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THE CAMDEN / - V s rh VOI.UJIK XIII. CAM IMS N, s- C., FRIDAY Al^ GUN. GORDON SIMS I Great Feature of the Big Reunion of Confederate Veterans. CONVENTION FORMALLY OPLNtl) (ieneral (lordon, Who Was Twenty hours Lute, Came In During the | Proceedings and Was Uiven a (Ireat Ovation. The real opening of the lug Confcd orate Veterans' reunion at Dallas, Tex as, took place ?>:> Tuesday. The oveni of the (lay was the address of Gin. Gordon. It was received with the great est enthusiasm h.v tho hosts of oi l sol diers present. tlKNKUAI. (JOIIDON'S SrEKCll. General Gordon's address was its fal lows: Governor. Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of Committees and My Kellow Country men of Texas: How shall I tell y >u what we think of Texas, of her great hearted people, her broad praries and still broader hospitality? 1 hut poorly express the thoughts of these veterans when 1 say that whether we look at hei geographically, historically or r-eni: mentally. Texas is about the bigge.-'t thing we ever saw. She can raise cattle enough on her wild lands to furnish all the canned beef for the armies of I u Sym, John Hull and the German Mm j)ive, and still have fertile lands en -i left, if planted in the tlceoy staple, lo mako more bales of cotton than^ are now produced by America and Kgypi combined ; or, i! planted in grain croj>>. to feed every man. woman and child in the Union. With such a territory- almost eqn.il to that of the original thirteen St.U which threw off the yoke of bondage and wren lied freedom from the great est of empires? this great Common wealth holds today within its borders a population devoted to those same im perishable principles ? a population which, it" the occasion should come, would wage another seven years ivar ?i defence of this inherited republic its flag, its laws and it's regulated lib"i In the few moments in which propri ety permits me to speak, 1 daio no trust myself to make more than ?.)?? briefest allusion to Texas history. 1 cannot survey even the confines of that vast Held, made so rich and so inspir ing by the great deeds of her sons. Indulge tue just long enough t say that from her birth. thr"l,^li* her costly experiences as a strufcgim.., republic, and through subsequent wars the sons of Texas. whcnever smn.n||Kd to the sacrifice, have poured out hu blood freely on liberties' altars ? r, m Goliad and S:iu Jacinto, from |VH.lul vS a ami Si'cito Cordo. from Chlrka SSs" memorable by Ameri^tj ^or?com^ dmii's call" Np 'wonder she has Wired er no ghbors beyond the Klo Grande With such Wholesome respect for 1 i povfers No wonder that the hone bt-r ex?eansleTaim they kn?M " ,1 S well against the SSlo oMh. U?'f" " 11 ,tCr? ""il'it'noroniy l? Texas great oa ' ami great In Her geographical ex ? i?.? *he can do more ib a snull %id T 1 "oof. 0lthpointOUyoiiytonimle world, as l" u * ? nrr(m can Qntndle Top, where a few acic? P I, .f he greasy, throats of bod pour out of the gie Xpg onough to Ins. thundering *?? he".' |am| light cvei ) ? government experl ,ho "fal enough, oil to kill Tike ? oca from the Jevaey . shore to the Mexican 1 border ^ A.*?"" he nnlverae. Shall 1 their jjlzo in a ? Tho (i,rob- | illustrate by^ "Vv veteran in this as blng beartof^or angwerp(, NVith the sembly has a autiful 1)alla8( hold name of nana ln|? oinbraco more lng now li i h ?tsl,ie than she has people "' j Side. And < who are Giose popuJati . ?' ? tenderly and so lov men wh(?ro sh ^ U)la outpouring lngly embia ? ? ^ I?rmce llenry. of her P^P jn te of kingly lineage or s?me (p0 f" streets? There are no pausing n 8hcre-no brothers no Prince pat Kaiser. But there other kin o the gr ^ thonK\M are are men hei o grander than po greater than P ^ Qf the ,)uresl tentates. Hero a men in whoso and most of the founders of veins run is | 1 ,,bllc. whose mission it . this mighty rep" (rugg||ng humanity 18 t0 Mf^ Pto freedom. Here arc the the highwy1 proUdoat of armies veterans of th ennobled by sacrl Wfory with age Ji ? individual hero ic. who by tbeir of vvarfi, by their lam in th6.b^, golf-reliance through Bclf-control a nd i a ^ h followed. the long ^^Sration of all Wn shavc won th an(j joVC 1 il)Vi t> . who honor n1""'1 ' fcnow countrnta} In a word. >??. , oU have a right of Texas, believe anu^y Boldlcr who to believe, that c (oderftte army bravely fought In th c mem0ries. us and remained loyal ?? ubllCt lfl a Prince well at loyal to th by hls own in his own/' r g UeV0< and you have achievement. Yo ev6ry gray cap ft right to be [eve. ^ hcad of a f th that ever shclte _ l8 a nobler Si ConfeaeraW ? ' by any poten Stat* and K^^on/'ai life ^t8 we . . Re.v? P'ir^nor Oen food l?