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Vol VIII KALEIGH, N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9; 1 902 TWELVE PAGES No. 155 Few Democrats Favor A Senatorial Primary Our Members of Congress Discountenance the Pro- i posal to Repeat the Experiment of . 1900 : BT THOMAS J. PBXCB Washington, Feb. 8, Special. Very t.n Democrats from North Carolina with .vlK'Ui I have talked look "with favor lU on the holding of a senatorial primary lor the selection of a successor to Sen ator Tritrhaid. Sonie'of the delegation h- rp are disposed to endorse the plan for is.-, aiia a ting the .senatorial candidate -ia invention. -while others think that it is 1m to-return to old custom and let ,!, legislature -exercise 'its right. Nono ,,( .r.-p the primary idea as a proposi tion. The last senatorial primary was a ,,,.;t experience to the Democracy of tho State. I have talked with the Denio-!.i:i- delegation in the House and as ( rMir.fl ineir view with reference to rii" manner in which the next Senator hnli be named. Here is what they 'r-Micressman Small Personally I fa; vor the primary plan, but the experience with the recent senatorial primary. 111 ivbiih so many personal animosities were ngn-iered, makes it necessary to a ban ,!n that plan- I think it wise to allow t'ie convention to nominate, and then the counties will have the opportunity of , expressing a preference. This will be a harpy medium in my opinion and will Miisfy all elements. It ; will " eliminate hp possibility of a charge of a bargain; nii-l when the legislature comes to elect the members will he instructed, for there I- no doubt but that the legislature will be Democratic. , ... Congrpi-stnan Kluttz -I am utterly op posed to the. primary plan. All of the iamlidatc for the senatorship are poor info and it would take all they have to iake a campaign. There is little chance for a poor man in the primary, all things ring equal. If the legislature had the Vlertion of the Senator the east would rvaetWlly nominate Jhe Senator, who f ;-m the west. . Every county in thi tate would have a voice in the selection f the Senator if left to the convention. tVhjle I am prejudiced in favor of the M plan of allowing the legislature to xe:vise its constitutional prerogative :!ie convention plan has strength and ruerally speaking I don't know but that :t is br. .' ' fougressman Thomas I would like to ee a primary aud on general principles 1 would favor the selection by primary. The -primary plan is a goud thing to nr mill as it best expresses tne senti ment of the whole people. -- Congressman W. W. Kitehin I believe :h candidates themselves or their close, (nlkiral friends onght to agree on a uptbl and that method would suit me. ftecerally speaking I favor the primary ll.-:i. . , . Congressman Bellamy While I favor the primary system especially, such a primary as we had in the last campaign fiiiM disrupt the party. Our last ex irieuoe with a senatorial primary is suf ficient to eondernu that plan. I believe in the people expressing their prefer ence and I would favor a congressional 1'ritiKiry. It appears tome that the nnnties could express their preference f ir Senator in the primary and nominate :t the convention. Congressman Claude Kitchin There ouirbt to be a system by which every can express bis preference, for Sen ator whether by township, county or segregate vote. There ought to be. orae x'ytem that would eliminate bitterness and frhtion. The best way is to let f Tery mm know he has the right to ex press his choice and that is by some sys tem of primary. . 0bra in the Raet Tiidre Frank I. Osborne, who i here. ,viil enter the Senatorial contest. He 3id today that he would be a candidate and he prefers the primary plan for the nomination of Senator. lie is cognizant if the fact that the primary has its ob-.i'-cThTiable features, but he believes it the best method of obtaining the choice ' f the people for Senator Pritehard's successor Last week Congress passed an act running the life of , the land claim Heavy Reductions in the Tariff Demanded Gov. Taft on Conditions in the Philippines and the Needs f of the People TV ashington, Feb. 8. Civil Governor iif-U in resuming his testimony before thf Spn-itn fV.mi;.,.x