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1. -3 nn U2 2fc RALEIGH, N. C., SUNDAYi MARCH 16, 1902-TWELVE PAGES No. 84 FOS UNNED n si AND Wood Confirms the I" Theory of the Cause of1 fteil Cropsey's Death. Coroner's Jurors -Testify 'f r';r.;.,'th City. X. C. March 13. Sye i i h j ,-r.nvil showed a slisrht f silling t-ourt opened this morning, i; , in.mieil to swell as the day ad- The jury had secured 'quarters lie K'.ver View Hotel and Officer r.i! i j'n:.ii;Md saiu mej . i . slept more than !"nur.iity nielli. . . I'hcrp was a slight delay before busi i . . . A . . . i j,.,. y;:s He- '!.-. lue cum i auuuuuccu ;i; tii,. stenographer had given out. Hr. Allien said he wanted the evi- (Heo :.ike:i down. Lawyer Turner for ; -.Pi'.'-e 1 1 ; i . 1 no assurance of pay and he ". i i l.;... T, T.i,i.iA r. ; .1 if (., 1H m'tintr null. P tiur H viic? ;?a.ii ii r. ,.s-..ir.v he would take down the evi- . .1. . . I . . . 1 1 . , 1 - ft l.ivi.vnH ;;,('. fill Ui:il 11 nuuiu iuc luiipn. 3Ii ,oirt announced 111 at the trial .,:!!.! tnke twice as Ions without a i i . . . . j.('i)'r:ii!iei" aim u . woum oe tri-ouu-iu. ,., bire 'iio. Mr. Aydlett declared-that jf Mr. Spence would serve he would i;i:;ii'tfc the pay. Mr. b:ence answer- pi tint he-did nor car? to undertake the j,h: rhe strain wi:s so great he could j-.ir r.-iiiu .1. lie agreeu i ei f jMiasily. Mr. Davis, another stenog u.'ncr. came. He tojk the questions I'll Mr. Siience the answers. Ir. Fearing was called, and his cross- jA.-uiiiiiatii'U was resumed by Mr. Ayd- He began with technical questions i!io Inns nitre ana tne iikc. nis oo-j".-t being to show, if he could, that ii;- Ciopsty's death may have been .r.iuse.l hy drowning. Inning the cross-examination"' Mr. F.iwycr arose and said questions were repeated too nnich. the trial was rating a lot of money, and the repeti- :: ,'.n of Mr. Aydlett was getting iutoJer- n At: .Mr. Ayoiett repueu mat me ,re- l!..iik w;:s uncalled for ami would not S;i- been made by anybody else. The qiiesrion of bruises on tha de- raM was gone into. witness saiu au Vue bruises were made during life, for tins i- c,i!d be no blood clots after cir- c-ishwa ceased. " Tailing the contusion on the head. It. Fearing made a stronger statement fn the state than he did yesterday by p.ryiag with assurance that the contu f.n wos forceful enough to itroduce a ''on, Mission. He said that contusions 5ii.iy he external or internal. Mr. Aydlett completed the cross-examination at 11.15 o'clock, and Mr. War! began the redirect examination. Hi' said the brain -of "Miss Cropsey was in a deflnent condition and it was the fnlr org-in decomposed. He ' said the I'Min had' been disorganized as the re-j-nlt f a blow. The witness said the formation of caused bodies to rise, and the time required depended on the medium ami the weather. The witness accounted for the bodyV fx'i!pnt state of preservation by giv iiis his opinion that the junier in Ta 1'iotaiik river had preservative quali ties. . Hp had not found any token or pic tnre .in the examination of the body "ii clothes. The prisoner has claimed aA a!"in; tli it he returned Nell's incture !i the niirlit of her disappearance. Witness said there are three ekins ani .save their names. He said there T'uir coats to the stomach. Thp conclusion of Mr. Ward's exami rit!"0 f the witness came when he ;i4:il him jn n;s opinion what caused Mi-s Cropsey". death. The defense ob Ji'tpil streiiiiouslv. Thp court disked V'e w'tiess if he had an opinion satis-lactoi-y, ; to himself, and was told that Jp hii l. The question was finally with drawn hy the prosecution. Mr. Aydlett took the .witness again ail,l aked him long questions out of a n'heal hook, reading from the anthor vl and asking the witness ..whether the t-Htfinpfits were true. Having been on ,ne sT-m-J a day and a half, the witness "as ..rd.jred aside at 12.15 o'clock. Tiien I r. J. PL Wood, a man of sink 's' appearance, large physique and jrrons farp. was called. Witness said 5s years old, graduated from hhigton University, Baltimore, now oiie-p ,,f Physicians antl Surgeons. !;"f' 'l lr! been practicing melicine about j-Pa:--. Though he didn't say so on Hand. Dr. Wood, used to 1e colonel r'1 a ft ate military regiment, and they h was fi firo rtffiner Fir '"Wood. ls health officer for Pasmiotank "'ity, said he was Ella Cropsey's phy tia": he knew hef well and saw her J!a:tp -jftRii. Hy virtue of Iris position 'e y.is the officer in charge of the cor- .:iHr s lb. .I'ir.r. 