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Convention Held In Charlotte Organize fGr Extermination PUN A VIGOROUS WARFARE JUsesabled to Make War on the Great Whit? Plasms,-Tuberculosis, its Prevalence, Costliness and Fatality -Remedies Pointed Out. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Selwyn Hotel in Charlotte, the 23orth Carolin?. Convention for the "'Prevention of Tuberculosis, assembl cd. After the preliminaries were done in due form the doctors plung ed into theil* subject with great earn estness and zeal. Space will per drait of only the gist of the arguments in favor of a vigorous warfare against the "great white p^uge." Br. J. P. Monroe said Tuberculosis is the greatest enemy .of modern peo ple and that it roust be exterminated. He held out hope to the afflicted that enies are possible. Dr. Harper said that it is esti iaated"l'that tuberculosis fatalities ex ceed those of war, famine, plague cholrea, yellow fever and small-pox, ?ll combined. It was set forth that even in our own nation 55S people die daily of the disease and that North Carolina shares only too fully in the propor tion. Its courses are ! understood to be, i hereditary tendency,' lack of suffici ent clothing, living in infected'houses _(which should be disinfected) lack of ventilation, lacie of cleanliness, un sanitary invironment, 'lack of proper . food. etc., which can be summed up in the terra, Ignorance on the part of the, people as to the nature of the disease and the means of prevention and cure of it. Poverty was given as a cause and a" result of the malady. The cost of the dread disease as brought out is an eye opener. .Whin "St is considered what is the average earning capacity of victims, together with costs of treatment while linger ing, an' average estimate of $3,000 each is placed. Probably 200,000 people die in the United Scates every, year, of *his malady. Thus $1,600, 000,000 worth of productive energy ie cut off from our nation every year. .The remedies advocated so. unani mously and forcibly are popular edu cation on the subject, means of'treat ment of patients and power to en force laws-of health. To educate the people Dr. Williams advocated a small, well hound, neat book of about 50 pages, composed in readable, attractive style, also a smaller printed pamphlet as well as ?*?tfeer forms of. literature. These shouTur'ie~ gotten up by 'the legisla ture and distributed by county co operation. These books should be taught in the schools, the teacher having had suitable training, and also frequent lectures should be de livered in the schools on the subject. ^Hospitals, sanitariums and colonies seem to be the means of treatment for infected. These, it was set forth, should be maintained partly at least by taxation in order that no one would wait too long to apply for help through a feeling of dependency but could claim it as a right. . To any objection on ?he score of costliness is rebutted the immense l08s now sustained by the ravages of the disease. A city like Wilmington it was es timated, would have about 80 deaths ? year. The cost of the sickness and death, together with the earnings of these persons in normal condition and average life being about $8,000 would bring the city's loss up to $640,000 annually. It is estimated too, that in a hospital or sanitarium at a cost of $175, the average life of the afflicted would be^iengthened by ten years. It is a recognized fact that there axe those who would not submit to laws of safety, to their fellow men Saeh as burning all sputum ~and tak ing treatment where such could ef fectually, benefit them and he a means of safety to others. In such cases law and its proper execution rms thought a necessary expedient. Among contributors of papers, etc., were Dr. I. W. Faison, Charlotte; Dr. T. E. Brooks, of Aberdeen ; Dr. Win iam M. Jones, of High Point; Dr. Westry Battle. U. S. N., Dr. "W. J. cAnnally, of High Point; Dr. A. Crowell, of Charlotte; Dr. Jaro^J Burroughs, of^Asha^" "aries T. JEs*""""""^ -gt?nr ? Z"*^~ . ..tr?Trrvr'?r Greens :'. Lambeth, of the niverslty**of Virginia: Dr. Charles Minor, and Dr. Pa;d "Paquin, of neville. What the Convention Wae. It was not ""a doctors' convention. ie doctors were the leaders and. achers, but the membership of the ['North Carolina Society for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis" is made up af jail the citizens in the State who ant to see the extermination Of Tu ?alosis and will band themselves ^ tier and give a little time and aoney to carry on the war. The aembejBship fee is $100 per year and rory citizen of the State should ba trolled. Send your name and gift Dr. C. A. Julian, ThomasvITle, f. C. POUT Articles in Its Creed. Tuberculosis is our greatest -J* 2. Tuberculosis can be prevented. 