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Vol. VIII RALEIGH. C.. FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 1901 No. 107 SCH SURPLUS H a m B 4 pour Ambitious Projects That Call for Enough Money to Break the Treasury h " n. Dec. 12. No. attempt lxfii m.i.lf by, the Republican sena J .,s vet ! map out a programme of ie.ila;i":i for the present session, but .'.ci ;i- thf rearrangement of com--e- i vo npleted and the list adopt 1 "i.y th. Senate a steering committee ill !e aiT'vunted ad a line of action jnee.l ui'-.n. The preliminary work B1",y he aromiplishecl during the holi day re-.-? One . however, has already been bv an informal -understarid- iii' aui.-ii riif leading men on the cym miites. Thi is that Speaker Hender-n-s appeal for eeouumy is to be takeu feriousiy anJ persistently urged upon the majority in both houses. The del ufe of bills asking for appropriations of money "u of the federal treasury is -renter tli year than ever before, and if one-tenth v them should pass the t-earry surplus. 'whi?h hp.& caused the n)vtrnnifnt Mune uneasiness at time's, vmiMbe wiped out in a twinkling of an eye. 'secretary Gage recommends the abo ii'i.m -f special war taxes in order to tet riJ 'f the surplus, but a much shor ter method of accomplishing this would he to pap a few of the gigantic schemes which an- being urged upon the Senate and Il)iie. It i probable that some kind of a rivran l harbor bill will be come a law esiin and it is likely rthat a ship fiitisiJy bill will pass in some shape and MONEY PINDS FAULT WBT14U r A rU A I TDF7STV He Holds That It Does Not Afford Sufficient Guar- ; anty of American Control yfashingtJn. Dec. 12. In the Senate tnlay Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Appropriations, favorably reported the concurrent resolution adopted by the House providing for a holiday re r5 from December 19th to January 6;b, and it was agreed to. Mr. Hoar .introduced and the Senate passed a resolution directing the Com mittee on Printing to consider the ex eilieni'T of providing for the free, dis tribution of the Congressional Itecord lu liiiraiies throughout the country. Mr. Manou. from the Committee on Manufactures, submitted a favorable rejiurt -on a bill relating to the adulter ation of food, products and addressed the .Senate briefly.' criticising certain prmlucts which had come under the ob servation of the committee. ' Senator Clapp introduced a resolution in favor of considering the Hay:Paunce f'te treaty in open session. The sena tor, from a sense of humor upon reading the full reports of the proceedings of the executive session in the newspa I'ts. worded his resolution as follows: '"Whereas, the published reports of the speeches made upon the subject of the ratification of the so-called Hay- launcefote treaty are not as full as CARELESS DOCTORS Medical Dispenser Charged With Giving Poison to Children Rioemfontein, Dec. 12. The trial be fore the criminal court here of the chief medical dispenser n,t the concentration t:mp of Kloeinfomcin was concluded to ''y. He was charged with having im properly administered a preparation of strychnine, which caused the death of tirce children refugees. After the most Hiinme inquiry lusting over a week, the "eused was discharged. As a result of the trial .lie most strmgent regulations -"e now in force 'with reference to the isBue of medicines by doctors and nurses lo prevent mistakes in future. General Dartne;i has lately been ac f've in the Harrismith district. By a i'ifs of night surprises at farm houses ho has captured 2-1'' Boers who were in d a: iii.- time. ; ' - Per nmes for Bargain Prices ishington. Dec. 1-2 Th rovom- V e""- l.as made , preparations for the e,n'evl "oinage of pennies in history a made last week at the Philadelphia when 4.!M!uxm toppers ; were turned ont xiiere is an unprecedented em and f.,r pennies on the part of mer Mants who require them to make flange for their countless reduced bar In one single -rlay $8,000 in pen was coined. Officials, of the Treas rr In-artment say at -there is a JfstanrJj- growing demand for pennies. "re article are being sold at odd fig "w taaa ever betore. TO MAKE FLY that work will be started on the Nica ragua canal. If these three projects are. floated there will be hardly enough money left to supply the regular and paramount needs of the government and there may possibly be a deficit instead of surplus. - . ' These facts ai-e now being urged upou the western senators and representa