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flp wJin I lG i f Uncle Same's Larj From a Success On < le last long reach of their liar cruise around the world, ? een battleships of the "Unites Atlantic Fleet" are steamleasurely fashion towards the ge grounds of Hampton whence they sailed just fourlonths ago. During these ot rccoru steaming the heavlorcd fighting vessels have . approximately 45.000 miles t returning in condition still "frolic or a fight." The as been a varitable expedition seven seas and tasks herctomed impossible for the modem have been accomplishd with bordering on the commonories of the ~uise have been g chapters of receptions, i, balls and merry making, b i of all this relaxation and ling in the hospitable ports two hemispheres has been a men apd material which has he American navy in an enV , . osition before all the world. lity in following the motions logship in the fleet, squadron visional manouevres which ? >. th constant experience at sea, V;L'' ve nil the marvelous records the targets in Magdalena .iln bays tell of the real work ! subsequential accomplishbat have marked this most of peace demonstrations ?v . ae navies of the world. ary Metcalf says: "When ose of giving this assemblage *ships the privileges and adVu . of a practical cruise was an. criticisms from high technics > ters were heard. It was augUat the undertaking was too *?*????- ; that a battleship is too iplicated.? piece of mecht?nd around the globe or Hqtt occasion; that danger? r""5- 'lied with numbers 'it disaster lurkec jffiX The The be AY CANAL best ad ? tonffue^pccial'?Any attacl sr e** on the lock type oJ IS cann'according to the opin ^IlorJe1r President Roosevell doubly seemir/1811"**6^ *? Congress in punrcality merely an ated to l&icy of building an} beagie a0 rj-,0rt of the in,?r 1 .e clearest fashior there is ) ... than on' was WISe in th< little <&nd that it would be have, to change from the n/>\ the .| to a sea level en tar eigh matched, a. . : get y*?r gs that the only n?S will ta'e made of the os. Tons is that thorp ftly, i almost an excess turr-viding against poster rj report that, as the l^an^ was the -central .sion, tfie^' pave it, un from Mr.^T^ft, "first c the light $ all new -they add that "the izw under construction meats our unanimous jy 4a}* they are "satiawill be no dangerous i seepage through the the base of the dam; soft as to be liable de by the weight of n so as to cause nent. We are also materials available fj[pposed to use are * fc- readily placed 1o .PHY CHANGE oundiOable.?Reliable refrebruarovjnce Nuri8tan fi'thquake of January ?p.iprecedented violence A ing from the scene says Jonged quake changed the ctrhnco of the country, shifted streams and "^ rTi railway JpS.t Special?Annc^lnceIvre that an axreement fried between the officials cm Railway Company at for several weeks, the wage scale throughout f hertUr system, y aijangement which ^ pA consideration at on for several weeks, the the company are to have day instead of a ten*\tl e same -eale heretofore ROOSEVELT Ol ton, Special.? magazine ^d on the President the v get from him some ma tkarisv of the RoowvvH tThe writer <** ???* he |OU||/B9lum f** '"The ?V _ > v BtU \ pill test Sea-Fighters Retun itul World-Cruise .ion every submerged ledge and wa 'borne on every unknown tidal cui rent; that the skeleton of some o the ships would doubtless be left i the Straits of Magelinn; that, if th fleet should succeed in roundin South America it was reasonably eei tain that the individual ships woulc one by one, arrive with machinerie loose and nlmost unservicable, wit! crews reflecting the demoralized con | dition of the material, and that j woeful spectacle of failure woul I thus be presented. "As to the material, the cold fact are that the ships have practicall; taken care of their own repairs 01 this cruise. The repair lists turnei in at the Cavite naval station wer negligible." That the experience gained on th cruise will be of unending benefit ti the navy is indicated from the fac that probably onc-balf of the entir personnel of the naval establishmen participated in the epoch-makin; trip. Three of the sixteen captain who sailed in command of vessels ar returning home as rear admirals Eight other captains are returning ii command of the same ship on whicl they began the journey of the world From rear admiral down to midship man the training has been such as .1 other naval cruise ever afforded Among the enlisted