VOL. I.
ELM GITY, N. C., FRIt)AT, MAHCH 7,1902.
NO. 30.
TROUBLEATNORFOLK
Street Car Strike Assumes Threaten-
io|[ Proportions.
MARTIAL LAW EXISTS IN THE CITY
Thousands of Strike Sympathizers
Thronged the Streets and Police
end Military Were Helpless.
Norfolk, Special.—A mob of 5,000
strike sympathizers thronged the
streets of Norfolk Tuesday on which
the main line of the Norfolk Railway
and Light Company runs, and the
police were unable to cope with it.
From noon until after dark, when the
cars, which were crowded by detach
ments of militia, had run with difficul
ty all day, were housed in the barns,
the mob had things its own way in the
city. In the county where the barns
are, the military w^as in control of the
situ?ition. Cars were repeatedly derail
ed, wagon loads of rocks were piled on
the tracks and free fights between the
military and the crowd occurred during
the day at frequent intervals. In one of
these, a sergeant ran a bayonet through
the arm of a man named Hadnetsof, a
laborer. The man’s v/ife was standing
by her husband at the time. She
knocked the sergeant to the ground
with both fists and discolored the face
of Lieutenant E. R. Gale, v/ho was
near her, with a v/ell directed blow.
Several soldiers v/ere hit by bricks and
other missiles thrown through the win
dows of the cars. A number of arrests
have been made, both by the police and
military.
A confercnce was held by Mayor Bea
man, Police Chief Veltines, Colonel
Higgs, commanding the Seveaty-first
Regiment, eight companies of which
are in service relative to placing tha
city under martial law. The police
force of 100 men has been on duty for
48 hours, and is unable to meet the
emergency. It is possible the four ad
ditional companies of the regiment and
. ajjattery of artillery will bo called for
'In the morning to talce charge of the
city. There is no settlement of the
strike in sight, both sides adhering to
their first positions.
M'artial law v,’’ll be declared in Nor
folk in the morning. Four more in
fantry companies from Empeoria,. Suf
folk, Saiithfleld and Franklin, making
the entire Seventy-first Regiment,
have been ordered out.
The strikers cut a mile of trolley
wire in the' city. The troops are now
guarding the power plant. A detach
ment of a Newpsrt News company,
under Capt. Gilkcrson. is on duty.
At ?. meeting at night, tbs Central
Labor Union boycotted the street cars.
Common Ccimcilman S. H. Kelly, also
a leader of the strikers, offered a res
olution at the night’s council meor.ing,
to revoke the street railway franchise
for lapsing o? two days in running ears.
The resolution was referred to a soe-
cial ccmmitteo.
Tuesday night six non-union men
from Knoxville were held up. The
strikers overpowered them. Many bore
arms and were arrested for carrying
concealed weapons.
Over $200,000 Dania£:e.
Chattanooga, Spccial.—Official re
ports received at railroad headquarters
show that the situation in the flooded
district is improved. The Southern
Railv/ay’s loss between Morristown and
Asheville will aggregate from $200,000
to $250,000 to road bed and bridges
alone. The loss by delayed and annulled
trains and cutting oS of all passenger
and freight traffic since last Thursday
will be very large. About £00 men are
repairing the road and bridge on the
Asheville branch. There is still a gap
of 32 miles between Marshall, N. C.,
and Del Rio, Tenn., without service.
The Atlanta division has been opened
between Atlanta and Macon and be
tween Columbug and McDonough. On
the Alabama division trains are run
ning regularly. The worst of the flood,
in the Tennessee is passed and the
main river will be within its banka by
the latter part of the week.
ExciUng Hotel Fire.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Spccial.—Half a
a block of buildings in the heart of the
city were destroyed by fire early Tues
day, entailing a loss of $75,000, re.?ult-
ing In injuries to several guests and
employes of the Trement Hotel, and the
40 guests of the hotel had but little
time to escape, as the flames spread
rapidly, cutting off avenues of escape.
The screams of the girls aroused the
guests, many of whom jumped from
the first floor balcony to the pavement
below in tliclr nieht clothes. The Are
started in the elevator shaft.
Cadets Appointed,
Washington, Special.—The President
has made ths following appointments,
for cadetship at the Naval Academy;
Ralph L. Sampson, son of Rear Admi-
ral^ Sampson, principal; Woodward
Phillip, son of the late Rear Admiral
Philip, first alternate: O. W. Howard,
son of Major General Howard, U. S.