tives who have combined for the pur pose of inducing Congress at this ses sion to make the first appropriation for -an elaborate scheme for irregation of arid lands of the west, which, it is esti mated by the experts, will be a money consumer of a kind to make alL other projects of governmental paternalism look very small. Indeed some of the influential men in both" houses are in clineu to criticise President Roosevelt for having, as they think, good natured ly, though thoughtlessly, endorsed the irrigation proposition and arc hopeful of convincing aim that in his message he spoke on ibis subject without due consideration. - The. other eide of the irrigation Ques tion is' now to be heard from, and a prominent senator from a northwestern state said. today that some of his consti tuent had brought up a point of ob jectipn .that he had never thought of be fore and which has caused him to stop and think. The question raised is whether the United States government hae any right or power to spend the moneof the people in making fruit ful the soil of one portion of the United States leaving the farmers of other lo calities to irrigate and fertilize their lands at their own expense. The irriga tion fight is bound to be a stubborn and persistent one, but if me Senate lead ers have their way this vast-scheme of governmental expenditure will not be put into operation just yet. they , might be; and "Whereas, said speeches would be more' fully reported if takeu by the of ficial stenographers of the Senate; "Therefore be it Resolved, That here after the discussion of the said treaty be madnr ijpen session of the Senate." Senator Clapp and several of his een attorial" friends stood together and en joyed the reading of this resolution which created considerable 'amusement. The resolution will come up in the Sen ate Monday, and may then be comment ed upon if in the mean time the Senate has not already ratified the treaty. On motion of Mr. Lodge the Senate at 1 pm. went into executive session. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty was imme diately taken up and Senator Money of Mississippi, made a speech, giving bis views" upon that agreement. He said he would not delay Ratification, but that he considered some of the features of the treaty objectionable. His principal criticism was that this treaty, likethe original Hay-Pauncefote convention, fails to furnish sufficient guaranty of American control of the proposed Nica ragua canal. Senator Foraker followed Senator Money. He urged the speedy ratifica tion of the treaty and contended that It meets all the objections made in the Senate to the previous treaty. The House was not insession today. The Senate agreed unanimously to take a vote on the new canal treaty be fore adjournment next Monday, and ht 4.43 adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock thaT'day , ' MRS. DENNIS LIVES The Detectives Are Diligently Searching for Clues Washington, Dec. 12. The condition of Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis-shows lit tle if any improvement. Though some favorable symptoms have been noted today they are not thought to be sub stantial enough to warrant a belief in her recovery. Blood stains have been lound on the floor of the balcony at the K street house, and a number of stains were found on the. sidewalk in feiev enu street, just around the ceruer from the sdene of the tragedy. The stains on the balcony, the detectives are cer tain, came from the room in which the crime was committed, but the stains in Eleventh street, tho detectives hardly think, have any connection with the case. Detectives today -found in a sew er "not far away fromMrs. Dennis' res idence an overcoat "and woman's apron. Whether stains upon these gar ments are blood stains or not is to be determined by the -district chemist. Senator Sewell Improving Camden, Nf J., .Dec. 12. Seuator Sewell slept well last night and is, stronger this .morning than a? any time since his return home.' Dr. Taylor says he looks for steady Improvement of his patient. - V ; . : Miss Stone Seen Alive Vienna, -ec, 12.-4A.X telegram from Sofia-.says Miss -Ellen -Stpne was seen alive at Koprivenkoli, -near Dubnitz, pome time after the date of her report ed death, " CHEATHAM MAKING M A HARD FfGHT OF IT ' " ' - - -. - - . North Carolina Me m be rs Are Working for Rural Free Delivery; Washington, Dec. 12. Special. Re corder Cheatham floes not think -hi fight for ' reappointment ' is "won; . for "he- is sending to the President ail. the -letters;; he ean get urging-bis-appointment, and is inducing all who will to go to the "White House and see the President per tonally in his beltalf. " Today" a : delega tion of three or four' police coiirt law yers saw the President in Cheatham's interest. : ' .