*u^h* recently tin* 01 7,r| Vrn.T^. Regvar VLlliRANS Ml: IT AT DALLAS l:nthu$ia<>tic (lathering of Old Sol* illers and Their i'ricuds. Dallas, Texas. Rpeeial. -Tho twelfth annual reunion of tho United Confod eratu Veterans, Is underway. It c early Monday and has gained strength and as the day passed sponsors, maids of honor, sons, wives and daughters of veterans, oaeh with some badge show ing pride of Confederate deeds, swarm ed In, making up a great total. The unofficial opening of tho reunion came about through streets of numbers. Dologatlon after delegation of veter ans inarched from the depots to tho fair grounds, which have been con verted into a magnificent camp only to be met with the announcement thai the grounds were not to bo opened until Tuesday. A small army of workmen wcro Imsy pitching tents and clearing the grounds, and it *.vas said that mat ters could not l>e put in shape sooner. Colonel Slaughter, president of tho Texas Reunion Association, announced that the veterans had been ordered to report April 22 and not before. "Wo are making exhaustive preparations to care for them in a way they ..will re member with pleasure," said lie, "but we're not now in the proper shape to entertain them." Later in tho day, however, it was found necessary to ad mit the veterans. The greatest good nature prevailed everywhere. There was not a single sign of conflict. The veterans freely admitted that the state of un preparedness was to be expected under the circumstances and the local committee abandoned tho announced programme. Tho fair grounds had be come a touted city sufficient to accom modate 12,000 men .and at night tho veterans who were onco again afield, enjoyed all camp necessities. So nearly incessant was the arrival of the delegations during the day that different railway officials found it nec essary to clear the yards of all jxelght cars. Many trains wore late, biix im mense traffic is being handled with a promptness remarkably under the cir cumstances. The entire city has been decorated in honor of tho old soldiers. Not a building in the down town dis tricts is without bunting and Hags. Electric lights and portraits of the Southern generals appear everywhere. The decorations have been so perfected that the hunting on individual struc tures has blended into a harmonious sea (if fluttering color. Among the Hags on many houses appears a white one, sig nifying that lodging can be obtained. At night a figurative "standing room only" sign was out in many homes where this emblem of hospitality showed. The streets are u net work of crowding, but good natured humanity. All have secured accommodations and it is believed the great crowd which is expected will be equally well eared for. A huge shed at the cantonment lias been erected, where 12,000 peoplo wiH bo served with meals daily, it Was found impossible to finish the woVk of preparation and the visitors were forc ed to purchase their meals at restau rants. The convention of tho United Con- j federate Veterans was called to order in the auditorium at 10 o'clock yester day morning by Major General Van Zandt, commanding the Texas division. The division is the largest one in the country. The convention of tho Sons of ! Veterans' will begin Wednesday. It is ! exported that the Daughters of the Jon- I federacy, although members aro pres- j ent in large force, will hold no formal sessions, helping to entertain the vet- I oralis and sons. Many attended the opening of the J auditorium, j^aderewski, being tho at- | traction with a benefit for the reunion ; fund. General Moorman, adjutant gen- ' eral of tho United Confederate Veter- j ans, received a telegram from General > Fitzhugh Ix?e, who is at San Antonio, j stating that ho would not be able to at- I tend the reunion, owing to the fact that i his son has been ordered to leave with in three days for a distant