VOL. I.
ELM CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBI6UABY 28, 1902.
NO. 29.
ROYALLY RECEIVED.
Prince Henry Entertained By the
President.
WAS DINEO AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Prominent Statesmen and Diplomats
Joined In Honoring Our Royal
Guest
Washington, Special.—Prince Henry
and suite and escorts and tiie German
ambassador arrived here Monday
morning, precisely on scliedule time.
Tlie trip from Baltimore to Washing
ton was without incident. In the out
lying districts of Baltim re, crowds
gathered to watch the departing train
and at several points from there on
ward, there were little groups at the
stations past which the train sped. The
Prince occupied the time during the
run from Baltimore to Washington in
demorcratic fashion, talking freely
with those about him, as they discus
sed the country and the details of his
visit.
Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of
the Navy Long and Assistant Secire-
tary of State Pierce, who had imme
diate charge of the arrangements at
the depot, awaited the arrival of the
train at the depotl They remained in
an improvised reception room, the
walls of which were heavily draped
with intertwining American and Ger
man Sags. The embassy ofiBcials were
in full uniform. A burly cavalryman
stood outside and announced the ar
rival of the train. It halted just out
side the depot, the engine detached and
the train backed 'down the train shed.
The incoming'party passed quickly in
to the Prince’s car and formally ex
tended to him the welcome to the city.
A few moments later the party emerg
ed and passed to the reception room.
Walking rapidly and with the erect
bearing of a trained naval officer, smil
ing to the group of officials, detectives
and newspaper men, through a double
line of whom he passed, and saluting
■with a touch of his hand to the glim
mering chag^u he wore. Prince Henry
crossed the f^arpeted depot aisle and
entered the reception rooms. Tirere he
remained three minutes. Finally
Prince Henry, accompanied by Secre
tary Hay and Rear Admiral Evans, en
tered the last of the open carriages,
'ihe oarrifiges of the others were driven
up in line and the Prince’s carriage
dashed at rapid speed to the bead of
the line. Instantly the police and mili
tary escorts wheeled into position and
the party started up Pennsylvania
avenue for the White House. Ahead of
the police and carriages marched the
military escort, comprising Troops F
and G of the Second United States
Cavalry, firom Fort Myer, beaded by
the cavalry band, and the Foutrh Bat
tery of Artillery, all under the com
mand of Lieutenant Dimmick. Backed
along eaci side of the route in addition
to the police, were over 100 men of the
District of Columbia militia. They
formed a double line of sentinels at in
tervals of four paces.
Never in its history has the White
House been the scene of a more bril
liant spectacle than when President
Roosevelt welcomed Prince Heccy oi
Prussia. The reception the Prince re
ceived was hearty and open-handed.
Nothing could have been more cordial
than the President’s greeting to the
German Prince, and it was returned in
kind and in full measure.
The dinner given to Prince Henry by
President Roosevelt at the White
House Monday night closed the honors
bestowed on the royal visitor by offi
cial Washington. The affair was on
an elaborate scale and brought togeth
er a most distinguished company. It
was an assemblage such as was rarely
if ever before, gathered in the White
House. To accommodate the large
number of guests the dinner table was
set in the East Room, the decorations
of which were on the most magnificent
scale.
President Roosevelt sat at the head
of the table, with Prince Henry on his
right. On his left was Lord Pauii^e-
fote, the British ambassador. During
the dinner the President proposed the
health of the German Emperor ;*%1 the
German people, saying: “We are ad
miring their great past and present
and We wish them all possible success
In the future. May the bonds of friend
ship between the two peoples ever
grow stronger.”
The President also proposed the
health of our guest, Prince Henry of
Prussia, in these words: “In the name
of the American people, I greet you,
and extend to you our warmest wel
come and the assurance of our heart
iest good will.”
The name of Senator Martin, of Vir
ginia, was originally on the list of
those given out as guests at the din
ner, but h^ declined the invitation.
Insurgents Surrender.
Manila, By Cable.—What is believed
to have been the largest existing band
of insurgents surrenderd to Lieuten
ant Charles D. Rhodes, of the Sixth
Cavalry, at Banan, Major Amoranta,
two captains, six lieutenants and 98
Filipino soldiers gave themselves up
and also surrendered five revolvers, 66
rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition.
Rhodes had been hunting the insur
gents from place to place for three
weeks and continually destroying their
supplies. They were virtually starved
into surrender. The skeletons of five
soldiers of the Thirty-ninth Infantry,
killed in November, 1900, have been re
covered. They will be shipped to the
United States.-
Killed By Fa!Hne Wall.
