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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
GOVERNMENT ARMoR PLANr.
The Cost of one Properly Equipped
Would be S4,J00,00O.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Secretary Long
accompanied by Chief Constructor HIGH
born, Chief O'Neill, of the Bureau Of
Ordnance, and Judge Advocate General
Lemley appeared before the Senate COM
mittee on Naval Affairs to-day. The Sec
rotary said in response to questions that
the Navy Department had prepared full
plans and specifications calling for an
armor plant under the last Naval Appro-
prIation bill and that estimates ON the
cost Of land, tools and machinery neces-
sary to equip the plant had been made.
The bids were to be opened on the Doth
instant and he thought several bids
would be made. Secretary Long said
also that in view of the report of the
committee which he had appointed TO
consider the question of a government
armor plant. upon the great cost and
delay it would involve that he had enter
ed into further negotiations with private
armOr plants, now furnishing armor for
other ships and he believed that he could
make a contract for the supply of armor
plate for the Illionis, Alabama and Wis
consin, now under course of construction
which would be ready whenever the ships
were ready to receive it at the rate Of
%5.400 per ton. The Secretary recon-
mended in view of the circumstances.
that an arrangement to this effect be
made. From the Secretary's statement
corroborated by statements by Commo-
dore HichbOrn and Capt. O'Neill, it APP
J pears that the cost of a government plant
properly equipped would be from &c.
100000 to $4,50O,00O. He said that this
estimate included all machinery for MAX
ing armor plate, guns and proiectiles and
added that if the government adopted
the policy Of providing it's own plant no
armor could be expected frof such plant
for about three years. The committee
! has taken no action upon the armor plate
matter and it is considered probable that
the whole question will receive attention
in that connection.
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DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE.
The Residences Of Dreyfus and lola
Guarded by Police.

The Residences of Dreyfus and lola
Guarded by Police.
Paris. Jan 19.-As a precaution to
prevent disturbances, the bridges from
the Latin quarter were to-day guarded
by police. and the residences of NJ. NJ.
Matthhieu Dreyfus and Emile lola were
guarded. A small body of students as
sembled outside the law school, with the
usual cries, but the police prevented a
serious demonstration.
band of two hundred students parad-
ed the Boulevard Des Capucines, with
the intention of making a demonstration
before the military club but they were
dispersed.
A band of two hundred students parad-
students took part. occurred at FIVE
o clock before the Pantheon. The stu
dents shouted against lola and the
Hebrews. They were driven away by
the police who split the mob up into noisy
groups. which then began parading vari-
Gus parts of the Latin quarter, where
there was much excitement.
Midnight-There have been no further
demonstrations up to midnight. The
city is tranquil.
A slight anti-Jewish manifestation
took place at Toulouse, and there have
been demonstrations at Nantes and
Rouen, Were there were several arrests.
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HE EARTHQUAKES
"Details Of the Recent Shocks-Much
Damage Done.

New York, Jan. 19.-The Clyde Line
steamer Cherokee, which arrived to-day
from San Domingo pete. brings details
of the recent earthquakes which have
occurred with frequency since December
Doth last.
Great damage has been caused through
out the whole country, and the in
habitants were driven from their homes
in panic.
At 6:43 in the morning of December
10Th, the people in the northern part
of the island were startled by very
severe trembling of the earth lasting
fully % seconds. At Porto Plata and
the surrounding neighborhoOd, including
the inland town of Santiago, this first
shock was most severely felt.
Women and children rushed from their
houses into the streets, crying out to be
saved, some kneeling in the open streets
invoking the aid of their saints.
The first shock was soon followed by
another and still another in rapid sue,
cession. Then all was quiet until p.
M, when another slight movement was
felt winch CauSSu dHOtlteL Sldlupeue OL
the inhabitants. Many people say that
the wafer from d4sused wells was seen
TO surge up level with the ground and
almost as rapidly disappear again. 1t is
calculated that damage to the amount
og So. 900 was done in the small port
of Porto Plata alone. There was hardly
a pane of glass left in the town and
the larger buildings suffered much from
the cracking and crumbling of the heavy
masonry work that is peculiar to the
Spanish West Indies. The Central
Dominican Railroad suffered severely,
traffic being interrupted since the oc-
currence of the earthquakes.
In Santiago a number of churches
were rendered dangerous for use and
will of necessity be rebuilt. The Gene
terry walls were ruined and the chapel
fell as though it had been struck by
bomb-shell. The government buildings
were damaged to a great etent.
The grand edifice of Santa Cerro, one
of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere
and dating from the time of Columbus,
was entirely destroyed. All over the
island the shocks were felt, but the
severest damage was caused'in these two
towns. Almost every day since Deem
Der Goth there have been shocks but of
comparatively harmless nature. As
far as is known there has been no loss
of human life. The shocks were per-
ceptibly felt on board of vessels IN the
harbors of the island.
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SENATOR NORGAN's SPEECH.
He Announces That lie VIII Probably
Require One More Day to Complete
His Speech.

