The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 25, 1902, Image 2
' ANARCHIST KILLED.;
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Fatal Tragedy in the City of Erotlierly ;
Love
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NOTED ANARCHY DISCIPLE IS SHOT
Female Teacher of Lawlessness Mor- |
tall)' Wounded Bv a Pupil Who
Claims She Broke His Heart.
Philadelphia. Special.?Voltarine Le
Cleyre, a noted anarchist and a teacher
of languages, was mysteriously shot
and mortally wounded by Herman
Helscher. a former pupil. The woman
is dying in a hospital and Helscher
Is in custody. Unrequited love is said
to have prompted the deed. When arrested,
Helscher's only explanation
was the following: "We were sweethearts,
she and I. She broke my hjart
and deserved to be billed." Miss I.e
Cleyrd, is 20 years of age and her assailant
is 24. The shooting occurred
on the street in bread daylight and
was witnessed oy a score 01 persons. |
Helscher. who had disguised himself
by means of a false mustache, approached
tho woman from the rear
and accosted her. Almost at the same
time he drew a revolver from his pocket
and pointed it at the woman who
turned and attempted to run away.
She had gone only a few steps when
Helscher began firing upon her. After
* discharging five shots at the fleeing
woman, th-ee of which took effect, he
replaced the pis ol in his pocket and
? started to walk away. He made no
effort to escape and was immediately
arrested.
Miss Le Cleyre ran a short distance
and then sank exhausted upon a doorstep.
She was carried into the house
and from there removed to a hospital.
In her statement to a magistrate she
denied acquaintance with Helscher. ;
but when he was brought before her !
minus the false, moustache she at
once recognized him. She declined, i
however, to accuse him of having shot j
her, but asked the police if he had ad- !
mmeu iui\euuer wuuiu sue siaie iue |
nature of her relations with Helscher.
Two bullets took effect in the wo- i
man's right side below the shoulder, j
and another embedded itself in the
right side of the chest. The physicians \
hold out no hope for her recovery. {
Miss Le Cleyre has attained widespread
notoriety through her anarchistic
utterances and her intimacy
with Emma Goldman and other anarchists.
She is an accomplished
linguist and musician and has written
much anarchistic literature and
erotic poems.
' Venezuela Makes Answer.
Caracas, By Cable.?The correspondent
here of the Associated Press has
obtained a copy of the answer made by
the Venezuelan government to the German
note, addressed to Lopez Baralt,
Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs,
by Herr Von Pilgrim-Baitazzi,
the German envoy. It is dated Caracas,
December 7. This answer was
transmitted by the Foreign Office to
Herr Von Pilgrim-Baltazzi on December
9, the 8th inst., being a feast day.
It is sign id by Lopez Baralt. The
Venezuelan note, after replying to allegations
as to the conduct of Venezuela
in dealing with German claims,
declares that abnormal circumstances
have paralyzed action relating to
claims and that the Venezuelan government
was then considering the appointment
of a fiscal agent. The note
then says:
"The imperial government desires
that the government of Venezuela immediately
satisfy the claims of German
successes arriving from the civil war
and that the other matters in which
the interests of German subjects are
Involved be arbitrated. In order that
this be dene, it becomes necessary that
a declaration be made.
"Treatment with the interested parties
will facilitate, hasten, or end in
cur daipiatuuu ui aaiu uun^aiiuiid.
Venezuelan government only awaita
uch time when the work of pacification.
in which it is earnestly engaged,
shall permit it to issue an order re-establishing
public credit. The claims
arising oat of the present war which
still devastates the republic will be
treated with all Justice under the laws
to be passed to cover the requirements.
"Upon the special command of my
government, I refrain from replying to
that part of your note which relates to
action on the part of Germany. A power
like Venezuela, which is in need of
no stimulus to prompt it to fulfill its
legal obligations to its utmost ability.
can never expect, In its intercourse
with other cultured nations, any course
of action which shall not conform to
N the principles of mutual respect and
the rules of reciprocal cordiality."
