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Vol. IX RALEIG-H, N. - C. , SUNDAY , MARCH 9,1 902 TWELVE PAGES KTo. 78 jr MOODY MAKES Tobacco Experts to Hakel Experiments in North CaroIina--Other News from the Capital liy THQH1S J. PENCE W.-.-hiiiSton, March 8. Special. Con--;ii.'in Moody scored a victory for . ";. Sriitc today before the House Coni on Agriculture of which he is ' ember. He had inserted in the pend i Acriciiltural- bill an amendment pro t -,; i-i- that a party of four experts be ,,nr North Carolina to experiment ii, jii culture of Havana tiller and Su jn;ina tobacco. Commiissiouer Fatter and State Chemist Kilgore are hn ji,,' -,ly gratified, for they have been r -. . .1.1.. .iliin,- ifkr frl V".'';' . 'I.. "llll 'H'jrLt 1U iv .iu.- time. North Carolina is the only southern State! that will get these to to experts. Congressman Moody tinned conclusively to the committee th:it "as a result of the soil surveys made in North Carolina there is land in the Siatf as well adapted to the growth of nis itivh grade of tobacco an that in fn'ita or elsewhere. The visit of the experts means that the farmers of North r-iv,,!.inn are to be shown how to ma';e ihi- hiirh jrrade tobacco which commands 1 Mi.-h fancy prices. Evidence has been ;wI.Jni-od before the committee in the ,:1t few days showing that hills in r.ni'eiticut which were considered worthless are yielding 1,800-' an acre r-oin the cultivation of this tobacco. The fAperiment to be made in North Carolina ! the most important step from an agri cultural standpoint that, has been taken in year?. t ' -inrressman Moody also added North Carolina to the list "of. States enumer ate.! in the bill which are- to have the Vein-lit of the soil survey for another year. These surveys are alternated be-Wer-n the States, and North Carolina tt.'s nrt in the list this time. '"oinmissioner Patterson and Dr. Kil ciie trnt five hours with the House . ponmiittee on Agriculture today. They 1 Jie.-ml Secretary of Agriculture iison ciil the Director of Forestry. Mr. Pin i -!iot. tell of ihe work of their depart ments. At the conclusion Commissioner Patterson was honored with an invita tion to -address the committee.- His 're sponse was a most happy one. occupying 1 r-n minutes. Mr. Patterson told of the effort of theNorth Carolina department to co-operate with the national Depart ment of Agriculture. He also referred to the .great work the latter is doing:" The meetings of the .House Committee m Acriculture are executive, but Cou ;rfsman Moody obtained special per vmm for Messrs. Patterson and Kil-pn- to attend. This consent was ob- tjiacd yesterday, but there was a mis understanding and the two North Caro-1 j.i;ins had moved away while Mr. Moody went before the committee to set ii . .: ti-:.k 1. ; fm,k coat flving to the breeze Congres- man Moo.lv came out and chased up and j ('mvii the" corridors of the capitol in , -anh of the Tar Heels. When Mr. l 'e.Iy returned alone and reported that lie had lost his guests there was a hearty laugh -in 'the committee room. An effort will be made this week to have a meeting of' the North Carolina We::;n ion so that united action can be taken with reference to the River and HarVor bill. The Tar Heels are not aioVie in their condemnation of the Measure as nt present constituted, and it is (-1 aimed that th opposition will be linni.lable. Am analysis of the figures given out ly :li cmuiittee sfiowrj that the seven tn :ues represented on the commit t an given appropriations aggregating fH.ii.:;2(i. In addition to this there an appropriation of $12,250,000 for tie Mississippi river. Five of the ten Doomed to a Crushing and Overwhelming Defeat The House Will Not Vote to Put the. Rural' Delivery Mail Service on Contract Basis Wiis!iir.gton, "n s,prit in March 8. Six days have general debate upon the rural delivery bill by the House "It'-preseni aiives. and that without a finale objection from sinv .source.' -Mon- wiil be devoted to its coqsideration er tiie five minute rule, and then it iiii i he orerwhelmuiirlv dpfpfitpri. two ''Siim..its, in - . - the main, have been ad- v-iif-pu for it that unless the. service be pi nuh r contract the expense of main jnniin,' it when it shall have expanded tlie limits which every one wants to -e ir ip.'i.