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f RALEIGH. N. 'C. THURSDAY, JTJlfE 19, 1903 No. 16 1' -t ' i i- -, . - t t f r Y--'.. . : ... . Reciprocity Caucus Ended in Failure Six Republican Sena- r; present But the Beet Men Prevented' Action .T;:re t. Forty-eight of i; MilOifins of the Senate . . r met in caucus tonight r nnc hours In .in effort , -support of xime plan p..:;, but nothing' was i : caucus finally ad-a.-.iis on Friday af- - i Senator present 'was .f Maryland, who Ion; ; ;!; !: party. He at a. tLc reuer of the . - r who did nt take . h:;a formally invited. :he frty-nine Senators . .! their opposition to . , my s-rt of Cuban re r : and declared that , - i-.I r.n: to the lt in : : . - .-; in::ae of the majority. :i i civen f-r two ab- - - m :'vig In all nineteen V of the Spooner , I .-rrrlay from the Ct S negotiation of a ro . 'v with Cuba or any oth- -:-!atin designed to carry .. rid.it. .ns of President : Ieiler.t K'osevclt for r.s to Cuba. . w.n preceded by a meet . ; ;!ir steering committee -.r.ipoed of eleven Sena- all faetions and all .. .:r wniib it was agreed -- T.tT bi'.l should te made '- '"ie bns;nes after the vt? .. rrow on the is.hmiJn ca- ,-jf the Peering committee a wrver. to the subse n of-he cancrs; s5, for . Cuban reciprocity ques ; uli.tmentary statu. rar:lra!r of Itae Ftght .-nate adjourned th! after : re the raiiriis met the . i- S ;ator. fn lading Mr. Wcl- j round t":?e fctive board tee ro.-ni of Senator Itur . the caucus met they - -. m of bit tie thoroughly .-. - . 1 were in fine :rlm for subje-t of general Tariff revision, bat his vWce w as k-t in the clash of arm and his cry was unheeded. Anthr Canena Friday Wis! Finally after all of the seventeen sol ihrs had pledged their allegiance tinder the call of Iturrows and Elkins, .Mr. Dietrich of Nebraska, who has been a Senator but a .4hort time and whose sonl rs fi:el witli all rhe ardor of a re cruit, thought It -was tin:e to call a halt a;l Hie moved that the caucus adjoirrti sine die. This refrehinc proposition brought Mr. Forakcr of Ohio to ii feet, ami he s:i?r;rertel that perhaps the army of numv.vs and Clkins would not object to flllOTvinvc the majority Senators to say a word. "We mljrht like to ear our selves talk. a little." said Fwaker, bow in x wKh mock courteny to the patriot army, and then be pointed out that Sen ate caucuses do not a-fjourn sine die, but disperse subject to the ca)l of the ifcsiiwan or to meet on a fixed date. Thereupon, Senator Quay moved an ad journment until Friday and the motion was carried. Iler Fniar Action Opiniot: of Senators of both sides of the rjuestlou d'ffer as ro wJiat action if any will be taken by Friday's caucus. The Sjxxner will is generally regarded as dead an-J a determined efforts will now be made by the majority Sen-atom to harnvoriz? the Hepnblieans in the Senate t upiort a rcsolirtJon authoriz ing the president to neroiiate a reeirroci ty tmtty with Cuba ami submit it for ratification at a special session of the Senate, to he ci!!e.l to meet either nert month or in November, immediately af ter the fall elections. Klh n' .Tlodrat Statement Washington. June IS. Senator Elkins nddM a u interesting feature to the Cu ban reciprocity controvorsv todnv bv fur- newspapej reporters a niching to the p. tj r, - elected colonel of - i - .. v. Elkins, lieuten : r" earlier in the day i need in a ftate . . -.: he wa the lead- . I and directed the - ''. t i-t!gar men in " -nt of Cuban re- - i- and that to him : . i:.:. i of the patriots 5 we'd Iriiled in - i i-M v a:sl when the ' v ....! armind Uurrows - ;'ie "III cuard ftooi i at Waterloo. i ral.itl the eaneils to ";v .tf'er e:lit o'e'.ook and ' i . eharai ;eri-:ic little r ' peaee and harmony i i.e or the Senatorial n 'T'-thor in im:y. and IM.itt of Conneiticut, . ' th eomnii? tee on Cuban - "!