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i?crei?ry 'Wilson H
"mistes-' Under
Washington, Special-^Recommend
ing that the standard of the diner
? grades of cotton as fixed by them
be adopted as the official classifica
tion of the government, tho c?mmit
"tee of expert classification designed
Tjy the Secretary of Agrculture to as
sist him in establishing such a stan
c-dard, have made their report to the
latter. The committee has made up
"types representive of the nine differ
.ent grades to be designated middling
fair, strict good middling, grood mid-j
.diing, strict middling, middling, strict
low middling, low middling, strict
good ordinary, and good ordinary, to
"be thc official standard.
The recommendation is made that
in view of the confusion that might
arise in case the standards were pro
mulgated at once, they should not
.go ?to effect until September 1st,
1910.. It also is recommended that
efforts should be made to secure the
?co-operation of - foreign* exchanges in
.connection with the. standards. The !
further recommendat>o? is made that ';
"Congress enact legislation penalizing '
any one tampering with the standards {
which are to be kept locked up at
the Department of Agriculture. Sec-J
letary Wilson bas the report of the j
-committee under advisement.
Stated Names Retained.
The belief was expressed that as
the result of an examination of the j
standards of this ard foreign coun-.
tries the least confusion would arise I
. to the cotton business of the country j
by adopting a classification of cotton |
-that was acceptable to all foreign'
consumers, but owing to the action of
JAPANESE TO ATTEND
Sacramento, Cal., Special.-Grove
L. Johnson's bill compelling Japan
ese to attend sepurate public schools
passed the Assembly Thursday by a
vote of 48 to 26.
? Mr. Johnson's other bills prohib
iting aliens from being members of
boards of directors and restricting
"them in residence districts at the op
tion of boards of supervisors, were
-.defeated, the former by a vote of 54
"to 15. The latter measure failed of
'passage because of a tie vote, the
"friends of the bill being unable to
"..muster the required 41 votes. Roll
.??ll finally stood 37 to 37, after a
.?all of the House and several changes
H?rom aye to no. and vice versa.
The principal debate was upon the
residential segregation bill. Many
GOVERNOR HASKELL C
Muskogee, Okla., Special.-SoveN
-"indictments were reteurned by tho
Federal grand jury here Wednesday
in the town lot alleged fraud inves
tigation, the charges being conspir
acy to defraud the government. The
j|names of those indicted are: Gover
nor Charles N. Haskell, F. B. Severs,
IA. Z. English, C W. Turner, W. T.
Hutchings, Jesse W. Hill and Walter
E. Eaton..
All the parties gave bond. Fifteen
ol' the wealthiest men in Muskogee
called at Ihie office of the United
States marshall here and signed Gov
ernor Haskell's bond for $5,000.
Many more asked to be allowed to
sign it.
Haskell Issues Statement.
Governor Haskell, when informed
HIS LEO IS GRAFTED
Washington, Special.-The graft-1
ing of leg and knee from a man but a j
few moments dead to tue stump of a j
living man is the rare operation !
which is said to have been performed
some days ago at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital by Dr. George Tully
Va jghn. Geoige A. Kelley was tokeri
to the hospital suffering from a dis
eased kneecap which seemed to neoes
PRESIDENT ROOSEVEl
Sacramento, Cal., Special.-Gover
nor Gillett Thursday received from
from President Roosevelt the follow
ing: "Your kind letters just receiv
ed. What is the rumor that the Cali
fornia Legislature hus passed a bill
excluding the Japanese children from
the public schools? This is thc most
offensive bill of all, and in my judg
*"ment is clearly unconstitutional and
we should at once have to test it in
the courts. Can it he stopped in the
Legislature of by veto?" - ?
The bill passed places the-Japan
THE GOV0?N??NX Mli^I
Washington, D. C., Special.-De^
elating that "if the government is to
act with, full efficiency against crim
inal!!, it must have some force of sec
ret service agents who can act against
criminals anywhere." President
Roosevelt, in a statement made publie
flem the White Housq Wednesday,
emphatically reiterated his opposition
to restricting the field of usefulness
of tlio secret service.
