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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. EBTILL, President.
Establ'shed 1830. - - Incorporated 1888.
GIVE ’EM BIG JOBS
HILLMAN SAYS MAKE THE NEGRO
AVOlttv COMPLETE.
booker in the cabinet
SHOt LD BE THE CONST’SrtMATION
OP ROOSEVELT’S POLICY.
£ontli Carolina Senator Said He
Would Vote for Washington for
Secretary of An) thing—Wan Sar
castic in Hi* Remark* on the Race
<lne*llon— Large Crowd* at the
Session of the Senate—Legllation
That Engaged That Body’* Atten
tion.
Washington, Peb. 23. —After nearly a
month of waiting Senator Tillman
was able to secure recognition this
afternoon for his speech upon Southern
conditions based upon the race ques
tion. As the postoffiee appropriation
hill was under consideration, the South
Carolina Senator confined his remarks
almost exclusively to the Indianola
case.
In his opening statement he said he
would .surprise his friends and per
haps disappoint his enemies, if he had
any, by being calm and dispassionate
j i his remarks, and he did disappoint
them, because he made a legal argu
ment free from the bitterness that has
characterized most of his utterances
on this line. He made only passing
reference to Senator Hanna’s slave
pension bill, which seemed to please
the Ohio senator, who evidently
thoughts he might be held up as a tar
get for attack.
Senator Tillman showed that there
is a law on the statute books provid
ing for punishment by fines of those
guilty of the charges made against
some of the people of Indianola, and
that it was the duty of the President
to have proceeded under the law, in
stead of resorting to the revolutionary
tactics of closing the office.
Many Daughter* Attended.
A large crowd was attracted
to the Senate most of them
visiting Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution. Washington’s Fare
well Address was read by Sena
tor Dußois of Idaho. The omnibus
public building bill was passed, and
the postoffice appropriation bill was
considered without final action.
Senator Tillman spoke for nearly
two hours, principally in reply to Sen
ator Spooner, on the Indianola, Miss.,
postoffiee case. He said that if the
policy of the administration in regard
to the equality of the negro was car
i led on and Booker Washington should
be appointed to the cabinet, he would
vote for hi* confirmation.
He did not conclude his speech
During the reading of Washington's
address, Reed Smoot, senator-elect
from Utah, entered the chamber and
took a seat beside Senator Kerns.
The Rawlins resolution, calling on
the Secretary of War for information
concerning court-martial cases in the
Philippines, was favorably reported by
Senator Ixid'ge and adopted, with an
amendment limiting the reply to sum
maries of the records and testimony.
Another amendment, which was adopt
ed, excludes the case of Maj. L. W. T.
Waller.
Credentials of Smoot.
Senator Kerns of TTtah presented the
credentials of Senator-elect Reed
Smoot of Utah, which were read. Mr.
Smoot was sitting in the rear of the
chamber when the document was read.
Senator Burrows of Michigan stated
that a protest had been filed with his
committee against Mr. Smoot’s ad
mission. The credentials and protest
were filed.
A House resolution was - agreed to,
providing for the erection in Wash
ington, D. f'., of bronze equestrian
statues of Count Pulaski and Baron
Steuben of tlie Continental Army and
appropriating $50,000 for each.
Senator Mason then called up the
postofiice appropriation bill. Its formal
reading was dispensed with, and the
bill was read for amendment. The
statehood amendment was passed over
for the time being.
Senator Mason yielded to Senator
Fairbanks, who presented an omnibus
public building bill.
Senators Daniel and Martin of Vir
ginia made an earnest plea for an in
creased appropriation for a building
at Portsmouth, Va. Senator Martin
explained that the amendment was
directly in line with the purpose of
the biil, and asked Senator Fairbanks
why he objected to it. Senator Fair
banks said his reason was that the
committee had information that there
was a real estate deal or combination
to run up the price. This Senator
Martin emphatically denied.
On a yea and nay vote the amend
ment was lost, 20 to 34.
All other amendments were voted
down and the bill was passed.
Consideration of the postoffice appro
priation bill was then resumed.
The president pro tern appointed
Senators Alger and Bacon visitors to
the military academy. He also ap
pointed Senators McComas and Daniel
'isitorS to the naval academy.
Tillman Talks of Negroes.
Senator Tillman, who had been
standing in the aisle endeavoring to
get recognition to speak regarding the
indianola. Miss., postofiice ease, in
quired what was up if the postofiice
appropriation bill went over.
Injecting some humor into the pro
ceedings, the president pro tern replied
ihat he ‘understood the Senator from
South Carolina was coining up on his
f'-ei," at which the Senate was con
vulsed.