- a erious. thoughtful z I'nt th IpubHeans get - - ::; of the S;ooner com- u .! h was the measure ' a!'n!aistrat;on and a .' " S. m'e. and dwelling - '' ;) that should eift le- I - '--d Sri'e and Cuba and ! - rr. and en'imentnl rea--i n!l regarded ! In.'e,l State, and why -1 :j re- in mended by - ' . -h 'tid 1 Granted. . r -; -';e in the same vein - - u - h.'t in detail rhe pur 1 :.-.-: of the measure -which . rye. I -.irt r.-foncl E!k'm5 made - --:t!on to everything that . Til sounding the clarion The reason why. in " . tti wise having been -.! statement already Js ' I trirg thi day. " i ziven siftal. olonel Vnr- o his Spartan band and v nr- Tiid ple-!gel t'hem- -e any and all legislation '.e relief of Cuba, whether ' hip f a Spoiner, bill or i rerjnrvttrtg the Pre I dent to . r.-.rlnwtT treaty. The fif " rs who rsi.-nded to fhe f Colonel PurTWvs and v.!.-me l.tk'.ns -were Clapp Minreota. Perkins and " f nvn. Stewart and Jones TVctrich and Millard of Ne o r.-!:e and Gamble of Sonth of Wen Virginia. f Oregon. Foster of "WashlDZ " " Kana a;rl Wellington i Mr. HnrtoTi de.kre! th f'. Mason of Illinois an-1 ! performed a like offiee f.!-r Mr. Simon. Senator Wel-''- ' ' r b"'nelf. all the houts of defl- r"fln.ns army was that '1 h done for Cuba, but ngar industry of the N ' 'ild be pr:ectel. " riy left jn the lute. --. .a Senators, Capp and is firr ns their comrades '? '"t sttirar. but they gave hor f. rtariCf rednrt'oa In 'ns. Mr. Clapp particnlar tiie caactia to take tip the u all phases of the question. ? are menu extracts from t';e ors aniioiineement. the m.nlesr whieh has caused much amusemein the Senate: "Fi: !er the leadership of Senator El kins the long fought battle .over Cuban reciproeify has come to an "e:id and in his favor. The Cuban reciprocity Sen ators gave up the fight today and it will be decided tonight in caucus that no action b taken iipn the Cuban com mittee's bill prepared by Senator Spooner. "From the beginning Senator Elkins has be?n consistent ifi his opposition to tne nui. lie relt that in the interest of Cuba, her people being prosperous and not In want, that the government should shift for itself: that the best way KITCHENER GETS A QUARTER MILLION Parliament Passes Bill Re commended by the King London, June 18 The liou.se of Common by a vote of 227 to 48, has adopted the vote of T0,000 pounds to General Lord Kitchener for his ser vices in South Africa. William Red mond, the ationalist leader, led the op position to the appropriation. . He re peated his charge that General Kitch ener was personally responsible for the deaths of ten thousand children in the concentration camps, a statement which previously roused a violent scene in the House. Tonight the Conservatives lis tened to the charge in silence. J. G. Mcell, Irish ationalist, and James Keir Hardy, labor member, also opposed the grant. " The government supporters remained sil?nt, but when the time was deemed opportune censure was proposed ani adopted, thns shutting off further dis cussion and the grant was adopted. A HORRIBLE STORY. Death Refuses to Embracea .Woman Worse Off Alive New Orleans, June lS.-r-Mre. West rope, who killed her six children in Claybourne countv. Miss., shooting five and burning-the baby to death, and af ter burning down her house, fled to the woods and attempted suicide, is still alive. Put she is in a critical condi tion, owing to the two rifle wounds in her side inflicted by her own hand. She is at the home of her father, eighteen miles east of Port G ibson and the au thorities have as yet taken no steps to arrest her, owing to her condition. She prays to die and when captured handed the gun to one of the posse and Jpiteously bagged to be killed, crying: 'I jhave slept on the grave of my dead sis ter all night waiting the funeral of my fter they are my life across The fol-i their graves." The eli children were burled yester day all In one grave. Mrs. Westrop's case is very peculiar, as there are long Intervals when she is perfectly ane. a fatherFTnhumanity AN ARMED CRANK AT WHITE HOUSE He Carried a Revolver and Wanted to Use it Washington, June 18. Cary J. McAl REVOLUTIONISTS WIN A BATTLE The Venezuelan Government Troops in Revolt