Milwaukee, Special.—Two firemea
are dead and two others are seriously
injured, the result of the falling of a
brick wall of the plant of the Geoi-ge
H. Smith Steel Casting Company,
which v/as destroyed by fire Wednes
day night. The loss is estimated at
1100,000, partly covered by insurance.
The dead: Christ Matteson, truck No.
8. head crushed ^nd body terribly
mangled; died soon after rpacking bit
Uoa.ii: EiiwaEd KinsMm,' pipeman, en
gine No. 2, back brokeo, died late Wed-
Owaajr night,
DEATH OF GEN. TOON,
State Superlateodent of Public In-
sanction Passes Away^
Raleigh, Special.—^The people hera
were shocked at the news of the death
of Gen. Thomas F. Toon, State Saper-
Interident of Public Instruction, which
occurred Wednesday mcxning after 10
o’clock at h{8 home here. He was
thought to be entirely well, and
though he had not been in his office
since he left November 20th to go to
northea^em Nqrth Carolina, he had
for several days been consulted abdut
business and was in fine spirits Tues
day and Wiednesday, He felt well at
breakfast, but afterwards complained
3f acute indigestion. A physician was
sent for and quickly responded. In a
few minutes Gen. Toon said he felt all
right. He said he would lie down a
little while. The moment he did so
his face became purple and death came
like a flash.
The news came like a thunderclap to
the State officials, who hastened to hia
home. The Council of State met and
adopted the following resolutions:
“Resolved, That in the death of Gen.
Thomas Fentress Toon, late Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, we, his
associates in the Executive Department
of the State government, have lost a
wise and faithful counsellor and friend
and the State one of her most careful
and efficient officers. Brave in war and
loyal in peace, his heroic spirit is at
rest and North Carolina mourns the
loss of a noble son.
“Resolved, That we tender the rela
tives of the deceased our deepest sym
pathy in their gi'eat affliction.
“Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to the family and also
be spread upon the minutes of Ibo
Council of State.”
The flags. State and national, on the
capitol were placed at half-staff and
the building was closed. At 2 o’clock
just before the Supreme Court ended
its business for the day. Attorney Geoi-
eral Gilmer made official announc>i
ment of the death and the court ad
journed as a mairk of respect.
Gen. Toon was born in Columbus
county, June 10,1840. He graduated at
Wake Forest College in 13«1 with very
high honors. He enlisted as a private
in Company K, Twentieth Re^ment,
North Carolinti Troops, and was a col
onel before he was 23 years old. He
was in 1863 appointed under a special
act of Congress a temporary brigadier
general, and commanded Johnson’s
Brigade for many momths, while John
son was recovering front wounds. He
was then re-commissioned as colonel
and lesumed the command of his old
regiment. He was wounded five times.
He gave your correspondent two bul
lets extracted from him. After the
war he was in the service of the At
lantic Coast Line 16 years, then took
charge of Fair Bluff Academy. In 1867
he married Miss Carrie Smith, who is
buried at Fair Bluff. Five children
survive him, these being Mrs. Olivia
Rowland, of Brodie, Warren county;
Mrs; Mary Fuller, and Miss Robbie
Toon, of Lumberton; T. F. Toon, of
Atlanta, Ga., and H. B. Toon, of Lynch-
burg, S. C. Both of the latter are in the
railroad service. He leave two broth
ers, Archie Toon and Abraham Toon,
of Whiteville, and a half-brother. Don
ald McCracken, of Whiteville. He rep
resented Columbus county in the lower
House of the Legislature and Robeson
and Columbus in the Senate. In 1891 he
married Mrs. R. C. Ward, who survives
him. He made Lumberton his home and
devoted himself to teaching and farm
ing. With his nomination for the office
of State Superintendent and his career
therein all ar^ familiar. He was
likable man, in all respects, and de
voted to his work and to the best in
terests of North Carolina. It is not yet
known where he will be buried. It ifl
the desire that he shall be burled here.
Three months ago General Toon left
here to go with Governor Aycock on an
educational trip to the northeastern
countries. He told his assistant, Capt.
Duckett, that he dreaded the trip and
wished he could get out of going. He
was restless and seemed to fear trouble.
He said afterwards he took cold at
Wilmington, while sitting in a draft
after speaking.
At a meeting held in the executive
office the following resolution wai
unanimously aaoptea: "Kesoivefl. Thart
the Governor and his Council respect
fully request that the remains of Gen
eral Toon be laid in state in the rotun
da of the capitol pending the arrange
ments for funarel obsequies.” A fur
ther resolution was adopted requesting
the Governor to communicate the ac
tion of the Council through Capt. John
Duckett to relatives. The body will not
lie in state, as Mrs. Toon desires that
it remain at the house until the gen
eral’s children arrive.
