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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. The crime
was committed on September 2'lnl at
the home of Mrs. Jones, near West
Point, Troup county. The evidenc*
shows that Canady entered the hoiiw
of Mrs. Jov.es bv breaking in the
house.
Russell Riloy, Official of the Confed
erate Navy, Dead.
St. Louis, Mo., Special. ? It was
learned that Russell Riley, artist and
litcrateur, who died here Tuesday af
ter 40 years as a recluse, was as
sistant secretary of the Confederate
navy during the civil war. He was
at one time an associate of General
Robert E. Lee, who is said to have
given him one of his swords at the
end of tie war. He is also credited
with s"v? mI prun'imv*. showing mr.ik
?d s! ill.
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