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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTIUL, President.
FstaMished 1850. - - Incorporated 188S.
HAY AND M’LAURIN
Born SPEAK AT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE banquet.
MONROE DOCTRINE UPHELD.
MiI.AURIN EXPATIATES ON TWEN
TIETH CENTURY TYPE.
Hi- ( all* hi* New Creed the “MeKin
ley Doctrine” and Declare* It to
lie Our “Chart and C'ontpu** Until
We Complete Another Cycle lu
National Uife”—An Eloquent mill
l-ollshed Addren* by Mr. Hay on
■■ tmerican Diplomacy”—Anibu**u
dor Choate Tell* of Britain'* Sym
pathy in Our Bereavement.
New York, Nov. 19.—The 133rd an
imal banquet of the Chamber of Com
merce was held at Delmontco’s this
evening- Covers for 450 were laid in
the main banquet room, which was
simply, though effectively decorated,
chiefly with American flags.
At the table of honor, presided over
by President Morris K. Jesup, were
Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, John
Hay. Secretary of State; Senator John
1, McLaurln of South Carolina, White
law Reid; Governor-elect Albert B.
Cummins of lowa, Senator Chauncey
M. Depew, the Rev. Dr. McDonald S.
McKay, Andrew Carnegie, Mayor-elect
Seth Low, Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
•T. Pierpont Morgan, William E. Dodge,
Samuel D. Babcock, Maj. Gen. John
S. Brooke, Carl Schurz, Alex E. Orr,
Gov. Odell, Rear Admiral Albert S.
Parker and W. B. Ridgelv. The pro
fessional and business circles of the
city were well represented in the list
of other guests.
The speechmaking was opened by
President Jesup in a very few words.
He then proposed a toast to the mem
ory of William McKinley. It was
drunk in silence and with all standing.
President Roosevelt’s health was then
toasted while the orchestra played, and
at the next toast, that of King Ed
ward of England, the British national
anthem was played.
In Introducing Secretary Hay, Presi
dent Jesup proposed a toast to ‘‘Our
Diplomacy.” The Secretary was warm
ly welcomed by the guests and his
speech at various points met with
great enthusiasm.
American Diplomacy.
After an eloquent tribute to the mem
ory of President McKinley, Mr. Hay
said:
"I dare to come to you because you
have asked me, and he would have
wished it. for he held that our per
sonal feelings should never be consid
ered when they conflicted with a pub
lic duty. And if I fall immeasurably
below the standard to which he has ac
customed you. the very comparisons
you draw will be a tribute to his mem
ory.
“There was a time when diplomacy
was a science of intrigue and false
hood. of traps and mines and counter
mines. It may be another instance of
that credulity with which I have often
been charged by European critics when
I say that I really believe the world
has moved onward in diplomacy as in
many other matters. In my experi
ence of diplomatic life, which now cov
ers more years than I like to look
upon, and in the far greater record
of American diplomacy, which 1 have
read and studied, I can say without
hesitation that we have generally told
squarely what we wanted, announced
early in uegotiation what we were will
ing to give, and allowed the other *iide
to accept or reject our terms. Dur
ing the time in which I have been
prominently concerned- in our foreign
relations 1 can also say that we have
been met by the representatives of
other Powers in the same spirit of
frankness and sincerity.
"As to the measure of success which
our recent diplomacy has met with, it
is difficult, if not impossible, for me
to speak. There are two important
lines of human endeavor in which men
are forbidden even to allude to their
success—affairs of the heart and diplo
matic, affairs.
"But if we are not permitted to
boast of what we have done, we can
at least say a word about what we
have tried to do and the principles
which have guided our action. The
briefest expression of our rule of con
duct is perhaps the Monroe doctrine
and the Golden Rule. With this sim
ple chart we can hardly go far wrong.
Ah to Our Sieter Republics.
"I think I may say that our sister
republics to the south of us are per
fectly convinced of the sincerity of our
attitude. They know we desire the
prosperity of each of them, and peace
and harmony among them. We no more
want their territory than we covet the
mountains of the moon. We are griev
ed and distressed when there are differ
ences among them, but even then we
should never think of trying to com
pose any of those differences unless by
the request of both parties to it. Not
“ven our earnet desire for peace among
them will lead us to any action which
might offend their national dignity or
their Just sense of independence. We
owe them all the consideration which
"'<> claim for ourselves.
' As to what we have tried to do—
" hat we are still trying to do—ln the
general field of dlptofnacy, there Is no
reason for doubt on the one hand or
• licence on the other. President Mc-
Kinley in his messages during the last 4
years has made the subject perfectly
1 lear. We have striven, on the lines
•Id down by Washington, to cultivate
friendly relations with all Powers, but
' of to take part In the formation of
croups or combinations among them.
