The
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Vol. IX
RALEIGH. N. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAfiCH 12, 1902
No. 80
Election of Senators
by Vote of the People
he Question' Bobs up in the
Senate on a Privileged
Statement and ' Dis
cussed Out of Regu
lar Order
AViishinston, Man-h It. When the
Saute met today Mr. Berry Of Arkan-i-.-is.
i.i a privileged statement. Uid he
introduced early in the present
, -sion a resolution providing for the
. rion of Senators oy. direct vote of
ilio people. This, together with a simi
l:ir resolution, adopted by the House
i I'epiesenttiv,es, had been referred
i ihe Committee on Privileges and
l'uction. The. House hud passed such
a lesolution four times, but the quts
. 'u never had been considered by the
fcjmate.
He was being pressed constantly, he
sail!, by correspondents to know when
m vute would-be taken upon the q-ues-li.m
by the Senate. He did not want
to move to discharge the committee from
: .msideration of ihe resolution, but he
icsired to inquire of the chairman of
in committee whether the Senate eoujd
v, it have a vote ujkii ihe resolution Uur
n' the pre?e:it session.
Mr, Burrows of Michigan, chairman of
:hc Committee ou Privileges and Elec
i.ns. after saying ;hat what Mr. Berry
a ad said was true, added: "1 will say
:u the Senator that there is no disposi
tion on the part of the committee to!
hiik ' responsibility -! in connection with
the resolution.. Action upon it will be
;;ik(-u and a report upon it will be
m.ide."
"In time to take a vote upon it at
this session V' inquired Mr. Berry.
-I iliave no doubt of it,' replied Mr.
I'm rows.
.Mr. Mitchell of Oregon, in a state
men; in support of what Mr. Berry had
r-aid. expressed the ho-pe that the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, would
see its way clear, to report the resolu
tion either favorably or adversely at auc
early day in order that the Senate might
have opportunity to act upon it.
Mr. Mitchell, who has also introduced -j
a similar resolution which is before the
committee, said that m 1SOG that com
mittee hat reported favorably on a eini".
ilar proposed amendment to thecousti
tntion. II? said that ,he was receiving
letters daily urgiug him to do all "that
e could to j?eeure early and favoraDie
i-oi-sideration of this proposed amend
ment. He hoped that the committee
would be able a: a very early day to
wko action on the matter.
Senator Hear, one of the members of
til." committee, said that he did nut wish
The statements of tie trro Senators
Hum Arkansas and Oregon to go in the
ncud without a word or two on t'he
(n i al subject. ...
This is, one o'f the most important
Viest ions." he said, "that has come up
for i-onsiileration in the Congress of tae
I'nited States since the adoption of the
constitution.. It is the first serious pro
1 osition to destroy the principle upon
v. inch t'he legislative powers of the gov
ernment are founded. Other amend-nii-n-s
have been made to the constitu
t on to secure human rights in the nh
t i re of a bill of rights, and one amend
ment wfrt made to change the mechanism
i r the election of President, but tins
N .-. proposition to change the principle
Ui'on which 'tne constiru tion is uascu
a iirincrple without the adoption
of
which the constitution never would have
U n agreed to by the States."
He referred to the great struggle that
was 'made-in. the constitutional conven
i Lin in order to ftevure the principle of
t.iual representation in the United
States Senate for "each "of the States.
The States had been given assurances
'hat this principle. should never be de
stroyed ' without the consent of every
one uf diem. The principle involved
he c-hction of a Senate by a body eho-
-en J,y the people, but removed from di
i .- popular vote by means of the State
ie-Hature. The proposition to have
Senators elected, by direct vote simply
means a re-arrangement of the two
houses so that there would be two
Houses of Representatives instead of
a House and a Senate. He did no:
1" Sieve that this could be accomplished
without, u breach of the national pledge
vhich lie-; at the foundation of the
government, tue adoptiuii of which was
-t-f iitiil tf the adoption of the consti
tution i.self.
Mr. Hoar referred t0Mbe statement
- Senator Berry, in elic fhat he had
many letters from 'people asking that
'ids amendment to the constitution be
i- xod. He said that he also had many
! -tiers, but he was convinced from the
wording of them that they all emanated
Horn a. single mind. He had hundreds
'! litters, and ail of mem. ended wl-th
air- expression: "I lwpe Ve wiH hear
i m you." He ased whether 'any oth--i"
Senators recognized that phrase, ami
icveral Senators called out "Yes. I do."
