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Joe Keenan Pays Penalty.
Jo? Keenan, colored, was hanged
at Greenville in the presence of about
100 persons for the murder of Sam
Williamson, a white man, on1 Novem- !
ber 15th last. Several newspaper men j
were admitted to the jail yard. Keenan
died of strangulation. The execution
was the second legal hanging
which has occurred in this state since
1884.
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Youngster* Defended Mother.
Tom Wilson, aged 30, was shot and
instantly killed by Gillom Willbanks?
a 13-year-old boy. at Greenville. The
shooting took plase on Fall street in
the home of the Willbanks. The
youngster surrendered himself after
the tragedy. He says that Wilson was
beating his mother and he interfered.
Wilson struck the child and the boy
secured a pistol and shot Wilson
through the head.
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Telephone Company Chartered.
The secretary of state has granted
a charter to the Ennoree Belle Telephone
Company, capital stock $025,
divided into 25 shares of $25 each. The
^^corporators are F. Engle. J. W. Allen
'and M. C. Pcole. Books of subscription
are open at the Exchange building,
Ennoree. It is the purpose of tjtiis
new company to construct a metallic
circuit line to Spartanburg to be opened
in connection with the exchange
I y there and with other surrounding
towns. Work of construction will begin
at an early date.
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Another Spartanburg Enterprise.
Another big thing for Spartanburg
Is on foot?a $100,000 power and electric
plant, which is practically assured.
The company proposes to have
the authority under a state charter
to equip, erect cotton mills, lumber
mills and develop water and electric
power?in short, it is to engage in industrial
development and will mean
the encouraging and establishing of
many new manufactories in and about
Sparianburg. Just what contemplations
are within the conception of the
promoters may be understood when it
is stated that the company has the
privilege of increasing its capital
stock to $3,000,000.
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Bishop Duncan Honored.
Bishop William Wallace Duncan, of
Spartanburg, was the recipient of the
degree of LL.D., at the conclusion of
his address at Trinity college on Mon?day
night. The degree was voted by
the trustees at the June meeting, but
was not conferred af the time, owing
to the absence of Bishop Duncan.
President John C. Kilgo conferred the
degree and spoke of the distinguished
churchman in the highest terms. He
spoke of the degree as a work of noble
distinction, the symbol of lerrning.
justice, and strength and.a sober
mind. The address of Bishop Duncan
on the subject, -"The Teacher," was
reported as being a most able effort
? and was heard with pleasurable attention
by all present.
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Navy Yard Work Progressing.
The United States government has
expended more than $1,000,000 thus
far in the work of building a navy
yard at Charleston. Other appropriations
are available, and the work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible. The
preliminary construction does not
show the reaj-achievements of the department,
but* in a few months the
navy yard will take on new life.
The contractors have started in to
dredge* the foundation for the dry
dock. Three years is allowed in which
to complete this important part of the
plant, and the dock will be sufficiently
large to accommodate any vessel in
the havy. Lieutenant Walker, the
United States engineer in charge at
the navy yard, says that by the middle
of April $1,300,000 will have been ex
niant This includes I
pCUUCU VU I.UV
contracts already awarded and others
to be awarded in the near future.
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Will Operate Old Iron Works.
The Morgan Wood and Iron Works,
successor to the old Morgan Iron
Works, will be organized within a few
days by the purchasers of the plant,
which Was sold on salesday in February
to the stockholders for $16,500.
The new company has applied for a
charter, and will be inaugurated with
a capital stock of $40,000. Books of
subscription to the stock of the new
company have been opened at Spartanburg.
The incorporators, who are
among the leading citizens of Spartanburg,
include the following named:
George W. Nicholls. G. S. Coffin, of
Ennoree; W. S. Montgomery, H. L.
Bomar, William M. Jones and Evans
and Finlay.
The stockholders will meet shortly
to elect officers and discuss in all probability
improvements in the present
plant of the old Morgan Iron Works.
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Blind Tigers Must Go.
Governor Heyward's orders to the
fTisnpnsarv constables to break up the
blind tiger business in Charleston ha.?
caused consternation in the city. Ai
no time since the saloons were closeu
has there been a more bitter warfa: *
on the tigers, and raiding squads have
dismantled hundreds of outlaw drinking
Dlaces. Not content with seizing
contraband liquor, the constables have /
carried off furniture and fixtures, and j
the business is demoralized. As many
as six raids have been made on different
establishments daily, and as fast
as one supply is confiscated another
is put in, to be seized an hour later
by the officers.
