ,7 , M "a,a K-ured. the entire crew volunteered lvi i m., i Kie iiangLerous dut-. .The four ' Ah 111 nil is. ami iwrhiii ?if tVoTi . - - Vl , , 1 selected perlormeu the task ' -oived .frcm Pome, there is j day . morning, however, she . accepted a -pM-u-lari on concerning the sue-! toe Admiral Sampson's assistance. The M " to jlft ate Cardinal Jacobin;,! difficult work of securing the tow-ltne i!oa;'ii l-Vbruary 1 left vacautiwas aconiplished hy t2irowinsr it over- 1 ottit-e of Vicar Geieral to IL.loaril attached to life buoy, -i n. vS. The question is l matter of In the midst of the storm Major ''J"n; t' "II Cat2ioy.es in the United j ITutchins, dn charge of the -ship, was '"' S for it is said ihat Cardinal ; thrown violently against .the super formerlv delegate Mn.-xtmlb i'stnifHiiv and severely Inlured. nmrr.r, js a prominent candidate for - o Iaih or lrorfMor.1IcLawrj. arlo:?... . pob. 24. Special. !,,!ui MeUnvry, of Lee's Busi- if. nll. -e. this city, died this morif-. ir. - ii a hospital here. The deceased n 1 native of New York and once -"f lay Uould. lie came south for -aI:h. The funeral will take -place Sun.iav from the Fiist Freshvte- r'n ! rhureh, to which the deceased juged. ' WEATHERED THE-GALE Perilous Experience of the Transport McPhersc . HER PROPELLER BROKEN Four Ilundred Titles Out and at the TIercy of Wind and Waves Sailors Display Great Bravery Steadied by Sails and Finally Towed Into Hamp ton Roads by the Steamer Admiral Sampson. a a o 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fort Monroe, Va Feb. 24. Tlie transport 'McPherson. towed by the steamer. Admiral Sampson, iwssed in the -ajes at daylbreak and anchoretl off Fort iMonroe quainntine station. She brings troops fixun Cuba. The transport had a thrilling ex perience. During the ieavy storm of Monday, wiiile 440 miles at sea, she broke her propeller -shaft and drifted helplessly for many hours almost to tlie coast of Bermuda. Assistance was asked of a 'little Italian steamer, but Iier captain was afraid the big trans- Vailed. v Contemplating rations were immedi- ji.telv em down -to nil nf the'KW teo- - - i Afuh nwwnai.hMiwv wn slion-n. en se- for men success fully, and the ship, then manageable, was put under -sail -power. Wednes day a severe storm arose, which drove her further out of her course. Thurs day nlht a Ward Liner stoodj by for three hours. but the tran.sroori- GENERAL'. WRIGIIT ACCEPTS. Ite flakes the Fourth IVf ember of the riilllppines Commission. Wa?Qiljn'2ton, IVb. 24. en. Luke Wri"!Iit arrived in the city this niorn- ud ud callel upcn-the-Presiden-t at 1 oVilook. is arranged. A "conference - lasting "half an hour or more' Was the result, during the course of which the President tested the feelinfs of the new apiwlntee upon his views of a irhvliipVne policy lefore offei;ing him a 1 GRANDFATHER WINTER MAKE MERRY ' WHILE YOU MAY I WON'T piace on the coniniission. j That they were atisfa'ctory iimd n actwd 'Wtlh iliie - 'wa be '-of ' tJlie " adnWniM rat i on i s tividencel Iry rhe result, (ieneral 'Wright saying that he liad aneen ten dered tiie jxst and had accepted it. Tllie com'mi'ssr.on, as it now stands, is composed of 'Gen. Lmke Wright of Termiessee. Prof. Dean C. Worcester of M'icht-gaa. Judge Ttift of Ohio, and (Prof. Bernard Moses of California. Gpneral Wright is an expansion Demo crat. . M 0 S O 0: s o O' s -o o. o. '. o. $ a 0 -0 0 0 '0 Washington. D. C, Feb. 24.1" R. M. Furman, Editor Morning IPost: Keeping abreast of the pro gress in the South, the Wash ington Bureau sends greeting to its ipareut. The 'Morning Post.' North Carolina' younjieist and niost vigorous exponent of the new era of progressive journal asm, oVer the first leased w'ire ever run into the South Atlantic States froan the nation's capital. W. P. WHirAKER. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 00 0 0 000 0 000 LOST IN NEW YORK. A School Superintendent ITIissIns and Ills Friends Fear Foul Play. Xewiportr News, Va.. Feb. 24. Super intendent Powell of public ischools 'in this city Is missing, and his friends fear fonl play. He has not lieen heard from since his .sudden departure 'Jan uary 23, and his friends Who went to New York to search for him have no trace of him sliuice February 13, when he dined at tihe University Club in New York wiith his cousin, William E. Evans, of the Brooklyn Eagle. So gen eral is the ibelief that further search would he .fruitless that the State hoard of education will probably appoint his successor in a few days. Mr. Powell served in the legislaTure for two terms and was elected to his present office four years ago. . 