Senator Tillman then said he pro
posed to surprise his friends and
astonish his enemies, if he had any, by
being indld and temperate in what he
would say.
"If we had known at the beginning
of the Civil War," Senator Tillman
s aid, "what we know now, there would
have been no war.”
He inquired why the large majority
°f law-abiding people of Indianola
should be punished because there was
a small, lawless and brutal element.
It was contrary to the fundamental
principles of Anglo-Saxon Jurispru
dence.
Replying to some remsrks made by
nator Spooner In his speech. Senator
Oilman said:
“It is not in the dream of the wildest
ss that roi.ms over the Southern
-tales with a wax skin on him that
the federal government Is not au
pram*." But. he said, there are some
t-usimu ptppoaiUuns wblcii have been
Jlabatmalj IHoftiing
ignored. He said that in the South the
people have a constant reminder that
their ancestors thirty-five years ago
were conquered.
"We are perpetually reminded,’’ he
said, accentuating his words, “that
w f e are in the Union, but not of it, ex
cept to pay taxes.”
Tow Much Theorising:.
The poison in the race condition in
the South, he said, lay in the referee
system which had been adopted. The
balance of power in national Republi
can conventions was held by the ma
chine of the South, and that machine
was composed of negroes. When the
people of the South lose patience and
do "cruel, bitter fearful, fiendish and
savage things, there is a howl from men
who know nothing and who have never
been Soutfi of the Potomac, but who
have theorized.”
Continuing, and addressing the Re
publican side, he said that if this policy
of negro equality is carried out and if
some of them could be given places in
the cabinet, he would vote for them.
“I will vote to confirm Booker Wash
ington as secretary of anything. Let
us have a negro, a genuine negro, not
a mulatto or hybrid. Then let us make
them officers in the army and the navy.
Let us give them pro rata share of
ali the good jobs wherever they exist,
without regard to local conditions.”
Senator Tillman added that nothing
of the sort will be done.
After speaking for nearly two hours
and not concluding, Senator Tiilman
yielded for an executive session.
The postoffiee appropriation bill !s
still before the Senate.
At 5:20 p. m., the Senate adjourned.
nocompromiseT et.
Senator* Bn*y Discussing Statehood
Mean lire*.
Washington. Feb. 23. —All day there
has been talk of compromise on the
statehood bill. It was generally un
derstood that what was know’n as the
Spooner compromise, being the two
state bill drawn by the Wisconsin sen
ator, would be satisfactory to the
Republicans. The terms of this com
promise have heretofore been given,
save that the provision for the state
of Montezuma provides that before
Arizona can be set off as a separate
state the population of Montezuma
must be 700,000, of w hich 300,000 should
be in Arizona.
The Democrats, Nvhile talking in a
conciliatory spirit, said that they had
little hope that the Republican proposi
tion would be acceptable to them. It
is quite likely that when this proposi
tion is submitted, the Democrats will
have a conference. Probably a coun
ter-proposition will then be made, pro
viding that when Arizona has a popu
lation which is the average for a rep
resentative in Congress, it shall be ad
mitted as a state; also that a census
shall be taken every year. The Demo
cfets say they want a provision fixing
a date which will bring Arizona into
the Union. This would not be satis
factory to the Republicans.
While the efforts toward' a compro
mise continue there are only a few
senators who expect an .adjustment to
be reached, and the prospects of state
hood legislation are still remote.
There was an earnest conference In
the Senate chamber after adjournment,
participated in by Senators Aldrich.
Quay, Hanna, Foraker, McOomas, Bev
eridge and Kean, when it was definite
ly decided that the proposition for a
compromise on two states should be
submitted to the Democrats. Senator
Quay presented a memorandum of the
important features of the compromise
to Senator Bate, who will present It to
a conference of Democrats, called for
10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
It is expected that the Republican
proposition will be rejected and a
counter-proposition made. Democratic
leaders say that they cannot accept
the compromise suggested, and the Re
publicans say that no further conces
sions will be made.
WELL PAID FOR HIS FAST.
Xe*PO Gets Damages A uni tint tlie
l*u 11 ma n Company.
Trenton, N. J„ Feb. 23.—1n the
United States court here to-day a jury
awarded SSOO damages to Rev. Henry
P. Johnston of Camden, a negro, who
sued the Pullman Car Company for
SIO,OOO.
Johnston is editor of the Christian
Advocate, and on March 25, last, while
riding in a Pullman car between Rich
mond, Va., and Washington, sought
service in the dining car. He alleged
that he was refused food by different
subterfuges, notwithstanding he ap
plied three times. Finally, when all
the passengers had been served and
the employes were eating, he said, he
was offered food.
