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V . J .- ....... iv . MORlfl "Post s u 1? fi I i 1 i VOL. VIII. RALEIG-H, IST. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1901 No. 60 i if ! . OF DANGER Schley Stood Exposed at the I Battle of Santiago CHASING THE COLON If I . 1 , Hodgson Says the Brooklyn Did All She Could Do I Never Out of the Spanish ! Line of Fire fWahington, Oct. 7.- Lieutenant Com- islander A. C. Hodgson was 'again on te stand the Schley court of inquiry. f e occupied a somewhat uneonif orta ir position between the direct fire of jjfu; judge advocate and the cross-fire of tlje counsel for the applicant.1 He en- favored tc explain why it was that he lined ! to Admiral Schley that the al- ;ed ebljoquy ever occurred and had an iiv r time admitted I that the substance f ;h;K dialogue as printed was correct, (e said ,he had denied the verbal ac- t;n;it; oui aiimitted that a rnnversa- i i. i . ' - tif :i was- held. The witness; said he ver. attached any importance to the jjannij the Texas': expression It was I remark indicating- irritation- he said, fol'was not condemnatory, of the Texas Mr" the position she was in. He. thought .ill Schley wanted from him was a de- f.nl of! the statement that the! comman r .of j the flying squadron engaged in fcolloqhy with a junior officer at such. eJiiical event. This he was willing to give, as no colloquy ever occurred. in. the course of a, rather sharp cross ein'mihation Mr. Rayner asked the wit- ijtss concerning-the. movements of the fboklyn: i j(. Can you give me in brief the vim k : which the Brooklyn did during tBe battle July. 3? j Ja. The Brooklyn did all she could tb: She got into action as quicklly ;j passible and she .commenced firing f soon as her first gun could be lfjought to bear. "We kept the1 port bat tery firing until the Brooklyn turned rfund. W e got around as quickly as v ould by the port helm i until we v;e re j almost parallel with the port of tle' leading Spanish vessel,, th Yiscaya. Wlierjiwe got around the smoke was very jtlense and nothing could be seen of the Spanish vessels the leading ones, tjlie .Vjiscnya, Qquendo; and Colon. When y. began to turn the Yiscaya was about yards on our starboaid bow.'-Tb (ilor.( was "abaft.;.our starboard beam, : ka dhe Oquendo was abaft 'Oiy star-l-nrd!bow. , We continued in that posi tion, f I remarked to Captain C-ook thru ijt; seejned Tathr lonely for us out there. -asked why. I said that we were all ; !ohr i that the threei Spanish vessel f emed to be depending on us to seek rtjeni out. ' The smoke was so dens? t'Kit hve could see nothing. -Captain Vnk isteoped out of. the conning tower risd ps he did so, exclaimed to me: TiWhrit is that on our starboard bow. J! looked in that direction and' saw the bf j-vvibovr wave formed bv a ship and I said: "That must- te the Massachu- 'f-etts. He said, "No it could not be tin; Massachusetts, as she has gone tj Criwnianarno for coal." Then I said: "It must be .the pregon." The Oregon v'ris .it that time four or five hundred yards' off our starboard quarter, going rjfiond at full spend. We continued n ti-at position until we got up steam. Tlien fvve drew further ahead of the Ore gon. jThe Oquendo very shortly fell out ijini went ashore arid the Colon gradu f.liy drew ahead. We continued in that (iriectlon for some time and then the "Viscaka ported her helm and ran into shore,'. The Colon had in this time g;.;re speed, and was ahead about sev ejn miles. 'After passing the Viscaya we steamed ahead and ceased firing. During the time we had a little oppor tunity, to gel something to 'eat. We gained on-the Colon, but very slowly; in f; ct ?he apparently gained on us. The fliasej was continned then after th.e Co lor ujntil we gradually began to gain. As. we drew toward her at about 13,0f0 yards! the signal was given from the flrgshjip to thip Oregon to fire her 13 inch guns. The shot fell short. We then fired lone of our S-incE guns and that f11 short. At intervals the Oregon con tinued to fire 13 and S-inch shells and we fired 8-inch shells. One' 8-inch shell -fell ahead of the Colon, 1 "What was the bearing of Admiral Sjenley during the engagement," . the yfitness was asked. . i Tie : replied: The bearing which an ejfficer of his rank and station in the Fifrviee should have the bearing of a commander in chief.": , i Q. Can you give me his position yhat place dicT he occupyg . jA.h-He was on the little bridge or i rntfdrm around the conning tower. jQ.