- " -.;. : ;" During the oast three days the House has not been in spsRion:flndthiK has enabled the North Carolina, members --toi "do" the departments. NeaTly? all have been to the Post Office Deiartjnent, put ting in licks for rural free , delivery. ": Thomas H. Cheek and J. Dunn have resigned as storekeepers and gang ers in the Raleigh internal -revenue dis trict. . . . . . ,. .. -v Jelfrey Horton of Edenton, has been granted a pension of $8. . : .. Sophronia E. Cornelius has been ap pointed postmaster at Tracadfa. Yadkin-county, vice A. W. Shore, resigned. SIGNS OF TROUBLE Chile and Argentine Making Faces "at Each Other London, Dec. 12. The Times, in its second edition today, publishes a dis- n " r. ."M toaay, wmcn says: "xne nrst symptom a,: the present juncture of a possible j awakening of warlike excitement ainong; is to be held at Santiago December-15 to express approval of the action of -the; government in dealing with " the Argen-1-i tine qnertion. Even -:his apparently is merely an offset to another meeting pro moted by the advocates of peace at any price. The buying o.f ships , to take thf place of vessels of questionable ef ficiency, the mobilization of a ifeet for Argentina and the strengthening of re lations with friendly neighbors. Colom - bia and Ecuador are" not regarded here as signs of aggressive intentions.' on - Chile's part,- but oaly as natural , pre - cautions evoked , by the unexpectedly threatening demeanor of Argentina. . Wr Improbable V' " c Washington, Dec. 12. Secretary Hay has received cable, messages from Alin- : . , I 1 T . ---r-r., I "JZ 1 , res ana aiinw:er. , ly. eTery state, ne, declared, the laws Wilson at Santiago De Chile, stating prohibiting child labor were being vio m effect that while the situation as ex- ( ftted. A resolution calling upon the tiemeiv giavp tno best opinion 1 that . war between Chile and Argentina will not result. . STEEL TRUST BONDS Mr. Carnegie's Offer Embar rassing to the Ad ministration Washington, Dec. 12. The important fact was ascertained today that the $10,000,000 gift which Andrew Carne gie tendered to President Roosevelt for the founding of a great institution for higher education in this city was not an offer of $10,000,000 in cash, but the par value of that -amount in bonds of the United States Seel Corporation The offer of these bonds is embarrass ing to the administration, and that is why so much secrecy has been main tained. The ticklish part of the situa tion is found in the complications which might arise from the United. States owning ana administering bonds of it corporation which sooner or Liter may bj proceeded against by the attorney general vas violating the anti-trust laws of the country: Assuming that such a serious situa tion should never arise, the- political phases of accepting bonds in a corpora tion against which there is a great deal of popular discontent will: be immediate-: .y appreciated. To accept the gift .f the bonds and then sell them might. bd open to - severe criticism. UNDERGROUND DEPOT - .r; --' Great Scheme Contemplated by the Pennsylvania v: Railroad f New o.oi, Dec. 12vrThe tFeiinsylva- nia Railroad Company, in conjunction with the Long Island Railroad, which it controls, and through two sub-coig-panies now forming, proposes "to tunnel the North River and Manhattan Island with two single track, steel tube sub ways, supported bp piers to hard' pan.to a site centering, at Eighth avenue and Thirty-first street to establish, at. that point a .great underground passenger station three blocks long and -three mock in extreme niatn, ana rrom tfierewsin, Xorah Cheely, near Sturgeonville, to run three single track tube subways a block apart .to the East -river,-and beneath jt to Long Island city. The three tube subways will converge on reaching Long Island City and wjll reach the surface at a point. near Thompson and Purves, a quarter'4f"'a mile back from the river where the Long Island Railroad owns a large acreage. , " SENATE COMMITTEES Work Already Begun on Two rtant Measures Washington, Dec, . 