ARE HURLED TO DEATH
BY DYNAMITE.
Connellsville, Pa„ Feb. 23.—Two Ital
ians were killed, two fatally injured,
and a number of others slightly hurt
by an explosion of dynamite on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad double
tracking operations near Rockwood, Pa.
The men were thawing dynamite,
when it exploded, scattering death and
destruction in all directions. The two
Italians killed were hurled into the
Castleman river, a distance of 10ft feet,
and their bodies were horribly mutilat
ed. The names of the killed and injur
ed cannot be learned, as they are known
only by their working numbers.
ALLEN IS ARRESTED.
Hold in Nexv York on n Charge Ma<lo
nt Wnrrenton.
New York, Feb. 23.—Acting on a re
quest contained in a telegram from
Sheriff Brinkley of Warrenton, Oa..
detectives to-night arrested at the Gil
sey House James F. Allen. 28 years old,
of Warrenton. Alien claims to be
employed by the Western National
Bank of this city. Nothing is known
of the case at iiolice headquarters.
BISHOP GEtTfIVE YEARS.
Charlotte. N. C., Feb. 23.—Arthur L.
Bishop, charged with the murder of
Thomas Wilson, tn this city last Octo
ber, and who was yesterday convict' and
of manslaughter, was to-day sentenced
to serve five yams In the penitentiary
at hard labor. Bishop wus u traveling
salcauiati li'JUi i'etersbutg, Va,
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1903.
HE GRANTS REFORMS
SI LTA\ AC<’KDKS TO THE DE
MANDS OF THE POWERS.
THE ABUSES IN MACEDONIA
WILL BE CORRECTED EIDER THE
SURVEILLANCE OF NATIONS.
Min inter of Foreign Affair* Gave
-Notice Of the Sultan'* Acceptance.
llii* Came Without Delay Provi-
Mionn of the Demand Made .lotiitly
hy the Power*—lt Was Thought
the Turkish Government Would
Decline Acquiescence to Some.
Power* Were Determined.
Constantinople, Feb. 23. Tewflk
Pasha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
notified the Austro-Hungarian and
Russian ambassadors to-day that the
Sultan had agreed to adopt the scheme
for reforms in Macedonia.
Constantinople, Feb. 22.—The identi
cal note on the subject of reforms in
Macedonia, presented to the grand
vizier Saturday by the Austro-Hunga
rian and Russian ambassadors, was
translated into Turkish and handed to
the Sultan the same evening.
The Powers recommend, in addition
to the appointment of an inspector
general of gendarmerie for three years,
with ample powers to act independent
ly and to requisition troops in ease of
emergency, and the reorganization of
the gendarmerie and police under Eu
ropean instructors, that Christians be
admitted into the gendarmerie, in num
bers in proportion to the population,
without being reuqired to read and
write the Turkish language. Amnesty
is also demanded for all persons who
have been arrested for political of
fenses.
Local Expense* Mn*t l>e Met.
The scheme for administration and
financial reforms in Macedonia, as pro
posed by the Powers in the note, be
sides planning a more equitable collec
tion of taxes, provides that local ex
penses shall be a first charge on the
revenues of each vilayet. In the event
of there being a surplus this may be
sent to Constantinople.
Measures are also demanded for
compelling the Albanians to respect
the laws.
The power which it is proposed to
give to the inspector general of gend
armerie, whose appointment or recall
and whose successor must be confirm
ed by the Powers, thus virtually de
tached him from the direct control of
the authorities at Constantinople, was
thought almost sure to encounter op
position from the Turkish government.
It was thought the latter would also
most likaly object to the proposed
financial arrangements and to the ba
sis on which it is planned to recruit
the gendarmerie, which, were the sug
gestions of the Powers carried out,
would in several districts be practical
ly entirely composed of Christians,
owing to their predominance in certain
parts of Macedonia.
Were Ready to Coerce.
It was understood, however, that the
Powers were determined to admit of
no modification of the reform scheme,
that they demanded its application
without delay and that they were pre
pared to adopt coercive measures to
insure its being scrupulously carried
out.
An imperial irade has been issued,
authorizing the Turkish Minister of
War to purchase ten additional Max
im rapid fire guns.
RICE PLANTERS^
WIN THEIR DAMAGES.
Supreme Coart Find* for Savannah
River Grower*.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Justice Brew
er to-day delivered the opinion of the
United States Supreme Court in the
ease of the United States vs. Arthur
Lynah, holding that in cases in which
the property ’of private individuals is
destroyed through government im
provements, the owners are entitled to
recover damages.
