North Carolina Newspapers

For N. C. : Fair, ; for Raleigh Fair, cold. . ' I Temperature for t I ax23;Min.23. ol.XIII . . . RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY. JANUARY 3 0, 1904, , ro " n a BE . r Dn n n . . . ' - . T : : : : - 53 lie Has Tried Twice to Be Appointed Minister and Got Left But Congressman Gudger Appears to Have Plain Sailing Before Him By THOMAS TVasMngton, Jan. 29. Special. The rrrdl'tion made last Tuesday that H. A. Glger would not be considered for rv.i ::i;tc-r to Panama, was confirmed to .hy by the announcement that W. TV. i -rfil, at present secretary of lega t :-.:: at Carcacas. Venezuela, has been : vpinted charge of the American le-jr-tio-i at Panama, and will conduct tl.e business of the. latter legation af-t.-r the departure of Minister Buchan n: . who will sail from Colon next Tues for the United State3. Mr. Russell ,:pt-rcedes Mr. Gudger at onoe and the r:-f diction is made that he will be pro ... ted to the ministership as soon as Mr. Buchanan tenders his designation, '....h he will de shortly after hi3 ar rival in this country, i Mr. Russell, .: is a Marylander, was secretary of ; year an effort was made to present the -ation at Caracas when Mr. Loomis, ! subject, but it was held up at the in ;he present assistant secretary 0; . stance of Mr. Blackburn. The mem- ,...,. ;.-.:. -... ,. lers f the committee questioned very sinte. v.as minister to Venezuela; ana , , , . ! closely Mr. Kitchin, Mayor Eaton and "lvri hls Promotion to that fact. , Mr Tomllnson. These gentlemen dwelt Friends ol Mr. Gudger feel that he has ; upon the growing commercial im n en slighted by the administration. J portance ' of . the city, the large post T .-. ice he has been in direct line for I cffic? and revenue receipts, the una- ., , . , , . , . inimity of the people for the site agreed i i emotion to be minister, and each ' 1 1 ie the administration has gone out its way to make another selection. A King's Mountain Project Representative Yates Webb will in- troduce tomorrow a bill appropriating J ilCO.COO in commemoration of the deeds ;-year. Ihe population of the two cities f American troops at the battle h'. as now estimated to be 20.000. Sever.: ground of Kings Mountain. It is Mr. : members of the committee expressed Webb's' idea that the government pur-j the opinion .openly that the speakers chase fifty acres.'lyiag partly in North i had made a splendid impression, and South Carolina, which will include! ML Airv Must Wail the battle field, with-the Ultimate ob-h ject of converting it. into 4 park. The ! Senator Simmons was informed to $100,000 appropriation now i'ccntemplat- ay by .Senator .. Scott.that the sub ti also provides for a monument in post office committee appointed to con honor and memof y of the valorous ' sider the charges against Postmaster deeds of American troops who made it ! Albright of Mount Airy would not be possible for this government to exist. ( convened until the returri of Senator Mr. Webb has conferred with Gen. Gros ; Eurton of Kansas, who went to St. venor of Ohio and other Republican ; leaders, who heartily' favor the plan. The prospect is very bright for favor able action. It will be recalled that. Uncle Joe - .innon is 5-ruiiSi in lavor 01 me gov:, mmem taKinf possession of T Kings i Mountain battle ground and placing i- here a lasting recognition of the ser- ; vices of those wno fought for independ- i .ice. Mr. Cannon declared in favor the project on the floor of the ; House when the appropriations for the monuments to be erected at Guilford! ourt House were under consideration. When Mr. Webb brought the subject j i Gen. Grosvenor's attention the h:oan declared that he not only fav ored a proper commemoration 01 They Will Have.None of Bryan and Are , Disenchanted With Gorman The Hearst Boom Is Making a Lit tle Noise Xew York, Jan. 2$. A staff corre spondent of the Brooklyn Eale, who is touring the south and Interviewing fading politicians on the Democratic ;:-o?pects, today sent from Atlanta an 'terview with Hoke Smith, who sum marized the Democratic situation in Georgia by the remarki "Georgia will f-end its delegation to the national con vention to vote for the nomination