men the trainin has been even more valuable. Landi ui?ru ?mppea just Deiore mat star and utterly green in the ways of th deep, are. coming home an integra part of a wonderful fleet effieiene and loyal believers in all that th American navy stands for. Desei tions on the ships have been few. Th men have taken a pride in the cruis and it will be a constant boast wit i them that they started to the wes ? from Hampton Roads and came horn with prows still turned in that direc t tion. They know the world is rotinc 5 and they know what it is to work an i play over 45.000 miles of the watei 1 ed surface of the globe. PLANS ARE ALL RiGHI ; 1 form a tight, stable ond permancn j I dam." Dams and locks, lock gates and a ^ other engineering structures involve in the lock canal project are "fea; 5 ible and safe," accoding to the ei - gineers, "and they can be depende r upon to perform with certainty tliei respective functions." , Having considered the propo w! height for the crest of the Gatu dam, they concluded that "it coul ! be safely reduced 20 feet from th.i ( originally proposed; namely to ai i-icvuuon 01 no ieet above sea leve or 30 feet above the normal levt of the water against the dam." Thi change has been ordered. Their estimate of the complet cost of the canal is $300.000,00C They say it is incorrect to state tha the original estimate of cost wa $140,000,000, as they did not inclnd "jpnitation and zone government.' They estimate the expense of sani tation and zone government at $27, 000.000, while payments to the Re public of Panama and to the nev Panama Canal Company amounts 11 $50,000,000, which would make thi difference between the present esti mate and the previous estimate, will j cost of sanitation and zone govern i ment and payments, added, onl.i ! $143,000,000. "Of this amount,' | they say, "nearly one-half can b< i accounted for by the changes in th< j canal and appurtenant works already I referred to and the remainder is t< i be attributed mainlv to the higliei I unit cost of the different items ol I the -work." :d by an earthquake engulfed many villages so that ni trace of them remains. The Shal has sent out inadequate relief parties Tin inaccessibility of Nuristan, whicl is 300 miles from here in the moun tain fastnesses, makes the work o relieving the stricken territory slov and arduous. afld its employees in effect. The employes stood for i nine-hour schedule while the South ern officials wanted a ten-hour rule. The employes feel that they hav< been treated very generously by th< management in that all they hav< asked for has been granted. The ma chinists are to receive 32 cents pe hour. The other crafts affected h; the new scale includes the boiler I makers, blacksmiths, carmen an< pipemen. General satisfaction is ex I pressed that the matter has beei [amicably setled for another year ove 'the whole system. H THE PANAMA CANAI i importance the dispatch of the Amei , ican battleships around the worh The third place he gave to his aettU ofJapanese-Russian wa mid not fth^named as bis supei " I the Panaris Cam ii ^ * I SSSBbltijat this will li\ ' to I "i?8- He thinl "* a 1 g it? A new I | DOINGSOFCONGRESS E I Itaimry of Rip?tut Proceedings ti< f Enacted Frem Day to Day. ft ?* *The Senate devoted most of Mon1 day to the consideration of the naval j t> appropriation bill and there was w; much discussion concerning the S? growth of government expenditures a for military purposes. Mr. Hale dc- 8? v dared that unless a halt is called it di ,f would be necessary for Congress to fe n issue bonds or to increase taxation. e<1 e Senator LaFollette and Dixon cri- if g tieised navel methods especially in cc > the use of public funds for construe- fr 1, tion at navy yards. Senator Hale s warned the Senate that unless more I ni h rapid DrOSTCSS should hp mnd? ninrlif 1 Fi i_ sessions would scon become neces- to a sary. th d So far as Congress is concerned, F< the contitutional bar to the accept3 ance by Senator Knox, of the State til y portfolio in the Tnft Cabinet, was re- c< n moved Monday when the House of la d Representatives passed the bill redute ing the salary of the Secretary of rt State. The bill at tirst was defeated at e through the failure of two-thirds of a? 0 the members to vote for it, but it was th t brought up a second time under a ?t e special rule and passed by a major- sa t ity vote. ,, Without a dissenting voice the bill bi g granting separate Statehood to Ari- bi p rona