4 PLANS WORKING WELL, Details for. Consolidation of Seaboard System Working Satisfactorily. Baltimore, Feh. 24. President John Skelton Williams, Vice-fPresident and General 'Manager St. John and iGen eral Connsef Legh R. Watts of the Seaboard Air Iiine system were in Baltimore today on .business connected with the Greater Seaboard System, which will include the Seaboard Air Line, Florida Central & Peninsular, Georgia & Alabama and: other rail roads in tbe South. Messrs. Williams and Watts attended a conference of the- niemibers of the managing com- xuni.rv, mid '.ur. u imams said,-; nf ierfectin' th nt-in - ' v w v,uu- .- rsohdTi ted company was progressing fa-I vorably and that there was no doubt tirai tue pura would be carried ,out as now miemieu ' . i LAST JiONO. Rp4Q TO LADYSMITH Boers Have Big'Guns in the Way of Buller. ADVANCE IS DIFFICULT Heavy Shelll&s on Both Sides Near Co lenso All Day Thursday Infantry Battle Begins at Noon and Continues Until Dark Boer Camping Ground Shows Evidence of Hasty Departure British Losses on the 22d. Colenso Camp, Feb. 24 1:50 p. m. The Colenso Township Railway sta tion on the south side of Tugela, Fort Wylie and the country extending about two miles to the north, have been occupied by the British. The British are meeting strong opposition to a further advance, the Boers hav ing at least three guns, in position on the high hills directly in front of the English. There was heavy shelling on both sides all day Thursdaj-. The British infantry advanced at midday, 1ut met a heavy fire from the Boer intrench ments. From the heights the Laffan corxesipondent saw the Boers clamber ing up the iside of a' kopje where the British infantry were stationed with a view of enfilading them. An infan try battle ensued which continued un til dark, and even then it did not'eease. Though the night was pitch-dark, the ngbting was maintained until 10 o'clock and volleying was intermit tently kept up all night. The battle continues today. The 'British artillery is now shelling Grofbler's Kloof, while the 'infantry is fighting in the foot hills. An exaniination of the former camp ing ground of the Boers shows that the "burghers anust - have made a hasty flight. Flags, traveling- bags, fooa and ammunition were found scat tered about in all directions. Shelters were discovered out on the hillsides with bedslteads still therei A number of sporting and explosive soft-nosed split 'bullets were also found. An i electric plant and dynamo with appa ratus for a searchlight were among t.1ie things left .behind by the Boers. The engine bore the name of a fiiim of Duiioers ax 'iiwwk-u. jiuuauu. u,; w were also discovered. These were ex-j1Cie .people ofrern orth Carolina tensive, were wen piacea ana had iDOmo - prooj. wuici. w.. "r wuieii-; tt;h n w " nuiler ReportsL sr. iTxndon. Fb. .24. The. War Office received today from "General Buller a j li&t of casttailties) (resulfcing' from the lighting: if Fbruary- 22 a,s follows: K illeid-Laeutenant Tihe , Hon. K. , CaiihCarfc? (.son X diO'MX'athioart) of the riitle brigade; ' 'Lieutenants Ooe and Barker of i te 'Incksllm'e 'regiment. Wounded1 fourteen omeeris, Mnieluding Major General Wyinne. and Colonel IHarris of the East Surreys. General Buliler concludes: '"Ofwing to tJie con tinuous ligihtJns, it is iniaossibile at present to give tlie ; n'um'ber of men 'kiililied. 5r wondered.''' r A special dfepia'tcJh from Amndiel, unl der date of Friday, 'F'ebruiary 23, sayss: "The 'B'Oers lhave f onned a. stroma fence seven ancles west of there. Gen eral Oleiments lha s 'ketpt np a sejarching fire on their kopjes. We expect to take their osi tioin before &uiniset. " rillie naval estimates, far 1900-1901 were issued yfestea-dia'y. Tihe total net is '27,522,000, wanitihns an increase- of 923,100 oxer the-esrtiniates for 1899 1900. About one-lhalf of tihe iincreaise is -due to ian iadditioii of 1,240 un en. Tihe add'iitLonal exptendiitiUire in connection iwitih th'e war, vvMidli; affects the present financial year, is