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YOt XII.
COLUMBUS, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1907.
NO. 37.
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AH Colored Troops Ordered to
Foreign Service
NO ECHO OF BROWNSVILLE CASE
Department Issues Orders for Propor
tion for Service and Soldiers Will
Sail Between March 5 and June 5
of Present Year Troops Being
Sent Because It is Their Turn to
Go and Not Because of Any Desire
to Oet Them Out of United States
at This Time None Were Sent Be
tween 1902 and 1905.
Washington, Special The Ninth
and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty
fifth Infantry, including all the negro
soldiers in the regular army in this
country, have been ordered to prepare
for service in the Philippines and
will sail at different times between
March 5th and June 5th of this .r.
The only other regiment composed of
negroes, the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
is now doing service in the Philip
pines. Other troops ordered to the Phil
ippines are the Sixth Cavalry, the
Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth Infantry. The
troops which will be relieved by the
sending of these new regiments will
be the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth
Cavalry and the Ninth, Tirteenth
Fifteenth. Sixeteenth and Nineteenth
Infantry.
It was stated by Major General
Bell, chief of staff, that the negro reg
iments are being sent to the Philip
pines because it is their turn to go,
and not because of any desire to get
them, out of the United States at this
lime.
The negro troops are to sail for the
Philippines before most of the white
organizations, the Inst of which wil
not leave this country until early in
January, 1908.
Statement by Department.
The followng statement was issued
from the War department in explana
tion of the orders:
"There was a time, between" 1902
and 1905, when the colored regiments
were not sent to the Philippines at
all. In 1905, however, this policy was
tentatively changed, and the Twenty
fourth Infantry, colored regiment,
was sent to the Philippines and is now
there. The 'services of the Twenty
fourth Infantry in the Philippines
has been etirely satisfactory, and it is
thought that the services of the oth
er regiments will be.
"In, reporting upon this
-T 1 i -w .
subject
ith'vis-
uenerai vvooci states: i recen
ited and made an inspection of the
Departments of the Visayas and Min
dano, and found the Twenty-fourth
Infantry very well liked by the civil
authorities in the neighborhood of its
various stations. In fact as Tacloban
the Governor expressed . particular ap
preciation of the fine conduct of this
regiment.'
Because of this report and expe
rience, the general staff recommend
ed and the Department decided it to
be wise to return to theformer policy
of equal foreign service of all the reg
iments of the mobile army.
"The present assignment of the
other colored regiments to the Phil
ippines is merely for an equal distri
bution of foreign service. They have
not been there for four years. It now
becomes fair to them and to other
regiments that they be assigned to the
Philippines in due .order.
"Foreign service, it should be stat
ed, increses the pay of the men 20
per cent and counts double time for
retirement. It was pointed out at the
Department therefore that the idea
that these orders were prejudicial to
the colored troops or were made on
account of the Brownsville affair, was
utterly absurd."
The Georgia May be Presented With
Silver Service.
Washington, Special. A number of
representative men of Savannah Sat
urday called on Assistant Secretar
of the Navy Newberry, and conferred
with him regarding the presentation
of a silver sen-ice to the battleship
Georgia. Although noth
was arranged, it is probable, that the
vessel will be sent South in the spring.
Savannah Puts In Her Bid.
Washington, Special. A delegation
from Savannah, headed by former
Senator Norwood, arrived here in the
interest of the establishment of a sub
Treasury in that city. Col. J. H. Es
till, of the Savannah Morning News,
and Pleasant A. Stovall, of the Sa
vannah Press, were among the partv.
The delegation held a conference with
Senators Bacon and Clay and mem
bers of the Georgia delegation in the
House of Representatives and next
week will go before the ways and
means committee to urge Savannah's
claims.
ftfc-OPENING OF CONGflESS.
Both Houses of Congress Resume
Work After Holiday Recess.
Soon after the Senate met Senator
Foraker 's resolution providing for
an inquiry by the Senate into the
discharge ef the negro troops of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry on account of
the Brownsvilie, Texas, episode, was
laid before the Senate and Senator
Culberson made an address on the
subject. He said that he would have
kept quiet but for the fact that great
injustice had been done the people of
Brownsville..