A., second alternate, and P. M. Tay’or.
son of Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor,
third alternate.
Telegraphic Briefs..
May drummond, a New York tele
phone operator, will make a fight for
the estates of the late Earl of Perth.
Floods in Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia did Im-
Jnense damage, inundating scores of
towns and many miles of farming
lands.
Two stonemasons were kill^ and
two injured in the collapse of a portion
of the addition to the Fidelity Tnist
Company’s building in Philadelphia,
The condition of O. H. P. Belmont, of
New \u.'’k, v/ho is sick with pneumonia
in Washington, was a trifle better. He
Is very seriously ill.
United States coinage for February
GOOD ROADS PEOPLE NEED FUNDS.
Call On County Commissioners For
Financial Aid.
The Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Good Roads Associa
tion has issued the following circular
letter to the Boards of County Com
missioners of the several counties:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
Gentlemen: The campaign for Good
Roads in North Carolina has reached
the stage where we must either go
forward or backward. The recent con
vention of Good Roads advocates at
Raleigh brought together representa
tive men from every part of the State,
who with one accord agree that Good
Roads in North Carolina are a vital
necessity. The great difficulty con
fronting us is to discover the means
whereby they may be secured. The
object of the North Carolina Good
Roads Asociation is to promote the
interests of better public roads in ev
ery county in North Carolina and in
this work we ask the co-operation of
every public spirited citizen in the
State. The necessity for combined
effort, however, is obvious to the suc
cess of the movement, and we hope
through this asociation to band to
gether the forces in every county in
the State to the common end of im
proving every public liighway in
North Carolina.
At a recent meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of this association
the policy to be pursued was care
fully gone over, and we realize that
the first important step is to raise a
small fund for the purpose of defray
ing the necessary expenses in the pro
secution of our work. The officers of
the association are, of course, giving
their time and efforts freely, but in
the necessary correspondence and
distribution of literature there ar?
some small items which must be paid
for in the way of stationery, postage,
printing, etc., and in the maintaining
of an office for headquarters we will
be compelled to make occasional small
cash expenditures.
As yet our plans are not fully ma
tured, and in this- preliminary state
we hope to have the co-operation of
every county in the State that wants
to improve its public roads and join
the procession of industrial, agricul
tural and commercial activity now
marching through this entire section.
The Executive Committee believe that
the various counties are going to be
its most substantial supporters, and
to the counties we appeal through
you, the Commissioners, in this mat
ter. The movement of course Is
purely one of public interest and
thefe is no provision from any source
for the financial life of our associa
tion. It is hoped, therefore, that your
Board of Commissioners will agree at
your next meeting to apprppriate the
sum of ten dollars ($10) toward a
general fund for the Good Roads As
sociation for the purpose of defraying
the small Incidental expenses in or
der that we may proceed with the
work in a methodical and effective
manner. The time to advance is now,
while the movement is before the
people, and with concerted effort we
cannot fail to accomplish a wonder
ful work for the upbuilding of the
State. At the forthcoming session of
the legislature, through the efforts of
this association, we shall hope to be
in shape to present a practical and de
sirable Road Law which will benefit
every township in every county in
North Carolina in the matter of pub
lic roads. •
I hope your board will favorably
consider this matter at its next meet
ing; and delay means an abatement
of interest which will detract from
the success of the undertaking. The
money may be sent to our treasurer,
Mr. Joseph G. Brown, the president
of the Citizens National Bank, at Ral
eigh, N. C., who will be the custodian
of all the funds of the association,
and who will give you the associa
tion’s receipt for your remittance.
Herewith I am sending you a
stamped envelope addressed to Pro
fessor J. A. Holmes, Chapel Hill, N.
C., who is the'secretary of the associa
tion, and with whom all correspond
ence relating to these matters should
be conducted.
Yours 'very truly,
P. H. HANES, President.
Sunday School Convention.
The State Sunday School Conven
tion meets in Fayetteville March
18-20. Marion Lawrence, the Inter
national Field Secretary, Toledo,
Ohio, will be present.
In addition, very efficient speakers
and Sunday School Workers from
North Carolina will be on the pro
gram.
RRev. Eli Reece and Miss Bessie
Gaston, of High Point; whose voices
are unexcelled ..will direct the music.
It' is the earnest request of the
State Executive Committee that-each
superintendent of a Sunday School
will appoint one delegate who will,
with him attend the convention.
