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?" . .'V -rr~&Sm / - li :_i ' . y r ? IpU ?-* /'e> 7Y M f \ O PkT 1 1 pfMlTi /tji | rj : . s VOLUME Xiv. CAM DKN, S.O.. FRIDAY, FKBUFARY i:?. IJXCi. SWEPT BY A WAVE ' / 1 ? ? # Ei^iily Islands Swept By a Terrible Hurricane 1000 LIVES ARE REPORED AS LOST Dentil md ?D.*vasiatlon Sweep Over the Islands of the Pa*fk, nmj Ter rible Consequences Ensu?. ' San Francisco, Spcdal.-NVwa of a fearful loss of life In a disastrous storm which swept over the South 4*ea Isl ands hist month, reached iiert! Sunday hy the stqaujor Marlnomi dim.* from x ? una. i ne lOhsj- oi me is estimated at J. ooo persons. On January i;{ l^t, a huge tidal wave, occompanlod by a ter rl He hurricane, attacked the Society Isla-nds an 4 the Puamoto group with fearful foreu causing death and devas tation never b< fore equaled in a land of great Htorms. The storm rag; d sev eral days. From the news received up to the time of the sailing of the steam er, It is estimated that 1,000 of the Isl anders lost their lives. It is feared that later advices will increase this number. The first news of the disaster reached Papeete, Tahiti, Jauuary 2<i. by the schooner Ii^meo. The captain of the schooned' placcd the fatalities at M0. The steamer^ Excelsior arrived at Pa (t'lwete the following day with 400 desti tute survivors. Th<? captain of the Ex <ielhOr estimated the total loss of life to be 800. These figures compulsed only the deaths on the three islands of Hao, H'kue'ra and Makokaa, whose ordinary population is 1.800. On Hikuera Island, where 1,000 inhabitants wero engaged In pearl diving, nearly one-half were drowned. On an adjacent Island, 3000 more were washed outto^ea. Makokan and Hao are depopulated. Conservative estimates at Tahita place the number of islands visited by the tidal wave and hurricane at SO. All of them are under the control of The French governor at Tahita. The surviving inhabitants are left destitute of food, shelter and cloth ing, all having been swept away by the storm. The French government, on receipt of news of the disaster, took prompt measures to relieve the distressed dis tricts and dispatched two warships with fresh watSr and provisions. As the supply of fresh water and provisions was totally exhausted by the storm, It Is feu red that many lives will be lost before the relief ships can arrive, as fas as is known eight white people were among the drowned. Included in these were Alexander Brander, N. P. Plunkett, of Oakland; T. D. Donne.ly, formerly a fireman on the steamship Australia, arid the local agent of C. Coppenrath, a merchant of 1 apeete. Added to this number was an unknown woman who committed suicide fiom fright. -?*????? As the islands were barely 20 feet above sea level and were not sur rounded by coral reefs, it was neces sary for all Inhabitants to take to the iicocoaout trees when the4 Ida! /lean to cover the land. These trees grow Vo an Immense height, many reaching & amtudo of 100 t?t All of the lower mes were covered hyyttte raging seas ?which swept wlth/^^a f^c? , about and over them. The ^atlveA in the tal er trees were sa^a# fhe cocoanrft roots gave way/and then ? were sweot -out Into the sea. The 400 V^S b^ught by the Excelsior to Papeete gained theshlp a 8lf^?^ltopa mlng three and '^'"Th. Elemo of the cocoanut trees .torm though badly damaged nersons was also brought off ** many persons countered tb^ hurrlca ^ only the way to the latter P'? tain m having timely action of tnc v ^ of ftat the cargo, cons stlng o ^ Jet_ He. 3D pigs and 30 ?^ from de_ tlhoned, saved thaw" recaution. rdruc.tlon. Even with tb s pre the life of cn? man ?as lost oy.wn sweeping the decks.^ J Earthquakes IB Owenaboro, Ky . s^Ha',7,A at ?,rth<,?at?> shock ?" '*11 } ^ ? 1V bulllllnga. , the aecond ?lory ol| ran?. U.uisvlllC; Ky. A ? llt ?,KUU quake shock was f , , v." " Im. The vibrations to rattle, butno w earthquake j Paducoah, Ky.-A ?j?t G;45 aVli>ok 1 shook occurred h-- mj5^ wa8 done very brief. \ ? . The Shock Ffe't Ir^.lrtinals Cairo, ftl. ? An ewtb<l?akA;?hock was lOlt In Houthorn Illlnol^ 80 ltd ay 5>V<n?ln if. The selnilalc wav<> seemed to move from north to south. ? MaNon, 111.? An earthquake shock *n? felt here. Preeedky? theshoct a1 roaring noiao waa hoard. - j Dishes Rattled In St. Louia. sr. flirts.? Two? autinct.jrarth qttako shocks were felt in St. Louis :?nd vicinity^ between <>:20 **?d 6:25. o'c lock ynmfay nlffht. Tho shock w.is ?ufRclehtly to rattle ilahoa j ??<1 awfa# tioora Death of ft?OoMM)?s, " ftalltuioie, Sped??