' position of complete Independence
• not Incompatible with relations In
■olvlpg not friendship alone, but con
irrent action as well In Important
‘ ncrgcnclea. We h w e kept always in
'tew ths fact that we are pre-eml
'■ently 4 peace-loving people; that our
‘•final activities are In the direction
• ) trade and commerce; that the vast
evelopment of our Industries Impera
'lv*ly demands that wa shall not only
lain and confirm our hold on our
j"*ent markets, but seek constantly.
v all honorable meant, to estend our
•nmtrcial Interests In every prattl
'd# direction It le for this reason
• hove r, eg Misted the treaties of reo
••'ity which now await the action
f ’he Senate, all of them conceived
'he tradltloooJ American spirit of
•o< action to our own industries and
" laiurelly advantageous to oar *
Sdivaa sod out neighbors.
jlatomal) JHofning
Our Place In the Orient.
“In the same spirit we have sought
successfully to induce all the great
Powers to unite in a recognition of the
general principle of equality of cem
mercial access and opportunity in the
markets of the Orient. We believe
that ‘a fair field and no favor’ is all
we require, and with less than that we
cannot be satisfied. If we accept the
assurances we have received as honest
and genuine, as I certainly do, that
equality will not be denied us, and the
result may safely be left to American
genius and energy.
“We consider our interests in the Pa
cific Ocean as great now as those of
any other Power, and destined to in
definite development. We have open
ed our doors to the people of Hawaii;
we have accepted the responsibility of
the Philippines, which Providence im
posed upon us: we have put an end to
the embarrassing condominium in
which we were involved in Samoa, and
while abandoning none of our com
mercial rights in the entire group, we
have established our flag and our au
thority in Tutulia, which gives us the
finest harbor in the South seas. Next
in order will come a Pacific cable and
an isthmian canal for the use of alt,
well disposed peoples, but under ex
clusive American ownership and Amer
ican control—of bcth of which great
enterprises President McKinley and
President Roosevelt have been the en
ergetic and consistent champions.
Oar Honorable Position.
“Sure' as we are of our rights in these
matters, convinced as we are of the
authenticity of the vision which has
led us thus far and still beckons us
forward, I can yet assure you that so
long as the administration of your
affairs remains in hands as strong and
skilful as those to which they have
been and are now confided,there will be
no more surrender of our rights than
there will be violation of the rights
of others. The President, to whom you
have given your invaluable trust and
confidence, like his own immortal pre
decessor. is as incapable of bullying a
strong Power as is he is of wronging a
weak one. He feels and knows—for
has he not tested it, in the currents of
the heady fight, as well as in the toil
some work of administration —that the
nation over whose destinies he presides
has a giant’s strength in the works of
war, as in the works of peace. But
that consciousness of strength brings
with it no temptation to do injury to
any Power on earth, the proudest or
the humblest. We frankly confess we
seek the friendship of all the Powers;
we want to trade with all peoples; we
are conscious of resources that will
make our commerce a source of ad
vantage to them and of profit to our
selves. But no wantonness of strength
will ever induce us to drive a hard
bargain with another nation because
it is weak, nor will any fear of ignoble
criticism tempt us to insult or defy a
great Power because it is strong, or
even because it is friendly."
After he concluded Secretary Hay
was obliged several times to acknowl
edge the applause accorded him by the
ciners.
Gov. Odell spoke to the toast, “State
erf New York,” and Mayor-elect Low
replied to the toast, “T|he City of New
York.” Joseph IT. Choate, ambassador
to England, was next introduced. Af
ter the applause had subsided he spoke
with his usual eloquence, dwelling
mostly on the sympathy that had been
shown by the British people at the time
of President McKinley’B death, and
said that not only had sympathy been
manifested almost every hour for days
after the event by royalty, but that
all classes were quite as sorrowful. In
view of these facts Mr. Choate thought
this government justified in thinking
that England’s grief was an expression
of natural sympathy.
Mr. Choate was followed by Senator
McLaurln of South Carolina, who spoke
to the toast of “The Monroe Doctrine
of the Twentieth Century.” The sen
ator's address was very well received,
and he was frequently applauded.
Senator McLaurin'* Address.
Senator J. L. McLaurin of South
Carolina spoke to the sentiment, ‘‘The
Monroe Doctrine of the Twentieth Cen
tury.”
He declared that the ruling question
to-day with all nations, and the one
to which all political questions are
subordinated is, “What can we do to
further industrial development and ob
tain substantial business prosperity?”
Speaking of the promulgation by “the
infant republic” of the Monroe doc
trine, he said that “any other policy
would have wrecked our government
and been an insurmountable barrier
to our national growth, prosperity and
progress.”