Lynah and Williams are the owners
of rice plantations on the Savannah
river, and which it is claimed have
been ruined by flooding on account of
the construction of a dam by the gov
ernment. They brought suit in the
federal Circuit Court of South Caroli
na and were awarded SIO,OOO. To-day's
opinion affirms the opinion of the
South Carolina court.
The court held the destruction of
the land to be equivalent to taking it
for the purpose of n-iaking improve
ments. The chief justieiand Justices
Harlan and White united in a dissent
ing opinion, which was delivered by
the last named.
ASKsTorI&LOCO.OOO’
Cortelyou Want* a Building to Com
That Mach.
Washington, Feb. 23.—A scheme for
the organization of the new Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has been
laid before Congress by Secretary Cor
telyou in the estimates transmitted to
that body to-day through the Secre
tary of the Treasury. In addition to
the twelve branches of the public serv
ice transferred to the new department
from other departments, which have
been appropriated for. Secretary Cos -
teiyou asks for appropriations for sal
aries aggregating $669,690. The sal
aries cover the secretary's office, the
bureaus of corporations and manufac
tures and subordinate divisions.
Secretary Ccrtelyou asks $7,000,000
for a building for the department.
THE COURT UPHELD ~
FLORIDA OFFICIALS.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The United
States Supreme Court to-day decided
the case of James Torrance and others
against the state of Florida. The
charge was that of discriminating
against the negroes In the enforcement
of the law by refusing to summon ne
gro Jurors in criminal trials against
the appellants. The court decided that
there was no proof of such discrimina
tion. *nd affirmed the decision 'of the
Supreme Court of Florida, which up
held the legality of ttys proceeding* In
the trial courts
SAID DRAFT WOULD DO.
lint Bowen Declined to Give tier- I
many One.
Washington, Feb. ?3, —Having failed
in the effort to obtain from Mr. Bow
■ n the immediate payment in cash of
the £5,500. which ill was provided in
the protocol of Feb. J3. should be paid
to Germany thirty Sdays from that
date, Germany to-ddy requested Mr.
Bowen to give a draft for that amount
payable in Caracas op the latter date.
This latter request was made on be
lt ilf of the German embassy by Herr
Baltazzi, formerly charge d'affaires at
Caracas, but who has since tome to
Washington and has been assisting th
embassy in the pending negotiations.
Mr. Bowen was again,forced to decline
this request, which he did politely, at
the same time reminding llorr Bal
tazzi that he was bound by the terms
of the protocol, which provided that
the £5,500 should be paid at Caracas
on the 15th of March to the diplomatic
representative of Germany.
Just what reason was given by the
German representative for making the
request is not known. Such a draft,
however, it is presumed, would be ne
gotiable, and the result would he that
the Germans could Immediately ob
tain the money it railed for. The
whole matter is presumed to hinge on
the question of the return of the ships,
national and private, which were
taken by the German vessels during
the blockade, and regarding which
there appears to be a hitch.
Signor Mayor des Planches, the
Italian ambassador, made a call on Mr.
Bowen to-day and explained that he
had been informed by his government
that orders had been issued by the
miralty on Feb. 14, the day after the
signing of the protocol, giving direc
tions for the surrender of the ships
taken by Italian vessels.
Mr. Bowen to-day prepared and
handed to the diplomatic representa
tives of the blockading Powers the
drafts of the protocols for submission
of the question of the determination of
preferential treatment to The Hague
tribunal. The unallied Powers will be
invited to join in this issue after the
protocols with allies are signed.
BACK TO VENEZUELA
The Gunboat Holnirndor in Given
toy Germany.
Puerto Cahello, Feb. 23.—The Vene
zuelan gunboat Kestaurador, which
■was captured by the Germans, was
handed over by them to the Venezue
lan authorities here to-day.
At 11 o'clock this morning Com
mander ' halhaud of this port, accom
panied by an interpreter, and the Ger
man Commodore Sheder went on board
the Rest iirador, which is now lying
in this harbor, in order to effect the
delivery of the ship to Venezuela. At
11:30 o’clock the German flag was low
ered, the German cruiser Vlneta fir
ing a paiute as the colors were brought
down. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
Kestaurador hoisted the Venezuelan
liag and was thtn handed over to
Commander Chambaud by Commodore
Sheder.
The Vineta immediately afterwards
steamed out of this port.