* '? M*lor Walter A. Dodaldson. saperiatenaeur of the NatlAMl Cemetery In th ta city, died Batorday fro* Wood polsontn*, *r, t molt of A slight wouad on hfc k#*u. Dodaldeoa ?n*?? vetena actor and vltk limhw Bmtoa Booth la -^Hwr?t ?l*oa the eitrft inpntetoHkM. of J 2S Till: LCI: STATUE. Interesting Dltttiisbion In Vlrginie Legislature. Richmond. Special.? The hill to place a statue of Oen. Robert R. Lee In Stat uary Hal) in the Capitol at Washing ton was the special order of the Vir ginia Senate. 1 he discussion indicated that there la u division of sentiment among the Virginia lawmakers as to whether this action shall he taken. Senator Dan 1'. Halgey, the patron of tho hill, made un eloquent spcooh In favor of tho, passage of the hill. In the course of hia speech Mr. Halsey said: "In presenting this bill I did ao from no desire to offend Northern sentiment or to reopen old wounds, now happily healed, Rather 1 did so from entirely oposite motives, for, believing that the filing of good will between the a?c ... i 1 -mt. ,PWJ,P iipfai'p, I considered this an opportune time for Virginia to accept the invitation ho long held out to her by the Federal Government, and place in the national Valhalla, by the side of her Washing ton, the figure of him whom she deems to be his peer, and tho fittest of all her ?onu for this higii distinction, thus showing the good feeling of Virginia toward the nation , of 'which she in a part. "Right glad am 1 to feel that those who are the truest exponents of t'te sentiments of th<? North sustain me in my belief that in this era of good feel ing tho statue of Lee may be thus placed without exciting passions of sec tional animosity or tirades of bitter comment. I did not hope, of course, that the idea would meet with the ap proval of everybody. INDORSED BY BOTH SECTIONS. "I recognize the fact that there are those in the North who are still ir reconcilable as well as those in the South who are still "unreconstructed," to use that word in its Northern sense; but I take it also that the irreconcil able of the North are no more repre sentative of the true sentiment of that section than the unreconstructed are representative of the true sentiment of tho South, and therefore T believe that the great heart of the North bents in i unison wfth tli.u of (he South in hon oring the memory of the great expo nent of the chivalry ami ?he glory an I the true manhood of (he South, just as I know that the South delight:-, to honor the memory of his great adver sary. who was too ehlvulrops to ac cept his sword at Appi omattox. ;;nd whose words, "Let us have peace,' fell like a benediction upon her sore and wounded spirit in the hour of her great tribulation and distress. ^ "It is not as a (representative of the spirit of secession that Virginia will offer the statute of Lee, nor ns insist ing that the right of secession now ex ists. Lee was never a secessionist, but, on the contrtfry, he called secession 'anarchy,' and said that if he owned the 4,000,000 slaves in the South he would give them all to save the Un?on It is only ns her superbest example of manhood that his statute will bft/ chosen by licr, believing that 'in per fection of character, as tested by strug gle. victory and defeat, he is unequaleft in history,' and that therefore he and no other should be placed by the sldf of her majestic Washington, that to gether they may stand through the centuries as chiefs of our grand army >*bf immortals. WHY LEE IS PREFERRED. "Neither do we offer I^ee because we have not others worthy to stand in that congregation of the nation's great. It is rather from such a wealth of mate rial that we must draw that it consti tutes 'an embarrassment of riches.' Our Jefferson, our Mason, our Henry, our Madison, our Monroe und our Mar shall. all of these any UXt0y others are worthy of that great ?*nfhpany, but as the statue of Waahlngton is already in place as our representative of the revo lutionary time, it soeins that the roost fitting selection we can now make is to take the other from a later time and that most stirring period of our history, and surely none can be found more worthy ?f tbia national commem oration than the stainless chieftain, Robert Edward Lee. "Of the absolute legal right of Vir ginia to choose whom she will to rep resent her in statue in this national pantheon there cr?n be no doubt what ever. IN TIIR HALL OF FAME. "In New York flie picture of I^ee hangs on the walla of th.e Hall of Kfcrae, and the statue of one nx-Gonfederato. that of Senator John E. Kenna. of West Virginia, already stanis In Statu ary Hall. The portrait of Jefferson Pa vis. for a time disappearing, lias reap peared in the War Department, anions? thoae of the other cx-Sc*retarleH, with out creating any hysterical excitement in the amy, and so that of Gen. Samu el Cooper, a New Yorker, who became Adjutant-General and ranking General in the Confederate Army, also hangs in the War Department. MR. ROOSEVELT'S HIGH PRAISE. "These are the words of President Roosevelt, uttered on