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. 5 . ' ' ' ". H A 7W RALEIG H ,,N. C, TUESDAY,- DECEMBER 18, 1900 No 26 T. ..mr-n -to a a All mi l Riiiuii i in i ivimkh plHmJLU IUU IIIUUII nm t i n. Grand Army bin i urnea uown in the House sET BACK FORL SOLDIERS v.o A rrainrnt m. measure rlo-ouc " - . .insr to Ie me rrnemuco " froP " - 0etvil erVlce to nfl,rool.cl,,, ,nii the Spanish War-Would - Shut Civilians Out Cocu- 0" ... talf Winston, tfec 17. lis was indi upeusion day in toe iiou.e o.j o.i-vM'uta lives. 'I nn ciPflVkT nrsi LVC- J .. i Mr. liromwell . nViii whrt '..Vt. -'-.spend the rules and pass the r.M..-.rred by the Civil Service Lorn- C"1 1 L'ive preference to honorably juitree ,1 soldiers in the executive de- of the government, it pio- i ...it nunoT :i in v uisriiiiicu dvjmho the Civil War, and after the-ai hom ib? discharged soldiers of the Srar. war and the war in the Philippines, lc -ivfu preference both in appointment :ii!d retention therein, and lha: limbs or omer pnysicai impair iih docs not int-apacltaie s.ail t ' nr. -fll askel that a s?ctnd be ' c .i. r .I as ordered, but Mr. Fowler I c;ev -Hi si-y objec ted. A second w:. a lv 7 to 34. - Mr. Hepburn of Iowa asked -if it i-io' J to in order to move an amend -tuut to strike out that portion of tl.e 2 jiruviding that persons thus pre .rrfii shall not be TeaioveT except for rux1, Ui'oa charges and afttT a .hear- The speaker replied that it trould not. Mr. r.r.uiiweli explained that th b.il t-i "oriiruiiiH.v introduced was the bill prc j;irJ by the J. A. It. " It simply ex i ukd the provision" of the existing law, piiiu? preference to hjnoiably - tiis Wr?td oM:evs and sailors of the Civil War pi aimed or suffering physical im jdrmtut t all soldiers houurab'y dis-tizrz---1. The committee shad fintl eV nt4!;iied it to veteran ot the war with j;-.;ia aiul of the war in the I'hilipn'mes.- Mr. liichardson asked why the soldiers s! the Mexican war were, not included. Iu this era of good feeling why nat Jn timlf the soldier? and-SGilors of all the Mr. Iro;mvll rej)lied that there was '$ rea..-'!i for including the soldiers of the Mi-sican war now than, when" the Cicinal h.w was passed. : . - ' .Mr. Clnj t jn of .New York w:d thit jrtautiatly the .provisi-ous of -the bill rcn in cer r iu .ew York' State aud U'flt :Lo ia .v had worked satisfactorily. Mr. ii;it tte of Massachusetts,, chair tan of the Civil X;-rriof - Commiltpp protpsi-d vigorously against 'the bill. He drf-hivd that the lill was improperly kfore the House. Speaking directly to the merits of the bill, he said that it was vitious. although drawn doubtless with f-txi intentions. It would, he declared, pra tioa'ly shut civilians out of the gor- rramont service for years, to come. It j ycnM place at the top of the preferential j Lt nl! the soldiers and sailors of lhe ; war with Spain, regular -and volunteer j i..kp, amounting to L'OO.OOO, the l(K).OlM) cor ia the service and the &,0i0 who ou!d soon 1 e enlisted nnder the Army Iifrwnizatlon bill. It would therefore rive preftreiH-e to 3."0.IXm) men, and for uu.v pears would keep civilians off the ru!k The regulars, he said, were not titled to be in a preferential class. The soldiers of the civil war eniistcd as a sacred dirty. The regulars dd not fnbt for the same reason. Many .of them went into the army because they the service. Why shoirid they go t" the top of the list? They were re nrflM witn pensions. Why also reward them with preference' for appointment in w civil service? Mr. Hepburn of Iowa also opposed the on the ground that it ma'de an ap ''ntulent a vested right. Mr. (Irosvenor of Ohio took the same tosition and asked Mr. Bromwell to ah.lraw the bill. 'r. Salzer of New York supported "the fceasniv. which, he said, had been asked i r by every Grand Army post In the twin try. Mr. McCall of Massachusetts opposed w bill, because, he said, it would cre Jte a niilitary caste. The soldiers fought " maintain a free government, the fun damental principle of which was equali ty before ths law. He believed the jolliers of the country were en the nu.st liberal treatment. They JJ-re entitled to liberal pensions, but ' - government service should be open j" ad. It was a slur upon the intelli pnee of the soldiers to give them this preference. Mr. Fowler of. New Jersey also op tfd the bill. , 'Ir- ulzer attempted to force a yea "J nay vote