GOVERNOR PATTERSON EXE
Nashville, Tenn., Special.-In veto
.?ins tho prohibition bill Wednesday
Governor Patterson said, why not for
bid thc raising or selling of the
grams o;r cultivation of the grape out jj
of wh??ili .spirituous, malt cr vinous
liquors, rro made?
"IJ? Wo arc thus sirrtcd where shall
we end )' lt is helter not to make
tho gterl*.
''Tn the e\-:"-'s" ct* mr const''n
ti?n?*l ?.ewer rs ('?.*.?." ;'!...'..]. f veto ;lhiK
I-ntea-iirc and a.s?i i's ?r-onsiucraticii:
as Report of Com
Congress, tho committee found it
necessary to confine itself to stated
names which are in use in this coun
try.
The standards finally recommended
for adoption are those that are in
use in practical every day business
throughout the greater part of the
coton belt, and are the standards ac
cepted in commercial practice be
tween this country and Europe. The
characteristics recognized in the es
tablishment of the grades aro those
generally -used in the trade at the
present time. *
It was the express wish of the com
mittee that the government should at
all times maintain the' strictes su
pervision' of the preparation of the
standards, and that the standards
prepared should be safeguarded in
every way by legislation to prevent
their being handled or ' tampered
with. It was strongly urged th^
steps immediately be taken to secure
the concurrence of foreign exchanges
in these standards, and owing to the
fact that at the present time on the
are being made in contracts fully a
year ahead, it was believed Chat in
order to avoid confusion, the stand
ards certified should not go into use
in the trade prior to the time indi
cated. It was pointed out that it
would be unfavorable to have the
standards unsed as a basis of sales in
the middle of the cotton season, and
that they could not be used for the
coming season without great injustice
and confusion.
In fixing cotton standards, the com
mittee acted in conformity with.an
thority of Congress.
SEPARATE SCHOOLS
tvho voted against the land and cor
poration measures announced that
they favored segregation of undesir
able aliens because that was effect
ive anti-Japanese legislation.
Shortly after the disposal of the
Johnson bills, Mr. Drew moved that
the vote by which his land bill was
defeated be reconsidered. He .offer
ed 'to amend the measure by striking
out a sction which, it bad been de
clared, violated the treaty rights of
several nations. He declared that
os the school bill har just been passed
and that was the one against which
the President objected most strenu
ously two years ago, the Assembly
should go a step further and pass the
land bill also.
The motion was lost, the vote be
ing 36 ayes and 3S noes. This show
ed a gain bf ten votes N for the pro
ponents of the bill.
;HARCED WITH FRAUD
that he was indicted, issued the fol
lowing statement to the Associated
Press :
"I have just heard of the indict
ment for conspiracy, coupled with
seven or eight of the oldest and high
gst charactered citizens of Muskgee
mea who developed and built up that
country by their unselfish effort.
From now on the proceedings will be
open to both sides,
"Hearst's crooked manipulations
will be at a discount.
"I am satisfied- the Interior De
partment has been misled by false
statements. I am confident there has
pot been a dishonest act done by any
of the indicted parties, aiod that good
citizens in general, regardless of poli
tics, feel the same way.
"C. N. HASKELL."
FROM A DEAD (MAN
sitate the amputation of his leg. The
hospital physicians, it is said, obtain
ed permission of relatives of another
white man, whose name is kept sec
ret, and who was dying, to amputate
his leg as soon aftef death as possible
and endeavor to graft the limb. This
was done, it is declared, and now Mr.
Kelley has a left leg gTafted just
above his knee.
.T ENTERS PROTEST
ese in the same classification with
other Asiatics and inserts the word
"Japanese" in the ^resent State
statute providing for the segregation
in separate schools of "Mongolian"
children.
By-this action the lower house of
the California Legislature has taken
the< step which the board of educa
tion of San Francisco intended to
take two years ago, which was aban
doned after the board and former
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz wei ?J called
to Washington and had several con
ferences with President Roosevelt.
The statement" was called forth by
"misleading statements appearing in
some of the afternoon papers" to the
effect that the work of the secret ser
vice has not been hampered, and that
the investigation of cases outside the
detection of counterfeiters and the
pretection of the President has not
been circumscribed by restricting leg
islation at the last session of Con
gress.