post. Tuesday's sessions was taken up en tirely with ceremonies welcoming the J veterans to the city. Among tho speak- i ors named on the programme are Gov- j ernor Sayers, Mayor Cabell, "Private" John Allen, tho orator of the day, and General John 11. Gordon, commander ln-cliifif of the association. i Surrender of Insurgents. Manila, Uy Cable. ? Surrender to thp American authorities of small parties of Insurgents aro reported dally ,and these have Increased since the recent surrender of the insurgent general, Mai var. GeneraJ Iluflno,'<>with 2G officer? and 375 s^Tdiers, has surrendered to the native constabulary in the province of Mlsanfis, in Mindanao, where the constabulary are co-operating with the military. j News In Briefs. An (Albany, n, Y., dispatch says: "Tho Pennsylvania & Ixmg Island Kail way Company was incorporated Mon day, ?with a capital of $20,000,000, to construct and operate an underground railroad" In New York and 'Queens counties by electricity or other suit able power. A^inan named Dudley, of Stlllwell, I. T., confessed that he killed Ills oldost daughter and,probably fatally wounded his wife and two children. Mrs. James E. Barker, of Ny*ack, N. Y.f who a few days ago at the age of 74 became a bride, died suddenly and Is said to have left her fortune to her young husband. The carriage and wagon makers of ,the South will have a convention at Charleston on Hay 6, 7, 8, t. Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock, ot Middle town, N. Y., died from blood-poisoning caused by the scratch of a cat llorefthaa half thk^tock of the Choc taw, OkkhjUBa-aaMhalf Railroad has beta desalted and Spcyer * Co. coa trol . the road, Cotanfmg' A STEAMER BURNED A ? f u I Scenes On Board a Fated j River Boat SIXTY PEOPLE REPORTED MISSING Passengers Awoke to Hint Theui- j stives Surrounded By Smoko and Ramos. Cairo, 111 , Special. ? The side-w heel steamer City of Pittsburg, from ('in cinnati to Memphis, was burned to the { water's edge early Sunday morning, at j Turner's Landing, 24 miles from this city. Tho early reports stated that ('?"? lives were lost and that many wore hadlv burned and otherwise injured, ? but the list of casualties is not yt t defl njtcly determined. Two boats and all | available craft from this city wont in the scene for relief. Efforts were made ' to catch the. Now South, of the same line at Paducah, and have her steam ? back for relief, but the steamer had | passed Paducah, upward bound, before | the telegram was received. Most of the j passengers were still in bed when Sec- ! ond Clerk Oliver Phillips gave the ! alarm. The engineers at once started all the pumping engines, while the crew had broughtt all the hoso into play. Amid the streams of water on ail sides, the 11 amcs from the lower deck and dense clouds of smoke, the passen gers rushed from their state rooms and a frightful panic ensued The appeals of the officers and crew could not ap- j pease the terror-stricken crowds that j Interfered with those throwing water ? on tho flames as well as with those j working with the life boats. Few could | adjust life preservers or do anything ; elso for themselves. Tho smoko was i Et iff ling. Croat clouds floated through the blazing steamer, choking '?.be pas- j songers and adding to trieir terror. Children cried pitifully. b< gglng that they be saved, Life boats were manned j and every effort was ni;>.io to save the ) passengers from the lioating furnace of ' flames. From the river banks the . sparks fro*.ii tho burning craft and the j dense clouds of smoke, tinged with flames, made a most impressive and weird spef-tacle. Boats were sent from , Bhore to help in the work of rescue, j The steamer was quickly headed to tho , bank, hut passengers were forced to jump from the stern and tried to swim ashore through the swift current and many were drowned. Many also per- , ished in the flames. Only one yawl was saved, without oars, and about 20 or ?0 women were taken off in tho yawl. Ihe rest wero picked up out. of the water. Help, except from people living near by i did not arrive until 2:'.l0 o'clock this J afternoon, and passengers with only | night clothes and without food suffer- | od terribly. Among the. missing are a | child of Pilot Al. Pritchard, and Cl.jy Breeze, his wife