tu:! :r this 111 ;nuny, submitted a cablegram he w-i just received from Acting Governor "i?ht as follows: ' "" ith reference to your telegram of 'be' Slst: ult.. the public session of ! the 'gar'aihl tobacco interests favor a re ductiou of ,V per cent at least. A re-w-ti. iof 50 per cent leaves the tari ven?VT proil)it,',1'v' Sugar prices now n ' UI'Pean ' market very dull ;rinpCUt t 0f orerproduction and low barft Khna!" Planters' here have lost t'so car'D00s uiachinery and other 'ion' ig:Xr "'tivation inxa bad eondi 1,. ' ' a -"ernorials received from sugar 5JT rl aociation' of Negrbs and Pa f'hint i free trade for this reason. Mr at? rt''lQ-t!n of. 73 per cent ou sn if!:of itace would be a measure of bWe." ave excellent political effect Taft TCT, U ?Ir Ra-Uns, Governor starom. ' tl);lt it warf an exaggerated 'W.f L snv tllnt the friars owned.1 if thj L ot the property; hv Ma nit ateaieots of the' heads of the cSurt' of which Judge Osborne is a mem ber. -until 1903. V v . :"Kx-Senator Butler called at Senator Pritchrd."9-offier' today. . The statement was, made in bis' presence that ex-Con-gressniaV J. W, Atwater had recently declared himself a Republican. To this Butler, replied that he was glad the ex Congressman had " atoned for his sins. Republicans commented on the fact that this was the first utterance the ex-Senator had given indicating his entrance into the Republican ranks. - The fact is Butler has nowhere else to go. ( The House Committee on the Election of President and A'iee President today considered the bill of Representative Bar - tholdt of St. Louis for the mmishment of fraud in the election -of Representatives in Congress. It is nothing less than a force bill, having many of : the objec tionable features of that measure. Mr. Bartholdt and Judge Gibson of Ten nesee spoke in favor, of the bill. They tried to make it appear that it ii not a force bill,'-hut a digest of State election Jaws. It provides - that each - condklate may have a representative at the polls, and also gives contestants the right to take their cases into the federal courts. Representative Moody is a member of the commitee. and he plainly told Bar tholdt that he would not support it. "There is no sense in it." Mr. Mood said. The measure will die in the eom- njittee, for Representatives Sullowar of New Hampshire and Tompkins of Ohio informed Gibson that they did not look on it .with favor. .Representative 3Ioody said after the .meeting to your correspondent: "I don't think the bill will ever be reported. I am in favor of giving the Democrats a trial. They promised fair elections with the negro eliminated, and I for oue am willing to see if they are going to be honest. iTIanr -TfaCterB ofGneral Intret Senator Pritchard will bring npdjefore the Senate Committee on Pensions next Monday his resolution for pensioning of Confederate soldiers who joined the Un ion army during the civil war. ; "The amendment was not permanent ly knocked out in the Senate," said the Senator yesterday. "There was a geir eral disposition to pass the resolution wjien it was called up. but there was objection to its being included in the general pension bill, as it was new business.- Tlii is the cus:oni with refer ence to such matters.- It will not ?tpi until it goes through Congress.' Thou sands of Confederate soldiers in west ern North Carolinaand East Tennessee joined the Federal arniT,n v Congressman Small bad passed in the Hom today a bill appropriating- thiny thoustind dollars for tho establishment of a light houe station on or near Bluff SboaT. Pamlico Sound. This station was located on Northwest Point, Royal shoal, but it was so badly-damaged in 1S95J th:;. it was atandonefl. , . Senator Pritchard has secured an ap pointment as chaplain in the army for Rev; J. J. Payseur, pastor of a'Baptist church in Wilmington. Mrs. Tritchard and Mrs. B. F. Mc bane were invited to a tea!at the White Houre 'Tuesday by Mrs. Roosevelt, but i- will Vkj poitponed on account of the illness of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Senator Pritchard will attend a ban quet to the Patent Law Association Monday. The Senator is on the pro gram for a toast. Juthou C Honeyeutt, of Alleghany, has been dishonorably discharged