“Now that we have become 'the
greatest export nation of the world,
the mightiest potentiality on earth for
progress, civilization and human free
dom, we can no longer confine our in
stitutions and our destiny to this con
tinent, but are compelled, by uncon
trollable events, to seek fraternity with
other nations and to reach out for
new channels of trade.
“The Spanish war was the occasion,
not the cause. The report of Dewey’s
cannon in Manila bay was but the
formal announcement to the world of
what you call on your programme the
twentieth century Monroe doctrine, but
which I call the McKinley doctrine,
and as such it will be known to future
ages.”
Senator McLaurin elucidated the
McKinley doctrine to be as follows:
“First, that as our own manifold
productions largely exceed home con
sumption. the expansion of territory,
trade and commerce was the only
means of creating markets for our sur
plus products.
“Second, that as a nation with a
firmly established constitutional gov
ernment and enlarged national obli
gations, we could no longer abstain
from participation In the affairs of the
world, but must take our share of the
responsibility.
•'Third, that while maintaining the
doctrine that no government on the
American continent must be Interfered
with or controlled by any European
Power, yet we must cultivate friendly
relations with them and be prepared to
seek and control our share of the trade
of the world.
“Fourth, that we should not and
could not as a nation safely shrink
from the full performance of all the
responsibilities cast upon us, but must
move forward to the fulfilment of our
national destiny.
“The propositions embraced In this
doctrine will be to the twentieth cen
tury what the Monroe doctrine was to
the nineteenth. If, aa a nation, we
would enjoy the commercial fruits we
need and desire ws must, tlks Indi
viduals. mske national venture# end
tie rol< efforts.”
Kenstor Md-surlti declared the prin
ciple# cm bra' ed In the “McKinley doe
iilne“ to b the only one# which prom
ise the stability of the nation and the
I futj accomplishment of our national
i destiny ll predicted that this doctrine
is to be "our • hart and compass until
i w# complete another cycle in national
ao Fit Id fUM |
SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1901.
TO GET MORE TRADE
HECIPROCITY CONVENTION BEGINS
ITS WORK.
TARIFF MUST BE REMODELED.
SUBJECT MUST BE HANDLED GIN
GERLY, HOWEVER.
Two Hundred Delegate* Meet In He
•ponic to Call of Munufnetnrer*.
Chairman Search Set* Forth the
Pur|io*e* of the Convention—Many
“Infant” Industrie* No Longer
Neetl Protection—Home Market
Cannot Ahorl> Entire Output and
New Outlet* Must Be Found.
Washington, Nov. 19.—Many of the
manufacturing industries of the United
States are represented at the national
reciprocity convention which began its
sessions here to-day. There were 300
delegates present in response to a call
issued by the National Association of
Manufacturers at a meeting in Detroit
last June. The convention is repre
sentative of all sections, and its object
is to give expression to the views of
manufacturers generally on the subject
of reciprocity.
D. A. Tomkins of Charlotte, N. C.,
was chosen temporary chairman, and
Theodore C. Search of Philadelphia
was then made permanent chairman.
The organization was completed by
election of the following:
Vice chairman, Gen. W. F. Draper
of Massachusetts; T. L. Hickman of
Georgia; Charles H. Harding of Penn
sylvania; James Deering of Illinois;
Titus Sheard of New York, and Rob
ert J. Morgan of Ohio; secretaries, E.
H. Sanborn of Pennsylvania and E. P.
Wilson of Cincinnati.
The convention adopted resolutions
of greeting to President Roosevelt,
pledging its support and expressing
confidence in his administration.
Mr. Search in taking the chair out
lined the work before the convention.
He said in part:
To Forestall Agitation.
“Our aim has been to forestall tariff
agitation, not to encourage it. It is
the duty of this convention to harmon
ize as far as possible the widely dif
fering opinions represented in this
body and to reduce to clear and force
ful expression such principles as we
hold in common. We are here to har
monize our views, not to emphasize our
differences.
“This is no time or place for senti
ment, for theories or for statements
that cannot be fully substantiated by
facts. I take it we are all agTeed as to
certain general propositions as these:
“That some of the duties embraced
in our present tariff are no longer
needful for the existence of the indus
tries for whose protection they are im
posed.
“That many of our industries have
reached a stage in their development
where the home market alone cannot
absorb their entire product and conse
quently new outlets are necessary for
their continuous operation and the
steady employment of their operatives.
“That the establishment of more cor
dial commercial relations with other
nations by means of an exchange of
tariff concessions would enlarge the
foreign outlets of those industries for
which increased export trade is neces
sary.