and son, and a son of Archie M. Allen, of Pittsburg. Captain PhiUpps says 20 or 2.ri of the j passengers are missing and tho same j number of the crow. Two women pas- ? songers wero severely burned, but will recover. They are Mrs. S. R. Leach, of j Bridgeport, O., burned about tho hands, ( and Miss Ellen Fenmore, of Arbuckle, ; W. Va., severely burned about tho I face Mvs. Fannie McCullum. of Deav- j enworth, Ind., lost three children. Pat Burt, of Owensboro, Ky., hiR wife ;ind j six children, were all lost. The body of | a child dressed in night clothes, was j taken from the river at Mound City | Among the first bodies recovered Acre | those of Captain Wesley Doss, of Cm - ; cinnati, and Miss Mario Tlssim, of j Canelton, Ind. i Miss Marie Lisler, of Carrollton. O., died after being brought on shore. Sylvester I)oss died after getting to | shore. , ,, . I Tho following is a partial list of those lost: Mr. Adams, of Ohio, bound fori St. Ixjuis; Mr. Downs, of Memphis; | Tom Smith, steerman, of Memphis; j Patrick Burrafe. of Owensboro. Ky.\ j Joe Ridding and Dud Jones, strikers , engineers, of Cincinnati; Win. B. Stti- j art, of Cincinnati; a little girl named Swoetoey, of Owensburg, Ky.; D. D. Hunter, of Ditintl, Pa.; two cooks and two chambermaids and most of tho deck hands. The fire was discovered at 4:0.i a. m. There were CO passengers and 70 in the crew. Strike Averted. Roanoke, Special. ? The differences i i between the machinists of the Hlue | field <\V. Va.) Norfolk and Western | Hallway shops and the officials of , j that road have heen amleahly settled. ! It is not known Just what concessions i were made on either side, but it hns i been given out that there will he no j strike, the co'mmiU?? which came here from Minefield yesterday to con fer with the Norfolk and Western ' officials having reached that conclus* J Ion. General Strike In Prospect. Huntington, W. Va., Special. ? The United Mlno Workors of West Virgin la, whose repeated efforts to briflg about a conference between themselves and the coal operators of the Stato have been unsuccessful, will make a final effort to secure the tatter's attend ance at a meeting called for the present week In thls.'clty. If no recognition or satisfaction shall be obtained at this meeting. It Is said a general strlke-wl!l be the result among the thousands of. ?iline workers along the Chesapeake St Ohio, and Norfolk * Western and tbe Baltimore ft Ohio Railroads. ? ? - ; 1 ? ? iV British Consols la Demand. London. By Cable.? There was a *re? mendousrfneh to aohacrlbe to the new loan of ?*MOM* (?wo,000,0t0) Wed nevday. At the Baak of pagland It ?as eatlmated l?L tlw ?Pt?lac the loan tad keen tern U?m awr-wlauibrt; Ttm swhecfTptloa Itata wiH 4dm *ro*? . IK \CONGRKSS. \ Detailed Dolng^ of Our National t.nw* makers. HOl'fcUS. Ninety-eighth Day - The session of tho House whs tame and without inci dent or event of public Importance. The ilny was spent in routine work. SKNATK. Ninety-eighth Pay luminal oiscus sion of (tie bill temporarily to provide a government for the Philippine Is lands was begun in "the Senate. Mr. Uawlins, of I'tali. the loading minority member of the Philippine committee, opening the debate with a speech in opposition to tin' measure. lie do nouneoil tho hill as an unwarranted Imposition upon the Filipinos dedal? lug that it would establish one of the foulest oligarchies in the history of the world. Ho maintainor that the 1 h 1 1 i i> pine commission was given too great power by tho bill anil asserted that nn del" Its provisions the islands would ho exploited for private gain lie will conclude his remarks tomon ow. While ho was speaking two eltorts were made to maintain a quorum, the second r? suiting in a lively tilt among several Senators. Mr. Scott, of West Viigiuia, intimating that no argument that could be made upon the subjci^ would influence any Senator. "We seem to have arrived at that point in our history," said Mr. Kaw lins, "where there are those who affect to believe that It is sedition to think and treason to talk. *(5od Hod's sake let ns keep silent until tho war is ov er.' exclaims a peripatetic hero ami graduate from the Philippines, who wants to make free speech treason, and to whom might give the Senator from Massachusetts, the benefit