'Id of having been summoned outhouse wtiPVP th hnrlT lav rp' hed on a table, and said he could '"v l('n-0znze Nell's face. He found pvietnal marks of violence. Dr. ttr''1 v'U'-hed for Miss Cropsey's chas " s tatement about the absence "aif? from the stomach. Inngs" and 'lo'n,i! ,-avity and the 'bloodless condi- iv-'jr rhe llf,"-t was ,ike that of Dn i.r '," ." "e ,a''' there were no srmy-thoT- "!" '''w,,inK- He declared' that f), " ",'e not found any photographs "!""'' tokens of friendship. Tht$ , - " nave a bearing on the case later on. BY A: B LOW THROWN IN He told of tlie scalp being removed and the tindingvof- a- tablesnoouful of clotted bhod at a contusion oi the left temple. He strid the brain membrane H-as slightly bruised.,. It was Dr. WikkI's opinion that the blow -was struck by a heavy round instrument that was covered. Mr. Ward "got - the witness to say that he knew what a black jack was, out was not allowed to give his opinion as to whether that wea pon made the contusion. There was a larger crowd in the af ternoon. -Solicitor Ward continued the examination of Dr. Wood. The witness desired to change, a morning statement about clotted biodul on the temple to dark fluid blood. ',-He safd ,ie inspect ed andJelt the temple on .each side bnt there was no outside sign of violence. The face was soddou, the 'sin natural after the cuticle was removed. Witness had never before seen a body which bad lain in the water 37 days. He could net say how much gas would cause a body to rise, but said the rapid ity of its generation depended upon the temperature of the water. Witness said in case of a drowned person who had beeu in the .water .17 days he should expect to find water in the stomach, lungs and pleural cavity. He estimated that fifty per cent of drowned people have water in tne lungs, most of the rest having water in the pleural cavity. Water would not pene trate the stomach until decomposition caW. Air. Ward led up very cleverly to a question and amswer which tell in substance the nveajiing of his whole tes timony and also that of Dr.Fearing. Air. Ward Shonld the jury find as a fact that the body of this Svoman had lain in the "water 37 days,4 that she had been stricken a blow on the left temple and there was a tablespoonfull of blood underneath the skin at the left temple, the membrane of rhe bone injured, and they should further find there; was no water in the stonlaeh, no blood in the heart, either side, no water iu the lungs, uo water in the pleural cavity, how, in your opinion, did this wbmau come to her death? Dr. Wood I think, sir. a blow stun ned the woman, and while in, a stunned condition she was thrown into the wa ter. . ' . Vj ; There were objections to the question and answer. ; . - Mr. Ward withdrew a question con cerning wha t sort "of" injury would have been , made had it been received from jumpiug overboard. - . " . (hi cross-examination by Air. Aydlett the witness said Miss Cropsey bad a full suit of hair and had it been combed over the temple would have been a pro tection agalnist an external wound. He said no one symptom by itself was con clusive evidence that the girl , was not drowned. The doctor said there would be no difference in the character of the wound if it had been received ' within "20 r-i'i-utes before or at the time of her being thrown into the water. Dr. W. J. Liumsden was called as an expert. He said he was 55 years old and had practiced 32 years, graduated from the University of Medicine in Baltimore, and had taken povt-graduate courses elsewhere. Questioned as to his competency as an expert, he replied that he was not on drowning where the body had been in the -water so long. He had heard the evidence from Dr. Fear ing and Dr. Wood ami he did not think he would do for an expert. Dr. hums den was allowed to stand aside. J. H. LeRoy, a coroner's jur-yman. was called. He told of being summoned by Coroner Feearing and described the examination of the internal organs. He corroborated what the doctors had said. He saw the pinkish dents on the left temple, the