of "hief Justice Parker of. New York for resident if the Democrats of New vork will take the Tead." The corre frondent says Georgia Democrats will nve none of Bryanism. Frtlowing is ;he letter in part: " :'The Georgia Democrats take it for rranted that the national convention 'a -t. Louis will not reaffirm the plat J' n;i of 1900 adopted at Kansas City. rhe Georgia theory of the campaign, 'e the theory of New York, Delaware, aryiand, the Virginias and the Caro Il!ir2. is that it. should demand tariff rtforn, federal regulation of trusts, the "istruction of an interoceanlc canal Georgia ."D Incline . to JJ PENCE Kings Mountain but of Valley Forge as well. Winston Public BuKding Project yinston-Salem made a strong pre sentation of its case for a public build ing before the House committee on public buildings today. It was evident that ' the members of the committee were much impressed with the neces sity of the growing tobacco city for a commodious public building. Repre sentative W. W. Kitchin, who pre sented, the Twin-City delegation, con sisting of Mayor Eaton and C F. Tom-, linson, is hopeful of success, though he realizes that there is a strong disposi tion not to , pass . any public building measure at this session. This was the first time the committee had heard the proposition for the purchase of the Foresyth county court house and its I conversion into a public building. Last upon and the excellence of the location. 1 It was shown that Wmston has con tributed as much as J2.8CO.000 in inter nal revenue to the federal government ! in one year and that the post office receipts alone amounted to $61,000 last Louis to arrange for his own trial be fore a federal court jury. 7 The election sub-committee, selected by Chairman Mann of committee No. 1, j to report on the Moody-Gudger con ; test, has not vet held a meeting. The has not yet heJd a meeting. The Republicans are going to vote in favor ,'nf , Rpntinsr- Afr. Guderer and are onlv deferrlng action for formality's sake, Mr- eorge W. Hall and bride of Charlotte were at the capitol today, the Chests of Representative Webb, Representative Webb went to the war department today to secure, if possible. he discharge from the army of A. J. Baldwin of Madison county, who Is in the Philippines. The young man is un (Continued on 'page 2.) eniocrats ParKer and a conservative application of the The Democrats . doctrine of expansion here are disappointed that their party has gone on record in the Senate as : 'Senator Gorman was, not very long ago. a popular-candidate for the presi dency with the Georgia politicians. He has a noteworthy following here now, but " Mr. - Gorman's most important Georgia friends have not approved of his onDOsitlon to the isthmian canal. While the Maryland leader's course in j. the . Panama dispute, has been -mildly deprecated.; by t important democrats elsewhere in the seaboard south, it is openly condemned by the strongest men of the Georgia Democracy. "Chief Justice Parker's candidacy is recognized in Georgia as the strongest now before the . national . Democracy. Recently the Georgia . Democrats have been " making inquiries : about him in New: York,; and Jthe well-informed are satisfied that he can carry his home state by a large plurality. In addition to these advantages he has powerful friends among the Georgia leaders, who only, await,. sign, from New York to openly champion his cause. "No such sign is !ikely to come. It' is understood here that the New York situation, with' Charles F. Murphy in clined toward Mr. -Cleveland, and Sen ator McCarren supporting Judge Par ker, which was illuminated at Wash ington when the" national committee ir.et, is unchanged. Assuming that New York, outside 'of Tammany, wants Judge Parker,. the south, regards Tam manVs negligent attitude toward his candidacy s : almodest little by-play I which will not in the end prove dis advantageous to. the judge. I "What real uneasiness is felt her by Parker advocates is based on the pos sibility . that the candidacy of Editor J William R. Hearst may complicate the Democratic situation In New York, or that Colonel George B. McClellan may j nourish ambitions embarrassing to the ; New York