of clergy on account of Jiis sj nipi hy for a ?super heated conscience. ' And if we are to believe him, with the approval of the President of tho I'nlted States Con gress no longer has to declare war. An Otis or a Chaffee is prepared to attend to this any day In tho week. A few days ago a message came to "js that Malvnr, the last of the jnsurreetos, had surrendered. The next day It was an nounced that (leneral Chaffee had de clared a new war and had dispatched an army to wage it against 2.000,000 of people in the island of Mindanao, lint niuni is to be the word, as long as there is any disturbance anywhere within our borders or in any one of the more than thousand islands beyond the seas. "This bill strikes its roots into and derives its support from that exper ience upon the army appropriation bill of 1901, known as the Spuoner amend ment. The qualification of the abso lute power therein conferred, adopted 'at the instance of the Senator from Massachusetts, by this bill is elimina ted. /Ml properly rights in the islands land the fate of their inhabitants are ; turned over to the control and dis position of the commission without i any qualification of importance. "The commission may declare war land make peace; raise armies and pro I vide navies; regulate commerce with all Brits of discrimination between is lands and ports; levy taxes without limit and without uniformity. It may coin money and regulate the value thereof, and may establish religion and punish those who do not conform to its tenets. It may destroy free speech, and punish as art act of sedition the publication of the truth in regard to their administration. It can establish an inquisition; devise and apply me thods of excruciating torture, compel ling persons to bo witnesses against themselves and disclose any informa tion which thr? commission may desire to extort. It may practice any or all of the acts of tyrai.ny which history has disclosed or genius may devise. "It is useU'Hs to siy that this power will not be abused. Attention will be invited to some instances in the his tory of our relations with the islands showing the extent to which our repre sentatives have gone in acts of perfidy, Injustice, oppression and cruelty." Wireless Telegraphy. Washington. Special?Secretary Wil- j son has given instructions to I'rof . Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, to make an exhihitlon of the systajn of ( wireless telegraphy (devised b.V tin? Weather Bureau, to other branches of i tho government service and tonirrow i a test will he witnessed hy General j (Jrcoley, chief signal officer of the army to he followed later hy a teat for t lie naval trial hoard. The exhibitions will I take place near Roanoke Island, N. C. i A Poultry Trust. Chicago, Special. ? The Record- Her ald says: "Three Arms practically have complete control of the poultry market. Through the ownership of two-thirds of all the poultry In the country they are said to he. ahle to fix prices at will. The firms having control arc: Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Friehe & Semiter, of Hushnell, I." To Reclaim HverRladvs. Scientists claim that the soil of the Everglades in Florida is the richest Ir. the world, and would. If drained, pro *.sJ duco mnrvolouH crops of nearly any 1 (bJifg planted. It Is proposed to reclaim ! this Immense tract, which covers near- J ly 4,000 square mlies. hy bulldng drain age canals to take off the water, and at the sarue time serve as a rncjms of transportation between plantations. Contrary to th<v genera^ belief, the EvergladeiL^re healthful, the water ic sweet an4 pdre, and there Is almost a total absence \>f fevers and epidemic diseases. The coat of preparing these lands for cultivation will be about $2.75 per acre. % ^ Governor Ode 1 1 at Charleston. Charleston 8. C., Special. ? Wednes day was New Yorlf 6ay at tho exposi tion. In anticipation of the event s large party of business men, composed' of mefnbers from the Merchants' Asso ciation of the New York chamber of corn mo rce and Hfagr York ccflon ex change, accompanied by many ladies, aidried this morning jtnd Gov. Odd I ? srHttd ob af*spcclal train Tnrn4r iMtsam SOl'Tll CAROLINA CRM' IU I I.I I IN Growth and Condition During Past NN oo k. The temperature averaged about 0 