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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
AN IMPERIAL BOYCOTT.
The Abandonment of Royaltys Proposed Visit
to Ireland.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press.)
! London, March 13.-The official an
nouncement yesterday of the abandon
ment of the proposed visit of King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra to Ireland,
whereby the ministers assume the re-
| sponsbility for an imperial boycott, is
| quite unprecedented in form and causes
! keen discussion, the general tone of
which is distinctly adverse to the action
! of the Cabinet, which is interpreted as
displaying petty spite and spleen. The
| suggestion sought to be conveyed both
! by the announcement itself and the COM
ment of the ministerial organs, that the
| decision arrived at was directly due to
| the outburst of some of the Irish men,
bers in the House of Commons when the
news OF the disaster to General Me-
thuen's column was officially cOmmunica-
| ted to that House is declared by hostile
critics to be obviously false, as it was
ennounced weeks ago, that the visit would
be postponed These critics assert also
that there seems good reason to believe
! their Their Majesties themselves all
along desired to carry out the coronation
visit. and though they have deferred it
on the advice of the minister's they have
no intention of relieving the latter from
the onus of tactless move.
During the debate on the civil service
estimates in the House of Commons today
John Redmond, the Irish leader, moved
reduction of the salary of the chief sec
rotary for Ireland George Wyndham)
and proceeded to incisively criticise Mr..
Wyndham's policy, asserting that the laa-
ter was engineering a conspiracy to mis-
represent the condition of the country, in
order 20 give a colorado excuse for CO.
ercion. Mr.. Redmond said scoercisio7
would not kill boycotting but It would
exasperate the Irish people at home and
consolidate them abroad. He sincerely
hoped, however, that the Irish would not
be betrayed into the commission of
crime.
Mr. Wyn1ham in replying, said that
already a great many illegal acts had
been perpetrated in Ireland. He admit
ted the constitutional right of the people
to assemble and proclaim their griev-
ances, but where crime was about to be
committed an assembly became unlawful
and it was the duty of the Government
to prevent it.
Mr. Redmond's motion was rejected by
vote of 215 to 125.
4
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ceeded to the rooms of the State Board
of Arbitration at the State House and
net representatives Of various mercantile
bodies of the city. the officials of the
various railroads and Mayor Collins, when
free interchange of ideas was had for
more than three hours.
The outcome of this meeting was the
appointment of committee of seven TO
devise some plan that might be mutually
agreed upon as a basis Of settlement in
consultation with Governor Crane. The
committee which consisted of Judge War
rem A. Reed. chairman of the State Board
of Arbitration: Alnory a. Lawrence, Geo
H. Leonard and John Mason Little, on
behalf of the merchants. and Thomas Ii.
Canning, Godfrey o. Powers and Thomas
Mahoney representing the unions, togeth-
er with Secretary Easley then waited
upon the governor and were closeted with
him for two hours. Meantime a large
number of labor leaders had arrived al
the State House and they went into con-
ference in the council chamber which ad-
Joins the office of the governor.
Governor Crane while impressing upon
these present the fact that ne had abso-
lutely no authority to make pledges for
any of the interested parties, made the
following proposition:
IF the strike is declared off and those
Of the men who can will return to their
work | viii as governor of the common
wealth, use my best efforts with the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
to have them adopt rules that will be in
conformity with those already adopted by
the Boston and Maine Railroad regarding
the loading and unloading of teams"
The Boston and Maine roads rule is
that freight handlers are not required
to go upon trucks of forwarding concerns
and assist in unloading freight.
The governor further agreed to see the
officials of the Boston and Maine, Boston
and Albany and New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad and the various
steamship lines and urge them to rein
state as many men as they possibly can.
Governor Crane impressed every one
present with his deep interest in the
matter and It was largely through his in
terposition that the representatives of Ia
Dor present unanimously agreed to recon-
mend to their various union that the
strike be declared off and that every man
now on strike return TO work.
An official notice of the termination
of the strike will be printed in the morn
ing papers and in addition committees
will endeavor to notify those of the strik-
ers who cannot be reached through the
press in time to begin work at their reg
ular hours.
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Mrs. Fauct ties Funeral.