The governor has not been satisfied
with the manner in which the liquor
business in Charleston has been con- j
ducted. Ho has heard numerous |
chargls of inactivity on the part of
the constables, and the bold, flagrant
way the law was violated has not been
at all pleasing to the new administra
tion. Chief Howie was summoned to 1
Columbia and after a conference with
the governor the chief got instruction^
to break up the unlawful traffic as far
as possible. He was ordered to cripple
the tigers by seizing their prop
erty. Glassware, ice coolers, tables,
i counters and everything that could be
carted off, was seized in the name ot
the state. The tigers have been hard
hit. Many of them have resorted to
! the old methods of equipping their
places with electrical appliances to
warn the clerks of the approach of
the constables. Liquors have been
concealed in every conceivable corner,
but even this is not secure from tlio
eagle eye of the raiding squads. Gov:
ernor Heyward has issued his ultimatum,
and it is said that many di^en#
sary sensations will develop before
the war is carried much further.
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Edward Foster Died of Wound.
Edward Foster, the 16-year-old
school boy, died at his home at Inman
as the result of a bullet wound inflicted
at the hands of his teacher, Reuben
n. Pitts.
It is understood that when he took
a turn for the worse, the wounded
boy realized that he could not survive
and that he made another statement
concerning the shooting, but it coula
not bo learned in what respect it differs
from his former statement at this
time.
The body of Foster wa3 buried in
Mount Zion church yard, at Spartanburg.
and the funeral was largely attended.
Attorneys for Reuben L. Pitts have
served Solicitor T. S. Sease with notice
that they will appear before
Judge Aldrich, in Columbia, and apply
for bail for their client. The following
attorneys represent Mr. Pitts: Simpson
& Bomar, Nichols & Jones and
Stanyarne Wilson.
ICream of News.?'
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day'
?The Carter hearing was concluded
at Savannah, Ga., Monday, Captain
Gillette being the government's last
witness.
?President Roosevelt has called the
senate to meet in extraordinary session.
?The house and senate worked far
into the night Monday night. In the
house the democrats continued to obstruct
legislation.
?Arraigned at Hamilton, Ohio, Alfred
Knapp, who has confessed to
murdering many women, pleaded not
guilty.
?The postoffice department has
made public the correspondence in the
Indianola case. There is nothing new
in the correspondence.
?The senatorial deadlock in Delaware
has been broken by the election
of Allee (Addicks) for the long term
and Ball (anti-Addicfls) for the short
term. The result is considered an
Addicks victory.
?An attempt in the British house of
commons to disfranchise Galway because
of the election of Colonel Lynch
was defeated.
?Advices from China state that a
rebel plot to seize and sack the city of
Canton has been discovered.
?Terrific seas are running in the
English channel and many disasters to
ships are reported.
?It is reported that a detachment
of 200 men, led by an American, has
been annihilated in Honduras.
?Atlanta Typographical Union favors
arbitration in settling existing
differences with the Employing Print;
ers' club.
?William Ellis Farmer and his victim,
Captain James Christian, his
father-in-law, were buried at Joneshr?rr?
fifl SllTldav.
?The Macon, Ga., police force
chaiged hands Sunday, Chief Patrick
Murphy taking charge to succeed Hon.
John T. Bouifeuillet, who will at once
take full charge of The Macon News
as editor in chief.
?Attorneys for the prosecution in
the Skinner killing case at Raleigh,
state that 100 persons saw Haywooa
fire the first shot at Skinner. It is
also stated that Haywood wrote a contemptuous
note to Mrs. Skinner, sending
a copy of it to her sister.
?Twent-eight coal barges, carrying
28,000 tons of coal valued at $75,000,
sunk in the Mississippi opposite Lake
Providence, La., Sunday.
?As the result of heavy rains the
rivers of the Mississippi valley and
throughout the southwest are unusually
high and reports of damages from
the floods come from many quarters.
?The house held a four hours' session
Sunday and passed the district
bill.
?The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad has agreed to an advance
in salaries of employees.
?Speculators in "Ben Hur" tickets
?' i? Ktt "R ocnrcl pi'
are given nfn\ v im^o u; ^>vw.
Nash R. Broyles at Atlanta.
?Major R. E. Wilson, doorkeeper
of the Georgia senate for a number
of years, died at his home near Spring
Place Friday.
?Evidence given in the Carter hearing
at Savannah alleges great extravagance
in the jetty work in cumberland
sound. It is estimated that the
portion now intact cost the government
$39 per cubic yard.
?At Micanopy, Fla., burglars dynamited
a safe, but got little money, as j
they failed to enter the vault.
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?President Roosevelt has sent a
message to the senate appealing for
Philippine legislation. He says famine
is imminent.
?The Ice manufacturers of the south
held their annual convention Wednesday
in Atlanta.
?Georgia troops who served during
the Spanish-American war will receive
an additional $50,000 from the federal
government.
FOR EXTRA SESSION
Of tin C ogress President Roosevelt
Issnes a Call.