Get Five Years Each.
St. Louts, Special.?The joint trial of
live former members of the House of
Delegates, which began Tuesday, ended
Friday night in a verdict of five years
in Ihe penitentiary. The defendants.
John A. Sheridan, Charles Gutke. Edmund
Bersch and T. E. Albright, were
convicted on charges of bribery in connection
with the passage of the suburban
street car bill, to accomplish which
it was charged, $7J,000 had been placed
on deposit to be used as resuired. The
five defendants, after hearing the verdict,
filed motions for a new trial and
eahc was released on bond.
Large College Endowment.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.?President
Lary. of the Lincoln Memorial University.
at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.. an- 1
k counced that he has secured from
Northern sources an endowment of ,
$200,000 for that institution, also a .
number of scholarships. He stated that
irore money for the endowment is secured.
The benefactors arc not made 1
known. The Lincoln Memorial Uai- j
vcrsity was founded largely through ;
i the efforts of General O. O. Howard. It ,
& ju for tfce'mountain poople. ,
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OPERATORS OPEN CASE j
Some Testimony of a Sta-t'ing Nature
Brought Out.
Scranton. Pa.. Special.?The anthracite
coal operators opened, their side of j
the controversy with the mire workers I
Wednesday before the strike commission
and the attorneys who are on record
before the commission as rcprc
scntmg tne non-union men, wuu nn?v ,
been admitted to the arbitration ]
sc heme, began calling witnesses. The j
sessions today were probably the liveliest
yet held by the commission. At
the morning session the miners' lawyers
challenged the fairness of certain
wage statements handed to the commission
by the Pennsylvania Coal
Company and in the afternoon Lawyer
Darrow had a spirited discussion with
Chairman Gray as to whether or not
the miners had a right to know vho is j
paying the lawyers representing the
non-union men before the commission, j
Mr. Darrow asserted they were employ- |
ed by the coal operators. Preceding j
this, Simon Silverton, counsel for the <
Reading Company, who delivered the
opening address on behalf of all the
large coal companies, made the point
in his address that the recognition of
the union is not an issue before the
commission, which brought out a protest
from Mr. Darrow. The latter
claimed that if it were not. then the
operators should be forbidden from
presenting testimony mat iemi >u iu
show the union was responsible for nil i
the alleged violence committed during :
the strike.
The alleged unfairness of the wage
statements came to the notice of the
commission as a result of its inquiry j
into the child labor question in this vicinity.
Several little girls testified on
Monday that they worked all night in
a silk mill in order to help their fathers
along, who were employed in the mines
and received poor pay. Yesterday Everett
Warren, who represents the Erie
Company, which controls the Pennsylvania
Commercial Company, in whose
mines some of these fathers worked,
handed to the commission a memorandum
showing that one father last year
received $1,400 for himself and laborer,
and that the other father received $1,600
for himself and laborer. At the
opening of the session the miners
placed the two parents on the stand,
and they swore that the earnings mentioned
was divided among from four to
six men. Thjs testimony surprised the
commissioners.
Chairman Gray asked that counsel
for the company indicate in th wage
statement whether the figures were for
one or two or more men, bat General
Manager May said that he did not
know whether two, four or six men divided
the money. He admitted that two
and four men worked In a place, but
Said that the company only paid one
man.
After hearing two mine inspectors
the miners rested their case, and Mr.
Wolverton formally opened the operators'
side of the controversy by reading
a statement which represented the
views of all the large coal companies.
Mr. Wolverton contended that the powers
of "the committee are confined to
the questions affecting the rates of
wages paid and the reduction pf the
hours of labor, and in no way involve
the question of recognition, or the entering
into any agreemene with the
miners' union. He declared that the
rate of wages in tne anthracite region
is not 40 or 60 per cent, lower than
in the soft coal region, but actually
higher, and maintained that the present
system of weighing was the best
that could be had.
