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MARCH 26, 1908. WRi VBIT JAPAN American Ned Accepts Kind lovft^iofl of Emperor MAY GO TO CHINA IF INVITED ? President BMwidt and Hi Oftbtart OouUer Long and ffw? fly Ik* Cordial bvitattoa From tki Bm ptror and Decide to flsllsfj His Desirs to Yitw the Bif Wittw, Washington, Special. ? The Aatni oan battleship fleet is to risit Japan The desire of the Emperor of the island kingdom to play host to ths "Bif Sixteen" was laid before Sec retary Root by Bsron Takahira, ths Japanese ambassador. The invitation which was couched in the most cor dial terms, was made the subject of extended consideration by President Roosevelt and his entire Cabinet. Secretary Root was directed to ac sept the invitation, and the accept ance was laid before the Japanese ambassador. It is regarded in offi cial circles here as more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the fleet, and that should this be the case the invitation would be accepted. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pillsbury, chief of navigation, are arranging the details of the new itinerary. With the exception of. China, it is believed to have been determined that all other invitations, should any be received, will be de clined, for at best the fleet will now not be able to reach the Atlantic sea* board before the first of next March. The itinerary which seems to be the most direct includes stops at the Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, Mel bourne, Sydney, Manila, Yokohama ? should that port be selected as the stopping place in Japan ? possibly a Chinese port, bark to the Philippines and then home by way of the Sues canal, with only such stops as are necessary for coaling. The fall target practice has been planned to occupy a month at Ma nila either before or after Che visit to Japan. The desire to have the fleet return to its home station may lead to a curtailment of the montb planned for Manila. Japan will have the ships a week, according to tenative plans. The aoeptance of the Japanese invitation is regarded in official circles as of considerable importance in the way of administration of the cordiality existing between the American and Japanese govern ments. The added trip is nearly equal in distance to a voyage from New York to Europe. Census Report. Washington, Special. ? The Censua Bureau in its final pinners' report for the present year makes the total cotton ginned this season 11,261,000 bales, counting round bales as halves and including lintcrs. Last year it was 13,290,000. In 1906 it was 10, 725,602. By states the number of bales are (running bales) ? North Carolina, 64S.517; So\ith Carolina, 3,175,37.r>; Texas, 2,271,724; Georgia, 1,891,900. Force Reduced One-Half. Nashville, Special. ? Five hundred men who were employed in the Louis ville and Nashville locomotive de partment, Nashville, Chattanooga and Rt. Louis railway shops here, have beeu laid off. Orders were is sued to the men on account of de creased business and the intention of the road to decrease expenses on every hand. This means a saving of $30,000 a month to the road. There are still over five hundred men in the shops. Many of the men laid off are experienced wokmen. Negro Soldiers Arrested For Murder. Mobile, Ala., Special. ? Ishara Bish op Eilrod, 20 years old, an enlisted soldier at Fort Morgan, was carried back to Tazewell, Tenn., under a charge of murder. Tho soldier ad mits the killing, claiming that a man named Harris killed his dog and that he killed Harris. Norfolk & Western Employes Re fuse Company's Proposition. Rosnoke, Va., Special. ? The em ployes of the Norfolk ft Western Railway Company declined to accept tho proposition submitted to tliern by the road on February 24th, which was "that in any month that the com pany's gross earnings are less than $2,500,000 that llieir rates of pay will be computed on the rates in ef fect previous to the last adjustment; this arangeincnt to remain in effect for a period of 10 mouths from the date of its adoption." Admiral Evans to Be Relieved. Washington, Specisl. ? Offlcisl an noon bdoT, 8. dHwbb SRLZBBBB noun cement was made Tuesday af ternoon by Secretary MoVa^f that Rear Admiral Evans on bis owu application and on account of ijl health will be relieved of command of the batleships at San Francisco and that he will be succeeded by Ad miral Thomas, now second in com mand. RUSSIAN CODE DUELLO The Affair of Honor mm Ortiwlh ?f a MMorudn, fat Wkkh ml Smirnoff QmtioMd thoOoar ago of General Pock. St. Petersburg, By Coble. ? Lieu tenant General Smirnoff woo eerious ly wounded in a duel fought have Wednesday morning, with lieute* ant General Fock. The men met in the riding school of the Chevalier Guard