Mr. Culberson said that the con
duct of the negro soldiers had been
very iritatina: to the Brownsville
people and especially so to the worn-
en. lie related that on August
last, the day before the "shooting
up" of the town, a criminal assault
had been committed by one of the
soldiers on the wife of a reputable
citizen and said that no arrests had
been made for the crime. Mr. Cul
berson defended Captain McDonald,
of the Texas Rengers, to whom Mr.
Foraker had referred beeause of
Major Bloeksom's reference to him
as a man who was "so brave that
he would not hesitate to charge hell
with a bucket of water." Mr. Cul
berson also said that he knew Major
Blocksom to be a gentleman.
Defends the President.
In defending President Roosevelt
for his dismissal of the troops, Mr.
Culberson said the ' fact that the
troops were negroes had nothing
to do with their discharge. Confu
sion as to the legal question involved
was, he said, resposible for the state
ment that the President had no au
thority to make the discharge. The
President's constitutional authority
and the authority given him by the
articles of war dearly covered the
ease and made his action legal, he
declared, He contended that dis
sharges for criminal offenses are cov
ared in the articles of war as are also
discharges made to effect punishment.
Mr. Culberson said that there was
a distinction between a "discharge
without honor." In the former case
the President could exercise his dis
cretion as he had done in the instance
anly he made c.!s the result of a court
martial. He instanced several cases
0 sustain his position.
1 Negro Soldiers Motive.
To establish the motive actuating
he negro soldiers in creating the ai-ee-ed
disturbance, Mr. Culberson
read resolutions recently adopted by
negro citizens of Boston,, which ad
mitted that the soldiers "shot up"
the town and said they "were de
termined to do for themselves what
the uniform of their country would
not do protect them from insults
and punish at the same time the
authors of their misery."
Disclaiming any partisanship for
the President, Mr. Culberson created
wave of merriment by saying:
"I have ntohing to do with the
President in the matter. I care noth
ing about him. My personal rela
tions with him are about as cordial
n ,1 Ti j. r vi it
as those or. tne oenaior irom uuio.
(Mr. Foraker.)
In all fairness, Mr. Culberson said,.
the country oucjht to know that the
report made to the President was re
liable. In the House.
Within 15 minutes from the time'
the gavel of Speaker Cannon fell
calling together the House of Repres
entatives, after the holiday recess,
the lower branch of Congress ad
journed, the absence of a quorum
bringing about the early adjournment
The House was a trifle late in
meeting: due to the absence from the
Speaker's table of the badge of au
thority, the gavel, and in conse
quence the 'small membership of the
House present were kept standing a
minute or two longer than usual un
til the Speaker obtained the "ham
mer." But when the gavel was re
ceived ' a responding whack brought
the House face to face with what
bids fair to be a busy session.
W. F. Ensdebnght, ot the first
California district, and Charles G.
Washburn, of the third vMassachu
setts district, were sworn in as mem
bers of the 59th Congress to take
the places of James N. Norris Gil
lett, of California, resigned, and
Rockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts,
deceased.
"The Omnibus Claims Bill."
"The omnibus claims bill' so
called, carrying apropriations foi
claims under the Bowman and Tucker
acts, aud miscellaneous claims on
which favorable reports have been
been made by the war claims commit
tee, was before the House and for
nearly five hours the merits of thi
measure were exploited. The bill,
however,, hardly got beyond the start-
ing post stage when the House ad
jfturned. Immediately after approval of the
journal Speaker Cannon announced
the appointement of Representative
Englebright, of California, to a place
on "the committee of mines and min
ing, vice Mr. Williamston', of Oregon,
removed. The Speaker based this ac
tion on the ground that Mr. William
son had failed thus far to attend a
single session of the Fifty-ninth Con
gress. He has been convicted of par
ticipation in land frauds in Oregon.
j Senator Culberson defended the
President's order discharging the ne
gro troops, and Senator Foraker re
plied to him.
The Foraker resolution was, by
agreement, 'ven the right of way in
the Senate next Monday.
The House remained in session only
long enough to enable two new mem
bers to take the oafh of office.
