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V VOL. XXXV No. 58. WILMINGTON, N. C, APRIL 8, 1902. $1.00 PER YEAR. I I I CC i TELEGRAPHIC srJfMART. Cornell base ball team defeats Caro lina. The longshoremen's strike at Hall fax. N. S.. continues. More New England weavers strike, making about 2,700 looms idle. The porte makes complaint that the JYench are secretly aiding Tripoli. The state bank at Ruskin, Neb., 13 broken into an 1 looted by burglars. The Charleston club is confident ot securing the Jeffries-FItzsimmons Ight There Is much opposition in the Danish parliament -to the sale of the West Indies islands. British rope makers will protest giijSt the new tariff regulations on xport of Manila hemp. All the New York barrooms closed last midnight, not io open until 5 e ciock tomorrow morning-. The Spanish-jiierIcan Abattoir Com pany flies j.ctlon tetor the Spanish ve,a.rj claims commission for $700,000. The Seventh cavalry, which will leave Havana on the 15th instant, will go into camp in Chickamauga park. Disclosures are made pending a suit In Butte, Mont., showing that the state has been defrauded- Out of thousands ef dollars. tTongress will not be asked' to pay the expenses of the members of the special embassey to the coronation of Edward VII. The federal court at Raleigh delivers Judgment In the salvage suit against the schooner Jones, wrecked off Bogue lalet three years ago. The chamber of commerce at Au gusta. Ga, makes an unsuccessful ef fort to prevent the cotton mills strike and lockout decided upon for tomor row. " : , " : Cecil Rhodes, estate is valued at 5,00,COO. He leaves the residue after many specific bequets. to his executors, each for life, the share of each one falling In to the survivors The president pardons Captain Coghlan. of the navy, who was reduced several numbers some years Jgo for a aharp letter written by him to another f5lc,e.r: TnIs 5Ut! hlm a the head of the list of captains. he 8taJe department makes public tae corre? ,0ndence between the gov ernor . Louisiana and the secretary of a . ?mj attorney general as 'to En Jr'Irtd's army post established near New Orleans for her war in South Africa. Tjaptai coghlan pardoned. Iff Hott Stand at Head or Captuiuw In the Navy. Washington, April 5. The president today signed a pardon in the case of Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, who lost eleven numbers in his grade some years ago as a result of an unusually sharp letter written by him to the de tail officer of the navy department. As one of the captains in the battle of Manila bay. Captain Coghlan was advanced so as to make up a good part of the ground he had lost. The president's action today makes up the rest of the ground and places him at the head of the list of captains, along with Cap;ain Sands. Upon the retirement of Admiral Farquhar, both will become rear admirals. His ad vancement will not Interfere with the promotion of the captains below him. A HI AT Spanish War Claim. Washington. April 5. Papers were filed today before the Spanish treaty claims commission on behalf of the Spanish-American Abattoir Company. by Blymer. Hobbs & Clark, of New York, against the United States to re cover 5700.000 on account of a franchise granted by the Spanish authorities to the company, giving them the exelu ilve right to engage in the stock yards and packing house industry at Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago, Cuba A SALVAGE SUIT. Derision of the Admiralty Conrt In Case of Schooner Jones. (Special to the Messenger.) Italeigh. N. C April 5. Judge Pur nell decided a case in admiralty today, that of Ward vs. Schooner Jones, wrecked off Bogue inlet three years ago. The vessel was valued at 510,000 and the cargo of lumber at 54,000. The vessel was saved and nearly all the cargo of lumber by ten men on a steamer. The judge allows the men 51.049 and one third of the value of the lumber, and declares all former settle ments void. Invitations were today sent out to the wedding of Miss Annie Purnell, daughter of Judge Thomas R. Purnell. to Dr. Hubert Drury of Norfolk, April 17th. It will be a home wedding. Dr. Lankford died at Wake Forest this afternoon, aged about 70 years. He was surgeon of North Carolina troops during tne civil war. IEXSATIOXAL DISCLOSURES. .State of Montana Defrauded out mt Thousands of Dollars. Butte. Mont, April 5. Sensational disclosures were made yesterday In the suit of JS.000 damages brought by Col lector J. A. Rlddell against Contractor Charles Suiter and Banker G. I. Ram mer & charge of conspiracy. Suiter an the stand declared that the state had been defrauded of J50.000 by himself and his fellow contractors. Rlddell and C. TL Roach, through the manipulations J. C. Paulson, the state architect, who committed suicide. He . testified that Paulson Induced the tate