"HE SANDER8VILLE HERALD.

18 NAMED democrats filibuster, tq pyN|8j| Q^gjyg

g, the Populists for Presi­dent of United States.

ILLIAMS second place

ebrask* and Minnesota Delegates Bolted Convention When Their

Plea For Delay of Action Was Turned Down.

For president of the United States,bonus E. Watson, of Georgia.For vice president of the United

Samuel Williams, of Indiana. The'foregoing ticket was nominated

. the Peoples’ party convention. In at St. Louis, Mo., after two

rmy sessions, during which the Ne- aiirt the Minnesota delegations

lted because they could not pro- urea postponement of the convention

,11 after nominations had been mado the democratic convention, so that peoples’ party might nominate W.

Brvan for president, If he were efeated at the national democraticinvention.jlr. Watson was not present, but Mr. llliams, of Indiana, returned thanks the convention in n brief speech, In

hlch ho promised to do all things sslble f°r the success of the ticket. At a meeting Friday night of the

ew national committee, James B. Fer- s of Joliet, 111., was reelected chair- an and Jay \V. Forrest, of Albany, y,, was chosen vice chairman.

The platform, after setting forth at the government has been con­ned so a- to place the rights of

roperty above the rights of human- and Hint financial combinations exerted too much power over

tigress, gives the position of the arty on finance as follows:"The Issuing of money is a function

f government and should not be dele- ated to corporation or Individual, he constituti n gives to congress lone tli< power to issue money and egolate the value thereof. We there- ore demand that all money shall be sued by the government direct to te people, without the intervention of .inks, and be a full legal tender for 11 debts, public and private, and

quantities to supply the necessity the country. We demand that pos-

I savings hanks he Instituted for e savings of the people.”Alien ownership of public lands Is

pposed, and lands now held by aliens r by corporations which have viO' ted till- conditions of their grants lould be restored to the public do-

ialn.Government ownership of railroads urged on the ground that that poll would prevent unjust dlscrimlna-

ons. And that in order to perfect the ostal service the government should wn and operate the general telegraph nd telephone systems and provide a arcels post.

WO COUNTIES FOR LIVINGSTON.

engressman from Fifth Georgia Dis­trict Wins First Round.

Cong; ssmnn Livingston Friday car- Cnmpbell and Newton counties,

u' ''1 irlng four of the twenty-four otes to be cast in the fifth Georgiaistrlct convention.

In Campbell the contest was very lose, Colonel Livingston winning by Rly ten votes. He carried Newton, is home county, however, by 377Mss.Newton and Campbell were the first

wo counties in the fifth district to n tin. contest between Colonel

vlngston and City Attorney James May sou, of Atlanta, who is oppos-

K him.

Egyptian Cotton a Success.After years of unsuccessful effort to t'oduee Egyptian cotton into the ' lted States, the bureau of plant ln- ""try lJf the department of agriculture -ports that promising results have

secured In New Mexico and Ar­ena.

want order recinded.

*ntucky Railroads Make Appeal to

State Commission.At tlle lneeting of the Kentucky rail-

°a(l commission In Louisville Friday no°n> attorneys for all railroads

in the state made a motion . 10 conunission rescind Its order

wo jears ago for a general re- UC 011 freight rates.

House Session Extended Far Into the Night by Dilatory Tactics—A Bat­

tle Royal Was Waged.

Formal notice pas served on the democrats In tho house of representa­tives late Thursday by Mr. Payne of New York, the leader of tho majority, that from that time on the republi­cans would lock horns with the demo­

ats and carry through the program of tho majority, in spite of the attempt )f the minority, under the leadership of Mr. Williams of Mississippi, to dic­tate tho character of legislation to bo enacted. Immediately undertaking to carry this schedule into effect, he forc­ed tho latest sitting of the session. Both sides were able to keep their members in their seats, and it soon be­came evident that the threatened dem­ocratic filibuster was '’on” in real ear­nest, and that the republicans were de­termined to at least test the sincerity of their opponents.

The democrats, after the passage of the agricultural appropriation bill, had Interposed obstructive tactics against any business being done. After sever­al measures had been refused consider­ation by reason of these tactics, Mr. ’ayne called up the resolution to re­fer to the several committees tho president's recent special message to congress.

Observing that the democrats were preparing to place obstructions In tho way of its consideration unless ample timo should bo given for general de­bate, Mr. Payne asserted that "be­cause of the hypocrisy of those on the other side,” meaning the democrats, no general debate would he allowed. *

Mr. Payne denounced the democratic filibuster begun last Monday, In pursu­ance of tho notice given by Mr. Wil­liams a week ago, and characterized the action of Mr. Williams as "puerile.” The democrats, he contended, were in no position to lay down a program of action for the republicans. "The ma­jority," he said, "have charge of the business of the house, and the business will go through Just as the majority decide It shall go through.”