upon the bill, but failed, n on a rising vote the bill was- de- fc i-fi to ia-.. - -ir. Cannon, chairman of the Appro Fiations Committee, reported an Urgent gnciency bill, carrying $182,500 for con--?ent ipenses of the Hous of Itep jrntatlves, Indian Affairs, District of J: mnibia and the National Home for gabled Volunteer. Soldiers. ipe bill was passed. v -, tf r rer" r1ssei to-divide -the States . est Virginia and- Kentucky each J two judicial districts. " ..y. Hull of Iowa, from the Cora El,Lee f,n Military. Affairs, reported the T;tar" Academy .Appropriation bill. ri't S1ne to relieve from duty Judge k'r, .Wuo nas been Incapacitated, for time. - iVr anhani of Texas moved the pass fciV ,Qnter suspension ot the rules, of a j ' l. authorize the Secretary of the L - Prior to fix the .boundary between the , an1 Oklahoma -and to inquire into" claims of the State of Texas for V s eXDpnled while - Greer cqunty tnc I oi JLexas.- e then went into committee Q.whole and entered noon the con- -it- ption of private pension bills. I loo I committee acted Do?isi,n .;n.. ui ,i . -w uiiia umui. uiii ui uciru I to be reported to 'the House. In that body they "were passed in 32 mm- Mr. LittlefieM- (Republican) of Maine, asked and secured unanimous consent for consideration of the joint resolution au thorizing the" "President .to appoint Rep resentative Boutwell of Maine, as a cap taiu of th navy on the retired. list. An swering a suggestion by M Jett (Dem ocrat) vof-Illinois, to the effect that the proposed legislation was without pre cedent. Mr. Littlefield stated that there were at least eigh precedents ..for the joint resolution, ..none 'of -.-th cases ap proaching that of; Captain -Boutelle in, the merit of the circumstances attend ing them. -. VS"- ' - - " 'Mr. Underwood (Democrat) of Alaba ma, said he would not defeat the ob ject of 'Mr. Littlefield by interposing . an objection, but he expressed, his opposi tion to the bill: axs being the commence ment of a civil list.. Mr. iittlefiold ex plained that Mr. Boutelle, who had serv ed in the House since the close of the Forty-seventh Congress, had been elect ed .to the r if tby-sevenfh Congress; but his physical condition had so cnanged since the election that it would be prac- i tically Impossible for 'hi mto serve again - ana ne.yvouia resign nis position as rep --.. w v. xuo juiiu reaoiuiion wths passeu auu bl rri !... i i ? j i i. ; 0:15 the Uoue adjourned untu tomor- lrow. DKITET. IN VIGI2T1NU CLOTHES Koers Continue to Jlkft Things Inter fctln,? forl Urit2U r Tijjlidon, Dec. 17. Dispatches from -South Africa chronicle, the "continued ac tivity of the Boers, who ate beiomiag very, aggiessive in their--- opera t.o as against the British. - 1' rem Jdaseru, Basutoland, tmre comes under yesterday's date, a stiit- menl that Cenerai DeWet att icked L rj- I'org and V arrinzbam s stoTe. lhe Boer geiierai. the dispatch t-avs, made Three dtitei mined assaults on the liric ish position, aud led the third aitack in person. With a few of his men DeWct charge! through, while- the rema nd r of his force folio wed. , ' , The inferenceNis , that the Boer"? were ncc-ssful, although no statement to that effect is made in the dispatches , receiv ed here. , 4-- 1 .- , It is learned here through advices re ceived today that a -Boer c- onmando, which has.l-.een endeavoring to capture Tha banc hu Nek, has been fr pulsed. It is "u1m reportrd iluu Co-mmandaut Ila-asbi'oek, .'with commando nnd two guns, who has been -'trying to - forc i?I'i ingkaaut's Nek near Thnbanchu, has been re-pul-sod with a lo-s of forty men. The British casualties in these en gagements are not mentioned in the dis patches. ' - DEGPKlt CUT CXPKCTED The Sennte Will o JO -yond tbo Home . in ltrduct!oii of War Taxes Washlngtcot, Iec. 17. The Senate Fi nance Committee will .take up the eon sideratlott of tho war revenue bill imme diately after the holiday, rpcess of Con gres.;:v . 7J: : ; " . The pro.pe ct- is frh a t -1 he SAn a te , com-1 rait fee will "amend ' the House bill so as to provile: for a lfttrefreducttr of rha war taxes than is uvide by that fue.asure as it was pa.scd by the lower 4 1-inch of Con-gress.