t n 14 7 Li Vol X RAXEIG-HN. O., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902. UTo. 23 Post. i " Panama Canal Bill Now Ready for the President Claude Kitchin Among the Eight Members Who Voted Against Adop ting the Con ference Report Washington. June 2G. When tbe H"!!e met this morning a bill was passed t aiiind the internal revenue laws rela tive to fermented liquor? .--o as to elimi i:a:e tbc eighth of a barrel from tbe clarification of package. Mr. Hepburn of Iow.i, chairman of h- committer on intertnt' commerce, then called up the conference n port r.pon the ithmiau canal bill. Tl:e state ment ;ihmitted by him yesterday was rc .id. sh jwing that the e.Tcrt of tbe :ito;t!tu of the report w.niM le the cMmii:atio:i of the IIoii ill and tbe 'nu tn:cnt into law of the Senate bill. him on this floor, 1 chaUenge hu cre dentials. I prefer to aeCept Jesus Christ as a prophet, nnd be saje,. 'Do unto oth ers as ye wonld that they should do unto you." . It wai written "Thou .shall not bear false witness against ih- neighbor. and yet the charge in continually made that thv Democracy was attacking the army. Tbe man who repeated that charge, said Mr. Clark, is either deficient ia mental acquirement or misinformed. "I can make the statement no stronger andH keep it within th limitations of parlia mentary law. That it !s repeated shows that it is founded upon Voltaire's dic tum, "keep on lying and some of it will stick." The Democrats gave Mr. Clark such an ovation a the Republicans gave Mr. Laml'ut Tuesday, Interrupting business for several minutes. Mr. Littlefield of Maine congratulated Mr. Clark upon having overcome the intellectual p.vfllysi into which he had ben jonted by Mr. Landls, but he sug gested that he hnd not made good his contention that Mr. Landis statement ras untrue by showing- that ' certain Democrat fought bravely in the army. It was not a question of Democratic soldier runnlnsr. but of Democratic statemen. In this connection, however, in the in orexr of the truth of history, Vi. lacim.l . eriu tViit vhAn Afr Lan- the country, and when any man spoke ,- i ... . ' i : i:,i i?: rhr great waterway he bad in mind 3ir" T ,,u,utlll,, iy " " Z Th.it route. T!i .S-nat,- measue pro-! ratification of the trMty of Ian the red another route. Inead of cen- Irniocraiic in-ty in Congress had turn tnlizinc the ixiwir 1. one jwyon Jt ed its b.ick and run away, he was not cr.-.i!l a onnjs:o:i of seven HOPEFUL NEWS FROM THE KING'S PALACE !.." v' . . Bulletins During the Day De cidedly Cheerful Unfa vorable Change In dicated by the Lat est Official Report f l.i-., t -k m.trn flip i.ltiTtt :nii tf-kf i lio reiKrt." said Mr. Hepburn. "In doing m I to .ay that I have not chanced in the slightest degree any be-1 :n the w..:n o.' the Home of Represeututircs on the Oth of lat Jau i:iy." The Nicaraeua rmte. selected by the Homo bill, he said, had had :h, benefit of fifty years of patient inrestisati.m. I' had hVen endorsed by the pres of i 'iM hold office until the who . quite accurate. Ten days after the rati- fiction of the treaty H Democrat in A.nnl t . ' nave an !,' Tr i , ... -u,, . ip I llif iinujp linn iiini nim wt- jirpuun- rr.p,e:ril. nnd who mic'i. tints Nj.Nt In delaying the p.d f ftf thf w.irlc It iU.i i-r-:..t jc-ei: tifT. the expen.- of which no ' on:' the obl:gaf ion of the treaty in that r.;.m c.-.iiJi conpute. Hn: dep:c all th- report. That appropriation had subee-!v.-t ..f rha: b.ll the House ron- i ouentlr been described as payment for it wa better k. n'rrhMa .-f trji tn!llion Deon at J2 ... v - it urau. n lei to -i Mnr:hi:u than hire r - n n: ill. Mr. Ilfpb.im had quite a !fitr colloquy .:h Mr. Kj-hardson of Tenn. v-e over the tin: in which the predent was t.i . r.