WdEemstad, Island' of Curacoa, Fri day, June 13. News reached here to- f AK rs..r.. X'-, i- iua'' "uue J-o. i.cw N. J., "called Tt the WhUe House ftiS day ? n iwrtant succe of the Ven afternoon nndHmbseqreutly was arrested ezueIan revolutionists. ; Afler five hours and held for examination into his mental , lighting od Wednesday June 11, 3,000 condition. He was armed with a re- revolutionists commanded by. Generals volver, which he said he wanted to use llicra, Peualoza and Serralta. captured on a mesmerist whom he said was rc; Lave la de Coro, a seaport town on the tices Ely and Harrell, Ollie Williams. Gypsy Hypnotized Her; rTheri They Eloped O n r r i n " i . t t - ' jjiory or Young t-annie bmitn On the Witness Stand The Man Held for Court Suffolk. Yfi.. June IS. Snecial. Con cluding .n all day's hearing before Jus- typewrltten statemmt. which if primed 107 5111 1 ;,1,1"K l"e in full would till a column and a half six "eaJ rnildren and a i;i The Pot. this he gives hi views ! b '.tried I intended taking u at. in win Sen.it . Tift lUTtV O nIT S f n -rt 1 nn n W said his troables followed his rcjeedon ,U11 oxoxo. ux tne government -- - - x-. 1, t, J .forces 27 men were killed dtk 1?o wore tJ1t.iiJ' x i.iuib ouikii, i yeais o.o, ,l v i Is o -r I f H?jfi caprut.ett sis days later at rJmporia, New lork. June IS. Cary J. McAllis-j captured, i Coro, the capital of the Va.. along! with the girl, was this eve? ter is a carriage painter, 2G years old, state of Falcon, where vice-president ning held !for the grand' ury aud coai the son orTErastus D. McAllister, of Ayala Is in command of the troops of , mitted without bail. New-ark. He was employed by his tic government, is besieged by the rev-! Miss Smith herself was the star wit IflfX0 olntioniata. aud when the.se advices left ??ss "'V: - " fi . I OTO 1 A f'm.. t..u. ftrnnnf fin frail- i 'tu'il a nia)II!lMZCU Ul JUUUU suuereu irom oppression to sucn an 1 -.- extent that a physician had to be cm-,1" at any moment, ployed to treat him. j After a revolt of the government This spring ho claimed to have in- troops in the barracks at Ciudad, Boliv vented an improvement s revolvers and iar, capital of the state of Boliviar, ren'J0. rlnf TtUt-LJ Governor Sarria retreated with his fol secure a patent. His relatives iniew- . . x T , , . , r. . ark have arranged to secure ball for him low"s 1 ?f 1 BbWm, on the Orinoco, If it is necessary. They have no fuller where President (.-astro had sent him information abtrut his visit to the White 'jOO men with instructions to make an House than what they read in the news attempt to re-occupy Ciudad, Boliviar dispatches. -4- WILL DENY HIMSELF Kig Edward Training for the Coronation London, June 18. The following, state ment was issued from Windsor Castle tonight: "We are authorized to state that ta anticipation of the severe strain to which the King will be subjected during the coronation festivities, his Majesty's medi cal advisers have recommended him to forego all public engagements during tho uext few days. (Signed) KNOLLiS. Si Edward. !The plan is here considered to be chi merical. The French cruiser Suchet is at Caru pano, Venezuela ; the British cruiser tAIert is at Ciudad, J3oliviar, and the Dntch cruiser Koningin Ilegentes has farrived at Laguayra. ' NATIONALISTS AT ASHEVILLE Four Events Being Pulled Off at Once itawis. tne prosecuting attorney, .was that she was overcome by hypnotic in fluence exercised by the Gypsy, who is a man of strong intellect and magnetic appearance, with piercing black eyes and long brown mustache. 