- The Ifo-use cut off -sn'ost-an-.tially -$40,000,001;' from the a-nnual re ceipts of" the government, although Sec-re-tary j?age reconuneudel that the sum should not- hty more than 2oO,i;0,tHJO. The finance eomuiittec still b?Ieves that i'he condition of .h? governmsnt buaess w-arj-ants mrsc-h larger cut tlwan wa roepmmended by Sccreta4y ia,ge and that it would be the height of wrdora t- pass at this session ail '.the .revcaiue " " " V this ioS t Xt 0 futu,.e - . " be -enacted in tho Thibet Tired of Chlnrns Ilulo Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 17, Kev. Rob ert Jaffray, head of the American-Chinese mission in South China, who has returned to Canada for his health, after six years' labor in the mission lield, states that he is in possession of in formation from an excellent source to the effect that Thibet, taking advantage of the condition r of China, desires to throw off the yoke and, preferring to be a vassal of Russia or Great Britain, has made overtures to both thoso countries and has invited both countries to open up Thibet to the commerce of the world. Salaries of Judge , "Washington, D2c. 17. The Senate to day agreed to an order-fixing January 3d for taking up the bilj increasing the salaries of the judges of the Supreme Circuit and District Courts of the United States and providing that here after they are to receive, no allowance for expenses. The chief justice of the Supreme Court is to A'cceive $15,500 a year and the associate justices $15,000, circuit judges $9,000 and district judges $7,500. , 7- V' ' ITIcKlnler Golnc to m. Laanchlnr Washington, Dec. 17,Presiden t Mc Kinley will be present at the ceremonies attending 'theiaujiching of the battleship Ohio at- San Francisco some time next spring. This was decided upon this morning when Henry T. Scott, president of the Union Iron Works, where the famous battleship Oregon was ' built, call, in company with Charles-Moore of New York, and urged Mr. McKinley to make the transcontinental trip." The President expressed an earnest desire to be present at the launching and prom ised to go unless something now Unfore seen arises to prevent. " - Fire Tbroirs Ilnndredi Ont of Work Cleveland, Ohio,. Dee. 17. Fire today almost destroyed the big plant of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine Company at the corner of Hamilton and Belden streets. Five of the seven build ings used by the company are in ashes, and property estimated to be worth over five- hundred thousand dollars , was en tirely consumed.' Eleven hundred worklnen are thrown out of employment as a result of tthe fire. The company, ' which, is probably the largest concern of the kind in the world, has many contracts; with the govern ment for hoisting aparatus.to be erected at coaling stations that are being estab lished in various -parts - of the - world. Disease and Famine In tlunsary' ' Vienna,' Dec. l7.i The" agragrlan prov inces, comprising two hundred spaare miles aTound Leutschau, Hungary, aro fnmhi( stricken. Disease is ramnant. eight cases of bubonic, plague. and tho.i- -- - " , v .n..,io rt fas nf rvnnns neinir-rpnni-t-iwl . n.o rvirtrt.ilirv m 'Lhe district is 30Q 1 . .. - the 1,000.. ' -' V . SHIP SUBSIDY STEAL Fierce Newspaper Attack on the Pending Hanna.Bill TO PAY POLITICAL-DEBTS A nrieavare that "flapresasts k. Truf 1 Trust, by Trusts and fs Traits" . A Few nicb Corporations 1 -Be Ben efited at tlie expense of Tax Payers Powerful Sebtlmsnt Opposed, to the Bill Tfce Press Generally A. gainst It " ' . J ' : . ' . - ;. New York, Dec. 1?. Under .the two column black letter headline,' , "The Ship Subsidy Steal," the Evening' Pest this afternoon prints a fierce uitack on ths pending ship-subsidy bill. The particle Includes an analysis of the provisiens of the measure and' a symposium of opinions hostile t6 . it by economists. tt, tL. the kmi t hln ' The l ost asserts tnat tne Dill is Demg urged chiefly for the benefit , ot tHe : Standard Oil Company the International i Navigation Company and a few, otto rich corpoiations,and that. its' passage would rob the tax-payers of hundreds of millions for no other reason than to pay a political debt to these corporations. -; "The amendments to the bill," the Post says, "have not changed, its gen eral complexion, having been so carer fully drawn as Ttb effect little, -, while ostensibly obviating some of the cb,e: tions too reasonable in hf lirhoreil''' rfi ,.r,.t - AM.t",ft1tio"l xpti i, JiuM yui.x "According to exp opinion, gathered from all-narts. or tne iintrv tho spntinipiii jiciiinst, this bi 1 a nrMmi, - Thm,n .ulsnf nixvaii- . , n-of ossoi s uent business men. in,! ni-r-inritlnii hii-Ytf!