Do not forget it. The cause is too
great. MVe ^.hundred thousand chil
dren in North Carolina do not attend
the church and the Sunday school.
We want to plan a campaign ~ that
will reach them. We hope to have r^
duced rates on all railroads. Get
ready. Send your name to Mr. R. A.
Southerland, Fayetteville, N. C. and
tell Jiim to provide a home for you.
Remember your duty and the date,
March 18, 19 and 20.
GEO. H. CROWELL,
President
J^orth Carolina Aspropriations.
Washington, Special.—The Senate
passed bills appropriating $100,000 for
the erection of a public building at
Durham, N. 0.; appropriating $32,000
for completing the construction of the
roadway to the National Cemetery near
Pensacola, Fla.; appropriating $30,000
for the establishing of a light station
o# Bluff Shoal, Pamlico Sound, N. C..;
to authorize the establishment of a
life-saving station at or near Bogue
iBlet. N. C.
PRINCE IN THE SOUTH
Einperor’f Brother Royally Received
in Dixie.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS BY WAY.
Received an Ovation Everywhere-
Presented a Walking Cane From
Oen. Jackson’s Old Home.
Indianapolis, fecial.—Prince Henry
ef Prussia went up Lookout Mountain
Sunday and after viewing the ground
where the Union and Confederate
armies met in conflict and hearing
i^resh the story of the battles, re-
snmed his journey to the North and
West Leaving Chattanooga ovCT^he
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Railroad, his train ran through a cor
ner of Alabama, and then turning to
the north hurried across Tennessee
with a short stop at Nashville, through
to Louisville and Bowling Green, and
up into Indiana to another brief halt
at Indianapolis. At Indianapolis the
course was changed to the westward
again and on the tracks of the Van-
dalina Line, his train tonight is on the
reach for St. Louis. His reception in
the South was hospitable and demon
strative. The negroes manifested great
curiosity as to the Prince and they
amused him. He heard them sing at
Nashville, and was greatly pleased at
the experience. It was the Glee Club
of Fisk University that sang and at the
close he asked the young woman who
led them to come into his car. He
shook hands with her and congratula
ted her. There was a great crowd at
Chattanooga and the Prince was given
a souvenir. Nashville also made a
demonstration of friendliness, as did
Louisville and Indianapolis. At every
station along the route the people
gathered to salute him with che^.
There was much enthusiasm over Ad
miral Evans as well. Brief though it
was. Prince Henry was delighted witl^
his Southern tour and, as he was leav
ing Nashville, he said: “The people
have been very kind to me. Every
where they have received me In the
kindliest manner, and I rcry deeply
appreciate it. I wish they might all
know how thankful I am.”
The Welcome at Nashville.
Nashvllfs, Special.—^Prince Henry of
Prussia spent 15 minutes in Nashville
Sunday afternoon, arriving here over
the Nashville, Chattanooga ft St. Louis
road, at 2:00 o’clock, and departing ev
er the Louisville ft Nashville fOr
Louisville at 2:45. Ten thousand men,
women and children crowdad tlte Boion
station and railroad yards for a sight
of the royal visitor and accor^M him
a most cordial reception. The PtfllVe
did not leave his car, but from the back
platform smiled his acknowledgments
of the demonstaations in his honor. He
made no speech, a hearty ‘Thank you!”
“Thank you!” being the substance of
his reply to the welcoming address of
Mayor I. M. Head. During the stop here
the desire expressed by the Prince to
hear some of the old plantation negro
songs of the South was gratified, the
negro jubilee singers from FTsh Uni
versity singing three of those tuneful
melodies to the manifest enjoyment of
the Prince. One of the singingers was a
member of the organization when it
made a tour of Euroi>e som^ years ago
and having been told that. Prince
Henry, after the first song, reached
over and shook hands with him, mak
ing referencti to the visit to Berlin. His
Royal Higness asked Governor Mc-
Millin, who was standing by him, what
the purport of the songs was.
“They are revival songs,” replied the
Governor.
“What are revival songs” queried
the Prince, and the CSovernor entered
into an explanatory remark concerning
the old-time negro’s picturesque faith
and cQstoms.
A large committee of distineruished
citizens. State, city and county officials,
headed by Governor McMillin ana
Mayor Head, was on hand to welcome
the royal visitOT formally. As the spe
cial pulled in a band struck up. but the
Icttd cheers of the crowd almost drown
ed its notes. The Prince appeared
touching his cap in recognition, and
the special committee boarded the car.