The government will appeal from
the decision of Judge Evans declaring
the Employers' Liability law uncon
stitutional. Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured
In Explosion.
Kenosho, Wis., Special. tn an ex
plosion in the grinding mill at the
Laftin & Rand Power Mill Company,
in Plesant Prairie, Kenosho county,
four persons were killed outright and
two were fatally injured. Two others
were badly hurt. One of the dead is
Ralph Alderson, the other three arc
Russians; names are unknown. The
financial loss is about $10,000.
The Vatican Determined.
Paris, Ey Cable. Developments in
the church and State situation con
tinues to indicate that the Vatican
authorities feel constrained to vindi
cate their course, by whieh church
property in France to the value of
$120,000,000 was forfeited by the re
jection of everything offered by tin
government, and will even go to the
extent of ordering the clergy to leavo
the churches in the hope of driving
the French Catholics to demand re
dress at the ballot box.
Train Robber Arrested.
Huntington, W. Va., Special Per
cy Martin, of Atlanta, Ga., was ar
rested here charged with being one of
the bandits who held up a Seaboard
Air Erne train S miles south of Rich
mond on New Year's eve. He admit
ted his guilt and delivered to the of
ficers a $500 diamond ring which had
been taken from one of the passen
gers. He told where most of the mon
ey can be found.
No. 97 Is No More.
Spencer, N. C, Special. Fast mail
train No. 97, running between Wash
ington and New Orleans, the fastest
train known to the railroad world, and
the only one of the kind in the United
States, being maintained by a special-
act of Congress, made its last trip
Saturday night, passing Spencer two
horns late. At midnight a gen
eral change of schedules on the South
ern Railway system takes effect and
four new trains take the place of No.
97 on the main line.
" NEWSY GLEANINGS, "j
Ten million people are reported
in danger of starvation in China.
The attempt to form a general
schismatic worship association in
Paris failed.
Seven designs for the proposed
giant battleship were submitted to
the Navy Department.
Fifteen acres" on University
Heights, valued at $300,000, were
given to the University of the City
of. New York.
A strong movement has begun in
St. Petersburg for an investigation
of the charges of corruption in the
Russian nav3r.
The Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad is to build a new $20,000,
000 station in Chicago, west of the
Chicago River.
The annual report of the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General shows
there are 639 rural free delivery
routes in Kentucky.
The blizzard in Great Britain
blocked roads and wrecked telegraph
and telephone communication in
large parts of the island.
President Roosevelt reiterated his
determination to never recede from
his position in the matter of the
discharge of the negro soldiers.
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation calling on the people of the
United States to contribute to the
relief of the Chinese fanzine sufferers.
The War Department is consider
ing a return from the present thirty-eight-calibre
army pistol to the good
old forty-five revolver of frontier
type.
Orders to the small arms factory
of the , German Government at -Erfurt
were taken to mean that the
government was planning to arm the
irnnris with s npw riflp
Texas immigration officials deport
ed five Japanese who were smuggled
Into Texas from Mexico.
Rome has a water supply of 200,000,
000 gallons a day; London, only 160,
000,000 and Tarls 90.000,000.
PERSONNEL OF LEGISLATURE
There ii0ne Independent in the Low
er House Only , Four Republican
Senators.
Below is printed a list of the mem
bers of the General Assernblv.
In thel ist below the Democratic
members are not marked. The Repub
licans are designated by the letter
"R" after their names, and the one
independent has the letter "I" after
his name.
It will be seen that there will be
four Republicans iq the Senate and
twenty-one Republicans and one in
dependent in the House.
The list as it has been given to the
State printer, is to be issued for the
convenience of thM capitol officials,
and is as follows :
Senate.
First District Foscue W. Turner,
Elizabeth City; A. P. Godwin, Gates
ville. Second District--Harry W. Stubbs,
Williamston; R. E. Etheridge, Man-
toe.
Thirds DistricU-C. W7. Mitchell,
Aulander.
Fourth
District-W. E. Daniel,
Wei don.