-in. th negotMtion v-ith the l Canal t onii..iny. and sa! 1 'hat the Sen- .i'e ricreil every propo;tion m. I! ? i-ia'iTM He v. I t n: 'c t ?l i-e t;mt it i rh nr. lie al tecl.ir l t !j r he did fi- i 1 the I!ivn Cuial Com piMT K-.ed a:vthiirc we car-l to h'. M. HejiJi'irn .?il b- :h-n?i? the 7-. : lent n.viM fi:i in hi nerotiatlons ir ! wjd th.n r-rt to the othvr rente, i fr. Hitrii ..f fl.u ur.l tbe acc?: t ef the rcjuj-t. 3Tinr -ntinient had. 1 i owit.z iu favor of the Panama '' ; Mr l'n!."r vf Alxl .inia nM the ! ra'p f.ivor. iraracn.n. r:t !. e :ve. Mr. Man i .f et n hit n ef tw r.ie-i. ..,. f r; i ? . f : Th r": rf M Th !? Paar the fhllpptn Rill At the night session Mr. DeArmond I a:ama,of issourl replied to Mr. Littlefield de- m "do br "Tk that the Democrats had run away, n!l no't-and retorted that th- Republicans were re ;h rt if be .li ! not l.e- ; 'feeling their way along, feeilng into wa the Senate 'M or the Filirinos pockets and rifling them of rhelr liuds and other possessions. He said rhat in hi allusion to Schley Littlefield must have spken without thought, for h? had slaudered an 'Ameri can hero when he did it. (Applause.! When the section fix ne the gold stand ard was rea-hei. Mr. Jone of Virginia moved to strtke It out. Tb motion to etnke out was lot 1. to S. Also tne motion by Mr. Shafroth of Colorado, to substitute for It the Senate provision wa bt to accept the to A section was proposed by Mr. Patter son of Tennessee, declaring that there shall be no skivery in the Philippines, making p-dygntuy unlawful and repu diating and denouncing Ihe treaty made by General A. D. Hates with the sul tan of Jo!o. It "ft to 1 04. Mr. Williams of Mississippi, sarcastl- I-ondon, June 2G. The irony of fate ordained that the day named for the coronation of King Edward should be an ideal one, even for an Bnglish June. The skies were clear and the heat of the eun was tempered by a' cool, ref resil ing breeze. The weather godswho are held partially responsible for the king's undoing seemed bent npon emphasizing the nation's disappointment. The crowds went to church to pray that the mon arch's life may be spared, or made half hearted holiday, wandering through the treet8 where his triumphal procession would have passed. They "were even uincLined to be joyful in the light of the rny of hope which came from, the pal ace where the royal sufferer lay. The first three bulletins sent out by the physicians today wereydistinctly en couraging. It was announced at .the last that the patient's temperature was normal, and this was the best possible news in a case of this nature. All the other symptoms were also favorable. It was therefore not surprising that the In the chancel were Joseph II. Choate, United States ambassador, and Mrs. i'hoate; Henry W. White, secretary of the embassy, and Mrs. White; John R. Carter, second secretary of the embassy, and Mrs Carter; Whitelaw Reid, special ambassador of the United States to the coronation, and Airs. Keid; Mr. -and Mrs. J. Pieipnt Morgan, - Jr., and the. lead ing meruSbers of the nobility. In the nave about a thousand of the Westminster Abbey ticket holders mainly "qromen were seated. President Roosevelt's sister-in-law, Mrs. . Douglas Robinson, and his sister, Mrs. 'W4 Sheffield Cowles, accompanied Mr.vand Mrs. Reid ,to St. Paul's, and the meniT.iers of this' small party were given the most prominent places in tbe cathedral. A 12 o' clock struck there arose from the far pnd of, the nave the clear notes of. the opening sentences of the litany, chanted hy four of the cathedral clergy. Through the kneeling congregation the choir advanced to the chancel steps. A score of the clergy followed, and be hind them were ten bishops in gorgeous robes. With, evident feeling the choir sang the three psalms of intercession, after which Bight Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, Bishop of Stepney, read the lesson, Isaiah Xxxviii. 10: "I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave; I am deprived' of the resi due -of my years." Right Rev. Arthur F. W. Ingram. Bfsop of London, from the altar steps read the prayer: "O Lord, save the king." The anthem and the singing of the Admiral Dewey Relates d Chapter of War History Governor of Manila Virtually hymn '.'Thine arm, O Lord, in days of i tain that there Surrendered to Him May 1 -Never Took Agui naldo Seriously Washington, June 23. Admiral Dewey made a statement before the Senate committee on the Philippines today con cerning the early operations at Manila, when he -was in command of the Ameri can naval forces in Philippine waters. The admiral's statement contributed an important addition to the history of the surrender of the city of Manila. This consisted' of a positive statement by the admiral to-the effect that the city had been surrendered to him at the time that the Spanish fleet was sunk, and that when the city formally surrendered it "was in pursuance of a definite under standing between himself and the Span ish governor general. The admiral was questioned by Sena tor Lodge. He said he had first heard from Aguinaldo and his friends 'about April 1, 189S, a month before the bat tle, in Manila bay, when it became cer oid was strong to heal and save. Psalm 51 concluded the short service, whereunon the Blshon of London, sur al lue ,.