to al low the plans of the school of mines to be changed after the contract had been awarded, so that the contractors made tl7.0C. In the same way they made $35,000 out of three other state build- AIDINC ENGLAND IN WAR AGAINST THE BOERS OF SOUTH AFRICA. AMERICAN BASE OF SUPPLY A Station Established In State of Louisiana Matter Laid Before Fed. ernl Government by Governor of That State Affidavits as to Pur chase of War Supplies and Enlist ment of Men Secretary Hay's Let ter In Reply Optnlou of the Attor ney General lie Says no Case Is Blade oat Against England. Washington, April 5. The state de partment today made public the corre spondence that has taken place be tween the United States government and the governer'of Louisiana respect ing the hitter's statement touching the shipment of live stock and supplies for the British army in South Africa from Chalmette, Louisiana. There are three principal letters and a number of ap pendices. The principal letters are one from the governor of Louisiana, dated March 29th. touching the conditions at Chalmette; a reply from Secretary Hay, dated April 4th, announcing that he had ordered an Investigation (which will be made by an army officer); and a long opinion from the attorney gen eral on the legal points Involved in the Chaimeite shipments. Governor Heard begins with the statement that he has received from the mayor of New Orleans a copy of a letter from Secretary Hay calling his attention to a threat of Samuel Pear son "to commit a breach of the peace in Newv Orleans." and referring that letter to the mayor for considera tion.. Mr. Pearson's letter is one heretofore published, dated at New Orleans, February 1st, and ad dressed to the president, calling atten tion to the condition of affairs at New Orleans and Chalmette. The mayor transmitted this corre spondence to the governor of the state on the grounds that the acts complain ed of were committed in the parish of St. Bernard out of the Jurisdiction of the city authorities. The governor Im mediately wrote to Sheriff Nunez, of that parish, in regard to the nvitter The sheriffs reply, a part of the gov ernor's letter, is dated St. Bernard La., February 23th. He reports concisely that mules and horses were being loaded at Chalmette for the British government, either directly or indirectly, but the loading was done by longshoremen of the city of New Orleans, supervised by Englishmen, who might or might not be officers of the British army. Cer tainly there was no one there in uni form. In conclusion the sheriff says: "There is no such thing as a British post with men and soldiers established at Port Chalmette. So far as the re cruiting of men is concerned, I am sure I can certify that it is not being done In the parish of St. Bernard. The only men taken on the ships are the mul ettes who are employed in the city of New Orleans. I have always endeav ored to enforce obedience to the laws of this state, as well as to the laws of the United States, and, therefore, should you inform me the shipments are con trary to the law, I will certainly pre vent any further violation of said law." Governor Heard says it Is conceded by the British officers themselves that the animals were for the British army In South Africa. He ;jays: . "The burghers of South Africa are making a fight for their homes and their liberties, which cannot but appeal, at least, to the sense of fair play of the American people. As the executive of the commonwealth of Louisiana, whose people have always been ardent lovers of these boons. I cannot but feel that j the establishment and maintenance of a b?se of war supplies for me iintisn army upon her soli, rdace upon me a grave responsibility. These mules and horses shipped from Tort Chalmette, it is claimed, are Indispensable to the operations of the British army. Hence, they must be considered contraband of war. of greater value than arms cr sol diers, that England can so easily fur nish from within her borders."' The governor holds that It is the function of the national government and not of the state, to enforce obedience to the neutrality laws; yet If such duty belongs to the state where the viola tion occurs, he would not hesitate to act as the law may warrant and asks the secretary of state for his views. The governor reports the arrival in New Orleans of General Sir Richard Campbell Stuart, an aide of the British army, on a tour of inspection of the transport service in the vicinity of New Orleans. He also encloses a number of newspaper clippings and statements from Individuals as to the oper ations ot the British remount service, a transcript of the proceedings' In court, and a number of letters from Individ uals protesting against the continuation of the animal shipments- The most im portant of these probably Is an affidavit of one Tourrer, setting