The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Faucette were held from the
First Baptist church yesterday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock conducted by Rev w. d.
Hubbard. of the Baptist Tabernacle
church, assisted by Rev G. F. Smith. of
Edenton Street Methodist church. The
interment was beside the remains of her
beloved husband. A large number of
friends attended the service. The fol-
lowing acted as rall-bearers: Messrs.
T. H. Briggs, c. b. Edwards, G. s. Ter
rell, w p Belts, W. w. Newman j. w.
Bailey.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
NOT DUE TO CHL0ROFORM.
DR.. Girdner Does Not Think Rice's Death !
Caused by the Drug
(By the Associated Press. }

New York, March l3-Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne resumed the cross
examination of DR.. John H. Girdner today
in the trial of Albert T. Patrick, accused
of the murder of William M. Rice Mr..
Osborne described the medical history of
Rices case from the prosecutors point
of view, and asked the witness if some
thing must not have interviewed to cause
Rice's death.
There was quite sufficient evidence of
oedema of the lungs at that time" Dr..
Girdner replied, "to account for the death
without anything intervening"
Dr. Alexander G. Leuf of Philadelphia,
an expert in diseases of the lungs was
then called. Mr.. Moore described the
chloroforming of Rice as recounted by
Jones. and asked DR. Leuf if it could
have been accomplished without waking
the patient DR.. Leuf said he thought
not He had never been able to admins
ter chloroform to a sleeping patient. DR..
Lieut. said it was his opinion that Rice
died because of bad condition of his kid
neys and secOndarily because of the lung
conditions. He did not think death was
due to chloroforming poisoning
Mr. Osborne wanted to make test with
a towel and chloroform to determine how
long the odor of the drug would continue
perceptiblc but the recorder overruled
the request.
In the afternoon DR. Kenneth w Mill
ken testified that the odor of chlorOfOrm
might be detected any time within three
or four hours after it's use. He thought
Rice's death was due to oedema of the
lungs.
Dr. Austin Flint, Professor of Physiol-
ogy at the Cornell University Medical
School. testified that if Rice was in nat
ural sleep he would have awakened and
tl,rnrt,r az IN chlnrnfnrr11nl
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MERCHANTS TAKE A HAND
And 81 Pull Together For the Pub
lie Veal.
The GOVERNOR MAKES A PRoNl,f
viii Use His Best forts With Employers 10 OBJ
tain Mems Demands, Result Of the Con-
ference Calling Off Of the
Strike.
(By the Associated Press ,

Boston, March f3.-Through the unit
ed efforts of the the representatives OF
great mercantile bodies Of the city, sec
onded by the chief executives of the city
and State in conference with the recog-
nized leaders of organized labor, the
great strike Of freight handlers and kin
dred trades represented in the Allied
Freight Transportation Council was
broken tonight. Fully 10000 men who
have been idle for four days viii so to
work in the morning.
This result was attained at q conference
this evening lat the office of Governor
Crane The decision was at once REPORT
ed to the Allied Freight Transportation
Council at special meeting tonight and
unanimously endorsed.
All the OLD men for whom places can
be found will be taken back by he rail-
roads tomorrow. Transfers and long
shoremen will find an unprecedented de-
mand for their services and traffic of all
descriptions which has been practical
" at standstill for The past three or
TOUR udyS Will De T6SIiucu tOMOffOW Will
a rush
The Brine Transportation Company,
the loading and unloading of whose nom
union teams precipitated the strike of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford freight handlers, does not appear
to have figured in the settlement of he
present controversy. Under the new ar
rapgement. however, union men viii not
be required to load or unload that com
panys teams.
The day was filled with con-
ferences between representatives of
the various labor unions and the city's
business interests in which Governor
Crane. Mayor Collins. Secretary Easley
~ tfs Nstfonaf civic Federation and the
State Board of Arbitration. took impor-
tant parts Secretary Easley met num-
Der of labor leaders at Youngs Hotel
where their side of the controversy was
explained to him in detail
At IL o'clock those in attendance pro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

Is a specific remedy for all ailments of
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We would therefore urge every sufferer
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Constipation, Sick Headache or Liver
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
Mslor General Stanley Dead.
CBv the Associated Presg.)