Mr.lloar was satisfied that when tais
: i -tion was discussed before the Auier
n people they would not vote : do
vav with the old guarantee tbat w .s
iven the SUVte. "I will not yield
f i;. ip " u-t mnt a struareie. i win
i.rt- mi-
eonsent to overmrow ims
: r . . .. . ' i.
uie American people nave tuoi-ougu-
v cmsiilerpd wliat, thev are about.
Mr. Hoar said that he would see that
tnU re-olution was thoroughly discuss
i n committee. He said he was not
i) I..- hurried and the Senate was not
. I'p hurried in considering it if he
'" ! help it."
-i r. Kerry said uhat this was not a
t' t discuss the meiyts of the res-'hui-.ii,
but if the Senator-froin Massa
'hiMMts would urge his committee to
Li-iii- that resolution before the Senate
thenit could be thoroughly discussed
and his arguments would be answered.
He declared that the Senate had a right
to insist that its committee make a re
port on the resolution referred to it.
Senator Dubois said that the cOnten
tipu in the constitutional convention was
for the right of each State to . have
two Senators, and did not relate to the
method of heir election. He said that
if the Senate did not act on this matter
ho believed the State themselves would
shortly take it out of the hands of tue
Senate and act on it.
Senator Stewart agreed with what
Senator Hoar had said and pronounced
the entire proceeding to 'have Sena
tors elected by a direct vote of the peo-
Lple as revolutionary. He said there
were many reasons besides those tha::
had beeu given by Senator Hoar against
the adoption of such a resolution. Kieh
men could very much more easily buy
their way into the Senate through a primal-
than they could through a State
legislature.
A number of Senators showed their
tit sire to take a part in this debate, but
Senator Gallingev before Senator Stew
art began speaking announced that he
would insist upon the Tegular order, and
as the debate was carried on only by
unanimous consent, this brought it to a
close.
At the conclusion of the debate the
Senate passed eighty-one private pen
sion bills.
Mr. Mallory spoke upon the shippiug
bill this afternoon. His remarks were
in opposition to that measure. He first
hummed up the purpose of the bill and
.hen criticised the claim that desirable
auxiliary cruisers would be secured by
means of, the subsidy. He said that no
i lea of the usefulness of such cruisers
could be approximated from the eveuts
of the Spanish war, when a fleet crossed
the ocean, and. like a lot of partridges,
went under cover at the first oppor
tunity, remaining ihere until upon leav
ing the harbor they were destroyed.
After a further colloquy the bill went
over. -
A message from the President vetoing
a bill to correct the record of John Grant
was presented and read. It states that
the record shows that Grant was guilty
of desertion from the navy and that to
change the record would be to falsify it.
The bill and. veto were referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs.
- The-Senate at 5:30 adjourned till to
morrow. '
RECIPROCITY WITH CL'BA
Tb Iloa .Entertained With Two
peaches on the Subject
Washington, March 11. Under the
latitude on general debate in commit
tee of the whole the House today lis
tened to two speeches on the Cuban
reciprocity question from ' minority
members. Mr. Brantley of Georgia ad
vocating a reduction of one-third or
one-half of the duty on sugar from
Cuba, and Mr. Meyer of Louisiana op
posing it. Before going into committee
there was a little flurry in the House
over the attempt by Mr. Thayer of
Massachusetts to get a resolution of
inquiry before it, in the guiie of a
question of privilege. It was promptly
ruled out of order, and that ruling was
sustained by a yea and nay vote mi ap
peal. When the House met Mr. Thayer of
Massachusetts created something of a
flurry by rising to a question of privi
lege, which he said invoked the "dig
nity of the House and the safety of its
members." He thereupon presented a
resolution" setting forth that there were
tnany ruiriors regarding Cuban reci
procity, together with allegations that
the sugar trust was to be the chief ben
eficiary of such reciprocity; that it was
subsidizing newspapers, establishing lit
erary bureaus and in other ways at
tempting to create public sentiment in
favor of Cuban reciprocity. The reso
lution declared that the dignity, of the
House was 'lmvolved and called for a
special committee of seven members to
investigate the subject. ""'---
Mr. Loud made a point of order
against the resolution which .was sus
tained by the Speaker.
Mr. Thayer appealed from the deci
sion of the chair.
"I move to lay the -appeal on the ta
hle," instantly cried Mr. Payne, the Re
publican floor leader.
Mr. Thayer demanded the ayes and
noes and the roll was called.