3. Tuberculosis can be cured. 4. Tuberculosis must be extermi ted. How People Get Tuberculosis. |Dr. Minor: "We know that prac .jilly the onlv danger of infection itws from the expectoriation of suffering from pulmonary tuber culosis. in their sputum is found the germ in large numbers and when dried, reduced to dust, and blown ?round, it can under favorable con ditions (but not easily, it is ture, for it with difficulty, can infect man) pro duce tho disease in those in whom it succeeds in getting firm lodgment. "Street spitting we cannot hope for a long time if ever to stop, but if we can only teach that to spit on a sidewalk, and not into the road way, is improper, we must and prob ably can trust our good frienc? the Sun to continue at the old stand un doing, out doors at least, the bad effects of man's carelessness. "It is indoor spitting that is dan gerous and which chiefly spreads the disease, and this we cannot too vig orously attack and seek to eradicate. "Let the spittin? habit be but once stopped and let all sputum be prop erly disposed o? where it can do no harm and scientists all recognize that in fifty years cr less tubercu losis would be a rare disease." How to Prevent Tuberculosis. 1. Destroy ali sputum. 2. Disinfect all houses where there have been cases of tuberculosis. This should be done under the supervision of the Health authorities of the. town or city. 3. Let the State see that all houses are built in such a manner that the inmates will have plenty of freiih air and sunlight. 4. Educate the people to the- nec essity of properly ventilating their sleeping rooms, stores, shops and offices. 5. Dr. Lambeth say?: "Let the public school add to its curriculum a coarse on feeding the human animal. Time could easily be provided for this, moreover, a little less study of the dead languages and a little more study of the living man would make it all the better for our bodies and little worse for our edu cation. Let the course include the physiological importance of nutrition, the nutritive values of all the avail able foods, the economic value of sub stance offered for sale as food, and methods of preparing the cheaper foods in a more palatable manner." In other words: Pure air, proper food and plenty of it; and the de struction of all sputum will prevent tuberculosis. Tuberculosis Can be Cured. 1. An early diagnosis is essential The patient-should know the truth. The doctor should tell him the truth; and no time should be lost in seek ing wise and competent treatment. 2. Some cases can be successfully treated at home. The best places sire the hospitals, sanitariums, colonies, resorts and dispensaries. 3. Medicine does not hold a very large place in the treatment. It is largely a matter of properly regu lated living for the patient. Thc physician should be the teacher; and the patient the pupil in a school of health. Implicit obedience on the part of the pupil is the only hope. Hundreds are being cured in this way. , 4. The convention asks the State to heh)-by providing a ""North Caro lina . Training School for the Treat ment and Prevention of Tuberculo sis." The idea is to give a short course of instruction to the patient and then send him home and let others come, till finally the good news issproad all over the State. What the State Should Do. ?Dr: Williams: "I advocate that we request, the State to furnish sufficient funds to provide literature for circulation among the people, in which will be incorporated the instructions which the people need. This literature should be widely distributed, sent into all homes, and be so written as to be easily intelligible. "I advocate the publication of a book, of forty or fifty pages, cover ing in brief, the subject of tubercu losis, compiled so as to be easily in telligible to the most ignorant read er. Let it be attractively gotten up, so as to be worthy of a place in the library of our people. . "The "State should provide the nec essary funds for thc publication of such a hook, and for the distribution of it. It should provide for supple menting the book with illustrated lectures, to be delivered by compe tent men.ail over the State. "Thi6 book should be placed in the schools; and teachers who have been trained for the purpose, should be selected to interpet it to the child ren. The child has an irapression abl? brain, and this needed instruc tion would be sown in a fertile soil, to bring forth, in a few years, an abundant harvest of eood for the con trol of this disease." Explosion Killed 56 Men. Veszprim. Hungary'. Special.