-Was that a position tf danger? -lit was. IfQ.-iThe case has been stated by some f the witnesses that the Brooklyn ran unoiyards south away from the line of Jemhjlof the Spanish ships. hat do Tfn spy with reference to thaf? ! A.-lf any witness has made that fjhten-ent. although he may have stated pf-bnt-ihe thought was true, hie was ab- Frlntdlv mistaken f -4How far did she go? !jA.-She must have made about sik Jj'ir'.ltefj yards from the most northerly ?!j"s!t'ion which she occupied when she STe rtivnintr .-O.-j-Tliat was her tactical diameter, J A. I think that was about it. Q. Bid the turning; interfere with her ability to keep up with the enemy' A. No. . , . . Captain William Fqlger, who "com manded,! the Nwf Orleans, was placed upon the stand when Lieutenant Commander-Hodgson jvas excused. He did not hear any guns fired while off Cien fn egos, j the witness said, as he was in his bunk all day. j ' Captain Lemlly sought to show by this witness that the shore batteries at Santiagj) were ineffective and that the numerous bombardments' developed the Met. ;j j ; ' The! witness told of the firing of thi batteries, but advanced a new sugges tion to the effect) that: the majority of the shots fired ati he blockading squad ron during these? bombardments were fired over the hills from the fleet in the harbor. I I . During Hodgson's investigation Mr. Raynef read Captain Chadwick's report regarding' the famous .colloquy on the Brooklyn in which Schley was said to have used the words "damn the -Tes-as," and when "he ;had finished the judge a(vocatp tried to. introduce Cantain Clradwick's report of his examination of Lieutenant Commander Heilner (the navigator of the Texas) in which that officer Asserted that Lieutenant Com mander Ilodgson : had -told him three times of fhe colloquy and that Adm'io.l Schley llid say "damn the Texas, let her looli out for -herself." Mr. jayner objected on the ground that it iad not bieen introduced in the direct examination of the witness "d that whn Mr. Heilner was on the stand he had not been asked about the matter. He gay assurance to the court that he did not jwant to impeach the veracity of Mr. Hodgson and that his only object in bringing ih Captain Chadwick's report of Mr. Hodgson's statement was that he had not stated-.' to Captain Chadwick that Commodore Schley used the words "damn theTexias" He said also that Heilner was not confronted by Ad miral Sehley during the5 examination by Captain; Chadwick, and turning to the applicant asked "Were you present?" "Xo. I was not present," answered Admiral" Schley. "I was not asked to be." t ' I - j- The judge advocate said the objection was technical, made to avoid getting all thej facts before the court. Cap tain Parker, of' Admiral Schley's coun sel, deified this, land he and Captain Lemly pxchangd a few spirited re marks. : Mr. Ilanna. the judge advo cate's' assistant sfiid he wanted to spr a word, being prompted by the fact that Mr.. Bayher looked him directly in the face Avhen the objection was mrd'.'. . "You tare so pretty that I could not help looking , at you," said Mr. P.ayuer with a j smile, find Captain Lend; in terposed with "II object to side re marks of .this kind." ': The court retired to consider the ob jection, land )when it returned announc ed that (the statement of Cantain Chad wick of; his examination of Commander Heilnerj could not be admitted at this time. ". ii 'Lieatnant Dixon wrs another wit- ness. l.is testimony reierreu iu laun-s and chhrts he had prepared showing bow Ion g Schley'sj shjps could chase the Spanish! ships and still have enoui'h coal to 'return to Jvey West. W lien ms testimony was concluded court aujorn ed untlti tomorrowf. ii Distinguished Lawyer Dead Washington. Oct. 7.