After the usual formalities. Mayor
Head delivered his welcoming speech,
during ■ which he presented a hickory
cane from "The Hermitage,” Andrew
Jackson’s old home. The cane is silver
mounted. On the top of the handle is
engraved a ftont view of “The Hermi
tage” and lower down this inscription:
“Presented to His Royal Highness,
Prince Henry of Prussia, as a souvenir
from The Hermitage, the home of An
drew Jackson, March ^d, 1902.”
A handsome flora) design was also
presented on behalf of the German
American bociety of Nashville. In ad
dition. the mayor’s address enrolled on
nachmwt was presented as a sou
venir. It is illustrated in German col
ors, bears the German seal In one cor
ner and the seal of the UnitM States
in another, the whole surmounted by
the German standard and the United
States intertwined.
The Prince said but few words in re
ply, expressing himself as highly grat
ified ovier his reception. He said he re
gretted that he could not meet and
shake hands with all the people and
asked the mayor to thank them for
him. The musical programme followed
and promptly on - - * ’e time the
train plied out for Louisville, the
Prince and other members of the party
standing on the rear platform.
Police and Rioters Fight.
Paris, By Cable.—Following an ex
citing meeting of the emjtloyed held
Sunday morning at the labor '«»
change, the agitators attempted to
hold an out-door meeting in the Place
lie la Republique. A flght with the
police ensued, in which eleven police
men were severely injured and a
score more siu^tained bruises. A num
ber of the rioters were injured and
twenty were fdaced under arreit.
SERIOUS FLOODS
Western Part of the State Snffera
Severely From Hif|i Water.
Artieville, SpeciaL—The rain storm
3f Thursday and Thunday night wai^
the most severe of a aetiea ct diaaaters
which have visited this Mctlon during
the past year. Water In the IVendi
Broad waa two feet higher Hum In the
great freshet last Augurt. For a mile
along the river front there is a scene
of wreckage, devastation and incalcu
lable loss. There has been but one train
In and one out of AabeVlUe in the last
36 hours. The track is opm to the east
on the AAeville ft Spar^burg. On the
Western and Murphy lines traffic Is to
tally and ideftnitely cut off.
About 2 o’clock Friday morning ndl-
road men noticed that the watM" was
rising at the rale of 12 feet in 3 minutes
and raised an alarm in the factory dis
trict, the lowlands oc»i^ied by families
of cotton mill and ta'hnery o«>erativRs.
In the darkness hundreds of cries for
help rang out over the roaring waters.
The rising waters then stretched from
hill to :iiU. With wagons and boats all
the cotton mill people were rescued but
one family, a man, his wife and two
babies. These were tannery operatives
and mre taken to a tannery building,
where safe, although cut oft from sh(H^
From 6 until 8 o’clock desperate efforts
were made to rescue the families
of mill woikers, which was finally suc
cessful. Further down the river a boat
containing a woman and her son cip-
sized. A rescuer fought the strong cur
rent. bringing both to the shore.
The Southern’s damage cannot be es
timated. Hancree’s Son’s tannery lost
$10,000 or $12,000. Adieville Cotton
Mills $2,000 or more. The Blltmore
estate farms suffered heavy damages,
especially the truck department, the
extent of which will not be known un
til the flood subsides. Many people liv
ing along the rivnr front lost all they
had.
At 7 o^clock Friday evening th* water
had subsided two feet. Melting snow in
the mountains, where it is four or dve
feet deep, added much to the volume of
the flood.
Storm in Wayne.
Goldsboro, Special.—The heavy -aln
storm which visited this section early
Friday morning was accompanied by a
destructive wind, which almost reached
the proportions of a tornado. In the
city there was very little damage out
side of a few signs being blown down,
but to the west of the dty on the
farm of Mr. W. J. Eklwards the dam
age was sometwhat heavier. The heavy
wljid cloud seemed to touch the earth
just for a brief inteival and then arise
again. The first thing in the paith of
destruction was a stack ot fodder .the
bundles of which were scattered over
the ground for a quarter of a mile. In
a dii^t line from the direclion of the
wind was the tenant house which was
occupied by Jo4in Parks and his family.
The roof of this building was lifted
frmn its place and scattered over the
surrounding country. The walla of the
house were wrenched out of plumb and
the ceiling is torn from the Joists. An
old negro and his family were all in
the house at the time^ but strange to
relate not one them was injured.
Pine trees in' the woods back of the
house were blown down and the topi
of some of the largest trees were
twisted off and carried away.