Ira K. Burns, of the attorneys from
the Independent operators, presented
the statement of the Individual companies.
This statement asked that if the
commission's award favored the mine
workers the latter should give some
assurance that they would not interfere
with non-union men.
End of Famous Cherry Tree Case,
Charlotte, N. C.f Special.?Sentence
was passed in the Federal Court on'
those who were connected with the
Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company at
the time the law took hold of the company.
The sentences were as follows:
Rev. T. Bright: To pay a fine of $1,000
and four months in the county jail of
Rutherfordton. C. D. Wilkie: To pay
a fine of $1,000. C. F. Geer: To pay
a fine of $500. G. W. Rollins: To pay
a fine of $500. M. C. Padgett: To serve
three months in the county jail. As to
Dr. Frank Bright, the court was appealed
to by Mr. Thomas 8. Rollins to
show mercy on account of extreme illness
of his wife., Mr. Rollins stated
that he had in his possession a certificate
from two reputable physicians of
Rutherfordton that Mrs. Bright was in
the last stages of consumption and that
her death was daily expected. He exhibited
this certificate and read it in
the court's hearing. Judge Boyd continued
the case as to Dr. Bright and ordered
that he give a justified bond tor
bis appearance at the May term of
court in the sum of $3,000.
Dl? niamA?t/f Hftlfll
Washington, Special.?Special Agent
J. F. Evans, stationed at El Paso, Texas,
has reported to the Secretary of the
Treasury the seizure at El Paso of dia.
monds said to be worth $24,000 and
which, it is claimed, were smuggled
from England. The Jewels have been
placed in the custody of the collector
of customs at El Paso pending a hearing
of the case. One of the pieces of
Jewelry was a diamond neckless , a !
brooch containing about 600 small dia- j
monds. It is. said a wealthy lady of El i
Paso, and a vounj? man. a professional I
palmist claiming to be from India. ar-;!
connected with the case, or at least
know the history of the gems.
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Whole Town Destroyed. j
Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, By
Cable.?The town of Andijan, Ferghana.
was totally destroyed by an earthquake
Wednesday. The number of fatalities
is not yet ascertained. The
copulation is threatened with starvation.
Shocks were felt in New Marghelan
and surrounding villages and a
railroad at Andijan was destroyed for
\ considerable distance. Food and
clothing are' being sent to Andijan.
KILLED IN COLLISii
Ei<r'itee:: Pcrple Meet a Sudden and
Tragx I'eath
WRECK CF TiiE STOCKTON FLYER.
Seven oi tire Deed Identified ? flar.y
Killed or Seriously Wounded ? A
Church Turned into a Morgue
Byron. Cal.. Special.?Eighteen persons
were killed and -7 injured in the
collision Saturday night between the j
Southbound Los Angeles "Gv.T" train
and the Stockton flyer. It was a rearend
collisior. the engine cf the local
plowing its way into the rear-coach cf
the "Owl." which was filled with
Presno people. The passengers who
: escaped death were hurled to the forward
part of the coach and crush'.d
in the mass of debris. Their sufferings
and danger were intensified by
| the clouds of scalding stcarn that
poured out from the shattered boiler
[ of the Stockton engine. After the
"Owl" left the Oakland Mole it was
noted that there was a leak in the flu? I
of the engine. This increased to such
an extent that it was deemed advis!
able to stop here and take a freight
engine for relief. The train officials
knew that the Stockton local train
j was following a half hour behind and
i a flagman was sent back, along the
i track to give warning of the presence
of the "Owl."
It is said that the Stockton train.
! In charge of Engineer Maguire and
Ffreman Joyce, get the warning signal
I in due time and gave the signal, the
'" ""I with whisllo hlrs, s.