-Ii, will be so great that it will ,mp.;; jts tuutinUe(j existence, and that ne -'.ihhj t( km),()(jO carriers imminent 'u the service, will compose a political niaVhine so vast and powerful that Con- J-!,ss nor the President will 1)5 ablel jo iesiSt its demands. Against the bill, it is nip.i 1n.lt the contract system is "itetul to the sense of the American "u1'Ip and that the .adoption of that 'fm will inevitably tend to cheapen ''e-ili-ijvery of mail to the farmers, npn t)pv are entitlH(j to the best that ti.t"n''''"niPnt can give them; and that W'n;; rura' service' on a contract 'f ') w"i'-',l be a discrimination in favor ..i!,p :iniers in cities. fPj , -l!Ise has been misled and de-,- '"l.l,.r the chairman of the Select jnimittee on Census and by the. re- i r ilia in Conference committee on t s niN S -V:,S ''IP rnn,'Se of Keiresentative lion ' 'e"ue--!see on the floor of the s ti ""l:,y' :u,d- 'Uhoigh Mr. Sims fi'adp "lr n,p,ni' of the House who j .,;'" efffrt to exjiress his warmth vu the outcome of the census,. A GOOD MOVE States which touch: its .banks are repre sented on the committee. As probably half, if not more, of the Mississippi rivet appropriation will be expended in those five States, the total amount the mem bers of the committee have divided among their States is approximately $47,312,330, leaving something like $13,000,000 for-the 'twenty-seven states having no representation on the com mittee. ' Of the seventeen favored State re ceiving specific amounts, Michigan has the largest share $7,488,850. Chair man Burton's State, Ohio, is a good second, with $6,521,300; Massachusetts third, with $4,696,415; Pennsylvania is fourth with $3,oo0.961; Louisiana fifth with $3,793,500 and Texafe sixth with $2,809,000. The others in order were Oregon $2,044,000: Florida $2,035,500; New York $2,022,843; Georgia $1,440, 000; California $1,348,850; Illinois $1,- 00J.457: Wisconsin $1,001,100;, Arkan sas $709,554; (Minnesota $289,000 and West Virginia last with $1,000. Senator Simmons' -bill providing for fhe transfer of census records of the eleven decennial enumerations, from 1790 to 1890 inclusive, from-the Inte rior Department to the' Census Office has passed the Senate. It is now in 'the House and was referred 'to the Committee oh Census, of which. Con gressman Klut'tz-fis a member . Mr. Klnttz will have it rejVor)ed probably next week. The bill was introduced for the purpose of allowing the -States to secure copies of colonial census records, which are inaccessible at present. The bill authorizes the Director, of the Cen sus, Tipon the request of the Governor of any State, to furnish such officer with copies of records at the discretion of the Director of Census and upon payment of the actual cost incurred. Congressman Foi has -obtained the promise from the Post Office Depart ment that an inspector of rural free de livery routes will be sent to the Fourth district at an early date. Inspector Boushel, who is working in Congress man Bellamy's district, will probably be detailed there. There are forty odd ap plications for rural delivery routes in Mr. Pou's district and " some twenty have been acted on favorably. - There are seven Applications - from Wake, three of whiejj lead from -Raleigh. There is no doubt but that Postmast er Bailey will be re-appointed. Mr. Bailey kas made a fue record -aa post master, and aside from the fact that Senator Pritch&rd is his staunchfriend, he i strongly endorsed by the business element in Raleigh. It is sometime be fore his term expires. "' An effort will be made by several members of the State delegation to get the House Committee on Public Build ings to give Winston a hearing on the PWic building bill for that town.- O. course it all depends on Congressman Blackburn, but it is hoped that he will not place any further obstacles in ihe way. : Congressman Blackburn, who contin ues ill, was granted an . indefinite leave of absence by the House today. Senator Simmons left for Pennsylva nia to spend Sunday with Mrs. Sim mons. Judge Boyd and the Greensboro dele gation returned home today. They are greatly pleased with the outlook for their measure. -Among today's arrivals are: W. H. Harris and A. M. Bums of Roxboro and L. M. Patterison of Scotland Neck. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Webb. Miss Frances Hoke and Miss Sallie Dortch of Ral eigh. legislation as developed -yesterday by the executive order from the White House, other members, "both Republicans and Democrats, are discussing the subject today with no lack of warmth. - .Mr." Sims announced when he got the floor that he arose to a question of privi lege. In. stating his -question of privi lege, as he was immediately .asked to do by the Speaker, Mr. Sims said that it referred to the conference report- on the census bill. He then read from the Record the instructions from thet House to the Cen sus Committee at the rime of the defeat of the first census Bill, in which it was ordered that a . bill should be reported which would include the present census employes in the classified service. These instructions, he said, had been complied w'ifh, and both the House and Senate had passed the -bill. . The Senate he continued, had amended the civil service section pt the bill only slightly, and had in no way detl-acted from its meaning.' Mr. Hopkins, chair man "of the inference committee, had stated to the House that this section was practically the same "as passed by the House, when, as a matter of fact, the whole section had been stricken out by the conference committee and an entirety new one substituted. MV. Sims was not allowed to proceed further because of a point of order rais ed by Mr. Loud, who declared that the whole matter was one which had been acted on. A '"- Speaker Henderson sustained ' the point, laying that the question should have been raised when t he conference report was under consuftration. When the .conference' report on this Bill was agreed to, by the Hou.se it was on a pension day ami but few members were present. There are many regrets expressed today that this was .so. A resolution was introduced in the House, by Representative Hughes of West Virginia', stating that it was the Intention of Congress, in passing an act. creating a permanent census bureau, to place in the classified service of the' government- all - the employes of the census office above the grade of un skilled laborer whose names were on the" rolls of the census at the date of the, approval " of tfie; act. The resolu tion further provides that this. Intention shall be carried out . by. the passage of the resolution. , The conference report on the bill to give the Spanish treaty .claims commis sion power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers was adopted. . The debate upon the rural free deliv ery bill was then resumed, and Mr. Griggs of Georgia mad -an hour's speech in favor of the bill. The adoption of the bill was further advocated by Messrs. IMcRae of Ar kansas and Bronvwell of Ohio, and op posed by Messrs. Kern of Illinois, Tal- j bert of South Carolina, Lever of South. Carolina, Miers of Indiana, Robinsou of Indiana, Connor of Iowa, Tate of Georgia, Brundige of Arkansas. In the course of his- remarks Mr. Lever, the boyish looking successor to the late Representative Stokes," gave in dications of a spread of the. sentiment expressed by the McAllister resolutions recently adopted by the Mississippi Legislature. He said : , "Mr. Chairman, I want to say I have the greatest sympathy for my political friends. One of the first lessons I was taught in politics and I am not eo young in politics asI look to be, for I am older than I appear one of the first lessons the great leader ,of ray State taught me was to cast my eyes to the wesjt. They told us that we were going to see a light in the west. I turned my youthful eyes there and there was a light there like a burning brush heap. I have, been ,looking there ever since and it has been getting dark er, the light has been growing less and less and darker and darker, until at last my Democratic eyes only see dark ness and dreariness over there. I wish we could save them. I do not. believe they are in any danger. I believe they. aTe making a mistake." - This ended the, general debate, the committee rose, and at 4 o'clock the House adjourned until Monday. FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY "V . .. Condition of Concentration Camps in South Africa Washington, March 8. Dr. Heinrich Mueller one of the. European, diplomatic representatives of the Orange Free State, called upon Secretary Hay at the State Department this -morning- and had a half hours rnterview with the secre tary. As in the case of the other Boer jrepresentatives. Ir. Mueller was re ceived upon the distinct nifderstandiaig. that he came in a private capacity and not as a diplomatic representative. Un like the preceding