forth his en gagement for service on the. transport Milwaukee, signing articles before the British vice-consul,, being assigned to duty by Lieutenant Thompson, of the Yeomanry of, the British army, and act ing under his orders, to Cape Town, thence to Durban where his horses will be delivered to British officers in uniform, where the men were not al lowed to go ashore "unless we would agree to sign with the recruiting of ficer and join the British army." He also alleged that the Milwaukee was commanded by army officers. Secretary Hay s letter in answer to that of the governor cays: "I have received your letter of the 23th of March, and submitted it to the president, who directs me to inform you that he has requested an opinion from the attorney general in regard to the points of law involved In the matter to which it refers, and Las also ordered an Immediate investigation of the facts in the case." The attorney general's opinion is dated April 4th. He says: "It seems necessary to say nothing as to the duties and powers of the state of Louisiana, except that they involve, of course, the exercise of the usual civil means of preserving the peace in the improbable event of its breach in the manner supposed to be suggested by Pearson. I cannot believe tuat the lat ter contemplates taking the law into his own hands, in defiance of the state and federal governments; i?or does he threaten to act without the president's permission, which, it is needless to say, he Will not receive. Nor can I believe that he expects any such permission, His object is doubtles? to biing forcibly to the attention of the government that he considers the proceedings of the British equivalent to 'carrying on war upon our territory." The attorney general says that the principal question, anj a delicate one, is whether there has teen a departure of neutrality on the part of our gov enment in this matter, and, notwith standing the urgency of Pearson and Governor Heard "thinks this govern ment should not take any action with out mature consideration by the pres ident and his advisors. He submits some tentative sugges tions: "First," he says, "the sale of contra band of war supplies to a belligerent is held by many eminent authorities to be unlawful and something which a neutral nation must lorbia to its citi zens, but the weight ot authority Is the other way. A rule cf law now fully agreed upon is that a neutral nation shall not give aid to one of the bellig erents in the carrying on of war. Carrying on commerce with a belliger ent in the manner usual before the war is not giving such aid. The mere in creased demand for warlike articles and their increased quantity in the commerce does not make that com merce cease to be the same as. before the war. It does not seem to be set tled that the fact that the belligerent government is a purchaser makes the neutral government's permission of the commerce a departure from the obliga tion to give no aid to the belligerent. The fact that neutral merchants give aid to the belligerents from motives of gain-seeking does not relieve their gov ernment from Its obligation to prevent, otherwise it would be lawful to supply warships with coal, cannon and powder. The difficulty lies In drawing the line between the right of carrying on, and of governmental permission to carry on, the commerce usual before the wai? and the obligation upon the government and ctizens of the neutral government to give no aid to the belligerents." The attorney general adverts at some length to the difficulty in disposing of these cases, each different from the other and without exact precedent, and he falls back upon the principle recog nized in international iaw that the pre ponderant characteristics must control the determination. He enters Into long elation of cases in the nature of prec edents and says In conclusion: "While the discussioa of such matters have, as the Alabama claims cases, principally concerned war vessels and expeditions by sea, it cannot be doubt ed that aid given to any army engage ed in actual warfare stands upon th same footing as al given to a fleet so engaged, since both equally involve a taking part by the neutral in further ing the military operations of the belli gerent. Nor should the municipal laws .f E ,and and the United stal or of other countries, by principally dealing with such vessels and expeditions, ob srure the fact that ain can as well be given to military operations of the belli gerent the one way as the other by proceedings carried on upon the neu tral territory. -From all that has been said. I think it may be concluded that, in determin ing whether a transaction of the kind referred to. which in one respect is commercial in character, is yet not en titled to enjoy the rights belonging to commerce, but is prohibited to the