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Post -LHE v f - V si Vol. IX RALEIGH, N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY i 6. 1902-TWELVE PAGES No. 60 LiGriTHQUSE ON DIAM Boston Man to Tackle the Job--The Crum--packers-Determined to Hake a Stir ,. M.iugton, Fob. 15. Special. After .- waiting another effort is to be ,- : rtf-ate a light-hoase off the vrv;ua of the Atlantic" the dread u :.; ireacherous Cape Ilatteras. Sen i i..ar of Massachusetts has . disco v ,; n : :i who is willing to undertake haardoiw task of erecting a light :i!ni I'ojr" sifiiiiil at Diamond shoals ) introduced a bill m the Sen rl priating $330,000 for the pur- c. i iif government speni mousanus ,;i;iniN in an effort to secure a a li.8rht-bon.se at Diamond 1 after iiumer6us experiment; is t '-k wn .given up as hopeless, ai-:-r i . Fells of Boston, is of the opiu- ih.it be lias solved the question of , '-r.v.r.h-' a foundation for a light-house ., ll.-i:ieras. and Senator Hoar's bill .-.tn'-r.-o- '-.'Ti the part of, the govern- r th.it the construction of the pro ji -rat -bouse shall be substantially (..nuun.-c!.. wirhin twelve months. The V.U j.r.-vi'lcs that Fella is to be paid .si:.it.(MMi '"when the light-house is place 1 iu j.i;t;ou in accordance with condi- ppfMieci ana reauy to ne equippeu . . 1 IT. !-. . 1 : j l riiiii''!. in' is l it? jtam an uuui- i.uial S15O.000 when both 'tog signals ::.! iicht-honse are completed. At the -i4nui-ui of one year after the com ftl)u the light-house lie is to re f -.v- s2."ti.iKM. provided the same shall j;; vc lvni.'iinea in a sausiamiai aim ;ni ni ('(.'iitiirion. senator Hoar's measure, which was ,.fpi.p,j t the Committee on Coni-ii.-tve. prevents interference with the i'f navigation of the channel and the ;.,r,v;uy of the Treasury w authorized i make such regulations as will effect protect navigation. A Comedy of Enacted Debate on Permanent Census Bill Develops a Streak of the Humorous Washington, Feb. 13. A comedy of f'Tfii-s was enacted in ip I nitPri states : in"'.re than an hour kept the Sen 'i both sides of the chamber and i -j t a t ri s in the galleries in a roar of lighter. The bill creating a permanent ;sus bureau was under discussion and '!!' iiiix-uii caused bv tim desire which ';is svaeral anion? both lienublicans and i 'PiiK'crats to adopt an amendment inak- ini: it (b ad sure that the present census ;n.p f or :4,000 employees hi'iiid id.- transferred en masse into the L-;ti'd service, so that no iiower on :'!th could deprive them of their nlace ii T.'ncie Sam's pay roll. Every rule ;i lis exceptions, and so in this case, fere were a few Senators, a verr few. "iio opposed this scheme, and the spokes !iiht! of this little faction was Senator l'l-(' of M n .ifh ncofrc Ttp in nricri- - .... ...Mf..VV.-. A i . . u U ' . :i f-ix service reformer and has been l"ff!i(!nr of the" civil service law of 18So tue various enlargement a- of it that 1 nv been made nhvermpntlT AIorf- v,'v Mr. I.-xlge was supposed to repre ,' nt wishes of the 'President and J? 'iil S(rvice Commission when he h'-red-tht ainendnient providing in brief nil only that part of the present cen- "s force (estimated at KIMII vrhn xhiiU in ii i lit ttiii era. it l. 1X1 a 15 'rrnanent- should be transferred to the n:i--qf;Ct sprvieo I'li-ie were two or three little feeble f-ilmlHiiv- in tK . 1 4-1. m ' iv;is taken upon Mr. ledge's propo i'iin. then a chorus of resounding noes. 'il'l ttlc fun Ivrn'.in Tl, ....n 1.,,. "il Oilier in silffcesfinsr nmenil- Trl'U ,Vould make it certain that , ( . - -'ii iiiii-i vii tut ulf 1 l assnge of the bill should be tranfc- ,f,nM tjie eligible list of tho elassifid f'TVii-r. . iU" Sfl'ntO IL. . 1 ,. v h"pb ui me x crruaneiiL KH'cau run immediately after the V'1 business, nml Mr T.rl,. ,.0. argument against the pro tlie bill that the entire force -an be covered into the -classi- rvice. of ; ! bljv !!t'( f.!v:j Ilcrin-r i" discussion Mr. Tillman said. ". that some Senators and Rep 's would get their full share f MlltmeiltS. TTp TV-n Kitrr lio eiitatii the si 1!':!,,"r -la Massacliuetfs (Mr. Lodge) il '! h.. Kli.'