Fifth District W. Stamps Howard,
Tarboro,
Sixth District -4- J. L. Fleming,
Greenville
Seventh District T. T. Thorn e,
Rockv Mount ; J. D. Dawes, Elm City
Eighth District Y. T. Ormond, j
Kinston; J. W. Barton," Jacksonville
Nintfi District p. F. Aycock, Fre
mont. ... !
Tenth District I
Faison, -Eleventh
District-
Thomas Peratt.
'jeorge
H. Bel-
lamy, El Paso.
Twelfth District Jackson Greer,
Whiteville.
Thirteenth DistftCt N. A. McLean,
Lumberton.
Fourteenth District J. W. Mc
Lauchlin, RaefordJ
Fifteenth District T. W. Harring
ton, Harrington; p. M. Wilson, Wil
son's Mills.
Sixteenth District John C. Drew
ry. Rakh.
' Seventeenth District Tasker Polk,
Warrenton.
Eighteenth District A. A. Hicks,
Oxford.
Nnieteenth District J. W. Graham,
Hillsboro; C. H. King, Blackwells.
Twentieth District R. D. Reid,
Wentworth.
Twenty-first District J. Allen Holt,
Oak Ridge.
Twenty-second district A. A. F.
Seawell, Jonesboro; J. R. Rives Gold
ston. Twety-third District J. R. Blair,
Trov. ,
Twety-fourth District J. S. Efird,
Albemarle; R. B.lRedwine, Monroe.
Twentwv-fifth District H. N.
Pharr, Charlotte IW. R. Odell, Con
cord. Twenty-sixth District Whitehead
Kluttz, Salisbury.
Twenty-seventh District
Buxton, Winston-Salem.
Twenty-eighth j District
Carter (R.), Hampton ville.
Thirtieth District Zeb
Statesville.
Thirtv-first District J.
J. C.
- J. Guy
V. Long,
F. Rein-
hardt, R. F. D., Stanly.
Thirty-second District O
F. Ma-
son. Dallas
Thirtv-third District W. A. Mau-
ney, King's Mountain; T. T. Balin
ger, Tryon.
Thirty-fourth District W. F.
Wood, Marion F. Davis, Morgan -ton.
,
Thirty-fifth Dtriet E. F. Lovill,
Boone.
Thirtv-sixth District J. E. Burli-
son (R.), Marsh
Thirtv-seventh District C
Webb.. Ashevilfe
-?-- r:. i
Thirty-eighth District W. E.
Breese, Jr., Brevard.
Thirty-ninth District Allen H.
Dickey '(R.), Culberson.
House.
Alamance Dr. J. A. Pickett, (R.),
Burlington R. F. D.
Alexander A. L. Watts, Taylors
ville. Alleghany R. A. Doughton, Sparta
Anson J. A. Lockhart, Wadesboro.
Ashe G. L. Park, Jefferson.
' Beaufort W. K. Jacobson, Wash
ington; B. F. Hooker, Idalia.
Bertie Thomas Gilliam, Windsor.
Bladen F. D. McLean, Bladenboro.
Brunswick C. Ed. Taylor, (R.),
Southport.
Buncombe Zebulon Weaver, Ashe
ville; R. J. Gaston, Candler.
Burke J. T. Avery, Morganton.
Cabarrus M. B. Stickley, Concord.
Caldwell W. N. Harshaw (R.),
Lenoir.
Camden D. H. Tillett, Shiloh.
Carteret M. L. Davis, Beaufort.
Caswell Julius Johnson, Yancey-
( ville.
Catawba-
M. H. Yount, Hickory.
-H. M. London, Pitts-
Chatham
boro.
Cheorkee S. W. Davidson, Tomot
la. Chowan C. S. Vann, Edenton.
Clay Dr. R. T. Coleman, (R.),
Hayesville.
Cleveland O. M. Mull, Shelby. '
Columbus Donald McRackan
Whiteville.
Craven W. C. Brewer, Vanceboro.
Cumberland Dr. J. W. McNeill,
Hope Mills; H. H. Bolton, Fayette
vilee. '
Currituck Pierce Hampton, Mat
erilly. Dare C. R. Pugh, (I.), Wanchese.
Davidson G. F. flankins, Lexing
ton. - Davie A. T. Grant, (R.), Mocks-ville.