Liberals Condemn Surrender.
London, By Cable.—At the annual
meeting of the general committee of
the National Liberal Federation held
at Leicester, after considerable debate,
a resolution was passed .condemning
the policy of insisting on the uncondi
tional surrender of the Boers in South
Africa, affirming the future content
ment and security of South Africa
could only be secured by regular peace,
on broad, generous lines; welcoming
the impetus Lord Rosebery has given
to this policy and calling on all Liberal
members of the House of Commons to
support the Liberal leader. Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, in his advocacy
of this policy.
Publishers Negotiate WUh Union.
l^ew York, Special.—The second
day’s session of the sixteenth annual
meeting of the American Newspaper
Publishers’ Association was held here
Wednesday. The session was devoted
to the report of the special standing
committee which deals with labor or
ganizations. Since the formation of
the committee in April, ISOO, it is stat
ed that there has been no strike. The
present agreement between the assq-
HAD A FREE FIGHT
TiHnan and McLaurio Cone to Nows
lo the Senate Chamber, i
«OTH SUSPENLED FOR CONTEMPT.
Siensatlonal Development in the Old
Controversy Between the Senior
and Junior Senator From S. C.
Washington. Special.—Washing
ton’s birthday was signalized in the
United States Senate by a fist fight.
The two Senators from South Caro
lina were the active participants in the
affray. Mr. Tillman, in the course of a
speech upon the Philippine tariff, made
serious reflections upon the honor of
his colleague, Mr. McLaurin. In brief
he charged that Mr. McLaurin’s vote in
support of the ratification of the treaty
of Paris had been cast through the air
of improper influences.
Bis statement was developed in a
colloquy between him and Mr. Spooner
of Wisconsin. Mr. Tillman at first
declined to mention names, but when
the Wisconsin Senator reminded him
that he owed it to himself, to the Sen
ate and to the country “to name the
man,” Mr. Tillman indicated that he
referred to his colleague ffom Sduth
Carolina. Little imagining that his
words were likely to be prohetic, Mr.
Spooner remarked, sententiously: “I
will leave the Senator to fight that out
with his colleague."
Mr. McLaurin was not in the cham
ber at the time, being engaged in. com
mittee work; but he was sent for and
appeared just as Mr. Tillman concluded
his speech.
Pale as asheS, Mr. MclAurin rose to
address the Senate, speaking to a ques
tion of lersonal privilege. He reviewed
Mr. Tillman’s charges briefly and then
denounced the statement made by his
colleague as “a wilful and deliberate
lie.”
Scarcely had the words fallen from
his lips when Mr. Tillman, sitting
few seats from him, with Mr. Teller of
Colorado between them, sprang at him,
Mr. McLaurin, who had half turned
towards Mr. Tillman, met him half
way, and in an instant the two Sena
tors, having swept Mr. Teller aside,
were engaged in a rough and tumble
flst flght. Mr. McLaurin received a
heavy blow on the forehead, while Mr.
Tillman got a bad punch on the nose,
which brought blood.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton
sprang over desks to reach and separ
ate the combatantSy and himself re
ceived several blows. He got between
them finally and by main strength
wrenched them apart.
Senators Warren of Wyoming and
Scott of West Virginia, two of the most
powerful men In the Senate, leaped to
his assistance and, pinioning the arms
of the belligerent Senators, forced them
into their seats.
Intense excitement prevailed in the
Senate and in the galleries, which were
thronged with people who had been at
tracted by the spirited debate. Every
body was on his feet. Not a word, how
ever, was spoken. Senators stood about
the chamber, for the monient quite
helpless and pale to the lips. Finally
order was restored partially, and in
the midst of intese excitement the
Senate went Into secret legislative ses
sion.
For two hours the Senate discussed
the event behind closed doors. When
the doors were reopened it was made
known that both of the South Caro
lina Senators by unanimous vote had
been declared to be in contempt of the
Senate. They were permitted, by a
vote of the Senate, to make apologies
to the Sen^e. The statements vere
listened to by both the Senators and
the people in the galleries with breath
less interest.
Senator Tillman left the eapitol
when adjournment was. taken for re
cess and did not return' for the night
session. Senator McLaurin was in the
chamber about 8 o’clock, but left early.
Neither Senator, when seen at his
home, ^oold make a etatemei*.
AGAINST ILLITEIACY.
Arrival of Prince Henry.