1 "He said he loved me, and I believed then that I loved him," Fannie said n the stand. "I felt that I was bound to go. if I did not stay but ten minutes. I couild not resist hrm. I thought I loved him; I hate him now, since 1 hava got back to my right mind. Xaen L was under his spell. It all seems Lke a dream. I've forgotten most every thing that happened on the trip." More than a half-dozeu of tho best people in her -neighborhood. Including her. Sunday school and church associates, sworeto her excellent character prior t meeting Ollie Williams, sayioy en hud' done no deed to excite suspicion; thati ther was no cause for reproach, no act of Impropriety since .her baptism. Wil liams did not testify. Notwithstaadrnj their nomadic nature, Williams and hi camp had been near Fannie's home ginco January, excepting a few wek. Uy, his presents of confections and his pleas ant demeanor, and his chftrch donations Ollie was called "The Gentlemen Gyp-. sy." Ifannie does not yet wear lon dresses. Cherry Tree Swindlers To Make Restitution $10,000 With To Refund this Agreement Judgment Is Suspended Till Oc toberShort Jail Sentences. How He Attempted to Reform a Bad Son Scrnnton, Pa., June IS. Edward Crample,-3iine years old. son f Michael Crampie, who lives on the Moosic moun tain, was found bv the nolice this after- for a child to walk was to use its legs. : noon shackled with chains and tied to and for a nation to get on In financial the floor of a barn where he had been matters U to make an effort for itself, j compelled to lie since Sunday. The boy He did not believe in paying six million i was taken in charge by the charitable ddlnrs a year fr five years of the pco- association of this city. The crnel father pie's money by way of a reduction of ! was taken to the county jail in default of the tariff when the -eeple of Cuba nr i?NH) bail. the government of Cuba would not in J The boy. it appears, is very v?ild, runs all probability get a do.H.ir of these fund, i away and steals. His father on Sun "lle has not made any war upon the, day last gave him a terrible beating and sugar or tol;iee tins? or intended to ' neighbors informed the police. When do so. bur simply trying to help Cuba. ' they went to th escene they found ihe After the tobacco plan was discarded. barn locked. Through the window they although favored by many from the be- could see the boy loaded with chains ginning who oppose it now. he is will-'lying on the floor. The boy bears fright ing to pass the House hill amended or ! ful marks from the beating that he re unamended. This .was not looked on i ceived. Crampie shows no remorse for with favor. He then proposed that the. his cruelty and said he was bound to President negotiate a treaty with Cuba 'make a better boy out of his son for reciproeify on line whieh would not hurt any American industry and at the same time help Cuba and not help any tnit. "Pending this controversy he introduced a joint resolution looking to the annexa tion of Tuba as a state, if she should be so di.pnd His reason for this position has been simply, if the United State5! proposes to pay six million dollars a vear for five years, or thirty million dollars to Cuba to -start her as a nation, after what we have done, and if in do ing this the Itepnblican party was to be disrupted. and torn to pieces, the beet sugar industry was to be assassinated, almost destroyed, protection to be aban doned in part, the tariff Teduced anil disturbed out of time, and the certain fart that within less than five years Cuha to le a part of the United States, the beet policy would be before all these hurried thirrtrs are done, we might as well admit Cuba at once, or within a year f.r -o. What is the use of isnffering all the damage and making sacrifices to help Cuba and at the end of five years admit her. when we could admit her at once and save all this trouble? "In case of annexation. Mr. Elkins is not frishtened by the cry of free trade with Cuba injuring her American In dustrie. Free trade amongst the states of the union has never injured American industries and never will." LEE NOT A LUNATIC So Say a Jury Now to Be Tried for Murder. Charlotte, N. C, June 18. Special. In the now celebrated Amos Owens Cherry Tree case sentence was today Ir Trancis Ivnollys, who signs the The son the music teachers' assoe a- ir, fiDnvn tv, aa, foregoing, is private secretary to King tlon bezan the r business sess ons here raise tn tbonn-ni HnaT.e t tn today, 1'resident It. H. Fetors of boutu the agents who were caught in their Carolina presiding. 