delegation. The seat of the Hearst boom here j doubt as to New York j ward him." FROM CANE TO COTTON Louisiana Planters Will Re duce Their Sugar Acreage New Orleans. Jan. 29. The Cuban reciprocity treaty, which 'is expected to injure the sugar industry of Louisiana, ! and the present high price of cotton have had the effect of inducing many sugar planters in southern Louisiana to abandon cane for cotton this year, or at least to divide their crops. One of the first to do this is the. Bell Alliance plantation of Assumption parish, one of the oldest and finest in the state. This plantatiqn has been cultivated in sugar for one hundred and fifty years. It will plant an equal acreage this year in cotton and cane. shotsTSSsTbows Warlikp Arte RftnnrtpH h!in his conduct of .the prosecution of VYCUIiNt; MbU nBUIltJU uy . the cases growing out of the murder of Passengers Arriving at Chefoo London, Jan. 30. 4 a. m. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Chefoo, China, jvits before Commissioner Leidy, al says that foreigners who passed through leging that the district attorney was that place Friday "asserted that the j in a state of "beastly intoxication" Russian steamer Argun, on which they 'during the two days of the trial, mak- traveled from Nagasaki to Dalney was ing a postponement of the case by the .upon a proposition to fund the loan of .a l t t. i .!'. . . ... .!.- . fired at by Japanese warships outside of Chemulpo. They declared that three shots were fired across the steamer's bow. The captain of the Argun vow- ed that he would not stop, but he fin- ally yielded to the passengers who were frantic with fear. The correspondent torhey was intoxicated when he visited ! company has a year in which to make I The vote was then taken on the Cul does not indicate what the Japanese jthe house and his conduct was highly ; provision for the repayment of this lom amendment inserting the dlscre did afterwards, only adding that there 'improper. The papers were filed and iloan. but latelv its finance committee tionary clause, and the motion . pre- was no further attempt to stop the steamer, which proceeded to Dalny, where she arrived last Tuesday. DONE WITH BRYAN Mississippi , Democrats . Will Drop Him and ths Kan sas City Platform ' Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29. The Mississ ippi legislature, according to a poll made today, is overwhelmingly, opposed to a reaffirmation of the principles of the Kansas City platform by the next Democratic convention. While many have kind words for Mr. Bryan, per sonally, almost every member is in fa vor of repudiating him and calling for a thorough revision of the platform. Speaker E. M. Thomas, who will pos sibly be a delegate to the St. Louis convention, is especially strong in his . declarations. He says he is unalter ably opposed to the recognition of Bry an as a party leader and the free sil ver plank must go. DINNERS SEAS APART Banqueting Halls on Opposite Sides of the Atlantic Con nected by Cable New York, Jan. 29. The New Tork Pilgrims, the American branch of an association of international travelers between this country and Great Brit ain, had its annual banquet at Del monico's tonight with Sir Henry Mor timer Durand, the British ambassador, 33 tne &est of honor. In the Carleton - i a nti m.im K ".-- o.i. in w i si'u . Britain had gathered at , half past ment of the British government and i the cable company a direct wire was run from the Carleton Hotel to Del- monico's. At 7 o clock on this side of the Atlantic, at midnight in London, in ternational messages of congratula tion were sent across the seas. Ambassador Choate and Sir Morti- mer Durandf Senator Depew and the lQrd chancelior of England, Sir Thorn- as Lipton and Senator Depew, and Gen. Corbin and Lord Roberts, and others exchanged greetings, the telegraph op erators being busy all the time the banquets were in progress thousands of mile3 apart. London, Jan. 29. Colonel Hutchinson presided at the dinner here tonight of the Pilgrims Club in the absence of Earl Roberts, who is not well. Thert were about seventy .guests, including Ambassodor Choate, Earl Halsbury, lord high chancellor, Sir Edward Du rand, brother