and New Mexico also was pass- bi . ed, as was also the bill providing for j uniformity in car equipment with [j safety appliances. H I Mr. Capron, of Rhode Island, an- (U I nounced the death of his colleague, 0 Mr. Granger, and the House adopted 1 resolutions of regret. As a further C< ' mark of respect a recess was taken ie at 5:39 o'clock p. m. until Tuesday at S( 11 a. m. T kil ^ The naval appropriation bill was tl v. under consideration in the Senate af e throughout Tuesday. An amendment $1 ._ was adopted which will have the efe feet, if it is accepted by the House, F I of restoring the marine corps on hi ^ 1 board all battleships and armored U] I cruisers in accordance with the prac_ Itice of the navy prior to the Presi- o) dent's order removing them from the vi I ships. ir ^ An extended criticism was made by di ._ Senator Dixon, of Montana, of tbo p method of having a large number of tl _ navy yards along the Atlantic coast, tl p He took the ground that the work s< could he more economically done in a it smaller number of places. After being in session for five ct II hours the Senate took a recess until Si tl 3 o'clock p. m., when the considera- a| 5. tion of the naval bill was resumed. 0( i. At the evening session the bill was 5( d further considered in committee of at ir the wholo. An amendment was adopted directing that in the discretion of hi ,r the President half of the entire naval th n fleet should be kept on the Pacific pi coast. The bill was reported to the ti' t Senate. Mr. Lodge reserving for bi ^ further consideration amendments re- bi j lating to the marine corps being kept in ,j on board naval vessels and providing hi for a reduction in the size of battle- sU ?.. ! :?J i? " aumuiueu uy ine act. senator e LeFollette offered an amendment for fl( I the appointment of a commission to pc j consider what navy yards and naval pT s stations should be retained as naval ed e bases and which should be dispelled th ? with. Being still the legislative day of co _ Monday, the House of Represents- po _ tives Tuesday for the most part de- ci' v voted itself to the consideration of 0f k bills under suspension of. the rules. B A number were passed, among them W( being those requiring the equipment de 1 of ocean-going vessels with wireless . apparatus and providing for the re- I Sr , organization and enlistment of the 8i< naval academy band. en , The Indian appropriation bill, 0f I carrying $11,571,000 was passed. ljr t A1 , The navy bill carrying total apr propriations of about $136,000,000 f was Wednesday passed bv the Senate after having been under consideration for three days. The bill was j*1 ! changed by the restoration of the ? House provision for two battleships . of 26,000 tons displacement to cost 2, $6,000,000 each. -1' 1 An ineffectual effort was made to ,n defeat the amendment for the re- P1 l storation of the marine corps to bat. tleships and cruisers of the navy, 1 f which was placed in the measure w while the Senate was proceeding in a! 1 the committed of the whole. ^ During the last hours of the ses. sion Senator LaFollette severely I criticised the methods of the navv. j declaring that senatorial influence in Hi the work of the department caused np an unbusinesslike development of ^ p navy yards and stations. p An attempt to abolish capital pun- ai e ishment as a penalty under Federal la laws Wednesday blocked the conclu- n? ~ sion of consideration of the penal W( eode bill in tbe House, sitting in com^ mittee of the whole. This bill was a ^ taken up after the House had become f? entangled in the Knox eligibility in question and had laid the question * aside for the day. ? The most inoportant amendment in corporated in the bill was one to . regulate the interstate shipment of ^ intoxicating liquors. 1 j i Representative MeCall, of Massa- e< jJ chuaetts, led the fight against eapi- ? r tal punishment, and when he was T r'_ voted down, made a point of no quo- ?? rum. Juat before this, by 25 to 27, ,e he committee had declined to aub- J ._ titute electrocution for hanging as a T leath penalty. * ? Hi tte Senate Thursday ?? sharp, tl oat controversy of the seal0 Voccur- * ^ SenaU)r5 ar- * HIIPIHH * ?????? qmammmt enroao, the former charging that aportant bills were held to the last id rushed through without deli hereon and the latter retorting that the >rmer was derelict of duty in his Remittees. Hie controversy over the legislsve appropriation bill, in connection ith