-Valter D. Dav- ide one of the mbst distinguisnea mem bers ofj the district bar. tiiea at nis resident ; in this city this morning at jll:t)J OIPlOCK. JU;.,l.u nif;.r u.ui Lin-ii 111 'for the'jpast month, of acute indigestion. I When fhe announcement of Mr. Dav idge'.s death reached the city hall all of the district courts which were in ses- r.iAn n I -t rn in rvrl : Mr. D'tvidge, vj-ho was 78 years old at the time of his death, was, with one ovrpntirtn in the number of Tears of ac tive practice, the oldest member of the Washington bar. ' ; . ' TEACHERS RECALLED Banton Island Not a Safe Place br Them Manila, Oct. 7. The governor of Romb lon sent some off the American school teachers assigned to Banton- Island, where there is no American garrison, in care of the presidente. ! The latter, who feared Ho assume; the responsibility for the safety of the teachers, confessed that the district iwas a refuge for loO rebel riflemen. Thereupon the governor would jnot permit the teachers to re main and arrested the' nreisidente and sent troops to: destroy the band. Intercepted correspondence and inves tigation's by a local school teacher re sulted In the capture of a rebel major with other conspirators who were ar ranging! for the 1 concentration of 250 riflemen in Bulucan province, : f -i V . STREET RAILWAY SOLD Improved Service Promised to VVrightsville Beach Wilmington, N.' C. Oct. .Special The Wilmington! Street ' Railway was sold at auction today under foreclosure sale. Tjhe purchasers were Hugh Mac Bae & Co., bankers of this city, for $iUl,oUp. Ihere were only two bidders, the othfer being Murchjson & Company. One hundred thousand dollars was the upset , price required by the decree of sale, which was Imade subject to cou firmatidn by the court. The nurchasers of the street railway fecently bought a controlling interest jn the Seacoast ?or.d from hbre to Wfightsville Beach sum mer resort, and iwill convert it into a trolley Isystem. ?The Icity railway and j the road to the beach: will be operated ; jointly.! It is expected that the road will bei greatly improved mmm . - The President Not Particular as to Republicans APPOINTMENTS MADE A Democrat Made Federal Judge in Alabama and a 'McLaurin Convert Collect or in South Carolina Washington, Oct. 7. Special.f-Senator McLaurin has landed again, and this time he has secured the apporitment of his friend, Loomis Blalock, to be internal revenue collector for South Carolina. All the old Republican crowd that! has bat tled for twenty years or more for the' negro patty, has been turned down and a new convert put into a fat job. This was done, however, after Blajock had agreed 'wTith Deas, the colored leader, not to disturb the present force in the internal revenue office. ; ; Mr. !Blalock is a comparatively new accession to ' the Republican party. Neither of these men, however, repre sents any o. the ideas and purposes of the old-time Republicans. Colonel Deas, colored, who had been a deputy! collector under Webster, and a Republican leader since the reconstruction days, wanted to be national committeeman, and it was planned that another old-line leader should become collector of internal reve nue. A A. Gates of ' Greenville was one of the old leaders Avho wmited to be collector. He was at the White House today with A. C. Merrick, both representing the Republican State com mittee, to withdraw his opposition to Loomis Blalock. Mr. Blalock accompa nied Gates' and Merrick, and the Presi dent av;;s told that the old-line Republi cans would withdraw all theijr" opposi tion. The post office at Newberry, S. C, was ! another matter of interest in South Caro lina politics today. There is to be a change in postmasters in Newberry and among the applicants are C. J. Purcell, John Scott and James 11. Davidson. .They saw the President. Representative Latimer," Democrat, was one of the President's visitors, and his opinion was asked ' regarding the New berry office." Mr. Latimer told the Presi dent he would be glad to make a recom mendation if a Democrat was to be appointed. The President said that he wouhl appoint a Republican if a good man could be found, but if no such man could be located he would appoint a Democrat. R. O. Stewart, who is said ito be a cousin of the President, is spoken of for the position and is said, to be acceptable to Mr. Latimer. Along the line of putting in conserva tive men in office the President today announced the (appointment of Thomas Goode Jones, of Alabama, to be United States district judge for the northern and middle districts of Alabama. The appointment of Governor Jones