- 3 xu o -VVi aVirra .nril hishftIM n:i:iou took heart again and was almost th irflr KtMV, imnressivelv nro- nonnced the benediction. of NVn V ! :r..-t irl -ul h ' a'd i w.i one 's i t!i effort M"--.'"!! n: 1 f :'!- i I A j 'IMC I ir.T r-j-r f ,,1 )rr inclined to indulge in premature rejoic ing. The throngs which still filled the streets sang and were gay. "The king will live" was heard on all sides, and they began to taik of a coronation in August or September. Then the evening bulletin was post ed at eleven o'clock on the palace gates and in all the pos; offices. It concluded with the disquieting sentence which checked the hopefulness, "There has been some return of pain in the wound." These words would usually have serious significance in a situation like that of the king, and the doctors would have hardly employed them unless they de sired the natural conclusion to be drawn from them. Fresh pain implies fresh irflanmatlon. Renewed inflammation Is usually accompanied or followed b"y a renewed secretion of pus. This peril Is one of extreme gravity. It might be decided to reopen the wound as a laot renort. This ha been dojxe in ce?ful where th patient Is, wrong and In the full vigor of life. In the kirs cam it would be a desperate expedient. Ir. enn only be hoped that the morning bulletins will note the disappearance of fhis alarming symptom. t For a few moments comDlete silence reigned and all heads were bowed in prayer, after which the almost blind Archbishop of Canterbury -was carefully led . down the steps, the procession re formed and the congregation went out into the sunlight, gladly discussing the wording of the latest bulletin from Buckingham palace. Confident Tne Cheeked London, June 27. The wording of the latest .bulletin has given pause to the confident tone that newspapers have be gun to adopt based upon the more cheer ful phraseology used in the successive official reports. The Morning Leader prints below the 11 o'clock bulletin: 4It must be confessed that it does not keep the favorable standard main tained in the earlier reports of the day. At the same time there is no reason for undue alarm. It must be remem- was to be war. "I then heard that there were a num ber of Filipinos who desired to accom pany the fleet to Manila," he continued. "All of them were young and earnest. I did not attach much importance to them or to what they said. The day be fore we left Hong Kong 1 received a telegram from Consul General Pratt, located at Singapore, saying that Aguin aldo was at Singapore and would join me at Hong Kong. I replied all right, tell him to come aboard; but I attached so' little importance to the message that I sailed without Aguinaldo and before he arrived. "There were then many promises ft to wnat the Filipinos would do, but I did not depend uponhem. Consul Williams assured me that upon our arrival and the firing of the first gun 30,000 Fili pinos would rise. None did rise and I frequently joked- him on that point." Referring to the capture of Manila, the admiral said: "The governor general of Manila sur rendered to me on the first day of May. That is a fact not generally known. He -ordArod Ie:chr it. Wil- a he '.in "Ha rM for nio-irtptf i i!un- r. i'up' f 'Ttir. t. l.-tr M; n".-r:T-ir :i .if the tti Ni.r.racjs route A r. ! ralj irj o-rl on the adoption Cf re;.r. T!' report 3 oprs )t? a rote of n TI vifj-r i-i tl-e neffaMre1 Itill of Fevv 1M! of fV'nrado. Hir o' Virrir.i.. .I":ie; rt Virginia. ;.! it Je Ki"eh;n f North Carolina. I.'nd ' ' '"I'tf-rui i. Neville Nebraska. W. ! i f t Ylifnmia. 1 h. 1 1 .--? t!irt reupi"d con:dra t: of t!,p rhillppir.e loll. Th lbilij; ne givernnen: bill tt.k ari n tak.-n ttp in comn.irror of the Tih.o. r. prkin of New York of f 1 an .intendment ririns ih risht of bered how well under the cirenmstances tU' !.