New York, Special.—Prince Henry
of Prussia, representative of hia
brother, the Emperor of Germany, at
the launching of the latter’s Ameri-
canbuilt yacht, reached New York
Sunday and was cordially welcomed
as a guest of the nation. The land
batteries that guard the outer harbor
flred salutes of 21 guns; the rifles of
a special naval squadron assembled
in his honor re-echoed the sentiment;
there were verbal greetings from the
representatives of President Roose
velt, the army, the navy and the city
of New York, and a great crowd
lined the way in the city to see the
German sailors and the Prince of Ger
many.
Qovernment For Philippines.
Washington, Special. — Senator Ba
con gave notice of his intention to
offer an amendment to the Philippine
tariff bill, declaring it to be the inten
tion of the United States When order
shall be restored in the Philippines, to
allow the formation of a government
for and by the Philippine people and
to guarantee to them the Mime liberty
and independenoe that this country has
pledged to the Cuban people.
The Pope’s Annivensary.
Kome, By Cable.—The Pope Thurs
day entered on the twenty-fifth year
of his pontificate. Although the main
celebration of the Jubilee is postponed
until March 3rd, when the combined
festivals of the jubilee and coronation
will be observed. The day was marked
by the singing of a te deura in St;
Peter’s, and other ohservaAces. ’’The
elation and tlie unions will expire on ■ Pontiff was the recipient OJ congra^U'
May 1 and negotiations are now under * lations from all sldei.
w*jr • live-yew
Address to the People By Conference
of Educators. _
Piofioundly convinced of the prophet
ic wisdom of the declaration of the
fathers, nubde at Halifax In 1776, that
“Religion morality ,and knowledge be^
ing a necessary to good government,
echoolls and the means of education
shall forever be enconraged;” and ^-
nizant of the full meaning of that re
cent constituttonal enactment which
debars from the prlTilege of the suf
frage, after 1908, all persons who can
not read and wj-ite; and relying on the
patriotism and for^ght of North Car
olinians to deal with a grrea* question
which vatally concerns the material
and socdal welfare of tliemselves and
their posterity, we. in an educational
conference assembled in the- city of
RiaJelgh this February 13, 1902, are
moved to make the following declara
tion of educational facts and princi
ples:
1. Today, more fully than at any
other time in our past history, do
North Carolinians recognize the over
shadowing necessity of universal edu
ction In the solution of those problems
which a free government must solve in
perpetuating its existence.
2. No free government has ever
found any adequate means of universal
education except in free public wbools.
open to all, supported by the taxes of
all its citizens, where every child re
gardless of oondition in life or circum
stance of fortune, may receive that op
portunity for training into social ser
vice whidi the constitutions of this
and other great States and the age de
mand.
3. We realize that our State has
reached the constitutional limit of tax
ation for the rurail schools, that she
has made extra appropriations to leng
then the term of these schools to 80
days in the year. We realize, too, that
the four months’ term now provided is
inadequate, fkw the reason that more
than 20,000,000 children of schoiol age
in the United States outside of North
Carolina are now provided an average
of 145 days of school out of every 365;
that the teachers of these children are
paid an average salary of |48 per
month, while the teachers of the 'Chil
dren of North Carolina are paid hardly
$25 per month, thus securing for all the
childern of our sister States more effi
cient training for the duties of life. And
we realize that, acoonding to the latest
census report and the report of the U.
S. Commissioner of Education, for
every man, woman and child of its
population, the country at largo is
spending $2.83 for the education of its
cbHldren, while North Carolina
spending barely 67 cents; that the
country at large is spending on an av
erage of $20.29 for every pupil enrolled
in its public schools, wiiile North Car
olina is spending only $3 or $4, the
smallest amount expended by any State
in the Union. And still further do we
realize that the average amount spent
for the education of every child of
sohcol age in the United States is ap
proximately $9.50, while North Carolina
is spending $1.78.
These facts fitoonld arouse our pride
and our patriotism, and lead us to in
quire w.hether the future will not hold
this generation responmble for the per
petuation of conditions that have res-
sulted in the multiplicity of small
school districts, inferior school school
housra. poorly paid teachers, and neces
sarily poor teachers; that have resulted
in twenty white illiterates out of every
100 white population over ten years of
age; in generally poor amd poorly paid
superivision of the expenditure of our
meagre school funds and of the teach
ing done in our schools; and. ilnally.
in that educational Indifference which
is the chief cause of the small average
daily attendance of about 50 pupils out
of every 100 enrolled on our public
schools.
