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FAVOR ARBITRATION.
I . : lw-x -r" --h - , - v '
Plans Are Discussed By The .Pan
American Cong ress..
i lT IS TO BOROUGHT TO AN ISSUE
The Delegates Who Favor the Com
pulsory Plan Are Determined That
It Shall Be Adopted.
t Mexico City, Special. It is thossht
I now that , the arbitration question in
the Pan-American Conference will be
! -determined one way or another at an
! early day. Tyirether or not the solution"
iwill be the dlsrorltion of the conference
- -will depend on whether then ten dele
gations wno favor compulsory arbitra-
tion will qicept a compromise measure
to be offered to them tomorrow on the
I lines suggested by W. J . Buchanan, of
I the United States delegation. The Mexi
can delegation will, however, present
the compromise. . Monday . after
noon some of the extreme advo
cates of compulsory arbitration were
somewhat afraid of the defec
tion of the - Mexicans, - and " it
. is a matter bf fact, almost certain,
that the .compromise to he offered by
the Mexicans will involve some .modi
fication of their own attitude.
It is pointed out that wtien the Mex
ican delegation proposed a plan, whero
by all the delegations wefesto apply
'or
admittance to The
Confer
ence, while those favoring compulsory
arbitration were to sign an agreement
'among
themselves embodying that
principle, they were under the impres
sion that this solution was agreeable
to all the delegations, including the
Chillians. Now the Chill itans claim that
tney did not understand the matter in
that light, and tho Mexicans were un
der an : erroneous impression. The
Chillians say the? were never'.- agree
able to this compromise. ! The Mexi
cans therefore feel that as the compro
mise was suggested under an erroneous
.impression on the. pact -of -Chilli's atti
tude, it is incumbent upon them now
to suggest some other, plan with the
hope that it will be agreeable to all. It
is again pointed out that one solution
Is that the delegations favoring the
compulsory plan of arbitration should
present- it in an open session of the
'conference and not through the com
mittee. It is by no means certain that
If tthis solution, already reflected and
offered once by the ten, is offered again
it will be accepted. In any event th
ten delegations favoring compulsory
arbitration are determined to bring the
matter to an issue this week:
Qood-Bye to Two.
Washington, Special, r- Secretary
Gage's letter of resignation, dated De-
cember 19th, arid President Roosevelt s
reply, wero made public at the White
" House. MrvGoge thanks the President
-for confidence bestowed and expresses
oarnest deslr for the highest success
of the administration. In his . reply tlic
President says:
, "Your servico to the nation has been
rendered at the cost of loss to you r
rheavy loss, from a material standpoint
as must ever her the case with' a man
. UW you, who - deliberately abandons
' the comparative: ease, arid the high peV
cuniary rewards of.; a large, pflvate
business for the exhausting .work of
the position you have , so honorably '..
filled during the last five years.' lriva
letter to Postmaster General Smith
-accepting 'the latter's resignation, the
; President says: : T deeply regret that
we are no longer to serve side by side,
; and I earnestly wish you well in the
future and ; bid you :God-speed in your
new-duties, for wherever you may be,
- the weight of your influence is sure to
te potent "on tho side . of clean and
Ihonest government"
r , Wages Increased. .
Philadelphia, - Special; The
"sylvania .Railroad announced
' Penn-
to its
train and yard men that with ' few ex
ceptions their wages had been adjusted
to date from January 1. This notice
means an increase in most instances.
The increase will require the - payment
of several iiundred thousand v dollars
a month more than is now. paid on tho
"scale, and effects 30,000 men.
IN SESSION AGAIN.
Congress Gets Down to Work After
. The Holiday Recess:
Congress resumed Monday.- The
Philippine' revenue bill is the most im
portant work at hand. The Senate will
probably act upon it this week. . ;
Both the House and Senate commit
tees on naval affairs is in possession bt
bills and resolutions ; bearing -on the
Schley controversy. . Compromises on
the matter is hoped-for by a favorable"
recommendation. ; -
The, Penrose and Pearr bills re
creating the grade of vice admiral and
promoting to the rank Rear Admirals
Sampson. Sichlev and Clark in-th or
der named. The attendance in both
Houses was light. The chaplain of the
senate referred to the death of Senator
Sewell.