the much discussed salary of the seretary of State, involving the elibility of Senator Knox for that of e, was settled in the House Thursly when the bill was seut to conrence and the committee authorizl to consider the salary provision as in disagreement. This gives tho immittee power to reduce the pay om $12,000 to $S.000, its former rure. The Republicans were caught ipping when a resolution bv Mr. itzgerald was adopted disagreeing i the Senate amendments creating le offices of under secretary' and Durth Assistant Secretary of State. After being discussed at different mes for a year, the bill revising, >dyfying and amending the penal ws of the United States was passed. Vigorous attacks on the House lies were made by Messrs. Hubbard id Hepburn, of Iowa. The latter iserted that members had hetravod leir trust and prostrated themselves the feet of the Speaker who, he lid. had been made a tyrant. The fortifications appropriation 11 was discussed. The cruise of the ittleship fleet and the question of attleship construction received atntion. ? The bill was pending: when the buse at 5:19 p. m. took a recess atil 11 a. m. Friday. Not during the present session of angress has such a large amount of gislative business been done by the snate as was accomplished Friday. | he army bill, carrying appropriaons amounting to $102,636,050, and le pension bill, with appropriations jgregating $160,869,000 of which 160,000.000 was for pensions and ^69,000 for fees, etc., were passed, orty-five other bills, forty of which ad previously been favorably acted pon by (he House was passed. Three of the great supply measures E the government passed through lrious stages of enactment into law i the House of Representatives Friay. The fortifications bill was comleted and went over to the Senate; le sundry civil bill was reported and le postoffice appropriation bill was ;nt to conference. The Indian appropriation bill ocipied almost the entire time of the enate Saturday and was passed with apropriations aggregating over $9,)0.000. Of (his amount about $1,)0,000 was added to the bill by Sene amendments. Two more of the annual supply lis. the diplomatic and consular and e mailitnry academy measures, were issed by the House of Representaves Saturday in a comparatively ief time. Neither excited much dette nor were they amended in any I iportant particular. The rivers and irbors bill also was passed under ispension of the rules, after Mr. eifer (Ohio) had inaugurated a full>dged filibuster against it in the ex'ctation of securing an amendment oviding for a survev of the proposOhio canal. The House also sent e pension bill to conference. Following a speech bv Mr. Hitch- ' ck (Nebraska) advocating the imsition of an income tax. the sundry ril bill, carrying an appi-opriation $137,000,000. was called up and an J reement reached wherebv two hours ! re to bo devoted Monday to general bate. At 5:57 tli House adjourned until inday at noon when a sneeinl ses)n was held for the delivery of logies on the late Senators Allison. Iowa, and Latimer of South Caroin. and Representative Wiley of labuma. First Day of Cooper Trial. Nashville, Tenn.. Special.?Filled ith dramatic incidents and marked r scenes that bordered on the sensa>nal, the first dav of the actual trial 1 the Cooper-Sharp ease closed uesday night with both sides claimg to be well satisfied with the proess made. Whether Col. Duncan R. joper, Robin J. Cooper and John D. larpe killed former Senator Edard W. Cnrmack in self-defense or i a result of a conspiracy is the cat issue in the ensp. Negro Shoots White Boy. Memphis, Tenn., Special.?James olman Taylor, aged 16 years, a phew of Chief of Police Davis, of is city, was shot and killed near s father's home in South Mempiiis te Wednesday by Eddie Prode, u (gro. Following tbe killing which as the outcome of a minor quarrel, crowd of several hundred persons irmed and began a search for Prode, tent on inflicting quick punishment. 