the. Oth of last April, the anniversary of the surren-/ 'der of Lee, at the Charleston Exposl-J tlon, where he said: "We are now A united people; the .wounds left by tho great Civil War, in comparably the grentest war-of mod% ern times, have healed, and Its memo ries are now priceless heritages of honor alike to the North and to the South. The devotion, the self-sacrlflre, the steadfast resolution and lofty dar ing. the high devotion to tha right an each man saw it, whether Northern or 'Southern, all these qualities of men and women of the early sixties nr-w shine luminous and brilliant before our eyes, while the mists of anger and hatred that once dlmmod them . . hf.ve passed away forever. All of us. North and South, can glory alike In the valor of the men who wore the blue and the ' men. who wore the gray. * I "Mr. Rooaerelt hat also written such high praise of Lee as* a sdldier thai none of his own followers can s.*y more'. In his life of Thos. H. Benton In the 'American Statesman" scriei, on pace 24, are found these words: "The work! has nerer seen bcttc- s >1-, dters than thoae who follow**' Lte; end their leader will undoubtedly van'< as, without any exception, the v r: greatest of all the great captain LY?:. the English-speaking people have brought forth ? and this. although th? laafe jtad chief bt his antagonists t.\?i Jrfmaetf rials* tr atand as the full equal o?-)tar borough Ad Wellington." OUR STATE LAWMAKERS. What the House and Senate Arc Doing No l:xt nsion (irtuUd The senate met at noon Tuesday and nearly every senator answered to his name when the roll was called. A mini' <')er of papers were received from the house and lead the tlrat time. The first matter that came up tliut provoked any discussion was Mr. Ily driek'.i Joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes without penalty until March 31. iw:j. Mr. Brlcp moved to Indefinitely poat pone the measure. in support of his motion he said the treasurers and au ditors are complying with the law aud collect! uk the overdue taxes with the j penalty attached and there is neither necessity or excuse lor this extension. | Inst sin )> acts as the,-?o teach the peo cud it always mnites tnxes higher, for the uncert tinty of pelting the money at the appointed time causes those w ho do work for the State or county io charge a higher rate. The poor man has more money in December than after January, but knowing or believ ing that theae annual extensions will he granted squanders his money Christmas week instead of applying it if) the payment of taxts. Mr. Henrndon expressed the opinion that the county treasurers had already collected the penalty and It would be almost impossible to return those small amounts scattered among so many people. Mr. Hlake said the books had be^n balanced up for January and the mat ter was now closed and he saw no ne cessity for an extension, whioh always puts a premium upon delays. Mr. Ilydrlek supported his resolution and said that the demand had come to him from the treasurers and au ditors all over the State coupled with the statements that it was impossible to write up the books from month to month and the necessity existed for the. relief offered by his Joint resolu- | tlon. Officers should not be maiP to violate the law, but the various county ! treasurers had no powAr to collect ex- j cept what the auditors had placed upon | their hooks. True the people could not i plead "hard times," for last year was ] an unusually prosperous one, but It is | to remedy a defective law that the ex- j tension is now asked. Further debate was participated In by Messrs. Hough, Mower, vonKlonitz ' and O. W. Ragsddle. Mr. Shcppard was the last speaker. He said that, the reason already given were abundant to convince the senate, of the necessity for the extension, and further than all these he believed there j were hundreds of people who had not paid taxes simply because they did not have the motley nor could they until arrangements had been made for the present year. He had ascertained from the county treasurer at Edgefield that all those vrho were able had paid their taxes > and only those who really did not haye' the money just now were the delin quents. He did not take any stock in these statements 'that any harm could come either to ^he State or the counties and believed that, it was the duty of the general assembly tp ex tend any kindness possible ' for the amelioration of the condition of the masses of . the people. He demanded the yeas and nays on Mr. Brice's mo~ tlon to Indefinitely postpone the ?Jolnt resolution to* extend the time for the payment of taxes without penalty until March 31, 1903. The vote resulted as follows: Yeas ? Blake, Briee, Douglass, Hern don, Hooli, Hough. Stackhouse ? 