.nA.I 1... l.:,,.i .1.1 "I 'lot,. replied Mr. Lodire,in the " No two Senators are more i Laughter.) lid. bf course." said-Mr. Till- be 111 Sncb nnrxA l!.rr;,(. I "I am" Mini. :iira:.l when the sharing un conies I'H in- even" So In- naturs uuarlP u.hw , i " I- v.. . Th v ltiiei spoive. 5'4s oLi",.."1!1 T.he". !in amendment r-at rjvr'r, ' . 1 ' ''auinBeJ declaring i any VT " 1a which the United States 'n3.-od and the widows of "1 U 'Jiei- -anil ! i;ive preference in the Mr ( , ,jf'i--Jhcation. - f Pit , e ti, i- "r Wisconsin, in charge civ- . . .. " l""fi uiiuseii. i'ii(4cu "in. 1 .... .,..-1 1.: 1 tt j -ttrd,,- ;M,'"r tiered by Mr Ivodge OND - - io j.-jev.-ieu, anu tue anieua- OALS The light-house must be placed in wa jter .thirty feet in depth ' and the foun dation must. be sunk not" less than ten feet "in" the sea bottom. The base must be enclosed in" a steel caiscron filled with concrete, and masonry, extending to a height of not less than fifteen feet above high tide. The base will be sev enty feet iu diameter. The government must furnish the equipment. The Sec retary of the Treasury is -directed in tho bill to select a location fpr the light house June 1, 1802. With the certain knowledge that the Crunipackerites bave agreed on a com promise resolution and that they are bestirring themselves in behalf of their new proposition, again awaK&ns inter est in the meeting of the Republican caucus which is scheduled- -aooday nigi. Uncle Joe Cannon is saying nothing, but the word is being passed along that he will light the compromise with ali the vigor that 'he opposed the original resolution offered .by Oram packer. The opinion prevails that the crowd Wu.cli is bent on harrassing the South can accomplish nothing. Even if they should secure a majority vote in the caucus which is not anticipated, Speaker Henderson stands in the way. life will have the naming of the com mittee of eleven which it is proposed sha.l invet4srate franchise and ejection laws iu the South. If a" committee is to be chosen Speaker Henderson will se lect members who will allow the Crum packer and all other like legislation to sleep the sleep of der.th. Both t'.'ou;ressni(-u Bellamy and Ton favor the Newlands resolution for the annexation of Cuba. Their idea is that Cuba should be invited to become a part of the nation with the promise of territorial government until equipped for statehood. Many Democrats, and especially 'Southern Democrats, favor the annexation of Cuba by peaceable means. Congressman Kluttz has returned from North Carolina and Senator Sim mons left today for Ilarrisburg. Pa., to join -Mrs. Simmons, who is improving rapidly. Mrs. Simmons will likely join the Senator here next month. Errors in the Senate ment offered by 3Ir. Gallinger was agreed to. After numerous ineffectual efforts to amend the fifth section so as to meet the views of th? various Senators mak ing them. Mr. ' Tillman suggested face tiously .whether the Senate was not so muddled that it had better adjourn. He added that Senators would never pass a civil service examination, and not one of them would ever be eligible to re election. (Laughter.) The presiding officer (Mr. Frye) The chair is in doubt and will submit the question to the Senate. (More laugh ter.) Finally the difficulty was got over by making the fifth section place under the civil service act. without further examination, all of the census employes at the. date of the passage of the act except unskilled laborers. An amendment was also agreed to. establishing the census office in the de partment of the' interior. Mr. Dubois of Idaho offered an amend ment requiring the collection of sta tistics bearing on the business of trusts. Rejected yeas 17, nays .'11. , A lengthy discussion -was started by an amendment offered by Mr. Allison to strike from the fifth; section of the bill a clause requiring the collection of sta tistics of the cotton production as re turned by the ginners. Mr. Allison's con tention being that cotton statistics were now collected in the most satisfactory manner by 'the Department of Agricul ture. The bill went over without final action. The Senate at 5:30 adjourned until Monday. "Washington, Feb.. 13. In the Senate this afternoon notice was given , by Mr. Cufiom of