of the British ambassa dor at "Washington, Sir Thomas Lip ton and others. Bribe Taker Bounced London, Jan. 29. An official investi gation into the charges that the police of the west end of London had been! guilty of blackmailing betting men who 'county Tuesday evening has been con had been guilty of violating or desired firmed here in a letter written to to violate the betting law, has resulted Charles Fi?her by his father. It seems in the dismissal of a detective inpec- that the tragedy occurred at Brindle tor of twenty-five years service. The town, a small mining settlement, about charge against him was that he receiv-j thirty miles from Morganton. It 4s not ed bribes from bookmakers, known how the row started,' but GERMANS IN AFRICA t -j I r A T I , , VOn LM lOW He pOrtS I fiat He l UIJ! in i ? IS nOlding UUt AgainSt Roholc llCUCIo Berlin. Jan. 29. Lieutenant Ynn !Zn- encourages the j ,ow reports from Okahandeja under -boys escaped, but Ed Hunt was cap- LUUpiJOlO UJJ I IUr UltJ rrtibl--k's attitude to- dateof the 20th, that after severe fight- ttured and is now in Jail. Julius and ! T!!,., IUULr J Ing since the 15th, he still holds the town. He has 2C0 men and says he can sun noia out ior some time, a rorce sent to relieve him from Windhoek was repulsed on the 12th and 13th, with a loss of eight men. Von Zulow reports that, on the 21st a detachment of militiamen would be forwarded to endeavor to establish .communication with the base. He "re ports that on the 19th he had a severe .encounter with the enemy, losing four men and killing twenty" or twenty-five of tbe rebels. BOOZY OFFICIAL Complaint About the District 'Attorney in the Bech tel Cass - Allentown, Pa.,' Jan. 29. Counsel on behalf of the members of the Bechtel 1 family today made formal complaint before Judge Trexler against District Attorney Edwin J. Lichtenwalner, .charging gross and wilful negligence Mabel Bechtel and the suicide of Thomas Bechtel. Mrs. Catharine Bechtel, her daugh ters, and Mrs. Henry Newhard, a neighbor of the Bechtels. made afflda- .court necessary. It is also alleged that : he repeatedly kissed Mrs. Bechtel dur- i ing a visit to the Bechtel home Tues- 'day Afternoon, October 27, the date of the finding of Mabel Bechtel's body. j They also allege that the district at- :the case will, come up for a hearing on Monday HINT, TOWURKEY Austria and Russia Virtually Reject the Porte's Stipulation Constantinople, Jan. 29. The Austro- Hungarian and Russian governments have transmitted to the Turkish gov- eminent a memorandum, making clear the duties and privileges of civil agents in Macedonia and their relations with the inspector general. The memoran dum is couched in firm and serious language. It amounts practically to a rejection of the stipulation contained in the porte's note of the 10th instant, and has produced a profound impres- sion in official circles. On the 10th in- stant the porte notified the Austro Hungarian and Russian ambassadors of its full acceptance of the Macedo nian reform scheme and of its consent to the repatriation of the Macedonian I refugees. Amnesty was promised to j all political prisoners except dynamit- ers. But the porte drew attention to the armaments of Bulgaria and de manded assurances that Bulgaria would not be permitted to nullify the work of reform. BLEW A SAFE OPEN - Burglars Make a Profitable Raid at Winterville Greenville, N. C, Jan. 29. Special. At Winterville, six miles south of here, last , night, the safe of Harrington & !conclusion Cf the voting an arrange Barber was blown open and one hun- i , ., Qr,, -y,y. dred and twenty-five dollars was taken. Three tramps were there Wednesday begging. One had a drill made and another bought powder. All left; be- fore "night. One visited the place again yesterday. About 1 o'clock an explosion there not been a chaw of 8enti awoke C. A. Fair, who, looking out, ' OT,t tYia ri. nf mhr. saw one standing watch and lights lthough aI1 the leading' candidates suf flashing in the store Being without j-f d sUgMly on aClCWnt of absentees, a weapon of any kind, he did not yen-jyners vote today was 35, John Wal ture out. but called up J M. Blow. gmith.s s0 Bernard carter's 10, They saw as best they could from their iJacon.a 5 and Jogeph W. Miles' 4. window. About 2 o clock the burglars , , & McComM received 37. There ien. comme lowara rreenvni. Early this morning Fair and Blow ventured out and gave an alarm. was found that the safe was wrecked, the money drawer broken open, the of- fice ruined by the explosion, money and ' 1 n-.v.