Ticket Agent Sandbagged,
Durham. Special.—Mr. James E. Lee.
the ticket agent for the Southern Rail
way at Durham, was waylaid and
brutally sand-bagged by two unknown
men Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. After
Mr. Lee was unconscious the men took
fom his pockets his btfnch of keys;
went to the depot a mile away; open
ed the ticket office almost under the
eyes of the night watchman; unlocked
the company’s old fashioned safe and
took therefrom over $400.
Mr. Lee had locked up the ticket of
fice and when the assault was commit
ted was on his way to the home of his
brother-in-law. Mr. Y. E. &nith. who is
the superintendent of a cotton mill in
East Durham. As he walked along the
railroad track two men sprang out of
the darkness and dealt him blows with
some heavy Instruments or sandbags.
Mr. Lee fell and before he lost con
sciousness he heard one of the men say
“Get his keys.”
Passing by Mr. Lee’s gold watch and
$25 in money the men found his keys
ana then left the iH-ostrate man. Mr.
Lee sustained serious injuries. It was
thought his Jawbone was broken. The
robbery was not discovered until after
Mr. Lee had been found and roused to
consciousness.
The ticket office in Durham is in the
heart of the city, and considering the
hour the robbery was committed the
deed was one of singular boldness. It
is reckoned that the robl^ers were ex
perts. There is no clue to their ideti-
ty; though the entire police force is
diligently at work on the case.
Floods Worse *rhan Fire.
Paterson, N. J., Special.—This city so
recently swept by fire is now overshad
owed by flood. Three weeks ago the
greater part of Its business section waa
burned out, and now the quarter oc
cupied by the houses of the poorer
classes is inundated. Hundreds of fam
ilies have been made homeless by the
overflow of the Passaic river and the
country for miles arotmd the city is
under water. So far irat one death has
been reported. The fire of three weeks
ago, while causing a damage of prop
erty to the extent of nearly $8,000,000
did not create such suffering and'Wide
spread desolation as the dood.
Three Children Burned.
Asheville, Special.—Friday morning,
during the storm, J. W. Wallen, who
lives on Flat creek, sixteen miles north
of here, was driven by the rising
waters from his house. He took three
children, aged 8 and 6 years and 9
months, to a tobacco bam, l^t them
with a torch and returned to the house
for his wife and another child. - While
gone the bam caught fire and burned
to the ground, all tha cKUdrea iMing
Uwir.Uvea;. '
SEVEREY CENSURED
Tillnuui aid McLaorii Sharply Raked
By the Seoate.
AU HANDS NOW SEEM SATISFIED.
Mr. Tillman Still Showed a Dlsposl-
' tion to Protest the Method of Pro*
Washington, Special.—Senators Mc-
Lanurin and Tillman, of South Caro
lina,' Friday were severely censured by
the Unltad States Senate. The admin
istrate of the censure grew out of
the ai^natlonal personal encounter be-
twaeli^^e two Senators on the flooi* of
the lA^te last Saturday during the
consideration of the Philippine tariff
bln.' ’**ni •doption of the resolution
of erasure probably closes the Inddent,
so liar aa official action of the Senate is
concerned.
Immediately after the Senate conven
ed Mr. Burrows, chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, to
whkh the McLaurin-Tlllman contro
versy had been referred, reported the
resolution of censure framed by a ma-
jMity of the committee. Accompany
ing the resolution was a report narra
ting the events which led up to the
flght between the two Senators and set
ting out the conclusions of the majori
ty. A brief statement was presented
by Senators Bailey, Blaokbura, Pettus,
If. J. Foster and Dubois. Democratic
members of the committee, dissenting
from some conclusions of the majority.
They agree, however, to the resolution
offered. A minority report waa pre
sented by Senators McComas, Bever
idge and Pritchard, Republicans, who
maintained that the adoption of a reso
lution of censure waa not sufficient
punishment. Practically there was no
debate on the resolution, although Mr.
Gallinger and Mr. Platt of Connecti
cut, made it evident in brief statements
that the resolution was not quite satis
factory to them. The resolution was
adopted by a vote of 54 te 12.
When Mr. Tillman’a name was called
he added now sensation to the pro
ceedings by rising and saying with 111-
ooncealed emotion: “Among gentlemen
an apology for an offense committed
under heat of blood is usually consid
ered sufficient ’
Exposition Mai a ;ers Act.