-The coal minc here Inst Thursday result ~ri ?bo' death of 50 men. Of 240 n^-: entombed IS? were taken out alive. A Monster of Learning. The 'famous Cardinal Mezzofantl knew an amazl?g number of languages and dialects. Perhaps he is best known, tp the modern English reader from the eulogy to be found in one of Byron's memoranda, published by Moore. "Your literary everyday man and I," says Byron, "never went well in com pany, especially your foreigner, whom I never could abide. I don't remem ber a man among them whom I ever wished to see twice, except perhaps Mezzofantl, who is a monster o? learn ing, the Briareus cf part* of speech, a walking polyglot and, more, who ought to have existed at the time of the tower of Babel as universal in terpreter. He ls indeed a :narvel unassuming also. I tried hin in all the tongues of which I knew a single oath (or adjuration to the gods against postboys, savages, Tartars, boatmen, sailors, pilots, gondoliers, iauleters, camel drivers, vetturini, postmasters, posthorses, post houses, post every thing), and he astounded me, even to my English.'"-Atlanta Constitution. A henpecked husband, defines th? Dallas News, ls ?ne woo ba? twins. President Approves Report of National Commission. SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Urges Measures to Conserve the ITat terity-Should he Put in Effect ural Resources as a Legacy to Pos Without Delay. President Roosevelt, Friday trans mitted to Congress the following bearing on the conservation of our natural resources. I transmit herewith a report of the national conservation commission, to gether with the a companying papers. This report, which is the outgrowth of the conference of Governors la?t j May, was unanimously approved by] the recent joint conference held in this city between thc national, con servation commission and Governors of the States, State conservation com missions and conservation eoinmit tees of great organizations of citi zens. It is therefore in a peculiar sense representative of the whole na tion and all its parts. The facts set forth in this report constitute aa imperative call to act ion. The situation they disclose de mands that we, neglecting for a time, if need be, smaller and .less vital questions, shall concentrate an effec tive part of our attention upon the great material foundations of nation al existence, progress and prosperity. The progress of our knowledge o? this country will continually lead to more acurate information and better use of the "sources of national strength. It is not- necessary that this knowledge should be exact in every minute detail. It is essential that it should correctly describe thc general situation. The conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation. Our population is now adding about one-fifth to its numbers in ten years. Many millions more, must be fed and clothed from the products of our soil. With the steady growth iu population and the still more rapid increase in consumption our people will here after make greater and not less de mands per capita upon all the nat ural resources for their livlihood. comfort and convenience. 'It is high time to realize that our responsibil ity to the coming millions is like that of parents to their children, and that in wasting our resources we are wronging our descendants. Our rivers can and should be made to serve our people effectively ?D transportation, but the vast expen ditures for our waterways have not resulted in maintaining, much less in f^omoting, inland navigation. There fore, let us take immediate steps to ascertain the reasons and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for inland waterway navigation. Our forests' are fast disappearing, and less than one-fifth of them are being conserved, and no good purpose can be met by failing to provide the rela tively small .sums needed for the pro tection, uso, and improvement of all forests still owned by the govern ment. Let us enact laws to check (he wasteful destruction of the for ests in private lands. The American people stand nearly as a unit for waterway development and for forest protection. Mineral Resources Wasted. Our mineral resources once ex hausted are gone forever, and thc needless waste of them costs us hun dreds of human lives and nearly $300,000,000 a year/ Therefore, let. us undertake without delay the in vestigations necessary before oui people will be in position, through State action or otherwise, to put an end to this huge loss and waste, and conserve both our mineral