was received with general satisfaction by a number of Alabama Republicans "sand Democrats who were at the Y hite House today. Governor Jones was (praised in the highest terms. It was 'stated that the negroes of Alabama would welcome the appointment because Governor Jones had strongly opposed the disfranchising clause recently adopted by the Alabama constitutional convention. It was stated that Booker Washington would be particularly pleased. Governor Jones' abilities are recognized by every body. Representative Thompson of Alabama called to pay his respects to the Presi dent, accompanied by his brother. Judge J. A. Thompson. Representative Thomp son was delighted at the appointment of ex-Governor Jones for district judge to fill the vacancy caused by ithe death of Judge Bruce. He said Governor Jones was not only one of the ablest lawyers in Alabama, but one of the most prominent and highly esteeemed citizens a pure, high-toned and fair-: minded man who will fill the position with honor and credit. "This oner act of the new President will place him in the same high esteem of the South that President McKinlev ; enjoyed," said Mr. Thompson. Speaking of Governor Jones, Representative Thompson said: "He has always enjoyed a great reputation as a military man, and was known in Alabama as the mili tary governor. During the civil wiar be was the youngest officer on General Gor don's staff and won distinction as a Confederate soldier. Though a Confed erate and Southern Democrat he has always been a strong supporter of the constitution of the United ; States and was a member of the recent constitutional convention. He was a leader of the minority of the franchise committee whkdi composed the grandfather clause because he thought it was in conflict with the constitution of 1 the United States. " , ; In talking with Representative Thomp son about Southern appointments the President said that he intended to pick the best men to be had. "If I can't find Republicans I am going to appoint Demo crats," the President said. "I am go ing to make such appointments as will make every Southerner respect the Re publican party." Alphens B. Willis has been transfer red from assistant keeper at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, light station to steond assistant keeper at Cape Look out. North Carolina, in place of Chas. W. Pugh. Postmasters appointed: A. B. Chapin at Aurora, Beaufort county, vice H. R. Lane,, removed: J. E. Pritchard, Elk Park, Mitchell county, vice H. T. Nor man, removed; S. L. Ewing, Sulphur Springs,. Montgomery county, vice W. T. H. Ewing, dead. TI m h fjuler of Afghanistan Expired Last Thursday . HABIB ULLAH REIGNS Abdur Rahman Khan! Made -H is Country Strong and ! Respected His Heir the i Son of a Slave Woman London, Oct. 7. A dispatc h to the (jentral News from Simla says that Habib Ullah, tne eldest son of the Ameer of Afghanistan, has reported to tfie British agent at Cabul that the Ameer died last Thursday aftejr a brief illness. The Ameer was born in 1830! and had been on the throne twenty-one years. He dominated Afghanistan asj no ruler has done for many years, and. will be a! most conspicuous figure in j her his try. ; j lliis life was a stormy ope For twelve years of his early manhood he Was an exile, kept out of Afghanistan by' the jealous fear of his uncle, Share All, against whom he had sided when Ali and the other .two sons of the fa--.inous Dost Mabommed were! fighting for the throne. It was in 1808 that he fled the country of Afghanistan and be come the ' guest of the czar, jliving on Russian bounty in the city of Samar kand. The Russians have accused him of the grossest ingratitude in tliese later years when he has treated Russia al-mjot- as an enemy. . (The opportunity of Abdur Rahman Kpian the exile, came in 188() and he wis equal to it. Abdur Rahjman was astute enough to see that hi real in tfjrests were nearer ' to India) than to lfussia. His country was a buffer state between the two. dominions. He de sfred to be an independent uler and tjngland could help him if he vas strong ejiough to be a stumbling block injthii way of Russia's advance toward i In dia. So he lost no time in declaring tjiat England's friends were his friends and her enemies were his enemies, and a!fter taking some time to think it over Ilngl and gave him a pension o 160,000 Oj year. f ' .