Illinois, ebarrmaxi of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, that on Monday next, immediately after the morning" hour, he would move to go into executive session .on the Danish treaty. ENGINES GTSMASH ' . i ' r. i j (Two S, A. L. Locomotives Badly Damaged in a Collision Durham, N. C, Feb. 15. Special. Owing to a misunderstandiug of orders two engines on the Seaboard Air Line smashed into' each other at Burton's siding two miles east of the city, at seven o'clock this evening. The mixed train going north left here on time and was' to wait ai Burton's for a special coming' south which was to take the -side track. The latter came on as though the track were clear, but when the for mer was(seen the engineer shut off steam and applied the brakes. At the same time the engineer of the north bound iiuit: me rupincci in ine wniu inuji'i i (train began to movo DacKwam. iiminisn- i insr the force of the shock. The engines i t were aamageu o utmiy m;ti iue irirrw was blocked until a work train could be sent out from here to clear the wreckage away. Nobody, was hurt. (i- Expected by Russia Vienna, Feb. 13. Letters received here from St. Petersburg show that the Russian cabinet fully expected that the co-operation of the British and Japan ese would eventually result Ufn treaty. It is a misapprehension, it is said, to SH believe that the Manehnrian occupation is opposed to the independence and in tegrity of China. The -Anglo-Japanese alliance, however, will naturally cause Russia to do everything possible to be ready for all eventualities. ag Wilmington Day at Charleston Wilmington, N. C. Feb. 13. Special. Major A. M WaddeH has fixed April 11 th as Wilmington day at the Charles ton exposition in response to a request from Col. Jno. C. Heniphilh in charge oi tne aeparraienc oi promotion anu : publicity of the exposition. . DRESSED UP TO DIE A College Student Took Ail the Precautions Providence, R. I., Feb. 15. Wearing full evening dress and lying in front of the windows fronting' the cam pus, the dead body of Richard Montague nineteen years old, was found in his .room. 3D Hope College, Brown University, at nine o'clock 'this morning. The keyhole of the door had been plugged with paper. There was an ngiy wound from a re volver shot in the young man's right temple and another bullet had penetra ted his heart. Early in the evening the young man mailed a letter to his grand father who lives in Boston, stating 'that 1if wna tirnd nf livinsr anl wa roinr to kill himself. Then he went to a meet-; ing of his fraternity, the Delta upsiion. At that time, his friemis say, he ap peared to be in the best of spirits and usyial was prominent in the proceed ings. Three days ago he went to a studio and sat for his photogjaph, stipulating that one must be ready by Friday.. He j got this photograph and sent it 'to a ' young lady. The explanation given is that he wished to send the photograph and frame on St. Valentine's day. Dr. Faunce isgreaily distressed over the affair. PLANT'S PROPERTY New York Courts Refuse to Recognize the Will N"e.v York, Feb. 13. Under the set tlement of the estate of Henry Brad ley Plant, according to the laws of the State of ew York, the actual division of the property, the value ofwhich is estimated-between . .l,O0O.r00 and $2; OOO.uOO, is now in progress. Toe es tate is. being treated as though Mr. Plant had died.: intestate, for 4he- laws of this State will hot permit such a suspension of the powers 6f alienation as was provided for in the will. This State will receive something like SLW.OCM) as an inheritance tax from the estate, which would have been lost to itMiad tae will been established. Kad this been paid in before the beginning of the year the city comptroller would have received a big fee for its. collec tion, but as the law now stands he can get no fee and the whole sum will go into the State Treasury. Connecticut has collected $SS.Cm"m) as inheritance tax. S . RIOTS IN FRIESTE Soldiers Fire Into a Crowd of People Vienna. Feb. j3. The strike situation at Trieste, wuere 23,HM) men are out because of sympathy with the dockens employed by the Austrian Lloyd Steam ship Company, who have demanued.au increase of wages, has