from the army for desertion and sen'tenced to one year's imprfeonment at Port Sheri dan. III. Senator Pritchard hopes to get the sentence evoked. Mrs; Ida Forefr of Brown Mountain. Stokes county, "who was placed on the pension roll this week, only lived with her husband two days. The honeymoon was erniinnted on the second day after the marriage, when the husband was or dered to Galveston, Texas, where he was a victim of the flood. There are no. new developments in the Charlotte postoffice ' affair. Mullens chances are said to1 be good since Char lotte business men have come to his res cue. If the Senate refuses to confirm the nomination then D. K. Pope will be appointed. 'Chas. F. McKeson , of Asheville is here. orders as made to him were to be be lieved. There was no doubt that the friars had a good deal of money and were engaged in various enterprises. They had helped to organize the Spanish Manila Bank and had -been engaged in a hemp corner which had failed because the Spanish gentleman who. had the matter in charge duplicated warehouse receipts. But they did not have such extended business as ugrested .by Mr. Rawlins' questions. The " governor said that if ihe friars would leave the Phil ippines the commission would be glad to buy their house property iu the cities as well as their lands. In connection with the loaning of money by the friars. Senator- Lodge asked about the necessity for a banking law, and the witness replied that such a law is badly needed.' There are' now, he said, two Englinsh banks, in addition to the Spanish-Filipino bank, the latter being controlled larrgely by the church and being the only bank of 'issue. Senator Proctor also asked where the friars had secured money with whicn to purchase their -lands, -and this in quiryled Governor Taft tq say that the fees for marriages,: funerals, christen ings, -etc., had been so high - as to be complained of. These charges for mar riages had." he said, led many .couples to s. live , together, illicitly, but in most ; cases the obligations ' thus taken were observed. .- ' - " , . Again referring to the financial inter- ests of the archipelago, Governor Taft said that interest ratcs. aren as high , as fii-o'm.- 'JO to 40 .per, cent and that it is very necessary that . there . should be authority for . granting franchises to financial .concerns, which would reduce the. interest charges. As to the coinage,! Governor Taft 'said, that. it is desiraolc that the gold ioiiar. should be, estab - lished as a basis. , . - Referring -to the suggestion that United States money should be adopted. Governor Taft sai if this were uone it would have the effect ,of increasing the value of the peso to the extent of 50 per cent, and this would unsettle trans actions. This plan also "would have the effect of raising the price of wages and disturbing business relations. , Taking up another point, of adminis- iration, tjovernor l'att , aavocatea rue ! SPrenie Court of the Lmted States, especially such cases as would involve the relationship of churches and the government. It is thought necessary by the probability of prejudice on the part of local courts. " . ' He urged the granting of power to the commission to zive franchises for 6 team and electric railways and light plants and also made an argument for authority to create a bonded debt of $-1,000,000 for local improvements in Manila. V In' reply to Senator Culberson, Gov ernor Taft said that he would not ad vocate grants of land that could be used for speculative purposes, but he felt that it would be necessary t. allow persons to acquire large bodies of land in opder to secure the' development of the country. LIGHT STATION AT BLUFF SHOALS n P d:ii d i u .. WMC Ul UIC Dllib rdbbcu Ujf the House Yesterday Washington. Feb. S. Some routine bus- iness was transacted in the early part rte l. - Ai rr a., i T 1 1 i ... vi. me M-.