callers, he di-d not address himself to the subject of inter vention or mediation, mdr lid be broach the question of the mule shipments from this country to South Africa! His sole concern was with the concentration ramps in South Africa, and he told the Secretary a pitiful tale of the suffering and frightful mortality among the re concentrados, the death rate among the children in the camps running as high as y50 per cent, according to his state ment. - . ; Secretary Hay gave his caller a sym pathetic reception, but was' unable to make any promise that the United States government would change the attitude toward the subject that it has consistently maintained. Representative Burleson of Texas to day introduced in the House a resolu tion of inquiry calling upon the Secre tary of State for information as to whether he declined to request the Brit ish, government to grant passports , to Rev. Hiram A. Thomas and wife, who are alleged to havV requested permis sion to go to South Africa for the pur pose of distributing funds raised ii the United States for the relief of non combatant prisoners. CECIL RHODES AT POINT OF DEATH London, MaiV-h S. Dispatches receiv ed from Cape Town this -afternoon ?ia.v that Hon. Cecil Rhodes, who has been ill there for several days, lias taken a tiro for the worse, and that his condi tion is now deemed ertieal. Dr. Jame son, of Transvaal raid fame, - who us Mr. Rhodes' physician, istauthority for the statement that the distinguished pa tient's heart is seriously affected. J Tne reports from Cape Town - have aroused London, and all England is watching the trend -at the patient's bedside with the closest interest, for Rhodes is considered one of -f the colos sal figure of the British empire and the pillar of England's strength in South Africa. V - -tr Ready 'to Start Big Suit Washington. March 8. Tle Attorney General today mailed to tie - United States District Attorney at St. Paul the jiill of equity which the government has been preparing to be filed against the Northern Securities Company. The bill will be filed on Monday. " r : $ . - .. . Arsenal Burned Out Paris, March 8. A great fire has oc curred at the government' arsenal at L'Orient. Documents, plan and re ports of great importance have been destroyed SUNSET LIMITED HORROR GROWING Some Say the List of Dead May Run Uplto Fifty El Paso, March 8.-rWreck victims in this ' city are loud in their praises of i Mr. and Mrs, Thomas F. Ryan, whoe private car escaped the disaster on the ; Southern Pacific uninjured. Mrs. Ryan I proved herself a veritable angel of mercy to the injured '. She administered to the wants of the stricken ufferers as though ilhey had been members of her iinrae i Jiaie family, placing everything in her car - at -then? -disposal. She supplied blankets to those who lost their clothing and furnished stimulants and nourish ment to the injured. . The more that is known of the facts of the Sunset Limited wreck the greater becomes the horror of the occurrence. Lives were lost, that will never be ac counted for and maimed human beings whose names will never be known were burned to death The railway official ' report lists the name of Mrs. Krill of Quantico among the dead, makins a total of thirteen kr.oifrn to have perished. Trains were running over the track last knight where (the wreck occurred. By tomorrow the wreckage will! be cleared away. No bodies were recovered today. Only a ; number of charred bones were found to represent all that was mortal of the unidentified 'deail who perished in the wreck. . W". ' " The theory how advanced is that En- jgineer Al Mart lost control of his engine (on the sfeep grade whiie running to i gain two hours lost time. It is thought the air brakes reiusetl to woru wnen tne. curve was reached and the great speed on the monster engine could not bQ checked. ' 1 V Some of the passengers say that the list of dead will probably foot up to at least fifty. ""The names of some of the lost will never be known. Wounded and pinioned in the care, many unidenti fied passengers were burned so that recognition will be impossible. Only two bodies, those of Engineer Mast and his fireman, have been recovered up to this evening. BREESE'S METHODS Insolvent 1 fersons Signed Notes in Blank for Him Ashe ville, C. March 8. Special. The principal witness today in the Breese trial was C, B. Leonard,' a .carpenter, iwho testified that he -had sigoed notes s for the def eo4an;.as anaecommodation I and had' gor 55 others to- do so. " lie : stated that Breese said he would not 'sign these. notes himself as he was an ! officer of the bank. These notes aggre gated aliout seven thousand dollars and all the parties who signed them were insolvent. These notes were signed in blank and Breese afterward filled out the amount. Counsel for the government tiled to prove that some of these notes were forgeries wliich was not ' allowed by the court, the judge stating that the defendant was not on trial for forgery. ..