He Announces That lie Will Probably
Require One More Day to Complete
His Speech.
Washington, .. c.. Jan. Ex-senator
Morgan continued his speech in advocacy
of the ratification of the Hawaiian an
neXation treaty in the executive session
Of the Senate today. He announced at
the conclusion of today's session that he
probably would require one more day
in which to complete his presentation
of the subject.
Senator Morgan dealt today with the
questions of the agricultural and COM
mercial possibilities of the islands. with
the character of the present government
and with the position of the residents Of
the island on the subject of annexation.
He repeated his assertion that President
Cleveland was favorable to the acqufsi-
ton of the islands, and again expressed
the opinion that it was his intention
to have restored Queen Liluokalani, and
to have negotiated with her a treaty of
anneXat ton. He elaborated his views on
this subject at considerable length, say
ing that while he believed it was Mr..
Cleveland's intention to have annexed
the islands, he naturally changed his
intention to do this through the restora-
tion of the Queen when she made known
her blood thirsty disposition toward
those who had dethroned her. He ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr.. Cleveland
would never have taken such positive
position as he did take against the Dole
government. and in opposition to annexa-
ton. but for the antagonistic and mis-
leading report of Commissioner Blount.
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Claudius Bernard was appointed Dis
triet Attorney yesterday. Now if Ewart,
the ''ermine trailer" is named to succeed
Dick, the bottom will have been reach
ed. Russelps appointments and McKin-
ley's in North Carolina disgust every
decent citizen and show to what depths
Radicalism has brought us.
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BOTH ARE BAD.
.his week,s caucasian SAYS:

Fhis weeks Caucasian says:
Every time Mckinley gives an office
to a negro or any obnoxious henchman
some little Democratic paper will cry
Another result of fusion" That is
true. A product of goldbug Republican
and Democrat fusion"
Yes, and every negro magistrate and
school committeeman in the State, and
every scandal of the State administra-
ton is a product of Republican and
Populist fusion.
Moral: These things show that it is
the duty of all patriotic Southern white
gnen to stand true to the only party that
,aakes 'the white man and the white
metal" its shibboleth.
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Everything good in politics has tri-
Hmphed in you," telegraphed Attorney
General McKenna to Mark Hanna. He
is the same McKenna who has been
nominated for Supreme Court Justice
by the President. If there were no other
evidences of his unftness, this telegram
ought to defeat him. A man capable of
regarding a mere boodler like Hanna as
typical of everything good in politics"
has too low a moral tone to expound the
law in the highest courts of the land.
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EID1cULED THE SUGGESTION.

London. Jan. 19.-Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
speaking at Bristol to-day ridiculed the
notion of providing granaries, as had
been suggested in some quarters. He said
he was convinced the British navy was
strong enough to hold its own, and in
any war England would have many
friends ready to supply corn.
Referring to the coming budget esti-
mates, he said these would show that
the government was fully alive to keeping
up the standard of the army and navy;
though he declared, it was not creditable
to Canada or fair to English taxpayers
that such a colony should contribute
nothing to the naval defences
of the Empire. He hoped Canada would
soon turn her attention to this matter,
sdding that he was convinced that if she
did not, the day would come when she
would have :" rude awakening which
would be entirely her own fault"
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A MILD TONED DOCUMENT.