-5rir Kt nn hif-hPrtO.V I The papers aevote mncn space-to inci- iu .uuiuucr o. rim ai m.uwi, mts connected with London's subdued l ahd 'I sertf Word to him that if he fired l cnllr pleaded with the Republicans to meet fill, the firt rennonslblllty thmst i I upon them by the treaty of ParK In a manly fahiou: let the American people know what they Intend and not to run I away. I rieneraj Grosvenor moreil to strike out ; the latter part of McCall's prohibition IroTiiiing self government to the Philip nines. He said he did not want to mortgage the futnre In any sue wholesale man ner. Mr. Gnxvenor's motion was lost, and then Mr. McCall's amendment was rejected SO to 12$. Messrs. McCall and Littlefield of Maine joined the Demo- Snt from anv final order or crat m voting for it j'ldjnsT.r t thn rotnnii!ion acnuiring Without further change the comniit- ! to th- lais.-i of any ndu-iois or . tee adopted the Lill reported by the :er,,Vt,r a ! Iol. f.of. ,r,.lt An In.tilrff nffilN rt mrtU. Mr. j.:;o of i:gtnii inore-i to re- t. ;v.. t '. ti.A imrKhice n th to trie itonse stitute or the Senate bill and reported it The bill was then passed 141 to 07. Mr. McCall voting with the Democrats in the negative. At 8 o'clock the nouse adjourned. in th i-land from five to f .- , fit I.n?. Mr. "nrk nf Montana wa siv-n time in nr.vh ti m.ike reply to the n'lcch of Mr. !.ard of Indiana th other day. i:t n'rrj, he had said th.st ween re--vt'lhw'tie and duties grotrinz out of Tie Snlh war rree-itcd themselves f .f r.ni.ieratioii, the Iemoeraf turned th. tr locks n $ ran away. With the x e- ?i -n Af i cxonl'tim and enlicry of tJenera! F"nton. Mr. Clark said, he li! heard the pecb twenty times, and r ;v mi c.irl hear it again bv paying t'i- ircf. F-r winterer might be Mr. I. .! " rien-s ?.i-rlin? a tariff for nni" o.nv. i r:e s rrir:i.uiiii i- , . , .-. . t - fr re-.en-.ie eorld -nr,t be .loubtcd. leaaers in uu, yesteruay appearea If It'v mlorr of Fni'ton w.n jntifd before the House of Representatives and I v r.M-n. the next Republican ticket J demanded that the revolutionary army !i ni l l. Frcl-lv and Teldy. not Teddv ; ,)aj(j tije mQney 4her claim is due DEMAND FOR DOUGH Banderas Threatens to Raise a Revolution in Cuba Havana, June 26. General Quintin Banderas, one of the most powerful ne- Vhn Mr. Landi said th hnd rnn away. Mr. Clark j :n:i annla tided inr n ihey rr. l I r.l ly 1 en,. iv raid. R.-ntti. WomI 1 hnvf .l.. had b said that I?ni tmi n-re ) vronnJrels and should l drawn nnl niartercd. Reenrrinc to tlto rharee that the Den- c-T-atic natty tt.-ketl the army, Mf. Clatk said that r. foul slande-. Theri them. In case of the failure of payment, he said, he would take to the woods and raise another insurgent army. He claim ed that there are many whites who would be willing to join in a movement for the overthrow of the government. Considerable uneasiness is felt hs to What the Bnli-ttn Tell London, June 2C The official bulletin on the condition of King hid ward, issued at 0:15 o'clock this morning, is as follows: ' His Majesty has had a better night and has had some refreshing sleep has Improved in all respects. His con stitutional condition Is quite favorable, and the state of his wound also is satis factory. (Slgnedj "Lister, Treves, Smith, Lak ing, Harlow." Ixmdon. June 20.-2:12 p. m. The fol lowing bulletin was issued frrrm Buck ingham palace at 2 o'clock in the after noon: "The King's condition still remains satisfactory. (Signed) "Treves, La king. Barlow." ljondon. June 20. The following bul letin was posted at Buckingham palace at 0:15 p. m.: "His Majesty passed a good day and has taken nourishment well. ..He is less weak and his temperature is now nor mal. (Signed) "Lister, Treves, Smith, Lak Ing, Par low." London, June 20. Following is the official bulletin issued at 11 o'clock to night. "The king passed a fairly comfortable day and has maintained his strength. There Is a returning desire for food, w-jich has to be very carefully given. There has been some return of pain in the wound. (Signed) Smith." deit holiday amid the empty stands and bar ren display erf coloring for what should have been the setting of the greatest spectacle in the crown's history. Many thousands of persons went round the in tended route of the coronation proces sion once more, sorry, apparently, at leaving the dismantled ghost of a great day, but found Piccadilly a wilderness of uprooted masts. On the pavement of St. James street lav a great golden crown which had been the centre piece of the most am bitious scheme of decoration attempted in anv ouarter of London. Around He ' Westminster Abbey were masses of tim- ' . 