degrees per day below normal during tin- week ending Monday. April 2 1 nt . nnd the wo<>k was uniformly tool, with u maximum of 7i> degrees at Howman and a minimum of 1>7 diw ( gives at Liberty. Light frosts o< ? | (Mined on tho 17th and istli In Horry j county. Tho sunshine was deficient. j tho sky having been overcast during : tho greater pnVt of tlu> week, 'flu Winds were generally light. but too fool for vegetation Some rain fell in the State on the Hth. Hth, 1 7th and P.Uh. Tho rain fall i?f the 17th was general and was the heaviest for the week, except that ii? places heavier rainfall accom panied thunder stums on the I'.Mh The average for the week was less than an inch and w as about normal, although in many places it interfered with farmworh from the 17th to the close of the week. Preparation of lands math; rapid progress, except that bottom lands are still too wet to plow, In many . localities the week was uniformly fa vorable for furmwork. but owing to the prevailing low temperature, was unfavorable for germination of planted seeds over the central and western counties ami for the growth of young crops .especially corn and truck. The former is yellow and sickly in places. There Is a scarcity of good corn and cotton seed. Corn planting is ncaring completion over the eastern counties where much is up to fairly good stands, but not uniformly so and where cnltiva t ion has begun ; over the cintral coun ties most of the corn crop has been planted, although but little, is up; while over the western counties only a small portion has been planted and scarcely any lo up. Cut worms and crows have damaged stands neces sitating some replanting. Cotton planting is about half llnsh ed over the eastern counties, is well underway and will be general this week over the central and has only been begun over tho western conn ties, l.ittle. If any, is tip to stands. Tobacco plants have been set out in a number of localities, but. gen erally the plant h are too small, al though plentiful and healthy. Rice planting continues under favorable conditions and in places is ncaring completion. There is a general im provement noted hi both wheat and j oats, although neither grain is en ' tin ly satisfactory owing to pool atands and lateness. Fruits of "II kinds are considered safe, except peaches in the extreme western por i t ions where this fruit, was seriously damaged if not ruined by the cold {during the spring. Gardens continue backward but look well. Pastures af , ford grazing except in the western ; counties, where grass has made scant growth. Watermelons are coming up poorly. Young Wife Murdered, Charleston, Special. ? A murder ol ! extraordinary brutality was commit ted near" Haveners station Monday morning. W. W. Jones, a section master on the Plaut System, on re turning to his home In the forenoon, found the body of bis wife in a do" house near hla home. The throat ol the young wife was cut from ear to I ear, and the head was almost, severed froirt the body. A bloodstained ! sickle -Which lay near tho i corpse, ! showed how the crime had been com i mltted. Several articles are missing from the house. Robbery is supposed 1 to have been the main object. Wheth er, as has been reported, there has been a more fiendish crime will de pend on the reports of physicians. A band of armed citizens was imine ' diately organized and tho sheriff and chief of police of Charleston were I promptly Informed, but as yet no clue ! to the murderer has been discovered. Hampton riemorial. Charleston, Special. ? The largest ' memorial meeting ever lield here, probably larger than the great gath orings commemorative of the death of General Leo and Jefferson Davis, was that which voiced Charleston's tribute to Wade Hampton, at th? Ger man Artillery Hall. Tho speakers were General Edward McCrady, tho State historian; tho Rev. Dr. C. S. Vedder, the Rev. Dr. John Kershaw; Mnifif" f. C. Barker, Hampton's close friend and adjutant general through out the war, and Mr. J. P. K. Rryan, of the Charleston bar. All of the speakers had been in Confederate ser vice, except Mr. Rryan who represent ed tho younger generation. Governor Walter Smith nnd staff, of Maryland, were among tho auditors. Steps were taken to form an association for the erection of a monument