We believe the future will hold ws
responside for the i>erpetuatib'n of these
unfavorable conditions, and, therefore,
we conceive it to be the patriotic, moral
and religious duty of thds generation
of North Carolinians to set about in
earnest to find the means by which all
our children can receive that education
which will give them equal opportuni
ties with the children of other sections
of our common country.
4. Viewing our educational prob
lems and conditions in the light of edu
cational history and experience, we de
clare It to be our Ann conviction that
the next step forward for North Caro
lina, in education, is to provide more
money for her couotry public schools,
making possible the oonaolidation of
small school districts, the profession-al
teacher, and skilled supervision of the
expenditure of all school funds und of
the teaching done in the scJiools .
The history of the adoption of the
principle of local self heflp by btir 35
graded school towns and cities musst
surely be an inspiration and an ex
ample to every village and rural com
munity in North Carolina. Those towns
and cities have adopted the only means
at hand for the adequate education of
their children. In adopting this prin
ciple, local taxation, they secured: first,
adequate school funds; second, compe
tent supervisdon; third, skilled teach
ers. Lacking any one of this education
al trinity no community has ever yet
succeeded in establishing the means of
complete education for its children.
Those 35 towns and cdties within our
borders have followed the lead of other
sections of the United States in adopt
ing first the means of education, local
taxation. The fact that 69 per cent of
the total school fund of this UniM is
now raised by local taxes, while North
Carolina raises only 14 per cent «>*
funds bv that means, and lags behind
all her sister States in every phase of
public education, has both ite lesson
and its warning.
5. Remember that in the last year
nearly thirty communities in North
Oarolina. some of them ^stincUy ru
ral. have adopted the priclples of local
literacy, (gal 2.
taxation for schools, we think this
time most auspicious to urge a general
movemeatpf all our educational forces
in that direction, and. therefore, we ap
peal to all patriotic Nortli Carolinians,
men and women, who love their State,
and esoecWly JWX Of ttoeir
which is worth more than all Its tira-
bM*. mines, and manufacturing
plants, to band themsdves together
under the leftderehip of our “Rduca-
tional Govwnor” and the State Super
intendent of PubMc Instruction. lUded
by the Southern Education Board, to
carry forward the work of local taxa
tion and better schools, to the end tbat
every child within our borde^ may
hare the opportunity to fit himself for
the duties of citizenship and social ser-
vlcei. ^
And. finally, heartily bellevang In
the Christllkenees of this work ol
bniDging univwsal education to all the
diUdren of North Carolina, we confi
dently rely on the full co-operation oC
aU the churches ot the State, whose
work is so near the hearts of all the
people, and, therefore appeal ta the
pulpit t» inculcate the supreme duty of
universal education.
Charles B. Aycock, Governor of
North Canolina; T. F. Toon. Super
intendent of Public Instruction;
John Duckett; Charles D. Mclver.
President State Normal and Indus
trial College; F. P. Venable. Presi
dent Unlverrity of North -Tarollna;
George T. Winston, President College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts;
Charles E. Taylor, Pre^dent* Wake
Forest College; Edwin Mims. Trinity
College; Henry Louis Smith, Presi
dent Davidson College; Charles H.
Mebane; President Catawba College;
J. O. Atkinson. Elon Collec"; T 'n
Bratton. President St Mary'a Col
lege; R. T. Vann, President Baptist
Female Uniiverslty; L. L. Hobbs,
President Guilford 9>M®se; C. G.
Vardell, President Red Springs Semi
nary; J. D. Carlyle, Wake Forest
College; J. L. Kesler, Baptist Female
University; J. Y. Joyner, The State
Normal and Industrial CoJlege; D. II.
Hill. College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts; L. W. Crawford. Jr.,
Rutherford College; J^I. Foust, The
State Normal and Industrial College;
M. C. S. Noble, University of North
Carolina; Henry Jerome Stockard,
Peace Institute; F. P. Hobgoo^l, Pres
ident of Oxford Seminary; Robert
Bingham, Bingham School; J. A.
Holt, Oak Ridge Institute; Hugh
Morson, Raleigh Mole Academy; J^.
Matt Thompson, Superintendent
Statesville Public School; C. L. Coon,
Superintendent Salisbury Public
Schools; E. P. Moses, Superintendent
Raleigh Public Schools; R. J. Tighe,
Superintendent Asheville Public
Schools: T. R. Foust, Superintendent
Goldsboro Public Schools; E. P. Man-
gum. Superintendent Wilson Public
Schools; E. C. Brooks, Superintend
ent Monroe nioiic sscnoois; Alexan
der Graham, Superintendent Char
lotte Public Schools: Frank H. Cur
tis. Superintendent Burlington Pub
lic Schools; Harry Howell, Superin
tendent Washington Public Schools;
W. D. Carmichael, Durham Public
Scboels; W. S. Long, County Super
intendent of Alamance; J. A. Antho
ny, County Superintendent of Cleve
land; J. A. Butier, County Superin
tendent of Iredell; J. E. P^y, Super
intendent of the School for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind; E. McK. Goodwin.