1 r 1 1 1 1 a. ; .... oer ana norai aim ueninune iuiuj. I Finally the busses which had born tra- versme the streets at trebled and sex- tupled fares exhibited frequently notiros that thev would take passengers to Rich mond. Hamnton Court or other summer holidav resorts. Thousands of people went to these places 'Barlow," Laklng? Treves, A Note of Warning London, June 27. The Times pays: "The statement in :he last bulletin reinforces the warnings to the public not to indulge too confidently r?r the next few days in the hopes that all cherish. There is no reason for alarm, but the return of pain may at first sigh:, excite misgiving. It may be due cither to a transient incident or latent mis chief. At the palace they declare that the king is be:ter than on Wednesday night." FINIsWTfsTvORK The Viginia Constitutional Convention Adjourns Richmond, Va., June 2G. After sing ing in unison Auld lang syne" the Vir ginia constitutional convention adjourn ed sine die this afternoon, having been In session a year and fourteen days, and at a eost to the State of $175,000. They Tve-p n manv I ?Ti.-wr mnA TfMiiiiiit- . cms who had fonh' in the war with I what the resnit of Banderas threat will Soain. and fought n bravelv Iewey. j be. fVhy. Wheeler. ITo.on. (Applane.if jn tD interview yesterday United There wa i.o no!itie in tbe Spanish I o,-- . Minuter Sotih-e deprecated rhe war nctil the cloe when an ettemot , . ,. circle here. He expressed1 it as llepftil Feellne Indicated . . T .1 T.. K On XT' ! Taj a . several members of his familv during i have completed a constitution which wall the morning. The queen remained at practically disfranchifxJ the negro. The the palace, but the Princess Victoria new rastrument goes into effect July 1, that blacken the xacn ".f 1.tfnrr. toltaui deprive Admiral Schley r.f n,f. repu'a his belief that the goremment is able to t!n he.baJ o clorlonlr wrn. Hi j cone with conditions and that one month is not a sufficient time for th adminis tration of the new republic to deal with all the question confronting it. place triii nre. however, and in his tory he wonld be ranked witii John Paul Jon. Horatio Nelson. Farragnt. Maryatt and tbe red sea king. Bnt fr. Iandis. continued Mr. Clark. w.t not entitled even to the credit f rii0illr makicg h charges. They liad all leen made before bv fleneral Hrorenor of Ohio, "the father of all poiltirnt fables." Mr. Lmli had nnt off on divinity the reponibil!ry for Itepnblican, aggreswion In the Philippines, and on Id he believed In Hod. -Well." sail Mr. Clark, "I be t!ere !n flod myself in a modest way, nd I do not ccept the inqt!eman from Indiana as one of his pmpbeta or Inter prtttrt. When be professes to represent Fire Fighter Burned to Death Nashville. TennJ. June 2d. Mrs. Mary Levan, 70 years old, was burned to death while fighting the flames in a for est fire in the tnoTKitaiiis several miles north of South Ptttrfonrg. The fire has detrorcd a Urge nnniber of houses and barns and Is till raging. There are hundreds of head of stock In danger and people are making strong efforts to save them drove out tins morning. In most of the churches throughout the land today the services which -were to commemorate the coronation of King Edward are taking place in the chnnged form of intercessory services. Replying this morning to a telegram of sympathy from a body of A berdeenians. General Dighton Probyn. keeper of the privy purse, ttlegraphed as follows: "The loyal and kind te!r ram of your . association snail oe submitted to the king on his majesty's reeoverv, which, thank fJod, we may, I think now, look forward to." Sir Francis Henry Laking. physician-in-ordinary to the kine. who has been unremitting in his attendance on his majesty since the operation, left the palace a short time this afternoon. This was regarded as another favorable sign. - f ntereelon Krrrlca and all state officials who have not taken the oath .of allegiance within" ten days thereafter will forfeit their posi tions. Only two of the Republican members ox the convention agreed to the new con stitution. Leading members of t'n2t par ty are preparing to test Its legality be- i fore the conrt on the ground that it was proclaimed by the convention instead of being submitted to the people for rat