?RCIS?S THE VETO POWER
first, because it ruthlsssly 'deprives
the State of revenue without any
sort of corresponding benefit; second,
;t discriminates gainst our own peo
ple in favor of the people of other ?
States; third, it destroys the proper
ly of the citizen without compensa
tion; fourth, it makes a dangerous
pr?c?dent, humiliates Tennessee and
lowers thc place of dignity she has
rcupicd as ene of the proudest and
rvost conservative cf States in the
' V.icn.
DECIDES AGAINST TRUST
-\
United States Supreme Court Up
holds' Jobber's Contention Against
Continental, Wall Paper Company.
. Washington,..SpeciaL-The. case of
the Continental Wall Paper company
vs. Lewis Voight & Sons of Cincin
nati was Monday decided by the .su
preme court of the United States in
Voight's favor. The suit was brought
by the company cn a debt of $.37,000,
the payment of which was resisted on
the ground that the paper company
^ a trust. In effect the decision
holds that an admitted trust, organ
ized contrary to tho Sherman anti
trust law, can not use the court to
collect debts.
It was represented that Voight
had bought over $200,000 worth
of paper, on which he had paid 50
per cent, more than he would have
had to pay if there had been compe
tition. It was also set out that the
Continental company had been or
ganized to conduct the business o*
the various wall paper factories ol
the United States and that Voight
as a jobber in its products, had been
compelled to sign a strict agreement
on the threat that if he did not dc
so no paper would be sold to hin:
and that it would be made impossible
for him to continue in business.
In a demurrer the company admit
ted that it was a trust and still con
tended that it could properly collect
debts due it. On this showing thu
company's petition was dismissed bj
the trial court and its decision wa?
affirmed by the United States cir
cuit court of appeals for the Sixth
circuit. Monday's opinion was bj
Justice Harlan, and sustained the de
cisi?n of the lower courts. Justices
Brewer, White, Peckham and Holme.'
dissented.
Justice Harlan's opinion was ol
considerable length and dealt in de
tail with the various phases of the
case. It was based on the third de
fense of Voight, that the company
is part of a trust. He started out
with the proposition that the Con
tinental company is within the pro
hibition of the Sherman act, which
he said, is clear from the facts set
forth in its defense. He then went
on to show that this corporation is
the representative of combination
which would have the effect not onl>
of restraining but of monopolizing
the sale and manufacture of paper.
Fire at Negro Hospital.
Raleigh, Special.-At 8:30 o'clod
Monday morning fire was discovers
in the third story of St. Augustin
Hospital at St. Augustine Colored
Normal School, which is a large in
stitution .here under the auspices oi
the Episcopal church. There were
20 patients, and these were quickly
moved to Walker Hall and made com
fortable, and everything was' carried
out of the burning building. The fire
was at the northeast corner, and
about a fourth of the roof was burn
ed, some damage being done to the
third floor The weather was bitter
cold, the temperature being a little
above 20 degrees, but the firemen
stuck to their work.. None of the
cases in the hospital were dangerous
and none had been operated on in ten
days. There were two city patients
and some sent by the railways. The
damage is perhaps $1,000, covered by
insurance. The new hospital is near
by, but the interior is incomplete and
funds come in so slowly it will bc
months before it. is finished.
Ccld Sns-p Damages Alabama Cab
bago Crop.
Mobile, Ala., Special-The cabbage
crop of Mobile county is believed to
have been practically ruined by. the
freeze of Saturday and Sunday
nights. There was an increased
acreage of about 25 per cent and the
crop was about a month advanced.
Shipping had been under way for
about a week. Conservative truckers
estimate the damage at a million
dollars.
7leet Now at Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, By Cable.-The Ameri
can battleships that arrived Sunday
were exchanging the salutes Monday
morning with the shore and the for
eign ships in the harbor that were
omitted because of Sunday morning.
The Connecticut saluted the port and
the flag of Vice Admiral Sir James
Goodrich, the commander of all the
naval establishments at Gibraltar,
with 21 guns and when these hade
been returned gun for gun from a
shore battery and the British battle
ship Albemarle, other salutes were
fired to and. answered.