Charleston, Special.—At the meeting
of the board of directors of the Exposi
tion Company, Colonel J. H. Tillman’s
message to President Roosevelt was
fully discussed and the following reso
lutions unanimously adopted:
“Resolved, That the president of the
Exposition Company be, and he is here
by requested to communicate as once
with His E:xcellency, Theodore Roose
velt the President of the United States
and extend to him the cordial greeting
and good wishes of this beard of dlrec
tors, with assurances that we look for
ward to his promised visit to the expo
sition with the greatest pleasure and
that he will receive from our people
the warmest welcome.
“Resolved, further. That the Presi
dent be informed that the board of di
rectors deny any responsibility for the
recent communication made by Col. J.
H. Tillman to President Rooseveilt. and
express their utter lack of sympathy
with his action in that matter.”
A committee - was appointed by the
board of directors to convey this action
to President Roosevelt. The dty coun
cil will hold a special meeting to take
action in this matter.
Colonel Tillman was interviewed at
his home in Edgefield by a correspond
ent of The News and Courier and said
“I do not propose to be placed in the
light by my conduct of having been
the cause of President Roosevelt’s de
cision not to attend the Charleston Ex
position. I am in no way connected
with the exposition, officially or other
wise."
The Cotton Supply.
New Orleans. Special.—Secretary
Hester’s statement of the world’s vis
ible supply of cotton, issued Saturday,
shows the total visible to be 4,437,!
bales asainst 4,493,841 last week and
4,030.722 last year. Of this the total of
American cotton is 6,390,989 bales,
against 3,484,841 last week and 3,039.-
722 test year, and of all other kinds, in
cluding Egypt. Brasil, India, etc., 1.
047.000 against 1,009.000 and SS1.000. Or
the world’s visible supply there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
continental Ehirope 2.322,000 against 1,
789.000 last year; In Egypt 252.000
against 186,000; in India 642.000 against
502.000 and in the United States, 1.'
000 against 1,541,000.
Qoea Through a Bridge.
Griffin, Ga., Special.—^A Southbound
passenger thain on the Columbia
Branch of the Southern Railway, went
through a trestle into a creek at mid
nighty near Zetella, Oa. The following
were killed: A. F. Matthews, engi
oeer Columbus, Oa.; I. L. Hill, bag
gageman, Colummus, Ga.; Leo. G.
Murray, mail clerk. Atlanta; Isaac
McDowell, fireman, Columbus, Ga.
Several passengers were Injured but
none fatally. The structure had been
weakened by the heavy rains and
three bents of the bridge gave way.
The train was ranning cautiously and
was not makhig over eight miles an
hour. The first class coach was the
only car that did not go into the wash
out.
Bridge Swept Away.
Atlanta, Special—The Seaboard Air
Line’s bridge over the Savannah
Hver at Calhoun Falls, Ga., was car
ried away Friday night by the high
water. The Atlanta and West Point
brought a train into Atlanta' from
Montgomery at 11 o’clock at night
over its own tracks. This road, how
ever, is sending its Montgomery
trains over the Southern, by way of
IN CONGRESS.
Detailed Doings ot Our National Law*
makers.
HOUSE.
BixtyHflfth Day—The House began
the consideraticn of tha bill to dasaify
the rural free ddlvery service and
place the carriers under the contract
system. Oqly two speeches were deliv*
ered. Mr. Cood, of CaliComia, chair
man of the committee on poatoffices
and post roads, made the opening argu
ment in favor of the bill, qpeaking #or
fawo and a half hours. Mr. Swanson, of
Virginia, led the opposition. The de»
bate waa interrupted before tiie close
of the sesidon by the preeentaUon ot
the conference report upon the Philip
pine tariff bilL Mr. Payne, the major
ity leader, declined to allow the minor
ity more than 30 minutes in which to
discuss the r^rt and this offer was
rejected by Mr. Richardson, the minor
ity leadw. A filibuster followed and the
House adjourned after tiie previous
question upon the adH>tion of the re
port had been ordered.
Mr. Loud, of California, began the
debate on the rural free delivery bill
He declared that upon the solution ot
this question would dOpead whether
the rural free delivery service would
cost ultimi^ly $60,000,000 or $20,000-
per'annum. The rural free delivery
service^up to this time, he said, had
been a'^itical one and it had given
many members of Ccmgress their first
taste of the sweets of public patronage.
He traced the history and rapid growth
of the service and its cost, declaring
that it was the most extravagant in the
public service. At the inception the
the carriers received $300 per annum.