neutral nation and Its people as being an aid to one of the belliarerents in carrying on war agalrst the other, the criteria are practically impossible to specify and enumerate in advance. Each case that arisc3 must be con sldered in all its circumstances and de termined accordingly. In the case before us there is no statement of facts by you upon which to give an official opinion aa to the law. and I do not understand tnat one nas been requested. A number of allega tions and some testimony have been sent me. and they are sufficient to challenge attention, but the first thing to be done is to ascertain whetner tne allegations are true. I have endeav ored, as well as I could in advance, to indicate the law to be applied to them and shall add that, among the points by which to be guided, are the sys tematic character of the transactions, their greater or less extensiveness. their persistence in time or the reverse, their governmental character .or . the absence of it. their objects and results and prin cipally, of course, their relations, If any .with . the prosecution cf the mili tary operations In South Africa. THE CHINESE BILL DISCUSSED Hi BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. TREATY RIGHTS QUESTION Raised by Senator Calllnger !o Violation of Them In the Bill Maintained by Several Senators. China's Endorsement by Treaty of the Existing Law Many Chinese Illegally Admitted Minority Dill in the Ilonse Likely to be With drawn Indian Appropriation Dill . Passed. Washington, D. C. April 5. Sen-1 ator Daniel, of Virginia, was ,ln his seat for the first time since con gress convened In December. During the entire winter he has been in at tendance upon the Virginia constitu tional convention. A bill to authorize the establishment of a life saving station on Ocracoke island, on the coast of North Carolina, was passed. The senate then resumed considera tion of the Indian appropriation bill and after adoption of some minor amendments the bill was passed. Consideration of the Chinese ex clusion bill was then resumed and Sen ator Fairbanks, of Indiana, spoke In support of the measure. Senator Gallmger, of New Hamp shire, declared that he never would vote for the measure if he should be convinced that it was in violation of solemn treaty obligations. '. Both Senators Penrose and Mitchell assured Senator Galllnger that there was no violation of treaty obligations. Senator Lodge said he would be en tirely unwilling to vote for any measure which violated any treaty obligations. The', existing treaty with China had been made in 18t4, two years after the enactment of the existing exclusion law. It was a clear iccognitlon by the Chinese empire of the right of the Uniied States to exclude Chinese la borers. 'nator Fairbanks rend from testl- mpny. before Hie immigration commit tea? to show that Immense numbers of Clfmese were brought into this country bearing fradulent certificates of ad mission, many of them being in col lusion with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. lKenator Dillingham said he had been called from the chamber by thevlce-' president of the Pacific Mali Steam hin Company who had denounced this statement as false. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, in sisted that. the United States could not afford to disregard its treaties with anv nation, particularly with a nation which was unable to defend itself. He desired to knor whether the arbitrary definitions in the bill of the excepted classes were b.iiisfactorv to China and whether they were within the scope cf our treaty with China, He thought China might have a right to complain seriouslv of th-? spirit of the United States in construing the treaty, Concerning the importation of Chinese women Into this country for immoral purposes, to which reference had been made. Senator Galllnger sug gested that conditions among other people than Chinese were very de plorable In San Francisco. Similar conditions existed, according to au thorlties. in Boston and New Vork and it was not necessary he said to go far from the dome of the capitol here in Washington to find gross Immorality. Without and action on the bill, th senate adjourned. House of Representatives. .The Chinese exclusion bill was un der consideration in the house through out today, general debate being closed. Without exception the speeches wer favorable to rteid exclusion .and ex pressed the feeling of repugnance t the Chinese. Mr. Kahn of California, the author of the bill, was gratified during the day at reachinc an under standing bv which most of the amend ments proposed by the Pacific coaKt people will be accepted by the commit tee. This, probably, will lead to th J withdrawal of the minority bill and the passage of the majority measure The only amendment at issue In ou th sailors clause and