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LOSIS MEET Convention Heid In Charlotte . -j* Organize for Extermination FLAN A VIGOROUS WARFARE .Assembled to Make War on the Great Whit? Plague,-Tuberculosis', its Prevalence, Costliness and Fatality -Remedies Pointed Out. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Selwyn Hotel in Charlotte, the INorth Carolina Convenci?n for the '^Prevention of Tuberculosis, assembl ed. After the preliminaries were .done in due form the doctors plung ed into their subject with great earn estness and zeal. Space will per dait of only the gist of the arguments in favor of a vigorous warfare against the "great white plauge." Dr. J. P. Monroe said Tuberculosis is the greatest enemy ,of modern peo ple arid that it must be exterminated. He held out hope to the afflicted that cures are possible. Dr. Harper said that, it is esti mated 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 ov?n nation 553 people die daily of the disease and that- North Carolina shares only too fully in the propor tion. Its courses are understood to be, hereditary tendency, lack of suffici ent clothing, living in infected'houses j(which should be disinfected) lack of "ventilation, lack of cleanliness, un sanitary invironment, 'lack of proper . food. etc., which can be summed up in the term, 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 thc dread disease as brought out is an eye opener. .WlioD is considered what is the average earning capacity of victims, ' together with costs of ti-eatmeht while linger ing, an' average estimate of $3,000 each is placed. Probably 200,000 people die in the United States every year; of this malady. Thus $1,600, 000,000 worth of productive energy ie cut off frcm 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 bound, neat book of about 50 pages, composed in readable, attractive style, also a ?maller printed pamphlet as well as ?*c*tfeer forms o_lt literature. These flioul??^be^gotien up by 'the legisla ture and distributed by county co operation. These books should be ttj-ght 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 Mern 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 Joss now sustained by the ravages of the disease. A city like Wilmington it was es timated, would have about 80 deaths ! a" 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 rt a cost of $175, the average life "tho afflicted would be^lengthened >y ten years. It is a recognized fact that there ';hose who would not submit to iws of safety, to their fellow men leh as burning all sputum and 'tak treatment where such could ef fectually, benefit them and be a leans of safety to others. In such BS law and its proper execution thought a necessary expedient. Among contributors of papers, etc., rere Dr. I. W. Faison, Charlotte; Dr. E. Brooks, of Aberdeen; Dr. Wil-. M. Jones, of High Point; Dr. Westry Battle. U. S. N., Dr. W. J. [cAnnally, of High Point; Dr. A. Crowell, of Charlotte; Dr. James Burroughs,, of Asheville; Dr. mrles T. Harper, of Wilmington; )lt John Roy Williams, of Greens Dr. W. N. Lambeth, of the miversity of Virginia; Dr. CharleB Minor, and Dr. Paul "Paquin, of ?eville. .What the Convention Was. It xras not"'"a "dDefors''<o*nve?itio?. doctors were the leaders and. tehers, but the membership of the klNorta Carolina Society for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis'' is made up fjfill the citizens in the State who _jt to see the extermination of Tu berculosis and will band themselves ^?ther and give a little time and _Sney to carry on the war. The aembeiship fe? is $100 per year and very citizen of the State should be Dtled. Send your name and gift Dr. C. A. Julian, ThomasviTIe, C. ,. Pour Articles In Its Creed. i. Tuberculosis is our greatest teary. % Tuberculosis can be prevented. 3. Tuberculosis can be cured. 4. Tuberculosis must be extenni >ted. How People Get Tuberculosis. |Dr. Minor: "Wc know that prac Ally thc oulv danger of infection H?es from rhe expectoriation of suffering from pulmonary tuber culosis. in their sputum is found the germ in larg? 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 fn 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, ?ind not into t ie road way, is improper, we must and prob ably can trust our good friend I ne 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 spitting: habit be but once stopped and let all sputum be prop erly disposed of where it can do no harm and scientists al^ recognize that in fifty years or less tubercu losis would be a rare disease." How to Prevent Tuberculosis. 1. Destroy all 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 fresh air and sunlight. 4. Educate the people to the nec essity of properly ventilating their sleeping rooms, stores, shops and offices. 5. Dr. Lambeth says: "Let the public school add to its curriculum a coarse on feeding the human animal. Time could easily be provided for thia, 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, end 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 Gan be Cured. 1. An early diagnosis is essential The patient"should know the truth. Tho 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 ure 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 help 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 is .spread 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' circula tiou among thc people, in which will be incorporated the instructions which the people peed. This literature should be widely distributed, sent into all homes, and be so written as to bo 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 book, and for the distribution of it. It should provide for supple menting the book with illustrated lectures, to be delivered by compe tent men.all over the State. "This 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 impression able 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. Vesrprim. Hungary'. Special.