Superintendent of the School for the
Deaf and Dumb.
VALET CONFESSES.
Astooisbia; Toro li the Now Famois
Rice Murder Trial
TELLS PARTICUUKS OF MUIDEL
*-«wyer Patrick Dosed the Aced nil-
Sonalre, and Finally Chloroformed
Him to Death.
Railroad Sold.
Nashville,- Special.—The sale of the
Nashville ft Knoxville Railroad to the
Tennessee Central has been consum
mated. according to a telegram re
ceived from President Sheploy. of the
Union Trust Company, of St. Louis.
The message says a payment of $500,-
was made today and oil the Nash
ville & Knoxville securities have passed
Into the hands of the Central trustees.
The Nashville & Knoxville evtends
from Monterey to Lebanon. Tenn., 110
miles, and Is the essential link in the
proposed Tennessee Central system.
Sub-Treasury For the South.
Washington, Special.—The need of a
sub-Treasury In the South was pre
sented to the ways and means commit
tee by Mayor Myers and a delegation
of business men of Savannah, who
asked for the establishment of such a
Treasury branch at that city. It was
stated that such a branch would be of
material aid In financial dealings in the
South, particularly at the time when
the cotton crop and other Southern
staples are being moved.
LAUNCHED THE METEOI.
Principal Object of Prince Heury’s
Visit Accomplished.
New York, Spectai.—The all-impor
tant event in thei itinerary ot Prince
Henry of Prussia was the launchins
of the Emperor’s yacht Meteor, built
at Shooter’s Island, for the Prince’s
brother, the Germany Emperor. The
christening ceremony was performed
by Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
the President of the United States, in
the presence of the Prince, German
Ambassador Von Holleben and a bril
liant assemblage.
The Meteor moved down the waya
at 10:39 amid a scene of great en
thusiasm. The launching proper was
without mishap and presented a grace
ful and beautiful picture, though it
was accomplished in a drizzling rain
and other inauspicious atmospheric
changes .The special tr^n bearing
President Roosevelt arrived at Jerse>
City at 6:40 a. m. The President re
mained on board until the arrival of
the Prince’s train a few minutes af
ter 8 o’clock. A cylinder head on the
engine of Prince Henry’s special blew
out and the train was more than an
hour late In reaching Jersey City. The
accident occurred shortiy after leav
ing Baltiqiore. The stalled train was
pushed into Magnolia, Md., by a pas
senger train and there got a new en
gine. Soon after 8 o’clock the Presi
dent and Prince and suites embarked
on a boat for Shooter’s Island. The
ferryboat had time to spare on the
run down to Shooter’s Island and it
was decided to visit the squadron.
The squadron fired a salute of 21
guns. The flagship Illinois and the
Cincinnati flred first and then the
Olympia and San Francisco offered
their tribute of powder. President
Roosevelt and Prince Henry were
photographed together and then took
a brisk walk together through the cab*
in of the ferry boat It was damp and
chilly on the bay and exercise was
welcome.
The party proceeded directly from
the ferryboat to the stand which had
been erected at the in-shore of the
ways on which the Meteor rested, the
guns meanwhile booming salutes, and
the crowd cheering enthusiastically.
The Prince and Miss Roosevelt ar
rived on the platform at 10:22. The
Prince conducted Miss Roosevelt to
the small platform Immediatel/ under
the bow of the boat. During the pre
liminaries on the stand a photograph
er from the Hohenzollem stood by
with a camera and took- numerous
snapshots. The Prince looked at him
occasionally and smiled. Two moving
picture machines were trained on the
scene and therejfirere scores of cam
eras levelled at thg party. In a driz
zling rain, amid tntProar of cannon,
great cheering and waving ot flags,
the Meteor was launched. The scene
was one of animation and good hu
mor. the cue fm: the latter spirit being
taken from Prince Henry and Miss
Roosevelt, who, standing on the plat
form near the Meteor, engaged in a
lively conversation, laughing and
joking.
Precisely at 10:39 Miss R^XMevelt
raised the bottle of champagne, which
had been .encased in beautiful silver
filigree, and which was suspended by
a 35-foot silver chain. Dashing the
bottie against the side of the vessel
with vigorous and effective hand, (he
wine breaking into spray. Miss Roose
velt said in English: “In the name of
Miss Stone Safe.