The Republicans voted solidly for the
motion to lay the appeal on the table,
while two Democrats, Messrs. Fleming
of Georgia and McClellan of New
York, broke away from their party as
sociates and voted with the Republi
cans. The appeal was laid on the table
125 to 87.
. The House then went into commit
tee of the whole (Mr. Littlefield of
Maine in the chair) and entered upon
the consideration of the Post Office ap
propriation bill. As Mr. Littlefield took
the chair there Was an outburst of ap
plause on both sides of the House.
Mr. Loud of California, in charge of
the bill, explained its provisions in a
t t r,iminarv statement. The bill -he
.!. carried .$137,916,506, being $:5.
1K5.022 more than the estimates and
! $14,133,010 more than the appropna-
lions Tor tne curreui year. ,
The main cause of the increase, he
said, was the increased salaries of pos
tal employes' which', under " this bill
would average $000.
Mr. Brantley of Georgia, taking ad
vantage of the latitude allowed in geu
eral debate on appropriation bill, dis
cussed the question of Cuban reciproci
ty. He contended that whatever was
to "be done-should be done speedily. He
favored reciprocity.
Mx. Meyer of Louisiana made a for-
mal argument -against the proposed re
duction of tariff, on Cuban products. ;
The committee rose, and at 4.50 the
House adjourned till tomorrow. "
s Inhuman Cruelty
Memphis, Marsh 11. Henry Frazier
is in jail at Trenton, Tehn., near here,
charged with holding an eight-year-old
girl over a fire until she was fatally
burned. The man claims that he was
whipping the girl and she backed into
the fire, but she swears that Frazier
held her over the blaze until her body
was baked to a crisp. The grand jury I
is in session and the promise of an early
trial alone saved Frazier from a lynch
ing. .
BRITISH PROTEST
Reciprocity With Cuba Would
Injure Their Trade
London, March ft. Delegates from
a number of the British chambers of
commerce visited the Foreign Secretary,
Lord Lansdowne. at the Foreign Office
today and presented " a memorial rela
tive to British trade with Cuba, . point
ing out that it was feared that when the
administration of the islands was handed
over to the Cubans a reciprocity treaty
would be negotiated, admitting Cuban
products into the Lnited States at " re
duced duties and granting corresponding
preferential tenuis to American produce
and manufactures by Cuba., v
"The United States." says the. memo
rial, "when declaring war on ?, Spain,
expressly stated that their action would
be limited to freeing Cuba from Spanish
rule. It was therefore understood by
those in Europe engaged in trade with
Cuba that no measures would be adopted
at the conclusion of the war which would
restrict or destroy their trade with that
island. Such a reciprocity treaty as that
anticipated would undoubtedly put an
end to European trade with the islands
The chambers, therefore, most earnestly
request that the utmost effort be made
by His Majesty's minister at Washing
ton to prevent the signing of any such
treaty, or at least to secure that the
most favored treatment.be continued by
Heinrich 'Vcrtv .Pruessen
Sails for the Fd therland
Forts Fire Salute and Tugs
Toot Their Farewells as
the Deutchland Points .
Her Prow to the
Ocean Wave
New York, March 11. Thousands
greeted the prince from both sides of
the river as well as from the pier as
the big Deutsehland swam out into the
stream and turned her prow on the
homeward voyage.
From the time the prince got up this
morning until 3:30 o'clock in the after
noon when the Deutschland began to
back away from her pier out into t'he
Hudson, . he was engaged in receiviug
delegations of one kind and another and
attending to his voluminous correspond
ence. The first formal event of the day
was a luncheon given by the prince
at noon to the President's committee,
who has accompanied him oti his trips
and a few others.
The main saloon of the Deutschland
was handsomely decorated for the oc
casion. There were a number of Amer
ican beauty roses upon the tab'.e, and
the prince, plucking one of them and
holdinsr it nn where all could see it.
said: "This is the badge of that which
I have admired so muoh throughout my
travels the American beauty."
"This ended the incidents at the lunch
eon tabic, and the prince suggested that
the entire party go out together on the
deck of the steamu- and submit to one
fir.al photographic ordeal.
At 1:30 the American delegates, one
by one, again shook hands with the
prince and departed from the ship.
Once pointed seaward, the Deutsch
land, f until off Governor's Island, trav
eled a't a brisk pace.
The gun salutes in honor of Prince
Henrv began at Governors Island.
When the liner was off the battery the
flag ran down and 21 guns wore fired
slowly from Castle William.