-. v. 1 . i"" iwjk- cu. ia iai cio cl iiuusc ivuj xiiiitrs liuilfl of here. TRIPLE .MURDER rJ Reports of the Burke County Homicide Confirmed Asheville, N. C, Jan. 29. Special. The report of the killing in Burke ! li Marion Fisher and Joe Towery were ' Wiled outright and Bill Deal is o bad- 1 ly injured that it is said he cannot re- cover. -Deal was beaten with knucks ' - - ' vii o- umicu Mini knui ; ;and he was otherwise injured. Msricn j Ji?ner, wno was Killed by his nephew,! (Julius Fisher, was about fifty years of j8ffe and had for several years lived at j I SDartanburcr. S f ' having ! old home on a visit. Both the Fisher ? York Fisher are both hardly 21 years j old, but are said to be desperate char- ; acters. RIVER IMPROVEMENT -4 Wilmington Making an Earn est.Effort for an Ap propriation Wilmington, N. C, Jan! 29.Special. Semi-official announcement having been made in "Washington that congress would not make an appropriation for rivers and harbors, the Wilmington Phambpr of rnmmw trnlav A tA tn - - ..--..... uviuvm .v r f - . . . . mvne v.nainr.an burton or me rivers the special question under constaera and harbors committee to visit this city tj0n being the motion of Mr. Cullom early inV February in order to better to add a ciaUse relieving the president acquaint him wi,th the urgent necessity o the neceSsity of supplying the docu of making an appropriation for con- lmenta it considered incompatible with tinuing the work on the Cape Fear jthe blic inteTest. river. North Carolina senators and . ,. i Q0r,af( Wnfl nn congressmen will also be asked to use tneir best efforts in behaif of the ap- ! propriation, which means so much at i this time. VIBOINIA-GAROLINA T. A n , r- t'j x Ihe Company IS tXpeCted tO Flind It I nan TUnU US LOan New York, Jan. 29.-It is expected in local financial circles that the Virginia- Carolina Chemical -Company will act $6,000,000 which is made last year for working capital and other purposes. An issue of preferred stock may be joffered to the stockholders of the com- pany for the purpose of supplying the tmonev needed for this nurnosf. The 'has been .considering ways and means for this purpose. The high price of cotton is reflected in an unusually prosperous business for this company. The additional wealth which the south is getting from cotton this season would naturally make an impression upon the operations of this company. It means not xmly a larger-sale of fer tilizers, but better terms both as to prices and payments. ' CALLED A HALT . Suits Apjnst Insurance Com panies to Be Withdrawn New Orleans, Jan. 29. The attorney J ama, concerning the separation of general of Texas, after a thorough in- ! Panama from Colombia, have been vestigation, has decided to withdraw sent to the Senate and, if not, that he all his anti-trust suits against insur- be requested to send the remaining cor ance companies operating in Texas. The respondence and .notes to the Senate Texas insurance laws, which are iron- jn executive session, if not, in his clad, drove many companies out of the judgment, Incompatible with the pub state. Those that remained are said to jjC interest." ' ! have violated the law and suits were ! instituted against them for heavy pen-! alties. It seemed probable that the ; state would be left with very little in- .o1- -. rpy. ,... i " ' -iJ"-- irom IIlcll UUlIIg uuohic.. in jlcaob liens induced the attorney general to aban don the suits. STILL DEADLOCKED The Maryland Democrats Un able to Agree on a Senator Annapolis, Md., Jan. 29. There was 'no material change in the balloting for TTnitorl States sena.tor todav. At the j gives assurance that there will be no nrt tomorrow or Mondav. iand conceqUpnt!y there caji be no action .ir.m muaay The balloting today .indicated that j is no possible doubt that Rayner stock i? on the rise at nresent. The poor Icnwooii that ntt(vnfod the Tenders' ef- - Carter a o the fc w gmlth.g strength has v rt r th rur, 1110.1 . c.itv.. v. v.. t...c .