TROOPS WILL HAVE
16 TO 1 CARTRIDGES.
Stnte Militia Is Offered Ammunition
for Riots.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The War De
partment has sent notice to the Gov
ernors of each state of the Union that
it is prepared to supply them upon
demand, and, according to their legal
allowances, with “riot cartridges.” This
is anew form of ammunition prepared
by the experts of the ordnance bu
reau to enable officers of the law and
soldiers to repel rioters with the least
possible loss of life to the “innocent
spectator.”
The shell is like that of the regular
shell used in the army rifle, with the
important exception that instead of the
long nickel-planted and steel clad bul
let, two balls are placed in the mouth.
The design was apparently to secure
•omething of greater range than buck
shot, yet not dangerous to persons at
a distance. The cartridge is charged
with about thirty-four grains of
smokeless powder. The balls are made
of a mixture of lead and tin in the
proportion of 16 to TANARUS, and are slighted
coated with paraffine. The diameter
of the ball is .308-inch, and the weight
is forti'-two grains. The service
primer for smokeless powder is used.
The cartridges have sufficient accu
racy for effective use at 200 yards.
RIOT OnTTRAIN.
Fatal How W Started by White
Passengers.
Lake Charles, La., Feb. 23.—Passen
gers on the incoming Kansas City
Southern train last night report that a
terrible riot took place on the train, in
which a negro was shot to death and
three white men seriously injured, one
probably fatally.
A crowd of white men, said to have
been intoxicated, boarded the train at
a saw mill town south of Leesville,
took forcible possession of the smoker
and then invaded the negro coach. In
stantly a fight was started, shots and
curses were heard, and the car was
almost wrecked.
When the train reached DeQulncy
the trainmen managed to eject six of
the worst disturbers. No arrests are
yet reported. It is thought that one of
the wounded white men will die. No
names are given.
•DEMOCRAtTwON’T ACCEPT.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Feb. 23.—A caucus of
Democratic senators lias been called to
meet to-morrow morning to determine
whether they will vote with Senator
Quay to put the statehood rider on the
postoffice appropriation bill.
Senator Clay, as a member of the
Postofiice Committee, is taking an ac
tive interest in this matter, and it is
his judgment that tin Democrats can
not afford to commit themselves to the
policy of placing political riders on
general appropriation (nil*. In this po
sition he is sustain*-1 by the leading
Democrats of the Senate and the
House, and the indications are to-nbtht
that the Democrat!* enators, while
favorable to the sta '-hood bill as or
iginally pasaed the House, will refuse
to accept the Repul m compromise
and place It on the p- office appropri
ation hill.
Senator Pettus n I to-night the
eUtWUuwd MU will not p
CAN’T CARRY TICKETS
SI I’IIEME COURT DELIVERS A
BLOW AT LOTTERIES.
ARE ARTICLES OF TRAFFIC
AND NOT TO BF, HANDLED BY COM
MON CARRIERS.
Case* Had Been Long Pending in
the Supreme Court of the I'nited
State*—Were Knotty One* to De
cide—Court Split in H* Decision.
JllMticen Harlan and llaline* De
livered Opinion* VgnlnKt tile De
fendant* nml t hlef Justice Fuller
Exprr**ed the Contrary View.
Washington, Fob. 23. —The power of
Congress to prohibit the sending of
lottery tickets from one state to an
other by other means than the United
States mails was passed on to-day by
the United States Supreme Court. The
question arose in connection with two
cases, that of Champion versus the
United States, and that of Francis
versus the United States, and in both
cases the constitutionality of the act
of Congress in 1895, prohibiting the
transmission of lottery tickets from
one state to another by express or
otherwise was challenged.
The opinion in the Champion case,
was delivered by Justice Harlan and
sustained the validity of the law. In
the Francis case Justice Holmes spoke
for the court, holding that the offense
alleged did not come within the scope
of the law in question. The cases have
been on the docket of the Supreme
Court for a long time and evidently
presented many knotty problems to
the court.
Wanted in Ship Ticket*.
Champion, at the time of his arrest,
was in Chicago representing what was
known as the Pan-American Lottery
of Paraguay. The particular charge
against him was that of delivering a
box of lottery tickets to the Wells-
Fargo Express Company in Texas for
shipment to California. He was ar
rested in Chicago to be taken to Texas,
and immediately sued out a writ of
habeas corpus, which the federal
circuit court sitting in Chicago re
fused to grunt. He appealed from
that adverse decision to the Supreme
Court, and it is this appeal which was
decided to-day, the decision being ad
verse to him.
Francis operated in Cincinnati and
was charged with conducting a policy
shop. The numbers were selected by
players in Newport, just across the
Ohio river In Kentucky, and brought
to the main office IVi Cincinnati hy
ferry or over a bridge by carriers.