Madrid, Jan. 19-The address of the
Queen regent signed by Senior Romero
Robledo and others Tin pursuance of a
decision reached on Sunday last at a
meeting of Senior Robledo and his friends)
is mild toned document disclaiming
responsibility for the 'infraction of the
constitution by the governments unpre-
cedented action in changing the govern
ment of the Antilles without the cooper
alton Of the Cortes"
The signatories declare that they are
aware of the difficulties surrounding the
government, but consider it their duty to
demand that the Cortes be summoned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
DESPERATE BATTLE WITH FIRE
THE CAPTAIN and Grew Of the Stock
bolm CITY Count Themselves Lucky
to Escape With Their Lives.

Newport News, Va, Jan. 19.-The
crew of the steamship Stockholm City,
which arrived here tonight, had des-
perate battle with fire, which started
last Sunday night in the coal bunkers
They lost all of their effects and counted
themselves lucky to escape with their
lives, the vessels charts and compass
together with the captains cabin, the
wheel-house and other woodwork being
consumed. No provisions were saved
except a small supply of potatoes and
pork, on which the men subsisted until
they reached here tonight.
Capt. Richards says he managed to re-
tain control of his vessel, although the
steering gear was disabled and the man
AFT the wheel driven from his post by the
heat. knowing the latitude he was IN,
he kept the ship on her course. After
a long and fierce fight the men succeeded
in extinguishing the fire this morning.
and the steamer came into port under
her own steam.
The Stockholm City left Manchester
on December oath, light. She was bound
for Newport News for cargo. The
damage to the vessel will amount to
$4,000.
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NATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS
Now in Session at Tampa-A Good At
tendance.

tendance.
Tampa, Fla, Jan. 19.-The National
Fishery Congress convened at noon to-
day in Tampa Bay Hotel Auditorium
with a good attendance. The Congress
was called to order by Mayor Myron E.
Gillett. of this city, who delivered Il
brief address of welcome in behalf of the
city.
Mayor Gillett, was made temporary
Chairman, and Secretary Cunningham,
of the Tampa Board of Trade, temporary
Secretary. The following committee
was appointed:
w. f. Meehan. Pennsylvania; NJ. Il.
Gillet. Florida; Hon. S. G. McLendon'
Georgia; Eon. A. A. Wiley, Alabama
DR.. III. NJ. Smith, Washington, ID. G
+. o. Bl IN. Massachusetts. and Gen.
Houston. florida. to pass on credentials
and perfe~t a permanent organization
The Congress then adjourned until to-
morrow.
The permanent Chairman has not as
vet been decided upon, but DR.. Hugh NJ.
Smith. of the United States Fish Com
mission, will be made permanent Secre-
tary.
The United States Fish Commission :
propagating car and steamer are both
here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
REPORT CONFIRMED.

Nat. G. Goodwin Ordered to Pay His
Divorced Wife 975 a Week Alimony.
New York. Jan. 19.-Justice Pryor, in
the Supreme court to-day confirmed The
report of ex-Judge Donahue, as referee,
recommending that decree of absolute
divorce be granted to Nellie r. Goodwin,
wife of Nat. G. Goodwin, the actor.
Goodwin is ordered to pay to his divorced
wife $50 a week alimony. She is also
privileged to marry again if she so de-
sires. with the right to resume her
maiden name of Baker. Goodwin can
not marry again in this State None of
the testimony heard before the referee
was made public.
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VESSELS AT KIAO-CHOU BAY.