“That if such applications of the
principles of commercial reciprocity
could be made without injury to any
of our industries the consequent ex
pansion of our foreign trade would be
beneficial to all our commercial and in
dustrial interests.”
Committee announcements and the
reading of papers occupied the after
noon session. Ellison A. Smyth of
Pelzer, S. C., was named as a member
o' a committee to call on the Presi
dent, and D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte,
N. C., was made a member of the Com
mittee on Resolutions.
All Favor High Tariff.
The night session, devoted to the
subject of reciprocity with the Span-
countries, developed the
fact that the delegates were having a
difficult time in avoiding making
straight-out high tariff speeches, while
striving to confine themselves to the
discussion of reciprocal relations. One
speaker said he had heard nothing but
high tariff speeches all day and that
were the delegates not so earnestly
trying to attain the ends mapped out,
one might believe that he were attend
ing a political meeting at the hight
of an important campaign.
DICKINSON CALLS FOR TROOPS.
Captora of Mins Stone No Longer to
Be Temporized With.
Sofia, Nov. 19.—1 t Is reported that Mr.
Dickinson, the United States diplo
matic agent here, has Informed the
government of Bulgaria that the ab
ductors of Miss Ellen M. Stone and
Mme. Tsllka, with their captives, are
concealed In a defile of the Belle Rltza
mountains, near Smotch, and has re
quested that troops be sent to surround
the place and liberate the captives.
Both Mr. Dickinson and the Bulgarian
foreign office decline to confirm or deny
this report. Nevertheless. It Is believed
that Mr. Dickinson, persuaded of the
Impossibility of coming to terms with
the brigands and relying upon his be
lief that they will not harm their cap
tives if troops are employed against
them, has, after consulting with Wash
ington, decided upon this move.
Only eight bandits now guard Miss
Stone, and some of them are known to
sympathise with her.
HAD CONTRABAND OP WAR.
British Steamer Waa Taking Sup
plies for Boers Prom Loudon.
Dondon, Nov, 19.—The government
has caused the detention of a British
steamer which waa fitting out, ostensi
bly for a pleasure cruiae at Victoria
dock a, on the ground that the veaael
waa laden with contraband of war,
destined for the Boers.
A searchlight filed to the steamers
meet brought her under suspicion, and
It Is said tb subsequent search dis
closed four field guns, quantities of
raw material for the manufacture of
powder, and that the vessel was fitted
up Inside Pi accommodate from HC to
too men,
The captain of the atearner sere hie
Instruction* from his employers direct
ed him is iall at Hamburg altar leas
, tag the Thames. (
CHICAGO HIDDEN IN FOG.
Many Collision* Occur on Elevated
Roads and Two Men Are Killed.
Chicago, Nov. 19.—'Tlffe densest fog
ever experienced in Chicago caused
numerous collisions between trains ear
ly to-day. In these collisions two men
were killed, two were so badly injured
that they probably will not recover and
fifteen others were seriously hurt.
Scores of others, the police say, were
injured in minor accidents, due to the
fog, but as they were able to assist
themselves no official reports were
made.
The more serious accidents occurred
on the Metropolitan and the Lake
street elevated railroads. Collisions
between vehicles and surface cars were
frequent, but while a great number of
people were Injured by them, none of
the injuries incapacitated them, and
the damage was chiefly to the colliding
objects themselves.
The fog at an early hour was so thick
that persons standing on the sidewalks
could scarcely distinguish street cars
passing within a few feet of them and
motormen kept their gongs clanging a
•constant warning.
The collision on the Metropolitan
was between trains going the same
way, as was the case in other acci
dents. Both trains were crowded,
many passengers standing on the rear
platforms. On the first train these
were almost the only ones to suffer.
The motorman slowed up going around
a curve, and whjle waiting for a sig
nal to increase speed, the Humboldt
Park express train crashed into the
rear car without warning. Thomas
Meeny was killed.
On the Lake Street Elevated the ac
cident was almost exactly similar. The
people injured were standing on the
rear platform with the exception of
the motorman, Munn, on the rear train.
He said he did not see the train ahead
until too late.
Later in the day news of another
collision, which had occurred on the
Metropolitan, became public. One
train was overtaken by another. Otto
Leinhert, the conductor of the first
ttoin, remained cn the rear clatform
frantically waving a signal lantern,
while the passengers who had been
standing with him went inside. His
efforts were in vain. He was crushed
and died at the hospital several hours
later. In all there were nine collisions
on elevated structures during the fog.
THE COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS.