This, it was charged, was a violation
of the statute of '65, and Francis was
arrested and found guilty His sen
tence was affirmed by title Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Sixtr Circuit
and the case then removed to the Su
preme Court. The effect of Justice
Holmes decision reversing the lower
courts is to send the ease back for a
new trial.
Contention of Defense.
The principal contention of counsel
for the lottery men was that the sup
pression of lotteries belongs exclusive
ly to the police power of the several
states and is not a federal function,
and that consequently the law of 1895
is in derogation of the tenth amend
ment of the constitution, which pro
vides that "the powers not delegated
to the United States by the constitu
tion, nor prohibited by it to the states,
are reserved to the states, respective
ly, or to the people.” They also con
tended that the sending of lottery
tickets or policy slips from one state
to another does not constitute an act
of interstate commerce.
Justice Harlan’s opinion in the
Champion case proceeded entirely on
the theory that the transmission of
lottery tickets from one state to an
other is a form of interstate commerce,
because they are a subject of traffic
and have a money value, and hence
that the law was a regulation of inter
state commerce.
Replying to the contention that the
statute in this case prohibits, rather
than regulates, commerce, and that
such was not the intention of the con
stitution, Justice Harlan said:
, Harlan's Opinion.
“Are we prepared to say that a pro
vision which is, in effect, a prohibition
of the carriage of such articles from
state to state is not a fit or appropri
ate mode for the regulation of that
particular kind of commerce? If the
suppression of lottery traffic, carried
on through interstate commerce, is a
matter of which Congress may take
cognizance, and over which its power
may be exerted, can it be possible that
it is helpless to suppress such traffic
as carried on through Interstate com
merce? Must it tolerate the traffic,
and simply regulate the manner in
which it may be carried on? Or may
not Congress, for the protection of the
people of all the states, and under the
power to regulate interstate commerce,
devise such means, within the scope of
the constitution and not prohibited by
i\ as will drive that tratlie out of com
merce among the states? * * * * *
"If a state, when considering legisla
tion for the suppression of lotteries
within its own limits, may properly
take into view the evils that inhere in
the raising of money, in that mode,
why may not Congress, invested with
the power to regulate all commerce
among the several states, provide that
such commerce shall not be polluted by
the carying of lottery tickets from one
state to another?”
Injurious to Mornls.
Referring to the fact that the law
makes the offense criminal, he said:
"Surely it will not be said to be a
part of any one’s liberty, as recognized
by the supreme law of the land, that
he shall tw allowed tq Introduce Into
commerce among the states an element
that will be confessedly injurious to
the public morals."
Summing up. Justice Harlun said:
"We decided nothing more In the
present case than that lottery tickets
are subjects of traffic among those
who choose to sell or buy them; that
the carriage of such tickets by In
dependent carriers from one state and
unother Is therefore 1 Interstate com
merce: that under Its power to regu
late commerce among the several
•tales. Congress subject to the limita
tions Imposed by the Constitution upon
the exercise of the powers granted -
bus plenary authority over such com
merce. and may prohibit the carriage
iContlnued on eighth Page.)
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Vtlnntn and Macon Among the Otic*
to be Helped.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The Senate
this afternoon passed the omnibus pub
lic building bill, which carries the $200,-
000 appropriation for additional ground
for a public building at Atlanta. In
all probability the passage of the bill
by the Senate insures its going through
the House in its present shape.
Efforts to amend the bill outside of
the rule laid down by the committee
failed. All new provisions for sites or
buildings were excluded by Senator
Fairbanks and his committee, in their
preparation of the bill, as it was made
clear to them that the only chance of
securing action in the House was by
eliminating such items. Under this
rule the small appropriations agreed
upon by the House committee for
Gainesville and Valdosta were strick
en out. There remains for Georgia the
Atlanta appropriation; an addition to
the amount heretofore appropriated for
Macon, which brings the Macon total
up to $306,000 to cover an addition to
the present site, and the making over
of the present building, and $75,000 for
an addition to the building at Rome,
so as to provide for accommodations
for the federal court.
By the bill the amounts of various
buildings are Increased to the follow
ing:
Harrison, Ark., $100,000; Rome, Gu.,
$134,000; Jacksonville, Fla., $528,000;
Georgetown, S. C„ $65,000; Anniston,
Ala.. $150,000; Elizabeth City, N. J.,
$140,000; Durham, N. C., $130,000; Golds
boro, N. C., $50,000; Nashville, $734,948;
Martinsville. Va„ $45,000; Rock Hill,
H. C„ $45,000; Sherman, Tex. $145,000;
Batesville, Ark., $75,000.