more thanjEl,000,000. There 'were 25,712? men rn the naval vesenves Decemiber ' 31. Boers Report a British Repulse. Pretoria, Feb. 3 24. A .dispatch from the iboer head -laager at Ladysmith states that the- British crossed, the Tugela 'February 22 and made an at tack on the Ermeloes iMiddleburs com mandos. But, after heavy fighting, according to "this .dispatch, the British were comipeiieu to retreat. iny re newed the attack the next morning, but were again . driven back with heavy loss. Reported Escape of Cronje CBei-rin, Feb. 24. There are reports tram Brussels that news has been re ceived at Boer headquarters there to the effect that General Cronje has forced his way through the Britisb lines near Paardeberg. . CHOICE OF THE EAST Wayne Gives Aycock an En thusiastic Send-Off. DESERVES RICH REWARD He Has Served the Democratic Party Year After Year, Giving Freely of His Time" and Means With Rinsing Eloquence and Powerful Argument He Has Championed tbe Cause of Good Government Goldsboro, (NY C, Feh. 24. 'Special. The Democratic county convention of Wayne today adopted the following' resolutions with enthusiastic unanim ity : ; "Resolved fay the Democrats of Wayne county, in convention alssem- Med, that the delegates to the State Convention be and they are hereby in structed to present the name of Charles B. Aycock as a. candidate for Governor, and to use all honorable ef forts to secure his nomination. ; "Mr. Aycock is a native of Wayne county and has Iiived among us for forty -years, and no man has a higher character oi' a more hoiiiiorable record, puhlic or private. .He Js 'one of the alb'lest and most eloquent speakers in North Carolina, and is at his ibes't In joint debate. His party service has been valuable and . uu selfish. Before he was twenty-Joine years of age he canvassed his county dn the interest of the .Democratic, ticket, and from that tiajie until 1SS8 he canvassed Wayne and the adjoining counties. In 18SS, as district elector, he canvassed tllie Third Congressional district, Wayne county -jbeing' then tin that dis trict, and in tihat campaign made more Hhan fifty ispeeelb.es. tin 1800 he made many isjieeches in different parts of tihe State. In 1892, as ah elector for the 'State at 'large,-'he canvassed the State; and in 1S94, 18i6 and 1898 he put his services at the command of the State. 'Dem'ocrafcic executive com mittee and spoke where the cominiit tee 'sent him, his speeches dn behalf of good (goVerrLmenc and the success of the . Democratic party arousing great ehtiiusiasm and iusipiring the peoiple to tihe 'greatest effort in bebailf of irhe tsucce&s tof the party. During afil this time he has not been a candi date except as elector, and has given HheraWy to the . party of hlis time and money.. . . . ...','. "We believe his party siervioe and his high character auad aibili ty 'will re ceive a-ecogniition at the hands 6f the democrats of the Sta te. He ha-s ived aill hi life lin the east, and is thorough- jjr ,famiiiar with, the conditions wiltich y.Q afiiicted this section of the State, can, we Deweve, present these c,nditi!ons to the pecwie of the whole ! state more ' effaeciveuy than 'any oiher !TOan Who couid he. nominated at Vth Is Itiuie. We Ccimmenu mis cau U3 one who can-faring home to them, & other man -oau,- wic urwraa. xw j fl.a .iiulrtao t.rr fry 'w iiv -tTi-a mnlpir . I 'n UXt'llVi'lllvu " . I - leader&hii'P v Uhe - stieces of the .jamendment and the penjeitjiiation of Vood goveiuiment in 'North uaroun'a 'would fae assua-ed.' PITCHFORK AT WORK Tillman Gives Morgan a Jab " in the Senate. OLIGARCHY IN HAWAII Tne South Carolina Senator Strongly Attacks tne Bill to Prorldo Terrlto rial GoTernment for the Islands Sen ator Penrose Gives Notice That lie Will Call Up the Quay Case Monday and Proceed With Debate. Washington, Eel. 24.-.When the Sen ate convened today Mr. Hale of Maine reported the IDiploniatdc and Consular Appropriation bill and ga-e notice that at an early date next weeik he would call it iiip for consideration. . V 'At the conclusion of routine busi ness Mr. Penrose Pennsylvania call ed attention to the proceedings yester day with reference to the seating -of M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania,, and said that he did not desire to proceed with the case today. 