this by agreement i to be submitted to a vot Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, asked and secured leave to print In the record hi reasons for opposing the provision In the minority bill to prohibit tb use of Chinese sailors on American ships . Mr. Lloyd declared. In answer to the claim that our commerce with China should not be jeopardized, that there was . something more important than American commerce, and that was th American family and home, which should be kept free from the polluting influence of the Chinese At 4:30 o'clock the house adjourned- J. G. McLean, a prominent farmr and leading. Mason cf near Folks ton, Gav is shot and killed by I rank Rob inson, a neighboring tanner. OX TIIK DIAMOND. Cornell Defeats CarolinaOther Col lege Games, (Special to The Messenger.) Chapel HiU. X. C. April 5. Cornell administered the second defeat of the season today to Carolina in a fin fielding game. The home boys wer weak at the bat. while the visitors touched up our pitchers for thirteen hits. The game was very fast, and both teams played hard ball The score was: Carolina 1: Cornell 13 Batteries: Wilcox, McDonald and Council: Chase and Whincry. By Associated Press. Philadelphia. April 5. The bas ball season opened here today with a game between the local American League club and the Tale University team. L.eary. who pitched last year for th university of Pennsylvania team, was on the rubber for the local team, all of the regular pitchers being still In the south. Both teams played snappy ball. In the fourth inning sequential hitting by Yale decided the result. The score wxs: Philadelphia 5: Yal 7. Batteries: Leary and Powers: Garvin and Winslow Princeton. N. J. April 7. The Prince ton base ball team defeated the Ford ham nine here this afternoon 9 to 1. The only feature was a three base hit by Brown of Princeton. At New York The Brown University base ball team was defeated today b the New Yorkers (National league) 2 to 0. At Lancaster. Pa. Carlisle Indians defeated Franklin and Marshall. At Philadelphia Bucknell was de feated by the University of Pennsyl vania base ball team today 7 io 4. DRIDERY AND CORRl'lTION. Sensational He port by the Grand Jnry of St. Louis. St. Louis. April 5. Most sensational I charges are made by the grand Jury, which has been investigating bribery and official corruption in the muncipal assembly, in it3 final report today to Judge O'Neill Ryan In the criminal court. The following indictments were also returned today: Bribery, Robert N. Snyder; attempted bribery, Edward Butler, John II. Brecker, perjury, George Kebusb. The report declares that the people of St. Louis have but a vague concep tion of the extent to which corruption and venality have for the past ten years existed among the sworn ofncr!C and public servants. It finds the true rendition of affairs almost too appall ing for belief. A tribute is paid to Joseph W. Polk, the circuit attorney under whose leadership the investiga tion is being made. THE DAIUtOOHS CLOSI2D. Xew York Saloons ot to be Opened Today. New York. April 5. At a meeting to day of the patrolmen representln eighty-one precincts, it was decide that the policemen would do all In their power to keep closed every liquor sa loon in the city tomorrow. Resorts that for years have been opened all night long put out their lights at mid nisrht tonight and their managers an nounced that the doors would not open ajrain until 5 o'clock Mondav morning. THE STRIKE AT AUGUSTA. Unsneeessfal Efforts to Hare the Order Withdrawn. Ausnasta. Ga.. April 5. A committee of the chamber of commerce of Aucus ta today tried to gain the consent of labor unions to postpone the strike or dered for Monday, -which involves the cotton mills in the Aufrusta district. The labor unions called a district coun cil meetinsr and refused the rouHst. The strike in one mill occurs Monday and will be followed Tuesday by a com plete shut down of all the mills in the district. France's Secret Aid to Tripoli. London. April 6. A dispatch to th? Exchange Telegraph Company from Constantinople announces that the porte has filed a complaint with the Julian ambassador charging that Ital ian fishermen are extensively engaged in landing trans on the coast of Tripoli and that Italian officers In disguise are mp!oyed on "board eponge boats In tak ing surroundings and observations. A O TITER TRUST. ?:norts of tne Dyoter Dealers Frsi m Csmklne. Boston. Ma as.. April 5. A movement Is on foot to form an oyster combine. A delegation of dealers from Norfolk, Va. has been In this city the part week to Interest some Boston men who have houses In Norfolk In a combination !n that city. One of the dealers having a house In Norfolk nays the proposed com sine was similar to the National Fbfh Com pany which was started In this dry a year or iwo ago. - ' The