resource? and the lives of the. men who take them from the earth. The conservation of our natural resources is of first consideration. If we of this generation destroy the re sources from which our children would otherwise derive their livli hood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their rights to life on this continent. If we allow great industrial organ iaztions to eexreise unregulated con trol of the means of production and the necessaries of life, we deprive the Americans ef to-day and of the future of industrial liberty, a right no less precious and vital than poli tical freedom. The administration which is just drawing to av close, bas at least sedn clarly the fundamental need of free dom of opportunity for every citizen. No man and no set of men should bc allowed to play the game of competi tion with loaded dice. The uncheck ed existence of monopoly is incom patible with equality of oportunity. The reason for thc exercise of gov ernment control over srreat monopo lies is to equalize opportunity. Waterways. Accordingly, T urjre that the broad plan for the development of our waterways, recommended by the In land Waterways Commission, be put in effect without delay. The work of waterways develop ment should be undertaken without delay. Meritorious projects in known conformity with the general outline of any comprehensive plan should proceed at once. The cost of the whole work should be met by direct appropriation if possible, but if nec essary by the issue of bonds in small denominations. It is especially important that thc development of water power shouM be guarded with the utmost care both by the national government and bv the States in order to protect the peo ple against the uperowth of monopoly and to insure to them a fair share ir1 the benfits which will follow thc de velopment of this great asset whic' belongs to the people and should h controlled by them. .ares Forests. I urge that provision be made for both protection and more rapid de velopment of the ' national forests. Otherwise, either the increasing use .f these forests by the people must be checked or their protection against fire must be dangerously weakened. If we compare the actual damage on similar areas on private and national forest lands during the past year, .the government fire patrol saved commer cial timber worth as much as thc total cost of caring for all national forests at the presnt rate for about ten years. Lands. The use of the public grazing lands should be regulated in such ways as to improve and conserve their value Rights to the surface of the public land should be separated from rights to forects upon it and to minerals be neath it, tnd these should be sub ject to separate disposal. . The coal, oil, gas and phosphate rights still remaining with the gov ernment should be withdrawn from entry and leased under conditions fa vorable for economic development. Minerals. The consumption of nearly all nf our mineral products is increashing more rapidly than our population. Our mineral waste is about one-sixth of our product, or nearly $1,000,000 for each working day in the year. The loss of structural materials through fire' is about another million a day. The loss of life in. the mines is ap palling. The larger part of these losses can be avoided. A part of the action of the joint conference says: We also especially urge on the Congress of the United States the high desirablity of main taining a national commission on the conservation of tehreBources of the country empowered to to-operate with State commissions to . the end that every sovereign Commonwealth and every section of the country may attain the high degree, of prosperity and the sureness of perpetuity nat urally arising in the aboundant re sources and the vigor, intelligence, and patriotism of our people. In this recommendation I most heartily concur, and I urge that an appropriation of at least $50,000 be made to cover the expenses of thc national conservation commission for necessary rent, assistance and trav eling expenses. This is a very small sum. I know of no other . way in which the appropriation of so small a sum would result in so large a bene fit to the whole nation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. nALLS OP CONGRESS, Senators Elkins and Hepburn spoke against a change in the tarin!.sched ules. Services in memory of William Piukney Whyte, of Maryland, were held. 