The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, February 25, 1909, Image 2
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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.