become more acute. The strike nas not been termi nate.! notwithstanding the fact that the board of arbitration conceded the de mand of the workmen. There were renewed conflicts today Ketween the populace and the soldiers. The latter tired into a crowd of peop( near the Ponet Rosso Square, kitlin rdx and wounding thirty. The authori ties will proc.aiiu marfial law tomor row. Strong Oil Combine San Francisco, Feb. 15. A big oi combination with a capital of $0,000,000 i i has opened offices here ami Proposes, to develop tbe Wyoming anu ca uornia; . Yi prfisident Ache oil liitlds It is composed mainiy oi. tMi, rui.mriw n a fiflnrtAbi n.nd . v.. - A. B. ators, Butler, all California X f IM '.A and it control 108,000 acres of i lands, mainly .n California and Wyom ing. It proposes to construct pipe linets and to build refineries. - . ; End of Industrial Commission Washington, Feb. 15. The industrial commission, created several years ago to investigate industrial problems and report on them with recommendations to Congress, expired by limitation of law today. Congress" has never legis lated on any of the reports submitted bv the commission. Goes to 4 American Cigar Co. Winstou-Salem, N. C, Feb. 15. Sne- .-..1 AI.. f A Wflll-O. T. 1. ! suneiintending one of the R. J. Revnolds 1 Tobacco Company.'s factories for some 1 - i i w , with tnc American cigar uompany. lie : stant. Mr. Walker will be succeeded r V; tV -v- here by Mr. R. E.' Loiter. S . Teddy Improves Rapidly Groton, Mass.. Feb. 15 The remark-! able progress made by President Roose- velt's son in his recovery from his se vere attack -of pneumonia c'ontiuesj and today it was announced that la.-t night' was the most satisfactory since thei sickness began. BURNED m DEATH Telephone Operator at Char- lotte Suffers Horribly Charlotte, N. C.t Feb. 13. Special One of the saddest and, most : tragic death ever occurring hero was that to day of Miss Mamie Mclvane, night (Operator at the -Charlotte ..Telephone jxcaange. who was fatallv burned this morning at" 4--o'clock., while at work. death eading her sufferins-s si mm to day. Miss McKane,; it seems, was sit ting by the stove when her dress caught fire. Immediately she was a mass of flames. She ran to n. coiner of the room where her young . brother lay sleepiug. She snatched up a blanket in her frenzy, endeavoring to -wrap it about her body. Then sue -made a wild dash for the door and; started down from the third story, ,whe! $he wis met by two policemeu who Rad seen smoke Ts: I suing fram the exebange and had rung n a tire alarm. 'J tie of beers ouickly carried , the girl into I he. street, endeav cring to extinguish the flames by cot erinK her with snow,, Miss McKane waa canled to the hos pital, where medical ;skill was exhautit ed in the effort; to site her life, but to no avail, death comicg to end her tor tures, at noon today, f No more horrible death evtr occurred cere. &r- :'-? . CON FERENCE AT the White house Washington, Feb. 13. A very impor tant conference was held-in the cabinet room of the White House today. At the President s request Senators Alli- son. AMrieh aim bpooner. Speaker lien derson and Representatives Cannon and Grosvenor were present. Thereof er enee lasted until a few minutes after 12 o'clock. It is something of a -coin cidence that those t the conference today were, with the exception of the Presiden t hrmself ami Senator, Snoone-, the same men who Itook part in the famous conference afew weeks prior to the Spanish war. Vhielx resulted iu the definite -conclusion tliat Congress ' should appropriate $3)00.000' to" be , n ,'" r k r, iaf Placed at the disposal of the President to prepare for war. . It is thought that-the conference had to do with the legislative programme in Congress. It is also ' thought that the President talked with the party leaders in Congress about the Schley ease. Sluggers (Vlatchied ' New Tovkr Feb.i5 i-Srim" Jeffries F and '"Bob' FitzsimmotiS were matched today to fight -0 rounds' on some date between May 10 and May 20 for the heavy-weight championship. The win ner is to receive (10 per cent of the purse, the loer 40 per cent. The fight will take place before the club offering the best "purse. - ' Banker Goes to Jail Detroit. Feb. 13. Frwmor Police Com missioner Frank C. Andrews, vice presi dent of the wrecked Cil.y Savings Bantf, was arraigned in the police court this Prince Henry Sails for the Western World Never Wrote to Dewey in HisJ Life, He Declared Be fore Taking Ship Bremerhaven, Feb. 15. Prince Henry sailed for America on the North Ger man Lloyd steamship Kron Prinz Wil- ! helm this afternoon. Large and entuu- siastic crowds Dade .mm Don vo. The idea -of cementing the friendship of Germany and the United States through, the Prince's visit has struck a popular chord, and the people showed their interest by gather in throngs near the piers and giving the prince a hearty send-off. ... Prince Henry arrived here b:.iO rened from the train - . , . . m. "vu.v, - Vi-ti fisnnan 1.10VU line. 0 eecoiiu u,iu Kiel, Feb. 15. AdmiraH Prince Henry of Prussia started for Bremen at 8:0 o'clock this morning. I'revious to sailing, Prince Henry re Wilmington Invites Dr. Winston to Speak Wilmington, Feb. 13. Special. At a meeting today of a joint committee from the Produce Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce, recently ap- pointed to invite a. prominent soeaiier , , . 3 , , w . ' , .. . : department of nmington ana uciduj. decided on Dr. George T. Winston of Raleigh, president of the Agricultural and" Mechanical College. An invitation will' be extended to him at once and he .will be asked to fix a date as near in the future as possible, provided he ac cepts. Hie? selection is gratifying : to the business men of this city, and should he accept the reception given him will be most complimentary. Dr. Winston made a lasting impression here last May when he delivered the anniversary address to the graduating clasri of Tile- afternoon on a second warrant charging misappropriation of $200,000 of the bank's funds.; -The complaint was signed by Bank Commissioner Maltz. Andrews' bail was fixed at $25,000, which he was not able to furnish, .ana he was locked up 'in the county jail. The maximum penalty for conviction on this charge js twenty years in prison. $ Billy West Dead Chicago, Feb, 15. William West the minstrel, known- to theatre-goers for the past quarter of a century as "Billy" West, died here today of cancer, aged 43 years. He had been isick for over two months Mr. West's home was in Utica, X. Y. His friends -in Chicago estimate his estate at $500,000. - HUNDREDS KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE Tiflis, Russian Transcaucasia, Feb, 15. TTwo hundreol bodies of victims of the earthquake which destroyed the town of Samacka had been recovered up to last evening. It appear certain that several hundred bodies are buriea in tho fissures and debris caused by the shocks The ehoefcs contiiiue at inter vals and the work of excavating in search of the .victims proceeds with dif ficulty. Among the dead are many wo men who, at the time of the principal shock, were congregated in the various bath houses. . $ ; - '.. MISS STONE RELEASED Report Confirmed that the Ransom Has Been Paid Constantinople. Feb. 15. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, who has been released in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the brigands, is said to now be on her way to Constantinople, together with Mme. iTsilka. V The velense of the missionnrv has .caused. rejoicing among Americans hereNteo the members of the commission and ! albeit it comes' as no surprise as today cross-examine them about their prefer- j was the date set by the brigands for freeing her, and it was confidently ex- peoted that-they. -would keep their word, Miss Stone was abducted Septembers of last year by the Bulgarian brigands wh.lleTf.1.,e "va.s trailing, between Banshc and Dijumad in the mountainous coun- l)etween TlirUey and Bulgaria. Washington, Feb. 15.