-A. number of other note signers were called, but did not go on the stand. Us defense admitted' that they did not get any money on the notes. Examina tion of witnesses will be resumed Mon day. .- . . . ' 4 GOVERNOR ODELL COMING Ne Yorkfs Executive" Will Attisnd Salem's Centennial Winston-Salem, N.' C.,. March 8. Spe cial. A special to The Sentinel today from Albany, X. Y., says: rA- committee composed of Mrs. Lind say Patterson, Mrs. Isaac C. Emerson, Mrs. Jessie Brown MeAlister, Mrs. Nel son II. Henry, Miss Percy Patterson and 'Miss Saidy HaU extended an invitation to Governor Odell to be present at the Salem Academy centennial celebration in May. The Governor will be accompanied by Mrs. Odell and Miss Odell arid his military staff. The members of the com mittee were entertained at the executive mansion and invited to the reception tendered to Prince Henry of Prussia at the state capitol. Putting Heads Together Washington, March 8. Speaker Hen derson and Representative Payne, chair man of the Ways and Means Committee, Maritime Canal Company Has Valuable Concessions Washington, MarcE 8. Thomas B. At kins, secretary of the Maritime Canal Company, was examined at considerable length before the Senate Committee on Isthnr-ian Canals today, regarding the concessions which lad been made to that company. He said that the com panv had paid the Xicaraguan govern ment $250,000 for lands along the right of way, it having 50,000 acres in one grant. The company still - asserts the right to the land and looks to the United States for protection of its rights and :)Scf2 Ho sfiifl flip . (-nmnan v could juicir.ic. . l ' ..... not do anything wifhout the assistance of the United States. Tne Aicaraguau concessions had been cancelled by the Njcaraguan government; and the com pany had protested tlie cancellation. There never had been any cancellation il franrhisps "which ti L I 1H. v ? - - - the Maritime Company had obtained from Costa Rica, and these concessions were exclusive. The canal, could not be con st rueted or operated without these con cessions in Costa Rica. He was asked what would be the effect if the United States should, ac quire a concession from Costa Rica along the same route, and replied that it would- be a violation of the com had a conference with the President this morning, in regard to the plans for Cu ban tariff concessions. An effort is be ing made to present the matter in the best possible fomi from the -standpoint of the administration and the House leaders to the Republican caucus , to be held Friday evening. ' . s- - . Rebels Looting and Burning Hong Kong, March 8 The Kang Si rebels have reached Kai-Cbou, a town eighty miles from Kwong-Chan-Yuan. They surprised the local mandiarins. overpowered the garrison and released the prisoners, who joined in the rebel lion. It is reported that the members of the Triad Secret Society have joined the rebels and are looting and burning villages. - . "' . S WHERE HILL FAILED Another Navy Gunner Shares the Fate of Morgan San Francisco, -March 8. Joseph Hill, gnnner - on theUnited States training hir, Tonenfrilsi jinrl a sUirvivOl Of- the 1 1 1 1 . A V l.'-t.V .... - . llMaine, has received official notification from Washington that lie is jneiijiwue for., commission in Tie United States Xavy. The notice says he passed with credk the moral, mental and physical examination, but. that he is lacking in 'professional qualifications" which is supposed to mean he does not have requisite social standing to give him rank in the ,ward-room. Hill thus meets the same fate as Gunner Morgan, whose application for a commission was passed upon adversely "last year. Hill at pres ent occupies the highest rank in the list of petty officers and his pay as gunner would be more than that of an ensign to . which rank he aspired. In speaking of the matter Hill said that while he was sorely disappointed he was not discouraged and that he means to get a commission if further effort will do it. Under the act of March. IfMU. enlisted men of the navy under r who can pass examination are eligi ble for commission whenever vacancies occur. Hill ays he conies under that provision. 