Every tug , and steamer in t'he bay
turned' loos?" its whistle and headed
straight out for the liner, tooting a
farewell which was deafening.
None of the white fleet of American
True Bill for Murder
found Against Wilcox
Elizabeth City, N. C, March 11. Spe
cial The. grand jury of Pasquotank to
day found a true bill of indictment
against James Wilcox for the murder,
of Ella Cropsey on the night of Novem
ber JO. 1001, with malice aforethought.
A special venire of 2o0 men was drawn
to be present at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. . , . .
The law vers for the defense objected
to the venire on the ground thatvit had
not been revised iu the last two years
iccording to-law. Nevertheless the ve-
i nire was arawu. .hi. -aiw ...-.
be the star witness lor ui nn;-..
The court house was crowded to its
utmost capacity t hear the prelimina
ries and the public -sentiment is very
strong against Wilcox. The plea of the
prisoner is not guilty.
The bill of indictment read:
"The State of North .Carolina. Pas
quotank county, Superior Court, March
Cuba to this country. It isrepresented
that French and German interests would
suffer by a reciprocity treaty and it is
suggested that a joint Brotest might .be
effectual in preventing change adverse
to the interests of Europe in trade with
Cuba." . - r -
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RAILROADS IN CUBA
Line Nearly Completed from
"-Havana to Santiago
'New York. March 11 Sir Win. Tan
Home, president of the Cuba Company,
who arrived from Havana today by the
Ward Liner Moro Castle, says that the
company will have completed in ninety
days the railroad system, constructed
on the American plan between Havana
and1 Santiago. The work involved
grading and laying 365 miles of -track
from Santa Clara to Santiago.
The road touches the towns of Sanc
tus Spiritus, Puerto Principe, Holguin
and San Luis.
President Van Home said, a reduction
of 20 per cent duty on Cuban sugar
would not be enough for the crippled
plantation owners and investors in
Cuba.
: $- ;
Chinese Objection
Pekia, March 11. The Chinese gov
ernment has sent a strpng memorial to;
the United States through "Minister Con
ger against the re-enactment of 'the Chi
nese exclusion act, particularly objecting
to the exclusion of -the Chinese from
i v. i ' ki hum ixan alii n uviu 1
k rnnton.! tW Ttoniv in- i
tercsts besides family ties. .
Longs for Retirement
Vinenna. March 11. At a court ban
quet at , Budapest yesterday Emperor
Franz Josef, conversing with a recently
pensioned officer, said: "I, too, desire to
go into retirement."
The remark has caused much specula
tion as to whether the Emneror meant
he would abdicate the throne.
warships which had greeted 'Henry at
Tompkinsville anchorage wihen he ar
rived, was there to say good bye to him;
but the forte, Wadsworth and Hamil
ton,! eah. fired 21 gun salutes to which
the Dutschlond responded by long
blasts of her whistle and dipping her
flag.
The Last Exchange of Ceiirteslee
Washington, March 11. The Presi
dent received the following telegram
from Prince Henr.t today:
Hoboken. N. J., March 11, 1902.
The President of the United States:
On this day of my departure I beg to
thank you personally, as 'well as the
nation whose guest -I have been, for all
the kindness, consideration! and good
feeling I have met during my visit to
your interesting country. I hope that
my visit may have increased the feelings
of friendship between the country I
represent and the United States. Bid
ding you farewell, let me wish you
every possible success. And pray re
member me to Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Roosevelt, who so charmingly and with
so much pluck accomplished her task
when launching His Majesty's yacht
Meteor. Once more, most hearty
thanks. May we meet again.
HEINRICH, Prince Yon Preussen.
The President's reply follows:
White House.
" Washington, March 11, 1902.
Henry, Prince of Prussia, Steamer
Deutschland, Holioken, NT J. ,
Not only have I . enjoyed your visit
personally, but on behalf of my country
I wish to express to you the pleasure it
has been to see you and the real good I
think your visit has done in promoting
a feeling of friendship between Ger
many and the United States. It is my
most earnest wish that this feeling
may strengthen steadily. Mrs. Roose
velt sends her warm regards, and so
AV'puM Miss Roosevelt if she were not
absent. Pray present my heartiest
greeting to His - Majesty, the German
Emperor. Again I thank you for your
visit and wish you all good luck where
ever you may be.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
term, 1002. The jurors for the State
unon their oaths present that James Wil
cox, late of said county and State,
on
the 20th of November, 1001. with torce "'
and arms in the county of Pasquotank, ; congestion and add to the difficulty of
feloniously, wilfully and with malice making shipments when the trouble is
aforethought, did kill and murder Ella ; over.