The Birmingham Receives Silver
Service.
Mobile. Ala., Special.-A handsome
silver service and loving cup was
presented to the cruiser Birmingham
by the citizens of Birmingham, Ala.
The service was presented by Mayor
Georere B. Ward, of Birmingham, on
behalf of the city. General Rufus N.
Rhodes, of Birmingham, spoke of the
devotion of the country to the Ameri
can navy.
Will Push the Prohibition Fight.
? Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Jubi
lant as having driven the "rum de
mon" from Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina, Mississippi- and Tennessee,
the workers of the Anti-Saloon
League are gathering here for a con
ference at which they will agree up
on plans for carrying the warfare in
to the remaining "wet" States of
Dixie. The Alabama State Anti-Sa
loon League will hold a jubilee meet
ing here thc latter part of the week.
Mrs. Blair Goes Free.
Columbia, Special.-Contrary t<
expectations, the jury in the second
trial of the handsome Mrs. Ethel W.
Blair for the-murder of her hus
band, Conductor McCullcy W. Blair,
returned a verdict at midnight Fri
day night, acquitting her of thc
charge, and she was immediately sel
free by the usual court order. Thc
case went to the jury nt the close of
hr afternoon session, and Mi's. Blaii
..cramed ir- the court room with bc;
relatives doing her best to conceal
her agitation.
Storms Reach from Texas to
Kentucky.
SOUTHERN TOWNS AREH?T BARD
Severe Rain, Hail, Wind and Electri
ca! Stenns Sweep Over South Cen
tral States, Killing and Injuring
Many and Destroying Property
Valued at Hundreds of Thousands
of Dollars.
Louisville, Ky., Special-Death for
probably a score of persons, losses of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
property and the crippling of many
telegraph wires resulted between
noon and dusk Friday from a series
of small tornadoes which swept the
south central States from the Ten
nessee line to the Texas Panhandle.
The storms were accompanied in most
cases by hail, darkness, terrific 'light
ning flashes and sheets of rain.
Most of the towns where loss of
life occuned are off the railroads,, so
that news from them has been com
ing slowly. Known casualties are:
Stuttgart, Ark.-Mrs. Gerfield and
a child of Will Story. Mrs. Story is
reported fatally injured.
Sulphur Springs, Texas.-Mrs.
James Ardis and Mrs. C. Caldwell,
from Rolling Fork, Miss., just before
the telephone wires broke word came
that four had been killed.
Booth, Miss., reported to' Birming
ham that six had met death there.
In other towns such as Ennis and
Waxahatchie, Tex., and Boscoe, La.,
many dwellings are said to have been
demolished by the wind.
Arkansas and upper Louisiana rice
Belds were injured to the extent of
many thousands cf dollars, while the
larger cities experienced rains and
darkness and lightning bolts that
made large buildings quiver.
At Chattanooga there was a terri
fic storm of hail.
Reports from Birmingham state
that several persons were killed by a
tornado at Gillman, Ala. Friday
ifternoon.
The home of George Stewart, seven
miles east of Hanesville,.. Ala., waa
itally destroyed. His 2-days-old
nild was blown half mile and killed.
His 2-year-old child was' blown into
i grate and probably fatally burned.
Mrs. Stewart was caught under some
rafters in the house and so1 badly in
jured that she will die. Mrs. Tom
Bown er and a child who were in the
louse were fatally hurt.
Night Firing Tests at Fort Caswell
Satisfactory.
Washington, Special.-In tests
made at Fort Caswell, N. C., Febru
ary 1st and 2d of the new system of
fire control for rapid-fire -guns, the
:oast artillery corps made an aver
ige of 50 per cent of hits in night
iring at a moving target at range
from 1,700 to 2,000 yards. The pro
jectiles were provided with lighted
;racers, ,and the target, which was 10
feet by 24 feet was illuminated by
searchlights. The test was conducted
jy a 3-inch gun battery and was very
satisfactory.
Seven Dead in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Mayor
George H. Brier, of Cullum, Ala.,
tvires that seven people are known
io have been killed in that county
Friday afternoon by the cyclone
:vhich passed over this section of the
State but that wire communication is
inpossible with the stricken locality.
tVt Kayosa, a mining camp west of
Birmingham on the Southern Rail,
vay, five houses were blown down but
Dnly one man was injured, a Mr.