-nionjuiic'd MUVft ft.A.CMW VJ.eMWVV w . - J r 1. against it- The" press, except ; wIkii; niu.zle! by , patty pressure : has b?cn; the House Committee. January: M0, 1910 bi John' DeWitt Warner, rcprentiagl the tarilf reform committee cf the Ite- YiSrm Club of? New YorK; iinim ayke, in w ve of ) ular Z Z MsSrU ivors ,anU, 150 were taki and lv .ri.Aw Inro n - iiuHl is dis-i'ifc fui as' lodged by priyatc citizens. v ; ' t'hnf J tho Pacific Mai rsubdv f t- - The tlveatres.were all closed last niaht, J5 -ip?,r. ntn hUbfrtd Oi. Wi j Qf ttto the dead in the disaster TiiJ i'J i VrfnnnAnt -m-id s'"ninst the 1 nifd'siims ' Of vpiouniing were placed on . . r. ; ti ........ !ntifiH.i ' X 116 .tin?l!CDau iounutrrej at me tn- . - ew xorK, sunimavize, iu , - - - pe, the- whole -smi3t4on!?5 XAriS Club, rnivreseuted chieily fi ?P?eg br Mr.;AVa.rne;y " Ci f "A admrrable fharx the The. JCeform in this -matter Tomkins and br its secretary. Byr ii '-' ir.1i has dmtfcd. durieg the las: vear or more." an immense amoimt of time and successful "work tO; finding out and making known the exact truth 'con cerning this scheme, which, in the 1 ,n guage of one of their pamphlets' repTe tents a trust, of trusts,, by tiusts and for trusts." ... 1 , :: . ,:..,' (1F.ADHD FOR THE GRAVE YARD. ictivn of Repn bllcan Steering Commit tee Seals the Fate ot' tne Subsidy B;ll Washington, Dec. 17. Mr. 'Ilanna's pet ship-subsidy bill was this r morning relegated to what is known as the. Sen ate irrave-yard by. the decisive action ef the Stuering Co-mmittee ot ; that .ho ly at a meeting held to detennine a pt ogranl of legislation before the Chr.stma- .re- wss. It had been hoped by the friends of the measure that it would be taken u: this week and some action nad. btit with only one dissenting vote, that'Cf-f Mr. Hanna, U was decided not to take the bounty bill up until after the rece'f.s and then to send it oacK to .-tne. (com mittee. . -' Jyr : The "strength of the"oppositi0n came as a ffreat surprise to the Ohio leader, but nis protests' were wuuout ;..vaij, Messrs. Allison.'! lale. Snoouer, McMillan,' . . . . .. i Ttnrrmvs nml other lterublic-an leaders. all insisted that it would be-useless and a waste of time to attempt to g;t the obnoxious bill tnrough in its present form, and it is announced tnat it muse go back to its creators. ' : 7 - This action, Senators say, is eqr.ivalr ent to a defeat for the bill, as the com mittee will not , attempt to report 'if again at this session. -Wh?n the bill comes up after the recess as -unfinished business several senators win speaK on it and a motion win be niaae to., refer it back to the committee. - ; Mi. Hanna will undoubtedly, cat! for the yeas and nays, but the opponents of the bill claim that they have an over whelming majority on the proposition to xne aamimstration leaders m tne sen? ate have decided against the v bill a be cause ther are aware that an -attempt will be made to talk it to death if iif l3 allowed to remain - before the - bodv. iMessrs. Pettigrew, AJlen, Bacon, Vest and otJaers propose to ooeupy.tne bal ance of - the session in discuss'ng thi bill unless it develops that they have enougli votes to defeat it.. . j . As Messrs. llale, Spooner and Allis!ii have already announced that they will vote as? against the Hahna-Iaync-Frye it nas been deeded to;burv the scheme, u.n Limn vuuu i"c uunj YULC -lIL i thcqnestion. . . -- Iy,1 tZmvnt?- 4Z.l,S Z ' Lpow tS Know, tne snip-suDsmy bin is nTactica'llv ; .lol iiTi.1 wiirnT-vi tw at " i dead and wiu never pass at tius session Filipinos Swear, AZIrcianee Manila, Dec 15. Advices f rom Iloilo,' island of Pan-ay, report that --insurgent wp -.there in the last, tpn ikra v-f,, W & , . . - M 1 1 . VI.iI . . v e T ill X V"v 'Saut:r ptrdelle yo, Custodian 94, Sen Beveridge 93, the Senate has stated that.he.does not Simmonswold 98, Dr. Carrick 98, Elsie S1fcri JSSfti Vl0l -imrt, Del 98, Ep 100, Admifcal Pepper 100, ance to receive attention at. this session t.o.l. ifu tri kv? nJl Mr. Berry will fight the b if it ever foTw gets back before the Senate, and 'has 1 '115 tr 1 hJ? ii? ' A? m? m Third 'race, sellingV 1 mileTwo An- been five killed, several -wounde landi MvGrathana P. 104, Diana' Fonso 104, ! rine has ordered that the sending of fortv taken prisoners. The Anv ricms' Ortrnde,104, Terralane 104, Randy 107, 1 cases containing art objects from, China have lost two killed and three wounded Duehes of York 109,, Glenfellow 109, to President Loubef , for the various Large numbers of the natives are swear- ' Eight Bells lOd, Jockey Joe 109, Acushla; museums:be ?stopped. i He; says that in ing allegiance to the United Stat-. . ; 1 109, W. J. Baker 109. paster Mariner the opinion of the. government these ob General Wbeaton reports :hat.3r0 na- 109. Island Prince 112, Handcuff 112. . jects do not; belong-td the soldiers who tives have entered Calaucan for regis-f " Sixth race, selling. 