They now receive $600. If the salary
system was continued they would even
tually receive $800 or $900. At the
present time $850,000 was being spent
for the supervisory force. Mr. Loud
charged th.at a promise had gt»e forth
that if the present system was contin
ued the members of Congress would
control the appointment of the carriers
in the future as they had in the past
SEINATE.
Sixty-fifth Day—^TTie Senate began
the consideration of what la popularly
known as the shipping bill. Mr. Frye,
chairman of the committee on com
merce, made the opening statement in
suppoit of the bill. He occupied the
floor for nearly two hours, reviewing
the measure reported by the commit
tee and dealing with questions which
have arisen in connecticm with its con
sideration. Mr. Frye’s address was
largely technical, but his argument was
listened to with close attention Sen>-
ators on both sides of the chamber.' It
seemed to him, Mr. Frye stated, that
the policy of protection had been vsmt-
ly beneficial to the American people.
The United States, he asserted had no
peer industrially. One industry had
been without protectl(Hi—and without
protection for 50 years—and what was
the logical result? The shipping inter
ests of the country bad been neglected
in the giving ot protection. This coun
try had permitted its inferiors to jetxe
upon the pathways of ocean comm««e
almost without a straggle.
“It seems to me.” said Mr. Frye,
that that picture ought to humiliate
and mortify beyond expression any
patriotic citizen ot the United States
who glories in the power and prospM*-
ity of his country. It is not alone hu
miliating—it is absolutely dangerous.”
Mr. Frye asked who was gc^ng to
carry the $487,000,000 of exports in the
event a war between German and
Great Britain. “Why.” said he, “the
farmers and the manufacturers and the
wage-eamers of the United States
would pay a penalty equal to that paid
by ^ther of the contending parties.”
Mr. Frye then sought to show that this
condition of things was caused by
American wages, which increased tht
cost of our ships for the foreign trade
at least 25 per cent
Mt. Frye declared that all steam
ships in the world of 14 knots and up
ward. 80 per cent are subsidized by the
countries whose fiags they carry. 16
knots and upward, he said, all but six
in the world are heavily subsidized by
the countries whose flags they float
“Are we to submit to this humiliating,
wretched condition of thingB?” said Mr.
Frye.
The nations paying theae aubsidles,
he declared, did so for the purpose ol
extending their trade and for nothing
else. “Trade cannot precede the mail/'
aaid he. “The mail must precede the
trade.”
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Mattera of Oeaeral Interest la
5kort Paragrapha.
. At The National Capital.
A statement pr^iared by the Naval
Ordnance Bureau shows that $134,909.15
worth of ammunition waa expended at
Manila and Santiago by the United
States Navy.
Rear Admiral Remey haa sailed on'
his flagship, the Brooklyn,^ from Ca
vite, P. L, for the United States.
The Senato paased the Omnlbna
Claims bills, the Irrigation bill, adopt
ed the conference report on the Philip-
^ne tariff measure and made the Ship
Subeidy bill the unfinished business.
Senators say the outlook Is not prom-'
iaing for the passage of a canal bill
this
Tbe Sunny Sooth.
For the murder of Thomas Farmer,
who was shot from ambush. John
Henry Rose i^as hanged at Wilson,
^r. c.
A boiler explosion wrecked tbe
steamer T. H. Bacon near Loudon.
Tenn., killing two men.
Five of the six members of the Eaii
family, living near Welsh> La., were
found murdered, with no clew to the
Houses Fall Into Rood.
Macon, Ga., Special.—The Ocmul-
gee river is as high as the record and
there has been much destruction of
property. Half a dozen houses near
the stream have been swept into the
"^fiood. Six lives were saved with great
difficulty. The City Park is inun
dated. The Macon, Dublin and Sar
vannah bridge is in danger. Trains
on the Georgia Southern and Florida
have had to proceed over tracks cov
ered with water and the Southem
trains are unable to use their own
tracks south of Macon.
Decision Upheld.
Washington, Special.—^The United
States Supreme Court affirmed the de
cree of the Supreme Court of Illinois in
the case of Alfred G. Booth against the
State of Illinois, involving the validity
of the State statute imposing a fine of
from $10 to $1,000 for dealing in fu
tures. The decision of the opinion of
the State court upheld the law and to
day’s oidnion sustained that decision.
The opinion was handed down by Jus
tice Full^ and was dissented from by
Justices Brewer and Peckham.