TO RECONVENE MARCH FIFTH
Proclamation Is Brief and States that
"Public Interests Require that
Senate Should Convene In
Extraordinary Session."
The president Wednesday, issued
the following proclamation:
By the President of the United States
of America,
A PROCLAMATION:
Whereas, public interests require
that the senate should convene in extraordinary
ssssion; therefore I, Theodore
Roosevelt, president of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim
and declare that an extraordinary
occasion requires the senate of
the United States to convene at the
capital, in the city of Washington, on
the 5th day of March, next, at 12
o'clock neon, of which all persons who
shall at that time be entitled to act as
members of that body are hereby required
to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal
call on each report.
Washington, the 2nd day of March in
the year of our lord, one thousand,
nine hundred and three and tne independence
of the United States, the one
hundredth and twenty seventh.
THEODORE ROOsEVELT.
By the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.
Little Progress in Senate.
After a long session Monday night,
which was not without its sensational
features, the senate took a recess
until Tuesday morning without making
any material progress with the
Aldrich currency bill. Everything else
had been laid aside by the administration
leaders in their efforts to force
this through in the closing hours of
the session. The Philippines tariff
bill has been definitely abandoned as
the treaties had been before. Formal
acknowledgement of the impossibility
to ratify the treaties before Wednesday
were made early in the day, when
the president issued a proclamation
calling the senate into extra session,
beginning March 5.
It was not until comparatively late
Monday afternoon that Senator Aidrich
succeeded in getting his bill before
the senate. Almost immediately
it developed that there was more opposition
to it than he had counted upon;
not only this, but that some Oi. the opposition
was of a character which
presaged an increase of trouble rather
than a decrease. Senators who haa
been particularly active for the statehood
bill opened up the vials of their
criticism upon Senator Aldrich, who,
as everybody knew, organized the filibuster
which forced the abandonment
of that bill.
The republican managers in the
house have devised another rule to
still further reduce the minority's power
to filibuster and Monday morning
it was ordered favorably reported by
the committee on rules. It adopts
senate methods of sending to conference
general bills with senate amendments
which has been pursued with
reference to appropriation bills, thus
cutting off several roll calls and by a
further provision cuts out the demand
for the previous question on conference
reports, thus eliminating a roll
call on each report.
In their concerted effort to force an
extra session of congress, the democrats
of the house continued their filibustering
tactics throughout the day
Monday, forcing a roll call upon every
possible occasion, and, by calls of the
house, forcing "the attendance of republican
members. Since the filibustering
began there were more roll
calls than during the entire session
before.
Galway Not Disfranchised.
A motion to disfranchise Galway in
consequence of its action in electing
Colonel Arthur Lynch, recently convicted
of high treason, was defeated
in the English house of commons
Monday by 248 to 45 vetw.
CANDIDATES MUST WIELD HOE.
Farmers in Lee County, Mississippi,
Organize Against "Plague."
In Lee county, Mississippi, the
farmers have a most unique organiza- I
tion, the purpose of wnich is to make
the candidates pay in hard labor for
the support pledges they receive. At
a mass meeting of the farmers recently
held in that county the following
remarkable resolutions were adopted:
"Resolved, That we purchase a supply
of hoes to be used by the candidates
in this campaign; and be it
"Resolved, That when a district candidate
appears on a farm we are to
require him to hoe two round
.TO FIGHT DIVORCE LIBEL.
General Phil Byrd Alleges Service of
Papers by Sheriff Was Illegal.
An Atlanta, Ga., news item states
that General Phil G. Byrd will appear
at the next term of the Dekalb county
superior court, which meets in a few
days, and attempt to have the divorce
libel brought against him by Mrs.
Byrd dismissed on the ground that the'
service of the sheriff 01 DeKalb county
was illegal.
CUBAN TREATY A THORN.
European Powers Make Pointed Inquiries
Concerning Its Features.
Although only one protest has so far
been filed with tne state department
by European powers against the ratification
of the Cuban treaty, it is
[ learned that polite but pointed inquiI
ries have supplemented mc note .oe;l
: by the British ambassador trom other
i parties interested, notably France and
other European beet sugar producing
I countries.
PRES.DENI STATES POSITION
i In Regard to Southern Appointment#
in Personal Letter to Editor How*
ell, of Atlanta Constitution.
The following, in part, is a letter
from President Roosevelt to me editor
of The Atlanta Constitution, in reply
to a request for an expression concerning
the recent letter from Mr.