-The State De- partment today-officially confirmed the press dispatches that conveyed the news of the payment of Miss Stone's ransom to the brigands: and it was stated, in addition; that Miss Stone's actual libera tion would take place a"s soon as the brigands got out of the woods. Mills Fix Prices (New Orleans, Feb. 13. Representa tives of the Mississipi cotton seed oil mills met here in secret conclave today and agreed upon the rates to be pail for cotton seed and also arranged to prevent Louisiana and Mississippi mills from invading each other's territory. The meeting had to be held in New Orleans because of the severe laws in Mississippi against trusts and comb; nations. It is secret, for the same rea son, and no information is given out as to the agreements reached. ferred to the report that he had written a letter to Admiral Dewey apologizing for the conduct of the German squadron in Manila B,ay during the war with Spain. "I; is all untrue," said the Frince. "I have never written to Admi ral Dewey in my' life." The last seen ot the prince from the shore here was when he stood on the bridge of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, m his admira3's uniform and lifted his cap in response to the cheers of the assembled crowds. Commander William II. Beetiler, '' S. N., the United States Naval Attache at Berlin, bade the prince good bye for the United States embassy. What looked like half of Kiel's popu lation assembled at "the- railroad st-?-tion to bid farewell to Prince Henry at S o'clock this morning. Also at tue sta- lion were Admirals V4I i k... . Von Koester and fourteen other naval officer? of hih rank and a large crowd of marines. On the platform of the station the prince kissed the princess, his wifo, and stood uncovered at the head of the rear steps of the car, in spite of the sharp, wintry air, until the train was out of the station. ston High School. ,The name of D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte was mentioned, but it was decided to invite him to make an -address in Wilmington at some later time. The Wilmington Opera House was leased today by Robt. H. Cowan of this it r, for the vear beginning June lt. Hi's bid was $831 .TO. The bid of S. A Schloss, the present manager, was. 7fo. The Bell Telephone Company lias ac quired control of the government line, built to' the signal station on Carolina Beach (a distance of fourteen miles) during the Spanish-American war, and will extend its service there next sum mer. It is said that the government gave the line to the com panr gratis, provided it be turned back in case of wai'j . , - v i v t CARNEGIE PAYORS THE PAN AM A Senator Harris Points the Ob jections and Supports the Nicaragua Idea Washington, Fe'b. 15. The subjoined correspondence between Andrew Carne gie and Senators PJatt and Harris ex plains itself. The latter "are members of the Senate Committee on luter-oceauic Canals, wnich lias under consideration the House IS'icaraguan Canal bill, -and Mr. Harris, is .chairman of the sub committee to which the letter was re ferred. The communications .fdllow: " 5 West Fifty-first Street, New York, Jan. 13, 1902 To Senator T. C. Plat;, Washington, D. C. My Dear Senator: The senior Senator from New York should have a command ing voice in regard to the isthmian canal. 1 subscribed ten thousand dollars to test the Nicaraguan scheme, but General Ludlow's report satisfied me that it was not to be thought of as -a reasonable undertaking. 1 think that I have read every official report published since then and all have confirmed my opinion that instead of two hundred millions, it will cost four hundred, and will not be a serviceable canal when finished. It has curves of four thousand feet radius. The Manchester has nothing under five thou sand feet, and yet tugs are required fore and aft of every vessel that tries to pass round these curves. I understand that Senator Morgan and our southern friends believe that the Nicaragua route is shorter than the Panama, but iu this I think them mis taken. The commission gives thirty three hours for the passage; this means daylight only, really three days. It will be found impracticable to paas through it at night. May I suggest to you that it Would be well to call before the commit ence, Panama or Nicaragua?. There is another point which you, as representing a great commercial eity, I think should consider There has never been a committee of experts appointed to report upon the traffic tributary to an isthmian canal. The situation has changed so much during the past