The principal item on the House pro
gramme for the week is the Hepburn
isthmian canal bill, which is the spe
cial order for Tuesday. No limit ha3
been fixed as to the time for debate,
upon this measure, but Mr. Hepburn
does not contemplate a prolonged. dis
cussion of it t It is surmised in some
quarters' however, that of the propo
sition if the Panama Canal- Company
to sell its property and franchise for
as promised, this may have the ef
feet of opening a wider field of discus
sion than at first seemed probable, and
if this should prove to be the case lh
bill may be before the House for a
longer time than is now cpntemplafeii
Mr. Burton has given notice of a
speech on the bill and it i3 understood
that there will be other speeches in
criticism of - special features 7 of the
measure, but its friends are very san
guine not only that the bill will: pas3,"
but that it will pass speedily. Mr. Hep
burn the author of the bill, thinks
that only a few days of debate will bp
necessary. . -''.:- . .- 'r;
It is expected that by the time thi
canal bill is disposed of there , will bo
one or more appropriate bills ready.
for consideration by the Housel None
of the appropriation bills has Met been
passed on by ; the appropriations com
mittee, but both the urgent deficiency
and the; peneion bills areMn;a; forward
state and the expectation is mat tney
will be considered by the committee
during the current week. -The present
intention is to give first attention, to
the deficiency, bill. The estimates for
that bill aggregate about $12,000,000
and it is not believed that these fig
ures will da scaled down materially.
; The Senate has no programme for
the week and very little . business on
its calendar as tho reorganization of
the Senate! committees did not. take
place until just before tho holidays
There are, however, a few bridge bills
reported and Senator Morgan's bill,
for the acquisition of right of way for
the : Nicaragua Canal is among the
measures in position to receive atten
tion. It Is not orobable. however, that
the right of way bill will receive con
sideration at this time, -the disposition
being rather to await the action of the
House upon the general subject and
then have the Senate predicate its ac
tion on the House bill. If this courss
should be decided on. the discussion"
of the canal Question in f the Senate
will be postponed for a few wea;cs.
The committee on the Philippines will
take up the Philippine tariff question
very soon, butv there is yet no indica
tion as to how much time the matter
may consume :; in committee. Hence
there is no probability that the Senate
itself will be. able . to ;: reach that ques
tion for, some time. Senator Frye Is
engaged on - his report on the shipping
bill, but is not yet able, to fix the time,
fcir its comnletion. ,
Capt Carter Must Stay In Jail.
Washington, Special. The United
States Supreriie , Court refused to in
terfere7 in the case of 'Captain Oberliri
M.' Carter, The "decision was rendered
In the - proceedings' instituted; by Cap-
tain Carter for the purpose of securing
a 'writ-of habeas corpus that would
release ' him from- prison at"' 'Leaven
worth, Kan. The case originated in
the United States Circuit Court for the
district of Kansasy by which the peti
tion for a 'writ was denied. Today's
opinion was delivered by Chief Justice
Fuller and affirmed the opinion of tht -
Circuit Court
Lone and Short Haul:
Washington, Special. The United
States Supreme Court rendered an
opinion . holding as ' valid 'the State
constitution of Kentucky, concerning
long and short hauls by railroad 5om
panies, and the statutes 'enacted under
that provision ot the constitution; The
case on which the decision-waff ren
dered was a proceeding against . the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad ' Com
pany, ' which- company was indicted
under the law ripon the charge of mak
ing a greater charge for a shortvthan
for a long haul, and a fine was assess
ed. The verdict of tho . lower State
courts was favorable to the State law
and constitution and this., finding vas
affirmed by the State Court of Appeals.