Government Sends a Cargo and Well
Armed Force After Them.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 19.—Gen. Al
ban, with a force of 1,100 men, well
armed and supplied with ammunition
and having cannon and modern quick
firing guns with them, has started to
attack the insurgent forces. Which are
strongly intrepched at Chorrera. Half
of Gen. Alban’s force left Panama in
large launches, towed by the Colombian
gunboat Boyaca. The remainder
marched overland. These forces are to
combine and make a front and rear at
tack on the insurgents. Chorrera is
only one day’s march from Panama.
Gen. Castro accompanies Gen. Alban.
Gen. Lugo Is in command of the in
surgent forces, though Domingo Diaz
is the nominal head. The Liberals
claim that they possess a stronger
force than the government’s, but It is
generally admitted that they are in
differently armed and poorly supplied
with ammunition. News of a decisive
government victory is confidently ex
pected this week.
Gen. Alban’s inarching orders were
kept secret until the moment the troops
were ordered to move.
A majority of the troops which ar
rived here Sunday last on board the
gunboat Gen. Pinzon, will remain at
Panama, in order to garrison that city.
PATERNO’S PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
Former Chief of Filipino Cabinet
Made President of Peace Party.
Manila, Nov, 19.—Paterno, the for
mer chief of the so-called Filipino
cabinet, has been elected President of
the new peace party. Isabelo Reyes
was elected vice president.
In thanking the large meeting for his
election Paterno said the war had last
ed four years and blood was still flow
ing fast, saturating camps and mak
ing orphans. Fields which were for
merly covered with flowers were now
deserts. The time had come to drop
petty party politics and the hankering'
after offices. The Filipinos must work
in the interests of peace and they
would then receive the blessings of the
rising and future generations.
The Federals object to the formation
of the party, but several thousand
have Joined it in Manila alone.
CARRIED f7,000,000 IN GOLD.
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse Leaves
With Valuable Cargo.
New York, November 19. —The
big North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which
sailed for Eufope to-day, carried In
her treasure room coin and bar gold,
valued at more than $7,000,000. It was
carefully stowed away in oak casks
and iron bound boxes, and was under
seal in the specie room. It was the
largest sum ever sent across the At
lantic in a single steamship, and rep
resented the engagements made by the
larger financial houses of New York
since the final shipment of last week.
Most of the gold is to meet foreign obli
gations not paid by balances.
Ladenburg. Thaimann & Cos., en
gaged $600,000 in gold at the assay of
fice for shipment Thursday.
TO HANG FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Alabama Coart Imposes First *#u
tenee of This Kind.
Birmingham, Als., Nov. I*.—Will
Dorsey, a negro, has been sentenced to
be hanged for highway robbery. This
is, so far as reliable records go, the
first case involving the death sentenca
for this offense. Dorsey was convicted
of assaulting and robbing the family of
David McNamara, a white man living
near here. In his charge the judge
said that strict measure* were neces
sary to teach the people the value of
human life.
Turtle Heaters Ysss 4 Treasure-
Kingston. Jamaica, Nov 19.—1 tls
now asset ted that the treasure found
by lit* Grand Cayman turtle hunters
In Octobei. last amounts to $17,000 la
old g partial) gold coins- Tire money
was burled In a te*f off the island of
Jains has, it bad bean east Is Mobil*
( far eats
A ROCKY ROAD AHEAD
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS EX
PECTED TO CLASH.
ROOSEVELT LACKS SUAVITY.
HE HAS NOT MCKINLEY’S PLEASING’
ADDRESS.
Caller* Are Received With the Glad
Hand, lint Somehow They Depart
DlNKUtiMllcd—Democrat* Will Take
Advantage of the How When It
Cornea—Con g re** in an Livingston
Arrive* on the Scene—First of the
Georgia Delegation.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 19. —Rep-
resentative Livingston is the first mem
ber of the Georgia delegation to reach
Washington for the opening of the
new Congress. He arrived here last
night somewhat improved in health,
but still suffering from a severe cold
contracted several weeks ago.
As there are but few Democratic
congressmen in Washington, Repre
sentative Livingston says he has not
had an opportunity to ascertain what
the party programme will be during
the coming session of Congress. Such
observations as he has made, and such
conversations as he has had with
brqther members of the Democratic
faith, leads Mr. Livingston to the con
clusion that there is apt to be a large
sized family row within the Republi
can party before the session concludes,
and it may be good policy for the
Democrats to be ready to take advan
tage of the political opportunities as
they occur.
Mr. Livingston says It is perfectly
clear that the Republican party Is
widely apart on the question of reci
procity, and also on revision of the
tariff. It is also apparent that Presi
dent Roosevelt has certain ideas of his
own, which he will endeavor to impress
upon Congress. It remains to be seen
whether President Roosevelt possesses
the faculty of maintaining the amica
ble and friendly relation with both fac
tions of Congress which so character
ized the administration of his late pre
decessor.