London. Jan. f9.-The British Admir-
atty has just issued a list Of the where
abouts of the warships Of Great Britain
in the far east. 1t shows that the first
class twin-screw armored cruiser I'M
daunted (of 5000 tons $500 horse power
and twelve guns and the twin-screw
sloop Algerine (of 1850 tons 1.400 horse
power. and six guns) are at Kiao-Chou
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20

As the writer in the Journal says,
'.Rryanism is a bigger thing than Bry-
an. And Organism will continue to
grow. whatever Mr.. Bryan may CO."
"Bryanism' is also a bigger thing than
any newspaper. It is bigger than its
eastern critics and opponents. 1t is
bigger than the boilers, bigger than the
pivotal states and bigger than any ele-
ment of opposition. 1t is bigger than
all these, and is growing all the time
Atlanta Constitution.
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The Monroe Journal has been diving
into history and has found out that An
drew Jackson was "a patriotic and hon
est man but he was not great states
man." Pretty soon it will find out that
Alexander Hamilton's theory of govern
ment was wiser than Jefferson's. That's
the path those who underrate Jackson
usually take.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
WOODEN MILL PURCHASED.

Richmond, Va. Jan. 19.-Mr. henry
D. Kent, Of Philadelphia, a large wooden
manufacturer, and Mr.. James Mac
Magellan, of New York, have pur-
chased the Liberty wooden mill at Bed
ford City which has been idle for some
time and, it is stated, will start it up
at once
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20

The Governors brother, t. B. Russell,
warden of the penitentary, is out in a
letter denouncing Hon. T. B. Kings
bury in such billingsgate as fish women
would be ashamed to use. 1t will do the
learned editor no harm, for the abuse of
the gang now in power is an evidence of
patriotic service.
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bad SIGN"

London, Jan. 19.-The Tires in its
financial article says: without doubt
the adoption of Senator Teller's resolu-
ton will have no effect, but the commit
tees action, even if not approved by the
Senate, is bad sign for real currency
reform"
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London, Jan. 19.-At to-day's confer
ences of the Federation Of Master En-
gineers, called to consider the situation
in view of the withdrawal of the 4S
hour demand, it was resolved to reopen
the works on Monday next, provided
the union accept the conditions mutually
agreed upon at the recent Westminster
conference.
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MIR. WILLIAMS RESOLUTION.
Provides for Minister of the United
States to Cuba.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 19.-Mr.
Williams, of Mississippi, introduced a
resolution in the House to-day to pro-
vide for Minister of the United States
to Cuba, as follows:
''Resolved, That there be and hereby
is appropriated out of any moneys in the
Treasury of the United States, not
otherwise appropriated, the sum OF So
900 to pay the salary for one year OF
an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Republic or
Cuba"
It was referred to the Foreign Affairs
committee. He also introduced another
bill for commission to negotiate
treaty of peace, amity and commerce,
between the United States and Cuba.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
STRIKE SITUATION.
There is No Signs Of Concessions on,
Either Side.

There is No Signs OF Concessions on
Either Side.
Boston. Mass. Jan. 19.-The third day
of the strike in the New England cotton
and wooden industrial centers has been
an eventful one. and peace and quietness
have prevailed.
There are no signs of concessions by
either side and none is looked for in the
near future. =,
Strikes are now on in the cotton mills
at New Bedford, Biddeford, Saco,
brunswick. Lewiston, Burlington and in
the King Philip. Laurel Lake and Har-
graves No. / at Fall River, and the
White Rock Mills at Westerly.
In the wooden centers there are
strikes in the Wanskuck and Geneva
Mills at Providence, Central Mills at
Central Falls and Over and Laconia, the
latter being hosiery concern.
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FIFTY BODIES EXTRICATED.

st. Petersburg, Jan. ia dispatch
from Charkoff says that the bodies Of
fifty victims of the gas explosion in one
of the mines of the Donetzaer Compa-
ny, in the Taganrog district, have been
extricated.
1t is feared others were killed. Three
of the Is injured in the explosion have
since succumbed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20

Prague, Jan. 19.-The troops have
been summoned, and tonight patrols
occupied the chief points of the city owing
to threatened disturbances arising from
the Czech ferment A few arrests have
been made but nothing serious has oc-
CURED thus far.
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Berlin, Jan. 19-Considerable sur
prise has been caused here by a dispatch
from st. Petersburg to the Cologne Ga
zette, announcing that Russia has form
ed two new army corps on the German
and Austrian frontiers at Wilma and
Kieff.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20

One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That's what YOU want. Heartt &
HEARTS drug store.
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SWIMMERS JOIN THE STRIKE.