12. The Senate Committee on . Inter-oceanic Canals held a .meetiis this morning, and ordered a favorable, report on . Senator Morgan's hill authorizing the President to con clude; agreements with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for the full control of the territos? upon which !to construct the Nicaragua Canal, and appropriating such, money, as may be needed... Sena tor Morgan, was authorized to make a report to -accompany the bills, both of which were submitted to the' Senate to day.; v: The report includes the corres pondence which passed between Presi dent Hutfn, of the Panama Canal Com pany, and the secretary of state after the?.. former learned that the isthmian canal commission favored the Nicaragua route. President Hutin objects to the assumption of the commission that he has offered to sell his canal property to the LTnitedStates for $100. (XXMXK), and aysv that the .only way in vrhich . the value of the property can be determined is by appraisement. v. The first meeting of rthe Senate Com mittee on Commerce, of which Senator Fry. is chairman,' was held this morn ing, y The committee organized by the appointment of sub-committees' and the lad-optionof the rules of. the last session. Mr. Frye'e ship-subsidy. bill was referred to a eub-cbmmktee composed of Sen ators Frye, Elkins, Hanna, Depcw, Jones, Turner and Martin. These gen tlemen constituted the sub-committee which had in charge the- last subsidy measure., Senator Vest, who has here tofore been in charge of all bills intro duced in the Senate to bridge navigable rivers, asked to be relieved from chair- - manship - of this sub-committeo on ac- coiraMf .Ws healtb and Senator Berry of Arkansas wag nupointei ln his place TEe next meeting of the committee will CHILD LABOR IS CHILD MURDER" Seranton, Dec. 12 A great part of worknof present session of the American - "Federation of Labor is being done in committees. The convention was in session this afternoon until nearly six 1, - clock. The question of child labor was j 006 of the matters considered during -Jhjflay, and jt was discussed in a most his feet DJA. Hays, international, pres ident of the Glass Blowers linion,. who in an impassioned speech, declared that child labor was child murder. In near- president to appoint a committee to in- quire into the convict labor system met with an adverse report, because there was not sufficient time before adjourn ment of the convention to prepare a bill hat will be satisfactory to honest labor. Besides the matter is already in the Lands of the executive council. The afternoon session of the Federa tion of Labor was the liveliest that has yet been held and developed bad blood. There was a resolution before the con vention for the organization of all the federal unions into an international with separate authority, subject only to the Federation of Ajabor. The federal unions are the organization of unskilled labor. The representatives of skilled labor desire to keep the unskilled work men subject to their organizations, ami they prevailed on the committee to rec ommend a reference of the question to a committee of nve of federal unions and a like committee of the unskilled council. Despite the protests of the delegates of federaj unions this motion prevailed. , '. s . ONE WAY TO GET OUT OF A DIFFICULTY Rome, Dec. 12. In order' to uphold the decision of the Pope not to create any new cardinals in America while Cardinal Gibbons lives, and in order to satisfy at the same, time the urgent solicitation which some 'have even at tributed to President Roosevelt, . it has been suggested to create Archbishop Ireland a cardinal to reside in Rome, and to make Archbishop Corrigan a car dinal reserved m pectore for announce ment after the death of Cardinal .Gib bons. It. is reported" that Dr. Farley, auxiliary Bishop of New York, is now here pushing this plan. iVjcLaurin Makes Disclaimer Washington, Decf 12. Senator Mc Laurin of South Carolina, this morning emphatically denied the correctness of a report that he had by letter applied for permission to enter the Republican ancus of the Senate. ''I have mSde no such? application," said the . senator, Vand furthermore I would under no cir cumstances take such a step."' ; . s Five Generations Represented Richmond, Va., Dec. 12. At the mar- Va., today, five generations of one of the families were present, as was Mrs. Maggie" Cheely. great-grandmother of the bride, hale and hearty at 96 years. Matched for a Mill New York, Dec. 12. Terry McGovern and Dave Suiiivan have been matched to fight on or about January 30. British Demonsfratiori ; Before BcVcas