Logan. The property loss in the ter
ritory north of Birmingham appears
io have been very larse.
Haskell Memorial Home Burned;
Three Missing.
Battle Creek, Mich., Special.-The
Haskell Memorial Home was destroy
ed by fire Friday morning. Three of
the thirty-seven members of the or
phanage are missing. Seven little
girls jumped from a third story win
dow, but ii is not thought any of
them are fatally hurt. James Arm
strong, 12 years old, standing on a
shed under the window from which
the girls had to jump, directed them
how to make their fall as easy- as
possible and caught two of the SUIDU
er girls in his arms.
Woman Brutally Murdered.
Winston-Salem, Special.-Charles
Ferrell, a negro about 34 years old,
brutally murdered his wife, Chrissie,
Friday afternoon as she sat in her
home on Highland a'venue. He fired
four shots from a revolver, killing
ber instantly. An eye-witness says
Ferrell began firing after his wife
told him she was afraid to live with
bim longer, she having left him after
a fight Christmas week.
Dies Protesting Innocence.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-Will
Foster, colored, who was twice con
victed on the charge of murederin?
John Young, a well-known white man
of the country, in N vember, 1907.
was hanged in the county jail Friday
morning. Foster went to his dc=ith
declaring his innocence. After the
black cap had been adjusted he was
asked if he desired to make any state
ment, and he replied that all he had
to say was that he was innocent.
General Items Condensed.
The very lamest says a man has
been dug out of the rains of Messina
conscious and with chances of lifi
after being shut up there 38 days.
The town of Ycharaa (says a Chi
cago dispatch of the 4th) is Lr> fee
deep in water.
Pittsburg, Pa., has been the vic'
of many negro depredations and
suppress it many cf ?hem !'.:'?.'<. b<
arrested. This hrs bu-v'-f that ;
torie city almost f:.co *>? face wi?':
race war.
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
Snmmary of Important Proceeding?
Enacted Prom Day to Day.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, ot
Wednesday addressed the Senate-ir
support of Senator. Bacon's resolu
tion declaring that the Senate has a
right to any information in posses
sion of the executive departments
and cited various precedents to sus
tain his contention. He claimed thal
only in exceptional cases is the Pres
ident warranted in withholding in
formation and declared that Congress
had never failed to respect such ac
tion on the part of the- executive
when it has been based on considera
tions of public interest.
The Senate remained in executive
session during most of the day con
sidering the nomination of Dr. W. D.
Crum, to be collector of customs at
Charleston, S. C., and at 5:27 p. m.
adjourned.
General debate on the agricultural
appropriation bill in the House af
forded critics' and defenders of the
Department of Agriculture an excel
lent field day.
Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, led
off with an attack on the appoint
ment and work of the referee board
of consulting chemists in the depart
ment. Mr. Heflin, of Alabama, asked
on behalf of cotton growers for a
jgovernmental monthly report on the
consumption of cotton. Mr. Sturgis,
of West Virginia, urged an extension
of the forest service. Mr. Humphrey,
of Washington, took an exactly op
posite view, while Mr. Mondell, of
Wyoming, declared the bureau of
forestry the most autocratic govern
ment bureau outside of Russia. Mr.
Bartholdt, of Missouri, urged the is
sue of bonds for inland waterway
improvement and Mr. Candler, of
Mississippi, complained of the tariff
on agricultural implements. Chair
man Scott, of the agricultural com
mittee, closed the debate with ' ex
planatory remarks on the work done
by the department during the past
year.
While the bill was under considera
tion under the five-minute rule, an in
crease of $500, to the salary of Solic
itor George P. McCabe, making it
$4,500, was stricken out on a point
of order.
An increase of the salarv of Di
rector Willis B. Moore, of the weath
er bureau, from $5,000 to $6,000 suf
fered a similar fate.
Before the bill was taken up in
general debate the House passed thc
Senate pension bill for Federal
ju dees.