1 mile .Ilodd 87. seized them T in -Pekin and other places, tralioru - - .." ;-vt- tpaittland ott, Little Boy Blue 894 Direr- and should not be treated as jBC&cjorizaft. QAIl SHIP GOES DOWN German 5 Frigate Gneisenan ;;Sinks1n Malaga Harbor AcHUNORED LIVES LOST At Iiast Acoenats 314 Oat of 450 on . Beard Had Been Accounted for In 'Seeltlng lief axe . from a Storm a '. i--. . A-,. - . . a Tralnlns; Ship Sank at'tlae 3Iouth of the HrJor Forty Persona Who Took to a Boat Swallowed Up BeTlin-Dec. 17. An official dispatch received here today , from Malaga a.- counts for- 314 survivors out of the? 4o0, persons who were on board th German trainingvrigate Gneisenan, - whi.n : fe , , . . V, - : foundered: at the en trance to the port. of Malaga yesterday. Madrid, - Dec. 16. While the German training-ship Gneisenau was entering the . . --ri. oj. 1)atting in to seek shelter from a storm, she was wrecked. v ; VS 1Nuypie in-it --left'-fhe wreck and has. not ..feinee bten heaixi of. It is feared that it ' ? has been lost, with all its occupants. The: Gneisenau'ji masts were lert: pro jecting above the! water when she set tled,, and many, of the officers and cadets sought -safety intlhe rigging. - V, Alalatfa. Snnim Dc. 17. It is feared the los?s of llfe ih'the wreck of the .Ger- -ltt.'iri school shin GnVist-nau. off this port? vestcrday, will prove much greater than t. was first reported. One hundred" and , lliny. survivors are being carea vior The: ship's complement of men was 4G1 which leaves - 1 men miss-, ' ingv Some; of '; thee may have reac'ed f shave a - boats or on wretkage, but no f rescues, otner. than those made by tne hail)or authorities, here have been re- u ij rtca Of tlie survivoi-s: forty were in- " fx.- The traminsr shin had been at Malasra siHce rember X Rracticing w ith guns of large calibre. d She had been' previous- Megf&dor, Morocco. - . f :; 1 : ; clock yesterda y morning a re- viewof. the "Cadets was in. ryrdrr. The wind was extremely 'violent and. instrue lleJirJQ :Lz as possible. But already mountainous waves had struck the ship, 'snapping the anchor chains. V She was driven ' helo lessly toward the port, and sank. The ercw threw themselves into. the sea and ! clung to the wreckage, but the. majority quickly : disappeared. 1 Accot-ding to the Naval Pocketboak. fthe Gneisenan, which was - built at Dantzic in 1870; was an iton vessel, sheathetl with nool, and had a disnlace raent of 2,8Zi tons. She was 242 feet 9 inches in length and 45 f eft 11 inches hi the Irtjam. having a mean draft of Hi feet 8 inches and a coal capacity of -Ii0 tons. 5 tier speed .-was i& Knots. - uer armament consrsted of fourteen 5.9-in h Krupi breechloaders, two 04-lneh quic. filers, one' boat or field gun and seven tcrpedo tubes... . Her complement was 4G1V and she vas used for training boys. Madrid, Dec. 17 The German school ship tineisenau, which sunk at the mouth of the harbor of Malaga yesterday. is rapidly breaking np. It is stated that the comm-ander of tho Gneisenan-committed suicide when he saw that his ship 1 and crew could not. -be saved. Among the of facers whp were saved is one of the name of Borndet, who is a nephew of Count Von Buelow, the imperial chancellor..- , ' 1 ' . RACES AT NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, Dec. 17. Results at New Orleans: First-race, 1 mile 'Beil Simpson 6 to ,t Domadse 5 to 1, Star Cotton 6 to 1. ?ime"l:45V4,- -' '-.'' . - -v ': -- Tii Second race, 54 mile Animositsr; 8 to 5 Divonne 15 to 1, Gracious to 1. T. .ime ..1:03. :-.';- - Au - '-;.-.. 7 Third race, lmile, selling ;Admelus 6 to 5, Silver Coin 0 to 1, Hoods Brigade 6 to 1. Time 1:21. . w . Fourth race, 1 mile;, handicap Frangi ble 4 tol, Ida Led ford 4 to 1, Imp M Sauce 8 to 5. Time 1:43. . ' Fifth race, mile, 1 selling Locust Blossom 8 to4 5.