I Why the following train was roi
i. checked, however, has not bovn explained
thus far. the men who coul l
give the facts being among the badly
injured. So forcibly did the local me: c
the roar of the "Owl'' that the en*! of
the second car. the dining car. was
smashed In and the three cooks vc
seriously hurt. The horror of Are war.
r.ot added to ike disaster and tl1"
penned up victims were spared fro:;:
j flame, for the oil burners were cxtin|
guishecl when the crash came.
Relief quickly came to the injure 1
passengers, axes and saws being
brought into play. Messengers wore i
sent to Byron and Hot Springs, a short
distance away, and physicians came I
quickiy to the station. Every effort |
was made to alleviate the suffering
and those w-ho were finable to proceed j
cn their journey were taken to the i
Springs Hotel or the churc h in Byron, j
which temporarily was transformed!
into a hospital.
Ten persons were killed outright
and the other two succumbed to their j
injuries. Seven of the dead have been j
identified as follows: Elizabeth L.1
Smith. Fresno, Cal.. aged 38; Clarence
P. Oluffs, Fresno, aged 22: Miss
Birdie Elliott. San iS-ancisco. aged
22; Mabel Vezey, Modesto. Cab, aged
19; George Sessions. Oakland. Cab.
aged 50; Charles Owens. Fresno,
aged 50; Miss Myers. Fresno: Robert
Renlck, San Francisco: Len Irwin,
Oakland; W. A. Temple: Lung Tia
Gong, a Chinese girl of San Francisco.
The unilentified dead include one
white man. evidently a sailor; two
Chinese, one Japanese woman and a
Japanese child.
Methodists to Confer.
Pittsburg, Special.?For the first
time in the history of the Methodist
Episcopal church since the civil war
imnortant commissions from the
church North and South have arranged
to bold a joint meeting in the interest*
of like impcrtantce to both branches.
This will occur on the 10th of next
month, when a commission of the
church North of eleven members who
have in process of preparation a now
hmynal for the denomination will meet
with a similar commission of eleven
men from the church South at Nashville.
Tenn., for the purpose of considering
the adoption of the same book
for both branches of the church. The
general impression is that a compromise
will be made, and some of the best
hymns of the two branches be placed
in the new hymnal.
For Extradition,
Paris, By Cable.?A special messenger
has left here for Madrid with all
the documents connected with the extradition
of the Humberts. Tbe prisoners
are expected to arrive here Wednesday.
Parayre, a former steward of
the Humberts, who was arrested at
Rouen, was brought here today. It is
said that voluminous correspondence
between this man and the Humberts
have been seized at his home.
Killed By Tunnel Explosion.
Cleveland, Special.?Two men were
killed, two others perhaps fatally
burned and a number of others less soKt,nnA/l
!? OW Avnlnelnn of trnC
atuuuai^ uuiuci' iu au ca|/ivojuu v/* o-in
the water-works tunnel. 100 feet below
the bottom of Lake Erie Sunday.
The dead are: Ben Rurner, Rochester,
N. Y.. aged 21; Arthur Beeglcs. Canton,
0., aged 24, unmarried. The injured
are: Wm. Knox. Brooklyn. N.
Y., civil engineer, seriously burned
about the head, face and body, will
probably die; James Ossrnan, Williamstown.
Pa., burned about tno km:!
and face, serious. Several ethers .vc v
less severely burned. The cause the
explosion, it is believed, was a spark
from an electric light wire in the tunnel.
A Serious Accident.
Warsaw, Special?About noon Saturday
at Montross. his home. Mr. Wil-"
liam Walker, who represents the Hardware
and Supply Company, of Baltimore,
in this section met v/ith quite a
serious and painful accident. He was
driving a pair of horses when the reins
broke, and. finding that he was then
unable to control the animals, which
by this time were on a dead run, lie
jumped from the buggy. In doing so
he broke his legjust above the ankle.
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MARCONI ACHIEVES SUCCESS !
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Practical Tests In Wireless Telegraphy
Prove Satisfactory.
