The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-29
GREAT american QUESTION.
Not Yet been Sprung on the Peace
Conference.
TROUBLE MAY BE EXPECTED
Nhea This is Doae as Il Was q Matter Not
Covered ia the Circular New Explo-
s.ve in ProiectiIes from Balloons Prohib-
tied for Five Years.


can demand for the protection of pri-
vate property at sea has not yet been
to the peace conference An
drew d. White, head Of the American
delegation, on Tuesday requested the
Of the conference, NJ. De
Stasl, to submit the question to the
at the same time suggest
ing that the proper way to bring the
matter up for discussion would be to
assemble q plenary conference, submit
the question and have it referred to q
commission for examination. NJ. De
Staal has not yet arrived at . decision,
as the American proposal has not been
translated into French. 1t is the gen.
eral opinion that the delegates of the
great powers are absolutely opposed to
raising the question, arguing the in.
competence of the conference to do 90
under the terms of Count Muravieffs'
circular, NJ. De Staal having declared
at the opening of the conference,
with the approval OF the delegates,
that under no circumstances would
the conference discuss any question
not contained in the circular. Sew
eral delegates declare there 10 little
chance Of the question being discussed.
but that if it is discussed, America
will be opposed with the utmost
energy.
After short sessions of the sIbcom-
mittees of war and navy, at which re-
ports by Major General Den Boer
Poortugael, of the Dutch delegation,
and Count Soltyk, the Austrian naval
expert, were respectively adopted, the
first committee met to discuss the
same in the above order. The dele
gates declared in favor of any State
using any new explosive or new inven-
tions for ordnance, Russia aud Bull
garia alone refraining from voting.
The question of dumdum bullets was
discussed, Major General Sir John
Ardagh, of the British delegation, de-.
clarink that dumdums should only be
used against an uncivilized foe.
The conference finally resolved in
favor of prohibiting the use of bullets
which easily spread or fatten out in
the human body. such as explosive bull
lets, bullets, in hardened case which
does not entirely cover the point, or
bullets with an incision. The British
and American delegates alone voted in
the negative. The use of any new ex-
plosive in projectiles from balloons was
prohibited for five years.
Count Soltyk's report was then taken
up. It declared that the subcommittee,
though unable to agree regarding the
eroposed abolition of naval r.ms, sub.
marine torpedo boats and the use of ex.
plosives, had declared against the use
of asphyxiating gases, which the frs
committee also approved.
Dewey Greeted with Cheers.
COLOMBO, CEYLoN, By Gable.
United States cruiser Olympia, will
Admiral Dewep on board, arrived her,
at o'clock a. m. from Singapore, Jun,
Is, saluted the forts ashore and was So
luted by the latter IN return. An aide
de- camp, representing the Governor o
Ceylon, Right Hon. Sir Joseph Wes
Ridgeway, boarded the Olympia at
o'clock this morning, in order to vel
come the admiral, and Colonel Savage
commanding the troops, called at Il
o'clock. The visits were turned b,
Admiral Dewey at II o'clock. He wa
/ 1o+ &hn 1nfk I,Vyo n I'd of ho,
or, and amidst cheering drove in tn
Governors carriage to breakfast wit
Colonel Savage.
Orders to the Collectors.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Special. Com
missioner Geo. W. Wilson, of the l.
ternal Revenue Bureau, with the an
proval of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, has issued to all collectors a ci.
cular letter explanatory of th
changes made in the civil ser,
ice rules affecting their dutie
by the recent order of the Presiden
The commission says: 'The Office
deputy collector of internal revenue
removed from the competitive class
fed list, and the collectors are at liz
, erty to make such changes by remov
and appointment as in their judgeme1
} the welfare of the public service ms
: dictate, but persons appointed to tn
Office are subject to pass an examin
! ton to be prescribed by the Secreta1
of the Treasury. The Offices of guag'
and storekeeper-guager, whore Il
J compensation does not exceed 50 p
day, or shall not exceed in the aggr'
gate $500 per annum, are removed fro
q the competitive classified service, b.
q persons appointed to said Offices O
=. subject to pass examination. to be pr
! ssribed by the Secretary of the Trea
ury:"
a Four tons of powder at the Unit,
\ States Smokeless Powder Company
4 factory on Point San Pedro, four mil
n from San Francisco. blew up Monda
killing four employees and seriously
juring three others.
y Gave Three Cheers for the Emperor.
BERLIN, By Cable.-The Reichst
i passed the third reading of the Spani
b islands bill. The members then ga
:: three cheers for Emperor William al
:. the session was declared adjourn
until November IA.
II The Latest Lynching
u SCRANTON, MASS. Special. Eve, I
a jury, find that the deceased came to
v death by climbing tree, venturing
d far out on limb and thereby breaki
: his neck" Such was the verdict of
coroner's jury in the case of Dan
= Patrick, colored, who was iynched h,
h Thursday for an assault upon NJ
a Bessie Ireland. Patrick confessed
d crime aud begged of the mob to sh,
p him. He evidently feared burning
q the stake, and was glad to be let
In with rope aud bullets. Three hu
n dred of the most prominent men in !
70 city participated in the lynching.