"Go to your own lender, the gentle­man from Mississippi,” he shouted at the top of his voice, "and ask him to stop this filibustering. Ask him to cease his objection, and when he stops his objections and ills filibustering, then the business of the house will proceed In the usual way—”

“Do nothing," a voice on the demo­cratic side was heard to say.

“—Otherwise," said Mr. Payne, “we will transact business In our own way In spite of your opposition."

nillatory tactics were kept up until 10:09 p. m. when the house, by a vote of 121 to 81 adjourned, and the strug­gle for the time being was over.

POPULIST CONVENTION MEETS.

Bryan's Adherents Make Trouble by Threats to Bolt.

The National Populist convention as­sembled In St. Louis T hursday. 1 he Nebraska delegation, which was trying to procure a postponement of the popu­list national convention In the inter­est -of W. J. Bryan, made no progress during the day, and neither did the convention except as to speeches. Af­ter two sessions were held, at the con­clusion of which permanent organiza­tion had not been accomplished, the convention adjourned until 1* rida>.

The Nebraska delegates declared they would bolt if the convention at­tempts to place a ticket In the field at this time. Their leader said:

‘Nebraska is in earnest about this matter, and we shall bolt if the con­vention attempts to nominate Thomas E. Watson or any one else. NY o are not alone, for we have assurances that Min­nesota, Georgia, and possibly Michigan and Kansas will walk out when we do.”

BERKMAN UNDER ARREST.

Is Final Conclusion of Undo Sam in Claims Muddle,

MATTER IS UP TO SENATE

Root, In Strongest Language, De­mands That Vigorous Action Be

Taken Against President of South American Republic.

The long expected correspondence between America and Venezuela re­specting pending American claims against the latter country was submit­ted to the senate Tuesday and 13 almost certain to create a profound impres­sion. It will bo difficult to digest the vast mass of material which Secretary Itoot has placed before' congress, but even a cursory Inspection of the docu­ments makes it evident that the ne­gotiations have reached a critical phase. The president’s realization of that fact is shown by his transmission of the matter to the senate without any comment, regarding the correspond­ence, and especially Secretary ltooFi strong presentation of the American case, as sufficient, to Instantly enlist the attonttou of congress.

Ail tiie correspondence and docu­ments were referred to the senate com­mittee on foreign relations.

Those members of the senate com­mittee who have already familiarized themselves with the situation have ar­ranged tentatively a program as fol­lows:

"Place a prohibitive tariff on Venezu­elan coffee, the exports of which con­stitute 45 per cent of the entire Ven­ezuelan foreign trade and 90 per cent of tiie coffee la taken by the United States.

"Exclude all importations of asphalt from Lake Bermudez tho product of which has been taken almost entirely •by the United States.

“Authorize the president to exercise the general power invested In him to take whatever steps he may consider necessary to treat with Venezuela In the future."

In lsulng general instructions to tho American minister, Secretary Root said:

."You will call the attention of tho government of Venezuela to the £rct that notwithstanding the long and un­broken friendship manifested by tha United States for Venezuela; notwith­standing the repeated occasions '/run which the United States has Intervened as a friend in need to relieve Venezue­la from disagreeable and dangerous complications with other powers; not­withstanding tho patience and consid­eration which has always character­ized the action of this government to­wards Venezuela, the government of Venezuela has within tho last few years practically confiscated or destroy­ed all the substantial property inter­ests of Americans in that country. This has been done sometimes In accordance with the forms of law and contrary to the spirit of law; sometimes without even form of law, by one device or another, with the action of the gov­ernment apparently always hostile to American Interests uutll .of many mil­lions of dollars Invested by Americans nothing remains.”

Colombia Troops Invade Panama.It is officially reported that Colombia

troops on March 26 invaded the town ’of Jurado, on the frontier of Panama and Colombia, taking possession of the place, which has always been under Panama’s jurisdiction.

Notorious Anarchist Leader Suspected of Being Implicated In Bomb Throw­

ing Affair In New York City.

Alexander Berkman, the anarchist leader who served a long term in pris­on for an attempt to assassinate Henry C. Frick, was taken Into custody by the police In New York Monday. Ho waa taken to Bellevue hospital and confronted with Selig Sllversteln, tho man who is charged with having thrown the bomb at tho Union Square meeting Saturday.