skin removal later and the dark 'blood .that came out. Mr. Leltoy said he know about the picture report, and he searched the girl's clothes for (Some token, but found none. The witness was not allowed to tell what the coroner's ' jury did at their meeting, but he identified the jury's signed report. The witness -was mot cross-examined. J. B. Ferbee, another coroner's jury man, was called. In telling of the in quest witness said he was the. first who noticed that the left temple was larger than the right. He is a barber. MVst of his evidence was corroborative. When the blood came from the contu sion' witness said . one of the doctors re marked "that settles it." ; This was stricken from the record. J. .B. Shiiip, another coroner's jury man, was sworn. He said that at the autopsy there was no odor from any organ except the brain, which was bad ly decomposed. RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD Wilmington. N. C.t March 15. Special. The body of Emma Thompson, a white n-nman f t iTPmltH 111 h -i ..i .... I found floating in Cape Fear River at a I - 1 . 1 i '. At . I . , . cIock on tne water iroui late this after noon by the engineer of a steamboat which tied up at the wharf. The body was beginning to show decomposition, and from all signs jt had been in the water for many days: The woman has been missing for a month and nobody knew her whereabouts. : It i? thought that in a drunken stupor she fell in the river and , was drowned. Tlie coro ner empanelled a jury which decided that she came to her death by drowning at a date unknown to them. ,The lody was turned over to-the county for burial. WATER BLOW UP IN TORPEDO SHOP Building Wrecked and Burn ed and One Girl Killed Cleveland, Ohio, Afarc-I .15. An ex plosion in the powder mixing, depart ment of the Fairuiount Manufacturing Company, at 22!) Euclid avenue,; early today resulted in the death of one girl entploye, while at least seven other per sons were seriously injured. The dead: Anna Fritz, seventeen years old. - The injured: Miss Christine Smither, probably, fatally burned; Aliss Kitffe Howard, Avill probably die; . Frank Groch; arm broken and body hruised and burned; Miss Augusta Alden, burned and injured by jumping from second story window; Lena .Kort, back injured in jumping from second story window; Mrs. iLtza Cottill,. burned and bruised; Miss Helen Carey, jumped from second story window, back injured. The cause of the explosion is not known. The front of the two story frame building was blown completely out and the plant was gutted by the fire which followed the explosion. The company manufactures railroad torpe does. The pecuniary loss Will not ex ceed $10,(H)O. About three weeks ago an explosion similar to the one today, although of considerably . less force, occurred' at the torpedo factory. At that time no. one was hurt by the explosion, but several girls jumied -from the windows. MORELPOX IN CHARLOTTE Three Cases Developed Yes terday Base Ball , and Other Things Charlotte, X. C. March 15. Special. Three new cases of; smallpox were re ported hrre Joday two children of T. W.' Hardy, vhose home was recently taken " from -under quarantine," nlso' a barber named Campbell, who shaved Ed tvmm Ci-puhnin twenty-dim day's ago. 'before the latter developed the disease. T t (iresham is now neany recovereu. A slights, explosion of escaping gas threatened " a- fire in the opera house this afternoon aliout an hour before the matinee, which, however, took place on schedule time. Mayor Tuli. of Morgauton, has ac cepted an invitation in behalf of himself :ind the commissioners to attend the j Charleston exposition on Charlotte- day. ' S. II. Hilton, who is sending out invita- all the territorv within one hundred miles of Charlotte with these invitations. A meeting is being worked up for the early part of the coming week by public spirited citizens to consider Ashenback's proposition regarding a base ball team for Charlotte. ' takenTbagP to virginia Kinley Consents to Go With out Requisition Papers Winston-Salem, N. C, March 15. Special. Mr. Rex Coss. who was shot 'here several weeks ago. was carried to j Salisbury tonight. Au X-ray instrument ' will bo used on him to locate the ball. Jl IIC I tl ' ' I yi, i I. HOV l ' V- - . "II L' eration is