-M(ju ui uiv nuusc xotiay. Bias adjoining district of causes in district or circuit courts in which the judge of the dlsrrict wherein such causes are pending is disqualified. The House then laid aside public busi ness to pay tribute to the memory of the late Representative Robert E. Burke of Texas. Addresses were made by M essrs. Wooten, Kleberg. Lanhani, Sheppard, Cooper and Ball of Texas, Loud of California.. Drrscoll of New York, McCleary of Minnesota, Sperry of Connecticut, .Bell of Colorado, Moon of Tennessee. Miers of Indiana and De Ar niond of Missouri. ' At 2:40 the . House adjourned until Monday. .' . . $ , ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL Portsmouth Business Men De clare in Favor of Govern ment. Ownership Portsmouth, Va., Feb. S The Busi ness Men' Association of this city has gone on record as favoring the purchase by the government of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, connecting tho rounds of Nor; h Carolina with the Eliza beth River and Hampton Roads. The necessity for this free waterway between the- sounds and the deep water of the Chesapeake and the Atlantic they con sider a matter of great importance. The board of director? of 'the associa tion has adopted a resolution urging upon Congress the passage-of the Small bill which contemplates the purchase of the Canal. It is generally understood in shipping circles hereabouts that the Norfolk and Southern Railway is after the canal. This line now controls rail communication through out Northeast ern North Carolina. Since" the Vander !bilt interest acquired control of -the property there has been considerable talk of the purchase of the canal prop erty, in order that water competition with the rail lines of the Norfolk and Southern may be minimized. BANKER'S CONVENTION - , A Committee Makes Arrange ' ments for the Meeting 'Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 8. Special. A committee of bankers representing Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, met here today to rerfect arrange- ments and program for Interstate Bank- ers association meeung in avannah next June. Savannah clearing house as sociation will have lrge of entertain ment. Those present were C. N. Evans. Reidsville, N. C; George I. Seay, Peters burg, Va.; G. W. Mont castle, Lexington, N. C; II. P. Hillyer, Macon. Ga. ' Too Smart for France Paris. Feb. .Official circles her .. raxj. w iiuuuiiz.c me iwuiw,- xne reports trom liro-tou -tuis evening 1rI -h"eh tro Ton of a 1 srhr station nt. P.lnff Shoals.!.., .JIj:: t, ) "WOUl, Which wa, lnmlieft s-i v n 7 .r ; "l TUW fwuujwwu """ V"' ! the line, the board rXfMi. . ,7C...;V: f' Jr., were that-Q far the patient was (to- ... , trt TO(i,imram(i are - dirsguted by the report that the turns it over to some of the nurses with Kaiser intends to visit the Czar .in the Cut Teading. Many letters ;re also from spring, before Loubet makes his trip to attorneys, profferiug their services free Russia. The memory of tna fact that in her defense. the Kaiser waylaid the Czar wbib tie larier was en rouie xor his last visit to France, still rankles. The Kaiser, those in official circles say, s -niD3tuaIlv taking the wind out sails. '- of the Fi-eneh ' Store Robbed at Lumberton Lumberton, N. C, Feb. 8. Special. The store of H- Caldwell was broken .open this morning aboni: 3 o'clock and Avas robbed of a number of guns and I pistol. There is no clue to the thief, TEDDY JUNIOR ., HAS PNEUMONIA i PAnpiiA. il n ' j i , n uonsequence the President Has Postponed His Trip to Charleston Washington, Feb. 8. There is , no at tempt atthe White House to minimize the danger of an acute attack' of pneu monia and" the President . and Mrs. Roosevelt are well aware that their son's condition is serious. Tho following bullecln rearardinp the. condition of Theodore Roosevelt .Tr WAS STiVen OUt at th AVftitA TTrHtc ni- noon today: , - .v , ane;rojiaiiion or the President's soti is favorable. Tlie doctors say-that-the President should not go to Charleston, an at any tfme within six days the dis ease mar ; take a sudden turn for 1 hd worse; and the President is aked not to come ro uroton, as his visit might exeite the boy, who in, not la , immediate dan- ger. ' .;: -'.;; O-'r' : - ',. ' A numler: of telegrajtus were received by the President from Grotou during ;he morutug. They were all of an. encourag ing nature, and the President responded h?icfully to the many inquiries mado by personal friends diresly and by wire. After the .morning huts the President suw. few visitors. The statement of the iiulletin 'that the President will