8. Nays ? Aldrich, Butler, Carpenter, Davis, Dennis, Goodwin. Hardlpy, Hy drlck, Johnson. Manning, Marshall, McCall, Mclver, McLeod, Mower, Peur Tfoy, Rsgsdale, G. W. Rayson, Sharpe. Sheppard, Stanland, von Kolnltz, Wal ker, Williams ? 24. So the motion to postpone was de feated and the resolution passed a third reading and was sent to the house for concurrence. Mr. Brlce moved to limit the time to March 1st. This was also defeated. The house of representatives put 1rt four hours of work Tuesday morning and disposed of many matters. There were several- new hills proposed. Mr. M. O. Donnald wants to reduce the privilege t^x on fertilizers; Mr. Sinkler had hills' to prevent such election frauds as were reported from Charles ton last summer; and Mr. John P. Thomas brought in a hill relating to the fostering of high schools. The house killed Mr. Aull's bill to authorize counties to bond themselves for the purpose of building good roads. The objection to the bill came from^ counties wnfrli have voted a direct tajc rather than to burden themselves with bonds. Mr Aull declared 1n his speech that no ciunty could ho forced into bonding ittfelf. His speech on the bill waa his first effort on the floor, and was a vtrM scnslole argument for sood roads. V / THIRD HSADINO. The housogavo third reading to the i six bills ivhu-h nasstrt second recimg Myaday nigivV. JX-h' se were: Mr. Uains ford's bill to provide aguiiiBt usury; Mr. Morgan's bill to prohibit the driv ing of cattle 4uto the. State from other States; Mr. W. J. Johnson's bill to tlx chasrter fees; Mr. Hill's bill In refer ence to county government in Colle ton, permitting the two commissioners to act In certain eases in making con tracts; Mr. Haskell, to fix the thlVll Tuesday in January as the dat<? for the inauguration; Mr. Logan's hill relating to the publication of summons. Second Reading ( UN. On Saturday, the House gave second reading to Mr; Sti.Vler'* -MU -to provide nn amendment to tho law relating to thfr ?aU.- of medicines already pre pared. The hill requires that they be prewired according the United States pharmaeopla, which la said to, be the standard book. Thla bill waa prepared by th? 8(nW Pharmaceutical aaaociation, a^wy ..the following: Mr. SInkler'a bin to provide that In amall villages ud la tho country prac- 1 ticlng physic tana ibiH have right to compound druga only on the condi tion that they are given apeclml license* by the aaaociation or are grad uate* oT pharmaceutical college*. I CHILD LABOR BILL When the child labor bill done np for third reading. Mr. Dorroh de manded a wlva. voce rot*. wards withdrew thin motion and Iherd wax it* > fl,;ht nuidc ami no test vt?l ?; tukon. Mr. Herbert. thinking that th'-re initio 1u- a Hull I on it, made a f i>w ih >.)iark? on the bill. When tin* hill had pasM'd third reading ami ha-l been ordered < nrolly-d lor ratification as un act. Mr, Herbert hud the house table the four remaining ?"lil Id labor bills, Introduced by Messrs. Anil. Webb. I). (). Herbert, amt the substitute bill in trod need by tJie majority of the eom f 1 1 on com merce ami manufac tures. And tints ended the three year*' fight to get ? lind labor leglsla tion enacted. . ICI)lTCATIONAL. Mr. Cooper's bill to charter the Presbyterian College of South Caro Itna. There were Important change* made in the manner of electing trus tees ho tliat every Presbyterian In the synod of South Carolina may be suitably represented on the board. Mr. Morgan's' bill to empower the trustees of Greenville city schools to issue bonds not to exceed SlJO.Ooo fur ing graded school's, provided this is the will of;? the voters in an election called fo^ on petition of the majority of the freeholders of the school dis trict. Mr. Dowlings bill to allow Dam berg school district No. 11. town of Bamberg, to Issue $10,000 In bonds for the purpose of buil<|ing a graded school. Dr. Black had the bill so amended that the equipment and furn ishings must also be paid for out of the amount realized from the sales of the bonds. Mr. llluton's bill to authorize an election in J^asley on the question of issuing bonds for school purposes. A majority of froeholdera must first pe tition for the eleetlon. The Issue of bunds cannot exceed $15,000. Later Senator Carpenter's , 1)111 was sub 1 sti tuted for this, tof >save trouble of putting the house bill through the Sen ate. Mr. Aull to amend an act of 1 1M?2 so | that, trustees of Prosperity graded ! schools may buy a lot out of proceeds . of sale of bonds Issued for erection of a school building. I Mr. Dorroh's bill to require the board of trustees and faculty ' <if j Clemson College to provide and fu'rn j ish short courses of one month each : ju- the textile department. This was amended by Col. 1). O. Her j bert so that the tuition will be free. Mr. Towlll's bill to