4 "DEAD SEA FRUIT" A Richmond Man Gives Up the Struggle and Disappears Richmond. "'March 8. G. H. Huds peth, formerly head of the Hudspeth Trans-Atlantic Line, and more recently of the Richmond Grain Company, has disappeared, leaving a ife . and one child at Midlothian, Chesterfield county. He waseen last Thursday, when he left the Alhambra Hotel in this city, having paid his bill. A letter written to his wife but without address. or sig nature, was found in the room in which, he said, three times in the last three years fortune had smiled on him, but all that had come of it was 'Mead sea fruit." lie intimated that he was goins: to end his life. Mr. Hudspeth would have nnide a-fortune in the shipping business but for the Spanish war which raised rates while he had heavy con tracts made at a low price. He failed but had begun to recoup his losses by his grain business when si big slump caught bim and again he failed. LAUNCHING OF THEQUEEN Queen Alexandra Smashes a Wine Bottle on a Battleship London. March 8. King Edward and Queen Alexandra visited the naval sta tion at Devonport today and the King presented medals to 4." officers and 20 men for services in China. Later both their Majesties attended the launching of the new battleship Queen. The usual religious service was held and after wards Queen Alexandra broke a bottle of colonial wine against the stern and wished succe to H. M. S. Queen and to all sailing in her. Queen Alexandra then severed the cord which released the great ship in a successful launching which evidently gratified her and the King. Then, without leaving the plat form on '.which this ceremony had been carried out. King Edward pressed an electric button and a lever arrangement hoisted into the position just vacated the first keel plate of the battleship King Edward VII. pany's concession, -but added "that the company, while asserting its right to the concession, would not do so obstruc tively, so as to prevent, the United S'.ato from constructing, the canal. The spirit of the company was to leave the, mat ter to the ; United . States government, believing that the government would deal equitably with the company which has so long held these valuable concessions and expended a great amount of money in work. Te mentioned four or five million dollars as the value of the claims of the company. T. P. Alexander, a civil engineer, who had spent some time on the isthmus, gave information of a technical charac ter to the committee. He favored the Nicaragua rbufce. The testimony of Mr. Atkins w re garded as of little consequence so far as it affects the building of a canal by friends of -the 'Nicaragua project, but those who favor the Panama "route speak of it as pf the highest importance and even as sensational in character. This view on "the part of the friends of the Panama route is based on what they believe to be a slumbering claim of large magnitude against the United States government on the part of the Maxiiinie Canal Company, The Beet Sugar Men Suggest a A Proposition, Brought For ward. That May Arouse Western Producers of Corn Washington, .March 8. A new propo sition for the settlement of the Cuban tariff question has been submitted " by t3ie representatives of the beet sugar states, and it ict now- under considera-J tion by the officials of the adniinistra-' tion with a view to its adoption asthe basis of an agfRement between the ad vocates and opponents of tariff conces sious to Cuba. This proposition i in volves a relate of the internal revenue' tax on alcohol to an amount approxi mating the loV that beet sugar pro ducers think they would suffer byv "the proposed 20 per cent reduction in the Cuban tariff. One of the products of the sugar lteet is a low grade black, molasses of non crystalizirig residuum 'out of which al cohol As made. The present internal revenue tax on high proof alcohol i $2.07 a gallon, and the pro posit ion is to pay back to those who manufacture alconol from heet sugar molasses a n i-i ,j . portion of th fitc 4iia anar as the bene beets