ten. years that the best-informed believe that instead of six millions of tons of traffic, there will not he more than a quarter of that. Railroads will reduce their rates to a very low point when it becomes a question of taking additional traffic, but ..although the -canal will not obtain as much traffic as expected, it will, of course, have a" good' effect, by reducing rates,, but .the -Panama,. cost lug one. pil lion three" hundred' thousand dollars per year less to wor. becomes important. The commission estimates the increased cost of operating the Nicaragua canal at only one million three hundred thou sand dollars more per year than the Panama. This is merely for operating, but what of maintenance? This is a far more important point, and the longer dis tance of the Nicaragua will, of course, entail more replacement and repairs and liability to disaster. Now since the Panama seems within reach. I beg you to exert your influence to have the question threshed out before the committee. With the greetings of the season, Very trulv yours, !" ANDREW CARNEGIE. Senator Harris savs in his letter t6 Senator i-jatt- ' 'Referring to the letter of Mr. Carne-1 - Filipinos iot Fit for American Citizenship Gov. Taft Thinks It Unwise to Be More Than Mod erately Liberal Washington, Feb. 15 Today's hearing of Governor Taft ou the Philippine ques tion by the Senate Committee on the Philippines began with. a series of ques tions by Senator Patterson iu regard to the fitness of Filipinos for jury duty. Mr. Patterson asked whether the native ;': . -;. .h;i,u thtx vntu,tr franchise is bestowed could not be trusted to do jury duty. . The Governor replied in the negative, saving they are so used to corruption in the administration of juticovuiat they could not be trusted. Under the Spanish regime, .said Governor Taft, the courts wore not only sluggish, but notoriously corrupt, and the first courts established by General Oti were no better. Under Spanish rule there was a substantial denial of justice. " . . , Governor Taft said that the original draft of the Federal party platform had been submitted to the commission and the declaration for statehood was then more explicit than was ultimately adopt ed. "My recollection," he a!Tl, ""is that we said to the representative of the party that this must be far in the future and that we could make no promises one way or the other." Ts not the commission responsible for the formation of.'tfTe. Federal patty?" asked Senator Dubois. "Xo. it was not," Governor Taft re sponded. He gave the names of several prominent Filipinos who had assisted in the organization. They had, he said, consulted the members of the commission and the latter had eneour.a.gcd the forma tion as far as possible, because the party was for peace. Replying to Mr, Carniack as to the wisdom of making the Philippines an integral part of the United States, the witness said the condition in the Philip pines today is such that the provisions of the constitution of the United States cannot- be safely extend"-! to those islands. In reply to a cumber of questions by Senator McComas, based upon the Demo CANAL ROUT gie to yotr I -would say that the object tions which he states to the Nicaragua! route are not borne out by the ZtJ "Practical contractors wh. have ex amined the unit prices given by thy. commission all say that they are entire-) ly too high, so that the cost of the ca-v nal is more liKely to run under the csti( mate than over it. The. Aianchestsrf canal has curves a little under twin thousand feet wrth a bottom, width con siderably less than that allowed tho' Nicaragua, where there are no curved that are not over four thousand feet and in every case the width of. the ca- nal is increased proportionately ti thoJ reduction of 4:he radius. Tho mmnbers-v of the commission say that thi hald been carefully worked out, so that th.y longest vessels can pass easily aroundi any of the mrvesi with their own, steanu Sailing vessels of course, t.,"4 quire tugs in either case excepii acrot4 the seventy mil of lake. - i "The. commission's estimate of thrrtyb three hours means continuous passag', ' and they -state that "the canal can eas' -ily. t?e lighted