allow Malrom I P. Harris of Lexington, who Is under [ tint legal age limit, to practice law on I lily graduation from law college. Ij Mr. Ready's bill to authorize the is sue* of $5,000 bonds for graded school in town of, Saluda If no ordered in an election by the people of the school district when properly petitioned. SOMB GRNRRAL. MATTERS. Senator Stanland'a bill to prevent the s*\e;of toy pistols passed second reading without any discussion ?o just was it deemed in its tendency. Mr. Thomas' bill to require the State librarian to furnish . a bound ,?opy of the code pf laws to each mem ber who has not already been provid ed with one. AJso the bill to require these vol umes for judgea and solicitors. Mr. DeBruhl's bill to require the State treasurer to publish in two dally papers, one in Columbia, a monthly statement of the financial condition of his office and the names of the banks In which money is de posited. Mr. I.yletT bill to authorize towns and cities to own and operate rock quarries, to work convicts thereon and to extend the police Jurisdiction of the municipalities to such real estate as is used in this manner. ? Mr. Bomar's bill to allow county su perintendents of education to estab lish repositories for school books in some other convenient placi when tflelr own offices are too small for that purnoae. ? Mr. Mauldln's bill to devolve the du ties of supervisor of registration for towns and cities upon the clerks ex cept in cities of 5tf,000 inhabitants. Mr. Mauldin explained that this would cut down a great many useless salaries and would put the registration in the handft^of bonded officials. - Mr.' Cpoper's bill to change from 5 to 10 da^s the time in which distress warranty may be issued ? such war rants as are designated In section 2432 o fthe Civil Code. The day in the senate was devoid of any special events. The realization has dawned upon the members that timo has come for earnest work and the sire of the calendnr is an admonition that much mnst be done within the next 1 two weeks. The Gaines' seed cotton and un packed lint cotton bill as amended by the senate Friday ni*ht( passed a third reading without any opposition; also Mr. J. W. ltagsdale's railroad re lief department. They :|re now In the house. 1 THE BONE OF COfajSNTION. The bill to provide scholarships for postgraduate study In the South Caro lina collr-ge was calleil for a third read ing. .and tho motion of Mr. Hood to strike out the enacting clause* caused a long da bate lasting more than two hours. Tho purport of the measure was lor the State to appropriate $1,000 an nually to be divided .between ten young men, graduates of colleges in the. State. ? The -wftrrtrtwn from n mrmtrfisf and came to the senate with the full endorsement of the committee on ed ucation. Mr. Haysor advocated the 'bill and said that the recommendation camp not from the South Carolina college but originated from the president of a denominational college and was not urged by the friends of Jthe -.South Caro lina college; all the higher educational i'lfltitijtlopa in the Stat<* had given the proposition their endorsement and It Is in no sense antagonistic to a ji? of the denominational colleges. Ohr young mi n have no such advantages pffercd th?m in ti\\? State and arc compelled ttf beyond. Mr. Hardin thought it a mistake to pass the bill for the $1,000 would be taken from the annual appropriation for the college. Mr. Mayfiold favored the bill and thought that It was about time to leg islate for the indnBtrl and thrifty who nay the large proportion of the taxes. If any one of their sons should get one of the scholarships .the Stale would be bu| giving back to nlxn.a But Of tV taxes, wnirh he had paid. The amour* Is snfall sad inteded as a stnnufcms to every one of the 1,500 boys la our col ? r a ? i t i ? -V; ~ Mr. MarshuM said thai ho dosirou it distinctly understood that tin* ).? { 1 1 un fit r discussion iliil iu)t originate with ll??' South Carolina college. hut on tho contrary it was proposed hy tin* de nominational colleges. Hp hud been Informed that the idea originated with Prof. Snider of Woodford et>llogo. While tho South CaroUha .rollegp was not asking for this 1)111, they were per fectly willing to do the extra work which the (till will impose upon them. Notwithstanding that not one cent of the appropriation of the hill will go into the treasury of that college, lie said he would favor the hill and pro posed that it he amended so that the denomination college should he allow ed to receive the benefits of the hill. Mr. Hlake abjeeted to the measure because It did not include the girl graduates, as they constituted by far the majority of the*eaehers in tb? common schools of the State. Mr. Hrown favoreil the measure and a now era in higher education in tills