Regiment and fought with pistols, a distance of 80 paces sep arating them. A duel waa caused by the memo vmdura written by General Smirnoff a I the siege of Port Arthur, in which le questioned the courage of General Toe.X The latter considered that hia nonov and reputation were involved and challenged the author of the memorandum. The riding school was placed at ?he disposition of the combatants by the command of the * regiment and the duel occurred with the full Vnowledge and approbation of the nilitary authorities. It was wit nessed by several officers of high rank and it was. eported that several Tomen were presvat. Shortly before V 14 o'clock Generr^J Fock and SmirnoA appeared at the riding school. Wit\ U saluting they took the places assigned by their seo onds were his brother-in-law, Vladi onds wer his brother-in-latr, Vladi mir, M. Purishkevich, a member of the Duma, and Captain Schultz, of the navy, while for General Fock, Captain Sido, adjutant to General Stoeasel, and Lieutenant Pedgursky, one of the Port Arthur heroes, offi ciated. The duelists were instructed to open fee at the word of command and con tinue until one or the other was hit. At General Frock's fourth shot Gen eral Smirnoff groaned and sank for ward. He had been wounded in the abdomen above the riyht hip. lie Was carried in a litter to the military hospital, where doctors employed Roentgen rays to locate the bullet. Mr. Cleveland la 71. Lakewood, N. J., Special. ? After a f?iet, teafly celebration of his 71st birthday anniversary, Grover Cleve land, for eight years President of tin United States, wss able to say at sight that he was in better health than for some time past. Mr. Clevc* land immensely enjoyed the little af fair prepared in his honor in whicb only those of the home circle and ? ?ery few intimate friends parting pated. The former President said : "I am feeling much better than i have for some time before. Already the benefit of the Lakewood climate t apparent. A little trouble with my it nad made impossible long walks during the last few weeks. Today, however, I was able to enjoy a longer stroll than has been possible befor for many months." Arson and Rape Oharged. Greenville, S. C., Special ? William and Earle Payne, father and son, re spectively, are lodged in the county jail, both charged with capital of fenses, of a different nature. T^e elder Payne, who is 65 years of age charged with arson, and the yonrnr ??r one it charged with having ravish ed a young negro girl. Earle Payne the young man, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the girl's par ents, and while the latter were in this eity it is claimed that the eldei Payne burned their house. The evi dence against both of them is sn:d to be strong. The Paynes are white people and heretofore have horn? good reputations. Both crimes *vvt committed abopf four u>ihs fr? * V | city Georgian Kileld in Boiler Explosic* Folkston, Ga., Special. ? Yin- b?! er at the saw mill of G. W. M ? ?? ?? at Homeland, blew up Wednesl killing Mr. Moore, the proprietor. ?" stantly, and seriously scalding l!ne< other men. Mr. Moore came hm from north Georgia a few years ai."? and was one of the wealthiest -n r. in this section of the State. Unknown Ne?vo Shoots Two Whit* Men. Jackson, Miss., Special. ? An un known netjro shot and fatally wound ed Baxter and Rufus Burns at Burns Miss., late Wednesday. Both arr relatives of United S?nte* Senatot McLaurin, of Mississippi. Governor Noel has sent bloodhounds from the Rankin county convict farm in pur suit. The vicinity is greatly excited and a largo posse is reported ns-i'st ing in the search of the culpriv. Tin* cause of the shooting has not beer, ascertained. General Stcci el's S^ntrnco. Sj. Petersburg, By Cable.- -General Stoeasel has been granted a few days more liberty to arrange his per sona! affairs and then he will be com mitted to a fortress to servo the ten year sentence imposed upon him for surrendering Port Arthur before l.c had, in the courtmartial's opinion, exhausted all means for its defense. It is likely tbat the prisoner's con finement will be rigorous. THE WORK OF CONGRESS i *i Ov National TiiWrtw DV Vy D*j flnator TUbtu ffmithi. Under the goiie of diacuaaing ley* (station the eeeeion of the Senate wet devoted to ? political dieeoaeien ia which Senator Tillman, of South Gar> olina, and Senator Beveridge of Indi 'ana, were the chief participants. The Senate considered the conference re* port on the Indian appropriation hiU and after aome eriticiam of the ac tion of the conferees on minor pro* vision the report waa disagreed te and another conference aaked. The House bill appropriating $403, 030 to pay the archbishop of Manila as representative of the Roman Cath olic