to Hampton 1m this city, his birthplace. Opposes Asking Tor Money/ Kansas City, Special. ? Kx-fJovornor Stone Hflid he would oppose the plan | of professors of the University of Mis- i ho u 1 11 to ftfik Andrew Carnegie to es- | tf\>tjih a new library at Columbia. "I.ftHKourl is able to build university , libraries," said the former Governor. I "I am opposed to any attempt to get j Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Rockefeller or any other persons of that class to give money for our State IJnlverslty. liis Eourl Ih able to do whatever Is need ed. I hope tho professors who sug Sesjcd that Andrew Carneglo be asked for funds fo^ the University will be discharged at once." l^?w? Collide. Columbia, Special.? On 'the out skirts of Anderson , Monday^ evening, an engine and tender, loaded with workmen returning from rtjjaTrincibc wreck at Broadway trestle, collided with the outgoing pise? gee train. W. H. Ifoster had ? leg and hip broken a*><l will die. Fielding Hvf^ ^otond, ??er ^ockM ud fawr or ?<? w?r* CHEMICAL COMPANY IN COl'RT. 4? Jutl^c liiicliaiian DeclJcs flint Case Cannot he Removed. From ?lii' Columbia State, isth. .lu.Ut' Hinhanan has declined to I'lani tin' petition for tho removal of llu' case brought hy the State against j the Virginia Carolina Chemical com pany for violation of tho State anti trust act front the State to the I'niUid' St at i s court , and other moves of *n- j nrcst in the now famous proceeding | are expected in short order. It was I ijuite nn array of distinguished legal I talent that faced ,ludge Huchanan ! WVdnt sday afternoon at :l o'clock j when argument on tho petition was to j h.'gin. It looked for a long time as if j i lie counsel representing the Virgii -'a- j Ca olitia Chemical company intended i to rely solely upon what way concretely i sot forth in thf petition that the pro ceed inn Involved a federal constitu- ^ I ional question, hut after the three i .-tioin; argument.*) on hehalf of the State. Mr. II A. M. Smith brletly ad- ! dressed the court for about I minutes, j W hen the court was ready to pro (?(??(I with the hearing M''- llenry A. j NT Smith, represent i tiK tin* Virginia ; Carolina Chemical company,' read the petition on which he asked for a re?' mo\al of I lie cause to the I'nited Statep j court and then presented a bond of the American lloiidlng company of Haiti- j more, which lie said had complied with ' tlm laws of the State and waa duly ( a ut hoi I ml to Issuo and grant stub bonds. I'nder the petition and bond he naked for nn order of removal under the statue law of the Stale. The peti tion and bond fully compiled with tho j aiatue law and he therefore linked j that t lie cause he removed. Attorney tJener.il llellingor stated i that the case was not removable in the opinion of the opposition. Ho would undeitake to show that the ease | was not removable and he did not take j it thai tin* mere statement that the case was removable made it so. He j therefoi e wanted to know tho order of ; speaking. Judge M ichanan held that the actor) (the Viiglnia Carolina Chemical com pany) should have the opening and reply. Mr. Smith said he bad nothing font- j tlier to say than was contained in the petition and bond; they Bpokc for i themselves. It rested upon the other ! side to show wherein his petition or j his bond was defective. Mr, .1. N. Nathans, who is associated with the attorney general in the case, thought it peculiar that the actcrs should have nothing to say when the State had concurrent Jurisdiction wMh the I'nited States courti. It. was ; jjdninly a case for judicial determina "Mion and not one I" which tho Judge sat as a lbmre head. The distinguish ed counsel had recently in the case of 'the Fniplre Mining company argued Ibis very point. ?