performed. The physicians think the ball is causing all the trouble. Sheriff Jordan of Halifax county. Va., left this morning with Sandeford Kinley tor Houston, Va., where he will be tried for murder. The sheriff did not wait for requisition papers. Kinley consented this morning to go without them. The prisoner was handcuffed. He told the sheriff and Jailer Thompson that he would hale goni when Sheriff Jordan arrived, but he wanted to see his relatives and friends, who succeeded in getting tip some money for him to employ counsel. GUESTS AT BILTMORE Lord and Lady Pauncefote Have Returned to Wash ington ;' Asheville, N. C, March 15. Special. Iiord and Lady Pauncefote, who have been guests of .Mr. and Mrs. George W. ; Yanderbilt at Biltmore for the past few- days, left today for a.shin.'Vton. Among the guests still at Biltmore house are Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Flabbry, Mr. and ir.-o t. nn..i., u,.u;r..s ' r.,.n. .4.., .uio. jjj. i 'L' ii um. i,wi7iii.in. v . f ii ii 4jLU,y Mr. ami Mrs; William Douglas Sloane, Miss lilia Sloane and William Field of fXew York. Mr. and Mrs. Yanderbilt ! and their guests were entertained after the regular evening service at All Souls by Flaxington Harker in an organ re cital. Mr. and Mrs. Yanderbilt and the mem bers of their house party will leave in a short time, probably next week, for the North. Mr. and Mrs. Yanderbilt will sail on the 25th for Europe. SAMPSON'S CLAIM The Gove rnment Resists a Demand for Prize Money . Washington. March 15. The appeal of the "government " from the decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the libel of liear Admiral W. T. Sampson - and - the officers, and men of the North Atlantic 'squadron' to recover- prize money - on the .Spanish cruiser Infanta-Maria Teresa, was tiled in- thf Supreme Court of the United States today. , ' ' . The question at' issue is whether that vessel is subject to-boNuty or as a prize of war. The vessel 'after' being 'sunk in the - battle of ; Santiago, was . raised and started for.-the United States, but on the voyage was abandoned - and wrecked. ; - ' - The government . claimed that as she : was w recked " the nrlzp nionev to be (paid the North Atlantic fleet on her ! account was at the rate of $100 for each member of the Spanish crew. Suit was brought by Rear Admiral SampSon to recover one-half the value of the Teresa under the. law giving that as prize money to the victor, and the Sn preme Court of the District of Columbia rendereil a verdict - in favor of that contention, referring the case to au and; itor to a-seertarn tnejamount due Sami son and his officers and men. The gov ernment then appealed the case to the Court s of Appeals of the District of Columbia, which recently dismissed it for want of jurisdiction.' . BELOW hStANDARD 1 King Alfonso Not Fitted to Come the Throne London. March-lS. Some sensational 'statements have been made here recently respecting the young King of Spain. It has been hinted not obscurely that he is weak-minded. These reports are grossly exaggerated. . The actual facts are, that a short time . ago the papal nuncio in Madrid wrote to ..the Pope rhat Alfonso was not qualified to take over at present the full functions of Kingship because his intellectual faculties, in spite of care ful, training, were hot sufficiently de veloped for hi high estate: He also s-tated that the King's r bodily health, though good, was not excellent, in fact that he was mentally nd physically in ferior to the average yonng aristocrat of his age. There wai, therefore, grave fear that the development of King Al fonso's faculties would be seriously re tarded should he r( be now called to as sume tlve.active duties qf a governing' sovereign. . V . - - ,,. . ' " The Nuncio wrote with the knowledge frtul-TfvwsyAjlof thiiteReVtiwho a t the "same time asked the .h'otyTafttre!! advice. The Pope replied that upon the Nuncio s report the prolongation of re Igency for three or four years appeared J to lie imperative, but that before pro nouncing a final opinion be would like to see his God-son. Such is the position today. There is reason to believe that Queen Regent Christina and King Alfonso will pay a private visit to Rome in Easter week. ROCKED THE BOAT Two Young Men Drowned and Two