The monotonous tones of the read
ing cleark of the Senate as he labor
ed through the bill of over 100 pages
making appropriations for the Dis
trict of Columbia constituted the
diief feature in the proceedings of
that body Thursday. There was an
evident intention on the part of the
authority to lengthen the time neces
sary to dispose of the measure, it be
ing the only obstacle to an executive
session for the further consideration
qf the nomination of William D.
Crum to be collector of customs at
Charleston, S. C.
On the Democratic side there was a
persistent demand for the most care
ful reading of the bill and ocasional
ly members of the minority became
involved in a spirited debate on items
usually left to the judgment of the
committee reporting the measure.
When the Senate adjourned at 5:18
o'clock the reading of only half of
the bill had been completed.
In the House the forest service got
its usual annual drubbing, Thursday,
the criticisms against it coming prin
cipally from Mr. Smith, of Califor
nia, Mr. Cook, of Colorado, and Mr.
Mondell, of Wyoming, all of whom
charged extravagance in administra
tion and the extortion of money from
miners, farmers and even the owners
of bee hives. Mr. Cook attributed to
Mr. Pinchot, the chief forester, the
ulterior motive of scheming for Sec
retary Wilson's seat in the Cabinet.
Both Mr. Pinchot and the forest ser
vice were vigorously defended by
Messrs. Mann, of Illinois, and Weeks,
of Massachuetts.
All attempts to amend the bill in
any important particular failed. Its
consideration was about two-thirds
completed when the House at 5:20 p.
m. adourned.
The Senate Friday concluded con
sideration, of the District of Colum
bia appropriation bill, carrying an
aggregate of about $11,500,000. A
conference report on the urgent defi
ciency bill was agreed to. It appro
priates $12,000 for the ''purchase,
care and maintenance of automobiles
for the President," and $150,000 to
enable the Secretary of Agriculture
to continue to combat the foot and
mouth disease in horses* and cattle.
A resolution was adopted directing
thc . committee on military affairs to
investigate military posts and various
phases of army administration.
After en executive session, in which
the nomination of Willjam D. Crum
to be collector of customs of Charles
ton, S. C., was considered.
Private claimants by the score had
their innings in the House of Repre
sentatives, the whole session being
given over under a special order to
their consideration. The debate was
not without its incidents, both humor
ous and exciting. Mr. Mann provok
ed the House to laughter by question
ing the value of two Kentucky thor
oughbred horses, and he charged htat
the committee had accepted the valu
ation of the animals as fixed by "an
idiot" as against that of the claim
ant's committee f,v conduct his af
fairs. But it was left to Messrs. Hep
burn (Iowa) ; Macon, of Arkansas,
and Gaines, of Tennessee, to furnish
the exciting feature of the proceed
ings. The Speaker became involved
in the controversy and was called up
on to make a niling, and then Mr.
Gaines threw the House into an up
roar by charging that the rules pro
libitcd a "square deal" to claim
.nts.
Thc President's message vetoing
i bo census bill was read just before
'iljournmcnt.
Tue splendid qualities of mir^Pfchd
character of the late Senator William
B. Allison, of Iowa, 35 years a United
Slates Senator, and eight years a
mendier of the House of Representa
tives, were the subject of'many eulo
gies ifl. the Senate Saturday. Nine
teen Senators spoke in praise of the
public services of Senator Allison and
during most of the day the number of
Senators in their places on the floor
and the attendance in galleries was
large. The delivery of thc eulogies
consumed the entire day. The Sen
ate adjourned at 4:56 p. m.
Under special order, the House of
Representatives considered the bill
amendatory of the national bankruot
cy law. By way of a substitute Mr.
Clayton, of Alabama, offered an
amendment repealing the bankruptcy
law of July 1st, 1893, with ? proviso
that proceedings under the law begun
prier to the time the act shall take ef
fect shall not be affected.
The first business of importance to
claim the attention of the House ofv
Representatives was the President's
message vetoing the census bill. Mr.
Crumpacker moved the reference of
the bill and message to the census
committee.