New York. Special.?'The following
dispatch from Marcor.i. <iate;l Glace
Bey. p.. December 21. has been re- j
( ivod by the Associated Press: "I bee !
t;> inform, yen for circulaticn that 1
have established wireless telegraph
communication between Cape Breton.
Canada an i Cera vail. England, with ,
complete siu-'-ess. lr.au juratory roes- j
sagts. including one from the Gove:nor
General of Canada to King Edward
VII, Lave already been transmitted
and forwarded to the King of England
and Italy. A message to the London
Times has also bean transmitted
in the p < senc of its spe-ial correspondent,
D. Parkin. M. P.
(Signed.) "G. MARCONI.** ,
The London Times confirms the receipt
of a message by wire:ess te!"graphy
from Marconi at Cape Breton,
X. S.
The lest of the wireless message !
front the Times correspondent, which ,
was tr :nsmi.ted from Glace Bay, X.
C.. to Bo'dhii, Cornwall, is as follows:
"Being present at its transmission in
Signer Marconi's Canadian station, i
have the honor to send through the
Times, the inventor's first wireless
fans-Atlantic message of greeting to
England and Italy."
Ottawa. Ont.. Spe lal.?'The follow1 at:
message, received by Lcr:l Miato, gov- j
eraor general of Canada, from Marconi j
shows tiiat wiraless trans-Atlanta"'
telegraphy has been a success:
"Glace Bay. N. S? Dec. 21.
"To His Excellency, the Governor General.
Caverinc nt House:
"Have the honor to inform Your E::i
'limey that your message has now
been transmitted by me from Cape
Breton to Cornwall, by wireless teigraphy
a id has been forwarded to its;
destination.
(Signed) "MARCONI."
j Loi 1 Minto telegraphed Marconi as >
foiiows: "Delighted at year message,
! just received. Warmest congratulations
1 cn your splendid success.
(Signed) "MINTO." j
! Hen. V.\ S. ridding sent a telegram
I of i onarat"!'tion to Marconi and Sir
! Richard Cartwrisrht. acting Premier,
i has cable ' to England congratulating;
i the britirh people between the tw:
countries.
HISTORY OF MARCONI'S IN YEN- ,
TION.
Halifax. N. S., Special.?After eight'
experiments conducted wilh the great- i
est secrecy. Marconi announces that1
he has solved the problem of wire less I
trans-oceanic communication and lias1
successfully transmitted wireless mes- ;
sages from the shores of Canada to the
coast of England. The formal announcement
of this achievement was
made by the inventor himself, today,
when he stated that the wireless mc-s1
saeps had bean successfully transmit
tf-d and forwarded from the Governor |
General of Canada to King Edward
VII, of Great Britain, and to the King
of Italy. Dr. Geo. R. Parkin, principal
of the Upper Canada College, trustee
of Rhodes' scholarships, was present
| when one of the successful tests was
made. Prior to December, 1901, the
greatest distance covered by wireless
telegraphy scarcely exceeded 100 mile?.
Early in that year Marconi visited
New England and from Signal Hill
commenced experimenting with Cornwall
and on December 12 and 13, of
that year, faint signals of the letter "S"
repeated several times were caught by
ear only with the aid of telephones.
Later on, Marconi, on board of the
steamship Philadelphia, bound for
America, succeesed in establishing
communication with Cornwall, a distance
of 2,100 miles. Trans-oceanic
messages also were received on beard
the Italian warship Carlo Alberto,
while the vessel lay at anchor in Sydney
harbor, on October 31, and since
* -? * t i i
men Marconi nas oeen penciling m?
apparatus at Table Head. He met with
innumerable difficulties there, but at
last has succeeded in sending a transoceanic
wireless message from Canada
to Cornwall, a distonce of 2,300 miles.