not go t Charleston next week was fully expected. It is an nounced,, however, tiat the President does not intend to indefinitely postpone the visit. He will go ome time within the next few weeks. He desires to make the trip and is sorry that, he will have to disappoint the southern people. While the President at the time the bulletin was announced, did not expect to go to proton, ne to go to Groton, he is prepared to make a record-breaking jourtiey at any minute he may be called. The Pennsylvania railroad has a train already made up, awaiting a telephone message from the White House if the President wants to . use i': lmmeaiaieiy. : t ing well and that there was no immeVj diate danger. The physicians, however, nronounce the case one-of most treach erous forms of pneuntorfla and ihey will be greatly relieved when the crisis has passed. , DEMOCRATIC POUGi Chairman- JonesConsiders Bryanism a Delicate. Subject Washington, Feb. 8. Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in conversation today rela tive to the future policy of his pcrtr, declared that while aiiti-imperlalism might not be the pararnont issue of the next national campaign, he .believed it would be a very prominent one. The Senator would not. admit that party leaders -were perfecting plans for the entire elimination from the campaign of those policies that have been indelibly stamped with the imprint of Bryanism. Upon this point he touched warily. - "No one can at thirs time," he remark ed, "predict absolutely and accurately what the future policy of any party will be. It may be that the Democratic party will find it advisable to eliminate certain policies of the past. If . so, it will oe done. I have authorized no one to define my belief as to what action will be taken." This assertion was in response to an interview given out in Boston by Irviu? Winslow, president of the New England Anti-Imperialist League. Mr. Winslow srave Mr. Jone$ as his authority for the assertion that Bryanism will be drop ped, imperialism made the paramount issue, and a campaign of such aggres sion conducted as will lead the Demo cratic party to victory. MRS. SOFFEL IMPROVES Her Husbands Intends to Cast Her Off Pittsburg; Feb. 8. Mrs. Soffel, who aided in the escape of the Biddies, and was shot diu-ing the" kittle which re sulted in their capture and death, shows considerable improvement in her con dition today. She is suffering more from mental distress than from the wound, and it may be a week or more , before ch can be removed from the Butler rifwnital to the Pittsburg jail Her husband, ex-waruea eiouei, nas retained counsel for her defense, but says he does not want to see her or have any communication with her in the future. Mrs. Soffel is receiving letters from all over the country. Most of them contain tracts and advice of a religious nature. When she opens a letter and discovers that it is one of this character she Bad Midnight Fire New York. Feb. 8. A fire for which five alarms were sent in early and in quick succession and which threatened at 1 a. m. to do extensive damage, start ed at 11:30 o'clock tonight in the car riage factory of the Shadbolt Manufac turing Company' at the southeast cor ner of Cumberland street and Flushing avenue, Brooklyn. The Flushing avenue wall of the building fell with a crash. jabont la:30 o ciock. r uuy nan a aozen men firemen": and citizens, were knock ed down Thy the falling walls. Six were carried out and it was said that two of the firemen were mortaPj injured. - Spencer Will Not Retire Washington, Feb. 8. Samuel Spencer of New York, president "of the Southern Railwaywho'was at the general offices of the company in this city this after noon, authoritatively denied the rumor that he is to sever his connection with the Southern and merge his . business in terests with J. Pierpont Morgan. "There is absolutely no truth to the rumor," he said. "I: is made out of the whole cfoth. I hare not thought of retiring, and that possibility has never been dis-i eussea. ,-. i ' ;- OFFICIALLY DISAPPROVED Roosevelt Will Not Be Bre vetted for Gallantry Washington. Feb. 8. Pi osident Roose velt has disapproved that -portion of the report of the army b ard apj? jintcd . to award brevets for ral'im-rv