Swam Ashore Fayetteville. N. C, March 15. Spe cial. News was received this afternoon of a sad tragedy at Cumberland Mills some miles south of here. Two Underwoods. Ballard and Hales, working night time in the factory got off at six o'clock, took Driver's boat, went up the pond near Springs' landing, and rocking the boat in -.sport, upset it. Both Underwoods were .ftrowned, Bal lard and Hales swam ashore. King Edward's Hopes at Length Abandoned Boers Will Be Fighting When Coronation Takes Place. A Ray of Hope Appears London, March 15. It was confident ly believed a week ago that the war would be practically finished by the cor onation. This hope has now been abandoned, and the people of England are trying to summon up sufficient pa-tience- for another sacrifice of men and treasure. There are today, however, certain more cheerful whispers. A report is current in Downing street that Lord Kitchener has gone to Kierksdorp to have a talk with Lord iMethuen. and this is probably true, as Ixrd Kitchener in naturally anxious to obtain the fullest' information of the disaster. He would also want to hear what Commandant uelarey had to say to his distinguished prisoner during the week that Lord Methuen remained in the. hands of the Boers. The imprec ision caused in thi country by the chiv alrous magnanimity of Commandant Deiarey in releasing a British general whom he mignt have exchanged with advantage is remarkably deep and wide spread, and is. according to all appear ance, destined to have practical results of the highest 'importance. The belief prevails in responsible quarters that Commandant Deiarey communicated fully to Lord Methuen the -views, aspi rations and demands of the Boer lead ens in J he field amd that they are mod erate. More than that it is believed thatIxrd Kitchener will advise the British government should accept them. it would not be surprising, according SEVERE TEST - -' Florence Burns Sees Her Victim's Mother in a , Frenzy New York. March 15. The courage of Florence "Burns, the young Brooklyn girl who is accused of the murder of her lover. Walter E. Brooks, wjis put to a severe test today when tiie oid mother of the man she is accused of killing went on the witness" stand agayist her, and at the sight of her late sou s watch burst into a perfect frenzy of weeping, and hugging and kissing the timepiece, finally fell over in a dead swoon and had to he carried from the court room. Evidence showing that Florence Burns had not once, but many times threatened to kill Brooks, was given by witnesses today, and while k will probably result in tlje girl being held for trial at the conclusion of the preseni examination, none of it. had sufficient bearing on the ciime to strengthen the ease against her. GIFT OF PAINTINGS . '-. 1 Souvenir from Miss Gould of Her Visit to the State . ;--..'. Normal Greensboro, N. C, March 15. Spe cial. Thetate Normal and Industrial College has just received from Miss Helen Miller Gould two very handsome copies of well known paintings by Law rence Alma-Tadema, "The Coliseum" and ."Reading from Homer." The bit ter, picture is among the greatest works of the artist, who is a Dutchman by. birth and .education, nk'hough a natu ralized British subject. Today the following letter was re ceived from Miss Gould: 4 ','Dear Doctor Mclver I have taken the liberty of sending to the Normal and Industrial College in your care two copies of . Alma-Tadeiua's paintings, and I hope the, girls will enjoy these P-c-turesqne glimpses of life in olden times. "Our visit to your school will always be a pleasant memory and "I am glad that you Invited us to make it. My only regret Is that I could not ade quately express my appreciation of the cordial welcome the students gave me and make a nice address when .they were in the assembly room, but the gift of words has le en denied, me. "With kiud regards for all I met . at the institution. 