Washington, March 12.-MaJOr Cen
eraI David S. Stanley, L. S. A, retired
died at his residence here today. aged
73 years of chronic Bright's Disease.
He was President of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland and for four
years was commander of the National
Soldiers Home in this city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
Decision After Six Rounds
(By the Associated Press. J

Chicago March 13-The best that
Harry Forbes. the bantam weight cham
pion could do with Kid Goodman. Of
Boston. tonight at the Pyramid Club,
was to gain the decision after six rounds
of clever fighting. Forbes was handi
capped by a bad right hand which he
broke two weeks ago in St. Louis, AMI
he won the fight with left iabs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-15
TO Bridge East St. Andrews Bay.
Bv the Associated Press.)

-A7F7VVIV7'V" 0VI7'I
Washington. March 13.-The Senate
today passed bill authorizing the
Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway
Company to construct a bridge across
East St. Andrews Bay, at point about
one mile east of Farmsdale, Florida.
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Cures Consumption!

Utica, N. Y, says: 'Since taking Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey have gained 80 pounds
in weight it aids my digestion and acts as
a stimulant and tonic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23
WILL BE ARBITRATED.
Claim Of a. New York Firm Against
San Domingo,

Final steps have been taken in the ar
rangements of another arbitration by the
conclusion Of an agreement directly be-
tween the government Of San Domingo and
the firm of ]. Sala g. Co. Of New York for
the settlement Of the claim Of that firm for
damages amounting to about $215OOO on ac-
count Of supplies furnished to the late Pres
ident Heureaux Of San Domingo, and never
paid for. The surviving head of the firm
is a woman, and 1t is matter of gratifica-
ton to the State Department officials that
the Dominican government has consented
TO arbitrate the case directly with the
claimants and without the exertion Of undue
influence by the United States. Today no.
tice was received by Mr.. Frederick Van
Dyne, the assistant solicitor of the De-
partment of State. that he had been selected
by the firm as it's arbitrator. Mr.. Van Dyne
is thoroughly familiar with the merits of
the case, having been instrumental in its
presentation to the Dominican government.
Mr.. Guachalla. the Bolivian minister at
Washington, has been named by San Do
mingo as its arbitrator. and probably the
two will choose the third to complete the
board,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23
COPYING TEE RECORDS.
Fast Work Of Typewriters IN Assign
ment Division. Patent 0flce.

ment DIVISION, Patent OHce.
The weekly repart.of the chief of the as
sfgnment division Of the patent Office shows
an enormous and inexplicable incr in the
number Of papers handled by that division
during the past week, and 'also shows at
what speed the Typewriter operators Of that
department have been cSmpeHed to work.
This division has charge Of the typewriting
of the records for inventors who desire to
use the record Of the Office inlprosecuting
infringements on their parents. During the
past week there have been an unusual num-
ber of applications at theiofice Tor patents.
the examiners reporting that LOO such ap-
plicattons have been han6fied By them dur
ing the past seven days
In the assignment division December II
there were 122 $50 words written by the
typeNriters. This Is about 125 per cent more
than the average. and Is more by $1,000 than
were ever written before in the same length
OF time. The work Of this Office was kept
behind for long time by the number OF
applications for copies Of records, and Chief
Clerk Ireland decided early this week to
allow all the extra typewriter operators in
the department who could be spared to at
tend to this work exclusively. The result
has been that an enormous amount Of work
has been done. and some remarkable records
have been made. The average individual
record OF a Typewriter IN the patent office
Is from 6,500 to 5000 words December II
the average was about 5000, and several Of
the operators went beyond this record. Sew
eral wrote 10000 words, but the record is
held by Miss Brashears Of the assignment
division, who in five, hours wrote $500
or 40 words a minute. In typewriter con-
tests this number is often exceeded. but in
ordinary work it has never been exceeded,
at the patent Office, at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23
GREATER THAN EVER.
Number Of Patents on Inventions Is
sued During the Year.

The annual report of the commissioner
of patents will be issued during the first
week in January. This is the first time
for many years that the report of the COM
missioner has come out so early. Commits
sioner Allen has been at work on the docu-
ment for several weeks past and has stat
ed that he will issue 1t three weeks earlier
this year. In his report the commissioner
will state that the work of the office has
been heavier this year than ever before;
that the number Of inventions on which
patents have been issued has been greater
by many hundreds and that the strain on
the office has been greater. Never before.
however, the commissioner will state, has
the work been so satisfactorily disposed of
or kept in better shape. The work Of the
heads of the departments and of the indt-
vidual clerks has been performed in a man
ner highly satisfactory to the commits
sioner, and he will offer them his con-
gratulations.
1t is expected that Commissioner Allen
will revise the proof sheets of his report as
soon as he returns from Auburn, N. Y,
where he has gone to spend the Christmas
HOLIDAYS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23
EIGHT INJURED IN FIRE.
Apartment Building Burned in Cincin-
natl This Morning.