M. Cropsey, against the form of tne j A tour through the strike district dis
statute in such cases made and pro-j ol(Jsej evervthing quiet and orderly this
vided and against the peace ami . dignity j morninff. it was expected by some that
of the State. (Signed) George T.Yard,)the exprew ; tt,nift 3rivers and helpers
Solicitor. .-would strike the first thing today, a
Iiss Cropsey -disappeared from ncr,
home about 11 .o clock on the night of
November 20. Her dead body was found
twenty-seven days later iu Pasquotank
liver, less than three hundred yards from
the front steps of her father's home
where she was last seen in company with
Wilcox
Wilcox was in court today. lie does
nt pm to be much worried. He seems I
to think that he will come clear. The
evidence against him is altogether circumstantial
North Carolina Slighted
in Survey af Water Wavs
Appalachian Park Bill to Be
Considered in Committee
Next Wednesdey.
Kitchin on Di
rect Taxes
BTTHOMAIJ.FENCB .
Washington, March 11. Special. The
Ap-palachian Park bill is to be given a
hearing by the House Committee on
Agriculture Wednesday, March 19th.
The date was fixed this morning at the
instance, of Congressman Moody. That
a favorable report will be -made on the
measure is certain. So far as is known
Williams of Mississippi is the only
member of the committee who has ever
expressed any opposition to the bill.
President Chas. D. Mclver. of the
State Normal and Industrial College,
arrived today from Baltimore, where he
obtained a promise from President Gil
man of Johns Hopkins University to
visit the institution at Greensboro.
President Mclver had hoped to have
him there at the decennial celebration
itext commencement, hut he will leave
for Europe at that time.
- Congressman Ivattimer is making ar
rangements to take a large Congres-
, . , . , T
"nal delegation to the Charleston Lx
position the latter part of this mouth.
Congressmen Grosvenor and Hepburn
have accepted invitations. Senator
Tillman will invite a aiuinber of Sena
tors to make the trip.
The report of the House Cojnmitte3
on Rivers and Harbors, authorizing sur
veys of proposed improvements was
submitted to Congress today. North
i Carolina 'fares as poorly in the matter
of surveys as in actual appropriations
fr improvements, -which have hereto
fore been made public. .Congressman
Small's (proposition for an inland water
ifnfte is ignored altogether. Getorge
Washington first called attention to this
important commercial development, but
there is little to hope from Chairman
Buron's committee. The recommenda
tions made by the committee for pre
liminary surveys in North Carolina un
Wer the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury are as follows:
Lock wood's Folly River.
Indian Island slough, from. Pamlico
river, to mouth of South river, with a
view to obtaining a depth of seven,
eight an3' nine feet, respectively, and
one hundred feet wide, or as wide as
may be necessary.
Carrot Island slough, beginning at
point opposite Middle Marshes, . and
thence through Carrot Island slough
and Lewis thoroughfare to. the main
channel in Newport river, with a view
to obtaining a navigable depth of seven,
eight, mine, and ten xeet at mean low
water.
Neuse river, from Goldshoro to New
Bern, with a view to securing a depth
of three feet.1
Boston Strike Growing
to Large Proportions
Nearly Ten Thousand Meti
Out and Strikers Claim
They Can More Than
Double the
Number
Boston, March 11. With more than
8.000, men actually out and with prom
ises of support from unions whose mem
bership, it was clai'ined. would bring the
total up to 25,000 if it became necessary
for them to join the movement, the
striking freight handlers and men of al
lied interests today begam the second
day of the contest to prevent the em
ployment of non-union labor by railroad
and -other corporations. The labor
forces declared themselves to be in a
most satisfactory position.
The two railrbads principally affected
by the strike the New York, New Ha
ven and Hartford and Boston and Al
bany branch of the New York Central
by the employment of non-union men
and by drawing help from their forces
inother cities, were able to announce
t hat they '""were, prepared to carry on
business as usual." V i
W'hile the railroads, especially the
New Haven system, the institutions
against which the strike is chiefly aim
ed, have thus far escaped serious conse
quences, other business interests of
great magnitude -which are indirectly
involved have felt seriously the effect
of the strike. While freight accumula
tions of one (lay at the various' termi
nals could be stored.-that of another
. f. u--!-- wn oassed
vote to
by the union, hut at 10 o'clock the
Adams,, American and New York &
Boston Dispatch Company were doing
business as" usual.