'Mr. Foraker spoke on the use of detectives in investigating the Brownsville affair and Mr. Ledge re plied. Brigadier - General, Robert M. O'Reilly, surgeon-general of the army for seven years, was retired with the rank of major-general. President Roosevelt predicted a great hydro-electric power monopoly in vetoing a bil', providing for a dam across the James River in Missouri. In a special message to Congress vetoing a bill to dam a river in Mis souri President Roosevelt pointed out the danger of a gigantic water power trust. Congressman Willett, of Far Rock away, made a satirical speech "on the passing of Roosevelt," but was denied permission to finish it by the House when he referred to the ''persistent defamation of Admiral Schley" by the President. Senator Tillman .made an impas sioned speech in which he criticised Attorney-General Bonaparte ?ndPost mascer-General Meyer, characterizing them as "unscrupulous," and de manded an investigation of the Presi dent's Oregon land deal charges. Mr. Rayner, of Maryland, intro duced in the Senate a resolution call ing on the Attorney-General-for in formation concerning tho proceedings taken against certain newspapers, whether suit had been brought by or der of the President, under what stai rfte and by what power and authority the courts are being used. , SPORTING BREVITIES. The receipts from baseball at La fayette College last season were $2844.29. Clark Griffith Is credited with a de Blre to secure Jake Stahl to play first base for the Cincinnati Reds. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the leading in stitutions of the country ia minor Bports. / The season's largest basketball i score is that of the N. Y. TJ.-St. Stephen game, won by the former, 80 to 6. Professor Lowell, president-to-be of Harvard, once was a distance runner. He i? said to be in favor of intercol legiate athletics. Harvard's general improvement in sports is chargeable greatly to the work of William F. Gracelon, grad uate manager of athletics at the uni- . versity. 1 There are thirty-six men in train- i lng for the Wisconsin varsity crew, and'pretty nearly'every man of them has had some previous rowing ex perience. Stanford's rugby football players } likely will get a match with the Wal labies, the crack Australian fifteen, 1 who played many successful matches i In Great Britain. j Charles R. King Pittintrer, the fa- , mous pitcher of the Phillies several ( years ago. died at Carlisle. Pa. Pit- i tlnger had been suffering from tuber culosis for over a year. Followers of boxing in the State of Maine will try to have the present aw, which permit's of six round bouts, amended so that twelve round con- 1 tests can be held in reputable athletic , clubs. The heaviest man who reported for the Yale freshman crew weighs 186 pounds. The lightest, outside of can- . ildates for coxswain,, weighs 125 J pounds. The youngest ls IC.6 years j ind the oldest twenty-three years old. j THE TOURIST'S WAY. j Guide-Want a guide Show you j everything you ought to see in Paris. , Tourist--No, thanks; I'd rather seo ( tho thlnga I oughtn't to see.-Life White Star Liner Republic and and Uoyd Liner Florida WEET OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND Republic Goes to Bottom After Un loading Her 781 Passengers and Crew-Greatest Feat in History of Wireless Telegraphy - Four Aro Killed. New York, Special.-Grave anxiety pervailed here Saturday and Satur day night as the result of the thril ling maritime drama being enacted off Nantucket on the"coast Of New England, following the ramming early Saturday of the big White Star liner Republic with 761 souls aboard, by the steamer Florida, of the Lloyd-Italian line. The wireless telegraph played an important part in the grave incidents happending at sea, far from the shore, and proved its utility as it has never done before. . Bit by bit it told the tale, first an nouncing the news of the collision and the plight of the liner, which news came direct from the injured ship itself. Then it told of the res cue of the Republic's passengers, the condition from time to time of thc sinking ship and finally summoned from the adjacent seas the White Star line Baltic, the French steamer La Lorraine, the Curnader Lucania and the revenue cutters Achushnet and Gresham. At 8 o'clock p. m. the wireless brought reassuring news from Cap tain Ransom, of the steamer Baltic. He said - that the Republic was still afloat; that the Florida, with her own people and most of those from the Republic aboard, close to 2,000 souls in all, was nearby and that the Baltic was near the scene, standing by ready to lend aid. The steamers La Lorraine and Lucania, Captain Ransom said, were also in the vicinity and the Republic through her wire less outfit, was directing the move ments of the snipe of rescue. Until an