-':.' '"'" "'". ,j . - f.Tije.Attieer justified the confidence re rfosed in him. He showed that he -was sjtrong enough to answer for the tran quility of Cabul and the adjacent dis torts." He did far in tj taan this. The London Times summed !up h;is achievements in 1S91, whn it said tbat by his energy and abilitjy he had restored Afghanistan from being merely a geographical expression intoj a strong and united kingdom. - j The Ameer had several wives, nono df .whom presented him with j any chil ttren who long survived. Among hi cpnenbines was a slave givl who had lieen the handmaiden of the Ameers second wife. The elder of hisi two sons by this woman of lowly origin is Habib .Ullah. the heir to the thron?. He is i6w 30 years old. He stampers and. according to his father, the impediment ii his speech, is the effect of poison ad ministered by a-cousin with a view to clearing the way to his own succession. I tn 1802 the Ameer formally nomi nated him heir to tht throne, presenting iim with a sword of state; butjhis broth-o- Nasrulli Jan, who is onlyj a year younger, was in late years stiid to be ifis father's favorite and to bei far more intelligent than his brother. " The Af ghanis were ruled with a rod 6f iron by lie late Ameer, and his successor, the son of a slave woman, will have to show the quality of his great father if he is Successfully to impose his will; upon the country. i j j London, Oct. S. The reporjt of the flWh of the ;imen" ; fonfi'-ned. Th" British agent at Cabul has transmitted 4 message to the Indian government gating that Habib Ullah Khan, the rlmeer's eldest son and nominated .heir, m Durban, on October 2 asked the pub lic to pray in all the mosous for the recovery of his father who jwas seri Jnslv ill. Habib Ullah Khan Communi qated his action to the Britisti resident iho the next day received a further no tification that the ameer had died early ii the morning of October 3. j 1 No further details have been received. Nothing is-known of the situation at Cabul, but it is assumed that Habib TioV. Khn " r"s cnrreeueQi to xne throne ancl holds control. 1 - I UNWELLCOltlE CRISIS Deatb of tb Ameer XMtqnletlns New to Grant Britain -j i London, Oct. 7. The Afghan spectra which forever haunts British! power iu Asia, has rearisen with unwelcome sud denness at a moment that is ndenlably Inopportune for the British apd Indian jrovernment. With the death !af Ameer Ab'li"- Rahman, which althougli- not offi cially .announced." London does-wt doubt r-,'erronrren. n crisis is immefl.ately cre ated, "which, pending a satisfactory set tlement, will not fail to cauke serious juxietv in this country. Much depends ' upon the little known personality of HabibUllah Khan, Abdur Rahman's eld est son by a slave girl, who. t has long been believed here, was nominated as jiis successor by his father, j ; It is recognized that if he inherits his i father's strong character "he will be able . control his turbulent countrymen with his father's iron hand.f Internal peace, on which, external relations de-j pend, may be niaintained, but it is re called that neyer once in history ha3 there been a peaceful transfer of the sceptre in Cabui, ,and there is no good reason to believe that the present occa-f fcicn will be an exception. In any cas the position off the new ruler will eer-; j tainiy be menaced by intrigues in be lli i:. If of one or more rival candidates for the ' throne, an4 especially the younger prince, whose mother Js of -royal blood.; Should history be repeated and he country given oyer to the strife of rival factions, it is impossible to predict the; effect on the course of central Asian. iol-( itics, particularly upon Anglo-Russiali relations. Needless to say, the ayerage Briton is convinced that chaos in Af ghanistan will ibe the immediate signal for Russian intervention for the purpose? of promoting Russia's advance on the! Indian frontier.!! Z A COAST LINE I OFFICIAL DEAD Wm, A. Riach Expires Sudden ly on an Ocean Steamer Wilmington, N. C, Oct. .7. Special William Archibald Riach, general auditor of the Atlantic Coast Line, died Friday on the steamship Umpria, Cunard line,: and the remains arrived in New York Sunday noon. His