Tho detention of Berkman by the police wns brought about through tho finding In Sllvcrstein’s rooms In Brook­lyn of a card bearing Berkman's name. This card, which was made out In Sll- versteln’s name, certified to his mem­bership In tho "Anarchist Federation Union." It bore the signature of “Al­exander Berkman."

The police gay that Berkman, when shown the signature at police headquar­ters, acknowledge that It wns hl3.

When- he wag sought out by mows- paper men after tho tragedy of Sat­urday and told that his signature had been found in Sllvorsteln’s homo, he denied acquaintance with the wounded man, and said that If It were true that the signature had been found It un­doubtedly was nttachod to some for­mal letter with reference to a request that lie deliver an address before some society. He said that many requests of this kind come to him and that fre­quently they are made by persons un known to him.

Sllversteln, who was frightfully In­jured by the explosion of the bomb Sat­urday, was reported as making consid­erable progress toward recovery.

Two detectives have gone from New York to some unnamed city in the northern part of New York state to search for members of an anarchist group who fled from the city after the bomb explosion Saturday.

Detectives also are reported to be searching for the haunts of anarchists in Paterson, N. J., and it is reported that the police departments of Chi­cago, Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco have been asked to co-oper­ate with the New York police In their efforts to discover any accomplice of Sllversteln.

Berkman’s visit to the hospital where he was confronted with Sllversteln, failed to bring any show of recognition on the part of the two men.

As SUverstein’s eyes are sightless and covered with bandages, two detec­tives engaged Berkman in a spirited conversation In Yiddish as the trio stood by the side of Sllvorstein’s cot, at the same time watching the wound­ed -man closoly .for any sign or move­ment which might Indicate recognition of Berkman’s voice. Nothing of this kind occurred.

BUSINESS IN SOUTHDiscussed by President Fin­

ley of the Southern,

HOPEFUL AS TO FUTURE

Duty of All Is to Look to the Futurs Rather Than the Past—Must

Create a Constructive Sentiment.

MINERS LAY DOVk N PICKS.

—v ...v., They assert- ‘ ii business has decreased so that

oad U llr tlon would not be just to the ' Ulul that some of them would

operated at a loss.

BOYS “TESTED" GIANT POWDER.

Result Was One Killed, Six People Hurt and Car Demolished.

Boys playing near a half car load of giant powder and dynamite caps at Shawnee, Okla., became involved in a dispute as to whether the powder was good or bad. They determined to test it and applied a match. A terrific ex­plosion followed, the car being blown into fragments, and people passing were blown from their feet and across the road. One boy was killed and six people seriously injured.

BAD FIRE IN LYNCHBURG. EIGHTEEN YEARS FOR BARTON.

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#Ur Large Factories Totally Destroy- edp Entailing Heavy Loss.

II,J 01 the most destructive fires In L-t lining Va., iu twenty years oc- le ' f'arly Friday when four facto- ou|. V''e of them tobacco, plants andi n' ^l0 dwellings were consumed,

a total loss of $225,000 and In-'U auce of $175,000,’1th

One-Armed Yeggman Convicted of Robbing Bank at Sharon, Ga.

Thomas Barton, who made a sensa­tional escape from the Atlanta jail re­cently, was placed on trial at Ciaw- fordvllle Tuesday and convicted of blowing the safe of the Bank of Sha­ron. He was given eighteen years Inthe pen,

Nearly Three Hundred Thousand Out in Northern Coat Fields.

A special from Indianapolis, Ind., says: Two hundred and fifty thousand picks dropped from the hands of as many bituminous coal miners of tha United States Tuesday evening, not to be used again until a wage settle­ment has been reached and a scale adopted between the members of the United Mine Workers of America and the coal operators of the various fields. Wednesday morning 260,000 men were Idle.

The situation, however, does not indi­cate a prolonged strike. An open win­ter and Industrial depression have left a largo stock of eoal on hand, and the differences between miners and opera­tors are very slight. It Is practically agreed that the present wage scale will be continued, but some policies in connection with the change in the na­tional officers of the miners’ organiza­tion which went into effect Wednes­day and local differences between op­erators and miners have resulted In temporary suspension from work until an ew wage scale Is agreed to either by districts or Individual mines.

GILLETTE SENT TO DOOM.

Youth Who Betrayed and Murdered Girl Dies in Electric Chair.

Chester E. Gillette Monday paid the penalty of tho brutal murder of Grace Brown, the girl whom he led astray. He went to his death In the electric chair at Auburn, N. Y., prison with­out a sign of weakness and with the same lack of emotion which has char­acterized him from tho day he was arrested charged with the crime. Gil­lette appeared to have been fully rec­onciled to his fate, and in a statement given out by hla spiritual advisers, immediately after the execution It is indicated that he had made a confes­sion of his guilt. This statement was a3 fallows:

"Because cur relationship with Ches­ter Gilette was privileged, we do not deem It wise to make a detailed state­ment, and simply wish to say that no legal mistake was made In Ills electro­cution."

