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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
HOSPITAL CONTRACT
What Rights Does it Guaran-
tee the City?
Resolution TO Appropriate TIE Proceeds Of the
Bond Issue For Auditorium
Rescinded.

1t is possible that the city may not
take the 5000 stock in the auditorium
yet.
At a called meeting of the board OF
aldermen yesterday afternoon. a former
resolution of the board appropriating
$4,000 out of the street bond issue for
this purpose, was rescinded and action
will be taken to have the charter OF the
city so amended that there can be no
question OF the validity of such an act.
Also a committee was appointed TO
examine into the contract that exists be-
tween the city and the Rex Hospital.
All q meeting of the board about two
weeks ago. resolution was passed, d.
rectine that the bill now before the Leg
isIature providing for the issuing of $780,
coo in bonds for street Improvement, be
SO amended that 10000 of the proceeds
be applied to the erection Of the audito-
rum; that the city take that amount
of stock in the company provided the
citizens provide like amount, the city
TO be represented on the Board of Direc-
tors Of the company to the amount of it's
stock.
The resolution was endorsed at q joins
meeting OF the Chamber OF Commerce
and the Merchants Association. The ques-
ton of the legality Of such action was
raised and the matter thoroughly dis
cussed. While it is not thought II would
invalidate the bond issue still the alder
men propose to be on the safe side, and
on motion Of Mr.. Drewry resolution was
passed 10 have the charter Of Raleigh
so amended as TO allow the city to build
or take stock in an auditorium.
The question of the city contract with
Rex Hospital was brought up.
IL was stated TO the board that under
the terms of the contract, Raleigh pays
So, coo each year TO the hospital which
in return treats free the citys emergency
cases. 1t was also stated that the hos
pital had refused u city patient though
he was admitted upon secotd application.
The matter was discussed nj some
length, and It was stated that the con
tract between the city and the hospital
expired in 1897
Alderman Jones moved that a commit
tee be appointed to investigate into the
matter. The motion carried, and COM
mittee composed of Aldermen Drewry,
Cook and Jones was appointed. To this
committee were added the mayor and city
attorney. The committee will confer with
the hospital authorities, and will report
upon the situation TO the next meeting
of the board
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
HOUSE MAKES POOR PROGRESS.
sundry Civil Bill Under Consideration. Tri-
butes Paid to Hoffecker's Memory.
(By the Associated Press


Washington, Feb. 16.--1n retaliation
against the action of Mr.. Cannon, chair
man of the Appropriations Committee,
yesterday in filibustering against the
passage of private claims, Mr.. Richard
son, the minority leader today attempted
to block the consideration or the Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill until a quorum
was produced. When Mr.. Cannon made
a motion to- go into committee OF the
whole the resume the consideration of the
Sundry Civil Bill. Mr.. Richardson de-
manded a division. The division showed
less than 100 members present and Mr.
Richardson made the point Of no quorum.
The gentleman from Illinois yester-
day." said he, insisted upon a quorum
to pass an $500 claim. | think We should
have a quorum today 10 pass measure
carrying $50 ,000, 900.
THE gentleman NAV make himself re-
sponsible for an extra session." observ-
ed Mr. Cannon in reply az the Speaker
directed a call of the House. Under that
order the doors were closed and the Ser
geant -at-Arms was directed to bring in
absent members.
Two hundred and one members appear
ed all voting for Mr.. Cannon's motion
and accordingly the House went into coIu
mittee of the whole ana resumed TIE
consideration Of the Sundry Civil Bill.
The House made little progress with
the bill. The major portion of the time
was spent in debating ii proposition Of
fered by Mr.. Hill Comm to strike out
the appropriation of 500, 900 for the free
transportation OF silver coin. 1t was de-
feated 81 to 66.
At o'clock public business was stls-
pended TO allow the members to pay
tribute TO the memory of the late Rep
resentative Hoffecker of Delaware.
The following were the speakers
Messrs. Lacey iowa; Hedge, Qowa';
Brosius (Pa.); Capron Or. ID; Hill
Conn.,; Gibson CTenn.l, Norton (Ohio)
Miers Qnd.) Hamilton (Mich.); Butler
Pa.); and Crumpacker (Ind)
At $50 b. M, as a further mark OF
respect, the House adjourned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
Testers Cotton Statement.
(By the Associated Presso