The general Team Drivers Union
faembers. however, began to leave the
' firS!t thing, and at iO o'clock it was esti
mated that' 70 per cent of the total
number were out. This gave the strike
force an addition of about 1,500 men,
The entire delegation has hoped for a
survey of Mr. Small's proposed inland
water route. It called for a' survey of ,
a route beginning at the Chesapeake
bay and extending through the series
of sounds to Beaufort. Such a survey
had been recommended by the engi
neers. - ,
Congressman Kluttr secured today a
favorable report on Senator Simmons
bill for the transfer of .the colonial cen
sus records from the Interior Depart
ment to the Census office and providing
for the various States to obtain copies
of the" same. '
The memiber of the Republican Con
gressional Campaign Committee , for
North Carolina Was not named at tha
meeting last night. It was decided to
await Senator Pritchard's return be
fore making the selection. Congressman
Moody will probably be chosen.
The policy of the rural free delivery
department is to establish routes only"
in counties that have railroad facili
ties. Congressman Claude Kit-chin in
duced Supterinten'dent Maehen to nj&ka
an exception with reference to Greena
county. When Congressman Kitchin
came to Congress there was not a route
in the district. Now there are a num
ber in operation in the district and ap
plications for 35 more. Mr. Kitchin
has a special agent at work in his dis
trict at this time.
J. A. Crews of the Wilmington Mes
senger, arrived today from New York,
where he land-ed yesterday returning
from a trip to Porto Rico. He waJ
very .much pleased with his visit to the
island. - ,
Congressman W. W. Kitchin said to
day, in referring to his joint resolution
looking towards a change in the consti
tution relating to direct taxes:
"As the constitution now is, direct
taxes would have to be levied in pro
portion to population. It may be that
the country will never have to resort
to direct taxation, but as our annual
expenses are enormous, with prospect of
constant increase, and as our duties on
imports with the grdwth of our own
industries will probably decrease and
in the years to come other means of
taxation may be necessary,' I think it
proper in time of peace to prepare for
such an emergency. My proposition is
that when we are compelled to resort
to direct taxes they should be levied in
accordance with the value of the taxa
ble property in the States, and not in
accordance with population. s one
State with the same population as an
other may have several . times its
wealth, and it would be manifestly un
just to exact from each of these States
the same amount of money as taxes."
Arrivals: Claude Dockery of Rock
ingham, Chas. A. Webb of Asheville,'
W. Landis of Oxford, MrT. and Mrs.
Geo. Peterson of Clinton. Miss M. Kirk
Patrick of Greensboro, Chas. Buford of
Winston, Dr. N. II. Street of New,
Bern.
and brought the total up to 9,500. Thesa
drivers handle mainly building material.
President Ryan of the Longshore
man's Union has ordered a general
strike of all longshoremen and dock
freight handlers in sympathy with the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
men. This union embraces 2,500 men.
The Strike In Norfolk Jog Along
Portsmouth, Va., March 11. -Feara of
more serious trouble as a result of a
prolongation of the street railway strike
have not yet been realized. The toning
of cars continues, but there have been
no casualties and the military has not
yet (been called upon to fire a single shot
Cars have been repeatedly fired upou
from ambush, but bullets have passed
through them harmlessly. The boycotfc
is still on and few passengers are rid
ing. '
The Central Lalior Union of Ports
mouth has adopted resolutions uphold
ing the correctness of the strikers' atti
tude in rejecting the terms of the settle
ment and condemning the Governor in
strong terms for his "precipitate hast
in ordering out the military before thtt
civil power had been exhausted." j
The military -guards will at once b
withdrawn from the Norfolk street
cars. This is interpreted by many per
sons to mean that. .the strike is in
fair way to be settled. The request
comes from the company, and the mili
tary authorities will comply, provided
there is no immediate disorder result
ing. The plan is experimentaUand the
police are fearful that the consequences
will be grave.
It is expected that the sheriff will
swear in alxmt 100 extra deputies for
service in the county, and that the may
or will provide an equal number of spe
cial officers to protect the motormen
and conductors in the city. ' The move
is a lold one, as it is believed that only
the presence of the troops up to this
time has prevented more serious disor
der. The public believes that the conv
pa ny-sees a settlement in sight.
; .
.Toliet, 111., March 11 Former Gov
ernor John P. Altgeld was stricken
with paralysis as he closed his speech
before the Pro-Boer meeting here to
night. He is now In a serious condition
at the Hotel Monroe and is unable to
sneak. '
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