-Judge Magee 8 to 1, Heroics 2 to t. Time 1:31. Sixth race, mile,' selling Sir Cristo pher 7 to 5, Diggs & to 1, Dousterwivel 15 to 1. Time 1:16. ' Fntriea for' Today First race, selling, 1 mile Bret Da vis -104, Phidas 104, Tago 104, Governor ,'iof, Banquoii 107Dandy 41. 107. Dan r,,iA mT -n ni. .ivr . Paica i a V illi Ilnnna lta . v Second raw. hnndirnn. tni'lP Tlrni- nies 87, Free Hand 98, Linden Lda 99, Linian Keed 100. Reducer -.1, Uncle n,n im iiKiw-.rhnwa rt inn ' xiiDerx-. auvs, -norus soy iw, : tj m J-: mi tt I : i ior : Fourtn race, handicap, yk mxie Isibel 98, f Alexander 107, Tom Jvingsby 109, ! tjreorgte xxv, o-evoy xxi.- j . . ' . - J .... Fifth Taoe. CV. furlonzs Tourner 105. i ,v-..:.'r-.-W.: ;-r. isement 90 Ohoto 93. Sister Fox 90, Frank Ireland JKJ, -Bright Night 99, Little Reggie 101, Win ward 104, Else mere 104., . -. TUG FLAG AND TUB TARIFF Argument Began on . the Porto Rico Diamond Ming Cases ' Washington, Dec. 17. The cases in-r TolTing .the constitutionality of the Porto It leant ariff act of March last and ol the( action . of the covllector of customs at Chicago in r seizing fourteen diamond rihtfs brought into; the, -country by Emile J." Peke,; a . soldiei' , f ronv the '-'Philippines,' were called in the Supreme. Court: for ar gument : at 3:30 o'clock - rhis afternoon. By request ofeounsel-theeourt extend ed the.-period for argument: to five houra pn. a side and gare jermissionor..three attoirneys to -speak, for the appellants in, the "opening and one a"t'. the closed Attor ney i General- Griigs will . be the onTy speaker ' for : the United 'States. -The ease -was opened? by "Mr. Brown, ot Conistoek Brown, New York,,-who made a Drier statement - or tne racts in h6 s , n.MvT.'ofWoina Vines Aaid oh an iinvoice of ' sugar imborted i from Porto Rico.- He 'was J f- e F-;Xf -entered ,dponj the argdment c xoiiowva ny, York, who "jr. Tntv-rpnttv -tta.ririAnl- nf OhifuVn. is. to-f olio w' him, stating the case" onf behalt of .i'Emii jy.'il'epkewTiotcTai-ms the four teen riiigs;sCized Joy the collector 'of c4 tqms tJUere. . f A,ttorney. General Griggs will follow with the only argument f or the United Sratesi-and C. H. Aldrich of ' Chicago, ;will close : the 1 case with an argument for Pepke.' 1 v U . ITf ost Serious - Tron btH Si n co the Great fo H test Laitt Summer ' - Wilkesbarre. -Pa. Dec. 17. The em ston Coal Coainany nloves 'of tiic Kiiigsi went on strike this afternoon ,and all four collieribgf'at rEdwiirdsvitle are idle. Those at: -Gaylbfd 'Femailowed to- w.jrk until nexfe Safurdav.-and 4f the strike is not ended thehthe-wii-joiil their fellow v. orRmen.- . ., !. . - ' it is-th3most setirms' strike since" the ending; of the general strike recent y; and as the . tiiiestidus involved ' aff et t . other minesm The strikers hunlWrv 1800. Thai me had demanded. the discharge of outside foremen i Thos.; K. Jklotgan, of No. .4 colliery; at - EdawrdsYille whom they charge "vithivvoi"kiligT4iu!ainst the'tmiou, L tli e ohseryaiice; of the: 'semi?mbnthly, pay law, the Privilege of navmg tneir od checkweigh : lioss'. at 'the head of ca'h. breaker.- and-V that; nati more than six inches of topping; dh ears hKi demanded. Mr. ,Kdy'ard'!?i for -the couypany, con "eeded s.enii-monthly Vpay after' the first I of the year a fid 'the appointtnent by' the men otvaehekiiv.gJ?.;.'boss', but would not consent to, discharge Mr. Morgan or agree t the ; tapping qiiestion. A strike also oceurred : at the No. 5 Lthigh and W'ilkes'barre mine this morn ing when ;four outgide men refused -to' do some exfr?. :W:ork: - and' were lischargad. Tlieirfallowtwbtlcmeij atonee yvent on. stuko and the nniie wa-s idle..- ;, y ' A Kleh; Tonnz; llan Pn ntp Lead Into l; v'aPassengerTrain;1 .v':-'.;; .' Louisville, Ky4 -Dec.:?17. Stuart "Eob son, the . actoiv had , a narrow . escape, from death . yesterday while-; passing through , oh the ? Queen ' and Crescent Railway. Two revolvers bullets, t coming from a hilltops near the ; tracks, passed through; the :w.indow : of Itobson's com partment and shattered - the woodwork ovei1 his .'head. - - - . ; . The authorities: were; immediately no tified and they.i arrested James Stout, one of-'the richest, young men in .this part of tlie ' State, 'Who is charged with doing-the shwiincf.;? It was not believed Stout had; any, idea5 of trying to kih Robsoii, but - he vis ;: thought to be men tally unbahyaeed - and fired at the train for amu.oroent; '.. i- - . 