New Orleans, La, Feb. TO- Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton
Exchange statement issued today shows
a decrease in the movement of cotton in
sight compared with the seven days
ending this date last year in round
numbers 557, 600 bales.
For the los days OF the season that
mas elapsed the aggregate is ahead of
the 16S days OF last year G12,000 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been l5Ss11S bales
against 214.746 bales for the seven days
ending this date last year and for the
fifteen days of February it has been
372,316 bales against 477,77S bales last
year.
These make the total movement for
the los days of the season from Sep
TENDER 1st to date 1862 ,331 bales against
7,349, sos bales last year.
The movement since September 1st
shows receipts at all United States ports
$3.50 ,S99 bales against 5,201, OIL bales last
year, overland across the Mississippi,
Ohio and Potomac Rivers - Northern
mills at Canada 893,015 ba.es against
993, 23S bales last year; interior stocks in
excess of those held at the close of the
commercial year 500, 352 bales against
800, AL bales last year; Southern mill
takings S14,065 bales against 1926, $50
bales last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been S5,45S bales against 94,361 bales last
year.
Secretary Testers statement of the
worlds visible. supply of cotton shows
the total visible is 4095, S21 bales against
4,089.731 bales last year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
DIV the Associated Press

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 15.-Twenty nine
persons were injured today in the derail-
ment of a trolley car en- route from Day
ton. Ky. to this city
1t IS feared several of the injured will
die.
An obstruction of some unknown nature
derailed the car as it rounded curve
along the bank OF a small stream on the
Kentucky side of the river. The car Top
pied over the embankment. falling fifty
feet.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17

A powerful engine cannon be run with
a weak boiler, and we can't keep up
the strain of an active life with weak
stomach; neither can we stop the hu-
man machine to make repairs. III the
stomach cannot digest enough food to
keep, the body strong, such a prepare
ton as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure should be
used. 1t digests what you eat and it
simply can't help but do you good. W.
H. King Drug Co.. Bobbitt & Wynne
Drug Co., VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
Diplomatic Bill Reported.
lny the Associated Press

IBy IHt AsSOCIdItU TECo5.J
Washington, Feb. 16.-The Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation Bill as today
reported to the Senate with an increase
of SAL, 420 over the allowance of the House
maxim the total 1855, 22S. The largest
item of increase is $4,000 for legation
grounds al Pellin, China and $4,000 for
student interpreters in China.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
THE sEAB0ARD's RECEIPTS.
It shows That the Freight Charges Were
$l4, l6l o..
Especial to News and Observer

Richmond, Va. Feb 15.-Reeeived OF
the Southern Manufacturing Company
Fourie. Thousand, One hundred and
Sixty-one and 4-10O Dollars ($14, 1900 in
settlement of Prepaid Freight Charges on
a Train of One Hundred and Five C05)
carloads of Good Luck" Baking Powder,
containing Forty nine Thousand, One
Hundred and Eighty three Gao, Cases;
Three Million, Eighteen Thousand, One
Hundred and Fifty-five (3018. 1859 Pounds.
shipped this day over the Seaboard Air
Line Railway to jobbers throughout the
South and West.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
TO PREVENT MAIL FRAUDS.
Special Dies for Different Cities in
the phiIipf,ines.