The Carlo Alberto some days ago was
ordered to proceed to Venezuela, but as
immediate departure would seriously
retard Marconi's operations, the order
was modified and .*he was held at Sydney
until trans-Atlantic communication
was successfully accomplished.
She has sailed for Venezuela to take
part in blockade operations.
Stocking Streams With Trout.
Ashevllle, N. C., Special.?The cans
containing thousands of California
trout from the United States hatchery,
were taken to Craggy Mountain Wednesday
by the Asheville Dray Company.
The fish were sent by Mr. Bailey,
of Waycross, Ga. owner of a large
tract of land on Craggy, to W. C. Car.
micbael, to be liberated in the headwaters
of Reems' Creek and Bee Tree
Roosevelt's Answer Sent
London, By Cable.?It is believed
that President Roosevelt's answer to
fh? nronosal made bv the allied nowers
that he arbitrate the Venezuelan issues
has been receives in London. The
strictest secrecy with regard to every
phase of the negotiations is preserved,
however, but such indications as are
obtainable point to President Roeoevelt's
acceptance of the cilices of arbitrator.
A constant interchange of
cablegrams is proceeding night and
day between the T'nitcd States embassy
here and the State Department at
Washington. It is believed that the
P-.'csidc-nt's answer will be submitted
formally to the Foreign Oflico. by Wednesday.
unless 30me unexpected complications
arise.
News In Notes.
Tariff reductions made under the
Cuban Treaty are found to be more
liberal than was generally supposed.
The Treasury Department prepared
a statement showing the value of
American goods to be affected by the
new German tariff.
Seven thousand persons followed the
heroine of Gen. Francisco SaaehczHeckavarria
at Santiago, Cuba.
Reports from the earthquakes at Andijan,
RussianHdentral Asia, say that
1,000 persons were killed. '
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS, j
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MUtey Abetters of General Interest la j
ill', rt Paragraphs.
The Sunny South.
The4 famous cherry tree sv:ir.T!c ;
was finally disposed or at unariotte,
NT. C.. Wednesday by Judge ?3o - -i.
Fines and imprisonment were imposed
upon several. The money will
aot be refunded to the duped worn.a.
Lov/rence Pulliam, one of the Ashe
ville bank wreckers, gets five years
in the federal prison at Atlanta. Ga.
H" ru tried and convicted in Charlotte,
N*. C.
At The NaFonal Capital.
The United States has intimated to
Clrvr.t Britain and Germany that it approves
the arbitration proposal of ;
President Castro. Germany was notified
that interference with American
skipping will be viewed with disfavor.
The Congregation cf the Propaganda
nominated Bishop James C. Qnigiey,
:f Buffalo. to be Archbishop of Chicago.
T'.ir tJe of the S.-nate wps devoted
largely to discussion of the
Mitiiia ana Statehood bills.
The House passed the Senate bill
providing for the erection of a $4,000.0,0
union railroad station in
Washington.
A minority report filed by Democrats
of the Senate committee oppose
admitting Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory as one State.
Representative D. A. De Arinond
offered a sweeping bill declaring cor
eon-Rons bank:upt under certain conditions.
Senator -T. C. Pritchard. of North
Carolina. declared Iiiraself in favor
cf reducing Southern representation
at Republican national conventions. |
Smi-c-Ecial advices state that Co-!1
!~r.t;::a is preparing to invade Nica- j
in order to keep her troops en- j
gaged and to _apture both canal j
r-UuS. '
At Tiia North.
The miners closed their ease before
t':e Anthracite f'^al Strike Commission i
in v educing evidence to pro,-e the ownership
cf coal mines by the railroad
companies.
A number of New York banks, including
that of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
have formed a pool of $30,000,000 to
lend in the money market in the event
of actual emergency.
Richard Canficld, the alleged New
York gammer,. nas suea jjisitici ai*
to.ney Jerome and police officials for
56,054 worth of property destroyed in
the raid on his house.