Anew building is authorized at
Natchitoches, La., to cost $60,000.
Additional improvements at Macon,
Ga., are authorized to cost $306,000.
Additions nnd Increase, Richmond,
Va., to a total of $591,628; Atlanta, in
crease for site to $200,000.
BULL RING A PRISON.
Not Needed for Fight* In Plague-
Stricken Mn/.ntlnn.
Mazatian, Mex., Feb. 23. —There was
only one death to-day, and that at the
observation stfttion. There are thir
ty-five patients at the lazaretto, with
the condition of eight grave or doubt
ful. Two hundred persons are now
isolated. The bull ring is now being
used as a prison, as the jail is under
going disinfection.
Among the new ca-ses two occur'ed
among the sentries at the military
hospital and one at the residence of
the director of maritime customs. The
person attacked by the plague was a
maidservant, who was immediately
sent to the lazaretto. She died a few
hours later.
Senor Valdes, his son Ricardo, and
his son-in-law, Uduardo Perez Villa
nueva, who Is general manager of the
Custom House of Hernandez, Mendia,
are now in quarantine. The Valdes
house is adjoining that occupied by the
Governor of the state, at the end of
Mariano and Cobedo street.
Gov. Canedo merits great praise for
his devotion tn the people of this
plague-stricken place. He is active In
all preventive measures and shows
great personal courage. He refuses
to leave the city and go back to the
slate capital until the piague is stamp
ed out.
DON'T WANT HIM TO GO.
Mexican I'niiers Sny l.lccngn Can’t
be Spared.
City of Mexico, Fab. 23. —The govern
ment has appointed Dr. Eduardo Dice
aga as one of Mexico's delegates to
the International medical congress at
Madrid, to be held tills spring. The
newspapers say that this country can
hardly afford to allow Dr. Ulceaga to
go abroad, now that the plague is at
Mazatlan, especially as he is president
of the superior board of health, which
has jurisdiction all over the country.
Will Not the Plugne.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The following
cablegram was received to-day at tha
State Department from United States
Consul General Day at Barcelona,
Spain:
‘‘No plague aboard the Iris. Malarial
fever. Vessel will proceed to Marseilles
without communicating with Majorca."
The vessel referred to is a merchant
ship, which cleared from an American
port under suspicion of being infected.
The State Department followed her up
by cable with the result above noted.
WERE FROZEN TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate of Mexican Women
and Children.
Goliad, Tex., Feb. 23. —The bodies of
six Mexicans, three women and three
children, who had frozen to death last
Wednesday, were found to-day on the
river, eight miles above here. The
dead are:
Isabel Rodriguez, aged 40; Antonio
Rodriguez, aged 20; Cecilia Rodriguez,
aged 9; Anita Rodriguez, aged 5; Jose
Rodriguez. aged 7 months; Helen
Vasquez. aged 18 years.
The bodies were found on the north
side of the river, lying-close together,
their positions showing that the wom
en had tried to protect the children.
They were with friends on the south
side of the river Wednesday and were
put across in a skiff by Tomas Vas
quez, husband of Helen Vasquez, after
which they started for a camp on the
north side of the river, two or three
miles distant.
It is supposed that they were, lost
and froze to death that night. " They
were not missed, however, until Satur
day. their friehds supposing they had
reached their destination safely.
CHARGES AG*AINST~SWAYNE
Are to be Further In v)-*( laniril b.v a
Hub-Commit tee.
vyashington, Feb. 23.—The House
Committee on Judiciary this morning
heard the complainants who seek to
Impeach Judge Bwayne of Florida.
The case was not gone into at any
length, the committee ‘deciding thut
there should be a full hearing before
a sub-commltlee, which is to meet to
morrow. This sub-committee consists
of Representatives Jenkins, Powers.
Overstreet. DeArmond. anil Clayton.
The sub-committee will meet to-mor
row morning and go Into thp charges
being made against Judge bwayne.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
__ 5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES- A -WEEK. $1 AYEAR
SCORED THE D. A. R.’S
BROUGHTON SAID THEN' CON
DUCTED A GAMBLING DIA’E.
SOCIAL EVENT AT KIMBALL
WAS GIVEN ONE OF THE PREACH
ER’S CHOU KST ROASTS.
Suiil Hie Euchre Tttnrnn ment NY a a
the Moat 1)11 in on hie Disgrace At
lanta lln* Known In a 'Long
While—Contrasted It nml n Negro
Crap Game Police Did Nothing,
So He Will Wait on the Gram!