-. j, ,that Rayner has the best chance. Should Smith be absolutely abandoned by Gorman, Rayner's chances are al most sure, as four Smith men have de clared for him as second choice to make his election beyond a doubt. Bryan Summoned Home Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. William J. Bryan is hurrying home, having re ceived a telegram Informing him that his sister is very ill. A consultation Qf physicians early this morning re-J suited in the forwarding of a message i to Mr. Bryan. - It is not thought that j Japanese legation. It is untrue, for ln Mifs Bryan will live through the night, stance, that Russia struck out the Mr. Bryan can not arrive in Lincoln ' words "ChinaT and" from -the draft before Saturday night too late to i treaty submitted by Japan setting reach his sister during life, if the fears of her physicians are confirmed. Senate Calls for All Panama . l I I I I rj. r iL n uciii ii;iiiiau maico a Second Attempt to Get the Facts as to the Appointment of Crum Washington, Jan. 29. The Demo cratic caucus resolution calling on the 'president to inform the Senate whether alt the papers in possession of the executive department bearing upon the Panama revolution had been sent to the Senate was Immediately taken up u n...w.ki:nn -. SoniitA tfMtaV i nc aaaciiiuutj v4. v - f iA i . vtv. rvi rx cniu j right to ask for infcrir.ation concerning a treaty while it v.as under negotiation. hut it naa tne njni.w KM,t'" j formation after the negotiation was j complet. Mr. McLaurin spoke in sup j port of the resolution and in opposl ! Referring to the treaty with Pan- ama, Mr. McLaurin said that "the "'r,W9 wM,r very first article -of the treaty is a I at' with Colombia, looting to a aat declaration of war against Colombia j !fac ylT 1 rnnTr.M, nrot)er to assert it the part of 'hat tom.try a&ln8t tt, " fZf t MtSl1 Stat t-of the Tan- '"7," , , l k f wlcs " " . mg so ne J5enaif ,BU"um ' ' infnpmntlnn na tn MhPthpr tne I Jnlrefl " " " li, , t. lishing the government of Panama 1 that wJuld justify us in taking the' 'responsibility or provoKing a possiDie ! war. vailed 39 to 20 a party vote, with the exception of Mr. McEnery, who voted with the Republicans. The resolution was agreed to with out diversion.' As amended it is as follows: Resolved, That the --president be re quested to infornvMn'eJSenate whether all "the correspondence .. and-notea J)e. tween the department of state and. the legation of the United- States at Bo gota and between either of these and the government of Colombia in rela tion to the construction of an Isthmian canal, since June 28, 1902, and all the correspondence and notes between any department of the government of the United States and any oificials or rep-j i rcsentatives of the government of Pan- j .... ft ... - Mr. Tillman introduced a resolution ior more hkbuc "llu,"mi,u" from the secretary of the treasury con- rmlne the nomination of W. D. Crum " as collector or customs ior tne port oz Charleston. S. C, than was contained Lastern War Scare 'in- an Acete Form Change of Attitude Apparent in the Czar Attributed to Vacillation Under Pres sure of Powerful Influence ,' London, Jan. 20. The war ecare to day reached its acutest form," based on Russia's reported decision not to yield to any of the Japanese demand3 re garding ' Manchuria." This, if true, marks an important change in Russia's attitude in the past thre or four days. It is repeated in some reports that Rus sia 13 preparing to make all necessary concessions regarding Corea, It is nevertheless true that Japan received more than a week ago an authorita tive, though unofficial, Intimation that Russia was prepared to yield in prin ciple, the Japanese demands regarding Manchuria. Such, in fact, was the czar's Intention. It is Impossible to suspect him of bad faith in the matter. If today's ominous reports are well founded the situation must be due to the vacillation of the young emp-ror under pressure, which ' is undoubtedl; great. The worst form of todays ugly rum or3 received an emphatic denial at the forth the integrity of