early hour Sunday it was believed the crashinsr together of the two big ships had not resulted in death of injury to a single passen ger or member of the crews. Shortly after midnight, however, the wireless telegraph flashed the news that two passengers on the Republic had beer; killed and two others injured. Late in the day another wireless message told of four deaths on board the Flori ?la, either of members - of the crew or steerage passengers. It is apparent that the Florida must have been between 30 or "40 ?iles OJ? her course in being any where near the Rapublic. as the east bound and westbound steamer lanes here are that distance apart. The collision, being amidship, al most immediately flooded the engine room of the Republic and of course reudered her absolu' ;'y helpless. Fortunately, her wireless equipment was well supplied with storage bat teries and three were used for more than six hours, until they gradually became exhausted. After that, re course to signalling by means of sub marine bells was adopted. In the middle of the forenoon the transfer of passengers to the Florida was made, and although the fog was very dense, unusually calm weather for this season of the year in tho North Atlantic enabled the transfer to be made without accident. By noon the Baltic and LaLorraine weiv close to the scene of collision, but owing to the dense fog, were unable to locate the Republic, although the submarine bells could be heard fre quently. The prompt closing of thc Repub lic's water-tierht compartments which ke"t her afloat and undoubtedly saved the lives of many of those o* board. In the afternoon it was learn* cd from the Baltic that these com partments were still holding the ves sel above water, but that the bulk heads and compartment door? wer? under a fearful strain and likely to give way at any moment. A dispatch at 8:30 Sunday night said: "Republic gone down. No om aboard. All crew safe on revenui cutter Gresham." An hour later another wirele* message was received stating that th* revenue cutter Gresham, with the Republic crew on board was pro ceeding to Gayhead. The Republic's passengers found 300 returning Italians, many of thea survivors of the earthquake, on board1 the Florida, which left Naples o? January 9th. Lincoln's Native County Votes Dry. Hodgonville, Ky., Special.-In a kcal option election Lanie county, in '.v?lich Abraham Lincoln was born ii early 100 years ago, voted "dry" by a mrjo.ity of 1,0S5, the vote be inb more than 4 to 1 against license. Would Not Increase Pension. Washington, Special. - A motion by Representative Olcott, of New Fork, to increase the pension of Julia 8. Coughlan, widow of Rear Ad miral Coughlan, United States navy, from $50 a month as provided for in i pension bill, to $100 a month creat ed a lively interest in the House of Representatives. After a vigorous lebate the amendment was lost by a rote of 42 to 103. Suicides ip Church. Savannah, Ga,, Special.-In a pos ture of prayer in St. Patrick's church aere and with a bullet hole through tho temple the dead body of Otto Schueitzer, of Philadelphia, was found Friday several hours nfter the fatal shot was fired. Two notes were found, one bequeathing $1 for "St. Anthony's bread" and another ex pressing regret that he "had permit ed himself to have any ill-feeling." Schuenitxer had been here but a day, roaching the city aboard a steamer .fom Philadelphia. DOINGS OF CONGRESS Summary of Important Proceeding! Enacted From Day to Day. The urgent deficiency bill which carries appropriations amounting tc $1,026,402, was passed after aa amendment providing for an appro priation of $30,000 for- further dis tribution of seeds by the Department of Agriculture. Representative Foss, of Illinois., chairman of the House cimmittee on naval affairs, brought up the naval appropriation bill which probably will occupy the attention of the House for a day or two. Thc bill carries an appropriation of $135,662,888. A message from the President recom mending an appropriation of $20,000 for a commission to investigate the conditions in the republic uf Liberia, Africa, was read. The Brownsville affair was again before the Senate Wednesday. Sena tor Frazier, of Tennessee, speaking in opposition to the passage of any measure for the re-enlistment of the discharged s ddiers of the Twenty fifth Regiment. He insisted that the j guilt of some men of the regiment had been established beyond any doubt, although the individuals who had committed the crime had not been determined. Mr. Foraker announced that he would move next Monday to take up his bill to reinstate the soldiers un less an