Jury May Do—Salil Good Women
I’lungcd Into Gambling.
Atlanta, Feb. 23.—1n the prelude to
his sermon at the Baptist Tabernacle
last night, Rev. Leri G. Broughton took
occasion to say some harsh things about
the Daughters of the Revolution, who
gave a euchre tournament at the Kim
ball House last week.
He characterized the Kimball House
as a gambling dive and said, "The most
damnable disgrace Atlanta has had in
a long time occurred here last week.
A lot of our so-called best women from
in and around Atlanta got together in
the ballroom of the Kimball House and
openly conducted a gambling dive for
two days. They cvere advertised In
the papers and written up in splendor.
They played for much bigger stakes
than the much-hated gambling brothel.
"A negro Is arrested here for playing
eraps at only five cents a crap, but a
lot of society women and a few men
can advertise a gambling den and gam
ble for stakes amounting from one to
three thousand dollars and nothing Is
said. 1 called up the chief of police
and asked him if he \&ts going to
break up that gambling dive down at
the Kimball, conducted by the women.
But nothing was done. I wonder why .’
"I am waiting- now to see how the
grand jury will act. If they don’t in
dict every one of them, and the Kim
ball House too, they stand guilty of
perjury, every one of them. We must
stop this tide of gambling. Great God
pity us when good women so far forget
themselves as to plunge into the busi
ness. 1 hate to saj’ it, but T must put
the law to this crowd, and we will not
have another."
BIG BEEF COMPANIES
WILL BE MERGED.
rinn* Complete for Getting Them
Coder One Management.
Chicago, Feb. 23.—The Post to-day
says:
Plans are practically completed for
the merging of the interests of the
firms that comprise the so-called
beef trust. Unless something unfore
seen arises, April 1 nil! see the offl. ial
announcement of the incorporation of a
securities holding company which
eventually may control the meat trade
of the world.
Unlike the popular idea of the pack
ers’ merger, however, for the time be
ing it Is not to embrace everything in
sight, nor is it to be capitalized at
$500,000,000 as announced for the United
States Packing Company. Further,
the plans contemplate no friction with
the federal courts, because of the re
cent dlcision by Judge Grosscup
against the packing house combina
tion.
The nucleus of the great combina
tion of world-wide interests, is to be
the merger of the smaller independent
plants bought last year by the big
packers preparatory to the general
merger planned at that time. The se
curities to be held by the new corpor
ation are those of the G. H. Hammond
Packing Company, the Omaha Pack
ing Company, the Anglo-American-
Flower Companies, the St. Louis Beef
Company, and the United Dressed
Beef Company, and possibly several
of the outside stock yards now con
trolled by Chicago interests.
Chicago will be the headquarters of
the combination, but as far as the pub
lic is concerned there will be no imme
diate change in the operation of the in
dividual plants under the new regime.
It is planned to head the new securi
ties company with present officials of
the individual companies, instead of
the big packers themselves, or those
immediately associated with them in
the ”Bix Six" companies.
The slate of officials for the securi
ties company has been prepared, and is
said to contain the names of J. C. Mel
vin and J. P. Lyman of the • Ham
mond company, Frederick Cowan of
the Anglo-American, and E. F. Rob
bins of the Omaha Packing Company.
Probably the last named will be chair
man of the board of directors.
It is not known definitely what will
be the capital of the securities holding
company, but it is thought the figure
will be in excess of the purchase price
of the companies to be combined, prob
ably something like $50,000,000.
funeralsTbut noTodies.
Warrant Sworn Out Against Ne
ll roe* for Fraud.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 23.—Squire A.
Buffatt, of a special investigating com
mittee, to-day swore out a warrant
agulnst negroes charging fraud in ob
taining appropriations for burials from
the Knoxville County Court. It is
claimed the committee visited the coun
ty cemetery and exhumed a number of
cotfins or boxes in which it was claim
ed paupers had been buried. It is
charged also that of this number about
seventy boxes had no bodies in them.
It is alleged by the committee that
the burials of empty boxes had been
practiced to get money from the coun- ,
ty for burying paupers.
FOREIGnIToCKS MAY
HAVE TAX ASSESSED.
Washington, Feb. 23.—1n an opinion
delivered by Justice Holmes, in the
case'of Kidd vs. the State of Alabama,
the United States Supreme Court held
to-day that a state hag the right to
tax the stock of railroads incorporated
in another state which Is held hy an
estate in the state Decking to exercise
the power The opinion affirmed mo
decision of the Supreme Court of the
State of Alabama.