Constantinople. By Cable.—Miss
Stone, the American missionary who,
with Mm. Tsilka, was captured by
brigands In the district of Salonica,
on September 3, has been released
and arrived at Strunmitza, Mace
donia, at 3 o’clock Sunday morning.
Nobody was at Strumitza to meet
Miss Stone as the brigands had given
no indication where they proposed to
release the prisoners. Mme. Tsilka
and her baby were releasjSd at the
3ame time. They are all W)Kll. Miss
Stone Immediately made herself
known to the authorities at Strumi-
New York, Special.—A very drama
tic point in the trial of Lawyer Albert
T. Patrick for the murder of the Texas
millionaire. William Marsh Rice, was
reached Thursday aftomocm. Chas. F.
Jones, the valet, had been relating the
circumstances leading up to the some
what sudden death of Mr. Rice, in
September. Then pulunging at once
Into the details, he held the attention
of his audience to the end of his re
cital. Freed of minor points his stcoy
runs:
“In August Patrick p^w impatient
Mr. Rice, though an Invalid, was liv
ing too long to suit the lawyer’s pur
poses. Patrick said he would come to
the house and kill him hdmself if neces
sary. He suggested chloroform and
Jones said he would get some. The Idea
of chloroform as a means was sugges
ted by a magazine article. It was de
termined on after Jones talked with a
physician who said a person waose
heart was affected, as was Mr. Rice’s,
could be most easily killed with it. and
that littie trace of the drug would be
left Jones got a two-ounce vial of it
by writing to his brother in Texas.
Jones then branches off into the al-
legated plan adopted to weaken the al
leged plan adopted to weaken the al-
hlm mercury and iron pills. The pills
brought (» debilitating diarrhoea.
Then, uu'wittkigly. a friend brought
Mr. Rice a present of bananas. Of these
the old man ate nine. The fruit made
him exceedinglwy ill. and yet the
weakening doses of mercury were kept
up. By Saturday, about the eighth
day of the last illness. Mr. Rice be
came delirous. This testimony brought
the events up to Sunday, the day of
death, and the witness sdd that dur
ing these days of illness he kept Pat
rick Informed of the details personallly
and by telephone.
William Marsh Rice’s quick death,
declared the witness, was decided on
at a conference between Patrick and
Jones held Saturday night Jones had
told the lawyer of the arrival of a
draft for $25,000. Patrick tcdd him it
was time to apply the chlorttform. now
that the draft had come and that Cap
tain Baker was coming, or they would
lose all. Jones agfeed.
Jones here told his story of the ac
tual killing. He made a cone a tow
el in the small end of which was a
chloroform-soaked spmge. Creeping
Into the room where Mr. Rice lay
sle^ng, he quickly covered the sleep-
w’s face with the large end of the cHie
Jones rushed out of the room. In half
an hour he came back. He removed
the cone. Mr. Rice was dead. Jones
swore he telephoned to Patrick the
words: “Mr. Rice Is very ill." the
agreed signal between the two of
death. Jones’ story of the end was con
cluded by the statement that Patrick
came to the house rad removed all of
Mr. Rice’s papers.
“Some time in August” Jones said
in the course of his narrative. “Patrick
asked me if I did not tUnk Mr. Rice
^iS°itJSuldbe*rg^SjTf SS I christen thee
^puthlmoutofth^V VsJS
If I’d tell him some night when Mr.
Rice was sleeping soundly, he’d oome
up and do it. If I would not”
"What was said of chloroform ?*'
asked Attorney Osborne.
“Patrick said Would be an easy
way to put Mr. Rice away. An article
in a magazine gave him tha Idea.
Something was said about getting
chloroform, and Patrick said It was
very hard to get; that one had to have
all sorts of certiflcates before the drug-
gtet would sell It I told Patrick he
could leave that to m& I seut my
brother $5 and he sent me chloroform
in a four-ounce bottie. Patrick said
he had often wondered about what
would be the effect of chloroform ou •
person afflicted with heart trouble^ I
put the question to Dr. Gurry, and he
said no littie chlcn-oform would be
needed to klU a person who had heart
disease; that it was doubtful If any
traces of the poison would Rmain af
ter death. I told Patrick what Dr.
Curry had said.”
Kreuser May Come.