1'ublic school music ; swindle and also will pay the costs in uuu iiiusic iu euiieyes uuu yiivaic gtuuwj was the subject of today's discussion, led by J. W. Jeudwine of Raleigh. To night a grand concert was given in which Mme. von Klenner of New York and other musical artists took part. A feature of the meeting will be a num ! ber of grand concerts. I Rev. Timothy Stone of Baltimore was Atlanta, Ga., June 18. Millard Lee, ' the speaker today before the Y. M. C. A. who three weeks ago shot Miss Lila Conference of southern colleges now in Suttles to death in a church on the session here. A number of prominent outskirts of Atlanta, was-this afternoon divines, . including Chancellor McDowell pronounced sane -by a jury. His attor- of New York, and others, are in at neys had put up a plea, of lunacy and tendance at this conference, the first trial was to determine his men-j At the j-oung - woman's christian as tal status. 'sociation annual convention, also In ses- Now that this issue has been settled sionhere, an open meeting was today he will be placed on trial for his life held. Miss Griffith, chairman of the tomorrow. Lee takes the verdict in a American association committee, pre very apathetic manner, bearing out law- sided. Tonight an address was made yers' assertions that he does not realize bv Rev. Richard Orne Flynn of At- what is going on around aim or tne lanta. There are about duu college wo- gravity of his position. Limit to immigration men in attendance. The classification committee of the southern trunk lines, representing all railways south of the Ohio river, "began the case. The coirrt as it may elect will sentence defendants to short rrma in jail, but none will be sent to the penl- tentiary. ' , ) Col. W. D. Cowles, clerk of the courts will receive the $10,000 to be restored. All of the defendants pleaded ffuilty, upon at least one charge. Their bond) is $2,500 each. Will Rev. T. Bright be sent to jail? is a most I a teres ting question. Some sayr he will, and others are inclined to believe that the judss will be light on him. The judge stated, that he believed in the doctrhio of resti tution. The law firm of Justice & McBrayer are to return an $1,800 fee received from O. D. .Wilkie, one of the defendants. The grand .jury returned! a true bill ag.ainst .this" film for receiving this fee, -declaring that they thereby be came partners iu the business. New Light Thrown On NavaS Scanckil at Venice Text of Court of Inquiry Find ings Develops It Officers Refused to Plead "Vio lent Drunkenness," Aftermath London, June 18. The text of the find ings of the court of inquiry in the case three-days session here today. This of. the United States naval officers im- meeting was to nave openea yesterff but was delayed on account of the ab sence of Chairman McGovera, ef Atlinta, who has since arrived. It is understood that some important changes in rate Washington, June 18. Representative Shattue of. Ohio today introduced a bill providing for an eoacational test for the admission of immigrants. All immi grants who are 15 years of age or over j classification will be made who -can not read Engrish or some other : language, except when citizens of Can-I . ada or a member of. the family of a res- fall! I Bll ident of the United States, are to beiUlU IlilS-U wi i excluded. CUBAN AFFAIRS Bonus of $5 Per Head for Importers of Cows, &c. Havana, June IS. The IHarlo de La Marina says that If the American gov ernment paid money fo Genera! Gomez as stems probable it did, the matter should be kept quiet. It is not decent that thoe who had charge of the in tervention and whose fiucces was large ly due to General Gomez should now discuss whether the money was rightly or wrongly, given. At a meeting of the secretaries it was decided to recommend that Congress grant $' per head premium on female cattle imported Into Cuha for breeding purposes. This is a change from the plan of Senor Terry, ministeer of agri