church for damige to church property during the Spanish war also was passed. Tho Pendulum '? Extremes. Mr. Tillman traced what he termed a "swinging of the pendulum" from the regime of Andrew Johnson when Congress assumed control al most to the exclusion of the Presi dent from legislative influence to the administrations that followed, which be declared witnessed a growth of presidential power. The dominating influence and control of the executive branch, he said,' over the legislative and in a less degree over the judicial branches of the government were the most marked features of American politics at this time. "It has taken,' ' said Mr. Tillman, "just forty-one years for the pendu lum to swing from one extreme to tho other." "Now," he said, "the House of Representatives has degenerated into litle more than a recording machine to do the will of the Speaker and 'lis li. .tenants." Freedom of debate in the old and true sense has disap peared from that end of the Capitol, lie added. In the Senate "servility nul cowardice are the order of the Jay," lie declared and "the shadow :?f the Executive hands over all, and i he President's wishes are almost the inly law." Roast a Wall Street. Mr. Tillman reviewed the Events af the recent currency crisis and rharged Wall Street with many mis lemenuors. "The profits of this nefarious jtock monger have," he said, "found their way into the pockets ?>f the very men who with the evil results of their fraud manifest pose is 'saviours' and 'uncrowned kings,' and are lauded to the skies when they were really trying to fiavo themselves from the disasters which threatened to overwhelm them along with thcii deluded victims. One of these 'sa viours' had done more than any oth er of the money kings to deluge the stock market with watered stock." Millions for Protection. The House sub-committee on forti fications has reported to the commit tee on appropriations the fortifica tions appropriation bill with the es timates for the War Department slashed from $38,443,945, to $8,210, 311 on account of the desire of the committee to avoid giving ground for the impression that the United States is preparing for war with Japan. Most of the appropriations is for Hawaii and the Philippines. The bill was at once reported to the House with recommendation that it pass. This year's bill, as revised by tht committee, covers among various projects the following: For range finding (fire control) in continental United States $270,000; for guns and implacements at Decep tion Pass, $573,000; repairing storm damage at Charleston, S. C., $59,000; at I'ensocola, $50,000, and at Mon bile, $589,000; for fortifications at Honolulu, including placing in a few additional mortars at Pearl Harbor, r> 1.1 00, 000; for fortifications in tho Philippines, $1,949,000. Brownsville Case Again. Reports from the committeo on 'Military affairs were presented to tho Spnnto in regard to tho investigation >f tho affray at Brownsville, Tex. which resulted in the discharge with out honor of three companies of negro soldiers of the Tewenty-fifth Infan try. At the same time a message was received from tho President call ing attention to the fact that tho tes timony taken by the commitee sus tains his position in discharging tho negro soldiers. He recommends ex tension of tho timo for re-enlistment of tho discharged men who might bo found not to fall within I ho terms of the order. There were four report:! from the committee, the majority be ing signed by Senators Warren, liodge, Warner, Dupont, Taliaferro, Foster. Overman, Fia/.ier and Mc Creary. A mirorit.v report was sign ed by Seuatoi* Koraker, Scott, Bulke ley and Hetr.enwny. In his special message covering tho matter the President says: "Applications to re-enlist from former members of Companies B C and D., Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were discharged under the provisions of special order No. 200, War Depart ment, November 9th, 1906, must be made in writing and be accompanied by such evidence, also ju writing, a* tho applicant may desire to submit, to show that he waa neither impi cated in the raid oo Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13th, 1906, nor withheld any evidence that might lead to the discovery of th? perpetrators thereof. LfflS UP TO LILilY Captain Hobson Cleared of Al Censure TORPEDO BOAT INVESTIGATION Uwilim Spear, the Former Naval Officer Who the Alabama Repre ?Ulllti Declared Had Offered la Secure Sim a Pkoe on the Naval Affairs Committee For His Influ ence, Denies Point Blank Hobeon's Charge. Washington, Special. ? The state saent of Representative Richmond P. Hobson, of Alabama, before the spe cial committee of the House investi gating the charges made by Repre eentative