**? Mr. Smith said he had nothing far ther to say at the time than was con tained in the petition, which set forth his position and authorities, and the State should open. Attorney CJeneral Hellinger then be gan his argument. It was a particu larly able one, but purely legal and showed thorough familiarity with Un laws relating not only to removals hut to trusts. It was lengthy ajud com plete, hundreds of authorities being cited. He dealt for gome time with the law as to the construction of Federal judiciary acta, and to the statement of the principles governing tho case, quot ing first the constitution of the United | States, then dealing exhaustively in turn with the situation prior to 187.r>, the judiciary act of 1.S75, and the Ju : dietary act of J887 1X88. Mr. Hellinger then summarized the. 1 result, of tho examination of the Judi ciary acts as follows: "From the foregoing examination of cases decided under the acts of 1875 and of 1SS7-188.8, the following conclu i slon necessarily results: In citing cases to the point that no federal question j in the case at bar appears in such a , way as to give the circuit court Jurls | diction, it is Imniateriul whether the | ,/ases thus cited were originally j brought In tho circuit court under the act of 187f?, or originally brought In the j circuit court under tho act of 1887-1888, i or removed into me ?circuit conn under i the act of 1887-1888; ' while, on the oth i or hand, no cases of removals under ? the act of bS75 can he cited against tho ? plaintiff- on the motion to remove in ; the case ht bar, because the change In ! tho federal .statutes makes them no longer In point; ami lastly under the act of 1887-1S88 now governing temov 1 als, averments in the defendant's pe tition for removal are to bo entirely ! excluded from consideration, in deter mining whether the suit tenders a fed 1 oral question." He held that the federal question must arise actually, not merely poten tially. "It is a well nettled rule that in order to constitute a suit arising under the constitution of laws of the United States the 'caso must show a question that does arise, or will necessarilly arl?e, under the constitution or laws of the United States, and not one that may or may not arise.' Though Messrs. James1 Simons, P. A. Wilcox and^HoIman wore present with Mr. MSmlth, only that attorney spoke for the Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal company. .His remarks were brief, hut his argument was clear and force ful. Mr. Smith Aid the question was nar row and clear cut. He admitted the right of the State y&tirt to pass upon all questions submitted to It The pe tition snoujd fee Passed nbon by the court _flr?t having Jurisdiction. The filing of the petition and bond egmph&J ed the preliminaries. The ali?|Mf< of ffcet? tton-r?Mde|?ee. ete./<fcpw? ? wayi be looked jatt>. Bat *fcenfbe pa tltion set# forth tbai erar.jrlgbt Involved thea tto Tout merely passes tfa thrfTfgkt of reaaoyal the paraoa wh? aadfrtakes to.fraasi or tilings necessary to have a removal made. Hero it is sought to bo done be cause it is said that this ease ought to he ju the I'nited States court, 'he Fed oral courts liave jurisdiction over It and the State courts have not jurisdic tion over it. Upon t ho showing made here 1 don't think a removal ease has been made out. I think the State courts have jurisdiction, and do uot think It should he turned over to the other courts,. upon the showing mado here. "Therefore 1 will sign a short order." The; proper order was then signed, and the hearing was ended. The Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical company will now very likely begin a proceeding in the federal court in short order. Oil and Fertilizer Combine. New York, Special.? Olilclals of the American Cotton Oil Company will neither alllrni nor deny the report that the incorporation In New Jersey of the American Cotton Produce Company is the forerunner of n plan to combine their company with the Virginia-Caro lina Chemical Company. The new. corporation has a nominal capital of hut. it isjsald a hold ing company will be organized an soon as It has been determlncil what com panies are to enter the combine. v New Orleans Cotttiu Market. New Orleans. Special. -tCotton fu Iui'ch took 011 additional sliVngth Fri day, the llrst llgures ~ being 7 to 10 points over Thursday's close and con tinued upward until May showed a gain of lit points. July 12, and Augutt 10. There was a loss of a few points from the extreme advance, but^nt tho closing hour there was a strong under tone. net gains hting regis! cretf-'of 13 points on AjhII, 7 On May, 8 oiP"Ju]ie and July, lion AugUst, while Soplem-*:*. her and October were 102 points low aoo Killed Hy I:artlu|unke. 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