culture which propced free entry for Mich cattle. The change Is due to the opposition of other countries from which Special Home News Prom Washington Pulling Bate Off Our Park Bi -Postmasterships, Cadet ships, and Personals Chairman Jones and Mr. JJryan By TIIO.flAS J. FENCE Washington, June 18. Special. This morning Senator Simmons had a lengthy inteiview with Senator Bate" of Ten nessee and they discussed the Appala chian park bill. Senator Simmons went over every phase of the park measure and explained a number of features to the satisfaction of the Tennessee Sen ator. It is not probable that Senator Jiatc will continue his opposition to the bill any further. The bill is not as objectionable to him as he first thought. Seymour Hancock, postmaster at New Pern, against whom charges were pre ferred, arrived hero today. A special agent visited New Ie;-n last week for ;he purpose of investigating these charged and he has submitted his re port to the Postmaster General, who will make known the result tomorrow. Mr. Hancock's friends believe confident ly that tho department will refuse to take notice of these charges, which it is contended have been preferred out of malice. There is a contest over the postmas- tership at Hickory, wuica win te sei 11 at an earlv date. Jones W. Iler- ford. the present. pnimatcr wants a re-appointment, but he is being opposed by .1. T. Wlllard, editor of tile Hickory Press. Congressman Claude Kitchin haa re ceived the Tesnlt of the competitive ex amination far the cadctship at Annapo- or acoiiana ie.-. young: man, who main- female cattle might be imported into I list, and G. W. Bryan Phi 'is the successful youn It is also propod that Congress pay gained tho highest average, a bonui to sugar llan:erof fifty cents The examination was conducted by for every ,500 round of can Of the George Green of W eldon and 1 . . last ctoq, ' jMangum, superintendent of the Weldon graded school. Fletcher Gregory made the next highest average and he Is nam ed as alternate. The design of the new poetoffice to be erected at Blizahcth City was sfhmvn to Congressman Small today and he was furnished with a photograph taken from tho prospective drawing. The bulTding, which is to cost $170,000, will be one of 'the moat handsome in tho State. Congressman Smail is greatly pleased with the work of the airchltect, James Knox Taylor. The buildiiaig is to be three stories in height. It 13 to be of granite to the second! floor nu then of brick. Tho architectural design- is very handsome. There is not much hope of favorable action on the oill that has already passed! the Senate for the construction ofa lightihoTisie on Diamond shoal, off Oape Hatteras. Tho House commlittee on commerce declined yesterday to con sider the bill, the excuse being that there is other important business ahead of ft. If OonigTessmaii Small can get at farvorable report on the .bill at this ses sion he wiM be satisfied. Arrivals James A. Bryan amd M. D. W. Stevenson of New Bern, Mr. ami Mrs. A. A. Thompson and daughter of Raleigh, Judge E. W. Timberlake of Louis-burg, Sir. and Mrs. J. D. Young of Winston, J. It. Chamberlain of Raleigh. Jonei Ob Bryan and Isanea James K. Jones, chairman of the DemcratTC national committee, declared today. that the three leading tesues in the coming campaign will be imperial ism, the trusts a-nd tariff revision. The national chairman is still wedded to free silver, for he took .occasion to say that this issue rs not dead. It Is seTtled for the present, in Mr. Jones' .opinion, na ture havirwr accom'p'lasihed that much. As to Mr. Bryan, the national chair man said it wis not uecessari" for the State convention to endorse aim before breakfast every time they meet. Mr. Bryan does not expect this and neither loes his friend. Mr. Jones takes a veTT v hopeful jiewof tbo sitnatioa. -. i BEGINS TRIAL prisoned at Venice in the latter part of April throws a new and important light on the affair. It now appears that the United States consul at Venice, Henry A. Johnson, and