Harry Stillwell Edwards, of Macon,
Ga., in which Mr. Edwards made a
statement of the president's position
in the matter of federal appointments
In the south, holding that the presii
dent had been misunderstood. President
Roosevelt writes:
"Dear Mr. Howell: As to federal
appointments in the south, frankly, it
seems to me that my appointments
speak for themselves and that my policy
is self-explanatory. So far from
feeling that they need the slightest
apology or justification, my position is
that on the strength of what I have
done I have the right to claim the support
of all'good citizens who wish not
only a high standard of federal service,
but fair and equitable dealing to
the south, as well as to tne north and
a policy of consistent justice and good
*.vill tnwanl nil Tr> m n L-i n an.
pointments I have sought to consider
tho feelings of the people of each locality
so far as I could consistently
do so without sacrificing principle.
The prime tests I have applied have
been those of character, fitness and
ability, and when 1 have been dissatisfied
with what has been offered within
my own party lines, I have, without
hesitation, gone to the opposite party
?and you are, of course, aware that I
have repeatedly done this in your own
state of Georgia. I certainly cannot
treat mere color a permanent bar to
holding office any mere than I could
so treat creed or birthplace?always
provided that in other respects the applicant
or incumbent is a worthy and
well-behaved American citizen. Just
as little will I treat It as conferring a
right to hold office.
"I will welcome testimony from you
or from any other reputable citizen
which will tend to show that a given
public officer is unworthy; and, most
emphatically, short will be the shift
of any one wnose lack of worth is
proven. Incidentally I may mention
that a large percentage of the incumbents
of federal offices in Georgia under
me are, as I understand it, of your
own political faith. But they are supported
by me in every way as long as
they continue to render good and
faithful service to the public.
Pained at Outcry from South.
"This is true of your own state and
by applying to Mr. Thomas Nelson
Page, of Virginia; to General Basil
Duke, of Kentucky; to Mr. George
Crawford, of Tennessee; to Mr. John
Mcllhenny, of Louisiana; to Judge
Jones, of Alabama, and Mr. Edgar 3.
Wilson, of Mississippi, all of them
democrats and all of them men of the
highest standing in their respective
communities, yon will find that what
I have done in Georgia stands not as
the exception, but as the rule for what
I have done throughout the south. I
Vora rao can tn hpltp\'p that mv
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appointees in the different states mentioned?and
as the sum of the parts
In the whole, necessarily in the south
at large?represent not merely an improvement
upon those whose places
they took, but upon the whole a higher
standard of feden^ service than
has hitherto been attained in the communities
in question. I may add that
the proportion of colored men among
these new appointees is only about
one in a hundred.
"In view of all these facts, I have
been surprised and somewhat pained
at what seems to me the incomprehensible
outcry in the south about my actions?an
outcry apparently started in
New York for reasons wholly unconnected
with the question nominally at
issue.
"I am concerned at the attitude thus
taken by so many of the soutnern people;
but I am not in the least angry;
and still less will this attitude have
the effect of making me swerve one
hair's breadth, to one side or the other,
from the course I nave marked out
?the course I have consistently fol
lowed In the past and shall consistently
follow in the future.
"With regard, Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
GIGANTIC MERGER RUMORED.
Stocks of Half Dozen Big Railways
May Soon be Consolidated.
j A dispatch to The New York Times
I says a company, similar in purpose
and organization to the Northern Securities
Company, is being formed to
take over the stock of the 'Frisco and
Rock Island, the Southern, the Atchison
and the Central of Georgia railways.
The dispatch says the company is
being organized by J. P. Morgan &
Co., and the general belief is that the
rumors relative to its formation are
on good authority.
I
MABINI MAKES PROMISE.
Erstwhile Bellicose Filipino Official
Takes the Oath of Allegiance.
i A dispatch from Manila says: Maj
bini, the former president of the Fill*
: pino supreme court, and at one time
! minister for foreign affairs in the Filipino
government, took the oath of alle|
giance Friday on his arrival from
I Guam, to which place he was deported
December, 1?99.
PRESIDENT HAS COLO.
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Took Ride in Snow Sicrm and Has
Throat Trouble in Consequence.
President Roosevelt's insisting upon
I leading the strenuous life has put him
! again in the doctors' hands, says ?,
: Washington dispatch. This lime tm
, trouble is with his throat. A coupif
: of days ago he and litre:: Speck nv
j Sternberg, the Gernnn envoy. wo;t:
| for a forr hours' horseback ride in a
I blinding snow storm.
DEMOCRATSWRATHY
Over Action of Repsblicans in
Unseating Busier in tionse.
VOW TO BLOCK LEGISLATION
Minority Charges that Alleged Summary
Action Was Taken
Without Quorum Being j
Present.
A Washington special says: Mr.
Fleming, of Georgia, was able to forc?
admission upon the journal and tho
record of the house Friday the facts
concerning the or sting of Congressman
Butler. Mr. Fleming rose to a
question of privilege and submitted a
resolution citing that the records show
there was no quorum present when
Speaker Pro Tern. Dalzell declared the
resolution unseating Butler to have
been Dasscd.