death was sudden.' His wife was wkh him. They had been on a visit to their old home in the high lands of Scotland. Mr. Riach I moved to the United States when 21 years old.; He was with thie Puhman company sev eral years. Seventeen years' ago he'i came to Wilmington to accept the posi-; tion of general pauditor of the Atlantic Coast Line, lie was a great disciplina-, rian and was considered one of the finest' business men and accountants in rail road circles in this country. Hisi great! .executive ability was easily recognized.) He was considered one of the Coast! Line's most valuable officials, and his! loss is greatly felt. The funeral willj take place Wednesday morning. All thej general offices of the road will be closed; during the hovr of service out of re-l spect to his memory. r . A- i; " : ' AT A CRITICAL STAGES ; Everything I) Being Done fbf I Releaseof Miss Stone ! Washington, Oct. 7 The situation ini the case of Miss Ellen M. Stone, thej American missionary held captive by. brigands in Bulgaria, is regarded at the' State Department to have reached its most critical stae. This statement was made today by Si the acting secretary of state, Mr. Adeejl The State Department tstill : continues ;its reticence in regard !to the matter. j lit is known, however, that everything! possible is being' done: by this government through- the United States representatives in Turkey and : Bulgaria. jj ': Dispatches fmm New York, Boston,: Chicago and other great cities show that substantial means are being taken to secure the ransom of Miss Stone. A! dispatch from- Boston, referring to the; efforts to complete the ransom; fundi says: - j '-, i "At the offices of Kidder, Peabody & Co. today there)! is activity and interest along lines that are somewhat unusual to the financial jdistrict. The offices will remain open unjil 6 o'clock this evening to await ret urn sj from distant cities. The firm has made arrangements -to cable the amount to Eumpean representatives tb moment that the necessary sum is sub scribed. The money will be placed in the hands of Miss Stone's captors at the rendezvous they have set, and in such manner as to fulfill the conditions for her release. The lfinsoni will not be paid until Miss Ston is liberated unharmed.'f Vienna, Oct.f 7 The News Weinef Tagblatt's corrfespondent at Sofia ridil cules the idea Of Miss Stone being mur dered by her kidnappers at a fixed date, 'He declares tlfat they would 1 neve dream of murdering her so long as there is the slightestf prospect of obtaining -a ransja for he. He adds it is nroba , ble that her captors are not professiona brigands, but engage occasionally iuj brigandage when a good opportunity; offers itself. I "' : FALLING BEHIND I Revenues of France Inade1 quate to Meet Expenditures Paris, Oct. 7.-jf-The Temps todays says it views with alarm the constant diminj ishing revenues! of the government.' Th returns for September show that the ref ceipts were 20,000,000 francs below esj timates, and the receipts . for niu months show a deficit of 90.000.000 francs. What makes the matter look worse is that this shrinkage has occurred at a time when the country is at com--plete peace. TJie only remedy for thk present conditidn is a further loan, al though the debt of the country is alj ready of colossal proportions. Thf Temps traces he present condition of affairs to the .action of the chamberf iu passing specfal legislation for the puv pose of securing votes and the cowardly refusal of the ministers to oppose suca action. ic v I . : $ .- i ' -I j Heavy .Damages Awarded Wilmington, N. .C,, Oct. 7. Special.-j-The trial of the case of Moore, vs. Naj vassa Guano Company, to recover twem, ty thousand dafnages for alleged injury to lands and crops "by emission of gases from thejl company's plant several miles up the river from the city.resulted in the jury rendering a decision in favor of the plaintiff for $5,750. The case was tried in Brunswick Superior Court at Southport, and the trial consumed ten days, the longest in the history of this section. The defendant comnany took an appeallito the Supreme Court. MB ul n Hawks Tells Him About His Big Scheme AND AIRS HIS WRONGS The Promoter Mentions Judge Boyd, but Absolves Him from Obligation Hawks and Meiklejohn Dispute