The committee on rivers and har
bors improvements practically has
completed its consideration of the bill
providing for emergencies for surveys
and for maintenance, which is to be
reported within a few days. The bill
carries a total appropriation of slight
ly less than $10,000,000. A survey for
the Atlantic deeper waterways pro
ject, which contemplates an inside
water route from New York to Flori
da, is provided for, as well as a sur
vey for the intercoastal canal through
Louisiana and Texas, to r^iine>?t the
Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers.
Having for its object the prevention
of the importation of deceased nur
sery stock a bill has been introduced
by Representative John R. Lamb, of
Virginia. It provides that all nur
sery stock shall be subject to inspec
tion by experts of the Department of
Agriculture, at such points of entry
as the Secretary of Agriculture may
designate.
THE LARGEST WARSHIP
The Battleship Deleware Launched al
, Newport News Saturday-Descrip
tion of the Great Sea-Fighter.
Newport News, Va., Special.-The
great battleship Deleware was suc
cessfully launched from the yards of
her builders, the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company
Saturday. The lauchiug was witness
ed by 5,000 people.
Compared with the battleships,
completed or under construction,, of
the navy of any foreign country, the
Delaware surpasses all. She is one
Congress which will form an indomi
table squadron. The other vessels are
the North Dekota,. being built at
Quincy, Mass.; the Florida, which
will be built at the New York navy
3'ard, and the Utah, to be . built at
Camden, N. J.
The Delaware is to carry as heavy
armor and as powerful armament as
any known vessel of its class; will
have a speed of 21 knots, which is
believed to be the highest practicable
for a vessel of this type and class,
and will have the highest practicable
radius of action. The arrangements
of her main battery guns is such as to
permitfta broadside fire 25 per cent
greater than that of the broadside
of any battleship now built, or, so far
as is known, under construction.. Her
defensive qualities, other than those
dependent upon armor protection, are
such as to give the maximum' degree
of protection to all thc vital portions
by means of unusually effective com
partmental sub-division, so that in
conjunction with her armor protection
the defensive qualities of this vessel
are believed to be distinctly superior
to those of any battleship hereto de
signed. The hull is protected by a
water line belt of armor 8 feet in
width, whose maximum thickness is ll
inches. This armor belt gives effec
tive protection to the boilers, machin
ery and magazine spaces. The side
above tke main armor belt is protect
ed by armor 7 feet 3 inches wide and
of a maximum thickness of 10 inches.
Above the main casement armor amid
ships the side is protected by armor
of 5 inches thickness, which effords
protection to thc smoke pipes, the ma
jor portion of the secondary batter
ies of of 5-inch guns and the hull
structure. ?
Mr. Taft Leaves Colon.
Colon, By Cable.-President-elect
William H." Taft and party left Jicre
at 0 o'clock Sunday evening on board
the cruiser North Carolina for New
Orleans acompanied by the cruiser
Montana. Just previous to embark
ing Mr. Taft gave out the following:
"I am not prepared to mike a
statement as to the results of the trip
to the isthmus, except to say that we
have found the work progressing in
a most satisfactory way; the organi
zation better than ever before, the
esprit de corps excellent and the de
termination of all, even the humblest
laborer, directed to the building of
the canal. I am sure that this has
impressed itself upon every one of the
board of visiting engineers as it has
upon mc.
"With reference to the type of the
canal and the continuance of the
present plans, the engineers promise
that they will be able to hand me
their report by the time we land at
New Orleans."
Razor For Suicide.
Asheville, N. C., Special-Telling
wife that he was going downstairs to
shave, James M. Hyatt a prominent
business man of this place, Sunday
morning shortly after 8 o'c^ck pick
ed up his razor and other shaving ma
terial, went down stairs, locking the
doors and slashed his throat with the
razor, dying soon after the act was
discovered by Mrs. Hyatt. No cause
other than ill health can be assigned
for tho rash act.
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f ANTI JAP BILL DLA
California Legislature Votes
Down Anti-Alien Bill
THE BALLOT STANDS 48 TO 28
After an All-Day Session, Filled.
With Sesational Utterances and
Dramatic Climaxes, the. California
Legislature Voies Down tie Anti
Alien Bill.