10 Miners Entombed in British Mine Newcastle, England, By Cable.? A rrible disaster bas occurred at rest Stanley, a small mining town I miles distant, in which, it is fear1, ISO lives have eeen lost. There ere two explosions at 4 o'clock uesdav afternoon in the West Stan y colliery, which employs 400 raer 'early 200 of them were in the pit t the time, and np to a late hour nesday nipht none of them had one to the surface. Rappings have een beard, and it is supposed that heee are from some of the miners rho escaped death from the exploion and the Are which followed it. |fc , s . \ ilrteifiAiiii' hi'l 'ifll'r n 11 li ' ' THE NEWS IN Miff Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Homo and broad. The Hotel Clarendon, at Seabreese, one of the largest resort hotels on the East eoast of Florida, together with ten cottages adjoining the house, was totally destroyed by fire Monday morning, the 250 guests, who were asleep at the time, being saved without injury, and many being able to gather up most of their belongings. R. L. Patton, a veteran of the civil war and a survivor of the Custer forces which were inassacreed by Indians at Big Horn, died of paralysis at Mount Airv, N. C., last week at the age of 78. Capt. Henry McCrea of the Georgia, and Capt. Greenlicf A. Herriam of the Missouri, had to quit their commands before the fleet left the Pacific coast and died soon after. They were thus deprived of what all the others of the fleet are justly proud. It is said that it would be difllcut for the men of our great fleet to decide at which port visited the people tried hardest to show them respect and make them welcome. Anrelius Christian, a negro, assaulted and brutally murdered Miss Mary Dobbs of Botetourt county, Va., Thursday and was sentenced in regular court Friday to die in the electric chair on March 22. Rear Admiral James 0. Green, U. S. A., retired, died at Edenton, N. C., last Friday. .T T. t.-;iioJ i.:- f 1 w. miavrvt mo lUIIIIfl IHtfllU, Stephen Watson, at Wadesboro Thursday night. They had been the best of friends but were drinking. The American side of Niagara Falls was blocked with ice. making almost a complete dam about Monday, when in the South the weather was balmy almost like May. Once in the history of the Falls the river was completely dammed with ice and the water did not llow over the Falls. The Anti-Saloon League of Kentucky will ask the Governor to call the Legislature together in extra session to give the State a State-wide prohibition campaign. A man calling himself John Simpson. was caught in the act of trying to break open a safe at Curtain Bay, Fla., Sunday, who admits being the pal of Charles Salas. who was killed at Laurens. S. C., last week, aftei killing a policeman. Miss Lina Svkos. of Elizabeth City, N. C.. died Saturday of burns from her clothing on Friday. Mrs. Elida Burkhead of Concord, N. C., commit teed suicide Friday by saturating her clothes with kerosene oil and setting a match. Gray Coleman, a negro, near Wilson, N. C., butchered a hr.g- this season that more than pulled down an 800 pound scale. The exact weight was not given. The cornerstone of a Confederate mnnnmnnf woo lol-l 4\.~ 1 ? Mi' tuiu III nil- \ till I L House square at Lancaster. S. C., on Monday. It was laid with Masonic rites. John R. P Cnrrawny. teller in the National Ba. k of New Bern, was arreste<l on Wednesday 011 a charge of defalcation bv means of false entries. The bank is secure. H. Clnv Pierce, president of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of Missouri, announces that the company will comply with the terms laid down by th? court in that it will pay the fine of $50,000 and sever all connection with the Standard Oil Company. Washington Nc~3 ITotca. It is Bomi-ofiieially given out that, having been inaugurated as president, Mr. Taft will call Congress in extra session to meet March the 15th. The grand jury has found a true bill against Joseph Pulitzer and Caleb M. Van Horn of the New York World and Delovan Smith and Charles R. Williams of the Indianapolis News, for criminal libel in the Panama scandal ease. In a forecast of President-elect Taft's inaugural address it is said t llf> f h o will fri ro nrnnunonna +r\ I Negro question and will declare a policy unfavorable to appointing Negroes to offices where it is distasteful and irritating to the white people. Foreign Affairs. Sixty-seven persons were lost when the Penguin sank last week near New Zealand. An earthquake shock occurred in Mesina and Reggio last Saturdpy evening that threw down some of the remaining tottering walls. No fataltie* occurred. A young man was arrested in Southeast Berlin last week as the monster who is terrorizing the city by wantonly stabbing ycung women and girls with an instrument something like a sharp awl. Several attacks have proved fatal. On the 13th of February, Congress found itself with but 13 days yet in whieh to act upon 13 appropriation bills. 