A Clash Predicted.
, The most ardent supporters of the
present administration do not hesitate
to predict that a war between the
President and Congress ia inevitable.
To what lines the conflict will be
drawn is a matter of wide speculation.
Republican as- well as Democratic con--
ffressmen who have been to the White
House recently come away in a less
amicable mood than they did a year
ago, when Mr. McKinley was in the
White House. President Roosevelt is
cordial, and' almost demonstrative in
his greetings, but he lacks the pleasing
personality and the mild and gentle
manner which endeared McKinley to
the Republicans and Democrats alike.
J. Sloa-t Fassett. one of New
York’s leading Republicans, was here
to-day to pay his respects to the Pres
ident. Mr. Fasset has a happy way of
giving expression to his ideas which
are usually clever and appropriate.
Without intending in any way to re
flect upon President Roosevelt or make
any comparison between the present
occupant of the White House and his
late predecessor, Mr. Fassett in refer
ring to the late President McKinley
said:
Mr. Fassett on McKinley.
“I don’t believe we will ever live to
see a President who was closer to all
the people of this country than Pres
ident McKinley. His influence upon
Ccngress and upon the people of all
sections of the country was great that
he was unintentionally perhaps build
ing up a great American patriotism
trust which took in Democrats as well
as Republicans. I use the word trust
in no offensive sense, but simply to em
phasize the fact that President Mc-
Kinley was steadily and effectively
wiping out all traces of sectionalism
and establishing throughout this en
tire country, one grand brotherhood of
American patriots.
“President Roosevelt has the oppor
tunity to follow up the safe and con
servative policy of President McKinley
and in my Judgment he will do so to a
large extent. He realizes the great re
sponsibilities resting upon him and I
predict that he will meet all the de
mand made upon him in a manner ac
ceptable to the majority of the Amer
ican people.”
CHARLOTTE’S COSTLY FIRE.
The Holton Block Burned With n
Loss of g 100.000.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 19. Fire early
to-day destroyed the Holton block and
caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. The princi
pal losers, are: H. G. Link, groceries,
$90,000; R. H. Field, groceries, $15,000;
B. K. Bryan, groceries, $48,000; Ogles
by Bros., dry goods. All were insured.
The fire broke out in Oglesby's store
at the corner of College and Trade
streets, and gained headway through
an accident at the pumping station,
which temporarily cut off the water
supply. By the time the block was
well In flames the water supply was
restored, and the flames were confined
to the building.
A VIGOROUS MESSAGE.
President Roosevelt's Remurks Said
to Be Entirely Chnraetertstle.
Washington. Nov. 19.—The cabinet
meeting to-day lasted about two and a
half hours. The whole time was spent
In the reading of the President's mss
rage and In commenting upon Its va
rious features. The message is long
ami is said to he vigorous In tone, in
that respect, tt least, quite character
istic of President Roosevelt.
No other business was transacted.
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THE MARINE COURTMARTIAL.
1
Col. Menilc Face* Charge* of Drnnk
enne** anil Sen million* Condnct.
New York, Nov. 19.—C01. Robert L.
Meade, the commanding officer of the
marine barracks at the Brooklyn navy
yard, faced a court-martial to-day in
the paymaster's building at the yard
on charges preferred against him by
Maj. C. H. Lauchheimer and Col. F. L.
Denny. The officer is accused of
drunkenness while on duty and scan
dalous conduct. The members of the
court are Rear Admiral George W.
Sumner, Capt. George F. Wilde, Col.
James Forney, Capt. F. A. Cook, Capt.
F. E. Chadwick, Capt. B. P. Lamber
ton, Capt. R. E. Walker, Capt. George
W. Piginan and Capt. C. H. Chester.
The Judge advocate was Lieut. A. P.
Niblack, assisted by Capt. B. H. Fuller.
Col. Meade was represented by Lo
renzo Semple and C. C. Semple, of the
law firm of Coudert Brothers.
Only two witnesses were examined
to-day, the first being Col. F. L. Denny,
one of the two complainants, who made
a direct charge of intoxication and un
becoming conduct against Col. Meade.
Architect Boring, the other witness,
testified that in company with Col.
Denny he visited the marine barracks
on a tour of inspection pending im
provements on March 18 and April 30,
of this year, and on both occasions Col.
Meade acted in a very erratic man
ner, and while talking on business ap
pertaining to the proposed improve
ments in the building Col. Meade had
acted in a very strange way, which the
witness described as being caused by
intoxication. He Raid that Col. Meade
was incoherent at times and made
sweeping statements as to all contract
ors having business In the navy yard,
saying they were thieves and robbers,
and made other remarks which were
more forcible than polite.