'T desire to notify the Senate, however," said he, "that on. Monday I will call xup the resolution, and if no member representing the ma jority report of the elections comniit tee is ready to speak 'the minority will proceed with the debate." Consideration of the Hawaiian gov- ' eminent bill was resumed, the pending -question being on the amendment of., Mr. 'Piatt of Connecticut, providing that the President should appoint tiro chief justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Circuit Courts,, ami that the governor of that "territory " should appoint the officers, the aiinend ment limiting the teniire of office of appointees .to four 'years. Mr. Plat t in an extended speech sup ported his 'auiend'ment, holding tht the proivislions of the bill were incon sistent wi th. Jhose incorpora ted In pre vious territorial enabling acts; ,' ' " ' In a vehement speech Mr; Tillman of 'South Carolina attacked the, bill as reported 'to the Senate, and in passing .' made a persional arraignment of Sen ator Morgan for alleged lack of cour tesy. "' ' ... " V , 'The oligarchy which ! exists In '. Hawaii," declared 3lr." Tilliman, "and , which t hl b II I T ie riert u a te s, :1a fo -if ul 'and ;unscrn oul ous. ii t ' is an auto- ' orap '. greate'tln1;?eve. existed - out . side of 'Kilssla. .... ... , . ,,. ., "I syuipathiife .With 'the Senator froni Connecticttffn ills; efforts to secure a properly, 'anpointed Judiciary for- the isiands a jawri clary not controlled oy the oLiigarchy ivvhich now has its grip on the islands." " I Referring to . au incident, which oc curred the other day, . m Which Mr. Morgan of Ailaibama declined to yield to Mr. Tillman to reply .to a etatfement made fay Mr. Wolcott of Colorado con cerning, the suppressed vote of South Carolina, Mr. Tillman said: 11 have felt Indignation at. the treat ment I received from the. iSena tor (Mr.' Morgan). Never in my experience in the' Senate have I been tiva ted so dis courteously toy any memtier of the Senate." ' - Mr. Morgan endeawred to Interrupt - Mr. Tillman, but the' latter waved bini aside, saying: T deciline to yield to the Senator. He has put himself out side the pale of courtesy and consider ation so far as I 'am concern ed." He then explained the circumstances of Mr. Morgan's refusal to perm i t him to reply to .Mr. iWolcott. ' "When I arose to explain the situa tion in South Carolina. '-aa.it was pre- sented by the 'Senator from Colorado,' said Mr. Tillman, "the "Senator from Alabama said: No, I cannot 'permit you to speak now. I'll leave 'you to fight It out some other tirae! - "Tt was the first time in any experi ence that I had ever leen refused x hearing in like cirinimstances. No Be puhlican would lia ve denied me the priviiege, tbecause -there is no man on that side of the ehaiiriber-'so la'cting in courtesy and decency." Senator Olark of Wyoniing inter rupted .Mr. Tillman to declare that it ill became one Who suppressed the negro vote in South Carolina ;t 6 plead tihe cause of the eamnlon peotple in Haiwaii. Mr. Tillman, declared with drararaitic and sensational effect, that , the WhlteJ race should rule In the iSouth, tha t he had - done all in hU power to abridge negro , suffrage in isouth Carolina. - , . .Mr. Powers of Vermont, also a Jle- . publican, fallowed in a. speech against, the bill, lairgely a legal argument to" prove the ipropiosition fhat ;if ; Porto ' Rico ii-9 tenritOTy of the United States, then ivery act regarding it rauusit bear upon at as it would upon the territory of fA-riasonfa.. -. ' - . - , ' Mr. Broussard of LotUsl ana opposed the bill, aying :that if the;con.tentron of tlie Ways and Means .Oamrarittee were correct, then s-uddenly, .even as th:e chameldon icfliamgies color, had 'tJh reptStOc ibeen itraa?for;ne(l into; an em- plre." . ';.' . The bill was further opposed iby 3Ir. Thvr of Masachueett, ..(ho re- 1 il led the assertion; t Ira t , -the. an t i-im-fSnf t-peria)Usts were in any .sense .traitors. . L L. .ir,i .m.w YTvr.sed the amnion that .Iife',vral!m.i.y exoressedthe opinion that S to-fallow the olicv -r"- 1,T i Wfli tw UL 'IWUli. wi - " ' - - - 1T.inn Oiwv arwl Bev errdge Tilve comimittee rose at the eoncln- sao-n of hfs renfarks and at 5:05 tin - - . . -;" - - " .!,. . - - Continued on Fifth Page V
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