Both in the Same Boat.
Great Britain has neglected its army
in its care for the navy, and Japan
h?.s neglected its navy in its anxiety
about its army. Great Britain is
about to make good its mistake at an
enormous expenditure, but the results
of the neglect on Japan’s part win
be more harmful to Japan than they
will be in the case of Great Britain.
It is as dear as the day that both for
Ireat Britain and for Japan the chief
iask before, cach nation is the m^-
tecance cf a po^rful navy,—Toldo
Jljl Shempo. ■
The body of Miss Lena Prender*
gast aged 17 years, missing since De
cember 23, was found at Bonham,
Tex., forced into a hollow stump.
Ex-Gov. James S. Hogg, of Texas, de
clines to be presented at King Ed
ward’s coming levee if he has to wear
court dress.
The Rivers and Harbors Appropria
tion bill, as completed by the commit
tee, carries a total of $60,700,000. Pro
vision is made for Maryland.
At *nie North.
An ice combine has been formed at
Detroit. Mich.
In a freight wreck at Philmont N.
T., three persons were killed.
A new divorce law, calling for two
years’ residence in the State, has
been adopted In Rhode Island.
Two feet and a half of snow have
fallen in the Black Hilla, of South
■Dakota, in the past two days.
Two persons were killed in a col
lision of freight and passenger trains
at Blanchards, N. D.
Two branches of the Lead Trastin
Ohio have reduced their capital to a
few thousand dollars to esciyte taxa
tion.
Life imprisonment and costs of the
trial is the sentence imposed upon
Vemon Rogers at Cleveland, O., for
killing his sweetheart
The Minnesota Senate has adopted
a protest against allowing Ihigland
io buy horses and mules in the Unit^
States.
Because his wife was enamored of
another man Stephen P. Papwicki, of
Chicago, ni.. killed her with a pen-
Imife and then killed himself.
Telephone linemen in New York
went on strike for an added $3 a week
and an eight-hour day.
Rather than go to jail for embes-
clement, Ernest Wedekind, a lawyer
of Chicago, 111., killed himself.
Creeping up behind his wife Alex
ander Ikey, of Wells, Vt, killed her
by crushing her skull with an ax.
The nineteenth death from the Park
Avenue^ Hotel fire in New York waa
that of Mrs. Charlotte A. Bennett
Two men are dead and two fatally
injured from a train wreck near
Girard, O., on the Pittsburg and
Western road.
Putting on a mask, William Ma
thews entered the 'Bank of Plato, at
Glencoe, Minn. ,held up the cashier
and took $1,500, but was caught
Iowa will remove the limit on fees
paid by corporations filing certificates
in the State.
Two men were swept from the trans
port Hancock and drowned on the way
from the Philippines to San Fran-'
cisco, Cal.
Disappointed in his love affair with
Miss Eva Wiseman, at Camargo, III.,
Fletcher Barnet killed her and then
drowned himself in a welL
Signor Marconi, who arrived at New
York on the steamer Philadelphia from
Ehirope. received full messages at a
distance ot ot 1,500 miles and tickets
at 2,000 miles.
From Across The Sea.
BriUsh official reports state that tha
Boers lost 819 men in the recent opera
tions in the Orange State.
I.ord Kitchener is spoken of for ap'
pointment to the vacant field marahal-
ship in the British Army.
It is believed that the Rothschil in
fluence is behind Lord Roosebery’s new
political party.
Premier Waldeck-Rousseau was se
verely hurt in a carriage accident in
Paris.
The agreement of the International
Sugar Conference will be signed this
week.
It is reported from Pekin that Russia,
by subsidiary agreement, has gained
her purpose in Manchuria.
The Chinese Government admits that
the revolt in the vicinity of Nan Ning ia
grave
Mlaceilanrous Mattera.
General Fitzhugh Lee will be the
guest of Boston, Masa., March 7.
The Twenty-second In£!totry, from
the Philippines, reached San Fran
cisco. Cal., Monday night
Rural estates In Cuba devastated
during the war will continue to erjoy
a 33 per cent, reduction in taxation.
Blast fumace workers all over tbe
country will aak for three elgbtrhour
shifts instead of two twelve-boor ohea
per day.
Brisidier General Funston, who is in
New York on his way to Washington,
says that “there is no more war in the
Philiwines than there is in Kentucky.
Assassins Inrk In the canes and shoot
down men who are at taelr mercy, bat
there are no aoldiers In tha Md to hat-