George Lilley, of Connect icut, that he had been approached by a representative of the Electric Boat Company, who offered to use his in fluence with the Speaker to have Mr. Hobson placed on the naval affairs committee if he "stood right on sub marines" was contradicted before that committee by Lawrence Spear, the former naval officer who Mr. Hobson said had spoken to him. Mr. Spear said he had not made any promises to secure the influence of Speaker Cannon or any one else and that he never hud tried to influence them; in fact, he said, he did not know the Speaker. * Mr. Spear elaimed that his company had never endeavored to suppress competition; had never received any legislative or departmental favors and had never received an order from the Navy De partment except as the result of suc cessful competition. Newspaper Men Testify. Tlii? other two wittiessos of the day were A. A. Erly and Frank B. Lord, two of the newspaper men whom Mr. Lillev cbaigcd lie had been warned against as in the pav of the Electric Boat Company. They both denied that they wot? ever in the pay of the companv although said they had done special work for .Mr. McNeir, one of the attorneys for the companv in tlic wnv of petting out soino "feature stories" on sub marines, for which \b&y had been paid. Both witnesses testified that they had lost, their positions as t!i? result of Mr. Lilley 's chaiges. Mr. Lord characterized th-? repudiation by Mr. Lilley, of an interview nc claimed to have had with him as "unqualifiedly, asolutely and delib erately untrue." Regarding an interview which he said he had had with Mr. Lilley, in which charges were made against Representatives Sherman. Origirs and others and which Mr. Lillev had re pudiated, Mr. Lord said the inter view was absolutely correct. "In that denial," continued Mr. Lord, "Mr. Lilley said what was unqualifiedly, absolutely, deliberately untrue, for he uttered every word that was printed." Mr. Lord stated that as the result of Mr. Lilley 's charges he had lost his position. Tn answer to a ques tion propounded by Mr. Littleton Mr. Lord said that a complaint by Mr. Lake had b?en made to bis pa per about something he had written concerning the Lake Boat which also may have been instrumental in hav ing him discharged. Mr. I ord said he could not remem ber th* exact amount he had receiv ed from Mr. McNeir for writing the special stories but he thought it was between $500 and $00. He sa;d he did not consider that he was work ing for the Electric Boat Company when be wrote these stories; that he did the work for Mr. McNier. Mr. Lilley has filed with the com mittee an unsigned communication received from Philadelphia stating that "William Dulles, of New York City, and Robert McA. Floyd of Cold Springs Harbor, N. Y., both formerly directors of the Electric Boat Com pany, resigned because of the amount used for corruption or for which would make no accounting." The committee adjourned until Thursday. Tramp rneamer Ashore. Jewfish, Fla., Special. ? The Eng lish trarrp steamer Verbena, Captain Mann, bound to Vera Cruz. Mcx. and eonl ladeti, ran ashore on the rocks off the Florida reef'* off T?ad riguez Key at. H p. m. on March 1/jf 1, and got clear Tuesday at S a. m. Captains Sticknev and Sawyer, with a wrecking crew, lightened her bv throwing overboard about 500 torn of coal, after which she floated and proceeded immediately for her des tination. Damage to the hull, if any, could not be ascertaii>ed until a sur tMy is had. Flora Whisfcon Rrtea'od an Ball. New York. Special ? Flo: a Whis ton, the younT vornan who was or rested or - <*? pnn<irv after she had testified in the trial of Ray mond Hitchcock, was released on $5,000 bail. The testimony of the Whiston girl which was a complote refutation of a story she had fold before the grand jury, which in dicted Hitchcock, resulted in a ver \ diet of acquittal for Hitchcock. Late yVefcca In Thriqf MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Roaiter will undoubtedly be ap pointed publie printer, succeeding Stillings, whose resignation has just been aent in on demand of President Roosevelt. Silea Smith killed William Murphy on a stock farm near Richmond, sty lr.