and should .1e -navlgabla, at night. There . are n-x difficulties iai the way whatever of this being done. ' ''The matter of traffic tributary to fh canal has been the subject of a greati" deaKof investigation by meu who 'am regarded as authorities in that direction. I'rofessor Emory Johnson, of the corn- mission, had that-matter, especially ipi" charge,, and hi investigations clearly' show that there will be available, 'on! the completiou of the canal, seven to ten million tons of freight, "A short time ago Mr. Carnegl was quoted as iusisting that it is not advW able that the government should con struct any canal, that a double -track'' railroad would answer every , purpose," etc. It is to say the least, a singular1 coincidence that nearly every one (and so far as my personal knowledge goesi every one. who has opposed the canal idea -entirely is now, advocating tlk Panama route. 1 "To my mind the advantages whiclif Nicaragua-presents, are: 'First A shorter total average .and a gain in time for all business except of that ot western South America, which. -is Iess thau 25 per cent of tho total es- ' timated business. v . , "Second And most important Aloiig the Nicaragua route the work is all well' distributed and easily within Hie limits of ordinary engineering experience,, while on the Panama line, the dam at' Bahia and the auxiliary Work including the locks inyolves new and untrid prob-i . frliis, and. as1 Mr. ; 'IVIorrisori sa jr a,: vpT ' engineer will . undertake in advauce w say how the work can be done. This dam. and the adjacent works will cost moM than four times as much if ever success fully built by the commission's esti mates, as any corresponding features on the Nicaragua lino. The gieat cut' at Culebra is nearly four times as great., as anything on the other Toute, and from its character and partial history h a problem of the first magnitude. Be sides these physical objections, ithnr are legal, financial and diplomatic diffi culties and obstacles in 'the Panama proposition that mean years find years f of delay and international complication that I believe will forever prevent tho 1 government oi laeuuiw ma even, commencing the work, of construe- tion, even if it should desire to do so ,' cratic substitute for the Philippine tariff bill, Governor Taft said that la turu the government of the archipelago over . to the Filipinos as therein oroposed would, in his opinion, result in dinarchy ar.d in Tbe disturbance of vasted rights to sn-lx. an extent -as to render it necessarj foi the United States to resume its control with all the work to do over again that had been done in the. last two years. He had no doubt, however, that th Filipinos could form a government as thev had done under Aguinaldo. ' "Wo;d the conditions be such," nslced Senator Ixidge. "as to lead to the acquisi tion of the Lslamls by foreign powers' That H a matlor of opdnion." rt-t spondod the Governor. "Tho Philip- pities rare called by the foreigners hi gem of the orient. The records wid . show tho-interest that Japnti has taken in the islands, and tile Investment. mad by citizens of other countries indwat what is thought of thorn. Both tho" Germans and the English hive consider able capital invested there. , $ SUPPLY INADEQUAT Cotton Expected Now to Go to the Other Extreme Xew York, Feb. 15.-Miv Thlor It. Price, the well-known cottou cv; it, , an interview today, fays: "Tha cotton market cmtiri K to a n vanco and there is every iadi- atin r verv much higher prices "in tin miine diate future. It is beronihi gcneraii. recognized that the supply U iavim.u to the world's consumption it preseu. price. Heavy receipts and beai ma nipulations heTe and in Li-erpoo ran '. have any effect. The thr at i of th?. which earlier in the season cj:.-T'r 'i to deceive the world a to th-v of crop and to depres-; pri' cs, are '"'i"v They promise, like all effort? ti 'iUbv.'. the truth, to react upa 'h" n:h0 V , Cotton, having been uudu-r. 4 vill mow probably go t t L -e; s , treme.. Mr. BorJen U m-r " bidding. Z cents for 11 t':o p; that can be delivered :n J AJl$A. ' up to July. Trade hern sna in a condition of nneS8mpled .n" Ic needs th t-otton and naTe pay for it.'