Under the rules of the house Mr.
Fleming was entitled to opportunity to
explain his point and to furnish authority
in support thereof. He had an array
of authorities on the desk before
him, but Speaker Henderson did not
intend to.give him any opportunity to
have the action of the republican majority
aired upon the floor of the
house.
Fleming Is Silenced.
Immediately after Mr. Fleming's resolution
had been read, Mr. Payne, of
New York, acting upon the speaker's
instructions, moved that the resolution
be tabled. Under the rules, Mr. Fleming-still
had the floor, and it could not
be taken from him for a motion of this
kind, but that, of course, made no difference.
Speaker Henderson declared
Mr. Payne had the right to make such
a motion, and the speaker then put it
to the house. The democrats could
only demand a roll call. The republicans
stuck to the speaker and Payne
to a man, and the resolution was tabled
by a party vote.
Mr. Fleming's resolution was as follows:
"Whereas, It appears from the Congressional
Record of February 26, 1903,
that by actual count and announcement
by the speaker pro tern., a quorum
of the house was not present
when the resolutions were voted upon
declaring that James J. Butler was not
elected and that George C. Wagoner
was duly elected a representative in
the fifty-seventh congress from the
twelfth Missouri district, and that the
point of no quorum was duly raised
upon the vote of each of said resolutions,
and that the same, in each instance,
was overruled by the speaker
pro tern, in violation of tne constitution,
the rules of the house and all
parliamentary bodies;
"Resolved, That the announcement
by the speaker pro tem. that said resolutions
were adopted was, in fact, untrue,
and tnat said James J. Butler is
still entitled to his seat in this house,
and that said George C. Wagoner id
not now entitled to same.'
Democrats Filibuster.
At Friday's session the ^ emoerats of
the house carried out their threat
made, that if Mr. Butler was unseated
they would do everything in their
power to block legislation from now
until congress expires March 4. The
result was another stormy session, prolonged
from 11 o'clock Friday morning
until 7 o'clock p. m. Roll call succeeded
roll call, and at every pause party
passion manifested itself in bitter and
acromonious denunciation.
Two rules were brougnt in to expedite
the legislative day of Thursday in
order to reduce as much as possible
the minority power to obstruct legislation.
During the debate on the rules
the democrats voiced their condemnation
of what they denominated Thursday's
outrageous action of the chair.
I *?alslators Denounce Congress.
The Missouri house of represents |
Lives, Friday, adooted the following
resolution relative to tne unseating of
James J. Butler, of St. Louis:
"Resolved, That this house denounce
the action of the present national
house of representatives for unseating
the congressman from the twelfth district
as rank partisanship.
NO LIQUOR FOR TAR HEELS.
North Carolina Legislature Ratifies the
the Watts Prohibition Bill.
Prohibition will prevail throughout
North Carolina except in towns after
July 1 next. The Watts bill was ratified
in the legislature Thursday. Liquor
can not be manufactured or so.d
except in towns, and they have a privi
lege of voting on the question.
Cash for Ex-Queen Lil.
The senate has passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill which carries
an appropriation of $>200,000 to exQueen
Liloukalanl, of Hr.waii.
TALKS OF CRIMES IN SLEEP.
Multi-Murderer Knapp Thoroughly
Impregnated with Depravity.
It is currently reported about the
iail at Hamilton, Ohio, that Knapp is
considering a confession that will
cover other crimes.
He is a pronounced talker in his
sleep, but his words are not plain. He
mumbles things all the time, and the
opinion is that he is going over and
over the scenes of his awful crimes.
COTTON ABOVE TEN CENTS.
Another New Record for the Seacon
Made in Now York Thursday.
Cotton made a new high figure for
the season Thursday and the feeling
011 'change is that prices have not yet
reached the limit in this movement.
With an active dry goods trade and
a small stock of cotton in the visible
supply, operators in control of the future
market are able to advance prices
easily.
FAMINE IN PHILIPPINES.
President Sends Message to Senate
Asking that Immediate Relief be
Given Islanders.
President Roosevelt, late Friday afternoon,
sent the following message to '
the senate:
"I have just received a cable from
Governor Taft which reaas as iollows:
" 'Necessity for passage of the nouso 1
tariff bill most urgent. The conditions
of productive industry and business
is considerably worse than it was
in November, the date 01 the last report,-and
growing worse each m/mth.
Some revival in sugar and tc?>acco
prices due to expectation of tar? law.
The interests of Filipinos in suj^hr and
tobacco extensive and failure of bill
will be a blow in the face of those interests.
Number of tooacco factories
will have to close, and many sugar haciendas
will be put up for sale at a
sacrifice if the bill will not pass. Customs
receipts have fallen this month
one-third, showing decrease of purchasing
power of islands and general
business stagnant. Ail political parties,
including labor unions, most
strenuous In petition for tariff bills.