Dei Toro Colombian Outrages Go a Little Beyond the Patience of Captain Galloway New Orleans, Dec. 12. Passengers from Bocas . Del Boro,' Colombia, re port great excitement there over the demonstration of the British cruiser Tribune over a . matter which had not been settled when they left. The Tri bune, which was at Colon at the time of its recapture by General Alban, went to Bocas Del Toro, being the first to bring the news of tho government vic tory. The Tribune came to Bocas Del Toro with Consul General Hudson of Colon, to investigate a number of out rages reported on British subjects by the local authorities. The news of the recapture of Colon was celebrated in Bocas with much en thusiasm and vim, and most of the sol - diers got drunk. The steward of the Tribune, wuile visiting the quartel, or military barracks, on . business was as sailed by the Colombian soldiers and beaten. Captain Galloway, of the crui ser, already indignant over the report of outrages on British subjects, at once made "a military demonstration against' the town. Seven boats equipped with rapid fir ing guns and a full force of marines Mrs. Bonine Disdains Her Counsel Declare That She is Guilty of Mur der or of No Crime Washington, Dec. 12. The court room was crowded when the Bonine trial was resumed this morning. Mr. Fulton, for the defence, concluded his argument for the accused, begun yesterday. He made an impassioned appeal for the acquittal of his. client, asserting that from the night of the Ayres tragedy she acted as any woman would whose nonor was menaced by an armed man. The lawyers for the defence yesterday declared' themselves when Mr. Fulton told the jury that Mrs. Bonine was guilty of niurder or nothing. They dis dained the idea of any compromise on manslaughter. ; , Attorney Douglas " the defence, -fo31owed Mr. .''":t.- ' Mr. Douglass announced that he prvied to analyze the statement made by Mrs. Bonine on the 20th of May. He asserted that the statement would be put in the fiery fur nace of truth and that it would come out unscorched; that the circumstantial evidence would be found to favor the defence; that the. speaker would dodge TO PREVENT LYNCHING Provisions of a Bill Introduced by Senator Hoar Washington, Dec. 12. Senator Hoar has, by reauest, introduced a bill in the Senate, the. purpose of which as indi cated by its title, is "to protect citizens of the United States against lynching in default of protection "by ,the States." It stipulates that putting to death of aiiv citizen - by a mob or riotous assem blage of three or more persons in viola tion of law and in default of the protec tion of state and officers, shall be deemed a denial of equal protection of the laws and an offence against the United States. Persons participating in lynchings are to be deemed guilty Of murder and pun ched accordingly. Every county where in a lynching takes place is to be snb iect to. a forfeiture of not less than 95,000 or more than $10,000, to be paid to the dependent family of the person lynched. - Officials failing to protect a person held in their charge to answer for any -crime are to be tried "in tlm United States courts and punished by! imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine of $5,000 or both. The measure is not regarded as con stitutional, , , , ! SHIP SUBSIDIES German Shipping Interests Ask for More Favors Berlin. Dec 12. Senator Jr -rye's ship-subsidy bill and a similar meas-i company numbers sixty in alt, end the ure passed' by the French Chamber of j entire production this season is ideati npnntles are seriouslv occupying the fied with that seen in London during the W - V 3 JLIi : d "BelW prosperous run at the Shaftes- attention of shippers, commercial and Tw,-e Rns-ved nolitical circles. It is contended that German shipping owes it development to its own -energy and has been inde pendent of subvention because the. North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American Companies had introduced new and pro fitable services in return' for the sub ventions received by them. It is further argued t that - German companies have been subsidized to the amount of only $1,825,000 against $5,000,000 for the French companies, $0,000,000 for the English, $2,500,000. for the Italian and $3,500,000 jefr the Rj apanese companies, while the Ffye bill provides for $10,000, 000 for the-American companies. It is expected that .shipping and industrial concerns will press the government for a new bill increasing the