the lawyer providtl 'by him for the defense, urged the officers to plead that they were violently drunk. This they utterly declined to do. Rear Admiral Crowninshield, commanding the European squadron, in reviewing the findings of the court, severely censures Captain James H. Dayton, the com mander of the Chicago, for not person ally attending to the defense of the of ficers, and comments on the "revolting indignities" suffered by the officers while confined at Venice. Under the circum stances Admiral Crowninshield holds "a court-martial would be a farce." Captain Dayton's court of inquiry traces the movements of the officers of the Chicago on the day of their arrest, uoaaeriai.'e edbetter were Company and Avon Cotton Mills was j affected by liquor to a noticeable extent, taken up in the Federal Count today, but were not intoxicated in the ordinary T4ie plaintiffs, who do a cotton business meaning of the tern, and there is no . , . . , evidence that the other parties were at vicKSDurg, Jiiss, oemana aooux w- afferted bv drinking." Action to Recover $60,000 From Gastonia Concerns Charlotte, N. C, June 18. Special. The case of the Wells Cotton Company jand sayg "Lieutenant John vs. the G-astonih, N. d Manufacturing j and Surgeon Robert E. L 000 alleged to be due. them hy the two above named cotton mills for raw cot The disturbance arose when Captain Robert P. Wynne, commanding the ma tn. The action really consists of two rine guard or tne inicago, seeing xou cases, one against each mill, $26,000 de- I deridge and Ledbetter sitting outside manded from the Avon mill and $37,000 ; ?1o fe. "f uanThVh, ? , ... i an that place, resembling Yi, yi, yi: from the Gastonia mill. But Dodderidge and Surgeon Ledbetter The defendants deny each of these (ran toward Captain Wynne, upsetting alleged indebtedness and allege that theiehairs and two small tables. A large Wells company agreed' to take stock in a new mill being formed by them, said stock to be paid for in cotton de livered to the mills. Defendants aver that said cotton was thus bought with ! crowd and the police immediately sur rounded Lieutenant Doddeiidge, who en deavored to explain. "The crowd," the findings ' continue, "pressed on, .shouting aloud, gesticulat- ii .11 mg, ana were not wen controlled py the above understanding. The ablest the police. The police seized Lieutenant legal counsel obtaincyble are representing , Doddendge and, apparently at the same ithe parties to the suit. time, the crowd attacked him. Dodder idge was roughly handled by the police and it- required the assistance of cm- Salvador is Angry With Us ;&rSnWn Ledbetter, -vr t to tv- Naval Cadet James C. Kress and Lang- news from the republic of Salvador (vie jey. a marine, Guatemala) indicates a !ate of frenzy help Lieutenant Dodderidge . retalia ting aroused by the recent decision of the the assistance of the civilians, but court of arbitration at Washington in ntAa5tn5 1T1? P-f, p ft : nAAiA in hi the claim-of H. Hi Burrill agairTst Sal-1 "At -:he station, it is added in the yador. , findings of the court, "there was much The" president of the little republic ' excitcfaent. The crowd w(as at first and most of the members of the national allowed therein, and no one appeared assembly have signed a pronunciamento to foein hpvh .authority. The crowd to the people, declaring that the decision sKmted and" gesticulated and-, the offi- of the court was a scandal and a crime; B1-u iAnnAn nn mtpst -Their that the judges were bribed; that the cers made demands and protests Their Salvadorean representatives were treat- treatment in prison was severe and ex ed m a scandalous fashion, and that Dr. tremely humiliating, but there is no Zaldivar, one of the Salvadorean repre- ovic!ence that .the prison rules were ex sentativs. was recreant to his tmztJtk ceeded." The officers pleaded seii-acrense against civilians, that no police were knowingly resisted, and that their in tention was not to rescue Lieutenant Dodderidge, but to protect him from violence inflicted by onrsiders. The court refers to the disadvantage at which the officers were placed dur ing the trials owing to their ignorance of the Italian language and laws, and is now in Europe to escape inc- of his actions. . , g Farmers Killed by Lightning Sherman, Texas, June 18. Four men were struck bv lightniug and killed on a farm 12 miles sputhwest of here to day. The dead are: William Coleman, Henry Conweil, George Bratcher. 