CANAL OFFERED US'
Formal Offer Made to United States
: Government. . - x
PRICE, FORTY MILLION DOLLARS.
rii Presld Will Communicate
uner to i congress, wnicn Atone
Has Power to Act,
Washington, Special. A formal po-
position to sell the Panama canal pro-
perties" to the United - States gpvern-
ment for $40,000,000 was submitted to
the authorities- here. It was made by
M. Boeufve, representing the company,
to Admiral Walker as chairman of the
isthmian canal commission. M. Boeufve
acTed under cable instructions received
today from the Panama canal officials
at Paris; Admiral Walker brought the
the
proposition to the knowledge of
secretary of state and the president,
for that purpose.
The submission of this offer carries
out a plan which has been
sideration for the- last two
under con-
weeks. The
first step was taken When
M. Hutln
retired from the presidency
of the'Pan-
ama company. This brought about an
entire change in the management, the
main feature of the change being that
these in authority desired ito make a
definite offer of the Panama properties
to this government for
$40,000,0Oa.
meetings at
but the one
There havei been numerous
Paris with' this end in view
which brought about the final proposi
tion was held yesterday. It had beon
the intention to make the offer through
Edward Lampre. secretary general of
the company, who
n t; g
is due to arrive at
jeasier. Aquitaine to-
morrow, but tne meeting appears to
have taken a view that thd offer should
be made without waiting for the ar
rival of M. Lain pre. Accordingly the
cable instructions were forwarded to
M. Boeufve. He went at once to tho of
fice of: the isthmian canal commission
and advised Admiral Walker of what
had been the determination of the com
pany. Tn substance the notification to
Admiral Walker; was as follows: ,
"The Panama Canal fcompany de-
rl area tself readv to transfer to the
government of the Unite
States on
paymen
t of $40,000,000, its properties
and co
rirtAssinns. estimatea at inai
amouni
sion, ir
byr the isthmian canal commls-
conformity with the terms and
conditions o
commission."
the estimates of said
Except to submit the proposition in
the foresroine terms, there was no dis
cussion1 with Admiral
Walker aa to
what further steps were
likely to be
taken except to bring the proposition
tn thft attention of" the I secretary of
sate and the president.
'Admiral Walker called at the State
denartment this noon and commum
cated to Secretary Hay the offer which
M. Boeufve had submitted in behalf, of
the canal company. The matter' coon
thereafter was brought to the atten
tion of the president.
It can be stated that the presiuent
will communicate: the proposition: to
congress. tms course win do purauiru
because thej admipistratfon holds tha?
the canal question is now one ior ipgis
lAfive determination and that as con
gress is about? to consider the subject
it should have Possession of all; facts
that have come to the execuuvc
brfltiph The offer, as made to Admiral
Walker and later communicated : to th
president and secretary of state .refer
to the estimates of tne . istnmiau c-juj-missioner's
report; This failure t)f thi
Unnrmmissloner's report appears, nndfi
the caption "Total vaiue 01 tne rju
nmi Canal' and is as iouows:
Summ ne ud the roregoing items, xm
Panama i railroad i stock at? par . $,8S0,-
000: maps drawings and recoras, ?.
O0O.000. A
Tctl which add 10 per cent, to covr
ntnmlR!nns. maktnff the total valu
ation of the Panama
00O.V- - .
canal 40,000,-
; ( Collision Near Atlanta.
Atlanta, SpeeiaL-As a 'result of a
head-on collision between two'! freight
trair.a nf the' Southern Railway, early.
ftundav momihfe. near." Rex, Ga., 14
no f tht nlace' V three of the
-i.'.'U:iiiAA:onA'fLViimhPT
of freWnt cars destroyed by fire. The
aa ofo. RnHTieAr n. waiiace. ai
1; Flagmin Z. HHarria and Plre -
man Prathec.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
' -'. "! ' " ., . i - . . ;
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section,
v The WHIiamstbn MIIL j
The directors : ot .! the Williamston
(S. C.) Mills met during the week and
elected officers for the ensuing year.
They, are: President and treasurer;
James , P., Gossett; vice-president, El
lison A. Smyth of Pelzer, S. C; secre
tary,. G. Lang Anderson, and directors,
Messrs. Gossett, Smyth and Anderson ,
G. H. Mahon, B. C. Martin and R. P.
Hansom of Greenville, S. C.