CINCINNATI, December 23.-Fire in a
three-story apartment building on Erie
avenue, Mount Auburn. early today imper-
lied the lives Of three families in the build
ing, and sent eight persons to the hospital.
one or two Of whom may not recover. The
fire started in the cellar among some rub
bish under the gas meter, causing a gas
explosion, which tore up a portion of the
first floor. The fire then caught the stair
way and the frightened inmates running
down were painfully burned. A woman and
her son and daughter were rescued from
the third floor by means Of fire ladders.
Theodore Aylward and his wife and three
children on the second floor were all seri-
ously burned. Millard, aged nine, inhaled
flames, and is in a serious condition. Gar
land Thomas, aged seventeen, is likewise in
a critical condition. All the injured were
taken to Christ Hospital. The damage by
fire was small.
BEATRICE, Neb., December 23-Fire of
incendtary origin destroyed the Masonic
Temple, three-story business block, early
today. The loss is put at $125,OO0. The
roof Of adjoining buildings caught fire sew
eral times, but the flames were put out
without serious loss After the fire was
extinguished it was found that the vaults
Of the Beatrice National Bank in the Ma
sonic Temple, containing $30O,O0O were un-
harmed.
CINCINNATI. December 23.-A Bellaire,
Ohio, dispatch to the Times-Star says that
fire today destroyed the wholesale produce
Enamel Brick and Tile Company, the ware
houses Of Stewart & Good, a Touring
mill and four dwelling houses. The loss is
estimated at 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23
SPECIAL AUDIENCE
RODGERS RECEIVED BY
CHINESE EMPRESS DoWAGER.
Was Intrusted With Her Most Dis
tinguished Respects to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.

The Secretary of State is preparing
suitable response to special message 10
the President from the dowager empress OF
China. This message was personally IN
trusted to Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers
recently detached from command OF the
Asiatic station, and was delivered to the
President in person by Admiral Rodgers on
his passage through this city last week
from San Francisco to New York. He mas
been granted three months leave Of alb
sence, which he will spend with his family
on the continent. On hts return to the
United States in April next Admiral Rodgers
will relieve Rear Admiral Albert 8. Barker
of command Of the navy yard. New York,
who will be transferred to the command or
the North Atlantic squadron as the relief
Of Rear Admiral Higg1nson, VINO Will Do
placed on waiting orders.
During Admiral Rodgers sojourn In the
Chinese empire he enjoyed the most re-
markable experience of special audience
with the dowager empress Of China In the
throne room of the Winter Palace IN
Pekin. 1t also appears that after. an inter-
change Of diplomatic speeches the Amer
lean admiral was even invited 10 approach
yet nearer to the royal presence, TO ao-
vance a step or SO on the raised piatIorm
of the throne, where sat the dowager en-
press and the emperor, ana ne was tnei
made the bearer of a special message from
the great Tzi-Hsi to President Roosevelt.
Speaking of the dowager empress on his re-
turn to the United States, the admiral SAID:
'.They say that she Is woman OF apou!
sixty-eight years, but from what l could
see of her face, for she wore gown ana a
head dress of such elaborateness that ner
form and shape Of head were entirely MD
den, should have placed her age at about
forty-five.
'She has the most remarkable pair OF
ewes that have ever beheld-large, intelli-
gent wondrous, fascinating. They noio
you as the crystal ball holds the hypnotic
subject. l. was speaking French Ian
guage which she does not understand, yet
she seemed to divine every word l said as
1 uttered it.
II could not hear a word Of her speech,
and all during the interview not once dld
the sound of her voice reach my ears. 1t is
not a characteristic of the orientals to IN
dulge in a loud tone of voice during olplo-
matte meetings.
'.The dowager empress words were
brought to me piecemeal by Prince Ching,
for at every period he would leave the
throne TO translate to my ear the sentence
into French and then would return to iall
upon his knees and have yet another SEN
tence read from the tablets held in the
hand of the empress.
."The informal part Of our audience was
all to the effect that the dowager empress
was desirous that I should personally pre-
sent her most distinguished respects to
President Roosevelt"