Stuto and felt confident that much good would be accomplished. Mr. Sheppurd offered an nmendittci't that inasmuch as there are ten male tollegcs lit the State and that the num ber of beneficiaries being limited to III; tlyit the fatuity of each of the col leges of South Carolina college. Clem boh, Citadel. Furinan, WoffowJ, l"r bkine, Newberry. Charleston, King's Mountain Military (mtfltute and Clin ton select annually one of their gradu ates to be the beneficiary of this fund. As far as the girls are concerned he is unalterably opposed to girls attending any college except those especially es tablished for them. Mr. Merndon opposed it. ou the ground that the common schools are the ones most needing the aid of tn?? State and until all the schools could bo kept open nine months In tho year he could nol vote for any appropria tion for post-graduate study. Mr. J. W. Kttg'adalc argued Hint tho common schools could be wonderfully Improved by inerrr.slng the capacity of tho teachers. Mr. Hough said that, the educational institutions are now top heavy and objected to the bill because he regard ed it but an opening wedge for an an nual increasing appropriation ar.d ar gued for the Improvement of the com mon schools. Messrs. Johnson Hood and Goouwln argued from the same standpoint, claiming the State could not offord It. Mr. Mower advocated the measure and believed that It. would be the means of promoting federation between the colleges. He said that Impression had gone out that the State was in a bad fittanclul condition, but it Is not true. The boohs of the State treasurer show that on the first (lay of February I the cash balance and ;mcolleeted taxes j amount to $438,358.44. Last year the general assembly made liberal appro priations. especially to pensions, and instead of going li\to bankruptcy as some believe, the State is on a splendid financial footing. Further debate, v.-as ended by a mo tion to indefinitely postpone. Tho yeas and nays were demanded and resulted as follows: Yeas ? Messrs. Blake, Brie, Carpen ter, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Forrest, Gaines, Goodwin, Hardin, Herndon, Hood, Hough, Johnson, MeCall, Me Dermott, McLeod, Peurifoy, William# ?"V. Nays? Messrs. Browtp, Manning. Mar shall, M*ynel4. Mclver, Mower, J. W. Ragsdale, Raysor, Sheppard, Stanland, I von Kolnltst-^-n: So the bill was killed. Presidential Nominations. Washington, Special. ? The Presi dent has sent the following nomina tions to the Senator United States at torneys?Milton C. Elstner, for the western district of Louisiana; secre tary of legation at Berne, Switzerland, Roger Sherman Gates Boutell, of Illi nois; postmasters ? Louisiana. Amy C. Reilly, Clinton. Hhe confirmations by the Senate Monday were: Roger Sherman Gates Boutell, secretary , of legation at Berne, Switxerland. P6sb masters: Alabama ? W. S. Standaiger. Gadsden; J. T. Pitt, Florence. Poilceman Shoots Another. Roanoke, Va., Special ? Officer Houston Childress, of, the Bristol. Va., police force, was shot and killed on the streets of that city shortly afte. midnight, by Policeman Gratt Walk. T* sre had be?n bad blood botween the two officers for some time. They met on the atreef.and after some words, It is alleged. Walk flrqd two shots from ?inder hjs overcoat, one >f which pi.sscd through Childress* body. Walk escaped. Ho>son's Resignation Accepted. Washington, Special. ? Naval Con structor Richmond P. Ilobson's resign nation has been accepted by Secretary Moody, wlm has written Mr. Hobson as follows: "The Department acknowl edges receipt of your recent rcsigna TTon~tcmlpreii...ja7Umry 3D, lOOS; tiIto yowr telejyam of February 5, 190;;, de clining to reconsider the same. Your resignation from the United States navy iu accepted^ to tak?> effect fi<5m thlB date. February C, 1&03/' ?, \ i Tlden Banquet. , -'New York, Special. ? A banquet In celebration of tho anniversary of the birth of Samuel J. Tilden was held at the Tllden Clug Monday n7fcht. Abom 160 persons were present. Robert E. Dowling, president of the Hub, was toaatmaster. Among those at the guest table were Joseph W. Folk, district attorney of St. Louis; W. U. Hensol. former Attorney General of Pennsyl vania; Charles 8. Hamllln, of Boston. Aeelataat Secretary of the Treasury under President Cleveland ; aad At torney General John Cuaneen. of New Yprk. The three speakers were Meesrs. Hamlin. F\>lk aad Shepard. French Railway Freight Rate. ' The average rate cf * freight ?** | . Fraace is r.early a cent and a a hfon per mile. D1:ATII OF CONGRESSMAN MOODY. North Carolina Member losses Away -.Honored Uy Senate. Ashevllle, N. C., Special.