Postmaster General Smith this morn
ing received communication from G Il.
Co5terman Director General of Posts of
ter recommended that new dies be for
warded for the twenty-five hand presses
recently received from the Superintendent
Of Mails. IN order that each die may show
an imprint on the seal of the postofiice at
which they are put up
Mr. Cotterman enumerated q complete
list Of postoffices now in operation in the
Philippine Islands, as follows; Angeles,
APART, BacoIod. Batangas, Cagayan, Ca
lamba, CatbaIogan, Cavite, Cebu, Dagu-
pan IloilJ. Laoag. Legaspi. Lucena. Nue-
va Caceres, San Fernando Pamp, San Isl
dor Santa Cruz. Facloban. Tigan, and
Zamboanga-
Mr. Cottermaa suggests that the name
Of the postofIice can be made to appear
on one die Of each stamp and the other
may be made 70 read p. l. Mail" or
anything else the POStmaS ter General may
deem best. MI Cotterman says: Prop
CT authorizations can be made of any of
these names that are too lore 20 aDUear
in full on the die
Il think you win readily see the ad-
vantages obtained in having the sacks
made up at each Office sealed in q distinc-
tive manner. With each Office using SINH
lar seals, there is nothing to prevent an
employe at any other office. through
which a sack might pass. from opening it.
abstracting anything he might wish. and
FeSeaIinR II without leaving any record Of
the act. When these dies are received,
they will be placed on the ha nd presses
Eow in use Hand presses for the Manila
Office are in accordance witt this recon-
rnendatiOn.'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
MUST LOOK AFTER PRISONERS.
New Police Orders Growing Out of
Recent Deaths.


Major Richard Sylvester has completed
his Investigation OF the circumstances
surrounding the recent deaths of William
Zimmerman and Frederick Harrington,
after having been confined without med
zeal attention in cells at No. 1 station
house because they were supposed to
| be drunk As a result a number of
transfers viii be made
Men who have not followed orders in
this respect viii have to suffer penal
ties and new men viii be assigned to their
places said Major Sylvester this after
noon 4 shall see that the orders are
carried out in the future, he continued,
and have Issued the following 70 all con
cerned:
The attention of the members of TIE
force, especially the Iieutenants. those
acting for them. statfon-keepers. and 9th
rs who may be detailed for duty in the
several statioRhouses, is called 10 para
graph 1s7 of the Metropolitan Police
Manual, 10 order Of January II. 1888. and
to the following Instructions heretofore
issued:
Whenever sase of apoplexy is
brought TO station o falls into the
hands Of the police, O. case of extreme
drunkenness, or q case n which there is
- N-'N % ~ NAAGLA4t1 u - dDODlEeXE or
drunkenness, as well as oLher emergency
cases, q surgeon should be sent for With
out delay, or such subjects taken directly
10 the nearest hospital The police sur
geons and surgeons to the poor are sub
Ject 10 cab At such times.
1t ought ~ so without saving that a
case Of Iotct collapse from drunkenness
needs attention more than q case Of orCFf-
nary drunkenness; and that in extreme
cases of this character they partake OF
dangerous Illness and should be cared for
in conformity with the above instruc-
tions.
Cells in which persons are confined
should be visited By some oae OF those
in charge OF a stationhouse at least ev-
cry half hour. or at shorter intervals. as
the situation may demand 10 ascertain
the condition OF those who may be in
carcerated therein"
Referring to these orders Major SyI-
vester said: Il appreciate the fact that
station keepers who have the records and
yaluables 70 look after find it difficult to
pay much attention to the cells. but on
the old policemen as doormen who viii
be available I shall detail a number of
the old pole nan as doormen who viii
have entire charg+ Of the cell rooms 1
ShaI also recommend IN ny next report
that provision be made in the next aPpro-
priation bill for suitable number of
doormen to properly do The necessar ~
work without needIessIy diminishing the
effective strength OF the force. which is
now woefUlly Inadequate for the territory
to be covered and the work 70 be done"
Tn following transfers We're announced
hy Major Sylvester at 2.31 O'Clock this
= fTarpRAr- Ad-F~
- :. HoUShlaEd. No I 10 the House OF
Detention; Edward Wertz. House Of De
tcntion TO 10. I: Washington Stanford,
so TO No /; W. I. CogwIl. No 10
No I; Thomas Hartigan, Detective Blu
reau TO No. C.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
MINERS OPPOSED TO A STRIKE.
The HazIefon Union Expected to
Vote Againe4 Mitchell.