agreement on a time to vote for the measure is made sooner. The legislative, executive and ju dicial appropriation bill also was un der consideration. Senator Frazier's > remarks were of especial interest as he was a member of the committee on military affairs which investigated th# Browns%rille incident, his views being those of a Southerner who had an intimate knowledge of the negro race. * After adopting without opposition a resolution by which Governor George F. Lilley, of Connecticut, ceases, to be a member of Congress the House procede** with the naval appropriation bill. There were few amendments offered to the measure, the items ? under consideration being those of maintenance and improve ments to navy, yards, stations ?nd other public works of the navy. A debate on the propriety of in creasing salaries of Federal circuit and district judges consumed nearly Ehe entire time of the Senate Thurs day with the result that the compen sation of the 29 circuit judges was incre^se? from $7,000 to $9,000 and that of the 84 district judges from $6,000 to $S,000. Senator Borah who had offered amendments regarding the increase of salary recommended by the com mittee on appropriations declared that the action of the Senate in in creasing the salary of the President to $100,000 was in violation of the spirit of the constitution and would never have been taken before or du: ing the recent political campaign. Senator Tillman insinuated that some Federal judges were on the pay rolls of corporations, which called forth denunciation that such charges should not be made without specifical ly naming the judge referred to. Strictures upon the efficiency of officers of the navy in the care of machinery of war vessels were utter ed in 'the House of Representatives Thursday during the consideration of the naval appropriation bill, with the result that an amendment was adopted requiring the Secretary of the Navy to annually report to Con gress those instances where more than $200.00 is expended for repairs. After futile efforts had been made to obtain legislation looking to the restoration of marines aboard ship, pers, an amendment was agreed to prohibiting the purchase of powder "manufactured and sold in violation of" the Sherman anti-trust law. The debate disclosed the fact that the amendment was directed , at the Du Pont Company. An amendment also was adopted appropriating $250,000 for the purpose of doubling the gov evnment's output of powder other than for small arms at C4 cents per pound. The bill was still pending when the House adjourned. In the Senate Friday, February 12th next was declared to be a spec ial legal holiday and .a survey and plans for a highway from Washing ton to Gettysburg to be known as "The Lincoln Way" as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, was provided for by a joint (resolution passed by the sente after a nextended debate. Final action was also taken on the legislative, executive and judicial ap propriation bill, the Senate refusing to fix at $75,000 the salary of the President, previously increased by an amendment to $100,00. Thc House adopted exactly as re ported by committee, the naval pro gramme for the fiscal year 1910, and the naval appropriation bill was pass ed. The oponents of the navy in crease feature found themselves in a hopeless minority. The only vital al teration made in the measure was the striking out of the provision restor ing marines to naval vessels. Thc aggreeate amount appropriated by tho bill is $135.000.000. The increase in the. naval estimate gave rise to extended and heated de bate, in which members were afforded an opportunity to air their views on the Japanese question. The peace ad vocates were much in evidence in op position to Kuch increase, while thc adherent? ol the proposition weic olive at all timos *o evry move made !o cut down thc number of vessels authorized. A motion by Representative Olcott of New York to increase the pension of Julia B. Coghlan, widow of Rear Admiral Coghlan, U. S. ?., from $50 a month, a? provided in a pension, bill, to $100 a month, created a lively interest in the house of representa tives Saturday. After a vigorous debate the amendment was lost by a vote of "42 to 103. I Strong opposition to the increase was made on the ground that there was nothing unusual in the case to demand this special increase. m ITO ? nm Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Ca?ble GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Brents of Mora or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. General Miles, who has just re turned from Europe, spoke of 90-mile rides, like that taken by the Presi dent ,as nothing and said he could duplicate the feat at his age. . The famous Spring Hill College, one of the oldest Jesuit colleges iu the Southern States, and well known even in Europe, was destroyed by fire Monday. John D. Rockefeller has given an other $1,000,000 to the University of Chicago. Mr. Rockefeller's total contributions to the university ag, gregates $24,S00,0O0 for endowment and other purposes. The Brookside Worsted Mills; North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, were burned on Wednesday, loss $650,000. 