oblect of the new combination." he said. ls to project prices and pro vent cutting;" ' The roof of the old machinery hall at Dallas, which was being reconstructed into an auditorttm to be toed during the confederate reunion collapsed Sat urday afternoon. Injuring five work men. . I ' "f THREE REPORTS FROM THE MINORITY OH CUBAtI RECIPROCITY. OPPOSITION TO THE BILL Mr. Robertson's Deelares the Meas ure Would Grant no Relief to tar da bans bat is In the Interest ot tke Sosur Trait Mr. evr!ands Re views the Political Situation and Advocates Annexation of Cuba asu the Itemed? Mr. Cooper Cxprejsses General Opposition to the BUI. Washington. April 5. Three sepanu? minority reports on the Cuban reci procity bill were filed today by Repre sentatives Robertson, of Louisiana;. Newlands. of Nevada, and Cooper, ot Texas, all democrats. Mr. Robertson says in part: "The bllB if enacted Into law would afford no re -. lief to the Cuban treasury. I believe that. the benefits would go Into the pocket of a few sugar planters owning thou sands of acres of land. The 10 per cent, reduction would not go to the relief of the Cuban people but would go Im mediately and entirely to fill the al ready overflowing coffers of the sugar refineries of the United States, known by the name of the ' sugar trust. " Mr. Robertson expresses astonishment that one of 'his democratic associates (Mr. McClellan) In his report refers ti the bill as an enunciation of the "dem ocratic doctrine of reciprocity." Mr. Robertson adds: "It seems U me that that kind of reciprocity Is ab solutely impossible under a democratic tariff. Should the tariff ever be revise on the line and plane of the principle of the democratic party, reciprocity would be entirely unnecessary ana Im possible as the rates would not be pro hibitive and the extension of our trad. would as a natural consequence flov irui" ine imposition oi sucn larm rates 1 A 1 a A. A 1 U.. SA tt,inoui ine necessity ui reciprocity. MC Wl" ia "" vi in.- THa hill la klmkltt m a m m s . a , aw trust, grants no relief to Cuba r.or t the people of the United States; vio lates the fundamental principles of our' policy; interferes grievously with thr international relations of a weak and dependent republic which is attempting to follow out the dictates of this coun- V try and must, of necessity, become In volved In International entanglement . with many important nations, and, might Involve us, in order to protect Cuba, in serious international compli-- Mr. Newlands makes an elaoratfesJ"l!Ii. presentation, reviewing the political and commercial phases. In conclusion? he says: "The American people art? becoming tired of sentimental legls. i tlon. We have spent I200.000.COO In a war to free Cuba. We have spent o -r-$300,000,000 In attempting to carry civ ilization to the Philippines. I wish f. give Cuba full opportunity of delibera tion and I am willing to relieve hr necespities so that this deliberation shall not be disturbed by acuto ac- nomic distress, but I am opposed to thr legislation unless we give Cuba clearly and unequivocally to understand that If 1 she wishes commercial union with thi country and conditions of commer not enjoyed by other Independent na tions she must seek political union wlths us In the form of annexation as a part of the republic." Mr. Cooper's report is brief and ex presses general opposition to the bin. CECII KIIODCV WILL. Tbe Estate Worth About f 2,000,000. Cumulative Devise to Eserutors. London, April 5.The total of Mr Rhodes' fortune is likely to prove to be 5,000.000 or FlJffhtly under that amount. The executor are Lord Rose bcry, Karl Grey, Lord Mllner, Alfred Ielt, Dr. Jamcon. L. L. Micell anil U. A. Hawksley. to whom ; he be- queathed the residue of his estate. They will divide about X,C03,O00 or 1,500,000 among them. The amount is to be divided during their life time but as each legatee dies his share goes to a common fund until the surviving: legatee becomes its sole owner. Hence, ope of the executors, the' majority or whom are already enormously weath ly, will one day Inherit what will then have probably accummulated Into nearly 2,000.000. The executors, the Associated Presa learns, have unusual ly full powers and can construe ar add to the will as seems fit. Iler each province of Canada may be.' on the same footing as the Amer states. The afternoon papers .all C lengthy editorial to the "Caesar as It is termed. The Globe, referring to Mr. hope of friendship bet wee . duxf-. Britain, the United States CrJT. noble aspirations may- be - tbt'ir entirety. "England r part and there only rtcnr- i" done hZ that, fnror German A the ftTT amo ng Mr. Abodes. ma, T and o gain a Ttnoie, ijL2L toQUL now ty lacking" rglaa Snet Luii'ST Piaster 1 alf hotter trboopjng cougIr.,easy aS& Tor R- BcJlamvs: ;. , T oeot t ig -VOf win