- Congresa man J. M. Moody died at his home Id Wuynesville Thursday at 1:4") o'clock. Tho news 4>f Major Moody's death came an a shock. He had been 111 for several weeks In Washington before he returned to Wa'ynesvillo lust Sat urday morning. Pftrt of his time ho wuu in u Washington hospita)* and when it wan seen how really serious his condition was it was suggested by hi* physician that he go home ami take a ??eat from his congressioiKii work, it wan thought also that the dump weather at the eapltal was Injurious ia. him i?n<l it)?? ,w hen lin returned to the high, dry and healthy atmosphere to which he was iuxusctomed he would rocuf -rate. Major Moody was here lust Friday night. He whs in very had health. Dr. J. Howell was his attending physician. A message from Wuynesville to the Citizen said that Major Moody hud been in bad health for three yean*, ul though it not known <? the public. He bus been critically ill for four days. The immediate cause of hiu death wan congestion of the lungs. About three o'clock Thursday morning he lost con sciousness and did not regain it up to the time of ills death. Major Moody was 44 years old. Ho leaves a wife and six children. The funeral will take place Saturday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. 10. Abernethy, of the Methodist church of Waynes villo. of which Major Moody was a member, will conduct the services. The Knights of Pythias and Royal Arca num, of which the congressman was a member, will attend. Washington, Special. ? Representa tive Klutt/, received a telegram from Waynesville, announcing the death of Representative James M. Moody at his home in Waynesville. shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday. Mr. Kluttz Immedi ately unnotiucetd thj> death trf his col league in tho llov)?e, und tho usual resolutions of r/gret were adopted. Speaker Hendpn<on named the follow ing commltt?>ri' to attend the funeral: Messrs. Kluttz, Claude KJtcln, Black burn, Pou and Small of North Carolina, Drownloc und Gibson of Tennessee, Tate of Georgia, Flnley and Johnson of South Carolina, Lamb of Virginia, Huugen of Iowa, # onry of Connecticut, Randal] of Texas and Cooner of Mis souri. Tho Senate adjourned Friday after noon at 3:20, two hours In advance of the usual timp, out of respect to the memory of the lato Representative James H. Moody. Senator Simmons called up the House resolution passed Thursday In honor of the memory of the deceased and referred in appropri ate words to the demise. of Mr. Moody. The Sena'iO unanimously adopted ,the House resolutions and as a further evi dence of respect adjourned on motion of Senator Simmons. In the House this morning the blind chaplain, Rev. M. Couden, referred In touching language to tl)? deceased Representative. The desk *Hlch he occupied was heaped with a beautiful floral offering. From the capital building the flags floated at half must. The .Cotton Supply. New Orleans, Special. ? Secretary Hester's statoinoiit of the world's visible supply of cotton shows the total visible to be 4,022,203 bales, against 4,097,955 last week and 4,451,71$ last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 8,093,203, against 3,204,955 last week, and v, 541, 718 last y&ar, and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Bra zil, India, etc.. 929.000. against 893.000 last week and 010,000 last year. I Of tho world's visible supply of cot ton there is now afloat and held In ( Oreat Britain and continental Europe 1,989,000 bales, against 2.323.000 last year; in Egypt, 190,000, against 244,000 last year; in India, 427,000, against 395,000 last year, and in the United States, 1,989.000, against 1.C47.000 last year. Convention Adjourns. Gainesville. Fla.. Special. ? The morning session of the convention of county superintendents of public in struction and general educational board was consumed in the discussion of school buildings and equipment. The afternoon session was devoted to negro education and how it should be conducted. After 4 o'clock the visitors were tendered a drive through Gaines ville and the near-by country. Prof. Bucholz and Dr. Buttrlck of tho gen eral educational board, addressed the convnetlon at night on general educa* tion, after which the convention ad journed. Presidential Nominations. Washington, Special. ? The Presi dent has sent tho following nomina tions to the Se.ixpte: K. McDoh noilgtl; Associate Justice of tho Su premo Court of thwi'hilippino Islands; Willis Van Doventcr, of Wyoming. United States Circuit judge for the "Mghtir Judicial xlrctntr: OHnton P. Irwin, of Illinois Associate Justlco of the Su pronto Court of Oklahoma. Police Chief Shot. - Bamberg. 