are concerned, be practically a i v n bounty; for it would enable the pnr-i chasers of this product to -make tip t them the amount they would lose by the reduction of the tariff on Cuban su gar which could thereby be sold at a less'wriee than their own. The argument is that if the beet en ar nrodid-er can sell bis product for five cents a pound now and -'be com-'J pellexl to sell it for four cents a poun after fhe tariff on the Cuban pi-oduct is , reduced-, be"" .would be able to pay the same price as at jn-esent to . the farmers for h'us beets and recoup 'his loss by the rebate 'he will get in all the alcohol that he manufactures from the beet sugar molasses. This proposition has been discussed today by some of the leading men on both sides of the Cuban question and appears to 'be regarded with considerable-favor. The only, serious flaw yet found in it, although others may be dis covered when the matter is more fully examined, is that it might not meet with the favor of the corn . producers who manufacture tbebulkf, the alcohol on which the internal revenue tax is paid. The fear has been expressed that the beet sugar manufacturers who would get the benefit of the . rebate would make alcohol in such large quantities as to seriously compete with corn made alcohol, and that Congress would then have a fight on its hands, with the corn raisers ' Instead of with the beet sugar raisers. His Rova I Highness Appears to Be Pagged Out The Giddy Whirl Around the Country Has Been More of a Good Thing Than Was Good for Him New "ork, March" 8. Prince Henry remained in his apartment at the Waldorf-Astoria throughout the forenoon. The reaction from the excitement of the journey has naturally left the royal trav eler without any great buoyancy, physi cally or mentally, and today he deiue. himself to all social and official visitors seeing only the members of his suite. Breakfast was served for the princ at 0 o'clock. He ate sparingly. bael; touching the dainty viands that t Waldorf's . chef had prepared with so much care. After breakrtst the prince looked over, his correspondence, with the assistance of Captain Von Mueller, his secretary, answering the 'missives that required his personal replies and' direct ing the treatment of those of less im portance. V The prince receives many hundreds Oj letters every day; many" from crankt and well-meaning advisers,- who take upon themselves the task of outlining for him h's political and social pro gramme. It is a remarkable fact that very few threatening letters have been sent to lyince Heiiry.- Several warn ings from anonymous .. writers in the west were turned over to the secret ser vice for information. A beautiful floral wreath from Prince Henry was laid upon General Grant's sarcophagns this morning. The prince's aide. Commander Von Kgidy, carried the offering from the Waldorf to the tomb on Riversyle drive. His Royal Highness himself had intended to visit .the last resting place for this mirpe. but on account of his fatigued condition his physician advised him to remain at the hotel during the morning. Commander Von ISgidy received the wreath from the hands of his prince at 0:W o'clock. A cab bore hini to the tomb, where he was at once admitted'to the areophagus by the guards. The flowers will remain until they wither uion the granite dab, as a token to the memory of the soldier and presi dent of a generation ago from the ad miral prince of today. Early in the afternoon the prince was the jruciHt T of Mr. him! Mrs. Ogden Mills at a Iuiichebii' at their home. Thk luncheon was not on the programme. The invitation was sent to the royal visitor while he was on his tour. He sent his acceptance from St., Louie. The prince ,was escortedto the jCiw4nc bx. Compromise : Y The general situationas .VregardsithV controversy among-theRepulis of" the House orer . the questions of N?arry ing out the -Presidents -reconlInena:'at!ioa for tariff f concessions tOfCuba-dia-Teviam-proved someWiiat today .Although. ' fho epreseiitjftives from the" beet, sugar) states declare that they , arei stronger; than ever.fand theyihaveinowdecixled definitely, theysay.j to allowno action of any kind '-to betaken. Thevan- Enounce that -ffhey,;-will notjionly-vote11 .oown ' in e supper -cent reciprocal redue-k tionlanse submitted -Jy theWaya-tand jMeaTis Committee,; but the'Tawney re bate iplan.t as well. Tliey say Vnow-itha't Sf nothing is done therenill benotbing to unao later, antt tne simplestfwayyouti of the whole difficulty --is toistand jfirnn: and -let the Cuban 'governmentjibeestab: ' Jished.