-The coal minc here last Thursday result ed in tho death of 50 men. Of 240 men ffatoir.b'.H? IS4 were taken out alive. A Monster of Learning. The .famous Cardinal Mezzofantl knew an amazing number of languages and dialects. Perhaps he is best known.to the .modern English reader from the eulogy to be found in one ot Byron's memoranda, published by Moore. "Your literary every dar 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 Mezzofanti, who is a monster of learn ing, the Briareu3 ci parti 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 is indeed a marvel unassuming also. I tried him in all the tongues of which I knew a single oath (or adjuration to the gods against postboys, savages, Tartars, boatmen, sailors, pilots, gondoliers, muleters, 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 ono who Sits 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 acompanying papers. This report, which is the outgrowth of the conference of Governors ladt j May. was unanimously approved by! the recent joint conference held in this city between tho national,con servation commission and Governors of the States, State conservation com missions and conservation commit 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 an 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 tc 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 in 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 Iivlihood, 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 in transportation, but the vast expen ditures for our waterways have not resulted in maintaining, much less in promoting, 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 checli the 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 the needless waste of them costs us hun dreds of human lives and nearly .$300,000,000 a yean Therefore, 1st. us undertake without delay the in vestigations necessary before our 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 resources and the lives of the men who take them from the earth. The conservation of our natural resources is of first consideration. Ii we of this generation destroy the re sources from which our children would otherwise derive their Iivli 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, Te deprive the Americans of 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 ancl?se, bas at least seen clar'y 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 Teason fer thc exercise of gov ernment control over irreat monopo lies is to equalize opportunity. Watcrwayo. Accordingly, T urjra 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 withoul delay. Meritorious projects in known conformity with the jreneral outline1 ?f 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 should be guarded with the utmost care both by the national government and bv the States in order to protect the peo ple against the upsrrowth of monopoly and to insure to them a fair share ir' the benfits which will follow thc dc velopment of this great asset whic' belongs to the people and should lr controlled by them. Forests. I urge that provision be made for both protection and more rapid de velopment of the ' national forests. Otherwise, either the increasing use of these forest?: 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 of our mineral products is increashipg 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 tehresources of the country empowered to ao-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 parp,etuity nat urally arising in the aboundant re sources and the vigor, intelligence, and patriotism of our people. In this recommendation t? 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. HALLS OF 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 biii 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 and Post master-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 the proceedings taken against certain newspapers, whether suit had been brought by or der of the President, under what stai ttie and hy 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 sire to secure Jake Stahl to play first base for the Cincinnati Reds. The Massachusetts Institute ot Technology is one of the leading in stitutions of the country ia minor sports. / The season's largest basketball score is that of the N. Y. U.-St, Stephen game, won by the former, 80 to 6. Professor Lowell, president-to-be of Harvard, once was a distance runner. He is 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. There are thirty-six men in train ing for the Wisconsin varsity crew, andpretty nearly'every man of them has had some previous rowinc ex perience. Stanford's rugby football players likely will get a match with the Wal labies, the crack Australian fifteen, who played many successful matches in Great Britain. Charles R. Kins: PlUinrer, the fa mous pitcher of the Phillies several years ago. died at Carlisle. Pa. Pit tlnger had been suffering from tuber culosis for over a year. Followprs of boxing in the State ot Maine will try to have the present law, which permits of six round bouts, amended so that twelve round con 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 didates for coxswain,, weighs 125 pounds. The youngest is IC.6 years and the oldest twenty-three years old, THE TOURIST'S WAY. Guide-Want a guide Show you everything you ought to see In Paris. Tourist-No, thanks; I'd rather seo the things I oughtn't to see.-Lita White Star Liner Republic and and Lloyd Liner Florida MEET OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND Republic Goes to Bottom After Un loading Her 781 Passengers and Crew-Greatest Feat in History of Wireless Telegraphy - Four Are 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 Defore. . 