Twenty workmen and 31 engines
were caught in the collapse of the roof
of the Pennsylvania Railroad round- |
house at West Philadelphia.
Dr. Adolf Lorenz strained his wrist
and was compelled to suspend an operation
at a New York clinic.
From Across The Sea.
Though M. Seneque Is In the lead for
President of Hawaii, General Nord, 1
with his army, may secure the prize, j
Reports from Martinique state that (
the Blanche river has been obliterated (
by lava and ashes from Mount Pelee.
According to Berlin reports. Emperor
William will make Chancellor von Buelow
a prince.
Gen. Maximo Gomez and a delegation
requested President Palma not to fur- J
ther prosecute the Havana strikers. J
Many Marseilles strikers have al- (
ready returned to work. ,
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Miscellaneous Matters. I ]
Admiral Dewey began maneuvers i (
with his battleships off Culebra Island. 1]
Reports to the Young Men's Chris- \
tian Association international com- j
mittee show that there are 1.375 asso- \
ciations, with 323,234 members under 1
its control. I
Gabriel Harrison, an old-time actor, j
the friend of Aaron Burr and Edgar !
Allen Poe, is dead. 1
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss is expected to
arrive from Cuba today with a drafl
of the new treaty.
The President nominated Brigadlet
General Commandant Charles Hey
wood, Marine Corps, to be & majoi
general.
According to dispatches from Hun
gary, 62 persons were frozen to death
there during the last three days j
Wolves are devastating the sheej <
folds and have devoured three shep- j
herds. 1
N*ew York exchange premium in 1
Mexico City declined to 165.
At a meeting of t?e board of direc (
tors of the American Locomotivi ,
Company, in New York, the officers ,
were re-elected. A dividend of 1 3-4 1
per cent, was declared on the prefer- ,
red stock, payable January 31. 1903. 3
The earnings for the six month3 ending'
December 31, 1902 (partly estimated),
were reported to be $15,165,- ,
352, an increase over the same period j
in iyui or
Mrs. Mary E. Bulloch, widow of the '
lare Dr. W. G. Balloon. who was a '
relative cf President Roosevelt, died 1
in Savannah cf pneumonia.
It is announced in a special dis
patch from Seoul, that the United
Stares minister to Corea has demand
ed the payment of $1,500,000 due tc
the builders of the electric railroad.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, gave 1
notice that on Saturday he would ad- 1
dress the Senate regarding the coa
struction of the isthmian canal. 1
Franchise Granted.
New York, Special.?The board ol
aldermen Tuesday afternoon ratified ,
the Pennsylvania Railroad franchise ,
for a tunnel by a vote of 41 to 35. Im.
mediately after the granting of the ,
Pennsylvania franchise, the New York
& New Jersey Railroad tunnel franchise,
granting the privilege of entering
Manhattan in West street, was taken
up and paaeed by a vote of 45 to X5.
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DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
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The Omnibus Statehood Bill?Other 1
Hatters.
Senator Bate presented in the Senate
the minority report from the committee
cn territories favoring the immediate
passing by the Senate of the omnibus
statehood biil without amendment,
as it came from the House. The report
argues for the admission of Oklahoma,
Xew Mexico and Arizona and *
opposes the uniting of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory into one State. *
It shows minutely the conditions of
each of the three Territories as to population,
wealth and genera! features of
the Territories and says that these are
sych as to call for immediate statehood.
It criticises the majority report and ^
shows that both the Republican and
Democratic parties, in their last -national
conventions, adopted with perfect
unanimity a plank in their respective
platforms recommending each of
these Territories by name for statehood.
Such expressions should, the
ronort continues, be respected by both
parties. The report says amcng other
things:
it was never intended that Congress,
should bar by party objection admission
when the population, wealth and
institutions were the same as in the
ease of other States found."