1 remain, , ." "Sincerely, V-'V "HELEN MILLER GOULD." STRIKE TOMORROW Owners and Operatives Fail to Come to Terms Fall River, March 15. The conference at ):liO this morning between the-executive committee of the manufacturers and the .secretaries of the five lalior unions lasted for an hour and a half and ad journed without any result. This means the strike of 4,'KIO operatives .Monday morning. - The manufacturers claimed that they could not afford to give a 10 per cent advance, but were willing to give six per-cent next Monday morn ing, instead of April 7, as they previous ly had agreed upon. The proposition was not acceptable to the textile secretaries, who stated after the hieeting that they would cail the men out Monday. The conference had been arranged by business men wht were affected by the latest unfortunate turn of affairs. to statements current here today, if De iarey, Botha and DeWet should come to Klerksdorp aud talk oveu the situa tion with.liord Kitchener. It is an bpem secret that these three leader are now together. The question that arises- first is whether, from the point of view of its effect on British prestige, Lord Methneu'.s defeat makes it more possible to discuss terms with the Boers. ; There are signs that the government is beginning to consider the question as a business proposition provided the es sential point of the assertion of British sovereignty is conceded. Peace if it does grow ot of the present situation, will have it inception solely in .De larey's magnanimity in releasing ; Lord Methuen. '.Any-proposition that this grand old Boer might make at the pres ent moment would receive the most friendly consideration from the British government and people. Big Picture Held for Duties Snn Francisco, March 15. D. Soccir an art dealer of Manila, has protested against a duty of $8,000 assessed against a hig war picture he brought over from Manila on the last trip of the America 'Maru. The picture, which is an immense canvas, is held by the au thorities until the duty is paid or the government waives the right to collect it on the ground that the Phillipiues are American possessions. No Verdict in Breese Case Asheviliet'X. O., March 15 Special. The Breese case was given to the jury this morning. No verdict has yet been reached. Court adjourned until Mon day morninj,'. Talks on All Sides 'Two Republican . Senators Find the Measure Open to Object ions Which Are Fvin.ed Out Washington. March 15. The Senate agreed, at the .suggestion of Mr. Berry of Arkansas, to take up the ship sub sidy bill immediately after routine busi ness Monday and that speeches on the bill be limited to fifteen miuutes ex cept as to the. Senator from Maine (Mr. Frye) who was accorded thi ty juinutes. Mr. Teller of Colorado -then began a speech in opiosition to the pending ship subsidy biil. He" maintained that under the law the American flag could be- raised over any ship owned in whole or in more than half by Amer'caji citi- zens, and thus ; that might give, been in favor of merchant marine. ram wnatever neneni While he always had the upbuilding of the he could not believe that the pending bill would accomplish the results hoped for by its advocates. A serious objection to the pending bill was that it did not provide for new lines. . The money paid in subsidies, therefore, would be paid to established lines. And yet one of , the professed objects of (he bill was to establish new lines. ' - . Mr. Hanna said that-during the last year or two American ship yards had been very busy, but he said they had been busy in the construction of ships for the coastwise trade almost exclu sively. Mr. Elkins of West Yirginia, a mem ber of the Committee on Commerce, supiorted the pending bill. He directel attention to the fact that-the United States now was paying $(HM00 a day to foreign ship owners for the carrying of our ommerce. - Senator Berry of Arkansas, represent ing the minority of the Senate Com mittee on Commerce, today presented the report in opposition to the pending ship sulsidy bill. Most of the pointi have been covered in speeches in the Senate. The members of the minority deny the aet-uraey of both the predictions ami the facts in the majority rejort. They urge that the bill is wrong '"in principle and declare that it will utterly fail in the accomplishment of its professed ob jects. They also say that while it is not so complicated , as the subsidy bill of the Fifty-sixth Congress, it' s' in some respects even more., objectionable. The minority report confinue: ' ' The bill proposes to . tax . the whole people -to the extenfc.-of Several millions for the" benefit- of one ' single iudustfy. Besides.