Chinese and Co rean. sovereignty. Moreover it is flar" Papers In the letter from the ceeretnrv ri. ceived yesterday by t Senate. - H said that the ffiTtar-y' JcM.er Is not clear. Il assorted thnt the isrftarj hed vith "great adroitness dodcd the Uu ' Fl owing is the text of the reolu tlon: - - 'Resolved, that the secretary of th treasury be and he hereby i. instruct' cd to send to the Senate information' in, regard to the appointment of W. D. Crum as collector of the pert of Char-i leaton. S. C. and that he answer spJ dfically the following questions: "First. la VT. D. Cruni now holdlnc, a commission as collector. If ao. rive date and send to the Senate a verba. tlm copy thereof. "Second. Was his second appointment made in accordance with law. and IC SO, What law? Third. I there any law or precedent for the holding of an ofHee of this kind by a de-fneto official? "Fourth. Is the contention or in tention to claim and exercise the au thority to make such appoint mentf during a constructive recess, us thla appears to be?" Messrs. Aldrich and Spooner object ed to immediate consideration and th ' riolutlfv wnt vn . ,i ' ' Proposrtion !o Pay Colombia Tho Genate. at th Bacon, took up the resolution lntroduc- 5 that terror tdvlslnsr the pres. ama revolution. Mr. 'Bacon addresse'd I the -Senate In support of the resolution,. ; saying that its purpo.no Is that of i-e- ... curing an amicable settlement of the j Rvert nostmtles mljht He contended that the measure is in direct accord with the poiicy of th's government to avoid confllct whenever it 1h possible to do so,, and quoted many authorities in support of this 'statement. Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts appeared j in his seat- in the Senate this morn ing, the first time, pince the sudden death of his wife. Mr. Hoar was look ing unusually well and was in good spirits, in -spite of his affliction. Ill deep religious faith was shown in 'his remarks to a brother senator who spok of his loss. "I do not give niypelf up to grief," replied Senator llonr, "be- rbause I know we shall meet eriht soon." MILEAGE CRAFT The Question Considered in the House on ft. Point of Order "Washington, Jaj 29. Among bills In-' troduced In the Iou.e today was one; by Mr. 'Williams of Mississippi, to em power the Interstate commerce com-; mission to file rates for transportation' in cases where the rate is declared to be unreasonable. This was the anniversary of the birth of the late President McKinley, and air, the members of the House wore r'-d carnations in the lapels of thtir coutv today out of jrof pect to 'his memory.' The chaplain in hl3 prayer made tin following reference to the late pfesi dent: , "O Lord, our Heavenly Father, w thank Thee for the gooi. the pure, th (Continued on page '2.) stated by the Fame authority thnt in any event war Is not imn-dlatcly Im' minent. All Will Depend on Japan St Pe&rsbur'ff. Jan. SS.-Hula-'s for mal reply to the leaf Jnpmese note h not yet -been eegt. A high offlcial eat today that when it i delivered every-, thing will depend upon the attitulejO? Japan. The utmoft will be done to of fer Japan a basis fcr durable peace. Gloomy Views Prevail London, Jan. CO. 4 a. m.-The Dall Graphic, adhering to the gloomy latej ment It made yesterday, points ou& today that Japan dots t ot aim at se curing the total withdrawal of RaalV from Manchuria. It y that Jap.tr not only offered to acquiesce. In all th' treaty rights acquired there, but ha intimated her readings to recofcuir ItuMla's political rights in connection with the railway to the extent of leg alizing the military orcupatlon of th line, and the administration by nun-, sian officials of a strip of land thirty miles wide on each ile of the railway. This would include Harbin. All that Japan requires is that the remainder of Manchuria be restored to the effeo. tlve poverelgnty of China. The Graphic f urthT assert that un der the draft treaty submitted by Ja pan the Japanese guarantee the free dom of the Corean Btralts. undertaking that the southern coaft of Corea will never be fortlfieJ. Reported Concession by RumI London. Jar.. 30.-The rumor cabl .d from New York that Sir Charlen Scott. Continued on pare a.)