OUTLAWRY IN INDIANA.
Union Men Wreck n Mine nud As
sault Mine Employes.
Vincennes. Ind., Nov. 19.—Three
hundred union miners from Washing
ton. Princeton, Petersburg. Linton.
Sullivan and Bieknell came hfere dur
ing the night and early to-day. march
ed to the shaft of the Protest Hill Coal
Mine Company, where non-union min
ers are employed, and closed the shaft.
They destroyed property, assaulted a
number of miners and are still in the
vicinity of the mine. The entire citv
is excited and grave trouble is feared.
Owing to a recent strike the mine
was not being operated at night and
one man, the watchman, Buck Asbell,
was on duty. Asbell says he was seized
by the leaders of the mlpers who took
him to the furnace door, threatening
to burn him alive, but that others in
terfered.
He was then beaten almost senseless
and pladed under guard while fifty of
the crowd went to a shack occupied by
half a dozen miners, where a general
fight resulted. In which Perry Collins,
an attorney of Washington, who was
visiting the owner of the shack, and
William Scott and Joseph Devine, non
union ml net's, were badly beaten and
left in a serious condition. The union
men then returned to the mine, stopped
the pumps, burned all the tools they
could find and after leaving instruc
tions that they would return in case
the mine was started and the scale not
paid marched back to town and dis
banded.
MUST PAY BRITISH TAX.
The IVlnane Millions Helil Subject to
Crovrn Legacy Dnty.
London. Nov. 19.—Arguments in the
appeal of Walter and L. W. Winans,
against the judgment of Justices Ken
nedy and Philllmore in November,
1900, in awarding the crown legacy duty
on the large estate left by their fath
er, W. L. Winans, was heard to-day.
The sole question at issue Is whether
the deceased was domiciled in England.
Judgment will be rendered to-morrow.
!r. November, last, the lord chief
Justice’s court in London was occunled
in determining whether the late Wil
liam L. Winans, formerly of Balti
more, Md.. was a domiciled resident of
Great Britain when he died in 1897.
Tb.ls question was tested through a
legacy of £2,000 willed to Mr. Winans’
sister-in-law, Ellen deLaßue, on which
tile crown claimed legacy duty. The
iourt gave Judgment for the crown,
and the attorney general stated that
the decision of the court would effect
the whole of Mr. Winans’ millions.
W. L. Winans died In London, June
25, 1897. in his 75th year. He was born
in Baltimore in 1822 and when 20 years
of age was sent to Russia to arrange
the contracts for furnishing and equip
ping the railway between Moscow and
St. Petersburg. The road was success
fully completed and a large fortune
was secured to the Winans’ family.
ROYAL PERSONAGES AT OUTS.
Insuperable Personal Aversion to Be
Grounds for Divorce.
London, Nov. 19.—Truth to-morrow
will say that the hereditary prince of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the prince
of Lohenhohe-Oshringen visited Em
peror William at Potsdam Nov. 15. and
acquainted him with the fact that the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchesa of
Hesse would be divorced on the ground
of “Insuperable personal aversion.” ail
efforts to arrange a modus vivendi hav
ing failed.
WAIT POSSE FOR MATHIS.
Murderer of Deputy Mnrslmls Sur
rounded In Swamp.
Oxford. Ml**.. Nov. 18. —‘The officers
who are pursuing Mathis, the alleged
Illicit distiller who murdered the dep
uty United States marshals Sunday,
have to-night asked for a posse of
thirty or more armed citizens to as
sist In the capture of the fugitive.
The officer* say they have him sur
rounded In a swamp, and reinforce
ments have left for the scene.
Fire In t arwo of Ike ’l>la-fra.
London, Nov. 19. —The Spanish
steamer Tslesfora, Uajit liengo, from
Galveston, Oct. 26. via Newport Newa,
Nov. 2, passed Kinsal# on the south
mast of Ireland to-day. She reported
that fir* broke out In her cargo whtl*
af sea, but It waa believed to hava been
extinguished ■
three Wegra llilMrrs < mealed
| CkarioUe, N C., Nov, 19—Three
i children of Mack Blalock, colored the
‘ oldest four years old. were burned to
death 1* Wake county, ft this af.
j ter noon Then pnenta locked t hem in
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DAILY. 18 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.BI AYBAS
NOT AFRAID OF NEGRO
HARDWICK'S DISFRANCHISEMENT
BILL DEFEATED.
THE VOTE WAS 114 TO 17.
WRIGHT DISPENSARY BILL IN SEN.
ATE TO-DAY.