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 shipe of rescue. Until an early hour Sunday it was believed the crashiner 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 Florida, either of members - of the crew or steerage passengers. It is apparent that the Florida must have been between 30 or '40 wiles ofi 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 rendered her absolu' :Ty helpless. , Fortunately, her wireless equipment j was well supplied with storage bat- j terics 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 i was made, and although the fog was ( very dense, unusually calm weather j for this season of the year in the , North Atlantic enabled the transfer | to be made without accident. By j noon the Baltic and LaLorraine were ] close to the scene of collision, but owing to the dense fog, were unable j to locate the Republic, although the i submarine bells could be heard fw- j quently. , The prompt closing of the Repub- < lie's water-titrht compartments which ( kept her afloat and undoubtedly ( saved the lives of many of those o? t board. In the afternoon it was learn* j cd from the Baltic that these com partments were still holding the ves- J sci above water, but that the bulk heads and compartment doors wer? j under a fearful strain and likely to give way at any moment. A dispatch at 8:30 Sunday night ? paid: "Republic gone down. No om aboard. All crew safe on revenu* , cutter Gresham." j An hour later another wirele* message was received slating that th* j ?revenue cutter Gresham, with the ' Republic crew on board was prc*- . ceeding to Gayhead. j Thc Republic's passengers found | 900 returning Italians, many of them survivors of the earthquake, on boara ] the Florida, which left Naples oa j January 9th. I Lincoln's Native County Votes Dry. i Hodgonville, Ky., Special.-In a lecal option election Lame county, in j '.Vilich Abraham Lincoln was born I nearly 100 years ago, voted "dry" ? by a majority of 1,0S5, the vote be- j inb more than 4 to 1 against license, , Would Not Increase Pension. j Washington, Special. - A motion ? by Representative Olcott, of New | York, to increase the pension of Julia B. Coughlan, widow of Rear Ad- ? mirai Coughlan, United States navy, ] from $50 a month as provided for in ? il pension bill, to $100 a month croat- | ed a lively interest in the House of < Repr?sentatives. After a vigorous j debate the amendment was lost by a i vote of 42 to 103. : Suicides in Church. i Savannah, Ga., Speoial.-In a pos ture of prayer in St. Patrick's church < here and wita a bullet hole through < tho temple the dead body of Otto - Schueitzer, of Philadelphia, was i found Friday several hours after the I fatal shot was fired. Two notes were i found, one bequeathing $1 for "St, I Anthony's bread" and another ex- < pressing regret that he "had permit- 1 ted himself to have any ill-feeling." Schuenitzer had been hero but a day, roaching the city aboard a ?teamer 1 rfom Philadelphia. < DOINGS OF CONGRESS Summary of Important Proceeding! Enacted From Day to Day. The urgent deficiency bill which carries appropriations amounting ic $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 tne 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 of Liberia, Africa, was read. The Brownsville affair was again before the Senate Wednesday. Sena tor Frdzier, of Tennessee, speaking in opposition to the passage of any measure for the re-enlistment of the discharged soldiers of the Twenty fifth Regiment. He insisted that the guilt of some men of the regimer' 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 hu 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? Brownsville 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 Congres: 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 and other public works of the navy. A debate on the propriety of in creasing salaries of Federal circuil > and district judges consumed nearly 1 the entire time of the Senate Thurs day with the result that the compen- 1 sation of the 29 circuit judges wa? 5 increased from $7,000 to $9,000 and 1 that of the 84 district judges from $6,000 to $8,000. ? Senator Borah who had offered - amendments regarding the increa.se ' of salary recommended by the com mittee on appropriations declared - that the action of the Senate in in- - Greasing the salary of the President ' to .$100,000 was in violation of the s spirit of the constitution and would never have been taken before or dur- 1 ing the recent political campaign. i Senator Tillman insinuated that J some Federal judges were on the pay rolls of corporations, which called t forth denunciation that such charges 1 should not be made without specificai- < ly naming the judge referred to. Strictures upon the efficiency of 1 officers of the navy in the care cf i oiachinery of war vessels were utter 2d in 'the House of Representatives c Thursday during the consideration t of tho naval appropriation bill, with the result that an amendment was adopted requiring the Secretary of :he Navy to annually report to Con- ( rress those instances where more s than $200.00 is oxpended for repairs, c After futile efforts hf"' been made i .o obtain legislation looking to the I restoration of marines aboard ship. pers, an amendment was agreed to I prohibiting the purchase of powder ( 'manufactured and sold in violation )f" the Sherman anti-trust law. The \ lebate disclosed thc fact that the t imendment was directed . at the Du I Pont Company. An amendment also vas adopted appropriating $250,000 t for the purpose of doubling the gov- i cvnment's output of powder other i :han for small arms at 64 cents per j pound. The bill was still pending when the c House adjourned. c In the Senate Friday, February i L2th next was declared to be a spec al legal holiday and .a survey and j olans for a highway from Washing- c :on 