E-AZIETON. Pa, March 19--The dele
gates from the loc2. Mine Workers
Union of District :, the RazIeton dis
trict. are meeting here today. ostensibly
for the purpose Of re-eIecting the present
officers. 1t is said. however, that ac-
ton which will have an important bear
ing on the question whether or not
strike viii be declared viii be consid-
cred
It is becoming clearer every day that
the miners of this region do not want
strike. and they emphasized this fact by
voting in the convention against it.
This feeling makes it possible that to-
days district convention will also pre-
sent resolutions apprising President
Mitchell that this district is against
strike. 1t is said that should Mr.. Mitch
ell disregard this vote of warning he viii
not be able to hold the district in line
should q strike be declared against its
will.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
CLASH IN CHINA ATERTBD
British Guards Withdrawn From
the Railway Switch at Tientsin.

The Right-Of- Incident, Which
Threatened Trouble Between Rus
slams and English, Considered
CIoscd-Ministers at Pekin Com
tinue Their Conference, But Ex-
pect Little From the CeIestiaIs.
the Empress Dowager and the
Emperor Soon to Leave singan-fu.
PEKIN. March I9-Advices from Ten
tsin, received today, state that the i'm
pending clash between the British and
Russian troops at that place, which it
was feared would follow the quarrel
over the rights to railway siding, has
been averted.
The British officers have withdrawn
their guards from the railway switch.
and the incident which threatened to
cause trouble is considered closed. so far
as the authorities are concerned.
The foreign ministers are discussing
the various questions OF MINOR reforms
for the mutual benefit of foreigners and
Chinese in a half-hearted manner, as
they expect little from the Chinese under
the new order OF things
It IS understood that the Tsung-li-Ya-
men viii be continued under a responsible
head, with two advisory ministers of the
highest rank. The court ceremoniais will
probably be amended to the extent that
an imperial equipage will call TO convey
the foreign ministers to the Imperial
presence for the purpose of presenting
credentials.
Ii IS reported that the Dowager En-
press and the Emperor viii leave Sfngan-
III in ten days for Kaifeng-fu via Hankei
Pass They will reside at Kaifeng-fu I'M
til their return TO Pekin
Forty-fve officials of the Censorate and
the departments of the Imperial house
hold. the Imperial bodyguard. and other
Tamens left here Friday for Kaifeng-fu,
with the purpose of acting as an escort
to the Emperor and Dowager Empress to
Pekin. They were furnished with pass
ports which viii protect the party from
attacks by foreign soldiers while en-
route.
When the Chinese heard yesterday Of
the early departure of the American
troops from China, and also that the sec
ton Of the Tartar city which had been
controlled by these men was to be turn
ed over to the Germans. they sent dele
CATION Of over two thousand prominent
men TO Major Robertson. the commander
Of the American troops there. asking
him to retain the administration of af-
fairs in that locality They declared that
under the Americans order had been pre-
served, and the Chinese had been able
TO secure Justice
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
NUMBER 1850.
BORHA DECLINES TO YIELD
Tie BOer General Refuses Kitch-
ener's Terms OF Surrender.