7; LOOK IMG TO FKANCXS Catnollc Missionaries In China to Etc eel ve indemnity, Tltrou';Ii Belcasse. . Paris, Dec. ; 17. A ; dispatch to The Siecle from ' Mars'eilles" says that Bishop Fa vier of : I'ekin .will - return to 1 ranee in March ''t'for- - the-Jpurp6se of making arrangenlents'Witb.vthe government f or a special indemnity1-for his congregations in China, r lie is novr collecting all 1 he information vpossible.f ovy the losses sus tained by the RomtiiL Catholic missiona ries v during "-the Boxer- uprising, with a view of . presenting the' statement to 31. Delcasserniinister :of toreign affairs, and securing reimbursement. " , The ItalianimissiOnaries, who are very numerous' rin-i-vmna, ,.izuena-to -. jxiane a similar rettest: of M. - Delcasse, on the ground vthut.- r ranee i noias a general 'protectorate over Roman Catholic in Iterests in the far. lias t. . : ; - y - --'-"-' V "'" ' Minister Conner AntUor'.zed to Aeree to Amendhients Proposed by Fnglaud Washingon Dec; 17. Secretary Hay had a conference w?th the president this afternoon" about' the status of negotia tions "at' lekiii fand. on, returning to the State' Department sent Unstructioins rco Minister 'Conger which; i is believed wi'i remove any cause of further delay in the signing , of thr pimmary agreement containihgthe cnitieoos with which the Chinese gdvefninenf itiitst ccicnply. The tonferecewa8 bf(sed on a dispatch f rem 'Mr, CongeVvreceived-tod'ay, .in which he explained thf 'nature? of the smendmenrs suggested by' Sir- Ernest ' Sat ow,: the Itrirish mmiater.x It was snown by 3lr. Conger's message that these suggested changes a re immaterial and : that there is no reat'ground . for tne reports that negotiations- were severely jeopardized by Great Britain. ; : . r P '" - ' . ' . .;. ;-. '-.-"' -.' '-, '- ' . -,-r' ' , - r - C-t, .- r- - .1 Jim Ciray Arrested Wrinston-SaIem, N. C; Dec. 17. Spe cial. Jim " Gray, i colored, who shot and wounded I two - negro men on a colored excursion rnnfromvW,inston to Raleigh in TnnA lfllt tMr ..was flrTt1 JiPro trv iay. as ifle suwiius, .aurreu near TTiM,t,A. n wsn vn.;.i j i tried in orange county superior. Uourt; Not Legitimate Prizes . ... ... . . Fans, Dec 17.-1 he minister of ma- WOBILAW IM INDIANA Two Lynch i ngs Sund ay N igh t andOne Last' Night . VICTIMS ALL NEGROES Reign of; Terror "In ; Spencer County Where i Wltole Families of Nerees Have Been ,Ordered. to Leare-No At tempt at Disguise on the Part or tho laob Governor ITlonnt Boiling !OTr with Indignation ' s '-' - ' Indianapolis, Dec; 17. The lynching at Rockport last night of Bud Rowland and James Henderson, charged with the , murder; of Barber Simon ha s caused a reign - of iterror among' the -negroes of Spencer and" adjoining counties, and th whites have v been - holding- meetings -"In various' places today and going in a body and ordering the negroes to k ave t)te connty.,;,A.t Enterpriser a small tswii in (Spencer coun'iy, a public iiiee'ting wjs - held thl? morning' and thirty cok ret . famiiics were ordered to leave by tcmpr- row morning. - Similar action was "taken; nt Troy.' and theonly two, colored fcimi- lies "at Grand View were also ord'.r?d away. A third negrv, who goes by aie mwne of "WiMStling .1 oe," was arie-tcvl today "charged with participation in the murdenof 'Simon. As soon as he war tuvnedovtr to Sheriff Anderson that -of- ; fice'r " secreted hhn in his hou e-an 1 la' e this evening spirited him or.'-: of .Itoc. pert and - nlaced him in jail at . Iioon- vilhe. Warrick enmity. ; "r. ' . : - No official notiticrtion of the lynching was received by the governor todaj-, bi:t n dispatch came this after neon statin.:: thyc ar.c'ther 5uspect had been arre:-'td andj there -was danger of . more mob .vio lence iton igh t. "lie at once' telegra: h?d ' , the sheriff asking if : assistance was , needed, -bint received no reply. .,; The" gov- v ernor was very much grieved at . ttie -lynching and. said- that he felt that tho: S-tafe had been again disgraced. He add-'"'-cd-'th.nt he was powerless to dp auythiiig unless the county authorities called tpi n. him, but -he would see, that tcps - we e taken to bring the members -of lie n:p!; tc .lustice. ..