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. j Final action was also taken on the ( legislative, executive and judicial np- j propriation bill, the Senate refusing to fix at $75,000 the salary of the . President, previously increased by an imendment to $100^00. The House adopted exactly as re ported by committee, the naval pro- > rramme for the fiscal year 1910, and < the naval appropriation bill was pass id. The oponents of the navy in- | jrease feature found themselves in a lopeless minority. The only vital al- , ;eration made in the measure was the j ..triking out of the provision restor ing marines to naval vessels. Thc ( iggresate amount appropriated by ? :ho bill is $135,000,000. The increase in tho. naval estimate i ?rave rise to extended and heated de oate, in which members were afforded , in opportunity to air their views O? ! the Japanese question. The peace ad vocates were much in evidence in op position to such increase, while thc adherent? or the proposition were 1 dive at all times tn evrry move modi- : 0 cut down thc number of vessels ?uthorized. A motion by Representative Olcott 1 )f New York to increase the pension ? )f Julia B. Coghlan, widow of Rear admiral Coghlan, U. S. N., from $50 ; 1 month, a? provided in a pension, jill, to $100 a month, created a lively interest in the house of representa tives Saturday. After a vigorous ' ?ebatc the amendment Avas lost by a rotc of "42 to 103. I 1 Strong opposition to the increase 1 was made on the ground that there was nothing unusual in the case to Jemand this special increase. Itt NEWS IN MB Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAT Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. General Miles, who bas 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,S00,000 for endowment and other purposes. The Brookside Worsted Mills; North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, were burned on Wednesday, loss $650,000. The cotton crop for 1908 is now estimated at 12,759,000 bales. Suit was begun at Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, 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 Cc, who has been in hiding under charge of embezzlement, has surrendered to the law officers. Ex-Secretary Elihu Root has been named by Republican caucus to- suc ceed Senator Platt of New York, whoso term expires with this cou fress. At Hope, Ark., an ^8-year-old Negro has been lynched for speaking insultingly to a lady saleswoman in. ? store. Boston had an $S00,000 fire Sun day, including $750,000 worth of lutomobiles. Another Night Rider, Ed. Marshall is to be tried at Union City, Tenn.,, it onc?. _ $55,000 worth of Guilford, N. C.r. 5 per cent road bonds were sold Monday for $60,537.40. Blood hounds effected the capture )f a Negro who attempted foul as sault on Mi's. W. J. McLeod, near * flinton on last Wednesday. The Federal grand jury has fourni i bill for peonage against Joshua W. Ashley, a member of the legislature 'rom Anderson county . Judge Jones designated February t9th as the day for hanging the sir .Tight Riders convicted of murder io> ;he first degree in the case of the ?laying of Capt. Rankin. Abbott L. Lowell has been named ;he successor to Charles W. Eliott is president of Cambridge Univer dty. The Government was sustained by he Supreme Court in the $1,623,901? Ine against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas. The Chicago and Alton Railway las filed an appeal in the adverse ?60.000 rebate fine case. Two local option bills were intro luced in the West Virginia Legisla te. Washington Notes. George L. Lilley, who was elected governor of Connecticut, did not re sign as member of the lower House )f Congress. He was declared, Wed ?esday, no longer a member of that )ody. Mr. Willett, of New York, made a )itter attack Tuesday on the Presi lent, but the House stopped him Senator Batley discussed the prc ised increase of pay for the Presi ient and others, criticising Mr. loosevelt's allowances of expenses. President Roosevelt asks the goy srnment of California to consider his ?casons, now on the way, before en icting bill pending that is unfavor ite to Japanese citizenship . Mr. Rayner started a Senate i?t ?uiry into the libel suits against s?v irai newspapers. C. P. Taft arrived n Washington to testify. Ex-Queen Lillioukaluni is still n-essing her claims before the House iommittee. She is willing to accept 5250,000 for her claim on Hawaii. Foreign News. Earthquake shocks are still re? )orted from Messina and fires break rat. Snow and rain cause great suf ?cring. A disastrous fire swept par+s ni he afflicted city of Messina on Tucs iay? Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez was of. icially proclaimed president of Cuba m Wednesday. Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton is o succeed Consul Cheney at Messina. Admiral Rojcnstvensky, the com. nander of the Russian fleet whicb the Japanese destroyed, is dead. Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton no-? ?stinmtes the fatalities of the Mes? ;ina earthquake at 90,000. For the first time in years tht births in France exceed the deaths. Tbe bodies of American Consul A. S. Cheney and wife have been found . in the ruins of Messina. Castro, the deposed president oj Venezuela, says he purposes to re turn to his country ns a private citi zen. He will make no effort at revo lution, but will be on hand if wanted A Mersilles cable of Saturday say! the Rhode Island crept into harboi and fired a salute of 2 Oguns. Eight persons were killed by ar ?arthquake at Phoncaea, Turkey, on last Tuesday. A man 14 days in the wreck at Mess1-ia was found and rcsusciatec Be saw his family perish. Turkey has accepted the $10,S00, 000 offered by Austria for annexed territory and there is lo bc no war. England has afloat a fleet ct Dreadnoughts as a Un? of defenst against Germ** nv.