Announcement of the End of Peace
Negotiations Made in the House of
Commons-De Wei Credited With
Having Influenced the Burgher
Commauder-in-Chi Not TO Give
ID the FiEht-FesEcraiist Prisoners
OF var DepOrted by the POrtu-
guese Authorities AT neIseoa Bay
LONDON, March ls--The Boer war is
TO be continued. The peace conferences
between General Kitchener and the
burgner leaders in South Africa for the
purpose OF reaching an understanding
that would end the hostiIitfes have come
to naught, and there is no telling how
much longer the guerrilla warfare viii be
continued by the remnants of the Boer
armies in the field.
In the House OF Commons this after
noon Mir. Chamberlain, Secretary for the
Colonies. said that Gen. Louis Botha,
commander-in-chief of the Boer army,
had informed General Kitchener that he
lBotha) ca not feel disposed to recon-
mend the British terms of surrender 10
the consideration OF the Boer Govern
meut
General Botha added that his Govern
nert. through its chief officers. agreed
with his views.
Mr.. Chamberlain said he would make
General Kitchener's terms public at once
There is considerable speculation as to
the cause for the refusal, when the pros
poets for peace were so bright 1t is
generally believed, however, that De Wet
is largely. responsible for Bothas refusal
to capituIate, as it is known that De Wet
and others among the Boer leaders are
very much opposed to ending the conflict.
It is to be presumed also that President
kruger was strongly opposed TO giving
up the fight. although it is not known
that he has been consulted in the matter
OF surrender Report says that Mr. Kru-
ger has not yet given up hope of the cur
rent turning in favor OF the Boer cause
1t is believed that the Beers in the field
viii now become more aggressive. and it
is conceded that in many localities they
can give the British forces great deal
of trouble.
A despatch from Durham, Natal. says:
over 500 Boer prisoners of war have
been deported by the Portuguese authori-
ties at Delagoa Bay TO Lisbon. This has
caused Consideration among the refugees.
and there is further cause for alarm in
the notice given by the authorities that
the balance Of the refugees are liable to
be deported in a similar manner on TWEEN
ty-four hours notice.
The Transvaal officials who have been
sent 10 Lisbon include Mr.. Marais. the
former Auditor General. Some Of the ref
ugees are very wealthy and the shop
keepers at DeIagoa Bay estimate that
they will lose from e5.000 TO $4,000
monthly through the deportation of these
people
The Boer commandment Meyers has
been captured and his commando dissolv-
ed. He declared he had heard nothing Of
General Kitcheners proclamation in re
gard to burghers who came in and sur
rendered"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH.
Seven Charred Bodies Found in a
House Near WeIISton. Ohio.

WELLSTON, Ohio. March 19.-The
charred bodies of JEFF Hill. his wife, and
five children were found last night in the
smoldering embers of a burned house.
Hill and his family lived in d log cabin
two miles northeast of WeIlston- The
nearest neighbor. Edward McGinnis, dis
covered the house in flames at late
hour last night
It seems that only one door opened ont
of the room in which the seven members
of the family were sleeping The fire
caught in front of that door, blocking the
only way Of escape.
a little yellow dog, the pet Of a younger
child, was the only living thing found in
the house. The theory was at first adj
vanced that the family had been murder
cd and the house burned 10 hide the
crime
The coroner held an inquest late last
night and found that the fire started
from q stove which was near to the only
door to the house, and escape was there
fore cut of Hill himself was almost
blind, and was practically helpless.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
IN AID OF TUsKEGEE.
A Big Mass Meeting Held in New
York City.

York city
NEW YORK. March 19--More than ] 500
men and women were IN the. concert hall
Of Madison Square Garden last evening
ut the mass meeting Of the fuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute and fully a
thousand left the building unable TO gain
access to the crowded hall Among these
were Carl SchUrz and Seth Low.
Morris <. Jesup presided at the meeting.
He Introduced Paul Laurence Dunbar,
the colored poet, who recited some OF his
own productions. Then Isaiah T Mont
gomery. who was once slave on the
jefferson Davis plantation in Mississippi,
spoke of the needs Of the negroes in the
South
William H Baldwin, il, one of the
trustees of the Tuskegee Institute, said he
would give SI0,a00 for the institution pro-
vided s20,9G1 more was raised within thir-
" days.
Booker T Washington, the founder OF
Tuskegee, received an enthusiastic vel
come. He presented the needs of the in
stitution. Bishop Potter made the eloe-
ing address
Booker T Washington, said he, has
struck the first clear note in thirty-thTee
years of our history for the solution OF a
most difficult problem He IS not only a
great scholar, a great thinker. q great
teacher, but great statesman