n' ihi Avar with Spain which names him as a, bene ficiary. All of I ho other m-ommeoda-tions of the board have been 'approved. Theodore Roosevelt, as Licutenonb Colonel of the First Volunteer Cavalry, the Rough Riders, was recommended for a medal of honor by his senior officer. This officer-'. was Col. Leonard Wood, who commanded tho Rough Riders, of which Theodore Roosevelt- was Lieu tenant Colonel. Colonel Wood, before the end of the day's ba'ttle, was in com mand of ft division of troops," and for a time Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt com manded a brigade. Later 'Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt was made Colonel of the Rough Riders. While in the saddle, . on the battlefield. Colonel Wood wrote with a pencil his recommendation 'that Theodore Roosevelt be given a medal of honor for his brave and gallant conduct of "the charge up San Juan hill; The paper was tvauMuitted to the War De partment as a part of the official rec: ords. Notwithstanding the recoramen- approved oil along of army officers ue- Colonel Roosevelt f n brevet , rank. It in this recoui- niendittion that the President has disap proved. " - ' In Paint and Feathers Washington, Feb. S. Wa-Shun-Ga, an aged Indian chief of the Haw tribe in Kansas, with several of his people, called on President, Roosevelt this morning, ac comnanied by Representative Curtis; to yay their respects. The chief was adorned; with paint ami- reamers to an exieni that is seldom seen among the Indians who visit Washington. He wears the natire dress throughout, with none of the adornments of white men's clothing. Wn-Shu-Ga declares he is 270 . years old. His appearance would indicate that he is about .70. - $, Mine Workers Beaten Indjanapolis, Feb. . S. The delegates to the convention of the United Mine Workers went home afler the fiual ad journment today in a very bad humor and many of them confess that they had been beaten at every point by tho operators. The chagrin extended to tho National officers also, but they said it was either to accept the old scale or h.ivc a general suspension of work throughout tha bituminous field, and they did not believe the people would sustain them in a strike when work is plenty and the demand for coal by mills and factories so great. .. Girl Accidentally Shot ' latboro, reb.- special. The six teen year old son of I). M. Christen burg accidentally, aud probably fatally shot his fifteen year old sister, a short distance from" town yesterday afternoon. He snapped the gun at some birds fly ing over the. '.house. The weapon was not discharged until taken from his shoitlder. The load went through the window where the girl was standing and entered her body in the region of the liver ',' , Bruisers Hold a Confab New York, Feb. 8. Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzshnnmns had ah impromtu taik this afternoon.- It wacj the first,, time the rivals met fice to face since their memorable battle at Cone Island over two years ago. The confab took nlace in'' the business office of the Ooe -hcum Theatre, Brooklyn, and was for the purpose of bringing about a mateh be tween the two big men. As was ex pected, nothing was conference ending - in don.? the wholc-j the pair -joining' hands and drinking to each health. ; " other's Heavy Snow iru England fogs envelop; the United King weather is the most severe known in twenty years. For a ':ime this morning London was enveloped in darkness., traf fic -was interrupted,", and navigation on tho Thames And Mersey was very dau- irerons. in nnnreceaentea suowian of 'outdoor ! necessitated the susiehsion work in many districts and traffic was j carried on wifli the greateKt difficul'ty. In parts of Scotland and Wales com munications Were entirely blocked. J "". Mob. Kills Two Burglars Nashville. Feb. 8 Hiram Miller and Thomas Combs, white, were pursued and killexl by a mob near Jackson Ky., to night. Tho men resisted arrest on a burglary' charge and uiany hots were G-nt Rnh(A IjjnHrnm of the n-OSC. A -i.a.ilb thar hp lias sfuceinnd Mrs. Schley arrived in Washington did, -. - '.'