1 The cotton crop for 1908 is now estimated at 12,759,000 bales. Suit was begun at Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesd?y, against Duncan B" Cooper and son, Robin, and ex sheriff, John D. Sharp, for the kill ing of U. S. Senator E. W. Carmack. P. j. Keiran, of the New York Fidelity Co., who has bee:a in hiding under charge of embezzlement, has surrendered to the law officers. Ex-Secretary Elihu Root has been ?amed by Republican caucus to suc ceed Senator Platt of New York, whoso term expires with this con gress. At Hope, Ark., an 18-year-old Negro has been lynched for speaking insultingly to a lady saleswoman in. a store. Boston had an $800,000 fire Sun day, including $750,000 worth of automobiles. Another Night Rider, Ed. Marshall is to be tried at Union City, Tenn.,, at once. $55,000 wo.th of Guilford, N. Gr 5 per cent road bonds were sold Monday for $60,537.40. Blood hounds effected tte capture of a Negro who attempted foul as^ sault on Mi's. W. J. Mcleod, near * Clinton on lost Wednesday. The Federal grand jury has found a bill for peonage against Joshua W. Ashley, a member of the legislature from Anderson county . Judge Jones designated February 19th as the day for hanging the sis Night Ridei-s convicted of murder ra the first degree in the case of the slaying of Capt. Rankin. Abbott L. Lowell has been named the successor to Charles W. Eliott as president of Cambridge Univer sity. The Government was sustained by the Supreme Court in the $1,623,900 fine against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas. The Chicago and Alton Railway has filed an appeal in the adverse $60.000 rebate fine case. Two local option bills were intro duced in the West Virginia Legisla ture. Washington Notes. George L. Lilley, who wail elected Governor of Connecticut, did not re sign as member of the lower House of Congress. He was declared, Wed nesday, no longer a member of that body. Mr. Willett, of New York, made a bitter attack Tuesday on the Presi dent, but the House stoppet! him Senator Bailey discussed the pro posed increase of pay for the Presi dent and others, criticising Mr. Roosevelt's allowances of expenses. President Roosevelt asks the gov ernment of California to consider his reasons, now on the way, before en acting bill pending that is unfavor able to Japanese citizenship . Mr. Rayner started a Senate i*t quiry into the libel suits against sev eral newspapers. C. P. Taft arrived in Washington to testify. Ex-Queen Lillioukaluni is still pressing her claims before the House committee. She is willing to accept $250,000 for her claim on Hawaii. Foreign News. Earthquake shocks are still re? ported from Messina and fires break out. Snow and rain cause great suf fering. A disastriou? fire swept par's ol 'the afflicted c;ty of Messina on Tues day. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez was of. ficially proclaimed president of Cuba on Wednesday. Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton is to succeed Consul Cheney at Messina Admiral Rojcnstvensky, the couv mander of the Russian fleet which the Japanese destroyed, is dead. Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton no* estimates the fatalities of the Mes? sina earthquake at 90,000. For the first time in years tht births in France exceed the deaths. The bodies of American Consul A S. Cheney and wife have been found in the ruin? of Messina. Castro, the deposed president ol Venezuclr, says he purposes to re turn to his country as a private citi zen. He will make no effort at revo luction, but will be on hand if wanted A Mersilles cable of Saturday sayi the Rhode Island crept into harboi and fired a salute of 2 Oguns. Eight persons were killed by at earthquake at Phoncaea, Turkey, OB last Tuesday. A man 14 days in the wreck at Messina was found and rcsusciatec He saw his family perish. Turkey has accepted thc $10,800, 000 offered by Austria for annexed territory and there ii io bc no war. England has afloat a fleet cl Dreadnoughts as a hu? of defens? against Germrnv.