Gillette, himself, so far as the pub­lic was concerned, never admitted his crime.

President W. W. Finley of the South­ern railway company, who has been looking carefully Into commercial nnd industrial conditions In the southern states, was asked by a correspondent in \\ ashlngton Sunday for a summary of the result of his inquiries.

"While business conditions In the southern states are not as favorable as wo would like to have them," said Mr. Finley, “I think the situation in that section is fully as favorable to nu early revival of prosperity as that in any other part of the country. Through­out the south the banking institutions are In sound condition, and, although their managers are generally pursuing careful and conservative policies, sound business enterprises are generally able to obtain all the credit needed. From most localities come reports that south­ern farmers are In a prosperous condi­tion, and have substantial bank ac­counts.

"Largely as a result of the purchas­ing power of the farmers, retail trade In most southern communities is fairly active. In those localities where eotlon mill employees and other Industrial workers are most numerous, there lias, of course, been more or less falling oft In retail business as a result of the Industrial depression. As In all other sections, there is a tendency on tho part of retail dealers in all lines to buy very conservatively nnd reduce their stocks of goods. This necessarily*has the effect of curtailing the business of jobbers, who In turn are conservative in their purchases from manufacturers, and thl3 In turn tends to accentuate the Industrial depression.

“The question of how soon a revi­val may be expected to begin Is one which no man can answer with cer­tainty, for the reason that sonio of the reasons for the continuance of the busineg depressions are psychological. This being true, one of the most im­portant results to be brought about is the creating of a constructive senti­ment, based on faith in ourselves and In the future. A few weak spots in our banking system have been elim­inated; the natural resources of our country have not been diminished, and the industry and enterprise of the American people are as great as be­fore. Under these circumstances, there­fore, as a result of the prolongation of existing conditions, economic compli­cations arise, it Is the duty of each one of us to look to the future, rather than to the past, and to continue, to the best of his ability, to the bringing about of sufch a sound constructive sentiment as will substantially aid In a return to prosperity.”

TRAGEDY IN COURTROOM.Convicted Man Draws Gun, Kills De­

tective, Wounds Three Court Offi­cials and a Bystander. , , <

Found guilty of a charge of areon, Henry F. McDonald, In the circuit court room, at. Terre Haute, Ind., Thursday, shot and killed Chief of Detectives William E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three other officers and a bystander, and was himself seriously wounded. McDonald had been tried for dynamit­ing stores and a church at Sanford last year.

As soon as the Jury reported Its ver­dict, McDonald Jumped up, drew a re­volver and fired at Prosecuting Attor­ney James A. Cooper, Jr., but missed. McDonald continued firing at the of­ficers seated around the counsel table. Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third shot.

Policemen and deputy sheriffs In the court room drew revolvers and opened fire on McDonald, who returned the fire. Before the convicted man fall with half a dozen bullets In Ills body he had shot Harvey V. Jones, superin­tendent of police, In the side; Deputy Sheriff Ira Wellman In the chin; Syl­vester Doyle, court bailiff, in the leg, and a bystander In the side.

Tho jurors Jumped to their feet at the first shot. Judge Crane, who pre­sided at the trial, ran to the railing of the jury box, and spectators rushed out in confusion.

Some of the spectators to the shoot­ing said McDonald's brother also fired at the officers. The officers are look­ing for the brother.

McDonald was finally overwhelmed by officers and taken to a hospital. It Is said that nil the wounded men will recover.

GEORGIA GETS BACK-TAX MONEY

Long Litigation With Railroad Ended Through Compromise.

After a fight of six years, a compro­mise was reached Thursday lu tho hack tax case of the State of Georgia against the Georgia Railroad company for tax on 15,000 shares of Western of Alabama railway stock, the stato being given a verdict which will bring Into the treasury $335,000.

There wore three claimants for the taxes, first the state, next the county of Richmond and third the city of Au­gusta. The state gets $80,£25.43, the county of Richmond $109,120.90,* of which $38,010.37 goes to the board of education of thut county and the city of Augusta $145,653.67. This totals exactly $335,(100.

The city of Augusta and the county of Richmond obtain more than the state, due to the fact that their tax rates are higher.

SUBSCRIPTION ORDER MODIFIED.

HILL IS NOMINATED.

ofPresident Sende to Senate Name New Ambassador to Germany.