-as'best it imayvithottUanyoaa-i-anercial arrangements t with Tthe fTJnited.' states. - j Hut these men may fiingiadifferenx ,tune next week. Thepressureof.' pub JicVopinion isfbeing brought to bearfnpoilt them and the President 'is alsodoing.aujf in?his power, by informal-eonifereiijjej,; to point outno.ithenitthe. paramount; lm nortance. of . doine,.sometliinc-1;Vor ibai pthat-will bein. the directiouiofcarr?f-l 1ng 'out- thepolicy,of the.'gbvef nmeht 'andjaid in theitask.of enforcing the" ternfs.of thePilatt.amendmeni' andAvith-V ddrawing the ,authontv ofYJthe KtTJnited ; fetates.when the newXban, government H'wmeswntOipower - on, t. the Sfi rsrof M;'ay. Tlie5representaTives'whotare standing , VUk VU Wig IjU UiUI - III yi-VTVlMUJil j JIOJ. bnlyopposing the admluistratlonibutithe ' organization ofthenouseas well.as , tho-llepublican members ; of '.the Ways andMeans Commit tee have submitted Q-Hpropofiitionwhich, has been endorsed, by the leaders; of the . Ilouse lllepublif -cans, and which,-niust;of.n'ecesslty soonV er or-latfi become a-declaration of part policy. ' ' . i-' j Although it,ls too . much fto say tnatf the Democrats 'as ajpartywillvbtetfor' plan of the Ways and'Metins Committee) it is known that a Jargefiiumber of theni would f support :the . billj if brought inttn! i the House, probably e sufficient nufa-j be. with " those Repiiblicans Jv-h()-iarW ready to supportMt to.giveitfa;inajo ity. lyogicalh-, o:coux:se,;allthe,'Dem'C crats should voteilfor. a . propositiqnTA reduce tlie tariff,, but n t present to more than - 30 toiObave aSnotrace their willingness Ofdo-: so, and Someof these insisttlvatfthey-lwould object 'tol a! SKeciaLrulotthfttdcesVnotJiermjtofftha1 offering-of ianiendments. ' , The Committee' ouWay.s .andiyriBans according' tota fpoll 'made )today,, standi' S t o i) in (fa vor'oflthe pending ipfxitfosl-; tionfor redtfeing the. Cuban tariff ;hos., in favor of it are Messrs. Paynes-hair man, DalzelL Grosveuor, Hopkins,' (Steel;' Lcng and McCa.ll Republicans) -and -Mc Clcllan (Democrat) ; and those; opposing :' it are Messrs. Russell. Tawney, Bap- cock, Metcalf, Richardson, Robertson Swanson, Xewlands andtCooper. : a squadron of cavalry. Thex musical1 programmewas by Mine. Calrei Senori I)e Marchi and Messrs.' Cilbert.t Franca, Wilcszc and Isador Luckstoue,- In-Tall there were tM persons at the luncheoa and about 100 at the receptiouithat .fol lowed. Mrs. Mills' table was iu white and . gojd. Prince 'Henry sat. at4 her right and Mrs. Clarence lackey-wa4-at the right of thevpilnce. Resented iTillman's Insult . Chicago, March 8. Resentment ov)W the insult offered ' President Roosevelt ', by Lieut. jfovernor Tillman of South' Carolina, coupled with lack of intorest led to the abandonment of the proposed trip of members of the Union Iyeagye Marquette, Hamilton and ,Lincolncluba to the Illinois Day celebration at th Cbarleston Kxposition. The special scheduled to leave Chicago overtthe Bi; FotmTWid this afternoon was nofmade" up, for the clubs called the trij off and. the handful of club members, that de cided to tco accompanied the ,i Jovernor's special which left at 5.45 on. the Illinois Central. , , - eightyTndTams" " fall in battle Oaxaca, Mexico, .March 8. Official advices received at' military headquai ters state that a large force of Mayi Indians made an attack on the 'govern ment troops commanded by Colonel Flores near Peten Cohad, in Yucatan, and tliat the battle wiiich '.followed was the most desperately -fought and IjIookI- ie-y; of the war. Kighty Indians were killed aid nearly' two hundred wound ed. No -official Information is given out a to the losses of the government forces, but it is irepOTted to be'dieavyy It was recently announced by the Mex ican government authorities' that the Mayas bad been completely conquered, and this late-battle eoms as a sur prise. - ' - " Money Voted for Exhibits Waishington, March 8. The House Committee on Expositions today agreed to an appropriation of $800,000 for the government exhibit at. the St. TiOui Exposition: $40,000 for Indian exhibits and $200,000 additional" for a geni-.
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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