Washington, Oct. 7. George D. Meikle john, ex-Assistant Secretary of War, was an important witness before the sub committee of the Senate committee on Military Affairs, which is conducting the Manila hemp inquiry today. He denied ever having subscribed to any stock in the cordage enterprise or ever having given Colonel Heistand authority to as sociate his faame with it. , Major Hawks disputed this statement, and at his request the sub-committee sent for an original claim on file in the War Department, which Major Hawks declares will prove that the witness was associated with the hemp company. Mr. Lawrence Holt of North Carolina was called. He was questioned by Mr. Needham as follows: Q. State what Major Hawks said to you at the Ebbitt House about Judge Boyd or any other official in connection with this hemp company. A. He told me about- this company that he had been instrumental in organ izing, and he wanted to be reimbursed for his services. I don't think he claimed anything against Judge Boyd. Q. When'- did he first approach you on the subject? A. I think in December,- 1900. He seemed to feel a 'little sore in connec tion with his appointment which had been cancelled, he said, beiore he reached the place he was .going. He said he tfiought he had been badly treated. "He mentioned Judge Boyd in con nection with the matter," the witness added, "but he said he had released him from any obligation in the matter. He ' said that the New York papers wanted the story, and that the" whole thing would appear very soon Jn the papers, and that a good many high officials would be implicated. He asked me the ques tion if I would not publish' them if - they owed me money? I did not look over his papers. -He had a great many with him." r'-'S :, ,v':' By Senator Burrow Did he explain what he -jeant by ; saying he would get even Svitlf those officials? "No, sir; he did not." "Did he .say anything about having the matter investigated by the Senate?" "Yes,, sir." : By Major Hawks Mr. Holt, did I ever say to 3-ou that if I was not paid $800 I would stop Judge Boyd's nomination? "No, sir; you did not tell me that." was the answer. And then a recess was taken. ! THE FREE PASS WILL PASS OtIT i Railroads Contemplate Abol ishing the Practice New "ork, Oct. 7. A sub-committee representing all railroads in the Trunk Line Association, in the Central Traf fic Association and the Western Pas senger Association, met in the offices of the Trunk Line Association in this city today and voted to recommend the com plete abolition of the free pass system, to take effect January 1, 1902.' This committee was appointed at a meeting of the presidents of about forty impor tant railroad systems, held in hs city last winter. Its work was designed to be supplemental to the action of the presidents in order that passes should not be given to; influence traffic. The recommendation framed, by the commit tee today will be submitted, to the as sociations represented for ratification. The action of the committee was unanimous and the general sentiment among the railroad men is stid to be in' favor of the step recommended. It is proposed to stop the practice of issuing railroad passes, and no exceptions are to be made according to the recommen dation adopted today. There are to be exchanges of annual passes between presidents and other leading officers, of railroads. No trip passes are to be is sued for political, business, or other reasons, and thousands of family passes issued to minor officer of railroads are to be discontinued. One member of the sub-committee on abolition of passes was asked today if the new rule was intended to apply to politicians and legislators as well as to other persons, and he replied: "Yes, we intend to make a clean, sweep. If our recommendation is. adopted no favors will be shown to any person. The only way to make such a movement a suc cess is to treat everybody like." Senator Daniel III Richmond, Va., Oct. 7. Senator Dan iel is ill at" his home in Lynchburg with chills and fevers. He was expected to lead the minority party of the suffrage committee in the Democratic conference tomorrow night. His illness will have- a considerable effect i on settlement of suf frage questions in the constitutional convention.- ; , t ii Ft' i i 'A