Effect nf its failure are very discourag
ing.'
"Vice Governor Luke Wright indorsed
in the strongest manner all that
Governor Taft has said, and states
that he has the gravest r pprehensions
as to the damage that may come to
the islands if there is not a substantial
reduction in tariff levied against Philippine
goods coming into tne United
States, I very earnestly ask that this
matter receive the immediate attention
cf congress and that the relief prayed
for be granted.
"As congress knows, a series of ca- |
lamities have befallen the Philippine
people. Just as they were emerging
from nearly six years of devastating
warfare, with the accompanying destruction
of property and creaking up
of the bonds of social order and the
habits of peaceful industry there occurred
an epidemic of rinderpest which
destroyed 90 per cent of the caribou,
the Filipino cattle, leaving the people
without draft animals to till the lands
or to aid in the ordinary work 01 farm
and village life. At the same time, a
peculiar Oriental horse disease became
epidemic, further cripplinj trans ortatlon.
The rice crop, already reduced
by various causes to but one-fourth of
its ordinary size, has been damaged
by locusts, so that the price of rice
has nearly doubled.
"Under these circumstances, there is
imminent danger ot famine in the islands.
Congress is in course of generously
appropriating $3,000,000 to meet
the immediate needs; but the indispensable
and pre-eminent need is the resurrection
of productive industry from
the prostration into which It has been
thrown by the causes enumerated. I
ask action In the tariff matter, not,
merely from the standpoint i of wise
??v?rTimontoi nniirv hnf as a measure
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of humanity in response to an appeal
to which this great people should not
close its ears. We have assumed responsibilities
toward the Philippine Islands
which we are in honor bound to
fulfill. We have the specific duty of
taking every measure in our power to
see to their prosperity.
"The calamities which have befallen
and are above enumerated could have
been averted by no human wisdom.
They cannot be completely repaired;
but the suffering can be greatly alleviated
and a permanent basis 01 future
prosperity be assured if the economic
relations of the Islands with the United
States arc put upon a satisfactory
basis.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
"White House, February 27, 1903."
PETTICOATS IN POOL ROOM.
Alleged Gambling Joint Run by Women
Raided In New York.
At New York, Friday, a number of
policemen raided an alleged women's
pool room in ?the rear of a saloon in
West Eighth street. There were
about twenty women in the place at
the time, and they were thrown into a
panic. A woman who said she was
Miss Annie Simmons was arrested on
a warrant charging her with keeping
the pool room, and several anegeu
male attendants were also arestod.
GEN. GORDON RESTS WELLFlood
of Telegrams of Inquiry Show
Affection in Which He is Held.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
The love and the reverence of the people
of the south for General John B.
Gordon, commander in cuier of the
United Confederate Veterans, was '
strikingly shown iriday when hun- i
dreds of telegrams making anxious inquiry
concerning his condition poured
into Jackson from all parts of the .
south and many northern states.
The distinguished patient passed a
good day, although he is quite weak
from his illness, caused by acute indigestion
and nervous collapse. <
NO CASH FOR DUSKY LIL.
Conferees Strike Item of Pay from
Appropriation Bill.
The conferees on the sundry civil .
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appropriation bill agreea iu sumc
the senate amendment for the appro- ,
priation of $200,000 for the payment of
the claims of former Queen Lilioukalani,
of Hawaii, ani also the appropriation
of $350,000 for the extension of
the immigrant station at Ellis island.
NEGRO YIELDS TO MAMMON.
Vanderbllt Finally Secures that NineAcre
Strip of Land.
George W. Yanderbilt has purchased
of Joshua Moore, colored, of Asheville,
N. C., nine acres of land for $2,250. The j
land purchased would have been dear <
at ten dollars an acre to any one but !
Mr. Vanderbilt. i
This is one of the parcels of land
inclosed by the Vanderbllt estate and
which the millionaire had heretofore
vainly tried to secure. <
GENERAL GORDON STRICKEN.
Unknown and Among Strangers He
Was Taken Violently ill on Board
a Train in Mississippi.
General John B. Gordon, commander
In chief of the United Confederate Veterans,
was taken violently ill on board
an Alabama and Vicksburg train while
en route to Jackson, Miss., Thursday
night from Clinton, where he delivered
a lecture.
It was necessary to remove him from
the train on a stretcher, and he suffered
several severe spells of nausea
while being carried to the Lawrence
house.
Unknown for a Time.
The following dispatch was sent
out from New Orleans:
A man apparently in the greatest
suffering and agony was taken off the
Alabama and Vicksburg train at Jackson,
Miss., a short time before midnight.