This company, organized a year ago,
has erected an 87x240-f oot buliding to
accommodate 10,000 spindles and SCO
looms, although but half of this equip
ment will be installed at tho start;
this half bJas been ordered, and is to
be delivered and installed, soon. Sueh
machinery as boilers, engines, pumps,
etc., is already on the ground . , ! .. .
The site of tne mill and operatives
village comprises a 100-acre tract, well
drained and abundantly watered. The
rHBPany is capitalized at $200,000, and
i wpeuumg auout naw tnat ; amount -
for the initial plant. Print cloth sixty-
The plant has been; designed and built
uuuer uie airecuon oi Stewart W.
Oramer of Charlotte, N. C. !
MUIs of ilexlco.
A short time ago there was a1 report
that Mexico was preparing to extend :
its trade in cotton goods! to" the La.tin-
American countries. That this report
was somewhat premature was indi
cated by a statement of ' the Mexican
minister of -finance that "inasmuch ! as
the increase of consumntlon fs nepfis-
sarily gradual and slow and the ex
portation , of cotton goods? problemati
cal, no other solution of the difficulty-
can be looked for save a prolonged and
perhaps permanent shutting down of
certain cotton factories which, owins
either to the cost of motive power dis
tance from the centers of consumption.
antiquated character of machinery; or
other adverse conditions, are not in a
position to compete vith their rivals
T : A $100,000 Plant.' : j ;
A charter of incorporation has been
granted the Voorhees Manufacturing
Co.; of Graham, C.; with capital
stock placed at $100,000, for manufac
turing cotton warps, yam3, etc. -This
company: will erect, own and operate
tho cotton mill reported last ' week; as
to be built by Messrs, Pomeroy Bros.
Construction of the plant is to be com
menced at once, brick and. lumber for
the buildings having already been or
dered. The incorporators are Messrs;
Theodore Pomeroy and Jas. V'. Pom
eroy,' Mrs. C. S. D. Pomeroy and Miss
mrace u. romeroy.
Textile fotes.
W. T. Weaver Power Co. of Asheville,
N. , C; reported recently, : has let con
tract to C. R. Wil lard for construction
of hydraulic canal and dam to develop
its water-power property. This v de
velonment is expected to produce 200
horse oower. inor eased by two extra
wheels to 3500 horse power when sup
plemented by 30 per cent, of steam, to
be used three months In the year. A
cotton mill and bleachery Is contempla
ted in connection with this develop
ment. - - ' - '
The stockholders of the Dallas Mann
facturing Co. of Hunts vllle, Ala., held
their annual meeting during the week
and authorized an increase of capitali-
zatton from $1,000,000 to $1,400,000.
The completion of No. 2 mill with 23 -
OOOj spindles was announced, and It Is
to be operated soon. T. B. Dallas of
Nashville, Tenn;, was re-elected general
manager.
" Limestone Hosiery Mills of Athens,
Ala., has completed its plant arid: com
menced production, its daily output be
ing 200 dozen pairs of children's and
misses' hosiery. Fifty, operatives are
employed. vAbout $15,000 is the invest
ment ihi machinery and building.; the
latter beine a two-story brick. 39x60
feet in size; r P. W. Hendricks -is man
' Messrs. LadshaiW &" Ladshaw- of
Spartanburg, S. C, have completed
plans -and- let contract for the work of
remodeling the power plant of Globe
Cotton Mills at Augusta, Ga. New ma
chinery will include two 42-inch horlT
zontal water-wheels to operate under
an 11-foot head of water.
Cannon Manufacturing Co., of -Con
cord,. C, has completed the bulld
ine that it has been erecting for a
bleachery,, and. the equipment of ma
chinery is now being" installed. Its cot-
tnnT mill operates 23,100 spindles and
850 looms, the product of which will
be treated in the bleachery.
I It Is rumored that Laurens (fc.
C.)
Cotton MUls has purchased
site for
. . i fPl AAm
1 uie bicvjuw .
lpaay now 40,320 nmain u
woms. ,
BRYAN ON BOERS.