.,- ' . ' i Ghristiari Endeavor Campaign ia the South Field Secretary Eberman Has Five Appointments in , North Carolina Boston, Feb.. 8. Special. Rev. Clar ence E. Eberman, D. D., field secretary of the United Society of Christian En deavor for the United States and Cana da, has started out on a great Christian Endeavor campaign? through, the South, lasting four months, during which' he will speak in every principal city and town from Baltimore to the Indian Ter ritory. While he is. campaigning the South, John .Willis Bale, the national secretary will be working n the Pacific Coast and in the 'Rocky Mountain re gion, covering 10,000 miles, and speak ing in 47 cities, "including the principal Mexican points. At the same time Pres ident Rev. F. E. Clark Js touring En- i vwi-uiig, -&p-ukiuk uu. niw8, , 1 V 1 T71 every, loreizn iano wnere t ansimu i-ju dcavor worli is carried on. Thus an in terna tioual campaign for Christian En dejnor, mighty in its results, has been inaiigijjrated fcininltaneously in different portions of. a field embracing the two ! hemispheres and nearly one-third of the lobe. . lr. Eberman's ywork covets .many $ 1 00,000 Loss by Fire at Washington Atlantic Coast Line Suffers Loss of Freight Depot. Wholesale Houses " Destroyed Washington, N. C, Feb. 8. Special. The second largest fire since the civil war occurred here this afternoon. It started at 5:20 o'clock in the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot from a de fect ive flue. Before the fire , depart ment, could' get- at work the whole of the building was on fire. The large warehouse and a smaller one of the com pany were consumed. They were both filled with, goods for different parties and the loss to this company alone must be near fifty thousand dollars.. ;:; w , The tire spread and thelarge whole sale house of E. Peterson & Col was burned. Their loss is ahout ?25.000, with $9.00j insurance. The . II. Shuman Funiiture Company lost one warehouse Admiral Walker Would Ndt Answer Questions Washington. Feb. S.-Admiral Walk er, president of the Isthmian ..Canal Commissionv was before the Senate Committee on Inter-Oee;ink? Canals to day, and testified at considerable length in further explanation of the report of the commission. An interesting phase of the report of the commission is apt to receive verv great consideration when the fiuestion comes up in the Semite. It is the fact that the report of the commission, in which the members recommend the pur clitise of the Panama Canal property, and in which they declare that a canal by way of the Panama route is entirely feasible, if based entirely on data re ceived by them from' interested persons and not upon a thorough personal ex amination of the ground. Mr. Walker refused to answer a question relating to negotiations with Colombia.. .Senator-Morgan maintained that the witness was a private citizen GORHAM NOT GUILTY The State Fails- to Make Out a Case of Embracery Statesville, N. C.l Feb. S. Specwl. The trial of the case of the , State against J. A. Gorham. former law agent of the Southern Railway, charged with iombm cer.v, was concluded in Iredell Su perior Court late this afternoon with a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was generally expected, as the opinion pre vailed that the State had failed no make out a case, although the prosecution was 'n.:auiv ana vicorousjy coni?si.-u yy ovuw tor Ilamner. 'I'he trial began Thursday afternoon. Gorham Avr.s defended by Judge Moore of Ashevilie and II. P.. Grief of the local bar. The jury was out about half hour. The case disposed of was against Gorham individualfy. Another similar. indictment agamsr oruaui aaiu juror Brown wna nol pressed as to Gor ham and continued until th? next tcrni of court as to Biowt-., r There was a good deal of sympathy here for Gorham. His wife was with I him in court during the trial, and a igood many ladies of the town were with her in court. Schley at Home Again Washington. - Feb. 8. Rear Admiral this morning from their western and polnts ln which the field is fertile, and; " where some seed has borne fruit. 