'J. K. Bratcber. a brother of George Bratcher. Coleman farm and theiT bodies ve interpreter, who was a consular ia yas badly burned The strong feeling agams th offi,- cers among the audience was frequent ly manifested, and efforts were made by . the magistrates to suppress the taanfc' ' festaUons." ' ' , - In summing up, the court finds thnt ' while the actions of Cadet Kress, were indiscreet, no 'further proceedings against him should be taken. ThosamO conclusion is arrived at regarding Lang-, ley, and the court recommends 'that Lieutenant Dodderklgo, Captain Wynne and Surgeon Ledbetter be tried by courlj martial for conduct unbecoming an Offi cer and a genleman," that Lieutenant' Doddcridge and Surgeon Ledbetter , bo tried for "being noticeably affected by liquor and upsetting-tables and chains," and that Captain Wynne be tried for "his unlusnal hail in the quiet of. St. Mark's j Square," and running among chairs dnd tables In a public cafe. In quashing all the recommendations for court martial Admiral Crownin shield saj's: "After a jninTfte examination it P pears that there was not sufficient ev- ' idence adduced before they court of in qr.iry to establish the allegations against Surgeon Ledbetter. Lieuteant Dodde-l ridge and Captain Wynne. The weight, of the evidence shows that the two first) 'named were not noticeably affected by liquor. The matte appears to have ' been forced to trial on account of the , representations of civilians who were "in no way under the. authority of any branch of the Italian government, no tional or municipal", and whose charac ter was such that the officers were TicVj timized. "The sum. total of thematter It that the two officers had a dispute vitfc' waiter there and ran-among chairs andf tables, all the -tables 'and chair behrjr deserted at the tame; that one of thenij upset tables land1 chairs- and that, another called out In loud tones Ja tho desertedt' square. While some or, ail of them actions may h coneldtrexl In discreet or lacking in dignity, none of them -meri t a ' court martial, and non can be ch'arac- . terized'as brtoging scandal or disgrace on tho naval service. Hence the court of inquiry clears the officers of resLvt-',' ing public authority or "unwarrantably attacking citizens, which are the prfawl-y " pal If not the only points on-whldh the'. Italian court found' the partie nJltyJ ) The government is relieved of the n barrassm-onts of bringing tho part'e to trial, when no offensa exlwta, inrply to keep a possible thought entirely nwan thorized promise that a court martial should follow; th court of inquiry. Tho, parties will be admoaiisbod: to co con duct them? elves hi th f utura a to avoid if possible a repot5tkra of the- occur rences leading: to this conrt of Inquiry."! Was-hinton, Juno IS. An appMcatJoai for transfer from the European etatSoa: Is expected, (from. Captain Jatnee II. Dayton, command-lng the oruier Ohlca-; go, a the result) of the 'publication! of" ' Rear Admiral A. 3. . Crown lashiftldM offlelai criticieci of Jits part ia tho court of fnqliiry anointed to nvestiirate ,th charges of uil5nrhct at .Ventce of three officers, a naval cadet and. 'a, priv'at of an asines attached to his rhrp. It i not believed that Captain Dayton will apply for an inquiry to dtenalne whether the criticism of. Rear AdWl-ral :' Orofwn in &h i e Id were deserved. Such a" i course wxwkl be unosnal and- the navy Ty department would probablr enT thQ an '- i i ' 1 IN ; f
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 19, 1902, edition 1
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