The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-20
interesting Items From the Cap
itaI of the Nation.
TRIAL OF WARSHIP
The Illinois Behaves Satisfac-
toriIy.-.Woman Suffragists--
Gov. Taft TeStifles.

Suffrage Association meeting Satur
lay was heightened by the fact that
1t marked the eighty second birthday
IF Susan B. Anthony. She was the
recipient Of many congratulations
and was feelingly referred to in the
Invocation by Miss Laura De Mer
rite. Many floral tributes were also
received by her.
A message from foreign delegates
was also received.
Mrs. Boyer, of Philadelphia, pre-
,ented plan Of work for the coming
year. The report of the committee on
resolutions was then read. The re-
commentators declared that the Ma
:ional Woman's Suffrage Association
1t it's first meeting of the twentieth
century in the capital city of the
United States reafirms the principles
Of the declaration of independence
md calls for the application of those
principles in the case of women who
are taxed without representation and
governed without consent After re-
counting the advantages gained by
women in New York, Connecticut,
Chicago, Norway, and in the Meth
odist conference, the report urged the
women taxpayers of every state to
appeal to their legislators for wo-
man g suffrage. a'
The members of the naval trial
board have returned to Washington
from the final acceptance trial of the
oattleship Illinois. They state that
The big vessel behaved very satisfac-
sorily and despite prevalence of
fog, exhibited unusual manoeuyering
Liabilities. No attempt with high
speed was made. Her speed was about
Is Ia knots and at some times it ran
up to about 1919
Judge Advocate General Davis, of
5he army, has received certified copy
Of the opinion of the United States
circuit court at ST. Louis, in the case
Of Captain Peter G. Deming, former
! ~ volunteer officer in tile s1bsist-
! ence department, now undergoing i'm
prisonment at the Leavenwcrth prison
for alleged financial irregularities.
The court held that his trial and i'm
prisonment were illegal on the ground
that there is no authority Of law for
the trial and imprisonment were il
legal on the ground that there is no
authority of law for the trial of vol
unteer officers by court martial
composed in whole or in part of Off
GERS of the regular army. Gen. Davis
added that there were very few cases
which would be affected.
Rudolph Kepler, president Of the
New York stock exchange, and II.
K. Pomeroy, vice president, had
conference Saturday with Commits
sioner Yerkes. of the internal reve-
nue. bureau, upon the subject of his
recent decision, to the effect that the
memorandum which accompanies.
stock deposited as collateral security
for loans is subject to stamp tax. The
commissioner was requested to sus-
pend operations under the ruling Of
the law until the case could be deter
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1t is learned that tuert has been
small stir in the Senate committee on
public buildings and grounds over the
hold-up in that committee of a favor Z
able report on the New Orleans pub
lie building 1t seems that Senator
Fairbanks was away during the dis
cussion Of the que -tion, and that the
conclusions were arrived at during his
asbence. 1t was decided on Friday
of last week to submit favorable re-
port to the Senate, and this report was
to have gone in on that day or the
next. 1t was held up, however, and
is still in the hands of the committee.
When Senator McEnery learned that
it had not gone in at the appointed
time he wrote Senator Fairbanks
note on the, subject, asking the rea-
sons for the delay. Senator Fairbanks
replied that the report would go in on
Monday or Tuesday. The report calls
for an appropriation of Sl,25O, 900.
Senator Beveridge made denial OF
the report sent out from indianapolis
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DIR. Thomas Neall Penrose, medi-
cal director of the United States navy
(retired), died at Philadelphia last
week.
Several hundred persons wsre
killed by shock of earthquake at
Shamaka, Russia.