ification or rejection. another shot I would destroy the town. He replied that he wonld not fire if I did not, "So, while the Spanish flag was not actnally hauled down, Manila was vir tually surrendered to me on the first of May. I anchored my fleet right un der the guns of the town, within easy range about 7,000 yards. If we had had 5,000 troopspresent right then wc would have taken pospessieoi and that wonld haveJbeen'the end of it. when he already had an understanding with the governor of the city to surren der it as soon as he had enough troopt to take possession. . The admiral replied that at that time the Filipinos and Americans werff friendly, but it would be difficnlt for him to give the exact reason for hia ac tion in this case. "I was there a long way from home, meeting grave ques tions and deciding them as I thought best at :he time." y "Yes, and we know how well you did it," interjected Mr. Patterson. "When the fighting occurred between the Filhino army and the Spaniards Aguinajdo had got beyond me and -would not listen to me," said the admiral. When the Filipinos first arrived. Dewey said, it never entered his head that they wanted independence, and he did not believe they did at that time. Their main idea was to get rid of the Spaniards and then to accept American rule. He added: "I believe that would have occurred if we had had 5.000 troops there May 1 to take possession of Manila. These people would have been our loyal friends. I don't know how loug it would have lasted, but they would have been our friends then.". Admiral Dewey gave it as his opinion that after all the 'United States had done for the Filipinos it was "base in gratitude for them to turn on us." He had never t..ken them seriously, but he had humored them, he said. When Mr. Patterson asked about tho capture of the Spanish garrisoa at Subig bay by the insurgents, Admiral Dewev said: "I took that garrison. A German man of war had been, interfering with the Filipinos and prevented them from pass ing from the main land to the island. The Filipinos wanted to try to capture the garrison. Aguinaldo complalnpd to me of the action of the German ship, and I sent Captain Coghlan and two of my vessels there and received the surrender of the garrison, and then turned them over as prisoners to the Filipinos. "Why did yon stop the GermaiH man of war from its interference?" fssked Mr. Patterson. "Because I did not- want any other power to interfere in the Philippines' Was Dewey's answer. At this point the committee adjourneo until 10:30 tomorrow, when Admiral Dewey will restime his .testimony. REPRIMAND FOR GENERAL SMITH Edward a German Admiral Kiel, June 20. Emperor William has made King Edward an honorary admi ral of the German navy. Subsequently n making tlje appointment he issued an order to the fleet by flag signals say ing: "I hope the fleet will always be mind ful of this high honor which at the linster Abbey. gath-j Rme time brings it into closer relations cathedral. The an- with its comrades of the British navy. London, June 20. At the iour when tho king should have been .crowned a great and distinguished gatherings al- iuo.-!. nit-micai nuu lUBl WHlCn WOUld have sat in estmi eTea in ni. i am cametirai. 'rim r. proacbes to the cathedral were lined by The fleet to to immediately hoist the silent throngs, through which drove ! T,.u:t, . t, tw r a i- bers of the House of Commons, all In for tbe kln of England." ombre clothe. ' T J IThe order was immediately obeyed. "The revenue utter McCullongh. otj its return from Hong Kong, brought Aguinaldo. Next day Aguinaldo came aboard and said he wanted to go back to Japan. I said, don't give ir up, Don Emilio. Stay here. "You see. I wanted his help. He went ashore and began recruiting men with in my lines. The following day I told him he had better go outside my lines to recruit and that we had better act independently. We had a common en emy and I furnished guns, etc. When our troops were expected to arrive X requested him to withlraw from La vlfe. He demurred at first, but finally withdrew. Then on July 15, Aguinaldo issued a proclamation declaring the in dependence of the Philippines. That was the first I had heard of their desir- jng independence. A.ruraaiao ana were always on most, friendly terms. He" considered me as his liberator and friend because of having whipped the