Brussels, By Cable.—^It Is said
In
Boer circles that if Messrs. Wilmarans
and Wessels, after investigating the
situation In the United States, advise
Mr. Kruger that a tour of the United
States would be beneficial to the Boer
cause, the Boer President will over
come his aversion to a long trip and
undertake the journey. Mr. Kruger is
in excellent physical condition, and
his physicians advise him that he
could safely go to America at the prop
er season. Messrs. Wolmarans and
Weasels will spend a month in the
United StatMk
A veteran purser of a transatlantic
lime who has been crossing the Atian-
tic for only three years less than a
half century is about to retire, after
voyages of a total much in excess of
two millions and a half of miles. II
he isn’t a true old salt, an ancient
mariner in the best sense, there never
was one. He is rtill hale and hearty,
so well pickled with brine, so breezy,
so vigorous and lusty a Triton, that
he would enjoy sailing the sea for
many a year of the new century. May
he cast «iclu>r la calmest
IwreMl,
Secretary Lone to Retire.
Washington. Special.—Now that the
Schley matter has been settled offi
cially. it is understood that Secretary
Long feels that he Is at liberty to car>
ry out the project cherished by hii«
in the last year oi President McKin
ley's administration and retire to pri
vate life. However, this is not expected
to ensue at once, for there Is no certaia
knowledge of what may follow in Con
gress. notwithstanding a strong belief
by the administratim that the case
is settled beyond revival. Therefore, it
is understood the change in the cabi
net circle will not take place before the
adjournment of the present session of
Congress , and perhops not until next
falL
Carriage Factory Wredced.
Valdosta. Go., Special.—During a ter
rific wind storm here Thuzaday morn
ing. the carriage factory of the Robert-
>anford-I>asher Company was wre6k-
ed. The building fell 15 minutes before
the employes were due to begin their
day’s work. The loss to tba company
is 910.000. No further damage
shade trees and fences deatn^ed has
been reported.
Montaxue’s Message.
Richmond. Special.—Governor Mon
tague, in his message transmitted to
the Virginia Assembly, endorses road
improvement, recommends the creation
of a highway commission, to have
charge of that work; favors an em
ployer’s liability bill, and the engraft
ing of some form of Industrial educa
tion on the public school system. Ho
would have short term prisoners in
the penitentiary W9r|( » tlM pubU«
roaif
Meteor.” Her voice was loud and
clear, and could be distinctly heard
on all the surrounding platform. Then
she raised a silver axe and severed
the rope holding the weight which
kept the ship in the ways and the ves
sel went gracefully into the water.
After the launching the President
presented several persons to the
Prince. President Roosevelt, leaning
over the railing, shook hands with
many of the guests who were old ac
quaintances. While this scene was go
ing on, the crowd remained contin
ually cheering and occasionally call
ing. “Cheers for the Prince.” “Che«rs
for the President’’ or “ Cheers for
Miss Roosevelt”
The latter had to repeatedy bow
her acknowledgments. The Prince
Immediately after the launching sent
the following cablegram In German:
“To the German Emperor. Berlin:
Yacht just launched under brilliant
auspices. Christened by Miss Roose
velt’s hand. Beautiful craft Great en
thusiasm. I congratulate you with all
my heart HEINRICH.”
Boer Oelesates Arrive.
New York, Special.—Among the pas
sengers who arrived Tuesday on the
steamer Rotterdam, from Rotterdam
and Boulogne, were Messrs. Wolmar-
ans and Wessels. Boer delegates, and
Dr. De Bruyn, secretary of the Boer
embassy. The party will remain in this
city for a few days and then proceed
to Baltimore and Washington.
Trains l>elayed.
Roanoke. Va.. Special.—The rains of
the last few days and the melting
snows In the mountain's have swelled
the volume of water in the'Roanoke
river and other streams in this city,
until Monday they are a veritable tor
rent The lowlands south and west of
the city are submerged and street cars
are unable to use some of their su
burban lines. The tracks of the North
western Railroad are covered with wa
ter west of Roanoke and flooded tracks
are reported on the Roanoke ft South
ern and Shenandoah Valley divlsiona.
The passengers on the Roanoke ft
Southern were brought to the city on
street cars, which met the trains at
the washout. All trains are being
bady delayed.
Two Men Killed.
York. Pa.. Special.—Two men were
killed and one dangerolsly wounded in
a freight wreck on the Columbia ft
Fort Deposit Railroad, a short distance
south of McCall’s Ferry, about 11
o’clock Tuesday night. The dead are:
Engineer A. T. Hatch, Fireman Paul
Wilhehn. Harry Wolfe, a brakeman.
was dangerously injured. The men are
all resideuU of Columbia. The accident
was caused by the train running Into
a landslide. About 2 Scars were r«>
4uced to gpllotffti In t]»« wwlh
mm