- the statistics of the last two years prove that the shii-bfsildiug indus try does not need such -.special assist ance, but is rapidly . increasing under natural conditions." The minority criticize the feature of the bill,. which carries the- subsidy for foreign mails, and say: "The highest rate of subsidy is given to twentyknt vessels, while the faster mails are really carried in twenty-three and txvenr.v-fain- knot ves-ujs. The mail compensation to the slow American ves sels, already too high, is made .im mensely higher by this bill. AYe pay mo'.e for a weekly service than England pays for a semi-weeWy service by much faster ships than ours." They further urge that the bill makes no provision against a shipping trust and claim that it encourages a combination lending to such a trust. They also. say: "The lines might also mierge with foreign lines to control freight and pas senger rates. Thereby our subsidy would be aiding the foreign partners of our subsidized ' vessels." The report closes by saying: "We know that there are hundreds and thousands of industries in our coun try doing a losing business, but we deny that Congress; for tjiis. reason, can go into the public treasury and save them from bankruptcy. We sympathize with all men in the hard struggle of life, but it is not the duty of our govern ment to interfere in the private busi ness affairs of the citizen. We believe that all men should have au equal and fair chance in the race for Avealth and happiness every citizen should bear his share of the burdens of the government, one class should never be the recipient of benefits not given to others. Abso lute equality of rights is a doctrine we should never abandon. The bill is wrong in principle, unjust, vicious, pure class legislation." Mr. Bacon of tjeortria gave notice of an amendment providing that no con tract under the provisions of the act shall be binding on the government of the United Slates until it shall have been .submitted to and approved by Congress, and he made some remarks in explanation and. advocacy of the amend ment. He pointed-out that there, was noth ing in the bill to secure the develop ment of trade with South America, and that it was not probable -there there would be any such development. The term "subsidy" had no special terror for him ami if a larger sulvHdy 'Were re quired to establish inrs to South Amer ica he would not hesitate to vote for them: but he was opposed to bonuses which did not have the effect of crea ting new lines. As to the large amount paid for the freight of American goods in the for eign trade that fact ceased to have any weight in the argument, when k turned out that the money went into the pock ets of Americans who owned- foreign lines of steamships.' Mr. Bacon had inserted with his re marks a table showing the exports of American; products from the port of Boston for teu months the object be ing to show that the largo bulk of those products was carried "in slow vessels; almost all of them under 14 knots and that a large proportion of Them was carried iu small vessels under a thou; sand tons, which would not receive any benefit under the pending billt That, he said, was an important fact to be shown. Similar tables were exhibited from Savannah Galytston and other of the Ship Subsidv ports, so tbat.fMr. Bacon said, the money, provided .for in . the . bill would1 go to a few favored large! class mail steamship lines, which did not carry' the great commerce of the country. Mr. Allison of Iowa stated a. few oh- -ject iores which ho said he had to the, , bill. He thought that it ought to have V a beginning, and an ending. He woul'i therefore offer amendments limiting to the first of July, 11)10, the time within which the Uostnnister ticneral should make contract. aud providing that u contract shall extend beyond July 1, 1!)12. . - x , " He said that 'he would also offer anV ameudment providing that no vessel shall be entitled to full compensation unless sailing from a United States port with cargo to the amount of her carrying capacity the shortage in cargo to cause a proportionate diminution m sul)sidy I He said that he w'ould also offer an' l. amendment limiting the aggregate an-, T.ual expenditure for mail pay to 000,04'K) until July 