people who had tyrannized over the Philippines for 300 years. I never recognized Aguinaldo s gov ernment. I have seen the statement that I saluted his flag. It is ridiculous. The German admiral asked me whether I was going to allow the Filipino boats nlving around the harbor to float what they called the Filipino flag. I replied was nothing but a piece of bunting. which represented nothing. That was the end of that. I never recognized his government' in any way. What would have been tne ettect or allowing the Filipinos to enter Manila when our troops -didr' asked 3ir. Lodge. "Well, that if merely a matter ui opinion. eoiaiers are always giveu i looting. They were no: allowed to en ter." . . Admiral Dewey declared that he had an arraneement with the governor gen- oral of Manila to receive his surrender, but the governor "requested that he should fire a few shots before the town was turned over. "I asked if he "was ready to surrender why it was necessary for me to shoot. He replied that his army wanted it. So I had to fire and kill a few people. But t nt Tt-nrd to the governor that he The Knowing Ones Forecast the Final Decision of the President Washington, June 26. Secretary Root will begin in a few days the work of reviewing the record of the proceed ings of the conrt martial wfhich tried I and acquittd General Jacob Smith, who (was charged with issuing orders which resulted in the execution in Samar of a number of natives. Major Lyttleton W. T. Waller of the marine corps, who was also acquitted on charges growing out of the same occurrence, claimed to have received his orders from General Smith. In view of the close relation of the two cases Secretary Root decided to await the arrival of the papers in the Waller case before acting upon the case of General Smi:h. The Waller papers reached the depart ment today. They will be taken up at once by Secretary Root, in connection with the preparation of recommenda tions to the President. The opinion of officials in the w'ar department Is that thr President will reprimand General Smith, who admits issuing orders to hi troops to make Samar a howling wilder ness and to shoot all natives over a cer tain age. The President will undoubt edly approve the proceedings of the court and has already de:ermined that he will not send the papers back to the court for reconsideration. COOKE AND DANIELS must keep his word: if he fired a shot the citv not fire. This has never been prmtea. It is a par:, of the history that I wa reserving to write myself." Under cross-examination Admiral Dewey said that Aguinaldo and the Fil- I irdnos with him were a constant bother ' r t TTp had allowed -him to come to Manila merely out of courtesy. He did not want fhean and rf "my foresrffht had been as good a? my hindsight I would never have let them come." He was qnestioned closely about his reasons for encouraging the Filipinos to organize an army and Invest Manila, i - f Nominations Made at Rocky Mount on First Ballot RockyMount, N. C, June 26. Special. The Democratic judicial convention of the Fourth district was called to order in the opera house at 2 p. m. T. II. Arrington was elected chairman and Paul Jones secretary. C. M. Cook wai placed in nomination by A. C. ZoUi coffer and Jacob Battle by B. H. Bunn. On roll call Cook was nominated, re ceiving 161 to Battle 116 and John L. Bridgers 40. The Wilson delegation, who had agreed in consid-eratlon of Nash county endorsing Connor for Associate Justice, to give ene-half of it 50 vote to Battle, but who gave hhn o.. ly 6, were freely denounced s traitors bv the large crowd in fh galleries nl the Battle men. It was som tlcte before order was restored. C. C. Daniels, W. B. Shaw and Harry Stubbs were placed in nomination for Solicitor. Daniels received 175, Stubba 116. Shaw 26. Mr. Arrington made an admirable presiding officer, quick and fair. The vote in detail was as- follows: Cooke Wilson 53. Franklin GO. Vance 23. Nash 2iy, Edgecombe C9--Total 163. " Battle Wilson G. Vance 3, Nash 37, Edeecombe 69 Total 115. Bridgers Martin 40. - Puniels Wil?on P8, Edgecombe 23, Niteh 34", Franklin Cf-Total 176. . Stubbw Edgeeombe 52, Noah 2., Mar tip 40 Total117. Shaw Vance 2C. There i a plight difference bi3rer. the detailed vet asd the summary ?r codmg. but it 4ernt affect thTsut. A LI

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