Sacramento, Cal., Special.-After a
debate extending from ll o'clock
Wednesday morning until 6 p. m. the
Assembly by a vote of 48 to 28 re
jected the bill drawn by A. M. Drew
barring aliens from ownership of land
In California. The bill had been
amended at the request of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root so that
the clause applying it to Japanese
only was eliminated, making the bill
apply to all aliens, but the measure
aroused such a storm of opposition
that long before the debate was clos
ed by Mr. Drew it was apparent that
the measure would be defeated.
In substance the objection to' it
was that it would drive at least $1,
000,000,000 of foreign capital out of
the State and might - jeopardize the
present friendly commercial relations
with Japan.
The supporters of the hill contend
ed that the State was being ovenun
by thrifty Japanese who were grad
ually gaining an impregnable posi
tion ns land owners and whose gov
ernment was trying to dictate to Cali
fornia regarding legislation.
Two sensational speeches were
made, one for and one against the
measure. Assemblyman Grove L.
Johnson, of Sacramento, ex-Congress
man and author of four bills segre
gating Japanese ia schools and resi
dential districts and preventing aliena
being members of corporations, made
tn impassioned appeal for the enact
ment of the Drew bill. At the cli
max of his speech he walked back
ward from his seat to the lobr-* rail
and seizing in his arms a golc^i "air
ed girl of 3, held her aloft and de
clared that he was "in favor of this
as opposed to th Japanese menace te
our institutions."
ELEVEN JURORS IN BOX.
The Cooper-Sharpe Murder Trial En
ters Upon Its Third Week, Having
Exhausted the Fourth Venire in an
Effort to Complete the Jury.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.-After
securing two new jurors, making elev
en now in box, the trial of Col. Dun
can B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and
John D. Sharp was abrutly inter
rupted Wednesday because of a lack
of veniremen. A fifth venire of 50O
men was ordered in court Monday at
which time an effort will be resumed
to' complete the jury. The hearing
of the charges against Juror Whit
worth, accused of having prejudice,
was taken up but not completed. It
will he resumed in the morning.
A few minutes after court opened,
J. A. Woodruff, the tenth man ex
amined, was selected as jurir No. 10.
Woodruff was not examined by the
defense. He testified on questions
by the State that he had read noth
ing about the case and merely knew
Carmack had been killed. He said
he was a friend of John Sharp bvt
would consider only the law and the
evidence.
The panel of 50 was exhausted be
fore noon at.d another one made up
of 49 talesmen was exhausted be
fore recess for luncheon and no other
additions to the jury were made.
Much debate occurred on the com
petency of Juror Whitworth, whom
the defense wants to get rid of. In
his own defense Mr. Whitworth
strenuously denied saying things at
tributed to him and witnesses cor?
xoborated him. His case is yet unde
cided.
Small Part of Canal Put in Use.
Panama, By Cable.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's steamer
Newport used on Tuesday for the
first time the Pacific entrance to the
canal which has been dredged to a
depth of 35 feet. President-elect
Taft was not present when the New
port started on the trip and there
was no ceremony of any kind.
Earthquake Post Cards.
New York, Special.-Orders con
tinue to pour in for the official me
morial post cards issued by the Am
erican-Italian General Relief Com
mittee and it is thought that millions
of the cards will be disposed of in
the next few months, resulting in an
immense addition to th* fund for the
relief of the Italian ' earthquake vic
tims. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, August
Belmont and other famous New
Yorkers are vice chairmen of the re
lief committee.
Conferring on the New Wage Scale.
Washington, Special.-The officers
of the Southern Railway and a com
mittee of the employes of the road
are holding a conference here rela
tive to the wage scale. The men ask
that wages of a certain class of em
ployes be increased and the working
hours adjusted. The officers of the
road express themselves as confident
that an amicable arrangement be
reached.
Judge Henson Resigns.
Richmond, Va., Special.-Judge W.
J. Henson, of the Twenty-second ju
dicial circuit, composed of the coun
ties of Bland, Giles and Tazewell,
has resigned, thc resignation to be
effective February 1. It is understood
flint Judge Henson proposes to en
crn-c in a law partnership in thc city
of Tvoanokc with Mai shall McCor
mick. Fid I on Keglcy,. a young law
yer of Bland couiity, lias Iren aiv
nointcd to fill the luifXpircd tenu