- Whistling .Toe,' the' third suspe t in the'mniSier of Barber Simon, .wia taken f rdm : the - jail a!U Boony il ie' royigh t a nd strung up , to a limb in ithe-main, strert of the A town, ? the ; lynching being v ft- v :rt( sued - by several hundred people, . .but only about one-feundi-cd men p3rti',H.'it fir.g.. The members of the mob. msde no x .attempt at disgnise-'brit-'-went-. fit th work :sr tfelil.e-r ately .and-; a ppa rent ly - as. , free from . exekemen t-" iithowgh it wc r : a mere matter if-'every-dav: oecurroe.4-' Every street in jthetotm . was guarded, -to prvehtt.'tliVpo3s'H'Ie f-escapt.--ofJlioH sheriff with his .priserhSr; "".ltit -no. deaicn-s-iratioiii was nrnde against'? any i of - t!'T ; citizens who were passing about in the street, . - '.. r ' V" " '' -r v -'r- :' -'-'"' . " The nnob began to assemhle c.-jrl.v in : the -'af ternoari and the town w s s;,ciin filled 'with strangers. - The. sheriff giev uneasy and talked to some of the citi-. us about trying--.to. remove, iiis prison- -ed to Evansville. but w-as ailviset noi t- attempt it as all the roads leading to the town were guarded and h'& Jeariag, would be known and the irisonei- CtT-! tainly fr.'H into the hand-of the mob. While the officers were &t ill h-?sitUij!g men began to arrive in squads of five and six at a .time, and itf,coon b?came apparent that itwould-be useless to a't tcmpt escape. - ' . , -'- - -'" : Dark had hardly fallen upon the Uown when the mob: began to Jtather around the jail and at 8:30 o'clock several men a npeared r-t the tail -dor a nd di'mandi d the. prisoner.. The sheriff rrftisfd 7fo give him up and appealed to the crowd : in the name of the law to go away, but his word were met ".with crlc$ o" deri sion and the door was battered down and the mob entered the jail, r . v ' 1 : Whistling Joe? crouched in lh bvk v of his cell when the mob ei:t wd, biit he said nothing when dragged, from his ce? with a rope around his ''neck and tw. stoitt - m'en bae-k of him - phshing him . ' wlong.4 When the jail door.-was reached a shout was sent ui by those on thciVJ- ; side and the terrified.4 negro" was piekeil u and carried to a tree- ab6ut ' fi ffy feet from the jail. IItfc was pesst'd t ? confeefs, bu t refused t04 .do so and prayed lustily for mercy. 'The f rowd grew imDatient and the rope was thrown o rer a lim b of -the tree ' ah;i the tt-'ii g ; gling negro was raised ny ' and 'K-ft ; danirling in the air. ' The niob thii jv. tired from the 'townand the sheriff cW down the body of the negirc. but life was' extinct.'-. '";--..- ' .'-- .7 '.: v. r' . - . ' When Governor Mount hea rd of tw v night's lynching he blamed the u r'.ff of 'Snencer conn'ty for not notifying him ' of the condfridn of affairs so. he. . co'dd hare ordered militia to the stene earli'T in the day and thus protected tbe pris oner. He say8a dispatch, from Sheillf -Anderson this afternon Wa'd ' Iha-r u d.Tnger . was tbeatened and he had re-' moved-the prisoner to a -place of ify. ' It was not unltil 7 o'clock -Tonight tht the sheriff of Warrick county called h ; governor by long distance telephone and nollficHl him that "Whistling Joe" ha 1 been placed in jail at Boonevil!e, f -m , which place he was taken, '- and thrt 1 mob of seveml hundred - people was rl- " ready in . the town and others wirre ar riving every moment. He said he was- ' pmveriess ;to protect his1 pri -oner if n attack were made wpofi the jail and ask ed the executive to- send as8itance -m-jirediately, if possible. The governor in- -quired Into the conditions in the ?o.Tn and was told that the mob had' come in -from Spencer and other coun t'es a d ' thatit numbered a't least five hundr -d men. nearly all of whom were? aimK Th'e governor at once called up the ar mory at Evansville and . ordered a com pany of militia . to hare .a special m id 1 up at once and go to BooneviUe to pib- -tect the :. negro suspect. . . ' . - ' - i V-'-vV-:"'-.?: r ' ':','" ' ' . - "Liquor Trade In Africa , 4 , Washington. Dec. 17. The Senat t -day in executive session declaied the ad- : heslon of the United. States to the con- ' vention of the powers for the regulation -of the importation of spirituous Intr'rs into certain interior regions - of Africa. ' The 'convention which: was signel Sit Brussels June 8, -1899. increases ; from 15 to 70 francs per hectortitre the 'im port dutv on. jmirit a thocouutry 1 t i & -
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