Fall River, Mass, Jan. 19.-The frame
spinners at the Hargraves No. 1, and
the Laurel Lake Mills joined the list
of strikers to-day. The trouble at both
places is over the new wage schudule.
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n. c.. lis second-class matter.
Evening star., 1898-01-28

ness that they would find electrical COM
munication of constant daily service. This
suburban class is. however, alienated from
full participation in the benefits of the teie-
phone by reason of the excessive rates
charged for distant connections. The scale
is proportionate to the distance from the
central Office. increasing as the length of
the wire increases. nile this may be In a
slight degree justified by the strict meas
urement Of some items of COST it is plain
that 1t tends to keep the service out of
thousands Of houses These residents of
the suburbs would soon become among the
most numerous patrons of the phone if
they were offered decently low rate, in
stead Of being made to bear the creates.
charges Of the entire local system. For
eign cities are differently situated in this
regard. In some of them the telephone
service. covering an area equal at least to
that covered by the local range of habita-
ton. costs for domestic purposes as low as
twenty-five dollars a year, instead of four,
five and sometimes six times that amount
as charged in Washington.
Evening star., 1898-01-28
The Conquest of China.

The report is received that four Ger
man sailors have been killed by a Chinese
mob at Kaio Chau bay and that the most
Intense excitement prevails because 1t is
assumed that the outrage will be made the
basis of a demand by Germany for further
grants of territory. OF course it will The
slaughter of a sailor Is a far more heinous
crime against sucn nation as Germany
than the killing of missionary. 1t is no
less tnan fragrant case of lese majeste.
The sailors stood in relation. to the Chinese
mob as the German empire. They were at
tackled, presumably, solely because of the
intrusion of that nation upon the territory
OF emma There was nothing personal In
the anger of the mob. To a Cninaman a
foreigner is trespasser. These German
sailors could not have been regarded other
Wise than as interlopers, especially as the
man hrst Killed was standing on sentry
DUTY over part of the newly acquired
territory The German uniform aroused
The eelestials and the outrage inevitably
followed 1t is a deplorabl outbreak. but
II was to have been expected Perhaps
1t was expected by the German authorities
They may not regard the affair with un-
mixed grief. In view of the alacrity with
which the killing of the missionaries was
utilized as basis for a claim II is not to
be questioned that the killing Of the SAIL
ors will be utilized in the same way with
out delay On the basis of the preceding
adjustment nothing short of control over
an entire proviLce ought to satisfy Ger
many. At this rate the conquest of the
empire will be a comparatively easy ana
bloodiess task. Modern warfare may be
robbed cf its horrors after all.
Evening star., 1898-01-28
Lower Street Car Fares Unnecessary

Ao"er StFeet Car Fares Unnecessary.
The Senate District committee acted
wisely today in rejecting the bill proposing
to require all local street railways to sell
eight tickets for twenty-five cents and to
give universal transfers. The time is not
ripe fer such a measure. Just now the
street railroads of the capital are in
transition state. One of them has just
completed an expensive and elaborate sys-
tenn of underground electrical propulsion.
Another is Installing a similar system on
two of its lines and is arranging to install
1t on the third. The owners of the other
principal franchises are eagerly awaiting
action on a bill that will give them suffi-
cient time for the Installation of the same
system on their roads. Still another COM
pany is before Congress asking for the
necessary legislation. tc the same end. In
urwise and unfair to require the roads to
reduce their incomes from passenger re-
ceipts twenty five ger cent by forcing them
to give transportation to eight passengers
instead Of six for the same money. The
demand here has always been to require
the roads to furnish the best available
facilities for rapid transit, and after a long
fight that demand seems In fair way to be
fully met by results. 1t may be that after
basis for several years. enjoying the ad-
vantages of the Increased patronage at
tracted by the improved service, a general
disposition will arise on the part of the
citizens to call for lower rate of fare.