8. C.. Special? Chief of. Po lice J. B. King was shot and killed by Joe Darls, at the lattw's home. King. ,n la said, went to Darls' house at the Instance of Davis- wife. The latter had quarreled with her husband and desired him to be placed under * peace bond. As King entered Davis ordared him to atop. King Urancrd and fflKV??j*r the doer wfcea Da via shot him fern a wttMow wtih a shot*?. kUIIag hfm^ GHOULS ON TRIAL Grave Robbers Before tlic Court of Jusiice f* INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY Alexander C'.eiiu* Thai lie is of Oood Moral Chirac lor White tl)? Negroes Who Testified Are Not. ? ? ? ^ / Indianapolis. Special. ? The defense in the trail of Dr. J. C. Alexander, charged with heing implicated In the grave robbing eases, outlined itH evi dence as ^n?,in an the court opened Monday. The opening statement wan mam' Dy .or. i^paa-n. *.... ?... cording to Mj\ Spaan, proposed to e show that l>r. Alexander was of goOd moral character. while the negroes who testified against him were dis reputable and nn worthy of belief. The , defense is that when Cantrell and I Martin .v?*nt to Dr. Alexander's office,'' they went, there for the i>urposc of se curing employment to clean up the college, aw. they had done that kind of work ut Chicago and other ^places. Dv. Alexander told them that such em ployment was ont of his department, hut to call again and he would give them an answer. In the meantime he consnlted with several members of the ? faculty and was told that he might em ploy Cantrell, and Dr. Alexander agreed to pay him $30 for the work. On tho second day Cantrell told him that he was furnishing dissecting sub jects tor colleges and would like to 1 furnish some for Dr. Alexander. Dr. Alexander replied that If he could get the bodies legitimately he would pay for them. The defense said that It would show that while Cantrell was before the grand Jury he went to a telephone and called up Dr. Anderson, whose 6f flee was across the hall from Dr. -Alex ander^ office in the Claypool building. Cantrell the defense asserted, made himself known and asked Dr. Ander son to inform Dr. Alexander that ha need not fear, that he (Canfrell) was being paid for what ho was doing and that no harm should come to Dr. Alex* ander. The defense said it would allow that Cantrell had received $55 and ? that thlB money came to him at differ ent times In a white envelope with no signature and the address written la a disguised hand. The theory qf the defense as set forth to the, jhry was that wme one had sent this money to CfeHrell to pay him for the testimony hekwaa giving before the grand Jury. Mr^Spiaawld that the detente would Introduce expert' testimony to show that a man afflict-' ed as Cantrell wa?, as shown by hla^ discharge from the army, was a moyal monster and has no conceptttm ' of right and wrong. Bo wen Not SctiilM. ^shinglon, Spclal.? AUhough~Mr. Bowen and the other negotiator* are cloBely guarding the provisions of the several protocols. It la pd?ratQo4 thai the demands which are known to exist In th? German and Italian igriwaMK; a% they are st present drafted which Mr. Bowen cannot agree to* an increased payment by V? prior to the hsnding down of Hague's decision regarding the alilM' contention for preferential considers* tion in the settlement of their claims* It 1b reported that Germany asks that she receive" In addition totheftWW cash, .that Mr. Bowen has agried to pay, a certain pc rcentageoTthe rat - toms receipts until the remsiiHlsgoC the money demanded in ine original ultimatum addressed^ hj Germany to President Castro, last autumn, Italy, It Is believed . la Inslstl! similar demand, though, the asked for In her ultimatum was over $500,000. ; It is the principle, however, to which Mr. Bowen so strennonslr ob jects, and which he has InformOff tB* ' German and Italian envoys he cannot' 'subscribe to. Until their yiftuwla ^rw relieved of these objectionable, de mands. Mr. Bowen says the* they must remain unsigned. Ha ocstsada that Germany and Italy are Insisting on preferential treatment, a question ' which they agree i? their protocols rihaii go to The Hague. It Is the firm opinion of batli the Italian ambassador and the German minister that the Insertion in their protocols of these demands suit of a serious misunderstanding on' the part of their Foreign Offlcea of cer tain phases of the negotiations which were supposed to be settled. They are using every efTort u> hare this mls understanding cleared up and have in formed Mr. Bowen that they feftpsriflT submit their conventions to htm (m jg few days. r ; Protest Against SismL Washington, Special.? Senator . Bur rows, chairman of ttfs committee on pi lTiit'itB unn %3 ; a protest against the seating o( Hon. Reed Smoot as a Senator fross Utah, on the ground that he la ? apestls of the Mormon Church, and that as a?^ch he should not ?)$jprsseat '4" Utah in the Senate. Tfee vory voluminous and quote* from the sermons, speeches a. Mormon utterances* ehowing tk< power of tha. srioiteadLjgf^ mon Church over *11 BMittMs. ) and tempotaL