Makes a Vigorous Speech ; Favoring:
Their Independence '
GLAD OF WHAT WAR COST ENGLAND
Four Thousand People Present &n&
Heartily applaud the Sentiments ot
the Speaker.
Cleveland, Special: Four tnousaniJ : .
people attended a pro-Boer meeting ixr
Gray's Armory : Sunday afternoon.
There was enthusiastic applause for
every expression of sympathy and en
couragement for the struggling Boers.
An unexpected event in the meeting-
was the appearance of Hon. , Wm. , J.
Bryan, who is in this city as the guet
of Mayor Johnson. When the cbminit-
tee in charge of the meetingMearned
that the Democratic leader was in the
city an Invitation was esnt to him and
the mayor to attend" arid address the :
gathering. Both gentlemen - accepted.
and when, towards tho closo . of . Other
speeches, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Johnson
entered the hall,- the whole audience
rose en masse and repeatedly shouted
Bryan! " and "Johnson!' and greeted. :
them with hurrah and handclapping;
The audience was composed mostly of.
men, although a number of women
was present. The tri-color of the Boer '
republic was a ; prominent feature of
the . armory's decorations and 'little
streamers were tied in the button' holes
of many of the men Upon the stages-
were; several native Boers who had
been in some of the early Conflicts of
their countrymen against tne English
soldiers. They were, driven from their
country and. are now residents of this
city. The - meeting .continued j for four
houra, the; pririclpar address being by
Hon. , . John: J.r , JLentz ;: Rev, -August
Franz, T a localf Reformed "Tiutheran; "
clergyman, also 'spoke. When the for
mal speeches of the afternoon wero
concluded Messrs. Bryan and Johnson
were called upon to address the vast
auVlience. Mr. Bryan spoke for about
five minutes, during which time he
said: :r-:;-.:- -.; :;--v-n - t .
; "Sad will bo that: day, fallen will be-'
the star of our destiny, if the ;tlm -ever
comes when struggling freemen ,
feel that . they, cannot look upon the
people of these States for sympathy." j
Mr. .Bryan slid that . he was . in. en
tire sympathy "with the intent qf tho
meeting, eulogized ; the fighting, Southt
African farmers and urged them to
continue the struggle. He said that he
was glad the war had cost England so
dearly, and that the disastrous co3t itt
money and life would be a much
needed lesson for the English govern-
ment, because it would terh, and : hast
already taught a lesson that will not
be soon forgotten. r .' ' ;
Mr. Bryan said that he considered,
it a compliment that the Boers looked
to the United States for aid and sym
pathy in their struggle, and that h
considered it a disgrace that . no. offi
cial expression of sympathy had yet
been made by this governjnent. Mr.
Bryan believed that - English people
are opposed to the continuance of the
war because : they, too, are '. sufferingr .
because of the unhappy conflict andL
are the ones that" must' bear the bur
den of the cost .. , t ; " :'V,,'
Mayor Johnson spoke briefly andl
said that he was in full sympathy1
with the intent of the meetings A rescf-:
lution of j great length . was proposed
and will be sent to the President ot
the United States. ; It calls the Presi
dent's attention to the cpntinuance'of
the war for the past two years and
states that: it has been characterized
on the part of the British as a conr
flict- of saragery by 'the conflscaloa
or estrottion'!1ciweirtyr-6t. ihha,bl-
ttantdah
irir'the 'zone'-' ofwar.': v':, ;?
" "Attention is cailea to- tne aenuncia-
tion by President McKinley of tho
iystemrof;eonceritratiQn.w
a question r from the Machester..
(England) Guardian, of September 4
1901, is .made which states-vthat ai-de-,
gre&trf '
these camps without
tory. Inconclusiorir"tnai President ia
asked to enforce the treaty of ; Wash
ington, May 8, 1871, denying to; vessels
operating under British authority op
portunity for the ; augumentatlon or
supplies of war from the United. States.
President Roosevelt is asked to con
tinue the efforts of his predecessor to
bring to an end the horrors of concen
tsatlon camps and warf are which bjr
its "unexampled ferocity and enormoiui
cost of life and treasure, has astounds
ed the civilized world."
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