Duplin H. D. Williams, Kenans-
ville.
Durham J. S. Manning, Durham.
Edgecombe Dr. M. B. Pitt, Old
Saprta; P. C. Vestal, Rocky Mount.
Forsyth W. T. Carter. Winston
Salem; R. I. Cox, Rural Hall R. F.
JJ.
Franklin T. W. Bickett, Louis
burg.
Gaston A. G. Mangun, Gastonia;
J?. Dillmg, King's Mountain.
Gates R. W. Simpson, Trotville.
Graham -W. W. Fleming, Ribbins-
ville.
Granville B. S. Royster, Oxford.
Greene Swift Galloway, Snow Hil
Guilford E. J. Justice, Greens
boro; Dr. J. R. Gordon, Jamestown
Halifax A. P. Kitchin, Scotland
Neck; J. B. Neal, Scotland Neck.
Harnett J. C. Clifford, Dunn.
Haywood D. L. Boyd, Waynesville.
Henderson W. C. Rector, (R.),
Hendersonville.
Hertford B. B. Winborne, Mur
feesboro. Hyde Claud W.. Davis, Engelhard.
Iredell Thomas M. C. Davidson,
Statesville, R. F. D. 3; Zeb V. Tur
lington, MOoresville.
jackson-Dr. J. M. Candler, (R.),
Webster.
Johnston Joseph Johnston, Ben
son, R. F. D.; George L. ones, Wilson
Mills, R. F. D.
Jones J. C. Parker, Pollocksville.
R. F. D.
Lenoir J. A. McDaniel, Kinston.
Lincoln W. N. Keener, Lincolnton.
McDowell Lee W. Crawford, Old
Fort.
Macon W. J. Bailey, (R.), Mar
shall. Martin J. A. Whitley, Everetts.
Mecklenburg W. C. Dowd, Char
lotte; E. R. Preston, Charlotte; WT. A.
Grier. Charlotte. R. F. D. No. 2.
Mitchelh J. C.
Glenayre.
Montgomery R.
Bowman, (R.),
A. Burton, Mt.
Gilead.
Moore John E. Buchanan, Manly.
Nash M. S. Griffin, Nashville, R.
F. D.
New Hanover George L. Morton,
Wilmington.
Northampton C. E. Midyette,
Jackson.
Onslow E. M. Koonce, Jackson
ville.
Orange
Hill. -L W. Prichard, Chapel
Pamlico S
M.
Brinson, (R.), Ori
C. B. Ehringhus,
cntal.
Pasquotank-
J,
Elizabeth City.
Pender T. H. Wells, Burgaw.
Perquimans W. S. Blanchard,
Hertford.
Person H. J. White, (R.), Rox
boro. Pitt J. J. Laughinghouse, Green
ville; S. M. Jones, Bethel.
Polk H. M. Morgan, (R.)
Randolph W. P. Wood, Asheboro;
W. T. Foushee, Ramseur.
Richmond W. L. Parsons, Rock
ingham. Robeson E. F. McRae, Maxton;
M. H. Jones, Lumber Bridge.
Rockingham John L. Sharpe.
Summerville, R. F. D. ; R. P. Price.
Price.
Rowan Walter Murphy, Salisbry;
John M. Julian, Salisbury.
Rutherford Solomon Galert, Ruth
erfordton. Sampson- Thomas E. Owen, (R.).
Clinton; James T. Kennedy, (R.);
Moltohville.
Scotland Jonathan Peele, Lau
rinburg. Stanly E. F. Eddins, Palmersville.
Stokes Joseph H. Helsaback, (R.).
Danburv.
Surry J. E. Albright, (R.), Dob
son. Swain J. U. Gibbs, (R.), Whittier.
Transylvania T. H. Galloway, Bre
vard. Tvrrell George L. Liverman, Co
lumbia. Union R. I, Stevens, Monroe; Jas.
N. Price, Monroe.
Vance Thomas Taylor, Townsville.
Wake Charles U. Harris, Raleigh;
W. C. Douglass, Raleigh; Millard
Mial, Shotwell.
Washington r Thomas W. Blount,
Roper.
Wayne J. M. Hollowell, Golds
boro; J. M. Edgerto.n, Goldsboro.