With reference to the question of the
Territories, thereport contends that it
"ought to suffice that 95 per cent of the
population are white in Oklahoma and
the 99 per cent of the population in
Arizona and the 122,COO white population
in New Mexico are quite sufficient
to leaven all the foreign-born in ea^h
of those Territories." Libera! quotation
is made from the report of thfr ^
majority upon the statehood bill.
cf the portions or.oted is that referring
to a statement made by a witness that
some of the white people in the Territories
are "like the riffraff which fol
low the construction of railroads. Commenting
upon this, the minority says':
"The ri it raff who follows the railroads
have been the sturdy Irishman whosepick
and shovel and spade and labor
have built the 100.000 miles of American
railroads. "Why that 'riffraff*
rhould not be a3 good citizens in Mexico
as they are in every other State A
and Territory, the report dees not advise
the Senate." - ,
The report is signed by Senator*
Bate, Hayfield. Bailey and Patterson
constituting the Democracic membership
of the committee on Territories. ?
For a Union Depot
The House has passed the Senate bill
for a union railroad station in thfs city
to cost $4,000,000. The station Is to be
altuntd nnrth nf th<? nrpspnf fiitfl of
the Baltimore & Ohio depot at Delaware
and Massachusetts avenues, and
In front of it is to be a large Plaz:i. ~~~~
Park. The Pennsylvania Railroad, by
the terms of the bill, is to remove its
tracks the mail and reach the site or
the proposed station through a tunnel
to run between the capitol and library
buildings. The government is to pay
the Pennsylvania Railroad $1,500,00<*
and the Baltimore & Ohio $500,000 in
addition to providing for the Plaza.
Park. ?
nilitia Bill.
The Senate discussed the bill to promote
the efficiency of the militia and
also the omnibus statehood bill. After
agreeing to the concurrent resolution
af House for an adjournment from December
20 to January 5, Mr. ..Proctor a
called up the militia bill. An amen&^^^L|
ment by Mr. Pettus, striking from the^^^H
bill section 24, having particular refer^H^fl
?nre to the reserve force of trainet^HflJ
men nrovcked some discussion.
Pcttus raising the point that the sec-^p|H
tion, If enacted into law, would be an
infringement of the constitutional au- t
thority pf the States and put the control
of the militia of the several
States into the hands of the general
government. The till was laid asld.*
lor the omnibus statehood bill, Senator
Dillingham, of Vermont, who is opposed
to the bill, occupying the time o'
the Senate for the remainder of the
jay in rehearsing the testimony taken
by the sub-committee of the committee
on Territories, during its tour of investigation
in New Mexico, Ariaona and
Oklahoma. After a brief executivesession
the Senate adjourned.
rioney to Fight Trusts.
Unexpectedly and without warning
In the House, during the consideration
of the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr. Bartlett, a Georgia Democrat,
sprang an amendment to appropriate
{250,000 to enforce the Sherman antitrust
law and to direct the Attorney-:
lienerai to proceed to tne prosecution
af all violators of the law. Although.
3uch a provision was plainly amenable
to a point of order, not a member on
either side of the House raised objection.
Indeed both sides wheeled into
line. All agreed that some such action
was advisable. Some of the Republicans,
however, raised objection to the
looseness of the language of. the v
amendment and Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa,
offered as a substitute for it tii^ language
of the bill he introduced on the ,4
opening day of the session to appropriate
$500,000 for the enforcement cf the *
measure.
Fowler's Currency Law.
Representative Fowler, chairman cf
the House committee on banking and
currency, introduced a bill which was
drawn by him in accordance with the
views of the Republican members expressed
at recent conferences and which '
will be urged instead of the currency
bill reported to the House at the last
session. The bill provides "that any *
national bank may. with the approval M
of the Comptroller of the Currency, - ^
take out for issue and circulation an ^
amount of national bank notes ndi exceeding
25 per cent, of it3 paid up and
unimpaired capital, without depositing
United States bonds with the United
States Treasury, such notes to be in
denominations of $10 and multiples
thereof." " \
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