-* Murphy sought to rum his hoee. Some of the employes of the Nor folk and Weatern Railroad wiyy ac cept the proposed wage reduction. The Byrd Liquor law made many Richmond clubs dry. Two traveling salesmen were am bushed and shot in Kentucky by ne groes who thought them members of a lynching party. Bishop Walters of the African Mehodist Episcopal church, says the negroes will line up for Governr Hughes and against Taft. Hudson Maxim, the inventor of ex plosives, advocates a strong navy and says Japanese have been buy ing large quantites of gun barrels. William J. Oliver, the contractor, is credited with a desire to make him self t lie Republican boss of Tennessee and national committeeman. Governor Fort, of New Jersey, op poses local option and thinks saloons ean bo regulated more effectually by other means. Judge Landis who imposed a fine of $29,000,(HK) on the Standard Oil com panv. let ji luhorcr off with n line of 1 tent without costs. Af.er an exhaustive search into the laws, Senator Rayner concludes that the Constitution prevents Congress t'rm passing: a law to prohibit ship ments of liquor from one State to an ther. President Roosevelt is hard at work on iiis omnibus corporation hill that js expected to please both the trust9 "and union labor leaders. Members of both houses hope that Congress will he ahle to complete its work and adjourn in May. A dozen alleged revolutionists were dragged from their beds in Haiti and shot. Japan and China have agreed upon a settlement of the steamer Tatsa Maru affair. Sir John Rodger*, Governor of the Rritish Gold Coast, praises the work in Panama. The news that the American fleet would visit Australia was received with great enthusiasm at Sydney. Japan is seeking relief from the burden of the national railroads. In the senate Mr. Bacon attacked the President for "dictating" legis lation. In the House Mr. Willets blamed him for the panic. Senator Carter* in replying to Sid Bleber's statement, denounced Mr. Bieber as the "Abe Ruef of Wash ington." The House passed the post office appropriation bill. The investigating committee decid ed to call many more witnesses in the submarine boat inquiry. Dr. H. W. Wiley urged the Moth er's Congress to form a 'national league for pure food in the home. Chairman New states that the Re publican National Committee will not allow the interests of candidates to govern it in deciding contests. I)r. S. Weir Mitchell delivered the first lecture at the University of Vir ginia on the Barbour-Page founda tion. Rev. William E. Allen, a retired Methodist minister, died at Wake field, Va., as a result of a cold caught whilo conducting a funeral. E. A. Warren, postmaster at Bris tol, Va., has been informed that, charges involving undue political act ivity and immorality will be filed against him. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Schultz, of Clearbrook, Va.. died as a result of shock, caused by the death or her husband. Ttie Atlantic fleet is to visit t i?o i Pliillipines and Australia and return I by way of Sue*. Hugh Donner. New York Fire Com missioner. who died after a short illness, had sp?nt practically his whole life as a fireman. New York's water engineer chais es that Sing Sing penitentiarv has been stealing water perhaps for 20 years. The Liberals clashed with the So cialists in the House of Commons and defeated the Unemployed Work men *s bill. The soft coal mine operators are alleged to be holding bad; < n wntro scale agreement so as to deprive John Mitchell of the credit of negoiating it. Philadelphia girhj are being round ly abused by the Inquirer (or giggling in street cars. New York girls aren't guilty, notes the Ixmisviiie Courier Journal, because there is never room for giggling. THE CHOPPINO-BASIN. A laborearlng device la celled the ohopptng-basln. It conslate of ? wooden bowl fitted with a circular chopper, which may be used (or pre paring left-over cold meats Dor bashes and stews. For croquettes and force meat balle a small grinder or mill Is manufactured which Is a most use ful and economical addition to the kitchen shelf. ? New York World. | Endorse Speaker Cannon. Litchfield, 111., Special. ? Republi cans of the Twenty-first Congression al district met in convention here, endorsed Spanker Joseph Q. Cannon for the presidency and elect ed two delegates and two alternates to the national convention at Chicago. As this is the State capital district, the action of the convention is looked upon as significant. The State con vention will be held in a week. Wins Rhoden Scholarship. Athens, Ga., Special. ? H. L. Jewett Williams, of Macon, a member of the University law class, was awarded the Rhodes scholarship in Oxford University, England, by the Rhodes scholarship committee for Georgia, consisting of Chancellor Harrow, Pro fessor Bocoek, of the University of Georgia: Professor Murray, ol' Mer cer, ami Professor Peed, of Emory. Mr. Williams leaves this summer for 0*?<* "d for a stay of two year?. Legal Execution in Georgia. La Grange. Ga., Special. ? Ingram Canady, a negro assaillant, was hang ed in the jail yard Friday at l:lfl o'clock. Canady was convicted ol criminally assaulting Mrs. Roxic Jones at the last November term ol Troup Superior Court. 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