Wautauga W. D. Farthing, (R.),
Boone.
Wilkes Charles H. Cowles, (R.),
Wilkesboro; Dr. C. G. Bryant, (R.),
Roaring River.
WTDilson T. M. Washington, Wil
son. Yadkin Frank W- Haws, (R.),
Yadkinville.
Yancey J. F. Byrd, Rabseytown.
BLEW BP NH ill
MB
Cashier and Others Killed By
Explosion
CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN
Dropped by unidentified Foreigner
. a'V ,
After He Had Demanded of Pres
ident a Loan of $5,000 Cashier In
stantly Killed and Bomb-Thrower
Blown to Pieces The Injured are
Clerks and the Negro Messenger,
Who Was Fearfully Hart, Both
Eyes Being Blown Oat, Scalp Torn
Off and Face So Mangled That He
Is Unrecognizable.
Philadelphia, Special. Demanding
a loan of $5,000 and failing to get it,.,
a man who has not yet been indenti
fied dropped a bomb in the Fourth
Street National Bank Saturday, blow
ing himself to pieces, instantly killing
Cashier W. Z. McLear, and injuring .
six others, one or two of whom may
die. The onlv clue to the identity of.
the bomb-thrower was a bunch of keys-
found in a portion of the clothing at
tached to which was a plate inscrib
ed "R. Steele, Garner, Iowa."
The Fourth Street Uational Bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city and occupies the greater portion
of the first floor of the Butlitt build
ing on Fourth street between Chesnut
and Wralnut streets in the heart of the
financial district. The explosion was
terrific and it caused tremendous ex
citement in the crowded Juilding and
the street.
The explosion occurred a few min
utes before 12 o'clock, at a time when
the bank is usually well filled with
persons in a "hurry to transact bus
iness before the bank closes. No one
saw the unknown man enter the bank;
except E. F. Shanbacker, the vice:
president, who was passing out of the?
building on his way to luncheon. Ho
noticed the man was poorly dressed,
looked like a Russian and carried a
small parcel. The man walked straight
back to the rear of the bank and ask
ed a clerk to direct him to the office
of the president, Richard II. Rush
ton. What took place in his office is
best told by the president himself.
Asked a Loan of $5,000.
"I was very busy Avhen the man en
tered my office, and I asked him to ba
seated for a moment. He was very
poorly dressed, had patches on his
shoes and his entire appearance mado
me a bit curious. While he was wait
ing for me to finish the business I had
in hand at the moment I happened to
notice that he looked at me very euri
ously. I asked him his business and
he gave me his name as G. E. Wil
liams and said he wanted a loan of
$5,000. He did not look like a man
who could make a loan of that amount
and I asked him for collateral. He
said something about an insurance
policy and that it would "mature in
from one to five years. I was then
convinced the man was a crank and
decided to dismiss him at once, not
for a moment thinking there was any
harm in him. I told him he would
have to see the cashier and directed
him out into the banking department.
At the same moment I called the col
ored messenger, William Crump, 4o
see that the man was quickly taken
out of the building. As I turned to
continue my work at the desk there
was a terrific explosion and I thought
the building was coming down. The
man had not time to reach the cash
ier, the explosion came so 500'
Details as to what actually happen
ed when the man left the office of
President Rushton differ, as no one
can be found who saw the man drop
the bomb. The door to the office of
Cashier McLear is only a few feet
from that of President Rushton and
the man must have dropped the dead
ly missle between . the two rooms.
Cashier McLear was sitting at his
desk at the time an4 his body was
badly mangled. The boom-thrower's
body was torn to pieces.
t
President Escalon is Anxious to Sap
press Revolution.
San Salvador, Republic of Salva
dor, By Cable. Hondurans residing
in Nicaragua and Salvador started the
recent revolution in the government
of Honduras, which was suppressed
by Nicaragua and Salvador. Tho
Central American republics are anx
ious to maintain peace bv all means.
President Escalon, of Salvador, mado'
an important declaration to this ef
fect. Ex-President Poticarpo Hon
illa, of Honduras, who was compro
mised in the revolution, has been imprisoned.
V