1 WARRANTS ISSUED Jury Returns True Bill Against Editors. INVOLVING PURCHASE OF CANAL Bench Warrants For Editors?Federal Grand Jury at Washington Returns Indictments For Criminal Libel Agoiist The New York World and The Indianapolis News. Washington Special.?Bench warrants were issued late Wednesday for the arres of Jospch Pulitzer, proprietor, aid Caleb M. VanHamm and Robert li. Lvman, editors of ' The New Yo-k World; and for Lela- ? van Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of "he Indianapolis News, for criminal libel in connection with the publication in those newspapers of charges :>f irregularities in the purchase by the United States gov Duiuitni ui ne ranama canal property from tlie French owners. The indictments on which the warrants were bised were returned Wednesday by tae United States grand jury sitting in this city and the warrants were iisued later by the clerk of criminal :ourt No. 1. The warrants are directly against all five of the natural defendants of jthe two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate defendant (the Press Publishing Company, of New York), to appear in court forthwith to answer the indictment. Theodore Roosevelt, William II. Taft, Elihu Root. J. Piermont Morgan, Charles P. Taft. Douglas Robinson and William Nelson- Cromwell are named in the indictment as the persons alleged to have been villified by the stories appearing in the two newspapers. Failure of an attempt to blackmail him, according to William Nelson Cromwell, was the reason for tho publication of the stories, which, he declared "were exceptional and premeditated and made with free knowledge of their infamous sntiroo ?n/t after speeiflc warning by me of their falsity." "The stories," he added, "were coneoeted more than two and a half years ago by unscrupulous parties in New York, some of whom have criminal records, in an attempt to blackmail me." He said that he was asked to pay $23,009 to have the stories suppressed. "I do not believe The World was a party to these attempts, but it was dealing with the same gang. The indictment of The New York World and The Indianapolis News is not an indictment of the press of the United States, as they would like to make it appear to obtain the support of the general press of the country. I am in favor of a free and unmuzzled press.'' The Indianapolis News men announce that they will fight extradition to the District of Columbia. BAD DAY FOR DEFENDANTS. State Builds Strong Case?Slayers of Former Senator Carmack Fare Badly at the Hands of the State's Witnesses. Nashville. Tenn., Special,?Marked by bitter quarrels between attorneys and by new and startling testimony, the second day of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former Sena , .I-.?a vw^nosdiiy night _:,l iL. ? i ? , . ' ? nun iiiu oiuie niguiy eiarea ana tne perturbed. The tension between the factions has tightened visibly, too. This is indicated in the court room by bitter passages between opposing counsel and outside bv more bitter talk by partisans. While it was clearlv a field-day for the prosecution, it must be remembered that the testimony was given by the State's witnesses only. Earthquake Shocks in Porto Rico. San Juan. Porto Rico. By Cable.? Heavy earthquake shocks were felt throueout the island of Porto Rico at 3 o'clock Wednesday morninsr. The inhabitants were awakened by the oscillations and their alarm was grent. No damage, however, was done. The vibrations lasted for st least 20 seconds and the movement was from east to west. The weather is very stormy. Weil-Known Confederate Nurse Dead Washington, Special.?Miss Emily Virginia Mason, of a famous Virginia family, who won fame during th? civil war as a nurse of Confedert soldiers, and who ministered Union soldiers at Libby prison, di 1 Wednesday nicht -in tbia <? 94. Miss Mason was commission <1 by President Davis of the Confedc acy, to organize hospital camps d?'-. ing the war. After the conflict Sim wrote the first life of flen. Robert H. Lee. who was her intimate frien I Later she went to Paris, where si conducted a school. Negro Appointed Judge in District of Colombia. Washington, Special.?Robert H. Terrell, a colored grandnate of Harvard College. 'S4, has been appoint (t a judge of the municipal court of the District of Columbia, which has ju< been created by an aet of Congress. He is the only colored man in the country holding a judicial position of the dignity of the one to whieh be haa just been elevated.