President Roosevelt sent to the sen­ate Tuesday the nomination of David Jayne Hill to be American ambassador it Berlin, Germany. The resignation of Charlemagne Tower, now at the post, has been accepted to take effect June 1. At that time Dr. Hill will as­sume his now duties. u - *

Newspapers Can Credit Subscribers If It’s a Mutual Agreement.

The postoffice department has again modified Its recent order In regard to lapsed subscriptions and will permit newspaper and magazine publishers to continue to send their publications to subscribers whose subscriptions have expired, provided the subscriber requests that It be done.

The whole end sought by the depart­ment Is to prevent publications having fraudulent subscription lists from sending their publication Indefinitely once they have a man’s name on their lists. They do not wish to prohibit a legitimate publisher from crediting a legitimate subscriber It If is agreeable, to both.

MINORITY SHOWS SOLID FRONT.

Bills for Reinstatement of Negro Troops to Be Reported Adversely.

The five democratic members of-tho senate committee on military affairs, I succeeded in defeating both the War­ner and the Foraker bills for the res- I toration to duty of negro soldiers of the twenty-fifth Infantry, who were dis­charged without honor because of the affray at Brownsville, Texas. The suc­cess of the minority was accomplished by voting as a unit against the divided majority. The effect will be to cause both bills to be reported adversely.

The -essential point of difference be­tween the two bills is, that the Warner measure provides that tho president may reinstate any soldier upon becom­ing satisfied that lie is innocent of tho charges against him; while the Fora- ker bill compels the reinstatement of such soldiers If they take oath of their Innocence.

NOT GUILTY, HEFLIN’S PLEA.

Alabama Congressman Given Prelimi­nary Trial at Washington.

Representative Heflin of Alabama, In police court at Washington, Thurs­day, after a plea of not guilty, gave bond for $3,000 for his appearance for trial on two charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Bond waa im­mediately furnished by O. G. Staples, proprietor of the hotel where the Ala­bama congressman is stopping. Repre­sentative Clayton of Alabama, coun­sel for Mr. Heflin, told the court that Mr. Heflin waived the reading of the information charging him with assault­ing Thomas McCreary, a New York horseman, and Louis Lundy, a negro, while on a street car.

CANNON AFTER PAPER TRUST.

LEECH IS ..PUBLIC PRINTER.

8pnaker of House Seeks Information of Special Officers.

Speaker Camion, as a member of the house, Thursday, Introduced resolu­tions directing the attorney general and tho secretary of commerce and labor to Inform the house what steps have ben taken by those departments to in­vestigate the action of the International Paper company of New York, and other corporations, supposed to be engaged in an effort to create a monopoly in print paper.

EMARRASSING TO BRYAN.

Bank Robbers Secure Big Roll.Robbers blew open the safe of tho

Bank of Mounds at Mounds, Okla., at an early hour Thursday morning, obtained $5,400 in currency and silver and successfully escaped.

Wilmington Messenger Suspends.The Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger

established as a morning paper by a stock company nineteen years ago, has suspended publication.

Man Now in Philippines Named to Suc­ceed Stillings.

John S. Leech of Illinois, now public printer In the Philippines, has been ap­pointed public printer In Washington. Mr. Leech will succeed Public Printer Stillings, whose resignation was ac­cepted some days ago. The appointment as made by President Roosevelt was in the nature of a surprise.

Mr. Leech was notified by cable of his appointment and requested to re­port for duty at the earliest practicable time.

8CREWS PUT ON DEMOCRATS.

Republicans of House Adopt Sweeping Cloture Rule.

By adopting a sweeping cloture rule In the house of representatives Satur­day the republicans left to the demo­crats only very limited powers. No longer can a filibuster be conducted against sending to conference bills with senate amendments; no longer can a motion to close debate be amend­ed or discussed.

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Denied Privilege of Speaking He Balks at Attending Banquet.

William J. Bryan Thursday announc­ed that he had withdrawn his accept­ance of the Invitation of the New York National Democratic Club to attend a banquet to be given on April 13. In view of the discussion which had aris­en as to wr er the invitation was to make a speech, or merely to be pres­ent, Mr. Bryan said he felt it would be embarrassing both to the club and to ljimself to be present In either ca­pacity.

WILL FIGHT ALL SUMMER.

John Sharp Williams Serves Notice on f Republican Majority.

John JSharp Williams, the house dem­ocratic leader, has served notice ou tlyo republicans that unless they drop the "do nothing policy’’ and proceed to enact some of the -legislation favored by the president, in his message of January 31, the democrats propose to keep up a~v,t *