He was moaning and screaming
in his pain. He had to be carried
on a stretcher from the depot to the
hotel. On account of the hotel being
overcrowded he was left seated in the
rotunda.
No one knew him, but when he recovered
from the worst of the attack
V?a f a1 A fViAtr. Via nr o o flannrol ToVltl
lie tuiu mum uu u ao u^uv/iai UVUM v.
Gordon, of Georgia, commander in
chief of the Confederate Veterans.
As soon as this was known a room
was obtained for him and doctors were
sent for. They found his condition
serious.
For years General Gordon has suffered
from spells of acute indigestion,
which always cause intense pain to the
sufferer and are accompanied by dangerous
symptoms. The last serious
spell of this nature came some time
before the reunion of Confederate veterans
in Atlanta, and while General
Gordon was on his way to the city
from his homo near Decatur. He was
removed from the Decatur car to the
Aragon hotel, where his condition was
shortly relieved. It was some time,
however, before General Gordon fully
recovered from this attack.
Throughout the greater part of the
winter General Gordon has been on
his plantation near Miami, Fla., with'
the members of his family. His health
there was better than it has been in
years. The Members of his family
who are still at Miami have been notified
of his serious condition.
General Gordon has been on an extended
tour of the country for the last
few weeks. He has lectured in several
western cities and has everywhere
been received with ovations.
BIG BLAZE IN CINCINNATI.
Half Square in Center of City Burned,
Entailing Enormous Loss.
Cincinnati was visited with fire
Thursday that destroyed one-half of a
square in the most central part and
caused a loss of over two millions of
dollars.
The burning embers were carried for
-1
miles, tne KentucKy suuurus ucxug veered
with them.
The fire departments of Covington,
Newport and other Kentucky towns
came promptly to the assistance of the
local firemen and it was noon before
their combined efforts had the conflagration
under control. ,
The American Book Company will
lose a quarter of a million on their publishing
house and stock of machinery.
The plates of the eclectic system of
school books are all stored in this
building, which was well equipped with
presses and electrical apparatus in
publishing work. Robert Clarke &
Co. place their loss at $350,000, including
$175,000 in-plates of law books and
other works. Among the other large
losses are the following:
Pike building, $475,000, insurance
$180,000; Seasongood building, $125,000;
Harrison building. $125,000; Fordick
building, $125,000; Duhme Bros.,
jewelers, $75,000; Richter & Phillips,
jewelers, $50,000; Joffee's grocery, $15,000;
Strauss, wholesale cigar store,
$75,000.
Most of those in the Pike building
were without insurance as the rate
has recently put at what some of them
considered too high.
Mrs. Fairbanks Again President.
Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, of
*? "nonimciiiclv
mui&iia, w . v
president general of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at Washington
Thursday.
BUTLER LOSES SEAT.
Democrats Charge that Speaker Henderson
Ran Roughshod Over Them.
A Washington special says: The
seat of Democratic Representative
Butler, of St. Louis, was vacated late
Thursday evening and his republican
contestant Wagoner, was declared entitled
to the seat. The democrats
claim that in the face of his own declaration,
that there was no quorum,
Speaker Henderson reversed himself
and declared that there was a quorum,
because one had been shown an hour
before. He then declared the resolution
to seat Wagoner adopted.
SMOOT A POLYGAMIST.
Affidavit that He Has Two Wives Presented
in Senate.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, presented to tho senate
Thursday a protest signed by Rev. J.
L. Leitch, representing the Ministers'
Association of Salt Lake, against the
nQoHno- nf Rppd Smoot.
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The statement, which is swurn to,
declares that Smoot is a polygamist
NEW INDUSTRY FOR SOUTH.
English Company Will Spend Millions
In Cotton Yarn Manufacture.
According to a Boston dispatch a
$15,000,000 British corporation, the
British Cotton and Wool Dyers' Association
(limited) of Bradford, England.
Is preparing for operation through the
south and east. The company has a
newly invented American process for
mercerizing yarns which, it is claimed,
will revolutionize the cotton yarn industry
throughout the world.
FIEND'S CONFESSION I
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Kaapp Admits Assajflt and Murder
of ManyTVomen. ,
NAMES FIVE OF BIS VICTIMS J
Mysterious Murders that Baffled Alt %
Efforts to Solve Revealed by Depraved
Criminal Now In
* Law's Clutches.
Albert Knapp, arrested in Indian- '
apolis Wednesday and who is now confined
in the Butler county jail at Ham- :J
ilton, Ohio, self-confessed as the most
depraved criminal run to earth since
the deeds of H. H. Holmes were laid
bare in 1895, has the following crime* . - ?1
at his door, by self confession, with the ;v||
exception of the barn burning:
Emma Littleman, killed in a Clncinnati
lumber yard January 21, 1894. " 58
Marv "TCckert Rtrflncled to death on
posite the Cincinnati Young Men's ^?1
Christian Association, August 1, 1894. > yS&m
Jennie Connors Knapp, his second
wife, murdered in Cincinnati *and '
thrown Into the canal there, August
Ida Gebhardt, a child, assaulted and Jftmurdered
in Indianapolis, July 19, 8
1895, her body found^several days lat- ^
er in a barn in West Indianapolis.