1, 1907, and to ifS.OOO, 000 after ihat date. ' He sympathized with the humiliation. ( of the Senator if rom New York (Depew) . . who traversed' the ocean sofrequently without seeing , the Ameriau tiag.iand he also had a warm feeling forjthat South African consul who was com pelled to live-there and serveVhis Jcoun try for four years without seeing th. American flag; but he did not dFona , tear for that , consul because he couM resign at any time. (Laughteii) He. ' thought that the bill would be of- ser vice. It has been already of t service in directing "American capital in the direction of the ocean and of ' foreign trade. He therefore desired to have I the bill improved and to have its expen- iditure limited so that the people should; know its cost- If he had his way about It he, would ' strike. He saw no particular reason why a sailing ship of 400 or fWX) tons from , Chai lesion to Havana 'should have a subsidy. - N , f He suggested several other amend ments which he said he would offer to to the bill, though he said he had very great doubts about the bill. Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin critifcized the bill in several of its provisions. 1IW said tbatjhe was in -favor of the-man sulisidies proposed, but he did not lik0 to vote for 15-year, contracts and. for-, the.payment of vast sums of money ofit of the treasury unless it Was quite a p parent that the purpose sought' o be .accomplished wrould be aytnplifihed. ,vj And he had not "been able to' ascertain -that from the-debate. On flie""Ontrarjt; ; " ("he information which he had been able to obtain from -the debate caused him to doubt it. Tlie object was, not . simply to give more pay for carrying .? the mail, but. to exiualize the conditions' i between American ships and ships of ' other countries. ' ( Senators on the other side contended, -he said, that there were no adverse . ' conditions, and that -snips could be eon j structed as cheaply n the United State 1 as in Englahd and that they could he operated as clveaply. He doubted that. , It was. stated by the friends of the bill that the difference in cost of eonstmic tion and of operation was 2o per cent. Did the pending bill, he asked, equaiizo those conditions? If it did not equadize them, the amounts paid unoVr-it uld be a waste of the public , money. Ho did not believe that the mail rates pro vided in the bill would overcome the. adverse conditions; and if'the bill did not do tha t it did too little. He ' thought that there -should be a uot ice incorpo rated in the bill, a notice to all tha world, that the subsidy provided in it was precarious as every Senator knew that it was,' and that contractors should not build largely upon it. ' After a short executive session th Senate at 5:15 adjourned till Monday, at 11 a. m. -' -8 BANK AT BURLINGTON New Company Organizes and Will Absorb the Old Bank Burlington, X. C, March 15. Spe cial. The stockholders of the Alamance Loan and Trust Company met here this afternoon for election of officers and transaction of other business pertain ing to permanent organization of; the company. The 'following officers were elected. Jas. H. Holt, president; J. A Havidson, vice-president; !J. M. Fix, treasurer; J. C. Stalej', secretary. The board of directors consists of the fol lowing members: R. (J. ,Vaughn, (Jreens boro; J. A. Davidson, Jibsonville; R. M. Morrow, Jas. N. Williamson, Jr., J. II. Holt, Eugene Holt, R. L. Holt, B. R. Sella rs, J W. Page. J. W. Cates, W. .E. Hay and F. L. Williamson. Ow ing to the lateness of the hour the meet ing adjourned to Tuesday, March US, when the rest of the officers will be elected. , The bank is organized with $45,00 paid up capital and $100,000 authorized capital. This bank has consolidated with the Burlington Banking Company, which goes immediately into voluntary liquidation to become part of this or ganization. : Killed with a Club Winston-Salem, X. C., March 13 Special. Tom Johnson and Lum Ham mond, white men of White Plain-, Sur ry county got into a row this week, wheu Johnson struck Hammond on the 'head with a club. The wound inflicted I resulted in Hammond's death, JJknsOa jmade his escape, - - 4
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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