'Dur ing "the first half of this month he will be busy ia Virginia. Then Feb. 18 he speaks in Henderson, N. 0.; next day he goes to Elon College, and on the 20th to Greensboro,, N. C. Feb. ' 21st finds him at Guilford College and the 22d at Salem. N. C. His dates from Feb. 25 to March 2 are not vet definitely decided. March 4, he speak in Savannah, Ga., and ou the 5th at Augusta, Gn The remaining dates, no far as can be gven aTG, Macon, March 0; Columbus, March 7, and Atlanta,' March 0. -Dr. Eberman Is known wherever there, is a Christian Endeavor Society. He. was elected last July at the Cincinnati convention as field secretary for the United States and Canada, He is a strong able man of very winning person ality. He has been a welcome and help ful speaker at the international conven tions, and as an organizer, has few equals. From 1898 to 1001,' he gave Pennsylvania the most aggressive admin istration possible, and his "summer ia the saddle" is recorded as aa event in Christian Endeavor history. For IZl days he travelled, speaking two or three times a day, organizing county unions," reviving weak societies and drawing un usual audiences. ; N. C. and their goods from the other were! moved. They-consider their loss from four to five thousand dollars with one thousand insurance. S. R. Fowl e & Hon lost some small buildings with a loss of two or three thousand dollars. "Ther were n-number of small buildings more or less . damaged. Some fifteen firm.- moved out, Incurring more or less loss. At one time it looked like tho whole business section of the town would be burned in spite of all that could bo done. - Tarboro and Greenville were asked for aid. Both responded, but before they reached here the, fire had been gotten under, control. - The damage, is near one hundred thou sand dollars. This is a blow to thfl town. The E. Peterson Company was burned out in the big fire in tho fall of 1S99, at which time their loss was heavy. The telephone exchange lot about n thousand' dollars. ' E. R. Nixon & Coi, and J, -B." Moore,; ..small , losses,:,. Thd fire was under control at 7:30.- - Later at 9:25 the wall of the Peterson building" fell on a colored salesman byf the name of E1 Peed, ne "was in-i stantly killed. not, connected with the government !n a diplomatic capneity. and therefore not exempt from replying. There was a. sharp exchange between the two chair men, but Admiral Walker persisted it his refusal to talk on the subject, de clining absolutely to answer any emo tions relating to the negotiations with Colombia. , The committee then ad journed until Monday when Prof. Haupt, of the University of Pennsylva nia, a member of the canal commission, will be heard. . . Senator Morgan said after the ad jormuent that Admiral Walker's refus al to answer left him no course but v report hitu to the "Senate Monday as a contumacious witness. Tin Senate, h added, could take what action iu the. matter it saw fit. It had authorized the committee to send for papers and' peijBtt and examine witnesses under oath.' If the witness refused to answer he could do nothing less than report th- matter to the Senate. southern trip and went at onco to theif apartments in the Richmond. "Our trip throughout was most k lightful," "Admiral Schley said. "Every' place we went the people wera lavish iu their hospitality. ' Adnural tSchley will take, a few di"s rest in Washington, and .ome time next week will go to Albanv f.r a brief vis it to friends. On February 27 and; 28 he has procured, to visit th! Charle.-- ton Exposition. ' -Mrs.- -Schley will ac company him. SHOT BY HIS WIFE - . A Drunken Policeman's Wild - Career Cut Short 'Atlanta, Feb. S.r-James SI. Duncan, m member of the police force of this city, was shot fatally by his wife this even ing while he was in the act of levellm. hi.s pistol at her. Duncan went home nioVr the influ ence of liquor. He pr.--eded to irahih more freely after arriving and was re monstrated with by his son. Duncan turned upon the boy with the threat that he would kill him, sprung upon hint and commenced to cuokf him, at th-? same time trying to draw his pistol. Mrs Duncan, his second n-Jfe and the oy stepmother, .secured a pistol from tif boy's pocket in the midst of the MrusffM and asthe enraged husband turned itpou her, fired the fatal bot. the ball Mrik Ing him squarely ia tha forehead. Mi. , Duncan ia now under arrest. Duncan u dying at a hospital here.
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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