Hanna Goddard Knapp, his third
wife, murdered at Hamilton, Ohio, and
her body thrown Into tfcs Miami river,
December 22, 1902.
His Prison Record. 'jS
Knapp has served fivs prison sentences,
three for larceny and two for
assault. He has served two terms at
Jeffersonville, Ind.; one at Columbus,
Ohio; one at Joliet, Ills., and one at ;||9
Michigan City, Ind., to which prison
he was sent from Indianapolis in 1896
for assault on Bessie Drapier, a child. ' ^
Since his return to Indianapolis in
December, he has, the police feel sure, $2
been guilty of two barn burnings.
When he was convicted for the Dra* 3M
pier assault he threatened to get even
with every one concerned in his conviction.
Former Sheriff Womack, then sher- . %
iff, gained his enmity. His barn was I
recentily burned and several thousand
dollars' worth of fine horses and im? '"\
ported cattle were roasted to death.
A1 Boardman was one of the jurors
who convicted him. His barn was < ^
burned about six or seven weeks ago. '-JcS
Almost every hour adds to the long -rA
list of crimes laid to the man's door.
Hannah Goddard Knapp, the mur* |
der's third?wifer^c^lled_ at the office
of an Indianapolis atf6rney~!asrJTCto- - _ , j
ber and asked him to bring divorce
proceedings for her. She said she fear- jSg
ed her husband would murder her, as
he had made threats. He told her she
had not lived in Indianapolis long
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CilUUgil lui a ui>v>v..
His Sensational Arrest
Knapp was routed from his bed at ;;s:
the home of his bride, formerly Anna May
Gamble, at 630 Indiana avenue
Wednesday, by the police and taken to
Hamilton on the* charge of murder.
Knopp's confession, which was ^
sworn to before Mayor Bosch, Is as
follows:
"On January 21, 1894,1 killed Bmma / :3
Llttleman in a lumber yard In Gest
street, Cincinnati. ?'
"On August 1, 1894, I killed May
Eckert in Walcut street, opposite tha
Y. M. C. A., In Cincinnati. '
"On August 7, 1894, I killed my
wife, Jennie Connors Knapp, under
the canal bridge in Liberty street, Cincinnati,
and threw her into the canaL
"In Indianapolis, in July, 1895, I a
killed Ida Gebhardt
"On December 22, 1902, I kiled my -''M
wife, Annie Knapp, at 339 South
Fourth street, in Hamilton, and threw
i *V,.r ?lror nut hv LindenwakL
ner miu uc
This Is the truth."'
(Signed) "ALBERT KNAPP."
"I make this statement of my own . 1
free will and not by the request of any , ^
officer or anyone else.
(Signed) "ALBERT KNOPP."
"Sworn to before me this 26th day of
February, 1903.
(Signed) "C. F. BOSCH, Mayor."
CARTER'S EXTRAVAGANT WORK.
Fernandlna Jetties Badly Constructed M
and Almost Total Loss. |||
At the hearing Friday In the case .
of ex-Captain O. M. Carter, at Savaa- ^
nah, Ga., before Examiner Hewlitt, tfestimony
was introduced to show that '. -'hi
Carter had conducted work in Fernan- ^
dina harbor with great extravagance!
James H. Bacon, a civil engineer, tes- .
tified that the Fernandina jetties built
in 1896, lost 90 per cent of their vol- ^
ume by 1900. Jetties built by Gillette <|||
at thev same place were cheaper and ?||?
more substantial. The attorney for
Carter made frequent objection to Introduction
of testimony.
EVIDENCE AGAINST CARTER.
Hearing in Savannah Regarding Con- Jsi
fiscation of Property Closes.
The hearing of evidence for the government
in the proceedings instituted
to confiscate $50,000 worth of proper-'
ty of ex-Captain O. M. Carter, now in
?'?? nf ron- -A
Leaven worm prisuu, ? ?
spiracy, was concluded at Savannah,
Ga., Monday.
SLUGGERS REACH AGREEMENT,
Corbett and Jeffries to Sign for Another
Championship Contest.
James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries
were matched Sunday afternoon
to meet In a return match for tht
world's heavyweight championships,
The fight will take place in California
some time during June or July. The
fighters decided not to sign articles on
the Sabbath, and this detail was put
off till Thursday, when a meeting will ; be
held in Baltimore and signatures -if
will be affixed to the agreement.