amount of Ger man subven-tion, and it is predicted that they will succeed. town, and Captain Galloway, : accompa-: nicd by the two British consuls of .Co Ion and Bocas, respectively, called on the mayor and demanded that the men engaged in the outrage on the steward be punished. The mayor offered to -flog, them, but this Captain Galloway ob jected to as unmilitary, and suggested that they be subjected to some military punishment like imprisonment.; '., This was agreed to, but the next day. British Consul Jackson found one of the Colom bian soldiers - engaged in the outrage at large. When protest was made, to -o.ayor Facio of this breach of faith the latter replied hat under Colombian law the offending soldiers could not be imprisoned. The consul general then in formed the" mayor that unless this was done he would send for the Tribute which had left Bocae in the meantime. The question remained in this status when the-steamer left Bocas for New ' Orleans. Nearly all the .claims made by British subjects growing out of troubles on tho isthmus and amounting to $100,000 in gold, will be returned for revision. Sixty of these- claims -were filed at Bocas, mainly by Jamaicans. Upon the news of the surrender of Colon the - revolutionists who. had gath ered, in. the. neighborhood and were pre paring an attack on it withdrew intths interior. - no phase of the case. There had been no denial that Ayres went to Mrs. Bo nine's room door early the morning of the 15th of May, Attorney Douglass went on to say. He added that no one regretted the untimely death of Mr. Ayres more than did Mrs. Bonine, and the deceased would not be attacked more than was absolutely, necessary; but it was certain- that Ayres that fatal morn ing was in the frame of mind to do tb very thing he tried to do. " It was not claimed tha he was, drunk, but it was claimed that he was under the influence of liquor. He Had imbibed sufficient to inflame his passions. There was enough liquor in t him . to steal away his dis cretion.. Attorney Douglass contended ' that if Ayres hail .not bee'n.?th'e - instigator of the meeting - in"hi&' fboftiVxthe'chances are that, he would have been sound asleep' at2 o'cloe&.in 'the morning -f May 15, and cofild not .-have , beeoeasily aroused. The speaker also pointed out as An im- portant fact that Mrs; - Bonine related what had occurred to Mr. Gardner, a lawyer, within eighteen hours after the shooting. The arguments of counsel were not completed when the court adjourned. They will continue tomorrow, and be fore the adjournment of court it is prob able that the case may be given to the jury. - KNITTING MILL BURNED Tarboro.N. C, Dec. 12. Special. The Riverview Knitting Mills, with all thejr appurtenances, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated at- $50,000 and there is insurance on the property to the amount of $33,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The mills were owned and operated by J. F. Shackelford. -. 4 Crowd to See Negro Hanged Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 12. William Al len, colored, was harged in the jail here at 10:07 a. m. Death was caused by strangulation and life was pronounced extinct in 12 minutes. As he ascended the scaffold he 'threw back his head and exclaimed "Mv God!" These were hi only words. Fully 1,500 people wera jammed in the jail yard to witness tha execution. ; ' THE CRITICS ALL WAXED ENTHUSIASTIC "The Belle of New. York" company this sexson is a notahle one with Mils Beulah Dodge, who has both good looks and ability, as the Salvation Army las sie. During her metropolitan- engage-; ment in thi3 part the critics waxed en thusiastic over her performance..; Among' the other members of the company to be seen here 'will be Mr. Edward J.. Con- nelly of "the London company, Joseph Kane, Arthur Deagon, James Darling, Hartie Wells, Laura Witt, Mao Sailer, Crace Kutledge, V lrglnia Ross. The, sale Saturday, morning. Prices, $1,50 -Jo 50 cents. ' s , NORTH CAROLINA CONSTRUCTION GO. A charter was granted yesterday " by . the Secretary of State for the. North Carolina Construction Company, of Greensboro. The capital stock is $1,000 and the business proposed to be con ducted is the constraetior. and operation of street railways, fight plants and the -general generation end transmission --o electric -currents for power, lights and other uses. The incorporators! are . R. Williamson, J. Jerome Otto and F. A. 23am
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