Mr. Hardwick Made an Urgent Ap
renl for Hi* Mensnre, bnt Met
Willi Little Sympathy— DeclarciT
Tlint Fifty-nine Conntie* Hava
Black Majorities, and Thnt Thla
Give* Negroes Balance of Power.
The Atluntn Depot Committee
Make* Its Report.
Atlanta, Nov. 19.—There appears to
be no disposition on the part of the
Legislature to disfranchise the negro.
The bill by Mr. Hardwick of Wash
ington to amend the constitution to
this end was defeated a second time
in the House to-day by a vote of 114
to 17.
Two years ago when the measura
was up it received only three votes in
support of it. Mr. Hardwick feels
therefore that it has gained some
what in popularity.
The disfranchisement bill provided
that no citizen should be allowed to
vote unless he could read and construe
a section of the state constitution, but
that the provisions of the amendment
should not apply to any who were
qualified voters on Jan. 1, 1687, or to
the descendants of any such.
It came up as the special order im
mediately after the reading of the Jour
nal. Mr. Hardwick made a ringing
speech in behalf of his measure. He
said he offered It in no spirit of malice
toward the negro, but because he knew
the white people of Georgia wanted It.
“The people of the county I repre
sent have returned me to this Legis
lature In spite of predicted political
defeat and oblivion, because I intro
duced this measure,” Mr. Hardwick
said. “The people of Washington
county want this bill passed, the peo
ple of the Tenth district want It, and
I am satisfied It Is the desire of, the
people of the entire state.” >
Mr. Hardwick said that universal
suffrage is neither wise nor desirable.
He explained the details of the bill and
asserted it would not affect a single
native white voter of the state. He
read extracts from Gov. Candler’s
message against negro suffrage. He
declared 59 counties of the state had a
majority of negroes in their population,
and said the negro held the balance of
power in all of them. There might be
harmony now, but harmony in the
party is not always assured, and such
a balance of power is dangerous.
Mr. Franklin of Washington, spoke
for the bill, and Mr. Taylor of Hous
ton. spoke briefly against It.
Mr. Stafford of Camden also declared
against It, saying the state had voted
to give the negro the right to suf
frage by adopting the 13th amendment
to the constitution of the United
States.
“Does the gentleman know that that
amendment was adopted with bayonets
around our ballot boxes?” asked Mr.
Hardwick.
Mr. Stafford did not think that al
tered the case.
“Did not a negro oppose the gentle
man from Camden and contest his seat
in this House?” asked Mr. Franklin.
“That is true,” Mr. Stafford said,
“but I shall not vote to hang the state
of Georgia up in disgrace on account
of it.”
The vote was then taken on the bill
with the result stated.
All of the members from Chatham
voted against the measure.
A Filth, on the Depot Bill.
There was a sort of preliminary fili
bustering skirmish on the depot blit ir
the House. Chairman Bower of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad com
mittee made several ineffectual at
tempts to submit the favorable report
of the committee on the Atlanta depot
bill. Fanally Mr. Gress of Wilcox
moved that the session be extended
two minutes for the purpose of ruling
the report.
One of the fllibusterers called for th
ayes and nays, and on the vote the ses
sion was extended by 82 to 19, then the
fllibusterers tried to adjourn, but the
motion was voted down.
Several other dilatory methods were
employed, but when the business before
the House was disposed of the commit
tee report was read and the bill went
upon the calendar.
Dull Time In the Senate.
The day in the Senate was a dry and
unlnteretsing one. After the lengthy
discussion on a measure requiring rail
roads to erect separate lavatories for
males and females at all depots In the
state, under penalty of SSOO, the meas
ure was re-referred to the committee
on Hygiene and Sanitation.
A number of unimportant local bills
were passed.
It is expected that tomorrow will be
an Interesting day in the Senate. The
Wright dispensary bill is the special or
der before that body for 10 o'clock, and
a warm debate is expected.
There are several senators who op
pose the measure, but the general Im
pression is that it wail pass by a good
majority.
Several important Senate amend
ments have been submitted and these
also will be acted on. Perhaps the
most Important is that requiring a pe
tition from one-third Instead of one
fifth of the qualified voters before an
election can be called.
This also amends the local option
law of the state, which at present per
mits an election on prohibition at the
request of one-tenth of the qualified
vot#rc<
CIVIL SEN VICK EXTENDED.
Shout Military Employes Bet
lader t over of it* uig.
Washington. Nov. It,-President
Roosevelt has issued an ot der amend
ing the civil service ieg uiaUoc.* so as
to return to the civil service a num
ber ot civilian placet) la tbs War De
partment, *nopt*d by executive order
oil May It. MM, To-day's erder Is at
1 the request of Secretary Rout and It
affects about I .due people In the *puat -
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